Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong accepted Tang San as an ally and named him Holy Son of the Rakshasa Cult. The comparison video showed the continent descending into chaos while Spirit Hall sheltered refugees around Spirit City and spread Qian Xunji’s faith.

• Tang San cursed Tang Hao, convincing Bibi Dong that his hatred was genuine.
• Bibi Dong gave Tang San an opportunity and named him the Holy Son of the Rakshasa Cult.
• The video showed Tang Xiao preparing the Seed Plan while Tang Hao entered seclusion to pursue Title Douluo.
• Bibi Dong’s infiltration plan let puppet nobles exploit the people, fueling the rise of Evil Soul Masters and undermining enforcement efforts.
• Spirit Hall protected its surrounding lands and resettled refugees, distributing farmland and farming tools while promoting Qian Xunji’s teachings and pantheon.

The Field Grant Decree strengthened Spirit Hall’s faith and military by tying land ownership to religious practice and service, while the Heaven Dou and Star Luo emperors recognized they could not safely copy it. Meanwhile, Tang Xiao launched Clear Sky Sect’s plan to flee overseas, placing Tang Hao in charge of its branch near Sea God Island.

• Qian Xunji’s Field Grant Decree gave immigrant families land and farming support while requiring able-bodied men to join the Martial Soul Holy Army.
• Xue Ye and Dai Tianfeng saw the decree’s military benefits but feared angering their noble classes and Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xiao assembled hundreds of selected Clear Sky Sect disciples and prepared wealth, records, weapons, and supplies for their departure.
• Tang Xiao gave Tang Hao a sect master token and sea chart, appointing him leader of Clear Sky Sect’s overseas branch.
• Tang Hao led Tang San and the disciples out through the mountains, heading for Vast Sea City to meet their families and sail for Sea God Island.

Qian Xunji successfully created Dominator's Spirit and Blood Soul Dharma Image, then used his new understanding of power to preserve Snow Empress and Ice Empress as energy beings during their sacrifices. The chapter ended with both Empresses alive within Yinglong’s Soul Rings and able to manifest independently.

• Qian Xunji created Dominator's Spirit and Blood Soul Dharma Image by combining Bloodline Power with Spiritual Power and Soul Power, respectively.
• Qian Xunji guided Snow Empress through a sacrifice that separated her soul from her Soul Power and merged her with the life force that would have formed a Soul Bone.
• Snow Empress emerged as an energy body and entered the fourth Soul Ring on Martial Soul Yinglong.
• Qian Xunji repeated the process for Ice Empress, who emerged as an energy body and entered Yinglong’s fifth Soul Ring.
• Qian Xunji sensed Snow Empress and Ice Empress within the Soul Rings, and both Empresses manifested beside Yinglong as independent beings.

Qian Xunji successfully changed Snow Empress and Ice Empress's sacrifices so they could remain conscious and free as Soul Spirits, then headed to the Star Dou Great Forest to strengthen his Bloodline Power. Di Tian sensed the approaching Yinglong's royal dragon bloodline and was stunned when Qian Xunji arrived.

• Qian Xunji confirmed that Snow Empress and Ice Empress retained their consciousness, freedom, and elemental abilities as Soul Spirits.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Snow Empress and Ice Empress could remain with them, and Qian Xunji said they could as long as they had Soul Power.
• Qian Xunji reflected that the altered sacrifices gave him little Bloodline Power and decided to ask Di Tian, Bear Lord, and Scarlet King for sacrifices.
• Qian Xunji rode Martial Soul Yinglong to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Di Tian sensed an approaching aura with dragon blood purer than his own.
• Qian Xunji arrived above the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area, and Di Tian froze at the sight of him and Martial Soul Yinglong.

Qian Xunji demanded that Di Tian have Bear Lord and Scarlet King sacrifice themselves for his Yinglong Martial Soul, and Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to accept because she hoped Qian Xunji’s Golden Dragon Bloodline could help restore the Dragon God’s power. The chapter ended with Bear Lord and Scarlet King reluctantly agreeing after Di Tian promised that Qian Xunji would revive them and reconstruct their bodies after becoming a god.

• Di Tian recognized the Golden Dragon Bloodline in Qian Xunji’s Yinglong Martial Soul and was shocked that a human possessed it.
• Qian Xunji demanded that Bear Lord and Scarlet King sacrifice themselves, threatening to hunt them if Di Tian refused.
• Gu Yuena told Di Tian to accept the demand, explaining her plan to use Qian Xunji’s bloodline to advance the Dragon Clan’s revival.
• Di Tian agreed on the condition that Qian Xunji revive Bear Lord and Scarlet King and reconstruct their bodies after becoming a god.
• Di Tian relayed Gu Yuena’s plan to Bear Lord and Scarlet King, and they reluctantly agreed to sacrifice themselves.

The Comparison Video revealed that Gu Yuena had ordered Di Tian to secure Bear Lord and Scarlet King's sacrifices for Qian Xunji. After both Soul Beasts sacrificed themselves, Qian Xunji formed a Bloodline Core and gained their Soul Rings and powerful bones, then left for Spirit City as Di Tian hoped Gu Yuena would later abduct him.

• Qian Renxue asked Snow Empress about Di Tian's mysterious Master, and Snow Empress identified her as the legendary half-body of the Dragon God and common master of Soul Beasts.
• Gu Yuena realized that Qian Xunji had discovered her involvement and feared that his preparations would make him harder to defeat.
• Scarlet King sacrificed himself to Qian Xunji, giving him a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a torso bone while strengthening his Bloodline Power.
• Bear Lord sacrificed himself next, and Qian Xunji condensed a Bloodline Core as Bear Lord's Soul Ring and Dark Gold Terrorclaw fused with him.
• Qian Xunji promised Di Tian that he would revive Bear Lord and Scarlet King after becoming a god, then flew toward Spirit City on Yinglong.
• Di Tian hoped Gu Yuena would later abduct Qian Xunji, while a drastic upheaval began in Heaven Dou Imperial City.

After Xue Ye and the four princes were found poisoned with an incurable toxin, suspicion fell on Prince Xue Xing because he and his son Xue Wuya were unharmed. The emperor and every direct heir died, leaving Xue Xing under house arrest as the Heaven Dou Empire descended into crisis.

• Dugu Bo examined Xue Ye and the four princes, found that they had all been poisoned, and said the toxin had no cure.
• Zhi Lin accused Prince Xue Xing of poisoning the imperial family so his son Xue Wuya could claim the throne, and suspicion spread through the court.
• In the Black World, Xue Ye and Prince Xue Xing feared that the White World's events would make them appear guilty.
• Xue Wuya told Xue Xing to request confinement in the palace while secretly searching for the culprit, but they uncovered no clues.
• Xue Ye and the princes died one after another, leaving the Heaven Dou Empire without an emperor or direct heirs.
• Prince Xue Xing was placed under house arrest, while Xue Wuya struggled to act amid the court's suspicions and the empire's growing turmoil.

Bibi Dong revealed that she had orchestrated the deaths of Emperor Xue Ye and his four sons, then sent Heaven Dou’s vassal states to invade under the pretext of punishing Prince Xue Xing. As the empire’s court struggled to choose a successor and repel the rebellion, Qian Renchuan brought Qian Xunji news of the royal deaths.

• Bibi Dong ordered her agents to begin the next stage of her plan by having vassal states issue declarations accusing Prince Xue Xing of regicide and march on Heaven Dou City.
• Heaven Dou’s ministers debated whether Princess Xue Ke or a male relative should inherit the throne before learning that the vassal armies had gathered at the borders.
• Meng Shenji sent envoys to explain the succession crisis, but the vassal rulers had them executed and accused the ministers of conspiracy.
• Meng Shenji realized the kingdoms and principalities were carrying out an organized rebellion intended to destroy or divide Heaven Dou.
• Qian Renchuan reported to Qian Xunji that Emperor Xue Ye and his four princes had died in suspected poisonings, startling him.

Qian Xunji recognized the invasion of the Heaven Dou Empire as a Rakshasa Cult plot and planned to use the resulting collapse to let Spirit Hall annex the empire. The comparison video showed the allied armies and Bibi Dong crushing Heaven Dou’s defenders at Falling Eagle Gorge.

• Qian Xunji blamed the Rakshasa Cult for the coordinated accusations against Prince Xue Xing and the vassal states’ invasion, then resolved to let the crisis weaken Heaven Dou for Spirit Hall’s benefit.
• After watching the comparison video, Bibi Dong left Tang San at the Rakshasa Cult headquarters and prepared to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Soul Ring for her Second Martial Soul.
• More than five hundred thousand allied troops broke through Heaven Dou’s border defenses and advanced toward the imperial city as the empire’s main forces remained tied down at the borders.
• Meng Shenji led the Royal Knights and Royal Imperial Guard out to meet the invaders, but encountered the Rakshasa Cult’s Evil Soul Masters and Bibi Dong at Falling Eagle Gorge.
• Bibi Dong’s forces inflicted heavy casualties on the Royal Knights, while Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan struggled against Rakshasa Cult elders under the pressure of her domains.

The allied army and Rakshasa Cult forces overwhelmed Heaven Dou’s defenders and sacked Heaven Dou Imperial City. Bibi Dong captured Prince Xue Xing and began taking revenge on him, while the city burned and was reduced to ruins.

• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin were defeated, leaving Heaven Dou Imperial City without its final military defense.
• The corrupted allied commanders let their soldiers and Rakshasa Cult Evil Soul Masters sack the city, killing civilians and setting buildings ablaze.
• Bibi Dong entered the palace side hall and confronted Prince Xue Xing, who recognized her as the woman he had once imprisoned.
• Bibi Dong bound Xue Xing with spider threads and crushed his left leg while he begged for mercy.
• Bibi Dong ordered her followers to keep Xue Xing alive until she captured his son, Xue Wuya, and could kill him in front of his father.
• Heaven Dou Imperial City burned for days and was ultimately reduced to ruins.

After Heaven Dou Imperial City fell to Bibi Dong’s allied forces, panic spread and refugees fled toward Spirit Hall’s territory. Qian Xunji used the collapse as grounds to announce Spirit Hall’s intervention and ordered its forces to advance into the rebellious kingdoms and principalities.

• News of Heaven Dou Imperial City’s destruction spread across the continent, and commoners fled toward Spirit City for safety.
• Qian Renchuan reported the city’s fall and the suspected involvement of Rakshasa Cult Evil Soul Masters to Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunji concluded that the Rakshasa Cult was deliberately destroying continental order and predicted that the Clear Sky Sect and Star Luo Empire would respond.
• Qian Xunji ordered Spirit Hall to condemn the allied kingdoms and principalities, proclaim their failure to protect their people, and send troops into their territories under the banner of restoring order.

Qian Xunji explained to Qian Renchuan how Spirit Hall could expand into Heaven Dou territory while winning the commoners’ support. He planned to make Soul Masters and ordinary people repeatedly petition Spirit Hall to establish an empire, leaving it to appear that the people had compelled the move.

• Qian Renchuan worried that occupying another nation's territory would lack justification and invite criticism.
• Qian Xunji told Qian Renchuan that Spirit Hall needed the commoners’ support, not the approval of nobles and rival powers.
• Qian Xunji explained that Spirit Hall would expand its protection and purge Evil Soul Masters without initially declaring itself a nation.
• Qian Renchuan asked why Spirit Hall should not immediately establish an empire and unify the continent.
• Qian Xunji proposed convening a new Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects Selection Conference and portraying Spirit Hall as unable to protect everyone without greater power.
• Qian Xunji planned to arrange for Soul Masters and commoners to petition repeatedly for Spirit Hall to establish an empire, making its eventual founding appear to be a response to their pleas.

Qian Xunji used Spirit Hall’s public condemnation of the rebel forces to justify taking control of territories across the collapsing Heaven Dou Empire. With civilians welcoming Spirit Hall’s promise of order and rival factions denouncing it as annexation, he mobilized his legions to march into the affected regions.

• Bone Douluo condemned Qian Xunji’s conduct, while Ning Fengzhi admired his leadership and blamed Qian Daoliu for Spirit Hall’s failure in the black world.
• Spirit Hall announced that it would enter territories abandoned to chaos, protect civilians, suppress evil soul masters, and restore order.
• Civilians rushed to seek Spirit Hall’s protection, while the Star Luo Empire, Clear Sky Sect, and other powers denounced the announcement as a hypocritical land grab.
• Qian Xunji ordered Spirit Hall’s branches and elite legions to prepare for campaigns into the Balak Kingdom, Häagen-Dazs Principality, and Silves Kingdom.
• Qian Xunji rallied his assembled forces with a call to save the people and pacify the nation, then sent the legions and garrison troops marching toward their targets.

After Spirit Hall halted its expansion, Qian Xunji announced a tournament to select new Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects, drawing mixed reactions from sects and enthusiastic support from commoners. Meanwhile, Tang Hao prepared to leave the newly established overseas Clear Sky Sect branch and travel to Sea God Island for the Sea God Trial.

• Spirit Hall expanded its territory for half a year, suppressed resistance and Evil Soul Masters, then paused its campaigns and consolidated its borders.
• Qian Xunji announced a tournament to choose new Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects and unite Soul Masters against Evil Soul Masters.
• Dai Tianfeng condemned the tournament as a pretext for Spirit Hall to control the Soul Master World.
• Tang Xiao decided that Clear Sky Sect would participate and fight for an Upper Three Sects position.
• Huyan Zhen and Feng Bailong saw opportunities for their sects, while commoners welcomed Spirit Hall’s plan.
• After settling the Clear Sky Sect’s overseas branch, Tang Hao set out for Sea God Island to attempt the Sea God Trial.

Tang Hao reached Sea God Island and proved his strength to Seahorse Douluo Ou Ya, seeking to undergo the Sea God's trial. The trial's light rose beyond red to golden, leaving a golden trident mark on Tang Hao's forehead.

• Tang Hao fought through Demon Soul Great White Sharks and landed on Sea God Island.
• Tang Hao identified himself as Tang Chen's grandson and asked to join Sea God Island and undergo the Sea God's trial.
• Seahorse Douluo Ou Ya tested Tang Hao in the Sea within a Sea, and Tang Hao defeated the Seahorse Spirit Beasts and reached the central platform.
• Seahorse Douluo Ou Ya accepted Tang Hao's strength and guided him to stand before the Seahorse Sacred Pillar.
• The trial's light turned red, then eight red pillars converged as a golden beam enveloped Tang Hao and left a golden trident mark on his forehead.

Poseidon issued Bo Saixi a Divine Oracle ordering Sea God Island to help Tang Hao inherit his godhood and aid the continent against Spirit Hall. Bo Saixi met Tang Hao at the Seahorse Sacred Pillar and explained the Nine Trials, leaving him eager to become a god and reclaim power.

• Poseidon condemned Spirit Hall and ordered Bo Saixi to help Tang Hao pass the Nine Trials, then lead Sea God Island's forces to support the Star Luo Empire.
• Nine beams of red light converged above Sea God Island, and Bo Saixi flew to the Sea within a Sea to find Tang Hao bearing a golden trident mark.
• Bo Saixi doubted Tang Hao's potential but suppressed her misgivings and recognized him as Tang Chen's grandson.
• Tang Hao told Bo Saixi that Tang Chen had left to pursue godhood and had not returned for decades.
• Bo Saixi explained that passing the Nine Trials would let Tang Hao inherit the Sea God's position, and Tang Hao became excited by the prospect of ruling the continent and reclaiming Third Sister.

In the Black World, Bibi Dong killed a Parasitic Demon Spider and a Puppet Demon Spider in the Star Dou Great Forest, absorbing their Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and gaining new abilities. The Comparison Video then showed that the Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects Selection Tournament had begun in the White World.

• Bibi Dong found a Parasitic Demon Spider and destroyed its swarm with her domains before killing it with Space-Rending Abyss Slash.
• Bibi Dong absorbed the Parasitic Demon Spider's Soul Ring and gained a Soul-Devouring Spider-like skill.
• A Puppet Demon Spider arrived and sent three controlled Ten Thousand Year soul beasts to attack Bibi Dong and Tang San.
• Bibi Dong defeated the controlled soul beasts, killed the Puppet Demon Spider, and absorbed its Soul Ring to gain Puppet Control.
• The Comparison Video showed that three months after Qian Xunji's announcement, the Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects Selection Tournament began.

Qian Xunji held the Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects Selection Tournament, using its results to bring nearly every major sect under Spirit Hall’s influence. After learning of his success, Bibi Dong shifted her attention to the Star Luo Empire, since the Clear Sky Sect was still too powerful to attack.

• Spirit Hall built a tournament venue at Wind Cloud Gorge and welcomed sect delegations from across the continent, including the Clear Sky Sect led by Tang Xiao.
• Qian Xunji opened the tournament, announced the rules, and said sects with a Title Douluo could compete for the Upper Three Sects while the others would vie for the Lower Four Sects.
• After three months of arena battles, Qian Xunji named the Clear Sky Sect, Sacred Dragon Sect, and Elephant Armor Sect the Upper Three Sects, and the Nine Heart Begonia Sect, Ice Phoenix Sect, Dragon Snake Sect, and Wind Sword Sect the Lower Four Sects.
• Bibi Dong received news that Qian Xunji had gained near-total control over the Soul Master World, but judged that she and the Rakshasa Cult could not yet defeat the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bibi Dong turned her attention to the Star Luo Empire.

Bibi Dong manipulated Dai Mubai and the vassal kingdoms into rebelling against the Star Luo Empire, then sent Rakshasa Cult forces to exploit the resulting battle and target Emperor Dai Tianfeng. As Dai Tianfeng neared defeat at Xuanwu Gate, Tang Hao arrived with the Sea God Trident and attacked the rebels.

• Bibi Dong used Hu Mei'er to turn Dai Mubai against the Star Luo Empire and help him ally with rebellious vassal kingdoms.
• Dai Mubai and the allied forces launched a surprise attack on Star Luo Imperial City, forcing Dai Tianfeng and Dai Mubai into battle before Xuanwu Gate.
• Bibi Dong deployed Rakshasa Cult fighters to sabotage the city and help the rebels overwhelm Dai Tianfeng.
• Dai Tianfeng was wounded and surrounded as Dai Weisi tried to reach him and Dai Mubai urged the rebels to kill him.
• Tang Hao arrived above the imperial palace and struck the rebels with the Sea God Trident.

Tang Hao arrived at the Star Luo battlefield and used the Sea God Trident to rescue Dai Tianfeng’s forces, then fought Bibi Dong in a fierce clash. Bibi Dong was injured and retreated, while Dai Mubai fled with the rebels into the night.

• Tang Hao swept into the rebel army with the Sea God Trident, destroying rebels and purifying Rakshasa Cult Evil Soul Masters as Dai Tianfeng’s soldiers rallied.
• Bibi Dong confronted Tang Hao, but his Sea God Trident blocked her Space-Rending Abyss Slash and weakened her Death and Rakshasa domains.
• Tang Hao and Bibi Dong exchanged attacks across the battlefield, with the trident’s divine power restraining Bibi Dong’s sinister abilities.
• Bibi Dong’s Death Destruction collided with Tang Hao’s Boundless Sea, World-Settling Strike, leaving both fighters battered and Bibi Dong worse injured.
• Bibi Dong ordered a retreat and escaped, and Dai Mubai fled with the surviving rebels amid the confusion.