Chapter Summaries

Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue traveled to the latter half of the Star Dou Great Forest to search for a suitable fourth soul ring, while Tang San succeeded in absorbing a Ten Thousand Year soul ring and vowed to surprise Li Zhixian. Beneath the Lake of Life, Divine Butterfly sensed something and flew toward the surface.

• Li Zhixian met Qian Renxue on the road, and they rode together toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• After a day of travel and avoiding dangerous soul beasts, Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue entered the forest’s perilous latter half to search for a soul beast.
• In Sunset Forest, Tang San absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Cave Demon Spider soul ring and gained eight blood-dark spider spears.
• Flender urged Tang San to return to Spirit City for the Spirit Master Competition final, and Tang San said he had prepared a surprise for Li Zhixian.
• Beneath the Lake of Life, Divine Butterfly sensed something in the underground palace and hurried toward the surface.

The Divine Butterfly and Three-Eyed Golden Lion tried to leave the underground palace, but Di Tian initially refused to let them go. After sensing Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue through a water mirror, Di Tian discovered that both humans carried the aura of multiple deities; Li Zhixian sensed he was being watched and fled the forest with Qian Renxue while the Divine Butterfly kept trying to break through the barrier to reach him.

• The Divine Butterfly and Three-Eyed Golden Lion struck the underground palace’s Soul Power barrier, and Di Tian forbade the Three-Eyed Golden Lion from leaving before reaching ten thousand years of cultivation.
• Di Tian recognized that the Divine Butterfly had sensed the human connected to it by blood, but warned it that humans were unpredictable and ordered it to stay in the underground palace.
• The Divine Butterfly repeatedly threw itself against the barrier, remembering how Li Zhixian had freed it from its cocoon at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion helped claw at the restriction.
• Di Tian used a water mirror to find Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue in the forest, sensed that both carried the aura of deities, and was shocked that Li Zhixian bore the aura of more than one deity.
• Li Zhixian sensed an unknown presence watching them, took Qian Renxue’s hand, and ran toward the forest’s edge instead of hunting for a soul ring.
• Di Tian told the Divine Butterfly to meet Li Zhixian after it grew stronger, but it continued attacking the barrier, even as Di Tian angrily questioned its wish to help humans hunt soul rings.

The Beast God showed the Divine Butterfly and Three-Eyed Golden Lion the Calamity Lotus, a divine-tainted soul beast whose leaves unleashed deadly backlash when it neared destruction. The Divine Butterfly chose a twelve-leaf lotus for Li Zhixian, and it appeared before him in the Star Dou Great Forest as he prepared to claim it.

• The Beast God opened the passage after the Divine Butterfly rejected several proposed soul beasts.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion tested a three-leaf Calamity Lotus and was wounded by its threefold backlash.
• The Beast God explained the Calamity Lotus’s nature and warned that its twelve-leaf, nearly twenty-thousand-year specimen might be too powerful for Li Zhixian.
• The Divine Butterfly firmly chose the twelve-leaf Calamity Lotus for her bound human.
• The Calamity Lotus emerged from a fissure before Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue, and Li Zhixian recognized its fit with his Dragon-headed Sword Falcon soul ring.
• Li Zhixian thanked the senior and swung the Azure Lotus Sword at the dying Ten Thousand Year Calamity Lotus.

Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue fought the Ten Thousand Year Calamity Lotus’s final attack, and Li Zhixian absorbed its powerful spirit ring despite the danger. After escaping the forest and resting, he revealed that his Soul Power had reached level forty-three, though he wished he would never need to use his new soul skill.

• The Ten Thousand Year Calamity Lotus unleashed its final attack, and Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue combined their skills to withstand it.
• Li Zhixian sat down to absorb the Lotus’s unusually powerful spirit ring while Qian Renxue guarded him and used wine from the Clear Spring Wine Gourd to help repair his injuries.
• After night fell and nearby spirit beasts stirred, Li Zhixian woke and led Qian Renxue away from the clearing.
• At a camp near the edge of the Star Dou Forest, Qian Renxue urged Li Zhixian to rest while they scattered beast-repelling powder and sat by a fire.
• Li Zhixian told Qian Renxue his Soul Power had reached level forty-three and said he would rather never have to use his new soul skill.

Li Zhixian explained that his fourth spirit skill, Fate Tribulation Rebirth, could greatly strengthen an attack but worsened his injuries when used near death. After Qian Renxue kissed him and flew away, Li Zhixian rode toward Spirit City as the tournament’s final day began.

• Li Zhixian explained to Qian Renxue that Fate Tribulation Rebirth could multiply a spirit skill’s power but would worsen his fatal injuries.
• Qian Renxue mistook Li Zhixian’s silence for despair, then realized he was upset that his rabbit had burned.
• Qian Renxue threw herself at Li Zhixian and kissed him beneath her Angel Wings before flying off with a hurried farewell.
• Li Zhixian drank from his Clear Spring Wine Gourd, mounted his Swift Wind Steed, and rode toward Spirit City while Qian Renxue followed overhead.
• At dawn, crowds gathered at Spirit City’s sacred mountain for the reveal of the tournament’s top three.

At the Spirit Hall tournament, Li Zhixian arrived just before forfeiting and instantly defeated Dai Mubai in the opening individual match. Holding Dai Mubai aloft, he greeted Pope Bibi Dong, while she watched with concealed fury over his relationship with Qian Renxue.

• Bibi Dong entered the arena hall as Spirit Hall's spectators knelt, accompanied by two Titled Douluo who had tried to assassinate Li Zhixian.
• Dai Mubai volunteered to lead Shrek's team and challenged Li Zhixian, while Xiao Wu stayed close to Zhu Zhuqing and refused Tang San's request to join their discussion.
• Li Zhixian failed to appear as the referee repeatedly called him, worrying the Imperial Dou Team and drawing Bibi Dong's murderous attention to his absence with Qian Renxue.
• Just before the referee declared a forfeit, Li Zhixian arrived in a flash of sword light and accepted Dai Mubai's challenge.
• Li Zhixian stopped his sword at Dai Mubai's throat, seized him by the neck, and lifted him into the air before greeting His Majesty the Pope.

Li Zhixian defeated Dai Mubai and openly showed his contempt for Bibi Dong, but she quelled the crowd and announced soul-bone prizes for the tournament’s winners. After throwing Dai Mubai from the arena, Li Zhixian called for the next opponent.

• Li Zhixian held the defeated Dai Mubai while greeting Bibi Dong without reverence, drawing concern and support from the Emperor Team and anger from the crowd.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San that the team battle mattered most and told him he could concede if necessary, while Tang San resolved not to lose to Li Zhixian.
• Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena condemned Li Zhixian, but Bibi Dong silenced the venue, praised the young competitors, and revealed three soul bones as prizes for the final victors.
• Li Zhixian released Dai Mubai by hurling him from the arena, leaving him humiliated as Yu Xiaogang and the others helped him up.
• Li Zhixian told the arena to send the next opponent.

Tang San faced Li Zhixian in the arena and revealed his ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring and the Clear Sky Hammer. Li Zhixian caught the hammer’s devastating strike with one hand, leaving Tang San stunned and the duel unresolved.

• Tang San stepped onto the arena, and Bibi Dong and Ghost Douluo discussed his potential as a Twin Martial Soul wielder.
• Tang San revealed four soul rings, including a ten-thousand-year ring, then trapped Li Zhixian in Blue Silver Prison.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and charged as cracks spread across the prison.
• Li Zhixian burst free, and Tang San brought the Clear Sky Hammer down on him, shattering the arena floor.
• Li Zhixian caught the Clear Sky Hammer’s head with one hand and calmly questioned whether it lived up to its reputation.

Li Zhixian overwhelmed Tang San, severing his Eight Spider Lances and defeating his desperate Clear Sky Hammer attack before a referee intervened to prevent a fatal blow. Shrek forfeited the individual match, and Li Zhixian challenged Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation.

• Li Zhixian caught Tang San’s full-strength Clear Sky Hammer strike with one hand, stunning the spectators and despairing Shrek’s supporters.
• Tang San unleashed his Eight Spider Lances, but Li Zhixian’s four Azure Lotus Swords severed all eight, badly injuring him.
• Tang San added a spirit ring to his Clear Sky Hammer and attacked with his first spirit skill, but Li Zhixian held back the hammer and struck him with Thunder Ash Birth.
• The referee blocked Li Zhixian’s lightning attack, warned him that killing was forbidden, and carried the injured Tang San from the arena.
• Li Zhixian’s lightning revived the shattered Blue Silver Grass across the arena, and Yu Xiaogang forfeited Shrek’s individual match.
• Li Zhixian pointed his sword at Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation and challenged them to face him next.

Li Zhixian swept through the individual battle and claimed the championship after Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation forfeited rather than face him. Bibi Dong recognized him as a threat to Spirit Hall’s ambitions and resolved to eliminate him, while the Team Battle remained ahead.

• Li Zhixian challenged Spirit Hall after defeating the opposing teams, while Tang San and Dai Mubai were left devastated and Yu Xiaogang admitted Shrek’s journey was over.
• Shui Bing’er predicted that Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation would forfeit the individual battle and join forces against Li Zhixian in the Team Battle.
• Hu Liena announced Spirit Hall’s forfeit and planned for the Golden Generation to target Li Zhixian during the afternoon battle; Li Zhixian mocked her as useless.
• Bibi Dong declared Li Zhixian the individual battle champion and scheduled the Team Battle for dusk.
• Bibi Dong judged Li Zhixian a grave threat to Spirit Hall because of his talent, alliances, and connection to Qian Renxue, and her intent to kill him intensified.

Bibi Dong confronted the Worship Hall’s six elders over their obstruction of Qian Renxue’s Angel God Trial. At the Team Battle finals, Li Zhixian faced the Golden Generation alone as his teammates were occupied, and their opening attacks engulfed him in lava.

• Bibi Dong entered the Worship Hall and demanded to know why its elders kept obstructing her plan for Qian Renxue to gather faith and complete the Angel God Trial.
• Li Zhixian and his teammates entered the arena for the final match against Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, while the spectators argued over which side was stronger.
• When the referee started the battle, Spirit Hall split its team: four Soul Ancestors intercepted Li Zhixian’s teammates, while Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena attacked him together.
• Hu Liena used Charm, but Li Zhixian’s sword qi forced her to shut her eyes and dodge a slash that cut her hair.
• Xie Yue sent out clones and a barrage of Moon Blade attacks as Yan transformed into a lava giant and engulfed Li Zhixian in erupting magma.

Li Zhixian overwhelmed Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation with his sword techniques, forcing Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. He answered with Azure Lotus Twelve Calamities, trapping the trio in a sword formation as four distinct sword intents gathered.

• Li Zhixian emerged unharmed from Yan’s magma attack and blocked Xie Yue’s Moon Blades with the Azure Lotus Sword.
• Li Zhixian’s qi swords destroyed Xie Yue’s phantom clones and shattered Yan’s Shield of Blazing Rock, putting the Golden Generation on the defensive.
• Yu Tianheng charged the Golden Generation while Li Zhixian revealed his three spirit rings and advanced on Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue combined their martial souls to unleash Bewitching Charm, which weakened enemies caught in its red light.
• Li Zhixian used his third spirit skill, Azure Lotus Twelve Calamities, to trap Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan in a sword formation as four powerful sword intents gathered.

Li Zhixian shattered the Golden Generation’s formation, crippled Yan, and eliminated him despite the Pope watching from above. He then turned on Xie Yue, while the spectators feared the consequences of his defiance and Osler defended his actions.

• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan combined their attacks to break Li Zhixian’s sword formation, but the effort left all three wounded.
• Yan tried to strike Li Zhixian, who shattered his lava-covered right arm with a punch.
• Li Zhixian blocked Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s counterattack with four Azure Lotus Swords, then severed Yan’s right arm and pinned him to a wall with a qi sword.
• Yan was eliminated, and Li Zhixian charged at the injured Xie Yue as the spectators watched in stunned silence.
• Bai Baoshan worried that Li Zhixian had challenged the Pope’s authority again, while Osler defended Li Zhixian’s actions.

Li Zhixian defeated the Spirit Hall Golden Generation, shattering Xie Yue’s Moon Blade and knocking Hu Liena from the arena after taunting and injuring her. The spectators celebrated his victory, while his friends wondered how Bibi Dong would respond.

• Yu Xiaogang watched Li Zhixian overpower the Golden Generation and hoped Tang San and Dai Mubai would recover from the shock.
• Bibi Dong refused to interrupt the match, insisting that the competition follow its rules, and confirmed that her planned matter was ready to begin after it ended.
• Li Zhixian shattered one of Xie Yue’s Moon Blades and sent him flying out of the fight with a qi sword through his shoulder.
• Hu Liena attacked Li Zhixian in a rage, but he froze and destroyed her fox tail, then kicked her off the arena after confronting her about bullying his friend.
• Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er, and Huo Wu celebrated Li Zhixian's victory, then fell quiet as they considered Bibi Dong's reaction.

Li Zhixian and the Imperial Dou Team won the tournament, and Spirit Hall held a celebratory banquet. As the feast began, a storyteller in Heaven Dou Imperial City turned Li Zhixian’s victory into a grand public tale.

• The last two Spirit Hall Team members leaped off the arena after Li Zhixian defeated the Golden Generation, leaving the Imperial Dou Team as the only team standing.
• Pope Bibi Dong named Li Zhixian the individual champion and the Imperial Dou Team the team champions, and the crowd erupted in celebration.
• Li Zhixian received three spirit bones at the award ceremony and exchanged smiles with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Spirit Hall prepared a feast for the competitors and selected spectators, while Chrysanthemum Douluo watched the only mountain exit.
• In Heaven Dou Imperial City, a storyteller performed an embellished account of Li Zhixian’s tournament victory for a crowd gathered at Shanxiang Restaurant.

At the post-competition feast, Bibi Dong offered Li Zhixian a place as Spirit Hall’s youngest elder, but he refused. As Li Zhixian prepared to leave, Bibi Dong confronted him over a massacre attributed to a sword master whose sword intent matched his.

• Yan toasted Li Zhixian and quietly vowed that he would die with regret before returning to Spirit Hall’s banquet.
• Bibi Dong invited Li Zhixian to join Spirit Hall as its youngest elder, but he declined.
• After the feast, Bibi Dong stopped Li Zhixian as he was leaving with his friends and asked him to remain.
• Bibi Dong revealed that six Spirit Hall Soul Kings and eleven Soul Ancestors had been killed near the Wind Gathering Mountains, and that their wounds bore sword intent matching Li Zhixian’s.

At the Spirit Hall banquet, Bibi Dong confronted Li Zhixian over the deaths of seventeen deacons and ordered him detained. Qian Renxue revealed that Spirit Hall had targeted him because she admired him, and as Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo moved to seize him, Dugu Bo appeared in poisonous mist to intervene.

• Bibi Dong displayed the corpses of seventeen Spirit Hall deacons and accused Li Zhixian of slaughtering them.
• Li Zhixian said the deacons had tried to assassinate him, and Bibi Dong ordered him to remain in Spirit Hall while the truth was investigated.
• Qian Renxue arrived, declared that Spirit Hall had targeted Li Zhixian because she admired him, and took his hand to leave.
• Bibi Dong branded their departure as fleeing punishment and sent Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to capture them.
• Thousands of Green Scaled Snakes filled the plaza, and Dugu Bo emerged from poisonous mist to condemn Spirit Hall for bullying others.

Dugu Bo, Yu Yuanzhen, and Chen Xin appeared one after another to protect Li Zhixian from Spirit Hall, while Bibi Dong suppressed the first two. Chen Xin then called out a hidden fourth Titled Douluo, who revealed himself as Wind Sword and vowed to guard Li Zhixian.

• Dugu Bo emerged from the poison mist and stood between Spirit Hall and Li Zhixian.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived amid purple lightning and joined Dugu Bo in protecting Li Zhixian.
• Bibi Dong suppressed Dugu Bo and Yu Yuanzhen, allowing Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to attack Li Zhixian.
• Chen Xin split the blood clouds with his sword and blocked the attack, prompting Ning Rongrong to plead with her Grandpa Sword to protect Li Zhixian.
• Chen Xin sensed someone hidden nearby, and Wind Sword appeared to guard Li Zhixian.

Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to seize Li Zhixian, reigniting the battle despite the arrival of four Titled Douluo to protect him. As the fight spread across the plaza, an indescribable aura emerged from Xiao Wu and drew the attention of all seven Titled Douluo.

• Feng Bailong revealed that he had reached the Titled Douluo realm, protected Li Zhixian, and praised his sword dao alongside Chen Xin.
• Bibi Dong transformed, ordered Li Zhixian seized, and commanded Spirit Hall to kill anyone who interfered.
• Ghost and Chrysanthemum Douluo attacked Chen Xin and Feng Bailong as Spirit Hall reinforcements charged the plaza.
• Qian Renxue, Zhu Zhuqing, and Li Zhixian's friends joined the battle, while Li Zhixian used his swords to protect his allies and strike down Spirit Hall fighters.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke free from Xiao Wu to intercept an attacker, and an aura from Xiao Wu made the seven Titled Douluo halt and turn toward her.

Bibi Dong exposed Xiao Wu as a human-form Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and attacked, drawing seven Titled Douluo into battle. As the others fought to protect Xiao Wu, Li Zhixian faced the Spirit Hall’s assault and began revealing a deep crimson fourth spirit ring.

• Bibi Dong attacked, and Yu Yuanzhen and Dugu Bo moved to defend against her while she declared that Li Zhixian and Xiao Wu would not escape.
• Chen Xin wounded Ghost and Chrysanthemum Douluo, then joined the battle alongside Feng Bailong as seven Titled Douluo clashed.
• Tang San denied knowing Xiao Wu was a soul beast, withdrew from her, and left her devastated, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong stood by her.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced the allies and Ye Lingling healed them as the Spirit Hall Soul Masters pressed their attack.
• Li Zhixian cut down five Spirit Hall Soul Masters with the Azure Lotus Sword, and an abyss-deep crimson spirit ring rose beneath his feet.