Chapter Summaries

Tang San led his companions into Star Dou Forest’s black marsh to hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and claim its Evil God Pearl. He intended to use the pearl’s attributes to transform the foundation of his Asura God Position.

• Tang San led Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Tang Chen through Star Dou Forest toward the black marsh.
• Tang Chen sensed a strange, distorting aura in the marsh, and Tang San identified its source as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Tang San explained that the tiger’s Evil God Pearl had once escaped into another world and created a deity, making it an opportunity he would not lose again.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar pledged to help Tang San keep the tiger from escaping.
• Tang San resolved to combine the pearl’s attributes with his Asura God Position and forge a supreme god position.

Tang San confronted the sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the black marsh, determined to claim its spirit ring, Evil God Pearl, and abilities for his Asura God Position. After the tiger attacked and Tang San wounded it, Dai Mubai and the others joined the fight, and Tang Chen intervened when the tiger threatened them.

• Tang San called the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger out of the marsh and declared that he would take its origin for his Asura God Position.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger emerged, sensed Tang San's life force and divine aura, and attacked him with a space-tearing claw.
• Tang San dodged the claw and struck the tiger with the Asura Demon Blade, cutting its scales and drawing black blood.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun attacked together, but the tiger's Evil God power swallowed their attacks and sent earthen spikes toward them.
• Tang Chen appeared before the three, shattered the spikes with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and released his Limit Douluo aura, making the tiger fear him.

Tang San sealed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s escape, resisted its Life-and-Death Reversal, and killed it with Asura divine power. As he tried to seize the Evil God Pearl, Li Pu appeared and took it first.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger tried to escape through space, but Tang San sealed the black marsh with an Asura divine technique and forced it back.
• The tiger used Life-and-Death Reversal to weaken Tang San, but the Asura God’s power broke the ability and restored Tang San’s strength.
• Tang San killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with the Asura Demon Blade, and its Evil God Pearl emerged from its body.
• Tang San tried to capture the Evil God Pearl with Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, but Li Pu reached it first and silenced its spatial fluctuations.

Li Pu confronted Tang San over his ruthless pursuit of power and took the Evil God Pearl, while Tang San openly embraced his evil path and attacked. Tang San, Tang Chen, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun’s combined assault failed to penetrate Li Pu’s barrier.

• Li Pu arrived with Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue and took the Evil God Pearl just as Tang San was about to obtain it.
• Tang Chen recognized Li Pu as the man who destroyed the Clear Sky Sect and threatened to settle their blood debt.
• Li Pu condemned Tang San for Xiao Wu’s death, the sacrifices of Da Ming and Er Ming, and his exploitation of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San admitted to his schemes and declared he would pursue power through plunder and evil, while Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Tang Chen reacted with shock.
• Li Pu praised Tang San’s honesty but dismissed him as no threat, prompting Tang San and the others to attack.
• Li Pu raised a red-and-blue barrier that completely stopped and erased all five attackers’ blows.

Li Pu crushed Tang San and his allies, then let them leave so they could grow stronger and seek revenge. Tang Chen stayed behind to face Li Pu while Tang San escaped with Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar.

• Li Pu gravely wounded Tang San, Tang Chen, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar with a casual flick, then humiliated Tang San and allowed him to live.
• Li Pu challenged Tang San to return with every power and ally he could gather, while Tang Chen ordered Tang San to escape and vowed to settle the debt himself.
• Tang Chen urged Tang San to hold fast to his true heart, grow stronger, avenge Xiao Wu, and restore the Clear Sky Sect before walking toward Li Pu.
• Tang San bowed to Tang Chen, promised to return and defeat Li Pu, then led Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar away from the Star Dou Forest.
• After the others escaped, Tang Chen faced Li Pu with the Clear Sky Hammer and activated the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, while Li Pu refused Bibi Dong's offer to help.

Tang Chen unleashed his refined Clear Sky Hammer techniques against Li Pu, but Li Pu countered each move with precisely timed Bun Bombs. When Tang Chen closed in with his ultimate close-range strike, Li Pu caught the hammer tip barehanded, leaving Tang Chen stunned.

• Tang Chen used three afterimages to attack Li Pu from multiple angles, but Li Pu's frost, flame, and lightning Bun Bombs disrupted the strikes and numbed Tang Chen's arm.
• Tang Chen unleashed a shifting hammer strike that filled the air with hammer shadows, and Li Pu scattered countless tiny Bun Bombs to dismantle each change in its force.
• Tang Chen closed the distance and transformed his Clear Sky Hammer for a close-range attack aimed at Li Pu's dantian.
• Li Pu stepped forward and caught the hammer tip with his bare hand, stopping Tang Chen's full-force strike and shocking him.

Li Pu overwhelmed Tang Chen with his physical strength, then challenged him to use the Great Sumeru Hammer’s Ring Detonation. Tang Chen detonated all nine soul rings after his first attack failed to harm Li Pu, leaving their final clash poised to begin.

• Li Pu caught Tang Chen’s Clear Sky Hammer, broke Tang Chen’s arm with a punch, and took the weapon from him.
• Li Pu explained that the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ origins had tempered his body for two and a half years.
• Li Pu urged Tang Chen to use the Great Sumeru Hammer’s Ring Detonation, and Tang Chen summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and nine soul rings.
• Tang Chen detonated his first soul ring and struck Li Pu, who countered with an Annihilation Bun Bomb and remained unharmed.
• Enraged by Li Pu’s taunt, Tang Chen detonated all nine of his soul rings, including his hundred-thousand-year ring.

Li Pu defeated Tang Chen in the Star Dou Forest, crippled his cultivation, and took him to Spirit Hall. The chapter ended with Qian Daoliu recognizing his long-lost friend and rival on the stretcher.

• Tang Chen detonated all nine soul rings and struck at Li Pu, but Li Pu blocked him with countless Bun Bombs and the Ice-Fire Duality Annihilation Thunder.
• The clash left Tang Chen gravely injured while Li Pu remained unharmed, and Tang Chen admitted defeat.
• Li Pu sealed Tang Chen’s remaining Soul Power and martial soul origin, reducing him to an ordinary man.
• Li Pu brought Tang Chen to the Worship Hall and presented him to Qian Daoliu, who recognized him in shock.

Li Pu returned the crippled Tang Chen to Qian Daoliu and explained that he had spared him so they could reunite. He told Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue that he was keeping Tang San alive as bait to expose and ultimately eliminate the Asura God.

• Qian Daoliu confronted Li Pu over Tang Chen's crippled cultivation, but lowered his sword and agreed to keep Tang Chen out of the conflict with Tang San and Spirit Hall.
• Li Pu warned Qian Daoliu not to interfere with Tang San because the Asura God's scheme threatened the Angel God's inheritance, then left the Worship Hall.
• Qian Daoliu reunited with Tang Chen, who wept as his decades of hardship and obsession came back to him.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue questioned Li Pu for letting Tang San live, and he explained that killing him would provoke the Asura God into attacking directly.
• Li Pu revealed that he planned to use Tang San as bait to make the Asura God repeatedly violate the God Realm's rules, giving the Life God and God of Destruction cause to eliminate him.
• Li Pu said Tang San remained within his plans and looked toward the Star Dou Forest, declaring that the game was only beginning.

Qian Daoliu shared a private meal with Tang Chen and urged him to father heirs who could preserve the Clear Sky Hammer bloodline. Tang Chen accused him of plotting to make the Clear Sky lineage serve the Angel Clan, and Qian Daoliu challenged his belief in the Clear Sky Hammer’s status.

• Qian Daoliu poured wine for Tang Chen and recalled their old friendship and adventures.
• Tang Chen mourned the destruction of the Clear Sky Sect and admitted he could not rebuild it after Li Pu crippled him.
• Qian Daoliu told Tang Chen he had arranged for gifted women to bear his heirs and continue the Clear Sky Hammer bloodline.
• Tang Chen angrily accused Qian Daoliu of trying to bind his descendants to the Angel Clan.
• Qian Daoliu mocked Tang Chen’s faith in the Clear Sky Hammer and asked whether he truly thought it was a top-tier Martial Soul.

Qian Daoliu told Tang Chen that the Clear Sky Hammer and its clan had once served the Angel Clan, then demanded that Tang Chen leave descendants to continue the legacy. Tang Chen refused, but after three days of isolation and despair, Qian Daoliu returned to ask for his answer.

• Qian Daoliu claimed the Clear Sky Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had broken away from their ancestral service to the Angel Clan during a crisis in Spirit Hall.
• Tang Chen rejected Qian Daoliu's account and refused to let Spirit Hall control the Clear Sky Hammer's legacy.
• Qian Daoliu gave Tang Chen three days to reconsider while leaving him confined in the side hall with food and wine.
• Tang Chen drank alone for three days, grieving over the history and pride he believed had been taken from him.
• Qian Daoliu returned with fresh food and wine and asked Tang Chen whether he had made up his mind.

Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu confronted their broken oath and the danger Li Pu posed to the Clear Sky Sect, then agreed to rebuild the sect under the Spirit Hall. Tang Chen accepted Qian Daoliu’s offer on three conditions, including protection for Tang San if he did not threaten the continent.

• Qian Daoliu reminded Tang Chen of their oath and accused him of abandoning it by pursuing godhood in Slaughter City.
• Tang Chen revealed that he had entered Slaughter City to win Bo Saixi after the three of them agreed that the first to become a god would marry her.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Li Pu was using Tang Chen and the Clear Sky Sect’s surviving Core Flame as leverage, and offered to rebuild the sect within the Spirit Hall.
• Tang Chen agreed to the arrangement on the conditions that he lead the rebuilt sect, his descendants could leave freely, and Qian Daoliu would spare Tang San if he did not threaten the continent.
• Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu toasted their agreement and their renewed bond.

Hiding in Balu City, Tang San and his companions discussed how to escape Li Pu and the Spirit Hall Empire. The Asura God revealed that the Sea God would admit them to Sea God Island, and Tang San prepared to travel there and pursue Dual Godhood.

• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar worried that the Spirit Hall Empire would find them and questioned why Li Pu had let them escape.
• Tang San proposed going to Sea God Island, believing the Sea God and Asura God’s friendship could give him a chance to inherit the Sea God’s power.
• The Asura God confirmed that he had contacted the Sea God and explained that Tang San could undertake the Sea God Nine Trials and inherit the Sea God’s Godhood.
• The Asura God gave Tang San a divine seal and promised to conceal and protect the group on their way to the Endless Sea.
• Tang San and his companions resolved to leave that night for Vast Sea City, sail to Sea God Island, and return to settle their scores with Li Pu.

Li Pu let Tang San escape to Sea God Island, confident he could finish merging the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ origins before Tang San completed the Sea God Nine Trials. In Xilu City, Oscar asked Tang San to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to recruit Ning Rongrong, and Tang San agreed to consider the sect’s support as he searched for manpower.

• Snake Lance Douluo reported that Tang San and his companions planned to sail from Vast Sea City to Sea God Island, but Li Pu ordered the port opened and the patrols withdrawn.
• Li Pu sent a gift to Bo Saixi and asked her to take special care of Tang San’s Sea God Nine Trials.
• In Xilu City, Oscar asked Tang San to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and bring Ning Rongrong back to their side.
• Tang San remained calm and recognized that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s strength, wealth, and connections could help him recruit badly needed manpower.

Tang San decided to give the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect one chance to join him against the Spirit Hall Empire, then traveled with Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to recruit Ning Rongrong. They secretly entered the sect and found Ning Rongrong withdrawn and sorrowful, leaving Oscar to face her.

• Tang San agreed to recruit Ning Rongrong, Yu Tianheng, and Zhu Zhuyun, but threatened to punish them if they refused to join him.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai and Oscar they would leave for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect at dawn after resting.
• The next morning, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun left Xilu City and reached the sect three days later without being detected by Spirit Hall patrols.
• Oscar led the group through a secret passage Ning Rongrong had once shown him, bringing them into the sect's rear garden.
• The four approached Rongrong Pavilion, where Oscar found Ning Rongrong gaunt and despondent, then called out to her.

Tang San and his companions confronted Ning Rongrong at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and tried to persuade her to join them, while Tang San insulted Oscar and offered to make Ning Rongrong his empress. Ning Rongrong pretended to accept so she could avoid a clash and find a way to warn Li Pu, but Tang San planned to gather Yu Tianheng and Zhu Zhuyun before leaving.

• Ning Rongrong warned Tang San and his companions to leave the sect before the Spirit Hall Empire's guards discovered them.
• Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai accused Ning Rongrong of abandoning them and assumed she regretted her choice.
• Tang San told Oscar that Ning Rongrong had never truly loved him and suggested he pursue Shui Bing'er or Ye Lingling instead.
• Ning Rongrong decided to pretend to accept Tang San's offer so she could protect the sect and alert Li Pu.
• Ning Rongrong told Tang San she would go with him and assist his plans, then said she would pack while he went to fetch Yu Tianheng and Zhu Zhuyun.

Tang San recruited Yu Tianheng and Zhu Zhuyun into his campaign against the Spirit Hall Empire by promising revenge and divine positions. They accepted and left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Tang San and his companions before the patrol arrived.

• Yu Tianheng and Zhu Zhuyun arrived at Ning Rongrong’s courtyard, where they discovered Tang San and were stunned by his Title Douluo strength.
• Tang San revealed his Asura God inheritance and promised to help Yu Tianheng avenge the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and grant both newcomers divine positions.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar urged Yu Tianheng and Zhu Zhuyun to join Tang San, who threatened to kill them if they refused.
• Yu Tianheng agreed to join Tang San to avenge his clan, and Zhu Zhuyun also accepted.
• Ning Rongrong said she had packed, and the six left through a secret passage into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s back mountain.

After Tang San and his companions left through a secret passage, Li Pu and Ning Fengzhi discussed Ning Rongrong’s role in keeping the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect safe and tracking Tang San. Li Pu dismissed the threat of Tang San gaining the Sea God’s inheritance, and Ning Fengzhi resolved to accept Rongrong’s sacrifice for the sect’s future.

• Li Pu and Ning Fengzhi emerged after Tang San and the others entered the secret passage, and Li Pu praised Ning Rongrong’s sacrifice to protect the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi admitted he feared Tang San’s Asura inheritance and possible Sea God inheritance would make him a grave threat.
• Li Pu said Tang San’s progress and possible dual god positions were within his expectations, and instructed Ning Fengzhi to have Ning Rongrong pass along information.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong reported that they had diverted the patrols, while Ning Fengzhi urged them to guide children from the collateral branches.
• Li Pu ordered the sect to let Tang San reach Sea God Island safely, and Ning Fengzhi resolved that Rongrong’s sacrifice would not be in vain.

Tang San led his expanded group toward Vast Sea City, confident they would reach Sea God Island and inherit divine power. Ning Rongrong secretly sent their route and plans to Ning Fengzhi, while Tang San dismissed concerns about the missing Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

• Tang San led Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Yu Tianheng, and Zhu Zhuyun through a secret passage and said they would reach Vast Sea City in seven days.
• Ning Rongrong secretly formed a communication butterfly to report the group’s route and itinerary to Ning Fengzhi.
• Tang San imagined using his future divine power and gathered allies to take revenge on Li Pu and reclaim territory from the Spirit Hall Empire.
• During a rest by a mountain stream, Ma Hongjun reminded the group that they lacked the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud needed to begin the Sea God inheritance.
• Tang San insisted the Shroud was unnecessary because he had been the Sea God before, and Dai Mubai and Oscar accepted his confidence.
• Ning Rongrong secretly relayed that the Shroud was missing and Tang San claimed to have another way to open the inheritance passage.