Chapter Summaries

Dai Yao endured the Clear Sky Sect’s assault while charging his evolved Fourth Spirit Skill, Thunder Eight Extremes Collapse. As the two hundred disciples completed the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, Dai Yao unleashed his thunder dragon against their combined attack, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Dai Yao began charging White Tiger Thunder God Strike as three Clear Sky Sect Soul Sages and more than two hundred disciples tried to overwhelm him.
• Tang San warned Tang Yuehua that Dai Yao’s skill could reach Soul Douluo-level power but supposedly left him unable to move or counterattack while charging.
• Dai Yao revealed that his Fourth Spirit Skill had evolved, striking back with Thunder Eight Extremes Collapse and defeating the three Soul Sages’ repeated attacks.
• Tang Xiao ordered three elders to secretly surround Chrysanthemum Douluo and his companions while Tang Long and Tang Hu urged the disciples to avenge their martial uncles.
• The two hundred disciples completed the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and attacked together, while Dai Yao sent a blue-purple thunder dragon against their black dragons.

Dai Yao defeated the Clear Sky Sect’s two hundred disciples, forcing the sect to reveal that it had six Titled Douluo. Spirit Hall then arrived with six Titled Douluo of its own, and as the twelve began fighting, Cyan Luan Douluo carried Dai Yao to safety while the battle continued.

• Dai Yao’s thunder dragon destroyed the Clear Sky Sect disciples’ two hundred Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer attacks, leaving them defeated and demoralized.
• Tang Xiao and the Seventh Elder threatened Dai Yao and the three Spirit Hall Titled Douluo, then revealed that the Clear Sky Sect had six Titled Douluo, including three newly emerged elders.
• Tang Xiao ordered the defeated disciples to return to the sect, cut the Iron Chain Bridge, and seal the Mountain Gate while the elders prepared to fight.
• Dai Yao called on the hidden Spirit Hall reinforcements, and Cyan Luan Douluo, Jiang Mo, and Thousand Jun Douluo appeared, bringing Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo force to six.
• Cyan Luan Douluo, Jiang Mo, and Thousand Jun Douluo led the Spirit Hall group into battle against the Clear Sky Sect’s six Titled Douluo, while Cyan Luan Douluo took Dai Yao away from the fight.
• Cyan Luan Douluo left Dai Yao with a Soul Douluo near Heaven Dou City, and Dai Yao departed by carriage as the battle’s shockwaves shook the surrounding mountains.

After returning to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Dai Yao found Dugu Yan transformed into a powerful Spirit Emperor with an Azure Dragon martial soul, though she initially pretended not to recognize him. They reunited, and Ye Lingling watched in disbelief as Dugu Yan showed a playful, affectionate side she had never seen.

• Dai Yao parted from the bishop outside Heaven Dou City and decided that Spirit Hall's distrust made it time to establish his own sect.
• Dai Yao flew to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, using his Chaos Cyan Lotus fifth Spirit Skill, Infinite Soul Power, to replenish his Spirit Power.
• Dai Yao mistook Ye Lingling for Dugu Yan and embraced her before they both demanded to know who the other was.
• Dugu Yan arrived and attacked Dai Yao, then revealed her Azure Dragon martial soul and Spirit Emperor strength.
• Dugu Yan recognized Dai Yao after pretending he was an impostor, embraced him, and teased him for staying away for five years while Ye Lingling stared in shock.

Dai Yao reunited with Dugu Yan and learned that Ye Lingling had sought refuge from an unknown faction targeting her family and its Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul. After agreeing to protect Ye Lingling, Dai Yao turned to business and told Dugu Yan he wanted to establish a sect.

• Dai Yao apologized for being unable to visit Dugu Yan, and they joyfully reunited.
• Dugu Yan introduced Ye Lingling, who revealed that relatives in her family had vanished and her father suspected a powerful faction was targeting the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
• Dai Yao agreed to let Ye Lingling stay under his protection and offered to help if she needed it.
• Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling about marrying Dai Yao, while Dai Yao refused to exploit her vulnerable situation.
• Dai Yao told Dugu Yan that he wanted to establish a sect.

Dai Yao told Dugu Yan to lead the sect he planned to establish after obtaining his Sixth Spirit Ring, and she agreed to recruit forces in the Star Luo Empire. Meanwhile, Ning Fengzhi learned of the Clear Sky Sect’s strength and Dai Yao’s role in Spirit Hall’s attack, leaving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect wary of the coming conflict.

• Dai Yao asked Dugu Yan to serve as the future sect master and explained that he planned to recruit the Single Attribute Four Clans in the Star Luo Empire.
• Dugu Yan agreed to lead the sect and suggested using her grandfather to poison anyone who refused to join.
• Dai Yao left the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well for Heaven Dou City, and Dugu Yan cried before telling Ye Lingling she would bring her along to help the sect.
• A carrier pigeon delivered Bone Douluo’s report to Ning Fengzhi, who learned that Spirit Hall’s six Titled Douluo had failed to overcome the Clear Sky Sect’s defenses.
• Sword Douluo read that Dai Yao had defeated Tang San and swept through the Clear Sky Sect’s disciples, while Ning Fengzhi revealed that Dai Yao had redirected Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Plan away from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Tang San accepted three conditions from Clear Sky Sect in order to return with Tang Hao and potentially become sect master, then left the mountain as the sect prepared to end its seclusion. Dai Yao returned to Oakland Academy and headed to its Soul Arena to see his former teammates before the next All-Continent Soul Master Competition.

• Second Elder told Tang San he could return to Clear Sky Sect with Tang Hao if he reached Soul Power Level eighty within ten years, obtained a One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as his eighth ring, and killed Dai Yao.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua saw Tang San off at the Iron Chain Bridge, and Tang Xiao explained that the three conditions were tests of Tang San's potential and prestige.
• Tang Xiao told Tang San that Clear Sky Sect would leave seclusion because Spirit Hall was closing in, and Tang San departed from the snowy mountains.
• Dai Yao returned in disguise to Oakland Academy and heard students discuss the upcoming team selection and competition.
• Dai Yao went toward Oakland's Soul Arena, hoping to reunite with his former teammates after five years apart.

Dai Yao returned to Oakland Soul Arena in disguise and agreed to help Feng Qianli humble the arrogant Oakland Battle Team. He effortlessly defeated Wang Lin and the other team members, leaving the support Soul Master alone on the Duel Arena.

• Oakland Academy's first team, led by Wang Lin, crushed its second team, and Feng Qianli worried that Wang Lin's success had made him arrogant.
• Feng Qianli told the team that stronger soul masters existed across the continent, but Wang Lin and the others rejected his warning and claimed they could rival Dai Yao.
• Feng Qianli spotted Dai Yao in the stands and challenged the team to defeat the Black Robed Man, prompting Dai Yao to accept a duel.
• Dai Yao invited all seven team members to attack together, and Wang Lin led them into formation after Feng Qianli began the duel.
• Dai Yao shattered Wang Lin's Flame Dragon Claw with his bare hand and knocked him into the arena wall.
• Dai Yao moved through the Oakland Battle Team's formation and sent its remaining members flying, leaving the frightened support Soul Master alone.

Dai Yao defeated the Oakland Battle Team to humble its arrogant members, then reunited with Feng Qianli and learned how his old friends were doing. After leaving Heaven Dou City, a young man from the arena hurried into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, carrying a token whose purpose remained unclear.

• Dai Yao defeated the Oakland Battle Team without using his martial soul, then told Feng Qianli to meet him at their old place before vanishing.
• Feng Qianli revealed to the humbled team that the Black Robed Man was Dai Yao, and the students eagerly accepted their defeat as an honor.
• Dai Yao met Feng Qianli at his former residence and learned that a woman from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had bought the land after offering the headmaster a price he could not refuse.
• Dai Yao and Feng Qianli shared news of their old teammates, and Dai Yao gave Feng Qianli books for Luo Feng and promised to help Dou Yu.
• Dai Yao left Heaven Dou City by carriage, while a young man from Oakland Soul Arena entered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect using a token.

Five years after Ning Rongrong became young sect master, she learned that Dai Yao had returned to Heaven Dou City, but reached Feng Qianli only after Dai Yao had left. Back in Spirit City, Dai Yao gained Bibi Dong’s approval to establish a sect and prepared to seek his Sixth Spirit Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Ning Rongrong left a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect council meeting after hearing that a Black Robed Man at Oakland Soul Arena was likely Dai Yao.
• Ning Rongrong paid an informant to keep watch at Oakland Academy, then hurried there and learned from Feng Qianli that Dai Yao had already left Heaven Dou City.
• Feng Qianli told Ning Rongrong that Dai Yao had seemed happy to hear about her, and she asked him to tell Dai Yao she wanted to see him if he returned.
• Dai Yao returned to Spirit City and learned that Spirit Hall was divided over how to respond to the Clear Sky Sect’s return, while Qian Daoliu had gone to Heaven Dou and forced the Clear Sky Sect back into hiding.
• Dai Yao persuaded Bibi Dong to approve his plan to establish a sect, and Feng Wutong urged him to obtain his Sixth Spirit Ring alongside Hu Liena’s group.
• Dai Yao agreed to go to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang San and Xiao Wu’s long-planned sacrifice was about to come to fruition.

Dai Yao waited in the Star Dou Great Forest for Tang San so he could obtain Xiao Wu’s One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, while the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger sensed him as a natural enemy and triggered a Beast Tide. At camp, Hu Liena recognized a scent on Dai Yao that reminded her of the “Asura Emperor,” and Tang San finally arrived.

• Dai Yao refused to settle for a spirit beast and told Yan that Hu Liena had no feelings for him, though Yan vowed to keep pursuing her.
• A distant Dark Demon Evil God Tiger sensed Dai Yao, and its presence brought a Beast Tide that left Dai Yao terrified until Chrysanthemum Douluo steadied him.
• Dai Yao recognized the predator as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and resolved to claim its spirit ring and Heavenly Evil Orb when he was strong enough.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo ordered the group to camp and prepare to enter the forest’s core region the next day.
• Hu Liena chose to sleep beside Dai Yao, noticed his familiar scent, and said she would keep searching for the “Asura Emperor.”
• A wave of mental fluctuation reached the camp, and Dai Yao recognized Tang San’s arrival.

Tang San approached Spirit Hall's group under the alias Tang Yin, and Hu Liena offered to spare him if he agreed to infiltrate the Clear Sky Sect. Dai Yao recognized him but concealed the truth, and the chapter ended with Tang San and Dai Yao lying awake beside each other before the coming expedition toward Xiao Wu.

• Dai Yao stayed back as Tang San arrived alone and was surrounded by Spirit Hall soul masters who suspected him because he carried the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San claimed he was Tang Yin, an abandoned outsider with no ties to the Clear Sky Sect, and Hu Liena questioned him about his identity.
• Hu Liena asked Dai Yao to identify Tang Yin; Dai Yao hinted that he might be Tang San but dismissed the suspicion after Yan and the others objected.
• Hu Liena offered Tang San his life and a place in Spirit Hall if he would infiltrate the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang San pretended to accept out of resentment toward the sect.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo agreed to investigate Tang Yin and find a way to control him.
• Tang San and Dai Yao lay awake beside each other in the tent, each wary of the other, while Tang San thought of reaching Xiao Wu.

Tang San used his Blue Silver Domain to lead Spirit Hall’s forces toward Xiao Wu, then the group encountered a voice in the forest. As the team surrounded Dai Yao and the others, Tang San recognized Xiao Wu, while Dai Yao prepared for what was coming.

• Tang San questioned Spirit Hall’s purpose, but Dai Yao warned him not to pry and insisted he call him “Yao Ge.”
• After the team set out, Dai Yao asked Tang San to use his detection skill to find a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit, and Hu Liena confirmed it was their target.
• Tang San used the Blue Silver Domain, suffered a spiritual attack, and collapsed; after recovering, he claimed a powerful Soul Beast had attacked him and pointed the team toward it.
• Ghost Douluo ordered the team to investigate, and Dai Yao kept hold of the weakened Tang San as they advanced into an eerily silent part of the forest.
• A gentle voice welcomed the group to the Star Dou Great Forest, prompting Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to ready their forces; Tang San recognized Xiao Wu, while Dai Yao watched tensely.

Spirit Hall’s forces confronted Xiao Wu and the two great forest kings, but Tang San revealed himself and rescued her during the fight. As the pursuit continued, Dai Yao killed a Man Faced Demon Spider and let the White Tiger Eight Wings absorb its essence, leaving their next evolution underway.

• Xiao Wu and the Titan Giant Ape faced Spirit Hall’s group at the lake, where the Sky Azure Bull Python joined them and the two forest kings overwhelmed Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo.
• Tang San used hidden weapons and his Blue Silver Emperor to free Xiao Wu, revealed his identity, and escaped with her as Spirit Hall’s people gave chase.
• Dai Yao let the pursuit continue, then flew ahead while Hu Liena and the Golden Generation followed Tang San.
• A thirty-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider blocked Dai Yao, and he killed it with Tear Sky Claw after sending Hu Liena and the others onward.
• Dai Yao’s White Tiger Eight Wings absorbed the spider’s essence, loosening the stagnation in his spirit power and beginning another evolution.

Dai Yao intervened in Xiao Wu’s sacrifice to Tang San and forced her to redirect it to him, invoking their old agreement. Xiao Wu sacrificed herself to save Tang San, and Dai Yao gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu were surrounded by Hu Liena and Spirit Hall’s experts, who demanded that Tang San reveal the Asura Emperor’s identity.
• Tang San sacrificed his right leg and threw his Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone to Xiao Wu so she could escape, but Xiao Wu activated her Hundred-Thousand-Year sacrifice to save him.
• Dai Yao appeared inside Xiao Wu’s sacrificial domain, seized Tang San, and demanded that Xiao Wu change the sacrifice’s target to him.
• Dai Yao healed Tang San while threatening to kill him, and Xiao Wu agreed to redirect her sacrifice to save her Third Brother.
• Xiao Wu’s sacrifice formed a blood-red Spirit Ring for Dai Yao, whose Soul Power surged as he celebrated obtaining a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

After absorbing Xiao Wu’s sacrifice, Dai Yao reached level sixty-eight and gained a One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, then decided to kill Tang San despite his promise to Xiao Wu. Just as Dai Yao’s strike was about to kill Tang San, Di Tian appeared and stopped it.

• Dai Yao absorbed Xiao Wu’s One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, reached level sixty-eight, and stored Xiao Wu’s soul bone and the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone without absorbing them.
• Dai Yao used Xiao Wu’s Void skill to evade Tang San’s hidden weapons and taunted him, prompting Tang San to swear revenge.
• Dai Yao decided to kill Tang San, while Xiao Wu’s soul resisted him in his spiritual world and Thunder Prison Vine restrained her.
• Dai Yao trapped Xiao Wu with lightning and prepared to strike Tang San with Tear Sky Claw as the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape approached.
• Di Tian appeared and shattered Dai Yao’s killing blow with a single finger.

Di Tian appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest and pursued Dai Yao, who escaped with the Chaos Cyan Lotus’s Teleport skill. After Xiao Wu’s death, the Sky Azure Bull Python urged Tang San to live and master the Clear Sky Hammer’s ultimate art so he could avenge her, while Di Tian reported to his lord that an unknown human had disrupted his plans.

• Di Tian confronted Dai Yao over Xiao Wu’s hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, but Dai Yao repeatedly teleported away and escaped the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python found Tang San consumed by grief and despair, then encouraged him to seek revenge by learning the true ultimate art of his second martial soul.
• Tang San vowed to avenge Xiao Wu, Bibi Dong, and defeat Dai Yao before leaving to settle his sixth spirit ring.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape lamented Xiao Wu’s death and their inability to stop the humans who had threatened them.
• Di Tian returned beneath the Lake of Life, told Bi Ji he was going to see his lord, and confessed before the silver egg that Dai Yao had disrupted his plans for the Child of Destiny.

After the Star Dou Great Forest mission ended in disaster, Bibi Dong believed Dai Yao had been captured or killed by a mysterious Unrivaled Douluo and rushed to save him. Dai Yao returned safely and admitted he had withheld the truth about obtaining Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, offering a Hundred-Thousand-Year soul bone as an apology; Bibi Dong responded warmly and asked him to call her by name.

• Hu Liena told Chrysanthemum Douluo that Xiao Wu had sacrificed herself to Tang San, but her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring had appeared on Dai Yao instead.
• Yan reported that a terrifying black-clad man had taken Dai Yao, and Ghost Douluo hurried to Spirit City to ask Bibi Dong for help.
• Bibi Dong set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to search for Dai Yao, but Dai Yao arrived at the Pope’s Palace alive and claimed the black-clad man had released him after mistaking him for a divine inheritor.
• Bibi Dong dismissed Ghost Douluo and demanded that Dai Yao explain how he had obtained the soul ring she had reserved.
• Dai Yao recounted the mission, then admitted he had concealed his real reason for taking the soul ring and offered Bibi Dong a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone as an apology.
• Bibi Dong smiled at Dai Yao and told him to call her Bibi Dong instead of Your Holiness.

Dai Yao confronted Bibi Dong about the bloodshed involved in her Rakshasa God Trial and urged her to stop before it destroyed her. Bibi Dong accepted his support and rested in his arms, leaving their relationship more intimate than before.

• Bibi Dong forgave Dai Yao for taking the One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, refusing his offer of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Dai Yao asked about Bibi Dong's Rakshasa God Trial, noticed her bloodstained hand, and pressed her to explain what she had done.
• Dai Yao returned the fifty thousand prism crystals to Bibi Dong and urged her to stop her slaughter, suggesting she target condemned criminals instead.
• Bibi Dong asked to lean on Dai Yao, then rested against his shoulder and fell asleep.
• Bibi Dong told Dai Yao to carry her to the Pope's Imperial Throne, where he removed her Purple Gold Crown as she rested in his arms.

Dai Yao returned safely to Spirit Hall with a One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and used Tang San’s life to pressure Xiao Wu into agreeing to hand over Tang San’s Hidden Weapon Blueprints. Meanwhile, Hu Liena went to Bibi Dong and asked to meet the “Asura Emperor.”

• Ghost Douluo waited anxiously outside the Pope’s Palace until Dai Yao emerged unharmed, then warned him not to anger Bibi Dong.
• Dai Yao decided to delay absorbing the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone and planned to keep Xiao Wu alive until she could help him obtain Tang San’s Hidden Weapon Blueprints.
• Dai Yao showed Xiao Wu that Tang San was alive and threatened to kill him unless she agreed to provide the blueprints; Xiao Wu reluctantly agreed.
• Dai Yao freed Xiao Wu from the lightning prison in his spiritual world but kept the Chaos Cyan Lotus protected from her.
• Spirit Hall learned that Dai Yao had obtained a One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, while the Golden Generation congratulated him and felt overwhelmed by the gap between their abilities.
• Hu Liena visited Bibi Dong and pleaded to meet the “Asura Emperor.”

Hu Liena confronted Bibi Dong, who eventually agreed to let her meet the Asura Emperor. Bibi Dong then asked Dai Yao to reject Hu Liena, and their conversation at the valley lake ended with the two playfully splashing water at each other.

• Hu Liena accused Bibi Dong of hiding the Asura Emperor and begged to see him, so Bibi Dong agreed.
• Dai Yao comforted Zhu Zhuqing as she lamented leaving Spirit Hall, then sensed Bibi Dong arriving at the lake.
• Bibi Dong asked Dai Yao, as the Asura Emperor, to reject Hu Liena, and Dai Yao agreed.
• Dai Yao invited Bibi Dong to enjoy the lake, and they splashed water at each other beneath the moon.