Chapter Summaries

Tang Yu demonstrated that his Clear Sky Hammer’s strength exceeded that of the Level 93 Seventh Elder, then traveled to Heaven Dou City to intervene in Xue Ye’s poisoning. He arrived at the imperial palace and told Qian Renxue he wanted permission to raise a hundred-thousand-man private army.

• Tang Yu suppressed the Seventh Elder in a hammer clash and revealed that his Clear Sky Hammer could weigh nearly 20,000 jin under Clear Sky True Body.
• Tang Yu and the Elders left the Star Dou Great Forest, agreeing to return after he reached level 80 to deal with the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• After passing through Heaven Dou City, Tang Yu went alone to the imperial palace, intending to detoxify Xue Ye and delay Spirit Hall’s war.
• Qian Renxue learned Tang Yu had arrived and met him at the palace, suspicious of his sudden visit.
• Tang Yu claimed he wanted Xue Ye to authorize him to recruit a hundred thousand private soldiers, and Qian Renxue questioned his motives.

Tang Yu secretly detoxified Xue Ye while securing authority over an army of one hundred thousand, then returned to Clear Sky Sect. Meanwhile, Tang San prepared to enter the Star Dou Great Forest for a Clear Sky Hammer Soul Ring so he could return to the sect and rescue Xiao Wu.

• Tang Yu added drops of his essence blood to Xue Ye’s water, then obtained Xue Ye’s approval to command an army of one hundred thousand.
• Xue Ye felt his health improve after drinking Tang Yu’s water and inferred that Tang Yu wanted him to keep pretending to be ill.
• Tang Yu left the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and returned to Clear Sky Sect with the Elders, looking forward to Tang San’s return.
• After a year and a half of training, Tang San reached level 59 and urged Tang Hao to let him add a Soul Ring to his Clear Sky Hammer so he could return sooner.
• Tang Hao agreed and took Tang San to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a Soul Ring, while Tang Yu arrived at Clear Sky Sect and visited the girls cultivating there.

Tang Yu reunited with his companions in the Clear Sky Sect and prepared to force Tang Xiao to hand over leadership before their five-year agreement expired. Meanwhile, Tang San arrived at the sect, confident in his newly increased strength and determined to restore Tang Hao’s standing.

• Tang Yu reunited with Shui Bing'er, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and the two Shimos, and learned that they had all reached the Soul Emperor Realm.
• Tang Yu revealed that he was a level 73 Soul Saint and promised to take his companions somewhere they could train more quickly.
• After testing their improved combat abilities, Tang Yu planned to use the factions he had gathered to pressure Tang Xiao into surrendering the Sect Master position early.
• Tang Yu spent a month indulging with the four women, while the two Shimos teased him about looking worn out.
• Tang San arrived alone at the Clear Sky Sect, boasting that he would return to the clan and help Tang Hao regain his dignity.
• Tang San entered the sect with level 61 Soul Emperor strength, two thirty-thousand-year Clear Sky Hammer Soul Rings, and confidence that he could fight Tang Yu.

Tang San returned to the Clear Sky Sect to acknowledge his ancestor and rejoin the clan, while Tang Xiao agreed to support him despite the elders’ opposition. Tang Yu learned of Tang San’s return and prepared to complete Mission Three, then arrived with the Five Great Elders as Tang San’s ceremony was about to begin.

• Tang Long led Tang San into the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Xiao tested him with Soul Pressure and forced him to his knees before withdrawing it.
• Tang San begged to bear responsibility for Tang Hao’s actions, and Tang Xiao agreed to call him nephew and hold the clan ceremony the next day.
• Tang Xiao warned Tang San that winning the elders’ support would be a major trial, but promised to help him.
• Tang Yu learned that Tang San had returned and looked forward to defeating him to claim Mission Three’s God-level Martial Soul reward.
• The next morning, Tang San endured the disciples’ insults in the main hall as Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua gathered with the sect members.
• Tang Yu entered the hall with the Five Great Elders and his companions as Tang San awaited the ceremony.

Tang San sought to return to the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang Yu and the elders subjected him to overwhelming pressure and the disciples humiliated him. After Tang San challenged Tang Yu to prove his worth, Tang Yu stepped forward to fight him.

• Tang Yu led the Five Great Elders into the hall, and their Soul Pressure forced Tang San to his knees and revealed his Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Tang Yuehua intervened, but the Seventh Elder rejected Tang San’s request to return to the clan and struck him across the face.
• The Clear Sky Sect disciples mocked and pelted Tang San, and Tang Yu protected Rou'er when Tang San threatened her.
• Tang San challenged Tang Yu, declaring that defeating him should earn permission to return to the clan.
• Tang Xiao accepted the challenge as Tang Yu stepped forward and taunted Tang San.

Tang Yu revealed his strength as a Seven Rings Soul Saint with two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shattering Tang San’s confidence and sending him into a rage when he learned Xiao Wu’s soul ring was Tang Yu’s sixth. Tang San attacked Tang Yu, but Tang Yu easily countered his techniques and sent him flying; Tang San then launched a Blue Silver Thorn Array.

• Tang Yu revealed seven Soul Rings, including two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking Tang San, Tang Xiao, and the Clear Sky Sect disciples.
• Tang Yu told Tang San that his sixth Soul Ring came from Xiao Wu, causing Tang San to break down and vow to kill him.
• Tang San attacked with Blue Silver Grass and the Blue Silver Overlord Spear, but Tang Yu broke free and smashed the spear with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San used hidden Silver Needles and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to attack from multiple angles, but Tang Yu blocked every strike without moving.
• Tang Yu knocked Tang San down with a backhand slap, and Tang San responded by unleashing the Blue Silver Thorn Array.

Tang Yu overwhelmed Tang San in a battle at the Clear Sky Sect, shattering his Clear Sky Hammer and crippling him with a single strike. Tang San used his Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone to recover and rose to continue fighting.

• Tang Yu blocked Tang San’s Blue Silver Thorn Array and Blue Silver Dance, then matched Tang San’s Blue Silver Domain with Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Tang San brought out his Clear Sky Hammer and attacked with Soaring Strike, but Tang Yu’s matching strike shattered his hammer.
• Tang Yu struck Tang San into a stone wall, leaving him badly injured and unable to rise.
• Tang Yu mocked Tang San and challenged him to use his other methods, while Tang San despaired over their unchanged strength gap.
• Tang San activated his Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone’s healing skill, recovered from his injuries, and stood ready to fight again.

Tang San unleashed his strongest hidden weapon technique, One Thousand and One Nights, but Tang Yu evaded it with Teleportation and beat him down. The Clear Sky Sect disciples joined in until Tang Yu ordered them to stop, leaving Tang Xiao furious at how readily they obeyed Tang Yu.

• Tang San attacked Tang Yu with Bat Wing Samsara and Phoenix Leading Nine Chicks, but Tang Yu broke the weapons with his defenses and Clear Sky Nine Absolutes.
• Tang San launched One Thousand and One Nights, boasting that no one had ever survived it, but Tang Yu evaded the attack using his Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Bone skill, Teleportation.
• Tang San collapsed after Tang Yu dodged the technique, and Tang Yu slapped and beat him.
• The Clear Sky Sect disciples rushed in to beat Tang San, while the Five Great Elders stopped Tang Xiao from intervening.
• Tang Yu ordered the disciples to stop, and they obeyed immediately, angering Tang Xiao.

Tang Yu demanded that Tang Xiao honor his promise to step down as Clear Sky Sect Master, while the sect’s disciples rejected Tang San and called for Tang Hao’s removal from the genealogy. Tang Xiao delayed the succession, but Tang Yu revealed that numerous powerful sects and clans had submitted to him, leaving the hall stunned.

• Tang San was left gravely injured after the disciples beat him, and Tang Xiao ordered him treated as Tang Yuehua recognized that he had lost his chance to return to the clan.
• Tang Yu declared that the sect would not accept Tang San and demanded Tang Hao be removed from the Clear Sky Sect genealogy, drawing loud support from the disciples.
• Tang Yu invoked the wager he had made with Tang Xiao and demanded that the Sect Master abdicate, citing his Soul Rings, his defeat of a Spirit Hall Title Douluo, and his Rank 73 Soul Power.
• Tang Xiao acknowledged Tang Yu’s qualifications but argued that he was too young, had not yet made enough contributions, and had demanded the position before the agreed five years were up.
• Tang Yu announced that he would present a great contribution, and a group of sect masters and clan heads entered the hall and knelt to pay respects to him, including the leaders of the Lower Four Sects and the Single Attribute Four Great Clans.

Tang Yu took over as Clear Sky Sect Master with the backing of the sect’s affiliated forces, while Tang San was expelled and Tang Yu completed Mission Three to receive a God-level Martial Soul. He began reshaping the sect and announced that future Title Douluo Elders could learn the Great Sumeru Hammer.

• Tang Yu declared that the Clear Sky Sect’s numerous affiliated sects and families made it powerful enough to return to the Soul Master World, then demanded Tang Xiao give up the leadership.
• Tang Yu shoved Tang Xiao aside and took the Sect Master’s seat as most of those present knelt and recognized him.
• Tang Yu ordered guards to drag Tang San from the sect, and Tang San vowed to return for revenge after being thrown beyond the gates.
• The system announced that Tang Yu had completed Mission Three and awarded him a God-level Martial Soul, then assigned Mission Four: heavily hammer Tang San after he reached the Title Douluo realm.
• Tang Yu demoted Tang Xiao to Eighth Elder, appointed Dugu Bo as Ninth Elder, and declared that future Title Douluo disciples could learn the Great Sumeru Hammer.

Tang Yu announced that the Clear Sky Sect would return to the Soul Master World within three years and opened the Great Sumeru Hammer manual to the Elders. After learning about the gifted Tang Rou, he returned to his room and revealed his second Martial Soul: the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

• Tang Yu announced that the Great Sumeru Hammer technique would be taught to more people and that the Clear Sky Sect would return to the Soul Master World within three years.
• Tang Yu led the Elders to the Clear Sky Pavilion, where they studied the Great Sumeru Hammer and Ultimate Ring Explosion cultivation methods.
• The Elders told Tang Yu that Tang Rou had rank-nine Innate Soul Power, and he gave them an Immortal Herb to save for her once she reached two rings.
• Tang Yu returned to his room and summoned his second Martial Soul, a huge black tiger with six attributes, which he recognized as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Tang Yu awakened the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as his second Martial Soul and discovered its Reverse Space ability. He learned the Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Explosion, while the Elders made slower progress under his guidance.

• Tang Yu possessed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Martial Soul and tested its Martial Soul Possession and Reverse Space ability.
• Tang Yu joined the Five Great Elders in training to master the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• After half a month, Tang Yu reached the threshold of the Great Sumeru Hammer and shattered a mountain with one strike.
• Tang Yu mastered Ring Explosion a month later and detonated all seven Soul Rings to blast a hole through a massive mountain.
• The Five Great Elders watched in awe as Tang Yu's Ring Explosion proved even more powerful than Tang Hao's.

Tang Yu demonstrated Ultimate Ring Explosion, taught its method to the Clear Sky Sect Elders, and planned to take his companions to Sea God Island to speed up their training. Meanwhile, Tang San and his friends set out for Sea God Island to gain strength and take revenge on Tang Yu and the Clear Sky Sect.

• Tang Yu used Ultimate Ring Explosion to blast a huge hole in a mountain, then explained its power and severe limitations to the Elders.
• Tang Yu taught the Five Elders how to cultivate Ultimate Ring Explosion, while Tang Xiao continued working on the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• After recovering at Shrek Academy, Tang San swore revenge on Tang Yu and the Clear Sky Sect, and Ning Rongrong vowed to help him avenge the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested Sea God Island as a way for Tang San to grow stronger, and Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar chose to go with Tang Hao as their escort.
• Three days later, Tang Yu's Soul Rings recovered, and he decided to take Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, and the others to Sea God Island for training using the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Tang Yu's group traveled to Vast Sea City, defeated a wolf bandit group, and obtained a Soul Bone for Zhu Zhuqing before buying a Dragon Abyss Boat. On the voyage to Sea God Island, Tang Yu revealed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and offered to let his companions try to qualify as the Sea God's successor, since he did not intend to inherit the position himself.

• Tang Yu set out for Sea God Island with Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shimo, while Tang San's group of five traveled ahead toward Vast Sea City.
• Tang Yu's group found and wiped out several hundred wolf bandits, then gave their Bloodthirsty Berserk Hurricane Right Leg Bone to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang Yu's group arrived in Vast Sea City, bought the Dragon Abyss Boat from a wealthy merchant, and set sail for Sea God Island.
• Tang Yu warned his companions about the dangers of the ocean as they traveled safely aboard the Dragon Abyss Boat.
• Tang Yu explained that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud could qualify someone to inherit the Sea God Position, but said he did not want it and would let his companions try instead.

Tang Yu gave up the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which chose Shui Bing'er as its successor, and led his group to Sea God Island. There, they learned that another group of young land Soul Masters had arrived ahead of them and followed the island guards to begin their Sea God trials.

• Tang Yu severed his bond with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and had Shui Bing'er and the others offer their blood essence; the shroud chose Shui Bing'er, who endured its power and gained its recognition.
• The Sea God approved of Tang Yu giving the Heart of the Ocean to Shui Bing'er, noting that she was more compatible with the Sea God Position.
• After half a month at sea, Tang Yu's group reached Sea God Island and used Shui Bing'er's Vast Sea Bodyguard skill to pass unseen through the Ring Sea.
• Yellow-Clothed Island Guard Soul Masters stopped Tang Yu's group, and Tang Yu explained that they had come to undergo the Sea God's trial.
• The guards warned that land Soul Masters faced harsher trials and could not withdraw once they began; Tang Yu accepted the risk and followed them toward the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar.
• Dugu Yan wondered who the other young land Soul Masters were, and Tang Yu ruled out Spirit Hall as their identity.

Tang Yu encountered Tang San and his group at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar on Sea God Island, where both groups prepared to undergo the Sea God's trials. Tang Yu's stronger team crossed the Sea Within Sea with ease, leaving Tang San to suppress his killing intent and vow to surpass him.

• Tang Yu recognized Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, and Tang San's group reacted with fear and anger.
• Seahorse Douluo warned both groups not to harm or interfere with one another during the Sea God's trials and explained that they had to cross the Sea Within Sea to qualify.
• Tang Yu's group revealed their powerful Soul Rings, shocking Seahorse Douluo and making Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong feel inferior to their rapid growth.
• Shui Bing'er froze a path across the sea while Shimo and Shimo guarded the sides and Tang Yu attacked airborne Sea Soul Beasts, allowing the seven to cross in one minute.
• Tang Yu taunted Tang San about their future confrontation, and Seahorse Douluo invited Tang San's group to begin their trial evaluations.

Tang Yu and the others received their Sea God Trial ratings, with Tang San earning a Red-Level Seventh Trial and Tang Yu receiving a previously unknown Top Tier Eight Trial. Bo Saixi arrived and declared that Tang Yu’s trial surpassed the Red-Level Seventh Trial and made him an honored guest of Sea God Island.

• Dai Mubai received a Black Tier Four Trial, while Ma Hongjun and Ning Rongrong each received a Purple Tier Three Trial.
• Oscar received a Black Tier Five Trial, and Tang San received a Red-Level Seventh Trial and believed he could become Sea God Island’s High Priestess successor.
• Shimo and Shimo each received a Black Tier Five Trial, while Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling each received a Black Tier Six Trial.
• Tang Yu stepped forward and received a golden Top Tier Eight Trial that had never appeared in Sea God Island’s history.
• Bo Saixi arrived, said Tang Yu’s trial surpassed the Red-Level Seventh Trial and its status was above or equal to the High Priestess’s, and welcomed him as an honored guest of Sea God Island.

Shui Bing'er received the Sea God's Nine Trials and became the Sea God's inheritor, while Tang San secretly resolved to sabotage her. After Tang Yu and his companions explored Sea God Island, they began their own first trial under Tang San's skeptical gaze.

• Shui Bing'er received the Sea God's Nine Trials, and Bo Saixi told her she could inherit the Sea God Position by completing them.
• Tang San grew jealous and decided to sabotage Shui Bing'er's trials to prevent her from becoming a god.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong began their first trial, while Tang Yu and his companions spent three days exploring Sea God Island.
• Tang Yu explained that Sea God's Light made cultivation more effective, and Ma Hongjun revealed that Tang San had reached twenty steps after three days.
• Tang Yu and his six companions stepped onto the trial stairs together as Tang San and the others waited to see how far they could climb.

Tang Yu led the Sea God's Light trial, quickly outpacing the others as they trained over several months. Shui Bing'er reached Soul Saint, gained a hundred-thousand-year seventh Soul Ring, and later Dugu Yan absorbed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s Inner Core, causing her Jade Scale Snake Martial Soul to evolve.

• Tang Yu climbed thirty steps on his first attempt, then advised his group to keep training under the Sea God's Light.
• After a month, Tang Yu had passed one hundred steps while Tang San and Shui Bing'er had just surpassed fifty, and Shui Bing'er broke through to Rank 70 Soul Power.
• Bo Saixi granted Shui Bing'er a God-bestowed Soul Ring, which reached one hundred thousand years and raised her to Rank 73 as her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul revealed its true body.
• Five months later, Dugu Yan reached Rank 70, and Tang Yu gave her the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s Inner Core to absorb as her seventh Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan rose to Rank 72, and her Jade Scale Snake Martial Soul evolved into a larger, more ferocious form marked with crimson patterns.

After completing their first Sea God Island trials, Tang Yu’s group gained substantial strength, and Tang Yu reached Level 80. He returned to the continent with the Clear Sky Sect Elders to hunt the Sky Azure Bull Python, while Bibi Dong’s party also headed for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

• Tang San’s group completed the First Trial early, gained their rewards, and found themselves unable to cross the Ring Sea for the Second Trial.
• Tang Yu’s group completed the First Trial; Tang Yu reached Level 80 and gained a thousand years on each Soul Ring.
• Tang Yu decided to return to the continent and obtain an Eighth Soul Ring for his Clear Sky Hammer by hunting the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Tang Yu traveled to Vast Sea City, summoned the Clear Sky Sect Elders, and met them near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Bibi Dong left Spirit City with five powerful Titled Douluo, also intending to hunt the forest’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Tang Yu and the six Clear Sky Sect members entered the Star Dou Great Forest’s core area.