Chapter Summaries

Su Mo arranged for Gui Mei to save Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender from a berserk Blazing Sun Earthwalking Dragon so he could approach them and eventually expose Yu Xiaogang. The dragon was restrained, but Yu Xiaogang reacted to Spirit Hall's arrival with anger and disgust.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan questioned why Su Mo wanted to save Yu Xiaogang, whose plagiarism and past conduct had made him despised in Spirit City.
• Su Mo explained that the dragon could not kill the trio and that he wanted to earn their trust, then reveal Yu Xiaogang's true nature and prevent Liu Erlong and Flender from turning against Spirit Hall.
• Yue Guan agreed with the plan and told Gui Mei to control the berserk Blazing Sun Earthwalking Dragon.
• Gui Mei used his Fifth Soul Skill, Ghost Shadow Earthly Pool Hand, to bind the dragon with shadowy hands before it could strike Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender.
• Flender and Liu Erlong looked relieved and grateful when they recognized Su Mo and the others, while Yu Xiaogang reacted with anger and disgust at seeing Spirit Hall.

Ghost Douluo subdued the berserk Flame Earthwalking Dragon, allowing Liu Erlong to kill it for her Soul Ring. Su Mo revealed that his group belonged to Spirit Hall, and Flender and Liu Erlong offered to help them find a Soul Beast while Yu Xiaogang silently resented Spirit Hall.

• Yu Xiaogang recalled how Spirit Hall had tortured and expelled him, destroying his reputation and making him regard it as his lifelong enemy.
• Ghost Douluo Gui Mei subdued the berserk ten-thousand-year Flame Earthwalking Dragon, shocking Flender and Liu Erlong, who did not recognize him as a Titled Douluo.
• Flender thanked Su Mo's group, and Liu Erlong killed the subdued dragon to obtain its Soul Ring.
• Su Mo told Flender and Liu Erlong that the group came from Spirit Hall, prompting Yu Xiaogang to silently condemn what he saw as their hypocrisy.
• Liu Erlong offered to help Su Mo's group find a Soul Beast, while Flender and Liu Erlong remained unaware of Yu Xiaogang's deep hatred of Spirit Hall.

Su Mo revealed that he was seeking a Mantis Soul Beast with over fifty thousand years of cultivation, shocking Liu Erlong, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang when Yue Guan said Su Mo was about to become a Soul Saint. After Liu Erlong and Flender offered to help, they waited while Liu Erlong absorbed the Blazing Sun Earthwalking Dragon's Soul Ring, and Yu Xiaogang concluded that Spirit Hall's assistance had to be part of a conspiracy.

• Su Mo told Liu Erlong that he was looking for a Mantis Soul Beast with over fifty thousand years of cultivation.
• Yue Guan clarified that Su Mo, who was about thirteen, was about to break through to Soul Saint, leaving Liu Erlong, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang astonished.
• Liu Erlong and Flender promised to help Su Mo find a suitable Soul Beast, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei noticed Yu Xiaogang's displeasure.
• Liu Erlong began absorbing the Blazing Sun Earthwalking Dragon's Soul Ring as Flender and Yu Xiaogang stood guard.
• Flender asked Yu Xiaogang why he seemed unhappy, and Yu Xiaogang said Spirit Hall's help was a conspiracy.

Yu Xiaogang told Flender a one-sided account of his persecution by Spirit Hall, but Flender remained partly unconvinced, and Su Mo sensed Yu Xiaogang's hatred. After Liu Erlong and Su Mo obtained their Soul Rings, Yu Xiaogang's insistence on leaving sparked the Golden Iron Triangle's first disagreement.

• Yu Xiaogang claimed Spirit Hall had tortured him, rejected his Martial Soul Theory, and ruined his reputation, prompting Flender to sympathize while defending Spirit Hall's contributions.
• Su Mo sensed Yu Xiaogang's anger and hatred and resolved to thwart his efforts to turn Flender and Liu Erlong against Spirit Hall.
• Liu Erlong successfully absorbed the Blazing Sun Earthwalking Dragon's Soul Ring, and Flender helped the group locate a roughly sixty-thousand-year-old Ghost Blade Mantis.
• Su Mo hunted the Ghost Blade Mantis and gained the Spirit Avatar after absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Flender and Liu Erlong to leave, but Liu Erlong wanted to stay close to Su Mo, whom she hoped to treat as a younger brother.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Liu Erlong and Flender to leave Su Mo’s group despite Liu Erlong’s gratitude toward them. After absorbing his Seventh Soul Ring, Su Mo learned they had gone and planned to use the encounter to help turn Liu Erlong and Flender against Yu Xiaogang.

• Yu Xiaogang warned Liu Erlong that Spirit Hall’s people might have ulterior motives and urged her and Flender to leave with him.
• Liu Erlong was moved by Yu Xiaogang’s concern and chose to leave, setting aside her wish to get closer to Su Mo.
• Flender respectfully told Yue Guan and Gui Mei that the three had urgent business, and they departed.
• Su Mo woke after absorbing the Ghost Blade Mantis’s Soul Ring and learned from Yue Guan that Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender had left.
• Su Mo explained that helping the trio had built Spirit Hall’s reputation with Liu Erlong and Flender, then resolved to persuade Bibi Dong to expose Yu Xiaogang’s lies to them.

Tang Hao took his pregnant wife Ah Yin to Lanxia City for a stroll, believing his father had arranged a place for them there. Their outing ended in danger when Qian Xunji recognized Ah Yin as a one-hundred-thousand-year plant Soul Beast in human form.

• Tang Hao persuaded the wary Ah Yin to visit Lanxia City, promising they would only go to a nearby city where she would be safe.
• Tang Hao and Ah Yin traveled to Lanxia City, ate at a restaurant, and went shopping while he planned to contact the Clear Sky Sect later.
• Qian Xunji arrived in Lanxia City with Spirit Hall's ceremonial guard and knights, drawing a large crowd to the main street.
• Tang Hao and Ah Yin joined the crowd out of curiosity as Qian Xunji's procession passed through the city.
• Qian Xunji sensed Ah Yin's leaking Soul Power, recognized her as a one-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, and felt overjoyed at his discovery.

Tang Hao realized his father Tang Zhen had likely arranged for him and Ah Yin to encounter Qian Xunji, who discovered Ah Yin's identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. As Qian Xunji pursued them, Tang Hao stayed behind to protect Ah Yin and attacked him with the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Tang Hao saw Qian Xunji pursuing them and concluded his father Tang Zhen had deliberately sent him and his pregnant wife to Lanxia City to their deaths.
• Tang Hao carried Ah Yin away, but Qian Xunji flew after them and ignored the Spirit Hall procession.
• Tang Hao set Ah Yin down and told her to flee while he stayed behind to delay Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunji recognized Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer and threatened to take the matter to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao declared that Ah Yin was his wife, unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, and struck at Qian Xunji with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

Tang Hao escaped Qian Xunji after using a detonated-ring attack to protect Ah Yin, but Qian Xunji began preparing to pressure the Clear Sky Sect over Tang Hao's connection to a 100,000-Year Transformed Soul Beast. Su Mo learned of the planned expedition and persuaded Bibi Dong to let him join it.

• Tang Hao detonated several Soul Rings and threw his Clear Sky Hammer Avatar at Qian Xunji, forcing him to block the attack while Tang Hao escaped Lanxia City.
• Tang Hao caught up with Ah Yin and took her back toward their secluded village, while Qian Xunji returned to Spirit City and ordered Spirit Hall to gather personnel.
• Qian Xunji confirmed Tang Hao's identity and planned to visit the Clear Sky Sect to pressure it into surrendering him.
• Su Mo learned that Spirit Hall was preparing to go to Heaven Dou Imperial City and realized Qian Xunji had discovered Ah Yin's identity.
• Su Mo asked Bibi Dong to let him join the expedition, and she agreed to take him along.

Qian Xunji led Spirit Hall forces to the Clear Sky Sect and accused it of colluding with Soul Beasts because Tang Hao had married Ah Yin, a 100,000-Year Transformed Soul Beast. Tang Zhen admitted the marriage but refused to hand Ah Yin over, leaving Qian Xunji’s threat unresolved.

• Qian Xunji arrived at the Clear Sky Sect with Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters and demanded that Tang Zhen meet him.
• Qian Xunji accused Tang Hao of protecting Ah Yin and threatened to expose the Clear Sky Sect unless it handed her over.
• The Clear Sky Sect members questioned Tang Xiao, whose distress revealed that he knew about Tang Hao and Ah Yin.
• Tang Zhen confessed that Tang Hao had married Ah Yin, prompting outrage among the Clear Sky Sect members.
• Qian Xunji gave the Clear Sky Sect three months to surrender Ah Yin, but Tang Zhen said he did not know their whereabouts and refused.

Qian Xunji pressured Tang Zhen to hand over Ah Yin, but Tang Zhen refused and claimed the Clear Sky Sect did not know where Tang Hao and Ah Yin were. After Spirit Hall left, Tang Zhen reflected that the confrontation had gone according to his plan to make Ah Yin sacrifice herself to Tang Hao, giving him a 100,000-year ninth soul ring and removing the threat to the Clear Sky Sect.

• Qian Xunji and several Titled Douluos released their Soul Power pressure against the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang Zhen said he would not hand over Ah Yin and asked Spirit Hall not to kill Tang Hao.
• Qian Xunji accepted Tang Zhen's response and led Spirit Hall's forces away from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Su Mo left with Bibi Dong, reflecting that the Clear Sky Sect's resolve had been weakened by yielding to Spirit Hall.
• Tang Zhen privately revealed that he had arranged for Tang Hao and Ah Yin to be discovered so Spirit Hall would pursue them.
• Tang Zhen expected Ah Yin to sacrifice herself to save Tang Hao, allowing him to break through Spirit Hall's encirclement and become a Titled Douluo with a 100,000-year ninth soul ring.

After Spirit Hall discovered Tang Hao and Ah Yin with their newborn son, Qian Xunji led a force to surround them and demand Ah Yin. Bibi Dong secretly left Spirit City with plans to kill Qian Xunji, while Su Mo set out to watch the pursuit.

• Qian Xunji returned to Spirit City after securing the Clear Sky Sect’s promise not to help Tang Hao and Ah Yin, then ordered Spirit Hall to search for them.
• After more than a month, Spirit Hall located Tang Hao and Ah Yin, who had stayed in hiding until Ah Yin gave birth to Tang San.
• Bibi Dong told Su Mo she was leaving to hunt a Soul Beast, while Su Mo realized she intended to kill Qian Xunji and seize control of Spirit Hall.
• Su Mo arranged care for Qian Renxue and quietly left to follow the pursuit.
• Qian Xunji, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Spirit Hall forces surrounded Tang Hao and Ah Yin’s home, and Qian Xunji demanded that Tang Hao hand over Ah Yin.

Tang Hao and Ah Yin resisted Qian Xunji’s attempt to capture their family and fled with their infant, but Spirit Hall’s pursuers kept closing in. Cornered and desperate, Ah Yin decided to sacrifice herself to protect Tang Hao and their child.

• Tang Hao refused Qian Xunji’s demand to surrender Ah Yin, and Qian Xunji revealed that the Clear Sky Sect would not help them.
• Qian Xunji ordered the Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo and Spirit Hall forces to capture Tang Hao and Ah Yin alive so he could eventually force Ah Yin to sacrifice her 100,000-year Soul Ring for Qian Renxue.
• Tang Hao fought back with his Clear Sky Hammer while he and Ah Yin used their domains to resist the Two Forms Stasis Domain and escape with their child.
• Qian Xunji led Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo, Soul Douluo, and Soul Saints in pursuit, and Tang Hao and Ah Yin struggled to evade their attacks while carrying the infant.
• As the pursuers continued to gain on them, Ah Yin decided to sacrifice herself.

Ah Yin began sacrificing herself to save Tang Hao and their newborn child, while Qian Xunji and Spirit Hall's forces failed to break the barrier protecting them. Watching from hiding, Su Mo suspected that Tang Hao and Ah Yin's discovery by Spirit Hall had not been accidental and decided to investigate it.

• Ah Yin placed the infant Tang San in Tang Hao's arms and began sacrificing herself to him.
• Qian Xunji recognized the sacrifice and ordered his forces to attack the Blue Barrier, but their strongest soul skills could not damage it.
• Su Mo watched from hiding and reflected that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's sacrifice barrier could withstand attacks from Titled Douluo.
• Su Mo noticed Bibi Dong concealed in the opposite forest and found Tang Hao's sacrifice and infant Tang San intriguing.
• Su Mo reconsidered how Spirit Hall had discovered Tang Hao and Ah Yin and resolved to have the circumstances investigated.

Su Mo considered stealing Ah Yin’s seed after sensing it in Tang Hao’s hand, while Tang Hao completed Ah Yin’s sacrifice and attacked Qian Xunji with all nine detonated Soul Rings. Qian Xunji was left gravely wounded, and Tang Hao fled with Tang San and Ah Yin’s seed as Spirit Hall’s forces pursued him.

• Su Mo sensed Ah Yin’s seed condense in Tang Hao’s hand and decided he might seize it to control Ah Yin’s soul.
• Ah Yin’s sacrifice ended, giving Tang Hao a 100,000-Year Soul Ring and leaving behind a Spirit Bone and her seed.
• Tang Hao detonated all nine Soul Rings and struck Qian Xunji with the Clear Sky Hammer Avatar, breaking through his defense and badly injuring him.
• Tang Hao fled through the air with Tang San and Ah Yin’s seed while Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters rushed to Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunji ordered his followers to pursue Tang Hao and demanded that they bring him Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

After Qian Xunji ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei to pursue Tang Hao, Bibi Dong seized the chance to attack him. She killed the gravely wounded Pope and left the circumstances of his death unclear.

• Qian Xunji insisted that Yue Guan and Gui Mei continue chasing Tang Hao to recover the Soul Bone, despite his grave injuries.
• Yue Guan left two Red-Clothed Archbishops to guard Qian Xunji and led Gui Mei and the other Spirit Hall Soul Masters after Tang Hao.
• After the group departed, Bibi Dong revealed herself and used her Soul Devouring Spider Queen Spirit to bewitch the two Red-Clothed Archbishops.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Xunji she had come to kill him, then killed him by sending Death Power into his body.

Su Mo watched Bibi Dong kill Qian Xunji and secretly alter the witnesses’ memories, while Spirit Hall’s leaders blamed Tang Hao for the Pope’s death. He tracked Ah Yin’s seed to the Star Dou Great Forest and, after waiting for Tang Hao to leave, took it for himself.

• Bibi Dong used Death Power to kill Qian Xunji, then altered two Red-Clothed Archbishops’ memories so they believed his injuries had killed him.
• Su Mo sensed Ah Yin’s seed traveling into the Star Dou Great Forest and realized Tang Hao had escaped Spirit Hall’s pursuit.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei returned, learned Qian Xunji had died, and agreed to blame Tang Hao by claiming he had killed the Pope with Consecutive Ring Detonation.
• Su Mo followed Ah Yin’s life aura to a valley and hid while Tang Hao stayed there with Tang San.
• After Tang Hao left with Tang San, Su Mo waited half an hour, retrieved Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor Seed, and laughed at having taken it.

Su Mo returned to Spirit City with Ah Yin’s seed and told Bibi Dong how he had followed Qian Xunji’s hunt for Tang Hao and stolen the seed. Spirit Hall was preparing to attack the Clear Sky Sect the next day, and Su Mo asked Bibi Dong to let him join the operation.

• Su Mo returned to Spirit City and found it tense after Qian Xunji’s death.
• Bibi Dong asked where Su Mo had been, and he explained that he followed Qian Xunji, revealed his three Martial Souls and emotion-sensing ability, and stole Ah Yin’s seed from Tang Hao.
• Su Mo showed Bibi Dong the seed and vowed to stand by her, moving her to embrace him.
• Bibi Dong told Su Mo that Spirit Hall had concealed Qian Xunji’s death while preparing to attack the Clear Sky Sect and its allied forces the next day.
• Su Mo asked Bibi Dong for permission to take part in the operation against the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Zhen fell unconscious after Tang Hao confronted him about Ah Yin, while neither knew that Qian Xunji had died. When Spirit Hall attacked the Clear Sky Sect, Bibi Dong blamed Tang Hao for killing her teacher and led a massacre, with Su Mo fighting among the attackers.

• Tang Hao confronted Tang Zhen over Ah Yin's death, then vowed never to return to the Clear Sky Sect and left; Tang Zhen fainted in anger.
• Bibi Dong divided Spirit Hall's forces into five groups and sent them to attack the Clear Sky Sect and its subordinate Four Great Clans.
• Bibi Dong's group launched a surprise attack at the Clear Sky Sect's mountain gate, killing many Soul Masters and raising the alarm.
• Bibi Dong accused Tang Hao of killing Spirit Hall's Pope and declared the attack an act of revenge, turning many Clear Sky Sect members against Tang Hao.
• Bibi Dong unleashed her Blood Thorns while Su Mo fought with his Death God Scythe, harvesting enemies and absorbing their life force and souls.

Spirit Hall’s night raid routed the Clear Sky Sect, forcing the survivors to flee toward Ancestral Mountain. Su Mo used his Ghost Blade Mantis Spirit Avatar to slaughter the retreating disciples, killed the Second Elder, and pursued the Seventh Elder and the unconscious Sect Master into the night.

• The Clear Sky Sect Grand Elder ordered the surviving disciples to abandon the grounds and retreat to Ancestral Mountain as Spirit Hall overwhelmed them.
• Su Mo activated his Ghost Blade Mantis Spirit Avatar and cut through the fleeing Clear Sky Sect Disciples with his blade arms.
• The Clear Sky Sect Second Elder sacrificed himself to hold Su Mo back and urged the Seventh Elder to escape with the Sect Master.
• Su Mo used Death Domain teleportation and Avici Hell to evade and disorient the Second Elder, then beheaded him and absorbed his soul.
• Su Mo chased after the Seventh Elder and the others, who were carrying the unconscious Sect Master.

Su Mo followed the Clear Sky Sect Seventh Elder to a pavilion and found the unconscious Sect Master Tang Zhen. He killed the elder and Tang Zhen, harvested their souls, and discovered from Tang Zhen’s memories that Tang Zhen had orchestrated the events for the Clear Sky Sect’s benefit.

• Su Mo followed the Clear Sky Sect Seventh Elder and his group to a pavilion, where they planned to evacuate the unconscious Tang Zhen.
• Su Mo burst into the room and stopped the Clear Sky Sect members from taking Tang Zhen away.
• The Clear Sky Sect Seventh Elder stayed behind to fight Su Mo, but Su Mo killed him and harvested his soul.
• Su Mo killed Tang Zhen, collected his soul, and erased his consciousness so he could extract his memories.
• Su Mo learned from Tang Zhen’s memories that Tang Zhen had plotted the events to benefit the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang Hao had failed to understand his plan.