Chapter Summaries

At the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, Wu Sen explained that the injured old man was a Titled Douluo from a Hidden Family’s Lightning Element branch, and revealed that Lei Ze possessed an Ultimate Lightning Martial Soul. Ning Zhifeng became interested in both the old man and Lei Ze, while Wu Feng challenged the withdrawn boy to fight.

• Wu Sen brought Lei Ze and the injured old man to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Tian tried to learn Lei Ze’s name and he answered only, “Lei Ze.”
• Wu Sen told Ning Zhifeng that the old man was his Titled Douluo friend and an elder from a Lightning Element branch whose Young Master had been hunted by radical elders.
• Wu Sen explained that the old man had helped him break through to Rank 90, and Ning Zhifeng asked whether the Hidden Family could help overcome the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda’s limitations.
• Wu Sen confirmed that Lei Ze likely possessed an Ultimate Lightning Martial Soul, and Ning Tian and Wu Feng overheard the revelation.
• Wu Feng confronted Lei Ze, grabbed his collar, and challenged him to prove the power of his Ultimate Martial Soul.

Lei Ze avoided a duel with Wu Feng by admitting he was a coward, while Ning Zhifeng and Wu Sen discussed his unusual status and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s interest in him. After discovering and destroying a surveillance crystal in his room, Lei Ze settled in and hoped to avoid trouble with Wu Feng.

• Wu Feng prepared to fight Lei Ze, but he declared himself a coward, leaving Wu Feng and Ning Tian stunned.
• Ning Tian persuaded Wu Feng to let Lei Ze go, while Ning Zhifeng and Wu Sen discussed the boy and Ning Tian’s interest in him.
• Wu Sen checked on the supposedly unconscious old man, who secretly told him he would wake in a month and asked him to look after Lei Ze.
• Lei Ze searched his room, found a surveillance crystal, and crushed it with lightning.
• Ning Zhifeng stopped the monitoring and considered using Ning Tian and Wu Feng to befriend Lei Ze, while Lei Ze went to wash up.

Lei Yuan awakened after a month of recovery, and Lei Ze rushed to reunite with him at the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. Lei Yuan thanked the sect and explained Lei Ze’s lonely childhood as Ning Tian and Wu Feng listened outside the room.

• Wu Feng trained furiously while Ning Tian tried to comfort Lei Ze, who avoided watching her spar.
• A shadow guard told Wu Sen that Lei Yuan had awakened, and Lei Ze ran from the stands to see him.
• Wu Sen and Ning Zhifeng greeted Lei Yuan, who thanked the sect and promised it a favor.
• Lei Ze hugged his grandfather and cried, while Lei Yuan apologized for the trouble he had caused the sect.
• Lei Yuan explained that Lei Ze’s parents had died early and that the boy became isolated after failing to inherit the ferocity of his Ultimate Lightning Martial Soul.

Lei Ze handed negotiations with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect to Tian Mucheng, who demanded ten Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones in exchange for ten years of protection and promised a pill to help Ning Zhifeng advance his Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda. Ning Zhifeng and Chen Ming discussed the negotiations and the imperial family’s reaction, leaving the recruitment uncertain.

• Lei Ze proposed negotiating for Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, then yielded control to Tian Mucheng because Wu Sen’s family ties could complicate the talks.
• Tian Mucheng ordered Lei Yuan to demand ten Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones for ten years of protection and promised a pill if Lei Ze later returned to his family.
• Tian Mucheng told Lei Yuan and Wu Sen to each take one Soul Bone and hand over the remaining eight, and they agreed to support Lei Ze.
• Ning Zhifeng asked Chen Ming whether Lei Yuan and the others would accept his offer, and Chen Ming advised him not to rush because Wu Sen had likely defected.
• Ning Zhifeng told Chen Ming that the Heavenly Soul Chess Piece had reported Lei Yuan’s awakening, and Chen Ming said this would keep the imperial family from acting rashly for now.

The Heavenly Soul Emperor planned to probe the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect after learning that Lei Ze and Lei Yuan had become influential there. Lei Yuan promised that Lei Ze’s family could help evolve the sect’s martial soul, but Tianwu Douluo arrived before the negotiations could continue.

• The Heavenly Soul Emperor summoned Tianwu Douluo and planned a banquet to gauge the factions’ reactions to his daughter’s Twin Martial Souls.
• Ning Tian waited for Lei Ze and brought him and Wu Feng to meet her father, while Wu Feng grew jealous of Ning Tian’s concern for him.
• Ning Zhifeng excitedly clutched Lei Yuan’s hand after Lei Yuan said Lei Ze’s family could help evolve the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Chen Ming explained the promise to Ning Tian, who asked Lei Ze whether his family had immortal herbs that could evolve her martial soul.
• A subordinate reported that Tianwu Douluo had arrived, so Ning Zhifeng paused the negotiations and ordered him admitted.

Tianwu Douluo invited Ning Zhifeng and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect elders to a banquet hosted by the Heavenly Soul Emperor, and Ning Zhifeng agreed to attend. Lei Yuan then revealed how Lei Ze’s immensely powerful parents died, leaving the others stunned and Wu Sen impressed by Lei Yuan’s tearful performance.

• Tianwu Douluo visited the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and invited Ning Zhifeng and its elders to a banquet for Princess Vina’s awakening of Twin Martial Souls.
• Lei Yuan challenged Tianwu Douluo’s scrutiny, and Ning Zhifeng agreed to attend the banquet on behalf of the sect.
• After Tianwu Douluo left, Ning Zhifeng and the others discussed the imperial family’s pressure and asked Lei Yuan about Lei Ze’s parents.
• Lei Yuan revealed that Lei Ze’s parents were Rank 98 and Rank 97 Super Douluo who died frozen after challenging the Ice Faction’s senior Limit Douluo.
• Lei Yuan wept as he recounted their deaths, and Wu Sen privately marveled at his skill at acting out a crying scene.

Lei Yuan told Ning Zhifeng and Chen Ming that his family had emerged from seclusion to follow Lord Holy Lord, prompting Ning Zhifeng to consider joining the family. Meanwhile, Tian Mucheng disguised himself as Lei Ze to trick Ning Tian and Wu Feng, leaving them to torment the real Lei Ze.

• Wu Sen asked Lei Yuan why his family had gone into seclusion, and Lei Yuan explained that they had awaited Lord Holy Lord and the rise of Soul Tools.
• Lei Yuan said the family’s Limit Douluo held his position through Lord Holy Lord’s authority, shocking Ning Zhifeng and Chen Ming.
• Ning Zhifeng considered merging the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect with Lei Yuan’s family, and Chen Ming agreed to support his decision.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng followed Lei Ze, and Wu Feng apologized for mistreating him before Ning Tian realized the boy was not Lei Ze.
• Tian Mucheng revealed himself after impersonating Lei Ze, then switched back to the timid Lei Ze and left Ning Tian and Wu Feng to pull his cheeks.

Lei Ze convinced Ning Tian and Wu Feng that Lord Holy Lord had saved his life by taking his courage, turning Wu Feng's hostility into sympathy. At the imperial banquet, Lei Ze encountered Du Busi and trembled under the pressure of the Body Sect leader, leaving Ning Tian and Wu Feng to support him.

• Lei Ze told Ning Tian and Wu Feng that Lord Holy Lord's power resided within him and could defeat Wu Feng with ease.
• Lei Ze claimed Lord Holy Lord had cured his fatal illness in exchange for his courage, and Ning Tian and Wu Feng believed him.
• Wu Feng apologized in her heart, promised to protect Lei Ze as his Big Sis, and he accepted.
• Ning Zhifeng attended the Heavenly Soul Emperor's banquet with Wu Sen, Lei Yuan, and the three children as nobles greeted him.
• Ning Tian, Lei Ze, and Wu Feng met Du Busi at the banquet, and he recognized Lei Ze as the boy the emperor feared.
• After Du Busi walked away, Lei Ze trembled, so Wu Feng and Ning Tian supported him and prepared to find Ning Zhifeng.

Du Busi met with the Heavenly Soul Emperor, who revealed that Princess Vina had awakened a Brain Martial Soul and asked Du Busi to help test the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. Du Busi agreed to go with Tianwu Douluo, then watched Vina with Lei Ze and wondered whether the imperial family’s alliance would prove worthwhile.

• Du Busi met the Heavenly Soul Emperor and learned that Vina had awakened a Snow Lotus Martial Soul and a spirit-attribute Brain Martial Soul.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor asked Du Busi to test the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and eliminate its core members if possible, but Du Busi accused him of trying to provoke a conflict for the empire’s benefit.
• Du Busi agreed to probe the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect alongside Tianwu Douluo after the Heavenly Soul Emperor suggested the arrangement.
• Vina greeted Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Lei Ze outside the palace and offered to show them around; Lei Ze agreed to go with them.
• Du Busi saw Vina and Lei Ze together, considered the risks of cooperating with the imperial family, and used his Spiritual Power to observe Vina.

At the banquet, Tang Ya confronted Vina and Ning Tian about helping the Tang Sect, then stormed off when they criticized its reliance on hidden weapons. Lei Ze recognized the black aura around Tang Ya and the Tang Sect Master and resolved to tell Mo Yan, while the Tang Sect Master left in anger.

• Lei Ze noticed black aura around the Tang Sect Master and Tang Ya, then tried to avoid Tang Ya when she approached the children.
• Tang Ya asked Vina to help the Tang Sect, and Vina questioned her about hidden weapons and Soul Tools.
• Tang Ya insisted that Tang Sect hidden weapons were invincible, but Ning Tian advised the sect to stop clinging to the past.
• Tang Ya became enraged and ran away, while Lei Ze decided to tell Mo Yan that Tang Ya shared Xuan Zi's kind of fortune.
• The Tang Sect Master left to find Tang Ya, and Du Busi considered whether Vina could inherit his position.

The Heavenly Soul Emperor and Du Busi ambushed the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect after the banquet, and Lei Yuan and Wu Sen fought to hold them off. When Imperial Guards cornered Wu Feng, Ning Tian, and Lei Ze, Tian Mucheng took control of Lei Ze and killed the guards with lightning, then prepared to attack again.

• The Heavenly Soul Emperor revealed his plan to eliminate the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and divide its benefits with Du Busi.
• Du Busi and Tianwu confronted the sect members, and Lei Yuan and Wu Sen stayed behind to fight them while Ning Zhifeng supported them.
• Ning Tian led Wu Feng and Lei Ze away, but Imperial Guards cornered them and Wu Feng prepared to hold the guards back.
• Tian Mucheng took control of Lei Ze and killed the Imperial Guards with a burst of lightning.
• Tian Mucheng told Ning Tian and Wu Feng to cover their ears as he gathered lightning toward Lei Yuan's battle.

Lei Yuan refused Du Busi’s offer to join the Body Sect, and a mysterious Holy Lord intervened with a lightning strike that devastated Heaven Dou City. In the God Realm, Tang San sensed the attack and ordered Sea God Island activated as he prepared to strengthen his plans around Huo Yuhao.

• Du Busi offered Lei Yuan a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone to join the Body Sect, but Lei Yuan refused to betray Young Master Lei Ze and the Holy Lord.
• A dragon-shaped mass of dark clouds appeared over Heaven Dou City, and Du Busi and Tianwu Douluo fled as Lei Yuan recognized the Holy Lord’s presence.
• Lightning struck Du Busi and Tianwu Douluo, leaving Du Busi half-crippled, Tianwu Douluo unconscious, and the imperial palace in ruins.
• Wu Sen and Lei Yuan thanked the Holy Lord, while Ning Zhifeng resolved to make the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect join the family as a vassal.
• Tang San sensed the divine punishment from the God Realm, suspected another god was targeting Douluo Star, and ordered Sea God Island activated.

After Tian Mucheng used Lei Ze's body to unleash Divine Punishment, Di Tian sought the Silver Dragon King's guidance about the strange lightning. Back in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well Small World, Tian Mucheng recovered from the backlash as Long Yaoqing and Xiao Xue scolded him, and Long Yaoyan ended up taking the beating meant for him.

• Tian Mucheng released control of Lei Ze and left Ning Tian and Wu Feng to take the weakened Lei Ze to their father.
• Di Tian sensed a dragon aura in the Divine Punishment, asked the Silver Dragon King about it, and received orders to investigate Heaven Dou City.
• The Silver Dragon King wondered whether the unfamiliar dragon clan could be a turning point.
• Long Yaoqing scolded and punched Tian Mucheng for risking his life, while Xiao Xue agreed that he was a reckless gambler.
• Long Yaoqing dragged Long Yaoyan into the room and beat her instead, since she could not bear to hit Tian Mucheng.

Jin Tianming received Long Yaoqing’s letter about Lei Ze’s attack and considered how to use the Heaven Dou Empire’s crisis to advance the family’s plans. He agreed to meet the Sun Moon Emperor the next day, while the injured Du Busi concluded that a Limit Douluo had inflicted their wounds.

• Jin Tianming read Long Yaoqing’s letter, learned that Du Busi and Tianwu Douluo were badly injured and the Heavenly Soul Emperor’s fate was unknown, and assessed how the crisis could benefit the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Jin Tianming told Moxie to ignore Xu Tianran’s invitation and arrange a meeting with the Sun Moon Emperor through Jing Hongchen for the next day.
• Moxie told Jing Hongchen that Jin Tianming would meet the emperor, then left behind a soul bone that Jing Hongchen happily picked up.
• In Heaven Dou City, Golden Body Douluo urged the injured Du Busi to name his attacker, but Du Busi warned him not to act rashly.
• Du Busi examined the injuries to Tianwu Douluo and the Heavenly Soul Emperor and inferred that a Limit Douluo had unleashed the lightning punishment.

The Heavenly Soul Empire’s elders asked Du Busi to save the injured emperor and Tianwu Douluo, while Ning Zhifeng tried to secure the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect a place under Lei Yuan’s powerful family. Lei Yuan and Lei Ze summoned Tian Mucheng to consult Lord Holy Lord about Ning Zhifeng’s offer.

• Wei Qiang asked Du Busi to help the Heavenly Soul Empire Imperial Family, and Du Busi demanded five Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and Princess Vina’s complete entry into the Body Sect.
• Wei Qiang agreed to Du Busi’s terms, and Du Busi left the palace while the Golden Body Douluo stayed to guard the injured emperor and Tianwu Douluo.
• Ning Zhifeng offered Lei Yuan the sect’s service and half its treasures in hopes of joining the family behind him.
• Lei Yuan and Lei Ze privately contacted Tian Mucheng, who took control of Lei Ze’s body and heard their account of Ning Zhifeng’s offer.
• Tian Mucheng considered the offer and discussed it with Jin Tianming through the Mental Link.

Tian Mucheng negotiated with Ning Zhifeng, offering the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect protection and breakthroughs in exchange for serving as the family’s vanguard. Ning Zhifeng accepted, leaving the sect bound to Tian Mucheng’s plans.

• Tian Mucheng used Lei Ze’s body to meet Ning Zhifeng and Chen Ming, while Ning Tian waited outside.
• Tian Mucheng asked whether the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect could balance the Heavenly Soul Empire Imperial Family and the Body Sect.
• Tian Mucheng offered to help Chen Ming reach level 97 or 98 and provide ingredients for the sect’s martial soul breakthroughs.
• Ning Zhifeng accepted Tian Mucheng’s conditions and agreed to serve him, even accepting a level 91 limit for his own breakthrough.
• Tian Mucheng and Lei Yuan reflected on how effectively he had persuaded Ning Zhifeng with his promises.

Jing Hongchen told the Sun Moon Emperor that Jin Tianming would meet him, then rejected the First Prince’s summons. As Jin Tianming planned for the Soul Master Tournament, Tian Mucheng prepared to send Chen Ming back to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Zhifeng replaced Ning Rongrong’s statue with one of Lord Holy Lord.

• Jing Hongchen met the Sun Moon Emperor and said Jin Tianming would come to the imperial palace the next day.
• Jing Hongchen refused the First Prince’s request to meet, citing the rule barring Rank 9 Soul Engineers from the succession struggle.
• Jin Tianming dismissed the First Prince’s invitation, delivered by Ju Zi, and resolved to strengthen Xiao Hongchen and win the next Soul Master Tournament.
• Tian Mucheng raised Chen Ming to Rank 97, refined his Dragon Soul, and planned to send him back to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Zhifeng replaced Ning Rongrong’s ancestor’s statue with a statue of Lord Holy Lord and reaffirmed his loyalty.
• Ning Rongrong sensed that her power of faith was fading, but ignored it to enjoy the flowers.

Du Busi brought Medical Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er to the Heaven Dou imperial palace to treat the injured Tianwu Douluo and Heavenly Soul Emperor, while the Star Luo Emperor protested her abduction. After Wang Xian'er demanded a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and Du Busi agreed to pay, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect arrived to confront him and the Heaven Dou imperial family.

• Xu Jiawei learned Du Busi had abducted Wang Xian'er, and he warned Xu Jiujiu that he did not trust Du Busi's promise to return her.
• Du Busi brought Wang Xian'er to the Heaven Dou imperial palace, where Vina led them to the injured Tianwu Douluo and Heavenly Soul Emperor.
• Wang Xian'er examined the lightning wounds and demanded a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone in exchange for treating the two men.
• Du Busi agreed to provide the soul bone, and Wang Xian'er sent everyone out so she could begin treatment.
• The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect arrived at the palace to settle accounts with Du Busi and the Heaven Dou imperial family, leaving Vina overwhelmed by the new crisis.

Chen Ming explained that Lei Ze’s second personality was created from Lord Holy Lord’s power to balance the Lightning Tribulation Ancient Dragon Martial Soul, and Ning Zhifeng accepted the task of helping Lei Ze regain his courage. At negotiations with the Body Sect, Du Busi noticed Chen Ming and Ning Zhifeng’s dramatic breakthroughs and realized the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had become a formidable threat.

• Chen Ming told Ning Zhifeng that his breakthrough had made him strong enough to challenge Du Busi, while warning him not to let the Heavenly Soul Imperial Family change hands.
• Ning Zhifeng asked why Lei Ze had Lord Holy Lord’s personality, and Chen Ming revealed that Lei Ze’s fragile body could barely endure his Lightning Tribulation Ancient Dragon Martial Soul.
• Chen Ming explained that Lord Holy Lord had sealed some of his power as Lei Ze’s courage, forming a second personality that balanced the Martial Soul until Lei Ze regained control of his own courage.
• Ning Zhifeng agreed to help Lei Ze regain his courage and brought him to negotiations with the Body Sect, though Lei Ze followed unwillingly.
• Du Busi and Golden Body Douluo noticed Chen Ming’s improved cultivation, while Du Busi was especially alarmed that Ning Zhifeng had advanced to Rank 81.

Jin Tianming refused the Sun Moon Emperor’s offer to buy his Soul Tool Armor research and warned him against trying to force him. After the Emperor ordered him watched and tested, Jin Tianming sent Moxie to hunt the agents and planned to use Ju Zi to gain influence in the battle for the throne.

• Jin Tianming met the Sun Moon Emperor without bowing and requested high-grade metal materials as his reward.
• The Sun Moon Emperor offered Jin Tianming a soul bone in exchange for his Soul Tool Armor research, but Jin Tianming refused and left.
• The Sun Moon Emperor rejected a eunuch’s proposal to kill Jin Tianming and ordered his people to watch and test him again.
• Jin Tianming ordered Moxie to kill the people monitoring him and send their heads back to the Emperor.
• Jin Tianming tidied his laboratory while cautioning himself not to act too hastily because Tang Dog might descend from the heavens.