Chapter Summaries

Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong clashed over the past and Qian Renxue’s upbringing, but stopped fighting after learning their letters described an impending God War. They agreed to meet at the Worship Hall, while Qian Daoliu reconsidered how Qian Renxue should face the truth about her mother.

• Qian Daoliu defended concealing the truth from Qian Renxue, arguing that Bibi Dong had failed to act as a mother and that he had tried to protect the child from cruelty.
• Bibi Dong attacked Qian Daoliu with Moon Blades and Soul-Devouring Demon Spiders, and he countered with the Six-Winged Angel’s purifying power.
• Qian Daoliu urged Bibi Dong to stop fighting and reveal whether the letters from Qian Renxue and Hu Liena warned of a real God War.
• Bibi Dong calmed down, handed Qian Daoliu her letter, and read Hu Liena’s letter while he read the one she held.
• Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong agreed to postpone their argument and meet at the Worship Hall to address the urgent matter.
• After Bibi Dong left, Qian Daoliu reflected that Qian Renxue would have to face the bond with her mother and the truth he had concealed.

Trapped in the Beast Tide, Liu Erlong and the other Soul Masters struggled to hold their lines in the rain, which weakened her Fire Dragon Martial Soul. When a Soul Emperor was murdered by a Crossbow Bolt, panic and suspicion spread through the team, and Shui Feng moved to capture the young Soul Master she suspected.

• Liu Erlong patched her abdominal wound and told Yu Xiaogang she was holding up poorly as she recovered between battles.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to confess his love, but an injured Soul Emperor interrupted him, scolded him for neglecting the team, and kicked him.
• An unseen attacker shot the Soul Emperor through the chest with a poisoned Crossbow Bolt, and he used his last strength to shout a warning before dying.
• Shui Feng spotted a calm young Soul Master and ordered Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to capture him, but he slipped away into the crowd.
• The Soul Masters isolated the young man, who answered their charges with a volley of needles, before Shui Feng arrived and restrained him with her Soul Power.

Shui Feng prepared to execute Tang San after the crowd blamed him for killing a Soul Emperor, but Yu Xiaogang arrived and challenged the evidence and her authority. He displayed an Elder Token and confronted Shui Feng, leaving Tang San's fate unresolved.

• The crowd demanded Tang San's execution, and Shui Feng raised her hand to strike him.
• Yu Xiaogang rushed in and argued that there was no solid proof Tang San had killed the Soul Emperor.
• Shui Feng pointed to Tang San's hidden weapons and flight as evidence, then broke his arm and held up his sleeve arrow for the crowd.
• Yu Xiaogang challenged the claim that Tang San had fired the crossbow bolt and accused Shui Feng of trying to force a confession.
• Yu Xiaogang raised an Elder Token and declared that Shui Feng had no right to act presumptuously against his disciple.

Yu Xiaogang used the Spirit Hall Elder Token and sophistry to shield Tang San from blame for assassinating a Soul Emperor, while Shui Feng struggled to challenge him. After Shui Feng failed to kill Tang San, Tang San set his broken arm and vowed to give her an unforgettable memory, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Shui Yue'er challenged Yu Xiaogang to prove Tang San had not assassinated the Soul Emperor, but Yu Xiaogang invoked his Elder Token and shifted suspicion toward Shui Feng.
• Shui Feng declared she would take responsibility and struck at Tang San, but Tang San dodged her palm at the last instant.
• The crowd began excusing Tang San's crime after seeing him survive Shui Feng's attack without injury.
• Tang San silently forced his broken arm back into place, then told Shui Feng he would give her an unforgettable memory.

Tang San used hidden weapons to threaten Shui Feng and Shui Yue'er while holding Shui Feng back from supporting the defenses against the Beast Tide. He revealed that he intended to let the Godwind Academy vice dean's failing defense collapse, leaving the Soul Beasts to kill Shui Feng, her daughter, and everyone else.

• Tang San ignored Yu Xiaogang's warning and fired his Zhuge Repeating Crossbow at Shui Yue'er, forcing Shui Feng to protect her daughter.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Tang San to stop and apologize, but Tang San accused his master of cowardice and continued attacking.
• Tang San rained hidden weapons on Shui Feng and Shui Yue'er, and Shui Feng declared that she would kill him regardless of whether he apologized.
• Tang San revealed that he meant to keep Shui Feng occupied until the Godwind Academy vice dean's defense collapsed, allowing the Soul Beasts to break through.
• Tang San threatened to turn Shui Yue'er into a target if Shui Feng went to help, and warned that neither mother nor daughter would survive the Beast Tide.

Tang San’s attack on Shui Feng’s forces ended when Tang Hao appeared and revealed himself as the Clear Sky Douluo. As Tang Hao confronted Shui Feng, Lu Yuan emerged and challenged Tang San, leaving a new confrontation about to begin.

• Tang San fought off the surrounding Soul Masters and tried to kill Yu Xiaogang, but Liu Erlong blocked his poisoned needles and joined the attack against him.
• Shui Feng unleashed her Martial Soul Avatar at Tang San, but Tang Hao’s hammer shattered it and left her gravely injured.
• Tang Hao revealed that he was Tang San’s father, the Clear Sky Douluo, and confronted Shui Feng.
• Tang San taunted Shui Feng as she awaited death, while Tang Hao remained silent about his name.
• Lu Yuan stepped out of the void, insulted Tang San, and announced that he wanted to cook him as dog meat.

Lu Yuan confronted Tang Hao after discovering Yu Xiaogang's severed head and declared that he would hold Tang Hao accountable for killing a Spirit Hall honorary elder. He revealed that he had come alone and challenged Tang Hao to a fight to the death.

• Tang Hao rebuked Tang San and prepared to leave with him rather than fight Lu Yuan during the Beast Tide.
• Lu Yuan recognized Yu Xiaogang's head and questioned what punishment awaited someone who killed a Spirit Hall elder.
• Lu Yuan told Tang Hao he was a friend of Spirit Hall's Holy Daughter and intended to hold him accountable for both Yu Xiaogang's death and his past deeds.
• Tang Hao suspected Lu Yuan was bait for an ambush and asked whether Yue Guan, Gui Mei, or another opponent was waiting nearby.
• Lu Yuan revealed his five soul rings, including one black and four red, said he had come alone, and challenged Tang Hao to determine both the victor and the dead.

Lu Yuan trapped Tang Hao and Tang San inside his amplified Ice and Fire Yin Yang Domain, using its mist and shifting terrain to exploit Tang Hao’s injuries. After Tang Hao shattered the ice tomb, Lu Yuan triggered an Ice Burst Technique against him, leaving the attack’s outcome unresolved.

• Lu Yuan’s four ten-thousand-year Soul Rings shocked the Soul Masters, while Tang San resolved to capture him and learn how his Soul Rings had changed.
• Tang Hao decided Lu Yuan was too dangerous to let live and attacked him with the Clear Sky Hammer, avoiding his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Lu Yuan invoked the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Domain, transforming the battlefield into a landscape of lava, ice, and renewing mist.
• Tang Hao smashed the ground and then flew with Tang San to avoid the lava, while the domain’s temperature shifts aggravated his hidden injuries.
• Tang Hao broke the ice tomb, but Lu Yuan used the scattered ice fragments to unleash his Ice Burst Technique around him.

Lu Yuan confronted Tang Hao in a devastating battle, matching his attacks with spatial abilities while protecting the Soul Masters and Soul Beasts below. After Tang Hao unleashed his eighty-first hammer strike, Lu Yuan evaded it and revealed that Tang Hao had deliberately entered the formation during their previous encounter to make Lu Yuan lower his guard.

• Tang Hao survived Lu Yuan’s Ice Burst Technique and detonated four soul rings to attack him with the Clear Sky Hammer, while Lu Yuan chose to meet the blow head-on.
• Lu Yuan and Tang Hao’s clash created a vast sphere of light, lightning, and magma that battered the surrounding Soul Masters and Soul Beasts; Scarlet King watched over Lu Yuan as Qian Renxue sensed the battle from the city.
• Tang Hao fought one-handed while holding Tang San, but Tang San told him to put him down so he could fight without restraint.
• A short black-robed figure sensed a presence nearby and then vanished into the darkness after noting that another had arrived with a lapdog of light.
• Lu Yuan used spatial abilities to evade Tang Hao’s attacks and revealed that the Ice Burst Technique’s apparent damage had been a smokescreen.
• Tang Hao detonated his last Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and struck with his eighty-first hammer, but the attack passed through Lu Yuan as he explained that Tang Hao had entered the formation last time to lull him into complacency.

Lu Yuan revealed that he had deceived Tang Hao with a light-shadow projection, but Tang Hao prepared to use his remaining power to kill him. As Ning Rongrong and the arriving Titled Douluo tried to reach Lu Yuan, Bear Lord joined the Beast Tide, and Lu Yuan revealed that the figure Tang Hao held was another projection.

• Lu Yuan explained that he had used a light-shadow projection to trick Tang Hao into attacking the wrong position.
• Tang Hao decided to use his remaining strength in a final attack, while Ning Fengzhi ordered a retreat to protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong broke away and ran toward Lu Yuan, prompting Chen Xin and Gu Rong to follow and attempt to rescue her.
• Bear Lord arrived and severely wounded Gu Rong with a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear attack, leaving the rescuers facing five Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Ning Rongrong reached the space beneath Tang Hao and Lu Yuan, but Lu Yuan revealed that the figure Tang Hao held was another light-shadow projection, leaving only the Tai Xu Bone Spear behind.

Lu Yuan killed Tang Hao after Tang Hao tried to expose him as a member of Spirit Hall. With Tang San fleeing, Lu Yuan revealed he had marked him, then destroyed Tang Hao’s body and collected his soul bones.

• Lu Yuan pulled the Tai Xu Bone Spear from Tang Hao and killed him with iron spikes, then seized him by the throat as he tried to expose Lu Yuan as a Spirit Hall member.
• Lu Yuan joked about not having become Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, while Ning Fengzhi and the other Soul Masters interpreted Tang Hao’s accusation as a dying attempt to slander him.
• Shui Yue'er pointed out that Tang San had fled, and Lu Yuan revealed he had left something behind on him after striking him with a Rasengan.
• Lu Yuan crushed Tang Hao’s throat, burned away his corpse, collected his soul bones, and lamented that Tang Hao had failed to give his son the care and companionship he needed.

Lu Yuan killed Tang Hao, distributed four of his soul bones to Ning Rongrong, and left with the Clear Sky Sect’s inherited bones. He tracked down Tang San and struck him with a Rasengan, but a purple-black blade appeared behind his head.

• Lu Yuan’s killing of Tang Hao stunned the Soul Masters gathered at the battlefield, while the beasts welcomed the strength of their new Ice and Fire Dragon King.
• Lu Yuan gave Ning Rongrong four soul bones as a gift for Sword and Bone Douluo, then sent her through the void to them.
• Lu Yuan kept the Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Sect ancestral soul bones, warned himself not to provoke the Clear Sky Sect unnecessarily, and left the battlefield.
• Lu Yuan pursued Tang San through the void and slammed him into a crater with a Rasengan.
• Lu Yuan taunted the barely conscious Tang San as a purple-black blade silently approached behind his head.

Lu Yuan fought a mysterious attacker who wielded the Rakshasa God Scythe and tried to take Tang San. The attacker revealed himself as the Rakshasa High Priest, while Tang San saw a chance to survive by becoming the Rakshasa God’s new trial taker.

• Lu Yuan dodged the black-robed attacker’s scythe strike and countered with a Flame Pillar, but the attacker emerged unharmed.
• Lu Yuan recognized the attacker’s extraordinary power and demanded to know which god’s priest he was.
• The Rakshasa High Priest ordered Lu Yuan to lift his foot from Tang San, but Lu Yuan attacked Tang San with his spear instead.
• The Rakshasa High Priest blocked Lu Yuan’s strikes with the Rakshasa God Scythe, and Lu Yuan asked whether the Rakshasa God already had a trial taker.
• Tang San realized the Rakshasa God might choose him as a replacement trial taker, while the High Priest dismissed Lu Yuan as an ant and ordered him to leave.

Bear Lord and Scarlet King reacted to a terrifying power clashing with a beam of light, while Qian Renxue mistakenly suspected Bibi Dong was behind the disturbance. Bibi Dong denied involvement and agreed to let Qian Renxue accompany her to investigate, leaving their relationship poised for a private conversation.

• Bear Lord ordered Scarlet King to stay behind while he went to investigate the immense power in the distance.
• Xue Qinghe recognized the Rakshasa God’s power and feared Bibi Dong had come to attack Lu Yuan.
• Bibi Dong arrived, and Qian Renxue confronted her; Bibi Dong insisted she had neither ordered the attack nor mobilized the Rakshasa High Priest.
• Qian Daoliu offered to help the unknown powerhouse fighting the Rakshasa High Priest, and Bibi Dong agreed with him.
• Bibi Dong asked Qian Renxue to speak with her privately after the investigation, and Qian Renxue insisted on going with her.

Lu Yuan fought the Rakshasa High Priest, killed Tang San despite the High Priest’s attempt to protect him, and erased the Rakshasa Domain with Landscape Like a Painting. The High Priest found he could no longer summon his domain, while Lu Yuan challenged him to use whatever else he had.

• Lu Yuan rejected the Rakshasa High Priest’s apology and declared that he wanted to kill Tang San, then cut Tang San in half and burned his lower body to ashes.
• The Rakshasa High Priest unleashed the Rakshasa Domain, which filled the area with killing intent and overwhelmed Tang San’s Purple Demon Eyes.
• Lu Yuan used Landscape Like a Painting to flatten the domain into a two-dimensional scroll and cast it through a rift in space.
• The Rakshasa High Priest tried to summon the Rakshasa Domain again but discovered that Lu Yuan’s spatial isolation had trapped it beyond his reach.
• Lu Yuan explained that the technique worked especially well against opponents relying on powers bestowed by gods, then taunted the Rakshasa High Priest to attack again.

Lu Yuan escaped the Rakshasa High Priest’s Eternal Night Slash and used Fate and Time Deprivation to strip away the High Priest’s power and cripple him before he could flee with Tang San. The High Priest was left helpless as the radiance consumed his cultivation, while Tang San remained near death.

• The Rakshasa High Priest used the Rakshasa God Scythe to unleash Eternal Night Slash, intending to trap Lu Yuan and escape with Tang San.
• The Rakshasa High Priest grabbed the dying Tang San, but Lu Yuan emerged from the darkness and stopped him.
• The Rakshasa High Priest attacked Lu Yuan with the Rakshasa God Scythe, and Lu Yuan diverted the blow with the Tai Xu Bone Spear.
• Lu Yuan activated Fate and Time Deprivation, consuming his blood essence and Life Essence to strip the Rakshasa High Priest of control and dissolve his demigod body.
• The Rakshasa High Priest begged Lu Yuan to spare him, but the radiance deprived him of his cultivation and the strengths he had relied on.

Lu Yuan defeated the Rakshasa High Priest and collected his soul bones, but overlooked the Rakshasa God Scythe as the Beast Tide drew Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and other powerful figures into a tense standoff. Ning Rongrong recognized Qian Renxue’s connection to Lu Yuan by their similar scent, leaving the assembled factions poised for the next revelation.

• Lu Yuan watched the powerless Rakshasa High Priest die, burned his remains, and collected six soul bones before approaching the unconscious Tang San.
• Bear Lord and the other soul beasts faced Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and other Soul Masters amid growing tension.
• Yu Yuanzhen recognized Qian Daoliu as a likely Limit Douluo and concluded that Spirit Hall’s strength made resistance futile, so he privately decided to submit.
• A black-robed woman asked whether anyone had seen a young man, but Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen stayed silent as they suspected a trap.
• Ning Rongrong identified Lu Yuan as the young man and told Qian Renxue that their similar scent convinced her the two knew each other.

Ning Rongrong revealed that Lu Yuan had killed Tang Hao, prompting Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue to set out to find him. Di Tian then appeared atop the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and blocked the humans, declaring that none of them would leave alive.

• Ning Rongrong identified Lu Yuan by scent and told the others where he had gone, while Yu Yuanzhen took her knowledge as proof of his connection to Spirit Hall.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Lu Yuan had killed Tang Hao, shocking Qian Daoliu, Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, and the Titled Douluo present.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Renxue she would go find Lu Yuan, and Qian Renxue insisted on going with her.
• Di Tian descended onto the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, suppressed Yu Yuanzhen with his dragon might, and ordered the humans to stay.

Bibi Dong and Di Tian faced off as Di Tian identified two god-favored Soul Masters among the humans, while Ning Fengzhi was struck by a mental attack after meeting Di Tian’s gaze. Qian Daoliu stepped forward to challenge Di Tian, but a devastating Qi Blade suddenly tore across the battlefield, and the chapter ended with a broken bone spear and an armored severed arm crashing to the ground.

• Bibi Dong countered Di Tian’s pressure, and Di Tian revealed that two people on the human side carried divine auras.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Ning Fengzhi considered the implications of the god-favored fighters and whether their factions should choose a side.
• Ning Fengzhi met Di Tian’s gaze, suffered a mental attack, and warned the others about the black dragon he had seen.
• Di Tian prepared to face Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu, while Bibi Dong hesitated over fighting alongside Qian Daoliu in front of Qian Renxue.
• Qian Daoliu charged toward Di Tian, but a massive Qi Blade swept across the battlefield and wounded Di Tian as it devastated the surrounding forces.
• Di Tian saw a broken bone spear and a severed arm in flaming-red armor crash into the ground.

Lu Yuan arrived grievously wounded after a god intervened, and he explained to Di Tian that the Rakshasa God had come to pursue Tang San as a God Trial Taker. The story left Lu Yuan facing the Rakshasa God-possessed Tang San, while Di Tian realized the situation had escalated beyond his predictions.

• Di Tian recognized Lu Yuan’s severed arm and its silver-black blood, realizing that a god had acted ahead of schedule.
• Di Tian stopped a second streak of light and revealed the badly injured Lu Yuan, whose wounds were spreading with poisonous mist.
• Lu Yuan froze the corrupted parts of his body to halt the poison, then asked Di Tian whether gods were forbidden from interfering in the Human Realm.
• Di Tian explained that gods could interfere covertly, but Lu Yuan corrected him, saying the Rakshasa High Priest had come to select a God Trial Taker.
• Lu Yuan admitted that he had killed the Rakshasa High Priest and drawn the Rakshasa God in person, then faced Tang San, who was possessed by the god and wielded the Rakshasa God Scythe.