Chapter Summaries

After returning to Heaven Dou City, Di Hong reassured Xue Ye by claiming his injuries had damaged his cultivation foundation, while preparing to keep his true strength hidden. As Tang Yuehua went into labor, Di Hong broke through to Soul Power Level ninety and became the continent’s youngest Titled Douluo.

• Di Hong returned to Heaven Dou City and told Xue Ye that injuries from obtaining his eighth spirit ring had damaged his foundation, easing the emperor’s concerns about his future growth.
• Di Hong went home to Tang Yuehua and reassured her that their family would remain safe despite Xue Ye’s suspicions and his own plans for rebellion.
• Shen Ning traveled from the Silves Kingdom to care for pregnant Tang Yuehua, while Di Ming remained unmarried and focused on his duties overseeing intelligence.
• Tang Yuehua’s delivery day arrived, and Di Hong’s Soul Power Level broke through to ninety, making him the continent’s youngest Titled Douluo.

Tang Yuehua gave birth to Di Hong’s son, Di Yuan, and Di Hong reached Rank 90. After celebrating the birth and being promoted to Grand Duke Vermilion Bird, Di Hong set out with a powerful hunting party to obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Crimson Flame Flood Dragon as his Ninth Spirit Ring.

• Tang Yuehua gave birth to a son, and Di Hong named him Di Yuan.
• Di Hong reached Rank 90, while Tang Hao and Tang Xiao discussed their progress and their titles as the Twin Stars of Haotian.
• Di Hong chose the Hundred-Thousand-Year Crimson Flame Flood Dragon in the Hagendas Kingdom as his Ninth Spirit Ring target and gathered allies from the Clear Sky Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Di Hong’s son’s birth became known across Heaven Dou City, and Xue Ye promoted Di Hong to Grand Duke Vermilion Bird.
• A week after the banquet, Di Hong departed with a large group of powerful Soul Masters to hunt the Crimson Flame Flood Dragon.

After defeating the Crimson Flame Flood Dragon, Di Hong became the continent’s youngest Titled Douluo and chose the title Vermilion Bird Douluo. The Spirit Hall invited him to Spirit City for his investiture, and he set out alone after leaving Tang Yuehua and Di Yuan with the Clear Sky Sect.

• Di Hong absorbed the Crimson Flame Flood Dragon’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, reached level 93, and completed his six Spirit Bones, becoming a Titled Douluo at age twenty-six.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao left the group to continue their ten-year journey, while Di Hong returned to Heaven Dou City with Ning Fengzhi to meet Xue Ye.
• Di Hong told Xue Ye that his title would be Vermilion Bird Douluo, and he assured Ning Fengzhi that the Spirit Hall would struggle to kill him in Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Fengzhi visited Di Hong’s home and later had Di Hong escort him back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• News of Di Hong’s breakthrough spread across the continent, and the Spirit Hall invited him to Spirit City for a formal investiture.
• Di Hong visited his father-in-law, Tang Wei, left Tang Yuehua and Di Yuan at the Clear Sky Sect, and traveled to Spirit City alone.

Di Hong arrived in Spirit City to receive his title and met Pope Qian Xunji, who was astonished by his rapid rise and three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings. Qian Xunji escorted him to Douluo Hall, where Di Hong entered alone.

• Salas welcomed Di Hong outside Spirit City and led him to the Pope's Palace.
• Di Hong asked Salas about Bibi Dong, but Salas said he knew nothing about the Saintess's affairs.
• Di Hong met Qian Xunji, who questioned how he had become a Titled Douluo at twenty-six and learned that he had three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Qian Xunji admitted Di Hong could threaten Spirit Hall but promised he would leave safely, and Di Hong accompanied him to Douluo Hall.
• Qian Xunji told Di Hong to enter Douluo Hall alone, and its doors opened for him.

Di Hong became the youngest Titled Douluo after Qian Daoliu presided over his ceremony, then left Spirit City without seeing Bibi Dong. Trapped and pregnant in Qian Xunji’s secret chamber, Bibi Dong learned of Di Hong’s visit and resolved to destroy Spirit Hall.

• Di Hong’s Vermilion Bird Martial Soul resonated with the Angel statue in Douluo Hall as he met Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu conducted Di Hong’s title-conferring ceremony and presented him with a token, naming him Vermilion Bird Douluo.
• Di Hong asked Qian Xunji to convey his greetings to Bibi Dong, then left Spirit City for the Heaven Dou Empire without seeing her.
• Qian Xunji told the imprisoned, pregnant Bibi Dong that Di Hong had become a Titled Douluo and had asked after her.
• Bibi Dong realized Di Hong’s earlier warning had concerned Qian Xunji and resolved to take revenge by destroying Spirit Hall.

After becoming a Titled Douluo, Di Hong explored the depths of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and discovered the Ice and Fire Twin Dragon Kings’ remains and sleeping souls. He returned badly injured but believed their power could help him break through to Level 100 without going to Sea God Island.

• Di Hong returned from his title ceremony, celebrated with Xue Ye, and then headed to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to investigate the Dragon Kings’ power.
• Di Hong told Dugu Bo he was going deeper into the spring, then descended through its crushing depths while protecting himself with soul power and his martial soul.
• At the bottom, Di Hong found two complete sets of dragon bones and the sleeping Dragon King's Souls of the Ice and Fire Twin Dragon Kings.
• The Dragon Kings’ auras attacked Di Hong, forcing him to flee before his soul power ran out.
• Di Hong emerged from the spring badly injured, and Dugu Bo caught him as he nearly collapsed.
• After healing, Di Hong concluded that the Dragon Kings’ power could help him break through to Level 100, so he would not need to go to Sea God Island.

Di Hong confirmed the Dragon Souls beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and returned injured, convinced they could help him become a god. As he healed and assessed his Vermilion Bird Clone, Xue Ye began considering how Ge Long might help Heaven Dou grow stronger.

• Di Hong warned Dugu Bo to guard the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then left to cultivate toward Level 99.
• Di Hong returned to the Duke's Mansion weakened and told Tang Yuehua about the Dragon Souls and his chance to become a god.
• Tang Yuehua urged Di Hong to heal before pursuing his ambitions, and he entered seclusion.
• While recovering, Di Hong assessed his strength and the abilities and limitations of his Vermilion Bird Clone.
• Xue Ye resolved to observe and cultivate Ge Long, while imagining Heaven Dou surpassing Star Luo and eventually destroying Spirit Hall.

Di Hong read a letter from Tang Xiao and Tang Hao that revealed their encounter with Ah Yin, and he considered how their feelings for her would shape the future. He and Tang Yuehua also discussed the progress and name of her planned Court Etiquette School, Moonlight Pavilion.

• Di Hong read Tang Xiao and Tang Hao’s letter and learned that they had met Ah Yin while traveling and training.
• Di Hong teased Tang Yuehua that both brothers had fallen for Ah Yin, then rejected the idea of capturing Ah Yin because it would harm their alliances and plans.
• Tang Yuehua wondered about the relationship between her brothers and Ah Yin and said she wanted to meet her someday.
• Di Hong asked about the Court Etiquette School, and Tang Yuehua said the site was chosen and the Defense Clan would build it.
• Tang Yuehua named the school Moonlight Pavilion, and Di Hong approved.

Tang Yuehua inspected the completed Moonlight Pavilion and decorated it in preparation for opening its first term next month. As nobles and royal children sought places there because of its connection to Di Hong, he reflected on his plans for a centralized empire while spending time with Tang Yuehua and Di Yuan.

• With the Defense Clan's help, Tang Yuehua inspected the newly built Moonlight Pavilion and thanked Niu Gao for overseeing its construction.
• Tang Yuehua left to choose flowers and potted plants for the school, while Di Hong cultivated beside a pond and Di Yuan tried to imitate him before chasing a butterfly.
• Tang Yuehua returned and told Di Hong that Moonlight Pavilion was ready for its decorations; he agreed with her plan to make each term three years.
• The Royal Family announced that princes and princesses would study at Moonlight Pavilion, and many nobles reserved places for their children to build a connection with Di Hong.
• Tang Yuehua teased Di Yuan about attending the school when he grew up, then spent the next few days decorating Moonlight Pavilion for enrollment the following month.

Di Hong and Ning Fengzhi discussed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, the Golden Iron Triangle, and Ning Fengzhi’s efforts to recruit powerful Spirit Masters into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Di Hong kept the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s role in evolving the pagoda to himself, intending to use it later to persuade the sect to remain neutral.

• Ning Fengzhi teased Di Hong for having little to do while Tang Yuehua and Xiao Yuan worked at Moonlight Pavilion, and Di Hong insisted he cultivated every day.
• Ning Fengzhi said he had found no way to evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Di Hong argued that the method might not be recorded in books.
• Di Hong privately considered using the Aromatic Silk Beauty as leverage and decided to wait before giving it to Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi told Di Hong that the Golden Iron Triangle had gained fame, crediting Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong for their achievements.
• Ning Fengzhi described his attempts to recruit Chen Jianjun, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong to strengthen the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

The continent prepared for its first All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition while Di Hong and Tang Yuehua raised their young son, Di Yuan. After Tang Yuehua told Di Hong that Tang Xiao had returned to the Clear Sky Sect alone, they decided to visit the sect.

• The Two Great Empires and Spirit Hall announced a continent-wide competition for advanced academy Soul Masters under twenty-five, with its first finals scheduled for Star Luo City.
• Di Hong lounged while Di Yuan fell asleep over his books, and Tang Yuehua caught and scolded the boy before dragging him away by the ear.
• Tang Yuehua worried that Di Yuan needed discipline because others hoped he would become a wastrel, while Di Hong reassured her that their son was gifted and would not be useless.
• Tang Yuehua told Di Hong that Tang Xiao had returned to the Clear Sky Sect alone the previous night, without Tang Hao.
• Di Hong and Tang Yuehua decided to visit the Clear Sky Sect and see Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua's ailing father.

Di Hong and Tang Yuehua visited the dying Tang Wei at the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Xiao described his years traveling with Tang Hao and Ah Yin. Di Hong suspected Tang Hao would not return, and news soon revealed that Tang Hao had protected Ah Yin, prompting Spirit Hall to demand their surrender.

• Di Hong, Tang Yuehua, and Di Yuan arrived at the Clear Sky Sect and visited Tang Wei, whose illness had left him near death.
• Di Hong used his soul power to ease Tang Wei's condition, but he could not cure him, and Tang Wei worried about the sect's future.
• Tang Xiao recounted traveling with Tang Hao and Ah Yin for three years and explained that he had stepped aside because Ah Yin did not love him.
• Di Hong privately suspected Tang Hao would not return because Ah Yin was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast watched by Spirit Hall.
• News spread that Tang Hao had broken a Spirit Hall Titled Douluo's leg while protecting Ah Yin and then disappeared.
• Qian Xunji publicly denounced the Clear Sky Sect and sent people to demand that Tang Hao and Ah Yin be handed over.

The Clear Sky Sect learned that Tang Hao had protected Ah Yin, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had taken human form, and feared Spirit Hall would use the incident against them. After a month-long search failed to find the pair, Tang Wei gathered the sect to decide how to respond, but its members split over whether Tang Hao had acted rightly.

• Tang Xiao realized Ah Yin was the soul beast Tang Hao had protected, while Di Hong warned that Spirit Hall would keep hunting them.
• Tang Wei ordered a search for Tang Hao and Ah Yin, hoping to bring his son back under the Clear Sky Sect's protection.
• The sect searched for a month without finding the pair, so Tang Wei called a meeting to discuss Tang Hao's actions.
• The gathered disciples argued over whether Tang Hao had brought honor to the sect or endangered it, until the Second Elder silenced them.

As the Clear Sky Sect debated how to respond to Tang Hao and Spirit Hall, Di Hong proposed capturing Tang Hao and Ah Yin and using alliances to buy the sect time. Tang Wei suddenly fell gravely ill, named Tang Xiao his successor, and died after instructing Di Hong to find Tang Hao.

• Tang Lie and other elders demanded that Tang Hao be expelled, while Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua struggled to defend him.
• Di Hong argued that Spirit Hall wanted Ah Yin and proposed bringing her and Tang Hao back while allying with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Tang Wei collapsed during the meeting, and Di Hong said he likely would not survive the night.
• Tang Wei named Tang Xiao the next Sect Master and ordered him to form alliances against Spirit Hall and take the sect into seclusion if necessary.
• Tang Wei instructed Di Hong to find Tang Hao and bring him back, then died before he could see his son again.

After Tang Wei died, Tang Xiao became the Clear Sky Sect’s new Sect Master and earned the title Howling Heaven Douluo to strengthen the sect’s standing. Di Hong agreed to search for Tang Hao and Ah Yin, though he did not know where to find them.

• Ning Fengzhi promised Di Hong that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would stand with the Clear Sky Sect against Spirit Hall, and they discussed whether Tang Hao would be expelled.
• After Tang Wei was buried, Tang Xiao became Sect Master and, a month later, obtained a Ninth Spirit Ring from a ninety-thousand-year spirit beast.
• Tang Xiao announced his new title, Howling Heaven Douluo, rather than inheriting the title of Clear Sky, signaling that the Clear Sky Sect intended to protect Tang Hao.
• Di Hong told Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua that he would set out to bring back Tang Hao and Ah Yin, but admitted he did not know where they were.

Di Hong searched for Tang Hao and found his hidden home in the mountains of Fasno Province. He met Ah Yin there and, after taking the food she had prepared, said he would discuss business with them after eating.

• Di Hong visited Dugu Xin and learned that Dugu Bo was cultivating in seclusion in Sunset Forest.
• Di Hong searched for Tang Hao for a month until Di Ming's Intelligence Organization located him in a remote mountain range in Fasno Province.
• Di Hong entered the mountains and searched until the smell of food led him to a secluded wooden courtyard.
• Ah Yin emerged from the house and summoned her Blue Silver Emperor martial soul and seven Spirit Rings when she saw Di Hong.
• Di Hong identified Ah Yin as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form, took the dishes into the courtyard, and told her he would discuss business after they ate.

Di Hong found Tang Hao and Ah Yin, revealed that the Clear Sky Sect elders had sent him to bring them back, then chose to let them remain hidden. He gave Ah Yin a Vermilion Bird Feather to conceal her soul beast aura and flew back toward Heaven Dou City.

• Tang Hao returned to the mountain hideaway and was relieved to find Di Hong, whom he introduced to Ah Yin as his brother-in-law.
• Di Hong told Tang Hao and Ah Yin that the Clear Sky Sect elders had ordered him to capture them, but he withdrew his Soul Rings and admitted he had only meant to scare Tang Hao.
• Di Hong warned Tang Hao that Spirit Hall was still searching for them and explained that the Clear Sky Sect faced pressure from its restless affiliated factions.
• Tang Hao mourned his father and regretted the trouble he had caused the sect, then agreed to keep hiding with Ah Yin for a few more years.
• Di Hong gave Ah Yin a Vermilion Bird Feather to conceal her soul beast aura, then flew toward Heaven Dou City after taking a detour.

Di Hong entered seclusion at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, leaving Tang Xiao to manage the Clear Sky Sect’s mounting troubles with Spirit Hall. Two years later, Chen Jianjun had died fighting Qian Daoliu, and Chen Xin joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as its guardian Douluo.

• Tang Yuehua and Tang Xiao were relieved to learn Tang Hao was safe, while Tang Xiao struggled to contain the Clear Sky Sect’s restless affiliates and Spirit Hall’s pressure.
• Di Hong told Tang Yuehua he planned to enter seclusion until their son’s Martial Soul Awakening, then began cultivating above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Over two years, Di Hong focused on cultivation while Spirit Hall intensified its suppression of the Clear Sky Sect.
• After reaching level 97, Chen Jianjun fought Qian Daoliu, was gravely wounded, and died with a smile.
• After Chen Jianjun’s death, Chen Xin accepted Ning Fengzhi’s invitation and became the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s guardian Douluo.

After Chen Xin and Gu Rong joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Di Hong’s strength and Ring Gathering technique were discussed. Two years later, Di Yuan awakened a Crimson Phoenix Martial Soul, which Di Hong realized could one day give rise to a Vermilion Bird Martial Soul under certain conditions.

• Chen Xin and Gu Rong joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, raising it above the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in strength.
• Di Hong’s Ring Gathering technique was described as concentrating the power of his other spirit rings into one, though it consumed Soul Power and weakened his remaining skills.
• Two years later, six-year-old Di Yuan underwent Martial Soul Awakening before Tang Yuehua, Ning Fengzhi, Tang Xiao, Chen Xin, and Di Hong’s avatar.
• Di Yuan manifested golden-red flames and a crimson phoenix phantom instead of inheriting either parent’s Martial Soul.
• Di Hong identified Di Yuan’s Martial Soul as a Crimson Phoenix and realized a Vermilion Bird Martial Soul might emerge among his descendants if he died or became a god.

Di Yuan awakened a Crimson Phoenix Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power and obtained his first Spirit Ring, while Di Hong continued pursuing Rank 97. The chapter ended with Di Hong burning Di Ming’s letter and returning to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Di Yuan awakened his Crimson Phoenix Martial Soul and demonstrated Innate Full Soul Power, earning praise and lavish rewards from Xue Ye.
• Di Hong took Di Yuan to Sunset Forest, where Di Yuan gained his first Spirit Ring and revealed his Vermilion Bird Domain.
• Di Hong planned to teach Di Yuan personally before later sending him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to make friends and build credentials.
• Di Hong told Tang Yuehua that he was staying in seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to Rank 97.
• Di Hong burned Di Ming’s letter and left Moonlight Pavilion to return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.