Chapter Summaries

After returning to Spirit City with a roughly 130,000-year-old sixth Soul Ring, Meng Qianqiu reorganized his squad and expelled Xu Qianqian for spying for Qian Xunji. He introduced Ye Renxin as her replacement, while the Ye Family pledged allegiance to the Meng Family after receiving the Evergreen Vine of Life.

• Meng Qianqiu returned to Spirit City and revealed that his sixth Soul Ring was around 130,000 years old.
• Meng Qianqiu announced plans to establish the squad's core members and demanded absolute loyalty.
• Xu Qianqian admitted that she had cooperated with Qian Xunji and the Star Crown Sect, so Meng Qianqiu ordered her to leave the squad.
• Meng Qianqiu introduced Ye Renxin, a support-system Soul Master with the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, as a replacement for Xu Qianqian.
• Meng Qianqiu gave the Ye Family the Evergreen Vine of Life to end their curse, and the family pledged allegiance to the Meng Family.

Meng Qianqiu revealed that he had anticipated Qian Xunji’s schemes and built his own network within Spirit Hall, then recruited Ling Yuan and She Long by offering each an immortal herb. Ling Yuan began refining the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, while She Long accepted the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo.

• Xu Qianqian accused Ye Renxin and Meng Qianqiu of having spies and backup plans, then left after saying she and Meng Qianqiu would be enemies the next time they met.
• Wang Zhan objected to Meng Qianqiu letting Xu Qianqian go, but Dugu Bo pointed out that Ye Renxin was also part of Qian Xunji’s team.
• Meng Qianqiu revealed that he had placed his own people throughout Spirit Hall and claimed even Pope Qian Daoliu had switched sides.
• Meng Qianqiu asked Ling Yuan and She Long to follow him, and they agreed.
• Meng Qianqiu gave Ling Yuan a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower that could evolve her Martial Soul into a Fire Phoenix, then arranged for her to refine it.
• Meng Qianqiu gave She Long an Ink Jade Divine Bamboo suited to his mutated snake lance Martial Soul, and She Long accepted it gratefully.

She Long and Ling Yuan consumed immortal herbs that transformed their martial souls and greatly increased their soul power. Meanwhile, Qian Xunji learned that Ye Renxin had left his team and realized Meng Qianqiu had discovered and removed his spy.

• She Long consumed the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, gained the Thousand-Strike Snake Lance martial soul, and reached rank forty-seven.
• Ling Yuan absorbed the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, evolved her martial soul into the ultimate Li Fire Vermilion Bird, and reached rank fifty.
• Meng Qianqiu told Ling Yuan her remaining medicinal potency could raise her soul power further and encouraged her prospects as a future Limit Douluo.
• Ling Yuan looked forward to hunting a ten-thousand-year soul beast and challenging her companions to a spar.
• Qian Xunji learned Ye Renxin had left his team and, after hearing from Xu Qianqian, realized Meng Qianqiu had planted a spy and removed Qian Xunji's own agent.

Qian Xunji ordered Xu Qianqian back and prepared his squad for the team tournament, but the tournament was canceled and the students graduated with a choice between joining the Angel Legion or serving at Spirit Hall branches. Meng Qianqiu urged his companions to choose the branch path and offered them two years of life-and-death trials in Slaughter City to earn the Divine Slaughter's Domain.

• Qian Xunji recalled Xu Qianqian, assigned her to replace Ye Renxin, and prepared his strengthened squad for the team tournament.
• Qian Jun Douluo announced that the team tournament had been canceled and graduates could either join the Angel Legion or take low-ranking posts at Spirit Hall branches.
• Meng Qianqiu advised his companions to choose the branch path and explained Spirit Hall's ranks and promotion system.
• Meng Qianqiu proposed taking his companions to Slaughter City for two years of life-and-death trials and demonstrated his Slaughter Domain, which disabled their Martial Souls and Soul Skills.
• Yue Guan asked whether everyone who passed the trial would have a one hundred percent chance to obtain the Divine Slaughter's Domain.

Meng Qianqiu arranged for Ye Chenxi to escort his seven friends through Slaughter City's life-and-death trial to earn the Divine Slaughter's Domain. Ye Chenxi then gave him three god-given Soul Rings left by his father, which could help him prepare for his seventh ring as he neared Soul Saint.

• Meng Qianqiu explained that surviving a hundred Hell Slaughter Arena victories could earn the Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Wang Zhan and the others agreed to attempt the trial.
• Meng Qianqiu asked Ye Chenxi to protect his seven friends and help them obtain the domain, and she complained that he was treating Slaughter City like a dungeon.
• Ye Chenxi explained that Spirit Hall would send Evil Soul Masters to Slaughter City, providing people for the blood sacrifice needed to enter Hell Road.
• Ye Chenxi gave Meng Qianqiu a jade box containing three god-given Soul Rings left by his father, who had died protecting her on Hell Road.
• Ye Chenxi said the rings could help Meng Qianqiu secure a powerful seventh Soul Ring, while Meng Qianqiu noted that his Soul Power had reached level sixty-nine and he was close to Soul Saint.

Meng Qianqiu returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate and protect the Meng Family’s spiritual herbs, then fed the Manggu Vermilion Toad the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s remains. After the toad’s growth raised his Soul Power to rank seventy, Meng Qianqiu swallowed the Star Luo Spirit Pearl to form an Innate Soul Core, and solar essence enveloped them both in cocoons of light.

• Meng Qianqiu left Spirit City as the Meng Family went dormant, while the others prepared to enter Slaughter City or travel to Sea God Island.
• Meng Qianqiu flew to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found that Meng Zhongqi had cultivated a large field of spiritual plants there.
• Meng Qianqiu gave the Manggu Vermilion Toad the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s corpse, which it devoured and refined.
• The Manggu Vermilion Toad resonated with the sun, strengthening its foundation and raising Meng Qianqiu’s Soul Power from rank sixty-nine to rank seventy.
• Meng Qianqiu swallowed the Star Luo Spirit Pearl to condense an Innate Soul Core, and solar essence surrounded him and the Manggu Vermilion Toad in two cocoons of light.

Meng Qianqiu broke through to Seven-Ring Soul Sage in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, condensing a blazing sun soul core and gaining a sliver of authority over the sun. With the Manggu Vermilion Toad’s help, he absorbed a God-Given Soul Ring that reached two hundred thousand years, leaving the exhausted creature to retreat into his body.

• Meng Qianqiu condensed a blazing sun soul core with the Star Luo Spirit Pearl’s help and gained a sliver of authority over the sun.
• The Manggu Vermilion Toad condensed an innate poison demon core, awakened its intelligence, and began speaking to Meng Qianqiu.
• Meng Qianqiu asked the Manggu Vermilion Toad to share the Soul Power impact as he absorbed a God-Given Soul Ring and pushed beyond the usual limit for his seventh ring.
• After six hours, Meng Qianqiu absorbed a two-hundred-thousand-year seventh Soul Ring with two golden patterns, nearly dying under the pressure.
• The exhausted Manggu Vermilion Toad told Meng Qianqiu it needed rest, then returned to his body.

Meng Qianqiu assessed his new strength and resolved to cultivate diligently before taking charge of Spirit Hall. Meanwhile, Qian Daoliu prepared a three-faction structure that would let Meng Qianqiu become Pope while preserving the Angel Clan’s influence and giving Qian Xunji a path to power.

• Meng Qianqiu tested his Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, and noted that his Soul Power had reached rank seventy-five after condensing a Soul Core.
• Meng Qianqiu reflected that his solid Soul Power would make future cultivation harder and resolved to spend the next two years training before taking charge of Spirit Hall.
• Meng Qianqiu’s family agreement with Qian Daoliu gave Meng Qianqiu the future position of Pope in exchange for the Meng Family’s support.
• Qian Xunji joined the Angel Legion after graduation and gained influence there with Qian Daoliu’s help.
• Qian Daoliu planned to divide Spirit Hall among the Elder Hall, Worship Hall, and Pope Hall, giving Qian Xunji a law-enforcement role while supporting Meng Qianqiu’s rise as Pope.

After reaching level eighty, seventeen-year-old Meng Qianqiu absorbed a three-hundred-thousand-year God-Given Soul Ring and gained two powerful skills. Just after he declared himself capable of matching an ordinary Titled Douluo, Feng Suxin of the Wind Sword Sect arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with his son to hunt Soul Beasts.

• Meng Qianqiu reached level eighty after a year of cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and decided to use a God-Given Soul Ring for his eighth ring because his family’s Titled Douluos were away.
• Meng Qianqiu absorbed the ring, which reached three hundred thousand years before he stopped at his limit.
• Meng Qianqiu gained Corona Body Protection and Solar Flare Bombardment, skills that he believed could let him contend with an ordinary Titled Douluo.
• Feng Suxin arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with his son, introduced himself as sect master of the Wind Sword Sect, and asked Meng Qianqiu to forgive their intrusion.

Meng Qianqiu met Wind Sword Sect Master Feng Suxin and his gifted son, Feng Bailong, while seeking a promising disciple. After showing off his reputation and strength, Meng Qianqiu asked to take Feng Bailong as his disciple, leaving the boy astonished.

• Meng Qianqiu recognized Feng Suxin and became interested in recruiting his son, Feng Bailong, as a disciple.
• Feng Suxin met Meng Qianqiu and acknowledged his fame as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and Grandmaster Meng.
• Feng Suxin introduced thirteen-year-old Feng Bailong, whose Soul Power had reached rank thirty, to Meng Qianqiu.
• Meng Qianqiu invited Feng Bailong to show his Soul Ring Configuration and judged his talent and rings to be promising.
• Meng Qianqiu offered to take Feng Bailong as his disciple, and Feng Bailong reacted with surprise.

Feng Suxin agreed to send Feng Bailong to the Exotic Beast Academy after he obtained his third Soul Ring, while Meng Qianqiu left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after a year of cultivation. At Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu announced that the Seven Great Sects would be reevaluated and told Qian Xunji to attend, while keeping Meng Qianqiu’s secrets from him.

• Feng Suxin proposed taking Feng Bailong to hunt a Soul Beast before enrolling him at the Exotic Beast Academy, and Meng Qianqiu approved.
• Meng Qianqiu activated the Soul Formation, packed up, and left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after reaching low-level Soul Douluo strength.
• Qian Xunji asked Qian Daoliu whether Spirit Hall would reopen the Seven Great Sects evaluation, and Qian Daoliu outlined the likely contenders and ordered him to attend.
• Qian Xunji questioned Qian Daoliu about Meng Qianqiu’s year-long disappearance, but Qian Daoliu refused to reveal what he knew.
• Qian Daoliu said Meng Qianqiu might become a god and explained that even he was unqualified to ascend through the Angel God Trial.

Meng Qianqiu attended the ceremony to select the Seven Great Sects alongside Qian Xunji and encountered Feng Suxin and Tuoba Xuanfeng in Spirit City. Qian Xunji challenged him over the coming contest, warning that powerful heirs from the Clear Sky Sect and Seven Kill Sword Sect could defeat Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.

• The chapter described the Seven Great Sects’ relative strength and the Star Crown Sect’s ambition to join the Upper Three Sects.
• Meng Qianqiu met Feng Suxin and Feng Bailong in Spirit City, where Tuoba Xuanfeng greeted him as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Meng Qianqiu congratulated Tuoba Xuanfeng on becoming the Platinum Archbishop overseeing the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Xunji arrived and taunted Meng Qianqiu about the previous selection tournament and his capture of Evil Soul Masters.
• Meng Qianqiu revealed that Qian Xunji had planted Xu Qianqian, the Star Crown Sect’s Holy Maiden, in his team, while Meng Qianqiu had placed an informant in Qian Xunji’s.
• Qian Xunji warned that Clear Sky Sect and Seven Kill Sword Sect heirs would compete, and suggested Meng Qianqiu might lose if a Soul Douluo entered the contest.

At the Continent Youth Exchange Conference, Meng Qianqiu drew Gu Rong as his first opponent and dismissed him as too weak to interest him. The match was about to begin.

• Meng Qianqiu and Qian Xunji discussed the upcoming reselection of the Seven Great Sects and the strength of its young disciples.
• Feng Bailong listed the prominent second-generation disciples, including Tang Zhen, Yu Yuanzhen, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Tuoba Xi.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong discussed Meng Qianqiu’s External Martial Soul and poison, while Gu Rong confidently claimed he could defeat him.
• Yu Yuanzhen sensed danger from Meng Qianqiu, and Gu Rong learned that Meng Qianqiu would be his first opponent.
• At the conference, Meng Qianqiu rebuffed Gu Rong’s questions about his status and showed little interest in fighting him.

Meng Qianqiu used his Slaughter Domain to suppress Gu Rong’s Soul Skills and defeated him with one punch. After the match, Meng Qianqiu considered the other powerful opponents and the rarity of domains, while Xu Qianqian wrestled with her feelings for him.

• Gu Rong attacked Meng Qianqiu again, but Meng summoned his Slaughter Domain and revealed that he was a Soul Saint with an Innate Domain.
• The domain suppressed Gu Rong’s Martial Soul and Soul Skills, and Tang Chen observed that only a domain could counter another domain while Self-Created Soul Skills remained usable.
• Meng Qianqiu warned Gu Rong to surrender, but Gu Rong pressed the attack, so Meng knocked him unconscious with one punch and won.
• Meng Qianqiu spared Gu Rong because of his ties to the old Sect Master Ning and Chen Jianjun, while Qian Xunji recognized Meng’s domain as a threat.
• Xu Qianqian reflected on her feelings for Meng Qianqiu and the impossibility of a relationship, while Meng considered the danger posed by Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Zhen and the few Soul Masters with Innate Domains.

Meng Qianqiu defeated Yu Yuanzhen in the Youth Exchange Conference semifinals, revealing three powerful External Soul Bones and using his domain to suppress Yu’s Soul Skills. In the stands, Qian Xunji regretted having filled his Soul Bone slots with ordinary ten-thousand-year bones and losing his chance to pursue the Angel Godhood.

• Meng Qianqiu advanced through five checkpoints and defeated six opponents before reaching the semifinals against Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yu Yuanzhen attacked with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Dragon Transformation Secret Technique, but Meng Qianqiu met his dragon claws with a Blazing Gravity Fist empowered by his Blazing Dragon Emperor Right Palm Bone.
• Observers recognized Meng Qianqiu’s external palm bone as a powerful Soul Bone, and Yu Yuanzhen identified it as belonging to a Blazing Fire Dragon King.
• Meng Qianqiu revealed two more External Soul Bones, his dragon claws and wings, while his domain suppressed Yu Yuanzhen’s Soul Skills.
• Meng Qianqiu defeated Yu Yuanzhen, and Qian Xunji regretted using up his Soul Bone slots on ordinary ten-thousand-year bones instead of preserving them for the Angel Set and Angel Godhood.

Meng Qianqiu revealed an extraordinary eight-ring configuration, including three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, as he faced Tang Zhen in the tournament final. Tang Zhen began the fight by detonating all eight rings despite the danger of severe backlash, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Qian Xunji and the crowd expected Tang Zhen's Clear Sky Hammer techniques to counter Meng Qianqiu.
• Meng Qianqiu and Tang Zhen exchanged words before entering the arena for the final battle.
• Meng Qianqiu summoned the Manggu Vermilion Toad and revealed eight Soul Rings, three of them Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Tang Chen concluded that Meng Qianqiu was likely a god's inheritor, while Yu Yuanzhen sensed that his immense Soul Power was real.
• Tang Zhen unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer and detonated all eight rings, even though he had absorbed only four Soul Bones and risked severe backlash.

Meng Qianqiu defeated Tang Zhen after withstanding his all-out Clear Sky Nine Absolutes-Sky-Piercing Strike. Tang Zhen accepted his loss and praised Meng's Martial Soul Theory, while Meng invited him to spar again after he became a Titled Douluo.

• Tang Zhen detonated all eight of his Soul Rings and struck Meng Qianqiu with Sky-Piercing Strike.
• Meng Qianqiu protected himself with his Blazing Sun Domain and Corona Body Protection, and Tang Chen judged that even his own nine-ring detonation might only break through Meng's defenses.
• Tang Zhen admitted defeat, praised Meng Qianqiu's Martial Soul Theory, and lamented that he had been born too early to benefit from it.
• Meng Qianqiu encouraged Tang Zhen to cultivate and invited him to spar again once he reached Titled Douluo.

After defeating Qian Xunji at the Youth Exchange Conference, Meng Qianqiu returned to Spirit Hall and accepted Qian Daoliu’s plan to make him Pope. Following the abdication ceremony, Yu Yuanzhen decided to enter his clan’s trial to grow stronger.

• Qian Xunji admitted defeat to Meng Qianqiu and gave up competing for the position of Pope.
• Meng Qianqiu returned to Spirit Hall, where Qian Daoliu proposed stepping down and placing the Pope Hall and Spirit Hall under Meng Qianqiu’s control.
• Qian Daoliu announced that Meng Qianqiu would become Pope at an abdication ceremony the following month.
• With the Seven Great Sects and hidden families witnessing, Qian Daoliu passed the papacy to Meng Qianqiu, a rare Pope with another surname.
• After discussing Spirit Hall’s history with Tang Chen, Yu Yingqi heard Yu Yuanzhen ask to take part in the clan’s trial and encouraged him to face its hardships.

Meng Qianqiu became the new Pope of Spirit Hall and began building his own faction. He recruited Tuoba Xuanfeng with the promise of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then gave him a rare medicinal king to help him reach Titled Douluo.

• Meng Qianqiu accepted the crown and scepter at Spirit Hall’s abdication ceremony, while Qian Daoliu and the nine elders withdrew from worldly affairs to become Worships.
• Meng Qianqiu greeted the ten Worships and maintained friendly relations with them, then decided to draw some people in and suppress others.
• Meng Qianqiu summoned Platinum Archbishop Tuoba Xuanfeng and offered to help him obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone if he joined Pope Hall as an elder after reaching Titled Douluo.
• Tuoba Xuanfeng accepted Meng Qianqiu’s offer and pledged to serve him.
• Meng Qianqiu gave Tuoba Xuanfeng Ten Thousand Year Purple Ganoderma, saying it could help him become a Titled Douluo within ten years, and warned him to keep it secret.

Meng Qianqiu gave Tuoba Xuanfeng a ten-thousand-year purple reishi, which raised his Soul Power by two ranks and secured his loyalty. Tuoba then introduced six talented recruits he had found for Meng Qianqiu, who prepared to meet them and build a second echelon of followers.

• Meng Qianqiu explained the purple reishi’s value and gave it to Tuoba Xuanfeng, who consumed it and gained two ranks of Soul Power.
• Tuoba Xuanfeng praised Meng Qianqiu’s strength and Soul Ring configuration, then pledged to serve him.
• Meng Qianqiu promised rewards to those who served him while noting that he still lacked a substantial following.
• Tuoba Xuanfeng told Meng Qianqiu that he had found the people he was asked to recruit and that they were waiting outside Spirit Hall.
• Meng Qianqiu reviewed the six recruits—Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, Zhi Lin, Ge Long, Meng Shu, and Chao Tianxiang—and thanked Tuoba Xuanfeng for his efforts.