Chapter Summaries

After Bibi Dong ordered Xue Qinghe watched without exposing him, Ning Rongrong met the Crown Prince and cautiously considered his offer of support. Yang Yu prepared to travel to Heaven Dou in three days, where Qian Renxue’s suspicions and the competing plans around Ning Rongrong awaited him.

• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Xue Qinghe had resonated with the Angel Sacred Stele, and Bibi Dong ordered discreet surveillance while forbidding anyone from spreading the news.
• Yang Yu learned that Ning Rongrong had reached Heaven Dou City and decided to let her meet Xue Qinghe before making his own move.
• Ning Rongrong visited Xue Qinghe, who offered her a place at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and imperial support, but she postponed her decision until she could consult her father.
• Qian Renxue ordered her subordinate to monitor Ning Rongrong and investigate her intentions, while noting that the Angel Sacred Stele incident might force her infiltration plan to accelerate.
• Yang Yu told Yue Guan and Zhu Zhuqing that they would depart for the Heaven Dou Empire in three days on a friendly visit and meet Xue Qinghe and Ning Rongrong.

Yang Yu arrived in Heaven Dou Imperial City with Zhu Zhuqing, drawing the attention of Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, Ning Rongrong, and other factions. He began gathering intelligence on the city's power players as rival plans advanced elsewhere.

• Yang Yu traveled openly toward Heaven Dou with Zhu Zhuqing and Spirit Hall guards while Qian Renxue prepared to receive him and worried he might expose her identity.
• Ning Rongrong prepared to defend herself against Yang Yu, while Bibi Dong sent Hu Liena to Heaven Dou to watch Yang Yu and Xue Qinghe and potentially cause trouble.
• Dai Weisi ordered his forces to seize military authority while Yang Yu was away, and the Holy Spirit Cult Leader accelerated sacrifices for Holy Advent.
• After half a month, Yang Yu arrived in Heaven Dou Imperial City and settled at the State Guesthouse, declining visits and banquets.
• Yang Yu ordered Zhu Zhuqing to gather intelligence on the Crown Prince's Mansion, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect branch, and Xue Beng, as concealed spiritual senses watched him.

Yang Yu used Xue Beng’s visit and a staged attack by supposed Crown Prince guards to draw the Fourth Prince toward Spirit Hall’s support while testing Xue Qinghe. After Xue Qinghe abruptly left to deal with palace business, Yang Yu ordered his agents to approach nobles and generals dissatisfied with the Crown Prince.

• Yang Yu assigned Zhu Zhuqing to build a secret intelligence network in Heaven Dou Imperial City while the State Guesthouse remained under surveillance.
• Xue Beng arrived drunk to test Yang Yu’s attitude and feigned friendship, but Yang Yu saw through his act and predicted he would return seeking support.
• Xue Qinghe invited Yang Yu to the Crown Prince’s Mansion, apologized for Xue Beng, and probed Yang Yu’s relationship with Ning Rongrong.
• Yang Yu arranged for disguised agents to injure one of Xue Beng’s guards and leave the Crown Prince’s Mansion’s mark, frightening Xue Beng and prompting Xue Qinghe to rush to the palace.
• Yang Yu told his people to approach nobles and generals dissatisfied with Xue Qinghe, as he began placing Spirit Hall’s pieces across Heaven Dou.

Yang Yu accepted Xue Beng’s pledge of loyalty after the Fourth Prince offered him a Time Sand Fragment, a relic of the God of Time. Xue Beng became Yang Yu’s covert pawn against Xue Qinghe, while Yang Yu recognized the fragment’s potential to strengthen his Eternal Time Dragon Martial Soul.

• Zhu Zhuqing reported that Xue Beng had been frightened by attacks on his guards and that several nobles were only hedging their bets against Xue Qinghe.
• Yang Yu predicted that Xue Beng would approach him with a valuable token, then spent the next day making a formal visit to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Bishop Salas.
• Xue Beng secretly visited Yang Yu, confessed his fear of Xue Qinghe, and offered a Time Sand Fragment in exchange for protection.
• Yang Yu accepted the fragment and demanded absolute loyalty, immediate intelligence, and obedience; Xue Beng swore upon his Martial Soul to serve him.
• Yang Yu ordered Xue Beng to keep pretending to be a wastrel and to make his injured guard appear to die, intensifying the conflict with Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Beng left in secret, and Yang Yu examined the fragment, believing it could advance his Eternal Time Dragon Martial Soul.

Yang Yu refined the Time Sand Fragment overnight, improving his control of time-based abilities, then continued building his political network in Heaven Dou City. Hu Liena arrived to monitor him on Bibi Dong’s orders and took a room at the State Guesthouse, leaving Yang Yu wary of the growing attention on his plans.

• Yang Yu used the Time Sand Fragment to withstand a dangerous torrent of insights and learned to attach time acceleration or deceleration to attacks and defenses.
• Zhu Zhuqing reported her initial contacts with Bach and Li Si, along with Xue Beng’s staged outrage and intelligence about the Crown Prince meeting Star Luo merchants possibly linked to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Yang Yu ordered Xue Beng to investigate the merchants and monitor the Imperial Physicians and medicinal supplies, then encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to focus on her cultivation.
• A guard informed Yang Yu that Hu Liena had arrived in Heaven Dou City, and she visited the State Guesthouse after an hour.
• Hu Liena implied that Ning Rongrong’s closeness to the Crown Prince should concern Yang Yu, while he denied any special attachment to her.
• Hu Liena asked to stay near Yang Yu, and he assigned her the best room in the eastern wing while recognizing that Bibi Dong was now watching Heaven Dou more closely.

While Hu Liena kept Yang Yu under surveillance, she took him to a Heaven Dou City auction, where Ning Rongrong secretly poisoned Count Xue Lun after he outbid her. Yang Yu returned to studying the Law of Time as Ning Rongrong celebrated her success and vowed to continue pursuing revenge.

• Hu Liena invited Yang Yu to the Vast Sea Auction, and he attended with her and Bishop Salas.
• Salas pointed out Ning Rongrong, whose pale appearance and unusual aura suggested she had been working with poison.
• Ning Rongrong bid against Count Xue Lun for Blazing Fire Flowing Gold, then secretly released poison when she stopped bidding.
• Count Xue Lun collapsed from the poison, forcing the auction to halt, while Ning Rongrong concealed her involvement.
• Yang Yu left with Hu Liena, avoided her questions about Ning Rongrong, and returned to practicing with the Time Sand Fragment.
• Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's branch courtyard, confirmed her poison had worked, and vowed to continue her revenge.

Yang Yu prepared for Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s imperial banquet amid the fallout from Xue Lun’s poisoning, then faced political challenges from Prince Xue Xing and a minister. The chapter ended with Yang Yu declaring Heaven Dou’s young Soul Masters unable to withstand a single blow.

• Yang Yu learned that suspicion over Xue Lun’s poisoning had spread and ordered Xue Beng to deepen Prince Xue Xing’s distrust of the Crown Prince while avoiding attention.
• Yang Yu gave Zhu Zhuqing Essence Condensing Pills to help her break through to Soul Ancestor, then accepted the invitation to the imperial palace banquet.
• During the three days before the banquet, Xue Beng secretly gave Yang Yu its layout and part of the guest list, while Prince Xue Xing’s investigation led to further clashes with the Crown Prince’s faction.
• Yang Yu and Hu Liena attended the banquet at Kirin Hall, where they encountered Xue Qinghe, Prince Xue Xing, Xue Beng, Ning Rongrong, Bach, and Li Si.
• Prince Xue Xing questioned Yang Yu and Hu Liena about Xue Lun’s poisoning, but Xue Qinghe stopped him from pressing the accusation at the banquet.
• A minister asked Yang Yu to assess Heaven Dou’s young Soul Masters, and Yang Yu called them clay chickens and porcelain dogs incapable of withstanding a single blow.

Yang Yu challenged Heaven Dou’s young soul masters to withstand one move and effortlessly defeated five challengers, proving his claim and silencing the crowd. As Xue Qinghe prepared to end the banquet, Ning Rongrong proposed a dangerous test with her poisoned Soul Locking Needle, and Yang Yu accepted without Soul Power protection as she fired it at his palm.

• Yang Yu wagered a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone that no Heaven Dou soul master below Soul Emperor rank could withstand one move from him, and Xue Qinghe allowed a duel in the plaza.
• Yang Yu defeated Xiao Feng, a Level 53 Soul King, with a single finger strike that Sword Douluo Chen Xin recognized as a combination of Time Stasis and Spatial Impact.
• Yang Yu instantly defeated four more challengers, leaving Heaven Dou’s crowd too frightened to continue challenging him.
• Ning Rongrong announced that she would test Yang Yu’s control by firing a poisoned Soul Locking Needle at him, and offered to share its refining method if he could neutralize it without Soul Power protection.
• Yang Yu accepted Ning Rongrong’s test, dispersed his Soul Power, and held out his palm as she shot the needle toward him.

Yang Yu absorbed Ning Rongrong’s Soul Locking Needle without injury and forced her to swear loyalty to him. He left the Imperial Palace with Ning Rongrong following, while Xue Qinghe watched with killing intent; Yang Yu then turned his attention toward the Star Luo Empire and its links to the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Ning Rongrong’s Soul Locking Needle pierced Yang Yu’s palm but was neutralized and crumbled into powder.
• Yang Yu asked whether Ning Rongrong was convinced, and she admitted defeat and swore loyalty to him before the assembled crowd.
• Ning Fengzhi watched helplessly as Ning Rongrong pledged herself to Yang Yu, while Xue Qinghe recognized the political consequences for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yang Yu departed the plaza with Hu Liena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, leaving the Heaven Dou nobles stunned and Xue Qinghe furious.
• After leaving the Imperial Palace, Yang Yu sensed his perception had grown and planned to meet the Star Luo Empire group connected to the Holy Spirit Cult.

Yang Yu and Zhu Zhuqing raided the Distant Star Merchant Association and uncovered a Holy Spirit Cult ritual that harvested life force for its Holy Arrival Plan. They escaped with evidence and a Myriad Soul Crystal, while Yang Yu ordered an investigation into disappearances across Heaven Dou City.

• Zhu Zhuqing reported that Star Luo merchants at the Distant Star Merchant Association had secret ties to the Crown Prince's Mansion and emitted sinister Soul Power.
• Yang Yu and Zhu Zhuqing infiltrated the association and discovered an underground chamber where the Holy Spirit Cult drained captives to charge a Myriad Soul Crystal.
• Yang Yu killed the cult's deacon, and Zhu Zhuqing used her new Fourth Spirit Ability to kill two Soul Kings.
• Yang Yu stabilized the captives temporarily, took the crystal and a Number Five Token, and destroyed the ritual array and Soul Tool barrier before escaping with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Yang Yu concluded that Qian Renxue was colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult and told Zhu Zhuqing to have Xue Beng investigate disappearances among Heaven Dou City's poor and drifters.

Yang Yu detected Holy Spirit Cult and Imperial Palace surveillance, then ordered Ning Rongrong to create a concealed poison and began investigating the factions gathering in Heaven Dou City. After sensing powerful Angel and Rakshasa God-tier auras, he mobilized covert agents and moved to secure control of the city defense army, leaving a wider conflict on the verge of erupting.

• Yang Yu told Zhu Zhuqing that multiple parties were watching the State Guesthouse, including Qian Renxue's people and a concealed Holy Spirit Cult expert at least at Soul Douluo level.
• Yang Yu gave Ning Rongrong Seven-Colored Corrupt Soul Orchid petals and ordered her to create an undetectable poison capable of crippling a Soul Sage; she agreed to deliver it within seven days.
• Yang Yu manifested the Dragon of Eternity and Time and the Chaos Creation Lotus together, locating surveillance points and sensing Myriad Soul Crystal-like energies beneath Heaven Dou City.
• Yang Yu sensed a sacred aura connected to Qian Renxue and a higher-ranked destructive aura that he suspected belonged to the Rakshasa God.
• Yang Yu ordered Zhu Zhuqing to have Yue Guan investigate the Holy Arrival Plan and Holy Spirit Cult headquarters, and to tell Xue Beng to secure command of at least two city-defense battalions within three days.
• Yang Yu watched his Soul Power surge toward level sixty-one as he prepared for the coming conflict.

Yang Yu used the growing pressure in Heaven Dou Imperial City to advance his plans to obtain Netherworld Rotting Heart Grass and disrupt the Crown Prince's Mansion. As Qian Renxue activated a backup plan and Ning Rongrong prepared for the poison’s final ingredient, Yang Yu felt his breakthrough to level sixty-one was near and ordered his people to proceed.

• Zhu Zhuqing reported that Xue Beng had gained covert control of the Fourth and Seventh City Guard battalions, while Ning Rongrong still needed Netherworld Rotting Heart Grass.
• Hu Liena questioned Yang Yu about the destroyed Distant Star Merchant Association, but he deflected her suspicions and warned her against interfering.
• Yang Yu ordered Prince Xue Xing to pressure the Crown Prince through an impeachment and City Guard inspections, hoping to force the Netherworld Rotting Heart Grass into the open.
• Qian Renxue rejected an assassination plan for Prince Xue Xing, ordered the Distant Star Merchant Association’s remaining contacts hidden, and activated a backup source of materials.
• Ning Rongrong continued preparing Seven Absolute Soul Scattering Powder and waited for the missing Netherworld Rotting Heart Grass.
• Yang Yu sensed that he had reached the peak of Level Sixty and ordered everyone to follow the plan as the storm approached.

After breaking through to level sixty-one, Yang Yu infiltrated the Crown Prince's Mansion to steal Netherworld Rotting Heart Grass and was confronted by Qian Renxue. He escaped with the herb, but the fight exposed the depth of their rivalry and left Heaven Dou bracing for retaliation.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Yang Yu that Xue Xing had accused the Crown Prince of aiding the enemy and that Ning Rongrong needed Netherworld Rotting Heart Grass to finish the Seven Absolute Soul Scattering Powder.
• Yang Yu entered the Crown Prince's private treasury and found the herb, but Qian Renxue revealed herself and attacked him with her Angel Martial Soul.
• Yang Yu countered Qian Renxue's Angel Domain with his Dragon of Eternity and Time Martial Soul, Chaos Creation Lotus, and Ice-Fire Polarity Domain.
• Yang Yu took the Netherworld Rotting Heart Grass and escaped after warning Qian Renxue about the Holy Spirit Cult, while she vowed to kill him.
• Yang Yu met Zhu Zhuqing outside the mansion and sent her to deliver the herb to Ning Rongrong, then ordered their agents to prepare for Qian Renxue's retaliation.

Yang Yu discovered and erased a Rakshasa divine-sense mark, while Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue watched his growing power and pursued their own plans. After seven days of cultivation and rising tensions in Heaven Dou, he left with Zhu Zhuqing to see Ning Rongrong’s completed poison, unaware that Rakshasa’s gaze still followed him.

• Yang Yu gave Zhu Zhuqing the Netherworld Rotting Heart Grass for Ning Rongrong, then used his two Martial Souls to destroy a Rakshasa divine-sense mark concealed in his soul perception.
• Ning Rongrong received the herb and told Zhu Zhuqing that she would complete the Seven Absolute Soul Scattering Powder within seven days.
• Qian Renxue ordered Netherworld to destabilize Heaven Dou City rather than directly assassinate Yang Yu, and demanded that the Holy Spirit Cult accelerate the Holy Advent plan.
• Bibi Dong learned that Yang Yu had erased her probe and watched with interest as she continued her Rakshasa God Trial.
• Yang Yu cultivated and studied the Time Sand as political tensions grew; on the seventh day, Zhu Zhuqing told him Ning Rongrong had succeeded.
• Yang Yu and Zhu Zhuqing left for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s branch courtyard, while Rakshasa’s gaze settled on their direction.

Ning Rongrong completed the Seven Absolute Soul Scattering Powder, and Yang Yu began planning to use it against Qian Renxue’s faction in Heaven Dou. As Zhu Zhuqing arranged delivery to three targets, Bibi Dong sensed that events had begun and watched from Spirit City.

• Ning Rongrong presented Yang Yu with the Seven Absolute Soul Scattering Powder, and he steadied her mind before hearing how the slow-acting poison worked.
• Ning Rongrong explained that she could not mass-produce the poison and that its antidote only worked before it deeply penetrated the victim’s heart meridians.
• Yang Yu told Zhu Zhuqing that extraordinary methods were necessary against the Holy Spirit Cult and Qian Renxue, then ordered her to gather intelligence on the Crown Prince’s faction.
• Yang Yu selected Liu Meng, Zhou Ting'an, and Shadow Kill as the poison’s first targets and gave Zhu Zhuqing three doses to deliver through Xue Beng’s people.
• Bibi Dong sensed the operation from Spirit City and decided to wait and see what Yang Yu would do.

Yang Yu’s poisoning plot killed three of Qian Renxue’s key allies and threw Heaven Dou’s court into upheaval, allowing Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing to gain ground. As Yang Yu prepared for a counterattack from Qian Renxue and the Holy Spirit Cult, Qian Renxue sent a secret letter asking her Teacher to end his seclusion.

• Zhou Ting'an, Liu Meng, and Shadow Kill succumbed to the Seven Absolute Soul Scattering Powder, dying in the same manner on the seventh day.
• Qian Renxue ordered an investigation and suspected Yang Yu, while Prince Xue Xing moved to seize the vacant posts and intensify attacks on the Crown Prince.
• Yang Yu told Zhu Zhuqing to have Xue Beng consolidate his gains and ordered closer surveillance of the Holy Spirit Cult and its tribute shipments.
• Yang Yu sensed the Rakshasa God's divine attention again and began cultivating with the Time Sand fragment.
• Qian Renxue sent a sealed letter to the Papal Palace, asking her Teacher to end his closed-door cultivation early.

Bibi Dong ended her seclusion and set out for Heaven Dou City, forcing Yang Yu, Qian Renxue, and the other factions to prepare for her arrival. Yang Yu began breaking through to level sixty-two as the coming confrontation threatened to reshape the struggle in Heaven Dou.

• After reading Qian Renxue's report about the mysterious deaths of three Soul Sages, Bibi Dong ordered Ghost, Chrysanthemum, and Papal Palace Guards to accompany her to Heaven Dou City.
• Yang Yu learned Bibi Dong was coming and told Zhu Zhuqing to intensify surveillance of suspected Holy Spirit Cult strongholds, secure intelligence and resources from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and warn Xue Beng to keep a low profile.
• Yang Yu sensed his level-sixty-two bottleneck loosening and began cultivating in seclusion to break through before Bibi Dong arrived.
• Qian Renxue ordered her contacts with the Holy Spirit Cult suspended, evidence of their operations erased, and the next batch of Star Luo Empire tributes held at the border.
• Ning Rongrong completed a list of more than ten Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders and core disciples for Yang Yu's efforts and handed it to a covert agent.

Yang Yu broke through to level sixty-two as Bibi Dong arrived in Heaven Dou City and tested his defenses against her concealed spiritual probe. He confirmed that the Rakshasa God's influence had corrupted her deeply and resolved to strengthen himself before their eventual confrontation.

• Yang Yu broke through his level-sixty-two bottleneck and refined his control over Time Power and the Chaos Creation Lotus.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Yang Yu that Bibi Dong had arrived outside the city with Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, and a hundred Papal Palace Guards.
• Qian Renxue and Heaven Dou's officials welcomed Bibi Dong, who warned that Spirit Hall would not ignore sinister dealings threatening the continent's stability.
• Bibi Dong summoned Yang Yu, secretly probed his Sea of Consciousness, and withdrew when his powers blocked her spiritual attack.
• Bibi Dong entered the city with Hu Liena, while Yang Yu concluded that the Rakshasa God's divine thought had deeply corrupted his teacher and that he needed to prepare for a future confrontation.

Yang Yu reported signs of a hidden Evil Soul Master force in Heaven Dou City, prompting Bibi Dong to order an investigation while assigning Hu Liena to mediate the imperial dispute. Left alone with Bibi Dong, Yang Yu faced her threats and feigned obedience, then left determined to pursue his own plans under her scrutiny.

• Hu Liena briefed Bibi Dong on the struggle between the Crown Prince and Prince Xue Xing and the deaths of three Soul Sages.
• Yang Yu told Bibi Dong that a hidden third-party force of Evil Soul Masters might be linked to the deaths and have ties to powerful figures in Heaven Dou City.
• Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei and Yue Guan to assist Yang Yu in investigating the force and its imperial connections, while Hu Liena was tasked with warning Xue Qinghe and Xue Xing.
• After the others left, Bibi Dong pressured Yang Yu to explain his ambitions and threatened to take back everything she had given him.
• Yang Yu feigned obedience, left the hall, and resolved to use his investigative authority to pursue the Holy Spirit Cult and strengthen himself.

Yang Yu used Bibi Dong’s order to investigate Heaven Dou City as cover for building public influence and covertly tracking the Holy Spirit Cult’s supply network. After Zhu Zhuqing uncovered a suspicious warehouse tied to the Crown Prince’s Mansion, Yang Yu arranged for Spirit Hall to investigate it, leaving the city’s rival forces poised for a deeper conflict.

• Yang Yu assigned Zhu Zhuqing to covertly monitor Heaven Dou City’s gates, docks, and black markets, while Ning Rongrong tracked rare medicinal materials through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s network.
• Yang Yu, Ghost Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo publicly investigated abandoned suspected bases as Yang Yu used the operation to build influence within Heaven Dou institutions.
• Zhu Zhuqing found that a Star Luo merchant caravan repeatedly delivered goods to a Crown Prince’s Mansion warehouse near Blackwater Dock, where Yin Soul Grass and Blood Essence Stone had also been sent.
• Yang Yu ordered Zhu Zhuqing to keep watching the warehouse and secretly pass the intelligence to Yue Guan so Spirit Hall would investigate it.
• Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei and Yue Guan to inspect the warehouse and authorized them to kill anyone who resisted, while forbidding action against Xue Qinghe without conclusive evidence.
• Yang Yu watched Blackwater Dock from the State Guesthouse and prepared to exploit the turmoil as his Soul Power advanced toward level sixty-three.