Chapter Summaries

Ye Xingchen endured the force of the formation before Tang San summoned Tang Hao’s rank-99 phantom to confront him. As the battle for the Heaven Dou Empire erupted, Bibi Dong revealed herself and stepped into the conflict, determined to protect Ye Xingchen.

• Ye Xingchen blocked the formation’s attack with his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul, startling Tang San and Yu Xiaogang with his strength.
• Tang San used a pentagonal token to summon a phantom of Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, and the phantom’s strike forced Ye Xingchen back.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin joined Ye Xingchen and warned him that Tang Hao’s phantom wielded the genuine power of a rank-99 Titled Douluo.
• Qian Renxue accused Xue Beng of treason and offered rewards to soldiers who killed him, while the Second Elder revealed that their strength had been suppressed and urged the Clear Sky Sect to attack.
• Bibi Dong emerged from hiding in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and declared that Tang Hao’s forces would not escape after threatening Ye Xingchen.
• Ye Xingchen sensed Bibi Dong’s arrival and recognized her familiar power below.

Bibi Dong arrived at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and fought off Tang Hao’s phantom, disrupting Xue Beng and Tang San’s attempt to seize the throne. Tang San and Yu Xiaogang decided to flee, leaving Xue Beng begging them to take him along.

• Bibi Dong arrived and accused the Second Elder and his allies of bullying Ye Xingchen, while her presence made the surrounding soldiers question whom to support.
• The Second Elder claimed Bibi Dong’s arrival proved that Xue Qinghe had colluded with Spirit Hall, and Xue Beng asked Tang San whether they could still seize the throne.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San that Bibi Dong had reached Level 99, and Ye Xingchen’s swords were forced back by Tang Hao’s phantom.
• Bibi Dong confronted Tang Hao’s phantom and drove it to dissipate, though the clash made her wary of Tang Hao’s true strength.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San they should retreat, and Tang San said they had lost and would die if they stayed.
• Xue Beng fell to his knees and begged Tang San to take him with them.

After the Clear Sky Sect’s rebellion collapsed, Ye Xingchen secured the Heaven Dou soldiers’ surrender and went to speak with Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue. Bibi Dong revealed that Qian Renxue was not her biological daughter and declared Ye Xingchen to be hers, while Qian Renxue vowed not to give up on him.

• Tang San kicked Xue Beng away, but Xue Beng bit his leg before Tang San sent him flying and left with the Second Elder and the others.
• Ye Xingchen told the Heaven Dou soldiers to surrender and promised to seek the Crown Prince’s pardon; the soldiers knelt and blamed the Clear Sky Sect for deceiving them.
• Qian Renxue ordered the soldiers to clear the palace and declared the Clear Sky Sect an enemy of the empire.
• Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong about her coldness and asked whether she would compete with her for Ye Xingchen.
• Bibi Dong said Qian Renxue was not her biological daughter and claimed Ye Xingchen as her man; Qian Renxue nevertheless vowed to grow stronger and fight for him.
• After Qian Renxue left in a daze, Bibi Dong linked arms with Ye Xingchen and asked whether he had missed her.

Qian Renxue told the dying Snow Emperor that the empire would pass to her, and he died after entrusting its future to her. Bibi Dong then ordered the new emperor to reform the Heaven Dou Empire and support Ye Xingchen’s Heavenly Court against the Clear Sky Sect, while Ye Xingchen asked what Qian Daoliu was doing.

• Ye Xingchen worried that his relationship with Bibi Dong would cause awkwardness with Qian Renxue, but Bibi Dong dismissed his concern and drew him close.
• Qian Renxue told the Snow Emperor that his illness left him only three days to live and explained that Bibi Dong had come to help Ye Xingchen, not her.
• The Snow Emperor entrusted the empire to Qian Renxue, and she announced his death and became the new emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Bibi Dong told Ye Xingchen she was giving him the Heaven Dou Empire and said the Heavenly Court could eventually replace the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Renxue arrived in imperial robes, and Bibi Dong ordered her to reform the empire, turn against the Clear Sky Sect, and give the Heavenly Court the empire’s resources and support.
• Qian Renxue left after Bibi Dong rebuked her, and Ye Xingchen asked whether Qian Daoliu could hold off the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao.

Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect discussed how to counter Ye Xingchen, and Yu Xiaogang proposed sending Tang San to Sea God Island to grow stronger. Meanwhile, Tang Yuehua worried that Ye Xingchen had forgotten her until he finally visited her in the Heavenly Court.

• Bibi Dong warned Ye Xingchen that Tang Hao's strength had increased and urged him to be careful.
• Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and the Clear Sky Sect elders discussed their failed plans and agreed that Ye Xingchen and the Heavenly Court posed a major threat.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed sending Tang San to Sea God Island to undergo dangerous trials and quickly increase his strength.
• Tang San accepted the risk, declaring that he would go to Sea God Island so he could defeat Ye Xingchen.
• Tang Yuehua lamented that Ye Xingchen had not visited her, then welcomed him when he entered her palace and asked whether she had settled in.

Ye Xingchen spent the night with Tang Yuehua, then agreed to investigate Tang San’s likely journey to Sea God Island. Qian Renxue gave him the Vast Sea Glazed Cover and asked why he remained cold toward her.

• Tang Yuehua accepted a red gemstone from Ye Xingchen and told him she wanted to be with him for life; they went to bed together.
• Xiao Wu and the others played mahjong, while Dugu Yan and Huo Wu competed for a seat at the table.
• Qian Renxue told Ye Xingchen that Tang San had likely gone to Sea God Island and could become his enemy if he succeeded there.
• Ye Xingchen agreed to visit Sea God Island, and Qian Renxue gave him the Vast Sea Glazed Cover.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Ye Xingchen truly disliked her, and he replied that she had misunderstood the heart of the issue.

Qian Renxue used her domain to pin Ye Xingchen down and insisted on taking him as her lover, while Tang San searched for a captain to take him to Sea God Island. On the road to Vast Sea City, Ye Xingchen’s group found a dead villager and prepared for danger nearby.

• Ye Xingchen told Qian Renxue that affection could not be forced, but she used her domain to pin him down and dragged him to the throne.
• Tang San asked a coconut seller how to sail out to sea, threatened him for directions, and discovered the man had sent him to a deserted spot.
• Tang San approached a captain serving under Zi Zhenzhu and learned he needed ten thousand Gold Soul Coins to reach Sea God Island.
• The captain pointed Tang San toward a nearby Soul Fighting Arena where he could earn money for the voyage.
• Ye Xingchen warned Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiang Xiang that danger was near, then his group found a villager’s corpse with its heart removed.
• Ye Xingchen ordered Ma Hongjun to patrol overhead and told everyone else to watch their surroundings and protect their companions first.

Ye Xingchen and his companions came across a village under attack by Mutated Werewolves and fought to rescue the surrounded villagers. As Ye Xingchen slaughtered the wolves, Xiang Xiang became captivated by him, while Dai Mubai identified the wolf king as their next target.

• Ning Rongrong saw the ruined, abandoned villages, and Ye Xingchen warned that werewolves might discover the group during the night.
• After a Mutated Werewolf appeared and fled, Ye Xingchen sensed a slaughter ahead and urged everyone to hurry toward it.
• Ye Xingchen shielded the two carriages with his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul, killing the werewolves that charged them.
• Ye Xingchen leapt into the battle and cut down the Mutated Werewolves while Xiao Wu told Xiang Xiang to stay in the carriage.
• Xiang Xiang watched Ye Xingchen fight and blushed when she realized she was falling for him.
• Dai Mubai pointed out the wolf king on the hillside and said they needed to defeat it to drive back the wolves.

Ye Xingchen and his companions fought the Snow Wolf King and his mutated werewolves, saving the villagers. After Ye Xingchen killed the king, Dai Mubai began fusing with the mutated Soul Bone it dropped.

• The Snow Wolf King sent sturdier werewolves down the hillside and charged at Ye Xingchen and his companions.
• Ye Xingchen attacked the werewolves with Sword Annihilation of the Eight Desolations, while Ma Hongjun unleashed Heavenly Fire Meteors.
• Ning Rongrong gave the villagers gold coins to help them leave the dangerous area, and Xiang Xiang treated their injuries.
• The Snow Wolf King revived fallen werewolves and attacked Ye Xingchen, but Ye Xingchen knocked him back.
• Ye Xingchen killed the Snow Wolf King with a Sword Qi Dragon and gave its mutated Soul Bone to Dai Mubai, who began fusing with it.

Ning Rongrong wanted to protect the villagers, but Ye Xingchen arranged for them to learn basic combat instead. Ma Hongjun was rejected by Xiang Xiang, while Dai Mubai and Oscar discussed their journey to Vast Sea City; three days later, Tang San was still struggling there and faced another Arena challenge.

• Ning Rongrong shielded the sleeping villagers from the cold, and Ye Xingchen told her he had arranged basic combat training for them before she withdrew her Soul Power.
• Xiang Xiang healed the villagers, then rejected Ma Hongjun's pastries and confession because she liked Ye Xingchen.
• Dai Mubai finished absorbing a Soul Bone and told Oscar about Vast Sea City; Ma Hongjun returned after being rejected and lamented his romantic troubles.
• Three days later, Tang San stood bruised in Vast Sea City's Arena after repeated setbacks as the host announced a challenge against the popular Twin Brothers.

Tang San challenged the Twin Brothers in the Sea Soul Arena but was defeated by their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and left vowing revenge. Meanwhile, Ye Xingchen and the others arrived in Vast Sea City, where Ning Rongrong treated the women to fruit and Ma Hongjun envied the attention Ye Xingchen received.

• Tang San returned to the platform and smashed the Twin Brothers' water tornadoes with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• The Twin Brothers fused their Martial Souls into a water dragon and knocked Tang San off the platform.
• Tang San coughed up blood, vowed to settle the score, and limped away amid the crowd's jeers.
• Ye Xingchen and the others arrived in Vast Sea City, where Ning Rongrong bought fruit lavishly for the women.
• Ye Xingchen teased Oscar and the others for staring at women, and Ma Hongjun complained that the women were looking at Ye Xingchen instead.

Ye Xingchen discovered Tang San was fighting at Hanhai Cheng's Soul Fighting Arena and arranged to face him with Xiang Xiang. After hearing Ye Xingchen's accusations, Xiang Xiang joined him eagerly, and Ye Xingchen greeted Tang San before the match.

• Ye Xingchen spotted Tang San in a street advertisement and later learned he had another Soul Fighting match that night.
• Xiang Xiang said she wanted to try fighting in the arena and chose to team up with Ye Xingchen rather than Ma Hongjun.
• Ye Xingchen arranged for the True Fragrance Team to be matched against Tang San.
• Tang San froze when the announcer called Ye Xingchen, Xiang Xiang, and their companions onto the stage.
• Ye Xingchen accused Tang San of betraying his clansmen and companions, and Xiang Xiang urged him to break all three of Tang San's legs.
• Ye Xingchen faced Tang San and taunted him for coming to court death again.

Tang San fought Ye Xingchen and Xiang Xiang in Vast Sea City while the others suspected he planned to reach Sea God Island. At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong insisted she would give up the position of Pope to be with Ye Xingchen, despite Qian Daoliu’s objections.

• Tang San confronted Ye Xingchen and Xiang Xiang, but Ye Xingchen’s Blue Silver Domain erased Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass Vines.
• Xiang Xiang and Ye Xingchen attacked together, forcing Tang San back as spectators marveled at their strength.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Rongrong discussed Tang San’s likely goal of reaching Sea God Island and agreed he had to be stopped.
• Qian Daoliu rejected Bibi Dong’s offer to give up the position of Pope, warning that Spirit Hall needed her.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Daoliu she would leave Spirit Hall if necessary to be with him, and he questioned whether the man was worth the risk.

Bibi Dong persuaded Qian Daoliu that Ye Xingchen’s potential surpassed the value of godhood, and Qian Daoliu agreed to intercept Tang Hao during the coming battle with the Clear Sky Sect. After Ye Xingchen defeated Tang San and departed for Sea God Island with Xiang Xiang and the others, they reached Vast Sea City’s harbor, where he recognized a pirate captain’s scheme and offered him one Gold Soul Coin per passenger.

• Bibi Dong told Qian Daoliu that backing Ye Xingchen would bring Spirit Hall rewards beyond becoming gods, and Qian Daoliu agreed to face Tang Hao in the coming battle.
• Tang San fled the Soul Fighting Arena after losing to Ye Xingchen, threatening to kill him after returning from Sea God Island.
• Ye Xingchen congratulated Xiang Xiang on her first competition and led her to Xiao Wu and the others before they set out for Sea God Island.
• Three days later, Ye Xingchen and his companions arrived at Vast Sea City’s harbor, where a pirate captain and his crew plotted to rob them.
• The captain offered to take the group to sea for fifty Gold Soul Coins per person, but Ye Xingchen countered with one coin.

Ye Xingchen and his companions bargained their way onto a pirate ship bound for Sea God Island, while Tang San secretly boarded as a sailor. The captain’s suspicious welcome and Tang San’s forced work left the group on a dangerous voyage together.

• Ye Xingchen negotiated the pirate captain down to one Gold Soul Coin for passage to Sea God Island, and the captain secretly planned to deal with his passengers at sea.
• Tang San discovered Ye Xingchen and the others had boarded the same ship, then changed into worn clothes and went to work as a sailor at the captain’s son’s command.
• Dai Mubai praised Ye Xingchen’s bargain, while Oscar and Ye Xingchen warned the group that the captain’s eagerness to take them aboard seemed suspicious.
• The captain’s son invited Ye Xingchen and the others to eat seafood before the ship set sail, and the group sat down to dine.
• Tang San entered to clean the dining room, but the captain’s son ordered him to clear the dishes and wash them after the guests finished eating.

Ye Xingchen and the others recognized Tang San disguised as a waiter and made him repeatedly clean up broken dishes while keeping his identity hidden. They suspected the ship’s crew were Sea Soul Masters and planned to deal with the pirates before confronting Tang San, while the pirates prepared to rob their passengers and Tang San asked the captain when they would reach Sea God Island.

• Ma Hongjun broke a cup, and Ye Xingchen recognized the disguised Tang San and made him sweep up broken dishes and scattered shells.
• Xiao Wu and the others joined in making Tang San clean up, but they kept his identity concealed; after he left, Ye Xingchen said they would handle the pirates before dealing with him.
• Dai Mubai warned that the ship’s unusually strong sailors were likely Sea Soul Masters, and the group left the dining room cautiously.
• The Pirate Captain's Son asked his father to reserve the captured girls for him, while the pirate captain anticipated taking both the passengers’ valuables and the women.
• Tang San entered the command room and asked when the ship would reach Sea God Island; the captain warned him about the dangerous waters and trials, but Tang San insisted the captain simply take him there.

The Pirate Captain's Son and the captain kept up their plans to betray their passengers, while Xiang Xiang confessed her feelings to Ye Xingchen and spent the night with him on deck. By morning, the pirates prepared a seafood feast as they got ready to act.

• The Pirate Captain's Son rebuked Tang San for refusing to serve the guests, and the captain reminded Tang San that he had agreed to work in exchange for passage.
• The Pirate Captain's Son said the pirates planned to capture and kill the passengers, and the captain signaled that their trap was nearly ready.
• Xiang Xiang told Ye Xingchen that she loved him after noticing the stars seemed to show the ship was drifting off course.
• Ye Xingchen took Xiang Xiang onto the deck, screened them with his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul, and spent the night with her.
• The Pirate Captain's Son ordered his subordinates to prepare a seafood feast, while a sailor mentioned hearing a kitten meow on deck the previous night.

Ye Xingchen and the others boarded a pirate ship, where the captain tried to drug and capture them, unaware that Ye Xingchen had already uncovered the trap. Tang San, disguised as a waiter, was poisoned and captured, while Ye Xingchen and his companions pretended to collapse as the pirates rushed in.

• The Pirate Captain's Son told his men to prepare for their attack while the pirates served Ye Xingchen and the others expensive seafood.
• Ye Xingchen told Ma Hongjun to eat, explaining that he had removed the poison and that they would pretend to pass out.
• The pirate captain left the restaurant and told his men to wait until the guests were incapacitated before capturing them.
• Tang San, disguised as a waiter, fought the pirate captain, called for Ye Xingchen and the others to save him, and was dragged away after they ignored him.
• The pirate captain ordered his son to castrate Tang San, but Tang San passed out before the pirates could carry out the order.
• Ye Xingchen and Ma Hongjun pretended to collapse, and the Pirate Captain's Son led his men into the restaurant and ordered them to take the women to his room.

Ye Xingchen and his companions exposed the pirates’ ambush and defeated them, then forced the surviving pirate captain to agree to take them to Sea God Island. Ye Xingchen intended to keep the captain alive because he wanted to encounter the Deep Sea Demon Whale and obtain its Soul Ring.

• The Pirate Captain's Son ordered his men to seize Ye Xingchen and the others, but Ye Xingchen woke first and killed an approaching pirate.
• Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and the others revealed they had anticipated the ambush and resisted the pirates.
• The pirates summoned seawater dragons, but Ye Xingchen used the Four Immortal Slaying Swords to kill the attackers and the Pirate Captain's Son.
• Ye Xingchen called out the hidden pirate captain, who emerged and begged for his life; Ma Hongjun demanded that he guide them to Sea God Island.
• Ye Xingchen spared the captain despite Xiang Xiang's concern because he hoped to find the Deep Sea Demon Whale and gain its Soul Ring.

Tang San struggled to live after Ye Xingchen told him godhood could restore his body, while the pirate captain secretly diverted the ship toward the Demon Whale Sea to avenge his son. Ye Xingchen revealed that the detour was part of his plan because he wanted to face the hundred-thousand-year Demon Whale.

• Tang San begged Ye Xingchen to kill him, but Ye Xingchen told him that becoming a god might restore his body and urged him to keep living.
• Tang San swore to become a god, and the pirate captain brought him food while taunting him and keeping him from dying.
• Three days later, the pirate captain activated torpedoes and revealed that he had steered the ship toward the Demon Whale Sea instead of Sea God Island to avenge his son.
• Dai Mubai confronted the pirate captain after sensing a powerful Soul Beast nearby, and the captain admitted he had lured them toward the hundred-thousand-year Demon Whale.
• Ye Xingchen stopped Dai Mubai from killing the captain and said he had planned the detour because he wanted the Demon Whale's Soul Ring.