Chapter Summaries

Ah Yin gave a desperate girl Blue Silver Grass and taught her about Martial Souls and Soul Power, allowing her to protect her tribe and become the first One-Ring Soul Master. The girl founded the Holy Spirit Hall and became its first high priestess, but decades passed and she neared the end of her life.

• Ah Yin rescued the girl from wolves, listened to her account of the tribe's hardships, and awakened the girl's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Ah Yin raised the girl's Soul Power to rank ten, taught her meditation, and told her that only believers in the Holy Spirit could receive its inheritance.
• After the tribe rejected her, the girl secretly trained and later fought a beast invasion; Ah Yin helped her repel the beasts and absorb a white Soul Ring.
• The girl became the continent's first One-Ring Soul Master, used Entanglement to crush a beast, and was made tribal chief by her worshipping clanspeople.
• The girl led her tribe in building the Holy Spirit Hall, named herself its first high priestess, and eventually aged into a white-haired woman near death.

An aged high priestess died peacefully after Ah Yin assured her that she had created a future for her people. A thousand years later, Gu Yue prepared to enter the Time-Reversal Trajectory, leaving instructions for Ah Yin, Di Tian, and Gu Yuena as he wondered how his actions would change the future.

• The old high priestess established a rule for choosing successors and journeyed alone to the cliff to meet Ah Yin.
• Ah Yin told the high priestess that she had already created a future, and the old woman died peacefully at the place where they had first met.
• A thousand years later, Gu Yue observed that humanity’s cultivation had progressed slowly and that the Holy Spirit Hall’s strongest member had reached only rank nineteen.
• Gu Yue ordered Ah Yin to protect the Holy Spirit Hall only if its legacy was in danger, secretly copy any Soul Tools, and conceal her identity; he also sent Di Tian a reminder.
• Gu Yue instructed Gu Yuena and Xiao Lu to use the Dragon God Core to create a small plane for intelligent Soul Beasts and teach them from their compiled materials.
• Gu Yue activated the Time-Reversal Trajectory and sank into darkness.

Gu Yue awakened in a later age with his injuries healed, only to find the timeline had moved further back than before. He learned that the Holy Spirit Hall had dwindled into seclusion and that Soul Tools had vanished, then discovered Ah Yin had been forced to cultivate from scratch.

• Gu Yue surveyed the current age and saw Yu Xiaogang expelled from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, years before the point where he had arrived on his previous journey.
• Gu Yue woke Ah Yin and asked about the Holy Spirit Hall; she explained that it had withdrawn from the world and dwindled to a few hundred members.
• Ah Yin said she had never been told to collect Soul Tools, and described how ancient humans’ early Soul Tools had been wiped out by Soul Beast tides.
• Gu Yue asked how long had passed and what had happened to Ah Yin’s cultivation; she reproached him for sleeping peacefully while she had to cultivate all over again.
• Gu Yue questioned why Ah Yin had needed to restart her cultivation despite the lightning tower he had left behind.

Gu Yue learned that only actions carried out in the past could shape later generations, while plans left as words were corrected by the timeline. After discovering that Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong, and a golden-haired man were acting strangely, she decided to test whether she could tamper with them before the timelines converged.

• Ah Yin told Gu Yue that she had sacrificed her cultivation to him before a tribulation, then rebuilt it after being reborn as the Seed of Life.
• Gu Yue learned that Ah Yin was revered as the Blue Silver Ancestor and promised to reward her contributions.
• Gu Yuena told Gu Yue she had studied the textbooks he left behind, revealing that no small plane had ever been opened for the intelligent beast races.
• Gu Yue concluded that only past actions, not unfulfilled plans, could influence the future, then investigated the people of the era.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed he had been reborn after being expelled from his clan, while Bibi Dong murmured about him and a golden-haired man prayed over the failure of his grand plan.
• Gu Yue found all three men strange and decided to experiment with changing their paths before the timelines converged.

Qian Xunji recalled how his schemes had created Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong as god candidates, only for Spirit Hall to fall despite their divine powers. As he questioned the Angel God, Gu Yue appeared and told him the goddess had died long ago.

• Qian Xunji remembered manipulating Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang to awaken Bibi Dong’s evil potential and produce Qian Renxue with perfect Six-Winged Angel bloodline.
• Qian Xunji recalled how Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong became gods, but Tang San rose from apparent death and defeated them, bringing about Spirit Hall’s destruction.
• Qian Xunji asked the Angel God why she had abandoned her descendants, and a voice answered that she had died long ago.
• Qian Xunji summoned his Six-Winged Angel phantom and confronted Gu Yue as she emerged from silver spatial ripples.

Gu Yue revealed that Spirit Hall was destined to be used as a pawn by the gods and offered Qian Xunji a chance to inherit the Rakshasa Godhood. The chapter ended with Gu Yue promising to preserve the Six-Winged Angel bloodline, though his true motives remained unclear.

• Gu Yue told Qian Xunji that the Angel God had fallen and that Spirit Hall's destruction was fated.
• Qian Xunji proposed cooperating with Tang San or withdrawing Spirit Hall, but Gu Yue explained that the gods would still use them as pawns.
• Gu Yue tore open space to reveal Sea God power woven into the Angel God Statue, crushing Qian Xunji's remaining hope.
• Qian Xunji begged Gu Yue to save Spirit Hall and offered his life, soul, and the future loyalty of the entire organization.
• Gu Yue explained the Divine Realm's hierarchy and told Qian Xunji to inherit the Rakshasa Godhood.
• Gu Yue promised to preserve the Six-Winged Angel bloodline, while Qian Xunji questioned whether he could inherit the Rakshasa Godhood with his Angel Soul Power.

Gu Yue bound Qian Xunji to her will, ordered him to aid anyone from the Holy Spirit Hall, and changed his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul to Ultimate Darkness so he could seek the Rakshasa Godhood. Qian Xunji entered Slaughter City and encountered its King, Tang Chen.

• Qian Xunji accepted Gu Yue's divine restriction and pledged Spirit Hall's obedience in exchange for a chance to preserve the Six-Winged Angel bloodline.
• Gu Yue ordered Qian Xunji to cooperate unconditionally with anyone claiming to represent the Holy Spirit Hall.
• Gu Yue altered Qian Xunji's Martial Soul from sacred fire to Ultimate Darkness and sent him to Slaughter City to pursue the Rakshasa Godhood.
• Qian Xunji entered Slaughter City, and Terror Knight Scott hurried to alert the King of Slaughter.
• Tang Chen, possessed by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King, confronted Qian Xunji and asked why the Pope had come.

Qian Xunji entered the Rakshasa God’s inheritance site and endured her trial, convincing her to grant him the Rakshasa Nine Trials. His First Trial required him to devour the body and soul of the only other person with a Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.

• Qian Xunji ignored the King of Slaughter and entered the Rakshasa inheritance site, revealing that his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul carried Ultimate Darkness.
• The Rakshasa God hesitated over whether to accept an Angel God descendant, then tested Qian Xunji with a torrent of evil thoughts.
• Qian Xunji resisted the corruption, cursed the Angel God, and swore loyalty to the Rakshasa God in her rival’s name.
• The Rakshasa God granted Qian Xunji the Rakshasa Nine Trials, and the First Trial ordered him to devour the body and soul of a Six-Winged Angel inheritor.

Qian Xunji revealed that he had become the Rakshasa God's inheritor and demanded that Qian Daoliu sacrifice himself to advance his path to godhood. Their battle raged outside Spirit City, where Qian Xunji remained unable to defeat his father even with the Rakshasa God's aid.

• Qian Xunji told Qian Daoliu and the enshrined that the Angel God had fallen and that he was the Rakshasa God's inheritor.
• Qian Xunji demanded that Qian Daoliu die for his son's path to godhood, and Qian Daoliu attacked him in anger.
• Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji fought in the mountains outside Spirit City, while Qian Daoliu refused to let Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other enshrined interfere.
• Qian Xunji called on the Rakshasa God, gained divine power and a Demon Scythe, but Qian Daoliu countered him with Angel Divine Power.
• Qian Xunji charged Qian Daoliu again and again, shouting that his father had to die, while Qian Daoliu demanded to know whether he truly had to die.

Qian Xunji killed Qian Daoliu with help from the Rakshasa God and declared himself Spirit Hall’s Pope and god’s heir. Elsewhere, Yu Xiaogang was expelled from his clan and suddenly recovered memories that convinced him he had been reborn as Dragon God Douluo.

• The Rakshasa God sent Divine Sense through Qian Xunji, freezing Qian Daoliu and the nearby worshipers so Qian Xunji could stab his father with the Fangtian Hua Ji and devour him.
• Qian Xunji blamed Qian Daoliu’s weakness for his past failures and vowed to lead Spirit Hall, even if he had to kill kin or gods.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other worshipers confronted Qian Xunji, who used his power and trial mark to declare himself Pope of Spirit Hall and the heir of a god.
• Gu Yue watched Qian Xunji’s rise and considered him a useful chess piece, while examining a faint wisp of soul in her palm.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan expelled Yu Xiaogang over his mutated Martial Soul and low Soul Power, and he angrily dismissed them as shortsighted.
• Yu Xiaogang fell outside Thunder Canyon, recovered countless memories, and exclaimed that he had been reborn as Dragon God Douluo.

Yu Xiaogang returned to the day his sect expelled him, remembering how Tang San had abandoned him instead of taking him to the Divine Realm. He planned to manipulate Tang San’s public reputation into forcing him to bring Yu Xiaogang along, while heading to Spirit City to win over Bibi Dong as a backup.

• Yu Xiaogang recalled Tang San insulting him and leaving him behind when he ascended to the Divine Realm.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to cling to Tang San again and use his reputation for honoring teachers to pressure him into taking Yu Xiaogang to the Divine Realm.
• Yu Xiaogang planned to present himself publicly as the devoted teacher who had sacrificed everything for Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang chose to go straight to Spirit City, hoping to win over Bibi Dong, study Spirit Hall’s research, and secure another path to godhood.
• Yu Xiaogang set off for Spirit City, confident that Bibi Dong could become his backup if Tang San refused to take him.

Yu Xiaogang and the reborn Bibi Dong kept their feelings restrained while Qian Xunji watched them and suspected Bibi Dong had also returned from the future. He invited Yu Xiaogang to a banquet to test them, leaving Bibi Dong uneasy and Yu Xiaogang convinced the Pope valued his theories.

• Yu Xiaogang prepared his work on Martial Soul theory in Spirit Hall's library, while Bibi Dong concealed her affection for him and vowed to protect him.
• Qian Xunji watched the pair and suspected Bibi Dong was hiding knowledge of her previous life.
• Qian Xunji ordered a banquet for Yu Xiaogang, prompting Bibi Dong to worry that he had discovered her feelings and Yu Xiaogang to wonder why the Pope had invited him.
• At the banquet, Qian Xunji praised Yu Xiaogang's dedication while privately judging his abilities, and Bibi Dong watched him suspiciously.

Qian Xunji exposed Yu Xiaogang’s inability to answer Bibi Dong’s cultivation questions and suspected both of them had memories of their previous lives, but Gu Yue’s warning stopped him from killing them. Bibi Dong questioned how Yu Xiaogang had compiled his theories, while Yu Xiaogang left vowing to destroy Spirit Hall.

• Qian Xunji challenged Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul theories and mocked him for remaining at level twenty-nine despite claiming there were no useless Martial Souls.
• Bibi Dong defended Yu Xiaogang, but Qian Xunji questioned whether she had taken a fancy to him and then asked Yu Xiaogang to advise her on cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang failed to answer Bibi Dong’s questions, pretended to be ill, and fled while Bibi Dong stayed behind under Qian Xunji’s stare.
• Qian Xunji recognized Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang as reincarnators and considered killing them, but Gu Yue’s voice transmission made him spare them for the time being.
• Bibi Dong wondered how Yu Xiaogang had assembled his theories without her help, while Yu Xiaogang blamed Qian Xunji and vowed to destroy Spirit Hall before hiding from patrolling knights.

Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang discovered that they had both been reborn and planned to escape together after she reached Soul Saint. When they tried to touch, an unknown force repeatedly hurled Yu Xiaogang across the room, leaving them unable to figure out why.

• Bibi Dong asked Yu Xiaogang about the Teacher of Gods, and they realized they both remembered their previous lives.
• Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang agreed to keep their relationship secret until she became a Soul Saint, then flee together.
• Yu Xiaogang imagined using future knowledge and powerful allies to challenge Spirit Hall, unaware of the flaws in his assumptions.
• Yu Xiaogang was blasted away when he touched Bibi Dong, and each attempt by her to help sent him crashing around the room.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Qian Xunji, but Bibi Dong rejected the idea, and the hidden cause remained unknown.
• When Bibi Dong stepped toward him again, Yu Xiaogang groaned that he was tired, then was blasted away once more.

After humiliating physical mishaps kept Bibi Dong away from him, Yu Xiaogang submitted his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul to Spirit Hall, where scholars dismissed it. Qian Xunji publicly praised Yu Xiaogang and made him an honorary elder, while secretly arranging for Brother Jie to take an interest in him.

• Yu Xiaogang told Bibi Dong to keep her distance until they discovered what was causing their mishaps, then decided to submit his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul immediately.
• Spirit Hall scholars ridiculed Yu Xiaogang's treatise as incoherent and made from old common knowledge.
• Qian Xunji ordered Yue Guan to bring Brother Jie, Brother Wei, Billy, and Brother Jiao from prison and assigned them to work at the research hall, instructing them to take care of Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Xunji visited the theoretical research hall, praised Yu Xiaogang's treatise, and appointed him an honorary elder with an Elder Token and stipend.
• Yu Xiaogang mistook the scholars' silence and disdain for jealousy, while Brother Jie watched him with growing interest.

Yu Xiaogang received lavish praise from Brother Jie and Brother Wei, which spurred him to publish a string of theories. Qian Xunji and the scholars of Spirit Hall honored and flattered him, leaving Yu Xiaogang intoxicated by his newfound acclaim.

• Brother Jie and Brother Wei found Yu Xiaogang hungry in the seminar room, offered him bread, and praised his manuscript.
• Brother Jie and Brother Wei repeatedly encouraged Yu Xiaogang, who published several new theories over the next two months.
• Qian Xunji awarded Yu Xiaogang the Continent Theory Trailblazing Pioneer Gold Medal and promised Spirit Hall's continued support.
• The Martial Soul Theory Research Hall scholars and Yue Guan showered Yu Xiaogang with praise, and he reveled in being admired.

Yu Xiaogang rejected Bibi Dong’s warnings about Spirit Hall and defended his work, his colleagues, and his ambitions for Xiao San. He left her behind and returned to the Theory Research Hall, where the scholars welcomed him warmly.

• Yu Xiaogang returned to the seminar room after the commendation and embraced his honored place in Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong waited for Yu Xiaogang, explained her distress over being unable to touch him, and tried to reach for him, but he backed away.
• Bibi Dong questioned Yu Xiaogang’s work for Qian Xunji and warned that Spirit Hall’s praise and his colleagues’ friendship might conceal ulterior motives.
• Yu Xiaogang angrily defended his work and his plans to build a reputation for Xiao San, then told Bibi Dong to reflect and left for the Theory Research Hall.
• Brother Jie and Brother Wei welcomed Yu Xiaogang with hot milk and a comfortable chair, and he basked in their admiration.

Yu Xiaogang rejected Bibi Dong’s attempt to reconcile, insisting that his rising career in Spirit Hall mattered more than their plan to leave together. After Bibi Dong’s attempt to stop him triggered another strange repulsion, he left believing she would eventually return to him as a devoted admirer.

• Qian Xunji read a dossier about Yu Xiaogang’s growing fame and scorned how easily he had been won over by Spirit Hall’s praise.
• Bibi Dong, unable to bear their month-long separation, stopped Yu Xiaogang and apologized, then suggested they leave together once she became a Soul Saint.
• Yu Xiaogang proudly praised His Holiness the Pope and his own honors, lectures, and fifth-place finish at a philosophy conference, then accused Bibi Dong of undermining his career.
• Bibi Dong challenged Yu Xiaogang over his changed loyalties and the promise they had made, but he condemned her and tried to leave.
• Bibi Dong reached for Yu Xiaogang, and a strange force hurled him into a stone wall; he blamed her, left, and considered keeping her as a backup while thinking of Liu Erlong.

Liu Erlong and Flender arrived at Spirit Hall, where Liu Erlong reunited with Yu Xiaogang and revealed that she had memories of their previous lives. Yu Xiaogang kept her at arm’s length while showing off a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Bibi Dong watched the reunion with growing alarm.

• Liu Erlong reunited with Yu Xiaogang in the Theory Seminar Hall, and the two privately confirmed that they had both been reborn.
• Liu Erlong tried to embrace Yu Xiaogang, but he rejected her in public to protect his reputation; Flender watched with a broken heart.
• Liu Erlong, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang became sworn siblings, then Yu Xiaogang demonstrated a Trinity Fusion Skill that transformed Luo Sanpao into a Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Qian Xunji praised Yu Xiaogang, granted Liu Erlong a position as his academic assistant, and awarded Yu Xiaogang a lifetime achievement trophy.
• Bibi Dong saw Liu Erlong beside Yu Xiaogang and realized that her rival from their previous lives had appeared years early.
• Gu Yue revealed that she had steered Liu Erlong toward Yu Xiaogang to unsettle Bibi Dong and advance her own plans.

After Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong fought over Yu Xiaogang, Qian Xunji intervened and proposed that Yu decide their dispute. He then diverted Yu from choosing between them by promising to make him famous through a continent-wide theory competition.

• Bibi Dong confronted Liu Erlong, and they traded insults about their past lives and their love for Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong fought with their Martial Souls until Qian Xunji blasted them apart.
• Liu Erlong accused Bibi Dong of pursuing Yu Xiaogang and plotting to elope with him, but Qian Xunji reacted with approval rather than anger.
• Qian Xunji brought Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong to a side hall and summoned Yu Xiaogang to settle the matter.
• When Yu Xiaogang prepared to claim both women, Qian Xunji promised him a continent-wide theory competition and warned that taking several wives would damage his reputation.