Chapter Summaries

The Spirit Hall Empire assured the tournament would continue, then its Title Douluo confronted the Thunder God Sect in the resting area. The clash was about to escalate when four Title Douluo noticed a masked figure and Ghost Leopard Douluo recognized the Thunder God Sect Master.

• The Thunder God Sect Team advanced to the top sixteen, while Thunderclap Team eliminated the Black Tiger Sect and Shrek Team remained undefeated.
• Several Spirit Hall Empire Title Douluo publicly guaranteed the tournament would proceed, emboldening the Spirit Hall Royal Team to provoke the Thunder God Sect Team and Clear Sky Sect Team.
• Han Suiyu taunted the Thunder God Sect Team, and Lei Zhen answered by releasing his Title Douluo pressure.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo shielded Han Suiyu as the clashing auras swept through the resting area, prompting the team leaders to protect their students.
• Four Spirit Hall Title Douluo turned toward a masked figure, and Ghost Leopard Douluo identified him as the Thunder God Sect Master.

Tie Li confronted the Spirit Hall Empire delegation and swiftly crippled Ghost Leopard Douluo, exposing four supposed Title Douluo as Soul Saints. He vanished after asking when the Thunder God Sect’s match began, while Flender left to consult Yu Xiaogang about his suspicions.

• Tie Li demanded that Ghost Leopard Douluo sever an arm, then stopped his escape and tore off both his arms, warning that he spared his life out of respect for the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Tie Li tested the four black-robed figures behind Ghost Leopard Douluo, whose auras became unstable and whose bodies twisted.
• Tie Li asked when the Thunder God Sect’s match began, and Lei Zhen explained that they were in the first match and had been delayed.
• Zhao Wuji realized that the four figures were Soul Saints rather than Title Douluo, prompting speculation that the Spirit Hall Empire had lost powerful soul masters.
• Flender, uneasy about the situation, left the students with Zhao Wuji and went to find Yu Xiaogang.

The Thunder God Sect defeated the Fire Leopard Sect Team and advanced, while Bibi Dong argued that the empire needed Qian Daoliu’s authority to confront the Thunder God Sect and Clear Sky Sect. She outlined plans to absorb sects into the empire, then wondered whether Tie Wu and Hu Liena had failed in their task.

• The Thunder God Sect Team overwhelmed the hesitant Fire Leopard Sect Team and advanced to the next round.
• Bibi Dong refused to attend the tournament’s award ceremony and told Golden Crocodile Douluo that Qian Daoliu should answer for the empire’s confrontation with the major sects.
• Bibi Dong explained that the empire planned to absorb soul master sects and expand academy education to strengthen imperial control and military power.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo rebuked the other Worshippers when they proposed removing Bibi Dong and making the Young Master emperor.
• Bibi Dong returned to the Pope Palace and wondered whether Tie Wu and Hu Liena had failed.

Several sects' escaped Soul Masters tried to disrupt the Soul Master Tournament and attack the Spirit Royal Academy Team, assuming the Thunder God Sect and Clear Sky Sect would support them. Lei Zhen rejected their attempt to use his sect and killed one of the instigators, leaving the group looking to the Clear Sky Sect for a response.

• The four semifinal teams were confirmed as the Thunder God Sect Team, Clear Sky Sect Team, Spirit Royal Academy Team, and Shrek Academy Team.
• Escaped Soul Masters from sects controlled by the Spirit Hall Empire gathered in Zolls City and decided to disrupt the tournament by attacking the Spirit Royal Academy Team.
• The group rushed onto the arena, but Chrysanthemum Douluo confronted them and the tournament guards surrounded them.
• The instigators tried to provoke the Thunder God Sect and Clear Sky Sect by invoking their past conflicts with Spirit Hall.
• Lei Zhen killed a five-ring Soul King who was disrupting the match and declared that anyone interfering with the tournament would become an enemy of the Thunder God Sect.
• The group, shocked by Lei Zhen's stance, turned toward the Clear Sky Sect's waiting area.

The Spirit Hall Empire’s pressure on the Clear Sky Sect and Thunder God Sect framed the continuing tournament match between the Thunder God Sect Team and the Spirit Royal Academy Team. The Thousand-Eyed Demon Tree Soul King stunned the Thunder God team, but Shou Xi swapped places with Lei Xin to protect him from danger.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo realized the Thunder God Sect’s refusal to be provoked was a test of the Spirit Hall Empire’s plans for the Seven Great Sects.
• The arena guards subdued the troublemakers, and the referee began the match between the Thunder God Sect Team and the Spirit Royal Academy Team.
• Han Suiyu held off three opponents while the Thousand-Eyed Demon Tree Soul King’s vines and spiritual interference weakened the Thunder God team.
• The control-type Soul King used his ten-thousand-year skill to briefly stun all seven Thunder God Sect members, leaving himself exhausted and exposed.
• Evil Leopard helped break Shou Xi’s stun, and Shou Xi used Thunder Element Swap to take Lei Xin’s place.

The Spirit Hall Royal Team eliminated Shou Xi after his Thunder Element Swap saved Kui Er, but the Thunder God Sect Team broke free of their stun and fought back. As Han Suiyu launched a direct assault, Lei Xin revealed his Ring Fusion talent and prepared to unleash its explosive power.

• Shou Xi used Thunder Element Swap to take Kui Er's place, endured the siege, and was eliminated while freeing Lei Xin and Kui Er from their stunned states.
• Lei Xin and Kui Er counterattacked the Spirit Hall Royal Team, while Evil Leopard retreated and left an agility-attack Soul Ancestor exposed.
• Han Suiyu abandoned the team's original tactics and led Evil Leopard and another agility-attack Soul King in a direct assault.
• Evil Leopard and the agility-attack Soul King planned to exploit the Thunder God Sect Team's lack of defensive protection and target its rear.
• Han Suiyu drove Lei Xin back in their frontal clash, prompting Lei Xin to draw on his Ring Fusion talent.

Lei Xin’s Ring Fusion helped the Thunder God Sect Team defeat the Spirit Hall Royal Team, and Clear Sky Sect Team beat Shrek Team to secure a place in the final. Meanwhile, the New Seven Great Sects discussed their failed efforts to recruit Thunder God Sect and Clear Sky Sect, then received Dai Mubai in their secret chamber.

• Lei Xin, Lei Ju, and Bing Zhao overwhelmed Han Suiyu, and a referee intervened to stop Lei Xin’s final attack, eliminating Han Suiyu.
• The Thunder God Sect Team defeated the remaining members of the Spirit Hall Royal Team and won the match.
• Clear Sky Sect Team defeated Shrek Team, and the final was scheduled for seven days later.
• The New Seven Great Sects discussed seeking allies among the two great empires while continuing to probe Thunder God Sect and Clear Sky Sect.
• Dai Mubai entered the secret chamber, where Tuoba Yu and the sect master of Heavenly Stone Sect questioned his apparent objections to them.

Bibi Dong allowed the New Seven Great Sects to resist annexation, using their unrest and possible alliance with Dai Mubai to mislead rival powers while the Spirit Hall Empire strengthened itself. Tie Li learned that the alliance could help the White Tiger Kingdom conquer the Star Luo Empire, giving the Spirit Hall Empire an opportunity to absorb both and leaving the Heaven Dou Empire isolated.

• Bibi Dong told Chrysanthemum Douluo that the New Seven Great Sects’ resistance was part of her plan to test the effects of eliminating sects and distract other powers.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo reported that Dai Mubai had privately met with the sect masters of the New Seven Great Sects, and Bibi Dong let them continue their discussions.
• Kui Xin reported to Tie Li that the Seven Great Sects had stirred rumors and contacted Dai Mubai because they feared being absorbed into the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Tie Li realized that Dai Mubai’s royal bloodline could give the sects a way to help the White Tiger Kingdom reclaim the Star Luo Empire.
• Kui Xin warned Tie Li that the Spirit Hall Empire might let the White Tiger Kingdom conquer the Star Luo Empire, then take both kingdoms while the Heaven Dou Empire hesitated.

Tang Xiao and Tang Hao weighed the suspicious information in Zolls City as the Soul Master Tournament finals began under the watch of Golden Crocodile Douluo. The Seven Great Sects withdrew from their plan to support Dai Mubai through war, while Tie Li began his ninth trial in the Lightning Pool.

• Tang Xiao suspected that the information in Zolls City and the tournament finals had been arranged, but Tang Hao dismissed his concerns and suggested asking Kui Xin.
• Dai Mubai opened the tournament finals between the Thunder God Sect Team and the Clear Sky Sect Team, and Golden Crocodile Douluo appeared to speak for the Spirit Hall Empire.
• The Seven Great Sects realized the Spirit Hall Empire had discovered their plans and decided to infiltrate the Star Luo Empire before attempting to help Dai Mubai reclaim it.
• The Seven Great Sects left Zolls City as hidden tensions continued to build under Bibi Dong's control.
• Tie Li entered the Lightning Pool and began his ninth trial, where a voice in his Sea of Consciousness asked whether he feared failure.

Tie Li learned that Zhu Zhuqing’s Ninth Trial required him to complete the Thunder God’s inheritance, with her life at stake if he failed. He entered a trial that let him witness a bloody village revenge, while dark clouds waited for his judgment.

• His warned Tie Li that failure would cost him his life and leave Zhu Zhuqing sealed in god-grade mysterious ice, and explained that her Ninth Trial was a choice tied to his own.
• Tie Li realized he had to succeed to obtain the Thunder God’s true inheritance and reflected on how his second martial soul and Soul Cores had helped him reach Rank Ninety-Nine.
• Tie Li’s surroundings changed, and he watched Wang Cheng return to his village and kill Wang Qi’s family in revenge for the deaths of his parents.
• Tie Li learned that the villagers had plotted to take the old couple’s savings and saw dark clouds gather as if awaiting his judgment.

Tie Li watched a series of injustices unfold and decided that humanity’s own systems should handle them, completing the trial by writing his answer. He returned to White Ground, where the lightning welcomed him as he realized it could be tied to his inheritance from the fallen Lightning God.

• Tie Li witnessed Niu Er’s wife Wang being abducted by a young master’s servant and saw how their affair led Li Goudan and the servant to murder Niu Er and his family.
• Tie Li concluded that people should be allowed to deal with such matters through their own systems, and the trial’s scenes failed to shake his resolve.
• Tie Li wrote his answer in the white space and was transported to White Ground.
• Tie Li recognized White Ground as the site of the ninth trial and connected its lightning energy to the fallen Lightning God and his own opportunity.
• Tie Li walked toward the depths of White Ground as lightning blazed like a ruined palace welcoming its returning master.

Tie Li confronted the Thundering Nether Prison Vine to complete the Thunder God's Ninth Trial and obtain his tenth soul ring. With Thunder Spirit's help, he broke the vine's consciousness and began its sacrifice, triggering a surge of lightning that stirred plant-type soul beasts across White Ground.

• Tie Li approached the Thundering Nether Prison Vine, whose Thunder God bloodline resonated with his aura and Thunder God Hammer.
• The vine attacked Tie Li, but he shattered its lightning strikes and held back from harming its true body because the trial required it to sacrifice itself voluntarily.
• Thunder Spirit suggested destroying the vine's consciousness, and Tie Li charged in and pierced its Sea of Consciousness with his spiritual power.
• As the vine's consciousness broke apart, Thunder Spirit guided its instinct and incomplete Thunder God will, causing the vine to begin its sacrifice.
• Tie Li's surging Soul Power stirred plant-type soul beasts across White Ground, helping the hundred-year beasts evolve to the thousand-year level and prompting stronger beasts to seek breakthroughs.

Tie Li underwent a painful breakthrough to level one hundred as his Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and lightning wings transformed, completing the Thunder God's power. The chapter ended with his shattered divine seat being reforged and a new Thunder God beginning to be born.

• Tie Li's breakthrough unleashed lightning across White Ground, prompting nearby Soul Masters to flee while plant-type Soul Beasts used the energy to reach the Ten-Thousand-Year level.
• Tie Li's Soul Rings transformed as divine power reshaped his body, and the Sky Azure Bull Python and Nine-Heavens Thunder Prison Kui emerged from his arm Soul Bones to help him endure the breakthrough.
• The Thunder Scorch Dragon, the Thunder Beast, and the Giant-Pattern Thunder Crystal Jiao lent their power through Tie Li's leg and head Soul Bones.
• The Thunder Spirit Dragon unsealed Tie Li's nine-hundred-thousand-year Torso Soul Bone, and lightning-element plant-type Soul Beasts sent it essence until it reached one million years.
• Tie Li's lightning wings began evolving as the Thunder God's power was perfected and his shattered divine seat was reforged.

Tie Li completed the Thunder God Armor and ascended to godhood, drawing Qian Renxue to White Ground. Their first battle began with Tie Li gaining the advantage, leaving Qian Renxue astonished by the power of his ninth soul ring.

• The seven soul bones fused into the Thunder God Armor, and Tie Li gained ten soul rings and the Thunder God Hammer’s restored divine power.
• Qian Renxue sensed the new divine aura and flew to White Ground to challenge its source.
• Tie Li recognized Qian Renxue as the Angel God and rose into the sky to meet her.
• Qian Renxue unleashed the Angel Domain and her Great Sun attack, while Tie Li answered with the Thunder God Domain and Endless Judgment.
• Tie Li’s power pushed Qian Renxue back, and she wondered how he could be stronger despite both of them being gods.

Tie Li defeated Qian Renxue’s attack and prepared to visit Moon Spirit Island after nurturing a new Thundering Nether Prison Vine with his divine blood. There, Zhu Zhuqing completed her ninth trial, claimed the Moon Blade, and began inheriting the power of a second-level god.

• Tie Li told Qian Renxue that her divine trial had been flawed, shattered her Sun True Fire-wrapped sword strike, and let her leave White Ground.
• Tie Li found the Thundering Nether Prison Vine’s seed, gave it a mark formed from his Thunder God divine blood, and rested before planning to visit Moon Spirit Island.
• Zhu Zhuqing completed her ninth trial as the mystic ice melted and her Soul Power rose to level ninety-nine.
• Zhu Zhuqing pulled the Moon Blade from the moonstone and received divine armor that strengthened her Soul Power and attributes.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke through into the god-level realm as a silver-and-gold tenth soul ring formed, beginning her inheritance as a second-level god.

Zhu Zhuqing rejected the Moon Blade’s easy recognition and sealed her newly gained power so she could earn it through her own efforts. After reuniting with Tie Li on Moon Spirit Island, she asked him to help free her family from the Star Luo Empire before she returned to her trials.

• Zhu Zhuqing questioned how easily she had gained the Moon Blade’s power and chose to seal her tenth soul ring, leaving herself at level ninety-nine.
• The Moon Blade’s former owner approved of Zhu Zhuqing’s reverence for power and warned that her state of mind alone would not earn the weapon’s complete recognition.
• Tie Li arrived on Moon Spirit Island as the newly born Thunder God, and he and Zhu Zhuqing embraced after sensing their connection.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained her choice to Tie Li and asked him not to intervene if she encountered danger during her trials, but he did not promise to stand aside.
• Before returning to the trial grounds, Zhu Zhuqing asked Tie Li to rescue her family or free the Nether Duke’s line from the Star Luo Empire as the White Tiger Kingdom prepared to attack.

Tie Li traveled to Star Luo City after Zhu Zhuqing asked him to help her father, the Nether Duke, while the Zhu Clan debated whether to remain under the Star Luo Empire or defect to the White Tiger Kingdom. After hearing from covert agents, Tie Li learned that the rival powers were waiting for a chance to strike the Star Luo Empire before the Spirit Hall Empire could respond.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Tie Li to help her father, and he agreed before she left Moon Spirit Island for her assessment.
• The Nether Duke heard his clansmen argue over whether the Zhu Clan should stay in the Star Luo Empire or join the White Tiger Kingdom, but he dismissed the meeting without deciding.
• Tie Li arrived in Star Luo City and summoned five covert agents planted there by Kui Xin.
• The agents told Tie Li that the White Tiger Kingdom and Seven Great Sects were pressuring the Star Luo Imperial Family and that some factions planned to defect.
• Tie Li concluded that the White Tiger Kingdom and Seven Great Sects were waiting for an opportunity to seize the Star Luo Empire before the Spirit Hall Empire could react.

Tie Li offered the Zhu Clan a way to escape the struggle between the Star Luo Empire and the White Tiger Kingdom by joining the Thunder God Sect, and the Nether Duke agreed to relinquish his power. The Star Luo Emperor prepared to accept the handover but kept the Zhu residence under surveillance.

• Tie Li decided to visit the Zhu residence and persuade the Nether Duke to give up the Zhu Clan's power in the Star Luo Empire.
• The Nether Duke accepted the Thunder God Sect's offer and promised to sever the Zhu Clan's ties with the Star Luo Imperial Family and the White Tiger Kingdom.
• Count Ar arrived to seek the Nether Duke's decision, while Tie Li killed three Fallen Soul Masters hidden in the residence.
• Zhu Juyi ordered the Zhu Clan to cut off outside contact and wait three days for the decision.
• The Star Luo Emperor learned that the Nether Duke would surrender his power but ordered continued surveillance of the Zhu residence.

Tie Li took Kui Xin to the Star Luo Imperial Palace and forced the Star Luo Emperor to grant the Thunder God Sect White Flame City in exchange for the Nether Duke surrendering his authority. After Tie Li left, the emperor’s Title Douluo grandfather warned him not to act rashly.

• Tie Li spent three days sensing the Thunder God’s power and helping eliminate Fallen Soul Masters across Heaven Dou City and the White Tiger Kingdom.
• Tie Li and Kui Xin entered the Star Luo Imperial Palace, where Kui Xin’s Title Douluo aura made the guards kneel and drew seven Soul Douluos to confront them.
• The Star Luo Emperor received Tie Li and objected to trading a city for the Nether Duke’s authority.
• Tie Li suppressed the Star Crown Sect’s Title Douluo with his god-level aura, leaving him unable to fight.
• Kui Xin named White Flame City, and Tie Li demanded that its officials be withdrawn before he left the palace.
• The Star Crown Sect’s Title Douluo urged the Star Luo Emperor to accept the loss of one city and admitted Tie Li’s realm was beyond his reach.

Tie Li took control of White Flame City and told the Nether Duke he planned to establish a duchy there, while Dai Mubai allied with the seven great sects to invade the Star Luo Empire. The Spirit Hall Empire chose not to intervene, and Xue Beng suspected the conflict served its plans.

• Tie Li made White Flame City the Thunder God Sect's base and told the Nether Duke that a chance to establish a duchy would soon come.
• Dai Mubai reacted to the Nether Duke's transfer of power by joining the seven great sects and attacking the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Mubai's forces seized border territories, and Chrysanthemum Douluo followed Bibi Dong's orders to let the White Tiger Kingdom advance.
• Xue Beng told Xue Ye that the Spirit Hall Empire may have arranged for the seven great sects to support the White Tiger Kingdom and keep other powers from intervening.