Chapter Summaries

After returning to the Qingdi Sect, Tang Chuan learned about an ancient armor being auctioned in Gengxin City and planned to forge it into a growing External Soul Bone Armor. He ordered the sect to acquire armor and rare metals, while preparing to investigate the Mirror Shadow Beast in the Frozen Forest and strengthen himself before Bibi Dong’s next move.

• Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er condemned Bibi Dong’s claims in the Comparison Video and wondered how she had become the Rakshasa God.
• Tang Chuan returned to the Qingdi Sect, where Xu Zhiyuan reported unrest in Heaven Dou Imperial City, rumors in the Star Luo Empire, and an upcoming Gengxin City auction featuring damaged ancient Soul Armor.
• Tang Chuan decided to use an offspring of his Gold-Devouring Root to fuse with high-grade armor and create a controllable, potentially growing External Soul Bone Armor.
• Bibi Dong grew furious and despairing as she considered Tang Chuan’s many defensive abilities and his plans to add armor.
• Tang Chuan ordered Xu Zhiyuan to buy the ancient armor, other exceptional armor, and rare metals, and to establish covert bases near the Frozen Forest to gather intelligence on the Mirror Shadow Beast.
• Tang Chuan anticipated Bibi Dong’s retaliation and resolved to improve his abilities, develop his armor concept, and continue his cultivation.

Tang Chuan tested whether Devour could restore the Bloodline Power of clones split beyond three, and successfully used Hell Road’s blood river to restore four clones to young-adult physiques. He returned toward the Heaven Dou Empire with the clone limit overcome, though he recognized that his spiritual power could not yet safely control much more Bloodline Power.

• Tang Chuan secretly returned to Hell Road and confirmed it was safe to conduct his experiment.
• Tang Chuan split into three boyish clones, who devoured the blood river and converted its energy into Bloodline Power, restoring their adult physiques.
• The three Tang Chuan clones fused, and Tang Chuan split into four; the four clones repeated the process and restored their bodies.
• The four Tang Chuan clones found that their spiritual power could not fully control their abundant Bloodline Power, so they stopped devouring and left Hell Road.
• Tang Chuan sent the four clones to the Blue Silver Earl Territory, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Yan’s territory, and Ye Lingling’s territory to pursue separate cultivation and research tasks.

Tang Chuan learned that Miles and the Martial Soul Branch Hall in Gengxin City had ambushed Qingdi Sect members and stolen goods won at auction, so he assembled allies to retaliate. Before departing, Tang Chuan reunited his four bodies and broke through to level eighty-eight.

• Niu Gao reported that Miles and masked elites had robbed the Qingdi Sect’s auction goods and injured its people near Gengxin City.
• Tang Chuan told Niu Gao that he had thwarted Bibi Dong’s hunt for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and forced her to retreat, then ordered a strike against Miles.
• Tang Chuan summoned the Qingdi Sect elders, and Bai He, Yang Wudi, Huo Xiaotian, and Ye Zhilan prepared to join the expedition while Ling Zhantian remained in seclusion to pursue a breakthrough.
• Dugu Bo insisted on joining the campaign, and Tang Chuan ordered Soul Masters above Soul Emperor level to gather for the next day’s departure.
• Tang Chuan fused his three clones back into his true body, combining their cultivation and insights and advancing from level eighty-seven to level eighty-eight.

Tang Chuan led Qingdi Sect forces to Gengxin City, where they destroyed Miles’s corrupt Martial Soul Branch Hall and reclaimed stolen supplies. The group escaped with the treasury’s riches, leaving the branch hall in ruins and the city shaken.

• Tang Chuan sent Bai He’s scouts to investigate Miles and learned that the branch hall had robbed Qingdi Sect and abused Gengxin City’s residents.
• Tang Chuan’s force launched a night assault, overwhelmed the branch hall’s defenders, and confronted Miles.
• Tang Chuan identified himself and rejected Miles’s offer of compensation, then ordered the attack to continue.
• Niu Gao killed Miles with his Martial Soul Avatar, and Bai He’s pursuit prevented the surviving Spirit Hall Soul Masters from escaping.
• Tang Chuan’s force found the stolen chests and emptied the treasury, loading its valuables onto more than a dozen wagons.
• Tang Chuan destroyed the Martial Soul Branch Hall with lightning and Blue Silver Emperor vines, then led the group away from Gengxin City.

Tang Chuan used the Gold-Devouring Root offspring to absorb rare metals and two armors, creating the mind-linked Wuzhong Battle Armor. After learning of an eighty-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast near Hanjing Valley, he prepared to hunt it.

• Tang Chuan fed rare metals to the Gold-Devouring Root offspring, which grew and absorbed their varied properties.
• Tang Chuan had the offspring absorb the Eight-Treasure Ruyi Soft Armor and transform into a close-fitting replica with its memory and adaptive properties.
• Tang Chuan let the offspring absorb the damaged ancient Soul Tool armor and reproduce it as a full-body suit, then named the mind-linked armor Wuzhong.
• A Speed Clan steward reported that a scout had found an eighty-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast near Hanjing Valley and located its cave.
• Tang Chuan verified the report, ordered preparations for the hunt, and requested two Agility Hall disciples skilled in tracking and concealment.

Tang Chuan hunted an eighty-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast in the Frozen Forest, wounded it, and failed to help it break through to one hundred thousand years before killing it. The beast produced a peak ninety-thousand-year Soul Ring and a crystal Torso Bone containing a mysterious silver bone fragment, leaving Tang Chuan wondering what kind of Spirit Bone it was.

• Tang Chuan traveled with Bai Xun and two Agility Hall disciples to Hanjing Valley, where Bai Ying led them to the Mirror Shadow Beast's cave.
• Tang Chuan entered the cave and attacked the sleeping Mirror Shadow Beast, which created an image of him and transformed into a Swift Ice Rabbit to flee.
• Tang Chuan pursued the beast and struck its hind leg with the Thunder God's Spear, stopping its escape and breaking its copied image.
• Tang Chuan fed the wounded Mirror Shadow Beast a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Spirit Ginseng King, but it still failed to break through its ninety-thousand-year bottleneck.
• Tang Chuan killed the Mirror Shadow Beast, which left behind a peak ninety-thousand-year Soul Ring and a crystal Torso Bone with a silver fragment embedded in it.

Tang Chuan absorbed the Mirror Shadow Beast’s spirit ring and fused its unusual torso bone and Heart-Protecting Mirror, gaining powerful new abilities and reaching Rank 89. The chapter ended with Soul Masters reacting to his Image Copy technique, while Bibi Dong compared it to her own Spider Emperor Clone.

• Tang Chuan identified the Mirror Shadow Beast’s soul bone as a torso bone combined with the external soul bone Heart-Protecting Mirror and put it away for later fusion.
• Tang Chuan absorbed the Mirror Shadow Beast’s nine-thousand-year spirit ring into his Gold-Devouring Tiangang Hammer and gained the Copy third spirit ability, which could replicate his or an enemy’s spirit ability.
• Tang Chuan’s cultivation advanced from Rank 88 to Rank 89, and his Second Soul Core Embryo grew closer to completion.
• Tang Chuan fused the torso bone and Heart-Protecting Mirror, gaining Image Copy, which could create a controllable clone of himself or an enemy with, in theory, one hundred percent of the copied person’s strength.
• Soul Masters in both worlds were astonished by Image Copy, while Bibi Dong judged it similar to her Spider Emperor Clone.

Tang Chuan absorbed the Mirror Shadow Beast’s remains, then discovered Bai Xun and his companions had been attacked in Hanjing Valley. He raced to rescue them and found Shui Bing’er among the group as three Soul Beasts pursued them.

• Tang Chuan assessed the Mirror Shield’s defensive and reflective power, absorbed the Mirror Shadow Beast’s remains with his Eighth Spirit Ability, and left the cave at the peak of level eighty-nine.
• Tang Chuan found signs of a fight outside the cave and used his Blue Silver Domain to track Bai Xun, Bai Ying, and their companions.
• Tang Chuan sensed three pursuing Soul Beasts and saw Bai Xun, Bai Ying, two Agility Hall disciples, and the wounded Shui Bing’er fleeing from them.
• Bai Xun spotted Tang Chuan arriving and called out that they were saved.
• Tang Chuan struck the Ice Luan with Thunder God’s Spear, bringing it down, then landed between the group and the Ice Demon Lion and Glacier Demon Tiger.

Tang Chuan subdued the Ice Demon Lion and Glacier Demon Tiger, saving Shui Bing'er and her companions. Shui Bing'er then begged him to rescue her father, who was fighting an eighty-thousand-year Titan Snow Demon at Ice Soul Lake, and Tang Chuan asked her to explain what had happened.

• Tang Chuan used his Blue Silver Emperor vines, Parasitic Seeds, and Domination Seeds to overpower and control the Ice Demon Lion and Glacier Demon Tiger.
• Bai Xun and the other three praised Tang Chuan, while Shui Bing'er gratefully watched him save them.
• In Skywater Academy, Shui Yue'er teased Shui Bing'er about falling for Tang Chuan after he rescued her in the Comparison Video.
• Shui Bing'er begged Tang Chuan to save her father, who had stayed behind at Ice Soul Lake to hold off a Titan Snow Demon and its subordinates.
• Shui Bing'er explained that her father had picked a Snow Jade Lotus while helping her find a Sixth Spirit Ring, provoking the Titan Snow Demon and its pack to attack.

Tang Chuan agreed to rescue Shui Wuhen from an eighty-thousand-year Titan Snow Demon, asking the Ice Phoenix Shui Clan to join his Qingdi Sect in return. He reached Ice Soul Lake and saved Shui Wuhen from a fatal blow, leaving the wounded Dean astonished by his strength.

• Tang Chuan offered to save Shui Bing'er's father if the Ice Phoenix Shui Clan joined the Qingdi Sect, and Shui Bing'er promised to urge her father and clan to agree.
• Tang Chuan left Bai Xun and the others to guard a subdued Ice Luan, then carried Shui Bing'er toward Ice Soul Lake at full speed.
• At Ice Soul Lake, Shui Wuhen's Condensed Water Flying Luan True Body fought the Titan Snow Demon and was badly wounded after the beast struck him down.
• Tang Chuan blocked the Titan Snow Demon's lethal claw with Mirror Shield, reflected its force back at it, and used his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone skill to heal Shui Wuhen.
• Shui Wuhen recognized Tang Chuan and was shocked that he had effortlessly stopped the eighty-thousand-year beast's attack.

Tang Chuan used his Image Clone and Ring Fusion Sumeru Hammer to kill the eighty-thousand-year Titan Snow Demon in one strike. Shui Wuhen and Shui Bing'er witnessed the blow, and the Clear Sky Sect elders were left stunned by the comparison video.

• Shui Bing'er helped her injured father, Shui Wuhen, retreat while Tang Chuan faced the Titan Snow Demon and five ice-attributed Soul Beasts.
• Tang Chuan restrained the five Soul Beasts with his Blue Silver Emperor and used Domination Seeds to control them before creating an Image Clone.
• Tang Chuan sent his Image Clone to fuse its Spirit Rings and charge the Devouring Tiangang Hammer while the controlled Soul Beasts delayed the Titan Snow Demon.
• Image Tang Chuan struck the Titan Snow Demon with the Ring Fusion Sumeru Hammer, killing it and hurling its body into a mountain wall.
• Shui Wuhen and Shui Bing'er watched in shock, while Tang Xiao, Tang Lie, and the other Clear Sky Sect elders were astonished by the comparison video.

Tang Chuan proved that his Image Clone could unleash the Great Sumeru Hammer, then killed the Titan Snow Demon and gained the Ice Phoenix Shui Clan’s allegiance to the Qingdi Sect. The chapter ended with Tang Chuan beginning to absorb the beast’s eighty-thousand-year Spirit Ring into his Second Martial Soul.

• Tang Lie and Tang Xiao praised Tang Chuan’s discovery that an Image Clone could use the Great Sumeru Hammer, while Tang Hao angrily lamented that he had not thought of it himself.
• Tang Chuan confirmed that his Image Clone could unleash the Ring Fusion Great Sumeru Hammer and killed the Titan Snow Demon with one strike.
• Shui Wuhen pledged the Ice Phoenix Shui Clan to the Qingdi Sect, and Shui Bing'er offered to serve Tang Chuan.
• Tang Chuan accepted the clan and began absorbing the Titan Snow Demon’s eighty-thousand-year Spirit Ring into his Gold-Devouring Tiangang Hammer, revealing his Second Martial Soul to Shui Wuhen and Shui Bing'er.

Tang Chuan gained the Titan Tiangang Transformation and helped Shui Bing'er reach Soul Emperor before securing the Ice Phoenix Shui Clan’s pledge to join the Qingdi Sect. Back at the sect, he learned from Dugu Bo that Emperor Xue Ye was near death from a deadly poison, leaving the crisis unresolved.

• Tang Chuan absorbed the Titan Snow Demon’s Spirit Ring, gained the Titan Tiangang Transformation, and formed a true Soul Core without breaking through rank eighty-nine.
• Tang Chuan helped Shui Bing'er absorb an Ice Luan Spirit Ring and reach Soul Emperor, then spared the controlled ice-type Soul Beasts.
• Shui Wuhen promised to bring the Ice Phoenix Shui Clan into the Qingdi Sect after returning to Skywater City.
• Tang Chuan returned to the Qingdi Sect and learned that Dugu Bo had urgently sought him.
• Dugu Bo told Tang Chuan that Emperor Xue Ye was near death after a strange, deadly poison spread through his body.

Tang Chuan learned that Emperor Xue Ye’s poisoning might involve the Spirit Hall and could plunge the Heaven Dou Empire into turmoil. Crown Prince Xue Qinghe summoned Tang Chuan and asked for advice on handling the court’s growing instability.

• Dugu Bo told Tang Chuan that Xue Ye’s poison was sophisticated, that Prince Xue Xing suspected a conspiracy, and that the Spirit Hall might be involved.
• Dugu Bo warned Tang Chuan that the Qingdi Sect could not stay out of the crisis, and Tang Chuan promised to prepare for possible changes.
• Palace Imperial Guards intercepted Tang Chuan and escorted him to the Crown Prince’s residence at Xue Qinghe’s request.
• Xue Qinghe welcomed Tang Chuan, described the factions watching the court while Xue Ye was ill, and asked him how to respond.

Tang Chuan advised Xue Qinghe to eliminate the rebels before they could threaten the empire, then returned to the Qingdi Sect and warned Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, Huo Wu, and Bai Chenxiang that the continent might descend into chaos. The chapter left Tang Chuan urging the women to focus on strengthening themselves and asking about their cultivation.

• In the Comparison Video, Tang Chuan advised Xue Qinghe to kill the conspirators swiftly, and Xue Qinghe accepted his counsel.
• Tang Chuan declined Xue Qinghe’s invitation to lunch and hurried back to the Qingdi Sect to prepare for turmoil.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, Huo Wu, and Bai Chenxiang welcomed Tang Chuan and asked why he had been summoned.
• Tang Chuan told the women that Emperor Xue Ye was gravely ill and suspected of being poisoned, and that the continent might soon fall into chaos.
• Tang Chuan reassured the women that the Qingdi Sect would respond to any crisis and asked how their cultivation had progressed.

Tang Chuan revealed that he had reached Soul Douluo and advised Huo Wu on using a Mirror Shadow Beast’s Image Clone to improve her cultivation and combat strength. Later, Dugu Yan brought Ye Lingling into her room and proposed that Ye Lingling help Tang Chuan produce an heir for the Qingdi Sect.

• Dugu Yan said she was Level 67, Ye Lingling and Huo Wu were Level 58, Zhu Zhuqing was Level 47, and Bai Chenxiang was Level 46.
• Tang Chuan told the girls that he had been a Soul Emperor during the tournament and had since become a Soul Douluo, shocking Huo Wu and the others.
• Tang Chuan explained that an Image Clone from a Mirror Shadow Beast could cultivate alongside its owner, and Huo Wu resolved to seek one when she reached Level 60.
• Tang Chuan went to Dugu Yan’s room, where Ye Lingling arrived in a white nightdress and tried to leave after seeing them together.
• Dugu Yan stopped Ye Lingling and proposed that she have a child with Tang Chuan, saying the Qingdi Sect needed an heir.

In the Comparison Video, Xue Qinghe ordered the deaths of Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng, prompting Dugu Bo to head to the Imperial Palace to seek justice. When Dugu Yan and Uncle Zhong told Tang Chuan that Dugu Bo might be walking into a trap, Tang Chuan raced to the palace to save him.

• Shui Yue'er envied Ye Lingling’s good fortune, while Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang asked Huo Xiaotian to lead their family into the Qingdi Sect, and he agreed.
• Xue Qinghe ordered the deaths of Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng, then publicly blamed the killings on the villains who had poisoned Emperor Xue Ye.
• Dugu Bo decided to seek justice for Prince Xue Xing and left for the Imperial Palace, while Uncle Zhong hurried to warn the Qingdi Sect.
• Dugu Yan and Uncle Zhong told Tang Chuan that Dugu Bo might be walking into a trap tied to Xue Qinghe’s suspected alliance with the Spirit Hall.
• Tang Chuan promised to bring Dugu Bo back safely and sped toward Heaven Dou Imperial City.

Tang Chuan arrived in Heaven Dou Imperial City as Dugu Bo fought Xue Qinghe’s Spirit Hall allies, Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo. Just as Dugu Bo prepared to risk everything, Tang Chuan crashed into the battlefield and appeared between the combatants.

• Tang Chuan reached the imperial palace and found Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorus Poison Jiao fighting Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo.
• Xue Qinghe urged Dugu Bo to surrender, but Dugu Bo denounced his betrayal and vowed to seek justice for Heaven Dou and the dead princes.
• Xue Qinghe offered Dugu Bo one last chance to submit, invoking Tang Chuan’s name, but Dugu Bo refused and prepared a final attack.
• Tang Chuan descended like a meteor, shattered the plaza between Dugu Bo and Snake Lance Douluo, and revealed himself in the crater.
• Dugu Bo recognized Tang Chuan and reacted with shock and excitement.

Tang Chuan refused Xue Qinghe’s offer to join her alliance with Spirit Hall and vowed to protect Emperor Xue Ye. As Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo attacked, Tang Chuan summoned his Gold-Devouring Tiangang Hammer and activated Invincible Golden Body.

• Tang Chuan reproached Dugu Bo for confronting Xue Qinghe without telling him and accused Xue Qinghe of nearly killing his grandfather.
• Xue Qinghe explained that she had only meant for Snake Lance and Porcupinefish to frighten Dugu Bo, then invited Tang Chuan to help her unify the continent.
• Tang Chuan refused because he knew of Xue Qinghe’s ties to Spirit Hall and could no longer ignore what he had seen.
• Dugu Bo warned Tang Chuan that Spirit Hall might use and discard Xue Qinghe, while Tang Chuan declared he would save Emperor Xue Ye and oppose her.
• Xue Qinghe ordered Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo to attack Tang Chuan with their eighth spirit abilities.
• Tang Chuan summoned his Gold-Devouring Tiangang Hammer and activated his second spirit ability, Invincible Golden Body.

Tang Chuan used his enhanced strength to overwhelm Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo in the Imperial Palace, loosening his level-ninety bottleneck. Seeing her plans threatened, Xue Qinghe revealed that she was Qian Renxue, the Spirit Hall Young Master.

• Tang Chuan activated Invincible Golden Body, Titan Tiangang Transformation, and his bloodline power before smashing Porcupinefish Douluo into a palace hall.
• Tang Chuan turned on Snake Lance Douluo, breaking his scales and hammering his giant snake form while Porcupinefish Douluo struggled back into the fight.
• Tang Chuan knocked Porcupinefish Douluo away again with a punch, while Dugu Bo cheered him on.
• Xue Qinghe realized Tang Chuan could ruin her plans and expose her identity if he defeated the two elders and rescued Xue Ye.
• Xue Qinghe transformed in golden light, revealing herself as Qian Renxue, the Young Master of Spirit Hall and inheritor of the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.