Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue passed the second Angel Nine Trial by playing the Heavenly Spirit Hall Master and choosing how to deal with her disciple Lin Ya’s betrayal. She returned to Douluo Hall convinced that a leader had to protect the sect, even at great personal cost.

• Qian Renxue entered the Divine Trial's Secret Realm and found herself as the Hall Master of the Heavenly Spirit Hall, where she took the talented Lin Ya as her disciple.
• Lin Ya grew into the hall’s Saintess under strict supervision, then fell in love with Lei Gang, a weak Spirit Master from the rival Thunder Dragon Sect, and helped him write his theory using the hall’s documents.
• Qian Renxue asked Lin Ya to leave Lei Gang, but Lin Ya refused and requested permission to leave the Heavenly Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue offered Lin Ya the choice of having her spirit roots and spirit power destroyed or dying; when Lin Ya rejected both, Qian Renxue crippled her and ordered her expelled.
• Qian Renxue returned to her body, learned she had passed the second trial, and reflected that she had spared Lin Ya’s life by making her an ordinary person.

Tang San performed the notoriously difficult “Two Tigers” at the Moonlight Pavilion’s graduation ceremony, impressing the guests and demonstrating how much he had learned to control his aura. Xue Qinghe attended to assess the Pavilion’s strength and represent his graduating younger sister, who was interested in Tang San.

• Tang Yuehua began the Moonlight Pavilion’s graduation ceremony after confirming all the guests had arrived.
• Tang San emerged with a golden harp and played “Two Tigers” as the graduating students’ representative.
• The graduates praised Tang San’s performance, while Tang Yuehua listened for any sign of unrest in his playing.
• Xue Qinghe attended to investigate the Moonlight Pavilion’s strength and represent his younger sister, who was interested in Tang San.

Tang San reunited with Xue Qinghe, suspected he was Qian Renxue in disguise, and prepared to leave Tang Yuehua to pursue alliances. In Star Luo City, Dai Tianfeng announced plans to invade Heaven Dou and revealed that Spirit Hall would support the war in exchange for becoming the continent’s sole religion and Star Luo’s state religion.

• Tang San met Xue Qinghe and Xue Ke at Tang Yuehua’s graduation ceremony, while privately suspecting Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue and the real Xue Qinghe had been killed.
• Tang San warned Xue Qinghe to care for his father’s health, then told Tang Yuehua he could not reveal his suspicions about the Crown Prince.
• Tang Yuehua approved Tang San’s departure the next day so he could work to win over the Star Luo Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dai Tianfeng announced that Dugu Yan had returned to Star Luo and would be adopted as the imperial family’s eldest princess.
• Dai Tianfeng declared that Star Luo would invade Heaven Dou in six months and revealed Spirit Hall had agreed to assist in exchange for becoming the continent’s sole religion and Star Luo’s state religion.

Lü Lingqi defeated Lin Yuanfeng and took command of the Star Luo Empire’s armies, while Tang San and Ma Hongjun set out for Suotuo City after three years away. The chapter left them racing toward their old friends as Tang Yuehua placed her hopes for the Clear Sky Sect in Tang San.

• Dai Tianfeng announced that Lü Lingqi would command the Star Luo Empire’s armies after she defeated Lin Yuanfeng in military formation simulations.
• Lü Lingqi estimated that fully incorporating the Heaven Dou Empire would take more than two years, and Dai Tianfeng hosted a banquet for her and the Spirit Hall delegation.
• Lin Yuanfeng asked Lü Lingqi to teach him military strategy, but she refused and reminded him that they were only cooperating.
• After cultivating the Purple Demon Eye, Tang San left Heaven Dou City with Ma Hongjun and headed toward Suotuo City.
• Tang Yuehua watched Tang San depart and said that the future of the Clear Sky Sect rested on him.

Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Dai Mubai reunited at the ruined Shrek Academy after three years apart. Dai Mubai revealed that Zhu Zhuqing had not come and that he had lost the Star Luo crown prince position, while Tang San promised he had a way to resolve his twin martial souls’ conflict.

• Ning Rongrong and Oscar arrived at the ruined Shrek Academy and met Ma Hongjun and Tang San.
• Dai Mubai emerged from the rubble and said Zhu Zhuqing was at the Rouge Pavilion instead of joining them.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Dai Weisi had become crown prince and that he had needed Fourth Imperial Uncle’s help to leave Moon Wheel City.
• Ma Hongjun explained that his worsening evil fire kept him from cultivating, and Tang San promised to help solve his martial soul’s problem.
• Dai Mubai displayed his Soul King cultivation, while Ning Rongrong revealed rank fifty-five and Oscar said he was close to Soul King.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai that he had not yet solved the conflict between his twin martial souls but had a way to do so.

Tang San and Dai Mubai traveled to Gengxin City to recruit blacksmiths and obtain metal for mass-producing Zhuge Repeating Crossbows against Spirit Hall. They discovered that the Blacksmith Association’s senior blacksmiths, including Divine Smith Lou Gao, had moved to Spirit City decades earlier, leaving its Gengxin City headquarters an empty shell.

• Tang San told Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun that he planned to go to Gengxin City to gather metal and blacksmiths for producing Zhuge Repeating Crossbows.
• Ning Rongrong offered Tang San ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, while Dai Mubai agreed to accompany him and Ma Hongjun stayed behind to clean up Shrek Academy.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai traveled for nearly a month to reach Gengxin City, aided by Dai Tianyue’s token and the protection of Zhao Hong.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San entered the Blacksmith Association headquarters and learned that Divine Smith Lou Gao and all blacksmiths ranked Senior Blacksmith or above had moved to Spirit City decades earlier.
• Tang San realized that Spirit Hall had absorbed the Association’s leading blacksmiths, leaving him unable to recruit them for his hidden-weapon plan.

Tang San tried to recruit Si Feng by showing him a blueprint for the Pear Blossom Needles in a Sudden Storm, but Si Feng refused to join the Star Luo Empire. Tang San and Dai Mubai then searched for rare ores and found only an unaffordable piece of plate crystal.

• Tang San asked the gatekeepers about master blacksmiths and paid them to take him and Dai Mubai to Si Feng.
• Tang San offered Si Feng a partial blueprint for the Pear Blossom Needles in a Sudden Storm, hoping to recruit him for the Star Luo Empire.
• Si Feng showed interest in the design but rejected Tang San's offer and sent the visitors away.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai returned to the second floor to search for rare ores, but found none of the materials Tang San wanted.
• Tang San found a piece of plate crystal priced at fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins, which he and Dai Mubai could not afford.

Qian Renxue passed the third Angel trial by explaining that good and evil depended on respecting the natural order and knowing its limits. Qian Chongling then revealed that her fourth trial would require her to climb the Angel Stairway under increasingly powerful Titled Douluo pressure.

• Qian Chongling questioned Qian Renxue about whether hunting and interfering with nature were good or evil, and she argued that a god should protect natural laws and correct their imbalances.
• Qian Chongling declared that Qian Renxue had passed the third trial and praised her over Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji.
• Qian Renxue asked about her fourth trial, and Qian Chongling told her to climb all 10,086 steps of the Angel Stairway under Titled Douluo pressure.
• Qian Chongling explained that the stairway was divided into ten stages, with pressure rising from a level 91 Titled Douluo to a level 99 Peerless Douluo.
• Qian Renxue grew alarmed at the trial's difficulty and privately wondered whether she could trade Qian Chongling for another Old Ancestor.

Qian Renxue endured the increasingly powerful pressure of her divine trial while Qian Chongling pushed her to grow stronger. In Heaven Dou City, Tang San clashed with Xue Beng, then learned from Tang Yuehua that Emperor Xue Ye was terminally ill and suspected Xue Qinghe had begun his move.

• Qian Renxue passed the pressure trial through the fifth stage, rested, and then struggled onward under the Super Douluo-level pressure of the sixth stage as Qian Chongling watched.
• Tang Chongling reflected on strengthening Qian Renxue so she could protect the Qian Family and control the Divine Realm in the future.
• Tang San returned to Heaven Dou City and killed an imperial guard's warhorse after the guard attacked him with a whip.
• Xue Beng ordered his guards to attack Tang San, but Tang Yuehua arrived, revealed Tang San was her nephew, and persuaded Xue Beng to leave.
• Tang San asked Tang Yuehua about Xue Beng and Emperor Xue Ye, then concluded that Xue Qinghe had already made his move after learning Xue Ye was near death.

Tang San visited Emperor Xue Ye and discovered that he had been poisoned with a compound made from seven toxins. He promised to cure the emperor within two days and left to prepare.

• Tang San told Tang Yuehua he suspected Emperor Xue Ye had been poisoned, and she agreed to take him to the palace with Xiao Bai.
• Tang Yuehua used her gold token to get Tang San and Xiao Bai past the soldiers guarding Xue Ye's bedchamber.
• Tang San examined Xue Ye and identified poison, despite the imperial Enshrined's initial doubts.
• Tang San tested Xue Ye's blood with a silver needle and found seven colors, confirming a compound poison that he suspected had come from a traitor of the Breaking Clan.
• Tang San promised to cure Xue Ye within two days, and the emperor offered him access to every resource in the palace.

Tang San told Tang Yuehua that he suspected Xue Qinghe was poisoning Xue Ye and asked her to arrange a meeting with Xue Beng. At the Heaven Dou Royal Hotel, Tang San proposed they cooperate, saying Xue Beng was pretending to be a wastrel under Xue Qinghe’s pressure.

• Tang San told Tang Yuehua he would keep Xue Ye alive rather than truly cure him, and explained his suspicion that Xue Qinghe had poisoned the emperor.
• Tang Yuehua said she would support Tang San and arranged for him to meet Xue Beng.
• Xue Beng invited Tang San to a banquet at the Heaven Dou Royal Hotel, where Tang San arrived to speak with him.
• Tang San suggested that Xue Beng’s wastrel behavior was an act forced on him by Xue Qinghe and proposed they cooperate.
• Xue Beng mocked Tang San and demanded that he explain himself plainly.

Tang San secured Xue Beng’s cooperation in a bid for the Heaven Dou throne and against Spirit Hall, while Xue Beng secretly consulted Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe about Tang San. Seven days later, Tang San pitched the Tang Sect to his friends, but Ning Rongrong balked at his hidden-weapon prices and claimed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had no money.

• Tang San persuaded Xue Beng to support his rise to the throne and promised to help investigate Xue Ye’s poisoning, which he blamed on Spirit Hall.
• Xue Beng sent subordinates to inform Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe, then met with them secretly to discuss Tang San.
• Seven days later, Tang San gathered Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar to discuss founding the Tang Sect and offered them deputy sect master positions.
• Tang San assigned Ma Hongjun to lead the Martial Hall and asked Ning Rongrong to handle the sect’s finances and relations with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong objected to Tang San’s proposed price of ten thousand Gold Soul Coins for a Shadow in the Sand and a Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, claiming her sect’s funds had run dry.

Tang San learned that Emperor Xue Ye’s poison had flared up and went with Tang Yuehua and Xiao Bai to the Imperial Palace. They were blocked from reaching the emperor by unfamiliar guards, leading Tang San to suspect that Xue Qinghe was moving against him to keep Xue Ye from being cured.

• Tang San appointed Dai Mubai a deputy sect master and placed him in command of the Disciplinary Hall.
• Tang Yuehua arrived and reported that Xue Ye’s poison had suddenly worsened, so Tang San agreed to go to the Imperial Palace with her and Xiao Bai.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Ning Rongrong stayed behind for personal reasons.
• Tang Yuehua led Tang San and Xiao Bai to Xue Ye’s bedchamber, but armed guards refused them entry on the Crown Prince’s orders.
• Tang San recognized the guards as unfamiliar and suspected that Xue Qinghe was preventing him from treating Xue Ye.

Tang San used Xue Qinghe’s crown prince token to enter Emperor Xue Ye’s palace and accused Xue Qinghe of poisoning him. The guards were revealed to be members of the Heaven Dou imperial family’s Offering Hall, leaving them stunned by Tang San’s accusation.

• Tang Yuehua doubted that Xue Qinghe would harm Emperor Xue Ye, but Tang San insisted they needed to reach the emperor before it was too late.
• Tang San showed the palace captain Xue Qinghe’s gold token and persuaded the soldiers to let their group pass.
• Tang San recognized that the guards were powerful Soul Masters and suspected Spirit Hall was behind the conspiracy.
• Xue Qinghe arrived with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, then refused Tang San’s request to see Emperor Xue Ye.
• Tang San accused Xue Qinghe of poisoning the emperor and claimed the guards belonged to Spirit Hall, shocking the Offering Hall members guarding the bedchamber.

Tang San and Xiao Bai entered the Imperial Palace to treat Emperor Xue Ye, but Xue Qinghe’s trap caused Xue Ye to die and framed Tang San for his assassination. As Tang San and Xiao Bai fought their way out, Xue Qinghe confronted Tang Yuehua and revealed he had planned the scheme, while she insisted he would never succeed.

• Tang San accused Xue Qinghe of colluding with Spirit Hall, and Xue Qinghe allowed Tang San, Xiao Bai, and Tang Yuehua to see Emperor Xue Ye.
• Tang San began treating Xue Ye, but a fragrant sachet triggered the toxins in Xue Ye’s body, and Xue Ye spat black blood before dying.
• Xue Qinghe accused Tang San of assassinating Xue Ye, and Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and the Imperial Enshrined Corps attacked Tang San and Xiao Bai.
• Xiao Bai protected Tang San as they fought their way from the bedchamber to the plaza, where the palace forces launched a full assault.
• Xue Qinghe confronted Tang Yuehua, who deduced that he had used Xue Ke and the sachet to set up Tang San; Xue Qinghe denied responsibility and said he had planned for Sky Net Douluo.

Xiao Bai and Tang San fought their way through the Heaven Dou forces while Xue Qinghe offered Tang San a chance to submit through marriage into the imperial family. Xiao Bai accused Xue Qinghe of being Qian Renxue and explained Spirit Hall’s alleged plan, leaving the gathered officials and Soul Masters shaken by the possibility.

• Xue Qinghe ordered Tang Yuehua bound and revealed that Ning Fengzhi had brought Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to kill Xiao Bai.
• Xiao Bai protected himself and Tang San with the Heavenly Net as they tried to find a way through the Heaven Dou Imperial Guards and the Enshrined Group.
• Xue Qinghe told Tang San that most of the empire’s senior officials and military supported him, then offered to help destroy Spirit Hall if Tang San accepted two conditions.
• Xue Qinghe demanded that Tang San marry into the imperial family and that Tang Yuehua become an imperial consort, but Tang San refused.
• Xiao Bai declared that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue in disguise, and Xue Qinghe denied it while Ning Fengzhi asked for his evidence.
• Xiao Bai described how Qian Renxue could use the Heaven Dou throne to help Spirit Hall unify the continent, prompting the gathered Enshrined and soldiers to suspect Xue Qinghe.

Xue Qinghe faced demands to prove he was a man after Xiao Bai accused him of being Qian Renxue. Ning Fengzhi intervened to stop the humiliation of Tang Yuehua and vouched for Xue Qinghe, leaving Tang San to consider the claim that his uncle had confirmed Qinghe’s identity.

• Xiao Bai accused Xue Qinghe of being Qian Renxue and demanded that he strip to prove otherwise.
• Wang Feng and other Soul Douluos questioned Xue Qinghe’s identity, while Xue Qinghe struggled to answer.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to strip but demanded that Tang Yuehua strip alongside him, then ordered his guards to remove her outer robe.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped the guards, and Xue Qinghe halted them before accepting a light punishment from his teacher.
• Ning Fengzhi told Tang San that he had bathed with Xue Qinghe and could confirm that Qinghe was a man, not Qian Renxue.

Xiao Bai and Tang San’s attempt to escape failed when Sword Douluo Chen Xin struck Xiao Bai down and confronted them. Xiao Bai fought back despite his injuries, and the chapter ended as his golden whip attack carved through the ground where Chen Xin had stood.

• Xue Qinghe’s claim about bathing with Ning Fengzhi left Tang San, Xiao Bai, and Tang Yuehua stunned, while two Soul Douluo enshrined masters knocked Wang Feng unconscious.
• Xiao Bai urged Tang San to flee and used his Ninth Soul Skill, Heavenly Net Vast and Boundless, to attack Xue Qinghe as a distraction.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s silver sword light tore through Xiao Bai’s defensive Heavenly Net and left him bleeding and kneeling.
• Tang San refused to abandon Xiao Bai, while Chen Xin declared that neither of them would leave.
• Xiao Bai recognized Chen Xin’s level 97 breakthrough, then countered Chen Xin’s sword strike with a golden whip that gouged the ground.

Chen Xin killed Xiao Bai despite Tang San agreeing to Xue Qinghe’s demands, then Tang San and Tang Yuehua were captured and agreed to marry into the Xue Family. Xue Qinghe prepared to ascend the throne, while a bloodied officer rode toward Heaven Dou City cursing the Star Luo Empire.

• Chen Xin shattered Xiao Bai’s defenses with his Ninth Soul Skill and killed him, even after Tang San offered to accept Xue Qinghe’s demands.
• Xue Qinghe called for Chen Xin to show mercy, but Chen Xin said afterward that his attack had been too powerful to stop.
• Tang San and Tang Yuehua were captured, and Xue Qinghe confirmed that Tang San had agreed to marry into the Xue Family.
• Tang Yuehua agreed to marry Xue Qinghe, who ordered the Imperial Observatory to choose an auspicious date for his coronation.
• A bloodied junior officer rode toward Heaven Dou City, cursing the Star Luo Empire.

After the Heaven Dou coup, Xue Qinghe took Tang Yuehua to the Crown Prince's Mansion and told her that she had relied on Tang Hao and Xiao Bai to keep her position. Meanwhile, Tang San learned that Xue Ke would not come to marry him and that Prince Xue Xing's daughters, Xue Jin and Xue Hua, had taken her place.

• Xue Qinghe brought Tang Yuehua to the Crown Prince's Mansion after the coup, where she begged him for mercy.
• Xue Qinghe told Tang Yuehua that she had relied on Tang Hao and then Xiao Bai to maintain her position as mistress of Moonlight Pavilion.
• Xue Jin and Xue Hua revealed themselves to Tang San in Prince Xue Xing's residence and said Xue Ke would not be coming.
• Xue Jin and Xue Hua explained that their father was Prince Xue Xing and that they intended to take Xue Ke's place.
• Xue Jin and Xue Hua advanced on Tang San, whose soul power was sealed, and he could not stop them.