Chapter Summaries

The Holy Soul Empire prepared an eastern campaign while Xue Beng struggled to sustain his rival Heaven Dou regime, and Spirit Hall held its selection for the new Seven Great Sects. The chapter ended with Wang Ming leading the empire’s first campaign force out to war.

• Xue Beng proclaimed himself emperor in the Hagendas Kingdom and sought grain, supplies, and an alliance with the Star Luo Empire, but the subordinate kingdoms and duchies refused to support his calls for war.
• Di Yang appointed Wang Ming to command four hundred thousand troops and two thousand Spirit Masters in an eastern campaign, with Di Qing set to accompany the army.
• Spirit Hall held the Seven Great Sects selection in Spirit City, where the Elephant Armor Sect and six other prominent sects were considered favorites.
• Qian Renxue explained to Di Yuan that the Seven Great Sects' standing brought resources and influence, while the two remained focused on improving their strength.
• The Tang Sect formed the Tang Family Army with Xue Beng's support, and Di Yang received intelligence reports on both Spirit City and the Hagendas Kingdom.
• Wang Ming led the assembled army out of Holy Soul City, beginning the Holy Soul Empire's first campaign.

Spirit Hall selected its new Seven Great Sects and Bibi Dong formally founded the Spirit Hall Empire, naming herself empress and granting Hu Liena sweeping military and Spirit Master authority. The Holy Soul Empire sent an envoy to the ceremony, where Bibi Dong called on all Spirit Masters to submit to her empire or be killed.

• The Elephant Armor Sect, Holy Dragon Sect, Black Tiger Sect, Wind Sword Sect, Sparrow Wasp Sect, Rock Antelope Sect, and Fire Leopard Sect became the new Seven Great Sects, with the first three ranked as the Upper Three Sects.
• Wang Ming's army defeated the eastern duchy and kingdom but advanced slowly because of logistical attacks and coordination problems.
• Di Yang's ministers agreed to send the Holy Soul Empire's chief minister to Spirit Hall's founding ceremony to preserve their relations.
• Bibi Dong declared Spirit Hall a nation, renamed it the Spirit Hall Empire, and proclaimed herself empress.
• Bibi Dong appointed Hu Liena as Saintess and gave her authority over the empire's army and Spirit Masters outside the Elder Hall.
• Bibi Dong ordered all Spirit Masters across the continent to submit to the Spirit Hall Empire, threatening to kill those who refused.

After the Spirit Hall Empire captured the Balak Kingdom and expanded into other territories, Xue Beng’s allies prepared for the threat while Tang San and his companions learned of the upheaval from Bai Chenxiang. The chapter ended with them shocked to discover that Emperor Xue Ye had died and Bibi Dong had founded an empire.

• Bibi Dong’s Spirit Hall Empire attacked and captured the Balak Kingdom, forcing its King into exile as soldiers surrendered or defected.
• Di Yang learned that Spirit Hall was expanding and told Shen Yi to let it fight Star Luo and the Heaven Dou remnants while the Holy Soul Empire watched.
• Ning Fengzhi, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender discussed defenses, intelligence, and contacting restoration forces after the Balak Kingdom fell.
• Bai He sent news to Bai Chenxiang, who told Tang San and the others that Emperor Xue Ye had died and Bibi Dong had founded the Spirit Hall Empire.

Tang San and his companions learned that Spirit Hall Empire was rapidly expanding and prepared to face the Evil Orca King, while Qian Renxue passed her fifth trial and began training for the next one with Di Yuan. As their empires’ future conflict loomed, Di Yuan and Qian Renxue promised to preserve each other’s family inheritance if either side lost.

• Tang San read Bai Chenxiang’s letter and realized Spirit Hall Empire’s expansion left little time for the group to finish their trials and help their teacher.
• Tang San and his companions began preparing to kill the Evil Orca King and sought help from Xiao Bai, the Demon Soul Great White Shark.
• Qian Renxue passed Angel’s Fifth Trial, raising her Angel Affinity to forty percent, and Qian Daoliu assigned her sixth trial: endure his attacks for one incense stick within a year, with Di Yuan assisting.
• Qian Renxue and Di Yuan tried to withstand Qian Daoliu’s attack but were driven back in less than a minute, revealing the vast gap between them and the Level 99 powerhouse.
• Di Yuan and Qian Renxue agreed that if their empires went to war, each would preserve the other’s family inheritance if the other side was defeated.

Spirit Hall captured Gengxin City after Xie Yue led an assault, while Bibi Dong continued consolidating her empire and preparing for future conflict. The chapter ended with Di Ming ordering the execution of a captured Speed Clan disciple as the clan’s infiltrators were hunted down.

• Bibi Dong ordered Xie Yue to take Spirit Masters to subdue Gengxin City and told Hu Liena to strengthen the garrisons in the subordinate duchies.
• Di Yuan and Qian Renxue continued sparring, while Spirit Hall recruited Spirit Masters and killed some who refused to join.
• Tang San and his companions completed the Sea God's fourth trial by killing the Evil Orca King, and Tang San absorbed its Spirit Ring.
• Xie Yue, assisted by the Holy Dragon Sect and Sparrow Wasp Sect, breached Gengxin City; the Blacksmith Association suffered heavy casualties, and Spirit Hall occupied the city.
• Lou Gao mourned Gengxin City's fall and continued struggling to manufacture the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus and Pear Blossom Needles in a Storm.
• Di Ming interrogated a captured Speed Clan disciple, then ordered her execution and directed his men to question the other captives.

Qian Renxue and Di Yuan failed once more to defeat Qian Daoliu in the sixth trial, but Qian Renxue regained her resolve and grew stronger. Afterward, she asked Di Yuan why she had lost to Tang San, and he suggested that neither of them had ever endured hardship.

• Qian Renxue and Di Yuan challenged Qian Daoliu, but his attacks overwhelmed them despite their combined efforts.
• Qian Daoliu subjected the pair to the Angel Eye trial and asked Qian Renxue whether she could shoulder the Angel Clan’s future.
• Remembering her failure at Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Qian Renxue broke free of her restraints and restored her Angel Shield with renewed determination.
• Qian Renxue declared that she would pass the trial next time, then left Douluo Hall with Di Yuan after his chains disappeared.
• Qian Renxue asked why she had lost to Tang San, and Di Yuan said they had both lacked the hardship Tang San had endured.

Qian Renxue and Di Yuan passed the Angel Sixth Trial after combining their powers to force Qian Daoliu back, and both reached rank ninety. Di Yuan left Spirit City to hunt for a Ninth Spirit Ring as war preparations spread across the continent, while Tang San advanced to the Sea God’s Fifth Trial.

• Qian Renxue and Di Yuan combined their fire and energy in a new domain skill, forcing Qian Daoliu back and completing the Angel Sixth Trial.
• Qian Renxue broke through to rank ninety, while Di Yuan’s spirit rings each gained five thousand years of age and his soul power also reached rank ninety.
• Di Yuan told Qian Daoliu he would hunt a suitable Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast alone, then left Spirit City for the Star Luo Empire.
• Di Yuan saw that cities were under martial law as the factions prepared for war and the Spirit Hall Empire grew stronger.
• Tang San passed Sea God’s Fifth Trial and reached the Soul Douluo level; his next trial required him to face the Level 99 Bo Saixi.

Ning Fengzhi and Yu Xiaogang struggled to keep the Heaven Dou army supplied as Xue Beng’s alliance prepared to fight Spirit Hall, while Di Yang learned Dai Yutian was traveling to meet Xue Beng. Tang San passed the Sea God’s Sixth Trial, and Bibi Dong prepared to wage war after attacks by the Star Luo and Heaven Dou forces damaged Spirit Hall’s mines.

• Ning Fengzhi rejected Yu Xiaogang’s proposal to let Hagendas troops go hungry, warning that it could trigger unrest, while Xue Beng considered requisitioning food from commoners.
• Di Ming told Di Yang that Dai Yutian had left Star Luo City to meet Xue Beng, and Di Yang ordered him to inform Bibi Dong while planning for Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire to fight each other.
• Tang San survived Bo Saixi’s assault and passed the Sea God’s Sixth Trial, earning the task of pulling out the Sea God Trident.
• Dai Weisi led Star Luo attacks on Spirit Hall, and Xue Beng’s forces struck its resource sites, prompting Bibi Dong to prepare a major war.
• Bibi Dong received news that Dai Yutian was about to meet Xue Beng.

Di Yang received word that Bibi Dong had declared war on the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires, and decided to prepare the Holy Soul Empire’s army without entering the conflict yet. As the war worsened, Bibi Dong moved against the great soul beasts and Xue Beng and Dai Yutian’s meeting in Xilu City was ambushed, leaving their fate uncertain.

• A messenger reported to Di Yang that Bibi Dong had declared war on the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires, and Di Yang ordered Ge Long to assemble the army while holding off on sending troops.
• Di Yang assigned Di Ming to monitor the Spirit Hall Empire and the Heaven Dou remnants as the Spirit Hall army gained ground and both enemy empires struggled to hold their positions.
• Bibi Dong prepared to hunt the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, while Qian Daoliu sent Subduing Demon Douluo to support her operation.
• Di Hong emerged from seclusion after learning of Bibi Dong’s movements, while Tang San returned from Sea God Island after completing Sea God’s Seventh Trial.
• Di Yuan killed a hundred-thousand-year Flame Leopard in the Star Luo Empire and wondered how far Qian Renxue had progressed in her trials.
• Xue Beng and Dai Yutian met in Xilu City, where Spirit Hall forces and their allies ambushed them; Subduing Demon Douluo’s arrival turned the fight against them.

Tang San's arrival turned the battle in Xilu City, where he wounded Subduing Demon Douluo and forced the Spirit Hall Empire to retreat. Meanwhile, Di Yuan entered the Star Dou Great Forest and later learned that Tang San had returned with the Sea God Trident.

• Subduing Demon Douluo nearly killed Xue Beng, but Tang San and his companions arrived and rescued Xue Beng and Dai Yutian's group.
• Tang San broke Subduing Demon Douluo's ninth soul skill with the Sea God Trident and wounded him, forcing the Spirit Hall Empire to retreat.
• Gui Mei killed Qin Ming on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, then left after clearing the area.
• Di Hong arrived at the site of Qin Ming's death and headed deeper into the forest, intending to collect Gui Mei's soul after Tang San killed him and revive him for the Holy Soul Empire.
• Subduing Demon Douluo returned to Douluo Hall wounded, and Qian Daoliu told him to rest while promising a chance to make up for his failure.
• Di Yuan learned from Qian Renxue that Tang San had returned with the Sea God Trident and had reached the Soul Douluo level.

Di Hong watched Bibi Dong hunt the poisoned Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, then waited for Tang San to arrive and confront the King of Slaughter. Tang San was overwhelmed until he used the Sea God Trident’s light to force the King of Slaughter back.

• Xue Beng and Dai Yutian agreed to coordinate their forces against the Spirit Hall Empire, while Yu Xiaogang reassured Dai Yutian that the Holy Soul Empire was likely only bluffing.
• Tang San planned to visit the Star Dou Great Forest, then seek help from the Clear Sky Sect and find a way to resurrect Xiao Wu.
• Di Hong observed Bibi Dong pursuing the poisoned Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, then left to wait for Tang San and Tang Chen.
• The King of Slaughter defeated Hu Liena’s Annihilation Squad, and Tang San appeared to rescue her.
• Tang San fought the King of Slaughter but was suppressed until he used the Sea God Trident’s sacred light to drive him back.

Tang San helped Tang Chen break free of the Rakshasa God's influence, and Tang Chen revealed his identity as Tang San's great-grandfather before entrusting him with the Clear Sky Golden Token. After Tang Chen left, Di Hong confronted him and demanded the Asura Sword.

• Tang Chen defeated Tang San with the Asura Sword, then awakened from the Rakshasa God's influence through the Sea God's Light.
• Tang Chen explained how the Rakshasa God had disrupted his Asura God trial and how he had finally gained the Asura Sword's recognition.
• Tang San confirmed Tang Chen was his great-grandfather, revealed that he was Tang Hao's son, and told Tang Chen what had happened to the Clear Sky Sect and their family.
• Tang Chen gave Tang San the Clear Sky Golden Token, then left after learning that Bo Saixi had returned his feelings.
• Di Hong followed Tang Chen, revealed himself as his grandson-in-law, and demanded the Asura Sword, saying he would take it after Tang Chen died.

Tang Chen gave Di Hong the Asura Sword, and Di Hong set out for the Star Dou Great Forest as Hu Liena watched him leave. There, Da Ming and Er Ming were cornered by Bibi Dong and six other Titled Douluo while Tang San raced to reach them.

• Tang Chen explained that he would soon die and handed the Asura Sword to Di Hong, hoping to see Bo Saixi before his remaining time ran out.
• Di Hong endured the sword’s killing intent, drew the Asura Sword, sealed it in a case, and headed toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Hong caught Hu Liena spying on him, spared her for Bibi Dong’s sake, and ordered her to leave.
• Tang San found Qin Ming’s belongings and learned that Spirit Hall had come for Da Ming and Er Ming, then used his abilities to track the wounded spirit beasts.
• Bibi Dong and six other Titled Douluo pursued Da Ming and Er Ming until the two could flee no farther, while Di Hong watched and Tang San drew near.
• Er Ming used the Gravity Delay Domain to suppress Gui Mei, Yue Guan, and the other Titled Douluo as the spirit beasts prepared to fight.

Bibi Dong’s pursuit of Da Ming and Er Ming cost Spirit Hall a Titled Douluo when the wounded beasts killed Spirit Kite Douluo, whose soul Di Hong captured with Spirit Summoning. Tang San intervened when Bibi Dong cornered the beasts, disrupted the Titled Douluo’s attacks with Purple God Light and Sea God’s Light, and killed Gui Mei with the Sea God Trident.

• Bibi Dong broke through Er Ming’s Gravity Control Domain and ordered her Titled Douluo to kill the two wounded soul beasts.
• Da Ming paralyzed Spirit Kite Douluo with Azure Nether Thunder, and Er Ming crushed her with a boulder before the beasts fled.
• Di Hong used Spirit Summoning to capture Spirit Kite Douluo’s soul and stored her corpse in an Ice Coffin.
• Bibi Dong’s forces cornered Da Ming and Er Ming again while Tang San hid nearby and planned an attack.
• Tang San appeared, severed Bibi Dong’s spiritual lock with Purple God Light, and interrupted Yue Guan and Gui Mei’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Sea God’s Light.
• Tang San pursued the fleeing Gui Mei and killed him with the Sea God Trident.

Tang San rescued Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming, but stayed behind to hold off Bibi Dong and the Spirit Hall Empire’s Titled Douluo. After Bibi Dong exposed him, Tang San fought with the Sea God Trident and was left badly injured, though he survived their combined attack.

• After Tang San took Gui Mei’s spirit bone and concealed himself, Bibi Dong used her domains and summoned demon spiders to pursue the escaping spirit beasts.
• Tang San held off Bibi Dong while Xiao Wu carried Da Ming and Er Ming away, and Di Hong watched from a distance.
• Bibi Dong used True World to locate Tang San and discovered that the two spirit beasts had escaped, then attacked him as he tried to flee.
• Tang San fought Bibi Dong with his Clear Sky Hammer and Sea God Trident, but she overwhelmed him and ordered the other Titled Douluo to join in.
• Yue Guan, Snake Lance Douluo, and the others badly injured Tang San, but he blocked their combined attack with the Sea God Trident, shattering his Eight Spider Lance Spirit Bone and breaking his arm bones.

Tang San was rescued from Bibi Dong by the Sea God’s Divine Sense, which taught him three forms of the Thirteen Halberds of the Golden Sea and devastated Bibi Dong and her allies. Tang San fled, while Xiao Wu remained in danger as Bibi Dong’s Demon Spiders caught up with her and the two exhausted soul beasts.

• Xiao Wu refused to abandon the two soul beasts, even as they urged her to escape and Tang San struggled to survive against Bibi Dong.
• The Sea God Trident broke free from Tang San’s grasp, shattered Bibi Dong’s Death Domain, and summoned the Sea God’s Divine Sense.
• The Sea God taught Tang San the first three forms of the Thirteen Halberds of the Golden Sea while Bibi Dong and the others attacked.
• The Sea God’s techniques restrained and injured Bibi Dong’s group, and his final strike caused Bibi Dong’s body to explode into fragments.
• After the Sea God’s Divine Sense vanished, Tang San recovered the trident and fled, while Di Hong reflected on the divine power he had witnessed.
• Bibi Dong’s Demon Spiders found Xiao Wu and the two soul beasts, and Xiao Wu used the Godly Zhuge Crossbow to fight them off.

Tang San accepted Da Ming and Er Ming’s sacrifices, absorbed their Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, and became a Titled Douluo. Di Hong retrieved Gui Mei’s damaged soul and prepared to revive Spirit Kite Douluo while the Holy Soul Empire planned its war against Star Luo.

• Tang San rescued Xiao Wu and agreed to Da Ming and Er Ming’s wish, severing his left arm to remove the Spirit Bone from Xiao Wu’s Sacrifice.
• Da Ming and Er Ming sacrificed themselves, and Tang San absorbed their two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings after daybreak, becoming a Titled Douluo.
• Bibi Dong led Spirit Hall’s forces away, while Di Hong recovered Gui Mei’s damaged soul and returned to Sunset Forest.
• Di Hong’s Holy Soul Empire assembled its army and drafted plans to destroy the Star Luo Empire, with Ge Long as commander-in-chief.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Di Hong began reviving Spirit Kite Douluo, whose soul emerged from the Vermilion Bird Feathers above her Ice Coffin.

Di Hong revived Spirit Kite Douluo after she agreed to join the Holy Soul Empire, though she needed time to recover her strength. Meanwhile, Tang San brought Tang Hao to the Clear Sky Sect to seek its support, and Tang Xiao personally welcomed them after they were stopped at the entrance.

• Spirit Kite Douluo agreed to serve Di Hong and the Holy Soul Empire in exchange for being revived.
• Di Hong used his Vermilion Bird Domain and a medicinal pool of Immortal Grade Herbs to restore Spirit Kite Douluo to life.
• Spirit Kite Douluo awoke and accepted Di Hong's pill while her strength remained weakened.
• Di Hong learned that Tang San was taking Tang Hao to the Clear Sky Sect instead of Sunset Forest.
• Tang San and Tang Hao reached the village outside the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Xiao welcomed them after the guards initially barred Tang Hao from entering.

Tang San returned to Clear Sky Sect, fulfilled its conditions, and defeated the five elders to secure Tang Hao’s restoration and the right to return. With Tang Yuehua and Di Hong agreeing not to oppose him, the sect restored Tang Hao’s place and announced it would end its seclusion.

• Tang San revealed that he had met and exceeded the elders’ conditions, then defeated Tang Lie when he challenged the sect’s past decisions.
• Tang San challenged the five elders at Chuanyun Peak and defeated them with the Sea God Trident and Da Ming and Er Ming’s Spirit Bones.
• Tang San presented Tang Chen’s Clear Sky Golden Token, and the elders agreed not to obstruct his return to the sect.
• Tang Yuehua told Di Hong that Tang San had returned, and Di Hong said he would not attack Tang San unless Tang San attacked him first.
• Tang San restored Tang Hao’s severed arm and leg, and Tang Yuehua presided over Tang Hao’s worship ceremony the next day.
• Second Elder restored Tang Hao’s status as a disciple and named him an elder, then announced that Clear Sky Sect would end its seclusion.

Tang San revived Xiao Wu at the cost of five Soul Rings and began planning to hunt replacements. Meanwhile, Di Hong brought the Asura Sword to Spirit City, where Di Yuan successfully lifted it and gained the chance to seek the Asura God's recognition.

• Tang San used five Soul Rings, Sacred Soul Grass, and the Sea God's Light to revive Xiao Wu, completing his Mysterious Heaven Skill but losing the rings from his Blue Silver Emperor martial soul.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang San he could hunt in Sunset Forest if he stayed away from Di Hong's territory, and Tang San also planned to visit the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Hong arrived openly at Spirit City, where Qian Daoliu sensed him and Di Yuan and Qian Renxue came to meet him.
• Di Hong revealed the Asura Sword and told Di Yuan that gaining the Asura God's recognition and inheriting his Godhood depended on him.
• Di Yuan endured the sword's killing intent, released both his domains, and successfully lifted the Asura Sword as Bibi Dong and Hu Liena sensed its power from the Pope's Palace.
• Di Hong briefly met Qian Daoliu and left Spirit City without seeing the injured Bibi Dong.