Chapter Summaries

Tang Tian proposed a friendly contest among the younger generation at the Pope's Wedding, and the gathered sects sent representatives to compete. Gu Han and Bibi Dong held back because their rapid cultivation might attract attention, but Light Feather Douluo suggested Gu Han could be called on to represent Spirit Hall; the chapter ended as Tang Hao prepared to face Yu Qingtian.

• Tang Tian invited each sect and clan to send a young representative for a friendly exchange, and Yue Guan announced that the contest venue had been prepared.
• Gu Han cautioned Bibi Dong against competing because their recent breakthroughs could draw unwanted scrutiny, and she reluctantly agreed to wait.
• Ning Fengzhi withdrew the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from the contest because its soul masters were support-type and he had brought no suitable fighters.
• The sects and academies sent representatives into the arena while Gu Han watched the early matches and discussed their techniques with Bibi Dong.
• Light Feather Douluo told Gu Han that Spirit Hall still needed a contestant and suggested attributing his rapid growth to the Angel God's blessing.
• Gu Han pointed out that Tang Hao was about to face Yu Qingtian in a battle between the continent's renowned weapon and beast martial souls.

Tang Hao, a level 56 Soul King from the Clear Sky Sect, overwhelmed Yu Qingtian in the juniors' contest. After Tang Hao won, Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu discussed a promising disciple who had received the Angel God's blessings, and Tang Chen asked to see him fight Hao Er.

• Tang Hao revealed that he was a level 56 Soul King, shocking the audience before he faced Yu Qingtian of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Qingtian activated Dragon Transformation and attacked Tang Hao with his lightning-based Soul Skills.
• Tang Hao shattered Yu Qingtian's attacks and broke through his Thunderbolt Guard with a hammer strike, knocking him away while holding back enough to avoid seriously injuring him.
• Tang Chen praised Tang Hao to Qian Daoliu, who mentioned his son's disciple had received blessings from the Angel God.
• Tang Chen asked Qian Daoliu to bring the disciple out to exchange moves with Tang Hao.

Gu Han was called to fight Tang Hao after Qian Daoliu decided the duel would test their strength. Gu Han introduced himself on the arena, and the chapter ended with Tang Hao accepting the match despite their difference in level.

• Qian Daoliu told Yue Guan to arrange a match between Gu Han and Tang Hao.
• Gu Han explained to Bibi Dong that the Clear Sky Hammer’s reputation came from Tang Chen’s hammer techniques and methods rather than the Martial Soul alone.
• Yue Guan announced Gu Han’s blessings from the Angel God, drawing the crowd’s attention and raising Tang Hao’s fighting spirit.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Gu Han to face Tang Hao, and Gu Han agreed to test his strength.
• Gu Han introduced himself as a level 43 Soul Ancestor with the Mystic Ice Sword, and Tang Hao introduced himself as a level 56 Soul King with the Clear Sky Hammer.

Gu Han revealed his fourth Spirit Ring was a Ten Thousand Year Ring and fought Tang Hao in a fierce duel. Their final attacks collided and sent both fighters flying, where Tang Tian and Yue Guan caught them.

• Yu Xiaogang concluded that Spirit Hall had hidden Gu Han's true strength after seeing his fourth Spirit Ring, while the spectators were stunned by the Ten Thousand Year Ring.
• Gu Han used Teleportation to attack Tang Hao, then evaded Tang Hao's hammer and struck with freezing Sword Qi.
• Tang Hao broke through Gu Han's ice and unleashed a powerful Chaotic Cloak hammer strike.
• Gu Han combined his Mystic Ice Nine Slashes into one giant sword and clashed with Tang Hao's hammer, freezing the arena in the process.
• The collision sent Gu Han and Tang Hao flying backward, and Tang Tian and Yue Guan caught them.

Gu Han and Tang Hao fought to a draw in a fierce clash, though Tang Hao conceded that Gu Han had won because he had fought at a higher level. The two recognized each other as worthy rivals and looked forward to fighting again when they were evenly matched.

• Gu Han recovered after the clash, while Bibi Dong and the others checked on him and Tang Hao.
• Ning Fengzhi used the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to restore both fighters.
• Tang Hao admitted that Gu Han had beaten him despite the apparent draw, and the two agreed to face each other again at the same level.
• The other young fighters abandoned thoughts of competing, while Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen praised Gu Han and welcomed Tang Hao finding a worthy opponent.

Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu fought in No Man's Valley while the gathered factions watched Spirit Hall display its overwhelming strength. Ning Fengzhi reconsidered opposing Spirit Hall, and the chapter left the two Limit Douluo battling at full power.

• Tang Chen stayed with the Clear Sky Sect to challenge Qian Daoliu, while Chen Xin remained to seek a spar with Gu Han.
• Qian Xunji and six elders brought Gu Han and Bibi Dong to watch the duel, and Ning Fengzhi realized Spirit Hall had far more powerful Titled Douluo than he had expected.
• Ning Fengzhi abandoned his plans to counter Spirit Hall and began considering cooperation, while Gu Han reflected on the Clear Sky Sect's past retreat.
• Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu unleashed their full strength in No Man's Valley, and their battle shattered mountains and drove the spectators farther away.

Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen fought at full strength without using their trump cards, leaving the valley devastated before Qian Daoliu declared that he had lost by half a move. As the onlookers reflected on the battle, Ning Fengzhi weighed how either faction’s strength could threaten the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Tang Chen used Great Sumeru Hammer, and Qian Daoliu countered with Angel True Body, unleashing a blast that forced the spectators to defend themselves from the shockwaves.
• The onlookers, including Gu Han, Bibi Dong, Sword Douluo, and Tang Hao, reacted to the terrifying power of the Level 99 fighters and considered their own ambitions and limits.
• After the valley was devastated, Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu landed on separate mountain peaks, and Qian Daoliu acknowledged that he had lost by half a move.
• The Clear Sky Sect members celebrated Tang Chen’s apparent victory, while Ning Fengzhi worried that either Spirit Hall or the Clear Sky Sect becoming dominant would threaten the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi chose to bind the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Spirit Hall through extensive cooperation, while Chen Xin asked to teach Gu Han. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong successfully projecting sword qi under Gu Han's guidance.

• Ning Fengzhi decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not afford neutrality and proposed deepened cooperation with Spirit Hall.
• Qian Xunji agreed to negotiate the cooperation details with Ning Fengzhi.
• Chen Xin asked Qian Xunji for permission to instruct Gu Han, and Qian Xunji agreed.
• Qian Xunji led Chen Xin to the Saintess Hall's Training Ground, where Gu Han was teaching Bibi Dong swordsmanship.
• Bibi Dong projected sword qi and split a wooden dummy in two, then excitedly told Gu Han she had succeeded.

Gu Han sparred with Sword Douluo Chen Xin, impressing him with his swordsmanship and views on the Sword Dao. With Qian Xunji's approval, Gu Han accepted Chen Xin as a second master and gained a successor's place in the Chen family sword lineage.

• Qian Xunji arrived with Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, and Chen Xin praised Gu Han and Bibi Dong's sword skills before asking Gu Han to spar.
• Gu Han and Chen Xin exchanged sword techniques in the Martial Arts Arena, where Chen Xin outmatched him with a final strike that cut a lock of his hair.
• Chen Xin asked Gu Han what he believed the Sword Dao to be, and Gu Han said a sword should protect those he cared about.
• Chen Xin offered to pass on his sword techniques and insights into the Sword Dao and domains, and Gu Han sought Qian Xunji's approval.
• With Qian Xunji's consent, Gu Han bowed to Chen Xin and accepted him as his master, delighting Chen Xin.

Qian Xunji approved Gu Han becoming Chen Xin’s disciple, strengthening ties between Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. After bidding farewell to the departing elders, Gu Han prepared to help Dugu Bo resolve the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul’s poison problem with a method he had developed.

• Qian Xunji agreed to Chen Xin taking Gu Han as his apprentice, and Ning Fengzhi gave Gu Han a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School Token and pledged the school’s support.
• Chen Xin gave Gu Han a booklet of his Sword Dao insights before escorting Ning Fengzhi back to the sect.
• Yue Guan and Azure Luan Douluo departed for the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, while Gu Han and Bibi Dong planned to visit Dugu Bo the next day.
• Gu Han reasoned that Dugu Bo’s poison accumulated because his Meditation Method could not fully refine poison-attributed Soul Power.
• Gu Han developed a method to convert the accumulated poison into Soul Power, condense it into a Poison Pill, and gradually digest it, protecting Dugu Bo’s descendants from backlash.

Gu Han gave Dugu Bo an improved meditation method and a medicinal prescription to manage the poison caused by his martial soul. After Dugu Bo confirmed the method worked, he agreed to join Spirit Hall, and the group celebrated the Dugu Family’s relief.

• Gu Han and Bibi Dong visited Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin at their hotel.
• Gu Han explained that he had refined Dugu Bo’s meditation method to condense excess poisonous Soul Power into a Poison Pill, and offered a prescription to neutralize toxins until the pill was formed.
• Dugu Bo tried the method and found that it converted the poison accumulated in his body into Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo agreed to join Spirit Hall, while Dugu Xin praised Gu Han for his knowledge and accomplishments.
• Dugu Bo invited everyone out for a celebratory drink, and Bibi Dong told Gu Han he was amazing.

At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Gu Rong learned that Chen Xin had taken Gu Han, the Pope’s disciple, as an apprentice, and Ning Fengzhi explained why the sect should cooperate fully with Spirit Hall. The sect’s elders approved the alliance, while Spirit Hall sent Gui Mei to negotiate and welcomed Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin into its ranks.

• Gu Rong was astonished to learn that Chen Xin had taken Gu Han, the Pope’s disciple, as an apprentice, and Ning Fengzhi explained that Gu Han had Chen Xin’s and the Pope’s approval.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin and Gu Rong that Spirit Hall had revealed six previously unknown Titled Douluo above level 96, convincing them of its hidden strength and the value of cooperation.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong supported Ning Fengzhi’s plan, and Gu Rong summoned the sect’s elders to the Seven Treasure Great Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi overruled opposition and set the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s direction for cooperation with Spirit Hall over the coming decades or century.
• Qian Xunji sent Gui Mei to discuss cooperation with the sect, while Dugu Bo brought Dugu Xin to join Spirit Hall and received a grand internal welcome.

After Tang Hao pushed himself through relentless training following his draw with Gu Han, Tang Chen offered him a deadly path to quick strength and a domain. Tang Chen led Tang Hao away from the Clear Sky Sect to enter Slaughter City.

• Tang Yuehua and Tang Xiao worried that Tang Hao's nonstop training would cause him to suffer qi deviation, but Tang Chen continued secretly observing him.
• Tang Chen threw his Clear Sky Hammer at Tang Hao, who countered with the Great Sumeru Hammer, Disorder Splitting Wind and exhausted himself.
• Tang Chen praised Tang Hao's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and offered him a chance to gain a domain, warning that failure would mean death.
• Tang Hao accepted without hesitation, and Tang Chen entrusted the Clear Sky Sect's affairs to Tang Tian while he was away.
• Tang Chen and Tang Hao left for Slaughter City, where winning one hundred killings and passing through Hell Road could grant the Divine Slaughter's Domain.

Yu Xiaogang was bullied by fellow clan disciples over the resources spent on him, but Yu Yuanzhen intervened and defended the clan’s duty to support every direct-line disciple. Impressed by Yu Qingtian’s resolve to brave Thunder Gorge, Yu Yuanzhen took him to the Back Mountain and taught him a powerful boxing technique.

• Yu Qingtian and the other young disciples surrounded Yu Xiaogang and blamed him for their lost cultivation resources and the clan’s defeat by Tang Hao.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian arrived, and Yu Yuanzhen sent Yu Xiaogang away with Yu Luomian before reprimanding the disciples for insulting their clansman.
• Yu Yuanzhen reminded the disciples that the clan would never abandon a direct-line disciple and urged them to make their own way if they wanted to become stronger.
• Yu Qingtian apologized and asked permission to go to Thunder Gorge, and Yu Yuanzhen agreed to take him.
• Yu Yuanzhen brought Yu Qingtian to the Back Mountain and demonstrated a powerful boxing technique he had created using the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.

After half a year of rigorous training, Gu Han reached level 48 and learned Chen Xin’s insights into the Sword Dao and domains. Chen Xin returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving Gu Han to comprehend the teachings on his own.

• The Pope’s Wedding shocked the continent’s younger generation, and sects and academies intensified their cultivation training.
• Gu Han improved under Chen Xin’s harsh instruction, reaching level 48 and mastering the Seven Kill Sword Technique and Seven Kill Sword Qi to a proficient level.
• Chen Xin explained how domains worked and shared his Sword Dao and domain insights with Gu Han, who recorded them in the Nameless Technique.
• Chen Xin told Gu Han to seek him at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect if he needed guidance, then prepared to return to the sect.
• Gu Han and Bibi Dong saw Chen Xin off as he rode the Seven Kill Sword into the sky.

Gu Han and Bibi Dong, now level 50 Five-Ring Soul Kings, sparred with swords as Bibi Dong demonstrated her mastery of the Tai Chi Sword Technique. After the match, they discussed the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament and Spirit Hall’s strengthened lineup.

• Three years passed, and Gu Han and Bibi Dong both advanced to level 50 and became Five-Ring Soul Kings.
• Bibi Dong challenged Gu Han to a sword spar, using fierce swordsmanship before switching to the Tai Chi Sword Technique.
• Gu Han defended against Bibi Dong’s storm of sword qi and dispersed her attacks without trying to defeat her.
• Bibi Dong acknowledged Gu Han’s superior swordsmanship, and Gu Han praised her talent for grasping the essence of Tai Chi.
• Bibi Dong asked Gu Han who would win the tournament, while the narration described Spirit Hall’s powerful team and the early breakthroughs of Ling Yuan Douluo and Chrysanthemum Ghost.

Gu Han and Bibi Dong agreed to visit Coconut Grove City for its Lantern Festival, while both privately reflected on their growing feelings for each other. As Gu Han prepared to leave the next day, he wondered whether his interference had changed Bibi Dong’s future connection to Yu Xiaogang.

• Gu Han and Bibi Dong discussed the tournament and agreed to travel to Coconut Grove City for the Lantern Festival.
• Bibi Dong returned to her room and realized she had fallen in love with Gu Han, while worrying that he saw her only as a senior sister.
• Bibi Dong’s inner voices argued over how to win Gu Han’s affection, and she decided to take things slowly.
• Gu Han bathed, relaxed in his dormitory, and prepared to leave for Coconut Grove City with Bibi Dong the next day.
• Gu Han recalled that Bibi Dong had once fallen in love with Yu Xiaogang in Coconut Grove City and wondered whether his actions had changed that future.

Gu Han and Bibi Dong traveled from Spirit City to Coconut Grove City to enjoy its lantern festival. After arriving, they took a boat along the lantern-lit river and explored the lively streets together.

• Gu Han and Bibi Dong left Spirit City and spent four days sightseeing on their journey to Coconut Grove City.
• They arrived at night, and Bibi Dong asked Gu Han to take her boating among the floating Lotus Lanterns.
• Gu Han and Bibi Dong reached the busy riverfront, where he helped her ashore and they admired the colorful lanterns.
• Bibi Dong chose a Golden Mask for Gu Han, and Gu Han picked a Rabbit Mask for her.
• Bibi Dong teased Gu Han about the Rabbit Mask, then wore it and went to look at flower candy.

Gu Han and Bibi Dong spent the lantern festival making flower candy and confessed that they wanted to stay together forever. As they watched their Kongming Lantern rise, Gu Han reassured Bibi Dong that they would not separate, and he believed Qian Xunji was unlikely to oppose their relationship.

• Gu Han and Bibi Dong made flower candies at a stall, and Gu Han crafted Sun Wukong from Journey to the West.
• Gu Han paid the stall owner ten Gold Soul Coins for letting them try the craft.
• Bibi Dong attached portraits of herself and Gu Han to a Kongming Lantern and wished to stay with him forever.
• Gu Han returned Bibi Dong's feelings, and they released the lantern together while Gui Mei watched from the shadows.
• Bibi Dong asked whether their Master would oppose them, and Gu Han promised they would not separate.
• Gu Han reflected that Qian Xunji had treated them well and was unlikely to object to their relationship.

Qian Xunji passed the Angel Seventh Trial, and his Eighth Trial required him to have a child who awakened a Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul. Gu Han and Bibi Dong returned to Spirit City, where Light Feather Douluo greeted them with a knowing smile.

• Qian Xunji and the Elders approved of Gu Han and Bibi Dong's relationship.
• Qian Xunji's Eighth Trial appeared, requiring him to produce offspring who awakened a Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, with rewards for both him and the participant.
• Qian Daoliu encouraged Qian Xunji to finish the trial and offered him senior Spirit Hall positions afterward.
• Bibi Dong triumphantly announced her return to Spirit City, and Gu Han affectionately led her inside.
• Light Feather Douluo greeted Gu Han and Bibi Dong from the city wall and teased them about staying away longer.