Chapter Summaries

After earning Ten Thousand Times Comprehension, Luo Hao rapidly mastered the Sky-Opening Saber Art and awakened saber intent. He then set out with Xiao Wu and the others for the Heaven Dou Empire, while Gu Yuena continued to flirt with him.

• The system rewarded Luo Hao with Ten Thousand Times Comprehension after his reputation reached the Renowned Far and Wide achievement.
• Luo Hao used the new ability to raise the Sky-Opening Saber Art from LV30 to LV40 and awakened saber intent, shattering the bathtub and marking the bathroom walls.
• Zhu Zhuqing rushed into the bathroom after hearing the crash, and Luo Hao pulled her into his arms.
• At noon, Luo Hao returned to the courtyard, where Xiao Wu and the others had finished preparing for their trip to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Gu Yuena embraced Luo Hao and asked where they were going, and he told her they were taking a trip to the Heaven Dou Empire.

Luo Hao returned from the conquered Star Luo Empire to Spirit City, then traveled to Heaven Dou City to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. As he continued building his influence, Xiao Wu quietly began to feel that she was less useful to him than the others.

• Luo Hao led the girls away from the Star Luo Empire after storing their purchases, leaving its integration to proceed without him.
• In Spirit City, Luo Hao asked Hu Liena to return to Spirit Hall with Bibi Dong and promised Hu Liena he would visit her after dealing with the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Luo Hao encouraged Bibi Dong to cultivate until she reached level 30, unaware that Hu Liena had not told her that she needed a Soul Ring to advance beyond level 20.
• Luo Hao brought Ice Empress and Gu Yuena to an inn in Heaven Dou City, then set off with Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xiao Wu hid her loneliness as she compared herself with Luo Hao's other companions and felt that she was the least useful to him.

Luo Hao comforted Xiao Wu when she felt ordinary beside the powerful women around her, then brought Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He reunited Ning Rongrong with her family, where Sword Douluo immediately warned him not to lead her astray.

• Luo Hao reassured Xiao Wu that she had him and the others, and considered sending everyone to Sea God Island after dealing with the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo waited anxiously outside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for Ning Rongrong's return.
• Luo Hao arrived holding Ning Rongrong's and Xiao Wu's hands, and the three elders were surprised by Ning Rongrong's more mature appearance.
• Ning Rongrong rushed into Ning Fengzhi's arms and greeted him, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo.
• Luo Hao greeted Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo scolded him and warned him not to lead Ning Rongrong astray.

Luo Hao returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where he reassured Ning Fengzhi that Xue Ye’s life would not affect his plans to unify the continent. Ning Fengzhi left their conversation frustrated and decided to stop opposing Luo Hao as long as the sect and Ning Rongrong were not drawn into danger.

• Luo Hao teased Sword Douluo about his ability to protect Ning Rongrong, and Sword Douluo dodged a proposed spar by pushing Bone Douluo forward.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Luo Hao and Ning Rongrong, greeted Xiao Wu, and then took Luo Hao to a private room to discuss his plans.
• Luo Hao told Ning Fengzhi to retire from public affairs and argued that a powerful nation would be needed to govern the growing number of soul masters.
• Luo Hao asked how long Xue Ye could live and revealed that he had returned because Ning Rongrong asked him to save the emperor.
• Ning Fengzhi left the conversation angry and resolved to let Luo Hao act as he wished, provided he did not involve Ning Rongrong or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Luo Hao advanced his Sky-Opening Saber through Ten Thousand Times Comprehension, then spent the night with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong. In the morning, Sword Douluo told him that Dugu Bo had summoned him to the Imperial Palace because Xue Ye was about to die.

• Luo Hao kept Xue Qinghe's true identity from Ning Fengzhi and returned to his courtyard to cultivate the Sky-Opening Saber.
• After two shichen of cultivation, Luo Hao reached Lv. 43 and estimated that the saber could become powerful enough to split the God Realm when perfected.
• Luo Hao went to Ning Rongrong's courtyard, where Xiao Wu told him Ning Rongrong was asleep, and the three spent the night together.
• The next morning, Luo Hao left the courtyard and encountered Sword Douluo, who relayed Dugu Bo's urgent message about Xue Ye.

Luo Hao hurried to the Imperial Palace after learning Xue Ye’s condition had worsened, and Dugu Bo took him inside to treat the emperor. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe’s poisoner remained confident in the plot, while Qian Renxue worried about the powerful Nicholas Zhang San.

• Sword Douluo told Luo Hao that Dugu Bo had reported Xue Ye might not survive, so Luo Hao rushed to the Imperial Palace.
• Dugu Bo said he had used a pill pearl to suppress Xue Ye’s poison and hurried Luo Hao inside.
• Dugu Bo knocked out the guards with poisonous mist and brought Luo Hao into Xue Ye’s bedchamber.
• Xue Qinghe asked Yang Wushuang whether his poison could be cured, and he insisted that no healer could remove it.
• Xue Qinghe promised Yang Wushuang control of the Spirit Hall Medicine Hall if the mission succeeded.
• Qian Renxue wondered who Nicholas Zhang San was and recalled his extraordinary strength and achievements.

Luo Hao treated Xue Ye and helped Dugu Bo escape the palace, then revealed his authority as Pope when Porcupine Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo confronted him. Xue Qinghe was left stunned as she realized who Luo Hao was.

• Luo Hao used precious medicine to restore some of Xue Ye's life force and said he could live another year or two.
• Luo Hao told Dugu Bo to take Xue Ye to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while he held off the soldiers outside.
• Dugu Bo carried Xue Ye through a wall and fled as Xue Qinghe ordered Porcupine Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo to pursue them.
• Porcupine Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo hesitated when they recognized Luo Hao as the Pope, then withdrew with the soldiers at his command.
• Xue Qinghe realized Luo Hao was the Pope and stared at him in shock.

Luo Hao revealed his identity as Spirit Hall's new Pope to Qian Renxue, who transformed and attacked him in a furious attempt to kill him. He effortlessly defeated her and continued humiliating her, leaving Qian Renxue still defiant in the wrecked bedchamber.

• Luo Hao showed Xue Qinghe his Pope identity token, confirming that he was Bibi Dong's son-in-law and the new Pope.
• Qian Renxue revealed her true identity and transformed, then activated Angel Domain and attacked Luo Hao with her golden greatsword.
• Luo Hao struck Qian Renxue down, shattered her Martial Soul, and grabbed her by the neck as she struggled against him.
• Luo Hao taunted Qian Renxue about her father and said he would discipline her on her mother's behalf.
• Luo Hao repeatedly smacked Qian Renxue while she cursed and vowed to kill him.

Luo Hao used True Sight to find and manipulate Qian Renxue’s hidden pink thread, making her stop resisting before he left the Imperial Palace. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Dugu Bo demanded to know why the others were not rescuing Luo Hao, while Ning Fengzhi remained confident that he would be safe.

• Luo Hao used True Sight to locate a pink thread on Qian Renxue and pinched it, leaving her tearful and subdued.
• Luo Hao reminded Qian Renxue of her promise, then left the Imperial Palace after finding the soldiers had gone.
• Luo Hao told Pufferfish Douluo, Snake Lance Douluo, and the soldiers to assist their Young Master as usual before departing.
• Dugu Bo complained that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had not gone to rescue Luo Hao, who was being besieged.
• Ning Fengzhi assured Dugu Bo that Luo Hao would be fine because of his strength.

Dugu Bo learned from Ning Fengzhi that Luo Hao was the newly appointed Pope of Spirit Hall, after revealing that Xue Qinghe had betrayed the Heaven Dou Empire. At Blue Tyrant Academy, Ye Lingling told Liu Erlong that she had reached level 40 but still felt behind Luo Hao and the others.

• Dugu Bo told Ning Fengzhi that Xue Qinghe had sided with Spirit Hall and that two Titled Douluo were attacking Luo Hao.
• Ning Fengzhi realized Xue Qinghe had been Spirit Hall's undercover agent and suspected Luo Hao had known all along.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that Luo Hao was Spirit Hall's newly appointed Pope, leaving Dugu Bo stunned.
• Liu Erlong reflected on Blue Tyrant Academy's growth and its likely future as a Spirit Hall branch academy.
• Ye Lingling told Liu Erlong she had broken through to level 40 but still felt far behind the others.

Ye Lingling felt inferior about her talent and uneasy about her feelings for Luo Hao, while Liu Erlong urged him to take responsibility for her. Luo Hao returned to Blue Tyrant Academy, learned Ye Lingling had joined and reached level 40, and teased her into showing that she had made up her mind.

• Ye Lingling brooded over how far Luo Hao and the other girls surpassed her, while Liu Erlong comforted her and promised to hold Luo Hao accountable for his behavior toward her.
• Luo Hao returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and hugged Liu Erlong, surprising her with how much taller he had grown.
• Liu Erlong told Luo Hao that Ye Lingling had reached level 40 and asked him to help her obtain a stronger Soul Ring, then left them alone.
• Luo Hao asked Ye Lingling if coming to Blue Tyrant Academy meant she had made up her mind, and Ye Lingling nodded shyly.
• Luo Hao pointed to his cheek and asked Ye Lingling to prove it, leaving her flustered and unable to respond.

Luo Hao took Ye Lingling to find a Soul Beast for her fourth Soul Ring after she reached level 40, then used Supergravity to immobilize a suitable three-thousand-year beast. The beast lay trapped as Luo Hao handed Ye Lingling a massive cleaver and told her to kill it.

• Luo Hao teased Ye Lingling and kissed her before asking what Soul Ring she needed.
• Ye Lingling explained that the Nine Heart Begonia gained no soul skills from Soul Rings, and Luo Hao corrected his suggestion from ten thousand years to three thousand.
• Luo Hao brought Ye Lingling into the Time Tower, where a giant Soul Beast charged at them.
• Ye Lingling tried to flee, but Luo Hao used five-thousandfold Supergravity to slam the beast into the ground and immobilize it.
• Luo Hao identified the beast as three thousand years old, gave Ye Lingling a ten-meter cleaver, and told her to finish it off.

Luo Hao helped Ye Lingling obtain a purple Soul Ring, then cultivated until he reached Lv. 60. After learning that Ice Empress had come looking for him, he went to meet her with Ye Lingling, who worried the powerful woman would resent her.

• Luo Hao weakened his Supergravity, and Ye Lingling killed the injured Soul Beast with his nanoparticle cleaver and began absorbing its purple Soul Ring.
• Three days later, the Heaven Dou Emperor died, Xue Qinghe took the throne, and Qian Renxue stabilized the palace and suppressed unrest in the troops.
• Luo Hao completed three days of cultivation and reached Lv. 60 with the Sky-Opening Saber.
• Ye Lingling told Luo Hao that Ice Empress had come looking for him two days earlier, and Luo Hao showered and changed before heading to meet her.
• Luo Hao took Ye Lingling's hand as they set off, and Ye Lingling pulled away, afraid Ice Empress would attack her.

Luo Hao reunited with Ice Empress, who revealed that her five-hundred-thousand-year tribulation was due within a week and would likely be a lightning tribulation. Meanwhile, Tang San refused to join the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and declared his intention to establish his own faction to avenge his father and family.

• Luo Hao brought Ye Lingling to meet Ice Empress, who teased her and left her feeling out of place among Luo Hao's women.
• After Ye Lingling left, Luo Hao scolded Ice Empress for upsetting her and asked why she had come to see him.
• Ice Empress said Gu Yuena had stayed away because Ice Empress's five-hundred-thousand-year tribulation was approaching.
• Ice Empress estimated the tribulation would come within a week and said she and Snow Empress seemed to have drawn lightning tribulations.
• Luo Hao resolved to face the coming lightning tribulation, then agreed to take Ice Empress out for food.
• At the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, Tang San refused Yu Xiaogang's hopes that he would join the sect and said he planned to establish his own faction to avenge his father and family.

Tang San left Yu Xiaogang to establish his own faction, taking a pouch containing information about Sea God Island. Meanwhile, Luo Hao grew closer to Ye Lingling, and the morning after she reached maximum favorability, she worried Ice Empress might be angry that they had stayed together so long.

• Tang San decided to leave and build his own faction, and Yu Xiaogang gave him a pouch with information about Sea God Island.
• Yu Xiaogang hoped Tang San would eventually visit Sea God Island to grow stronger against Spirit Hall, despite the danger.
• Luo Hao found Ye Lingling cultivating at Rank 43, comforted her about Ice Empress, and promised he would never dislike her.
• Ye Lingling and Luo Hao spent the night together, and the system awarded Luo Hao Soul Ring Experience, Skill Points, and a customizable right-eye Martial Soul when her favorability reached 100%.
• The next morning, Ye Lingling asked Luo Hao to get up because she feared Ice Empress would become angry.

Luo Hao reached level 99 Soul Power, raised Nine Heart Begonia’s Soul Power Shield to the million-year level, and began comprehending the Rule of Defense. While he cultivated in seclusion, the Tang Sect attacked Spirit Hall branch halls across the Heaven Dou Empire, destroying their Spirit Reset Instruments.

• Luo Hao raised the Nine Yang True Scripture to Lv. 20, reaching level 99 Soul Power rather than level 100.
• Luo Hao spent 400,000 Soul Ring experience to raise Nine Heart Begonia’s Soul Power Shield to the million-year level and discovered he could control the Rule of Defense.
• Luo Hao used True Sight and Ten Thousand Times Comprehension to expand his control of the Rule of Defense, eventually reaching a hundred-meter radius.
• Luo Hao continued cultivating in seclusion while Ice Empress and Ye Lingling left him undisturbed at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• The Tang Sect appeared in the Heaven Dou Empire and destroyed Spirit Hall branch halls and their Spirit Reset Instruments, prompting Spirit Hall administrators to send people after its members.

After emerging from five days of seclusion with a new grasp of the Rule of "Guard," Luo Hao learned that Ye Lingling’s curse had been lifted and her cultivation had surged. He found the Ice Empress’s frozen bunker in the wilderness and walked into its deadly icefield unharmed, astonishing the onlookers.

• Luo Hao emerged from seclusion exhausted but confident that his Rule of "Guard" could withstand ordinary attacks.
• Ye Lingling worried over Luo Hao and revealed that, since her curse had been lifted, her cultivation had reached level 45 and her Martial Soul had gained new attributes.
• Luo Hao rested at Ye Lingling’s residence for a day, then searched the wilderness for the Ice Empress.
• Luo Hao found a frozen bunker surrounded by ice sculptures and shattered remains, where a thousand-meter icefield had killed those who approached.
• Luo Hao walked into the frozen area unharmed, leaving the gathered soul masters stunned.

Ice Empress completed her cultivation and unleashed a vast wave of extreme ice, then faced her lightning tribulation with Luo Hao’s help. Luo Hao used Rule Power to shield them from the storm, but red lightning began piercing his domain.

• People who followed Luo Hao into the frozen zone were turned into ice sculptures, and the freezing domain spread to engulf more onlookers.
• Luo Hao reached the central bunker just as Ice Empress released her accumulated Soul Power, destroying it and freezing everyone watching nearby.
• Ice Empress complained that Luo Hao had arrived late, then clung to him and asked him to handle her lightning tribulation while she rested.
• Luo Hao raised a Rule of Defense domain that stopped the tribulation lightning from reaching them, astonishing Ice Empress.
• A blood-red bolt pierced half a meter into Luo Hao’s domain, so he strengthened it and expanded it by dozens of meters.

Luo Hao easily endured his five-hundred-thousand-year lightning tribulation with his Rule of Guard, astonishing Ice Empress with his strength. Ice Empress revealed that she had also mastered the Rule of Ice, and they released Snow Empress to help her face her seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation as Luo Hao’s thunderclouds gathered overhead.

• Luo Hao blocked the black lightning with his Rule of Guard without spending any spiritual power.
• Ice Empress revealed that she had mastered the Rule of Ice after three days of cultivation, leaving Luo Hao shocked.
• Luo Hao proposed releasing Snow Empress so she could face her seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation alongside him.
• Ice Empress released Snow Empress from the Poké Ball and explained that Luo Hao would help her pass the tribulation.
• Snow Empress panicked at the approaching Heavenly Tribulation and questioned whether Luo Hao could withstand the thickening thunderclouds.

Luo Hao endured the combined tribulation clouds threatening Ice Empress and Snow Empress, then unleashed his Sky-Opening Saber to cut through the lightning and tear apart the clouds. Ice Empress and Snow Empress were left stunned by the scale of his power.

• A bolt of black lightning tore away a corner of Luo Hao's Rule Domain, and he struggled to withstand the combined tribulation.
• Snow Empress offered to return to the Poké Ball so Luo Hao could focus on helping Ice Empress survive her 500,000-year tribulation.
• Luo Hao drew his saber and told Ice Empress and Snow Empress to move to the edge of the Rule Domain while he cut down the tribulation.
• Luo Hao revealed that he had raised his Sky-Opening Saber to level 70 using 100,000 skill points.
• Luo Hao slashed through the descending black lightning and split open the tribulation clouds, which were dragged into spatial currents and annihilated.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress stared in shock as someone cried out that Luo Hao had gone too far.