Recaps

Tang Xiao brought Tang Hao back to the Clear Sky Sect, where the elders accepted him after he offered to surrender his title and Spirit Bones. Tang Xiao persuaded the elders to end the sect’s seclusion and seek an alliance with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, leaving Tang Hao hopeful he could avenge himself and restore Ah Yin.

• Tang Xiao reunited with the crippled Tang Hao and convinced him to return to the sect, apologize to the elders, and accept their scolding.
• Tang Xiao brought Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua to Clear Sky Hall, where the Seventh Elder berated Tang Hao for the disaster he had brought upon the sect.
• Tang Hao knelt and offered to surrender his title and Inherited Spirit Bones, then prepared to smash his leg until Tang Xiao stopped him.
• Tang Xiao persuaded the five elders to accept Tang Hao back and keep his title and Spirit Bones within the sect.
• Tang Xiao argued that the Clear Sky Sect should end its seclusion and ally with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and the Second Elder agreed to his plan.
• Tang Xiao resolved to avenge Tang Hao, while Tang Hao believed he could now bring Ah Yin back.

Lu Chen returned to the Longevity Sect as a Level 99 Peerless Douluo, and Dugu Bo told him that the Clear Sky Sect had allied with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family against him. Lu Chen planned to confront the alliance and agreed to spare Prince Xue Xing if he revealed its details.

• Lu Chen returned from Star Dou Forest and told Dugu Bo that three new hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings had raised his Soul Power to Level 99.
• Dugu Bo explained that the Clear Sky Sect had reopened its gates, accepted Tang Hao, and allied with Emperor Xue Ye after the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had already incurred Lu Chen's hostility.
• Lu Chen welcomed the alliance as an opportunity to test his new power and vowed not to let Tang Hao escape again.
• Dugu Bo gave Lu Chen his Guest Elder Token and asked him to spare Prince Xue Xing, who had once saved his life.
• Lu Chen agreed to meet Prince Xue Xing and spare him if he honestly disclosed the alliance, adding that Xue Xing could become emperor after Lu Chen killed Xue Ye.

After returning from Star Dou Forest, Lu Chen reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Wu, who had missed him during his absence. The three greeted him in turn, and Xiao Wu asked whether Da Ming and Er Ming had caused him trouble.

• Lu Chen summoned Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Wu after they finished cultivating.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived first, embraced Lu Chen, and told him she had been training diligently to become Nether Hall master.
• Dugu Yan arrived next, revealed that her Soul Power had risen to level 66, and embraced Lu Chen after teasing him about his long absence.
• Lu Chen explained that he had spent more than a month watching over his fifth, sixth, and seventh Spirit Rings; he accidentally squeezed Dugu Yan too tightly and apologized.
• Xiao Wu arrived last, leaped onto Lu Chen, and asked whether he had seen Da Ming and Er Ming in Star Dou Forest.

Lu Chen revealed that he had reached level 99 and promised Xiao Wu he would retrieve her mother's spirit ring and spirit bone from Spirit Hall. After visiting Heaven Dou City, he confronted Prince Xue Xing about the alliance with the Clear Sky Sect and asked whether he would take the throne, leaving Xue Beng eager to become emperor.

• Lu Chen told Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan that he had killed three hundred-thousand-year-old Thousand Jun Ants and reached level 99 soul power.
• Lu Chen promised Xiao Wu he would eventually retrieve her mother's spirit ring and spirit bone from Bibi Dong at Spirit Hall.
• Lu Chen took the three women to Heaven Dou City, then left them to shop while he visited Prince Xue Xing's residence.
• Lu Chen showed Prince Xue Xing Dugu Bo's Guest Elder Token and demanded to know whether he would become emperor after Xue Ye died.
• Xue Beng fell to his knees and declared that he wanted to be emperor, promising to obey Lu Chen and share the Heaven Dou Empire with him.

Lu Chen agreed to help Xue Beng become emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire in exchange for his cooperation against the Clear Sky Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect remnants. Xue Beng revealed that a private banquet tomorrow night would gather their leaders and experts, giving Lu Chen a chance to kill them and clear the way for Xue Beng's ascension.

• Xue Beng knelt before Lu Chen and offered to help him deal with the remnants of the Clear Sky Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in exchange for support in becoming emperor.
• Lu Chen agreed to back Xue Beng after Xue Ye's death and demanded access to the imperial treasury, while warning Prince Xue Xing not to interfere or alert Xue Ye.
• Xue Xing panicked at Lu Chen's plan to kill Xue Ye and seize the throne, but did not dare report it.
• Xue Beng told Lu Chen that Xue Ye was arranging an alliance with the Clear Sky Sect through Tang Yuehua and that a private banquet the next night would gather Xue Ye, Xue Qinghe, Clear Sky Sect experts, and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect remnants.
• Xue Beng proposed blaming the gathered sect members for assassinating Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe, and Lu Chen told him to prepare to become emperor after the banquet.

Xue Xing agreed to support Xue Beng's bid for the throne in exchange for a share of the Heaven Dou Empire, while Lu Chen kept watch over their conspiracy. Lu Chen then headed toward Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan after discovering they had encountered Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun.

• Xue Beng persuaded Xue Xing that seizing the throne was his only chance to avoid being sidelined by Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Xing agreed to help Xue Beng ascend the throne and demanded a share of the empire in return.
• Lu Chen withdrew his mental power after confirming Xue Xing and Xue Beng would stick to their plan until the next evening.
• Lu Chen sensed that Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan had encountered Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun on a nearby street.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar mocked Yu Xiaogang's training and set off for a hotel with the women they had picked up.

Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan encountered Dai Mubai and condemned his behavior, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to challenge him. Zhu Zhuqing revealed her greatly increased strength, defeated Dai Mubai, and castrated him, leaving Oscar and Ma Hongjun terrified.

• Xiao Wu insulted Dai Mubai for his lewd behavior, but he stayed silent because he feared Lu Chen.
• Dai Mubai threw the two women accompanying him to the ground after they urged him to attack Xiao Wu.
• Dugu Yan learned about Dai Mubai's past, while Zhu Zhuqing condemned him for giving up on improving himself.
• Dai Mubai insulted Zhu Zhuqing and accused her of relying on Lu Chen, but she defended her resolve and activated her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she had become a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor and used Nether Slash to break Dai Mubai's defenses and badly wound him.
• Zhu Zhuqing kicked Dai Mubai in the crotch, castrating him as Oscar and Ma Hongjun watched in fear.

Zhu Zhuqing crippled Dai Mubai and warned Oscar and Ma Hongjun to stop deceiving girls, then Lu Chen rejoined the women and took them shopping. On the way home, Lu Chen’s long lifespan made Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan realize they needed to cultivate diligently to stay with him.

• Zhu Zhuqing knocked Dai Mubai out of his Martial Soul Possession and crippled him with a kick, while Oscar and Ma Hongjun begged her to spare them.
• Zhu Zhuqing let Oscar and Ma Hongjun go after warning them to take relationships seriously, and they carried Dai Mubai away.
• Lu Chen used his Spiritual Power to daze the nearby onlookers, then reunited with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan and accompanied them shopping.
• Lu Chen spent the day eating and shopping with the women before they left Heaven Dou City late that night.
• Xiao Wu said she wished they could stay together forever, and Lu Chen told them that cultivating diligently could help them keep up with his long life.

Dai Mubai was left permanently mutilated after Zhu Zhuqing defeated him, while the Heaven Dou Emperor hosted a banquet to formalize an alliance with the Clear Sky Sect. The chapter ended with Xue Ye announcing that the sect would become the empire’s state religion and Tang Xiao its National Preceptor.

• Flender abandoned plans to seek justice for Dai Mubai after learning Zhu Zhuqing had beaten him and become a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor with Lu Chen behind her.
• Dai Mubai awoke to find that Shrek Academy’s teachers had amputated his damaged genitals, and he swore vengeance on Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xue Ye hosted a banquet attended by the Clear Sky Sect’s seven Titled Douluos, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, Ning Rongrong, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s surviving elders.
• Ning Rongrong hoped the Clear Sky Sect would help her avenge Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo by killing Lu Chen.
• Xue Ye announced that the Clear Sky Sect would become the Heaven Dou Empire’s state religion, Tang Xiao would serve as National Preceptor, and the empire would fund the sect’s rebuilding.

Tang Xiao allied the Clear Sky Sect with Xue Ye and arranged healing for Tang Hao, while offering to kill Lu Chen. Lu Chen trapped the gathered enemies in his Blue Silver Domain and confronted them, leaving Tang Xiao and the elders preparing to attack.

• Tang Xiao asked Xue Ye to summon a Nine Heart Begonia Spirit Master to heal Tang Hao and offered the Clear Sky Sect's strength against Lu Chen.
• Xue Ye agreed to bring Ye Qingcheng to the palace and welcomed the Clear Sky Sect as an ally.
• Lu Chen's Blue Silver Domain sealed the Great Hall, and he entered after Tang Xiao and Tang Hao recognized its power.
• Ning Rongrong demanded vengeance for Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong, while Lu Chen threatened to end the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's legacy.
• Xue Ye ordered the Royal Knights to seize Lu Chen, but the domain blocked any response from outside the hall.
• Tang Xiao rallied Tang Hao and the five elders to attack Lu Chen and protect Xue Ye.

Tang Xiao and five Clear Sky Sect elders surrounded Lu Chen, confident their six Titled Douluos could kill him. Lu Chen revealed a level 99 Peerless Douluo’s power, leaving them battered and the banquet guests in despair.

• Tang Xiao and the five elders summoned their Clear Sky Hammers and used their combined pressure to surround Lu Chen.
• Tang Hao, Tang Yuehua, Ning Rongrong, Xue Qinghe, and Xue Ye each expected Lu Chen to be defeated, while Tang Hao and Ning Rongrong celebrated the prospect.
• Lu Chen summoned a black Giant Scythe, revealing seven Spirit Rings—two black and five red—which made the Clear Sky Hammers tremble.
• Lu Chen unleashed the pressure of a level 99 Peerless Douluo and hurled Tang Xiao and the five elders a hundred meters, weakening their auras.
• Tang Xiao recognized Lu Chen’s Peerless Douluo power and despaired, while Tang Hao cursed himself for not killing Lu Chen when he awakened his Martial Soul.

Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect’s five elders fought Lu Chen, but his attacks shattered Tang Xiao’s Clear Sky Hammer and defeated their combined assault. Lu Chen crushed the elders with his Gravity Distortion and killed all five, leaving Tang Xiao overwhelmed by despair and guilt.

• Tang Xiao unleashed his Clear Sky True Body and Stabilize the World, but Lu Chen’s Earth Ant Emperor Slash cut through the hammer and shattered his Martial Soul.
• The five Clear Sky Sect elders combined their hammers into Hammer Shakes the World, but Lu Chen’s Thousand Jun Barrier blocked the attack.
• Lu Chen used Gravity Distortion to subject Tang Xiao and the five elders to a hundred times normal gravity, leaving them unable to move.
• Lu Chen beheaded the Second Elder as the other elders blamed Tang Xiao for leading them out of seclusion.
• Lu Chen killed the remaining four elders, and Tang Xiao was left grieving their deaths and regretting his decision.

Lu Chen killed Tang Xiao, Ning Rongrong, Xue Qinghe, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders, and Emperor Xue Ye, then turned Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders into Blood Puppets. He took Tang Hao away to return Ah Yin’s Spirit Ring, while Xue Beng claimed the throne and ordered the palace witnesses killed.

• Lu Chen killed Tang Xiao and crushed Tang Hao with Soul Power, while Tang Yuehua watched in despair.
• Lu Chen used Gravity Distortion to kill Ning Rongrong, Xue Qinghe, and the six Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders.
• Lu Chen beheaded Xue Ye after rejecting the emperor’s offers and pleas for mercy.
• Lu Chen raised Tang Xiao and the five Clear Sky Sect elders as Blood Puppets, killed Tang Yuehua, and took Tang Hao through a Spatial Rift.
• Xue Beng and Xue Xing entered the ruined hall, where Xue Beng found Xue Ye dead and celebrated taking the throne.
• Xue Beng ordered his subordinates to kill the surviving maidservants and leave no witnesses.

Lu Chen brought Tang Hao to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Tang Hao found Ah Yin alive and in human form. Ah Yin rejected Tang Hao and reaffirmed her devotion to Lu Chen, who said he had brought Tang Hao to retrieve her sacrificed Spirit Ring; Tang Hao tried to self-destruct, but Lu Chen stopped him.

• Lu Chen brought the badly injured Tang Hao through a Spatial Rift to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Ah Yin came out to meet them.
• Tang Hao mistook Ah Yin's approach for concern for him and repeatedly urged her to flee from Lu Chen.
• Ah Yin ran into Lu Chen's arms, called him Master, and told Tang Hao she remembered him but wanted nothing to do with him.
• Ah Yin asked Lu Chen not to reject her, and Lu Chen explained that Tang Hao had come so she could reclaim her sacrificed Spirit Ring.
• Lu Chen taunted Tang Hao about Ah Yin, prompting Tang Hao to swell up and attempt to self-destruct.
• Lu Chen pressed his palm forward and used his Level 99 Soul Power to compress Tang Hao's body and stop the explosion.

Lu Chen forcibly removed Ah Yin’s hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring from Tang Hao and helped her absorb it, restoring her origin and raising her Soul Power to level 70. He then left the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with the ruined Tang Hao, intending to destroy the Clear Sky Sect.

• Lu Chen subdued Tang Hao and forced all nine of his Spirit Rings out, then painfully extracted Ah Yin’s hundred-thousand-year ring.
• Tang Hao’s cultivation fell from level 95 to level 89, and his hidden injuries left him near death.
• Lu Chen used his Blue Silver Emperor’s Ninth Spirit Skill to turn Ah Yin into energy so she could reabsorb her Spirit Ring.
• Ah Yin restored her origin, entered her mature stage, and reached level 70; Lu Chen told her to seek a suitable Plant Spirit Beast in Sunset Forest for her Seventh Spirit Ring.
• Lu Chen picked up Tang Hao and flew toward the Clear Sky Sect’s secluded refuge, planning to annihilate the sect in front of him.

Lu Chen took Tang Hao to the Clear Sky Sect and destroyed it before his eyes with a devastating Soul Skill. The sect was wiped out, leaving Tang Hao powerless and the Clear Sky Sect erased from the Douluo Continent.

• Lu Chen told Tang Hao he would destroy the Clear Sky Sect to make him suffer, while Tang Hao cursed him and failed to detonate himself.
• Lu Chen located the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden mountain stronghold and carried Tang Hao above it.
• Lu Chen used Black Sickle Avatar and Dark Demon Evil God Break to form a massive black sphere of destructive energy.
• The attack obliterated the sect’s buildings and killed its defenders, leaving no one to escape.
• Lu Chen’s assault erased the Clear Sky Sect from the Douluo Continent.

Lu Chen killed Tang Hao and destroyed his soul after laying waste to the Clear Sky Sect, then collected spirit bones from the ruins. He returned to Sunset Forest, where Ah Yin had chosen an azure vine as the spirit beast for her seventh spirit ring.

• Lu Chen killed Tang Hao with the Sky-Ripping Claw, destroying both his body and soul, and collected his six spirit bones.
• Lu Chen reflected that Tang San would be unable to awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and planned to kill him publicly after his reputation collapsed.
• Lu Chen searched the Clear Sky Sect ruins and found four more spirit bones before flying toward Sunset Forest.
• Lu Chen found Ah Yin beside a vast azure vine spirit beast and approved of it as a suitable choice for her seventh spirit ring.

Lu Chen used his Blue Silver Emperor to subdue the Azure Vine and made it sacrifice its cultivation to Ah Yin, promising to revive it afterward. While the ritual continued, he extracted and counted the spirit bones from Tang Xiao and five Clear Sky Sect elders, bringing his total haul to twenty-four.

• Ah Yin told Lu Chen she had chosen a sixty-thousand-year Azure Vine for her seventh spirit ring but could not bear to kill it.
• Lu Chen used his ninth spirit skill, Blue Silver Sovereign, to suppress and enslave the Azure Vine, then promised to revive it and plant its seed in Ice and Fire Valley.
• Lu Chen ordered the Azure Vine to sacrifice its soul power to Ah Yin, and it began the ritual without resisting.
• While Ah Yin absorbed the Azure Vine’s power, Lu Chen released Tang Xiao and five Clear Sky Sect elders’ blood puppets and extracted their spirit bones.
• Lu Chen counted four spirit bones from Tang Xiao and ten from the five elders, raising his total from the Clear Sky Sect to twenty-four.

After Ah Yin completed the Azure Vine’s sacrifice and reached Level 75, Lu Chen resurrected the Azure Vine as a seed and returned with Ah Yin to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. He planted the seed, arranged for Ah Yin to manage Longevity Academy, and prepared to grow herbs for the academy and the Star Dou Forest’s spirit beasts.

• Lu Chen stored the Spirit Bones and Blood Puppets, then waited for Ah Yin to finish receiving the Azure Vine’s sacrifice.
• Ah Yin reported that her Soul Power had risen to Level 75 and asked Lu Chen to resurrect the Azure Vine.
• Lu Chen extracted the Azure Vine’s soul from Ah Yin’s Seventh Spirit Ring and used his Ninth Spirit Skill to turn its body and soul into a seed.
• Lu Chen and Ah Yin returned to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Ah Yin planted the Azure Vine’s seed and Lu Chen accelerated the growth of seven star agave.
• Lu Chen appointed Ah Yin Vice Dean of Longevity Academy and tasked her with managing it and gathering medicinal herbs to improve the students’ aptitude.

Lu Chen returned to the Longevity Sect, learned how the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had framed the Clear Sky Sect for the royal murders, and agreed to attend Xue Beng's coronation. He revealed twenty-four Spirit Bones and distributed the three most valuable among Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, then stood guard as they began absorbing them while Dugu Bo chose bones for himself.

• Lu Chen returned to the Longevity Sect and met Dugu Bo, who explained that Xue Beng and Xue Xing had blamed the Clear Sky Sect for killing Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe while praising Lu Chen as the empire's hero.
• Lu Chen accepted the invitation to Xue Beng's coronation and said he would ask the new emperor to take him to the imperial treasury.
• Lu Chen told Dugu Bo that he had obtained twenty-four Spirit Bones from the Clear Sky Sect and gathered Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to distribute them.
• Lu Chen gave Dugu Yan a sixty-thousand-year Left Arm Bone, Xiao Wu a sixty-thousand-year Left Leg Bone, and Zhu Zhuqing a sixty-thousand-year Right Arm Bone.
• Lu Chen urged the three girls to absorb their Spirit Bones gradually, then invited Dugu Bo to choose bones to complete his set.
• Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing their Spirit Bones while Lu Chen stood guard, and Dugu Bo selected bones for himself.

Yu Xiaogang raged over Lu Chen’s destruction of Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect, then rejected Flender and Liu Erlong’s plan to flee Heaven Dou City. He decided to stay and use Tang San’s future tournament performance to seek Emperor Xue Beng’s protection, while Flender and Liu Erlong reluctantly agreed to remain with him.

• Yu Xiaogang smashed his belongings and lamented that Lu Chen had killed Tang Hao and destroyed the Clear Sky Sect.
• Flender and Liu Erlong urged Yu Xiaogang to leave Heaven Dou City with the students before Lu Chen turned against them.
• Yu Xiaogang refused to flee and planned to expose Lu Chen to Emperor Xue Beng, hoping to secure the National Preceptor position.
• Flender warned Yu Xiaogang that they lacked the standing to enter the palace, and reminded him to consider Tang San’s safety.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed that Tang San use the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament a year later to meet Emperor Xue Beng and gain his protection.
• Flender and Liu Erlong gave up trying to persuade Yu Xiaogang and agreed to stay with him in Heaven Dou City.

Tang San resolved to gain Emperor Xue Beng’s support against Lu Chen by proving himself in the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament. To raise his strength quickly, he murdered Zhao Wuji and absorbed his blood, then concealed the corpse as Shrek Academy searched for their missing teacher.

• Tang San embraced Yu Xiaogang’s plan to meet Emperor Xue Beng and considered using powerful soul masters’ blood to accelerate his cultivation.
• Tang San sneaked into Zhao Wuji’s room, carried the unconscious teacher to a secluded grove, and slit his throat.
• Tang San drank Zhao Wuji’s blood and used Blood Drain to absorb its energy, then hid the dried corpse inside his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges.
• After cultivating through the night, Tang San rose from rank 34 to rank 37 and kept his breakthrough secret.
• Flender, Shao Xin, Lu Qibin, and Li Yusong searched for Zhao Wuji but found no trace of him, unaware that Tang San had killed him.

Lu Chen watched Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo finish absorbing their Spirit Bones, then attended Xue Beng’s coronation in Heaven Dou City. He claimed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the imperial treasury and left after warning Xue Beng to rule obediently.

• Dugu Bo awakened after absorbing two forty-thousand-year Spirit Bones, completing his set and rising from level 96 to level 97.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan awakened after absorbing sixty-thousand-year Spirit Bones, with their Soul Power reaching levels 56, 50 or higher, and 70 respectively.
• Lu Chen left the Longevity Sect for Heaven Dou City, where Xue Beng and Xue Xing welcomed him and Xue Beng was crowned emperor.
• After the coronation, Xue Beng personally took Lu Chen to the imperial treasury, where Lu Chen chose the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Lu Chen took the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and warned Xue Beng to behave as emperor and remember how Xue Ye and his eldest brother had died.

Lu Chen led Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan into the Sunset Forest to hunt Spirit Beasts, using his Blue Silver Domain to find and subdue suitable prey. Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a twenty-thousand-year-old Shadow Leopard Cat Spirit Ring and reached rank fifty-three, while Dugu Yan prepared to face a seventy-thousand-year-old Sword-Spined Dragon.

• Lu Chen used his Blue Silver Domain to locate a twenty-thousand-year-old Shadow Leopard Cat suitable for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed the immobilized Shadow Leopard Cat and began absorbing its black Spirit Ring.
• After five hours, Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing the Spirit Ring, reached rank fifty-three, and gained Nether Shadow Piercing Strike.
• Lu Chen led the group to a valley and found a seventy-thousand-year-old Sword-Spined Dragon pinned by his Blue Silver Domain.
• Lu Chen explained the Sword-Spined Dragon’s strength and suitability for Dugu Yan’s Seventh Spirit Ring, and Dugu Yan remarked that a Spirit Beast of that age was already an extraordinary find.

Dugu Yan killed a seventy-thousand-year-old Sword-Spined Dragon by poisoning it and draining its life energy, then began absorbing its spirit ring while Lu Chen and the others waited nearby. In Spirit City, Qian Daoliu reflected on the Clear Sky Sect’s destruction and announced a tournament to rank the Seven Great Sects anew, hoping Lu Chen would attend.

• Lu Chen suppressed the Sword-Spined Dragon so Dugu Yan could attack it.
• Dugu Yan poisoned the Sword-Spined Dragon with her Jade Phosphorus Destruction Beam, pierced it with the Eight Spider Lances, and drained its life energy and soul power until it died.
• Dugu Yan absorbed the Sword-Spined Dragon’s seventy-thousand-year spirit ring while Lu Chen, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing waited nearby.
• Qian Daoliu learned that the infiltration plan had failed and concluded that Lu Chen had killed Qian Renxue’s double.
• Qian Daoliu mourned the Clear Sky Sect’s destruction, considered Tang Chen’s fate, and decided Spirit Hall should use the loss of two great sects to expand its influence.
• Qian Daoliu announced a tournament to rank the Seven Great Sects anew and expressed hope that Lu Chen would attend.