Chapter Summaries

After Xue Ye was placed under house arrest, Tang Xiao chose a public show of force rather than a direct assault on the Imperial Palace. Dugu Bo learned of the crisis and weighed Ning Fengzhi’s request for help, leaving his response undecided.

• Sword Douluo Chen Xin told Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect Elders that Xue Ye was under house arrest and the Imperial Palace had been seized.
• The Elders argued over whether to attack, wait for military support, or send an infiltration team.
• Tang Xiao ordered Spirit Saint-level disciples to accompany him to the palace gate and demand an audience with Xue Ye, while Chen Xin returned to inform Ning Fengzhi.
• Dugu Bo read Ning Fengzhi’s urgent note about Xue Ye’s confinement and warned Dugu Yan that rushing into the palace could make them Spirit Hall’s next targets.

Dugu Bo put Tianxing Academy on alert as Qian Renxue was confronted by Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall’s Consecrated Elders. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang Chuan found the dying Da Ming and Er Ming, who asked to sacrifice themselves and entrusted Xiao Wu to him.

• Dugu Bo ordered Dugu Yan to secure Tianxing Academy, watch the Imperial Palace from a distance, and warn Ning Fengzhi about Spirit Hall’s possible trap.
• Bibi Dong arrived unannounced at Qian Renxue’s hall and revealed that she intended to eliminate the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bibi Dong’s black-robed followers revealed themselves as Spirit Hall’s powerful Consecrated Elders, each a Super Douluo.
• Tang Chuan returned to the Star Dou Great Forest and sent Xiao Rui'er to the Lake of Life before visiting Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Da Ming and Er Ming told Tang Chuan they could not hold on much longer and offered to sacrifice themselves, asking him to protect Xiao Wu and kill Tang San.

Tang Chuan accepted the sacrifices of Da Ming and Er Ming, guiding their power into his martial souls as they died and entrusted him with avenging Xiao Wu. In his Sea of Consciousness, Snow Empress and Ice Empress questioned his ruthless nature, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm defended his survival-driven schemes.

• Da Ming and Er Ming ignited their remaining vitality and Soul Origins, choosing to sacrifice themselves rather than waste away.
• Tang Chuan assigned Da Ming's Soul Ring to his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul and Er Ming's power to his Ice Attribute Second Spirit.
• Da Ming and Er Ming roared and sacrificed themselves, sending their Soul Rings and energy into Tang Chuan as he promised to kill Tang San and avenge Xiao Wu.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress examined Tang Chuan's memories and criticized his habit of treating emotions and trust as tools.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm defended Tang Chuan by describing his harsh childhood and arguing that his ruthless methods helped him survive.

Tang Xiao and Ning Fengzhi confronted the Crown Prince’s Guards outside Xue Ye’s bedchamber, but Xue Qinghe appeared in control and barred them from seeing the emperor. At Tianxing Academy, Dugu Bo received Tang Chuan’s warning that Spirit Hall was preparing a palace coup and his plan to seize control of the empire if they could defeat it.

• Tang Xiao demanded entry to Xue Ye’s bedchamber with the emperor’s old letter, and he and the guards prepared to fight until Xue Qinghe came out and stopped them.
• Ning Fengzhi questioned Xue Qinghe, who said Xue Ye was seriously ill and offered to host Tang Xiao and the others in a side hall until the emperor recovered.
• Dugu Bo met Yang Wudi and Niu Gao, who said Tang Chuan had sent them to seek refuge at Tianxing Academy.
• Dugu Bo read Tang Chuan’s letter warning that Spirit Hall planned a Heaven Dou Palace Coup and urging him to unite the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Chuan proposed defeating the coup and installing a controllable royal puppet to seize the throne and command the feudal lords, and Dugu Bo resolved to act.

Dugu Bo and the clan leaders interpreted Tang Chuan’s plan as a bid to let Xue Ye die and install a controllable emperor, while Tang Chuan prepared to return to Heaven Dou City as the palace coup unfolded. Xiao Rui’er insisted on accompanying him, leaving their departure unresolved.

• Dugu Bo told Yang Wudi and Niu Gao that Xue Ye had been poisoned by a complex mixture of at least seven toxins, and Yang Wudi said the Breaking Clan might be able to counter it.
• Dugu Bo argued that they should leave Xue Ye poisoned so his death could be blamed on Xue Qinghe and create an opening to install a ruler they could control.
• Yang Wudi and Niu Gao accepted Dugu Bo’s interpretation of Tang Chuan’s plan, and the three hurried toward the Imperial Palace.
• At the Lake of Life, Tang Chuan told Xiao Rui’er that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe was the Spirit Hall agent Qian Renxue and that the palace coup might already be underway.
• Tang Chuan urged Xiao Rui’er to stay safely at the lake while he returned to Heaven Dou City, but she insisted on going with him.

Tang Chuan explained why Bibi Dong’s plans threatened Tianxing Academy and the continent, then set out with Xiao Rui'er for Heaven Dou City. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe trapped Tang Xiao, Ning Fengzhi, and their allies in the palace and revealed that he had deceived them about his identity, leaving Ning Fengzhi on the verge of recognizing the truth.

• Tang Chuan warned Xiao Rui'er that Qian Renxue lacked control over Spirit Hall and that Bibi Dong would target their forces after taking over the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xiao Rui'er insisted on joining Tang Chuan, and they rode Scarlet King toward Heaven Dou City.
• Xue Qinghe lured Tang Xiao, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and the Clear Sky Sect elders into a palace side hall, where the doors shut behind them.
• Thousand Jun Douluo, Demon Subduing Douluo, Snake Lance Douluo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and masked Soul Masters surrounded the visitors.
• Xue Qinghe revealed his hostility and mocked Ning Fengzhi’s belief that Emperor Xue Ye was his biological father.
• Ning Fengzhi pieced together clues about Xue Qinghe’s identity and began to voice his suspicion.

Xue Qinghe ordered the trapped Clear Sky Sect group attacked, and Tang Xiao, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi fought back against the black-robed Soul Masters. As Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo joined the battle, Demon Subduing unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill against Chen Xin.

• Xue Qinghe ordered his black-robed Soul Masters to kill Tang Xiao, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and the Clear Sky Sect disciples.
• Tang Xiao and Chen Xin struck down or wounded the attackers, while Ning Fengzhi enhanced their strength, speed, soul power, and defense.
• Thousand Jun Douluo engaged Tang Xiao, and Demon Subduing Douluo challenged Chen Xin.
• Tang Xiao used Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer against Thousand Jun Douluo as Chen Xin fought Demon Subduing Douluo with his Seven Kill Sword.
• Demon Subduing Douluo unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, All Beings Ferry, and brought a massive Dragon Coiling Staff phantom down toward Chen Xin.

Sword Douluo broke Demon Subduing Douluo’s Ninth Spirit Skill and revealed he had reached level 97, but Spirit Hall’s reinforcements left him and Tang Xiao surrounded by six Titled Douluo. Outside the palace, the Five Elders of the Clear Sky Sect were blocked by Imperial Palace guards as they tried to reach them.

• Sword Douluo used his Seven Kill Domain, Seven Kill True Body, and Eighth Spirit Skill to shatter Demon Subduing Douluo’s Ninth Spirit Skill, then revealed his spirit power had reached level 97.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo attacked Tang Xiao and Sword Douluo while two more hidden Titled Douluo emerged to join the assault.
• Tang Xiao and Sword Douluo faced six Titled Douluo and surrounding Black-robed Soul Masters as their strength was already depleted.
• The Five Elders sensed the battle and charged toward the Side Hall, but Imperial Palace guards blocked them and forced them into a fight.

The Five Elders of the Clear Sky Sect shattered the Royal Knights and Spirit Hall Soul Masters’ battle formation outside the Imperial Palace and charged toward the Side Hall to rescue Tang Xiao. Three Spirit Hall Consecrated Elders then appeared to block their way, leaving the rescue force trapped between them and regrouping enemies.

• The Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Seventh Elders used their Clear Sky Hammers and battle formation to break through the defenders outside the Imperial Palace.
• The Second Elder shattered the formation’s core with Earth-Splitting Blast, sending commanders flying and opening a breach in the defenses.
• The Five Elders charged through the breach toward the Side Hall, where Tang Xiao and the others were fighting.
• Azure Luan Douluo, Mighty Lion Douluo, and Light Feather Douluo appeared in the night sky and blocked the Five Elders’ route.
• The Five Elders recognized the three Spirit Hall Consecrated Elders as Super Douluo, and Azure Luan Douluo declared that the Clear Sky Sect’s advance ended there.

The Spirit Hall Consecrated Elders attacked the Clear Sky Sect’s Five Elders and broke their Five Stars Return to Position formation, while the battle in the palace turned against Tang Xiao and Sword Douluo. Qian Renxue then revealed the Angel Sacred Sword and launched an attack on Ning Fengzhi, whose fate was left unresolved.

• The Second Elder led the Clear Sky Sect’s Five Elders in forming Five Stars Return to Position to resist the three Spirit Hall Consecrated Elders.
• Azure Luan Douluo’s Wind Blades strained the formation, then Mighty Lion Douluo’s punch cracked its shield and Light Feather Douluo’s arrow pierced through toward the Fifth Elder.
• Tang Xiao struggled against Spirit Hall’s attackers, while Sword Douluo fought off Demon Subduing Douluo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and a Black-robed Titled Douluo with Ning Fengzhi’s support.
• Qian Renxue decided to target Ning Fengzhi, transformed into golden light, and drew the Angel Sacred Sword.
• Sword Douluo and Tang Xiao spotted Qian Renxue’s attack but could not break free to protect Ning Fengzhi as the Sacred Sword’s pressure locked him down.

Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao broke through the blockade and arrived just in time to save Ning Fengzhi from Qian Renxue. The battle shifted as Dugu Bo attacked the poison-using Spirit Hall fighters and Yang Wudi charged Snake Lance Douluo, while Niu Gao guarded Ning Fengzhi.

• Yang Wudi hurled his black Soul Breaking Spear at Qian Renxue, forcing her to abandon her attack on Ning Fengzhi and block it.
• Dugu Bo appeared in front of Ning Fengzhi, and Yang Wudi and Niu Gao followed him into the Side Hall.
• Yang Wudi declared the Breaking Clan's debt to Spirit Hall and caught his returning spear, while Niu Gao guarded Ning Fengzhi.
• Dugu Bo released his poison mist and attacked the Spirit Hall fighters, calling out the poison-using opponent.
• Yang Wudi charged Snake Lance Douluo with his Soul Breaking Spear while Niu Gao stayed behind to protect Ning Fengzhi.

Dugu Bo and the others broke Spirit Hall’s encirclement, and Ning Fengzhi’s support let the allied fighters seize control of the battlefield. Sword Douluo killed one black-robed Titled Douluo and joined Tang Xiao in crippling Demon Subduing Douluo, but a furious roar and a golden tail interrupted his finishing strike.

• Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao disrupted Spirit Hall’s formation, relieving pressure on Sword Douluo Chenxin and Tang Xiao.
• Ning Fengzhi used Three Orifice Heart Control to amplify Chenxin, Tang Xiao, Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao, turning the battle decisively against Spirit Hall.
• Chenxin used Myriad Swords Return to Origin to occupy Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo, then appeared behind a black-robed Titled Douluo and killed him with a single sword strike.
• Tang Xiao landed the Eighty-First Hammer of Disorder Splitting Wind on Demon Subduing Douluo, knocking away his staff and badly injuring him.
• Chenxin pursued Demon Subduing Douluo and prepared his Ninth Spirit Skill, but a furious roar and a golden tail struck toward him from the side.

Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived and overwhelmed Sword Douluo with a single strike, forcing the Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou Empire forces into opposing camps. Meanwhile, Tang Chuan rode toward Heaven Dou City as Snow Empress began teaching him about water and the life force within his Blue Silver Emperor.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo struck Sword Douluo Chen Xin with his tail, sending him flying and revealing himself as Spirit Hall’s Level 98 Second Worship.
• Tang Xiao, Ning Fengzhi, and Dugu Bo recognized the threat Golden Crocodile Douluo posed as Spirit Hall’s fighters withdrew and regrouped around him and Qian Renxue.
• Tang Xiao and Chen Xin led the Heaven Dou Empire Alliance as both sides formed ranks and faced each other across the ruins.
• Tang Chuan rode Scarlet King toward Heaven Dou City while Snow Empress showed him a crystalline drop of water filled with sparks of life.
• Snow Empress explained that water nourished all things and that the Blue Silver Emperor’s life force was essentially flowing, life-bearing water.

Snow Empress guided Tang Chuan to fuse the Blue Silver Emperor’s Life Force with Ultimate Ice, allowing him to create and reverse a vast domain of life and death. As he named it the Life Forbidden Domain, Golden Crocodile Douluo defeated Sword Douluo in the battle inside Heaven Dou City’s Imperial Palace.

• Snow Empress taught Tang Chuan that water and ice were transformations of the same life-giving essence.
• Tang Chuan combined Blue Silver Emperor Life Force with Ultimate Ice and created cold that carried life.
• Tang Chuan spread his new power across the Sunset Forest, freezing its plants and beasts while preserving and strengthening their Life Force.
• Tang Chuan reversed the domain’s effect, draining the forest’s Life Force and causing its inhabitants to wither, then named the power the Life Forbidden Domain.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo defeated Sword Douluo after twenty-nine exchanges inside Heaven Dou City’s Imperial Palace.

Tang Xiao and Dugu Bo joined forces against Golden Crocodile Douluo, but his overwhelming strength steadily defeated them. Dugu Bo was knocked out of the battle as a mysterious life-and-extinction aura approached the Imperial Palace.

• Tang Xiao and Dugu Bo attacked Golden Crocodile Douluo together, using their strongest spirit skills, but he blocked their attacks with his armor and crocodile tail.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo countered Tang Xiao’s Clear Sky Collapse Strike, then pursued him and battered him despite Dugu Bo’s attempts to intervene.
• Tang Xiao and Dugu Bo struggled to withstand Golden Crocodile Douluo’s attacks as their spirit power ran low and the fight turned against them.
• An ice-cold fluctuation carrying the aura of life and Extinguish neared the Imperial Palace while Golden Crocodile Douluo continued fighting the two.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo seized a brief opening and struck Dugu Bo’s dragon form with his tail, sending him crashing into a pit and leaving him unable to fight.

Golden Crocodile Douluo defeated Dugu Bo and Tang Xiao, then prepared to kill the fallen defenders. A mysterious snowfall healed the defenders while freezing Spirit Hall’s forces, and a blue figure arrived through the snow.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo used his Golden Crocodile True Body to overpower Tang Xiao and blast him through a wall, leaving his fate unknown.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo approached the badly injured Dugu Bo and vowed to kill everyone on the battlefield.
• A falling snowflake healed Dugu Bo, and a snowfall spread across the battlefield, restoring Dugu Bo, Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Tang Xiao.
• The snow harmed Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qian Renxue, Qian Jun, Jiang Mo, Snake Lance Douluo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and the other Spirit Hall fighters by freezing and weakening them.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo demanded that the snow’s source reveal itself, and a blue figure walked through the sky as the snow parted before him.

Tang Chuan arrived at the besieged group and faced Golden Crocodile Douluo, who dismissed warnings about his strength and charged him. Tang Chuan summoned the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, then pointed at Golden Crocodile Douluo as the Ice Empress activated her Eternal Frost Domain.

• Tang Chuan arrived amid the snow, and Ning Fengzhi, Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and the wounded Sword Douluo reacted with relief.
• Demon Subduing Douluo and Thousand Jun Douluo warned Golden Crocodile Douluo that Tang Chuan was dangerous and urged a temporary retreat.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, struggled with her feelings as she watched Tang Chuan oppose Spirit Hall.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo rejected the warnings and charged Tang Chuan with his power and the Golden Crocodile King phantom.
• Tang Chuan summoned the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, then pointed at Golden Crocodile Douluo as the Ice Empress activated her Eternal Frost Domain.

Tang Chuan combined Ice Empress and Snow Empress’s powers to trap Golden Crocodile Douluo in the Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain and launched a potentially fatal sword strike. Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo tried to intervene, but the domain froze them at its edge.

• Ice Empress’s Eternal Frost Domain froze Golden Crocodile Douluo in midair, and Snow Empress struck him with Emperor’s Palm, Great Cold Without Snow.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo shattered Snow Empress’s palm print with his tail, but its ice fragments spread over his body and began freezing him again.
• Tang Chuan unleashed Emperor’s Cold Heaven, Xue Wu Shining Sun, creating the Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain that suppressed Golden Crocodile Douluo’s Soul Power and stopped him from activating his Ninth Spirit Skill.
• Tang Chuan formed Snow Empress’s Emperor’s Sword, Ice Extreme Unparalleled, and sent its Sword Light toward the immobilized Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo rushed to save Golden Crocodile Douluo, but the domain froze Demon Subduing Douluo into an ice sculpture and stopped Thousand Jun Douluo at its edge.

Tang Chuan’s attack on Golden Crocodile Douluo was interrupted after Qian Renxue realized Bibi Dong had engineered the coup to weaken the Worship Hall whether it succeeded or failed. Golden Crocodile Douluo unleashed his ultimate skill, and the resulting clash leveled the palace; the missing Spirit Hall forces escaped, while Tang Chuan suspected Qian Daoliu had intervened.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo called for Bibi Dong as Tang Chuan’s sword approached, but she did not appear.
• Qian Renxue realized Bibi Dong had used the coup to seize power if it succeeded and eliminate Worship Hall rivals if it failed.
• A burst of golden light helped Golden Crocodile Douluo break free, and he countered Tang Chuan’s sword with his ninth spirit skill, Emperor Crocodile Devours World Annihilation.
• The collision’s destructive shockwave leveled the core area of the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, and Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qian Renxue, and the surviving Spirit Hall forces vanished.
• Tang Chuan found a golden feather and suspected Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu had rescued them.

Tang Chuan left to pursue Golden Crocodile Douluo and ordered his allies to ensure Xue Ye died. Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi secretly sabotaged an attempted treatment, and Xue Ye died as Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng arrived.

• Tang Chuan flew away, declaring that he wanted to see Xue Ye dead.
• Ning Fengzhi led Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao to Xue Ye, whom they found poisoned and buried beneath the palace ruins.
• Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi told Ning Fengzhi that Yang Wudi’s needle technique might briefly revive Xue Ye, though it carried a grave risk.
• Ning Fengzhi authorized Yang Wudi to proceed, while Dugu Bo used poison mist to conceal their actions from the others.
• Yang Wudi used the needles to worsen Xue Ye’s condition, and Xue Ye died as Yang Wudi pretended the poison had overwhelmed him.
• Prince Xue Xing, Xue Beng, and Marshal G long arrived and saw Xue Ye’s body.