Chapter Summaries

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.

Lin Qian led Spirit Hall’s forces to the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden mountain stronghold and prepared to launch an assault. After surveying the approach and sharing his spiritual detection with the gathered Soul Masters, he gave the order to attack.

• Lin Qian traveled to the Clear Sky Sect’s location after killing Yu Xiaogang and concealing all traces of his soul.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and the Titled Douluos gathered at the mountain village, cleared its hidden sentries, and waited for Lin Qian.
• Lin Qian arrived, impressed the Titled Douluos with his Spacetime Domain, and heard their report on the routes to the sect.
• Lin Qian praised the forces for sparing the innocent villagers and promised Light Feather Douluo a reward.
• Lin Qian used Spiritual Detection Sharing to enhance the gathered Soul Masters and ordered them to attack.

Lin Qian led Spirit Hall’s forces through the treacherous mountain approaches to the Clear Sky Sect, using his divine ice powers to make their advance possible and conceal it. At the final peak, he ordered the attack despite Qian Daoliu’s old oath forbidding Spirit Hall from entering it.

• Lin Qian froze a staircase into the cliffs and warped ahead with Light Feather Douluo while the main force began climbing.
• Lin Qian created ice roads across the mountain gaps and cleared hidden sentries as Spirit Hall’s forces advanced toward the Clear Sky Sect.
• Lin Qian and Light Feather Douluo reached the perilous fourth peak, where a strange bird’s wind tore gaps in the ice covering the chain.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo explained that Qian Daoliu had once promised not to invade the final peak after losing a wager to Tang Chen.
• Lin Qian dismissed the old oath and ordered Spirit Hall to attack, and Golden Crocodile Douluo led the charge toward the Clear Sky Sect.

Lin Qian led Spirit Hall in an assault on the Clear Sky Sect, then revealed that Tang Chen was already dead and personally finished off the sect’s remaining leaders. The Clear Sky Sect was destroyed, while Lin Qian promised to spare Yuehua alone.

• Lin Qian divided Spirit Hall’s forces and launched a surprise attack that killed or wounded most of the Clear Sky Sect’s disciples.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo defeated Tang Xiao, but hesitated when Tang Xiao warned that Tang Chen might return as a god.
• Lin Qian arrived, promised to spare Yuehua, and showed Tang Xiao that he had killed Tang Chen.
• Lin Qian killed the Clear Sky Sect’s elders and then defeated Tang Xiao, leaving the Clear Sky Sect destroyed.

After the Clear Sky Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect were wiped out, Spirit Hall faced no immediate challenge as Lin Qian coordinated its plans from the Heaven Dou palace. The news reached Tang Hao, who died from the shock and his old injuries.

• Experts arrived at the Clear Sky Sect and found its stronghold destroyed and its disciples dead; the next morning, news came that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had also been exterminated.
• In the Heaven Dou court, officials argued over Spirit Hall’s suspected responsibility, while Hu Liena returned from court to Lin Qian’s palace and discussed her role impersonating Xue Qinghe.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi mourned the fallen Upper Three Sects, then reaffirmed his decision to keep his sect and Ning Rongrong out of danger.
• Tang San told Tang Hao that the Clear Sky Sect had been destroyed, and Tang Hao collapsed and died from the news and his lingering injuries.

After Tang Hao died, Tang San learned the truth about his family and turned his grief into hatred for the Clear Sky Sect, Spirit Hall, and Lin Qian. As he left Holy Soul Village, Poseidon chose him for the Sea God's Nine Trials and sent him to Sea God Island.

• Tang San failed to revive Tang Hao, mourned him, and found a letter explaining the past feud, Ah Yin's sacrifice, and Tang Hao's role in Xiao Wu's departure.
• Tang San blamed Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Sect, Spirit Hall, and Lin Qian for his losses, then took Tang Hao's soul bones and buried him in the hills.
• Tang San told Old Jack that Tang Hao was dead and left after Old Jack criticized his father.
• Poseidon appeared, declared Tang San qualified for the Sea God's Nine Trials, and instructed him to travel to Sea God Island.
• Tang San accepted the prospect of divine inheritance and vowed to take revenge on Lin Qian.

Lin Qian learned that Tang San was heading to Sea God Island and planned to prevent Poseidon from interfering with Qian Renxue’s trials. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong founded the Spirit Hall Empire, reshaping the continent’s political balance as Lin Qian returned to claim real authority.

• Lin Qian questioned Tang San about traveling to Sea God Island, then considered Poseidon a threat to Qian Renxue and resolved to watch over her trials.
• The Sun Moon Merchant Association reported that Tang San had sailed for Sea God Island, and Lin Qian set off for Spirit Hall after Hu Liena learned Heaven Dou’s affairs.
• After the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and the Clear Sky Sect were destroyed, Spirit Hall announced a new selection of the Seven Great Sects and Bibi Dong declared the founding of the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Bibi Dong consolidated the new empire, summoned Soul Masters to join it, and established garrisons of more than twenty thousand Soul Masters along its northern and southern fronts.
• Lin Qian returned to Spirit Hall determined to gain real authority, while Fasinuo Province remained the one territory the expanding empire had not touched.

Li Si’s reputation as a loyalist resisting the Spirit Hall Empire contrasted with Lin Qian’s furious argument with Empress Bibi Dong over her policies. After the Rakshasa God revealed that Lin Qian had killed Yu Xiaogang and demanded Bibi Dong kill Lin Qian to complete her trial, Bibi Dong summoned the Saint Son.

• Li Si’s fief of Fasinuo remained independent after the Spirit Hall Empire’s founding, and Li Si became known as a loyalist resisting its expansion.
• Lin Qian argued with Bibi Dong over her decision to label those who refused to join the Spirit Hall Empire as heretics, then left the Papal Palace.
• The Rakshasa God told Bibi Dong that her Ninth Trial required her to kill Lin Qian and revealed that he had killed Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong watched the scene of Yu Xiaogang’s death and broke down, torn between her divine ambition, her disciple, and her first love.
• After the Rakshasa God departed, Bibi Dong ordered the Saint Son to be summoned.

Lin Qian entered Bibi Dong’s chamber and discovered that her apparent seduction was an attempt to kill him for Yu Xiaogang and to complete the Rakshasa trials. After he stopped her attack and revealed he had killed Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong prepared to fight, while Lin Qian remained inscrutably calm.

• Bibi Dong questioned Lin Qian about spreading the rumor that she would marry Prince Lingbing, then asked whether he liked her.
• Bibi Dong approached Lin Qian as if to seduce him, but Lin Qian sensed her killing intent and stopped her hand from reaching his heart.
• Lin Qian revealed that he had killed Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong demanded to know why.
• Lin Qian said Yu Xiaogang had endangered the empire, while Bibi Dong insisted that only she had the right to kill him.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Lin Qian was the Asura God’s successor and explained that killing him was necessary to unlock the Rakshasa Nine Trials.
• Bibi Dong resolved to kill Lin Qian with Rakshasa Divine Power, but his calm confidence left her uncertain whether he could defeat her.

Lin Qian defeated Bibi Dong after she attacked him in the secret chamber, then bound her and sealed her soul power. He called for the Rakshasa God to appear.

• Lin Qian bowed to Bibi Dong, acknowledged her role in his rise, and looked at her without restraint before challenging her to fight.
• Bibi Dong attacked Lin Qian with the Death Spider Web Restraint and Eternal Creation, but he stopped her strike with a barrier.
• Bibi Dong used her Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor Avatar, Space-Rending Abyss Slash, Rakshasa Demon Scythe, and Life and Death Are but a Dream, but Lin Qian blocked or reflected her attacks.
• Lin Qian condemned Bibi Dong for her attachment to Yu Xiaogang and for attacking him, then used divine power to bind her and seal her soul power.
• Lin Qian turned toward the sky and called out to the Rakshasa God.

Lin Qian revealed himself as the new Asura God and confronted the Rakshasa God, who had tried to have him killed. He defeated her with Asura, Judgment, leaving the Rakshasa God dead and her divine position vacant.

• The Rakshasa God asked how Lin Qian had discovered her, and he answered by unleashing the Asura Domain, revealing that he had become a god.
• Lin Qian summoned the Asura God Sword and fought back as the Rakshasa God attacked him with her domains and divine skills.
• Lin Qian’s tenth divine ring revealed his overwhelming power, and the Rakshasa God tried to flirt with him before attacking again and fleeing.
• Lin Qian used Asura, Judgment to break through the Rakshasa God’s attacks and pierce her heart with the Asura God Sword.
• The Rakshasa God screamed as Asura Divine Power turned her into ash.