Chapter Summaries

The Dragon Snake Family struggled under pressure from the royal family and major sects while waiting for better terms to join a powerful ally. Tang San and Tailong reached Barack City and secretly contacted Meng Yiran, who revealed the family’s dire predicament.

• The Dragon Snake Couple held out for better offers, but the Six Great Sects refused to improve their terms, while Dugu Bo’s Righteous Unity Sect showed no interest in recruiting them.
• Tang San and Tailong arrived in Suotuo City, where guards recognized them and reported their return to the king of the Balak Kingdom.
• The king chose to inform Spirit Hall before acting against Tang San, wary of possible Clear Sky Sect support and the Dragon Snake Family’s influence.
• Tang San and Tailong found the Dragon Snake Family’s residence watched by spies, so they rented a room and waited for a chance to approach Meng Yiran.
• Tang San used a roadside Hidden Weapons stall and secret Sound Transmission to question Meng Yiran, who shared the Dragon Snake Family’s predicament.

Tang San entered the Dragon Snake Family estate to recruit the family into the Tang Sect, revealing that he had reached Soul Douluo. Dragon Duke and Snake Granny considered his proposal while raising the possibility of a match between him and Meng Yiran.

• Tang San asked Meng Yiran to leave an opening in the eastern wall so he could secretly visit her family, and she agreed to take his warning seriously.
• Tang San sold Hidden Weapons to Meng Yiran, confirming his identity to a Spirit Hall bishop, who sent an urgent letter and continued monitoring him.
• Tang San climbed into the Dragon Snake Family estate that night, and Meng Yiran led him to meet Dragon Duke and Snake Granny.
• Tang San revealed his Martial Souls and eight Soul Rings, shocking Meng Shu and Snake Granny with his Soul Douluo strength.
• Tang San offered to recruit the Dragon Snake Family into the Tang Sect and promised to protect them from surveillance.
• Meng Shu suggested a match between Tang San and Meng Yiran, and Tang San proposed that they spend time together before deciding what Meng Yiran wanted.

Tang San secured the Dragon Snake Family’s support for the Tang Sect by offering them a role in distributing hidden weapons and travel funds. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong ordered Chen Ping to lead a mission against the family and capture Tang San, and Chen Ping went to the Elder Hall to seek support.

• Tang San offered the Dragon Snake Family responsibility for distributing the Tang Sect’s hidden weapons, and Meng Shu saw the opportunity for wealth and influence.
• Meng Shu asked for immediate travel funds, and Tang San promised ten thousand Gold Soul Coins and founding elder benefits for the family.
• Bibi Dong assigned Chen Ping to lead a mission to eliminate the Dragon Snake Family and capture Tang San, partly to test Chen Ping’s combat ability.
• Chen Ping accepted the mission and headed to the Elder Hall to seek help from its elders.

Chen Ping assembled a team to stop the Dragon Snake Family from joining Tang San’s Tang Sect, securing Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear’s help before planning the operation. In Suotuo City, Tang San and the family prepared to migrate, unaware that Spirit Hall had pieced together their situation and was preparing an ambush.

• Chen Ping recruited fifteen Soul Saints and gained Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear’s agreement to join his mission against the Dragon Snake Family.
• The Dragon Snake Family packed to leave Suotuo City while Tang San bought supplies, and Meng Shu assessed the risks of moving more than a hundred people past the spies watching them.
• Meng Shu assigned Tang San and Tailong to check the area around the family’s secret passage exit for spies.
• In Barack City, the Spirit Hall master reported information about Tang San to Qiangu Changkong and marked possible ambush locations on a map.
• Chen Ping studied the map and the hall master’s suggestions, forming a concrete plan for the mission.

Chen Ping organized Spirit Hall’s ambush of the Dragon Snake Family as its members secretly left Barack City. While the first group was slaughtered outside the city, Tang San grew uneasy and prepared to leave, unaware that the family’s escape had been exposed.

• Chen Ping assigned Demon Bear Elder to intercept the Dragon Snake Family at the Secret Passage and ordered Ghost Leopard Elder to track Tang San, while forbidding the killing of innocents.
• Tang San spent two days watching the Secret Passage but found no signs of an ambush; Meng Shu sent family members out through separate city gates during the night market.
• Guǐbào Dǒuluó watched Tang San and Tailong stay behind to protect the departing members as Spirit Hall’s forces attacked the groups outside the city.
• Two Dragon Snake Family disciples revealed that they had pledged allegiance to the Barack City Hall of Souls, then joined two Soul Saints in slaughtering their clansmen.
• Tang San told Tailong that he sensed the operation would go wrong, but Tailong reassured him and urged him to leave the city.

Chen Ping ambushed the Dragon Snake Family as it fled Barack City, and Tang San stayed behind to hold him off. Tang San recognized Chen Ping’s eight black Soul Rings and asked whether he, too, had inherited a Deity’s legacy.

• Tang San left the city with Tailong to join the Dragon Snake Family’s main force, unaware that Guǐbào Dǒuluó had reported their location to Chen Ping.
• Meng Shu led the clan out through a secret passage while Demon Bear Douluo’s squad followed, waiting to attack until they were farther from the Clear Sky Sect’s possible reach.
• Chen Ping joined Demon Bear Douluo and Guǐbào Dǒuluó, then declared that he would deal with the Dragon Snake Family while the elders held off any Clear Sky Sect expert.
• At the suspension bridge, Chen Ping killed a Dragon Snake Family Soul Emperor with a pebble and revealed himself as a rank eighty-two Soul Douluo.
• Tang San tried to stop Chen Ping and ordered Meng Shu to evacuate the clan, but Chen Ping overwhelmed him in close combat.
• Tang San saw Chen Ping’s eight black Soul Rings and asked if he was also a Deity inheritor.

Tang San fought Chen Ping as Spirit Hall forces ambushed the Dragon Snake Family in the wilderness. The family was left under attack while Tang San struggled against Chen Ping’s stronger Soul Skills and prepared to answer his latest attack with the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Tang San abandoned his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul for the Clear Sky Hammer and broke free of Chen Ping’s attacks, then noticed a Title Douluo and realized the Dragon Snake Family’s plan had been exposed.
• Demon Bear Douluo confronted Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, while several Soul Saints attacked the Dragon Snake Family and some disciples defected to Spirit Hall.
• Meng Shu told Chao Tianxiang to take the clansmen and flee, then joined her in using the Dragon Snake Strike against Demon Bear Douluo.
• Tang San recognized Chen Ping as a member of the Seven Treasures Team and learned he served Spirit Hall; Chen Ping attacked with his Golden Crocodile Soul Bone skill, and Tang San countered with his Blue Silver Grass Soul Skill.
• Chen Ping taunted Tang San by comparing him to Wu Qi, then unleashed his eighth Soul Skill; Tang San switched to the Clear Sky Hammer and prepared to use the Haotian Nine Absolutes.

Chen Ping’s forces annihilated the Dragon Snake Family, but Tang San escaped when Tang Xiao intervened against Ghost Leopard Douluo. Tang Xiao brought the wounded Tang San to safety and asked why Spirit Hall had attacked them while they were trying to recruit the family.

• Demon Bear Douluo overwhelmed the Overwhelming Dragon Snake Couple with his Eighth Soul Skill and killed them.
• Chen Ping’s forces captured Tailong and Meng Yiran; Demon Bear Douluo killed Meng Yiran, while Chen Ping ordered Tailong imprisoned.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo pursued Tang San, but Tang Xiao arrived and drove him off after striking him with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Chen Ping confirmed that the Dragon Snake Family had been wiped out and praised the Spirit Hall in Barack City for helping the operation succeed.
• Tang Xiao took Tang San to a safe place in the wilderness and asked him what had happened.

After Tang San’s recruitment plan failed, Tang Xiao urged him to calm down and proposed merging the Tang Sect with the Clear Sky Sect. In the God Realm, Poseidon arranged Tang San’s trials and a search for the Heart of Poseidon, while Spirit Hall and the royal families publicly accused the Tang Sect of conspiring against Balak.

• Tang San blamed the Dragon Snake Family’s traitors for exposing his plans, then regained confidence after Tang Xiao suggested Chen Ping’s strength came from later opportunities and divine rewards.
• Tang Xiao proposed merging the Tang Sect with the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang San privately resisted surrendering his sect’s legacy and asked why his uncle had come to Balak.
• Tang Xiao explained that rumors of Balak’s army joining the border war had brought him there, and Tang San concluded that Poseidon had guided him to help.
• Poseidon learned from the Rakshasa God that the Heart of Poseidon was the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and had once been in the Heaven Dou royal treasury, then arranged Tang San’s trials and asked Bo Saixi to investigate it.
• Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Royal Family, and the Barak Royal Family declared that Tang San and the Tang Sect had conspired with the Dragon Snake Family to overthrow Balak, and Spirit Hall promised to resettle uninvolved clan members.

Dai Tianfeng and Dai Mubai learned that Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Royal Family, and the Barack Royal Family had accused the Tang Sect over the Dragon Snake Family’s destruction. After Tang San and Tang Xiao returned to Star Luo territory, Tang Xiao urged Tang San to dissolve the Tang Sect into the Clear Sky Sect to limit the damage.

• Dai Tianfeng received the joint declaration and angrily ordered Dai Mubai to represent the Star Luo Empire on a diplomatic mission to Heavenly Dou.
• Dai Mubai read the accusation and realized Tang San’s failed effort to recruit the Dragon Snake Family had drawn the attention of three major forces.
• Tang San and Tang Xiao heard about the declaration after entering a city in Star Luo Empire territory.
• Tang Xiao told Tang San that public opinion was against the Tang Sect and advised him to merge it into the Clear Sky Sect.

After the Tang Sect collapsed under pressure from the Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall, Seahorse Douluo led a group from Sea God Island ashore to seek information and visit the Clear Sky Sect. Spirit Hall learned of their arrival, while old grievances over the invasion of Sea God Island resurfaced.

• Tang San agreed to Tang Xiao’s plan to eliminate the Tang Sect and leave negotiations with the Star Luo Royal Family to chance.
• The Tang Sect’s affairs fizzled out, and the Clear Sky Sect agreed to supply the Star Luo Royal Family with hidden weapons at almost no profit.
• Bo Saixi sent Seahorse Douluo and a group from Sea God Island to the continent after the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud disappeared.
• Chai Rong spotted Seahorse Douluo in Vast Sea City and reported the unknown Title Douluo to Spirit Hall.
• The Qi father and son told Seahorse Douluo about the Clear Sky Sect’s troubles and the changing balance of power on the continent.
• Seahorse Douluo headed for the Clear Sky Sect, while the Azure Phoenix Douluo informed the Worship Hall of his arrival and Golden Crocodile Douluo recalled the old war with Sea God Island.

Spirit Hall's elders decided to have Azure Phoenix Douluo secretly follow Seahorse Douluo rather than risk provoking Sea God Island. Seahorse Douluo reached the Clear Sky Sect and asked Tang San and Tang Xiao for help finding the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, but Tang Xiao explained that the sect could not assist because of its recent troubles with the Heaven Dou Royal Family.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo considered killing Seahorse Douluo, but Azure Phoenix Douluo warned that attacking him could provoke Sea God Island and worsen the conflict facing Spirit Hall.
• Spirit Hall's elders agreed to let Azure Phoenix Douluo follow Seahorse Douluo's group and investigate why they had come.
• Seahorse Douluo arrived at the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang San recognized the Sea God Island Code Words and welcomed the chance to form an alliance.
• Seahorse Douluo asked Tang Xiao and Tang San to help search the Heaven Dou Royal Family for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which was required for Tang San's trial.
• Tang Xiao declined and told Seahorse Douluo that the Clear Sky Sect had been deceived by the Heaven Dou Royal Family and could not risk approaching them.

Tang San sought Seahorse Douluo’s help with the Heart of Poseidon and tried to draw Sea God Island into an alliance, but Seahorse Douluo refused to commit. Meanwhile, Wu Qi continued training in the Extreme North, where he had grown skilled enough to sometimes suppress Snow Empress, though his confrontation with Hunter remained delayed.

• Seahorse Douluo agreed to search for the Heart of Poseidon and asked the Clear Sky Sect for intelligence to avoid Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xiao hosted Seahorse Douluo, who privately told Tang San that Poseidon had sent him the requirements for Tang San’s next trial.
• Tang San tried to persuade Seahorse Douluo to bring Sea God’s faith to the continent, but Seahorse Douluo said such decisions depended on Poseidon.
• Tang Xiao raised the idea of an alliance at the banquet, but Seahorse Douluo again avoided committing.
• Wu Qi stopped Bai He from entering the dangerous Extreme North Ice Field and continued training there for half a year.
• Wu Qi learned Snow Empress’s combat patterns and could sometimes suppress her, though he knew his battle with Hunter would be delayed.

Wu Qi prepared to leave the Extreme North Land for the Sun Moon Continent to fulfill his promise to President Lou Gao and seek Soul Tool technology. Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed to attack him together, and their combined Ultimate Ice froze the surrounding space as their battle began.

• After sparring with Wu Qi, Snow Empress offered a more intense match the next day, while Qiangu Changkong asked whether Wu Qi had reached Level 99 and learned he had stayed at Level 98 to gain combat experience.
• Wu Qi told Qiangu Changkong that he planned to leave soon on a long journey to fulfill his promise to President Lou Gao, and he considered Soul Tools a way to counter the Tang Sect's Hidden Weapons.
• The next day, Snow Empress and Ice Empress discussed using their combined attack to help Wu Qi with his crucial assessment, while the Titan Snow Demon King refused to spar with Qiangu Changkong.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress asked Wu Qi to prepare for their full-strength joint attack, and he welcomed the challenge.
• The Ice and Snow Emperors intertwined their Soul Power and released an aura of Ultimate Ice that froze the surrounding space as Qiangu Changkong and the others retreated.

Wu Qi used the four skills of his Ninth Soul Ring against the Ice and Snow Emperors, revealing a powerful recovery ability that restored his strength during their spar. Snow Empress responded with her ultimate domain and prepared to fight with a sword of Extreme Ice Power.

• Wu Qi’s Sea Mirror and Sea Spear let him attack alongside his mirror image, neutralizing Ice Empress’s pincers and Snow Empress’s Emperor’s Palm while leaving him drained.
• Wu Qi used Boundless Ocean to restore his Soul Power, making Snow Empress realize he could sustain himself in a battle of attrition.
• Snow Empress called Ice Empress back, and the two combined their power to unleash Emperor Cold Sky · Snow Dance Shining Sun.
• Wu Qi countered the freezing domain with the Domain of Destruction and darkened his Golden Cloud Wings with its power, while promising not to use Divine Power.
• Snow Empress formed a longsword from Extreme Ice Power as Qiangu Changkong, Hu Liena, and the others watched and feared the Ice and Snow Emperors’ strength.

Seahorse Douluo’s group left the Clear Sky Sect to seek the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, while Wu Qi gained new insight from sparring with the Ice and Snow Emperors. After recovering, Wu Qi contacted the God of Destruction to summon Hunter for their confrontation.

• Tang Xiao sent a Clear Sky Sect disciple with Seahorse Douluo’s group to provide intelligence support as they traveled toward the Heaven Dou Royal Family.
• Tang Xiao and Yu Xiaogang agreed that no one would reveal the group’s origins or plans to Spirit Hall.
• Wu Qi stopped his sparring match with the Ice and Snow Empresses after realizing that an opponent could overcome superior strength by seizing the initiative and exploiting hesitation.
• Azure Phoenix Douluo learned that Seahorse Douluo’s group was searching for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and stopped following them, believing their mission would fail.
• After several days of rest, Wu Qi contacted the God of Destruction and asked him to convey his readiness to face Hunter.

Wu Qi began his eighth exam by fighting Hunter, and raised his Soul Power to Level 99 before their spar began. Hunter's battle experience and fire abilities put Wu Qi under pressure as the match continued.

• Hunter sealed Wu Qi's Divine Power and explained that he had to defeat him within the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Wu Qi broke through to Level 99, shifting the pressure onto Hunter, and the two began their spar on the ice field.
• Hunter's flame domain restricted Wu Qi's movement, while Wu Qi used the Domain of Destruction to resist and dodged Hunter's attacks.
• The Ice and Snow Emperors and Qiangu Changkong watched as the fighters exchanged rapid attacks, and the Snow Empress judged Hunter stronger than the soul beasts.
• Wu Qi used Instant Transmission to launch a close-range assault, but Hunter formed a fire giant that blocked his strike and forced him to retreat.

Wu Qi struggled to keep up with Hunter, while Qiangu Changkong anxiously watched their battle. In Heaven Dou City, Seahorse Douluo learned about Dugu Bo and decided to seek his help in approaching the Heaven Dou Royal Family for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

• Wu Qi recognized that Hunter was wearing him down and searched for a way to get close despite losing his ranged advantage.
• Qiangu Changkong watched the incense burn as Hu Liena and the others wondered why Wu Qi had arranged the battle with Hunter.
• Seahorse Douluo arrived in Heaven Dou City with Tang Shang and learned that the city remained calm amid the war between the empires.
• Tang Shang explained that the Righteous Unity Sect was led by Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, a Super Douluo who had gained support from Xue Qinghe.
• Seahorse Douluo chose to approach Dugu Bo as an intermediary and asked Tang Shang to send him a Visit Card.

Dugu Bo and Righteous Unity Sect discussed how to handle Seahorse Douluo’s group without risking the sect, while Wu Qi struggled to survive the final minutes of his spar with Hunter in the Extreme North Ice Field. The chapter left Wu Qi’s mirror-image clones fleeing as Hunter unleashed a vast sea of fire.

• Dugu Bo summoned Righteous Unity Sect’s elders to discuss Seahorse Douluo’s arrival and the threat Sea God Island might pose to Wu Qi.
• Bai He warned that attacking Seahorse Douluo’s group could endanger the sect, while Feng Changlin proposed making them expose their weaknesses so they could be dealt with openly.
• Niu Gao suggested waiting to see whether Seahorse Douluo’s group approached Dugu Bo or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for help obtaining the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Wu Qi kept fighting Hunter through most of their spar, replenishing his Soul Power with the Boundless Ocean Soul Skill while Hunter carefully conserved his own.
• With one minute left, Wu Qi used his Ninth Soul Skill, Sea Mirror, to create mirror-image clones and flee in different directions.
• As Qiangu Changkong grew anxious and time ran short, Hunter unleashed the Blazing Flame Scepter’s power, engulfing everything within more than ten miles in fire.

Wu Qi passed the final stage of the Eighth Exam by stalling Hunter, gained Divine Armor from his evolved Soul Bones, and received the Ninth Trial: becoming Pope of Spirit Hall. After Hunter departed and Wu Qi went to recover, Seahorse Douluo visited the Righteous Unity Sect to meet Dugu Bo.

• Qiangu Changkong tricked Hunter into thinking time had expired, giving Wu Qi an opening to attack and escape.
• Wu Qi delayed Hunter until the God of Destruction confirmed that he had passed the Eighth Exam and evolved both leg Soul Bones into Divine Armor.
• The God of Destruction assigned Wu Qi the Ninth Trial of ascending to the position of Pope, and Wu Qi considered preparing Spirit Hall's army with offensive Soul Tools before becoming a god.
• Hunter warned Wu Qi against relying on tricks, offered to help open the Final Inheritance for another inheritor, and then vanished.
• Wu Qi went to rest in the ice house, planning to recover before departing for another continent.
• Seahorse Douluo arrived at the Righteous Unity Sect in Heaven Dou City and asked to meet Dugu Bo.