Chapter Summaries

Xia Tianling broke through Tang San’s team during the second exchange, knocking Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun out of the arena and scattering the seven-man formation. He charged at Ning Rongrong, who remained calm as he closed in.

• Xia Tianling charged through Dai Mubai and Oscar, then overpowered Tang San’s defenses and sent him flying.
• Xiao Wu tried to attack Xia Tianling from behind, but he caught her, spun her around, and threw her into Ma Hongjun, knocking both out of the arena.
• Tang San returned to the battlefield on his Eight Spider Lances but kept his composure after Xiao Wu was knocked out.
• Xia Tianling punched Oscar aside, endured Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, and charged at the exposed Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong showed no panic and teased Xia Tianling as he approached.

Xia Tianling countered Ning Rongrong’s hidden weapons and sent both her and Zhu Zhuqing out of the arena, leaving Oscar to charge at him for a fight.

• Ning Rongrong attacked Xia Tianling with a Godly Zhuge Crossbow, poison, and other hidden weapons, but he blocked them all.
• Xia Tianling anticipated Zhu Zhuqing’s ambush and used Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Palm—Soft Force to send her out of the arena.
• Xia Tianling slapped Ning Rongrong out of the arena after Zhu Zhuqing’s elimination.
• Oscar charged at Xia Tianling, eager to spar with a strong opponent.

Oscar fought Xia Tianling to break through to the second level of Martial Golden Body, then conceded, leaving Tang San to face Xia Tianling alone. Tang San attacked with hidden weapons, and as Xia Tianling hurled them back, Tang San drew a forging hammer to meet him in a contest of strength.

• Oscar and Dai Mubai joined Tang San in fighting Xia Tianling, while Oscar focused on testing himself against Xia Tianling in close combat.
• After exchanging more than a hundred moves with Xia Tianling, Oscar broke through to Blood Qi Wolf Smoke, saluted, and left the platform.
• Xia Tianling defeated Dai Mubai with a Sun Punch that shattered his White Tiger Bodyguard Barrier and sent him crashing beneath the platform.
• Tang San recovered his Soul Power, then used his Eight Spider Lances, Purple Demon Eyes, and hidden weapons to attack Xia Tianling.
• Xia Tianling caught Tang San's hidden weapons and threw them back; Tang San deflected them with Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon and drew a forging hammer.

Tang San unleashed his hammer technique, poison, hidden weapons, and soul skills against Xia Tianling, but none could overcome his defenses. Xia Tianling revealed a powerful blade and ended the match with a single slash, leaving Tang San stunned on the Soul Fighting Platform.

• Tang San struck Xia Tianling with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and poisoned needles, but Xia Tianling expelled the needles and poison without being harmed.
• Tang San followed with Dragon Whisker Needles, Blue Silver Grass, and another hammer assault, while Xia Tianling evaded or blocked everything without moving more than half a step.
• Tang San built up to seventy-one hammer strikes and sprung Spider Web Restraint as he brought down his final blow.
• Xia Tianling drew his black-bound tachi and used One Sword Style, Great Star Tremor, to split the spiderweb and cut Tang San's forging hammer in half.
• Tang San crashed onto the platform clutching the broken hammer as Xia Tianling sheathed his blade and revealed it was the Heaven and Earth Unrivaled Blade.

Xia Tianling defeated Tang San to claim one hundred consecutive victories in the Great Soul Arena, then grew suspicious of the powerful, secretive Seven Great Families. He left the arena with questions about Zhao Yuchuan’s unusual Spiritual Power and went to meet his companions, having invited Tang San to join them for a meal the next day.

• Xia Tianling helped Tang San up after defeating him, then asked referee Dou Dou to announce his victory.
• Dou Dou declared Xia Tianling the winner of the Hundred Victory Challenge, and the spectators cheered his unprecedented hundred victories.
• Zhao Yuchuan presented Xia Tianling with a medal, prompting Xia Tianling to consider the Seven Great Families’ strength and hidden history.
• Xia Tianling secretly sensed that Zhao Yuchuan had Soul Saint cultivation and Spiritual Power nearing the Spirit Abyss Realm.
• Xia Tianling washed up, left the Great Soul Arena, and headed to the hotel after inviting Tang San to meet him and his companions for lunch the next day.

Tang San told Xia Tianling about his growing estrangement from Yu Xiaogang, while Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender to move Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After a break from spirit battles, Xia Tianling and the others began returning to Spirit Hall Academy.

• Yu Xiaogang proposed moving Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, arguing that Flender could not provide a Mimic Training Ground or a tournament slot, and Flender reluctantly fell silent.
• Tang San left the meeting and, the next day, vented to Xia Tianling about Yu Xiaogang and Shrek Academy.
• Xia Tianling considered how the Shrek group might settle at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and planned for his group to visit other academies after Hu Liena and the others returned.
• Oscar teamed up with Ning Rongrong for two-versus-two spirit battles after Shrek could no longer field a seven-person team.
• Zhu Zhuqing took Xia Tianling back to Spirit Hall Academy, and Ma Hongjun followed after the others left Suotuo City.

After days of rest following intense fighting, Xia Tianling unlocked the Sub-profession system by improving his culinary comprehension and chose to become a Spirit Chef. He received the profession’s inheritance and cooking equipment, opening a new path alongside his training.

• Xia Tianling and his companions took several days off after months of training and more than a hundred battles, during which all four had greatly improved.
• Xia Tianling relaxed by cooking and learned that the Destiny System charged more Fate Power for items that could greatly affect Douluo’s civilization.
• The system announced that Xia Tianling’s culinary comprehension had reached Beginner's Insight and unlocked the Sub-profession function.
• Xia Tianling inspected the available professions, learned that Spirit Chefs combined cooking with Alchemy, and chose the profession.
• The system transmitted the Spirit Chef inheritance and placed the necessary cooking utensils and tableware in Xia Tianling’s Storage Ring.

Xia Tianling prepared Braised Sky Demon Ribs and Spirit Power Rice as his first Spirit Chef dishes, then shared them with his returning companions. The meals caused several of them to advance a level, and Xia Tianling agreed to make more whenever they could obtain the ingredients.

• Xia Tianling selected beginner Spirit Chef recipes and prepared Braised Sky Demon Ribs and Spirit Power Rice.
• Hu Liena rushed into the kitchen when she returned, followed by Xie Yue, Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar.
• Xia Tianling served the Spirit Meals, and the group eagerly ate them while their Soul Power circulated and their bodies absorbed the ingredients' effects.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan each advanced one level and noticed improvements to their physical condition.
• Oscar asked whether they could eat the medicinal meals regularly, and Xia Tianling said he would make them whenever they could get the ingredients.

Xia Tianling broke the Divine Power Seal and recovered his Soul Power, then joined Spirit Hall’s rising stars on their journey to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The group set out by carriage for the sect near Heaven Dou Imperial City.

• Xia Tianling broke the Divine Power Seal, regained his Soul Power, and surged more than a level in cultivation.
• Xia Tianling consolidated his breakthrough and tested his renewed strength with a set of punches.
• Bibi Dong arranged for the exchange study trip to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xia Tianling told Fatty to drive the carriage as the Spirit Hall group began their journey north toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Xia Tianling and the Spirit Hall group traveled through a lawless border region, where Yan and Xie Yue discovered signs of Evil Soul Masters. Xia Tianling investigated alone and was shocked by what his Spiritual Sense revealed in the valley.

• Xia Tianling and his companions reached the uninhabited border between the Silves Kingdom and territory governed by Heaven Dou.
• Yan and Xie Yue returned from searching for firewood and reported human blood and an evil aura coming from a hidden valley.
• Xia Tianling decided to investigate the valley alone while the others waited behind.
• Xia Tianling cautiously scanned the widening crevice with his Spiritual Sense and turned pale at the scene below.

Xia Tianling discovered a horrifying Evil Soul Master ritual site where a Vengeful Spirit was nearing birth, but he lacked the power to destroy it. He decided to seek a Formation through the system and requested the Divine Firmament Spirit Array of the Nine Heavens Responding Primal Thunder Universalization Heavenly Venerable.

• Xia Tianling used his Spiritual Sense to uncover a blood-soaked ritual complex filled with corpses, bones, and cloaked Evil Soul Masters.
• The system identified the Evil Soul Masters as contaminated by an unknown power from the stone stele and estimated that a Vengeful Spirit would be born in about thirty-six hours.
• Xia Tianling realized the powerful cultists and expanding Vengeful Spirit were beyond his ability to defeat, while the system could not directly destroy them or safely increase his strength.
• After the system rejected his requests for powerful weapons due to insufficient Fate Power, Xia Tianling asked to exchange for Formation knowledge.
• Xia Tianling requested the Divine Firmament Spirit Array of the Nine Heavens Responding Primal Thunder Universalization Heavenly Venerable.

Xia Tianling obtained the Divine Firmament Spirit Array and prepared to use it against the Evil Soul Masters before they created a Vengeful Spirit. With Zhu Zhuqing and Fatty scouting and the others guarding him, he began constructing the Array’s anchor points.

• Xia Tianling received the Divine Firmament Spirit Array’s construction methods and learned it could borrow powerful lightning at the cost of a prolonged period of weakness.
• Xia Tianling returned to the group and warned Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others that at least one Titled Douluo guarded the valley and a Vengeful Spirit would be born within thirty-six hours.
• Xia Tianling explained his plan to destroy the Evil Soul Masters with the Array, and the group agreed to help him.
• Xia Tianling sent Zhu Zhuqing and Fatty to watch the enemy from a distance while Hu Liena, Oscar, Xie Yue, and Yan guarded him as he worked.
• Xia Tianling used Mithril Cubes and Fine Gold to craft the Array’s 108 anchor points, testing each one as he completed it.

Xia Tianling crafted a formation core from White Spirit Jade and Heavenly Marrow Stone to channel borrowed heavenly lightning safely. He entered the Unity of Man and Heaven state and reached the core’s critical final step of connecting its circuits.

• Xia Tianling used the system to obtain the Formation Crafting Auxiliary Tools, White Spirit Jade, and Heavenly Marrow Stone.
• Xia Tianling prepared the Heavenly Marrow Stone in an auxiliary furnace and cut a flawless circular blank from the White Spirit Jade.
• Xia Tianling carefully carved formation circuits into the jade while Hu Liena watched.
• Xia Tianling entered the Unity of Man and Heaven state, gaining formation insight and unlocking the Formation Master sub-profession.
• Xia Tianling began pouring the refined Heavenly Marrow Stone liquid into the carved channels to connect the circuits without interruption.

Xia Tianling completed the Divine Firmament Spirit Array core and prepared to attack the Evil Soul Masters the following day. After reassuring Zhu Zhuqing, he set out alone, aware of the danger and keeping a costly trump card in reserve.

• Xia Tianling finished refining the Divine Firmament Spirit Array core and, exhausted, asked Oscar for Sausages before resting.
• After meditating through the night, Xia Tianling told Zhu Zhuqing he had a plan to place the array's anchor modules and asked everyone to keep their distance during the assault.
• Zhu Zhuqing urged Xia Tianling to come back alive, and he promised he would before sprinting away.
• Xia Tianling had sent Xie Yue to notify the nearest Spirit Hall Branch, while keeping his final trump card for an absolute dead end.
• Xia Tianling planned to use the array's lightning and area attacks against the Evil Soul Masters and their Vengeful Spirits.

Xia Tianling secretly prepared the Divine Firmament Spirit Array while the Evil Soul Masters sacrificed themselves to bring a physical Holy Spirit to life. He finished the Formation before noon, then emerged in the valley and realized the long-running ritual had killed countless beings.

• Xia Tianling used Earth Escape Technique to place the Divine Firmament Spirit Array's anchor points while Ma Hongjun evacuated the others.
• The Evil Soul Masters began sacrificing themselves, and their flesh and blood flowed into the Blood Pool as the black stone stele grew unstable.
• The five remaining Black Robed Men revealed a massive black egg, and Xia Tianling realized the Holy Spirit would finish gestating in less than twelve hours.
• Xia Tianling hurriedly activated the Formation's anchor points, buried the White Spirit Jade disc at its center, and waited for noon to use the strongest yang energy.
• Xia Tianling emerged in the valley and found it carpeted in blood mixed with dirt, with ancient bones showing that the sacrifices had continued for a very long time.

Xia Tianling activated the Divine Firmament Spirit Array and used a defensive Talisman Treasure to withstand the Black Robed Men’s attacks while they tried to bring forth the Holy Spirit. As the Evil Soul Masters sacrificed themselves, heavenly lightning arrived and flowed through Xia Tianling into the Formation core, completing the array.

• Xia Tianling activated the Formation core, set out offerings, and summoned three towering pillars of incense smoke.
• The Black Robed Men attacked Xia Tianling, but his yellow-bell defensive Talisman Treasure blocked their strikes.
• The Black Robed Men refused to explain what they were sacrificing to, and four of them leaped into the Blood Pool.
• The last Evil Soul Master revealed his Beast Spirit, summoned nine black Soul Rings, and exploded into black-red fluid that splattered onto the egg.
• Xia Tianling called down heavenly lightning, channeled it into the Formation core, and completed the Divine Firmament Spirit Array.

Xia Tianling used the Divine Firmament Spirit Array to battle the monster that emerged from the Evil Soul Masters’ black egg. The array’s Heavenly Soldiers and Generals began destroying its offspring while Guan Yu fought the monster itself.

• Xia Tianling activated the Divine Firmament Spirit Array as the black egg burst open and a chaotic monster emerged.
• Xia Tianling summoned the Seven Star Sword and used the array’s thunder commands to injure the monster and restrain it with Heavenly Soldiers.
• The monster created smaller creatures from its slime, and the Heavenly Soldiers fought them to a stalemate as both sides regenerated.
• Xia Tianling invoked the array’s final command, summoning Guan Yu and other Heavenly Generals to reinforce the battle.
• Guan Yu killed several smaller monsters with his lightning Azure Dragon Crescent Blade, while the other Heavenly Generals led the Heavenly Soldiers in destroying the rest.

Xia Tianling fought the giant monster as it transformed into a three-headed, six-armed creature, then unleashed the Divine Firmament Thunder God to destroy it. The monster died in its lair, leaving Xia Tianling and the distant Spirit Hall group safe.

• The giant monster recalled its offspring, healed its wounds, and grew two additional heads and four arms.
• Xia Tianling strengthened the Divine Firmament Spirit Array with his blood essence and summoned the Divine Firmament Thunder God.
• The Thunder God absorbed the Array Spirit and let Xia Tianling take control of its body.
• Xia Tianling manifested an enormous lightning hammer and struck the monster, smashing it into the altar.
• Xia Tianling hammered the monster more than a hundred times, killing it and flattening the Blood Pool and altar.

Xia Tianling defeated Holy Spirit, purged the canyon, and emerged drained of Soul Power and unable to access his supplies. Zhu Zhuqing met him outside, and he embraced her before exhaustion overcame him.

• Xia Tianling confirmed Holy Spirit was dead, searched the canyon for clues, and found nothing useful.
• Xia Tianling used lightning to burn away the canyon's corpses and evil remnants, then dismissed Thunder God Form and the Divine Firmament Spirit Array.
• Xia Tianling discovered that his depleted Soul Power left him unable to open his Storage Soul Tool or retrieve the buried array anchors.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived and told Xia Tianling she had trusted his promise to return alive.
• Xia Tianling apologized, embraced Zhu Zhuqing, and collapsed from exhaustion as others hurried over.

Xia Tianling woke beside Zhu Zhuqing and recovered his strength by eating the Sugar Shortbread he had stored. As Zhu Zhuqing enjoyed the rare sweet staple food, he reflected on Douluo Continent’s poverty and vowed to make Sugar Shortbread available to every commoner.

• Xia Tianling asked Zhu Zhuqing to retrieve a white box from his Storage Ring, then ate several Sugar Shortbreads inside.
• Xia Tianling explained that the sweet, grain-based food was a practical staple, and Zhu Zhuqing tried one and enjoyed it.
• Xia Tianling reflected on the empires’ enormous armies, scarce food, and the reasons sugar remained rare among ordinary people.
• Xia Tianling offered Zhu Zhuqing the rest of the box and promised to make sure every commoner could one day eat Sugar Shortbread.