Chapter Summaries

Tang Lan ordered the Tang Sect to locate and destroy the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters while its main force was away. After Zhang Cheng’s intelligence revealed the cult’s stronghold at Thunderclap Mountain, Tang Lan led a large force there, where the advance teams began clearing the guards.

• Tang Lan ordered the Tang Sect’s disciples to find the rebel army’s headquarters within three days and planned to strike while its main force was away.
• Three days later, Tang Lan and the elders received a map and letter from Zhang Cheng identifying Thunderclap Mountain as the Holy Spirit Cult’s stronghold.
• Tang Lan ordered Soul Saints and stronger fighters from the Tang Sect and its affiliated sects to assemble and attack the cult’s remnants.
• Tang Lan mobilized most of the Tang Sect’s high-ranking Soul Masters, and they secretly gathered near Thunderclap Mountain under the moonlight.
• Elder Liu urged Team Eleven to catch up with the other advance teams and eliminate the hidden guards.
• A Tang Sect fighter found a Holy Spirit Cult disciple hiding behind a boulder and announced that the hiding place had been discovered.

Yi Chen and Tang Sect’s teams eliminated the Holy Spirit Cult’s scouts around Thunderclap Mountain as Tang Lan coordinated their advance. After an hour, the teams had cleared the mountain’s outskirts, and Tang Lan reached the foot of the headquarters beneath a stormy sky.

• Yi Chen raced ahead of his squad, killing Holy Spirit Cult disciples and telling his teammates to share the credit and clean up after him.
• Tang Lan and Lingling traveled toward Thunderclap Mountain with Little Red King, while Long Yao urged them to catch up with the other teams.
• Tang Lan explained that their position let them command the operation and ordered A Ying to have every team eliminate the remaining Holy Spirit Cult members within an hour.
• A Ying relayed Tang Lan’s order, drawing on her role as Tang Sect’s hidden intelligence leader and her powerful Shadow Spirit.
• After signal flares marked the teams’ progress, Tang Lan and the others reached the foot of Thunderclap Mountain, where rain began to fall.

Tang Lan’s Tang Sect surrounded Thunderclap Mountain and began driving the Holy Spirit Cult’s Evil Soul Masters toward the summit. A Ninth-Rank Soul Tool struck the stronghold’s hall, and Nether Thunder Douluo found Netherworld Douluo and a deacon standing motionless outside.

• Sha Ran reported that Tang Sect elites had surrounded Thunderclap Mountain, and Tang Lan ordered them to advance in layers and trap the Evil Soul Masters at the summit.
• Tang Sect disciples fought through the Holy Spirit Cult’s corpses, Blood Bat soul masters, venomous snakes, and other attacks on all four sides of the mountain.
• A Holy Spirit Cult deacon warned the elders that the stronghold was surrounded by powerful soul masters, and Netherworld Douluo went out to investigate.
• A Ninth-Rank Soul Tool smashed through the hall’s roof and defenses, prompting Nether Thunder Douluo to rush outside.
• Nether Thunder Douluo found Netherworld Douluo and the deacon standing completely motionless.

The Tang Sect ambushed the Holy Spirit Cult at Thunderclap Mountain, surrounding Netherworld Douluo and Nether Thunder Douluo with overwhelming forces. As the Titled Douluos began fighting, Nether Thunder Douluo revealed a dangerous Ninth-Rank Soul Tool that trapped Sha Ran in a field of hidden thunder beads.

• Ju Yue identified herself as a Tang Sect member and faced Netherworld Douluo while dozens of Soul Douluos and powerful Titled Douluos surrounded the Holy Spirit Cult fighters.
• Netherworld Douluo and Ju Yue exchanged soul skills, then both activated their Martial Soul Avatars and began fighting in earnest.
• The Tang Sect's Soul Douluos held back, while Sha Ran engaged Nether Thunder Douluo, who was a gifted Ninth-Rank Soul Engineer.
• Nether Thunder Douluo threw four black spheres that released concealed thunder beads around Sha Ran, then explained that any movement could trigger a chain of explosions.

Sha Ran, Wu Wei, Yan Miao, and Qing Xuan overwhelmed Nether Thunder Douluo while the Tang Sect’s forces pursued Netherworld Douluo. Netherworld Douluo was captured alive, but he laughed and claimed they could not hold him.

• Sha Ran revealed that the figure Nether Thunder Douluo had confronted was only sand, then trapped him with Sandstorm Grasp.
• Sha Ran transformed the ground into a three-mile sea of sand, dragging Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters beneath it while the Tang Sect disciples escaped.
• Wu Wei struck Nether Thunder Douluo, shattering his Soul Tool shields, and Yan Miao attacked as he tried to flee.
• Qing Xuan stopped Nether Thunder Douluo with her azure flames and light wheel, then joined Sha Ran, Yan Miao, and Wu Wei in surrounding him.
• Little Red King restrained the badly injured Netherworld Douluo, and the Titled Douluos captured him alive.
• Netherworld Douluo laughed and insisted that the captors could not hold him.

Tang Lan stopped Nether Thunder Douluo’s self-destruction by tearing open a Spatial Rift that swallowed its destructive force. After capturing the surviving Holy Spirit Cult members, Tang Lan learned the battle had only destroyed one branch and questioned Netherworld Douluo about the Cult’s powerful leaders.

• Nether Thunder Douluo swelled and tried to destroy himself, but Tang Lan opened a Spatial Rift that swallowed the explosion.
• Fairy Qing Xuan restrained Netherworld Douluo, while Tang Lan ordered the disciples to bind the captured Holy Spirit Cult members for interrogation.
• Tang Lan escorted Netherworld Douluo into the hall and asked where the Holy Spirit Cult’s other experts were.
• Netherworld Douluo revealed that the attack had taken only one branch and threatened that the Cult would retaliate against the Tang Sect.
• Fairy Qing Xuan and the others feared the Cult’s Super Douluos, including Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, and Tang Lan asked whether they were the source of Netherworld Douluo’s confidence.

Tang Lan captured Thunderclap Mountain, exposed the Holy Spirit Cult’s willingness to abandon its own, and ordered the surrendered Evil Soul Masters sent to work in Tang Sect mines. After the Holy Spirit Cult’s forces retreated east, Xu Sanshi invited the Tang Sect to join a campaign against them, and Tang Lan appointed Fairy Qing Xuan to command the allied operation.

• Tang Lan asked the Netherworld Douluo where Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao were and proposed luring the Holy Spirit Cult’s elders to Thunderclap Mountain, but no one came to rescue the prisoners after seven days.
• Yan Miao reported that Tang Sect disciples had killed more than seven hundred Evil Soul Masters and captured over two hundred; Tang Lan sent the surrendered prisoners to work in the crystal mines for five years before possible release.
• The Holy Spirit Cult’s rebel forces abandoned much of their conquered territory after Thunderclap Mountain fell and moved east to join the Heaven Dou Empire’s rebel army.
• The Dou Ling Empire and the weakened Tian Gan Sect formed a joint army to pursue the relocating Evil Soul Masters.
• Tang Ya and Tang Wutong delivered Xu Sanshi’s invitation for Tang Sect aid in the Dou Ling Empire; Tang Lan ordered its affiliated sects to join the campaign under Fairy Qing Xuan’s command.
• Tang Wutong asked Tang Lan whether they should attend Xu Sanshi’s coronation ceremony.

After Tian Gan Sect fell and Song Gan died, Tang Lan ordered Tang Sect to expand north into the sect’s former territories. As Tang Lan’s party approached Jiu Yue City, two Holy Spirit Cult members began slaughtering people outside its gates.

• Tang Wutong told Tang Lan that Tang City’s Soul Tool department had developed powerful weapons and was sending them to Tang Sect.
• Chen Yue reported that Tian Gan Sect’s mountain gate had fallen, Song Gan had died in battle, and the sect’s remaining elders had divided its territories among themselves.
• Tang Lan ordered Tang Sect’s affiliated sects to expand north and sent a force toward Jiu Yue City with Tang Ya and Tang Wutong.
• At Jiu Yue City’s gates, a disguised puppet exploded near soldiers while another puppet attacked civilians.
• Two men surrounded by blood mist discussed sacrificing the city to resist Tang Sect, and the City Defense Army charged them.

Tang Lan’s group entered a city destabilized by the destruction of the Tian Gan Sect, after Lingling killed two Evil Soul Masters attacking the city guards. The group settled in an inn, but when more Evil Soul Masters began burning and looting nearby, Tang Lan prepared to act.

• Two Eight Ring Evil Soul Masters attacked City Defense Army patrols at the city gates, and Lingling killed them with Little Red King and her Ultimate Fire.
• Lingling identified herself as a Tang Sect elder, and the city guards let her group enter the city.
• At an inn, Tang Lan learned from the owner that the Tian Gan Sect’s destruction had left nearby towns vulnerable to factional conflict and the Holy Spirit Cult.
• After Tang Lan’s group finished eating and took rooms, Evil Soul Masters set fires and killed people nearby, evading the city guards and Soul Master teams.
• Tang Lan condemned the Evil Soul Masters and raised several pebbles in his right hand.

Tang Lan and his companions traveled north through the Dou Ling Empire, dealing with scattered Evil Soul Masters and meeting officials who escorted them to the Imperial City. There they reunited with the exhausted Xu Sanshi, and the chapter ended when his cousin Xue Yue arrived to greet Tang Lan and his group.

• Tang Lan killed several Black Shadows, and Jiu Yue City lord Zeng Wenqiu invited him and his companions to the City Lord's Mansion.
• Zeng Wenqiu learned that Tang Lan's group belonged to the Tang Sect, and Tang Lan told him to cooperate with arriving Tang Sect experts to handle the Evil Soul Masters.
• Tang Lan and his companions traveled north through troubled cities and arrived at the Imperial City, where Shu Yu and other officials escorted them to Golden Yuan Hall.
• Tang Lan found Xu Sanshi reviewing memorials as emperor, and Xu Sanshi welcomed his friends and discussed matters with them.
• Xue Yue entered the hall, and Xu Sanshi introduced her as his cousin who had helped him take control of the court.

Tang Lan agreed to take Xue Yue as his disciple after recognizing the potential of her Snow Clan Swan Martial Soul. He gave her a Sacred Domain White Lotus as an apprenticeship gift and left her to refine it after returning home.

• Xue Yue asked Tang Lan to become her teacher, and Xu Sanshi encouraged him to accept her.
• Tang Lan considered Xue Yue's talent and the power her Swan Martial Soul could gain if it evolved into the Sacred Swan Spirit.
• Tang Lan agreed to take Xue Yue as his disciple, warning her that the training would be exhausting and difficult.
• Xue Yue performed the apprenticeship ceremony, and Tang Lan helped her stand.
• Tang Lan gave Xue Yue a Sacred Domain White Lotus and told her to refine it after she returned.

Tang Lan gave Xue Yue a Ninth-Rank Soul Guidance Hand Cannon and watched her test its immense power. He questioned Xu Sanshi about the Dou Ling Empire's leadership and political changes, then asked whether the empire had absorbed the forces left after the Tian Gan Sect's destruction.

• Tang Lan gave Xue Yue a Ninth-Rank Soul Guidance Hand Cannon, and she fired it at his direction, unleashing an attack powerful enough to surpass most Soul Douluos.
• Xue Yue gave Tang Lan a jade pendant from her mother, and Tang Ya and the other women silently watched them exchange gifts.
• Xu Sanshi told Tang Lan that Xue Lingxun had left the imperial city and gone into seclusion to avoid affecting relations between Xu Sanshi and the Tang Sect.
• Xu Sanshi said former imperial factions had been exiled or allowed to retire, and that he had eliminated the aristocratic forces obstructing his plans.
• Tang Lan asked Xu Sanshi whether the Dou Ling Empire had absorbed the remaining forces after the Tian Gan Sect was destroyed.

Tang Lan reassured Xu Sanshi that he was not to blame for the Dou Ling Empire’s handling of the Tian Gan Sect’s remaining Soul Masters and affirmed that he would remain a Tang Sect elder. After a royal banquet, Tang Lan and the others settled into Zhu Yue Palace, where he went to watch the sunset and rising moon from Zhu Yue Pavilion.

• Xu Sanshi accepted responsibility for the decision about the Tian Gan Sect’s remaining Soul Masters, while Xue Yue reunited with Vina and learned she could not return home.
• Tang Lan told Xu Sanshi he did not hold him responsible and that the Dou Ling Empire needed to strengthen itself, then affirmed Xu Sanshi’s place as a Tang Sect elder.
• Xu Sanshi invited Tang Lan and the others to a feast ahead of the coronation ceremony, and they were astonished by the royal family’s lavish lifestyle.
• Tang Lan and the others were escorted to Zhu Yue Palace, where Ling Luo arranged their rooms and attendants.
• Tang Lan went to Zhu Yue Pavilion as the sun set and the moon appeared.

Tang Lan and Xue Yue shared wine and discussed the Dou Ling Empire’s strained relationship with the Tang Sect before she got drunk and he sent her back with Ling Luo. Two days later, Tang Lan and his companions arrived at Xuan Wen Palace for Xu Sanshi’s advancement celebration.

• Xue Yue told Tang Lan she had admired him since seeing him fight at Shrek Academy, and he said her immortal-grade herb could greatly strengthen her martial soul.
• Xue Yue brought palace tribute wine and asked Tang Lan about the Sea of Death; he revealed that he had obtained a God Inheritance but planned to help his companions grow stronger first.
• Xue Yue argued that her mother’s actions had worsened the rift with the Tang Sect, and Tang Lan reassured her that he would let the matter rest if she stopped interfering in the empire’s government affairs.
• After drinking two cups, Xue Yue became drunk and collapsed; Tang Lan carried her to Ling Luo, who took her safely back.
• Two days later, Tang Lan and his companions went with Ling Luo to Xuan Wen Palace for Xu Sanshi’s advancement celebration, where ministers were seated according to rank.

Tang Lan and the Tang Sect attended Xu Sanshi’s enthronement ceremony, where the new emperor was formally installed and the empire celebrated. After the banquet, Xu Sanshi told Tang Lan that the Holy Spirit Cult had seized cities along the western borders of both the Dou Ling and Heaven Dou Empires.

• Tang Lan and the Tang Sect took the seats closest to the throne, and Xue Yue joined them, saying she had prepared secret gifts for Xu Sanshi and Tang Lan.
• Xu Sanshi arrived in a Dragon Carriage, received the ministers’ homage, and began the enthronement ceremony.
• Xu Sanshi performed rites before the ancestors’ memorial tablets, and the empire held feasts, distributed alms, and declared a general amnesty.
• After the banquet, Xu Sanshi received a secret letter and invited Tang Lan to speak privately.
• Xu Sanshi told Tang Lan that the Holy Spirit Cult had taken Xiyuan City, Shayan City, and Gu Yue City, as well as two additional cities in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Xu Sanshi agreed to let Tang Sect command the campaign to reclaim the Dou Ling Empire’s three occupied cities, and Tang Lan traveled to Yu City with Tang Sect reinforcements and Soul Tools. Along the way, Tang Lan met a displaced teacher from Xiwan City and offered him money and a Tang Sect token.

• Xu Sanshi told Tang Lan he wanted to eliminate the Evil Soul Masters and reclaim the three occupied cities, while Tang Lan warned that the Holy Spirit Cult’s two Limit Douluo might intervene.
• Tang Lan offered Tang Sect’s help on the condition that its leaders could command the battlefield, and Xu Sanshi gave him the Emperor’s sword and authority to mobilize troops.
• Tang Lan sent Huo Yuhao their plans, and Tang Sect experts and newly developed Soul Tools began gathering in Yu City before Tang Lan’s group quietly left the Imperial City.
• Xue Yue joined Tang Lan’s group to gain experience and tried to buy food for refugees in Qingyuan City.
• Tang Lan spoke with a displaced teacher from Xiwan City and offered him Gold Soul Coins and a Tang Sect token, telling him the money was not charity.

Tang Lan urged Zhang Yuanyi to establish an academy and helped Qingyuan City organize relief for refugees fleeing Xiwan City. When Soul Beasts attacked refugees outside the city, Tang Lan joined City Lord Lu Zhiyi and the troops to investigate.

• Tang Lan gave Zhang Yuanyi money to establish an academy with student residences, and Zhang Yuanyi distributed food to the refugees.
• Zhang Yuanyi recognized Boss Liu among the refugees and gave him food after learning bandits had robbed him and his family had abandoned him.
• Tang Lan ordered Lu Zhiyi to report the refugee crisis to the Imperial City, and Lu Zhiyi began gathering supplies for food and lodging.
• Lu Zhiyi told Tang Lan that Soul Beasts had attacked refugees outside Qingyuan City, leaving many dead and injured.
• Tang Lan accompanied Lu Zhiyi and the troops outside the city to investigate the attack.

Lu Zhiyi led Tang Lan and their party out of Qingyuan City to investigate reports of a Beast Tide, where they confirmed that Soul Beasts had ravaged the surrounding fields. A charging group of Soul Beasts forced the guards to prepare for battle, and Tang Lan noticed their blood-red eyes looked unusual.

• Lu Zhiyi revealed himself as the city lord and ordered the gate guards to open the gates, then led the party outside Qingyuan City.
• Lu Zhiyi and Tang Lan found trampled crops and Soul Beast tracks near a village whose residents had been moved into the city.
• Tang Lan sensed a huge presence approaching from the village and warned the others.
• Hanyuan spotted the Beast Tide, ordered the group to retreat, and then told his men to spread out and fight while retreating.
• Hanyuan used ice spikes to crush the weaker Soul Beasts, while Tang Lan noticed the beasts' eyes looked unlike those of ordinary Soul Beasts.

Tang Lan discovered that a strange device attached to a Soul Beast was causing the beasts to turn blood-eyed and attack without reason. After rescuing Lu Zhiyi and scattering the attackers, he led the group back to Qingyuan City to investigate, where the guards welcomed them at the gates.

• Tang Lan trapped a charging Rock Armor Rhinoceros in a shrinking blue cube and watched the guards continue fighting the frenzied Soul Beasts.
• Tang Lan knocked down a black bird and found a red-glowing device on its neck; after he removed it, the bird's eyes returned to normal.
• Tang Lan sent the attacking Soul Beasts flying with a wave of force and told Lu Zhiyi to retreat to the city.
• Lu Zhiyi gathered the injured guards, and the group rode back to Qingyuan City, where they saw signs that the Beast Tide had attacked the walls before.
• The gate soldiers recognized Lu Zhiyi's guards and welcomed them back.

After Tang Lan returned to Qingyuan City, he showed Lu Zhiyi and the others a strange Soul Tool found on the creatures in a blood-red-eyed Beast Tide. Tang Lan tested it on a Blood Dragon Horse, and the object’s tentacles began to stir when they touched the horse’s neck.

• Lu Zhiyi’s brother-in-law begged deputy commander Kuo Hai to protect him after admitting he had taken kickbacks and mistreated the City Defense Army, but Kuo Hai refused to shield him from the city lord.
• Tang Ya, Tang Wutong, Vina, and the others welcomed Tang Lan and Lu Zhiyi back, and Lu Zhiyi described the strange Beast Tide to Xue Yue.
• Tang Lan showed the group the tentacled Soul Tool he had found and asked Lu Zhiyi to provide a Soul Beast for a test.
• Lu Zhiyi led Tang Lan and the others to the stables, where Tang Lan chose the black Blood Dragon Horse named Ziye.
• Tang Lan pressed the strange Soul Tool against Ziye’s neck, and its tentacles began moving in response to the horse’s life and blood.