Chapter Summaries

Luo Ling stole Clear Sky Nine Wonders and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer from Clear Sky Sect’s Archives, then controlled Tang Hao to search his memories for the Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Burst. The Archives burned down, and Tang Xiao realized someone had deliberately set the fire after finding that the valuable metals were gone.

• Luo Ling entered the Archives unseen, took its useful contents and the two scrolls, then set fire to the building.
• Luo Ling used Illusion Realm to hide his actions from Tang San and controlled Tang Hao, searching his memories before erasing Tang Hao’s memory of being controlled.
• A guard woke to find the Archives ablaze and alerted the sect, whose members struggled to find enough water to extinguish the flames.
• Tang Xiao and the elders brought water from the village and finally put out the fire at daybreak, but the Archives and many disciple residences had been destroyed.
• Tang Xiao searched the Archives Ruins for valuable metals and realized the fire had been deliberate when he found everything missing.

The Clear Sky Sect elders confronted Tang Hao and Tang San over the Archives fire and rumors that they practiced Evil Skills, then rejected their return. Tang Hao revealed that he had come as a representative of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Heaven Dou Royal Family to invite the sect out of seclusion.

• Tang Xiao asked the elders who had set the Archives fire, and the Seventh Elder blamed Tang Hao and Tang San while insulting Tang San.
• Tang San challenged the Seventh Elder, deepening the elders’ disappointment in him.
• The Second Elder questioned Tang Hao about the fire and the rumors that he and Tang San were Evil Soul Masters.
• Tang Hao admitted they had practiced a Soul Power-increasing ritual using Soul Beast corpses or death-row prisoners, but denied harming ordinary Soul Masters.
• The Second Elder told Tang Hao and Tang San to leave and refused to let them return to the sect.
• Tang Hao explained that he had come on behalf of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Heaven Dou Royal Family to invite the Clear Sky Sect to emerge from seclusion.

Tang Hao persuaded the Clear Sky Sect elders to accept the Blood Devil Ritual by claiming it had no harmful side effects and could help the sect rival its enemies. The Second Elder agreed to test it and invited Tang Hao and Tang San to stay while the sect considered their return.

• Tang Hao presented the Blood Devil Ritual to the Second Elder and described its benefits, citing the Heaven Dou Royal Family and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as users.
• Tang Hao told the elders that Yu Xiaogang had received the ritual from the Primordial God and had advanced from level twenty-nine to Soul Ancestor.
• The Second Elder, recalling Tang Chen’s Divine Trial, accepted the Blood Devil Ritual but said the sect would test it before deciding whether to form an alliance.
• The Second Elder asked Tang Hao and Tang San to stay while the elders discussed their return to the sect, and Tang Hao became tearful with relief.
• Tang Xiao congratulated Tang Hao and led him away to see the sect, while Tang San remained behind and Tang Yuehua worried that the ritual would ruin the Clear Sky Sect.

The Clear Sky Sect elders accepted the Blood Devil Ritual and agreed to cooperate with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Heaven Dou Royal Family under two conditions. The Second Elder made Tang Hao and Tang San’s return conditional on killing Luo Ling, and Tang Hao agreed despite his concerns about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• The Second Elder said the elders’ tests showed that the Blood Devil Ritual had no apparent mental side effects, despite its cruel process.
• The Second Elder demanded that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Heaven Dou Royal Family pay to rebuild the Mountain Gate, and that the Clear Sky Sect keep their cooperation secret; Tang Hao accepted both conditions.
• The Second Elder told Tang Hao and Tang San they could return to the sect only if they killed Luo Ling, whom he viewed as a threat to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao worried that attacking Luo Ling would provoke the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but the Second Elder promised the Clear Sky Sect would help hold off its two Titled Douluo.
• Tang Hao agreed to kill Luo Ling, while Tang Yuehua watched with concern and Luo Ling remained unaware of the sect’s decision.

On the road back to Heaven Dou Imperial City, Luo Ling considered the catastrophe the Blood Devil Ritual could bring, but remained focused on becoming a true god before the world was destroyed. Meanwhile, Xue Ye learned that newspapers and anonymous leaflets were spreading rumors about the Heaven Dou Royal Family and ordered his ministers to find those responsible within three days.

• Luo Ling foresaw that the spread of the Blood Devil Ritual could plunge Douluo Continent into slaughter and evil, but decided it had nothing to do with him because he would become a true god before the world was destroyed.
• Rumors accusing Xue Ye, the Heaven Dou Royal Family, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the Clear Sky Sect of evil dealings spread through Heaven Dou Imperial City and toward other cities.
• Xue Ye raged at his ministers for failing to stop the rumors, and a minister explained that newspapers and slips of paper were carrying stories about the royal family's alleged dark secrets.
• Xue Ye destroyed the newspaper and demanded to know whether the people behind it had been found; the minister admitted they had not.
• Xue Ye crushed the minister to the ground with Soul Power and gave him three days to find those responsible or die.

Luo Ling arranged a public spectacle to turn rumors about Xue Ye and the Imperial Palace's Prison into apparent fact, using Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe to draw attention to alleged abuses. After a Royal Guard killed a Raven Shadow Puppet beggar under Luo Ling's control, Qian Renxue ordered the body removed and announced she would investigate the Prison.

• Qian Renxue asked Luo Ling what he would do next after rumors damaged Xue Ye and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Luo Ling said he would make the rumors seem true with the Crown Prince's help.
• Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe visited a marketplace where a Raven Shadow Puppet beggar pleaded for help finding his father, who had allegedly vanished after being imprisoned.
• The beggar accused the Prison of hiding prisoners, and Luo Ling secretly controlled a Royal Guard to stab him.
• Qian Renxue rebuked the bewildered guard, then ordered him to take the beggar's body away and accompany her to the Prison.

Qian Renxue staged a public confrontation with Xue Ye’s guards and then argued with him about the rumors surrounding the Prison, helping distance the Crown Prince from his crimes. Xue Ye left with Yu Tianheng to meet Yu Yuanzhen, believing the clan had prepared more sacrifices for his ritual.

• Qian Renxue convinced the crowd that she opposed Xue Ye after the Royal Guards barred her from entering the Prison, then met Luo Ling, who reminded her of another performance.
• Qian Renxue went to the Imperial Palace and confronted Xue Ye about the rumors and the commoner killed by his guards.
• Yu Tianheng arrived and invited Xue Ye to meet Yu Yuanzhen, prompting Xue Ye to send Qian Renxue away.
• After Qian Renxue left, Yu Tianheng asked whether Xue Ye had taught the ritual to the Crown Prince, and Xue Ye admitted he had not because Qinghe was Ning Fengzhi’s disciple.
• Yu Tianheng led Xue Ye through a secret passage in the back garden toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Luo Ling found Ah Yin at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and ordered his completely corroded servant to leave with him to meet Tang Hao and Tang San. Meanwhile, Tang San returned with Tang Hao to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, where Xue Ye and Yu Yuanzhen had grown stronger through ritual sacrifices and joined the gathered clan members in the main hall.

• Luo Ling arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and stopped Ah Yin's Blue Silver Grass from attacking him.
• Luo Ling told Ah Yin she was his servant and that he was taking her to meet Tang Hao and Tang San; Ah Yin panicked when he mentioned the Clear Sky Sect's demand that they kill him.
• Tang Hao brought Tang San back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, where Tang San reunited with Yu Tianheng, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar.
• Yu Tianheng questioned Tang San's changed appearance and feared the killing intent he had brought back from the City of Slaughter.
• Xue Ye and Yu Yuanzhen absorbed the blood-red mist from their Magic Array and celebrated their increases in Soul Power.
• Yu Tianheng announced that Tang Hao and Tang San had returned, and Yu Yuanzhen and Xue Ye entered the main hall to meet them.

Tang Hao secured the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Heaven Dou Royal Family’s agreement to secretly support the Clear Sky Sect, but they refused to help kill Luo Ling. Meanwhile, Luo Ling brought Ah Yin to Qian Renxue’s Crown Prince Residence and made her his maid, leaving him eager to show her to Tang Hao and Tang San.

• Tang Hao told Yu Yuanzhen and Xue Ye that the Clear Sky Sect would ally with them secretly in exchange for material support, and they agreed.
• Tang Hao asked Yu Yuanzhen and Xue Ye to help kill Luo Ling, but they objected because Luo Ling belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and attacking him could drive that sect toward Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao accepted that they would not help target Luo Ling, while keeping the Clear Sky Sect’s alliance conditions unchanged.
• Luo Ling brought Ah Yin to Qian Renxue’s Crown Prince Residence, where Hu Liena and Qian Renxue reacted differently to her arrival.
• Luo Ling made Ah Yin his maid and told her to wear her maid outfit when she went out with him, while planning to make Tang Hao and Tang San see her.

After returning to Spirit City, Luo Ling revealed that Xue Ye, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Tang Hao had cultivated Evil Skills and secretly allied against Spirit Hall. He outlined a plan for Qian Renxue to use Xue Ye’s crimes to seize the throne and enlist Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, winning Bibi Dong’s support.

• Luo Ling asked Bibi Dong whether she planned to attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and urged her to consider a different approach.
• Luo Ling told Bibi Dong that Xue Ye and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had cultivated Evil Skills, and said he had witnessed Xue Ye, Yu Yuanzhen, and Tang Hao meet in secret and ally against Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Luo Ling whether he had spread the recent rumors in Heaven Dou City, and Luo Ling admitted it and explained his scheme with Qian Renxue.
• Luo Ling revealed that Qian Renxue would expose Xue Ye’s crimes, move against him, and seek aid from Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to target the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Luo Ling’s plan, and Bibi Dong became convinced it offered a better opportunity than the Soul Hunting Operation.

Bibi Dong approved Luo Ling’s plan to discredit Xue Ye and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan before Spirit Hall acted against them. Luo Ling reunited with Xiao Wu and accepted a mission to escort her to the Star Dou Great Forest, while Tang Hao and Yu Yuanzhen led their own group there to hunt powerful Soul Beasts for the Blood Devil Ritual.

• Bibi Dong and the elders backed Luo Ling’s plan, and Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall’s branches to spread claims that Xue Ye and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan cultivated Evil Skills.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Luo Ling’s plan and invited him to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect more often.
• Luo Ling met Xiao Wu and Ah Rou in Bibi Dong’s palace, where he learned Xiao Wu had accepted Bibi Dong as her godmother.
• Bibi Dong assigned Luo Ling to escort Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest, with Ju and Ghost Douluo accompanying them.
• Tang Hao and Yu Yuanzhen led Tang San, Yu Tianheng, Yu Xiaogang, and the others secretly toward the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Beasts over fifty thousand years old.

Luo Ling and Xiao Wu traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Luo Ling sensed Tang San, Tang Hao, and members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan nearby. Tang San discussed his sixth Soul Ring with Tang Hao and settled on seeking a Soul Beast that would strengthen Blue Silver Grass’s growth ability.

• Luo Ling and Xiao Wu arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest with Ju and Ghost Douluo, and Luo Ling sensed the auras of Tang San, Tang Hao, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that a sixth Soul Ring normally had an upper limit of about twenty thousand years, and suggested Luo Ling’s powerful rings might have come from Soul Beast sacrifices.
• Tang Hao explained that a willing Soul Beast could sacrifice itself to let a Soul Master absorb a Soul Ring beyond the usual age limit, leaving Tang San shocked.
• Tang Hao encouraged Tang San to pursue a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring for his Clear Sky Hammer in the future, and Tang San vowed to do so.
• Tang San chose to seek a sixth Soul Ring that would improve Blue Silver Grass’s growth, while privately doubting Yu Xiaogang’s teachings.

Tang San absorbed an over-limit Soul Ring from a Wood Vine Treant, which also produced a rare Right Arm Bone. Luo Ling seized the Soul Bone, prompting Tang Hao and Yu Yuanzhen to rush toward him.

• Tang Hao and Yu Yuanzhen split their forces to search the Star Dou Great Forest for soul beasts to sacrifice.
• Tang Hao found a roughly twenty-five-thousand-year-old Wood Vine Treant, and Tang San insisted on absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao weakened the Treant, and Tang San killed it and successfully absorbed its Soul Ring with help from the Asura God's modifications and Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Luo Ling led Xiao Wu and the others near Tang Hao and Tang San, then considered whether to attack them while Ju and Ghost Douluo concealed their auras.
• A crystalline green Right Arm Bone emerged from the Treant's corpse, and Luo Ling took it just as Tang San reached for it.
• Tang Hao recognized Luo Ling and roared in fury, while Yu Yuanzhen heard the commotion and flew toward them, deciding Luo Ling had to be killed.

Luo Ling avoided being handed over to Yu Yuanzhen when he gave the captured Soul Bone to Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo. Yu Yuanzhen threatened to kill him, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo arrived and stopped Tang Hao from attacking Luo Ling.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived and denied being allied with Tang Hao, while secretly urging Tang Hao to conceal their alliance and the Blood Devil Ritual.
• Tang Hao offered Yu Yuanzhen a Soul Bone in exchange for helping him kill Luo Ling, but Yu Yuanzhen weighed the risks to his clan and instead demanded the recently captured Soul Bone.
• Luo Ling handed the Soul Bone to Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo as thanks for their help.
• Yu Yuanzhen threatened to kill Luo Ling after Luo Ling told him to ask Chrysanthemum Douluo for the Soul Bone.

Luo Ling fought Yu Yuanzhen, suppressing him with his domains and injuring his soul before Yu Yuanzhen broke free and prepared a powerful attack. Tang Hao recognized Luo Ling as the Undying, while Tang San struggled to accept that Luo Ling had passed through Hell Road before him; the chapter ended as Luo Ling vanished beneath Yu Yuanzhen’s gathering thunderclouds.

• Luo Ling accepted Yu Yuanzhen’s challenge and revealed his Primordial Martial Soul, Nether Shadow Sickle, and Raven Shadow Puppet.
• Luo Ling’s domains weakened Yu Yuanzhen and the others, and his Soul Scythe struck Yu Yuanzhen’s soul.
• Yu Yuanzhen unleashed the Dragon Transformation Secret Art, broke Luo Ling’s darkness, and endured the attack despite severe soul damage.
• Tang Hao recognized Luo Ling as the Undying, and Luo Ling reminded Tang San that he had helped him on Hell Road by killing the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent.
• Yu Yuanzhen transformed into his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon True Body as Tang Hao used Clear Sky True Body, while Ju and Ghost Douluo blocked Tang Hao.
• Yu Yuanzhen began Dragon Soaring Sky Thunder Burst, but Luo Ling vanished before the attack landed.

Luo Ling used his invisibility and Raven Shadow Puppet to slaughter more than half of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s elites while Yu Yuanzhen failed to stop him. The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape arrived, forcing the survivors to retreat, and Luo Ling reunited with Xiao Wu.

• Luo Ling vanished as the Raven Shadow Puppet attacked and killed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s elites.
• Yu Yuanzhen blasted the Puppet with lightning, but it repeatedly reformed and resumed its assault.
• After the Puppet had killed nearly half the clan’s elites, the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape arrived, and Yu Yuanzhen ordered everyone to withdraw.
• Yu Yuanzhen fled with the corpses, while Tang Hao carried Tang San away from the scene.
• Luo Ling reappeared and reunited with Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming as Ju and Ghost recognized the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

After Luo Ling overwhelmed them, Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Hao discussed how they could kill him despite being unable to defeat him directly. They agreed to bring the Clear Sky Sect into an attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving Tang Hao to seek his sect’s approval.

• Yu Yuanzhen, Tang Hao, and the others escaped to a secluded forest, while Tang San seethed over Luo Ling’s strength and vowed to surpass him after completing Asura God's Test.
• Tang Hao asked Yu Yuanzhen to join forces against Luo Ling, but Yu Yuanzhen pointed out that they could not overcome Luo Ling or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
• Yu Yuanzhen proposed attacking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and using Ning Fengzhi's daughter to lure Luo Ling into a trap.
• Tang Hao objected that the two of them could not threaten the sect, so Yu Yuanzhen suggested involving the Clear Sky Sect and Xue Ye to destroy it and seize its wealth.
• Tang Hao agreed to accompany Yu Yuanzhen to the Clear Sky Sect to discuss the plan, intending to emphasize Luo Ling’s actions when reporting to the sect elders.

At the Lake of Life, Luo Ling considered the Silver Dragon King but decided his current strength was insufficient to confront it. Meanwhile, Yu Yuanzhen persuaded the Clear Sky Sect to join his planned surprise attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, agreeing to give them seventy percent of its wealth.

• Xiao Wu showed Luo Ling the Lake of Life and explained how her mother had helped her reach a hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Luo Ling considered targeting the Silver Dragon King for Soul Parasitism but judged that he was not strong enough to face it or its guardians.
• Tang Hao brought Yu Yuanzhen to the Clear Sky Sect, where Yu Yuanzhen revealed that he was Level 96 and described Luo Ling's powerful Martial Soul, domains, and stealth.
• Yu Yuanzhen proposed that the Clear Sky Sect's Titled Douluo hold off the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's strongest members while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan attacked.
• The Second Elder demanded seventy percent of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's wealth, and Yu Yuanzhen accepted.

Yu Yuanzhen and the Clear Sky Sect secretly plotted to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Luo Ling discovered their plan and helped Bibi Dong redirect Spirit Hall’s forces to prepare an ambush. Luo Ling then arranged to lure the attackers into a trap, with Dugu Bo ready to join the fight.

• Yu Yuanzhen left the Clear Sky Sect after agreeing with the Second Elder to target the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while both sides kept their own schemes.
• After returning to Heaven Dou City with Xiao Wu, Luo Ling captured three watchers and learned that Yu Yuanzhen would signal the Clear Sky Sect once Luo Ling returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Luo Ling erased the watchers’ memories and flew to Qian Renxue’s Crown Prince Residence, deciding to use the enemy’s attack as a chance to destroy both hostile factions.
• Bibi Dong received Luo Ling’s warning, canceled her previous plan, and ordered Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo elders to lie in wait at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Luo Ling met Ghost Douluo in Heaven Dou City and told Dugu Bo to prepare for the coming battle, planning to reveal his whereabouts before returning to the sect.

Yu Yuanzhen and the Clear Sky Sect prepared to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, unaware that Luo Ling and Spirit Hall had laid a trap. The assault began at midnight, and Sword Douluo confronted Yu Luomian as the battle opened.

• Yu Yuanzhen learned that Luo Ling had returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and agreed to let Yu Xiaogang take revenge if Luo Ling was captured and his Soul Bones were seized.
• Luo Ling told Ning Fengzhi about the planned attack, while Spirit Hall reinforcements secretly prepared to ambush the attackers.
• Tang Xiao and six other Clear Sky Sect Titled Douluo arrived at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Yu Yuanzhen scheduled the attack for midnight three days later.
• Luo Ling reassured Ning Rongrong that Spirit Hall had prepared for the assault as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan blasted open the sect walls and charged.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo confronted the attackers, and Chen Xin attacked Yu Luomian, who activated his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon True Body and Dragon Transformation Secret Art.