Chapter Summaries

Tang San accepted the Rakshasa God's trial by killing Bo Saixi, while Ning Tianchen completed the Asura inheritance without losing his emotions. Ning Tianchen awoke as the new Asura God and chose to remain on Douluo Continent for now.

• The Rakshasa God appeared to Tang San and offered him power in exchange for killing Bo Saixi.
• Tang San told Bo Saixi that Tang Chen had died, then stabbed her through the heart and became the Rakshasa God's successor.
• Ning Tianchen faced the Asura God's final trial, which threatened to erase his emotions and memories.
• The God Kings agreed that Ning Tianchen should retain his emotions, and the Asura God removed the final trial.
• Ning Tianchen awoke as the Asura God, summoned his Coiling Dragon Seven Kill Sword, and decided to stay on the continent rather than ascend immediately.

After attaining godhood, Ning Tianchen forged the Coiling Dragon Seven Kill Sword into a divine artifact, then met the rulers of the Sun Moon Continent and protected his friends from being drawn into war. Back on Douluo Continent, he reunited with Qian Renxue and helped her plan a justified campaign to unify the continent through conflict within the Star Luo Empire.

• Ning Tianchen completed his divine artifact and appeared before the Sunfire and New Moon Emperors, refusing to interfere in their affairs while warning them not to involve his two friends in war.
• The New Moon Emperor resolved to seek the identities of Ning Tianchen’s friends and enlist their help, while the Sunfire Emperor prepared to contact them first.
• Ning Tianchen found Yu Die, Cai Die, and Lone Wolf fighting Evil Spirit Masters near Has City, rescued them, and suggested they train with the Sunfire army under concealed identities.
• Ning Tianchen traveled to Spirit Hall, where Qian Renxue confirmed that she had also succeeded in her divine trial and discussed her plan to unify the continent.
• Ning Tianchen warned Qian Renxue that the Heaven Dou Empire needed a legitimate cause for war and proposed using succession turmoil in the Star Luo Empire to create one.

Tang San returned from his divine test and helped Dai Mubai navigate the Star Luo court’s succession crisis against Dai Weisi. He prepared Dai Mubai to address a flood in Nong City, while his growing resentment toward Mubai began to take root.

• Ning Tianchen and Qian Renxue discussed provoking a Star Luo royal civil conflict and left the continent’s future political system unresolved.
• Tang San returned after completing his sea divine test with a Rakshasa divine tool, while Dai Tianfeng’s poisoning worsened the rivalry between Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi.
• Dai Mubai’s supporters lost confidence as he struggled with court affairs, and Tang San criticized him for neglecting Governor Waltz, an early ally.
• Tang San reviewed Dai Mubai’s situation, identified Dai Weisi as the likely force behind the poisoning accusations, and urged Mubai to hold on until their scheduled match.
• Tang San analyzed the Nong City flood memorial and instructed Dai Mubai to seek disaster relief while protecting Marquis Goth from political attacks.
• After doing the work while Dai Mubai received the credit, Tang San began to resent him.

Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong traveled to Notting City, where they met Old Jack and learned that Holy Soul Village had been punished because of Tang San’s treason. Ning Tianchen used a blank imperial decree to pardon the village, leaving the enforcement squad to take the order to the city lord.

• Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong arrived in Notting City and explored its markets, where Ning Tianchen noticed an old vegetable seller leaving the crowd.
• Ning Rongrong and Ning Tianchen met Wang Meng, who explained how small traders should avoid profiteering during disasters, then followed him to Old Jack’s stall.
• Old Jack prepared vegetables for Ning Rongrong, but soldiers arrived and threatened to arrest him because Holy Soul Village had been implicated in Tang San’s treason.
• Ning Tianchen stopped the soldiers and declared that the empire would pardon Holy Soul Village, but the squad leader demanded proof and ordered his men to seize Old Jack.
• Ning Tianchen produced a blank imperial decree bearing Xue Qinghe’s seal, wrote the pardon onto it, and sent the enforcement squad to show it to the city lord.

Ning Tianchen brought an imperial pardon to Holy Soul Village, where he saw the damage Tang San’s actions had caused and helped restore hope among the villagers. After rewarding Wang Meng with a letter of recommendation, Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong left, while Dai Mubai chose to seek advice from the West Road Duke amid the crisis in the Star Luo Palace.

• Ning Tianchen used an imperial decree to halt the City Lord’s actions against Holy Soul Village and told Wang Meng he was a Qingyang County Baron delivering the decree.
• Dai Tianfeng returned to the Star Luo Palace, disrupting Tang San’s plans, and Dai Mubai decided to ask the West Road Duke for advice despite warnings from Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin.
• Ning Tianchen and Wang Meng reached Holy Soul Village, where villagers cursed Tang San and Old Jack announced that the imperial pardon would allow conscripted villagers to return.
• Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong visited Tang San’s ruined blacksmith shop, took photographs, and stayed in the village as the first labor conscripts returned.
• Before leaving, Ning Tianchen gave Wang Meng a recommendation letter for a vice-president position at either the Seven Treasures Chamber of Commerce or the Heaven Sword Chamber of Commerce, and Wang Meng realized Ning Tianchen was Young Sect Master Ning.

Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong learned that Dai Weisi had framed Dai Mubai for poisoning Dai Tianfeng, leaving Dai Mubai imprisoned and Dai Weisi named Crown Prince. At the ruins of Shrek Academy, Ning Tianchen found the frail, white-haired Flender living nearby with Ma Hongjun, who had become little more than an idiot.

• Dai Weisi persuaded the West Road Duke to help frame Dai Mubai for poisoning Dai Tianfeng.
• Dai Tianfeng discovered suspicious incense and ordered his Dark Guards to investigate the palace servant and watch Dai Weisi.
• Zhang Neishi falsely claimed Dai Mubai had ordered him to poison Dai Tianfeng, then killed himself as the Dark Guards arrested Dai Mubai and his companions.
• Dai Tianfeng announced that Dai Weisi would become Crown Prince while keeping Dai Mubai's alleged treason secret.
• Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong reached Suotuo City, found that Shrek Academy had become a merchant storage site, and discovered Flender living nearby with the severely impaired Ma Hongjun.

The Tang Sect struggled with commercial pressure and learned that Dai Mubai and his companions had been imprisoned, but Yu Xiaogang persuaded Tang Xiao to wait for Tang Hao instead of acting quickly. Meanwhile, Tang San completed his Sixth Trial and received a Seventh Trial requiring him to rescue Dai Mubai and help him become emperor, while the Tang Sect’s delayed investigation left Yu Tianxin and the others suffering in prison.

• Ning Tianchen left the village with Ning Rongrong without restoring Ma Hongjun’s mind, and Flender watched them go without stopping them.
• Tang Xiao learned that Dai Mubai, Yu Tianxin, Tian Heng, and Tai Long had been detained on treason charges, and he gathered the Tang Sect leaders to discuss what to do.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Tang Hao was likely helping in secret and urged the Tang Sect to investigate quietly and wait; Tang Xiao sent Meng Shu to Star Luo City while ordering Titan to remain behind.
• Tang San completed the Sixth Trial after half a year, reached rank 93, and vowed to take revenge on Ning Tianchen.
• The Rakshasa God assigned Tang San a Seventh Trial to rescue Dai Mubai from the Star Luo Empire’s Heavenly Prison and support his ascension to emperor.
• Meng Shu’s ineffective investigation was repeatedly obstructed by Dai Weisi’s allies, while Yu Tianxin and the others endured abuse in prison.

Tang San returned to the Tang Sect, learned of its troubles, and planned to rescue Dai Mubai from the Heavenly Prison while weighing a proposed alliance with the Wind Sword Sect. The chapter ended with Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin discovering that Tai Long had died under interrogation.

• Tang San returned to the Tang Sect and learned that its business was failing and Tang Hao's whereabouts were unknown.
• Tang Xiao told Tang San that Dai Mubai was alive in the Heavenly Prison and speculated that Dai Tianfeng might be keeping him alive to restrain Dai Weisi.
• Tang San revealed that he had become a Titled Douluo and agreed to consider using the title Clear Sky after Tang Xiao urged him to claim it.
• Tang Xiao showed Tang San a letter from Feng Bailong proposing cooperation, but the offer appeared tied to Tang Yuehua, so Tang San postponed deciding and prepared to leave for Star Luo City.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San against an immediate coup and suggested waiting for a chance to disrupt Dai Weisi's plans and help Dai Mubai claim the throne.
• Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin discovered that Tai Long had died after interrogation, and his death strengthened their resolve to seek revenge.

Ning Tianchen forged his Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Super Divine Tool while Dugu Bo refused Zhu Zhuyun’s request to help kill Dai Mubai. In Star Luo City, Tang San mapped the Heavenly Prison and decided to attempt a rescue alone, leaving the chapter with his plans still underway.

• Ning Tianchen used the Asura God’s and Kindness God’s help to forge his pagoda into the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
• Zhu Zhuyun asked Dugu Bo to help Dai Weisi kill Dai Mubai, but Ning Tianchen warned Dugu Bo against getting involved, and Dugu Bo rejected the request.
• Tang San investigated the Heavenly Prison and discovered Dai Mubai’s location through his Blue Silver Domain.
• Dai Mubai told Tang San that Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin were imprisoned beside him, that Tai Long had died, and promised Tang San power if he won the throne.
• Tang San mapped the prison’s layout and chose to send his elite disciples back to the Tang Sect before attempting the rescue alone.

Tang San broke Dai Mubai and the others out of the Heavenly Prison, but Dai Weisi’s ambush at a severed bridge forced them into battle. Tang San escaped with Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng, leaving Yu Tianxin unconscious and captured as Dai Weisi arrived.

• Tang San smashed into the Heavenly Prison, released its prisoners to cause a riot, and freed Dai Mubai, Yu Tianxin, and Yu Tianheng, recovering Tai Long’s corpse.
• Dai Tianfeng sent Imperial Guards and Tiger's Roar Camp to contain the prison break, while Dai Weisi took command of White Tiger Camp and secretly planned to intercept Dai Mubai.
• Tang San led Dai Mubai and the others toward the Tang Sect, but they found a suspension bridge cut and were confronted by Tuo Ba Xi and Hu Yanzhen.
• Tang San and the others fought the two sect masters until Hu Yanzhen signaled Dai Weisi’s approaching forces, and Yu Tianxin offered to stay behind.
• Tang San flew across the cliff with Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng, while Tuo Ba Xi beat Yu Tianxin unconscious; Dai Weisi arrived and demanded to know where Dai Mubai had gone.

Tang San rescued Dai Mubai from prison but lost Tai Long and Yu Tianxin, prompting Tang Sect to disband and scatter its disciples as Dai Weisi prepared to move against it. Ning Tianchen then set a plan in motion to use a palace coup to help Dai Mubai take the Star Luo throne.

• Dai Weisi reported the prison riot to Dai Tianfeng and received orders to eliminate Tang Sect from the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang San’s group escaped Star Luo Province, and Tang San falsely assured Yu Tianheng that Yu Tianxin would survive as a bargaining chip.
• Tang San returned to Tang Sect with Tai Long’s corpse, concealed his death from the sect, and announced that Tai Long and Yu Tianxin had been captured.
• Tang San ordered Tang Sect to disband and scatter its disciples throughout Annan Province after learning it had less than two million Gold Soul Coins and faced an attack.
• Ning Tianchen ordered Dugu Bo to prepare the Dragon Halberd Sect to cooperate with Tang Sect and help Dai Mubai seize the throne during a palace coup.

Tang San and Tang Xiao traded Tang Yuehua’s presence for the Wind Sword Sect’s alliance as they sought support to restore the Tang Sect and help Dai Mubai claim the Star Luo throne. Tang Yuehua stayed with Feng Bailong, while Tang San’s group departed to negotiate with the Dragon Halberd Sect.

• Ning Tianchen told Dugu Bo to have Zhao Erhe and Zhang Erhe urgently contact the Tang Sect without revealing their plan.
• Tang San persuaded Tang Xiao that they needed the Wind Sword Sect’s support and proposed offering Tang Yuehua to Feng Bailong; Tang Xiao eventually agreed.
• Tang San’s group visited the Wind Sword Sect, where Feng Bailong accepted an alliance that would take effect once the Tang Sect was rebuilt.
• Tang San left Tang Yuehua behind as a bargaining chip, and Wind Sword Sect disciples prevented her from following the departing group.
• Tang Yuehua gradually warmed to Feng Bailong after he explained his past and treated her with care.
• Tang San and Tang Xiao set off to visit the Dragon Halberd Sect, aware that their alliance might be strained now that Dai Mubai had lost power.

Tang San and Tang Xiao visited the wealthy Dragon Halberd Sect to secure its support for Tang Sect’s plans in the Star Luo Empire. They left with money and a promise of intelligence-gathering, unaware that Zhang Erhe and Zhao Wuji were using the negotiations to advance their own mission and intended to manipulate Dai Weisi.

• Tang San and Tang Xiao saw the Dragon Halberd Sect’s wealth and realized its businesses could make it a valuable source of funding.
• Zhang Erhe reacted coldly to Tang Sect’s troubles, so Tang Xiao promised the Dragon Halberd Sect ten percent of the Star Luo Empire’s market in exchange for continued cooperation.
• Tang San asked the Dragon Halberd Sect to gather intelligence in Star Luo City and support Tang Sect during its planned counterattack against Dai Weisi.
• Zhang Erhe offered two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins from the sect, while he and Zhao Wuji each added fifty thousand of their own.
• Tang San’s group accepted the three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and left, believing the negotiations had gone well.
• Zhang Erhe and Zhao Wuji revealed that they intended to push Dai Weisi toward a coup using Lao Yang’s poison, while doubting Tang Sect could ultimately become the victor.

Dai Weisi agreed to Zhu Zhuyun’s plan to poison Dai Tianfeng and seize the throne, while Ning Tianchen learned the coup was underway. At the Heaven Sword Sect, Ning Tianchen welcomed returning companions who had received God trials, then shared his plans for continental unification and its aftermath.

• Zhu Zhuyun told Dai Weisi she had obtained a poison plan that could kill Dai Tianfeng, and after she urged him to act before the chance passed, Dai Weisi agreed to the coup.
• When Zhu Zhuyun sent someone to buy poison again, Ning Tianchen realized Dai Weisi’s plan had begun.
• Chen Huayu returned to the Heaven Sword Sect with the God of Fighting’s trial, while Zhu Zhuqing had received the God of Darkness’s First Rank God trial.
• Ning Tianchen told his companions that Yu Die and Cai Die were safely completing their trials and revealed that he had become an Asura God.
• Ning Tianchen presented Feng Xiaotian and the others with his plan for continental unification, and Feng Xiaotian questioned how a unified empire would protect commoner Spirit Masters from resource inequality.
• Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong explained that future development, including the eventual arrival of the Sun Moon Continent, could provide new resources and let later generations refine their ideas.

Tang San and the Tang Sect moved to seize the Star Luo throne before Dai Weisi could ascend, while Dai Weisi prepared to defend his claim and blame Dai Tianfeng’s death on Dai Mubai. As the palace coup began, Zhu Caiyun remained caught between the Zhu Family’s interests and the competing princes.

• Ning Tianchen won Feng Xiaotian and the others’ agreement to his plan and stationed them in the Heaven Dou Empire’s military camp to prepare for war.
• Tang San learned that Dai Tianfeng had been poisoned and, with Tang Xiao and Yu Xiaogang, began preparing to help Dai Mubai claim the throne.
• Dai Weisi took charge of the Star Luo Empire’s affairs, sealed Star Luo City, and summoned experts from the Elephant Armor Sect and Holy Dragon Sect to guard the palace.
• Zhang Erhe and Zhao Wuji intercepted Zhu Caiyun and revealed their suspicions about Dai Weisi, but Zhu Huizu chose to support Dai Weisi to protect the Zhu Family’s power.
• Tang San, Tang Xiao, and Dai Mubai infiltrated the palace to reach Dai Tianfeng’s Imperial Bedroom, triggering alarms as Tang Xiao stayed behind to hold off the defenders.
• Dai Weisi sent Hu Yanzhen and Tuo Ba Xi to stop the intruders and resolved to kill Dai Mubai, then blame him and the Tang Sect for Dai Tianfeng’s death.

Tang San used Rakshasa divine power to revive Dai Tianfeng long enough to condemn Dai Weisi and establish Dai Mubai as the legitimate heir, completing Tang San’s Seventh Trial. Dai Weisi was rescued from the Heavenly Prison by Gu Rong and Zhu Zhuyun, but Gu Rong warned that he had lost his royal standing and ordered him to go to the Heaven Sword Sect.

• Tang Xiao fought off palace experts while Hu Yanzhen provoked him with claims that the Clear Sky Sect had been made a scapegoat for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, planting resentment in Tang Xiao.
• After Dai Tianfeng died, Tang San used Rakshasa power to revive him and convinced him that Dai Weisi had poisoned him.
• Dai Tianfeng ordered Dai Weisi arrested for treason, and his troops abandoned Dai Weisi as the Tang Sect prepared to declare Dai Mubai the legitimate heir.
• Tang San suppressed Dai Tianfeng’s remaining consciousness and took control of his body, completing his Seventh Trial.
• A mysterious rescuer used a spatial door to abduct Dai Weisi, and Gu Rong and Zhu Zhuyun later joined him outside Star Luo City.
• Gu Rong refused Dai Weisi’s request to retake the palace, explained that he had lost his standing as heir, and sent him to the Heaven Sword Sect.

Dai Mubai ascended the Star Luo throne as Tang San, Tang Xiao, and Yu Xiaogang took control of the court, but they soon discovered the imperial palace was short of money. Their plans to raise funds were interrupted by news that Dai Weisi had killed Yu Tianxin.

• Gu Rong withdrew the Upper Three Sects' businesses from Star Luo territory, while Zhu Zhuyun urged Dai Weisi to seek their support; Zhu Huizu then backed Dai Mubai and arranged a Zhu Family bride for him.
• After Dai Tianfeng's death was announced, Dai Mubai was enthroned, appointed Yu Xiaogang National Teacher, and named Tang San and Tang Xiao Protector Generals.
• Dai Mubai left governing to Tang San, Tang Xiao, and Yu Xiaogang, who searched for Yu Tianxin and debated how to rebuild the Tang Sect and Clear Sky Sect.
• A palace servant reported that the imperial palace was nearly out of money, so Tang Xiao and Tang San considered ways to raise funds without openly seizing the Upper Three Sects' property.
• The White Tiger Camp reported that Dai Weisi had killed Yu Tianxin, chopped up his corpse, and fed it to wild dogs.

Tang San began preparing human sacrifices for the Rakshasa Secret Realm while Ning Tianchen negotiated Dai Weisi's future role in a unified Douluo Federation. Three months later, Yu Xiaogang had secured funds by confiscating noble estates, and the first group of resentful laborers had been gathered for Tang San's ritual.

• Tang San received the Eighth Trial, which required him to construct the Rakshasa Secret Realm using malicious intent and human lives as materials.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun reached the Heaven Sword Sect, where Ning Tianchen and other leaders offered Dai Weisi two choices for his future.
• Dai Weisi signed an agreement to join the Douluo Federation Committee instead of reclaiming the Star Luo throne, while accepting that his position would not pass to his descendants.
• After three months, Yu Xiaogang confiscated the estates of several nobles to fund the Star Luo imperial palace, and Dai Mubai reassured the remaining officials.
• Dai Mubai and Yu Xiaogang gathered corvée laborers whose resentment could be cultivated as malice for Tang San's Rakshasa sacrifice.

Tang San completed the Rakshasa Secret Realm by sacrificing thousands of laborers and prisoners, then left to hunt Spirit Rings as war preparations gathered pace. Ning Tianchen learned of the atrocities and prepared to exploit them, while Tang San entered the Heaven Sword Sect unaware that Ning Tianchen had already detected him.

• Tang San ordered villagers, including the elderly, women, and children, to mine ore for the Tang Sect and used their deaths to nourish the Rakshasa Secret Realm.
• After nearly ten thousand laborers were sacrificed, Tang San completed his Eighth Trial and departed to hunt spirit beasts and gather intelligence.
• Ning Tianchen and Dugu Bo discussed exposing the Star Luo Empire's abuses, while Dai Weisi agreed that it was time to confront the Tang Sect's crimes.
• Tang San entered Heaven Dou City to gather intelligence on the Upper Three Sects and walked into the Heaven Sword Sect unnoticed by its guards.
• Ning Rongrong sensed Tang San's evil aura, but Ning Tianchen told her not to worry because Tang San had no hostile intentions and was already within his perception.

Tang San and the Tang Sect faced a joint declaration exposing their crimes, while Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire prepared to invade Star Luo. Five days later, the invasion began with Soul Guidance Cannons, leaving the Tang Sect’s border general stunned by their range.

• Tang San surveyed the Heaven Sword Sect, then left to gather intelligence at the other sects while prioritizing his Clear Sky Hammer’s final spirit ring.
• Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Upper Three Sects accused the Tang Sect of stealing royal property and killing conscripted laborers, prompting unrest among Star Luo’s people and merchants.
• Dai Weisi revealed his account of the Palace Coup and joined the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall in calling for Dai Mubai’s removal; Tang San and his allies discussed their response and sent Hidden Weapons to the front.
• Tang San left the defense of Star Luo to Tang Xiao, Yu Xiaogang, and Feng Bailong so he could pursue his final spirit ring, while Zhu Zhuqing said she wanted to kill Dai Mubai herself.
• Five days later, Ning Tianchen’s army reached the Star Luo border, and Feng Xiaotian’s forces deployed Soul Guidance Cannons under orders to destroy them if capture seemed unavoidable.
• Wang Lin watched the Heaven Dou army set up beyond the border wall, then saw its shells strike the wall and realized the cannons could fire far beyond the Tang Sect’s defenses.