Vol. 5The Beast Tide Gathering

Ning Rongrong strengthened the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, opposed Sea God Island’s plans, and built alliances as the Beast Tide approached. After Wang Quanfugui died and the tide closed on Vast Sea City, she returned to hear Ning Fengzhi’s full account.

  • Ning Rongrong led the Glazed Tile Team to victory over Qian Renxue, then defended her during the conflict at the championship ceremony as Gu Yuena intervened.
  • Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi about Dai Mubai’s assassination and Zhu Zhuqing’s disappearance, while the sect chose neutrality and prepared for its succession ceremony.
  • Ning Rongrong transformed the sect into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and helped Ning Fengzhi advance his martial soul.
  • Ning Rongrong defeated Hypnos with Gu Yuena, then entered seclusion as war reached the continent and the sect intervened against the Star Luo Empire.
  • Ning Rongrong protected Lou Gao’s Soul Tool interests in Vast Sea City and helped Purple Pearl and Wang Quanfugui advance their cultivation.
  • Ning Rongrong recognized the Demon Empress and Lan Fozi in Vast Sea City and decided to meet the Demon Empress about valuing a Soul Bone.
  • Ning Rongrong learned Sea God Island was behind the Beast Tide and claimed Vast Sea City as her fief.
  • Ning Rongrong secured the Snow Empress’s protection after Wang Quanfugui died, then returned to Vast Sea City with the two empresses and Dugu Yan.
Chapters 402–501 Read from ch. 402

Arc 17The Championship and Its Aftermath

Ning Rongrong led the Glazed Tile Team to victory over Qian Renxue, but the championship ceremony erupted into a battle among Spirit Hall, the Clear Sky Sect, and Sea God Island. After the Angel God’s decree and Gu Yuena’s intervention reshaped the conflict, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect chose a guarded neutrality while preparing for its succession ceremony.

  • Tang San predicted the Martial Soul Team would beat the Glazed Tile Team, but Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan fought Qian Renxue and her teammates in the championship match.
  • Ning Rongrong revealed her hidden strength and golden Soul Ring, then defeated Qian Renxue and secured the Glazed Tile Team’s championship.
  • Bibi Dong disqualified Shrek Academy, and Tang San learned he had failed the second trial of the Asura God Trial.
  • Tang Chen and Bo Saixi led an assault on Spirit Hall, and Ning Rongrong intervened to protect Qian Renxue and recover the Glazed Tile Team’s Soul Bone prize.
  • The Angel God ordered Spirit Hall to arrest Qian Renxue, but Ning Rongrong defended her before Gu Yuena intervened and revealed that she had impersonated the Angel God.
  • Qian Renxue received an Angel Nine Tests trial and pursued Tang Hao, who was captured and imprisoned after Tang Xiao and Tang Chen failed to rescue him.
  • Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that Dai Mubai had been assassinated and Zhu Zhuqing had disappeared, while the sect chose to remain neutral and prepare for its renaming ceremony.
  • Tang Chen told Tang Xiao that he suspected Ning Rongrong was the White Queen and warned him not to underestimate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Chapters 402–426 Summaries Read

Arc 18The Nine Treasure Sect’s Reckoning

Ning Rongrong transformed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, strengthened her father, and joined forces with Gu Yuena against Hypnos. After Ning Rongrong entered seclusion, war reshaped the continent and the sect intervened against the Star Luo Empire.

  • The God Kings confined Sea God while they investigated events on Douluo Star, and Gu Yuena left her cave before the story advanced to the sect’s renaming ceremony.
  • Ning Fengzhi renamed the sect the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and named Ning Rongrong its next sect master, while Rongrong stunned the guests with her powerful Soul Rings and Shizaki Kuang San.
  • Ning Rongrong restored Tang Xiao’s severed arm in exchange for an account of the Clear Sky Sect’s actions, then negotiated with Gu Yuena for help advancing Ning Fengzhi’s martial soul.
  • Ning Rongrong, Gu Yuena, Bi Ji, and Shizaki Kuang San transformed Ning Fengzhi’s Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and gave him a 220,000-year Soul Ring.
  • Hypnos attacked Gu Yuena as Bi Ji fled, while Tang Chen and Tang Xiao pursued Bi Ji to seize her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
  • Ning Rongrong joined Gu Yuena to defeat Hypnos, captured his soul and godhood, and received Di Tian’s Soul Core cultivation method and Tang Xiao’s purified Soul Bone.
  • Ning Rongrong entered seclusion beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Ning Fengzhi prepared the sect for danger and Spirit Hall destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
  • The Tang Sect and Tang Chen helped the Star Luo Empire defeat Heaven Dou and kill Xue Qinghe, but Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Dugu Bo intervened and forced the invading army to retreat.
Chapters 427–451 Summaries Read

Arc 19The Sea Beast Gathering

Ning Rongrong went to Vast Sea City to protect Lou Gao and the Nine Treasure Sect’s Soul Tool interests, while helping Purple Pearl and Wang Quanfugui break through their cultivation bottlenecks. After clashing with the Demon Empress at sea, Ning Rongrong discovered that she and her daughter Lan Fozi had arrived in the city, amid signs of a wider conflict gathering beneath the waves.

  • Lou Gao chose to travel with Ning Fengzhi to Vast Sea City to learn why Titan remained loyal to Tang Hao’s son, and Ning Rongrong joined them with Dugu Yan.
  • Ning Rongrong confronted Tang San and Sea Lance Douluo when they sought Lou Gao, warned them not to poach him, and set a month’s delay before the Soul Tool sale.
  • Ning Rongrong opened Wang Quanfugui’s meridians, helping him reach level 90, then took him and the others aboard the upgraded New Purple Pearl to seek Soul Rings.
  • Purple Pearl absorbed a Deep-Sea Viper’s Soul Ring, and Wang Quanfugui absorbed the ring of a mutated Shining Striped Swordfish, reaching level 91.
  • The Demon Empress attacked the New Purple Pearl, but Ning Rongrong held her off until the ship escaped and inferred that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was badly injured.
  • Ning Rongrong warned Ning Yun to prepare Vast Sea City for evacuation after learning that Sea God Island’s forces and hostile sea groups might be gathering for a Beast Tide.
  • Ning Yun told Ning Rongrong that a blue-haired girl named Lan Fozi and her mother had offered Soul Bones, and Ning Rongrong recognized them as the Demon Empress and her daughter.
  • Ning Rongrong decided to meet the Demon Empress the next day to discuss the Soul Bone’s valuation.
Chapters 452–476 Summaries Read

Arc 20Beast Tide and Ice Empress

Ning Rongrong uncovered Sea God Island’s role in the coming Beast Tide while building alliances with the Far North’s Snow Empress and Ice Empress and helping Dugu Yan gain her eighth Soul Ring. The arc ended with Wang Quanfugui dead, the Beast Tide closing on Vast Sea City, and Ning Rongrong returning to hear the full account from Ning Fengzhi.

  • Ning Rongrong hosted the Demon Empress and Lan Fozi, then discovered that Bo Saixi and Golden Crocodile Douluo had also arrived in Vast Sea City.
  • At the auction, Tang San received funds from Bo Saixi, the Demon Empress won the Black Tassel Spear, and Golden Crocodile Douluo bought a Deep Sea Monster Soul Bone.
  • Ning Rongrong refused Bo Saixi’s request to make the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect withdraw, then watched Bo Saixi and Tang Chen pursue the Demon Empress after their fight killed Sea Lance Douluo and Titan.
  • Golden Crocodile Douluo helped the Demon Empress escape Tang Chen and Bo Saixi until Di Tian arrived, rescued them, and confirmed that Lan Fozi was safe.
  • Ning Rongrong learned from the Demon Empress that Sea God Island was behind the Beast Tide, claimed Vast Sea City as her fief, and resolved to challenge Sea God Island’s influence.
  • Ning Rongrong took Dugu Yan to the Far North, where the Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed to help her cultivate with Ice Jade Scorpion poison.
  • Ning Rongrong used Ice Empress’s blood, scorpion venom, and resentment from Slaughter City to create an embryo Soul Ring, which Dugu Yan transformed into her eighth Soul Ring.
  • Ning Rongrong learned that the Beast Tide had begun and Wang Quanfugui had died, secured the Snow Empress’s promise to protect the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and returned to Vast Sea City with the two empresses and Dugu Yan.
Chapters 477–501 Summaries Read
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