Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Lu Yuan wakes as his Martial Soul undergoes its seventh and final evolution. The change is triggered by the complete overlap of his and Qian Renxue’s destinies: each has fundamentally redirected the other’s path.
• The origin of destiny fuses into the Return-to-Ruin Spear. Its accumulated abilities do not vanish; instead, they merge into one integrated power.
• The spear becomes the Fate-Breaking Spear, with a nearly black-silver surface, a thin gold ring near its tip, and the core trait Force Shifting.
• Lu Yuan and Qian Renxue test the new power. A light tap redirects her soul-power attack without destroying it. Lu Yuan concludes that the spear can alter the course of forces already in motion, though it cannot overcome a large power gap by itself.
• He plans to return to Spirit City after events in Tiangou settle, where his grandfather can test the spear’s limits.

Character development and interactions

• Lu Yuan recognizes that the spear’s final power is an extension of his broader role in changing fates: it can create an opening, but victory still depends on his own judgment and skill.
• Qian Renxue understands that their shared destiny enabled the evolution. She helps test the spear, then approves of its new name.
• Their relationship is shown as reciprocal: Lu Yuan altered Qian Renxue’s original fate, but she has also changed the course of his life.
• Lu Yuan and Qian Renxue cooperate closely, with Qian Renxue’s attacks helping him identify the new ability and Lu Yuan setting limits when the room becomes unsafe.

Significant themes

• Shared destiny and mutual influence: Neither character’s path has been shaped by only one of them.
• Change rather than predestination: The spear does not erase fate or guarantee victory; it redirects what is already unfolding.
• Accumulation and integration: The final evolution unifies powers developed across the spear’s earlier transformations into a single, coherent ability.

Plot points and events

• Three days after the Heaven Dou Palace Coup, Lu Yuan returns from Tiangou to Spirit City. Qian Renxue stays behind because, as the newly installed regent, she must keep the unsettled court and military situation under control.
• Lu Yuan shows Qian Daoliu his newly evolved martial soul, the Fate-Breaking Spear. Its formerly visible powers have merged beneath its dark surface.
• In a series of tests, Qian Daoliu discovers that the spear can remember the operational patterns of soul power it has touched. Lu Yuan can use those traces to deflect later attacks, even when they are stronger, or exploit weak points within a powerful flow to disrupt it.
• The weapon does not erase differences in strength: Lu Yuan is badly strained by Qian Daoliu’s strongest test. Its effectiveness also depends on his ability to identify an opening, especially if an opponent’s soul skill changes how their power works.
• A new report arrives: the Papal Hall has sent a team to Tiangou carrying a Pope Token. This follows Qian Renxue’s recent rejection of the original plan to remain undercover, leaving the meaning of the new mission unresolved.

Character developments and interactions

• Lu Yuan gains a more precise understanding of the Fate-Breaking Spear’s strengths and limits. He is willing to test it against an opponent far stronger than himself, and uses observation and timing rather than brute force.
• Qian Daoliu acts as both examiner and mentor, probing the spear’s abilities while recognizing its tactical potential. He also understands why Qian Renxue cannot yet leave Tiangou.
• Qian Renxue, though absent from the testing, is shown consolidating her authority as regent after the coup.

Significant themes

• Adaptation over force: The spear’s power lies in learning an opponent’s patterns and exploiting small vulnerabilities, not simply overpowering them.
• Limits and risk: Knowledge of an attack does not guarantee victory; strength, complexity, and timing still matter.
• Political instability: The coup’s consequences continue, and Spirit Hall’s new move toward Tiangou hints that the struggle for control is far from over.

Key plot points and events

• After the Heaven Dou Palace Coup, Qian Renxue is formally acting as regent while Emperor Xue Ye recovers. The Regency Seal and the demands of governing now define her daily work.
• Bibi Dong sends a private order demanding that Qian Renxue return to Spirit City within three days and provide fresh intelligence on Tiangou’s military, nobles, and political connections—especially the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Renxue refuses to leave while the post-coup transition is unsettled. She replies officially as Tiangou’s regent, using the Regency Seal to make clear that this is a state decision, not merely a refusal from Spirit Hall’s undercover agent.
• She declines to submit a separate report on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, calling it Tiangou’s internal affair. The envoy warns that Bibi Dong may reject the response, but Qian Renxue stands by it.
• Lu Yuan later notices the sect’s special mention. Through the Eye of Destiny, he sees that a Destiny Node connected to the sect is advancing much sooner than expected, suggesting that the changed timeline is accelerating events.

Character developments

• Qian Renxue begins prioritizing her responsibilities to Tiangou over obedience to Spirit Hall. Her refusal marks a decisive shift from operative to ruler.
• Lu Yuan recognizes that the coup has altered the expected course of events. The unusual Destiny Node unsettles him, despite his initially light reaction to the letter.
• Bibi Dong is absent, but her targeted request signals that her interest may extend beyond understanding the coup.

Character interactions

• Qian Renxue keeps the envoy at formal diplomatic distance, then handles the secret order privately. She answers his pressure with a stamped official document rather than a personal explanation.
• Lu Yuan and Qian Renxue interpret the separate reference to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect together. Their long familiarity allows her to recognize the significance of his reaction without needing him to explain the Eye of Destiny.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and changing identity: Qian Renxue’s old allegiance to Spirit Hall is challenged by her new duty to Tiangou.
• Power expressed through institutions: The Regency Seal turns her personal refusal into an official act of state.
• Consequences of disrupting fate: The early coup has shifted the timeline, bringing a major Destiny Node closer and making future events less predictable.

Key events

• Lu Yuan sees a Destiny Node predicting a Soul Hunting attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect within seven days, with the original outcome being that the sect is severely crippled.
• He warns Ning Fengzhi and argues against abruptly closing the sect or its trade routes, which would reveal that the plot has been discovered.
• Instead, they plan to keep daily activity looking normal while secretly strengthening the sect’s inner defenses. Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo will appear to be away, encouraging the attackers to believe the sect is vulnerable.
• Qian Renxue uses her authority as regent to rotate nearby garrisons into positions that can obstruct the attackers’ escape routes. The aim is not merely to repel the assault, but to inflict enough losses to deter another attempt.
• Lu Yuan chooses to remain at the sect and fight, eager to test his newly changed Fate-Breaking Spear in a real battle.
• That night, the Eye of Destiny unexpectedly reports that the Soul Hunting node has entered its execution phase.

Character developments and interactions

• Lu Yuan acts on his foresight with caution: he treats the prediction as a warning, not an unchangeable future. He is also increasingly confident in his strength and determined to take part in the coming battle.
• Ning Fengzhi initially favors recalling disciples and closing the Mountain Gate, but accepts Lu Yuan’s broader strategy and commits to preparing the sect without alerting the enemy.
• Qian Renxue, still disguised as Xue Qinghe, demonstrates growing ease with her political authority by quietly repositioning the army under the pretext of routine post-coup reforms.
• Ning Fengzhi and Lu Yuan show mutual trust: Ning does not demand proof of Lu Yuan’s warning, and Lu Yuan explains his plan directly. Ning also worries about Lu Yuan’s safety, but ultimately respects his decision.
• The plan takes account of Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo’s personalities: both will help make the sect appear exposed, while Bone Douluo is to be persuaded that letting attackers enter will make the eventual fight more satisfying.

Significant themes

• Fate versus agency: Lu Yuan uses foreknowledge to prepare, but refuses to assume the predicted outcome is inevitable.
• Deception and strategy: The sect maintains a normal appearance while quietly building defenses and setting a trap.
• Power and responsibility: Qian Renxue turns regental authority into practical protection for an ally within the realm.
• Preparation for conflict: The chapter shifts from political consolidation after the coup to the immediate prospect of a major assault.

Chapter Summary: “Luring Them Into the Trap”

Key plot points and events

• Lu Yuan arrives at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect before dawn and learns that two Hidden Sentries on the northwest perimeter have gone silent. He infers that intruders are quietly clearing a route into the sect.
• Rather than replace the missing sentries or alter patrols, Lu Yuan advises Ning Fengzhi to leave the passage open so the infiltrators will believe it is safe. The sect’s forces secretly withdraw into ambush positions.
• Seven masked intruders enter and split up. Lu Yuan waits while they investigate the cleared route and send a signal back, ensuring that further groups will follow.
• Lu Yuan recognizes one infiltrator as a former guard at Spirit Hall’s Papal Hall, confirming that the attack is connected to Spirit Hall. He kills the man with the Fate-Breaking Spear, exploiting its ability to track and disrupt the flow of the opponent’s Soul Power. Hidden Seven Treasure disciples eliminate the other two.
• More enemy groups enter along the same route. Lu Yuan delays the ambush until a group with notably powerful members arrives and the Eye of Destiny signals that the “Soul Hunting” trajectory is converging.
• At Lu Yuan’s command, Ning Fengzhi springs the trap. The sect lights up, concealed defenders reveal themselves, Bone Douluo seals the attackers’ escape route, Sword Douluo’s Seven Kill Sword appears overhead, and Ning Fengzhi begins boosting his allies for the attack.

Character developments

• Lu Yuan demonstrates patience and tactical discipline: he does not rush to kill the first infiltrators, but uses them to draw the larger force inside. He also relies on observation and judgment rather than letting the Eye of Destiny dictate his decision.
• Ning Fengzhi shows trust in Lu Yuan’s strategy, following his instructions and waiting until the timing is right before initiating the assault.
• Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo support the plan, with Bone Douluo ultimately blocking the retreat and Sword Douluo joining the confrontation.
• The disguised attackers are revealed as Spirit Hall operatives, though the chapter does not establish who personally ordered the operation or how many attackers are involved.

Significant themes

• Deception and controlled risk: The sect deliberately appears vulnerable, turning the enemy’s confidence into a trap.
• Patience and timing: The defenders balance the danger of waiting against the danger of striking before their forces are ready.
• Knowledge as a weapon: Lu Yuan combines careful observation, recognition of an enemy, and the Fate-Breaking Spear’s abilities to gain an advantage.
• Trust and coordination: The ambush depends on cooperation among Lu Yuan, Ning Fengzhi, and the sect’s hidden defenders.

Character interactions

• Lu Yuan advises Ning Fengzhi to leave the route open; Ning Fengzhi accepts the plan and quietly repositions the sect’s forces.
• Lu Yuan confronts the former Papal Hall guard, counters his Soul Skills, and kills him before the hidden disciples dispatch his companions.
• Ning Fengzhi asks Lu Yuan whether it is time to spring the trap. Lu Yuan waits for the stronger group to enter, then gives the signal.
• Ning Fengzhi’s final command—“Attack”—launches the coordinated assault as Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo help contain the intruders.

Key plot points and events

• Ning Fengzhi’s enhancements support Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo as they repel the surprise assault on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Sword Douluo cleaves the attackers’ ranks, while Bone Douluo bends space to block their escape.
• The attackers regroup and reveal three Titled Douluos, who engage the two guardians and give the Soul Douluos room to spread through the sect. Lu Yuan recognizes that the enemy’s real strength has not yet been fully exposed.
• A Soul Douluo tries to break through a weak section of the perimeter. Lu Yuan intercepts him with the Fate-Breaking Spear. Though outmatched in raw strength, Lu Yuan uses the spear’s ability to read and disrupt recurring soul-power patterns to open gaps in the enemy’s defenses and wound him.
• The command “Plan two! Decapitation strike!” redirects the assault toward Ning Fengzhi. Lu Yuan exploits his opponent’s turning movement, helps a sect fighter land a decisive blow, and finishes the wounded Soul Douluo.
• The attackers’ three Titled Douluos pin down Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo. A fourth Titled Douluo, kept hidden until now, appears and launches a direct attack on Ning Fengzhi. His barriers begin to fail, leaving the chapter on a cliffhanger.

Character developments

• Lu Yuan demonstrates tactical skill and composure against a stronger opponent. His spear becomes more effective with each exchange as he learns the enemy’s soul-power patterns, though the fight leaves his arm numb and his hand cut.
• Ning Fengzhi recognizes that the attackers planned not only to breach the sect but, if that failed, to eliminate its indispensable leaders.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo remain formidable, but the attackers’ coordinated numbers and willingness to sacrifice themselves prevent them from quickly returning to Ning Fengzhi’s defense.

Character interactions

• Ning Fengzhi continually strengthens Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, helping them hold off the revealed Titled Douluos.
• Lu Yuan first clashes with a Soul Douluo one-on-one, then cooperates with an enhanced sect fighter to defeat him.
• The attackers coordinate their forces to occupy the two guardians while a fourth Titled Douluo targets Ning Fengzhi directly.

Significant themes

• Preparation and deception: The enemy has layered plans, concealed fighters, and a hidden fourth Titled Douluo.
• Adaptation over brute strength: Lu Yuan compensates for his lower power by reading patterns and exploiting precise openings.
• The cost of protecting a group: Even powerful defenders can be overwhelmed when opponents divide their attention and target the support figure at the center of the defense.

Plot points

• During the Soul Hunting Squad’s assault on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, a fourth Titled Douluo attacks Ning Fengzhi at close range. Lu Yuan steps in, despite being badly outmatched, and uses the Fate-Breaking Spear to deflect the strike just enough to keep Ning Fengzhi alive.
• With Ning Fengzhi’s boosts restoring his strength, Lu Yuan uses the spear’s growing familiarity with the enemy’s Soul Power to disrupt the Titled Douluo’s next charge. The attacker is forced to halt and changes tactics.
• The attackers redirect part of their force toward the sect’s inner grounds, where Ning Rongrong and the younger disciples are sheltered. Rongrong organizes the disciples into a practiced formation, using their combat Spirit Masters and coordinated boosts to trap and repel the attackers.
• The Eye of Destiny reveals that Rongrong’s presence and actions have diverted her from her original fate. Meanwhile, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo regain ground, and the Tiandou Garrison arrives, blocking the attackers’ routes.
• The Soul Hunting Squad orders a retreat. Ning Fengzhi directs the sect to pursue, but the Soul Hunting trajectory suddenly shakes, and the fading words [Sect Devastation] begin to reappear.

Character developments and interactions

• Lu Yuan demonstrates courage and tactical precision: unable to overpower a Titled Douluo, he saves Ning Fengzhi by making tiny, consequential changes to the enemy’s attacks. His spear’s ability to read and interfere with Soul Power becomes increasingly important.
• Ning Fengzhi remains focused on defending the whole sect, resisting the urge to abandon the battlefield when he senses Rongrong is threatened. Once the attackers retreat, he orders the pursuit.
• Ning Rongrong proves herself a capable leader rather than a protected bystander. She applies the sect’s training under real combat conditions, directs the younger disciples, and refuses to abandon them when she becomes a target.
• Lu Yuan’s intervention gives Ning Fengzhi time to keep supporting the defense; Rongrong’s leadership protects the inner grounds while the senior fighters hold off the Titled Douluo. Their efforts combine to stop the attackers’ immediate objectives.

Significant themes

• Small actions can alter fate: Lu Yuan’s nearly imperceptible deflection saves a life, while Rongrong’s unexpected presence changes her predicted trajectory.
• Growth through crisis: The younger disciples’ drills become real teamwork, and Rongrong turns auxiliary support into an active battlefield role.
• Strategy over raw power: Lu Yuan cannot match a Titled Douluo’s strength, and the sect’s younger fighters are outnumbered, but timing, formations, and coordination let them blunt stronger opponents.
• Victory remains uncertain: The attackers’ retreat appears to mark a turning point, yet the renewed [Sect Devastation] warning suggests the danger has not passed.

Lu Yuan disrupted Spirit Hall’s final ambush, helping Sword Douluo kill one Titled Douluo and sever another’s right arm before the attackers were driven from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After the battle, the Eye of Destiny showed that the predetermined outcome of Sect Devastation had been rewritten.

• Lu Yuan used Shadow Pursuit and his spear skills to disrupt the Speed-Type Titled Douluo’s attack on Sword Douluo, leaving Sword Douluo time to kill the gravely wounded Titled Douluo.
• Sword Douluo turned and severed the Speed-Type Titled Douluo’s right arm, while the Long-Handled Battle Blade Titled Douluo withdrew.
• Bone Douluo blocked the main exits as Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi pressed Spirit Hall’s forces, forcing the remaining attackers to retreat under pressure from the Tiandou Garrison.
• At dawn, Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, Sword Douluo, and Ning Rongrong remained alive despite the sect’s damage and casualties.
• Lu Yuan saw the Gray Text for the predetermined outcome, Sect Devastation, shatter and change to Rewritten.

After the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect survived Spirit Hall’s attack, Lu Yuan discovered that his Fate-Breaking Spear had completed its seventh evolution and gained a mark preserving changed destinies. The Eye of Destiny then revealed Spirit Hall’s next target, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and a three-day intervention window.

• Lu Yuan surveyed the sect’s damage and injuries, and Ning Rongrong bandaged his wounded hand and thanked him for defending the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi told Lu Yuan that more than a hundred people were wounded and acknowledged that the sect owed him its survival.
• The Origin of Destiny gave Lu Yuan’s spear its first permanent Fate Mark, recording Ning Rongrong’s altered fate after the Soul Hunting incident.
• The Eye of Destiny revealed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as a linked node, named Yu Yuanzhen as a key figure, and showed an intervention window of three days.
• Lu Yuan told Ning Rongrong that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had three days left.

Lu Yuan uncovered Spirit Hall’s simultaneous operation against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and pursued a lone messenger carrying orders for the northern squads. After intercepting him, Lu Yuan learned the intervention window had shrunk from three days to two and raced north.

• Ning Fengzhi warned the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and sent Lu Yuan records and a message through the sect’s channels.
• Qian Renxue granted Lu Yuan temporary access to northern military relay station records, where he found Spirit Masters traveling north and pursued the lone traveler moving fastest.
• Lu Yuan ambushed and subdued the traveler, finding a note that named Dragonspine Pass, a meeting between seven and nine that evening, and the arrival of the second squad.
• Lu Yuan sent the intercepted orders and route information to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Heaven Dou City.
• The Eye of Destiny shortened the intervention window to two days, and Lu Yuan continued north while at least one Spirit Hall group was already ahead of him.

Lu Yuan diverted Spirit Hall’s second squad into the Old Mining District by using one of their own Signal Flares, buying time for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. The Eye of Destiny showed that the main threat to Yu Yuanzhen remained on course, so Lu Yuan rode north to pursue it.

• Lu Yuan learned that the second squad was expected at Dragonridge Pass and identified the northwestern road as the hardest route back to the main road.
• Lu Yuan used a gray Signal Flare to make the second squad believe its orders had changed and send it into the Old Mining District.
• Lu Yuan told a Seven Treasure disciple to destroy the quickest routes back and report to Seven Treasure and Tiangou, then continued north.
• The Eye of Destiny showed that the second squad had veered away but that the threat to Yu Yuanzhen remained unchanged and the intervention window stayed at two days.
• Lu Yuan rode north after realizing the force threatening the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had already passed Dragonridge Pass.

Lu Yuan reached the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Squad began attacking its perimeter, and he warned Yu Yuanzhen that the enemy intended to kill him. Yu Yuanzhen led his fighters toward Thunderclap Valley to draw the attackers into terrain of their choosing, as Lu Yuan’s vision revealed that the valley was where Yu Yuanzhen’s fate was converging.

• Lu Yuan rescued three Blue Lightning disciples from an ambush and learned that the Southeastern Thunder Signal Point had been attacked.
• Lu Yuan showed Yu Yuanzhen the intercepted secret orders and explained the approaching squads and the attack on Seven Treasure.
• Lu Yuan’s Eye of Destiny revealed that the Soul Hunting Squad had entered its execution phase and marked Yu Yuanzhen for decapitation.
• Lu Yuan proposed drawing the attackers into Thunderclap Valley, and Yu Yuanzhen ordered the clan to evacuate vulnerable members and abandon untenable perimeter posts.
• After more thunder signal points went dark, Yu Yuanzhen led his fighters out to meet the enemy, and Lu Yuan’s vision confirmed Thunderclap Valley as the converging location of Yu Yuanzhen’s fate.

Lu Yuan and Yu Yuanzhen entered Thunder Valley despite discovering Spirit Hall’s prepared ambush, then turned the blockade against its attackers and disrupted their warning signals. Three powerful figures surrounded them, and the Eye of Destiny revealed Yu Yuanzhen’s original death but showed his current outcome as undetermined.

• Lu Yuan and Yu Yuanzhen found signs that Spirit Hall had rigged Thunder Valley and chose to enter rather than let the attackers relocate their trap.
• Lu Yuan arranged for Blue Lightning elders to flank the entrance while Yu Yuanzhen waited in the valley’s central clearing.
• Spirit Hall’s squad collapsed the entrance and blocked the other passage, but Blue Lightning’s elders ambushed them from the slopes.
• Lu Yuan broke the gray-clad man’s second Signal Flare and helped divert a Soul Douluo into a Blue Lightning elder’s attack.
• Three powerful figures took positions around Yu Yuanzhen, and Lu Yuan’s Eye of Destiny showed Yu Yuanzhen’s original ending as killed in battle but his current outcome as undetermined.

Lu Yuan disrupted the three Titled Douluos’ coordinated attack on Yu Yuanzhen, helping him wound the black-blade wielder and break their formation. Lu Yuan then drew the black-chain wielder far across Thunder Valley and delayed his return, leaving Yu Yuanzhen poised to finish the wounded enemy while the rhinoceros wielder rushed to intervene.

• The giant rhinoceros and black-chain Titled Douluos pinned Yu Yuanzhen in place while the black-blade wielder struck from behind, and Lu Yuan identified their coordinated strategy.
• Lu Yuan disrupted the black chains with Shock Edge, creating openings for Yu Yuanzhen, and used the Fate-Breaking Spear to learn the enemies’ Soul Power patterns.
• When the three Titled Douluos unleashed their killing attack, Lu Yuan used Two Polarities Reversal to disrupt the chain net, allowing Yu Yuanzhen to strike the black-blade wielder and break the formation.
• The black-chain Titled Douluo pursued Lu Yuan across Thunder Valley while Yu Yuanzhen kept attacking the wounded black-blade wielder and forced the rhinoceros wielder to defend him.
• Lu Yuan slowed the black-chain wielder’s return by disrupting the Soul Power in the chain, while Yu Yuanzhen caught the wounded black-blade wielder and the rhinoceros wielder rushed to intervene.

Yu Yuanzhen and Lu Yuan defeated Spirit Hall’s three Titled Douluo in Thunder Valley, killing Black Blade while Black Chain and Giant Rhino escaped. As Yu Yuanzhen prepared to return to the clan, the delayed second squad from Dragonridge Pass arrived, and he confronted them.

• Yu Yuanzhen outmaneuvered Giant Rhino and struck down Black Blade, while Lu Yuan disrupted Black Chain’s attempt to restore the chain formation.
• Lu Yuan interfered with Black Chain’s effort to clear the valley entrance, narrowing the exit and helping the two Blue Lightning elders confront the fleeing attackers.
• Black Chain and Giant Rhino broke through the rocks and escaped, while Yu Yuanzhen chose not to pursue them and declared, “Three came, two left.”
• The delayed second squad from Dragonridge Pass arrived, unaware that the decapitation strike had failed, and Yu Yuanzhen challenged their leader as the lightning returned to his bloodied hand.

Lu Yuan and Yu Yuanzhen defeated the second squad sent to support the soul-hunting operation, then returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and helped rout the attackers. Yu Yuanzhen survived the assault, rewriting the clan’s fate, while the Eye of Destiny revealed a new turning point involving Qian Renxue and Xue Ye.

• Lu Yuan stopped the second squad from signaling for help, and Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning elders defeated its members and captured the injured leader.
• Lu Yuan read the squad’s secret order, which showed that it was meant to secure the northern retreat route and eliminate witnesses.
• Yu Yuanzhen returned to the Mountain Gate with Black Blade’s corpse, renewing the Blue Lightning defenders’ resolve.
• Yu Yuanzhen led the counterattack as Lu Yuan disrupted the Soul Hunting Squad’s attempts to regroup, forcing the attackers to scatter and retreat.
• The Eye of Destiny recorded that Yu Yuanzhen had survived and the soul-hunting node had been rewritten, granting Lu Yuan a second permanent fate mark.
• The Eye of Destiny revealed a new key turning point: Xue Ye, linked to Qian Renxue’s Imperial Throne node.

Lu Yuan and Qian Renxue met with Xue Ye after attacks on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Qian Renxue laid out a plan to investigate the attackers. Xue Ye expanded her authority to command regional troops, but kept the unfinished succession edict from her until she proved she could shoulder Tiangou’s affairs.

• Lu Yuan told Qian Renxue that Yu Yuanzhen had survived the attack and showed her secret orders bearing a Spirit Hall operational seal, though they could not prove the attackers’ origin publicly.
• Lu Yuan warned Qian Renxue that Xue Ye’s death so soon after the attacks would cast suspicion on her, and Xue Ye summoned them to his bedchamber.
• Qian Renxue admitted to Xue Ye that the attack was Spirit Hall’s doing and proposed moving garrisons, aiding the sects, and investigating the attackers while withholding evidence until it could be corroborated.
• Xue Ye issued an edict allowing Qian Renxue, as regent, to mobilize regional garrisons and forces under the imperial family in a crisis.
• Xue Ye showed Qian Renxue an unfinished succession edict, but told her it was not hers yet and that she must first settle the sects’ affairs and shoulder Tiangou’s burden.

Qian Renxue used her newly expanded authority as Tiangou’s regent Crown Prince to investigate the attacks on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, uncovering evidence linking the attackers’ supply network and routes. She formally asked Spirit Hall to help identify the involved Titled Douluos, and Bibi Dong received the request in Spirit City.

• Qian Renxue ordered regional garrisons and military officials to investigate the roads and transport routes used by the attackers, then asked Spirit Hall’s branch halls to report recent transfers of high-ranking Spirit Masters.
• Qian Renxue gave a cardinal a dossier on a Titled Douluo who had died in Thunderclap Valley and asked Spirit Hall to identify him, giving the cardinal seven days.
• A captured member of the second team revealed three supply points, and Qian Renxue ordered garrisons to seize them simultaneously.
• Lu Yuan and Qian Renxue examined evidence from the seized warehouse, including route maps marking the two sects and Dragonridge Pass, and found it matched the prisoners’ confession and secret order.
• Qian Renxue sent Spirit Hall a formal request bearing the Regency Seal to help identify the attackers and confirm records of high-ranking Spirit Masters entering Tiangou.
• Bibi Dong read the official letter in the Papal Hall and lingered over the request and the Regency Seal.

Qian Renxue used Bibi Dong’s denial of Spirit Hall involvement to order Spirit Hall Branches across Tiangou to help track the two Titled Douluo who attacked Seven Treasures and Blue Lightning. After the fugitives were refused shelter and ordered to hide, Black Lock questioned whether Spirit Hall still acknowledged them.

• Qian Renxue issued wanted notices for Black Lock and Giant Rhinoceros, offering rewards for information and promising leniency to anyone who surrendered and revealed the soul hunting operation.
• Qian Renxue required every Spirit Hall Branch in Tiangou to report the fugitives’ movements, and the red-robed bishop ordered the notices posted outside the Heaven Dou City sanctuary.
• Ning Fengzhi sent enemy details and suspicious supply points, while Yu Yuanzhen confirmed the portraits of Black Lock and Giant Rhinoceros.
• Black Lock and Giant Rhinoceros sought help at a Spirit Hall Branch, but were refused entry and found their wanted notices posted outside.
• A message from Spirit City ordered the pair to conceal themselves and avoid Branch Halls, prompting Giant Rhinoceros to question their abandonment and Black Lock to ask whether Spirit Hall still acknowledged them.

Lu Yuan captured a Soul Hunting Operation safehouse and used its records to help Qian Renxue dismantle more evacuation routes, while Bibi Dong ordered the surviving operatives hunted. After Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen joined Tiangou’s investigation, Xue Ye granted Qian Renxue direct authority over urgent affairs and named her successor, advancing the Imperial Throne node to its final stage.

• Lu Yuan followed a coded message to East Ridge Old Manor, captured its Soul Saint leader, and recovered evacuation records from beneath a dry well.
• Qian Renxue ordered three locations from the records raided, and Tiangou forces captured more Soul Hunting operatives and a matching codebook.
• Bibi Dong learned that East Ridge Old Manor had fallen and ordered the two surviving Titled operatives found, but not brought back.
• Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen arrived in Tiangou and pledged their sects’ routes, records, survivors, and testimony to the investigation.
• Qian Renxue said Tiangou would handle any proven Spirit Hall involvement according to its laws, and Xue Ye granted her direct authority over urgent military and governmental affairs.
• Xue Ye completed the succession edict in Qian Renxue’s name, and Lu Yuan’s Eye of Destiny showed the Imperial Throne node entering its final stage.