Chapter Summaries

Hu Liena encouraged Bibi Dong to seek Jiang Chen’s help, but Bibi Dong hesitated to reveal her painful past. At Qian Daoliu’s home, the family celebrated Xiao Xuening, and Qian Renxue planned to hunt for her seventh Soul Ring.

• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Jiang Chen might be able to help with her worries, but Bibi Dong decided to wait rather than tell him about her past.
• Qian Daoliu joyfully held Xiao Xuening and praised her, then asked Qian Renxue whether Bibi Dong knew about the child.
• Qian Daoliu chose not to interfere in Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong’s relationship, keeping his knowledge of Qian Renxue’s father to himself.
• Jiang Chen said he and Qian Renxue could have another child once the continent was peaceful, and Qian Daoliu approved.
• Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu to take her to hunt Spirit Beasts for her seventh Soul Ring, while Xiao Xuening asked to come along.

Jiang Chen learned that the Asura God had chosen him as a successor and was offered a choice between three difficult trials and nine easier ones. The chapter ended with the Asura God waiting for Jiang Chen to choose.

• Jiang Chen cultivated the Heavenly Corpse Transformation technique and reflected on how war could help advance his zombie cultivation.
• The Asura God appeared and named Jiang Chen his second successor.
• Jiang Chen asked about the trials, and the Asura God explained that fewer trials meant greater difficulty.
• The Asura God outlined three trials: obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain, defeat the mad Tang Chen and seize the Asura Sword before becoming a Titled Douluo, and reach level ninety-nine to receive the final inheritance.
• The Asura God explained that Jiang Chen could instead choose nine trials, then waited for his decision.

Jiang Chen accepted the Asura God's third assessment, which required him to defeat Tang Chen and claim the Asura Sword before becoming a Titled Douluo. He also asked the Asura God to find a suitable divine inheritance for Hu Liena, and the God offered to contact the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox.

• Jiang Chen chose the Asura God's third assessment, accepting three chances to defeat Tang Chen and seize the Asura Sword before reaching Titled Douluo.
• The Asura God warned Jiang Chen that his eighth tribulation might reveal his identity to other gods and told him to refuse their offers of inheritance.
• Jiang Chen asked the Asura God to find a godly inheritance suited to Hu Liena's fox Martial Soul.
• The Asura God said a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox in the God Realm had left behind an inheritance and offered to ask her about it.
• Jiang Chen praised the Asura God, then resumed cultivating while waiting for news.

Jiang Chen learned that the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox had agreed to watch Hu Liena and might grant her a trial. He then discovered that Xiao Xuening was mysteriously cultivating, with the vanished stone inside her dantian guiding spiritual energy through her body.

• The Asura God told Jiang Chen that the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox would watch Hu Liena and decide whether to grant her a trial based on her performance.
• Qian Renxue told Jiang Chen that Xiao Xuening had begun imitating her cultivation after being put to bed.
• Jiang Chen stopped Hu Liena from waking Xiao Xuening and examined the child with the Eye of Heavenly Punishment.
• Jiang Chen saw that spiritual energy was entering Xiao Xuening's body and that the vanished stone had appeared in her dantian, where it guided the energy through her meridians.
• After confirming Xiao Xuening was safe, Jiang Chen explained what he had seen to Qian Renxue and Hu Liena, who were left in disbelief.

Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue left Hu Liena to care for Xiao Xuening before traveling to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts. Two days later, Qian Renxue absorbed her seventh soul ring and became a Soul Sage.

• Jiang Chen stayed up watching Xiao Xuening while Qian Renxue and Hu Liena cultivated together in another room.
• Xiao Xuening cultivated unconsciously for a few hours, then fell asleep and remembered nothing about it the next morning.
• Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue went to find Qian Daoliu and prepared to hunt soul beasts, while Hu Liena stayed behind to care for Xiao Xuening.
• Jiang Chen, Qian Renxue, and Qian Daoliu traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Renxue absorbed her seventh soul ring two days later and became a Soul Sage.

Jiang Chen and Spirit Hall finalized their plans to support Qian Renxue in taking the Heaven Dou throne. Bibi Dong then revealed the secret of Qian Renxue’s birth to Jiang Chen, asking him to help prevent the truth from driving her daughter to hatred.

• Jiang Chen absorbed the essence of several ten-thousand-year soul beasts and improved his cultivation.
• Spirit Hall agreed to send hundreds of elite Soul Masters, two Elders, and two Worshippers to assist Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou City.
• After Qian Renxue and Hu Liena left, Bibi Dong kept Jiang Chen behind and told him she trusted him to help if Qian Renxue learned a painful secret.
• Bibi Dong revealed that Qian Xunji had assaulted and imprisoned her, and that she killed him after he was gravely wounded by Tang Hao.
• Jiang Chen promised Bibi Dong he would protect their family and help Qian Renxue understand her mother's suffering if she learned the truth.

Jiang Chen returned to Heaven Dou City with Qian Renxue and Xiao Xuening after visiting Bibi Dong, while Spirit Hall secretly assembled its elite forces. He arranged for Xiao Xuening to stay with Xiao Ying as Qian Renxue’s takeover plan neared its start.

• Jiang Chen reassured Bibi Dong, then returned to his residence and spoke with Qian Renxue about their departure.
• Jiang Chen and his family left Spirit City, while Spirit Hall’s worshippers and elders secretly set out for Heaven Dou City.
• Six days later, Jiang Chen and his family arrived in Heaven Dou City, and he sent Xiao Xuening to stay with Xiao Ying while he and Qian Renxue cultivated.
• Hu Liena interrupted Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue during cultivation, while Xiao Ying took Xiao Xuening around the city under Xiao Qing’s protection.
• Three days later, Spirit Hall’s elite forces had gathered in Heaven Dou City, waiting for Qian Renxue’s plan to seize power.

Qian Renxue and Jiang Chen prepared to secure the Heaven Dou Empire’s succession, with five Title Douluo waiting to intervene if their plan was exposed. The chapter ended as Qian Renxue carried Jiang Chen, disguised as a kitten, toward the grand hall for court.

• Jiang Chen delivered the sleeping Xiao Xuening to Xiao Ying, then entered the imperial palace with two consecrates and three elders to guard Qian Renxue’s plan.
• Qian Renxue dressed for court and set out with Zhao Hu and the others to attend the officials’ deliberation.
• In the carriage, Qian Renxue and Jiang Chen reviewed their plan and agreed to use force if necessary, though Qian Renxue stressed that Xue Qinghe needed a legitimate claim to the throne.
• Qian Renxue warned Jiang Chen not to reveal himself while impersonating Xue Qinghe and threatened him when he joked about the emperor’s concubines.
• Qian Renxue carried Jiang Chen up the steps to the grand hall and greeted the officials on the way.

Jiang Chen hid in Qian Renxue’s clothes as she attended morning court, then watched as Xue Ye discussed the crown prince’s breakthrough and the empire’s plans in the imperial study. Qian Renxue demanded the throne immediately, leaving Xue Ye to face her open impatience.

• Jiang Chen hid in Qian Renxue’s arms and observed the morning court.
• Xue Ye arrived, held court, and asked Qian Renxue to accompany him to the imperial study.
• Xue Ye congratulated Qian Renxue on reaching level sixty and offered to arrange a soul-beast hunt so she could advance to Soul Emperor.
• Xue Ye told Qian Renxue that Heaven Dou had secretly contacted Star Luo to form an alliance against Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue urged Xue Ye to pass the throne to her, then declared that she wanted to be emperor now.

Jiang Chen killed Emperor Xue Ye and transformed himself into the emperor to take control of the Heaven Dou Empire. He stored Xue Ye's corpse and sat on the dragon throne, leaving Qian Renxue as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe at his side.

• Jiang Chen transformed from a cat and snapped Xue Ye's neck before the emperor could use his Soul Power.
• Jiang Chen answered the old eunuch in Xue Ye's voice while Qian Renxue watched him change into the emperor's clothes.
• Jiang Chen copied Xue Ye's aged appearance in exact detail, then stored the corpse in a Soul Tool.
• Jiang Chen sat on Xue Ye's dragon throne and declared himself ruler of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Jiang Chen, posing as Emperor Xue Ye, teased Qian Renxue, who told him to stop talking nonsense.

Jiang Chen ordered an imperial decree announcing that Xue Qinghe would inherit the throne in three days, while Qian Renxue prepared to leave. After returning to his bedchamber and cleaning up, he questioned two newly assigned maidservants and recalled that Xue Ye had recently replaced his personal maids.

• At Qian Renxue’s urging, Jiang Chen dictated a decree scheduling Xue Qinghe’s ascension to the throne in three days.
• Jiang Chen ordered the old eunuch to have the Imperial Astronomical Bureau find an auspicious date for the abdication and ascension.
• Qian Renxue joked that Jiang Chen could impersonate Xue Qinghe after she took the throne, but he refused and she left satisfied with his reassurance.
• Jiang Chen returned to his bedchamber, bathed, and had two maidservants dress him.
• Jiang Chen asked when the maidservants had entered the palace and remembered that Xue Ye had replaced his personal maids a few days earlier.

Jiang Chen continued impersonating the frail Emperor Xue Ye until an imperial edict announced his abdication and Emperor Xue Ye died in a staged fall. With Qian Renxue’s help, Jiang Chen shed the disguise, and Qian Renxue’s coronation remained scheduled for half a month later.

• Jiang Chen dismissed two palace maids and spent his days resting, handling state affairs, and cultivating slowly.
• Three days later, Jiang Chen issued an edict announcing that Emperor Xue Ye would abdicate and that Emperor Qinghe would be crowned half a month later.
• Jiang Chen staged Xue Ye’s death by breaking his own neck, and imperial physicians and healing Soul Masters confirmed the death.
• Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue left after she visited Xue Ye’s body, with Jiang Chen disguised as a little cat.
• Qian Renxue questioned Jiang Chen about his behavior and threatened him if any consort or palace maid became pregnant, prompting him to return to his original form.

Jiang Chen returned to the palace with Qian Renxue, who brought him to see Hu Liena and Xiao Xuening. After saving Xiao Xuening from a dangerous leap as a kitten, Jiang Chen enjoyed her affectionate attention but kept his identity secret.

• Jiang Chen joked with Qian Renxue about his nourishing meals and asked her and Hu Liena for a reward.
• Qian Renxue carried Jiang Chen, transformed into a kitten, to her private courtyard, where Hu Liena and Xiao Xuening were playing.
• Xiao Xuening leaped from a boat toward the shore, and Jiang Chen broke free from Qian Renxue to catch her on his back.
• Xiao Xuening hugged and kneaded Jiang Chen, who relaxed and enjoyed the attention.
• Jiang Chen hid his identity from Xiao Xuening, and she was sad for several days after the kitten disappeared.

After becoming emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, Qian Renxue moved to reclaim the kingdoms’ authority and led an army against them despite objections from her ministers and Ning Fengzhi. She began the campaign at the border of the Balak Kingdom, whose king relied on an alliance with the other kingdoms to resist her.

• Qian Renxue became the rightful emperor, took control of the powers formerly held by Emperor Xue Ye, and rejected ministers’ requests to select an empress and concubines.
• Qian Renxue issued decrees ordering the four great kingdoms and a small duchy to return to the Heaven Dou Empire, then decided to enforce them by force.
• Ning Fengzhi tried to dissuade Qian Renxue from campaigning, but she refused; Jiang Chen joined her army while Hu Liena and their daughter stayed with Xiao Ying.
• Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling joined the campaign, and the four great kingdoms formed an alliance against Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue led her army to the Balak Kingdom’s border and gave its king a final chance to submit, while the distant small duchy was abandoned by the alliance.

Qian Renxue’s army waited at the Balak Kingdom’s border while Spirit Hall secretly eliminated the kingdoms’ leaders and commanders. After the weakened kingdoms lost a brief war, the four great kingdoms and an eastern duchy surrendered to the Heaven Dou Empire within ten days.

• Dai Mubai, now crown prince of the Star Luo Empire, asked Emperor Xue Qinghe to prevent war, but Qian Renxue drove him away at Jiang Chen’s prompting.
• Spirit Hall began a decapitation operation across the kingdoms, with Jiang Chen leading a team in Balak.
• Balak King Kundera and numerous ministers and military commanders were found dead as dried corpses, and similar deaths struck the other kingdoms.
• Newly appointed kings launched a war against the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, but their armies collapsed after several clashes.
• Balak surrendered its authority and returned to provincial status, followed by the other kingdoms and an eastern duchy.

Ning Fengzhi worried that an unknown Title Douluo had secretly helped Xue Qinghe unify the four kingdoms, and he planned to question his disciple. Qian Renxue returned to Heaven Dou City to a jubilant welcome after her rapid victory.

• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin and Gu Rong that the mysterious deaths of the four kingdoms’ leaders and generals suggested a powerful assassin had aided Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Fengzhi feared the hidden expert might be connected to Spirit Hall and asked Chen Xin to prepare for a visit to Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue left part of the army behind to absorb the defeated kingdoms’ forces and returned to the capital ahead of schedule.
• The citizens of Heaven Dou City welcomed Qian Renxue’s triumphant army and hailed her as Emperor Qinghe.

Qian Renxue returned to Heaven Dou City after reclaiming the breakaway nations and met with Ning Fengzhi, who came to assess her and investigate who was secretly helping her. The chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi praising his disciple while Jiang Chen remembered his earlier warning to her.

• Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue discussed the citizens’ support after she reclaimed the breakaway nations.
• A guard told Qian Renxue that Ning Fengzhi had arrived, and she went with Jiang Chen to meet him.
• While waiting, Ning Fengzhi suggested that Qian Renxue needed an empress and considered Ning Rongrong as a match, while Chen Xin defended Rongrong’s feelings for Oscar.
• Ning Fengzhi said he wanted to discover who had secretly been helping Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue entered the study, and Ning Fengzhi praised her, while Jiang Chen recalled that Ning Fengzhi had previously warned her.

Ning Fengzhi learned that Dugu Bo had pledged himself to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and persuaded him to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as an honorary elder. Dugu Bo accepted the position, strengthening the ties between the sect and Qian Renxue.

• Qian Renxue introduced Dugu Bo to Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Qian Renxue for reclaiming five countries and learned that Dugu Bo served the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Dugu Bo explained that he had chosen to serve Xue Qinghe after Prince Xue Xing's death.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Dugu Bo an honorary elder position and promised the sect would provide whatever he needed.
• Dugu Bo accepted the position, and Ning Fengzhi gave him an elder's ring and gifts.

Ning Fengzhi praised Dugu Bo for his covert role in the campaign and learned that Dugu Bo had reached Rank 94. He urged Qian Renxue to consider marrying Ning Rongrong, but she refused, and afterward she and Jiang Chen joked about the danger of exposing her identity.

• Ning Fengzhi asked how Dugu Bo had moved unseen through an army, and Dugu Bo revealed his mutated Nine-Section Jade snake and its deadly venom.
• Dugu Bo told Chen Xin that he had reached Rank 94, surprising both Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi urged Qian Renxue to choose an Empress and suggested Ning Rongrong, but Qian Renxue refused and said Rongrong already liked someone.
• Ning Fengzhi left with Chen Xin after inviting Dugu Bo to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and exchange cultivation insights.
• Jiang Chen asked why Qian Renxue had refused to marry Ning Rongrong, and Qian Renxue said the marriage could expose her identity; Jiang Chen joked that he could take her place on the wedding night.

Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue discussed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s likely destruction before separating. Jiang Chen went to the Heaven Dou Empire’s treasury to look for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, but the guards stopped him at the entrance.

• Dugu Bo left after witnessing Qian Renxue and Jiang Chen flirt and banter.
• Qian Renxue and Jiang Chen discussed delaying her marriage and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s refusal to submit.
• Jiang Chen asked Qian Renxue about the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and she told him it was in the treasury.
• Qian Renxue returned to see Xiao Ying while Jiang Chen headed for the royal treasury.
• The treasury guards stopped Jiang Chen when he arrived.