Chapter Summaries

Mu Chen brought Bibi Dong to a hot spring, where she bathed and changed before he praised her appearance. He then prepared to teach her the Zhe Character Secret to heal her injuries and remove the Blood Soul Poison, leaving them forehead to forehead as he began transmitting the technique.

• Mu Chen showed Bibi Dong a safe hot spring and waited outside while she bathed.
• Bibi Dong emerged in her pontiff's robes, and Mu Chen complimented her beauty and teased her about her crown.
• Mu Chen bathed, thinking about their dangerous situation and his need to restore Bibi Dong's strength.
• Mu Chen explained that teaching the Zhe Character Secret required close contact, and Bibi Dong agreed to learn it.
• Mu Chen pressed his forehead against Bibi Dong's to transmit the secret technique as she closed her eyes and reminded herself it was for her recovery.

Mu Chen taught Bibi Dong the Zhe Character Secret, and she began studying it in hopes of curing the Blood Soul Poison. While Mu Chen guarded the cave, a group of Evil Soul Masters found their trail and advanced under the command of a level ninety-six Super Douluo, leaving Mu Chen to face them alone as Bibi Dong continued comprehending the technique.

• Mu Chen taught Bibi Dong the Zhe Character Secret, and she said she needed time to understand it before it could heal her poison and strengthen her.
• Bibi Dong meditated inside the cave while Mu Chen stood guard outside.
• A group of Evil Soul Masters found traces of Mu Chen and Bibi Dong near the hot spring, and their golden-robed leader decided to pursue them without waiting for reinforcements.
• Mu Chen sensed danger and prepared to defend the cave as explosions sounded nearby.
• The Evil Soul Masters' level ninety-six Super Douluo leader flew toward the cave with his group, and Mu Chen warned Bibi Dong that the approaching enemy was at least a level ninety-five Super Douluo.

Bibi Dong purged the Blood Soul Poison while Mu Chen fought a group of Evil Soul Masters to keep them away from her cave. A Super Douluo badly wounded Mu Chen and threatened to kill Bibi Dong next.

• Bibi Dong told Mu Chen to retreat if the fight turned dangerous, but Mu Chen chose to draw the enemies farther away from her cave.
• Bibi Dong expelled the Blood Soul Poison and recovered her strength as the Zhe Character Secret circulated through her body.
• Mu Chen evaded the Evil Soul Masters until their golden-robed Super Douluo entered the fight and struck him twice, sending him crashing into the ground.
• Mu Chen used the Zhe Character Secret to stabilize his injuries and analyzed the Super Douluo's abilities while preparing to keep fighting.
• The Super Douluo dismissed Mu Chen's choice to lure the enemies away and threatened to kill Bibi Dong after him.

Mu Chen risked his life against Evil Soul Masters until Bibi Dong arrived and killed them, then urged her to believe that love and kindness still existed. Bibi Dong was moved, but Mu Chen’s attempt to reassure her with a lesson in mathematics ended with her attacking him again.

• Mu Chen argued that companionship, protection, and love mattered more than strength, while the Super Douluo threatened to make the woman in the cave choose who would live.
• Bibi Dong appeared, killed the Super Douluo and the remaining Evil Soul Masters, and confronted Mu Chen for risking his life.
• Mu Chen reminded Bibi Dong that she had also sacrificed herself before and told her that Xue'er and he cared about her.
• Bibi Dong asked what she should do if the whole world abandoned her, and Mu Chen urged her to look beyond hatred and recognize the people who understood and loved her.
• When Mu Chen claimed mathematics would not deceive her and began explaining ellipses, Bibi Dong attacked him and worsened his injuries.

After Bibi Dong and Mu Chen defeated four Evil Soul Master Super Douluo, they returned to their cave and continued growing closer as they waited for a way out of Hell Realm. That night, a powerful woman in red trapped them in a blood-red formation and knocked them unconscious.

• Bibi Dong killed the four attacking Evil Soul Master Super Douluo, and Mu Chen praised her strength and credited the herbs he had given her.
• Mu Chen reassured Bibi Dong that he believed they would escape Hell Realm, trusting that Na'er would receive his message.
• Back at their cave, Bibi Dong reflected on how much she valued having Mu Chen to talk to, and they shared dinner and joked about her cooking.
• After more than a month together, Bibi Dong and Mu Chen slept inside the cave without keeping watch outside.
• A woman in red used powerful spiritual force to knock Bibi Dong and Mu Chen unconscious, while a blood-red formation surrounded all three of them.

After Mu Chen and Bibi Dong vanished into a black hole, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Qian Renxue reacted to the news and prepared to search for him. They feared the power of the Evil Soul Masters and worried about the continent’s future as the search began.

• Sword Douluo told Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Bone Douluo that Mu Chen and Bibi Dong had been pulled into a black hole, and showed them a jade shard whose blue energy indicated Mu Chen was still alive.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered Sword Douluo to lead sect disciples to the site and warned him not to clash with Spirit Hall; Sword Douluo immediately departed.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo discussed the threat posed by the Evil Soul Masters, while Ning Rongrong vowed to become strong and avenge Mu Chen if anything happened to him.
• After hearing the news, Qian Renxue smashed Xue Qinghe’s desk and ordered Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupine Douluo to go to the site with her.
• Qian Renxue went to Xue Ye’s chambers to seek permission to travel there under her current identity.

Bibi Dong and Mu Chen were trapped in the red woman’s Hell Realm after she stripped away their powers and threatened to let undead kill their bodies. The woman revealed that she was a Succubus who could stir their deepest desires, then enveloped them in pink mist.

• Bibi Dong and Mu Chen discovered they had lost their Soul Power and strength in the Hell Realm.
• The woman in red said their bodies outside the realm would be killed by Evil Soul Master undead, which would also kill them.
• Mu Chen attacked the woman with fallen leaves using his sword-path cultivation, but they passed harmlessly through her because her domain made her invulnerable.
• Mu Chen rejected the woman’s advances and praised Bibi Dong, pleasing Bibi Dong despite her private unease.
• The woman in red claimed she could draw out their hidden desires and said she wanted to help them fulfill a union before they died.
• The woman closed her eyes and covered Bibi Dong and Mu Chen in pink mist, leaving Bibi Dong shocked by the woman’s claim that she was a virgin.

Mu Chen and Bibi Dong fell under the red-clad woman’s Charm and nearly became intimate before the silver dragon scale on Mu Chen’s chest broke the Soul Skill and restored their senses. Bibi Dong realized the scale’s power was divine and far stronger than the Rakshasa God’s, while the red-clad woman watched in terror as her spiritual world collapsed.

• The red-clad woman transformed the blood-red world into a couples’ room and used her Charm to overwhelm Mu Chen and Bibi Dong with desire.
• Bibi Dong warned Mu Chen that she would kill him if they escaped, but the two of them gradually lost control and kissed.
• Mu Chen and Bibi Dong embraced as their passion intensified, while the red-clad woman watched with interest.
• The silver dragon scale on Mu Chen’s chest shone brightly, shattered the Charm, and restored their senses.
• Bibi Dong saw the red-clad woman’s terror and realized the scale carried divine power stronger than the Rakshasa God’s.

Mu Chen and Bibi Dong escaped the Evil Soul Masters’ trap when Na’er’s Inverse Scale protected them, then killed their attackers. Gu Yuena arrived to rescue Mu Chen, and the chapter ended with her releasing her hostile spiritual lock on Bibi Dong after Mu Chen explained Bibi Dong’s connection to Qian Renxue.

• Na’er sensed Mu Chen’s distress through the Inverse Scale, opened a spatial gate, and headed to his location.
• Mu Chen and Bibi Dong regained control of themselves and killed the Evil Soul Masters in the cave.
• Mu Chen embraced Gu Yuena when she arrived, and she apologized for being delayed in Dragon Valley.
• Gu Yuena sensed the Rakshasa God’s power in Bibi Dong and threatened her with a spiritual lock.
• Mu Chen explained that Bibi Dong was important to Qian Renxue and had helped him, so Gu Yuena released her lock.

Mu Chen reunited with Gu Yuena in the Hell Realm and decided to punish the Evil Soul Masters before returning to the Douluo Continent. After Gu Yuena located their strongest targets, the three traveled through spatial gates, and Bibi Dong killed the undead Succubus before Mu Chen promised to show Gu Yuena the power of his Soul Tools.

• Mu Chen introduced Gu Yuena to Bibi Dong and said they could escape with her help.
• Mu Chen exchanged his remaining Cool Points for Fixed Soul Cannons and shells, then asked Gu Yuena to locate the Evil Soul Masters.
• Gu Yuena sensed the scattered Evil Soul Masters across the Hell Realm and opened a spatial gate to their strongest target.
• Mu Chen, Gu Yuena, and Bibi Dong confronted the red-clad undead Succubus, and Bibi Dong killed her with her Soul Skills.
• Mu Chen asked Gu Yuena to take them to another target so he could demonstrate the power of Soul Tools, leaving Bibi Dong wondering how powerful they were.

Mu Chen and Gu Yuena attacked the Evil Soul Masters’ stronghold with a Level Nine Fixed Soul Cannon, while Bibi Dong witnessed the weapon’s devastating power. After the barrage, the palace lay destroyed and the Evil Soul Masters’ fate was left unclear.

• Gu Yuena sensed two Level 99 Soul Masters, four Super Douluo, and several Titled Douluo inside the stone palace.
• Mu Chen revealed his Level Nine Fixed Soul Cannon and shells, then passed the weapon’s operating method to Gu Yuena.
• Mu Chen received Azure Dragon Blood Essence from the system, which he could fuse with only after reaching Soul Sage.
• Gu Yuena fired a shell into the palace, killing two Titled Douluo and weakening the other Soul Masters inside.
• The remaining Evil Soul Masters tried to defend themselves as Gu Yuena’s invisible force held them in place.
• Gu Yuena fired the remaining shells until Bibi Dong could no longer hear the Evil Soul Masters’ screams over the explosions.

Mu Chen and Gu Yuena destroyed the remaining Evil Soul Masters and led Bibi Dong out of the Hell Realm. After Bibi Dong left, Gu Yuena explained that she still needed ten months to recover and master the Dragon God Core before returning to the Lake of Life, while Mu Chen headed back toward the place where he had encountered the Evil Soul Masters.

• Gu Yuena crushed the surviving Evil Soul Masters after Mu Chen signaled her, and Bibi Dong was shocked by her godlike power.
• Gu Yuena opened a spatial gate near the Star Dou Great Forest, and Mu Chen, Gu Yuena, and Bibi Dong left the Hell Realm and went their separate ways.
• Bibi Dong left Mu Chen and Gu Yuena, feeling unexpectedly empty despite returning to her role as Spirit Hall's Pontiff.
• Gu Yuena told Mu Chen that her injuries would take at least ten months to heal and that she needed to master the Dragon God Core's power.
• Gu Yuena kissed Mu Chen before returning to the bottom of the Lake of Life, and Mu Chen headed toward the place where he had encountered the Evil Soul Masters.

Bibi Dong and Mu Chen returned safely from Hell Realm, reuniting with Spirit Hall and the people who had feared they were lost. Mu Chen traveled back toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Ning Rongrong and Sword Douluo, while Xue Qinghe followed to question him about what had happened.

• Bibi Dong returned to Spirit Hall and told Xue Qinghe and Sword Douluo that Mu Chen was safe and would arrive shortly.
• Bibi Dong warned Sword Douluo that the enemy forces they had faced were only a fraction of their true strength and would return stronger.
• Mu Chen reunited with Sword Douluo, Ning Rongrong, and Xue Qinghe, then explained that he and Bibi Dong had spent a month in Hell Realm before escaping through a black hole.
• Sword Douluo thanked Mu Chen for returning and pledged to fight the enemies alongside Spirit Hall if needed.
• Bibi Dong left for Spirit City and privately struggled to make sense of her feelings and the Succubus's claim about her virginity.
• Mu Chen, Ning Rongrong, and Sword Douluo set out for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Xue Qinghe followed them instead of returning to Heaven Dou City.

Ning Rongrong confessed her long-held feelings to Mu Chen, and he accepted her affection while saying he would discuss it with Na'er. Xue Qinghe realized what had happened and waited to see whether Mu Chen would tell her.

• Ning Rongrong clung to Mu Chen and told him how frightened she had been while he was in danger.
• Sword Douluo left the carriage after recognizing that Ning Rongrong was about to confess to Mu Chen.
• Ning Rongrong explained why she had loved Mu Chen for years and asked whether he liked her.
• Mu Chen accepted Ning Rongrong's feelings, embraced her, and said he would talk it over with Na'er.
• Ning Rongrong kissed Mu Chen and felt his abdominal muscles while he worried about Xue'er’s reaction.
• Xue Qinghe guessed that Ning Rongrong and Mu Chen had become a couple and wondered when he would tell her.

Mu Chen returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and reunited with Ning Rongrong while the sect discussed his strength and the upcoming Soul Master Tournament. The chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi weighing the threat posed by powerful Evil Soul Masters and the continent’s ability to resist them.

• Ning Fengzhi hosted a banquet for Mu Chen, and Ning Rongrong openly doted on him while Xue Qinghe watched with a gentle smile.
• Mu Chen asked about the Soul Master Tournament, and Ning Fengzhi said it would begin in nearly two months.
• Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo praised Mu Chen’s strength, while Xue Qinghe said he could defeat even her despite her higher Soul Power.
• Xue Qinghe discussed the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team, and Ning Fengzhi offered to acquire an academy for Mu Chen the next day.
• Sword Douluo asked about the Evil Soul Masters, and Ning Fengzhi warned that even Spirit Hall might struggle against them and that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect lacked the strength to fight them alone.

Mu Chen and his companions learned that the Holy Spirit Cult possessed an overwhelming force of powerful Evil Soul Masters, and they discussed how to respond. After the banquet, Mu Chen told Qian Renxue that Ning Rongrong had confessed to him, and the two became intimate.

• Xue Qinghe promised that the empire would use its full strength to help fight the Evil Soul Masters.
• Sword Douluo shared Bibi Dong’s intelligence that the Holy Spirit Cult had two Rank 99 Peerless Douluo, several Super Douluo, and many other Evil Soul Masters.
• Ning Fengzhi said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would assist Spirit Hall if needed, and Mu Chen recounted his time in the Hell Realm.
• Mu Chen visited Qian Renxue and told her that Ning Rongrong had confessed her feelings to him.
• Qian Renxue teased Mu Chen, then agreed to be intimate with him.

Mu Chen and Qian Renxue began a secret relationship before she returned to Heaven Dou City, and Mu Chen taught her the Zhe Character Secret. He then turned his attention to the Soul Master Tournament and checked Zhu Zhuqing and A'li's progress.

• Mu Chen and Qian Renxue spent the night together, then kept their relationship secret at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Renxue returned to Heaven Dou City after several days, having learned the Zhe Character Secret from Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen focused on preparing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's candidates for the Soul Master Tournament: himself, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Mu Chen met Zhu Zhuqing and A'li and found that Zhu Zhuqing had reached level forty-five while A'li had reached level twenty-eight.
• Ning Rongrong told Mu Chen that Zhu Zhuqing and A'li had advanced through soul fights, and that she herself had become a Gold Douluo.

Mu Chen agreed to let A'li join the Soul Master Tournament and planned to train her and Zhu Zhuqing before it began. He began testing the three women's teamwork, where A'li's spiritual attack barely affected him.

• A'li told Mu Chen she wanted to participate in the Soul Master Tournament but feared she would hold the team back, and he welcomed her.
• A'li resolved to repay Mu Chen after reflecting on how meeting him had changed her life.
• Mu Chen planned to train A'li and Zhu Zhuqing and said they should rely on their own strength during the tournament.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and A'li prepared to fight Mu Chen, with Ning Rongrong boosting the two attackers' Soul Power and speed.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Netherworld Shadow Clone to attack while A'li launched a spiritual Soul Skill that had little effect on Mu Chen.

Mu Chen defeated Zhu Zhuqing and A'li in a spar, then assessed their abilities and planned training for the upcoming Soul Master Tournament. He left Ning Rongrong without a training assignment when she asked what she should work on.

• Mu Chen dodged Zhu Zhuqing's attacks, blocked her Netherworld Slash with the Emperor Dragon Sword, and knocked her back with a punch.
• A'li teleported behind Mu Chen, but he evaded her attack and sent her flying back beside Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing praised Mu Chen's strength, and he reassured her that her agility and power were near the limit for an agility-type Soul Ancestor.
• A'li explained that her teleportation reached twenty meters and could extend as her Soul Power increased.
• Mu Chen planned to teach Zhu Zhuqing better footwork, have A'li cultivate toward Soul Elder and pursue a stronger offensive Soul Skill, and let Ning Rongrong continue her support training.
• Ning Rongrong asked Mu Chen what she should do, and he told her to go play somewhere else.

Mu Chen spent the preparations for the Soul Master Tournament teaching the Zhe Character Secret to those closest to him while cultivating and training Zhu Zhuqing. Two months later, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s team had grown stronger, though Mu Chen still had no breakthrough in his sword dao.

• Mu Chen taught the Zhe Character Secret to Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Ning Rongrong, while Qian Renxue had Yang Wudi killed and focused on comprehending the secret.
• Mu Chen cultivated his Soul Power and sword dao by day and taught Zhu Zhuqing movement techniques at night; Zhu Zhuqing admitted she wanted to grow stronger to get closer to him.
• Over two months, Mu Chen reached level fifty-six, Ning Rongrong reached level forty-eight, Zhu Zhuqing reached level forty-five, and A'li became a level thirty-two Soul Elder.
• Mu Chen named the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s tournament participants and their strengths: himself, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and A'li.