Chapter Summaries

Eva reflected on her secret alliance with Qian Renxue and their plan to make the Heaven Dou court accept Spirit Hall’s growing influence. In Spirit City, Princess Snow White refused Angel God’s Examination, leaving Qian Daoliu disappointed but willing to wait in case she changed her mind.

• Eva considered how she and Qian Renxue were using the emperor’s apparent favoritism toward Hu Liena to gradually shift the Heaven Dou Empire toward Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu urged Princess Snow White to accept Angel God’s Examination, believing her talent and bloodline made her the ideal successor.
• Princess Snow White refused, explaining that her Snow-Crested Swan and ice-based powers made Angel God’s inheritance unsuitable for her.
• Princess Snow White said she wanted to find a Divine Seat suited to her and suggested that Qian Renxue attempt Angel God’s Examination instead.
• Qian Daoliu accepted Princess Snow White’s decision and promised he would welcome her if she ever changed her mind.

Snow White declined Angel God's Trial and chose to cultivate in Spirit City, while Tang Hao brought Tang San and Cinderella to Slaughter City and told Tang San he must enter alone. The chapter ended with Tang San raging against Tang Hao for deciding his life and separating him from Cinderella.

• Snow White left the Worship Hall and followed a deacon to the residence Qian Daoliu had arranged for her.
• Tang San, Tang Hao, and Cinderella reached the town that guarded Slaughter City, where Tang San sensed something unsettling about its residents.
• Tang Hao revealed that Tang San would enter Slaughter City alone to seek Divine Slaughter's Domain, while Cinderella would pursue her own path.
• Tang San pleaded with Cinderella not to leave him, but she reassured him that their separation would only be temporary.
• Tang San accused Tang Hao of planning to send him to his death and erupted in anger, demanding to know what right Tang Hao had to decide his life.

Tang Hao brought Tang San to Slaughter City and forced him to drink human blood, then tested his resolve as the tavern patrons mocked him. Tang San slaughtered everyone in the tavern, and Tang Hao left him with the goal of winning the Hell Slaughter Arena’s annual championship to reunite with Xian Di.

• Tang San confronted Tang Hao over separating him from Cinderella, but Tang Hao knocked him unconscious and carried him away.
• Tang San awoke in a black tavern in Slaughter City and learned from Tang Hao that Cinderella had left and would return only if he survived the city.
• Tang Hao made Tang San drink a cup of human blood, threatening to withhold information about Xian Di if he refused.
• After the patrons mocked him for vomiting, Tang San unleashed Blue Silver Grass and killed everyone in the tavern.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that he would have to rely on himself, kill anyone who threatened him, and win the Hell Slaughter Arena’s annual championship before Tang Hao and Xian Di would come for him.

Tang San entered the passage to Slaughter City and discovered that its rules suppressed his soul skills. At the entrance, he defeated Terror Knight Scott with the Clear Sky Hammer, leaving Scott terrified and badly injured.

• Tang San killed the server who challenged his right to enter Slaughter City, then smashed through the tavern floor to uncover the entrance.
• Tang Hao vanished, and Tang San leaped into the hole and followed the passage until he reached Slaughter City.
• Tang San emerged before one hundred and one black-armored warriors and learned that he had to defeat Terror Knight Scott to enter.
• When Tang San found he could not use his soul skills, he summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and broke Scott's lance and right arm with one blow.
• Tang San approached the wounded Scott, who trembled and begged him to stop.

Tang San entered Slaughter City after defeating Scott, while the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King found Lan Fozi on land and reunited with her. The chapter ended with Snow White walking into a golden-lit woodland in Spirit City.

• Tang San took entry plaque 9528 from Scott and walked toward Slaughter City.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King followed the pointer across the continent and found Lan Fozi shopping with Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy team.
• Lan Fozi recognized the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's aura, learned he was her father, and embraced him.
• Lan Fozi explained that she had not recognized his human form, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King said he would settle the matter with her later.
• After Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and the others left, Lan Fozi apologized for leaving without telling her father, and he comforted her.
• Snow White walked through Spirit City toward a woodland bathed in golden light.

Snow White fused the Snow-Crested Swan’s ultimate ice and the Six-Winged Angel’s sacred power into the new aurora attribute, transforming all her soul power so she no longer needed to switch martial souls. Qian Daoliu met her outside the training ground and examined her to make sure she was unharmed.

• Snow White repeatedly tried to combine ice and sacred soul power in the Six-Winged Angel Mimicry Training Ground.
• Snow White used spiritual power to make the opposing energies rotate together, successfully creating aurora-attribute soul power.
• Snow White transformed all the Six-Winged Angel’s sacred soul power in her body into the aurora attribute.
• Qian Daoliu recalled how he had warned Snow White about the dangers but agreed to watch over her as she continued trying.
• Snow White left the training ground, and Qian Daoliu checked her condition by guiding his spiritual power through her meridians.

After confirming Snow White’s new aurora Soul Power was stable, Qian Daoliu introduced her to his disciple Florian and assigned them to travel together to the Far North for a trial. The chapter ended as the pair prepared to leave Spirit City at dawn.

• Qian Daoliu examined Snow White’s meridians and Soul Power, confirmed she was unharmed, and reassured her that he would always support her.
• Qian Daoliu brought Snow White to the Worship Hall, where she reunited with Florian, his disciple and her fellow fairy-tale character.
• Qian Daoliu told Snow White and Florian that Spirit Hall sent its graduates on dangerous trials and chose the Endless Icefield in the Far North for theirs.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Snow White and Florian to prepare and leave together the next morning, and two Spirit Hall Soul Beast horses waited at Spirit City’s gates at dawn.

Snow White and Florian left for the Far North while Tang Hao reunited with Tang Yuehua and agreed to recover from his injuries instead of attacking Hu Liena. Back in the Star Dou Great Forest, Xiao Wu felt restless and bored after returning from the human world, and her companions suggested she go exploring.

• Qian Daoliu said farewell to Snow White and Florian as they rode out of the city toward the Far North.
• Tang Hao arrived at Moonlight Pavilion, and Tang Yuehua tearfully welcomed him and examined his worsening injuries.
• Tang Yuehua showed Tang Hao the precious medicines she had collected for him and urged him to stay and recover.
• After hearing about the political ties between Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall, Tang Hao asked whether Tang Yuehua wanted him to assassinate Hu Liena, but she persuaded him not to fight.
• Xiao Wu lay beside Lake of Life feeling bored and said the forest now felt too small after her travels in the human world.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Crystal Snow Lotus suggested that Xiao Wu ask Er Ming to take her exploring.

Xiao Wu took Er Ming for a walk while the Nine-Colored Deer resumed cultivating, and Di Tian secretly returned to the Dragon Realm to test a suspicion after failing to open its entrance. At the Clear Sky Sect, the elders debated whether to leave the mountain, and Tang Xiao ordered them to wait and see while recognizing that they needed more information about Spirit Hall.

• Xiao Wu woke Er Ming and took him for a stroll after telling the Nine-Colored Deer they would be back soon.
• Di Tian briefly visited the Lake of Life, then secretly flew toward the Dragon Realm to confirm a suspicion about the sealed entrance.
• The Nine-Colored Deer noticed Di Tian had been leaving frequently but decided not to concern itself with his actions.
• Seventh Elder and Fifth Elder argued for preparing to leave the mountain, while Second Elder and Sixth Elder warned that the Clear Sky Sect knew too little about Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xiao told the elders to wait and see, explaining that they should not act rashly without better information about the outside world.

Tang Yuehua advised the Clear Sky Sect to wait until Heaven Dou's upheaval forced every faction to choose sides before emerging as a savior. In the imperial palace, Hu Liena and Qian Renxue discussed Spirit Hall's advancing plans and the difficult bond they shared through Bibi Dong.

• Tang Xiao asked Tang Yuehua to judge when the Clear Sky Sect should emerge, and she replied that Spirit Hall's infiltration had reached the bone and the sect should wait until the crisis took shape before acting as a savior.
• Hu Liena told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong had sent Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to Heaven Dou City to stabilize the situation.
• Hu Liena recalled learning that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong's daughter, and that Qian Renxue would assist her political-marriage mission.
• Hu Liena told Qian Renxue that she resembled Bibi Dong in her rationality, and the two shared their complicated silence about Bibi Dong's unequal affection.
• Qian Renxue said Spirit Hall was gathering its forces and that, once Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo arrived, Heaven Dou City would soon be ready for Spirit Hall to return to Spirit City.

Bibi Dong accelerated Spirit Hall’s covert buildup in Heaven Dou City as she prepared to seize control of the empire. Meanwhile, Ning Fengzhi persuaded Yu Yuanzhen to join a coalition pressuring Xue Qinghe and revealed he was willing to arrange the emperor’s death if necessary.

• Bibi Dong ordered her agents to hurry to Heaven Dou City, where Yue Guan and Gui Mei were already positioned to prevent disruptions.
• Ning Fengzhi told Yu Yuanzhen that Xue Qinghe’s changed behavior and welcome for Hu Liena made him suspect a connection between the emperor and Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and other forces in petitioning Xue Qinghe to distance himself from Spirit Hall.
• Yu Yuanzhen agreed to act, reasoning that Spirit Hall’s expansion threatened his sect as well as the empires.
• Ning Fengzhi said that if Xue Qinghe refused to back down, he would consider arranging the emperor’s death and installing a young imperial relative.

Ning Fengzhi secured Yu Yuanzhen’s support for a plan to kill Xue Qinghe and install a new ruler, while Qian Renxue learned Spirit Hall was accelerating its operation in Heaven Dou City. The chapter ended with Yue Guan revealing that Spirit Hall’s forces were arriving in secret batches.

• Ning Fengzhi persuaded Yu Yuanzhen that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect could overcome resistance from the Heaven Dou imperial clan and choose a new ruler after Xue Qinghe’s death.
• Yu Yuanzhen departed, and Ning Fengzhi admitted to Sword Douluo Chen Xin that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not retreat from its plan.
• Qian Renxue returned to the Imperial Study and sensed an intruder, prompting Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo to reveal themselves.
• Qian Renxue identified the visitors as Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, who had entered the palace unnoticed.
• Yue Guan told Qian Renxue that the Pope had ordered the operation sped up and that Spirit Hall’s forces were entering Heaven Dou City in secret batches.

Qian Renxue announced at the grand court assembly that the Heaven Dou Empire would merge into Spirit Hall and ordered the generals to surrender their Tiger Tallies. The ministers and generals resisted in shock, but Yue Guan’s power silenced the hall as Qian Renxue repeated her demand.

• Qian Renxue confirmed that Spirit Hall’s forces would be ready in time for the grand court assembly and planned to settle matters there.
• Qian Renxue presided over the assembly while Yue Guan and Spirit Hall officials stood at the front of the hall.
• Qian Renxue declared that the Heaven Dou Empire would be incorporated into Spirit Hall, prompting ministers to protest.
• Qian Renxue ordered the generals to hand their Tiger Tallies to the Platinum Bishops, and Yue Guan used his aura to force the hall into silence.
• Qian Renxue again demanded the generals surrender their Tiger Tallies.

Qian Renxue forced Heaven Dou’s generals to surrender their Tiger Tallies as Spirit Hall took control of Heaven Dou City. Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to evacuate, and days later Spirit Hall announced its merger with Heaven Dou and the founding of the Spirit Theocracy, drawing submissions from nearby kingdoms.

• Qian Renxue pressured the military officers to hand over every Tiger Tally, and the Platinum Bishops collected them.
• Qian Renxue left the court as Spirit Hall forces replaced Heaven Dou’s guards, took over strategic sites, and raised the Six-Winged Angel banners.
• Ning Fengzhi learned that Xue Qinghe had offered Heaven Dou to Spirit Hall and ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to evacuate in scattered groups.
• Ning Fengzhi’s followers and other nobles fled Heaven Dou City while Spirit Hall’s temple knights allowed them to leave.
• Spirit Hall announced its merger with the Heaven Dou Empire and established the Spirit Theocracy.
• The Balak Kingdom and the Silves Kingdom sent envoys to declare submission and offer tribute to the Spirit Hall Empire.

After the Spirit Hall Empire absorbed Heaven Dou, the continent’s forces split into rival factions, and the Clear Sky Sect emerged to join the resistance. At a council meeting, Ning Fengzhi outlined Spirit Hall’s overwhelming strength, and the resistance leaders began weighing their own forces.

• The Hagen-Dazs Kingdom surrendered, Fasno Province raised Spirit Hall flags, and border territories and southern states declared resistance, neutrality, or allegiance to other powers.
• Dai Tianfeng mobilized the Star Luo Empire for war, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect helped organize a resistance faction.
• Tang Yuehua and Tang Hao left Heaven Dou City, and Tang Yuehua urged the Clear Sky Sect to emerge; Tang Xiao and the elders agreed.
• The Clear Sky Sect joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and other forces at the Heaven Dou United City-States council hall.
• Ning Fengzhi described Spirit Hall’s conquests and its more than ten known Title Douluo, prompting the Clear Sky Sect’s Fifth Elder, Yu Yuanzhen, and Ning Fengzhi to state their own forces’ strength.

Ning Fengzhi persuaded the allied leaders to seek a strategic alliance with the Star Luo Empire and decided to travel there with Gu Rong. Meanwhile, the Nine-Colored Deer cultivated near the Lake of Life as Xiao Wu, Er Ming, and Da Ming listened to a noisy visitor at the forest’s core entrance.

• The Fifth Elder urged the alliance to strike Spirit Hall quickly, but Duke Qiluo argued that their armies lacked unified command, supplies, and logistics.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Ning Fengzhi proposed delaying the war to reorganize and seeking Star Luo’s help; Ning Fengzhi laid out a plan for coordinated attacks from the north and south.
• Ning Fengzhi volunteered to travel to Star Luo City with Gu Rong, while Sword Douluo, Yu Yuanzhen, and Tang Xiao stayed to oversee the allied army.
• Ning Fengzhi wrote Dai Tianfeng a formal alliance proposal and arranged to leave the next morning.
• At the Lake of Life, the Nine-Colored Deer cultivated near the threshold of one hundred thousand years under Di Tian’s protection.
• At the Star Dou Great Forest’s core entrance, Xiao Wu sat on Er Ming’s shoulder while Da Ming listened to a noisy fellow.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tried to persuade Da Ming and Er Ming to sacrifice themselves as Wisdom Soul Rings for Xiao Wu, but Xiao Wu rejected the plan and defended her companions. A powerful surge from the Lake of Life then heralded the Nine-Colored Deer's hundred-thousand-year tribulation, leaving Xiao Wu and the others facing the gathering storm.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm noticed Xiao Wu's worry about the Auspicious Beast and used her concerns to persuade Da Ming and Er Ming to sacrifice themselves for her future.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm argued that Xiao Wu needed multiple hundred-thousand-year soul rings to attract a Divine Examination, and Er Ming asked how to perform Sacrifice.
• Xiao Wu interrupted the plan, told Da Ming and Er Ming that they were family rather than tools, and warned Tian Meng not to scheme against them again.
• Er Ming believed Xiao Wu but privately remembered the offer in case she ever needed him, while Da Ming remained silent.
• A surge of energy came from the Lake of Life as the Nine-Colored Deer broke through to a hundred thousand years, and tribulation clouds filled the sky.
• Er Ming tried to pull Xiao Wu away from the coming lightning as she stiffened beneath the gathering storm.

The Nine-Colored Deer weathered its hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation and revealed an innate power of life that revived the Lake of Life. It blessed Xiao Wu with a Nine-Colored Deer Mark before Xiao Wu left with Er Ming, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm continued eyeing the deer’s power.

• The Scarlet King, Xiao Wu, Er Ming, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm watched as the Nine-Colored Deer dissolved the tribulation’s nine thunderbolts with its nine-colored radiance.
• The Nine-Colored Deer released its power of life, restoring the damaged lakeshore, reviving stunned fish, and awakening faint signs of intelligence in nearby plants.
• The Scarlet King confirmed that the Nine-Colored Deer was unharmed and marveled at its power, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm secretly considered recruiting it.
• Xiao Wu embraced the Nine-Colored Deer and learned that its evolved innate ability was called Life and that all things had spirits.
• The Nine-Colored Deer gave Xiao Wu a blessing in the form of a tiny mark on her shoulder, and Xiao Wu left with Er Ming after promising to bring it something tasty.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm followed Xiao Wu while repeatedly glancing back at the Nine-Colored Deer.

After the Nine-Colored Deer passed its hundred-thousand-year tribulation, its life force awakened Gu Yuena beneath the Lake of Life. Gu Yuena discovered that the deer could gradually heal her god-inflicted injuries and returned to the lake with a newfound sense of urgency about her recovery.

• The Nine-Colored Deer sensed an ancient presence stir beneath the Lake of Life, and Gu Yuena awoke from her long slumber.
• Gu Yuena summoned Scarlet King, who told her that the Nine-Colored Deer had passed its hundred-thousand-year tribulation and revived the surrounding vegetation.
• Gu Yuena rose from the lake and asked the Nine-Colored Deer to use its life force on her.
• The Nine-Colored Deer's healing power loosened the edges of Gu Yuena's wounds and began dissolving a stubborn injury left by a God Realm battle.
• The Nine-Colored Deer offered to treat Gu Yuena periodically, and Gu Yuena recognized it as an opportunity to speed her recovery.
• Gu Yuena returned to the depths of the lake, where her calm expression gave way to urgency.

Gu Yuena ordered the Star Dou Great Forest’s ferocious beasts to gather heavenly treasures for the Auspicious Beast because its power could accelerate her recovery. In the Far North, Snow White and Florian ventured into the icefield’s unexplored depths, where they encountered Oscar and a group of mercenaries.

• Gu Yuena summoned the ferocious beasts and ordered them to find heavenly treasures for the Auspicious Beast, assigning the Myriad Demon King to select and prepare them.
• Gu Yuena explained that the Auspicious Beast’s power could accelerate her recovery.
• Snow White and Florian decided to leave the Far North’s outer region and explore deeper into the icefield, agreeing to retreat from threats they could not handle.
• Snow White and Florian encountered Oscar and several mercenaries at a camp, then tried to avoid them.
• A bearded mercenary called out and invited Snow White and Florian to share a hot meal, assuring them that his group meant no harm.