Chapter Summaries

Chen Xuanqing drew a Million-Year Soul Ring and absorbed it, reaching level 97 and becoming a Titled Douluo. After returning to Heaven Dou City, he took Ning Rongrong to the Soul Master Tournament venue while weighing his next plans.

• At level 90, Chen Xuanqing used his prize draw and received a Million-Year Soul Ring.
• Chen Xuanqing absorbed the ring over a day and night while Liu Erlong and the other women guarded him.
• Chen Xuanqing revealed his ninth soul ring, explained that it raised him to level 97, and described his Ninth Soul Skill, Divine Path.
• Chen Xuanqing told the women to prepare to return to Heaven Dou City, where Ye Lingling and Tang Yuehua went to visit their families and homes.
• Chen Xuanqing warned Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran to stay inside, then took Ning Rongrong to the Soul Master Tournament venue.

Chen Xuanqing returned to the Soul Master Tournament with Ning Rongrong, whose martial soul had evolved and whose soul power had reached rank forty-three. The advancement matches resumed, but Flender and Yu Xiaogang interrupted the stands to demand that Chen Xuanqing release Liu Erlong, then left after he refused.

• Chen Xuanqing arrived to see Bishop Salas, and Ning Rongrong reunited with Ning Fengzhi and revealed her new Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and rank forty-three cultivation.
• Salas introduced Chen Xuanqing to Heaven Dou Empire powers, and Chen Xuanqing joined Qian Renxue, Ning Fengzhi, and the others in the tournament stands.
• At Salas's command, the advancement matches resumed while Chen Xuanqing observed the crowd.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang rushed into the stands and demanded that Chen Xuanqing release Liu Erlong; Salas's pressure forced Yu Xiaogang to his knees.
• Chen Xuanqing said Liu Erlong was doing well and had reached Soul Douluo level, then ordered the two men to leave.
• Salas and Huyan Zhen blocked Flender and Yu Xiaogang, who withdrew from the stands, and Flender asked Yu Xiaogang why he had stopped him from arguing.

Chen Xuanqing proposed that Qian Renxue and Spirit Hall help him occupy the Heaven Dou Empire, but she attacked him for disrupting her long-running plan. He subdued her and pretended his scheme was meant to spare her years undercover, leaving Qian Renxue wondering if he had confessed his love.

• Yu Xiaogang suggested secretly following Chen Xuanqing to find Erlong.
• Chen Xuanqing vanished from the crowd and entered Qian Renxue's room, prompting gossip about his relationship with Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue confronted Chen Xuanqing about the disappearance of the Big Dipper Divine Guard Army, and he proposed occupying the Heaven Dou Empire while she held off the Star Luo Empire.
• Qian Renxue attacked Chen Xuanqing, but he dodged her strikes, restrained her, and took her sword.
• Chen Xuanqing claimed he was acting to spare Qian Renxue more years undercover, and she wondered if his words were a confession of love.

Chen Xuanqing reassured Qian Renxue with a romantic confession before ordering Salas and Sirius to assemble powerful fighters for his plan. Back at Spirit Hall, he encountered Stark, who reported for duty as a commander in the Big Dipper Divine Guard Army.

• Qian Renxue worried about Chen Xuanqing's secret plans, and he told her he hoped to survive and protect the people he cared about.
• Chen Xuanqing confessed his love to Qian Renxue, told her to wait for him, and left her behind.
• Chen Xuanqing ordered Sirius and Salas to gather every available combatant in the Heaven Dou Empire who was at least a Soul Saint.
• Chen Xuanqing returned to Spirit Hall and unexpectedly met Stark, who saluted and reported for duty as a commander in the Big Dipper Divine Guard Army.
• Chen Xuanqing led Stark into a small conference room, where Stark stood at attention across from him.

Chen Xuanqing ordered the Big Dipper Divine Guard Army to regroup and attack Heaven Dou City, then heard Stark recount his training and rise to company commander. He gave Stark a Tiger-Wolf Pill, which enhanced Stark’s body, and asked him to describe any further changes.

• Stark reported the regiments’ positions, and Chen Xuanqing ordered the army to regroup and march on Heaven Dou City.
• Chen Xuanqing asked Stark about his leadership, and Stark praised his command of the Big Dipper Divine Guard Army.
• Stark described learning the Dragon Elephant Heaven-Shaking Art, finding Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, and reaching the strength of six elephants.
• Chen Xuanqing gave Stark a Tiger-Wolf Pill, and Stark swallowed it without hesitation.
• The pill toughened Stark’s skin and increased his vitality and strength, and Chen Xuanqing asked whether he had noticed other changes.

Chen Xuanqing prepared the Big Dipper Divine Guard Army to seize Heaven Dou City, distributing Tiger-Wolf Pills and judging his forces capable of defeating the troops the Heaven Dou Empire could deploy. As the Soul Master Tournament teams traveled to Spirit City, his soldiers secretly infiltrated Heaven Dou City, and he summoned his forces on a moonless night.

• Chen Xuanqing gave Stark seven spatial rings containing Tiger-Wolf Pills for the regiments to strengthen their soldiers and expand their reserves.
• Chen Xuanqing reviewed the Big Dipper Divine Guard Army's ranks and commanders, then assessed the Heaven Dou Empire's defenses and concluded his twenty-eight thousand troops could overcome the roughly four hundred thousand soldiers available to defend the capital.
• Chen Xuanqing continued cultivating at Spirit Hall while the Soul Master Tournament's preliminary rounds ended and its teams prepared to travel to Spirit City.
• A week later, the tournament teams and their guards departed for Spirit City, while twenty thousand Big Dipper Divine Guard Army soldiers slipped into Heaven Dou City in small groups.
• On a moonless, windswept night, Chen Xuanqing summoned every force under his command that he could mobilize.

Chen Xuanqing assigned the factions their roles in the coming conflict over Heaven Dou City. The commanders agreed to their tasks, leaving the city’s gates, key officials, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy under separate control.

• Chen Xuanqing told Liu Erlong to handle the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, showing restraint if it stayed neutral and no mercy if it opposed them.
• Ning Fengzhi pledged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support and promised to keep the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan off the battlefield.
• Chen Xuanqing ordered Tianshu, Heavenly Pivot, Heavenly Balance, and Dragon Duke Meng Shu to guard Heaven Dou City’s gates against outside enemies.
• Salas and Sirius assured Chen Xuanqing that they would control the city’s academies, nobles, imperial family, and officials, with extra Soul Masters and surveillance in place.
• Huyan Zhen promised that the Elephant Armor Sect could stop the Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s teachers and students from entering the city, and Chen Xuanqing assigned the academy to him.

Chen Xuanqing assigned forces to seize Heaven Dou City and assured his allies that he would handle the Imperial City. After Salas and Sirius questioned the risks of relying on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he explained that Spirit Hall’s internal divisions also limited its ability to act.

• Chen Xuanqing ordered Heavenly Authority, Yuheng, and Kaiyang to secure Heaven Dou City’s key sites and walls, while Yaoguang, Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang, and Ye Xianxun organized street patrols and reserves.
• Chen Xuanqing set the coordinated assault for four the next morning and said he would take the Imperial City and confront Emperor Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe.
• Salas warned Chen Xuanqing that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might turn against Spirit Hall, and Sirius questioned why outsiders had been included in the operation.
• Chen Xuanqing said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not threaten them if they controlled Heaven Dou City’s walls, imperial family, nobles, and officials.
• Chen Xuanqing explained that Spirit Hall was divided between Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu’s factions, then sent Salas and Sirius to prepare for the assault.

Chen Xuanqing sneaked into the Crown Prince's Residence to ask Qian Renxue for troops for his planned seizure of Heaven Dou City. Qian Renxue agreed to join the operation, but hesitated when he asked how many soldiers she could trust completely.

• Chen Xuanqing slipped past the guards and entered Qian Renxue's bedchamber, where she mistook him for an intruder and attacked before recognizing him.
• Chen Xuanqing told Qian Renxue he planned to seize Heaven Dou City at four the next morning and needed to borrow troops.
• Chen Xuanqing explained that he had kept the plan from Qian Renxue to protect her from Xue Ye's suspicions, and she agreed to lend troops on the condition that she join the operation.
• Chen Xuanqing asked how many troops Qian Renxue could mobilize whom she trusted completely, leaving her uncertain whether her generals were truly loyal or serving Xue Ye.

Chen Xuanqing persuaded Qian Renxue to gather two trusted commanders and their troops for a pre-dawn attack on the Imperial City. Jiang Xu and Long Shihu remained suspicious of his plan, and Chen Xuanqing left them weighing whether to support Qian Renxue or Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing.

• Qian Renxue named Jiang Xu and Long Shihu as the commanders she trusted and summoned them to her residence.
• Long Shihu and Jiang Xu arrived wary of Chen Xuanqing, but Qian Renxue assured them that he was their ally.
• Chen Xuanqing announced that he and Qian Renxue would attack the Imperial City before dawn and asked the commanders for their troops.
• Jiang Xu and Long Shihu drew their swords and challenged Chen Xuanqing’s plan, fearing it would make them traitors.
• Chen Xuanqing claimed Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing were plotting against the true prince while the poisoned Xue Ye was near death, then urged the commanders to choose whom to trust.

Chen Xuanqing persuaded Jiang Xu and Long Shihu to support Qian Renxue and surrender their Tiger Tallies, then led them into a secret assault on the Imperial City. Qian Renxue charged at the head of the army while Chen Xuanqing stayed hidden, preparing to face the defenders and any powerful opponents.

• Chen Xuanqing convinced Long Shihu and Jiang Xu to pledge their lives to Qian Renxue and support the crown prince’s plan.
• Chen Xuanqing assigned Jiang Xu to seize the Imperial City gates and promised to hold off Dugu Bo and the city’s powerful fighters.
• Jiang Xu and Long Shihu handed their Tiger Tallies to Qian Renxue, who assigned trusted aides to command the troops.
• At half past three in the night, Qian Renxue, Chen Xuanqing, Jiang Xu, and Long Shihu left the Crown Prince’s Residence as more than three thousand soldiers gathered secretly.
• Imperial Knights spotted the approaching army, sounded the alarm, and clashed with the troops at the city gates.
• Qian Renxue led the charge toward the Imperial City with Jiang Xu and Long Shihu guarding her, while Chen Xuanqing remained hidden in the shadows.

Chen Xuanqing killed an Imperial Knights commander, allowing Qian Renxue’s rebels to enter the Imperial City while Xue Ye ordered the palace defenses to assemble. As Qian Renxue’s forces raced toward the sleeping palace, Dragon Duke Meng Shu launched another attack inside Heaven Dou City.

• Chen Xuanqing leaped onto the battlements and killed the Imperial Knights commander, causing the defenders to panic and open the gates.
• Qian Renxue led the rebels into the Imperial City and cut down soldiers who tried to stop them.
• Xue Ye heard the Dragon-Singing Bell and ordered the Imperial Knights and imperial family’s retainers to protect his sleeping palace.
• Jiang Xu and Long Shihu urged Qian Renxue to reach the sleeping palace before the Imperial Knights assembled, but she said the outside army had already been tied down.
• Dragon Duke Meng Shu led an attack on the city walls with nine Soul Rings, and the defending commander rallied his twenty thousand troops against him.

The Big Dipper Divine Guard Army swiftly defeated Heaven Dou City's defenders and seized control of the city, while Chen Xuanqing, Qian Renxue, and their allies faced ten thousand Imperial Knights at the Imperial City. Qian Renxue accused Xue Beng and Xue Xing of treason, but Xue Beng demanded evidence, leaving her looking to Chen Xuanqing for help.

• Dragon Duke Meng Shu fought the defending general while observing the Big Dipper Divine Guard Army's strength.
• The Big Dipper Divine Guard Army routed the defenders, and Meng Shu killed the general as he tried to flee.
• Salas and Sirius took control of Heaven Dou City's officials, imperial family, and nobles while the army secured key sites and protected civilians.
• Qian Renxue, Chen Xuanqing, Long Shihu, and Jiang Xu were blocked by ten thousand Imperial Knights in the Imperial City.
• Xue Ye accused Qian Renxue of rebellion, and she blamed Xue Beng and Xue Xing for poisoning members of the imperial family.
• Xue Beng demanded proof of the accusations, and Qian Renxue turned to Chen Xuanqing for a way forward.

Chen Xuanqing led the fight to rescue Qian Renxue, then confronted the three Titled Douluos who had joined Xue Ye’s side. He asked Dugu Bo to honor his promise of three requests and stay out of the conflict, leaving Dugu Bo caught between his obligations and his debt to Chen Xuanqing.

• Chen Xuanqing ordered Long Shihu and Jiang Xu to attack Prince Xue Xing’s rebel army, then battered the commanders who tried to stop them.
• Xue Ye sent Dugu Bo and the imperial consecrators Xue Haoqiong and Yao Dang to end the battle, and their Titled Douluo pressure forced many soldiers to falter.
• Qian Renxue rejected the elder’s demand to lay down her weapon and apologize to her father.
• Chen Xuanqing appeared before the three Titled Douluos, and Dugu Bo recognized that he had become one himself.
• Dugu Bo explained that he had come to protect Xue Ye because Prince Xue Xing had saved him and the royal family paid him a stipend.
• Chen Xuanqing asked Dugu Bo to honor his promise of three requests and made his first request: to stay out of the conflict.

Chen Xuanqing refused Dugu Bo’s attempt to keep the Heaven Dou Empire’s conflict from spreading and overwhelmed the three Titled Douluos defending Xue Ye. After revealing that he was at least level 95, Chen Xuanqing summoned his Martial Soul Avatar to challenge Xue Haoqiong’s confidence.

• Dugu Bo urged Chen Xuanqing to stay out of the Heaven Dou Empire’s internal dispute, but Chen Xuanqing demanded to know whether he would stand against him.
• Chen Xuanqing used Dragon's Roar to incapacitate Dugu Bo, Xue Haoqiong, and Yao Dang, then struck Dugu Bo and Xue Haoqiong away.
• Yao Dang attacked with his Eight-Faced Bright Silver Hammer, but Chen Xuanqing caught the blow with one hand and kicked him into a crater.
• Qian Renxue, Long Shihu, Jiang Xu, and Xue Ye watched Chen Xuanqing defeat the three retainers and recognized the danger facing the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• When Yao Dang asked his Soul Power Level, Chen Xuanqing said he was only a level or two above them, shocking the Titled Douluos.
• After Xue Haoqiong claimed the three of them could still defeat him, Chen Xuanqing activated his Martial Soul Avatar and manifested the hundred-meter Crocodile Ancestor.

Chen Xuanqing defeated Dugu Bo, Xue Haoqiong, and Yao Dang, seized control of the palace, and executed Prince Xue Xing. Dugu Bo then entered the hall, hoping to plead for mercy for himself and the defeated Titled Douluos.

• Dugu Bo, Xue Haoqiong, and Yao Dang launched their strongest attacks, but Chen Xuanqing broke free of Time Freeze and used Spatial Strangulation to destroy Xue Haoqiong's and Yao Dang's Martial Soul Avatars.
• Dugu Bo withdrew from the fight, while Long Shihu and Jiang Xu took Xue Ye and Prince Xue Xing hostage.
• Chen Xuanqing executed Prince Xue Xing and quietly instructed Qian Renxue to leave Xue Ye paralyzed and unable to speak or write.
• Chen Xuanqing ordered Jiang Xu to secure the palace and Long Shihu to take the military commanders and Titled Douluos into custody.
• Dugu Bo decided to plead for mercy and entered the hall, where six military commanders and two Titled Douluos knelt under guard.

Chen Xuanqing executed three military commanders and spared the remaining three, then killed Dugu Bo and Xue Haoqiong despite Dugu Bo's warning about the rules protecting Titled Douluos. He ordered their deaths concealed with a fabricated account of a rebellion, leaving Yao Dang terrified for his own life.

• Long Shihu advised Chen Xuanqing to kill all six military commanders, and Chen Xuanqing killed three while sparing the other three for now.
• Xue Haoqiong defied Chen Xuanqing, and Dugu Bo tried to stop Chen Xuanqing by invoking the convention against Titled Douluos killing one another.
• Chen Xuanqing killed Dugu Bo with the Azure Gleam Sword, then killed Xue Haoqiong moments later.
• Chen Xuanqing ordered a false report claiming Xue Haoqiong and Prince Xue Xing had rebelled and Dugu Bo had died defending Xue Ye.
• Yao Dang feared Chen Xuanqing would kill him next.

Chen Xuanqing secured Yao Dang’s submission by implanting a gu in him and rewarding him with an immortal herb. He told Qian Renxue that Heaven Dou City was under their control, left her to take the throne and govern using his five-year plan, then departed the Imperial City.

• Yao Dang begged Chen Xuanqing for his life and pledged to serve Spirit Hall as an honored retainer.
• Chen Xuanqing forced a Danyang Heart-Devouring Gu into Yao Dang and warned that only he could save him, then gave him an immortal herb as a reward.
• Chen Xuanqing found Qian Renxue tending to the vegetative Xue Ye and told her Heaven Dou City was under their control.
• Chen Xuanqing asked Qian Renxue to ascend the throne and handed her his first five-year plan for governing the empire.
• Chen Xuanqing left the Imperial City at dawn as the Big Dipper Divine Guard Army patrolled the peaceful streets.

Chen Xuanqing returned to Spirit City after entrusting Heaven Dou Empire affairs to Sirius and Ning Fengzhi, while Qian Renxue’s rise to power stirred a covert struggle between Qian Daoliu’s and Bibi Dong’s factions. Back in the city, Chen Xuanqing reunited with Golden Crocodile Douluo and found that ordinary life remained peaceful despite the tensions among Spirit Hall’s leaders.

• Chen Xuanqing asked Sirius and Ning Fengzhi to help Xue Qinghe ascend the Heaven Dou throne, then flew back to Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue sent news of her impending rule to Spirit Hall, prompting Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong’s factions to maneuver against each other.
• Chen Xuanqing reached Spirit City, returned to his residence, and bathed before setting out again.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Chen Xuanqing that he had made no progress toward level one hundred, but dismissed Chen Xuanqing’s offer to help him become a god.
• Chen Xuanqing teased Golden Crocodile Douluo about finding a promising youngster at the Soul Master Tournament, and Golden Crocodile Douluo left to attend it.
• Chen Xuanqing observed that the Heaven Dou upheaval had not disturbed ordinary life in Spirit City.

Chen Xuanqing told Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and urged Spirit Hall to act against him. Qian Daoliu vowed to take action, while Bibi Dong remained hesitant as Chen Xuanqing pressed her to seize the opportunity.

• Chen Xuanqing visited Qian Daoliu in the Worship Hall and told him that Tang San’s father was Tang Hao of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Daoliu reacted with killing intent and declared that he would act against the Clear Sky Sect himself.
• Chen Xuanqing thanked Qian Daoliu and left to visit Bibi Dong in the Pope Hall.
• Chen Xuanqing told Bibi Dong that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and invoked Qian Xunji’s death as a reason to seek revenge.
• Bibi Dong hesitated, and Chen Xuanqing said he had already informed Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue, urging her to seize the opportunity.