Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen spoke with Qian Renxue in the library and asked her to seek Qian Daoliu’s knowledge about the Silver Dragon, while Bibi Dong reluctantly allowed their friendship and ordered a search for Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. When Hu Liena and the others arrived, Luo Chen invited Qian Renxue to meet them, and she began to wonder whether she could make friends like he did.

• Luo Chen recognized Na'er’s Dawn Avatar and learned that Ah Yin had returned to search near Nuoding City; Ah Yin said she held no grudge against Qian Renxue for Qian Xunji’s actions.
• Qian Renxue approached Luo Chen in the library, and they talked about his search for a rare Soul Beast called the Silver Dragon.
• Qian Renxue agreed to ask Qian Daoliu about the Silver Dragon, while Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu watched the two children and Bibi Dong tacitly permitted their contact.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to gather leads on Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts so she could strengthen herself and protect Luo Chen.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and Wang Sheng arrived at the library, and Luo Chen invited Qian Renxue to meet them; she began questioning why she could not attend the academy and make friends too.

Qian Renxue admitted she wanted companionship and disguised herself as a boy named Tian Xue so she could meet Luo Chen’s friends. The chapter left her happily posing as Luo Chen’s older brother, while Hu Liena and the others marveled at her talent and closeness with him.

• Qian Daoliu acknowledged that Qian Renxue needed friends and left her with Luo Chen, trusting him to help her enjoy a freer life.
• Qian Renxue transformed into a boy, chose the name Tian Xue, and insisted that Luo Chen call her Brother Xue.
• Luo Chen and Qian Renxue met Hu Liena, Wang Sheng, Xie Yue, and Yan, and Luo Chen introduced Tian Xue as a naturally gifted Soul Master and his new friend.
• Tian Xue impressed the group by revealing his level-24 Soul Power, and Qian Jun and Demon Subduing Douluo watched approvingly from the shadows.
• Tian Xue claimed Luo Chen reminded him of his late younger brother, then quieted down when Luo Chen began introducing everyone.

On the journey back to the Papal Palace, Luo Chen learned that Ah Yin had seen Tang Hao neglect the infant Tang San and had withdrawn into sorrow, so he and Na'er comforted her and welcomed her as family. Over the next seven days Luo Chen settled into academy life, while Qian Renxue enrolled at Spirit Hall Academy and Bibi Dong accepted that she could remain friends with him.

• Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo joined Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo and Gui Mei in protecting Luo Chen and Qian Renxue on their return to the Papal Palace.
• Na'er told Luo Chen how Ah Yin's avatar had found Tang Hao neglecting Tang San, and Ah Yin concluded that Tang Hao had never truly cared for their child.
• Luo Chen and Na'er embraced Ah Yin and promised that the Astral Realm would be her home and they would be her family.
• Ah Yin stopped approaching Tang Hao and Tang San, accepted her new mission, and searched for natural treasures with Na'er, though their journeys found nothing for seven days.
• Luo Chen attended Spirit Hall Academy, explored Spirit City with Hu Liena and Qian Renxue, and learned that students above rank 20 could pursue cultivation instead of theory classes.
• Bibi Dong told Luo Chen that Qian Renxue had enrolled in Spirit Hall Academy and allowed him to remain friends with her, provided Qian Renxue stayed out of Bibi Dong's sight.

Luo Chen and Qian Renxue prepared to spar so they could test their abilities, while Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu made a wager over the outcome. The spectators gathered in the Papal Palace, where Qian Renxue arrived hoping to see her mother, but Bibi Dong focused on Luo Chen.

• Bibi Dong asked Luo Chen whether he planned to take part in the test, and he said he wanted to measure his current strength and Soul Skills.
• Qian Renxue visited Luo Chen, agreed to train with him regularly, and wagered that the loser would accept a new form of address from the winner.
• Bibi Dong wagered that Qian Daoliu would hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for Luo Chen if Luo Chen won, while Qian Daoliu wanted Luo Chen to call him Grandpa if Qian Renxue won.
• The six Enshrined, Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo assembled in the Papal Palace to watch the sparring match.
• Qian Renxue and Luo Chen entered the hall, and Qian Renxue saw Bibi Dong looking at Luo Chen rather than her.

Luo Chen revealed that he possessed two god-level Martial Souls, the Celestial Star Crown and the Sun Disc, astonishing the Spirit Hall Enshrined. After learning the Sun Disc could improve others’ potential and enable Ascension, Golden Crocodile Douluo grew furious at Bibi Dong’s conditions because he wanted Luo Chen’s help for his great-granddaughter, Jin Yue’er.

• Bibi Dong watched Qian Renxue cling to Luo Chen while the Enshrined gathered to referee their sparring match.
• Qian Renxue summoned her Six-Winged Angel, and Luo Chen revealed his Celestial Star Crown and Sun Disc, prompting Qian Daoliu to recognize that Luo Chen had Twin Martial Souls.
• Luo Chen confirmed that the Celestial Star Crown was his First Martial Soul and the Sun Disc his Second, leading the Enshrined to conclude that both were god-level Martial Souls.
• Luo Chen explained the Sun Disc’s powers, and Bibi Dong said the Enshrined could receive Ascension if they earned Luo Chen’s approval and sufficient merit.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo protested Bibi Dong’s conditions because he wanted Luo Chen to help his great-granddaughter, Jin Yue’er.

Luo Chen demonstrated the abilities of his Celestial Crown to Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Spirit Hall’s elders, revealing that his white Soul Rings granted powerful elemental control. The elders were left stunned by his teleportation and ability to reproduce Qian Renxue’s Soul Skill.

• Bibi Dong overruled the elders’ objections and directed Luo Chen to demonstrate his first Martial Soul’s abilities.
• Luo Chen revealed two white Soul Rings, and Qian Renxue protested until he explained that childhood illness and hardship had led him to absorb them.
• Qian Renxue attacked with Angel Assault, but Luo Chen used his first Soul Skill to teleport around her within a fifty-meter radius.
• Luo Chen explained that he could teleport hundreds of times with his current Soul Power, and Qian Renxue admitted she could not find a way to defeat him.
• Luo Chen used his first Soul Skill, Elemental Control, to reproduce Angel Assault from Soul Power left in the air and explained that he controlled light, darkness, space, and wood.

Luo Chen demonstrated that Elemental Control could control ultimate attributes, copy Soul Skills, and counter Qian Renxue’s attacks, stunning the Spirit Hall elders. After testing Ultimate Darkness, he used it to analyze Angel Assault and created a new variation for Qian Renxue, who eagerly embraced and kissed him.

• Bibi Dong and the elders acknowledged the overwhelming power of Luo Chen’s Celestial Star Crown and Elemental Control.
• Luo Chen stopped Qian Renxue’s Angel Assault, took control of its energy, and formed a golden palm to counterattack.
• Qian Renxue used Wings of Nihility, and Luo Chen copied the Soul Skill, prompting the elders to realize he could analyze and reproduce other abilities.
• Luo Chen tested Ultimate Darkness by devouring Qian Renxue’s Angel Assault, then split the attack into multiple weaker fists.
• Luo Chen explained that Ultimate Darkness helped him analyze Soul Skills and create variations for Qian Renxue, who hugged and kissed him in excitement.

After defeating Qian Renxue, Luo Chen revealed that his second soul skill, Path of Starlight, could aid cultivation and help powerful Soul Masters gain insight into their bottlenecks. The enshrined agreed to protect Luo Chen and Qian Renxue, while Qian Renxue was allowed to move next door to Luo Chen and resolved to support his future rise.

• Qian Renxue and Luo Chen ended their spar, and Luo Chen demonstrated Path of Starlight to Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and the enshrined.
• Light Feather Douluo and the other enshrined tested the skill and discovered that it helped them gain insight into their cultivation bottlenecks.
• Bibi Dong offered the enshrined access to Luo Chen's cultivation aid in exchange for their loyalty, but Golden Crocodile Douluo and Light Feather Douluo refused to abandon Qian Daoliu.
• Luo Chen distributed Star Grass to the enshrined and explained how they could use his star domain for cultivation; Qian Daoliu then accepted Luo Chen as his grandson and asked him to spend more time with Qian Renxue.
• Qian Daoliu assigned the enshrined to protect Luo Chen and Qian Renxue, and Luo Chen persuaded Bibi Dong to let Qian Renxue live next door to him.
• Qian Renxue eagerly accepted the arrangement and vowed to grow stronger so she could protect Luo Chen and support him as Supreme Pontiff.

Luo Chen shared his plans for Spirit Hall Academy’s educational reform and gave his friends copies of a new cultivation method he had created. The method was still untested, but he believed it would be safer and more effective than ordinary meditation.

• Qian Renxue and Hu Liena competed to serve Luo Chen food while Wang Sheng and Yan watched their unusual rivalry.
• Xie Yue asked Luo Chen about the coming academy reforms, and Luo Chen said he had advised Bibi Dong and the Great Enshrined.
• Luo Chen described plans to overhaul student training, including improved physical conditioning and obstacle courses.
• Luo Chen explained that Soul Masters lacked systematic cultivation methods and that he had created the Simulation Star Creation Chart using Na'er’s First Soul Skill and existing meditation methods.
• Luo Chen handed cultivation manuals to Yan, Wang Sheng, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Qian Renxue, saying he had prioritized safety and expected the method to outperform ordinary meditation.

Luo Chen explained the Stargazing Meditation Method, a safe first stage of his cultivation system, and gave Spirit Hall’s disciples personalized manuals. He also described the more advanced Star Forging Method to Qian Renxue, while Bibi Dong began attempting to condense a second Star Core.

• Luo Chen explained how visualizing a star matching a Martial Soul’s attributes could refine Soul Power, reduce meridian damage, and improve cultivation.
• Qian Renxue and the others recognized that opening blocked meridians could increase Soul Power circulation and generation, and Luo Chen gave each disciple a tailored method to try.
• Luo Chen reflected that the Star Forging Method used three Qi vortices to condense Star Cores and create a more powerful system than conventional Soul Cores.
• Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong confirmed they had experienced something like a Star Core, and Bibi Dong entered seclusion to attempt condensing a second one.
• After the group meal, Luo Chen taught Qian Renxue about the three Star Cores and explained that the first represented a main-sequence star.

Luo Chen explained Soul Cores and Star Cores to Qian Renxue, including his theoretical path to reaching godhood without a Godhood Inheritance. After training, he introduced Qian Renxue to Hu Liena, whose Self-Created Soul Skills he had also developed.

• Luo Chen told Qian Renxue that she could attempt to condense her first Soul Core as a Soul Saint and explained how igniting it could let her challenge stronger Soul Masters.
• Luo Chen reported that Bibi Dong had ignited her Main-Sequence Star, while Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu continued improving their Star Cores in seclusion.
• Luo Chen described his theoretical Third Star Core as a Black Hole Star Core that could produce Divine Power and might enable a breakthrough beyond level 100.
• Luo Chen and Qian Renxue practiced combat, and he warned her that simulating rule-based effects with Soul Power resonance could strain her body.
• Luo Chen noticed Hu Liena following them, explained the Self-Created Soul Skills he had devised from her Hallucinatory Foxfire, and advised her to focus on improving her spiritual power.
• Qian Renxue introduced herself to Hu Liena as Tian Xue and offered her a polite greeting despite her jealousy.

Hu Liena discovered Qian Renxue’s true identity and confronted her over hiding it, while Luo Chen explained their family ties and tried to keep the girls from fighting. After training and bathing together, Qian Renxue and Hu Liena competed to care for Luo Chen, then shared Bibi Dong’s bed with him as he fell asleep.

• Hu Liena slapped away Qian Renxue’s hand, accused her of being shameless, and confronted Luo Chen for hiding their relationship.
• Qian Renxue revealed that Tian Xue was her disguise, identified herself as Qian Daoliu’s granddaughter and Bibi Dong’s biological daughter, and embraced Luo Chen.
• Luo Chen explained Qian Renxue’s circumstances, told the girls they were family, and warned them to follow his family rules instead of fighting.
• Qian Renxue agreed to let Hu Liena train with them, then used her greater Soul Power to overpower Hu Liena during training.
• Qian Renxue and Hu Liena bathed with Luo Chen, competed to pamper him, and pulled him into Bibi Dong’s bed after their bath.
• Qian Renxue kissed Luo Chen’s brow and held him while Hu Liena curled up in his arms, and Luo Chen fell asleep.

After a month of secluded cultivation, Bibi Dong reached rank 98 and gained power comparable to a Limit Douluo, then found Qian Renxue and Hu Liena asleep beside Luo Chen and struggled with jealousy and guilt toward her daughter. Over the following year, the girls advanced rapidly while waiting for Luo Chen’s soul rings to strengthen, and the chapter ended with his first two rings reaching the thousand-year level so the group could begin hunting for his third ring.

• Bibi Dong completed her second star core, gaining Limit Douluo-level Soul Power and believing she could defeat Qian Daoliu with Martial Soul Self-Fusion.
• Bibi Dong returned to her bedroom and found Qian Renxue and Hu Liena asleep beside Luo Chen, then left without waking them after hearing Qian Renxue plead for her not to leave.
• Qian Renxue won Spirit Hall Academy’s dueling tournament as Tian Xue, while she and Hu Liena competed to cultivate faster and both reached Soul Power bottlenecks.
• Bibi Dong and the others waited for Luo Chen’s first two soul rings to become thousand-year rings before taking the three young cultivators soul-ring hunting.
• Luo Chen showed Bibi Dong that his first two soul rings had turned purple, and she celebrated that he could now seek a purple third soul ring.

After breaking through his physical limits, Luo Chen prepared to travel with Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Hu Liena to find Soul Rings. He examined the treasures Na'er and Ah Yin had scavenged, discovered that some came from other people’s collections, and told them not to take such things again.

• Bibi Dong planned a Star Dou Great Forest trip so Luo Chen, Qian Renxue, and Hu Liena could obtain Soul Rings, while Hu Liena and Qian Renxue complained that Bibi Dong kept Luo Chen to herself and formed an alliance against her.
• Na'er and Ah Yin showed Luo Chen the treasures they had scavenged, including a hundred-thousand-year snow lotus, ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow, and a huge piece of deep sea sunken silver mother.
• Luo Chen realized Na'er and Ah Yin had taken the deep sea sunken silver mother from a sealed room, possibly in the South Sea Duchy's treasury, and asked them to return it when they could.
• Luo Chen reviewed other finds, including gold of life that had helped strengthen his body and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud taken from the Heaven Dou Empire's treasury.
• Luo Chen kept the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud for the time being and warned Na'er and Ah Yin not to take treasures that clearly belonged to others.

Chrysanthemum Douluo reported that Luo Chen’s cultivation method and educational reforms had accelerated Spirit Hall’s growth, and Bibi Dong approved making the method standard. Bibi Dong planned to reward the elders with Ascension Rituals after Luo Chen’s Soul Ring hunt, whose destination she had not yet chosen.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo reported that the visualization method increased ordinary disciples’ cultivation speed by at least twenty percent and elders’ speed by at least thirty percent when combined with Star Grass.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo presented evidence that students’ improved physical fitness had allowed them to absorb older Soul Rings, and Bibi Dong praised the elders’ work.
• Bibi Dong announced that she would ask Luo Chen to perform Ascension Rituals for Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo after his Soul Ring hunt.
• The chapter revealed that Luo Chen had evolved Hu Liena’s Nine-Tailed Demon Fox into a Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox with Ultimate Spirit, making her charm effective even against God-Level Martial Souls.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo offered to arrange a procession for Luo Chen’s Soul Ring hunt, but Bibi Dong said she had not decided where to go and preferred the Star Dou Great Forest to a captive-beast hunting ground.

Golden Crocodile Douluo brought Jin Tianyue to the Papal Palace after she reached rank twenty, and Bibi Dong agreed to take them along on a Soul Ring hunt. Gui Mei then reported that Spirit Hall had found traces of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Golden Crocodile offered to help capture it for the sake of obtaining a Soul Bone for Luo Chen.

• Bibi Dong recalled how Luo Chen had evolved Jin Tianyue's Golden Crocodile Martial Soul into the Golden Holy Crocodile Dragon and how Golden Crocodile Douluo had become a supporter of Luo Chen's succession.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived at the Papal Palace with Jin Tianyue, who had just reached rank twenty, and asked to accompany Bibi Dong on her Soul Ring hunt.
• Bibi Dong agreed to let Golden Crocodile Douluo join the hunt, while Gui Mei arrived with urgent news.
• Gui Mei reported that Spirit Hall had discovered traces of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo offered to help capture the beast so its Soul Bone could strengthen Luo Chen's frail body.

Bibi Dong and the Spirit Hall Worships prepared to hunt two hundred-thousand-year transformed Soul Beasts spotted with the Titan Giant Ape in the Star Dou Great Forest. Bibi Dong planned to take the Soul Ring for herself and the Soul Bone for Luo Chen, while the Worships guarded the children; the hunt was set to begin the next day.

• Bibi Dong and Golden Crocodile Douluo discussed using a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone to restore Luo Chen's body, while Bibi Dong refused to risk him in a Soul Beast sacrifice.
• Bibi Dong asked Golden Crocodile Douluo to summon the Worships to support a Soul Ring hunt and protect Luo Chen, Qian Renxue, and the other children.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo informed Qian Daoliu, who assigned himself to remain in Spirit City and ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to bring the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Worships to help Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong examined Ghost Douluo's report and learned that a human mother and daughter had been seen living with the Titan Giant Ape, identifying them as transformed Soul Beasts.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to prepare for the expedition to the Star Dou Great Forest the following day.

Ah Rou watched Xiao Wu enjoy her new human life while worrying about the danger she sensed approaching. In a Spirit Hall carriage, Luo Chen discussed how transforming into a human fundamentally changed a Soul Beast, leaving the group considering the nature of that transformation.

• Ah Rou recalled that she had transformed into a human to escape the two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast Heavenly Tribulation, and Xiao Wu had chosen to stay with her despite her limited remaining lifespan.
• Ah Rou dressed Xiao Wu in new clothes and worried that the human world might soon bring danger to them.
• In the carriage, Hu Liena beat Qian Renxue at Go and claimed the right to sit beside Luo Chen.
• Qian Renxue asked Luo Chen how transformed Soul Beasts differed from humans, and he explained that transformation changed their bodies and habits so profoundly that they could be considered different individuals.

Luo Chen explained that transformed soul beasts could develop human emotions but still raised concerns about allegiance and influence, prompting Bibi Dong to soften her stance on his private choices. Meanwhile, Di Tian reported Spirit Hall’s search for Ah Rou and Xiao Wu, while the Silver Dragon King told him to leave them alone and declared Luo Chen humanity’s hope of escaping the Divine Realm’s surveillance.

• Luo Chen argued that transformed soul beasts grew more human in nature but could still retain loyalty to their kind, and he warned that their descendants and power could affect humanity’s position.
• Bibi Dong acknowledged Luo Chen’s concerns and said she would support his private dealings with soul beasts as long as he did not publicly undermine human Soul Masters.
• Bibi Dong’s group arrived in a city south of the Star Dou Great Forest, where Soul Masters were searching for Ah Rou and Xiao Wu while the group prepared to hunt for suitable soul beasts.
• Di Tian told the Silver Dragon King that many Soul Masters had entered the forest to pursue the two rabbits and noted Bibi Dong’s alarming growth in power.
• The Silver Dragon King ordered Di Tian to leave Ah Rou and Xiao Wu alone and said Luo Chen would be the world’s only hope of escaping the Divine Realm’s surveillance.

The Silver Dragon King empowered Di Tian and pledged even greater rewards to keep Luo Chen loyal to the Soul Beast Clan. As the group began a Soul Hunt, Luo Chen planned suitable high-age Soul Rings for Jin Tianyue, Hu Liena, and Qian Renxue, promising to set Qian Renxue on a harder path toward greater strength.

• The Silver Dragon King dismissed concerns about Bibi Dong, praised Luo Chen’s plan to transform humanity through Soul Beast bloodlines, and ordered Di Tian to give Luo Chen a powerful female Soul Beast.
• The Silver Dragon King restored Di Tian’s vitality and potential, helping him prepare for his eighth heavenly tribulation, and promised compensation to the other ferocious beasts.
• One day later, Bibi Dong, Golden Crocodile Douluo, and the others led a powerful Soul Hunting team into the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Luo Chen chose a Vajra Berserk Bear Soul Ring of at least twelve hundred years for Jin Tianyue and a Silver Moon Wolf Soul Ring for Hu Liena, with the Sun Disc to assess their actual limits.
• Luo Chen told Qian Renxue that her first three Soul Rings had been too conservative and promised to choose a more demanding path that would help her go farther.