Chapter Summaries

Chen Jin absorbed the Titan Giant Ape’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and left arm bone, raising his strength and unlocking the Nine-Heaven Divine Phoenix’s third inheritance layer. He and Qian Renxue escorted Xiao Wu toward Heaven Dou City, where they arrived with Xiao Wu still imprisoned and Chen Jin considering her potential use as a sacrifice.

• Chen Jin demonstrated his increased strength after fusing with the Titan Giant Ape’s left arm bone, and Qian Renxue agreed to spar with him later while sharing a kiss.
• Porcupinefish Douluo arrived with Spirit Hall knights, who imprisoned Xiao Wu and prepared to transport her while Porcupinefish Douluo stored the Titan Giant Ape’s corpse.
• At the Camp, Chen Jin reached level seventy-seven and unlocked the Divine Phoenix’s third inheritance layer, strengthening his Martial Soul Avatar and Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Qian Renxue decided to escort Xiao Wu through Heaven Dou City before sending her to Spirit City, and Chen Jin warned Xiao Wu that she might be useful as a sacrifice.
• The Spirit Hall Caravan left the forest, and Chen Jin offered Xiao Wu water during the journey while she vowed to kill him and begged Tang San to come save her.
• Three days later, Qian Renxue’s group arrived at Heaven Dou City in disguise, with Xiao Wu concealed inside the covered Prisoner Transport.

Chen Jin killed Xue Beng after the Fourth Prince assaulted a woman and attacked him in the street, while Xue Qinghe covered the incident. At the Crown Prince's Residence, Qian Renxue revealed her plan to hasten Emperor Xue Ye's death, and the group prepared to answer his summons, leaving Huo Wu waiting for Chen Jin's return.

• Xue Qinghe and Chen Jin encountered Xue Beng assaulting a cloth shop proprietor and his daughter, and Chen Jin freed the woman with his Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Xue Beng drew his sword on Chen Jin, who snapped the blade and killed him, while Xue Qinghe arranged for the witnesses to testify that Xue Beng had struck first.
• Qian Renxue told Chen Jin that Xue Ye had about a month to live and accepted a White Jade Vial enhanced with the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's fire poison to shorten that to three days.
• Chen Jin and Qian Renxue reunited with Huo Wu at the Crown Prince's Residence, where Huo Wu served them her accidentally blackened roast meat and agreed to wait while they visited the palace.
• An imperial guard summoned Xue Qinghe and Chen Jin to the palace, and Huo Wu gave Chen Jin a Golden Feather so she could contact him.

Chen Jin and Qian Renxue confronted Xue Xing and Dugu Bo after Xue Beng’s death, while Qian Renxue poisoned the ailing Emperor Xue Ye and took control after his death. The next morning, she prepared to ascend the Heaven Dou throne as Chen Jin and Huo Wu stood with her.

• Chen Jin used his Gravity Domain to force two imperial Soul Masters to their knees when Xue Xing tried to block him and demand judgment for Xue Beng’s death.
• Qian Renxue secretly poisoned Xue Ye with his medicine, and Chen Jin fought Dugu Bo outside the bedchamber until Dugu Bo withdrew.
• Xue Ye died after the poison flared, and Qian Renxue ordered Xue Xing imprisoned while the guard commander recognized her succession under imperial law.
• Qian Renxue revealed her identity to Huo Wu at the Crown Prince’s Residence and agreed to prepare for her accession the next day.
• The next morning, officials and foreign envoys gathered at the palace as Qian Renxue prepared to ascend the throne, with Chen Jin and Huo Wu beside her.

Qian Renxue took the Heaven Dou Empire’s throne as Xue Qinghe, while Chen Jin and Huo Wu refused to kneel and later joined her in the palace. Three years later, Chen Jin reached rank eighty-nine and prepared to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King for his ninth Soul Ring, with Huo Wu joining the expedition.

• Xue Qinghe was crowned emperor, punished Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng’s allies, and allowed Chen Jin and Huo Wu to remain standing.
• Qian Renxue revealed her identity after the ceremony, and she, Chen Jin, and Huo Wu argued playfully over the throne and where they would sleep.
• Qian Renxue and Huo Wu reviewed memorials together, then both insisted on staying with Chen Jin in the imperial Bedchamber.
• Three years later, Chen Jin returned from cultivation at rank eighty-nine and named the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as his target for a ninth Soul Ring.
• Huo Wu agreed to accompany Chen Jin to sea, and Porcupinefish Douluo reported that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had been moving toward the Outer Sea.

Chen Jin killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, absorbed his soul ring, and reached Level 94 while obtaining six soul bones and unlocking the Nine-Heaven Divine Phoenix's Third Layer Inheritance. After returning to Spirit City as Phoenix God Douluo, he asked Bibi Dong for a quiet place to cultivate and said he intended to reach Level 96 within three months.

• Chen Jin, Qian Renxue, Huo Wu, and the Spirit Hall soul masters battled the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King at sea, and Chen Jin delivered the killing blow.
• Chen Jin absorbed the Whale King's deep crimson ninth soul ring, advanced to Level 94, and gained the ninth soul skill Deep Sea Divine Thunder.
• Six intact soul bones rose from the seabed; Chen Jin kept three, gave the left leg bone to Huo Wu, and Qian Renxue took the head bone.
• The Nine-Heaven Divine Phoenix's Third Layer Inheritance opened, and Chen Jin returned to Spirit City, where Qian Daoliu's title for him was revealed as Phoenix God Douluo.
• Chen Jin showed Bibi Dong the Whale King's soul ring and soul bones, then refused Spirit Hall's offer to distribute the remaining bones.
• Chen Jin told Bibi Dong he wanted to reach Level 96 and asked for a quiet cultivation ground for three months.

Chen Jin, Huo Wu, and Qian Renxue traveled to the Far North, where Chen Jin fought and defeated the Ice Empress. The Snow Empress arrived and questioned Chen Jin about his ancient phoenix bloodline as he received new inheritance information.

• Bibi Dong gave Chen Jin permission to enter Spirit City's Soul Power wellspring and told Qian Renxue to reach level ninety-six within three months.
• Chen Jin, Huo Wu, and Qian Renxue entered the Far North, where they encountered the Ice Empress.
• Huo Wu fought the Ice Empress, but Chen Jin took over, suppressed her with his phoenix powers, and spared her after she surrendered.
• The Ice Empress revealed that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had once visited the Far North, and Chen Jin explained that he had come to train.
• The Snow Empress arrived and demanded that Chen Jin release the Ice Empress, then recognized the ancient power in his Nine-Heaven Divine Phoenix bloodline.
• The Nine-Heaven Divine Phoenix revealed new inheritance information to Chen Jin within his Sea of Consciousness.

Chen Jin revealed his ice phoenix inheritance and persuaded the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to become his Soul Spirits. Their contracts gave his martial souls two hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings, and the new companions joined the group in the Far North.

• Chen Jin revealed crystalline ice wings formed from the ice phoenix inheritance, and Ice Empress and Huo Wu gained benefits by touching them.
• Chen Jin explained that he sought a tenth soul ring and offered Snow Empress and Ice Empress contracts that would let them remain conscious and continue cultivating as Soul Spirits.
• Snow Empress agreed to the contract, and Ice Empress agreed after negotiating conditions for her Soul Ring and appearances outside it.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress entered Chen Jin's Sea of Consciousness, becoming platinum and emerald-green hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings in the first and second positions.
• Chen Jin manifested an Ice Phoenix martial soul bearing both new Soul Rings, while Snow Empress and Ice Empress pledged to fight alongside him.
• Huo Wu and Qian Renxue argued over who stood closest to Chen Jin, as Snow Empress and Ice Empress settled in with the group.

After the Snow Empress and Ice Empress became Chen Jin’s soul spirits, their power helped him break through to level 97 and stabilize his soul power. As the group prepared to leave the Far North the next morning, Chen Jin accompanied the Snow Empress outside so she could look at her homeland one more night.

• Chen Jin, Huo Wu, and Qian Renxue left the Far North while the Snow Empress and Ice Empress settled into his first two soul rings as soul spirits.
• Chen Jin cultivated aboard the Soul Guidance Ship, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress’s origin powers helped raise him to level 97.
• The Snow Empress used her Life-Bound Snow Core to stabilize Chen Jin’s meridians, while Huo Wu and Qian Renxue also lent him their power.
• Porcupinefish Douluo reported that the Soul Guidance Ship was ready, and Chen Jin decided they would depart the next morning.
• The Snow Empress asked to see the Far North once more, so Chen Jin went outside with her while Huo Wu and Qian Renxue stayed aboard.

The Snow Empress reluctantly left the Far North with Chen Jin and the others, while Huo Wu prepared to form a Soul Spirit Contract after they returned to Heaven Dou City. Aboard the ship, Huo Wu and Qian Renxue absorbed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Soul Bones, gaining new abilities as they continued toward Heaven Dou City.

• The Snow Empress stayed close to Chen Jin before the Soul Guidance Ship departed, and Huo Wu and Qian Renxue watched them from aboard.
• The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress joined the group on the ship, and Huo Wu said Chen Jin had agreed to prepare a Soul Spirit Contract for her.
• The group discussed finding a powerful fire-attribute Soul Beast for Huo Wu and agreed to prioritize cultivation on the way to Heaven Dou City.
• Chen Jin helped Huo Wu fuse the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Left Leg Soul Bone, raising her to rank eighty-five and granting her Deep Sea Lightning Flash.
• Qian Renxue fused the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Head Soul Bone, increasing her spiritual power and gaining Deep Sea Gaze.

Chen Jin returned to Heaven Dou City with Qian Renxue and Huo Wu, planning to absorb his torso Soul Bone and travel to Sunset Forest to seek a Firecloud Lark Soul Spirit. After revealing his Level 97 Soul Power at the imperial palace, he accepted a spar with Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong, and the fight began at the Royal Hunting Ground.

• Chen Jin and Qian Renxue decided to postpone absorbing his torso Soul Bone until they left the sea, while Huo Wu and Qian Renxue discussed traveling with him to Sunset Forest for a Soul Spirit Contract.
• The Soul Guidance Ship reached the Heaven Dou Empire, and Chen Jin, Qian Renxue, and Huo Wu agreed to go to Sunset Forest the next day.
• Xue Qinghe returned to the imperial palace with Chen Jin and Huo Wu, where Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Jin about his cultivation and Chen Jin revealed he had reached Level 97.
• Chen Xin challenged Chen Jin to a spar, and Gu Rong joined him; Xue Qinghe brought them to the Royal Hunting Ground.
• Chen Jin stopped Chen Xin's sword attacks with Nine-Colored Flame and gravity, then warped Gu Rong's spatial rifts as Gu Rong attacked.

Chen Jin defeated Chen Xin and Gu Rong, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect pledged its support to him and the Heaven Dou Empire. Ning Rongrong reunited with Chen Jin and declared that she wanted to stay by his side despite knowing about Huo Wu and Qian Renxue.

• Chen Jin used his Nine-Heaven Divine Phoenix Avatar to defeat Chen Xin and Gu Rong in a spar, then learned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect wanted to remain in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi offered the sect's trade routes, intelligence, and Soul Master roster, and Chen Xin and Gu Rong pledged to follow Chen Jin's orders.
• Ning Fengzhi announced that Ning Rongrong had returned and wanted to see Chen Jin, and Qian Renxue allowed her into the valley.
• Ning Rongrong apologized to Chen Jin for their past, and he gave her a nine-colored feather to replace the clay sword that had been destroyed.
• Ning Rongrong told Chen Jin she liked him and wanted to stay by his side, even after acknowledging Huo Wu and Qian Renxue.

Ning Rongrong reunited with Chen Jin and chose to stay by his side, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect agreed to follow the Phoenix God's arrangements. Three months later, Chen Jin emerged from secluded cultivation as a Level 99 Peerless Douluo and reunited with Qian Renxue and Huo Wu.

• Ning Rongrong chose to stay with Chen Jin, and the nine-colored Origin strengthened her Martial Soul and raised her Soul Power.
• Ning Fengzhi entrusted Ning Rongrong to Chen Jin and agreed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would follow the Phoenix God's arrangements.
• Ning Rongrong returned to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace with Chen Jin, Qian Renxue, and Huo Wu, and spent the night beside him.
• Chen Jin refined the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's origin and Soul Bones in secluded cultivation beneath Spirit City, reaching Level 99 and becoming a Peerless Douluo.
• Qian Renxue and Huo Wu waited for Chen Jin outside the stone hall and welcomed him when he emerged after three months.
• Qian Renxue and Huo Wu brought Chen Jin clean clothes and hot water, then argued over helping him bathe.

After three months of secluded cultivation, Chen Jin emerged as a Level 99 Soul Master and reunited with Huo Wu and Qian Renxue. A summons from Bibi Dong brought Chen Jin, Qian Renxue, Huo Wu, and Ning Rongrong to Spirit City, where they faced the Pope.

• Chen Jin dried and dressed with help from Huo Wu and Qian Renxue, then gave them Nine-Colored Phoenix Feather hairpins.
• Chen Jin revealed his Level 99 Soul Power and nine Soul Rings, stunning Huo Wu and Qian Renxue before they agreed to stay with him that night.
• Ning Rongrong discussed returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to secure its alliance with Chen Jin, and Chen Jin agreed to accompany her with Huo Wu.
• Chen Jin received Bibi Dong's summons to Spirit City, and Qian Renxue, Huo Wu, and Ning Rongrong joined him there.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei escorted the group into the Papal Hall, where Bibi Dong confronted Qian Renxue.

Chen Jin challenged Bibi Dong for the right to change Spirit Hall and defeated her in a battle inside the Papal Hall. Bibi Dong conceded and declared that the Papal Hall would follow the Phoenix God’s commands.

• Bibi Dong confronted Chen Jin about his Level 97 power and offered him high positions in the Elder Hall or Papal Hall, but Chen Jin said he wanted to change Spirit Hall.
• Chen Jin and Bibi Dong fought, with Chen Jin blocking her Spider Emperor attacks and crushing her Ninth Soul Skill.
• Chen Jin unleashed Deep Sea Divine Thunder, Gravity Domain, Life Lock, and Phoenix fire, overwhelming Bibi Dong’s Twin Spider Emperors and destroying the throne platform.
• Bibi Dong admitted defeat after Chen Jin damaged her scepter and left her robe scorched.
• Bibi Dong declared that the Papal Hall would follow the Phoenix God’s commands.

Bibi Dong named Chen Jin the new Pope of Spirit Hall, and he began uniting the Papal Hall and Elder Hall under his command. When Qian Daoliu challenged the change, Chen Jin and his allies prepared to settle the dispute by strength.

• Bibi Dong gave Chen Jin the Pope Token and announced that he would become Spirit Hall’s new Pope.
• Chen Jin took the papal throne, ordered the elders to gather, and assigned Bibi Dong to handle the memorials.
• Chen Jin told Ning Rongrong that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could remain independent but must support the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall when needed.
• At the elders’ gathering, Chen Jin declared that the Papal Hall and Elder Hall would answer to the Pope Token under unified command.
• Qian Daoliu entered the Papal Hall and challenged Chen Jin’s authority, while Bibi Dong backed the new Pope.
• Chen Jin released his soul rings as Qian Daoliu drew his holy sword, and Huo Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Qian Renxue prepared to stand with Chen Jin.