Chapter Summaries

Li Zhixian left Star Dou Forest with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, promising that he knew a way to overturn the soul ring system and ease the conflict between humans and soul beasts. Meanwhile, the Star Luo Empire suffered another crushing defeat, and Emperor Dai Zhen requested aid from Heaven Dou.

• Li Zhixian let the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger leave if it wished, then persuaded it to follow him by offering Spirit Hall soul masters as prey.
• Li Zhixian told Xiao Wu, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger that he could overturn the soul ring system, while Di Tian secretly hoped he might save the soul beasts.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Li Zhixian that a Divine Butterfly born because of him was living in Star Dou, and Li Zhixian remembered the butterfly from the Ice and Fire Two Forms Eye.
• Ghost Douluo killed the Marquis of Triumph as Wangtian City fell to the Spirit Hall army, leaving the route to the Star Luo heartland open.
• Emperor Dai Zhen read the urgent dispatch and ordered a request for aid from Heaven Dou.

Li Zhixian returned to Heaven Dou City with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and agreed to help Star Luo resist the Spirit Hall Empire. As he prepared to leave with Dugu Bo, Yu Tianheng confronted him about the unease he had noticed since Li Zhixian returned from the Star Dou Forest.

• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi discussed Star Luo's request for three Titled Douluo, and Heaven Dou's leaders agreed that Star Luo needed help.
• Li Zhixian rode the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger into Heaven Dou City, where guards and citizens welcomed him enthusiastically.
• At the imperial banquet, Li Zhixian learned of Star Luo's plight and volunteered to go, declaring that he would kill one of the Spirit Hall Empire's Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Bo joined Li Zhixian for the journey to Star Luo, saying he had yet to kill a Titled Douluo.
• After the banquet, Yu Tianheng told Li Zhixian that his mind seemed unsettled since his return from the Star Dou Forest and asked what was troubling him.

Li Zhixian overcame his gloom with the support of his friends and Zhu Zhuqing, then joined Dugu Bo to reinforce Bianhong City against the Spirit Hall Empire. As the enemy army approached, Li Zhixian and Dugu Bo waited for its Titled Douluos to appear so they could assassinate them.

• Li Zhixian's friends teased him beneath the moon to lift his spirits, and he vowed to shape his own future before Zhu Zhuqing promised to stay by his side.
• Li Zhixian and Dugu Bo surveyed fallen Wangtian City and discussed the danger of Heaven Dou losing the war.
• Li Zhixian and Dugu Bo reached Bianhong City, where Marquis Cloth Robe briefed them on the enemy's preparations and agreed to hold off its army.
• Seven days later, scouts reported that five thousand Spirit Hall Empire soul masters were advancing, and Marquis Cloth Robe led one hundred thousand Star Luo soldiers outside the city to meet them.
• Li Zhixian and Dugu Bo watched from the clouds as the enemy approached, waiting for its Titled Douluos to reveal themselves.

Spirit Hall’s army attacked Star Luo, but Li Zhixian arrived in time to destroy Yue Guan’s petal assault and turn the tide. As Dugu Bo engaged Ghost Douluo, Li Zhixian faced Yue Guan in a duel that began with Yue Guan unleashing his spirit avatar.

• Marquis Cloth Robe led Star Luo’s hundred thousand soldiers in a fierce battle that forced Spirit Hall’s five thousand soul masters to retreat.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo appeared and demanded Star Luo’s surrender, but Cloth Robe refused and rallied his soldiers to keep fighting.
• Yue Guan unleashed a storm of sharp petals, and Li Zhixian appeared to shatter them with a single strike of Glazed Sword Qi.
• Li Zhixian confronted Yue Guan while Dugu Bo attacked Ghost Douluo, declaring that he would kill a Titled Douluo.
• Yue Guan challenged Li Zhixian and activated his seventh spirit skill, Mysterious Jade Vine True Body.

Li Zhixian defeated Yue Guan in a clash of Martial Soul Avatars, then used sword techniques to stop Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo from joining forces. He drew the Azure Lotus Sword and killed Yue Guan, leaving Ghost Douluo facing the aftermath.

• Li Zhixian's Azure Lotus True Body overcame Yue Guan's Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum True Body, and Yue Guan was wounded.
• Dugu Bo blocked Ghost Douluo and fought him while Li Zhixian confronted Yue Guan.
• Li Zhixian's Mirage Slash Delusion severed Yue Guan's thought of using his Ninth Spirit Ability, and Ghost Douluo rushed to help him.
• Li Zhixian's Passing Thousand Autumns disrupted Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo's attempted Martial Soul fusion and reversed Ghost Douluo's movement.
• Li Zhixian drew the Azure Lotus Sword and unleashed Three Thousand Sword Treasures: Yaoguang Blazing Frost, killing Yue Guan as blood rain fell across the battlefield.

Li Zhixian and Dugu Bo defeated and killed Ghost Douluo on the battlefield, then Li Zhixian slaughtered a thousand Spirit Hall soul masters with one sword. The Star Luo army routed the remaining forces and wiped out all five thousand soul masters.

• Marquis Cloth Robe rallied the Star Luo soldiers after Li Zhixian killed Yue Guan, and they charged the wavering Spirit Hall army.
• Ghost Douluo grieved for Yue Guan and attacked Li Zhixian with his Ninth Spirit Ability, Hell Specters.
• Dugu Bo intervened and shattered Ghost Douluo’s Spirit Ability with Crimson Jade Sky Burning Light, killing him as he clutched Yue Guan’s chrysanthemum petal.
• Li Zhixian unleashed a thousand-meter sword domain that beheaded every Spirit Hall soul master within its reach.
• Marquis Cloth Robe led the Star Luo army in a final assault, and all five thousand Spirit Hall soul masters were wiped out.

As Li Zhixian and Dugu Bo’s victories were celebrated in Heaven Dou, Bibi Dong received news of Spirit Hall’s losses and revealed that the fallen elders had returned. She ordered an invasion of Heaven Dou in one month, then climbed toward the Angel Temple.

• A storyteller praised Li Zhixian’s victories, while Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and the others celebrated his safe return.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi celebrated the deaths of Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo, and Feng Bailong recognized Li Zhixian’s strength as that of a Super Douluo.
• A messenger reported to Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall’s army had been annihilated, Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo had died, and Star Luo had retaken Wangtian City.
• Bibi Dong’s fallen elders Yue Guan, Ghost Douluo, Demon Bear, and Ghost Leopard entered the hall, and Yue Guan killed a sect master who questioned their deaths.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to prepare for a march on Heaven Dou in one month, then ascended toward the Angel Temple.

Bibi Dong confronted the Worship Hall and demanded its aid in the Spirit Hall Empire’s coming war against Heaven Dou. After revealing an undead army and setting a march for one month later, she left the Worshippers to face the coming conflict.

• Bibi Dong climbed the divine mountain, driven by her desire to destroy Spirit Hall’s foundations and gain the resentment needed for her Rakshasa trial.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo attacked Bibi Dong, but she severely wounded him with a single palm strike and repelled the other Worshippers’ combined Soul Power.
• Qian Daoliu stopped Bibi Dong from striking the Worshippers and listened as she demanded their help against Heaven Dou, while Guang Ling and others objected to harming Li Zhixian.
• Bibi Dong threatened that the Worship Hall could join the war or watch the Spirit Hall Empire perish, and Golden Crocodile reminded her that the Worship Hall could depose the Pope.
• Bibi Dong revealed tens of thousands of undead Soul Masters gathered below the mountain and announced that the empire would march on Heaven Dou in one month.

After returning to Heaven Dou, Li Zhixian joined his friends at a courtyard banquet, where Dugu Bo recounted his battle against Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo. Chen Xin challenged Li Zhixian to a sword-only duel, and Feng Bailong joined the exchange with a surprise attack.

• Li Zhixian and Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou after helping Star Luo recapture Wangtian City and received a two-day welcome celebration.
• At Li Zhixian's banquet, Dugu Bo described how Li Zhixian had defeated Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo during the campaign.
• Chen Xin summoned his Seven Kill Sword and challenged Li Zhixian to another discussion of the sword.
• Li Zhixian and Chen Xin fought in the sky using only their sword intent, and Li Zhixian's Azure Lotus Sword Song forced Chen Xin to answer some techniques with two strikes.
• Feng Bailong revealed that his seated figure had been an afterimage and launched two azure sword lights at Li Zhixian and Chen Xin.

Li Zhixian reflected on the limits of his sword dao, explained the Spirit Soul method to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and discussed finding a soul beast partner. The fragile peace ended when Xue Ye reported that the Spirit Hall Empire had invaded Heaven Dou territory and was likely nearing Blazing Fire City.

• After their sword discussion, Li Zhixian and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spoke about Li Zhixian’s stalled effort to create the tenth form of the Azure Lotus Sword Song.
• Li Zhixian explained the Spirit Soul method, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm praised its potential to preserve soul beasts’ memories and help them escape heavenly tribulations.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Li Zhixian to seek a powerful Spirit Soul partner and offered to persuade Ice Empress when Li Zhixian reached level eighty.
• Xue Ye summoned Li Zhixian, Ning Fengzhi, Feng Bailong, and Yu Yuanzhen and reported that the Spirit Hall Empire had invaded Heaven Dou territory and was likely approaching Blazing Fire City.

Li Zhixian learned that the Spirit Hall Empire had invaded Blazing Fire City and rushed south with Chen Xin and Feng Bailong to reinforce it. As Blazing Fire City’s defenders faced two terrifying enemy auras, a sword cry rang out just before a gigantic black hand could crush Huo Wu and her companions.

• Li Zhixian warned the sect masters that the Spirit Hall Empire might be raising fallen Soul Masters as undead, and he volunteered to reinforce Blazing Fire City.
• Chen Xin and Feng Bailong joined Li Zhixian, and Xue Ye saw the three Titled Douluo off as Heaven Dou’s people celebrated their departure.
• Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and the Blazing Fire Team fought the undead army while Blazing Fire City’s walls and academy Soul Masters held the defenses.
• Two overwhelming auras appeared behind the undead army, and a gigantic black hand reached for Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and the other five team members.
• A clear sword cry sounded just before the black hand struck.

Li Zhixian arrived at Blazing Fire City and destroyed the undead threat with a single sword, killing Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear. After learning that Chen Xin and Feng Bailong had not yet arrived, he hurried back toward them, leaving their situation unresolved.

• Li Zhixian cut apart the undead black hand attacking the battlefield and reunited with Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang.
• Li Zhixian confronted the undead Ghost Leopard, Demon Bear, Yue Guan, and Ghost Douluo, then unleashed his Azure Lotus True Body.
• Li Zhixian used Azure Lotus Sword Song, Eighth Form: Purifying Glaze, to annihilate Ghost Leopard, Demon Bear, and countless undead.
• Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo fled, while Li Zhixian killed a fleeing Soul Douluo undead and realized Chen Xin and Feng Bailong were late.
• Li Zhixian rushed back toward the direction he had come from to find Chen Xin and Feng Bailong.

Li Zhixian intervened in the battle and faced the Worship Hall enshriners, who withdrew rather than fight him. Bibi Dong then tried to reach Blazing Fire City, but Qian Daoliu blocked her path and declared the road closed.

• Li Zhixian arrived and struck Qian Jun and Demon Queller back, then exchanged words with the two enshriners.
• Guang Ling arrived and persuaded Qian Jun and Demon Queller to leave, ending the confrontation without a battle.
• Chen Xin suggested that Qian Daoliu had directed the Worship Hall's actions, and Li Zhixian appeared to understand.
• Bibi Dong drove her Phoenix Chariot toward Blazing Fire City, but Qian Daoliu blocked the border pass with a wall of holy feathers.
• Qian Daoliu remembered Qian Renxue's love for Li Zhixian, strengthened the barrier, and told Bibi Dong that the road was closed.

Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu fought a devastating battle between their domains and martial souls while Li Zhixian, Chen Xin, and Feng Bailong rescued Blazing Fire City from its undead attackers. After reuniting with Huo Wu and the others, Li Zhixian sensed the clash of two Peerless experts to the south.

• Bibi Dong attacked Qian Daoliu with her Death Domain and Thousand Threads, but his Angel Domain and Sacred Sword Judgment destroyed the spider silk.
• Bibi Dong summoned her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor and Rakshasa Demon Scythe, then clashed with Qian Daoliu across the land, devastating mountains.
• Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and Li Zhixian joined Blazing Fire City's defenders and helped slaughter tens of thousands of undead.
• Li Zhixian reunited with Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and the Blazing Fire Team, gave Huo Wu plums, and received thanks from the academy's dean.
• Li Zhixian, Chen Xin, and Feng Bailong sensed a terrifying aura to the south and realized two Peerless experts were fighting.

Bibi Dong lost her duel with Qian Daoliu, then opened a passage to the City of Slaughter and brought out the King of Slaughter, who was Tang Chen. With the two Peerless Douluo joining forces against Qian Daoliu, Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and Li Zhixian arrived at the battlefield.

• Bibi Dong used Eternal Scar against Qian Daoliu, but he shattered her attack with Angel Sacred Light Slash and left her injured.
• Qian Daoliu declared that Bibi Dong could not get past him, but she revealed that another Peerless Douluo could help her.
• Bibi Dong tore open a passage and summoned the King of Slaughter, whom she recognized as Tang Chen.
• Qian Daoliu recognized Tang Chen, whose memories stirred briefly before Bibi Dong blocked the sunlight and soothed his restless aura.
• The King of Slaughter and Bibi Dong turned their combined pressure on Qian Daoliu, who realized he could not defeat them both alone.
• Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and Li Zhixian arrived and saw the devastation left by the battle.

Li Zhixian, Chen Xin, and Feng Bailong discovered that the King of Slaughter had survived the battle with Qian Daoliu and decided to investigate Spirit Hall. They found Qian Daoliu imprisoned and learned Bibi Dong and the King of Slaughter planned to attack the Heaven Dou Empire in four months, while the trio stopped outside Spirit City beneath the pressure of two powerful auras.

• Li Zhixian, Chen Xin, and Feng Bailong found the shattered bat head of the King of Slaughter, which unleashed a blood-red attack before going still.
• Li Zhixian identified the King of Slaughter as Tang Chen, and Feng Bailong proposed secretly investigating Spirit Hall to learn Qian Daoliu's fate.
• Bibi Dong kept Qian Daoliu chained in a hidden prison with Rakshasa Divine Power, while he remained silent despite his injuries.
• Bibi Dong revealed that she and the King of Slaughter had both suffered severe injuries and needed months to recover before attacking the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The King of Slaughter said he needed four months to heal, and Bibi Dong vowed to target Li Zhixian during the coming assault.
• Li Zhixian, Chen Xin, and Feng Bailong stopped several kilometers from Spirit City after sensing two terrifying auras on the Sacred Mountain.

Li Zhixian waited by the mountain lake for Qian Renxue and told her that Qian Daoliu had disappeared after a battle with Bibi Dong and the King of Slaughter. Qian Renxue returned to the hall to plan with the senior worshippers, pleading with Li Zhixian not to put himself in danger.

• Li Zhixian sent Chen Xin and Feng Bailong back to Blazing Fire and waited alone by the lake for Qian Renxue.
• After leaving the Angel Secret Realm, Qian Renxue sensed Li Zhixian nearby, prepared her appearance, and hurried to meet him by the lake.
• Qian Renxue and Li Zhixian reunited affectionately, and he recounted his experiences over the past six months.
• Li Zhixian told Qian Renxue that he, Chen Xin, and Feng Bailong had found traces of Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and the King of Slaughter at a battlefield, but Qian Daoliu was missing.
• Qian Renxue decided to return to the hall to consult the senior worshippers and warned Li Zhixian not to come to harm while her grandfather remained in Bibi Dong's hands.

After three months of cultivation, Li Zhixian reached level seventy-six while war between the empires remained imminent. Snow Empress invited him to witness her seven hundred thousand-year heavenly tribulation, and he set out for the Extreme North.

• Li Zhixian returned to Heaven Dou with Chen Xin and Feng Bailong as tensions with the Spirit Hall Empire continued and the empires prepared for war.
• After three months of secluded cultivation, Li Zhixian broke through to level seventy-six and worried that he could not yet face a Peerless Douluo.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng, and the others gathered with Li Zhixian for a feast.
• A snow eagle delivered Snow Empress's invitation for Li Zhixian to attend her seven hundred thousand-year heavenly tribulation in three days.
• Li Zhixian accepted the invitation, reassured Zhu Zhuqing, and headed north toward the Extreme North.

Li Zhixian traveled into the Extreme North with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and reunited with little Ya Zi before meeting Ice Empress. He watched as Snow Empress prepared to face the heavenly tribulation required to cross the seven-hundred-thousand-year threshold, and the storm began as the sky darkened.

• Li Zhixian met little Ya Zi, who eagerly struck its sword against the Azure Lotus Sword, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained that Li Zhixian had awakened it as its Sword-Knocker.
• Ice Empress arrived and recognized Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, then attacked him because she had once wanted to devour him.
• Li Zhixian blocked Ice Empress's stinger with sword qi and convinced her that devouring Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's soul would bring her no benefit.
• Ice Empress led Li Zhixian, little Ya Zi, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to a valley where Snow Empress prepared for her tribulation.
• After waiting for days, Li Zhixian and the others sensed the tribulation beginning as Snow Empress released her power and a vast snow vortex rose beneath a darkening sky.

Snow Empress fought through the first four rounds of her heavenly tribulation, using Emperor Palm before drawing Emperor Sword to destroy the fourth round. As the fifth round prepared to descend, a terrifying blood-dark cloud approached the Extreme North, leaving Ice Empress alarmed.

• Ice Empress explained that Snow Empress had to endure seven rounds of heavenly tribulation, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had no need to face one because his cultivation lacked the required strength and understanding.
• Snow Empress shattered the first round of lightning with Emperor Palm, using the Extreme North’s snow and ice to strengthen her defense.
• Snow Empress blocked the second and third rounds with Emperor Palm, though the strikes increasingly disrupted her aura and drove her into the snowfield.
• Snow Empress drew Emperor Sword and cleaved apart the fourth round’s lightning, suffering only a slight disturbance to her aura and a streak of blood at her lips.
• As the fifth round began to form, Li Zhixian, Ice Empress, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed a vast blood-dark cloud racing toward them, and Ice Empress’s expression turned grim.