Chapter Summaries

Yang Tianlang and Yang Dong traveled to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s residence for the Seven Sect Conference, where they met Yu Yuanzhen and the arriving Clear Sky Sect delegation. The chapter ended with Yu Yuanzhen telling Tang Hao that his young son was named Yu Xiaogang.

• Yang Tianlang and Yang Dong left Heaven Dou City and reached the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s castle, learning that only the Clear Sky Sect had yet to arrive.
• Yu Yuanzhen welcomed Yang Tianlang and mistook Yang Dong for Yang Yuan before learning he was Yang Tianyi’s son.
• The Clear Sky Sect delegation arrived, and Yu Yuanzhen warmly greeted Tang Feng and met Tang Xiao and Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao asked about Yu Yuanzhen’s son, and Yu Yuanzhen said the boy was named Yu Xiaogang.

Yang Tianlang and Yang Dong attended a banquet hosted by Yu Yuanzhen, where the leaders of the Seven Great Sects gathered. Yu Yuanzhen raised the subject of Spirit Hall, prompting the Lower Four Sects to leave without taking a position, while the Upper Three Sects stayed behind to discuss their response.

• Yang Tianlang and Yang Dong arrived at the banquet and met representatives of the Seven Great Sects, including Tang Xiao and Tang Hao.
• Yu Yuanzhen raised Spirit Hall as a matter concerning the future of the Seven Great Sects.
• Shi Meng left first, and Zhao Shan and Dai Yunfei soon followed without stating their positions.
• Yang Tianlang and Yang Dong left, and Tang Feng sent Tang Xiao and Tang Hao away.
• Chen Xin dismissed the Fire Leopard Sect and White Tiger Sect as watchdogs of their own territory while Tang Feng asked what he and Yu Yuanzhen thought.

Tang Feng, Yu Yuanzhen, and Chen Xin discussed the Lower Four Sects’ hesitation and the threat posed by the Wind Sword Sect. The next morning, Yang Dong watched young Tang Hao fight Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan youths, met Yu Xiaogang, and was challenged by Tang Hao.

• Tang Feng, Yu Yuanzhen, and Chen Xin discussed the Elephant Armored Sect’s fear of Angel Douluo, the other sects’ concerns, and the Wind Sword Sect’s strength.
• Yang Dong wandered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan grounds at dawn and found Tang Hao defeating youths in a training match.
• Yu Xiaogang sat beside Yang Dong, admired Tang Hao, and declared that he would become a great soul master.
• Tang Hao called Yang Dong onto the platform for a fight, and Yang Dong admitted he did not know who would win because they had never fought.

Yang Dong challenged Tang Hao to an arena match, and the two began their first clash. Their opening exchange ended with both forced back, and Tang Hao's fighting spirit grew stronger.

• Yang Dong accepted Tang Hao's challenge and proposed a match in which the first to leave the arena or admit defeat would lose.
• Yang Dong and Tang Hao introduced their Martial Souls and levels, revealing that Yang Dong was a level-thirty auxiliary-system Soul Master and Tang Hao was level twenty-eight.
• Tang Hao charged with his Haotian Hammer while Yang Dong evaded and activated his Blade Soul skill.
• Yang Dong used Three-Stage Slash, but Tang Hao blocked the final strike with his hammer, forcing both fighters back several steps.
• Tang Hao recognized Yang Dong's strength and became even more eager to fight.

Yang Dong and Tang Hao fought at full strength until Yang Dong weakened Tang Hao with Erosion and evaded his all-out hammer strike. The clash ended with Tang Hao’s attack smashing into the arena floor after Yang Dong broke through to a fifth slash, leaving the outcome of the duel poised on that escape.

• Yang Dong and Tang Hao traded sword and hammer blows until the red array covering the field faded.
• Tang Hao assumed Yang Dong’s Soul Power was running low, but Yang Dong revealed that his Ghost Hand had taken the hammer blow unharmed and used Erosion to weaken Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao combined Shocking Hammer and Strength Amplification, draining his Soul Power to launch a powerful tracking attack.
• Yang Dong used Three-Stage Slash and then a fourth slash to evade, while Tang Hao pushed past his limits and caught up.
• Yang Dong broke through to the fifth slash and slid clear, causing Tang Hao’s hammer to strike the arena floor and crack it.

After defeating Tang Hao, Yang Dong recovered and investigated the disturbance in his mind, awakening the Soul Devour skill. He considered its potential to steal Soul Power but restrained himself from using it recklessly.

• Yang Dong defeated Tang Hao with his Fifth Slash, and Tang Xiao carried his exhausted younger brother away after confirming he was unharmed.
• Yang Dong returned to his residence, meditated to recover his Soul Power, and accepted that his leg muscles would need several days to heal.
• Yang Dong entered the Bronze Gate in his sea of consciousness and discovered that the Crystal Ball glowed red and sent a stream of light into his Ghost Hand Martial Soul.
• Yang Dong experienced the Soul Devour skill through a figure that killed countless people and absorbed a portion of their strength.
• Yang Dong unlocked Soul Devour, learned its grab, invincibility, and Soul Power costs, and suppressed the thought of using it to plunder Soul Power without cause.

Yang Dong recovered from the injuries he suffered using the Fifth Slash after defeating Tang Hao. At dinner, Tang Feng invited Yang Dong to stay at the Clear Sky Sect, leaving Yang Tianlang stunned.

• Yang Tianlang visited Yang Dong and confirmed that he had defeated Tang Hao, then offered to find a healer for his injured legs.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived with a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan healer, whose Soul Skills quickly restored Yang Dong’s legs and waist.
• Yu Yuanzhen invited Yang Tianlang and Yang Dong to dinner, where Yang Dong noticed that the Fire Leopard Sect and White Tiger Sect were absent and Shi Meng looked anxious to leave.
• Tang Feng sarcastically praised Yang Dong, and Tang Hao told Yang Dong he would win their next match.
• Tang Feng invited Yang Dong to stay at the Clear Sky Sect, and Yang Tianlang stared at him in shock.

Yang Dong agreed to visit the Clear Sky Sect, while Yang Tianlang remained wary of Tang Feng and insisted on first securing Yang Dong’s third Soul Ring. The group reached a Spirit Hunting Forest, where Yang Tianlang went ahead to search for a suitable thousand-year Soul Beast.

• Tang Feng pressed Yang Tianlang to let Yang Dong visit the Clear Sky Sect, and Yang Dong agreed before his uncle could intervene.
• Yang Tianlang questioned Yang Dong’s decision, then agreed to escort him to hunt a thousand-year Soul Beast before traveling to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao eagerly joined Yang Tianlang and Yang Dong on the trip to the Spirit Hunting Forest, and Tang Feng agreed to accompany them.
• Two days later, Yang Tianlang asked Tang Feng to protect the children while he searched ahead for a suitable Soul Beast, and Tang Feng accepted.

Yang Dong absorbed his third Soul Ring and gained the Ice Array skill as his group tried to leave the Spirit Hunting Forest. They camped for the night, unaware that the Shining Five Freaks were tracking them and preparing to attack.

• Yang Tianlang returned with a sixteen-hundred-year Silver Fox, and Yang Dong killed it to obtain his third Soul Ring.
• Yang Dong absorbed the purple Soul Ring and formed his third soul skill, Ice Array, which slowed enemies and could freeze them.
• Yang Dong revealed Ice Array's effects to Yang Tianlang, Tang Hao, and Tang Feng, while keeping his new Liberation skill to himself.
• The group failed to leave the forest before dark and arranged for Yang Tianlang and Tang Feng to take turns keeping watch.
• The Shining Five Freaks hid about three kilometers from the camp, and Fifth Brother asked their leader when they would attack.

The Shining Five Freaks ambushed Tang Feng and Yang Tianlang at their camp, using the three children as bait to split them up. Yang Tianlang was gravely injured, and the attackers surrounded Tang Feng as he urged the children to flee.

• The Shining Five Freaks waited until late at night before launching their coordinated attack on Tang Feng and Yang Tianlang.
• A Shining Five Freaks attacker wounded Tang Feng with a backstab and paralysis toxin while other attackers struck Yang Tianlang.
• Tang Feng told Yang Tianlang to take the three children and escape, but the Shining Five Freaks had prepared a trap for him.
• Shining Boss and Second Brother immobilized Yang Tianlang and blasted him through dozens of trees, leaving a depression in his chest.
• Shining Boss joined the fight against Tang Feng, who called for the children to run.

Tang Feng and Yang Tianlang fought the Shining Five Freaks while Yang Dong, Tang Xiao, and Tang Hao fled through the forest. Fifth Brother caught up with the three youths, who prepared to fight him together.

• Tang Feng struck Fourth Brother with his Haotian Hammer, and Yang Tianlang killed him with his Hundred Steps Flying Sword.
• Yang Tianlang urged Yang Dong, Tang Xiao, and Tang Hao to escape while he and Tang Feng held off the remaining Shining Five Freaks.
• Yang Dong led Tang Xiao and Tang Hao through the forest for two hours, encouraging them to survive and avenge the people behind the ambush.
• Fifth Brother trapped the three youths in the darkness, and Yang Dong used his Ice Array to force him to reveal himself as a Support Type Soul King.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao attacked Fifth Brother with their Haotian Hammers after he threatened them.

Yang Dong and the Tang brothers fought Old Xun, a Support Type Soul King, and turned the battle around after Tang Xiao damaged one of his arms. Yang Dong used the Ghost Hand’s invincibility and Power of Frost to freeze Old Xun, then killed him with the Immaculate Sword.

• Old Xun dodged Tang Hao and Tang Xiao’s attacks, then knocked both brothers away and sent Yang Dong flying with Intimidation.
• Yang Dong created a blade-soul array that boosted Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao struck Old Xun with the Haotian Hammer, breaking one of his arms.
• Old Xun wounded Tang Xiao with Claw Strike, then retreated from Tang Hao’s attack while Yang Dong pursued him with the Ghost Hand charged with the Power of Frost.
• Yang Dong’s Soul Devour failed to seize Old Xun but made him invincible for a moment, allowing the Ghost Hand’s Power of Frost to freeze Old Xun.
• Yang Dong cut off Old Xun’s head with the Immaculate Sword.

After defeating the Shining Five Freaks, Yang Dong and the Tang brothers tried to escape the Spirit Hunting Forest, but a scar-faced attacker captured Tang Hao while Yang Dong carried the unconscious Tang Xiao away. Yang Dong chose to take Tang Xiao to the Clear Sky Sect, leaving Tang Hao in the enemy’s hands.

• Tang Hao and Yang Dong realized they had won, and Yang Dong helped Tang Hao place the badly wounded Tang Xiao on a makeshift stretcher.
• The three reached the forest’s outskirts, where Yang Dong warned that enemies might be waiting outside, so Tang Hao went ahead to test the exit.
• A scar-faced man captured Tang Hao, and Tang Hao pretended that Tang Feng and Tang Xiao were dead while calling the captor Scarface Uncle to alert Yang Dong.
• After waiting for the attacker to leave, Yang Dong carried Tang Xiao out of the forest and considered whether to seek help from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan or head to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yang Dong decided to take Tang Xiao to the Clear Sky Sect, despite the difficult journey and the risk of another ambush.

Yang Dong and Tang Xiao encountered Tang Chen after escaping an ambush, and Tang Chen killed the scarred man who had pursued them. Tang Chen left to investigate the attack while Yang Dong waited for the Clear Sky Sect’s people, whom he ordered to return and guard the sect.

• A plain old man arrived and recognized the injured Tang Xiao, just as the scarred man caught up with Yang Dong and threw down the unconscious Tang Hao.
• The scarred man attacked, but Tang Chen revealed his nine Soul Rings and Haotian Hammer, then killed him despite his pleas for mercy.
• Tang Chen praised Yang Dong for helping defeat a Soul King and heard how Tang Xiao had been injured in the Spirit Hunting Forest ambush.
• Tang Chen gave Yang Dong a Jade Pendant and flew toward the forest to search for Tang Feng and Yang Tianlang and investigate the attack.
• The next morning, Yang Dong identified five approaching members of the Clear Sky Sect and ordered them, on Tang Chen’s authority, to return and stand guard.

Yang Dong recovered at the Clear Sky Sect after an attack that killed Tang Feng and left Yang Tianlang comatose, while Tang Chen denied that Spirit Hall was responsible. A month later, Wind Sword Douluo visited the sect, and Yang Dong’s mother, Lin Qiuyu, hurried to see him.

• Yang Dong asked Tang Gao daily whether Haotian Douluo had returned and continued recovering from his injuries.
• Tang Chen told Yang Dong that foreign energy in Yang Tianlang’s brain kept him unconscious, and denied Yang Dong’s suspicion that Spirit Hall had organized the attack.
• Haotian Douluo returned with news that the Shining Five Freaks and Tang Feng had died, while Yang Tianlang remained in a coma.
• A month later, Yang Dong and Tang Hao discussed Wind Sword Douluo’s visit and whether Yang Dong would return to the Wind Sword Sect.
• Tang Xiao led Lin Qiuyu toward the training grounds so she could reunite with Yang Dong.

Yang Dong reunited with Lin Qiuyu and Yang Tianyi, who left him at the Clear Sky Sect with orders to cure Yang Tianlang before returning to the Wind Sword Sect. Tang Hao then introduced Yang Dong as his new classmate at Haotian Soul Master Academy.

• Lin Qiuyu embraced Yang Dong, relieved to find him safe, and Tang Xiao and Tang Hao gave them privacy.
• Yang Tianyi asked Yang Dong to cure Yang Tianlang and refused to tell him who had attacked the family, saying Haotian Douluo would reveal it when Yang Dong became a Soul King.
• Yang Tianyi ordered Yang Dong to stay at the Clear Sky Sect and forbade him from returning to the Wind Sword Sect until he cured Yang Tianlang.
• Yang Tianyi and Lin Qiuyu left Yang Dong behind; afterward, Lin Qiuyu wept, and Yang Tianyi admitted the chance of curing Yang Tianlang was less than one in ten thousand.
• Tang Hao introduced Yang Dong to his classmates at Haotian Soul Master Academy, declaring that Yang Dong had defeated him.
• Bai Jiajia introduced Yang Dong as a level thirty-one Support Type battle Soul Elder.

Yang Dong led the academy students into the Star Dou Great Forest and camped early for safety, while Tang Hao asked whether he would join the newly announced All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament. After Tang Hao revealed the Clear Sky Sect’s plans and Yang Dong agreed to compete, the group faced a thousand-year soul beast and settled into a watchful night.

• Yang Dong ordered the students to make camp before sunset, and Tang Hao questioned the decision before agreeing to it.
• Tang Hao told Yang Dong that his grandfather planned to seek godhood after the tournament and that the Clear Sky Sect wanted to build its prestige; Yang Dong agreed to participate.
• A thousand-year Purple Green Steel Pig charged the campsite, and Tang Hao struck it away with his Haotian Hammer.
• Tang Xiao emerged from the forest and reprimanded the students for letting down their guard in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• After nightfall, Yang Dong and the Tang Hao brothers kept watch together, wary because of what had happened four years earlier.

Qian Xunji’s pursuit of a nineteen-thousand-year-old Extreme Will Red Spirit Jackal was disrupted by a blue-clad woman, and Uncle Yan chased her to Yang Dong’s campsite. Tang Hao defended her against Spirit Hall, but as the woman pleaded for help, Yang Dong watched two more people approaching.

• The blue-clad woman used Blue Silver Grass to help the Extreme Will Red Spirit Jackal escape, and Qian Xunji ordered Uncle Yan to kill her.
• Uncle Yan chased the woman to Yang Dong’s campsite, where she hid behind Yang Dong and cried for help.
• Tang Hao confronted Uncle Yan with his Haotian Hammer and invoked the Clear Sky Sect, prompting Uncle Yan to ask them to hand over the woman.
• The woman denied knowing why Spirit Hall was pursuing her and accused Qian Xunji of wanting to capture her.
• Uncle Yan said she had ruined their hunt, and Tang Hao accused Spirit Hall of inventing an excuse to frame her.

Yang Dong, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao defended Ah Yin after she disrupted Spirit Hall’s soul-beast hunt, and Qian Xunji withdrew rather than risk a confrontation. Ah Yin joined their group at the campsite, while Yang Dong recognized that she was not human.

• Uncle Yan accused Ah Yin of ruining Spirit Hall’s hunt, but Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Yang Dong rejected his account after their classmates sided with her.
• Qian Xunji arrived, identified Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Yang Dong, and guaranteed that Spirit Hall had told the truth.
• Yang Dong challenged Qian Xunji’s reputation, and Qian Xunji chose to leave rather than escalate the dispute with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Xunji ordered Uncle Yan to investigate Ah Yin’s background and dismissed a Soul Sage who urged him to attack the group.
• Yang Dong advised Ah Yin to stay with them until they left the Star Dou Great Forest, and Tang Hao introduced himself and Tang Xiao.
• Ah Yin thanked them and gave her name; Yang Dong recognized her as nonhuman and then asked the students which soul beasts they needed.

After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Ah Yin joined Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Yang Dong on their return to the Clear Sky Sect and Haotian Soul Master Academy. As the group prepared for the first All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, Yang Dong proposed a lineup that would protect the team’s rear line.

• After three days in the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang Hao asked Ah Yin about her plans, and she agreed to return to the Clear Sky Sect with the group.
• At Haotian Soul Master Academy, Bai Jiajia explained the tournament rules and said each team needed seven Soul Masters under twenty-five.
• Bai Jiajia identified Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as the team’s other Support Type Soul Master, prompting Tang Hao to object to his four rings.
• Yang Dong recommended recruiting a Control Type Soul Master and a Defense Type Soul Master, rather than an Agile Attack Type, to protect Ah Yin and Ning Fengzhi.