Chapter Summaries

Tang San and the Howling Celestial Dog scouted the Heaven Dou Empire's treasury for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, but withdrew without raising the alarm. Di Tian then obtained the Shroud for Yin Chuan, who received a quest to choose who would inherit the Sea God's Godhood and leaned toward Tang San.

• Xue Ke led Tang San through the imperial treasury, where the Howling Celestial Dog found a hidden door leading to a more secure inner level.
• Tang San called the Howling Celestial Dog back and decided to report the discovery to Yin Chuan rather than risk alerting the treasury's guards.
• Xue Ye invited Yin Chuan to take Xue Ke to Blue Tyrant Academy, and Yin Chuan agreed to arrange a room for his new disciple.
• Di Tian told Yin Chuan that two Super Douluos were watching over the palace, then offered to retrieve the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Di Tian caught up with Yin Chuan and handed him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, triggering a quest that offered three choices for the Sea God's inheritance.
• Yin Chuan considered the choices and decided Tang San was the better candidate for the Sea God's Godhood, while he preferred the Asura God.

Yin Chuan gave Tang San the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which caused Tang San’s Blue Silver Tyrant Spear to evolve into the Blue Silver Overlord Halberd. Tang San accepted his new weapon and found it suited him, while Yin Chuan considered what the transformation meant for the Sea God Inheritance.

• Yin Chuan took Tang San to their underground chamber and gave him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong showed Xue Ke to the girls’ dormitory.
• Tang San absorbed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and his Blue Silver Tyrant Spear transformed into a Fangtian Halberd.
• Tang San learned that the Blue Silver Overlord Halberd carried Blue Silver, Vast Sea, and strength attributes, including Ultimate Vast Sea Power.
• Yin Chuan encouraged Tang San to follow his own path, and Tang San tested the halberd and found that it felt natural and did not interfere with Blue Silver Thirteen Spears.
• Yin Chuan wondered how the halberd would fit with Tang San’s future Sea God Inheritance.

Tang San evolved his Martial Soul and successfully tested his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Yin Chuan, while Di Tian questioned Yin Chuan about the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. Outside Heaven Dou City, Dugu Yan searched for her missing grandfather and headed for his herb garden.

• Yin Chuan and Tang San confirmed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill still worked after Tang San's Martial Soul evolved, and found that Double Spear General had gained new capabilities.
• Yin Chuan sent Tang San back to the academy, then told Di Tian that Ning Fengzhi had appraised the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Di Tian accepted Yin Chuan's explanation and decided to visit Ning Fengzhi to verify it.
• Yin Chuan left to test the Howling Celestial Dog's new skill, while Di Tian stayed behind.
• Dugu Yan searched several places for Dugu Bo and, finding no sign of him, made for his herb garden.

Yin Chuan tested Howling Celestial Dog’s moon-devouring skill on Dugu Yan, who was searching for her grandfather. He revealed that Dugu Bo was dead, directed her to his grave, and blamed Spirit Hall, leaving Dugu Yan determined to seek revenge.

• Howling Celestial Dog’s Heavenly Wolf Devours the Moon plunged the Sunset Forest into darkness, blinding Dugu Yan as she searched for Dugu Bo.
• Yin Chuan ordered Howling Celestial Dog to end the skill, and Dugu Yan recognized him and respectfully greeted him.
• Yin Chuan told Dugu Yan to return to Heaven Dou City and stay away from her family’s Herb Garden, leading her to realize Dugu Bo had likely died.
• Dugu Yan asked where her grandfather was buried, and Yin Chuan sent Howling Celestial Dog to guide her to the grave.
• Dugu Yan asked who had killed Dugu Bo, and Yin Chuan named Spirit Hall as her enemy.

Dugu Yan vowed to avenge Dugu Bo and asked Yin Chuan to take her as his disciple, while Yin Chuan agreed to consider it. At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong learned of Yin Chuan’s strength and was stunned when Yu Xiaogang arrived carrying Yin Chuan’s token.

• Dugu Yan swore vengeance on Spirit Hall, and Yin Chuan persuaded her to return home rather than act rashly.
• Dugu Yan asked Yin Chuan to take her as his disciple, and he decided he would care for Dugu Bo’s granddaughter.
• Yin Chuan sent the Howling Celestial Dog to escort Dugu Yan and stayed away from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well because Tang Hao was there.
• Bibi Dong reprimanded Chrysanthemum Douluo for trying to recruit Yin Chuan, then accepted his explanation that Yin Chuan’s singular velvet sky chrysanthemum had drawn him in.
• A group bearing Yin Chuan’s token requested an audience at Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong ordered them admitted.
• Bibi Dong recognized Yu Xiaogang among the visitors, and Yu Xiaogang entered the Pope Hall with a swagger.

Bibi Dong reunited with Yu Xiaogang and learned he had lost all his Soul Power, while Yu Xiaogang concealed Yin Chuan’s role behind his oath. She agreed to give him 2.5 million Gold Soul Coins and make him Spirit Hall’s Judgment Elder, leaving Yu Xiaogang convinced he had risen beyond Yin Chuan’s reach.

• Bibi Dong dismissed Chrysanthemum Douluo and sent Liu Erlong away so she could speak privately with Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong left heartbroken, while Ghost Douluo wondered whether Yu Xiaogang’s hold over Bibi Dong would shape Spirit Hall’s direction.
• Bibi Dong discovered Yu Xiaogang had no Soul Power, and he hinted at his suffering without naming Yin Chuan because of his oath.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong for 2.5 million Gold Soul Coins, and she agreed despite Spirit Hall’s financial needs.
• Bibi Dong promised to make Yu Xiaogang a Judgment Elder, and Yu Xiaogang embraced her while boasting inwardly that Yin Chuan had made a mistake.

Qian Renxue ordered Qian Jun and Jiang Mo to kill Emperor Xue Ye and secure her succession, then summoned Yin Chuan and Tang San to the palace. She announced before the gathered ministers that Xue Ye was dead and she would ascend the throne.

• Bibi Dong praised Yu Xiaogang and promised him the position of Judgment Elder, then ordered Ghost Douluo to investigate who had crippled his Soul Power and kill them.
• Qian Renxue, angered by Xue Ye’s efforts to win Yin Chuan over, ordered Qian Jun and Jiang Mo to kill the emperor and eliminate Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng.
• The next morning, Yin Chuan and Tang San arrived at Heaven Dou Palace and found Qian Renxue seated on the throne instead of Xue Ye.
• Yin Chuan and Tang San stood beside Qian Renxue as the ministers assembled for court.
• Qian Renxue told the ministers that Emperor Xue Ye had died and that she would ascend the throne.

After Xue Ye, Prince Xue Xing, and Xue Beng died, Qian Renxue claimed the Heaven Dou throne, and Yin Chuan chose to support her. When ministers challenged the succession, Yin Chuan revealed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and demanded they declare whether they agreed or objected.

• Yin Chuan chose the side quest to help Qian Renxue and planned to give Tang San the Dark Gold Bear Gallbladder External Soul Bone.
• Qian Renxue announced Xue Ye’s death and declared that she would ascend the throne without waiting for the mourning period.
• Qian Renxue revealed that Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng had also died, prompting some ministers to accuse her of murder and others to accept her rule.
• Jiang Mo Douluo offered to kill an opposing minister, but Qian Renxue stopped him and waited for Yin Chuan to act.
• Yin Chuan stepped forward, revealed his disguised Soul Rings including a Hundred-Thousand-Year seventh Soul Ring, and demanded that the ministers say who agreed or objected to Qian Renxue inheriting the throne.

Yin Chuan forced the ministers to accept Qian Renxue’s succession, but a greedy bald minister challenged him in hopes of stealing his Soul Bone. Yin Chuan sent the man flying and handed him over to Tang San, who began torturing him outside the hall.

• Yin Chuan declared his support for Qian Renxue, and the ministers fell silent rather than object to her accession.
• A bald minister urged the others to attack Yin Chuan and claim his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, but they refused to join him.
• Tang San angrily offered to deal with the bald minister, while Yin Chuan said he would leave the man to him.
• The bald minister tried to dismiss his threat as a joke, but Yin Chuan used Overlord Rules the World to send only him flying.
• Yin Chuan entrusted the bald minister to Tang San, who broke his leg with a halberd and began torturing him outside the hall.

Qian Renxue succeeded Xue Ye as emperor and appointed Yin Chuan Equal-Rank King, Grand General, and prime minister, prompting the ministers to suspect he controlled her. Meng Shenji, Zhilin, and Bai Baoshan then challenged Yin Chuan and called on the ministers to help rescue the emperor.

• Tang San tortured and killed the bald man for insulting Yin Chuan, then returned to the main hall covered in blood.
• Yin Chuan declared Qian Renxue the new ruler after the ministers voiced no objections, and she succeeded Xue Ye as emperor.
• Qian Renxue appointed Yin Chuan Equal-Rank King, Grand General, and prime minister, alarming Qian Jun and Jiang Mo.
• Yin Chuan accepted the appointments, while Tang San suspected his uncle planned to seize the throne.
• Meng Shenji accused Yin Chuan of plotting against Xue Ye and Qian Renxue, then joined Zhilin and Bai Baoshan in urging the ministers to attack Yin Chuan's faction.

Yin Chuan and Tang San faced a confrontation with the ministers after Qian Renxue appointed Yin Chuan to powerful posts, but Qian Renxue defused the standoff by making Meng Shenji chancellor. Yin Chuan then gave Tang San the Dark Gold Bear Gallbladder External Soul Bone to absorb while the Howling Celestial Dog stood guard.

• The ministers demanded Yin Chuan's death, and Tang San urged his uncle to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against them.
• Qian Renxue asked Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo to help Yin Chuan, but they refused unless her life was threatened.
• Demon Subduing Douluo suggested appointing Meng Shenji chancellor, and Qian Renxue withdrew Yin Chuan's chancellorship to give Meng Shenji the post.
• Meng Shenji and the ministers accepted Qian Renxue's decision, ending the standoff in the imperial court.
• Yin Chuan received the Dark Gold Bear Gallbladder External Soul Bone and gave it to Tang San to absorb.
• The Howling Celestial Dog marked a pillar in the imperial court while standing guard, and Yin Chuan ordered him back.

Tang San absorbed a hundred-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear gallbladder soul bone while Yin Chuan guarded him, then became furious after remembering Meng Shenji had taken Yin Chuan’s chancellorship. As Tang San plotted to kill Meng Shenji, Di Tian and Tang Hao discovered the soul bone, and Tang Hao resolved to act for Tang San.

• Yin Chuan recalled Howling Celestial Dog after it marked the grand hall as its territory, then guarded Tang San as he absorbed a soul bone during court.
• Tang San discovered the external soul bone was a hundred-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear gallbladder that granted him two powerful soul skills, and felt deeply indebted to Yin Chuan.
• Tang San remembered Meng Shenji had taken Yin Chuan’s chancellorship and vowed to kill him, considering using the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s spring water for hidden weapons.
• Di Tian detected the rare soul bone and decided to warn Tang San not to reveal it in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xiong Jun might recognize it.
• Tang Hao saw Tang San’s soul bone and reflected on how little he had given his son compared with Yin Chuan, then resolved to do something for Tang San.
• Tang Hao noticed Tang San’s hostility toward Meng Shenji and decided the old minister could be a target for his own intervention.

Tang Hao decided to win Tang San over by helping him please Yin Chuan, while Qian Jun and Jiang Mo learned the likely family connection between Tang San and Yin Chuan and worried about Qian Renxue’s cover. After court, Qian Renxue thanked Yin Chuan for supporting her, and Tang San challenged her decision to make Meng Shenji Chancellor before she promised the appointment would not last long.

• Tang Hao resolved to build a better relationship with Yin Chuan to improve Tang San’s opinion of him, and vowed to kill anyone appointed Chancellor except Yin Chuan or Tang San.
• Qian Jun and Jiang Mo coveted Tang San’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone but held back, fearing Yin Chuan’s hidden protector and Tang Hao’s presence.
• Qian Jun deduced that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son with a soul beast and that Yin Chuan was his uncle, leading the two Douluo to worry that Yin Chuan might turn against Qian Renxue if he learned her identity.
• After court, Qian Renxue thanked Yin Chuan for supporting her, while he kept their exchange formal despite her calling them brothers.
• Tang San questioned Qian Renxue’s decision to give Meng Shenji the Chancellor’s position, and Yin Chuan reprimanded him before Qian Renxue promised Meng Shenji would not hold the post for long.

Qian Renxue won Tang San over by promising him a post and naming him the Little Tyrant, then accompanied Yin Chuan to Blue Tyrant Academy. At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong made Yu Xiaogang Judgment Elder, but Qian Daoliu abandoned plans to confront her and hurried to Heaven Dou City after learning Qian Renxue had taken the throne.

• Tang San blamed Meng Shenji for Yin Chuan's treatment, and Qian Renxue promised him an important position after he graduated from Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Qian Renxue named Tang San the Little Tyrant, and he eagerly accepted the title and pledged his loyalty to her.
• Yin Chuan and Tang San left for Blue Tyrant Academy, while Qian Renxue followed them there and asked to come inside.
• Bibi Dong appointed Yu Xiaogang Spirit Hall's Judgment Elder, prompting officials who opposed the appointment to report it to Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu learned that Qian Renxue had seized the throne and left Spirit Hall with the other Enshrined for Heaven Dou City, postponing his confrontation over Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang basked in his authority over Spirit Hall while Bibi Dong praised him, but her followers quietly began turning against her. News that Qian Renxue had taken the throne and Yin Chuan had become Equal-Rank King shattered Yu Xiaogang’s triumph, and he urged Bibi Dong to invade the unstable Heaven Dou Empire.

• Yu Xiaogang strutted through Spirit Hall’s plaza as Bibi Dong praised him for commanding its Soul Masters, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei discussed abandoning her.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei decided to seek the Great Enshrined and join the Worship Hall after Bibi Dong’s actions alienated them.
• Bibi Dong received news that Qian Renxue had become emperor and grew furious that her daughter had succeeded without her guidance.
• Yu Xiaogang read the report and fixated on Yin Chuan’s appointment as Equal-Rank King and his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Bibi Dong to invade the Heaven Dou Empire while it was unstable after the change in imperial power.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Bibi Dong to launch an invasion of the Heaven Dou Empire, unaware that Qian Renxue ruled it as Spirit Hall’s agent. As Spirit Hall’s elders gathered in Heaven Dou City, Yin Chuan grew wary and decided to avoid court.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Bibi Dong to attack the Heaven Dou Empire, and she took him aside to explain Qian Renxue’s takeover.
• Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo found the Worship Hall deserted and decided to leave for the Heaven Dou Empire to serve Qian Renxue.
• After learning Qian Renxue ruled the empire, Yu Xiaogang argued that an invasion would win Bibi Dong credit, and she gave him the Military Tally to arrange the troops.
• Yu Xiaogang dismissed Liu Erlong as useless and told Bibi Dong to provide her only with food.
• Di Tian warned Yin Chuan that more than ten Titled Douluo, including an Angel Clan Limit Douluo, had arrived at the Heaven Dou Palace.
• Yin Chuan told Xiao San to report that he was sick and in seclusion so he could skip court and avoid the gathering Titled Douluo.

Tang San guarded Yin Chuan while he refused visitors, then brought him Gangzi’s intelligence about Spirit Hall’s upheaval and impending attack on Qian Renxue. Yin Chuan learned Gangzi had become Judgment Elder and had repaid his debt, leaving him to reckon with Spirit Hall’s internal conflict.

• Tang San barred Ning Rongrong and imperial envoys from seeing Yin Chuan, telling them his uncle was ill and recuperating in seclusion.
• Di Tian and Yin Chuan discussed Spirit Hall’s takeover of the Heaven Dou Empire and how Yin Chuan might secure a place in its new order.
• Tang San brought Yin Chuan intelligence reporting that Gangzi had become Judgment Elder, prompting Yin Chuan to wonder why Bibi Dong had appointed him.
• Yin Chuan read a second report revealing that Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang were marching against Qian Renxue and demanding her surrender.
• Tang San gave Yin Chuan a Storage Ring containing the Gold Soul Coins Gangzi owed him and explained that Gangzi had sent the warnings before attacking the Heaven Dou Empire.

Tang San fused the Golden Broken Spear into his Blue Silver Overlord Halberd, linking it to his Golden Dragon King Bloodline so he could use its powers to help Yin Chuan. In a hidden space in the Star Dou Great Forest, a silver dragon sensed his aura and resolved to devour him to become the Dragon God.

• Yin Chuan refused to meet Qian Renxue about Spirit Hall's plans and told Tang San he did not need to stand guard.
• Feeling unable to help Yin Chuan, Tang San decided the Golden Broken Spear might unlock the Golden Dragon King's sixth seal and went to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang San told Ah Yin that he and Yin Chuan were doing well, then began cultivating while she watched over him.
• Tang San infused the Golden Broken Spear with his Golden Dragon King Bloodline and fused it into the shaft of his Blue Silver Overlord Halberd.
• Tang San realized the modified halberd connected him to the Golden Dragon King Bloodline and vowed to use its powers to help Yin Chuan.
• A silver dragon in a hidden space in the Star Dou Great Forest sensed Tang San's aura and decided to devour him to become the Dragon God.

Gu Yuena sensed that the Golden Dragon King had appeared on the Douluo Continent and ordered Yin Chuan to find him. Yin Chuan planned to warn Tang San while keeping Di Tian occupied, and the Howling Celestial Dog set off for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Gu Yuena failed to locate the Golden Dragon King with her divine sense, so she told Di Tian to have Yin Chuan search for him.
• Di Tian relayed Gu Yuena's order to Yin Chuan and privately suspected that Tang San might be the Golden Dragon King, but decided to investigate before reporting his suspicions.
• Yin Chuan agreed to the mission and asked Di Tian whether the Douluo Continent had any sanctuaries like the Lake of Life; Di Tian knew of none.
• Yin Chuan changed his plans and headed to the Heaven Dou Palace, bringing Di Tian along to keep him from noticing the Howling Celestial Dog's movements.
• After Yin Chuan and Di Tian had gone, the Howling Celestial Dog left the entrance and rushed toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

The Howling Celestial Dog warned Tang San that his exposed Golden Dragon King bloodline had attracted the Silver Dragon King, prompting him to hide his weapon’s appearance and aura. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall’s leaders argued over Bibi Dong’s order to attack the Heaven Dou Empire, and Qian Renxue’s worries shifted to Yin Chuan’s illness when he appeared in the hall.

• The Howling Celestial Dog told Tang San that the Silver Dragon King wanted to devour him because his Golden Dragon King bloodline had been exposed, and that Yin Chuan had sent him to warn Tang San.
• Tang San thanked Yin Chuan for protecting him, concealed the Blue Silver Overlord Halberd’s golden appearance, and washed away his lingering aura in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and a Spirit Hall elder objected to Bibi Dong’s plan to attack the Heaven Dou Empire, while Qian Daoliu hesitated over how to respond.
• Qian Renxue ignored the debate and worried that Yin Chuan was ill and recovering in seclusion.
• Yin Chuan entered the great hall, and Qian Renxue rushed to him and asked how his illness was.