Recaps

Zhang Jingqing chose Zhang Qingxuan to inherit the Celestial Master Inheritance, but Green Ox sent him away under orders from The Master. Zhang Qingxuan arrived as an infant on Douluo Planet, where a couple discovered him and learned his name.

• Zhang Jingqing dismissed Zhang Zhiwei and Zhang Huaiyi, then passed the complete Five Thunders Method to Zhang Qingxuan as his heir.
• Zhang Qingxuan fed oranges to Green Ox and fell asleep beside it in the grove.
• Green Ox enveloped Zhang Qingxuan in clear energy and sent him away, then vanished itself.
• Zhang Zhiwei and Zhang Huaiyi reported what they had seen, and Zhang Jingqing said the patriarch had manifested.
• An azure light descended on Douluo Planet and became an infant before a husband and wife, and the man heard the name Zhang Qingxuan in his mind.

At eighteen, Zhang Qingxuan reached Soul Douluo and awakened the Sign-In System, which directed him to the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area. He planned to obtain his Eighth Soul Ring and travel with his adoptive mother, while his younger sister Li Yingxue and the transformed Soul Beast Xiao Bai remained by his side.

• Zhang Qingxuan reflected on his eighteen years of cultivation and his recent breakthrough to Soul Douluo, while recalling how Li Yuntian had concealed his talent.
• Li Yingxue visited Zhang Qingxuan after skipping morning training, and he urged her to keep cultivating.
• The Sign-In System activated and refreshed its initial sign-in location to the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area.
• Zhang Qingxuan told Li Yingxue that he had also broken through and planned to obtain his Eighth Soul Ring, astonishing her with his age and cultivation.
• Xiao Bai, the hundred-thousand-year Ice Snow White Fox whom Zhang Qingxuan had taken in and helped conceal, entered the courtyard as Li Yingxue frowned.

Zhang Qingxuan reviewed his stalled Dao Realm cultivation and wondered whether the Star Dou Great Forest might offer a breakthrough. At the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Chen learned that Tang Li had reached level seventy and worried that the sect could not match Zhang Qingxuan’s strength.

• Xiao Bai and Li Yingxue argued in Zhang Qingxuan’s courtyard until they chased each other away, leaving him to review the account books.
• Zhang Qingxuan inspected his system panel and saw that his Dao Realm had remained at the early stage of Qi Refining into Spirit for three years.
• Zhang Qingxuan reflected on his unresponsive Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram and Green Leaf Sword Martial Souls, then considered seeking a turning point in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Li told Tang Chen that he had reached level seventy, and Tang Chen ordered the First Elder to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest for his seventh Soul Ring.
• After Tang Li left, Tang Chen worried that the Clear Sky Sect’s limited high-level fighters and younger generation could not keep pace with Zhang Qingxuan.

Tang Chen questioned whether the Clear Sky Sect could stand without him, while Li Yuntian and Zhang Qingxuan helped Yang Wanqing hunt an eighty-thousand-year soul beast in the Star Dou Great Forest. After Yang Wanqing began absorbing its soul ring, Zhang Qingxuan uncovered an External Soul Bone, only for a Clear Sky Sect elder to demand it and threaten Yang Wanqing.

• Tang Chen reflected that the Clear Sky Hammer's reputation rested on his strength and techniques, and wondered what would happen if he left the Clear Sky Sect.
• Li Yuntian, Yang Wanqing, and Zhang Qingxuan searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable soul beast for Yang Wanqing's next soul ring.
• Zhang Qingxuan identified an eighty-thousand-year Storm Hunting Eagle, and Li Yuntian defeated it so Yang Wanqing could absorb its soul ring.
• Zhang Qingxuan discovered an External Soul Bone beneath the eagle's wing and gave it to Li Yuntian to discuss with Yang Wanqing, or possibly save for Yingxue.
• A Clear Sky Sect elder confronted Li Yuntian and demanded that Yang Wanqing's External Soul Bone be handed over to the sect, while suggesting she could return to the Breaking Clan.

Tang Zhen demanded that Yang Wanqing submit to the Clear Sky Sect, but Zhang Qingxuan argued that the Breaking Clan should be wiped out to sever its claim over her. Tang Zhen attacked, Li Yuntian fought him, and Zhang Qingxuan kept Tang Li at bay while Yang Wanqing continued absorbing her soul ring.

• Tang Zhen insisted that Yang Wanqing remained under the Clear Sky Sect's authority because of her Breaking Clan blood, and Li Yuntian prepared to fight him.
• Zhang Qingxuan calmed Li Yuntian, then suggested destroying the Breaking Clan to end its claim over Yang Wanqing.
• Tang Zhen attacked Zhang Qingxuan, but Li Yuntian blocked the Clear Sky Hammer and began battling Tang Zhen.
• Tang Li tried to join the fight, but Zhang Qingxuan struck his arm with the Golden Light Whip and stopped him.
• Zhang Qingxuan guarded Yang Wanqing as she continued absorbing her soul ring.

Li Yuntian used his duel with Tang Zhen to refine his swordsmanship, while Yang Wanqing completed her Soul Ring absorption. Zhang Qingxuan stopped Yang Wanqing from killing Tang Zhen to avoid drawing the Clear Sky Sect into a conflict with the Li Family, and Tang Zhen left with Tang Li after threatening revenge.

• Li Yuntian adapted to Tang Zhen's Clear Sky Hammer techniques and began forcing him back with the Green Fire Sword.
• Yang Wanqing awoke after absorbing her Soul Ring, reporting that her Soul Power had risen and her martial soul had improved.
• Zhang Qingxuan explained Tang Zhen's demands and attack, then proposed killing him, but Yang Wanqing warned that Tang Chen would investigate and endanger the Li Family.
• Zhang Qingxuan returned the unconscious Tang Li and ordered Tang Zhen to leave, and Tang Zhen fled with the boy after threatening the Li Family.

Zhang Qingxuan checked in at the Lake of Life and received two strands of Innate Qi, which awakened his dormant Martial Souls and led them to guide him toward the Life Green Willow. He arrived as tribulation clouds gathered over the tree, while the Sky Azure Bull Python and Soft Bone Rabbit watched from the lake.

• Zhang Qingxuan reached the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest and received two strands of Innate Qi from the system.
• Zhang Qingxuan learned that his Martial Souls needed Innate Qi to awaken and could form Soul Rings by absorbing energy from heaven and earth.
• Zhang Qingxuan followed his Martial Souls' pull deeper into the forest, and the Sky Azure Bull Python told the Soft Bone Rabbit that he was heading toward the Life Green Willow.
• The Soft Bone Rabbit refused to follow Zhang Qingxuan because the Life Green Willow's impending Heavenly Tribulation could trigger her own tribulation, and she reaffirmed her plan to take human form.
• Zhang Qingxuan reached the Life Green Willow as tribulation clouds filled the sky and his Martial Souls trembled with excitement.

Zhang Qingxuan was dragged into a heavenly tribulation by his eager martial souls, which devoured the lightning and its origin while he struggled to survive. He survived the ordeal and turned his attention to scavenging the scorched willow grove.

• Zhang Qingxuan watched the Life Green Willow endure three lightning strikes by drawing life force from nearby willows, until the surrounding trees could no longer help it.
• The Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram and Green Leaf Sword pulled Zhang Qingxuan into the tribulation clouds, where he used the Five Thunders Method to refine lightning striking his body.
• The two martial souls provoked the tribulation clouds and rushed toward the Lightning Tribulation Origin, drawing a barrage of powerful bolts onto Zhang Qingxuan.
• The martial souls drained the Lightning Tribulation Origin, causing the clouds to vanish, and Zhang Qingxuan fell beside the charred Life Green Willow.
• Zhang Qingxuan woke up, scolded the martial souls, recalled them, put on his clothes, and prepared to scavenge for loot.

Zhang Qingxuan left the ruined Life Green Willow without finding any usable Lightning-Struck Wood, unaware that a hidden remnant had survived inside its trunk. Meanwhile, Qian Xunji learned of a possible conflict between the Clear Sky Sect and the Li Family, and Spirit Hall began investigating.

• Zhang Qingxuan searched the charred Life Green Willow but found no intact branches or other usable materials.
• After Zhang Qingxuan left, a green phantom emerged from the trunk, then returned to a hidden Hundred-Thousand-Year Wood Core and fell silent.
• Zhang Qingxuan examined his martial souls and realized their newly formed Soul Rings had strengthened them without granting Soul Skills.
• Qian Xunji reviewed Spirit Hall's expenses before Shadow Eye reported that Tang Zhen had accused the Li Family and berated the Breaking Clan's patriarch.
• Qian Xunji suspected that an unknown conflict had arisen between the Clear Sky Sect and the Li Family.

After learning the Clear Sky Sect had pressured the Li Family, Qian Xunji hurried to Heaven Dou City with lavish gifts to offer support, leaving Qian Daoliu to handle his duties. At the Li residence, Li Yuntian and Yang Wanqing confronted the damage and casualties caused by the attack.

• Qian Xunji ordered five carts of valuable gifts prepared and set out for Heaven Dou City to win the Li Family’s trust against the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Xunji sent his government documents to Qian Daoliu, claiming urgent business, and Shadow Eye followed him to arrange the gifts.
• Qian Daoliu erupted in anger at his son’s departure, then assigned the urgent affairs to himself and several elders.
• Li Yuntian reviewed a report listing seven smashed shops, three burned warehouses, and eleven injured or dead guards.
• Yang Wanqing grew pale after seeing intelligence suggesting the Breaking Clan might have been involved.

Li Yuntian faced the Clear Sky Sect’s pressure and heard Qian Xunji offer Spirit Hall’s protection in exchange for the Li Family joining and surrendering forty percent. Zhang Qingxuan then arrived and offered sixty percent instead.

• Li Yuntian reassured Yang Wanqing that her Breaking Clan bloodline was not a burden, and explained that the attacks on the Li Family were meant to weaken it without provoking open conflict.
• Xiao Bai reported that Qian Xunji had arrived at the Li residence, and Li Yuntian predicted that the Pope had come to offer help.
• Qian Xunji proposed that the Li Family join Spirit Hall, promising protection and the chance for Li Yuntian to enter the Elder Palace.
• Qian Xunji asked for forty percent of the Li Family’s business, and Zhang Qingxuan appeared and offered sixty percent.

Zhang Qingxuan explained why the Li Family had agreed to give Spirit Hall sixty percent of its future income, then reassured Li Yuntian that he would protect the family. Several days later, Qianjun Douluo and Jiangmo Douluo arrived in Heaven Dou City and saw the Li Family moving its businesses and people away.

• Zhang Qingxuan told Li Yuntian that the Li Family's wealth exceeded its foundations and that paying Spirit Hall sixty percent would buy protection and time to grow.
• Zhang Qingxuan advised Li Yuntian to reveal the Whale Rubber formula to Spirit Hall and promised to protect the Li Family, bringing them closer.
• Qianjun Douluo and Jiangmo Douluo arrived in Heaven Dou City and saw Li Family businesses evacuating across several streets.
• Qianjun Douluo explained that the Li Family's businesses stretched across both great empires and held wealth beyond their imagining.
• Jiangmo Douluo recalled Qian Xunji telling Qian Daoliu that the Li Family's sixty-percent contribution would cover Spirit Hall's financial deficit for ten years, while Qian Daoliu struggled to hold back his anger at his son's boasting.

The Li Family’s alliance with Spirit Hall alarmed the Clear Sky Sect, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Heaven Dou Empire while delighting the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Star Luo Empire. Li Yuntian offered Spirit Hall the Li Family’s method for absorbing over-limit spirit rings, and successful Whale Rubber tests left Qian Xunji eager to claim credit.

• Tang Zhen flew into a rage over the Li Family’s alliance with Spirit Hall and set out for the Breaking Clan to confront Yang Wanqing’s father.
• Ning Tianguang feared the alliance would give Spirit Hall control over a major share of Heaven Dou’s economy, while Yu Jingtian praised the decision and Dai Zhentian welcomed its harm to Heaven Dou.
• Xue Feng despaired over falling tax revenues and regretted relying on the Clear Sky Sect to pressure the Li Family.
• Li Yuntian offered Qian Xunji the Li Family’s secret method for absorbing over-limit spirit rings and explained its use of processed Whale Rubber.
• Qian Xunji’s experiment confirmed Whale Rubber strengthened the body, and he told Qian Daoliu he deserved credit for recruiting the Li Family.
• Qian Daoliu refused to add a separate section for Qian Xunji in the genealogy but later added achievements under both their names.

Zhang Qingxuan and Xiao Bai confronted the Titan Snow Demon King in the Far North so Xiao Bai could settle an old score. Zhang Qingxuan revealed his seven Soul Rings and struck the Demon King with Purple Tribulation Lightning, beginning their battle.

• Zhang Qingxuan told Xiao Bai that the Purple Tribulation Lightning he had gained a month earlier gave him confidence to face the Titan Snow Demon King.
• Xiao Bai called out the Titan Snow Demon King at the ice cavern where it had once taken the Ice Spirit Fruit Tree she guarded.
• The Titan Snow Demon King emerged, dismissed Zhang Qingxuan as a human ant, and punched at him, but Zhang's golden barrier stopped the blow.
• Zhang Qingxuan revealed seven Soul Rings—purple, purple, purple, black, black, black, and red—and activated them together.
• The Titan Snow Demon King unleashed its Extreme Cold Domain and Titan Giant Strength, but Zhang Qingxuan summoned a lightning bolt that cracked the armor on its fist.

Zhang Qingxuan killed the Titan Snow Demon King and began absorbing its Soul Ring, while Xiao Bai stood guard. After his martial souls destroyed the Titan Snow Demon King's remnant soul and strengthened his spiritual power, the Snow Empress and Ice Empress arrived.

• Zhang Qingxuan struck the Titan Snow Demon King's fatal wound with lightning, killing it and producing a blood-red Soul Ring.
• Zhang Qingxuan told Xiao Bai to guard him during absorption and gave her two Zixiao Lightning-Attracting Talismans.
• As Zhang Qingxuan absorbed the Soul Ring, the Titan Snow Demon King's remnant soul attacked him in his sea of consciousness.
• The Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram immobilized the remnant soul while the Green Leaf Sword wounded it, and the Taiji Diagram ground it away and refined its soul-origin power.
• Zhang Qingxuan's spiritual power improved, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress arrived as Xiao Bai watched them warily.

Zhang Qingxuan absorbed the Titan Snow Demon King's two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring while Snow Empress and Ice Empress confronted Xiao Bai. After he awoke, Snow Empress asked how much he understood about the Lightning Tribulation.

• Ice Empress approached Xiao Bai, who guarded Zhang Qingxuan with the Zixiao Lightning-Attracting Talisman, until Snow Empress warned her to stop.
• Snow Empress sensed the Lightning Tribulation's aura in Xiao Bai's talisman and recalled that Zhang Qingxuan had controlled the thunderclouds during his battle with the Titan Snow Demon King.
• Zhang Qingxuan absorbed the Soul Ring and gained Frost Battle Armor and Titan Giant Strength.
• Xiao Bai rushed to Zhang Qingxuan when he awoke and told him she had feared the two women would turn her into a fur coat.
• Zhang Qingxuan asked Snow Empress and Ice Empress why they had come, and Snow Empress asked what he understood about the Lightning Tribulation of heaven and earth.

Zhang Qingxuan told Snow Empress and Ice Empress he could weaken a lightning tribulation, and they arranged a test with an Ice Soul Demon Tiger nearing one hundred thousand years. As the tribulation descended, Zhang Qingxuan transformed into lightning and charged toward the clouds.

• Zhang Qingxuan admitted his cultivation method resonated with lightning and said he could reduce a tribulation's power by a little.
• Snow Empress summoned an Ice Soul Demon Tiger nearing its hundred-thousand-year breakthrough and gave it Millennium Profound Ice Marrow to trigger the breakthrough early.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress withdrew from the tribulation's range, while Xiao Bai fled and the Ice Soul Demon Tiger panicked after they disappeared.
• The hundred-thousand-year lightning tribulation descended, and Zhang Qingxuan sensed the two Thunder-Swallowing Beasts in his sea of consciousness craving the lightning.
• Zhang Qingxuan activated his Martial Soul Avatar and flew directly toward the tribulation clouds as the first bolt formed.

Zhang Qingxuan entered the Heavenly Tribulation’s source and absorbed its lightning, emerging with Purple Pattern Heavenly Gang Thunder. The Ice Soul Demon Tiger thanked him by striking a strangely familiar pose.

• Zhang Qingxuan charged into the Heavenly Tribulation and used the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram, Green Leaf Sword, and Five Thunders Method to absorb its lightning.
• The Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Xiao Bai, and Ice Soul Demon Tiger watched as the tribulation clouds shrank, while the Snow Empress noticed a flash of exceptionally pure purple source lightning.
• After the tribulation clouds dispersed, Zhang Qingxuan discovered that Purple Pattern Heavenly Gang Thunder had formed in his dantian and become intertwined with his life.
• The Snow Empress praised Zhang Qingxuan’s unfathomable methods, the Ice Empress called him a liar, and Xiao Bai checked that he was unharmed.
• The Ice Soul Demon Tiger charged to Zhang Qingxuan’s feet, thanked him, and struck a pose that reminded Zhang Qingxuan of the Fierce Tiger Crouching Stance.

Zhang Qingxuan recalled his former life on Dragon Tiger Mountain before negotiating with Snow Empress for help surviving her approaching Heavenly Tribulation. He demanded that Snow Empress and Ice Empress capture an unusual 990,000-year Soul Beast, leaving them stunned by its bizarre weakness and origins.

• Xiao Bai interrupted Zhang Qingxuan's memories of his former life, and Snow Empress told him her Heavenly Tribulation was approaching and she doubted she could survive it.
• Zhang Qingxuan agreed to help Snow Empress only in exchange for a reward, while Xiao Bai backed him up and Ice Empress objected.
• Snow Empress agreed to fulfill a request Zhang Qingxuan could make, and he asked her and Ice Empress to capture a 990,000-year Soul Beast.
• Zhang Qingxuan explained that the Soul Beast had gained its cultivation by eating Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Marrow, was exceptionally weak, and had not even attracted a Heavenly Tribulation.

Zhang Qingxuan persuaded Snow Empress to trade the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for his help surviving future Heavenly Tribulations and finding Mystic Ice Marrow. Snow Empress and Ice Empress set out to locate the silkworm, carrying a talisman that would summon Zhang Qingxuan.

• Zhang Qingxuan revealed his second martial soul and explained that he wanted the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as his Ninth Soul Ring.
• Zhang Qingxuan offered to handle Snow Empress and Ice Empress's future Heavenly Tribulations in exchange for the silkworm, and Snow Empress accepted.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm woke in its hidden ice cave, sensed a chill, ate Mystic Ice Marrow, and went back to sleep.
• Ice Empress recognized the silkworm's general location, and Zhang Qingxuan claimed it had grown to over nine hundred thousand years by consuming Mystic Ice Marrow.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress departed to find the silkworm after Zhang Qingxuan gave them a talisman to summon him.

At the Far North’s highest peak, Zhang Qingxuan completed the Threefold Reverse Life cultivation art and created the Sutra of Innate Qi and Mortal Shedding, then demonstrated its power before returning toward the Li Family with Xiao Bai. In Spirit City, Li Yingxue lamented how easily she surpassed her peers while Yang Wanqing praised Zhang Qingxuan’s guidance.

• Zhang Qingxuan checked in at the Far North and obtained the Threefold Reverse Life cultivation method.
• He used his knowledge and the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram to revise the method’s three stages and create the Sutra of Innate Qi and Mortal Shedding.
• Zhang Qingxuan activated the new art, displayed newly born Innate Qi and greater strength, and briefly turned his hair white.
• He told Xiao Bai they would return to the Li Family, and she followed without asking about his transformation.
• In Spirit City, Li Yingxue complained that her peers were too easy to beat, and Yang Wanqing credited her progress to Zhang Qingxuan’s guidance.

Li Yingxue reacted with alarm at the thought of her brother marrying, while Yang Wanqing reminded Li Yuntian of an old marriage arrangement he had made with the Lin Family. Yang Wanqing decided to tell her daughter before the Lin Family might arrive, leaving Li Yuntian to face the consequences of his promise.

• Li Yingxue became angry when Yang Wanqing teased that Li Yuntian might someday have many sisters-in-law, then insisted he could not marry until she agreed.
• Yang Wanqing asked Li Yuntian about a marriage arrangement, and he recalled promising a Lin Family couple that their children would marry after they saved him and Yang Wanqing.
• Li Yuntian suggested marrying their daughter to honor his promise, so Yang Wanqing scolded him for ignoring their daughter's wishes and ordered him to explain the matter himself.
• Li Yuntian worried that the old promise would stand between his daughter and Qingxuan, while Yang Wanqing headed to tell their daughter about the arrangement.

The Fallen Soul Masters’ leaders gathered to respond to Spirit Hall’s intensified hunts, funded by the Li Family, and agreed to prepare for a major war. The Necromancer Douluo set a two-year deadline to find a way to overcome Qian Daoliu, whose Angel Domain had once defeated and scarred him.

• Fallen Soul Masters complained that Spirit Hall’s pursuit squads and lucrative bounties had made their lives increasingly dangerous.
• Blood Scythe Douluo, Magic Sword Douluo, and Blood Demon Douluo urged the Necromancer Douluo to lead them into a fight against Spirit Hall.
• The Necromancer Douluo agreed to prepare for two years and vowed to find a way to deal with Qian Daoliu.
• The three leaders agreed to wait and use the time to gather strength and stockpile blood food.
• The Necromancer Douluo recalled how Qian Daoliu’s Angel Domain had suppressed his Necromancy Domain and left him with a lasting sword scar, then vowed revenge.

After returning to Spirit City, Zhang Qingxuan spent a month creating cultivation arts and distributed them to his family and Xiao Bai. The chapter ended with Xiao Bai gratefully taking the two techniques he had prepared for her.

• Li Yingxue clung to Zhang Qingxuan and teased Xiao Bai, then pressed Xiao Bai for details about their trip after he left to prepare her a gift.
• Xiao Bai told Li Yingxue that she and Zhang Qingxuan had met two beautiful Title Douluo who had made a cooperation agreement with him, leaving Li Yingxue unsettled.
• Zhang Qingxuan spent a month in seclusion combining his martial insights into new cultivation arts.
• Zhang Qingxuan gave Li Yuntian the Nine Yang Divine Skill, Yang Wanqing the Nine Yin Manual, and Li Yingxue the Fire Virtue Yang Qi Art, warning them not to share the techniques outside the family.
• Zhang Qingxuan gave Xiao Bai the Void-Striding Steps and the Cold Ice Art to improve her movement and help her control her ice-element power.

Rumors spread that Qian Xunji had bought Whale Rubber because he was impotent, prompting Spirit Hall to arrest people who discussed it. The Clear Sky Sect turned the rumor into a public prank, while other powers reacted with suspicion or private amusement.

• Spirit Hall guards arrested three teahouse patrons for spreading rumors about Qian Xunji and ordered everyone present to register and remain in the city for three months.
• Tang Chen and Tang Zhen laughed at a report about Spirit Hall's Whale Rubber purchases, and Tang Li proposed sending Qian Xunji three pieces of Blood Jade Whale Glue as a mocking gift.
• Tang Chen assigned Tang Li to deliver the gift grandly, while Tang Zhen urged him to spread the story through travelers and storytellers.
• Ning Tianguang studied the rising Whale Rubber prices and suspected Qian Xunji did not care what people thought of the purchases.
• Yu Jingtian, the Heaven Dou Emperor, and the Star Luo Emperor privately reacted to the rumor with amusement.