Recaps

After leaving Bo Saixi to manage Sea God Island, Gu Shengge traveled to Spirit City to meet Bibi Dong, the young Saintess of Spirit Hall. They met by chance—or so Bibi Dong thought—and went to dinner together, where their conversation left her increasingly drawn to him.

• After Bo Saixi attained level 100 godhood, Gu Shengge helped temper her physique and left her in charge of Sea God Island before traveling to Spirit City with Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Sea Witch.
• Gu Shengge deliberately crossed paths with Bibi Dong as she chased her little fox, Xiaohong, and accepted her invitation to a meal.
• Bibi Dong introduced herself and led Gu Shengge to a restaurant, privately wondering whether she had fallen in love at first sight.
• At the restaurant, Bibi Dong noticed women staring at Gu Shengge and took him to a private room, where she ordered the signature dishes.
• Bibi Dong asked Gu Shengge his age and learned that he was eighteen and had come to Spirit City while traveling for experience.

Gu Shengge spent the day telling Bibi Dong about his travels, and she eagerly arranged to meet him again the next day. After she left, he resolved to protect her from the tragedies that awaited her.

• Bibi Dong asked Gu Shengge to describe the cities and scenery he had seen, and listened closely as he recounted his travels.
• Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong ate medicinal cuisine together, then continued talking until nightfall.
• Gui Mei appeared and urged Bibi Dong to return, while silently concluding that Gu Shengge was an extraordinary prodigy whose cultivation he could not detect.
• Bibi Dong arranged a room for Gu Shengge and promised to visit him the next day to hear more stories.
• Gu Shengge gently ruffled Bibi Dong's hair, and she left happily after saying goodbye.
• After Bibi Dong departed, Gu Shengge decided he would protect her and prevent Yu Xiaogang and Qian Xunji from hurting her.

Qian Xunji investigated Gu Shengge and invited him to join Spirit Hall, while Bibi Dong eagerly persuaded him to stay in Spirit City. After Gu Shengge agreed to awaken his martial soul, the awakening array triggered a vast transformation in his sea of consciousness.

• Gui Mei reported that Gu Shengge seemed to have appeared in Spirit City from nowhere and might be a Soul Emperor, so Qian Xunji decided to meet him.
• Qian Xunji invited Gu Shengge to join Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong urged him to stay in Spirit City; Gu Shengge agreed.
• Gu Shengge revealed that he had never awakened his martial soul because his remote village had no Soul Masters to help him.
• Qian Xunji proposed awakening Gu Shengge's martial soul, and Bibi Dong led him to the Pope's Palace for the ceremony.
• As Gu Shengge entered the awakening array, his consciousness appeared in his sea of consciousness, where countless stars and starry rivers surrounded him at the center of the universe.

Gu Shengge awakened three Martial Souls: a Five-clawed Golden Dragon and two blades with powers over cause and effect and reincarnation. After his innate soul power measured at rank thirty, Qian Xunji named him Spirit Hall’s Divine Son, while Gu Shengge concealed his true strength and resolved to experience mortal life.

• Gu Shengge awakened the Black Blade: Severing Cause and Effect and the White Blade: Sending Forth to Reincarnation, then discovered his Five-clawed Golden Dragon was a third Martial Soul.
• The Golden Dragon’s appearance drew Qian Daoliu from the Worship Hall, and he questioned Qian Xunji about Gu Shengge’s background.
• Gu Shengge summoned both blades, shocking Qian Xunji, Qian Daoliu, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Bibi Dong with his unprecedented triple Martial Souls.
• Gu Shengge’s crystal ball displayed innate full soul power at rank thirty, and Qian Xunji declared him Spirit Hall’s one and only Divine Son.
• Gu Shengge withdrew his Martial Souls and privately acknowledged that he had limited the reading, intending to enjoy life among mortals.

Qian Daoliu accepted Gu Shengge as his disciple and granted him the honored status of Spirit Hall’s Divine Son. Seeing Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong grow close, Qian Xunji proposed arranging their wedding after they came of age, leaving them to answer.

• Qian Daoliu offered to make Gu Shengge his disciple, and Gu Shengge accepted.
• Qian Daoliu excitedly called Qian Xunji “Ji'er,” embarrassing his son in front of Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Bibi Dong, and Gu Shengge.
• Bibi Dong congratulated Gu Shengge, blushed at his teasing, and happily enjoyed his affection.
• Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu watched Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong together and considered them a fitting match.
• Qian Xunji proposed arranging a grand wedding for Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong after their coming-of-age ceremony.

Qian Xunji arranged for Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong to marry after her Coming-of-Age Ceremony, then asked to become their future child’s adoptive father. Qian Daoliu beat Qian Xunji for the outrageous request, and afterward took Gu Shengge to obtain Soul Rings in the Star Dou Great Forest, with Bibi Dong asking to come along.

• Qian Xunji asked Bibi Dong and Gu Shengge to agree to a wedding after her Coming-of-Age Ceremony, and both accepted.
• Qian Xunji asked to become the adoptive father or teacher of one of their future children, and Qian Daoliu objected to the idea.
• Qian Daoliu chased Qian Xunji around the Pope's Palace and beat him with a belt while Gu Shengge, Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei listened outside.
• Qian Xunji emerged bruised and ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to guard the palace doors while he recovered.
• Qian Daoliu told Gu Shengge he would take him to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Soul Rings, and Bibi Dong asked to join them.

Gu Shengge took Bibi Dong to the Star Dou Great Forest with Qian Daoliu, who boasted that no beast there could challenge him. Gu Shengge released Xue'er to frighten Qian Daoliu and declare the forest’s core forbidden to humans.

• Qian Daoliu agreed to bring Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong to the Star Dou Great Forest, while ordering his son to manage Spirit Hall and find a partner.
• Qian Daoliu arrived at the forest with Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong and bragged that he could defeat even its hundred-thousand-year beasts.
• Gu Shengge went into his small world, separated the Ice Empress from the Snow Empress, and asked Xue'er to stage a warning for Qian Daoliu.
• Gu Shengge released Xue'er, whose arrival froze the forest’s outskirts and terrified Qian Daoliu.
• Xue'er warned that humans who slaughtered soul beasts would face annihilation and declared the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest forbidden ground.

The Snow Empress took Gu Shengge to the depths of Star Dou Great Forest after promising to help him obtain soul rings and a divine inheritance. There, Gu Shengge reunited with Aunt Aya and introduced her to Xue'er, whose cultivation shocked Aya.

• The Snow Empress seized Gu Shengge and told Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong she would keep him for three days, mark him, and help him obtain soul rings and a divine inheritance.
• After the Snow Empress vanished with Gu Shengge, Bibi Dong begged Qian Daoliu to rescue him, but Qian Daoliu said they could only wait and hope the Snow Empress kept her word.
• As Xue'er carried Gu Shengge toward the forest's core, he praised her performance and promised to spend several days with her alone.
• Gu Shengge appeared beside Aya at the lake, and Aya happily scolded him for staying away before embracing him.
• Gu Shengge introduced Xue'er as the Snow Empress, a Far North Heavenly King with over eight hundred thousand years of cultivation, leaving Aya astonished.

Gu Shengge returned to Aunt Aya after reaching over a million years of cultivation, while Aya struggled with her growing feelings for him. Three days later, he returned to Spirit City, where Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu learned that his misfortune had brought him powerful rewards and four ten-thousand-year soul rings.

• Gu Shengge told Aya that his cultivation had exceeded a million years and explained that he came from a plane beyond the Divine Realm.
• Gu Shengge said he would stay for three days and return monthly, then took Xue'er to the cabin while Aya sat outside and tended to her feelings for him.
• After three days, the Snow Empress brought Gu Shengge back to Spirit City, where Bibi Dong clung to him and Qian Daoliu apologized for failing to protect him.
• Gu Shengge told Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu that he had gained an Immortal Pill and reached rank forty-three.
• Gu Shengge displayed four black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, shocking Qian Daoliu, who recognized his potential to become a god.

Gu Shengge explained the Snow Empress’s mark and gave Qian Daoliu two immortal pills intended to transform Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong took them and entered a cocoon as her Death Spider Emperor began evolving, while Qian Daoliu rushed Gu Shengge away from the spreading black mist.

• Gu Shengge told Qian Daoliu that the Snow Empress could sense danger through the mark between his brows and tear space open to protect him.
• Gu Shengge explained immortal herbs and the effects of the Blood Swan Kiss pill and the Ice-Fire Body Tempering Pill, which he had prepared for Bibi Dong.
• At Qian Daoliu’s urging, Bibi Dong swallowed both pills and soon became enclosed in a multicolored cocoon.
• As Bibi Dong transformed, her Death Spider Emperor changed from dark green to pitch-black and released a stronger aura.
• Black mist spread over the cocoon, and Qian Daoliu hurriedly took Gu Shengge far away from Bibi Dong.

After taking two immortal pills, Bibi Dong reached Level 40 and evolved her Death Spider Emperor into the Death Empress Spider, which no longer transformed her into a monster. She demonstrated its two forms to Gu Shengge, then, alone with him, bashfully asked him to kneel and sit back on his heels.

• Qian Daoliu saw the deadly poison spreading from Bibi Dong and realized how powerful it had become after the pills transformed her.
• Bibi Dong reached Level 40, and Gu Shengge congratulated her before she asked Qian Daoliu to leave them alone.
• Bibi Dong released her evolved Death Empress Spider and explained that it had become a divine martial soul and no longer made her look like a monster.
• Bibi Dong demonstrated that the Death Empress Spider could attack remotely with full power, though it could only move a hundred meters away from her.
• Bibi Dong showed Gu Shengge its Martial Soul Possession form, which enhanced her abilities by two hundred percent, then bashfully asked him to kneel and sit back on his heels.

Bibi Dong used her second Martial Soul form to tease Gu Shengge, who resisted taking their intimacy further. She then revealed the form’s true Half-Beast Mode and its powerful physical enhancements.

• Bibi Dong merged with the Death Empress Spider and transformed into a tall, queenly woman in tight black leather.
• Bibi Dong ordered Gu Shengge to call her Queen and teased him with her black-clad foot, but he pulled her into his arms.
• Bibi Dong hugged Gu Shengge so tightly that he struggled to breathe, then released him when he protested.
• Bibi Dong explained that her second form was Martial Soul Fusion into Half-Beast Mode and grew eight black Spider Spears from her back.
• Bibi Dong said Half-Beast Mode increased her physical strength by five hundred percent and gave her an all-around enhancement of two hundred percent, leaving Gu Shengge astonished.

Gu Shengge praised Bibi Dong’s transformed Death Empress Spider form for its combat power, prompting her to kick him before she absorbed another Immortal Pill. He then consumed a pill refined from nine-grade purple ganoderma, which dramatically enhanced his Martial Soul, soul power, and physical body.

• Gu Shengge admired Bibi Dong’s eight Death Spider Spears and praised how they made her a formidable weapon, but Bibi Dong kicked him for misunderstanding what she wanted from his praise.
• Gu Shengge offered Bibi Dong a pill refined from narcissus jade muscle bone, and she swallowed it and began absorbing its medicinal power.
• Gu Shengge chose a pill refined from nine-grade purple ganoderma, believing its true effects had been underestimated, and swallowed it.
• Nine-grade purple ganoderma strengthened Gu Shengge’s Martial Soul, Black Blade: Severing Cause and Effect, adding a raised imprint of the numeral two to its hilt.
• The ganoderma also compressed and sublimated Gu Shengge’s soul power and strengthened his body, leaving him surprised by its effects.

After absorbing the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, Gu Shengge reflected on his martial soul’s evolution and reunited with Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong revealed that her second martial soul had evolved into the Devouring Goddess Spider, then teased Gu Shengge about its two modes.

• Gu Shengge realized that each future soul ring could evolve Severing Karma, and decided to delay forming genuine soul rings until his cultivation was much higher.
• Bibi Dong jumped into Gu Shengge’s arms and declared that she had made up with him, then admitted she feared he might leave her.
• Bibi Dong kissed Gu Shengge and asked him to promise he would never leave her, and Gu Shengge reassured her.
• Bibi Dong revealed that her second martial soul had evolved into the Devouring Goddess Spider and explained that its soul skills were related to devouring.
• Bibi Dong teased Gu Shengge about the Devouring Goddess Spider’s two special modes, and Gu Shengge told her to stop before the censors intervened.

After returning to Spirit City, Bibi Dong moved Gu Shengge into her residence and continued trying to grow closer to him. Qian Daoliu began teaching them combat skills, but Gu Shengge overwhelmed him with unfamiliar close-combat techniques, leaving Qian Daoliu with little to teach.

• Qian Daoliu brought Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong back to Spirit City, where Bibi Dong took Gu Shengge to live at her residence.
• Bibi Dong spent the night cuddling Gu Shengge, while he later summoned the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress, and the Sea Witch from his Small World to cultivate with him.
• Bibi Dong continued showing Gu Shengge around Spirit City and made noodles for him as she tried to win him over.
• Qian Daoliu invited Bibi Dong to join Gu Shengge's lessons and took them both to the back mountain to study combat skills.
• Gu Shengge attacked Qian Daoliu with powerful close-combat techniques and beat him despite Qian Daoliu suppressing his strength to a Soul King.
• Qian Daoliu realized he had little to teach Gu Shengge, while Gu Shengge could teach Bibi Dong techniques to strengthen her close-combat ability.

Years after becoming Spirit Hall’s renowned Divine Son and Saintess, Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong encountered Yu Xiaogang as he arrived in Spirit City hoping to use Bibi Dong to access Spirit Hall’s library. Gu Shengge led Bibi Dong directly to him, leaving Yu Xiaogang face-to-face with a Saintess who had become far more dangerous and calculating than he expected.

• Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong strolled through Spirit City, where Bibi Dong eagerly anticipated their wedding two years later.
• Gu Shengge sensed Yu Xiaogang entering the city and recognized that he intended to approach Bibi Dong for access to Spirit Hall’s library.
• The narration revealed that Gu Shengge had trained Bibi Dong to fight and kill, and that her venom could threaten even a Titled Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang asked around about Bibi Dong while Gu Shengge decided to bring her directly to him.
• Bibi Dong teased Gu Shengge about his habit of plotting against people, and the two arrived in front of Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang approached Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong, but Gu Shengge mocked his martial soul and stalled cultivation. Meanwhile, Wang Xiao awakened the Emperor Armor and unleashed a vast pillar of light that drew the attention of powerful figures, including Qian Daoliu.

• Yu Xiaogang saw Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong together and felt a sudden conviction that Bibi Dong was meant to be his.
• Yu Xiaogang introduced himself and offered to befriend Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong, but Gu Shengge ignored his handshake and ridiculed his trash martial soul and rank twenty-nine limit.
• Wang Xiao arrived for a special martial soul awakening watched by Yue Guan, Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, and others.
• Wang Xiao entered the awakening array and focused on the Emperor Armor in his mind.
• Wang Xiao released immense light energy that formed a golden pillar through the clouds, startling the observers.
• Qian Daoliu sensed the eruption from the Worship Hall and immediately departed.

Yu Xiaogang returned to Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong, determined to endure humiliation while plotting to win Bibi Dong over and use her to reach Spirit Hall’s library. Gu Shengge exposed that he knew Yu Xiaogang’s intentions and claimed the library’s books had been removed, but Yu Xiaogang still directly asked to be taken there to research his Martial Soul defect.

• Yu Xiaogang gave up searching for Spirit Hall’s library after failing to learn where it was and decided to target Bibi Dong to gain access.
• Yu Xiaogang plotted to undermine Gu Shengge in Bibi Dong’s eyes, win her over, and use her status to enter the library and advance his own interests.
• Yu Xiaogang appeared before Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong again and greeted them as if their previous encounter had not happened.
• Gu Shengge accused Yu Xiaogang of deliberately waiting for them and said he had moved every book out of the library.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed he only wanted to find a cure for his Mutated Martial Soul and asked Gu Shengge to take him to the library.