Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao left the Clear Sky Sect after crippling a Spirit Hall deacon and declaring that he alone would answer for his actions. Spirit Hall rejected the sect’s attempt to distance itself from Tang Hao and moved toward destroying the Clear Sky Sect, but an unseen speaker challenged Qian Xunyi’s authority to do so.

• Tang Hao spared a Spirit Hall deacon to deliver his message, then destroyed the man’s meridians and Martial Soul.
• The Clear Sky Sect announced Tang Hao’s departure and began relocating to its ancestral grounds.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Tang Hao’s departure removed Spirit Hall’s pretext to attack the Clear Sky Sect, while Tang Hao would face Spirit Hall alone.
• Qian Xunyi dismissed the Clear Sky Sect’s announcement as a trick and declared that the sect had to be destroyed.
• Red Star, Huang Mian, and Qing Zhang supported attacking the Clear Sky Sect, while the Chrysanthemum Ghost elders warned of the danger and cost.
• An unseen speaker challenged Qian Xunyi, reminding him of Spirit Hall’s Grand Worshipper’s oath with Tang Chen.

Qian Xunyi punished Bibi Dong for challenging him, then directed Spirit Hall to prepare to annihilate the Clear Sky Sect. He left the elders with orders for the Rat Extermination Operation and said he had a way to handle the Grand Priest’s promise to Tang Hao.

• Bibi Dong argued against attacking the Clear Sky Sect, and Qian Xunyi’s clone repeatedly beat her apart before restoring her each time.
• Bibi Dong submitted to Qian Xunyi and addressed him as Your Holiness the Pope after Red Star corrected her.
• Gui Mei proposed a surprise attack on the Clear Sky Sect, but Qian Xunyi insisted that Spirit Hall uproot the sect completely, including its ancestral grounds.
• Qian Xunyi ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to reorganize the Soul Master Legion, assigned Qing Zhang, Red Star, and Huang Mian to ready the Body Camp, and named Bibi Dong the Rat Extermination Operation’s general.
• The elders and Bibi Dong knelt and pledged to obey Qian Xunyi.

Qian Xunyi prepared Spirit Hall’s intelligence and surveillance efforts against Clear Sky Sect while forging the Tower of Black Fury. He entered Slaughter City, where he began fighting his way to the King of Slaughter, who was warned that an intruder had arrived.

• Qian Xunyi appointed Evil Eye to lead Spirit Hall’s intelligence division and ordered Tian Meng to monitor Clear Sky Sect disciples across the continent.
• Qian Xunyi fused three Ferocious Beast Spirit Bones into the Tower of Black Fury and explained its name to Qian Renxue.
• Qian Xunyi told Qian Daoliu that he would destroy Clear Sky Sect despite Tang Chen’s near-completion of a God Trial, claiming Tang Chen had failed and promising to provide proof.
• Qian Xunyi entered Slaughter City and burned the Fallen Ones who tried to stop him with his Holy Flame.
• Qian Xunyi killed one Hell Knight, forced another to lead him to the King of Slaughter, and continued forward while the King of Slaughter received news of the intruder.

Qian Xunyi defeated the King of Slaughter, freed Tang Chen from the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King's parasitism, and restored his strength. He then told Tang Chen how Tang Hao had killed Spirit Hall’s elites, leaving Tang Chen proud and Qian Xunyi’s hostile purpose unresolved.

• Qian Xunyi entered Slaughter City, revealed himself as the Pope of Spirit Hall, and challenged the King of Slaughter over Tang Chen’s whereabouts.
• Qian Xunyi’s Angel Domain overwhelmed the King of Slaughter’s Slaughter Domain, burned him, and let Qian Xunyi claim the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King’s Soul Bone.
• Tang Chen broke free from the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King’s control, and Qian Xunyi used the Zhe Character Secret to restore his body.
• Qian Xunyi told Tang Chen that Tang Hao had killed four of Spirit Hall’s Title Douluo, including Qian Xunji, during the conflict over the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tang Chen laughed and praised Tang Hao, while Qian Xunyi’s reason for coming remained undisclosed.

Qian Xunyi confronted Tang Chen, explaining that he wanted to destroy the Clear Sky Sect but needed Tang Chen’s head to circumvent an oath. Tang Chen’s attacks failed to harm him, and the chapter ended as Tang Chen took up the Asura Sword and charged again.

• Qian Xunyi said Tang Hao’s attacks on Spirit Hall justified destroying the Clear Sky Sect, but his father’s oath prevented him from uprooting it while Tang Chen lived.
• Qian Xunyi asked Tang Chen to lend him his head so he could enter the sect’s ancestral grounds without breaking the oath.
• Tang Chen attacked with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Qian Xunyi stopped it with one little finger and knocked him into a statue, leaving him injured.
• Tang Chen unleashed his Slaughter Domain and detonated all nine Soul Rings to power the Great Sumeru Hammer, but Qian Xunyi blocked every strike with his little finger.
• Tang Chen took the Asura Sword from the blood pool and charged at Qian Xunyi.

Tang Chen’s exhausted battle with Qian Xunyi led the Asura God to take control of him and unleash the power accumulated in Slaughter City. Qian Xunyi revealed his seven divine beast Soul Rings and the Cosmic Star-Sealing Map, leaving both sides empowered to contend at the God King level.

• Qian Xunyi repeatedly blocked Tang Chen’s Asura Sword and healed the wounds it managed to inflict, while Tang Chen’s divine power dwindled.
• As Tang Chen neared exhaustion, the Asura God took over his body and transformed his Slaughter Domain into the Asura Domain.
• Qian Xunyi activated his second martial soul, revealing seven golden beast Soul Rings whose divine forms pushed back the Asura God’s domain and suppressed his divine consciousness.
• The Asura God discovered that Qian Xunyi’s Cosmic Star-Sealing Map had sealed Douluo Star off from the God Realm.
• The Asura God absorbed ten thousand years of killing aura from Slaughter City, briefly reaching God King strength, as he and Qian Xunyi faced off within their opposing domains.

Qian Xunyi and his incarnations battled the Asura God's Divine Sense across the ruined Slaughter City and defeated it. After the Asura God's warning that its true body would seek revenge, Qian Xunyi killed the powerless Tang Chen.

• The Asura God's Divine Sense created two clones, but Qian Xunyi formed three incarnations to meet them and attack from multiple sides.
• Qian Xunyi and his incarnations fought the Asura God and its clones, while the battle's aftershocks devastated Slaughter City's pocket world.
• The Asura God's Divine Sense imprisoned one incarnation and unleashed a decisive sword strike, but Qian Xunyi countered with a powerful punch as his other incarnations destroyed the Asura clones.
• Qian Xunyi's incarnation broke free, and the Asura God's Divine Sense dispersed after its attack failed, warning that its true body would one day kill him.
• Tang Chen was left gravely weakened with his Martial Soul shattered, and Qian Xunyi lifted him by the hair and beheaded him.

Qian Xunyi turned Slaughter City’s dead into Black Fury under his control and appointed an avatar as the new King of Slaughter. Meanwhile, Evil Lord used his mental power to make Tang Yuehua help Spirit Hall track Clear Sky Sect members across Douluo Continent.

• Qian Xunyi refined the Asura Demon Sword and its scabbard, gaining the highest authority over the Asura God's Nine Trials.
• Qian Xunyi made an avatar look like the former King of Slaughter and gave it the Asura Demon Sword to rule Slaughter City.
• Qian Xunyi revived the dead of Slaughter City as Black Fury, bound their souls to the Tower of Black Fury, and renamed the city Black Fury City.
• Tang Yuehua worried that Spirit Hall might attack the Clear Sky Sect despite the oath between Grandfather and Qian Daoliu.
• Evil Lord told Tang Yuehua that Qian Xunyi had ordered the Clear Sky Sect's annihilation and used his eyes to bring her under his control.
• Tang Yuehua agreed to connect Evil Lord with Clear Sky Sect contacts and report the movements of its disciples across the continent.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang Hao's withdrawal from the Clear Sky Sect has left Spirit Hall eerily quiet, but tensions are high.
• Tang Zhen and Tang Xiao discuss the possibility of Spirit Hall attacking the Clear Sky Sect despite their agreement.
• Tang Xiao decides to attach a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring to prepare for potential conflict.
• Qian Xunyi brings Tang Chen's head to Qian Daoliu, signaling the end of their agreement.
• Qian Xunyi convenes the Elder Council and issues orders for a full-scale attack on the Clear Sky Sect, codenamed "Rat Extermination Operation."

Character Developments

• Tang Zhen: Shows concern for the Clear Sky Sect's safety and acknowledges Tang Xiao's decision to attach a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Tang Xiao: Demonstrates strategic thinking and willingness to make sacrifices for the sect's defense.
• Qian Daoliu: Shows remorse and complexity in his feelings towards Tang Chen's death.
• Qian Xunyi: Reveals his Overlord Angel Martial Soul and aggressive intentions, ordering a full-scale attack on the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bibi Dong: Feels her revenge against Qian Xunyi is now even further away after Tang Chen's death.

Significant Themes

• Power Dynamics: The balance of power between the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall is shifting, with Spirit Hall gaining the upper hand.
• Loyalty and Betrayal: Qian Xunyi's actions towards Tang Chen and the Clear Sky Sect highlight his lack of loyalty to agreements and alliances.
• Preparation and Sacrifice: Both sides are preparing for war, with Tang Xiao willing to sacrifice his future growth for the sect's immediate defense.

Character Interactions

• Tang Zhen and Tang Xiao: The father-son duo discuss the sect's defenses and Tang Xiao's decision to attach a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunyi: Qian Daoliu shows remorse towards Tang Chen, while Qian Xunyi reveals his Overlord Angel Martial Soul and aggressive intentions.
• Qian Xunyi and the Elder Council: Qian Xunyi issues orders for the "Rat Extermination Operation," assigning tasks to various Title Douluos and Soul Masters.

Qian Xunyi took Bibi Dong to the Lake of Life to secure her final Soul Ring and effortlessly suppressed its four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Bibi Dong refused to choose any of them because she feared losing the chance to reconcile with Yu Xiaogang, leaving Qian Xunyi displeased.

• Qian Xunyi told Bibi Dong he had prepared a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring for her and brought her to the Lake of Life.
• Xiao Wu told Wu Qing and the other Soul Beasts that she wanted to see the human world, while they warned her about the dangers and her approaching Heavenly Tribulation.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python warned Qian Xunyi and Bibi Dong to leave, but Qian Xunyi repelled the Titan Giant Ape and subdued the Sky Azure Bull Python with ease.
• Xiao Wu tried to flee with Wu Qing, but Qian Xunyi dragged them back and suppressed all four Soul Beasts.
• Qian Xunyi offered Bibi Dong a choice among the four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, but she refused because Yu Xiaogang had warned her not to hunt them.

Bibi Dong gained a ninth Soul Ring after Wu Qing sacrificed herself to save Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming, while Qian Xunyi crushed Bibi Dong’s attempt to attack him. Elsewhere, Tang Xiao absorbed a ninety-thousand-year Silverback Gorilla’s Soul Ring and advanced to Title Douluo.

• Bibi Dong refused the four Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, but Qian Xunyi threatened Yu Xiaogang until she agreed to choose one.
• Wu Qing offered to sacrifice herself in exchange for the lives of Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming, and Qian Xunyi accepted her offer.
• Wu Qing sacrificed herself to Bibi Dong, while Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming escaped; Bibi Dong gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a Soft Bone Rabbit Right Leg Bone.
• Bibi Dong revealed that her new Soul Ring granted Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body, then tried to ambush Qian Xunyi, who flicked her away with a ball of booger.
• Tang Xiao absorbed a ninety-thousand-year Silverback Gorilla’s Soul Ring after the Clear Sky Sect defeated it, advancing to Title Douluo.

Tang Xiao reached rank 91 and received the title Roaring Sky Douluo as the Clear Sky Sect prepared for a possible conflict with Spirit Hall. At the sect’s Martial Soul Awakening ceremony, representatives from the Upper Three Sects and the Star Luo Empire gathered, leaving Tang Zhen’s show of unity before Spirit Hall in progress.

• Tang Xiao returned to the Clear Sky Sect after his Soul Hunt, chose the title Roaring Sky Douluo, and proved able to fight a rank 93 elder to a draw.
• Bibi Dong absorbed resentment in the Rakshasa Secret Realm, reached rank 93, and vowed to kill Qian Xunyi after becoming a god.
• Tang Zhen divided the Clear Sky Sect’s disciples between the ancestral grounds and locations across the continent, then invited allies to witness the sect’s Martial Soul Awakening ceremony.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong arrived at the Clear Sky Sect, where Ning Fengzhi affirmed the Upper Three Sects’ unity.
• Prince Dai Tianlong arrived as the Star Luo Emperor’s representative, followed by Yu Yuanzhen, who joined Ning Fengzhi and Tang Zhen in declaring the Upper Three Sects united.

The Clear Sky Sect held a large Martial Soul Awakening ceremony attended by its elders and invited guests, while Yu Yuanzhen compared the sect’s strength with his own clan’s decline. Several children awakened Clear Sky Hammers with strong Innate Soul Power, and Tang Gou impressed the crowd by reaching level nine.

• Tang Zhen introduced the Clear Sky Sect’s elders and began the awakening ceremony before the gathered guests and disciples.
• Tang Hai awakened a Clear Sky Hammer with level-six Innate Soul Power, and Tang Zhong followed with level seven.
• Tang Ziye awakened with level 6.5, Tang Ji with level eight, and Tang Huan with level 8.5, prompting the elders to praise their prospects.
• The Soul Sage continued awakening children, most of whom possessed Clear Sky Hammers and at least level-five Innate Soul Power.
• Tang Gou, a descendant of Tang Kai’s branch, awakened with level-nine Innate Soul Power and drew the crowd’s attention.

The Clear Sky Sect's awakening ceremony revealed Tang Gou and Tang Qizhen as exceptional talents, while Qian Xunyi watched and launched Spirit Hall's Rat Extermination Operation. The operation began as Soul Master Legion troops entered wormholes, and two guards at the Clear Sky Sect's fortified pass remained unaware of the impending attack.

• Tang Gou awakened with level 9 Innate Soul Power, prompting Heaven-Opening Douluo and the other elders to celebrate his talent.
• Tang Qizhen awakened a fire-attribute Clear Sky Hammer and level 9.5 Innate Soul Power, drawing excited praise from Tang Mie, Tang Qi, and Tang Lie.
• Qian Xunyi used Divine Vision to observe the ceremony and reflected on how Spirit Hall would later kill many of the talented Clear Sky Sect side-branch members.
• Qian Xunyi activated his ninth Soul Ring, opened spatial wormholes, and ordered the Rat Extermination Operation to begin as the Soul Master Legion deployed.
• At the Clear Sky Sect's fortified pass, two guards dismissed the threat from Spirit Hall and one planned to pursue a nobleman's wife after the sect reopened to the world.

Spirit Hall launched an assault on the Clear Sky Sect, smashing through Clear Sky Pass and attacking the sect’s awakening ceremony. Huang Mian killed several promising young Soul Masters as the invasion began.

• Eight hundred Spirit Hall Soul Masters assembled across the abyss, led by Qing Zhang, Red Star, and Huang Mian.
• Red Star used his eighth Soul Skill, Great Eruption, to punch a lava-filled breach through Clear Sky Pass.
• Qing Zhang froze the abyss into a bridge and cooled the lava path so the Body Martial Spirit Legion could advance.
• As Tang Zhen and the elders celebrated, beacon smoke from Clear Sky Pass warned them of an enemy attack.
• Huang Mian killed Tang Qizhen with a beam of light, then sniped Tang Gou, Tang Huan, and Tang Ji at the Awakening Plaza.

Spirit Hall attacked the Clear Sky Sect, and Qian Xunyi revealed that he had killed Tang Chen, making the sect’s old agreement with Spirit Hall void. As the Clear Sky Sect mourned and tensions rose, Dai Tianlong urged Qian Xunyi to stop before Spirit Hall made enemies of its allies.

• The Clear Sky Sect elders raised a Soul Power barrier while Qing Zhang, Red Star, and Huang Mian confronted the sect over its disciples’ attacks on Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xiao invoked the agreement between Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu, but Qian Xunyi arrived through a Wormhole and declared that Spirit Hall would not honor an agreement with a dead man.
• Qian Xunyi sent Tang Chen’s severed head to Tang Zhen, who recognized it, and claimed he had killed Tang Chen before he could become a god.
• The Clear Sky Sect grieved Tang Chen’s death as Qian Xunyi asked whether bringing the head violated the old agreement, and no one challenged his claim that the agreement had ended with Tang Chen’s death.
• Dai Tianlong appealed to Qian Xunyi to stop the attack, warning that destroying the Clear Sky Sect could provoke its allies and shake the world.

Spirit Hall attacked the Clear Sky Sect after Qian Xunyi killed Dai Tianlong and rejected the other sects’ intervention. The Clear Sky Sect elders’ plan to capture Qian Xunyi failed, and the battle ended with Red Star holding his own against Tang Mie while Qing Zhang and Huang Mian controlled their fights.

• Qian Xunyi killed Dai Tianlong and warned that anyone supporting the Clear Sky Sect would be Spirit Hall’s enemy.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Ning Fengzhi withdrew their sects from the conflict, while Tang Zhen rallied the Clear Sky Sect to fight.
• Tang Mie led the Clear Sky Sect elders’ attack, intending to capture Qian Xunyi, but Red Star intercepted him and Huang Mian struck down Tang Zhe.
• Red Star’s eighth soul skill clashed with Tang Mie’s ninth soul skill, and the two were sent flying in a draw.
• Red Star resumed fighting Tang Mie evenly as Qing Zhang restrained Tang Qi and Tang Ao, and Huang Mian handled Tang Zhe and Tang Kai with ease.

Qian Xunyi seized Ning Fengzhi’s Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda and used its soul skills to strengthen Spirit Hall’s elders, leaving Ning Fengzhi drained and branded a traitor by the Clear Sky Sect. As the battle turned against the sect and its disciples escaped through secret passages, Qian Xunyi ordered the Body Camp Soul Masters to withdraw.

• Ning Fengzhi recognized that Spirit Hall’s Soul Master Legion wielded Body Martial Spirits and resolved to cultivate their users in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Xunyi forcibly took Ning Fengzhi’s Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda and used its soul skills, draining Ning Fengzhi’s soul power while enhancing Qing Zhang, Red Star, and Huang Mian.
• Red Star’s strength surged, and he overpowered Tang Mie, forcing the level ninety-seven Super Douluo onto the defensive.
• Tang Xiao accused Ning Fengzhi of betraying the Clear Sky Sect, while Ning Fengzhi insisted that he had not acted by choice.
• Tang Zhen kept directing the battle while Clear Sky Sect disciples fled through secret passages, preparing for the sect’s survival if Spirit Hall prevailed.
• Qian Xunyi declared the Body Camp Soul Masters’ training phase over and ordered all but the three generals to withdraw.

Bibi Dong released lethal poison throughout the Clear Sky Sect’s secret passages, devastating the sect and disrupting its defenders. As the Clear Sky Sect’s fighters fell in battle, Qian Xunyi defended the attack as payment for Tang Hao’s crimes.

• After Qian Xunyi gave the order, Bibi Dong transformed and spread poisonous mist through the Clear Sky Sect’s secret passages.
• Tang Zhen and Tang Xiao saw the poison engulf the mountain and ordered the disciples to flee, but many were caught and killed.
• Tang Mie was fatally wounded by Red Star after becoming distracted by the disaster at the sect, while Tang Qi was frozen by Qing Zhang.
• Huang Mian pierced Tang Zhe’s arm and crippled his Soul Power, worsening the Clear Sky Sect’s defeat.
• Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen questioned Qian Xunyi about using poison, and he said the Clear Sky Sect was paying for Tang Hao’s past crimes.

Qian Xunyi crushed the Clear Sky Sect’s resistance, using Tang Xiao’s stolen Clear Sky Hammer and Soul Rings before shattering both Tang Xiao’s and Tang Zhen’s Martial Souls. The sect’s surviving fighters were captured or killed, and Bibi Dong joined Qian Xunyi and the elders after the battle.

• Tang Lie and other Clear Sky Sect disciples blamed Tang Hao for the sect’s destruction, while Tang Zhen and Tang Xiao attacked Qian Xunyi.
• Qian Xunyi stole Tang Xiao’s Clear Sky Hammer, detonated his nine Soul Rings, and used the resulting power to strike Tang Zhen.
• Qian Xunyi crushed Tang Xiao’s Martial Soul, and Huang Mian captured the unconscious Tang Xiao.
• Qian Xunyi shattered Tang Zhen’s Clear Sky Hammer with one finger, leaving him unable to resist and allowing him to be captured.
• Qing Zhang and Huang Mian captured Tang Qi, Tang Ao, Tang Zhe, and Tang Kai, while Red Star killed Tang Mie and the remaining Clear Sky Sect survivors were captured.
• Bibi Dong emerged from the Spider Empress Venom and stood beside Qian Xunyi and the three great elders.