Chapter Summaries

The Star Luo Empire chose to wait for Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire to weaken each other, while Spirit Hall swept through Heaven Dou territory with widespread support from the people. Its advance stalled at Jialing Pass until Sea God Island’s soul masters appeared, leaving Ao Zhan unafraid of the newcomers.

• Dai Weisi advised Dai Tianfeng not to attack Spirit City while Qian Daoliu remained there, but to watch the war and intervene if Spirit Hall threatened to destroy the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Dai Tianfeng approved the plan, and the Star Luo Empire began gathering intelligence and secretly mobilizing its forces.
• Spirit Hall advanced through the Heaven Dou Empire as commoners supplied its army and many Heaven Dou soldiers surrendered or turned against their officers.
• Spirit Hall drove the Heaven Dou forces back to Jialing Pass, where Yu Yuanzhen, Sword and Bone Douluo, Tang Xiao, and imperial troops slowed its advance.
• Sea God Island’s soul masters arrived above Jialing Pass through the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud with help from Space God, and Ao Zhan recognized Poseidon’s role but remained confident.

Bo Saixi arrived at Jialing Pass through the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and immediately attacked Ao Zhan, whom she blamed for defeating her and insulting Sea God. While Ao Zhan fought her, Spirit Hall’s elders and army engaged Sea God Island’s forces, and the chapter ended as Ao Zhan prepared to catch her divine attack barehanded.

• Bo Saixi recognized Ao Zhan and vowed to kill him, while Ao Zhan explained to Golden Crocodile that Poseidon had used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to teleport Sea God Island’s Soul Masters to the battlefield.
• Golden Crocodile went to oversee the battlefield and sent Spirit Hall’s elders to fight the Seven Sacred Pillars, leaving Ao Zhan to face Bo Saixi and Yu Yuanzhen.
• Bo Saixi landed at Jialing Pass, ignored Yu Yuanzhen, and charged at Ao Zhan, who knocked her back with a punch and a kick.
• The Seven Sacred Pillars battled Spirit Hall’s elders, while Sea God Island’s Soul Masters joined the army’s fight and quickly fell behind on land.
• Bo Saixi unleashed a sea-blue blast with her Sea God Sacrificial Scepter, and Ao Zhan extended his bare hand to receive it.

Ao Zhan overwhelmed Yu Yuanzhen and Bo Saixi at Jialing Pass, while the Asura God ordered someone released. In Slaughter City, Tang Chen regained consciousness after the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King left his body.

• Yu Yuanzhen struck Ao Zhan from behind with his Eighth Soul Skill, but Ao Zhan emerged unharmed and stronger.
• Ao Zhan crushed Yu Yuanzhen into Jialing Pass's wall, then blasted Bo Saixi and challenged them both to attack together.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Bo Saixi activated their Martial Soul Avatars and charged at Ao Zhan.
• The Asura God watched the battle and ordered, "Release him," then sent a voice transmission to Rakshasa.
• The Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King flew out of the King of Slaughter, and Tang Chen regained consciousness.

Tang Chen failed the Asura God Trial and was appointed the Asura God's High Priest, then received healing and a transformed Martial Soul. The Asura God began explaining the conflict spreading across the Douluo Continent and gave Tang Chen a task.

• Tang Chen regained control of his body and learned that the Asura God had appointed him High Priest after he failed the Ninth Trial.
• The Asura God explained that the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King had possessed Tang Chen as part of the trial, and Tang Chen reluctantly spared it.
• The Asura God used Slaughter City's accumulated life energy to restore Tang Chen to peak condition and upgrade his Clear Sky Hammer into the Asura Magic Hammer.
• The Asura God told Tang Chen that Tang Hao had failed to blow himself up in Spirit City and that Spirit Hall had used Tang Yuehua's Moonlight Pavilion operation as a pretext to wage war against the Heaven Dou Empire.

Tang Chen learned that Spirit Hall had devastated the Clear Sky Sect and was sent to Jialing Pass to help fight it, while Danielle received a similar order from the Rakshasa God. At Jialing Pass, Ao Zhan overwhelmed Bo Saixi and Yu Yuanzhen, and Yu Yuanzhen’s admission that Qian Daoliu had defeated him left Bo Saixi shaken.

• The Asura God told Tang Chen that Spirit Hall had destroyed the Clear Sky Sect’s strength and ordered him to join the battle at Jialing Pass.
• Tang Chen agreed to go, eager to see Bo Saixi again, though the Asura God warned him that Ao Zhan was now Spirit Hall’s strongest fighter.
• The Rakshasa God ordered Danielle to join Yu Yuanzhen, Bo Saixi, and Tang Chen at Jialing Pass, and Danielle left Shrek Academy.
• Ao Zhan struck Bo Saixi with Azure-Green Lightning and knocked Yu Yuanzhen back while keeping both Divine High Priests on the defensive.
• Ao Zhan taunted Bo Saixi as the weakest of the three Limit Douluo and argued that Qian Daoliu had defeated both Tang Chen and Yu Yuanzhen.
• Bo Saixi questioned Yu Yuanzhen, who admitted that Qian Daoliu had beaten him, leaving her in disbelief.

After Spirit Hall’s overwhelming victory, Ao Zhan attacked Bo Saixi and Yu Yuanzhen with two compressed lightning spheres. Yu Yuanzhen’s full counter failed to stop them, and the spheres closed in while Bo Saixi remained stunned.

• Yu Yuanzhen recognized Bo Saixi’s shock after Ao Zhan challenged what she believed about Qian Daoliu.
• Spirit Hall’s forces defeated the opposing armies and badly wounded the Sea God Island fighters, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Fengzhi.
• Golden Crocodile confirmed Qian Daoliu had lost to Tang Chen by a hair after surrendering his advantages and fighting head-on.
• Ao Zhan fired two Azure Thunder Art lightning spheres at Bo Saixi and Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yu Yuanzhen unleashed his enhanced powers and ninth Soul Skill, but Ao Zhan’s lightning spheres broke through his attack and defenses.

Tang Chen returned to the battlefield and reunited with Bo Saixi, but Ao Zhan struck them while they were distracted. A masked woman named Danielle attacked Ao Zhan and was knocked back, leaving him demanding to know who she was.

• Tang Chen appeared and stopped his hammer from being destroyed by the lightning spheres, prompting the Clear Sky Sect survivors to welcome him.
• Ao Zhan revealed that Tang Chen had been controlled by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King in Slaughter City and had become the Asura God's High Priest after failing his Ninth Trial.
• Bo Saixi told Tang Chen she loved him regardless of whether he could become a god, and the two embraced.
• Ao Zhan punched Tang Chen in the back, then struck him and Bo Saixi with a column of azure light while Bo Saixi was distracted.
• Danielle attacked Ao Zhan from behind with her scythe, but he dodged and kicked off her mask, then asked who she was.

Ao Zhan fought Tang Chen, Bo Saixi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Danielle in the sky while Gu Yuena explained why the four Divine High Priests could not seriously threaten him. She reassured Spirit Hall's leaders as the battle continued, and Qian Xunji asked why she had come from Spirit City.

• Danielle recovered and challenged Ao Zhan, then joined Tang Chen, Bo Saixi, and Yu Yuanzhen against him.
• Ao Zhan led the four Divine High Priests into the sky to keep their battle from endangering the people below.
• The four attacked Ao Zhan overhead while both armies watched from Jialing Pass.
• Golden Crocodile told Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo that Ao Zhan would grow stronger as he fought and did not need reinforcements.
• Gu Yuena explained that even if the gods took control of their High Priests, they could not reach the strength of a true divine officer, and said Ao Zhan could likely kill one.
• Qian Xunji asked Gu Yuena whether something had happened in Spirit City.

Ao Zhan overwhelmed Tang Chen, Bo Saixi, Danielle, and Yu Yuanzhen in battle, then used his Azure Dragon Martial Soul and Dragon Might to overpower all four of their domains. The High Priests were left trapped in a tiny space as Ao Zhan’s power forced their domains back.

• Gu Yuena explained that Spirit City remained safe and said she had come after sensing the Asura and Rakshasa divine powers; Guang Ling then helped organize the others’ retreat behind her protective barrier.
• Ao Zhan fought all four Divine High Priests at once, striking Yu Yuanzhen and Danielle while disrupting Bo Saixi’s water attacks.
• Tang Chen used his Martial Soul Avatar and Heaven-Striking Blow, but Ao Zhan countered with Azure Lightning Dragon Head Breaker and blasted Tang Chen away with a green beam.
• Bo Saixi told Tang Chen that Ao Zhan had defeated and humiliated her before, prompting Tang Chen to rally the others to use their domains.
• Ao Zhan released his Azure Dragon Martial Soul and Dragon Might, halted the four expanding domains, and compressed them into a small space despite the High Priests’ efforts to reinforce them.

Ao Zhan defeated the four Divine High Priests and let Tang Chen unleash his strongest Ring Detonation attack. He blocked it without injury and left Tang Chen unable to fight, while the Asura God could not heal him through Ao Zhan’s Azure Dragon Martial Soul.

• Ao Zhan shattered the four Divine High Priests’ domain and asked whether they had any other tricks.
• Tang Chen told the other three Divine High Priests to restrain Ao Zhan while he used the Ring Detonation Secret Technique, and they attacked Ao Zhan together.
• Ao Zhan defended himself with his Azure Dragon Martial Soul and allowed Tang Chen to detonate his spirit rings and strike with the Asura Magic Hammer.
• Ao Zhan caught Tang Chen in the Azure Dragon’s claw and revealed that Tang Chen’s attack had not broken his defense.
• Tang Chen’s backlash left him unable to fight, and the Asura God could not heal him because Ao Zhan’s Azure Dragon Martial Soul would absorb the healing energy.
• Bo Saixi and the others saw that Ao Zhan was unharmed and lost hope.

Ao Zhan defeated Bo Saixi, Yu Yuanzhen, Danielle, and Tang Chen, then demanded that the Heaven Dou side surrender Tang Yuehua and her accomplices, along with Tang Xiao. When Tang Chen refused, Ao Zhan knocked him down and reminded him that the Clear Sky Sect had once suffered the same humiliation.

• Ao Zhan unleashed Azure Splendor Shines Upon the World, severely injuring Bo Saixi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Danielle before throwing Tang Chen to the ground.
• Spirit Hall's forces celebrated Ao Zhan's victory, while the Heaven Dou Empire, the Upper Three Sects, and the Clear Sky Sect despaired.
• Ao Zhan demanded Tang Yuehua and her accomplices, and said Tang Xiao had to come with them; Tang Chen refused to surrender his grandchildren.
• Ao Zhan punched Tang Chen and kicked Bo Saixi away when she rushed to help him, while Yu Yuanzhen and Danielle declined to continue fighting.
• Ao Zhan planted his foot on Tang Chen's head and recalled how Tang Xiao and Tang Hao had once been pinned beneath the feet of Spirit Hall's fighters.

Ao Zhan defeated Tang Chen and forced him to choose between his life and the Clear Sky Sect, then had Tang Yuehua captured and brought before her bound brother. He summoned Ning Fengzhi and questioned him about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s ties to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, leaving Ning Fengzhi anxious about Ao Zhan’s intentions.

• Ao Zhan pinned Tang Chen down and offered to spare Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua if Tang Chen died in their place, while the Clear Sky Sect disciples begged Tang Chen not to agree.
• Tang Chen struggled to choose between his family and the Clear Sky Sect as Ao Zhan arranged for Tang Xiao to be tied up and sent Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao to capture Tang Yuehua.
• Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao used Ao Zhan’s spatial beads to travel to Heaven Dou City, capture Tang Yuehua, and return with her.
• Tang Yuehua tearfully reunited with Tang Xiao, and Ao Zhan said the siblings could talk properly after arriving in Spirit City, when their other sibling was there too.
• Ao Zhan summoned Ning Fengzhi and asked whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had a close relationship with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, making Ning Fengzhi fear he was being accused of aiding Tang Yuehua.

Ao Zhan forced Ning Fengzhi to name major Heaven Dou nobles as Tang Yuehua’s accomplices, then Spirit Hall ended the war in a sweeping victory and imposed devastating reparations on its opponents. Before withdrawing, Ao Zhan warned the defeated factions to protect civilians who had supported Spirit Hall and made sure they took the warning seriously.

• Ao Zhan cornered Ning Fengzhi by demanding the names of Tang Yuehua’s accomplices, threatening the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect if he refused.
• Ning Fengzhi named many of the Heaven Dou Empire’s great nobles to protect his sect from Spirit Hall’s retaliation.
• Spirit Hall captured Tang Yuehua and Tang Xiao, uprooted major Heaven Dou nobles, and imposed crushing reparations on the empire and the sects that had joined the war.
• Ao Zhan’s defeat of four Limit Douluo shocked the continent, while the late-arriving Star Luo Empire avoided casualties but was forced to pay Spirit Hall a huge sum.
• Before Spirit Hall withdrew, it warned the defeated factions not to harm civilians, and Ao Zhan gave the emperors and sects an unforgettable lesson to ensure they obeyed.

Ao Zhan and Ah Yin visited the imprisoned Tang Xiao and Tang Hao after Spirit Hall had forced the empires and sects to leave civilians alone. Ah Yin bound both brothers, and Ao Zhan asked Tang Hao why he had left his Soul Power sealed rather than crippling it.

• Ao Zhan warned the empires and sects that Spirit Hall would punish anyone who mistreated civilians, including their rulers and leaders.
• Tang Xiao told Tang Hao that Tang Chen and three other Limit Douluo had been defeated by Ao Zhan, leaving both brothers shaken.
• Ao Zhan and Ah Yin entered the prison, where Tang Xiao recognized Ah Yin and was bound when he tried to approach her.
• Tang Xiao questioned Ah Yin and accused Ao Zhan of threatening her, but Ah Yin ignored him and sealed his mouth with Blue Silver Grass.
• Ah Yin bound Tang Hao, and Ao Zhan asked why he thought Tang Hao's Soul Power had been sealed instead of crippled; Tang Hao said he did not know.

Ao Zhan forced Ah Yin to reclaim her Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring from Tang Hao, then coerced Tang Xiao into fighting his younger brother by threatening Tang Yuehua. The brothers were brought before a crowd at a martial arts arena, where they faced the prospect of fighting to the death.

• Ah Yin reclaimed her Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring from Tang Hao, causing his cultivation to fall from Titled Douluo to Soul Douluo.
• Ao Zhan told Tang Hao that Tang Xiao would kill him, then threatened Tang Yuehua to force Tang Xiao to agree.
• Ah Yin released the brothers, and Ao Zhan crippled Tang Hao's Soul Power while keeping him alive with Life energy.
• Ao Zhan and Ah Yin brought Tang Hao and Tang Xiao to a martial arts arena before Qian Renxue, Qian Xunji, Gu Yuena, and other spectators.
• Qian Xunji celebrated the brothers' predicament, while Tang Hao and Tang Xiao realized they would be watched by their enemies.

Ao Zhan forced Tang Xiao and Tang Hao to fight, threatening Tang Yuehua to make sure neither brother held back. Tang Xiao killed Tang Hao, while Tang San sensed his father's death and Tang Chen felt a bad premonition.

• Ao Zhan warned Tang Hao that Tang Yuehua would not be safe if he refused to fight Tang Xiao, then gave the brothers iron hammers.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao fought with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer as spectators taunted them to fight harder.
• Tang Hao struck Tang Xiao in the chest, and Tang Xiao retaliated by breaking Tang Hao's left shoulder and beating him down.
• Tang Xiao remembered how he had once loved and admired Tang Hao, but his resentment over Ah Yin and the Clear Sky Sect's ruin left him intent on killing his brother.
• Tang Xiao smashed Tang Hao's head with his hammer, and Tang Hao died with a faint smile in his eyes.
• Tang San felt a sudden pain in his chest in Shrek, while Tang Chen sensed something was wrong in Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Chen learned that Tang San and Ma Hongjun had received divine trials at Shrek Academy and decided to go there with Bo Saixi. At Spirit Hall, Tang Xiao killed Tang Hao and was then executed by Qian Xunji; the next morning, Shui Bing'er summoned Ao Zhan to Pope Palace at the request of the Grand Worshipper and the Pope.

• Ning Fengzhi told Tang Chen that Tang San had received the Sea God's God Trial and Ma Hongjun the Rakshasa God's God Trial, so Tang Chen decided to visit Shrek Academy with Bo Saixi.
• Tang Hao deliberately provoked Tang Xiao into killing him, and Ao Zhan promised Tang Xiao that Tang Yuehua would be spared before Qian Xunji beheaded Tang Xiao.
• Xiong Shi burned Tang Hao and Tang Xiao's bodies, and Qian Xunji collected the soul bones that emerged from the ashes.
• Ao Zhan altered Tang Yuehua's memories so she would serve Ah Yin, without telling her how her brothers had died.
• After spending the night with Qian Renxue and the Snow Empress, Ao Zhan was summoned to Pope Palace by the Grand Worshipper and the Pope through Shui Bing'er.

Ao Zhan welcomed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, the Demon Empress, and Lan Fozi to Spirit Hall after they unified the ocean’s soul beasts and turned them into Mystic Beasts. The Demonic Whale King then sought permission to take the Sun Moon Continent, and Ao Zhan heard that it had fewer major powers and conflicts than the Douluo Continent.

• After Ao Zhan left, Shui Bing'er entered Qian Renxue and the Snow Empress's room, saw their disheveled unconscious forms, and hurried out.
• At the Pope Palace, Ao Zhan recognized the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, the Demon Empress, and Lan Fozi, who reported that they had unified the sea and converted its soul beasts into Mystic Beasts.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King asked Ao Zhan to forgive him for letting Bo Saixi and the others leave Sea God Island, but Ao Zhan dismissed the concern and told the family to rise.
• The Demonic Whale King revealed that he had fought and wounded the Evil Emperor, then asked permission to conquer the Sun Moon Continent.
• The Demonic Whale King described the Sun Moon Continent's Sun Moon Empire, its Soul Tool development, and its limited number of powerful soul beasts and Soul Masters.

Ao Zhan decided to conquer Sun Moon Continent and led a small group there by ship, hoping to seize control without a major war. During the voyage, Qian Renxue sparred with Ao Zhan, whose unusual fighting style drew the others' attention.

• Ao Zhan agreed with Qian Daoliu and the others that Sun Moon Continent should be conquered for its Soul Tool technology and chose the gentler plan of taking control of its rulers and elite fighters.
• Ao Zhan, Gu Yuena, Qian Renxue, Golden Crocodile, and Guang Ling set sail for Sun Moon Continent with the ocean overlords escorting them.
• Qian Renxue sparred with Ao Zhan on the ship, but his War Dance techniques repeatedly outmaneuvered her.
• Golden Crocodile praised Qian Renxue's swordsmanship, and Guang Ling explained that Ao Zhan's fighting style combined dance and martial arts.

Ao Zhan defeated Qian Renxue in a spar and refused to let her win deliberately, explaining that he did not want her to misjudge her strength. After months at sea, the group reached the Sun Moon Continent.

• Guang Ling explained why Xiao Zhan’s War Dance suited him and named others he had taught it to.
• Ao Zhan defeated Qian Renxue, who sulked that he had never let her win a spar.
• Ao Zhan told Qian Renxue that he would not deliberately lose to her, citing Feng Xiaotian and Qian Daoliu as examples of men whose staged defeats had misled the women they loved.
• Qian Renxue complained about their months at sea and asked when they would reach the Sun Moon Continent.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King surfaced and announced that the ship had reached the Sun Moon Continent.