Chapter Summaries

After Tang Chuan reassured Shui Bing'er through a contingency plan, he returned to Qingdi Sect and learned that the Spirit Hall had established the Spirit Hall Empire. He concluded that the empire’s creation was orchestrated and decided his own plan had to begin immediately.

• Tang Chuan promised Dugu Yan he would return in a year, then flew back to Qingdi Sect.
• Tang Chuan summoned Qin Ming and asked what had happened during his six months in seclusion.
• Qin Ming reported that the Sacred Dragon Sect and the newly promoted Lower Four Sects had petitioned for the Spirit Hall to establish an empire.
• The Spirit Hall joined with kingdoms and duchies formerly affiliated with the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire to announce the Spirit Hall Empire’s founding.
• Tang Chuan recognized the petition and the Spirit Hall’s apparent reluctance as a staged act, then resolved to launch his plan and wondered whether Yang Wudi and Ling Zhantian were prepared.

The Ninth Stage comparison ended with Tang Chuan decisively defeating Tang San in the vote, winning three blank god positions. As the reward was announced, the White World’s women anticipated joining Tang Chuan, while Xiao Wu and the soul beasts chose to wait for more of the comparison before deciding whether to sacrifice themselves.

• Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er, and the other women looked forward to moving to Tang Chuan’s secret realm, while Xiao Wu asked Daming and Erming whether they should sacrifice themselves to him.
• Daming advised Xiao Wu to wait for more comparison stages before making a decision, and she agreed.
• Tang San expected to win the vote and believed Tang Chuan’s divine trials had been watered down, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong doubted his judgment.
• The vote gave Tang Chuan 199% and Tang San 1%, prompting Tang San to rage as Yu Xiaogang tried to console him.
• The Comparison Sky Screen declared Tang Chuan the winner and awarded him three blank god positions.

After receiving three Blank God Positions, Tang Chuan resolved to pursue godhood on his own. Xue Ye brought Xue Ke and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Dugu Manor to seek Tang Chuan's protection and propose a marriage alliance, and Tang Chuan went to meet them.

• Tang Chuan learned that the three Blank God Positions could become full god positions after absorbing a portion of the required faith, and decided to pursue an alternative path to godhood.
• Xue Ye retrieved the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and decided to offer it to Tang Chuan in exchange for his protection of Heaven Dou.
• Xue Ye asked Xue Ke how she felt about Tang Chuan, and she admitted she thought highly of him.
• Xue Ye proposed passing the throne to Xue Ke, appointing Tang Chuan as her mentor and a prince of equal rank, and betrothing her to him if they both agreed; Xue Ke left the decision to her father.
• The next morning, Xue Ye and Xue Ke arrived at Dugu Manor with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud while Tang Chuan was attempting to break through Level 90.
• Dugu Bo told Tang Chuan about the visitors, and Tang Chuan went to the Guest Reception Hall to meet them.

Tang Chuan accepted Xue Ye’s offer of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and agreed to marry Xue Ke, with Dugu Yan encouraging the match. He then welcomed numerous Soul Master clans into the Qingdi Sect and transported them to its secret realm, leaving the sect poised to grow stronger.

• Xue Ye offered Tang Chuan the title of Blue Silver Prince of Equal Rank, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Xue Ke’s hand in marriage in exchange for protecting the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Dugu Yan urged Tang Chuan to accept Xue Ke, and Tang Chuan agreed; Xue Ke happily accepted as well.
• Xue Ye entrusted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and Xue Ke to Tang Chuan before returning to the Imperial Palace.
• Shui Wuhen, Huo Xiaotian, and leaders of several other Soul Master clans brought their people to join the Qingdi Sect.
• Tang Chuan used the Blue Silver World ability to teleport more than ten thousand new members into the Qingdi Sect Secret Realm.
• The clans marveled at the secret realm as their arrival greatly strengthened the Qingdi Sect’s foundation.

Tang Chuan gave Shui Bing'er the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and an enhanced Extreme Ice Snow Jade Lotus, urging her to become powerful enough to help the Qingdi Sect. After the lotus evolved her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul and raised her cultivation, Shui Bing'er successfully gained the Shroud's recognition.

• Tang Chuan explained how Qingdi Sect members could use Identity Tokens and Blue Silver Life Tree saplings to travel between the Secret Realm and locations across the continent.
• Tang Chuan summoned Shui Bing'er and offered her the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and an Extreme Ice Snow Jade Lotus so she could pursue the Sea God inheritance.
• Shui Bing'er accepted the gifts after Tang Chuan explained that growing stronger would let her better aid the Qingdi Sect.
• Shui Bing'er consumed the lotus, evolved her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul, and advanced from rank forty-two to rank forty-eight Soul Ancestor.
• Shui Bing'er impulsively hugged Tang Chuan to thank him, then blushed and apologized for her actions.
• Shui Bing'er opened the second jade box and successfully made the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud acknowledge her as its master.

Tang Chuan traveled to the Endless Sea, killed a Three-Hundred-Thousand-Year Seven-Colored Peacock-Tailed Mantis Shrimp, and broke through to Level 90. He absorbed a Bodhi Tree Heaven-Bestowed Spirit Ring and gained skills that could enlighten plants, leaving him with a plan to turn Blue Silver Grass into a source of Faith Power.

• Tang Chuan asked Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Shui Bing'er, and the others to accompany him to the Endless Sea and Sea God Island, but they declined, choosing to cultivate before attempting the Divine Trial.
• Tang Chuan traveled from Sunset Forest to the Endless Sea and killed the Three-Hundred-Thousand-Year Seven-Colored Peacock-Tailed Mantis Shrimp, obtaining its Spirit Ring and a Seven-Colored Peacock-Tailed Mantis Shrimp Right Palm Bone.
• Tang Chuan absorbed the Spirit Ring, broke through to Level 90, and decided to postpone activating his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline until his body was stronger.
• Tang Chuan designated his final Fantasy God Tree Heaven-Bestowed Soul Ring as originating from the Bodhi Tree and absorbed it as a dark-red ring of several hundred thousand years.
• Tang Chuan gained Under the Bodhi Tree and Bodhi Wisdom Heart, skills that enhanced comprehension and enlightened nearby plants, and planned to spread Blue Silver Life Tree Offshoots so Blue Silver Grass could eventually provide Faith Power.

Tang Chuan reached Level 93 and flew back toward Douluo Continent as the Tenth Stage Comparison Video began. The video showed Tang San returning from Sea God Island to find that Spirit Hall had become an empire, and he prepared to kill its Soul Masters before taking Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Tang Chuan broke through to Level 92 after absorbing the Fantasy God Tree Heaven-Bestowed Soul Ring, then reached Level 93 after fusing with the Seven-Colored Peacock-Tailed Mantis Shrimp Right Palm Bone.
• The Tenth Stage Comparison Video began, drawing anticipation from Water Yue'er and Water Bing'er while Ning Fengzhi worried about his sect's future and Tang San awaited his own video.
• Tang San's video showed him leaving Sea God Island with Dai Mubai and the others after passing the seventh Sea God trial and drawing the Sea God Trident.
• Three days later, Tang San returned to Douluo Continent with Xiao Wu and learned in Xilu City that Spirit Hall had become the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Tang San postponed going to Heaven Dou Imperial City to revive Xiao Wu and planned to secretly kill Spirit Hall Soul Masters in Xilu City and more than a dozen nearby cities.

Tang San’s campaign against Spirit Hall drew widespread condemnation, but his journey toward the Star Dou Great Forest brought him face to face with the King of Slaughter. The King of Slaughter blamed Tang San and Hu Liena for destroying the Slaughter City and demanded the antidote to the poison in Hell Road’s Blood River.

• Tang San infiltrated the city-guard Soul Master Corps estate in Xilu City and killed nearly a hundred Spirit Hall Empire Soul Masters, then repeated the massacre in six more cities with Xiao Wu.
• Viewers and Tang San’s companions criticized his assassinations for breaking the continent’s unspoken rules, while Tang San insisted he was avenging his family and Xiao Wu.
• After the sixth city, Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer reacted to a strange force, leading him into a forest where he found Hu Liena and a Soul Douluo fighting the King of Slaughter.
• The King of Slaughter killed the Soul Douluo and told Tang San he had been waiting for him, then accused him and Hu Liena of destroying the Slaughter City and demanded the antidote for the poisoned Blood River.

Tang San used the Sea God Trident to strip away the King of Slaughter’s blood-colored markings, horns, and wings, revealing that he was Tang Chen. Tang Xiao, the Clear Sky Sect elders, Tang Hao, and Bo Saixi learned that Tang Chen was alive, and Bo Saixi revealed that she had loved him.

• Tang San realized the Sea God Trident’s divine power could counter the King of Slaughter and trapped him in Sea God’s Light.
• Tang San struck the King of Slaughter with the Sea God Trident, and the golden light burned away his blood-colored markings, horns, and wings.
• The King of Slaughter regained his senses and asked Tang San why he had the Sea God Trident and whether he knew Bo Saixi.
• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders recognized the King of Slaughter as their ancestor Tang Chen and celebrated that he was alive.
• Tang Hao rejoiced that Tang Chen could help the Clear Sky Sect avenge its grievances and said he would ask Tang Chen to punish his unfilial son.
• Bo Saixi realized Tang Chen had become the King of Slaughter during the Asura God’s trial and confessed that she had secretly told him she loved him.

The Comparison Video revealed that the King of Slaughter was Tang Chen, Tang San’s great-grandfather, and showed their reunion in Slaughter City. Tang Chen entrusted Tang San with his Clear Sky Sect token before leaving, alarming the Black World’s sect elders, who feared Tang San would misuse it.

• The King of Slaughter panicked that the Comparison Video had exposed Tang Chen’s identity and worried that Bo Saixi or the Clear Sky Sect would come for him.
• In the video, Tang San recognized Tang Chen after he revealed his identity, and Tang Chen welcomed his great-grandson.
• Tang San blamed Spirit Hall for the Clear Sky Sect’s decline, and Tang Chen grew furious but said he could not return to the sect.
• Tang Chen gave Tang San his token and entrusted him with the Clear Sky Sect’s future before flying away toward Sea God Island.
• Tang Lie condemned Tang Chen for believing Tang San’s account and giving him the token, while Tang Xiao and the other elders worried about what Tang San would do with it.

Tang San learned that Bibi Dong was leading six elders to hunt the Star Dou Great Forest’s Soul Beasts, then rushed there after sensing the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python were in danger. The observers suspected he was deliberately delaying instead of flying, and White Xiao Wu accused him of waiting to claim their Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones.

• Tang San healed Hu Liena, rejected her plea to spare Bibi Dong, and warned her they would be enemies before leaving.
• Hu Liena warned Tang San that Bibi Dong and six elders were hunting Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, enraging Bibi Dong and embarrassing Hu Liena.
• White Hu Liena mocked Black Hu Liena for loving Tang San, and the two began trading insults.
• Tang San learned the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python were in danger and hurried toward them on foot using his Eight Spider Lances despite being able to fly.
• White Xiao Wu accused Tang San of delaying so he could take the two Soul Beasts’ Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones.

White Xiao Wu exposed Tang San’s apparent sacrifice of his right arm as a calculated gesture, since his Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone could regenerate severed limbs. The chapter left the White World’s Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python reconsidering their belief that Tang San’s feelings for Xiao Wu were genuine.

• White World’s Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python warned Black Xiao Wu that Tang San had deliberately delayed reaching them to obtain their Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones, but Black Xiao Wu defended him.
• The Comparison Video showed Tang San arriving as Titan Giant Ape Erming and Sky Azure Bull Python Daming fled Bibi Dong’s forces; he killed Ghost Douluo and, aided by the Sea God Remnant Soul, wounded Bibi Dong and the other Title Douluo.
• Erming and Daming chose to Sacrifice themselves to revive Xiao Wu, and Tang San claimed his feelings for her were deep before knocking her unconscious and cutting off his right arm to extract her Spirit Bone.
• Black Xiao Wu and the two Black World Soul Beasts were moved by Tang San’s apparent sacrifice, while Tang San himself celebrated it as proof of his devotion.
• White Xiao Wu pointed out that Tang San’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone could regenerate severed limbs, so losing his arm was a recoverable price for gaining two Soul Beast Sacrifices.

The Comparison Video showed Tang San sacrificing his arm and Spirit Rings to resurrect Xiao Wu, while Black Xiao Wu and the surrounding viewers reacted to his devotion and his painfully awkward declaration. The video left Xiao Wu’s soul emerging as Tang San shouted, “Resurrect, my love!”—a scene so embarrassing that Black Xiao Wu said she no longer wanted to come back to life.

• The Comparison Video showed Tang San accepting the sacrifices of Daming and Erming, gaining their Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones, then traveling to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to resurrect Xiao Wu.
• Black Xiao Wu wept at Tang San’s sacrifices, while Daming and Erming felt sorrow and wondered why Xiao Wu was so heartbroken when they had also sacrificed themselves for her.
• Black Tang San celebrated the video’s portrayal of his devotion and expected it to help him win votes over Tang Chuan.
• Tang San removed all nine Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Rings and combined his Soul Power, Xiao Wu’s Spirit Bone, and her sixth Spirit Ring to summon her soul.
• Tang San shouted, “Resurrect, my love!” and viewers across both worlds cringed at his awkward delivery; Black Xiao Wu covered her face and said she no longer wanted to come back to life.

The Comparison Video showed Tang San sacrificing only his four weakest Spirit Rings to revive Xiao Wu, prompting White Xiao Wu and others to condemn his hypocrisy. Tang San then vowed to restore Tang Hao's limbs and revive his mother, declaring he would force the Clear Sky Sect to acknowledge Tang Hao; Seventh Elder Tang Lie angrily denounced him for betraying his earlier promises.

• Tang San theatrically pleaded for Xiao Wu to return to life, then used only his four weakest Spirit Rings to help revive her.
• White Xiao Wu accused Tang San of deliberately delaying the rescue of Daming and Erming to obtain their Spirit Bones and of making a show of reviving Xiao Wu.
• After Xiao Wu revived, Tang San told Tang Hao he could restore his severed limbs and revive his mother using the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone's healing ability.
• Tang Hao doubted that his limbs could be restored and said the Spirit Bones had been given to the Clear Sky Sect as atonement.
• Tang San defended Tang Hao's actions against Spirit Hall and threatened to beat the Clear Sky Sect's elders until they acknowledged him.
• Seventh Elder Tang Lie condemned Tang San for abandoning his promises to the sect and turning the Clear Sky Sect into a subordinate of the Tang Sect.

Tang San returned to the Clear Sky Sect for the third time with Tang Hao, Ah Yin, and Xiao Wu, confident that his strength and Tang Chen’s support would force the sect to accept his family. The chapter ended with Tang Xiao learning that Tang Hao had come back too.

• Tang Lie and the Clear Sky Sect elders condemned Tang San for blaming the sect when he was weak and defending Tang Hao after gaining strength.
• Tang Hao approved of Tang San’s plan to bring him back openly after Tang San showed him the Dark Gold Hammer Tang Chen had given him.
• Tang San and Tang Hao arrived at the Clear Sky Sect with the resurrected Ah Yin and Xiao Wu, but Tang Yu refused to take them all inside because Tang Hao’s status was sensitive.
• Tang Lie cursed Tang San and Tang Hao in a barrage, and Tang San angrily vowed revenge against Tang Lie.
• Tang San entered the sect with Tang Yu and told Tang Xiao that he had returned to pay respects to their grandfather and that Tang Hao was with him.
• Tang Xiao was shocked to learn Tang Hao had returned.

Tang San returned to the Clear Sky Sect with Tang Hao, claiming the elders had promised to let his father return if he completed three conditions. He confronted the elders, denounced the sect, and demanded that Tang Hao be cleared and his Spirit Bones returned, while observers in both worlds condemned his changing stance.

• Tang San told Tang Xiao that he had completed the three conditions and wanted Tang Hao to return and pay respects to Grandfather, but Tang Xiao warned that the elders had never made the matter simple.
• The White World’s Second Elder said the Black World elders had promised Tang San the Spirit Bones and succession, not permission for Tang Hao to return.
• Tang Yu summoned the five elders, and Tang San opened the meeting by asking whether the Clear Sky Sect had any face left.
• Tang Lie struck at Tang San, but Tang San blocked the blow with the Sea God Trident; Tang Xiao then slapped him lightly as Tang San continued to criticize the sect.
• Tang San listed his three demands: to prove he had completed the conditions, to pay respects to Grandfather with Tang Hao, and to clear Tang Hao’s name and reclaim his Spirit Bones.
• Observers from both worlds called Tang San a chameleon, recalling how his blame shifted from Tang Hao to everyone and then to the Clear Sky Sect as his strength grew.

Tang San defeated the Clear Sky Sect’s five elders and used Tang Chen’s token to force the sect to accept Tang Hao and join the war against Spirit Hall. After returning to the Tang Sect, he traveled with Xiao Wu to the battlefield, where Flender told him that Yu Xiaogang had become the empire’s supreme commander of Soul Masters.

• Tang San defeated Tang Lie and then all five elders, claiming the right to speak for his father and presenting Tang Chen’s token to secure Tang Hao’s return to the sect.
• Tang Xiao returned Tang Hao’s two Soul Bones and gave Tang San Lou Gao’s relics, while Tang San became Chief Elder and compelled the Clear Sky Sect to ally with the Heaven Dou Empire against Spirit Hall.
• In the Black World, Tang Lie and the other Clear Sky Sect leaders angrily watched the comparison video and condemned Tang San for using his power to force the sect into the conflict.
• Tang San restored Tang Hao’s severed limbs, returned to the Tang Sect, and learned from Tai Tan about the latest developments.
• Three days later, Tang San and Xiao Wu reached the battlefield, where they encountered Speed Clan scouts, Flying-type Soul Masters, and Sword Douluo before reuniting with Flender, Dai Mubai, and the others.
• Flender told Tang San that Yu Xiaogang had become Blue Lightning King, Chief Imperial Soul Master, commander of the Heaven Dou Soul Master Regiment, and the empire’s second-ranking minister.

The Comparison Video showed Tang San leading the Heaven Dou Empire against Spirit Hall, using his Hidden Weapons and Sea God Trident to help inflict heavy losses. It ended with Qian Renxue completing the Angel Nine Trials and inheriting the Angel God position, shocking Tang San.

• Yu Xiaogang celebrated the status and achievements shown for him in the Comparison Video, while others dismissed him as a fraud who benefited from Tang San.
• Tang San met Xue Beng and his allies, planned an ambush on Spirit Hall’s supply route, and killed Yue Guan when Bibi Dong sent troops to raid it.
• Tang San’s Hidden Weapons helped the Heaven Dou Empire inflict heavy casualties on Spirit Hall, and he severely wounded Bibi Dong with the Sea God Trident during the ensuing battle.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other Worship Hall High Priests intervened, but Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Clear Sky Sect reinforcements turned the battle back in Heaven Dou’s favor.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Bibi Dong to return to Spirit City and give up command, and she submitted while injured.
• Qian Renxue completed the Angel Nine Trials, inherited the Angel God position, and left Tang San shocked.

The Comparison Video showed Qian Renxue becoming the Angel God before Tang San, while Tang San hunted Spirit Rings in the Star Dou Great Forest. Qian Renxue appeared after he finished filling his Clear Sky Hammer with nine Spirit Rings, leaving both worlds baffled that she had let him complete the process.

• Tang San feared Qian Renxue would use her new godly power to destroy the Heaven Dou Empire, while Spirit Hall celebrated her ascension.
• Qian Renxue felt uneasy about the future and disliked that her grandfather had to sacrifice himself for her to become a god.
• The video showed Tang San entering the Star Dou Great Forest to fill his Clear Sky Hammer with Spirit Rings and complete the Sea God’s trial.
• Bone Douluo criticized Tang San for restoring Tang Hao’s lost limbs but not Sword Douluo’s arm, and Ning Fengzhi lamented that Tang San forgot those who had helped him.
• Tang San killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, a Human-Faced Spider Emperor, and three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors, then absorbed the three Ant Emperors’ Spirit Rings to fill his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Qian Renxue appeared after allowing Tang San to finish absorbing the Spirit Rings, and observers in both worlds questioned why she had not attacked him earlier.

The Comparison Video showed Qian Renxue repeatedly failing to kill Tang San, who escaped after the Sea God Poseidon Remnant Soul intervened. Tang San then went to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, where his Divine Slaughter's Domain mutated and raised his power to the God Rank.

• Qian Renxue delayed attacking Tang San and later let him escape after he used Guanyin's Tears and the Sea God Poseidon Remnant Soul sent her away.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo decided to seek Tang Chuan's allegiance for himself and Old Ghost, fearing Spirit Hall's future.
• Tang San brought Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and the others to the Endless Sea and asked the Demon Soul Great White Shark King Xiao Bai about the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Tang San and his companions fought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in the Demon Whale Sea.
• Tang San's Divine Slaughter's Domain mutated, summoning a blood-colored phantom and boosting his power to the God Rank.