Chapter Summaries

Tang Xuan rejected Qian Renxue’s offer to support her bid for the Heaven Dou throne, explaining that their visions for the continent were incompatible. He argued that he would guide its conflicts through strength and the faction he was building, leaving Qian Renxue unconvinced but still drawn to him.

• Qian Renxue offered to remain Xue Qinghe and abandon her identity as Spirit Hall’s Young Master if Tang Xuan would help her become Heaven Dou Emperor.
• Tang Xuan told Qian Renxue that she wanted to unify the continent while he wanted it to remain divided, and said they could not follow the same path.
• Qian Renxue challenged Tang Xuan’s opposition to unification, and he argued that lasting peace would weaken Spirit Masters and create new dangers.
• Tang Xuan said he would guide the continent’s conflicts by becoming strong enough to command others, while Qian Renxue questioned whether his rule could endure.
• Tang Xuan explained that he had left Seven Treasure Glazed Tile and formed his own faction to build the power needed to command the continent.

Tang Xuan invited Qian Renxue to the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s founding ceremony and argued that she could avoid becoming his enemy only by dismantling Spirit Hall. He condemned Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Operation and exposed its self-interest in awakening commoners’ Martial Souls, leaving Qian Renxue speechless.

• Tang Xuan gave Qian Renxue his Mysterious Heavy Sect token and invited her to its founding ceremony, and she agreed to attend.
• Qian Renxue warned Tang Xuan that rival factions could unite against his sect, but Tang Xuan argued that a powerful force could preserve peace and limit future harm.
• When Qian Renxue asked whether they were destined to be enemies, Tang Xuan told her to disband Spirit Hall and kill Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue challenged Tang Xuan’s hatred of Spirit Hall, and he reminded her that Spirit Hall had tried to kill his entire family during the Soul Hunting Operation.
• Tang Xuan said he intended to establish a new force that could serve the common people, then argued that Spirit Hall’s Martial Soul awakenings were also a means of spreading its faith.
• Qian Renxue could not answer as Tang Xuan exposed the selfish motives he saw beneath Spirit Hall’s public service.

Tang Xuan tried to persuade Qian Renxue to leave Spirit Hall, but she refused to abandon her Nation-Stealing Plan and challenged him to a fight. Qian Renxue revealed her Six-winged Angel and Soul Douluo strength, while Tang Xuan prepared to face her.

• Tang Xuan offered to spare Spirit Hall if Qian Renxue left it, but said Bibi Dong, Golden Crocodile, Qian Jun, Jiang Mo, and Qian Daoliu still had to die for the Soul Hunting Operation.
• Qian Renxue refused to give up her nearly twenty-year Nation-Stealing Plan or hand Xue Ye over to Tang Xuan, and challenged him to fight.
• Qian Renxue revealed her eight Spirit Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year-old eighth ring, and transformed with her Six-winged Angel Martial Soul.
• Tang Xuan dispelled Qian Renxue's angelic aura and protected the Imperial Dou Fighting Team from its influence.
• Qian Renxue said she had reached level eighty more than three months earlier, while Tang Xuan reminded her that he had killed a Soul Douluo before.
• Tang Xuan rolled his wrist, and Qian Renxue's expression changed drastically.

Tang Xuan confronted Qian Renxue, killing the Titled Douluo beside her before they began an intense duel. Their strongest attacks devastated the area, and Qian Renxue was left struggling against the eroding force that had entered her body.

• Tang Xuan cut the stout old man in half, explaining that he would not leave a potential threat near his companions.
• Qian Renxue denied ordering Snake Lance Douluo She Long to capture Ning Rongrong, and Tang Xuan revealed that he had killed She Long for threatening her.
• Tang Xuan and Qian Renxue began fighting, matching his Clumsy Intent Sword Art against her Angel Assault.
• Qian Renxue unleashed Angel Holy Sword as Tang Xuan struck with Mountain Flatten, Mountain Collapse, and Heaven Collapse Earth Crack.
• Their attacks collided and blasted the area around the emperor's bedchamber to rubble, while Dugu Yan used the Vast Sea Bodyguarding Shield to protect the others.
• Qian Renxue's blood and qi churned as the eroding intent from Tang Xuan's sword spread through her body, beyond what her Angel Soul Power could quickly dispel.

Tang Xuan fought Qian Renxue’s Angel Domain with his Selfless Sword Intent, overpowering her divine defenses and striking her despite her intangibility. Qian Renxue was left badly wounded and confused as Tang Xuan’s sword intent drew on his fused divine powers.

• Tang Xuan realized Qian Renxue’s Angel Martial Soul carried the Angel God’s blessing and could injure his God-level body.
• Qian Renxue activated her seventh Spirit Ring and Angel Domain, then demanded that Tang Xuan use his Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Tang Xuan refused, invoked his Selfless Sword Intent, and warned Yu Tianheng to strike him with lightning later.
• Tang Xuan charged through Qian Renxue’s sacred aura and struck her left abdomen with his Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword despite her intangibility.
• Qian Renxue flew back, spat blood, and questioned how Tang Xuan had overcome her Angel Domain.

Tang Xuan overwhelmed Qian Renxue as her attacks and attempts to evade him failed, and his assaults became increasingly lethal. The Imperial Dou Fighting Team recognized that Tang Xuan was not acting normally, and Dugu Yan urged Yu Tianheng to intervene.

• Qian Renxue used Angel Phantom and Angel Roar, but Tang Xuan absorbed most of the golden feathers and resisted the mental attack.
• Qian Renxue tried to keep her distance and drain Tang Xuan with the Angel Domain, but Tang Xuan used his Mysterious Wing Soul Bone to pursue her through the air.
• Tang Xuan's attacks grew more reckless, and he struck Qian Renxue in the chest, sending her crashing to the ground.
• Tang Xuan dove after the wounded Qian Renxue and continued attacking her as she lay on the ground.
• Ning Rongrong warned that Tang Xuan's state was abnormal, and Dugu Yan suggested that Yu Tianheng was the one expected to act.

Yu Tianheng used Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation to break Tang Xuan out of his uncontrolled Selfless Sword Intent, leaving Qian Renxue unconscious. Tang Xuan explained the danger of his unfinished Sword Intent and promised Ning Rongrong he would not use it casually, while his friends agreed Yu Tianheng’s lightning might be the only way to bring him back.

• Yu Tianheng unleashed Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation, whose heavenly lightning jolted Tang Xuan out of his Selfless Sword Intent and stopped his assault on Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue fainted from exhaustion, and Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong supported Tang Xuan and Yu Tianheng as they recovered.
• Tang Xuan explained that his incomplete Sword Intent could make him lose himself, and Ning Rongrong begged him not to use it again.
• Tang Xuan promised not to use Sword Intent casually, while Dugu Yan urged Yu Tianheng to focus on strengthening Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation.
• Tang Xuan asked Ye Lingling to treat Qian Renxue and explained that her death could provoke Spirit Hall because she was the Great Enshrined's granddaughter and the former Pope's daughter.

Tang Xuan defeated Qian Renxue’s palace coup, rescued Xue Ye, and forced her to abandon her plan to take the throne. After Qian Renxue left, Dugu Yan tried to rouse the poisoned Xue Ye, whose trembling eyelids showed he might soon awaken.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling wondered about Qian Renxue’s mother, but Tang Xuan warned them not to discuss the matter.
• Ye Lingling revived Qian Renxue, who acknowledged her defeat but insisted she could still use Xue Ye as a hostage.
• Tang Xuan swiftly rescued Xue Ye and captured Xue Xing and Xue Beng, leaving Qian Renxue with no way to complete her coup.
• Qian Renxue left the palace after Tang Xuan told her to attend his sect’s founding ceremony next month, and he freed Xue Xing and Xue Beng.
• Ye Lingling said she could not safely wake Xue Ye, so Dugu Yan used her Eight Spider Lances to draw out poison and stimulate him; his eyelids began to tremble.

Tang Xuan broke through to level eighty and prepared to hunt the Sky Azure Bull Python. The Asura God and Evil God then revealed that they had found divine inheritances for his companions, including the possibility of higher godhood for those who proved exceptional.

• Dugu Yan reported that Xue Ye's vitality had been drained and that he had only days to live, while Xue Beng and Xue Xing accepted Tang Xuan's account of Xue Qinghe's coup attempt.
• Tang Xuan told Xue Beng to prepare to inherit the throne and ordered Xue Xing to gather officials, secure the palace, and find him a quiet place to cultivate.
• Tang Xuan entered a Secret Chamber to break through, while Ning Rongrong joined him and Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng, and Dugu Yan cultivated outside as guards.
• By the following evening, Tang Xuan had reached level eighty and decided to hunt the Sky Azure Bull Python before it could cause a Beast Tide.
• The Asura God and Evil God contacted Tang Xuan and said they had found divine inheritances for his companions, including a Level 1 inheritance from the Fire God and possible paths to becoming Level 1 Gods or God Kings.

The Evil God gave Tang Xuan the Divine Seat Cores of the God of Thunder and the God of Phoenix, which Tang Xuan planned for Yu Tianheng and Ma Hongjun to inherit. The Asura God explained how Divine Seat Cores worked before the two God Kings departed, leaving Tang Xuan to seek further inheritances at the Sea God's inheritance ground.

• The Evil God showed Tang Xuan the Divine Seat Cores of the God of Thunder and the God of Phoenix and explained that they could be restored by worthy successors.
• The Evil God handed the sealed cores to Tang Xuan, who chose Ma Hongjun and Yu Tianheng as their intended successors.
• The Asura God explained that a Divine Seat Core had to be fused into a Spirit Master's body beforehand and could let a level 99 Spirit Master become a Level 100 god without God Trials.
• The Asura God told Tang Xuan that only the strongest gods left behind cores when they perished, and that other gods would notice him at the Sea God's inheritance ground.
• The Evil God and the Asura God left after warning Tang Xuan that Divine Seat inheritances would need to be bestowed through suitable inheritance grounds.

The Evil God told Tang Xuan that Ning Rongrong could inherit the Kindness God King's position without risking eradication, then collected the Taiji Diagram Tang Xuan had promised him. The Asura God warned that the Rakshasa God might soon descend, forcing Tang Xuan to become a god quickly or risk his fused divine powers separating and killing him.

• The Evil God revealed that the Kindness God King intended to make Ning Rongrong her Successor and assured Tang Xuan that a failed inheritance would not eradicate her.
• Tang Xuan thanked the Evil God and Kindness God King, then promised to provide the Taiji Diagram he had forgotten to make.
• Tang Xuan inscribed the Taiji Diagram on a jade tablet and gave it to the Evil God, who left to study it.
• The Asura God told Tang Xuan that the Rakshasa God's descent seemed imminent because killing intent and wicked thoughts on the Douluo Continent were growing and merging.
• The Asura God warned that Tang Xuan had to become a god soon after the Rakshasa descended, or his fused divine powers could separate and kill him.

Tang Xuan learned that Bibi Dong had passed Rakshasa's sixth trial and planned to exploit her lingering feelings for Yu Xiaogang to slow her inheritance. Asura God urged him to focus on growing stronger, then told him to accompany Ning Rongrong to Sea God Island after she reached Level 95, leaving Tang Xuan to wonder why he was needed.

• Asura God advised Tang Xuan to focus more on cultivation because Rakshasa's successor had passed the sixth trial.
• Tang Xuan asked how Rakshasa Divine Power affected a successor who retained pure feelings, and Asura God explained that it would weaken her inheritance.
• Tang Xuan decided to use Bibi Dong's lingering feelings for Yu Xiaogang to delay her progress, despite Asura God's warning that the plan could backfire.
• Asura God offered to destroy Rakshasa's successor if needed, then said Ning Rongrong should take a God King's trial after reaching Level 95 and visit Sea God Island beforehand with Tang Xuan.
• Asura God returned to the God Realm without explaining why Tang Xuan should go, and Tang Xuan returned to the Secret Chamber and continued consolidating his cultivation while Ning Rongrong tried to break through Level 80.

Bibi Dong learned that the Soul Hunting Operation had been annihilated and ordered Spirit Hall to begin its Infiltration Plan. Qian Renxue arrived to announce that her plan had failed and blamed Bibi Dong for forcing the worshippers into battle, which had driven Tang Xuan away from her control.

• Bibi Dong learned that nearly all of the twenty thousand Spirit Hall fighters in the Soul Hunting Operation had been killed, while the Three Venerables returned severely injured.
• Bibi Dong asked Hu Liena whether Tang Xuan had died, but mistakenly assumed Hu Liena had let him escape.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall in Heaven Dou City to lie low and begin the Infiltration Plan.
• Qian Renxue arrived and announced that the Infiltration Plan had failed, then left after Bibi Dong mocked her.
• Qian Renxue blamed Bibi Dong for forcing the worshippers into battle, saying Tang Xuan would otherwise have become her subordinate.

Ning Rongrong reached level eighty and received a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, which Tang Xuan suspected was a trial from the God of Goodness. Tang Xuan prepared to leave to pursue the Sky Azure Bull Python, while he and Ning Rongrong agreed to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect first.

• Qian Renxue blamed Bibi Dong for the failure of the grand plan and left, while Bibi Dong watched her go in silence.
• Ning Rongrong broke through to level eighty, and Tang Xuan worried about finding a suitable eighth soul ring for her.
• Tang Xuan suggested Ning Rongrong wait and seek a God-Bestowed Soul Ring from the Sea God, but Ning Rongrong revealed that she already had one.
• Ning Rongrong explained that a gentle female voice had offered her the bead as her eighth soul ring, and Tang Xuan identified the voice as likely belonging to the God of Goodness.
• Tang Xuan told Ning Rongrong to complete the trial while he went after the Sky Azure Bull Python, and they agreed to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect before separating.
• Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong left the secret chamber and were surrounded by a large group of people.

Tang Xuan secured Xue Ye’s support for Xue Beng’s succession before rushing to the Star Dou Great Forest to find the Sky Azure Bull Python. After questioning a Spirit Hall Cardinal, he learned that Chrysanthemum Ghost had pursued the beast and killed the Cardinal to prevent him from reporting Tang Xuan’s presence.

• Xue Ye thanked Tang Xuan for saving the Heaven Dou Empire and confirmed that Xue Beng would inherit the throne.
• Tang Xuan agreed to support Xue Beng, then flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest and urged the little green snake to stay alive.
• Tang Xuan searched the forest with his Mental Power and Slaughter Domain but found Spirit Hall’s main force instead of the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Tang Xuan abducted and questioned a Spirit Hall Cardinal, who said Chrysanthemum Ghost had pursued a long azure shadow in the direction ahead.
• Tang Xuan killed the Cardinal with a black sword shadow so he could not report Tang Xuan’s presence to Spirit Hall.

Tang Xuan reached the Sky Azure Bull Python just as Ju Guanhua and Gui Mei were trapping it, then drove them back and claimed Xiao Wu had sent him to help. He won the exhausted python’s trust and demanded that the two Spirit Hall Douluo let him take it away.

• Tang Xuan followed traces of golden chrysanthemum petals and azure scales, then rushed toward a distant roar.
• Tang Xuan arrived and struck Ju Guanhua and Gui Mei with a black sword shadow, freeing the trapped Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Tang Xuan called the python Great Ming and falsely claimed Xiao Wu had sent him; Great Ming believed him and asked after Xiao Wu and Second Brother.
• Tang Xuan announced that he would take Great Ming away and offered Ju Guanhua and Gui Mei the choice to leave or fight.
• Ju Guanhua protested, but he and Gui Mei were reluctant to fight Tang Xuan.

Tang Xuan drove Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo away, then escorted the Sky Azure Bull Python toward the Mysterious Heavy Sect. At the forest’s edge, he tricked the beast into concentrating on a false method of taking human form while he readied his sword to attack.

• Tang Xuan threatened to kill Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo so Bibi Dong would never learn what happened, and the two fled.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python thanked Tang Xuan, who said he was fulfilling someone’s request and agreed to take it to Xiao Wu.
• Tang Xuan led the Sky Azure Bull Python west for a week until they reached the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, near the Mysterious Heavy Sect.
• Tang Xuan claimed the Sky Azure Bull Python could switch between human and beast forms, then offered to teach it how.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python followed Tang Xuan’s instructions and focused on circulating its Mental Power and Soul Power as Tang Xuan silently readied his Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword.

Tang Xuan killed the Sky Azure Bull Python, absorbed its Spirit Ring, and gained the Sky Azure Dragon Puppet Soul Skill. After flying toward Heaven Dou City, he turned back to the Star Dou Great Forest to test the skill and heard people cursing him.

• Tang Xuan stabbed the Sky Azure Bull Python through its vital spot and revealed that he had killed it to claim its Spirit Ring and Soul Bone.
• Tang Xuan showed the Sky Azure Bull Python his Sixth Spirit Ring, and it realized that the Titan Giant Ape had died before it lost consciousness and died.
• Tang Xuan searched the corpse for a Right Arm Bone but found only a Left Leg Bone, then absorbed the Sky Azure Bull Python's Spirit Ring and reached Level 83.
• Tang Xuan learned that his Eighth Soul Skill, the Sky Azure Dragon Puppet, summoned an independent soul projection that attacked both an enemy's body and soul.
• Tang Xuan turned back toward the Star Dou Great Forest to test his new skill and heard a group furiously cursing him.

Tang Xuan intercepted Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo and forced them to help test his Eighth Soul Skill, Azure Dragon Puppet. He summoned the Sky Azure Dragon Puppet and fought Ghost Douluo defensively while it attacked Chrysanthemum Douluo.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo complained that Tang Xuan had repeatedly ruined Spirit Hall's plans, while Ghost Douluo admitted Tang Xuan might now be stronger than they were.
• Tang Xuan appeared above the two Douluo and blocked their attempts to flee back to Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xuan asked Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to test a Soul Skill, but they refused and tried to leave again.
• Tang Xuan summoned his Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword and eight Spirit Rings, forcing both Douluo to release their Martial Souls and attack.
• Tang Xuan deployed his Eighth Soul Skill, Azure Dragon Puppet, and ordered the Sky Azure Dragon Puppet to attack Chrysanthemum Douluo while he contained Ghost Douluo.

The Sky Azure Dragon Puppet overwhelmed Chrysanthemum Douluo, whose Ninth Soul Skill could not harm its illusory body, and killed him with its crushing coils. Ghost Douluo attacked the puppet in grief, and Tang Xuan ordered it to kill him as well.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill against the Sky Azure Dragon Puppet, but its Azure Annihilation Thunder tore through his attack and struck him.
• The Sky Azure Dragon Puppet wrapped around Chrysanthemum Douluo and scoured his body and soul with Azure Annihilation Thunder.
• Ghost Douluo used his Ninth Soul Skill to grab the puppet with ghost hands, but he could not free Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo urged Ghost Douluo to flee, but the puppet tightened its coils and killed him.
• Tang Xuan ordered the Sky Azure Dragon Puppet to kill Ghost Douluo, who attacked it again with his Ninth Soul Skill.