Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming and Ma Hongjun began the Fire God’s Demon Flame Engulfment trial, while Ning Rongrong’s group reached Sea God Island and sought the right to take the Sea God’s trials. Seahorse Douluo accepted that they were from the Upper Three Sects after Ning Rongrong revealed her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

• The Fire God assigned Qin Ming a six-month Demon Flame Engulfment trial and Ma Hongjun a one-year trial, then left them with the Flame Lord.
• Ma Hongjun and Qin Ming jumped into the sealed demon-flame area and began resisting its temptations with Fire God’s Light and Taoist cultivation.
• Ning Rongrong’s group crossed the Sea within the Sea with help from Yu Tianheng’s lightning and Ning Rongrong’s ice.
• Seahorse Douluo suspected the group came from Spirit Hall, but Yu Tianheng identified them as heirs of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Twin Martial Souls, including the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, impressing Seahorse Douluo.

Seahorse Douluo assigned divine tests to the group, and nearly everyone received a Black Level Assessment while Ning Rongrong manifested the unprecedented Sea God Nine Tests. The Sea God Island Grand Elder arrived and confirmed Ning Rongrong's test.

• Seahorse Douluo tested Osler, who received a Black Level Six Test and a black six-pointed star mark.
• Yu Tianheng also received a Black Level Six Test, followed by Black Level Assessments for Oscar, Dugu Yan, the Shi Brothers, Yu Feng, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Bai Chenxiang and Meng Yiran received Purple Level One Tests, and Ning Rongrong encouraged them to keep working toward their own paths.
• Seahorse Douluo's light tested Ning Rongrong but not Huan Yin, then changed from red to blue-gold and divided into nine rays that left a Trident Mark on Ning Rongrong's forehead.
• The Sea God Island Grand Elder appeared and confirmed that Ning Rongrong had received the Sea God Nine Tests.

Ning Rongrong began the Sea God Nine Tests, and Tianlin used the promise of bringing Tang Chen to ensure Bo Saixi would protect her. Huan Yin received a separate God of Music Test after her performance with the Yaoguang Music Score drew a goddess’s attention.

• Ning Rongrong confirmed to Bo Saixi that she had come to become the new Seagod and gave her Tianlin’s letter.
• Bo Saixi learned Tianlin could bring Tang Chen to see her and agreed to protect Ning Rongrong through her tests.
• Huan Yin asked why the Seagod had not granted her a test, and Bo Saixi gave her the God of Music’s divine mark.
• Bo Saixi explained that the God of Music had heard Huan Yin’s melody in the God Realm and requested that she receive a God of Music Test.
• Huan Yin recognized the Yaoguang Music Score Tianlin had given her as the music that had attracted the goddess.

Huan Yin accepted the Music God Trial after Yu Feng promised to seek his own divine inheritance. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall expanded its influence and proposed adding two sects to the Great Sects, alarming the two empires; the chapter ended with Heaven Dou's court assessing the threat.

• Huan Yin overcame her hesitation and agreed to undertake the Music God Trial, which required her to use music to move the Poseidon Trident.
• After six peaceful months, Spirit Hall announced that the Seven Great Sects would expand into the Nine Great Sects and be ranked anew.
• More than a dozen kingdoms and duchies supported Spirit Hall, giving it hundreds of thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of Soul Masters.
• Xue Ye raged at Spirit Hall's growing power, while Xue Beng argued that Heaven Dou's Tang Family Army and Hidden Weapons could help counter it.
• Titan assured Xue Ye that he could maintain the production of Hidden Weapons, and Xue Ye lamented that Kun Dela had joined Spirit Hall.

At the Heaven Dou court assembly, Xue Beng revealed that the O' Family and Luo Family had joined Spirit Hall and seized control of the Balak Kingdom, while Ning Fengzhi avoided committing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Yu Xiaogang won Xue Ye’s approval for an alliance with Star Luo and volunteered as envoy, while Ning Fengzhi kept his sect’s plans quiet.

• Xue Beng told Xue Ye that the O' Family and Luo Family had pledged themselves to Spirit Hall and forced Kun Dela from power in the Balak Kingdom.
• Xue Ye asked Ning Fengzhi for a strategy against Spirit Hall, but Ning Fengzhi claimed he had no plan and praised Xue Beng instead.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed an alliance with Star Luo, suggesting Heaven Dou use the Tang Family Army against Spirit Hall’s soul master legions while Star Luo fought its army.
• Xue Ye approved Yu Xiaogang’s plan and promised to help him return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan if he succeeded as envoy.
• Ning Fengzhi privately predicted Yu Xiaogang’s proposal and volunteered offer, then told Gu Rong that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect needed to keep a low profile while Gu Ran and Ling Ling were likely already acting.

Sea Turtle Douluo and O'ers used a supposed poison and withheld antidote to control the Luo Family, but Luo Hengji and Luo Fuji had already been cured through Ning Fengzhi's plan. The Luo Family agreed to keep pretending to serve Spirit Hall and wait for the chance to turn against it.

• Sea Turtle Douluo praised Luo Hengji for subduing nearby duchies and claimed he had left the Luo Family's antidote with O'ers.
• O'ers refused to give Luo Hengji and Luo Fuji the antidote, kicked Luo Hengji, and left to enjoy himself.
• Luo Hengji and Luo Fuji revealed they were no longer poisoned, and Ye Lingling healed Luo Hengji's injury with Nine Heart Begonia.
• Luo Hengji thanked Gu Ran, Ye Lingling, Ning Fengzhi, and Tianlin for freeing him and his son from Spirit Hall's control.
• The chapter explained that Ning Fengzhi had prepared the Luo Family to resist Spirit Hall, and that the family would continue pretending to serve it while gathering power.

Ning Fengzhi received reports of Spirit Hall’s moves while Tianlin continued his seclusion, and Ma Hongjun faced the demonic flames threatening to turn him into a Black Phoenix. Inspired by the memories Tianlin had planted in his heart, Ma Hongjun regained control and resolved to absorb and purify the flames.

• Gu Ran and Ye Lingling sent Ning Fengzhi information about Spirit Hall, and he ordered them to keep operating in the Balak Kingdom without interfering.
• Zhou Yan reported that the former Five Element Academy schools had dispersed, while Grandmaster failed to take Ma Hongjun from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School because he was absent.
• Tianlin reached level eighty-five during meditation, and Qin Ming advanced to level seventy-nine after completing his first Black Level Four Test.
• Ma Hongjun reached level seventy and began absorbing the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s pure fire energy, but the demonic flames surged toward him after Qin Ming left.
• As the flames tempted Ma Hongjun and his Fire Phoenix began turning black, he triggered a collapse in an attempt to bury himself and prevent harming others.
• Tianlin’s implanted memories reminded Ma Hongjun of a great deity’s sacrifices, restoring his resolve; his wings returned to fiery red, and he chose to absorb and purify the demonic flames.

Two and a half years after Tianlin entered seclusion, the continent’s balance of power shifted as Spirit Hall expanded its influence and held a new Soul Master Competition. Shui Bing’er carried Heaven Dou Royal Academy to the finals, but her disaffected teammates collapsed against Spirit Hall Academy, which reclaimed the title of top academy.

• Tianlin reached rank eighty-nine while Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, Gu Ran, and Ye Lingling continued their trials and missions.
• Spirit Hall ranked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Clear Sky Sect, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Sacred Dragon Sect as the Upper Four Sects, then declared its laws binding on all Spirit Masters.
• Spirit Hall organized a new Soul Master Competition, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy entered with Shui Bing’er as its rank fifty-six captain.
• Feng Xiaotian and the other former Element Academy students saw their academy’s culture deteriorate after the merger, while Shui Yue’er lost focus on cultivation.
• Shui Bing’er carried Heaven Dou Royal Academy to the finals, but Spirit Hall Academy eliminated her teammates and defeated her after she fought alone.
• Spirit Hall Academy reclaimed its place as the continent’s number one academy, while Heaven Dou Royal Academy lost face.

A year after the Soul Master Competition, Shui Bing'er avoided Crown Prince Xue Beng’s advances while living at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. She found refuge on Seven Treasure Mountain, where Yang Wudi offered to make a pill that could help her control her Ice Phoenix martial soul.

• Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian criticized Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s students and blamed Jun Tianlin for bringing them there.
• Shui Yue'er explained that Shui Bing'er was hiding from Xue Beng, who wanted to recruit her and pursue her.
• Feng Xiaotian guessed that Shui Bing'er had gone somewhere Xue Beng would not dare offend.
• Shui Bing'er met Yang Wudi on Seven Treasure Mountain, where they had become friends over the previous two years.
• Yang Wudi showed Shui Bing'er a Snow Silkworm he had cultivated and promised to refine a Snow Spirit Pill to help her control her Ice Phoenix.

Shui Bing'er rejected Xue Beng's advances and objected to his having her followed, while Xue Beng planned to force the marriage through imperial pressure and false rumors. He intended to secure the three Soul Douluo connected to her and gain a future Titled Douluo for the imperial family.

• Shui Bing'er returned to the academy and told Xue Beng that she was focused on cultivation and needed time to consider his proposal.
• Xue Beng revealed that he knew Shui Bing'er had visited Seven Treasure Mountain and claimed his people had been protecting her.
• Shui Bing'er left angrily, while Xue Beng disparaged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and threatened to assert his authority over her.
• Xue Beng's attendant proposed staging an imperial marriage proposal and spreading rumors that Shui Bing'er had already agreed.
• Xue Beng ordered the attendant to present the agreement as fact and planned to use marriage to bring Shui Bing'er and her family's power under his control.

Tianlin broke through to level ninety, triggering widespread elemental phenomena as he completed the Asura God Fifth Test. He received a God-given Spirit Ring and began pushing its age beyond its initial five hundred thousand years, while the Asura God sent him to investigate and purge Slaughter City.

• Xue Beng secured Xue Ye's approval to propose marriage to Shui Bing'er and spread news of their impending marriage.
• Elemental phenomena spread from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Fengzhi and the others recognized that Tianlin had caused them by breaking through.
• Tianlin reached level ninety, and the Asura God awarded him fifteen percent more divine affinity and a God-given Spirit Ring.
• The Asura God assigned Tianlin the Sixth Test: use the Eye of Judgment to uncover the truth in Slaughter City and purge its evildoers.
• Tianlin absorbed the God-given Spirit Ring, which began as a five-hundred-thousand-year ring, and prepared to raise its age beyond eight hundred thousand years.

Tianlin absorbed a powerful Soul Ring from Asura God that strengthened and balanced the elements in his Demon Sword. Meanwhile, Xue Beng’s family forced Shui Bing’er toward marriage, leaving her home surrounded and giving her three days to accept.

• Tianlin sensed that Asura God’s Soul Ring contained divine powers and strengthened his Demon Sword’s elemental attributes in order, so he summoned his Spirit Bone Armor and began absorbing it.
• News spread that Crown Prince Xue Beng would marry Shui Bing’er, and Xue Ye sent Prince Xue Xing to her home with lavish betrothal gifts.
• Shui Qingwu prepared to refuse the proposal, but Xue Xing claimed Shui Bing’er had already agreed and warned that the marriage had been announced throughout the empire.
• Shui Bing’er denied being in love with Xue Beng and asked for time to explain the misunderstanding, but Xue Xing gave her three days to agree or face consequences.
• Xue Xing ordered soldiers and two royal Soul Douluo to surround the Shui home and instructed the Heaven Dou Royal Academy committee members to keep Huo Ran and Feng Yuan Yi from intervening.

Shui Bing'er faced being forced to marry Xue Beng to protect Skywater Academy, while Ning Fengzhi planned to use the wedding to provoke a break between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Heaven Dou royal family. He intended to have Yang Wudi intervene with support from the newly advanced Titled Douluo Jun Tianlin.

• Shui Qingwu warned that the royal family wanted an outcome and that the heads of the element academies might sacrifice Shui Bing'er to protect their students.
• Shui Bing'er agreed to marry Xue Beng for Skywater Academy's sake, then returned to her room and wept as Shui Yue'er listened helplessly.
• Ning Fengzhi learned of the planned marriage and ordered his subordinates to hide the news from Yang Wudi until the wedding day.
• Ning Fengzhi told Uncle Eagle to gather evidence of Xue Beng's past misdeeds and arrange for Yang Wudi to discover it.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Jun Tianlin had become a Titled Douluo and planned to use the wedding to provoke the royal family and begin freeing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from its ties to them.
• Ning Fengzhi also planned to bring the element academies together to help create a major academy after the continental war.

Yang Wudi learned that Shui Bing'er was being forced to marry Xue Beng and charged toward the imperial palace to save her. Meanwhile, Tianlin was close to completing his second Million Year Soul Ring, and Gu Rong secretly followed Yang Wudi in case he needed rescuing.

• Yang Wudi completed the Snow Spirit Pill, which would help Shui Bing'er control her Ice Phoenix, while Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo's deliberate gossip turned him against Xue Beng.
• Yang Wudi went to meet Shui Bing'er, but she did not arrive, so he headed for Heaven Dou City; Gu Rong secretly followed him as Ning Fengzhi's backup plan.
• Tianlin's God-given Spirit Ring reached 999,999 years and began transforming toward a Million Year Soul Ring as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Xiao Bai watched.
• In Heaven Dou City, Yang Wudi learned that Shui Bing'er was to marry Xue Beng and realized the rumors of their romance were a scheme to force her into submission.
• Yang Wudi summoned his Soul Breaking Spear and charged toward the imperial palace to kill Xue Beng and rescue Shui Bing'er.

At Xue Beng and Shui Bing’er’s wedding, Yang Wudi attacked the Crown Prince but was stopped by Blazing Sun Douluo. Meanwhile, Tianlin finished absorbing his Soul Ring and emerged as a Titled Douluo.

• Xue Beng welcomed the Clear Sky Sect elders and Tang Yuehua, while they discussed the sect’s rivalry with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Shui Bing’er entered the hall in bridal attire, distressed as she prepared to marry Xue Beng against her wishes.
• Yang Wudi arrived, declared that he had come to kill Xue Beng, and struck at him with his Soul Breaking Spear.
• Blazing Sun Douluo deflected Yang Wudi’s attack, and Xue Ye ordered the Royal Knights and other forces to seize him.
• Tianlin completed absorbing his Soul Ring in the Seven Treasure Great Hall and became a Titled Douluo.

Tianlin emerged from seclusion as a Titled Douluo with a million-year Soul Ring and revealed his power to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After Ning Fengzhi told him that Yang Wudi was likely causing trouble at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace over Xue Beng’s marriage plans, Tianlin rushed there, leaving the others to debate what title he should take.

• Tianlin burst from his secret chamber and displayed nine Soul Rings, including a dark-gold million-year ring, astonishing the sect members and his parents.
• Tianlin used the Asura Judgment Eye to examine the sect’s members and found mostly ordinary or good dispositions, with Dugu Bo among those marked for past wrongdoing.
• Ning Fengzhi told Tianlin about Xue Beng’s plan to marry Shui Bing’er and Yang Wudi’s likely confrontation at the imperial palace.
• Tianlin declined Bai He’s offer to escort him and flew to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace at extraordinary speed.
• Ning Fengzhi, Dugu Bo, and Yin Yang returned to the Main Hall and debated possible titles for Tianlin.

Yang Wudi tried to kill Xue Beng to stop Shui Bing'er’s forced wedding, but Shui Bing'er and then her mother intervened to protect him. Shui Qingwu refused to let her daughter marry Xue Beng, and a powerful voice from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect confronted Prince Xue Xing.

• Yang Wudi defied the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and insisted he would kill Xue Beng, while Shui Bing'er claimed she was marrying the Crown Prince willingly and urged Yang Wudi to leave.
• Yang Wudi condemned the Clear Sky Sect for abandoning the four great clans, and the Seventh Elder attacked him, bending his Soul Breaking Spear and forcing him to his knees.
• Shui Bing'er begged Xue Beng and the Seventh Elder to spare Yang Wudi, but Yang Wudi refused to let her sacrifice herself for him.
• Shui Qingwu attacked the Seventh Elder to protect Yang Wudi, then apologized to Shui Bing'er and declared that her daughter would not marry Xue Beng.
• A voice from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect warned Prince Xue Xing against harming Shui Qingwu.

Jun Tianlin arrived to protect Yang Wudi and defeated Blazing Sun Douluo with a single sword strike, leaving the Clear Sky Sect elders furious and unable to challenge him. He spared Blazing Sun Douluo from immediate death after Bai Baoshan intervened, but warned the Clear Sky Sect that he would face them all if they sought revenge.

• Jun Tianlin appeared at the palace and used his aura to suppress everyone except a few allies, then revealed himself after the crowd mistook him for Chen Xin.
• Tianlin reassured Yang Wudi and the Shui sisters, then confronted Blazing Sun Douluo for injuring Yang Wudi.
• Tianlin displayed his nine Soul Rings and used one sword strike to defeat Blazing Sun Douluo, whose body began to collapse from the Destruction Sword Dao.
• Bai Baoshan urged Tianlin to stop, so Tianlin withdrew his killing intent and allowed the others to reach Blazing Sun Douluo.
• Tianlin defended his actions as repayment for Blazing Sun Douluo's attack and challenged the Clear Sky Sect to face him together if they wanted revenge.

Jun Tianlin confronted the Heaven Dou Empire over Shui Bing'er’s forced marriage to Xue Beng and offered to take her and her family away. Shui Bing'er rejected the marriage publicly, declaring she would rather die than marry Xue Beng.

• Jun Tianlin persuaded the Education Committee members to let him take Yang Wudi, the Shui Family sisters, Shui Qingwu, and the Element Academy away without harming anyone.
• Jun Tianlin exposed the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s rumors about Shui Bing'er and used the Eye of Judgment to condemn Xue Beng’s evil deeds.
• Shui Bing'er urged Jun Tianlin to leave with Yang Wudi, but he told her he would help because she was Shui Bing'er and asked whether she truly wanted to marry Xue Beng.
• Shui Yue'er encouraged her sister to leave with Jun Tianlin, and their playful exchange helped Shui Bing'er recognize the life she wanted.
• Shui Bing'er announced that the romance rumors were lies and declared before the witnesses that she would rather die than marry Xue Beng.

Jun Tianlin defended Shui Bing'er after she publicly rejected Xue Beng, overpowering the Heaven Dou Empire’s challengers and preparing to take her away. Xue Ye and Xue Beng disputed the accusation, and Tianlin claimed he had personally witnessed Xue Beng’s scheme.

• Shui Bing'er publicly declared that she would rather die than marry Xue Beng, and Jun Tianlin stepped forward to protect her from Xue Ye.
• Tianlin sent Ge Long flying and knocked out Bai Baoshan, Zhi Lin, and Meng Shenji when they tried to stop him.
• Tianlin reminded the Education Committee of the principles taught by the former Crown Prince, while the academy deans considered which side to support.
• Xue Ye argued that Shui Bing'er might have deceived Xue Beng, and Xue Beng repeated the accusation to defend himself.
• Tianlin claimed he had heard Xue Beng plan the scheme at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, leaving Xue Beng stunned by the invented testimony.