Chapter Summaries

Tang Lan, Tang Ya, Chen Yue, and Lingling discussed the threat posed by the unified Sun Moon Empire before Sky Que Sect disciples arrived at their tavern to demand more taxes. When Yun Sheng tried to exploit Chen Yue, she agreed to go with him to retrieve something from a nearby alley, leaving Tang Lan and the others to watch her plan unfold.

• Tang Lan urged Tang Ya and Chen Yue to focus on growing stronger so they could survive a possible invasion by the Sun Moon Empire.
• Sky Que Sect disciples demanded another tax payment from the tavern owner, claiming the money was needed for wartime supplies.
• Tang Ya condemned the Sky Que Sect, prompting Yun Sheng and his men to turn their attention to her and Chen Yue.
• Chen Yue charmed Yun Sheng, who introduced himself as a sixty-eighth-rank War Soul Emperor and invited her to Sky Pavilion Residence.
• Chen Yue agreed to go with Yun Sheng after retrieving something from a nearby alley, while Tang Lan, Tang Ya, and Lingling stayed seated and watched.

Chen Yue and Tang Lan confronted Yun Sheng after he tried to exploit Chen Yue, then forced him to become a Tang Sect insider within the Sky Que Sect. Yun Sheng accepted the poison pill that left his life in Chen Yue’s hands, but warned that his low status limited what secrets he could obtain.

• Yun Sheng dismissed his fellow disciples and led Chen Yue into a deserted alley, while Tang Lan, Lingling, and Tang Ya followed.
• Chen Yue beat Yun Sheng and threatened him with an Eighth-Rank Soul Tool Gun.
• Chen Yue made Yun Sheng swallow a poison pill and ordered him to serve as the Tang Sect’s planted insider in the Sky Que Sect.
• Yun Sheng realized the group belonged to the Tang Sect and agreed to follow Chen Yue’s orders.
• Yun Sheng cautioned Chen Yue that his low standing in the Sky Que Sect meant he could not steal its core secrets.

Chen Yue restored Yun Sheng’s face and ordered him to report to the inn each evening, while Tang Lan and the women explored Sky Que City. Yun Sheng later revealed Sky Que Sect’s plans to attack Purple Moon Sect and Iron Sword Pavilion, and Chen Yue gave him a bottle to mark their route with invisible fluorescent trails.

• Chen Yue healed Yun Sheng’s bruised face and ordered him to return each evening with information.
• Tang Lan and the three women toured Sky Que City and watched its street performances.
• Yun Sheng returned to the inn and told Tang Lan and the others that Sky Que Sect planned to seize Purple Moon Sect and move against Iron Sword Pavilion that night.
• Chen Yue gave Yun Sheng a bottle and glasses so he could leave directional marks visible only through the glasses.

Tang Lan and the women set out for Purple Moon Mountain to stop Sky Que Sect from conquering the Purple Moon Sect. They reached the sect as Sky Que Sect’s forces began a stealthy attack on its mountain gate.

• Tang Lan told Tang Ya and the others they would go watch Sky Que Sect’s attempt to expand its influence and stop it.
• Tang Lan led Tang Ya, Chen Yue, and Lingling to Purple Moon Mountain, where the vulnerable Purple Moon Sect was based.
• The group paused near a waterfall, where Lingling spotted women bathing and Tang Ya scolded Tang Lan for looking.
• Tang Lan saw Sky Que Sect’s approaching lights and led the group up the mountain to wait for them.
• Sky Que Sect’s Soul Saint incapacitated two Purple Moon Sect Disciples at the mountain gate and led dozens of attackers upward.

Sky Que Sect launched a planned night raid on Purple Moon Sect, and the defending elder fought Zhang Chou while the attackers advanced up the mountain. With three more Soul Saints arriving, she prepared to fight to the death against overwhelming odds.

• Sky Que Sect's elite disciples removed Purple Moon Sect's sentries and ambush posts as they climbed the mountain.
• A Purple Moon Sect elder realized the expected signal fires had stopped and called for an alarm when she sensed an attack.
• Six Soul Emperors attacked the elder, while Xiao Li lit a signal flare and was killed by a fireball.
• Zhang Chou revealed Sky Que Sect's plan to eliminate the nearby sect and offered the elder a chance to surrender; she refused and wounded three Soul Emperors with her soul skill.
• Zhang Chou blocked the elder's attacks and assaulted her, but her defensive soul skill held; then three more Soul Saints arrived, leaving her prepared to fight them to the death.

Sky Que Sect launched a surprise attack on Purple Moon Sect, trapping and disarming a female elder as its forces climbed the mountain. Ju Yue learned that the vanguard had advanced ahead of orders, while the two sects’ disciples clashed near the summit with Purple Moon Sect’s leader still missing.

• A Sky Que Sect team trapped Purple Moon Sect’s female elder in a swamp, struck her with the Silver Luo Bell, and forced her to take a Soul Scattering Pill before taking her away.
• Zhang Chou ordered the attack to continue as four Soul Saints and other Sky Que Sect groups advanced toward Purple Moon Sect’s main grounds.
• Ju Yue reprimanded the vanguard for attacking before the forces behind them arrived and threatened to punish them if their actions caused heavy losses.
• Purple Moon Sect sent female disciples, including more than a dozen Soul Saints and several Soul Douluo, down the mountain to support its defense, but its female sect leader remained absent.
• Sky Que Sect and Purple Moon Sect disciples fought across the mountain as flames and smoke spread through the forest.

Sky Que Sect attacked Purple Moon Sect, and Ju Yue confronted Vice Sect Leader Jin Yan while demanding to know where Qin Li was. Qin Li emerged from seclusion and fought Ju Yue as Tang Lan watched, leaving the battle between the two Titled Douluo unresolved.

• Ju Yue appeared on the mountaintop and began burning Purple Moon Sect’s buildings as Vice Sect Leader Jin Yan challenged her.
• Jin Yan attacked Ju Yue with her Golden Wheel Soul Skills, but Ju Yue repelled the attacks and seized her, demanding Qin Li’s whereabouts.
• Ju Yue prepared to kill Jin Yan, but Qin Li arrived and drove her away from the injured vice sect leader with an azure attack.
• Ju Yue demanded that Qin Li make Purple Moon Sect submit to Sky Que Sect, and Qin Li refused before attacking with her Azure Soul Sword.
• Qin Li and Ju Yue unleashed powerful Soul Skills against each other while Tang Lan watched their battle and wondered when he could become as strong as them.

During Sky Que Sect’s assault on Purple Moon Sect, Qin Li faced Ju Yue until the arrival of Sha Ran, a former Purple Moon Sect disciple who had joined the enemy. Qin Li revealed that her master was dead, and Sha Ran demanded to learn what Qin Li knew about his expulsion and the events that had ruined his life.

• Tang Ya and Chen Yue judged that the battle between Qin Li and Ju Yue would leave the sect disciples’ fighting to decide the outcome, while Lingling searched Purple Moon Sect’s Treasure Pavilion.
• Sha Ran appeared, knocked Ju Yue away, and urged Qin Li to surrender, revealing that he had joined Sky Que Sect after being expelled from Purple Moon Sect.
• Qin Li lost hope of saving the sect and told Sha Ran that her master, Fairy Cen Yuehan, had died three years earlier after her old injuries returned.
• Sha Ran mourned Cen Yuehan and recalled that she had promised to find who framed him, while he believed the incident had been deliberately engineered.
• Qin Li lowered her head without explaining, and Sha Ran rushed to her and demanded that she tell him the hidden truth.

Sha Ran learned that Liu Jingxuan had framed him and caused the death of his master, then urged Qin Li to surrender Purple Moon Sect to Sky Que Sect. Tang Lan arrived with his companions and trapped Ju Yue in distorted space, leaving her begging for her life.

• Qin Li told Sha Ran that Liu Jingxuan had framed him and killed the Old Sect Leader, then died from wounds suffered fighting Liu Jingxuan.
• Sha Ran realized Liu Jingxuan had betrayed him and asked Qin Li where Liu Teng had gone; Qin Li said she did not know.
• Sha Ran urged Qin Li to lead Purple Moon Sect's disciples into Sky Que Sect, promising to preserve their status.
• Tang Lan arrived with Tang Ya and the others, claimed ties to Purple Moon Sect, and challenged Sky Que Sect.
• Ju Yue attacked Tang Lan but became trapped in compressed space and was unable to use her Soul Skills.
• Ju Yue begged Tang Lan to spare her and offered to leave Sky Que Sect and pledge loyalty to him.

Tang Lan defeated Ju Yue and forced Sha Ran to swear allegiance to the Tang Sect, then urged Qin Li to make the Purple Moon Sect an affiliated sect. After demonstrating his strength and leaving Sha Li to oversee the aftermath, Tang Lan set off for the Iron Sword Pavilion.

• Tang Lan gave Ju Yue a poison pill, and she swallowed it before he discarded her in the ruins.
• Tang Lan revealed his identity to Sha Ran and offered him the choice of fighting or joining the Tang Sect; Sha Ran swallowed a poison pill and submitted.
• Tang Lan invited Qin Li to make the Purple Moon Sect an affiliated sect while promising to preserve its organization and internal affairs.
• Tang Lan leveled a distant mountain peak with a spear strike, shocking both sects’ disciples.
• Tang Lan instructed Sha Li to gather the fighters and tend to the wounded while he traveled north to the Iron Sword Pavilion.

Tang Lan and the others arrived at Iron Sword Pavilion as Tai'an fought its master, Dongfang Gu, whose Ninth-Rank Soul Tools kept him at bay. Tai'an then revealed that Dongfang Yue was Dongfang Gu and Shen Yue’s daughter, leaving Dongfang Gu stunned.

• Tang Lan brought Tang Ya and the others to Iron Sword Pavilion, where its disciples were fighting the Sky Que Sect.
• Tang Ya and Chen Yue discussed Iron Sword Pavilion’s chances and its two powerful Ninth-Rank Soul Tools.
• Dongfang Gu used the Soul Tools to clash with Tai'an, forcing the Sky Que Sect master to recognize their power.
• Tai'an asked Dongfang Gu about Dongfang Yue and Shen Yue, then revealed that Dongfang Yue was their daughter.
• Tai'an said Dongfang Yue had never met her father and waved toward the distance.

Tai'an used Dongfang Yue as a hostage and demanded that the Iron Sword Pavilion merge into the Sky Que Sect, while Yan Miao weighed the terms against the danger to her disciples. Dongfang Gu and Yan Miao appeared ready to submit when another person arrived.

• Wu Wei arrived with Dongfang Yue bound and said he was helping Tai'an to repay a favor, not joining the Sky Que Sect.
• Tai'an threatened Dongfang Gu with Dongfang Yue’s life unless the Iron Sword Pavilion joined his sect.
• Yan Miao arrived, and Tai'an offered her and Dongfang Gu honorary elder positions while demanding control of their subordinates and resources.
• Yan Miao urged Dongfang Gu to accept the merger to protect his daughter and the sect’s disciples, and Tai'an celebrated their apparent surrender.
• An unseen person arrived and remarked that everyone was gathered.

Tang Lan arrived during the battle between Sky Que Sect and the allied forces, then killed Tai'an with a single spear strike. He spared Wu Wei, who joined the Tang Sect and was ordered to take over Sky Que Sect’s soul masters, and returned Dongfang Gu’s daughter to him.

• Tang Lan confronted Tai'an and gave him ten breaths to defeat him or take his own life.
• Tai'an attacked Tang Lan as a Yellow Dragon, but Tang Lan pierced through him with the Dragon Soul Overlord Spear and killed him instantly.
• Tang Lan declared that he would not spare factions that plotted against Tang City, then ordered Wu Wei to put down the unconscious girl and choose whether to leave or join the Tang Sect.
• Wu Wei freed the girl, swore allegiance to the Tang Sect, and accepted Tang Lan’s order to take over Sky Que Sect’s soul masters.
• Tang Lan handed Dongfang Gu’s unconscious daughter back to him.

Yan Miao accepted Tang Lan’s offer and led the Iron Sword Pavilion into the Tang Sect, while Sky Que Sect forces also submitted after Tai'an’s death. Tang Lan’s allied forces gathered at Jie Shan and launched a nighttime assault on the Sky Que Sect headquarters, where they confronted its remaining defenders.

• Dongfang Gu stepped down as Iron Sword Pavilion’s Pavilion Master, and Yan Miao offered the sect’s token to Tang Lan in exchange for a Tang Sect Elder Token.
• Wu Wei and Yan Miao settled the disciples, while elders announced Tai'an’s death and the Iron Sword Pavilion’s submission to the Tang Sect.
• Tang Lan’s allied forces advanced toward Jie Shan and joined the Purple Moon Tower forces before resting and marching on the Sky Que Sect headquarters.
• Nearly 2,500 allied soldiers attacked the Sky Que Sect’s mountain, where an elder named Brother Chen urged them not to fight their fellow disciples.
• A middle-aged Soul Douluo told Brother Chen that Tai'an was dead, Ju Yue had surrendered, and Wu Wei commanded the operation as eight Soul Douluos surrounded him.

Tang Lan’s forces consolidated the Sky Que Sect and then attacked Beidou City to punish the North Star Merchant Guild for conspiring against the Tang Sect. Tang Lan killed Pei Zhen and declared the guild would be wiped out, while Pei Shao was captured and begged for his life.

• Tang Lan learned that Gongsun Yuan had gone to Tang City to spy on the Tang Sect, and the leaders made the Sky Que Sect their northern main branch.
• Tang Lan led an allied army of nearly three thousand Soul Masters to attack Beidou City, where Pei Zhen demanded to know why they had come.
• Wu Wei and Sha Ran accused the North Star Merchant Guild of organizing the attack on Tang City and told Pei Zhen that Tai'an was dead.
• Pei Zhen blamed Pei Shao for the scheme and tried to apologize, but Tang Lan killed him with a single strike and ordered the guild to surrender or be executed.
• Pei Shao fled on horseback but Wu Wei captured him, and he knelt before Tang Lan to beg for mercy.

Tang Lan eliminated Pei Shao and moved to confront the North Star Merchant Guild's remaining leaders. After the Tang Sect's allies took control of Beidou City, Tang Lan and Liu Yuan arrived at Green Leaf Winery to meet Vice President Shu Tongbo.

• Liu Yuan exposed Pei Shao's designs on Tang Ya and the other women, so Tang Lan cast Pei Shao into a Spatial Rift.
• Tang Lan learned from Liu Yuan that Duan Lingshan was away in the Star Luo Empire and Shu Tongbo was at Green Leaf Winery.
• Tang Lan took Liu Yuan to Green Leaf Winery while Sha Ran and the allied forces seized control of the North Star Merchant Guild and Beidou City.
• Liu Yuan led Tang Lan to Shu Tongbo, who was drinking wine and watching dancers beside the winery's swimming pool.

Tang Lan confronted North Star Merchant Guild Vice Guild Master Shu Tongbo, who had underestimated him and threatened him. Tang Lan restrained Shu Tongbo with a Demigod Artifact and revealed that Pei Zhen was dead, leaving Shu Tongbo frightened but convinced Tang Lan had passed a god’s trial.

• Tang Lan examined Shu Tongbo and recalled that his hair martial soul let him drain others’ Soul Power at the cost of his lifespan.
• Liu Yuan told Shu Tongbo that the city lord had sent Tang Lan to see him, and Shu Tongbo dismissed Tang Lan as a threat.
• Tang Lan appeared beside Shu Tongbo and trapped him with a black longsword radiating dark-red baleful aura.
• Shu Tongbo recognized the weapon as a possible Demigod Artifact and asked who Tang Lan was.
• Liu Yuan told Shu Tongbo that Tang Lan had already killed Pei Zhen.
• Shu Tongbo became frightened, then assumed Tang Lan had passed a god’s trial and would eventually ascend to godhood.

Tang Lan forced Shu Tongbo to offer a secret in exchange for his life, and Shu Tongbo revealed the location of the Forest God's inheritance. Shu Tongbo submitted to Tang Lan, who planned to have Tang Ya attempt the trials and warned Shu Tongbo not to misuse his powers as an Evil Soul Master.

• Shu Tongbo begged Tang Lan to spare him and offered his valuables, but Tang Lan demanded a reason to let him live.
• Shu Tongbo revealed that the Forest God's inheritance lay in the Evergreen Forest and explained that he had reached only its Seventh Trial.
• Tang Lan concluded that Shu Tongbo's martial soul was unsuited to the inheritance and considered sending Tang Ya to try it.
• Shu Tongbo gave Tang Lan an orb containing one-fifth of his soul, formally pledging his loyalty.
• Tang Lan warned Shu Tongbo not to misuse his abilities as an Evil Soul Master.

After the North Star Merchant Guild joined the Tang Sect, Duan Lingshan sought information about its absorption while Yuan Yi learned that Tang Lan had returned with powerful Soul Beasts. Meanwhile, leaders from numerous factions gathered at the Sky Que Sect to meet Tang Lan and discuss their future with the Tang Sect.

• Shu Tongbo announced that the North Star Merchant Guild had officially joined the Tang Sect, shaking the Soul World.
• Duan Lingshan declined Yuan Yi’s offer to join the Black Duke Merchant Guild immediately and said she wanted definite information about the North Star Merchant Guild’s fate.
• A Black Wing informant told Yuan Yi that Tang Lan had returned with powerful Soul Beasts that Titled Douluo could not resist, and Yuan Yi revealed that he had reached Level 96.
• Representatives of numerous sects and merchant guilds arrived at the Sky Que Sect with gifts, hoping to negotiate with the Tang Sect and avoid being attacked.
• Tang Lan received the representatives in the hall, where they bowed to him, and he asked why they had come.

Tang Lan accepted a dozen sects as Tang Sect affiliates and learned that Tian Gan Sect and Qing Tian Sect had drawn other parts of the Dou Ling Empire into their spheres of influence. He returned to Tang City, where familiar companions welcomed him alongside an unfamiliar woman in golden attire.

• Fairy Qing Xuan asked Tang Sect to protect her sect and others as affiliated sects, and Tang Lan agreed on the condition that they obey deployment orders.
• Fairy Qing Xuan and Tang Ya told Tang Lan that Tian Gan Sect controlled the north and Qing Tian Sect had allied with southern sects, leaving the Dou Ling Empire divided among three major sects.
• Tang Lan received a message that the Dou Ling Empire's ruler wanted to meet him, and he decided to return to Tang City.
• Tang Lan left Sky Que Sect with Lingling, Tang Ya, Chen Yue, and the other women, arriving at Tang City two days later.
• Ding De'er, Qiao Na, and Lin Ni joined the welcoming crowd, and Tang Lan noticed an unfamiliar woman in luxurious golden attire.