Chapter Summaries

Tang San reached the Clear Sky Sect’s mountain village and identified Tang Yuehua as his aunt to gain entry. After sect members escorted him toward the sect, he followed them up a steep stone mountain, prepared to accept punishment for his father’s sins.

• Tang San told the villagers that Tang Yuehua was his aunt, and they welcomed him into the village and notified the sect.
• A hostile, broad-shouldered man in grey arrived with two companions and led Tang San away without introducing himself.
• Tang San kept pace with the three men using his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and helped the two companions catch up when they fell behind.
• The group reached a steep, smooth stone mountain, where the leading man began climbing using footholds cut into the wall.
• Tang San followed the two grey-clothed men upward, matching their climbing method without revealing his abilities.

Tang San crossed the perilous iron chains leading through the mountains to the Clear Sky Sect and earned Tang Long’s recognition for his strength. He arrived at the sect’s mountaintop stronghold, where Tang Long explained how disciples transported supplies across the chains.

• Tang San followed three robed men through the steep mountain range and crossed a swaying iron chain over a deep ravine.
• As the group crossed an icy chain between the fourth and fifth peaks, Tang San secured a safety harness and followed behind the others.
• Tang San reached the fifth peak and saw the gray, castle-like complex where the Clear Sky Sect was located.
• Tang San asked Tang Long how the sect brought in supplies, and Tang Long explained that disciples transported them across the chains as part of their training.
• Tang Long acknowledged Tang San’s steadiness and strength, while the group’s hostility toward him eased.

Tang San entered Clear Sky Sect and revealed the extraordinary Spirit Ring configuration on his Clear Sky Hammer, earning Tang Long’s respect. He met the Sect Master under intense pressure and calmly knelt to greet him, leaving Tang Long astonished.

• Tang Long warned Tang San that the Sect Master and Elders would judge him despite Tang Long’s personal support.
• Tang San showed the mountain guards his Clear Sky Hammer and explained that his Twin Martial Souls allowed it to absorb unusually powerful Spirit Rings.
• Tang Long led Tang San through Clear Sky Sect and described its members, buildings, and training practices.
• Tang San entered the Sect Master’s room, with Tang Tian waiting outside, and faced the Sect Master’s overwhelming aura.
• Tang San stayed composed, knelt before the Sect Master, and greeted him, astonishing Tang Long.

Tang San met Clear Sky Sect Master Tang Xiao, who welcomed him as family despite Tang Hao’s past and warned that the sect’s Elders would challenge his place in the clan. Tang Long later explained the sect’s opposing views of Tang Hao and confirmed that Tang San’s Ancestral Recognition ceremony would face obstruction.

• Tang San knelt before Tang Xiao and offered to bear responsibility for Tang Hao’s actions, while Tang Xiao dismissed Tang Long to replace the table he had crushed.
• Tang San explained that Tang Hao remained beside Ah Yin, who had become Blue Silver Grass, and Tang Xiao said he understood Tang Hao’s choices and told Tang San to call him Uncle.
• Tang Xiao arranged Tang San’s Ancestral Recognition ceremony for the next day and warned that strength would be needed to overcome the Elders’ opposition.
• Tang San moved into the third-generation disciples’ quarters, where Tang Long visited and described the factions divided over Tang Hao’s actions.
• Tang San asked Tang Long whether the Elders would obstruct his Ancestral Recognition.

Tang Long warned Tang San that the Elders would obstruct his Ancestral Recognition and advised him to prove his strength. When Tang San arrived at the front courtyard for the ceremony, he silenced the sect members’ insults by releasing overwhelming Killing Intent.

• Tang Long told Tang San that the Elders would likely reject him unless he demonstrated his strength and contributed to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San spent the night cultivating, then shared breakfast with Tang Long, who warned him to be careful and said he could refuse challenges if necessary.
• Tang Long led Tang San to the front courtyard, where Tang Xiao and the five first-generation Elders had gathered with nearly all the sect’s direct-line disciples.
• A sect member insulted Tang Hao and Tang San, prompting younger disciples to join in until Tang San released his Killing Intent and silenced the courtyard.

Tang San sought Ancestral Recognition at Clear Sky Sect, apologizing for his father’s past while confronting Seventh Elder for insulting his late mother. Longbrow Elder refused to recognize him as a sect member and ordered him to spar with Tang Hu.

• Tang San used Divine Slaughter's Domain to intimidate a disciple who had insulted him, then greeted Tang Xiao and the Elders.
• Tang San knelt and asked to atone for Tang Hao’s actions and be allowed Ancestral Recognition, but Seventh Elder called him a bastard and rejected him.
• Tang San apologized to Seventh Elder for his father’s mistakes, then challenged him for insulting Tang San’s late mother.
• Seventh Elder mocked Tang San’s challenge, and Tang Xiao privately thought Tang Hao could have defeated Seventh Elder with one hammer strike.
• Longbrow Elder set aside the challenge and ordered Tang Hu to spar with Tang San, saying the sect would not overlook his slight against it.

Tang San challenged the Seventh Elder and had to defeat Tang Hu first, a level-sixty-four Clear Sky Hammer Soul Emperor. After revealing his extraordinary one-purple, four-black Spirit Rings, Tang San exchanged powerful opening attacks with Tang Hu, and their battle continued as Tang Hu unleashed his fifth Soul Skill.

• Tang San asked Longbrow Elder whether defeating Tang Hu would qualify him to challenge the Seventh Elder, and Longbrow Elder agreed.
• Tang Hu and Tang San introduced themselves, and Tang San shocked the Clear Sky Sect disciples by revealing that he was twenty and level fifty-nine.
• Tang Hu summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and six Spirit Rings, while Tang San revealed his hammer and one purple and four black Spirit Rings.
• Tang San enhanced his hammer with Titan's Hammer and collided with Tang Hu, whose hand was nearly torn by the impact.
• Tang San unleashed his third Ten Thousand Year Soul Skill and spun toward Tang Hu, who countered by activating his fifth Spirit Ring.

Tang San defeated Tang Hu with his Clear Sky Hammer soul skills and challenged the Seventh Elder. The Seventh Elder agreed to fight using only thirty percent of his Soul Power, while Tang San negotiated to choose the battlefield.

• Tang San used Evil Demon Break to stun Tang Hu in midair and followed with Brilliant Explosion, knocking him down with only superficial injuries.
• Tang Long cheered Tang San's decisive victory over Tang Hu.
• Tang San asked the Seventh Elder to accept his challenge, and the elder agreed.
• The Seventh Elder offered to use thirty percent of his Soul Power, but Tang San asked him to use forty percent and offered to choose the battlefield instead.
• The Seventh Elder accepted Tang San's terms, and Tang San prepared to lead him to the battlefield he had chosen.

Tang San challenged the Seventh Elder to a duel on the icy Iron Chain Bridge, staking his place in the Clear Sky Sect and asking the elders to support his Ancestral Recognition if he won. As the duel began, the Seventh Elder revealed that he was a Title Douluo, leaving Tang San to face a far more formidable opponent than he had expected.

• Tang San chose the Iron Chain Bridge as the battlefield and asked the Seventh Elder to support his Ancestral Recognition if Tang San won.
• Tang Xiao proposed that Tang San be barred from using the Clear Sky Hammer if he lost, while the Second Elder added three demands if Tang San won.
• Tang Xiao led the elders and disciples to the cliff, where Tang San prepared himself and the Seventh Elder crossed onto the swaying Iron Chain Bridge.
• Tang San and the Seventh Elder agreed that whoever left the space between the mountains would lose.
• The Seventh Elder summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and revealed nine Spirit Rings, identifying himself as the seventh-ranked Title Douluo, Blazing Sun.

Tang San challenged the Seventh Elder on the Iron Chain Bridge and opened with Divine Slaughter's Domain and his Eight Spider Lances. After making the Seventh Elder attack first with a feint, Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to slip beneath his missed strike.

• Tang San bowed to the Seventh Elder and released Divine Slaughter's Domain, but the Title Douluo blocked its Killing Intent with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances, drawing the Seventh Elder's surprise and the Second Elder's attention.
• The Second Elder quietly asked the Seventh Elder to show mercy, and the Seventh Elder agreed to suppress Tang San before acknowledging him as an equal.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and feinted at the Iron Chain Bridge, prompting the Seventh Elder to leap and attack.
• Tang San made his hammer vanish, used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to dodge beneath the Seventh Elder, and left the Elder's strike missing.

Tang San used the Flying Sky Divine Claw to evade the Seventh Elder’s hammer and attack from below, but the Seventh Elder countered with Gravity Control and Martial Soul Clone. Trapped between two powerful Clear Sky Hammers, Tang San activated Whirlwind Dance as the attack closed in.

• The Seventh Elder enlarged his Clear Sky Hammer and swept it toward Tang San on the Iron Chain Bridge.
• Tang San leaped into the abyss, caught the chain with his Flying Sky Divine Claw, and swung beneath the bridge to attack the Seventh Elder with his Eight Spider Lances and Spider Web Restraint.
• The Seventh Elder launched himself upward and recalled his hammer as Tang San fired hidden weapons from his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges Night.
• The Seventh Elder used Gravity Control to slow Tang San’s hidden weapons, then activated Martial Soul Clone to create a second Clear Sky Hammer.
• The Seventh Elder used Hammer Soul Control to send one hammer toward Tang San and curl the other upward, trapping him between them under crushing gravity.
• Tang San activated Whirlwind Dance and spun atop the iron chain while gripping his Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang San fought the Seventh Elder to a draw by breaking the iron chain and using the Mother-Child Soul Chasing Gallbladder and his Fifth Soul Skill. After Tang Xiao brought him back to the mountaintop, the elders accepted the draw, clearing the way for Tang San to undergo Ancestral Recognition.

• Tang San realized the Seventh Elder was overpowering him, so he broke the iron chain and sent them both falling toward the abyss.
• Hidden by the clouds, Tang San threw the Mother-Child Soul Chasing Gallbladder and used his Fifth Soul Skill to destroy one of the Seventh Elder's Clear Sky Hammers.
• The remaining Clear Sky Hammer struck Tang San, and his Eight Spider Lances absorbed most of the damage as he crashed into the mountain wall.
• Tang Xiao found Tang San alive and carried him back to the mountaintop, while the Seventh Elder returned soon afterward.
• The Second Elder declared the fight a draw, and the Seventh Elder agreed after recognizing Tang San's strength and weapon.

Tang San earned the Clear Sky Sect’s approval to undergo Ancestral Recognition, but the Elders postponed the sect’s return to the world so they could nurture him. The Second Elder set three tests for Tang San to atone for his father’s mistakes, beginning with a demand to reach Level 80 within ten years.

• Tang Xiao proposed unsealing the Clear Sky Sect, but the Second Elder argued that the sect should remain hidden while it prepared Tang San to lead it.
• Tang San woke from meditation and learned that his match was a draw, qualifying him for Ancestral Recognition, though he could not yet pay respects to the Old Sect Master.
• The Second Elder offered to let Tang Hao return and pay respects to the Old Sect Master if Tang San completed three tasks for the sect.
• Tang San accepted the tests, and the Second Elder’s first condition was that he reach Level 80 in Soul Power within ten years.

Tang San accepted the Clear Sky Sect elders’ three demands, while Dugu Yan absorbed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s Inner Core and evolved her Martial Soul into the Azure Phosphorus Green Dragon. She emerged from seclusion and reunited with Lin Du as Dugu Bo celebrated her transformation.

• Second Elder demanded that Tang San defeat Lin Du, bring back a Spirit Hall Title Douluo’s head, and obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as his Eighth Spirit Ring within ten years, promising him the sect leadership if he succeeded.
• Tang San agreed to complete the three tasks for his father, himself, and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Lin Du reassured Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan was safely absorbing an Inner Core that could evolve her Martial Soul.
• A crimson light burst from Dugu Yan’s bedchamber, and her Azure Phosphorus Flood Dragon transformed into an Azure Phosphorus Green Dragon with nine crimson scales around its neck.
• Dugu Bo felt his Jade Phosphorous Flood Dragon Emperor suppressed by Dugu Yan’s new Martial Soul, and Lin Du explained that she could further absorb the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s Inner Core after reaching Spirit Sage.
• Dugu Yan left her bedchamber and embraced Lin Du, then teased Dugu Bo for being there.

After Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolved and her Soul Power rose, Lin Du decided to accompany her to inherit the Sea God’s position, where he planned to obtain his ninth soul ring from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. He and Dugu Yan’s group reached Vast Sea City, where local officials welcomed him as Pope.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that absorbing the Inner Core had raised her Soul Power by three levels and evolved her poison, and Dugu Bo left the couple alone.
• Lin Du revealed that his ninth soul ring lay within Dugu Yan’s Sea God’s Nine Trials and that she was ready to inherit the Sea God’s position.
• Lin Du agreed to travel with Dugu Yan and have Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong accompany her after seven days.
• Lin Du took Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Yan Shuangshuang to Vast Sea City using his Phoenix Domain.
• The Martial Soul Main Hall Master, Red-robed Bishops, and Vast Sea City Lord welcomed Lin Du as Pope.

Lin Du led Dugu Yan and the others to a village near Vast Sea City to eliminate the Wolf Bandits before they could harm its residents. After the women began their attack, Dugu Yan unleashed her Spirit Sage power and charged at the remaining bandits in her dragon form.

• Lin Du arranged for the group to stay in a seaside villa and told them he would take them to retrieve a Spirit Bone before sailing to Sea God Island.
• Lin Du found the village and tracked roughly three hundred Wolf Bandits in the nearby forest, explaining their origins and the danger they posed to villagers.
• Dugu Yan concealed the group with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud while Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling supported her, Yan Shuangshuang, and Zhu Zhuqing in their attack.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Yan Shuangshuang, and Dugu Yan silently killed numerous Wolf Bandits before the survivors noticed the attacks and gathered together.
• Dugu Yan, Yan Shuangshuang, and Zhu Zhuqing revealed themselves and launched a direct assault, with Dugu Yan activating her Bioluminescent Poisonous Dragon True Body.

After reaching Sea God Island, Lin Du and his companions began their trials, and Ning Rongrong received a Top Tier Seven Trial. Dugu Yan’s trial surged to the very top of the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, unleashing an immense blood-red pillar of light.

• Dugu Yan and the others defeated the Wolf Bandits, and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the wind-attributed Right Leg Bone they recovered.
• The group returned to Vast Sea City, then sailed to Sea God Island aboard a private ferry escorted by the temple master and the city lord.
• Lin Du summoned Bo Saixi, and the group began their trials without the usual landing test.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Yan Shuangshuang received Black Tier Six Trials, while Ning Rongrong’s trial rose into the red and became a Top Tier Seven Trial.
• Dugu Yan underwent her trial, and its red markings raced to the top of the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, releasing a pillar of light far stronger than Ning Rongrong’s.

Dugu Yan received the Sea God's Nine Trials, and Bo Saixi welcomed her and Lin Du as honored guests of Sea God Island. Bo Saixi arranged for them to stay in Sea Horse City and summoned the island’s other six enshrined leaders for a meeting the next day.

• The Sea Within Sea surged as seven crimson pillars converged and golden light descended upon Dugu Yan.
• Nine golden screens entered Dugu Yan’s brow, and the light gathered into the glowing trident mark on her forehead.
• Dugu Yan asked Lin Du whether she had received the Sea God's Nine Trials, and he confirmed she could inherit the Sea God's Position by completing them.
• Bo Saixi appeared at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar and declared that Dugu Yan was the Sea God’s true successor.
• Bo Saixi ordered Sea Horse Douluo Ou Ya to house the group in Sea Horse City, treat them as honored guests, and summon the other six for a meeting at the Sea God Temple.
• Bo Saixi thanked Lin Du for bringing the successor and acknowledged that he had defeated her in their battle the previous day.

Lin Du and his companions settled into Sea Horse City after Bo Saixi welcomed them to Sea God Island and arranged for them to begin their assessments at their own pace. The group rested at the City Lord’s Manor, while Sea Horse Douluo left to relay Bo Saixi’s orders.

• Bo Saixi departed after Lin Du promised to ask Sea God Island for help if he needed anything.
• Sea Horse Douluo guided Lin Du and his companions across a bridge of seawater and explained the island’s assessment rules.
• Sea Horse Douluo introduced Sea Horse City and described its population, Sea God Warriors, and trade with the mainland.
• Sea Horse Douluo gave the City Lord’s Manor to Lin Du’s group, then hurried away to convey Bo Saixi’s orders.
• Ning Rongrong said Lin Du’s presence had spared the group the harsh trials outsiders usually faced upon arriving on Sea God Island.

Lin Du explained that the group’s Sea God trials would test their limits and urged them to climb as far as they could in Sea God’s Light. He took them to the forbidden land, where Poseidon sensed Lin Du’s aura and recognized it as stronger than Sea God’s.

• Lin Du told the group he would only help with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King trial and encouraged them to push beyond their required steps in Sea God’s Light.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Yan Shuangshuang, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan discovered that their first trials all involved climbing steps under Sea God’s Light, though the number of steps differed.
• After lunch and a night’s rest, Dugu Yan asked a Purple Grade Sea Spirit Master to guide them to the forbidden land.
• Lin Du used the Phoenix Domain to carry the group quickly, astonishing the Sea Spirit Master with his power.
• Poseidon sensed Lin Du’s aura and concluded that it belonged to a deity even more powerful than Sea God.
• The group arrived at the forbidden land and saw a small island in the ring-shaped sea, covered in faint golden light.