Chapter Summaries

Golden Crocodile overwhelmed the Clear Sky Sect elders, badly injuring Sunflare and forcing Tang Feng to flee before mocking the sect. Tang Xiao stepped forward to defend the Clear Sky Sect’s honor and began fighting Golden Crocodile.

• Sunflare Douluo and Tang Huang attacked Golden Crocodile, but he blasted them both away and shattered Tang Huang’s Haotian Armor.
• Sunflare charged Golden Crocodile with twin Clear Sky Hammers while Tang He struck from above, but Golden Crocodile’s Golden Armor and Southern Barbarian Power left Sunflare seriously injured.
• Golden Crocodile tore through Tang He’s defensive soul skill, and Tang Feng intervened long enough for Tang He to retreat.
• Golden Crocodile nearly caught Tang Feng, but Sunflare used Gravity Control to slow him and let Tang Feng escape.
• Golden Crocodile mocked the Clear Sky Sect, so Tang Xiao confronted him and attacked with Haotian Heavy Strike.

Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect fought Golden Crocodile, whose overwhelming power injured several of them and nearly overwhelmed Tang Xiao. The six surviving fighters gathered to unleash their formation as Golden Crocodile prepared to finish the battle.

• Tang Xiao clashed repeatedly with Golden Crocodile, but was injured and called on the five elders to use the Hammer Shaking Heaven and Earth Formation.
• Golden Crocodile transformed into his hundred-meter true body as Lie Yang attacked with his ninth soul skill and was severely injured.
• Tang Xiao struck Golden Crocodile with Thor's Hammer, but Golden Crocodile defended with Limit Royal Armor and trapped him in Sea of Gravity.
• Golden Crocodile battered Tang Xiao with his tail, but Tang Xiao escaped the gravity field and regrouped with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bibi Dong warned Golden Crocodile to defeat the Clear Sky Sect, while Tang Xiao vowed that they would prove the sect was still the number one sect under heaven.

Golden Crocodile and five Clear Sky Sect Titled Douluo exhausted themselves in a clash of ultimate attacks, ending in a draw. Tang Lan then announced a four-sect free-for-all to decide the remaining Upper Three Sects rankings, scheduled for the next day.

• Golden Crocodile burned his vitality and Soul Power to unleash his Ninth Soul Skill, while Tang Xiao and four elders combined their power to summon the Clear Sky Sect's Heaven-Shaking Hammer.
• The five Clear Sky Sect fighters and Golden Crocodile exchanged repeated blows, then exhausted their remaining strength in a final collision.
• The smoke cleared to reveal that both sides were severely injured and out of Soul Power, leaving Tang Xiao to declare that Spirit Hall's level 98 Peak Douluo had not won.
• Bibi Dong left in anger but returned to her seat after Tang Lan reminded her that the Sect Ranking Competition was not over.
• Tang Lan named the four sects competing for the Upper Three Sects and proposed a free-for-all, which Ning Fengzhi, Tang Xiao, and Yu Yuanzhen accepted.
• Tang Lan set the free-for-all for the following day after a one-day rest.

The grand melee proposed by Tang Lan began with the Clear Sky Sect, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan all attacking the Saint Dragon Sect. Qian Jun healed his allies by transferring their injuries to their opponents, and Tang Xiao and Gu Rong prepared their Ninth Soul Skills in response.

• Tang Lan’s proposed grand melee began, with the four sects taking their positions and Lieyang launching a fire attack on the Saint Dragon Sect.
• Tang Xiao, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Yu Yuanzhen joined the Clear Sky Sect’s assault, overwhelming the Saint Dragon Sect with their combined attacks.
• Qian Jun was surrounded and injured while Lieyang mocked him for demanding a one-on-one fight during a grand melee.
• Qian Jun used his Ninth Soul Skill, Salvation of All Beings, healing the Saint Dragon Sect and transferring their injuries to members of the other three sects.
• Tang Xiao activated Thor’s Hammer, and Gu Rong summoned Bone Transformation Divine Dragon as they prepared to strike back.

The Clear Sky Sect, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan retained their places among the Upper Three Sects, with the latter two yielding third and second place to the Clear Sky Sect. After the Lower Four Sects were determined, Tang Lan asked whether they wanted to fight for their final rankings.

• Chen Xin, Tang Lan, and Lie Yang unleashed their strongest attacks, forcing Qian Jun and the other Spirit Hall fighters to flee; Lie Yang killed one Saint Dragon Sect elder, and Tuo Ba Xi conceded.
• Bibi Dong announced that the Clear Sky Sect, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan remained the Upper Three Sects, then proposed a ranking battle among them.
• Yu Yuanzhen yielded third place to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Ning Fengzhi yielded second place to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; Tang Xiao thanked them, leaving the three sects on friendly terms.
• Tang Lan warned Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall could not stop the tide of destiny, and Bibi Dong privately wondered whether he knew her ambitions.
• The Lower Four Sects were determined as the Saint Dragon Sect, Star Crown Sect, Earth Three Sects, and Wind Sword Sect; Tang Lan offered them a free-for-all to settle their rankings.

Tang Lan changed the Lower Four Sects ranking battle to one-on-one sect master fights, then punished Tuo Ba Xi for showing murderous intent and forced him to apologize. As the contest resumed, the Saint Dragon Sect’s First Elder claimed the right to fight in place of the injured sect master.

• Tang Lan announced that the Lower Four Sects’ ranking battle would be fought by sect masters, prompting Fallen Star to challenge Tuo Ba Xi and the Saint Dragon Sect to protest.
• Tang Lan explained that the Upper Three Sects’ rankings had also been decided through one-on-one fights, then attacked Tuo Ba Xi with a spiritual skill after sensing his killing intent.
• Bibi Dong warned Tang Lan not to attack in the arena, while Spirit Hall and the Tang Sect prepared for a fight.
• Bibi Dong ordered Tuo Ba Xi to apologize, and he complied out of fear of Tang Lan’s power.
• Tang Lan resumed the ranking battle, and the Saint Dragon Sect’s First Elder announced that he would fight in Tuo Ba Xi’s place.

Tang Lan healed Tuo Ba Xi and arranged his match against Fallen Star for first place among the Lower Four Sects. The two Titled Douluo traded attacks and defenses before both unleashed their true forms, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Tang Lan restored Tuo Ba Xi to peak condition and announced his match against Fallen Star.
• Tuo Ba Xi and Fallen Star introduced themselves and began fighting with their Soul Skills.
• Tuo Ba Xi resisted Fallen Star's Soul Power-draining attack and struck him with his dragon claws, breaking his star armor without injuring him.
• Tuo Ba Xi sent tracking armor plates at Fallen Star, who used Star Barriers to block them.
• Tuo Ba Xi mocked Fallen Star as a green turtle, provoking him to unleash Star Crown Avatar as Tuo Ba Xi transformed with White Dragon True Body.

Tuo Ba Xi and Fallen Star traded their strongest attacks as both fighters exhausted their Soul Power. Fallen Star’s Starfall Obliteration sealed half of Tuo Ba Xi’s Soul Skills, leaving the wounded dragon unable to defend himself just as his claw neared Fallen Star.

• Tuo Ba Xi used his White Dragon True Body and defensive Soul Skills to withstand Fallen Star’s repeated attacks, then struck him with Raging Wave Dragon Tail Strike, which the Star Crown Avatar absorbed.
• Fallen Star used Meteor Big Bang to siphon Tuo Ba Xi’s Soul Power, but Tuo Ba Xi’s Earth Dragon Immunity reduced the attack and left him unharmed.
• Tuo Ba Xi unleashed Surging Sky Dragon God Wave and Skyward Claw, breaking Fallen Star’s Star Crown Avatar defenses and injuring him.
• Fallen Star countered with Starry Sky Judgement, shattering Tuo Ba Xi’s Dragon Armor Protection and leaving the White Dragon covered in wounds.
• Fallen Star used Starfall Obliteration to seal half of Tuo Ba Xi’s Soul Skills, and Tuo Ba Xi found himself unable to use any Soul Skills as his dragon claw approached Fallen Star.

Tuo Ba Xi lost to Fallen Star, and the sect ranking contest ended amid Tang Lan and Tang Hao’s provocations of Spirit Hall. Bibi Dong forced her people to stand down, leaving Spirit Hall humiliated as Tang Lan announced the final rankings.

• Fallen Star defeated Tuo Ba Xi, and the Star Crown Sect won their match.
• Ye Nishang conceded fourth place among the Lower Four Sects to the Wind Sword Sect, and Tang Lan asked whether Feng Bailong would challenge the wounded Tuo Ba Xi.
• Tang Hao challenged Qian Jun and Ghost Leopard, then taunted Mighty Lion when he stepped forward to fight.
• Bibi Dong ordered Mighty Lion to leave the platform, and Green Luan’s protest did not change her decision.
• Feng Bailong refused to challenge Tuo Ba Xi while he was injured, and Tang Lan declared the sect ranking competition over.

After the Sect Ranking Competition, Spirit Hall announced free Spirit Academies with generous rewards, prompting Tang Lan to investigate how they were affecting Tang Sect. In a city, he witnessed Spirit Hall agents sway families and insult him until an admiring young Soul Master confronted them, and a Five-Ring Soul King revealed his Spirit.

• Tang Lan announced that the Lower Four Sects had changed, and the unsuccessful sects cheered his encouragement before the sects departed.
• Spirit Hall announced free Spirit Academies that offered training, inheritance opportunities, and Gold Soul Coins for students' families.
• Tang Lan continued Sea God's Third Trial with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, then decided to travel and assess Spirit Hall's influence on Tang Sect.
• In a Heaven Dou Empire city, Tang Lan overheard children debating which academy to attend as people promoted Spirit Academy and disparaged Tang Sect.
• A young Four-Ring Soul Grandmaster defended Tang Lan and Tang Sect, and one of the men he challenged revealed himself as a Five-Ring Soul King.

Tang Lan secretly helped Chen Xuan defeat Spirit Hall members who had attacked him for interfering with their scheme to slander the Tang Sect. The chapter ended with Tang Lan revealing himself to an Eight Ring Soul Douluo after Chen Xuan declared that standing up for the Tang Sect was worth the risk.

• Chen Xuan used his Mystic Knife techniques to kill a level 57 Spirit Hall Soul King who attacked him.
• As Spirit Hall members prepared to attack Chen Xuan together, Tang Lan offered help in exchange for exposing their scheme, and Chen Xuan agreed.
• Tang Lan secretly immobilized the attackers, allowing Chen Xuan to kill them one by one.
• An old man protecting two children revealed himself as an Eight Ring Soul Douluo and demanded that Tang Lan come out.
• Tang Lan appeared in disguise, and Chen Xuan thanked him before insisting that defending the Tang Sect had been worth the danger.
• The Eight Ring Soul Douluo grew furious when Tang Lan and Chen Xuan ignored him.

Tang Lan confronted Hai Minglai, a Platinum Bishop of Spirit Hall, and accused Spirit Hall of staging a plot to slander Tang Sect. The chapter ended with Tang Lan effortlessly throwing Hai Minglai into a shop, while Hai Minglai prepared to counterattack.

• Tang Lan dismissed Hai Minglai’s authority as an Eight Ring Soul Douluo, and the crowd identified the old man as a Spirit Hall Platinum Bishop.
• Hai Minglai revealed his identity and demanded that Tang Lan kneel and apologize, but Tang Lan said he had never heard of him.
• Tang Lan accused Spirit Hall of staging the deaths to smear Tang Sect and promote itself, while Hai Minglai denied the accusation and called Tang Lan a Tang Sect slanderer.
• Tang Lan told Chen Xuan to step aside, and Hai Minglai summoned his martial soul and charged with his Second Soul Skill, Spear Piercing.
• Tang Lan used Dragon Grasping Hand to seize Hai Minglai by the neck and throw him into a shop, and Hai Minglai roared and brought out his Third Soul Ring.

Tang Lan effortlessly toyed with Hai Minglai, a Platinum Bishop of Spirit Hall, surviving his attacks and flinging him around with Dragon Grasping Hand. As Hai Minglai launched another powerful spear attack, Tang Lan relied on the Undying Imprint Technique while concealing his identity and strength.

• Hai Minglai used his lock-on third soul skill against Tang Lan, but Tang Lan pulled him into the attack and both emerged unharmed.
• Tang Lan repeatedly hurled Hai Minglai into a shop, into the sky, and into a crater before letting him stand again.
• Hai Minglai questioned Tang Lan and then boasted that he would kill him, believing Tang Lan could no longer use his strange ability.
• Tang Lan decided to keep his strength hidden and avoid using Blue Silver Grass soul skills that might reveal his identity.
• Hai Minglai attacked with his fifth soul skill, Flying Sky Spear, while Tang Lan used the Undying Imprint Technique to withstand it.

Tang Lan effortlessly neutralized Hai Minglai’s attacks, first absorbing his spear technique with the Undying Imprint Technique and then standing unharmed against his sixth soul skill using the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Technique. Humiliated, Hai Minglai activated his Martial Soul Avatar and prepared to attack again.

• Tang Lan absorbed Hai Minglai’s spear attack and its Mental Power with the Undying Imprint Technique, leaving the onlookers stunned.
• Hai Minglai used his sixth soul skill, Mountain Cracking Five Kills, but Tang Lan stood motionless as the spear shattered against him.
• Hai Minglai struck Tang Lan repeatedly, yet the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Technique left Tang Lan unharmed and exhausted Hai Minglai.
• Tang Lan urged Hai Minglai to use his Martial Soul Avatar and eighth soul skill, while Chen Xuan watched in awe and wished to become Tang Lan’s disciple.
• Hai Minglai activated his seventh soul skill, Divine Spear True Body, merged with his spear, and roared that Tang Lan would die.

Tang Lan defeated Hai Minglai, forced him to reveal that Bibi Dong had ordered Spirit Hall to smear the Tang Sect, and had Chen Xuan kill him. Tang Lan then brought Chen Xuan to Tianlan City to fight Spirit Hall agents, while Bibi Dong demanded that the Worship Hall and Elder Hall deal with the mysterious attacker.

• Hai Minglai's Martial Soul Avatar failed to harm Tang Lan, who used Dragon Grasping Hand to seize and immobilize him as he tried to flee.
• Tang Lan forced Hai Minglai to confess that Bibi Dong had ordered the campaign against the Tang Sect, then commanded Chen Xuan to kill him.
• Chen Xuan killed Hai Minglai with his Rapid Knife skill, and Tang Lan praised him and took him along to Tianlan City.
• Tang Lan had Chen Xuan fight Spirit Hall agents smearing the Tang Sect in Tianlan City, restraining enemies when Chen Xuan could not defeat them.
• Spirit Hall's campaign faltered after Hai Minglai and many branch hall members were killed, and Bibi Dong demanded that the Worship Hall and Elder Hall deal with Tang Lan.

Mighty Lion Douluo set out with Xiong Mo and Pufferfish to confront Tang Lan, while Tang Lan and Chen Xuan reached the Star Luo Empire and continued disrupting Spirit Hall’s plans. After Chen Xuan killed two Spirit Hall fighters in Star Forest City, Tang Lan restrained a Soul Emperor who was about to strike him.

• Bibi Dong sent Mighty Lion Douluo to deal with Tang Lan and ordered Xiong Mo and Pufferfish to accompany him.
• Tang Lan warned Chen Xuan that Spirit Hall would send powerful pursuers, but Chen Xuan said he was unafraid with Tang Lan beside him.
• In Star Forest City, Tang Lan spotted Spirit Hall members staging an attack by a fake Tang Sect member and ordered Chen Xuan to kill them.
• Chen Xuan used his speed and blade techniques to kill two Spirit Hall Soul Grandmasters while evading attacks from a Soul Emperor.
• As the Soul Emperor moved in to stab Chen Xuan, Tang Lan bound him and dragged him before Chen Xuan.

Tang Lan confronted Mighty Lion Douluo after Chen Xuan killed a bound Soul Emperor, then exposed Spirit Hall’s plot to frame the Tang Sect. Tang Lan revealed his identity and struck Mighty Lion hard enough to shatter his defensive armor, leaving their fight underway.

• Chen Xuan beheaded a bound Six-Ring Soul Emperor, and Mighty Lion Douluo appeared to demand Tang Lan show himself.
• Tang Lan stood beside Chen Xuan and challenged Mighty Lion, refusing to accept Spirit Hall’s accusation that Chen Xuan had killed an innocent person.
• Mighty Lion accused Tang Lan and Chen Xuan of belonging to the Tang Sect and tried to implicate them in a staged assault and murder.
• Tang Lan exposed Spirit Hall’s scheme and taunted Mighty Lion by recalling Golden Crocodile’s defeat.
• Mighty Lion attacked with Fire Spirit’s Wrath, but Tang Lan used Life Spirit Domain and Soaring Sky Strike to shatter his True Fire Armor and send him staggering backward.

Tang Lan confronted Mighty Lion Douluo in Star Forest City over Spirit Hall members who had impersonated the Tang Sect and attacked civilians. He walked through Mighty Lion’s flames and sent Blue Silver Emperor Thorns at him, but Mighty Lion intensified the fire with Wildfire Blaze.

• Mighty Lion Douluo was shocked that Tang Lan had forced him back with a single strike, while spectators recognized Tang Lan as the Tang Sect master.
• Tang Lan taunted Mighty Lion, who secretly checked for hidden reinforcements before accusing Tang Lan’s men of killing Spirit Hall members.
• Tang Lan demanded justice for civilians attacked by Spirit Hall members impersonating the Tang Sect, and Mighty Lion renounced his position as Fourth Worship Hall Elder before attacking.
• Mighty Lion unleashed Frenzied Burning, but Tang Lan walked through the flames and attacked with Blue Silver Emperor Thorns.
• Mighty Lion used Wildfire Blaze to intensify his flames fivefold and try to burn away Tang Lan’s Blue Silver Emperor.

Tang Lan fought Mighty Lion Douluo, whose flames and mental attack failed to harm him. Tang Lan shattered Mighty Lion’s Flame Avatar and left him enraged, as the duel continued.

• Mighty Lion set the street ablaze, but Tang Lan remained unharmed by the flames.
• Mighty Lion summoned his Flame Avatar and charged Tang Lan, who knocked the avatar aside with the Sky-Breaking Hammer.
• Tang Lan evaded Mighty Lion’s punch with Wave Treading and shattered the Flame Avatar with the Earth-Splitting Hammer.
• Mighty Lion attacked Tang Lan with Lion’s Roar, but Tang Lan blocked it with Mental Immunity.
• Tang Lan mocked Mighty Lion and invited him to join the Tang Sect, prompting Mighty Lion to threaten that killing him would be easy.

Tang Lan overwhelmed Mighty Lion in their fight and turned the Soul Masters Mighty Lion controlled against him. Mighty Lion was left under attack from the very crowd he had intended to use against Tang Lan.

• Mighty Lion activated Mad Lion True Body and charged Tang Lan, but Tang Lan struck him down with the Heaven Opening Hammer.
• Tang Lan taunted Mighty Lion and offered him a place in the Tang Sect, but Mighty Lion refused and used Hundred Beasts Submission to control nearby Beast Spirit Soul Masters.
• Tang Lan countered the control with Mirror Flower, Water Moon, causing the Soul Masters to attack Mighty Lion instead.
• Tang Lan bound Mighty Lion with Dragon Grasping Hand, struck him into the ground, and left him besieged by hundreds of controlled Soul Masters.
• Mighty Lion struggled to fend off the attackers but could not kill them without risking trouble for Spirit Hall.