Chapter Summaries

After learning that Tang Xuan had killed Chrysanthemum and Ghost and taken the Sky Azure Bull Python, Bibi Dong considered how Spirit Hall should respond. Hu Liena proposed concealing the deaths and turning Tang Xuan’s enemies against one another, while privately trying to prevent another clash between him and Bibi Dong.

• Xie Yue reported that Tang Xuan killed Chrysanthemum and Ghost and took the Sky Azure Bull Python as his eighth soul ring, enraging Bibi Dong.
• Hu Liena calmed Bibi Dong and advised Spirit Hall to conceal the deaths while it recovered.
• Hu Liena proposed stirring conflict between Tang Xuan and Spirit Hall’s other enemies, especially the Clear Sky Sect, using the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s founding ceremony as an opportunity.
• Bibi Dong praised Hu Liena’s judgment, then revealed she knew Hu Liena was trying to prevent a direct conflict between her and Tang Xuan.

Bibi Dong sent Hu Liena to the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s founding ceremony to provoke a clash with the Clear Sky Sect and display Spirit Hall’s authority. At the ceremony, Flender welcomed disguised Spirit Master families into the sect and greeted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, who arrived with the mysterious Grandpa Ying.

• Bibi Dong agreed to Hu Liena’s proposal and ordered her to represent Spirit Hall at the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s ceremony, where she would try to provoke the Clear Sky Sect.
• Seven days later, Flender invited the disguised Spirit Master families gathered outside the sect to enter and observe the ceremony, warning them not to disrupt order.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing arrived and greeted Flender, who asked whether they had brought protection for the ceremony.
• Dai Mubai introduced Grandpa Ying, whose sudden appearance and powerful presence surprised Flender.
• Flender told Dai Mubai that his old friends had arrived, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing entered the sect.

The Mysterious Heavy Sect’s ceremony drew powerful guests from across the empires, including Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Yu Yuanzhen, before Qian Renxue and Hu Liena arrived from Spirit Hall. Qian Renxue rejected Ning Fengzhi’s claim to be her teacher and asked where Tang Xuan was, while Hu Liena remained uneasy among the gathered Titled Douluo.

• The Heaven Dou Royal Family, the Lower Four Sects, and other delegations arrived for the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s ceremony.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked Flender when Tang Xuan would appear, then intimidated Tuoba Xi when he approached with false concern.
• Flender welcomed Qian Renxue and Hu Liena as the final honored guests, surprising the assembled sect leaders.
• Qian Renxue told Ning Fengzhi not to call himself her teacher, and Ning Fengzhi said he would acknowledge only Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue asked where Tang Xuan was, while Hu Liena worried about Qian Renxue’s contempt and the powerful guests around them.

At the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s founding ceremony, Qian Renxue and Hu Liena nearly fought before Flender stopped them. The sect revealed its three Titled Douluo Elders to the assembled guests, and Qin Ming prepared to welcome Sect Master Tang Xuan.

• Qian Renxue and Hu Liena traded threats over their roles at the ceremony until Flender used his Soul Pressure to make them take their seats.
• Flender opened the founding ceremony, and Meng Shu introduced himself as the sect’s Third Elder, a level 91 Titled Douluo.
• Yang Wudi introduced himself as the Second Elder and revealed his Hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, shocking the guests.
• Dugu Bo arrived on an enormous emerald-green serpent and announced himself as the sect’s level 95 Great Elder.
• Qin Ming identified himself as Vice Sect Master and invited Tang Xuan to appear as Sect Master.

Tang Xuan formally established the Mysterious Heavy Sect and declared it the Number One Sect Under Heaven, replacing the Clear Sky Sect among the Upper Three Sects. A disguised Black-Robed Person challenged his claim, and the chapter ended with Tang Xuan stopping Yang Wudi from attacking him again.

• Tang Xuan descended to the ceremony with the Imperial Dou Fighting Team floating beside him through his Soul Power, astonishing the assembled Spirit Masters.
• Tang Xuan introduced himself as the Rank 85 Sect Master and announced the official establishment of the Mysterious Heavy Sect, drawing loud cheers.
• Tang Xuan declared that the Mysterious Heavy Sect would replace the Clear Sky Sect as one of the Upper Three Sects, while Qian Renxue and Hu Liena exchanged knowing glances.
• The Black-Robed Person denounced Tang Xuan's claim, and Yang Wudi held his spear at the man's throat before the stranger's Soul Power forced him back.
• Tang Xuan ordered Yang Wudi to stand down, and the Black-Robed Person mocked him in his revealed aged voice.

Tang Xuan displayed Tang Hao’s severed head to prove that the Mysterious Heavy Sect could claim the title of Number One Sect Under Heaven. Hu Liena recognized the sect on Spirit Hall’s behalf, setting the stage for future conflict with the Clear Sky Sect.

• Tang Xuan revealed Tang Hao’s head before the assembled powers, shocking the crowd.
• Tang Xuan said his sect’s Second Elder had killed Tang Hao and that he had only severed the head.
• Tang Xuan argued that the Mysterious Heavy Sect had surpassed the Clear Sky Sect and deserved to be Number One Sect Under Heaven.
• Hu Liena declared that the Clear Sky Sect had abandoned the title and recognized the Mysterious Heavy Sect on Spirit Hall’s behalf.
• The crowd erupted as Hu Liena’s recognition gave Tang Xuan a public witness for the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s future conflict with the Clear Sky Sect.

At the Mysterious Heavy Sect's founding ceremony, the sect was hailed as the Number One Sect Under Heaven and allied with the Star Luo Empire. Tang Xuan exposed the Black-Robed Person as Clear Sky Sect's Seventh Elder Tang Lie, whose boasts about the sect's strength drew Spirit Hall's attention.

• Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen congratulated Tang Xuan on the Mysterious Heavy Sect becoming one of the Upper Three Sects and the Number One Sect Under Heaven.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing declared the Mysterious Heavy Sect the Star Luo Empire's Guardian Divine Sect and pledged an enduring alliance.
• Tang Xuan identified the Black-Robed Person as Clear Sky Sect's Seventh Elder, Tang Lie, who revealed himself as Blazing Sun Douluo and displayed his nine Spirit Rings.
• Tang Lie boasted that the Clear Sky Sect had seven other Titled Douluos and invoked its missing former Sect Master, Tang Chen, as its greatest strength.
• Tang Xuan questioned whether Tang Chen was still alive and warned Tang Lie to consider the consequences of violating Spirit Hall's ban, unsettling Tang Lie and drawing Qian Renxue's attention.

Tang Xuan provoked Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect into open conflict by exposing Qian Renxue’s identity and the sect’s forbidden departure. Tang Lie attacked Qian Renxue, while she sought the destruction of the entire Clear Sky Sect.

• Tang Xuan urged Qian Renxue to punish the Clear Sky Sect for violating Spirit Hall’s ban and leaving its sect.
• Tang Xuan revealed Qian Renxue’s identity as Qian Xunji’s daughter and challenged her to endure the humiliation for the sake of Spirit Hall’s interests.
• Tang Lie recognized Qian Renxue and accused her family of causing his son’s, daughter-in-law’s, and unborn grandson’s deaths.
• Tang Lie unleashed his Martial Soul and attacked Qian Renxue, who dodged his hammer and pulled Hu Liena out of danger.
• Qian Renxue realized she could not quickly defeat Tang Lie and wanted the entire Clear Sky Sect destroyed.

Tang Xuan stopped the battle between Qian Renxue and Tang Lie at the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s founding ceremony, then declared the ceremony over. He left the rival factions facing a bill for the damage they had caused.

• Hu Liena and the Lower Four Sects’ Masters joined Qian Renxue against Tang Lie, but Tang Lie’s twin Clear Sky Hammers brought the battle to a standstill.
• Tang Lie attacked Qian Renxue as she prepared her Angel Phantom, and a mysterious black light struck between them, shattering their attacks and blasting both away.
• Tang Lie accused Tang Xuan of preventing his revenge, but Tang Xuan rebuked him and ordered Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, and Tang Lie to obey his rules on Mysterious Heavy Sect territory.
• Qian Renxue apologized, and Tang Xuan returned to the platform and declared the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s Sect Founding Ceremony concluded.
• Tang Xuan told Spirit Hall, the Clear Sky Sect, and the Lower Four Sects to have the damage to the sect’s buildings and facilities assessed for compensation.

Tang Xuan collected compensation from the factions involved in the disturbance and refused Tang Lie’s request for Tang Hao’s head. Back in the Sect Master Hall, his companions raised the possibility that Tang Lie was his biological grandfather, but Tang Xuan questioned whether their kinship could be confirmed and whether it would matter.

• Liu Erlong led Spirit Hall, the Lower Four Sects, and the Clear Sky Sect to pay five hundred thousand gold coins each for the damage.
• Qian Renxue and Hu Liena left to report what happened, while Tang Lie asked Tang Xuan for Tang Hao’s head.
• Tang Xuan refused to hand over Tang Hao’s head, promising to return his complete corpse after using it, and Tang Lie left angrily.
• Chen Xin told the gathered companions that Tang Lie might be Tang Xuan’s biological grandfather, and Yu Tianheng explained Tang Xuan’s background to Yu Yuanzhen.
• Tang Xuan said his parents’ identities were uncertain and argued that, even if Tang Lie was his grandfather, their opposing actions could make reconciliation unlikely.

Tang Xuan warned the alliance that Bibi Dong was nearing the completion of her Rakshasa God trials and proposed using her lingering feelings for Yu Xiaogang to slow her progress. Yu Yuanzhen agreed to help find his son but doubted he could persuade him to approach Bibi Dong.

• Tang Xuan told Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen that he and his companions would leave for Sea God Island, and urged them to prepare for Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xuan identified Bibi Dong, not Qian Daoliu, as the greater threat, revealing that she had reached at least level 98 and passed six of her Nine Trials of God.
• Tang Xuan asked Yu Yuanzhen whether Yu Xiaogang had once been involved with Bibi Dong, and Flender confirmed their past relationship.
• Tang Xuan explained that Yu Xiaogang represented Bibi Dong's final hope and that her lingering feelings could hinder her Rakshasa God inheritance.
• Yu Yuanzhen agreed to seek out Yu Xiaogang but questioned whether his stubborn son would agree to approach Bibi Dong.

Yu Yuanzhen learned that Yu Xiaogang had betrayed his clan by backing Tang San, Tang Hao’s son, against Tang Xuan, and apologized to Tang Xuan. Tang Xuan refused to punish Yu Tianheng or the clan for Yu Xiaogang’s actions, then proposed reconciling Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong as part of their plan.

• Yu Tianheng and Flender told Yu Yuanzhen that Yu Xiaogang had changed and was willing to endanger others for his disciples.
• Yu Tianheng revealed that Yu Xiaogang’s disciple was Tang San, Tang Hao’s son, and accused Yu Xiaogang of betraying the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan by opposing Tang Xuan.
• Yu Yuanzhen apologized to Tang Xuan on Yu Xiaogang’s behalf, but Tang Xuan assured him that his friendship with Yu Tianheng and his ties to the clan would not change.
• Tang Xuan said he would not spare Yu Xiaogang simply because of Yu Tianheng, but proposed restoring Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong’s genuine relationship to solve their problem.
• Flender, Yu Yuanzhen, and Yu Tianheng doubted that Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong could reconcile, while Tang Xuan said success depended on Yu Yuanzhen’s acting and Yu Xiaogang’s judgment.

Tang Xuan sent Yu Yuanzhen to prompt Yu Xiaogang to reconsider his past with Bibi Dong and uncover Qian Renxue’s mother’s identity. As Yu Yuanzhen returned to summon Yu Xiaogang, Tang Xuan and his companions departed for Sea God Island to begin their God Trials, hoping to prepare for Bibi Dong’s progress.

• Tang Xuan gave Yu Yuanzhen a note instructing him to raise the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s founding ceremony and ask about Qian Renxue’s mother when speaking with Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Yuanzhen agreed to summon Yu Xiaogang and flew back to his sect, promising to bring him within three to seven days if he was alive and still acknowledged Yu Yuanzhen as his father.
• Tang Xuan explained that the Asura God and Rakshasa God restrained one another, and Dugu Yan urged the group to begin their own God Trials at Sea God Island.
• Tang Xuan and his companions set off for Sea God Island, while Ning Fengzhi and the others stayed behind to watch over the sect.
• Chen Xin asked Yang Wudi to help him temper his swordsmanship as he sought to break through to rank 99.

Yu Xiaogang entered Pope's Palace to confront Bibi Dong about whether she had a daughter, after learning of Qian Renxue's existence. Bibi Dong's reaction confirmed his suspicions, while Rakshasa Divine Power began to contaminate her mind as she tried to protect him.

• Tang Xuan and Imperial Dou set sail for Sea God Island, guided by the Heart of the Sea God within Dugu Yan.
• A mysterious figure carrying a Spirit Hall Elder Token entered Spirit City and went directly to Pope's Palace without waiting for an announcement.
• Bibi Dong recognized the mysterious Elder as Yu Xiaogang, who said he had come to seek confirmation about her.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong whether she had a daughter, and her sudden eruption of Soul Power nearly overwhelmed him.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Yu Yuanzhen had told him about Qian Renxue, and he concluded that Bibi Dong had become pregnant before they separated.
• Bibi Dong remained silent as Rakshasa Divine Power began to contaminate her mind, and she feared she might harm Yu Xiaogang if she lost control.

Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang reconciled after he learned she still cared for him, weakening her affinity with the Rakshasa God. Their reunion was interrupted when Qian Daoliu caught them together and demanded an explanation, while Bibi Dong challenged his authority.

• Yu Xiaogang took Bibi Dong’s hands and asked whether she had willingly borne a daughter for Qian Xunji.
• Bibi Dong admitted that Yu Xiaogang remained in her heart but told him they could never return to the past.
• Yu Xiaogang promised he would not despise her or abandon her, and Bibi Dong accepted his reassurance.
• Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang embraced and shared kisses, causing her affinity with the Rakshasa God to weaken.
• Tang Xuan sensed a change from the sea, felt the warmth between his brows, and returned to his cabin to cultivate.
• Qian Daoliu found Bibi Dong with Yu Xiaogang and demanded an explanation, but Bibi Dong shielded Yu Xiaogang and challenged him.

Qian Daoliu discovered Bibi Dong with Yu Xiaogang but left without confronting them, then returned to keep Qian Renxue from learning about the affair. Bibi Dong promised Yu Xiaogang she would soon become strong enough to stay with him, and secretly escorted him out of Spirit City.

• Qian Daoliu saw Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang together, but restrained his anger and asked whether she had considered Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong dismissed Qian Renxue's feelings and ordered Qian Daoliu back to the Worship Hall, so he left to keep his granddaughter occupied.
• Bibi Dong warned Yu Xiaogang to leave Spirit City for his safety, but he insisted he would find a way to remain by her side.
• Bibi Dong promised Yu Xiaogang that filling the remaining three Spirit Rings of her Second Martial Soul would help her reach the peak of rank 98, where Qian Daoliu could no longer stop them.
• Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang kissed, then she personally escorted him out of Spirit City under cover of night with help from an unnamed old man.

Tang Xuan and the Imperial Dou team encountered the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King on their voyage to Sea God Island, and the beast demanded the Heart of the Sea God. Tang Xuan refused, setting the stage for a fight against the overwhelming sea overlord.

• After a month at sea, the seasick Imperial Dou team neared Sea God Island while Tang Xuan sensed something ominous in the unnaturally calm ocean.
• Tang Xuan ordered Yu Tianheng to evacuate everyone, and a massive shockwave destroyed their ship before Tang Xuan disrupted its force with his Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King rose from the waves and demanded to know how Tang Xuan had disrupted its Demonic Whale Shock.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King demanded the Heart of the Sea God so it could become the first Beast God, while Tang Xuan refused to hand it over.
• When the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King threatened to kill them, Tang Xuan declared that he could be unreasonable too.

Tang Xuan and the Imperial Dou Group escaped the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King using Dugu Yan’s Vast Sea Bodyguarding Shield. As they continued toward the Sea God’s territory, Tang Xuan explained why they could not rely on the Sea God to intervene, leaving the group aware of the danger ahead.

• Tang Xuan ordered Dugu Yan to use the Vast Sea Bodyguarding Shield, making the group vanish and leaving the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King raging over the lost Heart of the Sea God.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King calmed down and suspected the group was heading for the island it feared.
• Tang Xuan told Ning Rongrong and the others that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had completed Dragon Transformation and possessed nine hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation, so they had fled in defeat.
• Qin Ming reassured Tang Xuan that retreating had been a responsible choice, and Tang Xuan said he was not troubled by it.
• Dugu Yan deduced that the Sea God had blinded the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, while Tang Xuan explained that the Sea God’s intervention could drain the Heart of the Sea God and endanger Dugu Yan’s inheritance.

The Imperial Dou Group reached Sea God Island and learned that the Heart of the Sea God made Dugu Yan a Divine Envoy with authority over its guardians. Sea Horse Douluo Ou Ya brought Dugu Yan to the sacred pillar to begin the trial.

• The Imperial Dou Group arrived on Sea God Island and were stopped by island guards, whose leader recognized Tang Xuan from the High Priestess’s instructions.
• The guard asked Dugu Yan to reveal the Heart of the Sea God, then knelt before its sacred aura.
• The guard led the group through the island to the Sea within the Sea and reported their arrival to Sea Horse Douluo Ou Ya.
• Ou Ya knelt before Dugu Yan and explained that she was the Sea God’s Divine Envoy, with authority equal to the High Priestess unless she received the legendary Nine Trials.
• Tang Xuan urged Ou Ya to begin the trial, and Ou Ya carried Dugu Yan across the water to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar.

Sea Horse Douluo required Dugu Yan’s companions to earn his approval by crossing the Sea within the Sea under his interference. Ye Lingling chose Qin Ming to assist her, and his Ultimate Fire proved powerful enough to evaporate Sea Horse Douluo’s towering waves as the test began.

• Sea Horse Douluo explained that Dugu Yan’s companions had to pass his assessment before receiving their own, and he set the trial as crossing the Sea within the Sea against his interference.
• Dugu Yan announced Sea Horse Douluo’s level to her companions, and Ye Lingling volunteered to take the assessment with an assistant.
• Ye Lingling chose Qin Ming, whose eight Spirit Rings and youthful appearance stunned Sea Horse Douluo.
• Qin Ming carried Ye Lingling across the water without touching it, and Sea Horse Douluo sent towering waves crashing toward them.
• Qin Ming unleashed a dragon of flame that vaporized the wave, while Dugu Yan explained how his eighth Spirit Ring and cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had helped him attain Ultimate Fire.