Chapter Summaries

Tang San arranged a secret meeting with the Dragon Serpent Family and offered to recruit them into the Tang Sect. After learning he had reached Soul Douluo, Dragon Duke and Serpent Dowager considered his proposal and raised the possibility of matching him with Meng Yiran.

• Tang San asked Meng Yiran to leave an opening in the family estate wall and sold her Hidden Weapons to make their contact look ordinary.
• The bishop of Spirit Hall recognized Tang San, sent an urgent message to Papal Hall, and withdrew some watchers around the Dragon Serpent Family to avoid alerting him.
• Tang San entered the family estate at night, and Meng Yiran led him to meet Dragon Duke and Serpent Dowager.
• Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass Soul Rings and demonstrated that he had reached Soul Douluo before offering to recruit the family into the Tang Sect.
• Dragon Duke proposed matching Tang San with Meng Yiran, and Tang San suggested they spend time getting to know each other before deciding.

Tang San secured the Dragon Serpent Family’s agreement to join the Tang Sect by offering them a role in distributing Hidden Weapons and travel funds. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong ordered Chen Ping to lead a mission against the family and capture Tang San, leaving Chen Ping to seek support from the Elder Hall.

• Meng Shu agreed that the Dragon Serpent Family would join the Tang Sect and asked Tang San for immediate travel funds.
• Tang San offered the family ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, founding-elder status, and responsibility for distributing Hidden Weapons.
• Bibi Dong summoned Chen Ping and ordered him to lead a team to attack the Dragon Serpent Family and capture Tang San.
• Chen Ping accepted the mission and went to the Elder Hall to seek help from its Elders.

Chen Ping recruited two Elders and organized a squad to target the Dragon Serpent Family, while Tang San and the family prepared to leave Suotuo City. In Barak City, Chen Ping received intelligence and studied an ambush plan, though the family’s escape route remained under investigation.

• Chen Ping recruited Soul Saint experts and secured Demon Bear and Nether Leopard Douluo’s help for his mission.
• Chen Ping gathered his squad and held a mission meeting after the personnel were settled.
• Tang San bought supplies as the Dragon Serpent Family packed to migrate, while Meng Shu monitored the city and sent Tang San and Tailong to check the Secret Tunnel’s exit.
• The Hall Master in Barak City reported intelligence about Tang San to Qian Gu Changkong.
• The Hall Master marked possible ambush locations on a map, helping Chen Ping form a detailed operational plan.

Chen Ping arranged Spirit Hall’s ambush against Tang San and the Dragon Serpent Family, while the family fled Suotuo City in scattered groups. The first group was trapped and slaughtered outside the city, as Tang San grew uneasy but remained unaware of the attack.

• Chen Ping assigned Demon Bear Elder to intercept the Dragon Serpent Family and Ghost Panther Elder to track Tang San, warning them not to harm innocents.
• Meng Shu sent family members through different city gates during the evening market, while Tang San and Tailong stayed behind to protect them.
• Two Spirit Hall Soul Saints ambushed Meng Long’s group in a forest, and two Dragon Serpent Family disciples revealed they were double agents.
• The double agents joined the Soul Saints in killing the group, while similar attacks unfolded against other Dragon Serpent Family members.
• Tang San sensed that something was wrong, but Tailong reassured him and urged him to leave the city.

Chen Ping ambushed the Dragon Serpent Family as it tried to flee Barak City, forcing Tang San to stay behind and fight him. Tang San struggled against Chen Ping’s power and black Soul Rings, and suspected he was also a deity inheritor.

• Tang San left the city with Tailong to catch up with the Dragon Serpent Family, unaware that Nether Panther Douluo had reported their location to Chen Ping.
• Meng Shu led the family through the Secret Tunnel and out of the estate while Demon Bear Douluo’s squad followed them and waited to attack.
• Tang San and Tailong reunited with the family’s main force, while Chen Ping joined Demon Bear Douluo and Nether Panther Douluo in the rear.
• At the Rope Bridge, Chen Ping blocked the family’s path and killed a Soul Emperor with a stone launched from the ground.
• Tang San held Chen Ping back so Meng Shu could lead the family away, but Chen Ping overpowered his attacks in close combat.
• Tang San saw Chen Ping’s eight black Soul Rings and asked whether he was also a deity inheritor.

Chen Ping fought Tang San while Spirit Hall ambushed the Dragon Serpent Family in the wilderness. As Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang tried to hold off Demon Bear Douluo, Chen Ping unleashed his eighth soul skill against Tang San, forcing him to raise the Clear Sky Hammer again.

• Tang San abandoned his ineffective Blue Silver Grass Overlord Spear and used the Clear Sky Hammer to break free from Chen Ping's attacks.
• Demon Bear Douluo appeared with several Soul Saint Experts, and Meng Shu realized Spirit Hall had exposed the Dragon Serpent Family's plan and intended to kill them.
• Meng Shu ordered Chao Tianxiang to lead the clansmen away, then joined her in using the Dragon Serpent Combined Attack against Demon Bear Douluo.
• Spirit Hall's Soul Saint Experts attacked the Dragon Serpent Family disciples, while several disciples defected to Spirit Hall.
• Chen Ping and Tang San exchanged powerful soul skills, and Chen Ping's taunt about Wu Qi shook Tang San's resolve.
• Chen Ping unleashed his eighth soul skill, Mysterious Armor Heaven and Earth Break, and Tang San switched back to the Clear Sky Hammer to defend himself.

Chen Ping’s forces destroyed the Dragon Serpent Family, but Tang San escaped after Tang Xiao intervened against Nether Panther Douluo. Tang Xiao brought Tang San to safety and asked what had happened.

• Demon Bear Douluo overwhelmed the Peerless Dragon Serpent Couple, while Chen Ping seriously injured Tang San.
• Tang San saw that the Peerless Dragon Serpent Couple were dead, bound Chen Ping’s legs with Blue Silver Grass, and fled as Tailong warned him to run.
• Demon Bear Douluo killed Meng Yiran, and Chen Ping ordered Tailong imprisoned and the corpses identified.
• Nether Panther Douluo returned the next morning, reporting that Tang Xiao had stopped his pursuit of Tang San.
• Chen Ping praised his team, thanked Barak City Spirit Hall, and prepared to report their victory.
• Tang Xiao took Tang San to a safe place in the wilderness and asked what had happened.

After the failed recruitment, Tang San regained his confidence and learned that Tang Xiao had come to investigate rumors of Balak forces joining the war. Poseidon secretly arranged Tang San’s trials and a search for the Sea God’s Heart, while Spirit Hall and the royal families publicly blamed the Tang Sect for a plot against Balak.

• Tang Xiao reassured Tang San after Chen Ping’s victory, and Tang San decided his defeat came from his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul rather than inferior talent.
• Tang Xiao proposed merging the Tang Sect with the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang San avoided answering and asked why his uncle had come.
• Tang Xiao explained that he had investigated rumors of the Balak Kingdom entering the war, and Tang San concluded that Poseidon had guided him there.
• Poseidon used a two-hour release from confinement to arrange Tang San’s trials, direct Bo Saixi to investigate the Sea God’s Heart, and secretly alter a fallen Deity’s inheritance.
• Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Royal Family, and the Barak Royal Family declared that the Tang Sect and Dragon Serpent Family had plotted to overthrow Balak, shifting the Heaven Dou Empire’s attention toward the Tang Sect.

Dai Tianfeng and Dai Mubai learned that Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Royal Family, and the Barak Royal Family had accused the Tang Sect of attacking the Dragon Serpent Family, while Tang San and Tang Xiao returned to the Star Luo Empire and heard the same news. Tang Xiao urged Tang San to dissolve the Tang Sect into the Clear Sky Sect, leaving Tang San to decide whether to accept his uncle’s plan.

• Spirit Hall and its allies issued a joint statement blaming the Tang Sect for the Dragon Serpent Family’s destruction, and Barak Palace staged damage and searches to support the accusation.
• Dai Tianfeng angrily reprimanded Dai Mubai for proposing an expensive purchase of the Tang Sect’s Hidden Weapons, then received news of the joint statement.
• After reading the accusation, Dai Tianfeng ordered Dai Mubai to represent the Star Luo Empire on a diplomatic mission to Heaven Dou.
• Tang San and Tang Xiao returned to the Star Luo Empire and learned that the joint statement had made the Tang Sect a target of public condemnation.
• Tang Xiao told Tang San to merge the Tang Sect into the Clear Sky Sect, warning that changing its name or preserving it independently would bring greater trouble.

Tang San agreed to abandon the Tang Sect, leaving the Clear Sky Sect to supply the Star Luo Imperial Family with hidden weapons at near cost. Half a month later, Sea Horse Douluo arrived on the continent and learned that the Clear Sky Sect had weakened, while Spirit Hall learned Sea God Island's representatives had come ashore.

• Tang Xiao told Tang San that he could decide whether the Tang Sect remained part of the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang San agreed to dissolve it to avoid further pressure from the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• The Tang Sect's collapse ended the public dispute, but the Clear Sky Sect secretly agreed to supply the Star Luo Imperial Family with hidden weapons at nearly cost price.
• Bo Saixi sent Sea Horse Douluo and a group from Sea God Island to the continent after the Sea God's Heart vanished, and they used the shipyard in Vast Sea City to learn about the situation.
• Chai Rong encountered Sea Horse Douluo in Vast Sea City, recognized him as a likely Titled Douluo, and reported his arrival to Spirit Hall.
• The Qi Family Father and Son told Sea Horse Douluo that the Clear Sky Sect had fallen into trouble and that Tang Chen had disappeared.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo reacted bitterly to news of Sea Horse Douluo's arrival, while Qian Daoliu declined to take a position.

Spirit Hall chose to secretly investigate Sea Horse Douluo rather than risk provoking Sea God Island, while Sea Horse Douluo arrived at the Clear Sky Sect to seek help finding the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud for Tang San’s trial. Tang Xiao explained that the sect’s recent troubles made it unable to help approach the Heaven Dou Royal Family.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed not to attack Sea Horse Douluo after Azure Luan Douluo warned that it could provoke Sea God Island and complicate Wu Qi’s future as Pope.
• Azure Luan Douluo secretly followed Sea Horse Douluo’s group to the Clear Sky Sect New Site without revealing himself.
• Tang San recognized Sea Horse Douluo’s code phrases and welcomed the visitors with Tang Xiao, who also summoned Yu Xiaogang.
• Sea Horse Douluo recognized Yu Xiaogang from Spirit Hall’s invasion of Sea God Island, but did not expose his past after Tang San explained their relationship.
• Sea Horse Douluo asked the Clear Sky Sect to help find the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Tang Xiao said the sect could not assist because of its recent dealings with the Heaven Dou Royal Family.

Tang San and Tang Xiao sought Sea Horse Douluo’s help and explored an alliance with Sea God Island, but he refused to commit. Meanwhile, Wu Qi’s training in the Far North continued for half a year, and he grew strong enough to occasionally suppress Snow Empress.

• Sea Horse Douluo agreed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might use its influence and the Heaven Dou Empire against the Clear Sky Sect, and he asked Tang Xiao for intelligence support while searching for the Sea God’s Heart.
• Yu Xiaogang invited Sea Horse Douluo to stay at the Clear Sky Sect, where he privately told Tang San the contents of his delayed next trial.
• Tang San learned that finding the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud remained imperative and probed Sea Horse Douluo about an alliance and spreading the Sea God’s faith, but Sea Horse Douluo gave no firm commitment.
• Tang Xiao expressed the Clear Sky Sect’s willingness to form an alliance at the banquet, but Sea Horse Douluo remained noncommittal.
• Wu Qi kept Bai He from entering the dangerous Great Ice Plains and trained against Snow Empress for half a year, eventually learning her combat patterns well enough to occasionally suppress her.

Wu Qi prepared to leave the Far North for a long journey to fulfill his promise to President Lou Gao and investigate Soul Tools on the Sun Moon Continent. Snow Empress and Ice Empress joined forces to test his strength, and their Ultimate Ice began freezing the space around them.

• Wu Qi explained that he had stayed at level 98 to gain combat experience, while Hu Liena and the others had grown stronger through training in the Far North.
• Wu Qi told Qian Gu Changkong that he planned to leave ahead of the group to fulfill his promise to President Lou Gao, and considered seeking Soul Tools to counter the Tang Sect's Hidden Weapons.
• The next day, Snow Empress and Ice Empress discussed using a combined technique to help Wu Qi with his crucial examination and strengthen the Far North's future.
• Wu Qi recognized that the two Empresses intended to join forces, accepted their challenge, and urged them to attack with all their strength.
• The Ice and Snow Empresses merged their Soul Power, unleashed an aura of Ultimate Ice, and began freezing the surrounding space as Qian Gu Changkong and the others retreated.

Wu Qi sparred with the Ice and Snow Two Emperors, revealing the recovery power of his ninth Soul Skill, Boundless Sea. The Snow Empress countered by unleashing her domain and preparing a decisive strike, while the observers worried about the Ice and Snow Two Emperors’ strength.

• Wu Qi used his ninth Soul Skill, Mirror of the Sea, to create a synchronized mirror image, then attacked the Ice and Snow Two Emperors with two Spears of the Sea.
• Wu Qi revealed Boundless Sea, which let him and his mirror image rapidly replenish Soul Power and alarmed the Snow Empress.
• The Snow Empress called the Ice Empress back and used Emperor’s Cold Heaven: Snow Dance Radiant Sun to engulf the battlefield in extreme cold.
• Wu Qi answered with the Domain of Destruction, promised not to use Divine Power, and darkened his Golden Cloud Wings with destructive force.
• The Snow Empress formed a sword from the Power of Extreme Ice as Qian Gu Changkong, Hu Liena, and the others watched and feared the Emperors’ power.

Sea Horse Douluo's group left the Clear Sky Sect to pursue the Vast Sea Cosmic Hood, while Wu Qi learned from sparring with the Ice and Snow Two Emperors how mindset could help the weaker fighter challenge a stronger opponent. After resting in the Far North, Wu Qi prepared to summon Hunter and begin their battle.

• Tang Xiao sent a Clear Sky Sect intelligence-gatherer with Sea Horse Douluo's group as they headed to the Heaven Dou Empire to seek the Vast Sea Cosmic Hood.
• Wu Qi ended his sparring match with the Ice and Snow Two Emperors and reflected on how fear and initiative affected a battle between weaker and stronger opponents.
• Azure Luan Douluo followed Sea Horse Douluo's group, learned their destination, and decided to stop tracking them because Spirit Hall had allies in Heaven Dou City.
• After several days of rest, Wu Qi asked the God of Destruction to convey his intention to begin the trial, summoning Hunter to the Far North.

Wu Qi challenged Hunter to the eighth trial’s final battle, breaking through to Soul Power Level 99 before they began. Hunter’s Flame Domain and battle experience kept Wu Qi under pressure, and the chapter ended with Hunter’s Flame Giant forcing Wu Qi to retreat.

• Hunter sealed Wu Qi’s Divine Power and explained that Wu Qi had to endure the spar to complete the trial.
• Wu Qi broke through to Soul Power Level 99, shifting the pressure onto Hunter before they began fighting.
• Hunter used his Flame Domain to pin Wu Qi down, while Wu Qi countered with the weakened Domain of Destruction and dodged the spreading flames.
• The Ice and Snow Two Emperors and the others watched as the fighters traded rapid attacks, and the Snow Empress judged Hunter stronger than even Di Tian.
• Wu Qi teleported into close combat and unleashed the Spirit Luan Martial Void Art, but Hunter summoned a Flame Giant that blocked his strike and forced him to retreat.

Wu Qi struggled against Hunter while Qian Gu Changkong and the others watched anxiously. In Heaven Dou City, Sea Horse Douluo learned about the Gathering Righteousness Sect and decided to seek an introduction to its leader, Dugu Bo.

• Wu Qi began to tire against Hunter and searched for a way to close the distance without relying on his earlier sneak attack.
• Qian Gu Changkong worried as he watched the incense burn, while Hu Liena and the others wondered whether Hunter threatened Spirit Hall.
• Sea Horse Douluo arrived in Heaven Dou City with his group and learned from Tang Shang that the Gathering Righteousness Sect helped maintain order there.
• Tang Shang explained that Dugu Bo had become a Super Douluo and that the Gathering Righteousness Sect had grown powerful under his leadership.
• Sea Horse Douluo decided to send Dugu Bo a calling card and meet him in hopes of gaining help approaching the Heaven Dou royal family.

Dugu Bo and the Gathering Righteousness Sect Elders discussed how to handle Sea Horse Douluo’s group without exposing the sect to political danger, and decided to wait and see whom the visitors approached. On the Great Ice Plains, Wu Qi tried to outlast Hunter until the incense burned down, but Hunter unleashed a vast sea of fire as time ran short.

• Dugu Bo summoned the Gathering Righteousness Sect Elders after learning that Sea Horse Douluo’s group had arrived in Heaven Dou City.
• Bai He warned that attacking the visitors outright could destabilize the sect, while Feng Changlin suggested forcing them to reveal wrongdoing first.
• Niu Gao proposed watching to see whether the visitors sought help from Dugu Bo or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Elders agreed to wait.
• Wu Qi continued fighting Hunter on the Great Ice Plains, using his soul skills and Boundless Sea to preserve his Soul Power.
• With one minute left, Wu Qi used Mirror of the Sea to create clones and flee, while Qian Gu Changkong grew anxious.
• Hunter ignited the Blazing Scepter and engulfed everything within more than ten miles in a terrifying sea of fire.

Wu Qi outwitted Hunter long enough to pass the Eighth Trial of Destruction and learned the conditions for his final trial, while Sea Horse Douluo visited the Gathering Righteousness Sect to meet Dugu Bo. The chapter left Wu Qi recovering before a planned journey to another continent, as Sea Horse Douluo waited in the sect’s reception room.

• Qian Gu Changkong bluffed that time was up, giving Wu Qi an opening to escape Hunter’s attack and stall until the Eighth Trial was cleared.
• The God of Destruction rewarded Wu Qi by evolving the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones in both legs into Divine Gear, then announced that the Ninth Trial required him to become the pope of Spirit Hall.
• Hunter warned Wu Qi not to rely on tricks and offered to help open the final inheritance for another inheritor before departing.
• Wu Qi said he would rest and recover in the Ice House before preparing to leave for another continent.
• Sea Horse Douluo arrived at the Gathering Righteousness Sect and asked to meet Dugu Bo.

Sea Horse Douluo tried to win Dugu Bo’s favor by asking for help and offering gifts, but Dugu Bo already knew his intentions and agreed to keep him close while observing him. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo assigning Xiao Niu to show Sea Horse Douluo around the sect.

• Dugu Bo learned Sea Horse Douluo had approached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and decided to meet him personally.
• Sea Horse Douluo introduced himself as Ou Ya and invented a story about growing up in a coastal village and gaining his title on an island.
• Dugu Bo questioned Sea Horse Douluo’s purpose, but Sea Horse Douluo framed his request as seeking a way to support his people and make friends.
• Dugu Bo declined to provide the Gathering Righteousness Sect’s resources, so Sea Horse Douluo claimed he only wanted to spar with continental Soul Masters and build a relationship.
• Sea Horse Douluo offered Dugu Bo homemade dried fish, and Dugu Bo accepted while ordering Xiao Niu to show him around the sect.