Chapter Summaries

After Lin Hanye destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi abandoned their plan to ambush him and tried to distance themselves from the sect's accusations. Lin Hanye rewarded his Soul Master Guild allies and revealed that he intended to replace Heaven Dou's emperor, while Tang Chen finished teaching Tang Hao Ring Explosion and prepared to leave.

• Lin Hanye spared Yu Luomian's family, offered the Outer Clan Disciples protection and opportunities in the Soul Master Guild, and flew back to Heaven Dou City as snow fell over Dragon's Tomb.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed that Xue Ye help him ally with Yu Yuanzhen and the Clear Sky Sect to ambush Lin Hanye, but Sword Douluo returned and reported that Lin Hanye had destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi denied the sect's role in Yu Xinglong and Lin Xiaofeng's deaths and blamed Spirit Hall; Sword Douluo said Lin Hanye would not believe accusations without evidence.
• Lin Hanye gave Dugu Xin, Xie Ming, Li Bingyan, and Hu Mei fifty-thousand-year Soul Bones and promised to open their Eight Extraordinary Meridians, then told Dugu Bo he planned to replace Emperor Xue Ye.
• Tang Chen taught Tang Hao Ring Explosion, warned him not to use it before reaching Titled Douluo and completing his Soul Bones, and summoned Tang Xiao to explain his departure.

Tang Chen warned Tang Xiao and Tang Hao about Lin Hanye’s strength and sent them to deliver a letter to Sea God Island, while Lin Hanye’s destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect spread across the continent and alarmed the Clear Sky Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. On the day of Tang Chen’s challenge match, Lin Hanye arrived at Clear Sky Peak and volunteered to fight first as another version of him began moving from Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

• Tang Chen told Tang Xiao and Tang Hao that Lin Hanye and Bibi Dong had reached Level Ninety-Five and warned them not to provoke either of them before Tang Hao became a Titled Douluo.
• Tang Chen gave Tang Xiao and Tang Hao a letter and map for Sea God Island, and the brothers set out to deliver them.
• News spread that Lin Hanye had destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, sparing Yu Luomian’s line, and that Yu Yuanzhen had accused the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of killing Lin Hanye’s father.
• Tang Chen refused Tang Lie’s request to kill Lin Hanye and reassured the Clear Sky Sect that his Ring Explosion method would keep Lin Hanye from threatening them.
• Ning Daorong told Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong that he had a plan to resolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s crisis within three days, then left the sect’s future to Ning Fengzhi if Lin Hanye survived his battle with Tang Chen.
• Lin Hanye flew to Clear Sky Peak with Dugu Bo and Sword Douluo, announced his title as Ice Emperor Douluo, and volunteered to fight Tang Chen first as another Lin Hanye began moving inside Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

Lin Hanye killed Emperor Xue Ye with a clone’s Soul Impact during the banquet, then the clone vanished before Gu Rong could catch it. As Xue Xing began positioning himself to claim the throne, he accused Ning Fengzhi’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Gu Rong named Lin Hanye, Spirit Hall’s Great Priest, and Clear Sky Douluo as the only people capable of the assassination.

• Lin Hanye’s clone struck Xue Ye’s Mental Sea with Soul Impact, killing him at the banquet.
• Gu Rong sensed the attack and pursued the clone, but it dispersed before he could catch it; Ning Fengzhi confirmed Xue Ye was dead.
• Marshal Gelon locked down the palace, while Xue Xing privately welcomed the possibility of succeeding Xue Ye.
• Xue Xing accused Ning Fengzhi and demanded to know where Gu Rong had gone, and Gelon backed his demand.
• Gu Rong returned without finding the assassin and said only Spirit Hall’s Great Priest, Clear Sky Douluo, and Lin Hanye could have killed Xue Ye so silently.

After Xue Ye’s death, Xue Xing and Ning Fengzhi argued over who should be held responsible, and Gelon arranged for Lin Hanye and Dugu Bo to examine the body. At Clear Sky Peak, Lin Hanye and Tang Chen began their duel, and Tang Chen realized how formidable his opponent was.

• Xue Xing demanded an explanation from Ning Fengzhi, while Ning Fengzhi questioned whether Xue Xing had investigated Xue Ye’s death.
• Gelon proposed sealing the palace and waiting for Lin Hanye and Dugu Bo to examine Xue Ye’s body, and Xue Xing agreed.
• Qian Daoliu ordered everyone below Titled Douluo to retreat before Lin Hanye and Tang Chen fought.
• Lin Hanye and Tang Chen clashed their domains and soul pressure, and Tang Chen’s soul pressure collapsed against Lin Hanye’s.
• Lin Hanye decided not to reveal Divine Slaughter’s Domain because Tang Chen was expected to undertake the Asura God’s trial.

Lin Hanye overwhelmed Tang Chen with powerful ice techniques, forcing Tang Chen to reveal his full Level Ninety-Nine strength. After their strongest attacks collided, Lin Hanye remained unharmed and Tang Chen stood alone on the ruined peak, leaving Lin Hanye victorious.

• Lin Hanye evaded Tang Chen’s attacks with his Swift Ice Bird External Soul Bone and trapped him in the air with the Realm of Ice.
• Tang Chen used Sky-Shattering Strike, but Lin Hanye blocked it with his Mysterious Ice Shield.
• Lin Hanye summoned five immense ice dragons that froze the surrounding mountain range and alarmed the watching Titled Douluo.
• Tang Chen stopped restricting his power and unleashed his Level Ninety-Nine strength with five combined Clear Sky Nine Absolutes attacks.
• Tang Chen’s hammer shadows collided with Lin Hanye’s ice dragons, destroying five peaks, while Lin Hanye hovered unharmed and victory went to him.

Lin Hanye defeated Tang Chen in their battle, prompting Qian Daoliu to acknowledge that Lin could contend with a Peerless Douluo. After Tang Chen handed over a questionable Ring Explosion method, Lin identified the Clear Sky Hammer’s weaknesses and left Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen to begin their own fight.

• Qian Daoliu told the watching Titled Douluo that Lin Hanye could match a Peerless Douluo, though defeating Tang Chen at full strength would be difficult.
• Tang Chen gave Lin Hanye a sheepskin scroll containing a Ring Explosion method, while warning him that the technique was difficult for anyone but a Clear Sky Hammer wielder to control.
• Lin Hanye suspected Tang Chen’s Ring Explosion method was false and asked Qian Daoliu why fighters had historically abandoned their advantages instead of exploiting the Clear Sky Hammer’s weaknesses.
• Qian Daoliu realized that he had repeatedly surrendered his aerial advantage out of chivalry when fighting Tang Chen.
• Lin Hanye flew away to join Dugu Bo and the others, while Qian Daoliu asked Tang Chen to recover before their fight.

After his battle with Tang Chen, Lin Hanye examined the Ring Explosion manual and discovered its later sections had been subtly sabotaged. The spectators considered joining his Soul Master Guild, while Clear Sky Sect elders privately insisted Tang Chen had lost on purpose and expected Lin Hanye to suffer if he practiced their secret arts.

• Lin Hanye returned to the viewing area, greeted Dugu Bo and the others, and read the Ring Explosion manual Tang Chen had given him.
• Lin Hanye identified the manual as fake, though its first section inspired ideas for developing his own technique; he told Dugu Bo that Tang Chen would soon leave Clear Sky Sect, giving him time to seek revenge.
• Spectators praised Lin Hanye's strength and discussed joining the Soul Master Guild, while Hu Yan Zhen proposed acknowledging Lin Hanye as his master and Hu Yan Zhuo left the decision to him after promising to pass on the sect leadership.
• Tang Guang and Tang Bai told the Clear Sky Sect elders that Tang Chen had deliberately lost and sneered that Lin Hanye would suffer if he tried to cultivate Clear Sky Sect techniques.

Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu fought for hours without a victor while Lin Hanye learned that Emperor Xue Ye had been assassinated. Lin Hanye, Dugu Bo, and the arriving Heaven Dou Royal Knights left for the imperial palace, with Huang Yueyao joining them.

• Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu battled from morning until afternoon, with Tang Chen at a slight disadvantage but neither fighter close to defeat.
• Mosen and the Heaven Dou Royal Knights arrived on Clear Sky Peak seeking Lin Hanye and Dugu Bo about an urgent matter in Heaven Dou City.
• Huang Yueyao crossed to Lin Hanye and Dugu Bo to relay the knights’ message, and Lin Hanye caught her with an ice dragon claw when the clash between Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu sent her flying.
• Mosen told Lin Hanye, Dugu Bo, and Huang Yueyao that Xue Ye had been assassinated about two and a half hours earlier.
• Lin Hanye formed a hundred-meter Ice Dragon and carried Dugu Bo, Huang Yueyao, and the Royal Knights toward the Heaven Dou City Imperial Palace.

After Xue Ye was assassinated, Lin Hanye returned to Heaven Dou City and investigated the circumstances of the death. Xue Xing accused Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, and Lin Hanye ordered them to remain in the palace until the real culprit was found.

• Lin Hanye told Sword Douluo that Xue Ye had been assassinated and hurried back to Heaven Dou City with him.
• Xue Xing accused Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong of plotting Xue Ye’s murder, while Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong denied the charge.
• Dugu Bo examined Xue Ye’s body and claimed the king had died from a powerful mental attack rather than poison.
• Lin Hanye questioned Gu Rong and Sword Douluo about whether an assassin could have escaped the sealed bedchamber unnoticed.
• Lin Hanye ordered Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong to stay in the palace until their suspicion was cleared, and Gu Rong prepared to resist before Sword Douluo restrained him.

Lin Hanye detained Gu Rong, helped Xue Xing secure the Heaven Dou throne, and recruited Huang Yueyao to manage the Soul Master Guild. As Tang Chen detonated all nine rings against Qian Daoliu, Lin Hanye studied the technique and judged that Qian Daoliu could win by retreating, though his temperament might prevent him from doing so.

• Lin Hanye had Gu Rong detained for investigation while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Lin Hanye accused Xue Xing of killing Xue Ye, then secretly allied with him and promised support for his coronation in exchange for imperial backing of the Soul Master Guild.
• Lin Hanye made Huang Yueyao join the guild as his secretary and ordered her to spread the accusation against Gu Rong through the Radiant Sword Lion Family.
• Ning Daorong told Ning Fengzhi that Lin Hanye had likely killed Xue Ye and framed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then left for Heaven Dou City to pursue a desperate plan.
• Xue Xing's coronation was set for the following day as nobles and officials rushed to secure their interests after Xue Ye's death.
• Tang Chen detonated all nine Soul Rings in his Great Sumeru Hammer battle with Qian Daoliu, and Lin Hanye studied his Soul Power circulation.

Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen fought to a draw after Qian Daoliu summoned Angel God's projection, leaving both Peerless Douluo badly injured. Lin Hanye challenged Tang Chen's claims of fairness and warned Qian Daoliu about the Clear Sky Sect's ingratitude, while Qian Xunji ordered the Six Great Enshrined to kill Tang Chen.

• Qian Daoliu used Angel's Descent to meet Tang Chen's hammer strike, and their collision blasted an abyss through Clear Sky Peak.
• Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen landed injured on opposite sides of the abyss, and Qian Daoliu promised to keep Spirit Hall away from Clear Sky Peak until he defeated Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen claimed he would have won in a fair fight, and Lin Hanye laughed before confronting him about what he considered fair.
• Lin Hanye told Qian Daoliu that the Clear Sky Sect would mistake his promise for fear, prompting Qian Daoliu to reflect.
• Qian Xunji seized on Lin Hanye's warning and ordered the Six Great Enshrined to kill Tang Chen.

After Qian Daoliu ended the confrontation between Spirit Hall and Clear Sky Sect, Hu Yan Zhuo and Hu Yan Zhen joined Lin Hanye’s Soul Master Guild, with Hu Yan Zhen becoming his disciple. Lin Hanye returned to Heaven Dou City, where he reunited with Shao Xin and met Shao Xin’s young daughter.

• Tang Chen denied the Ice Emperor’s accusations and tried to turn Spirit Hall against Lin Hanye, but Qian Daoliu ordered his forces not to attack.
• Qian Daoliu ended the challenge match, and Spirit Hall and Tang Chen led their people away from Clear Sky Peak.
• Hu Yan Zhuo and Hu Yan Zhen asked to join the Soul Master Guild, and Hu Yan Zhen knelt to acknowledge Lin Hanye as his master.
• Lin Hanye appointed Hu Yan Zhuo a guild elder and instructed him to bring Elephant Armored Sect to Heaven Dou City, while Hu Yan Zhen stayed with Lin Hanye.
• Lin Hanye returned to the Dugu Family Mansion and reunited with Shao Xin, who introduced his daughter.

Lin Hanye reunited with Shao Xin’s family, met the new Elephant Armored Sect master Hu Yan Zhen, and negotiated with Ning Daorong over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s survival. Ning Daorong accepted Lin Hanye’s demands, including a large payment and one of his son’s legs.

• Lin Hanye met Shao Xin, Han Yue, and their daughter Yinyin, and heard that Haixing would soon arrive with Han Xue.
• Lin Hanye introduced Hu Yan Zhen, the new Elephant Armored Sect master and his disciple, to Shao Xin and Han Yue.
• Shao Xin told Lin Hanye that Ning Daorong had arrived, so Lin Hanye took Hu Yan Zhen to meet him.
• Ning Daorong offered his and Gu Rong’s lives, responsibility for Xue Ye’s assassination, and one billion Gold Soul Coins in exchange for sparing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Lin Hanye demanded that Ning Daorong’s son lose a leg and that the sect provide thirty million Gold Soul Coins annually, and Ning Daorong agreed.

Ning Daorong manipulated Gu Rong into accepting blame for the Heaven Dou Emperor’s assassination while concealing the plan to kill him, and Tang Chen returned to the Clear Sky Sect injured after his clash with Qian Daoliu. Tang Chen’s allies blamed Lin Hanye for the defeat, and Tang Chen planned to watch him in secret after his soul rings recovered.

• Hu Yan Zhen watched Lin Hanye and Ning Daorong plot, and marveled at Lin Hanye’s ability to manipulate people.
• Ning Daorong visited the imprisoned Gu Rong, persuaded him to take responsibility for Xue Ye’s death, and concealed the secret plan to kill him.
• Ning Daorong left to summon Ning Fengzhi before Gu Rong’s planned confession and Xue Xing’s coronation.
• Tang Chen returned to the Clear Sky Sect, collapsed from his injuries, and told Tang Wei that Qian Daoliu had agreed to keep Spirit Hall away from Clear Sky Peak until he defeated Tang Chen.
• Tang Bai explained how Lin Hanye’s warning had affected Tang Chen’s duel with Qian Daoliu, and the Clear Sky Sect blamed Lin Hanye for Tang Chen’s failure to win.
• After hearing of Xue Ye’s assassination and Gu Rong’s capture, Tang Chen decided to recover for three days, then secretly watch Lin Hanye.

Lin Hanye welcomed the Breaking Clan and Strength Clan into business with the Soul Master Guild and showed them the newly completed headquarters in Sunset Forest. As the Clear Sky Sect tried to restrict its affiliated clans from working with the Guild, the clans weighed whether to obey, while Lin Hanye prepared to attend Xue Xing’s enthronement and continue his plans against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Tang Chen warned Tang Wei and the Clear Sky Sect elders not to provoke the Soul Master Guild or Spirit Hall, and Tang Wei agreed to attend Xue Xing’s enthronement with a gift and Speed Clan attendants.
• Tang Wei refused to cancel the Defense Clan’s current contract with the Soul Master Guild but ordered the affiliated clans not to accept future Guild work.
• Lin Hanye hired Yang Wushuang and Tai Kun for medicine and weapon production, then took them to inspect the completed Soul Master Guild Headquarters at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Niu Gao declined Lin Hanye’s offer of further construction work because the Clear Sky Sect had forbidden the Defense Clan from dealing with the Soul Master Guild.
• Yang Wushuang and Tai Kun decided to honor their existing Soul Master Guild contracts despite the Clear Sky Sect’s order, and Niu Gao indicated the Defense Clan would support them if needed.
• Lin Hanye told Liu Erlong and Ah Yin he would take them to Heaven Dou City for Xue Xing’s enthronement and said he planned to make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect part of the Soul Master Guild.

Lin Hanye attended Xue Xing’s coronation, where Gu Rong confessed to murdering Xue Ye and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect publicly distanced itself from him. Xue Xing declared that the empire could no longer tolerate Gu Rong, leaving his punishment to follow.

• Lin Hanye arrived at Heaven Dou Imperial Palace with his companions and was greeted by Xue Xing, Sak, Ning Fengzhi, and others.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo thanked Lin Hanye for helping preserve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Tang Wei remained hostile toward Niu Gao, Yang Wushuang, and Tai Kun.
• Xue Xing completed the coronation rituals and became emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Xing summoned Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo questioned him about murdering Xue Ye.
• Gu Rong confessed that he had acted alone, and Ning Fengzhi publicly disavowed his actions.
• Xue Xing declared that the Heaven Dou Empire could no longer tolerate Gu Rong.

Xue Xing sentenced Gu Rong to death, while Lin Hanye secretly freed him and sent him to meet Ning Daorong and the others. Ning Daorong then took Gu Rong away to seek a new ally, leaving Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo behind.

• Xue Xing announced that Gu Rong would be executed in three days, and Ning Fengzhi accepted the sentence on behalf of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Huang Yueyao told Lin Hanye that the sect had paid its compensation, and Lin Hanye ordered her to recruit soul masters to teach theory and spread his influence.
• Yu Luomian requested a meeting with Lin Hanye and Erlong, and Lin Hanye told Huang Yueyao to accommodate him until he returned.
• Lin Hanye visited Gu Rong in the prison, struck him to release his sealed Soul Power, and directed him to meet Ning Daorong beneath a willow tree.
• Gu Rong escaped using his Bone Dragon's spatial skill and reunited with Ning Fengzhi, Ning Daorong, and Sword Douluo outside Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Daorong told Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo to return while he and Gu Rong went to seek a new ally for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Lin Hanye revealed that Ning Daorong and Gu Rong had been lured into the Star Dou Great Forest as part of a plan to sacrifice them and secure the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s safety. After crippling Gu Rong and leaving both men helpless, Lin Hanye drew nearby Soul Beasts to them and left them to face the same fate as Yu Xinglong and Lin Xiaofeng.

• Gu Rong brought Ning Daorong and two Soul Saint guards to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, where the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger appeared.
• Gu Rong fought the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, but it defeated him, killed the two guards, and tore off Ning Daorong’s arm.
• Lin Hanye ambushed Gu Rong, crippled his spine, and revealed that the Ning Family Father and Son had traded both men’s lives for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s safety.
• Lin Hanye used the Aromatic Silk Beauty to attract Soul Beasts, then left Ning Daorong and Gu Rong unable to defend themselves.
• The Soul Beasts surrounded Ning Daorong and Gu Rong, who faced the same despair as Yu Xinglong and Lin Xiaofeng.

Lin Hanye killed Gu Rong and Ning Daorong, coerced Ning Fengzhi into covering up their deaths, and captured Ah Rou after learning about a transformed Swift Wind Demon Wolf. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang traveled with Flender while blaming Lin Hanye for his misfortunes, then learned that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect had been destroyed.

• Lin Hanye watched soul beasts devour Gu Rong and Ning Daorong, recovered a fifty-thousand-year defensive Right Arm Bone, and captured Ah Rou after threatening Xiao Wu.
• Ah Rou told Lin Hanye about a transformed Swift Wind Demon Wolf who preyed on human female soul masters, so Lin Hanye spared her and took her with him.
• Ning Fengzhi formed an alliance with Tang Wei and the Single Attribute Sect leaders, then lied about Gu Rong and Ning Daorong's deaths after Lin Hanye forced him to surrender a leg, money, and Storage Soul Tools.
• Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo a false story that made him more loyal to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender that Spirit Hall and Lin Hanye had wronged him, while refusing to return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect until he could reclaim what he believed was his.
• Yu Xiaogang heard that Lin Hanye had become a Titled Douluo and destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, then nearly collapsed from shock.

Yu Xiaogang learned that Lin Hanye had destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, then renamed himself Master and persuaded Flender to keep traveling with him. Meanwhile, Lin Hanye cleared out a Wolf Bandit den and brought the Swift Wind Demon Wolf Emperor to his daughter, leaving her fate unresolved.

• Lone Soul Masters told Yu Xiaogang and Flender that Lin Hanye, known as Haibodong and now Ice Emperor Douluo, had defeated powerful opponents and destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect.
• Yu Xiaogang rushed to the sect’s frozen ruins, mourned his father, and vowed to take revenge under the name Master; Flender agreed to help him seek a Fifth Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Lin Hanye had stolen his theories, and Flender’s doubts about Lin Hanye’s originality returned.
• At the Swift Wind Demon Wolf lair, Lin Hanye killed the Wolf Bandits, collected five Soul Bones, and spared the Swift Wind Demon Wolves before taking their emperor toward his daughter.
• Lin Hanye found the emperor’s daughter leading Wolf Bandits in an attack on villagers, killed her companions, and confronted her with her father.