Chapter Summaries

After the Maoshan Sect saved the surviving Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples, Ning Rongrong agreed to temporarily become Sect Master as Ye Zhou and Shi Jian moved to strengthen their influence over the sect. The Heaven Dou royal family responded by seeking powerful Soul Masters to recruit, while Tang Hao emerged from hiding and wondered what had happened during his recovery.

• Ye Zhou killed Ning Fengyuan and told the surviving Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples that the Maoshan Sect had come to their aid.
• Ye Zhou urged Ning Rongrong to temporarily assume the Sect Master position, and she agreed before entering the main discussion hall for the ceremony.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect survivors accepted Ning Rongrong as their acting Sect Master, while the Maoshan Sect disciples maintained order.
• After learning of the arrangement, Xue Ye accused the Maoshan Sect of trying to control the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and ordered Prince Xue Xing to recruit powerful Soul Masters for the royal family.
• Xue Ye decided the royal family could not interfere with Ning Rongrong's appointment or the alliance between the two sects.
• Tang Hao emerged from a thatched hut after suppressing his injuries and wondered how Tang San and Sect Master Ning were doing.

Tang Lian stole the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone from Holy Soul Village and delivered it to Ye Zhou in Heaven Dou City. After rewarding Tang Lian and learning about the Tang Sect, Ye Zhou began absorbing the soul bone while the Blue Silver Emperor plant reacted anxiously.

• Tang Hao learned Ning Fengzhi and two others would be executed in Spirit City, then headed toward Nuoding City to check on his son.
• Tang Lian took the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone and the Blue Silver Emperor plant from Holy Soul Village while Tang Hao was away.
• Tang Lian delivered the soul bone to Ye Zhou, who praised him and rewarded him with the Thousand Mechanisms Mystic Spirit Flower.
• Tang Lian stayed at the Maoshan Sect for several days, where his martial soul evolved and his Soul Power rose to level eighty-six.
• Ye Zhou absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone as the Blue Silver Emperor plant swayed anxiously in its flowerpot.

After absorbing the Blue Silver Emperor’s right leg bone and a thirty-thousand-year Soul Ring, Ye Zhou reached level 48 and tested his new strength against Shi Jian. He then sacrificed the Soul Beast’s corpse and summoned an Ancient Dragon Cauldron.

• Ye Zhou absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, gained the skills Wildfires Cannot Burn It All, Spring Breezes Bring It Back to Life and Flight, and rose to level 40.
• In Sunset Forest, Ye Zhou killed a wounded thirty-thousand-year Soul Beast and absorbed its Soul Ring, reaching level 48 and gaining Sun and Moon Shine Together.
• Ye Zhou sparred with Shi Jian, using his new buff skill to boost his speed and attack power and demonstrate his strengthened Soul Skills.
• Ye Zhou sacrificed the Soul Beast’s corpse and summoned the Ancient Dragon Cauldron, a durable medicinal cauldron that could improve pill-refining success.

The Maoshan Sect expanded by using the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s resources, and Qian He broke through to become its second Douluo. As the All-Continent Sect Conference approached, the Maoshan Sect and Tang Sect set out for Spirit City, where they expected to contest the sect rankings and where Shi Jian planned to attempt a rescue.

• The Maoshan Sect used the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s funds and name to recruit disciples while its veteran members infiltrated the sect’s businesses, and Ning Rongrong agreed to give it five million Gold Soul Coins for a possible rescue effort.
• Ye Zhou gave Qian He a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, and Qian He reached Level 90, hunted a Ninety-Thousand-Year Myriad Star Pivot Turtle, and advanced to Level 92 with his ninth Soul Skill.
• Shi Jian, Qian He, Ye Zhou, and Ning Rongrong departed for Spirit City so Ning Rongrong could represent the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect at the conference.
• Tang Lian and Tang Ze also set out with the Tang Sect, and Tang Ze urged Tang Lian to contend for a place among the Top Three Sects.

Tang Hao rescued Tang San and Xiao Wu from the Spirit Hall ambush near Nuoding City and took them away, while Yu Xiaogang arranged Tang San’s early graduation and suggested Shrek Academy. After returning to Spirit City, Yan Chixia learned they had escaped and resolved to search Moonlight Pavilion and Shrek Academy after the sect conference.

• Tang Hao revealed to Yu Xiaogang that Spirit Hall knew Tang San’s identity and asked him to arrange Tang San’s early graduation.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested that Tang Hao take Tang San to Shrek Academy in Suotuo City, and Tang Hao agreed.
• Tang Hao took Tang San away from the academy; Tang San asked him to bring Xiao Wu too, and Tang Hao took them both out of Nuoding City.
• Spirit Hall Soul Masters pursued Tang Hao but failed to catch him, then reported the escape to Spirit City.
• Yan Chixia returned to Spirit City, argued with Bibi Dong, and learned that Tang Hao had escaped with Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Yan Chixia suspected Moonlight Pavilion and Shrek Academy and vowed to search both after the All-Continent Sect Conference.

Bibi Dong confronted Ghostly and Yue Guan for siding with Yan Chixia, but the two Elders defied her and resisted her pressure. As Bibi Dong prepared to attack them, a golden longsword flew toward her face.

• Hu Liena reported which sects had arrived or were expected at the All-Continent Sect Conference, and Bibi Dong planned to pit the Maoshan Sect against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Bibi Dong accused Ghostly and Yue Guan of betraying her by supporting Yan Chixia in Heaven Dou City.
• Ghostly and Yue Guan defended their right to choose whom they supported and warned that Bibi Dong could not execute them without approval from the Elder Hall and Worship Hall.
• Bibi Dong released her Death Spider Emperor martial soul and pressured the two Elders, but they joined forces and withstood her.
• Bibi Dong raised her scepter to attack Ghostly and Yue Guan, but a golden longsword suddenly flew toward her face.

Yan Chixia joined Ghostly and Yue Guan in a fight against Bibi Dong, but Qian Daoliu stopped them and appointed Yan Chixia Great Elder. Bibi Dong vowed to make the Qian Family her enemy, while Ye Zhou and other conference attendees watched the conflict from a hotel.

• Yan Chixia arrived at Pope's Palace and helped Ghostly and Yue Guan force Bibi Dong's attack back.
• Qian Daoliu appeared and ordered the fighting to stop, then appointed Yan Chixia Great Elder of Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu warned Bibi Dong to respect the Elders and said she would remain Pope until Xue'er returned.
• Yan Chixia, Ghostly, and Yue Guan left the hall, while Bibi Dong told Hu Liena that the Qian Family was their enemy.
• Ye Zhou and other Soul Masters watched the disturbance at Pope's Palace from their hotel balconies.

Ye Zhou arranged for Ning Rongrong to visit her imprisoned father and elders before Spirit Hall executed them. When Ning Fengzhi saw Rongrong, he mistakenly believed Bibi Dong had captured her to threaten him.

• Ning Rongrong told Ye Zhou that Spirit Hall had put Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong on public display and planned to execute them before the All-Continent Sect Conference.
• Ye Zhou comforted Ning Rongrong and offered to seek permission for her to visit them.
• Ye Zhou and Daoist Qian He went to Yan Chixia, who wrote an authorization allowing the visit.
• Ye Zhou took Ning Rongrong to the execution platform and waited outside while she approached the three prisoners.
• Ning Fengzhi saw Rongrong and angrily accused Bibi Dong of capturing his daughter to threaten him.

Ning Rongrong visited Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin in Spirit Hall’s dungeon, where she learned Gu Rong had died and told her father how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had fallen into crisis. Ning Fengzhi realized the Maoshan Sect was absorbing the weakened sect, but resigned himself to Rongrong’s alliance and urged her never to oppose them.

• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin that Ye Zhou had helped her obtain permission to visit them.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Gu Rong had died from his severe injuries, and Ning Rongrong broke down in grief.
• Ning Rongrong recounted the attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the deaths of three elders, and the sect’s alliance with the Maoshan Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that Shi Jian intended to absorb the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and lamented that he had rescued Tang Hao instead of surrendering to Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi swallowed Ning Rongrong’s healing medicine and told her never to turn against the Maoshan Sect, whatever happened.

Ye Zhou and Shi Jian planned to use Gu Rong’s ghost to disrupt Spirit Hall’s execution and embarrass Bibi Dong. As all the sects arrived in Spirit City, Spirit Hall announced that Ning Fengzhi and two Titled Douluo would be executed the next day.

• Qian He sensed Gu Rong’s ghost near the execution platform and warned Ye Zhou that its heavy resentment would make it difficult to control.
• Ye Zhou decided to turn Gu Rong’s ghost against Spirit Hall, and Ning Rongrong cried in his arms after telling him that Grandpa Bone was dead.
• Ye Zhou persuaded Qian He to help provoke Gu Rong’s resentment, and Shi Jian approved the plan and said he would subdue the ghost himself.
• The sects arrived in Spirit City over the next two days until every force registered for the All-Continent Sect Conference had gathered.
• Pope’s Palace ordered everyone to rest and watch Spirit Hall execute Ning Fengzhi and two Titled Douluo the next day.

At the execution platform, Shi Jian and Ye Zhou met Yu Yuanzhen and agreed that their sects should support one another amid Spirit Hall’s growing power. Bibi Dong then discovered Tang Lian’s extraordinary strength, leaving the gathered Soul Masters stunned by his age and level.

• Ye Zhou kept Ning Rongrong at the hotel under Yue Buqun’s protection while he, Shi Jian, and Maoshan Sect Disciples went to watch the execution.
• Qian He stayed behind to prepare a spell with ritual tools and talismans.
• Yu Yuanzhen greeted Shi Jian and Ye Zhou, then proposed that the Maoshan Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect support each other, and Shi Jian agreed.
• Bibi Dong arrived, and most of the sects knelt to greet her while Shi Jian, Yu Yuanzhen, and Tang Lian remained standing.
• Bibi Dong questioned Tang Lian about his age and Soul Power, and Tang Lian revealed that he was twenty-two and an eighty-sixth-level battle Soul Fighting Luo, stunning the gathered Soul Masters.

Tang Lian stunned Spirit Hall with his level and rejected Bibi Dong’s offer to make him her disciple. Bibi Dong returned to the execution platform after Yan Chixia interrupted her, while Daoist Qian He began a spell to unleash Gu Rong’s power.

• Bibi Dong rushed at Tang Lian, exchanged over a dozen blows with him, and confirmed he was twenty-two years old.
• Bibi Dong rebuked a Soul Fighting Luo for demanding that Tang Lian kneel, then offered to take him as her disciple and imagined matching him with Hu Liena.
• Tang Lian refused Bibi Dong’s offer, saying he already had a master, and Bibi Dong questioned his explanation.
• Yan Chixia arrived with Ghostly and Yue Guan, told Bibi Dong to stop pressuring Tang Lian, and prompted her to return to the seat of honor.
• Daoist Qian He used a Command Flag to summon wind and dark clouds across the execution platform as he chanted to unleash Gu Rong’s might.

As Spirit Hall prepared to execute Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, Gu Rong’s ghost appeared and freed them. Bibi Dong attacked the ghost herself after Ghostly and Yue Guan refused to engage.

• Yu Yuanzhen questioned the execution as the sky darkened, while Bibi Dong ordered the gathered Soul Masters to take their seats.
• Bibi Dong approved the execution, but lightning struck the platform and Gu Rong’s ghost appeared, blasting away the executioners.
• Gu Rong’s ghost recognized Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, then named Bibi Dong, Yan Chixia, Ghostly, and Yue Guan as his enemies.
• Yan Chixia explained that Gu Rong might truly be a ghost, and Gu Rong confirmed his identity before rushing to free Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin.
• Ghostly and Yue Guan declined to fight Gu Rong, so Bibi Dong attacked him herself.

Bibi Dong fought Gu Rong’s ghost after he returned as a powerful bone dragon, while the gathered sect leaders watched and debated whether to intervene. As Bibi Dong discovered that physical attacks could not keep him down, she switched to her second Martial Soul.

• Bibi Dong attacked Gu Rong’s ghost with Death Spider Emperor Binding, but he sent Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi through a spatial gate and transformed into a bone dragon.
• Gu Rong’s bone dragon tore through Bibi Dong’s web and battled her Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul Avatar, growing stronger when she used Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Yan Chixia explained that Gu Rong’s resentment and anger were strengthening him, and he offered to intervene if Bibi Dong began to lose.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked whether the sects should take advantage of Spirit Hall’s predicament, but Ye Zhou and Shi Jian advised him to keep watching.
• After the execution platform was reduced to ruins, Bibi Dong realized Gu Rong could recover from physical injuries and switched to her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Soul.

Daoist Qian He strengthened Gu Rong’s ghost during its battle with Bibi Dong, suffering severe backlash as the bone dragon was defeated. Yan Chixia rescued Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin from the ghost’s separate space, beheaded them, and took charge of the All-Continent Sect Conference by sending the factions to compete in the Soul Fighting Arena.

• Daoist Qian He used a spell to strengthen Gu Rong’s bone dragon as it clashed with Bibi Dong’s soul skills.
• Bibi Dong wounded Gu Rong’s ghost with her attacks, while Qian He reinforced the dragon and was knocked unconscious by the backlash.
• Gu Rong’s ghost vanished after Bibi Dong defeated it, and Bibi Dong collapsed from exhaustion.
• Yan Chixia opened a spatial gate and pulled Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin out of the separate space.
• Yan Chixia beheaded Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, then took over the conference because Bibi Dong could not preside.
• Yan Chixia led the sect representatives to the Soul Fighting Arena to decide the Seven Great Sects through matches.

After Bibi Dong was badly injured, Qian Daoliu appointed Yan Chixia Acting Pope while she recovered. Shi Jian defeated Yu Yuanzhen to win the sect tournament for the Maoshan Sect, and Tang Lian prepared to defend third place against Tuo Ba Xi.

• Falling Devil Douluo told Qian Daoliu that Gu Rong's ghost had appeared and Bibi Dong was seriously injured; Qian Daoliu ordered Yan Chixia to act as Pope during her recovery.
• Shi Jian absorbed Yu Yuanzhen's ninth soul skill with his eighth, healed himself, and defeated Yu Yuanzhen with Lightning Flash Fist.
• Yan Chixia declared the Maoshan Sect the number one sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect second; Tang Lian then took the stage to defend third place.
• After the other sect masters hesitated to challenge Tang Lian, Tuo Ba Xi stepped forward and faced him on the stage.
• Yan Chixia recognized Tuo Ba Xi as a former Spirit Hall Platinum Bishop who had founded the Holy Dragon Sect at Bibi Dong's instruction.

Tang Lian defeated Tuo Ba Xi and secured third place for the Tang Sect, finalizing the new Seven Great Sects. After learning of the Maoshan Sect’s strength, Bibi Dong urged Hu Liena to ask Yan Chixia to ambush Shi Jian and the Maoshan Sect on their way back to Heaven Dou City.

• Tang Lian used Hidden Weapons and his Soul Skills to defeat Tuo Ba Xi, who was carried away unconscious.
• Yan Chixia declared the Tang Sect third, naming the Maoshan Sect, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and Tang Sect the Top Three Sects and announcing the rest of the new Seven Great Sects.
• Yue Guan invited the sect masters and Elders to a feast before they departed Spirit City the next day.
• Hu Liena reported the tournament results and Shi Jian’s abilities to the recovering Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena to ask Yan Chixia to join Ghostly and Yue Guan in ambushing the Maoshan Sect and killing Shi Jian.

Ye Zhou prepared healing pills for the injured Qian He while Yan Chixia rejected Bibi Dong’s assassination plan. Hu Liena then demanded that Yan Chixia promise to bear the consequences alone if the Maoshan Sect ever became Spirit Hall’s enemy.

• At the banquet, Yue Buqun told Yu Luomian that Ye Zhou had left to handle a report from a disciple.
• Ye Zhou returned to Qian He’s room with healing marrow bones and began refining pills while Shi Jian treated Qian He.
• Hu Liena relayed Bibi Dong’s request that Yan Chixia arrange assassinations against the Maoshan Sect.
• Yan Chixia refused to assassinate anyone and told Hu Liena that Bibi Dong could attack the Maoshan Sect herself at her own risk.
• Hu Liena asked Yan Chixia to promise that he alone would bear the consequences if the Maoshan Sect and Spirit Hall became enemies, stunning him and the elders nearby.

Yan Chixia rejected Bibi Dong’s demand to target the Maoshan Sect, then the sect departed Spirit City safely. In Suotuo City, Tang San heard that the Tang Sect had been named the Third Under Heaven Sect.

• Hu Liena conveyed Bibi Dong’s demand for Yan Chixia to guarantee the Maoshan Sect would not threaten Spirit Hall, but Yan Chixia refused and insulted Bibi Dong.
• Yan Chixia warned Yue Guan and Ghostly against provoking the Maoshan Sect, and Bibi Dong spat blood in anger after hearing his response.
• The Maoshan Sect and other sects left Spirit City; Ye Zhou reassured Qian He that Bibi Dong was too injured and isolated to ambush them.
• Ye Zhou said he would not harm Ning Rongrong as the Maoshan Sect prepared to absorb the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• In Suotuo City, Tang San and Xiao Wu heard passersby say the Tang Sect had been chosen as the Third Under Heaven Sect, shocking Tang San.

After enrolling at Shrek Academy, Tang San and Xiao Wu entered Suotuo City and learned that a newly founded Tang Sect had become the Third Under Heaven Sect. Hearing that its young sect master used deadly poison and Hidden Weapons left Tang San wondering whether the sect was connected to the Tang Sect from his previous life.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu had stayed at Shrek Academy under Tang Hao's warning not to reveal their identities, but Xiao Wu persuaded Tang San to accompany her into Suotuo City.
• Tang San heard that Tang Sect had won the Third Under Heaven Sect position and asked passersby about the unfamiliar sect.
• A burly man explained that Tang Sect had been founded only half a year earlier and that its sect master, Tang Lian, was a twenty-two-year-old Soul Fighting Luo who had impressed the Pope at the sect competition.
• The burly man described Tang Lian's strange, deadly-poisoned martial soul and his remarkable Hidden Weapons, causing Tang San to suspect a connection to the Tang Sect from his previous life.