Chapter Summaries

Tang San secured a modest Hidden Weapons contract from Governor Waltz while preparing the Tang Sect to protect its secrets. Ning Tianchen organized the Heaven Sword Sect’s growth, took the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the Heaven Dou treasury, and began planning the sect’s expansion into Element City.

• Tang San learned why thugs had occupied the Tang Sect’s warehouse land, persuaded Waltz to purchase Hidden Weapons, and asked him to employ the thugs; afterward, Tang San ordered Yu Xiaogang to watch Waltz while Titan prepared the clansmen to evacuate.
• Ning Tianchen returned to the Heaven Sword Sect, thanked Niu Gao for overseeing construction, and gained the elders’ agreement to welcome the Feng Shui Huo Three Families.
• Qian Renxue asked Ning Tianchen to safeguard the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and he secretly stored it in his Soul Tool after visiting the imperial treasury.
• Qian Renxue announced that she was leaving but arranged for continued contact with Ning Tianchen, who then helped the Feng Shui Huo Three Families relocate to the Heaven Sword Sect.
• The Heaven Sword Sect held a meeting about Element City, where Tian Yu proposed making it the headquarters of the Sect Commerce Association.

Ning Tianchen led the Heaven Sword Sect in a secret assault on the Elephant Armor Sect to force it out of Element City, while Dugu Bo confronted Spirit Hall's Mad Demon Douluo. The chapter ended with Ning Tianchen attacking Hu Yanzhen, who had underestimated the young sect master.

• Ning Tianchen assigned the elders roles in the attack and ordered the sect to drive out the Elephant Armor Sect without killing unnecessarily.
• Ning Fengzhi mistook the Heaven Sword Sect's mobilization for preparations for a tournament and sent Consecrator Ke to support it.
• Ning Tianchen led nearly a hundred Heaven Sword Sect experts to the Elephant Armor Sect, where they infiltrated the grounds and launched their assault.
• Dugu Bo confronted Mad Demon Douluo, while Yang Wudi blocked Hu Yanbo and Ning Tianchen faced Hu Yanzhen.
• Ning Tianchen unleashed his Deathgod Domain and Flying Sword, No Trace, then attacked Hu Yanzhen's Diamond Mammoth Spirit Soul with rapid sword strikes.

Ning Tianchen led the Heaven Sword Sect in forcing the Elephant Armor Sect to withdraw from Element City, establishing his sect’s strength without destroying its rival. News of the victory spread across the continent, putting the Heaven Sword Sect in contention for the vacant Upper Three Sects positions.

• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Ke Jie, and Tian Qihua discussed the Heaven Sword Sect’s attack and the risks of angering Spirit Hall.
• Ning Tianchen and Yang Wudi overwhelmed Hu Yanzhen and Hu Yanbo, then demanded that the Elephant Armor Sect leave Element City.
• Hu Yanzhen agreed to withdraw, and the Elephant Armor Sect evacuated the city by the following morning.
• Ning Tianchen ordered the Heaven Sword Sect to take control of Element City and establish its chamber of commerce headquarters there.
• Ning Fengzhi congratulated Ning Tianchen, while Chen Xin took him away to assess his cultivation and spar with him.
• The Heaven Sword Sect, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Snow Mountain Sect spread news of the surrender, prompting forces across the continent to investigate Ning Tianchen’s sect.

Tang San and his companions planned to travel to Sea God Island in search of the Sea God's inheritance, while Ning Tianchen settled the Blacksmith Association in Element City and returned to the Heaven Sword Sect. The chapter ended with Ning Tianchen reuniting with Feng Xiaotian and the others before the sect meeting.

• Feng Xiaotian, Yu Die, Zhu Zhuqing, and their companions crossed the Star Dou Great Forest with help from experts sent by the two major sects and hurried toward the Heaven Sword Sect.
• Tang San and his companions discussed the sect's construction, learned about Sea God Island and its powerful guardians, and planned preparations for a dangerous voyage there.
• Tang Xiao and Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San about Spirit Hall's surviving Limit Douluo and explained that obtaining the Sea God's inheritance could help him gain the strength to take revenge.
• Tang Xiao arranged for the Shrek Five Monsters to cultivate, with Tang San aiming to reach Rank Seventy and the others aiming to become Soul Emperors before their journey.
• Ning Fengzhi and Ning Tianchen arranged for Lou Gao and the Blacksmith Association to research firearms and Soul Tools after relocating to Element City.
• Ning Tianchen returned to the Heaven Sword Sect, where Feng Xiaotian and the others greeted him and celebrated the recovery of Element City.

Ning Tianchen assigned the Heaven Sword Sect’s elders and members to new departments, organizing their businesses, logistics, security, and intelligence work. The sect’s divisions were established, and Zhang Erhe was tasked with turning the Shadow Guards into a covert intelligence and assassination department.

• Ning Tianchen appointed Yang Wudi to lead the Medicine Department, with Dugu Bo offering his medicine fields and advice without taking part in management.
• Ning Tianchen reorganized Niu Gao’s Defense Clan into the Engineering Department and placed Tian Yu in charge of the merchant guild and the sect’s finances.
• Ning Tianchen assigned Feng Changlin, Huo, and Shui to jointly manage the Food and Logistics Department and plan Gourmet City.
• Ning Tianchen renamed Bai He’s Speed Department the Intelligence Department and arranged for its disciples to earn money through delivery work.
• Ning Tianchen made Chen Huayu commander of the Security Department and accepted Zhao Wuji as its temporary overseer.
• Ning Tianchen reorganized Zhang Erhe’s Shadow Guards into the Shadow Department, assigning it covert intelligence gathering and assassination operations.

Ning Tianchen organized the Heaven Sword Sect’s preparations for the Seven Great Sects Re-election Tournament, choosing elders to compete and heading into cultivation retreat to strengthen himself. Meanwhile, Feng Xiaotian led the others into Hurricane Canyon for training, where they began facing increasingly powerful winds.

• Ning Tianchen and the elders reassured Zhang Erhe that the sect would support him if his past as an assassin brought danger.
• Ning Tianchen explained the tournament format and warned that Spirit Hall might help rival sects challenge the Heaven Sword Sect.
• Ning Tianchen selected Dugu Bo, Zhao Wuji, Yang Wudi, and Huo Lie for the tournament, and said he would compete only if he reached Soul Douluo before it began.
• Ning Tianchen entered cultivation retreat at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Ning Rongrong stayed behind to coordinate the sect’s departments.
• Feng Xiaotian led Oscar, Chen Huayu, and the Yu Die Sisters to Hurricane Canyon, warned them about its deadly winds and flying rocks, and guided them into the growing wind pressure.

Ning Tianchen consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then descended into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to suppress their poison and cultivate. In Hurricane Canyon, a sudden weakening of the wind let Feng Xiaotian and his companions reach deeper than expected, and they debated whether to pursue the canyon’s core or retreat.

• Ning Tianchen brought the two Immortal Herbs together and prepared to consume them while Dugu Bo watched from nearby.
• Ning Tianchen suffered burns and frostbite as the herbs’ poison consumed his Soul Power, then leaped into the spring and descended deeper to suppress it.
• Feng Xiaotian and his companions cultivated around the two-thousand-meter mark, unable to reach the canyon’s deepest point, while Feng Xiaotian pushed farther ahead.
• Chen Huayu, Oscar, and the others noticed the wind pressure had weakened and caught up with Feng Xiaotian at the two-thousand-seven-hundred-meter mark.
• Feng Xiaotian urged the group to leave because the wind’s behavior was unknown, but Yu Die argued they should use the opportunity to reach the core.

Feng Xiaotian and his companions were trapped in Hurricane Canyon when its wind reversed, forcing them into a hidden wind cave. The cave led to an unfamiliar circular valley with strange buildings, where they spotted a supposedly extinct Wind God Wyvern and set out to find an exit.

• Feng Xiaotian led the group to the canyon’s end, where the wind died away and the cliff face revealed no ruins.
• The hurricane reversed and intensified, pinning Oscar and Chen Huayu against the cliff until a boulder exposed a deep cave.
• Feng Xiaotian brought the group into the cave, where opposing gusts offered shelter, and they followed Cai Die’s glowing gemstone into its depths.
• Feng Xiaotian led the exhausted group out of the wind cave into a circular valley containing unfamiliar buildings.
• Feng Xiaotian spotted a Wind God Wyvern, and the group marked their location before fleeing to search for a way out.

Ning Fengzhi prepared the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for the Great Sects Re-election Tournament, relying on Chen Xin to win the Sect Master Battle against the Snow Mountain Sect. Meanwhile, Feng Xiaotian and his companions explored a strange, isolated world where Wind God Wyverns behaved peacefully, and they discovered that an unseen boundary prevented them from leaving.

• Ning Fengzhi and the elders chose Chen Xin for the Sect Master Battle and Han Yu for an Elder Battle, recognizing that defeating the Snow Mountain Sect would depend on Chen Xin.
• Tian Chenxing and Bai He arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to discuss the tournament and the three sects’ chances of claiming the Upper Three Sects positions.
• Feng Xiaotian decided the group should leave the valley and report its strange buildings to their sects rather than explore them without help.
• Zhu Zhuqing noticed the sun remained at noon despite the time they had spent there, and Chen Huayu suggested they might have left Douluo Continent.
• The group discovered that a Wind God Wyvern ate fruit and showed no hostility, then rode on its back as it flew above the valley.
• The Wind God Wyvern reached the edge of the strange world and could not fly past a ripple in space.

Feng Xiaotian and the others discovered a mechanism beneath the ruins’ central plaza and witnessed a vision of the Wind God defeating and imprisoning the Evil God in No Return Deep Cave. Meanwhile, Ning Tianchen advanced to rank seventy-nine and Tang San’s group continued training as the Seven Great Sects Re-election Tournament approached.

• Feng Xiaotian and his companions explored the giant city ruins, identified the central Stone Pillar and searched the plaza for a hidden entrance.
• Ning Tianchen reached rank seventy-nine by cultivating with the medicinal power of the two springs, while the Shrek Five Monsters trained under Tang Xiao’s arrangements.
• Tai Long worried that he could not grow strong enough before the group’s departure, and Tang San encouraged him while also worrying about the Tang Sect’s slow construction.
• Cai Die found a differently colored brick that activated a mechanical platform, and Feng Xiaotian tested it by making the platform rise and retract.
• Oscar’s remark triggered a vision that showed the Wind God pursuing the Evil God, defeating it, and imprisoning it in No Return Deep Cave.

Feng Xiaotian and his companions received divine trials at the Wind God’s relic, while Ning Tianchen found the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remains beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and gained god-level soul bones. The chapter left Feng Xiaotian’s group preparing to complete their trials and Ning Tianchen setting out to train until he could reach Level 80.

• Feng Xiaotian activated the stone platform with his blood and received the Wind God Nine Trials, while Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, Chen Huayu, Cai Die, and Yu Die received Red-level trials.
• Feng Xiaotian learned that the group’s first trials required them to advance varying distances into Hurricane Canyon, and the Wind God transported them safely outside it.
• Ning Tianchen followed a summons beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and discovered the remains of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.
• Ning Tianchen absorbed the Ice Dragon King Right Arm Bone and Fire Dragon King Left Arm Bone, gaining divine power stored as Asura God Power.
• The dragon bones transformed Ning Tianchen’s Seven Kill Sword into the Coiling Dragon Seven Kill Sword, and he decided to train against Soul Beasts to break through Level 80.

After reaching level eighty and gaining an eighth spirit ring, Ning Tianchen traveled with the Heaven Sword Sect to Spirit City for the Seven Great Sects Re-election Tournament. An Asura trial required him to secure the Heaven Sword Sect a place among the Upper Three Sects, making victory essential as the tournament was about to begin.

• Ning Tianchen absorbed a red eighth spirit ring, and Dugu Bo confirmed he was ready for the Sect Master Battle.
• Ning Tianchen and the Heaven Sword Sect traveled to Spirit City, where Ning Fengzhi warned him about Tian Guozhen and the Holy Dragon Sect’s Tuo Ba Xi.
• Ning Tianchen registered for the Sect Master Battle, then met Tian Guozhen, who revealed that his divine trial required him to start from zero.
• Ning Tianchen joined Dugu Bo, Ning Rongrong, and the elders in assessing rival sects and planning for the tournament.
• Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong received Asura trials requiring the Heaven Sword Sect to rank among the Upper Three Sects, with doubled future trial difficulty as the penalty for failure.

Bibi Dong learned that Ning Tianchen would represent the Heaven Sword Sect in the sect master battle and expected Hu Yanzhen or Tuo Ba Xi to challenge him. As the elimination rounds narrowed the field, Ning Tianchen sent Dugu Bo to challenge the Wind Sword Sect, and Dugu Bo stepped onto the arena.

• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Ning Tianchen had registered as the Heaven Sword Sect's sect master, easing Bibi Dong's mood.
• Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo left Pope's Hall, and Yue Guan wrestled privately with his fear of Bibi Dong and doubts about serving her.
• The Seven Great Sects Re-election Tournament began, and Hu Yanzhen chose a small sect to challenge before its sect master conceded.
• Ning Tianchen explained that the Heaven Sword Sect would not recruit affiliated sects and told Dugu Bo to eliminate the Wind Sword Sect.
• Dugu Bo agreed to challenge Feng Bailong's sect and stepped into the center of the arena.

The ranking battles began after the Wind Sword Sect secured a place among the Seven Great Sects through the revival match. Ning Tianchen faced Feng Bailong in the opening Sect Master Battle, and after revealing an extraordinary spirit ring configuration, he was met with Feng Bailong’s first attack.

• Dugu Bo chose the Wind Sword Sect for the opening elimination match, but Feng Bailong conceded to preserve the sect’s strength and conceal its abilities.
• Feng Bailong defeated the Rock Antelope Sect Master in the revival match, securing the Wind Sword Sect’s place among the Seven Great Sects.
• Ning Tianchen planned to fight Chen Xin in a Sect Master Battle against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and assigned Yang Wudi to face Tian Guozhen in an Elder Battle against the Snow Mountain Sect.
• Bibi Dong opened the ranking battles, and the draw matched the Heaven Sword Sect against the Wind Sword Sect in the first round.
• Feng Bailong chose the Sect Master Battle and challenged Ning Tianchen to demonstrate the Seven Kill Sword’s power.
• Ning Tianchen revealed eight spirit rings, including two red rings, and Feng Bailong began the battle with his Wind Blade Spirit Ability.

Ning Tianchen dominated Feng Bailong in the Sect Master Battle, then helped the Heaven Sword Sect secure victories over the Wind Sword Sect and Black Tiger Sect. As the third day's match against the Elephant Armor Sect approached, Ning Tianchen suspected Hu Yanzhen had received help from Spirit Hall and prepared for a dangerous fight.

• Ning Tianchen used Divine Slaughter's Domain, the Seven Kill Sword Manual, and his spirit abilities to overpower Feng Bailong, who was left unable to continue after their final clash.
• Ning Tianchen realized his new spirit bones had greatly increased his power, and the Wind Sword Sect forfeited its Elder Battle, giving the Heaven Sword Sect its first ranking-match victory.
• The Heaven Sword Sect defeated the Black Tiger Sect when Yang Wudi and two other elders won all three Elder Battles.
• Ning Tianchen and his companions discussed the Elephant Armor Sect's unusual confidence and prepared the Aromatic Silk Beauty in case its members used poison.
• Hu Yanzhen taunted Ning Tianchen, who accused him of being Spirit Hall's dog and warned that the Elephant Armor Sect's confidence came from its master's support.

The Elephant Armor Sect’s Hu Yanzhen used poison and a Soul Guidance Cannon against Ning Tianchen, but Ning Tianchen survived and overwhelmed him with his sword techniques. As Ning Tianchen’s Ten Thousand Blades, Thousand Mountains attacked Hu Yanzhen, Ghost Douluo entered the domain to save him.

• Bibi Dong overruled the sects’ preference to begin with the Elder Battle and ordered the Sect Master Battle to start first.
• Hu Yanzhen attacked Ning Tianchen with Viper Venom Mist, but Ning Tianchen protected himself with the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Ning Tianchen summoned a combat clone and used his Seven Kill Domain and Annihilation Sword Style to break Hu Yanzhen’s Diamond Mammoth defenses.
• Hu Yanzhen fired a Soul Guidance Cannon, but Ning Tianchen avoided the blast by escaping into the sky.
• Ning Tianchen unleashed Ten Thousand Blades, Thousand Mountains and battered Hu Yanzhen with sword energy.
• Bibi Dong signaled Ghost Douluo, who used Hundred Ghosts Night Parade to shield Hu Yanzhen from Ning Tianchen’s attack.

Ning Tianchen defeated Hu Yanzhen despite Spirit Hall’s intervention, and Yang Wudi then overpowered Elephant Armor Sect’s Great Elder. The postponed arena match proceeded in the sky, where Chen Xin and Tian Ruyang began a fierce Sect Master Battle that left Chen Xin facing Tian Ruyang’s powerful soundwave ability.

• Ning Tianchen grievously wounded Hu Yanzhen with his Eighth Spirit Ability, and Bibi Dong declared Heaven Sword Sect the winner after Ning Tianchen countered her Divine Slaughter's Domain with Asura's Eyes.
• Hu Liena apologized on Spirit Hall’s behalf, and Ning Tianchen and Ning Fengzhi accepted the apology to prevent the dispute from escalating.
• Yang Wudi defeated Elephant Armor Sect’s Great Elder Hu Yanbo, while the damaged arena forced Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Snow Mountain Sect to hold their match in the sky.
• Chen Xin and Tian Ruyang began their Sect Master Battle, and Chen Xin’s sword attacks initially pressured Tian Ruyang into using his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Tian Ruyang weakened Chen Xin’s Eighth Spirit Ability with his soundwave attack, then launched an ice-blade storm that Chen Xin blocked with a Sword Qi Barrier.

Chen Xin overcame his hesitation during his battle with Tian Ruyang, awakened the Seven Kill Domain, and broke through to level 98, winning the Sect Master Battle for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Spirit Hall acknowledged the Seven Kill Sword’s claim to the title of Number One Weapon Spirit, but Hu Liena said it would have to defeat the Clear Sky Hammer if Tang Chen returned.

• Tian Ruyang adapted to Chen Xin’s attack patterns and briefly suppressed him, prompting Chen Xin to recall his father Chen Jianjun’s advice and recognize that he had clung to an inherited Sword Dao.
• Chen Xin resolved to change, unleashed the Seven Kill Domain, and used a technique he had learned by observing Ning Tianchen.
• Chen Xin overwhelmed Tian Ruyang’s Ice and Snow Domain, and their powerful clash devastated the surrounding battlefield.
• Chen Xin broke through to level 98, and Tian Ruyang conceded the Sect Master Battle to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Spectators declared the Seven Kill Sword the Number One Weapon Spirit, and Hu Liena agreed while noting that Tang Chen’s return could reopen the contest with the Clear Sky Hammer.

The Heaven Sword Sect defeated the Holy Dragon Sect in all three Elder Battles, securing its place among the Upper Three Sects. On the sixth day, Ning Tianchen and Chen Xin chose to fight a Sect Master Battle, with Chen Xin intending to guide his grandson toward the Sword Heart Realm.

• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect defeated the Snow Mountain Sect in the Elder Battle, while Ning Tianchen and the Heaven Sword Sect prepared to face the Holy Dragon Sect.
• Ning Tianchen chose the Elder Battle first, and Huo Lie defeated Tuo Ba Yan to give the Heaven Sword Sect an early lead.
• Yang Wudi overcame the Holy Dragon Sect's Great Elder, and Dugu Bo won the final match, giving the Heaven Sword Sect victory over the Holy Dragon Sect.
• Chen Xin returned from his Cultivation Retreat having found his path of swordsmanship, and the Heaven Sword Sect later faced the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Xin invited Ning Tianchen to fight a Sect Master Battle so he could guide him toward the Sword Heart Realm, surprising the referees and spectators who expected the match to be skipped.

Ning Tianchen completed his guidance battle with Chen Xin, forged his own Sword Heart Realm, and received the rewards and conditions for the Asura Fourth Trial. As the sects prepared to leave Spirit City, Tang San learned how powerful Ning Tianchen had become and was urged to keep training.

• Chen Xin guided Ning Tianchen through swordsmanship, helping him recognize flaws in his Sword Intent and learn from Chen Xin's sword qi.
• Ning Tianchen entered a Cultivation Retreat and, after following Chen Xin's warning to forge his own path, comprehended Sword Heart.
• The Seven Great Sects Re-election Tournament concluded with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Snow Mountain Sect, and Heaven Sword Sect ranked as the Upper Three Sects.
• Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong completed the Asura Third Trial and received the Asura Fourth Trial, which required them to cooperate to eradicate more than 80% of the wolf bandits of Xingnan City within a year.
• Tang San learned of Ning Tianchen's strength from Governor Waltz, grew resentful, and was encouraged by Yu Xiaogang and Tang Xiao to persevere and prepare for Sea God Island.