Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao returned to the Haotian Sect as Spirit Hall’s emissary and urged its leaders to surrender, revealing that A Yin was alive in Spirit Hall’s hands and that he had joined to protect her. The Second Elder rejected surrender and challenged Tang Hao to explain what price Spirit Hall would impose.

• Tang Hao entered the village guarding the Haotian Sect and identified himself to Tang Long and Tang Hu with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao slipped past the guards and reunited with his elder brother, Tang Xiao, in the sect’s main hall.
• Tang Xiao defended Tang Hao against the Second Elder, who demanded to know why Tang Hao had returned and how he had escaped Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao said he had surrendered to Spirit Hall because A Yin was in its hands, then explained her condition to Tang Xiao.
• Tang Hao revealed that Spirit Hall planned to attack the Haotian Sect again and that he had come to persuade it to surrender.
• The Second Elder refused to make the Haotian Sect Spirit Hall’s subordinate, and Tang Hao warned him about the price of defying Qian Xunji.

Tang Hao persuaded Haotian Sect to feign surrender to Spirit Hall, then brought Tang Xiao to Spirit Soul City to negotiate for A Yin. Hun Xiu exposed their plan and refused to return A Yin, leaving Tang Hao and Tang Xiao under his crushing pressure.

• Tang Hao warned Haotian Sect that it could not defeat Spirit Hall and urged the elders to pretend to surrender while secretly building strength.
• Tang Xiao agreed to surrender, but the elders refused to go to Spirit Hall, so Tang Xiao and Tang Hao traveled there without them.
• Hun Xiu questioned Tang Xiao in Papal Hall, and Tang Xiao swore that Haotian Sect would serve Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao asked Hun Xiu to return A Yin, but Hun Xiu refused and accused Tang Hao and Tang Xiao of staging the surrender to rescue her.
• Hun Xiu released a terrifying pressure over Tang Hao and Tang Xiao after declaring their deception obvious.

Hun Xiu suppressed Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, then used A Yin’s life to force the Haotian Sect to surrender to Spirit Hall. Tang Hao chose the sect over A Yin, and Hun Xiu destroyed her, leaving both brothers grieving.

• Hun Xiu effortlessly pinned Tang Hao and Tang Xiao down and revealed that his strength far exceeded their expectations.
• Hun Xiu threatened A Yin’s life, and Tang Xiao offered to surrender the Haotian Sect to Spirit Hall to save her.
• Tang Hao rejected the surrender, declaring that the Haotian Sect mattered more than A Yin and could not become Spirit Hall’s lapdog.
• Hun Xiu destroyed A Yin’s Blue Silver Grass, and Tang Xiao and Tang Hao wept as Tang Hao vowed to kill Qian Xunji.

Hun Xiu crippled Tang Hao, killed Tang Xiao after he refused to make the Haotian Sect surrender, and revealed Spirit Hall’s plan to become an empire and conquer the continent. Bibi Dong resolved to become a god and kill Hun Xiu, while Tang Hao suffered in the dungeon and Tang San was forced to kneel before Hun Xiu.

• Hun Xiu defeated Tang Hao, pressured Tang Xiao to surrender the Haotian Sect to Spirit Hall, and killed him when he refused.
• Hun Xiu ordered Tang Hao taken to the dungeon, where he woke to find his soul power and martial soul gone and was beaten by jailers.
• Bibi Dong, sidelined by Hun Xiu within Spirit Hall, felt divine power and vowed to become a god and kill him.
• Tang San confronted Hun Xiu over Tang Hao’s imprisonment, but Hun Xiu’s pressure forced him to kneel.

Tang San submitted to Hun Xiu to protect his family, then discovered A Yin might be his mother before being overpowered while trying to rescue Tang Hao. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong impaling Tang San and moving to pierce his heart.

• Hun Xiu told Tang San that Tang Hao was imprisoned for betraying him, but said he might release him if Tang San performed well.
• A Yin and Tang San recognized each other through their Blue Silver Sovereign bloodline, but Hun Xiu stopped A Yin from revealing that she was Tang San’s mother.
• Hun Xiu told A Yin that Tang San might not be her son and promised to explain only if she fulfilled their wager.
• Tang San found Tang Hao beaten and unconscious in the dungeon, then tried to carry him out despite warnings from Zhang San and Li Si.
• Zhang San and Li Si revealed their Soul Douluo strength and knocked Tang San down, after which Bibi Dong arrived and ordered them away.
• Bibi Dong restrained Tang San with her spider legs, pierced his limbs, and prepared to stab his heart despite Tang San invoking Hun Xiu.

Bibi Dong hesitated to kill Tang San after he invoked Yu Xiaogang, but Hun Xiu rescued Tang San and brought Bibi Dong to the dungeon to confront Yu Xiaogang. Hun Xiu began revealing that Yu Xiaogang had used Bibi Dong to gain access to Spirit Hall’s knowledge, leaving Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang facing the truth of their past.

• Tang San begged Bibi Dong to spare him by revealing that he was Yu Xiaogang’s prized disciple, making Bibi Dong hesitate to devour him.
• Hun Xiu stopped Bibi Dong, freed Tang San, and ordered Zhang San and Li Si to take him for medical treatment.
• Hun Xiu told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang was in the dungeon and led her to see him.
• Bibi Dong found Yu Xiaogang imprisoned alongside Liu Erlong, and Hun Xiu said he had brought her there to reveal the truth about their past.
• Hun Xiu described how Yu Xiaogang had pursued Bibi Dong to gain access to Spirit Hall’s library and use its knowledge to develop his martial soul theories.

Hun Xiu exposed Yu Xiaogang’s ulterior motives in his past relationship with Bibi Dong, and Yu Xiaogang admitted he had approached her to use her. Bibi Dong accepted the truth but refused to kill him, calling him trash.

• Hun Xiu recounted how Yu Xiaogang had used Bibi Dong’s status and later lost her when her teacher refused to let her leave Spirit Hall.
• Hun Xiu challenged Bibi Dong to reconsider her memories of Yu Xiaogang, while Yu Xiaogang remained silent.
• Bibi Dong demanded to know whether Yu Xiaogang had approached her with a purpose, and Yu Xiaogang admitted that he had.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Yu Xiaogang had ever loved her, and he said he had been attracted to her but knew they could never be together.
• Hun Xiu asked Bibi Dong whether she wanted Yu Xiaogang killed, but she refused, saying she did not kill trash.

After Bibi Dong spared Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, Hun Xiu turned his attention to the Spirit Empire’s expansion and led five Enshrined Elders into the Heaven Dou Empire. The Heaven Dou court debated his intentions, while Crown Prince Xue Qinghe—secretly Qian Renxue—reasoned that the Spirit Empire was not yet targeting the imperial family.

• Bibi Dong left Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong alive, and Hun Xiu ordered them to leave; two black-robed Soul Douluo later killed them after they left Spirit Soul City.
• Spirit Hall renamed itself the Spirit Empire, with Spirit Soul City as its capital, alarming the factions across Douluo Continent.
• Hun Xiu borrowed the Third through Seventh Enshrined Elders from Qian Daoliu and took them into the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The Heaven Dou Empire monitored Hun Xiu and his group as they traveled toward Heaven Dou City, while Hun Xiu allowed the scouts to follow.
• Emperor Xue Ye asked his court why Qian Xunji had brought five Titled Douluo toward the city, and Xue Qinghe argued that the Spirit Empire was unlikely to attack the imperial family.

Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi suspected that Hun Xiu’s six Titled Douluo were targeting the Haotian Sect, while Emperor Xue Ye admitted the Heaven Dou Empire could not stop them. Convinced Xue Qinghe should rule in the coming conflict, Ning Fengzhi sought Yu Yuanzhen’s support for a rebellion, and Yu shut the hall doors to hear him out.

• Qian Renxue argued that the Spirit Empire was probably not targeting the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and Ning Fengzhi agreed that they should track Hun Xiu’s group rather than risk confronting six powerful Titled Douluo.
• Emperor Xue Ye acknowledged the Heaven Dou Empire’s weakness and urged its experts to take responsibility for its future.
• Xue Qinghe told Ning Fengzhi that Hun Xiu’s party was likely heading for the Haotian Sect, and Ning Fengzhi agreed while remaining cautious.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong discussed replacing Emperor Xue Ye with Xue Qinghe, then agreed to seek the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family’s support.
• Ning Fengzhi directly invited Yu Yuanzhen to join a rebellion, and Yu closed the hall doors after realizing he was serious.

Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong sought Yu Yuanzhen’s support for a swift change of ruler in the Heaven Dou Empire, and Yu agreed once he learned Crown Prince Xue Qinghe would take the throne. The plan stalled when they realized they had not asked whether Xue Qinghe would accept it.

• Yu Yuanzhen admitted he had considered replacing Emperor Xue Ye but feared rebellion would leave the Heaven Dou Empire vulnerable to its rivals.
• Ning Fengzhi argued that a rapid change of ruler would prevent internal turmoil, and Yu asked who would become emperor.
• Ning Fengzhi named Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, convincing Yu that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family could help him ascend quickly.
• Yu agreed to join the plan, believing Xue Qinghe was fit to rule and that advancing the crown prince was not truly rebellion.
• Yu questioned whether Xue Qinghe would agree to take his father’s throne, and Ning Fengzhi fell silent as he considered the prince’s filial nature.

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.