Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang rushed to the inn after learning that two Soul Masters had resisted Spirit Hall’s inspection, hoping to use them to activate the Rakshasa God Trial. He confronted Xiao Yu and demanded that he submit, but no one answered him.

• Yu Xiaogang learned that a man and a woman had injured Spirit Hall’s search squad and decided to seize them to fill the final two spots needed for his Rakshasa God Trial.
• Yue Guan warned Yu Xiaogang that the pair might be descendants of a powerful family, but Yu Xiaogang insisted he could label them Evil Spirit Masters and arrest them.
• Spirit Hall’s convoy arrived at the inn, and the innkeeper urged Xiao Yu to escape through the back door.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the inn with a Red Bishop and demanded that the defiant Soul Master identify himself and submit to an investigation.
• The frightened guests glanced toward Xiao Yu, but nobody responded, leaving Yu Xiaogang furious.

Yu Xiaogang ordered the arrest and interrogation of everyone in the tavern, but Xiao Yu arrived and confronted him. After Yue Guan blocked Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu’s summoned golden dragon lizard pinned Yu Xiaogang beneath its foot.

• Yu Xiaogang ordered his men to seize everyone in the tavern and investigate Xiao Yu’s family.
• Zhu Zhuyun arrived and announced that the carriage was ready, then Xiao Yu emerged from the crowd.
• Yue Guan recognized Xiao Yu and asked whether he had driven off the Spirit Hall search party; Xiao Yu admitted it and said he had acted on behalf of the Saintess.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to use his authority to take Xiao Yu into custody and imagined using him to get revenge on his enemies.
• Xiao Yu revealed seven black Spirit Rings and charged at Yu Xiaogang, but Yue Guan summoned his martial soul and blocked him.
• Xiao Yu reminded Yue Guan that his martial soul could leave his body, and the Sleeping Dragon pinned Yu Xiaogang beneath its foot.

Xiao Yu refused to release Yu Xiaogang outright and instead used his clan status to force a humiliating spirit-ring choice on him. He left Yu Xiaogang alive as a future bargaining chip against Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue’s rise to power.

• Yue Guan urged Xiao Yu to spare Yu Xiaogang, but Xiao Yu crushed Yu Xiaogang’s hand and rejected the warning.
• Xiao Yu explained that Yu Xiaogang was useful for restraining Bibi Dong and said he would keep him alive until Qian Renxue took power.
• Xiao Yu claimed he would help Yu Xiaogang obtain his third spirit ring and sent Sleeping Dragon to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Sleeping Dragon returned with a wounded ten-year Black Weasel, and Xiao Yu told Yu Xiaogang to absorb its farting spirit ring.
• Yu Xiaogang trembled under Xiao Yu’s threat, accepted the ring, and said, “Thank you.”

Xiao Yu forced Yu Xiaogang to absorb a ten-year spirit ring, then warned Chrysanthemum Douluo that Bibi Dong had become dangerous. Yu Xiaogang’s humiliating spirit ring spread rumors that damaged Bibi Dong’s standing, while Qian Daoliu welcomed the news.

• Xiao Yu threatened Chrysanthemum Douluo into letting Yu Xiaogang absorb the ten-year spirit ring, then left with Zhu Zhuyun and warned Yue Guan to find someone else to serve.
• Yu Xiaogang finished absorbing the ring and gained the spirit skill "Farts Like Thunder, a Cloud of Black Smoke from Three-Eyed Toad."
• Yu Xiaogang raged about his weak third spirit ring and cursed Xiao Yu, while Chrysanthemum Douluo mocked him silently.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo escorted Yu Xiaogang back to Spirit City as news spread that the Red Bishop had only three rings, including a white one.
• Spirit masters across the continent began criticizing Bibi Dong, and Qian Daoliu smiled as he read the news.

Xiao Yu and Zhu Zhuyun returned to Blue Tyrant Academy, while Bibi Dong struggled to comfort Yu Xiaogang after his humiliating failure and he turned his anger on her. The chapter ended by introducing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s hidden Nine Dragon Thunder Valley, a lightning-filled inheritance ground.

• Xue Qinghe laughed at reports of Bibi Dong’s recent foolish actions.
• Xiao Yu and Zhu Zhuyun returned to Blue Tyrant Academy, where Zhu Zhuqing reunited with her sister and helped her settle in.
• Bibi Dong punished Yue Guan by docking his salary and halving his resources instead of killing him for failing to protect Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang berated Bibi Dong for half an hour, then left to train students while she resolved to keep helping him.
• The chapter described Nine Dragon Thunder Valley, where the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had established its sect and concealed inheritance ground.

Xiao Yu fought Yu Yuanzhen to a standstill in Nine Dragon Thunder Valley, impressing the clan leader and onlookers. After the battle, Liu Erlong took Xiao Yu to rest at his courtyard, where they settled together in the sunlight.

• Yu Yuanzhen unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and Eighth Spirit Ability against Xiao Yu, but the onlookers watched the two dragons reach a stalemate.
• The lightning faded, revealing Xiao Yu with only a weakened aura and no serious injuries, and Yu Yuanzhen praised him and invited him to drink.
• Liu Erlong flew to Xiao Yu, supported him, and glared angrily at Yu Yuanzhen before Xiao Yu reassured her that he had only exhausted his Soul Power.
• Yu Luomian told Liu Erlong to take Xiao Yu back to rest and announced that the family would gather that night.
• Liu Erlong brought Xiao Yu to the courtyard Yu Yuanzhen had built for him, and the two rested together in the sunlight.

Yu Yuanzhen explained that the Upper Three Sects owed their status to powerful inherited arts and revealed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s forbidden inheritance, the True Dragon Nine Crowns. Xiao Yu learned that the nine soul bone fragments could temporarily grant demigod-level strength and raise Spirit Rings to a hundred thousand years, but they consumed the user’s life force.

• Yu Yuanzhen asked Xiao Yu about having children, then explained that inheritance distinguished the Upper Three Sects from other powerful sects.
• Yu Yuanzhen said Spirit Hall’s ancient inheritance and power surpassed even the combined strength of the Upper Three Sects.
• Yu Yuanzhen described the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Heart Separation Control and the Clear Sky Sect’s Great Sumeru Hammer as inherited arts that strengthened their sects.
• Yu Yuanzhen revealed that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan preserved a forbidden inheritance called the True Dragon Nine Crowns.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Xiao Yu that the nine soul bone fragments could grant temporary demigod-level strength and strengthen Spirit Rings, but using them consumed life force and had killed the clan’s first sect master.

Yu Yuanzhen told Xiao Yu about the True Dragon Nine Crowns and revealed that he believed Xiao Yu’s Bright Holy Dragon could finally fuse with them. He urged Xiao Yu to try absorbing a fragment, promising to protect him and the clan until Xiao Yu reached Level Ninety-Five and inherited the clan leadership.

• Xiao Yu remembered that the True Dragon Nine Crowns could strengthen the body and raise Spirit Ring Ages, and recalled Yu Yuanzhen’s earlier fusion of eight fragments.
• Yu Yuanzhen denied that he planned to retire and said he wanted Xiao Yu to focus on growing stronger before taking over as Clan Head.
• Yu Yuanzhen explained that the clan’s research suggested a martial soul stronger than the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon might perfectly fuse with the crowns, and he believed Xiao Yu’s Bright Holy Dragon fit that requirement.
• Yu Yuanzhen admitted he had urged Xiao Yu to have children so the Bright Holy Dragon bloodline could spread.
• Yu Yuanzhen warned that absorbing a True Dragon Nine Crowns fragment was irreversible, but said Xiao Yu could attempt it and asked whether he would try.

Xiao Yu agreed to Yu Yuanzhen's plan to absorb the True Dragon Nine Crowns, and Yu Yuanzhen brought him to the mountain peak to obtain the Snow Jade Crown. When the head soul bone enveloped Xiao Yu in golden light, the Silver Dragon King awakened and explained that he had experienced the soul bone's memories through a spiritual connection.

• Xiao Yu agreed to Yu Yuanzhen's proposal to absorb the True Dragon Nine Crowns and unlock the Bright Holy Dragon's full potential.
• Yu Yuanzhen led Xiao Yu to the highest peak in Nine Dragon Thunder Valley and summoned the Snow Jade Crown.
• Xiao Yu accepted the head soul bone, which transformed into a golden sphere of light around him.
• Xiao Yu endured a sudden rush of memories and pain as the Snow Jade Crown formed a connection with him.
• The Silver Dragon King awakened, and Xiao Yu angrily questioned why she was still watching him.
• The Silver Dragon King explained that the head soul bone had recognized Xiao Yu as a Bright Holy Dragon and shared its memories through a spiritual link.

Xiao Yu learned that the memories from the Bright Holy Dragon soul bone showed a ruined valley unlike the Silver Dragon King’s memory of the Asura God’s massacre. After examining the True Dragon Nine Crowns, the Silver Dragon King offered to help Xiao Yu absorb them if he agreed to find the valley, which she believed sheltered the dragon race’s last bloodline.

• The Silver Dragon King explained that the Bright Holy Dragon’s soul bone contained its owner’s memories and could kill a human who absorbed it without a dragon’s physique.
• Xiao Yu described the ruined valley he had seen, and the Silver Dragon King reacted with shock because it did not match her memory of the Asura God slaughtering the dragon race.
• Xiao Yu asked Yu Yuanzhen to summon the other eight True Dragon Nine Crowns so the Silver Dragon King could inspect them.
• After examining the crowns in silence, the Silver Dragon King offered to help Xiao Yu absorb them if he promised to find the valley from the memories.
• The Silver Dragon King said she believed the valley had been established by a Dragon King to preserve the dragon race’s final bloodline.

The Silver Dragon King explained the dragon clan’s history and asked Xiao Yu to help them, and he agreed. Xiao Yu began absorbing the True Dragon Nine Crowns to help Sleeping Dragon evolve, but the process unleashed golden lightning and left him in terrible pain.

• The Silver Dragon King revealed that the Bright Holy Dragon King had likely hidden the Dragon Valley and its dragon descendants during the God Realm’s invasion.
• Xiao Yu agreed to help the Silver Dragon King despite learning of the dragon clan’s blood feud with the God Realm.
• The Silver Dragon King instructed Xiao Yu to summon Sleeping Dragon, absorb the eight fragments, and use the Snow Jade Crown to unite their energies.
• Xiao Yu warned Yu Yuanzhen that he would absorb the True Dragon Nine Crowns, and Yu Yuanzhen reluctantly agreed after checking that he was certain.
• Xiao Yu began absorbing the eight crowns and the Snow Jade Crown, filling Nine Dragon Thunder Valley with golden light and lightning.
• The storm intensified as Xiao Yu struggled in pain while the True Dragon Nine Crowns ravaged his body.

Xiao Yu and Sleeping Dragon endured the violent energy of the True Dragon Nine Crowns, until Sleeping Dragon enclosed Xiao Yu in a golden cocoon. Liu Erlong learned Xiao Yu was safe and stayed to guard him while arranging for his companions to pursue their own cultivation and family plans.

• Xiao Yu and Sleeping Dragon convulsed in agony as the True Dragon Nine Crowns’ energy tore through their bodies, while Yu Yuanzhen worried that Xiao Yu would not survive.
• Sleeping Dragon released a beam of golden light that enveloped Xiao Yu in a cocoon, and Yu Yuanzhen left Nine Dragon Thunder Valley after sensing Xiao Yu’s Soul Power was stable.
• Liu Erlong confronted Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian when Xiao Yu did not return, but calmed down after Yu Yuanzhen explained that Xiao Yu was absorbing a powerful soul bone.
• Liu Erlong sensed Xiao Yu inside the cocoon, stayed at Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to watch over him, and told his other women that he was increasing his strength.
• Liu Erlong arranged for Ning Rongrong to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Dugu Yan to cultivate with Dugu Bo, and Meng Yiran to visit her grandparents; Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuyun remained at Blue Tyrant Academy with Ling Yuan Douluo.

Blue Tyrant Academy’s leadership was arranged while Liu Erlong returned to her clan, and events across Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire unfolded during the next two months. Tang San began Tang Hao’s waterfall training, which required him to perform the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer eighty-one times with his Soul Power and martial soul sealed.

• Liu Erlong prepared to stay with her clan, leaving Lingyuan, Zhu Zhuyun, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to help manage Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Spirit Hall’s sweeping arrests of suspected Evil Spirit Masters fueled resentment, while Bibi Dong continued backing Yu Xiaogang’s Rakshasa God Trial and Qian Daoliu let the turmoil run on.
• Dai Mubai reached level sixty and defeated a Soul Saint, strengthening his position as Crown Prince, while Dai Weisi disappeared after reportedly being abducted by Evil Spirit Masters.
• After recovering from his injuries, Tang San began training beneath a waterfall under Tang Hao’s guidance, but the torrent repeatedly broke his wooden hammer and swept him into the lake.
• Tang Hao required Tang San to complete eighty-one Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer strikes with his Soul Power and martial soul sealed.

Tang Hao discovered that Tang San’s grief over Xiao Wu had stalled his hammer training, then reassured him that he accepted their love. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong’s brutal hunt for Evil Spirit Masters deepened resentment against Spirit Hall, and Qian Daoliu ordered the Heaven Dou Empire branch placed under Xue Qinghe’s control.

• Tang Hao watched Tang San struggle to exceed thirty hammer strikes and realized he had made no progress for two months because he was worried about Xiao Wu.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that he could be with Xiao Wu and urged him to focus on training so he could become strong enough to protect their relationship.
• Over the next four months, Bibi Dong continued her reckless arrests and bloody suppression of those who resisted, turning soul masters and Spirit Hall officials against her.
• Golden Crocodile urged Qian Daoliu to stop Bibi Dong from ruining Spirit Hall, but Qian Daoliu ordered Jiang Mo and Qian Jun to put Spirit Hall in the Heaven Dou Empire under Xue Qinghe’s control.

Qian Daoliu explained his gradual plan to weaken Bibi Dong’s influence and prepare Qian Renxue to take over Spirit Hall. He revealed that Xiao Yu had devised the strategy, leaving Golden Crocodile astonished by the young man’s foresight.

• Golden Crocodile asked Qian Daoliu whether he would let Qian Renxue become Pope, and Qian Daoliu said he had been waiting for the right opportunity to act.
• Qian Daoliu explained that forcing Bibi Dong to abdicate would cost Qian Renxue the support of Spirit Hall, so they needed to diminish Bibi Dong’s standing first.
• Qian Daoliu outlined how Qian Renxue would take charge of part of Spirit Hall and improve its administration, building support until Bibi Dong could no longer command loyalty.
• Qian Daoliu credited Xiao Yu with proposing the plan after predicting that Bibi Dong would make increasingly damaging decisions for Yu Xiaogang’s sake.
• Golden Crocodile wondered whether Xiao Yu was a reincarnated god and felt relieved that he was not their enemy.

Qian Daoliu appointed Qian Renxue acting Pope over Spirit Hall branches in the Heaven Dou Empire, and she formed a welfare-focused alliance with Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. Her policies won widespread support after she ended the Evil Spirit Master hunts there, leaving people in other regions hoping she would free them as well.

• Qian Daoliu ordered Jiang Mo and Qian Jun Douluo to help Qian Renxue take control of Spirit Hall branches across the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Daoliu confronted Bibi Dong, who reluctantly accepted Qian Renxue's appointment to avoid disrupting the undercover plan and Bibi Dong's plans for Xiao Gang.
• Qian Renxue became acting Pope in the Heaven Dou Empire, placing its Spirit Hall personnel under her command instead of Bibi Dong's.
• Qian Renxue and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe confirmed their cooperation at Moonlight Pavilion, agreeing to raise Soul Master relief funds and reduce taxes for ordinary people.
• Qian Renxue canceled the Evil Spirit Master hunts and reversed many of Bibi Dong's rules, earning support in the Heaven Dou Empire and prompting people elsewhere to petition for the same changes.

Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, strengthened Heaven Dou Empire’s ties with Spirit Hall while Xue Ye encouraged her to court the Saintess. Three months later, Spirit Hall’s harsh searches had fueled resentment elsewhere, while Heaven Dou’s generous policies and the Crown Prince and Saintess’s frequent visits to Moonlight Pavilion stirred envy and romantic rumors.

• Bibi Dong grew furious when her son’s actions undermined her authority, but Qian Daoliu stopped her from intervening, so she intensified Evil Spirit Master searches outside Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Ye urged Xue Qinghe to win Qian Renxue’s heart and imagined their marriage would unite Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall; disguised as Xue Qinghe, Qian Renxue agreed while privately mocking the idea.
• Over the next three months, Bibi Dong’s investigation squads repeatedly searched Spirit Masters across other nations, worsening resentment, while Heaven Dou Empire remained free of their harassment and offered increased subsidies.
• Spirit Hall workers envied the improved pay and easier conditions at Heaven Dou branches, and news of Su Yuntao’s bonus and marriage spread among them.
• Xue Qinghe and Qian Renxue kept appearing together and spending days at Moonlight Pavilion, prompting rumors that they were romantically involved despite Tang Yuehua’s explanations.

Qian Renxue’s exhaustion and the scandal surrounding her visits to Moonlight Pavilion drew gossip, while Bibi Dong grew furious over praise for her rival’s leadership. In Spirit Hall, Hu Liena told Xie Yue and Yan that Yu Xiaogang had tried to exploit her, then recounted his obscene proposal.

• Qian Renxue used Moonlight Pavilion to sleep undisturbed while managing Spirit Hall and the imperial palace, and others mistook her visits for a romance with Xue Qinghe.
• Bibi Dong read Salas’s report praising Qian Renxue’s accomplishments and erupted in anger at the suggestion that she imitate the acting Pope’s methods.
• Xie Yue and Yan visited Hu Liena after her repeated absences and found her crying in her room.
• Hu Liena told Xie Yue and Yan that Yu Xiaogang had summoned her to his room and tried to do improper things to her.
• Hu Liena explained that Yu Xiaogang had told her to undress and lie on the bed so he could teach her how to become stronger.

Yu Xiaogang tried to use cultivation instruction as an excuse to make Hu Liena undress, but she fled before he could act. After learning what happened, Yan wanted to confront him, while Xie Yue stopped him and warned that the matter had to remain secret to protect Hu Liena.

• Yu Xiaogang told Hu Liena to take off her clothes and lie on his bed, claiming physical contact was necessary for instruction.
• Hu Liena rejected Yu Xiaogang's explanation and hurried out of his room.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that his Rakshasa-fueled fallen emotions drove him to target Hu Liena and that he resented Bibi Dong for rejecting him.
• After Hu Liena told them what happened, Yan prepared to kill Yu Xiaogang, but Xie Yue stopped him.
• Xie Yue insisted they could not handle the matter openly because Hu Liena would be the one to suffer if others learned of it.

Hu Liena decided to escape Yu Xiaogang’s unwanted attention by entering the City of Slaughter, and Bibi Dong escorted her there for training. After Hu Liena began fighting to survive, Bibi Dong warned the King of Slaughter not to harm her, while Yu Xiaogang vowed to pursue her.

• Xie Yue urged Yan and Hu Liena to keep Yu Xiaogang’s proposal from Bibi Dong and find a way to protect Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong she would not attend Yu Xiaogang’s classes and asked to train in the City of Slaughter.
• Bibi Dong agreed and escorted Hu Liena into the City of Slaughter, where Hu Liena killed several Evil Spirit Masters who threatened her.
• Bibi Dong warned the King of Slaughter that she would replace him if anything happened to Hu Liena, then left his palace.
• The King of Slaughter watched Bibi Dong leave and said he wanted to taste her blood, while Yu Xiaogang vowed to find Hu Liena in the City of Slaughter.