Chapter Summaries

Qin Yun gave Chen Xin a Golden Origin Dragon Ginseng and a powerful Soul Bone, helping him advance to level ninety-seven, then ordered him to kill Bai He. Bai He's death intensified pressure on the Clear Sky Sect as Qin Yun waited for conflict with Spirit Hall to erupt.

• Qin Yun gave Chen Xin the Golden Origin Dragon Ginseng and Soul Bone, and Chen Xin broke through to level ninety-seven.
• Qin Yun ordered Chen Xin to kill Bai He, patriarch of the Speed Clan, and Ning Fengzhi explained how the move would pressure the Clear Sky Sect.
• After meeting with Niu Gao and Yang Wudi, Bai He traveled alone toward the Speed Clan to gather and relocate his clansmen.
• Chen Xin ambushed Bai He in the forest and killed him with two attacks powered by his new Soul Bone.
• News of Bai He's death spread across the continent, and public criticism focused on the Clear Sky Sect for abandoning its former subordinate clans.
• Qin Yun quietly waited for conflict between the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall to break out.

After Bai He's death and the destruction of affiliated clans, Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders debated how to respond to Spirit Hall's purge. The sect sent elders to search for Tang Chen and monitor the Defense Clan, while Tang Xiao decided to find Tang Hao himself.

• Tang Yuehua told Tang Xiao that the destruction of the affiliated clans had begun and asked what the sect should do.
• The second elder urged the sect to avoid fighting Spirit Hall directly, while Tang Xiao argued that continued retreat would leave the Clear Sky Sect isolated and vulnerable.
• The fifth elder proposed searching for Tang Chen, and the second elder ordered the third, fourth, and fifth elders to search different routes while the seventh elder secretly monitored the Defense Clan.
• Tang Xiao declared that he would find Tang Hao himself despite the fifth elder's objections.
• Two days later, the elders departed on their assignments, and Tang Yuehua said she would return to Heaven Dou City to use her sources of information.

Tang Xiao left the Clear Sky Sect to search for Tang Hao while Bibi Dong concluded that Chen Xin was behind the killings and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to watch the Defense Clan. Qin Yun forged another Artificial Soul Bone for Chen Xin, and several factions set out for the Defense Clan as tensions mounted.

• Tang Xiao entrusted the Clear Sky Sect to the second elder and left to search for Tang Hao.
• Bibi Dong reasoned that Chen Xin had killed Bai He and the Strength Clan, but decided Spirit Hall could not convince others of the truth.
• Bibi Dong sent Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to watch the Defense Clan and keep Chen Xin occupied if they found him there.
• Qin Yun forged another Artificial Soul Bone, and Chen Xin refined it to increase his strength.
• Qin Yun and Chen Xin headed for the Defense Clan as Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and the Clear Sky Sect's seventh elder also made their way there.

Qin Yun and Sword Douluo Chen Xin openly visited the Defense Clan, where Qin Yun offered Niu Gao a place under the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Niu Gao struggled to choose between his vow of independence and accepting help to save his clan.

• Qin Yun and Chen Xin arrived openly at the Defense Clan's estate, and Niu Gao welcomed them.
• Blazing Sun Douluo watched from hiding, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo suspected the visitors intended to recruit the Defense Clan rather than attack it.
• Qin Yun reasoned that the Strength Clan and Speed Clan could not be won over because of their ties to the Clear Sky Sect, while the Defense Clan and Breaking Clan were more open to recruitment.
• Qin Yun told Niu Gao that the Clear Sky Sect had abandoned its affiliated clans and offered for the Defense Clan to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Niu Gao questioned whether accepting the offer would provoke Spirit Hall and struggled to choose between his vow of independence and protecting his clan.

Niu Gao agreed to bring the Defense Clan under the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s protection, and Qin Yun planned to use the clan’s building expertise and his own inventions to fortify Seven Treasure Mountain. As Chen Xin investigated suspicious observers in Longxing City, he confronted a hidden Titled Douluo who identified himself as an elder of the Clear Sky Sect.

• Niu Gao pledged the Defense Clan’s loyalty to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in exchange for protection, and Qin Yun gave him two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Qin Yun urged the Defense Clan to leave Longxing City for Heaven Dou City and planned to combine its fortification skills with his specialized alloys and Hidden Weapons.
• Bibi Dong dismissed the Defense Clan and Breaking Clan as weak additions to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo reported the recruitment.
• Chen Xin told Qin Yun that he had detected a Spirit Hall observer and another elusive presence near the Defense Clan’s estate.
• Chen Xin confronted the hidden observer, who introduced himself as Blazing Sun Douluo, an elder of the Clear Sky Sect.

Chen Xin drove Blazing Sun Douluo from Longxing City, then ambushed and killed him on the road. Remembering Qin Yun’s order, Chen Xin continued targeting the continent’s powerful Titled Douluo.

• Chen Xin told Blazing Sun Douluo that the Defense Clan had joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and warned him to leave Longxing City.
• Blazing Sun Douluo suppressed his anger and departed for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Chen Xin waited until Blazing Sun Douluo reached the deserted outskirts, then attacked him with the Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Xin gravely wounded Blazing Sun Douluo, disarmed him, and cut him down.
• Chen Xin recalled Qin Yun’s order to kill as many Titled Douluo as he could.

Chen Xin ambushed Blazing Sun Douluo in the wilderness, then attacked Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo when they arrived. He held the advantage in their fight, and the two Spirit Hall Douluo prepared to unleash their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Chen Xin scattered Qin Yun's elemental crystal grains across the wilderness and waited for pursuers.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo left Longxing City to follow Chen Xin and sensed a fierce battle ahead.
• The two Spirit Hall Douluo arrived to find Blazing Sun Douluo dead and Chen Xin waiting beside his body.
• Chen Xin attacked Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, using his Supreme Soul Bone to counter Ghost Douluo's flank.
• After struggling against Chen Xin's superior strength, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo withdrew and began gathering power for their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Chen Xin used Qin Yun’s plutonium-based toxin to disrupt the Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluos’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then killed them both. He disposed of all three bodies in the wilderness, leaving no witnesses or evidence.

• Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo combined their powers to trap Chen Xin in the Bipolar Static Field and tried to buy time to escape.
• The toxin Qin Yun had prepared, secretly carried into the battle on crystalline grains, poisoned both Douluos when they exerted their Soul Power.
• As the Bipolar Static Field faltered, Chen Xin struck down Chrysanthemum Douluo with his Seven Kill Sword.
• Ghost Douluo tried to flee through the shadows, but Chen Xin caught and killed him with a second sword strike.
• Chen Xin reflected on the artificial Soul Bones Qin Yun had given him, then destroyed all three corpses without leaving evidence.

Qin Yun prepared poisons and elemental compounds as the Defense Clan finished its move preparations, while Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect struggled to understand the deaths of their Titled Douluo. The second elder sought Tang Chen’s return, and Salas questioned Ning Fengzhi about the killings before Qin Yun and Chen Xin arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Qin Yun stopped preparing his compounds when Chen Xin arrived and confirmed that the poison had worked against Titled Douluo.
• Bibi Dong suspected the Clear Sky Sect or an alliance of the Upper Three Sects had killed Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, and feared Spirit Hall’s plans would face greater resistance.
• The Clear Sky Sect’s second elder learned that Blazing Sun Douluo had died and called for Tang Chen to return before the sect was destroyed.
• Salas questioned Ning Fengzhi about Chen Xin’s whereabouts and the deaths around Longxing City, but Ning Fengzhi said he did not know the details.
• A disciple announced that Qin Yun and Chen Xin had returned and were outside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s mountain gate.

Qin Yun returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with the Defense Clan, while Spirit Hall’s Salas questioned him and Chen Xin about the battle near Longxing City. They denied knowing anything, and Salas left unable to determine whether the sect had been involved in the deaths of three Titled Douluo.

• Qin Yun introduced Niu Gao and the Defense Clan to Ning Fengzhi, and Niu Gao pledged the clan’s allegiance to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Salas announced that he had come by order of the Papal Hall to question Qin Yun, putting Niu Gao on guard.
• Qin Yun claimed he had not recognized any Spirit Hall members and knew nothing about the battle near Longxing City.
• Chen Xin also told Salas that he knew nothing about the battle.
• Ning Fengzhi dismissed Salas, who left the sect unsure whether it had been involved in the Titled Douluo deaths.

After the Defense Clan settled on Seven Treasure Mountain, Qin Yun and Niu Gao finalized plans for a comprehensive mountain defense renovation. Far away, Tang Hao learned that Tai Tan and the Strength Clan had been wiped out and demanded to know more.

• Ning Fengzhi provided the Defense Clan with resources and a place to settle on Seven Treasure Mountain, and Niu Gao thanked him for his generosity.
• Qin Yun showed Niu Gao plans for Seven Treasure Mountain's defenses, and they refined the designs together into a complete renovation plan.
• The Seven Treasure Mountain defense renovation project began after Qin Yun and Niu Gao finalized their plans.
• Tang Hao left his mountain refuge to buy supplies and liquor while Tang San remained behind to cultivate.
• Tang Hao overheard soul masters say Tai Tan and the Strength Clan had been destroyed, then confronted them and demanded confirmation.

After learning that Tai Tan and Bai He had died, Tang Hao suspected Qin Yun and Ning Fengzhi had framed Spirit Hall, but chose to find Tang San before returning to the Clear Sky Sect. Dugu Bo tracked Tang Hao to a nearby town and, after confirming his description, returned to Heaven Dou City to report to Qin Yun.

• Tang Hao heard that Spirit Hall had attacked the Clear Sky Sect's affiliated clans and that Tai Tan and Bai He had been killed, then collapsed in grief and reopened his wounds.
• Tang Hao suspected Qin Yun and Ning Fengzhi had arranged the killings and blamed Spirit Hall, but decided to secure Tang San's safety before returning to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Dugu Bo followed Tang Hao and Tang San into the mountains, lost their trail, and waited in nearby towns for them to appear.
• Dugu Bo questioned witnesses who described an injured, beggar-like man who had spat blood after hearing of Tai Tan's and Bai He's deaths.
• Dugu Bo concluded the man was almost certainly Tang Hao and returned to Heaven Dou City to inform Qin Yun.

Qin Yun paid Dugu Bo a Soul Bone for locating Tang Hao and set out with Chen Xin to kill him. Meanwhile, Tang Xiao found Tang Hao first and reunited with his brother, who blamed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for what had happened to him.

• Dugu Bo told Qin Yun he was ninety percent certain he had found Tang Hao, and Qin Yun paid him with a Soul Bone.
• Qin Yun told Dugu Bo to take him to Tang Hao and said he intended to kill him, while Chen Xin joined them.
• Tang Xiao followed Clear Sky Sect and Tang Yuehua's leads to the same town and learned someone else had been searching for Tang Hao.
• Tang Xiao revealed his Clear Sky Hammer aura in the forest, and Tang Hao recognized it as his elder brother's and rushed to meet him.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao embraced after more than a decade apart, then Tang Xiao asked whether Spirit Hall had injured him.
• Tang Hao denied that Spirit Hall was responsible and told Tang Xiao that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was behind it.

Tang Hao told Tang Xiao how Qin Yun had defeated him and taken Ah Yin, prompting Tang Xiao to plan a return to the Clear Sky Sect. In a border-town tavern, Qin Yun and Tang Hao unexpectedly met again, while Tang San felt left behind by the widening gap between them.

• Tang Hao recounted his battles with Qin Yun, including Ah Yin’s capture, and Tang Xiao reacted with shock and concern.
• Tang San arrived, and Tang Hao introduced him to Tang Xiao as his and Ah Yin’s son.
• Tang Xiao urged Tang Hao and Tang San to return to the Clear Sky Sect and warn the elders about the threat to its affiliated clans.
• Qin Yun, Dugu Bo, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin entered the same town and chose to rest before searching for Tang Hao.
• Qin Yun and Tang Hao recognized each other in a tavern, and Tang Xiao identified Qin Yun as the youth who had injured his brother.
• Tang Xiao asked whether Qin Yun had attacked the Clear Sky Sect’s affiliated forces, and Qin Yun admitted that he had given the order.

Qin Yun admitted that he had orchestrated attacks against the Clear Sky Sect and demanded that Dugu Bo help kill Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Tang San. Tang Xiao tried to persuade Dugu Bo to stay neutral, but after Chen Xin overwhelmed him in their first clash, Dugu Bo joined Qin Yun’s side and prepared to fight.

• Qin Yun confessed to Dugu Bo that he had arranged the destruction of the Strength Clan and the death of the Speed Clan's clan leader, then demanded his help against Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Tang San.
• Tang Xiao urged Dugu Bo to remain neutral, while Qin Yun watched to see whether Dugu Bo would honor their alliance without being offered rewards.
• Qin Yun ordered the attack, and Chen Xin struck Tang Xiao with the Seven Kill Sword.
• Tang Xiao met Chen Xin's strike with the Clear Sky Hammer but was forced back, revealing Chen Xin's superior strength.
• Dugu Bo joined Qin Yun, explaining that he had little choice but to help him.

Dugu Bo and Chen Xin fought Tang Hao and Tang Xiao while Qin Yun faced Tang San. Dugu Bo exposed Tang Hao’s lingering injuries and Chen Xin defeated Tang Xiao, while Qin Yun burned away Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.

• Dugu Bo sided with Qin Yun despite Tang Hao’s threat and attacked the injured Tang Hao, forcing him back and confirming that his strength had not recovered.
• Chen Xin overwhelmed Tang Xiao with his Divine-Demon Twin Slashes and follow-up sword attack, breaking his Clear Sky Avatar and defeating him.
• Tang San tried to restrain Qin Yun with Blue Silver Grass while holding back his Clear Sky Hammer, still afraid to use his hidden weapons.
• Qin Yun unleashed crimson flames that burned away Tang San’s vines and Spider Web Restraint.

Qin Yun defeated Tang San while Dugu Bo and Sword Douluo Chen Xin overcame Tang Hao and Tang Xiao. With Tang San fallen and Tang Xiao dead, Tang Hao faced Qin Yun’s declaration that strength alone decided who survived.

• Qin Yun attacked Tang San with ultrafine alloy blades, breaking through his defenses and wounding him despite his Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San used his remaining Soul Power to strike Qin Yun with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Qin Yun stopped it with a Nitrogen Barrier, and Tang San collapsed.
• Tang Hao broke free from Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist to rush toward Tang San, but Tang Xiao’s corpse crashed onto the battlefield before him.
• Tang Hao froze in grief upon seeing Tang Xiao dead and Tang San near death, while Qin Yun said Tang Hao would soon follow his brother.
• Tang Hao demanded to know why Qin Yun wanted to wipe them out, and Qin Yun answered that the stronger side ruled.

Tang Hao sacrificed all nine Soul Rings in a final attack, but Sword Douluo Chen Xin stopped him, allowing Qin Yun to kill the wounded Tang San. After the battle, Qin Yun asked Dugu Bo to return Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and Tang San’s bodies to the Clear Sky Sect.

• Tang Hao detonated all nine Soul Rings and unleashed a devastating strike with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin blocked Tang Hao’s attack with the Seven Kill Sword and survived with only minor effects.
• The battle’s shockwaves further injured Tang San, and Qin Yun and Chen Xin blocked his escape.
• Qin Yun killed Tang San with two alloy blades, ending the ambush against Tang Hao and his son.
• Qin Yun asked Dugu Bo to send Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and Tang San’s bodies back to the Clear Sky Sect, and Dugu Bo questioned his plan.

Qin Yun gave Dugu Bo three Soul Bones and sent him to provoke the Clear Sky Sect by delivering the bodies of Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and Tang San. The Clear Sky Sect’s elders called on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for help, while Qin Yun returned to discuss his plans with Ning.

• Qin Yun explained to Dugu Bo that he wanted to shatter the Clear Sky Sect’s sense of safety and draw it into conflict with Spirit Hall, then gave him three Soul Bones.
• Dugu Bo accepted the gifts and took Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and Tang San’s bodies to the Clear Sky Sect’s village outpost.
• Chen Xin questioned Qin Yun’s plan, and Qin Yun explained that he meant to use the Clear Sky Sect as a pawn to occupy Spirit Hall and buy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect time.
• Qin Yun and Chen Xin set off for Heaven Dou City to discuss their next moves with Uncle Ning.
• A Clear Sky Sect disciple found the three bodies, and the Second Elder and Fifth Elder recognized Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and Tang San.
• The Second Elder ordered messengers to ask the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to help the Clear Sky Sect fight Spirit Hall.

After the Clear Sky Sect lost Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and three Titled Douluo, the Second Elder arranged urgent appeals to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He chose the sect’s survival over honoring the dead by stripping Tang Hao’s six Soul Bones, while the Third Elder learned of the disaster and was ordered to seek an alliance.

• The Second Elder sent the Fifth Elder to appeal to Yu Yuanzhen and dispatched a secret letter ordering the Third Elder to seek help from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The Second Elder discovered that Tang Hao’s six Soul Bones remained intact and debated whether to take them.
• The Second Elder cleared the area and extracted Tang Hao’s Soul Bones, leaving his body mangled.
• The Third Elder ended his fruitless search for Tang Chen when a messenger arrived with the Second Elder’s urgent letter.
• The Third Elder read that the sect was near destruction and was ordered to meet Ning Fengzhi, then froze in shock.