Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingxuan took Shui Wan'ning to help appraise Sea God Island’s treasury after noticing her improved state of mind. Meanwhile, Qian Xunji planned a continent-wide spirit fighting tournament to test Dragon Tiger Mountain, then Bibi Dong brought him a booklet titled Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.

• Shui Wan'ning told Zhang Qingxuan that reading the books he gave her had helped her recognize how emotion and power had trapped her.
• Sea Dragon Douluo told Zhang Qingxuan that Sea God Island’s treasury had been cleared, and Zhang invited Shui Wan'ning to help him appraise its contents.
• Qian Xunji told Qian Daoliu that Spirit Hall had supported the families of fallen Spirit Masters and planned a continent-wide tournament to reshuffle the sect rankings.
• Qian Xunji said he would invite Dragon Tiger Mountain to the tournament to test its reclusive elders while Zhang Qingxuan was away, and Qian Daoliu warned him not to overstep.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Xunji that he and Tang Chen together had less than a forty percent chance of defeating Zhang Qingxuan.
• Bibi Dong brought Qian Xunji a booklet titled Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.

Zhang Qingxuan failed to find Innate Divine Gold in Sea God Island’s treasury but learned of a vast continent far to the east, while Lu Xueqi began Tidal Body Refinement to break through to the Second Realm. She endured the crushing waves on a sunken silver pillar as the Five Spirits Pill helped her body and internal energy transform.

• Qian Xunji brooded over Bibi Dong’s departure and blamed Yu Xiaogang for luring his disciple away.
• Zhang Qingxuan found no Innate Divine Gold in the Sea God Island treasury and asked Sea Dragon Douluo for a detailed chart of the eastern seas.
• Shui Wan'ning recalled a legend about gold falling from beyond the heavens and confirmed that a continent as large as Douluo Continent lay far to the east.
• Zhang Qingxuan learned that Lu Xueqi had reached Level Eighty-Seven and gave her a Five Spirits Pill to aid her breakthrough through Tidal Body Refinement.
• Lu Xueqi began the refinement on a sunken silver pillar, enduring the waves while the Five Spirits Pill supported her body's reconstruction and five-element transformation.

Spirit Hall's gathering prompted the major sects to weigh whether to attend, while Tang Chen and Chen Jianjun focused on their own pursuits. At Dragon Tiger Mountain, Zhang Qingyang went to summon That One by shouting that Master's wife had something happen.

• Qian Xunji announced that Spirit Hall would hold an all-continent gathering to rank the sects by strength.
• Tang Chen ordered Tang Li to attend but said he cared more about investigating Sea God Island and Qian Daoliu's defeat.
• Chen Jianjun insisted on challenging Qian Daoliu to break through, and Chen Xin agreed to accompany him.
• Yu Yuanzhen worried that Blue Lightning could lose its Upper Three Sects status, especially if Dragon Tiger Mountain revealed its strength.
• Dugu Bo declined to attend unless That One made a move, so Zhang Qingyang went to summon That One and shouted that Master's wife had something happen.

Li Yingxue returned to Spirit City with Snow Empress and Yun Lingyue, reunited with her family, and learned about Li Changyue, Li Yunruo’s adopted daughter. The group reviewed the factions gathered for the New Seven Great Sects ranking and learned that Dugu Bo had gone to meet his old friend Yue Guan of Spirit Hall.

• Li Yingxue teased Li Yuntian, then took more than half the money from his private stash before Yang Wanqing arrived.
• Yang Wanqing introduced Li Yingxue to Li Changyue and explained that Li Yunruo had adopted the girl while living under an assumed identity.
• Li Yingxue said she would not blame Li Yunruo or Changyue for past harm caused by the Li Clan elders.
• Li Yingxue showed Snow Empress and Yun Lingyue Spirit Hall’s list of attending powers, including the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Chen Jianjun, Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi.
• Yun Lingyue said Dragon Tiger Mountain would attend to gather intelligence and asked Snow Empress to establish their authority publicly.
• Snow Empress told Li Yingxue and Yun Lingyue that Dugu Bo had gone to meet Yue Guan, an old friend from Spirit Hall.

The Snow Empress intimidated the gathered powers at Spirit City's grand gathering, while the young prodigies competed until Yun Lingyue, Bibi Dong, and Tang Hao remained. On the eve of the final matches, Yun Lingyue confidently dismissed her opponents, though Li Yingxue threatened her hidden Peach Blossom Brew if she lost.

• Dragon Tiger Mountain arrived at the gathering, and the Snow Empress froze the plaza after sensing others probing her with spiritual power.
• Qian Xunji asked the Snow Empress to withdraw her presence, and Qian Daoliu warned him that her strength rivaled his own.
• The young prodigies fought through a day of battles, leaving Yun Lingyue, Bibi Dong, and Tang Hao as the remaining contestants.
• Tang Xiao urged Tang Hao to win, and Tang Hao declared that his mastery of the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes would decide the outcome.
• Qian Xunji encouraged Bibi Dong to claim the championship, and she vowed to do so.
• Li Yingxue worried over Yun Lingyue's preparations, but Yun Lingyue said she could defeat Tang Hao and Bibi Dong; Li Yingxue threatened to dump her Peach Blossom Brew if she lost.

Lu Xueqi completed the second level of the Sutra of Innate Qi and Mortal Shedding on Sea God Island. At the Spirit Grand Gathering, Yun Lingyue overwhelmed Tang Hao with her speed and a superior slaughtering domain, leaving their match unresolved.

• Lu Xueqi absorbed the lingering Innate True Qi after enduring the tidal body-refinement trial and completed the second level of her cultivation technique.
• At the Spirit Grand Gathering, Yun Lingyue drew Tang Hao as her first opponent, and the two took the White Jade Soul Arena.
• Tang Hao attacked Yun Lingyue with the Clear Sky Hammer, but she dodged his techniques and mocked his attempt to provoke her into a contest of strength.
• Tang Hao unleashed Divine Slaughter's Domain, but Yun Lingyue countered with a denser slaughtering domain that crushed his and forced him back three steps.

Yun Lingyue overwhelmed Tang Hao with her self-comprehended Slaughter Domain and interrupted his Great Sumeru Hammer with a slap. Tang Li watched the defeat and began to suspect the Clear Sky Sect's hammer technique was missing something.

• Yun Lingyue's Slaughter Domain devoured Tang Hao's Divine Slaughter's Domain, and she explained that she had forged her own domain through years of killing Fallen Soul Masters.
• Tang Hao tried to unleash Ring Detonation with the Great Sumeru Hammer, but Yun Lingyue struck him before he could finish charging and knocked him unconscious.
• Chen Jianjun explained that the Great Sumeru Hammer suited Tang Chen but that Tang Hao was too slow and fragile to use it effectively.
• Tang Li analyzed Yun Lingyue's interruption and concluded that the Clear Sky Sect's hammer technique was missing something.

Yun Lingyue defeated Tang Hao with a slap, then challenged Bibi Dong and conceded after her hidden attack failed to overcome Bibi Dong’s Spider Sense. The chapter left Yun Lingyue lamenting the wine jars she had lost.

• Yun Lingyue joked with Li Yingxue about slapping Tang Hao and praised Zhang Qingxuan’s technique.
• Two hours later, Tang Hao’s grave injuries and concession were announced, and Yun Lingyue faced Bibi Dong on the Soul Fighting Platform.
• Yun Lingyue used Triple Phantom Body and a concealed sixth Soul Skill to ambush Bibi Dong, but Bibi Dong’s Spider Sense let her evade the attack.
• Yun Lingyue conceded after recognizing that Bibi Dong’s Spider Sense and Six-Winged Violet Light Wings gave her too great an advantage.
• Bibi Dong was declared the victor, while Yun Lingyue ignored the Snow Empress’s reassurance and mourned her lost jars of wine.

Zhang Qingxuan left Sea God Island after saying goodbye to Bo Saixi, while the Spirit Grand Gathering continued with Feng Yun facing Huyan Zhen. Feng Yun broke through Huyan Zhen’s defenses with a refined sword strike, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Zhang Qingxuan declined to stay on Sea God Island, accepted Bo Saixi’s sachet, and departed on Xiao Bai.
• Sea Maiden Douluo realized that Xiao Bai’s return could reveal Zhang Qingxuan’s destination to the Sea Douluos.
• Feng Yun won the Wind Sword Sect’s earlier match and prepared to face Huyan Zhen on the Soul Battle platform.
• Feng Yun repeatedly struck Huyan Zhen’s defenses to study and hone his sword intent while Huyan Zhen endured the attacks.
• Feng Yun condensed his scattered sword qi into one strike that pierced Huyan Zhen’s defensive barrier and sent him staggering back, bleeding.

Yu Yuanzhen used the True Dragon Nine Crowns to strengthen his soul rings and fought Feng Yun to the limit, but Feng Yun conceded after taking a serious injury. Snow Empress recognized the crowns as a divine relic, and the chapter left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect’s hidden treasure undisturbed.

• Yu Yuanzhen activated the True Dragon Nine Crowns, raising all eight soul rings to ten-thousand-year strength and overwhelming the spectators.
• Yu Yuanzhen used his Martial Soul Avatar, lightning attacks, and Thunder Domain to trap Feng Yun and unleash his eighth soul skill.
• Feng Yun survived the Dragon Soaring Heavenly Thunder Explosion with a serious burn, then declared that he had lost because he had defended himself with his Martial Soul and soul skills.
• Yu Yuanzhen thanked Feng Yun for showing mercy, and Feng Yun praised him for making him draw his sword.
• Snow Empress identified the True Dragon Nine Crowns as a relic made from the horn crowns of a newly ascended god-level dragon and refused Dugu Bo’s offer to target the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect.

Feng Yun defeated Huyan Zhen with Sword Force, and Yu Yuanzhen prepared to risk using the True Dragon Nine Crowns to defend the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect’s place among the Upper Three Sects. After breaking through to Title Douluo, Feng Yun faced Yu Yuanzhen the next morning and offered to fight using only his sword, Cloudfollow.

• Feng Yun used Sword Force to injure Huyan Zhen and knock him out of the arena.
• Chen Jianjun explained Sword Force to Chen Xin and predicted Feng Yun would break through to rank ninety.
• Yu Yuanzhen rejected his elders’ advice to concede and decided to borrow thirty percent of the True Dragon Nine Crowns’ power.
• Feng Yun appeared at the arena as a Title Douluo, shocking the spectators.
• Yu Yuanzhen greeted Feng Yun respectfully, and Feng Yun agreed to fight him using only Cloudfollow.

Chen Jianjun challenged Qian Daoliu and faced him in the wilderness outside Spirit City, determined to test his sword against a Limit Douluo despite the near-certain danger. The chapter ended as Qian Daoliu raised the Angel Holy Sword and invited Chen Jianjun to attack.

• Tang Zhen defeated Chen Xin after a battle lasting more than a thousand exchanges, giving the Clear Sky Sect victory over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Jianjun announced that he challenged Qian Daoliu, prompting Qian Daoliu to agree to fight outside the city.
• Chen Xin watched his father depart and prayed that Chen Jianjun would succeed.
• Outside Spirit City, Qian Daoliu warned Chen Jianjun that his chosen path could not be crossed through a Clear Sword Heart alone, but Chen Jianjun refused to turn back.
• Qian Daoliu summoned his nine soul rings and the Angel Holy Sword, while Chen Jianjun resisted his pressure with the sword intent of his Seven Kill Sword.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo assessed Chen Jianjun as his equal in a fight to the death, and Qian Daoliu raised his sword and told Chen Jianjun to come.

Chen Jianjun fought Qian Daoliu and forced himself to wield the Power of Heaven and Earth, bringing him close to qi deviation and death. Snow Empress’s subtle intervention cleared his madness and loosened the bottleneck to Unity of Heaven and Man.

• Qian Daoliu overwhelmed Chen Jianjun’s sword attacks and pushed back his Seven Kill Domain with Angel Domain.
• Chen Jianjun invoked the Power of Heaven and Earth, risking his life as he fought Qian Daoliu and sought to reach Unity of Heaven and Man.
• Qian Daoliu realized Chen Jianjun was nearing both comprehension and death, and pressed him to deepen his understanding rather than stopping the fight.
• Snow Empress sent a faint wisp of intent into the battlefield, and Dugu Bo recognized it as the Power of Heaven and Earth.
• Chen Jianjun’s madness receded as Snow Empress’s intent clarified his perception and loosened his bottleneck.

Chen Jianjun broke through to Level ninety-nine and fought Qian Daoliu in one final sword clash, then left the battlefield gravely wounded but fulfilled. Snow Empress revealed that she had helped him glimpse the true intent of heaven and earth, while the witnesses discussed his devotion to the sword.

• Snow Empress’s help let Chen Jianjun break through to Limit Douluo and wield the Power of Heaven and Earth against Qian Daoliu.
• Chen Jianjun and Qian Daoliu exchanged one decisive sword strike, and Chen Jianjun fell into Chen Xin’s arms.
• Chen Jianjun stopped Chen Xin from confronting Qian Daoliu and thanked Qian Daoliu for showing mercy.
• Qian Daoliu departed, and Chen Xin carried his father into Ning Fengzhi’s carriage to take him home.
• Snow Empress admitted to Li Yingxue, Dugu Bo, and Yun Lingyue that she had helped Chen Jianjun touch the true intent of heaven and earth.
• Dugu Bo praised Chen Jianjun’s life as a swordsman, while also calling him stubborn.

After Chen Jianjun’s battle with Qian Daoliu left him at death’s door, healers failed to restore his Life Origin, and Lin Meng'er explained that her brother might be unable to help. Chen Jianjun awakened and asked everyone except Chen Xin to leave so he could speak with his son alone.

• Chen Jianjun’s breakthrough to Limit Douluo became famous, though witnesses knew the clash with Qian Daoliu had burned away his remaining lifespan.
• Ning Tianguang, Lin Meng'er, and Elder Ye tried to treat Chen Jianjun but could not stabilize his failing Life Origin.
• Elder Ye said Zhang Qingxuan might be able to save Chen Jianjun, prompting Chen Xin to beg Lin Meng'er for her brother’s help.
• Lin Meng'er explained that Chen Jianjun needed pure, ownerless Life Origin and that Zhang Qingyang was away at sea, leaving no clear hope of finding him.
• Chen Jianjun awoke, told Chen Xin to stay, and asked everyone else to leave so he could speak privately with his son.

Lin Meng'er told Chen Jianjun that he could live three months if he continued as usual, and he chose to spend that time freely. He trained the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s younger leaders, confident the sect would endure after his death.

• Chen Jianjun asked Lin Meng'er to return a broken branch to Zhang Qingxuan and send word that he had no regrets.
• Lin Meng'er explained that Chen Jianjun could live six months only under strict restrictions, or three months without changing his way of life; he chose the latter.
• Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, and Gu Rong learned that Chen Jianjun had chosen to live freely for three months.
• The next day, Chen Jianjun returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with renewed Sword Intent and thanked Lin Meng'er and Elder Ye for treating him.
• Chen Jianjun spent his remaining days eating, drinking, and training Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong, helping them strengthen their abilities and coordination.
• Chen Jianjun said that the three would keep the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from falling, then watched the sunset with three months left to live.

Zhang Qingxuan and his companions reached an unknown continent, where Shui Wan'ning asked to stay by offering to cook. After Zhang Qingxuan teased Lu Xueqi about being an unhelpful maid, he reassured her that he valued her as a sword-wielding companion, and she followed him to eat.

• Zhang Qingxuan thanked Second White for carrying the group across the sea and gave the shark a pill containing True Dragon Blood in exchange for a glowing scale.
• Shui Wan'ning knelt and pleaded with Zhang Qingxuan not to send her away, offering to cook for him.
• Shui Wan'ning began preparing a meal while Lu Xueqi worried that she was useless as Zhang Qingxuan's personal maid.
• Zhang Qingxuan jokingly told Lu Xueqi that he no longer needed her, prompting her to beg him not to drive her away.
• Zhang Qingxuan revealed that he had been teasing and said he wanted Lu Xueqi as a companion who could wield a sword and face danger with him.
• Lu Xueqi followed Zhang Qingxuan toward Shui Wan'ning's meal after recovering from her distress.

Zhang Qingxuan learned that the continent was dominated by Soul Tools and besieged by Soul Beasts, then left Black Reef Town with Lu Xueqi and Shui Wan'ning. The trio headed for the Evil Demon Forest, where Zhang Qingxuan intended to find a Soul Beast more than seven hundred thousand years old.

• Zhang Qingxuan assigned Shui Wan'ning the kitchen work and prepared to leave with her and Lu Xueqi.
• Lu Xueqi reported that the continent's nations relied on advanced Soul Tools while high-level Soul Masters had become rare, and Shui Wan'ning explained that Soul Beasts controlled most of the land and attacked settlements every three days.
• Zhang Qingxuan learned that the Sun Moon Empire did not exist there and decided to leave Black Reef Town to seek another partner and find Innate Divine Gold.
• When a Red-Maned Berserk Rhino charged the trio, Lu Xueqi killed it with sword qi that split the battlefield and forced the beast tide to retreat.
• Zhang Qingxuan told Lu Xueqi and Shui Wan'ning they were going to the Evil Demon Forest to find a Soul Beast more than seven hundred thousand years old, leaving both women stunned.

Zhang Qingxuan entered the Evil Demon Forest with Lu Xueqi and Shui Wan'ning, overcame the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler’s spiritual attacks, and offered to help it survive its future lightning tribulation in exchange for its assistance. The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler agreed to test him in three days, then realized Zhang Qingxuan had detected its hidden true body and concealed the trio’s auras.

• Zhang Qingxuan used Yin-Yang True Qi to shield Lu Xueqi and Shui Wan'ning from the forest’s spiritual force.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler attacked Zhang Qingxuan with a spiritual spike, but Zhang Qingxuan destroyed it and swept away the forest’s spiritual traps with Five Thunders Heavenly Sound.
• Zhang Qingxuan offered to help the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler survive its eight-hundred-thousand-year lightning tribulation if it helped him find something on the continent.
• Zhang Qingxuan proposed proving his ability by helping an Evil Eye Tyrant nearing its three-hundred-thousand-year tribulation, and the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler agreed to arrange the test in three days.
• Zhang Qingxuan detected the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler’s hidden true body, concealed the trio’s auras, and left the forest with Lu Xueqi and Shui Wan'ning.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler realized Zhang Qingxuan had found its location and regarded the upcoming test as a gamble over its future.

Zhang Qingxuan explained the seven-hundred-thousand-year-old beast's terrifying spiritual power and time-space attributes while lamenting his own difficulty mastering spatial techniques. On the road, Shui Wan'ning tried to protect a youth who had faked being unconscious, and the chapter ended with Zhang Qingxuan questioning her choice as the departing men discussed why they had not attacked the group.

• Shui Wan'ning asked Zhang Qingxuan about the distant clash, and he confirmed that he had fought a seven-hundred-thousand-year-old beast with time and space attributes.
• Lu Xueqi spotted an injured youth collapsed beside the road, and Shui Wan'ning rushed to help him before armed men arrived and accused him of theft.
• Lu Xueqi exposed that the youth had been pretending to be unconscious and healed his superficial injuries, causing Shui Wan'ning to realize he had deceived her.
• Shui Wan'ning paid the men with gold to settle the alleged theft, and they left with the money.
• Zhang Qingxuan told Shui Wan'ning that she should not have saved the youth, while the men asked their leader why they had not attacked the three.