Chapter Summaries

Xue Luochuan declared Chang'an independent, prompting Xue Ye to send Xue Qinghe with thirty thousand troops to suppress him. As the Xing Luo Empire prepared to invade and Spirit Hall maneuvered to protect its interests, Xue Luochuan revealed his King Summoning System and prepared to raise an army.

• Xue Ye learned that Xue Luochuan had founded Chang'an and ordered Xue Qinghe to lead thirty thousand troops against him.
• Xue Qinghe celebrated the rebellion, seeing it as an opportunity to remove Xue Luochuan and advance his own plans.
• Emperor Xing Luo prepared to send two hundred thousand soldiers against Heaven Dou, while Bibi Dong dispatched Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to negotiate.
• Chang'an's nobles begged Xue Luochuan to surrender as the city prepared for the approaching army.
• Xue Luochuan explained that he had transmigrated and gained a King Summoning System, then declared that his army would rise and his goal was the entire Douluo Continent.

Xue Qinghe led the Tian Dou Empire’s 30,000 troops to besiege Chang'an City and ordered Xue Luochuan killed, but Li Xin slew seven Soul Saints with one sword. The Chang'an defenders rallied as Xue Qinghe regained his confidence in his numerical advantage.

• Xue Qinghe arrived at Chang'an City with 30,000 troops and offered a million Gold Soul Coins for Xue Luochuan’s head.
• Xue Qinghe ordered an attack despite an elderly general reminding him that the emperor had wanted Xue Luochuan captured alive.
• Xue Luochuan told Li Xin to protect Chang'an, and Li Xin stepped forward as the seven Soul Saints charged.
• Li Xin killed all seven Soul Saints with a single sword strike, leaving Xue Qinghe and his army stunned.
• The Chang'an Garrison cheered and charged with renewed courage, while Xue Qinghe steadied himself by trusting in his 30,000 troops.

Li Xin, a concealed Level 81 Soul Douluo protecting Xue Luochuan, fought the Heavenly Dou Army as it besieged Chang'an City. His eighth soul skill devastated the battlefield, leaving Xue Qinghe and his forces shaken.

• Li Xin revealed himself atop Chang'an's walls and killed seven Soul Saints, surprising Xue Qinghe and the watching Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo.
• Xue Qinghe ordered the thirty thousand troops to attack Chang'an from all three gates while Xue Luochuan refused to surrender.
• Li Xin leaped into the enemy ranks and carved through waves of soldiers, but the troops kept filling the gaps.
• Xue Qinghe prepared to flee as Li Xin gathered power and unleashed his eighth soul skill, Radiant Wing Slashes.
• Li Xin's three sword-energy arcs tore through the battlefield and killed several thousand soldiers, terrifying the Heavenly Dou Army.

Li Xin routed Xue Qinghe’s thirty-thousand-strong army with a single sword strike, allowing Xue Luochuan to launch a counterattack. As Li Xin pursued Xue Qinghe, Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo intervened and trapped him between them.

• Xue Qinghe fled after Li Xin’s sword strike terrified the Heaven Dou army, and his soldiers broke ranks and scattered.
• Xue Luochuan summoned his Son of Heaven Sword, ordered a charge, and led Chang'an’s defenders out of the city as the citizens realized he had held the enemy off.
• Li Xin entered his Martial Soul Avatar state and chased Xue Qinghe, who abandoned his horse and tried to escape on foot.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo appeared to protect Xue Qinghe, and their arrival renewed the routed Heaven Dou soldiers’ hope.
• Snake Lance Douluo blocked Li Xin’s path with his lance while Porcupinefish Douluo positioned himself behind him, trapping Li Xin between the two Titled Douluo.

Xue Qinghe’s Titled Douluo protectors turned the battle against Chang'an, but Li Xin unleashed his forbidden soul skill and briefly overwhelmed Snake Lance Douluo. After Pufferfish Douluo joined the fight, Li Xin was badly wounded and knelt facing Chang'an as Snake Lance Douluo approached to kill him.

• Xue Qinghe’s protectors revealed themselves, causing Chang'an’s soldiers to retreat and the Heavenly Dou Army to counterattack.
• Snake Lance Douluo attacked Li Xin, who activated his forbidden soul skill and shattered Snake Lance’s nine-pronged assault.
• Li Xin drove Snake Lance Douluo back until Pufferfish Douluo joined the fight and the two Titled Douluos struck him down.
• The Heavenly Dou soldiers surged toward Chang'an while the wounded Li Xin struggled to his feet and knelt facing the city.
• Snake Lance Douluo approached Li Xin, who said he could not die facing south because his lord was in the north.

Xue Luochuan used the One Thought God Demon skin to heal Li Xin and help him break through to Titled Douluo. Li Xin killed Snake Lance Douluo and pursued a badly wounded Porcupinefish Douluo as Xue Qinghe fled.

• Xue Luochuan spent Influence Points to send Li Xin the One Thought God Demon skin, healing him and triggering his breakthrough.
• Li Xin revealed himself as a level ninety-one God Demon Douluo, while Xue Qinghe recognized Xue Luochuan's power and fled.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo unleashed their strongest attacks against Li Xin, but he fought them both without falling behind.
• Li Xin's blazing sword strike killed Snake Lance Douluo and shattered Porcupinefish Douluo's defenses.
• Porcupinefish Douluo fled in terror as Li Xin pursued him.

Li Xin defeated the Heavenly Dou army and captured Xue Qinghe, securing a decisive victory for Xue Luochuan’s Chang'an Empire. The citizens accepted their new emperor, and Xue Luochuan ordered nearby cities to surrender or face Li Xin’s attack.

• Li Xin killed Snake Lance Douluo, drove Porcupinefish Douluo to flee, and captured Xue Qinghe as the Heavenly Dou army routed.
• Porcupinefish Douluo escaped and decided to return to Spirit Hall to ask Bibi Dong for reinforcements.
• Xue Luochuan led his victorious army into Chang'an, parading the bound Xue Qinghe through the streets as citizens celebrated and pledged loyalty.
• Chang'an’s nobles presented Xue Luochuan with treasures, but he dismissed them and focused on expanding his territory and summoning heroes.
• Xue Luochuan ordered nearby Heavenly Dou cities to surrender and retain their City Lords, or face an attack led by Li Xin and the execution of their rulers’ clans.

After defeating Qian Renxue’s army, Xue Luochuan confronted her in his bedchamber and exposed her disguise as Xue Qinghe. He effortlessly subdued her when she tried to attack, then threatened her with a heated sword as he demanded repayment for her assassination attempts.

• Xue Luochuan reviewed the battle report, learned Qian Renxue had been captured, and went to confront her in his bedchamber.
• Xue Luochuan accused Qian Renxue of impersonating Xue Qinghe and heated her longsword in the fireplace while she denied knowing Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue pretended to submit, then attacked Xue Luochuan with her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul after he cut her bonds.
• Xue Luochuan overwhelmed Qian Renxue with his Soul Power, knocked away her Angel Sacred Sword, and forced her to reveal her true appearance.
• Xue Luochuan accused Qian Renxue of plotting against him and threatened her with the red-hot sword, demanding to know whether she wanted his sword or the heated one.

Xue Luochuan tortured the captured Qian Renxue while she clung to the hope that Spirit Hall would rescue her. Meanwhile, Chang'an’s stunning victory threw the Tian Dou Empire into crisis, and Emperor Xue Ye struggled to understand his son’s growing power as his officials refused to lead another campaign.

• Xue Luochuan forced Qian Renxue to submit to his abuse and left her gravely wounded, promising her torment would continue.
• Qian Renxue begged her grandfather to save her and resolved to hold on until Spirit Hall could rescue her.
• News spread that Chang'an had defeated thirty thousand troops, captured Xue Qinghe, and seized several cities, prompting neighboring states and the Xing Luo Grand Army to threaten Tian Dou’s borders.
• Emperor Xue Ye raged over the defeat and Prince Xue Xing suggested Xue Luochuan might be colluding with Xing Luo, which Xue Ye angrily rejected.
• Emperor Xue Ye questioned how Xue Luochuan’s forces had gained Titled Douluo and learned that Spirit Hall had intervened, but the officials could offer no explanation.
• Emperor Xue Ye asked for volunteers to lead another campaign against the level-ninety-one Titled Douluo, but the generals lowered their heads and stayed silent.

After Heaven Dou’s defeat, Xue Ye assembled the Five Elements Academy and a 200,000-strong army to attack Chang’an. Xing Luo also prepared to march on Chang’an, with Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo joining the expedition, ostensibly to help Heaven Dou suppress the rebellion.

• Xue Ye summoned the Five Elements Academy’s headmasters and ordered the Five Route Army, totaling 200,000 troops, to reclaim the lost territory and crush the rebellion.
• Thunderclap Academy and Skywater Academy agreed to join the expedition, and the sects behind Godwind Academy, Elephant Armor Academy, and Blazing Fire Academy agreed after consulting Spirit Hall.
• Emperor Xing Luo and his ministers discussed Heaven Dou’s defeat, and Davis proposed attacking while its forces were weakened.
• Yue Guan warned Xing Luo against war, but Davis proposed sending troops to Chang’an under the pretext of helping Heaven Dou restore peace.
• Yue Guan offered for himself and Ghost Douluo to accompany the Xing Luo army, and Emperor Xing Luo accepted their help.

Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu learned that Qian Renxue had been captured and Snake Lance Douluo killed, but both expected the Tian Dou Empire to rescue her. Meanwhile, the Chang'an Empire expanded after defeating Tian Dou’s army, then faced a new invasion that left its people afraid and considering surrender.

• Porcupinefish Douluo reported that Snake Lance Douluo had died and Qian Renxue had been captured, and a spy later confirmed his account to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong decided not to send Spirit Hall forces openly, expecting the Tian Dou Empire’s rescue expedition under Yu Yuanzhen to recover Qian Renxue.
• Qian Daoliu rejected Golden Crocodile Douluo’s suggestion that the Worships intervene, but threatened to destroy Chang'an if Qian Renxue came to harm.
• After defeating the Tian Dou army and capturing Xue Qinghe, the Chang'an Empire occupied five nearby cities.
• Xue Ye appointed Yu Yuanzhen to lead the Four Element Academies and two hundred thousand Heavenly Dou soldiers against Chang'an.
• The people in Chang'an’s newly conquered cities panicked at the approaching army, and some began considering returning to Tian Dou.

Xue Luochuan summoned the five members of the Great Wall Squad as the Five Route Army approached, then strengthened and dispatched them to defend his cities. He remained in the capital, confident they could hold off the enemy.

• After learning the Tian Dou Empire was advancing with a formidable army, Xue Luochuan used his Influence Points to summon five heroes.
• Hua Mulan, Kai, Baili Shouyue, Baili Xuance, and Su Lie appeared and swore loyalty to Xue Luochuan.
• Xue Luochuan invited the Great Wall Squad to eat, praised Baili Shouyue’s cooking, and asked him to serve as his imperial chef after the war.
• Xue Luochuan assigned each hero to guard a different city with more than two thousand soldiers.
• Xue Luochuan bought skins for the five heroes in the System Shop, increasing their strength, and prepared to face the Five Route Army from the Royal Capital.

Heaven Dou's Five Route Army advanced on Chang'an under Yu Yuanzhen's command while Xing Luo and Spirit Hall expected the empire to collapse. As Chang'an's defenders lost heart and Li Xin held the walls, Qian Renxue remained captive and tried to urge Xue Luochuan to attend to state affairs.

• Yu Yuanzhen and Prince Xue Xing planned a five-pronged attack, while Xue Beng secretly hoped to eliminate Xue Qinghe and claim the crown.
• Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and the Xing Luo commander watched Heaven Dou's armies advance and expected Chang'an to be overwhelmed.
• Soldiers and citizens across Chang'an's five outer cities panicked at the sight of the armies and the news that Yu Yuanzhen led them.
• Li Xin stood on Chang'an's walls as rumors spread that the absent young Emperor had abandoned the crisis.
• Qian Renxue, still captive and wounded, asked Xue Luochuan to focus on state affairs, but he ordered her to put her hair up.

Hu Yan Zhen led a forty-thousand-strong Heavenly Dou army to besiege North City, expecting to crush its defenses. Su Lie emerged to stop him, and the chapter ended as Hu Yan Zhen transformed and prepared to fight Su Lie himself.

• Hu Yan Zhen demanded that North City surrender, then led his army toward its gates while Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng watched from a nearby mountain.
• Hu Yan Zhen rode through the defenders’ arrows without activating his martial soul, leaving the soldiers convinced they could not stop him.
• Su Lie leaped down before the gates, declared that no enemy would enter North City, and identified himself as an eighty-ninth-rank Soul Douluo with the Xuanwu martial soul.
• Su Lie shattered the Heavenly Dou soldiers’ halberds with his pillar and held back their repeated advances while North City’s soldiers joined the fight with arrows.
• Hu Yan Zhen ordered his troops to return fire, then dismounted and transformed, revealing eight soul rings as he challenged Su Lie personally.

Su Lie held off Hu Yan Zhen and the Heavenly Dou Army at Chang'an's gates until their attacks brought him down. He then revived with his seventh soul skill, Death Is Lying in Wait, restoring hope to the defenders and leaving Prince Xue Xing stunned.

• Hu Yan Zhen and the Heavenly Dou Soul Masters attacked Su Lie, who countered with his massive pillar and kept them from reaching the city.
• The Heavenly Dou forces gradually overwhelmed Su Lie, and he fell as Hu Yan Zhen and the soldiers prepared to breach the gates.
• Su Lie's seventh soul skill, Death Is Lying in Wait, revived him amid the phantom of a Sacred Beast Xuanwu.
• Su Lie rose again with a more violent aura, shocking Hu Yan Zhen and making the exhausted Heavenly Dou soldiers lose heart.
• The Chang'an Garrison regained hope, while Prince Xue Xing sat back down, baffled by Su Lie's revival.

Su Lie unleashed his eighth soul skill against Hu Yan Zhen’s army, devastating the battlefield and killing Hu Yan Zhen. The Heavenly Dou troops fled, leaving Prince Xue Xing dumbfounded as Chang’an’s defenders watched the rout.

• Hu Yan Zhen charged Su Lie while Heavenly Dou soldiers and Soul Masters surrounded and attacked him.
• Su Lie charged his giant pillar with energy that spread across half the battlefield, alarming the soldiers.
• Su Lie used his eighth soul skill, Fierce Ten Thousand Armies, to launch the troops and Hu Yan Zhen into the air; the ensuing resonance killed many Soul Masters and shattered Hu Yan Zhen’s Diamond Mammoth defenses.
• Su Lie approached the wounded Hu Yan Zhen, identified himself as coming from Chang’an, and killed him with a blow from his giant pillar.
• The Heavenly Dou soldiers fled, while Prince Xue Xing was dumbfounded by Hu Yan Zhen’s death and the defeat of his forty thousand troops.

Feng Bailong’s cavalry attacked West City, but Baili Xuance overwhelmed them with his speed and slaughtered the Heavenly Dou Army’s vanguard. Feng Xiaotian and Feng Bailong realized the city’s defenders included a formidable expert, and Feng Bailong ordered Xiaotian to retreat while he confronted him.

• Ghost Douluo received news that Hu Yan Zhen had been killed by another rank 89 Soul Douluo in North City, shocking the Xing Luo Grand Army.
• Feng Bailong led forty thousand cavalry toward West City and ordered Feng Xiaotian to lead the assault as a trial.
• Baili Xuance appeared atop the walls and used a fierce gale to blow Feng Xiaotian and the flying Soul Masters away.
• Baili Xuance transformed into White Flash and killed dozens of Heavenly Dou soldiers, while the Soul Masters failed to catch him.
• Feng Xiaotian recognized the danger and considered retreating, and Feng Bailong ordered him to leave while he fought Baili Xuance.

Baili Xuance revealed his White Tiger Spirit while fighting Feng Bailong above Chang'an's western city, prompting Heaven Dou and Xing Luo soldiers to suspect the Xing Luo Empire was backing Chang'an. Their clash escalated as Feng Bailong's sword skills met Baili Xuance's speed, and Feng's locking attack pursued him.

• Baili Xuance killed the Heavenly Dou Army's vanguard Soul Master unit, then challenged Feng Bailong with his White Tiger True Body.
• Feng Bailong and the soldiers realized Baili Xuance's White Tiger Spirit linked him to the Xing Luo Empire, while Spirit Hall's Titled Douluo sent the news back.
• Baili Xuance and Feng Bailong exchanged rapid attacks in the air, with Baili Xuance's berserk strength numbing Feng Bailong's arms.
• Feng Bailong unleashed his Wind Thunder Sword Array, and Baili Xuance's White Tiger Phantom clashed with its Giant Sword in a thunderous explosion.
• Feng Bailong followed with Sword Roars in the West Wind, then declared the attack could lock onto Baili Xuance and slashed down to suppress him.

Baili Xuance defeated Feng Bailong, forcing him to sever his own arm and flee, and the Heavenly Dou cavalry retreated from Chang'an Pass. As the Xing Luo observers learned that a White Tiger Spirit wielder had routed Feng Bailong, they remained puzzled about Baili Xuance’s identity.

• Baili Xuance evaded Feng Bailong’s Giant Sword and used his Flying Sickle to hook and wound him.
• Feng Bailong cut off his own left arm to escape the hook chain, then fled as the Heavenly Dou cavalry abandoned the battle.
• Baili Xuance led Chang'an cavalry in pursuit, while Feng Xiaotian fled back to camp in terror.
• Prince Xue Xing learned Feng Bailong had faced a Soul Douluo with the White Tiger Spirit and ordered an urgent report to the emperor.
• Ghost Douluo reported that Baili Xuance had severely wounded Feng Bailong, leaving the Xing Luo observers confused about his identity.

Huo Yanbao led the Heavenly Dou Army to attack Chang'an’s last city, while the missing defense general and demoralized soldiers seemed ready to surrender. A white-haired man with Gold-Red Wings appeared above the walls and revealed he had been waiting for the invaders on the Emperor of Chang'an’s orders.

• Huo Yanbao announced his identity as Fire Leopard Sect Master and ordered the defenders to surrender as his army approached the city.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang joined the advance, while the absent Baili Shouyue left Chang'an’s soldiers in disarray.
• Huo Yanbao ordered a full assault, and the siege engines neared the walls as defenders considered surrendering.
• A gigantic Blazing Xuan Bird swept across the battlefield, burning siege engines and killing the foremost attackers; Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang narrowly escaped.
• Huo Yanbao attacked the white-haired arsonist, who dodged with Gold-Red Wings and declared that he had been waiting for the army on the Emperor of Chang'an’s orders.