Chapter Summaries

Xue Qinghe granted the Blue Tyrant Academy Team viscount titles, and Bibi Dong appointed Hu Liena as Spirit Hall Saintess. Dai Weisi approached Zhu Zhuqing's team with a blank imperial edict, leaving his intentions uncertain.

• Xue Qinghe awarded the eight members of the Blue Tyrant Academy Team the rank of viscount, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted the imperial edict.
• Bibi Dong appointed Hu Liena as Spirit Hall Saintess, and Hu Liena celebrated the honor with her brother Xie Yue.
• Zhu Zhuqing congratulated Hu Liena and considered that she might leave Spirit Hall only if she were mistreated.
• Dai Weisi considered declaring Zhu Zhuqing crown princess but abandoned the idea, then approached Blue Tyrant Academy with a blank imperial edict.
• Zhu Zhuqing gave Dai Weisi an icy look and closed her eyes while continuing to monitor the arena with her Spiritual Power.

At the Soul Fighting Arena, Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Weisi’s attempt to bind her to the Star Luo Imperial Family and publicly challenged the Dai Family’s rule. After Dai Weisi fled in disgrace, Pope Bibi Dong approached Zhu Zhuqing with a changed plan.

• Dai Weisi offered Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhulin, and Ning Rongrong marquis titles, and gave several others earldoms, then invoked Zhu Zhuqing’s marriage agreement with the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck Dai Weisi down, threatened him with her sword, and destroyed his imperial edict while Bibi Dong secretly restrained him.
• Zhu Zhuyun accused Zhu Zhuqing of endangering the Hell Spirit Cat Family, but Zhu Zhuqing declared that the Dai Family should surrender the throne if it failed to change its succession struggles within six months.
• Dai Weisi shoved Zhu Zhuyun aside and left the arena in disgrace as the Star Luo Royal Team watched and Xu Yu worried about Zhu Zhuqing.
• Bibi Dong approached Zhu Zhuqing after changing her plan to announce Zhu Zhuqing’s appointment as Saintess.

Bibi Dong coerced Zhu Zhuqing into joining Spirit Hall by threatening the people she cared about and publicly appointed her the second Saintess. The tournament ended, and the academies began leaving Spirit City under military escort.

• Bibi Dong offered the Blue Tyrant Academy students positions in Spirit Hall, and Zhu Zhuqing said she would consider the offer.
• Bibi Dong gave Zhu Zhuqing a ring containing two Soul Bones, the Saintess token, and a letter, then secretly threatened the people at Spirit Cat Academy and Douluo Village.
• Bibi Dong publicly appointed Zhu Zhuqing Spirit Hall's second Saintess, and Zhu Zhuqing reluctantly agreed.
• Ning Fengzhi suspected Zhu Zhuqing had been forced, while Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhulin, and her teammates reacted to her appointment.
• Bibi Dong declared the tournament over and invited the academies to the Saintess Investiture Ceremony.
• The academies left Spirit City, escorted by the Heaven Dou and Star Luo empires' armies.

Zhu Zhuqing stayed in Spirit City with Hu Liena while the Blue Tyrant Academy team returned to the Heaven Dou Empire. The reunited sisters spent the night reminiscing about their former lives on Blue Star, and Zhu Zhuqing woke to find breakfast prepared and Hu Liena bustling nearby.

• Zhu Zhuqing persuaded Zhu Zhulin and the Blue Tyrant Academy team to return to the Heaven Dou Empire while she remained in Spirit City.
• Zhu Zhuqing joined Hu Liena at her home, where a sketch from their Blue Star days brought back memories and moved the sisters to tears.
• Bibi Dong ordered the people watching the two Holy Maidens to withdraw and told herself that she trusted Hu Liena's choice to stay with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena slept peacefully, and Zhu Zhuqing dreamed of life on Blue Star.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke after six and found a table full of breakfast and Hu Liena bustling about.

Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena went to the Pope’s Hall for Hu Liena’s Saintess investiture ceremony, but the Thousand-Layer Stairway engulfed Zhu Zhuqing in white and black light. Bibi Dong identified the phenomenon as a dual god inheritance, and a mysterious figure appeared to defend the Six-Winged Angel inheritance.

• Zhu Zhuqing shared a nostalgic breakfast with Hu Liena, and the sisters set out for the Pope’s Hall.
• As Zhu Zhuqing climbed the Thousand-Layer Stairway, its strange energy surrounded her and transported her into a vision of white and black light.
• Hu Liena could not reach Zhu Zhuqing, and Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei arrived but also failed to touch her.
• Bibi Dong recognized Zhu Zhuqing’s condition as a dual god inheritance tied to the stairway’s light and darkness godhoods.
• A figure appeared in the sky and declared that the Six-Winged Angel inheritance was no weaker than the dual god inheritance.

Qian Daoliu attacked Zhu Zhuqing to prevent her from obtaining a godhood inheritance, prompting Hu Liena and Bibi Dong to defend her. Trapped in the inheritance space, Zhu Zhuqing used a destiny point to gain strength, and Qian Daoliu’s strike hit nothing; he called off the fight, claiming Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena had left unharmed.

• Qian Daoliu arrived and attacked Zhu Zhuqing with the Angel Holy Sword, while Hu Liena rushed to protect her and Bibi Dong charged at Qian Daoliu.
• Zhu Zhuqing awoke inside the Light and Dark Stairway’s inheritance space and saw the outside confrontation unfolding in slow motion, but she could not move.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s system announced Xiao Wu’s safe return to the Star Dou Great Forest and granted her a God-Given Soul Ring, then automatically spent one destiny point to empower her.
• Qian Daoliu’s sword struck nothing, and a powerful impact sent him flying as Bibi Dong’s attack threatened to break his defenses.
• Qian Daoliu told Bibi Dong to stop, saying Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena were unharmed and had already left, and Bibi Dong finally halted her attack.

After Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing vanished into a godhood inheritance space, Bibi Dong waited anxiously while Qian Daoliu warned that failure could leave them trapped or dead. Inside the inheritance, Zhu Zhuqing struggled to protect herself and Hu Liena from crushing spatial pressure and prepared to move them along the stairway.

• Bibi Dong threatened Qian Daoliu and demanded that Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing be treated mercifully if they returned.
• Qian Daoliu explained that the inheritance might have different time flows and ordered that both women pledge loyalty to him and the Angel Clan if they emerged.
• Bibi Dong postponed Hu Liena's Saintess Investiture Ceremony and ordered Gui Mei and Yue Guan to secure the road to the Pope's Hall.
• Bibi Dong remained on the stairway, fixated on Hu Liena's disappearance and her plans involving the Heaven Dou Empire and Yu Xiaogang.
• Inside the inheritance space, Zhu Zhuqing used her Chaos White Tiger Martial Soul, Spiritual Power, and Moonshadow Divine Armor to shield herself and Hu Liena from the spatial pressure.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Hu Liena to lean close as she prepared to use all her strength to move them forward or backward from the sixty-eighth step.

Zhu Zhuqing used the Chaos White Tiger’s unknown energy to carry Hu Liena up the Thousand-Layer Stairway to its 100th stair, but the next step threw them back to the bottom. After recovering, they realized the stairway led to a godhood inheritance space and agreed that Hu Liena would try climbing next.

• Zhu Zhuqing burned five destiny points and pushed herself up the stairs while carrying Hu Liena, enduring the crushing pressure until her Chaos White Tiger summoned armor of unknown chaos energy.
• Strengthened by the chaos energy, Zhu Zhuqing carried Hu Liena to the 100th stair, but attempting the 101st stair sent them tumbling back to the bottom.
• Hu Liena removed the Moonshadow Divine Armor and helped Zhu Zhuqing consume restorative herbs and water of life from her soul tool.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Hu Liena that the stairway was likely a godhood inheritance space with two divine inheritances above it.
• Hu Liena stopped Zhu Zhuqing from climbing again and volunteered to try the stairway herself.

Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena entered the Light and Darkness Temple and began its divine trials, where their aptitude was tested by changing pillars of light and divine lamps. Their trial reached the rare gold-level nine-lamp result, while the mysterious figure in the palace watched in excitement.

• Zhu Zhuqing discovered that activating soul power and spiritual power let her and Hu Liena pass through the barrier blocking the stairs.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena stepped onto the first stair, triggering the divine trials and golden beams that enveloped them.
• A mysterious figure inside the palace examined the women through a mirror and sent two golden pillars toward them.
• The pillars first indicated black-level trials, then turned crimson as the women’s aptitude exceeded the initial result.
• Golden radiance appeared, celestial music sounded, and all nine lamps on both pillars lit at once.

Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena received the God of Light’s inheritance and learned that their first divine trial required them to climb 388 steps through intensified Light of Light and Darkness. After preparing to begin, they discovered they had enough food and water to endure the trial space.

• Two golden beams entered Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena, giving each a golden mark and filling their minds with the God of Light’s inheritance.
• Hu Liena celebrated their inheritance, and Zhu Zhuqing explained that the Light God was a First-Level God rather than a God King.
• A voice announced the first trial, and Yun Xi appeared as the energy avatar and guardian of the God of Light Temple.
• Yun Xi told them that one day outside equaled one month in the trial space, but she could not say whether they could return if they left.
• Zhu Zhuqing reassured Hu Liena that her Storage Soul Tools and personal inventory held ample provisions, and they set out toward the steps.

Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena reached the forty-first step of the Thousand-Layer Stairway before Yun Xi explained that they needed to cultivate elemental energy to progress. She gave them the Elemental Spirit Art, and Zhu Zhuqing considered how it might fit with the other powers she already possessed.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena struggled up to the forty-first step, where the stairway’s pressure stopped them.
• Yun Xi explained that the stairway tested their constitutions and that they needed to blend soul power and spiritual power to create elemental energy.
• Yun Xi taught them about the elements and gave them a cultivation method before her avatar vanished.
• Hu Liena worried that the technique might be dangerous, but Zhu Zhuqing checked her destiny system and found the incomplete Elemental Spirit Art safe.
• Zhu Zhuqing considered her existing spiritual power, heart force, and Sword Dao, and questioned whether she needed to learn another cultivation system.

Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena cultivated heart force and elemental power in the Divine Godhood Inheritance space, where Zhu Zhuqing broke through to level 60. She used a God-Given Soul Ring from her inventory and endured its painful baptism as it began strengthening her body.

• Zhu Zhuqing decided to cultivate soul power and heart force simultaneously, and taught Hu Liena Heart Separation Control and White Tiger Nine Turns, though the latter was incompatible with Hu Liena's martial soul.
• Hu Liena cultivated Heart Separation Control while Zhu Zhuqing focused on soul power, and the mysterious guardian watched them from the palace.
• Hu Liena gradually mastered fire elements as Zhu Zhuqing's soul power grew stronger, until Zhu Zhuqing broke through the level-59 barrier to level 60.
• When the guardian did not provide a God-Given Soul Ring, Zhu Zhuqing took the golden bead from her inventory and used it to begin the baptism.
• The golden mist enveloped Zhu Zhuqing as her soul power surged and her body endured severe pain while its cells, meridians, and bones rapidly strengthened.

Bibi Dong remained fixated on Hu Liena’s disappearance while Ghost Douluo reported the hunt for Xiao Wu and the destruction of slave-trading sects. At Blue Tyrant Academy, Zhu Zhulin, Maomao, and Min’er learned that the Black Tiger Sect planned to transport slaves, and Liu Erlong joined them to confront it.

• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo to prioritize finding the hundred-thousand-year soul beast after he reported that slave-trading sects had been destroyed and marked with angel wings.
• At Blue Tyrant Academy, students continued their training, while Ning Rongrong returned to her sect to cultivate under Sword Douluo.
• Zhu Zhulin, Maomao, and Min’er returned from destroying several small sects that trafficked in kidnapped children.
• Yu Tianxin told the three young women that the Black Tiger Sect would transport about a dozen slaves the following week, but warned that its Soul Douluo experts were too strong for them.
• Liu Erlong arrived and offered to join the three young women, then rebuked Yu Tianxin for using tricks to court them.

Liu Erlong reprimanded Zhu Zhulin, Maomao, Min'er, and Yu Tianxin for acting without considering the dangers of challenging the slave trade. In the Divine Godhood Inheritance space, Zhu Zhuqing recovered from her transformation, learned about Hu Liena’s mastery of elemental form transformation, and then began climbing the Thousand-Layer Stairway with her sister.

• Liu Erlong warned Zhu Zhulin, Maomao, and Min'er that they could not save everyone and ordered them to get her approval before making future plans.
• Min'er admitted that she had proposed the rescue, while Zhu Zhulin accepted responsibility; Liu Erlong let them go as long as no one was hurt.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke with greatly increased strength and about level sixty-seven soul power, then ate and told Hu Liena she had gained a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Hu Liena demonstrated her ability to shape fire, and Zhu Zhuqing explained that she had reached the beginner stage of Elemental Form Transformation.
• A mysterious observer assessed Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena, while the sisters climbed from the first to the sixtieth level of the Thousand-Layer Stairway and released their power against the growing pressure.

Zhu Zhuqing activated her sixth soul skill, Tiger God Transformation, and carried Hu Liena up the Thousand-Layer Stairway. A giant fireball forced them into a darkness beyond the mysterious figure’s authority, where they could no longer hear or sense anything.

• Zhu Zhuqing’s red Soul Ring released chaos energy, transforming her body and revealing her sixth soul skill, Tiger God Transformation.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s power increased dramatically, and she protected Hu Liena as they climbed the stairway to the three-hundred-and-fiftieth step.
• The mysterious figure caused the stairway to shake, sending a hundred-meter fireball rolling down toward Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena shouted for Zhu Zhuqing to move right, and Zhu Zhuqing used her Invisible Wings to carry them into the darkness beside the stairway.
• The mysterious figure tried to call Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena back, but they could not hear her as the darkness swallowed them and cut off sound and energy.

Zhu Zhuqing climbed the dark Thousand-Layer Stairway while protecting Hu Liena, fought strange creatures, and triggered a powerful response from her Moonshadow Divine Armor. The darkness receded, revealing the palace and a fearsome woman with a drawn bow, whose presence seemed to target Zhu Zhuqing.

• Zhu Zhuqing carried Hu Liena upward through the darkness, wary of the light and unable to sense what lay ahead.
• After passing the 500th step, Zhu Zhuqing fought and killed three horned creatures whose black energy entered her body.
• Zhu Zhuqing's crescent moon swallowed the black energy and the little sun on her forehead, while her Moonshadow Divine Armor began radiating silver light.
• A silver moon appeared overhead and devoured the darkness, empowering Zhu Zhuqing and illuminating the half-palace atop the stairway.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw an enormous figure of a black-haired woman holding a drawn, arrowless bow, and felt its gaze fixed on her.

Zhu Zhuqing survived the Divine Temple statue’s attacks and reached the palace with Hu Liena, but they could not open its enormous door. Zhu Zhuqing discovered a faint connection to the palace through her summoned tiger, which was blasted away when it touched the black longbow and tried again at her command.

• Zhu Zhuqing dodged the statue’s arrows on the Thousand-Layer Stairway and spent five Destiny Points to shield herself from its final volley.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena reached the golden palace, found its main door immovable, and saw an incomprehensible sign beside a passage that Zhu Zhuqing chose not to enter.
• A figure inside the neighboring palace called for Zhu Zhuqing, then collapsed when she left; afterward, flames and showers of fire appeared over the stairway, unnoticed by the two women.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena ate at the palace entrance while Zhu Zhuqing tried to find a way inside.
• Zhu Zhuqing summoned a Spirit-Summoned Azure Sky Tiger, which sensed her behind the door and was blasted away after touching the black longbow.
• At Zhu Zhuqing’s command, the tiger stood up and cautiously approached the door again.

Zhu Zhuqing claimed the Divine Artifact Elf God Bow and triggered the beginning of the Dark Elf God's inheritance, though her fifth-rank elf energy was insufficient to start its first trial. She and Hu Liena were transported to the Frozen Abyss in the Far North, escaped its extreme cold, and emerged into a vast icy wilderness.

• Zhu Zhuqing opened the palace doors, took the Black Longbow, and heard that the Dark Elf God's inheritance had begun.
• The inheritance assessed Zhu Zhuqing's elf energy as fifth rank and reported that she did not meet the conditions to activate the divine godhood inheritance.
• A golden light from a Sacrificial Altar transported Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena to the Frozen Abyss, where a young ice silkworm hid from them.
• Zhu Zhuqing carried Hu Liena through the abyss and flew them to the surface after Hu Liena began to suffer from the cold.
• Hu Liena replenished her fire element energy while Zhu Zhuqing surveyed the snow-covered mountains around them.

After inheriting the Dark Elf God's power, Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena emerged in the Far North and discussed whether Hu Liena would return to Spirit Hall. The story then shifted to a battle over an ice crystal mine, where a Fire Bear Sect leader confronted the retreating White Ape Soul Sage.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena identified their surroundings as the Far North after escaping the inheritance space with the Dark Elf God's inheritance and a God-Given Soul Ring.
• Hu Liena asked Zhu Zhuqing to return to Spirit Hall, but Zhu Zhuqing refused and warned that Spirit Hall would become an enemy of the continent.
• Hu Liena refused to abandon Bibi Dong, saying she would stay by her teacher's side even if Spirit Hall faced the continent.
• A White Ape Soul Sage and his team battled Ice Jade Emperor Scorpions near an ice crystal mine, then withdrew when a Fire Bear Sect Soul Douluo arrived.
• The Fire Bear Sect leader urged Old Cou to join his sect, and Old Cou angrily accused the sect of trying to wipe out his clan despite its retreat.

Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena arrived in the Frozen Forest as Ji Wei threatened the White Ape Sect and tried to seize the two women. Zhu Zhuqing’s overwhelming power stopped Ji Wei’s attack and struck him with a black bolt, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Ji Wei ordered Còu Lin to surrender the White Ape Sect’s women, while the sect prepared to fight to the death.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena charged out of the Frozen Forest, drawing the attention of Ji Wei and both sects.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her six soul rings and asked how far they were from Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Ji Wei unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena despite Hu Liena’s warning that they were from Spirit Hall.
• Zhu Zhuqing pinned Ji Wei with her aura, then fired a streak of black light from her bow that tore a channel through the snow and trees.