Chapter Summaries

After Tang Hao and Ah Yin were killed by Spirit Hall, Tang Yin collapsed from grief, and Tang Xiao led the Clear Sky Sect through their funeral. The major factions gathered afterward to discuss Spirit Hall’s power, with Prince Xue Xing warning that confronting it would be difficult.

• Tang Yin denounced Spirit Hall before collapsing, and Brother Ye used his Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul to preserve his life.
• Tang Xiao arranged for Tang Yin to be taken to his room and postponed discussions with the visiting factions until after Tang Hao and Ah Yin’s funeral.
• Tang Xiao led the funeral procession and buried Tang Hao and Ah Yin beside an empty coffin for their missing son, Tang San.
• Tang Xiao convened the visiting representatives and condemned Spirit Hall for killing Tang Hao and Ah Yin and causing their child to disappear.
• Prince Xue Xing said the Heaven Dou Empire shared the Clear Sky Sect’s grief, then warned that Spirit Hall’s strength made it a formidable opponent.

Tang Xiao tried to persuade the assembled powers to ally with the Clear Sky Sect against Spirit Hall, but they refused or deferred their decisions. After the meeting, the elders urged him to retreat from the world, while Tang Xiao insisted on avenging his brother and challenged them to explain how they could let his death go unanswered.

• Prince Xue Xing argued that Spirit Hall had become a state within the Heaven Dou Empire and urged the forces to consider Tang Xiao’s proposed alliance.
• Yu Luomian questioned how the gathered forces could stand against Spirit Hall’s four Peak Douluo, powerful elders, and growing Soul Tool technology.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that Spirit Hall had shared only first- through third-grade Soul Tool designs with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while its strongest tools were around seventh grade and could harm Soul Saints.
• Tang Xiao asked the representatives to join the Clear Sky Sect, but Ning Fengzhi declined, the empires deferred to their rulers, and most other groups refused to take sides.
• After the representatives left, the Second Elder proposed that the Clear Sky Sect retire from the world, and Tang Xiao protested that he still needed to avenge his brother.
• The First Elder explained that Spirit Hall had four rank-ninety-nine Douluo while the Clear Sky Sect’s Tang Chen was missing and Tang Xiao’s father was bedridden, and Tang Xiao demanded to know whether they would do nothing.

Tang Xiao accepted leadership of the Clear Sky Sect and agreed to prepare its disciples for relocation rather than risk a war with Spirit Hall. As he tried to rest, a mysterious girl named Xiao Wu appeared and offered to help him fight Spirit Hall, then overwhelmed him with ease.

• The Second Elder named Tang Xiao the Clear Sky Sect's new Sect Master and warned that an immediate war with Spirit Hall would destroy the sect.
• Tang Xiao agreed to arrange the disciples' relocation, and Tang Yin told him that accepting the elders' decision was the right choice.
• After leaving Tang Yin, Tang Xiao returned to his bedroom to rest but noticed a black mist gathering into a girl.
• The girl introduced herself as Xiao Wu and offered to help Tang Xiao deal with Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xiao attacked Xiao Wu but was frozen in place as she suppressed his Soul Power.
• Xiao Wu struck Tang Xiao in the chest and sent him crashing into the wall.

Xiao Wu forced Tang Xiao to kneel and swear loyalty in exchange for Divine Medicine, which rapidly raised his strength. Three days later, Tang Xiao had reached Rank Ninety-Eight, ready for Xiao Wu to return, while his appearance had begun to change.

• Xiao Wu condemned Tang Xiao for yielding after his younger brother’s death and offered him power against Spirit Hall in exchange for loyalty.
• Tang Xiao knelt and submitted to Xiao Wu, then swallowed a Divine Medicine pill that broke his Rank Eighty-Eight bottleneck and brought him to the threshold of a Titled Douluo.
• Xiao Wu slapped Tang Xiao for addressing her by name and ordered him to reach Rank Ninety-Eight within three days.
• Tang Xiao went alone to Star Dou Forest, killed a seventy-thousand-year Earth Demon Bear with one hammer strike, and absorbed its Soul Ring.
• Tang Xiao consumed five more pills and reached Rank Ninety-Eight, unaware that black patterns and a gloomy pallor had appeared on him.

Tang Xiao returned to Clear Sky Sect and received the dying Tang Yin’s confession, forgiveness, and the sect leadership. After Tang Yin died, Tang Xiao gave him a mysterious pill, and Tang Yin began breathing again.

• First Elder sent Third Elder to find Tang Xiao, who returned from Star Dou Forest and hurried to his father’s bedside.
• Tang Yin appointed Tang Xiao Sect Master and ordered Clear Sky Sect to withdraw from the continent’s conflicts.
• Alone with Tang Xiao, Tang Yin apologized for treating him more harshly than Tang Hao and called him his greatest pride.
• Tang Yin died after entrusting Clear Sky Sect to Tang Xiao, who closed his eyes and prepared to summon the elders.
• Tang Xiao fed Tang Yin a black pill, and Tang Yin’s chest began to rise and fall as color returned to his face.

Tang Xiao and the First Elder discovered that Xiao Wu’s pills could restore the dead and increase a cultivator’s strength, but Spirit Hall attacked the Clear Sky Sect before they could prepare. Xiao Wu evacuated the sect with her Black Rose while Qian Xunji’s forces overran the mountain, and the chapter ended with his decision to attack after Qian Daoliu’s promise to Tang Chen was declared void.

• Tang Xiao told the First Elder that one of Xiao Wu’s pills had revived Tang Yin and helped Tang Xiao break through to become a Titled Douluo, and the First Elder took a pill that raised him to Rank ninety-four.
• Third Elder reported that Qian Xunji had brought five thousand Spirit Hall elites to the foot of the mountain, and Tang Xiao and the elders prepared to resist.
• Xiao Wu appeared, ordered Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect to run, and used her Black Rose’s vines and black mist to evacuate the disciples.
• At the mountain pass, Qian Xunji killed Yang Wudi with the Angel Sword after shattering his spear.
• Qian Xunji led the attack after persuading Qian Daoliu and the Worship Hall elders that the promise to keep Spirit Hall off the Clear Sky Sect’s mountain no longer applied because Tang Chen was dead.

Qian Xunji found Clear Sky Peak abandoned and persuaded the battered Four Single-Attribute Clans to surrender, while Yue Guan searched for traces of the missing disciples. Tang Xiao and several thousand Clear Sky Sect disciples emerged from a tunnel in the Star Luo Empire, where Xiao Wu had brought them to safety.

• Qian Xunji killed the Clear Sky Sect's Sixth Elder and reached the summit, where he found the mountain empty beneath a fading Black Rose.
• Qian Xunji announced that the Clear Sky Sect had vanished, and Tai Tan realized the sect had abandoned the Four Single-Attribute Clans.
• Tai Tan and Niu Gao surrendered their clans to save the survivors, and Qian Xunji ordered Gui Mei to escort and treat them.
• Qian Xunji ordered Yue Guan to search Clear Sky Peak's surroundings for hidden passages and signs of relocation.
• Tang Xiao carried Tang Yin out of a dark tunnel as thousands of Clear Sky Sect disciples arrived in a forest in the Star Luo Empire, where Xiao Wu had brought them.

Xiao Wu brought Tang Xiao and the displaced Clear Sky Sect to Sun Moon Continent, explaining the risks of the Divine Medicine and the situation in their new surroundings. She told them they could return to Douluo Continent only after destroying Spirit Hall, and Tang Xiao rallied the sect to grow strong enough to take revenge.

• Xiao Wu told Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect that they had arrived on Sun Moon Continent, another continent beyond the sea.
• First Elder celebrated the Divine Medicine’s power, but Xiao Wu warned that taking too much could make someone’s body explode.
• The Clear Sky Sect reached impoverished Sun Moon City, and Xiao Wu explained that it belonged to the Sun Moon Gang, which the sect could defeat to claim the city.
• First Elder asked whether the sect could return to Douluo Continent, and Xiao Wu said they could do so only after destroying Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xiao urged the Clear Sky Sect to remember its losses and become strong enough to return and fight Spirit Hall.

Qian Xunji returned home and learned that Bi Bi Xi's daughter Xiao Xiao had awakened twin Martial Souls with Innate Full Soul Power. After Qian Renxue asked when her uncle and Xiao Xiao would return, Qian Xunji decided to bring them back and assign Ling Yuan and Bi Bi Xi roles in the Elder Hall.

• Xiao Wu ordered Tang Xiao to establish himself in the city and then accompany her to meet their God Lord.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Xunji she had reached the Soul King bottleneck and wanted her parents to help her hunt for a Soul Ring.
• Bi Dashan told Qian Xunji and Qian Renxue that Xiao Xiao had awakened the Blazing Spirit Kite and Death Spider Emperor, with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Xunji she missed Xiao Xiao and asked when her uncle and the others would return.
• Qian Xunji decided to arrange for them to return in a few days, with Ling Yuan joining the Elder Hall and Bi Bi Xi holding a nominal position there.

Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong discussed Qian Renxue’s new Soul King rank and planned a trip to Vast Sea City to hunt Soul Rings, including Bibi Dong’s final one. After revealing that the plan to wipe out the Clear Sky Sect had failed, Qian Xunji was comforted by Bibi Dong, and the chapter ended with the two of them alone upstairs.

• Bibi Dong returned home, learned that Bi Xi and his daughter Xiao Xiao had Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, and considered making Xiao Xiao Spirit Hall’s Saintess.
• Qian Xunji told Qian Renxue he would take her to Vast Sea City to hunt a Soul Ring and revealed that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King lived there.
• Bibi Dong agreed to go with Qian Xunji, who said he needed her to complete her Soul Rings and ascend to the Asura Godhood before he could face a troubling matter.
• Qian Renxue wondered whether Hu Liena and Xie Yue might still become connected to Spirit Hall in this changed life, then went walking with Bi Dashan.
• Qian Xunji told Bibi Dong that his plan to wipe out the Clear Sky Sect had failed because a Black Rose had transferred many people, and he suspected a connection to the Dark Turmoil.
• Bibi Dong reassured Qian Xunji, then teased him and pulled him into her arms while they were alone upstairs.

Qian Xunji, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue traveled to Vast Sea City to prepare for a sea voyage and checked into a Spirit Hall hotel. Qian Xunji discovered that the supposedly private deluxe suite had clearly been occupied as someone’s residence, leaving him to investigate who was behind it.

• Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong shared an affectionate moment before Qian Renxue returned.
• Qian Renxue took leave from the academy, and her family traveled to Vast Sea City to prepare for going out to sea.
• At Vast Sea Hotel, the receptionist changed her story and offered Qian Xunji the eighth-floor deluxe suite after learning his surname was Qian.
• Qian Xunji sent Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong to the pool while he examined the suite.
• Qian Xunji found clothes, tobacco, a pipe, and other belongings indicating that someone had been living in the suite for a long time.

Qian Xunji confronted the Vast Sea Hotel manager and the Vast Sea Temple bishop over the hotel's private suite and demanded its guest records. The manager left to find them while the bishop remained alone with Qian Xunji, anxiously waiting.

• Qian Xunji used Soul Power to open the door for the hotel manager and the Vast Sea Temple bishop.
• The bishop recognized Qian Xunji and bowed with the manager before entering the living room.
• Qian Xunji questioned why the suite was not open to the public, and the manager and bishop claimed it was reserved for important guests.
• Qian Xunji demanded the suite's guest records, and the manager left to retrieve them within a minute.
• The bishop tried to ease the tense silence by offering Qian Xunji a local seafood feast, but Qian Xunji refused.

Qian Xunji uncovered corruption in the Vast Sea Temple and ordered its bishop to return to Spirit City for trial while he spent time with Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue. As the family left the hotel, Vast Sea City’s officials tried to welcome them, but Qian Xunji refused their invitations.

• Qian Xunji found that the hotel’s luxury suites had been occupied privately by the Vast Sea Temple bishop, kicked him, and ordered him to return to Spirit City for trial.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue raced in the pool, shared fruit, and told each other they loved one another.
• Qian Xunji told Bibi Dong that the bishop had embezzled money and collected protection payments from fishermen with the city lord, and that he had sent the evidence to the Heaven Dou Royal Family.
• Qian Xunji, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue left the hotel and encountered Clement, who invited them to a banquet while the temple stewards offered another reception.
• Qian Xunji cut off the welcoming speeches and declined the invitations.

Qian Xunji rejected City Lord Clement and the two deacons’ attempts to flatter him, warning them to attend to their own affairs. He then took Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue to Vast Sea City’s Fish Market, where Qian Renxue chose seafood for their meal.

• Qian Xunji told City Lord Clement that evidence of his financial dealings with the Vast Sea Temple had been submitted to the Heaven Dou Royal Family.
• Qian Xunji warned the two deacons to focus on the Holy Temple instead of trying to flatter him.
• Qian Xunji led Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue to the Fish Market to eat fresh seafood.
• Qian Renxue chose a Golden-Whiskered Sea Shrimp, scallops, Pufferfish, Green-Spotted Sea Eels, and Three-Eyed Demon Octopus.

Qian Xunji, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue enjoyed seafood and shopped along Vast Sea City's Seaside Street before Qian Renxue asked to fight at the Vast Sea Great Soul Arena. She insisted on facing the arena's strongest fighters, and the clerk warned her about the twin Soul Kings known as the Sea Soul Brothers.

• Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong fed each other seafood while Qian Renxue grew annoyed at their affectionate antics.
• Qian Xunji bought Qian Renxue a shell wind chime and necklaces for her and Bibi Dong, and both women kissed his cheeks.
• Qian Renxue spotted the Vast Sea Great Soul Arena and asked Qian Xunji to let her test her skills there.
• Qian Xunji registered Qian Renxue under the name Lin Xue, stating that she was nine years old and a level forty-nine Soul Ancestor.
• Qian Renxue demanded to fight the arena's strongest opponents, and the clerk warned her that the Sea Soul Brothers were twin level-fifty-three Soul Kings with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Qian Renxue registered under the name Lin Xue to fight the Sea Soul Brothers, revealing her disguised Holy Sword and four Soul Rings. As betting crowds overwhelmingly favored the two Soul Kings, Lin Xue prepared to make her debut in the arena.

• Bibi Dong questioned whether Qian Renxue should face two Soul Kings, but Qian Xunji and Qian Renxue insisted on the match.
• Qian Renxue revealed her four Soul Rings, astonishing the registration hall, and the clerk confirmed her bout against the Sea Soul Brothers.
• Qian Xunji bet three thousand Gold Soul Coins on Lin Xue, while most spectators wagered on the Sea Soul Brothers.
• Bibi Dong advised Qian Renxue to study the brothers’ teamwork and surrender if needed, while Qian Renxue vowed to defeat them in three moves.
• After watching several water-focused matches, the family waited in a private lounge until the arena host announced Lin Xue’s debut against the fifty-third-level Soul King duo.

The arena erupted after learning that Lin Xue was a nine-year-old, level-forty-nine Soul Ancestor, and the Sea Soul Brothers entered the match expecting to defeat a child. When Qian Renxue revealed her powerful Martial Soul and soul rings, the brothers realized she was from Spirit Hall and prepared to fight seriously.

• The host confirmed that Lin Xue was nine years old and had Soul Power Level forty-nine, stunning the audience.
• Hai Da and Hai Er emerged and agreed to end the match quickly after doubting Lin Xue's age.
• Qian Renxue entered the platform and insisted that both brothers attack her together.
• The Sea Soul Brothers released their Martial Souls and five Soul Rings each as the match began.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Eight-Winged Angel and one red and three black Soul Rings, silencing the arena.
• Hai Da recognized Qian Renxue's Spirit Hall connection, conferred with Hai Er, and moved in to attack.

Qian Renxue, competing as Lin Xue, faced the Sea Soul Brothers and overwhelmed their coordinated attacks with her Angel Martial Soul. After their fusion skill destroyed the platform’s protective barrier, she remained unharmed and was declared the winner.

• Hai Da opened with Surging Waves while Hai Er hid within the water and attacked Qian Renxue from the side, but her Angel Sword Shadow struck and injured him.
• Hai Da bound Qian Renxue with Sea Wave Binding as Hai Er charged, but her Holy Fire vaporized the ropes and Angel Judgment Light devastated the platform.
• Hai Da and Hai Er unleashed their Forbidden Water Tornado, and Qian Renxue met it with Sacred Fire, shattering the arena’s protective barrier.
• The supervisor shielded the audience from the shockwave while the Sea Soul Brothers collapsed unconscious and Qian Renxue emerged unharmed.
• Qian Renxue asked the host to announce the result, and he declared Lin Xue victorious.

Qian Renxue won her Soul Fighting match, and Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong praised her before the family prepared to sail from Vast Sea City. The next morning, they boarded a well-equipped ship and set out to sea, leaving the deputy bishop hoping to earn promotion through honest service.

• Qian Renxue defeated the Sea Soul Brothers, and the arena healer confirmed that neither was in mortal danger.
• Qian Xunji praised the arena supervisor for protecting the audience, then took Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong back to their hotel.
• Qian Xunji tucked the sleepy Qian Renxue into bed and spent the night on the balcony with Bibi Dong.
• The deputy bishop showed Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong the ship prepared for their voyage and asked about becoming the Vast Sea Temple's bishop.
• Bibi Dong told the deputy bishop to improve his strength and leadership and warned him against corruption.
• Qian Xunji carried Qian Renxue aboard the ship, and Bibi Dong joined them as they prepared to sail.

Qian Xunji, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue sailed from Vast Sea City and asked Old Ma about the route to the Demonic Whale Sea Area. Old Ma showed them a sea chart and described the dangers of the surrounding regions, including the forbidden waters ruled by the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

• Old Ma welcomed Qian Xunji's family aboard and showed them their VIP cabin.
• Qian Xunji asked Old Ma about the distance to the Demonic Whale Sea Area, and Old Ma recalled seeing a gigantic shadow there as a child.
• Bibi Dong stopped Old Ma from fetching a sea chart and accompanied him with Qian Xunji and Qian Renxue to the captain's cabin.
• Old Ma traced the ship's route on a chart and explained the Demon Soul Great White Sharks and the dangerous Evil Orca Sea Area.
• Old Ma identified Sea God Island and described its protection and the strength of its Sea Soul Masters.
• The first mate explained that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King stayed beyond Sea God Island's warning line, and that fishermen prayed to the Sea God for protection.