Chapter Summaries

Baili Shouyue returned to defend Chang'an and used his Vermilion Bird spirit to repel Huo Yanbao’s attacks, while Huo Wu became attracted to him. The battle continued as Huo Yanbao unleashed a sweeping rain of fireballs with Baili Shouyue trapped at its center.

• Baili Shouyue appeared above Chang'an, destroyed the enemy siege equipment, and revealed himself as a level ninety Titled Douluo with the Vermilion Bird spirit.
• Huo Yanbao ordered his troops to attack with catapults, then used his Fiery Seven Star Bomb against the city gates, but Baili Shouyue dissolved the fireballs with his Fourth Soul Skill.
• Huo Yanbao transformed with his Seventh Soul Skill and attacked Baili Shouyue, who evaded and countered with his Eighth Soul Skill; Huo Wu admired Baili Shouyue as she retreated.
• Huo Yanbao charged again, but his Fire Leopard’s comical cry drew mockery from Baili Shouyue and embarrassed him.
• Huo Yanbao unleashed his Sixth Soul Skill, Meteor Fire Rain Fall, covering the area around Baili Shouyue with fireballs and leaving him nowhere to evade.

Baili Shouyue outmaneuvered Huo Yanbao at Chang'an's South City and unleashed a devastating Vermilion Bird attack that defeated him and broke the Heavenly Dou Army's assault. Huo Wushuang carried the badly burned Huo Yanbao away as the army fled, while Spirit Hall's observers worried that Chang'an's strength exceeded their expectations.

• Baili Shouyue used Vermilion Bird Xuan Bird bullets to counter Huo Yanbao's fire rain while the Xing Luo Grand Army and Spirit Hall watched the battle.
• Baili Shouyue kept Huo Yanbao at a distance with Xuan Bird attacks until he was cornered beneath the city wall, then vanished using Concealment.
• Huo Yanbao charged Explosive Flame Star at the city gate, and Baili Shouyue ambushed him with a powerful Xuan Bird attack.
• Huo Yanbao hurled his fireball at the Xuan Bird, but it broke through and swept over him and the Heavenly Dou soldiers in its path.
• Huo Wushuang carried the burned Huo Yanbao away as the Heavenly Dou Army fled.

Huo Wu and Chrysanthemum Douluo witnessed the Chang'an Empire repel the other armies, while Shui Bing'er led the Heavenly Dou Army toward a lightly defended central city. Just as the army prepared to attack, a woman appeared above the battlefield on an auspicious Qilin and ordered everyone to withdraw, leaving both sides stunned.

• Huo Wu fled after the three attacking armies were driven back, and Chrysanthemum Douluo noted that Star Luo's forces waited near the border as the Chang'an troops grew exhausted.
• Shui Bing'er and the other Skywater Academy students led forty thousand Heavenly Dou troops toward the central city despite their officers' doubts about their command.
• The defenders worried about the overwhelming numbers but expected Xue Luochuan to send reinforcements, then discovered their female general had vanished.
• Shui Bing'er divided the Heavenly Dou Army among the city's four gates as the troops prepared to sound the attack horn.
• A Seven-Colored Auspicious Cloud appeared above the battlefield, carrying a Sacred Beast Qilin and a woman with a green blade.
• The woman declared that she did not seek war and ordered both sides to withdraw, while Shui Bing'er and the Heavenly Dou Army stared in shock.

Hua Mulan revealed herself as a level ninety-one Titled Douluo and crushed the Tian Dou assault on Chang'an, capturing Shui Bing'er and routing the army. Ghost Douluo then reported the defeat to the Xing Luo Grand Army, leaving its troops shaken by the Chang'an Empire's growing number of Titled Douluo.

• Hua Mulan warned Shui Bing'er and the Tian Dou soldiers to withdraw, but Shui Bing'er ordered her forty-thousand-strong army to attack Chang'an.
• Hua Mulan declared herself a Titled Douluo with a Kirin martial soul and immobilized the attacking Tian Dou forces with her pressure.
• Hua Mulan wiped out the Soul Master legion, captured Shui Bing'er, and drove the Tian Dou Army into a rout.
• Hua Mulan defeated the Soul Master legions at the other three gates and captured the young women commanders from Skywater Academy.
• Ghost Douluo reported that the attack on the central city had failed because of the Kirin Douluo, shocking the Xing Luo Grand Army.

Yu Yuanzhen led the Heavenly Dou Army to attack Chang'an's eastern city, expecting its defenders to surrender. General Kai revealed himself as a level ninety Titled Douluo with an Azure Dragon Martial Soul, thwarting Yu Yuanzhen's lightning strike and setting the two dragon warriors against each other.

• Yu Yuanzhen led the Heavenly Dou Army on a detour to attack the eastern city from outside its gates, avoiding a possible pincer attack by Li Xin.
• The outnumbered defenders considered surrendering, but Kai ordered them to stand firm as Yu Yuanzhen announced his identity and struck the city walls with lightning.
• Kai leaped into the air and used his Azure Dragon Saber to split Yu Yuanzhen's lightning, revealing his Azure Dragon Martial Soul and level ninety Soul Power.
• Kai identified himself as a Chang'an general and vowed to defend the city, while Yu Yuanzhen acknowledged his strength and prepared to fight him.

Kai, a Titled Douluo with a true dragon martial soul, confronted Yu Yuanzhen at the eastern city gate and halted the Heavenly Dou Army’s advance. Their fierce battle continued without either gaining the upper hand.

• Kai’s Soul Power pressure rallied the city’s defenders, while Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin realized a powerful dragon Soul Master guarded the eastern city.
• The Xing Luo officers wondered whether Li Xin had left the capital to reinforce the eastern city, but they waited for more information before acting.
• Yu Yuanzhen attacked Kai with Thunderstorm and Thunder Dragon Claw, but Kai’s true dragon martial soul made him immune to paralysis, and he dodged the claw.
• Kai and Yu Yuanzhen clashed at close range with their dragon weapons, exchanging powerful blows as the watching armies looked on.
• Neither Kai nor Yu Yuanzhen gained the advantage, and the two warriors began to admire each other.

Kai and Yu Yuanzhen escalated their duel by transforming into the Azure Sacred Dragon and Thunder Divine Dragon, while their armies continued fighting below. The two dragons faced off in the stormy sky, and Yu Tianxin realized Kai's dragon might matched Yu Yuanzhen's.

• Yu Yuanzhen activated his Seventh Soul Skill and transformed into the Thunder Divine Dragon, boosting the Heavenly Dou Army's morale.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo saw the transformation from afar and realized Yu Yuanzhen's opponent was likely another Titled Douluo.
• Kai summoned the Five-Element Wheel, then used his Seventh Soul Skill and Immortal Demonic Body to manifest the Azure Sacred Dragon.
• The Chang'an Garrison's morale rose as the Azure Sacred Dragon faced the Thunder Divine Dragon above the valley and both armies resumed their fierce battle.
• Yu Tianxin remarked that Kai's Azure Dragon's dragon might seemed no weaker than Yu Yuanzhen's Thunder Dragon.

Kai, clad in the Demon Armor, fought Yu Yuanzhen’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon as the Heavenly Dou Army and Chang'an Empire watched. Kai survived Yu Yuanzhen’s Ninth Soul Skill, forcing Yu Yuanzhen to recognize his strength and order the Heavenly Dou Army to retreat.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and the Xing Luo Grand Army saw Kai’s Azure Dragon confront Yu Yuanzhen’s Thunder Dragon and were shocked by Chang'an’s Titled Douluo.
• Yu Yuanzhen unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, but Kai’s Demon Armor withstood his attacks while the dragons battled across the sky.
• Yu Yuanzhen used his Ninth Soul Skill to send nine pursuing thunder dragons after Kai.
• Kai unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, Flying Dragon in the Sky, Its Might Shaking All Directions, and his Azure Dragon clashed with the nine thunder dragons.
• The clash shattered Kai’s Demon Armor and ended Yu Yuanzhen’s Dragon Transformation; Yu Yuanzhen praised Kai’s strength and ordered the Heavenly Dou Army to withdraw.

Prince Xue Xing’s five-route army returned to camp in defeat, and Tian Dou prepared to withdraw rather than attack Chang’an’s weakened cities. Star Luo then advanced on Chang’an’s southern pass, but Hua Mulan and four powerful allies gathered to repel them, leaving Star Luo’s army retreating.

• Yu Yuanzhen returned to the Heaven Dou camp with few losses and learned that all five armies had been defeated.
• Prince Xue Xing asked the sect leaders to attack Chang’an’s undermanned cities, but they refused, and he ordered the army to rest and prepare to withdraw.
• Star Luo’s commander led two hundred thousand troops toward Chang’an’s southern pass, hoping to exploit the exhausted defenders.
• Hua Mulan, Kai, Su Lie, Baili Shouyue, and Baili Xuance appeared together on the city wall as the five Sacred Beast phantoms emerged.
• Ghost Douluo fled, and the Star Luo commander ordered his army to retreat rather than risk a costly assault.

After Chang'an’s victory over the Heavenly Dou Army, Xue Luochuan questioned seven captured Skywater Academy students and demanded their surrender as his personal attendants. Shui Bing’er and the others submitted, while Qian Renxue realized Chang’an had won and her hope of escape was fading.

• Xue Luochuan celebrated the five generals’ victory and discussed Chang’an’s heavy casualties and need to rebuild its forces.
• Xue Luochuan summoned Shui Bing’er and six other captured Skywater Academy students to his bedchamber and asked whether they had prepared to die in battle.
• Xue Luochuan threatened the students with death unless they sincerely surrendered and served as his personal attendants.
• Xue Wu, Shui Yue’er, and the others submitted, and Shui Bing’er decided the academy’s dean had betrayed them by sending them into battle.
• Xue Luochuan answered Shui Bing’er’s suspicion by declaring that he tolerated everyone under heaven, and the seven girls became his attendants.
• Qian Renxue overheard the conversation, realized Chang’an had won the battle, and felt her hope diminish.

After Heaven Dou’s five armies suffered a crushing defeat, Xue Ye struggled to find a way to stop Chang’an, while Xing Luo and Spirit Hall weighed their responses. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong deciding to send alliance letters to Xue Ye and Xing Luo and join forces against Chang’an to rescue Qian Renxue.

• News of Chang’an’s victory spread across the continent, and bandits and outlaws began causing chaos in the Tian Dou Empire.
• Xue Ye learned that fewer than eighty thousand of his two hundred thousand soldiers had returned, then heard his ministers argue without offering a satisfactory strategy.
• Dai Weisi and Emperor Xing Luo learned that Heaven Dou’s armies had been defeated, and Xing Luo’s emperor praised his own commander for withdrawing safely.
• Bibi Dong learned that Chang’an had defeated Heaven Dou’s forces and that Spirit Hall still had no information about Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to send alliance letters to Xue Ye and Xing Luo and dispatch Soul Masters to destroy the Chang’an Empire.

Spirit Hall organized a coalition to help the Tian Dou Empire attack the Chang'an Empire, and Ning Fengzhi became the alliance leader. The coalition assembled more than three hundred thousand troops and several Titled Douluo southeast of Chang'an, leaving a massive campaign poised to begin.

• Spirit Hall sent ten thousand Soul Masters and several Titled Douluo to support the Tian Dou Empire, delighting Xue Ye and the empire’s people.
• Xue Ye chose Ning Fengzhi to command the campaign, and Chen Xin declared his confidence in defeating Chang'an.
• Bibi Dong persuaded the Xing Luo Empire to join the alliance, while several small nations also sent troops.
• More than three hundred thousand allied troops gathered southeast of Chang'an, sparking continent-wide speculation about the coalition.
• Ning Fengzhi became alliance leader after bringing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s two Super Douluo to the campaign.

Xue Luochuan prepared to face the allied army at Chang'an's eastern pass, convinced its visible camp was a decoy and claiming he could force the enemy to retreat without a battle. As the allied commanders dismissed his boast, he summoned a golden-haired angel onto the city wall.

• Xue Luochuan told Li Xin, Hua Mulan, Baili Xuance, and the other generals to concentrate Chang'an's defenses at the eastern city, arguing the other cities could not be held and the battle was still winnable.
• Xue Luochuan declared that winning hearts was better than besieging cities and promised a plan to plunge Chang'an into darkness before restoring it to light.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and the commanders of three factions reached the eastern pass with a modest force, while Kai recognized the allied army's visible camp as a decoy.
• Ning Fengzhi called on Xue Luochuan to surrender, claiming the allied army sought to restore peace, but Xue Luochuan said he could make them retreat without losing a soldier.
• The allied troops and Bone Douluo mocked Xue Luochuan's boast, and Xue Luochuan clapped his hands to summon a graceful golden-haired angel onto the city wall.

Xue Luochuan revealed that Spirit Hall’s Qian Renxue had impersonated Tian Dou’s Crown Prince, Xue Qinghe, and accused Spirit Hall of manipulating Tian Dou and targeting him. The allied army fractured and withdrew, leaving Tian Dou and Spirit Hall on the brink of open conflict while Chang’an prepared to grow stronger.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo offered to withdraw Spirit Hall’s forces if Xue Luochuan returned Qian Renxue, but Xue Luochuan refused and said he would expose her identity and his reason for founding Chang’an.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo ordered Spirit Hall’s troops to retreat, but Ning Fengzhi blocked them and asked Xue Luochuan to explain himself.
• At Xue Luochuan’s signal, Qian Renxue transformed into Xue Qinghe’s appearance, shocking Ning Fengzhi and the allied forces.
• Xue Luochuan revealed that Qian Renxue had replaced the real Xue Qinghe, blamed Spirit Hall for the Third Prince’s death and repeated assassination attempts against him, and declared that Chang’an had been founded to oppose Tian Dou.
• Ning Fengzhi questioned Spirit Hall, and Tian Dou’s soldiers and Spirit Hall’s soul masters drew their weapons against each other.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the allied army to withdraw, and Tian Dou and Spirit Hall began treating each other as enemies.

After repelling the allied forces, Xue Luochuan stabilized Chang'an and ordered the Great Wall Squad to build a wall connecting the empire’s cities. The project rose alongside a sweeping anti-corruption campaign, leaving Xue Ye stunned by Chang'an’s Great Wall.

• At a victory banquet, Xue Luochuan told Li Xin and the others that Chang'an was safe from attack for the time being, but warned that war between Tian Dou and Spirit Hall could erupt.
• Xue Luochuan ordered the Great Wall Squad to connect the cities with a Great Wall for defense, communication, and reinforcements.
• When Kai raised concerns about the cost, Xue Luochuan rejected raising taxes and proposed soliciting donations from the rich while purging corrupt officials and their allies.
• Xue Luochuan ordered strict border watches to stop wealthy people from fleeing, and an anti-corruption campaign swept across Chang'an as construction began.
• Su Lie stood atop the completed, majestic Great Wall as Chang'an’s people felt pride and belonging, while Xue Ye read the intelligence report and wondered what Xue Luochuan was planning.

The Chang'an Empire completed its Great Wall, prompting Xue Ye and Bibi Dong to consider its military and strategic consequences. Xue Luochuan celebrated the wall’s defensive value and the sense of belonging it gave the six generals from King's Continent.

• Xue Ye read reports about the Great Wall and decided to focus on dealing with Spirit Hall after believing Chang'an had no plans to expand.
• Bibi Dong failed to identify who had exposed Spirit Hall’s plot involving Qian Renxue and considered Xue Luochuan’s suspicions as a possible cause.
• Bibi Dong concluded that Spirit Hall would have to unify the continent by force and planned to conquer the two great empires and destroy the Upper Three Sects before attacking Chang'an.
• Bibi Dong recognized that the Great Wall would make Chang'an difficult to invade and infiltrate, but resolved to overcome it later.
• Xue Luochuan stood on the completed Great Wall and planned to strengthen Chang'an before expanding beyond it.
• Kai and the other five generals from King's Continent found a sense of home and belonging in the Great Wall.

Xue Luochuan planned to establish Jixia Academy but found Chang'an short of money, so he turned toward recovering assets in Tian Dou territory. He sent three armies to seize nearby cities, while Xue Ye faced the worsening crisis of the Tian Dou Empire.

• Xue Luochuan announced that Jixia Academy would recruit Soul Masters regardless of age or origins, but Hua Mulan told him Chang'an had run out of money.
• Li Xin explained that corrupt officials had moved much of their wealth to the Tian Dou Empire, and Xue Luochuan decided it was time to march out.
• Hua Mulan described three lightly defended cities, and Xue Luochuan gave Hua Mulan, Baili Xuance, and Kai ten thousand troops each to capture one city.
• The three armies captured all three cities in less than half a day, suffering more than ten thousand casualties while taking over twenty thousand prisoners.
• Xue Ye received news that the Tian Dou Empire had lost three cities and sixty thousand soldiers, and he worried over how to save his crumbling empire.

After the Chang'an Empire captured three Tian Dou cities, Xue Luochuan began building Jixia Academy and summoned the Three Sages of Jixia to teach its students. Qian Renxue and the others were stunned by the arrival of the powerful newcomers.

• The three generals returned with wealth after capturing three cities, which Xue Luochuan incorporated into Chang'an territory and ordered them to garrison.
• Xue Luochuan selected land in South City and began constructing Jixia Academy to recruit Soul Masters.
• Xue Luochuan entered a room alone and used a triple summon to call forth Old Master Fu Zi, Zhuang Zhou, and Mozi.
• Xue Luochuan welcomed the Three Sages of Jixia and told them they would teach Soul Masters at Jixia Academy.
• Qian Renxue, Shui Bing'er, and the others were dumbstruck when Xue Luochuan emerged with the three powerful Soul Masters.

Xue Luochuan appointed Old Master Fu Zi, Zhuang Zhou, and Mozi to lead Jixia Academy and train a Soul Master army for Chang'an. They prepared to recruit students and impose sweeping measures to bring Soul Masters under the empire’s control.

• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er sensed the extraordinary strength of Old Master Fu Zi, Zhuang Zhou, and Mozi, while Li Xin greeted them respectfully.
• Xue Luochuan assigned the Three Sages of Jixia to run the academy and train Soul Masters for Chang'an’s army.
• Zhuang Zhou asked what qualifications students needed to graduate, and Xue Luochuan set the threshold at over twenty-five years old and above Level 30 Soul Elder.
• Old Master Fu Zi proposed challenging famous academies to raise Jixia Academy’s profile and attract students.
• Xue Luochuan ordered Chang'an’s Soul Masters to enter Jixia Academy, restricted their economic activity, and directed military funds toward the academy.
• The Three Sages accepted that their work would involve subduing Soul Masters as well as teaching them, and welcomed the chance to help Chang'an conquer the world.

Jixia Academy opened in Chang'an, drawing ordinary Soul Masters with generous subsidies and prompting rival powers to assess the threat. Bibi Dong decided to send Hu Liena to infiltrate the academy, while Xing Luo’s court dismissed the project as a costly distraction.

• Chang'an opened Jixia Academy, required Soul Masters in the capital to study there with compensation, and began recruiting commoner Soul Masters from across the continent.
• Xue Ye read news of the academy and wondered why Chang'an was investing so heavily in commoner Soul Masters, then took comfort in the idea that the expense would slow Chang'an’s development.
• Bibi Dong recognized Jixia Academy as competition for Spirit Hall, but Chrysanthemum Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo mocked the academy’s prospects.
• Bibi Dong decided to use Jixia Academy’s recruitment to plant agents and ordered Hu Liena to meet with her.
• Dai Weisi told the Xing Luo court that Jixia Academy would take years to produce results and would delay Chang'an’s development, and Emperor Xing Luo approved of his assessment.