Recaps

Ning Wuqiu and Wei Wuyou traveled to Spirit City seeking help with the economic crisis, only to be brought to Heavenly God City and discover that Qian Xunzong led the Eternal Commerce Alliance. They arrived before him in Heavenly God Palace, stunned by the revelation.

• Ning Tianshan ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to halt its market expansion and investigate which powers had stayed out of the economic turmoil.
• Ning Wuqiu took Wei Wuyou to Spirit City to seek the Pope’s help, but Shen Ye intercepted them and said his master had invited them.
• Shen Ye escorted Ning Wuqiu and Wei Wuyou through a teleportation formation to Heavenly God City overseas, the Eternal Commerce Alliance’s headquarters.
• Ning Wuqiu and Wei Wuyou saw Heavenly God City’s powerful defenses and arrived at Heavenly God Palace.
• Ning Wuqiu recognized the young Qian Xunzong as the master of the Eternal Commerce Alliance and was left in shock.

Qian Xunzong’s allies revealed how the Eternal Commerce Alliance’s economic blockade would collapse the continent’s markets and offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect a choice: cooperate or face ruin. Ning Wuqiu accepted the merger of the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce, and Ning Tianshan agreed that it was the sect’s only path to survive the coming upheaval.

• Qian Xunzong welcomed Ning Wuqiu and Wei Wuyou, then left Shen Wansan and He Shen to handle their negotiations.
• Shen Wansan explained that the Alliance controlled vital trade routes and resources, and He Shen said its blockade would bring the old commercial order to collapse within half a month.
• He Shen offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect either to surrender half its industries or merge its chamber of commerce into the Alliance while retaining management and sharing profits.
• After Wei Wuyou protested, Shen Wansan warned that refusal meant risking the sect’s destruction, and Ning Wuqiu chose to merge the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce.
• Shen Wansan gave Ning Wuqiu a branch alliance token and instructed the sect to conceal its cooperation by continuing to appear hostile to the Alliance.
• Ning Wuqiu and Wei Wuyou returned to the continent and told Ning Tianshan what had happened; Ning Tianshan affirmed the decision and predicted the continent’s upheaval.

The Eternal Commerce Alliance exploited the continent-wide economic collapse to force the empires and major factions to surrender most of their industries. After reopening its supply routes, the Alliance revived the economy and left Douluo Continent’s commercial lifeline under Qian Xunzong’s control.

• As supplies vanished and losses mounted, Tang Chen, the Heaven Dou court, the Star Luo court, and the major sects realized the industries they had seized were empty shells.
• The Eternal Commerce Alliance summoned the continent’s powers to Spirit City, where He Shen demanded seventy percent of their industries and offered to buy them at sixty percent of market value.
• When Yu Minghai, Tang Chen, and other leaders threatened to fight, Mo Hengchuan revealed his Limit Douluo strength and the Alliance’s armed forces subdued the hall.
• He Shen raised the terms to eighty percent of the industries at half market value, and the empires and factions signed the transfer contracts.
• The Eternal Commerce Alliance reopened with supplies from Heavenly God City, rapidly revived the economy, and came to control more than seventy percent of the continent’s commerce.
• Shen Wansan and He Shen reported the completed commercial reshuffling to Qian Xunzong, who declared that Douluo’s commerce belonged to Eternity.

The Eternal Commerce Alliance sold shares to the continent’s major powers, using their investments to protect its growing trade empire. Qian Xunzong returned to Spirit Hall, where Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji were astonished by the Alliance’s influence and the Earth Three Sects’ rumored Limit Douluo.

• The Eternal Commerce Alliance sold forty percent of its shares, which the two empires, the Seven Great Sects, and smaller powers bought; the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect received six percent at an internal price.
• He Shen and Shen Wansan reported the share sale to Qian Xunzong, who rewarded them and ordered preparations for Zhuolu Academy and closer cooperation with Spirit Hall.
• Qian Xunzong decided to return to Spirit Hall after more than half a year away.
• Qian Xunji showed Qian Daoliu a financial report revealing that Spirit Hall’s economic output had risen by sixty to seventy percent, crediting Qian Xunzong’s work.
• Qian Xunzong arrived at the Papal Palace, where Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji asked about Heavenly God City and its rumored rank-ninety-nine Limit Douluo, leaving Qian Daoliu stunned.

Qian Xunzong urged Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji to unify the continent by using Spirit Hall's military strength and the Eternal Commerce Alliance's economic influence to topple the two empires. Qian Xunji supported the plan, but Qian Daoliu had not yet agreed.

• Qian Xunzong told Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu that his faction's combat strength rivaled the Worship Hall.
• Qian Xunzong proposed unifying the continent and explained how Spirit Hall and the Eternal Commerce Alliance could weaken the two empires.
• Qian Xunji cited the empires' withheld Soul Master subsidies and failure to defend against soul beast tides as reasons to act.
• Qian Daoliu worried that a war would devastate the continent and harm commoners, while Qian Xunzong argued that unity could improve their lives.
• Qian Xunzong proposed killing both imperial families to trigger the empires' collapse, then having Spirit Hall suppress the ensuing unrest.
• Qian Xunji endorsed the idea, and Qian Xunzong asked Qian Daoliu whether they should proceed.

Qian Daoliu agreed to use six Worship Hall offerings in a joint campaign with Heavenly God City to conquer the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires. After receiving a banner that generated a thousand loyal soldiers each day, Qian Xunzong ordered a thorough investigation of both empires and prepared Heavenly God City for the invasion.

• Qian Daoliu offered six Worship Hall offerings for the campaign, while Qian Xunzong proposed sending Limit Douluo from Heavenly God City to strike both empires at once.
• Qian Daoliu said he would consult the elders and investigate the hidden experts and strongholds protecting the empires.
• Qian Xunzong signed in at the Papal Palace and obtained the Saint Edict Thousand Army Banner, which generated a thousand fully armed soldiers each day.
• Qian Xunzong returned to Heavenly God City and ordered the Embroidered Uniform Guard and Mountain-Sea Tower to locate the empires' experts, defenses, and imperial family members within two days.
• Qian Xunzong told Ma Mingshan that Heavenly God City would join Spirit Hall to conquer the two empires and unify the continent.

Qian Daoliu and the elders planned covert strikes to topple the two empires, and Qian Xunzong revealed a level-9 soul cannon as a way to destroy the Heaven Dou imperial family from afar. Qian Xichen caught and contained a cannon shell, then detonated it safely overhead, demonstrating his control as a Limit Douluo.

• Qian Xichen agreed to come out of seclusion, and Qian Daoliu convened a meeting with Qian Xunji, Qian Xunzong, and the Pontiff Elders.
• Qian Daoliu outlined a plan for Worship Hall and Heavenly God City to attack the empires' ruling families and let Spirit Hall take control amid the resulting chaos.
• Qian Xunzong described the Heaven Dou Empire's defenses, including ten powerful retainers living on Falling Star Mountain, and Qian Xichen estimated the time needed to defeat them.
• Qian Xunzong brought out a level-9 high-grade fixed-mount soul cannon and claimed it could destroy the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace from ten thousand meters away.
• Qian Xunzong fired the cannon at Qian Xichen, who stopped the shell with a barrier, contained its power, and sent it high into the sky to explode safely.

Spirit Hall prepared a coordinated attack on the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires, and Qian Xunji proposed inviting influential sects to witness the destruction of the imperial palaces. Spirit Hall sent secret invitations for a gathering ten days later, leaving Tang Chen and other leaders wondering what the plan was.

• A Ninth-Level High-Rank Soul Cannon Shell exploded above Spirit City, and Spirit Hall's elders discussed using its power against the empires.
• Qian Xunji proposed secretly inviting the continent's major sects and academies to witness Spirit Hall's show of force before its unification campaign.
• Qian Xichen ordered the elders to contact the major powers and launch a blitzkrieg in ten days, executing all their targets.
• Tang Chen received Qian Daoliu's personal invitation to watch a show near Star Luo City and decided to attend.
• Ning Wuqiu arranged to attend Spirit Hall's gathering near Heaven Dou City with an elder, while leaders elsewhere also received invitations.

Spirit Hall’s six Pontiff Elders annihilated the Heaven Dou Empire’s defenders at Falling Star Valley, while Li Chungang demonstrated his swordsmanship to Chen Xin by destroying the Star Luo imperial mausoleum’s entire force with one strike. Chen Xin was left stunned, with the seed of ultimate swordsmanship planted in his heart.

• Second Worship Xinghe led Spirit Hall’s six Pontiff Elders in a surprise assault on Falling Star Valley and ordered them to leave no survivors.
• Third Offering Moyun killed six Soul Douluos, and the Pontiff Elders overwhelmed the four Heaven Dou Titled Douluos and the imperial guards.
• Li Chungang and Chen Xin arrived above the Star Luo imperial mausoleum, where former emperor Dai Wushuang confronted them with thirty Pontiff Elders and ten thousand guards.
• Li Chungang summoned Wooden Horse Ox and unleashed Twin-Sleeved Azure Serpents, breaking the defenders’ combined barrier and killing everyone in the mausoleum.
• Chen Xin watched Li Chungang’s strike in shock, and the display planted the seed of ultimate swordsmanship in his heart.

The top powers of Heaven Dou and Star Luo gathered on separate plains at Spirit Hall’s summons and found identical Level-9 Fixed-Mount Soul Cannon Positions waiting for them. Qian Xunji and Qian Xunzong ignored demands for an explanation as Qian Xunzong said the time was almost here.

• Ning Wuqiu, Yu Mingshan, and Heaven Dou’s other leading powers assembled on Azure Sky Plain and questioned why Spirit Hall had summoned them.
• Kong Deming and Qian Xunji arrived with twenty Advanced Soul Engineers beside a Level-9 Fixed-Mount Soul Cannon Position, alarming the gathered leaders.
• Ning Wuqiu asked Qian Xunji to explain the gathering, but Qian Xunji stayed silent while Kong Deming remained focused on the sky.
• Tang Chen, Tuoba Yu, and Star Luo’s leaders gathered on Heavenly Star Plain before an identical cannon position guarded by Qian Xunzong and two Level-9 Soul Engineers.
• Tang Chen and Tuoba Yu demanded an explanation, but Qian Xunzong ignored them and murmured that the time was almost here.

Qian Xunji and Qian Xunzong ordered Level-9 Fixed-Mount Soul Cannons to strike the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Imperial Palaces, annihilating both courts and their inhabitants. The continent’s leaders saw the ruins and returned in terror, realizing Spirit Hall could destroy any empire or faction.

• Qian Xunji and Qian Xunzong ordered their Soul Engineers to fire Level-9 Fixed-Mount Soul Cannons at the two imperial capitals.
• Dozens of shells struck the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, killing the Heaven Dou Emperor, the imperial family, officials, guards, and others in a devastating bombardment.
• The shells destroyed the Star Luo Imperial Palace as well, killing the Star Luo Emperor and those within the palace grounds.
• Qian Xunji and Qian Xunzong ordered their contingents to dismantle their positions and return to Spirit Hall while the other powerhouses hurried toward the capitals.
• The leaders of the continent’s factions found both palaces reduced to ruins, grasped the cannons’ destructive power, and returned to their own factions in fear.

Spirit Hall learned that the empires’ collapse had sparked widespread warlord uprisings and that the major sects and families had withdrawn from worldly affairs. The continent was in chaos, while Spirit Hall’s leaders considered the separatists’ ambitions and the powers’ decision to wait out the conflict.

• Golden Wheel reported that Spirit Hall had destroyed the royal families and central governments of the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire, suffering no casualties.
• Qian Xunji reported that Soul Cannons had demolished both imperial capitals and their palaces, while Qian Daoliu confirmed Spirit Hall’s forces had suffered no losses.
• A messenger reported that nearly a hundred warlord forces had seized territory across the former empires and plunged much of the continent into war.
• The Pontiff Elders discussed the warlords’ ambitions and the suffering of the common people, while arguing that the chaos would be temporary.
• A third messenger reported that the major sects and ancient families had sealed their territories and declared they would avoid the wars.
• Xinghe and Moyun concluded that the sects and families feared Spirit Hall’s power and planned to preserve their strength until the conflict’s outcome became clear.

Qian Xichen ordered Spirit Hall’s armies and the Mountain-Sea Tower’s assassins to crush rebellions across the Douluo Continent, ending the war after three months. At a postwar conference, Qian Xunji proposed relief and agricultural measures to rebuild the devastated continent and regain the people’s trust.

• Qian Xichen ordered ten armies to march against rebels, while Qian Xunzong mobilized the Mountain-Sea Tower to assassinate rebel leaders.
• Over three months, Spirit Hall’s armies and Mountain-Sea Tower’s assassins defeated the rebellions and killed their senior leaders.
• Qian Daoliu convened a supreme postwar conference at the Papal Palace to discuss rebuilding and establishing a new order.
• Qian Xunji urged Spirit Hall to win the people’s trust by providing relief supplies and compensation to war victims.
• Qian Xunji proposed creating regional farming calendars and distributing resilient, high-yield grain seeds to help restore agriculture.

Qian Xunji and Qian Xunzong proposed postwar policies to restore livelihoods across Douluo Continent, with Qian Xunzong advocating infrastructure projects and work-for-relief. He argued that Spirit Hall should delay founding a nation until the people prospered and freely supported its rule.

• Qian Xunji proposed three years of tax exemptions, subsidies, and agricultural recovery, winning the hall's approval.
• Qian Xunzong endorsed his brother's policies and proposed a continent-wide infrastructure program funded by Spirit Hall and the Eternal Commerce Alliance.
• Qian Xunzong proposed hiring refugees and unemployed men for reconstruction work, paying wages and providing meals.
• Qian Xunzong called for delaying the founding of a nation, warning that an immediate dynasty would make Spirit Hall seem like the fallen empires.
• Qian Xunzong argued that Spirit Hall should first improve people's lives and establish its legitimacy, then found a nation when the people and regional powers supported it.

Qian Xunzong urged Spirit Hall to win the people's support through relief and reconstruction before founding a nation, and Qian Daoliu ordered vast funds and manpower deployed across the continent. As workers rebuilt the war-torn lands and refugees embraced Spirit Hall's aid, major sects and families joined the effort, leaving Spirit Hall's rule widely supported.

• Qian Xunzong persuaded the gathering that Spirit Hall should first stabilize the realm and win the people's hearts, and Qian Daoliu approved his plan alongside his brother's policies.
• Qian Daoliu ordered three billion Gold Soul Coins for relief and infrastructure, dispatched the Engineering Division, and established inspections with severe penalties for corruption and neglect.
• Qian Xunzong sent five thousand elite Soul Engineers from Heavenly God City and ordered Shen Wansan and He Shen to provide five billion Gold Soul Coins from the Eternal Commerce Alliance.
• Spirit Hall announced relief through work, offering meals, lodging, wages, supplies, compensation, and tax exemptions, prompting refugees and citizens across the continent to enlist.
• Engineering teams repaired roads, bridges, homes, fields, and waterways, while people praised Spirit Hall and major sects and families volunteered to help rebuild and maintain order.

Over six years, Spirit Hall and its allies transformed the Douluo Continent through infrastructure, agricultural improvements, and public welfare, earning the people’s loyalty. The people petitioned Spirit Hall to found a nation, and its leaders recognized they could not ignore the demand, while Qian Zong remained missing.

• Spirit Hall, Heavenly God City, and the Eternal Commerce Alliance improved roads, housing, agriculture, trade, and public safety across the continent over six years.
• Villagers and townspeople praised Spirit Hall’s work and concluded that the continent needed a legitimate nation after the two empires fell.
• People across the provinces formed petitions and called on the Pope to establish a nation under Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu, Qian Xunji, Golden Crocodile, Moyun, Chu Mingshan, and the other leaders reviewed the petitions and acknowledged the people’s trust and demand.
• The leaders asked where Zong'er was, but no one knew.

Qian Xunzong traveled to the Boiling Sea and absorbed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Radiant Heavenly-Evolving Golden Crow Soul Ring with Li Chungang’s help. He reached rank seventy-three and gained his Martial Soul Avatar before the group returned to Spirit City.

• Shen Ye located the Radiant Heavenly-Evolving Golden Crow in the volcanic cluster, and Qian Xunzong’s group approached it.
• Li Chungang shattered the Golden Crow’s fiery meteorites, forced it from its cavern, and defeated its desperate counterattack with his sword techniques.
• Qian Xunzong absorbed the Golden Crow’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring in an hour without difficulty.
• Qian Xunzong reached rank seventy-three and revealed his seventh Soul Ring and Martial Soul Avatar.
• Qian Xunzong and the others left the Boiling Sea for Spirit City.

Qian Xunzong returned to Spirit City and discovered that crowds had gathered to petition for Spirit Hall to establish a nation. The elders were uncertain how to respond, but Qian Xunzong welcomed the petition as a historic opportunity and prepared to address their concerns.

• Qian Xunzong and Shen Ye learned from a rushing commoner that people were petitioning the Pope to establish a nation.
• Qian Xunzong and Shen Ye flew to the Papal Palace, where enormous crowds called for Spirit Hall to found a dynasty and protect the people.
• Qian Daoliu, Qian Xichen, and the Spirit Hall elders debated the petition in silence, troubled by how to handle the unprecedented request.
• Qian Xunzong entered the hall, and Qian Xunji told him the elders had no countermeasure for the petition.
• Qian Xunzong declared that the people's petition was a great opportunity and asked why the elders were worried.

Qian Xunzong revealed that Spirit Hall had prepared everything needed to establish an empire, and the leaders agreed to proceed. Qian Daoliu announced that the Spirit Hall Empire would be founded in one month, prompting celebration across the continent as people began traveling to Spirit City.

• Qian Xunzong told the elders that he had secretly arranged the imperial flag, Imperial Jade Seal, laws, ceremonies, and other institutions two years earlier.
• Qian Daoliu and the elders approved Qian Xunzong’s plan to announce the founding and hold a ceremony one month later.
• Qian Daoliu proclaimed to the people of Spirit City that Spirit Hall would establish the Spirit Hall Empire and welcome attendees from across the continent.
• The people of Spirit City erupted in celebration, and news of the planned founding spread throughout the continent.
• Commoners, cultivators, merchants, sect disciples, nobles, and officials began traveling toward Spirit City to witness the founding ceremony.

The Spirit Hall Empire was founded in a grand ceremony in Spirit City, where Qian Daoliu was proclaimed emperor and the new imperial order was established. The chapter ended with Douluo Continent united under one dynasty and the people celebrating the beginning of an age of prosperity.

• Spirit City hosted millions of citizens and representatives from the continent's major powers for the founding ceremony.
• Qian Daoliu declared the founding of the Spirit Hall Empire, and the crowd acclaimed the new nation.
• Azure Luan presented the imperial banner, depicting the Six-Winged Angel and the continent's Martial Souls, which was raised above the platform.
• Azure Luan announced the empire's offices and laws, naming Qian Daoliu emperor, Qian Xichen Emperor Emeritus, Qian Xunji Crown Prince, and Qian Xunzong Prince of Equal Rank.
• The empire rewarded allied powers and officials, granting the Eternal Commerce Alliance trading privileges, naming Heavenly God City an imperial protector city, and incorporating the Seven Great Sects.
• Qian Daoliu declared a ten-day celebration and promised imperial protection, as Douluo Continent united under the Spirit Hall Empire.

After the Spirit Hall Empire brought peace and prosperity to the continent, Qian Xunzong discovered a hidden cave at Cloud-Treading Villa containing Soul Tools and a carving knife engraved with the name Yanqiu. Zheng Yue identified Yanqiu as Qian Xunzong’s birth mother, Xu Yanqiu, and Qian Xunzong headed to the Papal Palace to ask Qian Daoliu about her.

• The Spirit Hall Empire unified the continent, ushering in a prosperous era as Qian Xunzong reached rank seventy-six and reflected on the mystery of his mother.
• Qian Xunzong found a concealed cave behind the Silver River Waterfall containing numerous Soul Tools and an engraved carving knife.
• Qian Xunzong summoned Zheng Yue, who said he had no records explaining the cave but recognized the name Yanqiu.
• Zheng Yue revealed that Yanqiu was Madam Xu Yanqiu, Qian Xunzong’s birth mother, who had once used the cave as a forging chamber.
• Qian Xunzong decided to seek answers from Qian Daoliu and hurried toward the Papal Palace.

Qian Xunzong learned that his birth mother, Xu Yanqiu, had vanished decades ago and came from the distant Sun and Moon Continent. A check-in reward revealed her location there, and Qian Xunzong resolved to find her.

• Qian Xunzong asked Qian Daoliu about his mother, and Qian Daoliu showed him Xu Yanqiu's portrait and revealed her name.
• Qian Xunzong read Xu Yanqiu's farewell letter, which said she had left Douluo Continent to fulfill a distant mission and warned Qian Daoliu not to search for her.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Xunzong that decades of searching across Douluo Continent had failed to find Xu Yanqiu.
• Qian Xunzong checked in at Xu Yanqiu's preserved residence and received a Cross-Domain Positioning Soul Tool Map that located her on the Sun and Moon Continent.
• Qian Xunzong considered how Xu Yanqiu had crossed the dangerous sea and resolved to travel to the Sun and Moon Continent to find her.

Qian Xunzong secured permission and protection to cross the sea and search for his mother on the Sun and Moon Continent. After gathering skilled Soul Engineers and powerful safeguards, he set out across the Endless Deep Sea.

• Qian Xunzong told Qian Daoliu that he had found a trace of his mother overseas, but Qian Daoliu refused to let him cross the dangerous sea.
• Qian Xunzong convinced Qian Xichen of his resolve, and Qian Xichen granted permission and assigned Xinghe to protect him.
• Qian Daoliu gave Qian Xunzong the jade pendant he had exchanged with his mother, while Qian Xunji promised to keep Spirit Hall secure.
• Qian Xunzong recruited two Mid-Grade Level-Nine and five High-Grade Level-Eight Soul Engineers in Heavenly God City.
• Kong Deming gave Qian Xunzong the Level-Ten Soul Tool Azure Moonlight Dome, and Li Chungang gave him the sword Azure Evolution, which held three powerful strikes.
• Qian Xunzong, Xinghe, and the seven Soul Engineers boarded the Cloudstep Light-Carriage and departed east across the Endless Deep Sea.

Qian Xunzong and Xinghe visited Sea God Island, where they reunited with Bo Saixi and the Sacred Pillar Guardians before continuing their journey to search for Qian Xunzong’s birth mother. Qian Xunzong received a Four-Word Battle Armor from the system, and Xinghe left after demonstrating his strength to the island’s guardians.

• Xinghe recalled how he and Qian Xunzong’s grandfather once encountered the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and received help from Sea God Island’s High Priest.
• Seahorse and the other Sacred Pillar Guardians recognized Xinghe, and Bo Saixi welcomed the group to Sea Dragon City.
• Bo Saixi learned that Qian Xunzong planned to travel ten thousand miles out to sea to search for his birth mother and warned them about the dangers.
• Qian Xunzong checked in at Sea God Island and received a complete Four-Word Battle Armor set with freely selectable attributes.
• Xinghe defeated Bo Saixi and the seven Sacred Pillar Guardians in a training match, then departed with Qian Xunzong and the others.

Xinghe and the Spirit Hall elites encountered the seven-hundred-thousand-year Soul-Calming Giant Octopus in the open sea. After severing one of its tentacles, Xinghe was overwhelmed by its home-field advantage and faced the prospect of losing a prolonged battle.

• The Soul-Calming Giant Octopus ambushed the Cloud Stairway Radiance Chariot and nearly broke through its defenses.
• Xinghe identified the beast as a seven-hundred-thousand-year Ferocious Beast and ordered the others to hold back while he fought it.
• Xinghe battled the octopus but struggled against the sea domain that empowered it and suppressed his strength.
• Xinghe used his Imperial Spear Avatar and Sea-Splitting Spear Strike to sever one of the octopus's tentacles.
• The enraged octopus attacked with its remaining tentacles, driving Xinghe back and leaving him at a severe disadvantage.