Chapter Summaries

After the Sea God City battle spread across the continent, Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall discussed using a lavish tournament to draw out Divine Legacy inheritors. Bibi Dong assigned Guang Yue and Ghostly to secure the Sea God Empire’s participation, while dismissing concerns about Golden Crocodile Douluo’s absence.

• News of the Sea God City battle and its tens of thousands of soul bones spread across the continent, and returning spirit masters became targets for bounty spirit-hunting groups.
• Bibi Dong admired Spirit Hall’s soul bone haul and privately considered taking six ten-thousand-year soul bones for Xiao Gang while openly rewarding Nana.
• Guang Yue proposed holding the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament, and Bibi Dong agreed that he and Ghostly should use Spirit Hall’s branch halls to pressure the Sea God Empire into participating.
• Bibi Dong announced that the top three teams would receive soul bone rewards, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone for the champion, and Guang Yue and Ghostly accepted the task.
• Ghostly reported that Golden Crocodile Douluo had missed their induction ceremony, but Bibi Dong dismissed the matter and trusted her Divine Legacy inheritors to secure Spirit Hall’s future.

The continent’s major powers announced sweeping reforms to the next All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament, offering extraordinary soul bone rewards and changing how teams qualified and competed. The Divine Legacy inheritors recognized the tournament as an open conspiracy designed to draw them out, but the rewards and chance for fame made participation hard to refuse.

• The organizers announced that the top three teams would each receive seven high-grade ten-thousand-year soul bones, with the champion team receiving three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• The tournament added the Sea God Empire as an organizer and the Benti Sect, Star Crown Sect, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as sponsors, giving eight major forces seeded slots.
• The revised rules expanded the elimination stage to thirty-six teams, let qualifying Soul King teams bypass earlier rounds, canceled promotion matches, and introduced a six-round elimination format.
• The new rules left most people confused about why teams with under-twenty-five Soul Kings could enter the elimination matches directly.
• The Divine Legacy inheritors realized the tournament was meant to lure them out of hiding, but the soul bone rewards and prospect of fame compelled them to enter.

Two years into Lin Rong’s seclusion, Ning Fengzhi tried to recruit the powerful Yun Gui for the Seven Treasure team in the upcoming tournament. Yun Gui accepted in exchange for most of the champion’s soul-bone rewards, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to handle her registration.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Yun Gui whether Lin Rong and Old Butler had emerged from seclusion, and she said they had not.
• Yun Gui’s Soul Power had reached level sixty-eight, while Ning Fengzhi’s daughter Ning Rongrong had advanced in the Nine-Colored Goddess inheritance.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Yun Gui to join the Seven Treasure team for the tournament, arguing that her strength could secure the championship.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Yun Gui the remaining Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and four soul bones over seventy thousand years old if the team won.
• Yun Gui accepted the offer, and Ning Fengzhi said he would handle her registration.

Lin Rong killed the Sky Azure Bull Python and obtained its hundred-thousand-year Torso Soul Bone, completing his six conventional Soul Bones. He had the Nine Bend Vine Dragon absorb the beast’s Spirit Ring, then began absorbing the Soul Bone himself.

• Lin Rong questioned the dying Sky Azure Bull Python, which revealed that the three Thousand Jun Ant Emperor brothers had driven it from the Star Dou Great Forest’s central territory.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python asked whether Lin Rong had also captured Sister Xiao Wu and its second brother, and Lin Rong indirectly confirmed it before the beast died.
• Lin Rong collected the Sky Azure Bull Python’s Torso Soul Bone and recognized that it completed his six conventional Soul Bones.
• Lin Rong directed the Nine Bend Vine Dragon to absorb the Sky Azure Bull Python’s blood-red Spirit Ring while he considered seeking out the three Thousand Jun Ant Emperor brothers.
• After the Nine Bend Vine Dragon finished absorbing the Spirit Ring, Lin Rong sat down and began absorbing the Torso Soul Bone.

Lin Rong absorbed the Sky Azure Bull Python’s torso soul bone and reached Soul Power Level eighty-five. He began considering the ocean for a ninth spirit ring, prioritizing compatibility with the Nine Bend Vine Dragon over the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s million-year cultivation.

• Lin Rong easily absorbed the Sky Azure Bull Python’s hundred-thousand-year torso soul bone, finding no trace of its soul consciousness inside.
• Lin Rong reached Soul Power Level eighty-five and accepted that his cultivation had slowed in the later stages.
• Lin Rong considered the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as a possible ninth spirit ring, but judged its compatibility with the Nine Bend Vine Dragon to be poor.
• Lin Rong planned to search the ocean for a more compatible hundred-thousand-year spirit beast and weighed the risks of obtaining a soul bone from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Lin Rong concluded that a highly compatible hundred-thousand-year spirit ring would be better than the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s million-year ring.

Lin Rong reached the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region, confirmed the Life Ancient Tree and Scepter of Destruction were there, and found the three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors had grown to hundred-thousand-year cultivation. As the ants attacked him, he prepared to test the Dragon Transformation Art granted by the Sky Azure Bull Python.

• The three Thousand Jun Ant Emperor brothers sensed the Sky Azure Bull Python’s aura vanish and drank more lake water to strengthen themselves.
• Lin Rong traveled to the core region to check whether the Thousand Jun Ant Emperors occupied it.
• Lin Rong recognized the Life Ancient Tree and Scepter of Destruction as the God of Life and God of Destruction’s Divine Artifacts.
• Lin Rong discovered that the three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors had broken through to hundred-thousand-year cultivation and said he would capture them for their spirit rings and soul bones.
• The three brothers attacked Lin Rong, who announced that he would test his Dragon Transformation Art.

Lin Rong used Dragon Transformation to fight the three hundred-thousand-year Thousand Jun Ant Emperors, then pursued and trapped them after they fled. With the Dragon Soul Clone moving to capture the injured brothers alive, Lin Rong went with the Nine Bend Vine Dragon to the Life Ancient Tree and the Scepter of Destruction.

• Lin Rong activated Dragon Transformation and used Thunder God's Hammer to repel the three Thousand Jun Ant Emperor brothers, shattering their forelegs.
• The cautious ant brothers tried to flee, but Lin Rong caught them and trapped them inside an azure hurricane.
• Lin Rong returned to his human form and told Xiao Qing to take care of the captive Thousand Jun Ant Emperors.
• Xiao Qing sent the Dragon Soul Clone to subdue the three brothers alive, while Lin Rong went to the center of the lake with the Nine Bend Vine Dragon.
• Lin Rong stopped less than half a meter from the Life Ancient Tree and the Scepter of Destruction.

Lin Rong rejected the Life and Destruction inheritances, intending to fuse their Divine Seats with the Thunder God Seat into one of his own. He refined both Divine Artifacts, captured three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors, and planned Soul Rings for Xu Pan.

• The Life Ancient Tree and Scepter of Destruction sent Lin Rong their inheritance lights, but he blocked them because he wanted to use the Divine Seats as fusion materials alongside the Thunder God Seat.
• Lin Rong refined the Life Ancient Tree and reduced it to a sapling, then spent more than twice as long refining the Scepter of Destruction.
• Lin Rong returned to shore, praised the Nine Bend Vine Dragon, and stored the three captured Thousand Jun Ant Emperors in his Soul Tool.
• Lin Rong decided to save the Titan Giant Ape for Xu Pan's Ninth Soul Ring and choose one of the Thousand Jun Ant Emperors for his Eighth.

After completing his own inheritance, Lin Rong left seclusion and headed toward Spirit City, planning to visit Jialing Pass and prepare Xu Pan for the tournament. He weighed the looming threats posed by Golden Crocodile Douluo and the Benti Sect as Douluo Continent approached an era of gods.

• Lin Rong learned that Xu Pan had reached rank seventy-nine and planned to find him a Thousand Jun Ant Emperor while passing through Jialing Pass.
• Lin Rong learned that Old Butler had reached the ninth trial of the God of Light inheritance and suspected Golden Crocodile Douluo was progressing through the God of War inheritance.
• Lin Rong considered the Benti Sect master's chances of reaching level 99 if he had obtained a compatible hundred-thousand-year Torso Soul Bone.
• Lin Rong rode the Nine Bend Vine Dragon toward Spirit City and Jialing Pass, thinking that the tournament could expose Divine Legacy holders to the factions seeking their inheritances.

Xu Pan told Lin Rong that eighteen teams had already qualified directly for the tournament’s elimination stage, and they discussed the powerful contestants and rewards. Xu Pan then revealed that Tang San seemed to have Soul Emperor cultivation despite his team entering the qualifiers, leaving Lin Rong to consider why.

• Xu Pan explained that eighteen teams had secured direct elimination-stage spots, leaving ten positions to be won in the preliminaries.
• Lin Rong said the Soul Bones distributed after the battle at Sea God City had likely helped many teams produce young Soul Kings.
• Xu Pan reported that Ma Hongjun had reached rank sixty-three, but Lin Rong decided not to expose him in the tournament because he was too young and other contestants were stronger.
• Xu Pan recalled sensing high-ranking Soul King-level fluctuations from Tang San when the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team passed through Jialing Pass.
• Xu Pan told Lin Rong that Tang San appeared to be a Soul Emperor and asked why he was competing in the qualifiers instead of advancing directly.

Lin Rong reasoned that Tang San planned to reveal his strength in the qualifiers to win fame, and considered warning him against provoking Spirit Hall. Meanwhile, two Spirit Hall worshipers prepared to assassinate Tang San, but Snake Lance Douluo warned them that the Young Master wanted him protected.

• Lin Rong explained to Xu Pan that Tang San wanted to display his cultivation early, when a Soul Emperor or Soul Saint would stand out most, and estimated Tang San could be strong enough to win the championship.
• Lin Rong wondered why Tang San dared to compete in Spirit City and decided he might need to warn him to stop making enemies.
• Lin Rong ordered Xu Pan to urge Ma Hongjun's promotion to deputy marshal so their side could control the armies when Ge Long was absent.
• Guang Yue and Ghostly, now rank 96 worshipers, prepared with Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupine Douluo to assassinate Tang San under the Pope's orders.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Guang Yue and Ghostly that the Young Master wanted Tang San protected and warned them against carrying out the assassination.

Guang Yue and Ghostly learned that Xue Qinghe was the secret Young Master and backed down from targeting Tang San while he was nearby. After Xue Qinghe left Tang San’s carriage, a masked attacker seized and beat Tang San, warning him not to provoke Spirit Hall.

• Snake Lance Douluo accidentally confirmed Guang Yue’s speculation that the Young Master was the child of the former Pope and Bibi Dong.
• Guang Yue said he and Ghostly still had orders to move against Tang San, but Snake Lance Douluo revealed that the Young Master was traveling in Tang San’s carriage, so Guang Yue withdrew.
• Xue Qinghe toasted Tang San and promised to station part of the army near Spirit City for protection.
• After Xue Qinghe left, Tang San dismissed the army’s usefulness and relied instead on his Titled Douluo father.
• A masked man sealed the carriage, grabbed Tang San, warned him against provoking Spirit Hall, and slapped him across the face.

Lin Rong disguised himself as an attacker to frighten Tang San into behaving during the tournament, then assessed Tang San and Qian Renxue’s strength. On the journey to Spirit City, Qian Renxue planned to seek the Angel God’s Divine Legacy, while Xue Qinghe learned that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Little Ghost had joined Worship Hall.

• Lin Rong impersonated an expert connected to the Clear Sky Sect elders, slapped Tang San, and left him believing they had arranged the attack.
• Lin Rong concluded that Tang San was a rank seventy-two Soul Saint and Qian Renxue was a rank sixty-nine Soul Emperor, and worried that Tang San could overpower her.
• Lin Rong expected Qian Renxue to reach rank seventy after the tournament and planned for the Heaven Dou palace coup to begin immediately afterward.
• Xue Qinghe traveled toward Spirit City, intending to seek the Angel God’s Divine Legacy in Worship Hall.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupine Douluo told Xue Qinghe that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Little Ghost had become Worship Hall’s seventh and eighth worshipers.

Xue Qinghe dismissed concerns about Spirit Hall’s loyalties, while Bibi Dong’s failed assassination of Tang San was halted because Xue Qinghe shared his carriage. Lin Rong learned Bibi Dong had reached Rank 98 and sent Guang Yue and Ghostly to discover where Golden Crocodile Douluo was secluded, but they found nothing before Qian Renxue arrived in Spirit City.

• Xue Qinghe told Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupine Douluo that Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluos would recognize him as their true master if he became pope.
• Bibi Dong reprimanded Guang Yue and Ghostly after their assassination attempt failed because Xue Qinghe had been riding with Tang San, then dismissed them and abandoned the mission for the time being.
• Lin Rong appeared at Guang Yue’s residence and revealed that Bibi Dong had reached Rank 98, explaining her rapid cultivation through her Twin Martial Souls and powerful Soul Bones.
• Lin Rong ordered Guang Yue and Ghostly to find Golden Crocodile Douluo’s place of seclusion and suggested they might learn more from Qian Renxue.
• Guang Yue and Ghostly failed to find useful information by the time Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, arrived in Spirit City with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team.

Qian Renxue returned to Spirit City, revealed herself to Bibi Dong’s empty palace hall, and reunited with Qian Daoliu in the Worship Hall. He brought her to the Angel God inheritance space and explained the Qian family’s history and the suspected murder of their ancestor, then pointed out that Golden Crocodile had also received a divine inheritance.

• Qian Renxue arrived in Spirit City disguised as Xue Qinghe, removed her mask inside the Pope's Palace, and went with Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupine Douluo to the Worship Hall.
• Bibi Dong learned that Xue Qinghe had come to pay his respects, but found the main hall empty and realized Qian Renxue had gone to see Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Renxue reunited with Qian Daoliu, asked why Golden Crocodile was absent, and learned he was in seclusion after encountering an opportunity.
• Qian Daoliu dismissed the others and led Qian Renxue through a spatial vortex in the Angel Statue into the Angel God inheritance space.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue about ancestor Qian Shengya, the Angel Divine Armor, and his hope that she would avenge the ancestor’s suspected death.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Golden Crocodile had received a divine inheritance, and Qian Daoliu pointed him out in the inheritance space.

Qian Renxue nearly died after touching the Spear of War, then resonated with the Angel Holy Sword and learned she could inherit the Angel God’s Divine Seat. Meanwhile, Lin Rong set plans in motion to gather information on tournament competitors and provoke Yan against Tang San, who later made a crude assumption about Xue Qinghe.

• Qian Renxue touched the Spear of War with her spiritual power, and its protective counterattack threw her into a wall and injured her.
• Qian Daoliu explained that the Spear of War protected Golden Crocodile as he neared the end of the God of War Nine Trials.
• Qian Renxue resonated with the Angel Holy Sword, and Qian Daoliu urged her to grasp it and seek the Angel God’s Divine Legacy.
• Lin Rong ordered Guang Yue and Ghostly to gather detailed information on the tournament qualifiers and suggested exploiting Yan’s jealousy to make him trouble Tang San.
• Tang San saw Xue Qinghe being helped into a hotel room and wrongly concluded that he had been indulging in pleasure instead of meeting the Pope.

Hu Liena and Tang San ran into each other in Spirit City and discovered their respective Soul Power ranks, then traded insults and threats. Guang Yue watched the encounter, while Ghostly delivered tournament team files to Yu Xiaogang, who misjudged Tang San as a Soul Ancestor and decided to toy with him.

• Hu Liena arrived at the hotel and encountered Tang San, and they used their abilities to reveal that she was rank sixty-seven and he was rank seventy-two.
• Hu Liena challenged Tang San to meet her in the elimination rounds, and Tang San insulted her before she mocked his lack of parents and left.
• Yan spotted Hu Liena leaving the hotel and saw Tang San inside, while Guang Yue watched from nearby and thought his mission was already complete.
• Ghostly brought the preliminary tournament team files to Yu Xiaogang, who read that Tang San was suspected to be a Soul Ancestor.
• Yu Xiaogang concluded that Tang San had caused a conflict between his Twin Martial Souls and decided to find amusement in him.

Tang San regained his qualification for the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament after Xue Qinghe helped him sign the committee’s agreement at closing time. As they returned to the hotel, Xue Qinghe warned Tang San to restrain his strength in the next day’s opening match or risk losing his qualification again.

• Xue Qinghe accompanied Tang San to the tournament committee just before closing and asked the staff to restore his qualification.
• Tang San signed the agreement severing his relationship with Tang Hao, and the staff issued his qualification certificate before the committee closed.
• Tang San recalled his fight with Yan, his arrest, and the repeated obstacles that had kept him from competing.
• Xue Qinghe reminded Tang San that he had to avoid seriously injuring weaker opponents in the opening match.

Lin Rong watched the tournament opening ceremony from the stands as Bibi Dong announced Spirit Hall’s recruitment offer to teams that qualified for the elimination rounds. The qualifiers’ first-match draw began with Yu Xiaogang in charge, and Tang San recognized his adversary.

• Lin Rong observed the new hotel from a concealed teahouse room and anticipated Yu Xiaogang interfering with the draw.
• A total of 124 teams entered the arena to compete for the eight remaining elimination-round places.
• Bibi Dong opened the tournament and promised the highest-standard cultivation, Soul Rings, and Soul Bones to qualifying teams willing to join Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang appeared to conduct the draw for the qualifiers’ first match, and Tang San’s expression darkened when he saw him.

Yu Xiaogang deliberately drew Heaven Dou Royal Team Two against Shrek Academy after seeing Liu Erlong and Flender together, turning the opening match into a chance to punish them. Liu Erlong urged Flender to forfeit to protect the students, but he refused to surrender Shrek Academy’s honor.

• Liu Erlong declared that Yu Xiaogang had changed and asked Flender to marry her after the tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang saw Liu Erlong and Flender together and grew jealous, abandoning his plan to help Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang used the specially made lots to arrange the opening match between Heaven Dou Royal Team Two and Shrek Academy.
• Liu Erlong warned Flender that Tang San might seriously injure the students and urged him to forfeit.
• Flender refused to forfeit, insisting that Shrek Academy had to fight for its honor.