Chapter Summaries

Chu Fan led Heavenly Strategy Manor toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, provoking Yu Xiaofeng by sending him Yu Xiaogang mutilated in a jar. Chu Fan then confronted Yu Xiaofeng at the clan gates, accused the clan of ties to the Soul Hunter Alliance, and left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan furious and on guard.

• Yu Xiaofeng worried that Heavenly Strategy Manor threatened the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but an elder reassured him that their six Titled Douluo could defend them.
• Yu Xiaofeng opened a box from Heavenly Strategy Manor and found his cousin Yu Xiaogang mutilated inside a jar, prompting him to vow revenge.
• Chu Fan reviewed information about Yu Xiaofeng and traveled to the clan with the leaders of the Single Attribute Four Sects.
• Yu Xiaofeng buried Yu Xiaogang and summoned the clan's experts before Chu Fan arrived at the sect gates.
• Yu Xiaofeng demanded to know why Chu Fan had tortured Yu Xiaogang, and Chu Fan said he owed no explanation and had come to demand one from the clan.
• Chu Fan presented a Soul Emperor and accused him of belonging to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then mentioned the Soul Hunter Alliance, which Yu Xiaofeng recognized as connected to the hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast in Spirit City.

Chu Fan fought Yu Xiaofeng after the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan refused to submit to the Soul Hunter Alliance. Chu Fan’s power overcame Yu Xiaofeng’s lightning and ninth soul skill, leaving the clan leader defeated.

• Yu Xiaofeng confronted Chu Fan, who declared that the clan’s refusal to submit meant death.
• Yu Xiaofeng used his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and struck first, but Chu Fan’s physical strength forced him back.
• Yu Xiaofeng unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Chu Fan with lightning, but Chu Fan absorbed the lightning without harm.
• Chu Fan activated his Green Lotus Domain and attacked with the God Slaying Spear as Yu Xiaofeng released his ninth soul skill.
• Chu Fan’s attack overwhelmed Yu Xiaofeng, who was battered by the shockwaves and defeated.

Chu Fan killed the Third and Fourth Elders after exposing their alliance with the Soul Hunter Alliance, then forced Yu Xiaofeng to submit the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to Heavenly Strategy Manor. Elsewhere, Tang Hao told Tang San how Spirit Hall attacked on the day Tang San was born and how Ah Yin sacrificed herself to save them.

• Chu Fan confronted the Third and Fourth Elders, who attacked him, and killed them with Heaven and Earth One Spear.
• Yu Xiaofeng stopped the remaining elders from fighting and admitted defeat after recognizing that they could not overcome Chu Fan.
• Chu Fan offered to spare the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect if it joined Heavenly Strategy Manor, and Yu Xiaofeng agreed.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Spirit Hall attacked as Ah Yin gave birth to him, and that Ah Yin sacrificed her spirit ring to save them.

Tang Hao told Tang San how Ah Yin died, why he had been expelled from the Clear Sky Sect, and urged him to help restore the sect. Tang San absorbed Ah Yin’s Soul Bone and, after three days, left transformed and determined to face Chu Fan and Spirit Hall.

• Tang Hao recounted Ah Yin’s death, his battle with Spirit Hall, and how the sect had expelled him and gone into seclusion to avoid retaliation.
• Tang San vowed to avenge his parents and restore the Clear Sky Sect, while Tang Hao instructed him to return, acknowledge his ancestry, and listen to his uncle.
• Tang Hao gave Tang San Ah Yin’s blue right leg Soul Bone, and Tang San absorbed it as its energy transformed and strengthened his body.
• Tang San awoke three days later, and Tang Hao advised him to add Soul Rings to his Clear Sky Hammer after his Blue Silver Emperor reached nine rings.
• Tang San left the forest, resolved to settle his conflicts with Chu Fan and Spirit Hall.

After the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect joined Heavenly Strategy Manor, Chu Fan chose Clear Sky Sect as his next target and promised the Single Attribute Four Sects he would make it answer for abandoning them. Tang Yuehua came to Chu Fan that night to discuss the looming conflict and confessed that she had always liked him.

• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect joined Heavenly Strategy Manor, prompting smaller sects to follow.
• Yang Wudi demanded that Chu Fan take action against Clear Sky Sect, and Titan and Niu Gao explained how Clear Sky Sect had abandoned the Single Attribute Four Sects when it went into seclusion.
• Chu Fan promised the four hall masters that Heavenly Strategy Manor would not abandon them and declared Clear Sky Sect its next target.
• Bai He told Chu Fan that Heavenly Strategy Manor did not know where Clear Sky Sect had relocated, so Chu Fan ordered him to gather intelligence.
• Tang Yuehua asked Chu Fan whether he intended to fight Clear Sky Sect, and Chu Fan said the outcome depended on its choice.
• Tang Yuehua confessed to Chu Fan that she had always liked him.

Chu Fan and Tang Yuehua confessed their feelings and became lovers, but she later gave him a map to the Clear Sky Sect despite her ties to it. Chu Fan traveled there alone, arriving at a village where a man warned him that outsiders were not welcome.

• Tang Yuehua confessed that she liked Chu Fan, and he told her he liked her too, though he still intended to go to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Yuehua embraced Chu Fan, and the two spent the night together.
• Several days later, Tang Yuehua gave Chu Fan a map revealing the Clear Sky Sect's location and said she wanted to help him.
• Chu Fan promised Tang Yuehua he would bring the Clear Sky Sect into Heavenly Strategy Manor rather than destroy it.
• Chu Fan traveled alone to a village east of Heaven Dou City and confirmed that it was the Clear Sky Sect's hidden location.
• A burly middle-aged man told Chu Fan that outsiders were not welcome.

Chu Fan reached the Clear Sky Sect’s mountain outpost and identified himself as Tang Fan, claiming Tang Yuehua was his aunt. After proving his strength by scaling a sheer cliff, he followed the sect’s disciples deeper into its heavily defended mountain range.

• Chu Fan revealed his Clear Sky Hammer to convince the village’s collateral-branch residents that he belonged to the sect, then invoked Tang Yuehua’s name to gain their respect.
• A group of Clear Sky Sect disciples arrived, and Chu Fan introduced himself as Tang Fan before following them toward the sect.
• The disciples challenged Chu Fan to climb a steep cliff, but he reached its summit in five leaps and stunned them.
• Chu Fan observed the mountains’ natural defenses and discovered an iron chain spanning a cloud-filled ravine as the group continued toward the sect.

Chu Fan infiltrated the Clear Sky Sect, intending to avenge the attack on his woman and make the sect submit to Heaven's Strategy Manor. He watched Tang San meet Sect Master Tang Xiao, and the chapter ended with Tang San blaming Chu Fan for Tang Hao's injuries.

• Chu Fan crossed the mountain passes, knocked out his Clear Sky Sect guides, and reached the sect after a giant bird broke the iron chain beneath him.
• Chu Fan disguised himself as a Clear Sky Sect disciple and recognized Tang San by the cold aura of Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tang Long and Tang Tian brought Tang San to meet Sect Master Tang Xiao while Chu Fan secretly observed them.
• Tang San bowed to Tang Xiao and offered to bear responsibility for his father, prompting Tang Xiao to ask whether Tang Hao was well.
• Tang San told Tang Xiao that Tang Hao had been severely injured while saving him and named Spirit Hall Elder Chu Fan as the attacker.

Tang San sought acceptance into Clear Sky Sect, carrying Tang Hao’s message and two spirit bones, while Chu Fan watched from the shadows. At Tang San’s challenge match, he silenced the sect’s hostile disciples with his killing intent before Tang Xiao stopped him from acting further.

• Tang San told Tang Xiao that Chu Fan had killed his master and that Tang Hao had attacked Spirit Hall, then presented the two spirit bones Tang Hao had sent.
• Tang Xiao mourned Tang Hao, defended his brother’s choices, and explained that the sect’s elders opposed Tang San’s return because they blamed Tang Hao for the conflict with Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xiao promised to convene a clan assembly after Tang San rested, while Chu Fan withdrew quietly and waited for an opportunity to act.
• Days later, Tang Long accompanied Tang San to his challenge match as Chu Fan watched from among the disciples.
• A disciple insulted Tang Hao, and Tang San released killing intent that silenced the courtyard and focused on the heckler.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and spirit rings, then withdrew his killing intent after Tang Xiao warned him not to act recklessly before the elders.

Tang San sought permission to return to the Clear Sky Sect, but Chu Fan interrupted his trial and demanded that the sect join Heavenly Strategy Manor. After Tang Xiao attacked him, Chu Fan summoned his Chaos Green Lotus to face the Clear Sky Sect.

• Tang San knelt before the elders and pleaded to return to the sect, offering to atone for Tang Hao’s actions.
• The long-browed elder ordered Tang Hu to spar with Tang San, and Tang San asked whether winning would let him challenge the Seventh Elder.
• Chu Fan revealed himself as an outer disciple, identified himself as the Lord of Heavenly Strategy Manor, and produced a Clear Sky Hammer.
• Chu Fan demanded that the Clear Sky Sect join Heavenly Strategy Manor, while Tang San told Tang Xiao that Chu Fan had crippled his father.
• Tang Xiao attacked Chu Fan with his Clear Sky Hammer, and Chu Fan summoned his Chaos Green Lotus.

Chu Fan overwhelmed Tang Xiao in a fight and demanded an explanation about the Soul Hunter Alliance. Tang Xiao did not recognize the organization, leaving Chu Fan without an answer.

• Tang Xiao attacked Chu Fan with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Chu Fan’s Azure Lotus stems blocked his blows.
• Tang Xiao charged with his second soul skill, but Chu Fan kicked the hammer away and evaded his attack.
• Tang Xiao used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, yet Chu Fan withstood the strike unharmed.
• Chu Fan pierced Tang Xiao’s shoulder with the God Slaying Spear, drained his Soul Power, and knocked him into a wall.
• Chu Fan demanded an explanation about the Soul Hunter Alliance, but Tang Xiao asked what organization it was.

Chu Fan confronted the Clear Sky Sect elders over their role in the Soul Hunter Alliance and the hunt for Xiao Wu, then fought five Titled Douluo after revealing his five Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings. He defeated the Fourth Elder and faced another elder’s hammer attack on the chain bridge.

• The First Elder admitted that he and the Seventh Elder led the Soul Hunter Alliance and regretted failing to capture Xiao Wu.
• Chu Fan threatened to destroy the Clear Sky Sect, and five elders attacked him on the chain bridge.
• Chu Fan revealed five scarlet Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings, shocking the elders and Tang Xiao.
• The elders struck at Chu Fan together, but he teleported away and used Divine Concealment to evade them.
• Chu Fan hit the Fourth Elder with a compressed Soul Power strike from his Clear Sky Hammer and sent him crashing into a mountain.
• Another elder enlarged his body and Clear Sky Hammer, then swept the weapon along the chain bridge after Chu Fan.

Chu Fan fought three Clear Sky Sect elders, overpowering their coordinated hammer attacks and sending the Second Elder crashing into a mountainside. As the remaining elders unleashed their strongest techniques, Chu Fan revealed his Green Lotus Spirit Martial Soul and began channeling Soul Power into his hammer.

• Chu Fan evaded the First and Second Elders' pincer attack and struck the Second Elder hard enough to send him flying.
• Chu Fan challenged the three elders, then met the Second Elder's attack with his Clear Sky Hammer and hurled him into a tree as the hammer smashed apart a distant mountain.
• The remaining elders unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars, and Chu Fan warned that he would leave the Clear Sky Sect badly injured.
• Chu Fan summoned his Green Lotus Spirit Martial Soul as the elders used Exploding Ring and their hammers merged into a combined attack.
• Chu Fan gathered streams of Soul Power into his Clear Sky Hammer, which grew larger and more powerful as he declared that one hammer could shake heaven and earth.

Chu Fan defeated the Clear Sky Sect’s six Titled Douluo, killed the First Elder and Seventh Elder, and forced Tang Xiao to submit the sect to the Heavenly Strategy Manor. After Tang Xiao secured Chu Fan’s promise to heal Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Sect joined the manor but remained hidden in its secluded home, while Tang San slipped away.

• Chu Fan shattered the elders’ Clear Sky Hammers, defeated the First Elder and Tang Xiao, and left all six Titled Douluo unable to fight.
• Chu Fan killed the Seventh Elder and rejected the First Elder’s offer to surrender the Clear Sky Sect, killing him as well.
• Chu Fan confronted Tang Xiao with an object that alarmed him about Tang Yuehua, then threatened the Clear Sky Sect’s disciples with his hammer.
• Tang Xiao agreed to bring the Clear Sky Sect into the Heavenly Strategy Manor after Chu Fan promised to heal Tang Hao.
• Tang San quietly left the sect, and Chu Fan kept the Clear Sky Sect hidden before departing two days later.

Chu Fan and Titan arrived in Gengxin City and visited the Blacksmith Association headquarters, where Titan introduced Chu Fan to Lou Gao. Lou Gao recognized Chu Fan as the Heavenly Strategy King and greeted him with respect.

• Chu Fan and his companions reached Gengxin City after nearly a month of travel and entered the city with Titan.
• Titan explained the city’s blacksmithing trade and the Blacksmith Association’s five-floor headquarters as he led the group there.
• The guards recognized Titan, and Si Long notified his teacher, Lou Gao, that the vice president had arrived.
• Lou Gao opened his workshop and exchanged greetings with Titan, then asked who Chu Fan was.
• Titan introduced Chu Fan as the Grand General appointed by Xue Ye and the Heavenly Strategy King, and Lou Gao bowed to him.

Chu Fan invited Lou Gao to join Heavenly Strategy Manor, and Lou Gao readily accepted after arguing that the manor could help blacksmiths gain respect. While Si Long arranged a large metal order for the manor, Chu Fan took Xiao Wu and his companions around Metal City and spotted a hands-on workshop.

• Chu Fan invited Lou Gao to join Heavenly Strategy Manor, and Lou Gao agreed after Titan explained the manor’s rules and Lou Gao spoke about the poor status of blacksmiths.
• Chu Fan discussed matters with Lou Gao, then led everyone out to lunch and asked Si Long to arrange the manor’s metal purchases.
• Si Long examined Titan’s extensive procurement list and negotiated a five percent discount, promising to gather the metals within three days.
• Chu Fan spent the next three days touring Metal City with Xiao Wu and the others while Si Long collected the materials.
• Chu Fan watched blacksmiths taking a refining examination, noticed a hands-on workshop, and pulled his three wives toward it to make something together.

Chu Fan entered a blacksmith shop and amazed its workers by forging Iron Essence with a hammer technique that surpassed the legendary eighty-one strikes. The blacksmiths hailed him as a Grandmaster, and one explained that his mastery of hammer technique could make him a true forging Grandmaster.

• Chu Fan ignored the crowd's mockery and watched an advanced blacksmith forge a piece of iron.
• Chu Fan promised Xiao Wu and his other wives exclusive necklaces, then selected harder Iron Essence and began forging.
• Chu Fan struck the Iron Essence one hundred and eight times, removing its impurities and leaving everyone in awe.
• The blacksmiths bowed to Chu Fan and called him Grandmaster.
• Chu Fan said he had only mastered the hammer technique, and the leading blacksmith told him hammer technique was the core of forging.

After Xue Ye died from poison, Chu Fan and Xue Qinghe moved to seize control of the Heaven Dou Empire, but Tang San arrived to expose their conspiracy. Xue Qinghe revealed that she was Qian Renxue, and Chu Fan ordered Tang San and Dugu Bo killed as the confrontation began.

• Chu Fan returned to the Heaven Dou Empire with Lou Gao, gained control of its army, and agreed with Xue Qinghe to launch a coup when Xue Ye's poison took effect.
• After Xue Ye was reported dead, Chu Fan went to the palace, where soldiers greeted Xue Qinghe as Crown Prince.
• Tang San entered with Gu Du Bo and others, accused Chu Fan and Xue Qinghe of plotting Xue Ye's death, and challenged their security arrangements.
• Xue Qinghe admitted she had borrowed Spirit Hall's strength, revealed her true identity as Qian Renxue, and removed her disguise.
• Chu Fan ordered Tang San and Dugu Bo killed, and two Titled Douluo attacked them as the disguised Spirit Hall Soul Masters surrounded the group.
• Tang San and Dugu Bo made their move when they realized the situation had turned against them.

Chu Fan and Qian Renxue faced Tang San and Dugu Bo as the struggle over the Heaven Dou Empire turned into a battle. Chu Fan secured Poison Douluo’s surrender, then left Qian Renxue to fight Tang San after she revealed her Six-winged Angel martial soul.

• Dugu Bo released his poison and attacked Chu Fan, while Stingray Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo stepped in to face him and Tang San.
• Qian Renxue urged Chu Fan to inherit the throne, but Chu Fan first struck a Titled Douluo down with one punch and declared that the Heaven Dou Empire’s forces were under his control.
• Dugu Bo realized he and Tang San could not win, surrendered to Chu Fan, and left after Chu Fan spared him.
• Qian Renxue promised to fight Tang San herself while the two elders stayed out of the battle.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Six-winged Angel martial soul, and she and Tang San prepared to fight as Chu Fan departed.

Tang San fought Qian Renxue in the sky and found her strength overwhelming. Meanwhile, Chu Fan seized the Heaven Dou imperial throne and declared himself king after the ministers submitted to him.

• Qian Renxue attacked Tang San, who used his Spider Lances and Blue Silver Emperor to meet her in battle.
• Tang San and Qian Renxue exchanged blows, and Tang San was blasted back despite the amplification of his two domains.
• Chu Fan entered the imperial hall after Xue Ye's death and sat on the throne as the ministers questioned him.
• Chu Fan declared that he controlled the army and Soul Master organizations, killed a minister who accused him, and invited anyone to challenge him for the throne.
• The ministers and soldiers knelt and pledged loyalty to Chu Fan, who declared himself king of the Heaven Dou Empire.