Chapter Summaries

Tang Xuan defeated Ghost Douluo after his Sky Azure Dragon Puppet ran out of energy, then confronted Spirit Hall members who had watched the battle. He rejected Xie Yue’s appeal to spare Ghost Douluo and prepared to settle their old grudge.

• Tang Xuan ordered the Sky Azure Dragon Puppet to use lightning, but it dispersed before its weakened attack could kill Ghost Douluo.
• Ghost Douluo lunged at Tang Xuan, who caught his hand and crushed his bones with a sword strike.
• Tang Xuan mocked Ghost Douluo and called out the hidden onlookers, prompting Xie Yue and Yan to emerge.
• Xie Yue asked Tang Xuan to spare his teacher, Ghost Douluo, and warned that killing him would anger Bibi Dong.
• Tang Xuan recalled Ghost Douluo’s old threat and chose to pursue revenge despite the consequences.

Tang Xuan killed Ghost Douluo, took his Right Leg Bone, and left Xie Yue and Yan alive. In Heaven Dou City, he heard rumors about the Mysterious Heavy Sect and its coming Sect Founding Ceremony, along with claims that Spirit Hall had plotted against the Blue Lightning and Seven Treasures sects.

• Tang Xuan killed Ghost Douluo and removed his Right Leg Bone while Xie Yue and Yan watched.
• Tang Xuan left Xie Yue and Yan alive, and Xie Yue told Yan to handle the bodies and report to the Pope.
• Tang Xuan wandered through Heaven Dou City, then heard people discussing the Mysterious Heavy Sect's rise and its upcoming Sect Founding Ceremony.
• A waiter claimed Spirit Hall had plotted to destroy the Blue Lightning and Seven Treasures sects, and said an Imprint Stone replayed evidence of the fight.
• The crowd began asking whether Spirit Hall had also been involved in the recent incident at the imperial palace.

Tang Xuan returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and learned that Ning Rongrong had gained a Hundred-thousand-year eighth soul ring with a powerful defensive ability. Her ability could protect one other person from attacks, but its limits made a direct assault on Spirit Hall too risky for now.

• Tang Xuan heard people praise the Mysterious Heavy Sect and condemn Spirit Hall before returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong showed Tang Xuan her Hundred-thousand-year eighth soul ring, which appeared to be condensed from pure divine power, though she said absorbing it had felt comfortable and uneventful.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that her eighth soul skill, Nine Treasures Divine Light Body Protection, could be granted to someone else.
• Tang Xuan and Chen Xin considered attacking Spirit Hall with Ning Rongrong's protection, but she explained that she could protect only one person and could not protect herself while doing so.
• Tang Xuan reconsidered the assault, realizing that Spirit Hall's supreme powerhouses could respond with divine power and that a direct attack would carry excessive risk.

Tang Xuan offered Yu Tianheng the God of Thunder’s Divine Seat Core, which could let him inherit the godhood without a trial. Yu Tianheng hesitated because he wanted to preserve it as a lifeline for Tang Xuan, but Tang Xuan explained that it would hinder his own divine-seat fusion.

• Tang Xuan rested for a day and night, then visited the Imperial Dou Fighting Team at the rear mountain.
• Tang Xuan revealed Ghost Douluo’s Right Leg Bone and the Core of the God of Thunder, explaining that absorbing the core could let Yu Tianheng inherit the God of Thunder’s divine seat after reaching level 99.
• Dugu Yan teased Yu Tianheng about whether he could absorb the core, and Yu Tianheng insisted that he could.
• Yu Tianheng admitted he wanted to save the core as a backup to protect Tang Xuan while he fused two God King divine seats.
• Tang Xuan thanked Yu Tianheng for caring but told him that carrying another divine seat’s core would burden his own fusion.

Tang Xuan gave Yu Tianheng the Core of the God of Thunder and explained that Yu Tianheng could restore the fallen god to his former strength. Yu Tianheng swallowed the core and endured its painful transformation as Tang Xuan urged him to take control of its divine power.

• Tang Xuan explained why the Core of the God of Thunder would not help him fuse with a Divine Seat and handed it to Yu Tianheng.
• Tang Xuan said Yu Tianheng could restore the God of Thunder to his former peak or surpass it, and Yu Tianheng decided to absorb the core.
• Yu Tianheng asked how to absorb the core, then swallowed it when Tang Xuan suggested following his instincts.
• The core transformed Yu Tianheng into lightning before its power concentrated between his brows and caused him intense pain.
• Tang Xuan told Yu Tianheng to calm his mind, circulate his Soul Power, and actively seize control of the core's divine power, and Yu Tianheng followed his instructions.

Tang Xuan explained how the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core and the Heart of the Sea God were changing Dugu Yan's affinity away from sinister attributes. Dugu Yan chose to give up her poison path, leaving her future abilities uncertain but with the possibility of gaining Supreme Yang or Divine Attributes.

• Tang Xuan offered the sinister Right Leg Bone to Dugu Yan, but she refused because she sensed its attributes would harm her.
• Dugu Yan recalled that her aversion to sinister attributes began after she absorbed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core and the Heart of the Sea God.
• Tang Xuan explained that the relic's Divine Attribute and the Inner Core's Supreme Yang Attribute both suppressed sinister forces and might eventually replace Dugu Yan's poison abilities.
• Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling questioned how the change would affect Dugu Yan's future Spirit Rings, Soul Skills, and fighting style.
• Dugu Yan decided to abandon poison if necessary, and Tang Xuan reassured her that the transformation was unlikely to make her weaker.

Tang Xuan gave Ghost Douluo’s Right Leg Bone to Ning Rongrong for Bone Douluo and absorbed the Sky Azure Bull Python’s Left Leg Bone, transforming his Sky Azure Dragon Puppet into a powerful Sky Azure Dragon Soul. Yu Tianheng emerged after absorbing the Core of the God of Thunder, and Tang Xuan tested his newfound command of lightning.

• Tang Xuan asked Ning Rongrong to deliver Ghost Douluo’s Right Leg Bone to Bone Douluo, then began absorbing the Sky Azure Bull Python’s Left Leg Bone.
• Tang Xuan reached level 84, gained stronger Soul Power, and found that the Soul Bone had greatly enhanced his Sky Azure Dragon Puppet.
• Tang Xuan summoned the transformed Sky Azure Dragon Soul and discovered it could use the Left Leg Bone’s Azure Slowing Divine Claw and Azure Annihilation Thunder.
• Yu Tianheng emerged surrounded by lightning, and Tang Xuan realized he had fused with the Core of the God of Thunder and become a candidate for the God of Thunder.
• Tang Xuan sent Azure Annihilation Thunder at Yu Tianheng, who flew through it unharmed, though the lightning destroyed much of his clothing.

Yu Tianheng absorbed Tang Xuan’s Dark Demonic Evil Thunder, purifying its evil power into lightning and consuming it. He learned that the feat had exhausted him and elevated his heart to a Demigod-level physique.

• Tang Xuan challenged Yu Tianheng to withstand Dark Demonic Evil Thunder, and Yu Tianheng faced the attack without defending himself.
• Yu Tianheng caught the Dark Demonic Evil Thunder barehanded and removed its evil aura, refining it into pure lightning.
• Yu Tianheng swallowed the purified lightning and joked with Tang Xuan, but his strength gave out as exhaustion overcame him.
• Tang Xuan caught Yu Tianheng and explained that absorbing the thunder had exhausted him and brought his heart into the God-level ranks.

Tang Xuan proposed that Yu Tianheng could combine different kinds of lightning into a devastating attack, and Yu Tianheng tested the idea with Azure Annihilation Thunder. The two forms of thunder began merging smoothly, but Yu Tianheng could not disrupt their balance, so he flung the fused lightning skyward to try again.

• Tang Xuan suggested that Yu Tianheng fuse different kinds of thunder, inspiring him to imagine a Buddha's Wrath Thunder Lotus.
• Tang Xuan brought Yu Tianheng back to the ground, where Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong healed and strengthened him.
• After recovering, Yu Tianheng asked Tang Xuan to release lightning so they could test their new skill, despite Dugu Yan's concern.
• Tang Xuan summoned the Sky Azure Dragon Soul and released Azure Annihilation Thunder, which Yu Tianheng tried to fuse with his own lightning.
• The Core of the God of Thunder helped the two currents merge, but Yu Tianheng could not break their stable balance and threw the fused lightning into the sky to start over.

Tang Xuan recognized that his many skills and uneven energy distribution were holding back his combat ability, and Ning Fengzhi suggested Heart Separation Control as a solution. After Chen Xin challenged his assumptions about focus and the sword path, Tang Xuan decided to study the technique and received a copy of its cultivation method.

• Tang Xuan explained that the Sky Azure Dragon Puppet acted independently but needed his approval and drew energy from him.
• Ning Fengzhi pointed out Tang Xuan’s uneven energy distribution and advised him to address the weakness.
• Ning Rongrong comforted Tang Xuan, prompting him to realize Ning Fengzhi meant Heart Separation Control.
• Tang Xuan worried the technique would conflict with his sword path, but Chen Xin argued that learning to divide his mind could help him achieve greater focus.
• Tang Xuan set aside his doubts, thanked Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi, and received a bamboo slip containing the fundamental method for Heart Separation Control.

Ning Fengzhi gave Tang Xuan and the Imperial Dou Group a chance to learn Heart Separation Control, and they quickly mastered its first stage. As the group discussed how the technique helped them, Tang Xuan revealed he had been secretly studying something new.

• Ning Fengzhi gave Tang Xuan the copied text of Heart Separation Control and invited Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and Ye Lingling to study it too.
• Dugu Yan, Tang Xuan, Yu Tianheng, and Ye Lingling each entered the Three Orifice Control of the Heart within one night, with Dugu Yan learning it first.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Yu Tianheng described how Heart Separation Control improved their battlefield control, healing, and creation of the Buddha's Wrath Thunder Lotus.
• Ning Rongrong complained that the others had not suffered the splitting headache she experienced when she first learned the technique.
• Ning Rongrong asked Tang Xuan whether learning Heart Separation Control had hurt, and Tang Xuan said he had been secretly studying something new he had just figured out.

Tang Xuan demonstrated the Sky Azure Dragon Domain, a barrier made of Azure Annihilation Thunder, and explained how it could contain powerful area attacks. Yu Tianheng revealed that he had reached Level 70 and felt drawn toward something in the west, so Imperial Dou prepared to investigate and find his Seventh Soul Ring.

• Tang Xuan created the Sky Azure Dragon Domain and warned Ning Rongrong not to touch its lightning barrier.
• Tang Xuan explained that Heart Separation Control had let him turn the Sky Azure Dragon Soul into a wide barrier, and Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng recognized its potential for containing their attacks.
• Tang Xuan suggested testing Buddha's Fury 'Thunder' Lotus, but Yu Tianheng said he first needed a Seventh Soul Ring and revealed that he had reached Level 70.
• Tang Xuan decided that Imperial Dou would travel to the Star Dou Great Forest, but Yu Tianheng said something in the west was drawing him toward a Seventh Soul Ring.
• Tang Xuan said he had an idea about what was calling Yu Tianheng, then led the group to set out west and investigate.

Yu Tianheng’s group traveled to Vast Sea City to investigate the mysterious thing drawing him, while Ye Lingling struggled with her concealed feelings for Tang Xuan. They obtained a ship and discovered that both the vessel and its crew seemed strangely familiar.

• During the carriage ride, Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling about her feelings for Tang Xuan, and Ye Lingling made her promise not to reveal anything.
• Ye Lingling reflected that she loved Tang Xuan but would not interfere with his bond with Ning Rongrong, then entered cultivation.
• Several days later, the group reached Vast Sea City, where Yu Tianheng sensed the object drawing him was on land in a direction out at sea.
• Tang Xuan decided they should find a boat, and Ning Rongrong used the Seven Treasures Chamber of Commerce’s connections to arrange one and a guide.
• The group received the Dragon Abyss Boat, and Tang Xuan became suspicious when the sailors provided by the chamber of commerce appeared.

Tang Xuan and the Imperial Dou Group boarded Haider’s ship to travel across the sea, but Haider tried to poison and rob them. They recovered unharmed, and Haider prepared to attack, still unaware of their true strength.

• The president of the Seven Treasures Chamber of Commerce introduced Haider as captain of the Sea Devil, and Tang Xuan led the group aboard.
• The Imperial Dou Group admired the ocean and ate aboard the ship before Yu Tianheng sensed that their destination was near.
• Haider’s poison failed to incapacitate the group, and he revealed his plan to rob them and throw them overboard.
• Tang Xuan and Dugu Yan mocked Haider’s weak poison as the group stood up unharmed.
• Haider summoned his six-ringed black octopus Martial Soul and ordered his crew to attack.

Yu Tianheng defeated Haider and his crew, and Tang Xuan identified them as members of the Purple Pearl Pirate Group. With nobody able to steer the Sea Devil, Tang Xuan brought out the Dragon Abyss Boat to continue their journey.

• Yu Tianheng used his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon spirit to incapacitate Haider’s eight crewmen and killed them after Dugu Yan told him to stop the noise.
• Tang Xuan explained that Haider was likely backed by the Purple Pearl Pirate Group, whose captain was a female Soul Saint named Purple Pearl.
• Ning Rongrong suggested wiping out the pirates, but Tang Xuan said it was not worth pursuing them without knowing where their base was.
• Tang Xuan realized none of the group knew how to pilot the Sea Devil and took out the Dragon Abyss Boat, which could be steered with Soul Power and thought.

Tang Xuan’s group reached the storm-wracked island and discovered the Thunderclap Hellvine, a powerful Spirit Beast carrying the God of Thunder’s bloodline. Yu Tianheng approached it to reclaim the God of Thunder’s power, while the battered vine resisted him and prepared to fight.

• A sudden storm surrounded the group as Yu Tianheng sensed their destination nearby and guided them toward a scorched island beneath dense, lightning-filled clouds.
• Tang Xuan recognized the island’s repeated lightning strikes as evidence of the Thunderclap Hellvine and hurried everyone ashore.
• The group found the Thunderclap Hellvine enduring the lightning, and Tang Xuan explained that it was a super Spirit Beast with the God of Thunder’s bloodline.
• Tang Xuan urged Yu Tianheng to refine the vine before the lightning destroyed it, and Yu Tianheng advanced toward it despite its resistance.
• Yu Tianheng summoned the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and readied his claws to attack, while the Thunderclap Hellvine seethed at its predicament and prepared to resist.

Yu Tianheng killed the Thunderclap Hellvine by using the Core of the God of Thunder to suppress its control over lightning and devour its bloodline. He found its head Soul Bone and began refining the energy, while the team discussed the battle and its implications.

• Yu Tianheng taunted the Thunderclap Hellvine, then struck its roots and devoured its God of Thunder bloodline until it withered away.
• Yu Tianheng dug through the scorched earth and found a bluish-purple head Soul Bone, which he handed to Dugu Yan before meditating to refine the overflowing energy.
• The storm clouds dispersed, and Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan called the Imperial Dou team villains while Tang Xuan denied being one.
• Dugu Yan asked why the Thunderclap Hellvine could not control the lightning, and Tang Xuan explained that the Core of the God of Thunder outranked its bloodline.

Yu Tianheng absorbed the God of Thunder’s bloodline power, causing his Martial Soul to undergo a Second Awakening and reach God-level. After he woke with a new Thunder God Domain and dragon horns, he and Tang Xuan traded taunts and prepared to spar.

• Yu Tianheng finished absorbing the God of Thunder’s bloodline power, strengthening the Core of the God of Thunder.
• A dragon phantom and a blue-violet halo appeared as Yu Tianheng’s Martial Soul began its Second Awakening, which Tang Xuan identified.
• Tang Xuan reasoned that the God of Thunder’s power would drive Yu Tianheng’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon beyond the Light Sacred Dragon.
• Yu Tianheng woke with a God-level Martial Soul, the Thunder God Domain, and dragon horns at Rank 70.
• Tang Xuan punched Yu Tianheng and challenged him to a spar after Yu Tianheng accused him of jealousy.

After returning from their search for Yu Tianheng’s Seventh Soul Ring, Tang Xuan learned that the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s founding ceremony could draw the Clear Sky Sect into the open. He planned to use the ceremony to stir up the balance of power before he and his teammates left the continent, while the sect prepared for Spirit Hall’s response.

• Yu Tianheng absorbed the Thunderclap Hellvine’s skull bone and reached Level 75, while Ye Lingling stayed in her cabin to cultivate during the voyage home.
• Tang Xuan and the others returned to the Mysterious Heavy Sect, where Dugu Yan reunited with Dugu Bo and Yu Tianheng avoided the beating Dugu Bo had planned for him.
• Tang Xuan asked Yang Wudi and Meng Shu about the founding ceremony, and they warned him that the sect would face opposition from Spirit Hall, the Lower Four Sects, and possibly the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xuan proposed joining with the Star Luo Imperial Family to publicize the Star Luo Guardian Divine Sect within seven days, hoping to draw the Clear Sky Sect out and muddy the waters before his team departed the continent.

Tang Xuan explained how forcing the Clear Sky Sect into the open could make Spirit Hall and the rival factions restrain one another, buying the Mysterious Heavy Sect time to grow. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong learned that Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo had been killed, and the chapter left Xie Yue and Yan trembling before her.

• Tang Xuan agreed with Yang Wudi that mutual suspicion among Spirit Hall, the Clear Sky Sect, and the Mysterious Heavy Sect could stabilize the conflict and buy time.
• Tang Xuan revealed that the Clear Sky Sect had six Titled Douluo when its deceased and missing figures were counted, prompting Yang Wudi and Meng Shu to realize its true strength.
• Yang Wudi and Meng Shu left to arrange a way to expose the Clear Sky Sect as a rival, while Tang Xuan worried that the Sect Founding Ceremony risked disaster.
• Bibi Dong demanded to know who had killed Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo after Xie Yue and Yan brought their bodies back to Spirit City.