Chapter Summaries

In a cave near the Heaven Dou Empire, Qian Xunji confessed that he liked Tang Yuehua, and the two agreed to be together. Their new relationship began awkwardly as Tang Yuehua needed clothes and grew suspicious when Qian Xunji produced a set of women's clothing.

• Qian Xunji told Tang Yuehua that he liked her, and she embraced him in delight.
• Tang Yuehua questioned whether Qian Xunji's feelings came from pity, and he explained that seeing her cry had made him realize he loved her.
• Tang Yuehua told Qian Xunji that she liked him too, and they agreed to officially be together.
• Tang Yuehua's torn dress slipped as she sat up, and Qian Xunji stared until she covered herself and scolded him.
• Tang Yuehua asked for clothes, and Qian Xunji took a set of women's clothing from his Storage Soul Tool, prompting her to question why he had it.

Qian Xunji warmed Tang Yuehua in a cave and revealed that Qin Jian was his false identity. Tang Yuehua learned he was Spirit Hall’s Saint Son, but his status left her feeling unworthy of him.

• Tang Yuehua questioned Qian Xunji about a girl’s outfit he had kept, and he explained that it belonged to Man Yao, whom he regarded as a younger sister.
• Qian Xunji gathered firewood and lit a fire, and Tang Yuehua leaned against him as they warmed themselves.
• Tang Yuehua asked Qian Xunji to tell her about his past, and he agreed to reveal his true identity.
• Qian Xunji shed his disguise and told Tang Yuehua that his real name was Qian Xunji and that he came from Spirit Hall.
• Qian Xunji confirmed that his father was Qian Daoliu and that he was Spirit Hall’s current Saint Son, leaving Tang Yuehua astonished and feeling unworthy of him.

Qian Xunji comforted Tang Yuehua as news of Yu Xuanchen’s death spread, prompting the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to seek revenge and the Clear Sky Sect to summon Tang Yuehua. As a storm gathered around them, Tang Yuehua vowed to stay by Qian Xunji’s side.

• Qian Xunji reassured Tang Yuehua that her poor cultivation talent did not diminish her worth, and she confessed how much his kindness meant to her.
• Yu Yuanzhen learned that Yu Xuanchen had been killed and ordered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples to gather so they could make the perpetrators pay.
• Tang Xian rejected the Clear Sky Sect elders’ criticism of Tang Yuehua and sent word for Tang Xiao and Tang Hao to bring her back under supervision.
• Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Master decided to stay out of the conflict, while Qian Daoliu ordered Spirit Hall personnel in Heaven Dou City to monitor events.
• Man Yao and Jiang Hao discussed Qian Xunji’s absence as they cultivated at Spirit Hall Academy.
• In a cave, Tang Yuehua warned Qian Xunji about Yu Yuanzhen’s strength, then embraced him and promised to remain by his side.

Qian Xunji and Tang Yuehua faced the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after Qian Xunji killed two of its disciples who threatened them. Yu Yuanzhen arrived with his forces to confront Qian Xunji, who struck down the clan disciples mocking him and left the standoff poised to escalate.

• Two Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples, Yu Jue and Yu Feng, entered the cave, threatened Qian Xunji, and demanded that he give up Tang Yuehua, so Qian Xunji killed them.
• Tang Yuehua called herself Qian Xunji’s fiancée and clung to his arm, while he played along and then went with Yu Jue and Yu Feng to speak privately.
• Yu Yuanzhen learned that Yu Jue and Yu Feng’s auras had disappeared and ordered the clan disciples in the area to gather and surround Qian Xunji.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao followed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s group toward the cave, hoping to find Tang Yuehua and bring her back.
• Yu Yuanzhen confronted Qian Xunji, who admitted killing Yu Xuanchen and dismissed the clan leader’s threats.
• Qian Xunji sent the mocking clan disciples flying with one palm strike and reminded Yu Yuanzhen that Yu Xuanchen had also provoked him.

Tang Yuehua chose to return to the Clear Sky Sect after Qian Xunji promised to find her there, leaving him alone with Yu Yuanzhen. Qian Xunji revealed his Eight-Winged Seraph and challenged Yu Yuanzhen to a fight to the death, while Yu Yuanzhen resolved to kill him and conceal his identity.

• Tang Yuehua explained how Yu Xuanchen had caused the conflict, and Yu Yuanzhen spared her because of her connection to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao arrived to take Tang Yuehua home, but she first declared her love for Qian Xunji and refused to leave with them.
• Qian Xunji persuaded Tang Yuehua to return to the Clear Sky Sect and promised to visit her, so she left with Tang Xiao and Tang Hao.
• Yu Yuanzhen prepared to fight Qian Xunji, who revealed his eight Soul Rings and towering Eight-Winged Seraph Martial Soul before challenging him to a battle to the death.
• Yu Yuanzhen recognized Qian Xunji's identity and decided to kill him, planning to claim afterward that he had not known who Qian Xunji was.

Qian Xunji fought Yu Yuanzhen and overwhelmed him with his Angel Domain and powerful soul skills, while their battle devastated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s younger generation. Qian Xunji ended the fight by cleaving Yu Yuanzhen’s dragon form apart, leaving the clan’s leader badly injured and the sect’s strength diminished.

• Yu Yuanzhen used his Martial Soul Avatar and Sky Breaking Dragon Roar, but Qian Xunji countered with Angel Roar, gravely injuring the nearby Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples.
• Enraged by the disciples’ injuries, Yu Yuanzhen unleashed Dragon Soaring Heavenly Thunderstorm and Dragon Wings Soaring against Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunji activated Angel Domain and summoned the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, which battled Yu Yuanzhen’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
• Yu Yuanzhen used Lightning Four Strikes to paralyze and dissolve the serpent, then challenged Qian Xunji with his Ninth Soul Skill, True Dragon's Wrath, Sound Shakes Nine Heavens.
• Qian Xunji summoned four blazing suns and forged a Golden Greatsword with Eight-Winged Sword Wheel Dance: Brilliant Eternity.
• Qian Xunji slashed Yu Yuanzhen’s dragon form apart, severely injuring him and leaving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan weakened.

Qian Xunji defeated Yu Yuanzhen, but Yu Yuanzhen revealed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s True Dragon Nine Crowns and used its power to regain his strength. Their battle resumed with Yu Yuanzhen’s enhanced Ninth Soul Skill overwhelming Qian Xunji’s defenses.

• Qian Xunji defeated Yu Yuanzhen, who fell injured and admitted Qian Xunji was formidable.
• Yu Yuanzhen summoned the Snow Jade Crown, which healed his injuries and greatly increased his strength.
• Yu Yuanzhen explained that the True Dragon Nine Crowns were inherited Soul Bones left by the Ancient Dragon King, and described their powers and risks.
• Qian Xunji learned of the clan’s inheritance and developed killing intent toward Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yu Yuanzhen unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, True Dragon's Wrath, Sound Shakes Nine Heavens, while Qian Xunji activated his Angel Domain, Angel True Body, and Angel Crimson Demon Clone.
• Yu Yuanzhen used the Dragon Transformation Secret Skill, Dragon Horn Charge, enlarging his dragon horns as he fought Qian Xunji’s clones.

Qian Xunji fought Yu Yuanzhen while using his Soul Core to recover, but Yu Yuanzhen's attacks kept him under pressure. The chapter left Qian Xunji at a disadvantage as their sword and lightning energies clashed.

• Yu Yuanzhen broke Qian Xunji's flame clones and blasted him to the ground, but Qian Xunji began restoring his Soul Power with his Extreme Fire Soul Core.
• Yu Yuanzhen charged to interrupt Qian Xunji's recovery, and Qian Xunji countered with Angel Feather Blade and Sacred Sword, forcing Yu Yuanzhen to retreat from the explosion.
• Qian Xunji taunted Yu Yuanzhen about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, provoking Yu Yuanzhen to unleash Lightning Dragon Head.
• Qian Xunji met the lightning dragon head with the Ancient Black Sword, but Yu Yuanzhen increased its power and drove Qian Xunji into a worsening disadvantage.

Under Yu Yuanzhen’s pressure, Qian Xunji broke through to quasi-Titled Douluo, forcing Yu to use the Snow Jade Crown to reach Level Ninety-Six temporarily. Yu then prepared to fight with his Ninth Soul Ring strengthened to just below one hundred thousand years.

• Qian Xunji used Yu Yuanzhen’s pressure to break through the barrier to Titled Douluo and absorb the surrounding World Origin Energy.
• Yu Yuanzhen realized Qian Xunji had become a grave threat to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and vowed to kill him.
• Yu Yuanzhen summoned the Snow Jade Crown’s remaining power and temporarily rose to Level Ninety-Six, the realm of a Super Douluo.
• Qian Xunji stayed calm as Yu Yuanzhen challenged him to face the gap between their levels.
• Yu Yuanzhen increased the year limit of his Ninth Soul Ring to ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years.

Qian Xunji defeated Yu Yuanzhen with a sword technique, took the clan’s inherited Snow Jade Crown and another Soul Bone, and threatened the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Before he could kill Yu Yuanzhen, a mysterious vortex swallowed him, leaving Yu Yuanzhen to face his arriving clansmen and return to the sect.

• Yu Yuanzhen unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, but Qian Xunji used Divine Slaughter’s Domain and a newly awakened sword power to cleave the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon apart and sever Yu Yuanzhen’s arm.
• Qian Xunji took the Soul Bone from Yu Yuanzhen’s severed arm and demanded the Snow Jade Crown and the locations of its other eight pieces.
• Yu Yuanzhen relinquished the Snow Jade Crown after its power drained three levels of his Soul Power, and Qian Xunji resolved to claim the remaining Soul Bones from the clan.
• As Qian Xunji prepared to kill Yu Yuanzhen, a transparent vortex appeared and swallowed him, then vanished without a trace.
• Yu Luomian arrived with Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan experts, learned that Yu Yuanzhen had lost his arm and the inherited Soul Bone, and accompanied him back to the sect.

Qian Xunji was drawn into a mysterious space, where the Guardian God King revealed the history of the God Realm and explained how she had fallen. She left him with the truth about her protection of Douluo Continent and the injustice behind her death.

• Qian Xunji met a powerful woman in the strange space and learned she had known his Angel God ancestor.
• The Mysterious Woman explained the Creation God’s origins, the six God Kings, and the Guardian God King’s role.
• The Guardian God King recounted the Dragon God War, her decision to protect Douluo Continent, and the God Realm’s ban on beasts ascending.
• The Guardian God King said the Asura God King blamed her for the God Realm’s losses, then arranged for her imprisonment and weakening.
• The Guardian God King described escaping the prison before Asura, Evil, and Destruction shattered her godhood, leaving only her Lingering Thought on Douluo Continent.
• Qian Xunji thanked the Guardian God King for protecting Douluo Continent and vowed that its people would remember her.

Qian Xunji met the Mysterious Woman and Nether, learned that the Asura God King threatened Douluo Continent, and accepted the Guardian God Trial after the Mysterious Woman chose him as her successor. He began the first trial in the Purple Bamboo Sword Forest, where three months of training strengthened his body and sword intent, and he ventured toward the forest’s depths.

• The Mysterious Woman told Qian Xunji that the Asura God King threatened Douluo Continent, and Nether revealed that he had chosen Qian Xunji as his heir.
• The Mysterious Woman exposed Qian Xunji’s Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Second Martial Soul and asked him to become the next Guardian God King; Qian Xunji agreed.
• The Mysterious Woman granted Qian Xunji a Guardian Mark and began his first trial: temper his body in the Purple Bamboo Sword Forest, comprehend the True Essence of the Sword, and reach Peak Douluo-level body strength within a year.
• Qian Xunji endured the forest’s Sword Qi and fought its attacks with the Ancient Black Sword, gradually improving his body and swordplay.
• After three months, Qian Xunji’s body and sword intent had grown far stronger, and he stepped toward the depths of the Purple Bamboo Sword Forest.

Qian Xunji passed the Purple Bamboo Sword Forest’s central region, awakened Bright Sword Intent during the guardian’s trial, and still failed to defeat the Purple Clad Man. After Qian Xunji vanished, the Clear Sky Sect confined Tang Yuehua, while Qian Daoliu and others searched Spirit Hall for him.

• Qian Xunji used Sword Domain: Sword Cage to cross the forest’s central region and encountered the Purple Clad Man, the forest’s final guardian.
• The Purple Clad Man’s sword qi pierced Qian Xunji’s defenses, and Qian Xunji realized that he needed to understand the true essence of the sword.
• Qian Xunji awakened Bright Sword Intent and shattered the guardian’s attack, but the Purple Clad Man defeated his next strike and vanished.
• After Qian Xunji disappeared, the Clear Sky Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect learned his identity, and the sect masters believed he had died in a Transparent Vortex.
• Tang Xian ordered Tang Yuehua confined at the Clear Sky Sect despite elders demanding her execution, and Tang Yuehua said she would await Qin Jian’s return.
• Qian Daoliu told Jiang Hao and Man Yao that Spirit Hall had found no sign of Qian Xunji, and he described confronting Yu Yuanzhen and humiliating the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Man Yao learned from Qian Daoliu that Qian Xunji was alive, though his whereabouts were unknown. After three months of training and a climactic duel with the Purple Clad Man, Qian Xunji comprehended Heart Sword, claimed the Purple Bamboo Sword Forest, and passed the Guardian God Trial First Trial.

• Man Yao hurried to the Pope's Palace with Jiang Hao, and Qian Daoliu reassured her that Qian Xunji's life was not in danger.
• Over three months in the Purple Bamboo Sword Forest, Qian Xunji strengthened his body and Sword Dao by challenging the Purple Clad Man every day.
• Qian Xunji fought the Purple Clad Man's strongest sword techniques and endured grave injuries while absorbing and refining the enemy's Sword Intent.
• During an epiphany, Qian Xunji comprehended Heart Sword and used it to claim mastery of the Purple Bamboo Sword Forest.
• The Purple Clad Man announced that Qian Xunji had passed the Guardian God Trial First Trial, and a sacred voice confirmed his perfect completion before the forest vanished.

Qian Xunji endured the Guardian God King's first trial, using his willpower and Bright Sword Intent to withstand the God-Bestowed Soul Ring's pressure. He emerged with a divine Ninth Soul Ring and entered the Titled Douluo realm.

• The Guardian God King awarded Qian Xunji a God-Bestowed Soul Ring containing her Origin Power and explained that its age would depend on how long he endured its trial.
• The God-Bestowed Soul Ring enveloped Qian Xunji, while his Angel Domain, Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Dark Demon Domain emerged and absorbed its power.
• Qian Xunji endured the rings' mounting pressure, unleashed his full strength, and used Bright Sword Intent to keep the nine golden rings from merging prematurely.
• As Qian Xunji's body suffered severe injuries, his Bright Sword Heart sustained his vitality, and the Guardian God King praised his potential.
• Qian Xunji's eight Soul Rings appeared as the nine golden rings merged into a blood-red Ninth Soul Ring, bringing his total to nine and advancing him into the Titled Douluo realm.
• The Ninth Soul Ring healed Qian Xunji's injuries and strengthened his body, and he admired the power of his God-Bestowed Soul Ring.

After gaining a powerful Ninth Soul Skill and completing the first Guardian God Trial, Qian Xunji accepted the challenge of crossing the Golden Crow Sea. He explored the volcanic trial grounds and faced a growing swarm of Scorpion-tailed Fire Lions as a huge creature emerged from the magma.

• Qian Xunji learned that his God-Bestowed Soul Ring had raised his soul power to Level 92 and granted him the defensive Ninth Soul Skill Angel's Protection.
• Qian Xunji discovered that his Angel Domain had evolved, then received the first trial reward and asked to transfer the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Soul Ring to his Second Martial Soul.
• The Guardian God King promised a replacement God-Bestowed Soul Ring if Qian Xunji completed the Second Trial early, and Qian Xunji told the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger it could become his Wisdom Spirit Ring.
• Qian Xunji began the Second Trial, which required him to cross the Golden Crow Sea and endure the Three-legged Golden Crow's attacks, and he found himself in a vast volcanic landscape.
• Qian Xunji explored the fiery region, avoided a flock of Fire Crows, and fought off Scorpion-tailed Fire Lions that arose from the magma.
• More than a hundred Scorpion-tailed Fire Lions gathered around Qian Xunji as a huge figure burst from a magma river.

Qian Xunji crossed the Golden Crow Sea and fought the Fiery Sun Snake, whose strength neared that of a Peak Douluo. After drawing on the Golden Crow Sea’s power, he forced the snake to submit and prepared to have it guide him to the opposite shore.

• Qian Xunji defeated a pack of Scorpion-tailed Fire Lions and flew cautiously over the magma, using his Angel Domain to neutralize Fire Toxin.
• A Fiery Sun Snake attacked Qian Xunji, and the Guardian Mark instructed him to subdue it and make it guide him across the Golden Crow Sea.
• Qian Xunji summoned the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, whose bloodline initially frightened the Fiery Sun Snake, and the two creatures clashed amid erupting magma.
• Qian Xunji pinned the Fiery Sun Snake with Bright Sword Intent and wounded it as it tried to engulf itself in flames.
• Qian Xunji drew the Golden Crow Sea’s dark flames into himself, used its power to overwhelm the Fiery Sun Snake, and demanded its submission.
• The Fiery Sun Snake lowered its head and submitted to Qian Xunji.

Qian Xunji reached the Sun God Tree and fought the Three-legged Golden Crow, completing the first half of his assessment. The Golden Crow unleashed its Golden Crow World Destruction attack, and Qian Xunji used Angel's Protection to shield himself as the trial continued.

• The Fiery Sun Snake warned Qian Xunji about a terrifying being across the Golden Crow Sea but agreed to carry him there after he threatened it.
• After several months crossing the sea, Qian Xunji reached the Sun God Tree and struggled through its no-fly zone and scorching heat.
• Qian Xunji split a towering magma wave with Bright Sword Intent and flew toward the tree's crown, where the Three-legged Golden Crow confronted him.
• Qian Xunji blocked the Golden Crow's Sacred Flame with Sword Cage and met its feather arrows with Angel's Falling Blade.
• The Guardian Mark announced that Qian Xunji had completed half the assessment and needed to endure the Three-legged Golden Crow's attacks for the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• The Three-legged Golden Crow unleashed Golden Crow World Destruction, and Qian Xunji activated Angel's Protection to defend himself from its attack.

Qian Xunji struggled to survive the Three-legged Golden Crow’s assault during his Guardian God Trial, using his Extreme Fire Soul Core to restore enough Soul Power to keep fighting. As the battle continued and he was badly injured, the Ancient Black Sword began to respond to a mysterious voice in his mind.

• Qian Xunji endured the Three-legged Golden Crow’s fire pillars with Angel’s Protection until its Golden Crow Domain began draining his Soul Power and broke through his defenses.
• Qian Xunji fought back with his Sword Domain and Bright Sword Intent, then used Eternal Blazing Sun and his Golden Greatsword to injure the Three-legged Golden Crow before it struck him down and numbed his arm.
• The Guardian Mark revealed that the trial had reached 80 percent progress, but Qian Xunji could not activate Angel’s Protection because his Soul Power was nearly depleted.
• Qian Xunji used his Extreme Fire Soul Core to absorb energy from the domain and regain some strength, while the Three-legged Golden Crow attacked him with its true body.
• Qian Xunji drew the Ancient Black Sword to counter the Three-legged Golden Crow, and a mysterious voice told him to relax his mind and feel carefully as black light enveloped the sword.

Qian Xunji fought the Three-legged Golden Crow while Nether God's Divine Sense briefly intervened, then accepted the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Origin Power. The power transformed Qian Xunji into a demonic tiger-like form, and the chapter ended as he faced the Three-legged Golden Crow with a roar.

• The Ancient Black Sword broke free and Nether God's Divine Sense attacked the Three-legged Golden Crow with Nether Sword Intent and Nether Yellow Springs.
• The Three-legged Golden Crow weakened Nether God's Divine Sense, and Qian Xunji asked Senior Nether to return before revealing he had broken through to Level Ninety-Three.
• Qian Xunji and the Three-legged Golden Crow clashed with their sword techniques and Golden Crow Sacred Absolute Blade, reaching a stalemate.
• Qian Xunji entered his Sea of Consciousness, where the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger gave him its Origin Power so his Second Martial Soul could temporarily unleash its abilities.
• Qian Xunji emerged transformed by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's power, with black hair, red eyes, Magic Patterns, claws, and an Evil God Hook.
• Qian Xunji roared like a tiger as the Three-legged Golden Crow watched him in shock.