Chapter Summaries

Tang San fought the Zaun Team’s female support Spirit Master, believing he had won after she stopped using Blood Burning and succumbed to his poison. A hidden spear attack let her turn Tang San’s own bleeding wound against him, and the referee declared Zaun Team victorious.

• Tang San defeated two weakened Zaun Team Spirit Masters and faced their female support Spirit Master, who used Blood Burning to resist his poison and attack him.
• Tang San restrained her and waited for Blood Burning to end, while she tried to surprise him with desperate physical attacks.
• After she stopped using Blood Burning, Tang San released her, and poison made her collapse as he thought the match was decided.
• The supposedly unconscious Long Spear Spirit Master rose and stabbed Tang San through the woman, using her as a shield and drawing his blood along the spear.
• The woman used Blood Burning on Tang San through his blood, leaving him unable to speak, and the referee declared Zaun Team the winner.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin reprimanded the Lanba Academy Seven for losing through overconfidence, then demanded Tang San's battle armor and Spirit Soul research. Tang San handed over his documents and prepared to convey the Spirit Soul contract through Spiritual Power, leaving Chen Xin bent down with Tang San's hand on his shoulder.

• Sword Douluo Chen Xin made the seven admit that overconfidence had caused their defeat and criticized Ning Rongrong for failing to support her teammates.
• Sword Douluo rebuked Dai Mubai for fearing death, then criticized Tang San for failing to act decisively during the battle.
• Sword Douluo ordered the seven to train until they had exhausted their Soul Power ten times and demanded Tang San's promised materials.
• Tang San handed Sword Douluo his papers on battle armor and Spirit Souls, explaining that he had only provided a rough manufacturing method for battle armor.
• Sword Douluo demanded an explanation of the Spirit Soul contract, and Tang San began transmitting the method through Spiritual Power.

Tang San gave Sword Douluo Chen Xin instructions for Spirit Souls, Battle Armor, and Artificial Spirit Bones, and Chen Xin confirmed their methods were genuine. Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong decided to test the methods and use their hidden alliance to organize Battle Armor production, leaving the question of how widely the techniques would spread unresolved.

• Chen Xin left Tang San at Blue Tyrant Academy with Yu Yongchang in charge of his training and hurried back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Xin showed Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong Tang San's documents and confirmed that the three methods were real.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed secretly testing Spirit Souls and Artificial Spirit Bones while avoiding public use of Battle Armor.
• Chen Xin suggested involving the hidden alliance to conceal Battle Armor production, and Ning Fengzhi agreed that the techniques might have to spread among its members.

Yu Luomian secretly passed information about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Spirit Soul methods to Spirit Hall, while Yu Yuanzhen returned from seclusion and revealed he had reached rank ninety-six. Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena discussed Spirit Souls and the Fate Trajectory, and Qian Ningshuang went to treat Zu Liu’s severe injuries.

• Yu Luomian told Bishop Salas that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had obtained three special methods for strengthening Spirit Masters and asked for Spirit Hall’s favor.
• Yu Yuanzhen appeared with the corpse of a clan member who had been following Yu Luomian and said he had reached rank ninety-six.
• Salas reported Yu Luomian’s information to Qian Renxue, who discussed Tang San, the Upper Three Sects, and Spirit Souls with Gu Yuena over a game of chess.
• Qian Ningshuang left Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena and went with Tian Yao to the Spirit Fighting Arena to treat Zu Liu.
• Qian Ningshuang reassured Zaun Team that Zu Wu’s injury was manageable, then placed her hand over Zu Liu’s severe abdominal wound.

Tian Yao rewarded the Zaun Team with seven Lovesick Heartbreak Reds, while teams across the tournament continued grinding points through frequent battles. The Lanba Team faced the Fenghua Team again and struggled against Daqin Si’s Soul Skill interference, leaving Tang San furious as the match continued.

• Tian Yao took seven Immortal Herbs from Qian Ningshuang’s bracelet and gave the Zaun Team seven Lovesick Heartbreak Reds as a reward for their performance.
• The Spirit Fighting Arena used a spherical Soul Tool to let team captains draw opponents, and the Lanba Team increased its match frequency after losing to the Zaun Team.
• The Lanba Team drew the Fenghua Team, their first tournament opponent, and Wan Lingfeng announced they would fight a performance-style battle.
• Daqin Si used Sound of Exhilaration and Sound Disturbance to disrupt the Lanba Team’s Soul Skills, then released the interference after apologizing.
• Tang San attacked with Thought of Beloved Wu, but Zhan Fenghua stopped Gu Yingwu from drawing her blade and risking a fatal injury to Tang San.

Tang San’s Lanba Team was overwhelmed by the Fenghua Team, but Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng fused their Martial Souls into a lightning-wreathed dragon-tiger creature. Tang San and Zhan Fenghua then began a serious exchange of attacks as the battle continued.

• Zhan Fenghua cut apart Tang San’s hair attack with a Self-Created Soul Skill while the Fenghua Team knocked back Zhu Zhuqing and slammed the Rabbit Spirit into the ground.
• Tang San acknowledged that the Lanba Team could not defeat the Fenghua Team, then ordered Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng to prepare their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng fused into a dragon-like tiger wreathed in lightning, surprising the spectators and prompting the Fenghua Team to discuss its strength.
• Tang San threatened the Fenghua Team, while Zhan Fenghua ignored him and prepared to face the fused creature.
• Tang San used Boundless Sea Wave as Zhan Fenghua countered with Sea Summoning and another Fenghua Team member fired Sky Howl Break.

Zhan Fenghua defeated the Lanba Team’s Martial Soul Fusion beast, and Tang San’s team immediately faced the Divine Wind Team. The Divine Wind Team exploited its ability to fly and overwhelmed Lanba, while Angela, Ji Honglie, and Li Sushang discussed how Tang San’s fate depended on the choices and schemes around him.

• Zhan Fenghua used Wind God's Wrath to defeat the lightning beast formed by Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng, then joked about earning a future title as Dragon Subduer or Tiger Tamer.
• Tang San entered his next match against the Divine Wind Team and realized Feng Xiaotian was absent.
• A scar-faced youth explained that Feng Xiaotian could leave the academy because academies did not control which factions their students joined.
• The Divine Wind Team flew above the Lanba Team and attacked from range, separating Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng while concentrating its attacks on Tang San.
• Angela, Ji Honglie, and Li Sushang discussed Tang San’s suffering and rejected the idea that fate alone determined his future.

Qian Ningshuang and Rita shopped for Camelot-style trench coats in Heaven Dou City, then strolled through its lively streets and talked about its lack of public security. They ended the night walking together, content in each other’s company.

• Qian Ningshuang and Rita browsed Camelot-style clothes, and the shopkeeper warned that the women’s styles were unusually revealing.
• Qian Ningshuang bought two trench coats for one Gold Soul Coin despite Rita’s surprise at the price.
• As they left the shop, Qian Ningshuang remarked on Heaven Dou City’s lack of a curfew, and Rita explained how the city handled public security.
• Qian Ningshuang took Rita’s hand as she considered the dangers Rita might have faced growing up in the city.
• Rita brushed off Qian Ningshuang’s concern, and the two linked arms and wandered through the streets together.

Qian Ningshuang explained the future Qiangu Family to Rita before a blood-red Beacon from the God Realm appeared in the sky. Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena carried them toward its landing site as Qian Ningshuang learned that the Beacon warned the God Realm’s lower realms about a blasphemer.

• Qian Ningshuang gave Zhan Fenghua two flowers for Wan Lingfeng and teased him about their future family.
• Qian Ningshuang told Rita that Zhan Fenghua and Wan Lingfeng’s descendants would found the Qiangu Family, and explained its future role and ties to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Ningshuang and Rita saw a blood-red shooting star grow larger as they joked about making wishes.
• Qian Renxue arrived and flew Qian Ningshuang toward the Beacon’s landing site while Gu Yuena carried the others on her back.
• Qian Renxue explained that the Beacon was a God Realm countermeasure that alerted its lower realms to a blasphemer.

Qian Ningshuang fought the God Realm’s human Beacon, the Red Figure, in an exhilarating battle that finally gave her the life-or-death combat she had long craved. When the Red Figure’s eyes cleared and his swordsmanship changed, she continued pressing forward against him.

• The Red Figure arrived above the Sun Moon Continent, radiating killing intent, and Qian Ningshuang immediately attacked him with Abyss Flower.
• Qian Ningshuang and the Red Figure clashed in a close-quarters battle, trading precise blows and testing each other’s reactions.
• Qian Ningshuang relished the danger of the evenly matched fight and pierced the Red Figure’s chest, shattering his bones.
• The Red Figure briefly regained clarity, praised Qian Ningshuang, and unleashed a sudden flurry of refined sword techniques.
• Qian Ningshuang countered his changed fighting style, forced him back, and pressed her attack as his body healed.

Qian Ningshuang fought the Red Figure through a fierce god-level battle and began to understand how combat at that level relied on instinct and experience. As Qian Renxue and Qian Chongling explained the Red Figure’s past, they revealed that he was a failed Asura vessel whose borrowed power was already running out.

• Qian Ningshuang adapted to the Red Figure’s shifting fighting styles and integrated what she had learned while exchanging blows with him.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and Di Tian watched the battle, and Di Tian explained how gods differed from powerful Spirit Masters.
• Qian Chongling said the Red Figure was not a god but possessed strength comparable to a First-Class God.
• Qian Renxue revealed that the Red Figure was one of Asura’s failed vessels, once a peerless powerhouse stripped of his will and dignity.
• Qian Chongling explained that the Red Figure lacked the Asura god position, could no longer progress, and would weaken as his supply of Asura divine power ran out.

Qian Ningshuang defeated Bagnat and agreed to return his remains to his homeland, then unleashed Elysian Extinction to give him the death in battle he wanted. As the devastation unfolded, Zhan Hongchen and a Sun Moon Empire commander watched from a distance, confirming that Camelot’s Paladin was fighting and that their army should stay out of it.

• Qian Ningshuang suppressed Bagnat, learned his name, and accepted his request to take his remains back to Odran Planet.
• Bagnat chose to die in battle rather than remain controlled by Asura, and Qian Ningshuang withdrew to grant him a grander end.
• Qian Ningshuang revealed that she had created a secret art aimed at the gods and unleashed Elysian Extinction, bringing a terrifying natural disaster down on the battlefield.
• A purple-haired Sun Moon Empire commander and Zhan Hongchen watched the destruction from afar and confirmed that one of the fighters was a Paladin from Camelot.
• Zhan Hongchen and the commander kept their powerful army out of the conflict, recognizing that it could not withstand the disaster.

After ending the catastrophe, Qian Ningshuang rested and woke in the Sun Moon Empire, where Xu Wenxue invited her to meet the emperor. She learned that the empire might not be the same civilization known from the future and wondered how it had escaped the God Realm’s notice.

• Xu Hongji asked Zhan Hongchen whether the allies’ relationship should deepen, and Zhan Hongchen said the emperor would decide after they welcomed their allies.
• Qian Ningshuang recalled that Bagnat’s death would not stop the Beacon, then recalled the flames and lava as dawn broke over the battlefield.
• Qian Renxue embraced Qian Ningshuang, who said she wanted to sleep, and she slept for a day and a night.
• Xu Wenxue introduced herself as a member of the Sun Moon Royal Family and invited Qian Ningshuang to meet the emperor, who promised to answer her questions.
• Qian Renxue explained that the Sun Moon Empire had not existed when she observed the continent in her previous life, and Qian Ningshuang wondered how it had hidden from the God Realm’s gaze.

At a meeting about repairing the God Realm, Asura revealed that a variable on Douluo Planet had caused the crisis and that the Beacon he sent there had died. After the other gods left, Evil challenged Asura’s plan, but Asura admitted he could not explain how he knew the variable’s true identity or limits.

• Asura announced that the Beacon on Douluo Planet was dead, then told the gathered gods that an unseen variable there had provoked the Plane Heart and drawn a powerful outside god into the conflict.
• Asura said the Angel God and likely the Blood God had been resurrected on Douluo Planet, and the gods discussed how to use the inheritance sites there to target the Angel God.
• Asura urged the gods to wait and let the lower realms wear one another down, while the others assumed the Angel God would be easy to kill once her divine power was cut off.
• After the meeting, Evil accused Asura of courting death, but Asura insisted the variable was now a mortal girl and could not freely wield the sword strike that nearly destroyed the God Realm.
• Evil left with Goodness, saying they had already found successors for their godhood, while Asura remained alone and admitted he did not know why he was certain about the variable.

Tang San mistook a red meteor for a sign that the God Realm would destroy Spirit Hall and Camelot, then faced another Spirit Hall team in the tournament. As the exhibition match began, he seethed at their contempt and remained convinced that divine intervention would soon bring him revenge.

• Tang San recalled the red meteor and believed the God Realm was preparing to act against Spirit Hall and Camelot.
• A contestant confronted Tang San for smiling during the tournament, but backed down after noticing the Paladins around the arena.
• Tang San was called onto the arena and recognized the Spirit Hall team that had beaten him before.
• Tang San identified the opposing fighters, including the Fuleai sisters, while the narration explained that Qian Ningshuang had reforged several of their Martial Souls and changed their names.
• The Spirit Hall team regarded Lanba with relaxed confidence, and Tang San clenched his fists and vowed to settle scores when the gods descended.

During the tournament battle, Yin Ying revealed a Martial Soul that could imitate the abilities of others, confusing the spectators and Sword Douluo Chen Xin. Tang San recognized her as a Silver Hero Beast and, consumed by greed, considered absorbing her to gain her power.

• Xi Feng used his first Spirit Ring to strengthen the Star Abyss Team as Yin Ying released a strange mental fluctuation.
• Yin Ying produced a Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and used the same support skills as Ning Rongrong, stunning the arena.
• When the Lanba Team charged, Yin Ying imitated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and clashed with Yu Tianheng, then copied several more Martial Souls.
• Chen Xin concluded that Yin Ying did not truly possess multiple Martial Souls, since she displayed Spirit Rings and skills each time she switched.
• Tang San recognized Yin Ying's Martial Soul as a Silver Hero Beast that could imitate others after seeing them once, and he coveted the ability for himself.

Tang San spotted a chance to turn the Lanba Team’s one-sided exhibition match against the Star Abyss Team into a more respectable loss by pulling the flying Ginst out of the sky. He rallied his teammates to attack Ginst together, hoping their first coordinated move would mark the rise of the Lanba Seven Devils.

• Russell overpowered Tang San, whose poison and tentacles could not penetrate Russell’s armor or match his strength.
• Tang San surveyed the struggling Lanba Team and identified Ginst, the airborne fire-attribute Spirit Master, as their key target.
• Tang San’s tentacle seized Ginst’s ankle and dragged him down, while five snake-like strands of hair pulled his teammates toward him.
• Dai Mubai and the others understood Tang San’s plan and charged at Ginst as he fell.

The Star Abyss Team defeated Tang San and the Lanba Academy members in the exhibition match, while the Phantom Night Underworld Flower exposed Tang San’s bitter grievances to the arena. Afterward, Tang San walked through Heaven Dou City in despair, realizing Sword Douluo Chen Xin had given up on him.

• Russell struck Tang San with Wild Heavy Punch, and Seele Fuleai taunted him as the Star Abyss Team prepared to attack.
• Ginst used Void World Impact, Wall of Suffocation, and Shattering Flame Burst to defeat the five Lanba Academy members.
• Under the Phantom Night Underworld Flower’s hallucinations, Tang San ranted about his hardships and demanded to know why others would not give him a chance.
• The crowd ridiculed Tang San, and Seele led the Star Abyss Team off the stage after declaring him a clown.
• Tang San walked through Heaven Dou City with Xiao Wu and realized Sword Douluo Chen Xin had completely given up on him.

Qian Ningshuang and her companions met the ailing emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, where Xu Wenji began explaining the empire’s history. He revealed that the Ming Empire originated on another planet, which the God Realm had destroyed.

• Xu Wenxue guided Qian Ningshuang and her companions through the Sun Moon Imperial Palace to meet the emperor.
• Qian Ningshuang noticed the emperor’s frail condition, and Xu Wenji introduced himself as the next emperor and offered to answer her questions.
• Qian Ningshuang showed Xu Wenji a pair of headphones and two Level One Soul Guidance pistols, which he examined.
• Xu Wenji explained that the fleet sent toward the God Realm had been the Core Flame, while the force left behind was the God-Slaying force, and that the Seed Project had nearly failed.
• Xu Wenji told Qian Ningshuang that the Ming Empire had been founded on Douluo Planet by an exploration fleet after the God Realm destroyed its home planet.

Xu Wenji explained how the Ming Empire’s ancestors developed a God-Slaying Project and killed two gods at the cost of their nation. Qian Renxue identified the God of Wisdom and the God of Dreams as likely Law Gods, leaving Qian Ningshuang and the others wondering why the ancestors had chosen such difficult targets.

• Xu Wenji explained that the Ming Empire’s ancestors had slain two gods through the God-Slaying Project, but the effort destroyed their nation.
• Xu Wenji named the slain gods as the God of Wisdom and the God of Dreams, and Qian Renxue confirmed that she had never encountered them in the God Realm.
• Qian Renxue explained that Law Gods were stronger than Gods of Faith and that the absence of successors for wisdom and dreams suggested the two slain gods had gained divinity through laws.
• Xu Wenji revealed that the ancestors had bypassed gods with inheritance sites and deliberately targeted the God of Wisdom and the God of Dreams.
• Qian Ningshuang and the others questioned why the Ming Empire had chosen two especially difficult targets.