Recaps

Cheng Ran took control of Qian Renxue and battered the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with darkness bullets, mental attacks, and a barrage aimed at his vital points. The whale king transformed into a towering armored human, and Cheng Ran fired a fused divine-power attack through his armor and chest gem.

• Cheng Ran controlled Qian Renxue and used her Angel abilities and Gatling guns to wound and disorient the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Cheng Ran and Qian Renxue discussed the whale king’s vulnerable spots while Qian Renxue’s clones and Angel Holy Sword intensified the assault.
• The gravely wounded Deep Sea Demonic Whale King erupted with energy and transformed into an armored human form, prompting Xiao Bai to identify his energy armorization.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King activated his Demon Whale Domain, but Cheng Ran launched the Asura Holy Sword and cracked his armor.
• Cheng Ran fused Angel divine power, Sea God’s Light, Asura power, and faith into a Divine Wrath Missile that pierced the whale king’s chest armor and gem.

Qian Renxue absorbed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Million-Year Soul Ring, reaching level ninety-nine and gaining two new Soul Skills. After collecting the whale's Soul Bone, brain, and Whale Pearl, she gave Xiao Bai and her clan the corpse to eat.

• Cheng Ran and Qian Renxue defeated the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and his red-gold Soul Ring appeared above the sea.
• Qian Renxue absorbed the Million-Year Soul Ring and rose from level ninety-seven to level ninety-nine.
• Cheng Ran tested the new Deep Sea Demon Whale Torpedo and Deep Sea Demon Whale Mechanical Storm Soul Skills.
• Qian Renxue collected the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's torso Soul Bone, whale brain, and Whale Pearl for Cheng Ran.
• Qian Renxue gave the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's corpse to Xiao Bai, who called her clan to share the flesh.

Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall as a level-ninety-nine Limit Douluo and prepared to face Bibi Dong in the Three-Year Pact. As the assembled guests waited for the duel to begin, Tang San spotted someone in the stands and froze.

• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu and the seven Consecrated Elders that she had reached level ninety-nine, and she said she had been preparing for the battle since she turned fifteen.
• Three days later, Qian Renxue stood ready at the Training Ground as guests from across the continent arrived, including Bo Saixi and the Sea God Island delegation.
• Bo Saixi teased Qian Daoliu about the invitation to Spirit Hall, while Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo discussed Qian Renxue's chances of winning.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Chen Xin to look for Tang San after learning that he had gone to the bathroom, fearing he might act impulsively.
• Tang San clutched his stomach at the VIP passage entrance, cursed Qian Renxue's growing strength, then spotted someone in the stands and stood stunned.

Tang San saw Xiao Wu alive at Spirit Hall’s grand ceremony and rushed to her, but she did not recognize him and rejected his claims. He returned to his seat with Ning Rongrong, bitterly realizing that Qian Renxue had changed the events he remembered.

• Tang San spotted Xiao Wu in the front row and hurried over, calling her by name.
• Xiao Wu denied knowing Tang San, while Dugu Bo warned him to stay away from her as a member of Spirit Hall’s Worship Hall.
• Dugu Yan confronted Tang San with her Eight Spider Lances, and Tang San recognized the soul bone from his memories.
• Ning Rongrong pulled Tang San away and accused him of hitting on Xiao Wu, while Ning Fengzhi apologized to Xiao Wu and her companions.
• Tang San told Ning Rongrong he did not know Xiao Wu, then returned to his seat bitterly thinking of Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong began their Three-Year Pact battle, revealing divine powers that shook Spirit Hall and its guests. Bibi Dong forced her strength into the Quasi-God Realm and launched Nether Rakshasa at Qian Renxue.

• Qian Daoliu welcomed the guests and announced the final battle between Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue arrived with nine crimson soul rings, and Bibi Dong appeared after a long delay with a sinister aura.
• Bibi Dong attacked with her twin martial souls, but Qian Renxue endured her spider silk and countered with flames, teleportation, and spiritual power.
• Qian Renxue revealed the Angel Holy Sword and Asura Holy Sword, then struck Bibi Dong with her self-created divine skill, Angel Asura.
• Bibi Dong burned her blood essence to reach the Quasi-God Realm and unleashed the Rakshasa God Skill, Nether Rakshasa, at Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue and Cheng Ran defeated Bibi Dong in the Training Ground, after Cheng Ran revealed a second Martial Soul and unleashed powerful Million-Year Soul Ring attacks. Qian Renxue stripped Bibi Dong of her titles and expelled her from Spirit Hall, while Yu Xiaogang publicly supported Qian Renxue's succession as Pope.

• Qian Renxue resisted Bibi Dong's attacks with Holy Light and the Power of Faith, but Bibi Dong survived Angel Judgment with Undying Body and wounded her again.
• Cheng Ran revealed a Gilded Bodhisattva Martial Soul, used Million-Year Soul Ring attacks to destroy Bibi Dong's defenses, and left her gravely injured with her dantian ruined.
• Cheng Ran returned control to Qian Renxue, who declared herself Spirit Hall's new Pope and condemned Bibi Dong for disloyalty, unrighteousness, and inhumanity.
• Qian Renxue stripped Bibi Dong of her position and title, declared that Bibi Dong was no longer her mother, and expelled her from Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang told Bibi Dong she no longer deserved sympathy and publicly declared his support for Qian Renxue's succession as Pope.

Yu Xiaogang and Yang Wushuang publicly pledged themselves to Qian Renxue, drawing scorn from the crowd and fury from their families. Qian Renxue elevated the Breaking Clan to Spirit Hall’s subordinate Breaking Sect and proposed that Yang Wushuang replace Yang Wudi as its leader, then asked who supported or opposed the change.

• Yu Xiaogang praised Qian Renxue, condemned Bibi Dong, and offered his service to Spirit Hall, prompting ridicule from Flender, Zhao Wuji, Yu Yuanzhen, Tang San, and others.
• Yang Wushuang denounced Yu Xiaogang before declaring that all 376 members of the Breaking Clan would serve Qian Renxue, while Yang Wudi angrily disowned him.
• Qian Renxue acknowledged the Breaking Clan’s hardship after the Clear Sky Sect shut its gates and accepted its allegiance to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue renamed the Breaking Clan the Breaking Sect, made it a subordinate sect of Spirit Hall, and expanded the Lower Four Sects into the Lower Five Sects.
• Qian Renxue proposed that Yang Wudi step down and Yang Wushuang become sect master of the Breaking Sect, then asked who was in favor and who opposed.

Yang Wushuang’s allegiance to Qian Renxue prompted other sects to follow, while Cheng Ran secretly gave Yu Xiaogang a system that promised rewards for supporting Qian Renxue and humiliating her enemies. Yu Xiaogang earned points by striking Bibi Dong and grew excited about the chance to evolve his Martial Soul and become a God King.

• Yang Wudi accepted Spirit Hall’s offer after Yang Wushuang secured the Breaking Clan a place among the Lower Five Sects.
• Huyan Zhen, Tuoba Xi, Feng Bailong, Huo Wuyang, and other sect leaders publicly pledged their support to Qian Renxue.
• Cheng Ran secretly planted the Douluo Goddess System in Yu Xiaogang’s mind and told him he was destined to become a God King.
• Yu Xiaogang received the Asura Holy Sword as a reward but learned he could claim it only after reaching rank fifty.
• The system promised rewards that could evolve Luo Sanpao, and Yu Xiaogang began striking Bibi Dong to earn more fan points.

Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang died together after she struck back against his attack, and Qian Renxue became Spirit Hall’s new Pope. Tang San decided he had to begin the Sea God Nine Trials early to have any chance of defeating her.

• Bibi Dong sacrificed everything to the Rakshasa God and killed Yu Xiaogang, while his system abandoned him as he died.
• Bibi Dong also disintegrated, and Qian Renxue gathered her ashes with Yu Xiaogang’s remains into two urns.
• Qian Renxue declared herself Pope of Spirit Hall, and the Worship Hall elders knelt to obey her.
• Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan celebrated Qian Renxue’s victory, while Dugu Bo praised his decision to side with her.
• Tang San concluded that Qian Renxue had become too powerful to defeat directly and resolved to begin the Sea God Nine Trials early.

After Qian Renxue became Spirit Hall’s Pope, Tang San planned to use the secret of her identity to gain the Heaven Dou Empire’s support, while rejecting Ning Rongrong for Xiao Wu. Qian Renxue entered the Angel God’s final trial and faced a phantom of Bibi Dong.

• At a banquet, Qian Renxue gave the Consecrated Elders a fanciful account of how she gained her Gatling Bodhisattva martial soul, and Qian Daoliu affirmed that she remained his granddaughter and the Angel God’s successor.
• Tang San planned to expose that Qian Renxue had killed the real Xue Qinghe so he could win Xue Ye’s favor and borrow the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then asked Ning Fengzhi to arrange a visit to Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San told Ning Rongrong that he loved Xiao Wu and had always seen Rongrong as a little sister; Ning Rongrong accused him of lusting after Xiao Wu’s looks and stormed into her room.
• Qian Renxue passed the Angel God’s eighth trial with a perfect assessment and entered the ninth trial, which required her to sever three obsessions.
• In the trial’s darkness, Qian Renxue told Bibi Dong’s phantom that she had once hated her but no longer did because Bibi Dong was not worth dwelling on, and the phantom dissolved.

Qian Renxue passed the Angel God’s Ninth Trial by overcoming her feelings for Cheng Ran and accepting that she loved him. She became the new Angel God, and Spirit City celebrated her ascension while Cheng Ran awoke to find her a god.

• Qian Renxue said goodbye to Qian Daoliu’s phantom and promised to find him a divine inheritance once she became a God King.
• Qian Renxue told Tang San’s phantom that he had never been her inner demon, and it dissolved.
• Qian Renxue confessed that she loved Cheng Ran, breaking the darkness and passing the Angel God’s Ninth Trial with a perfect assessment.
• Qian Renxue received the Angel Godhood, the Sun God Sword, the Angel Holy Armor, and divine power that raised her Angel Soul Bones to the hundred-thousand-year level.
• Qian Daoliu, the seven Consecrated Elders, and the people of Spirit City witnessed Qian Renxue’s ascension, and her golden halo healed the Elders’ old injuries.
• Cheng Ran awoke inside the Soul Tool and learned that Qian Renxue had become a god.

Tang San told Xue Ye that Qian Renxue had impersonated Xue Qinghe, poisoned the emperor and killed two princes as part of Spirit Hall’s plan to seize the Heaven Dou Empire. The chapter left Xue Ye demanding to know why Tang San had revealed these truths.

• Tang San visited Xue Ye in the imperial study and claimed that the real Xue Qinghe had been murdered nine years earlier and replaced by Qian Renxue.
• Tang San said the Sea God’s revelations had shown him that Qian Renxue was carrying out Bibi Dong’s plan to take over the Heaven Dou Empire and had poisoned Xue Ye.
• Tang San told Xue Ye that Qian Renxue had also poisoned the Second and Third Princes, clearing the way for her to become crown prince under Xue Qinghe’s identity.
• Tang San explained that Prince Xue Xing had suspected the murders and taught Xue Beng to pretend to be a wastrel so Qian Renxue would spare them.
• Xue Ye asked Tang San what he hoped to accomplish by revealing the truth.

Tang San secured Xue Ye’s approval to borrow the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and promised to help the Heaven Dou Empire after becoming Sea God. After Qian Renxue became the Angel God, she received an urgent report that powerful Star Dou Great Forest beasts were attacking Slaughter Paradise, and prepared to face them.

• Tang San told Xue Ye about his plan to complete the Sea God Nine Trials and pledged to help the Heaven Dou Empire settle its debts with Spirit Hall.
• Xue Ye gave Tang San a token to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and asked him to purge the poison in his body after inheriting the Sea God Godhood.
• Qian Renxue emerged from her ascension as the Angel God and told Qian Daoliu she planned to fill the remaining soul rings of her second martial soul, Gatling Bodhisattva.
• A letter from Yang Wushuang reported that a golden-haired, golden-eyed girl called the Auspicious Beast had vanished from Slaughter Paradise and that three powerful beings were attacking the town.
• Qian Renxue identified the attackers as likely ferocious beasts from the Star Dou Great Forest and declared that she would face them.

Qian Renxue arrived at Slaughter Paradise and confronted the Myriad Demon King, Xiong Jun, and Zi JI after they wrecked the outer city while searching for the Auspicious Beast. She challenged all three to attack together, and the Myriad Demon King opened with his Myriad Branches skill.

• Qian Daoliu sent Qian Renxue to stop the beasts, confident in her divine power.
• Qian Renxue arrived at the ruined outer city and learned from Cheng Ran about the Myriad Demon King, Xiong Jun, and Zi JI.
• Yang Wushuang told Qian Renxue that the three beasts had demolished the city and injured its defenders while demanding the Auspicious Beast.
• Qian Renxue ordered the others to retreat to the inner city and faced the three beasts alone.
• Qian Renxue demanded compensation for the damage and injuries, then challenged the three Ferocious Beasts to attack together.
• The Myriad Demon King unleashed Myriad Branches, sending waves of vines toward Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue overwhelmed the Myriad Demon King, Xiong Jun, and Zi JI as they attacked Spirit Hall. After the Myriad Demon King tried to retreat, Cheng Ran possessed Qian Renxue and declared he would kill him, but the Myriad Demon King prepared to fight to the death.

• Qian Renxue burned away the Myriad Demon King's vines and shattered Xiong Jun's claws with a sword strike, while Cheng Ran called the move a basic attack.
• The Myriad Demon King, Xiong Jun, and Zi JI attacked Qian Renxue together, but her wings and sword deflected their assaults.
• Qian Renxue struck Zi JI with Angel Light Slash, leaving her badly injured and bewildered by the force of the attack.
• The Myriad Demon King saw Xiong Jun and Zi JI defeated and ordered a retreat, but Qian Renxue teleported in front of him and stopped him.
• Cheng Ran possessed Qian Renxue and announced that he would send the Myriad Demon King to meet the Scarlet King, prompting the Myriad Demon King to armor himself with vines and threaten to fight to the death.

Cheng Ran (Qian Renxue) defeated Xiong Jun, Myriad Demon King, and Zi JI, then absorbed their soul rings and gained six new Gatling Bodhisattva soul skills. She left the ruins stronger and kept the soul bones for the Evil God.

• Xiong Jun, Myriad Demon King, and Zi JI attacked Cheng Ran (Qian Renxue), but she used a clone to draw their attacks before striking from above.
• Cheng Ran (Qian Renxue) killed Xiong Jun with the Evil Spirit Orca Laser Cannon and Myriad Demon King with the Deep Sea Demon Whale Torpedo.
• Zi JI fled, but Cheng Ran (Qian Renxue) pursued and killed her with the Deep Sea Demon Whale Mechanical Storm.
• Cheng Ran (Qian Renxue) absorbed the three deep red soul rings and gained six soul skills from the three beasts.
• Cheng Ran (Qian Renxue) stored the four soul bones for the Evil God, who said he was joking about wanting Zi JI as a mount and claimed he believed in pure love.

Tang San completed the Sea God Nine Trials and inherited the Sea God Godhood, but learned that Qian Renxue had grown far stronger and claimed the Asura God Sword. He left Sea God Island resigned to waiting, while Qian Renxue asked Cheng Ran whether he had chosen whose body to use.

• Tang San inherited the Sea God Godhood and planned to settle his grievances with Qian Renxue.
• The Sea God showed Tang San how Qian Renxue had killed Di Tian, received the Emperor Auspicious Beast's fortune, and gathered immense faith as an Angel God.
• Tang San learned that Qian Renxue possessed the Asura God Sword and accepted that he could not defeat her yet.
• Tang San left Sea God Hall thinking of Xiao Wu, who did not recognize him and had met Qian Renxue instead.
• In Spirit City's Worship Hall, Qian Renxue asked Cheng Ran whom he had chosen for his body, and Cheng Ran began to answer.

Cheng Ran used Di Tian’s corpse to regain a physical body with Qian Renxue’s help, then introduced himself to Spirit Hall’s elders. He left the chapter ready to face Tang San and promised to protect Qian Renxue, while teasing her as before.

• Cheng Ran merged his spiritual form into Di Tian’s corpse while Qian Renxue stabilized the dragon’s heart and brain with divine power.
• Cheng Ran awakened in Di Tian’s body, transformed into human form, and celebrated being alive again.
• Cheng Ran flicked Qian Renxue’s forehead, and the two teased each other about what he might do now that he had a body.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that Cheng Ran was her friend, resurrected in Di Tian’s body, and the elders left without pressing her for details.
• Qian Daoliu recalled Cheng Ran’s mannerisms and suspected they resembled Qian Renxue’s, but chose not to question her.
• Cheng Ran and Qian Renxue formally introduced themselves with a handshake, and Cheng Ran promised no one else would bully her.

After keeping her five-year promise to the Sea God, Qian Renxue confronted Tang San at Sea God Island. Their battle began with Qian Renxue overwhelming his defenses, but Tang San unleashed increasingly powerful Sea God abilities, leaving the fight unresolved as Qian Renxue summoned her Angel Holy Sword Avatar.

• Qian Renxue told Cheng Ran that her promise to leave Tang San alone for five years had ended, then flew to Sea God Island to face him alone.
• Tang San, confident in his perfected Sea God skills and self-created Sea God Clear Sky Art, prepared to attack Spirit Hall and destroy the Angel Godhood.
• Qian Renxue and Tang San met outside the Sea God Hall and exchanged accusations before Qian Renxue struck first with the Angel Holy Sword.
• Qian Renxue shattered Tang San's defensive barrier and effortlessly repelled his combined Clear Sky Hammer and Sea God Trident attack.
• Tang San used Sea God, Devour to absorb lingering power, then trapped the area with Endless Azure and summoned a colossal Taiyin True Water dragon.
• Qian Renxue summoned the Angel Holy Sword Avatar to face the dragon's attack.

Qian Renxue defeated Tang San in their battle, destroying his Sea God powers and leaving him fatally wounded on Sea God Island. Xiao Wu rejected him, and Tang San died without her recognizing their former relationship.

• Tang San attacked Qian Renxue with his strongest divine skills, but she broke through his Sea God's Realm and overwhelmed him.
• Qian Renxue's Sun God Sword shattered Tang San's armor, trident, and Sea God Godhood, and she threw him onto Sea God Island.
• Tang San recognized Xiao Wu and pleaded with her, but she did not remember him and kicked him before leaving with Dugu Yan.
• Tang San died on the beach, and Qian Renxue asked Cheng Ran why he had sought revenge.
• Cheng Ran told Qian Renxue that Tang San had been driven by obsession and warned her that kind people could be walked over.

Cheng Ran proposed Soul Spirits as a voluntary way for Soul Beasts and Soul Masters to coexist, then secured the beasts’ cautious support with Qian Renxue’s pledge. Spirit Hall established a Soul Spirit Academy and refined the contract into a mutual, soul-resonant bond, with the first Soul Beasts choosing to become Soul Spirits.

• The Sea God lamented that Tang San had died before claiming the Sea God Godhood and resigned himself to the Divine Realm’s decision.
• Cheng Ran explained his plan to Qian Renxue: Soul Beasts would voluntarily share their power through Soul Spirit contracts without losing their lives or consciousness.
• As Beast God Di Tian, Cheng Ran presented the Soul Spirit proposal to gathered Soul Beasts at the Lake of Life, and Qian Renxue swore to uphold it as the Angel God.
• Spirit Hall established the first Soul Spirit Academy, while Cheng Ran and Qian Renxue refined contracts based on mutual choice and Soul Resonance.
• A ten-thousand-year Black Tortoise and a three-thousand-year White Snake became Soul Spirits, each describing their reasons for choosing the bond.

Soul Spirit Contracts spread as Qian Renxue gained the faith of humans and soul beasts, ascended to God King, and Cheng Ran inherited the Asura God Position. Spirit Hall’s new divine power reshaped the continent’s politics, while Shrek Academy heard the news of Qian Renxue’s ascension.

• Xiao Bai asked Qian Renxue to make her a soul spirit, and Qian Renxue rescued soul beasts from sects that had forced them into contracts.
• At the Soul Spirit Academy’s opening ceremony, Cheng Ran threatened anyone who forced soul beasts to sign contracts, and soul-beast faith flowed to Spirit Hall.
• A year later, Qian Renxue’s twelve-winged angel martial soul stabilized and she ascended to God King.
• Cheng Ran received the Asura God Position after the Asura God recognized him and passed on the inheritance.
• Xue Ye chose diplomacy with Spirit Hall, Ning Fengzhi sent disciples including Ning Rongrong to the Soul Spirit Academy, and Tang Xiao ended the Clear Sky Sect’s hostility toward Spirit Hall.
• At Shrek Academy, a servant reported that Qian Renxue had become a God King and Spirit Hall had gained another god-level powerhouse.

Flender, Zhao Wuji, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar went to see Spirit Hall’s Soul Spirit Academy after learning how it had transformed Soul Master education. Xiao Wu showed them the campus, and they reached a valley where a giant python and a giant ape rested beside a pool.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji learned that Qian Renxue and Gatling Douluo had become God Kings, while Liu Erlong told them Shrek Academy had received an invitation from Soul Spirit Academy.
• Zhao Wuji explained that Dai Mubai had transferred to Soul Spirit Academy and Oscar was preparing for its staff recruitment exam, prompting Flender to decide to visit with Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
• Half a month later, Flender, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar arrived at Soul Spirit Academy and saw Soul Beasts living peacefully alongside Soul Masters.
• Xiao Wu welcomed the visitors and explained the academy’s teaching, contract, and habitat areas, including that Soul Beasts lived there voluntarily.
• Xiao Wu led Flender’s group into a valley, where they saw a giant bull-headed python and a giant black ape resting beside a clear pool.

Xiao Wu showed Flender and the others that Da Ming and Er Ming had become gatekeepers at the Soul Spirit Academy. At a public address, Qian Renxue explained the equal partnership behind soul spirit contracts and announced a signing ceremony in three days, leaving Flender to reflect on a friend who might have survived if such contracts had existed.

• Xiao Wu introduced Da Ming and Er Ming to Flender and the others as the academy’s back-hill gatekeepers, and the two great soul beasts frightened the visitors.
• Qian Renxue addressed the academy’s gathering, explaining that soul spirit contracts required willingness and respect and that Spirit Hall would punish anyone who enslaved a soul spirit.
• Qian Renxue showed examples of soul beast partners and described Spirit Hall’s plans for academy branches and research into artificial soul spirits.
• Liu Erlong told Flender about the partnership program, and he realized Shrek Academy could apply through Xiao Wu.
• Qian Renxue announced that the next contract signing ceremony would take place in three days and closed by urging humans and soul beasts to choose their future together.
• Flender remembered a friend killed during a soul beast hunt and wondered whether soul spirit contracts could have saved him.

Cheng Ran returned to Blue Star with Qian Renxue, who was astonished by the modern city and its technology. After helping her avoid drawing attention, Cheng Ran began guiding her through the unfamiliar streets and planned to check the year before taking her home.

• Qian Renxue asked to accompany Cheng Ran to Blue Star, and he agreed before taking her hand and returning with her.
• Cheng Ran and Qian Renxue arrived among Blue Star’s skyscrapers, where a college student mistook them for cosplayers and passersby asked to photograph Qian Renxue.
• Cheng Ran led Qian Renxue into an alley, tested his remaining strength, and confirmed that using his powers cost him soul power while his physical strength remained.
• Cheng Ran explained cars, traffic lights, and a milk tea advertisement to the bewildered Qian Renxue as they walked through the city.
• Qian Renxue became interested in the milk tea shop, and Cheng Ran said he would check the year before taking her home.