Chapter Summaries

Xiao Shiyue and Qian Renxue recovered while Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile discussed Xiao Shiyue’s future, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Spirit Hall’s plans. In Nuoding City, Tang San learned about the Clear Sky Sect’s defeat and worried that Spirit Hall had taken the well, but Xiao Wu reassured him by reasoning that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would have objected.

• Xiao Shiyue’s injuries began healing during her Soul Power fusion with Qian Renxue, and Golden Crocodile and Qian Daoliu returned them to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Golden Crocodile asked Qian Daoliu about making Xiao Shiyue a Saintess, and Qian Daoliu said the decision should depend on what Xiao Shiyue wanted.
• Golden Crocodile told Qian Daoliu that the Blue Silver Emperor was thriving at the well, Ye Renxin had joined Qian Renxue’s camp, and Xiao Shiyue had refused to absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone because she wanted to stew it into soup.
• Tang San learned that Spirit Hall had defeated the Clear Sky Sect after its members targeted the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and killed Dugu Bo.
• Tang San worried that Spirit Hall had occupied the well, but Xiao Wu argued that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would have objected if it had, and Tang San praised her cleverness.

Tang San speculated that someone in the Clear Sky Sect had been reborn and resolved to placate Yu Xiaogang so he could pursue his own plans. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang giving Tang San money and Tang San convincing himself that he could still turn things around.

• Tang San told Xiao Wu he suspected someone in the Clear Sky Sect had been reborn and had tried to seize the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu discussed Spirit Hall, the Clear Sky Sect, and Ning Fengzhi's uncertain priorities.
• Tang San decided to behave himself around Yu Xiaogang so he could return to the blacksmith's shop and explore making battle armor.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to focus on cultivation and gave him money instead of letting him work part-time.
• Tang San respectfully accepted Yu Xiaogang's money and convinced himself he could still use his other abilities and technologies to change his fate.

Yu Xiaogang struggled to pay for meals after losing his free lodging and spending his stipend on Tang San. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall ordered subsidies for older soul masters to be phased out, and Yu Xiaogang was left furious when his own payment was cut in half.

• Nuoding Academy's new dean demanded that Yu Xiaogang pay for his and Tang San's meals, then required him to hand over three months of future stipends.
• Snake Lance Douluo ordered Bishop Salas to phase out subsidies for soul masters over thirty-five, with payments halved, reduced again, and then canceled.
• Salas agreed to enforce the new subsidy restrictions across Spirit Hall branches in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The following month, Yu Xiaogang received only five Gold Soul Coins from the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch and cursed Spirit Hall.

Yu Xiaogang stormed into the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch to protest the end of Soul Master subsidies, then presented Tang Hao’s Pope’s Order to demand recognition as an honorary elder. The special commissioner accused him of forging the token, beat him, and had him dragged to the dungeon.

• Ma Xiunuo told Yu Xiaogang that Soul Master subsidies would end after a two-month transition and offered him a clerical job at Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang showed Tang Hao’s Pope’s Order to Ma Xiunuo and the special commissioner, expecting them to recognize him as an honorary elder.
• The special commissioner called the token a forgery and ordered Spirit Hall guards to arrest Yu Xiaogang for impersonating an elder.
• The commissioner released his Viper Martial Soul, knocked Luo Sanpao into a wall, and broke Yu Xiaogang’s right leg with his tail.
• The guards dragged the screaming Yu Xiaogang into the Spirit Hall Branch’s dungeon.

Yu Xiaogang was arrested for impersonating a Spirit Hall elder, giving Tang San a chance to earn money while Qian Renxue and Shi Yueyi investigated his Pope's Order. Shi Yueyi ordered a crackdown on people abusing Spirit Hall's name, then fell asleep on the Crown Prince's bed before answering Qian Renxue's questions.

• The Soul Ancestor special commissioner reported Yu Xiaogang's forged credentials, while the Spirit Hall Branch staff discussed his arrest.
• Tang San learned Yu Xiaogang had been imprisoned and looked forward to earning money for rare metals, but Dean Mo ordered him to repay Yu Xiaogang's unpaid meal fees.
• Qian Renxue recognized Yu Xiaogang's confiscated Pope's Order as genuine, and she and Shi Yueyi suspected Tang Hao had given it to him.
• Shi Yueyi ordered Snake Lance Douluo to arrest anyone who impersonated a Spirit Hall elder or used an elder's name to bully others.
• Qian Renxue asked Shi Yueyi what else she knew, but Shi Yueyi fell asleep on the Crown Prince's bed.

Shi Yueyi told Qian Renxue that she could glimpse parts of the future and shared blueprints for Soul Tools, including powerful Fixed Soul Tools. Qian Renxue considered recruiting craftsmen to build them, while Shi Yueyi asked her to stop tickling her with feathers.

• Qian Renxue tickled Shi Yueyi with an angel feather until Shi Yueyi admitted she could see parts of the future.
• Shi Yueyi explained that the future kept changing, so her mysterious source of knowledge could only provide certain facts and warnings.
• Qian Renxue misunderstood Shi Yueyi's explanation of menstruation, then offered to have Chrysanthemum Elder and the others prepare medicine for her.
• Shi Yueyi gave Qian Renxue blueprints for Soul Tools and explained that Rank Nine weapons could rival a Titled Douluo's power.
• Shi Yueyi described Fixed Soul Guided Cannon Shells, and Qian Renxue considered recruiting craftsmen from a city in the Star Luo Empire to make them.
• Qian Renxue continued teasing Shi Yueyi, who asked her to stop playing with feathers.

Qian Renxue and Shi Yueyi reviewed intelligence about the Clear Sky Sect’s affiliated clans and discussed how the clans might affect their efforts to recruit the Blacksmith Association. Xue Ye then presented Qian Renxue with potential brides, but she resisted the marriage plans and was asked whether she had already chosen someone in the Eastern Palace.

• Qian Renxue and Shi Yueyi learned that Titan’s Strength Clan had left Heaven Dou City for Gengxin City, while the other affiliated clans were in Star Luo Empire territory and held negative feelings toward the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao.
• Qian Renxue explained that she would not recruit Yang Wudi, while Yang Wushuang might be a more suitable ally, and said her Shadow Guard Team was gathering intelligence on the clans.
• A eunuch summoned Qian Renxue to meet Xue Ye, who wanted to discuss finding her a wife.
• At the palace, Qian Renxue greeted Xue Ke and examined portraits of potential brides presented by Xue Ye and the Empress.
• Qian Renxue said her attention was focused on the empire’s affairs, and Xue Ke asked whether she planned to marry a girl in the Eastern Palace.

Xue Ye pressed Qian Renxue to find a suitable spouse, then appointed her acting dean of Heaven Dou Royal Academy. She accepted the role and left with Xue Ke, who wanted to visit Shi Yueyi in the Eastern Palace.

• Xue Ye objected when Xue Ke mentioned Shi Yueyi, then suggested that Xue Qinghe marry into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xue Ye said he would stop raising the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect if Xue Qinghe could woo the Spirit Hall Saintess, and Qian Renxue explained that Bibi Dong was the current Pope.
• The Empress offered Qian Renxue until she turned twenty-five to give them an answer, and Qian Renxue agreed.
• Xue Ye appointed Qian Renxue acting dean of Heaven Dou Royal Academy and told her to cultivate more Soul Masters for the empire.
• Xue Ke followed Qian Renxue and asked to visit Shi Yueyi in the Eastern Palace, then said Tang Yuehua had taken leave.

Qian Renxue brought Xue Ke back to the Eastern Palace, where she and Shi Yueyi discussed their suspicions that Tang Yuehua was secretly helping the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao. After Xue Ke left, Qian Renxue sent out forces to search for Tang Hao.

• Qian Renxue brought Xue Ke to the Eastern Palace, where Xue Ke found Shi Yueyi hanging from the ceiling while studying and sketching.
• Xue Ke found Yu Xiaogang's disguised Ten Core Competence Theories, and Shi Yueyi moved it from the recyclable bin to hazardous waste.
• Over dinner, Xue Ke said she wanted to leave Moonlight Pavilion, and Shi Yueyi warned Qian Renxue that Tang Yuehua might be linked to the Clear Sky Sect and secretly aiding Tang Hao.
• Qian Renxue and Shi Yueyi considered Tang Yuehua's unexplained income and trips east, concluding she might be seeking help for Tang Hao.
• After Xue Ke left late at night, Qian Renxue sent the Shadow Guard Team to invite Golden Crocodile Douluo from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and had Qing Luan Douluo search for Tang Hao near Heaven Dou City.

Tang Yuehua met with her brother Tang Hao, who asked her to find physicians for his unfinished treatment, but their reunion was interrupted by Golden Crocodile Douluo. Qian Renxue ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to cripple Tang Hao.

• Qian Renxue's guards found Golden Crocodile Douluo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and summoned him.
• Tang Yuehua left her guards outside a forest and hurried to meet Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao told Tang Yuehua that Ye Renxin had left his treatment incomplete and asked her to find reliable physicians.
• Tang Yuehua lamented the Clear Sky Sect's losses and said the siblings should fight Spirit Hall together.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo appeared, Tang Hao activated his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul Avatar and vowed to fight him, and Qian Renxue ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to cripple Tang Hao.

Golden Crocodile Douluo fought Tang Hao while Shi Yueyi and Qian Renxue watched from the sky, and Qian Renxue's Shadow Guard Team abducted Tang Yuehua. Tang Hao used Ring Explosion to counter Golden Crocodile Douluo's crushing assault, but his injuries worsened as Golden Crocodile Douluo struck his Clear Sky Hammer.

• Shi Yueyi and Qian Renxue watched Golden Crocodile Douluo descend to fight Tang Hao, and Tang Hao handed the unconscious Tang Yuehua to his guards.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo clashed with Tang Hao's Haotian True Body and repeatedly disrupted his Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Qian Renxue's Shadow Guard Team knocked out the Soul King guards, killed them, and took Tang Yuehua away.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo taunted Tang Hao for not using Ring Explosion, and Tang Hao hesitated because it would worsen his injuries.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo formed a spinning war chariot, forcing Tang Hao to explode his first four soul rings before Golden Crocodile Douluo collided with his Clear Sky Hammer.

Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo chose to leave rather than intervene as Golden Crocodile Douluo attacked Tang Hao. Golden Crocodile Douluo crushed Tang Hao’s escape attempt, then detected a divine killing force within Tang Hao’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain and struck directly into it.

• Ning Fengzhi concluded that Spirit Hall had changed its tactics, and Bone Douluo warned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not face the Worship Hall’s strength.
• Ning Fengzhi pretended his glasses were broken, and he and Bone Douluo left without interfering while Azure Luan and Radiant Feather Douluo watched.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo transformed his Martial Soul Avatar into a spinning flywheel and cut through Tang Hao’s Haotian True Body with his divine body’s power.
• Tang Hao redirected his Clear Sky Hammer into the ground to escape, but Golden Crocodile Douluo crushed him and smashed the tunnel into a ravine.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo sensed divine killing intent within Tang Hao’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain and unleashed his full divine-body power against it.

Golden Crocodile Douluo survived a clash with Tang Hao, broke through to level ninety-nine, and returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for treatment. Shi Yueyi realized the wound had not come from the Asura God King himself, while the chapter revealed that a Deathgod had acted on Asura’s orders to protect Tang Hao.

• Qian Renxue sensed divine power beneath the battlefield and vowed to destroy the god’s residence if Golden Crocodile Douluo died.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo emerged from the shattered earth wearing True Body Bone Armor, holding Tang Hao’s severed left leg and right arm, and having torn two spirit bones from him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo explained that the battle had awakened his True Body Bone Armor and raised him to level ninety-nine, though Tang Hao escaped using strange spatial power.
• Radiant Feather Douluo urged the group to return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Ye Renxin examined Golden Crocodile Douluo’s sword wound and began treating him.
• Shi Yueyi suspected that the Asura God King had not personally wounded Golden Crocodile Douluo, and the chapter revealed that Asura had ordered a Deathgod to preserve Tang Hao’s life.

The Asura God King secretly helped Tang Hao escape to Slaughter City, then sent the Deathgod away to avoid detection by Destruction and Life. On the continent, Tang Hao fled again with two limbs missing, while Ning Fengzhi realized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not reproduce the advanced Soul Tool and decided to visit Xue Qinghe.

• The Asura God King used the Deathgod to wound and transfer Tang Hao, then ordered him to flee to the Five Elements Continent before Destruction and Life discovered him.
• Qian Renxue and Shi Yueyi concluded that Tang Hao had likely lost enough power to fall to rank seventy-nine and guessed he had been sent to Slaughter City.
• Tang Hao escaped from Slaughter City through a tunnel, saw his likeness on a wanted poster, and abandoned his plan to attack a Spirit Hall Branch after reading the threat against the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao cursed Spirit Hall and vowed revenge once Tang San matured, but found that his weakened strength could only crack the cliffs with his hammer.
• Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect craftsmen told Ning Fengzhi that the Soul Tool brought back by the little princess relied on technology far beyond their ability to reproduce.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to visit Xue Qinghe after realizing that the Soul Tool's creator could offer far more than the Sect could copy.

Qian Renxue and Shi Yueyi visited Moonlight Pavilion, where they checked on the mind-controlled Tang Yuehua and directed her to build support for the Crown Prince’s faction. Shi Yueyi gave Tang Yuehua a defensive Soul Tool as they continued expanding their influence.

• Qian Renxue and Shi Yueyi entered Moonlight Pavilion, where Shi Yueyi sketched a mysterious scene of five figures beneath a starry sky and gave the drawing to Qian Renxue.
• Tang Yuehua led them to a private room, where she reported that the two guards they had targeted had died without raising suspicion.
• Qian Renxue and Shi Yueyi ordered Tang Yuehua to manage Moonlight Pavilion and guide its young students toward supporting Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Shi Yueyi gave Tang Yuehua Sun Moon's Blessing, a defensive Soul Tool that could withstand two attacks from Soul Masters below the five-ring level.

Qian Renxue hosted Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo as they tried to obtain Shi Yueyi’s Soul Tool technology, but Shi Yueyi refused to sell her methods and demanded that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect stop hunting Heaven Dou Empire’s young talents. The meeting ended with Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo realizing that Qian Renxue’s tea and incense had drugged them.

• Qian Renxue began reforming Heaven Dou Royal Academy by expanding recruitment to include commoners.
• Ning Fengzhi visited Qian Renxue with Sword Douluo and asked her to help acquire Shi Yueyi’s Soul Tool manufacturing methods.
• Qian Renxue contacted Shi Yueyi through a long-distance voice transmission Soul Tool, stunning Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo.
• Shi Yueyi showed Ning Fengzhi a catalog of Soul Tools but refused to sell the manufacturing methods, explaining that her knowledge came from the Sun Moon Continent.
• Shi Yueyi demanded that Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo stop hunting young talents in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Sword Douluo found his Soul Power restricted, and Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo realized the tea and incense had drugged them.

Qian Renxue and Shi Yueyi used drugs and recorded evidence to force Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo into negotiations over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s crimes and Soul Tool-making techniques. Ning Fengzhi agreed to Shi Yueyi’s demands, leaving the sect facing a major transfer of wealth and control.

• Qian Renxue confronted Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo after the drugs in the tea and incense suppressed their Soul Power.
• Shi Yueyi revealed evidence that Bone Douluo had killed a young soul master and threatened to expose the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s actions.
• Ning Fengzhi tried to negotiate his way out of the Eastern Palace, but Qian Renxue pressed him to state the sect’s offer.
• Shi Yueyi demanded fifty-one percent of the Seven Treasure chambers of commerce and three-fifths of the sect’s soul bone reserves in exchange for Soul Tool-making techniques and their release.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted the terms, and Shi Yueyi ended the communication, indicating that further negotiations would follow.

Shi Yueyi finalized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s transfer of shares and soul bones while promising to develop Soul Tools with its craftsmen. Ning Fengzhi accepted the bargain and prepared to visit Spirit City after hearing Spirit Hall might reforge the Pope's Order.

• Shi Yueyi and Ning Fengzhi signed the agreement transferring the sect’s commerce shares to the Crown Prince’s Eastern Palace and handing over three-fifths of its soul bone stockpile.
• Shi Yueyi told Ning Fengzhi that Divine Craftsmen in Gengxin City and the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda’s treasure-sensing ability could help develop Soul Tools.
• Shi Yueyi explained that she had sought leverage to protect her investment, then asked Ning Fengzhi to send Ning Rongrong and the craftsmen’s leader to learn from her.
• Shi Yueyi taught Ning Rongrong and the craftsmen how to work with rare metals and explained the Soul Tool Core Magic Array for four hours.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo concluded that the Soul Tool technology justified the cost and decided to overlook Shi Yueyi’s possible connection to Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi said Spirit Hall might reforge the Pope's Order and planned to travel to Spirit City with Bone Douluo.

Ning Rongrong decided to leave Tang San’s side and set out with Shi Yueyi for Gengxin City to recruit blacksmiths and meet Lou Gao. They arrived at the city gates, where a group of people blocked their way.

• Ning Rongrong told Shi Yueyi she planned to leave Tang San to protect Sword and Bone Douluo and preserve the Nine Treasure line.
• Ning Rongrong persuaded Shi Yueyi to run away with her to the Star Luo Empire and draw blacksmith shops to their side.
• Ning Rongrong left a note at home and departed with Shi Yueyi, while Sword Douluo sent covert operatives to follow them.
• Qian Renxue entered seclusion at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after sensing a breakthrough toward Soul Sage rank.
• Shi Yueyi and Ning Rongrong traveled to Gengxin City, aiming to meet Lou Gao, but a group blocked them at the city gates.

Shi Yueyi and Ning Rongrong entered Gengxin City, where conflict between Spirit Hall, the Blacksmith Association, and the arriving Four Clans gave Shi Yueyi an opening to pursue her plans. After investigating Bishop Miles and preparing to meet Divine Craftsman Lou Gao at an auction, they encountered Miles at the entrance.

• Shi Yueyi learned that Gengxin City was tense because of the Blacksmith Association's conflict with Spirit Hall and the approaching Four Clans, and she planned to exploit the situation involving Miles and Titan.
• Shi Yueyi and Ning Rongrong bought a large supply of valuable metals and discussed winning over the Blacksmith Association and the three clans other than the Strength Clan.
• Radiant Feather Douluo investigated Miles and reported his crimes and travel plans, including an auction where Miles and Lou Gao would appear.
• Shi Yueyi chose a rare fourth-grade spiritual Soul Tool to sell at the auction, and Ning Rongrong arranged for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's hidden guards to negotiate.
• Two days later, Shi Yueyi and Ning Rongrong arrived at the auction house and encountered Miles, who approached them with undisguised greed.