Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao attacked Spirit Hall with his full strength, then escaped with Tang San and Xiao Wu after seven Title Douluo stopped his strike from destroying the Papal Palace. As Spirit Hall dealt with the aftermath, Feng Yao gave a rare Spirit Bone to Dugu Yan, earning the respect of those present.

• Tang Hao brought down his blood-red Clear Sky Hammer toward the Papal Palace, forcing Bibi Dong and six other Title Douluo to join forces to stop it.
• Tang Hao was only lightly injured and escaped with the unconscious Tang San and Xiao Wu, while the Golden Iron Triangle and Shrek students remained behind.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall not to pursue Tang Hao and said Shrek's surviving members should be treated courteously and allowed to leave after recovering.
• Dugu Bo explained that Spirit Hall had been forced to defend the Papal Palace, and Feng Yao acknowledged that his Honorary Elder title had helped protect their group.
• Feng Yao offered his Spirit Condensing Wisdom Skull to Dugu Yan, who accepted it with Dugu Bo's approval.
• The assembled powerhouses admired Feng Yao's generosity and potential as he stood calmly among the ruins.

Ning Fengzhi considered recruiting Feng Yao to protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s future, while Feng Yao challenged the Shrek group’s view of Spirit Hall’s actions over Xiao Wu. After Feng Yao returned to the hotel, Qian Renxue congratulated him privately and asked why he had given away a Spirit Bone.

• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and the others to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun declined to join.
• Feng Yao agreed to travel back to Heaven Dou with Ning Fengzhi’s group, then argued that Spirit Hall’s pursuit of Xiao Wu followed the same harsh rules that governed Spirit Masters and Soul Beasts.
• Dugu Bo pointed out that Xiao Wu’s abilities and Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone could benefit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, angering Ning Rongrong and prompting Chen Xin to silence him.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Feng Yao about his future plans, and Feng Yao said he would go with the flow rather than commit to a faction.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, congratulated Feng Yao at the hotel and hosted a private banquet with him.
• Qian Renxue asked Feng Yao about the Spirit Bone he had given away.

Feng Yao explained why he gave the Spirit Bone to Dugu Yan, revealing his Twin Martial Souls to Qian Renxue. After a tender meal together, Qian Renxue brought him to Spirit Hall, where they approached the Central Hall hand in hand.

• Feng Yao coaxed Qian Renxue into revealing her real name and shedding her Xue Qinghe disguise.
• Feng Yao revealed his Innate Bagua Disk and explained that he gave the Spirit Bone to Dugu Yan to repay Elder Dugu and save room for stronger Soul Rings and Spirit Bones.
• Qian Renxue grew quiet, but accepted Feng Yao taking her hand before they shared a meal and teased each other.
• Qian Renxue changed back into Xue Qinghe, and Snake Lance Douluo and Sting-Pig Douluo escorted her and Feng Yao to Papal Mountain Peak.
• Qian Renxue revealed herself again, took Feng Yao's hand, and walked with him toward the Central Hall as its doors opened.

Feng Yao met Qian Daoliu and learned that Qian Renxue’s refusal to acknowledge Bibi Dong as her mother remained a painful family rift. After Qian Renxue fled the hall, Feng Yao followed and comforted her as she finally broke down in his arms.

• Qian Daoliu sensed the Sacred Oath connecting Feng Yao and Qian Renxue, welcomed them, and explained that he had let the day’s troubles serve as a trial rather than intervening.
• Qian Daoliu asked Feng Yao what he thought of Bibi Dong and challenged him to support Qian Renxue despite knowing her heart’s knot.
• Feng Yao said he believed Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong could understand one another, prompting Qian Renxue to insist that Qian Daoliu was her only family before she fled in tears.
• Feng Yao promised Qian Daoliu that he would try to resolve the rift and rushed after Qian Renxue.
• Feng Yao found Qian Renxue by the marble railing, promised to stand by her whatever she chose, and held her as she wept over years of suppressed pain.

After comforting Qian Renxue, Feng Yao met with Bibi Dong, who tested his intentions and ordered him to help bring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect under Spirit Hall’s control. Feng Yao left with Qian Renxue, while Bibi Dong remained suspicious and ordered She Long to investigate him.

• Qian Renxue accepted Feng Yao’s hand as they descended the mountain, but She Long and Ci Xue arrived with Bibi Dong’s request for them to visit the Papal Palace.
• Feng Yao went alone to meet Bibi Dong, who questioned his motives for giving a skull bone to Dugu Bo’s granddaughter and for pursuing Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong told Feng Yao to help Qian Renxue take the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, offering to reconsider their relationship if he succeeded.
• Feng Yao privately doubted that the sect would surrender its interests peacefully, but decided to try because Qian Renxue wanted it.
• Qian Renxue waited for Feng Yao outside the Papal Palace, and he reassured her that Bibi Dong had asked him to support her mission.
• Bibi Dong watched Feng Yao and Qian Renxue leave, then ordered She Long to investigate Feng Yao; back at the hotel, Feng Yao promised Qian Renxue he would stand by her.

Feng Yao and Dugu Bo found a powerful golden-patterned vine spirit beast in Star Dou Forest, and Feng Yao absorbed its spirit ring to gain his fifth spirit skill, Return to Origin, which restored his strength and energy. After Feng Yao revealed he had reached level 55, Dugu Bo rushed him back toward the imperial city as the Heaven Dou convoy neared its destination.

• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, watched two figures slip away from the Heaven Dou convoy near Spirit City.
• Feng Yao and Dugu Bo searched Star Dou Forest for a suitable high-year spirit beast, and Dugu Bo advised Feng Yao to prioritize a ring's age over a specific ability.
• Dugu Bo located a thirty-thousand-year golden-patterned vine spirit beast, and Feng Yao helped destroy its root system after Dugu Bo used his eighth spirit skill, Time Solidification.
• Feng Yao absorbed the vine spirit ring, guided its energy with the Dan Zhu in his body, and awakened his fifth spirit skill, Return to Origin, which restored his Soul Power, physical strength, and Spiritual Power.
• Feng Yao told Dugu Bo he had reached level 55, and Dugu Bo carried him away at speed toward the imperial city.

After returning from the Spirit Ring hunt, Feng Yao reassured Qian Renxue and helped her devise a plan to win Ning Fengzhi’s support by exploiting his concern for Ning Rongrong’s future. The Heaven Dou convoy returned to the capital, where Xue Ye welcomed the victorious teams and Feng Yao noticed his complicated look toward Xue Qinghe.

• Dugu Bo returned to the convoy with Feng Yao and decided not to push him toward Dugu Yan, trusting Feng Yao to look after her instead.
• Feng Yao explained to the jealous Qian Renxue why Dugu Bo had accompanied him, and she agreed to join him on future Spirit Ring hunts.
• Feng Yao proposed using Ning Rongrong’s feelings for Oscar to make Ning Fengzhi reconsider his political position, and Qian Renxue began shaping a strategy to secure his support.
• Feng Yao and Qian Renxue discussed the threat posed by Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong, then reconciled their playful jealousy.
• The next morning, Xue Ye welcomed the returning convoy outside Heaven Dou City, while Feng Yao noticed Xue Ye’s complicated glance at Xue Qinghe.

After Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s victory procession, Xue Ye honored Feng Yao with the rank of Guest Minister and a villa, then held a banquet where Feng Yao and Qian Renxue began a plan involving Ning Rongrong and Oscar. Oscar left the banquet after public ridicule over his awkward dance with Ning Rongrong.

• Xue Ye led the victory procession through Heaven Dou City and welcomed the academy elites to a banquet at Zichen Hall.
• Xue Ye appointed Feng Yao Guest Minister of the Heaven Dou Empire with the honors of a Duke and granted him a villa in Heaven Dou City.
• At the banquet, Dugu Yan and Ye Ling Ling watched Feng Yao, but he avoided them by approaching Crown Prince "Xue Qinghe," who teased him about dancing with them.
• Oscar asked Ning Rongrong to dance, stumbled through the steps, and embarrassed her before the nobles.
• Feng Yao and Qian Renxue arranged for the nobles to mock Ning Rongrong and Oscar, and Oscar left the banquet in humiliation.

After Oscar left the banquet, Ning Fengzhi weighed his prospects with Ning Rongrong, while Feng Yao and Qian Renxue discussed how to influence him. Feng Yao returned to the training ground, reassured Qian Renxue of his devotion, and proposed recruiting an ordinary but formidable soul master to draw Oscar closer to Spirit Hall.

• Oscar left the banquet before Ning Rongrong could stop him, and Ning Rongrong silently departed after exchanging a look with Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin that the sect could not wait for Ning Rongrong to mature slowly and would let the trials test Oscar's character.
• Feng Yao explained to Qian Renxue that Ning Fengzhi might judge Oscar either as a sect leader or as a father, and Ning Fengzhi noticed their interaction.
• After the banquet, Feng Yao evaded Dugu Yan and Ye Ling Ling, then went alone to the Simulated Training Ground to meet Qian Renxue.
• Feng Yao reassured Qian Renxue of his commitment, and they agreed that an ordinary, strong-willed commoner soul master could be better suited to approach Oscar than a noblewoman.
• Feng Yao teased Qian Renxue about their age difference, and she scolded him while accepting his embrace.

Feng Yao and Qian Renxue planned to manipulate Oscar’s departure and stage a rescue to win his trust, while Ning Fengzhi struggled with the conflict between sect rules and Ning Rongrong’s feelings. When Oscar visited Ning Rongrong, she tried to tell him something but faltered, then stopped him as he was leaving.

• Feng Yao persuaded Qian Renxue to let Oscar leave Heaven Dou and arrange a staged rescue, while leaving Ning Rongrong’s situation to develop naturally.
• Ning Rongrong remained withdrawn at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Fengzhi worried over her feelings for Oscar while weighing them against the sect’s rules.
• Ning Fengzhi noticed Feng Yao’s name among eligible youths in the sect register but could not resolve his doubts about changing the rules.
• Oscar visited Ning Rongrong with pastries and gently asked why she was awake, but she struggled to tell him what was troubling her.
• Oscar began to leave after Ning Rongrong stayed silent, but she called out, “Wait!”

Oscar left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after realizing the gulf between him and Ning Rongrong, while Ning Fengzhi arranged for Feng Yao to meet his daughter as part of a plan involving Qian Renxue. As Oscar traveled away from Heaven Dou City, She Long and Ci Xue prepared to strike him.

• Ning Rongrong could not explain the sect rule to Oscar, and Oscar left after recognizing his weakness as a Food System Soul Master.
• Ning Rongrong cried in her father's arms, and Ning Fengzhi admitted that he too was a Support System Soul Master.
• Qian Renxue told Feng Yao that Oscar had left the sect and revealed that Ning Fengzhi had agreed to help her ascend the throne in exchange for support with a match.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Feng Yao to guide Ning Rongrong, and Feng Yao agreed to meet her at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• She Long and Ci Xue tracked Oscar on the road outside Heaven Dou City and prepared an ambush.

Feng Yao faced Ning Rongrong’s attempt to provoke and expose him by turning their meeting into cultivation practice with his zither music. Ning Rongrong benefited greatly from the session and followed him to lunch, eager to experience the music again.

• Ning Rongrong confronted Feng Yao by the lake and tried to provoke him, but his zither’s sound pushed her back when she reached for his stand.
• Ning Rongrong changed tactics and pretended to be respectful while Chen Xin and Gu Rong watched from the Exotic Space and discussed Ning Fengzhi’s plan to recruit Feng Yao.
• Feng Yao invited Ning Rongrong to practice Heart Separation Control while he played, and she discovered that his music calmed her mind and heightened her senses.
• Ning Rongrong’s cultivation advanced smoothly as her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda resonated with Feng Yao’s music, astonishing Chen Xin and Gu Rong.
• When the noon bell rang, Feng Yao headed to the Cafeteria, and Ning Rongrong hurried after him, hoping to hear his music again.

Ning Rongrong confronted Feng Yao about Oscar’s departure, then resumed cultivating by listening to his zither while insisting she would return. That night, Qian Renxue confronted Feng Yao jealously about playing for Ning Rongrong, and he kissed her.

• Feng Yao told Ning Rongrong that winning the tournament would not have changed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s need for a powerful ally, and he said Tang San was more suitable than Oscar.
• Gu Rong comforted Ning Rongrong, and Chen Xin and Gu Rong agreed that she needed to grow independent while reassuring her that neither would let anyone force her into anything.
• Ning Rongrong listened to Feng Yao play the zither beside the lake and cultivated until dusk, then told him she would come again the next day.
• Qian Renxue met Feng Yao at the Simulated Training Ground and teased him about Ning Rongrong listening to his music; Feng Yao kissed her.

Feng Yao and Qian Renxue reconciled after a jealous confrontation, while Ning Fengzhi and the elders discussed Feng Yao’s talent and Ning Rongrong’s cultivation. When a monitored Food System soul master and a Soul Saint agent vanished, Ning Fengzhi suspected Spirit Hall was operating in Heaven Dou City and feared its hidden plans targeted greater geniuses.

• Qian Renxue confronted Feng Yao about his kissing skills, then accepted his reassurance that she was the only one in his heart.
• Ning Fengzhi discussed Ning Rongrong’s progress and Feng Yao’s abilities with Gu Rong and Chen Xin, concluding that Feng Yao seemed independent of political factions.
• A disciple reported that the monitored Food System soul master and the planted Soul Saint agent had disappeared without warning.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered Gu Rong to investigate, while Chen Xin agreed to look after Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that Spirit Hall’s Title Douluo was lurking in Heaven Dou City and wondered whether its true targets were Feng Yao and Tang San.

Feng Yao attended a banquet hosted by Ning Fengzhi, where he warned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect risked destruction if it opposed Spirit Hall and urged it to align with the force most likely to prevail. Ning Fengzhi recognized that the sect faced a dangerous choice, while Feng Yao revealed his Spirit Hall connection and offered the possibility of becoming the sect’s Honorary Elder.

• After a month of guiding Ning Rongrong, Feng Yao accepted her invitation to a banquet with Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong.
• When Ning Fengzhi asked what Feng Yao thought of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Feng Yao called it wealthy and challenged Gu Rong to consider why the sect had invited him.
• Feng Yao recounted rejecting Yu Xiaogang’s advice to become a Support System soul master because he wanted to control his own fate, then warned that the sect could sink if it became Spirit Hall’s direct enemy.
• Ning Rongrong asked Feng Yao how the sect could avert the crisis, and Feng Yao raised the question of which team member opponents targeted first, prompting Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong to remember Oscar’s disappearance.
• Ning Fengzhi asked what Feng Yao would have chosen as a Support System soul master, and Feng Yao said the sect should attach itself to the force most likely to prosper.
• Feng Yao disclosed that he was a Spirit Hall Honorary Elder and said he could also become one for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving Ning Fengzhi to weigh resistance against Spirit Hall against submission to preserve the sect’s foundation.

Feng Yao discussed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s choices with Ning Fengzhi, who decided to wait for the conflict to develop before committing. Elsewhere, Tang Hao changed Tang San’s training to focus on instinctive strength with the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Feng Yao told Ning Fengzhi that Spirit Hall’s broad support among commoners and its growing power made an alliance of the Upper Three Sects and the empires unlikely to hold together.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong that the sect’s future was also a test for her, then let her escort Feng Yao; afterward, he and Chen Xin and Gu Rong discussed Oscar’s disappearance and the possibility that Feng Yao was involved.
• Ning Fengzhi decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should wait and use its wealth to support Spirit Hall until war revealed which side had the advantage.
• Feng Yao reassured Ning Rongrong that her father would seek the sect’s greatest benefit, while she worried about facing her classmates if they ended up on opposing sides.
• At the waterfall, Tang Hao ordered Tang San to abandon his footwork, force-dispersing techniques, and the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, and to treat the Clear Sky Hammer as an extension of his arm.
• Tang San swung the Clear Sky Hammer against the waterfall until he collapsed from exhaustion, and Tang Hao restored him with Soul Power.

Feng Yao comforted Qian Renxue, discussed Ning Fengzhi’s likely concessions, and agreed to teach at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. At the academy’s opening ceremony, his zither performance amazed the students and stirred musical Martial Souls, while Ning Rongrong resented that his instruction was no longer exclusive to her.

• Feng Yao told Qian Renxue that Ning Fengzhi had begun wavering toward Spirit Hall and might gradually concede benefits, though Qian Renxue refused to hear him defend Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue asked Feng Yao to serve as Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Musical Instrument Martial Soul Specialist Instructor and perform at the opening ceremony, and Feng Yao agreed.
• Feng Yao arrived at the ceremony by walking through the air on invisible Sound Blades and captivated the gathered students with his zither performance.
• Birds gathered around Feng Yao and Blue Silver Grass swayed to his music as Ning Fengzhi praised his artistry to Qian Renxue.
• Feng Yao began playing at the lakeside, causing students’ Musical Instrument Martial Souls and Chen Xin’s Seven Kill to resonate with the melody.
• Ning Rongrong watched the crowd receive the instruction she had once considered hers alone and felt lonely and resentful.

Feng Yao cultivated the qin beside the lake for a year, naturally breaking through to Soul Emperor as his senses and a mysterious force grew stronger. After telling Qian Renxue about the sensation, he learned that she believed it was the Power of Faith.

• As the heat drove most students away, Feng Yao continued playing while Ning Rongrong remained to cultivate Heart Separation Control.
• Feng Yao reflected on refining Martial Soul techniques and noticed that his senses sharpened as he played the qin.
• A year later, Feng Yao broke through to Rank 60 while playing, then told Ning Rongrong he had become a Soul Emperor and announced he would leave the academy for several days.
• Feng Yao visited Qian Renxue at the Eastern Palace, shared his breakthrough, and discussed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's support for the Spirit Hall.
• Feng Yao described the mysterious force he sensed when playing the qin, and Qian Renxue identified it as the Power of Faith.

Qian Renxue explained how the Angel God gained the Power of Faith, then sent Feng Yao with She Long and Ci Xue to seek a powerful spirit ring. Meanwhile, Tang Hao trained Tang San to fight with genuine killing intent and brought him to Moonlight Pavilion, where they were confronted by the elegant Madam Yue Hua.

• Qian Renxue told Feng Yao that her ancestor became the Angel God by gathering faith after saving the continent, and Feng Yao wondered whether he might also become a god.
• Qian Renxue summoned She Long and Ci Xue to escort Feng Yao, who sought a spirit beast between fifty and sixty thousand years old in the Star Dou Forest; he showed them his thirty-thousand-year fifth spirit ring.
• Tang Hao watched Tang San shatter a waterfall with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, then explained that Tang San lacked the killing intent forged by true life-or-death combat.
• Tang Hao told Tang San he would take him somewhere for training, and five days later brought him to Moonlight Pavilion in Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San restrained two attendants when they barred him and Tang Hao from entering, then Tang Hao gave Yue Hua's staff a message identifying himself as an old acquaintance.
• The steward ordered guards to remove Tang Hao and Tang San, but Tang Hao's killing intent froze everyone until Madam Yue Hua descended the stairs and ordered them to stop.

Tang Hao reunited with Tang Yuehua and asked her to obtain a head spirit bone for Tang San before sending him to Slaughter City. In the Star Dou Forest, Feng Yao helped She Long and Ci Xue defeat a six-tailed Thousand-Faced Spirit Fox, and its black soul ring appeared.

• Tang Yuehua recognized Tang Hao, embraced him, and brought Tang San upstairs while ordering Ode to conceal their arrival.
• Tang Hao told Tang Yuehua he wanted a head spirit bone for Tang San, and she agreed to contact their eldest brother on the condition that Tang Hao stay at Moonlight Pavilion.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to remain in Heaven Dou City until he absorbed the spirit bone, then planned to take him to Slaughter City.
• She Long and Ci Xue explained the scarcity of mid-level soul beasts as they searched the Star Dou Forest with Feng Yao.
• Feng Yao used Fuxi to identify the true body of the Thousand-Faced Spirit Fox, allowing She Long and Ci Xue to overcome its clones.
• Feng Yao struck the wounded Thousand-Faced Spirit Fox with sound blades, shattered its crystal, and caused its black soul ring to rise.