Chapter Summaries

Zhu Wu explained his theory of Martial Soul classifications and Soul Ring selection to Bibi Dong, who realized she had fallen for him just as he revealed he was married. Heartbroken, she stayed behind while Zhu Wu took leave to visit his wife, and an instructor hurried to Papal Hall.

• Zhu Wu explained how Soul Rings should complement a Martial Soul’s traits and classified Martial Souls into six types, while Bibi Dong asked questions and listened with admiration.
• Zhu Wu told Bibi Dong he was leaving to visit his wife, Ling Er, and explained that they had been childhood sweethearts; Bibi Dong left in tears.
• Xiao Ying learned that Bibi Dong was crying because Zhu Wu was married, then comforted her and stayed with her through dinner.
• Bibi Dong cried through the night, called in sick the next morning, and wept again when she saw Zhu Wu leave his villa.
• Zhu Wu pretended not to notice Bibi Dong’s tears, requested several days of leave from the Dean, and flew toward Sunset Forest.
• An instructor left the academy and headed for Papal Hall.

Qian Xunji learned that Dong'er had fallen for Zhu Wu and decided to keep the matter from his father. Meanwhile, Zhu Wu treated Dugu Bo’s family, improved their martial souls, and gave them a cultivation technique and a map before heading toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Qian Xunji questioned Xiao Ying about Dong'er’s leave and learned that she had become upset after Zhu Wu said he was married.
• Zhu Wu explored the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and found a natural treasure ground with herbs of lower quality than those in the original work.
• Zhu Wu visited Dugu Bo, healed his wife, and gave her a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma.
• Zhu Wu cleansed Dugu Bo’s poison, evolved his martial soul into a poison-attribute sub-dragon, and treated Dugu Bo’s son and daughter-in-law.
• Zhu Wu gave Dugu Bo the Mysterious Heaven Skill and a map to a Medicine Garden, then flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Zhu Wu visited Ning Fengzhi to fulfill an old promise, giving him a jade pendant with a cultivation method that could help evolve his martial soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. At Spirit Hall Academy, Bibi Dong focused on intense training and, when their agreed meeting time arrived, met Zhu Wu to ask him questions.

• Zhu Wu observed Ah Rou, Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming in the Star Dou Great Forest, then left without interfering with their fate.
• Zhu Wu gave Ning Fengzhi a jade pendant containing a cultivation method and promised that he could invoke Zhu Wu's name if he faced danger.
• Ning Fengzhi and his wife learned about the pendant's Longevity Exercise, and Ning Fengyang decided to pass the Sect Leader position to Ning Fengzhi.
• Zhu Wu returned to Spirit Hall Academy, where Bibi Dong trained intensely while Zhu Wu and Yu Xiaogang continued their usual routines.
• Bibi Dong met Zhu Wu at their agreed time and suggested they go to the library so she could ask him questions.

Zhu Wu studied Bibi Dong’s parallel-world counterpart through his Clone while continuing his quiet life at the academy. After hearing that Yu Xiaogang had advanced to the third floor, Zhu Wu arranged for old and unusual books to be brought to him, prompting Yu Xiaogang to suspect Bibi Dong was getting closer to Ying Tian.

• Bibi Dong met Zhu Wu regularly to discuss Soul Master theory and cultivation, while Yu Xiaogang spent more than a month reading and ignored cultivation despite students mocking him.
• Yu Xiaogang finished the second-floor books and moved to the third floor, while Zhu Wu had already read everything there.
• Zhu Wu told the women about his parallel-world visit, including how he had helped Dugu Yan’s family and Ning Rongrong’s father, and discussed changing that world’s Bibi Dong and observing whether Tang San would appear.
• After returning to his Clone, Zhu Wu asked the Dean to have the Pope send him entertaining books, and an instructor later delivered a Soul Tool filled with miscellaneous and ancient texts.
• Yu Xiaogang noticed Zhu Wu reading an ancient book unavailable in the library and suspected Bibi Dong had brought it from Papal Hall, which made him resolve to hurry.

Yu Xiaogang approached Bibi Dong in the library to present his Martial Soul theories, hoping to win her attention, but she challenged his ideas and exposed gaps in his research. Their discussion ended with Bibi Dong asking him how Food Martial Souls should be classified.

• Yu Xiaogang finished writing his Ten Core Competitiveness Theories and decided to wait for an opportunity to approach Bibi Dong.
• When Zhu Wu left Bibi Dong alone at the library table, Yu Xiaogang came over with books and began discussing Martial Soul classifications.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that Plant Martial Souls counted as Item Martial Souls and could potentially absorb animal soul rings, citing Blue Silver Grass as an example.
• Bibi Dong challenged his untested theory, explaining that Plant Martial Souls had low compatibility with animal soul rings and inherited traits could be weakened.
• Bibi Dong proposed a separate Body Martial Soul category for human body parts, then asked Yu Xiaogang where Food Martial Souls belonged.

Yu Xiaogang failed to win Bibi Dong’s help at Spirit Hall Academy and left for his clan, plotting to gain support for his theories. Qian Xunji ordered Ghost Douluo to follow him, and Ghost Douluo arranged a carriage crash that left Yu Xiaogang screaming.

• Bibi Dong challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theories about Martial Soul classifications and Twin Martial Souls, and he admitted he knew nothing about Twin Martial Soul cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang fled to the restroom, then left Bibi Dong and Zhu Wu to discuss publishing her theories under her own name.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to return to his clan and ask his father for support, hoping to solve Martial Soul degradation and prove himself.
• Yu Xiaogang left Spirit Hall Academy and hired a carriage toward the town nearest his clan.
• Qian Xunji ordered Ghost Douluo to follow Yu Xiaogang, and Ghost Douluo sabotaged the carriage on a mountain road, causing it to overturn and a sharp stone to strike him.

Yu Xiaogang’s carriage overturned and left him with a severe injury that a town healer could not fully repair, so he lost his sexual function and killed the driver in revenge. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong published Ying Tian’s soul-master theories under her own name, and Yu Xiaogang returned to his clan still hoping to overcome his martial-soul degeneration.

• A carriage accident badly injured Yu Xiaogang, and a local physician sent him to a Spirit Hall supervisor for healing.
• The supervisor healed Yu Xiaogang’s external wound but could not repair the internal damage, leaving Yu Xiaogang convinced he had lost his ability.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed the driver for the accident and later killed him with Luo San Pao’s first soul skill before continuing on foot.
• Qian Xunji learned that Yu Xiaogang’s injury had left him impaired, then approved Bibi Dong publishing Ying Tian’s theories under her own name.
• Spirit Hall Academy and the Papal Hall released Bibi Dong’s theories, which drew praise across Spirit City.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, dismissed the disciples’ scorn, and told Yu Yuanzhen what he had heard about Bibi Dong and Ying Tian.

Yu Xiaogang learned that his Martial Soul might have a Sacred Attribute and gained renewed hope, while the Yu clan debated how much to invest in helping him awaken it. Zhu Wu sent Bibi Dong to train in Death Canyon, advised Qian Daoliu about his coming match with Tang Chen, and then returned to the Dragon Realm after arranging time alone with his wives.

• Yu Chengkun and Yu Yuanzhen concluded that Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul might have a Sacred Attribute, and they promised to help him reach Rank 30 and find a way to awaken it.
• The Yu clan's elders debated whether to invest resources in Yu Xiaogang and argued over what to offer in exchange for advice from Qian Xunji and the others.
• After reading Spirit Hall's published soul master theories, Yu Xiaogang regretted that Ying Tian had ruined his chance to become famous and intensified his cultivation.
• Zhu Wu told Bibi Dong to undertake life-and-death training in Death Canyon, and Qian Xunji agreed to send the Chrysanthemum and Ghost Elders to accompany her.
• Qian Daoliu invited Zhu Wu to Qian Xunji's wedding and to observe his upcoming spar with Tang Chen; Zhu Wu advised him to fight without relying on knightly restraint.
• Zhu Wu took leave to visit the Star Dou Great Forest, returned to the Dragon Realm, and called his wives home after learning his daughter and son were away.

Zhu Wu led Bibi Dong and Ghost Douluo into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable Fifth Soul Ring for her Death Spider Emperor. Bibi Dong absorbed a Black Foot Walking Spider’s soul ring and gained Poison Explosion, reaching Soul Power rank fifty-two.

• Zhu Wu examined Bibi Dong’s physique and judged that she could absorb a soul ring from a soul beast with up to thirteen thousand years of cultivation.
• Zhu Wu explained that a Black Foot Walking Spider could awaken Poison Explosion, a talent well suited to Bibi Dong’s Death Spider Emperor.
• Zhu Wu led the group through the Star Dou Great Forest using Spiritual Detection until they found a Black Foot Walking Spider under fourteen thousand years old.
• Ghost Douluo let the spider poison him so it would use Poison Explosion, then subdued it for Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong absorbed the spider’s soul ring, gained Poison Explosion, and reached Soul Power rank fifty-two.

Zhu Wu gave Bibi Dong an Immortal Grade herb and the Mysterious Heaven Skill, hoping to help her grow into a capable leader and improve the Soul Master world. After Bibi Dong delivered the cultivation method to Qian Xunji, he brought it to Qian Daoliu, and the two wondered why Ying Tian had shared such a powerful technique with Spirit Hall.

• Zhu Wu gave Bibi Dong Narcissus Jade Bone and explained that he admired her and hoped she would use her abilities to benefit the people of the continent.
• Bibi Dong consumed the herb under Zhu Wu’s protection, gained three Soul Power levels, and received the Mysterious Heaven Skill to share with her teacher.
• Bibi Dong discovered that the Mysterious Heaven Skill greatly increased her cultivation speed and decided to deliver it to Qian Xunji.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo identified Narcissus Jade Bone as an Immortal Grade treasure, while Qian Xunji urged Bibi Dong to remember his expectations for her.
• Bibi Dong gave Qian Xunji the Mysterious Heaven Skill, and he took it to Qian Daoliu to discuss its use and why Ying Tian had offered it to Spirit Hall.

Qian Daoliu learned that Ying Tian had given the Qian Family powerful cultivation methods, including Ring Fusion, and shared them with the loyal enshrinements while deciding to make Bibi Dong a Saintess. Three months later, Yu Xiaogang arrived in Spirit City for Qian Xunji’s wedding, where Tang Chen and Yu Yuanzhen entered together and Ning Fengzhi and Crown Prince Xue Ye followed.

• Qian Daoliu visited Zhu Wu, who explained that his wife belonged to the Qian Family and gave him the Ring Fusion method and guidance on cultivating Soul Cores.
• Qian Daoliu convened the Elder Council, shared the methods with the enshrinements, and ordered that only they cultivate the Mysterious Heaven Skill for now.
• Qian Daoliu and the enshrinements agreed to elevate Bibi Dong to Saintess after the Soul Master Competition, while a blonde woman in the God Realm wondered about Ying Tian.
• Three months later, Yu Xiaogang arrived outside Spirit City with Yu Yuanzhen and vowed to surpass Bibi Dong once his Martial Soul awakened.
• Tang Chen arrived with the Clear Sky Sect, greeted Yu Yuanzhen, and entered Spirit City alongside the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ning Fengzhi and Crown Prince Xue Ye arrived after them and headed through the city gates.

Zhu Wu attended the Pope’s wedding festivities in disguise, then confronted Tang Hao at the foot of Pope Mountain after Tang Hao challenged him. Zhu Wu revealed his Dragon God identity and struck Tang Hao unconscious, while Yu Xiaogang mistakenly believed Zhu Wu had come to recruit him as a disciple.

• Zhu Wu declined the Dean’s escort, explored Spirit City, and watched Qian Xunji’s wedding procession with Bibi Dong.
• At the foot of Pope Mountain, Zhu Wu ignored the Clear Sky Sect delegation, provoking Tang Hao and confusing Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye.
• Tang Hao rushed at Zhu Wu, who struck him flying and warned Tang Chen against letting him behave so recklessly.
• Zhu Wu identified himself as Ying Tian, once known as Dragon God, and continued up the mountain after Tang Chen caught the unconscious Tang Hao.
• Yu Xiaogang concluded that Zhu Wu had come because of his potential and hoped his father could arrange a meeting.

Zhu Wu attended Qian Xunji’s wedding, where Tang Hao’s earlier challenge and Yu Xiaogang’s fixation on Bibi Dong drew attention. After the ceremony, Bibi Dong joined Zhu Wu and entered the banquet hall with him and the academy delegation.

• Tang Chen apologized to Yu Yuanzhen for Tang Hao’s conduct, and the gathered guests assembled at the Hall Front Square.
• Tang Hao woke, sat beside Tang Xiao, and silently vowed to avenge his humiliation against Zhu Wu.
• Qian Daoliu welcomed the guests, and Qian Xunji married his fiancée while Bibi Dong watched and searched the crowd for Zhu Wu.
• Bibi Dong noticed Yu Xiaogang staring at her and felt disgust, while Qian Xunji glared at Tang Hao for his sour expression.
• After the ceremony, Bibi Dong approached Zhu Wu and called him Big Brother Ying Tian, surprising several guests who did not know their connection.
• Bibi Dong, Zhu Wu, the Dean, and the academy delegation entered the side hall for the wedding banquet.

At Qian Xunji’s wedding banquet, Qian Daoliu explained to Tang Chen that the continent would need to purge Fallen Soul Masters after the war and proposed uniting its factions through a ranking contest. Tang Chen agreed, while learning that Qian Daoliu considered the mysterious man stronger than himself and that Tang Chen had already taken the first step toward understanding his cultivation.

• Tang Chen questioned Qian Daoliu about the mysterious visitor and learned that the man had attacked Qian Xunji after Tang Hao spread rumors about Bibi Dong.
• Qian Daoliu told Tang Chen that Fallen Soul Masters would threaten the continent after the war and proposed a continent-wide purge.
• Qian Daoliu proposed ranking the sects into the Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects through battles before the Soul Master Competition, using the contest to unite factions and lure out Fallen Soul Masters.
• Tang Chen agreed to the plan and to settle his promised battle with Qian Daoliu during the ranking matches.
• Qian Daoliu said he believed the mysterious man was stronger than himself and hinted that Tang Chen had already taken the first step toward reaching that level.

Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen announced that the empires would end their war and proposed sect-ranking battles to establish order among soul masters. Tang Chen then challenged Zhu Wu, while Bibi Dong learned the truth about Zhu Wu and grew furious at Tang Hao.

• Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen, Xue Ye, and Dai Yonghao agreed that the two empires would cease hostilities and withdraw their troops in February, and the crown princes announced the reconciliation.
• Qian Daoliu proposed gathering the continent's sects in Spirit City for ranking battles before the Soul Master Competition, and the assembled factions supported the plan.
• Tang Chen challenged Zhu Wu to a spar, and Zhu Wu accepted and invited him to fight outside Spirit City.
• Zhu Wu told Bibi Dong to ask her teacher for an explanation and left with Tang Chen, while the gathering followed to watch their duel.
• Qian Xunji explained to Bibi Dong how Zhu Wu had helped her and how Tang Hao had slandered and provoked him, making Bibi Dong add Tang Hao to the people she intended to kill.
• Qian Xunji, Yan Ying, and Bibi Dong headed to the outskirts of Spirit City to watch the battle, followed by the Worship Hall elders.

Zhu Wu faced Tang Chen in a remote valley and demonstrated how he simulated and permanently fused the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul with his body. The battle began with Zhu Wu revealing the Angel Domain’s power to disperse clouds, intensify the sunlight, and rapidly heat the area.

• Zhu Wu and Tang Chen arrived at a desolate valley, and Zhu Wu told Tang Chen to prepare while Qian Daoliu led the spectators to watch from a distant mountain.
• Zhu Wu explained that he would simulate his wife’s Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and told the Qian family to study the sun and its connection to light.
• Zhu Wu manifested a female Six-Winged Angel phantom, which embraced him and transformed him into a golden-haired, six-winged form.
• Tang Chen realized Zhu Wu had fused his Martial Soul and soul rings with his body, and Zhu Wu said he had suppressed his attributes and cultivation to Qian Daoliu’s level.
• Tang Chen charged at Zhu Wu, who unleashed Angel Domain: Dispel and cleared the clouds, brightened the sun, and raised the temperature across the mountain range.

Zhu Wu used the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul’s speed and Angel Domain to overwhelm Tang Chen, then revealed that sunlight could replenish his power without end. After crushing Tang Chen’s strongest attack, Zhu Wu kept him under a barrage of golden rays and covered the entire valley with Angel Sanctuary.

• Zhu Wu’s rapid Sacred Sword attacks broke through Tang Chen’s defenses and wounded his shoulder, forcing Tang Chen to detonate soul rings and open the Haotian Domain.
• Zhu Wu explained that Angel Domain drew power from sunlight, replenishing his Soul Power and intensifying his fire attacks while Tang Chen’s power continued to erode.
• Tang Chen used Blood Dragon Possession and his eighty-one-hammers technique to launch a blood dragon at Zhu Wu, but Angel’s Judgment struck it down and left Tang Chen injured in a crater.
• Zhu Wu used Holy Light Illumination to bombard Tang Chen with tracking rays and advised Qian Xunji to use flight and ranged attacks in a fight, calling the strategy the Kite Tactic.
• Zhu Wu activated Angel Sanctuary, filling the valley with a dense rain of golden rays and alarming the Clear Sky Sect and the watching princes.

Zhu Wu fought Tang Chen, using a golden light array to suppress him before gathering Sun Power into an artificial sun. Tang Chen broke through the array and charged Zhu Wu with his Great Sumeru Hammer as Zhu Wu unleashed the sun’s power.

• Zhu Wu told Tang Chen they could spar again at night, and Tang Chen continued attacking with Soaring Sky Strike.
• Tang Chen detonated his Fifth and Sixth Soul Rings and used his Martial Soul Avatar to push through Zhu Wu’s concentrated golden light.
• Zhu Wu rose above the light array as the sun expanded into an artificial sun charged with Sun Power.
• Tang Hao warned Tang Chen about the sun, and Tang Chen broke through the golden array to confront Zhu Wu.
• Tang Chen detonated his Eighth and Ninth Soul Rings and charged the artificial sun with his Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Zhu Wu raised his hand and invoked Blazing Sun Across the Sky, Light Shines to Purify the World, making the sky erupt with golden light.

Zhu Wu defeated Tang Chen with a devastating light-and-fire attack, then healed him and arranged for him to rest in Spirit City. Tang Hao and Tang Xiao brought their grandfather to an inn, while Yu Yuanzhen stayed in the city to seek Zhu Wu’s help with Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul degeneration.

• Zhu Wu’s attack turned the surrounding mountain range into fire and lava, leaving Tang Chen badly burned while sparing the peak where Qian Daoliu and the others stood.
• Qian Daoliu stopped Tang Hao and Tang Xiao from entering the overheated valley, and Tang Xiao calmed Tang Hao when Bibi Dong mocked Tang Chen’s recklessness.
• Zhu Wu healed Tang Chen with an Emerald Green Training and told Tang Xiao and Tang Hao that their grandfather needed about a month to recover.
• Zhu Wu praised Tang Chen’s dedication but warned Qian Xunji and the others against copying his reckless fighting style.
• Qian Daoliu invited Tang Chen’s grandsons to rest in Spirit City, where Tang Hao and Tang Xiao took their unconscious grandfather to an inn.
• After the factions departed, Yu Yuanzhen stayed in Spirit City so he could later ask Zhu Wu about Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul degeneration.

After revealing his status as a Limit Douluo, Zhu Wu eased Bibi Dong’s embarrassment and explained the Demi-God realms to Qian Daoliu. He left Qian Daoliu with advice about pursuing godhood and finding a wife, then returned to resting.

• Zhu Wu told Bibi Dong to call him Big Brother, and she returned to the academy with him before hurrying into her dormitory in embarrassment.
• The next day, Bibi Dong acted as though nothing had happened and led her teammates in their usual training.
• Qian Daoliu asked Zhu Wu about his wives and the realms beyond Rank 99, and Zhu Wu described the God Body and God Soul paths to becoming a Demi-God.
• Zhu Wu told Qian Daoliu that he had achieved both a God Body and God Soul but had refused to become a god because he wanted freedom.
• Zhu Wu advised Qian Daoliu to help the Angel God find a successor, consider having more descendants, and find a wife before ascending to the God Realm.
• Qian Daoliu thanked Zhu Wu for his guidance and left, while Zhu Wu closed his eyes and resumed resting.