Chapter Summaries

After Ning Rongrong passed her Sixth Trial, the Spirit Hall Empire launched a surprise war against both great empires and captured Gengxin City. Qian Renxue stopped the planned massacre of civilians, and Hu Liena persuaded Si Long to surrender the Blacksmith Association.

• Ning Rongrong passed her Sixth Trial, and Tianlin reflected on how difficult the Asura God Test was by comparison.
• The Spirit Hall Empire attacked the Heaven Dou Empire, capturing two provinces before Marshal Ge Long and a Clear Sky Sect elder could contain its advance.
• The Golden Generation and Tuoba Xi captured Gengxin City and overwhelmed the Blacksmith Association, while Yan defeated Si Long.
• Qian Renxue stopped Xie Yue from ordering a massacre and declared that unarmed civilians must be spared, though enemy soul masters could be killed.
• Hu Liena persuaded Si Long that surrender would preserve the Blacksmith Association, and he agreed to provide weapons and armor for the Sacred Dragon Legion.

After the Spirit Hall Empire took Gengxin City, Qian Renxue ordered Tuoba Xi to hold it while she sought reinforcements. The Star Luo Emperor prepared a counterattack and an alliance with Heaven Dou, while Grandmaster trained the Tang Family Army and secretly focused on destroying the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Qian Renxue approved Hu Liena’s plan to keep Si Long forging weapons in Gengxin City and ordered Tuoba Xi to defend it until reinforcements arrived.
• Two days later, Dai Tianjue learned that Tuoba Xi guarded Gengxin City with fifteen thousand Soul Masters and one hundred thousand soldiers.
• Dai Weisi volunteered to lead five hundred thousand troops with Zhu Yun to retake Gengxin City and urged Dai Tianjue to form an alliance with Heaven Dou.
• Dai Tianjue accepted Dai Weisi’s proposals and agreed to send an envoy to negotiate with Heaven Dou.
• Grandmaster and Titan trained the Tang Family Army to fight Spirit Hall, while Grandmaster also planned to destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Titan studied the Icefire Meteor Needle while Grandmaster prepared to take its rare materials to the Clear Sky Sect for processing. On a nearby deserted island, Tianlin drew the Asura Demon Sword, passed his Seventh Test, and raised his Asura God affinity to 90%.

• Titan told Grandmaster that the Sunlight Crystal Soul and Cold Heart Ice Soul could make Icefire Meteor Needles, and Grandmaster decided to take them to the Clear Sky Sect for Tang Xiao to grind.
• Grandmaster left Heaven Dou City with Flender and Liu Erlong, while the Clear Sky Sect, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Bai He secretly watched them for different reasons.
• Ning Rongrong began her Seventh Test of pulling out the Poseidon Trident, while Tianlin went to a deserted island to undertake his own test.
• Tianlin drew the Asura Demon Sword, turning the sky blood-red for a thousand li and passing the test with his Asura God affinity increased to 90%.

Tianlin received the Asura Sword’s recognition and learned that his Eighth Trial required him to reach level ninety-nine within five years. Ning Rongrong survived pulling the Poseidon Trident, received the Seagod’s recognition, and discovered her own Eighth Trial as a new evil threatened the world.

• Asura God celebrated Tianlin’s acceptance by the Asura Demon Sword, while Tianlin considered using it to reforge the God Demon Sword.
• Tianlin received the Asura Eighth Trial, which required him to reach level ninety-nine within five years.
• Tianlin returned to Sea God Island as a golden phantom of the Seagod appeared and the island’s people knelt in worship.
• Ning Rongrong nearly died after pulling out the Poseidon Trident, but Tianlin’s Extreme Curse Return Yin Yang healed her and restored her consciousness.
• Bo Saixi congratulated Ning Rongrong, explained the trident’s power, and warned that an evil was rising as Tang Chen’s preserved soul awaited her sacrifice.
• Ning Rongrong checked her Seagod Eighth Trial, which required her to reach level ninety and raise her Martial Soul to nine rings within five years.

After Ning Rongrong completed the crucial step of her Seagod trial, she and the others left Sea God Island while Tianlin returned home ahead of them. Ning Fengzhi then planned to use the deaths of Tang San and Tang Hao to implicate the Clear Sky Sect in a trap against the Grandmaster, stopping Evil Sword Immortal from exploiting him to advance Bibi Dong’s divine inheritance.

• Tianlin congratulated Ning Rongrong on becoming a true Seagod Heir, and Bo Saixi handed him Tang Chen’s Full Body Six Spirit Bones.
• Ning Rongrong and the others bid farewell to the Seven Seagod Douluo and departed Sea God Island with Xiao Bai, while Tianlin used a Star Shift Talisman to return home ahead of them.
• Tianlin told Ning Fengzhi what had happened on Sea God Island, and Ning Fengzhi celebrated the prospect of the sect gaining several divine inheritors.
• Ning Fengzhi reasoned that Evil Sword Immortal intended to use the Grandmaster to provoke Bibi Dong and accelerate her Rakshasa inheritance.
• Ning Fengzhi rejected Tianlin’s suggestion to control the Grandmaster into committing suicide because Bibi Dong might suspect their involvement.
• Ning Fengzhi and Tianlin decided to implicate the Clear Sky Sect through the deaths of Tang San and Tang Hao as part of a trap to deal with the Grandmaster.

Yu Xiaogang brought ores to the Clear Sky Sect to help forge Hidden Weapons, but Tang Yuehua proposed a scheme to provoke war between the Spirit Hall Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. She urged him to fake a doomed mission and let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect kill him so Bibi Dong would retaliate, leaving him faced with Tang Yuehua’s demand for a sacrifice.

• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang Xiao two ores and asked the Clear Sky Sect to help Titan forge Hidden Weapons against the Spirit Hall Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang Yuehua stopped Yu Xiaogang and questioned whether Hidden Weapons could truly defeat the two great powers.
• Yu Xiaogang sent Liu Erlong and Flender away so Tang Yuehua could privately explain her plan.
• Tang Yuehua argued that the Spirit Hall Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect needed to be driven into war against each other.
• Tang Yuehua proposed that Yu Xiaogang write Bibi Dong a farewell letter and die at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s hands to spur Bibi Dong’s revenge.
• Tang Yuehua promised to publish Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Great Theories and knelt to urge him to sacrifice himself for the greater good.

Grandmaster agreed to help Tang Yuehua provoke a war between Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but planned a backup letter to ensure the Clear Sky Sect kept its promise to rescue him. Tianlin and Ning Fengzhi learned of the scheme and prepared to intercept both letters before killing Yu Xiaogang and framing the Clear Sky Sect.

• Grandmaster agreed to Tang Yuehua's plan to appear to die at Seven Treasure Mountain, provided Tang Xiao would secretly rescue him.
• Grandmaster planned to send a second letter to an unexpected ally as insurance against Tang Yuehua breaking her promise.
• Tang Yuehua and Tang Xiao suspected Grandmaster would give the backup letter to someone other than Liu Erlong, Flender, or Titan.
• Yin Yang reported that Yu Xiaogang had left the Clear Sky Sect, and Tianlin explained that Grandmaster was the only likely fuse for an early war between Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tianlin ordered Yin Yang to intercept Grandmaster's first letter, identify and protect the holder of his second letter, and kill Yu Xiaogang once the first two steps were complete.

Ning Fengzhi and Jun Tianlin set a trap to turn Bibi Dong against the Clear Sky Sect by intercepting the Grandmaster’s letters and arranging evidence around his planned disappearance. As the Grandmaster headed for Seven Treasure Mountain, Jun Tianlin and Dragon Duke confronted Tang Xiao and blocked his route.

• Yin Yang intercepted the Grandmaster’s letter to Bibi Dong, and Ning Fengzhi ordered a precise-looking forgery that Bibi Dong would recognize as inauthentic.
• Ning Fengzhi sent the forged letter and the Grandmaster’s Elder Token to the Spirit Hall Empire, while arranging imitated letters to Yu Yuanzhen and the Grandmaster to reinforce the deception.
• The Grandmaster set out for Seven Treasure Mountain, planning to meet Tang Xiao there and disappear so that Bibi Dong would blame the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Gu Rong secretly planted the imitated letter in the Grandmaster’s residence and followed him to guard against Chrysanthemum Pass.
• Jun Tianlin and Dragon Duke intercepted Tang Xiao on his way to Seven Treasure Mountain, and Tang Xiao began preparing to fight.

Jun Tianlin defeated Tang Xiao without using his martial spirit, obtained Tang Xiao’s blood for his plan against Yu Xiaogang, and took the Sunlight Crystal Soul and Cold Heart Ice Soul. Tang Xiao left to prepare the Clear Sky Sect for the coming war with the Spirit Hall Empire, while Tianlin moved on to his plan to kill Yu Xiaogang.

• Tang Xiao attacked Jun Tianlin with the Haotian Nine Perfections, but Tianlin blocked every strike with one arm and gravely injured him.
• Tianlin mocked Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect, then struck him with Sword Qi and collected his blood on an Oscar-made Mirror Image Sausage.
• Tang Xiao begged for three days to arrange his sect’s withdrawal, offering the Sunlight Crystal Soul and Cold Heart Ice Soul in exchange for his life.
• Tianlin let Tang Xiao leave with the treasures, warned that the Clear Sky Sect would face war with the Spirit Hall Empire, and sent him back to prepare.
• Tianlin tricked Dragon Duke into looking up and dropped the blood-covered sausage into his mouth as he prepared to use it in his plan against Yu Xiaogang.

Dragon Duke ambushed Yu Xiaogang on Seven Treasure Mountain, where Liu Erlong followed and tried to protect him. Yu Xiaogang died under Dragon Duke’s hammer, and Liu Erlong collapsed as Gu Rong and Yu Yuanzhen arrived.

• Grandmaster reached Seven Treasure Mountain, followed secretly by Liu Erlong, while Tianlin and Dragon Duke waited for him.
• Dragon Duke struck Yu Xiaogang with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Liu Erlong used her Martial Soul Avatar to take the blow and shield him.
• Disguised as Tang Xiao, Dragon Duke confronted Yu Xiaogang and revealed that Niu Ben had been discovered, then launched his Howling Sky Hammer attack.
• Liu Erlong resisted with Red Dragon Soaring Sky and urged Yu Xiaogang to flee, but Dragon Duke’s Hammer Shadow Clone struck Yu Xiaogang and crushed his heart.
• Gu Rong and Yu Yuanzhen arrived as Liu Erlong collapsed unconscious, and a Bone Dragon collided with the Clear Sky Hammer while someone caught her.

After Yu Yuanzhen learned that Yu Xiaogang had died, he pursued Niu Ben to uncover the truth and clashed with Clear Sky Sect elders at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace. The elders were forced to retreat, and Yu Yuanzhen took Niu Ben back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for answers.

• Liu Erlong awoke and learned from Yu Yuanzhen that Yu Xiaogang had died, then recognized Niu Ben might know why Tang Xiao had targeted him.
• Tang Yuehua suspected Ning Fengzhi was framing the Clear Sky Sect and sent Tang Tai to kill Niu Ben before he could reveal anything.
• Yu Yuanzhen intercepted Tang Tai's attack on Niu Ben and fought him at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
• Tang Tai was badly wounded, but Vibration Heaven Douluo arrived and helped him escape Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yu Yuanzhen took Niu Ben to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Xue Ye surveyed the wrecked imperial palace.

Yu Yuanzhen uncovered the Clear Sky Sect’s scheme to use forged letters and Grandmaster’s death to provoke a war between Bibi Dong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Tianlin set out to deliver Grandmaster’s real letter to Bibi Dong, while Qian Renxue completed the final stage of her sixth test.

• Niu Ben gave Yu Yuanzhen Grandmaster’s farewell letter to Bibi Dong, which revealed that the Clear Sky Sect had tried to make Grandmaster frame the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yu Yuanzhen deduced that the Clear Sky Sect had forged letters to lure him and Grandmaster separately and make Bibi Dong believe the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had killed Grandmaster.
• Liu Erlong recalled that Tang Yuehua had spoken privately with Grandmaster at the Clear Sky Sect, and Yu Yuanzhen credited Liu Erlong with helping foil the plot.
• Yu Yuanzhen realized Bibi Dong might already have received a forged letter, so Tianlin took Grandmaster’s remains and genuine letter to the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Qian Renxue used Angel Divine Light—Light Sealing Sword to immobilize Qian Daoliu long enough for the incense to burn out, completing the final stage of her sixth test.

Qian Renxue explained that she planned to seal Jun Tianlin if she defeated him, while Tianlin was also preparing a sealing technique for her. Bibi Dong received a forged farewell letter that exposed a plot to draw her into a war with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and realized Yu Xiaogang was in danger.

• Qian Daoliu questioned Qian Renxue's focus on Sealing Technique, and she explained that her bond with Jun Tianlin had changed her feelings toward him.
• Qian Renxue said she would seal Tianlin and his loved ones if she won, while Tianlin strengthened his soul bones to prepare the Dark Gold Seal for her.
• Bibi Dong failed again to begin the Rakshasa God's Ninth Trial, then left her room after Hu Liena reported that a letter had arrived under an Elder Token.
• Bibi Dong read a supposed farewell letter from Yu Xiaogang claiming he was going alone to seek revenge on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Hu Liena urged Bibi Dong to verify the letter, and Bibi Dong recognized that it was forged and traced the scheme to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bibi Dong concluded that the Clear Sky Sect wanted Yu Xiaogang killed by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to provoke her into seeking revenge.

Tianlin delivered news of Grandmaster’s death and proof that the Clear Sky Sect had killed him, prompting Bibi Dong to order an invasion of the Heaven Dou Empire. He left with Grandmaster’s body as Spirit Hall prepared to avenge him.

• Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena to investigate what had happened to Xiaogang, but Tianlin soon forced his way into the Pope’s Palace.
• Tianlin told Bibi Dong that Grandmaster had died at the hands of the Clear Sky Sect and gave her Grandmaster’s final letter.
• After confirming the letter’s authenticity, Bibi Dong used the Dark Gold Seal to view Grandmaster’s final memories and recognized Tang Xiao’s Howling Sky Hammer.
• Tianlin showed Bibi Dong the Clear Sky Token, and she ordered Spirit Hall to suspend its campaign against Star Luo and invade the Heaven Dou Empire to destroy the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bibi Dong allowed Tianlin to take Grandmaster’s body to be buried in the Yu family cemetery, and Tianlin flew away with it.

The Spirit Hall Empire’s assault drove Heaven Dou into repeated defeats while the Clear Sky Sect abandoned its plans for revenge and Star Luo prepared to exploit the prolonged war. Evil Sword Immortal resolved to stay hidden until Bibi Dong became a god, and Ning Rongrong and her group returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• The Spirit Hall Empire shifted its campaign to an all-out assault on Heaven Dou, where Qian Jun and Jiang Mo helped defeat the defenders, though Heaven Dou held Jialing Pass.
• Xue Ye believed the evidence blaming the Clear Sky Sect for Grandmaster’s death and failed to persuade Hu Liena to accept the sect’s explanation.
• Tang Yuehua and Tang Xiao concluded they could not take revenge on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and turned their attention to fighting Spirit Hall.
• Star Luo reclaimed its lost territories except Gengxin City, then surrounded the fortified city with seven hundred thousand troops to prolong the conflict.
• Evil Sword Immortal noted that Grandmaster’s death raised Bibi Dong’s affinity to eighty percent and decided to remain hidden while she pursued godhood.
• Ning Rongrong and her group returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after their training.

Ning Rongrong returned to Seven Treasure City after three years, reuniting with her family and friends and revealing how much her strength had grown. Ma Hongjun and Qin Ming remained in the Fire God Secret Realm, where they continued to struggle with Ma Hongjun’s Sixth Trial.

• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, Chen Xin, and Tianlin welcomed Ning Rongrong home at the gates of Seven Treasure City.
• Chen Xin explained that he had left seclusion because his cultivation had reached a bottleneck and he wanted to welcome Ning Rongrong.
• Bai Chenxiang revealed that Ning Rongrong had reached level eighty-seven after absorbing two spirit rings from Sea Soul Beasts.
• The group reunited at the sect, while Bai Chenxiang worried that Ma Hongjun had not returned from his trial.
• The Flame Lord defeated Ma Hongjun and Qin Ming again, and Qin Ming encouraged Ma Hongjun to return and cultivate before challenging him again.

The continent’s war remained locked in stalemate while Tianlin’s group grew stronger through accelerated cultivation and spirit bone gifts. When Bai Chenxiang worried that Ma Hongjun had been missing for ten months, Tianlin agreed to search for him in the Far North.

• Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire’s forces remained stalled at Jialing Pass, while Tuoba Xi held the Star Luo front against repeated assaults.
• Chen Xin delayed challenging Qian Daoliu and planned to fulfill his promise in the fourth year, while Gu Ran and Ye Lingling returned to the sect.
• Oscar’s Gather Qi Pearl Sausage stacked with Tianlin’s Holy Spirit Domain to greatly accelerate cultivation, and Shui Bing’er advanced rapidly with their help.
• Tianlin distributed Tang Chen’s spirit bones among his companions, giving the skull bone to Ye Lingling and the torso bone to Oscar.
• Bai Chenxiang asked Tianlin to look for the still-missing Ma Hongjun, and Tianlin agreed to set out for the Far North.

Tianlin met Qin Ming in the Far North and learned that Ma Hongjun needed help passing the Fire God’s Sixth Trial. They traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Qin Ming absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring and Head Soul Bone to become a Titled Douluo.

• Tianlin encountered Qin Ming in the Far North, and Qin Ming explained that Ma Hongjun had repeatedly failed to defeat the Ultimate Fire-wielding Flame Lord.
• Qin Ming asked Tianlin to help him break through to Titled Douluo so he could assist Ma Hongjun before the trial deadline.
• Qin Ming chose a Purple Fire Golden Eyes Beast for his ninth spirit ring because its evolved purple fire could temporarily weaken the Flame Lord’s Martial Soul.
• Tianlin and Qin Ming found a roughly sixty-thousand-year-old Purple Fire Golden Eyes Beast among a group of Volcano Gorillas in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tianlin drove off the Volcano Gorillas, and Qin Ming killed the Purple Fire Golden Eyes Beast and absorbed its Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring and Head Soul Bone, becoming a Titled Douluo.

Tianlin returned to the Fire God Inheritance Land with the newly advanced Titled Douluo Qin Ming to help Ma Hongjun attempt the Sixth Trial again. Ma Hongjun and Qin Ming fought the Flame Lord together, and the chapter ended as Qin Ming prepared to unleash his Ninth Soul Skill.

• Tianlin met Ma Hongjun in Suiren Valley and told him that only he and Qin Ming could take on the trial.
• Qin Ming revealed his nine spirit rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring, and prepared for their final challenge with Ma Hongjun.
• Tianlin refused to join the fight, and the Flame Lord appeared to face Ma Hongjun and Qin Ming.
• Ma Hongjun used Phoenix Meteor Shower and Phoenix Burst Strike to suppress the Flame Lord's Ultimate Fire long enough for Qin Ming to attack.
• Qin Ming used his Purple Fire Golden Eyes Beast head bone skill, Soul Burning, to weaken the Flame Lord's soul, allowing Ma Hongjun to bind it with Phoenix Heart-Slaying Chain.
• The Flame Lord began tearing free of the chains, and Qin Ming's Ninth Soul Ring lit up as he prepared his Ninth Soul Skill.

Qin Ming and Ma Hongjun defeated the Flame Lord after Qin Ming's Sacred Fire Crest sealed away part of its cultivation and dissolved its Ultimate Fire. Ma Hongjun passed the Fire God's Sixth Trial and entered the cave to begin the Seventh Trial, retrieving the Divine Fire Blazing Plains Spear.

• Qin Ming used Sacred Fire Crest to seal away around thirty thousand years of the Flame Lord's cultivation and weaken its flames.
• Ma Hongjun and Qin Ming combined their Soul Skills and Martial Soul Avatars to defeat the Flame Lord after it lost its Ultimate Fire.
• The Fire God declared Ma Hongjun's Sixth Trial passed, increased his affinity by fifteen percent, and rewarded Qin Ming with one rank of Soul Power.
• Tianlin healed Ma Hongjun, Qin Ming, and the Flame Lord, and the Flame Lord explained that Ma Hongjun's Seventh Trial was to retrieve the Divine Fire Blazing Plains Spear.
• The Flame Lord led Ma Hongjun, Qin Ming, and Tianlin to a cave, where Ma Hongjun entered alone to retrieve the divine weapon.