Chapter Summaries

After six years of seclusion, Di Hong learned that Spirit Hall's Pope was leading a major operation against Tang Hao and left for the Clear Sky Sect. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo realizing that the crisis must be serious and reflecting on Di Hong's hidden strength and plans.

• Dugu Bo became a Titled Douluo and received the title Poison Douluo from Spirit Hall.
• Xue Ye remained cautious about choosing a Crown Prince, while Di Yuan cultivated at Moonlight Pavilion and neared the Soul Elder rank.
• Di Hong studied the route from the Silves Kingdom to Heaven Dou City and considered the approaching births of Tang San and Qian Renxue.
• Tang Yuehua told Di Hong that Qian Xunji and Spirit Hall's upper ranks had mobilized after discovering Tang Hao.
• Di Hong sent Tang Yuehua and Di Yuan to the Clear Sky Sect, then left his seclusion and flew there himself.
• Dugu Bo watched Di Hong depart and recognized that the situation was grave, recalling that Di Hong's claimed Level 95 strength was a disguise.

Di Hong and Tang Yuehua reached the Clear Sky Sect as Spirit Hall pursued Tang Hao, leaving Tang Xiao anxious about the sect’s fate. News then revealed Tang Hao had defeated Spirit Hall’s forces, become a Titled Douluo, and vanished, while Spirit Hall blamed the Clear Sky Sect for Pope Qian Xunji’s death.

• Di Hong recruited Dugu Bo into his plan to rebel and unite the continent, and Dugu Bo agreed to join him.
• Di Hong joined Tang Yuehua and Di Yuan in her carriage, where they worried that Spirit Hall’s leaders had found Tang Hao.
• At the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Xiao feared Tang Hao’s confrontation with Spirit Hall would bring disaster upon the clan, while Di Hong urged him to wait for news.
• News reported that Tang Hao had killed one Titled Douluo, severely injured Qian Xunji and another Titled Douluo, and broken through to become a Titled Douluo called Clear Sky.
• Tang Hao disappeared, and Spirit Hall announced that Qian Xunji had died of his injuries and blamed the Clear Sky Sect, while Bibi Dong succeeded him as Pope.

Clear Sky Sect expelled Tang Hao and sealed its gates after he killed the Pope, but Spirit Hall retaliated against the sect and its affiliated clans. As Di Hong watched the resulting losses from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he revealed to Dugu Bo that he had deliberately let the conflict deepen for the Di Family’s cause before entering seclusion.

• Tang Xiao expelled Tang Hao from Clear Sky Sect and ordered preparations to seal the sect away from the world.
• After Bibi Dong became Pope, Spirit Hall attacked Clear Sky Sect’s disciples and affiliated forces, and the Four Single-Attribute Clans withdrew when Tang Xiao refused to see them.
• Spirit Hall devastated the Breaking, Defense, and Speed Clans, then ambushed the Clear Sky Sect relief party, killing its disciples and Tang Lie’s only son.
• Di Hong told Dugu Bo that he had allowed the deaths and destruction so the Clear Sky Sect and Four Clans would grow to hate Spirit Hall.
• Di Hong affirmed his commitment to the Di Family’s cause and went into seclusion.

The chapter followed Di Yuan as he read Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul theories while the continent’s factions adjusted to the Clear Sky Sect’s seclusion and Martial Soul Hall’s growing power. It ended with Di Hong secretly positioning his people near Xue Qinghe as Qian Renxue prepared to act in Heaven Dou City.

• Tang Yuehua remained in Heaven Dou City as the Clear Sky Sect’s link to the outside world after the sect relocated and withdrew into seclusion.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed his daughter Ning Rongrong, who received special affection from Chen Xin and Gu Rong.
• Di Yuan questioned the untested theories in Yu Xiaogang’s book, and Tang Yuehua warned him not to experiment with them.
• Martial Soul Hall expanded its influence under Bibi Dong, while its academy won both Soul Master Elite Competitions held so far.
• Di Hong learned that Qian Renxue had arrived in Heaven Dou City disguised as a maid beside Xue Qinghe and ordered his people to draw closer to Xue Qinghe.

Di Hong monitored the continent and learned that Qian Renxue had begun infiltrating the Heaven Dou imperial palace by posing as a rescued girl beside Xue Qinghe. As she studied Xue Qinghe to prepare for impersonating him, Qian Renxue worried that Di Hong might see through her disguise.

• Di Hong reviewed reports on Spirit Hall, new Soul Master Academies, and the rise of Shrek Academy and Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Di Hong wrote in his notebook that Tang San had been born and Qian Renxue had arrived in Heaven Dou City, then added Xiao Wu to his notes.
• Qian Renxue watched Xue Qinghe practice archery and insisted on staying by his side as his servant.
• Qian Renxue continued observing Xue Qinghe's habits so she could impersonate him convincingly.
• That night, Qian Renxue worried that Di Hong's strength and status as a Titled Douluo would make him difficult to deceive.

Di Hong accompanied Xue Ye to visit Xue Qinghe, where Xue Ye tested his son’s judgment over chess and tea. After Xue Ye announced a Hunting Competition for Xue Qinghe’s birthday, Qian Renxue saw an opportunity to act and sent a message that night.

• Di Hong and Xue Ye walked through the imperial garden and went to visit Xue Qinghe.
• Di Hong watched Qian Renxue closely, making her fear that he had discovered her identity.
• Xue Ye played chess with Xue Qinghe and advised him to sharpen his competitive will and attention to detail.
• Qian Renxue served tea brewed with dew from Luoshen Grass, and Xue Qinghe told Xue Ye that he had saved her a year earlier.
• Xue Ye announced a Hunting Competition for Xue Qinghe’s birthday and instructed him to show the bearing of an imperial prince.
• After Di Hong noticed Xue Qinghe’s injured thumb and urged him to recover, Qian Renxue decided the competition was the right time to act and sent a message that night.

At a royal hunting competition organized for Xue Qinghe, Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters launched an attack on Xue Ye and the royal forces. Di Hong protected Xue Ye and began eliminating the attackers, while Xue Qinghe pursued the retreating enemies.

• Xue Qinghe impressed Xue Ye with his archery during the royal hunting competition, while Di Hong sensed hidden Soul Masters in the forest.
• A Shadow Dance Snake martial soul user and dozens of black-clad Soul Masters attacked, killing soldiers and forcing Di Hong to shield and escort Xue Ye from the battle.
• Xue Ye ordered Di Hong to return and kill the attackers, leaving only one alive, while Xue Qinghe led his forces in pursuit of the retreating Soul Masters.
• Di Hong flew over the battlefield, protected a Royal Family Soul Master with a shield, and destroyed a black-clad Soul Douluo and the surrounding forest with his Li Fire Array.

Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, survived the destruction of the Hunting Forest and returned with the royal procession to Heaven Dou City. The incident exposed Di Hong’s overwhelming power and Silves’s growing independence, while Spirit Hall remained unable to stop the kingdom’s reforms.

• After the battle, Di Hong searched the burning forest and found Qian Renxue disguised as the injured Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue revealed that she had killed the real Xue Qinghe and used an Angel Clan Spirit Bone to alter her physique and voice.
• Xue Ye canceled the Hunting Competition and ordered everyone to return to Heaven Dou City.
• The vassal kingdoms feared Di Hong’s strength, while Silves’s envoys took pride in his power and ties to their royal family.
• Silves continued expanding subsidies for Spirit Masters and strengthening its economy, while avoiding Spirit Hall’s core interest in awakening commoners’ Martial Souls.

After Qian Renxue took Xue Qinghe’s place, she courted marginalized officials while Di Hong quietly backed her bid for the crown prince position. When Xue Qinghe learned the ministers favored Xue Luochuan, he resolved to eliminate his brother and visited Moonlight Pavilion, where Di Hong arranged for him to meet Di Yuan.

• Emperor Xue Ye ordered Prince Xue Xing to investigate the assassination attempt and kept Di Hong in the palace for protection.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, began recruiting officials and generals, including Wang Shen and the forces secretly tied to Di Hong.
• A year later, Xue Ye asked Di Hong to weigh in on the crown prince selection, and Di Hong tactfully voiced support for Xue Qinghe despite officials favoring Xue Luochuan.
• After hearing the report, Xue Qinghe decided to poison Xue Luochuan, while recognizing that Di Hong and Dugu Bo posed a threat to his plan.
• Xue Qinghe visited Moonlight Pavilion and accepted Di Hong’s invitation to meet Di Yuan.

Xue Qinghe visited Moonlight Pavilion and grew acquainted with Di Yuan before waiting there for news. The next morning, Xue Luochuan was found dead in the palace, and Di Hong discovered that he had been poisoned.

• Xue Qinghe spoke with Di Yuan about his talent and other young Soul Masters.
• Tang Yuehua prepared dinner for Xue Qinghe, who stayed at Moonlight Pavilion and waited for news overnight.
• A palace messenger reported that Xue Luochuan had died, and Xue Qinghe and Di Hong hurried to the Imperial Palace.
• Xue Ye asked Di Hong to examine Xue Luochuan's body.
• Di Hong determined that Xue Luochuan had died from poisoning.

Xue Luochuan’s death from Martial Soul Poison plunged the Imperial Palace into grief and left the killer unidentified, while Xue Qinghe quietly gained ground in the succession struggle. A year later, Xue Haicang died in the same way, and Xue Xing began to suspect Xue Qinghe.

• Di Hong identified Xue Luochuan’s cause of death as Martial Soul Poison, and Xue Ye ordered a palace lockdown and assigned Xue Xing to investigate.
• Xue Beng noticed a fleeting look of delight on Xue Qinghe’s face as he grieved over Xue Luochuan’s body, planting suspicion in his mind.
• After the investigation failed to uncover the killer, ministers divided between Xue Qinghe and Xue Haicang, while Di Hong advised Wang Shen to endure pressure from his superior.
• One year later, Xue Haicang died from the same kind of poison, prompting Xue Ye to order another investigation.
• Xue Xing found no answers and began suspecting Xue Qinghe because both younger princes had died while the eldest remained alive.

After Xue Qinghe became Crown Prince, Xue Ye sent him to study at Moonlight Pavilion, where he grew close to Di Yuan. Xue Qinghe arranged a staged commotion to test the Di Family, but vanished in the ensuing crowd, leaving Di Yuan with a mysterious letter.

• After Xue Haicang died, Xue Ye appointed Xue Qinghe Crown Prince and sent him to study at Moonlight Pavilion.
• Xue Qinghe wondered whether Di Hong was loyal to the Heaven Dou Empire and devised a way to test the Di Family.
• Xue Qinghe invited Di Yuan to a meal, and the two left Moonlight Pavilion together by carriage.
• Xue Qinghe and Di Yuan entered a crowd around a staged fight, where a sudden surge separated them.
• After the crowd dispersed, Di Yuan discovered Xue Qinghe was missing and began searching for him.
• A ragged boy handed Di Yuan a letter and ran away.

Di Yuan learned that Xue Qinghe had been kidnapped and rode out to deliver the ransom, while Di Hong secretly followed. At the meeting place, Di Yuan fought a masked girl who turned out to be Qian Renxue, and he became captivated by her before she fled.

• Di Yuan showed Di Hong the kidnappers’ letter, and Di Hong concluded they had not realized they had taken the Crown Prince.
• Di Hong told Di Yuan to take the ransom outside the city while he informed Xue Ye and protected him from the shadows.
• Di Yuan rode alone to the meeting place, where a masked golden-haired girl ambushed him with a sword.
• Di Yuan fought the girl with his spirit skills, while Di Hong recognized her as Qian Renxue and realized she had staged the kidnapping.
• The girl fled after Di Yuan saw her face, and Di Yuan called after her to ask her name before remembering he still had to find Xue Qinghe.

Di Yuan found Xue Qinghe after a blonde girl had killed the kidnappers and freed their captives, while Di Hong secretly destroyed the bodies. Di Hong hinted that he knew Xue Qinghe’s identity but would keep it secret, leaving Xue Qinghe convinced the Di Family would support Spirit Hall as it pursued the Silves Kingdom’s military power.

• Di Yuan waited at the kidnappers’ meeting place, then searched a cave and found Xue Qinghe alive among nine corpses.
• Xue Qinghe told Di Yuan that a blonde girl had killed the kidnappers and rescued the captives, and Di Yuan admitted he had fought her after they mistook each other for kidnappers.
• Di Hong arrived after Di Yuan and Xue Qinghe left, recognized the dead kidnappers as wanted criminals, and burned their bodies.
• Xue Ye learned that Xue Qinghe had been rescued and questioned how wanted criminals had entered Heaven Dou City unnoticed.
• Xue Qinghe returned to Moonlight Pavilion, where Di Hong reassured him with a pointed remark that revealed he knew his secret identity and would not expose him.
• Xue Qinghe concluded that Di Hong and the Di Family would not betray him, and considered how Spirit Hall could gain Silves’s powerful army.

After graduating from Moonlight Pavilion, Xue Qinghe strengthened his influence at court while Di Hong emerged from seclusion as a Level 98 Titled Douluo. Di Hong left for Fasno Province to observe Tang San's upcoming Martial Soul Awakening.

• Tang Yuehua learned that Xue Qinghe had been kidnapped but was relieved he had been taken outside Moonlight Pavilion, and she suspected Di Yuan had someone he liked.
• Xue Qinghe completed his three-year course, gained support at court, and arranged for his opponents, including the Imperial Guards commander, to be suppressed.
• Di Hong emerged from seclusion, revealed to Dugu Bo that he had reached Level 98, and explained the difficulty of advancing beyond Level 95.
• Dugu Bo questioned Di Hong about cultivation beyond Level 95, and Di Hong encouraged him to keep striving for a breakthrough.
• Di Hong left Sunset Forest for Fasno Province, intending to observe Tang San's Martial Soul Awakening.

Di Hong reached the Star Dou Great Forest seeking Xiao Wu and confronted her and her protectors at the forest’s core. He dismissed the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python’s threat, leaving a battle about to begin.

• Di Hong diverted to Suotuo City and passed Shrek Academy, where Li Yusong sensed his overwhelming strength and hurried to warn Flender.
• Di Hong traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Xiao Wu, whom he believed needed to die at Spirit Hall’s hands to fuel Tang San’s hatred of it.
• At the forest’s core, Xiao Wu asked Er Ming about the human world and vowed to avenge her mother.
• Di Hong appeared before Xiao Wu, Er Ming, and the Sky Azure Bull Python, then brushed off their warnings and summoned his Soul Power and Spirit Rings.

Di Hong defeated the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, then gave Xiao Wu a feather to conceal her soul beast aura before leaving the Star Dou Great Forest. Xiao Wu resolved to enter the human world to grow stronger and avenge her mother, while Di Hong traveled toward Sacred Soul Village to visit Tang San.

• Di Hong used his eighth spirit skill to overwhelm the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python with starfire, then suppressed them when they tried to retaliate.
• Di Hong told Xiao Wu he would not harm her or the two soul beasts, gave her a Vermilion Bird Feather to hide her soul beast aura, and warned her to keep their encounter secret.
• After Di Hong left, Xiao Wu chose to enter the human world to become stronger and avenge her mother despite the danger.
• Di Hong traveled for a month to Nuoding City, stayed overnight, and set out for Sacred Soul Village the next day to visit Tang San.

Di Hong arrived in Sacred Soul Village on the day of Tang San’s Martial Soul Awakening and found Tang Hao living in grief and neglect. After Tang San left for the ceremony, Di Hong confronted Tang Hao, shared food and wine with him, and heard how Ah Yin had sacrificed herself; Tang Hao ended by saying he had survived for his son.

• Di Hong followed six-year-old Tang San from his hilltop cultivation to his home in Sacred Soul Village.
• Tang San served porridge to Tang Hao, then left with Old Jack for his Martial Soul Awakening after Tang Hao gave permission.
• Di Hong entered Tang Hao’s house and challenged him about his drunken, neglected life and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Di Hong brought out wine and meat, which Tang Hao eagerly drank and ate.
• Tang Hao told Di Hong how Ah Yin had sacrificed herself and explained that her seed would take a hundred thousand years to regain human form.
• Tang Hao said he might have followed Ah Yin in death if not for Xiao San.

Tang Hao learned that Tang San had awakened Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power and initially refused to let him attend the soul master academy. After learning Tang San also possessed the Clear Sky Hammer, Tang Hao reconsidered, while Di Hong traveled through the Silves Kingdom and saw that its reforms had improved commoners’ lives.

• Di Hong told Tang Hao that Tang San had attended the Martial Soul Awakening, and Tang Hao said he wanted his son to live peacefully rather than become a soul master.
• Jack returned with Tang San, found the food Di Hong had left, and told Tang Hao that Tang San had awakened Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Jack proposed sending Tang San to Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy, but Tang Hao refused and Jack left after failing to persuade him.
• Tang Hao learned that Tang San also possessed the Clear Sky Hammer and changed his mind about letting him pursue the path of a soul master, hoping to ease his guilt toward Ah Yin, Tang San, and his sect.
• Di Hong departed for Heaven Dou City and toured several cities in the Silves Kingdom, where he found that the reforms had improved commoners’ lives and strengthened families allied with the Di Family.

Di Hong visited the Clear Sky Sect, told Tang Xiao that Tang Hao was living with his young son, and asked to learn forging so he could refine a divine artifact. After returning to his seclusion, Di Yuan remained with Xue Qinghe, who watched him continue painting the girl he had seen three years earlier.

• Di Hong arrived at the Clear Sky Sect and met Tang Xiao, whose Soul Power Level had reached 95.
• Di Hong told Tang Xiao that Tang Hao lived in a village with his six-year-old son, Tang San, and Tang Xiao felt relieved to know his brother was safe.
• Di Hong asked Tang Xiao to teach him forging so he could refine a divine artifact, and Tang Xiao agreed.
• Di Hong visited Tang Yuehua in Heaven Dou City, then returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and left his clone there to mislead Xue Ye.
• Xue Qinghe asked Di Yuan why he kept painting and burning portraits of the girl he had seen three years earlier, and Di Yuan called her a peerless beauty.