Recaps

After Lin Ci chose to resurrect Qian Chenming and grant him three powerful enhancements, a truck accident sent him to Douluo Continent in Qian Chenming’s body. He awakened in the former pope’s grave with extraordinary power and set his sights on correcting his descendants and Spirit Hall.

• Lin Ci chose to resurrect Qian Chenming and selected two hundred-thousand-year soul rings, one hundred-thousand-year soul bone, the Divine Envoy Domain, and the Angel Holy Sword.
• A Dayun truck crashed into Lin Ci’s home, and he died before realizing that he had transmigrated.
• Lin Ci awoke in a grave and discovered that he had become Qian Chenming, Spirit Hall’s thirteenth pope and Qian Daoliu’s father.
• Qian Chenming recovered his memories and found that he possessed five black and four red soul rings, the Angel Holy Sword, and power beyond that of a Peerless Douluo.
• Qian Chenming flew out of the graveyard and looked toward the Worship Hall, planning to set his family straight.

Qian Daoliu discovered that his father’s tomb had been emptied and returned to the Worship Hall to find Qian Chenming sitting in his chair, apparently alive. Terrified that the man was a demon, Qian Daoliu summoned the other enshrined to face him.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Qian Daoliu that Qian Chenming’s tomb had been dug up and his remains were missing.
• Qian Daoliu rushed to the cemetery, found the empty burial chamber, and ordered the others to investigate.
• Qian Jun Douluo reported that a witness had seen a powerful figure in golden robes flying toward the Worship Hall.
• Qian Daoliu returned to the Worship Hall and recognized the figure sitting in his chair as his father, Qian Chenming.
• Qian Daoliu fled the hall, called the others to arms, and the seven Titled Douluo confronted Qian Chenming.

Qian Chenming confronted Qian Daoliu and the six enshrined elders, demonstrating the Angel God's Divine Fire, a superior domain, and the Angel Holy Sword. After Qian Daoliu and the elders attacked, Qian Chenming flew outside to avoid being overwhelmed and tried to convince Qian Daoliu he was his father.

• Qian Daoliu ordered the enshrined elders to attack Qian Chenming after seeing him emerge with the Angel God's Divine Fire.
• Qian Daoliu's Angel Domain was suppressed by Qian Chenming's Divine Envoy Domain, and Qian Chenming struck him down with the Angel Holy Sword.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other enshrined elders joined the attack while Qian Daoliu got back up and attacked again.
• Qian Chenming flew out of the Worship Hall to avoid facing the seven opponents at close range.
• Qian Chenming called Qian Daoliu by his childhood nickname, Little Liu, leaving Qian Daoliu shaken and uncertain.

Qian Chenming convinced Qian Daoliu that he was his father by recalling private childhood memories and proving his identity with familiar words and a playful kick. They entered the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu asked how Qian Chenming had returned from the dead, but the explanation remained to come.

• Qian Chenming recounted Qian Daoliu’s secret childhood memories, including his mother’s final gift of a jade pendant, leaving Qian Daoliu shaken.
• Qian Chenming identified the jade pendant as the token of love he had given Qian Daoliu’s mother, and Qian Daoliu lowered his soul rings and questioned him about his father.
• Qian Chenming repeated his familiar scolding and kicked Qian Daoliu in the same way he had as a child, confirming his identity to Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu called Qian Chenming Dad, and the six Enshrined and Golden Crocodile Douluo watched as father and son reconciled.
• Qian Chenming entered the Worship Hall and remarked that it was unchanged, while Qian Daoliu asked how he had come back from the dead.

Qian Chenming scolded Qian Daoliu for neglecting the Spirit Hall and letting Bibi Dong govern it, then challenged him over his role in Qian Ji'er's death. The chapter ended with Qian Daoliu trembling as his father demanded to know why he had watched Ji'er die.

• Qian Chenming explained that the Angel God had helped him escape the place where he had been trapped, then slapped Qian Daoliu for neglecting the Spirit Hall.
• Qian Chenming rebuked Qian Daoliu for handing power to Bibi Dong and lectured the Six Great Enshrined for failing to help him.
• After the others left, Qian Daoliu knelt and admitted he had let an outsider take over because he had grown weary of worldly affairs.
• Qian Daoliu defended Bibi Dong as Qian Ji'er's wife and a capable leader, but Qian Chenming asked where Ji'er was and why she had killed her husband.
• Qian Chenming asked Qian Daoliu why he had watched idly as Ji'er went to his death.

Qian Chenming confronted Qian Daoliu over his past indulgence of Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong, making him admit that he had failed them both. After ordering Qian Daoliu to remain kneeling, Qian Chenming left the Worship Hall and set out with the six great enshrined to see Bibi Dong.

• Qian Daoliu admitted that he had failed to restrain Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong because he hesitated to act against them.
• Qian Chenming accused Qian Daoliu of letting both of them descend into wrongdoing and called his indulgence cowardice.
• Qian Daoliu broke down in tears, acknowledged his mistakes, and said he knew what he had to do.
• Qian Chenming ordered Qian Daoliu to keep kneeling until the time came for him to rise.
• At dawn, Qian Chenming emerged from the Worship Hall and told the six great enshrined he was going to see Bibi Dong.

Qian Chenming led the six Enshrined through Spirit City toward the Pope’s Palace, and their arrival convinced Spirit Hall’s attendants that a major change was coming. At the palace doors, Golden Crocodile Douluo struck down a guard who tried to stop them, while Qian Chenming paused after hearing the meeting inside.

• Qian Chenming and the six Enshrined crossed Spirit City, alarming guards and bishops who recognized the group’s importance.
• A red-robed bishop told Qian Chenming that Bibi Dong was presiding over the Soul Master Elite Tournament finals in three days.
• Qian Chenming criticized the Enshrined for knowing so little about Spirit Hall’s affairs and continued toward the Pope’s Palace.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo slapped aside the palace guard who barred Qian Chenming’s way, then Qian Chenming stopped at the doors to listen to the meeting inside.
• Bibi Dong gathered Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo and members of the Spirit Hall Golden Generation, including Hu Yuena and Xie Yue, to discuss two matters.

Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to assassinate Tang San before the tournament finals, but Qian Chenming entered the Pope's Palace with six Enshrined and challenged her over the plot. After Bibi Dong denied that he was the former Pope, Qian Chenming asked how his grandson Qian Xunji had died.

• Bibi Dong ordered Hu Yuena, Xie Yue, and Yan to win the finals, then told Chrysanthemum Douluo to kill Tang San on the road.
• Qian Chenming entered the Pope's Palace accompanied by Golden Crocodile Douluo and five other Enshrined.
• Qian Chenming criticized Bibi Dong for relying on underhanded methods, and Golden Crocodile Douluo identified him as Spirit Hall's thirteenth Pope and the father of the Great Enshrined.
• Bibi Dong accused the Enshrined of using an impostor to force her to abdicate and refused to believe Qian Chenming was the former Pope.
• Qian Chenming asked Bibi Dong how he had died, then asked how his grandson Qian Xunji had died.

Qian Chenming accused Bibi Dong of killing Qian Xunji and used his Divine Envoy Domain to expose the truth. The domain began breaking through Bibi Dong’s defenses as the Spirit Hall elders watched, leaving her secret on the verge of being revealed.

• Bibi Dong reacted with shock when Qian Chenming brought up Qian Xunji’s death, while Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan claimed Tang Hao’s injuries had killed him.
• Qian Chenming revealed his six radiant wings, convincing Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and startling Ghost Douluo Gui Mei and the other consecrators.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo questioned Bibi Dong about Qian Xunji’s suspicious death, but Bibi Dong denied killing her husband.
• Qian Chenming summoned a vast Angel Phantom and used his Divine Envoy Domain to probe the secrets of everyone in the hall.
• The divine light overwhelmed Bibi Dong’s resistance and illuminated the Rakshasa Dark Power within her, making her cry out in fear as Golden Crocodile Douluo demanded the truth.

Qian Chenming used divine light to expose Bibi Dong’s memory of killing Qian Xunji, forcing her to admit what she had done. He acknowledged Qian Xunji’s abuse but argued that Bibi Dong had betrayed Spirit Hall and ultimately owed it, leaving her laughing in disbelief.

• Qian Chenming’s divine light exposed Bibi Dong’s memory of killing Qian Xunji to everyone in the Pope’s Palace.
• Qian Chenming asked Bibi Dong whether she had killed Qian Xunji, and she admitted it, declaring that he had deserved to die.
• Bibi Dong accused the Qian Family of being beasts and challenged the assembled Douluo to take her life.
• Qian Chenming accused Bibi Dong of betraying Spirit Hall after it had nurtured her, while acknowledging that Qian Xunji had used despicable means against her.
• Qian Chenming declared that Bibi Dong owed Spirit Hall, and she repeated the accusation in a mocking, seemingly deranged laugh.

Hu Liena tried to rally Spirit Hall’s forces to rescue Bibi Dong, but no one dared enter the Pope’s Palace. Qian Chenming and Golden Crocodile Douluo emerged and announced that Bibi Dong had been stripped of her position and imprisoned for assassinating Qian Xunji, leaving Hu Liena stunned.

• Hu Liena urged the bishops, guards, and elders outside the Pope’s Palace to help rescue Bibi Dong, but they feared the Six Great Enshrined and the Angel inheritor.
• Xie Yue and Yan joined Hu Liena at the palace doors, willing to stand with her despite the danger.
• Qian Chenming opened the doors, and Golden Crocodile Douluo ordered the kneeling soul masters to rise.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo announced that Bibi Dong had been stripped of her position as Pope and sent to the Spirit Hall dungeon for assassinating Qian Xunji.
• Hu Liena questioned whether Bibi Dong had really killed Qian Xunji.

Qian Chenming declared Bibi Dong guilty of murdering Qian Xunji, imprisoned her, and took over the Pope's Palace as Spirit Hall's new Pope. After Spirit Hall's elders pledged their loyalty to him, Yue Guan reported that Hu Liena wanted to see Bibi Dong.

• Qian Chenming announced that Bibi Dong was a prisoner and that the tournament finals would proceed as scheduled, while his pressure forced Hu Liena to her knees.
• Hu Liena asked Yue Guan and Gui Mei what had happened, but they told her Bibi Dong's guilt was a fact and warned her not to mention her again.
• News of Bibi Dong's imprisonment spread through Spirit City as Qian Chenming moved into the Pope's Palace and the city buzzed with speculation about him.
• Qian Chenming ordered Salas to oversee the tournament finals and received pledges of loyalty from Demon Bear Douluo and the other elders.
• Yue Guan told Qian Chenming that Hu Liena wanted to see Bibi Dong.

Qian Chenming allowed Hu Liena to visit the imprisoned Bibi Dong but warned that her loyalty would be judged by her choices. As news of Bibi Dong’s deposition reached the caravan traveling to Spirit City, Xue Qinghe learned that Qian Chenming had become the new pope and was left unsettled by the news.

• Qian Chenming let Chrysanthemum Douluo take Hu Liena to see Bibi Dong, while warning her to choose between the former pope and Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin and Gu Rong that Bibi Dong had been deposed by the six great enshrined and that Qian Chenming now occupied the papal throne.
• Ning Fengzhi kept the news from Ning Rongrong as the procession continued toward Spirit City.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo informed Xue Qinghe that Bibi Dong had been imprisoned and Qian Chenming had become pope.
• Xue Qinghe wondered whether Qian Chenming was connected to her great-grandfather and felt no happiness at Bibi Dong’s downfall.

Xue Qinghe learned that Bibi Dong had been accused of murdering Qian Xunji and was imprisoned after being deposed. Yu Xiaogang arrived at Spirit Hall seeking to see Bibi Dong, but Qian Chenming refused him entry and publicly humiliated him with a sign.

• Snake Lance Douluo told Xue Qinghe that Bibi Dong had murdered the previous pope, Qian Xunji, and Xue Qinghe was shaken by the news.
• Yu Xiaogang learned that Bibi Dong had been deposed by the Six Great Enshrined and locked in the forbidden prison.
• Yu Xiaogang used the Pope Token to request entry to Spirit Hall and a meeting with Bibi Dong.
• Qian Chenming heard Yu Xiaogang's request and ordered a knight to deny him entry.
• The knight placed a sign reading "Yu Xiaogang and dogs are forbidden entry!" beside the palace gates, and Yu Xiaogang erupted in anger.

Yu Xiaogang insulted the pope in front of Spirit Hall’s guards and was beaten for it. At dinner, Qian Daoliu asked Qian Chenming for a post and was assigned to sort and repair records in the Pope’s Palace scripture repository.

• Yu Xiaogang called the pope a fool and unworthy of his position, giving the knights a reason to punish him.
• The knights cited the law and beat Yu Xiaogang with clubs while he was held to the ground.
• Qian Chenming and the Six Great Enshrined ate dinner together while Qian Daoliu rubbed his legs after kneeling for two days and two nights.
• Qian Daoliu asked Qian Chenming to give him work so he could share his father’s burdens.
• Qian Chenming assigned Qian Daoliu to sort and tally thirty thousand volumes in the Pope’s Palace scripture repository and repair those damaged by insects.

Qian Chenming rebuked Qian Daoliu for sending Qian Renxue to infiltrate Heaven Dou and ordered him to have her visit when she returned for the Soul Master Grand Finals. Qian Daoliu admitted he had been wrong to treat his great-granddaughter as a covert tool, leaving the enshrined silent.

• Qian Daoliu agreed to inventory the scripture repository the next day to regain Qian Chenming's trust.
• Qian Chenming asked whether Qian Renxue would return for the Soul Master Grand Finals, and Qian Daoliu blamed Bibi Dong for sending her to Heaven Dou.
• Qian Chenming told Qian Daoliu to have Qian Renxue visit him when she came back, dismissing concerns that her return would draw attention.
• Qian Chenming argued that Spirit Hall had risen through open strength rather than infiltration and secret schemes, and challenged the need for Qian Renxue to pose as a Heaven Dou prince.
• Qian Daoliu acknowledged that he was wrong to believe Spirit Hall needed underhanded methods and said Qian Renxue should stand proudly in the open rather than live behind another person's mask.

As the Soul Master Elite Tournament finals approached, rumors that Bibi Dong had been imprisoned and Qian Chenming had become Supreme Pontiff spread among the competing teams. The tournament opened in Spirit City, with Ning Fengzhi and other dignitaries watching from the VIP seats as the teams prepared to compete.

• Shrek Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy entered Spirit City alongside other tournament teams, while Flender warned Shrek to rest before the finals.
• Yu Xiaogang told the assembled Shrek members and Ning Fengzhi that Bibi Dong had been imprisoned and Qian Chenming had become Supreme Pontiff.
• Yu Xiaogang condemned Qian Chenming, while Ning Fengzhi privately considered that Bibi Dong might have posed the greater danger to the teams.
• Xiao Wu felt secretly pleased to hear that Bibi Dong had been imprisoned, and Tang San noticed her reaction.
• The Soul Master Elite Tournament finals began, with Ning Fengzhi, Dugu Bo, and Xue Qinghe seated in the VIP area as the teams gathered to compete.

Spirit Hall’s grand finals opened with the young pope Qian Chenming arriving alongside the Six Great Enshrined, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo. As the teams prepared to draw their first-round matchups, Xue Qinghe remained troubled by recent events at Spirit Hall.

• Hu Liena urged Xie Yue and Yan to win the grand finals decisively to lessen Bibi Dong’s guilt, and Yan vowed to make the Spirit Hall Team remembered.
• Salas announced the grand-finals rules and revealed that the pope would attend the opening ceremony in person.
• Qian Chenming entered the arena with the Six Great Enshrined, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo, prompting the crowd and guests to kneel and greet him.
• Qian Chenming called for fair competition and said the championship should be decided by ability, then took his seat as Salas began the team draw.
• Chen Xin said he could not see through Qian Chenming’s strength, while Ning Fengzhi wondered at his influence over the Six Great Enshrined.
• Xue Qinghe told Ning Fengzhi that he had encountered too many unexpected things and remained eager to learn what had happened at Spirit Hall.

After the tournament’s opening day, Qian Renxue climbed Angel Holy Mountain and learned that her great-grandfather had been resurrected and reclaimed control of Spirit Hall. She reunited with Qian Daoliu before going to meet her great-grandfather, still wondering why he looked so young.

• Shrek Academy advanced without competing after Blazing Fire Academy withdrew, while Godwind Academy and the Spirit Hall Team won decisively.
• Azure Luan Douluo told Qian Renxue that her great-grandfather had been resurrected under the Angel God's protection, deposed Bibi Dong, and confined her in the Sacred Hall.
• Qian Renxue reunited with Qian Daoliu, who embraced her and apologized for making her work so hard.
• Qian Daoliu avoided accompanying Qian Renxue to see her great-grandfather and explained that he had been enduring the old man's scoldings and punishments.
• Qian Renxue entered the Worship Hall to meet her great-grandfather and wondered why he looked so young.

Qian Chenming confronted Qian Renxue about her slow cultivation and criticized her years spent disguised as Heaven Dou’s crown prince. He left her questioning whether her long-term mission had been worth sacrificing her talent.

• Qian Renxue met Qian Chenming in the Worship Hall and told him she had only reached the Soul Emperor realm at twenty-five.
• Qian Chenming praised Qian Renxue’s patience in remaining undercover but rebuked her for letting outside affairs hinder her cultivation.
• Qian Chenming argued that Spirit Hall would unify the continent through absolute strength, not through court intrigue and usurping Heaven Dou’s throne.
• Qian Renxue admitted she had not shaken Heaven Dou’s foundation, swayed its court, or obtained intelligence that posed a substantive threat to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Chenming said Qian Renxue could have become a Titled Douluo before twenty-five if she had cultivated wholeheartedly, leaving her silent.

Qian Renxue reconsidered her motives for carrying out the Nation-Stealing Plan after Qian Chenming bluntly criticized it, then visited Bibi Dong in the death row cells. Bibi Dong admitted she had killed Qian Renxue’s father without remorse, and Qian Renxue left feeling weary and troubled.

• Qian Chenming criticized the Nation-Stealing Plan and Qian Renxue’s choices, while Qian Renxue recognized that she had pursued the plan to spite her mother.
• Qian Renxue warned Qian Chenming that Shrek Academy and Tang San deserved attention, then asked to visit Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue entered the death row cells and confronted Bibi Dong, who told her to leave.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Bibi Dong had killed her father, and Bibi Dong admitted that she had.
• Bibi Dong said she felt no guilt and told Qian Renxue that her existence was a mistake, so Qian Renxue left the cell.

Shrek Academy defeated New Godwind Academy and gained the upper hand against the Spirit Hall Team in the Continental Soul Master Elite Tournament finals. As Qian Chenming activated Divine Envoy Domain, the championship match’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Qian Chenming offered three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones to the tournament champion, stirring excitement among the teams and spectators.
• Shrek Academy and New Godwind Academy forfeited the individual matches and entered the losers’ bracket, where Shrek defeated New Godwind using the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill and Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer Tool Soul True Body.
• After a day of rest, Shrek Academy faced the Spirit Hall Team in the championship match.
• Tang San poisoned Hu Yuena and Xie Yue with his Eight Spider Lances, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing defeated Yan with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Dugu Bo warned Qian Chenming that the Spirit Hall Team was afflicted with deadly poison, and Qian Chenming responded by invoking Divine Envoy Domain.

Qian Chenming healed the Spirit Hall Team’s poison, declared Spirit Hall’s loss, and punished its Golden Generation by sending them to Death Canyon. He congratulated Shrek Academy and awarded them the three soul bones, though their injured members could not rise to claim them.

• Qian Chenming’s golden light healed Hu Liena and Xie Yue and neutralized the Eight Spider Lances’ poison.
• Qian Chenming declared the match over and announced that the Spirit Hall Team had lost.
• Qian Chenming ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to send the Golden Generation to Death Canyon for training.
• Qian Chenming dismissed Flender and Ning Fengzhi’s objections and said Spirit Hall needed people who could crawl out of hell.
• Qian Chenming congratulated Shrek Academy and sent the three soul bones floating down, and Ning Fengzhi acted when the injured team could not claim them.

Qian Chenming exposed Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and revoked Shrek Academy’s championship, which Tang San and Flender agreed to relinquish. He then demanded that Xiao Wu remain behind, leaving Shrek and its allies facing Spirit Hall with no clear way to protect her.

• Ning Fengzhi’s enhancement light knocked Xiao Wu sideways, causing the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to fall from her clothes and alert the Titled Douluo to her soul-beast aura.
• Qian Chenming revoked Shrek Academy’s championship and awarded it to Spirit Hall Academy, then revealed that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• Tang San confirmed Xiao Wu’s identity and offered to withdraw from the tournament and relinquish the championship; Flender agreed.
• Qian Chenming refused to let Xiao Wu leave and proposed that anyone who wanted her compete with Spirit Hall for her.
• Ning Fengzhi signaled Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to stand aside, while Tang San and the Shrek group grew vigilant.

Dugu Bo tried to take Xiao Wu away, but Qian Chenming restrained him with his Divine Envoy Domain. Tang Hao then arrived to protect Tang San and threatened to destroy Spirit Hall, while Qian Chenming remained unfazed; the chapter ended as Tang Hao revealed his nine Soul Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year ring.

• Dugu Bo moved to take Xiao Wu, but Qian Chenming immobilized him with his Divine Envoy Domain and warned him not to act again.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, Tang San, and the Shrek group prepared to fight as Qian Chenming watched them.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo advanced, but Tang Hao appeared and sent them flying.
• Tang Hao declared he would tear down Spirit Hall and summoned his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao revealed his nine Soul Rings, including a red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.