Chapter Summaries

Chen Xin emerged from seclusion and saved Tang Xuan from Golden Crocodile Douluo, then defeated the Spirit Hall elder with two effortless sword strikes. The Spirit Hall army fled, while Chen Xin and the others let them go because they expected none of them to survive.

• Chen Xin cleaved apart Golden Crocodile Douluo’s Ninth Soul Skill and told Tang Xuan to leave and recover.
• Ning Rongrong rushed to Tang Xuan, and Ning Fengzhi healed his injuries with his Healing Light.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo provoked Chen Xin by recalling Chen Jianjun’s death, and Chen Xin challenged him to see his strength.
• Chen Xin slashed Golden Crocodile Douluo’s throat from afar, then struck again and made him fall.
• The Spirit Hall forces fled in an orderly retreat, and Chen Xin, Tang Xuan, Ning Fengzhi, and the others let them go.

After the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect repelled Spirit Hall, Tang Xuan persuaded the others to spare the captured Worship Hall Venerables because their deaths could weaken the restraint on Bibi Dong. He then set out to check on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, where Tian Heng and Dugu Yan might be in danger.

• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect celebrated its victory, and Bone Douluo asked Tang Xuan how he had learned about Spirit Hall’s attack.
• Chen Xin presented the captured Golden Crocodile Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi asked Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong whether the Venerable should be killed or spared.
• Tang Xuan asked whether Chen Xin had reached Rank 99, and Chen Xin admitted that he remained at Rank 98 despite his breakthrough bottleneck loosening.
• Tang Xuan argued that the Venerables should be spared because their presence restrained Bibi Dong, and Ning Fengzhi and the others supported his decision.
• Tang Xuan left Ning Fengzhi to handle the aftermath and went to check on Tian Heng and Dugu Yan at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

After the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan repelled Spirit Hall’s attack, Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to support Tang Xuan and thank him for saving their clan. The Soul Hunting Operation had ended, and Tang Xuan’s group prepared to rest before joining the others for the coming battle of the Mysterious Heavy Sect.

• Ning Rongrong asked to accompany Tang Xuan, and he agreed on the condition that she stay close to him.
• Yu Tianheng explained that Yu Yuanzhen had prepared the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for Spirit Hall’s attack, killing two Titled Douluo and crippling another before the enemy retreated.
• Ning Fengzhi used his Precious Pagoda to help Dugu Yan and the injured clan disciples recover.
• Yu Tianheng and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples bowed to thank Tang Xuan for saving their clan, and Tang Xuan stopped Yu Tianheng from bowing a second time.
• Dugu Yan noticed the Titled Douluo lying at Tang Xuan’s feet and asked whether they were the attackers sent by Spirit Hall.

Tang Xuan captured three Spirit Hall Venerables but chose to release them, hinting that their return would serve his plans. After recovering, he and his companions set out to join Old Monster for the battle announcing the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s emergence.

• Tang Xuan told Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and the others that he would release the three captured Venerables despite Bone Douluo’s objections.
• Tang Xuan woke Thousand Jun Douluo, who repaired his dislocated arms and carried the unconscious Golden Crocodile Douluo and Falling Devil Douluo back toward Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xuan said the Venerables would reach Spirit Hall’s army before dawn and leave Heaven Dou Empire territory by noon, while Ning Fengzhi gave him an Imprint Stone.
• After recovering with help from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagodas, Tang Xuan, Ning Rongrong, Yu Tianheng, and Dugu Yan prepared to meet Old Monster.
• Tang Xuan unfolded his Mysterious Wing Soul Bone, and Yu Tianheng formed Dragon Wings to fly alongside him.

Tang Xuan assembled Mysterious Heavy Sect forces in a canyon to ambush Spirit Hall’s retreating army, then revealed to Dugu Bo that Spirit Hall had attacked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and Seven Treasures clans. The group prepared for the army’s arrival as Dragon Duke Meng Shu reported that something had happened.

• Tang Xuan, Ning Rongrong, and Yu Tianheng reached the canyon and Tang Xuan explained that he planned to ambush Spirit Hall’s army.
• Dugu Bo described the ambush positions: Meng Shu and Tianxiang guarded the front, Yang led the main force, and Dugu Bo blocked the rear.
• Tang Xuan told Dugu Bo that Spirit Hall had attacked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and Seven Treasures clans, alarming him about Dugu Yan’s safety.
• Dugu Yan arrived with Yu Tianheng, assured Dugu Bo that she was unharmed, and explained that the blood on her clothes belonged to others.
• Meng Shu appeared from the far end of the canyon and asked Tang Xuan whether he had arrived, prompting Tang Xuan to ask if Spirit Hall’s army was there.

Tang Xuan prepared the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s forces to ambush Spirit Hall’s approaching army in the gorge. As the troops entered, Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other commanders recognized the signs of an impending attack.

• Meng Shu warned Tang Xuan that a large force was approaching, and Tang Xuan ordered everyone to take their positions.
• Tang Xuan rallied the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s nearly two hundred fighters, and they declared they were not afraid of Spirit Hall’s army and four Titled Douluo.
• Tang Xuan concealed the fighters with the Profound Heavy Domain, while Dugu Yan used the Heart of the Sea God’s Vast Sea Bodyguarding Shield to hide them behind a defensive barrier.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Thousand Jun Douluo, and Falling Devil Douluo discussed their defeats and questioned whether Chen Xin had truly reached rank 99.
• Spirit Hall’s remaining troops entered the gorge, where dark clouds, gale winds, and a familiar killing aura made the army and its three commanders tremble.

Tang Xuan ambushed Spirit Hall’s retreating army in a canyon with the newly revealed Mysterious Heavy Sect, inflicting heavy casualties and crippling Golden Crocodile Douluo. He told the surviving Spirit Hall elders that the attack was his personal gift in retaliation for the losses suffered by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Tang Xuan used Prison Suppression to trap the Spirit Hall forces as members of the Breaking Clan and other Mysterious Heavy Sect fighters launched their ambush.
• Qian Jun, Jiang Mo, the Ninth Elder, and Golden Crocodile Douluo broke Prison Suppression, but Golden Crocodile Douluo found his subordinates badly wounded.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo challenged Tang Xuan, then lost his palm and part of his forearm when he met Tang Xuan’s heavy sword with his claw.
• Tang Xuan said that he had founded the Mysterious Heavy Sect and that its attack was his gift to Spirit Hall in retaliation for the sects’ losses.

Tang Xuan rejected Golden Crocodile Douluo’s offer to join the Angel Clan and marry its Saintess, declaring that he wanted to trample Spirit Hall instead. When Thousand Jun Douluo insulted him, Tang Xuan turned his gaze on him and unleashed a deep-blue flash.

• Tang Xuan admitted he was using Spirit Hall to raise the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s prestige, and Golden Crocodile Douluo recognized his plan.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo tried to exploit Tang Xuan’s adopted status to turn him against Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo offered Tang Xuan Spirit Hall’s support, resources, and a marriage to the Angel Clan’s Saintess, Qian Renxue, in exchange for his loyalty.
• Tang Xuan refused the offer and said he wanted to trample Spirit Hall, not marry Qian Renxue.
• Thousand Jun Douluo insulted Tang Xuan, who fixed him with an indifferent gaze and triggered a deep-blue flash as Thousand Jun Douluo screamed.

Tang Xuan exposed Golden Crocodile Douluo’s attempt to stall him while Spirit Hall fought the Mysterious Heavy Sect, revealing that Dragon Snake Elder and Soul Breaking Elder had joined the battle. As Golden Crocodile Douluo tried to send three fighters after them, Tang Xuan cut down the Ninth Elder and blocked the others from leaving.

• Falling Devil Douluo charged Tang Xuan after finding Thousand Jun Douluo incapacitated, but Golden Crocodile Douluo pulled him out of the way of Tang Xuan’s Break World.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo apologized for Sixth Elder’s insult and again tried to recruit Tang Xuan, who rejected the offer and called out his plan to keep him away from the battlefield.
• Tang Xuan pointed out that Dragon Snake Elder and Soul Breaking Elder had joined the battle, where their attacks were devastating Spirit Hall’s army.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo ordered Falling Devil Douluo, Thousand Jun Douluo, and the Ninth Elder to attack the newcomers, but Tang Xuan’s sword slash killed the Ninth Elder.
• Tang Xuan stopped Thousand Jun Douluo and Falling Devil Douluo from leaving and taunted them to keep talking.

Tang Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo negotiated a duel to prevent the fight from escalating and protect both sides’ people. Tang Xuan accepted after Golden Crocodile Douluo swore upon his Martial Soul, leaving the two to face each other under the agreed restrictions.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo warned Tang Xuan that he could flee, while Tang Xuan weighed the danger of letting Spirit Hall’s three Venerables escape.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo proposed that their forces stop fighting and that he duel Tang Xuan, provided Tang Xuan did not use the skill that sealed Spirit Rings.
• Tang Xuan mocked Golden Crocodile Douluo for demanding that restriction and questioned his proposal.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo promised not to harm Mysterious Heavy Sect or pursue the day’s events if he won, and renewed his offer to recruit Tang Xuan.
• Tang Xuan agreed on the condition that Golden Crocodile Douluo swear upon his Martial Soul, and Golden Crocodile Douluo included the Angel Clan in his oath.

Tang Xuan halted the battle between the Mysterious Heavy Sect and Spirit Hall to settle his score with Golden Crocodile Douluo in an aerial duel. After revealing his Martial Soul Avatar, Tang Xuan transformed his Spirit Rings into gray rings touched with gold, which Golden Crocodile Douluo recognized as Divine Rings.

• Tang Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo ordered their forces to stop fighting, and Tang Xuan told his allies to wait while he faced Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Tang Xuan challenged Golden Crocodile Douluo to fight in the air, while Golden Crocodile Douluo stared in surprise at Dugu Bo, a Titled Douluo he had once known.
• Tang Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo clashed in midair, and Golden Crocodile Douluo gained the advantage through his greater Soul Power.
• Tang Xuan teased Golden Crocodile Douluo by threatening to seal his Spirit Rings, then promised to defeat him head-on without breaking their agreement.
• Tang Xuan activated his Martial Soul Avatar, changing all his Spirit Rings into gray rings touched with gold, and Golden Crocodile Douluo recognized them as Divine Rings.

Tang Xuan revealed his Profound Heavy True Body and used its Divine Power-enhanced abilities to overwhelm Golden Crocodile Douluo. The battle left Golden Crocodile Douluo defeated and at swordpoint, though Tang Xuan was also nearing the limits of his transformation.

• Tang Xuan explained that his Profound Heavy True Body spread Divine Power across his six Life-bound Soul Rings to keep it from harming him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo prepared his Ninth Soul Skill, but Tang Xuan’s slash suppressed him and forced him to flee.
• Tang Xuan used Break World to pursue Golden Crocodile Douluo and sever the crocodile tail powering his Ninth Soul Skill.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo refused to surrender and launched repeated attacks, but Tang Xuan dodged or blocked them.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo lost his Martial Soul Avatar and collapsed, while Tang Xuan held his sword to his throat despite his own strain.

Tang Xuan stopped Golden Crocodile Douluo from self-destructing, defeated him, and returned to the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s ranks. He then woke the injured elder, who still refused to admit defeat.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo tried to self-destruct and take Tang Xuan down with him, but Tang Xuan used Soul Imprisonment to stop him and knocked him unconscious.
• Tang Xuan suspected Bibi Dong had concealed information about his abilities to provoke conflict between him and the Worship Hall.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo crashed into Spirit Hall’s camp, and Tang Xuan descended victorious as the Mysterious Heavy Sect disciples celebrated.
• Thousand Jun Douluo guarded Golden Crocodile Douluo while Tang Xuan returned to his allies and explained that the auras had come from their Martial Soul Avatars and the self-destruction attempt.
• Tang Xuan shoved Thousand Jun aside and slapped Golden Crocodile Douluo awake, who immediately insisted that he had not lost.

Tang Xuan spared Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo, then claimed Bibi Dong had withheld information to make the Worship Hall and Tang Xuan weaken each other. Golden Crocodile Douluo began to see a possible link between Tang Xuan’s advance warning and the events in Slaughter City.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked Tang Xuan to spare Qian Jun and Jiang Mo, offering his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone in exchange.
• Tang Xuan clarified that he had never intended to kill them and said they had all been played.
• Tang Xuan accused Bibi Dong of concealing his abilities so the Worship Hall and Tang Xuan would suffer losses while she benefited.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo questioned how Tang Xuan reached that conclusion, and Tang Xuan hinted that he knew about Spirit Hall’s attack in advance.
• Thousand Jun Douluo reminded Golden Crocodile Douluo that Tang Xuan and Bibi Dong’s disciple Hu Liena had both been in Slaughter City and had formed a partnership.

Tang Xuan deceived the Three Venerables into suspecting Bibi Dong was responsible for Spirit Hall’s disastrous losses, then demanded compensation before letting them leave. The Venerables agreed to depart without their army after Tang Xuan threatened to fight them again.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo believed Tang Xuan’s claims and blamed Bibi Dong for betraying Spirit Hall.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo questioned how Tang Xuan had been deceived, and Tang Xuan cited the original intelligence about the attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The Three Venerables suspected Qian Daoliu might have been involved, but Golden Crocodile Douluo decided they would investigate after returning and prepared to leave with their army.
• Tang Xuan stopped the Three Venerables and demanded compensation, then asked about Golden Crocodile Douluo’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and let him keep it when he learned it was a right leg bone.
• Tang Xuan told the Three Venerables they could leave but could not take Spirit Hall’s army; after he threatened to fight them, Golden Crocodile Douluo demanded secrecy and departed with Sixth Elder and Seventh Elder.

Tang Xuan ordered Qin Ming to distribute evidence of Spirit Hall’s attack and confronted the abandoned Spirit Hall troops, who began asking to defect. Hu Yan Jue revealed that the Elephant Armored Sect had restored his family name to use him as a link to Spirit Hall.

• Tang Xuan told Qin Ming to spread the Imprint Stone’s recordings across the continent to expose Spirit Hall and raise the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s prestige.
• The gathered allies discussed Spirit Hall’s failed attack and condemned its leaders for abandoning their followers.
• Tang Xuan questioned the surviving Spirit Hall army, then ordered Dugu Bo to kill them when they stayed silent.
• Hu Yan Jue asked to join the Mysterious Heavy Sect, and Tang Xuan stopped Dugu Bo to hear him out.
• Hu Yan Jue explained that the Elephant Armored Sect had given him the Hu Yan surname to strengthen its ties with Spirit Hall, prompting Liu Erlong to recognize him as a pawn.

Hu Yan Jue revealed that he had destroyed the Elephant Armored Sect to avenge his mother, then defected from the Spirit Hall and became Tang Xuan’s disciple under the name Su Jue. Tang Xuan offered the surviving Spirit Hall members a chance to surrender, but ordered the rest killed, leaving the new Mysterious Heavy Sect members swearing loyalty.

• Hu Yan Jue told Tang Xuan that he had lured the Elephant Armored Sect members to their deaths and left none alive besides himself.
• Hu Yan Jue explained that he had joined the Spirit Hall to avenge his mother after his biological father abused them for Hu Yan Jue’s failure to awaken the inherited Martial Soul.
• Hu Yan Jue pledged loyalty to Tang Xuan as Su Jue, using his mother’s surname, and Tang Xuan accepted him as a disciple.
• Tang Xuan offered the surviving Spirit Hall members a chance to defect to Mysterious Heavy Sect, and many stepped behind Su Jue.
• Tang Xuan ordered the holdouts killed, and Qin Ming and Dugu Bo attacked them.
• The new sect members knelt and swore loyalty to Mysterious Heavy Sect and Tang Xuan.

Tang Xuan arranged the evaluation and founding preparations for Mysterious Heavy Sect before taking the Imperial Dou Fighting Team to Heaven Dou City to meet Xue Qinghe. Outside the palace, they encountered Hu Liena, whose attempt to exploit the group’s suspicions failed.

• Tang Xuan instructed Liu Erlong to evaluate new disciples mainly on morality and character, and told Meng Shu to prepare for the sect’s founding ceremony and send invitations across the continent.
• Tang Xuan invited Ning Rongrong, Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to meet an old friend, and the group flew toward Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Xuan and his companions landed outside Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, where Hu Liena greeted him excitedly.
• Ning Rongrong and the others questioned Tang Xuan about Hu Liena’s apparent affection, while he insisted he had come to meet Xue Qinghe.
• Hu Liena claimed Tang Xuan had invited her and that she had been waiting for him, but Ning Rongrong dismissed her attempt to sow discord.

Tang Xuan rejected Hu Liena’s attempts to claim his affection and warned her to leave Spirit Hall. Sensing danger at the Emperor’s bedchamber, he found Xue Qinghe waiting with an unidentified Titled Douluo and asked Xue Qinghe to reveal his true appearance.

• Tang Xuan told Hu Liena their past had been cooperation, rejected her apology, and advised her to leave Spirit Hall.
• Hu Liena argued that Tang Xuan’s repeated acts of mercy proved he cared for her, but he said he had spared her because she had a good Teacher and walked away.
• Tang Xuan sensed killing intent near the palace and hurried with Ning Rongrong and the others to the Emperor’s bedchamber.
• Xue Qinghe greeted Tang Xuan outside the bedchamber with food, wine, and an unfamiliar Titled Douluo.
• After drinking and discussing Tang Xuan’s recent ordeal, Tang Xuan asked Xue Qinghe to show his true appearance.

Qian Renxue revealed her true identity to Tang Xuan and confessed her feelings, but he rejected her advances and reminded her that they belonged to opposing camps. As she prepared to claim the Heaven Dou throne, Tang Xuan questioned whether their old agreement applied to Qian Renxue or to the identity of Xue Qinghe.

• Qian Renxue removed her disguise, and Ning Rongrong realized that Xue Qinghe was a woman.
• Tang Xuan praised Qian Renxue's beauty but stepped away when she asked whether he liked her, prompting Ning Rongrong and Qian Renxue to argue over him.
• Ning Rongrong criticized Qian Renxue for deceiving Tang Xuan with a false identity, and Tang Xuan said deception was natural between opposing camps.
• Tang Xuan revealed that he had suspected Qian Renxue's identity since she gave him the Xue token ten years earlier, attributing his discovery to intuition.
• Qian Renxue said Xue Ye had been poisoned and would die before morning, then announced she would ascend the Heaven Dou throne and asked Tang Xuan to honor their agreement.
• Tang Xuan questioned whether the agreement made him Xue Qinghe's Guardian Divine Weapon or Qian Renxue's, leaving her unable to answer.