Chapter Summaries

Xu Wenji recounted how the Ming Empire’s survivors returned to Douluo Planet, founded the Sun Moon Empire, and struggled under the cost of slaying gods. As the emperor described a mysterious light figure appearing in Mingde Hall and laying down three precepts, Qian Ningshuang, Qian Renxue, and Gu Yuena recognized the figure and reacted gravely.

• Xu Wenji explained that the Seed Fleet endured relentless pursuit in the stars before returning to Douluo Planet after the Ming Empire’s traces had faded.
• Qian Renxue confirmed that the God Realm had no records of the Ming Empire, and Qian Ningshuang suspected a literary inquisition had erased them.
• Xu Wenji said the early Sun Moon Empire suffered disasters, declining population and power, and the failure of high-grade Soul Tools as the price of slaying gods.
• Xu Wenji revealed that the predecessors buried the Ming Empire’s knowledge and history in an underground fortress called Mingde Hall.
• The emperor took over the account and described a light figure appearing in Mingde Hall, setting three precepts and promising humanity’s continuation and liberation.
• Qian Ningshuang, Qian Renxue, and Gu Yuena recognized the light figure and regarded her with grave suspicion.

Qian Ningshuang investigated the Sun Moon Empire’s supposed throne curse and used the Abyss Flower to restore the emperor, only to discover that a Purple Gem in his crown had been draining his life. She realized the gem was shielding the empire from the God Realm’s gaze and carried a familiar trace of Honkai Energy.

• Xu Wenji explained that the prophecy’s figure of light had appeared in Mingde Hall and that the throne’s curse had passed to each emperor.
• Qian Ningshuang approached the emperor and used the Abyss Flower to restore his youthful appearance, but he began aging again.
• Qian Ningshuang used the Crystal of Courage to trace the emperor’s aging to his crown and removed it, stopping the process.
• The emperor explained that the crown had been reforged repeatedly but that its Purple Gem had never been replaced.
• Qian Ningshuang identified the Purple Gem as a device shielding the Sun Moon Empire from the God Realm’s gaze and sensed Honkai Energy within it.

Qian Ningshuang explained that the Purple Gem had concealed the Sun Moon Continent from the gods by consuming the Xu Family’s life force and Soul Power. After revealing that she had created it and that the sacrifices had been unnecessary, she accepted the emperor’s proof of their honor and sacrifice, and the gem released a miracle across the continent.

• Qian Ningshuang explained how the gem hid the Sun Moon Continent from the gods and drew on people’s life force to keep working.
• Qian Ningshuang realized the device was likely her own creation, though she did not know when or why she had made it.
• The emperor asked Qian Ningshuang to return the gem, but she told him the Sun Moon Empire’s mission had ended and revealed that its sacrifices had never been necessary.
• The emperor, Xu Wenjing, and Zhan Hongchen accepted that the sacrifices had been their choice, and the emperor pledged to follow Qian Ningshuang’s will.
• Qian Ningshuang accepted the Xu Family’s proof of honor and sacrifice, and the Purple Gem released a gentle light that granted Soul Power, improved talent, and rejuvenated the elderly across the Sun Moon Continent.

Qian Ningshuang visited the Sun Moon Empire’s secret Soul Tool research base and discussed its ability to prepare for enemies drawn by the Beacon. She arrived at Mingde Hall, where Xu Wenjing began leading her below the fortress to the hidden facility.

• Xu Wenji explained that Mingde Hall had been built outside the city to preserve the empire’s inheritance and later served as a Soul Tool experimental base.
• Aboard a flying Soul Tool, Qian Ningshuang asked Xu Wenjing whether the Sun Moon Empire could defend Douluo Planet from interstellar enemies, and he admitted it could not do so alone.
• Qian Ningshuang offered the resources of Douluo Continent and said she would handle the rest, while Xu Wenjing pledged to prepare the Sun Moon Empire’s forces against enemies drawn by the Beacon.
• Qian Ningshuang and the others arrived at Mingde Hall, a heavily guarded steel fortress outside Ming Capital.
• Xu Wenjing explained that the true Mingde Hall lay beneath the fortress and opened a Soul Guidance Elevator.

Qian Ningshuang opened the sealed room in Mingde Hall and found a long-dead Paladin whose final message revealed the purpose of the life-draining concealment device. Images left behind by the Paladin showed the Dragon God impaled by the Abyss Flower, a map of Mystic Heaven Palace, and an unfamiliar Ming Capital.

• Xu Wenjing explained that the sealed room had belonged to Emperor Zhu Hui and that the Sun Moon Empire had repeatedly failed to open it.
• Qian Ningshuang used Honkai Energy to dissolve the room's door and revealed an armored old man kneeling in a knight's salute.
• Qian Ningshuang received the Paladin's final information as his body and armor scattered into points of light.
• The Paladin's remaining dialogue revealed that the concealment device absorbed life force to warn future generations against forgetting their mission or courting death.
• Images appeared on the walls, showing the Abyss Flower pinning the Dragon God, a map of Mystic Heaven Palace, and an aerial city labeled Ming Capital.

Qian Ningshuang and the others investigated Zhu Hui’s three drawings, reconsidered the locations of the Xuantian Sect and Mystic Heaven Palace, and uncovered the Sun Moon Empire’s God Sins. After Qian Ningshuang identified a God Sin as an imitation of a Chariot-class Honkai Beast, she realized the group would have more work to do in the empire.

• Qian Ningshuang asked Qian Renxue about the Xuantian Sect and Mystic Heaven Palace, but Qian Renxue could not remember the palace or the sect’s location.
• Gu Yuena reported that Di Tian and the others placed the Xuantian Sect in the direction of Spirit City, and Qian Renxue recalled flattening the surrounding mountains during the sect’s destruction.
• Qian Ningshuang questioned why Asura had brought Bagnat to Douluo Planet instead of using Tang Chen, then asked Xu Wenjing and Lord Hongchen for records about Ming Capital and Zhu Hui’s battle.
• Xu Wenjing explained that the Sun Moon Empire called its mysterious, energy-vulnerable monsters God Sins, and Qian Ningshuang recognized their resemblance to Chariot-class Honkai Beasts.
• Qian Ningshuang examined and killed a restrained God Sin, identifying its energy as an imitation of Honkai Energy and concluding that the group had more to investigate in the Sun Moon Empire.

Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall’s forces found that the Capital of Slaughter had vanished while they were securing the gods’ inheritance sites against interference. Qian Daoliu and Dong Hui discussed the God Realm’s growing influence and the need to bring potential opponents under control.

• A hooded assassin reported that the Capital of Slaughter’s site was an empty hollow, and Qian Daoliu wondered where Tang Chen had gone.
• Dong Hui joked that the Capital of Slaughter had grown legs and run away as Qian Daoliu explained why Spirit Hall and Camelot were guarding the inheritance sites.
• Qian Daoliu confirmed that Spirit Hall had placed Spirit Douluo watchers outside the other sites and warned those within not to act rashly.
• Dong Hui said he might visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect or the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to force them to oppose Spirit Hall and Camelot, but Qian Daoliu rejected the plan as unnecessary.
• Qian Daoliu and Dong Hui blamed the God Realm and Spirit Hall’s past arrogance for their defeat in the Fate Trajectory, then agreed that potential opponents on Douluo Planet had to be brought under control.

Dong Hui arrived at Heaven Dou City and staged a clash with Golden Crocodile Douluo Tian'e to announce that he had reached the limit. After Chen Xin intervened to protect the city, the two stopped fighting, and Dong Hui entered the city as Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen followed him.

• Ning Fengzhi waited respectfully outside Heaven Dou City to meet Dong Hui.
• Dong Hui challenged Golden Crocodile Douluo Tian'e, and their brief clash shook the area outside the city gates.
• Chen Xin asked the two Limit Douluo to stop fighting for Heaven Dou City's safety, and they exchanged insults before parting.
• Dong Hui entered Heaven Dou City, followed by Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen.
• At Blue Tyrant Academy, Dai Mubai asked Yu Tianheng what had happened while the Lanba Team studied.

Yu Tianheng told his classmates about Heavenly Gallop Douluo, Tian Benliu, Dong Hui, and explained how Tang Chen’s generation had nearly wiped out the Spirit Master world’s strongest fighters. The students learned that someone from that era had arrived in Heaven Dou City, while Tang San privately dismissed the generation as inferior to his own.

• Yu Tianheng told the class that Heavenly Gallop Douluo was an ancient Body Martial Soul powerhouse with a long history of conflict with Spirit Hall.
• Yu Tianheng recounted how Heavenly Gallop Douluo's family had been slaughtered after it declined, reportedly with Spirit Hall involved.
• Tang San criticized Spirit Hall, but the others regarded his comments skeptically because they knew the Spirit Master world was ruled by the strong.
• Yu Tianheng explained that the Upper Three Sects had once needed at least five Title Douluo, including a Super Douluo, to maintain their standing.
• Yu Tianheng said Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu's generation had devastated the Spirit Master world, and that someone from that era had arrived in Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San returned to his seat and privately thought Tang Chen's generation was unimpressive compared with his own.

Tang San considered seeking Tian Benliu Dong Hui as a teacher, while Dong Hui met with Ning Fengzhi and the others in Heaven Dou City. Ning Fengzhi asked whether Dong Hui would join Camelot as a Paladin.

• Tang San remembered that Tian Benliu Dong Hui was a Body Martial Soul wielder and decided to look for a chance to approach him as a potential teacher.
• Tian Benliu Dong Hui finished eating while a crowd gathered to watch him, then sent most of them away.
• Ning Fengzhi admitted that he had come to recruit Dong Hui, but Dong Hui said the group’s combined strength was no match for him.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Dong Hui what he thought of Spirit Hall, and Dong Hui reacted with hostility.
• Dong Hui praised Camelot as a fair nation, and Ning Fengzhi asked whether he would become a Paladin.

Ning Fengzhi tried to recruit Dong Hui, the Limit Douluo known as Tianben, into a new power to oppose Camelot and Spirit Hall. Dong Hui agreed to hear his plan, which called for a cohesive sect built from the continent’s remaining forces.

• Ning Fengzhi argued that Dong Hui would eventually be threatened by either Camelot or Spirit Hall, and that his strength could deter them.
• Dong Hui asked what he would gain by joining the remnants opposing the two powers, and Ning Fengzhi offered wealth, political authority, and the support of another Limit Douluo, Mojing.
• Dong Hui was persuaded to hear Ning Fengzhi’s plan and invited him to sit.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed establishing a new sect rather than a loose alliance, with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and figures from both empires as its foundation.
• Dong Hui praised Ning Fengzhi’s plan and warned that gathering the continent’s remaining forces would earn him hatred and likely require violent measures.

Ning Fengzhi explained that his proposed sect would unite smaller factions so they could bargain for favorable terms when Camelot and Spirit Hall fought for the continent. Dong Hui rejected the plan because it would let Spirit Hall preserve its power, and he blasted Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin out of the tavern.

• Dong Hui asked Ning Fengzhi how he would manage rival factions, and Ning Fengzhi said he would suppress them with force.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Dong Hui the position of High Priest and admitted the sect depended on his strength to negotiate with Camelot and Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi said the sect’s main purpose was to protect its clansmen and interests by joining one of the two great powers on better terms.
• Ning Fengzhi described the coming Paladin Era and explained that the sect would serve as a bargaining chip rather than challenge Camelot or Spirit Hall.
• Dong Hui objected that Ning Fengzhi’s plan would preserve Spirit Hall, then blasted Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin out of the tavern.

Dong Hui agreed to become the High Priest of Ning Fengzhi’s new sect after Ning Fengzhi persuaded him that his conflict with Spirit Hall was not a lasting enmity. As Dong Hui struggled to name the sect, Qian Daoliu chose “Body Sect,” while a search for the Mystic Heaven Palace uncovered an old record involving a Pope named Chang Yun.

• Dong Hui helped Chen Xin break through to rank ninety-seven, and Ning Fengzhi explained that Dong Hui’s grudges against Spirit Hall had faded.
• Ning Fengzhi argued that Spirit Hall would fare poorly against Camelot, and Dong Hui accepted the High Priest position in the new sect while warning Ning Fengzhi against further schemes.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Dong Hui to name the sect, but Dong Hui admitted he needed a few days to think.
• Qian Daoliu, Qing Yu, and Yin Long searched Spirit City’s underground Library for records that might point to the Mystic Heaven Palace, and Qian Daoliu named the new faction the Body Sect.
• A Library staff member found an old book recording trivial events from a Pope surnamed Chang Yun.

Qian Daoliu and the other Spirit Hall worshippers discovered that a staff member had witnessed figures connected to the Mystic Heaven Palace, including Chang Yunchen and Ning Ziying. Their search beneath Spirit City found no hidden structures, so they ordered further investigations into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Qian Daoliu questioned a staff member who had suddenly appeared dazed and learned that he had seen a crowned figure called A-Chen and someone holding a pagoda before they vanished into a crack as green smoke.
• Qian Daoliu and Yin Long searched beneath Spirit City but found only lava and no underground structures.
• Qian Daoliu concluded that Chang Yunchen's disappearance was likely connected to the Mystic Heaven Palace and told the others to keep searching.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Dong Hui and Second Brother to investigate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dong Hui complained to Tian'e about the investigation, then left to check on Yao'er and An'er before the Body Sect was established.

Tian Yao struggled to prepare the Soul Fighting Tournament’s closing ceremony and awards, while Angela agreed to represent Camelot alongside Rita. Outside the arena, Tang San and Lanba faced public ridicule, and Tang San backed down from a fight when he saw his opponents’ Spirit Rings.

• Tian Yao asked Angela for help distributing Spirit Bones and planning the closing ceremony after Qian Ningshuang left for the Sun Moon Continent.
• Angela suggested giving Lanba the awards “Indomitable” and “determination despite disfigurement,” then agreed to attend with Rita.
• Tang San and the Lanba team were mocked outside the Spirit Fighting Arena for placing sixteenth in the Soul Elder division.
• Xiao Wu defended Tang San against the jeers, but the loafers continued insulting him and challenged him to attack.
• Tang San prepared to use a Sleeve Arrow, then withdrew it after seeing the loafers’ Spirit Rings and entered the arena amid further mockery.

Lanba Team endured a mocking awards ceremony after placing sixteenth, while Tang San received no badge and brooded over the Spirit Hall team. His fury turned to killing intent until Angela appeared and pinned him down, prompting him to demand answers about her rise and Tang Hao’s death.

• Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen insisted that Lanba Team attend the awards ceremony despite its poor tournament performance.
• Xi Feng’s sarcastic speech mocked Lanba Team as the audience jeered, and the team received six “Indomitable” badges, leaving Tang San without one.
• Seele Fuleai mocked Lanba Team and challenged them to perform at the Spirit Master Tournament, while Tang San silently vowed to defeat the Spirit Hall team.
• Tang San’s killing intent became obvious, and a Paladin stomped him down before Angela arrived onstage as Camelot’s award presenter.
• Angela pinned Tang San beneath her foot, and Tang San demanded to know what she had done and how Tang Hao had died.

Angela revealed that she had informed Camelot of Tang Hao’s whereabouts, provoking Tang San to challenge her. She offered a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone as a wager, then dismissed her shields to begin the fight against Lanba’s seven members.

• Angela said she had told Camelot where Tang Hao was, and Tang San vowed to kill her.
• Angela challenged Tang San and invited his Rabbit Spirit girlfriend and Lanba teammates to join him.
• Angela wagered a Hundred Thousand Year mental-attribute skull bone against Lanba’s members kneeling and kowtowing if they lost.
• Tang San persuaded Lanba’s six other members to fight Angela, and they attacked her together.
• Angela blocked their assault with starlit shields and revealed four purple-gold Spirit Rings.
• Angela dismissed the shields and announced that the real performance was about to begin.

Angela overwhelmed the Lanba Team in the arena, first evading their attacks as she danced and then cutting them down with precise strikes. After unleashing a devastating soul skill, she left Tang San and Xiao Wu alone on the stage and challenged Tang San to use his hidden weapons.

• Tang San watched Angela effortlessly evade all seven Lanba members’ attacks and raged at the disparity between them.
• Angela began a graceful counterattack, wounding Tang San repeatedly while holding back and leaving the Lanba Team helpless.
• Angela told Tang San that he and his teammates were useless and overconfident, then unleashed Hundred Flowers—Heavenly Dance of Flowing Light.
• Golden Crocodile cleared the arena smoke, revealing that Tang San and Xiao Wu were the only Lanba members left on the stage.
• Angela suspended Xiao Wu with a Purple-Gold Light Chain, healed Tang San with Holy Light, and challenged him to use his hidden weapons.

Ning Fengzhi deduced that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and considered how the revelation could benefit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. On the arena, Angela steadily advanced through Tang San’s Hidden Weapons until he was cornered and begged her not to come closer.

• Ning Fengzhi questioned Tang San’s story about his father and concluded that Tang San’s behavior suggested a hidden identity.
• Ning Fengzhi connected Tang San’s concealed past, his Martial Souls, and Camelot’s interest in his father, then identified Tang Hao as his father.
• Ning Fengzhi decided Tang San’s connection to the Clear Sky Sect’s surviving bloodline could change how he handled him, though he still disliked Evil Soul Masters.
• Tang San attacked Angela with his Hidden Weapons and Tang Sect skills, but she deflected or endured every attack as she walked toward him.
• Tang San retreated to the edge of the arena and screamed for Angela to stop coming closer.

Angela defeated the Lanba Team while appearing to perform a dance, then vanished as the arena applauded. The spectators learned that she had stayed motionless in a corner while a convincing light phantom fought in her place.

• Tang San fired a crossbow bolt at Angela, but it passed through her phantom, and four Light Spears pinned him to the ground.
• Angela curtsied and disappeared, drawing thunderous applause from the arena.
• Chen Xin lamented the Lanba Team’s humiliating seven-against-one defeat, while Ning Fengzhi reconsidered his earlier judgment of Angela.
• Dai Weisi asked why the Lanba Team’s attacks had failed to hit Angela, and the VIP spectators turned to the experts for an explanation.
• Tian Benliu and Dong Hui explained that Angela’s Martial Soul was light, and Di Tian confirmed that her true body had stayed still in a corner while a nearly lifelike phantom fought.