Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan let Tang San, Dugu Bo, and Yang Wudi enter Xue Ye’s bedchamber despite their accusations, then staged a chance for them to examine the emperor. Tang San began inspecting Xue Ye and confirmed that the emperor showed signs of poisoning.

• Dugu Bo released his Titled Douluo aura to protect Tang San as Li Yuan ordered them seized.
• Tang San accused Li Yuan of poisoning Xue Ye and claimed the palace guards were from Spirit Hall, turning the royal worshippers against him.
• Dugu Bo promised to take responsibility for Tang San and guaranteed they would not harm Xue Ye, so Li Yuan allowed them into the bedchamber.
• Li Yuan’s clone, disguised as Xue Ye, acted gravely ill and invited Dugu Bo’s group to treat him, while Li Yuan restricted them to approaching one at a time.
• Tang San examined Xue Ye first and observed his weakened appearance and darkened complexion, confirming that he was poisoned.

Xue Ye framed Tang San for an assassination attempt, trapping him and Yang Wudi in the imperial palace while Li Yuan prevented Dugu Bo from helping. After the two fled the bedchamber, the palace forces pursued them, and Ning Fengzhi remained alone with Li Yuan’s clone disguised as Xue Ye.

• Xue Ye stabbed himself and accused Tang San of trying to assassinate him, prompting Li Yuan and the palace forces to attack Tang San and Yang Wudi.
• Li Yuan threatened Dugu Bo with consequences for Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo withdrew rather than help Tang San.
• Tang San and Yang Wudi broke out of Xue Ye’s bedchamber, but Snake Lance Douluo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and the palace forces pursued them.
• Li Yuan invited Dugu Bo to watch Tang San’s fate, and Dugu Bo followed him out of the bedchamber.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the healers to leave, and Xue Ye’s apparent permission sent them out, leaving Ning Fengzhi with Li Yuan’s clone disguised as Xue Ye.

Li Yuan revealed his control over the Heaven Dou Empire to Ning Fengzhi and pressured him to bring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into his faction. Ning Fengzhi agreed to preserve the sect’s legacy and left to lead an attack on the Tang Sect.

• Ning Fengzhi recognized that the person posing as Xue Ye was Li Yuan’s clone, and Li Yuan admitted he wanted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to choose a side.
• Li Yuan proposed that Ning Fengzhi lead the sect in destroying the Tang Sect and frame the attack as punishment for Tang San’s attempted assassination of the emperor.
• Ning Fengzhi threatened mutual destruction, but Li Yuan argued that the sect could not remain neutral as the continent’s factions moved toward war.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Li Yuan to guarantee the sect’s disciples’ safety, and Li Yuan promised the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s legacy would continue and its status would rise.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted Li Yuan’s terms and returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to gather forces for a nighttime assault on the Tang Sect.

Yang Wudi sacrificed himself to hold back Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo, giving Tang San a chance to escape the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s encirclement. Yang Wudi died after mortally wounding Snake Lance Douluo, while Tang San fled alive.

• Yang Wudi, badly wounded and overwhelmed by the Heaven Dou army, shoved Tang San away and vowed to cover his retreat.
• Porcupinefish Douluo unleashed a storm of poisonous spines at Tang San as Snake Lance Douluo attacked Yang Wudi with his Eighth Spirit Ability.
• Yang Wudi burned his remaining strength and Soul Power to unleash Soul Breaking Strike, risking a mutual death with Snake Lance Douluo.
• Porcupinefish Douluo abandoned his attack on Tang San and used his spines and a purple shield to protect Snake Lance Douluo.
• Yang Wudi’s spear pierced Snake Lance Douluo’s shoulder, while Snake Lance Douluo’s spear pierced Yang Wudi’s heart and destroyed it.
• Tang San escaped the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s encirclement as Yang Wudi died with a smile.

Tang San tried to escape the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, but Li Yuan disabled his flight and trapped him under the empire army’s attacks. Tang Hao arrived to rescue his son, and Li Yuan revealed that Tang Hao’s cultivation had been crippled, setting up a confrontation as the operation neared its end.

• Tang San fled with Xiao Wu in the Ruyi Bag of Treasures, but Li Yuan disabled his Flight Spirit Skill and ordered the army to target the bag.
• Heaven Dou Empire troops bombarded Tang San and surrounded him, while Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo joined the fight and wounded him.
• Tang Hao appeared and threatened the two Spirit Hall Titled Douluo, who recoiled at his fearsome reputation.
• Li Yuan told Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo that Tang Hao had lost most of his cultivation and was now only at the Soul Sage level.
• Li Yuan stepped forward to prevent Tang Hao from rescuing Tang San and escaping.

Li Yuan, disguised as Xue Qinghe, fought Tang Hao and Tang San in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, crippling Tang Hao and nearly destroying Tang San. The Asura God rescued Tang San, while the Rakshasa God confronted the Asura God in the God Realm over his interference.

• Li Yuan attacked Tang Hao while Pufferfish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo moved to kill Tang San, but Tang Hao unleashed his Clear Sky True Body to hold them off and shoved Tang San away.
• Li Yuan made Tang Hao's Clear Sky True Body explode, badly injuring Tang Hao, then punched him into the palace wall.
• Li Yuan ordered Pufferfish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo to kill Tang Hao and flew after Tang San, attacking him with Dust Release: Keyboard Stripping Technique.
• A streak of red light rescued Tang San before Li Yuan's attack landed, and Li Yuan recognized the intervention as the Asura God's.
• The Rakshasa God appeared before the Asura God and Sea God, accusing the Asura God of breaking the rules by interfering in the Douluo Continent.

The Asura God defended his role in Tang San’s rescue by claiming he had only used his followers and exploited loopholes in the God Realm’s rules. On Douluo Continent, Tang San learned that his rescuer was Yellow Springs, then decided to flee to the Star Luo Empire as the Tang Sect faced destruction.

• The Asura God told the Rakshasa God that Yellow Springs had rescued Tang San on his own, and the Rakshasa God left after warning him about the God Realm Committee’s judgment.
• The chapter revealed that Yellow Springs led the Asura God Cult and that the Asura God had temporarily restored his strength so he could save Tang San.
• Yellow Springs rescued Tang San from Xue Qinghe’s attack and took him to a forest, where he repeatedly vomited blood from his old injuries.
• Yellow Springs told Tang San that he had saved him because of a connection to his ancestors, then departed without revealing more about himself.
• Tang San concluded that the Heaven Dou Empire would target the Tang Sect and decided to go to the Star Luo Empire.

Tang San escaped Heaven Dou City and decided to seek refuge in the Star Luo Empire, while Li Yuan destroyed the Tang Sect and strengthened his control over the Heaven Dou Empire. Ning Rongrong struggled with her father’s role in the massacre, and Li Yuan tried to comfort her by explaining that Shrek Academy had been spared.

• Tang San fled Heaven Dou City and resolved to rebuild the Tang Sect in the Star Luo Empire.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo brought Li Yuan Tang Hao’s corpse, and Li Yuan destroyed it before heading to the Tang Sect.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Heaven Dou forces crushed the Tang Sect; Chen Xin killed Niu Gao, while Bai He escaped with the Speed Clan.
• Li Yuan gained the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s loyalty and secured control over the weakened Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ning Rongrong questioned Li Yuan about her father’s destruction of Tang San’s sect, and Li Yuan explained that the sects could not coexist.
• Li Yuan told Ning Rongrong that Shrek Academy had been spared, easing her distress and prompting her to think about revitalizing it.

Ning Rongrong took over Shrek Academy with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s backing, while Li Yuan turned his attention to improving the GM Army’s weapons production. He decided to recruit blacksmiths from Geng Xin City and bring imprisoned Strength Clan members to help, leaving the plan to recruit Lou Gao pending.

• Ning Rongrong agreed to manage Shrek Academy, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect bought ninety percent of it for eight hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, making her dean and Ma Weiqing vice dean.
• After the Heaven Dou Empire’s decline left little need for Li Yuan at the front, he returned to Lin Dong City and left a clone there to serve as a figurehead.
• Ri Xiong told Li Yuan that the GM Army lacked skilled blacksmiths and that he could not understand or manufacture the advanced weapons described in Li Yuan’s blueprints.
• Li Yuan decided to bring imprisoned Strength Clan members from Heaven Dou City to work at Iron Furnace Fortress and travel to Geng Xin City to recruit blacksmiths.
• Ri Xiong advised Li Yuan to ask Zhang San to accompany him and help recruit Lou Gao, the Blacksmith’s Guild president.

Li Yuan traveled with Lin Dong City's procurement team to Geng Xin City, hoping to recruit skilled blacksmiths for the GM Army. There, he encountered Dai Mubai and Tang San during a violent dispute and stopped Dai Mubai from killing a blacksmith, while secretly considering a chance to deal with Tang San later.

• Zhang San arranged for Li Yuan to accompany Lin Dong City's next metal procurement team and help recruit blacksmiths in Geng Xin City.
• Li Yuan brought Ning Rongrong along, and Xie Sanniang taught her disguise techniques so she could travel without attracting undue attention.
• After more than a month on the road, the procurement team reached Geng Xin City, where Li Yuan, Zhang San, and Ning Rongrong set out for the Blacksmith's Guild.
• The three came across a dispute involving one of Lou Gao's grand-disciples, a group of outsiders, and the city's defense troops.
• Dai Mubai prepared to strike a blacksmith, but Li Yuan intervened and restrained him after recognizing Dai Mubai and spotting Tang San nearby.

Li Yuan confronted Dai Mubai after the Crown Prince attacked a blacksmith, then fought Professor Yang, a powerful Titled Douluo of the Star Luo Empire. Neither could gain the upper hand, so they parted on friendly terms while secretly seeking information about each other.

• Dai Mubai attacked Li Yuan with his White Tiger Destruction Kill, but Li Yuan shattered the soul skill and punched him away.
• Professor Yang intervened, rescued Dai Mubai, and clashed with Li Yuan’s Palm Lightning.
• Professor Yang identified himself as a worshiper of the Star Luo Empire’s Hall of Worship and demanded an explanation for Li Yuan attacking the Crown Prince.
• Li Yuan and Professor Yang exchanged attacks with Li Yuan’s Dust Release and Professor Yang’s lightning dragon, then decided neither could easily defeat the other.
• Li Yuan and Professor Yang ended the confrontation with mutual compliments and departed separately.
• Li Yuan asked Zhang San about Professor Yang, while Professor Yang ordered a guard to gather intelligence on Monkey D. Dragon and the GM Army.

Li Yuan learned that the Star Luo Empire had two powerful Titled Douluo, including Professor Yang, while Professor Yang and Dai Mubai assessed the GM Army. The chapter ended with Tang San warning Professor Yang that the GM Army commander used a soul skill resembling one he had seen from Xue Qinghe.

• Zhang San told Li Yuan that Professor Yang was a level-ninety-six Titled Douluo named Yang Xi Yangyang, known as the Lightning Law King, and that he had once reformed Dai Mubai through electric therapy.
• Zhang San revealed that the Star Luo Empire had only two living Titled Douluo: Professor Yang and Dai Xiaozhi, the level-ninety-seven Purple Tiger Douluo and former emperor.
• Li Yuan reconsidered the Star Luo Empire’s strength and decided to be cautious about approaching Tang San’s camp.
• Professor Yang reviewed intelligence about the GM Army while Dai Mubai dismissed it as a rabble, prompting Professor Yang to threaten him with electric shocks.
• Tang San told Professor Yang that the GM Army commander’s soul skill resembled one he had seen Xue Qinghe use, though he did not realize they were the same person.

Tang San suspected that the GM Army’s commander might be connected to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and Professor Yang ordered the discovery investigated. Meanwhile, Li Yuan visited the Blacksmith's Guild headquarters to meet Lou Gao and pursue its skilled blacksmiths for the GM Army.

• Tang San told Professor Yang that the GM Army commander’s soul skills resembled Xue Qinghe’s, and Professor Yang ordered the Star Luo Empire’s intelligence department to investigate.
• Li Yuan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhang San arrived at the Blacksmith's Guild headquarters and made their way toward Lou Gao’s workshop.
• Zhang San used his high-level VIP token to pass the guild’s guards, and Si Long and Si Yu greeted the group on the upper floors.
• Zhang San introduced Li Yuan as the GM Army’s Commander-in-Chief, and Li Yuan suggested he hoped to cooperate with the blacksmiths.
• Si Yu led the group toward Lou Gao, who was studying materials from the GM Army, while Li Yuan noted how few master-level blacksmiths the guild had and resolved to recruit them.

Li Yuan tried to recruit Divine Craftsman Lou Gao and move the Blacksmith's Guild from Geng Xin City to Lin Dong City by offering the GM Army's firearm technology. Lou Gao was intrigued by the advanced blueprints but could not yet understand how to build what they described, leaving the recruitment unresolved.

• Si Long brought Li Yuan and Zhang San to Lou Gao's workshop, where Lou Gao greeted Zhang San warmly.
• Li Yuan asked Lou Gao to join the GM Army and relocate the Blacksmith's Guild to Lin Dong City.
• Lou Gao questioned why the guild should leave Geng Xin City, and Li Yuan argued that the GM Army would value its craftsmen and provide advanced firearm designs.
• Li Yuan gave Lou Gao blueprints for a battleship-grade beam ion cannon, and Lou Gao studied them with intense interest.
• Lou Gao admitted he could not yet understand the blueprints and asked Li Yuan to contact the senior who had provided them.

Li Yuan persuaded Lou Gao to bring the Blacksmith's Guild into the GM Army and arranged for most of its members to relocate to Lin Dong City within ten days. Before they could visit Michael to discuss Spirit Hall, they learned that Michael and Dai Mubai had clashed over a restaurant room, and Li Yuan agreed to go see what was happening.

• Li Yuan told Lou Gao that the Blacksmith's Guild would have to join the GM Army and follow its orders to gain access to the advanced blueprints; Lou Gao accepted, provided Li Yuan handled Spirit Hall.
• Lou Gao proposed taking a month to move the guild, but Li Yuan negotiated the deadline down to ten days, with Lou Gao promising to bring more than seventy percent of its blacksmiths.
• Lou Gao assigned Si Long to organize the relocation and began studying the blueprints, but Si Hai arrived with news of a dispute between Michael and Dai Mubai.
• Si Hai explained that Michael had occupied the restaurant's private room Dai Mubai wanted, and their argument had escalated toward a fight.
• Li Yuan agreed to accompany Lou Gao to the restaurant, bringing Zhang San and Ning Rongrong with him.

At a Geng Xin City restaurant, Spirit Hall bishop Michael tried to provoke Crown Prince Dai Mubai into giving Spirit Hall an excuse to attack the Star Luo Empire. Professor Yang and Li Yuan intervened, and Li Yuan used Qian Renxue’s token to order Michael to stand down, leaving Michael mistaken about Li Yuan’s position and authority.

• Michael taunted Dai Mubai and nearly provoked him into attacking, while Tang San restrained Dai Mubai and kept Xiao Wu behind him.
• Michael tried to grab Xiao Wu, prompting Tang San to release his Soul Power and threaten him.
• Professor Yang appeared as a Titled Douluo and ordered Michael to leave the Star Luo Empire’s Crown Prince alone.
• Lou Gao arrived with Li Yuan, and Li Yuan interrupted Michael before he could complain.
• Li Yuan showed Michael Qian Renxue’s token and ordered him to stand down, and Michael obeyed, believing Li Yuan was a Spirit Hall superior.

Li Yuan brought the Blacksmith's Guild and Divine Craftsman Lou Gao into the GM Army, frustrating Tang San's attempt to recruit Lou Gao with a Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle blueprint. After Lou Gao dismissed Tang San's offer, Tang San wondered whether the GM Army possessed even more advanced technology and discussed its mysterious backing with Dai Mubai and Professor Yang.

• Li Yuan announced that the Blacksmith's Guild would merge into the GM Army, and Lou Gao rebuked Dai Mubai for claiming the guild belonged to the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang San offered Lou Gao a partial Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle blueprint, but Lou Gao asked for the complete design and then lost interest when Tang San refused to sell it.
• Lou Gao ended the confrontation and left with Li Yuan, while Michael and the Spirit Hall group also departed.
• Tang San suspected the GM Army had technology beyond the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle and questioned who was secretly supporting it.
• At the hotel, Tang San told Dai Mubai and Professor Yang about his suspicions, but he did not believe Li Xiaoyuan was the hidden hand because of his past conflict with Spirit Hall.

Professor Yang concluded that Qian Daoliu was behind the GM Army and decided the Star Luo Empire should move against the Blacksmith's Guild before it joined them. He prepared to mobilize the Border Legion and Royal Worship Hall, then asked Tang San to share weapons technology as the threat of war grew.

• Professor Yang identified Qian Daoliu as the likely mastermind behind the GM Army, and Tang San and Dai Mubai accepted his explanation.
• Tang San asked how to stop the Blacksmith's Guild from joining the GM Army, and Professor Yang decided it could not be allowed to do so.
• Professor Yang proposed mobilizing the Border Legion and Royal Worship Hall to suppress the Blacksmith's Guild while keeping troops at the border.
• Dai Mubai drafted a memorial to the Star Luo Emperor, and Professor Yang said he would return to Star Luo City to oversee the mobilization.
• Professor Yang urged Tang San and Dai Mubai to leave Geng Xin City and asked Tang San to share firearms and Hidden Weapons technology.
• Tang San refused to reveal Tang Sect's Hidden Weapons secrets but offered to have his disciples manufacture weapons for the Star Luo Empire, prompting Professor Yang to ask for the firearms technology.

Tang San gave Star Luo Empire the firearm blueprints, while Li Yuan organized the Blacksmith's Guild's evacuation from Geng Xin City. Li Yuan and Ning Rongrong stayed behind to confront the pursuing Star Luo Imperial Hall of Worship, including Professor Yang.

• Tang San reluctantly handed Professor Yang the firearm manufacturing blueprints before leaving Geng Xin City with the Star Luo Empire group.
• Li Yuan returned to the Blacksmith's Guild and warned Lou Gao and Zhang San that Star Luo Empire might surround the guild, ordering an urgent relocation.
• Lou Gao led tens of thousands of guild members and their families out of Geng Xin City, while Zhang San guided the GM Army procurement unit.
• After learning that Star Luo Empire had sent border forces and more than a thousand worshippers led by Rank 96 Titled Douluo Professor Yang, Li Yuan left the convoy to hold them back.
• Ning Rongrong insisted on staying to support Li Yuan, and the two waited in a forest outside Geng Xin City for the Star Luo Imperial Hall of Worship.

Li Yuan ambushed the Star Luo Royal Worship Hall with explosives and a horde of frenzied clones while Ning Rongrong supported him. After Tang San recognized Li Yuan’s abilities and exposed his identity, Professor Yang activated his Martial Soul Avatar to kill him.

• Ning Rongrong summoned her Crimson Flame Glazed Tile Pagoda and greatly boosted Li Yuan before he confronted the approaching Star Luo Royal Worship Hall.
• Professor Yang sent his forces onward toward the Blacksmith’s Guild and attacked Li Yuan, but Li Yuan’s explosions killed more than a hundred worshippers and injured hundreds more.
• Li Yuan created nearly a hundred clones and drove them into a frenzy, temporarily suppressing the Star Luo soul masters with their relentless attacks.
• Tang San recognized Li Yuan’s clone and frenzy abilities, identified him as the enemy commander, and tried to reach Professor Yang, but controlled clones blocked Tang San and Dai Mubai.
• Professor Yang realized that killing Li Yuan could end the battle and transformed into a giant being of lightning with his Martial Soul Avatar.