Chapter Summaries

Long Yue told Tong Yu that the delegation would travel to Heaven Dou City and explained his plan to restore Tong Yu’s reputation by publicizing the victim’s alleged wrongdoing. The delegation reached Longxing City, where Long Yue heard rumors about Gulei Kingdom’s plans and noticed a massive neighboring mansion marked “Defense.”

• Long Yue confirmed that Sima Lanxiao had chosen Heaven Dou City as the delegation’s next destination, and Tong Yu thanked him for his efforts.
• Long Yue said he would restore Tong Yu’s reputation by reconstructing the events of the past and shaping public opinion around Tong Yu’s revenge for his mother.
• Long Yue teased Tong Yu about still caring for his senior, and Tong Yu silently recalled that he had pursued cultivation for her sake.
• Sima Lanxiao led the delegation from Skyfrost City to Longxing City, where his authority prevented Star Luo Empire soldiers from charging them an exorbitant gate tax.
• Long Yue and Joander questioned their guide, who shared a rumor that Gulei Kingdom planned to join the Star Luo Empire in exchange for the return of the Longxing City region.
• Long Yue noticed a vast neighboring mansion with a plaque bearing the character “Defense.”

Long Yue and Tong Yu explored Longxing City after the Divine Realm Empire delegation settled into its mansion, where Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan confronted them. Yue Guan sought to bring the delegation to Spirit Hall first, but Tong Yu met his approach with hostility.

• Sima Lanxiao and the delegation learned that the mansion belonged to the Defense Clan, whose ties to the Tang Sect impressed the empire’s officials.
• Long Yue persuaded Tong Yu to go shopping with him, disguising him in a black robe and sunglasses.
• Tong Yu ended Long Yue’s quarrel with local merchants, then detected Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan hiding nearby and burned away his suppressive fragrance.
• Yue Guan introduced himself as a Spirit Hall elder and pressed Tong Yu to take him to the delegation’s special envoy.
• Long Yue proposed talking outside the city, but Yue Guan insisted that the delegation visit Spirit Hall first to meet the Pope.

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan tried to summon the Divine Realm Empire delegation to Spirit Hall, but Tong Yu overwhelmed him when he realized Yue Guan might reveal his identity to Bibi Dong. Long Yue spared Yue Guan and asked him to help Spirit Hall eliminate the Four Great Single-Attribute Clans, remnants of the Clear Sky Sect.

• Yue Guan ordered the Divine Realm Empire delegation to visit Spirit Hall and promised that Pope Bibi Dong would reward them.
• Tong Yu attacked Yue Guan to stop him from reporting the Qilin Douluo's identity, then carried him outside Longxing City despite Yue Guan's Soul Skills.
• Yue Guan recognized Tong Yu as a Peak Douluo with a spatial Martial Soul and begged for mercy after Tong Yu quickly defeated his chrysanthemum double.
• Long Yue refused to kill Yue Guan and teased him about serving the Divine Realm Empire, while Tong Yu released him.
• Long Yue asked Yue Guan whether Spirit Hall would help wipe out the Four Great Single-Attribute Clans, remnants of the Clear Sky Sect.

Long Yue persuaded Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan to use Spirit Hall forces to attack the Defense Clan, framing the clan’s gatherings as a plot to revive the Clear Sky Sect. Yue Guan prepared a disguised force for a nighttime assault, while Long Yue blamed the Longxing City Bishop for failing to report the clan.

• Tong Yu realized Long Yue meant to target the Defense Clan, and Long Yue clarified that the plan had nothing to do with the Divine Realm Empire.
• Long Yue convinced Yue Guan that eliminating the Defense Clan could benefit Spirit Hall, and Qilin Douluo pressured Yue Guan into agreeing.
• Yue Guan gathered Spirit Hall men, disguised them in black robes, and supplied Long Yue with detailed intelligence about the Defense Clan.
• Long Yue accused the Longxing City Bishop of negligence and claimed the Four Great Single-Attribute Clans’ meetings suggested a plan to revive the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yue Guan took the alleged conspiracy seriously, and the bishop pleaded that he lacked the strength to confront the Defense Clan.

Long Yue led a Spirit Hall attack on the Defense Clan while the Divine Realm Empire delegation chose not to intervene. As Niu Gao fought to protect his clan and its women and children escaped, Long Yue donned his incomplete One-Word Battle Armor and prepared to ambush him and the clan's young master.

• Long Yue ordered the Longxing City bishop to lead the charge, then scheduled the operation against the Defense Clan for that evening.
• Yue Guan attacked the Defense Clan compound, grievously injuring many disciples, while Niu Gao activated his Giant Rhinoceros Avatar and Niu Ben led the women and children in an escape.
• Sima Lanxiao refused to protect the Defense Clan, canceled the delegation's planned visit, and decided to leave Longxing City the next day.
• Long Yue confirmed that the delegation would not intervene and put on his half-completed One-Word Battle Armor, naming Niu Gao and the young master as his targets.
• Tong Yu and Long Yue attacked Chrysanthemum Douluo.

Long Yue killed Niu Ben and the Longxing City bishop, while Tong Yu killed Niu Gao and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan. Sima Lanxiao confronted them over the massacre of the Defense Clan, and Long Yue argued that Tang San might never become the Sea God.

• Long Yue used his Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone to kill Niu Ben and loudly blamed Spirit Hall for the attack on the Defense Clan.
• Niu Gao charged Long Yue in grief, but Tong Yu struck him down with his Five-Element Qilin power.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan saw Tong Yu's nine hundred-thousand-year soul rings, tried to consider an escape, and was killed by Tong Yu's Five-Element Grip and Five-Element Collision.
• Long Yue returned with the Longxing City bishop's severed head and admitted that Spirit Hall's men had intercepted some of the fleeing women and children.
• Sima Lanxiao and Joander revealed their role in killing the survivors and warned Long Yue and Tong Yu that they would report the matter to the emperor.
• Long Yue defended the killings as protecting the empire and questioned whether Tang San could still become the Sea God.

The Divine Realm Empire’s delegation traveled from Longxing City to Heaven Dou City, drawing crowds and displaying advanced Soul Tools along the way. They arrived at the palace, where eldest prince Xue Qinghe stood ready to welcome them.

• Sima Lanxiao left Longxing City with the delegation after the city lord avoided discussing the Defense Clan’s massacre.
• Long Yue explained to Tong Yu that Spirit Hall’s fearsome reputation made it an easy scapegoat for the slaughter.
• Long Yue showed everyday Soul Tools to curious crowds, while Sima Lanxiao deferred merchants’ requests to buy them until they reached Heaven Dou City.
• The delegation crossed the Spirit Dou Plain and inspected Heaven Dou City’s walls and ancient streets as Joander recalled how the city had changed over twenty thousand years.
• The delegation reached the palace street, where royal guards and eldest prince Xue Qinghe waited to welcome them.

Xue Qinghe welcomed the Divine Realm Empire delegation and lodged them beside the Strength Clan, while Qian Renxue investigated the visitors’ strength. The delegation settled in under close watch, and Qian Renxue mistakenly concluded that it included five Titled Douluos.

• Xue Qinghe greeted Sima Lanxiao and the Divine Realm Empire delegation on behalf of the ailing Xue Ye.
• Xue Qinghe escorted the delegation to a prepared residence in the south of Heaven Dou City, where Sima Lanxiao recognized they would be watched.
• Long Yue noticed the Strength Clan’s estate next door and suggested visiting, but Joander forbade him from acting alone.
• Xue Ye questioned Xue Qinghe about lodging the delegation beside the Strength Clan, then allowed him to handle the matter as he saw fit.
• Qian Renxue asked Snake Lance Douluo to assess the delegation, and he reported sensing five people at his level, leading her to mistake them for Titled Douluos.

At a welcoming banquet in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Sima Lanxiao introduced the Divine Realm Empire’s strength and soul guidance technology to Xue Ye and his court. The chapter ended as Joander prepared to demonstrate a military Melee Soul Tool against a Heaven Dou Royal Guard.

• Xue Ye welcomed the Divine Realm Empire delegation as equals, and Long Yue’s enthusiastic eating helped warm the banquet’s atmosphere.
• Sima Lanxiao told Xue Ye that the Spirit Ice Continent was unified under the Divine Realm Empire and that its emperor was a Titled Douluo.
• Sima Lanxiao demonstrated everyday Soul Tools, and Xue Qinghe asked about their military applications.
• Sima Lanxiao offered a combat demonstration, and Xue Qinghe proposed that Joander face an opponent.
• Joander drew a class-three military saber and told the Royal Guard he did not need to use his Martial Soul.

Joander demonstrated the Divine Realm Empire’s soul tools by sparring with a royal guard, impressing Xue Ye with their power. Sima Lanxiao then discussed selling soul tools to the Heaven Dou Empire, and the demonstration continued with a proposed Level 2 Soul Light Ray.

• Joander used a Level 3 military saber to hold off the Mighty Dog royal guard without releasing his martial soul or soul rings, while explaining how soul tools worked to Xue Ye and the nobles.
• The royal guard unleashed his soul skills and attacked Joander, but Joander blocked the strike and briefly counterattacked before putting away his saber to keep the bout from becoming dangerous.
• Xue Ye praised the Divine Realm Empire’s soul-tool technology and asked whether the Heaven Dou Empire could purchase melee soul tools.
• Sima Lanxiao described the difficulty of making soul tools, while Long Yue recognized that he was exaggerating the challenge to secure a better deal.
• Sima Lanxiao suggested that Xue Ye consider buying other models, including a Level 2 Soul Light Ray, and Joander prepared the royal guard for another demonstration.

Joander demonstrated the Divine Realm Empire’s Level 2 and Level 3 Soul Tools to Xue Ye and the Heaven Dou nobles, revealing their battlefield uses and prompting questions about stronger technology. Sima Lanxiao then introduced Monster Academy’s young talent Long Yue, whose irreverent greeting left him regretting the choice.

• Joander used a Level 2 Soul Light Ray on the royal guard and explained its hundred-meter range and Soul Grandmaster-level attack power.
• Joander struck the royal guard with a Level 3 Soul Guidance Paralysis Ray, briefly immobilizing him, and Sima Lanxiao explained how its effects varied by cultivation.
• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe discussed how paralysis rays could aid close combat or assassinations, while Xue Qinghe asked whether the Divine Realm Empire possessed god-level Soul Tools.
• Sima Lanxiao declined to reveal details about Level 10 Soul Tools, and Xue Ye shifted the conversation toward the countries’ young Soul Masters.
• Sima Lanxiao introduced Long Yue of Monster Academy, who stood up and greeted the nobles casually, leaving Sima Lanxiao speechless.

Long Yue impressed Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe by revealing he was a twelve-year-old Soul Ancestor from the Monster Academy, then agreed to spar with young Soul Masters from Heaven Dou and the Four Elements Academy. At the delegation’s residence, he proposed a cross-continental tournament as a way for the Divine Realm Empire to establish cultural hegemony, and Sima Lanxiao asked him to explain further.

• Xue Ye learned that Long Yue was twelve and a Soul Ancestor, and Xue Qinghe began regarding him as an equal.
• Long Yue accepted Xue Ye’s invitation to spar with Heaven Dou’s young Soul Masters and suggested including the Four Elements Academy.
• Sima Lanxiao questioned Long Yue about accepting, while Long Yue said he wanted to make friends and proposed a Cross-Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament.
• Long Yue argued that the empire could influence the Douluo Continent through culture instead of relying on political or military conquest.
• Sima Lanxiao agreed not to claim Long Yue’s proposal as his own and asked what cultural hegemony the empire should pursue.

Long Yue explained to Sima Lanxiao how the Divine Realm Empire could shape the Douluo Continent through cultural influence, then revealed that the Sun Moon Federation had already transformed the continent’s traditions. At Seven Treasure City, Ning Fengzhi learned about the empire’s offensive soul tools and Long Yue’s planned appearance at an academy exchange gathering.

• Long Yue told Sima Lanxiao that inviting elite soul masters to tour the Divine Realm Empire could cultivate support for its values more effectively than conquest.
• Long Yue argued that the Sun Moon Federation had culturally influenced the empire by driving it to adopt soul tools, mecha, and battle armor, and Sima Lanxiao countered that these technologies represented progress.
• Sima Lanxiao discovered that Long Yue had been eating Drunken Silver Dragon, and Long Yue slumped into a drunken stupor.
• A kneeling disciple reported to Ning Fengzhi that the Divine Realm Empire’s delegation had displayed offensive soul tools at a banquet.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to arrange a banquet for the delegation and asked them to bring Long Yue, who planned to attend an exchange gathering at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo agreed to invite Long Yue to a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect ball so Sword Douluo could judge him for himself. Long Yue accepted the invitation and ran into Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe, who tried to spend time with him while he casually ignored her discomfort.

• Ning Fengzhi assured Sword Douluo that he only wanted Ning Rongrong and Long Yue to meet, and Sword Douluo agreed to assess Long Yue at a ball before the exchange tournament.
• Long Yue accepted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's invitation, while Tong Yu refused to attend because he planned to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after the Diplomatic Mission left Heaven Dou City.
• Long Yue went out to explore Heaven Dou City but abandoned his plan to visit the Strength Clan after Sima Lanxiao warned him not to cause trouble.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, approached Long Yue after Snake Lance Douluo alerted her that he had left the Diplomatic Mission's residence.
• Long Yue put his arm around Qian Renxue and insisted on calling her Xuezi, leaving her and Snake Lance Douluo uncomfortable.

Long Yue teased Qian Renxue into calling him “Brother Long” while she tried to learn about his martial soul. He recognized that her meeting him was likely deliberate, and the chapter ended with him agreeing to accompany her to the Moonlight Pavilion.

• Long Yue walked away after Qian Renxue resisted calling him “Brother Long,” but Qian Renxue hurried after him because she wanted to ask about his martial soul.
• Qian Renxue finally called Long Yue “Brother Long,” and he handed her Glutinous Rice Mochi before taking it back and joking with her at the snack stall.
• Long Yue discussed the succession to the Heaven Dou throne, noting that the young Fourth Prince left Qian Renxue as the likely crown prince candidate.
• Qian Renxue called Long Yue “Brother Long” again and delivered official remarks about Emperor Xue Ye’s health while Long Yue listened patiently.
• Qian Renxue suggested visiting the Moonlight Pavilion, and Long Yue agreed to go with her.

Long Yue told Qian Renxue that his ambition was to reach level one hundred and attain godhood, stirring memories of her grandfather’s stories about the pinnacle of the Soul Master Path. They arrived at the Moonlight Pavilion, where its attendants stopped them over Long Yue’s clothing.

• Qian Renxue explained that the Moonlight Pavilion trained young nobles and said she had graduated from it.
• Long Yue said his commoner family had not taught him noble etiquette and that he cared about reaching the pinnacle of the Soul Master Path, not gaining rank or office.
• Qian Renxue recalled Qian Daoliu speaking of a powerful man who sought a realm beyond level ninety-nine, then asked Long Yue if that was his ambition.
• Long Yue said he wanted to reach level one hundred and attain godhood, and he described Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao’s ascension after challenging Beast God Di Tian.
• Qian Renxue and Long Yue reached the Moonlight Pavilion, where two attendants tried to bar Long Yue for wearing outlandish clothing.

Long Yue and Xue Qinghe visited Moonlight Pavilion, where Long Yue charmed Tang Yuehua and asked her to teach him noble etiquette for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s ball. Tang Yuehua judged him easy to read and considered using him to gather information about the Divine Realm Empire.

• Long Yue scolded Moonlight Pavilion’s doormen for blocking him and belittling ordinary people, while Xue Qinghe asked them to announce their visit to Tang Yuehua.
• Xue Qinghe explained that the doormen were probably new and entered the pavilion with Long Yue, where the reception girls greeted him warmly.
• Long Yue flirted with the reception girls and greeted Tang Yuehua familiarly as “Aunt Yuehua,” while Xue Qinghe introduced him as a friend.
• Tang Yuehua welcomed Xue Qinghe and Long Yue upstairs, and Long Yue asked her to teach him etiquette before the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s ball.
• Tang Yuehua observed that Long Yue was straightforward and considered him an easier source of information than Sima Lanxiao.

Tang Yuehua and Xue Qinghe explained why the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had invited Long Yue and how the ball could help it assess the Divine Realm Empire and seek cooperation. Tang Yuehua warned Long Yue that Heaven Dou’s young Soul Masters would test him at the ball, and he asked what made Yu Tianheng and Feng Xiaotian noteworthy.

• Tang Yuehua offered to find Long Yue formal clothes, but he insisted on wearing his own outfit from the Divine Realm Empire.
• Xue Qinghe and Tang Yuehua explained that Ning Fengzhi likely wanted closer cooperation with the Divine Realm Empire and might send disciples to the Spirit Ice Continent to learn about Soul Tools.
• Tang Yuehua suggested that the Seven Treasure Ball would let Heaven Dou students assess Long Yue, while Xue Qinghe considered petitioning the emperor to send a diplomatic mission and students overseas.
• Tang Yuehua told Long Yue that Yu Tianheng and Feng Xiaotian were interested in him, and Long Yue asked whether they were rank-thirty Soul Elders.

Long Yue learned that the sparring rules had changed to let multiple academies, including Elephant Armor Academy, challenge him, and he welcomed the chance to fight without restraint. At the Seven Treasure Ball, he ate his way through the feast before Joander approached him to ask about Elephant Armor Academy.

• Tang Yuehua told Long Yue that Feng Xiaotian, Yu Tianheng, and Elephant Armor Academy had joined forces to change the sparring rules against him.
• Long Yue arrived at Seven Treasure City and was escorted by the patrolling disciple Xiao Yi, who revealed that he had bet on Long Yue winning.
• Long Yue entered the Seven Treasure Ball, found no familiar companions, and went to the dining room for food.
• Long Yue ate all the prepared lobsters and then started on the steaks.
• Joander found Long Yue in the dining room and asked whether he had heard about Elephant Armor Academy.

Long Yue learned that Huyan Zhen had arranged for Elephant Armor Academy to join the exchange tournament to raise its profile by challenging him. Joander hinted at tensions between Emperor Dai Tianling and the Spirit Pagoda, leaving Long Yue to suspect a deeper political scheme and wonder whether Joander was acting beyond the emperor’s control.

• Joander explained that Huyan Zhen wanted to use Long Yue and the exchange tournament to establish Elephant Armor Academy alongside the Four Elements Academy.
• Long Yue realized Huyan Zhen had used connections to include Elephant Armor Academy and publicly group it with the other schools as the Five Elements Academy.
• Joander revealed that Salas, the Heaven Dou Martial Soul Temple’s Platinum Bishop, had helped Elephant Armor Academy, then compared his influence to Ghostflame Douluo’s standing in the Spirit Pagoda.
• Long Yue inferred that Joander was hinting at the emperor’s hostility toward the Spirit Pagoda and asked what he wanted Long Yue to do, but Joander said the time had not come.
• After Joander left, Long Yue suspected someone beyond the emperor might be directing the intrigue and decided that getting involved could be dangerous, though the prospect thrilled him.