Chapter Summaries

Nan Li and her companions joined Marshal Gelong’s army to reclaim Heaven Dou’s former southeastern affiliated kingdoms from the Spirit Hall Empire. As the enemy forces advanced, Ning Rongrong, Dan Qing, and Ye Lingling began supporting Heaven Dou’s army, while the battle plan’s outcome remained uncertain.

• Feng Xiaotian led Nan Li and the others to Marshal Gelong’s command tent, where Luo Gu and Dan Qing handled the handover.
• Luo Gu told Gelong that Heaven Dou intended to reclaim the affiliated kingdoms quickly and safely, and Gelong described the Spirit Hall Empire’s formidable Soul Master forces.
• At dawn, Gelong faced an enemy force approaching a border city guarded by Bear Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo, while a high-ranking Enshrined Elder was said to be stationed in the kingdom.
• Gelong ordered his soldiers to hold their positions as the Spirit Hall Empire’s legions advanced.
• Ning Rongrong used her Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda, Dan Qing created three enhanced Ning Rongrongs with Mirror Flower, Water Moon, and Ye Lingling stood guard with her Nine Heart Begonia.

Nan Li used her control ability to turn the Spirit Hall Empire’s cavalry against its own infantry, giving the Heaven Dou army an opening to retake the city. As the battle intensified, She Long attacked Nan Li, who killed him with her ninth Soul Skill, then received Soul Power from Dan Qing.

• Nan Li controlled the Spirit Hall cavalry and ordered them to charge into their own infantry, while Ge Long led the Heaven Dou army into battle.
• Ning Rongrong, Dan Qing, Luo Gu, Zhu Zhu Lang, Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, Dugu Yan, and Yu Tianheng joined the fighting with their Soul Skills and Martial Soul Avatars.
• She Long launched an attack on Nan Li with his Snake Lance as the battlefield grew bloodier.
• Nan Li unleashed her ninth Soul Skill, Kunpeng Soars Ten Thousand Miles, and She Long vanished in the resulting clash.
• Dan Qing used Tear into Coral Beads to restore Nan Li’s Soul Power.

Nan Li captured the Spirit Hall Empire’s city for the Heaven Dou army, then discussed choosing an official title as a Titled Douluo. She settled on waiting for her sister to return before deciding, though the God Ling Guang had already approved the title she jokingly proposed.

• Nan Li broke the city’s chains, bridge, and gate, while Zhu Zhu Lang and the Heaven Dou allies stormed the walls.
• Red Cloud killed and swallowed Demon Bear, and Nan Li’s Myriad Beasts Without Borders immobilized much of the Spirit Hall Empire’s Soul Master legion.
• Dugu Yan’s poison killed many enemy soldiers, and Red Cloud’s enormous Dharma Form frightened the remaining defenders into surrendering.
• Nan Li purified Dugu Yan’s poison, and Marshal Gelong led the army into the city as the enemy’s remaining Enshrined Elder withdrew to defend another pass.
• Dan Qing, Luo Gu, and Zhu Zhu Lang urged Nan Li to choose a title, but she proposed Ling Guang only as a joke and the God approved it.
• Nan Li decided to wait for her sister to return before settling on a title.

Nan Li visited the Dragon Rising Sect, where Zhu Zhuqing revealed her rise to Soul Sage and her new title as Nether County King, and heard the Crown Prince’s proposal to make the city a trade hub. In Spirit City, Dong Yun defied Qian Renxue over the limits of the Spirit Hall Empire’s expansion, and she threatened to use Nan Li against him before discovering his old wounds had reopened.

• Nan Li arrived at the Dragon Rising Sect with Zhu Zhu Lang, Luo Gu, and Dan Qing, and Zhu Zhuqing welcomed her and reunited with her Second Sister.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that Star Luo’s citizenship decree had brought refugees to Dragon Rising City and that the Crown Prince wanted the city to host peace talks and trade with Heaven Dou.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she had become a Soul Sage and earned the title Nether County King, then told Nan Li she intended to negotiate before attempting the God Trial.
• In Spirit City, Dong Yun told Qian Renxue that the Spirit Hall Empire’s southern campaign could advance no farther, and Qian Renxue accused him of shielding Nan Li and threatened to make her choose between him and the continent.
• Dong Yun challenged Qian Renxue to kill him if she considered him useless, and their confrontation overturned the sand table.
• Light Ling and Azure Luan entered and noticed Dong Yun’s reopened wounds; Qian Renxue summoned the healer Lyle and ordered Dong Yun to the confinement room if he spoke against her again.

Nan Li learned that Lou Gao had forged the Lingyun Sword for Long Lingyun and agreed to take Bai Chenxiang and others to Sun Island for the God Trial. She used her Domain Skill and the Inch-Shrinking technique to transport the group, who arrived somewhere with flowing water and someone falling in.

• Lou Gao recognized the Lingyun Sword as the weapon he had forged for Long Lingyun, learned she had died, and returned the sword to Nan Li.
• Lou Gao asked Nan Li to contact Qing Ya so he could ask him some questions.
• Zhu Zhuqing held successful peace talks with Marshal Gelong, and Nan Li confirmed that Bai Chenxiang and Bai He would join her trip to Sun Island.
• Nan Li recalled how Ling Guang had instructed her to use Inch-Shrinking with her Domain Skill, and Red Cloud had taught her the technique.
• Nan Li used her Southern Bright Domain and Spiritual Power to transport the group toward Sun Island, and they arrived amid birdsong, flowing water, and the sound of someone falling into the water.

Nan Li returned to Sun Island with her companions and introduced them to the island’s dangers and clans. Chi Feng reunited with Nan Li and warned her that Lan Xi had detected an opaque, shifting force on the Douluo Continent and urged her and Dong Yun to be cautious.

• Nan Li used Inch-Shrinking to bring everyone to Sun Island, but the recoil threw her into the sea, where Nan Xing and the Flame Feather Sparrows restored her Spirit Power and rescued her.
• Lan Xi explained that she had used the Eclipse Moon Star Disk to predict Nan Li’s arrival, and Nan Li gathered her companions to travel into the island.
• Nan Li warned her companions not to wander alone and arranged for Flame Feather Sparrows to accompany them outside Flame Feather Volcano.
• Chi Feng reunited with Nan Li, teased her about her height and childhood nickname, and pulled her aside to speak privately.
• Chi Feng relayed Lan Xi’s warning that an elusive, changing force on the Douluo Continent remained difficult to understand and that Nan Li and Dong Yun should be careful.

Nan Li returned to Sun Island, where Fu Guang revealed her million-year longing for freedom and trapped Nan Li inside the Fusang Tree to absorb her Spiritual Power. The crisis ended with a pulse of Spirit Power that Chi Feng recognized as Da Bao's presence.

• Nan Li asked Chi Feng to watch over the Life God Trial participants, then evaded her questions about Da Bao and used Inch-Shrinking to escape.
• The trial-takers climbed the Pill Stairway, and Nan Li reflected on her and Dong Yun's uncertain fate before heading to the Fusang Tree.
• Fu Guang explained the origins of the Golden Crow Blood Burning Grass and Fire-Bearing Vermilion Hibiscuses, then confessed that she wanted to leave Sun Island and return to Mother Tree.
• Fu Guang absorbed the herbs' power and wrapped Nan Li in vines, declaring that she needed Nan Li's Spiritual Power to break through the world's barrier.
• Fu Guang knocked Red Cloud and Nan Xing into the Heavenly Pool, while they discovered that Nan Li was trapped inside the Fusang Tree.
• A pulse of Spirit Power spread from the Fusang Tree, and Chi Feng recognized it as Da Bao's.

Three years after Ning Xinxin turned to devouring Soul Masters to grow stronger, she vowed revenge on Nan Li. Nan Li returned to Heaven Dou’s command tent unable to smile, and the gathered leaders learned that the Spirit Hall Empire’s Eighth Enshrined Elder, East Emperor, was involved.

• Ning Xinxin devoured a Soul Sage’s power and, after the system warned that her resurrection chances were gone, threatened to make Nan Li suffer.
• The chapter recounted how the Spirit Hall Empire’s failed assault on Dragon Rising City was followed by a period of military consolidation and uneasy peace among the three empires.
• Xue Ye abdicated in favor of Xue Ke, who became Heaven Dou’s first empress and led its army with Nan Li as imperial tutor.
• Nan Li returned from seclusion changed and unable to smile; Chi Feng and Dan Hong checked on her while she rested in the command tent.
• After Nan Li woke to find the assembled generals and allies gathered, Chi Feng identified the Spirit Hall Empire’s Eighth Enshrined Elder as East Emperor.

Nan Li and Xue Ke considered an assault on Jialing Pass after the Spirit Hall Empire sent Dong Yun to defend it. As Nan Li agreed to fight, Dan Qing urged her not to let worries about the future overwhelm the present.

• Marshal Gelong and the commanders greeted Nan Li as the Heaven Dou Imperial Tutor and Vermilion Bird Bright King, while Xue Ke offered her a chance to rest.
• Luo Gu explained that the Spirit Hall Empire had shifted its focus west and that Jialing Pass could open the way into its heartland.
• Luo Gu revealed that Dong Yun, the Spirit Hall Empire's Eighth Enshrined Elder, was guarding Jialing Pass, and Nan Li said they would fight.
• Dan Qing noted that Nan Li had sacrificed her Eighth Life Trial reward to strengthen their allies and said they would return to Sun Island together after the war.
• Dan Qing warned Nan Li not to dwell on the future, and Nan Li reassured her that they would remain together.

At Jialing Pass, Qian Renxue struggled with doubts about the Spirit Hall Empire’s campaign while Dong Yun warned her that Heaven Dou would be formidable and that Ning Xinxin might still be alive. Dong Yun’s report left Qian Renxue facing the strength of Nan Li and her allies as war approached.

• Qian Renxue questioned Dong Yun’s caution about further conquest and recalled threatening her, but Dong Yun had calmly challenged her assumptions.
• Dong Yun told Qian Renxue she suspected Ning Xinxin had survived and might become the Rakshasa God’s inheritor after devouring Soul Masters.
• Qian Renxue argued that Ning Xinxin might be dead or hiding beyond the empire, while Dong Yun urged her not to lower her guard.
• Dong Yun gave Qian Renxue Qing Ya’s report and revealed that Nan Li served as Heaven Dou’s Imperial Tutor and Vermilion Bird Bright King.
• Dong Yun listed Heaven Dou’s powerful support Soul Masters and Titled Douluo, warning Qian Renxue that she could not defeat Nan Li and her forces.

At the Heaven Dou military camp, Nan Li and Xue Ke discussed the improved siege weapons and the human cost of the coming war. Heaven Dou and the Spirit Hall Empire exchanged declarations but agreed only on when to fight, leaving the battle’s terms unresolved.

• Qing Ya explained to Xue Ke that the improved siege crossbows and arrows had great range and power, while Dan Hong urged him to be serious.
• Xue Ke worried about the danger to ordinary soldiers, and Nan Li argued that war could not be avoided through negotiations alone.
• Xue Ke proposed declaring war with One-on-One duels between the strongest fighters to spare ordinary soldiers, and Nan Li agreed to help draft the declaration.
• Heaven Dou and the Spirit Hall Empire delivered declarations proposing different ways to fight, with Heaven Dou favoring duels and the Spirit Hall Empire favoring a clash between Soul Master legions.
• Qian Renxue rejected Heaven Dou’s proposal, and the two nations agreed only on the time of battle.

Qian Renxue confronted Dong Yun and threatened her, but Nan Li intervened before the sisters could be forced to fight. Nan Li revealed that a Death Spiral Array planted beneath the battlefield was the true danger, and the Rakshasa God activated it as both armies tried to flee.

• Qian Renxue confronted Dong Yun across the battlefield and threatened her, while Dong Yun revealed that she had not expected Qian Renxue to give up becoming a god.
• Qian Renxue tore off Dong Yun’s mask and held a Golden Longsword to her throat, then demanded that Xue Ke choose between Heaven Dou and Dong Yun.
• Red Cloud removed Nan Li’s mask, and Nan Li stunned Qian Renxue, Azure Luan, and Mighty Lion long enough for Dong Yun to break free and Nan Li to restrain the two Enshrined Elders.
• Nan Li crossed the battlefield and told Qian Renxue that a Death Spiral Array lay beneath the plain, then used Void Bright Pupils to reveal its purple-black pattern.
• Nan Li ordered Xue Ke to withdraw, and Dong Yun commanded the Spirit Hall Empire troops to retreat to Jialing Pass, but the Rakshasa God declared that it was already too late.

Yan became Rakshasa’s puppet and unleashed an undead army on the retreating forces, but Nan Li’s domain began destroying the undead. Rakshasa then possessed Dong Yun and drove her to attack Qian Renxue, leaving Nan Li and Qian Renxue in danger.

• Yan appeared before Nan Li and blamed her for Hu Liena’s death, while Rakshasa revealed that he was her puppet.
• Rakshasa activated the Death Spiral Array, raising undead who attacked both armies indiscriminately.
• Nan Li used Endless Annihilation to erase the undead, and Dong Yun and Qian Renxue joined her with their domains.
• Rakshasa’s power overwhelmed Dong Yun, who struck Nan Li away and seized Qian Renxue by the throat.

Nan Li fought to protect Qian Renxue while Dong Yun, corrupted by Rakshasa divine intent, attacked her uncontrollably. Nan Li discovered that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had been lurking inside Dong Yun’s black-gold Soul Ring and was trying to seize her body.

• Dong Yun overpowered Nan Li, and Ning Xinxin taunted her until Chi Feng and Red Cloud intervened.
• Nan Li used a clone and a mental attack to pull Qian Renxue away from Dong Yun, then sent Qian Renxue to restrain Ning Xinxin.
• Nan Li fought Dong Yun directly while the armies and Soul Masters below worked together to contain the undead.
• Nan Li entered Dong Yun’s Sea of Consciousness and discovered the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was controlling her body from within her Soul Ring.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King declared that he would take Dong Yun’s body and use it to ascend to the God Realm.

Nan Li and Dong Yun joined forces to destroy the Death Spiral Array and save the soldiers, then reunited as sisters. Just as they appeared to have killed Yan and Ning Xinxin, Ning Xinxin returned and struck them down with the Seven Kill Sword.

• Nan Li drove the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King from Dong Yun’s Sea of Consciousness and used their combined power to destroy the Death Spiral Array and its undead.
• Zhuzhao summoned eighty-one blazing spheres that struck Yan and Ning Xinxin, while Nan Li used Myriad Things Born to restore wounded soldiers and send them back to their armies.
• Dong Yun embraced Nan Li after Nan Li told her she had lost weight, and Qian Renxue realized Nan Li and Dong Yun possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• A dark canopy returned after Nan Li and Dong Yun had killed Yan and Ning Xinxin, and Ning Xinxin emerged from the clouds to attack them with the Seven Kill Sword.

Ning Xinxin survived Nan Li’s attack, overwhelmed the defenders, and transported Nan Li, Dong Yun, and Qian Renxue to the distant Ice Sea. There, she claimed her growing power came from the energy of Douluo Star and prepared to kill them with a vast array of Soul Swords.

• Ning Xinxin taunted the weakened Nan Li and demanded that she become her slave.
• Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Dan Qing supported Nan Li and the others as they fought Ning Xinxin amid a storm of lightning.
• Ning Xinxin drew a black curtain over the battlefield and vanished with Nan Li, Dong Yun, and Qian Renxue.
• Red Cloud failed to sense Nan Li’s scales and feared the missing group had left the continent.
• On an iceberg in the Ice Sea, Ning Xinxin claimed that gods’ power returned to Douluo Star when she killed them and said she would become the plane’s master.
• Ning Xinxin summoned countless Soul Swords with the Seven Kill Sword and began forming an array against Nan Li, Dong Yun, and Qian Renxue.

Nan Li and Dong Yun fought Ning Xinxin alongside Qian Renxue, but Ning Xinxin’s inexhaustible power overwhelmed them. After falling beneath the Ice Sea, Nan Li revealed her Rank Ninety-Nine cultivation and used Spring Comes to Withered Wood to restore their strength for one final attack.

• Ning Xinxin’s Seven Kill Sword struck Dong Yun’s Xumi Bell, whose chime weakened her attacks and restored the allies’ Spirit Power.
• Nan Li warned her father and the Chongming Bird Clan not to attack, then used Sea Suppression, Nebula Break against Ning Xinxin.
• Ning Xinxin’s elemental attacks battered the exhausted fighters, but Qian Renxue noticed that wounds from the Angel Holy Sword healed more slowly.
• Ning Xinxin revealed the stolen Eight Spider Soul Bone and threatened to devour Qian Renxue, while Nan Li and Dong Yun fell into the sea.
• Nan Li used Spring Comes to Withered Wood to restore herself and Dong Yun, revealed her Rank Ninety-Nine cultivation, and prepared a final attack with him.

Nan Li, Dong Yun, and Qian Renxue defeated Ning Xinxin, but Nan Li absorbed the Rakshasa God Power and collapsed from her wounds before completing the Life God Trial. As Dong Yun gave Nan Li the title Ming Yan, Red Cloud appeared and began healing her, giving the group hope that she would survive.

• Zhuzhao and Qian Renxue worked together to strike Ning Xinxin, who used her Eight Spider Soul Bone to injure them and turned Qian Renxue's sword against Zhuzhao.
• Qian Renxue, Dong Yun, and Nan Li impaled Ning Xinxin, and Dong Yun detonated her Golden Crow Devouring Sun Soul Ring to prevent Ning Xinxin from reviving.
• Nan Li used her domain to purify the mixed poisons and heal Dong Yun and Qian Renxue, then revealed that she had drawn the Rakshasa God Power into herself.
• Nan Li's injuries worsened when the domain failed, and Dong Yun held her as Nan Li feared she would die before completing the Life God Trial.
• Dong Yun gave Nan Li the title Ming Yan, and Red Cloud emerged from the blood mist to teach Nan Li how to use Spiritual Power to heal herself.

Ling Guang returned Nan Li and Dong Yun to Sun Island, revived Chong Yang and many fallen members of the three clans, and gave Nan Li and Dong Yun powerful gifts. He then sent Red Cloud and the other exotic beasts back to Blue Star, but admitted he had found no trace of the threat behind Ning Xinxin.

• Ling Guang left the God Realm and returned to Douluo Star, where he told Red Cloud to take Nan Li to Fu Guang and prepared to send the young exotic beasts home.
• Red Cloud brought Nan Li and Dong Yun back to Jialing Pass, where Chi Feng awaited Nan Yin and Qian Renxue proposed peace talks between the Spirit Hall Empire and Heaven Dou.
• Nan Yin removed the remaining Rakshasa God Power from Nan Li and Qian Renxue, while Lan Xi explained that the force investigating Nan Li and Dong Yun had withdrawn.
• Fu Guang brought Nan Li and Dong Yun to Sun Island, where Ling Guang restored Chong Yang and many fallen members of the Flame Feather Sparrow, Xumi Raven, and third clans, then gave Dong Yun and Nan Li Soul Bones and a Spiritual Power manual.
• Ling Guang granted Fu Guang Spiritual Power and sent Red Cloud and the other exotic beasts toward Blue Star, but said he had found no trace of the person who might return to threaten Nan Li.

Nan Li found Dong Yun grieving Qing Wu and urged her to stop blaming herself for the past, promising to protect her. Their heart-to-heart ended in teasing when Qian Renxue visited and Nan Li's attempt to jump down from a tree left her dangling in midair.

• Nan Li found Dong Yun sitting in the parasol tree where Qing Wu had fallen and climbed up to join her.
• Nan Li told Dong Yun about Fu Guang's sacrifice and explained that suffering should not be compared or used to dismiss anyone's pain.
• Dong Yun admitted she could not forgive herself or forget the tragedies of the past, and Nan Li urged her to face the future while accepting that the shadows remained behind her.
• Nan Li promised to protect Dong Yun, and the two teased each other about their closeness and Nan Li's resemblance to her sister.
• Chi Feng brought Qian Renxue to visit, and Qian Renxue teased the sisters about their nicknames.
• Nan Li tried to jump down to silence Qian Renxue, but Dong Yun caught her, leaving them hanging from the tree before they returned to the ground and laughed at Nan Li's failed rescue.