Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to join the Tai Chi Sect and learned to transform his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor into a sword. Zhao Xiaotian appointed Dugu Bo to the Council of Elders and continued inspecting the sect, advising Zhu Zhuqing on training candidates for the Inspection Team before visiting Ma Hongjun at the Martial Gate.

• Dugu Bo arrived with Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu, then offered to join the Tai Chi Sect because it lacked a Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Wu discovered that their beast Martial Souls had become small soul beasts, and Zhao Xiaotian taught them to transform those beasts into weapons.
• Zhao Wuji transformed his Great Vajra Bear into a hammer, Dugu Yan turned her Jade Phosphor Snake into a sword, and Xiao Wu turned her Soft Bone Rabbit into a bow.
• Dugu Bo transformed his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor into a jade-green longsword, and Zhao Xiaotian appointed him to the Council of Elders and made Dugu Yan an inner disciple.
• Zhao Xiaotian told Zhu Zhuqing to train Inspection Team candidates strictly and ensure they memorized Yin Yang City's laws and regulations.
• Zhao Xiaotian visited the Martial Gate, praised Ma Hongjun's orderly training, and received greetings from Ma Hongjun and the disciples.

Zhao Xiaotian prepared Yin Yang City and Tai Chi Sect to receive the Agility, Soul Breaking, and Defense Clans, then restricted their use of Martial Souls inside sect territory. The visiting clans challenged the rule, and Flender confronted them over their attitude toward joining the sect.

• Zhao Xiaotian visited Reincarnation Academy, assigned Flender responsibility for managing Reincarnation City, and told the Elders to gather at Tai Chi Sect for the three clans’ arrival.
• The Reincarnation God and Asura God argued over their inheritors while Tang San reached eighty-eight victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Zhao Xiaotian and the Elders waited outside Yin Yang City before Bai He, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao arrived with their clans and declared they had come to join the sect.
• Inside the city, Bai Chenxiang found that her Martial Soul and soul skills were restricted, and Zhao Xiaotian explained that they could not be used there without permission.
• Bai He demanded an explanation, and Flender blamed the clans for failing to ask about the sect’s secret techniques and questioned their attitude.

Zhao Xiaotian used the Tai Chi Sect’s strength to force the three single-attribute clans to join, then assigned their leaders positions within the sect. The chapter ended with the cities’ crime rates at zero and Zhao Xiaotian dismissing a letter about Spirit Hall’s problems.

• Yang Wudi tried to mediate after Bai He and Bai Chenxiang argued, but Zhao Xiaotian rebuked the clans for arriving late and acting arrogantly.
• Zhao Xiaotian revealed his powerful soul rings and summoned several formidable beasts, frightening the three clans into swearing loyalty to the Tai Chi Sect.
• The Tai Chi Sect’s patrols and Inspection Team eliminated crime in Yin Yang City and Reincarnation City, while Spirit Hall struggled to enforce the same regulations.
• Zhao Xiaotian received a letter from Hu Liena but chose not to involve himself in Spirit Hall’s affairs.
• Zhao Xiaotian appointed Yang Wudi Gate Master of the Alchemy Gate, Dugu Bo its deputy, and Bai He deputy Gate Master of the Shadow Gate, granting Bai He a hereditary privilege.

Zhao Xiaotian assigned Niu Gao and Bai He key roles in the Tai Chi Sect while Dugu Bo joined their gathering. A year later, Tang San completed his hundredth slaughter match but was sent to the Hell Road, and Ning Fengzhi arrived at the Tai Chi Sect with Ning Rongrong to visit Zhao Xiaotian.

• Zhao Xiaotian appointed Niu Gao Director of Sect Construction and gave him authority to order demolitions and call on the Tai Chi Army.
• Dugu Bo arrived, introduced himself to Yang Wudi as the honorary head of the Alchemy Gate, and invited him to call him Uncle Poison.
• Bai He proposed expanding the Shadow Gate's intelligence work, and Zhao Xiaotian suggested combining covert techniques with weapons forged by Lou Gao for assassination missions.
• Tang San won his hundredth match in the Hell Slaughter Arena, then a mysterious force sent him to the Hell Road before the Slaughter King could meet him.
• A disciple told Zhao Xiaotian that Ning Fengzhi had come to visit, and Zhao Xiaotian went to the sect entrance with Niu Gao.
• Ning Fengzhi said Ning Rongrong had followed him because she admired Zhao Xiaotian, while Niu Gao insulted him under his breath.

Zhao Xiaotian rejected Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin’s demand to share the Tai Chi Sect’s cultivation technique, then forced them to withdraw. He left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect facing a demand for five hundred million Gold Soul Coins to cover damage to the sect hall.

• Chen Xin demanded that the Tai Chi Sect share its cultivation technique, and Niu Gao angrily challenged him before Zhao Xiaotian invited Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin into the main hall.
• Ning Fengzhi repeated his request, but Dugu Bo arrived and sided with Zhao Xiaotian as Chen Xin threatened the Tai Chi Sect.
• Zhao Xiaotian unleashed overwhelming pressure that pinned Chen Xin down, and Ning Fengzhi apologized and promised not to return to Tai Chi Sect territory.
• Ning Rongrong rushed in to defend Chen Xin, and Zhao Xiaotian signaled the hidden source of the pressure to release him before ordering Niu Gao to escort the visitors out.
• Ning Fengzhi hesitated to leave, so Zhao Xiaotian’s pressure forced Chen Xin to kneel again until Ning Fengzhi agreed to depart.
• Zhao Xiaotian demanded compensation for the damaged floor, and Niu Gao named a five-hundred-million-Gold-Soul-Coin payment that Ning Fengzhi was told to send after returning home.

Ning Fengzhi retaliated against the Tai Chi Sect while the Asura God manipulated Tang San’s trials and sent him back to Holy Spirit Village, where he slaughtered villagers before evolving his Blue Silver Grass. Tang San left the Blue Silver Forest under orders to impress Xue Qinghe, while Zhao Xiaotian planned the Tai Chi Sect’s next steps and reviewed its growing ranks.

• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s businesses to stop supplying the Tai Chi Sect and refused to readily pay its compensation.
• The Asura God tampered with Qian Renxue’s divine trial and sent Tang San to the Blue Silver Forest to rebuild and evolve his martial soul.
• Tang San returned to Holy Spirit Village and killed Old Jack and many villagers before heading into the Blue Silver Forest.
• The Blue Silver King restored Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and bloodline, and Tang San received a third trial directing him to impress Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Zhao Xiaotian gave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect three more days to deliver compensation and reviewed the Tai Chi Sect’s construction plans and membership totals.

Zhao Xiaotian learned that the Reincarnation God King planned to give him his fourth divine trial during the sect’s disciple recruitment convention, while the God King revealed the Asura God’s past attempts to kill him. After reviewing the preparations, Zhao Xiaotian postponed the convention by three days and ordered the sect to publicize it across the continent.

• Ma Hongjun returned to Martial Gate to train its disciples, while Oscar and Flender began arranging help for the recruitment convention.
• Zhao Xiaotian meditated and spoke with the Reincarnation God King, who explained how the Asura God had arranged the massacre of Zhao Family Village and caused the deaths of Zhao Xiaotian’s parents.
• Zhu Zhuqing brought Zhao Xiaotian documents for review, including a report that many factions had already sent recommendation letters for the recruitment.
• Zhu Zhuqing proposed one-on-one contests for prospective disciples and suggested ignoring the recommendation letters; Zhao Xiaotian approved her plan.
• Zhao Xiaotian postponed the recruitment convention by three days and ordered Shadow Gate, the Shadow Guards, Reincarnation Academy, and Martial Gate to spread the news across the continent.

The Tai Chi Sect’s apprentice recruitment tournament drew attention across both empires, prompting royal families to decide who would attend. As the tournament began in Yin Yang City, Zhao Xiaotian and the Elders prepared to assess potential disciples.

• Notices announced the Tai Chi Sect’s recruitment tournament, and news spread across the continent.
• Xue Ye ordered Xue Beng to attend the tournament, while Qian Renxue decided not to interfere with his journey.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered Marshal Zhu to send Zhu Family juniors after Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi both refused to go.
• Zhao Xiaotian, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Bo prepared to oversee the tournament, and Zhao Xiaotian asked them to examine the candidates carefully.
• Yinshu opened the tournament before Zhao Xiaotian and the Elders appeared above the plaza, while Ma Hongjun took interest in a red-haired youth.

Zhao Xiaotian and Dugu Bo explained the apprentice recruitment tournament’s rules and prize, then the matches began. Xie Heng defeated Zhu Yu’er and Kuang Hai, drawing offers from Yang Wudi and Xie Yue, while Kuang Hai was recruited as an outer disciple.

• Zhao Xiaotian announced the tournament rules, and Dugu Bo revealed a fifty-seven-thousand-year Blazing Sky Flame Torso Bone as the prize for the final contestant standing.
• Zhu Yu’er challenged the crowd, but Xie Heng beat her by blocking her claw strike with his Formation Breaking Saber.
• Xie Heng exploited openings in Kuang Hai’s attacks and struck him down, after which Yang Wudi stopped the fight and declared Kuang Hai defeated.
• Ma Hongjun offered Kuang Hai a place as an outer disciple, and Zhao Xiaotian approved the recruitment.
• Yang Wudi and Xie Yue both asked Xie Heng to become their disciple, while Zhao Xiaotian explained that Lou Gao already had many personal disciples.

The Tai Chi Sect’s apprentice recruitment conference concluded with Xie Yue taking thirteen-year-old Xie Heng as his disciple and Xue Beng being assigned as a menial disciple. That night, the elders’ new personal and registered disciples introduced themselves, and Zhao Xiaotian arranged for their disciple tokens to be made.

• Yang Wudi yielded Xie Heng to Xie Yue, who accepted the thirteen-year-old as his personal disciple.
• Xue Beng introduced himself as a Level Forty-Four White Swan Soul Master, but Oscar assigned him to serve as a menial disciple, and Taibo took him to register.
• The recruitment conference finished in one day, and Zhao Xiaotian gathered the elders and their newly accepted disciples in the main hall.
• The disciples introduced themselves and their Martial Souls, including Dugu Bo’s twin disciples Haifeng and Haimo, Yang Wudi’s disciples Yang Zaixing and Jie, and Zhu Zhuqing’s disciples Zhu Yu’er and Zhu Yuer.
• Lou Gao prepared to register the disciples and make their personal disciple tokens, while the remaining disciples introduced themselves to the elders.

Zhao Xiaotian organized his forces to collect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s unpaid compensation while ordering preparations against spies and opposition. After reaching Soul Douluo, he received a trial to defeat Sword and Bone Douluos and led his army toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Zhao Xiaotian assigned the Elders and disciples to gather intelligence, prepare weapons and supplies, and ready forces for the expedition.
• Zhao Xiaotian ordered Dugu Bo to eliminate spies, then killed a maid revealed as a Star Luo Empire spy.
• Zhao Xiaotian cultivated through the night, reached Level 80, and condensed a four-hundred-thousand-year eighth soul ring.
• The Reincarnation God King gave Zhao Xiaotian a trial to defeat Chen Xin and Bone Douluo without assistance or enhancements.
• Zhao Xiaotian distributed the remaining Spirit Weapons, gathered the Martial Gate, Tai Chi Army, and Beast Gate forces, and set out for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Zhao Xiaotian's army encountered Spirit Hall forces led by Qian Gu Yunheng while advancing toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After Xie Yue confronted Qian Gu Yunheng, Zhao Xiaotian dismissed him and his troops, and the march continued.

• Ma Hongjun and Xie Yue discussed whether their army was strong enough to destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as Zhao Xiaotian meditated.
• Xie Yue ordered the Tai Chi Army into a defensive formation when Spirit Hall's army appeared ahead.
• Xie Yue recognized Qian Gu Yunheng and held his Bloodthirsty Moon Blade to the commander's neck.
• Zhao Xiaotian ended his meditation, learned that Qian Gu Yunheng had blocked their route, and demanded an explanation.
• Qian Gu Yunheng said the Pope had sent him to assist in destroying the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Zhao Xiaotian drove him and his army away.
• Xie Yue and Ma Hongjun ordered the Tai Chi Army to continue marching while Zhao Xiaotian resumed meditating.

Zhao Xiaotian confronted Ning Fengzhi at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect over a billion Gold Soul Coins and defeated the sect’s defenders while his army attacked. After killing Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo and pinning Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong to a wall, he completed the Reincarnation God’s fourth trial and received powerful rewards.

• Zhao Xiaotian ordered Xie Yue and Ma Hongjun to wait outside the sect while he entered alone to demand the overdue billion Gold Soul Coins.
• Zhao Xiaotian severed Bone Douluo Gu Rong’s arm and fought Sword Douluo Chen Xin as Ning Fengzhi boosted Chen Xin with his Martial Soul.
• Zhao Xiaotian released a sword aura to signal Xie Yue and Ma Hongjun, who launched the attack and led the Taiji Army into the sect with help from the Shadow Guards and Shadow Gate disciples.
• Zhao Xiaotian suppressed Gu Rong and Chen Xin, then killed them with his thunder-wreathed spear despite Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi begging him to stop.
• Zhao Xiaotian pinned Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong to a wall, then received the Reincarnation God’s fourth-trial rewards: upgraded soul rings, the Reincarnation Sword, and Soul Power at level 86.

Zhao Xiaotian’s forces crushed the Murong Family’s attempt to seize Yin Yang City and Reincarnation City, killing the family’s patriarch and heirs. The Tai Chi Sect celebrated its victory as Spirit Hall prepared a new commander and Zhao Xiaotian sensed that greater upheaval was coming.

• Zhao Xiaotian spared the captured Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples and sent Flender to take them to Oscar for a decision.
• Zhu Zhuqing overheard Murong Hai and Murong Rui plan to attack Yin Yang City and Reincarnation City, then sent word to Zhao Xiaotian.
• Zhao Xiaotian divided his forces, sending Di Tian to intercept Murong Hai while Bai He and Ma Hongjun attacked the Murong Family estate.
• Qian Jun Douluo crippled Qian Gu Yunheng, while Bibi Dong agreed with Hu Liena that Yan should replace him as Spirit Hall’s elite commander.
• Di Tian’s soul beasts engaged Murong Hai’s army on the Lima Plains until Zhao Xiaotian arrived with the Tai Chi Army and killed Murong Hai and Murong Rui.
• Xie Yue killed the last Murong Family member, and Zhao Xiaotian’s forces celebrated their victory.

Tai Chi Sect debated Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Operation, and Zhao Xiaotian accepted the invitation after Xue Beng argued that cooperation was necessary. Days later, Zhao Xiaotian arrived at Spirit Hall with a group of dragons, and Bibi Dong ordered the operation to begin.

• Niu Gao told the Tai Chi Sect elders that Spirit Hall had invited them to join its campaign against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and other factions that refused to submit.
• Zhao Xiaotian asked the elders why they had founded the sect, and Xue Beng entered to argue that the Tai Chi Sect had earned the common people’s support and should accept Spirit Hall’s invitation.
• Yang Wudi and Bai He challenged Xue Beng’s advice, but Zhao Xiaotian approved it, and Niu Gao sent word that the sect would participate.
• Zhao Xiaotian assigned Xie Yue, Ma Hongjun, Zhao Wuji, and Oscar to prepare troops and supplies, then appointed Xue Beng an outer disciple of Reincarnation Academy.
• Days later, Zhao Xiaotian appeared above Spirit Hall’s central plaza atop Di Tian’s dragon head as black-cloaked forces gathered for the operation.
• Bibi Dong ordered the assembled forces to set out.

Zhao Xiaotian, Bibi Dong, and their forces attacked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Yu Yuanzhen rushed to defend it. Ma Hongjun broke through to level sixty and killed Yu Tianheng with his newly formed sixth soul skill, leaving Yu Tianxin grieving and enraged.

• Bibi Dong attacked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's gate, and Zhao Xiaotian ordered the Tai Chi Sect disciples and soul beast army to charge inside.
• Yu Yuanzhen hurried down Thunder Dragon Mountain as Spirit Hall's forces overwhelmed the clan's defenders.
• Zhao Xiaotian ordered Xiong Jun to restrain Yu Luomian without killing him after Liu Erlong appeared and pleaded silently for her father.
• Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin charged at Zhao Xiaotian, while Ma Hongjun broke through to level sixty and transformed his Phoenix Staff into a spear.
• Ma Hongjun killed Yu Tianheng with his sixth soul skill, Phoenix Cloud Piercing Strike, and Yu Tianxin cried out in grief and fury.

Ma Hongjun killed Yu Tianxin, and Zhao Xiaotian, Bibi Dong, Di Tian, and Xiong Jun brought down Yu Yuanzhen, leading to the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. As Spirit Hall debated a coup to establish a nation and the Tai Chi Sect’s role, Zhao Xiaotian arrived after hearing Hu Yan Zhen challenge the sect.

• Ma Hongjun defeated and killed Yu Tianxin, then Yu Yuanzhen awakened the True Dragon Nine Crowns and temporarily reached Level 99.
• Zhao Xiaotian and Bibi Dong fought Yu Yuanzhen until Xiong Jun and Di Tian intervened; Di Tian tore away the True Dragon Nine Crowns, and Xiong Jun killed Yu Yuanzhen.
• Spirit Hall declared the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan destroyed and began hunting and imprisoning its survivors.
• Tang San asked Xue Qinghe to convey his request to meet Xue Ye, and Xue Qinghe offered him a place to stay in the imperial palace while he arranged it.
• Bibi Dong discussed launching a coup to establish a nation, while Hu Yan Zhen questioned the Tai Chi Sect’s position and Niu Gao reacted angrily.
• Zhao Xiaotian kicked open the meeting-room door after hearing Hu Yan Zhen mock the Tai Chi Sect.

Zhao Xiaotian defeated Hu Yan Zhen in a fight outside the Papal Palace, after which Bibi Dong resumed the meeting. In Heaven Dou Imperial City, Tang San persuaded Xue Ye to back his hidden weapons, while Lou Gao began preparing the Tai Chi Sect for looming conflict.

• Hu Yan Zhen challenged Zhao Xiaotian, but Bibi Dong ordered them outside to settle their dispute in a fight.
• Zhao Xiaotian dodged Hu Yan Zhen’s attacks while eating and drinking, then overwhelmed him with his spear and left him unconscious in a crater.
• Bibi Dong declared the interruption over and returned to business at the Papal Palace.
• Tang San demonstrated that a Godly Zhuge Crossbow could pierce a thick wall, persuading Xue Ye to support his plans and appoint him Heaven Dou’s Imperial Advisor.
• The Heaven Dou Empire began recruiting blacksmiths and gathering rare ores, while Lou Gao ordered the Forging Gate to mass-produce weapons and armor.

Zhao Xiaotian oversaw the Tai Chi Sect’s preparations while Bibi Dong announced and then founded the Spirit Hall Empire. As the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires braced for the threat, Zhao Xiaotian decided the Tai Chi Sect would attend the founding ceremony because its land belonged to Spirit Hall.

• Lou Gao reported that the Tai Chi Sect’s disciples had received Spirit Weapons, and Zhao Xiaotian rewarded him with a three-hundred-thousand-year soul bone.
• Bibi Dong announced that Spirit Hall would become the Spirit Hall Empire, while Tang San established the Tang Sect and produced hidden weapons with Heaven Dou’s support.
• Dai Tianfeng monitored the rivalry between Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi, who each commanded half of the Star Luo Empire’s 2.8 million troops.
• After receiving Bibi Dong’s invitation, Zhao Xiaotian told the Tai Chi Sect Elders they should attend because their land belonged to Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong worshipped the Angel Statue on Angel Sacred Mountain and officially established the Spirit Hall Empire.

Zhao Xiaotian and Lou Gao discussed the sect’s growth as the God Kings of Reincarnation, Time, and Space planned for Zhao Xiaotian to inherit all three of their God Positions. After receiving a letter about the All-Continent Sect Competition, Zhao Xiaotian agreed that Tai Chi Sect would participate.

• Zhao Xiaotian told Lou Gao he was not in a hurry to forge a weapon, while the sect’s leaders awaited his breakthrough to rank ninety.
• The Reincarnation God King discussed Zhao Xiaotian with the Time God King and Space God King, who proposed that he inherit all three God Positions.
• The Reincarnation God King glimpsed Zhao Xiaotian wielding the three Gods’ powers in the future and was blasted away by the terrifying power.
• Zhao Xiaotian received a letter and summoned the Elders of Tai Chi Sect to a meeting.
• Xie Yue explained that the All-Continent Sect Competition would select the new sects and a nation-protecting sect, and Zhao Xiaotian declared that Tai Chi Sect would participate.