Recaps

Meng Qianqiu gave Ling Yuan a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone and sent her to become Spirit Hall’s Platinum Bishop overseeing the Heaven Dou Empire. As Ling Yuan reunited with the group in Heaven Dou City, they discussed their cultivation and Meng Qianqiu’s extraordinary strength.

• Meng Qianqiu urged Ling Yuan to become a god if she wanted their relationship to have a future, then gave her the Golden-Eyed Scarlet Crow’s hundred-thousand-year Torso Bone.
• Ling Yuan absorbed the Soul Bone, reached level eighty-four, and discussed plans with Meng Qianqiu for stronger Soul Rings and future cultivation.
• Meng Qianqiu told Ling Yuan to replace Elder Tuoba as Spirit Hall’s Platinum Bishop overseeing the Heaven Dou Empire and to urge Yue Guan and the others to work harder.
• Meng Qianqiu reflected on the Exotic Beast Academy’s strength and the military balance between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires.
• In Heaven Dou City, Yue Guan, Dugu Bo, Gui Mei, Wang Zhan, She Long, and Ye Renxin discussed their cultivation levels and prospects as Ling Yuan took up her new post.
• Ling Yuan compared the group’s potential with Meng Qianqiu, noting that he had become a Titled Douluo before age twenty and possessed four hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings.

Ling Yuan showed the Spirit Hall group her Hundred Thousand Year eighth Soul Ring, spurring them to return to cultivation while Xu Qianqian reflected on how far the Star Luo group had fallen behind. In Spirit City, Meng Qianqiu reviewed a list of newly awakened Body Martial Soul users and ordered Tuoba Xuanfeng to bring them to him so he could guide their development and research their Second Awakening.

• Ling Yuan revealed her Hundred Thousand Year eighth Soul Ring, and the gathered Soul Masters discussed their prospects of obtaining such rings and reaching Demigod.
• Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Wang Zhan, She Long, Dugu Bo, and Ye Renxin left Heaven Dou Royal City to focus on cultivation.
• In Fa'erkesi City, Xu Qianqian compared the Star Luo group's progress with the northern group and regretted that she had lost her chance to advance further.
• Jin Zhong delivered Meng Qianqiu a list of six newly awakened Body Martial Soul users, including Huo Mei'er, Gu Yi, Tuoba Yu'er, and Xiao Ling'er.
• Meng Qianqiu planned to use training, medicinal methods, and trials on Sea God Island to help the six complete their Body Martial Soul Second Awakening.
• Meng Qianqiu ordered Tuoba Xuanfeng to bring the six to Spirit City as his nominal disciples and research subjects.

After nearly four years on Sea God Island, Meng Zhongqi and Nangong Wan'er returned to Spirit City, where they reunited with Meng Qianqiu. The three prepared to hunt the Qian Jun Ant Emperors and use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to raise their ages before Meng Qianqiu absorbed them.

• Meng Zhongqi revealed that his final Sea God Trial required him to slay the nine-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year-old Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and he planned to seek Chenxi's help in Slaughter City.
• Meng Zhongqi and Nangong Wan'er left Sea God Island and arrived in Spirit City half a month later.
• Meng Qianqiu reunited with his grandparents and revealed that he had already become a Titled Douluo and was waiting for them before hunting Soul Beasts for his second Martial Soul.
• Meng Qianqiu named the three Qian Jun Ant Emperors in Star Dou Great Forest as his targets, intending to accelerate their growth at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Meng Zhongqi agreed to set out with Meng Qianqiu, who planned to absorb the three Qian Jun Ant Emperors and then the hundred-thousand-year-old Golden Hawksbill Turtle.

Meng Qianqiu brought Meng Zhongqi and Nangong Wan'er to the Star Dou Great Forest to capture three Qian Jun Ant Emperors and explained the danger posed by the forest's powerful inhabitants. After the three subdued their targets, they headed for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest to use medicinal herbs to strengthen the Soul Beasts before absorbing their Soul Rings.

• Meng Qianqiu learned that Meng Zhongqi was Level 99 and Nangong Wan'er was Level 98, then revealed that his Level 93 strength could rival a Peerless Douluo.
• Meng Qianqiu warned his grandparents about Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King, then explained that the Silver Dragon King and most Ferocious Beasts were away from the Lake of Life.
• The three found the nest of three ninety-thousand-year Qian Jun Ant Emperors, and Meng Qianqiu sent the Manggu Vermilion Toad inside to poison the colony and flush them out.
• Meng Qianqiu, Meng Zhongqi, and Nangong Wan'er subdued the three Qian Jun Ant Emperors before they could escape.
• Meng Qianqiu said the Ant Emperors needed medicinal herbs to reach one hundred thousand years, and Meng Zhongqi reluctantly agreed to take them to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest.

Meng Qianqiu returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, consumed hundred-thousand-year whale glue, and prepared to absorb three Qian Jun Ant Emperor Soul Rings at once. The chapter ended with Meng Zhongqi and Nangong Wan'er worried that the reckless attempt might overwhelm him.

• Meng Zhongqi showed Meng Qianqiu the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and immortal herb seedlings growing near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then asked Nangong Wan'er to guard the grounds while he attended to government affairs.
• Nangong Wan'er and Meng Qianqiu fed high-grade spiritual herbs to three badly injured Qian Jun Ant Emperors until they reached a hundred thousand years.
• Nangong Wan'er gave Meng Qianqiu a piece of hundred-thousand-year whale glue and more than thirty boxes of ten-thousand-year whale glue taken from Evil Spirit Orcas.
• Meng Qianqiu consumed the whale glue, advanced from Soul Power level ninety-three to level ninety-four, and greatly improved his physical constitution.
• Meng Qianqiu killed the three Qian Jun Ant Emperors and began absorbing all three of their Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings at once.
• Meng Zhongqi worried that the combined power of the three Soul Rings would overwhelm Meng Qianqiu.

Meng Qianqiu absorbed four hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings for his Seven Kill Sword and gained a rare Golden Hawksbill Turtle skull bone, raising his Soul Power to level 99. He left three Qian Jun Ant Emperor Soul Bones and an unsuitable Evil Orca King Soul Bone unabsorbed, and the chapter ended with him reflecting on the advantages of Twin Martial Souls.

• Meng Qianqiu suppressed the Qian Jun Ant Emperor soul phantom and obtained three mutated Soul Rings aged 150,000 years each.
• Meng Qianqiu released and killed the hundred-thousand-year Golden Hawksbill Turtle, then absorbed its Soul Ring for his Seven Kill Sword.
• Meng Qianqiu's four metal-attribute Soul Rings raised his Soul Power to level 98, and Nangong Wan'er showed him five hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones.
• Meng Qianqiu set aside the unsuitable Evil Orca King Soul Bone and the three Qian Jun Ant Emperor Soul Bones, choosing to absorb the 170,000-year Golden Hawksbill Turtle skull bone.
• The Golden Hawksbill Turtle skull bone raised Meng Qianqiu's Soul Power to level 99, and he discussed how Twin Martial Souls could help him reach godhood.

Meng Qianqiu refused the blank God-Given Soul Rings and planned to strengthen his Seven Kill Sword with natural Soul Rings and older Soul Beasts. Meng Zhongqi set out to confront Qian Daoliu at Spirit Hall, while Qian Daoliu prepared to hunt rare butterflies for Qian Xunji before the unexpected visitors arrived.

• Meng Qianqiu accepted eight blank God-Given Soul Rings but said he would save them and seek natural Soul Rings and Soul Bones to strengthen his foundation.
• Meng Zhongqi told Nangong Wan'er to remain behind and break through to Peerless Douluo, then left with Meng Qianqiu for Spirit Hall to speak with Qian Daoliu and visit Chenxi in Slaughter City.
• Qian Xunji announced that he had reached Level 80 and asked Qian Daoliu to help him obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Qian Daoliu said he had found an eighty-thousand-year-old Holy Light Butterfly and its much older Light Goddess Butterfly mate, which he had chosen as Qian Xunji's ninth Soul Ring.
• Golden Crocodile reported that Meng Qianqiu and Meng Zhongqi had arrived with the Sixth Worship, so Qian Daoliu sent Qian Xunji into hiding before receiving them.

Meng Zhongqi resigned from Spirit Hall to pursue the Sea God's Examination, while Tang Chen arrived and challenged Qian Daoliu. Golden Crocodile Douluo confronted Tang Chen and launched an attack, leaving their clash underway.

• Meng Zhongqi revealed that he had undertaken the Sea God's Examination and asked Qian Daoliu to let him resign from his Worship position.
• Qian Daoliu agreed, then revealed his Angel Eight Trials and discussed the Sea God's Examination with Meng Zhongqi.
• Tang Chen arrived at Spirit Hall with his Clear Sky Hammer and demanded that Qian Daoliu face him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo challenged Tang Chen after Tang Chen dismissed him as unworthy of speaking.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo used his Martial Soul Avatar and fired his Golden Crocodile King Cannon at Tang Chen.

Tang Chen challenged Spirit Hall and wagered the Clear Sky Sect’s ancestral land on a duel with Qian Daoliu before leaving to pursue godhood. After Qian Daoliu accepted, Meng Qianqiu secretly planned to kill Tang Chen and asked Meng Zhongqi to bring his mother from Slaughter City.

• Tang Chen blocked Golden Crocodile’s attack and struck back, prompting Qian Daoliu to intervene with the Angel Holy Sword.
• Meng Qianqiu, Meng Zhongqi, and Spirit Hall’s consecrator elders confronted Tang Chen, who said he had come to spar with Qian Daoliu.
• Tang Chen proposed a wager: if he won, Spirit Hall would stay away from the Clear Sky Sect’s ancestral land, and Qian Daoliu agreed to fight outside the city.
• Meng Qianqiu decided to kill Tang Chen before he could reach Slaughter City and asked Meng Zhongqi to bring his mother to help.
• Meng Zhongqi left for Slaughter City while Meng Qianqiu remained behind, preparing to follow Tang Chen.

After the Clear Sky Sect’s attack on Spirit City, Meng Qianqiu ordered surveillance of Tang Chen and welcomed Ling Yuan and Yue Guan. Yue Guan absorbed a God-Given Soul Ring and became a Soul Douluo, while the contest between Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu remained unresolved.

• Meng Qianqiu learned that his teams were safe but civilians and lower-ranking Soul Masters had been killed or injured in the attack.
• Meng Qianqiu sent Tuoba Xuanfeng to monitor Tang Chen’s battle with Qian Daoliu and report its outcome.
• Ling Yuan brought Yue Guan to Spirit Hall, where Meng Qianqiu recognized that Yue Guan had reached Soul Power level eighty.
• Meng Qianqiu gave Yue Guan a God-Given Soul Ring, which Yue Guan endured until it reached a hundred and fifty thousand years.
• Yue Guan absorbed the Soul Ring as his eighth ring and officially became a Soul Douluo.

Meng Qianqiu appointed Yue Guan as Spirit Hall’s Platinum Bishop in the Star Luo Empire and tasked him with recruiting the blacksmith Lou Gao. He also promoted Jin Zhong and Yin Chu into Pope Hall’s ranks, gave them rare medicine kings, and left them to cultivate toward becoming Titled Douluos.

• Yue Guan absorbed the hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, raising his Soul Power to rank eighty-four, while Ling Yuan reported reaching rank eighty-five.
• Meng Qianqiu appointed Yue Guan Platinum Bishop in charge of Spirit Hall’s affairs in the Star Luo Empire and told him to recruit Lou Gao.
• Meng Qianqiu planned to have Lou Gao forge a Seven Kill Sword body so he could use Fusing the Soul into the Tool to improve his second Martial Soul.
• Meng Qianqiu summoned Jin Zhong and Yin Chu, offered them positions in Pope Hall, and gave each a ten thousand year great medicine king.
• Jin Zhong and Yin Chu consumed the medicine kings, advanced to rank eighty-nine, and were told to remain in Spirit Hall and cultivate until they could break through to Titled Douluo.

Meng Qianqiu planned to use others to eliminate Tang Chen, while Qian Daoliu secretly sent the defeated Tang Chen toward Slaughter City to face its King of Slaughter. Tuoba Xuanfeng overheard the scheme and hurried to report it to Meng Qianqiu.

• Meng Qianqiu promised Jin Zhong and Yin Chu Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and Soul Rings, then ordered them to focus on cultivation.
• Tang Chen defeated Qian Daoliu outside Spirit City after detonating all nine soul rings, and asked him to spare the Clear Sky Sect's bloodline.
• Qian Daoliu promised to preserve the Clear Sky Sect and told Tang Chen about Slaughter City and its possible God's Examination.
• Qian Daoliu encouraged Tang Chen to challenge the King of Slaughter, hoping the two powerful fighters would weaken or kill each other.
• Tang Chen learned Slaughter City's coordinates and left, while Tuoba Xuanfeng overheard the conversation and went to report it to Meng Qianqiu.

Meng Qianqiu learned that Qian Daoliu had revealed Slaughter City's location to Tang Chen and arranged to ambush him there with his family. When Tang Chen arrived, Meng Qianqiu confronted him and sent the Manggu Vermilion Toad to fight as he prepared to face him.

• Meng Qianqiu blamed Qian Daoliu for targeting the Meng Family, ordered Qian Xunji watched, and flew to Slaughter City to wait for Tang Chen.
• At Slaughter City's entrance, Meng Qianqiu told Meng Zhongqi and Ye Chenxi that Tang Chen was coming, then revealed his Peerless Douluo strength and four hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings on his Seven Kill Sword.
• Meng Qianqiu explained that Tang Chen had recently used Great Sumeru Hammer against Qian Daoliu and might be too weakened to detonate his rings again.
• Tang Chen arrived at the tavern, where Meng Qianqiu confronted him over Spirit Hall's losses and challenged his threats.
• Tang Chen recognized Meng Qianqiu as a Titled Douluo and vowed to kill him, while Meng Qianqiu summoned the Manggu Vermilion Toad and ordered it to fight Tang Chen first.

Meng Qianqiu and Xin Huan struck Tang Chen with a poisoned fire attack and a devastating Solar Flare Bombardment, but Tang Chen survived using his Hundred Thousand Year Titan Giant Ape Soul Bone. When Tang Chen detonated all nine rings to fight back, he discovered that Meng Qianqiu was backed by two top-tier Demigods, Meng Zhongqi and Ye Chenxi, who charged him together.

• Meng Qianqiu used the Manggu Vermilion Toad's poisoned flames and Solar Flare Bombardment to trap Tang Chen in a massive explosion.
• Meng Qianqiu escaped the blast while Tang Chen survived at its center with the protection and regeneration of his Titan Giant Ape Soul Bone.
• Meng Zhongqi warned that Tang Chen could recover as long as he had a breath left, and Tang Chen confirmed his strength by rising from the wreckage.
• Tang Chen detonated all nine Soul Rings with the Great Sumeru Hammer to reach Demigod-level power and attack Meng Qianqiu.
• Tang Chen learned that Meng Zhongqi and Ye Chenxi were top-tier Demigods, then launched his Sky-Piercing Strike as they attacked him from both sides.

Ye Chenxi and Meng Zhongqi defeated and killed Tang Chen, then discussed the Seven Kill Sword Dao and the Sea God Trident. They collected Tang Chen’s Soul Bones and planned to use future hunts to strengthen Meng Qianqiu’s forces, leaving their attention on upcoming breakthroughs.

• Meng Zhongqi hard-controlled Tang Chen with Unfixed Storm while Ye Chenxi struck him down with the Seven Kill Sword, killing him.
• Ye Chenxi explained to Meng Qianqiu how the hidden lineage cultivated the Seven Kill Sword by absorbing enemies’ vital essence and Martial Soul Origin.
• Meng Zhongqi described the Sea God Trident and explained how Divine Power, Innate Divine Armor, and an Innate Divine Artifact distinguished peak Demigods.
• Ye Chenxi and Meng Zhongqi inspected Tang Chen’s six Soul Bones, including a hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape Torso Bone, and Ye Chenxi offered Meng Qianqiu twelve more high-grade Soul Bones.
• Meng Zhongqi promised to hunt Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts to strengthen Meng Qianqiu’s forces and provide Soul Rings for his Level 89 subordinates.

Meng Qianqiu returned to Spirit Hall and rewarded Tuoba Xuanfeng, Jin Zhong, and Yin Chu with Soul Bones taken from Tang Chen. Jin Zhong and Yin Chu broke through to Titled Douluo, and Meng Zhongqi agreed to help them hunt Soul Beasts for their new Soul Rings.

• Meng Qianqiu rejected Tang Chen's 190,000-year Titan Giant Ape Torso Bone because he still needed four Soul Bones and wanted to choose carefully.
• Meng Qianqiu told Meng Zhongqi that he wanted the 990,000-year Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as the Seven Kill Sword's ninth ring, but planned to return to Spirit Hall and secure his position first.
• Meng Qianqiu summoned Tuoba Xuanfeng, Jin Zhong, and Yin Chu and heard that the Great Enshrined and the Second Worship had taken Qian Xunji to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Meng Qianqiu gave Tuoba Xuanfeng an 80,000-year Iron Feather Divine Eagle right leg bone and gave Jin Zhong and Yin Chu Soul Bones from Tang Chen.
• Jin Zhong and Yin Chu absorbed their Soul Bones and broke through to Titled Douluo, while Tuoba Xuanfeng reached rank ninety-four.
• Meng Qianqiu asked Meng Zhongqi to help Jin Zhong and Yin Chu hunt Soul Beasts for their Soul Rings, preferably sea Soul Beasts.

Meng Qianqiu revealed to Spirit Hall’s first echelon that he had reached Level 99 and killed Tang Chen, then declared his intention to take complete control of Spirit Hall. The chapter left him preparing for a power struggle against the Qian Family’s faction and the Worship Hall.

• Meng Zhongqi agreed to take the Gold and Silver Elders to hunt Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, claiming any Soul Bones as his own spoils.
• Meng Qianqiu discussed the third and fourth squads’ progress with Tuoba Xuanfeng and planned to send the Body Martial Soul users to train on Sea God Island’s God Ascension Stairway.
• Meng Qianqiu ordered Tuoba Xuanfeng to summon Gui Mei, Dugu Bo, She Long, Wang Zhan, Ye Renxin, and the other members of the first echelon.
• Meng Qianqiu told the assembled group that he had killed Tang Chen and revealed that his Soul Power had reached Level 99, stunning Tuoba Xuanfeng and the others.
• Meng Qianqiu announced that he intended to seize control of all Spirit Hall and rule as its undisputed authority, despite the Qian Family faction’s influence in the Worship Hall.

Meng Qianqiu rewarded his trusted first-echelon followers with Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, helping several of them break through and strengthening their Soul Rings. He then presented Hundred-Thousand-Year Whale Glue to Tuoba Xuanfeng and the third and fourth squads, challenging them to risk its dangerous absorption for a chance to improve their aptitude.

• Meng Qianqiu gave Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones to his core followers and warned them to keep the gifts secret.
• Gui Mei and Dugu Bo absorbed their Soul Bones, broke through to Soul Douluo, and received God-Given Soul Rings from Meng Qianqiu.
• Wang Zhan, Ye Renxin, and She Long refined their Soul Bones, advanced to Soul Sage, and were told to hunt Soul Beasts and keep cultivating.
• Meng Qianqiu asked Tuoba Xuanfeng to bring the third and fourth squads, then explained the risks and benefits of absorbing Hundred-Thousand-Year Whale Glue.

Meng Qianqiu distributed hundred-thousand-year whale glue to strengthen his subordinates and sent several newly advanced Soul Sages to hunt for soul rings. Elsewhere, leaders of the Clear Sky Sect and Seven Kill Sword Sect worried about their sects’ futures as Chen Jianjun considered challenging Qian Daoliu and merging the Seven Kill Sword Sect into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Meng Qianqiu gave Dugu Bo and Gui Mei posts as Platinum Bishops in Spirit City and asked Tuoba Xuanfeng to escort Wang Zhan, She Long, and Ye Renxin to Sunset Forest for seventh soul rings.
• Tang Zhen and Bai Ling'er welcomed infant Tang Hao as Tang Zhen worried about the Clear Sky Sect’s rivals and the strength of Spirit Hall’s Pope.
• Chen Xin advanced to Soul Douluo, prompting Gu Rong to reflect on how quickly Chen Xin’s cultivation had surpassed his own.
• Chen Jianjun said he intended to seek his sword Dao by challenging Qian Daoliu and proposed that the Seven Kill Sword Sect merge into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after he left.
• Chen Jianjun worried that Chen Xin had no heir to carry on the Seven Kill Sword lineage, while the old Sect Master Ning hoped four-year-old Ning Fengzhi would secure the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s future.

The Star Crown Sect debated whether to recall Xu Qianqian after she reached Soul Saint, but feared provoking Spirit Hall. Meng Qianqiu met with Xu Qianqian and the five other members of his second team, then offered them rare treasures to strengthen their cultivation and loyalty.

• The Star Crown Sect elders discussed Xu Qianqian's breakthrough and decided against interfering while Spirit Hall's position remained unclear.
• Meng Qianqiu visited the Star Luo Empire's Spirit Hall, where Yue Guan and the six members of the second team welcomed him.
• Ci Xue explained that Xu Qianqian's Star Crown Martial Soul had helped all six cultivate faster, and Meng Qianqiu praised their progress.
• Meng Qianqiu offered the six a risky heavenly treasure and promised them eighty- or ninety-thousand-year Soul Bones; Xiong Shan volunteered to consume the whale glue first.
• The six consumed the whale glue and each gained two Soul Power ranks, after which Meng Qianqiu gave them Soul Bones and they felt that he finally valued them.

Meng Qianqiu rewarded six members of his core team with rare Soul Bones, strengthening their loyalty and Soul Power. After Xu Qianqian planned to seek a Soul Ring, Meng promised her support and announced that the newly promoted Gold and Silver Elders would serve as her team’s powerful backing.

• Meng Qianqiu gave the six Soul Bones, explaining that he valued them for their usefulness and expected their service in return.
• The six absorbed the Soul Bones and reported major increases in Soul Power, with Xu Qianqian reaching Soul Saint as well.
• Meng Qianqiu asked Xu Qianqian about her seventh Soul Ring, and she said she planned to hunt a fifty-thousand-year Heavenly Star Vine after checking her sect’s records.
• Meng Qianqiu granted Xu Qianqian leave to investigate and hunt, and promised Yue Guan and others would help if she faced danger.
• Meng Qianqiu announced that the Gold and Silver Elders would become attendant elders in the Pope Hall and would support his core team.

Meng Qianqiu explained Spirit Hall’s mission to defend humanity from the Soul Beast threat and promised his followers a chance at Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. He then traveled to Gengxin City to recruit Lou Gao and lay the groundwork for advancing Soul Tool technology.

• Meng Qianqiu told the six Black-Robed Bishops that Spirit Hall would promote talent on merit and protect humanity from the Ferocious Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Meng Qianqiu urged the six to cultivate toward Titled Douluo and promised them opportunities to absorb Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Yue Guan reported that Lou Gao, a master blacksmith and vice president of the Blacksmith Association, had refused to join Spirit Hall while pursuing the rank of divine blacksmith.
• Meng Qianqiu decided to meet Lou Gao personally and offer him the rare materials needed to forge a divine artifact.
• Meng Qianqiu and Yue Guan traveled to Gengxin City, where Meng Qianqiu resolved to recruit Lou Gao and develop Soul Tools with help from the Sun Moon Continent.

Meng Qianqiu visited the Blacksmith Association in Gengxin City to recruit Lou Gao by offering him gold of life and a chance to forge a divine artifact. After Lou Gao discovered Meng Qianqiu’s twin martial souls, he swore to keep the secret and pledged allegiance to him.

• Yue Guan introduced Meng Qianqiu to Lou Gao, who again refused to join Spirit Hall.
• Meng Qianqiu offered Lou Gao a commission to forge a divine artifact and presented him with gold of life.
• Lou Gao recognized the rare material and eagerly accepted the commission.
• Meng Qianqiu revealed his Seven Kill Sword martial soul and four scarlet Soul Rings, letting Lou Gao discover his secret.
• Lou Gao begged Meng Qianqiu to spare him and promised to keep silent, then agreed to follow him.

Meng Qianqiu rewarded Lou Gao with a rare medicinal king, helping him break through to Soul Sage and sending him to obtain a seventh Soul Ring before returning to forge a divine artifact. At the Star Crown Sect, Xu Qianqian returned to hunt a rare Soul Beast but learned the elders intended to keep her in the sect and make her its future leader.

• Meng Qianqiu gave Lou Gao a Ten Thousand Year Purple Ganoderma and promised to fund his cultivation and forging materials.
• Lou Gao consumed the medicinal king and broke through to the Seven-Ring Soul Sage realm.
• Meng Qianqiu sent Yue Guan to help Lou Gao hunt a Soul Beast and told Lou Gao to return to Spirit City to help forge a divine artifact.
• Xu Qianqian returned to the Star Crown Sect and asked to hunt a fifty-thousand-year Heavenly Star Vine for her missing Soul Ring.
• The grand elder told Xu Qianqian the sect would provide the Heavenly Star Vine and expected her to inherit the sect after becoming a Titled Douluo.
• Xu Qianqian realized the Star Crown Sect was effectively placing her under house arrest and hoped Meng Qianqiu would help her.