Chapter Summaries

Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing considered using a fabricated accusation about Xue Qinghe to win Ning Fengzhi’s support, while Dugu Bo chose to stay in Heaven Dou City out of loyalty to Xue Xing. Lu Yu arrived with Dugu Yan and confronted Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng at the Prince Mansion, identifying himself as a member of Spirit Hall.

• Xue Beng proposed convincing Ning Fengzhi that Xue Qinghe was tied to Spirit Hall or was not truly Xue Qinghe, but Prince Xue Xing doubted the scheme could work.
• Dugu Bo learned Lu Yu had returned to Spirit City, weighed leaving Heaven Dou City, and ultimately stayed because of his friendship with Xue Xing.
• Lu Yu told Dugu Yan he had guessed Dugu Bo went to Prince Xue Xing, then spotted Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and Ma Hongjun entering Pleasure Forest.
• Lu Yu and Dugu Yan reached the Prince Mansion, identified Dugu Yan as Poison Douluo’s granddaughter, and were escorted to a reception hall.
• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng arrived before Dugu Bo, and Lu Yu challenged Xue Xing for making a Spirit Hall elder handle Heaven Dou Kingdom affairs.
• Lu Yu introduced himself as Lu Yu of Spirit Hall, causing Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng to stiffen.

Lu Yu took Dugu Bo away from Prince Xue Xing’s mansion, while Xue Beng suspected Spirit Hall was preparing to attack a major faction and urged the prince to strengthen their defenses. Lu Yu then revealed that Xue Beng would die and led Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan through a Gate of Space, leaving the group poised to return secretly and carry out his plan.

• Lu Yu insisted that Dugu Bo leave Prince Xue Xing’s mansion with him, and Dugu Bo agreed despite Prince Xue Xing’s pleas.
• After Lu Yu and Dugu Bo left, Xue Beng suspected they were preparing to attack a major faction and ordered the mansion guards strengthened while he sought proof.
• Lu Yu told Dugu Bo that Xue Beng had to die but offered to spare Prince Xue Xing if he gave up his wealth and status and lived in Spirit City.
• Lu Yu and Dugu Bo decided to return secretly to Heaven Dou City after leaving it, and Lu Yu opened a Gate of Space for Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were astonished by Lu Yu’s Gate of Space, and Lu Yu said he could barely contend with a low-level Title Douluo.

Lu Yu and Dugu Bo killed Xue Beng and forced Prince Xue Xing to abandon his identity and go to Spirit City. Lu Yu then led a massive coalition in a surprise attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Dugu Bo unleashed his ninth Soul Skill.

• Lu Yu emerged through the Gate of Space and killed Xue Beng before he could react.
• Dugu Bo subdued Prince Xue Xing and offered him a chance to live in Spirit City; Prince Xue Xing agreed and left Heaven Dou City with the group.
• Lu Yu, Dugu Bo, Yue Guan, Ghost, Snake Lance Douluo, and more than ten thousand Soul Masters assembled outside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dugu Bo used his ninth Soul Skill, Poison Dragon Divine Light, killing the sect's Soul Masters as the attack began.

Lu Yu and Spirit Hall destroyed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but discovered that Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin had escaped before the attack. After killing Bone Douluo, Lu Yu headed for Heaven Dou City to intercept them, while Ning Rongrong and her companions were seen in Huayang City.

• Dugu Bo's attack devastated the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as Yue Guan, Ghost, and the other elders fought Bone Douluo at the gates.
• Lu Yu led Spirit Hall's forces through the sect and found no survivors, but Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin were missing.
• Luo Kehong admitted that Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin had been at the sect that morning, and Lu Yu ordered him taken back to Spirit City for Bibi Dong to judge.
• Lu Yu used Time Imprisonment and a sword strike through Bone Douluo's wounds to drain his life force and kill him.
• Lu Yu and the elders decided to intercept Ning Fengzhi's group in Heaven Dou City, then flew there with Dugu Yan.
• In Huayang City, Ning Rongrong pointed out a crowded stage where a young woman in a red dress was dancing, as Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin followed her.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discovered that Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples and businesses in Huayang City had been attacked, and feared Spirit Hall had destroyed the sect. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue learned that Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin had escaped and postponed her plans to seize the throne.

• Sword Douluo rescued an injured Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciple from three masked attackers in Huayang City.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Sword Douluo to check the sect's local businesses, where he found the disciples dead and the shops destroyed.
• Ning Fengzhi decided not to return to the sect, fearing Spirit Hall was waiting to ambush them, while Ning Rongrong feared for Bone Douluo.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Qian Renxue that Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin had escaped the attack and that the sect's other members had been executed.
• Qian Renxue learned that Luo Kehong had survived and that Spirit Hall would delay its plans until Ning Fengzhi's whereabouts were known and Xue Ye remained alive.

Lu Yu completed his second God Trial, strengthened his Soul Rings, and learned that his next trial involved joining the hunt for Xiao Wu. Meanwhile, Ning Fengzhi and the others returned to the ruined Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and resolved to form an alliance against Spirit Hall; in Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue visited Lu Yu, who greeted her without surprise.

• Lu Yu found that Evil God had counted the destruction of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as completing his second God Trial and increased the age of his Soul Rings by five thousand years.
• Lu Yu learned that his third God Trial required him to participate in the hunt for Xiao Wu, then received a transformation that changed his Soul Rings and improved his first Soul Skill's armor piercing.
• Two days later, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Ning Rongrong returned to the burned sect and mourned Bone Douluo's corpse.
• Ning Fengzhi rejected Sword Douluo's plan to attack Spirit Hall branch halls and proposed uniting the Heaven Dou Empire, the Clear Sky Sect, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect against Spirit Hall.
• After waiting two days, Qian Renxue visited Lu Yu's residence in her true appearance, and Lu Yu greeted her casually.

Qian Renxue visited Lu Yu and asked him to help assess Soul Rings during a future Spirit Hall operation in the Star Dou Forest. When Ning Fengzhi and his group arrived in Heaven Dou City with Ning Rongrong, Lu Yu and three elders moved to cut off their escape outside the city.

• Qian Renxue arrived and was disappointed that Lu Yu showed no surprise at seeing her female form, while Dugu Yan clung to Lu Yu protectively.
• Qian Renxue revealed that she had reached Soul Saint level seventy-eight, and Lu Yu offered to help assess her Soul Ring options during a future operation in the Star Dou Forest.
• After Qian Renxue left, Lu Yu told Dugu Yan that she was Xue Qinghe, Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, and a woman.
• A middle-aged man reported that Ning Fengzhi and his group, including a little girl believed to be Ning Rongrong, had gone straight to the palace.
• Lu Yu opened a Gate of Space and led Yue Guan and two other elders outside Heaven Dou City to block Ning Fengzhi's group's retreat; Dugu Yan stayed behind.

Ning Fengzhi visited Qian Renxue in the palace and grew suspicious of her role in Xue Ye’s poisoning, Xue Beng’s death, and Xue Xing’s disappearance. Deciding Heaven Dou City was unsafe, he left with Sword Douluo and Ning Rongrong, unaware that Lu Yu and the others were preparing to intercept them.

• Lu Yu assigned Dugu Bo, Yue Guan, and another ally to watch the city gates and raise the alarm when Ning Fengzhi’s group appeared.
• Qian Renxue told Ning Fengzhi that Xue Ye had been poisoned unconscious, Xue Beng had died, and Xue Xing had vanished.
• Ning Fengzhi considered the suspicious events and could not rule out Qian Renxue’s involvement, but decided he lacked time and evidence to investigate.
• Ning Fengzhi left the palace with Sword Douluo and Ning Rongrong, concluding that they had to escape Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Fengzhi chose the South Gate despite Sword Douluo’s warning that Spirit Hall might have laid a trap outside the city.

Lu Yu and Spirit Hall ambushed Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and their companion outside Heaven Dou City, where Lu Yu revealed astonishing Soul Rings and fought Sword Douluo. After Yue Guan and two others joined the battle, Sword Douluo tried to flee with the others, but Lu Yu appeared in their path through a black hole.

• Lu Yu blocked Ning Fengzhi and the others outside the South Gate, revealing that he had reached Soul Saint with multiple ten-thousand-year Soul Rings and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Sword Douluo attacked Lu Yu, but Lu Yu reappeared after the strike and summoned his golden Eight-Faced Han Sword Martial Soul Avatar.
• Qian Renxue, the students at Blue Tyrant Academy, and Dugu Yan witnessed the battle; Dugu Yan resolved to seek the God Position inheritance in Death Valley.
• Lu Yu's Martial Soul Avatar clashed with Sword Douluo's, pushing Lu Yu back and leaving blood at the corner of his mouth.
• Yue Guan and two other Spirit Hall fighters arrived and attacked with their Martial Soul Avatars, forcing Sword Douluo to retreat with Ning Fengzhi and their companion.
• As Sword Douluo carried the others away, a black hole appeared in front of them and Lu Yu stepped out.

Lu Yu and the Spirit Hall Douluo killed Sword Douluo, Ning Fengzhi, and Ning Rongrong after Sword Douluo sacrificed himself to protect the others. Snake Lance Douluo later told Qian Renxue that Lu Yu was powerful enough to make escape nearly impossible, leaving her concerned about how strong he would become.

• Lu Yu used spatial blades to wound Sword Douluo, while Ning Fengzhi boosted him and protected Ning Rongrong.
• Yue Guan, Ghost, and Snake Lance Douluo unleashed their Ninth Soul Skills, killing Sword Douluo after he sent Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong away to safety.
• Ning Fengzhi begged Lu Yu to spare Ning Rongrong, but Lu Yu killed them both and then collected the Spirit Bones with the others.
• Lu Yu returned to his residence to treat his injuries, while Snake Lance Douluo reported the deaths to Qian Renxue.
• Snake Lance Douluo warned Qian Renxue that Lu Yu was extremely difficult to escape from, and Qian Renxue worried about his future strength.

After returning to Spirit City, Lu Yu and the others reported to Bibi Dong, while Dugu Yan decided to seek the God Position inheritance in Death Valley with Dugu Bo accompanying her. Qian Renxue returned to the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu teased her about Lu Yu and arranged to meet him; Bibi Dong then continued pushing Lu Yu through exhausting training.

• News spread that Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi had died, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been destroyed, and Xue Qinghe had taken the throne after Xue Ye's death.
• Lu Yu emerged after five days, learned that Spirit Hall had prepared a replacement for Xue Qinghe, and traveled with the others to Spirit City, where Bibi Dong rewarded them.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo she wanted to return to Death Valley to pursue a God Position inheritance, and he agreed to accompany her while keeping it secret from Lu Yu.
• Qian Renxue returned to the Worship Hall and praised Lu Yu's talent, prompting Qian Daoliu and the worshippers to tease her about her feelings for him.
• Qian Daoliu asked Golden Crocodile Douluo to arrange a meeting with Lu Yu, while Bibi Dong kept Lu Yu training for six exhausting hours and insisted she was preventing him from becoming complacent.

Lu Yu dealt with Bibi Dong’s upcoming Eighth God Trial, Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo’s departure for training, and Qian Renxue’s visit after she reached rank 80. After Qian Renxue complained to Qian Daoliu that Lu Yu had bullied her, Qian Daoliu secretly laughed it off and then summoned Lu Yu to meet him.

• Bibi Dong told Lu Yu she was preparing for the Eighth God Trial and asked him not to visit for several days.
• Dugu Bo announced that he would take Dugu Yan away for training, and Lu Yu agreed not to join them.
• After three days with Dugu Yan, Lu Yu saw Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan off and found Qian Renxue waiting at the villa.
• Qian Renxue told Lu Yu she had reached rank 80, asked when his planned action would begin, and was pushed out when he tried to send her away.
• Qian Renxue complained to Qian Daoliu, who pretended he would expel Lu Yu but secretly laughed after she left.
• Qian Daoliu asked Golden Crocodile Douluo to summon Lu Yu, and a guard interrupted Lu Yu’s cultivation to deliver the message.

Lu Yu faced Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo after Qian Renxue reported that he had bullied her, but she protected him and pulled him away. A month later, Qian Daoliu brought Qian Renxue before the Angel God Statue and began to show her why Lu Yu cultivated so quickly.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo confronted Lu Yu about bullying Qian Renxue, and Lu Yu denied it until she arrived.
• Qian Daoliu pressured Lu Yu, but Qian Renxue stepped between them and dragged him out of the courtyard.
• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue argued about her visit and gradually grew closer over the following month.
• Qian Daoliu brought Qian Renxue to Douluo Hall, told her to kneel before the Angel God Statue, and she obeyed.

Qian Renxue began the Angel God’s Nine Trials, while Bibi Dong discovered that her ninth God Trial had been altered by the God of Evil and was forced to confront a choice she could not escape. After seeking comfort from Lu Yu, Bibi Dong prepared to travel with him to Star Dou Forest.

• Qian Daoliu revealed that Qian Renxue had received the Angel God’s Nine Trials and told her that Lu Yu also had trials from a different source.
• Bibi Dong discovered that the God of Evil had replaced her ninth trial and realized she would die if she failed to complete it on time.
• Bibi Dong summoned Lu Yu, sought comfort in his arms, and asked him to accompany her to Star Dou Forest the next day.
• Lu Yu asked whether Qian Renxue should join them, and Bibi Dong agreed despite her conflicted feelings about her daughter.
• Lu Yu gathered Yue Guan, Ghost, and Snake Lance, then learned Qian Renxue would stay behind to attend to more important matters.
• Bibi Dong arrived outside the city to join Lu Yu and the others for their journey to Star Dou Forest.

Lu Yu's group entered Star Dou Forest to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Lu Yu revealed that Xiao Wu's old friend Tang San might be revived using such a beast's Life Origin. The chapter left Xiao Wu wary and Er Ming facing the strength of the approaching Title Douluo.

• Bibi Dong recovered in town before leading Lu Yu, Yue Guan, Ghost, and Snake Lance into Star Dou Forest to hunt Da Ming or Er Ming.
• Lu Yu recognized Xiao Wu and told the group she was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and Tang San's girlfriend.
• Xiao Wu recognized Lu Yu and asked about Tang San, so Lu Yu claimed Tang San was dead but could be revived with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's Life Origin.
• Er Ming accused Lu Yu of using the story to trick Xiao Wu into sacrificing herself, and Xiao Wu began to doubt Lu Yu.
• Lu Yu admitted they had come to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while Yue Guan and the others displayed their strength and forced Er Ming to consider whether he and Da Ming could protect Xiao Wu.

Lu Yu tried to persuade Xiao Wu to sacrifice herself to Bibi Dong, promising that she could be revived after Bibi Dong became a god, but Xiao Wu refused to trust Spirit Hall. Lu Yu ordered an attack, and the battle began with Da Ming and Er Ming facing the Spirit Hall group.

• Lu Yu revealed his God-Bestowed Soul Ring and claimed Bibi Dong could revive Xiao Wu and possibly her mother after becoming a god.
• Da Ming warned Xiao Wu that Spirit Hall could not be trusted, and Xiao Wu told Lu Yu to leave.
• Lu Yu accepted that negotiation had failed and ordered his companions to attack.
• Er Ming struck at Yue Guan while Da Ming unleashed Azure Nirvana Lightning at Snake Lance Douluo.
• Lu Yu blocked Da Ming's lightning dragon, while Yue Guan and Snake Lance Douluo drove Er Ming into a crater.

Lu Yu took Xiao Wu from the Star Dou Forest and brought her to Bibi Dong, after persuading her to sacrifice herself with claims that Tang San was dead and her mother might be revived. Once Xiao Wu learned Tang San was alive, she agreed to the sacrifice out of cold resolve, while Yue Guan confronted Ghost Douluo after their escape.

• Da Ming and Er Ming fought Yue Guan, Ghost Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo while Lu Yu cornered Xiao Wu and demanded she sacrifice herself or die.
• Xiao Wu agreed after asking about Tang San and her mother, and Lu Yu took her and Bibi Dong through a Gate of Space, leaving the others to escape the enraged beasts.
• Lu Yu, Bibi Dong, and Xiao Wu fled the Star Dou Forest as Da Ming and Er Ming stirred chaos among its Soul Beasts and Soul Masters.
• At an inn, Xiao Wu asked whether Tang San was truly dead; Lu Yu admitted he was fine, and Xiao Wu coldly agreed to sacrifice herself to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong began the sacrifice while Lu Yu guarded the door, and Yue Guan later accused Ghost Douluo of abandoning him during their retreat.

Lu Yu completed the Third God Trial, absorbed Xiao Wu’s Spirit Bone, and gained enough strength to advance toward the demanding Fourth God Trial. After increasing his Soul Power to level seventy-four, he went shopping with Bibi Dong, leaving them together on the streets of Spirit City.

• Ghost Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo flew back toward Spirit City while injured Yue Guan chased after them.
• Lu Yu learned that his Fourth God Trial required him to kill a Title Douluo or a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast within three years, and he considered the challenge beyond his current strength.
• Bibi Dong told Lu Yu that Xiao Wu had chosen complete death, then gave him Xiao Wu’s torso Spirit Bone.
• Lu Yu absorbed the Spirit Bone, gained three Soul Power levels, and obtained Void and Explosive Kill Eight-Stage Slash.
• Lu Yu accepted the Third God Trial reward, raising his Soul Rings to six black and one red and strengthening his first two Soul Skills.
• Lu Yu and Bibi Dong went out to shop, and Lu Yu took her hand when she became uncomfortable with the attention she drew.

Lu Yu loosened his cultivation bottleneck by traveling through the mortal world and returned to Spirit City, where he learned Bibi Dong planned to select the Upper Three Sects anew. He discovered Dugu Bo and the others had still not returned after two years and began asking after them.

• Lu Yu returned to Spirit City after a month of travel, realizing that easing his fixation on cultivation had loosened his level seventy-nine bottleneck.
• A city guard told Lu Yu that Bibi Dong had gathered the factions and planned to select the Upper Three Sects again in a month.
• Lu Yu considered Bibi Dong’s plans to unite Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire and wondered how Tang San would react when he returned from Sea God Island.
• Lu Yu visited his villa and learned from a guard that Dugu Bo and the others had not returned in two years.
• Lu Yu asked the guard whether Lu Fei and the others had returned.

Lu Yu returned to Spirit Hall and learned that Bibi Dong had used Er Ming’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring to secure Yang Wudi’s loyalty, complicating Lu Yu’s plans to complete his God Trial. After Lu Yu revealed that the trial required him to hunt a Title Douluo or hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast alone, Bibi Dong gave him Er Ming’s Spirit Bone in hopes it would help him face Da Ming.

• Lu Yu found Bibi Dong pruning flowers, reunited with her, and learned that she planned to select the Upper Three Sects again.
• Bibi Dong told Lu Yu that Yang Wudi had become a Title Douluo called Heaven-Breaking and that Spirit Hall had killed Er Ming for his ninth Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong said she planned to hunt the Sky Azure Bull Python for Lu Yu and later target a Soul Beast in the Far North.
• Lu Yu revealed that his Fourth God Trial required him to hunt a Title Douluo or hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast alone, leaving Bibi Dong shocked and remorseful.
• Bibi Dong gave Lu Yu Er Ming’s left leg Spirit Bone, and Lu Yu agreed to try absorbing it.