Chapter Summaries

Lu Leng learned that Gu Yuena considered him her husband because they shared the Dragon God's blood, though neither loved the other yet. After Di Tian attacked Lu Leng and was stopped by bloodline suppression, Gu Yuena asked Lu Leng how to deal with him, shocking Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji.

• Gu Yuena explained that exchanging Dragon God blood had linked her and Lu Leng, and declared him her husband.
• Lu Leng told Gu Yuena he did not believe soul beasts existed merely to become human soul rings, easing her anger.
• Gu Yuena said she needed Lu Leng's future help and believed their connection would eventually make them fall in love.
• Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji arrived and knelt before the awakened Gu Yuena, who ordered them outside.
• Di Tian tried to kill Lu Leng, but bloodline suppression stopped him, and Gu Yuena struck him for disobeying her.
• Gu Yuena asked Lu Leng how to deal with Di Tian, leaving Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji stunned that she called Lu Leng her husband.

After the Silver Dragon King awakened, she explained how Lu Leng’s Dragon God bloodline and the Soul of All Beasts could open a path to godhood, though the God Realm suppressed soul-beast gods. She revealed that the God Realm feared the Soul of All Beasts because its wielder might inherit the Dragon God’s divine position, leaving Lu Leng to consider a dangerous path to power.

• The Silver Dragon King pardoned Di Tian but extended his sentence of facing the wall to ten thousand years at Lu Leng’s suggestion.
• Di Tian brought the group out, and the Silver Dragon King introduced Lu Leng to the Ferocious Beasts as her husband, earning their respect.
• Lu Leng asked why Di Tian had been unable to harm him, and the Silver Dragon King explained that his Dragon God bloodline suppressed lower-grade dragons.
• The Silver Dragon King told Lu Leng that the Soul of All Beasts could command soul beasts and grant their faith, potentially opening a path to a divine position alongside his other options.
• Lu Leng rejected the Thunder God, nature-derived, and soul-beast paths as insufficient for his ambition, while the Silver Dragon King urged him to consider the Soul of All Beasts.
• The Silver Dragon King revealed that the God Realm feared a Soul of All Beasts wielder might obtain the Dragon God’s divine position and become another Dragon God.

After learning why the God Realm barred soul beasts from becoming gods, Lu Leng discovered that Gu Yuena believed he could inherit the Dragon God’s power. He left the Lake of Life after receiving a letter that darkened his mood, then arrived as the Titan Giant Ape attacked him.

• Gu Yuena explained that the God Realm feared the Dragon God’s resurrection and believed Lu Leng could become the Dragon God more easily than she could.
• Lu Leng woke beside Gu Yuena, asked Bi Ji about Xiao Wu and Tang San, and grew concerned when she reported no major developments.
• Lu Leng found that Ghost Douluo and the others had returned to prepare for the Spirit Hunt Operation and had left a letter addressed to him.
• After reading the letter, Lu Leng hurried to the Lake of Life and found the Sky Azure Bull Python, the Titan Giant Ape, and Xiao Wu.
• The Titan Giant Ape attacked Lu Leng, but Lu Leng easily dodged the punch with Wind and Thunder Movement.

Lu Leng defeated the Titan Giant Ape with a dragon-enhanced Soul Skill, then took Xiao Wu from the Star Dou Forest under the Silver Dragon King's orders. He told Xiao Wu he was taking her to see Tang San and brought her to Sunset Forest, where he used the Aromatic Silk Beauty to protect her from the Poison Mist.

• Lu Leng's Thunder Dragon's Roar wounded the Titan Giant Ape, while the Sky Azure Bull Python demanded to know what aura Lu Leng possessed.
• The Silver Dragon King ordered the two Soul Beasts to let Lu Leng take Xiao Wu, and Di Tian reassured Xiao Wu that Lu Leng would not hurt her.
• Lu Leng told Xiao Wu he was taking her to see Tang San, and she agreed to go with him.
• Lu Leng and Xiao Wu traveled to Sunset Forest, where he led her toward Tang San through the Poison Mist.
• Lu Leng took out the Aromatic Silk Beauty to protect Xiao Wu from the Poison Mist.

Lu Leng arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to exchange Xiao Wu for Hu Liena, but Tang San and Dugu Bo sprang a deadly ambush. After a Clear Sky Hammer struck him from above, Lu Leng fell toward a gathering of fighters whose lethal attacks left him surrounded.

• Lu Leng found Tang San beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Dugu Bo brought the badly injured Hu Liena out of the shadows.
• Lu Leng and Tang San agreed to release Hu Liena and Xiao Wu, but Tang San and Dugu Bo attacked as Lu Leng rushed to rescue Hu Liena.
• Lu Leng took Dugu Bo's palm strike and three poisoned Bone-Piercing Nails, then used his wings and the Heart of Nature to escape and treat Hu Liena.
• Fighters from several factions surrounded Lu Leng, and a Clear Sky Hammer struck him as he tried to fly away.
• Lu Leng fell into range of the gathered fighters, who unleashed killing attacks against him.

Lu Leng fought off the attackers surrounding him, then faced Tang San, Tang Xiao, and Dugu Bo while trying to find a way out. Dugu Bo sealed the area with stronger poison fog, leaving Lu Leng and Hu Liena surrounded as she urged him to conserve his Soul Power.

• Lu Leng used Drawing Sword Slash to devastate the attackers within a fifty-meter radius, killing nearly half of the gathered helpers.
• Tang Xiao confronted Lu Leng, and Lu Leng realized that Tang Xiao had come after learning about Ah Yin from Hu Liena.
• Lu Leng tried to turn Tang San against the Clear Sky Sect by invoking Tang Hao's wishes, but Tang San's hatred only intensified.
• Lu Leng accused Tang Xiao of betraying Tang Hao and threatened Dugu Bo through his granddaughter, provoking both men.
• Dugu Bo spread stronger poison fog across the area as Tang San, Tang Xiao, and the gathered factions surrounded Lu Leng and Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena urged Lu Leng to put her down and conserve his Soul Power so he might escape.

Lu Leng fought Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dugu Bo, and Tang Xiao while protecting the recovering Hu Liena. After Xiao Wu saved Tang San from Lu Leng's rapid strike, the others trapped Lu Leng in Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Array, leaving him and Hu Liena surrounded.

• Lu Leng refused to abandon Hu Liena, then Tang San attacked him with hidden weapons and clashed with his Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Lu Leng used Swallow Return Flash to attack Tang San, but Xiao Wu blocked the blade with Invincible Golden Body and gave Tang San time to escape.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Thrust Array as Dugu Bo and Tang Xiao joined the fight, trapping Lu Leng between the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and Tang Xiao's Clear Sky Hammer.
• Lu Leng distracted Dugu Bo with lightning and attempted to strike him, but Dugu Bo activated Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Array and enclosed Lu Leng and Hu Liena within nine serpents.
• Hu Liena worried that Lu Leng was wasting Soul Power healing her, while Lu Leng reassured her inside the serpent enclosure.

Lu Leng tried to escape Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Array, but Tang San, Dugu Bo, and Tang Xiao prepared a coordinated attack as Lu Leng summoned his hundred-thousand-year Soul Skill. The chapter ended with their attacks and Lu Leng’s Heaven’s Judgment about to collide.

• Lu Leng stopped healing Hu Liena and failed to break Dugu Bo’s array with Drawing Sword Slash.
• Lu Leng activated Heaven’s Judgment, and Dugu Bo warned that he sensed Lu Leng had at least reached Soul Saint strength.
• Tang San hesitated over whether to continue the plan, but Tang Xiao urged him to attack, and Tang San ordered them to proceed.
• Tang Xiao used Clear Sky True Body, Tang San summoned the Blue Silver Overlord Spear, and Dugu Bo unleashed Jade Phosphor Divine Light against Lu Leng.
• Lu Leng realized Tang San had anticipated his moves as Heaven’s Judgment descended and the three attacks closed in on him.

Lu Leng sacrificed his Ice Kingdom to protect Hu Liena, then was struck by Dugu Bo's poison and Tang San's spear. As Hu Liena fought Titan and the Defense Clan, she could not see what had happened to Lu Leng.

• Lu Leng stopped Heaven's Judgment and used Ice Kingdom to block Tang Xiao's Clear Sky Hammer, but Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphor Divine Light corroded the barrier.
• Lu Leng compressed Ice Kingdom around Hu Liena and pushed her out of danger before Dugu Bo's attack swallowed him.
• Tang San hurled the Blue Silver Overlord Spear into the poisonous cloud, and it pierced a figure that crashed into a boulder.
• Titan and the Defense Clan appeared and attacked Hu Liena while Tang San urged Titan to kill her quickly.
• Hu Liena evaded Titan's area attack and countered with Dance of Death as she searched anxiously for Lu Leng.

Lu Leng survived Tang San’s strike by transforming into a Titan Giant Ape, then revealed his extraordinary soul rings and prepared to continue fighting. As Titan and hundreds of soul masters attacked Hu Liena, Lu Leng rushed to break through the blockade and reach her.

• Tang San, Dugu Bo, and Tang Xiao found a wounded Titan Giant Ape pinned to the boulder, and Xiao Wu realized it was not Er Ming.
• The Titan Giant Ape broke Tang San’s spear, revealed himself as Lu Leng, and healed his wound at an astonishing speed.
• Lu Leng explained that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Sigh had let him take the Titan Giant Ape as a temporary second martial soul and evade the fatal strike.
• Lu Leng revealed seven soul rings, including three red rings and one gold ring, leaving Tang Xiao, Tang San, and the others stunned.
• Titan ordered his allies to kill Hu Liena, and hundreds of soul masters joined the assault on her.
• Lu Leng used his Thunderclap Wings and Wind and Thunder Movement to break through the blockade and rush to Hu Liena’s side.

Lu Leng tried to break through Tang Xiao and Dugu Bo’s defense to reach the wounded Hu Liena, using Xiao Wu’s injury to distract Tang San. As Hu Liena ran toward him, Lu Leng awakened his Dao and trapped Tang Xiao with Dragon’s Confinement, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lu Leng struck Xiao Wu with Spirit Destruction Arrow, forcing Tang San to focus on protecting her.
• Lu Leng shattered Tang San’s Blue Silver Cage, but Tang Xiao and Dugu Bo drove him back and injured him.
• Hu Liena was badly wounded by the attackers, then used her nine tails to kill more than a dozen of them and escape briefly.
• Lu Leng saw Hu Liena in danger and awakened his Dao, prompting Tang Xiao to recognize his potential and decide he must die.
• Hu Liena ran toward Lu Leng instead of fleeing, and he used Dragon’s Confinement to trap Tang Xiao.

Lu Leng and Hu Liena survived Tang Xiao and Dugu Bo’s attacks by completing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that transformed Lu Leng into a nine-tailed fighter with power beyond a Titled Douluo. He faced Tang Xiao and Dugu Bo, whose attacks failed to harm him, while Tang San retreated to the ground for protection.

• Lu Leng used Sky Dream Slash to disappear, but Tang San deduced his location from Hu Liena’s gaze and directed Tang Xiao and Dugu Bo to attack her position.
• Tang Xiao’s exploding hammers engulfed Hu Liena and the surrounding fighters, but golden light erupted from the blast and revealed Lu Leng and Hu Liena’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Dugu Bo warned Tang San that the fused Lu Leng had strength beyond a Titled Douluo, so Tang San carried Xiao Wu down to the ground and joined the group for protection.
• Lu Leng taunted Tang Xiao over his past betrayal of his brother, prompting Tang Xiao to charge at him while Dugu Bo attacked with poison.
• Lu Leng’s tail repelled Dugu Bo’s attack without harm and blocked Tang Xiao’s Clear Sky Hammer, leaving both opponents unsettled by his defense.

Lu Leng used the Nine-tailed Blade Fox fusion skill to break free of Dugu Bo’s traps and shatter his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, leaving Dugu Bo severely injured. As Lu Leng attacked again, he cast a pink illusion that made Tang Xiao see Ah Yin.

• Tang Xiao and Dugu Bo planned to outlast Lu Leng’s time-limited Martial Soul Avatar, but Lu Leng attacked Dugu Bo through the mist and forced Tang Xiao to save him.
• Lu Leng and Hu Liena’s Nine-tailed Blade Fox fought off Tang Xiao and Dugu Bo, then used its tails to pierce and destroy Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.
• Dugu Bo suffered severe backlash from his shattered martial soul and could barely move, so Lu Leng turned toward him with his blade.
• Lu Leng filled the forest with pink mist, and Tang Xiao stopped attacking when Ah Yin appeared before him and called him Brother Xiao.

Tang Xiao broke free of the Nine-tailed Blade Fox’s illusion and fought Lu Leng, who used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while protecting the injured Dugu Bo. Tang Xiao destroyed eight of Lu Leng’s clones, but Lu Leng used his retreat to fly straight toward Dugu Bo.

• Tang Xiao resisted the illusion of Ah Yin and shattered her figure with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Xiao found Dugu Bo gravely wounded by Lu Leng and drove Lu Leng away from him.
• Lu Leng split into nine figures and surrounded Tang Xiao and Dugu Bo, while Tang Xiao used the Clear Sky Wheel to destroy the clones.
• Lu Leng blocked Tang Xiao’s spinning attack with his nine tails, then used its force to launch himself toward Dugu Bo.

Lu Leng, as the Nine-tailed Blade Fox, killed Dugu Bo and overwhelmed Tang San, whose attacks and hidden weapons failed to harm him. Xiao Wu shielded Tang San from a tail strike, and Lu Leng vanished just as Tang Xiao attacked from behind.

• The Nine-tailed Blade Fox killed Dugu Bo, prompting Tang San to charge at Lu Leng in a rage.
• The Nine-tailed Blade Fox smashed Dugu Bo's corpse, and Tang San attacked with his Blue Silver Emperor and Blue Silver Overlord Spear.
• Tang San's Hidden Weapon, the Mother-Son Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Gallbladder, failed to injure the Nine-tailed Blade Fox, leaving Tang San despairing and unwilling to resist.
• Xiao Wu stepped in front of Tang San and used her Invincible Golden Body to shield him from the Nine-tailed Blade Fox's tail, though Tang San was severely injured.
• Lu Leng used his spatial ability to vanish as Tang Xiao attacked from behind.

Lu Leng’s Nine-tailed Blade Fox pierced Tang San’s heart and threatened the fleeing soul masters, forcing Tang Xiao to choose between protecting Tang San and protecting the crowd. After shaming the gathered fighters and turning many against one another with his words and illusion, Lu Leng faced Titan’s attack.

• Lu Leng’s Nine-tailed Blade Fox stabbed through Xiao Wu and Tang San, but Tang Xiao interrupted his Ninth Soul Skill and stopped Lu Leng from beheading Tang San.
• Lu Leng cornered the soul masters and forced Tang Xiao to choose between saving them and protecting the gravely wounded Tang San; Tang Xiao stayed beside Tang San.
• Titan confronted Tang Xiao over the Strength Clan’s place in the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Xiao’s silence deepened the clan’s disappointment.
• Lu Leng condemned the soul masters for turning against Spirit Hall, and his pink tails secretly drew some of them into an illusion.
• At Lu Leng’s command, controlled soul masters attacked those around them, and Titan leapt at Lu Leng as the Nine-tailed Blade Fox’s tails turned black.

The Nine-tailed Blade Fox killed Titan and slaughtered the Soul Masters surrounding him while Tang Xiao held back to protect Tang San. After leaving Sunset Forest, he reached Heaven Dou Spirit Hall with Hu Liena, and Lu Leng woke the next day to learn the Spirit Hunt Operation would begin in two days.

• The Nine-tailed Blade Fox killed Titan with a destructive slash, then crushed members of the Strength Clan as Tang Xiao watched to protect Tang San.
• Tang Xiao begged the Nine-tailed Blade Fox to spare the Soul Masters, but the Fox mocked him and slaughtered the surrounding crowd.
• After stabilizing Tang San with his Peak Douluo Soul Power, Tang Xiao let the exhausted Nine-tailed Blade Fox leave Sunset Forest.
• The Nine-tailed Blade Fox flew to Heaven Dou Spirit Hall, where Salas recognized him and Hu Liena and sent them for treatment.
• Lu Leng woke less than a day later, asked about Hu Liena and Heaven Dou City, and learned the Spirit Hunt Operation was set to begin in two days.

Lu Leng prepared for Spirit Hall’s Spirit Hunt Operation while considering whether the God Realm would help Tang San regain power. As the operation began under Bibi Dong’s command, Lu Leng’s allies and infiltrators were poised to strike across the continent.

• Lu Leng ordered Salas to ambush the Strength Clan and learned that Hai Mei’er had taken control of Skywater Academy while the Heavenly Water Sect was being brought under Spirit Hall’s control.
• Lu Leng suspected the gods might back Tang San as a new enforcer, and he remained wary of Sea God Island and the changes his arrival had caused.
• Hai Mei’er reported that Lou Gao had developed the 60 Mortar, then asked Lu Leng to spare Shui Bing’er; Lu Leng agreed.
• Hu Liena woke and recovered alongside Lu Leng as his plans advanced: Yu Luomian prepared to betray the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and an infiltrator stole the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s defense map.
• Qian Renxue resolved to kill Xue Ye during the operation, while the Shrek Five Monsters gave up waiting for Tang San and agreed to resume training separately.
• Two days later, Bibi Dong began the Spirit Hunt Operation from Spirit Hall, commanding events from afar through Lu Leng.

As Provisional Pope, Lu Leng led Spirit Hall in a surprise assault on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, using a stolen defense map and a diversion to breach its defenses. The battle began with Spirit Hall surrounding the sect as Lu Leng sent armed Speed Clan fighters into the air to attack with M4A1 rifles.

• Lu Leng ordered Spirit Hall to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after an elder in the Heavenly Water Sect supplied its defense map.
• Yang Wudi and three other Soul Douluo posed as invited guests while a Speed Clan member entered the sect to create a distraction.
• A fire broke out inside the sect, and Spirit Hall's infiltrators killed the hidden sentries as the main force surrounded the mountain gate.
• Yang Wudi and the other Soul Douluo attacked the guards from within while Spirit Hall fought its way through the gate and faced the sect's Zhuge Crossbows.
• Lu Leng shot a guard leader who tried to rally the defenders, then ordered more than a hundred Speed Clan fighters to fly over the sect and fire their M4A1 rifles.

Lu Leng’s Spirit Hall forces and the Speed Clan overwhelmed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with rifles, prompting Ning Fengzhi and his elders to confront four Title Douluo. Ning Fengzhi sent Ning Rongrong away with Bone Douluo to protect the sect’s assets while Sword Douluo stayed to face the attackers, and Lu Leng watched from the shadows.

• Lu Leng’s forces broke through the sect’s defenses as the Speed Clan used rifle fire to kill Support Soul Masters and weaken the defenders.
• Ning Fengzhi awakened, learned of the attack, and agreed to let Ning Rongrong join the fight under Bone Douluo’s protection.
• Sword Douluo blocked an attack on the Speed Clan with help from Su Huo’er and another Title Douluo, then faced Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized Niu Gao and Yang Wudi among the attackers and realized the enemy had controlled the three allied clans.
• Four Title Douluo revealed themselves, and Ning Fengzhi ordered Ning Rongrong to evacuate the family’s assets with Bone Douluo while Sword Douluo remained to fight.
• Lu Leng watched from the shadows as Bone Douluo departed with Ning Rongrong and an old steward.