Chapter Summaries

Qin Shiyuan faced Bibi Dong and four other Titled Douluo, blocked Bibi Dong’s attack, and unleashed the Eight Swords Unite technique. He ended the chapter holding a golden sword and a plain sheath, warning that he had delivered less than half of his sword strike.

• Bibi Dong led the other four Titled Douluo in attacking Qin Shiyuan, but his three swords blocked her Blood-Sucking Spider Thorn.
• Bibi Dong ordered the others to follow up, but they hesitated, giving Qin Shiyuan an opening.
• Qin Shiyuan summoned Longyuan, whose killing intent shocked Bibi Dong.
• Qin Shiyuan merged all eight swords into a golden sword and summoned it back to his hand.
• Qin Shiyuan produced a plain sheath and told Bibi Dong he had delivered less than half of his sword strike.

Qin Shiyuan revealed that his Sword Sheath could combine with his Golden Longsword, then used Ring Melting to fuse the power of all eight Spirit Rings into a Soul Crystal. He named his impending attack Fourteen States and challenged Bibi Dong and the others to withstand it.

• Bibi Dong recognized Qin Shiyuan's Sword Sheath as a seemingly weak second Martial Soul and initially thought it could not threaten her.
• Qin Shiyuan thrust his Golden Sword into the Sword Sheath, triggering a powerful transformation that Bibi Dong suspected was a self Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Qin Shiyuan used Ring Melting to combine the Soul Power of all eight Spirit Rings, then compressed it into a Soul Crystal.
• Qin Shiyuan placed the Soul Crystal into the Golden Longsword's hilt, drawing its energy inward until the sword appeared ordinary and aura-less.
• Qin Shiyuan named his sword strike Fourteen States and told the people of Spirit Hall to savor it.

Qin Shiyuan unleashed a devastating sword strike that broke through the white mist and overwhelmed Bibi Dong and the four Spirit Hall elders. Bibi Dong survived, but Ghost Leopard Douluo died, the others were gravely injured, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin began to break through a decades-old mental barrier.

• Qin Shiyuan drew his sword and unleashed golden Sword Qi that dispersed the white mist and stunned the people of Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong recognized that the strike was too powerful to evade and used her defensive skills and Immortal Body to protect herself and the four elders.
• Qin Shiyuan's Sword Qi shattered Bibi Dong's shields and swept through the group despite their defenses.
• Bibi Dong remained standing but suffered injuries; Ghost Leopard Douluo died, Magic Bear Douluo stayed conscious, and the other two elders were gravely injured and lost their right arms.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin watched the strike's aftermath as a decades-old shackle in his heart began to crack, and he fixed his gaze on Qin Shiyuan with renewed resolve.

Qin Shiyuan withdrew from Spirit Hall after warning Bibi Dong, who chose not to pursue him and began considering how Tang Hao might trouble the Star-Plucking Tower. Later, Qin Shiyuan regrouped with Meng Shu and the others, announced new ranks for the Tower, and ordered tokens made for its elders.

• Qin Shiyuan left Spirit Hall with Shi Nian and the giant dragon after warning Bibi Dong not to challenge the Star-Plucking Tower.
• Bibi Dong let Qin Shiyuan go, ordered the injured elders treated, and hoped Tang Hao would become a weapon against him.
• Tang Hao recovered the Clear Sky Hammer, carried the unconscious Tang San away, and left Spirit Hall without fighting spirit.
• The audience departed after witnessing the Star-Plucking Tower's clash with Spirit Hall, and observers hurried to report what had happened.
• Qin Shiyuan returned to the old tavern outside Heaven Dou City, coughed blood, and reflected that he had accomplished his goals despite his physical weakness.
• Qin Shiyuan established the rank of elder above deacons and instructed Meng Shu to arrange position tokens, including five elder tokens.

Qin Shiyuan began the Star-Plucking Tower's public emergence in Heaven Dou City and assigned Shi Nian and the Dragon Duke and Snake Matriarch to lead its preparations and defenses. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi he wished to leave, explaining that Qin Shiyuan's sword strike had given him hope of surpassing Qian Daoliu.

• Qin Shiyuan ordered Shi Nian to make the Star-Plucking Tower known across Heaven Dou City before dawn.
• Qin Shiyuan tasked Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang with forming the Star-Plucking Tower's War Hall and defending it from attackers.
• Ning Fengzhi worried that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had angered both Spirit Hall and the Star-Plucking Tower.
• Chen Xin formally told Ning Fengzhi that he wanted to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Xin explained that he had seen hope in Qin Shiyuan's sword strike, and Ning Fengzhi accused him of planning to join the Star-Plucking Tower.

Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi he intended to join Star-Plucking Tower to pursue a breakthrough and avenge his father, while promising to mediate between the tower and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Fengzhi appeared to accept his decision and arranged a farewell, but after Chen Xin left, he revealed his plan to stop him from going.

• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi he needed to join Star-Plucking Tower to seek a breakthrough and promised to try to make peace between it and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi invoked his father's kindness to pressure Chen Xin, who rebuked him for taking decades of service for granted.
• Ning Fengzhi apologized and pretended to cut off his own arm, prompting Chen Xin to stop him and agree to look after the sect while still leaving.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to have Gu Rong join them for a farewell drink, and Chen Xin returned to his residence to pack.
• After Chen Xin left, Ning Fengzhi declared that he would not let him leave and vowed not to let the tiger return to the mountain.

At a farewell banquet, Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong tried to kill Chen Xin to stop him from joining the Star-Plucking Tower. Chen Xin revealed that he had seen through their plot and pretended to be drugged, leaving Ning Fengzhi to face his complete loss of trust.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin drank together at the mountain pavilion while Gu Rong joined their farewell banquet.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Chen Xin a final jar of wine, then signaled Gu Rong to attack him.
• Chen Xin dodged Gu Rong’s strike, and Ning Fengzhi admitted he planned to kill Chen Xin to keep him from joining the Star-Plucking Tower.
• Gu Rong explained his hatred of Chen Xin and advanced while Ning Fengzhi said the drug would prevent Chen Xin from using his Soul Power.
• Chen Xin summoned the Seven Kill Sword and all nine Spirit Rings, revealing the drug had not stopped him.
• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi he had known about the plot and had waited to see whether Ning Fengzhi would truly betray him.

Qian Renxue visited Star-Plucking Tower to meet its Tower Master, Qin Shiyuan, who eagerly agreed to see her after learning she had arrived. After sending a message by pigeon, Qian Renxue followed Shi Nian deeper into the tower and found a silver-white metal wall blocking their way.

• Shi Nian told Qin Shiyuan that Ning Fengzhi had accused Sword Douluo Chen Xin of betraying the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and reported that Xue Qinghe had come to Star-Plucking Tower.
• Qin Shiyuan hurried to meet Xue Qinghe after learning that the visitor was the Heaven Dou Empire's Crown Prince.
• Qian Renxue waited for Qin Shiyuan, then prepared to leave when he did not appear.
• Shi Nian arrived just in time, introduced himself as Star-Plucking Tower's Second Elder, and invited Qian Renxue to meet Tower Master Qin.
• Qian Renxue asked Shi Nian to wait, sent a note by spirit-beast pigeon, and then followed him down a corridor to a silver-white metal wall.

Qian Renxue visited the Star-Plucking Tower and was astonished by its Soul Guiding Elevator, artificial lake, and Qin Jianjiu’s flying sword, Chenshui. After Qin Shiyuan welcomed her as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, he immediately rejected her hoped-for request for help with the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Shi Nian explained the Soul Guiding Elevator to Qian Renxue and took her to the seventh floor of the Star-Plucking Tower.
• Qian Renxue found an artificial lake on the seventh floor and learned she would need to fly to reach the pavilion, but she could not fly without revealing her disguise.
• Qin Shiyuan sent his Chenshui Sword to carry Qian Renxue across the lake to the pavilion.
• Qian Renxue met Qin Jianjiu, sat with him, and introduced herself as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Qin Shiyuan interrupted Qian Renxue and refused to help the Heaven Dou Empire, even if its emperor died and the imperial family changed its name.

Qian Renxue confirmed the Star-Plucking Tower would stay out of Heaven Dou Empire affairs and sought weapons to support her plan. Qin Shiyuan instead showed her two Immortal Herbs that could improve Martial Soul talent, leaving her disappointed by a warning she had read about mortals consuming them.

• Qin Shiyuan refused to interfere in the Heaven Dou Royal Family's affairs, and Qian Renxue secretly felt relieved.
• Qian Renxue asked to buy Thunder Nuclei, but Qin Shiyuan refused because she lacked the strength to use them safely.
• Qin Shiyuan advised Qian Renxue to improve her own strength and hinted that the Star-Plucking Tower could help if she had enough money.
• Shi Nian brought out an Aromatic Silk Beauty and an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, which Qian Renxue recognized as immortal-grade Immortal Herbs.
• Qian Renxue's excitement faded as she recalled the warning that a mortal who consumed the herbs would die, while Qin Shiyuan concealed that he had added that warning himself.

Qin Shiyuan offered Qian Renxue two paired Immortal Herbs in exchange for a future promise, and she agreed after realizing she could abandon her Xue Qinghe identity if the condition became a problem. After she left, Shi Nian revealed that she had bought more things and headed toward the tavern, leaving Qin Shiyuan furious that he had not heard the report sooner.

• Qin Shiyuan explained that ordinary people could not withstand the Immortal Herbs and offered them to Qian Renxue, believing they could strengthen her Angel Martial Soul.
• Qian Renxue questioned Qin Shiyuan’s motives, and he asked her to promise him a condition after she became ruler of Heaven Dou.
• Qian Renxue suspected the condition might be a trap but agreed, reasoning that she could abandon her Xue Qinghe identity if needed.
• Shi Nian reported that Qian Renxue had returned, bought more things, and gone toward the tavern.
• Qin Shiyuan slumped in his chair, then roared at Shi Nian for stopping halfway through the report.

Qian Renxue took Qin Shiyuan’s ruby-and-gold hairpin, unaware that it contained the final Immortal Herb he had prepared for her, Lovesick Heartbreak Red. After she left, Qin Shiyuan learned that Chen Xin and Lou Gao had come to see him, but ordered Shi Nian to let him sleep unless Qian Renxue returned.

• Qian Renxue gave Qin Shiyuan a lesson on using Soul Tools and insisted he keep the devices she had brought him.
• Qian Renxue claimed the phoenix hairpin from Qin Shiyuan, despite his protest that it was part of the bride price for his future wife.
• After Qian Renxue left, Qin Shiyuan revealed that the ruby in the hairpin was Lovesick Heartbreak Red, the final Immortal Herb he had prepared for her.
• Shi Nian returned and told Qin Shiyuan that Chen Xin and Lou Gao had arrived to see him.
• Qin Shiyuan ordered Shi Nian to let him sleep unless there was news about Qian Renxue.

Qin Shiyuan recruited Lou Gao to Star-Plucking Tower by placing a Soul Restriction on him and gave him formation research to study. He then rejected Chen Xin’s request to become his disciple for now, telling him that his desire for revenge prevented him from cultivating Sword Intent.

• Qin Shiyuan identified Lou Gao as a divine blacksmith and offered to teach him Soul Tool techniques in exchange for accepting a Soul Restriction and following his orders.
• Lou Gao agreed to join Star-Plucking Tower, accepted the restriction, and received a volume of core formations to study.
• Chen Xin asked Qin Shiyuan to take him as a disciple and teach him true Sword Intent.
• Qin Shiyuan questioned Chen Xin’s motives, and Chen Xin declared that he had severed ties with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and proved it by cutting off Ning Fengzhi’s arm.
• Qin Shiyuan explained that Sword Intent required a heart devoted solely to the sword and told Chen Xin that revenge was his distracting thought, which he should not and could not pursue.

Chen Xin abandoned revenge as the purpose of his Sword Intent, broke through to level ninety-seven, and asked to follow Qin Shiyuan. Qin Shiyuan assigned new roles and resources to Star-Plucking Tower’s elders, then proposed targeting Ning Fengzhi to acquire resources and fulfill an earlier promise.

• Qin Shiyuan explained that Chen Xin’s father had died pursuing the sword path, helping Chen Xin let go of his resentment toward Qian Daoliu.
• Chen Xin broke through to level ninety-seven, thanked Qin Shiyuan, and asked to follow him in pursuit of the supreme sword path.
• Qin Shiyuan appointed Chen Xin as Fourth Elder, placing him in charge of Shadow Hall and its intelligence and elite combat training.
• Qin Shiyuan appointed Lou Gao as Fifth Elder in charge of Artifact Hall and gave him six Thunder Nuclei for protection.
• Qin Shiyuan told the gathered elders that Star-Plucking Tower needed resources and proposed killing Ning Fengzhi to fulfill his earlier promise.

Qin Shiyuan attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and gave Ning Fengzhi a choice: die with his confidants or surrender the sect to Star-Plucking Tower. After Ning Fengzhi resisted, Qin Shiyuan severed his remaining arm.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong learned that Chen Xin had visited Star-Plucking Tower and been made to wait for two hours.
• Qin Shiyuan appeared above the sect and announced that he had come for Ning Fengzhi.
• Gu Rong rallied the disciples, and Ning Fengzhi activated the sect's protective formation.
• Qin Shiyuan's eighth spirit ability shattered the formation and injured the disciples gathered in the plaza.
• Qin Shiyuan demanded that Ning Fengzhi and his confidants kill themselves while the remaining disciples joined Star-Plucking Tower, or face the sect's destruction.
• When Ning Fengzhi refused and cursed him, Qin Shiyuan cut off Ning Fengzhi's remaining arm.

Qin Shiyuan confronted Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Chen Xin appeared as Star-Plucking Tower’s newly appointed Fourth Elder and revealed his rank ninety-seven strength. As Chen Xin attacked Gu Rong, Qin Shiyuan began exposing Ning Fengzhi’s secret actions to the sect’s disciples.

• Ning Fengzhi ordered Gu Rong to kill Qin Shiyuan after Qin severed both of Ning Fengzhi’s hands.
• Gu Rong offered to persuade Ning Fengzhi to surrender the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect if Qin spared him and compensated him for his lost hand.
• Chen Xin appeared beside Qin Shiyuan, who announced that Chen Xin had joined Star-Plucking Tower as its Fourth Elder.
• Chen Xin revealed that he had reached rank ninety-seven and attacked Gu Rong with the Seven Kill Sword.
• Ning Fengzhi cursed Chen Xin for betraying the sect, and Qin Shiyuan challenged him over the poisoned wine and offered to reveal what he had done.

Qin Shiyuan exposed Ning Fengzhi’s conduct to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s disciples while Star-Plucking Tower forces surrounded the sect. As the battle began, Ning Fengzhi staged his own death, and Qin Shiyuan realized the ruse would benefit him.

• Qin Shiyuan accused Ning Fengzhi of poisoning Sword Douluo and killing a loyal elder, stirring suspicion among the sect’s disciples.
• Ning Fengzhi denied the accusations, then ordered the disciples to form their combined attack formation against Qin Shiyuan.
• Star-Plucking Tower’s forces emerged from all directions, and Qin Shiyuan ordered them to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi urged the sect’s disciples to fight and threatened to execute anyone who fled.
• Ning Fengzhi pretended to enhance Gu Rong, then sat before the Sect Master Hall and made his aura disappear.
• Qin Shiyuan noticed Ning Fengzhi’s apparent death and remarked that it would do him a favor before vanishing.

Ning Fengzhi broke into Ning Rongrong’s room and tried to flee the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with her after Star-Plucking Tower attacked. Qin Shiyuan intercepted them, and Ning Rongrong attacked him with a Steel Crossbow after learning he had cut off her father’s hands.

• Ning Rongrong continued starving herself and refused to leave her room because of the scar on her face.
• Ning Fengzhi broke down Ning Rongrong’s door, revealed that he had lost both hands, and urged her to flee the sect with him.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong that Star-Plucking Tower was attacking and that Grandpa Jian had betrayed the sect.
• Qin Shiyuan intercepted Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong as they tried to escape through the rear mountain.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to reveal the sect’s hidden treasure vault in exchange for their lives, but Qin Shiyuan refused.
• Ning Rongrong learned Qin Shiyuan had cut off her father’s hands and fired a Steel Crossbow at him.

Qin Shiyuan toyed with Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong before killing Ning Rongrong in a brutal fall. The chapter left Ning Fengzhi devastated beside his daughter’s remains.

• Ning Fengzhi urged Ning Rongrong to flee, but Qin Shiyuan struck him down and blocked her escape.
• Ning Rongrong attacked Qin Shiyuan with her Zhuge Crossbow, and he brushed aside the bolts before declaring that he would kill her.
• Qin Shiyuan sent the Cheng Ying Sword through Ning Rongrong, leaving her impaled and in agony.
• Ning Fengzhi begged Qin Shiyuan to spare Ning Rongrong, and Qin Shiyuan raised her high into the sky before letting her fall.
• Ning Fengzhi tried to catch Ning Rongrong, but she crashed to the ground in front of him and died.

After defeating the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Qin Shiyuan exposed Ning Fengzhi’s escape trick and offered the surviving disciples a choice: join Star-Plucking Tower or leave. Half joined and were assigned Soul Restrictions, while the rest reached the mountain gate and found Star-Plucking Tower disciples blocking their way.

• Qin Shiyuan stopped the fighting and announced that Ning Fengzhi had been executed.
• Qin Shiyuan revealed that the apparent Ning Fengzhi on the platform was an illusion and told the disciples how their sect master had abandoned them to escape with his daughter.
• The enraged Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples cursed Ning Fengzhi, and Qin Shiyuan offered them the choice to join Star-Plucking Tower or leave.
• Around a thousand disciples chose to join Star-Plucking Tower and agreed to receive Soul Restrictions administered by Meng Shu and other subordinates.
• Qin Shiyuan told the remaining disciples they could leave, but when they reached the mountain gate, they found Star-Plucking Tower disciples blocking their path.