Chapter Summaries

After Spirit Hall destroyed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Golden Crocodile Douluo questioned Zhao Zilong about pretending to be his disciple and offered to take him as a pupil. Zhao Zilong declined because Bibi Dong was already his master, and Spirit Hall prepared to loot the sect and withdraw before Heaven Dou City’s guards arrived.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked Zhao Zilong why he had claimed to be his disciple, and Zhao Zilong explained that he had used the name to protect himself when Meng Yiran and her grandparents confronted him years earlier.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo teased Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma about hoping Zhao Zilong would become their granddaughter’s wealthy husband, and Meng Shu admitted he had wanted to bring Zhao Zilong and Meng Yiran together.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo offered to become Zhao Zilong’s master, but Zhao Zilong refused because he had already taken Bibi Dong as his master; Golden Crocodile Douluo told him to seek help at the Worship Hall if needed.
• After Golden Crocodile Douluo left, Meng Yiran praised him, and Yue Yao told Zhao Zilong that Spirit Hall was cleaning up and moving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s treasures before Heaven Dou City’s guards could arrive.
• Meng Yiran questioned Zhao Zilong about Yue Yao, and Hu Liena identified her as Flame Eagle Douluo and warned that she was a pervert.

Zhao Zilong reassured Hu Liena about his relationship with Yue Yao, then his group looted and burned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After learning that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been destroyed, Xue Ye blamed Spirit Hall and ordered Heaven Dou City to expel its people.

• Hu Liena warned Zhao Zilong not to fall for Yue Yao, and he promised to keep his distance.
• Zhao Zilong and his companions removed valuable items from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and set the sect ablaze.
• Xue Ye learned that more than two thousand Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples had been killed and suspected Spirit Hall had destroyed both Upper Three Sects.
• Xue Ye ordered Heaven Dou Empire to increase patrols and enter wartime readiness.
• Xue Ye ordered Xue Qinghe to buy back Spirit Hall's land in Heaven Dou City and drive out its stewards and bishops.

After Spirit Hall defeated the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Bibi Dong ordered a new Seven Great Sects selection tournament and briefed Zhao Zilong on the political fallout. She led him to a population map of Douluo Continent, beginning to teach him how the continent was distributed.

• Ghost Douluo reported that Spirit Hall had suffered over two thousand deaths and more than six thousand injuries in the battles against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Bibi Dong declared the two sects eliminated, postponed dealing with the Clear Sky Sect, and ordered a new Seven Great Sects tournament to be held in two years.
• Bibi Dong dismissed the elders but kept Zhao Zilong behind, noting that Golden Crocodile Douluo had tried to take him as a disciple.
• Bibi Dong told Zhao Zilong that the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires likely suspected Spirit Hall, and that Xue Ye had expelled Spirit Hall's people from Heaven Dou City.
• Bibi Dong explained that she had sent those people to the Balak Kingdom, then took Zhao Zilong to study a population-distribution map of Douluo Continent.

Bibi Dong explained her plan to replace the two empires with a nation ruled by Spirit Hall, and Zhao Zilong saw through her lofty justification. She asked him to recruit Dugu Bo or kill him, then raised the question of why he was becoming troublesome.

• Bibi Dong described the Star Luo Empire’s reforms and said she wanted to establish a nation without nobles, slavery, or oppression.
• Zhao Zilong pointed out that Bibi Dong really wanted to found the Spirit Hall Empire and become its empress, and she admitted the road would be difficult.
• Bibi Dong asked Zhao Zilong to recruit Dugu Bo or kill him if he refused, noting that his poison would benefit Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong said Dugu Bo’s existence was becoming troublesome, and Zhao Zilong asked why.

Bibi Dong told Zhao Zilong that Xue Qinghe was a Spirit Hall agent, but learned he had already seen through Qian Renxue's disguise. She then explained her plan to overthrow the two empires and build a new nation, and Zhao Zilong agreed to support her while teasing her for dressing up her ambition to become empress.

• Bibi Dong asked whether Zhao Zilong knew Xue Qinghe was connected to Spirit Hall, and Zhao Zilong revealed that his Byakugan had shown him Xue Qinghe was a woman.
• Zhao Zilong explained that he had kept quiet because no one would have believed him and exposing the impersonation could have endangered him; Bibi Dong confirmed that he had told no one.
• Bibi Dong described the Star Luo Empire's reforms and condemned the power of nobles, then said she wanted to establish a nation without nobles, slavery, or oppression.
• Bibi Dong asked Zhao Zilong to help her build a new nation, and he realized she meant to establish the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Zhao Zilong told Bibi Dong she could have simply admitted she wanted to become empress, and said he would support her.

Zhao Zilong trained with Hu Liena, Meng Yiran, and Ye Lingling while helping Bibi Dong prepare for a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, where powerful soul beasts had gathered. Meanwhile, Tang San emerged from Death Canyon at level sixty-six and learned that Spirit Hall had destroyed two major sects before his father asked about his plans to establish a sect.

• Zhao Zilong asked Ye Lingling to consider bringing her mother to Spirit Hall, then challenged her, Hu Liena, and Meng Yiran to test their strength.
• Over the next two months, Zhao Zilong handled Spirit Hall affairs with Bibi Dong and trained with the three women as news spread that Spirit Hall would select new Seven Great Sects in two years.
• Bibi Dong told Zhao Zilong that more than a dozen powerful soul beasts had gathered at the Lake of Life and said they would head to the Star Dou Great Forest the next day.
• Tang San left Death Canyon at level sixty-six after nearly two years of training, and Tang Hao praised his progress.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been wiped out, and Tang San suspected Spirit Hall was responsible.
• Tang Hao explained that Spirit Hall planned to select new Seven Great Sects and asked Tang San about his earlier wish to establish a sect.

Tang San agreed to return and rebuild the Tang Sect, hoping to unite powerful allies against Spirit Hall. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong confronted the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape at the Lake of Life, but her Rakshasa Divine Power threatened to overwhelm her as the other soul beasts fled.

• Tang Hao urged Tang San to unite the Single Attribute Four Great Clans, and Tang San agreed to return before the five-year agreement with his companions.
• Bibi Dong led Zhao Zilong, Hu Liena, and Spirit Hall forces into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python confronted Bibi Dong as more than a dozen powerful soul beasts surrounded the Spirit Hall group.
• Bibi Dong unleashed Rakshasa Divine Power, causing the allied soul beasts to flee and abandon the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.
• Bibi Dong flew at the two beasts with her Rakshasa Demon Scythe, while Ghost Douluo pulled Hu Liena and Zhao Zilong back to safety.

Bibi Dong revealed demigod-level power and effortlessly killed the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python. After her appearance changed from using Rakshasa Divine Power, she began absorbing both beasts’ spirit rings while Zhao Zilong held their Soul Bones.

• Bibi Dong killed the Titan Giant Ape with one strike from her Rakshasa Demon Scythe.
• Bibi Dong split the Sky Azure Bull Python’s energy wave and beheaded it with an enormous divine-power scythe.
• Bibi Dong discovered that her eyes and hair had turned blood-red and white, but she felt calm and believed her body was adapting to Rakshasa Divine Power.
• Bibi Dong summoned her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor and began absorbing the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.
• Ghost Douluo found a right arm bone and a left arm bone among the beasts’ remains and gave both to Zhao Zilong for safekeeping.

After absorbing two Hundred Thousand Year spirit rings, Bibi Dong gave Zhao Zilong and Hu Liena missions in exchange for the chance to earn the valuable soul bones. In Heaven Dou City, Xue Ye lay near death from several poisons, and Dugu Bo doubted even the person he had in mind could cure him.

• Bibi Dong completed absorbing the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape spirit rings, bringing her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor to nine rings, including three red rings.
• Bibi Dong offered the two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones to Zhao Zilong and Hu Liena, but they refused them until they had earned the reward through service to Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong tasked Zhao Zilong with recruiting Dugu Bo or killing him if he refused, then ordered him to assist Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou City with Elder Ju, Elder Flame Eagle, and Hu Liena.
• Ye Yuzhu treated Xue Ye and said her Nine Heart Begonia could keep him alive but could not cure his several lethal poisons.
• Dugu Bo said he could only save Xue Ye temporarily and suggested that even the person he had in mind would struggle to cure him.

Dugu Bo revealed that Zhao Zilong might be able to cure Emperor Xue Ye, but the court learned that Ye Lingling’s evolved Nine-Colored Begonia could offer their best hope. Back in Spirit City, Zhao Zilong reunited with Hu Liena, but Bibi Dong summoned him before they could spend time alone.

• Dugu Bo named Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, Zhao Zilong, as someone who might save Emperor Xue Ye, though he doubted Zhao would help the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ye Yuzhu explained that her daughter Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia had evolved into the Nine-Colored Begonia and might be able to cure the emperor.
• Ye Yuzhu said Ye Lingling was returning to Mirror Lake Medical Village, and Prince Xue Xing planned to bring her to the palace.
• Zhao Zilong and Hu Liena returned to Spirit City, where they discussed his preparations for his second Sea God Exam.
• Bibi Dong summoned Zhao Zilong, interrupting his private moment with Hu Liena.

Bibi Dong privately gave Zhao Zilong the Azure Ox Python Right Arm Bone, and he absorbed it, reaching Soul Power Level 68 and gaining two powerful skills. After he described the skills to her, Bibi Dong said his sixth God Exam trial would depend on his own efforts.

• Bibi Dong summoned Zhao Zilong and gave him the Azure Ox Python Right Arm Bone, explaining that it could help him defeat a Titled Douluo and complete his God Exam.
• Zhao Zilong accepted the Spirit Bone gratefully and began absorbing it while Bibi Dong guarded him.
• After more than an hour, Zhao Zilong finished absorbing the bone and saw that his Soul Power had reached Level 68.
• Zhao Zilong told Bibi Dong that Azure Sluggish Divine Claw could slow a target and that Azure Annihilation Thunder dealt physical and soul damage with a paralyzing effect.
• Bibi Dong praised the skills and told Zhao Zilong that completing his sixth trial would depend on himself.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy and learned that Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been lost. Flender took him to find his old friends, where Ma Hongjun celebrated reaching level 50 and received a kiss from Bai Chenxiang.

• Tang Hao left Tang San to visit Shrek Academy while he went to a tavern in Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San showed his student ID at the academy gates and reunited with Flender, who told him that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing had returned.
• Flender told Tang San that Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been wiped out, and that Yu Xiaogang had withdrawn from others after the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan fell.
• Tang San asked about his friends, and Flender led him to the park where Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Bai Chenxiang were cultivating.
• Ma Hongjun announced that he had reached level 50, and Bai Chenxiang kissed him on the cheek before running away shyly.

Tang San reunited with the Shrek group and learned that Ma Hongjun had reached Soul King level and fulfilled Bai He's conditions for pursuing Bai Chenxiang. Dai Mubai revealed that he and Zhu Zhuqing had lost their challenge to Dai Weisi and had one final chance to claim the Star Luo Crown Prince position.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing joined Ma Hongjun, who said he had reached Soul King level and was working hard for Bai Chenxiang.
• Flender brought Tang San to the group, and Ma Hongjun welcomed him with a hug before joking about his transformation after losing weight.
• Flender explained that Bai He had required Ma Hongjun to slim down and reach Soul King before turning twenty, and had asked him to kill Flame Eagle Douluo if he became a Titled Douluo.
• Ma Hongjun comforted Bai Chenxiang over her father's death, and Tang San promised to help them deal with Spirit Hall.
• Dai Mubai told Tang San that he and Zhu Zhuqing had lost badly to Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, but could challenge them again when Dai Mubai turned twenty-five.

Tang San reunited with his companions, revealed his level 66 Soul Power, and told them that Spirit Hall had killed Xiao Wu. The group turned against Spirit Hall, while Tang San considered how to rely on his friends to seek revenge.

• Tang San learned that Dai Mubai was level 52, Zhu Zhuqing was level 47, and Ma Hongjun had just reached level 50, then revealed his own level 66 Soul Power.
• Tang San reflected on how Spirit Bones and Xiao Wu's Spirit Ring had greatly increased his strength and judged his companions' progress.
• Bai Chenxiang said she was level 43, and Ma Hongjun comforted her by comparing her talent favorably with his and Zhu Zhuqing's.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked why Xiao Wu was absent, and Tang San revealed that Spirit Hall had killed her.
• Tang San recounted how Bibi Dong's forces captured Xiao Wu and controlled the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, prompting the group to condemn Spirit Hall.

Ye Lingling used the Nine-Colored Begonia to purge the poison from Xue Ye and restore his consciousness. After she refused Xue Beng’s marriage proposal and revealed she loved Zhao Zilong, Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng discussed taking revenge on her.

• Ye Lingling healed Xue Ye, who woke and was embraced by his relieved daughter, Xue Ke.
• Ye Yuzhu and Ye Lingling left Xue Ye to rest, and Prince Xue Xing thanked them for saving the emperor.
• Prince Xue Xing proposed that Ye Lingling marry Xue Beng, but Ye Lingling refused because she already loved someone.
• Xue Beng grabbed Ye Lingling and demanded to know whom she liked, so she named Zhao Zilong, Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Ye Yuzhu and Ye Lingling left for Mirror Lake Medical Village, and Xue Qinghe challenged Prince Xue Xing over what to do next.
• Prince Xue Xing dismissed the value of keeping Ye Lingling alive, while Xue Beng asked to capture her so he could punish her.

Xue Qinghe ordered Snake Lance Douluo to protect Ye Yuzhu and Ye Lingling from Prince Xue Xing’s assassins, while Zhao Zilong searched for Dugu Bo in Heaven Dou City. He found Dugu Yan instead and learned she was distressed over Yu Tianheng and the fall of his clan.

• Xue Qinghe sent Snake Lance Douluo to rescue Ye Yuzhu and Ye Lingling after Xue Xing’s assassins arrived, leaving some attackers alive to report back.
• Ye Yuzhu agreed to go with Ye Lingling to Spirit City, and the two left Heaven Dou City by carriage.
• Zhao Zilong arrived in Heaven Dou City with Hu Liena and the elders, then went to Dugu Manor to find Dugu Bo.
• A gatekeeper told Zhao Zilong that Dugu Bo was away and directed him to Dugu Yan, who had gone to Purple Orchid Pavilion.
• Zhao Zilong met Dugu Yan outside Purple Orchid Pavilion and noticed her red eyes and facial mark.
• Dugu Yan accused Zhao Zilong’s Spirit Hall of destroying the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Zhao Zilong asked to see Yu Tianheng upstairs.

Zhao Zilong kidnapped Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan’s son, Yu Aotian, and challenged Dugu Bo to meet him at Dongting Lake. Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan’s marriage broke down further as they argued over the kidnapping and the fall of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Zhao Zilong used the Byakugan to locate Yu Aotian in Dugu Manor, knocked out the gatekeeper, and entered the nursery.
• Zhao Zilong subdued the wet nurse, took Yu Aotian, and ordered her to tell Dugu Bo to meet him at Dongting Lake at noon the next day without informing the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan returned, learned that Zhao Zilong had taken their son, and heard his demand from the wet nurse.
• Yu Tianheng threatened Dugu Yan, who kicked him down and condemned him for becoming useless after the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was destroyed.
• Dugu Yan left to find Dugu Bo, while Yu Tianheng remembered how the clan’s destruction had changed his life and marriage.

After taking Yu Aotian from Dugu Manor, Zhao Zilong explained that he was making room for his plans to help Qian Renxue seize the Heaven Dou Empire and complete the Sea God's Second Trial. He confronted Dugu Bo and attacked him when he refused to join Spirit Hall, while Yue Yao moved to capture Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan.

• Zhao Zilong left Heaven Dou City with Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan's infant son, then told Hu Liena, Yue Yao, and Yue Guan that he had to kill a Titled Douluo for the Sea God's Second Trial.
• Zhao Zilong and Hu Liena discussed having a child together while she held Yu Aotian by Dongting Lake.
• Dugu Bo arrived with Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan, and Zhao Zilong admitted Spirit Hall had destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhao Zilong asked Dugu Bo to join Spirit Hall, then ordered Hu Liena and Yue Yao to capture Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan when Dugu Bo refused to answer.
• Zhao Zilong unleashed his domains and Twin Martial Souls, then activated the Burning Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Dugu Bo.

Zhao Zilong defeated Dugu Bo with his Super Fire Phoenix after Dugu Bo’s poison, time-freezing skill, and Jade Ridge Divine Light failed to stop him. Dugu Bo survived the attack but was left grievously burned and helpless, while Zhao Zilong checked whether he was still alive.

• Dugu Bo used his Jade Ridge True Body, but Zhao Zilong’s Burning Blue Silver Emperor burned away his poison and skewered him with flaming earth spikes.
• Dugu Bo unleashed Time Solidification, but Zhao Zilong’s Super Fire Phoenix resisted it and clashed with Dugu Bo’s Jade Ridge Divine Light.
• Yue Yao restrained Dugu Yan as Zhao Zilong strengthened the Super Fire Phoenix and overwhelmed Dugu Bo’s attack.
• Dugu Bo offered to join Spirit Hall, but Zhao Zilong refused and unleashed the Super Fire Phoenix, engulfing him in a massive explosion.
• Zhao Zilong used his Byakugan to confirm that Dugu Bo had survived, though Dugu Bo was burned beyond recognition and unable to move.

Zhao Zilong killed Dugu Bo, took his Inner Core, and completed the Sea God's Second Trial. He began absorbing the God-Bestowed Spirit Ring, which reached an age of 95,000 years before merging into his body.

• Dugu Bo, gravely wounded by the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, begged Zhao Zilong to spare Dugu Yan and her son in exchange for his Inner Core.
• Zhao Zilong stabbed Dugu Bo through the throat, then retrieved his Inner Core and stored it in the Ruyi Treasure Bag.
• The Sea God announced that Zhao Zilong had completed his Second Trial, raising his Soul Power to level 70 and granting him a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring.
• Yue Yao restrained Dugu Yan as she tried to reach Dugu Bo's corpse, while Hu Liena explained that killing a Titled Douluo had been Zhao Zilong's trial.
• Zhao Zilong absorbed the God-Bestowed Spirit Ring as its age rose to 95,000 years, then watched it merge into his body.