Chapter Summaries

Di Hong proposed that the Di Family work toward unifying the continent over several generations, and outlined reforms to strengthen the Silves Kingdom. He left much of his knowledge concealed and explained that infiltration would require an intelligence organization run by his family.

• Di Ming asked whether Di Hong wanted to rebel, and Di Hong said he wanted the world unified rather than to become king or emperor himself.
• Di Hong argued that unification could end war, and Di Yuan acknowledged the idea’s appeal but questioned whether the Silves Kingdom had the strength to pursue it.
• Di Hong said the family could work toward unification over several generations and described a plan based on strengthening the kingdom, infiltration, and winning people over.
• Di Hong proposed reforms to the economy, military, public security, and Soul Master education, alongside recruiting commoners and training more talent.
• Di Hong said infiltration would require a powerful intelligence organization that Di Yuan and the others would have to establish to target the Two Great Empires.

Di Hong and his family refined their State-Seizing Plan, assigning Di Ming to establish a secret Intelligence Organization while Di Yang and Di Yuan planned domestic reform. The family prepared for both success and failure, and Di Hong secluded himself to train as anticipation grew for Spirit Hall’s Soul Master Exchange Meet.

• Di Yuan assigned Di Ming to create an Intelligence Organization, which would gather information, recruit talent, and carry out assassinations.
• Di Hong explained plans to recruit overlooked officials, military commanders, and unaffiliated Soul Masters, with the long-term goal of placing Ge Long inside the Heaven Dou Empire’s military.
• Di Yuan and Di Yang helped refine the State-Seizing Plan and began preparing domestic reforms while Di Ming considered how to build the Intelligence Organization.
• Di Yuan urged Di Hong to cultivate and prepared a backup plan to protect him if their takeover failed; Di Hong said he expected to reach Titled Douluo before thirty.
• Di Hong checked on Ge Long, who had obtained his first Spirit Ring, then secluded himself in the mountains to train his close-combat skills.
• Soul Masters across the empire prepared for Spirit Hall’s upcoming Soul Master Exchange Meet and wondered what rewards it would offer.

Tang Yuehua looked forward to seeing Di Hong at the Soul Master Exchange Meet, while Di Hong completed six months of training and set out for Heaven Dou City. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall reeled from a disastrous expedition to Sea God Island, prompting Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen to investigate.

• Tang Xiao told Tang Yuehua that Di Hong would attend the Soul Master Exchange Meet, and Tang Hao declared that he wanted to test his strength against him.
• Di Hong trained for six months in the mountains, sparring with Di Yuan and improving his combat ability, before leaving for Heaven Dou City.
• Shen Ning urged Di Hong to consider marriage, and he fled before setting out alone from Silvis City.
• Spirit Hall's expedition against Sea God Island ended in defeat, with fewer than a hundred of its two thousand Soul Masters returning and two Titled Douluo dead.
• Qian Daoliu invited Tang Chen to join him in investigating Sea God Island, and the two Peerless Douluo set out together.

After Spirit Hall’s defeat, Di Hong cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before joining the Heaven Dou convoy to Spirit City for the Soul Master Exchange Meet. His arrival drew attention, and Tang Hao began comparing his own strength with Di Hong’s.

• Di Hong checked the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, found it undisturbed, and spent four days cultivating there.
• Xue Ye waited anxiously for Di Hong as the Heaven Dou convoy gathered to depart for Spirit City, while Tang Yuehua expected him to come.
• Di Hong arrived late, apologized to Xue Ye, and was welcomed without blame.
• Tang Xiao revealed that Di Hong was level sixty-nine at fourteen, astonishing Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao insisted he could still defeat Di Hong, while Tang Yuehua thought Di Hong might be stronger.

Di Hong traveled toward Spirit City with Crown Prince Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi, who hoped he would help secure Xue Ye’s position at the Soul Master Exchange Meet. The chapter ended with Xue Ye revealing that Spirit Hall’s Bibi Dong would participate.

• Ning Fengzhi praised Di Hong’s cultivation and asked him to call him Brother Ning, strengthening their connection as supporters of Xue Ye.
• Tang Yuehua watched Di Hong board his carriage, and Tang Hao teased her about him as the convoy departed for Spirit City.
• Xue Ye told Di Hong that defeating his second brother’s strongest fighter, Yin Xuan, would help him win the political contest, and warned that Yin Xuan might try to kill him.
• Di Hong asked whether Spirit Hall would participate, and Xue Ye confirmed that the Pope’s student, Bibi Dong, would attend.

Xue Ye’s large escort arrived at Spirit City, where Di Hong saw the city’s formidable defenses and met Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Tang Yuehua. Tang Hao thanked Di Hong for saving his sister and abruptly called him her brother-in-law, leaving Di Hong and the gathered nobles stunned.

• After twenty days of travel, Xue Ye’s procession, swollen to more than ten thousand people, reached Spirit City.
• Di Hong examined the modest but heavily fortified city and wondered whether his Vermilion Bird Martial Soul might one day be carved on its walls.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao arrived, and Ning Fengzhi praised the Clear Sky Sect as Tang Hao spoke proudly of its strength.
• Tang Yuehua explained that she had come with her brothers, while Tang Hao teased her about coming for Di Hong and she secretly pinched him.
• Tang Hao thanked Di Hong for saving Tang Yuehua and declared that Di Hong was now his brother-in-law, prompting Di Hong to object and Tang Yuehua to scold her brother.

Di Hong arrived in Spirit City for the Soul Master Exchange Meet and kept his distance from Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect, despite Tang Yuehua's affection for him. At Pope's Palace, Qian Xunji reviewed the attendees and doubted the claims about Di Hong's extraordinary talent.

• Tang Hao corrected himself by calling Di Hong his brother, while Tang Xiao pulled him away and Tang Yuehua left after giving Di Hong a reluctant look.
• Xue Ye teased Di Hong about Tang Yuehua and hoped their marriage might draw the Clear Sky Sect toward the Heaven Dou Empire.
• A Cardinal Bishop received the delegation in Spirit City, where Xue Ye warned the attendees to obey Spirit Hall's laws before they separated.
• Di Hong stayed at the hotel and studied the Pope's Palace and Douluo Hall from his window.
• Qian Xunji reviewed the exchange meet's attendee list, noted Chen Jianjun, Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Di Hong, and rejected the claim that Di Hong had Innate Full Soul Power.

Qian Xunji ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to secretly watch Di Hong, doubting his claim of Innate Full Soul Power. Meanwhile, Di Hong toured Spirit City with Tang Yuehua, while tensions between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo teams simmered ahead of the exchange meet.

• Qian Xunji told Yue Guan and Gui Mei to monitor the Heaven Dou team, especially Di Hong, without being discovered.
• Tang Hao pulled Di Hong out to tour Spirit City and asked how he had reached level sixty-nine; Di Hong jokingly answered that hard work was his secret manual.
• Tang Hao tried to challenge Di Hong with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Tang Xiao stopped him because fighting was forbidden in Spirit City.
• Tang Yuehua apologized to Di Hong, then walked around Spirit City with him while Tang Hao and Tang Xiao followed behind.
• The Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empire teams stayed near each other, and tension rose as both sides awaited the exchange meet.

Spirit Hall opened its Soul Master Exchange Meet in Spirit City, where Di Hong and the Heaven Dou delegation gathered among representatives of the empires and sects. After the matches began, Di Hong noticed Bibi Dong watching Yu Xiaogang in the stands and wondered about their relationship.

• Spirit Hall prepared a large venue, mobilized Soul Masters to keep order, and divided participants into groups by Soul Power level.
• Di Hong spoke with Ning Fengzhi, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao in the rest area before Qian Xunji arrived with the imperial guests and announced the exchange meet.
• Spirit Hall began the exchange meet, with matches arranged by lots or challenges and team battles reserved for academies.
• Di Hong recognized Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei among Spirit Hall's participants and saw Bibi Dong watching Yu Xiaogang from the stands.
• Di Hong wondered whether Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang were already together, then considered that Yu Xiaogang might fear Qian Xunji discovering it.

Di Hong watched the Soul Master Exchange Meet as Tang Xiao easily defeated a Soul Emperor, while Qian Xunji worried about Spirit Hall’s growing rivals. The next match was announced as Dugu Bo of the Star Luo Empire against Yue Guan of Spirit Hall, and Di Hong identified Dugu Bo as a Level 65 Soul Emperor.

• Di Hong watched Bibi Dong and Tang Xiao’s matches, judging their strength and dismissing the exchange meet’s weak rules.
• Tang Yuehua warned Di Hong that the exchange meet might fail, but he said its outcome did not concern them.
• Tang Xiao defeated his Star Luo Empire opponent with ease and received recognition from Di Hong and praise from those nearby.
• Qian Xunji considered the threat posed by the Clear Sky Sect, Di Hong, and their possible ties to Heaven Dou and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Spirit Hall announced that Dugu Bo of the Star Luo Empire would face Yue Guan, and Di Hong recognized Dugu Bo as a Level 65 Soul Emperor.

Dugu Bo and Yue Guan faced off in a Soul Arena match, using their poison and plant-based martial souls against each other. Dugu Bo vanished into a poisonous mist, leaving Yue Guan guarded and unable to locate him.

• Yue Guan and Dugu Bo released their martial souls and began their match as Di Hong assessed their strengths.
• Dugu Bo’s son cheered from the stands, and Dugu Bo smiled before the fighters exchanged blows.
• Yue Guan used his fourth spirit skill, Arrogant Fragrance, but Dugu Bo evaded it and countered with poisonous fire and poison spheres.
• Yue Guan blocked and reflected Dugu Bo’s poison spheres, then used Aura Barrier to surround him with chrysanthemum petals.
• Dugu Bo unleashed Jade Phosphor Bewildering Formation, filling the arena with poisonous mist and disappearing from sight.
• Yue Guan activated Miraculous Bodyguard and waited cautiously for the mist to clear.

Dugu Bo and Yue Guan fought to a draw in the Soul Arena after both unleashed their strongest spirit skills. Di Hong revealed that his Vermilion Bird Li Fire could purge Dugu Bo’s poison, but doing so would cripple his poison arts, leaving the cure unresolved.

• Dugu Bo ambushed Yue Guan through the poison mist, but Yue Guan blocked the strike and challenged him to continue.
• Yue Guan’s fifth spirit skill pursued Dugu Bo, who used his Jade Scale Heavenly Gang Shield to resist the plant blade with his poison.
• Di Hong explained to Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Tang Yuehua that Dugu Bo’s poison harmed him and his descendants, then revealed his fire could burn it away at the cost of Dugu Bo’s poison arts.
• Yue Guan and Dugu Bo exhausted themselves and agreed to settle their battle with one final attack.
• Yue Guan’s Golden Stamen Flowing Clouds and Dugu Bo’s Jade Scale Snake Emperor Break struck both fighters and blasted them out of the arena, resulting in a draw.

After Dugu Bo noticed Di Hong watching him, Di Hong declined Tang Yuehua’s offer to help and later drew Gui Mei as his next opponent. As they entered the arena, the powerful Titled Douluo Chen Jianjun and his son Chen Xin watched with interest.

• Dugu Bo prepared to leave after his draw with Yue Guan, but noticed Di Hong observing him and wondered why he had attracted his attention.
• Tang Yuehua offered to help Di Hong approach Dugu Bo, but Di Hong declined, leaving her disappointed.
• After the lots were drawn, Di Hong was matched against Gui Mei, who agreed to fight but said he would surrender if he could not win.
• Tang Yuehua and Tang Hao cheered Di Hong as he walked to the arena, while Yue Guan warned Gui Mei to be careful.
• Qian Xunji, Bibi Dong, and Yu Xiaogang watched Di Hong, and Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin also took an interest in him.

Di Hong overwhelmed Gui Mei in their exchange match, using his Vermilion Bird Li Fire to counter the Ghost Martial Soul and injure him. The spectators recognized Di Hong’s overwhelming strength as he left Gui Mei beaten but alive.

• Chen Jianjun told Chen Xin that Di Hong could become one of the continent’s greatest powerhouses.
• Di Hong and Gui Mei released their Martial Souls, and Di Hong’s holy aura unsettled the spectators and surpassed even the Six-Winged Angel’s aura.
• Gui Mei attacked with Heavy Ghost Shadows, but Di Hong’s Li Fire Bodyguard burned them away, and his Li Fire Descent forced Gui Mei to dodge a storm of fireballs.
• Gui Mei caught Di Hong in Soul Devouring Ghost Claw, but Di Hong shattered it with Li Fire and set Gui Mei ablaze.
• Di Hong withdrew the flames when Gui Mei would not concede, then struck him hard enough to send him to the arena’s edge and draw blood.
• Tang Xiao said Di Hong had been holding back, while Qian Xunji watched in anger as the spectators recognized Gui Mei’s defeat.

Di Hong defeated Gui Mei through martial soul suppression, but the Soul Master Exchange Meet descended into chaos after academies fielded elderly Spirit Kings and several people died. Spirit Hall canceled the event, and Di Hong watched Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin prepare to leave Spirit City.

• Gui Mei conceded to Di Hong after Qian Xunji signaled that he could stop, and Di Hong returned to the rest area with a victory.
• The morning's matches left the Heaven Dou Empire with thirteen points, the Star Luo Empire with sixteen, and Spirit Hall with eighteen; Tang Hao was frustrated that he did not get to fight.
• Di Hong skipped the afternoon academy matches to cultivate at the hotel, where Heaven Dou and Star Luo academies fielded elderly Spirit Kings and three people died in the arena.
• Ning Fengzhi told Di Hong and the others that Spirit Hall had canceled the Exchange Meet and that the Two Great Empires would leave Spirit City the next day.
• Di Hong watched Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin prepare to leave Spirit City.

Di Hong arranged to meet Dugu Bo in Spirit City, hoping to persuade him by offering to detoxify him. After Tang Yuehua confessed her affection and kissed Di Hong, Dugu Bo arrived at their private room, where Di Hong prepared to explain his purpose.

• Tang Yuehua stopped Dugu Bo and invited him to meet someone at a teahouse that night; Dugu Bo decided to stay in the city until morning.
• Tang Yuehua told Di Hong she had delivered the invitation, and Di Hong considered detoxifying Dugu Bo to win him over.
• Di Hong tried to dissuade Tang Yuehua from her affection, but she declared her enduring feelings, kissed his cheek, and left.
• Di Hong reflected on his hesitation and decided he needed to stop holding back while keeping his rebellion secret.
• Dugu Bo went to Spirit City's teahouse, where Tang Yuehua led him to Di Hong's private room.
• Dugu Bo recognized Di Hong and asked why he had summoned him.

Di Hong tried to recruit Dugu Bo by offering to cure the poison afflicting him and his son. He explained that his Vermilion Bird flames could only temporarily purge the toxins, then revealed that he had another method that could cure them completely without harm.

• Di Hong asked Dugu Bo to join him, but Dugu Bo rejected the offer and headed for the door.
• Di Hong stopped Dugu Bo by claiming he could cure his poison, prompting Dugu Bo to return and demand proof.
• Di Hong explained that his Li Fire could purge the toxins, but it would also erase Dugu Bo’s toxic cultivation and leave both father and son vulnerable to the poison returning.
• Di Hong said he had another method that could completely cure both Dugu Bo and his son without affecting them, and Dugu Bo eagerly asked what it was.

Di Hong left Dugu Bo with the Vermilion Bird Emblem and an offer to work for him in exchange for a cure, then departed Spirit Hall with Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi. On the return journey, Xue Ye discussed ending his struggle with Xue Yu and teased Di Hong about his relationship with Tang Yuehua.

• Di Hong refused to reveal how to cure Dugu Bo's poison unless Dugu Bo agreed to work for him, and gave him time to decide before leaving a Vermilion Bird Emblem.
• Tang Yuehua asked whether Di Hong had succeeded, and he said his part was done but the rest depended on Dugu Bo.
• Di Hong noticed Spirit Hall agents watching him on the way back to the inn but decided their surveillance did not concern him.
• Di Hong and the others left Spirit Hall the next day, and Xue Ye told him the failed exchange meet had not weakened his position against Xue Yu.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi discussed dealing Xue Yu a decisive blow, then teased Di Hong about his progress with Tang Yuehua and promised to support him.

Xue Yu lost hope of defeating Xue Ye and began considering rebellion after learning how much support Di Hong’s ties had brought the Crown Prince. Di Hong returned to Heaven Dou City, planned to seek a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and received an invitation to Xue Ye’s private family dinner.

• Xue Yu learned from Yin Xuan that Di Hong was close to the Clear Sky Sect Master’s daughter and concluded that only Xue Ye’s death could save his position.
• Xue Yu came up with the idea of killing Xue Ye and decided that any method would do.
• Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua said goodbye to Di Hong, who then entered Heaven Dou City with Xue Ye.
• Di Hong returned to the Earl’s Mansion and planned to seek a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast for his seventh soul ring, possibly at Flame Canyon.
• Meng Yuan informed Di Hong that Xue Ye had invited him to a private family dinner after the emperor welcomed his decision to remain in Heaven Dou City.

Di Hong met Xue Ye at the Crown Prince's Mansion and learned that the emperor planned to use a Hunting Competition to weaken Xue Yu's forces and improve relations between the brothers. At dinner, Di Hong revealed he planned to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his Seventh Spirit Ring, and Xue Ye offered to help find one.

• Xue Ye told Di Hong that the emperor favored him and planned to hold a Hunting Competition in one month to address the conflict with Xue Yu.
• Di Hong and Xue Ye discussed the emperor's intentions before joining Xue Ye's Crown Princess Consort for dinner.
• Xue Ye asked about Di Hong's cultivation and offered to provide a Soul Beast for his Seventh Spirit Ring.
• Di Hong said he planned to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, astonishing Xue Ye and the Crown Princess Consort.
• Xue Ye warned that such Soul Beasts were difficult to find and dangerous, but agreed to help Di Hong search for one.