Recaps

Qian Renxue passed the Angel Sixth Trial by enduring Qian Daoliu’s attacks and unleashing her new domain skill, Ten Thousand Suns Soaring to Heaven. The Angel God granted her an unexpected Divine Bestowed Soul Ring and said that “he” would return soon, leaving Qian Daoliu wondering about the new godhood successor on Sea God Island.

• Qian Renxue rose after Qian Daoliu broke her shield and unleashed Ten Thousand Suns Soaring to Heaven, forcing him to defend and slide back across the arena.
• Qian Daoliu congratulated Qian Renxue for passing the Angel Sixth Trial and reaching Level 90, while the incense burned out.
• Qian Renxue received a Divine Bestowed Soul Ring, surprising both her and Qian Daoliu.
• The Angel God spoke to Qian Renxue, praised her talent, and explained that the Soul Ring was an extra reward.
• The Angel God said that “he” would return soon, while Qian Daoliu pondered the new godhood successor on Sea God Island.

After four years away, Lin Qian returned to Heaven Dou City with Wang Qiu'er and visited Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion. Their reunion revealed their relationship to Tang Yuehua’s students, while Lin Qian’s thoughts turned to the coming war and the suffering it could bring.

• Lin Qian ended his meditation in the Asura Secret Realm, and he and Wang Qiu'er decided to return to the continent.
• Ten days later, Lin Qian and Wang Qiu'er arrived in Heaven Dou City, where Lin Qian worried that an impending war would bring hardship to ordinary people.
• Lin Qian brought Wang Qiu'er to Moonlight Pavilion and explained his relationship with its mistress, Tang Yuehua.
• Wang Qiu'er called the pavilion’s visitors posers, but Lin Qian calmly got past two students who tried to stop them.
• Lin Qian greeted Tang Yuehua, who rushed to him excitedly and called him Little Si in front of her students, revealing their relationship.

Lin Qian met Tang San privately and spun a tale about his past, boasting of his strength and status while Tang San grew envious and eager to attach himself to him. Lin Qian agreed to keep Tang San in Heaven Dou City as an intelligence gatherer, then asked him to explain the current situation.

• Lin Qian and Tang San left Moonlight Pavilion and continued their awkward conversation at a teahouse.
• Tang San asked about Lin Qian's past, and Lin Qian invented an elaborate story about fleeing Spirit City, surviving a hunt, and gaining strength.
• Lin Qian claimed to be a rank eighty-five Soul Douluo with Soul Bones, and Tang San reacted with intense jealousy before asking about his title as Duke of Spirit Ice.
• Lin Qian said he would delay taking revenge on Spirit Hall until he had built up his strength, and Tang San became excited by his ambition.
• Tang San asked to follow Lin Qian after graduating from Moonlight Pavilion, and Lin Qian assigned him to gather intelligence in Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Qian asked Tang San to describe the situation in detail because he had only recently returned to the Heaven Dou Empire.

Tang San told Lin Qian that Emperor Qinghe had succeeded Xue Ye, while Xue Beng’s faction was preparing to challenge the throne. After learning that Tang San planned to support Xue Beng against Spirit Hall, Lin Qian feigned joining them and revised his plans in light of Spirit Hall’s growing activity.

• Tang San described Xue Ye’s death and Emperor Qinghe’s discreet rule, while Lin Qian recognized that Qian Renxue had taken the throne and left court opposition to gather around Xue Beng.
• Tang San explained that he had befriended Xue Beng and believed the prince was a survivor who had pretended to be a wastrel to escape Xue Qinghe’s plots.
• Lin Qian questioned Xue Beng’s suitability, then pretended to accept Tang San’s account and said he wanted to join the prince’s faction.
• Tang San reported that Spirit Hall had been recruiting Soul Masters, and Lin Qian realized Bibi Dong might be preparing the Soul Hunting Operation before he had expected.

Lin Qian visited the Heaven Dou Martial Soul Saint Hall and learned how the conflict between Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue had led to Snake Lance Douluo overseeing the temple. After binding Snake Lance to his service, Lin Qian ordered him to monitor Heaven Dou and declared that he would soon reconcile the Papal Palace and Douluo Hall and take control.

• Lin Qian arrived at the Heaven Dou Martial Soul Saint Hall and reunited with its Platinum Bishop, Snake Lance Douluo.
• Snake Lance explained that Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue had fought over the position until Qian Daoliu appointed him to oversee Heaven Dou.
• Snake Lance told Lin Qian that Qian Renxue had returned to Spirit City after Xue Ye's death, while an impersonator played Xue Qinghe and Porcupinefish Douluo guarded the palace.
• Lin Qian used his Asura Domain to demand Snake Lance's absolute loyalty and placed his Asura Brand on him.
• Lin Qian instructed Snake Lance to keep watch over Heaven Dou with Porcupinefish Douluo and announced that he would soon unite the Papal Palace and Douluo Hall under his control.

Lin Qian brought the Heaven Dou Temple and Star Luo Sacred Hall under his control, then approved Tang San’s plan to establish the Tang Sect and claimed the title of Grand Supreme Sect Master. He recruited the Strength Clan as the sect’s first hall, leaving Tang San bewildered as Lin Qian took charge.

• Lin Qian used a divine brand to control Porcupinefish Douluo Ci Xue, then persuaded Catherine to accept Asura Brand Planting at the Star Luo Sacred Hall.
• Tang San proposed founding the Tang Sect, and Lin Qian approved while securing the title of Grand Supreme Sect Master.
• Lin Qian summoned the Strength Clan’s Tai Tan, Tai Nuo, and Tai Long, then impressed them with his rank and disguised red soul rings.
• Tai Tan accepted Lin Qian’s invitation to join the Tang Sect and agreed to lead its forging work as the first elder of Strength Hall.
• Tai Tan offered to use his position in the Blacksmith Association to procure rare metals, while Tang San watched Lin Qian take the lead.

Lin Qian won Tai Tan's recognition and persuaded the Strength Clan to bring the Four Single-Attribute Clans' gathering forward, while Tang San handed him control of the arrangements. As Lin Qian and Tai Tan grew closer and waited for the other clans, Tang San was left sidelined, and their arrival was imminent.

• Lin Qian impressed Tai Tan with his forging knowledge and soul guidance technology, then proposed moving up the Four Single-Attribute Clans' gathering.
• Tai Tan and Tai Nuo explained the other clans' resentment toward the Clear Sky Sect, especially the Breaking Clan's losses after Spirit Hall attacked.
• Lin Qian offered to make amends for the Clear Sky Sect's wrongs, and Tang San deferred all arrangements to him.
• Lin Qian told Tai Tan to spread the word quickly and summon the other three clans ahead of schedule.
• Lin Qian discussed soul guidance technology with Tai Tan and demonstrated it by making him a Storage Device while Tang San watched resentfully.

Lin Qian used Tai Tan’s supposed grave illness to gather the Four Single-Attribute Clans and offered to compensate them through the Tang Sect. When Niu Gao challenged his motives and strength, Lin Qian revealed that he was also a Soul Douluo and called for a real fight.

• Niu Gao rushed to Heaven Dou City after hearing that Tai Tan was dying, only to find Tai Tan alive and well.
• Lin Qian introduced himself as the Duke of Spirit Ice and explained that he had gathered the clans to compensate them for the Clear Sky Sect’s treatment and invite them to join the Tang Sect.
• Niu Gao said the Defense Clan needed no compensation and released his Soul Douluo pressure to test Lin Qian.
• Lin Qian countered with his Ultimate Ice aura and told Niu Gao he was twenty-two years old.
• Niu Gao offered to join and persuade the other two clans if Lin Qian could endure his attacks for the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Lin Qian rejected the test and revealed that he was a Soul Douluo too, challenging Niu Gao to a proper fight.

Lin Qian revealed that he was a rank eighty-five Soul Douluo and challenged Niu Gao to a contest of strength, defeating him without using his Martial Soul. Niu Gao accepted his loss and learned that Lin Qian was the Tang Sect’s Grand Supreme Sect Master, then asked who the Sect Master was.

• Lin Qian revealed his eight Soul Rings and introduced himself as a rank eighty-five Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Douluo.
• Lin Qian offered to take one punch from Niu Gao while Niu Gao could strike him three times, and they moved to the open ground to begin.
• Niu Gao struck Lin Qian with thirty percent and then seventy percent of his strength, but Lin Qian remained unharmed and mocked him.
• Niu Gao’s full-strength third punch vanished in Lin Qian’s palm, after which Lin Qian’s punch sent him flying in a gale.
• Lin Qian retrieved Niu Gao, who admitted defeat, and Tai Tan invited him to join the Tang Sect.
• Niu Gao learned that Lin Qian was the Tang Sect’s Grand Supreme Sect Master and asked who its Sect Master was.

Lin Qian helped the Defense Clan join the Tang Sect, then welcomed Bai He and the Speed Clan and persuaded them to consider joining. He offered to race Bai Chenxiang with his Soul Power suppressed, and they prepared to compete.

• Tang San revealed that he was Tang Hao's son and the Tang Sect's sect master, and Niu Gao vented his resentment before the Defense Clan joined the Tang Sect.
• Lin Qian and Niu Gao drank together, while Lin Qian planned to gradually ease the Defense Clan's hostility toward Spirit Hall.
• Bai He arrived with the Speed Clan, and Tai Tan and Niu Gao pretended their clans could no longer help him before introducing Lin Qian.
• Lin Qian reassured Bai He that the Speed Clan could leave the Tang Sect freely and proposed a fair speed contest against Bai Chenxiang.
• Bai Chenxiang accepted the challenge, introduced herself, and met Lin Qian in the center of the hall.

Lin Qian outmaneuvered Bai Chenxiang and then Bai He in speed contests, demonstrating his Spatial Transfer. Bai He conceded and agreed to have the Speed Clan join the Tang Sect.

• Lin Qian challenged Bai Chenxiang to touch him within one stick of incense, and she failed despite releasing her martial soul and using her soul skills.
• Bai He accepted Lin Qian's challenge, and Lin Qian promised the Tang Sect would provide the Speed Clan with resources without imposing orders on it.
• Bai He released his martial soul and used his Martial Soul Avatar and Swift Clones, but Lin Qian continued to evade him with Spatial Transfer.
• Bai He admitted defeat and said the Speed Clan was willing to join the Tang Sect.

Lin Qian displayed his two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and secured the Speed Clan’s place in the Tang Sect. When Bai He said he might leave if Yang Wudi refused to join, Lin Qian promised to persuade the Breaking Clan’s chief himself.

• Lin Qian revealed eight Soul Rings, including two red ones, and Bai He apologized for his granddaughter’s challenge.
• Bai Chenxiang questioned Lin Qian about his red Soul Rings, but he ignored her and went to speak with the elders.
• At the celebratory meal, Bai He learned Tang San was the sect master but judged Lin Qian to be the Tang Sect’s real decision-maker.
• Bai He said he might leave with Yang Wudi if the Breaking Clan refused to join, because he felt indebted to its chief.
• Lin Qian assured Bai He he would speak with Yang Wudi and bring him into the Tang Sect.

Lin Qian won Bai He's trust by accepting the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and agreeing to help persuade Yang Wudi to join the Tang Sect. When Yang Wudi arrived, Lin Qian secretly refined pills while Tang San and the clan chiefs negotiated, and the chapter ended with Yang Wudi reacting to the pills’ fragrance.

• Bai He praised Lin Qian and described Yang Wudi’s stubbornness and obsession with medicine, then gave Lin Qian the Speed Clan’s Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
• Lin Qian called Bai He “Grandpa,” delighting him and making him even more eager to promote a match between Lin Qian and Bai Chenxiang.
• Yang Wudi arrived at the Tang Sect, where Lin Qian refined pills while Tai Tan introduced Tang San and the clan chiefs discussed moving to Heaven Dou City.
• Yang Wudi agreed to stay and accept Tang San as sect master, but demanded the position of supreme sect master and was rebuffed by Tai Tan, Niu Gao, and Bai He.
• Yang Wudi suddenly exclaimed over the fragrance from Lin Qian’s pill furnace.

Lin Qian challenged Yang Wudi to a duel, wagering pills against Yang Wudi joining the Tang Sect. Lin Qian overwhelmed him with his Ice Jade Scorpion abilities, and Yang Wudi conceded, bringing the Breaking Clan into the Tang Sect.

• Lin Qian handed pills to Tai Tan, Niu Gao, and Bai He, then challenged Yang Wudi to fight for a chance to receive pills.
• Lin Qian bet that Yang Wudi would join the Tang Sect if he lost, and Yang Wudi accepted for the pills.
• Yang Wudi revealed his level eighty-two Soul Breaking Spear and attacked Lin Qian with his Soul Skills.
• Lin Qian unveiled his formidable Soul Rings and used Ice Bear Blizzard to freeze Yang Wudi.
• Yang Wudi unleashed Annihilation, but Lin Qian countered with Peerless Ice Extreme and shattered his spear.
• Yang Wudi conceded to protect the pills, and the Breaking Clan joined the Tang Sect.

Lin Qian organized the four clans into the Tang Sect’s five halls and arranged for Spirit Hall to infiltrate them. He then visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where the Four Elements Academy had challenged its students, and Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er recognized him.

• Yang Wudi accepted Lin Qian’s Heart of Silk Beauty and became enthusiastic about refining pills with Lin Qian’s methods.
• Lin Qian ordered the four clans to settle their affairs and relocate to Heaven Dou City, where he assigned them roles in the Tang Sect’s five halls and placed a covert Martial Hall under his command.
• Lin Qian lured Yang Wudi away with immortal pills and sent him to refine medicine, allowing Spirit Hall to infiltrate the Breaking Clan.
• Lin Qian arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and learned that students from the Four Elements Academy had come to spar with its students.
• Tai Long and Bai Chenxiang joined Lin Qian as he approached the sparring circle, where a Blazing Fire Academy student had just beaten a Heaven Dou Royal Academy student.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er recognized Lin Qian and ran toward him.

Lin Qian reunited with Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he learned the Four Elements Academy was considering joining either Heaven Dou or Spirit Hall. He challenged Feng Xiaotian and the others to fight him together as he prepared to settle the academy’s decision.

• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er rushed over to embrace Lin Qian, while Feng Xiaotian watched jealously.
• Feng Xiaotian challenged Heaven Dou Royal Academy after the two sides argued over his students injuring theirs, and Lin Qian stepped in to accept.
• Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu explained that the Four Elements Academy was assessing Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall before choosing where to join.
• Huo Wushuang said Feng Xiaotian had been appointed vice dean and given authority to negotiate for the Four Elements Academy.
• Lin Qian said he could represent the empire in the negotiations, then challenged the four elemental academies to attack him together.

Lin Qian revealed his overwhelming strength by defeating Feng Xiaotian and the Four Elements fighters in a public challenge at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Afterward, Li Si’s return became known across the continent.

• Lin Qian challenged the Four Elements academies, and Feng Xiaotian revealed that he had reached rank sixty-one while Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, Huo Wushuang, and Yu Tianxin showed their Soul King ranks.
• Lin Qian released his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion martial soul, displayed eight soul rings including two Hundred Thousand Year rings, and announced he was a rank eighty-five Soul Douluo.
• Lin Qian charged through Feng Xiaotian’s wind blades and punched him, then repelled Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Shui Bing'er’s combined attacks with Ice Bear Blizzard.
• Lin Qian accepted Feng Xiaotian’s challenge and crushed his evolved Gale Demon Wolf Fifty-Four Consecutive Slashes with his Martial Soul Avatar, leaving Feng Xiaotian half-paralyzed.
• Tai Long rallied the academy students to cheer for Lin Qian, and Li Si’s name once again resounded across the continent.

Lin Qian heard why the Four Elements Academy had come to Heaven Dou City and agreed to help it settle into Heaven Dou Royal Academy. He planned to explain the arrangement to Xue Qinghe, while Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er grew closer to him and Bai Chenxiang’s feelings began to stir.

• After Feng Xiaotian was carried away, Lin Qian took Bai Chenxiang and Tai Long aside with Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er, whose jealousy flared at Bai Chenxiang’s closeness to him.
• Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu explained that Spirit Hall’s recruitment had unsettled the Four Elements Academies, prompting many teachers and students to leave, and that they wanted support from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lin Qian said he understood their situation and promised to speak with Xue Qinghe, telling them they could move in.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er kissed Lin Qian, leaving Tai Long astonished and Bai Chenxiang jealous as she began to fall for him.
• After a meal, Lin Qian took Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er to his Duke's Mansion.

Lin Qian traveled with Tai Tan and Bai Chenxiang to Gengxin City, intending to bring its blacksmiths and resources under his control. Tai Tan described the city’s blacksmithing trade and revealed that he, Tang Hao, and the Blacksmith Association’s president were the continent’s three Divine Craftsmen.

• Lin Qian left Heaven Dou City with Tai Tan and Bai Chenxiang after settling the empire’s internal affairs.
• On the month-long journey, Lin Qian impressed Tai Tan with his Soul Tool knowledge and built a close relationship with him.
• Lin Qian, Tai Tan, and Bai Chenxiang arrived in Gengxin City, where Tai Tan explained its importance as the continent’s blacksmithing center.
• Tai Tan listed the seven blacksmith ranks and said he was one of three Divine Craftsmen, alongside Tang Hao and the Blacksmith Association’s president.
• Tai Tan thought about his loyalty to Tang Hao and felt uncertain about whether he could leave Lin Qian if Tang Hao returned.

Lin Qian, Tai Tan, and Bai Chenxiang visited the Blacksmith Association headquarters in Gengxin City and met its president, Lou Gao. When Lou Gao learned Lin Qian knew the maker of a Soul Guidance Ray he was studying, he eagerly asked Lin Qian to arrange a meeting.

• Lin Qian and Bai Chenxiang followed Tai Tan to the Blacksmith Association headquarters and were admitted to its upper floors with a golden token.
• Tai Tan introduced Lin Qian and Bai Chenxiang to Lou Gao's disciples, Si Long and Si Yu, and Lin Qian insisted Bai Chenxiang accompany them into the restricted area.
• Tai Tan and Lou Gao exchanged greetings before Lou Gao showed them the damaged Soul Guidance Ray he was trying to repair.
• Lin Qian recognized the device as one made by his friend Yue Hongchen and told Lou Gao so.
• Lou Gao lunged at Lin Qian in excitement, fell when Lin Qian dodged, then offered to grant Yue Hongchen special approval as a Grandmaster Blacksmith if Lin Qian arranged contact.

Lin Qian refused to reveal Soul Tool secrets to Lou Gao, offering instead to work with the Blacksmith Association on Tang Sect Hidden Weapons. Lou Gao resigned as its president and joined the Tang Sect as an Elder, then agreed to go to Lin Qian’s fief in Fasinuo.

• Lou Gao said he had bought the damaged Soul Guidance Ray from Spirit Hall, and Lin Qian explained that its destroyed Core Array made it impossible to repair.
• Lou Gao offered to make Lin Qian a Grandmaster Blacksmith, then appealed to Tai Tan and proposed joining the Tang Sect to learn about Soul Tools.
• Lin Qian refused to share Soul Tool manufacturing secrets but offered to hire skilled blacksmiths to make Tang Sect Hidden Weapons in cooperation with the Blacksmith Association.
• Lou Gao threatened to stop Lin Qian from buying metals, but Lin Qian said he could purchase them elsewhere.
• Lou Gao ordered Si Long to take over as president of the Blacksmith Association and announced he was joining the Tang Sect.
• Lin Qian welcomed Lou Gao as a Tang Sect Elder but still withheld the Soul Tool method, then pointed out a vacant secret chamber beneath his fief in Fasinuo, and Lou Gao agreed to go there.

After nearly five years away, Lin Qian returned to Spirit Hall and reunited with Bibi Dong, while the Worship Hall and Elder Hall competed to claim his attention. He told Bibi Dong about his work in the Heaven Dou Empire and affirmed his support for her ambition to unite the continent.

• Lin Qian arrived at Spirit Hall, where the elders and Worshippers argued over whether he should visit Bibi Dong or Qian Renxue first.
• Lin Qian asked the Worshippers to tell Qian Daoliu he had returned and said he would meet Qian Renxue after her divine trial.
• Lin Qian entered the Papal Palace and reunited with Bibi Dong, who scolded him for staying away so long.
• Lin Qian told Bibi Dong he had established the Tang Sect and made plans to strengthen Spirit Hall's influence in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Lin Qian had reached Level 99, and he confirmed that he had.
• Lin Qian praised Bibi Dong and wished for her to fulfill her ambition of uniting the continent, pleasing her.

Bibi Dong agreed with Lin Qian’s plan to stagger the Soul Hunting Operation and went to Qian Daoliu to request the Enshrined’s help. When Qian Daoliu resisted, she threatened to enlist Lin Qian, prompting him to agree.

• Lin Qian urged Bibi Dong to secure the Enshrined’s support and attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and Clear Sky Sect separately to limit losses.
• Bibi Dong accepted Lin Qian’s advice and said she would ask Qian Daoliu for help while Lin Qian prepared to target the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bibi Dong entered Douluo Hall and asked Qian Daoliu to have the six Enshrined assist the Soul Hunting Operation.
• Qian Daoliu refused to mobilize the Enshrined, so Bibi Dong threatened to ask Lin Qian, whom she said had reached Level 99.
• Qian Daoliu insisted Lin Qian belonged to Douluo Hall, but Bibi Dong cited his roles in the Elder Hall and as her disciple before Qian Daoliu agreed to help.

Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Operation annihilated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and Lin Qian confronted Yu Xiaogang and Flender when they tried to flee. He prepared to kill them after exposing Yu Xiaogang’s hypocrisy and mocking his lack of ability.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo led fifteen Titled Douluos and Spirit Hall’s forces in an assault on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, killing Yu Yuanzhen and most of the sect.
• After Spirit Hall withdrew, Yu Xiaogang and Flender arrived to find the sect destroyed, and Yu Xiaogang vowed to spread the news in Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Qian appeared and stopped the pair from leaving, while Flender begged him for mercy and Yu Xiaogang admitted he had come to visit the sect.
• Lin Qian summoned his towering Dharma Aspect, terrifying both men, and asked whether they had any last words.
• Yu Xiaogang challenged Lin Qian over Spirit Hall’s slaughter, and Lin Qian defended the campaign and condemned Yu Xiaogang’s reliance on Tang San’s talent.

Lin Qian confronted Yu Xiaogang and Flender, killing Flender after defeating his strongest attacks and then executing Yu Xiaogang. Before Yu Xiaogang died, Lin Qian accused him of betraying Bibi Dong and stealing Spirit Hall’s theories.

• Lin Qian used God King-level pressure to overwhelm Yu Xiaogang and Flender, then challenged Flender to fight.
• Flender unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and strongest soul skill, but Lin Qian dispelled both with a wave of the Asura God Sword.
• Lin Qian’s sword qi shattered Flender’s martial soul and left him dying, and Flender died after Lin Qian mocked Yu Xiaogang’s lack of loyalty.
• Yu Xiaogang begged Lin Qian to spare him by invoking his past relationship with the Supreme Pontiff.
• Lin Qian denounced Yu Xiaogang for betraying Bibi Dong and stealing Spirit Hall’s theories, then cut him into eight pieces and burned away his soul.