Chapter Summaries

Shi Quan agreed to help Qian Renxue uncover why Bibi Dong had killed her father and proposed investigating Yu Xiaogang, whom he suspected knew the truth. After putting Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong to sleep, he entered Yu Xiaogang’s dream and witnessed how the young Bibi Dong had fallen for him.

• Qian Renxue told Shi Quan that her grandfather had said Bibi Dong loved her, though Qian Renxue could not believe it and had found no clues about her father’s death.
• Shi Quan offered to investigate and pointed to Yu Xiaogang’s past closeness with Bibi Dong and his access to Spirit Hall’s archives as a possible lead.
• Qian Renxue agreed to start with Yu Xiaogang, who was at Blue Tyrant Academy, and Shi Quan went there after leaving the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
• Shi Quan located Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, used Spirit Power to put them to sleep, and entered Yu Xiaogang’s dream.
• Shi Quan watched the young Bibi Dong meet Yu Xiaogang and become captivated by his defiant, indifferent manner.

Shi Quan uncovered memories showing that Bibi Dong had been involved with Yu Xiaogang and was pregnant with Qian Renxue when she ended their relationship. He speculated that Qian Xunji had forced Bibi Dong to stay and may later have allowed her to kill him, leaving Qian Renxue to reconsider her parents’ history.

• Shi Quan extracted Yu Xiaogang’s memories of his relationship with Bibi Dong and found that she ended it while pregnant with Qian Renxue.
• Shi Quan showed the memories to Qian Renxue and pointed out that Bibi Dong disappeared for nearly two months before ending her relationship with Yu Xiaogang.
• Shi Quan connected the timing to Qian Renxue’s birth and speculated that Qian Xunji had used dark means to keep Bibi Dong and force her to break up with Yu Xiaogang.
• Shi Quan suggested that Qian Xunji might have cared for Bibi Dong and willingly let her kill him, citing the circumstances of his death in Papal Hall.

Shi Quan met Bibi Dong in Spirit City to investigate what happened between her and Qian Xunji, offering two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast Spirit Souls in exchange for the truth. He challenged her attachment to Yu Xiaogang and asked how she would react if Hu Liena abandoned her and Spirit Hall for a worthless man.

• After the Spirit Soul Assembly, Shi Quan told Gu Yue Na he planned to visit Spirit City and negotiate with the Successor of Rakshasa.
• Shi Quan arrived at Spirit Hall and asked to meet Bibi Dong, who ordered everyone to leave them alone.
• Shi Quan said he was helping Qian Renxue investigate the matter between Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji, prompting Bibi Dong to demand to know what he had done to Yu Xiaogang.
• Shi Quan told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang was with Liu Erlong at Blue Tyrant Academy and condemned him for his failures and for raising Tang San.
• Shi Quan offered Bibi Dong two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast Spirit Souls for her cooperation and the truth, then asked how she would respond if Hu Liena abandoned her and Spirit Hall for a worthless man.

Shi Quan urged Bibi Dong to confront her past and persuaded Qian Daoliu to speak with her, while Qian Daoliu offered Shi Quan his support. Bibi Dong later visited Yu Xiaogang at Blue Tyrant Academy, knocked Liu Erlong unconscious, and restored Yu Xiaogang's meridians after he begged her.

• Shi Quan left Bibi Dong with a month to consider his words, then met Qian Daoliu and urged him to help her let go of the past.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to visit Bibi Dong and offered Shi Quan his assistance, while Shi Quan said he and Qian Renxue were only friends.
• A week later, Bibi Dong left Spirit Hall Mountain for Heaven Dou City, and Qian Daoliu watched her go.
• At Blue Tyrant Academy, Bibi Dong saw that Liu Erlong was pregnant and confronted Yu Xiaogang, knocking Liu Erlong unconscious with her spirit power.
• Bibi Dong offered to restore Yu Xiaogang's ability to use Soul Power if he begged her, and she repaired his meridians after he did so.

Bibi Dong crippled Yu Xiaogang again after he failed to speak up for Liu Erlong and their unborn child, then later took Shi Quan to the Star Dou Great Forest. There, Shi Quan used Di Tian’s presence to make three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors submit and began gathering life energy to help them advance.

• Bibi Dong gave Yu Xiaogang three chances to defend Liu Erlong and their unborn child, then crippled him when he remained silent.
• Several days later, Bibi Dong told Shi Quan how she had been imprisoned, forced to bear Qian Renxue, and monitored before regaining her freedom.
• Shi Quan and Bibi Dong traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Shi Quan asked Gu Yue Na to have Di Tian intimidate the three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors.
• Shi Quan offered the three ants a chance to become Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and have two become Bibi Dong’s Spirit Souls, warning that refusal meant force.
• Di Tian released his Imperial Dragon Might, and the three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors submitted.
• Shi Quan summoned his Blue Silver Emperor Tree Spirit Soul and activated its Seventh Spirit Ring to draw surrounding life energy toward the ants.

Shi Quan used the Star Dou Great Forest’s life energy to empower three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors, then helped Bibi Dong absorb two of them as Spirit Souls. Bibi Dong reached rank ninety-nine and left for Spirit City, while Shi Quan named the remaining Ant Emperor Jun Tian and went with him and Di Tian to visit Gu Yue Na at the Lake of Life.

• Shi Quan’s Blue Silver Emperor Tree True Form and Blue Silver Domain gathered immense energy across the forest, but Gu Yue Na warned him to stop before he exposed the Child of Destiny Power.
• Shi Quan poured life energy into the three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors, strengthening them and allowing the two smaller ones to submit as Bibi Dong’s Spirit Souls.
• Shi Quan extracted the two Ant Emperor Spirit Souls for Bibi Dong and took their Spirit Bones, while naming the remaining Ant Emperor Jun Tian.
• Bibi Dong absorbed the two Spirit Souls with Shi Quan’s help and gained two red Spirit Rings, bringing her total to nine and her cultivation to rank ninety-nine.
• Bibi Dong thanked Shi Quan but declined to speak with Qian Renxue, then flew toward Spirit City; Shi Quan and Jun Tian followed Di Tian to the Lake of Life to see Gu Yue Na.

Shi Quan traveled with Gu Yue Na and Di Tian to the Sun Moon Continent to spread the Underworld theory, after telling Qian Renxue what he had learned about Bibi Dong. They reached Border Sea City and learned that the Devil Forest belonged to the powerful Big Eye Evil Emperor.

• Shi Quan told Qian Renxue what he had learned in Spirit City, and she broke down emotionally before he comforted her and departed.
• Shi Quan, Gu Yue Na, and Di Tian traveled for two weeks across the sea on Jun Tian and reached the Sun Moon Continent.
• The group landed in Border Sea City, where patrol captain Liu Lei offered to guide them; Shi Quan exchanged valuables for local currency and bought a map.
• Shi Quan studied the map and learned from Di Tian that the Devil Forest was the territory of the Big Eye Evil Emperor, who had once badly injured Di Tian.

Shi Quan traveled to Mingdu to seek cooperation with the Sun Moon Empire and study its Soul Tool knowledge at Sun Moon Academy. After revealing his origins and offering to exchange Douluo Continent’s Soul Master theories, he waited for the Empire’s leaders, who arrived to find his enormous soul beast mount consuming a mountain of meat.

• Shi Quan sent Gu Yue Na and Di Tian to Devil Forest while he traveled to Mingdu to investigate cooperation with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Shi Quan entered Mingdu and chose to seek admission to Sun Moon Academy so he could study its Soul Tool knowledge.
• Shi Quan revealed his strength to the gatekeeper, and vice dean Ming Huo welcomed him into the academy.
• Shi Quan told Ming Huo about Douluo Continent and Dragon Soaring Continent and offered to exchange Douluo’s Soul Master theories for access to Soul Tool knowledge.
• Ming Huo summoned the Sun Moon Empire’s ruler and three elders, while Shi Quan asked academy staff to feed his mount.
• The ruler, three elders, and Ming Huo entered the hall and froze at the sight of Shi Quan’s enormous soul beast mount.

Shi Quan met Emperor Ming De and the Sun Moon Empire’s elders, explained that he had crossed the sea to spread the Reincarnation God’s teachings, and gave them texts about the Underworld and godhood. In exchange for their help spreading the teachings and access to Spirit Tool research, he shared Spirit Ring Limit Theory and began drawing a detailed meridian chart.

• Shi Quan introduced himself to Emperor Ming De and the three elders, then confirmed he had come from the Douluo Continent to spread a legend.
• Shi Quan gave the group booklets describing the Underworld and reincarnation, and explained that gods lived in the God Realm and humans could become gods.
• Emperor Ming De realized Shi Quan was spreading the Reincarnation God’s renown, and the Sun Moon Empire agreed to help.
• Shi Quan wrote out Spirit Ring Limit Theory and gave it to Emperor Ming De as a gift.
• Shi Quan began drawing a detailed chart of the human meridians, prompting the elders to compare it with their own bodies.

Shi Quan shared the Lesser Circulation Cultivation Method with Ming De and gained access to Sun Moon Academy’s library to study Soul Tools. Three days later, Di Tian, Gu Yue Na, and the Evil Emperor arrived, and the Evil Emperor attacked the Three Elders after they questioned him.

• Shi Quan completed the Lesser Circulation Cultivation Method, which Ming Ji, Ming Xue, and Xu Wan Sen found could increase Spirit Master cultivation speed by ten percent.
• Ming De opened the Sun Moon Academy library to Shi Quan in exchange for the method and the promise of a more powerful Greater Circulation Cultivation Method.
• Shi Quan spent three days studying in the library while the Three Elders remained nearby to watch him.
• Di Tian and Gu Yue Na brought the Evil Emperor to Shi Quan, and the Evil Emperor probed him for a particular aura.
• When Ming Ji questioned the visitors, the Evil Emperor used Spirit Power to hurt the Three Elders and revealed his Evil Eye Tyrant form.
• Ming Ji recognized the Evil Emperor as the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord and said the Three Elders would leave.

Ming Ji led the Sun Moon Continent visitors away after they witnessed Di Tian restrain the powerful Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord. Di Tian recruited Evil Emperor as an ally for the Spirit Beast race’s plan, and Shi Quan began absorbing the Evil Eye, leaving the group hopeful that he would help decide their coming war against the God Realm.

• Ming Ji hurriedly led the three Sun Moon Continent visitors out of the library, while they reflected on Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts’ strength.
• Gu Yue Na revealed Shi Quan’s aura to Evil Emperor, and Di Tian explained the Spirit Beasts’ plan and asked Evil Emperor to become an ally.
• Evil Emperor agreed and gave Shi Quan his mother’s External Soul Bone as a pledge and a way to strengthen him.
• Shi Quan absorbed the Evil Eye, and his powers repaired the Spirit Bone without Evil Emperor’s assistance.
• Evil Emperor left after Di Tian teased him about seeking Shi Quan’s favor, while Di Tian and Gu Yue Na considered Shi Quan crucial to the coming war against the God Realm.

After absorbing the Evil Eye Soul Bone, Shi Quan refined his Spirit Power and continued studying Soul Tools while working with the Sun Moon Empire to spread faith. Four months later, he completed a golden pistol and went outside to test it.

• Shi Quan’s Spirit Power reached toward the God Realm, but Gu Yue Na warned him to withdraw it before the God Realm could discover him.
• Shi Quan told Gu Yue Na and Di Tian that he had partnered with the Sun Moon Empire and planned to master its Soul Tool knowledge before moving on.
• Shi Quan urged Di Tian to study Soul Tools and explained how human ingenuity could help overcome the strength of Spirit Beasts.
• Over four months, Shi Quan exchanged knowledge with the three elders, learning about Soul Tools while advising them on Spirit Master cultivation.
• Shi Quan assembled a golden pistol, admired it, and headed outside to test it.

Shi Quan tested his Soul Gathering Handgun at Sun Moon Academy, impressing Ming Ji and the others with its power despite the weapon breaking after repeated shots. Ming Ji offered to trade for its manufacturing method, and Shi Quan bargained for three top-tier Soul Tools.

• Shi Quan fired the handgun at a distant tree, prompting Ming Ji, Di Tian, and Gu Yue Na to inspect the weapon and discuss its design and possible improvements.
• Ming Ji took Shi Quan to Sun Moon Academy’s weapon Soul Tool testing ground and explained how its Black Iron Stones were used to test weapons.
• Shi Quan fired sixteen bullets before a brief delay, then continued until the handgun exploded after its thirty-sixth shot.
• Ming Ji asked whether Shi Quan would trade the Soul Gathering Handgun’s manufacturing method, and Shi Quan requested five top-tier Soul Tools.
• Ming Ji countered with two Soul Tools, and Shi Quan lowered his demand to three.

Shi Quan selected three Soul Tools for replication, while Ye Lingling and the others launched their second trial on Sea God Island and broke through Xiao Bai’s defenses with coordinated attacks. They passed Xiao Bai, but she unleashed her Despair Lightwave as Dugu Yan revealed the full power of her domain.

• Shi Quan asked Ming Ji to report the Swift Wind Speed Shoes, Spirit Energy Ring, and Spirit Crown to His Majesty as the three items he wanted.
• Ye Lingling and ten companions began their second trial by crossing the Ring Sea under Xiao Bai’s guard.
• Dugu Yan led the group through a waterless passage, and Ye Lingling froze the sea to counter Xiao Bai’s Demon Shark Domain.
• Ye Lingling froze Xiao Bai with her Nine Nether Ice Palm while Ma Hongjun cleared a path and the group passed her.
• Xiao Bai broke free and released Despair Lightwave, but Dugu Yan answered with her Fire Saint Dragon Domain.

Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and their Spirit Souls defeated Xiao Bai’s blockade and completed the Sea God Second Trial, then followed Bo Saixi to begin the Third Trial. Meanwhile, Shi Quan left the Sun Moon Continent after giving Ming Ji the Greater Circulation Cultivation Method and set off toward another continent with Di Tian.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling used their Spirit Souls’ pressure to distract Xiao Bai, allowing the group to reach the shore and win the blockade.
• The Sea God announced that the group had completed the Second Trial, increased their Sea God Affinity, and raised their Soul Power Levels.
• The group learned that their Third Trial involved Tidal Body Refining, and Bo Saixi led them toward Raging Wave Despair.
• Shi Quan gathered his notes and left the Sun Moon Continent with Jun Tian after giving Ming Ji the Greater Circulation Cultivation Method.
• Ming Ji, Xu Wan Sen, and Ming Xue examined the cultivation method and discussed visiting Douluo Continent someday.
• Shi Quan and the others began traveling toward the next continent under Di Tian’s guidance.

Shi Quan chose Long Wenhe to lead his plan to unify Dragon Soaring Continent and establish Reincarnation Palace as a base for spreading Reincarnation Faith. After Long Wenhe carried out his first orders, Shi Quan prepared to march on Coiling Dragon Territory and assigned Jun Tian to assist him.

• Shi Quan and Gu Yue Na agreed that he would find a capable ruler to unify Dragon Soaring Continent and build a force called Reincarnation Palace.
• Shi Quan selected Long Wenhe, whose well-governed Wenhe Territory provided security for its people, and entered Lord Manor with Gu Yue Na.
• Shi Quan compelled Long Wenhe to submit, ordered him to rename his territory Reincarnation Palace, circulate a booklet about reincarnation, and identify strong territories within three days.
• Long Wenhe completed the orders and reported that Coiling Dragon Territory was led by a ninety-first-rank Titled Douluo.
• Shi Quan announced that they would march on Coiling Dragon Territory the next day and assigned Jun Tian to assist Long Wenhe, who was stunned to discover Jun Tian was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Shi Quan led the Reincarnation Palace's invasion of the Coiling Dragon Territory and killed its lord with the Light of Destruction. Long Wenhe incorporated the defeated territory in less than three days and received orders to continue spreading the Reincarnation Palace's faith and expanding.

• Shi Quan ordered Long Wenhe to attack the Coiling Dragon Territory while he dealt with its lord, and Long Wenhe rallied the Reincarnation Palace's soldiers with the sight of Jun Tian.
• Shi Quan and Long Wenhe marched to the Coiling Dragon Territory, where the Coiling Dragon Lord led his army out to confront them.
• Shi Quan demanded the Coiling Dragon Lord surrender, then killed him with the Light of Destruction when he attacked.
• Shi Quan ordered Long Wenhe to incorporate the Coiling Dragon Territory within five days and continue expanding the Reincarnation Palace.
• Long Wenhe incorporated the Coiling Dragon Territory and spread the Reincarnation Palace's faith in less than three days.

Shi Quan entrusted Long Wenhe with unifying the continent while seeking materials to develop the God Slaying Cannon and preparing to absorb a Mountain Dragon King-blooded Earth Vein Giant Dragon. Reincarnation Palace expanded rapidly, prompting the remaining lords to form the Lord Manor, and Shi Quan reached Level 89 as the two sides faced off.

• Long Wenhe advised Shi Quan to combine force with offers of authority and benefits to bring territory lords into Reincarnation Palace, and Shi Quan authorized him to lead unification while requiring the future ruler to revere the Reincarnation God.
• Shi Quan ordered precious metals gathered to test a God Slaying Cannon concept designed to compress the energy of thousands of Spirit Masters.
• Di Tian reported an Earth Vein Giant Dragon with dense Mountain Dragon King blood beneath Dragon Blood Forest, and Shi Quan planned to use it in his preparations to condense an Earth Spirit Core after reaching Level 90.
• Shi Quan sent a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to aid Long Wenhe, and the presence of two such beasts helped Reincarnation Palace incorporate nearly half of Dragon Soaring Continent in five months.
• The remaining lords formed the Lord Manor under two Titled Douluo to resist Reincarnation Palace while it consolidated its new territories.
• Shi Quan broke through to Level 89, and he and Gu Yue Na estimated that reaching godhood would take around forty to fifty months.

Shi Quan returned to Douluo Continent after establishing Reincarnation Palace on Dragon Soaring Continent, then reunited with Dugu Bo and learned how Qian Renxue had reshaped the political balance. With Heaven Dou allied to Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, both empires mobilized for a war that seemed imminent.

• Shi Quan left Long Wenhe in charge of Reincarnation Palace and traveled to Douluo Continent with Di Tian and Gu Yue Na.
• Shi Quan sensed Dugu Bo fighting Yue Guan near Sunset Forest and hurried to check on him.
• Dugu Bo confronted Shi Quan about supporting Xue Qinghe, and Shi Quan explained that he had sought to exploit the split between Elder Hall and Bibi Dong’s faction.
• Dugu Bo told Shi Quan that Qian Renxue had taken control of the Heaven Dou Empire, while Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect supported it.
• Dugu Bo reported that the two empires were mobilizing their armies and that war could break out at any moment.

Shi Quan discussed the Heaven Dou Empire’s advantage over the Star Luo Empire and suspected Tang San was behind a force of Fallen Spirit Masters. He learned that Spirit Hall had found no source for the power that corrupted them, leaving him to wonder whether Tang San was involved.

• Shi Quan considered the Heaven Dou Empire’s military superiority and the Star Luo Empire’s secret defections, while suspecting Tang San might be hiding there.
• Shi Quan visited Qian Renxue and learned that Bibi Dong had arranged Spirit Hall’s support for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue said the war would begin after the Spirit Soul Assembly and explained that the Star Luo Empire had spread rumors to undermine her influence.
• Shi Quan asked about the Fallen Spirit Masters, and Qian Renxue said a Worship Hall elder had killed them after they were found to have been transformed by an unknown power.
• Shi Quan wondered whether Tang San had caused the transformation and pondered whether his suspicion came from instinct or the Child of Destiny Power.