Chapter Summaries

Kong suggested that Shui Yue'er develop her dolphin Martial Soul’s spiritual power after she asked him how to grow stronger. Shui Yue'er realized his advice might explain the spiritual attack in her Zero Degree Shockwave.

• Shui Yue'er learned that Raiden Shogun was a Soul Saint-level powerhouse and was startled by her strength.
• Flender praised Raiden Shogun, then privately questioned Shrek Academy’s reputation and considered retiring at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Shui Yue'er asked Kong to teach her how to cultivate so she could become stronger.
• Kong suggested that Shui Yue'er focus on spiritual power because dolphins were intelligent creatures and her Martial Soul might be suited to that path.
• Shui Yue'er recalled that her Zero Degree Shockwave combined sonic and ice attacks, and realized its spiritual component had puzzled her since she obtained it.

Kong advised Shui Yue'er to try cultivating by the sea and consider a spiritual-attribute soul ring, while warning her to stay safe. After the group parted ways, Liu Erlong began taking time to recover from her feelings about Yu Xiaogang, and her relationship with Kong improved.

• Kong explained that Shui Yue'er could cultivate spiritual power and suggested she try training at sea as a Sea Soul Master.
• Shui Yue'er decided to test sea cultivation and consider a spiritual-attribute soul ring for her fourth ring if it helped.
• Kong warned Shui Yue'er to bring her mother or a teacher to the sea, or to choose a safer riverbank.
• Kong cleaned up while Raiden Shogun offered to help, and he urgently insisted she rest instead.
• Flender saw that Liu Erlong was safe, returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and planned to visit her later.
• Liu Erlong accepted Kong's support and took time alone to heal, reflecting that listening to him earlier might have spared their relationship strain.

Bibi Dong received word that Liu Erlong had uncovered Yu Xiaogang’s old motives and ordered Guimei to investigate Yu Xiaogang’s arrival at Spirit Hall. Meanwhile, Kong considered whether to claim Spirit Hall’s soul-bone prizes himself or wait to take them from the tournament winners.

• Bibi Dong read a secret letter saying Yu Xiaogang had pursued Liu Erlong to gain authority over the Golden Triangle, and reconsidered whether the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan needed to be destroyed.
• Bibi Dong summoned Guimei and ordered him to investigate the circumstances of Yu Xiaogang’s arrival at Spirit Hall.
• Guimei left to retrieve and investigate the sealed intelligence from Qian Xunji’s time, which could reveal Yu Xiaogang’s motives.
• Kong relied on his self-cultivating Soul Core and weighed whether to claim Spirit Hall’s three soul-bone rewards or take them after someone else won them.

Kong learned that Yu Luomian had broken through to level 90 and agreed to help him hunt for a soul beast so he could obtain his ninth soul ring. They planned to search Sunset Forest for a Subdragon over eighty thousand years old.

• Yu Yuanyuan told Kong that Yu Luomian had broken through to level 90, crediting Kong’s help.
• Kong realized Yu Luomian wanted him to join a soul beast hunt and agreed to go.
• Yu Yuanyuan explained that Yu Luomian was waiting with Long Wu in Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Yuanyuan said Yu Luomian planned to search Sunset Forest for a Subdragon over eighty thousand years old.

Yu Luomian visited Liu Erlong after reaching Rank 90, hoping to bring her back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and discovered that she had moved past her grief. They reconciled as father and daughter, though Liu Erlong rejected his suggestions about her name and marriage; Yu Luomian left planning to deal with Yu Xiaogang after obtaining his Ninth Soul Ring.

• Yu Luomian secretly watched Liu Erlong teaching at Blue Tyrant Academy, then visited her office and was shocked when she called him Father.
• Yu Luomian asked Liu Erlong to prepare to return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and she agreed on the condition that she would keep her mother's name.
• Liu Erlong told Yu Luomian what had happened recently, and he praised Kong for helping her and enabling his breakthrough to Rank 90.
• Yu Luomian urged Liu Erlong to punish Yu Xiaogang and then suggested she marry Flender, but she pushed him out and angrily rejected the idea.
• Yu Luomian left intending to obtain his Ninth Soul Ring before going to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to beat Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Luomian and his companions searched Sunset Forest for a powerful Subdragon Soul Beast to serve as Liu Erlong’s Soul Ring, while he revealed that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had proved the Soul Core theory. They found an eighty-thousand-year-old Unicorn Fire Dragon deep in the forest, and the group prepared to fight it.

• Kong congratulated Yu Luomian on reaching level 90, and Yu Luomian credited Kong, Yu Yuanzhen, and Soul Core knowledge for his breakthrough.
• Yu Luomian told Yu Yuanyuan and Yu Longwu that Soul Cores were a clan secret as important as the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique.
• The group searched Sunset Forest for an eighty-thousand-year-old Subdragon and considered settling for a seventy-thousand-year-old Fire Tyrant Dragon if they found no better target.
• After another day of searching, Yu Luomian’s group found an eighty-thousand-year-old Unicorn Fire Dragon in the forest’s deepest area.
• The Unicorn Fire Dragon rose to confront them, and Yu Yuanyuan, Yu Luomian, and Yu Longwu activated Martial Soul Possession to fight.

Yu Luomian, Yu Yuanyuan, and Yu Longwu battled an eighty-thousand-year-old Unicorn Fire Dragon so Yu Luomian could obtain its soul ring. They broke its horn and weakened it, and the enraged beast began considering escape as the fight continued.

• Yu Luomian and Yu Yuanyuan attacked the Unicorn Fire Dragon while Kong watched from behind them.
• The Unicorn Fire Dragon unleashed flames, but Yu Luomian's First Soul Skill failed to penetrate its scales.
• Yu Longwu transformed with his Seventh Soul Skill while Yu Yuanyuan restrained the beast with Wrath of the Thunder God.
• Yu Longwu used his Eighth Soul Skill to sever the Unicorn Fire Dragon's horn, then retreated beside Kong to recover.
• The Unicorn Fire Dragon considered fleeing, but Yu Luomian declared they would not let it escape and began using his Martial Soul Avatar.

Kong and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders hunted an eighty-thousand-year Unicorn Fire Dragon, whose torso soul bone helped Yu Yuanyuan reach the threshold for a breakthrough. Yu Luomian and Yu Yuanyuan became Titled Douluo, and Kong then traveled alone to Heaven Dou City and entered the Plane of Euthymia.

• Yu Luomian, Yu Yuanyuan, and Yu Longwu killed the Unicorn Fire Dragon and discovered it had an eighty-thousand-year torso soul bone.
• Yu Luomian gave Kong the choice of who should receive the soul bone, and Kong assigned it to Yu Yuanyuan.
• Yu Luomian absorbed the beast's soul ring and reached level 92, while Yu Yuanyuan absorbed the soul bone and reached level 90.
• Yu Yuanyuan absorbed a seventy-thousand-year Fire Tyrant Dragon soul ring and became the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's fourth Titled Douluo at level 91.
• Kong asked Yu Luomian and Yu Yuanyuan to keep their breakthroughs secret, then left for Heaven Dou City while they stayed behind to stabilize their cultivation.
• Kong returned to his hotel, washed up, and entered the Plane of Euthymia to visit Ei Wife and Raiden Shogun.

Qian Renxue reflected on her growing feelings for Kong while he trained with real lightning outside Heaven Dou City. Tang Hao followed him, decided to kill him before he became a threat to the Clear Sky Sect, and revealed himself—only for Kong to greet him as if he had expected him.

• Qian Renxue wondered whether she truly liked Kong or merely wanted to use his talent, then decided she had plenty of time to win him over.
• Kong left Heaven Dou City and used his Falling Thunder soul skill to temper his body with lightning.
• Tang Hao followed Kong and was stunned to see his seven soul rings and rapid rise from level sixty-two to level seventy-three.
• Tang Hao weighed avoiding a fight against killing Kong before he could become a threat to the Clear Sky Sect, then chose to attack.
• Kong stopped his lightning training and told Tang Hao that he had finally come out.

Kong confronted Tang Hao, who had secretly followed him, and challenged him over the Blue Silver Emperor’s death and his motives. Tang Hao admitted that he would sacrifice family for the Clear Sky Sect, then prepared to fight Kong.

• Kong recognized Tang Hao as the Titled Douluo who had been following him and decided not to let him escape.
• Kong taunted Tang Hao over his old injuries and weakened condition, and Tang Hao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and nine Soul Rings.
• Kong accused Tang Hao of knowingly leading the Blue Silver Emperor away from the forest to obtain her 100,000 Year Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao admitted that he would sacrifice the Blue Silver Emperor—or even Tang San—for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao argued that strength mattered above all else and said he had sought the Blue Silver Emperor’s Soul Ring to strengthen himself and the sect.

Kong fought Tang Hao after Tang Hao tried to assassinate him, matching the Clear Sky Douluo’s strength and disrupting his hammer technique. Kong then revealed his Thunder God Domain, which began striking and slowing Tang Hao with lightning.

• Kong told Tang Hao that he would not judge his past but would not forgive the attempt on his life.
• Kong matched Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer with Engulfing Lightning, then targeted Tang Hao’s leg to stop him from building power with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Tang Hao activated Divine Slaughter’s Domain, but its suppression had little effect on Kong and gave Tang Hao only a slight advantage in strength.
• Kong unveiled his Thunder God Domain, transforming Tang Hao’s domain into a purple Thunder Ocean.
• Purple lightning repeatedly struck Tang Hao, numbing him and making his movements sluggish.

Kong maintained his Thunder God Domain long enough to expose Tang Hao’s mistaken belief that he would quickly run out of Soul Power. Tang Hao unleashed his Clear Sky True Body, but Kong answered with his extraordinary Seventh Soul Skill and forced Tang Hao to detonate his Soul Rings.

• Tang Hao watched Kong sustain the Thunder God Domain for half an hour and realized Kong’s Soul Power was far greater than he had expected.
• Tang Hao decided he had to kill Kong with overwhelming force and activated Clear Sky True Body.
• Kong used his Seventh Soul Skill, Magatsu Mitake Narukami Mikoto, and formed a Divine Armor Form around himself.
• Kong sent Engulfing Lightning through the shattered void in a strike that made Tang Hao fear for his life.
• Tang Hao roared and began detonating his Soul Rings, shattering them from the First through the Sixth.

Tang Hao detonated his soul rings and used the Great Sumeru Hammer to attack Kong, while several observers watched in shock. Kong revealed that his First Soul Ring had evolved into a 100,000 Year Soul Ring and unleashed a devastating attack, leaving Tang Hao convinced he was about to die.

• Tang Hao detonated six soul rings, then his eighth, to strengthen his Great Sumeru Hammer as he attacked Kong with the Engulfing Lightning.
• She Long, Ci Xue, Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi arrived and watched the fight, while Yu Yuanyuan and Yu Luomian came forward before Yu Longwu stopped them.
• Yu Luomian vowed to make Tang Hao and Clear Sky Sect pay for trying to assassinate their Young Sect Master.
• Kong revealed that his First Soul Ring had evolved into a 100,000 Year Soul Ring and activated its skill, Segmented Devastation.
• Kong combined the attack with his Thunder God Domain and Divine Armor Form as Tang Hao detonated his Seventh and Ninth Soul Rings and feared he would die.

Kong killed Tang Hao with Segmented Devastation after Tang Hao chose to meet the attack head-on with his Clear Sky Hammer. Kong then prepared to collect Tang Hao’s Soul Bones, including the 100,000 Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.

• Tang Hao realized he could not withstand Kong’s attack and regretted trying to eliminate him.
• Chen Xin sensed blade intent in Kong’s Soul Skill and resolved to ask him about it later.
• Tang Hao detonated his final two Soul Rings and charged at Kong’s fourteen-in-one Sword Qi with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Kong’s Sword Qi split Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer in two, then cut Tang Hao in half.
• Kong dismissed his Martial Soul Avatar and prepared to collect Tang Hao’s Soul Bones.

Kong killed Tang Hao and collected the seven soul bones left behind, while the observers weighed their next moves. She Long and Ci Xue left to report Kong’s strength and their suspicions about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s elders.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin decided not to approach Kong or claim the soul bones, then returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yu Luomian, Yu Yuanyuan, and another Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elder emerged and praised Kong for killing Tang Hao.
• Kong gathered Tang Hao’s seven soul bones into his Storage Soul Tool and left with the clan elders.
• She Long and Ci Xue emerged after Kong’s group departed and suspected that two of the elders were Titled Douluo.
• She Long and Ci Xue returned to report Tang Hao’s death, Kong’s strength, and their suspicions about the elders.

Kong distributed the recovered soul bones among the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, reserving several for the sect and Dugu Bo. He then returned to Heaven Dou City and went shopping with Ei Wife, where someone recognized them.

• Kong kept the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone and let Yu Luomian, Yu Yuanyuan, and Yu Longwu choose among the remaining soul bones.
• Yu Yuanyuan gave his right to choose to Yu Luomian, and Yu Longwu chose the Head Soul Bone first.
• Yu Luomian chose the right leg and Left Arm Soul Bones, while Kong assigned the Torso and right arm soul bones to the sect and the left leg soul bone to Dugu Bo.
• Kong returned to Heaven Dou City and strolled through the shops with Ei Wife, who examined unfamiliar goods.
• Someone spotted Kong and Ei Wife while they were shopping.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing ran into Kong and Ei while shopping and learned that Ei was distinct from the Raiden Shogun. Ning Rongrong declared that she and Zhu Zhuqing admired Kong, then offered to pay for Ei’s shopping, leaving Kong and Zhu Zhuqing baffled.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing spotted Kong shopping with Ei and felt frustrated that he was already married and far stronger than them.
• Kong introduced Ei as his wife, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing mistakenly concluded that Ei and the Raiden Shogun were twin sisters.
• Ning Rongrong told Ei that she and Zhu Zhuqing were Kong’s admirers, but Ei reacted with indifference.
• Ning Rongrong brightened at Ei’s lack of jealousy and offered to cover all of Ei’s expenses that day.

Kong went shopping with Ei, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, then took them to a hotel where its chef revealed himself as Kong’s devoted half-disciple. The meal left Ning Rongrong embarrassed and discouraged, while the chef hurried off to improve his cooking after Kong’s advice.

• Kong wondered why no second-generation heirs had tried to provoke him, while Ei noticed his thoughts and he insisted she was hallucinating.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing watched Kong and Ei’s devoted exchange, but remained determined to pursue their chances despite feeling discouraged.
• Ning Rongrong suggested they eat at a hotel, and Kong recognized it as the inn where he was staying.
• The hotel’s chef, a food-system Soul Elder and Kong’s half-disciple, served him Colorful Dumplings and asked for feedback.
• Kong praised the dumplings but advised the chef to ferment the dough five minutes longer, and the chef hurried away to make another batch.
• Ning Rongrong quietly admitted she had not expected the chef to be Kong’s half-disciple, her spirits visibly dimmed.

Ning Rongrong asked Ei why she ate only sweets, then discussed her own cultivation and compared her Soul Power with Kong's. The chapter left Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing stunned when Kong revealed that he had reached level seventy-three and become a Soul Saint.

• Ning Rongrong asked Ei why she ate sweets, and Kong interrupted before Ei could explain that most humans liked them.
• Kong told Ning Rongrong that she lacked a cheat, leaving her puzzled about what one was.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing told Kong they had reached levels thirty-one and thirty-two after obtaining soul rings.
• Ning Rongrong pressed Kong to reveal his Soul Power Level, and he admitted he had reached level seventy-three.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were shocked that Kong was a Soul Saint at his age.

Kong revealed that he had reached level seventy-three, leaving Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing discouraged by the widening gap. After Kong declined to spar with Zhu Zhuqing, the two returned to Blue Tyrant Academy, while Tang San’s training at Heaven Dou Royal Academy drew comments about his overwhelming advantage over Dai Mubai.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing learned that Kong had risen from level sixty-two to level seventy-three in a few months and wondered whether he secretly cultivated at night.
• Kong said he did not care about his cultivation speed and refused Zhu Zhuqing’s request for combat guidance, explaining that their strength gap was too large for a useful spar.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing left to continue cultivating, and Zhu Zhuqing suggested she might have a chance to catch up while Ning Rongrong faced the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s level limit.
• Ning Rongrong attacked Zhu Zhuqing after Zhu Zhuqing teased her about being an auxiliary-type Soul Master.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, observers watched Tang San use Blue Silver Entanglement and wondered why Dai Mubai could not fight back against him.