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Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Papal Palace |
| Original Name | 教皇殿 |
| Type | Palace; seat of papal authority 1 28 |
| Location | Spirit City, Douluo Continent 1 |
| Affiliation | Spirit Hall; seized by Bibi Dong’s revolutionary faction in the Firmament timeline 1 34 |
| Role | Venue for papal audiences, decrees, and military mobilization 4 10 28 32 35 |
| Principal Occupants | Pope Bibi Dong in reality; Pope Qian Xunji before Bibi Dong’s takeover in the Firmament timeline 1 28 34 |
| Status | Remains occupied in reality; captured during the coup that establishes the Spirit Republic in the Firmament timeline 34 37 |
| First Appearance | 1 |
Appearance and Layout
The Papal Palace is an imposing building with a vast, shadowy main hall. Its throne serves as a visible symbol of supreme authority 1.
- Papal Throne — Bibi Dong receives subordinates and watches the Firmament from this seat. Its solid-gold armrest develops a hairline crack when she strikes it during Lin Fan’s farewell to her younger counterpart 1 11.
- Obsidian flooring — The hard floor tiles crack beneath Bibi Dong’s killing intent. A later strike from her scepter pulverizes tiles and sends a deep fissure away from the throne 1 4.
- Six-Winged Angel statue — In the Firmament timeline, Qian Daoliu stands beneath this statue deep inside the hall while Qian Xunji orders an assault on Tack Town 28.
- White jade square — The square outside the palace becomes the holding area for Qian Xunji’s captured loyalists during Bibi Dong’s coup 34.
- Worship Hall — A separate hall behind the palace, whose bronze doors open when Qian Daoliu emerges to confront the uprising 34.
History
Original Timeline
At its first appearance, the palace houses the newly appointed Pope Bibi Dong, with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo guarding outside. Both release their Martial Souls when the continent-wide screen appears. The broadcast’s accusations against Yu Xiaogang provoke Bibi Dong’s killing intent strongly enough to damage the palace floor 1.
The palace subsequently becomes a recurring setting for Bibi Dong’s response to Lin Fan’s portrayal of Yu Xiaogang. She watches his Golden Sacred Dragon transformation, his equality declaration, and his alliance with her younger self. These scenes gradually redirect her attention from the real Yu Xiaogang toward supporting Lin Fan’s cause 3 6 11.
| Event | Chapter | Significance at the Palace |
|---|---|---|
| Order against Yu Xiaogang | 4 | A Soul Power eruption nearly tears the palace apart. Bibi Dong summons Gui Mei and Yue Guan and orders them to punish Yu Xiaogang in Nuoding City. |
| Commitment to Lin Fan | 11 | Watching his farewell to young Bibi Dong, the present-day pope declares that she will take Spirit Hall for him. A messenger then summons her to the separate Worship Hall. |
| Withdrawal from civilian crackdowns | 15 | Bibi Dong orders Spirit Hall to stop participating in the Two Great Empires’ repression and forbids its members from attacking armed civilians. |
| Reaction to the mountain retreat | 20 | Bibi Dong weeps while watching Lin Fan touch the Saintess Token, interpreting his practical decision as devotion to their shared vow. |
| Protection of the railway | 32 | Before kneeling red-robed bishops, Bibi Dong mobilizes Spirit Hall’s holy knight orders to protect the rails appearing near Tack Town. |
| Witnessing the alternate coup | 34 | Bibi Dong watches her younger self establish the Spirit Republic, smiling through tears while the bishops in her hall look on uneasily. |
| Advance on Heaven Dou | 35 | After a cardinal reports Xue Ye’s death, Bibi Dong orders the Ironclad Knights to march on Heaven Dou Imperial City and crush resisting nobles. |
| Yu Xiaogang’s erasure | 36 | Bibi Dong watches his destruction from inside the palace without sympathy. |
| Lin Fan’s departure | 37 | Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue are present at the palace as Lin Fan’s image begins fading from the Firmament. |
Firmament Timeline
Under Qian Xunji, the palace is initially a center of opposition to Lin Fan. Young Bibi Dong reports that her teacher questioned her there about Lin Fan’s whereabouts and research, denouncing his ideas about commoner Soul Masters as heresy 10.
Qian Xunji later issues a supreme papal decree from the hall to mobilize Spirit Hall’s forces against Tack Town. Qian Daoliu watches without intervening. After Lin Fan defeats the dispatched Titled Douluo and expands his railway network, Qian Xunji again uses the palace to announce a purge and a personally led expedition 28 32.
Following Qian Xunji’s death, Bibi Dong escapes confinement and leads commoner Soul Masters against his remaining faction. Sympathetic stewards assist from within; the revolutionaries seal every palace entrance and restrain the loyalists on the white jade square 33 34.
Qian Daoliu emerges from the Worship Hall but declines to suppress the coup. He recognizes Bibi Dong as Spirit Hall’s highest commander and declares that the Worship Hall will not interfere. Bibi Dong then ascends the highest throne, abolishes Spirit Hall, and proclaims the Spirit Republic, naming herself its first president and Yu Xiaogang its founding Sage 34.