Chapter Summaries

Yu Luomian offered Luo Nan the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect’s properties to make amends, but Luo Nan demanded the sect’s True Dragon Nine Crowns instead. Yu Luomian agreed to retrieve the treasure, and several days later he returned to Moonlight Pavilion looking severely aged.

• Yu Luomian presented deeds and contracts for the sect’s properties in Heaven Dou City and nearby cities as an apology for Yu Xiaotian’s robbery.
• Luo Nan accepted the Heaven Dou City properties but rejected those in the surrounding cities and demanded the True Dragon Nine Crowns.
• Yu Luomian agreed to retrieve the sect’s inherited treasure in exchange for Luo Nan letting the past offenses go and releasing Yu Xiaotian.
• Luo Nan promised Yu Xiaotian could return once the True Dragon Nine Crowns were delivered, and Yu Luomian left with Yu Tianci.
• Several days later, Yu Luomian returned to Moonlight Pavilion looking pale and aged.

Luo Nan accepted the True Dragon Nine Crowns from Yu Luomian and learned that Tang Hao was returning to the Clear Sky Sect with a mysterious woman. He explained why he wanted the relic and recognized that Yu Luomian hoped to turn him against the Clear Sky Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Yu Luomian gave Luo Nan the True Dragon Nine Crowns and promised that Yu Xiaotian would be returned safely, ending their grievance.
• Yu Luomian revealed that Tang Hao was heading back to the Clear Sky Sect with a mysterious woman, unsettling Tang Yuehua.
• After Yu Luomian left, Tang Yuehua asked Luo Nan about the relic, and he explained that it could greatly strengthen a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Title Douluo.
• Luo Nan told Tang Yuehua he had taken the relic to prevent the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect from becoming a future threat, while speculating that Yu Luomian wanted him to weaken rival sects.

Luo Nan planned to turn Yu Luomian’s scheme against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect by poisoning its water and letting the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect attack. He ordered Dugu Bo to release Yu Xiaotian and carry out the plan, while telling Tang Yuehua he would leave the Clear Sky Sect alone unless it interfered.

• Tang Yuehua explained that Yu Luomian had hoped Luo Nan would target the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after taking the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect’s resources.
• Luo Nan decided to have Dugu Bo poison the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s water so the weakened sect would become a target for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect.
• Tang Yuehua asked about the Clear Sky Sect, and Luo Nan said he would spare it unless it interfered with his plans.
• Luo Nan ordered Dugu Bo to release Yu Xiaotian at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect’s Heaven Dou City stronghold that night without leaving evidence.
• Luo Nan instructed Dugu Bo to poison the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s main water source the next morning.

Luo Nan ordered Dugu Bo to poison the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s water supply, and the resulting attack killed most of its disciples and crippled the survivors. Ning Fengzhi suspected Luo Nan and Dugu Bo but feared retaliation, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect seized the opportunity to move against the weakened sect.

• Luo Nan instructed Dugu Bo to poison the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s water source with Green Phosphorus Snake Emperor Poison.
• Half a month later, the poison spread through the sect, killing more than seventy percent of its disciples despite Ning Fengzhi’s attempts to heal them.
• Ning Fengzhi vowed to find the murderer, while Chen Xin blamed Dugu Bo for the attack.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized the attack as Luo Nan’s retaliation but feared that confronting Moonlight Pavilion would destroy the sect’s remaining strength.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect celebrated the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s losses and prepared to take advantage of its weakness.

After the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s disciples were devastated by a poison attack, Yu Luomian launched the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect’s campaign to seize its businesses. Unable to defend its holdings, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect closed its gates, while Yu Luomian celebrated the wealth his sect had taken.

• After learning that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had lost or suffered injuries to most of its disciples, Yu Luomian ordered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect to seize its businesses across the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect occupied mines and shops and pressured affiliated families to switch sides, cutting off nearly half of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s economic lifeline.
• Ning Fengzhi received reports of the seizures but kept Sword Douluo Chen Xin at headquarters because he feared another attack or an opportunity for Spirit Hall.
• Three days after the poison attack, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect announced that it was closing its gates and withdrawing its external businesses.
• Rumors spread that Poison Douluo had poisoned the sect’s water supply on behalf of Luo Nan, intensifying public fear of Luo Nan’s influence.
• After half a month of plundering the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s holdings, Yu Luomian celebrated the wealth his sect had seized.

Yu Luomian convinced the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect to hand over the Heaven Dou City properties it had seized to Luo Nan as a sign of loyalty and a bid for protection. Yu Xiaotian and the elders accepted the proposal, leaving the sect prepared to preserve its ties with Luo Nan.

• Yu Xiaotian thanked Yu Luomian for saving him and helping the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect recover.
• Yu Luomian proposed giving Moonlight Pavilion all the businesses, deeds, and shops the sect had seized around Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Tianci and other elders objected, arguing that the properties were a major share of their gains and that they owed Luo Nan nothing more.
• Yu Luomian explained that Luo Nan had enabled their victory and that surrendering the properties would demonstrate loyalty and secure his protection.
• Yu Luomian reminded the elders that Luo Nan had once been a Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect disciple and that maintaining their blood ties could benefit the sect.
• Yu Xiaotian and the elders agreed to give the Heaven Dou City properties to Luo Nan.

After securing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect’s submission and its seized Heaven Dou City properties, Luo Nan left Moonlight Pavilion to explore the dangerous Nine Dragons Mountain Range. He arrived at the range and absorbed a bolt of lightning into his body.

• Yu Luomian presented Luo Nan with deeds to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s former properties in Heaven Dou City, and Luo Nan accepted them.
• Luo Nan told Yu Luomian to have the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect keep to itself and avoid provoking Moonlight Pavilion.
• Luo Nan told Tang Yuehua he planned to explore the Nine Dragons Mountain Range, and she agreed to wait for his return with their child.
• Luo Nan reached the Nine Dragons Mountain Range, where violent lightning storms made the barren peaks deadly to most Spirit Masters.
• A bolt of lightning struck Luo Nan, but its energy flowed into his body instead of harming him.

Luo Nan crossed the lightning-filled Nine Dragons Mountain Range in search of a powerful dragon soul beast, enduring the storms with ease. Deep in a gorge, he found a 250,000-year-old Abyss Dark Thunder Demon Dragon and recognized it as the ideal third soul ring for his Dark Demon Dragon martial soul.

• Luo Nan entered the Nine Dragons Mountain Range, where the thunder strengthened his body instead of harming him.
• Luo Nan used the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone's Flight ability to travel faster and absorbed a direct lightning strike without injury.
• Luo Nan discovered that the map he had bought was a fraud and flew toward the mountain range's depths on his own.
• Luo Nan sensed a powerful presence in an abyssal gorge and descended while concealing his aura.
• Luo Nan identified the colossal beast below as a 250,000-year-old Abyss Dark Thunder Demon Dragon with ultimate darkness and lightning attributes.

Luo Nan killed the 250,000-year-old Abyss Dark Thunder Demon Dragon, absorbed its Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone, and rose to Rank 97. He stayed in the Nine Dragons Mountain Range, where he focused on the thunderclouds formed by the fallen Thunder Dragon King’s undying soul and divine power.

• Luo Nan unleashed his Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul Avatar and used it to overwhelm the Abyss Dark Thunder Demon Dragon in the canyon.
• Luo Nan struck the badly wounded Abyss Dark Thunder Demon Dragon with his Dark Heaven-Ripping Claw and killed it.
• Luo Nan absorbed the Abyss Dark Thunder Demon Dragon’s 250,000-year Spirit Ring and gained its skull Spirit Bone, advancing to Rank 97.
• Luo Nan chose not to leave the Nine Dragons Mountain Range and looked toward the thunderclouds, which came from the Thunder Dragon King’s remains.

Luo Nan ventured into the Nine Dragons Mountain Range’s core lightning domain, where the ancient Thunder Dragon King’s dragon might clashed with his Golden Sacred Dragon and Dark Demon Dragon Martial Souls. A flash of light revealed a massive bone fragment that appeared to be the Thunder Dragon King’s remains, but Luo Nan could not examine it further before the chapter ended.

• Luo Nan entered the thunderclouds to search for treasure in the Thunder Dragon King’s burial ground.
• He flew for two hours through increasingly violent lightning, using it to temper his body as he approached the core domain.
• An ancient dragon roar unleashed the Thunder Dragon King’s overwhelming might, forcing Luo Nan downward.
• Luo Nan’s Golden Sacred Dragon and Dark Demon Dragon Martial Souls awakened and struck back against the ancient dragon might.
• A burst of white light revealed a huge, lightning-patterned bone fragment embedded in the scorched earth, which Luo Nan suspected was part of the Thunder Dragon King’s remains.

Luo Nan found an ancient Thunder Dragon King bone and uncovered a palm-sized reverse scale nearby. Taking the scale triggered a catastrophic lightning formation, and he was left betting that the True Dragon Nine Crowns could save him and bring fortune.

• Luo Nan used his spiritual power to locate the enormous Thunder Dragon King bone beneath the darkness and lightning.
• Luo Nan found a dark golden scale near the bone and identified it as the Thunder Dragon King's reverse scale.
• Luo Nan stored the reverse scale in his Storage Spirit Tool, triggering a furious dragon roar and a surge of lightning across Nine Dragons Mountain Range.
• Luo Nan faced a vast lightning assault and realized that the True Dragon Nine Crowns might save him and bring great fortune.

Luo Nan reforged the True Dragon Nine Crowns into the Ancient Thunder Dragon King’s head spirit bone, which fused with his existing skull and empowered all six of his spirit bones into a 300,000-year Soul Bone Armor set. Months after he escaped the Nine Dragons Mountain Range, Heaven Dou remained peaceful while the surrounding powers kept their distance and offered goodwill.

• Luo Nan used the True Dragon Nine Crowns to draw in the lightning, restoring the fragments into the Ancient Thunder Dragon King’s head spirit bone.
• The restored skull fused with Luo Nan’s Abyss Dark Thunder Demon Dragon Skull, and his other five spirit bones resonated with the transformation.
• Ancient lightning tempered Luo Nan’s six spirit bones into Soul Bone Armor and raised each one’s age to 300,000 years.
• Luo Nan found that the armor could let him stand undefeated against a Rank 99 Ultimate Douluo, then hid it within his body and escaped the Nine Dragons Mountain Range.
• Months later, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect stayed shut, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect sent resources to Moonlight Pavilion, and Xue Ye sent Xue Qinghe to make goodwill visits.

Luo Nan gave Dugu Bo two powerful Spirit Bones taken from Yu Yuanzhen and guarded him as he absorbed them. Dugu Bo broke through to level ninety-five and became a Super Douluo, while Luo Nan prepared to continue his grand plan.

• Luo Nan summoned Dugu Bo and learned he had been stuck at level ninety-four for a long time.
• Luo Nan gave Dugu Bo a space-attributed right arm bone and an ultimate-lightning left arm bone taken from Yu Yuanzhen.
• Dugu Bo gratefully accepted the Spirit Bones and began absorbing them while Luo Nan stood guard.
• Dugu Bo’s absorption strengthened and mutated his poison abilities and helped him break through to level ninety-five.
• Dugu Bo thanked Luo Nan and said he could now fight a level ninety-six opponent.

At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Luo Nan taught Dugu Bo the dangerous Soul Core Condensation Method and guided him through its first stages. Dugu Bo began compressing his Soul Power, and the liquid at the vortex’s center started to thicken and turn dark green.

• Luo Nan warned Dugu Bo that the secret method could transform the cultivation system and demanded that he keep it hidden.
• Luo Nan explained that a Soul Core could give a Titled Douluo a decisive advantage and taught Dugu Bo how to condense one.
• Dugu Bo swore secrecy and agreed to attempt the dangerous method despite the risk of destroying his cultivation or dying.
• Dugu Bo formed and compressed a Soul Power vortex in his dantian while Luo Nan instructed him to endure the pain and guide it.
• Energy from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well surged into Dugu Bo’s vortex, and its liquid Soul Power began thickening into a dark green core as Luo Nan urged him to condense it.

Dugu Bo condensed a Soul Core, permanently absorbed the poison that had afflicted him, and pledged his loyalty to Luo Nan. Luo Nan tasked him with guarding Moonlight Pavilion and protecting Yue Hua while Luo Nan left Heaven Dou City.

• Dugu Bo condensed a Soul Core, which refined his Soul Power and absorbed the Green Phosphorus Snake Emperor Poison, ending its backlash.
• Dugu Bo rejoiced at his newfound strength and believed Luo Nan's power came from an even greater Soul Core.
• Dugu Bo mistook Luo Nan's restraint toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for extraordinary mercy and thanked him for teaching the Soul Core Condensation Method.
• Dugu Bo knelt before Luo Nan and pledged his life and poisonous mist to him.
• Luo Nan said he would leave Heaven Dou City for personal matters and ordered Dugu Bo to guard Moonlight Pavilion and protect Yue Hua.

After securing Moonlight Pavilion with Dugu Bo, Luo Nan set out for Sea God Island to pursue the Sea God's trials and strengthen himself. He subdued a band of pirates and asked their captain for directions to the island.

• Luo Nan assured Dugu Bo that few people in the Heaven Dou Empire could threaten him, and Dugu Bo pledged to keep Moonlight Pavilion safe.
• Luo Nan decided to travel to Sea God Island, hoping to take the Sea God's trials and obtain god-bestowed soul rings for the Dark Demon Dragon.
• Luo Nan sailed alone from the coast near Vast Sea City aboard a fast ship.
• A pirate ship approached Luo Nan and demanded that he surrender his valuables.
• Luo Nan landed on the pirate ship's mast and forced the pirates to their knees with his aura.
• Luo Nan asked the one-eyed pirate captain whether he knew how to reach Sea God Island, and the captain eagerly said yes.

Luo Nan reached Demon Shark Bay and faced Xiao Bai, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark King, after the pirates abandoned their ship. Xiao Bai prepared to attack him until she recognized the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as the Sea God's token and demanded to know how he had obtained it.

• Luo Nan forced the one-eyed pirate captain to steer the ship toward Sea God Island.
• At Demon Shark Bay, Luo Nan released the frightened pirates and sailed into the forbidden waters alone.
• Xiao Bai and more than a hundred Demon Soul Great White Sharks surrounded Luo Nan's ship and ordered him to leave.
• Luo Nan told Xiao Bai he had come to find her, prompting her to prepare an attack.
• Luo Nan revealed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Xiao Bai recognized it as the Sea God's token.

Luo Nan used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to convince Xiao Bai that he was the Sea God's chosen successor, and she escorted him to Sea God Island. He arrived at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, where he met its Titled Douluo guardian.

• Luo Nan showed Xiao Bai the Sea God's token, and she concluded that he was the Sea God's chosen successor.
• Xiao Bai transformed into human form, greeted Luo Nan with reverence, and invited him to Sea God Island.
• Xiao Bai ordered the Demon Soul Great White Sharks to clear a passage, then led Luo Nan through Demon Shark Bay to the island.
• Xiao Bai explained that newcomers had to undergo the Sea God's trial and took Luo Nan to the nearest Sacred Pillar Guardian.
• Luo Nan and Xiao Bai reached the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, where its black-robed Titled Douluo guardian opened his eyes.

Luo Nan arrived at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar with Xiao Bai and revealed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, leading Sea God Island’s guardians to believe he might be the Sea God’s heir. Bo Saixi appeared and began the guidance for Luo Nan’s Sea God inheritance trial.

• Xiao Bai introduced Luo Nan to Sea Horse Douluo Oya as a possible heir chosen by the Sea God.
• Luo Nan showed Oya the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which Oya recognized as the Heart of the Sea God.
• Oya issued Sea God Island’s highest summons, bringing the other six Sacred Pillar Guardians to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar.
• Bo Saixi appeared, recognized the holy relic, and asked Luo Nan if he had come to receive the Sea God’s guidance and trials.
• Luo Nan confirmed he sought the Sea God’s inheritance, and Bo Saixi summoned the Sea God’s Light to begin his trial guidance.

Luo Nan received Top-Tier Seven Trials instead of the expected Sea God's Nine Trials, and Bo Saixi explained that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud had not recognized him as its master. While Sea God Island welcomed him as its future High Priest, Sea God Poseidon watched from the God Realm in fear of what Luo Nan's power might mean.

• Luo Nan's assessment at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar produced seven red trial seals, marking him for Top-Tier Seven Trials.
• Bo Saixi realized the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud had not acknowledged Luo Nan as its master, so he had not triggered the Sea God's Nine Trials.
• Bo Saixi and the Sacred Pillar Guardians honored Luo Nan as a future High Priest and offered him Sea God Island's resources during his trials.
• Luo Nan accepted the seven trials and resolved to claim their rewards, while Sea God Poseidon watched him from the God Realm and feared disaster.