Recaps

Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong asked Xue Qinghe to take the throne, but Xue Qinghe mistook their demand for a test of his loyalty to Emperor Xue Ye. The chapter ended with him insisting he had no designs on the throne while the two men remained kneeling.

• Yu Yuanzhen agreed to support Xue Qinghe if he chose to become emperor, and Ning Fengzhi assured him the Crown Prince would understand the greater good.
• Xue Qinghe learned that the Spirit Empire had not contacted his allies and that they did not know whether Qian Xunji was leading its operation.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong worried that Xue Qinghe might refuse their proposal, then decided to visit him after nightfall.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong knelt before Xue Qinghe and asked him to ascend the throne and become emperor.
• Xue Qinghe feared they were testing whether he had been exposed as an undercover agent and insisted he would never seize a throne Emperor Xue Ye had not given him.

Xue Qinghe accepted Ning Fengzhi’s offer to help her become Emperor of Heaven Dou, while still suspecting the offer might be a test. Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong then planned to make Ning Rongrong Empress, and Ning Fengzhi set out to address her attachment to Oscar.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong urged Xue Qinghe to take the throne, and Xue Qinghe agreed to leave the arrangements to Ning Fengzhi.
• After Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong departed, Xue Qinghe asked Yu Long whether the offer was a test and ordered her people to cooperate if it was genuine.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong discussed making Ning Rongrong Empress to bind the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Xue Qinghe’s rule.
• Gu Rong left to arrange the plan, while Ning Fengzhi decided to speak with Ning Rongrong about Oscar.
• Ning Rongrong remained consumed by guilt over Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s death, believing her willfulness had caused it.

After Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s death, Ning Rongrong began recovering with Oscar’s support and accepted that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not yet challenge Spirit Hall. Ning Fengzhi then told her that she and Oscar were not people of the same world and could not be together.

• Ning Rongrong grieved for Sword Douluo Chen Xin and recognized that seeking revenge on Spirit Hall with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s current strength would be futile.
• Oscar comforted Ning Rongrong and promised that they would grow strong enough to avenge Sword Douluo Chen Xin and defeat Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi thanked Oscar for supporting Ning Rongrong, then asked him to leave so he could speak with his daughter alone.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that she no longer blamed him for not seeking revenge and vowed to grow stronger.
• Ning Fengzhi asked about Ning Rongrong’s relationship with Oscar, then told her to stop seeing him because they were not people of the same world.

Ning Fengzhi urged Ning Rongrong to accept an engagement to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s survival, leaving her shaken and feeling she had no real choice. He then told Oscar to give up on Rongrong, despite praising his devotion and potential.

• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong that the Spirit Empire’s rise put the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in danger and proposed betrothing her to Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Rongrong rejected the engagement, but her memories of Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s sacrifice and fear for her family made her hesitate.
• Ning Fengzhi assured Ning Rongrong that the sect would support her choice, then left her to think it over.
• Ning Rongrong laughed and cried over her belief that she had no power to choose her own fate.
• Ning Fengzhi met Oscar, praised him, and advised him to give up on Ning Rongrong because they were not suitable for each other.

Oscar left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Ning Fengzhi urged him to give up on Ning Rongrong, but vowed to prove he could protect her. That night, Xue Qinghe and his allies took control of the Heaven Dou imperial palace and entered Emperor Xue Ye’s bedchamber, where the emperor still did not suspect a rebellion.

• Ning Fengzhi told Oscar that the coming turmoil meant Ning Rongrong needed someone who could protect her and urged him to give her up.
• Oscar refused to abandon Ning Rongrong, promised to prove himself, and left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xue Qinghe’s people took control of the Heaven Dou imperial palace, and Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen entered with Xue Qinghe.
• Emperor Xue Ye called for his guards but received no response, then watched Xue Qinghe and his group enter his bedchamber.

Xue Qinghe seized the Heaven Dou Empire’s throne from Emperor Xue Ye and became Emperor Qinghe. After the swift, Spirit Empire-backed transition, Ning Fengzhi raised the question of finding her an Empress and suggested his daughter, Ning Rongrong.

• Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi demanded that Emperor Xue Ye abdicate, and Xue Qinghe revealed that the palace was under her control.
• Emperor Xue Ye agreed to abdicate but asked to keep women for his amusement, so Xue Qinghe had him escorted away and ordered eunuchs to attend him.
• The next day, Emperor Xue Ye abdicated and Xue Qinghe ascended the throne as Emperor Qinghe without unrest.
• The chapter revealed that the Spirit Empire had helped ensure Xue Qinghe’s smooth takeover of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Emperor Qinghe when she would take an Empress and suggested Ning Rongrong, whom Emperor Qinghe praised as a good candidate but noted was young.

Xue Qinghe agreed to Ning Fengzhi’s plan for Ning Rongrong to become Empress, while Hun Xiu forced the Haotian Sect to submit to Spirit Hall and set out for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The chapter left Hun Xiu preparing to apologize for killing Sword Douluo and seek another foothold among the major soul master factions.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Xue Qinghe to make Ning Rongrong Empress, and Xue Qinghe agreed while planning to keep her disguise.
• Hun Xiu led Spirit Hall’s experts into the Haotian Sect and demanded that the elders submit or die.
• Hun Xiu’s aura suppressed the five elders, and the Second Elder agreed to surrender.
• Hun Xiu killed the four elders who had not surrendered and appointed the Second Elder as Sect Master under Spirit Hall.
• Hun Xiu left the Seventh Enshrined Elder to assist the Haotian Sect and took the others to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Hun Xiu arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with four Enshrined Elder elders and demanded that the sect submit to Spirit Hall. Ning Fengzhi asked what submission would mean for his sect, and Hun Xiu promised that everything would remain the same.

• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong that she was about to become Empress, but she responded coldly.
• Ning Fengzhi learned that Hun Xiu and powerful Spirit Hall members had come to the sect, so he summoned Gu Rong and hurried to the main hall.
• Hun Xiu ordered Ning Fengzhi to make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect subordinate to Spirit Hall.
• Hun Xiu threatened to slaughter the sect and reminded Ning Fengzhi that Spirit Hall had already defeated the Haotian Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi asked what would happen if the sect submitted, and Hun Xiu said it would remain one of the Upper Three Sects with little interference from Spirit Hall.

Ning Fengzhi submitted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Spirit Hall, while Hun Xiu moved on to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family and killed its Clan Head, Yu Yuanzhen, after he refused to submit. Hun Xiu installed the surrendering Yu Luomian as the new Clan Head and left Spirit Hall Enshrined Elders to control both sects.

• Ning Fengzhi submitted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to avoid the deaths of its disciples, and Hun Xiu left the Third and Fourth Enshrined Elders to assist him.
• Hun Xiu and the Fifth and Sixth Enshrined Elders went to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, where Yu Yuanzhen refused Spirit Hall's offer.
• The Fifth and Sixth Enshrined Elders killed Yu Yuanzhen instantly, and Yu Luomian surrendered to Hun Xiu.
• Hun Xiu appointed Yu Luomian Clan Head and left the Fifth and Sixth Enshrined Elders to assist him and eliminate opposition to Spirit Hall.
• Hun Xiu gave Yu Luomian Yu Yuanzhen's Soul Bones and asked whether he could use them to become a Titled Douluo.

Hun Xiu consolidated Spirit Hall’s influence by installing Yu Luomian over the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, visiting Qian Renxue, and killing Dai Tianfeng to plunge the Star Luo Empire into a succession crisis. Back at Spirit Hall, he inspected Tang San’s work on Hidden Weapons and told A Yin that Tang San was not her son, leaving her to reject his claims about Tang Hao.

• Hun Xiu promised Yu Luomian Yu Yuanzhen’s Soul Bones and control of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, then ordered the Fifth and Sixth Enshrined Elders to help him take power.
• Hun Xiu visited Qian Renxue in the Heaven Dou Empire, comforted her, and told her to continue her undercover role until Spirit Hall could take control.
• Hun Xiu confronted Dai Tianfeng in Star Luo City and killed him, and the emperor’s death sparked a succession struggle between Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai.
• Hun Xiu returned to Spirit Hall, heard Gui Mei’s report on Hidden Weapons, and praised Tang San’s cooperation while authorizing him to visit Tang Hao.
• A Yin asked when she could tell Tang San the truth, but Hun Xiu insisted that Tang San was not her son and claimed Tang Hao’s love for her was not as deep as hers.

A Yin learned that Tang Hao had plotted to use her sacrifice to strengthen the Haotian Sect, then ended their relationship after confronting him. Tang Hao died in the dungeon, and when Tang San accused Hun Xiu of killing his father, a woman in blue confessed that she had done it.

• Tang Hao gave Tang San two Soul Bones by cutting them from his own body, then told Hun Xiu that the Haotian Sect had engineered the attack on A Yin to make her sacrifice herself to him.
• Tang Hao admitted that he had loved A Yin but valued the Haotian Sect more, and Hun Xiu revealed that the pockmarked maid was the living A Yin.
• A Yin slapped Tang Hao, ended their relationship, and left; Hun Xiu told Tang Hao that A Yin belonged to him before joining her in the Grass Garden.
• Tang Hao died in the dungeon that night, and Tang San confronted Hun Xiu, accusing him of killing his father.
• A woman in blue entered and told Tang San that she had killed Tang Hao because he deserved to die.

A Yin revealed that she was Tang San’s mother and explained that Tang Hao had used her for her hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone, leading her to kill him. Tang San blamed Hun Xiu for the events, concealed his hatred, and was pressured into calling him Dad.

• Tang San attacked A Yin with Blue Silver Grass, but her Blue Silver Domain stopped the vines and revealed their connection.
• A Yin proved she was Tang San’s mother through their shared bloodline, and they embraced after he accepted her identity.
• Tang San asked whether A Yin had killed Tang Hao, and she confirmed it and explained that Tang Hao had exploited her for her soul ring and soul bone.
• A Yin told Tang San that Tang Hao had revealed the truth himself, but Tang San shifted his hatred and desire for revenge onto Hun Xiu.
• A Yin introduced Hun Xiu as Tang San’s uncle and suggested he call him Dad, so Tang San reluctantly agreed while secretly vowing to surpass him.

Hun Xiu’s adoption of Tang San angered Bibi Dong, while the Spirit Empire steadily absorbed Heaven Dou territory. Xue Xing and Xue Beng attempted to depose Xue Qinghe, but he revealed the coup had been allowed and arranged by him, leaving the rebels surrounded as Xue Xing challenged whether his guards could stop him.

• Bibi Dong confronted Hun Xiu about adopting Tang San and warned him not to entrust Spirit Hall to an enemy’s son.
• Hun Xiu teased Bibi Dong about bearing him another child, provoking her fury and a threat to kill him.
• Over the following year, the Spirit Empire took large areas of Heaven Dou territory while Xue Qinghe made no apparent effort to resist.
• Xue Xing and Xue Beng joined ministers in a midnight attempt to depose Xue Qinghe, who revealed he had let them reach his study as part of his plan.
• Xue Qinghe summoned armed guards to surround the conspirators and said their lives were in his hands, but Xue Xing claimed the guards could not stop him.

Xue Qinghe crushed Prince Xue Xing’s rebellion, executed the conspirators, and learned that the Spirit Empire was a month away from taking over the Heaven Dou Empire. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Soul City and reunited with Hun Xiu, where she met A Yin.

• Prince Xue Xing tried to seize Xue Qinghe, but Yu Long and Ci Xue appeared and captured him.
• Xue Qinghe ordered Prince Xue Xing and the other rebel ministers executed, then had Xue Beng executed after revealing he had feigned stubbornness for years.
• Yu Long told Xue Qinghe that the Spirit Empire needed one more month to take over the Heaven Dou Empire; Xue Qinghe ordered that he be reported as having entered seclusion and said he would return to Spirit Soul City.
• Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Soul City after several days and went to see Hun Xiu, telling him she intended to stay by his side.
• Hun Xiu introduced A Yin to Qian Renxue as her aunt, surprising Qian Renxue, who had only heard that he had taken in a godson.

Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Soul City and reunited with Hun Xiu before visiting Bibi Dong, who allowed her to call her “Mom.” After leaving the Papal Hall, Qian Renxue encountered Tang San, who did not recognize her.

• Hun Xiu introduced A Yin to his daughter, Qian Renxue, and told her to visit Bibi Dong, who had changed.
• A Yin learned that Bibi Dong was Qian Renxue’s mother and realized she was his rival for Hun Xiu’s affection.
• Qian Renxue met Bibi Dong at the Papal Hall and heard that the Spirit Empire would take control of the Heaven Dou Empire within a month.
• Qian Renxue asked whether she could call Bibi Dong “Mom,” and Bibi Dong agreed.
• After leaving the Papal Hall, Qian Renxue met Gui Mei and Tang San, greeted Tang San, and found that he did not recognize her.

Qian Renxue revealed to Tang San that she was the former Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince who had infiltrated the Heaven Dou Empire. Tang San learned that Heaven Dou had fallen to Spirit Hall and concluded that the Spirit Empire was preparing to conquer Star Luo as well.

• Qian Renxue transformed into Xue Qinghe to prove her identity to Tang San, then introduced herself as Qian Renxue and told him to call her Sister.
• After Qian Renxue left, Tang San asked Gui Mei who she was, and Gui Mei explained that she was Qian Xunji's daughter and Spirit Hall's young mistress.
• Gui Mei said Qian Renxue had been away from Spirit Hall for more than ten years, and Tang San realized she had secretly ruled the Heaven Dou Empire as Xue Qinghe.
• Tang San inferred that Spirit Hall had taken control of Heaven Dou and was exploiting Star Luo's succession struggle to weaken it.
• Tang San recognized that the Spirit Empire's Hidden Weapons gave it a decisive advantage in a future war against Star Luo.

Hun Xiu kept Tang San close while Tang San awakened his Blue Silver Sovereign, then summoned him to help the Spirit Empire take the Star Luo Empire without bloodshed. The chapter ended with Hun Xiu explaining that he wanted Tang San to aid the conquest, while Tang San focused on gaining Hun Xiu’s trust so he could betray him later.

• Hun Xiu told Tang San he was free of restrictions and urged him to visit A Yin, while privately remaining wary of him.
• A Yin took Tang San away for a month, and he returned with his Blue Silver Sovereign fully awakened, greater soul power, and a changed appearance.
• The Spirit Empire absorbed the Heaven Dou Empire, while Dai Mubai became emperor of the Star Luo Empire and his forces suffered defeats against the Spirit Empire.
• Hun Xiu summoned Tang San after his return and explained that he wanted to conquer the Star Luo Empire without causing casualties.
• Tang San was dumbfounded by Hun Xiu’s request and continued thinking about how to earn his trust so he could strike from behind.

Hun Xiu sent Tang San to persuade Dai Mubai to surrender Star Luo Empire, and Spirit Empire absorbed the kingdom with little bloodshed. After naming Tang San its Holy Son and betrothing him to Xiao Wu, Hun Xiu turned his attention to Star Dou Great Forest, alarming A Yin with his plans.

• Hun Xiu asked Tang San to persuade Dai Mubai to surrender and sent Yue Guan and Gui Mei with him to Star Luo City.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai that Spirit Empire wanted Star Luo Empire to surrender, and Dai Mubai agreed to do so rather than endanger his people in a losing war.
• Dai Mubai announced Star Luo Empire's surrender, and Spirit Empire took control of its territory within three days; Dai Mubai left with Zhu Zhuqing to live in seclusion.
• Hun Xiu made Tang San Spirit Hall's Holy Son and arranged his engagement to Xiao Wu, then planned to bring Star Dou Great Forest into Spirit Empire.
• Hun Xiu asked A Yin for advice about taking Star Dou Great Forest, and A Yin objected that the soul beasts would be confined and slaughtered.

Hun Xiu took Tang San and Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest to demand that its rulers submit to the Spirit Empire. After the Azure Sky Bull Python rejected him and attacked, Hun Xiu struck its tail, and the furious beast prepared to fight.

• Hun Xiu told Tang San and Xiao Wu to persuade the Azure Sky Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape to surrender, and Xiao Wu agreed after discussing the Spirit Empire's strength with Tang San.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu set out for the Star Dou Great Forest with Hun Xiu, reaching its depths in half an hour.
• Xiao Wu reunited with Er Ming and Da Ming, while Tang San saw the forest's two powerful rulers up close.
• Hun Xiu demanded that the Azure Sky Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape submit, but the Azure Sky Bull Python told him to leave.
• The Azure Sky Bull Python attacked Hun Xiu with its tail, and Hun Xiu's Angel Sacred Sword deflected the blow without severing it.
• The injured Azure Sky Bull Python grew enraged and readied itself to kill Hun Xiu.

Hun Xiu defeated the Azure Sky Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, then persuaded Xiao Wu to arrange their temporary submission. He traveled to Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi confronted him and asked why he had come.

• Hun Xiu overpowered the Azure Sky Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, then demanded that they submit to him and the Star Dou Great Forest follow.
• Xiao Wu persuaded Da Ming and Er Ming to temporarily submit, and they agreed on the condition that the forest's soul beasts would not be kept as pets.
• Hun Xiu flew to Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi sensed his arrival and sent the Seven Sacred Pillars to escort him to the Sea God Temple.
• Bo Saixi recognized Hun Xiu as a young level ninety-nine Absolute Douluo and asked why he had come to Sea God Island.
• Hun Xiu remarked on Bo Saixi's directness, and she demanded an answer while noticing his handsome appearance.

Hun Xiu challenged Bo Saixi for control of Sea God Island and her hand, wagering that he would serve her if he lost. After battling for three days and nights without a winner, he unleashed more of his power and suppressed Bo Saixi’s Sea God Martial Soul, leaving her stunned and questioning whether she had lost.

• Hun Xiu told Bo Saixi he had come to take Sea God Island and conquer her, then proposed that she become his if he won and that he serve her if he lost.
• Bo Saixi accepted the wager and fought Hun Xiu over the sea, summoning her Sea God Martial Soul while he revealed his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Hun Xiu and Bo Saixi battled for three days and nights, but neither could defeat the other, so Bo Saixi proposed calling it a draw.
• Hun Xiu said he had not used half his strength and unleashed a terrifying power that suppressed Bo Saixi’s Sea God Martial Soul.
• Hun Xiu declared that Bo Saixi had lost, but Bo Saixi refused to believe it.

Hun Xiu defeated Bo Saixi and demanded that she honor their wager, while Bo Saixi refused to hand Sea God Island over because it belonged to the Sea God. After three days, Hun Xiu accepted her refusal in exchange for Sea God Island and the surrounding ocean joining the Spirit Empire, and he ended by ordering the Seven Sacred Pillars to leave.

• Bo Saixi admitted defeat after Hun Xiu suppressed her martial soul and soul power, then agreed to give him an answer about their wager in three days.
• Bo Saixi told the Seven Sacred Pillars that Hun Xiu might be a god and refused to give him Sea God Island, though she was willing to give herself to him.
• Hun Xiu stayed in Bo Saixi's bedchamber for three nights while Bo Saixi slept in the Sea God Temple.
• Bo Saixi told Hun Xiu she would honor her promise to become his woman but could not give away Sea God Island.
• Hun Xiu proposed that Sea God Island and the surrounding ocean join the Spirit Empire while retaining their local authority, then told the Seven Sacred Pillars to leave.

Hun Xiu took the Sea God Trident from the Sea God Temple and left Sea God Island, while Bo Saixi stayed behind and was questioned by the Sea God about him. Back at Spirit Hall, Hun Xiu urged Qian Renxue to hand over her political duties and focus on cultivation as Bibi Dong pursued godhood in seclusion.

• Hun Xiu sent the Seven Sacred Pillars away, flirted with Bo Saixi, and declared that he would take the Sea God Trident for someone destined to wield it.
• Hun Xiu summoned the trident into his hand despite Bo Saixi's doubts, stored it away for Tang San, and left Sea God Island after three days.
• After Hun Xiu departed, the Sea God awakened in the temple, asked Bo Saixi about Qian Xunji, and ordered the Seven Sacred Pillars to leave so he could question her alone.
• Hun Xiu returned to Spirit Hall, where he learned Tang San and the others had not yet returned and summoned Qian Renxue while Bibi Dong remained in seclusion.
• Hun Xiu told Qian Renxue to delegate her empire's affairs to Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo and devote herself to cultivation.

Hun Xiu led the Spirit Empire's army into the City of Slaughter to bring it under imperial control, then easily overwhelmed the King of Slaughter despite the city's restrictions. When the King of Slaughter's secret failed to save him, he contacted Tang Chen and offered to return his body in exchange for help.

• Hun Xiu told Qian Renxue to abandon imperial duties and focus on cultivating, then assigned Ju and Gui Douluo to manage the Spirit Empire while she entered seclusion.
• Hun Xiu led ten thousand soldiers and Titled Douluo Ci Xue and Yu Long to the City of Slaughter, where they cut down the city's sinners.
• The King of Slaughter challenged Hun Xiu, but Hun Xiu used soul power freely, destroyed the bat army, and pinned him beneath his foot.
• Hun Xiu refused to spare the King of Slaughter after learning that the City of Slaughter offered a trial for godhood, a secret Hun Xiu already knew.
• The King of Slaughter contacted Tang Chen and offered to return his body, and Tang Chen asked what he would have to do in return.

Hun Xiu revealed that the King of Slaughter was the Nine-Headed Bat King possessing Tang Chen, then defeated Tang Chen and killed the parasite. He told Tang Chen that he would die too because Spirit Hall had destroyed the Haotian Sect, leaving Tang Chen to accept the reason for his execution.

• Hun Xiu exposed the King of Slaughter as the Nine-Headed Bat King controlling Tang Chen and challenged him to reveal Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen emerged with the Clear Sky Hammer and attacked Hun Xiu, but Hun Xiu froze the space around him and knocked him into the pit.
• Hun Xiu pierced all nine of the Nine-Headed Bat King's heads, killing him despite his pleas for reassurance.
• Hun Xiu told Tang Chen he would kill him to prevent any threat to Spirit Hall after it destroyed the Haotian Sect.
• Tang Chen understood Hun Xiu's motive and accepted that Hun Xiu would not spare him.