Chapter Summaries

Yun Qi and Hu Liena defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and claimed its Inner Core before pushing through the Hell Road’s heat and evil aura. They reached the white-light exit together, escaping the City of Slaughter’s final trial.

• Hu Liena struck the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent with her sword, severing its connection to its Inner Core and killing it.
• Yun Qi caught the serpent’s Inner Core and explained its powers to Hu Liena, who let him keep it.
• Yun Qi fed Hu Liena an Immortal Bean, and they continued along the Hell Road as heat and killing intent increasingly affected them.
• Hu Liena nearly lost control, so Yun Qi injected Yin-Yang Power into her and carried her onward at greater speed.
• Yun Qi spotted the exit and flew with Hu Liena through its white curtain of light.

Yun Qi and Hu Liena emerged from the Hell Road with Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Hu Liena confessed her feelings before Bibi Dong caught them kissing. After sharing soul bones and explaining his allies’ origins, Yun Qi left with Bibi Dong and later returned to his companions in Heaven Dou City.

• Yun Qi awoke with Divine Slaughter's Domain, but the Moon Shadow Sword absorbed its white markings and remained unchanged.
• Hu Liena embraced and kissed Yun Qi, then Bibi Dong arrived and teased them before thanking Yun Qi for helping Hu Liena survive the Hell Road.
• Bibi Dong explained Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Yun Qi revealed that Tang Hao had died and that Ah Yin had recovered his soul bones.
• Yun Qi displayed his collection of soul bones and told Bibi Dong and Hu Liena about Bi Ji and Zi Ji, after which both women selected some bones.
• Bibi Dong left with Hu Liena, and Yun Qi later returned to Blue Tyrant Academy before visiting Ah Yin to tell her about Tang San.

Yun Qi told Tang Yuehua that Tang Hao was dead and showed her evidence of his past, helping her let go of her attachment to him. A year later, Yun Qi performed at Moonlight Pavilion’s graduation ceremony, while the Heaven Dou emperor remained alive despite Qian Renxue’s attempts.

• Yun Qi visited Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion and told her that Tang Hao was the person she had loved.
• Yun Qi showed Tang Yuehua a Recording Stone revealing Tang Hao’s actions and gave her a piece of his clothing as proof of his death.
• Tang Yuehua grieved in Yun Qi’s arms, then spent the following year sharing her past with him and gradually moving on from Tang Hao.
• Moonlight Pavilion held its annual graduation ceremony, where Yun Qi played a golden harp for the guests and students.
• Yun Qi had used Bi Ji’s abilities to keep the Heaven Dou emperor alive, so Qian Renxue’s increased dosage still failed to kill him.

Yun Qi graduated from Moonlight Pavilion after impressing Tang Yuehua, Xue Ke, and Xue Qinghe with his mastery of music and etiquette. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong appointed Hu Liena Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden and announced the Spirit Hunting Operation, setting the stage for conflict with powerful Soul Masters and the Seven Great Sects.

• Yun Qi performed at Moonlight Pavilion’s graduation ceremony, where Tang Yuehua and Xue Qinghe recognized his exceptional skill.
• Xue Qinghe told Yun Qi that Ma Hongjun and Flender were implicated in serious crimes, and Yun Qi suggested sending them to the City of Slaughter.
• Bibi Dong announced Hu Liena’s appointment as Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden and first heir to the Pope’s position.
• Bibi Dong confirmed that Hu Liena had escaped the City of Slaughter and obtained Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Bibi Dong announced the Spirit Hunting Operation to punish those defying Spirit Hall and rearrange the Seven Great Sects.

Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to begin its Spirit Hunting operation in one month, while Yun Qi brought his pregnant companions to the Star Dou Great Forest and helped Xiao Wu learn the truth about her parents. Tang Yuehua returned to the Clear Sky Sect, where she was recognized and escorted into its hidden mountain stronghold.

• Bibi Dong silenced the meeting hall and announced that the Spirit Hunting operation would begin in one month under her personal oversight.
• Yun Qi defeated Da Ming and Er Ming, then brought Xiao Wu and his other pregnant companions to the Star Dou Great Forest for safety.
• Xiong Jun confessed that he had killed Xiao Wu’s mother and revealed how both of her parents had died; Yun Qi helped recover a remnant of her mother’s soul and told Xiao Wu he would forgive Xiong Jun if he found her parents’ soul bones.
• Tang Yuehua arrived at the Clear Sky Sect’s mountain-village outpost and proved her identity by summoning her mutated Clear Sky Hammer.
• Three Clear Sky Sect descendants escorted Tang Yuehua from the village into the sect’s steep, defensible mountain range.

Tang Yuehua reached the Clear Sky Sect and told Tang Xiao that Tang Hao had died, prompting him to send people to retrieve the sect’s inherited soul bones. Meanwhile, Yun Qi continued caring for the expectant mothers and helping the soul beasts recover, until Gu Yue Na and her companions asked whether he liked them and agreed to learn what it meant to truly like someone.

• Tang Yuehua crossed the mountain ravines by cable car, reached the Clear Sky Sect, and proved her identity with her Mutated Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Yuehua reunited with Tang Xiao, showed him Tang Hao’s clothes, and told him about Tang Hao’s death; Tang Xiao sent people to search the valley for the inherited soul bones.
• Yun Qi continued helping Gu Yue Na, Chi Ling, and Bing Yao recover while caring for the women who were expecting his children, and Ning Rongrong complained that she was the only one not pregnant.
• Gu Yue Na felt Yun Qi’s racing heart and asked if he liked her body, then she, Chi Ling, and Bing Yao offered themselves to him.
• Yun Qi explained that he wanted them to truly like one another, and Gu Yue Na agreed to learn to like him and make him like her.

Yun Qi learned that Spirit Hall was attacking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and rushed to stop the sect from being destroyed. He froze the battlefield, then brought Bibi Dong to explain the truth, but the two sides remained on the brink of fighting.

• Yun Qi left Gu Yue Na and found Ning Rongrong upset that she had not become pregnant, then told her about Bibi Dong's plan to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yun Qi and Ning Rongrong arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as Spirit Hall's forces began their assault, and Xiao Yi sounded the alarm.
• Yun Qi used Ning Rongrong's support to unleash his domain and sword array, incapacitating most of the attackers and freezing the sect grounds without harming anyone.
• Yun Qi showed the Spirit Hall elders Bibi Dong's token, then took Ning Rongrong to Bibi Dong's bedchamber to explain that Ning Fengzhi had joined his cause.
• Yun Qi used the Soul Control Technique to transmit his thoughts to Bibi Dong, then brought her and Ning Rongrong back to the sect as both sides continued to face off.

Yun Qi persuaded Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi to let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect join Spirit Hall while keeping its name and a degree of autonomy. Three days later, Spirit Hall’s attack on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan left it destroyed, and Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to begin infiltrating the empires.

• Yun Qi proposed merging the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into Spirit Hall, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to let Yun Qi represent the sect.
• Bibi Dong accepted Yun Qi’s condition that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile name survive within Spirit Hall, and both sides negotiated their arrangement.
• News spread that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been destroyed, while the continent’s Spirit Masters wondered what Spirit Hall would do next.
• A report revealed that Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had attacked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, killing all eighteen hundred members at a cost of a thousand Spirit Hall troops.
• Bibi Dong praised the operation, then ordered Spirit Hall to watch the Heaven Dou Empire and the clan’s survivors and begin its infiltration plan.

Emperor Xue Ye's court debated how to counter Spirit Hall after the destruction of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Spirit Hall announced a contest to rank the Seven Great Sects anew. Elsewhere, the God of Wrath took an interest in Tang San, and Prince Xue Xing confronted Emperor Xue Ye with evidence that Xue Qinghe had killed two of his brothers.

• Emperor Xue Ye's ministers urged him to endure, ally with the Star Luo Empire, and recruit independent spirit masters rather than start a war with Spirit Hall.
• Spirit Hall condemned the destruction of the two great sects and announced a Seven Great Sects Hegemony Competition to be held in one year.
• The God of Wrath found Tang San living in a daze in the City of Slaughter and planned to provoke his wrath by giving him hope before revealing the truth.
• Tang Yuehua returned to the Heaven Dou Empire, confirmed that Spirit Hall had destroyed the two sects, and realized that the Clear Sky Sect could be in danger.
• Prince Xue Xing told Emperor Xue Ye that Xue Qinghe had forced Xue Beng into becoming a playboy and was responsible for the premature deaths of two of the emperor's sons.

Qian Renxue uncovered Prince Xue Xing’s suspicions about Xue Qinghe while continuing her takeover of the Heaven Dou Empire, and Tang San emerged from the City of Slaughter determined to take revenge on Yun Qi. Yun Qi captured Flender and Ma Hongjun, brought them to Qian Renxue, and watched her reveal her true identity before they discussed the empire.

• Prince Xue Xing told Emperor Xue Ye that Xue Qinghe had likely poisoned him and killed his brothers, then gave him antidotes and urged him to keep his condition secret.
• Qian Renxue revealed that she had been disguised as Emperor Xue Ye, realized Xue Beng had his own plans, and noted that Yun Qi and Dugu Bo were connected.
• Spirit Hall’s influence helped spark unrest among the Spirit Masters training at Heaven Dou Royal Academy while Qian Renxue’s operation advanced in Tang San’s absence.
• Tang San escaped the City of Slaughter, learned more about Yun Qi’s role in his losses, and set out to gain a sixth Spirit Ring before hunting Yun Qi’s allies.
• Yun Qi captured Flender and Ma Hongjun, took them to Blue Tyrant Academy, and then brought them to Qian Renxue, who had them sent to the imperial prison.
• Qian Renxue invited Yun Qi to discuss the empire and removed her Angel God Armor’s concealment, revealing her true appearance to him.

Yun Qi told Qian Renxue the truth about her origins, helping her and Bibi Dong resolve their misunderstanding, then met Qian Daoliu and gained Qian Renxue’s agreement to his plan to become emperor. Back at the Crown Prince’s Residence, they learned that Xue Ye was at death’s door, threatening to throw the Heaven Dou Empire into upheaval.

• Qian Renxue confronted Yun Qi about his relationship with Bibi Dong, and Yun Qi revealed that Bibi Dong was not her mother and explained what he knew about her birth.
• Yun Qi brought Qian Renxue to Bibi Dong, where the two spoke and resolved their misunderstanding, though some awkwardness remained.
• Qian Renxue brought Qian Daoliu to meet Yun Qi, and the three discussed her infiltration of the Heaven Dou Empire and Yun Qi’s plan to become emperor.
• Qian Renxue agreed to Yun Qi’s plan, and the pair returned to the Crown Prince’s Residence so she could continue posing as Xue Qinghe.
• A messenger announced that Xue Ye was at death’s door, prompting Heaven Dou Empire’s ministers to consider having him abdicate so Your Highness could ascend the throne.

Yun Qi and Qian Renxue went to the palace to save Emperor Xue Ye after securing the throne, but Prince Xue Xing's forces and Dugu Bo blocked their way. Yun Qi revealed his plan to take the Heaven Dou Empire, and Qian Renxue sent two Spirit Hall Titled Douluo to fight Dugu Bo.

• Yun Qi agreed to save Emperor Xue Ye only after the throne was secured, then traveled to the palace with Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe.
• Prince Xue Xing's guards barred their way, and Yun Qi defeated all fifty Spirit Masters protecting the emperor's bedchamber.
• Prince Xue Xing demanded the Imperial Seal from the poisoned Emperor Xue Ye, who refused to trust him or hand it over.
• Dugu Bo confronted Yun Qi and Qian Renxue, revealed that he knew Xue Qinghe was an impostor, and refused to let them enter because he had promised to stop intruders.
• Yun Qi admitted he intended to seize the Heaven Dou Empire, and Qian Renxue summoned Elder Stingray and Elder Snake Spear to fight Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo fought Spirit Hall’s Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupine Douluo while Qian Renxue revealed the scale of her takeover plan for Heaven Dou City. Badly wounded and defeated, Dugu Bo realized Spirit Hall intended to seize the Heaven Dou Empire through Qian Renxue.

• Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupine Douluo attacked Dugu Bo, and Porcupine Douluo absorbed Dugu Bo’s poison and turned it into venomous spikes.
• Dugu Bo ambushed Snake Lance Douluo and injured him, but Porcupine Douluo’s poison resistance forced Dugu Bo to seek another way to fight.
• Dugu Bo attacked Porcupine Douluo, pierced his inflated body, and was struck through by Snake Lance Douluo’s returning lance.
• Qian Renxue told Dugu Bo that Spirit Hall had infiltrated Heaven Dou City with thousands of Spirit Masters and controlled the palace forces.
• Dugu Bo understood that Spirit Hall planned to place Qian Renxue on the throne and use the Heaven Dou Empire to pursue its broader conquest.

Yun Qi and Qian Renxue found Emperor Xue Ye dead, then arranged the deaths of Xue Qinghe and Prince Xue Xing to conceal Qian Renxue’s identity and secure the succession. Fifteen days later, Yun Qi ascended the throne of the Heaven Dou Empire, issued his first decrees, and reassured the ministers with the strength of his allies.

• Dugu Bo admitted defeat and declined to enter the bedchamber, while Yun Qi healed him and gave Immortal Beans to Porcupine Douluo, Snake Lance Douluo, and Qian Renxue.
• Prince Xue Xing killed himself as Yun Qi and Qian Renxue entered the bedchamber, where they found Emperor Xue Ye dead.
• Yun Qi and Qian Renxue agreed to forge an Imperial Edict and conceal Qian Renxue’s identity; Qian Renxue left, while Porcupine Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo arranged a substitute death for Xue Qinghe.
• After fifteen days of mourning, the ministers accepted Yun Qi as emperor based on the Imperial Edict and Seal, which named the imperial son-in-law as successor if the princes died.
• Yun Qi completed the ascension ceremony, banned slave trading, and began holding court with the ministers.
• Yun Qi brought Gu Yue Na and the others to show their strength, easing the ministers’ concerns about Spirit Hall.

After Yun Qi became emperor, he examined the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and was struck unconscious when his probing Spiritual Power triggered its defense. The artifact accepted his blood and began the Sea God's inheritance, and Yun Qi cautiously activated it again with Gu Yue Na beside him.

• After Yun Qi ascended the throne, Hu Liena, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue visited him, and Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue left while Yun Qi stayed with Hu Liena.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue met Gu Yue Na and the other women in a side hall, where Bibi Dong and Gu Yue Na discussed their backgrounds and the soul beasts' future.
• On the second day after the coronation, Tang Yuehua visited Yun Qi and agreed to be with him.
• Xue Ke took Yun Qi to the imperial treasury and revealed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as a symbol of his identity.
• When Yun Qi probed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud with Spiritual Power, it knocked him unconscious, pierced his forehead, and absorbed his blood while a phantom spoke of finding a suitable bearer.
• Gu Yue Na recognized that Yun Qi had received the Sea God's inheritance, and Yun Qi cautiously injected Soul Power into the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, causing it to flare with blue light.

Yun Qi mastered the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and showed the women its defensive, restraining, and offensive abilities. After arranging a grand wedding and bringing the women’s families to the Heaven Dou Empire, he proposed marriage to all twenty-eight women and gave each a unique ring.

• The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud awakened in Yun Qi’s hands, passed its knowledge into his mind, and bonded with him.
• Yun Qi demonstrated the Shroud’s protective cover and immobilizing functions, then described its two powerful offensive skills.
• Yun Qi decided to arrange a wedding before pursuing matters overseas and spent seven days preparing the ceremony and bringing the women’s families to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yun Qi returned with nine women who had been away and announced that he wanted to marry all twenty-eight women.
• Yun Qi gave each woman a unique ring, and the women realized he was serious about making them his wives.

Yun Qi married his many wives in Heaven Dou, then left with Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu for Sea God Island to claim the divine inheritances before Tang San could act. Ten days into their journey west, the group stopped near a village that appeared eerily deserted.

• Yun Qi arranged his wedding for half a month later, and the Heaven Dou Empire announced another year of tax exemptions to celebrate.
• Yun Qi welcomed his brides at the palace, completed the wedding ceremony, and sent the guests away afterward.
• Yun Qi told Xiao Wu and the others he was going to Sea God Island to seize the divine positions, and chose Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu to accompany him.
• Yun Qi departed Heaven Dou City by carriage with Shui Bing'er, Huo Wu, and a Spirit Sage driver, while Gu Yue Na stayed behind to monitor him through the Reverse Scale.
• After traveling west for ten days, Yun Qi and his companions approached a village and noticed that the fields and settlement seemed completely deserted.

Yun Qi, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er tracked a pack of Wolf Bandits to their lair and killed them, but arrived too late to save the villagers and captives. After burying the dead and discovering a soul bone, Yun Qi camped for the night, where the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud began fusing more deeply with his body and soul.

• Yun Qi spotted signs that a village had been attacked, and he and the others followed the blood trail toward the mountains.
• Yun Qi recognized the attackers as Wolf Bandits and held back his group until they could locate the bandits’ lair.
• Yun Qi, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er attacked and killed the Wolf Bandits, then found surviving women in the lair and granted their pleas for release.
• Yun Qi burned the lair, found a right leg soul bone in the bandit leader’s corpse, and helped gather and burn the villagers’ bodies.
• At their night camp, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud fused more deeply with Yun Qi, connecting with his soul as well as his body.

Yun Qi and his companions reached Vast Sea City and prepared for their voyage to Sea God Island by visiting the local battle arena. Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er entered a two-versus-two match against the Sea Soul Brothers, leaving Yun Qi concerned about the strength of their opponents.

• Yun Qi explained that the group would rent a ship in Vast Sea City and let their exhausted Soul Saint driver return after resting.
• Yun Qi, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er checked into a hotel, discussed preparations for the sea journey, and decided to visit the battle arena to observe Sea Soul Masters.
• Yun Qi secured VIP seats at the Vast Sea Battle Soul Arena, where Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er chose to compete as the Ice Fire Combination.
• The Ice Fire Combination was drawn into the first match against the Sea Soul Brothers, level-sixty-eight twins with four consecutive victories.
• Yun Qi recognized the Sea Soul Brothers as formidable opponents as Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er faced them across the arena pool.

Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er battled the Sea Soul Brothers at the Vast Sea Battle Soul Arena, using fire and ice to counter the twins’ water-based attacks. The fight ended on the brink of their fused skill as a brilliant white light filled the arena.

• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er released their martial souls and faced Hai Bai and Hai Gui in the Spirit Combat Pool.
• Shui Bing'er froze the pool with Thousand Miles of Ice, while Huo Wu sent golden-red flames beneath the ice to heat the water.
• Hai Bai and Hai Gui attacked with water dragons, but Huo Wu vaporized them and struck at Hai Bai with her flames.
• The Sea Soul Brothers unleashed Raging Waves, and Shui Bing'er froze the pool again to restrain them while Huo Wu’s flames overcame the waves.
• Hai Bai and Hai Gui fired Demonic Soul Arrow Rain at the two women, who combined ice and fire into a dazzling white light.