Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo accepted Qian Xunji’s method for transferring the poison in his body into a Soul Bone, hoping to save Xin'er. As the wedding approached, Qian Xunji secretly brought Prince Xue Xing to the Pope’s Palace to discuss an undisclosed deal.

• Dugu Bo refused Spirit Hall’s offer of a Soul Bone but agreed to try Qian Xunji’s method, planning to use his own Thousand-Year Soul Bone to contain the poison.
• Qian Xunji told Bibi Dong that Dugu Bo would not trust Spirit Hall until he saw results, then ordered Gui Mei to watch the Heaven Dou delegation.
• Gui Mei reported that Prince Xue Xing had arrived with Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Qian Xunji decided to approach him the following night.
• Gui Mei abducted Prince Xue Xing from his room and brought him to the Pope’s Palace, where Qian Xunji said he had arranged the meeting to speak without Ning Fengzhi or Chen Xin finding out.
• Prince Xue Xing demanded to know why Qian Xunji had summoned him in the middle of the night.

Qian Xunji offered Prince Xue Xing an exceptionally generous deal for the Heaven Dou Empire’s Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, claiming Spirit Hall needed it for sea exploration. After Prince Xue Xing left to consult his imperial elder brother, Qian Xunji revealed that the relic was a Deity Token that must not fall into anyone else’s hands.

• Qian Xunji offered Prince Xue Xing a fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone, ten million Gold Soul Coins, ten Titled Douluo hunting opportunities, and twenty years of Spirit Hall support in exchange for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Qian Xunji claimed Spirit Hall wanted the relic to protect its people during sea exploration, but Prince Xue Xing found the generous offer suspicious.
• Prince Xue Xing said he would discuss the national treasure trade with his imperial elder brother and agreed to keep the matter quiet, especially from Ning Fengzhi.
• Gui Mei knocked Prince Xue Xing unconscious and took him away from the study.
• Qian Xunji told Yue Guan that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was a Deity Token that Spirit Hall could not allow anyone else to obtain.

Qian Xunji and Ling Yuan's wedding drew powerful guests to Spirit Hall, while Qian Daoliu reunited with Tang Chen and reflected on what he knew about the future. Tang Chen offered his congratulations and a valuable soul bone as the ceremony was about to begin.

• Qian Xunji greeted representatives from the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire, and other factions at the Pope's Palace.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo sensed traces of at least ten Titled Douluo and estimated Spirit Hall had at least fifteen.
• Tang Chen visited Qian Daoliu, teased him about avoiding a spar, and suspected he had achieved a breakthrough in his state of mind.
• Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen walked to the Pope's Palace together, where Qian Xunji welcomed Tang Chen in person.
• Tang Chen gave Qian Xunji a high-quality soul bone as a wedding gift, and Qian Xunji invited his father to take the seat of honor as the ceremony approached.

At Qian Xunji and Ling Yuan’s wedding, Bibi Dong led the bride to the groom and offered her congratulations, secretly hoping Ling Yuan would soon have a child. After the ceremony, Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen discussed their descendants and the possibility of a marriage alliance.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Xin about Qian Daoliu and learned that Chen Xin’s father had died after challenging him, while Tang Chen was the Clear Sky Sect’s other Peerless Douluo.
• Bibi Dong led Ling Yuan into the hall, where Ning Fengzhi recognized her as Spirit Hall’s Saintess and recalled her role in the Heaven Dou Auction House sale.
• Bibi Dong handed Ling Yuan to Qian Xunji and wished them an early arrival of a precious child, privately celebrating that she might soon be free of her fears.
• Qian Xunji and Ling Yuan completed the wedding rites, and representatives from the gathered factions raised their cups in congratulations.
• Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen compared the talents of their descendants, and Tang Chen proposed a marriage alliance between Bibi Dong and Tang Hao or Tang Xiao.

Qian Xunji and Ling Yuan celebrated their wedding, while Bibi Dong brought food and wine to Lin Fan and shared a heartfelt conversation with him. After Bibi Dong left, Yue Guan checked with Gui Mei that no one had visited Lin Fan besides her.

• Qian Xunji and Ling Yuan thanked the guests and announced that they would protect Spirit Hall together as husband and wife.
• Tang Chen persuaded Qian Daoliu to drink with him after the wedding, while Qian Xunji and Ling Yuan went around offering toasts with Yue Guan.
• Bibi Dong brought wedding banquet food and wine to Lin Fan, and they ate and drank together in his quarters.
• Lin Fan noticed Bibi Dong seemed relieved, and she admitted that her teacher's marriage had lifted a weight from her mind before they spoke about her someday wearing a wedding gown.
• Bibi Dong left after warning that the wine might make her too drunk to return safely, and Lin Fan urged her to take care on the way.
• Yue Guan asked Gui Mei whether anyone had visited Lin Fan, and Gui Mei confirmed that only the Saintess had gone there.

Bibi Dong enjoyed a peaceful breakfast with Lin Fan, but her worries about the future returned as she thought about when Qian Xunji and Ling Yuan might have a child. Lin Fan then told her about his estranged family and the lonely life he had built on his own.

• Bibi Dong brought breakfast to Lin Fan, and they ate together while she asked when the Village Chief's wife might have a child.
• Lin Fan encouraged Bibi Dong not to worry so far ahead, and she privately decided to give her teacher three years to have a child before taking control of her own fate.
• Lin Fan asked whether the mudslide-blocked path had been cleared, and Bibi Dong said the work had been delayed and would take at least another month.
• Bibi Dong asked Lin Fan about his family, and he explained that his parents had separated, his mother had remarried, and his father had later fallen seriously ill.
• Lin Fan said he had taken his father back to their hometown, then returned to school and supported himself through part-time work before living alone after graduation.

Lin Fan and Bibi Dong shared stories of losing their parents, while Bibi Dong reflected on the life she wanted to avoid. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall pursued negotiations with the Heaven Dou Empire and sent Gui Mei to investigate Sea Soul Masters in Vast Sea City.

• Bibi Dong told Lin Fan that her father died after a venomous snake bite and her mother died of grief, then considered how she did not want to become the Bibi Dong from Lin Fan's story.
• Prince Xue Xing left Spirit City to discuss Spirit Hall's deal with Xue Ye, while Ning Fengzhi suspected that Spirit Hall had made a secret arrangement with him.
• Ning Fengzhi advised Prince Xue Xing to invest more in Soul Master Academies, then asked his intelligence agents to watch developments in Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Xunji ordered Yue Guan to tell Salas to negotiate with Prince Xue Xing while concealing Spirit Hall's desire for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Gui Mei reported that three Sea Soul Masters had appeared in Vast Sea City, and Qian Xunji sent him, Ghost Leopard Douluo, and several subordinates there to investigate.

Ling Yuan asked Qian Xunji to reveal the truth about Lin Fan and his knowledge of Spirit Hall’s future. After Qian Xunji explained Lin Fan’s origins, he brought her to meet Lin Fan, where he introduced her as his wife, Xiao Ling.

• Ling Yuan reminded Qian Xunji that he had promised to answer her questions after their marriage, and he agreed to take her to Lin Fan.
• Qian Xunji admitted that Lin Fan, rather than the Angel God, had supplied the prophecy, and Ling Yuan was briefly angry before agreeing to trust him.
• Qian Xunji explained that Lin Fan came from another world and had brought opportunities such as the immortal herb, while Gui Mei investigated the Sea God Island he had mentioned.
• Qian Xunji told Ling Yuan to introduce herself as Xiao Ling, the Village Chief’s wife, and promised to ask Lin Fan about her future.
• Qian Xunji and Ling Yuan entered Lin Fan’s room, where Qian Xunji politely apologized for keeping him inside during the wedding and introduced Ling Yuan as his wife.

Lin Fan told Ling Yuan how she became known as First Merit Douluo and died during Bibi Dong’s hunt for two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. He explained that the hunt failed, costing Spirit Hall two Titled Douluo while Tang San gained the beasts’ Soul Rings and Soul Bones.

• Ling Yuan visited Lin Fan to hear one of his stories, and Qian Xunji suggested he tell her about Ling Yuan Douluo.
• Lin Fan recounted Ling Yuan’s role in the nighttime attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and her fight against Sword Douluo.
• Lin Fan explained that Ling Yuan died after rushing at the injured Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python to claim the first merit.
• Lin Fan said Gui Mei also died during the hunt, while Tang San obtained the two beasts’ Soul Rings and Soul Bones, advancing to Titled Douluo.

Lin Fan explained the fates of Ling Yuan and Spirit Hall, then described Bibi Dong’s Soul Hunting Operation and its consequences. When Qian Xunji praised Bibi Dong’s plan, Lin Fan claimed it had another purpose, prompting Bibi Dong to bare her teeth at him again.

• Lin Fan compared Hu Liena’s feelings for Tang San with Bibi Dong’s past love for Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong angrily marked him in her notebook.
• Lin Fan told Qian Xunji that Ling Yuan and most of Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluos would die by the end of the novel, while Qian Xunji had died even earlier.
• Qian Xunji told Ling Yuan that changing fate and having his future daughter inherit the Angel God’s position could save Spirit Hall, but Ling Yuan left him guessing whether she forgave him.
• Lin Fan explained that Bibi Dong’s Soul Hunting Operation devastated the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and nearly wiped out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while the secluded Clear Sky Sect escaped.
• Qian Xunji praised Bibi Dong’s operation, but Lin Fan called it a flawed plan with another purpose, making Bibi Dong bare her teeth at him.

Lin Fan explained that Bibi Dong’s obsession with Yu Xiaogang had shaped the Soul Hunting Operation, leaving Spirit Hall exposed while rival factions united against it. After hearing how Spirit Hall might have avoided that outcome, Bibi Dong left with Qian Xunji and resolved to reflect on herself.

• Lin Fan claimed Bibi Dong had destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan partly to free Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong to be together.
• Lin Fan explained that the incomplete Soul Hunting Operation alarmed other factions, pushing them to unite against Spirit Hall while the empires raised vast armies.
• Qian Xunji asked how Lin Fan would have handled the operation, and Lin Fan said Spirit Hall should either have refrained from acting or continued until its opponents submitted.
• Bibi Dong lowered her head and could not write in her notebook as Lin Fan criticized her decisions; Qian Xunji agreed that Spirit Hall had brought about its own destruction.
• Ling Yuan led the group away, and Qian Xunji told Bibi Dong to learn from the story; Bibi Dong said she would reflect on herself.

Ling Yuan accepted Qian Xunji’s explanation that changing her role as Qian Renxue’s mother would not necessarily prevent the child’s birth, while Bibi Dong resolved to change herself. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall located Sea God Island through Gui Mei’s questioning of its visitors and obtained a route chart, leaving its plans for the island underway.

• Ling Yuan accepted Lin Fan’s account of the future and worried that she might prevent Qian Renxue from being born, but Qian Xunji reassured her that the Qian bloodline and Immortal Herbs could preserve the child’s talent.
• Bibi Dong returned to her room and resolved to use the future self Lin Fan described as a mirror as she cultivated her Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well on Qian Xunji’s orders and chose to stay at its edge to transfer his toxins into a Soul Bone.
• Gui Mei detained three Sea Soul Masters in Vast Sea City and forced them to admit they came from Sea God Island.
• Gui Mei demanded a route chart, and the older Sea Soul Master handed one over and estimated the journey would take ten days in a fast ship or half a month in a slower one.

After Gui Mei returned with a map to Sea God Island, Spirit Hall decided to seek access to its Divine Trials in exchange for supplies. Qian Daoliu agreed to lead the negotiation, curious to meet Bo Saixi, whom Lin Fan had said he would pursue.

• Gui Mei reported that Sea God Island’s Soul Masters had willingly given him a map, and Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong noted the island’s strength and confidence.
• Bibi Dong proposed sending the Grand Worshipper to negotiate with Bo Saixi, while Spirit Hall offered supplies in exchange for allowing its people to take the Divine Trials.
• Qian Xunji took the proposal to Qian Daoliu and explained that Spirit Hall would not mention the Sea God’s Heart during the visit.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to lead the expedition and negotiate for access to the trials in return for supplies.
• Qian Xunji ordered Yue Guan to buy supplies as a greeting gift, while Qian Daoliu wondered what Bo Saixi was like and felt unwilling to lose to Tang Chen again.

Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji visited Lin Fan to learn about Sea God Island and its Grand Worshipper, Bo Saixi, before their planned negotiations. Lin Fan explained the island’s defenses and Spirit Hall’s past defeat, then began describing Bo Saixi.

• Yue Guan prepared more than ten tons of supplies for Spirit Hall’s negotiations, and Qian Xunji delivered them to Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu decided to ask Lin Fan about Sea God Island and Bo Saixi, and Qian Xunji brought Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Bibi Dong along.
• Lin Fan explained that Sea God Island guarded Poseidon’s inheritance and had seven Sacred Pillars, roughly ten thousand residents, and a powerful Grand Worshipper.
• Lin Fan recounted Spirit Hall’s failed invasion during Qian Xunji’s tenure as Pope and said Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen later both lost to Bo Saixi on her home ground.
• Qian Daoliu asked Lin Fan to describe Bo Saixi, and Lin Fan began recounting the novel’s account of her appearance and bearing.

Lin Fan explained Bo Saixi’s strength and appearance, then discussed whether Spirit Hall could build relations with Sea God Island. He argued that belief made friendly exchange difficult, while a mutually beneficial trade might work, but coercion would be foolish and dangerous.

• Lin Fan described Bo Saixi as a Peerless Douluo and Sea God’s Grand Worshipper, prompting Bibi Dong and the others to compare her bearing and beauty with Bibi Dong’s.
• Bibi Dong challenged Lin Fan to rank her beauty, and Lin Fan reassured her that Bibi Dong still ranked first in his heart.
• Lin Fan explained that Spirit Hall’s past invasion had led Sea God Island to ban Spirit Hall members and that differences in belief would hinder friendly relations.
• Qian Xunji asked whether Spirit Hall could trade supplies for access to the Sea God Trial, and Lin Fan said a peaceful exchange might be worth trying.
• Qian Daoliu asked about combining incentives with coercion, and Lin Fan warned that Sea God Island could sabotage the trials and endanger Spirit Hall’s geniuses.

Lin Fan advised Spirit Hall to seek an exchange with Sea God Island by offering supplies and opportunities for talented Soul Masters to take the Sea God's trials. Qian Daoliu approved the plan and prepared to lead a delegation to Sea God Island, while Lin Fan remained puzzled by Bibi Dong's words and noticed more lines before his eyes.

• Lin Fan warned that Sea God Island could call on powerful Sea Soul Beasts, making a forced invasion too risky for Spirit Hall.
• Lin Fan proposed trading supplies and Spirit Hall talent for access to the Sea God's trials, and Qian Daoliu praised his strategy.
• Qian Daoliu left Lin Fan to rest, while Bibi Dong thanked him for liking her and wished him good night.
• After Lin Fan noticed more lines before his eyes, Qian Daoliu and the others discussed his plan at the Pope's Palace.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong to treat Lin Fan sincerely and consider appointing him Spirit Hall's chief strategist.
• Qian Daoliu planned to leave for Sea God Island at noon with Qian Jun, Jiang Mo, and five elders.

Qian Daoliu led seven Titled Douluo toward Sea God Island, but Tang Chen followed him to Vast Sea City and insisted on joining the voyage. At sea, Qian Daoliu admitted he was going to propose marriage, leaving Tang Chen stunned when he realized it was true.

• Qian Daoliu briefed his entourage on their friendly mission to Sea God Island and left Golden Crocodile in charge of the Worship Hall.
• Qian Daoliu and the others flew to Vast Sea City, while Tang Chen followed them there after secretly tracking their journey.
• Qian Daoliu confronted Tang Chen at the port, and Tang Chen admitted he had suspected Qian Daoliu was hiding a mission and boarded the ship with him.
• Qian Daoliu set sail with Tang Chen and the seven Titled Douluo, then told Tang Chen he was going to propose marriage.
• Tang Chen laughed at Qian Daoliu's explanation, then stopped when he realized Qian Daoliu was serious.

Qian Daoliu told Tang Chen he planned to propose to Bo Saixi, while Sea God Island prepared for a possible Spirit Hall visit. Xue Ye agreed to trade the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Spirit Hall for fifty years, and Qian Xunji sent Gui Mei and Ghost Leopard to complete the exchange.

• Qian Daoliu explained to Tang Chen that he was traveling to propose to Bo Saixi, and Tang Chen agreed to meet her.
• The three Sea Soul Masters reported Spirit Hall's questions to Sea Horse Douluo, who warned Sea God Island's Grand Worshipper and ordered the island put on guard.
• Xue Ye and Xue Xing negotiated with Salas and agreed to let Spirit Hall use the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud for fifty years in exchange for its promised benefits.
• Qian Xunji accepted the fifty-year term, prepared the trade goods, and sent Gui Mei and Ghost Leopard to meet Xue Ye.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Xunji the deal would help Spirit Hall's plans, then asked how he would organize its geniuses.

Qian Xunji ordered Spirit Hall to summon young geniuses with strong Innate Soul Power for Sea God's Heart testing. When Lin Fan asked to go outside, Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong secretly took him to a grove and Bibi Dong invented a story about their surroundings before Qian Xunji brought him back.

• Qian Xunji ordered Bibi Dong and Yue Guan to gather Spirit Hall members aged twelve to thirty with Innate Soul Power of level seven or higher for testing.
• Lin Fan asked Bibi Dong to take him for a walk, and she promised to do so when the weather cleared.
• Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong planned to block Lin Fan's senses and take him to a secluded grove outside the city.
• Qian Xunji sealed Lin Fan's senses, flew him and Bibi Dong to the grove, then restored his perception and returned to the city.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Fan the grove was Soul Resting Forest on Soul Mountain and guided him along its path.
• Qian Xunji returned after an hour and brought Lin Fan back to the courtyard.

Gui Mei and Ghost Leopard exchanged two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and ten million Gold Soul Coins for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which they brought back to Spirit Hall. Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong examined the Sea God's Heart and decided to consult Lin Fan before anyone tested it.

• Gui Mei and Ghost Leopard delivered Spirit Hall's payment and Qian Xunji's sealed pledge to Emperor Xue Ye, then received the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud for fifty years of use.
• Gui Mei warned Xue Ye to keep the deal secret from Ning Fengzhi, and Xue Ye and Prince Xue Xing agreed to conceal it while planning to use the Soul Bones to recruit Soul Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi questioned why Spirit Hall was recalling its Soul Masters and ordered his intelligence agents to keep investigating.
• Gui Mei and Ghost Leopard returned to the Pope's Palace and presented the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong offered to test the Sea God's Heart, but Qian Xunji insisted they first ask Lin Fan about possible dangers.
• Bibi Dong brought breakfast to Lin Fan the next morning, and Qian Xunji and Yue Guan arrived at his courtyard.