Chapter Summaries

Lin Ye revealed that all eight of his Soul Rings were Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and challenged Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong to attack him together. After effortlessly escaping their initial attacks, Lin Ye provoked them into unleashing their full power, and Gu Rong trapped him in Bone Prison.

• Lin Ye summoned the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia Martial Soul, revealing eight scarlet Soul Rings and startling Gu Rong, Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi.
• Lin Ye enhanced himself with Soul Skills and invited Gu Rong and Chen Xin to attack him together.
• Gu Rong used Bone Dragon's Claw while Chen Xin followed with Long Sword Unsheathed, but Lin Ye dodged by smashing through the claw and leaping onto a tree.
• Lin Ye summoned the Xuanyuan Sword and taunted the two Douluo, prompting Gu Rong to activate his Martial Soul Avatar and Chen Xin to use the Seven Kill Sword Avatar.
• Gu Rong used Bone Prison to surround Lin Ye with giant bones and weaken his strength by about twenty percent.

Lin Ye overwhelmed Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong, repeatedly kicking Gu Rong out of the fight while overpowering Chen Xin with his sword techniques. Chen Xin activated the Seven Kill Domain, weakening Lin Ye and restricting his movement as their battle continued.

• Sword Douluo Chen Xin attacked Lin Ye with his second and fourth soul skills, but Lin Ye’s golden Xuanyuan Sword Qi destroyed Chen Xin’s sword blades.
• Bone Douluo Gu Rong struck Lin Ye from behind with Spectral Soul Impact, but Lin Ye resisted the spiritual attack, dodged Chen Xin, and kicked Gu Rong through several trees.
• Lin Ye pressed Chen Xin with the Xuanyuan Sword and Nine Swords of Dugu, forcing Chen Xin to retreat and repeatedly use his fifth and sixth soul skills.
• When Gu Rong recovered and returned to help, Lin Ye kicked him away again, worsening his injuries and leaving Chen Xin to fight alone.
• Chen Xin activated his Seven Kill Domain, reducing Lin Ye’s attack power and movement speed while making his movements feel restrained.

Lin Ye defeated Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong in a sparring match, using his domains, Xuanyuan Sword techniques, and Double Pupils. He healed both Titled Douluos afterward, concluding the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect matter.

• Sword Douluo Chen Xin attacked Lin Ye with his Seven Kill Domain and eighth soul skill, Moving Mountains and Filling Seas, summoning twelve sword qi clones.
• Lin Ye activated Divine Slaughter's Domain and Xuanyuan Domain, then used Shattering the Vault of Heaven and his movement skills to destroy the clones.
• Chen Xin used Man and Sword as One, but Lin Ye struck him with Double Pupils: Radiant Light, knocking him out of the technique and defeating him.
• Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi rushed to check on Chen Xin and Gu Rong after both Titled Douluos lost their ability to fight.
• Lin Ye summoned the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia and healed Chen Xin and Gu Rong with Light of Healing.

After defeating Gu Rong and Chen Xin, Lin Ye secured the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s submission to Spirit Hall, while Ning Rongrong insisted she would win the approval of the women in his life and marry him. Lin Ye then left for Heaven Dou Imperial City to help ensure Qian Renxue’s succession.

• Gu Rong acknowledged Lin Ye’s victory and agreed that he and Chen Xin would no longer interfere in Lin Ye and Ning Rongrong’s relationship.
• Ning Rongrong cried in Lin Ye’s arms, but after he explained that Hu Liena, his fiancée, and Zhuqing would need to agree, she vowed to earn their approval and kissed his cheek before leaving.
• Lin Ye told Ning Fengzhi and the two elders that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was now under Spirit Hall and asked them to remain on the mountain during the operation; Ning Fengzhi agreed.
• Lin Ye reported the successful negotiations to Bibi Dong and asked her how to handle Ning Rongrong, but she told him to let nature take its course.
• Lin Ye set out for Heaven Dou Imperial City to support Qian Renxue’s succession.

Lin Ye secretly entered the Crown Prince's Palace and reunited with Qian Renxue, who revealed her real appearance after he asked to see it. Qian Renxue accepted his relationships with Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing, explaining how their children and connections could serve their plans for the continent.

• Lin Ye used a token to enter Qian Renxue's palace and found her alone in the study.
• Qian Renxue was startled to see Lin Ye, then realized he knew she was disguised as Xue Qinghe.
• Lin Ye asked Qian Renxue to show him her real appearance, and she dispelled her soul-bone disguise.
• Lin Ye praised Qian Renxue's beauty, and she teased him about knowing Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Ye she did not blame him for his other relationships and described how their children and Zhu Zhuqing could support their plans.

Lin Ye learned that Dugu Bo was keeping Emperor Xue Ye alive and left to persuade him to stop, while Spirit Hall’s assault on the Clear Sky Sect ended in a costly retreat. Golden Crocodile Douluo escaped, but a hammer blow and two familiar screams revealed that the Spirit Hunting Operation had taken another turn.

• Qian Renxue told Lin Ye that Emperor Xue Ye was near death but Dugu Bo was sustaining him, and warned that Ning Fengzhi’s absence could expose her plan.
• Lin Ye agreed to speak with Dugu Bo and left the palace to handle the matter.
• At the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Xiao’s ancestor defeated Golden Crocodile Douluo while Spirit Hall and Clear Sky Sect forces fought below.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo ordered Spirit Hall’s troops to retreat, but Tang Xiao and the elders trapped several enemies, including two Titled Douluos.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo fled with the survivors and heard a hammer strike followed by two familiar screams.

Lin Ye found Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and persuaded him to stop treating Xue Ye, clearing the way for Spirit Hall’s plans in Heaven Dou. Dugu Bo revealed that Lin Ye’s father had reached the mortal limit for soul rings and had rejected inheriting another god’s divine position.

• Lin Ye searched Dugu Manor for Dugu Bo, realized he was likely at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and flew to the Sunset Forest.
• Lin Ye confronted Dugu Bo at the well and revealed that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue, his fiancée and a Spirit Hall agent, and that Spirit Hall wanted Xue Ye to die.
• Dugu Bo agreed to stop treating Xue Ye and threw the herbs he had gathered into the well.
• Lin Ye told Dugu Bo that he had subdued the Star Luo Empire and displayed his eight Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Dugu Bo explained that Lin Tian’s soul rings had approached the million-year limit and that he had disdained inheriting another god’s divine position.

Lin Ye learned more about the gods’ schemes and suspected they had forced his parents into another world, then hurried to Heaven Dou Imperial City after Hu Liena warned him that Tang Chen had defeated Spirit Hall’s assault on the Clear Sky Sect. After telling Qian Renxue about Tang Chen and the threat of another god, he agreed to help her secure the throne immediately.

• Lin Ye left Dugu Bo and flew toward Heaven Dou Imperial City, reflecting on the possibility that the gods had forced his parents to leave Douluo Continent.
• Hu Liena told Lin Ye that Tang Chen had defeated Golden Crocodile Douluo’s team, causing heavy losses, and might come to Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Lin Ye told Qian Renxue that Tang Chen was the King of Slaughter and recounted his encounters with Tang Chen, the Asura God, and the descended god.
• Lin Ye explained the Son of the Divine Rebel prophecy and his suspicions about Lin Tian’s disappearance, angering Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue decided to deal with Xue Ye and ascend the throne early.

Qian Renxue and Lin Ye arranged Xue Ye’s death so she could take the throne as Xue Qinghe. After the emperor died, Qian Renxue covered up the murder and summoned influential officials to support her succession.

• Qian Renxue disguised herself as Xue Qinghe and drew the imperial physicians away from Xue Ye’s bedchamber while Lin Ye slipped inside.
• Lin Ye fed Xue Ye a drop of Snowy Swan Kiss essence, causing the poison in the emperor’s body to flare up, then quietly left.
• Qian Renxue entered the bedchamber and called the physicians, who declared that Xue Ye had died when his poison suddenly erupted.
• Qian Renxue persuaded the physicians to report Xue Ye’s death as an unavoidable poisoning and absolved them of blame.
• Qian Renxue sent letters announcing Xue Ye’s death to important officials, expecting the three education committee members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy to urge her to ascend the throne.

After Xue Ye’s death, Qian Renxue accepted the Heaven Dou Royal Academy elders’ urging to take the throne and entered the hall for her enthronement. The nobles and officials bowed to her as she reached the throne, beginning her rule as Heaven Dou’s ruler.

• Qian Renxue told the three Heaven Dou Royal Academy elders that Xue Ye had died, and they mourned beside his body.
• The elders urged Qian Renxue to ascend the throne quickly to stabilize the empire and prevent Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng from taking power.
• Qian Renxue agreed to ascend, changed into imperial robes, and prepared for the ceremony while the elders gathered the nobles and officials.
• Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing watched in displeasure as the nobles assembled to witness Qian Renxue’s ascension.
• Qian Renxue entered the great hall in imperial robes, received the nobles’ and officials’ bows, and ordered them to rise before the throne.

Qian Renxue began her enthronement as the Heaven Dou Empire’s new ruler, but Tang Chen stormed into the ceremony and accused her of not being the real Xue Qinghe. His arrival gave Qian Renxue a chance to blame Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing for conspiring against her.

• Qian Renxue addressed the nobles and officials after Xue Ye’s death and prepared to accept the imperial seal.
• Meng Shenji presented the imperial seal to Qian Renxue on behalf of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s three Education Committee members.
• Tang Chen burst into the hall, wielding the Clear Sky Hammer and displaying nine scarlet soul rings.
• Tang Chen told Meng Shenji that he had come to save the Heaven Dou Empire and claimed that Qian Renxue was not Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue defended her identity and suggested that Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing had fabricated the accusation to seize power.

Tang Chen used the Asura Demonic Sword to break Qian Renxue’s disguise at her coronation, but she turned the nobles against him with accusations. Unable to convince them, Tang Chen decided to fight her instead to disrupt Spirit Hall’s plan.

• Tang Chen claimed Qian Renxue was a woman from Spirit Hall, but Meng Shenji and the assembled officials rejected his accusation.
• Tang Chen used the Asura Demonic Sword’s power to break Qian Renxue’s disguise, revealing her true appearance.
• Qian Renxue blamed Tang Chen’s sword for transforming her and accused him of using it to harm people and poison the emperor.
• Qian Renxue’s accusations and Tang Chen’s silence convinced most nobles and ministers to side with her.
• Tang Chen put away the Asura Demonic Sword, summoned the Clear Sky Hammer, and challenged Qian Renxue to settle matters by force.

Lin Ye disguised himself as the Black Knight and attacked Tang Chen, allowing Qian Renxue to recover and control the story of the encounter. As the battle moved outside, Qian Renxue had Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing detained and said she could reverse the power that had changed her gender.

• Lin Ye disguised himself, charged into the main hall, and attacked Tang Chen while calling him an evil demon.
• Lin Ye warned the hall’s occupants to evacuate, and Tang Chen used a shockwave to escape through the roof before Lin Ye pursued him into the sky.
• Meng Shenji arranged for healers to treat Qian Renxue, who accused Tang Chen of being an evil demon and rallied the nobles and officials against him.
• Qian Renxue ordered the Three Heaven Dou Academy Elders to detain Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing, and Zhilin bound them with his Sky Blue Vine Martial Soul.
• Qian Renxue told Meng Shenji that she could force the strange power out of her body and return to normal.

Lin Ye and Tang Chen fought in the sky while Heaven Dou Empire’s nobles watched, with Lin Ye holding back because he feared Tang Chen’s Ring Detonation. As Tang Chen began to weaken, a sea-blue-haired woman with nine scarlet soul rings arrived to help him.

• Tang Chen used the Clear Sky Hammer True Body and Clear Sky Sect techniques against Lin Ye, but Lin Ye’s strength let him withstand the attacks with ease.
• Tang Chen expanded Divine Slaughter’s Domain, and Lin Ye countered with Xuanyuan Domain as the watching officials took the blood-red aura as proof that Tang Chen was an evil fiend.
• Lin Ye held back from exposing his identity or risking a desperate clash, while Tang Chen’s increasingly exhausting attacks began to weaken.
• A woman in sea-blue sacrificial robes flew toward the battle carrying a trident and called for Tang Chen to hold on.
• Lin Ye saw the woman’s nine scarlet soul rings and realized another Rank 99 Peak Douluo had intervened.

Lin Ye fought Tang Chen and Bo Saixi during the Spirit Hunting Operation but chose to retreat rather than reveal his remaining powers and risk drawing down a god. He carried Qian Renxue away after accusing his opponents of serving evil gods, and killed Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing as he fled.

• Bo Saixi joined Tang Chen against Lin Ye, and Lin Ye used weakening skills and soul bones to withstand their combined attacks.
• Lin Ye realized that continuing to fight at full strength could expose his hidden powers to the gods, so he planned a tactical retreat while trying to turn the Heaven Dou nobles against Tang Chen and Bo Saixi.
• Lin Ye used Double Pupils: Heaven-Opening to force Tang Chen and Bo Saixi back, then accused them of being evil god emissaries and carrying out schemes against the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Lin Ye grabbed Qian Renxue and fled, shouting that he was taking the emperor away to protect her from Tang Chen and Bo Saixi.
• Lin Ye spotted Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing below, killed them with sword qi, and declared that they had made a deal with the evil god emissaries.

Lin Ye and Qian Renxue abandoned the failed takeover of the Heaven Dou Empire after Tang Chen and Bo Saixi blocked them, and Lin Ye reported the setback to Bibi Dong. Spirit Hall shifted its plans toward the Star Luo Empire while Lin Ye urged allied clans to withdraw, but Ning Fengzhi resisted leaving Seven Treasure Mountain.

• Lin Ye explained to Qian Renxue that they had to retreat because Tang Chen, Bo Saixi, and possible intervention from the God Realm made the Heaven Dou plan too dangerous.
• Lin Ye returned to Seven Treasure Mountain and told Bibi Dong that Bo Saixi had joined Tang Chen, preventing him from gaining an advantage.
• Bibi Dong declared the Spirit Hunting Operation a failure and decided Spirit Hall would rely on the Star Luo Empire while postponing its plans for Heaven Dou.
• Bibi Dong ordered Lin Ye to evacuate the Dugu Clan and Nine Heart Begonia Clan from Heaven Dou Imperial City and speak with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Lin Ye told Ning Fengzhi about the failed operation and asked whether the sect would leave, but Ning Fengzhi questioned why they should go.

Lin Ye arranged for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to remain in Heaven Dou Imperial City as Spirit Hall’s informants, while the Dugu Clan and Nine Heart Begonia Clan relocated to Spirit City. Three months later, his Devouring Ancestral Dragon finished digesting a god and left him with what he identified as an Empty Divine Seat.

• Lin Ye agreed to let Ning Fengzhi keep the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in Heaven Dou Imperial City and gave him Twin Magic Tools for secret contact.
• Lin Ye told Dugu Bo to bring the Dugu Clan to Spirit City, then instructed Ye Zhilan to move the Nine Heart Begonia Clan and made arrangements at Blazing Fire Academy.
• Lin Ye returned to Spirit City and planned to have the Star Luo Empire attack Heaven Dou while its soul master forces were weakened.
• Over the next three months, Dugu Bo and the Nine Heart Begonia Clan moved to Spirit City, while Dugu Yan stayed despite Yu Tianheng remaining at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lin Ye’s Devouring Ancestral Dragon finished digesting the god it had devoured, strengthening his soul and Spiritual Power and giving him a white orb he identified as an Empty Divine Seat.

Lin Ye learned from Qian Daoliu that the white light in his mind was likely blank godhood, which he could shape with faith after choosing a divine office. He set the matter aside as preparations began for Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire to attack the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Lin Ye went with Qian Renxue to Douluo Hall to ask Qian Daoliu about the blank light that appeared after he devoured a god.
• Qian Daoliu identified the light as likely blank godhood and advised Lin Ye to wait until he could gather faith and carefully choose a divine office.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Lin Ye did not need to fear gods descending over a divine office already claimed by another god.
• Lin Ye turned to preparations for the coming war, saying Spirit Hall needed to join the Star Luo Empire against the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Lin Ye blamed the God Realm, the Clear Sky Sect, and Sea God Island for making the war necessary.

The Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall launched a war against the Heaven Dou Empire, whose weak leadership, divided army, and failing logistics left it suffering crushing defeats. Tang Chen and Bo Saixi could not turn the tide, so they sought help from the God Realm as the enemy threatened Heaven Dou Imperial City.

• The Star Luo Empire invaded the Heaven Dou Empire with Spirit Hall’s support, while Xue Ke’s rule and Xue Qinghe’s presence among the enemy weakened Heaven Dou’s soldiers’ will to fight.
• Tang Chen and Bo Saixi led Heaven Dou’s Soul Masters to the battlefield, but Spirit Hall’s greater numbers and Lin Ye’s strength kept them from changing the outcome.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo overwhelmed Heaven Dou’s Titled Douluo, and the Heaven Dou army suffered a crushing defeat.
• Heaven Dou’s nobles and ministers obstructed logistics, worsening the army’s collapse as the Star Luo forces advanced toward Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Tang Chen and Bo Saixi asked the gods of the God Realm for help after failing to stop Lin Ye and the invading forces.

The God Realm’s gods debated how to kill Lin Ye, the Son of the Divine Rebel, without risking their own lives by descending to the lower realm. The Sea God proposed empowering chosen people from the Douluo Continent to fight Lin Ye, and the gods began to favor the plan.

• The God of Destruction asked the gods how they would deal with the Son of the Divine Rebel, then called on the Asura God to answer.
• The Asura God said Lin Ye had to be killed to prevent the prophecy from coming true.
• The God of Fire declared that he and the other gods would not descend to the lower realm, prompting the God of Destruction to warn that the God Realm could be destroyed.
• The Sea God proposed choosing people from the Douluo Continent and empowering them as Rank 99 Peak Douluo with hundred-thousand-year soul rings.
• The gods considered the Sea God’s plan and began to agree that empowering others was safer than descending themselves.