Chapter Summaries

Tang Xiao tried to protect Tang San while denying the Clear Sky Sect's responsibility for the attack on the palace, as Xue Qinghe's forces fought to capture him. Jun Xuehan pursued the wounded Tang San beyond Heaven Dou City, but Tang San vanished beneath a river after unleashing a deep blue light.

• Tang Xiao claimed his actions had nothing to do with the Clear Sky Sect, then hurled Tang San away and attacked the forces below with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Jun Xuehan chased Tang San while Zi Ji, She Long, Ci Xue, Dugu Bo, and the Imperial Guards fought Tang Xiao at the palace.
• Zi Ji knocked Tang Xiao to the ground, where the Imperial Guards surrounded him and attacked in rotating ranks.
• Jun Xuehan struck Tang San across the waist above a river, sending him tumbling into the water.
• Tang San released a deep blue radiance that drove Jun Xuehan back and concealed him in the river, leaving Jun Xuehan unable to find him.

After the Tang Sect and Clear Sky Sect’s attack on the Heaven Dou palace failed, Jun Xuehan pressured the court into supporting Xue Qinghe’s immediate accession. Xue Qinghe became emperor and ordered the remaining Tang Sect forces eliminated and the empire’s duchy armies assembled.

• Tang Xiao and the Tang Sect survivors were killed, and Jun Xuehan returned to the palace to urge Xue Qinghe to take the throne immediately.
• Xue Qinghe ordered Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai killed and summoned the court officials to discuss the succession.
• Jun Xuehan intimidated an official who objected to an immediate coronation, and the ministers agreed to Xue Qinghe ascending the next day.
• Xue Ye was buried, and Xue Qinghe formally became emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Qinghe issued his first decree, ordering the Imperial Guards to eliminate the Tang Sect’s remaining forces in Heaven Dou City and the duchy armies to assemble.

Yue Yi missed her parents, so Qian Daoliu brought her to the imperial palace to visit Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue. The family reunited in the emperor’s quarters, where Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue promised they had planned to return home that night.

• Yue Yi asked Qian Daoliu why soldiers filled Heaven Dou City’s streets, and he reassured her that nothing was wrong.
• Yue Yi said she wanted to see her parents, and Qian Daoliu took her to the imperial palace to find Jun Xuehan.
• Jun Xuehan greeted Yue Yi at the palace gates and admitted that he and Qian Renxue had been too busy to visit her.
• Jun Xuehan showed Yue Yi around the palace before carrying her to the emperor’s sleeping quarters.
• Qian Renxue embraced Yue Yi, who told her she had missed both her parents; Qian Renxue said they had planned to return home that night.

Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue took Yue Yi out to enjoy Heaven Dou City, where Niu Gao asked Jun Xuehan to spare the Strength Clan from the Imperial Guards’ attack on the Tang Sect. Jun Xuehan refused, and the family continued on while rumors about the Tang Sect and Clear Sky Sect spread through the city.

• Qian Daoliu left the imperial palace, and Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue agreed to take Yue Yi around Heaven Dou City.
• Niu Gao saw Jun Xuehan near the Tang Sect, which the Imperial Guards were attacking, and asked him to preserve the Strength Clan’s core flames.
• Jun Xuehan said the Imperial Guards were acting under the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s order and refused to intervene in the punishment for Xue Ye’s assassination.
• Niu Gao left to return to Wind Snow Pavilion, lamenting that Titan had again been led into disaster by the Clear Sky Sect.
• Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue continued their outing as multiple versions of the story about Xue Ye’s death spread through Heaven Dou City, vilifying the Tang Sect and damaging the Clear Sky Sect’s reputation.

Jun Xuehan met with the Clear Sky Sect’s Second Elder at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, where the elder sought help and denied the sect’s involvement in the Tang Sect’s crimes. Jun Xuehan used Tang Xiao’s death to undermine that denial, leaving the Second Elder without proof and asking again for support.

• Zi Ji told Jun Xuehan that the Clear Sky Sect had summoned the Upper Three Sects to discuss matters at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Yuanzhen invited the Clear Sky Sect’s Second Elder to explain why he had called the meeting.
• The Second Elder asked Jun Xuehan and Yu Yuanzhen to help the Clear Sky Sect and claimed Tang San and the Tang Sect’s actions had nothing to do with it.
• Jun Xuehan described the Tang Sect’s attack on the imperial palace and said Tang Xiao had saved Tang San, casting doubt on the Clear Sky Sect’s denial.
• Jun Xuehan revealed that Tang Xiao had died fighting Wind Snow Pavilion and the Imperial Guards, and the Second Elder again appealed for help from the Upper Three Sects.

Jun Xuehan and Yu Yuanzhen refused to help Clear Sky Sect openly against the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, but Jun offered to discuss the crisis in exchange for the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng. After arranging to receive the gift, Jun left with Zi Ji and joked that taking payment without doing anything would preserve his principles.

• Jun Xuehan and Yu Yuanzhen told the Second Elder that they would not risk their own interests by backing Clear Sky Sect against the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Yu Yuanzhen said Clear Sky Sect needed to prove the Tang Sect's actions had nothing to do with it, and Jun suggested asking for his help within the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Jun named the Speed Clan's Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng as the price for discussing the matter, and the Second Elder agreed to present it the next day.
• Yu Yuanzhen escorted Jun Xuehan out of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Zi Ji questioned whether accepting the gift would waste their preparations, and Jun replied that he could take it without doing anything.

Wang Qiu'er returned to Heaven Dou City and gave Yue Yi a bracelet, but Jun Xuehan was away. At Wind Snow Pavilion, Jun Xuehan directed Li Shang to build her spear skills and physique at the pavilion's academy under a strict teacher.

• Wang Qiu'er visited the residence and gave Yue Yi a purple-and-silver bracelet made by Yue Yi's aunt.
• Yue Yi told Wang Qiu'er that Jun Xuehan had gone on business, so Wang Qiu'er decided to check Wind Snow Pavilion.
• Qian Daoliu carried Yue Yi out to play while Wang Qiu'er headed to Wind Snow Pavilion.
• Jun Xuehan criticized Li Shang's spear technique and advised her to train her physique and learn the basics at the pavilion's academy.
• Jun Xuehan offered to take Li Shang to the academy and find her a strict teacher, and Li Shang agreed to endure the training.

Jun Xuehan brought Li Shang to Green Mountain Academy and entrusted her training to Jie Kaer. After returning to Wind Snow Pavilion, he broke through to Level 80, and his Divine Seed awakened further, greatly improving his elemental comprehension; the chapter ended with Wang Qiu'er asking him for five million Gold Soul Coins.

• Jun Xuehan introduced Li Shang to Jie Kaer at Green Mountain Academy and told Jie Kaer to train her with the same intensity he had used on Jun Xuehan.
• Jie Kaer agreed to oversee Li Shang's training, and Jun Xuehan left her at the academy before returning to Wind Snow Pavilion.
• Jun Xuehan cultivated in the Simulated Training Ground and broke through his Level 79 bottleneck, reaching Level 80.
• The Divine Seed's patterns glowed, enhancing Jun Xuehan's elemental comprehension as his Elemental Domain spread and a pattern appeared on the Silver Dragon Spear.
• Wang Qiu'er approached Jun Xuehan and asked him for five million Gold Soul Coins, prompting him to tell her to stop calling him brother.

Wang Qiu'er asked Jun Xuehan for money to buy slaves from the Heaven Dou Auction House, and he explained why rescuing them would not free them from their ingrained servitude. The next morning, the Clear Sky Sect's Second Elder brought Jun Xuehan Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and asked for help with the sect's troubles; Jun Xuehan agreed to appeal to Emperor Xue Qinghe and sent Wang Qiu'er to deliver him an envelope.

• Wang Qiu'er asked Jun Xuehan for money to buy slaves from the Heaven Dou Auction House and employ them as maids.
• Jun Xuehan explained that the auctioned slaves had been trained to serve since childhood and would not know how to live independently after being bought.
• The Clear Sky Sect's Second Elder presented Jun Xuehan with Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and asked him to intercede with the emperor for the sect.
• Jun Xuehan agreed to speak with Emperor Xue Qinghe, then asked Wang Qiu'er to deliver him an envelope after breakfast.

Jun Xuehan escorted the Clear Sky Sect’s Second Elder to meet Emperor Xue Qinghe, but the emperor refused to receive him, so Jun Xuehan promised to sound him out indirectly. Back at his residence, Jun Xuehan showed Qian Renxue the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and learned she had kept her plucked Lovesick Heartbreak Red as a symbol of their love; he then offered both herbs to her.

• Jun Xuehan and the Second Elder went to the imperial palace, where a guard said Emperor Xue Qinghe was unwell and would see no one.
• Jun Xuehan told the Second Elder that the emperor was avoiding the Clear Sky Sect and promised to sound him out indirectly; the Second Elder accepted and returned to the sect.
• Jun Xuehan returned to his residence and waited until Qian Renxue arrived and asked what the Clear Sky Sect had wanted.
• Jun Xuehan showed Qian Renxue the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and explained that it complemented her Lovesick Heartbreak Red and could be given to Yue Yi.
• Qian Renxue revealed that she had plucked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red long ago as proof of her love for Jun Xuehan and had saved it for a critical moment.
• Jun Xuehan pushed both immortal herbs toward Qian Renxue and asked her to consume them herself.

Jun Xuehan prepared to travel to the sea to obtain his eighth Soul Ring, while he and Qian Renxue began giving Yue Yi small doses of powdered Immortal Grass. Qian Daoliu joined them at home, and Jun Xuehan’s departure remained ahead.

• Jun Xuehan explained that Yue Yi could slowly absorb powdered Immortal Grass mixed into beast milk, and Qian Renxue agreed.
• Jun Xuehan told Qian Renxue that he had reached Level 80 and planned to seek a Soul Ring at sea, with his sister and the others helping while Qian Daoliu stayed in Heaven Dou City.
• Jun Xuehan checked Yue Yi’s physical condition, mixed tiny amounts of Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and Lovesick Heartbreak Red into her beast milk, and told her to drink it only once a day.
• Qian Renxue asked where Qian Daoliu was, and Yue Yi said he was waiting at the entrance before he came inside and joined them.

After reaching Level 80, Jun Xuehan enlisted Gu Yuena and Di Tian to help him obtain a soul ring from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. Jun Xuehan and Di Tian arrived in Vast Sea City and went to the port to seek information about the whale’s territory.

• Jun Xuehan told Gu Yuena he had reached Level 80 and wanted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s soul ring, so she ordered Di Tian to accompany him and take the ring and soul bone if the whale refused to sacrifice himself.
• Di Tian told Jun Xuehan that he did not know where the Demon Whale Sea Region was and warned that facing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, the Demon Empress, and Lan Fozi together in the sea would force them to retreat.
• Jun Xuehan and Di Tian traveled from the Star Dou Great Forest to Vast Sea City, where Jun Xuehan observed the coastal city and wondered how Sea Soul Masters differed from ordinary soul masters.
• Jun Xuehan and Di Tian reached Vast Sea City’s enormous port, where hundreds of seagoing ships were docked, and began looking for information about the Demon Whale Sea Region.

Jun Xuehan and Di Tian boarded the Sea Demon to travel to the Demon Whale Sea Region, where Jun Xuehan intended to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King for a soul ring. The ship sailed out to sea, and Haider’s suspicious interest in his passengers remained unresolved.

• Jun Xuehan and Di Tian found Captain Haider’s Sea Demon after other ships refused to sail to the Demon Whale Sea Region.
• Haider introduced the ship’s crew and quarters, then ordered the Sea Demon to depart and set its course for open water.
• Haider explained that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was blind in one eye and claimed the ship could pass safely along its blind side.
• Jun Xuehan told Haider he wanted the whale’s soul ring, leaving Haider visibly unsettled before he withdrew.
• Jun Xuehan and Di Tian ate fish and vegetables for lunch while Haider continued talking with them.

Jun Xuehan and Di Tian reached the Demon Whale Sea Region and found Bo Saixi and Sea God Island’s forces attacking the wounded Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. Di Tian confronted Bo Saixi while Jun Xuehan attacked Tang San, leaving Tang San retreating under pressure.

• Di Tian sensed signs of battle near the Demon Whale Sea Region, and Jun Xuehan told Captain Haider to stop the Sea Demon before they headed there together.
• Jun Xuehan and Di Tian found Bo Saixi, Tang San, and several Titled Douluo fighting the wounded Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Di Tian blocked Bo Saixi’s attack, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King recognized him as the Beast God and turned its attention to the other humans.
• Jun Xuehan attacked Tang San with the Silver Dragon Spear and told Bo Saixi he had come to apprehend Tang San for assassinating Xue Ye.
• Tang San accused Jun Xuehan of knowing the truth about Xue Ye’s death, but Jun Xuehan continued pressing him until Tang San retreated while searching for a chance to win.

The Sea God struck the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, but the dying beast sacrificed itself to Jun Xuehan, raising him to Level 83 and completing his Soul Bone Battle Armor. As Jun Xuehan fought Sea God Island’s four Holy Pillars and Bo Saixi battled Di Tian, Tang San retrieved the Whale Pearl, while two unknown figures awakened on the seafloor.

• The Sea God pierced the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with an azure halberd, and Di Tian secretly urged the wounded beast to sacrifice itself to Jun Xuehan.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King formed a domain, sacrificed itself to Jun Xuehan, and gave him an eighth Soul Ring, a torso bone, and a place for its soul in his Spiritual Sea.
• Jun Xuehan’s Soul Power rose to Level 83, and he used his Martial Soul Avatar and Abyssal Sea Ice Breaking Spear to engage Sea God Island’s four Holy Pillars as Bo Saixi fought Di Tian.
• Tang San swam to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s corpse, broke open its skull, took the Whale Pearl, and headed back to the surface.
• After the Sea God’s lingering power faded on the seafloor, two pairs of eyes opened and their owners headed toward the surface.

Jun Xuehan and Di Tian survived the battle in the Demon Whale Sea Region after the Demon Empress arrived and Tang San’s group retreated to Sea God Island. After learning how the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King died, the Demon Empress left, and Jun Xuehan and Di Tian set sail back toward Vast Sea City.

• Tang San returned from the sea, saw Jun Xuehan fighting four Titled Douluo, and prepared to join them after telling Bo Saixi he had obtained the Whale Pearl.
• The Demon Empress appeared and attacked the humans, prompting Bo Saixi to retreat with Tang San toward Sea God Island and the other Titled Douluo to flee.
• Di Tian stopped the Demon Empress from attacking Jun Xuehan and explained that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had sacrificed himself to Jun Xuehan after a deity struck him down.
• The Demon Empress questioned Di Tian about the Whale King’s death, then sank beneath the sea after hearing his account.
• Di Tian told Jun Xuehan he had promised to revive the Whale King when Jun Xuehan became a god, and the two left the Demon Whale Sea Region.
• Jun Xuehan and Di Tian found Captain Haider waiting with the Sea Demon and ordered him to sail back to Vast Sea City.

Xue Qinghe ordered a campaign against the disobedient duchies in the Heaven Dou Empire before confronting the Clear Sky Sect. On a street in Heaven Dou City, Yue Yi defended a bullied child, and Wang Qiu'er and Qian Daoliu arrived after she called for help.

• Xue Qinghe ordered She Long and Ci Xue to assemble the Imperial Guards and palace troops, join forces with loyal duchies, and bring Dugu Bo to subdue the independent duchies.
• Yue Yi saw several young nobles shove a plain-clothed child to the ground and knocked down Wang Er when he threatened her.
• Yue Yi helped the child escape, while Wang Er sent more than a dozen servants after them.
• Yue Yi called out that she was the daughter of the Imperial Advisor and the Master of the Wind Snow Pavilion, and the pursuing servants fell before reaching her.
• Wang Qiu'er and Qian Daoliu arrived to protect Yue Yi, and nearby Wind Snow Pavilion Soul Masters greeted her as the Young Pavilion Master.

Yue Yi and Qian Daoliu confronted the young nobles who had bullied Mochen, then invited the homeless child to come live with them. At the Crimson Nether Duke’s Mansion, Wang Ming learned his son had provoked Wind Snow Pavilion’s Young Pavilion Master and prepared to apologize.

• Yue Yi asked the young nobles to apologize to her and Mochen, and Qian Daoliu demanded that the Crimson Nether Duke come to Wind Snow Pavilion within a day to apologize.
• Yue Yi invited Mochen, who said he had nowhere to go, to return home with her, and Qian Daoliu agreed.
• Wang Er returned to the mansion crying and told Wang Ming that he had been bullied and ordered to apologize in person.
• Wang Ming first ordered the mansion’s soul masters to assemble, then learned Wang Er had provoked the Young Pavilion Master of Wind Snow Pavilion.
• Wang Ming ordered the steward to prepare apology gifts and told Wang Er that he could not settle this matter.

Mochen stayed at the residence after Qian Renxue agreed to help him find his uncle, though both she and Qian Daoliu sensed a faint evil aura about him. Yue Yi told her family that nobles from the Crimson Nether Duke's Mansion had tried to bully her, and Qian Renxue warned her to handle conflicts with her peers herself; the chapter ended with Qian Renxue offering to cook dinner and Qian Daoliu trying to dissuade her.

• Mochen asked Yue Yi whether Wind Snow Pavilion was powerful, and she explained its strength and invited him to stay if he became a Soul Master.
• Qian Renxue returned, sensed a faint evil aura from Mochen, and agreed to let him stay while she arranged to search for his uncle.
• Yue Yi told Qian Renxue that nobles from the Crimson Nether Duke's Mansion had tried to bully her in Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue warned Yue Yi not to bully others and said she should handle conflicts with peers herself, while the family would respond if elders intervened.
• Qian Renxue offered to cook dinner for Qian Daoliu, and he tried to leave the cooking to the maids.

A black-robed figure destroyed the Crimson Nether Duke's Mansion, and Wind Snow Pavilion became the city's chief suspect. Jun Xuehan investigated the ruins with Qian Renxue but found no decisive clue, leaving the culprit unknown.

• A black-robed figure appeared at the Crimson Nether Duke's Mansion, which collapsed in a burst of crimson light and caught fire.
• Wang Ming accused Wind Snow Pavilion before Xue Qinghe, but Xue Qinghe questioned whether they were responsible and ordered an investigation.
• Jun Xuehan heard the rumors and asked Yue Yi about the destruction; she denied involvement and said Wind Snow Pavilion was being framed.
• Jun Xuehan noticed a faint innate evil nature in Mochen, then went to inspect the duke's mansion.
• Qian Renxue told Jun Xuehan that witnesses had reported crimson light before the mansion collapsed, and they returned to the residence to leave the investigation to others.