Chapter Summaries

Tang Zhen and Xue Ye sought an alliance with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to oppose Spirit Hall and set a trap for its leaders. Ning Fengzhi agreed with reservations, while Yu Yuanzhen went to invite his father to hear Tang Zhen’s insights on reaching Level 99.

• Tang Zhen feared facing Qian Daoliu and suspected Spirit Hall had won Sword Douluo Chen Xin to its side.
• Tang Zhen asked Xue Ye when Sea God Island began supporting Heaven Dou, and Xue Ye said the connection came from their ancestor and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Tang Zhen and Xue Ye visited Yu Yuanzhen, who agreed to ally with them against Spirit Hall.
• Xue Ye offered Yu Yuanzhen and Ning Fengzhi two Sea God Island God's Trial slots each to secure their support.
• Ning Fengzhi voiced concern that Spirit Hall’s worshippers could overwhelm their trap but accepted the alliance’s terms.
• Tang Zhen offered to share his insights on Level 99 with Yu Yuanzhen’s father, and Yu Yuanzhen left to invite him out of seclusion.

Qian Daoliu kept Bo Saixi from interfering in Spirit Hall’s plans and warned her against invoking the Sea God’s power. He unsettled her further by revealing that Tang Chen had become like them but had lost his way, then both watched the imperial palace.

• Bo Saixi asked why Qian Daoliu had come, and he said he was there to stop her from interfering with Spirit Hall’s next move.
• Bo Saixi urged Qian Daoliu to end the conflict, but he challenged her to consider the Sea God’s role in the longstanding enmity with the Angel Clan.
• When the Heart of the Sea God began to flicker, Qian Daoliu drew the Angel Holy Sword and warned the Sea God not to act; the divine power within the trident fell silent.
• Qian Daoliu told Bo Saixi that he would not abandon his clansmen and beliefs for her, then criticized her judgment of Tang Chen.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that Tang Chen had changed and lost his way, leaving Bo Saixi troubled as they turned to watch the imperial palace.

Tang Yuehua’s wedding to Xue Ye became the setting for a planned ambush, but the man they feared arrived and struck the palace with Sword Nineteen. The sword qi broke through the defenses and continued toward the assembled guests.

• Tang Yuehua walked toward Xue Ye for their wedding while Tang Ye and Tang Xue followed to guard her and keep her from harming the Sect’s interests.
• The Star Luo Crown Prince and Qian Xunji discussed their evidence against Xue Ye, while Feng Aotian, Yu Suisui, Lan Luan, Ying Mei, and Hu Yan Kai recognized that the wedding venue was a trap.
• Tang Yuehua and Xue Ye acknowledged that the man they expected had arrived when Violet-Gold Sword Qi appeared outside the palace gates.
• The attacker unleashed Sword Nineteen, cleaving through the palace gates and city wall before carving across the palace grounds.
• An armored general tried to block the sword qi with his sixth Soul Skill, but it shattered his defense and struck him down.
• A man with a Clear Sky Hammer and seven Soul Rings stepped forward and swung at the incoming sword qi.

Tian Hao, disguised as Sword Saint Gai Zongheng, defeated Tang Feng by using Destruction Intent to break his Clear Sky Hammer, then continued toward Tang Yuehua and Xue Ye. Tang Xue and Tang Ye attacked him to protect the planned marriage.

• Tian Hao’s Sword Nineteen damaged Tang Feng’s Clear Sky Hammer, and he revealed that he had developed the technique to counter the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Feng used Clear Sky Avatar and Quake Character Secret, but Tian Hao’s Sword Twenty broke his hammer and left him badly injured.
• Tian Hao praised Tang Feng and walked past him while Tang Zhen and Xue Ye watched for Sword Douluo Chen Xin, whom they feared might be nearby.
• Tang Xue and Tang Ye activated their Clear Sky Avatars and attacked Tian Hao to prevent him from disrupting Tang Yuehua and Xue Ye’s marriage.

Tian Hao defeated Tang Ye and Tang Xue with Sword Twenty-One, then faced Tang Zhen while claiming his severed arm would become a powerful Qilin Arm. As Tang Zhen demanded Chen Xin’s appearance, Tian Hao readied his Sword Domain and prepared to fight his father-in-law.

• Tang Ye and Tang Xue combined their Soul Skills to restrain Tian Hao, but his Sword Twenty-One shattered their Clear Sky Hammers and left them unable to fight.
• Tang Zhen confronted Tian Hao and asked where Chen Xin was, while Tian Hao explained that his New Saint Spirit Swordplay had been devised to counter the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Yuehua noticed Tian Hao’s missing left arm and grew tearful, while he claimed the injury would help him cultivate a powerful Qilin Arm.
• Tian Hao comforted Tang Yuehua by joking that Tang Zhen had agreed to let them be together after Tian Hao killed him and destroyed the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Zhen warned Tian Hao that he would die if Chen Xin did not appear, and Tian Hao expanded his Sword Domain and prepared to fight him.

Tian Hao fought Tang Xiao to promote Phantom Sound Academy and displayed a devastating sword technique that threatened the Clear Sky Sect heir. The battle left the gathered soul masters’ soul-ring abilities suppressed, while the Star Luo Crown Prince considered seeking an alliance with Tian Hao.

• Tian Hao opened the fight against Tang Zhen with Annihilation Character Sword Qi, but a masked Titled Douluo blocked it and challenged him on Tang Zhen’s behalf.
• Tian Hao recognized the masked man as likely Tang Xiao or Tang Hao and refused Tang Xiao’s demand to bring out his teacher, Chen Jianjun.
• Tian Hao stacked twenty-two Annihilation Character Sword Qi attacks and clashed with Tang Xiao’s Clear Sky Hammer, then formed enormous Ruin and Annihilation characters above and below the battlefield.
• Tian Hao’s Destruction Intent suppressed Tang Xiao’s Soul Bone Skill and prevented the banquet guests from using their soul-ring skills.
• Dai Xueyi distinguished Tian Hao’s technique from the Snowfang Greatsword’s earlier soul-ring-suppressing domain, while the Star Luo Crown Prince considered restoring his severed arm to recruit Tian Hao as an ally.

Tian Hao fought Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, then used Sword Twenty-Three to immobilize Tang Zhen briefly. He left Xue Ye pierced through the chest, provoking Tang Zhen as the onlookers struggled to react.

• Tang Hao arrived and shattered Tian Hao’s Ruin Character Sword Qi, while Tang Xiao froze and smashed apart the remaining Annihilation Character Sword Qi.
• Tian Hao summoned the giant Snowfang Greatsword and opened the Snowfang Domain, and Tang Hao absorbed its blood-red mist to evolve his Divine Slaughter’s Domain into the Slaughtering Domain.
• Tian Hao gathered his Destruction Sword Qi and used Sword Twenty-Three to solidify the space around him, briefly immobilizing Tang Zhen.
• Tian Hao leaped to Xue Ye and drove the Grass Sword into his chest before Tang Zhen broke free and manifested his Clear Sky Hammer.

Tian Hao used Xue Ye as a hostage to demand that Tang Zhen let him take Tang Yuehua away, then agreed to an exchange after exposing Tang Zhen’s role in making Yuehua a hostage. He called for his teacher to emerge as a guarantor, and a sudden burst of Sword Intent shocked everyone.

• Gu Rong said he could not break Tian Hao’s frozen space, while Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen waited for the hidden Chen Xin to appear.
• Tian Hao drove his Grass Sword into Xue Ye and demanded that Tang Zhen let him marry Tang Yuehua and take her away.
• A Heaven Dou Imperial Elder seized Tang Yuehua and threatened to kill her unless Xue Ye was released.
• Tian Hao revealed that his Sword Domain let him hear Tang Zhen order the elder to seize Yuehua, and Tang Yuehua’s remaining affection for her father vanished.
• Tian Hao agreed to exchange hostages and called for his teacher to stand surety, prompting a startling eruption of Sword Intent.

Tian Hao used a new version of Sword Twenty-Three to save Tang Yuehua, while Chen Xin revealed his mastery of Harmony of Man and Nature and confronted Tang Zhen. Qian Xunji then announced Spirit Hall’s plan to strip the Clear Sky Sect of its standing, and recordings began exposing Tang Zhen’s actions.

• Chen Xin appeared behind the gathered Soul Masters, explaining that he had blended into his surroundings with Harmony of Man and Nature.
• Tian Hao froze time with Sword Twenty-Three, rescued Tang Yuehua, and stored her unconscious in his Sea of Spirit.
• Chen Xin faced Tang Zhen and dismissed him as an unworthy opponent before calling on Qian Xunji to proceed.
• Qian Xunji announced that Spirit Hall would strip the Clear Sky Sect and its affiliated forces of their right to participate in Soul Master affairs and competitions.
• Sects from both empires and the Star Luo Crown Prince publicly supported Spirit Hall’s resolution against the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Xunji ordered recordings displayed, and a projection showed Tang Zhen leaving the Heaven Dou academy camp and throwing something toward the Star Luo team’s main tent.

After recordings exposed Xue Ye and Clear Sky Sect's role in the war, Qian Xunji secured the Upper Three Sects' agreement to punish the guilty. The Four Clans' patriarchs took their own lives to spare their clans from execution, while Spirit Hall confiscated their assets and Clear Sky Sect's industries.

• The recordings showed that the Star Luo Army had used Heaven Dou City's Defense Map and revealed its assaults on other cities, turning the assembled factions against Xue Ye and Tang Zhen.
• Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen agreed with Spirit Hall's resolution, and Qian Xunji ordered Tang Xiao and Tang Hao executed.
• Tang Zhen used the Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Detonation Secret Method to lead his sons and Clear Sky Sect's forces in a breakout, abandoning the Four Clans.
• The patriarchs of the Agility, Imperial, and Breaking Clans and an elder of the Strength Clan declared their clans' withdrawal from Clear Sky Sect, then killed themselves to seek forgiveness.
• Qian Xunji spared the Four Clans from death but ordered participants in the battle to surrender and confiscated their assets and Clear Sky Sect's industries for postwar reconstruction.
• Tian Hao consumed the Martial Souls, Spirit Rings, and souls of three dead clan patriarchs before leaving with Chen Xin.

After Xue Ye's schemes and the Clear Sky Sect's retreat shattered their plans, Bo Saixi abandoned cooperation with the Heaven Dou Empire and returned to Sea God Island. Tang Zhen sent Tang Xiao and Tang Hao away to grow stronger, while the defeated Sect blamed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for manipulating events.

• Qian Daoliu left Bo Saixi with a warning about judging people, and the Sea God advised her to focus on finding an inheritor.
• Bo Saixi, Sea Dragon Douluo, and Sea Maiden Douluo abandoned the Heaven Dou Empire and flew back to Sea God Island.
• After fleeing for three days and two nights, Tang Zhen ordered Tang Xiao and Tang Hao to return to the Far North Lands and become Peak Douluo before coming back.
• Tang Hao asked about Tang Yuehua, and Tang Zhen admitted that the Little Lunatic treated her sincerely and that he regretted not listening to her advice.
• The Third Elder accused Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong of plotting against the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Zhen also suspected the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan weighed its position amid the growing turmoil, and Yu Zhenlong restored Yu Yuanzhen as clan master before entering seclusion. Yu Luomian refused to release Erlong from the Forbidden Ground and planned to find her a husband, while Yu Yuanzhen secretly resolved to delay the match so she could reunite with Xiao Gang.

• Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian discussed whether Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had engineered the recent events, while Yu Zhenlong judged that no single mastermind could have planned everything.
• Yu Zhenlong advised the clan to avoid pursuing Sea God Island, wait for Xue Ye's sons to mature before approaching one of them, and prioritize stability until he reached the peak of Level 99.
• Yu Zhenlong announced that he would enter seclusion and proposed Yu Yuanzhen take charge; the elders agreed, and Yu Yuanzhen regained the clan master's authority.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked Yu Luomian to release Erlong from the Forbidden Ground, but Yu Luomian insisted she stay until she abandoned her feelings for Xiao Gang.
• Yu Luomian said he would find Erlong an outstanding husband, and Yu Yuanzhen secretly resolved to delay the arrangement so Erlong could eventually seek Xiao Gang herself.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect considered the fallout from the imperial palace incident and guessed Tang Chen might be Tang Zhen’s hidden support against Spirit Hall. In New Heaven Dou City, Xue Ye fell ill but tried to secure his position and the Snowshield Legion, while taking comfort in the damage Gai Zongheng had suffered.

• The Old Seven Treasure Sect Master told Ning Fengzhi to prepare the sect for backlash, refuse Xue Ye three times, and assess his sons as possible future allies.
• Gu Rong said Chen Xin had not defected to Spirit Hall, and Ning Fengzhi shared his sense that Tang Zhen had a trump card connected to Tang Chen.
• Xue Ye fell ill from his chest wound and the strain of the imperial palace crisis, then ordered Xue Xing to remain stationed with the Snowshield Legion.
• Xue Ye realized Sea God Island had abandoned him and believed Gai Zongheng had also lost by damaging his foundation and prospects for advancement.
• Tian Hao asked Xue Ye whether he had wanted to see his Qilin Arm.

Tian Hao confessed that he had first approached Tang Yuehua to disrupt her father’s alliance with Xue Ye, but had later fallen for her talent. After their wedding night, Tang Yuehua asked what he intended to do about the Clear Sky Sect, and Tian Hao began to say he wanted to destroy it.

• Tian Hao admitted to Tang Yuehua that he had originally pursued her to undermine the alliance between Xue Ye and Tang Zhen, but later became captivated by her talent.
• Tang Yuehua questioned Tian Hao about his schemes and asked him to wait until she became a Titled Douluo before they consummated their marriage, then admitted she had lied and took the initiative.
• Afterward, Tian Hao denied orchestrating Tang Zhen and Xue Ye’s plan, saying he had only collected evidence and prepared to benefit Spirit Hall from the conflict.
• Tang Yuehua asked what Tian Hao planned to do to the Clear Sky Sect, and he began by saying he wanted to destroy it before she pinched his waist.

Tian Hao explained to Tang Yuehua that Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect were destined to become enemies, though he promised not to kill anyone from the sect himself. As they recovered together, he also described how he had developed his destructive Saint Spirit Swordplay and the borrowed powers behind his Sword Twenty-Three techniques.

• Tian Hao told Tang Yuehua that the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall were bound for conflict because of their opposing gods and existing rivalries, and promised he would not personally kill anyone from the sect.
• Tang Yuehua accepted that she could not prevent a war and asked Tian Hao not to go back on his promise.
• Tian Hao carried Tang Yuehua to the bath and explained that he had fused Destruction Intent into his Saint Spirit Sword Technique to create the World-Ending Saint Spirit Swordplay.
• Tian Hao explained that World-Destroying Sword Twenty-Three solidified space and Eternity Sword Twenty-Three froze time, though he borrowed external powers to use both.

Tang Yuehua agreed to cultivate the complete Saint Spirit Swordplay after Tian Hao explained its immense difficulty and his vision for Annihilation Sword Twenty-Three. After she fell asleep, Tian Hao and Chen Xin discussed a plan to strengthen the Seven Kill Sword lineage and Chen Xin’s pursuit of Space Power.

• Tang Yuehua asked to cultivate the two Saint Spirit Swordplays, and Tian Hao said she was especially suited to them.
• Tian Hao explained that the Sword Twenty-Threes required mastery of space, time, destruction, and life, and described how their powers might combine into Annihilation Sword Twenty-Three.
• Tian Hao encouraged Tang Yuehua by promising that she could become a god and help preserve the Clear Sky Hammer bloodline, and she resolved to cultivate seriously.
• Tian Hao helped the exhausted Tang Yuehua back to bed, then contacted Chen Xin to ask for his decision about a plan to develop the Seven Kill Sword lineage.
• Chen Xin agreed to return to War Soul Hall after Guang Ling arrived and asked Tian Hao to transplant a Space Soul Skill onto a Space Attribute Soul Bone.
• Tian Hao agreed and noted that Qian Ruyi was refining the Mirror martial soul into a Quasi-Divine Artifact.

Dugu Bo and Xue Ye discussed the Soul Ring-stripping ability shown in a recording, Dugu Bo’s prospects for advancement, and his plans to strengthen his granddaughter Yan'er. Xue Ye then suspected Tang Zhen had deceived him about his father’s strength and angrily blamed him, while Dugu Bo watched in confusion.

• Dugu Bo recognized Little Lunatic’s Soul Ring-stripping technique as the Eighth Soul Ring that had once been taken from him, and Xue Ye considered exploiting the ability but abandoned the idea because of Sword Douluo’s strength.
• Dugu Bo told Xue Ye he expected to reach Level 98 and reasoned that Yan'er could pursue the pinnacle by refining a Hundred-Thousand-Year Head Soul Bone and powerful Soul Rings.
• Dugu Bo cautioned Xue Ye that he had acted too hastily, and Xue Ye admitted his state of mind had been poor during the war.
• Xue Ye reconsidered Tang Zhen’s claim that his father had reached Level 89, suspected Tang Zhen had deceived him, and vowed to settle the score.
• Dugu Bo stood dumbfounded as Xue Ye erupted in anger at Tang Zhen.

Tang Zhen sealed the Clear Sky Sect after Spirit Hall dismantled its affiliated forces, while Tian Hao and Chen Xin worked to restore the Seven Kill Sword Lineage using ancestral remains and inherited Sword Intent. Tian Hao then asked Guang Ling to secretly obtain a powerful Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master for an experiment.

• Tang Zhen concluded that Spirit Hall would not attack the Clear Sky Sect directly and ordered the Sect to seal its mountain and focus on cultivation.
• Chen Xin dug up the coffins and remains of his ancestors in the Sword Cemetery and brought them to Tian Hao.
• Tian Hao extracted the remaining Seven Kill Sword Intent from the bones and planned to merge it into embryos carrying the Seven Kill Sword bloodline.
• Tian Hao told Chen Xin that his four wives would need to have enough children to provide vessels for the ancestral Sword Intent.
• Tian Hao asked Guang Ling to help secretly capture a Soul Master with Innate Soul Power Level 9 or higher who had cultivated the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to its limit.

Spirit Hall abducted a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elder after mentally controlling him, while Tian Hao pursued plans to adapt the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda for Spirit Hall’s support corps. He also examined the Lovesick Heartbreak Red’s fusion with the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and considered obtaining the Nine Heart Begonia; the chapter ended with Tian Hao explaining why he would develop the Brass Pagoda instead of directly cultivating the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

• Guang Ling and Ghost Douluo helped a Spirit Hall elder mentally control a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect member, then Ghost Douluo secretly took the man away.
• Yue Guan and Tian Hao examined the Lovesick Heartbreak Red after it merged with the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and Hai Liuyun lamented his reduced compatibility with it.
• Yue Guan explained that the Nine Heart Begonia would be the Lovesick Heartbreak Red’s perfect match, and Tian Hao thought of Ye Lingling as a possible route to obtaining it.
• Tian Hao told Yue Guan to nurture the Brass Pagoda Clan, recruit volunteers for his experiments, and continue researching the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Tian Hao explained that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s flaws were matters of quality, making it too costly to cultivate directly as a support corps, so he planned to adapt the Brass Pagoda instead.

Tian Hao evolved a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, drained its treasure aura, and spent nearly three years studying its abilities. He went to the Angel Clan Grounds to continue Spirit Hall’s expansion plans and discuss the experiment’s prospects.

• Tian Hao used the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s Origin power to evolve a captured Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Master’s Martial Soul into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Tian Hao had the Aromatic Silk Beauty drain the pagoda’s treasure aura, then studied the Martial Soul for nearly three years without fully uncovering its mysteries.
• Tang Yuehua reflected that Spirit Hall had grown too powerful for the Clear Sky Sect to challenge and resolved to become stronger to protect her Sect’s Bloodline.
• Tian Hao met Qian Daoyi at the Angel Clan kindergarten and warned that Spirit Hall must unite its people by erasing clan and sect divisions.
• Qian Daoyi asked Tian Hao how confident he was in the experiment to create the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.