Chapter Summaries

Zhao Linchuan learned that Tang San was cultivating his twin martial souls despite the risks and planned to arrange a dangerous soul-ring trial for him. After agreeing to reattach Sword Douluo’s severed arm, Zhao Linchuan decided Gu Rong was the right person to help with his plan for Tang San.

• Dugu Bo told Zhao Linchuan that Tang San had managed to cultivate both martial souls, despite the danger, and suspected his bloodline was responsible.
• Zhao Linchuan told Dugu Bo to keep the secret and decided to arrange a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring trial that might kill Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhao Linchuan to reattach Sword Douluo’s left arm using a twenty-thousand-year Spirit Bone, and he agreed to go to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with her the next morning.
• Zhao Linchuan decided to recruit Gu Rong to help with his plan for Tang San and called it a grand gift.

Zhao Linchuan warned Qian Renxue that the Evil Soul Masters invading the empires might have escaped from Slaughter City and ordered preparations to contain the threat. He left Qian Renxue to oversee Heaven Dou City while directing Spirit Hall to mobilize forces and use the crisis to gather faith for the Angel God.

• Qian Renxue told Zhao Linchuan that Evil Soul Masters from the Far Western Lands had infiltrated the empires and captured cities in several Heaven Dou kingdoms.
• Zhao Linchuan connected the invaders to Slaughter City and warned that something might have happened there.
• Zhao Linchuan told Qian Renxue to ask the Pope to send the Soul Master Legion with at least two Titled Douluos and ideally a Consecrated Elder to eliminate the Evil Soul Masters.
• Qian Renxue agreed to return to Spirit Hall, but Zhao Linchuan ordered her to stay in Heaven Dou City and forbade the Heaven Dou army from joining the campaign.
• Zhao Linchuan told Qian Renxue to prepare the army to reinforce the empire's border, provide relief to civilians, and proclaim that the Angel God had ordered their rescue.

Zhao Linchuan warned Qian Renxue not to let Bibi Dong visit Slaughter City, then began studying Ring Detonation with her. After a night of testing, they learned the technique could inflict severe injuries even on their god-level physiques, though it granted a terrifying burst of strength.

• Qian Renxue prepared to alert Bibi Dong and investigate the Star Luo Empire, but Zhao Linchuan warned her that Slaughter City could be fatal for her mother.
• After Qian Renxue left to carry out his instructions, Zhao Linchuan began experimenting with detonating a Soul Ring and wondered whether Tang Chen had truly invented the technique.
• Qian Renxue guarded Zhao Linchuan as they tested Ring Detonation throughout the night and both suffered considerable injuries.
• Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue concluded that their high-quality Soul Rings and rushed experiments might explain the damage, while Qian Renxue realized the technique could briefly bring her strength near demigod level.
• Zhao Linchuan suggested that raising Qian Renxue’s first six Soul Rings to higher levels could make a Ring Detonation powerful enough to approach the realm of true gods.

The Snow Empress offered to perfect Ring Detonation while Qian Renxue stayed behind to recover, and Zhao Linchuan went to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to restore Chen Xin’s arm. Chen Xin’s arm regrew successfully, leaving Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi overwhelmed with emotion.

• The Snow Empress volunteered to use her essence to simulate Ring Detonation and told Qian Renxue to keep cultivating.
• Zhao Linchuan told Qian Renxue he was going to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to restore Chen Xin’s arm.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Zhao Linchuan with a grand reception and persuaded him to stay for lunch before treatment.
• Zhao Linchuan used a spirit bone as a medium and regrew Chen Xin’s left arm.
• Chen Xin tested his restored arm, while Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi wept with relief.

Chen Xin thanked Zhao Linchuan for restoring his arm, while Zhao Linchuan privately entrusted Ning Fengzhi with a request and secured the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support. Ning Fengzhi resolved to commit to Zhao Linchuan and sent Gu Rong to carry out the request that night.

• Chen Xin thanked Zhao Linchuan for restoring his arm and promised to repay the favor, then went to meet Gu Rong.
• Ning Fengzhi spoke privately with Zhao Linchuan and agreed to arrange for Gu Rong to make a trip after nightfall.
• Ning Fengzhi escorted Zhao Linchuan from the mountain gates and learned that Tang San was Clear Sky Douluo’s son and Tang Hao had fallen to Zhao Linchuan.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to bind the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect more firmly to Zhao Linchuan and summoned Gu Rong to his study.
• Gu Rong arrived battered from his spar with Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi gave him a storage ring containing four Thousand-Year Soul Bones and two hundred-year Spirit Bones for the night’s errand.

Ning Fengzhi learned about Azure Dragon Academy’s powerful Titled Douluo and sent Gu Rong to handle Zhao Linchuan’s secret task. At the academy, Jing Ling brought Huang Yuan news from Tai Long.

• Ning Fengzhi gave Gu Rong the Storage Ring and warned him to leave no evidence while completing Zhao Linchuan’s task.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that Chen Xin had defeated Gu Rong with one move, then revealed that Azure Dragon Academy had four Titled Douluo, including Liu Erlong and Dugu.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that Liu Erlong had advanced to Titled Douluo after returning from a trip a week earlier.
• At Azure Dragon Academy, Jing Ling visited Huang Yuan in his dormitory yard and told him they had news from Tai Long.

Jing Ling and Huang Yuan received a letter from Tai Long inviting them to the Star Luo Empire with promises of noble titles, and they decided to demand major rewards before considering the offer. That night, Gu Rong abducted Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender, pinned the two teachers beneath a slab of stone, and forced Tang San to accept a condition; Tang San was left injured after resisting.

• Jing Ling told Huang Yuan that Tai Long had invited them to the Star Luo Empire and promised them noble titles.
• Huang Yuan and Jing Ling suspected the Strength Clan wanted to recruit or deceive them, and Huang Yuan proposed demanding Spirit Bones, tournament places, noble titles, and increased cultivation resources.
• Jing Ling decided to write back to Tai Long with their demands and require the Spirit Bones to be sent first.
• Gu Rong held Yu Xiaogang and Flender beneath a massive slab of granite and threatened to crush them unless Tang San agreed to his condition.
• Tang San challenged Gu Rong and tried to reach Yu Xiaogang, but Gu Rong kicked him away, leaving him coughing blood.

Gu Rong forced Tang San to fuse with six low-age Spirit Bones while holding Yu Xiaogang beneath a boulder. After Gu Rong left at dawn, Flender found Tang San stable and suspected the attack meant Tang San’s identity had been exposed, while Yu Xiaogang admitted he could not reach the Clear Sky Douluo.

• Gu Rong offered Tang San six Spirit Bones and threatened to let Yu Xiaogang die unless Tang San agreed to fuse with them.
• Tang San agreed after seeing Yu Xiaogang near death, and Gu Rong ordered him to finish fusing before dawn.
• At dawn, Gu Rong examined a red Left Arm Soul Bone, stored it, and walked away without using Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang vomited blood when he tried to stand, and Flender helped him while checking on Tang San.
• Flender confirmed Tang San’s aura had stabilized and suspected an old enemy of the Clear Sky Sect had attacked because Tang San’s identity was exposed.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender he had tried but failed to contact the Clear Sky Douluo.

Tang San awakened after fusing five spirit bones, reaching level 40 and recovering from hidden injuries, while Yu Xiaogang and Flender considered the risks surrounding him. Flender chose to stay with Tang San for now, hoping his potential would outweigh the danger.

• Yu Xiaogang reassured Flender that Clear Sky Douluo would not abandon Tang San and promised to find a way to contact him.
• Tang San awoke after fusing five spirit bones, broke through to level 40, and found that his hidden injuries had healed.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang and Flender that the spirit bones were low quality and their skills weakened his combat strength.
• Tang San helped the injured Yu Xiaogang down the mountain while Flender worried that Tang San's identity could endanger him.
• Flender decided to catch up with Tang San and remain by his side until the danger seemed imminent.

Jing Ling and Huang Yuan received two ten-thousand-year Spirit Bones from Tai Long and chose to report them to Zhao Linchuan rather than keep them. Zhao Linchuan heard their account and asked whether they had considered leaving Azure Dragon Academy.

• Jing Ling rushed to the dormitory and told Huang Yuan that Tai Long had sent a reply.
• Jing Ling revealed two ten-thousand-year Spirit Bones, and he and Huang Yuan discussed what to do with them.
• Huang Yuan urged Jing Ling to report the Spirit Bones because accepting them could betray Azure Dragon Academy.
• Huang Yuan and Jing Ling decided to tell only Deans Zhao and Liu, then hurried to the dean's office.
• Huang Yuan explained the exchange to Zhao Linchuan, who asked whether they had considered switching allegiances.

Zhao Linchuan sent Huang Yuan and Jing Ling to investigate unrest in the Star Luo Empire, then decided to give the Soul Master Legion one more search before withdrawing it. At the tournament opening, Azure Dragon Academy drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team, while Xue'er summoned Zhao Linchuan backstage for an important discussion.

• Zhao Linchuan asked Huang Yuan and Jing Ling to infiltrate the Star Luo Empire and investigate a possible upheaval, giving each a Spirit Bone and a miniature spear that could unleash a rank ninety-six Super Douluo's full-power strike.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhao Linchuan that the Soul Master Legion had failed to find the evil Soul Masters, and he ordered one more search before withdrawal while arranging a reward for the troops.
• The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament opened in Heaven Dou City, where Crown Prince "Xue Qinghe" delivered the opening speech in Xue Ye's place.
• Liu Erlong drew lots for Azure Dragon Academy and learned that its team would face Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team that day.
• Liu Erlong told Zhao Linchuan that Xue'er had sent for him backstage to discuss something important.

Zhao Linchuan learned that the Soul Master Legion sent to the Far Western Lands had vanished and set out to investigate, leaving Qian Renxue to watch the borders. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong helped Azure Dragon Academy win a match and told Ning Fengzhi she would ask Liu Erlong for an Aromatic Silk Beauty to evolve his Martial Soul.

• Zhao Linchuan left Liu Erlong in charge of the matches and went to meet Qian Renxue about an urgent report.
• Qian Renxue told Zhao Linchuan that the Soul Master Legion had been attacked and gone missing, and he accepted her information and set out to investigate.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team without releasing their Soul Rings.
• Ning Fengzhi realized Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul had evolved into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and decided to ask her for help breaking his own Martial Soul's limits.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi she would ask Liu Erlong for an Aromatic Silk Beauty that might evolve his Martial Soul.

Zhao Linchuan found the badly injured Hu Liena washed up in a mountain stream and healed her. After she lost her storage bracelet, he lent her Qian Renxue’s clothes, then rebuked her shameless teasing.

• Zhao Linchuan discovered Hu Liena floating in the stream and carried her to his camp.
• Zhao Linchuan used his Soul Power to revive Hu Liena and heal her injuries.
• Hu Liena teased Zhao Linchuan about touching her, then found that her storage bracelet was missing.
• Zhao Linchuan lent Hu Liena the Storage Ring Qian Renxue had given him so she could choose clothes.
• Hu Liena changed into Qian Renxue’s dress and asked Zhao Linchuan who looked prettier, and he called her shameless and brainless.

Zhao Linchuan rescued Hu Liena, learned that three fallen Titled Douluos had attacked her force and that a Clear Sky Hammer was among them, then flew southwest to search for the missing elders. Meanwhile, Ning Fengzhi celebrated his breakthrough and concealed from Chen Xin that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had secretly allied with Spirit Hall, just as Gu Rong arrived.

• Hu Liena ate with Zhao Linchuan and told him that fallen ones had ambushed her force, while Elder Ling Yuan and Red Flag Elder helped her escape.
• Hu Liena identified one attacker’s Martial Soul as the Clear Sky Hammer, and Zhao Linchuan concluded that the Clear Sky Sect was involved in events in Slaughter City.
• Zhao Linchuan told Hu Liena to hide and flew southwest to look for Elder Ling Yuan and Red Flag Elder.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin that an immortal herb had helped him reach the Quasi-Soul Douluo rank and said the sect might become the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi kept the sect’s secret alliance with Spirit Hall from Chen Xin because he feared Chen Xin’s grudge against Spirit Hall would drive him away.
• Gu Rong entered the Seven Treasure Hall and asked whether everyone was there.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect learned that the Star Luo Empire had confiscated all its businesses, and Gu Rong set out to respond while Chen Xin took Ning Fengzhi to seek an Eighth Soul Ring. Meanwhile, Zhao Linchuan found a desert oasis where a group of Soul Masters had gathered, then unleashed blue-gold streaks of light upon them.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin read a report revealing that the Star Luo Empire had confiscated every business belonging to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Gu Rong volunteered to deal with the Star Luo Empire, while Ning Fengzhi asked him not to take his anger out on the empire; Gu Rong then flew away.
• Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi discussed finding an Eighth Soul Ring for Ning Fengzhi’s Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and left to search for a suitable Soul Beast.
• Zhao Linchuan pursued Hu Liena’s directions into the desert and spotted a group of Soul Masters gathered around a spring in an oasis.
• The Soul Masters heard someone shout that the stars were falling, then scattered as blue-gold streaks pursued them and plunged toward their heads.

Zhao Linchuan killed Tang Qing after learning that Ling Yuan and five other Titled Douluo had entered a hidden world containing a powerful mantis Soul Beast. Believing Tang Qing’s account, he flew toward the oasis to find Ling Yuan, hoping she was still alive.

• Tang Qing identified himself as a Clear Sky Sect elder and told Zhao Linchuan that Ling Yuan had lured six Titled Douluo into a hidden world beneath an oasis.
• Tang Qing said he escaped after a seventy-meter metal-attribute mantis Soul Beast killed a Titled Douluo, and confirmed that Ling Yuan had still been alive when he fled.
• Zhao Linchuan killed Tang Qing with a slash across the throat after doubting his explanation of how he escaped.
• Zhao Linchuan flew northwest toward the oasis, determined to enter the hidden world and find Ling Yuan.

Zhao Linchuan found the underwater fissure leading to a hidden world, where a giant mantis beast was slaughtering Titled Douluo. Fire Ling Yuan’s attack failed to damage it, leaving her facing certain death.

• Zhao Linchuan descended into the oasis lake and entered a cold, white-lit fissure at its bottom.
• Inside the hidden world, the giant mantis beast fought four Titled Douluo in an enormous arena, while Ling Yuan was trapped within its boundaries.
• The mantis beast shattered a Clear Sky Hammer Soul Master’s weapon avatar and killed him with its scythe.
• The mantis beast offered to spare Fire Ling Yuan as a pet, but she refused and unleashed her eighth soul ring ability.
• Fire Ling Yuan’s flaming swords could not mark the mantis beast’s armor, and she realized she could not hurt it.

Zhao Linchuan saved Fire Ling Yuan from the mantis behemoth’s Cross Slash and took over the fight. After revealing the Eastern Extremity Slaughtering Sword’s immense weight and sacrificing all seven of his Soul Rings to empower it, he drove the mantis behemoth to the edge of the ruined arena and shattered its scythes.

• Zhao Linchuan blocked the mantis behemoth’s Cross Slash before it could hit Fire Ling Yuan.
• Zhao Linchuan told Fire Ling Yuan to recover while he faced the mantis behemoth, which recognized a presence like that of the Ancient Ginkgo Tree.
• The mantis behemoth summoned twelve phantoms around Zhao Linchuan, and he declared that the Eastern Extremity Slaughtering Sword weighed one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred jin.
• Zhao Linchuan exploded all seven of his Soul Rings and infused their divine light into the sword before launching it at the mantis behemoth.
• The mantis behemoth merged its phantoms into its body and blocked the sword with its crossed scythes, but the blade forced it back and shattered them.

Zhao Linchuan killed the giant mantis, absorbed its dark-gold Soul Ring, and upgraded Ling Yuan’s Soul Rings. The chapter ended with him pulling Ling Yuan into the lake as she offered to help him vent his pent-up fire.

• Zhao Linchuan killed the giant mantis with the Eastern Extremity Slaughtering Sword, leaving behind a dark-gold Soul Ring and an egg-sized pearl.
• Zhao Linchuan began absorbing the Soul Ring while Ling Yuan guarded him and searched the battlefield for Spirit Bones.
• Ling Yuan found two roughly fifty-thousand-year-old Spirit Bones and set them aside rather than keeping them.
• After absorbing the Soul Ring in a little over an hour, Zhao Linchuan upgraded Ling Yuan’s Soul Rings with the support of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Zhao Linchuan told Ling Yuan to take the Spirit Bones as payment for her silence, then pulled her into the lake when she offered to help him vent his fire.