Chapter Summaries

Gu Han defeated Tang Hao in Spirit City's central square, destroying his attack and killing him with the Golden Dragon Spear. Tang Hao's death before countless witnesses marked the beginning of a new era under the newly appointed Pope of Spirit Hall.

• Gu Han summoned his Sacred Dragon Martial Soul and confronted Tang Hao, who summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and urged Tang San to flee.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to lead Tang San and the Shrek group away, and Flender knocked Tang San unconscious before carrying him off.
• Tang Hao unleashed Divine Slaughter's Domain and detonated his Soul Rings to hurl an enormous Clear Sky Hammer Avatar at Gu Han, then tried to escape through the crowd.
• Gu Han purified Tang Hao's killing intent, imprisoned and shattered the hammer with Void Dark Domain, and moved civilians clear of Tang Hao's escape route.
• Gu Han threw the Golden Dragon Spear and pierced Tang Hao's heart, killing him in front of the crowd.

After Gu Han killed Tang Hao and became Spirit Hall’s new Pope, news of the tournament shook the continent. Tang Yuehua brought Tang San to the Clear Sky Sect to train for revenge, while Gu Han reshaped Spirit Hall and spread new technologies and farming methods across both empires.

• Ah Yin collected Tang Hao’s six soul bones after Gu Han killed him, and Gu Han ended the coronation ceremony without pursuing the fleeing Shrek group.
• News of the tournament reached Heaven Dou Imperial City, where Xue Ye learned why Gu Han had missed the final and felt pleased that he had become Pope.
• Tang Yuehua visited the drunken Tang San, comforted him, and promised to take him to the Clear Sky Sect to learn from Tang Xiao.
• Tang San returned to the Clear Sky Sect, where the elders encouraged him and Tang Xiao began guiding his cultivation.
• Gu Han changed Spirit Hall’s policies, strengthened cooperation with the Heaven Dou Empire, and spread technology and farming methods through the Star Luo Empire.

Over the past year, Gu Han strengthened Spirit Hall’s influence and wealth by spreading agricultural technology and developing steam-powered machines, including a Steam Train. After Qian Renxue revealed that Xue Ye was near death and described her plan to eliminate unstable factors, Gu Han traveled with her to the Heaven Dou Imperial City, where she took him to meet someone important.

• Gu Han distributed farming tools and techniques, expanded Spirit Hall’s grassroots influence, and invested its wealth in the Earth Technology Research Institute.
• The institute developed the Steam Engine and Steam Train, prompting rulers across the continent to seek railways and trains from Gu Han.
• Qian Renxue told Gu Han that Xue Ye was near death and said she intended to eliminate every unstable factor after he died.
• Gu Han announced that he would visit the nations’ capitals to discuss the cost of Steam Trains and railways, beginning with the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue brought Gu Han to a luxury castle in the Heaven Dou Imperial City to plan in secret, then took him to Moonlight Pavilion to meet someone important.

Gu Han met Xue Ke after Qian Renxue introduced her as a possible marriage ally, then confronted Tang Yuehua when she came to Moonlight Pavilion. Qian Renxue explained that Xue Ke could strengthen the planned alliance between Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall, and three days later Xue Ye died, prompting Qian Renxue to seal the palace.

• Qian Renxue introduced Xue Ke to Gu Han, and Xue Ke eagerly asked him and his attendants questions.
• Tang Yuehua visited Gu Han, who taunted her by claiming that killing Tang Hao had avenged her father and the Clear Sky Sect; she forced herself to agree before leaving.
• Qian Renxue told Gu Han she intended to use Xue Ke in a marriage alliance with Spirit Hall after Xue Ye's death, and Gu Han agreed to the plan.
• Three days later, Xue Ye died in the palace, and Qian Renxue ordered the imperial palace sealed.

After Xue Ye died, Qian Renxue concealed his death and moved to seize the throne while purging her rivals. She led the Royal Musketeer Regiment to Prince Xue Xing's mansion, where its gunfire killed Xue Xing, Xue Beng, and their guards.

• Qian Renxue sealed the palace, concealed Xue Ye's death, and sent Porcupinefish Douluo to notify Gu Han.
• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng failed to win noble or clan support for their bid to put Xue Beng on the throne, and their former allies revealed their plans to Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue surrounded Prince Xue Xing's mansion with the Royal Knights and Royal Musketeer Regiment, accusing Xue Xing and Xue Beng of plotting rebellion.
• Prince Xue Xing challenged Qian Renxue, who ordered the Royal Musketeers to fire instead of sending in the knights.
• The Royal Musketeers' successive volleys killed the Soul Master guards, Prince Xue Xing, and Xue Beng.

After Xue Ye’s death, Gu Han launched a prepared Spirit Hall operation against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. The chapter ended as Yu Yuanzhen sensed danger and heard an enemy attack alarm.

• Pufferfish Douluo told Gu Han that Xue Ye had died, and Gu Han ordered him to return to protecting Qian Renxue while beginning the operation.
• Gu Han gathered Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, five Spirit Hall elders, and thousands of soul masters outside Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Gu Han led the force toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, declaring it their target.
• Yu Yuanzhen pondered the political fallout from Xue Ye’s death and dismissed claims that Xue Qinghe served Spirit Hall, though he felt uneasy.
• A scream of “Enemy attack!” rang out at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Spirit Hall launched a nighttime assault on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, with Gu Han accusing the clan of conspiring against the Heaven Dou throne. As Yu Yuanzhen fought back, he unleashed the Nine Crowns of the True Dragon, and Gu Han stepped in to confront his powerful counterattack.

• Yu Yuanzhen discovered Spirit Hall Soul Masters attacking the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and was surrounded by five elders led by Demon Bear Douluo.
• Gu Han claimed the raid was ordered by the Crown Prince because the clan had concealed a letter from Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng, while Yu Yuanzhen denied any conspiracy.
• Yu Yuanzhen transformed into his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Avatar and fought the five elders, but their combined assault forced him onto the defensive.
• As Spirit Hall fighters killed clan elders, Yu Yuanzhen activated the Nine Crowns of the True Dragon and raised his seventh, eighth, and ninth spirit rings to 99,999 years.
• Yu Yuanzhen unleashed his eighth and ninth soul skills against the attackers, and Gu Han moved to intervene.

Gu Han used his Sacred Dragon and its domain to suppress and kill Yu Yuanzhen, then led Spirit Hall in destroying the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Tang Yuehua sensed danger and left for the Clear Sky Sect, which Gu Han next prepared to attack.

• Gu Han summoned the Sacred Dragon and suppressed Yu Yuanzhen and the dragon-blooded soul masters of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• The Sacred Dragon tore Yu Yuanzhen apart, and Gu Han claimed his three soul bones, including the Nine Crowns of the True Dragon.
• Gu Han, the five elders, and Spirit Hall's elite forces wiped out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, leaving fewer than ten Spirit Hall troops dead.
• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong felt sudden unease at Blue Tyrant Academy, while Tang Yuehua grew anxious over Xue Ye's illness and prepared to return to the Clear Sky Sect.
• After treating the wounded, Gu Han led his forces and the five elders toward the Clear Sky Sect, intending to destroy it.

Gu Han led Spirit Hall’s forces in a night raid on the Clear Sky Sect, claiming they acted under Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s orders and had not violated Qian Daoliu’s oath. After Gu Han’s Sacred Dragon killed Tang Xiao, Tang San arrived and Hu Liena turned her killing intent toward him.

• Gu Han’s forces secretly wiped out the Clear Sky Sect’s outpost village and attacked the sect on its Ancestral Peak.
• Tang Xiao confronted Gu Han, who claimed the attack was ordered by Xue Qinghe to punish the sect for conspiring with Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng.
• Gu Han summoned the Sacred Dragon, which seized Tang Xiao’s Clear Sky Hammer Avatar and killed him with a tail strike.
• Tang San arrived and witnessed Tang Xiao’s death, while a Clear Sky Sect elder urged him to escape.
• Hu Liena recognized Tang San and, resentful of him and his teacher and devoted to Gu Han, resolved to kill him.

Hu Liena pursued Tang San after Spirit Hall attacked the Clear Sky Sect, but he abandoned Meng Yiran to escape. Meng Yiran swore revenge and agreed to join Spirit Hall, while Tang San reunited with Tang Yuehua at the ruined village and fled with her.

• Hu Liena attacked Tang San as he fled, but he dodged her soul skills while Meng Yiran was struck and fell behind.
• Tang San abandoned Meng Yiran to save himself, and Hu Liena eventually gave up the chase.
• After Hu Liena mocked Tang San, Meng Yiran swore revenge and asked to join Spirit Hall; Hu Liena agreed to recommend her and demanded her loyalty.
• Tang San reached the ruined village below the Clear Sky Sect and found Tang Yuehua grieving there.
• Tang San told Tang Yuehua that Spirit Hall had destroyed the sect and that the Pope, Gu Han, had killed his uncle, then urged her to escape with him.
• Tang Yuehua took Tang San away in a carriage before Spirit Hall's forces descended the mountain.

After fleeing the Clear Sky Sect, Tang San and Tang Yuehua decided to leave the Heaven Dou Empire and search for Slaughter City, while Meng Yiran joined Spirit Hall to take revenge on Tang San. Back in Heaven Dou Imperial City, Qian Renxue announced Xue Ye’s death and faced ministers urging her to ascend the throne, though she planned to refuse their petitions three times first.

• Tang San asked Tang Yuehua about Slaughter City, and they agreed to leave the Heaven Dou Empire while looking for its location.
• Hu Liena brought Meng Yiran to Gu Han, explained that Tang San had abandoned her, and vouched for her request to join Spirit Hall; Gu Han accepted her.
• Gu Han returned to Heaven Dou Imperial City after ordering Spirit Hall’s forces to remain at their rendezvous point.
• Qian Renxue executed Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng, then announced at court that Xue Ye had died of illness.
• A minister urged Qian Renxue to ascend the throne, but she said she needed time to consider and planned to refuse three times before accepting.

Qian Renxue manipulated the court into supporting her accession and became the new emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire. After learning that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Clear Sky Sect had been destroyed, Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong, and Flender planned to flee to Slaughter City.

• Qian Renxue announced that Xue Xing and Xue Beng had been killed after plotting to seize the throne, then refused the court’s first demand that she ascend.
• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong learned that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been wiped out, while Zhao Wuji explained that Gu Han and Spirit Hall had also destroyed the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bibi Dong warned Yu Xiaogang and the others that they were in danger and rejected Flender’s suggestion to flee to the Star Luo Empire.
• Bibi Dong proposed Slaughter City as a refuge beyond the reach of the empires and Spirit Hall.
• After three entreaties and refusals, Qian Renxue accepted the throne and became emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, with Gu Han, Ning Fengzhi, and Bone Douluo as witnesses.

After taking control of the Heaven Dou Empire, Qian Renxue proposed an alliance with Spirit Hall to unify the continent and secured the court’s approval by arranging marriages between the two powers. The alliance was publicly announced, and the war began less than a month later.

• Qian Renxue told Gu Han she needed about half a year to bring the Heaven Dou Empire fully under her control before beginning their plan.
• After half a year, Qian Renxue proposed allying with Spirit Hall and unifying the continent, prompting objections from many nobles and ministers.
• Qian Renxue eased the court’s concerns by proposing to marry Xue Ke to Gu Han and to make Hu Liena her Empress, with their future child set to inherit the throne.
• Ning Fengzhi approved Qian Renxue’s plan, and the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall announced their alliance.
• Less than a month after the announcement, war began.

Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire began a joint campaign to unify the continent, with Spirit Hall rapidly conquering the Balak Kingdom while the Heaven Dou army advanced more slowly into Silves. As Tang San and Tang Yuehua reunited with the Shrek group near Slaughter City, Poseidon decided to seek the Asura God’s help to stop the alliance from unifying Douluo Continent.

• Spirit Hall’s Soul Master Legion used advanced armor, firearms, grenades, mortars, and cannons to rout Balak’s army and capture Barak Royal City within a month.
• Spirit Hall helped the Heaven Dou Empire take the Balak Kingdom, while Qian Renxue’s forces advanced more slowly against Silves because its border troops were stronger and less familiar with artillery.
• Tang Yuehua and Tang San condemned Spirit Hall’s war as they fled, while the Shrek group reached a town near Slaughter City and encountered them.
• Poseidon learned that Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire planned to unify the continent and recalled the ancient empire the God Realm had destroyed after it developed powerful Soul Tools.
• Poseidon resolved to approach the Asura God so they could prevent the alliance from unifying Douluo Continent.

Poseidon persuaded the Asura God to join forces against Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire’s plan to unify the Douluo Continent. After they agreed on a preliminary strategy, the Asura God sent his divine consciousness to Slaughter City through Tang Chen.

• Poseidon visited the Asura God and warned that continental unification could damage both gods’ faith.
• The Asura God revealed that a prophetic dream had led him to place a soul in a special infant who might inherit his divine position and stop Spirit Hall.
• The Asura God agreed to work with Poseidon to prevent Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire from unifying the continent.
• Poseidon proposed using their forces on the Douluo Continent to help the Star Luo Empire resist Spirit Hall, and the gods shared their hidden arrangements.
• At Poseidon’s prompting, the Asura God sent his divine consciousness to Slaughter City through Tang Chen.

The Asura God erased the Blood-Colored Bat King's will and awakened Tang Chen, ordering him to lead Slaughter City and seek Sea God Island's help against Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire. Tang Chen learned that Tang Yuehua and Tang San were nearby, while a troop of knights arrived to summon them in his name.

• The Asura God erased the King of Slaughter's will, awakened Tang Chen, and tasked him with leading Slaughter City to support the Star Luo Empire and oppose Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The Asura God promised Tang Chen that Sea God Poseidon would marry Bo Saixi to him if he succeeded, and instructed him to request Sea God Island's aid in person.
• Tang Chen learned that Tang Yuehua and Tang San were preparing to enter Slaughter City and wondered about his family and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San reunited with Yu Xiaogang, Flender, Bibi Dong, and Liu Erlong, then explained that he sought power in Slaughter City to avenge his father, uncle, and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that his group had come to Slaughter City to escape Spirit Hall, and encouraged Tang San to grow stronger and take revenge.
• Knights arrived in the town announcing that Tang Chen wanted Tang Yuehua and Tang San and offering a reward for information about them.

Tang Yuehua and Tang San reunited with Tang Chen in Slaughter City, where Tang Chen learned that his grandsons were dead and the Clear Sky Sect had been destroyed by the Spirit Hall. After hearing that Tang Chen had received an oracle to oppose the Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire alongside Sea God Island, Bibi Dong realized the danger to her plans.

• Tang Yuehua and Tang San met the knights sent by the King of Slaughter, and Tang Yuehua asked whether Tang Chen was the Clear Sky Douluo.
• The knights brought Tang Yuehua, Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong, and Liu Erlong to the castle, where Tang Yuehua recognized Tang Chen and embraced him.
• Tang Chen asked about the Clear Sky Sect and his sons, and Tang Yuehua told him that both her brothers were dead and the sect had been destroyed.
• Tang Chen learned the Spirit Hall was responsible, erupted in anger, and vowed to destroy Qian Daoliu and the Spirit Hall.
• Tang Yuehua revealed that Tang Chen was the Asura God's chosen one, tasked with joining Sea God Island to stop the Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou Empire, and Bibi Dong grew alarmed.

Bibi Dong feared Asura God would discover her as the Rakshasa God's chosen inheritor, while Asura God resolved to prevent the Rakshasa God from restoring her. Tang Chen received another oracle, prepared to seek help from Sea God Island, and summoned Yu Xiaogang with a question about Bibi Dong.

• Bibi Dong recalled that she had come to Slaughter City to seek the Rakshasa God’s help and target Liu Erlong, but feared Asura God would notice her through Tang Chen.
• Asura God discovered Bibi Dong and decided that the Rakshasa God would not be allowed to save her.
• After receiving another oracle, Tang Chen declared that he would ally with Sea God Island against Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire, while keeping Tang San safe in Slaughter City.
• Tang Chen planned to visit Bo Saixi on Sea God Island and secretly summoned Yu Xiaogang before leaving.
• Tang Chen asked Yu Xiaogang whether he wanted to become a man again, then asked whether he knew who Bibi Dong was.

Tang Chen offered Yu Xiaogang a chance to regain his manhood in exchange for killing Bibi Dong, then reunited with Bo Saixi and prepared Sea God Island to aid the Star Luo Empire. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue used the Heaven Dou Empire’s reconquest to redistribute defeated nobles’ lands to commoners and build support for later reforms.

• Tang Chen told Yu Xiaogang he could restore his manhood if Yu Xiaogang killed Bibi Dong, then left him to consider the deal.
• Tang Chen reached Sea God Island, identified himself to Seahorse Douluo, and met Bo Saixi.
• Tang Chen and Bo Saixi shared what had happened since their separation, and Bo Saixi condemned Spirit Hall for destroying the Clear Sky Sect and promised to help him seek revenge.
• Bo Saixi accelerated the gathering of Sea Soul Masters to support the Star Luo Empire against Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• After the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall reclaimed the breakaway kingdoms and duchies, Qian Renxue confiscated local nobles’ lands and redistributed them to commoners.
• Qian Renxue hoped to use resistance from the conquered nobles to eliminate them, win commoners’ loyalty, and later weaken the nobles within the Heaven Dou Empire.

Gu Han used the Heavenly Points earned from war and technological advances to strengthen his soul, cultivation methods, soul rings, and Soul Spirits. After Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire’s forces met resistance from Tang Chen, Bo Saixi, and their allies, Gu Han headed to the front lines to confront them.

• Gu Han married Xue Ke and Ning Rongrong, then comforted Hu Liena after she learned she was to marry Xue Qinghe, who was Qian Renxue.
• Over six months, Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire reclaimed the breakaway kingdoms and duchies, while Gu Han’s Heavenly Points accumulated through conquest and technological development.
• Gu Han spent Heavenly Points to raise his soul rings, cultivation methods, techniques, and soul bones, and he transformed his soul into an Indestructible Soul and his body into an Innate Spirit Body.
• Gu Han contracted Ah Rou and Bi Ji as Soul Spirits and upgraded their Soul Spirit Rings to one million years.
• Gu Han learned that Tang Chen and Bo Saixi were leading powerful forces against the allied armies, so he set out to confront them while Qian Daoliu guarded Spirit Hall.
• At a military camp in the Kilichris Kingdom, Dai Weisi toasted Tang Chen and Bo Saixi for answering the Asura God and Sea God’s decrees and aiding the Star Luo Alliance.