Chapter Summaries

Tian Hao laid out plans to infiltrate Slaughter City by posing as Tang Chen’s relative and to win over Tang Yuehua for Spirit Hall. He also revealed Heaven and Earth Purple Qi, which Qian Daoliu recognized as a valuable new power for the Sacred Light System.

• Tian Hao proposed simulating the Clear Sky Hammer’s soul power and blending it with the Seven Kill Sword, while Qian Daoliu suggested using Tang Chen’s estranged younger brother as the basis for a false family connection.
• Qian Daoliu questioned whether Tian Hao might defect to Tang Chen and the Asura God-King, and Tian Hao said he would willingly kill Tang Zhen if given the chance.
• Tian Hao planned to court Tang Yuehua, pressure the Clear Sky Sect into seeking allies, and use the Soul Master Competition to earn her sympathy and weaken her family ties.
• Tian Hao showed Qian Daoliu the Heaven and Earth Purple Qi he had collected and explained how it could strengthen spiritual power, eyesight, and Sacred Light soul power.
• Qian Daoliu tested the purple energy, confirmed its benefits, and decided to report the discovery to the Angel God.

Tian Hao presented Qian Daoliu with plans for an Illusory God Realm and an artificial reproduction project for the Angel Clan, and the Angel God's Will approved further development and testing. The chapter ended with Tian Hao learning that his transformed Blue Silver Divine Tree could only pursue the Soul Beast Godhood Path, which required surviving a deadly Thunder Tribulation.

• Tian Hao proposed developing dream realms into an Illusory God Realm to support the divine kingdom, and Qian Daoliu promised him a reward.
• Tian Hao showed Qian Daoliu an artificial embryo-development experiment using mice and suggested adapting it to help the Angel Clan reproduce.
• Qian Daoliu reported Tian Hao's proposals and findings to the Angel God's Will, who approved the Illusory God Realm concept and ordered trials of the Angel Origin Project.
• The Angel God's Will rewarded Tian Hao with a large Divine Power Crystal and told Qian Daoliu that the Blue Silver Divine Tree could only pursue the Soul Beast Godhood Path.
• Qian Daoliu realized that the tree's path required enduring a Thunder Tribulation that was nearly impossible to survive.

Tian Hao learned that he would need to develop his Spiritual power into God Sense and raise his other martial souls to support his future godhood. Qian Daoliu gave him a Divine Artifact to hide his Sea of Spirit, and Tian Hao proposed a way to strengthen Xue Zhan’s position in the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Qian Daoliu told Tian Hao that the Blue Silver Divine Tree could not undergo Thunder Tribulation and advised him to pursue God Sense through Spiritual power instead.
• Qian Daoliu brought Tang Wei, a wandering soul master with a Heavy Sword Martial Soul, for Tian Hao to use in his plans, and Tian Hao stored him in his Sea of Spirit.
• Qian Daoliu told Tian Hao that Bo Saixi had returned to Sea God Island and gave him an Angel God-forged helmet that concealed his Sea of Spirit from divine investigation.
• Qian Daoliu warned Tian Hao that Xue Ye had set out for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tian Hao suggested revealing Chen Xin’s whereabouts so the Heaven Dou Emperor would see him as a powerful, nonlethal backer for Xue Zhan against Xue Ye’s faction.
• Qian Daoliu understood Tian Hao’s proposal, flew away, and resolved to improve his intelligence.

Tian Hao studied the Soul Bone Helmet and used its Lightning Tribulation Power to awaken destructive forces that fused the powers of the Five Great God-Kings, completing his Minor God Realm. He learned that a Jade Shard had caused his transmigration and strengthened his Head Soul Bone with the helmet, while still hoping to obtain Tang Chen’s Clear Sky Hammer as a carrier for Destruction Nectar.

• Tian Hao examined the Soul Bone Helmet and concluded that its hidden Lightning Tribulation Power came from fragments left by Super Soul Beasts.
• Tian Hao let his destructive power merge with the helmet’s Lightning Tribulation Power, producing Destruction Intent that resonated with his martial souls.
• Destruction Intent and the powers of the Five Great God-Kings fused into Creation Power, gray power, and finally World Creation Power, which completed Tian Hao’s Minor God Realm.
• Tian Hao received information from the Jade Shard and learned that it had brought him across worlds before the Five Great God-Kings tried to refine it into the God Realm Central Hub.
• Tian Hao fused the helmet into his Head Soul Bone, strengthening it across his skull, and continued to seek Tang Chen’s Clear Sky Hammer as a carrier for Destruction Nectar.

Tian Hao developed a way to store spiritual power and demonstrated Sonic Sword Qi to Tang Yuehua, then began helping her merge his Sword Intent with her Talent Domain. The first attempt caused her intense pain, and he urged her to endure it as training for her will.

• Tian Hao discovered that his transformed Sea of Spirit could accumulate spiritual power and used the Blue Silver Domain to speed its growth.
• Tang Yuehua failed to hold onto her sword during training, so Tian Hao showed her how to fire invisible Sonic Sword Qi through a Waist Zither.
• Tang Yuehua eagerly agreed to learn Sonic Sword Qi, and Tian Hao explained that she still needed to build a strong foundation in Swordsmanship.
• Tian Hao asked Tang Yuehua to spread her Talent Domain and fused his spiritual power into it, then began infusing it with Sword Intent.
• Tang Yuehua cried out in pain as the foreign Sword Intent entered her Domain, but after Tian Hao recommended she endure the pain as willpower training, she prepared to try again.

Tian Hao completed the initial fusion of sword intent and Tang Yuehua’s Talent Domain, creating a Sword Domain, then discussed the Soul Master Competition invitation and his plans with Hai Liuyun. The chapter left Tian Hao preparing to travel to Heaven Dou City while Hai Liuyun continued work on a horizontal qin for the new Soul Tool System.

• Tian Hao knocked Tang Yuehua unconscious, used her body to fuse sword intent with her Talent Domain, and created a Sword Domain with an initial fusion rate of about ten percent.
• Tian Hao visited Hai Liuyun, who said modifying Soth’s martial soul by fusing its origin into a horizontal qin was proving extremely difficult.
• Hai Liuyun gave Tian Hao Prince Xue Zhan’s invitation for Phantom Sound Academy to attend the Heaven Dou Division’s Preliminary Tournament and arranged for Little Guang to escort him.
• Tian Hao explained that the horizontal qin was a test piece for his new Soul Tool System, which used other people’s martial souls to make weapons.
• Tian Hao admitted that he wanted Tang Yuehua to miss him by giving her an object associated with him, while Hai Liuyun questioned his schemes and urged him to consider winning her over.

Tian Hao persuaded Tang Yuehua to train with him for the Soul Master Competition while secretly seeking to comprehend her Sword Domain. Meanwhile, Chen Xin began carrying out a plan to join the Heaven Dou Empire’s Snowfang Legion and enlisted Xue Zhan to search for a woman he claimed was his wife.

• Tang Yuehua awakened the Sword Intent Tian Hao had left in her, and he restored her after she exhausted her Soul Power.
• Tian Hao convinced Tang Yuehua to train for the Soul Master Competition, then put her through grueling daily training to improve her Sword Intent and help him study her domain.
• After Qian Daoliu returned with Tian Hao’s idea, Qian Xunji and the others refined the plan, and Chen Xin traveled to the War Soul Hall Ruins to meet representatives from various factions.
• Xue Zhan invited Chen Xin to become the Snowfang Legion’s Swordsmanship Instructor, and Chen Xin agreed after asking him to help find Tang Yuan, a woman with a Heavy Sword Martial Soul.
• Chen Xin claimed Tang Yuan was his wife, and Xue Zhan promised to mobilize the imperial family to search for her.

At Clear Sky Sect, Xue Ye negotiated with Tang Zhen for Tang Yuehua’s hand and tried to secure Clear Sky Sect’s support amid Xue Zhan’s growing influence. Tang Zhen agreed to attend the Soul Master Competition as a special guest, while promising to judge whether Gai Zongheng could protect Yuehua.

• Xue Ye learned that Xue Zhan had visited Sword Douluo and worried about Imperial Father's unexplained moves and his brother's growing support.
• Tang Zhen told Xue Ye that Yuehua had to choose her own marriage, then pointed out her bond with Gai Zongheng and the valuable gifts he had offered.
• Xue Ye disparaged Gai Zongheng and raised his betrothal offer, then agreed to ask Xue Zhan where Sword Douluo had gone and raised it again when Tang Zhen brought up Chen Xin.
• Tang Zhen said he would have Gai Zongheng assessed and might persuade him to leave Yuehua if he could not protect her.
• Xue Ye invited Tang Zhen to attend the Soul Master Competition as a special guest, and Tang Zhen accepted, intending to make Clear Sky Sect's alliance with the Heaven Dou Empire public.

Tian Hao worked to stabilize the fusion of his two Grass Sword Martial Souls while discussing the upcoming Soul Master Competition and the Clear Sky Sect with Guang Ling. He planned to eliminate Tang Zhen and the sect, while Tang Xiao and Tang Hao's search for soul bones in the Far North remained a growing concern.

• Tian Hao said his Grass Sword fusion and Sword Domain cultivation had stalled, and Guang Ling suggested Spirit Hall could rig the Finals in his favor.
• Tian Hao described his plan to manipulate the competition draw and keep his fused Violetgold Grass Sword stable as he cultivated.
• Guang Ling revealed that he had solidified a second arrow from his Martial Soul and said Tang Zhen had arrived in Heaven Dou City for the competition.
• Tian Hao vowed to kill Tang Zhen and destroy the Clear Sky Sect so he could claim Tang Yuehua, and Guang Ling told him Tang Xiao and Tang Hao had been tracked to the Far North.
• Tian Hao reflected on how Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones had helped Tang Chen reach the peak, while Tang Xiao and Tang Hao hunted in the Far North for soul rings or soul bones.

Tian Hao and Tang Yuehua arrived in Heaven Dou City after developing their combined swordplay, which Tang Yuehua named Saint Spirit Swordplay. Tang Yuehua went to meet her father while Tian Hao sought entry to the Snowfang Legion’s camp, where a soldier challenged him to a sword-drawing duel.

• Tang Yuehua questioned whether their combined swordplay could reach the Finals, and Tian Hao insisted their goal was to win the championship.
• Tang Yuehua named their combined technique Saint Spirit Swordplay, drawing on Tian Hao’s Sword Saint title and her alias Ling Yue.
• A Snowfang Legion soldier met Tian Hao and Tang Yuehua at Heaven Dou City’s gates and escorted them toward Prince Xue Zhan’s mansion.
• Tang Yuehua’s cousin arrived and took her to meet her father, while she told Tian Hao to visit Prince Xue Zhan and promised to find him the next day.
• Tian Hao asked to visit the Snowfang Legion’s military camp, and the soldier agreed on the condition that Tian Hao defeat him with swordplay.
• The soldier drew his greatsword and unleashed its accumulated Killing Intent, but Tian Hao remained unfazed.

Tian Hao entered the Snowfang Legion camp and met Prince Xue Zhan and Chen Xin. Chen Xin challenged him to display his swordsmanship before the assembled soldiers, and their test began with Tian Hao showing his improved skills.

• Tian Hao defeated a Snowfang Soldier in a swordsmanship contest and followed him to the Snowfang Legion camp.
• Tian Hao noticed the camp’s dense killing intent and considered feeding it to the Asura Seven Kill Sword.
• Tian Hao met Prince Xue Zhan, who discussed Tian Hao’s conflict with Xue Ye and said he believed Tian Hao’s account.
• Chen Xin recognized Tian Hao’s swordsmanship and challenged him to demonstrate it before the legion’s soldiers.
• Tian Hao attacked Chen Xin with his Amethyst Gold Grass Sword and used six controlled strands of Sword Qi to press his assault.

Chen Xin and Tian Hao fought an exhausting swordsmanship duel that lasted through the night, ending when Xue Zhan called them away for the Soul Master Competition. Chen Xin accepted Tian Hao as his disciple, then left him to teach the soldiers in his place, while Xue Zhan moved to win Tian Hao’s favor.

• Chen Xin defeated Tian Hao’s six streams of Sword Qi in the third round and pressed him with superior thrusting techniques, but Tian Hao held on without retreating.
• Chen Xin and Tian Hao continued their close swordsmanship contest from morning until dawn, while Xue Zhan and his deputy general watched and discussed Gai Zongheng’s possible connection to the Seven Kill Sword Lineage.
• Xue Zhan called a halt so he and Chen Xin could attend the opening of the Soul Master Competition.
• Chen Xin praised Tian Hao’s swordsmanship and asked him to become his disciple, and Tian Hao accepted as Gai Zongheng.
• Chen Xin told Tian Hao to teach the soldiers in his stead and returned to his tent, while Xue Zhan took Tian Hao toward the main tent to gain his support.

Tian Hao persuaded Prince Xue Zhan that the Crown Prince’s growing alliance with the Clear Sky Sect threatened the emperor’s balance of power, and urged him to cooperate with His Majesty. Prince Xue Zhan became willing to try Tian Hao’s plan, then rushed to the Soul Master Competition’s opening ceremony after realizing he was late.

• Tian Hao declared his determination to pursue Tang Yuehua and discussed the obstacles posed by Crown Prince Xue Ye and the Clear Sky Sect’s sect master.
• Tian Hao argued that Prince Xue Zhan preferred being a general to becoming emperor, though Prince Xue Zhan rejected the assessment.
• Tian Hao proposed that Prince Xue Zhan tell His Majesty he wanted to experience ruling as emperor, and Prince Xue Zhan initially called the idea dangerous.
• Tian Hao explained that His Majesty was trying to balance Prince Xue Zhan and Crown Prince Xue Ye, and that the Crown Prince’s alliance with Tang Zhen had upset that balance.
• Prince Xue Zhan agreed that Tian Hao’s analysis made sense and became tempted to act on his advice.
• A deputy general reminded Prince Xue Zhan that he was late for the ceremony, so Prince Xue Zhan hurried out while Tian Hao stayed behind.

Xue Zhan asked Emperor Xue Sheng to let him experience being emperor, and Xue Sheng unexpectedly gave him the throne during the Soul Master Competition. After the opening ceremony, Xue Sheng went to the Snowfang Legion camp to find out who had advised his son and learned about Gai Zongheng.

• Xue Zhan arrived late to the Soul Master Competition, then asked Emperor Xue Sheng to let him experience being emperor.
• Emperor Xue Sheng slapped Xue Zhan from his seat and appointed him temporary emperor, ordering Xue Ye to assist him.
• Xue Ye reluctantly accepted the order while Tang Zhen wondered whether to postpone Yuehua and Xue Ye's marriage.
• The Emperor Team Reserve Squad won its opening match, and Xue Zhan went to the imperial palace to take charge.
• Emperor Xue Sheng visited the Snowfang Legion camp and learned that Gai Zongheng had become Sword Douluo's disciple and had recently spent time with Xue Zhan.
• Emperor Xue Sheng recognized Gai Zongheng as the person who had competed with Xue Ye for a girl from the Clear Sky Sect and asked where he was.

Tian Hao developed his sword technique during a spar with Chen Xin and broke through to a Sword Domain under the pressure of Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Domain. Emperor Xue Sheng then promised him a title, a dukedom, and a fief if he won the Soul Master Competition, while Chen Xin wondered what Tian Hao had done to earn the offer.

• Tian Hao and Chen Xin fought with swords at the Snowfang Legion’s training ground, where Tian Hao’s Sword Qi Cyclone matched Chen Xin’s suppressed strength.
• Chen Xin unleashed the Seven Kill Domain, and Tian Hao broke through his sword-intent bottleneck to ignite a Sword Domain.
• Tian Hao thanked Chen Xin, and Emperor Xue Sheng praised his Self-Created Soul Skill before asking about his mask and Sword Saint title.
• Emperor Xue Sheng promised Tian Hao the title of Imperial Sword Saint, a Duke Title, and a fief if he won the Soul Master Competition.
• Tian Hao accepted the offer, while Chen Xin privately wondered why Emperor Xue Sheng had made him such a generous promise.

At Emperor Xue Sheng’s banquet, Tian Hao steered the emperor toward preparing his sons for the coming upheaval, while Chen Xin received news that his son might still be alive. The chapter ended with Xue Sheng considering Tian Hao’s brutal proposed trials and Chen Xin marveling at his junior brother’s talent for fooling people.

• Emperor Xue Sheng told Chen Xin that his wife had died but left a son named Tang Jian, and promised to find him.
• Chen Xin pleaded for help finding his son and vowed to serve the Empire once in return.
• Tian Hao warned Emperor Xue Sheng that worldwide chaos was approaching and assessed Xue Ye as a capable caretaker but Xue Zhan as having potential to expand the realm.
• Tian Hao advised Emperor Xue Sheng to test his sons with hardships, including faked deaths, separation, forced proximity to enemies, and unattainable desires.
• Emperor Xue Sheng considered the trials while Chen Xin silently worried that Tian Hao could one day fool even a god.

Emperor Xue Sheng confronted Xue Ye about his suitability to inherit the throne, then explained why the prince’s proposed alliance with the Clear Sky Sect was a mistake. Xue Ye left determined to meet his father’s expectations, while Emperor Xue Sheng was swept up in the song’s promise of living another five hundred years.

• After returning to the palace, Emperor Xue Sheng ignored Xue Ye and summoned him to a hidden chamber beneath his bedchamber.
• Emperor Xue Sheng demanded that Xue Ye surpass his achievements and said the prince could not inherit the throne if he lacked the courage to do so.
• Emperor Xue Sheng explained that Xue Ye’s love for Yuehua and his marriage proposal to the Clear Sky Sect showed poor judgment, warning that the sect might become a rival or enemy.
• Xue Ye accepted his father’s criticism, promised to improve, and left the chamber resolved to earn the Emperor Position.
• Alone in the chamber, Emperor Xue Sheng hummed the song Tian Hao had sung and became overwhelmed by its promise of living another five hundred years.

The Soul Master Competition began, and Tian Hao received Tang Yuehua’s letter urging him to end their relationship, but he vowed to win the champion’s reward for her. At the Main Viewing Stand, Xue Zhan asserted his authority as emperor by replacing the uncomfortable stone seats with sofas, leaving Xue Ye and the nobles bewildered.

• Tang Yuehua sent Tang Xue to deliver a letter telling Tian Hao that they should separate, but Tian Hao replied that he would win the championship and give her its reward.
• The academies noticed Phantom Sound Academy had only Tian Hao representing it, and Xue Zhan invited him to sit at the Main Viewing Stand.
• Xue Zhan rebuked Xue Ye for addressing him by name and insisted that he was emperor now.
• Tian Hao suggested that Xue Zhan provide Emperor Xue Sheng with a sofa, and Xue Zhan ordered the guards to replace the emperor’s stone chair.
• Emperor Xue Sheng accepted the sofa, while Xue Ye and the nobles wondered why he tolerated Xue Zhan’s behavior.

Tian Hao sang “Ode to Young Heaven Dou” at the Soul Master Competition, moving the crowd and prompting Xue Zhan to order the song taught throughout the empire. His display of immense spiritual power aroused greed among the spectators, so Xue Zhan ordered the Snowfang Legion to protect him.

• Xue Zhan suggested Tian Hao sing to make the Soul Master Competition distinctive, and Tian Hao agreed.
• Tian Hao performed “Ode to Young Heaven Dou,” using spiritual power to amplify the song’s effect on the audience.
• Xue Zhan ordered every Soul Master Academy in the empire to teach the song and required it to be sung at future competition openings.
• Ning Fengzhi and others recognized the song’s influence, while Meng Shu was shocked by the scale of Tian Hao’s spiritual power.
• Spectators suspected Tian Hao possessed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Head Soul Bone, and many became greedy and murderous.
• Xue Zhan ordered the Snowfang Legion to secure the Grand Spirit Arena, while Emperor Xue Sheng calmly approved his son’s forceful response.

The Snowfang Legion took control of Heaven Dou Grand Spirit Arena, where Tian Hao advised Xue Zhan on controlling the legion’s killing intent. Xue Sheng arranged a resentful reunion between Xue Ye and his brothers, and Xue Zhan passed the emperor’s paperwork to Xue Ye.

• The Snowfang Legion surrounded the competition grounds, and Xue Zhan ordered the matches to begin.
• Tian Hao judged the opening teams’ combat skills and argued that young Soul Masters should not be exposed to killing too early.
• Tian Hao pointed out the difference between Sword Douluo’s controlled killing intent and the Snowfang Legion’s savage bloodlust, prompting Xue Zhan to decide to speak with Sword Douluo.
• Xue Sheng ordered Xue Ye to sit beside Xue Zhan, but Tian Hao pulled him between himself and his younger brother.
• Xue Zhan teased Xue Ye about Xiao Gai and ordered a guard to bring over the administrative documents for Xue Ye to review.