Chapter Summaries

Feng Xiaotian absorbed the Golden Crown Mountain Eagle’s Soul Ring and became a Soul Saint, while Wu Qi’s group continued their hunt for the injured Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. At the same time, Xue Qinghe allowed Tang San to come treat Xue Ye, intending to use the attempt to eliminate Moonlight Pavilion if the emperor died.

• Feng Xiaotian completed his Soul Ring absorption, advanced to Soul Saint, and left to return to the academy.
• Xue Qinghe gave Princess Xue Ke a token to bring Tang Yin to the palace to treat Xue Ye, planning to blame him if the emperor died and use the incident against Moonlight Pavilion.
• Wu Qi, Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin reached the Golden Crown Mountain Eagle’s territory and found it hiding inside a mountain while injured.
• Chen Xin split the mountain with his sword, forcing the Golden Crown Mountain Eagle into the air, where Gu Rong and Chen Xin surrounded it.
• The Golden Crown Mountain Eagle refused to surrender its Soul Ring and Soul Bone, attacked with Golden Feather Storm, and fought back against Gu Rong and Chen Xin.
• Ning Fengzhi used his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to support the battle and reflected on the Martial Soul’s potential when Rongrong reached nine rings.

Wu Qi stopped the Golden Crown Mountain Eagle from self-destructing and persuaded it to sacrifice itself in exchange for the promise of revival after he became a god. He gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, fused the eagle’s wing Soul Bone with his Crane Cloud Wings, and offered Ning Fengzhi and the others three immortal herbs in thanks.

• Ning Fengzhi struggled to support Chen Xin and Gu Rong as they fought the Golden Crown Mountain Eagle, and Chen Xin severely wounded it.
• Wu Qi used his Qing Luan Divine Beast bloodline to stop the Golden Crown Mountain Eagle from self-destructing and offered to revive it in the God Realm if it sacrificed itself.
• The Golden Crown Mountain Eagle agreed to sacrifice itself and let Wu Qi fuse its wing Soul Bone with his Crane Cloud Wings.
• The Golden Crown Mountain Eagle’s sacrifice gave Wu Qi a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and raised him to Level 83 Soul Douluo.
• Wu Qi thanked Ning Fengzhi and the others for their help and offered them three immortal herbs.

Wu Qi gave Ning Fengzhi and Sword Bone Douluo Immortal Herbs, while Tang San prepared to treat Emperor Xue Ye. Tang San arrived at the Heaven Dou Royal Palace, hoping the opportunity would help him build a reputation and gather allies.

• Wu Qi gave Ning Fengzhi Moon-Condensed Radiance Grass and explained that it might evolve his Martial Soul or help him obtain an Eighth Soul Ring.
• Wu Qi gave Sword Bone Douluo Immortal Herbs, and Gu Rong arranged for Chen Xin to help Ning Fengzhi hunt a Soul Ring after absorbing his herb.
• Clear Sky Sect disciples reported the death of a nearly Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Tang Xiao and the elders speculated about who had killed it.
• Tang San learned that Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo had left the sect and suspected they had taken the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for its Soul Bone.
• Tang Yuehua warned Tang San not to force Xue Ye’s treatment, and Tang San departed with a medicine chest for the Royal Palace.
• Tang San arrived at the Royal Palace gates and underwent inspection with his medicine chest.

Tang San entered the Royal Palace to examine the poisoned Emperor Xue Ye after a disguised Xue Qinghe, posing as Prince Xuexing, urged him to help. Wu Qi’s plan had drawn Tang San into the palace coup, where Bone Douluo’s presence left Tang San uncertain about Prince Xuexing’s claims.

• A guard let Tang San enter the locked Royal Palace with his medicine case and warned him to keep his token.
• Disguised as Prince Xuexing, Xue Qinghe told Tang San that Xue Qinghe had poisoned Xue Ye and asked him to stabilize the emperor while arranging a signal for an ambush.
• Tang San agreed to help, believing he could use the situation to secure the Royal Family’s support against Spirit Hall.
• After Tang San left, Xue Qinghe removed his disguise and recognized that Tang San intended to enlist the Heaven Dou Empire against Spirit Hall.
• Wu Qi received a note announcing that the palace coup had begun and the fish had taken the bait, then destroyed the evidence.
• Bone Douluo inspected Tang San’s medicine chest and let him enter Xue Ye’s bedchamber, making Tang San question Prince Xuexing’s account.

Tang San stabilized the poisoned Xue Ye with medicine while weighing his political support between Xue Qinghe and Prince Xuexing. Xue Qinghe and Gu Rong secretly advanced their plot as Xue Ye’s pulse steadied, leaving Tang San unaware that the medicine had been tampered with.

• Tang San examined Xue Ye and confirmed that he was suffering from a compound poison that would soon kill him without treatment.
• Tang San chose to keep Xue Ye alive rather than declare him incurable, reasoning that supporting Prince Xuexing could bring him greater political influence.
• Tang San prescribed a temporary stabilizing medicine, and Xue Qinghe ordered Gu Rong to oversee its preparation.
• Tang San checked the decoction for tampering and fed it to the unconscious Xue Ye while an imperial physician monitored his pulse.
• Gu Rong signaled Xue Qinghe that the hidden final ingredient of the Five-Colored Poison had been added to the medicine, and Xue Ye’s pulse steadied five minutes later.

Xue Ye died after Tang San administered medicine, allowing Xue Qinghe to frame Tang San as his father's murderer and begin assuming control of the empire. Tang Xiao rescued Tang San from the palace guards, and Gu Rong went after him, giving Xue Qinghe a pretext to target the Clear Sky Sect.

• Xue Ye spat black blood and died despite the imperial physicians’ efforts, and Gu Rong said his life force had vanished.
• The physicians and Xue Qinghe accused Tang San of poisoning Xue Ye, and the guards arrested him as Xue Qinghe’s scapegoat.
• Gu Rong urged Xue Qinghe to take charge, and after the officials pressed him, Xue Qinghe agreed to govern temporarily until Xue Ye’s funeral.
• Tang Xiao arrived at the palace, killed the guards escorting Tang San, and rescued him.
• Xue Qinghe asked Gu Rong to pursue the Clear Sky Sect attacker, and Gu Rong set out to confirm the expert’s identity.

Tang San’s failed assassination attempt on Xue Ye plunged Heaven Dou City into chaos, forcing him and his allies to flee while Tang Xiao was held off by Gu Rong and Dugu Bo. As attacks spread to Seven Treasure Academy, Wu Qi watched from the Principal’s Office as Ning Rongrong urged him to intervene.

• Tang Xiao helped Tang San escape the guards and ordered him to take Tang Yuehua, Yu Xiaogang, and the others out of Heaven Dou City.
• Gu Rong recognized Tang San, and he and Dugu Bo confronted Tang Xiao while the Royal Knights sealed the palace entrances.
• Tang Yuehua fled Moonlight Pavilion with Tang San, and they gathered Yu Xiaogang and the others before heading toward the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qiangu Changkong and Feng Xiaotian defended Seven Treasure Academy from attackers amid the citywide chaos.
• Ning Rongrong asked Wu Qi to help as the academy’s defenders struggled to hold off the assault.

Wu Qi helped Seven Treasure Academy repel the attackers and gave Ning Fengzhi a list of those involved so the sect could deal with them afterward. Meanwhile, Tang San’s group met Tang Xiao outside Heaven Dou City and learned they had to flee, leaving Tang Xiao worried that the Clear Sky Sect would be blamed for their actions.

• Wu Qi sent Ning Rongrong to support the defenders, and reinforcements from the Wind, Water, and Fire Families and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect arrived to end the attack on Seven Treasure Academy.
• Wu Qi gave Ning Fengzhi a list of factions and individuals who had taken part in the assault, and Ning Fengzhi left to restore order in the city.
• Tang Xiao encountered Tang San and his companions a hundred li east of Heaven Dou City as they fled, and Tang San admitted that Xue Qinghe had used him to poison Xue Ye.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned Tang San’s decision to oppose Xue Qinghe, while Dai Mubai considered taking the group to the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang Xiao told everyone to return with him to the Clear Sky Sect and consider their options, fearing that Xue Qinghe’s wanted notice would turn public opinion against the sect.

Xue Qinghe crushed the unrest, blamed Clear Sky Sect for Xue Ye’s assassination, and elevated the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving Clear Sky Sect facing exposure and a looming food shortage. As Tang Xiao weighed submission or relocation, Dai Mubai proposed moving the sect to the Star Luo Empire.

• Xue Qinghe had the rebels executed, issued a wanted notice for Tang San, Tang Yuehua, and the others, and announced that Moonlight Pavilion and Clear Sky Sect had conspired to assassinate Xue Ye.
• Xue Qinghe had Xue Xing and his nephew imprisoned and secretly executed, while naming the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Heavenly Dou’s protector sect and appointing Ning Fengzhi Imperial Tutor.
• The five elders berated Tang Xiao for involving Clear Sky Sect in the Heaven Dou Empire’s affairs and warned that the sect could face a siege and run out of food.
• Tang Yuehua and Tang San discussed Clear Sky Sect’s dwindling provisions, while Dai Mubai proposed relocating the sect to land in the Star Luo Empire and Zhu Zhuqing wrote to Dai Tianfeng.
• Tang Xiao left the elders’ meeting troubled because the sect had no safe destination beyond the Star Luo Empire, whose royal family suppressed sects within its borders.

Tang Xiao hesitated over Dai Mubai’s offer to bring the Clear Sky Sect into the Star Luo Empire, while Spirit Hall announced a re-election of the Seven Great Sects. Dai Tianfeng agreed to secretly assist the Clear Sky Sect, but the Heaven Dou Empire then accused Dai Mubai of involvement in Xue Ye’s assassination.

• Tang Xiao told Tang San and Tang Yuehua that he needed the Star Luo Emperor’s assurance before deciding whether the Clear Sky Sect could relocate.
• At Xue Ye’s funeral, Spirit Hall announced a new Seven Great Sects Re-election Assembly and presented it as a way to prevent war.
• Dai Tianfeng rejected calls to attack the Heaven Dou Empire and debated whether to secretly win over the Clear Sky Sect.
• After hearing Dai Mubai’s letter and a minister’s proposal, Dai Tianfeng agreed to let the Clear Sky Sect relocate into Star Luo territory with secret assistance.
• A Heaven Dou envoy accused Dai Mubai of participating in Xue Ye’s assassination because he had been seen with Tang San, and Dai Tianfeng summoned the envoy to confront him.

Dai Tianfeng rejected the Heaven Dou Empire’s accusations against Dai Mubai and resisted pressure to admit Star Luo involvement in Xue Ye’s assassination. The Clear Sky Sect decided to seek Ning Fengzhi’s help and relocate to Star Luo, while Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong met a mysterious golden-haired woman outside Heaven Dou City.

• The Heaven Dou envoy accused Dai Mubai of conspiring with Tang San, but Dai Tianfeng denied the charge and warned that Star Luo would answer any attack.
• Dai Tianfeng postponed his plans to court the Clear Sky Sect and discussed the dispute with his ministers after the envoy left.
• The Clear Sky Sect’s five elders agreed to relocate to Star Luo once they received assurances from its empire.
• Tang Xiao and most of the elders decided to contact Ning Fengzhi for help with the sect’s wanted status, rumors, and relocation.
• Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong entered an inn outside Heaven Dou City, where a golden-haired woman greeted them; Qiangu Changkong wondered if she was Sister Qian.

Qian Renxue delivered the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong, and Wu Qi explained why the Sea God's inheritance would be a poor choice for a Spirit Hall member. The next morning, Wu Qi prepared to travel to the Star Luo Empire to recruit former Clear Sky Sect allies for his sect.

• Qian Renxue reunited with Qiangu Changkong, while Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo explained her covert mission in Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue handed over the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and warned Qiangu Changkong not to touch it or let Wu Qi handle it without permission.
• Wu Qi explained how the Sea God's faith depended on the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and warned that competing for faith could draw Qiangu Changkong into conflict with Spirit Hall.
• Qiangu Changkong abandoned the idea of pursuing the Sea God's inheritance, and Wu Qi advised him to wait for a better opportunity.
• Wu Qi announced that he would travel to the Star Luo Empire to recruit the single-attribute families, while Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu chose to remain at the academy and cultivate.

Wu Qi, Qiangu Changkong, Chen Ping, and Feng Xiaotian set out for Dragon Xing City while Tang Xiao visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to seek an alliance. After agreeing to help the Clear Sky Sect relocate, Ning Fengzhi planned to attend Spirit Hall's Seven Great Sects Re-election Assembly once the Clear Sky Sect had begun moving.

• Wu Qi, Qiangu Changkong, Chen Ping, and Feng Xiaotian boarded a carriage bound for Dragon Xing City.
• Tang Xiao visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and discovered that Ning Fengzhi, Sword Path Chen Xin, and Gu Rong had grown significantly stronger.
• Tang Xiao asked Ning Fengzhi to boycott Spirit Hall's re-election assembly and help the Clear Sky Sect leave the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Tang Xiao a travel permit, and Tang Xiao agreed to keep in contact after the relocation.
• Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong and Sword Path Chen Xin that they would attend the assembly after the Clear Sky Sect began relocating.

The Clear Sky Sect accepted the Star Luo Royal Family’s offer and began relocating, while the Strength Clan followed after them. Wu Qi’s group reached Dragon Xing City to recruit the Defense Clan and found the city deserted, with the Elephant Armor Sect suspected of influencing it.

• Dai Tianfeng offered the Clear Sky Sect a remote base, supplies, and relocation funds, and assigned Dai Mubai to handle relations with the sect.
• Tang Xiao and the elders approved the offer, and the Clear Sky Sect crossed the iron-chain bridge with Tang San’s help and began moving out of the Heavenly Dou Empire.
• Tai Tan forced the Strength Clan to follow the Clear Sky Sect after Tang San invited him, leaving the clan’s hurriedly departing members without many necessities.
• Wu Qi’s group arrived in Dragon Xing City and noticed its streets were deserted despite the city having no restrictions.
• Feng Xiaotian and Wu Qi suspected the Elephant Armor Sect was trying to win over the Defense Clan, but Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong remained confident.
• Wu Qi’s group reached the Defense Clan’s tightly shut gates and heard heavy breathing behind them.

Wu Qi visited the Defense Clan and invited Niu Gao to join the newly formed Righteous Unity Sect, hoping to keep the clan from being annexed by the Elephant Armor Sect. Niu Gao rejected the offer and turned hostile when Qiangu Changkong revealed his Coiling Dragon Staff, leaving the meeting on the verge of a confrontation.

• Niu Gao worried that Hūyán Zhèn’s ultimatum would force the Defense Clan to join the Elephant Armor Sect, while his fellow single-attribute clan leaders were too troubled to help.
• Wu Qi arrived with Qiangu Changkong, Chen Ping, and Feng Xiaotian, and Niu Gao agreed to meet them after his son warned that refusing could bring even greater pressure.
• Wu Qi told Niu Gao that he represented himself and invited the Defense Clan to join the Righteous Unity Sect.
• Niu Gao accused Wu Qi of trying to annex the clan and released his Soul Douluo pressure.
• Qiangu Changkong summoned his Coiling Dragon Staff and Heaven Awakening Holy Golden Dragon, dispelling Niu Gao’s pressure and revealing a connection to the figures who had attacked the Clear Sky Sect.

Wu Qi recruited Niu Gao and the Defense Clan into the Righteous Unity Sect by offering them elder status, autonomy, and written guarantees. Niu Gao signed the contract and asked whether his brothers among the other Single Attribute Families could join as well.

• Wu Qi explained that the Righteous Unity Sect included Dugu Bo and the Wind, Water, and Fire Families, and offered Niu Gao an elder position overseeing the Construction Department.
• Niu Gao questioned the sect’s ties to Spirit Hall and asked how he could trust Wu Qi; Wu Qi showed him Dugu Bo’s letter and his Spirit Hall identity tokens.
• After considering the offer, Niu Gao agreed to join the Righteous Unity Sect and signed two copies of the contract.
• Niu Gao asked whether the other Single Attribute Families could join so the Defense Clan could reunite with its brothers and support one another.

Wu Qi backed Niu Gao and drove Hūyán Zhèn away from the Defense Clan with an overwhelming display of strength. Hūyán Zhèn worried that he had angered Wu Qi, then learned the Elephant Armor Sect’s stronghold and academy had been destroyed in Element City.

• Wu Qi told Niu Gao that the Strength Clan had joined the Clear Sky Sect, then agreed to confront Hūyán Zhèn when he arrived at the Defense Clan.
• Hūyán Zhèn tried to invite Niu Gao to a banquet, but Niu Gao rejected him and prepared to fight.
• Wu Qi summoned his Azure Luan Martial Soul and pressured Hūyán Zhèn into kneeling, while the Elephant Armor Sect guards’ Martial Souls shattered.
• Wu Qi ordered Hūyán Zhèn not to trouble or oppose the Defense Clan, and Hūyán Zhèn obeyed and left with his injured guards.
• At an inn in Dragon Xing City, Hūyán Zhèn worried that he had offended Wu Qi, and an Elephant Armor Sect steward told him their Element City stronghold and academy had been destroyed.

Wu Qi stayed with the Defense Clan as it prepared to join the Righteous Unity Sect, while Qiangu Changkong’s sparring helped convince the clan of the benefits of the merger. Bai He arrived and questioned Wu Qi’s identity as a Spirit Hall elder, prompting Qiangu Changkong to challenge Bai Chenxiang.

• Hūyán Zhèn ordered the Elephant Armor Sect disciples to keep Wu Qi’s visit secret so the sect could avoid further conflict with him.
• Niu Gao arranged sparring matches between Qiangu Changkong and the Defense Clan disciples, helping persuade them to accept joining the Righteous Unity Sect.
• Qiangu Changkong remained undefeated in the matches and broke through to Soul Power Level sixty-nine.
• Bai He arrived at the Defense Clan residence and was surprised by the clan’s renewed optimism and vitality.
• Niu Gao introduced Wu Qi to Bai He as Spirit Hall’s youngest elder, but Bai He doubted the claim and Bai Chenxiang openly challenged it.
• Qiangu Changkong challenged Bai Chenxiang to fight him before questioning Wu Qi’s strength.

Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong defused Bai Chenxiang’s challenge, then Niu Gao and Wu Qi tried to recruit the Speed Clan into the Righteous Unity Sect. Bai He considered the offer but withheld his decision until he could judge Wu Qi’s capabilities.

• Qiangu Changkong revealed his strength and background, prompting Bai He to apologize for Bai Chenxiang’s provocation.
• Wu Qi told Bai Chenxiang she was not qualified to challenge him, and the two sides made peace.
• Niu Gao warned Bai He that the Speed Clan could not rely indefinitely on the other clans and urged him to join the Righteous Unity Sect.
• Bai He objected that joining a sect could repeat the clans’ past tragedy, so Wu Qi explained the sect’s independence and offered the Speed Clan a place and an industry to manage.
• Bai He weighed the protection and benefits against the loss of independence, then decided to wait and see what Wu Qi could do.

Wu Qi tested Bai He in a speed-only spar to secure the Speed Clan’s entry into the Righteous Unity Sect. Wu Qi won, leaving Bai He impressed with his strength and the clan’s future prospects under his leadership.

• Bai He agreed to consider joining the Righteous Unity Sect and proposed a speed contest with Wu Qi to decide the matter.
• Wu Qi accepted and said he would not use Bloodline Suppression; Niu Gao cleared an area in the Defense Clan and refereed the match.
• Bai He attacked at extreme speed, but Wu Qi’s Void Soul Skill let Bai He’s palm pass through him, and Wu Qi nearly countered with his own hands.
• Bai He used his Martial Soul Avatar and Rain Swift Flying to overwhelm the arena with speed and afterimages, while Feng Xiaotian explained that Wu Qi could track the real body through airflow.
• Wu Qi revealed his Soul Ring configuration and used Blue Silver Domain to locate Bai He, then caught his arm with Instant Transmission and won the spar.