Chapter Summaries

Yang Ming arrived at the finals with Ya Li, then watched the Empire Team battle the Spirit Hall Academy Team. The Empire Team gained the upper hand through its coordinated plan, but an enemy’s last attack caught Ning Rongrong in an explosion, leaving her condition uncertain.

• Yang Ming arrived carrying Ya Li, and the Empire Team began its final match against Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and the Spirit Hall Academy Team.
• Feng Xiaotian, Yang Yi, and Dugu Yan engaged the Golden Generation while Ning Rongrong boosted her allies and Ye Qingyin’s skills gradually weakened the opposing team.
• Niu Bi and Gong Ming eliminated one opponent, but another fired a Soul Power projectile at Ning Rongrong as he was being taken down.
• The projectile exploded beside Ning Rongrong and Ye Qingyin, and Oscar shouted in alarm when Ning Rongrong was caught in the blast.

The Empire Team defeated the Spirit Hall Academy Team and won the championship, after which Yang Ming arranged the Spirit Bone rewards and helped teammates secure protection through powerful sects. At the celebration banquet, Yang Ming left for some quiet and found someone looking troubled.

• Ning Rongrong urged her teammates to finish the battle despite her injuries, and the Empire Team defeated Xie Yue and Yan after Hu Liena fell and the opposing Martial Soul Fusion Skill was broken.
• Bibi Dong declared the Empire Team the champions, and Ya Li healed the injured teams while Dugu Yan detoxified the Golden Generation.
• Yang Ming distributed the Spirit Bones, offering Feng Xiaotian and Gong Ming protection through the Breaking Clan and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Ye Qingyin chose to join the Breaking Clan.
• Xue Qinghe hosted a championship celebration banquet, and Yang Ming slipped away before approaching someone who seemed melancholy and asking what was wrong.

After Ning Rongrong was injured, Oscar worried that he could not protect her and agreed to pursue combat abilities with Yang Ming's help. Yang Ming offered him two paths, and Oscar chose both before staying in Spirit City to begin training.

• Oscar told Yang Ming that Ning Rongrong's injury made him regret being unable to protect her in a dangerous situation.
• Yang Ming explained that Oscar could become a formidable fighter through weapon cultivation and revealed a Soul Beast that could let him temporarily borrow another person's Martial Soul abilities.
• Oscar agreed to Yang Ming's training and chose to pursue both weapon techniques and borrowed Martial Soul abilities.
• The Heaven Dou group departed for Heaven Dou City, while Yang Ming, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong stayed in Spirit City; Oscar began his grueling training.

Yang Ming continued Oscar’s grueling training while Ya Li brought him a dossier identifying the man who had killed his parents in this life. Yang Ming decided to investigate the target personally and arranged to return to Heaven Dou City with Ya Li.

• Yang Ming pushed the exhausted Oscar through another training session, while Ning Rongrong encouraged him with pastries.
• Yang Ming praised Ya Li’s appearance, and she gave him a document pouch containing new information.
• Yang Ming read the dossier and learned that the target was Gu Li, the man who had killed his parents in this life.
• Yang Ming said he would return to Heaven Dou City to inform his grandfather and asked Ya Li to monitor the target’s associates.
• Yang Ming agreed that Ya Li would accompany him when he acted and asked her to find someone reliable to continue Oscar’s training.

Yun Ming returned to Heaven Dou City and gave Yang Wudi and Yang Wutian Spirit Hall’s list of people responsible for persecuting the four clans. The two grandfathers prepared to gather the Breaking and Defense Clans’ elites for a revenge mission, which would begin in two days.

• Yun Ming reunited with Yang Wudi at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Yang Wudi took him to the Breaking Clan’s Heaven Dou City residence.
• Yang Wudi explained that the Breaking Clan had moved its Clan Land to the former Clear Sky Sect headquarters.
• Yun Ming handed Yang Wudi and Yang Wutian the list of Spirit Hall members who had committed crimes against the four clans.
• Yang Wudi and Yang Wutian reacted with grief and killing intent when they recognized names connected to their lost relatives.
• Yang Wutian left to summon the Breaking Clan’s elites and arrange for the Defense Clan to be notified.
• Yang Wutian returned and said both clans’ elites would assemble in two days to kill the criminals.

Yang Ming, Ya Li, and the elite forces of the Breaking and Imperial Clans rode to Münster City to confront Clifford, a Martial Soul Branch Hall master who had extorted local factions and killed members of the clans. Yang Wutian attacked Clifford at the hall entrance, and his Soul Breaking Spear pierced Clifford's shoulder.

• Yang Wutian led the group toward Münster City while Yang Ming assured Ya Li that their pursuit would not harm innocents.
• Clifford admired a Deep Sea Luminous Pearl and was shown to have used his post to extort local factions and seize a merchant family's property.
• A guard warned Clifford that a Holy Tribunal Knight squad was approaching, so Clifford gathered the hall's members to greet them.
• Clifford recognized Ya Li and respectfully greeted her, while Yang Ming confirmed his identity.
• Yang Wutian suddenly thrust his Soul Breaking Spear at Clifford, striking his shoulder.

Ya Li and Yun Ming’s group continued purging corrupt Spirit Hall officials across the Heaven Dou Empire while Bibi Dong and Gu Li prepared for the group’s return to Spirit City. The chapter ended with Gu Li heading to Dark Canyon for a final battle.

• Ya Li declared Clifford guilty, and Yang Wutian broke his limbs and dragged him away, later torturing him to death for killing Yang Xiaoyun.
• Ya Li appointed Mai Wen as the temporary Master of the Münster City Martial Soul Branch Hall, and Yun Ming’s group helped him arrest Clifford’s corrupt allies.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li led the Breaking and Imperial Clans across the Heaven Dou Empire for half a month, killing those named on their list.
• Bibi Dong sent Ghost Douluo Guimei’s boxes of heads to the Worship Hall after ordering him to clear out corrupt Spirit Hall officials in the Star Luo Empire and replace them with her own people.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Bibi Dong that Ya Li and the clans were nearing Spirit City, while Gu Li headed to Dark Canyon for a final battle.

After learning that Gu Li was hiding in Death Canyon, Yun Ming and Ya Li led Yang Wudi and Niu Gao there to confront him. Yang Wudi attacked Gu Li, beginning their long-awaited reckoning.

• Yun Ming comforted Ya Li as she regretted that her efforts to help Spirit Hall’s residents were not enough.
• A messenger told Yun Ming and Ya Li that Bibi Dong had dealt with the Star Luo targets, while Gu Li remained in Death Canyon after Ghost Douluo helped him escape.
• Yun Ming told the four clans that their Star Luo grudge had ended, and the clansmen wept with relief and grief.
• Yun Ming, Ya Li, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao traveled to Death Canyon while Yang Wutian took the others to settle in Spirit City.
• Yun Ming and the others found Gu Li waiting by a cavern, where he admitted regretting that he had spared Yang Wudi and the others.
• Ya Li condemned Gu Li’s corruption, and Yang Wudi charged at him with the Soul Breaking Spear.

Yang Ming and Ya Li pursued Gu Li through the underground passages while Niu Gao and Yang Wudi were held back by a seventy-thousand-year-old Cave Spider Emperor. Yang Ming overwhelmed Gu Li in their cavern battle, but Gu Li summoned a colossal creature as his final attack.

• Gu Li trapped Yang Wudi and Niu Gao with spider silk, and Yang Wudi fell into the cave when his attack collapsed the ground beneath him.
• Yang Ming and Ya Li followed Gu Li underground, cutting through his spider-silk traps as Niu Gao found Yang Wudi and the two confronted the Cave Spider Emperor.
• Yang Ming and Ya Li caught up with Gu Li in a cavern, where Gu Li attacked Yang Ming with his Spider Spears and hidden silk arrows.
• Yang Ming used his Atlas Divine Spear and Soul Skills to shatter Gu Li's weapons and armor, then blasted him into the cavern wall.
• As Yang Ming approached, Gu Li activated his Fourth Soul Skill and pushed a colossal creature out from underground, where it began rapidly dissolving.

Gu Li unleashed the Death Spider Emperor’s deadly poison and fought Yang Ming and Ya Li, but they overcame his defenses and killed him. As the poison threatened to spread, Yang Ming’s Back Armor reacted to it, and he began investigating the source of its unusual attraction.

• Gu Li revealed the Death Spider Emperor’s remains, used Bibi Dong’s potions to release its poison, and attacked Yang Ming and Ya Li.
• Yang Ming used Space Rending to draw in the poison, while Ya Li’s Purification Power blocked and began dispersing it.
• Yang Ming’s Atlas “Sun Shooting” shattered Gu Li’s attacks and badly wounded him, then Yang Ming Teleported through the poison and killed him with a spear thrust.
• Gu Li’s final ability accelerated the remains’ sublimation, causing the poison to surge beyond Ya Li’s ability to contain it.
• Yang Ming sealed the poisonous fog with Anti-air Power after his Back Armor began reacting to it, then used his Spiritual Origin perception to discover what had drawn its attention.

Yang Ming and Ya Li purified Necromantic Essence so his Back Armor could evolve, then Yang Ming revealed that he had killed Gu Li. The group returned to Spirit City, where Yang Wutian learned the four clans’ conflict with Spirit Hall had ended.

• Yang Ming explained Necromantic Essence to Ya Li and asked her to purify it while his Back Armor absorbed it.
• Yang Wudi and Niu Gao arrived and waited as Yang Ming and Ya Li continued refining the essence for an hour.
• Yang Ming’s Battle Armor transformed beneath a silver-gray light, and he told Yang Wudi it was evolving with help from Gu Li’s gift.
• Yang Ming showed Yang Wudi Gu Li’s corpse and confirmed that he had killed him; Yang Wudi mourned his daughter and son-in-law before leading the group out.
• Yang Ming, Ya Li, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao returned to Spirit City, where Yang Ming confirmed Gu Li’s death to Yang Wutian.

After Tang San learned that Tang Xiao had died, he took Xiao Wu away from Heaven Dou City and struggled to decide where they could go. Xiao Wu found a destination for them, leaving Tang San stunned when they arrived ten days later.

• Yang Wudi and the Breaking Clan’s elites returned home, while Yang Ming stayed in Spirit City to cultivate and accompany Ya Li.
• Tang San sensed Tang Xiao’s death, mourned him, and vowed to kill Yang Ming.
• Tang San took Xiao Wu from Blue Tyrant Academy and left Bai He a letter, but Yu Yuanzhen’s absence convinced him that Yu Xiaogang could no longer help him.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu that his mother had been a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who took human form, and he said he did not hate Soul Beasts who became human.
• Xiao Wu said she had thought of a suitable place for them, and ten days later Tang San stared at their destination in surprise.

Tang San stayed at the Lake of Life after learning Xiao Wu was a Soul Beast in human form, and he trained with Er Ming’s help until his hammer technique advanced. Two months after the Liquidation Operation, Yun Ming reached rank sixty and sensed the power in his Atlas Divine Spear beginning to awaken.

• Xiao Wu introduced Tang San to Da Ming and Er Ming, and Tang San reassured her that he did not despise her for being a Soul Beast.
• Tang San settled beside the Lake of Life and practiced the Clear Sky Nine Perfections, but struggled to master the Rupture Word Incantation.
• Xiao Wu called Da Ming and Er Ming to help Tang San, and Da Ming suggested that Er Ming’s mastery of strength could guide him.
• Er Ming reluctantly let Tang San follow him on hunts, where Tang San learned by watching and eventually overcame his hammer-technique bottleneck.
• Two months after the Liquidation Operation, Yun Ming broke through to rank sixty and sensed dormant power awakening within his Atlas Divine Spear.

Yang Ming and his companions arrived in Zhenhai City to prepare for a sea voyage and spirit hunt, where Oscar had recently reached Rank 40. They planned to set sail the morning after tomorrow, but Yang Ming had not yet revealed which Soul Beast Oscar would hunt.

• Oscar and Ning Rongrong eagerly anticipated seeing the ocean as their carriage approached Zhenhai City.
• Yang Ming recalled that he had chosen a suitable Soul Beast for Oscar, who had broken through to Rank 40 during the journey.
• Hai Lan and Spirit Hall soldiers welcomed Ya Li at the city gate, and Hai Lan guided the group through Zhenhai City.
• Yang Ming and the others decided to rest in the city for two days and prepare for their voyage.
• Yang Ming told Oscar and Ning Rongrong that they would set sail the morning after tomorrow, prompting Oscar to ask about his target Soul Beast.

Yang Ming led Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Ya Li by ship toward the Dragon Nest Sea Area so Oscar could seek a Golden Scale Dragon Fish Spirit Ring and Yang Ming could confront the area's king. As a colossal sea creature approached through a storm, Yang Ming declared it had already arrived.

• Yang Ming explained that Oscar's target was a Golden Scale Dragon Fish and that he sought the king of the Dragon Nest Sea Area for his own sixth Spirit Ring.
• Hai Lan hosted the group at a welcome banquet in Zhenhai City, then led them aboard a reinforced ship bound for the sea area.
• Yang Ming gave Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Ya Li Underwater Action Soul Tools and taught them how to use the devices.
• After a day of seasickness, the group reached the Dragon Nest Sea Area, where Hai Lan warned Yang Ming that going farther would be dangerous.
• Yang Ming sensed the sea area's king approaching as dark clouds gathered, the sea churned, and an enormous creature appeared in the distance.

Yang Ming flew out to confront the Sea Soul Beasts’ rampage and discovered that the giant behind it was his former Soul Spirit, the Mountain Sea Dragon Turtle King, which did not recognize him in this era. Unable to decide how to reunite with his old friend without killing it, Yang Ming chose a final method and unleashed his power as the chapter ended.

• The turbulent sea and rioting Sea Soul Beasts frightened the ship’s passengers, so Yang Ming reassured them and flew toward the Island Giant Beast.
• The Island Giant Beast suppressed the sea and hindered Yang Ming, but Yang Ming used the Atlas Divine Spear to break through its ability.
• Yang Ming realized his old friend did not recognize him and considered how to make it accept a Soul Spirit contract without killing it.
• The creature rose from the sea and revealed itself as the hundred-thousand-year-level Mountain Sea Dragon Turtle King, bearing the bloodlines of the Mountain Dragon King and the Deep Sea Silver Armor Turtle.
• Yang Ming decided he could not let the Mountain Sea Dragon Turtle King go, then summoned his Golden Armored Dharma Image and raised the Atlas Divine Spear.

Yang Ming confronted Ao Tian in the Dragon Nest Sea Area and demonstrated World Force to persuade the proud Mountain Sea Dragon Turtle King that his promise to help him become a god was credible. Ao Tian agreed to hear Yang Ming out and asked why he wanted to help, how he would do it, and why Yang Ming carried his aura.

• Ao Tian sensed an aura like his own near his territory and eagerly went to investigate, hoping to find a companion.
• Ao Tian found Yang Ming and demanded to know who he was and why he had come to the Dragon Nest Sea Area.
• Yang Ming introduced himself and said he had come to help Ao Tian become a god, prompting Ao Tian to accuse him of lying and unleash his power.
• Yang Ming activated his Fifth Soul Skill, World, and used World Force to block Ao Tian's pressure.
• Ao Tian recognized the World Force and, after reconsidering Yang Ming's abilities, asked him why he wanted to help, how he planned to do it, and why Yang Ming carried his aura.

Yang Ming proposed that Ao Tian help him become a god, but the Demon Empress arrived seeking a divine object and attacked Ao Tian. As a monstrous wave threatened the Spirit Hall ship, Yang Ming raised a mysterious barrier to protect it, while Ao Tian continued fighting the stronger Demon Empress.

• Yang Ming told Ao Tian that a Soul Beast could seek godhood by transforming into a human or by helping a human ascend, and asked Ao Tian to stake his life on him.
• Yang Ming sensed the approaching Demon Empress, returned to the ship, and ordered the crew to flee west at full speed.
• The Demon Empress demanded that Ao Tian reveal the divine object she sensed, and the two began fighting after Ao Tian refused.
• Ao Tian's and the Demon Empress's collision sent a towering wave toward the Spirit Hall ship, throwing its crew into panic.
• Yang Ming activated three Soul Skills and used his Atlas Annihilation Technique to form a barrier around the ship as the wave crashed down.
• The Demon Empress overpowered Ao Tian and knocked him into the sea, but Ao Tian attacked again with Mountain Sea Dragon King Claw.

Ao Tian fought the Demon Empress in the Dragon Nest Sea Area, surviving her powerful attacks and refusing to reveal what had happened earlier. The Demon Empress tried to kill him with Vortex Annihilation, and the chapter ended as she hurtled down toward him like a dark-purple meteor.

• Ao Tian detonated his claw imprint against the Demon Empress's Extreme Resentment Demon Bullet, and the resulting shock wave injured him while her water-wall defense held.
• The Demon Empress offered to spare Ao Tian if he told her what had happened, but he refused and mocked her as an old woman.
• The Demon Empress launched Dark Tide, and Ao Tian used Mountains and Seas Forever Solid to calm the sea around him.
• The Demon Empress praised Ao Tian's bloodline, then unleashed Vortex Annihilation and plunged toward him from the sky.

Ao Tian burned his Life Fire to unleash Mountain Dragon King's Fury against the Demon Empress, while Yang Ming led the ship and its passengers to safety. The clash sent another enormous tsunami toward them, and a streak of black light shot from the explosion toward Yang Ming.

• Ao Tian burned his Life Fire and attacked the Demon Empress with Mountain Dragon King's Fury.
• Ao Tian and the Demon Empress's powers collided, shattering space before erupting in a massive explosion.
• Yang Ming, Ya Li, and the others escaped the waves aboard their ship, and Oscar and Ning Rongrong helped Yang Ming recover his strength.
• Yang Ming sensed Ao Tian's life force fading as the battle escalated, then realized the final clash had sent an enormous tsunami toward the ship.
• A streak of black light shot from the mushroom cloud toward Yang Ming.