Chapter Summaries

Qian Xunji planned a Seven Great Sects Re-selection Assembly to test the sects and undermine the Upper Three Sects’ unity, while Qian Daoliu warned him not to violate his promise to the Clear Sky Sect. A year and a half later, the Clear Sky Sect’s leaders debated Spirit Hall’s challenge and worried about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s two Titled Douluo.

• Qian Xunji told Qian Daoliu he would hold a Seven Great Sects Re-selection Assembly to assess the sects and challenge their standing.
• Qian Daoliu allowed Qian Xunji to proceed but reminded him that Spirit Hall must not attack the Clear Sky Sect as long as it stayed within its territory.
• Qian Xunji reported that Yu Yuanzhen had reached Level 92, while Ning Fengzhi had recruited Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong.
• Qian Daoliu suggested that Qian Xunji marry Spirit Kite Bishop, but Qian Xunji said he was focused on making Spirit Hall rule the continent.
• A year and a half later, Tang Zhen and the Clear Sky Sect’s six elders received Spirit Hall’s challenge to compete for the title of Number One Sect Under Heaven.
• Tang Zhen said he was confident against Yu Yuanzhen but uncertain whether he could face Chen Xin and Gu Rong together.

Tang Hao returned to the Clear Sky Sect with the Divine Slaughter's Domain, as the sects prepared for the Seven Great Sects Re-selection Assembly. The chapter ended with Yu Yuanzhen vowing that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would claim the title of Number One Sect Under Heaven.

• Tang Zhen and the Clear Sky Sect elders welcomed Tang Hao home and celebrated his Level 68 cultivation and Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tang Hao learned how Spirit Hall had pushed the Clear Sky Sect into the center of the conflict, and Tang Zhen sent him to Heaven Dou City to visit Tang Yuehua.
• Ning Fengzhi discussed the upcoming assembly with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, who believed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could defeat its rivals, while Ning Fengzhi worried about Spirit Hall's response.
• Yu Yuanzhen confronted the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's lack of powerful successors and vowed to win the Number One Sect Under Heaven title.

Chen Xilin killed a forty-thousand-year Storm Eagle and found a valuable Spirit Bone, while an ailing Hell Demon Dragon watched him and became interested in his growing strength. Back at the cabin, he decided to attend Spirit Hall’s Seven Great Sects Re-selection Assembly in disguise, agreeing to stay with the Seven Beasts of the Strange Beasts.

• Chen Xilin defeated the Storm Eagle with his Mysterious Black Dragon Palm and Apocalypse Black Dragon Claw, then found a Storm Eagle Left Leg Bone in its remains.
• The Hell Demon Dragon watched Chen Xilin leave, swallowed the Storm Eagle, and reflected on how much stronger he had become.
• Chen Xilin and the Seven Beasts of the Strange Beasts learned that Spirit Hall would hold the Seven Great Sects Re-selection Assembly in Spirit City two months later.
• Zhu Qingyan warned Chen Xilin that attending was dangerous because Spirit Hall still wanted him for attacking Bibi Dong and killing its people.
• Chen Xilin said he would disguise himself with a Human Skin Mask and altered aura, and Zhu Qingyan agreed on the condition that he stay with the group.

Two months after Tang Chen disappeared, Chen Xilin attended the Seven Great Sects Re-selection Assembly in disguise with the Seven Beasts of the Strange Beasts. He learned about plans for Strange Beasts Academy as sects from across the continent gathered in Spirit City, where the contest was about to begin.

• Chen Xilin, disguised as Chen Xuanji, joined Zhu Qingyan and the Seven Beasts of the Strange Beasts at the assembly and met Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang.
• Meng Shu asked Zhu Qingyan whether the Seven Beasts of the Strange Beasts would help establish an advanced academy for Soul Masters with mutant martial souls.
• Zhu Qingyan told Chen Xilin that the academy, named Strange Beasts Academy, would be built in Idefu City, and that the group had already bought its location.
• Two days later, sects and Soul Masters from across the continent gathered in Spirit City for the Seven Great Sects Re-selection Assembly.

At Spirit Hall’s Seven Great Sects Re-selection Assembly, Chen Xilin assessed the assembled Titled Douluo as the Lower Four Sects were chosen. The Upper Three Sects’ rankings were about to begin when Yu Yuanzhen challenged Tang Zhen for the top position.

• Qian Xunji arrived at the assembly with two Titled Douluo at his side, and the faction leaders and spectators saluted him.
• Chen Xilin compared the strength of Titled Douluo with the Futu cultivation tiers and judged that he would need to reach Spirit Douluo to defeat the strongest figures present.
• Qian Xunji opened the assembly and announced that the Seven Great Sects would be ranked anew and share responsibility for governing Spirit Masters with Spirit Hall.
• After several days of matches, the Holy Dragon Sect, Elephant Armor Sect, Black Tiger Sect, and Wind Sword Sect were selected as the Lower Four Sects.
• Qian Xunji announced the rules for ranking the Upper Three Sects, and Yu Yuanzhen challenged Tang Zhen for the position of Number One Sect Under Heaven.

Yu Yuanzhen challenged Tang Zhen for the title of Number One Sect Under Heaven, and the two Titled Douluo fought fiercely in the sky. Tang Zhen gained the advantage as Yu Yuanzhen’s injuries mounted, though their battle had not yet ended.

• Yu Yuanzhen challenged Tang Zhen, hoping to claim the top sect position for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Tang Zhen accepted the challenge, and the two flew above the arena to fight.
• Yu Yuanzhen transformed into his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul Avatar and clashed with Tang Zhen’s Clear Sky Hammer.
• As they exchanged techniques, Yu Yuanzhen’s dragon claws and arms grew badly injured while Tang Zhen remained comparatively unstrained.
• Yu Yuanzhen unleashed his eighth Spirit Skill, and Tang Zhen countered with the combined Haotian Nine Arts.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong judged Yu Yuanzhen to be losing momentum as the battle continued.

Tang Zhen defeated Yu Yuanzhen in their battle for the title of the strongest sect, leaving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan facing a possible fall to third place. Qian Xunji noticed Chen Xilin’s Dark Holy Dragon and quietly sent a Hall Guardian Douluo away, while Tang Zhen concealed the toll the fight had taken on him.

• Tang Lie taunted Yu Luomian after Tang Zhen gained the upper hand, and Yu Luomian held back because Tang Lie was much stronger.
• Yu Yuanzhen refused Tang Zhen’s offer to concede and unleashed his Ninth Spirit Skill, True Dragon's Wrath, Sound Shakes the Nine Heavens.
• Chen Xilin’s Dark Holy Dragon reacted aggressively to Yu Yuanzhen’s dragon form, and Qian Xunji noticed Chen Xilin’s unusual display before sending a Hall Guardian Douluo away.
• Tang Zhen answered Yu Yuanzhen’s final attack with his Ninth Spirit Skill, Shake Heaven, and Qian Xunji protected the spectators with Angel’s Blessing.
• Yu Yuanzhen fell from the sky defeated, and his clan members hurried to treat him as they worried about losing their place among the Upper Three Sects.
• Tang Zhen returned to his sect, took Elixirs from Yang Wudi, and rested despite pretending he was not seriously injured.

Tang Zhen, still injured from his fight with Yu Yuanzhen, faced Bone Douluo in a duel that would determine whether the Clear Sky Sect could keep challenging for the top rank. As both unleashed their strongest techniques, the battle remained unresolved.

• Ning Fengzhi sent Bone Douluo to challenge Tang Zhen while Sword Douluo stayed back, and the two Titled Douluo argued over who should fight.
• Tang Zhen accepted Bone Douluo's challenge despite his injuries and shattered Bone Dragon Thrust with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Bone Douluo evaded Tang Zhen's attack with a phantom and Space Gate, then trapped him with Bone Prison.
• Tang Zhen proposed settling the duel with one strike before facing Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo agreed to use the arena as the boundary.
• Bone Douluo transformed into a giant bone dragon as Tang Zhen exploded his first four Soul Rings and unleashed his ninth soul skill, Shake Heaven.
• Sword Douluo called for Ning Fengzhi to empower Bone Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi began using Seven Treasures Emerge into Glazed Tile.

Tang Zhen fought Bone Douluo and then faced Sword Dao Chen Xin after conceding the round. A flashback revealed Tang Chen's belief that a 100,000-year Spirit Ring was essential for reaching Level 98, leaving Tang Zhen ready to fight Chen Xin despite his injuries.

• Ning Fengzhi supported Gu Rong, but Tang Zhen exploded his first four Spirit Rings and blasted Bone Douluo away at the cost of severe pain.
• Bone Douluo conceded the round to Tang Zhen and handed the fight to Chen Xin before sitting down to rest.
• Tang Zhen recognized Chen Xin and recalled his father Tang Chen's account of Chen Jianjun's stalled progress toward Level 98.
• Tang Chen told Tang Zhen that a 100,000-year Spirit Ring, or possibly two 100,000-year Soul Bones, was needed to break through to Level 98.
• Tang Zhen suppressed his pain and challenged Sword Dao Chen Xin.

Chen Xin and Tang Zhen fought to a draw in the Seven Great Sects Re-selection Assembly, after which Qian Xunji confirmed the sect rankings and awarded titles. As Chen Xilin returned to the hotel with Feng Qingyu, a golden-haired man confronted him about wearing someone else’s face.

• Chen Xin and Tang Zhen traded powerful attacks, then unleashed their final techniques and fought to a draw.
• Chen Xin conceded on behalf of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Qian Xunji confirmed the Clear Sky Sect, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as the Upper Three Sects in that order.
• Qian Xunji awarded Tang Zhen the title Earth Shaking Douluo, Chen Xin the title Sword Douluo, Yu Yuanzhen the title Thunder Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi the position of Honorary Elder of Spirit Hall.
• Chen Xilin watched the battle and returned to the hotel with Feng Qingyu, who wondered whether he could become a Titled Douluo.
• A golden-haired man appeared before Chen Xilin and questioned him about wearing someone else’s face.

Qian Daoliu uncovered Chen Xilin’s identity, learned of his Dark Holy Dragon heritage, and invited him to join Spirit Hall, but Chen refused. Afterward, Qian Daoliu warned Qian Xunji against making an enemy of Chen, though Qian Xunji remained hostile and plotted against him.

• Qian Daoliu exposed Chen Xilin’s disguise, examined his cultivation, and discovered that he was a fourteen-year-old level-sixty-three Spirit Emperor with pure Dark Holy Dragon power.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Chen Xilin’s father, Chen Tianjue, belonged to the nearly destroyed Dark Holy Dragon Clan, and Chen’s martial soul was an atavistic return of its bloodline.
• Qian Daoliu invited Chen Xilin to join Spirit Hall, but Chen declined because he valued his freedom and feared the Saintess might retaliate against him.
• Chen Xilin defended his actions and argued that reputation was defined by others, prompting Qian Daoliu to reflect before leaving him to return to Feng Qingyu.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Xunji that Chen Xilin was not a Fallen Spirit Master and had exceptional talent, then urged Qian Xunji not to provoke him.
• Qian Xunji rejected his father’s warning, remained furious, and vowed to have someone else deal with Chen Xilin.

Chen Xilin and the Seven Beasts of the Strange Beasts escaped toward Suotuo City, while Spirit Hall secretly sent a force to hunt them down. Elsewhere, Tang Zhen’s injuries left him unable to fight, and Ning Fengzhi concluded that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had benefited from placing second among the sects.

• Long Fei checked Chen Xilin for injuries, and the Seven Beasts of the Strange Beasts left for Suotuo City to avoid being followed to their refuge.
• Tang Zhen coughed up blood but told the Clear Sky Sect elders that his injury had been suppressed and he might never fight again.
• Yang Wudi explained that only a legendary Immortal Grade Herb could fully heal Tang Zhen, and Tang Zhen urged Tang Xiao and Tang Hao to cultivate harder.
• Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had gained more from ranking second than from becoming the top sect.
• Bai Yi sensed pursuers on the road to Suotuo City, and Long Fei told Feng Qingyu to protect Chen Xilin and flee with him if necessary.
• Ju Huaguan and Old Ghost led masked Spirit Hall pursuers ordered by the Pope to leave no survivors among the Seven Beasts of the Strange Beasts.

Chen Xilin awoke in a cave after Dugu Xin and Dugu Bo rescued him and Feng Qingyu from Spirit Hall’s pursuit. The Dugu father and son took the injured pair to a nearby city, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo gave up searching for Chen Xilin and left him alive.

• Dugu Xin gave Chen Xilin a healing pill and explained that he and Dugu Bo had found him and Feng Qingyu being pursued.
• Dugu Xin suffered a painful poison outbreak, and Dugu Bo arrived and used his Soul Power to suppress it.
• Dugu Xin asked Chen Xilin to keep their condition secret, while Dugu Bo considered killing the two witnesses before agreeing to take them away.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin carried Chen Xilin and Feng Qingyu toward a nearby small city to avoid trouble in Heaven Dou City.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo failed to find Chen Xilin and decided to leave him alone, unaware of the future threat he posed to Spirit Hall.

Three years after his near-fatal injuries, Chen Xilin reached Level 70 while Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin benefited from his poison cultivation method, and Feng Qingyu grew stronger to pursue revenge. In Chen Xilin’s Spirit Sea, the Pitch-Black Cube rejected his attempt to open it but granted him the Dark Spirit Curse.

• Dugu Bo praised Chen Xilin’s recovery and talent as Chen Xilin prepared to break through, while Feng Qingyu continued cultivating to become strong enough for revenge.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin discussed how Chen Xilin’s cultivation method and Inner Core Method eased their poison backlash and protected their family from future poison outbreaks.
• Chen Xilin successfully broke through to Level 70 and entered his Spirit Sea to try opening the Pitch-Black Cube.
• The Pitch-Black Cube told Chen Xilin that his strength was insufficient and knocked him away when he protested.
• The Pitch-Black Cube gave Chen Xilin the Dark Spirit Curse, a technique that compressed and transformed Soul Power into Dark Soul Power to unleash annihilation.

After breaking through to level 70, Chen Xilin set out alone for the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a powerful seventh spirit ring, leaving Feng Qingyu to recover under Dugu Bo and Brother Xin’s care. Meanwhile, Zhu Qingyan and Long Fei survived their battle with Spirit Hall and hoped to find Chen Xilin so they could seek revenge.

• Chen Xilin broke through to level 70 and refused Feng Qingyu and Dugu Bo’s offer to accompany him to hunt a spirit beast.
• Chen Xilin warned Feng Qingyu that his cultivation had caused qi deviation, gave Dugu Bo instructions for helping him recover, and left Dugu Manor in a new Human Skin Mask.
• Meng Shu reported that Spirit Hall had blamed Fallen Spirit Masters for the Seven Beasts of the Strange Beasts’ injuries and praised them as a model team.
• Zhu Qingyan and Long Fei, both gravely injured, believed Chen Xilin had survived and hoped he would return so they could avenge their fallen brothers.
• Chen Xilin traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest seeking a roughly sixty-thousand-year-old Sub-Dragon Spirit Beast and planned to target the Breaking Clan after obtaining his seventh spirit ring.

Chen Xilin ambushed Bibi Dong’s party in the Star Dou Great Forest, clashed with Qian Xunji, and wounded him with the Dark Spirit Curse before fleeing. Spirit Hall’s pursuers cornered Chen Xilin, but he trapped them in his Dark Sky Curtain; after they broke it, he escaped toward the Core Zone while a Hell Demon Dragon rushed toward the disturbance.

• Chen Xilin sensed Bibi Dong and her party in the Mixed Zone and attacked them with his Sixth Spirit Skill, but Qian Xunji blocked the blow.
• Chen Xilin struck Qian Xunji with the Dark Spirit Curse, cutting his face and leaving a wound his Angel Soul Power could not heal, then fled as Spirit Hall pursued him.
• Chen Xilin led thirty-two Spirit Hall pursuers into his Dark Sky Curtain and weakened them with its domain effects.
• Chen Xilin used Myriad Dragon Devouring Abyss to kill several Spirit Emperors and Soul Saints before two Spirit Douluos broke the domain.
• A Hell Demon Dragon woke in the Core Zone and ran toward the disturbance as Chen Xilin escaped into the darkness and a Spirit Douluo attacked with Earthquake.

Chen Xilin was rescued from Spirit Hall pursuers by the Hell Demon Dragon King, who carried him into the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Zone. At the Lake of Life, he encountered several powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and remained unsure why the dragon had brought him there.

• The Hell Demon Dragon King killed the Spirit Hall Spirit Masters pursuing Chen Xilin, then carried the injured man toward the forest’s Core Zone.
• Three Qian Jun Ant Emperors blocked their path, but the Hell Demon Dragon King drove them away with her Wither Beam.
• The Hell Demon Dragon King fired at an injured Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, forcing it to flee.
• The Hell Demon Dragon King brought Chen Xilin to the Lake of Life and warned him that powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts lived there.
• Chen Xilin saw the Bull-Head Python-Body Monster, the Giant Gorilla, and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit, then asked the Hell Demon Dragon King whether she planned to eat him; she denied it.

Zi Ling brought Chen Xilin to meet her sister Zi Ji in the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Zone and explained why she wanted him to become a god and help the Soul Beasts. Zi Ji began testing him, and Chen Xilin boldly claimed he could break through to godhood within a hundred years by force.

• The Hell Demon Dragon King carried Chen Xilin into the Gloomy Forest, where the Soul Beasts bowed to her and he met Zi Ji.
• Zi Ling told Zi Ji that a Heavenly Tribulation had left her with little more than ten years to live and that she hoped to sacrifice herself to a human who could become a god.
• Zi Ling explained that Chen Xilin’s exceptional talent and past battles made him her choice to defeat the Dark Demon Dragon Tiger and help the Soul Beasts find a new path.
• Zi Ji agreed to test Chen Xilin before allowing Zi Ling to proceed, then questioned him about his age, cultivation, and knowledge of deities.
• Chen Xilin said he expected to reach godhood within a hundred years and argued that he could break through by strength rather than gathering faith.

Zi Ling agreed to sacrifice herself to Chen Xilin in exchange for his oath to revive her after he became a god, and they arranged for her soul to reside safely in his Spirit Sea. Her sacrifice began as Beast God Di Tian sensed it and arrived at the Hell Demon Dragon Clan Territory.

• Zi Ling asked Chen Xilin to swear he would revive her after becoming a god, and he agreed while naming Spirit Hall, Clear Sky Sect, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as his enemies.
• Zi Ling agreed to become Chen Xilin's seventh spirit ring and grant him a Torso Bone, while Chen Xilin proposed that her soul reside in his Spirit Sea instead of falling asleep in the ring.
• Zi Ji helped Chen Xilin swear both a spirit oath and a Dragon Clan oath, and Zi Ling began her sacrifice.
• Di Tian awoke at the Lake of Life and went to investigate the sacrifice, leaving Bi Ji to watch over the lake.
• Di Tian reached the Hell Demon Dragon Clan Territory and saw Zi Ling sacrificing herself to Chen Xilin while Zi Ji stood by.

Di Tian learned why Zi Ling sacrificed herself to Chen Xilin and confirmed that the Spirit Beast clan could not save her. Chen Xilin absorbed Zi Ling’s Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, broke through to White Tier Futu, and gained new powers as Zi Ling settled into his Spirit Sea.

• Di Tian questioned Zi Ji about Zi Ling’s sacrifice, and Zi Ji explained that her sister hoped Chen Xilin could become a god and later revive her.
• Di Tian said Zi Ling’s tribulation injuries were beyond his ability to heal and that their Master could not act while in Nirvana.
• Di Tian examined Chen Xilin and was astonished that the seventeen-year-old had reached Soul Power rank 70.
• Zi Ling warned Chen Xilin that he would have to endure her Soul Ring’s energy without her help, then sacrificed herself to him.
• Chen Xilin absorbed Zi Ling’s Soul Ring in fifteen minutes, and his aura changed as he advanced toward White Tier Futu.
• Zi Ling granted Chen Xilin Spirit Bone skills, the Devouring Domain, and her Hell Demon Dragon King bloodline, then entered his Spirit Sea to rest.