Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wu sacrificed her life and soul to save Tang San, giving him a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone as Tang Hao and the Spirit Hall forces fought nearby. The awakened Soul Beast Ancestor then vowed to reclaim Xiao Wu’s cultivation and prevent Tang San from using the abilities he had gained.

• Tang Hao blocked the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo joined the standoff and recognized his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Spirit Hall fighters shattered Tang San’s defenses, leaving him fatally wounded as Xiao Wu decided to sacrifice herself to save him.
• Xiao Wu used Soul Sacrifice, merging her life and soul into Tang San; he recovered, gained a bloodred Sixth Soul Ring, and received a flash of a left-arm Soul Bone as Xiao Wu vanished.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python charged the Spirit Hall experts in grief, while Tang Hao disappeared from the battlefield.
• At the Lake of Life, Di Tian saw Xiao Wu’s sacrifice and spoke with the awakened Soul Beast Ancestor, who vowed to reclaim her cultivation and strip Tang San of the Soul Ring and Soul Bone’s abilities.

Tang San learned that Xiao Wu could be revived only by finding three rare treasures and sacrificing his power to her, then set out for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while suspecting his father had obstructed the rescue. Xiao Yan woke at Jia Nan Academy, heard that Spirit Hall was gathering its forces, and planned to seek ingredients for the Douluo Pill.

• Xiao Wu became a sleeping white rabbit after the Silver Dragon King's light sealed her soul ring and soul bone, and Tang San vowed revenge on Spirit Hall and whoever had ambushed him.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python told Tang San that Xiao Wu might be revived with three treasures, once he reached Titled Douluo level and returned his soul rings, soul bone, and cultivation to her.
• The Titan Giant Ape revealed that a one-armed man in a black robe with a giant hammer had delayed them, leading Tang San to suspect the man was Tang Hao.
• Tang San left the Star Dou Great Forest with Xiao Wu and headed for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, vowing to spare no one who had harmed her.
• Xiao Yan woke at Jia Nan Academy and told Dugu Bo that he had found what he wanted in Slaughter City and would seek ingredients for the Douluo Pill at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo told Xiao Yan that Spirit Hall had gathered its bishop-rank soul masters and higher, and Xiao Yan said he would investigate after resting.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu’s body and asked the Golden Iron Triangle to help seize the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, denying that he had poisoned his former teammates. He claimed Xiao Yan had died, but Xiao Yan was alive and flew to the well, where he found Tang San and the others stealing its herbs.

• Tang San arrived at Shrek Academy and injured two students who tried to stop him from entering.
• Tang San reunited with Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong, then recounted Xiao Wu’s sacrifice and explained what he needed to resurrect her.
• Tang San asked the Golden Iron Triangle to help seize the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and accused Dugu Bo of secretly poisoning Mubai and the others.
• Tang San told the Golden Iron Triangle that Xiao Yan had died in Slaughter City, while Xiao Yan practiced the Emperor Seal Art and flew toward the well.
• Tang San, Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong dug up medicinal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and a dark figure appeared above them.

Tang San encountered Ah Yin at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while gathering herbs, but Xiao Yan soon appeared and took the herbs he had collected. Xiao Yan defeated Tang San and brutally beat him, leaving Tang San unable to use the soul skills he expected to rely on.

• Tang San's Blue Silver Grass led him to Ah Yin, who recognized him as her son but then sensed his evil aura and doubted his identity.
• Tang San dug up valuable ginseng and an aromatic silk beauty, planning to use them for cultivation and poison-making.
• Xiao Yan appeared, seized Tang San's herbs and Soul Tool, and challenged Tang San over his claim to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang San attacked Xiao Yan with his soul skills, but Xiao Yan shattered his Blue Silver Grass and sent him flying with a single clash against his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Xiao Yan struck Tang San with Eight Extremes Collapse; Tang San failed to activate his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone skills, and Xiao Yan continued beating him as the Golden Iron Triangle held back.

Xiao Yan beat Tang San and declared that he would cripple Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, prompting the Golden Iron Triangle to intervene. After Xiao Yan shattered their Golden Sacred Dragon with his Lion-Tiger Shattering Gold Chant, he began burning away Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, leaving Tang San screaming in pain.

• Xiao Yan battered Tang San unconscious and said he would cripple his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul despite Tang San’s pleas.
• Flender and the Grandmaster confronted Xiao Yan, and the Golden Iron Triangle formed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Xiao Yan used the Green Lotus Transformation and his Heavy Xuan Ruler to clash with the Golden Sacred Dragon’s lightning, wounding the Golden Iron Triangle.
• The Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong used the Sacred Dragon True Form, but Xiao Yan’s Lion-Tiger Shattering Gold Chant shattered the Golden Sacred Dragon and severely damaged the Grandmaster’s Martial Soul.
• Xiao Yan said he would leave Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer intact, then sent purple-black flame into Tang San to cripple his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, waking him with a scream.

Tang Hao learned that Xiao Yan had crippled Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass martial soul, while Qian Renxue discovered Spirit Hall planned to target Xiao Yan’s Soul Hall during its Soul Hunting Operation. As Soul Hall’s forces attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Xiao Yan raised the Blue Silver Emperor’s cultivation to sixty thousand years, and Tang Hao recognized Ah Yin at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Tang Hao overheard Flender and Grandmaster discuss Tang San’s injuries and learned Xiao Yan had crippled Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
• Snake Lance Douluo She Long told Qian Renxue that Xiao Yan had returned and been attacked, and she learned Spirit Hall planned to destroy Soul Hall during the Soul Hunting Operation.
• Qian Renxue reacted furiously to Spirit Hall’s plan to eliminate Soul Hall and flew away from the Crown Prince’s Residence.
• Black-clad soul masters attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, whose disciples sounded the alarm and rushed to defend the castle.
• Xiao Yan raised the Blue Silver Emperor’s cultivation to sixty thousand years, and Tang Hao arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and recognized Ah Yin.

Xiao Yan confronted Tang Hao at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well over his treatment of Ah Yin and the circumstances of her death. Tang Hao blamed Spirit Hall, but Xiao Yan saw through his denials and charged at him.

• Tang Hao arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, recognized Ah Yin, and asked Xiao Yan whether he had rescued her from the cave.
• Xiao Yan challenged Tang Hao for leaving Ah Yin in a sunless cave, and Tang Hao remembered that he had once schemed to obtain her hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• Ah Yin manifested as a blue-gold silhouette, and Tang Hao knelt to apologize and promise he would stay by her side.
• Xiao Yan questioned why Tang Hao had left Ah Yin in the cave and taken her toward the Clear Sky Sect when Spirit Hall threatened her; Ah Yin also asked why he had rarely visited her.
• Tang Hao denied responsibility for Ah Yin's death and blamed Spirit Hall, while Xiao Yan recognized his fear and charged at him with the Heavy Xuan Ruler.

Xiao Yan fought Tang Hao and struck him with the Mountain Splitting Seal and a weakened Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus, which drew an energy projection of the purifying lotus demon flame into Tang Hao. Trapped in an illusion of Ah Yin, Tang Hao confessed that he had plotted her death to obtain her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, while the real Ah Yin heard everything.

• Tang Hao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and attacked Xiao Yan, who evaded and defended with his Ice and Fire Bone Wings and Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Xiao Yan hit Tang Hao with the Mountain Splitting Seal, then launched a weakened Two-Colored Fire Lotus that left Tang Hao badly wounded and unconscious.
• A milky-white energy projection entered Tang Hao, and Xiao Yan recognized it as a fragment of the purifying lotus demon flame.
• The flame’s illusion made Tang Hao relive Ah Yin’s sacrifice, and the ghostly Ah Yin confronted him about the circumstances of her death.
• Tang Hao admitted that he had arranged events to obtain Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, unaware that the real Ah Yin heard his confession.

Ah Yin turned against Tang Hao after learning he had plotted her sacrifice, while Spirit Hall launched attacks on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Jia Nan Academy. The chapter left Sword Douluo breaking through under attack and Dugu Bo facing Spirit Hall’s forces alone.

• Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Grass wrapped around Tang Hao as she realized he had deliberately plotted to harm her.
• Spirit Hall and the Lower Four Sects attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Ling Yuan Douluo bombarded its defenders with flaming feathers.
• Ning Fengzhi enhanced Sword Douluo Chen Xin, whose strike killed more than a hundred attackers before Bone Douluo carried Ning Fengzhi away.
• Sword Douluo faced four Titled Douluo and used their attacks to break through to level ninety-seven.
• After the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s distress signal appeared, Xue Ye ordered troops to march, but Spirit Hall’s forces surrounded Jia Nan Academy.
• Dugu Bo poisoned the attackers with his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison and transformed into his Martial Soul Avatar to confront Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.

Spirit Hall attacked Jia Nan Academy and Soul Hall in Heaven Dou City, and Dugu Bo struggled to hold off four Titled Douluos. Little Dragon Girl stopped two attackers until Xiao Yan returned, broke the Two Extremes Stillness Domain, and revealed himself as Soul Hall Master.

• Dugu Bo fought Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo while Spirit Hall's forces overwhelmed Jia Nan Academy's defenders.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo used the Two Extremes Stillness Domain to restrain Dugu Bo as two more Titled Douluos arrived to kill him.
• Little Dragon Girl intercepted a blood-colored spear aimed at Dugu Bo and destroyed the attackers' first spear, but their combined ninth Soul Skills threatened to grievously injure her.
• Xiao Yan rushed into Heaven Dou City, burned away the blood-colored spear, and shattered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo's fusion skill.
• Xiao Yan revealed himself as Soul Hall Master and declared that none of Spirit Hall's attackers would leave.

Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy during Spirit Hall’s attack and turned the battle against its forces. After saving the academy’s students, he defeated two Titled Douluo and began collecting their souls.

• Xiao Yan appeared above Jia Nan Academy, and Chrysanthemum Douluo urged Ghost Douluo to flee once the fighting began.
• Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong over the attack, revealed Xiao Yan had returned, and then learned Qian Daoliu had allowed the assault to weaken Bibi Dong’s control of Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Dugu Bo and ordered him and Little Dragon Girl to hold off the Titled Douluo while he protected the academy’s students.
• Xiao Yan spread purple-black flames through Spirit Hall’s attacking forces, killing many and driving the survivors into a rout, while Ye Lingling healed the wounded students.
• Xiao Yan struck down Spirit Hall’s two black-clad Titled Douluo and extracted one man’s soul for a pill he was researching.

Xiao Yan returned to Heaven Dou City, killed two Spirit Hall Titled Douluo, and drove off the attack on Jia Nan Academy. After learning that Spirit Hall had devastated the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he urged Ning Fengzhi to form an alliance with Jia Nan Academy, but Ning Fengzhi hesitated and Xiao Yan warned that his sect would otherwise be destroyed.

• Xiao Yan killed two Spirit Hall Titled Douluo, captured their souls, and burned away the remaining Spirit Hall attackers at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan gave Dugu Bo the Douluo Pill and discussed Spirit Hall’s attack and the possibility of cooperating with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dugu Bo brought Ning Rongrong to meet Ning Fengzhi, who revealed that Spirit Hall had destroyed the sect and killed more than two-thirds of its inner disciples.
• Xiao Yan proposed an alliance to Ning Fengzhi, who questioned its leadership and the sect’s standing, and Xiao Yan warned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would soon be destroyed without cooperation.

Xiao Yan proposed an alliance to Ning Fengzhi and offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect a place among its founders, but Sword Douluo demanded proof that the alliance could protect them. Xiao Yan wagered that he could defeat Sword Douluo within ten moves; after eight exchanges, he revealed his powerful soul rings and began summoning five flames for the final two moves.

• Xiao Yan described the alliance, its Soul Hall, and the requirement that members put the alliance above their clans and sects, leaving Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo uncertain.
• Dugu Bo volunteered to become the Elder Council's first elder, while Sword Douluo arrived injured and demanded that Xiao Yan demonstrate the alliance's strength.
• Xiao Yan wagered that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would join unconditionally if Sword Douluo could not withstand ten moves, and Sword Douluo made Xiao Yan promise to join the sect if he failed to win.
• Xiao Yan healed Sword Douluo with a pill, and they began their duel at the Back Mountain of Jia Nan Academy.
• Sword Douluo's attacks pressured Xiao Yan through eight moves, but Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to raise his strength and reveal four red soul rings.
• With two moves remaining, Xiao Yan dismissed his ruler and began forming seals as five differently colored flames flew from his body.

Xiao Yan used the Five Wheel Departure Flame Art and Eight Extremes Collapse to defeat Sword Douluo, winning the wager with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Fengzhi agreed to join Xiao Yan’s new Flame Alliance, which he named before the sect’s leaders.

• Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, and Bone Douluo moved away as Xiao Yan prepared to demonstrate a controlled flame technique against Sword Douluo.
• Xiao Yan summoned three fire spirits with the Five Wheel Departure Flame Art and sent them against Sword Douluo, whose Ninth Soul Skill destroyed the remaining spirits after his Eighth Soul Skill shattered one.
• Xiao Yan struck the injured Sword Douluo with Eight Extremes Collapse, and Bone Douluo caught him as he fell.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s defeat and agreed that it would join Xiao Yan’s alliance unconditionally.
• Xiao Yan named the new group the Flame Alliance, and Ning Fengzhi pledged the sect’s support.

The Flame Alliance was established as Spirit Hall reeled from costly campaigns against the great sects and Xiao Yan’s forces. After receiving a strange black flame that promised power in exchange for capturing Xiao Yan, Bibi Dong ordered Spirit City sealed; the chapter ended with Xiao Yan confronting Tang Hao at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Xiao Yan credited the Flame Alliance’s elders for its future, and Dugu Bo toasted the new alliance with Ning Fengzhi and the others.
• A cardinal reported that Spirit Hall had failed to destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Sword Dao Chen Xin reached rank ninety-seven, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been wiped out at the cost of heavy casualties.
• Spirit Hall learned that Xiao Yan had killed two Titled Douluos and three thousand elite Soul Masters in Heaven Dou City, prompting Bibi Dong to place Spirit City on its highest alert.
• A black-flamed entity warned Bibi Dong that Xiao Yan came from its world and offered her a power to devour bloodlines and cultivation in return for capturing him and obtaining his flames.
• Tang Hao apologized to Ah Yin and explained that he had to protect Little San and Little Yan before he could return to atone; Xiao Yan then appeared above the valley and challenged him.

Xiao Yan confronted Tang Hao over his cruelty to his family and fought to cripple him. Just as Xiao Yan prepared to strike Tang Hao for his dead mother, Ah Yin appeared and asked him to stop.

• Xiao Yan accused Tang Hao of exploiting and neglecting him and said he would cripple him rather than kill him.
• Tang Hao activated Divine Slaughter's Domain, while Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to reveal four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao used the Great Sumeru Hammer and detonated six soul rings as he attacked Xiao Yan with Sumeru Sky-Shaking.
• Xiao Yan countered with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, then shattered Tang Hao's meridians with Lion-Tiger Shattering Gold Chant.
• Tang Hao pleaded for mercy, but Xiao Yan raised his fist to avenge his mother until Ah Yin appeared and told him to stop.

Xiao Yan crippled Tang Hao and returned to learn of Spirit Hall’s destruction of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, prompting Heaven Dou’s leaders to consider an alliance with the Flame Alliance. Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, visited Xiao Yan to gauge his intentions, and he ended their conversation by demanding an honest answer.

• Xiao Yan destroyed Tang Hao’s cultivation and left him outside Holy Soul Village to live as an ordinary blacksmith.
• Flender told Grandmaster that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been destroyed, and Grandmaster feared his own clan had also been attacked.
• Ning Fengzhi urged Xue Ye to unite with the Flame Alliance against Spirit Hall, and Xue Ye agreed to meet Xiao Yan.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, worried that Xiao Yan might ally with Heaven Dou and decided to act.
• Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy, confirmed its recent attack had caused few casualties, and met Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe questioned Xiao Yan about Spirit Hall and the Flame Alliance, and Xiao Yan asked him to answer something truthfully.

Xiao Yan learned that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue, who revealed her identity and explained her opposition to Bibi Dong’s attack on Jia Nan Academy. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang grieved the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Flender and Liu Erlong hoped the Clear Sky Sect would join a coalition against Spirit Hall.

• Xiao Yan confronted Xue Qinghe about his connection to Spirit Hall, and Qian Renxue revealed her identity after Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish appeared.
• Qian Renxue explained that she had tried to stop Bibi Dong from targeting Jia Nan Academy and asked whether Xiao Yan would oppose her if she moved against the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Xiao Yan refused to join either empire’s camp, warned Spirit Hall not to harm him or the academy again, and left; Qian Renxue sent Snake Lance Douluo to watch Bibi Dong ahead of the palace coup.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang mourned the slaughter of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and blamed Bibi Dong, while Liu Erlong and Flender tried to comfort him.
• Flender and Liu Erlong discussed waiting for Tang San to return from the Clear Sky Sect and hoped it would join the empires in opposing Spirit Hall.

Tang San reached the Clear Sky Sect and tried to gain his uncle Tang Xiao’s support with a soul bone and a letter from Tang Hao, but the Seventh Elder arrived demanding that Tang San be thrown out. In Heaven Dou City, Xiao Yan prepared to recruit the Breaking Clan for the Flame Alliance before traveling to the Clear Sky Sect.

• Tang San entered the Clear Sky Sect’s remote village, overcame the villagers’ suspicion, and followed Tang Long to meet Tang Xiao.
• Tang San warned Tang Xiao about Spirit Hall’s attacks and offered Tang Hao’s soul bone and letter, revealing Tang Hao’s injuries and asking the sect to support him.
• The Seventh Elder stormed in and demanded that Tang San be expelled, prompting Tang Xiao to condemn the old man.
• Xiao Yan inspected the Flame Alliance’s new residence and clarified that Xue Qinghe had joined in a personal capacity, not on behalf of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Xiao Yan asked Dugu Bo to accompany him to recruit the Breaking Clan to make medicines, then planned to visit the Clear Sky Sect and said he needed to see someone first.

Xiao Yan asked Tai Tan to take him to meet Yang Wudi so he could recruit the Breaking Clan into the Flame Alliance. Meanwhile, Tang San’s return to the Clear Sky Sect was exposed, and the Seventh Elder confronted him with a crowd of disciples and prepared to attack.

• Xiao Yan visited Tai Tan at the Strength Clan estate and learned that Yang Wudi’s passion for medicine might help persuade the Breaking Clan to join the Flame Alliance.
• Tai Tan agreed to take Xiao Yan to meet Yang Wudi the next morning and planned to bring Tai Long along.
• Tang Xiao learned that the Seventh Elder had discovered Tang San’s presence and urged Tang San to leave the sect with Tang Long.
• The Seventh Elder and around two hundred disciples surrounded Tang San, accusing him of bringing disgrace upon the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San unleashed Divine Slaughter’s Domain and openly confirmed his connection to Tang Hao, prompting the Seventh Elder to summon his Clear Sky Hammer and threaten to kill him.