Chapter Summaries

Yun Ming and Dugu Bo divided the Spirit Bones taken from the Clear Sky Sect, while Yun Ming chose two bones for his planned Battle Armor instead of absorbing them. The chapter ended with Yun Ming ready to begin making the armor and wondering how powerful it could become.

• Yun Ming learned that Yang Wutian and Dugu Bo had killed Tang Hao and taken six Spirit Bones, including an External Soul Bone.
• Dugu Bo traded the External Soul Bone for Yun Ming's promise to find a suitable Spirit Bone for Dugu Yan, then took a Torso Bone for her and a Right Leg Bone for himself.
• Yang Wutian offered two Spirit Bones to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and set aside the remaining bones for Yun Ming and the Breaking Clan.
• Yun Ming chose the Sky Dome Silver Peng Left Leg Bone and Death Demon Spider External Soul Bone as Battle Armor materials, while Yang Wutian kept the Clear Sky Sect Right Arm Bone for him.
• Yun Ming explained that Spirit Bones could hinder a Soul Master's path to godhood and that his Battle Armor Soul Bone Method could give the armor room to evolve.

Yang Ming completed and tested the first pieces of his Soul Bone Battle Armor, then decided to focus on growing stronger. At the Strength Clan estate, Tang San woke from his injuries, learned his father was dead, and regained his will to fight after Yu Xiaogang urged him to seek revenge and win the Soul Master Competition.

• Yang Ming completed his One-Word left leg and back armor, tested their power, and sensed that his Soul Bone Battle Armor had the potential to reach Four-Word Battle Armor.
• Yang Ming decided that his remaining goal in Heaven Dou was to become strong enough to deal with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bai He and Tai Tan discussed Tang San's slow recovery as he remained unconscious a week after Dugu Bo took his External Soul Bone.
• Tang San woke and asked Yu Xiaogang about his father, then learned from Tai Tan that Tang Hao had been buried north of Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Xiaogang reminded Tang San that the Breaking Clan and Spirit Hall were still free and that Yang Ming would compete in the upcoming Soul Master Competition.
• Tang San swore to destroy his enemies, and Yu Xiaogang persuaded him to recover and make winning the competition his first goal.

Yang Ming finalized the five recruits for his team, then discussed what makes someone a hero with Xue Qinghe. He left for the Breaking Clan’s new estate and recruited Niu Bi, bringing the team together to begin training.

• Yang Ming learned that Feng Xiaotian had agreed to join his team while Shui Binger had refused, and he confirmed five other recruits with Xue Qinghe for enrollment at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xue Qinghe praised Yang Ming for angering Tang Hao to death and named Bibi Dong and Yang Ming as the era’s heroes; Yang Ming said anyone could become a hero by pursuing what they loved.
• Yang Ming told Xue Qinghe he planned to visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then left the hotel with Oscar and Yang Yi for the Breaking Clan’s new estate.
• Yang Ming called Niu Bi away from carrying bricks at the construction site and invited him to train with the team; Niu Gao entrusted his troublesome grandson to Yang Ming.
• Yang Ming, Oscar, Yang Yi, and Niu Bi traveled together toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Yang Ming gathered the eight members of his new team at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where they introduced themselves and discussed their abilities. After rejecting several proposed names, the group chose Empire Team, and Yang Ming officially established it.

• Yang Ming introduced himself as the team’s coach and captain, then asked the eight members to share their names, Martial Souls, ranks, and Soul Master types.
• Feng Xiaotian, Gong Ming, Niu Bi, Yang Yi, Oscar, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Qingyin introduced themselves; Yang Ming encouraged the shy Ye Qingyin to be more confident.
• Yang Ming revealed that the team’s next task was to choose a name, and members suggested several options that the group rejected.
• Feng Xiaotian proposed Empire Team, arguing that its members represented the Heaven Dou Empire’s different Soul Master groups.
• Yang Ming asked the others for their opinions, then officially declared the Empire Team established.

Yang Ming tested the Empire Team’s combat abilities by arranging one-on-one Soul Fights. After Niu Bi defeated Ye Qingyin and Dugu Yan defeated Gong Ming, Feng Xiaotian and Yang Yi challenged Yang Ming.

• Yang Ming announced a practical combat assessment and paired Niu Bi against Ye Qingyin.
• Ye Qingyin slowed and weakened Niu Bi with her flute Soul Skills, but he used his defensive Soul Skills to reach her before Yang Ming stopped his punch and declared him the winner.
• Yang Ming arranged a match between Dugu Yan and Gong Ming, and Dugu Yan defeated him after he showed his archery and close-combat skills.
• Feng Xiaotian and Yang Yi stepped forward together and challenged Yang Ming.

Cloud Ming fought Feng Xiaotian and Yang Yi together without using Soul Skills, overwhelming them with his strength and spear technique. As the battle continued, Feng Xiaotian withdrew to prepare something while Yang Yi kept Cloud Ming occupied.

• Feng Xiaotian and Yang Yi challenged Cloud Ming, who agreed to fight both of them and promised to raise their training load by thirty percent if they lost.
• Yang Yi summoned his Soul Breaking Spear, and Feng Xiaotian attacked first, but Cloud Ming blocked him and knocked him back with the Atlas Divine Spear.
• Cloud Ming outmaneuvered Yang Yi in a spear exchange, then shattered Feng Xiaotian's Wind Blade Array and struck Yang Yi hard enough to numb his hands.
• Feng Xiaotian and Yang Yi attacked Cloud Ming together after Yang Yi used his third Soul Skill, but Cloud Ming continued to beat them back with his spear.
• Feng Xiaotian told Yang Yi to buy him time and withdrew, while Cloud Ming chose to let him prepare and continued fighting Yang Yi.

Yang Ming defeated Feng Xiaotian’s strongest attack with his Hua Jie Spear Art, after Yang Yi helped him store power by attacking. Feng Xiaotian was injured but remained determined, and Yang Ming turned to planning everyone’s training.

• Feng Xiaotian activated his Dual Wolf Avatar and Gale Wings, then built up power for the Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes while Yang Ming defended against Yang Yi.
• Yang Ming used the Hua Jie Spear Art to absorb the force of Yang Yi’s attacks, slowing Yang Yi and storing power for a counterattack.
• Feng Xiaotian launched his completed thirty-sixth slash at Yang Ming, who swept his Atlas Divine Spear into the attack with Heaven-Piercing “Hua Jie.”
• Yang Ming’s counterattack shattered Feng Xiaotian’s Gale Wings and sent him flying, leaving him with minor injuries.
• Yang Ming helped Feng Xiaotian up and asked whether he had gained insight; Feng Xiaotian praised Yang Ming’s strength but vowed not to give up.
• Dugu Yan took Feng Xiaotian to Ye Lingling for treatment, while Yang Yi promised to defeat Yang Ming next time and Yang Ming began considering everyone’s training plans.

Yang Ming assigned cultivation paths and training duties to the Empire Team, then entered a quiet period of individual development with them. A month after his external soul bone was extracted, Tang San visited Moonlight Pavilion on Tang Hao’s dying instructions and waited outside for a response.

• Yang Ming made Oscar vice-captain and tailored individual training plans for the Empire Team members.
• Yang Ming proposed a defensive-counterattack path for Niu Bi, and Niu Gao agreed to let him change his Spirit Ring configuration.
• Yang Ming respected Oscar’s choice not to pursue combat training and assigned him food-system study, evasion practice, and team duties.
• The Empire Team began developing individually before planning to spend several months practicing teamwork.
• After recovering enough to travel, Tang San went to Moonlight Pavilion and delivered Tang Hao’s cryptic message to its staff.
• Tang San waited outside Moonlight Pavilion for two hours after the receptionist said he had passed the message along.

Tang San reached Moonlight Pavilion and revealed the password Tang Hao had given him, leading its Pavilion Master, Tang Yuehua, to recognize him as her nephew. He told her Tang Hao had been killed, and Tang Yuehua collapsed in grief.

• After waiting two hours, Tang San approached the Pavilion Master as she returned to Moonlight Pavilion and gave her the password from Tang Hao.
• Tang Yuehua brought Tang San to her private room and revealed that she was Tang Hao's biological younger sister.
• Tang San identified himself as Tang Hao's son, and he and Tang Yuehua confirmed their kinship by showing their Clear Sky Hammers.
• Tang Yuehua asked about Tang Hao and learned from Tang San that he had been killed by villains.
• After Tang San showed his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul as further proof, Tang Yuehua collapsed and wept for her brother.

Tang Yuehua vowed revenge for Tang Hao after hearing Tang San’s account, but the Clear Sky Sect elders refused to act until Tang Xiao returned from seclusion. Meanwhile, Yun Ming agreed to support Xue Qinghe’s plan for a new academy; five days later, Tang Yuehua and Tang San set out to assassinate Yun Ming.

• Tang San told Tang Yuehua that Yun Ming had exposed his mother’s identity, Sword Douluo had forced Tang Hao to his death, and Yang Wutian had taken Tang Hao’s bones and Tang San’s Spirit Bone.
• Tang Yuehua blamed the Breaking Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and swore to make them pay.
• Qian Renxue praised Yun Ming’s training of the Empire Team and asked him to support a new advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Yun Ming agreed that the Empire Team could transfer to the new academy after the competition, provided its training and resources remained unchanged.
• Tang Yuehua sought help from the Clear Sky Sect, but the elders refused to act until Tang Xiao finished his seclusion.
• Five days later, Tang Yuehua brought Tang San to Tang Hao’s grave and declared that Yun Ming would be her first target that day.

Tang Yuehua revealed her plan to have Yang Ming killed and urged Tang San not to let hatred consume him. At the Soul Master Teaching Seminar, Yu Xiaogang presented his Martial Soul theories, ending with the claim that a Martial Soul was “limitless,” which made Yang Ming chuckle.

• Tang Yuehua told Tang San to live beyond his hatred and sent him to the seminar while she stayed behind to speak to Tang Hao's gravestone.
• Tang Yuehua recalled gathering information on Yang Ming and arranging for experts to kill him at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yang Ming arrived at the seminar, noticed Tang San with Yu Xiaogang and Yu Tianheng, and took his seat near Xue Qinghe.
• Qin Ming hosted presentations by six teachers before inviting Yu Xiaogang to speak about his Martial Soul theories.
• Yu Xiaogang presented his theories and concluded that a Martial Soul was “limitless,” prompting Yang Ming to chuckle.

Yun Ming challenged Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul theories at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, using Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass to expose flaws in Yu Xiaogang’s claims. Yu Xiaogang was publicly disgraced and collapsed, while an old man and his companion left the auditorium after spotting an opportunity.

• Yun Ming questioned Yu Xiaogang’s theory that Plant System Martial Souls could benefit from animal Spirit Rings, and Tang San defended his teacher by showing his resilient Blue Silver Grass.
• Yun Ming pointed out that Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power suggested his Martial Soul was not ordinary Blue Silver Grass, then arranged a recovery test against a three-ring Sword Grass Martial Soul.
• Zhi Lin refereed as both Martial Souls were cut in half, and Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass recovered more slowly than the Sword Grass, undermining Yu Xiaogang’s theory.
• Yun Ming challenged Yu Xiaogang’s other theories and mocked his low cultivation, prompting the audience to laugh and Yu Xiaogang to collapse.
• Liu Erlong warned Yang Ming as Tang San and Yu Tianheng carried Yu Xiaogang out, but Yu Xiaogang spat blood after Yang Ming repeated his words about a true Grandmaster.
• An old man in a moon-white Soul Master uniform nodded to the middle-aged man behind him, and they left the auditorium after finding their opportunity.

At a seminar, Xue Qinghe introduced Empire Academy and Yang Ming declared that its goal was to win the championship. Outside, Shi Nian staged an attack using his Nightmare skill, but the authorities quickly recovered and Qian Renxue let him go with a warning.

• Xue Qinghe introduced Empire Academy and announced that it would compete in the next All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Yang Ming declared that the Empire Team’s only goal was the championship.
• Shi Nian drew Liu Erlong into his plan to attack Yang Ming, while Tang Yuehua helped lure Dream Meng Shenji away.
• As Yang Ming and Xue Qinghe left the auditorium, Shi Nian insulted Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang, provoking Liu Erlong into attacking him.
• Shi Nian used his seventh Spirit Skill, Nightmare, briefly dazing everyone, but Zhi Lin and Yang Wudi quickly awakened and protected Yang Ming and Xue Qinghe.
• Shi Nian apologized to Qian Renxue, who let the incident pass with a warning, while Yang Ming realized he had been the target.

Yang Ming uncovered the assassination attempt arranged by Tang Yuehua and waited to confront Tang San after the banquet. He struck Tang San in the chest, leaving the consequences unresolved.

• After the confrontation at the academy, Yang Ming sensed the force planted in his body and had Yang Wudi secretly follow Shi Nian.
• Shi Nian learned from Tang Yuehua's disguised subordinate that the Blood Fire Force had been implanted in Yang Ming, then hurried to collect his promised Spirit Bone.
• Yang Wudi followed Shi Nian as he left the academy to meet Tang Yuehua.
• Tang San watched Yang Ming for hours at the banquet, waiting for the Blood Fire Force to kill him.
• Yang Ming approached Tang San, revealed that he had been waiting to give him a gift, and struck him in the chest with his palm.

Yang Ming turned the force implanted by Tang Yuehua’s group against Tang San, then teleported to the cemetery where Yang Wudi had defeated Shi Nian. There, Yang Ming confronted Tang Yuehua and killed her for orchestrating the assassination attempt.

• Yang Ming sent the blood-and-vital-energy-consuming force into Tang San, prompting Liu Erlong to take Tang San away to find Shi Nian.
• Yang Ming used the Sky Support Mark and Source of Void to teleport from his room to the cemetery north of the city.
• Yang Wudi defeated Shi Nian and his allies, leaving Shi Nian impaled by the Soul Breaking Spear.
• Yang Ming confronted Tang Yuehua at Tang Hao’s grave, and she admitted that she had tried to kill him.
• Yang Ming told Tang Yuehua he had transferred the force to Tang San, then killed her with the Atlas Divine Spear.

Yang Wudi buried Tang Yuehua beside Tang Hao, while Liu Erlong saved Tang San from the Blood Fire Force by cooling him in a lake. Ya Li uncovered evidence that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji and devised a plan, and seven months later Yun Ming reached rank fifty and prepared to hunt for a Spirit Ring.

• Yun Ming killed Tang Yuehua, and Yang Wudi buried her beside Tang Hao before looting the others' possessions.
• Tang San's Blood Fire Force erupted, so Liu Erlong carried him to a lake, where his Blue Silver Grass devoured the force at the cost of his remaining medicinal power and worsening injuries.
• Ya Li sensed Supreme Evil Qi in the Six-Winged Angel Origin and concluded that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji, then devised a plan to manage the consequences.
• Seven months later, Yun Ming broke through to rank fifty at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and prepared to hunt for a Spirit Ring.

Yun Ming entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Dugu Bo and Gu Rong to hunt a powerful Space-attribute Soul Beast for his fifth Spirit Ring. They found the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the mixed circle, and both sides prepared to fight.

• Yun Ming chose the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as his target after gathering information about powerful Space-attribute Soul Beasts.
• Gu Rong joined Yun Ming and Dugu Bo, and the three searched the forest's mixed circle for five days.
• Tian Ling sensed an ominous aura southwest of the group, and Gu Rong transported them there through space.
• Yun Ming identified the enormous black tiger as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, a Super Soul Beast with evil, wind, thunder, strength, space, and time attributes.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger eyed the three men as prey, while Gu Rong and Dugu Bo activated their Martial Soul Possession and prepared to battle.

Gu Rong and Dugu Bo battled the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger while Yang Ming watched for a chance to intervene. Yang Ming helped Dugu Bo disrupt the beast’s attack, but it protected itself from Gu Rong’s Dragon Breath and continued its charge.

• Gu Rong attacked the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, but its Evil God Domain filled his mind with negative emotions and let the beast strike from behind.
• The tiger disrupted the space around Gu Rong to prevent his escape, while Dugu Bo launched Jade Scale Poison Light too late to stop its claw.
• Yang Ming used the Atlas Divine Spear’s Anti-air Power to slow the tiger, giving Dugu Bo’s poisonous attack time to force it to evade.
• Gu Rong unleashed Dragon Breath at the charging tiger, which activated Evil God Guard and pressed on through the flames.

Gu Rong and Dugu Bo struggled to contain the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, forcing Yang Ming to unleash his amplified Spirit Skills and join the battle. With the tiger recognizing that the three could threaten its life, both sides prepared for a second clash.

• Gu Rong held the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger back while Dugu Bo bombarded it with Jade Scale Poison Light, but the tiger countered with blades of wind and evil energy.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger broke free, flung Gu Rong into the ground, and swung its Evil God Hook toward him while Dugu Bo was pinned down by another barrage.
• Yang Ming activated his fourth, first, and third Spirit Skills, vastly increasing his combat power and transforming his appearance and Atlas Divine Spear.
• Yang Ming struck from behind with the Atlas Divine Spear, forcing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to evade and giving Gu Rong and Dugu Bo time to regroup beside him.
• Yang Ming attacked the tiger again as Gu Rong and Dugu Bo lit their Seventh Spirit Rings and prepared to join the fight.

Yang Ming, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo coordinated their attacks against the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, breaking through its defenses and inflicting serious wounds. The tiger was cornered and, after nearly ten minutes of fighting, went berserk and prepared to fight to the death.

• Yang Ming used Atlas Annihilation to shatter the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s claw attack and pursued it through an unstable Space Channel.
• Yang Ming’s Sky Support Light cracked the tiger’s Evil God Guard, allowing Gu Rong and Dugu Bo’s combined Dragon-Snake Skill to break through and blast it to the ground.
• Dugu Bo bombarded the tiger’s landing site with Jade Scale Poison Light while Yang Ming and Gu Rong rushed to attack.
• Yang Ming, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo worked together to trap the wounded tiger and attack it from multiple sides.
• After nearly ten minutes of combat, the increasingly injured Dark Demon Evil God Tiger went berserk and decided to fight to the death.