Chapter Summaries

Tang Chen arrived in Spirit City with the Heaven Dou team and learned that the Anti-Spirit Hall Alliance planned to attack the city in seven days. Spirit Hall's elders prepared to crush the alliance, while Qian Cheng identified Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan as the decisive opponents.

• Tang Chen and Yu Yuanzhen discussed Spirit Hall's erased Clear Sky Hammer relief and the alliance's failed attempt to find the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan.
• Ning Fengzhi showed Tang Chen the Papal Hall and Douluo Hall, and Tang Chen reacted angrily to Qian Renxue's strength and threatened Qian Daoliu.
• Ning Fengzhi told Tang Chen that Heaven Dou and Star Luo had mobilized one hundred thousand troops to reach Spirit City in seven days.
• Qian Cheng told Qian Daoliu that Tang Chen and more than thirty allied sects would besiege Spirit City.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Mighty Lion Douluo, Qingluan Douluo, and Demon Subduing Douluo expressed confidence in defeating the alliance, with Demon Subduing Douluo naming Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan as the key threats.

Qian Cheng revealed that Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan were his disciples, leaving Tang Chen badly outmatched. Meanwhile, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun discussed the Star Luo Empire’s plans and their desire to kill Dai Mubai before the Spirit Master Competition’s three-team final gathered at Papal Hall.

• Qian Cheng told Qian Daoliu that Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan were his disciples, making Tang Chen’s expected fight a one-sided slaughter.
• Dai Weisi told Zhu Zhuyun that their father would lead one hundred thousand elite soldiers to Spirit City as others sought to challenge Spirit Hall’s power.
• Zhu Zhuyun vowed to personally crush Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, while Dai Weisi said he had sent people to find Mubai and intended to kill him himself.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Star Luo Royal Academy Team defeated the Imperial Dou Team with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but the Star Luo and Thunder teams were later eliminated in the semifinals.
• The Sacred Spirit Sect Element Team, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Glazed Team, and Spirit Hall Team assembled before Papal Hall for the championship final.

At Qian Renxue’s inauguration ceremony, the Glazed Team and Element Team refused to kneel, prompting her to confront Ning Fengzhi and accuse the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of provoking Spirit Hall. Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen openly stood against her, leaving the ceremony on the brink of conflict.

• Qian Renxue emerged from Papal Hall as Pope, followed by seven Titled Douluo and Ning Fengzhi, who entered as a Spirit Hall Honorary Elder.
• The Spirit Hall Team knelt before Qian Renxue, but the fourteen members of the Glazed Team and Element Team remained standing.
• Qian Renxue demanded to know whether Ning Fengzhi’s team was provoking Spirit Hall, and Ning Fengzhi replied that soul masters had no rule requiring them to kneel.
• When Qian Renxue said she wanted them to kneel and called their refusal a possible declaration of war, Ning Fengzhi said he would accept that interpretation if she insisted.
• Qian Renxue questioned Yu Yuanzhen, Ye Muyun, and Dai Tianfeng, and Yu Yuanzhen declared that he still had a blood debt to settle with Spirit Hall for Yu Luomian’s death.

The Sacred Spirit Sect and Star Luo Empire joined forces with several major factions to challenge Spirit Hall in Spirit City. Tang Chen and Bo Saixi revealed themselves as Qian Cheng’s backing, and Tang Chen attacked Qian Daoliu over the destruction of the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao’s fate.

• Ye Muyun and Dai Tianfeng declared that their forces would challenge Spirit Hall and reclaim the Star Luo Empire’s seized cities and resources.
• Shui Bing’er defied Hu Liena as the two prepared to fight, but Qian Cheng appeared and challenged the gathered factions to name who could stop Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Tang Chen and Bo Saixi revealed themselves, and Tang Chen summoned his enormous Clear Sky Hammer to call Qian Daoliu out.
• Tang Chen accused Qian Daoliu’s family of causing the Clear Sky Sect’s destruction and Tang Hao’s fate, while Qian Daoliu mocked Ah Yin’s identity as a Soul Beast.
• Tang Chen lost his temper and swung the Clear Sky Hammer at Qian Daoliu.

Tang Chen and the rebel alliance attacked Spirit City, but a blood-red barrier foiled their plan and trapped them inside as the battle began. Yu Yuanzhen and Golden Crocodile Douluo prepared to fight, while Qian Daoliu faced Tang Chen and Qian Cheng occupied the other leaders.

• Tang Chen struck at Qian Daoliu and then redirected the Clear Sky Hammer toward Spirit City, but a blood-red barrier stopped it from harming the city.
• Ning Fengzhi and the others realized their strategy had failed and that they could no longer retreat, while both sides prepared for battle.
• Dai Tianfeng rallied the rebels to slaughter Spirit City and avenge their fallen allies.
• Yu Yuanzhen challenged Golden Crocodile Douluo and transformed into a dragon-man using his Martial Soul Avatar and Dragon Transformation.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo activated his Martial Soul Possession and released a Soul Power far stronger than Yu Yuanzhen's.

Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai fused into the Hell White Tiger to face Golden Crocodile Douluo, while the Rebel Alliance’s attacks revealed that the battle was a smokescreen intended to make Qian Daoliu take his final step. Golden Crocodile Douluo’s strike wounded the fused pair, but Ye Renxin healed them, and the fight continued as Sword Douluo clashed with Demon Subduing Douluo.

• Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai fused their martial souls into the Hell White Tiger, prompting Golden Crocodile Douluo to recall Qian Cheng’s ghost story about the fusion skill.
• Yu Yuanzhen attacked Golden Crocodile Douluo with his ninth spirit skill while Ning Fengzhi amplified the Rebel Alliance’s Titled Douluo.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo struck the Hell White Tiger and broke its claw, but Ye Renxin healed its injuries.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo realized that the expected ghost-story outcome had not happened and nearly exposed that he had held back his strength.
• The battle’s true focus was revealed to be Qian Daoliu, while the Rebel Alliance’s encirclement served as a smokescreen to make him take his final step.
• Sword Douluo entered the fight, and Demon Subduing Douluo intercepted him, forcing him to retreat a step after their weapons clashed.

Demon Subduing Douluo and Spirit Hall’s hidden Worshippers turned the battle against the Rebel Alliance, while Xue Qinghe suspected a traitor had exposed their plans. Outside Spirit City, a red barrier suddenly sealed the city, startling the armies camped nearby.

• Demon Subduing Douluo revealed strength nearing Rank 97 and clashed with Sword Douluo as the two sides’ other fighters battled across the field.
• Qingluan Douluo attacked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Radiant Feather Douluo shot Soul Masters from factions outside the Sacred Spirit Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi, Zhu Tianlin, and Xue Qinghe realized Spirit Hall’s Lion and Qian Jun had not joined the battle, and Xue Qinghe suspected a traitor had revealed the Rebel Alliance’s plans.
• A red beam rose from Spirit City and spread into a barrier that sealed the city, alarming Zhu Tianchen and the nearby armies.

Spirit Hall launched a surprise assault on the Heaven Dou and Star Luo armies using a horde of frenzied beasts and thousands of Soul Masters. Xue Luochuan and Ge Hu tried to resist, but Qianjun Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo shattered the defenses, leaving the allied camp in chaos.

• Xue Luochuan watched the red barrier as a monstrous roar announced tens of thousands of beasts charging toward the armies.
• Xue Luochuan ordered the Black Armored Legion and White Tiger Legion to form defensive lines and prepare their weapons.
• Qianjun Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo led thousands of Spirit Hall Soul Masters out of the woods and attacked the armies alongside the beasts.
• Qianjun Douluo smashed through the Black Armored Legion's shields, while Mighty Lion Douluo's phantom tore through the archers.
• Xue Luochuan charged Qianjun Douluo as Ge Hu attacked Mighty Lion Douluo, but Qianjun Douluo struck Xue Luochuan in the chest.

Mighty Lion Douluo killed the commanders and broke the Star Luo and Heaven Dou legions’ resistance, forcing the soldiers to surrender to Spirit Hall. Above Spirit City, Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen clashed in a fierce battle that ended with Tang Chen driven back by Qian Daoliu’s exploding golden lotuses.

• Mighty Lion Douluo killed Xue Luochuan and Ge Hu, causing the Star Luo and Heaven Dou soldiers to lose heart.
• Mighty Lion Douluo offered the soldiers a chance to surrender, but a deputy general urged them to keep fighting for their commanders and homelands.
• Mighty Lion Douluo killed the deputy general and threatened the soldiers, prompting them to lay down their weapons and surrender.
• Qian Daoliu attacked Tang Chen with six golden lotuses, and Tang Chen countered with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Qian Daoliu detonated the lotuses, and Tang Chen used the Clear Sky Nine Arts: Defense to withstand the blast, though it drove him back more than ten zhang.

Qian Daoliu avoided Tang Chen’s hammer technique by retreating beyond its reach while Qian Cheng, Ye Muyun, and Shui Hanyan staged a controlled confrontation with Bo Saixi. Qian Cheng said Qian Daoliu was ready to take the final step toward godhood, leaving Bo Saixi in disbelief.

• Qian Daoliu mocked Tang Chen’s repeated hammer techniques and evaded his Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer by flying a thousand meters into the sky.
• Qian Cheng, Ye Muyun, Shui Hanyan, and Bo Saixi clashed above Spirit City, though their dangerous-looking fight was only a rehearsal.
• Shui Hanyan explained that the coming descent of the God Realm would bring a final battlefield where many people would die.
• Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan revealed that they had killed Divine Servants and two Main Gods, leaving Bo Saixi stunned and afraid for Poseidon.
• Qian Cheng said Qian Daoliu was ready to overcome his inner demons and take the final step, while Bo Saixi denied that Qian Daoliu could become a God.

Qian Daoliu revealed that the Angel God had fallen and used the power gathered from his shattered spirit rings to become a god. He and Tang Chen began a clash between golden and blood-red sword auras, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Qian Cheng told Bo Saixi that he had given Qian Daoliu the faith that he could become a god.
• Tang Chen summoned the Asura Demon Sword and declared that he would destroy Spirit Hall with the Asura God Power.
• Qian Daoliu shattered all nine spirit rings and absorbed their light, transforming into a god with a golden Divine Ring.
• Tang Chen realized that Qian Daoliu's transformation meant the Angel God had fallen.
• Qian Daoliu attacked with Sword Breaks Mountains and Rivers, and Tang Chen countered with a blood-red sword aura, their strikes colliding in a destructive shockwave.

Qian Daoliu overwhelmed Tang Chen, using the Angel God's purification power and superior swordsmanship to inflict grievous wounds. As Qian Daoliu unleashed a net of golden sword lights, Tang Chen drew the Clear Sky Hammer and prepared to fight back.

• Qian Daoliu explained that the Angel God's purification power suppressed Tang Chen's Asura God Power.
• Tang Chen attacked from behind, but Qian Daoliu evaded him and slashed open his chest.
• Qian Daoliu disarmed Tang Chen's attack, kicked him into Spirit City's protective barrier, then pierced him with a sword strike.
• Tang Chen emerged from the crater badly wounded as Qian Daoliu declared he would end his life and sent dozens of golden sword lights at him.
• Tang Chen summoned the Clear Sky Hammer in his left hand and the Asura Demon Sword in his right, then struck at the incoming sword lights.

Tang Chen battled Qian Daoliu, but Qian Daoliu overwhelmed him with his swordsmanship and left him gravely wounded. As Qian Daoliu taunted Tang Chen over his remaining option of self-destruction, Tang Chen remained determined to take him down, and the fight was left unresolved.

• Qian Daoliu's sword radiance broke through Tang Chen's defenses, and Tang Chen realized he had never learned to wield the Asura Demon Sword properly.
• Qian Daoliu unleashed nine powerful sword strikes, and Tang Chen used his remaining Soul Power and Asura God Power to block them with the Clear Sky Hammer and Asura Demon Sword.
• Tang Chen charged at Qian Daoliu, but Qian Daoliu deflected his sword and struck him in the chest, breaking several ribs and sending him crashing into a tree.
• Qian Daoliu declared that Tang Chen had lost, while Tang Chen vowed to drag him down even if he died.
• Qian Daoliu dismissed Tang Chen's apparent option of self-destructing his divine soul as incapable of harming him.

Qian Daoliu defeated and killed Tang Chen in their decisive duel, despite Tang Chen's claim that his ancestor Qian Cheng had become a God King and engineered his own power. With Qian Daoliu victorious, Qian Cheng gained a powerful ally, shifting the course of the war and deepening Ning Fengzhi's fears for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Tang Chen revealed that his ancestor had slain two main gods, sealed their souls in the Human Emperor Banner, and used their source power to help him become a god.
• Qian Daoliu dismissed Tang Chen's claims and urged him to surrender, but Tang Chen insisted on fighting to the death with the Asura Demon Sword.
• Qian Daoliu exploited Tang Chen's poor swordsmanship, overwhelmed his defenses, and fatally pierced his heart with the Golden Longsword.
• Tang Chen died, leaving Qian Daoliu victorious in a duel that could determine the war's outcome.
• Ning Fengzhi realized Qian Daoliu's victory would aid Qian Cheng but feared the prolonged, chaotic fighting would cause more casualties among the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's disciples.

After Tang Chen’s death left the Anti-Spirit Hall Alliance facing Qian Daoliu and Qian Cheng, Qian Cheng unveiled the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and the alliance’s apparent allies turned against it. Bo Saixi stabbed Ning Fengzhi with the Golden Trident, leaving him near death as the battle’s balance shifted.

• The alliance despaired after learning Tang Chen had died, while Ning Fengzhi urged everyone to fight rather than retreat.
• Qian Cheng unleashed a terrifying aura and raised the Ten Thousand Souls Banner over Spirit City, alarming Chen Xin, who recognized its design from Sea God Island.
• Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan trapped the Sacred Spirit Sect disciples with vines and ice, prompting Golden Crocodile Douluo to order Spirit Hall’s forces to withdraw.
• Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan revealed that they were protecting their own people, while Bo Saixi stood silently behind Ning Fengzhi.
• Bo Saixi stabbed Ning Fengzhi through the chest with the Golden Trident, then pulled it free as he collapsed and began to lose consciousness.

Qian Cheng revealed that Sea God Island had long been destroyed and its inhabitants, including Bo Saixi, were controlled undead sealed in the Human Emperor Banner. He ordered the Five Sacred Pillars to self-destruct, devastating the allied camps and leaving Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Yu Yuanzhen, Dai Tianfeng, and Zhu Tiancai struggling to survive.

• Bo Saixi struck Ning Fengzhi with lethal force while Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan imprisoned the Sacred Spirit Sect's healers, leaving Ning Rongrong unable to save her father.
• Qian Cheng revealed that he had slaughtered Sea God Island and controlled its inhabitants as souls within the Human Emperor Banner.
• Qian Cheng ordered the Five Sacred Pillars to self-destruct, and the blasts killed Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin and devastated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan camp.
• Sea Witch Douluo and Sea Star Douluo exploded in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect camp, killing thousands; Sword Douluo shielded Ning Rongrong but was badly injured.
• A blast dispelled Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai's Hell White Tiger, injured them, and killed Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and her father.

Five Titled Douluo from Sea God Island self-destructed, devastating the Anti-Spirit Hall Alliance while the Sacred Spirit Sect survived behind Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan’s defenses. Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan revealed that they served Qian Cheng as their master, leaving the survivors stunned and Dai Tianfeng enraged.

• The Four Great Enshrined and other Spirit Hall elders blocked the blast, while the Anti-Spirit Hall Alliance suffered catastrophic losses and the Sacred Spirit Sect remained nearly unharmed.
• Shui Bing'er, Ye Lingling, and the others realized Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan had protected the Sacred Spirit Sect because they had known the five Titled Douluo would self-destruct.
• Dai Tianfeng accused Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan of betraying the alliance, but they knelt before Qian Cheng and addressed him as their master.
• The Sacred Spirit Sect members and Hu Liena reacted with shock as they understood Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan had been on Qian Cheng’s side.
• Qian Cheng praised Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan, and Dai Tianfeng angrily denounced them as traitors.

Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan revealed the Rebel Alliance had been manipulated and ordered its members executed. As the Sacred Spirit Sect attacked, Golden Crocodile Douluo killed Yu Yuanzhen, and Shui Hanyan froze Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai’s Hell White Tiger.

• Sword Douluo realized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been devastated and learned the alliance had been a scheme orchestrated by the Sacred Spirit Sect.
• Ye Muyun ordered the Rebel Alliance executed, while Shui Hanyan released the Sacred Spirit Sect’s disciples and sent them into battle.
• Yu Yuanzhen challenged Golden Crocodile Douluo and was killed after three exchanges.
• Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Hell White Tiger, to attack Shui Hanyan.
• Shui Hanyan stopped the Hell White Tiger with one hand and froze it, telling Dai Tianfeng that the Star Luo Empire would be taken over.

After Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai died, Sword Douluo Chen Xin challenged Qian Cheng to defend the honor of his father and the sword. Qian Cheng effortlessly stopped Chen Xin’s attacks, broke his sword, and sent him crashing into Ning Rongrong, leaving them buried beneath a shattered pillar.

• Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai died when the Hell White Tiger shattered, leaving Ning Rongrong and Chen Xin as the Rebel Alliance’s only survivors.
• Chen Xin challenged Qian Cheng, who accepted and stopped Chen Xin’s powerful sword strike with one finger.
• Chen Xin attacked with a barrage of sword techniques, but Qian Cheng blocked every blow and caught the Seven Kill Sword between two fingers.
• Qian Cheng criticized Chen Xin’s swordsmanship and snapped off the Seven Kill Sword’s tip.
• Qian Cheng launched the broken sword tip at Chen Xin, who crashed into Ning Rongrong and shattered a stone pillar, burying them both beneath rubble.
• Hu Liena boasted about Qian Cheng, while Shui Bing’er challenged her to prove herself in a fight.

Qian Cheng’s forces defeated and killed Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong, then prepared a victory feast centered on Xiao Wu. Seeing the dead companions and realizing she was to be slaughtered for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, Xiao Wu secretly tried to escape her chains but could not break free.

• Chen Xin emerged from the rubble, found Ning Rongrong dead, and died from his injuries after Qian Cheng explained the fatal blow.
• Qian Cheng ordered the battlefield cleaned and the fallen leaders buried in a cemetery outside Spirit City.
• Shui Hanyan and Ye Muyun brought the chained Xiao Wu to the plaza, where she saw the bodies and realized Ning Rongrong and Chen Xin were dead.
• Qian Cheng announced a victory feast and declared that Xiao Wu, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, would be slaughtered.
• Xiao Wu thought of Tang San and tried to break her collarbone chains, but they held fast and cut deeper into her flesh.