Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan returned to Sword Dao Village, visited his parents’ grave, and received a final message of resolve and welcome from the old village chief before leaving for Nuoding City. As Tang San and Xiao Wu left the academy, they spotted Lu Xuan flying toward them on the Asura God Sword, and Xiao Wu sensed danger.

• Lu Xuan reunited with the old village chief, who worried over how much he had changed and promised that he could always return home.
• Lu Xuan restored his parents’ gravestone with Soul Power and spoke to them about his strength and the hardships he had endured.
• Lu Xuan decided to deal with a hidden threat in Nuoding City and obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his Soul Ring.
• The old village chief shared Sword Dao Village’s ancestral words with Lu Xuan, urging him to hold firm to his convictions and reminding him that home would always be waiting.
• After spending the night in Sword Dao Village, Lu Xuan flew toward Nuoding City on the Asura God Sword.
• Tang San used the Purple Demon Eye to spot Lu Xuan flying on a sword, while Xiao Wu sensed danger and urged Tang San to go back.

Lu Xuan attacked Tang San and Yu Xiaogang outside Nuoding Academy, crippled them, and seized Xiao Wu after revealing she was a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast. Tang San was left kneeling and begging Lu Xuan to spare Xiao Wu.

• Xiao Wu tried to hurry Tang San back to the academy, but Lu Xuan's sword strike blocked their path and he severed Tang San's right arm.
• Lu Xuan cut off Yu Xiaogang's right arm when he tried to intervene, then revealed his overwhelming Soul Ring configuration and drove the Four-Ring Soul Ancestor away.
• Lu Xuan announced that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast and would be taken; Yu Xiaogang displayed Spirit Hall's Elder Token, but Lu Xuan destroyed his dantian.
• Xiao Wu apologized to Tang San for being a Soul Beast, and Tang San vowed to protect her as his family.
• Lu Xuan knocked Xiao Wu unconscious and took her; when Tang San charged after them, Lu Xuan severed his remaining arm.
• Tang San fell to his knees and begged Lu Xuan to spare Xiao Wu, offering his own life in exchange.

Lu Xuan killed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, prompting Tang Hao to attack him in a rage. Golden Crocodile Douluo intercepted Tang Hao, and Lu Xuan prepared to intensify the battle with Asura Hell.

• Lu Xuan beheaded Tang San and turned to kill the wounded Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang Hao sensed that something had happened to Little San and rushed from the waterfall cave toward Nuoding City.
• Tang Hao hurled his Clear Sky Hammer at Lu Xuan, but Golden Crocodile Douluo blocked the attack and challenged him.
• Lu Xuan killed Yu Xiaogang by driving the Asura God Sword through his chest and shredding his body with sword energy.
• Tang Hao activated his Martial Soul Avatar, Slaughter Domain, and Ring Detonation to attack Golden Crocodile Douluo despite his old injuries.
• Lu Xuan raised the Asura God Sword and activated Asura Domain-Asura Hell as Tang Hao's body began to fail.

Lu Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo defeated Tang Hao when Lu Xuan’s Asura Domain triggered the backlash from Tang Hao’s Ring Detonation, killing him and leaving six Soul Bones behind. They then found the hidden cave behind a waterfall, where they discovered a hundred-thousand-year right leg bone and the Blue Silver Emperor growing again.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo charged at Tang Hao, but Lu Xuan’s Asura Domain overwhelmed Tang Hao’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain and caused his Ring Detonation energy to tear him apart.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo caught Tang Hao’s six falling Soul Bones, and Lu Xuan said he planned to kill the unconscious Xiao Wu and absorb her Soul Ring.
• Lu Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo flew away on the Asura God Sword, following Golden Crocodile Douluo’s sensed cave to a waterfall in the mountains.
• Lu Xuan recognized the cave as the place where Tang Hao had hidden Ah Yin’s hundred-thousand-year right leg bone and the Blue Silver Emperor’s True Form.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo opened a box and found the hundred-thousand-year right leg bone, while Lu Xuan spotted a blue plant with golden patterns growing in a shaft of sunlight.

Lu Xuan absorbed Xiao Wu’s hundred-thousand-year soul ring and the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, raising his soul power to level 88. He set out alone for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to challenge Sword Douluo Chen Xin, carrying the Blue Silver Emperor with plans to plant it near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Lu Xuan killed Xiao Wu and absorbed her hundred-thousand-year soul ring into his Life Scepter.
• Lu Xuan absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, gaining five soul-power levels and reaching level 88.
• Lu Xuan collected Xiao Wu’s Left Arm Bone but stored it instead of absorbing it.
• Lu Xuan told Golden Crocodile Douluo he planned to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and seek out Sword Douluo Chen Xin; Golden Crocodile Douluo advised him to go alone.
• Lu Xuan uprooted the Blue Silver Emperor and sealed it in a Jade Box, intending to plant it near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lu Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo parted outside the waterfall, and Lu Xuan sped toward Heaven Dou City.

Lu Xuan challenged Sword Douluo Chen Xin at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, seeking to test his sword against the legendary swordsman. After learning that Chen Xin’s sword stood for contending and protecting, Lu Xuan drew the Asura God Sword and declared he would fight without regret.

• Lu Xuan released his eight extraordinary Soul Rings at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, triggering its defenses and alarming the patrol guards.
• Lu Xuan called for Chen Xin to come out and exchange a sword strike, bringing Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin to meet him.
• Lu Xuan asked Chen Xin why he wielded a sword, and Chen Xin answered that his sword was for contending and protecting.
• Lu Xuan revealed his own domineering sword intent and challenged Chen Xin to fight.
• Chen Xin warned Lu Xuan about the gap between their strength, but Lu Xuan drew the Asura God Sword and vowed he had no regrets.

Lu Xuan completed the third Asura trial during his duel with Chen Xin, gaining power that raised his Soul Power to level 93. After their devastating clash, Chen Xin offered him the title of Sword Douluo, but Lu Xuan declined and departed to follow his own path.

• Lu Xuan completed the third Asura Nine Trials and received 20% more Asura God Affinity and five Soul Power levels, bringing his reserves to level 93.
• Chen Xin unleashed Layers of Sword Shadows, and Lu Xuan split the attack with Sword Severs Mountains and Rivers.
• Chen Xin used Body and Sword as One, while Lu Xuan answered with his Martial Soul Avatar and Sword Shatters the Firmament; Gu Rong shielded the sect from the sword-energy storm.
• Lu Xuan and Chen Xin traded their strongest techniques, Life-Severing Slash and God-Demon Dual Slash, carving a lasting sword scar into the sky.
• Chen Xin praised Lu Xuan and offered him the title of Sword Douluo, but Lu Xuan declined and flew away on the Asura God Sword.

After Lu Xuan defeated Chen Xin, Chen Xin warned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect against trying to seize him, while Ning Rongrong reunited with her family. Lu Xuan reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to recover from his injuries, but a devastating scarlet light suddenly targeted him.

• Chen Xin returned to Ning Fengzhi and refused to help recruit Lu Xuan, warning that forcing him to stay could destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Gu Rong proposed capturing Lu Xuan, but Chen Xin sensed a terrifying force behind the young man and stopped him.
• Ning Rongrong joined Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Fengzhi, who doted on her after the battle.
• Lu Xuan collapsed from injuries sustained against Chen Xin, and Golden Crocodile Douluo caught him and praised his fight.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo escorted Lu Xuan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so he could recover with its spiritual energy and medicinal herbs.
• A powerful scarlet blood-light descended toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and locked onto Lu Xuan.

The Asura God Sword arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and gave Lu Xuan a God-bestowed Soul Ring, which raised him to Level 94. Afterward, Lu Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Beasts for his Life Scepter.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo prepared to defend Lu Xuan from the descending Asura God Sword, but Lu Xuan explained that it had come to deliver a God-bestowed Soul Ring.
• Lu Xuan waited until his injuries healed, then absorbed the ring as the Asura God Sword watched over him.
• Lu Xuan gained an orange-gold Ferocious Beast Soul Ring and reached Level 94.
• Lu Xuan told Golden Crocodile Douluo that he needed Soul Rings for his Life Scepter and planned to hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed to accompany Lu Xuan, and they flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lu Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo attacked the Lake of Life, where the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape Er Ming fought to defend their territory. Lu Xuan badly wounded the Sky Azure Bull Python and aimed his sword at its forehead as his Eighth Soul Ring lit up.

• Lu Xuan provoked the Sky Azure Bull Python by claiming he had killed Xiao Wu and absorbed her Soul Ring.
• Lu Xuan severed a large part of the Sky Azure Bull Python's body with Instant Sword Slash, then blocked its divine thunder with his Asura Domain.
• Titan Giant Ape Er Ming joined the battle, and Golden Crocodile Douluo intercepted him as the two began fighting.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python used Sky Azure Four Phenomena, but Lu Xuan broke through the storm with Unyielding and Sword Severs Mountains and Rivers.
• Lu Xuan shattered the Sky Azure Bull Python's defense and left it barely alive, then pointed his sword at its forehead and activated his Eighth Soul Ring.

Lu Xuan killed the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, then absorbed both of their hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings. His Soul Power rose to level 96, and he recognized that his path to the summit had only begun.

• Lu Xuan used his eighth Soul Skill to lock onto the fleeing Sky Azure Bull Python and beheaded him with the Life-Severing Slash.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo kept Er Ming occupied while Lu Xuan absorbed the Sky Azure Bull Python’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and collected its right arm bone.
• After sensing his elder brother’s death, Er Ming charged Lu Xuan, who killed him with one sword strike.
• Lu Xuan absorbed Er Ming’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, and his Soul Power surged to level 96.
• Lu Xuan reflected that Asura’s Third Trial had removed his bottlenecks, but that the true road to the summit had only just begun.

After returning from the Star Dou Great Forest at rank 96, Lu Xuan learned that Qian Daoliu knew the location of another hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Qian Daoliu asked Lu Xuan to accept a grand title ceremony, intending to announce his disciple to the continent before his own time ran out.

• Lu Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo failed to find the hundred-thousand-year fire soul beast in its volcanic lair, which Lu Xuan suspected might be the future Scarlet King.
• Lu Xuan returned to Spirit City and revealed to Qian Daoliu that he had reached rank 96.
• Qian Daoliu told Lu Xuan that one hundred-thousand-year soul beast remained hidden in Death Canyon, after Bibi Dong had killed the other.
• Qian Daoliu invited Lu Xuan to accept a grand title ceremony, and Lu Xuan agreed.
• Qian Daoliu told Lu Xuan to think of a title while he left to prepare the ceremony.

Qian Daoliu announced that his disciple Lu Xuan had become a Titled Douluo and would receive a grand investiture ceremony, alarming Spirit Hall and the continent’s major powers. As crowds gathered in Spirit City, Lu Xuan revealed the power of his newly chosen title.

• Qian Daoliu sent invitations across the continent announcing Lu Xuan’s investiture ceremony as a Titled Douluo.
• Bibi Dong learned that Qian Daoliu had bypassed her and realized that Lu Xuan, the youth from her past, had reached Titled Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong recognized Lu Xuan’s connection to Qian Daoliu and decided they had to attend the ceremony.
• Yu Yuanzhen and other leaders received the invitation, prompting powerful figures from across the continent to travel to Spirit City.
• After half a month, Lu Xuan watched the crowds gather and unleashed a mighty aura that split the clouds above Spirit City.

At Lu Xuan’s investiture ceremony, Qian Daoliu revealed Spirit Hall’s overwhelming strength to the gathered forces. He then introduced the fifteen-year-old Judgment Douluo, whose divine Soul Ring configuration and Super Douluo power stunned everyone.

• Qian Daoliu watched the sky split above Spirit City and welcomed the chance to display Spirit Hall’s strength at Lu Xuan’s investiture.
• Qian Daoliu revealed his Level 99 Peerless Douluo power and summoned six Enshrined and more than twenty other Titled Douluos, showing that Spirit Hall had over thirty Titled Douluos.
• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, Yu Yuanzhen, and Yu Luomian realized Spirit Hall could destroy the Upper Three Sects and were overwhelmed by fear.
• Qian Daoliu addressed the gathering and announced his fifteen-year-old disciple, Judgment Douluo-Lu Xuan.
• Lu Xuan appeared with the Asura God Sword, nine Soul Rings including two orange-gold rings, and the aura of a Level 96 Super Douluo.

Lu Xuan was invested as Spirit Hall’s youngest elder after revealing that he had reached level 96 at fifteen, terrifying the continent’s factions. Ning Fengzhi abandoned thoughts of resisting Spirit Hall and began considering a marriage alliance with Lu Xuan to secure the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s future.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong were shocked to learn Lu Xuan was a fifteen-year-old level 96 Super Douluo.
• Qian Daoliu bestowed the Elder Token and ceremonial robe on Lu Xuan, then named him Judgment Douluo on a purple-gold nameplate.
• Lu Xuan left the ceremony, while the factions reconsidered opposing Spirit Hall and sought ways to win its favor.
• Ning Fengzhi admitted to Gu Rong that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not resist Spirit Hall and ordered him to take him back to the sect immediately.
• Ning Fengzhi realized a marriage alliance with Spirit Hall, possibly with Lu Xuan, could protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and preserve its future.

Lu Xuan was appointed Spirit Hall’s Arbitration Elder, then asked Qian Daoliu to reveal the truth about Qian Renxue’s parents. Qian Daoliu disclosed Bibi Dong’s assault by Qian Xunji and her later murder of him, leaving Qian Renxue heartbroken but newly clear-eyed about her mother.

• Qian Daoliu named Lu Xuan Spirit Hall’s Arbitration Elder and explained his authority and duties.
• Qian Renxue emerged from the Angel God Statue after completing her Fourth Trial and rushed into Lu Xuan’s arms.
• Lu Xuan asked Qian Daoliu to tell Qian Renxue the whole truth about her parents.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Qian Xunji forced himself on Bibi Dong after she fell in love with Yu Xiaogang, and that Qian Renxue was born from that assault.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that Bibi Dong killed the gravely wounded Qian Xunji and devoured his power to become a rank 90 Titled Douluo.
• Qian Renxue realized why Bibi Dong had hated her and, through her pain, began to judge her mother’s actions coldly.

Lu Xuan declared Bibi Dong an Evil Soul Master and used his authority as Arbitration Elder to execute her. After Bibi Dong's death, Lu Xuan left the Papal Palace and half of it destroyed.

• Lu Xuan convinced Qian Daoliu to stop interfering and carry out his duties as Arbitration Elder, while Qian Renxue said she would not hate him for killing Bibi Dong.
• Lu Xuan summoned the Asura God Sword, flew to the Papal Palace, and announced that he was removing Bibi Dong as Pope and executing her.
• Lu Xuan's Twin Sword Splendid Slash pierced Bibi Dong's Undying Body and began tearing apart her vitality and soul.
• Lu Xuan unleashed Asura: World-Destroying Dusk, annihilating Bibi Dong, her soul, and her Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul along with half of the Papal Palace.

After Lu Xuan killed Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue accepted the position of Pope with Qian Daoliu and Lu Xuan’s support. Spirit Hall announced her succession across the continent, alarming rival powers and leaving them to wonder what the leadership change meant.

• Lu Xuan returned to the Worship Hall and told Qian Daoliu that Bibi Dong had been killed and her spirit and soul destroyed.
• Lu Xuan proposed Qian Renxue as the next Pope, and Qian Daoliu promised that the Worship Hall and Golden Crocodile would support her.
• Qian Renxue set aside her doubts about her strength and agreed to become Pope.
• Several days later, Spirit Hall announced that Bibi Dong had stepped down and Qian Renxue had succeeded her.
• Leaders across the continent reacted with alarm to Qian Renxue’s succession as spies entered Spirit City seeking answers.

Lu Xuan obtained a hundred-thousand-year soul ring from a Thousand Illusion Mirage Demon in Death Canyon, then led a heavily guarded Spirit Hall fleet into the deep ocean to seek powerful sea soul beasts. The fleet encountered a hundred-thousand-year giant octopus, and Lu Xuan prepared to fight it in its own waters.

• Lu Xuan killed the Thousand Illusion Mirage Demon with the Asura God Sword and Life Scepter, then absorbed its hundred-thousand-year soul ring as the Life Scepter’s fourth ring.
• Lu Xuan told Qian Daoliu he intended to search the ocean for ancient sea soul beasts, and Qian Daoliu assembled a fleet guarded by five Titled Douluos and many other powerful soul masters.
• The fleet sailed into the deep ocean, where Soul Saints fought off groups of attacking sea soul beasts as Lu Xuan and the senior escorts conserved their strength.
• On the fifth day, the fleet entered a silent stretch of sea, and Lu Xuan sensed a giant octopus beneath the flagship.
• Five Titled Douluos attacked the water with their eighth soul skills, provoking the hundred-thousand-year giant octopus to rise from the depths.
• Lu Xuan drew the Asura God Sword and faced the giant octopus, eager to begin the fight in its ocean territory.