Chapter Summaries

After a month of traveling with Xiao Wu, Tang Lan met Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng in Tianji City as they sought his support against Xue Qinghe. The chapter ended with Tang Lan asking Dugu Bo whether he would stop him from going to the Star Luo Empire.

• Tang Lan and Xiao Wu spent a month traveling together, leaving the Tang Sect's recruits and halted production in Heaven Dou City unresolved.
• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng set out to find Tang Lan, but an assassination squad ambushed them outside the city before Dugu Bo drove it off with poison.
• Prince Xue Xing, Xue Beng, and Dugu Bo found Tang Lan and Xiao Wu at a snack stall in Tianji City, where Dugu Bo discussed the ambush.
• Xue Beng began speaking about Heaven Dou's response to Xue Qinghe, but Prince Xue Xing kicked him down and apologized to Tang Lan.
• Tang Lan asked Dugu Bo whether he would stop him from going to the Star Luo Empire.

Tang Lan negotiated Xue Beng’s support with Prince Xue Xing, securing soul bones, a Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine map, and a fief in exchange for help and renewed firearms production. Afterward, Qian Renxue told Tang Lan to remain undercover until she removed her obstacles and promised him a surprise.

• Dugu Bo refused to take sides and left, prompting Prince Xue Xing to offer Tang Lan terms for supporting Xue Beng.
• Tang Lan showed Prince Xue Xing three valuable soul bones from Da Ming, and Prince Xue Xing countered with three soul bones and a map to a Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine.
• Tang Lan accepted the offerings and requested a large fief near the Star Dou Great Forest for researching Soul Spirits, while keeping Tang Sect’s headquarters in Heaven Dou City.
• Prince Xue Xing agreed to resume firearms production at a thirty-percent higher price and warned Xue Beng to stay with Dugu Bo because he was in danger.
• Tang Lan told Qian Renxue about his arrangement with Xue Xing, and Qian Renxue urged him to stay undercover while she dealt with her obstacles.

Tang Lan reunited with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, who tried to withstand his affection together but were exhausted after a day and two nights. He then summoned the Becoming God Team and began distributing six soul bones, leaving Oscar hopeful that an eighty-thousand-year gem-type bone would be his.

• Qian Renxue hinted that she had a surprise for Tang Lan, leaving him to wonder if she planned to reveal her true identity.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Xiao Wu she had become Tang Lan's woman, and the two agreed to join forces rather than let other women claim his affection.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing entered the Sect Leader Palace with Tang Lan and emerged at noon on the third day, exhausted and unable to continue.
• Tang Lan told Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to gather the Becoming God Team at Tai'an's cafeteria.
• Tang Lan revealed six soul bones to the team and explained that the eighty-thousand-year Shining Silver Void Left Arm Bone had a spatial attribute.
• Oscar stepped forward for the eighty-thousand-year gem-type soul bone, while the others held back.

Tang Lan distributed the recovered Soul Bones among the group, but Tang San failed to absorb three bones he had claimed. The chapter ended with Tang San trying to absorb a dark-attribute Soul Bone while Zhu Zhuqing waited to see whether it would reject him too.

• Tang Lan gave the eighty-thousand-year Shining Silver Void Left Arm Bone to Tang San, but it rejected him and fell away.
• Tang Lan handed the Shining Silver Void Left Arm Bone to Oscar, who absorbed it successfully, then watched Tang San fail to absorb the seventy-thousand-year Obsidian Will Left Arm Bone as well.
• Xiao Wu suggested trading the Obsidian Will Left Arm Bone to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Tang Lan set it aside before giving the Weak Water Wraith Left Arm Bone to Shui Bing'er.
• Tang Lan allocated the Flame Scarlet Lion Right Arm Bone to Dai Mubai and the Dark Mark Pegasus Right Leg Bone to Zhu Zhuqing, while Tang San insisted on taking the Darkness Termination Right Arm Bone.
• Tang San immediately began absorbing the Darkness Termination Right Arm Bone as Zhu Zhuqing and the others watched.

Tang San failed to absorb two soul bones and fainted from rage, while Tang Lan gained a powerful enhancement and helped Oscar test his new spatial ability. The group distributed the remaining bones, and Shui Bing'er finished absorbing hers, beginning to describe its skill.

• Tang San failed to absorb the Dark Mark Pegasus Right Leg Bone and Zhu Zhuqing's Ten Thousand Year Darkness Termination Right Arm Bone, then spat blood and fainted.
• Tang Lan stabilized Tang San and gained the Indestructible Divine Skill Body at Great Perfection, greatly increasing his strength.
• Oscar absorbed the Shining Silver Void Left Arm Bone, reached Level 40, and discovered its No Distance skill, which let him mark objects and teleport to them.
• Tang Lan advised Oscar to mark bullets, then aided him after he exhausted his Inner Force testing repeated teleports.
• Tang Lan gave the Dark Mark Pegasus Right Leg Bone to Zhu Zhuqing and the Darkness Termination Right Arm Bone to Jing Ling, while Oscar carried Tang San away.
• Shui Bing'er finished absorbing the Weak Water Wraith Left Arm Bone and revealed that its skill was called Weak Water Drowning.

Tang Lan tested Shui Bing'er’s new soul bone skill and assigned the team grueling Soul Arena training, then discovered Jing Ling’s Curse Eye could weaken even powerful opponents at a severe cost. After restoring Jing Ling’s eyesight and hearing Zhu Zhuqing’s new skill, Tang Lan sent the team to pursue a hundred consecutive wins as a route toward Slaughter City and its Domain.

• Tang Lan ignored Shui Bing’er’s Weak Water Drowning because of his Ultimate Mental Attribute and ice immunity, then ordered the team to fight Soul Battles under weights and restrictions on martial souls and soul skills.
• Dai Mubai reported that his soul bone skill was Flame Chains, while Jing Ling revealed Curse Eye, which weakened targets by permanently sacrificing his eyesight.
• Jing Ling used Curse Eye to weaken Tang Lan by more than ninety percent, and Tang Lan eventually purified the effect before regrowing Jing Ling’s eyes with Life Energy.
• Zhu Zhuqing reported that her Shadow Nail could immobilize enemies by striking their shadows, completing the distribution of five soul bones.
• Tang Lan promised a surprise to anyone who earned a hundred consecutive wins and sent the team to the Heaven Dou City Soul Arena, planning to use the reward as a chance to enter Slaughter City.

Tang Lan assessed his disciples’ combat abilities, gave Ning Fengzhi the Obsidian Will Left Arm Bone, and prepared to recruit the four single-attribute clans into the Tang Sect. He then sent seven disciples into a wagered battle against the Bloodthirsty Battle Team, and the chapter ended as their opponents revealed their Martial Souls.

• Tang Lan arranged the four single-attribute clans’ roles in the Tang Sect and told Titan he would personally invite them to join.
• Tang Lan watched his disciples win Soul Arena matches and considered who could safely travel to Slaughter City and the Far North.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong arrived, and Tang Lan gave Ning Fengzhi the Seventy Thousand Year Obsidian Will Left Arm Bone in exchange for help supplying construction materials.
• Tang Lan summoned Dai Mubai and the others and announced they would face the Bloodthirsty Battle Team in a wagered battle.
• The seven disciples entered the arena as the Iron Soul Battle Team First Blood, while Shui Yue'er bet the team’s savings and Tang Lan’s ten million Gold Soul Coins on their victory.
• The Bloodthirsty Battle Team revealed its Beast Spirits, while First Blood continued to conceal their Martial Souls.

First Blood used Tang Sect firearms to annihilate the Bloodthirsty Battle Team, while Ning Rongrong grew troubled by feeling excluded from Tang Lan’s inner circle. Tang Lan later opened Wu Qing Food Street for Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, as Ning Rongrong resolved to make one final attempt to get closer to him.

• Xiao Wu and First Blood fired Vulcan Cannons at the Bloodthirsty Battle Team, killing all seven members and shocking the arena.
• Tang Lan took the shaken team to dinner at the Heaven Dou Auction House, and their teasing helped ease the tension after their first kills.
• Ning Rongrong absorbed a gemstone soul bone that increased her Mental Power and granted Obsidian Shield, but she worried that Tang Lan treated her as an outsider.
• Ning Rongrong decided to give up her identity as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s heir and contacted Xiao Wu through her Communication Soul Tool.
• Tang Lan brought Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to Wu Qing Food Street, where Xiao Wu rushed past him to try the snacks and Zhu Zhuqing comforted him.

Tang Lan took Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu to a food street, then met with the heads of the Defense, Breaking, and Agility Clans to discuss joining the Tang Sect. He won over the furious Yang Wudi with an Aromatic Silk Beauty and a wager testing his poison immunity, leaving Yang Wudi poised to make three attempts.

• Tang Lan treated Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu to food at shops where they could skip the line and eat for free, and Zhu Zhuqing wiped his face after Xiao Wu kissed him while covered in oil.
• The next afternoon, Tang Lan went to the Strength Clan grounds, where Titan and the three clan heads had been waiting for him.
• Niu Gao, Bai He, and Yang Wudi agreed to join the Tang Sect, but Yang Wudi became furious when Titan revealed Tang Lan's connection to Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Lan presented Yang Wudi with an Aromatic Silk Beauty and challenged him to poison him in three attempts, promising the flower regardless of the result.
• Yang Wudi accepted the wager and agreed that the Breaking Clan would join the Tang Sect and obey its orders if Tang Lan remained unharmed.

Tang Lan won over the four clan leaders with gifts and promises, then tested Yang Wudi’s poisons to prove his resistance. He appeared affected by the second poison after drinking wine, leaving the old men alarmed as the chapter ended.

• Tang Lan gave Yang Wudi an herb-storage ring and gave Niu Gao, Bai He, and Titan spacious Storage Rings, then taught Titan how to forge them.
• Bai He offered Tang Lan a five-thousand-year Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and Tang Lan welcomed the Speed Clan into the Tang Sect as Min Hall under Bai He’s leadership.
• Tang Lan assigned Min Hall intelligence work and provided its members with weapons and cultivation techniques, prompting Bai He to formally support the Tang Sect.
• Tang Lan swallowed Yang Wudi’s Abrus Precatorius Poison and remained unharmed, then challenged him to use a faster-acting poison.
• Tang Lan swallowed Jinbo Xunhua Flower Poison and drank wine, making Yang Wudi fear the wine would accelerate its effects; when Bai He tried to reach him, Tang Lan evaded him and left the four elders stunned.

Tang Lan proved his immunity to Yang Wudi’s Seven-Colored Mottled Poison, leading the Breaking Clan to join the Tang Sect and Yang Wudi to become Medicine Hall master. He then offered Niu Gao a bet: withstand one attack from Tang Lan, and Tang Lan would teach him the Undying Imprint Technique either way.

• Yang Wudi tested Tang Lan with the Breaking Clan’s Seven-Colored Mottled Poison, and Tang Lan expelled it with his Indestructible Divine Skill, poisoning Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, Titan, and Bai He with the fumes.
• Yang Wudi and the other three purged the secondhand poison while Tang Lan used Reset to experiment with detonating his Soul Rings and considered copying his father’s Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Yang Wudi agreed to lead the Breaking Clan into the Tang Sect after Tang Lan promised to establish a Medicine Hall and appointed him its master.
• Tang Lan offered Niu Gao the Undying Imprint Technique and proposed a bet in which Niu Gao would take one attack to test his Plate Armor Rhinoceros defense.

Tang Lan suppressed Niu Gao with his overwhelming power, securing the Defense Clan’s allegiance and assigning it a role in the Tang Sect. The chapter left the clan ready to build a Soul Spirit Experiment Base near the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Tang Lan invited Niu Gao outside to spar after Niu Gao challenged him to make him take half a step back.
• Tang Lan dispersed the excited crowd of clan members and revealed six hundred-thousand-year soul rings and the power of a Titled Douluo.
• Tang Lan’s pressure crushed Niu Gao’s defenses before he attacked, and he lifted the pressure with his Soul Bone Skill, Reset.
• Niu Gao thanked Tang Lan for showing mercy and pledged to lead the Defense Clan into the Tang Sect.
• Tang Lan appointed Niu Gao as Defense Hall Master, taught him the Nine Yang Divine Skill and Undying Imprint Technique, and assigned him to build a Soul Spirit Experiment Base near the Star Dou Great Forest.

Tang Lan celebrated the four single-attribute clans joining the Tang Sect, then accepted Qian Renxue’s offer of a vast fief for a Soul Spirit Experiment Base. The next day, Chen Xin brought the Titled Douluo Demonbreaker to meet him, and Tang Lan promised he could help him reach Level 95.

• Tang Lan gained a major accomplishment in the Undying Imprint Technique and hosted a feast for the four clans and the people of Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue presented Tang Lan with a map and offered him land around the Star Dou Great Forest, so he claimed an enormous territory for the experiment base.
• Niu Gao pledged to move his clan and build the base, while Qian Renxue hurried back to seek approval from her father.
• Tang Lan drank with the clans and his companions through the night, then woke the next day to Chen Xin and Wang Dali’s arrival.
• Chen Xin introduced Wang Dali, a Level 91 assault-type Titled Douluo called Demonbreaker, and Tang Lan promised to help him reach Level 95.

Tang Lan used the Vast Sea Godly Pupil to break the soul restraints keeping Wang Dali from advancing, then persuaded Dugu Bo to join the Tang Sect as an elder. The chapter ended with the system announcing that Tang Lan had seized some of Tang San’s luck.

• Chen Xin told Tang Lan that Wang Dali had once fled the Star Dou Great Forest after the Sky Azure Bull Python’s roar damaged his soul and left him stuck at level 91.
• Tang Lan saw blue restraints binding Wang Dali’s soul and severed them with Universe Soul Shatter, allowing Wang Dali to break through to level 92.
• Dugu Bo arrived and scolded Wang Dali for releasing his aura near the imperial city, but Tang Lan introduced Wang Dali as a new Tang Sect elder and stopped them from fighting.
• Tang Lan offered Dugu Bo leadership of a Poison Hall for the Bi Lin Clan, along with control of the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss and land for poisonous herbs.
• Dugu Bo accepted Tang Lan’s offer and joined the Tang Sect as an elder, prompting the system to report that Tang Lan had seized some of Tang San’s luck.

Tang Lan strengthened the Tang Sect, trained Mental Attribute Soul Masters as Spirit Transfer Masters, and brought Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. There he discovered Tang Hao had severed his own left leg and right arm, and Tang Hao revealed he had obtained the sect’s first inherited soul bone at twenty.

• Tang Lan recruited Dugu Bo and Wang Dali as Tang Sect elders, giving them cultivation techniques, resources, and instructions for their roles.
• Tang Lan arranged for the Speed Clan to relocate to the Tang Sect and tasked Bai He’s clan with gathering news and intelligence using provided funds and equipment.
• Tang Lan taught 474 Mental Attribute Soul Masters the Soul Spirit Equality Contract and ranked those who learned to create ten-, hundred-, and thousand-year Soul Spirits.
• Yang Wudi returned with the Breaking Clan, and Tang Lan took him and Dugu Bo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang Lan saw that Tang Hao had severed his own left leg and right arm, and Tang Hao presented the two soul bones he had removed, explaining that he had obtained the sect’s first inherited soul bone at twenty.

Tang Lan helped Tang Hao regenerate his limbs and discussed restoring his strength before revealing his plan to pursue a soul spirit and the Ice Empress. The chapter ended with Tang Lan arguing that the 380,000-year-old Ice Empress might agree to become Shui Bing'er's soul spirit to escape her future heavenly tribulation and gain a chance at eternal life.

• Tang Hao gave Tang Lan two inherited soul bones and asked him to return to the Clear Sky Sect, honor their ancestors, and help restore the sect.
• Tang Lan used the Blue Silver Life Domain and Ten Thousand Year Fire Spirit Mushrooms to help Tang Hao regenerate his severed limbs.
• Yang Wudi learned about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's immortal herbs, replanted a Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and discovered that ordinary medicinal seeds sprouted rapidly there.
• After Tang Hao's arm and leg regrew, Tang Lan explained how he could replace his lost soul rings and said he would take Tang Hao to seek two soul spirits.
• Tang Lan announced that he planned to travel to the Far North with Tang Hao and help Shui Bing'er obtain the Ice Empress's Ultimate Ice Attribute.
• When Ah Yin and Dugu Bo questioned the plan, Tang Lan argued that the Ice Empress might accept becoming Shui Bing'er's soul spirit to avoid her coming heavenly tribulation and pursue eternal life.

Tang Lan persuaded Ah Yin that Ice Empress should become Shui Bing’er’s Soul Spirit by promising her a path to immortality, then took Tang Hao, Shui Bing’er, and Oscar to the Star Dou Great Forest. There, he revealed his connections to the Sky Azure Bull Python and asked it to find willing Soul Beasts for Tang Hao’s Soul Rings.

• Tang Lan told Ah Yin he had inherited the God of Destiny and promised to bring Ice Empress into the God Realm, while claiming Shui Bing’er could likely become a god herself.
• Tang Hao volunteered to accompany Tang Lan to the Far North, and Tang Lan asked Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo to guard the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yang Wudi explained that the Tang Sect had broad support because Tang Lan’s encyclopedia and cultivation knowledge had reached common Soul Masters across the continent.
• Tang Lan collected Shui Bing’er and Oscar, stored them with Tang Hao inside Blue King, and flew to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Hao mistook the arriving Sky Azure Bull Python for an enemy, but Tang Lan introduced it as an ally and asked it to find willing Great Strength Gorillas or Ironback Dragons for Tang Hao’s first and third Soul Rings.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python agreed to contact Er Ming, leaving Tang Hao, Shui Bing’er, and Oscar stunned by its cooperation.

Tang Lan met Da Ming in the Star Dou Great Forest to discuss uniting the soul beasts and arranging Soul Spirit Equality Contracts, then revealed he planned to seek the Ice Empress for Shui Bing'er despite the Snow Empress's overwhelming strength. Er Ming arrived with two injured soul beasts for Tang Lan to absorb life force from, and the chapter ended as Tang Lan inspected the Ironback Dragon.

• Da Ming told Tang Lan that most soul beasts in the core region had submitted, evil soul beasts had been driven to the outskirts, and the forest might be united within half a year.
• Da Ming sent Tang Lan a list of old and crippled soul beasts for future Soul Spirit Equality Contracts, and Tang Lan forwarded it to Zhao Wuji for the Tang Sect to review.
• Da Ming asked when Er Ming would sacrifice himself to Tang Lan, but Tang Lan refused and said Er Ming should remain to help guard the forest.
• Tang Lan said he planned to persuade the 380,000-year-old Ice Empress to sacrifice herself to Shui Bing'er, while Da Ming warned that the 690,000-year-old Snow Empress could threaten even a Level 99 Peerless Douluo.
• Tang Lan assured Shui Bing'er that he was confident they could escape if necessary, and she declared she would follow him without retreating.
• Er Ming arrived carrying a Great Strength Gorilla and an Ironback Dragon; Tang Lan examined the injured beasts, beginning with the Ironback Dragon.

Tang Lan fed the crippled Ironback Dragon an immortal herb, helping it reach 100,000 years before it sacrificed itself to become Tang Hao’s Soul Spirit. The Ironback Dragon emerged restored and asked Tang Hao and Tang Lan to roast and eat its corpse to absorb the remaining medicinal power.

• Tang Lan offered the Great Strength Gorilla and Ironback Dragon new lives as Soul Spirits and promised to bring them to godhood with him and Tang Hao.
• Tang Lan gave the Great Strength Gorilla a Ninth Grade Purple Ganoderma and fed the Ironback Dragon Earth Dragon Golden Melon, raising their cultivation to 95,000 and 100,000 years respectively.
• The Ironback Dragon chose Tang Hao and activated a blood sacrifice, giving up its soul, Soul Power, and hundred-thousand-year cultivation to become his Soul Spirit.
• Tang Lan guided Tang Hao and the Ironback Dragon through the Soul Spirit Equality Contract as the Ironback Dragon's Left Leg Bone fused with Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer gained a red soul ring and grew stronger until his cultivation reached level 90, while the Ironback Dragon emerged restored and asked them to eat its corpse for its remaining medicinal power.

Tang Lan and Tang Hao turned the Ironback Dragon into a Soul Spirit opportunity, while Er Ming supplied soul bones that could help Tang Hao accommodate the Great Strength Gorilla as a second Soul Spirit. Tang Lan then contacted Tang San to test his willingness to claim a soul bone and showed him a rare twenty-thousand-year one.

• The Ironback Dragon tore open its own body so Oscar and Shui Bing'er could prepare it, while the Great Strength Gorilla begged Tang Hao to make it a Soul Spirit.
• Tang Lan found room in Tang Hao’s spiritual world for only a Soul Spirit around seventy thousand years old, so the ninety-five-thousand-year Great Strength Gorilla could not fit yet.
• Er Ming gave Tang Lan twenty-one soul bones and singled out a seventy-thousand-year Silver Moon Wolf King Right Arm Bone to increase Tang Hao’s Mental Power.
• Tang Hao agreed to absorb the Silver Moon Wolf King soul bone, and Tang Lan stored the others for the Tang Sect before absorbing life force from nearby soul beasts.
• Tang Lan sealed the area and contacted Tang San, who immediately asked him to save a full set of the soul bones.
• Tang Lan showed Tang San a twenty-thousand-year Firecracker Vine Right Arm Bone and told him it suited him.