Chapter Summaries

Dong Yun asked Nan Li to expose Xue Qinghe’s identity without letting Qian Renxue die, and Nan Li reluctantly agreed. On New Year’s Day in Heaven Dou City, Nan Li arrived as Xue Ke’s teacher while Xiao Wu and the Titan Giant Ape were brought into the palace, setting the operation against Xue Qinghe in motion.

• Nan Li confronted Dong Yun over her dangerous scheme, but Dong Yun admitted she regretted it and asked Nan Li to save Qian Renxue after exposing her identity.
• Nan Li agreed to help Dong Yun and returned to Heaven Dou City a few days later.
• During the New Year celebration, Xue Ke spotted Nan Li and told Xue Qinghe that she was her teacher.
• Nan Li entered a shop to avoid contact with Xue Qinghe until the disguise was exposed, then sensed Guang Ling Douluo nearby but could not find Xiao Wu in the crowd.
• Dan Hong used her Soul Tool to bring Xiao Wu and the Titan Giant Ape into the palace, while the Sky Azure Bull Python waited outside the city.

Xiao Wu and the Heaven Dou forces exposed Qian Renxue’s identity, while Nan Li clashed with Guang Ling and then used her paired domains to take Qian Renxue to Spirit Hall. There, Nan Li pretended to threaten Dong Yun with a choice between herself and Qian Renxue, leaving Dong Yun shaken and Qian Renxue alive but injured.

• Dan Hong headed for the Crown Prince’s quarters with Qing Ya and Red Cloud, intending to help eliminate Spirit Hall personnel and avenge Yan Yan.
• Nan Li reassured Da Ming that Xiao Wu and Er Ming were safe, then attacked Xue Qinghe’s disguise and fought Guang Ling Douluo.
• Xiao Wu battled Qian Renxue with Er Ming’s gravity support, while Xue Ke ordered the officials and guards to turn against the false Crown Prince.
• Nan Li’s spiritual attack helped Xiao Wu crack Qian Renxue’s disguise Soul Bone, exposing her identity before the gathered officials and citizens.
• Nan Li seized Qian Renxue and transferred her to the Spirit Hall Main Hall in Fasnuo Province, then pretended to make Dong Yun choose between them before secretly telling her she was lying.
• Nan Li blamed Qian Renxue for drawing Dong Yun into Spirit Hall and said Qian Renxue would have died if Dong Yun had not disrupted the plan.

Nan Li confronted Qian Renxue in Spirit Hall while secretly arranging for Dong Yun to remain safe, then returned to Heaven Dou to support Xue Ke as the empire’s succession crisis unfolded. Afterward, Nan Li collapsed from the strain of her repeated long-distance teleportations and her recent battle with Tang Chen.

• Qian Renxue warned Nan Li that Spirit Hall had infiltrated Heaven Dou’s institutions, while Dong Yun revealed she had once risked her life to protect Nan Li.
• Nan Li declared Xue Ke would become Heaven Dou’s new heir and vanished from Spirit Hall after telling Dong Yun to leave her alone.
• Azure Luan and Dong Yun warned Qian Renxue that Nan Li was powerful enough to threaten everyone present, and Qian Renxue condemned Ning Fengzhi’s renewed conspiracy with Xue Ye.
• Nan Li returned to the imperial palace, where Xue Ke reported that the Crown Prince’s residence had been surrounded and suspicious servants detained.
• Nan Li reassured Xue Ke about becoming ruler and promised that she and Zhu Zhu Lang would support her.
• Nan Li coughed up blood in a deserted corner, suffering from the strain of teleporting and maintaining a domain connection after facing Tang Chen.

Nan Li encountered Tang Chen while returning to Heaven Dou City, and he mistook her for the person who had destroyed the Clear Sky Sect. After Tang Chen attacked her with the Clear Sky Hammer, Nan Li struggled to defend herself and realized she could not keep fighting him for long.

• While cultivating in the wilderness, Nan Li sensed her Southern Bright Domain react to a blood mist approaching.
• Tang Chen confronted Nan Li, recognized her as Nan Yin's daughter, and initially said he would not kill her.
• Tang Chen accused Nan Li of massacring the Clear Sky Sect and attacked her when she denied it.
• Nan Li used the Heart Protecting Dragon Bone and her Eighth Soul Skill, Bright Shield, to withstand Tang Chen's strikes.
• Tang Chen detonated a Soul Ring, and his Clear Sky Hammer shattered Nan Li's Chongming Bird shield.
• Nan Li realized her dwindling Soul Power and Spirit Power could not sustain a prolonged fight against Tang Chen.

Nan Li used Chongming Emperor's Crown to summon Chong Yang, who stopped Tang Chen from attacking her and helped clear up his suspicion that she had destroyed the Clear Sky Sect. After Tang Chen left, Nan Li discovered that Red Cloud had grown taller and learned that he had eaten someone.

• As Tang Chen attacked, Nan Li activated Bright Summon General and summoned Chong Yang with his Zhao Yang Halberd and two Chongming Birds.
• Chong Yang fought Tang Chen until the spiritual impact of his attacks weakened him and restored some clarity.
• Nan Li explained that an enemy had likely destroyed the Clear Sky Sect and told Tang Chen that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had relocated together.
• Tang Chen left to investigate, while Chong Yang praised Nan Li before returning to the Soul Bone.
• Nan Li found Red Cloud waiting nearby and noticed that he had grown considerably taller.
• Red Cloud admitted to Nan Li that he had eaten someone.

Nan Li urged Xue Ye to hold a Heaven Dou Empire Elite Tournament to gather Soul Master forces and keep the subordinate kingdoms loyal as war with Spirit Hall loomed. Xue Ye approved the tournament and named the Titan Giant Ape a Guardian Divine Beast.

• Red Cloud told Nan Li that he had swallowed Titled Douluo Ling Yuan after stopping her from self-destructing, and Nan Li forgave him while warning him not to eat people for power.
• Five years after Nan Li competed in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, she met Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi to discuss whether Heaven Dou Empire should participate in the next tournament.
• Nan Li argued that a Heaven Dou Empire Elite Tournament could recruit Soul Masters and restrain subordinate kingdoms and duchies ahead of war with Spirit Hall.
• Xue Ye agreed to establish the tournament and offer one or two Soul Bones as rewards.
• Xue Ye issued a decree naming the Titan Giant Ape a Guardian Divine Beast and forbidding Soul Masters from offending it.

Qian Renxue repaired her shattered head Soul Bone with Golden Coral Beads Nan Li had given her years earlier, then prepared to undermine the Heaven Dou Empire if Spirit Hall could not control it. As Heaven Dou gathered Soul Masters for an expanded Elite Competition, Zhu Zhu Lang warned Nan Li and Xue Ke that Spirit Hall planned to re-elect the Seven Great Sects.

• Dong Yun revealed that Nan Li had given Qian Renxue Golden Coral Beads capable of repairing her head Soul Bone, and Qian Renxue found the forgotten gift in her Soul Tool.
• Qian Renxue fused the Golden Coral Beads to restore her head Soul Bone and resolved to make the Heaven Dou Empire collapse if Spirit Hall could not have it.
• Ning Xinxin used her Eight Spider Soul Bone to devour Soul Masters' cultivation and planned to reach the Soul Sage realm before destroying Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Heaven Dou prepared an expanded Empire Elite Competition with twenty-nine teams and a raised age limit to gather experienced Soul Masters for a possible war.
• Zhu Zhu Lang told Nan Li and Xue Ke that Spirit Hall was organizing a re-election of the Seven Great Sects.

Nan Li explained that Spirit Hall’s Seven Great Sects re-election was part of its plan to unify the continent, while the Heaven Dou court assessed the growing threat. After Spirit Hall’s loyalist Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect emerged as the new leader, Xue Ye ordered Spirit Hall branch halls expelled from the empire, bringing war closer.

• Nan Li guided Xue Ke to consider Spirit Hall’s aims and conclude that it wanted to unify the continent.
• A month later, the Seven Great Sects re-election and Empire Elite Competition ended, with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect leading the new Seven Great Sects.
• At Xue Ye’s council, Ning Fengzhi reported that Spirit Hall had absorbed or killed nearly a thousand Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples beyond Heaven Dou.
• Ning Fengzhi identified the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s leader as likely Ning Xinxin, a former disciple whose Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had evolved.
• Xue Ye ordered Spirit Hall’s branch halls expelled from Heaven Dou and imperial officials assigned to manage the nation’s Soul Masters.

Nan Li learned that Dan Qing needed a suitable seventh Soul Ring, and Lan Xi sought help from Beloy to find one. Meanwhile, Xiao Wu waited beside the Blue Silver Grass plants regrowing from seeds that carried Ah Yin and Tang San’s soul auras.

• Huo Wu learned Nan Li had become a Titled Douluo and excitedly shook her while Feng Xiaotian refused to rescue Nan Li.
• Nan Li discussed Feng Xiaotian’s planned seventh Soul Ring and Dan Qing’s approaching breakthrough, worrying that finding Dan Qing a suitable Soul Beast would be difficult.
• Lan Xi asked Beloy to help find a Soul Beast for Dan Qing, and Beloy offered one of her Clan Members who had made a mistake.
• Nan Li had Xue Ke deliver a seed carrying Tang San’s soul aura to Xiao Wu after Dong Yun recovered it from the ruins of Moonlight Pavilion.
• Xiao Wu waited at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well beside the Blue Silver Grass plants containing Ah Yin and Tang San, hoping their spiritual intelligence would awaken again.

As the Spirit Hall Empire expanded through borderlands and unrest spread within Heaven Dou, the empire’s court learned that a beast tide had struck the Extreme North. Qian Renxue condemned the unauthorized provocation, while Dong Yun chose not to follow Nan Li, who was likely heading north.

• Spirit Hall founded the Spirit Hall Empire and declared war, while kingdoms and duchies defected and its Soul Masters seized border territories.
• Nan Li warned Heaven Dou’s leaders that Spirit Hall’s expansion threatened to cut off the two great empires, as Ning Fengzhi described the losses suffered by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• A messenger reported riots near Heaven Dou City, where Soul Master Offices had been destroyed and city lords killed.
• Luo Gu reported that a beast tide had attacked cities in the Extreme North, and Nan Li suspected Qian Renxue was behind the crisis.
• Dong Yun feared the beast tide was a trap for Nan Li, but Qian Renxue allowed him to go and he decided to stay behind.

Dong Yun prepared to lead Spirit Hall Empire forces toward Gengxin City while Qian Renxue warned him about the dangers ahead. Meanwhile, Nan Li volunteered to suppress the beast tide in the Extreme North, and elite Soul Masters from Heaven Dou’s academies joined her.

• Qian Renxue gave Dong Yun command of half the Spirit Hall Empire forces sent to Star Luo and warned him to be strict without showing excessive mercy.
• Dong Yun reminded Qian Renxue that Nan Li was his only family and cautioned her to be careful around Nan Li.
• Nan Li offered to travel to the Extreme North because she could reach the beast tide fastest, despite Emperor Xue Ye wanting her to protect Xue Ke.
• Xue Ke argued that Nan Li should help the people at the northern border, and an official warned that moving Marshal Gelong’s troops could leave Heaven Dou vulnerable.
• Soul Masters from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Four Elements Academy volunteered to accompany Nan Li, and Shui Bing'er offered a team from Skywater Branch Academy.

Nan Li prepared to lead Skywater Academy to the Far North to deal with a beast tide, while Dan Hong decided to strengthen Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu before they left. Dan Hong gave them two water-attributed Immortal Grasses, hoping their Martial Soul Fusion Skill would grow stronger.

• Nan Li accepted the deployment to the northern frontier, but refused Luo Gu's request to accompany her because he had to guard the palace with Zhu Zhu Lang.
• Dan Qing reassured Luo Gu that she would be safe with Nan Li and the Skywater sisters, then privately warned him not to leave his post.
• Nan Li rejected Dan Hong and Qing Ya's offer to accompany her, assigning Qing Ya to handle messages and saying Red Cloud would be enough protection.
• Dan Hong gave Dan Qing the Azure Cloud Illuminating Ganoderma for Shui Bing'er and the Exquisite Jade Marrow Ginseng for Xue Wu, saying they could strengthen the pair's Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Nan Li gave the Skywater and Blazing Fire groups gifts before departing, while Dong Yun led an army into a border city and met Xie Yue. Xie Yue wrestled with his grief over Hu Liena and his understanding of Dong Yun, but said he could neither kill him nor take his own life.

• Nan Li gave Dan Qing a water-elemental Immortal Grass for Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, then told Huo Wu she would await Blazing Fire's support.
• Nan Li gave Huo Wu the Bloodthirsty Berserk Hurricane Right Leg Bone for Feng Xiaotian, explaining that its wolf-bandit origin and his Gale Twin-Headed Wolf Martial Soul made it suitable for him.
• More than half a month later, Dong Yun blasted open a city gate at the Spirit Hall Empire–Star Luo Empire border and ordered his army to protect civilians.
• Xie Yue confronted Dong Yun over Hu Liena's death, and Dong Yun explained why he had spared him and urged him to blame the killing on Dong Yun instead.
• Xie Yue admitted he understood Dong Yun's devotion to his sister but said his vow to Spirit Hall meant he could neither kill Dong Yun nor end his own life.

After Nan Li disappeared into the ice plains, Red Cloud set out alone to find her and discovered her sitting unconscious among the beast corpses. Divine Lord Ling Guang told him that Nan Li was safe and needed time to comprehend the Dao.

• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu urged Dan Qing to search the ice plains for Nan Li, but Dan Qing warned them to remain in Dragon City.
• Red Cloud revealed that he could locate Nan Li and hurried into the ice plains alone.
• Red Cloud found Nan Li buried in snow, frost-covered and unresponsive, and confirmed that she still had a faint pulse.
• Divine Lord Ling Guang spoke to Red Cloud through the Life God Trial and said Nan Li was fine and needed time to comprehend the Dao.

Red Cloud protected Nan Li during her dangerous enlightenment as Soul Beasts gathered, unleashing his Heavenly Phenomenon Manifestation to drive them away. With Nan Li still unconscious, he reflected on his love for her and his fear that she would become a god beyond his reach.

• Red Cloud shielded Nan Li from the snow and kept watch as her power began to revive.
• A giant white Soul Beast approached, and Red Cloud grew to confront it.
• More Soul Beasts attacked, so Red Cloud used his Heavenly Phenomenon Manifestation to frighten them off and protect Nan Li.
• In the God Realm, Ling Guang reassured the worried Goddess of Life that Red Cloud's manifestation would not destroy Douluo Star, while the God of Destruction remained troubled.
• After the Soul Beasts were dead or unconscious, Red Cloud stayed in human form and reflected on Nan Li's kindness and the rules that would prevent him from loving her if she became a god.

Nan Li explained her Southern Bright Domain ultimate skill, Myriad Things Born, which shared her life force with marked allies, after Red Cloud asked about its power. The chapter recounted how Nan Li stopped the Snow Fox's beast tide and left it alive with a warning.

• Red Cloud worried that he would soon leave Douluo Star, then found Nan Li and asked if she was all right.
• Nan Li revealed that Myriad Things Born could share her Soul Power, spiritual energy, and vitality with allies as long as she remained alive.
• Nan Li explained that she had created the skill by merging Life God Power into the Southern Bright Domain after finding the Snow Fox behind the beast tide.
• Nan Li restrained the Snow Fox, learned that it had started the beast tide to avenge human Soul Masters who had offended it, and identified herself as the Vermilion Bird.
• Nan Li defended her decision to protect the Heaven Dou Empire, cut off the Snow Fox's tail, and ordered it to leave with a warning not to cause another beast tide.

Nan Li passed the Eighth Life Trial after choosing to protect others and accepting her responsibility to Sun Island. She reunited with Dan Qing, then helped finish the mission to suppress unrest in the Heaven Dou Empire’s northwest.

• Nan Li explained that her skill Myriad Things Born could save her allies by sacrificing a small amount of her power, and affirmed her duty to protect Sun Island’s new life.
• The Goddess of Life announced that Nan Li had passed the Eighth Life Trial, and agreed to grant Nan Li’s request.
• Dan Qing waited anxiously for Nan Li at Dragon City’s gate, and Nan Li returned and gave her the Snow Fox’s tail.
• Nan Li and Skywater Academy patrolled nearby cities, reinforced defenses, and dealt with potential dangers after the beast tide threat ended.
• Nan Li’s group met Blazing Fire Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and the mission to suppress unrest in the northwest of the Heaven Dou Empire concluded.

Nan Li and the academies returned to Heaven Dou City after completing their missions, while Xue Ye’s court discussed the empire’s lost territory and the possibility of reconnecting with the Star Luo Empire. Nan Li learned that Dai Xiyun had formed the Dragon Rising Sect to defend Dragon Rising City, but she still had no news of her mother.

• Nan Li relayed Xue Ye’s order to return, and Dan Qing persuaded the group that reclaiming territory required armies and government support, not just Soul Masters.
• Nan Li and the others restored order in Xilu City and Vast Sea City, then returned to Heaven Dou City half a month later.
• At court, Xue Ye said unrest had cut Heaven Dou’s territory off from the Star Luo Empire, and Nan Li learned that a southeastern vassal kingdom had secretly joined the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Luo Gu told Nan Li that Dai Xiyun had become Star Luo’s Crown Prince and reorganized the Single Attribute Four Sects into the Dragon Rising Sect to defend Dragon Rising City.
• Xue Ke argued that Heaven Dou should seek to reconnect with Star Luo through the southeast rather than launch a costly campaign in the southwest.

Nan Li revealed that she had exchanged her trial rewards for Life God Trial opportunities for Luo Gu, Zhu Zhu Lang, and others, then brought Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to search for Immortal Grass seeds. Ye Lingling identified several herbs, and Nan Li used Life God Power to make some grow before selecting four Immortal Grass plants.

• Nan Li explained that she had arranged Life God Trials for Luo Gu, Zhu Zhu Lang, and seven others, and Zhu Zhu Lang and Luo Gu recalled seeing golden pillars of light months earlier.
• Nan Li told Luo Gu and Zhu Zhu Lang to inform the others about the trials while she went to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Nan Li visited Da Ming and Er Ming in Sunset Forest with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, where Xiao Wu watched over the Blue Silver Grass plants.
• Ye Lingling identified Immortal Grass around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Nan Li used Life God Power to grow the plants so they could be recognized.
• Nan Li selected the Aromatic Silk Beauty, Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, Water Immortal Jade Muscle Bone, and Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma.

Nan Li distributed Immortal Grass and gathered Soul Masters to reinforce the southeastern front, while Red Cloud carried the group there and began teaching her Inch-Shrinking. The chapter left the others stunned when Red Cloud revealed his human form.

• Ye Lingling used Nan Li's remaining Life God Power to rapidly grow Snowy Swan Kiss, while Nan Li declined Xiao Wu's unspoken hope that she would accelerate Tang San and Ah Yin's growth.
• Nan Li gave Zhu Zhu Lang and Luo Gu Immortal Grass and told them to join her journey to the southeastern vassal kingdoms, along with other Soul Masters including Ning Rongrong and Oscar.
• Nan Li explained to Xue Ye that the reinforcements were needed to counter Spirit Empire's powerful Soul Master forces, and Red Cloud volunteered to carry the group through the sky.
• Feng Xiaotian recognized the enormous flying Red Cloud near the southeastern battlefront and was astonished to see Huo Wu and the others riding with Nan Li.
• Red Cloud shrank to cat size, then transformed into a horned young boy, shocking Ning Rongrong and Huo Wu.