Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue and her group found Tang Zhentian, Tang Chengfa, and Xiao Xue dead, and Tang Youyou swore vengeance on Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan before fainting. Qian Renxue then ordered a coordinated hunt designed to draw Wang Sheng and his allies into the open and weaken Heaven Dou Royal City.

• Qian Renxue allowed Tang Youyou to accompany her group to the grove where Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan had fought.
• Qian Renxue and the others found Tang Tai grieving beside the bodies of Tang Zhentian, Tang Chengfa, and Xiao Xue.
• Tang Youyou recognized Tang Chengfa, cried over his body, and vowed to kill Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan before fainting.
• Tang Tai caught the unconscious Tang Youyou while Qian Renxue’s group stood by in silence.
• Qian Renxue ordered Liu Yi to notify Spirit Hall, Ah San to spread the news and pursue west, and Ah Li to carry the message to Heaven Dou Royal City.
• Qian Renxue planned to use the hunt to force Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan’s allies to intervene, expose Wang Sheng, and leave Heaven Dou Royal City vulnerable.

Spirit Hall’s secret bounty on Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan forced clans and academies to consider choosing sides, while the pair unknowingly attracted attention in a tavern. Wang Sheng discovered that the food and wine had been drugged to knock them out when consumed together, and the waiter’s nervous behavior confirmed the scheme.

• Spirit Hall’s bounty for information about Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan spread across the continent, pressuring neutral forces to choose between Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan ate in a tavern as its patrons watched them with unusual excitement.
• Wang Sheng noticed that the food and wine contained separate drugs that would combine into a powerful knockout drug.
• Wang Sheng avoided the wine, and Dongfang Jinghan followed his lead while they ate.
• The waiter nervously asked why they were not drinking, confirming Wang Sheng’s suspicion that the tavern was trying to drug them.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan discovered that the tavern owner had drugged their food, while the owner held back from attacking them. Fifth arrived with news that Spirit Hall had placed a bounty on them, prompting Wang Sheng to turn his killing intent toward the tavern’s guests.

• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan refused to drink the drugged wine, and Dongfang Jinghan joked that the rich could do whatever they wanted.
• The tavern owner recognized Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan and planned to capture them as leverage to join Spirit Hall, but he avoided attacking while other soul masters were present.
• Fifth rushed into the tavern and told Wang Sheng that Spirit Hall had offered rewards for information about the three of them, and a bishop’s position for capturing or killing Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan.
• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan suspected Qian Renxue had arranged the bounty, and Wang Sheng decided to give her a warning.
• Wang Sheng realized the whole town knew about the bounty, glared at the tavern guests, and terrified the waiter into collapsing.

Wang Sheng decided to retaliate against Spirit Hall for secretly placing a bounty on him and Dongfang Jinghan by burning down its local branch. He and Dongfang Jinghan reached the branch, where the guards finally recognized them and panicked.

• Wang Sheng noticed the tavern owner seemed to be faking his fear and asked Fifth where the town's Spirit Hall branch was.
• Wang Sheng announced he would burn down the branch, startling Fifth, the tavern owner, and the other patrons.
• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan left the tavern, while the patrons followed at a distance instead of attacking them.
• Wang Sheng, Dongfang Jinghan, and Fifth arrived at the Spirit Hall branch, where Guard A and Guard B initially failed to recognize them.
• Guard A and Guard B recognized Dongfang Jinghan and Wang Sheng, then asked why they had come; Wang Sheng said they had come to make their capture easier.

Wang Sheng attacked the Spirit Hall branch after its guards fled inside, destroying it with Sky Fire Meteor and openly defying Spirit Hall. He then confronted the tavern owner who had drugged his food and wine, striking him down.

• The guards ran into the Spirit Hall branch, and Wang Sheng summoned fireballs with Sky Fire Meteor as townspeople watched in alarm.
• Wang Sheng sent thousands of fireballs into the branch, collapsing it and leaving it burning in ashes.
• The branch deacon emerged and stared in shock at the destruction, while Wang Sheng said Spirit Hall was already hunting him and he had no reason to hold back.
• Wang Sheng used Great Shift to reach the tavern owner and asked if he had drugged the food and wine.
• The tavern owner claimed it was a misunderstanding, but Wang Sheng hit him with Vajra Palm, sending him flying and breaking several teeth.

Wang Sheng confronted the tavern owner over drugged food and wine, then killed him after the owner revealed himself as a six-ring Spirit Emperor and attacked. As the onlookers realized how strong Wang Sheng was, the Spirit Deacon suddenly released his martial soul and Soul Rings to attack him.

• Wang Sheng accused the tavern owner of drugging the food and wine, but the owner denied it and tried to blame his waiter.
• The tavern owner released his martial soul and six Soul Rings, then attacked Wang Sheng with his sixth soul skill.
• Wang Sheng used Dark Gold Terrorclaw to shatter the tavern owner's sword and cut through his defensive soul skill, killing him.
• The onlookers were shocked that Wang Sheng had defeated a Spirit Emperor without releasing his martial soul or Soul Rings, and blamed Spirit Hall for sending them against him.
• The Spirit Deacon snapped out of his daze, released his martial soul and Soul Rings, and prepared to attack Wang Sheng.

Wang Sheng defeated the Spirit Deacon and left him alive to carry a warning to Spirit Hall, then split from Fifth outside the town. Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan headed toward a nearby city to draw attention away from Qian Renxue, while Fifth went to Heaven Dou Royal City with a message for their allies.

• The Spirit Deacon attacked Wang Sheng with his fifth soul skill, but Wang Sheng crippled his arm and knocked him unconscious with a single Vajra Palm.
• Wang Sheng told the defeated deacon he would spare his life so he could warn Spirit Hall that a bounty would mean all-out war.
• Wang Sheng left the town with Dongfang Jinghan and Qian Renxue, while the townspeople watched them with reverence and fear.
• Half an hour later, Wang Sheng ordered Fifth to disguise himself and go to Heaven Dou Royal City to tell their allies not to act rashly.
• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan changed direction toward a nearby major city, intending to draw attention away from Qian Renxue and cover her journey to Heaven Dou Royal City.

Rumors spread through Jitian City that Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan had killed two Tang Family heads and burned down a Spirit Hall branch. Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to capture Wang Sheng and began plans to secure Qian Renxue.

• A tavern crowd discussed rumors that Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan, despite their youth, had reached Spirit Douluo strength and killed two Tang Family heads.
• A purple-clothed diner revealed that Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan had burned a Spirit Hall branch and warned that it was only the beginning.
• Bibi Dong condemned the attack as an open challenge to Spirit Hall and ordered the plan to secure Qian Renxue to proceed.
• Bibi Dong sent Chrysanthemum Douluo to bring Wang Sheng to her, hoping to meet him and potentially recruit him.

Bear King planned to turn Spirit Hall’s bounty against them, using the crisis around Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan to coordinate the empires and sects and expose spies. Meanwhile, the two fugitives arrived openly at Extreme Heaven City, alarming its guards because a powerful Martial Soul branch hall stood there.

• Ye Haitang worried that Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan could not survive Spirit Hall’s bounty, but Bear King reassured the group by explaining that Wang Sheng had evaded danger since childhood.
• Nangong Yuncheng guessed that Bear King planned to turn Spirit Hall’s scheme against it, and Bear King confirmed he would seek Emperor Xue Ye’s cooperation and unite other forces.
• Ye Haitang recognized that Bear King also intended to test alliances, practice joint command, and identify Spirit Hall’s spies before a larger war.
• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan arrived at Extreme Heaven City, where the guards recognized them and feared they might attack its Martial Soul branch hall.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan entered Jitian City, prompting local forces to learn of their arrival and anticipate a clash with Bishop Liuyun. As the city lord prepared to watch events unfold, Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan reached the Spirit Branch Hall and began their attack.

• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan entered Jitian City, and the city gate guards and local factions recognized them and spread the news.
• Chen Lou told the city lord that Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan had arrived, and the city lord welcomed the prospect of trouble for Bishop Liuyun.
• The city lord explained that Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan had defeated the Tang Family Heads and said the Star Luo Empire could intervene if needed.
• The city lord and Chen Lou discussed letting Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan attack the Spirit Branch Hall while keeping the empire's involvement concealed.
• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan reached the outskirts of the Spirit Branch Hall, where Wang Sheng summoned his Earth Explosive Bear and used his fourth soul ring skill, Earth Escape.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan ambushed the Spirit Branch Hall in Jitian City, using mist and an underground strike to catch Bishop Liuyun’s forces off guard. As screams approached the Inner Hall and the mist closed in, Bishop Liuyun and his subordinates faced an unseen attack.

• Dongfang Jinghan covered a two-hundred-meter area in mist with her fifth spirit-ring ability and concealed herself.
• Bishop Liuyun warned five Spirit Saint deacons and twelve Spirit Emperor guards to stay alert and remain in the branch hall.
• A steward reported that mist had engulfed the front hall and that several guards had died, then collapsed in terror.
• Wang Sheng attacked from underground and killed the steward with the Blazing Blade as Bishop Liuyun and his subordinates watched.
• Bishop Liuyun and the Spirit Saints tried to provoke Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan into revealing themselves, but Wang Sheng ignored them.
• Screams drew closer from the Outer Hall as mist thickened around Bishop Liuyun and his group in the Inner Hall.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan slaughtered the branch hall personnel while Bishop Liuyun tried to organize a counterattack. Bishop Liuyun dispersed Dongfang Jinghan’s frost mist, revealing the pair amid a courtyard full of corpses as the surviving enemies recoiled in terror.

• Bishop Liuyun ordered his deacons and guards to rush outside and rescue the branch hall personnel.
• Wang Sheng struck from underground, severed the feet of three Spirit Emperor guards, and stopped the group from charging out.
• Bishop Liuyun led his forces through a hole in the roof, while Wang Sheng emerged from underground and joined Dongfang Jinghan in the frost mist.
• Bishop Liuyun used his fifth soul ring to unleash a powerful gale that scattered Dongfang Jinghan’s frost mist.
• The survivors saw Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan standing among the corpses and screamed in fear.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan faced Bishop Liuyun and the Spirit Hall fighters after the other hall members fled. As Liuyun’s supporters strengthened his forces, Wang Sheng summoned a vast thundercloud over Jitian City with Thunder Fire Descent.

• The Spirit Hall members panicked and fled, leaving Bishop Liuyun, his deacons, guards, and rooftop fighters behind.
• Wang Sheng taunted Liuyun and his remaining forces, and Liuyun sent four Spirit Saints and seven Spirit Emperors to attack.
• The support-type Spirit Saint amplified the fighters’ abilities, while two Spirit Emperors activated Healing Domain and Soul Power Sharing.
• Wang Sheng unleashed his fifth soul ring skill, Thunder Fire Descent, gathering a thundercloud over nearly one-tenth of Jitian City.
• The City Lord watched the enormous soul skill and suspected that Wang Sheng had used a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

Wang Sheng used Thunder Fire Descent to trap the Spirit Hall forces in a deadly storm of lightning and flames. The observers were left stunned by the attack, while Chen Lou and his subordinates realized Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan had never needed their help.

• Civilians fled from the thunderclouds as Liunian, the deacons, and the guards found themselves unable to escape their reach.
• Dongfang Jinghan withdrew her Ice Sword Martial Soul, released her Blood Wing Angel Martial Soul, and flew away at low altitude.
• A wolf-martial-soul Spirit Saint charged Wang Sheng, but a lightning bolt struck as he approached and flames erupted from the ground.
• Wang Sheng’s Thunder Fire Descent spread into a vast death zone, engulfing Bishop Liuyun, the Spirit Saint deacons, and the Spirit Emperor guards.
• The hidden onlookers marveled that Wang Sheng had apparently defeated more than ten opponents at once, including a Spirit Douluo.
• Chen Lou and his subordinates watched from outside the Spirit Branch Hall and doubted they could safely intervene.

Wang Sheng’s attack weakened the Spirit Hall forces, but Liuyun’s hidden healer kept them alive. As Dongfang Jinghan attacked from the sky, Wang Sheng used the distraction to have two injured Spirit Emperors kill the three support-type soul masters.

• Wang Sheng realized that a Spirit Saint and several Spirit Emperors had shielded the healer, allowing the healer to restore their strength during his lightning-and-flame attack.
• Liuyun prepared a wind attack against Wang Sheng, but Wang Sheng warned that someone was missing and drew the group’s attention away.
• Dongfang Jinghan fired three Flying Sky Cannon missiles from the sunlight, forcing Liuyun to turn his Wind Blade against them.
• While Liuyun and the others focused on Jinghan’s missiles, two footless Spirit Emperor fighters killed the three unguarded support-type soul masters on the rooftop.

Wang Sheng used an illusion to turn two soul-beast Spirit Emperors against their allies, then destroyed the Spirit Branch Hall and pursued Bishop Liuyun. Dongfang Jinghan and Chen Tianming chased Liuyun as well, leaving him trapped and furious.

• Wang Sheng used [Illusion, Five Senses] to make two Spirit Emperors mistake their allies for enemies, causing them to kill the three support-type fighters.
• The crippled Spirit Emperor killed the two attackers, and Bishop Liuyun fled with the four Spirit Saint deacons as their side lost hope of winning.
• Wang Sheng killed the remaining helpless Spirit Emperors and used [Sky Fire Meteor] to engulf the Spirit Branch Hall and its surroundings in flames.
• Wang Sheng pursued Bishop Liuyun while Dongfang Jinghan chased him from the air.
• Chen Tianming intercepted Liuyun whenever he tried to hide in a building and pretended he had come to invite him for tea.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan left Chen Tianming to face Bishop Liuyun, who realized they planned to pin his death on them and fought back desperately. Far from the city, Dongfang Jinghan asked Wang Sheng whether they were heading back to Heaven Dou Royal City.

• Chen Tianming realized Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan were leaving him to deal with Bishop Liuyun, while Wang Sheng joked about sparing the bishop and flew away with Dongfang Jinghan.
• Chen Tianming told Bishop Liuyun he would blame his death on Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan, whose chase had been witnessed across the city.
• Bishop Liuyun abandoned hope of escape, laughed, and launched a desperate attack on Chen Tianming.
• Dongfang Jinghan asked Wang Sheng where they were going and whether they would return to Heaven Dou Royal City.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan decided to enter the Star Dou Great Forest to search for Meier after realizing Spirit Hall had likely prepared traps along the routes back to Heaven Dou Royal City. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue arrived in Jitian City three days after they left and set out to find them.

• Wang Sheng warned Dongfang Jinghan that returning to Heaven Dou Royal City or attacking another Spirit Branch Hall could lead them into Spirit Hall's traps.
• Wang Sheng chose to go to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Meier, and Dongfang Jinghan agreed to search with him despite their guilt over their relationship.
• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan reached the Star Dou Great Forest three days later and began looking for Meier.
• Residents of Jitian City celebrated the destruction of their Spirit Branch Hall and praised Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan.
• Yin Hu and Lan Tianfeng grew angry at the residents' remarks, but Qian Renxue stopped them and told them to focus on finding Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan.
• Qian Renxue realized she had arrived three days too late and that finding the pair's tracks would be difficult.

Qian Renxue ordered a search for Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan along the Star Dou Great Forest, while Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and two Title Douluo entered the forest to hunt for a soul ring. After Elder Tiger sensed something and the group moved on, two people emerged from the ground where he had been looking.

• Qian Renxue asked Yin Hu and Lan Tianfeng which route Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan might take back to Heaven Dou Royal City.
• Lan Tianfeng suggested they could travel through the Star Dou Great Forest, so Qian Renxue sent informants to nearby cities and decided to search the forest herself.
• Hu Liena traveled into the Star Dou Great Forest with Xie Yue, Yan, Elder Tiger, and another Title Douluo to hunt for a suitable soul ring.
• Elder Tiger stopped Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue after sensing something ahead, but then dismissed his concern and let the group continue.
• After the group left, two people emerged from the ground in the direction Elder Tiger had been watching.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan narrowly escaped Elder Tiger by using Earth Escape, but they encountered Hu Lina’s group again after the group changed direction. The chapter left both sides aware of the repeated encounter and uncertain whether the other was a threat.

• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan identified Hu Lina’s group and rejected the idea of following them, but Wang Sheng sensed Elder Tiger returning and escaped underground with Dongfang Jinghan.
• Elder Tiger searched the area, suspected the hidden pair might be targeting Hu Lina, and returned to warn her that he had found no trace of them.
• Hu Lina decided to change direction and travel ten li before making camp, while Elder Tiger and Elder Sword reassured Xie Yue and Yan that they would protect them.
• Half an hour later, Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan sensed Hu Lina’s group again, and Elder Sword also detected their auras as Wang Sheng released his martial soul.