Chapter Summaries

Xu Mingxi, Dugu Bo, and the Star Crown Sect elders entered Sunset Forest to hunt a seventy-thousand-year Poison Spirit Flood Dragon for Dugu Bo. They reached its territory and found it fighting an eighty-thousand-year Shadow Wolf, which fled after losing the clash.

• Xu Mingxi and the Star Crown Sect elders arrived two days late, and Dugu Bo agreed to lead them to the Poison Spirit Flood Dragon he had chosen as his target.
• Dugu Bo described the Flood Dragon’s potent poison and gave the group detoxification pills before they entered its poisoned territory.
• The group waited until midnight, then followed the First Elder into the Flood Dragon’s territory.
• The Poison Spirit Flood Dragon erupted into the air while fighting an eighty-thousand-year Shadow Wolf, and the group stopped to observe.
• The Shadow Wolf attacked the Flood Dragon but eventually fled; Dugu Bo then shouted for the group to attack.

Xu Mingxi and the elders helped Dugu Bo kill the Poison Spirit Flood Dragon, and Dugu Bo absorbed its soul ring, strengthening his martial soul and poison. Xu Mingxi persuaded Dugu Bo to lead the group to his medicinal garden, where he finally saw the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Dugu Bo and the elders attacked the wounded Poison Spirit Flood Dragon, and their combined assault brought it down.
• Dugu Bo killed the Poison Spirit Flood Dragon with his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison and absorbed its soul ring.
• Dugu Bo’s martial soul grew claws and his poison became fiercer after the absorption.
• Xu Mingxi suggested that the group rest in Sunset Forest, and Dugu Bo offered to take them to his medicinal garden.
• Dugu Bo led the group through the poisonous miasma to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, leaving Xu Mingxi amazed by the spring and its herbs.

Xu Mingxi negotiated with Dugu Bo for the first batch of herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and planned to seek their secrets from Yang Wudi. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong was betrayed by Qian Xunji and Yu Xiaogang, and after giving birth to Qian Renxue, she came to hate the child and the Qian Family.

• Xu Mingxi told Dugu Bo that Yang Wudi and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan knew about the Immortal Herbs, and Dugu Bo agreed to let him take the first batch in exchange for compensation.
• Xu Mingxi said he would try to obtain the herbs’ information peacefully from Yang Wudi, though he might use force as a last resort.
• Bibi Dong left Qian Xunji to meet Yu Xiaogang, but Qian Xunji assaulted her and Yu Xiaogang later left in anger without hearing her explanation.
• Qian Daoliu ignored Qian Xunji’s actions until Bibi Dong gave birth to Qian Renxue, whose presence awakened the Angel Statue.
• Qian Daoliu believed Qian Renxue might inherit the Angel Godhood, while Bibi Dong began to resent her daughter and the Qian Family.

Xu Mingxi pursued Yang Wudi’s knowledge of Immortal Herbs to strengthen himself and the Star Crown Sect, but Yang Wudi’s visit to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect complicated his plans. Dugu Bo arrived at the sect as a newly established Titled Douluo, leaving Ning Fengzhi to wonder why he had come.

• Dugu Bo gave Xu Mingxi poison pills, and Xu Mingxi left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to prepare for his Seventh Soul Ring.
• Xu Mingxi sought Yang Wudi’s Immortal Herb knowledge, enlisted Blood Blade Pavilion to track him, and learned Yang Wudi was going to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xu Mingxi visited Dugu Bo and then headed with the elders toward the road to the Yang Family Territory.
• Yang Wudi negotiated an herb business with Ning Fengzhi, while Ning Fengzhi deferred his proposal for an alliance.
• A Soul Douluo Worship informed Ning Fengzhi that Dugu Bo was waiting outside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with the pressure of a Titled Douluo.

Xu Mingxi distracted Ning Fengzhi while arranging a trade with Yang Wudi for information about immortal herbs, offering a fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone. Yang Wudi agreed to exchange the information at Dugu Bo's residence in five days, and kept the deal secret from the Clear Sky Sect.

• Xu Mingxi had Dugu Bo keep Ning Fengzhi occupied so no one could interfere with the search for immortal-herb information.
• Yang Wudi met Xu Mingxi and another man on the road, and Xu Mingxi offered a fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone for the Breaking Clan's herb knowledge.
• When Yang Wudi considered attacking, a masked Titled Douluo appeared and pressured him into negotiating.
• Yang Wudi agreed to exchange information about immortal herbs for the Soul Bone at Dugu Bo's residence in five days.
• Yang Wudi returned to the clan without telling anyone or informing the Clear Sky Sect, while Xu Mingxi waited for the Sect Master and Yang Wudi.

Yang Wudi exchanged a book of Immortal Herb information for the Star Crown Sect’s fifty-thousand-year Unicorn Soul Bone, allowing Dugu Bo and the sect to gather the herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Xu Mingxi consumed the two poisonous herbs to temper his body, broke through to level 70, and returned to the sect as the leaders prepared to distribute the remaining herbs to its promising young generation.

• Ning Fengzhi suspected Dugu Bo had arranged Yang Wudi’s visit and ordered Heaven Dou City’s gates watched.
• Yang Wudi exchanged his book about Dugu Bo’s medicinal garden for the Star Crown Sect’s Unicorn Soul Bone, then returned to the Yang Family.
• Dugu Bo, Xu Mingxi, and the sect leaders gathered the Immortal Herbs, and Dugu Bo chose three for himself, including a Narcissus Jade Bone for his unborn granddaughter.
• Xu Mingxi consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, endured the ice and fire in the pool, and emerged with his body tempered and Soul Power at level 70.
• The Sect Master and elders summoned the leading members of the Ming generation to discuss giving the Immortal Herbs to the sect’s promising young Soul Masters.

The Star Crown Sect distributed most of its immortal herbs and waited for a suitable soul beast for Xu Mingxi, while the Clear Sky Sect faced political setbacks and Tang Xiao struggled with his feelings for Ah Yin. A mercenary group found the sixty-thousand-year Sun Flame Crow Xu Mingxi needed, then fled when it approached.

• The Sect Master assigned immortal herbs to himself, Xu Mingxi, Xu Mingguang, Xu Mingyue, Xu Mingxing, and Xu Mingwei, while reserving two herbs for suitable candidates and planning pills for the Elders.
• The Sect Master told Xu Mingxi that the Star Dou Great Forest might hold a soul beast capable of controlling sunlight, and Xu Mingxi chose to wait before consuming the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.
• Tang Xiao watched Ah Yin and Tang Hao together, then decided to return to the Clear Sky Sect after learning that Ning Fengzhi had rejected an alliance request.
• A mercenary group searching the Star Dou Great Forest for a sun-related soul beast spotted a sixty-thousand-year Sun Flame Crow.
• When the Sun Flame Crow came toward them, the mercenaries used concealment and escape abilities to flee the forest.

Xu Mingxi and the Star Crown Sect’s elders prepared to hunt a Sun Flame Crow for his Seventh Soul Ring, while Dugu Bo’s departure from Heaven Dou City led Bone Douluo to follow him. After Bone Douluo was caught spying, Xu Mingxi offered him a choice that could reshape the conflict between the sects.

• Xu Mingxi chose to hunt a Sun Flame Crow over sixty thousand years old, and the Sect Master set out with the Second Elder and Fourth Elder to help him obtain his Seventh Soul Ring.
• The Sect Master invited Dugu Bo to assist them, and Dugu Bo left Heaven Dou City while Ning Fengzhi sent Bone Douluo to investigate who supported him.
• The Sect Master detected Bone Douluo following Dugu Bo near the Star Dou Great Forest, and Dugu Bo and the First Elder joined him in confronting the spy.
• Bone Douluo offered Dugu Bo an eight-thousand-year Flame Lion Left Leg Bone as compensation, and the Sect Master directed Dugu Bo to accept it.
• Xu Mingxi approached Bone Douluo and asked him to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and join their sect.

Xu Mingxi persuaded Gu Rong to tell Ning Fengzhi about the Star Crown Sect, while the Sect Master led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt spirit rings. Dai Feng sought an alliance with the absent Sect Master, and Ning Fengzhi decided to wait for the Star Crown Sect to reveal its intentions.

• Gu Rong refused Xu Mingxi’s invitation to switch sects but agreed to tell Ning Fengzhi about their meeting and keep it secret from everyone else.
• The Sect Master let Gu Rong leave and led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest to search for spirit rings.
• Dai Feng visited Fallen Star Mountain to request an alliance with the Star Crown Sect and said he would wait a year for the Sect Master to meet him.
• Fifth Elder gathered the elders after Dai Feng left, and they anxiously waited for the Sect Master and Young Sect Master to return.
• Ning Fengzhi learned from Gu Rong that Dugu Bo had powerful Titled Douluo allies, including a Super Douluo, and chose not to reveal the matter or act until their purpose became clear.

Aunt Rou worried about Xiao Wu’s approaching Heavenly Tribulation as Xu Mingxi and the Star Crown Sect pursued a Sun Flame Crow for his Seventh Soul Ring. The Sun Flame Crow broke free of the Sect Master’s control and disappeared into the forest, with the group rushing after it.

• Aunt Rou discussed Xiao Wu’s upcoming Heavenly Tribulation with Da Ming and worried about the dangers of Xiao Wu taking human form and cultivating again.
• After hearing a disturbance, Aunt Rou went to investigate while Da Ming sent Er Ming to follow and protect her.
• Xu Mingxi and the Star Crown Sect followed scorched earth into the forest and found a Sun Flame Crow fighting a Blazing Fire Wolf.
• The Sect Master warned Xu Mingxi that the Sun Flame Crow was over seventy thousand years old, but Xu Mingxi remained determined to use it for his Seventh Soul Ring.
• The Sect Master restrained the Sun Flame Crow with his Star Crown abilities, but it summoned sunlight, shattered the restraints, and fled deeper into the forest.
• The Sect Master led the group in pursuit, using Star Eyes to track the Sun Flame Crow until it vanished beneath the forest canopy.

At Moon Lake, the Sun Flame Crow sought shelter beneath a powerful giant tree that recognized an aura on Xu Mingxi and demanded that he stay. The crow then chose to sacrifice itself to Xu Mingxi, who began absorbing a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower as two Goddesses watched and discussed a possible plan.

• Xu Mingxi explained Moon Lake’s strange history, and the Sect Master ordered everyone to hurry and leave after he absorbed his soul ring.
• The giant tree shielded the Sun Flame Crow from Dugu Bo’s attack, revealed its silver transformation, and demanded that Xu Mingxi remain while the others retreated.
• The Sun Flame Crow received a message, returned beneath the tree, and then offered to sacrifice itself to Xu Mingxi.
• The Sect Master allowed Xu Mingxi to proceed, and Xu Mingxi swallowed the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower before beginning to absorb it.
• Two Goddesses watched Xu Mingxi from a mysterious palace and discussed preserving the Sun Flame Crow’s remnant soul and what Xu Mingxi might accomplish.

Xu Mingxi endured the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and the Sun Flame Crow’s sacrifice to gain an initial ability to wield sunlight, while learning that the crow had acted on a Venerated God’s command. As he and the Star Crown Sect group retraced their way out of the forest, the cry of the Giant Wing Vulture Martial Soul drew him toward a shocking scene.

• Xu Mingxi survived the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower’s scorching effects as starlight gathered around him.
• The Sun Flame Crow sacrificed itself, leaving a remnant soul in its soul ring and telling Xu Mingxi it had obeyed a Venerated God’s command.
• The Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower’s stored power and the crow’s sacrifice merged within Xu Mingxi, changing the Star Crown’s golden gemstone and letting him initially wield sunlight.
• Xu Mingxi questioned the identity of the Venerated God, while a Goddess watched him and placed a new mark on his body.
• Xu Mingxi and the Sect Master’s group followed their trail back through the Star Dou Great Forest, then turned toward a rumble and a Giant Wing Vulture Martial Soul’s cry.
• Xu Mingxi cautiously approached the source of the sound and was shocked by what he saw.

Xu Mingxi’s group encountered a human-form Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest, then returned to the Star Crown Sect, where the Sect Master was summoned to Star Luo City. As Xu Mingxi cultivated, Vine Elder discovered that he could draw down sunlight as well as moonlight and starlight.

• A Pink-Dressed Woman intervened in Xu Nian’s fight with the Bald Vulture, killed Xu Nian, and watched Xu Mingxi’s group leave the battlefield.
• Xu Mingxi told the Sect Master that the woman was a Soul Beast who had taken human form, and the group left the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xu Mingxi and the Star Crown Sect returned to find that the Star Luo Emperor had summoned the Sect Master to Star Luo City, so he left the sect’s affairs with several elders.
• Vine Elder observed Xu Mingxi cultivating in daylight and discovered that he was drawing down sunlight, which nourished Vine Elder and Tree Elder.

Xu Mingxi advised the Star Crown Sect to join Dai Feng in destroying the Black Tiger Sect, and the sect gained half its resources and a soul bone. The attack revealed a Titled Douluo in the Star Luo Empire’s southwestern region and enraged Qian Xunji.

• The Star Crown Sect’s elders debated Dai Feng’s request to destroy the Black Tiger Sect, which Xu Mingxi suspected was backed by Spirit Hall.
• Xu Mingxi advised the sect master to accept, arguing Dai Feng would take responsibility for the attack.
• The sect master departed with two elders, while Xu Mingguang represented the younger generation.
• Dai Feng discussed the Black Tiger Sect and the Star Crown Sect with the Empress, then celebrated the birth of his son, Weisi.
• Ten days later, the sect master returned with nearly half the Black Tiger Sect’s resources and the promised soul bone, and news of the sect’s destruction spread across the continent.
• Qian Xunji raged over the Star Crown Sect’s role in ruining his plans, while Qian Daoliu sensed the disturbance and chose not to intervene.

Dugu Bo reached a preliminary alliance with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect against Spirit Hall, while Xu Mingxi cultivated at Starfall Mountain. Vine Elder and Tree Elder gave Xu Mingxi a mysterious fragment that merged into his body and stirred the two Marks within him.

• Bone Douluo and Ning Fengzhi suspected the Star Crown Sect was connected to Dugu Bo, and Dugu Bo later met with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and agreed to align with them against Spirit Hall.
• Vine Elder recalled that a fragment from the sky had transformed it and the Starry Tree, creating their races and turning their hill into Starfall Mountain.
• Vine Elder persuaded Tree Elder to give the fragment to Xu Mingxi after sensing the unusual moonlight and sunlight within him.
• The fragment's appearance drew the Star Crown Sect's three Titled Douluo to the Back Mountain, where Vine Elder explained that it had enabled the elders' births.
• Xu Mingxi took the fragment, which sank into his body, and the two Marks within him fluctuated as two unseen voices reacted to it.

After Xu Mingxi exposed secrets about Tang Chen and Tang Hao’s wife, the Clear Sky Sect came under pressure from powers across the continent. Tang Hao and Ah Yin were driven into hiding while Spirit Hall prepared to seize Ah Yin, and the Clear Sky Sect formally disowned Tang Hao.

• Xu Mingxi told the Star Crown Sect Sect Master that Tang Chen was trapped in Slaughter City and Tang Hao’s wife, Ah Yin, was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and the Sect Master spread the information through secret channels.
• The Clear Sky Sect learned the revelations had spread, and Tang Zhen fainted after discovering Tang Xiao already knew Ah Yin was a soul beast.
• Tang Hao fled with Ah Yin as scattered attacks forced them north, and he tore up the Clear Sky Sect’s letter urging him to abandon her.
• Qian Xunji sent Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to hunt Tang Hao and Ah Yin, while Spirit Hall declared Tang Hao an enemy of humanity.
• Tang Zhen ordered Tang Hao removed from the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Hao despaired when he heard the news before Ah Yin encouraged him to keep searching for a hiding place.

Xu Mingxi watched Tang Hao defeat Qian Xunji and then withdrew while Tang Hao and Ah Yin escaped and began a family. Nine months later, Spirit Hall prepared a new attack with Golden Crocodile, a Level 98 Super Douluo, at Qian Xunji’s side.

• Xu Mingxi followed Spirit Hall’s pursuit of Tang Hao and witnessed Tang Hao use Divine Slaughter’s Domain and Ring Burst to overwhelm Qian Xunji, while Ah Yin survived the battle.
• Xu Mingxi’s two Marks warned him not to kill Ah Yin, so he left with the Sect Master and resolved to cut off sources of aid to Tang San instead.
• Qian Xunji escaped with the unconscious Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, and Tang Hao fled with Ah Yin, weakened after bursting all eight soul rings.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Xunji to pause his pursuit, but Qian Xunji secretly remained intent on killing Tang Hao; meanwhile, Xu Mingxi entered deep cultivation.
• Tang Hao and Ah Yin settled in a mountain village, where Ah Yin discovered she was pregnant, and Xu Mingxi later learned Spirit Hall had made another move.
• Qian Xunji stood atop Spirit City’s walls with Golden Crocodile, a Level 98 Super Douluo, as his new reinforcement.

Tang Hao fought Qian Xunji and Golden Crocodile while Ah Yin gave birth, but she sacrificed herself to save him. Tang Hao defeated his attackers at terrible cost and disappeared, while Xu Mingxi discovered evidence that Ah Yin had given birth to Tang San.

• Tang Hao reached Level 90 but could no longer cultivate as he waited anxiously for Ah Yin to give birth.
• Qian Xunji and Golden Crocodile arrived, and Tang Hao used Divine Slaughter's Domain and burst soul rings to wound Qian Xunji before Golden Crocodile smashed him into the ground.
• Ah Yin rushed to Tang Hao and sacrificed herself, leaving him a soul ring and restoring him to peak condition.
• Tang Hao fought Golden Crocodile, and both were severely wounded before Tang Hao used the black-red energy to attack Qian Xunji and annihilate the four Soul Douluo.
• Golden Crocodile fled with the unconscious Qian Xunji, while Tang Hao vanished and left behind his severed arm and inherited Soul Bone.
• Xu Mingxi found evidence of Ah Yin's childbirth and realized Tang San had been born.

After Tang Hao crippled Qian Xunji, Spirit Hall launched a massive assault on the Clear Sky Sect, which began a desperate retreat while abandoning its affiliated families. The Four Single Attribute Families tried to escape separately, and Bai He fled the encirclement unaware that someone was waiting to target him.

• News of Qian Xunji’s injuries spread, and Qian Daoliu ordered Azure Luan, Thousand Jun, and Subduing Demon to avenge him by attacking the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Zhen convened the Clear Sky Sect and its affiliated families, warned them to prepare for Spirit Hall, and later had the elders learn Ring Burst.
• Spirit Hall marched on the Clear Sky Sect with four Titled Douluo, causing most affiliated families to flee before the army surrounded the Mountain Gate.
• Tang Zhen, the elders, Tang Xiao, and the Seventh Elder held back Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo while the Clear Sky Sect disciples retreated toward their ancestral land.
• Yang Wudi led the Breaking Clan through a gap in Spirit Hall’s forces, and the Breaking Clan joined the Defense Clan to flee toward Heaven Dou City.
• Bai He organized the Speed Clan’s escape and became the first family to break out, while an unseen pursuer waited for him beyond the battlefield.

Xu Mingxi ambushed and destroyed the fleeing Speed Clan to obtain the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, while the Clear Sky Sect's defeat reshaped alliances and left Qian Xunji consumed by rage. The chapter ended with Qian Xunji heading to the Secret Chamber where Bibi Dong was held.

• Xu Mingxi trapped the Speed Clan in a Golden Birdcage, killed Bai He, and seized the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and an eight-thousand-year Soul Bone.
• Xu Mingxi returned to find the war at the Clear Sky Sect over, while a report to Ning Fengzhi detailed the sect's defeat and the scattered subordinate clans.
• Ning Fengzhi discussed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's uncertain position with Bone Douluo and decided to invite Yu Xiaogang for a talk.
• Qian Xunji, crippled and stripped of his position and access to Qian Renxue, grew violent and blamed others for his losses.
• Qian Xunji went toward the Secret Chamber beneath Pope Hall, where Bibi Dong was being held.