Chapter Summaries

Murong Huai oversaw the construction and testing of a Red Barbarian Cannon, whose range and explosive power impressed the craftsmen and Mighty Lion Douluo. After the cannon burst during a second test, Murong Huai identified flaws in its materials and proposed a layered barrel design.

• Murong Huai commissioned five master craftsmen to build a Red Barbarian Cannon from his blueprints, and they completed it in ten days.
• Murong Huai tested a solid shot that struck the ground eight hundred meters away, and Mighty Lion Douluo judged its force comparable to a Soul King's full-force attack.
• Murong Huai tested a powder-filled shell that exploded a thousand meters away, and Mighty Lion Douluo compared its force to a high-level Soul King's self-destruction.
• The cannon barrel burst during another test, but Mighty Lion Douluo shielded Murong Huai and the others from the flying fragments.
• Murong Huai blamed the refined-iron barrel and the shell's construction, then proposed a layered design using low-carbon steel, refined iron, and a copper sleeve.

Murong Huai finished plans for improved Red Barbarian Cannons and steelmaking, then demonstrated the rebuilt weapons to Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall’s craftsmen. Their destructive power impressed everyone, and Murong Huai resolved to lead Spirit Hall into developing firearms and an industrial revolution.

• Murong Huai explained steel and the cannon-barrel design to the craftsmen, then completed sixty-eight plans for cannons, ammunition, and steelmaking.
• Murong Huai sent the plans to the West City Workshop with Tu Zhen and ordered him to keep them from outsiders.
• Half a month later, Murong Huai demonstrated the redesigned Red Barbarian Cannons to Qian Daoliu and the gathered Spirit Hall personnel.
• The Solid Shot pierced a target and packed-earth wall at eight hundred meters, while the Hollow Shell destroyed another target with its gunpowder blast.
• Murong Huai fired an Explosive Shell at fifteen hundred meters, scattering fragments and destroying the target area; Qian Daoliu and the others were astonished by its power.
• Murong Huai resolved to develop firearms and other weapons with Spirit Hall and usher in the Douluo Continent’s first Industrial Revolution.

Murong Huai helped Spirit Hall prepare for war by introducing the Red Barbarian Cannon, then selected Yue Guan and Gui Mei as his personal guards. He absorbed a nine-thousand-year Heaven-Deriving Unicorn Emperor Head Soul Bone, gaining greatly enhanced spiritual power and the Heaven-Deriving Tampering skill.

• Qian Daoliu praised Murong Huai for providing the Red Barbarian Cannon, assigned craftsmen to mass-produce it, and told Murong Huai to choose two Soul Douluo guards.
• Murong Huai reviewed Pope Palace's list of Soul Douluo and chose Yue Guan and Gui Mei, intending to change their fates.
• Murong Huai absorbed the Heaven-Deriving Unicorn Emperor Head Soul Bone and gained spiritual perception at roughly the Soul Saint level.
• Murong Huai learned the Soul Bone Skill Heaven-Deriving Tampering, which could distort the effects or prerequisites of an enemy's next Soul Skill.

After Murong Huai chose Gui Mei and Yue Guan as his protectors, he set out for Star Dome Valley to train. Overseas, Bo Saixi worried about a coming upheaval as her teacher Haimala prepared to break through to Level 99 and return to the mainland.

• Murong Huai gained two Soul Power levels from his Spirit Bone, and Qian Daoliu approved his choice of Gui Mei and Yue Guan as protectors after learning they could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan arrived at Murong Mansion, met Murong Huai, and joined him on his trip to Star Dome Valley.
• Haimala meditated in Sea God Hall and lamented that he had not yet crossed the gap from Level 98 to Level 99.
• Bo Saixi told Haimala she sensed that something major was coming, then asked whether he planned to return to the mainland after breaking through.
• Haimala spoke bitterly about Spirit Hall's influence on the mainland, and Bo Saixi urged him to let go before leaving; he then murmured regretfully about A-Cheng.

Four months after Spirit Hall began preparing for war, Qian Pocheng ordered the army to set out for Sea God Island at dawn. As the fleet gathered, Murong Huai voiced a final concern to Qian Xunji and proposed sending the Angel Legion.

• Azure Luan reported that the Engineering Department had built enough warships for fifty thousand soldiers, and Qian Pocheng ordered the army to depart at dawn.
• Qian Pocheng told the Offerings they would set out the next morning, then vowed to settle his score with Haimala.
• At a family feast, Murong Chayue, Murong Fuhai, and Xiao Qingmei praised Murong Huai, while Wu Xianyun promised to look after the household during the campaign.
• The next morning, Spirit Hall assembled fifty thousand soldiers and a heavily armed fleet at the river crossing outside Spirit City for the expedition to Sea God Island.
• Murong Huai pulled Qian Xunji aside and, still worried about the campaign, proposed using the Angel Legion.

Murong Huai worried about his family as Qian Xunji’s army marched to attack Sea God Island, leaving his training disrupted a month later. His companions brought Bibi Dong to see him, and he agreed to take her shopping in Spirit City.

• Murong Huai urged Qian Xunji to bring the Angel Legion on the Sea God Island expedition, and Qian Xunji gave him an Angel Token and instructions to send for reinforcements if contact stopped.
• Qian Pocheng led the army away, while Murong Huai watched with worry and vowed to destroy Sea God Island if his family were badly harmed.
• A month later, Murong Huai struggled to focus on sword practice, and Gui Mei, Yue Guan, Tu Zhen, and Ju Qinglan arranged to bring Bibi Dong to him.
• Bibi Dong told Murong Huai that she had reached Soul Power level sixteen and ranked first in her class at the Primary Martial Soul Academy.
• Bibi Dong invited Murong Huai to go shopping in Spirit City, and he agreed before calling out Gui Mei and the others to ready the carriage.

Murong Huai and Bibi Dong enjoyed a stroll through Spirit City, where Murong Huai bought Bibi Dong treats and Soul Tools. On their way home, they rescued a woman and her daughter from a violent man, whom Murong Huai secretly killed after leaving.

• Murong Huai and Bibi Dong walked through Spirit City's streets, where he bought her a sugar Phoenix and candied hawthorns.
• Murong Huai bought a split Soul Tool pendant and a Storage Soul Tool bangle, giving Bibi Dong the bangle and one half of the pendant.
• As Murong Huai and Bibi Dong headed home, they saw a man threaten a woman and try to sell his young daughter.
• Murong Huai deflected the man's dagger and struck him with sword energy, allowing the woman to take her daughter and leave.
• After Murong Huai and Bibi Dong walked away, Murong Huai secretly sent blades to kill the man and erase his remains.

Half a year after returning to cultivation, Murong Huai went with Bibi Dong to Death Valley to hunt Spirit Rings. Bibi Dong gained a thousand-year Spirit Ring, a powerful second Soul Skill, and an External Soul Bone, while Murong Huai wondered how his family was doing.

• Murong Huai resumed cultivating after making peace with his worries about his family, and he steadily advanced in the Angel Sword Technique.
• At Death Valley, Murong Huai fought an eighteen-hundred-year Purple-Winged Demon Spider alone and used Heavenly Punishment Meteor Light to leave it near death.
• Bibi Dong delivered the finishing blow and absorbed the spider's Spirit Ring, awakening an External Soul Bone that she named the Six-Winged Purple Light Wings.
• Bibi Dong reached level twenty-three and gained the Death Hunt Soul Skill, which conjured a poisonous web to slice and corrode enemies.
• After the group returned to Spirit City, Murong Huai wondered how Grandpa and the others were doing.

Spirit Hall prepared to break Sea God Island’s barrier and launch a decisive assault while Haimala remained in seclusion. Two days later, Murong Fuhai ordered hundreds of Red Barbarian Cannons to fire on the barrier, leaving the island’s defenders under attack.

• Murong Fuhai advised Qian Pocheng to launch an all-out assault after two days, and Qian Pocheng ordered the army to prepare for the decisive battle.
• Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians gathered Sea God Island’s remaining troops as the barrier weakened, while Haimala continued his breakthrough in seclusion.
• Two days later, Bo Saixi and the Guardians led Sea God Island’s forces and Sea Soul Beasts to meet Spirit Hall’s advancing fleet.
• Murong Fuhai ordered hundreds of Red Barbarian Cannons to fire at the barrier, and their cannonballs exploded against it.

Spirit Hall broke Sea God Island’s barrier and launched a massive assault, forcing Bo Saixi to commit the island’s defenders. The battle escalated when Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo pushed past the Seven Sacred Pillars, and Bo Saixi confronted Qian Pocheng as he approached the island.

• Murong Fuhai ordered Spirit Hall’s cannons and siege crossbows to bombard Sea God Island after its barrier shattered.
• Bo Saixi summoned the Sea Soul Beasts and ordered the Sea Spirit Master Legion to attack, while Qian Xunji led Spirit Hall’s Spirit Masters against them.
• Bo Saixi sent the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians to destroy the cannons, but Murong Fuhai deployed the Black Flame Army’s Sun-Eroding God-Killing Formation against them.
• Eight Spirit Hall Titled Douluo joined the battle and overwhelmed the Seven Sacred Pillars as Spirit Hall advanced to within three miles of Sea God Island.
• Qian Pocheng and four other Titled Douluo broke through toward the island, where Bo Saixi appeared and greeted Qian Pocheng as her senior.

Qian Pocheng’s forces attacked Sea God Island while Bo Saixi and the island’s defenders fought to hold them back. Qian Pocheng broke through Haimala’s barrier and found the High Priest sitting motionless inside the Sea God Hall as he attacked her.

• Bo Saixi refused to let Qian Pocheng pass, then fought Xinghe, Murong Chayue, and Qian Daoliu while Qian Pocheng headed for the Sea God Hall.
• Qian Pocheng struck Haimala’s barrier with the Angel Holy Sword, while Golden Crocodile battled the Demon Soul Great White Shark King at sea.
• The Red Barbarian Cannons and Spirit Hall’s forces inflicted heavy casualties on Sea God Island’s troops, and Qian Xunji led the Spirit Master Legion in a push that left fewer than three thousand enemy soldiers.
• Qian Pocheng shattered Haimala’s barrier and found her sitting motionless inside the Sea God Hall, then thrust his sword toward her brow.

Haimala emerged from seclusion after breaking through to Limit Douluo, then returned to the battlefield and demonstrated his new power. As both sides prepared to face each other, Haimala restored and strengthened Sea God Island’s defenders while Murong Fuhai rallied the Black Flame Army.

• Haimala stopped Qian Pocheng’s Angel Holy Sword, shattered it, and broke through as a pillar of energy erupted from the Sea God Hall.
• Qian Pocheng confirmed Haimala’s breakthrough, and Qian Daoliu ordered the Spirit Hall army to regroup.
• Haimala returned to the battlefield, received the Sea God Island defenders’ welcome, and destroyed the Black Flame Army’s formation and Red Barbarian Cannons with one strike.
• Haimala threatened Qian Daoliu, but Qian Pocheng stepped forward with Murong Chayue and Xiao Qingmei, who activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Haimala used the Seven Sacred Pillars to heal and strengthen Sea God Island’s defenders, while Murong Fuhai took up the formation flag and ordered the Black Flame Army to form up.

Spirit Hall's forces clashed with Sea God Island as Murong Chayue and Xiao Qingmei joined Qian Pocheng against Haimala, while the armies fought across the sea. The battle turned against Spirit Hall, and Sea Dragon Douluo, Sea Horse Douluo, and Sea Snake Douluo attacked Murong Fuhai's formation barrier as he struggled to defend it and maintain its enhancement.

• Murong Fuhai formed the Black Flame Army into a formation that strengthened Spirit Hall's forces and balanced Sea God Island's advantage.
• Qian Pocheng, Murong Chayue, and Xiao Qingmei challenged Haimala, with Murong Chayue and Xiao Qingmei summoning the Dual Flame Judgment Holy Dragon.
• The three leaders fought over the ocean, unaware that blood-red eyes opened far beneath them.
• Sea God Island's troops charged Spirit Hall after Haimala destroyed the Red Barbarian Cannons, and the fighting caused heavy casualties.
• Sea Dragon Douluo wounded Azure Luan Douluo, while Sea Horse Douluo and Sea Snake Douluo blasted Xiongshi and Guangling into the sea.
• Murong Fuhai used the formation to save the three Douluo, but Sea Dragon Douluo, Sea Horse Douluo, and Sea Snake Douluo then attacked its barrier while Murong Fuhai tried to hold it.

Murong Fuhai’s formation broke under attacks from three Sea Soul Douluo, but the Angel Legion and Black Flame Army arrived and turned the battle in Spirit Hall’s favor. With the Seven Sacred Pillars’ formation weakened, Spirit Hall’s forces killed the remaining Sacred Pillar Guardians while Bo Saixi was held back.

• The three Sea Soul Douluo broke Murong Fuhai’s army formation and gravely wounded him, leaving Spirit Hall’s forces weakened.
• The Angel Legion froze Sea Dragon, Sea Horse, and Sea Snake with the Two-Pole Static Domain, then annihilated them with a combined Angel Light Cannon.
• Gui Mei, Yue Guan, Tu Zhen, and Ju Qinglan arrived with the Angel Legion and Black Flame Army, whose commander Jing Wuming reported to Murong Fuhai.
• Murong Fuhai ordered the Black Flame Army to fire its fifty Red Barbarian Cannons, devastating the Sea God Island fleet as Qian Lingjun led the Angel Legion’s attack.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo gravely wounded the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, and Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo joined the assault on the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians.
• Qian Daoliu and Xinghe kept Bo Saixi from intervening while nine Titled Douluo killed the four remaining Sacred Pillar Guardians.

Haimala defeated Qian Pocheng and his companions, then returned to the battle against Spirit Hall with the Sea God Trident. He killed four of Spirit Hall’s five worshippers, while Golden Crocodile survived gravely wounded.

• Haimala broke Qian Pocheng’s Angel Holy Sword and wounded the Judgment Sacred Dragon before Qian Pocheng restrained him so Murong Chayue and Xiao Qingmei could land their strongest combined attack.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King ambushed Qian Pocheng and Haimala, but Murong Chayue and Xiao Qingmei shielded them, giving Haimala time to summon the Sea God Trident and pierce the whale’s eye.
• Haimala spared Murong Chayue and Xiao Qingmei after they were gravely injured, then rushed to help Bo Saixi against Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo.
• Haimala unleashed the Sea God’s Funeral Song, and Xinghe Douluo and the worshippers tried to get Qian Daoliu and the younger fighters to safety.
• Haimala’s attack overwhelmed the five worshippers’ Ninth Soul Skills, killing four and leaving Golden Crocodile gravely wounded.

Qian Pocheng and Haimala fought their final duel after receiving the power to match one another, and both were mortally wounded. Before they disappeared, they appointed successors and ordered Spirit Hall and Sea God Island to preserve peace.

• Murong Fuhai used the Black Flame Army’s Three-Star Star Array to channel their remaining Soul Power into Qian Pocheng, who summoned the Angel Holy Sword and broke through to Limit Douluo level.
• Qian Pocheng and Haimala clashed with the Angel Holy Sword and Sea God Trident, each fighting to end their long-standing grudge before their borrowed power ran out.
• The two divine weapons pierced Qian Pocheng and Haimala, leaving both mortally wounded, and Haimala confessed that Qian Pocheng had not been responsible for his sister’s death.
• Qian Pocheng named Qian Daoliu the next Grand Worship and ordered Spirit Hall to protect peace and avoid attacking Sea God Island.
• Haimala appointed Bo Saixi High Priest and charged her with leading Sea God Island peacefully, then he and Qian Pocheng vanished as the assembled followers bowed farewell.

Spirit Hall’s battered forces returned to Spirit City, but Murong Chayue and Xiao Qingmei were left with only a month to live unless a rare heavenly treasure could heal them. Murong Huai recognized that the Sunset Forest held such treasures and resolved to find them, while vowing to kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

• Ju Qinglan told Qian Daoliu and Murong Fuhai that Murong Chayue and Xiao Qingmei’s heart meridians and Martial Souls were too damaged to heal without a suitable heavenly treasure.
• Murong Fuhai returned to the ferry outside Spirit City with the fleet five days later, and Wu Xianyun and Murong Huai organized treatment for the wounded.
• Murong Huai learned that his grandparents had taken the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s attack and were near death, with only a month left to live.
• Murong Huai told Qian Daoliu that he knew of many heavenly treasures in the Sunset Forest and offered to lead a search after the army and wounded were settled.
• Murong Huai returned to the estate and vowed to kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Murong Huai led a small group to Sunset Forest to collect Immortal Grade Herbs that could help Murong Chayue and Xiao Qingmei recover. They found the valley guarded by Dugu Bo, who challenged them and was quickly overwhelmed by Jiang Mo.

• Murong Huai chose Yue Guan and Gui Mei to accompany him to Sunset Forest, while Qian Daoliu assigned Qian Jun and Jiang Mo as protection.
• The seven traveled to Sunset Forest and fought their way through the Soul Beasts to its Core Circle.
• Jiang Mo cleared a path through Dugu Bo's poisonous mist, allowing the group to reach the mountain valley where the Immortal Grade Herbs grew.
• Dugu Bo confronted the intruders and threatened Murong Huai, who refused to leave.
• Jiang Mo revealed his nine Spirit Rings and beat Dugu Bo down, while Murong Huai asked him to leave Dugu Bo alive.

Murong Huai and the others explored the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Yue Guan identified Immortal Herbs suited to the Third Offering and Qian Jun. After collecting the two herbs, Murong Huai left for Spirit City to treat Murong Chayue and Xiao Qingmei, leaving Qian Jun and Jiang Mo to guard the valley.

• Murong Huai, Qian Jun, Jiang Mo, and Dugu Bo descended into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and met Gui Mei among the medicinal herbs.
• Murong Huai and the others found Yue Guan eagerly admiring the Immortal Herbs, and Qian Jun’s call brought him back to his senses.
• Yue Guan identified the Soul-Extinguishing Dragon Prophecy Herb as a match for the Third Offering and Murong Huai had him harvest it.
• Yue Guan identified the Pure Flame Crystal Orchid as a match for Qian Jun, harvested it, and replanted two seeds.
• Murong Huai told Qian Jun and Jiang Mo to guard the valley, then returned to Spirit City with Gui Mei and Yue Guan to treat Murong Chayue and Xiao Qingmei.

Murong Huai and Yue Guan brought Immortal Grade Herbs to Murong Mansion, where Murong Fuhai used them to heal Murong Chayue and Xiao Qingmei. After both elders awakened, Murong Huai planned to return to Sunset Forest for herbs to treat his father's injuries, while Spirit Hall arranged support for families of soldiers killed in battle.

• Murong Huai returned to Murong Mansion with Yue Guan and Gui Mei and had Murong Fuhai administer the Soul-Extinguishing Dragon Prophecy Herb to Murong Chayue and the Pure Flame Crystal Orchid to Xiao Qingmei.
• Yue Guan told Murong Huai and Qian Daoliu that the herbs should awaken the two elders within three days, and Murong Huai said he had left Qian Jun and Jiang Mo guarding the remaining herbs in Sunset Forest.
• Two days later, Murong Chayue and Xiao Qingmei awakened with their injuries healed and their Martial Souls improved, while Murong Chayue grieved that only he and Golden Crocodile remained of the Seven Offerings.
• Xiao Qingmei noticed Murong Fuhai's unstable aura, and Murong Huai said they could find herbs in Sunset Forest to treat his injuries.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Qian Xunji to distribute resettlement funds and provide education, jobs, or military opportunities for families of soldiers killed in the battle on Sea God Island.