Chapter Summaries

Dai Yao accepted Qian Daoliu’s order to make Qian Renxue launch her coup early, then met Salas and warned him of the plan. In Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue weighed Tang San and Dai Yao’s usefulness as allies, and Snake Lance Douluo told her that the Great Enshrinement’s envoy was waiting.

• Dai Yao accepted Qian Daoliu’s Angel Token and orders to have Qian Renxue launch the coup and return to the Worship Hall.
• Dai Yao reunited with Salas, who was shocked by Dai Yao’s One Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring and cautioned him about angering Bibi Dong.
• Dai Yao told Salas to arrange a private meeting with Qian Renxue, and Salas agreed while warning him about the conflict between Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu.
• Xue Qinghe left a banquet with Tang San, then discussed with Dark Qian Renxue whether Tang San and Dai Yao might serve her plans.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo met Xue Qinghe and told her that the Great Enshrinement’s envoy was waiting.

Dai Yao met Xue Qinghe, revealed that Qian Daoliu wanted her to advance the coup, and refused her offer to become her subordinate. He agreed to stay by her side in disguise, giving him a chance to approach the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

• Xue Qinghe left the Imperial Palace with Snake Lance Douluo to meet Great Enshrinement’s envoy at a stronghold outside Heaven Dou City.
• Dai Yao considered the Spirit Beast Clan’s possible interference with Qian Renxue’s coup and worried about obtaining the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Dai Yao revealed himself to Xue Qinghe, and they recalled their meeting five years earlier.
• Dai Yao told Xue Qinghe that Qian Daoliu wanted her to launch the coup early and that he had been sent to assist her, but she refused his help.
• Xue Qinghe revealed her real name, Qian Renxue, and again asked Dai Yao to submit to her; he refused.
• Qian Renxue ordered Dai Yao to stay beside her and disguise himself so Tang San would not recognize him, and Dai Yao agreed.

As Qian Renxue moved closer to taking the Heaven Dou throne, Dai Yao warned her about Tang San and Xue Beng, but she dismissed his concerns and explained her strategy. Dai Yao then asked for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, offering to repay Xue Qinghe with three favors that did not violate his conscience.

• Dai Yao disguised himself as the masked man Li Feiyu and stayed beside Xue Qinghe as she accelerated her plans to poison Xue Ye and secure the throne.
• Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing feared Xue Qinghe's succession and decided their only hope was to seek help from Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San tested Li Feiyu's identity and used his Divine Slaughter's Domain against him, but Dai Yao was unaffected, deepening Tang San's suspicions.
• Dai Yao told Xue Qinghe that Tang San and Xue Beng could threaten her plans, but she said she was keeping Xue Beng alive to draw out her opponents.
• Dai Yao asked Xue Qinghe for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and promised her three favors that would not go against his conscience.

Dai Yao refused Qian Renxue’s offer of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in exchange for becoming her subordinate, then warned the Cyan Lotus Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to stay out of an impending upheaval in the Heaven Dou Empire. Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong recognized the warning as a likely royal coup and began preparing the sects to evacuate if necessary.

• Xue Qinghe offered Dai Yao the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud if he left Bibi Dong and became her subordinate, but he refused, deepening her and Dark Qian Renxue’s determination to subdue him.
• Dai Yao wrote a letter instructing the Cyan Lotus Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to close their gates during the coming crisis and prepare to transfer their elites to Vast Sea City.
• A Speed Clan disciple delivered Dai Yao’s letter to Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong, who realized it warned of serious turmoil within the Heaven Dou royal family and suspected Spirit Hall involvement.
• Dugu Yan ordered Ye Lingling to convene the Cyan Lotus Sect while Ning Rongrong hurried back to inform Ning Fengzhi and prepare the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing told Tang San that Xue Qinghe had poisoned Xue Ye, and Tang San confirmed the mixed poison while secretly keeping Xue Ye alive. As Tang San sought allies to oppose Xue Qinghe, Dai Yao prepared to kill Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing if their plan threatened Qian Renxue, leaving the palace factions poised for a hidden struggle.

• Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing secretly met Tang San and warned him that Xue Qinghe had murdered the Second and Third Princes and was poisoning Xue Ye.
• Tang San withheld judgment until he could verify their claims, then vowed to avenge Xiao Wu and suspected that Spirit Hall stood behind Xue Qinghe.
• Tang San secretly treated Xue Ye, confirmed that incense used by Xue Qinghe triggered the emperor's mixed poison, and asked Xue Ye to conceal his recovery for a month.
• Tang San sent a request for aid to the Clear Sky Sect and considered turning to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan if the sect could not help.
• Dai Yao noticed Tang San and Xue Beng exchanging secret glances and arranged to trigger the poison in Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing if they threatened Qian Renxue's plan.

Tang Yuehua warned Clear Sky Sect that Xue Qinghe served Spirit Hall and could seize the Heaven Dou Empire, prompting Tang Xiao to send the Second Elder and an elite force to aid Tang San. As several factions moved toward Heaven Dou City, Di Tian advanced his plan to recruit Dai Yao, while Bibi Dong prepared for the Heaven Dou Palace Change.

• Tang Yuehua told Tang Xiao and the Second Elder that Tang San had discovered Xue Qinghe was connected to Spirit Hall and planned to take control of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Tang Xiao noticed that Golden Alligator Douluo had disappeared, then ordered the Second Elder, four elders, and elite disciples to go help Tang San while he stayed behind to guard Clear Sky Sect.
• Di Tian learned from a bird that Mighty Lion Douluo had begun acting and planned to corner Dai Yao so he would have to cooperate with the spirit beasts.
• Bibi Dong mourned Dai Yao's departure, resolved to cut ties with him, and sent elite men toward the Heaven Dou Empire under Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
• Forces from across the continent began heading toward Heaven Dou City as the coming conflict drew near.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect agreed to relocate to Vast Sea City, while Dai Yao clashed with Qian Renxue over the delayed coup and resolved to secure the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud before leaving Heaven Dou. As Xue Ye’s apparent final days approached, Tang San persuaded Xue Beng and the Clear Sky Sect elders to wait for Xue Qinghe to expose himself.

• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo agreed to move the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Vast Sea City and keep it out of the conflict between Spirit Hall and the empires.
• Dai Yao urged Qian Renxue to launch the coup immediately, but she rebuked him, so he returned his Angel Token and walked away.
• A Demon Spirit Seed glowed on the roof of the Crown Prince’s Palace as Qian Renxue wondered why she had lost control during her argument with Dai Yao.
• Dai Yao decided to locate and take the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud during the coup, then promised Xiao Wu he would let her see Tang San again after disabling Tang San’s martial soul.
• After a eunuch reported that Xue Ye was near death, Tang San advised Xue Beng and the Clear Sky Sect elders to wait until Xue Qinghe revealed his identity, then returned to the palace to stay close to him.

Tang San entered Xue Ye’s bedchamber and discovered that Xue Qinghe was actually Qian Renxue, a Spirit Hall infiltrator backed by two Titled Douluo. After Dai Yao intercepted Tang San’s signal, Qian Renxue agreed to fight him, and the confrontation began as she unfurled her wings.

• Tang San entered the palace and recognized that its unfamiliar Soul King guards belonged to Spirit Hall’s operation.
• Xue Ye awoke, recognized Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo, and confronted Xue Qinghe about working with Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue revealed that she was the daughter of Qian Xunji and had taken Xue Qinghe’s place after his death.
• Tang San launched a signal firework, but Dai Yao caught and destroyed it before it could reach the reinforcements.
• Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Emperor and challenged Qian Renxue, who accepted a one-on-one fight and unfolded her three pairs of wings.

Xue Qinghe revealed Qian Renxue's overwhelming strength and attacked Tang San, who escaped through the palace roof and launched a signal that brought the Clear Sky Sect's five Titled Douluo to Heaven Dou City. As the palace conflict reached Xue Ye, Dai Yao charged toward the king with his Cyan Lotus Spear despite the five Clear Sky Hammers bearing down on him.

• Xue Qinghe displayed her seven spirit rings and suppressed Tang San with her Six-Winged Angel power before attacking him.
• Tang San escaped through the palace dome and fired a signal, prompting forces across Heaven Dou City to mobilize.
• The five Titled Douluo of the Clear Sky Sect arrived, while Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong persuaded Ning Fengzhi to move the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect instead of intervening.
• Dai Yao, Qian Renxue, and Tang San rushed toward Xue Ye as the Clear Sky Sect elders hurled their five Clear Sky Hammers at the palace.
• Dai Yao charged toward Xue Ye with his Cyan Lotus Spear as the hammers approached, and Tang San recognized the spear.

Dai Yao’s spear struck the apparent Xue Ye, but Tang San revealed that the emperor was alive and hidden underground. With the Clear Sky Sect elders surrounding Xue Qinghe and Spirit Hall’s two Titled Douluo, Dai Yao and Qian Renxue stayed to fight as the battle began.

• Tang San recognized the masked spear wielder as Dai Yao, who pierced the figure lying in Xue Ye’s bedchamber before teleporting away from the Clear Sky Sect elders’ hammers.
• The Second Elder discovered the figure was a puppet, and Tang San revealed the real Xue Ye in an underground chamber.
• The Second Elder protected Xue Ye while the other four Clear Sky Sect elders blocked Xue Qinghe, Snake Lance Douluo, and Pufferfish Douluo from escaping.
• Qian Renxue refused to flee and offered to fight one of the Clear Sky Sect elders, while Dai Yao volunteered to face another.
• The Seventh Elder chose Dai Yao as his opponent, the Fifth Elder moved to fight Qian Renxue, and the remaining elders prepared to engage Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo.

Xue Qinghe rallied the Imperial Palace Guards against the Clear Sky Sect while the sect’s elders fought Spirit Hall’s forces and defended Xue Ye. As Qian Renxue’s Angelic Domain shifted the balance of the battles, she faced the Fifth Elder in the sky, who unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar; meanwhile, Dai Yao began fighting the Seventh Elder.

• Xue Qinghe persuaded the Guards to obey him, and Spirit Hall agents killed soldiers who resisted as troops moved to rescue Xue Ye and defend against approaching Clear Sky Sect reinforcements.
• Tang San and the Second Elder protected Xue Ye from the charging Guards, but a Spirit Hall agent stopped Xue Ye from appealing to the soldiers, forcing the Second Elder to reveal his nine Spirit Rings.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders engaged Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo, while the Third Elder ordered the Fifth and Seventh Elders to attack Xue Qinghe and Dai Yao.
• Xue Qinghe released her Angelic Domain, strengthening Spirit Hall’s fighters and weakening the Clear Sky Sect elders, then used her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul Avatar against the Fifth Elder.
• The Fifth Elder activated his Weapon Spirit Avatar and raised his enormous Clear Sky Hammer against Xue Qinghe, while Dai Yao’s battle with the Seventh Elder began inside the palace.

Dai Yao battled the Clear Sky Sect’s Seventh Elder while Spirit Hall fought to seize control of Heaven Dou City. After evading the elder’s attacks and charging the God Slaying Spear, Dai Yao shattered his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul Avatar and left him vulnerable to a finishing strike.

• Dai Yao used his speed and waterfall-trained movement to evade the Seventh Elder’s hammer attacks, then countered with a precise God Slaying Spear thrust.
• The Seventh Elder used gravity control and paired Clear Sky Hammers, but Dai Yao escaped with a Teleport skill and continued holding him off.
• After Second Elder urged him to finish the fight, the Seventh Elder activated his Martial Soul Avatar, drawing alarm from the other combatants.
• Dai Yao poured his Divine Slaughter's Domain into the God Slaying Spear and charged the Seventh Elder’s giant Clear Sky Hammer.
• Dai Yao shattered the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul Avatar, leaving the injured Seventh Elder defenseless as Dai Yao thrust his spear at him.

Dai Yao, disguised as the Asura Emperor, severed the Seventh Elder’s arm with the God Slaying Spear but spared his life, then used another apparent spear charge to bluff and teleport away. As the battle resumed, Qian Renxue’s collapsing Martial Soul Avatar sent her plummeting from the sky.

• Dai Yao pierced the Seventh Elder’s Clear Sky Hammer and severed his left arm, while the Seventh Elder survived by sacrificing the limb.
• Qian Renxue and Tang San were stunned by the masked fighter’s strength, and Tang San resolved that the Asura Emperor could not leave the Heaven Dou Empire alive.
• The Seventh Elder forced his unstable spirit power into action and charged Dai Yao, but Dai Yao appeared to prepare another God Slaying Spear strike.
• Dai Yao’s killing aura stopped the Seventh Elder briefly before vanishing, and Dai Yao teleported away as the Seventh Elder realized the threat had been a bluff.
• Qian Renxue’s Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul Avatar collapsed, and she fell rapidly from the sky.

Qian Renxue was defeated in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, and Dai Yao helped her escape as Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing died. Before dying, Xue Ye issued an edict making Xue Ke his heir and Tang San the empire’s regent, leaving Tang San to accept a marriage he did not want.

• The Fifth Elder’s Ninth Soul Skill gravely wounded Qian Renxue, while the Heaven Dou forces turned against Spirit Hall and the palace battle swung in the Clear Sky Sect’s favor.
• Dai Yao caught Qian Renxue, but she ordered the Crown Prince’s forces to withdraw as Tang San and the Seventh Elder tried to stop them.
• Dai Yao blocked the Seventh Elder’s attack and escaped the palace with Qian Renxue, then secretly killed Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing.
• Xue Ye saw Xue Beng’s death and issued his final edict, betrothing Xue Ke to Tang San, naming her heir, making Tang San Blue Sky King and regent, and establishing the Clear Sky Sect as the state religion.
• Tang San struggled with the marriage decree because he still hoped Xiao Wu was alive, but he accepted Xue Ye’s edict before the emperor died.

After Tang San took control of Heaven Dou City, he ordered the city sealed and the wounded Qian Renxue hunted down. Dai Yao found Spirit Hall surrounded and, despite his own plans for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, decided to help Qian Renxue escape using a plan he had made earlier.

• Tang San accepted the Clear Sky Sect elders’ support, took command as Blue Sky King and Regent, and ordered forces to protect Xue Ke, surround Spirit Hall, and seal Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong went to protect Xue Ke while Second Elder, Fifth Elder, and the palace guards carried out Tang San’s orders.
• Dai Yao helped the badly wounded Qian Renxue flee through the chaotic streets and asked her where the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was kept.
• Qian Renxue refused to reveal the Shroud’s location until she was safely out of the Heaven Dou Empire, and Dai Yao agreed to take her to Spirit Hall first.
• Dai Yao and Qian Renxue found Spirit Hall surrounded by Tang Sect disciples and guarded by Second Elder and Fifth Elder, leaving them trapped inside the city.
• Dai Yao resolved to help Qian Renxue escape and asked whether she remembered his earlier plan for leaving the Heaven Dou Empire in a desperate situation.

Dai Yao used a signal device and eight decoy carriages to help himself and the badly injured Qian Renxue escape Heaven Dou City, while Tang San struggled to identify their route. Tang San ordered a search across the empire and refused Princess Xue Ke’s invitation, leaving his promised marriage unresolved.

• Dai Yao took Qian Renxue to a safe house near Shrek Academy and explained that his escape plan could still work despite Spirit Hall being surrounded.
• Qian Renxue deduced that Xue Ke would inherit the throne under Tang San’s influence, while Dai Yao realized that Xue Ye’s decision had disrupted his plans.
• Dai Yao activated a signal device, sending Spirit Hall agents to create distractions as eight carriages raced toward Heaven Dou City’s gates; five escaped, including the carriage carrying Dai Yao and Qian Renxue.
• Tang San learned that five carriages had escaped and dispatched elders and himself to search multiple directions, while ordering nearby cities to impose martial law.
• A maid invited Tang San to meet Princess Xue Ke, but he coldly refused because he did not intend to marry her.

Xue Ke waited for Tang San, while Dai Yao secretly escaped north from Heaven Dou City with the injured Qian Renxue. Dai Yao used long-prepared routes and supplies to evade pursuit, then headed east toward Lin Dong City, where he had prepared another trap for Tang San.

• Xue Ke waited for Tang San to visit, but the maid reported that he was occupied, and Liu Erlong reassured the disappointed princess.
• Dai Yao stopped the carriage north of Heaven Dou City, paid the coachman to continue to Lin Dong City, and took Qian Renxue into the forest.
• Dai Yao erased their tracks and explained that his decoy carriages and escape routes were meant to divide the pursuers and avoid the Titled Douluo elders.
• Dai Yao revealed that he had begun preparing his Heaven Dou escape decades earlier with Spirit Hall's help, and he led Qian Renxue to a hidden thatched house and horses.
• Dai Yao drove Qian Renxue east along back roads toward Lin Dong City and said he had a grand gift waiting there for Tang San.

Dai Yao and the injured Qian Renxue escaped Heaven Dou City by taking a boat down the Azure Billows River, relying on Spirit Hall agents he had arranged years earlier. They began their journey east toward the sea while Tang San’s pursuit continued toward Lin Dong City.

• Tang San noticed that the carriage tracks had grown shallower, but he ordered his force to continue toward Lin Dong City.
• Dai Yao told the exhausted Qian Renxue that they would travel by river to the sea, circle the coast, and return south to Spirit City.
• At the riverbank, Dai Yao met Old Huang, who had maintained a boat for ten years, and confirmed that Old Li was there to verify Old Huang’s loyalty.
• Dai Yao and Qian Renxue boarded the boat and sailed east, leaving the carriage and horses with Old Huang.
• Dai Yao explained his backup arrangements to Qian Renxue, helped her rest under a quilt, and changed into ordinary clothes as the boat continued downstream.

Dai Yao cared for the badly injured Qian Renxue aboard their boat as they continued fleeing toward the sea, and his kindness softened her guarded feelings toward him. Meanwhile, Tang San reached Lin Dong City, found the abandoned carriage, and ordered the city searched for Dai Yao and Qian Renxue.

• Dai Yao told the recovering Qian Renxue that their journey remained dangerous, and she agreed to rest rather than force herself onward.
• Dai Yao cooked porridge and fed Qian Renxue, who began to trust and yearn for his care.
• Tang San arrived at Lin Dong City and questioned its lord, Horus, about the carriage from Heaven Dou City.
• Horus showed Tang San the empty carriage, and Tang San ordered a thorough search for Dai Yao and Qian Renxue.

Tang San searched Lin Dong City for the Asura Emperor and Qian Renxue, but discovered they had already escaped and mocked him with an empty-carriage diversion. He executed the innocent coachmen involved and set off after a new lead, while Dai Yao continued caring for the recovering Qian Renxue aboard a boat on the Azure Billows River.

• Tang San ordered Horus to gather unfamiliar arrivals and people with blunt-force injuries, but found no sign of the Asura Emperor or Qian Renxue.
• Tang San ordered Horus to search Lin Dong City inch by inch, and three days passed without progress.
• Explosions and fleeing carriages made Tang San believe he had found the fugitives, but Horus revealed the carriages were empty and the coachmen had been paid to drive them away.
• Tang San realized the Asura Emperor and Qian Renxue must have left their carriage earlier, then ordered Horus to execute the coachmen despite their pleas.
• Tang San told Fifth Elder he had a lead and left Lin Dong City with the Heaven Dou Empire elites.
• Dai Yao continued feeding porridge to the recovering Qian Renxue as their boat traveled downstream on the Azure Billows River.