Chapter Summaries

Flander and the Tang Sect disciples faced Prince Xue Xing’s forces over control of the mountain range, and a battle broke out after Xue Beng was defeated. As Dugu Bo moved to join the fight, a figure descended from the mountain and challenged him.

• Prince Xue Xing arrived with Heaven Dou Academy teachers and soldiers, while Qin Ming recognized Flander and pleaded for an investigation.
• Flander refused to surrender the mountain, and Wang Sheng defeated Prince Xue Beng with one punch.
• Qin Ming declined to fight, and Tang San split the Tang Sect disciples into teams to face the Heaven Dou Academy teachers.
• The disciples revealed unusually powerful soul rings, shocking the teachers and Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo stepped toward the battle, but a figure descended from the mountain and asked whether he dared oppose the Tang Sect.

Xiao Han confronted Prince Xue Xing over the Tang Sect’s territorial demands and challenged Dugu Bo to a wager. As the fight was about to begin, Xiao Han demanded Dugu Bo’s Medusa’s Skull if he won.

• Xiao Han ordered Prince Xue Xing to tell the Heaven Dou Emperor to recognize the mountains as Tang Sect territory and keep troops and cities at specified distances.
• Prince Xue Xing threatened Xiao Han, but Xiao Han’s Mental Power forced him to kneel until he released his eight soul rings and resisted.
• Prince Xue Xing called on Dugu Bo to fight Xiao Han, while Xiao Han criticized Dugu Bo for serving the prince out of gratitude.
• Dugu Bo insisted Xiao Han reveal his martial soul and surrender, so Xiao Han agreed to fight if they made a wager.
• Xiao Han said Dugu Bo would have to give him Medusa’s Skull if Xiao Han won.

Xiao Han wagered his Purple Cloud Wings against Dugu Bo’s head spirit bone and challenged the Poison Douluo to a poison contest. He defeated Dugu Bo with one strike that aggravated the poison inside him, and Dugu Bo conceded the wager.

• Xiao Han offered his Purple Cloud Wings as the stakes if he lost to Dugu Bo.
• Xiao Han refused to reveal his martial soul and proposed that he and Dugu Bo compete with poison.
• Xiao Han charged through Dugu Bo’s poisonous aura and struck him with Yanluo Finger before Dugu Bo could complete his seventh soul skill.
• Xiao Han told Dugu Bo he had no chance to keep fighting, and Dugu Bo admitted defeat after realizing the strike had made his internal poison dangerously volatile.
• Dugu Bo awarded Xiao Han his winnings, while Prince Xue Xing protested the outcome.

After defeating Poison Douluo, Xiao Han secured the soul bone and challenged Prince Xue Xing to a wager that would showcase the Tang Sect’s disciples. The chapter ended as seven Tang Sect youths revealed their extraordinary soul rings and introduced themselves as people with supposedly useless martial souls whom Xiao Han had trained.

• Xiao Han defeated Poison Douluo, claimed the seven-headed soul bone, and stored it in his ring.
• Xiao Han proposed a wager to Prince Xue Xing: if a Heaven Dou Royal Academy teacher defeated seven Tang Sect disciples, the Tang Sect would leave the empire; otherwise, the academy would stop troubling them.
• Prince Xue Xing accepted, and Teacher Mozi, a Soul Emperor, stepped forward to fight.
• Xiao Han sent Xiao Wang, Xiao Zhe, Xiao Rong, Xiao Yao, Cui Hua, Er Gouzi, and Gou Dan instead of Tang San.
• The seven disciples revealed purple, purple, and black soul rings, shocking the spectators, then described how they had been identified as having useless martial souls and no soul power before Xiao Han trained them.

Xiao Han turned the Heaven Dou Empire’s challenge into an opportunity to promote the Tang Sect, announcing its recruitment and benefits. The new Shrek Seven Devils defeated Teacher Mozi, and Prince Xue Xing ended the challenge as Xiao Han warned the empire not to cause trouble again.

• Xiao Han explained that people without awakened soul power could cultivate with proper guidance and invited them to join the Tang Sect when it opened on September 1st.
• Xiao Han announced that the Tang Sect would charge no tuition, reward recruits’ families, and provide members with positions and monthly cultivation resources.
• Er Gouzi led the new Shrek Seven Devils against Teacher Mozi, who trapped them with his fourth soul skill, Immutable Rule.
• Er Gouzi and the others used Three Heads Six Arms to unleash twenty-one soul skills, knocking Teacher Mozi unconscious.
• Prince Xue Xing sent no further fighters, and Xiao Han declared the Tang Sect victorious and warned him to relay a threat to the emperor.

Flander warned Xiao Han that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family might sabotage the Tang Sect and that supporting disciples without entrance fees could bankrupt it. Xiao Han revealed that the sect would earn money from cultivation pills, and the chapter ended with his proposal to sell its Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill for five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins each.

• Flander cautioned Xiao Han that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family might secretly obstruct the Tang Sect after its people were driven away.
• Xiao Han said he would replace the emperor if the imperial family stopped people from taking the Tang Sect entrance examination.
• Flander questioned how the Tang Sect could survive financially without charging entrance fees, and Xiao Han summoned bottles of pills.
• Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and the other True Disciples swallowed the pills and refined them using the Six Elements Grand Sun True Scripture.
• Tang San reported that the pill had raised each of their cultivation levels by three, and Xiao Han proposed selling the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill for five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Xiao Han showed Flander a range of powerful pills and entrusted him with selling them, while Ning Rongrong worried that the pills would threaten the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. After reassuring her, Xiao Han learned that Ning Fengzhi planned to visit, and the next day the Tang Sect’s laborers vanished overnight.

• Xiao Han priced his Three-Pattern Clear Spirit Pills at five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins each and asked Flander to sell them.
• Xiao Han revealed pills that could heal injuries, increase strength, restore soul power, and boost speed, and Flander gathered them for sale.
• Ning Rongrong feared that Xiao Han’s pills would make support-type Soul Masters unnecessary and force the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to close.
• Xiao Han reassured Ning Rongrong that the pills were limited, costly consumables, and she told him Ning Fengzhi would visit in a few days.
• The next day, the Tang Sect’s laborers disappeared overnight, leaving only the disciples behind.

After learning that Emperor Xue Ye had caused the Tang Sect’s laborers to leave, Xiao Han set out to confront the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. Xue Ye lifted the ban after learning the Tang Sect sold powerful pills, but Xiao Han arrived at the palace and killed General Bi Xusi, prompting Xue Ye to go meet him.

• Zhao Wuji told Xiao Han that Prince Xue Xing and Emperor Xue Ye had driven the Tang Sect’s laborers away, and Xiao Han led the sect toward the Imperial Palace.
• Xue Xing reported that the Tang Sect had discovered the imperial family’s role in the laborers’ departure.
• Xue Xing showed Emperor Xue Ye five kinds of pills from the Tang Sect, and Xue Ye ordered the ban on Tang Sect construction workers and applicants lifted.
• Xiao Han shouted for Xue Ye outside the palace and killed General Bi Xusi with a punch through the chest.
• Emperor Xue Ye learned that Xiao Han had killed Bi Xusi and went outside with Xue Xing to face him.

Xiao Han rejected Emperor Xue Ye’s demands and declared that the Tang Sect would fight the Heaven Dou Empire. Emperor Xue Ye summoned thirty thousand Imperial Guards, while a Martial Soul Hall bishop ordered an investigation into whether Xiao Han was the person the Pope had sought.

• Emperor Xue Ye confronted Xiao Han at the ruined palace gates and accused the Tang Sect of attacking the imperial family and killing General Bi Xusi.
• Xiao Han accused Emperor Xue Ye of ordering officials to pressure the laborers’ families, and Emperor Xue Ye demanded an apology and compensation for Bi Xusi’s family.
• Xiao Han refused, declared that the Tang Sect would show no mercy to further provocation, and challenged Emperor Xue Ye to attack.
• Emperor Xue Ye summoned thirty thousand Imperial Guards, and Xiao Han said one kick would be enough to deal with them.
• A Martial Soul Hall bishop learned that the Tang Sect Master was named Xiao Han and ordered an investigation into whether he possessed the Pope’s unusually hot flame.

Xiao Han demonstrated overwhelming power by destroying the Imperial Guards and defeating Emperor Xue Ye. After revealing his rare Martial Soul and soul rings, he unleashed a devastating attack that killed the emperor and leveled the surrounding palace buildings.

• Xiao Han used one kick to freeze and shatter the thirty thousand Imperial Guards, while Emperor Xue Ye and the spectators watched in shock.
• Xiao Wu revealed that Xiao Han had defeated the Clear Sky Douluo and Sword Douluo, and Emperor Xue Ye tried to bargain for the Tang Sect’s survival.
• Emperor Xue Ye revealed his Titled Douluo rank and six soul bones, but Xiao Han displayed a complete set of ice-attribute soul bones as well.
• Emperor Xue Ye activated his Martial Soul True Body, and Xiao Han revealed his red and brilliant-gold Soul Rings and his Cold Rock Golden Flood Dragon Martial Soul.
• Xiao Han’s invisible force pressed Emperor Xue Ye’s swan to the ground, then his third Soul Skill’s Roar destroyed the surrounding buildings and left the emperor motionless.

Xiao Han killed Emperor Xue Ye and Prince Xue Xing, then imposed Tang Sect rule over the Heaven Dou Empire. He chose the child Xue Sha as the new emperor and destroyed the imperial throne platform to make clear that the ruler was his puppet.

• Xiao Han received rewards and soul bones for killing Emperor Xue Ye, then confronted Prince Xue Xing about plotting to use him to eliminate Xue Ye.
• Prince Xue Xing begged Xiao Han to spare him and offered to help him take control of the empire, but Xiao Han killed him with a single punch.
• Xiao Han ordered the Heaven Dou Royal Academy disbanded, directed the empire's income to the Tang Sect, and sentenced imperial family members to fight Tang Sect disciples for their lives.
• Xiao Han named the young Xue Sha emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire and shattered the hall's imperial platform.

After defeating the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, Xiao Han selected Xue Qinghe to accompany him and ordered the Tang Sect to take control of the empire. The system rewarded Xiao Han for making the imperial family a puppet of the Tang Sect.

• Xiao Han killed Emperor Xue Ye and Prince Xue Xing, leaving the crowd in awe of his power.
• Xiao Han noticed Xue Qinghe among the imperial family and ordered him to come forward.
• Xue Qinghe identified himself, and Xiao Han said he wanted to have some fun with him and took him along.
• Xiao Han ordered the rest of the imperial family imprisoned, their members forced to fight daily, and the imperial treasury transferred to the Tang Sect.
• Xiao Han shut down Heaven Dou Royal Academy while Flander, Yu Xiaogang, Zhao Wuji, and the others prepared to consolidate Tang Sect control.
• The system awarded Xiao Han 10,000,000 experience points and 10,000 energy points for taking control of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Xiao Han exposed Qian Renxue’s disguise and learned she had infiltrated the Tang Sect after he took control of the Heaven Dou Empire. Their confrontation was interrupted by Bibi Dong, the Martial Soul Hall’s Pope, who greeted Xiao Han as an old acquaintance.

• Xiao Han questioned the disguised Xue Qinghe and threatened to use his Dragon Grasping Hand until she revealed her real name, Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue explained that she had infiltrated the Heaven Dou Empire for the Martial Soul Hall and then entered the Tang Sect to pursue a new plan against Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han told Qian Renxue he might explain how he saw through her disguise if she changed clothes, then refused to answer after she did so.
• Qian Renxue spotted Bibi Dong behind Xiao Han and called her mother.
• Xiao Han turned and recognized Bibi Dong, now the Pope of the Martial Soul Hall, who greeted him warmly.

Bibi Dong told Xiao Han how she returned to Martial Soul Hall, killed Qian Xunji, and came to seek a peaceful continent through unification. She invited Xiao Han to join her, but he declined and promised the Tang Sect would not treat Martial Soul Hall as an enemy unless it targeted them.

• Qian Renxue greeted Bibi Dong, who sent her away so she could speak privately with Xiao Han.
• Bibi Dong explained that Yu Xiaogang had found someone else, so she returned to Martial Soul Hall, tricked Qian Xunji with Soul-Bewitching Powder, and killed him after he returned wounded.
• Bibi Dong told Xiao Han that Qian Renxue was not her biological daughter and described her dream of unifying the continent to end its wars.
• Bibi Dong asked Xiao Han to return to Martial Soul Hall as an elder and offered to yield the position of Pope to him.
• Xiao Han refused to join Martial Soul Hall and said the Tang Sect would not regard it as an enemy unless it targeted the sect.

Xiao Han explained his goal of challenging the gods to Bibi Dong, who agreed that the Martial Soul Hall would not oppose the Tang Sect and left after rejecting her former feelings for Yu Xiaogang. Xiao Han then addressed officials and merchants gathering at the Tang Sect, but a voice from the crowd called him Fourth Brother and said Third Sister wanted to see him.

• Bibi Dong asked Xiao Han about his dream, and he described storming the God Realm, seizing the World Origin, and rebuilding its order.
• Xiao Han explained the God Realm, the gods’ rules, and the Dragon God’s history to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong promised that the Martial Soul Hall would not make an enemy of the Tang Sect and said she no longer cared for Yu Xiaogang.
• Flander told Xiao Han that Heaven Dou officials and merchants had gathered to offer gifts after the Tang Sect took control of the empire, and Xiao Han went to meet them.
• Xiao Han told the gathered officials and merchants that the empire would remain unchanged for a while and ordered them to leave the Tang Sect construction site.
• As Xiao Han turned to leave, someone in the crowd called him Fourth Brother and said Third Sister wished to see him.

Liu Er Long reunited with Yu Xiaogang after twenty years and brought Blue Tyrant Academy to join the Tang Sect. Xiao Han appointed her Finance Elder, and Yu Xiaogang finally asked her to come with him.

• Liu Er Long found Yu Xiaogang, who tried to avoid her, and told him she had searched for him for twenty years.
• Liu Er Long greeted Flander and met Xiao Han, who welcomed her and Blue Tyrant Academy to the Tang Sect.
• Xiao Han appointed Liu Er Long Finance Elder and placed the Tang Sect's financial affairs under her and Flander's joint oversight.
• Liu Er Long ordered Yin Shu Teacher to convene Blue Tyrant Academy's teachers and students and move them to the Tang Sect.
• Xiao Han urged Yu Xiaogang to speak with Liu Er Long, and Yu Xiaogang asked her to come with him.

Yu Xiaogang told Xiao Han how he had avoided Liu Er Long for twenty years because she was his cousin, but he still refused to pursue her despite Xiao Han's urging. After Yu Xiaogang failed to meet Liu Er Long at a coffee shop, she asked Xiao Han to pretend to date her to test whether Yu Xiaogang would fight for her.

• Yu Xiaogang recounted how he, Flander, and Liu Er Long had formed the Golden Iron Triangle, and Xiao Han pointed out that Liu Er Long had waited for him for twenty years.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted that he kept his distance because Liu Er Long was his cousin, and he insisted he would rather she be happy than marry him.
• Liu Er Long overheard their conversation from behind a tree and later met Xiao Han at a coffee shop while waiting for Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Er Long revealed that her appointment was with Yu Xiaogang, then concluded he would not come and left with Xiao Han.
• Liu Er Long asked Xiao Han to pretend to date her so she could see whether Yu Xiaogang would react, offering him a daily massage in return.

A month into their fake relationship, Xiao Han questioned whether Liu Er Long had developed real feelings for him and told her he would leave after the Tang Sect Entrance Examination. After she left, Dugu Bo confronted Xiao Han about the poison in his body, and Xiao Han revealed that the Brand Poison had triggered Dugu Bo’s other toxins.

• Xiao Han told Liu Er Long that her efforts to provoke Yu Xiaogang had not worked and asked whether she had developed feelings for him.
• Liu Er Long insisted their relationship was only an act, but she hesitated when Xiao Han asked her to examine her true feelings.
• Xiao Han told Liu Er Long he would leave after the Tang Sect Entrance Examination to become stronger and protect those he cared about.
• After Liu Er Long left, Xiao Han called Dugu Bo out of hiding, and Dugu Bo asked him to remove the poison in his body.
• Xiao Han explained that the Brand Poison was difficult to remove and had stirred Dugu Bo’s other toxins, which were now close to erupting.

Xiao Han agreed to cure Poison Douluo in exchange for the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, while Poison Douluo joined the Tang Sect as a guest elder. The Tang Sect’s grand opening drew a vast crowd and congratulations from major factions, including the Three Upper Sects and Martial Soul Hall.

• Xiao Han told Poison Douluo that his condition could still be cured and agreed to save him in exchange for the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Poison Douluo asked to become a Tang Sect guest elder, and Xiao Han accepted while promising to make him an external soul bone after he killed a flying soul beast.
• The Tang Sect held its grand opening at Reaching Heaven Peak, where a crowd of millions gathered and Xiao Wu served as Deputy Sect Leader.
• Ning Fengzhi, Yu Luomian, a Haotian Clan elder, and Qian Renxue congratulated Xiao Han on the Tang Sect’s founding.

Xiao Han opened the Tang Sect’s entrance examination and selected the first batch of disciples. After delegating the remaining admissions, he used the system to return to the Doupo World.

• Xiao Han announced that applicants under fifteen had to climb Reaching Heaven Peak without using soul power, and the examination began under the watch of the Heaven Dou Empire’s soldiers.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Wu watched as Tang San, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and other examinees climbed the mountain, while hidden proctors disqualified those who cheated with soul power.
• Xiao Han ended the examination at sunset, with roughly five hundred of more than three hundred thousand applicants reaching the summit.
• Xiao Han instructed Flander to assign successful applicants to Inner or Outer Sect ranks by martial soul quality and to reward their families, then appointed Xiao Wu and Liu Er Long to help finish admissions.
• Xiao Han spent three hundred energy points to transmigrate to the Doupo World.