Chapter Summaries

Xu Yang agreed to meet Bibi Dong after Yue Guan summoned him, while Ning Fengzhi confronted three Spirit Hall elders to keep them from interfering. Bibi Dong awaited Xu Yang in the Pope’s Hall, and he arrived to face her.

• Yue Guan arrived and told Xu Yang that Bibi Dong wished to see him, and Xu Yang agreed to go after reassuring Ning Haiyan.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin were blocked by Demon Bear, Ghost Leopard, and Ghost Douluo, who claimed Bibi Dong only wanted to talk with Xu Yang.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed his Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and Titled Douluo strength, surprising the three Spirit Hall elders.
• Bibi Dong recognized Ning Fengzhi’s hidden power as a warning and worried that Spirit Hall’s information about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was incomplete.
• Yue Guan brought Xu Yang before Bibi Dong, who waited on the Pope’s throne while Xu Yang looked at her.

Bibi Dong tried to recruit Xu Yang into Spirit Hall as its Saint Child and a future Pope, but Xu Yang rejected her offer and challenged her authority. Their clash of Divine Slaughter's Domains and Soul Power left Bibi Dong astonished by Xu Yang's strength.

• Bibi Dong questioned Xu Yang about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's growth and concluded that he had caused its changes.
• Bibi Dong offered Xu Yang the position of Spirit Hall's Saint Child and a candidate for the next Pope.
• Xu Yang rejected Bibi Dong's offer and pointed out that the Worship Hall and the Six-Winged Angel lineage held power above the Pope.
• Bibi Dong erupted in anger and unleashed her Divine Slaughter's Domain, but Xu Yang met it with his own.
• Bibi Dong pressured Xu Yang with her Super Douluo Soul Power, but Xu Yang's scarlet-gold Soul Power shielded him and his aura rose to the level of a Titled Douluo.

Xu Yang faced Bibi Dong as Chen Xin unleashed his full strength outside, where Ning Fengzhi’s Ninth Soul Skill amplified Chen Xin enough to overwhelm three Spirit Hall Titled Douluos. Golden Crocodile Douluo and five other Venerables moved to confront them, while Chen Xin prepared to face Spirit Hall with power rivaling a Limit Douluo.

• Bibi Dong advanced on Xu Yang and declared that his Soul Emperor cultivation could not match a Titled Douluo, while Xu Yang readied himself to fight her.
• Chen Xin revealed his peak Super Douluo strength, forcing the Soul Master Competition to stop and Black Leopard Elder, Demon Bear Elder, and Ghost Douluo to combine their power against him.
• Ning Fengzhi fused his first eight Soul Rings into his ninth red Soul Ring as Golden Crocodile Douluo identified Chen Xin and led five Venerables out of Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi used Nine Treasure Amplification Divine Light on Chen Xin, doubling his power and blasting the three Spirit Hall Douluos through a civilian house.
• Chen Xin raised his Seven Kill Sword toward Spirit Hall, empowered to a level that rivaled a Limit Douluo.

Chen Xin completed the Nine Kill Sword and attacked Golden Crocodile Douluo’s group, but Qian Daoliu intervened to block his strike. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong attacked Xu Yang in Pope’s Hall and used Spider Web Restraint to try to capture him.

• Chen Xin fused his ninth soul ring into the Seven Kill Sword, completing the Nine Kill Sword, and unleashed a space-tearing strike at Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other offerings.
• Qian Daoliu emerged through a space vortex and blocked Chen Xin’s attack with Angel Wings, while Qian Renxue watched anxiously from a distant building.
• Bibi Dong sensed Chen Xin’s aura and resolved to kill Xu Yang before his potential grew further.
• Xu Yang met Bibi Dong’s scepter strike with a punch and endured its force, surprising her with his formidable physique.
• Bibi Dong transformed into the Death Spider Emperor and fired Spider Web Restraint at Xu Yang.

Xu Yang fought Bibi Dong inside Pope's Hall while Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi challenged Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall's forces. Chen Xin briefly gained the upper hand against Qian Daoliu, but Xu Yang and Bibi Dong remained locked in battle as she transformed for the next exchange.

• Xu Yang burned away Bibi Dong's spiderwebs and used Sun Sacred Blades to counter her Vampire Spider Thorns, bringing their attacks to a stalemate.
• Qian Daoliu drew on the sky's power and urged Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi to stop, but Ning Fengzhi refused to leave without Xu Yang.
• Chen Xin attacked Qian Daoliu with all nine soul rings, forcing him back and drawing blood despite his golden barrier.
• Ning Fengzhi maintained Nine Treasure Invincible Divine Light against Golden Crocodile and the others while worrying about Xu Yang.
• Xu Yang and Bibi Dong's opposing energies exploded through much of Pope's Hall, and Xu Yang argued that his strength rivaled a Titled Douluo's.
• Bibi Dong transformed into an armored spider warrior with six spider legs and spear-like arms as she prepared to continue fighting Xu Yang.

Xu Yang fled Bibi Dong after recognizing the danger of her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, using his physical strength to escape her pursuit. Their chase exposed the confrontation to the gathered factions, leaving Spirit Hall and the two empires on the brink of open conflict.

• Xu Yang abandoned his apparent stand against Bibi Dong and fled from Pope's Hall, prompting her to pursue him while Yue Guan went after them.
• Bibi Dong attacked Xu Yang with Dark Green slashes, but he used his body-tempering and Micro Control to accelerate through the air and pull ahead.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing recognized Xu Yang, while Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong worried from below as Dugu Bo and Ning Haiyan guarded them against Yue Guan and the Spirit Hall Elders.
• The Heaven Dou and Star Luo factions readied their Spirit Masters against Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong realized her plan to recruit or eliminate Xu Yang had triggered a dangerous confrontation.
• Xu Yang saw Bibi Dong distracted by the gathered forces and struck her with Slaughter God One-Hit Kill before continuing his escape.

Xu Yang and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect escaped Spirit City after Qian Daoliu halted the fighting, while Spirit Hall assessed the political fallout and strengthened its plans. The chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi warning the sect’s leaders that Spirit Hall still had at least eight hidden Titled Douluo and asking how they should respond.

• Qian Daoliu stopped fighting Chen Xin after Xu Yang arrived, and Xu Yang used his Sun Domain to shield Ning Fengzhi from the formation’s heat.
• Chen Xin carried Xu Yang and Ning Fengzhi away, and Dugu Bo gathered the others so the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could leave Spirit City.
• Qian Daoliu returned to the Worship Hall and ordered Golden Crocodile to tell Qian Renxue to take control of the Heaven Dou Empire and return to Spirit Hall.
• Spirit Hall Team won the Soul Master Competition, while news of the clash boosted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s reputation and alarmed major factions about Spirit Hall’s hidden strength.
• Ning Fengzhi told the sect’s leaders that Spirit Hall had at least eight more Titled Douluo hidden in Spirit City and asked how they should deal with it.

At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect meeting, Xu Yang proposed relocating the sect to the South Sea to avoid a direct conflict with Spirit Hall. After the sect chose Qingfeng Island as a new residence, Xu Yang returned to cultivation and began condensing his first soul core.

• Elder Li urged Ning Fengzhi to cooperate with other forces against Spirit Hall, but Madam Ning argued that the sect could no longer rely on its old, low-profile approach.
• Xu Yang proposed secretly relocating the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and suggested settling on an island in the South Sea.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to move the sect’s core disciples in batches to Qingfeng Island while leaving strong members behind in Seven Treasure City.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Chen Xin and Xu Yang to cultivate; Chen Xin focused on advancing toward Limit Douluo, while Xu Yang awaited his breakthrough to help hunt a 200,000-Year Golden Crow.
• Xu Yang cultivated in the artificial Sun Flower Field, ignited a spiritual flame, and began compressing Soul Power and essence and qi in his Lower Dantian.

Xu Yang formed a true Golden Core, gaining a higher level of Soul Power and beginning a transformation of his body and soul. After cultivating for two months, he discovered that his Spirit Bones could be separated from him and that several had improved in quality.

• Xu Yang compressed the Soul Core in his Dantian into a point of light, which absorbed the surrounding energy and became a Golden Core.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Madam Ning, and the others watched the energy vortex around Xu Yang and learned from Chen Xin that Xu Yang was absorbing its power.
• Xu Yang's Golden Core produced a new kind of Soul Power, and he cultivated to transform his life and extend his lifespan.
• Xu Yang continued cultivating for two months as the energy vortex vanished, while Ning Fengzhi and the others returned to their own affairs.
• Xu Yang discovered that he could materialize or remove his Spirit Bones without harm and that his Head Soul Bone, External Soul Bone, and Flame Control Right Arm Bone had improved in quality.

After forming his Golden Core, Xu Yang discovered that his cultivation, Martial Soul, and Soul Bone had all transformed, and he reunited with Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong after more than two months of seclusion. He refused to take them on his dangerous hunt for a 200,000-Year Golden Crow, then found them waiting for him in revealing clothes when he returned to his room.

• Xu Yang examined his new cultivation and Martial Soul, then learned his breakthrough had devastated the Sun Flower Field and kept him cultivating for more than two months.
• Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong reunited with Xu Yang, while he learned Chen Xin had reached Level Ninety-Nine and the sect had blamed the breakthrough commotion on him.
• Xu Yang took Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong shopping in Seven Treasure City, where they asked to join his hunt for a Seventh Soul Ring.
• Xu Yang told Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong that his target was a 200,000-Year Golden Crow and refused to bring them because the hunt was too dangerous.
• Xu Yang returned to his room and found Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong waiting on his bed in revealing clothes.

Xu Yang and Chen Xin set out to hunt the two-hundred-thousand-year-old Golden Crow, while Qian Renxue worried that her chances to draw Xu Yang into Spirit Hall were fading. They reached the Golden Crow’s island and launched their attack, beginning a fierce clash.

• Xu Yang left Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan to visit Chen Xin, whose Sword Intent had grown stronger after his battle with Qian Daoliu.
• Xu Yang and Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi they would hunt the Golden Crow and secretly flew toward the South Sea.
• Qian Renxue learned that Xu Yang and Chen Xin had left the sect and worried that her relationship with Xu Yang had grown distant.
• After resting from their half-month journey, Xu Yang and Chen Xin flew over the Golden Crow’s island and found the beast in its nest atop the Fusang Tree.
• Chen Xin attacked the Golden Crow with his Seven Kill Sword, but the awakened beast met his Sword Qi with a burning golden wing, shaking the island and stirring the surrounding sea.

Xu Yang and Chen Xin began fighting the Ferocious Beast Golden Crow on Sea Island, with Chen Xin’s sword strikes and Xu Yang’s Slaughter God One-Hit Kill targeting the bird and its flock. The Golden Crow evaded Chen Xin and unleashed its Sun Domain, setting the island ablaze and empowering the thirteen other Golden Crows.

• Chen Xin’s Martial Soul Avatar struck at the Ferocious Beast Golden Crow while Xu Yang used the Slaughter God One-Hit Kill to destroy the flames fired by the thirteen other Golden Crows.
• The Ferocious Beast Golden Crow used the Transformation Rainbow Technique to evade Chen Xin’s sword, which split a huge gash through Sea Island.
• Chen Xin pursued the Golden Crow at high speed using his Third Soul Skill, while Xu Yang realized that powerful Spirit Masters could use Soul Skills without their former sluggishness.
• The Ferocious Beast Golden Crow spread its Sun Domain across Sea Island, igniting the island with Solar True Fire.
• The thirteen Golden Crows gained strength from the domain as Spirit Beasts on the island fled underground.

Xu Yang used his Sun Domain and overwhelming strength to defeat the Golden Crows attacking him, then stopped the Ferocious Beast Golden Crow from self-destructing. Chen Xin drove the beast to the brink of death, and Xu Yang prepared to kill it and claim its Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

• Xu Yang used his Sun Domain to protect Chen Xin from the Golden Crow's Sun True Fire and knocked all thirteen of its ten-thousand-year Golden Crows unconscious.
• Chen Xin fought the Ferocious Beast Golden Crow and wounded it, while the beast vowed to destroy itself rather than let humans take its Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Xu Yang struck the Ferocious Beast Golden Crow with World Domination, interrupting its attempt to destroy its Soul Core and Soul Bone.
• Chen Xin stabbed the Ferocious Beast Golden Crow with his Sixth Soul Skill, Quake the Four Directions, leaving it on the brink of death.
• Xu Yang summoned the Sun Sacred Blade and charged toward the Ferocious Beast Golden Crow to kill it and take its Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

Xu Yang absorbed the 200,000-year Golden Crow’s Soul Ring and awakened his unique Martial Soul Avatar, though his Soul Power only reached Level seventy-two. He demonstrated overwhelming control over sunlight and Sun True Fire, leaving Chen Xin convinced that Xu Yang had the strength of a Limit Douluo.

• Chen Xin found two complete scarlet-gold Leg Bones in the Golden Crow’s corpse and decided to leave them for Xu Yang.
• After a week of absorbing the Golden Crow’s Soul Ring, Xu Yang’s Soul Power reached Level seventy-two, puzzling Chen Xin.
• Xu Yang activated his Seventh Soul Ring and merged with his Sun Martial Soul to form his unique Martial Soul Avatar.
• Xu Yang controlled Sun True Fire and sunlight, forming dozens of suns that burned Sea Soul Beasts to ashes.
• Chen Xin watched Xu Yang’s attacks and concluded that Xu Yang had the strength of a Limit Douluo.

Xu Yang tested his evolved Sun Spirit Avatar and revealed the power of his Pure White World domain, which could purify and weaken hostile forces. After Chen Xin gave him the Golden Crow’s two soul bones, the two prepared to test Xu Yang’s strength in battle.

• Xu Yang transformed into a Golden Crow and discovered that his Sun Spirit Avatar also doubled his soul skill power while granting him the beast form.
• Xu Yang revealed Pure White World, a domain that impaired Chen Xin and could purify corrupt powers and separate the components of soul skills.
• Chen Xin gave Xu Yang the Golden Crow’s left and right leg bones, explaining that one soul beast could produce two soul bones.
• Chen Xin activated Seven Kill True Body and challenged Xu Yang to attack first.
• Xu Yang fired a Little Sun, summoned the Sun Sacred Blade, and charged at Chen Xin at extraordinary speed.

Xu Yang and Chen Xin tested their strength in a fierce battle, with Xu Yang revealing his Sun Slash and Chen Xin demonstrating the spatial-cutting power of his strongest sword strike. The duel continued as Xu Yang switched from blade combat to his Sun Martial Soul and threw a Miniature Sun at Chen Xin.

• Xu Yang used acceleration and Heat Manipulation to boost his strength and speed, then clashed with Chen Xin over the sea.
• Chen Xin attacked with Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, but Xu Yang’s Sun Slash broke through the Sword Rain and sent Chen Xin flying back.
• Chen Xin praised Xu Yang’s Sun True Intent and unleashed God Demon Dual Slash, whose Spatial Cutting power Xu Yang survived with Pure White World’s help.
• Xu Yang said his true strength lay in his Sun Martial Soul, changed the Sun Sacred Blade into a Miniature Sun, and hurled it at Chen Xin.

Xu Yang demonstrated the destructive power of his Sun Spirit Avatar to Chen Xin, then they flew back toward the continent. In Heaven Dou City, Xue Ye’s assassination plunged the Empire into mourning and disorder as Qian Renxue ordered a citywide search for the killer.

• Chen Xin escaped Xu Yang’s field of Miniature Suns before they exploded, but the blast threw him through the air and devastated the sea below.
• Xu Yang explained that his Sun Spirit Avatar let him gather sunlight into weapons and Miniature Suns, and Chen Xin ended their duel.
• Xu Yang threw a Miniature Sun into the sea, and he and Chen Xin flew toward the continent.
• News spread that Xue Ye had been assassinated, throwing Heaven Dou City into chaos as knights began patrolling the streets.
• Qian Renxue mourned over Xue Ye’s corpse, ordered the murderer found, and Ge Long mobilized imperial loyalists to search the city.

Spirit Hall’s scapegoat was killed, allowing Qian Renxue to hide her role in Xue Ye’s assassination and ascend the throne as Xue Qinghe. After learning of the coronation, Xu Yang revealed Qian Renxue’s identity and Spirit Hall’s plan to Ning Fengzhi and the others.

• Spirit Hall’s Soul Douluo scapegoat was hunted down and killed by the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s Venerables, leaving the palace unable to identify the mastermind.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived at the palace, and Qian Renxue blamed Spirit Hall or the Star Luo Empire while concealing her involvement in Xue Ye’s death.
• Ning Fengzhi backed Xue Qinghe’s swift succession, and Qian Renxue was enthroned as emperor within a week of Xue Ye’s burial.
• Xu Yang learned that Xue Ye had died and Xue Qinghe had taken the throne, then told Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Madam Ning, and Gu Rong that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue.
• Xu Yang explained that Spirit Hall had arranged Xue Ye’s assassination to put Qian Renxue on the throne early, and the group fell silent at the revelation.

Xu Yang revealed that he had long known Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue, prompting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to consider how to stop Spirit Hall from taking advantage of Heaven Dou’s turmoil. Ning Fengzhi proposed usurping the throne and making Xu Yang emperor, leaving Xu Yang and the others stunned.

• Xu Yang explained that he had identified Qian Renxue through the resonance between their spirits, but had forgotten to tell Ning Fengzhi until Xue Ye’s assassination came up.
• Chen Xin tried to leave and kill Qian Renxue, but Ning Fengzhi stopped him, warning that her death could throw Heaven Dou into chaos and play into Spirit Hall’s plans.
• Chen Xin revealed that Xu Yang had combat strength equal to a Limit Douluo, and Xu Yang resolved to kill Qian Renxue if necessary to protect his family and sect.
• Gu Rong pointed out that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had no suitable emperor to install after Qian Renxue’s removal.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed usurping the throne and making Xu Yang emperor, shocking Xu Yang and everyone present.

Ning Fengzhi decided that Xu Yang should become emperor after Spirit Hall was driven from the Heaven Dou Empire, and Xu Yang reluctantly agreed after considering the benefits. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue struggled to govern and learned that rumors exposing her identity had begun spreading through Heaven Dou City.

• Ning Fengzhi proposed making Xu Yang emperor so the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could take control of the Heaven Dou Empire without openly claiming the throne itself.
• Xu Yang suggested keeping Xue Beng as emperor and controlling him, but Ning Fengzhi rejected the plan and argued that ruling could benefit Xu Yang’s cultivation and goals.
• Xu Yang agreed to become emperor, and Ning Fengzhi began arranging the usurpation of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue reviewed the empire’s affairs and realized she had failed to build a loyal faction, while ministers and nobles obstructed her policies.
• She Mao told Qian Renxue that rumors identifying Xue Qinghe as Qian Renxue had spread despite efforts to suppress them.
• Qian Renxue blamed Ning Fengzhi for the rumors and realized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s counterattack had begun.