Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang escaped from his arranged wedding, while Huang Yingying also fled to seek help from the Immortal Spirit Pavilion. Meanwhile, Yu Yuanzhen, Ning Fengzhi, and Prince Xue Xing set out to ask the Pavilion for support against Spirit Hall’s influence over public opinion.

• Yu Xiaogang washed off his bloodstained clothes, then endured a small wedding ceremony with Huang Yingying under Yu Lingfeng’s supervision.
• After Yu Lingfeng departed, Yu Xiaogang took the wedding gifts and fled into the night.
• Huang Yingying saw Yu Xiaogang escape, changed out of her bridal clothes, and left for the Immortal Spirit Pavilion rather than return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Yu Yuanzhen warned Ning Fengzhi and Prince Xue Xing about Spirit Hall and the Douluo Daily’s power to damage a sect’s reputation.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to seek the Immortal Spirit Pavilion’s support, and he, Yu Yuanzhen, Prince Xue Xing, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong departed together.

Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, Bone Douluo, Sword Douluo, and Prince Xue Xing visited Immortal Spirit City to seek the Immortal Spirit Pavilion’s support. Ling Qingyue refused Yu Yuanzhen’s request to pressure Spirit Hall on behalf of his son, leaving him publicly rebuked.

• The five visitors arrived at the enormous Immortal Spirit City and were welcomed by Liu Erlong, now a Deacon of the Immortal Spirit Pavilion.
• Liu Erlong led them to the City Lord’s Mansion and explained that Pavilion Master Xue and Elder Bing were in seclusion.
• Chen Xin sensed that Ling Qingyue was a Soul Saint with an exceptionally powerful Sword-type Martial Soul that suppressed his Seven Kill Sword.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked to meet the Pavilion Master or Elder Bing about an important matter, but Ling Qingyue said she handled the pavilion’s affairs during their seclusion.
• Ling Qingyue rejected Yu Yuanzhen’s plan to enlist the Immortal Spirit Pavilion against Spirit Hall on his son’s behalf and called his son vile and harmful to others.

Ling Qingyue and Liu Erlong deliberately kept Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Prince Xue Xing waiting until they left Immortal Spirit City. Afterward, Liu Erlong explained her contempt for Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and revealed how Huang Yingying had escaped a forced marriage to Yu Xiaogang.

• Ling Qingyue left the reception hall to handle city business and told Liu Erlong to host the guests in her place.
• Liu Erlong kept serving tea while Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Prince Xue Xing waited, until Xue Xing, Yu Yuanzhen, and then Ning Fengzhi announced their departures.
• Liu Erlong escorted the guests out of Immortal Spirit City, then found Ling Qingyue back in the hall watching them leave.
• Ling Qingyue teased Liu Erlong about Yu Yuanzhen being her uncle, and Liu Erlong declared she wanted nothing to do with Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Liu Erlong told Ling Qingyue that Huang Yingying had fled to Immortal Spirit City after Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect enslaved her family and selected her as a concubine for Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong explained that Yu Xiaogang had abandoned Huang Yingying on their wedding night and fled with his valuables, allowing Huang Yingying to escape him.

Ling Qingyue promised to seek permission to reunite Liu Erlong with her parents, while Yu Yuanzhen and Ning Fengzhi planned an alliance against Spirit Hall. At the Clear Sky Sect, Yu Yuanzhen agreed to guard the sect as Tang Yue took Tang Zhen and others to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Tang Zhen’s ninth soul ring.

• Ling Qingyue told Liu Erlong she would ask the Holy Lord to help bring Liu Erlong’s parents out of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, then led her away without revealing who the Holy Lord was.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Ning Fengzhi agreed that Yu Yuanzhen would approach the Clear Sky Sect while they sought support from the Star Luo Empire to pressure Spirit Hall and challenge its control of public opinion.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived at the mourning-stricken Clear Sky Sect and proposed an alliance to Tang Yue, who agreed to cooperate but said he could not leave the sect undefended.
• Yu Yuanzhen offered to guard the Clear Sky Sect while Tang Yue took Tang Zhen to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a ninth soul ring.
• Tang Yue assigned the remaining Elders their duties, then departed with Tang Zhen, Tang Xuan, and Tang Feng for the Star Dou Great Forest.

Tang Yue and Tang Zhen found three nearly ninety-thousand-year Qian Jun Ant Emperors in the Star Dou Great Forest’s Mixed Zone and launched a coordinated ambush to secure one for Tang Zhen. Their opening hammer strike met the middle ant’s iron-hard shell, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Tang Yue led Tang Zhen, Tang Xuan, and Tang Feng deeper into the Mixed Zone to search for a suitable strength-type Spirit Beast.
• After three days of searching, Tang Yue agreed to continue for two more days before retreating if they found no suitable target.
• Tang Zhen spotted three Qian Jun Ant Emperors feeding on a Spirit Beast’s corpse, and Tang Yue identified the middle one as their target.
• Tang Feng and Tang Xuan attacked the two outer ants, then fled to lure them away from the group.
• Tang Yue and Tang Zhen struck the middle Qian Jun Ant Emperor with their Clear Sky Hammers, but it met their blows with its armored head and back.

Tang Yue and Tang Zhen killed a Qian Jun Ant Emperor, allowing Tang Zhen to begin absorbing its Ninety-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. Two more Qian Jun Ant Emperors returned but withdrew without attacking, leaving Tang Yue, Tang Feng, and Tang Xuan to guard Tang Zhen.

• Tang Yue wounded the Qian Jun Ant Emperor with his Eighth Soul Skill, and Tang Zhen followed with his Clear Sky True Body and Ninth Soul Skill to shatter its armor.
• Tang Zhen struck the exposed beast's head with the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, killing it and revealing a black Soul Ring.
• Tang Zhen began absorbing the Ninety-Thousand-Year Soul Ring while Tang Yue stood guard.
• Two enraged Qian Jun Ant Emperors returned, but they saw their brother's corpse and retreated after facing Tang Yue and the nearby Soul Douluo.
• Tang Feng and Tang Xuan returned safely, and Tang Yue thanked them for helping protect Tang Zhen.

Tang Zhen’s newly absorbed Soul Ring triggered the Crimson Mane Earth-Splitting Bear’s remnant soul, which took control of him and turned him against his brothers. He regained control after killing Tang Xuan and grievously wounding Tang Feng, leaving Tang Yue unsure what to do.

• Tang Yue promised Tang Xuan and Tang Feng that he would hunt Qian Jun Ant Emperors for their Ninth Soul Rings when they reached Titled Douluo.
• Tang Zhen completed absorbing the Soul Ring, but the Crimson Mane Earth-Splitting Bear’s remnant soul took control of him and formed a crimson armor from his Soul Bones.
• Tang Zhen struck Tang Xuan with his Clear Sky Hammer, killing him instantly.
• Tang Feng charged at Tang Zhen to avenge Tang Xuan, but Tang Zhen knocked him through several trees and left his fate unknown.
• Blood from his brothers’ injuries stirred Tang Zhen’s consciousness, and the crimson armor receded as he regained control.
• Tang Zhen collapsed in grief and blamed himself for harming his brothers while Tang Yue hesitated, torn between intervening and watching them suffer.

Tang Yue concealed Tang Xuan and Tang Feng’s deaths, while Tang Zhen gained their positions and resources after advancing to Titled Douluo. At negotiations in Spirit City, Bibi Dong appeared to yield to the factions’ demands, though the chapter left the outcome of the talks unresolved.

• Tang Yue persuaded Tang Zhen to blame their brothers’ deaths on a mad hundred-thousand-year soul beast and conceal what had really happened.
• Tang Yue told Tang Lie and Tang Wu the fabricated story, while Yu Yuanzhen privately celebrated the deaths of two Clear Sky Sect elders.
• Tang Yue reassigned Tang Xuan and Tang Feng’s important posts and resources to Tang Zhen, who secretly rejoiced at his new power.
• Tang Yue and Yu Yuanzhen left the sect to coordinate pressure with Dai Yutian and report to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Bibi Dong received Yu Yuanzhen, Tang Yue, Ning Fengzhi, Prince Xue Xing, and a Star Luo Empire representative in Pope’s Palace and appeared to accept most of their demands.

After the Upper Three Sects and Two Great Empires signed an agreement with Spirit Hall over the Douluo Daily, Bibi Dong revealed that she had set a trap for them. At dawn, commoners burdened by taxes voiced their hope that Spirit Hall would unite the continent and pledged loyalty to the Angel God.

• Yu Yuanzhen, Tang Yue, and the other representatives signed an agreement granting their powers shared control of the Douluo Daily, a share of its profits, and articles to restore their reputations.
• Ning Fengzhi secured free advertisements for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's businesses, while the representatives left believing they had won a major victory.
• After the group departed, Bibi Dong dropped her feigned helplessness and told Zhao Linchuan she had arranged everything to lure them into a trap.
• Yue Guan and Ghost Charm left to make Spirit Hall's special arrangements, while Zhao Linchuan and Bibi Dong returned to the Saintess Hall with Qian Renxue.
• At Great Willow Tree Village, Old Li and the other villagers complained about the Special Border Defense Tax and expressed hope that Spirit Hall would unite the continent.
• Wang Lao Wu and Li Tie Zhu each vowed to become loyal subjects of the Angel God if Spirit Hall prevailed.

Wang Xiaodong brought news that the Douluo Daily had raised its price and was now printing articles that whitewashed powerful factions. He told the villagers that Spirit Hall had yielded control of the paper to the Upper Three Sects and Two Great Empires, leaving the villagers furious over Saintess Bibi Dong’s punishment and the paper’s betrayal.

• Li Tie Zhu and the other elders learned that the Douluo Daily’s price had risen from one Copper Soul Coin to one Silver Soul Coin.
• The elders read articles blaming Bi Weng Pavilion for the Evil Book, excusing the Clear Sky Sect’s seizure of a soul bone, and denying Xue Ye’s patricide and usurpation.
• Wang Xiaodong said representatives of the Upper Three Sects and Two Great Empires had pressured Spirit Hall and taken half the newspaper’s control while imposing approval rules.
• Wang Xiaodong said Pope Qian Xunji had ordered Saintess Bibi Dong severely punished for mishandling the negotiations.
• Li Tie Zhu and the other elders cursed the factions they blamed, and the villagers gathered at the village entrance in an angry uproar.

The Douluo Daily’s reports about Bibi Dong’s punishment stirred widespread public anger against the Upper Three Sects and the empires, while Zhao Linchuan guided the unfolding public-opinion campaign. Its latest articles condemned the sects and undermined the Clear Sky Sect’s celebrated account of Tang Chen’s victory over Qian Daoliu, leaving the sect furious.

• Wang Xiaodong urged the angry villagers to keep their accusations quiet, but Li Tie Zhu declared he was no longer afraid to speak the truth.
• News of the Upper Three Sects’ and empires’ actions spread across Douluo Continent, and Douluo Daily workers went on strike rather than publish propaganda.
• Deputy Editor-in-Chief Hua Ying brought some workers back, and Douluo Daily published an article depicting Bibi Dong imprisoned and calling for justice.
• People protested across the continent in support of Bibi Dong, prompting Great Enshriner Qian Daoliu to ask Zhao Linchuan what he planned to do.
• Zhao Linchuan told the Enshriner to let public opinion run its course, and Douluo Daily blamed the Upper Three Sects for the crisis and declared them unfit to lead the Soul Master world.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Hua Ying that Qian Daoliu had lost to Tang Chen only after surrendering his aerial advantage, enraging the Clear Sky Sect.

The Douluo Daily exposed the Upper Three Sects’ lethal Soul Bone experiments, prompting Spirit Hall to announce a new Seven Great Sects ranking in three months. Ning Fengzhi devised a scheme to restore the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s reputation, while Tang Yue resolved to defend the Clear Sky Sect’s title despite the odds.

• Tang Yue led Elders to confront Qian Jun and Jiang Mo at the Martial Soul Main Hall, but left without making their accusations.
• The Douluo Daily revealed that the Upper Three Sects had killed Soul Masters in Soul Bone fusion experiments, igniting public fury.
• Spirit Hall announced that it would restart the Seven Great Sects ranking in Spirit City three months later.
• Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had to retain its Upper Three Sects position and proposed secretly encouraging Yan Song’s greed before bringing him down.
• Tang Yue told Tang Zhen that the Clear Sky Sect could not lose its title as the Number One Sect Under Heaven, and said he would challenge the Immortal Spirit Pavilion and settle the grudge with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Tang Yue entrusted Tang Zhen with the Great Sumeru Hammer and urged him to master it before the Sect Tournament. Meanwhile, Yu Yuanzhen feared the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect would lose its place among the Upper Three Sects, and Ling Qingyue arrived with Huang Yingying, leaving Yu Luomian stunned.

• Tang Yue told Tang Zhen that he would teach him the Great Sumeru Hammer and ordered him to master it so he could kill Gu Rong at the Sect Tournament.
• Yu Yuanzhen worried that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect lacked the strength to compete with the other major sects and might lose its place among the Upper Three Sects.
• Yu Luomian advised Yu Yuanzhen to withdraw from the tournament and preserve the sect's strength, but Yu Yuanzhen remained silent.
• A disciple reported that Ling Qingyue had come to visit, and Yu Yuanzhen withdrew to the back hall while Yu Luomian prepared to receive her.
• Ling Qingyue entered with Huang Yingying, surprising Yu Luomian, and then called on Yingying to step forward.

Ling Qingyue traded a powerful Soul Bone to Yu Luomian for Huang Yingying’s family and tribe, then took them away from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. As Huang Yingying vowed to serve the God of Ice and Snow, an angry crowd arrived at the sect demanding Yu Xiaogang’s life.

• Huang Yingying told Yu Luomian how Yu Xiaogang had robbed her and abandoned her on their wedding night.
• Ling Qingyue offered Yu Luomian a thirty-thousand-year Thunder Attribute Right Leg Bone in exchange for freeing Huang Yingying’s parents and tribe members.
• Yu Luomian agreed, and the freed relatives and tribespeople joined Ling Qingyue and Huang Yingying as they left the sect.
• Yu Yuanzhen decided to treat Yu Xiaogang as if he had never been his son.
• Huang Yingying swore to serve the God of Ice and Snow for life before boarding the carriage to Immortal Spirit City.
• A crowd of four or five hundred people arrived at the sect carrying banners demanding Yu Xiaogang and accusing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect of guilt.

Bibi Dong brought victims of Yu Xiaogang’s Evil Book to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to demand justice, forcing Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian to confront the public outcry. Yu Luomian went out to negotiate, and Bibi Dong identified herself as the crowd’s spokesperson.

• Bibi Dong led the victims to the sect gate and called on Yu Yuanzhen to answer for the harm caused by the Evil Book.
• Yu Yuanzhen angrily insisted that he had expelled Yu Xiaogang, while Yu Luomian urged him to appease the victims with compensation.
• Yu Yuanzhen left the matter to Yu Luomian and promised him the thirty-thousand-year Thunder Attribute Soul Bone afterward.
• Yu Luomian ordered the sect disciples not to retaliate when the crowd threw rotten vegetables and eggs at him.
• The crowd chose Bibi Dong as its spokesperson, and she asked Yu Luomian what he wished to say.

Bibi Dong forced the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to accept compensation for victims of Yu Xiaogang’s evil book and require Yu Lingfeng to apologize at the memorial cemetery. The settlement and a glowing Douluo Daily report boosted Bibi Dong’s standing among commoners, while Yu Luomian worried about Spirit Hall’s growing influence.

• Bibi Dong rejected Yu Luomian’s invitation to speak privately and demanded that Yu Xiaogang and Yu Lingfeng die for their roles in the deaths caused by the evil book.
• Bibi Dong proposed that Yu Lingfeng kowtow in apology at the Soul Master Memorial Cemetery and that the sect pay ten thousand gold soul coins to each victim’s family.
• Yu Luomian sent a disciple to ask Yu Lingfeng whether he would accept the demands, and Yu Lingfeng agreed to sacrifice his pride to protect the sect.
• Yu Luomian announced that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect accepted Bibi Dong’s conditions, prompting the crowd to cheer and praise her.
• Yu Luomian wondered whether Spirit Hall’s popular support could help it unite the continent, then dismissed the thought as speculation.
• Douluo Daily published a prominent report praising Bibi Dong, and the story spread across the continent as Bibi Dong stayed at the Immortal Spirit Pavilion.

Three months after Bibi Dong and Ah Yin reflected on how Zhao Linchuan had brought them together, the Seven Great Sects Re-election Assembly began amid sharply contrasting receptions for Immortal Spirit Pavilion and Clear Sky Sect. Tang Zhen proposed that Tang Xiao or Tang Hao challenge Bibi Dong publicly to restore Clear Sky Sect’s reputation.

• Bibi Dong and Ah Yin spoke fondly of how Zhao Linchuan had changed their fates, before he led them toward Ice Empress’s bedroom.
• Three months later, the Seven Great Sects Re-election Assembly opened in Spirit City, where Immortal Spirit Pavilion drew visitors while Clear Sky Sect was shunned.
• Tang Yue summoned Tang Xiao and Tang Hao to the Clear Sky Sect residence despite his lingering anger toward them.
• Tang Zhen asked his nephews about Bibi Dong, and Tang Xiao warned that her growing popular support gave her considerable influence.
• Tang Zhen proposed that the Clear Sky Twin Stars challenge and defeat Bibi Dong publicly to revive Clear Sky Sect’s standing.

Tang Zhen proposed a younger-generation competition to give the Clear Sky Sect’s Tang Hao and Tang Xiao a chance to restore its standing, and Spirit Hall approved it. As the Fourth Earth Sects selection ended, sects and empires decided whether to enter, while Ning Fengzhi paid ten million Gold Soul Coins to promote the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s image; the Upper Three Sects contest and youth competition were next.

• Tang Zhen urged Tang Hao and Tang Xiao to win the proposed youth competition, while warning Tang Yue to avoid acting impulsively and preserve himself for the sect’s future.
• Bibi Dong approved the competition in principle and sent the decision to the participating factions, prompting many minor sects and the Heaven Dou Empire to decline.
• Crown Prince Dai Tianxing registered a less prominent Star Luo Soul Master, while Yu Yuanzhen entered his son Yu Lingfeng for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Ling Qingyue asked whether Immortal Spirit Pavilion should put on a performance, and Ah Yin volunteered to fight Human Soul Masters.
• Ning Fengzhi declined to enter Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples but offered prize money; after Bibi Dong requested another five million Gold Soul Coins for greater publicity, he agreed to pay ten million.
• The Fourth Earth Sects selection concluded with the Elephant Armor Sect and Fire Leopard Sect among the new Lower Four Sects, setting up the Upper Three Sects contest and youth competition.

Ghost Charm told Yue Guan how Spirit Hall had coerced Clear Sky Sect disciples, then Zhao Linchuan appeared on Spirit Hall’s supreme platform and announced he would preside over the continent-wide Sect Tournament. Tang Yue, Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect leaders recognized him with shock and fury.

• Ghost Charm told Yue Guan that Blood Thorn had approached Yang Wushuang and described using compromising Recording Stones to make Clear Sky Sect disciples serve Spirit Hall.
• The factions filled the arena, and Zhao Linchuan appeared on the supreme viewing platform beside Bibi Dong.
• Tang Yue, Tang Xiao, and Tang Hao recognized Zhao Linchuan and reacted with intense hatred.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong also recognized Zhao Linchuan and wondered who he was.
• Zhao Linchuan identified himself as Spirit City's Second Worship and announced that he would preside over the Sect Tournament.

Zhao Linchuan revealed himself as Spirit Hall’s Second Worship and announced a youth competition with two Seventy Thousand Year Soul Bones and ten million gold soul coins as prizes. After the contestants drew lots, Tang Hao defeated Yu Lingfeng in the first round with one hammer strike.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong were shocked by Zhao Linchuan’s status, while the Clear Sky Sect’s Tang Yue, Tang Xiao, and Tang Hao recognized him as the man who had humiliated them.
• Zhao Linchuan announced the youth competition, offering a Seventy Thousand Year Soul Bone each to the first- and second-place contestants and ten million gold soul coins to third place.
• The contestants drew lots, and Zhao Linchuan displayed his mastery of Soul Power by creating a Nine-Colored Rainbow Bridge for Bibi Dong.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao compared their opponents and agreed to see who could finish their match faster.
• Spirit Hall staff divided the arena into twelve stages, and Tang Hao defeated Yu Lingfeng with one Clear Sky Hammer strike.