Arc 7The Soul Hunting Operation

Bai Jin and Qian Renxue uncovered corruption tied to the Black Coffin Society, recovered the Sacred Soul Grass, and secured a coastal ceasefire with Tang San. Bai Jin then reshaped Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Operation into negotiated withdrawals, ending both sect fronts with agreements and riding back toward Spirit City with Qian Renxue.

  • Bai Jin and Qian Renxue defeated the Black Coffin Society’s forces in the Blazing Sun Mountains and Gengxin City, where Qian Renxue reached Level 84 and Bai Jin broke through to Level 95.
  • Bai Jin and Qian Renxue joined Tang San’s search for the Sacred Soul Grass, survived the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s attack, and helped expose Luo Bo’s trafficking operation at Tidebreak Bay.
  • Tang San retrieved the Ten-Thousand-Year Sacred Soul Grass from the Medicine Vault and signed an armistice pact with Bai Jin before setting out for Sea God Island.
  • Bibi Dong assigned Bai Jin to lead the Soul Hunting Operation against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and he secured rules for surrender, resistance, and civilian property.
  • Bai Jin stopped the fighting at Seven Treasure City and defeated Gu Rong and Chen Xin, after which Ning Fengzhi signed a ceasefire agreement with Spirit Hall.
  • Bai Jin and Qian Renxue rushed to Dragon Mountain, where Bai Jin defeated Yu Yuanzhen’s Sect-Guarding Thunder Formation and held the collapsing mountain while both sides rescued the injured.
  • Bai Jin and Yu Yuanzhen signed a five-year ceasefire agreement, ending the Soul Hunting Operation with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect withdrawn and Spirit Hall’s casualties below its estimate.
Chapters 151–175 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 151The Angel's Test

Qian Renxue, Bai Jin, and the Golden Generation investigated the disappearance of nineteen Spirit Hall members in the Blazing Sun Mountains while preparing to hunt a Holy Radiance Sky Falcon. They discovered a trail leading into the mountains and found the hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, already wounded by a Black Spike.

  • Qian Renxue and Bai Jin learned that the Holy Radiance Sky Falcon lived in the Blazing Sun Mountains and planned to hunt it for Qian Renxue’s left leg bone.
  • Bibi Dong assigned Bai Jin, Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to investigate nineteen missing Spirit Hall members in the mountains.
  • During the journey, Bai Jin trained the Golden Generation, while Qian Renxue grew accustomed to her left leg bone and Hu Liena learned to control Divine Slaughter's Domain.
  • Hu Liena tracked signs of malice to an abandoned patrol camp where the missing Soul Masters had vanished without leaving bodies.
  • Bai Jin found a black thread beneath a melted Spirit Hall emblem and traced it toward the mountains alongside nineteen drag marks.
  • The group saw the Holy Radiance Sky Falcon spread its golden wings before the setting sun, with a Black Spike embedded in its chest.

Ch. 152Holy Radiance Sky Falcon

Qian Renxue and the Golden Generation fought the Holy Radiance Sky Falcon while Bai Jin identified the Black Spike controlling it and helped clear its feather storm. As Qian Renxue struck near the spike, someone underground began activating it, and Hu Liena heard the missing people below.

  • Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan coordinated their attacks, wounding the Holy Radiance Sky Falcon and exposing the Black Spike in its chest.
  • Bai Jin warned the others not to pull out the spike because it was connected to the falcon's heart meridian, and Qian Renxue asked whether he could sever the connection.
  • Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan made the falcon roll, allowing Qian Renxue to cut around the spike and temporarily separate the tainted flesh from the heart meridian.
  • Bai Jin used Azure's Gravity to gather the falcon's flaming feathers and hurl them into an uninhabited ridge, while the others continued weakening its flight.
  • Qian Renxue attacked beside the Black Spike as it began to tremble, and Bai Jin realized someone inside the mountain was preparing to detonate it.
  • Hu Liena heard the missing people below and a voice from underground boasting that Angel blood, Six Eyes, and the Pope's disciples had made the trip worthwhile as the spike glowed scarlet.

Ch. 153The Angel's Broken Wing

Qian Renxue defeated the corrupted Holy Radiance Sky Falcon and began absorbing its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring while Bai Jin and Hu Liena rescued the captives and uncovered a delivery record pointing to Gengxin. As Qian Renxue started her absorption, the enemy Soul Douluo returned with a stone coffin and dozens of Black Nails.

  • Bai Jin trapped seven black-clad Soul Masters, while Hu Liena entered the cave to free nineteen Spirit Hall Soul Masters and fought off two Ghost Mask Soul Masters.
  • Qian Renxue sacrificed one wing of light to land on the Holy Radiance Sky Falcon and pierced its corrupted chest with Angel Holy Sword: Judgment.
  • Bai Jin caught Qian Renxue after the falcon fell, and Hu Liena gave them an account sheet linking rare metals, Soul Master blood, and slave transactions to Gengxin.
  • Qian Renxue began absorbing the falcon's Red Soul Ring as Bai Jin shielded her with his Soul Power.
  • The enemy Soul Douluo returned atop a massive stone coffin with his power forced to Level 89, and dozens of Black Nails rose as he demanded that they leave Qian Renxue behind.

Ch. 154Twin Red-Ringed Angels

Bai Jin protected Qian Renxue while she absorbed the Holy Radiance Sky Falcon's Soul Ring, and together they defeated the Black Coffin Society's attackers. After learning of the society's stronghold beneath Gengxin City, they returned to Spirit City just as reports arrived of new disappearances there.

  • Bai Jin stopped the Soul Douluo's attacks and severed the underground formation while Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan protected the rescued Soul Masters.
  • Qian Renxue overcame the Holy Radiance Sky Falcon's lingering will, absorbed its Soul Ring, and reached Level 84.
  • Qian Renxue used her new Angel's Holy Judgment and Holy Radiance Unification skills to destroy the Soul Douluo's coffin and defeat him.
  • The captured Soul Douluo revealed the Black Coffin Society's Gengxin City stronghold and its secret trade with someone in the local Spirit Hall Branch.
  • An urgent dispatch reported that three Blacksmith Association core disciples and a Spirit Hall Branch Deacon had disappeared, while a group from the Tang Sect had arrived in Gengxin City.

Ch. 155The Hammering of Gengxin City

Bai Jin and Qian Renxue investigated corruption in Spirit Hall’s Gengxin City branch and uncovered the Black Coffin Society’s underground operation. When a hidden furnace erupted beneath the city, Bai Jin prepared to enter it with Tang San and Qian Renxue.

  • Bai Jin confronted Spirit Hall guards for underpaying a blacksmith and stripped Bishop Miles of his authority while Qian Renxue ordered the branch records and warehouse investigated.
  • Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena uncovered unrecorded metals, falsified patrol rosters, and slag linked to the Soul-Refining Array.
  • Tang San agreed to take part in the investigation after Bai Jin and Qian Renxue promised to examine any evidence involving Spirit Hall.
  • Lou Gao revealed that three of his apprentices were missing and identified a hammer-coded message pointing to an underground prison.
  • Qian Renxue and Tang San matched evidence linking the Black Coffin Society to Miles’s warehouse and a Black Furnace beneath Gengxin City.
  • Si Long’s hammering sounded underground, then a dark-red glow burst from beneath an abandoned warehouse as Bai Jin proposed that he, Tang San, and Qian Renxue work together.

Ch. 156This Time, Together

Tang San and Qian Renxue agreed to work together under Bai Jin’s rules to rescue prisoners from the Black Furnace and investigate everyone involved. They discovered the prison below the furnace, but a force of Iron Golems blocked their way forward.

  • Tang San, Qian Renxue, and Bai Jin negotiated rules for a joint operation, agreeing to rescue prisoners first and share evidence while holding each side accountable for its own members.
  • Tang San, Lou Gao, and Tai Tan combined their skills to find an Old Maintenance Tunnel, where Tang San and Qian Renxue disabled a hidden trap.
  • Bai Jin’s group rescued a wounded patrol Deacon from seven attackers, and the Deacon revealed that prisoners and a missing Inspection Team were being held below the furnace.
  • Tang San disarmed the sixteen-gear iron door, revealing a shaft full of armed Iron Golems.
  • Tang San and Qian Renxue prepared to face the Iron Golems as Bai Jin stepped aside and invited them to proceed.

Ch. 157The Black Furnace Ignites

Tang San and his allies rescued the Black Furnace's prisoners and shut down its Soul-Refining Furnace, but a level ninety-six Soul Master threatened to destroy the pillars beneath Gengxin City's crowded district. Bai Jin ordered everyone to evacuate and prepared to face the old man himself.

  • Tang San's group broke through the Black Furnace's puppet defenses, split up to rescue prisoners and disable the furnace, and Bai Jin used Spatial Anchors to keep the structure from collapsing.
  • Hu Liena rescued a little girl from the Spiderweb Pattern woman's attack, broke through to level sixty-six, and helped the group free the prisoners.
  • Qian Renxue defeated the three Soul Saints guarding the main valve and cut the power, dimming the underground furnace flames.
  • Tang San, Tai Tan, and Lou Gao freed Si Long and the other captives and extinguished the Soul Crystals, but a gaunt level ninety-six old man emerged from an Iron Coffin with the Dark Red Crystal Core.
  • The old man cracked the Crystal Core, causing the underground load-bearing pillars to glow red and threatening to collapse the district above, so Bai Jin ordered the others to evacuate and faced him.

Ch. 158The People of Spirit Hall

Bai Jin defeated Black Coffin Douluo while holding up Gengxin City, then exposed the crimes inside its Spirit Hall Branch and advanced to level ninety-five. Tang San found a lead on the Sacred Soul Grass needed to revive Xiao Wu, while Bai Jin and Qian Renxue prepared to return to Spirit City.

  • Bai Jin crushed Black Coffin Douluo's attack, protected the hostages with Tang San and Qian Renxue, and killed him with Hollow Technique: Purple.
  • Bai Jin broke through to level ninety-five, restored the underground supports, and released Worldless Sky-Sealing after everyone escaped.
  • Bai Jin had Miles and the implicated Deacons arrested and presented evidence of the Branch Hall's crimes without disbanding the hall.
  • Tang San recorded the joint operation and accepted Lou Gao's discovery of a ship carrying Ten-Thousand-Year Sacred Soul Grass toward a route near Sea God Island.
  • Qian Renxue received the details of her second trial, and Bai Jin agreed to return with her to Spirit City.

Ch. 159Luminous Staircase

Qian Renxue completed the Luminous Staircase trial with Bai Jin’s guidance, while the Golden Generation advanced through their own training. The chapter ended with a summons after the last beacon at the Vast Sea City Branch Hall went dark.

  • Qian Renxue climbed the Stone Steps, reconciled her Angel Soul Power with her spatial Soul Bone, and faced memories from her years as Xue Qinghe.
  • Bai Jin coached Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan through the staircase’s pressure, helping Xie Yue and Yan break through to Levels 63 and 64.
  • Bai Jin urged Qian Renxue to claim her Soul Bone’s power, and she surged to the 365th step, completing the trial and reaching Level 85.
  • Bai Jin caught the exhausted Qian Renxue as she fell from the temple platform.
  • A Red Robed Cardinal summoned Bai Jin after the last beacon at the Vast Sea City Branch Hall went dark.

Ch. 160Reckoning on the Sea Route

Bai Jin received orders to investigate the missing Spirit Hall ships and Branch Hall, recover the Sacred Soul Grass, and bring the missing members home before pursuing a ceasefire with Tang San. As he prepared to sail with Qian Renxue and the Golden Generation, the Vast Sea Branch Hall’s Main Beacon went dark.

  • Bibi Dong sent Bai Jin, Qian Renxue, and the Golden Generation to investigate the Black Sail report, find the missing patrol crews, and recover the Sacred Soul Grass, while authorizing negotiations with Tang San after Spirit Hall’s people were brought home.
  • Bai Jin visited Heaven Dou City, saw Tang San receive the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Xue Beng, and told Tang San that Spirit Hall had found a trace of the ship carrying the Sacred Soul Grass.
  • Bai Jin and Tang San agreed to search for the grass and negotiate an exchange, while their groups planned to travel together as far as Vast Sea City before splitting routes.
  • Bai Jin and Qian Renxue discussed his hopes of preventing war and protecting Spirit City’s people, then shared a quiet moment together.
  • A Worship Hall Deacon reported that the Main Beacon at the Vast Sea Branch Hall had gone dark.

Ch. 161Vast Sea City

Bai Jin uncovered the Vast Sea Branch Hall’s role in the disappearance of a patrol crew and civilians, then confronted the Black Sail Sea Soul Masters who tried to seize the rescued survivors. Tang San’s group set sail with the suspicious captain Haider, while Bai Jin followed on another ship and secretly marked Haider’s vessel.

  • Bai Jin found imprisoned patrol crew members beneath the Branch Hall and learned that Deputy Hall Master Luo Bo had taken more than a hundred and fifty people aboard the Black Sail Ship.
  • Bai Jin publicly pledged to pursue the missing people and captured the Black Sail Sea Soul Masters who attacked the rescued survivors at the dock.
  • Tang San’s group arrived, and Bai Jin told them that Luo Bo and the Black Sail Ship had taken the Holy Soul Grass out to sea.
  • Tang San rented Haider’s Sea Demon Ship despite noticing that its nautical chart had altered reef positions, while Bai Jin placed a hidden Spatial Coordinate on its stern.
  • Haider brought Tang San’s group food and wine at dusk as loaded crossbows aimed at their dining cabin from below deck.

Ch. 162Captain Haider

Tang San and his companions defeated Captain Haider’s ambush, but the Black Sail signal drew them into the Demon Whale Sea. After learning the Black Sail pirates had used Haider to feed the Demon Whale King, the group faced the creature as it surfaced nearby.

  • Tang San exposed Haider’s poisoned-wine plot and, with his companions, subdued the sailors aboard the Sea Demon Ship.
  • The Black Sail signal summoned three fast boats, but Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and Bai Jin stopped their attacks and captured the pirates.
  • Qian Renxue found a shipping order naming Vast Sea Branch Hall deputy hall master Luo Bo and Tidebreak Bay as the shipment’s destination.
  • Haider revealed that Black Sail had forced him to bring living people into the Demon Whale Sea by holding his family hostage.
  • Tang San discovered Haider had diverted the ship nearly a hundred li, and the Demon Whale King surfaced as the wind stopped and both ships’ lights went out.

Ch. 163Deep Sea Demonic Whale King

Bai Jin fought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King while Qian Renxue and the others tried to save the sailors from their damaged ships. After the whale blasted Bai Jin into the sea, he rose again and prepared to continue the battle.

  • The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked the ships with a towering wave, and Bai Jin split it with Worldless Sky-Sealing.
  • Qian Renxue led the evacuation as the whale struck the Patrol Ship from below and exposed itself at the surface.
  • Bai Jin used He and Azure against the whale, striking an old wound left by the Sea God.
  • The whale opened its eye and fired a blue-black beam that shattered Bai Jin's defenses and drove him into the sea.
  • Bai Jin emerged burned and injured as Qian Renxue rushed toward him, and he told her the fight had only just begun.

Ch. 164Boundless Quells the Sea

Bai Jin and Qian Renxue wounded the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and forced it to retreat, while Bai Jin broke through to level ninety-six and Qian Renxue completed the second stage of her trial. The battered group washed ashore on Purple Pearl Island, where a purple-haired woman confronted them.

  • Bai Jin healed his burned arm as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked Qian Renxue, and he caught her before she was swept away.
  • Bai Jin struck the whale’s head while Qian Renxue wounded its tail with Angel's Holy Judgment, but the whale trapped them in its domain and struck Bai Jin with its sound waves.
  • Bai Jin used Infinite Void and Worldless Sky-Sealing to hold the whale near its old wound, while Qian Renxue protected him and opened the wound with her sword.
  • Bai Jin unleashed Hollow Technique: Purple through the whale’s old wound, forcing the injured Deep Sea Demonic Whale King to retreat into the sea.
  • Bai Jin broke through to level ninety-six, and Qian Renxue completed the second stage of the Luminous Staircase and reached level eighty-six.
  • A crosscurrent carried the group to Purple Pearl Island, where a purple-haired woman confronted them with her blade.

Ch. 165Purple Pearl Island

Tang San defeated Zi Zhenzhu on Purple Pearl Island, and Haider revealed that Luo Bo had arranged the poisoned voyage and used Spirit Hall connections for illicit shipments. Qian Renxue set out to confront the Vast Sea City branch while Bai Jin stayed behind to recover.

  • Tang San fought Zi Zhenzhu and won, earning the stranded group a chance to explain themselves.
  • Zi Zhenzhu brought Haider before them, and he confessed that Luo Bo had supplied the cargo and route.
  • Zi Zhenzhu produced a ledger showing shipments of people, medicinal herbs, Soul Beast cubs, and Holy Soul Grass linked to the Vast Sea Branch Hall.
  • Qian Renxue told Bai Jin to stay on Purple Pearl Island while she handled Tidebreak Bay, and he agreed.
  • Three ships left Purple Pearl Island that night, heading for Tidebreak Bay.

Ch. 166The Angel on the Sea Cliff

Qian Renxue and her allies attacked Luo Bo’s hidden base at Tidebreak Bay, freeing the prisoners and defeating him after a fierce battle. Luo Bo revealed the location of the last warehouse: an Ancient Medicine Vault beneath the sea, where the Ten-Thousand-Year Sacred Soul Grass was hidden.

  • Bai Jin identified the guards, prisoners, traps, and planned executions inside the cliffs as Qian Renxue assigned the teams their roles.
  • Hu Liena and Xie Yue secured the dungeon while Yan and Qian Renxue disabled the ships and fought their way into the base.
  • Qian Renxue battled Luo Bo in the air and sea, overcoming his Black Tide Devours the Island with her Angel Domain and Soul Bone abilities.
  • Hu Liena warned the prisoners to take cover as Luo Bo’s Core Flame struck a pillar, and Bai Jin diverted the collapsing cliff away from the dungeon.
  • Luo Bo was captured and revealed that the Ten-Thousand-Year Sacred Soul Grass was hidden in an Ancient Medicine Vault beneath the sea, thirty li east of Tidebreak Bay.

Ch. 167Ten-Thousand-Year Sacred Soul Grass

Tang San and his companions fought the Abyssal Dragon-Clawed Crab guarding the Medicine Vault, retrieved the Ten-Thousand-Year Sacred Soul Grass, and signed an armistice between the Tang Sect and Spirit Hall. With the agreement made and the grass secured, Tang San’s journey pointed west toward Sea God Island.

  • Tang San, Qian Renxue, Bai Jin, and Zi Zhenzhu approached the Medicine Vault, but the Abyssal Dragon-Clawed Crab detected them and attacked.
  • Qian Renxue and Tang San fought to distract the crab, while Bai Jin broke off its right claw and healed the wound enough to persuade it to let them pass.
  • Tang San entered the Medicine Vault and took the Ten-Thousand-Year Sacred Soul Grass with its Spirit Soil, then left medicinal herbs for the crab.
  • Bai Jin presented Tang San with an armistice pact covering hostilities, cooperation against criminals, and aid for the people rescued from Tidebreak Bay; Tang San signed it.
  • The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud pointed west, and Tang San recognized Sea God Island as his next destination.

Ch. 168Return to Spirit City

After Tang San sailed for Sea God Island, Bai Jin returned to Spirit City and defended his choices before Bibi Dong, who approved the coastal ceasefire. As Bai Jin hoped to reconcile Spirit Hall with its rivals, Bibi Dong showed him plans for a Soul Hunting Operation targeting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

  • Zi Zhenzhu sent Tang San and his companions off by ship, and Bai Jin warned Tang San that Spirit Hall would retaliate if his family were harmed.
  • Bai Jin and Qian Renxue discussed letting Tang San pursue the Sea God Inheritance and hoped one day to bring their rivals to the same table.
  • In Spirit City, Bibi Dong reviewed the Vast Sea Branch Hall scandal, ordered punishments for those involved, and directed Spirit Hall to honor the coastal ceasefire agreement.
  • Bai Jin told Bibi Dong he would stop Tang San if he threatened Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong assigned him to evaluate future operations involving the Tang Sect.
  • Qian Renxue began preparing for her next Angel Trial, kissed Bai Jin on the cheek, and asked him to wait for her return.
  • Bibi Dong gave Bai Jin a dossier titled Soul Hunting Operation, naming the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as targets.

Ch. 169Soul-Hunting Order

Bai Jin persuaded Bibi Dong to revise the Soul Hunting Operation into a campaign that would force the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan out of the war while limiting civilian deaths. He took command of the force attacking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and arrived at Seven Treasure City as the fighting began.

  • Bai Jin reviewed the operation plan and challenged Bibi Dong over its order to kill the two sects’ people indiscriminately.
  • Qian Renxue volunteered to join the force headed for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Bai Jin proposed making both sects disarm or withdraw from the war.
  • Bai Jin secured supreme command of both fronts, and Bibi Dong approved revised rules for surrender, resistance, and civilian property while holding him responsible for failure.
  • Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo led the force against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Bai Jin and Qian Renxue set out for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
  • Bai Jin told Qian Renxue he would kill old friends if they attacked Spirit Hall members who had surrendered, and she accepted his answer.
  • Bai Jin and Qian Renxue reached Seven Treasure City as fire lit the sky and the Seven Kill Sword rang out near the sect’s mountain gate.

Ch. 170Seven Treasure Mountain Gate

Bai Jin halted Spirit Hall’s attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and tried to negotiate terms with Ning Fengzhi. After Gu Rong and Chen Xin refused to let Ning Fengzhi sign without a fight, Bai Jin revealed his nine Soul Rings and prepared to face them.

  • Bai Jin stopped the attacks at the Mountain Gate, ordered Spirit Hall’s forces to withdraw, and gave Snake Lance Douluo the Pope Token.
  • Qian Renxue healed wounded people from both sides and stopped a Deacon from killing Ning Fengzhi after the ceasefire.
  • Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi acknowledged their former teacher-student relationship, while Bai Jin offered to compensate for the damage and presented a peace agreement.
  • Ning Fengzhi challenged Bai Jin’s sincerity, and Bai Jin accepted responsibility for all orders from his arrival onward.
  • Gu Rong and Chen Xin refused to let Ning Fengzhi sign without first defeating them, so Bai Jin removed his blindfold and revealed nine Soul Rings.

Ch. 171Sword and Bone Arrive Together

Bai Jin fought Chen Xin and Gu Rong at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, overcoming their combined attack with his Maximum Technique: Purple. After proving he could destroy the sect, he again offered Ning Fengzhi the agreement, leaving Ning Fengzhi silent.

  • Ning Fengzhi boosted Chen Xin and Gu Rong with his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as they attacked Bai Jin together.
  • Bai Jin used Azure, He, and his spatial techniques to counter the elders, while Chen Xin managed to cut his cheek.
  • Chen Xin and Gu Rong trapped Bai Jin in a Bone Prison and unleashed their Sword and Bone Combined Strike.
  • Bai Jin fired Maximum Technique: Purple past the sect and destroyed the upper half of a distant stone peak, ending the elders' combined attack.
  • Ning Fengzhi asked why Bai Jin had stopped short of destroying the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Bai Jin offered him the agreement again.

Ch. 172The Sect Master Signs

Ning Fengzhi signed a five-year agreement that kept the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect out of the war while allowing it to preserve most of its people and businesses. After Bai Jin arranged the ceasefire and casualties, Qian Renxue received an urgent report that her allies were trapped on Dragon Mountain, and she left with Bai Jin to help them.

  • Bai Jin and Ning Fengzhi negotiated the withdrawal terms, including limits on military supplies, troop deployments, and the sect's role in the war.
  • Qian Renxue offered Ning Fengzhi the jade pendant from her Xue Qinghe identity and acknowledged her deception, while Ning Fengzhi chose to sign the agreement.
  • Ning Fengzhi, Bai Jin, and Qian Renxue signed the ceasefire, and Snake Lance Douluo read its terms aloud as the Soul Masters lowered their weapons.
  • Bai Jin ordered the dead and wounded registered, medical supplies distributed, and the commanders responsible for continuing the charge detained.
  • Qian Renxue received word that Elder Chrysanthemum, Elder Ghost, and Hu Liena's group were trapped by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's lightning array on Dragon Mountain.
  • Bai Jin and Qian Renxue left for Dragon Mountain, while Ning Fengzhi kept the jade pendant.

Ch. 173Thunder over Dragon Mountain

Bai Jin arrived at Dragon Mountain as Spirit Hall forces evacuated civilians amid Yu Yuanzhen’s assault. After offering the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan a five-year ceasefire, Bai Jin accepted Yu Yuanzhen’s challenge and faced the clan’s powered-up Sect-Guarding Thunder Formation.

  • Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan fought an elder while retreating with wounded disciples, and Hu Liena risked herself to save children from a lightning strike.
  • Chrysanthemum Douluo rescued Hu Liena, then Yu Yuanzhen transformed into a giant dragon and prepared to attack the Spirit Hall forces.
  • Bai Jin redirected Yu Yuanzhen’s lightning sphere, healed Hu Liena, and helped her, Xie Yue, and Yan recover from their injuries and advance their Soul Power.
  • Qian Renxue evacuated the wounded and children as Spirit Hall and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan temporarily pulled back.
  • Bai Jin offered Yu Yuanzhen a five-year ceasefire and challenged him to settle the dispute in a fight.
  • Yu Yuanzhen activated the Sect-Guarding Thunder Formation with eight Soul Douluo elders, raising his power close to level ninety-seven as Bai Jin prepared to face him.

Ch. 174True Dragon Collides with Boundless

Bai Jin defeated Yu Yuanzhen by locating and destroying the Sect-Guarding Thunder Formation’s core, but the formation’s collapse triggered Dragon Mountain’s destruction. He used all nine Soul Rings to hold the mountain together and protect the Soul Masters below.

  • Yu Yuanzhen used the Sect-Guarding Thunder Formation to attack Bai Jin with underground lightning, flying stone shards, and a Thunder Net, but Bai Jin adapted Limitless and countered with Azure and He.
  • Bai Jin activated Six Eyes True Body and briefly used Unlimited Void to interrupt the eight elders’ connection to Yu Yuanzhen and expose a crack in the crown of Thunderclap.
  • Bai Jin struck Yu Yuanzhen’s forehead with Azure and He, shattered the crown of Thunderclap, and caused the formation platforms to explode.
  • The destruction of the formation destabilized Dragon Mountain, and Bai Jin warned Qian Renxue to stay back as the mountain began collapsing.
  • Bai Jin lit all nine Soul Rings and spread a silver boundary beneath himself to catch the collapsing mountain.

Ch. 175The Mountain-Sealing Pact

Bai Jin held Dragon Mountain together long enough for Spirit Hall and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to rescue the trapped, then negotiated a five-year truce with Yu Yuanzhen. The Soul Hunting Operation ended with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect withdrawn and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan sealed in its mountain as Bai Jin and Qian Renxue headed back to Spirit City.

  • Bai Jin used a silver boundary to hold Dragon Mountain in place while Qian Renxue and the Soul Masters of both sides organized rescues.
  • Xie Yue, Yan, Hu Liena, and Yu Yuanzhen helped free trapped clansmen and disciples as Yan and Xie Yue broke through to higher levels.
  • Qian Renxue lent Bai Jin Soul Power, and Bai Jin sealed the damaged peaks after the last wounded person was rescued.
  • Bai Jin and Yu Yuanzhen agreed that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would seal its mountain for five years while Spirit Hall withdrew and returned the clan's texts and nonmilitary property.
  • Yu Yuanzhen signed the agreement, and the Soul Hunting Operation ended with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect withdrawn and Spirit Hall casualties below its estimate.
  • Bai Jin and Qian Renxue rode toward Spirit City after both fronts of the operation ended.
Arc 7 of 11
Arc 7 of 11