Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Romantina attended the Clear Sky Sect's ceremony of reemergence, where Zhou Qing sold Artificial Soul Rings to Ning Fengzhi. The four clans had returned to the Clear Sky Sect after Tang Chen persuaded them, and the story left them gathered at the ceremony.

• Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Romantina met Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo on the mountain path and joked with them as they continued toward the ceremony.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Zhou Qing about the Red Assembly's Artificial Soul Rings, and Zhou Qing explained how they were made and priced them at ten million Gold Soul Coins each.
• Ning Fengzhi paid one hundred million Gold Soul Coins for ten Artificial Soul Rings, which Tang San handed over in blue crystals.
• Romantina offered Ning Fengzhi rare Soul Beast materials, but he declined because his sect's Martial Soul only gained enhancement-type skills.
• Zhou Qing saw Tai Tan, Niu Gao, Bai He, and Yang Wudi gathered with the Clear Sky disciples after Tang Chen had persuaded the four clans to return.

The Clear Sky Sect held its emergence ceremony as Zhou Qing noticed Tang Yuehua had broken through to become a Soul Master and compared her struggles to Yu Xiaogang’s. The tribute presentation began, revealing that the sect’s five elders had all reached the Titled Douluo realm.

• Tang Xiao, Tang Yuehua, and the Clear Sky Sect’s five elders welcomed the gathered factions to the ceremony.
• Zhou Qing observed Tang Yuehua’s blood-red eyes and stronger Soul Power, and explained how her Ruyi Ring’s domain calmed people by influencing their energy.
• Romantina compared Tang Yuehua’s Martial Soul mutation and cultivation struggles to Yu Xiaogang’s, and Zhou Qing agreed they shared similarities.
• Tang Xiao’s ceremony program included tributes, friendly martial contests, a banquet, and a challenge segment arranged by Tang Chen.
• Huyan Zhen presented a Thousand-Year Spirit Ginseng, and his exchange with Elder Lieyang revealed that the Clear Sky Sect’s five elders were all Titled Douluo.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect presented three Fire Ganoderma mushrooms and a Seven Treasure Token.

At the Clear Sky Sect’s banquet, the Red Assembly presented three Artificial Soul Rings, and Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Romantina showed they could withstand the pressure of two Peerless Experts. Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu reunited above the Stone Fortress, where Qian Daoliu gave Tang Chen a bell as a warning.

• Tang Xiao welcomed gifts from Ning Fengzhi and Yu Luomian before the Red Assembly presented three Artificial Soul Rings.
• Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Romantina sat with Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo, then looked up as Tang Chen sensed Qian Daoliu approaching.
• Qian Daoliu arrived above the Stone Fortress, and he and Tang Chen released spiritual pressure that the three Red Assembly founders could withstand.
• Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu greeted each other and said that both of their sons had died.
• Qian Daoliu gave Tang Chen a mithril Great Bell as a warning, and Tang Chen laughed at his old friend’s gesture.

Qian Daoliu confronted Tang Chen over Tang Hao and his relationship with a transformed soul beast, while Tang San and Zhou Qing challenged the accusation and asked for the full story. Tang Chen then challenged Qian Daoliu to fight in the sky, and Qian Daoliu prepared to meet him.

• Qian Daoliu demanded that Tang Chen hand over Tang Hao and accused Tang Hao of colluding with a soul beast, but Tang Chen defended him.
• Tang San argued that the accusation was too broad and calmly explained that he would oppose Spirit Hall only if Qian Daoliu targeted the Red Assembly.
• Zhou Qing asked Qian Daoliu to explain the truth about Tang Hao and offered Artificial Soul Rings as compensation.
• Tang San told Qian Daoliu that he belonged to the Red Assembly and planned to establish the Tang Sect as one of its departments.
• Tang Chen challenged Qian Daoliu to spar in the sky, flew nearly five thousand meters upward, and called for him to follow.

Zhou Qing offered Ning Fengzhi two ways to evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Tang San explained how the Blue Silver Emperor could reproduce the effects of immortal herbs. Ning Fengzhi chose the direct evolution method, and the chapter left him considering whether to test Tang San’s unproven injection technique on his juniors.

• Ning Fengzhi told Zhou Qing that his sect’s attempts to use overwhelming Soul Power could raise the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s potential but were difficult to control, and he asked to buy a more advanced solution.
• Zhou Qing offered Ning Fengzhi either the Red Assembly’s developing Artificial Soul Palace or an immortal treasure that could directly evolve his Martial Soul into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Ning Fengzhi chose the latter.
• Zhou Qing asked Tang San whether the Blue Silver Emperor could simulate the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Tang San explained how his Soul Skills recreated immortal herbs’ effects.
• Tang San described a possible injection method using the Blue Silver Tyrant Spear to deliver those effects through a person’s bloodstream, and Ning Fengzhi asked whether it could evolve his Martial Soul.
• Zhou Qing said the technique might work but had not been clinically tested, then asked whether Ning Fengzhi dared to experiment on his juniors.

Ning Fengzhi agreed to pay the Red Assembly thirty percent of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s annual net profits in exchange for Tang San attempting to evolve his Martial Soul. Tang San succeeded, and Ning Fengzhi’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda became a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, leaving the other factions reconsidering the Red Assembly’s abilities and costs.

• Ning Fengzhi accepted the risk of Tang San’s attempt and offered the Red Assembly thirty percent of his sect’s annual net profits if it succeeded.
• Zhou Qing, Tang San, Romantina, and Ning Fengzhi signed a contract formalizing the deal.
• Tang San used his Blue Silver Emperor skill to inject energy into Ning Fengzhi’s blood vessel so he could refine it.
• After ten minutes, Ning Fengzhi’s Soul Power reached Level 80 and his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolved into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi confirmed the payment agreement before the guests, prompting most factions to abandon the idea while others considered seeking the Red Assembly’s help.

Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu escalated their battle above the Clear Sky Sect, unleashing the Judgment Fire Dragon Sword and Tang Chen’s Nine Clear Sky Absolutes. As the fighting continued, Zhou Qing explained Ring Detonation and began comparing it with Ring Fusion.

• Qian Daoliu used his Angel Domain and Judgment Fire Dragon Sword against Tang Chen, who shattered his Soul Rings and struck back with eighty-one blows condensed into one hammer strike.
• The two attacks collided high above the Clear Sky Sect, sending a shockwave across the banquet and making the battle visible to people in Star Luo City.
• Dai Tianran watched the clash with his ministers and was stunned by the power of the Peerless Douluo supporting the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhou Qing praised Tang Chen’s control of energy and explained how Ring Detonation turned Soul Ring energy into a temporary boost for the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Bone Douluo described Ring Fusion as merging several Soul Rings to strengthen a skill, and Zhou Qing concluded that its principle resembled Ring Detonation but required less from the user.

Zhou Qing explained the dangers of Ring Detonation as Tang Chen defeated Qian Daoliu and ended their personal feud. Tang Chen then tried to claim Tang San as family, but Tang San, backed by Zhou Qing and Romantina, refused to be drawn into the Clear Sky Sect’s affairs.

• Zhou Qing explained that Ring Fusion empowered a Soul Skill while Ring Detonation strengthened the Martial Soul, and warned that either could kill someone without exceptional control and a powerful physique.
• Tang Chen defeated Qian Daoliu, who accepted that their descendants’ grievances were settled and departed after sharing a drink with Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen told Tang San to call him great-grandfather and promised that the Clear Sky Sect would no longer condemn Tang San or his father, but Tang San refused to become involved with the sect.
• Tang Chen tested Tang San with his Asura Domain and Asura Sword, but Tang San endured the pressure with his Mind-Sense Qi Field and Blue Silver Domain.
• Zhou Qing and Romantina joined their Mind-Sense Qi Fields with Tang San’s, breaking Tang Chen’s Slaughter Domain and making him step back.
• Zhou Qing told Tang Chen that Tang San belonged to the Red Assembly and that his relationship with the Clear Sky Sect was not a family matter.

Tang Chen discussed possible cooperation between the Clear Sky Sect and the Red Assembly, then assessed Zhou Qing and his companions as dangerous fighters. After the guests departed, he ordered Tang Xiao to watch developments involving Spirit Hall and the Red Assembly.

• Tang Chen offered to sell weapons and armor forged by Clear Sky disciples to the Red Assembly, and Zhou Qing accepted the offer.
• Zhou Qing revealed that he was Level eighty-eight and claimed his combat power could surpass the Peerless Douluo who had fought earlier.
• Huyan Zhen thanked Romantina for helping Huyan Li refine his Soul Ring and asked Zhou Qing to let Li'er join Nuoding Academy.
• Huyan Zhen explained that he wanted to strengthen ties with other factions and was especially interested in the Red Assembly.
• Tang Chen told Tang Xiao that Zhou Qing, Romantina, and Tang San were all formidable, then ordered him to watch for news about Spirit Hall and the Red Assembly.

Zhou Qing taught Nuoding Academy students about breathing-based cultivation, early training, and the Red Assembly’s ideals. Yu Xiaogang observed the Red Assembly’s influence in Nuoding City and concluded that it—and Zhou Qing—posed a serious threat.

• Zhou Qing explained how controlled breathing and Broadcast Gymnastics could improve soul power cultivation and help children develop before awakening their martial souls.
• Zhou Qing warned students against arrogance and urged them to conceal their abilities until the time was right, then cautioned against being turned into tools by powerful factions.
• Zhou Qing told the students that the Red Assembly’s ideals and his cultivation theories should be open to replacement by better ideas, prompting the teachers and students, including the Shrek group, to stand in support.
• Yu Xiaogang examined the Red Assembly’s transparent spending and influence over Nuoding City, where residents protested taxes and resisted the city lord’s actions.
• Yu Xiaogang concluded that the Red Assembly was dangerous and that Zhou Qing was even more dangerous.

Yu Xiaogang deduced that the Red Assembly and Spirit Hall sought faith as a path to godhood, and planned to exploit future conflict to build his own following. Zhou Qing examined Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire and warned that Flender’s approach risked Ma Hongjun’s death or corruption into a Fallen One.

• Yu Xiaogang found a story about Angel and Rakshasa in Nuoding Academy’s Library and concluded that power of faith could enable a breakthrough to godhood.
• Yu Xiaogang planned to remain at the academy, study cultivation theory, and gather followers when war spread across the continent.
• Flender asked Zhou Qing to examine Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire, explaining that it burdened Ma Hongjun’s mind but might help his Martial Soul transform into a Phoenix.
• Zhou Qing warned that Flender’s method could cause Ma Hongjun to die or fall into depravity, becoming a Fallen One.
• Zhou Qing calmed Ma Hongjun’s bloodshot eyes, drew out a wisp of dark-purple flame, and explained that its Spiritual Attribute made it difficult to control and harmful to Ma Hongjun’s mind.

Zhou Qing explained how Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire had overtaken his will and recommended pausing cultivation to build control, while offering a faster solution through the Red Assembly. He announced Nuoding Academy’s selection rules for the next Continental Elite Tournament and left Yu Xiaogang questioning the emphasis on theory over battle.

• Zhou Qing warned Flender that Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire dominated his personality and that reaching Soul King could lead either to death or madness.
• Zhou Qing recommended that Ma Hongjun stop cultivating, meditate, and take medicine until he could control the Evil Fire, then resume cultivation toward becoming a Fire Phoenix.
• Yu Xiaogang sought a faster solution, and Zhou Qing said the Red Assembly’s research could provide one to members who earned merit.
• Zhou Qing announced that eligible students would form teams after final exams and compete for seven main and seven substitute places on the Nuoding Academy team.
• Zhou Qing offered the selected teams personal instruction, including possible training in Qi Field Power, and told Ma Hongjun that passing his written exam was essential.
• Flender promised to tutor Ma Hongjun, while Yu Xiaogang asked whether battle should matter more than theory for most Soul Masters.

Zhou Qing demonstrated how theoretical knowledge could help Soul Masters control their abilities and urged Yu Xiaogang to study Nuoding Academy’s foundations. Meanwhile, Qingzhu Zhu formed a tournament team without Dai Mubai, and Zhao Wuji questioned whether Yu Xiaogang truly treated Flender as his sworn brother.

• Zhou Qing used Inner Scenery to suppress everyone’s Soul Power and martial souls, then explained that mastering theory was essential to reaching higher levels of cultivation.
• Zhou Qing praised Yu Xiaogang’s access to information and left the academy, while students speculated about his Clones and Yu Xiaogang considered obtaining Red Assembly materials.
• Dai Mubai asked Qingzhu Zhu to form a team, but she refused and accepted Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran as teammates instead.
• Flender said he would attend remedial lessons with Ma Hongjun, and Yu Xiaogang decided to study Nuoding Academy’s foundational cultivation lessons.
• Zhao Wuji told Flender that Yu Xiaogang’s way of addressing him made him doubt their bond, but Flender defended Yu Xiaogang and Zhao Wuji apologized.

Zhou Qing and Romantina met Bibi Dong at Vast Sea City as Spirit Hall prepared to sail for Sea God Island. After Romantina defeated Demon Bear Douluo with one punch, Zhou Qing and Bibi Dong discussed the expedition and what he knew about the island.

• Zhou Qing learned that Bibi Dong had assembled a fleet and four Titled Douluo to explore Sea God Island, then traveled to Vast Sea City with Romantina.
• Zhou Qing noticed that Yue Guan and Ghost had Soul Cores, which he suspected came from Huo Zhanji and the other visitors from another time and space.
• Bibi Dong invited Zhou Qing and Romantina aboard her flagship, where Demon Bear Douluo challenged them and Romantina knocked him down with one punch.
• Zhou Qing claimed he needed Romantina as a bodyguard while recovering from an injury, and Bibi Dong asked how much he knew about Sea God Island.
• Zhou Qing began describing the legend of a Soul Master who enslaved marine life and took its Power of Faith to reach Level 100.

Zhou Qing explained to Bibi Dong how the Red Assembly intended to break the rules that shaped people’s fate, while Bibi Dong challenged its alliance with Soul Beasts. The two reaffirmed their opposing goals, and Zhou Qing warned that the Red Assembly would defend all its members, including Xiao Wu.

• Zhou Qing argued that people remained bound by the rules of the strong preying on the weak, and Bibi Dong’s Mind-Sense Qi Field clashed with his before they both withdrew.
• Zhou Qing said the Red Assembly was working to change the world’s established rules, while Spirit Hall would remain bound by them even if it unified the continent.
• Bibi Dong said Spirit Hall would not submit, and Zhou Qing declared that the Red Assembly would pursue its goal without wavering.
• Bibi Dong accused the Red Assembly of colluding with Soul Beasts, but Zhou Qing defended its cooperation and pointed to Tang San’s Artificial Soul Rings and his Crimson Armor as alternatives to Soul Beast resources.
• Zhou Qing told Bibi Dong that the Red Assembly would retaliate against anyone who targeted its members and said Xiao Wu’s life and soul belonged to the organization.

Zhou Qing and Bibi Dong negotiated over the Red Assembly's role in Spirit Hall's planned conquest of Sea God Island, while Purple Pearl warned them about the surrounding islands. Purple Pearl and Bibi Dong confronted their shared past, and Hu Liena asked Purple Pearl to explain it.

• Bibi Dong asked Zhou Qing whether he would oppose Spirit Hall's campaign against Sea God Island, and Zhou Qing asked whether the Red Assembly could establish a branch there; Bibi Dong agreed.
• Yue Guan reported that the fleet was ready, and Bibi Dong ordered it to set sail while Zhou Qing withheld a promise to help.
• Purple Pearl reunited with Bibi Dong and met Hu Liena, who said she remained a member of the Red Assembly.
• Purple Pearl warned Bibi Dong about the Pearl Archipelago and asked her not to disturb her after the campaign, then apologized for running away in the past.
• Bibi Dong cut Purple Pearl off and left, after which Hu Liena asked Purple Pearl to tell her about Bibi Dong's past.

Hu Liena accepted what she had learned about the Former Pope and met with Zhou Qing’s group before the expedition fleet sailed for Sea God Island. When the fleet skirted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s territory, Zhou Qing suspected the million-year Soul Beast was near Sea God Island, and Bibi Dong proposed drawing him out to negotiate.

• Hu Liena recalled the Red Cardinals’ grievances against Bibi Dong and entered the cabin, where Zi Zhenzhu praised her potential to manage Spirit Hall.
• Zhou Qing said Spirit Hall was too disorganized to threaten the Red Assembly, whose main opponents were the Two Great Empires.
• Three days later, Zi Zhenzhu led the expedition fleet around the forbidden waters of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, whose cultivation was said to approach a million years.
• Romantina’s Spiritual Detection found no large life forms in the whale’s territory, leading Zhou Qing to suspect the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had gone to the waters near Sea God Island.
• Bibi Dong proposed releasing the fleet’s aura to draw out the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and negotiate an alliance, and Zhou Qing joked that this would mean she was colluding with Soul Beasts.

The Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo discussed Sea God Island’s worsening siege, dwindling supplies, and the disappearance of the Sea God’s divine protection. With the Evil Orcas and Deep Sea Demonic Whales threatening the island, they debated sending a hunting party to gather food.

• The Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo drove back another attack by the Evil Orca Group, while Sea Dragon Douluo checked on the exhausted Sea Maiden Douluo.
• Sea Maiden Douluo explained that the merfolk could not help because they were searching for Li Ya and feared the Deep Sea Demonic Whales.
• Sea Horse Douluo warned that the island’s food stores were running low, and Sea Dragon Douluo rejected the claim that the Sea God had abandoned them.
• Sea Delusion Douluo asked whether a youth who had rejected the Sea God’s Legacy was connected to the vanished Divine Miracle, but Sea Maiden Douluo trembled and Sea Dragon Douluo stopped the discussion.
• Sea Horse Douluo proposed forming a hunting team, and Sea Ghost Douluo suggested sending lower-ranked assessment holders instead of the Sea God Warriors.

Bo Saixi told the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo and Xiao Bai that the Sea God had been forbidden by a God King from interfering with the Human Realm. As Sea God Island faced food shortages and a sea-beast blockade, Bo Saixi remained unable to decide to leave, while Xiao Bai proposed confronting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

• Sea God Island's residents volunteered to join fishing teams, and Bo Saixi approved their effort to find food beyond the island's blockade.
• Bo Saixi told the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo and Xiao Bai that the Sea God had lost his remaining influence in the lower realm because a God King forbade divine interference.
• The Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo affirmed their loyalty to Bo Saixi, while Xiao Bai asked whether the Sea God had abandoned his people.
• Bo Saixi considered leaving Sea God Island to search for Tang Chen but stayed because she feared missing him if he returned.
• Sea Dragon Douluo worried that the island would run out of food, and Xiao Bai urged Bo Saixi to fight the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Bo Saixi and Xiao Bai discussed how to defeat the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, while Spirit Hall’s fleet approached Sea God Island. After the whale king destroyed three ships pursuing a fishing vessel, Bibi Dong stopped her fleet and called out to him, hoping to talk.

• Bo Saixi explained that killing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King could drive the remaining sea beasts away, and suggested luring him onto Sea God Island to weaken him.
• Xiao Bai affirmed that she would protect Sea God Island even if the Sea God’s divine power had vanished.
• Spirit Hall’s fleet spotted Seahorse Three, and Bibi Dong ordered her forces to capture its crew alive.
• The captain of Seahorse Three led the pursuing warships toward the Deep Sea Demonic Whales, and the whale king smashed the fishing vessel and two warships.
• Bibi Dong halted the remaining fleet, approached the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and called out to negotiate.