Chapter Summaries

Tang Yuehua's divine zither music exposed the false Faction Ranking and restored everyone’s true strength. A genuine Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking then appeared, cleansing and empowering humans and soul beasts before announcing the real Faction Ranking.

• Tang Yuehua's zither music cleared people's minds, revealing that the rewards from the first Faction Ranking had only made them imagine their strength had increased.
• Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Qian Daoliu, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and the two emperors realized their power had not changed and regretted trusting the fake ranking.
• A golden radiance cleansed people and accelerated cultivation and divine power recovery, while soul beasts also grew stronger and older.
• The Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking announced a new Faction Ranking with eight positions and named the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan eighth, led by Yu Yuanzhen.

The Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking revealed the strength and rewards of the continent’s major Soul Master forces, with Yanhuang Hall far surpassing the others. Qian Daoliu saw Spirit Hall’s weakness beside it and returned to cultivation while planning to restore the Qian Family’s control of the papacy.

• The Heavenly Dao announced the rankings, granting rewards to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Clear Sky Sect, Sea God Island, both empires, Spirit Hall, and Yanhuang Hall.
• Independent Soul Masters discussed the rankings and marveled that Yanhuang Hall had 641 Title Douluo and several god-level experts.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discussed their sect’s reward and wondered why Blue Tyrant Academy had not been ranked.
• Qian Daoliu saw Spirit Hall receive its reward and considered having another child to prepare a future Qian Family pope.
• After Yanhuang Hall’s overwhelming strength was revealed, Qian Daoliu felt humiliated, entered the secret chamber to cultivate, and planned to train a successor for the papacy.

After the faction rankings exposed Yanhuang Hall, Huang Tian remained unconcerned while Liu Erlong strengthened her Dragon Horses and prepared her academy students for the tournament. Tang San, who received no reward from the rankings, resolved to establish a Tang Sect and build his own faction, unaware that Tang Hao had abandoned him.

• Tang Yuehua worried that factions would search for Yanhuang Hall, but Huang Tian trusted his growing strength and focused on the reward that would increase births of top-grade martial souls.
• Liu Erlong gave Li Fu Immortal Herbs for the Dragon Horses so they could grow stronger, and Li Fu reported her order to Huang Tian.
• Liu Erlong considered having the Lanba Team reveal its strength in the upcoming tournament if Spirit Hall's students showed a major improvement.
• Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun congratulated Ning Rongrong on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's ranking, while Tang San brooded over receiving no reward.
• Tang San decided to form his own faction and rebuild the Tang Sect by annexing small groups, using their resources to make and sell Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San blamed the Clear Sky Sect for refusing to acknowledge him, unaware that Tang Hao had abandoned him because of his connection to Yu Xiaogang and his past actions.

An unknown shadow was weakened by the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking and fled, while Huang Tian learned that Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong had long suspected his relationship with Bibi Dong. Huang Tian realized Liu Erlong might use the tournament finals to embarrass Spirit Hall, and worried that his help to Hu Liena had undermined Blue Tyrant Academy’s plans.

• The Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking pierced the shadow beyond the World Membrane, reducing his power to the early stage of First-level God before he escaped to recover.
• Tang Yuehua told Huang Tian that she had detected another woman’s scent on him since Bibi Dong visited Heaven Dou City, and that Liu Erlong likely suspected him too.
• Tang Yuehua explained that she accepted Bibi Dong as another wife but feared Liu Erlong might secretly target her because of their rivalry.
• Huang Tian realized Liu Erlong might be preparing the Blue Tyrant Academy team to defeat Spirit Hall at the tournament finals.
• Huang Tian told Tang Yuehua that he had given Bibi Dong an Immortal Herb for Hu Liena and taught Hu Liena the Nine Heavens Profound Technique, potentially provoking Liu Erlong and angering Bibi Dong if the teams’ strengths differed from his predictions.
• Tang Yuehua teased Huang Tian for aiding Spirit Hall, then reassured him that Liu Erlong had arranged backup plans for the tournament.

Tang Yuehua persuaded Huang Tian to stop undermining Yanhuang Hall’s tournament team, while Huang Tian remained focused on monitoring the World Membrane. After learning that Bibi Dong was waiting for him, he teleported to her secret chamber and continued cultivating with her.

• Tang Yuehua told Huang Tian that Yanhuang Hall had to win the tournament and warned that aiding Spirit Hall’s students would cost him the trust of his subordinates.
• Huang Tian explained that he preferred Yanhuang Hall to stay hidden, and Tang Yuehua stopped trying to change his mind.
• Huang Tian went to the World Membrane, where he waited for the missing attacks and absorbed energy and matter with his Black Hole Martial Soul.
• Huang Tian remained unaware that the wounded Half-step God King had fled to the World Sea after the true Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking attacked him.
• Bibi Dong contacted Huang Tian after he stayed at the World Membrane for four hours, and he teleported to her secret chamber to cultivate with her.

Huang Tian discussed keeping Yanhuang Hall hidden and Blue Tyrant Academy's tournament ambitions with Liu Erlong, who then revealed she already knew about his relationship with Bibi Dong. They agreed to strengthen trusted students for the finals, while Liu Erlong accepted Bibi Dong as Huang Tian's wife.

• Huang Tian teleported to Liu Erlong's residence and waited while she cultivated in the secret chamber.
• Huang Tian told Liu Erlong he had refused Tang Yuehua's suggestion to bring Yanhuang Hall into the open, and Liu Erlong supported his decision while insisting Blue Tyrant Academy needed to win the tournament.
• Liu Erlong told Huang Tian that every other team had withdrawn from the tournament, leaving Blue Tyrant Academy to advance directly to the finals.
• Huang Tian declined Xue Ye's invitation to Princess Xue Ke's birthday banquet and decided Li Fu would deliver an immortal herb instead.
• Liu Erlong revealed that she had known about Huang Tian and Bibi Dong for more than two months and said she had no objection to their relationship.
• Liu Erlong planned to teach several trusted students the old version of the Nine Heavens Profound Technique so they could improve before the finals.

Xue Ye rewarded tournament teams with noble titles and promised further imperial support, while Dugu Bo confronted Yue Guan to avenge the pursuit from ten years earlier. Dugu Bo revealed a new poison-enhanced strength and launched a rapid assault, but Yue Guan blocked his attacks.

• Xue Ye granted titles to the advancing teams and promised rewards to standout members of four academies, angering Salas.
• Qin Ming learned of the rewards while Ma Hongjun and the others continued their brutal physical training.
• Dugu Bo, whose Soul Power had risen to level 93 and whose venom had grown more potent, lured Yue Guan away from Ghost Douluo to seek revenge.
• Yue Guan attacked Dugu Bo with his Fifth Soul Skill, and Dugu Bo used his Jade Scale Bewildering Array to evade and close the distance.
• Dugu Bo attacked at great speed, and Yue Guan blocked his blows while wondering whether Dugu Bo had cured his poison.

Dugu Bo lured Yue Guan into a fight near Tang Hao’s retreat, hoping Tang Hao would kill him, but Tang Hao spared Yue Guan to obey Yanhuang Hall’s orders. Tang Hao kept Dugu Bo at his secluded home to prevent him from pursuing the injured Yue Guan.

• Dugu Bo’s poison and escape tactics failed to defeat Yue Guan, who pursued him with powerful soul skills.
• Tang Hao appeared, and Yue Guan recognized him and pleaded for mercy, citing Bibi Dong’s backing.
• Tang Hao struck Yue Guan once with his Clear Sky Hammer, injuring him, then let him leave alive.
• Dugu Bo admitted he had lured Yue Guan to Tang Hao, and Tang Hao ordered him to stay for several days to prevent conflict with Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao led Dugu Bo to his thatched cottage by a waterfall, where Dugu Bo agreed to stay and build his own shelter.

Tang Hao learned that Ah Yin might be revived through the Blue Silver Grass grown from the seed she left behind, and Huang Tian used Sweet Dew Rain to restore her as a soul manifestation. Ah Yin reunited with Tang Hao, who vowed to protect her once she regained her human form.

• Tang Hao and Dugu Bo grilled rabbits and drank together while Tang Hao mourned Ah Yin beside the Blue Silver Grass grown from her seed.
• Dugu Bo reasoned that Ah Yin might be revived if her remaining Soul Power could be increased.
• Tang Hao contacted Huang Tian, who teleported to him and learned that the unusual Blue Silver Grass was Ah Yin.
• Huang Tian gave the Blue Silver Grass a drop of Sweet Dew Rain, and it grew until Ah Yin appeared in soul form.
• Ah Yin embraced Tang Hao, and Huang Tian explained that she needed to keep cultivating before she could regain a human body.
• Tang Hao promised to grow stronger and prevent anyone from harming Ah Yin again.

Huang Tian revived Ah Yin and explained her past to Liu Erlong, who decided to take the vulnerable Xiao Wu under her wing while privately imagining her as a pet rabbit. After cultivating together, Liu Erlong reached the mid-stage of the Third-Rank Deity realm, and Huang Tian prepared to tell Yue Hua that Ah Yin had returned.

• Tang Hao introduced Ah Yin to Huang Tian, and Huang Tian left them to catch her up on the thirteen years she had missed.
• Huang Tian told Liu Erlong that he had revived Ah Yin with Sweet Dew Rain and explained how Ah Yin had sacrificed herself to save Tang Hao.
• Liu Erlong and Huang Tian discussed Xiao Wu's identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Liu Erlong decided to take her as a disciple or goddaughter while thinking of petting her like a rabbit.
• Xiao Wu sensed an unexplained danger in the girls' dormitory, then calmed herself and began cultivating.
• Huang Tian and Liu Erlong cultivated together, and Liu Erlong broke through to the mid-stage of the Third-Rank Deity realm.
• Huang Tian said he would visit Yue Hua to tell her that Ah Yin had been revived, then agreed to bathe with Liu Erlong first.

After Huang Tian comforted Tang Yuehua and postponed their plans for children until after the tribulation, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan returned to Spirit City injured and explained how Tang Hao had spared him. Gui Mei helped Yue Guan rest and went to report the incident to the Pontiff.

• Huang Tian told Tang Yuehua that Ah Yin had been revived, and Tang Yuehua mourned her sister-in-law before proposing that they have children after the tribulation.
• Huang Tian agreed to discuss children after the tribulation and carried Tang Yuehua to the secret chamber to cultivate.
• Three days later, Yue Guan returned to Spirit City injured and told Gui Mei that Dugu Bo had lured him into a fight before Tang Hao confronted him.
• Yue Guan explained that Tang Hao broke four of his ribs but spared him because the Yanhuang Hall Master had forbidden attacks on Spirit Hall members.
• Gui Mei helped Yue Guan to bed, told him to avoid missions until he recovered, and left to report the incident to the Pontiff.

Bibi Dong reviewed disputes between Spirit Hall and the two empires, then learned that Tang Hao had injured Yue Guan but spared him because of Huang Tian’s order. She decided to curb the Holy Hall Masters’ arrogance by transferring them between empires and threatened to kill any who defied her.

• Bibi Dong read complaints from Holy Hall Masters who blamed the two empires and showed no self-reflection.
• Gui Mei reported that Dugu Bo had lured Yue Guan to Tang Hao, who broke four of Yue Guan’s ribs but let him go because he was a member of Yanhuang Hall.
• Bibi Dong refused to punish Tang Hao, reminding Gui Mei that he and Yue Guan had helped drive Tang Hao’s wife to her death and that Tang Hao was a demigod-level Douluo.
• After reflecting on Spirit Hall’s growing arrogance, Bibi Dong decided to transfer Holy Hall Masters between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire and separate those who had formed close alliances.
• Bibi Dong resolved to kill any Platinum Bishop who disobeyed her transfer orders and warned that she could also strike the empires’ emperors if they took her restraint for weakness.

Gui Mei executed Salas after he defied Bibi Dong’s order to transfer him, presenting the killing as a warning to Spirit Hall’s temple masters and a step toward easing tensions with the empires. Huang Tian explained Bibi Dong’s plan to Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua, who doubted transfers alone would solve the underlying problems.

• Gui Mei announced that Bibi Dong had ordered Salas to leave Heaven Dou City for a post in Lige City, but Salas refused to obey and invoked Qian Daoliu’s backing.
• When Salas tried to escape, Gui Mei used his Ninth Soul Skill to kill him, then told Xue Ye that disobedient temple masters would be killed.
• Ning Fengzhi worried that Spirit Hall’s display of power could threaten the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Xue Ye interpreted Salas’s execution as a sincere attempt to improve relations.
• Gui Mei declined Xue Ye’s invitation to stay and left to deliver more transfer orders to Spirit Hall temples.
• At Blue Tyrant Academy, Huang Tian told Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua that Bibi Dong planned to exchange temple masters between the two empires and replace those who refused orders.
• Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua questioned whether transfers could address the deeper causes of Spirit Hall’s arrogance, while Huang Tian said he could help mediate future disputes.

Bibi Dong discussed the coming tournament with Hu Liena, warning her that one rival team was far stronger than Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation. Hu Liena returned to cultivate, while Bibi Dong noted that her senior sister might ascend to godhood within a month.

• Gui Mei replaced Spirit Hall temple masters across the lands, and the masters accepted their transfers after Salas was killed for resisting.
• Liu Erlong kept Blue Tyrant Academy from traveling early so its students could cultivate and avoid revealing their strength; she planned to use Huang Tian’s Spatial Tunnel to reach Spirit City shortly before the finals.
• Bibi Dong reviewed reports that Godwind Academy and Blazing Fire Academy had departed while Blue Tyrant Academy remained behind, and she suspected Huang Tian could teleport the team.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong she had reached level sixty-five, and Bibi Dong warned her that a rival team had four Spirit Emperors and the rest were Spirit Kings.
• Hu Liena said her senior sister expected to ascend to godhood in about a month, and Bibi Dong sent her back to cultivate.

Huang Tian shared a meal with Liu Erlong, discussed having children to continue the Huang Family bloodline, and later helped Tang Yuehua complete her breakthrough. Tang Yuehua stabilized her new mid-stage Third-Rank Deity realm under his watch.

• Liu Erlong cooked a large meal, and Huang Tian praised the food as they ate together.
• Huang Tian told Liu Erlong he wanted her and his other women to have children to continue the Huang Family bloodline, and she agreed.
• Huang Tian went to Tang Yuehua's room at Moonlight Pavilion to watch over her impending breakthrough.
• Tang Yuehua broke through to mid-stage Third-Rank Deity after dual cultivation and immediately practiced the Nine Heavens Profound Technique to stabilize her realm.
• Huang Tian watched as Tang Yuehua's divine power settled, and she thanked him for reminding her to cultivate.

Huang Tian and Tang Yuehua discussed their future together before Huang Tian brought Blue Tyrant Academy’s team to Spirit City for the tournament finals. The group began exploring the city as Ning Rongrong explained the power of the Pontiff’s Palace and Spirit Hall.

• Huang Tian agreed to stop guarding the World Membrane and discussed Tang Yuehua moving to Blue Tyrant Academy with him and Liu Erlong.
• Huang Tian told Tang Yuehua that he and Liu Erlong planned to try to have children after the tribulation.
• Half a month later, Huang Tian opened a Spatial Tunnel from Blue Tyrant Academy to Spirit City and led the team through it.
• Liu Erlong explained the tournament finals to the team, then Huang Tian led everyone toward the competition venue with a hundred powerful guards.
• A Spirit City guard considered inspecting Blue Tyrant Academy’s group, but Fourth Uncle warned him that the team’s backing made it dangerous.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong admired Spirit City, and Ning Rongrong pointed out the Pontiff’s Palace and described Spirit Hall’s elders.

Blue Tyrant Academy learned that its opponents had forfeited, while Godwind Academy and Blazing Fire Academy competed as the newly formed New Divine Wind Team. The new team defeated Longkui Academy decisively, and the chapter left it advancing in the tournament.

• Huang Tian and his companions entered Spirit City, where Bibi Dong watched them and grew angry at Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua's remarks about her figure and having children.
• Qin Ming drew Blue Tyrant Academy's lots and reported that its opponents had withdrawn, giving the team byes through two rounds.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu recalled their time at Nuoding Academy, and Dai Mubai led Blue Tyrant Academy in a championship cheer.
• Qin Ming explained that Godwind Academy and Blazing Fire Academy had exploited a tournament-rule loophole to form the New Divine Wind Team.
• Huo Wushuang and Feng Xiaotian led the New Divine Wind Team in a quick attack that knocked Longkui Academy's members unconscious and won the match.

After Kamikaze quickly defeated its opponent, Huang Tian, Liu Erlong, and Tang Yuehua discussed the tournament and Spirit Academy’s strength. Qian Renxue visited them, revealed that she had impersonated Xue Qinghe, and declared that she supported her mother’s relationship with Huang Tian and planned to offer herself to him after becoming a god.

• Kamikaze defeated its opponent in under a minute, prompting Dai Mubai, Oscar, Qin Ming, and Liu Erlong to discuss the match and the students’ combat experience.
• Huang Tian took Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua to their house, where they discussed Blue Tyrant Academy’s chances and the threat posed by Spirit Academy, especially Hu Liena.
• Huang Tian sensed someone at the door and invited the visitor inside, where Qian Renxue greeted him, Liu Erlong, and Tang Yuehua.
• Qian Renxue revealed that she had impersonated Xue Qinghe, and Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong realized that she had been the Crown Prince they once met.
• Qian Renxue explained that she had infiltrated the Heaven Dou Empire for eighteen years before faking her death and returning to Spirit City two and a half months earlier.
• Qian Renxue said she supported her mother Bibi Dong’s relationship with Huang Tian and intended to become his woman after ascending to godhood, leaving Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua stunned.

Qian Renxue offered to become Huang Tian’s woman, explaining that Bibi Dong knew and agreed, and Huang Tian accepted her. As the group discussed power and Yanhuang Hall’s isolation, Qian Renxue affirmed that she would intervene if Spirit Hall or another force committed mass slaughter.

• Qian Renxue told Huang Tian that becoming his woman was her own choice and that Bibi Dong had agreed; she said she was close to completing her divine power conversion.
• Liu Erlong questioned whether Qian Renxue was willing to give up the possibility of becoming Pope, and Qian Renxue said she had no interest in the position and supported Hu Liena instead.
• Huang Tian accepted Qian Renxue, then discussed her years in hiding, her resentment, and why Bibi Dong had sent her away.
• Qian Renxue explained that she had refused her grandfather’s requests to compete for the papacy and had agreed to support Hu Liena.
• Huang Tian, Liu Erlong, and Tang Yuehua discussed the dangers of power and why Yanhuang Hall remained outside the world, leaving Qian Renxue confused.
• Huang Tian asked what Qian Renxue would do if Spirit Hall or another force massacred people, and she said she would intervene.

Blue Tyrant Academy faced Star Luo Royal Academy in the third round of the finals, where Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing confronted their former family rivals. Zhu Zhuqing swiftly defeated Zhu Zhuyun, leaving the match underway with Star Luo Royal Academy stunned by Blue Tyrant Academy’s strength.

• Qian Renxue worried that Spirit Hall might have ordered massacres, but Tang Yuehua reassured her and Qian Renxue promised to watch for such wrongdoing.
• Dai Weisi taunted Dai Mubai before the match, while Zhu Zhuyun urged Zhu Zhuqing to return home and Zhu Zhuqing accused her of trying to kill her.
• Su Yuntao announced that Dai Weisi was level forty-nine and Zhu Zhuyun level forty-seven, then revealed that Blue Tyrant Academy’s members were all Soul Kings or stronger.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Blue Tyrant Academy’s speed, and Oscar handed out sausages as the teams began fighting.
• Dai Weisi sent Zhu Zhuyun to test Tang San, but Zhu Zhuqing intercepted her and knocked her unconscious with a single attack.