Chapter Summaries

Ling Yuan broke through to Level-Ninety-Six, and Nong Yu reached Level-Ninety, while Qin Xuan celebrated their advances with them. Tang Hao reunited with Tang Xiao, Tang Yuehua, and the Third Elder, who revealed that their father was near death as they prepared to hunt Tang Hao’s Ninth Soul Ring.

• Ling Yuan broke through to Level-Ninety-Six, and Qin Xuan asked her how she would thank him.
• Nong Yu emerged from her room at Level-Ninety and joined Qin Xuan and Ling Yuan.
• Tang Xiao, Tang Yuehua, and the Third Elder met Tang Hao, Ah Whale, and Little Third on the road.
• The Third Elder said the Clear Sky Sect had hired the Soul Master Guild to locate a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for Tang Hao’s Ninth Soul Ring.
• Tang Xiao told Tang Hao that their father was gravely injured and had little time left, prompting Tang Hao to blame Yu Yuanzhen.
• Tang Hao sent Ah Whale and Little Third with Tang Yuehua to Moonlight Pavilion and told the Third Elder to protect them while he and Tang Xiao went hunting.

Tang Xiao and Tang Hao reached the Soul Master Guild Headquarters to arrange Tang Hao’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring hunt, but Tang Hao grew resentful over the Guild’s treatment and set his sights on the Soul Bone. The story left him convinced that once he became the Clear Sky Douluo, he would challenge the Guild’s terms.

• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao arrived at the Soul Master Guild Headquarters and asked to meet Lord Dongjun, bringing the remaining forty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Yan Lingji collected the payment, confirmed it completed the hundred-million-coin fee, and told the brothers to wait because Lord Dongjun did not receive visitors.
• Tang Hao felt humiliated by Yan Lingji’s manner, while Tang Xiao urged him to endure it and warned him against provoking the powerful Guild.
• Tang Hao asked whether the Clear Sky Sect would receive the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, but Tang Xiao explained that it had been excluded from the commission.
• Tang Hao privately resolved to claim the Soul Bone and oppose the Guild’s terms after becoming the Clear Sky Douluo.
• At Rakshasa Hall, Qin Xuan sat between Yan Fei and Yue Shen as they held Yue'er and Yuanyuan.

Qin Xuan prepared the Soul Master Guild to fulfill the Haozi brothers’ commission while arranging a public exposure of Tang Hao’s wife as a transformed Soul Beast. He ordered Mo Ya and Bai Feng to lead the operation in Heaven Dou City and the Great Star Dou Forest, where Tang Hao would be made to kill the Soft Bone Rabbit’s mother in front of her daughter.

• Yan Lingji arrived at Rakshasa Hall, took Qin Yan from Zhu Zhuyun, and gave Qin Xuan the forty million gold payment from the Haozi brothers.
• Qin Xuan summoned the Six Sword Slaves, Mo Ya, and Bai Feng, then appointed Mo Ya to oversee the Soul Master Guild’s branch and external affairs in Heaven Dou City.
• Qin Xuan ordered Mo Ya to publicly reveal Tang Hao’s wife as a Transformed Soul Beast when she arrived in Heaven Dou City.
• Qin Xuan assigned Bai Feng to lead the Six Sword Slaves and the Haozi brothers to the Great Star Dou Forest to capture the Soft Bone Rabbit.
• Qin Xuan instructed Bai Feng and the Six Sword Slaves to wait for his message and ensure Tang Hao killed the rabbit’s mother in front of her untransformed daughter.

Qin Xuan laid out a scheme to expose A Whale as a transformed Soul Beast and set the Clear Sky Sect and Qian Xunji against each other. Meanwhile, Bai Feng confronted Tang Hao and Tang Xiao about hunting Tang Hao’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, leaving Tang Xiao asking when the hunt would begin.

• Qin Xuan explained how Mo Ya would expose A Whale’s identity, forcing her companions to return to the Clear Sky Sect and giving Qian Xunji a chance to intercept them.
• Qin Xuan ordered the Six Sword Slaves to hide their strength until Tang Hao absorbed his Soul Ring, then demand three Soul Bones over seventy thousand years and fifty million Gold Soul Coins if Tang Hao attacked them.
• Yan Lingji questioned Qin Xuan’s plan, and he dismissed the Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Ring as worthless while she suspected he had another trap planned for Tang Hao.
• Bai Feng confronted Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, mocked their lack of progress, and challenged Tang Hao to fight him.
• Tang Xiao stopped Tang Hao from attacking Bai Feng and asked when Bai Feng would take him to hunt his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

Bai Feng and the Six Sword Slaves set out with Tang Hao and Tang Xiao to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while Mo Ya’s promotion and new post strengthened the Soul Master Guild’s standing in Heaven Dou City. At a banquet meant to impress Spirit Hall, Mo Ya sensed the Clear Sky Sect’s carriage arriving and left, just as Sword Douluo brought Ning Fengzhi alarming news.

• Tang Xiao urged Bai Feng to begin the mission, and Bai Feng flew with Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and the Six Sword Slaves toward the Great Star Dou Forest.
• Three days later, news spread that Mo Ya had become a Titled Douluo and would serve as the Soul Master Guild’s Heaven Dou branch master.
• Emperor Xue Ye hosted Mo Ya, Ning Fengzhi, Salas, and Prince Xue Xing at a restaurant to strengthen ties and deter Spirit Hall.
• Mo Ya revealed that Bai Feng had also become a Titled Douluo and had been sent on a mission, stunning the banquet guests.
• Mo Ya sensed the Clear Sky Sect’s carriage arriving and left the banquet, while Sword Douluo entered and whispered news that shocked Ning Fengzhi.

Mo Ya confronted the Clear Sky Sect carriage in Heaven Dou City and revealed that A Whale was a 100,000-Year Transformed Soul Beast. The carriage was destroyed, exposing A Whale to the crowd, while Tang Guang recognized the aura of a Blue Silver Emperor.

• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that a 100,000-Year Transformed Soul Beast had arrived with the Clear Sky Sect and asked him to stall Salas while he and Sword Douluo went to intervene.
• Salas doubted Ning Fengzhi's excuse for leaving and secretly sent a temple-guarding knight to investigate.
• Mo Ya blocked the Clear Sky Sect carriage, and Tang Yuehua and Tang Guang learned that he was a Titled Douluo with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Mo Ya announced that A Whale inside the carriage was a 100,000-Year Transformed Soul Beast and split the carriage apart without harming its passengers.
• A Whale stopped concealing her aura, and Tang Guang saw the phantom of a golden Blue Silver Emperor and looked at her with terror and greed.

Ning Fengzhi helped Tang Guang pass off A Whale as a captured soul beast, allowing the Clear Sky Sect group to leave Heaven Dou City before Spirit Hall could seize her. Salas learned A Whale’s identity and sent word to Spirit City, leaving Ning Fengzhi alarmed by the threat and by Qin Xuan’s influence.

• Tang Yuehua stood between Mo Ya and A Whale, while Tang Guang hesitated over whether the Clear Sky Sect should protect her.
• Ning Fengzhi claimed A Whale was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast captured by Tang Hao, and Tang Guang backed up his story.
• Mo Ya dismissed the crowd and warned Tang Guang that the Clear Sky Sect was playing with fire.
• Ning Fengzhi urged Tang Guang to take A Whale and her child away before Spirit Hall discovered her identity, and Tang Guang left with them.
• Salas revealed that Spirit Hall had learned A Whale was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and sent a message to Spirit City.
• Salas taunted Ning Fengzhi by invoking Qin Xuan, leaving Ning Fengzhi shaken and resentful.

Ning Fengzhi warned that Spirit Hall might target the Clear Sky Sect and Xiao Wu's Mother, then sought help from President Dongjun. In the Great Star Dou Forest, Bai Feng and the Six Sword Slaves ambushed Xiao Wu's Mother and subdued her before she could finish activating Invincible Golden Body.

• Xue Ye declined to involve the Heaven Dou Empire in the danger facing the Clear Sky Sect, and Ning Fengzhi decided to seek President Dongjun's help.
• Zhen Gang and the Six Sword Slaves surrounded Xiao Wu's Mother in the Great Star Dou Forest as Bai Feng revealed himself.
• Bai Feng claimed the Soul Master Guild had been commissioned to take Xiao Wu's Mother's Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and threatened her daughter as well.
• Bai Feng revealed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and approached Xiao Wu's Mother as she activated Invincible Golden Body.
• The Six Sword Slaves struck together, interrupted Xiao Wu's Mother's defense, and restrained her while her Soul Power began to drain.

Xiao Wu appeared to protect her mother, but Bai Feng overwhelmed and captured her while the Six Sword Slaves restrained Xiao Wu's Mother. Tang Hao and Tang Xiao arrived, and Bai Feng revealed that Xiao Wu's Mother was a mature 100,000-Year Transformed Soul Beast, urging Tang Hao to act.

• Xiao Wu rushed to defend her mother, but Bai Feng transformed into a white phoenix and struck her repeatedly until she crashed to the ground.
• Bai Feng pinned Xiao Wu beneath his Martial Soul Avatar and told Xiao Wu's Mother that Xiao Wu was still alive.
• Xiao Wu's Mother offered to go with Bai Feng if he released Xiao Wu, and Bai Feng announced that the employer had arrived.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao entered the clearing, and Bai Feng clarified that Xiao Wu was an Over-Ninety-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit while Xiao Wu's Mother was the 100,000-Year Transformed Soul Beast.
• Bai Feng urged Tang Hao to kill Xiao Wu's Mother, while Tang Xiao comforted him and worried that A Whale might resent them.

Tang Hao chose the Clear Sky Sect’s interests over sparing Xiao Wu’s Mother and killed her to obtain her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. As he began absorbing it, Qin Xuan flew overhead with Nong Yu, heading toward Lake of Life to find a Soul Ring for her.

• Bai Feng let Tang Hao decide whether Xiao Wu’s Mother would live, while Xiao Wu begged him to spare her.
• Qin Xuan and Nong Yu watched from the forest and wagered on whether Tang Hao would spare the transformed rabbit.
• Tang Hao refused to spare Xiao Wu’s Mother, summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, and killed her despite Xiao Wu’s pleas.
• Xiao Wu’s Mother’s body dissipated and released a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, while Qin Xuan told Nong Yu she had lost their bet.
• Qin Xuan carried Nong Yu toward Lake of Life, and Tang Hao began preparing to absorb the ring before spotting them flying overhead.

Tang Hao hesitated to absorb the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring while Bai Feng provoked him and Xiao Wu escaped, then Qin Xuan confronted the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python at the Lake of Life. The two beasts attacked Qin Xuan after he claimed to be Sword Douluo Chen Xin and announced he had come for the Sky Azure Bull Python’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

• Tang Hao recognized Qin Xuan passing nearby and worried he might attack while Tang Hao absorbed the Soul Ring.
• Bai Feng released Xiao Wu, who vowed revenge on Tang Hao and escaped into the forest using Soft Bone Rabbit Teleportation.
• Bai Feng continued insulting Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, while Tang Hao decided to absorb the Soul Ring before confronting him.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python sensed Xiao Wu’s Mother’s aura disappear and set out to find Xiao Wu.
• Qin Xuan and Nong Yu blocked the two beasts with a golden energy greatsword, and Qin Xuan claimed to be Sword Dao Chen Xin before declaring his intent to take the Sky Azure Bull Python’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python ordered the Titan Giant Ape to attack Qin Xuan and Nong Yu.

Qin Xuan effortlessly defeated the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, then had Nong Yu deliver the Sky Azure Bull Python’s final blow. After the python died, Qin Xuan drew a blue-gold Soul Bone from its corpse.

• The Titan Giant Ape attacked Qin Xuan with its Gravity Control Domain, but Qin Xuan shattered the domain with ease.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python launched attacks together, but Qin Xuan deflected the Titan Giant Ape’s blast back into it and his protective qi repelled the python’s strike.
• Qin Xuan appeared above the Sky Azure Bull Python and split its body into three pieces with a single sword slash, overpowering its lightning attack.
• Qin Xuan told Nong Yu to finish the gravely wounded Sky Azure Bull Python, and she killed it with her guqin’s fourth Soul Skill.
• Qin Xuan pulled a blue-gold Soul Bone from the Sky Azure Bull Python’s corpse.

Qin Xuan gave Nong Yu an uncontaminated Hundred Thousand Year left arm bone, helping her reach Level Ninety-Three, then plotted to make Xiao Wu hate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Tang Hao. Xiao Wu found the surviving Titan Giant Ape and learned that it blamed Tang Hao and the sect for her mother’s death.

• Qin Xuan gave Nong Yu an adaptive Hundred Thousand Year left arm bone, and she absorbed it along with a Soul Ring, reaching Level Ninety-Three and gaining two powerful ninth Soul Skills.
• Qin Xuan and Nong Yu flew back toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while discussing how the Titan Giant Ape might describe them to Xiao Wu.
• Qin Xuan said he planned to kill the Titan Giant Ape later for Liu Erlong and laughed about turning Xiao Wu against Tang San and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• After Qin Xuan and Nong Yu left, the injured Titan Giant Ape emerged and grieved with Xiao Wu over the Sky Azure Bull Python’s death.
• The Titan Giant Ape told Xiao Wu that a human Titled Douluo had killed the Sky Azure Bull Python, and Xiao Wu accused Tang Hao and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of causing her mother’s death.

Qian Xunji learned that Tang Hao’s wife was a 100,000-year transformed soul beast and prepared to capture her, while Yan Lingji told Ning Fengzhi that the Soul Master Guild would stay out of the conflict. The chapter ended with Yan Lingji leaving to guide Zhu Zhuyun’s cultivation.

• Titan Giant Ape wanted to avenge Da Ming and Xiao Wu’s mother, but his wounds forced him to stay and Xiao Wu persuaded him not to risk his life.
• A Red-Robed Cardinal reported to Qian Xunji that Tang Hao’s wife was a transformed soul beast traveling with Tang Guang toward the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Xunji decided to personally lead a team with Yue Guan and Gui Mei to capture the transformed soul beast.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo visited the Soul Master Guild, where Yan Lingji said the guild would not join the conflict but would refrain from attacking the soul beast.
• Yan Lingji criticized Tang Hao and warned Ning Fengzhi that the Clear Sky Sect took his support for granted.
• Zhu Zhuyun arrived seeking cultivation guidance, and Yan Lingji excused herself to help her.

Ning Fengzhi considered using his wedding to bring a descendant into the Soul Master Guild, while Zhu Zhuyun asked Yan Lingji to let her visit her family after her younger sister was born. In the Great Star Dou Forest, Tang Hao struggled to absorb the resentful Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring of Xiao Wu's Mother.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo recognized Zhu Zhuyun's rapid Soul Power growth and suspected the Soul Master Guild had a way to cultivate without harmful side effects.
• Ning Fengzhi planned to hold his wedding after his youngest child was born and warned that the Clear Sky Sect would face trouble over its attempt to obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Zhu Zhuyun revealed that she had helped Yan Lingji avoid Ning Fengzhi and asked to visit her mother after her younger sister was born.
• Zhu Zhuyun said she would never marry into the Dai Family or let her younger sister share her fate.
• Tang Hao convulsed and bled as he fought to absorb Xiao Wu's Mother's exceptionally violent, resentment-filled Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

After absorbing Xiao Wu's Mother's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and becoming a Level Ninety-Two Titled Douluo, Tang Hao tried to seize the Soul Bone by attacking Bai Feng. The attack left the Clear Sky Sect facing the Soul Master Guild's wrath, though Tang Hao insisted the Soul Bone was rightfully theirs.

• Tang Hao overcame the energy within his body, gained a scarlet ninth Soul Ring, and reached Level Ninety-Two.
• Tang Hao signaled Tang Xiao that he intended to take Xiao Wu's Mother's Soul Bone, despite Tang Xiao's warning about provoking the Soul Master Guild.
• Tang Hao pretended to hand the Soul Bone to Bai Feng, then struck him from behind with his eighth Soul Skill, Heaven-Shattering Strike.
• Tang Xiao regretted not stopping Tang Hao and warned that his actions had brought disaster upon the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao argued that the Soul Master Guild's rules meant the Soul Bone belonged to them because the Guild had accepted payment.

Bai Feng revealed that the Tang Hao he had been fighting was a Mirror Image Clone and reclaimed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit Right Leg Bone. Tang Hao was swiftly captured by the Six Sword Slaves, leaving Tang Xiao stunned and Tang Hao questioning what had happened.

• Tang Hao drew the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit Right Leg Bone from the rabbit and tried to claim it, but the Soul Bone flew away before he could store it.
• Bai Feng appeared behind Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, revealed the earlier Bai Feng was a Mirror Image Clone, and explained his Eighth Soul Skill while surrounding the brothers with five copies.
• Bai Feng said Tang Xiao could leave but warned that Tang Hao would suffer unless the Clear Sky Sect paid a ransom; Tang Hao told Tang Xiao to go while he faced Bai Feng.
• The Six Sword Slaves attacked Tang Hao in a flash, knocked away his Clear Sky Hammer, bound him, and pinned him down.
• Tang Xiao turned back to find Tang Hao captured, while Tang Hao wondered how the fight had ended so quickly.

Bai Feng captured Tang Hao and demanded an enormous ransom from the Clear Sky Sect, while Tang Xiao sought allies to help pay it. Meanwhile, Qian Xunji arrived at the Clear Sky Sect with a large force, catching the elders before Tang Hao and Tang Xiao could return.

• Luan Shen sealed Tang Hao's Soul Power, and Bai Feng took his Soul Tool and set a ransom of one hundred million Gold Soul Coins and three Soul Bones Over Seventy Thousand Years.
• Bai Feng took Tang Hao to the Soul Master Guild Headquarters, while Tang Xiao rushed to Heaven Dou City to seek help from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang Guang returned to the Clear Sky Sect after leaving A Whale and her child there, and discussed A Whale's ownership with several elders.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders had planned to use Tang Hao's succession and Tang Xiao's future breakthrough to keep A Whale hidden until she could be made to sacrifice herself for the sect's benefit.
• Qian Xunji arrived at the Clear Sky Sect with four Titled Douluo and one hundred Red-Robed Cardinals, demanding that the sect answer for its crimes.

Qian Xunji confronted Clear Sky Sect over Tang Hao’s relationship with the Transformed Soul Beast A Whale and demanded that the sect hand her over. After Tang Lie refused and invoked Tang Chen, a golden throwing knife pierced his chest.

• Tang Tian arrived before the gathered disciples and asked Qian Xunji why Spirit Hall had come to Clear Sky Sect’s gate.
• Golden Bell Douluo revealed that Tang Hao had fathered a child with a Transformed Soul Beast, and Silver Hammer and the other Douluos demanded that A Whale be handed over.
• Qian Xunji and more than a hundred Red-Robed Cardinals summoned their Martial Souls, intimidating the Clear Sky Sect elders and disciples.
• Qian Xunji offered to spare Clear Sky Sect’s standing if Tang Tian surrendered A Whale, but refused to give him time to consider.
• Tang Lie cursed Qian Xunji and refused to surrender A Whale, and a golden throwing knife pierced his chest.

Qian Xunji forced Tang Tian to surrender A Whale, who agreed to go with Spirit Hall in exchange for her child’s safety and three days to see Tang Hao. After Spirit Hall left, Tang Tian collapsed from rage and humiliation.

• Chrysanthemum Pass wounded Tang Lie and revealed that he had nearly reached Level-Ninety-Six, forcing Tang Tian to accept Qian Xunji’s terms.
• A Whale came forward with Little Scumbag and offered to go with Qian Xunji, asking him to spare her child, leave the Clear Sky Sect alone, and let her wait three days for Tang Hao.
• Qian Xunji agreed to the first two conditions with qualifications and gave A Whale three days to see Tang Hao before she returned to Spirit Hall.
• Gui Mei mocked the Clear Sky Sect as the Cowardly Tortoise Sect and the Haozi Sect while Qian Xunji led Spirit Hall away.
• Qian Xunji ordered Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei to ambush the valley entrance, and Tang Tian collapsed after Spirit Hall departed.