Chapter Summaries

Xia Tianling persuaded Tang Hao to stop opposing Spirit Hall, hoping to use him as a powerful enforcer and keep Tang San aligned with him. Tang Hao left promising to train Tang San, unaware that Xia Tianling had planted a mental bomb that could control his life and death.

• Xia Tianling arranged for Ning Fengzhi and the others to stay away while he dealt with Tang Hao, intending to exploit him rather than kill him.
• Xia Tianling used an hour of arguments to soften Tang Hao’s attitude, and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo released him.
• Xia Tianling offered to revoke Spirit Hall’s wanted order and dismissed Tang Hao’s concerns about the Clear Sky Sect and Tang San surpassing him.
• Tang Hao warned Xia Tianling that he would make Tang San stronger and then vanished.
• Xia Tianling revealed that he had secretly planted a Mental Bomb in Tang Hao’s Sea of Consciousness, giving him control over Tang Hao’s life and death.

After Tang Hao left, Xia Tianling kept Tang San under a Heavenly Dao Contract while the Imperial Dou Team waited for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to arrange a match. At the training grounds, Dai Mubai challenged Xia Tianling, and Yu Xiaogang warned him that he was not ready to fight.

• Xia Tianling reassured Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo that Tang Hao would not cause trouble, then returned to his dormitory and rested.
• Xia Tianling taught Tang San Spirit Forging and made him sign a Heavenly Dao Contract that would kill him if he tried to harm Xia Tianling or his loved ones.
• Yu Xiaogang waited several days before Ning Fengzhi agreed to a sparring match for the morning of the seventh day.
• At the training grounds, Yu Xiaogang questioned whether Xia Tianling and the others were Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect students, and Xia Tianling refused to entertain the idea of fighting the Imperial Dou Team.
• Dai Mubai challenged Xia Tianling, and Yu Xiaogang stopped him and warned that he was not yet Xia Tianling's match.

Dai Mubai persuaded Yu Xiaogang to gamble on fighting Xia Tianling, believing his new External Soul Bone could overcome Xia Tianling’s restriction. Xia Tianling agreed to face all nine Imperial Dou Team members and prepared his companions to fight without some of their strongest techniques, leaving the match about to begin.

• Dai Mubai told Yu Xiaogang that Xia Tianling showed no Soul Power fluctuations and claimed he had a seventy percent chance of defeating him at full strength.
• Xia Tianling accepted Dai Mubai’s challenge and demanded that all nine members of the Imperial Dou Team fight him together.
• Xia Tianling instructed Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar not to use certain trump-card abilities, then told his companions he might not join them in next year’s tournament.
• Xia Tianling warned his team about Dugu Yan’s poison and Ye Lingling’s healing, and explained how realgar wine and fire could counter the venom.
• Ning Rongrong teased Zhu Zhuqing about wearing Xia Tianling’s Storage Ring, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to hide in subspace.

Xia Tianling sat out the match against the Imperial Dou Team, leaving Hu Liena to lead six Spirit Hall fighters. After both teams revealed their Martial Souls, Yan opened the battle by using magma to block Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and slow Dugu Yan’s poison.

• Xia Tianling barred Xie Yue from competing and told Yan to take his place while Hu Liena commanded the team.
• Tang San briefed the Imperial Dou Team on Xia Tianling’s group, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to referee the match.
• Xia Tianling sat out and watched the teams release their Martial Souls, noticing that Dai Mubai had already obtained his fourth Soul Ring.
• After Ning Fengzhi started the match, both sides held their positions while Oscar prepared Detoxifying Great Sausages and the Imperial Dou Team waited for its abilities to spread.
• Hu Liena sent a Spiritual Power signal, and Yan unleashed magma that blocked Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and hindered Dugu Yan’s snake venom.

Tang San’s team opened their match against Xia Tianling’s side, with both formations using their abilities to counter and pressure one another. The fight remained unresolved as Tang San moved to help the Shi Brothers hold off Oscar.

• Tang San ordered his team to attack, and Hu Liena used her Charm to slow Yu Tianheng while Dugu Yan’s poisons strengthened him and Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai charged Yan through Hellfire, while Hu Liena dodged Yu Tianheng’s Thunder Dragon Claw and struck him with Fox Fire.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing clashed on the right flank as Ma Hongjun burned away Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass with Phoenix Fire Line.
• Oscar landed before the Shi Brothers and struck their shells with Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, forcing them back despite their combined defense.
• Tang San pulled the Shi Brothers away from Oscar’s follow-up attack, then used Blue Silver Grass and snake venom to slow Oscar while they regrouped.

The Imperial Dou Team and Spirit Hall fought a chaotic team battle as Xia Tianling criticized his side’s lack of coordination. Osler abandoned his plan to attack Ning Rongrong and launched a sneak attack on Xia Tianling, who had already detected him.

• Tang San used the Imperial Dou Team’s dual-control formation to prolong the fight, while the Spirit Hall members fought their opponents in scattered duels.
• Xia Tianling recognized that his teammates had lost their coordination without his command and resolved to give them extra training afterward.
• Yu Xiaogang watched the battle and recorded the Spirit Hall members’ techniques and methods.
• Osler sneaked around the battlefield, then chose to attack Xia Tianling instead of Ning Rongrong.
• Osler struck at Xia Tianling with his Ghost Shadow and Leopard Shadow Clone skills, unaware that Xia Tianling had detected him and was waiting.

Xia Tianling’s opponent accused him of cheating because his Weighted Soft Armor had blocked an attack, then demanded he remove it. After Xia Tianling tossed the heavy weights aside and cracked the arena floor, the match resumed with Osler realizing he had made a terrible mistake.

• Xia Tianling endured Osler’s attack without injury, but mourned that it had shattered his expensive chair.
• Osler ripped off Xia Tianling’s shirt, spotted the Weighted Soft Armor, and accused him of cheating to Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted Osler’s demand that Xia Tianling remove the armor and fight from the front row.
• Xia Tianling removed the weighted modules and tossed them aside, cracking the fighting platform under their weight.
• Osler asked if Xia Tianling could put the armor back on, but Xia Tianling grabbed his arm and advanced.

Xia Tianling and the Spirit Hall team fought the Imperial Dou Team after Osler was thrown from the arena, leaving Tang San’s plans in disarray. The battle turned further against the Imperial Dou Team when Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena’s coordinated attack severely wounded Yu Tianheng, while the remaining fighters continued to struggle.

• Yu Xiaogang ordered Osler to leave the Imperial Dou Team after Xia Tianling tossed him from the arena without using his martial soul.
• Xia Tianling gave Dai Mubai Recovery Great Sausages, and Dai Mubai restored his Soul Power before charging into a renewed fight.
• Dai Mubai’s enhanced close-combat skills and his teammates’ support let him fight Xia Tianling to a standstill, while Yan, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun pressured the rest of the Imperial Dou Team.
• Hu Liena restrained Yu Tianheng with her control skills, and Zhu Zhuqing struck him with Netherworld Sever after Xiao Wu dodged out of the way.
• Yu Tianheng collapsed unconscious and severely wounded, and Dugu Yan cried out in rage as Zhu Zhuqing joined Hu Liena against Xiao Wu.

Dugu Yan unleashed her poison against the Spirit Hall team, but Xia Tianling’s prepared countermeasure neutralized it and turned the battle against the Imperial Dou Team. The match ended with Dai Mubai as the Imperial Dou Team’s only fighter still able to fight, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Team remained intact.

• Dugu Yan released her Jade Viper Poison, and Zhu Zhuqing, Yan, and Ma Hongjun scattered realgar wine and ignited it to destroy the poison mist.
• Xia Tianling taunted Dugu Yan about her poison, and she vowed to have her grandfather teach him a lesson.
• Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing eliminated Xiao Wu, while Yan and Oscar overwhelmed the Shi Brothers with fire and physical attacks.
• Ma Hongjun’s flames repeatedly burned Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, leaving him unable to support the Imperial Dou Team effectively.
• Dugu Yan, Tang San, and Ye Lingling left the stage after exhausting their strength, while Spirit Hall members carried the injured Yu Tianheng and Shi Brothers away for treatment.
• The match’s outcome became clear as Dai Mubai remained the Imperial Dou Team’s only effective fighter against all seven members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Team.

Xia Tianling made mooncakes for Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu on the Mid-Autumn Festival, sharing memories of his and Tang San’s former lives. After the four celebrated beneath the moon, Xia Tianling used a memory eraser to make them forget the festival, though a mooncake remained hidden in Zhu Zhuqing’s storage tool.

• Xia Tianling gathered mooncake ingredients and tools, then invited Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to help make the treats.
• Xia Tianling explained the Mid-Autumn Festival and revealed that he and Tang San came from another world, prompting Tang San to tell Xiao Wu about their past.
• Tang San struggled to wrap mooncakes, while Xiao Wu quickly proved unusually skilled at making them.
• The four ate mooncakes beneath the full moon, and Xia Tianling told Zhu Zhuqing that he was happiest now and that having her mattered most.
• At midnight, Xia Tianling used a disposable memory eraser on Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu, but a rose red bean paste mooncake remained hidden in Zhu Zhuqing’s storage tool.

Xia Tianling fought Dai Mubai, who unleashed his evolved Blood-Colored Gauntlets and matched Xia Tianling with his transformations and Dugu Yan’s poison buff. After confirming Dai Mubai’s black-and-red energy came from his own will and Bloodline Power rather than corruption, Xia Tianling used Tai Chi and Drunken Fist to turn Dai Mubai’s attacks against him, impressing the onlookers.

• Dai Mubai unleashed Evil Ape King Transformation and revealed his evolved External Soul Bones, the Blood-Colored Gauntlets.
• Xia Tianling and Dai Mubai exchanged powerful blows, with Dai Mubai’s transformations and Dugu Yan’s Snake Venom allowing him to keep pace.
• Xia Tianling used the system to scan Dai Mubai’s black-and-red vortex, and it identified the energy as a manifestation of Dai Mubai’s will and Bloodline Power, not disorder corruption.
• Xia Tianling kept his True Dragon Spirit secret and adopted an unusual stance after forcing Dai Mubai back.
• Xia Tianling used Tai Chi and Drunken Fist movements to evade Dai Mubai and redirect his strength, drawing Bone Douluo’s admiration and Tang San’s attention.

Xia Tianling defeated Dai Mubai with a Tai Chi palm that unleashed his new bloodline technique, True Dragon Shocks the Heavens. After winning the match for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he briefly contemplated the insights into Tai Chi and yin-yang he had gained from the fight.

• Xia Tianling used Tai Chi to deflect Dai Mubai’s attacks while Ning Rongrong and the assembled spectators watched.
• Dai Mubai poured his remaining Soul Power and Bloodline Power into a desperate tiger-fist attack, but Xia Tianling opened his eyes and struck his chest with a palm.
• Xia Tianling’s palm triggered a dragon’s roar that frightened Luo Sanpao and stirred the bloodlines of Yu Tianheng and Gu Rong.
• Dai Mubai spat blood, suffered a broken breastbone, and lost his Martial Soul Possession as Xia Tianling declared him defeated.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted the victory for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while healers treated Dai Mubai and Yu Xiaogang checked him and Yu Tianheng.
• Xia Tianling named his bloodline technique True Dragon Shocks the Heavens and gained insight into Tai Chi and the union of yin and yang.

Xia Tianling treated Yu Tianheng with Earth Spirit Grass after Zhu Zhuqing seriously wounded him, but refused to help Dai Mubai. He then warned Dugu Yan that her and her grandfather’s snake venom put her in danger, leaving her confused about what he meant.

• Xia Tianling asked Zhu Zhuqing for Earth Spirit Grass and fed three leaves to Yu Tianheng, whose wounds rapidly began to heal.
• Tang San explained the herb’s healing effects to Dugu Yan, who thanked Xia Tianling for saving Yu Tianheng.
• Xia Tianling refused Yu Xiaogang’s implied request to treat Dai Mubai, saying he disliked him.
• Dugu Yan said she would keep her grandfather from causing Xia Tianling trouble, and Xia Tianling identified him as Dugu Bo.
• Xia Tianling warned Dugu Yan that the snake venom in her and her grandfather’s bodies foretold an Omen of Great Misfortune, confusing her and making Tang San laugh.

Xia Tianling told Dugu Yan he could cure the Jade Serpent Venom afflicting her and Dugu Bo, and persuaded her to summon her grandfather to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Dugu Yan sent a letter to Dugu Bo, leaving Xia Tianling expecting to meet him the next morning.

• Tang San introduced Xia Tianling as his senior brother and said they shared a teacher other than Yu Xiaogang.
• Xia Tianling took Dugu Yan aside and offered to cure the Jade Serpent Venom in her and Dugu Bo, as well as help her Martial Soul evolve.
• Xia Tianling proved his prophetic claims by revealing secrets about Dugu Yan and her grandfather, convincing her to write Dugu Bo a letter.
• Xia Tianling arranged for Bone Douluo to send the letter with a pure agility-type Spirit King.
• Xia Tianling expected Dugu Bo to arrive at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the next morning to discuss the cure and his medicinal garden.

After the match, Xia Tianling criticized Hu Liena’s poor battlefield command and appointed Ning Rongrong to lead the Spirit Hall team whenever he was absent. He gave Ning Rongrong advanced techniques to cultivate and prepared to explain the most important principle for their future battles.

• Ning Fengzhi invited the injured Imperial Dou Team to stay at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while they recovered.
• Xia Tianling gathered the team and criticized Hu Liena for abandoning her command role to fight on the front line.
• Xia Tianling named Ning Rongrong the team’s commander in his absence, arguing that a support could observe the battlefield and direct teammates.
• Ning Rongrong confirmed that she had reached Four-Aperture Constant Heart, and Xia Tianling explained how the team’s fighters would protect her.
• Xia Tianling transmitted the Spirit Refining Art, Mental Communication Method, and advanced Heart Separation Control technique to Ning Rongrong, then began to introduce a key principle for future battles.

Xia Tianling arranged demanding team-battle training for his companions, then discussed Zhu Zhuqing’s possible apprenticeship under Sword Douluo and reassured her that Spirit Hall could protect her from her family. Zhu Zhuqing remained determined to resist her family through her own strength, but Xia Tianling urged her to accept help, and she ended their argument by threatening to ask Sword Douluo to deal with him.

• Xia Tianling told the group to train their coordination and arranged for three Spirit Kings and four Soul Ancestors, including a Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda soul master, to spar with them.
• Xia Tianling took Zhu Zhuqing to the forging room and asked how she felt about Sword Douluo taking her as a disciple.
• Zhu Zhuqing worried that her identity would cause trouble, but Xia Tianling promised Spirit Hall could protect her from the Star Luo Empire and the Nether Duke.
• Xia Tianling explained that Sword Douluo’s offensive path could help Zhu Zhuqing grow stronger and urged her to use the support of others rather than face her family alone.
• Zhu Zhuqing chased Xia Tianling after he called her a silly cat, then threatened to ask Sword Douluo to deal with him.

Xia Tianling met Dugu Bo to negotiate a cure for the poison affecting him and Dugu Yan, but their discussion began with a clash of pride and strength. After revealing his power and status as Spirit Hall's Holy Son, Xia Tianling got Dugu Bo to sit down and hear his offer.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Xia Tianling claimed he could resolve the snake venom and wanted to discuss terms in person.
• Xia Tianling described Dugu Bo's secret symptoms, shocking him, but Dugu Bo threatened him and lunged at his throat.
• Xia Tianling struck Dugu Bo with his True Dragon Aura and sent him crashing into a wall, then revealed his four-ring Soul Ancestor strength.
• Xia Tianling displayed his Spirit Hall Holy Son Token and warned that Chrysanthemum and Ghost were waiting nearby, prompting Dugu Bo to sit down.
• Xia Tianling offered to cure the poison in Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan and address the hidden dangers in both their Martial Souls.

Xia Tianling offered Dugu Bo three treatment deals, ranging from a risky cure in exchange for ten herbs to a complete cure and Martial Soul evolution in exchange for Dugu Bo’s medicinal garden and service. Dugu Bo rejected joining Spirit Hall but accepted Xia Tianling’s personal offer after hearing that he could help him reach at least level 95.

• Xia Tianling offered Dugu Bo a lower treatment option that would cure Dugu Yan and give Dugu Bo a fifty percent chance of recovery in exchange for ten herbs from his medicinal garden.
• Xia Tianling described a middle option that would cure both Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, improve their strength, and potentially evolve Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul, in exchange for the entire garden.
• Dugu Bo questioned Xia Tianling about the garden’s value, and Xia Tianling admitted he had wanted it for a long time.
• Xia Tianling revealed that the lower option could fail and kill Dugu Bo, so Dugu Bo asked to hear the upper option instead.
• Dugu Bo refused to join Spirit Hall, but Xia Tianling clarified that he would serve Xia Tianling personally and keep the garden as Xia Tianling’s private property.
• After Xia Tianling offered to cure their poison, evolve Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul, and help him reach at least level 95, Dugu Bo immediately agreed.

Xia Tianling persuaded Dugu Bo to join him by promising to treat his hidden ailments and help him break through rank 95. Dugu Bo learned that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had already reached rank 96 through Xia Tianling’s guidance, and agreed to undergo treatment.

• Dugu Bo agreed to give up his herb garden and follow Xia Tianling after hearing he could break through rank 95 and extend his lifespan.
• Xia Tianling opened the chamber door to reveal Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo, and Dugu Bo promised he would not default on their agreement.
• Xia Tianling arranged to treat Dugu Bo at Sunset Forest that afternoon and left to prepare for his other responsibilities.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo challenged Dugu Bo to spar, defeated him even after suppressing his Soul Power, and revealed that he and Ghost Douluo had reached Level 96.
• Ghost Douluo explained that Xia Tianling had helped them advance by teaching cultivation methods that improved Spiritual Power and Soul Power quality.

Xia Tianling took Zhu Zhuqing to Sunset Forest with Dugu Bo to begin her next stage of cultivation, after collecting herbs from Ning Fengzhi. Along the way, Xia Tianling recruited Dugu Bo, traded Titled Douluo Tokens with him, and revealed his hobby of collecting them.

• Xia Tianling and Zhu Zhuqing reached Level 96 after purifying and compressing their accumulated Soul Power and Spiritual Power.
• Xia Tianling found Zhu Zhuqing training under Sword Douluo and persuaded her to leave with him for a cultivation opportunity, promising to help her reach Soul Ancestor.
• Xia Tianling collected twenty sets of requested Herbs from Ning Fengzhi and explained the next stage of cultivation before setting out with Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Bo for Sunset Forest.
• On the carriage, Xia Tianling told Dugu Bo to call him Boss, and Dugu Bo agreed to follow him in exchange for help breaking through beyond level 95.
• Xia Tianling exchanged personal Tokens with Dugu Bo and said he aimed to collect every Titled Douluo's Token, with Yu Yuanzhen's and Tang Chen's still missing.