Chapter Summaries

Yang Wudi arrived at the Defense Clan’s ruined hall and joined Titan, Niu Gao, and Bai He against Spirit Hall and the Elephant Armor School. He clashed with Chrysanthemum Douluo, and the chapter ended as Yang Wudi’s spear struck the Title Douluo’s golden energy sphere.

• Ye Buqun shielded Doudou and Bai Chenxiang while the clans struggled under Spirit Hall’s attacks.
• Yang Wudi arrived and hurled his spear at Chrysanthemum Douluo, interrupting the aerial support.
• Titan, Niu Gao, and Bai He rallied at Yang Wudi’s arrival, while Ye Buqun chose to watch him fight.
• Yang Wudi broke Chrysanthemum Douluo’s Radiance of Singular Velvet with his first soul skill.
• Yang Wudi used his fifth soul skill, Break, and charged Chrysanthemum Douluo’s golden energy sphere with his spear.

Snake Lance Douluo She Long entered the battle and overpowered Yang Wudi, then struck Titan down even after Titan used his Martial Soul Avatar. The Defense Clan’s leaders were left in a worsening position as the fight continued.

• Yang Wudi shattered Chrysanthemum Douluo’s Fifth Soul Skill and forced him to dodge, prompting Chrysanthemum Douluo to call for the masked man’s help.
• The masked man revealed himself as She Long, a level ninety-five Title Douluo with the Snake Lance Martial Soul, and attacked Yang Wudi.
• She Long’s Nine Shadow Slashes injured Yang Wudi, and his relentless attacks gradually drove Yang Wudi onto the defensive.
• She Long used Thunderous Explosive Kill to send Yang Wudi flying and make him spit blood, while Huyan Zhen kept Titan from reaching him.
• Titan used Great Strength Gorilla Avatar and charged She Long, but She Long split his fist wind and struck him in the waist, sending him crashing to the ground.

Ye Buqun revealed his strength when he stopped She Long’s attack and countered Spirit Hall’s forces. After the clans refused to submit, he identified himself as the Heaven Dou Empire’s Imperial Preceptor and challenged the three Douluo to fight him together.

• She Long’s attack left Titan, Yang Wudi, and Bai He badly injured as Spirit Hall and the Elephant Armor School surrounded the Four Great Clans.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo demanded that the clans submit, but Titan and Yang Wudi refused, and Bai He urged Bai Chenxiang to escape with Ye Buqun.
• She Long launched his sixth soul skill at the clan heads, but Ye Buqun stopped the enormous Snake Lance and sent it back.
• Ye Buqun used She Long’s Snake Lance martial soul and Nine Shadow Slashes, startling the enemy formation.
• She Long, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Leopard Douluo recognized Ye Buqun as the Heaven Dou Empire’s Imperial Preceptor, and Ye Buqun challenged the three Douluo to attack him together.

Ye Buqun and the Four Great Clans faced Spirit Hall’s attackers until Yu Yuanzhen arrived to aid Ye Buqun. After Ye Buqun wounded Snake Lance Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo led the attackers’ retreat, leaving the Defense Clan in ruins.

• Snake Lance Douluo rejected Ye Buqun’s claim and attacked him again.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived and struck Snake Lance Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Leopard Douluo, and Huyan Zhen with lightning, injuring Huyan Zhen.
• Yu Yuanzhen fought Snake Lance Douluo to a standstill, then Ye Buqun transformed and revealed eight black soul rings and one red soul ring.
• Ye Buqun struck Snake Lance Douluo with the Clear Sky Hammer and forced him to cough up blood.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo carried the injured attackers away, and the Four Great Clans thanked Ye Buqun and Yu Yuanzhen amid the ruined grounds.

After helping the Four Great Clans repel Spirit Hall, Ye Buqun revealed that he had come to recruit them. The clan chiefs weighed his offer, but Yang Wudi remained unwilling, leaving their decision unresolved.

• Yu Yuanzhen arrived with Yu Ming and Yu Tianxin to find Ye Buqun and discuss Spirit Hall, then joined the others in the Defense Clan's damaged grounds.
• Niu Gao thanked Ye Buqun and Yu Yuanzhen for saving them, and the clan chiefs urged Ye Buqun to take the seat of honor.
• Yang Wudi questioned how Ye Buqun and Yu Yuanzhen had known the Four Great Clans were in danger, prompting Yu Yuanzhen to rise and leave.
• Ye Buqun calmed the group, and Yu Yuanzhen returned to his seat after Ye Buqun asked him to stay.
• Ye Buqun said he had followed Spirit Hall's men after overhearing their plans, then revealed that he hoped the four clan chiefs would join him.
• Titan, Niu Gao, and Bai He considered Ye Buqun's offer, while Yang Wudi remained unwilling.

Ye Buqun won the Four Great Clans’ submission by giving Yang Wudi the Aromatic Silk Beauty and revealing the Clear Sky Token. He established the Ye Clan with the four chiefs as elders, and Yu Yuanzhen formally pledged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as well.

• Ye Buqun gave Yang Wudi the Aromatic Silk Beauty, prompting Yang Wudi to submit the Breaking Clan and urge the other chiefs to join.
• Ye Buqun completed his mission and upgraded the eighth soul ring of Tang Chen’s King of Slaughter card to hundred-thousand-year red.
• Ye Buqun showed Titan the Clear Sky Token and explained that Tang Chen had appointed him acting Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Titan, Niu Gao, and Bai He knelt and pledged allegiance to Ye Buqun.
• Ye Buqun announced the founding of the Ye Clan and named the four clan chiefs its elders.
• Yu Yuanzhen formally pledged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to the Ye Clan.

Ye Buqun celebrated the Ye Clan’s founding with its new elders, arranged repairs for its headquarters, and welcomed Bai Chenxiang’s gratitude. The feast was interrupted when Dugu Bo forced his way in to seek Ye Buqun, and Yang Wudi confronted him.

• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan pledged itself to Ye Buqun, and Yang Wudi apologized to Yu Yuanzhen as the elders celebrated the Ye Clan’s founding.
• Yang Wudi declared that he would follow only Ye Buqun, and Ye Buqun toasted the elders and promised to lead them to the summit of the Douluo Continent.
• Bai Chenxiang thanked Ye Buqun for saving her, while Doudou worried that he might forget her as more women joined his life.
• Ye Buqun gave Niu Gao fifty million Gold Soul Coins to repair the former Defense Clan headquarters as the Ye Clan’s temporary base.
• Dugu Bo arrived with three young women and demanded to see Ye Buqun, so Yang Wudi corrected the clan disciples and charged at him with his Soul Breaking Spear.

Dugu Bo came to the newly established Ye Clan to report that Emperor Xue Ye was suffering from a worsening, changing poison. Ye Buqun set out for the palace with Yang Wudi to investigate, leaving Yu Yuanzhen to guard the clan.

• Yang Wudi attacked Dugu Bo, but Ye Buqun intervened and stopped them before they clashed.
• Dugu Bo explained that Xue Ye’s poison had returned more fiercely and changed whenever he tried to neutralize it.
• Yang Wudi suspected that Xue Ye had been poisoned with a compound toxin, and Dugu Bo urged Ye Buqun and Yang Wudi to come to the palace.
• Ye Buqun declined Meng Yiran’s and Xiao Yao’s requests to accompany him, and told Zhu Zhuqing that the Ye Clan’s headquarters would replace the Soto Great Soul Arena.
• Ye Buqun asked Yu Yuanzhen to guard the Ye Clan against Spirit Hall and departed with Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo to treat Xue Ye.

Ye Buqun, Dugu Bo, and Yang Wudi went to the palace to examine the critically ill Xue Ye, but Crown Prince Xue Qinghe's guards blocked their way. Ye Buqun recognized the soldiers as likely Spirit Hall members, and Xue Qinghe confronted them as they sought access to the emperor.

• Dugu Bo asked Ye Buqun if he could join the Ye Clan, and Ye Buqun welcomed him.
• The palace guards refused to let Dugu Bo, Ye Buqun, and Yang Wudi enter Xue Ye's bedchamber under Xue Qinghe's orders.
• Ye Buqun identified the guards as outsiders and used his aura to force them back.
• Xue Qinghe appeared with four elderly men and claimed that Xue Ye's condition had improved after treatment by the imperial physicians.
• Dugu Bo urged Xue Qinghe to let Yang Wudi examine Xue Ye, but Xue Qinghe challenged their trust in him.
• Ye Buqun told Xue Qinghe that the guards were likely from Spirit Hall.

Ye Buqun exposed Xue Qinghe’s Spirit Hall allies and refused his offer to join him. Xue Qinghe ordered an attack, and the battle began around Xue Ye’s bedchamber.

• Ye Buqun used the guards’ unusually high spirit ranks and the four Title Douluo beside Xue Qinghe to accuse the Crown Prince of working with Spirit Hall.
• Xue Qinghe admitted the men were Spirit Hall members, explained that he had acted to prevent a succession struggle, and offered Ye Buqun wealth and power to serve him.
• Ye Buqun demanded that Xue Qinghe submit to him, prompting the Crown Prince to summon over a hundred ambushing soul masters and order an attack.
• Ye Buqun called on Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo to handle the surrounding enemies while he faced Ci Xue, Gui Mei, Qianjun Douluo, and Jiangmo Douluo.
• Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo fought off the attackers as Ci Xue launched poisonous spikes at Ye Buqun.

Ye Buqun fought four Title Douluo in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, using his replicated character cards to overpower their attacks and survive Ghost Douluo’s explosive shadows. As Qianjun Douluo attacked, Ye Buqun summoned phantoms of Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang and began their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Yang Wudi killed a Soul King, and Dugu Bo swept aside more disguised Spirit Hall guards to help him.
• Ye Buqun used Nine Shadow Slashes to drive back Ghost Douluo, Qianjun Douluo, Dragon Subduing Douluo, and Porcupine Douluo.
• Ye Buqun met Dragon Subduing Douluo’s Great Dharma Form Staff with Thunderous Explosive Kill and sent him flying.
• Ghost Douluo’s Chimei Wangliang shadows clung to Ye Buqun and exploded, but Ye Buqun reappeared unharmed.
• Qianjun Douluo summoned a silver dragon with Dotting the Eye of the Dragon as Ye Buqun formed a triangle with the phantoms of Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang and invoked Sun and Moon Shine, Golden Revolve.

Ye Buqun used Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang’s replicated figures to transform Luo Sanpao into the Golden Saint Dragon, overpowering Qianjun Douluo and forcing Xue Qinghe to reveal his Six-Winged Angel martial soul. Ye Buqun questioned how Xue Qinghe possessed a martial soul inherited by Spirit Hall’s Pope, leaving Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi suspecting that he was not Emperor Xue Ye’s son.

• Ye Buqun combined sixteen Soul Rings with Luo Sanpao, transforming it into the Golden Saint Dragon.
• The Golden Saint Dragon defeated Qianjun Douluo’s silver dragon and forced the four Title Douluo back with a powerful attack.
• Xue Qinghe revealed his Six-Winged Angel martial soul and offered Ye Buqun even more than the terms he had previously promised.
• Ye Buqun questioned how Xue Qinghe had the Six-Winged Angel martial soul instead of the imperial family’s swan martial soul.
• Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi realized that Xue Qinghe might not be Emperor Xue Ye’s son.

Qian Renxue revealed that she had impersonated Xue Qinghe, then fought Ye Buqun and fled with Spirit Hall’s elders. Ye Buqun secured the palace and explained the deception to Ning Fengzhi and the others while Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi treated the critically ill Emperor Xue Ye.

• Qian Renxue removed her disguise and told Ye Buqun that she was Qian Renxue, daughter of former Pope Qian Xunji.
• Qian Renxue attacked Ye Buqun with her Holy Sword, but he shattered it with his blood-red hammer and caught her as she fell.
• Qian Renxue recognized that she and the Spirit Hall elders could not defeat Ye Buqun, then escaped with them as approaching forces arrived.
• Ye Buqun ordered the Heaven Dou Royal Guards to secure the palace while Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi went inside to treat Xue Ye.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo arrived, and Ye Buqun told them that Qian Renxue had impersonated Xue Qinghe for years.

After reaching Soul Power level eighty, Ye Buqun helped learn that Emperor Xue Ye had only three to five years left to live and discussed Spirit Hall’s next moves with Ning Fengzhi. Ye Buqun proposed uniting the major sects to deter another attack.

• Ye Buqun’s system updated his primary Martial Soul to level eighty, allowing it to obtain an eighth Soul Ring.
• Yang Wudi reported that he had purged Emperor Xue Ye’s poison but could only extend the emperor’s life by three to five years.
• Dugu Bo asked to join the Ye Clan, and Ye Buqun accepted him before Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi went to rest.
• Ye Buqun told Ning Fengzhi how he had founded the Ye Clan after recruiting the patriarchs of the Four Great Clans.
• Ye Buqun assessed Spirit Hall’s recent losses and warned that it might later attack major clans or the Heaven Dou imperial family.
• Ye Buqun proposed gathering the major sects so Spirit Hall would hesitate to launch another assault.

After Qian Renxue’s forces were defeated outside the imperial palace, Ye Buqun and his allies discussed her strength and the soul-bone ability that had enabled her to impersonate Xue Qinghe. Yu Yuanzhen revealed his knowledge of soul-bone fragments, leaving the group with an explanation of his own unusual powers still underway.

• The Strength Clan, Defense Clan, Speed Clan, and Yu Yuanzhen routed Spirit Hall’s troops outside the palace after Ye Buqun had forced Qian Renxue and Spirit Hall’s elders to flee.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Titan apologized to Ye Buqun for arriving late, and Ning Fengzhi sent Chen Xin and Gu Rong to protect Xue Ye before taking the others to the council hall.
• Ye Buqun explained that Qian Renxue’s Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and Angel Domain made her exceptionally dangerous, especially if she reached the Title Douluo level.
• Ning Fengzhi described Qian Renxue’s long impersonation of Xue Qinghe, and Yu Yuanzhen suggested that a soul bone close to one hundred thousand years old gave her disguise and transformation abilities.
• Yu Yuanzhen said his knowledge came from possessing eight fragments of the Nine Crowns of the True Dragon, and explained that the missing Snow Jade Crown kept him from raising his soul rings to one hundred thousand years.

At the Imperial Palace Council Hall, Yu Yuanzhen explained the Angelic Divine Garment and the immense power gaps between high-level Title Douluos, while the gathered leaders debated whether Level 100 was real. Ye Buqun knew god-level soul masters existed but said he could not reach Level 100 under the system’s restrictions; when Ning Fengzhi urged him to take charge amid the Empire’s troubles, Ye Buqun refused for now, leaving Titan to ask what he intended to do.

• Yu Yuanzhen described the Angelic Divine Garment and said Qian Renxue would need Level 100 Soul Power to absorb its final soul bone.
• Yu Yuanzhen explained how Soul Power gaps widened above Level 95, and the others discussed whether Level 100 was only a legend.
• Ye Buqun knew that god-level soul masters existed, but realized the system prevented him from surpassing Level 99 unless he traveled to another world.
• Ning Fengzhi urged Ye Buqun to take charge of the Empire’s response to Spirit Hall and the ailing emperor.
• Ye Buqun refused, saying Spirit Hall would not attack soon if the Empire and sects united, and Titan asked what he meant.

Ye Buqun announced that he would travel to Sea God Island to obtain the legendary Holy Light and restore Tang Chen, while the others discussed the island’s dangers and history. A day later, he and Ning Fengzhi met with the recovering Xue Ye, Prince Xue Xing, and Xue Beng, whose changed behavior raised suspicions.

• Ye Buqun told the council that he planned to go on a long journey and identified Sea God Island as his destination.
• Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen described Sea God Island, its Sea Soul Masters, and the disastrous defeat Spirit Hall had suffered there.
• Ye Buqun revealed that he had promised Tang Chen he would obtain the Holy Light to purify his body and restore him.
• One day later, the recovering Xue Ye summoned Ye Buqun and Ning Fengzhi to his bedchamber, where Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng also waited.
• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng treated Ye Buqun with unusual respect, while Xue Ye appeared mostly recovered despite serious damage from the poison.

After Qian Renxue returned from defeat, she confronted Bibi Dong and rejected their mother-daughter relationship, then sought comfort from her grandfather Qian Daoliu. Qian Daoliu defended Bibi Dong, suggesting that circumstances beyond her control had shaped her actions.

• Bibi Dong dismissed Hu Liena so she could speak privately with Qian Renxue about the failed operation.
• Qian Renxue blamed the failure on their own lack of consideration and told Bibi Dong they should live separately and manage their own factions.
• Bibi Dong's anger overwhelmed Qian Renxue, forcing her to the corner and causing her to spit blood before Bibi Dong ordered her to leave.
• Qian Renxue entered the Elder Hall, knelt before Qian Daoliu, and broke down in tears in his arms.
• Qian Daoliu comforted Qian Renxue and told her that Bibi Dong had faced hardships and was not truly the person Qian Renxue believed her to be.

Emperor Xue Ye appointed Xue Beng Crown Prince and asked Ye Buqun to become his disciple, then rewarded Ye Buqun for defending the Heaven Dou Empire. Ye Buqun accepted the bond and was left with the unprecedented title of Number One Martial King and exceptional privileges at court.

• Ye Buqun told Xue Ye he planned to travel to Sea God Island to strengthen his power.
• Xue Ye named Xue Beng Crown Prince, and Xue Beng knelt to apologize to Ye Buqun and thank him for saving the emperor and empire.
• Xue Ye asked Ye Buqun to take Xue Beng as his disciple, and Xue Beng bowed three times until Ye Buqun agreed.
• Xue Ye appointed Ye Buqun Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince, granted him the rank of king with a different surname, and bestowed the title Number One Martial King.
• Xue Ye granted Ye Buqun extraordinary court privileges, including the right to enter the hall without kneeling and the respect accorded to the emperor.

Xue Ye bestowed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud on Ye Buqun and learned about his plans to found the Ye Clan. Before Ye Buqun prepared to leave for Sea God Island, he urged Xue Beng to unite their allies against Spirit Hall and warned his companions that the journey would be dangerous.

• Xue Ye awarded Ye Buqun the title of Martial Merit King and gave him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, a miraculous Soul Tool intended to aid his trip to Sea God Island.
• Ye Buqun told Xue Ye and the others about founding the Ye Clan and asked them to keep it secret to protect his followers from Spirit Hall.
• Xue Beng escorted Ye Buqun and Ning Fengzhi out, then arranged lodging for Ye Buqun and spoke with him privately.
• Ye Buqun urged Xue Beng to coordinate the Heaven Dou royal Soul Master army, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Four Great Clans, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan against Spirit Hall.
• Xue Beng expressed concern about the dangers of Sea God Island, and Ye Buqun reassured him before they parted at dusk.
• Xiao Yao asked to join Ye Buqun’s trip, and he warned her and the others that Sea God Island was dangerous and they were going to grow stronger.