Chapter Summaries

After Xue Ye died, Xue Qinghe ascended the Heaven Dou throne as war preparations between the great empires and Spirit Hall intensified. Heaven Dou and Star Luo declared war on the Spirit Hall Empire, and Bibi Dong prepared to hold the Star Luo front while focusing on Heaven Dou.

• Bibi Dong sent elders, Soul Masters, and soldiers to reinforce the Spirit Hall Empire’s borders as the other factions prepared for war.
• Xue Ye died from the effects of the mixed poison, and Xue Qinghe succeeded him as Emperor Qinghe.
• Heaven Dou and Star Luo declared war and marched a combined 2.6 million troops toward the Spirit Hall Empire with support from the Clear Sky Sect and other sects.
• Long Yun and Qian Ren Xue discussed removing Ge Long and his subordinates to clear the way for Heaven Dou to submit to the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Bibi Dong reinforced the Star Luo border with Yue Guan and Gui Mei and ordered her forces to defend there while she dealt with Heaven Dou.

Bibi Dong led most of the Spirit Hall Empire’s forces toward Jialing Pass while Long Yun stayed behind to guard Long You Jing as she condensed her first Soul Core. After twelve days, Long You Jing succeeded, raising her strength by nearly fifty percent, though the released pressure nearly killed Long Yun.

• Long Yun advised Bibi Dong to send the other armies to Jialing Pass first and let the Soul Tool Legion train longer before deploying it.
• Long Yun stayed in Spirit City because Long You Jing was preparing to condense a Soul Core, and Bibi Dong led the bulk of the Spirit Hall Empire’s forces toward Jialing Pass.
• The day after Bibi Dong departed, Long You Jing began condensing her Soul Core while Long Yun, Long Chen, and others guarded her behind a Soul Guidance Shield.
• After twelve days, Long You Jing formed her first Soul Core, and the resulting Soul Power pressure made Long Yun cough up blood before Long Chen, Du Busi, and the others protected him.
• Long You Jing checked on Long Yun, then described how her strength had increased by nearly fifty percent after condensing the Soul Core.

After Long You Jing condensed her first Soul Core and gained a dramatic increase in strength, Long Yun led her and their companions toward Jialing Pass as war approached. They arrived to find the Heaven Dou Empire’s forces gathering across the plain, while Qian Daoliu worried that Long You Jing had surpassed him.

• Long Chen and Du Busi marveled at Long You Jing’s fifty-percent strength increase, and Long Chen hoped to condense a Soul Core himself.
• Long Yun postponed Long Chen’s attempt so the group could reach Jialing Pass before the war, while Long Chen agreed to wait.
• Qian Daoliu sensed Long You Jing’s new aura and realized he had lost confidence in matching her.
• Long Yun took Long You Jing, Long Chen, and their companions through a spatial passage toward Jialing Pass after He Caitou and Sword Chen had escorted the Soul Tool Legion ahead.
• The Spirit Hall Empire had seized Jialing Pass and the surrounding cities, while Heaven Dou troops assembled across the plain.

Ge Long convened the Heaven Dou Empire’s commanders and allied sect leaders to review their forces and plan an assault on Jialing Pass. With Tang Xiao promising the Clear Sky Sect would handle Long Chen if he appeared, the leaders agreed to attack the next day and try to seize the pass in one battle.

• Ge Long, Tang Xiao, Xu Hui, the Sword Sect leaders, and other commanders gathered in the central command tent, while Yu Xiaogang resented being denied a seat.
• Ge Long reported that nearly 900,000 of the empire’s 1.2 million troops had arrived, with roughly 10,000 Soul Masters and more forces still on the way.
• Xu Hui urged the commanders to strike Jialing Pass before Spirit Hall’s reinforcements arrived, and Tang Xiao supported his proposal.
• Tuo Ba Tian offered to face Bibi Dong while the others dealt with the seven other Titled Douluo at Jialing Pass.
• Ge Long worried that Long Chen might be at the pass, but Tang Xiao assured him the Clear Sky Sect would handle the powerhouse.
• Ge Long declared that the allied forces would attack Jialing Pass the next day and called on them to win in a single battle.

Yu Xiaogang proposed that Dugu Bo poison Jialing Pass to devastate the Spirit Hall Empire’s forces, but Dugu Bo firmly refused. At the pass, Bibi Dong and Long Yun learned that the Heaven Dou Empire had gathered an unexpectedly large army and more than ten thousand soul masters, suggesting hidden factions had joined the war.

• Ge Long and the allied leaders finalized their plan to attack Jialing Pass the following day.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Dugu Bo to infiltrate Jialing Pass and unleash his poison, but Dugu Bo refused despite the others’ pressure.
• Tang Xiao and the other leaders abandoned the poisoning plan, then ordered their forces to prepare for battle.
• Bibi Dong welcomed Long Yun and his companions to Jialing Pass, then convened a war council.
• Demon Bear Elder reported that the Heaven Dou Empire had assembled over nine hundred thousand troops and nearly more than ten thousand soul masters.
• Bibi Dong and Long Yun suspected hidden factions had joined the Heaven Dou Empire and discussed their opposition to the Spirit Hall Empire.

Long Yun and Bibi Dong decided to crush the hidden factions supporting the Heaven Dou Empire, and Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall’s forces to attack the next day. As the Heaven Dou army marched toward Jialing Pass, Bibi Dong and Long Yun watched from the pass and Long Yun predicted its soldiers would soon serve their empire.

• Long Yun advised Bibi Dong to punish the hidden factions that had joined the Heaven Dou Empire, and she agreed to eliminate them alongside their allies.
• Bibi Dong ordered the soldiers and Soul Masters at Jialing Pass to rest and prepare for an attack the following day.
• Ge Long rallied the assembled 900,000 Heaven Dou soldiers by urging them to defend their homes, then led them toward Jialing Pass with Tang Xiao and the other Soul Masters.
• After marching for more than four hours, the Heaven Dou army neared a point five li from Jialing Pass while maintaining its formation.
• Bibi Dong praised the Heaven Dou soldiers’ discipline, and Long Yun told her they would belong to the Spirit Hall Empire once it conquered their nation.

Long Yun explained to Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall could rely on its Soul Masters to win battles and use incorporated soldiers to guard its vast territory, while fear and future benefits would keep most soldiers from rebelling. As the Heaven Dou Empire’s forces began advancing from Jialing Pass, Bibi Dong deployed Spirit Hall legions to meet them, and both armies prepared to fight.

• Long Yun told Bibi Dong that ordinary soldiers were less important than Spirit Hall’s loyal Soul Masters on the battlefield but were essential for guarding the continent.
• Bibi Dong worried that hundreds of thousands of incorporated soldiers might rebel, but Long Yun argued that fear of Spirit Hall’s power and eventual benefits would keep them in line.
• Heaven Dou Empire troops advanced with shield formations concealing Soul Masters, flanked by light cavalry and followed by heavy cavalry.
• Bibi Dong ordered Demon Bear Elder to lead eight legions out of the pass and Ghost Leopard Elder to send the Saint Dragon Legion and Elephant Armor Legion forward.
• Long Yun suggested sending Sword Chen against the shield formation, but Bibi Dong reserved the Titled Douluo for enemy experts.
• The iron bridge and gates of Jialing Pass opened, and Heaven Dou Empire cavalry and infantry poured out to form ranks.

The Spirit Hall Empire sent the Elephant Armor and Saint Dragon Legions against the Heaven Dou army, then Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo attacked under Bibi Dong’s orders. The chapter leaves the Heaven Dou shield formation in chaos as Fourth Elder pursues Ghost Leopard and Third Elder battles Demon Bear.

• Hu Yan Zhen led the Elephant Armor Legion forward, using its massed presence and heavy footsteps to slow and frighten the Heaven Dou Shield Soldiers.
• The Saint Dragon Legion released its Martial Souls and unleashed overwhelming Soul Power Pressure that halted the shield formation.
• Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo transformed into their Martial Soul Avatars and charged the Heaven Dou army.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo broke through the shield wall and killed hundreds of soldiers, while Fourth Elder rushed to confront him and Third Elder engaged Demon Bear Douluo.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo evaded Fourth Elder’s Clear Sky Hammer and continued attacking soldiers as he drew the elder through the army.
• Third Elder gradually gained the advantage over Demon Bear Douluo, while Ge Long watched the Heaven Dou first echelon fall into disorder.

Ge Long asked Tang Xiao to send another elder to end the destructive battle between the Titled Douluo, and the Second Elder joined the fight. As both sides prepared to commit more experts, Bibi Dong entered the battle while Long Yun stayed behind to command.

• Ge Long asked Tang Xiao to send an elder to help the Third Elder and Fourth Elder, and Tang Xiao sent the Second Elder toward Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear.
• Xu Hui warned that the Spirit Hall Empire might be trying to force a battle between the Titled Douluo, while Tuo Ba Xiao and Tang Xiao expressed confidence in their side's strength.
• Tuo Ba Tian sensed a powerful aura near Jialing Pass that unsettled him, while Dugu Bo privately anticipated the others' shock at seeing the Young Master's Wife.
• Bibi Dong praised Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear for disrupting the Heaven Dou Army, then sent six elders to reinforce them as the Second Elder approached.
• Bibi Dong told Long Yun to take command and flew into battle, while the Second Elder hurled his Clear Sky Hammer at Ghost Leopard.

Du Busi caught Second Elder’s Clear Sky Hammer with one hand, saved Ghost Leopard Douluo, and hurled the hammer back hard enough to shatter Second Elder’s right leg. Tang Xiao then charged Du Busi with his enlarged Clear Sky Hammer, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Second Elder’s hammer nearly struck Ghost Leopard Douluo, but Du Busi appeared and stopped it with one hand.
• Tang Xiao identified the green-haired stranger as neither the mysterious powerhouse he had met nor anyone they recognized, while Xu Hui guessed he was Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Du Busi let Ghost Leopard Douluo leave, then mocked Second Elder and hurled the Clear Sky Hammer back at him, shattering his right leg.
• Tang Xiao rushed Du Busi and attacked with his enlarged Clear Sky Hammer, unleashing crushing pressure across the battlefield.

Du Busi matched Tang Xiao’s Clear Sky Hammer with his bare fist, but Tuo Ba Xiao’s sword strike distracted him long enough for Tang Xiao to slam him into the ground. Du Busi emerged unharmed and furious as Bibi Dong arrived with Spirit Hall elders and stopped him from attacking Tuo Ba Xiao.

• Du Busi revealed three Hundred Thousand-Year Soul Rings and met Tang Xiao’s Martial Soul Avatar hammer strike head-on, bringing their attacks to a standstill.
• Tuo Ba Xiao launched his Sword Severing Mountains and Rivers soul skill at Du Busi, who shattered the sword light with a punch.
• Tang Xiao used his second and third Soul Rings to strengthen his attack and smashed Du Busi into a crater while Du Busi was distracted.
• Tuo Ba Xiao and other Heaven Dou fighters arrived beside Tang Xiao, and Du Busi rose unharmed and threatened them.
• Bibi Dong arrived with six Spirit Hall elders, and she stopped Du Busi from charging at Tuo Ba Xiao after he insulted Du Busi’s baldness.

Bibi Dong negotiated with the Star Crown Sect and Sword Sect while Spirit Hall withdrew its army, then revealed that hidden Limit Douluo were waiting in the void. A Clear Sky Hammer clash exposed two figures, leaving the battlefield stunned.

• Bibi Dong offered Xu Hui and Tuo Ba Xiao favorable terms if their sects submitted to Spirit Hall, but both leaders refused.
• Xu Hui questioned why Spirit Hall's army was retreating, and Bibi Dong said she had given the troops time to withdraw before the powerful fighters clashed.
• Tang Xiao relayed a warning to Ge Long, who ordered the Heaven Dou army to retreat twenty li.
• Bibi Dong sensed two hidden Limit Douluo in the distant void and urged them to reveal themselves, while Xu Hui and the others searched for them.
• A Clear Sky Hammer launched from behind Bibi Dong collided with another hammer from the void, and two figures emerged as the battlefield fell silent.

Long You Jing and Long Chen confronted the newly arrived Tang Chen and Bo Saixi, whose power and presence unsettled both sides. The standoff ended with Bo Saixi recognizing Bibi Dong as the “little girl” she had spared years ago, offending the Pope in front of her people.

• Long You Jing warned the onlookers away with her pressure while Long Chen revealed his nine Soul Rings and forced two figures out of hiding.
• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect members recognized Tang Chen, whose return alive shocked Bibi Dong, Tuo Ba Tian, and the others.
• Long Yun recognized Bo Saixi and deduced that she had likely used Sea God's Light to free Tang Chen from the Nine-Headed Bat King's control.
• Tang Chen and Bo Saixi faced Long You Jing and Long Chen warily as both sides prepared for a possible battle.
• Bibi Dong told Bo Saixi she should not be there, and Bo Saixi remembered sparing Bibi Dong years ago and called her a little girl.

Bo Saixi faced Bibi Dong’s threat that Spirit Hall would retaliate against Sea God Island for helping the Clear Sky Sect. Torn between her duty as Sea God Island’s High Priestess and her love for Tang Chen, she chose to stay and fight, while insisting she represented only herself.

• Bibi Dong accused Bo Saixi of sparing Spirit Hall’s forces in the past out of fear of Qian Daoliu, and Bo Saixi admitted it was true.
• Bo Saixi explained that she had come to help Tang Chen personally, not to involve Sea God Island in the conflict, after learning of the Clear Sky Sect’s plight.
• Bibi Dong threatened to take Spirit Hall’s army to Sea God Island if Bo Saixi joined the battle, while Tang Chen declared that Spirit Hall would have to defeat him first.
• Bo Saixi hesitated between protecting Sea God Island and saving Tang Chen, then decided to remain and fight on her own behalf.
• Bibi Dong accepted Bo Saixi’s decision and vowed to visit Sea God Island herself.

More than twenty Titled Douluo released their Martial Souls as the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall prepared to fight, and Long You Jing’s extraordinary strength made the odds look grim. Bibi Dong ordered the attack, sending Spirit Hall’s elders against the Clear Sky Sect’s elders as Dugu Bo joined the battle to even the numbers.

• The assembled Titled Douluo released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, revealing powerful fighters including Tuo Ba Tian, Xu Hui, Bibi Dong, Bo Saixi, and Long You Jing.
• Long You Jing’s six black and three red Soul Rings shocked the gathered fighters, and her overwhelming presence made Tang Chen and the Heaven Dou Empire experts fear defeat.
• Tang Chen regretted asking Bo Saixi to help, but Bo Saixi chose to fight beside him, and Tang Chen promised to marry her if they survived.
• Bibi Dong gave the order to attack, and Spirit Hall’s eight elders charged the Clear Sky Sect’s elders.
• Dugu Bo joined the Clear Sky Sect elders to help counter Spirit Hall’s numerical advantage.

Bibi Dong fought Tang Xiao while the Clear Sky Sect elders battled Spirit Hall’s elders, with Dugu Bo secretly helping the Second Elder while pretending to fight. After Bibi Dong survived Xu Hui’s explosive attack without injury, Xu Hui and Tang Xiao joined forces against her.

• Xu Hui strengthened the Clear Sky Sect elders with Star Radiance Art, while Dugu Bo secretly assisted the injured Second Elder and put on a show for the watching Heaven Dou Empire.
• Bibi Dong charged at Tang Xiao with her Death Scythes and forced him back with her opening attack.
• Tang Xiao blocked Bibi Dong’s killing strike with Clear Sky Defense, then clashed with her scythe and was thrown back.
• Xu Hui trapped Bibi Dong among hundreds of stars and detonated them, but Bibi Dong protected herself with her Soft Bone Charming Rabbit Left Arm Bone.
• Bibi Dong emerged unharmed, mocked Xu Hui and Tang Xiao, and faced them as they charged at her together.

Bibi Dong faced Tang Xiao and Xu Hui while Sword Chen intercepted Tuo Ba Xiao, leaving Du Busi to battle Tuo Ba Tian. Du Busi revealed his hidden defensive advantage as both fighters activated their Martial Soul Avatars, and he charged toward Tuo Ba Tian’s giant sword.

• Bibi Dong charged at Tang Xiao and Xu Hui as Tuo Ba Xiao moved to join them.
• Sword Chen struck Tuo Ba Xiao with a silver sword beam and challenged him to fight one-on-one.
• Du Busi endured Tuo Ba Tian’s sword barrage with his secretly activated Mystic Tortoise Spirit Body and knocked him back with a punch.
• Du Busi and Tuo Ba Tian activated their Martial Soul Avatars, transforming into a green giant and a massive Black Spirit Dragon Sword.
• Du Busi charged through the air toward Tuo Ba Tian’s giant sword.

Du Busi and Tuo Ba Tian fought fiercely while the other combatants occupied separate battlefields, including one seven thousand meters above the ground. There, Long You Jing overwhelmed Bo Saixi with her speed, while Long Chen and Tang Chen remained evenly matched; Bo Saixi tried to track Long You Jing using her Sea Reflects All Things skill.

• Du Busi pierced and detonated his green Soul Power sphere against Tuo Ba Tian's black greatsword, and their battle's shockwaves killed over ten thousand soldiers and severely injured tens of thousands.
• Dugu Bo, Sword Chen, and the other fighters moved their battles away from Du Busi and Tuo Ba Tian, while Sword Chen and Tuo Ba Xiao continued their swordsmanship duel without using soul skills.
• Long You Jing, Long Chen, Tang Chen, and Bo Saixi fought at an altitude of over seven thousand meters to keep their clashes from harming the fighters below.
• Long Chen and Tang Chen traded powerful Clear Sky Hammer blows, with Tang Chen drawing on a hidden force to match Long Chen.
• Long You Jing used her superior speed to wound and suppress Bo Saixi, who activated her defenses, spiritual power, and Sea Reflects All Things to search for her opponent.

Bo Saixi used her enhanced spiritual perception to counter Long You Jing’s ambush, then activated her Sea God True Body when Long You Jing charged again. Long You Jing answered by transforming into her Netherworld spirit cat Martial Soul Avatar, leaving both fighters prepared to clash at full power.

• Bo Saixi detected Long You Jing with her enhanced spiritual power and struck her with her Fourth Soul Skill, knocking her back but causing only a minor injury.
• Long You Jing increased her speed and charged Bo Saixi, who activated her Sea God True Body to meet the attack.
• Long You Jing halted and retreated when she sensed the Sea God True Body’s power, then charged again after creating distance.
• Long You Jing activated her Seventh Soul Ring and transformed into her spirit cat Martial Soul Avatar, dramatically increasing her aura.

Long You Jing overwhelmed Bo Saixi’s Seagod Avatar with a rapid series of attacks, but Bo Saixi unleashed Seagod Divine Power and forced her back. The chapter left Long Yun and Tang Chen worried about the dangerous power and its severe toll on Bo Saixi.

• Long You Jing used her Netherworld skills to send clones against Bo Saixi’s water dragon, then pierced through it and struck the Seagod Avatar.
• Long You Jing activated her Netherworld Spirit Cat Right Arm Bone and battered the Seagod Avatar with a sustained series of claw attacks.
• The Seagod Avatar erupted with sacred power and blasted Long You Jing away, leaving her wary of a force beyond Bo Saixi’s own strength.
• Bibi Dong sensed a godly aura, while Long Yun suspected Bo Saixi had invoked Seagod Divine Power and feared for Long You Jing.
• Tang Chen and Long Chen paused their fight to watch Bo Saixi, and Tang Chen worried that using divine power away from Sea God Island could badly injure or kill her.