Chapter Summaries

Shang An brought the Ice Empress and Snow Empress into his Small World, where they could escape Douluo's Heavenly Tribulations and pursue cultivation. After introducing them to the world and its guardian Divine Beasts, he took them to a town, where the Ice Empress eagerly asked to try Candied Hawthorn.

• The Ice Empress regained her strength in Shang An's Small World, transformed into human form, and explored while Snow Empress discussed staying with Shang An.
• The Ice Empress complained that the Small World was tiny, then met Ah Yin, Da Ming, and Er Ming and learned that Da Ming and Er Ming had sacrificed themselves to become guardian Divine Beasts.
• The Ice Empress questioned why Da Ming and Er Ming served Shang An, and the two beasts defended him and warned her not to insult him.
• Shang An taught Snow Empress and the Ice Empress to conceal their Spirit Beast auras, then left the Small World with them and Ni Huang.
• While walking through a town, the Ice Empress spotted a peddler selling Candied Hawthorn and asked Shang An to buy her some.

After returning to Spirit City, Shang An sent the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to live in his Small World. In Heaven Dou City, Tang San left Yu Xiaogang in charge of the Tang Sect and went to the Inheritance Land, while Yu Xiaogang accepted the State Preceptor position and accidentally revealed that Tang San had the potential to become a god.

• Shang An bought candied hawthorn for Ni Huang, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress during their travels, and the group returned to Spirit City after more than two months.
• The Snow Empress chose to live with the Ice Empress in Shang An's Small World, and Shang An opened its gate for them.
• Tang San left Yu Xiaogang to manage the Tang Sect and represent him in Heaven Dou before setting out for the Inheritance Land.
• Xue Qinghe invited Yu Xiaogang to become State Preceptor, and Yu Xiaogang accepted after considering the benefits for himself and Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Tang San had the potential to become a god, prompting Qian Renxue to suspect he had inherited a God Position and decide to inform Shang An.

Shang An told Bibi Dong that the gods were manipulating their inheritances to help Tang San and undermine Qian Renxue, while he planned to delay Tang San’s progress and grow strong enough to oppose the God Realm. Tang San began the God of Suffering’s Sixth Trial, and an unknown voice startled Thorn by questioning his identity.

• Qian Renxue sent Shang An a warning that Tang San had obtained a god’s inheritance, and Shang An assured her that Tang San could not threaten them yet.
• Shang An explained to Bibi Dong that the Rakshasa and Angel God Trials had been tampered with, and that the gods were targeting Qian Renxue to advance Tang San.
• Bibi Dong resolved to complete her Rakshasa inheritance and take revenge on the gods, while Shang An promised that they would all die.
• Tang San entered the Inheritance Land and began the God of Suffering’s Sixth Trial, which sent him collapsing into an endless illusion realm.
• An unknown voice asked Thorn whether he was the Deity’s priest, causing Thorn to respond in alarm.

Shang An broke into the God of Suffering’s Secret Realm and defeated Thorn, who had tried to drive him out. After dragging Thorn from the space between layers and searching his soul, Shang An learned that Thorn had been attacked just before completing the God of Suffering’s trials.

• Shang An entered the Secret Realm through spatial arts and demanded to know who Thorn was and what he wanted.
• Thorn attacked Shang An with Thorn Vines, but Shang An burned them away with Divine Fire and froze Thorn’s torture devices with Taiyi Divine Light.
• Thorn hid in the space between layers, but Shang An used Innate Qi Great Capture to pull him out and seize him.
• Thorn offered to obey Shang An, but Shang An used Soul Search and tore apart Thorn’s soul.
• Shang An learned that Thorn had been a Title Douluo who completed the Ninth Trial before a golden light descended, shattered his body, and nearly destroyed his soul.

Shang An discovered that Thorn had planned to seize Tang San’s body, then rebuilt Thorn’s soul into a loyal servant and took control of Tang San’s trials. He entered Tang San’s illusion and reshaped it into a nightmare that left Tang San facing a humiliating Chrysanthemum Power test.

• Thorn revealed that he had waited five hundred years and planned to take Tang San’s body after improving it through the God Trials.
• Shang An reconstructed Thorn’s soul and brainwashed him into a servant, gaining control over Tang San’s God Trials.
• Shang An entered Tang San’s illusion, replaced its false version of himself, and summoned a Psychic Power imitation of Yu Xiaogang.
• Shang An altered the illusion so Tang San awoke believing he had lost his Soul Power and was being taken to a Chrysanthemum Power test.
• Yu Xiaogang and an assistant carried Tang San to the Chrysanthemum Testing Pillar, and Yu Xiaogang slammed him down onto it as Tang San screamed.

Tang San completed the God of Suffering's sixth trial, but its reward was an embarrassing fart-based spirit skill. He accepted the seventh trial despite its three-year restriction on using his powers, and Thorn began ejecting him from the Secret Realm.

• In an illusion, Tang San endured humiliating suffering involving Yu Xiaogang, then woke and received the sixth-trial reward, the spirit bone skill Fart Like Thunder.
• Tang San angrily questioned Thorn about the spirit skill, but Thorn refused to exchange it and assured him the other rewards would not have the same problem.
• Tang San agreed to begin the seventh trial after hearing it would grant ten levels of soul power and a God-Given Spirit Ring.
• Thorn ordered Tang San to spend three years pretending to be an ordinary person without using skills, soul power, or hidden weapons, and warned him not to reveal the God Trial.
• Tang San accepted the trial to preserve his chance at godhood and began protesting as Thorn counted down the Secret Realm's closure.

Shang An created a network of divine statues that produced Adaptive Spirit Ring Crystals and announced their sale through Spirit Hall, promising to transform how Spirit Masters obtained Spirit Rings. Tang San returned from the Secret Realm with a bloody, injured face, while the Silver Dragon King awakened beneath Life Lake and remained weakened by her old wounds.

• Tang San was expelled from the Secret Realm, refused to use a skill during his fall, and smashed his face against a stone before leaving the forest with a nosebleed.
• Shang An refined a divine statue that produced Adaptive Spirit Ring Crystals, then made twelve powerful statues and 1,132 lower-tier statues to distribute across Spirit Hall branches.
• The Silver Dragon King awakened beneath Life Lake, sensed someone approaching, and suppressed the lingering injury from Asura's sword strike.
• Spirit Hall announced that registered Spirit Masters could buy Adaptive Spirit Ring Crystals at set prices, with the crystals providing suitable Spirit Rings without requiring Spirit Beast hunts.
• After the first users confirmed the crystals worked, people across the continent reacted with shock and excitement, praising Spirit Hall and Supreme God Taiyi.

Spirit Hall’s free Adaptive Spirit Ring Crystal program boosted its influence across the continent, alarming Star Luo Emperor Dai Tianfeng. After he ordered the White Tiger Secret Guard to attack Spirit Hall branches, the first raiders discovered that Spirit Hall had been waiting for them.

• Spirit Hall offered free first Spirit Rings and jobs or loans for Spirit Masters, while Shang An’s prestige and faith in the Taiyi God spread.
• Dai Tianfeng agreed with Zhu Hongyuan to seize Spirit Hall statues and ordered the White Tiger Secret Guard to raid branches below the major temples.
• The following night, Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Hongyuan waited anxiously in the imperial palace as the secret guard began its operation.
• Lu Hu led a squad to attack a small-city Spirit Hall branch, but found dozens of Spirit Masters there, including Spirit Emperors and two Spirit Saints.
• Lu Hu realized someone had exposed the plan and fled to warn the Star Luo Empire, but Spirit Hall pursued him.

Spirit Hall turned the Star Luo Empire’s failed attack on its branch halls into a pretext for declaring war, while stirring public outrage and rebellions across the empire. Dai Tianfeng faced unrest at home as Spirit Hall’s forces gathered at the border.

• A Spirit Hall Spirit Saint caught Lu Hu and killed him after Lu Hu’s counterattack failed.
• Dai Tianfeng grew anxious when the White Tiger Secret Guards sent no reports and told Zhu Hongyuan he suspected a spy.
• Spirit Hall accused Dai Tianfeng of attacking its branch halls, announced a declaration of war, and used its newspapers to report fabricated casualties and damage.
• Public anger over the loss of access to Adaptive Spirit Rings weakened the Star Luo Royal Family’s standing, despite officials’ attempts to suppress criticism.
• Officials in twelve provinces and cities rebelled as Spirit Hall’s legions gathered at the border, leaving the Star Luo Empire threatened from within and without.
• Dai Tianfeng smashed his treasured vases in fury over the simultaneous uprisings.

Dai Tianfeng ordered General Dela to surround the Spirit Temple and sent Shadow to seek Heaven Dou's help, but two Title Douluo forced the army to retreat. Spirit Hall then showed the people evidence of the White Tiger Secret Guard's crimes, turning public opinion against the Star Luo Royal Family.

• Dai Tianfeng ordered officials to deny Spirit Hall's accusations and sent Shadow to ask Emperor Qinghe for assistance.
• General Dela led troops to surround the Spirit Temple, but Silver Wolf Douluo and Iron Sword Douluo appeared, forcing the army to withdraw.
• Star Luo officials posted notices blaming Spirit Hall, and the public argued over which side was telling the truth.
• The Platinum Bishop played a Recording Stone showing a captured White Tiger Secret Guard member confessing to the royal family's crimes.
• Arranged witnesses described their families' losses, and the crowd turned against the Star Luo Royal Family after hearing the testimony.

Hu Liena arrived in the Star Luo Empire with Underworld Flower Douluo secretly protecting her while Spirit Hall used her Hypnosis to influence officials and public opinion. Tang San returned to Heaven Dou City unable to use his powers, and his encounter with Yu Xiaogang left him recoiling from his teacher’s touch.

• Shang An arranged for Underworld Flower Douluo to guard Hu Liena as she used her Emotional Power to help Spirit Hall influence Star Luo officials and public opinion.
• Tang San returned to Heaven Dou City and found crowds heading toward an unknown destination, but chose to go to the Tang Sect headquarters instead of joining them.
• Yu Xiaogang moved into the Tang Sect headquarters, ordered servants to arrange his treasures, and fantasized about taking revenge on Bibi Dong.
• Tang San arrived and told Yu Xiaogang that injuries had temporarily left him unable to use Soul Power or Soul Skills.
• Yu Xiaogang grabbed Tang San’s hand in concern, and Tang San recoiled, hiding the God Trial’s role in his loss of power.

Tang San hid that he could not use Soul Power, but Divine Doctor Gao exposed that he had been castrated while examining him. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall’s army reached the outskirts of Star Luo City, leaving Dai Tianfeng furious and abandoned by potential allies.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that injuries had left him unable to use Soul Power, and Yu Xiaogang vowed to find a cure.
• A servant told Tang San that people were visiting Spirit Hall to pray to Taiyi God and explained its Adaptive Spirit Ring announcements.
• Yu Xiaogang brought Ye Cunxin and Divine Doctor Gao to examine Tang San; Ye Cunxin found no bodily injury, while Divine Doctor Gao revealed that Tang San had been castrated.
• Tang San restrained himself from killing the doctors after Divine Doctor Gao left, and Yu Xiaogang told him to rest.
• Dai Tianfeng learned that Spirit Hall’s army had reached ten li from Star Luo City after taking more than half of Star Luo’s territory.
• Dai Tianfeng cursed Xue Qinghe and the Upper Three Sects for refusing to send aid as Spirit Hall approached the capital.

Dai Tianfeng regained hope when the Clear Sky Sect sent three Title Douluo to support Star Luo, while Spirit Hall’s commander, Tuoba Xi, prepared to face them. The three elders headed for Star Luo City, leaving the confrontation ahead.

• Dai Tianfeng received word that the Clear Sky Sect had dispatched three Title Douluo and ordered the city’s defenders to strengthen their defenses.
• The Clear Sky Sect’s Second Elder, Third Elder, and Seventh Elder arrived outside Star Luo City and agreed to meet Dai Tianfeng before engaging Spirit Hall.
• Tuoba Xi identified the three elders as Clear Sky Sect members and welcomed the chance to fight them.
• Tuoba Xi’s rise to Title Douluo and loyalty to Shang An were attributed to the Sacred Dragon Origin, which evolved his Martial Soul into the Radiant Sacred Dragon.

Dai Tianfeng welcomed three Clear Sky Sect elders to Star Luo City and secured their aid against Spirit Hall. When Spirit Hall’s army attacked, the elders prepared to defend the city while Dai Tianfeng moved to confront the two Title Douluo inside the Spirit Temple.

• Tuoba Xi ordered his army to prepare to attack Star Luo City in two hours.
• Dai Tianfeng personally greeted the Clear Sky Sect’s Second, Third, and Seventh Elders and hosted them with wine.
• The Seventh Elder boasted that the Clear Sky Sect could defeat Spirit Hall, while Dai Tianfeng praised the sect’s support.
• A eunuch reported that Spirit Hall’s army had attacked, and Dai Tianfeng struck him before hearing the news.
• The three Clear Sky Sect elders agreed to face Spirit Hall’s forces outside the city while Dai Tianfeng went to hold off the two Title Douluo in the Spirit Temple.
• Dai Tianfeng ordered someone to summon Empress Zhu Yunling so they could use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Dai Tianfeng’s Hell White Tiger fought Silver Wolf Douluo and Iron Sword Douluo outside the Spirit Temple, taking heavy injuries before turning the battle in its favor. As it attacked Iron Sword Douluo, a clear female voice unleashed a powerful Spirit Skill from behind.

• Dai Tianfeng’s Hell White Tiger confronted Silver Wolf Douluo and Iron Sword Douluo, who transformed and attacked it together.
• Silver Wolf Douluo bit through the White Tiger’s paw while Iron Sword Douluo wounded its left shoulder with his Eighth Spirit Skill.
• Dai Tianfeng entered Nether Form, strengthened the White Tiger, and drove Silver Wolf Douluo through several buildings.
• The White Tiger turned to attack Iron Sword Douluo, but a female voice suddenly sounded behind it and used the Eighth Spirit Skill, Blue Sky Yellow Springs.

Underworld Flower Douluo helped Spirit Hall capture Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Yunling, while Silver Wolf Douluo survived the battle. At Star Luo City, Tuoba Xi confronted Clear Sky Sect’s elders and revealed power strong enough to catch Seventh Elder’s hammer with his dragon claw.

• Underworld Flower Douluo knocked Dai Tianfeng unconscious, took Zhu Yunling, and ordered Iron Sword Douluo to capture Dai Tianfeng and retrieve Silver Wolf Douluo.
• Iron Sword Douluo bound Dai Tianfeng, broke his arms, and severed his Achilles tendons before finding Silver Wolf Douluo alive in the rubble.
• Iron Sword Douluo and Silver Wolf Douluo joined the Clear Sky Sect elders above Star Luo City as Spirit Hall’s army fought the city’s defenders.
• Tuoba Xi appeared before Third Elder, Second Elder, and Seventh Elder, who recognized him as a former Spirit Douluo opponent now risen to Title Douluo.
• Seventh Elder attacked Tuoba Xi with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Tuoba Xi caught it effortlessly with his golden dragon claw.

Tuoba Xi and three other Spirit Hall Title Douluo defeated and killed the three Clear Sky Sect elders, turning the Star Luo army’s defeat into a complete surrender. Helian She killed Star Luo City’s commander and helped Spirit Hall take control of the city’s defenses.

• Tuoba Xi overpowered Seventh Elder, then faced Second Elder, Third Elder, and Seventh Elder as three more Spirit Hall Title Douluo arrived to support him.
• Tuoba Xi fought Second Elder and killed him, while the other three Spirit Hall Title Douluo killed Third Elder and then Seventh Elder.
• Tuoba Xi announced that Spirit Hall had slain three Clear Sky Sect Title Douluo and ordered the Star Luo soldiers to surrender.
• Helian She killed the commander defending Star Luo City and called on the soldiers to surrender to Spirit Hall.
• The Star Luo soldiers laid down their weapons, and Spirit Hall took over Star Luo City’s defenses.

Spirit Hall completed its takeover of the Star Luo Empire and proclaimed the Spirit Hall Empire, while the Clear Sky Sect debated how to respond to the deaths of three elders. Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived at Clear Sky Hall with Fourth Elder’s dead son, provoking him into battle.

• Tuoba Xi accepted Zhu Hongyuan’s help in securing the Star Luo palace, and Spirit Hall took the Dai Family’s imperial bloodline into custody.
• Zhu Hongyuan explained that he had betrayed Star Luo to protect the Zhu Family, while Dai Weisi threatened revenge before Spirit Hall’s forces carried him away.
• Spirit Hall announced the Spirit Hall Empire with Bibi Dong as its first emperor, drawing varied reactions from the continent’s major powers.
• Tang Xiao urged the Clear Sky Sect elders to postpone revenge, but Fourth Elder insisted on leaving to avenge his fallen brothers.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo entered Clear Sky Hall carrying Tang Bao’s corpse, and Fourth Elder attacked him with the Clear Sky Hammer.

Spirit Hall’s Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo defeated the Clear Sky Sect’s elders and fought its sect master, Tang Xiao, who sacrificed himself with Ring Detonation. After the battle, they continued the order to wipe out the sect, while Shang An’s dominance over Spirit Hall was made clear.

• Ghost Douluo restrained Tang Xiao as Chrysanthemum Douluo’s attack struck Fourth Elder and Fifth Elder, sending them flying.
• Tang Xiao used Ring Detonation to fight Chrysanthemum Douluo, but his Heaven-Surpassing Strike was broken and his body was critically damaged.
• Tang Xiao detonated all nine Spirit Rings and attacked again, prompting Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to use their Two-Yi Static Domain.
• Tang Xiao detonated himself, breaking through the domain and blasting apart the mountaintop, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo survived with minor injuries.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo headed down the mountain to carry out Shang An’s order to spare no one in the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Daoliu accepted Shang An’s plan as Spirit Hall’s elders and Bibi Dong backed him, leaving Shang An with the allegiance of most of its Title Douluos.

Shang An traveled to Life Lake to meet the Silver Dragon King and captured three Thousand-Jun Ant Emperors along the way. He entered Gu Yuena’s hidden space and grew suspicious of her strangely familiar, nervous manner toward him.

• Qian Daoliu worried that Shang An might be taken by another woman and began writing Qian Renxue another letter urging her to pursue him.
• Shang An went to Life Lake to meet the Silver Dragon King and captured three near-hundred-thousand-year Thousand-Jun Ant Emperors for his teacher’s Martial Soul.
• Shang An spotted Di Tian and six other Fierce Beasts guarding a hidden space beneath the lake, then used the Space Law to enter without being noticed.
• Shang An met Gu Yuena inside a room resembling a young girl’s bedroom, and she nervously invited him to call her by name.
• Shang An sensed that Gu Yuena treated him with unexpected familiarity and wondered why her attitude seemed so wrong.