Recaps

Xu Qing reported that Tang San’s hidden weapons helped Spirit Hall defeat the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with only a hundred casualties, persuading Qian Daoliu to approve Bibi Dong’s proposal. Qian Daoliu then named Tang San Acting Pope after Tang San agreed he could act against the Clear Sky Sect.

• Xu Qing returned to Spirit City and told Qian Daoliu that Tang San had helped him survive Yu Yuanzhen’s final attack.
• Xu Qing showed the Enshrined Tang San’s hidden weapons and reported that Spirit Hall had destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with only a hundred casualties.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to Bibi Dong’s proposal and ordered Xu Qing to summon Tang San.
• Bibi Dong welcomed Tang San outside Pontiff Hall and assured him she would stand by him before bringing him to meet the Enshrined.
• Qian Daoliu questioned whether Tang San could act against the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang San said he could.
• Qian Daoliu and the other Enshrined saluted Tang San after Qian Daoliu declared him Acting Pope.

Tang San recruited Dugu Bo into Spirit Hall and traveled with Tai Tan to meet the Four Single-Attribute Clans. He asked the clans to submit, leaving their response unresolved.

• Tang San welcomed Dugu Bo, promised to protect the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and gave him a Spirit Hall Elder Token.
• Tai Tan reported that the Four Single-Attribute Clans' gathering was about to begin, and Tang San said the other clans could decide their own fate.
• Tang San and Tai Tan arrived at the Defense Clan's residence, where the chiefs of the other three clans had gathered.
• Tang San told the assembled clan chiefs that he wanted them to submit to him.

Tang San and Tai Tan confronted the three single-attribute clans and urged them to join Spirit Hall, but Niu Gao and Yang Wudi refused because of their grudges. After Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo gathered to face them, Tang San gave the clans one final choice: join Spirit Hall or face destruction.

• Niu Gao rejected Tang San’s demand and ordered Tai Tan to leave, but Tai Tan revealed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son.
• Yang Wudi attacked Tang San, and Yue Guan blocked his spear before Gui Mei and Dugu Bo appeared to reinforce Spirit Hall.
• Niu Gao and Yang Wudi refused to surrender, even after seeing the three Titled Douluo gathered against them.
• Tai Tan knelt and pleaded with the clans to hear Tang San out, explaining why the Strength Clan remained loyal to Tang Hao and Tang San.
• Tang San helped Tai Tan up and gave the clans a final choice between joining Spirit Hall to take revenge on the Clear Sky Sect or being destroyed.

Tang San persuaded the Strength, Speed, and Breaking Clans to join Spirit Hall, refusing Yang Wudi’s demand to hand over Yang Wushuang. The clans joined him, and Tang San set out to settle their grievances with the Clear Sky Sect.

• Tang San told Niu Gao, Bai He, and Yang Wudi that he planned to move against the Clear Sky Sect and urged them to join Spirit Hall.
• Yang Wudi agreed to join if Tang San handed over Yang Wushuang, but Tang San refused, saying Spirit Hall would protect its members.
• Niu Gao and Bai He persuaded Yang Wudi to put the Breaking Clan’s survival first, and the three clan leaders pledged allegiance to Tang San.
• Tang San welcomed the clans into Spirit Hall and said he would need their help settling their grievances with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San boarded his carriage and headed toward the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Hao returned to the Clear Sky Sect and begged to have his name restored to its ancestral tablet, but the elders rejected him and insulted his son. Tang San arrived with Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Dugu Bo, announcing himself as Spirit Hall’s Acting Pope.

• Tang Hao knelt outside the Clear Sky Sect before Tang Xiao arrived and led him inside.
• Tang Hao apologized to the elders and offered his Soul Bone in exchange for having his name restored to the ancestral tablet.
• The First Elder and the other elders refused Tang Hao’s plea, blamed him for the sect’s troubles, and disowned him.
• Tang Hao surrendered his Soul Bone and asked the elders not to hold his actions against his son.
• The First Elder insulted Tang Hao’s son as a bastard born of a Soul Beast, and Gui Mei struck him down.
• Tang San arrived with Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Dugu Bo and introduced himself as Tang Hao’s son and Spirit Hall’s Acting Pope.

Tang San confronted the Clear Sky Sect as Spirit Hall’s Acting Pope and demanded its submission, while Tang Hao realized Tang San had come for reasons unrelated to him. As Tang Xiao prepared to resist, the four former affiliated clan chiefs arrived to settle their score with the sect.

• Tang Xiao questioned Tang Hao about Tang San’s position, and Tang San demanded that the Clear Sky Sect submit to Spirit Hall or be destroyed.
• The First Elder urged both sides to negotiate and praised Tang San, despite having recently condemned him and Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao offered to sacrifice himself, but Tang San said he had come for the Clear Sky Sect and accused Tang Hao and Tang Xiao of contributing to Ah Yin’s death.
• Tang Hao collapsed in guilt as Tang Xiao and the First Elder prepared to fight rather than let the sect submit.
• Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, Bai He, and Tai Tan arrived and challenged the Clear Sky Sect over its past treatment of their clans.

Tang San's forces launched an attack on the Clear Sky Sect, and Spirit Hall's fighters overwhelmed the elders. Tang Xiao charged at Tang San after seeing his sect members fall, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Tang Xiao attacked Tang San with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Yue Guan blocked the strike with his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders attacked Dugu Bo, whose poison incapacitated the Third Elder, while Ghost Douluo emerged from the shadows.
• Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, Tai Tan, and Bai He fought the First Elder, driving him back and battling him with Dugu Bo's support.
• Xu Qing and Demon Subduing Douluo arrived to reinforce Spirit Hall, while three thousand elite Soul Masters attacked the Clear Sky Sect outside.
• Tang Xiao saw his sect members dying, took Yue Guan's blow, and charged at Tang San, vowing to kill him.

Tang Xiao surrendered the Clear Sky Sect to Tang San after Spirit Hall’s forces killed two elders and overwhelmed the sect. Tang San ordered the fighting to stop, leaving the Clear Sky Sect alive under Spirit Hall’s authority.

• Tang San blocked Tang Xiao’s hammer strike with his Blue Silver Emperor Gold Shield, while Yue Guan and Dugu Bo’s forces killed the Third Elder.
• Yang Wudi and Tai Tan killed the First Elder, and the exhausted heads of the Four Single-Attribute Clans celebrated their revenge.
• After seeing the elders’ losses and the battle turning against him, Tang Xiao declared that the Clear Sky Sect would submit to Tang San.
• Tang Xiao rebuked the elders for isolating the sect and driving out his younger brother, then explained that surrender could preserve its name and allow it to be rebuilt.
• Tang San accepted the surrender and ordered everyone to stop fighting, with Dugu Bo recalling his poisonous mist.

Tang San secured the Clear Sky Sect’s submission to Spirit Hall and rewarded Yue Guan with a soul bone. Yue Guan broke through to rank 97, while Tang Xiao realized how dangerous Tang San’s political skill could make him.

• Tang Xiao accepted that the Clear Sky Sect had fallen into ruin and pledged its obedience to Tang San.
• Tang Xiao identified the Titan Giant Ape right arm bone and Earth Bear left leg bone, and Tang San gave the right arm bone to Yue Guan.
• Yue Guan absorbed the soul bone, broke through to rank 97, and thanked Tang San for his generosity.
• Tang San praised Yue Guan’s loyalty, while Gui Mei regretted not having met Tang San sooner.
• Tang Xiao watched Tang San win over his followers and felt relieved that the Clear Sky Sect had submitted before Tang San became more powerful.

As Spirit Hall’s rise forced the empires and sects to reconsider their loyalties, Emperor Xue Ye named Xue Qinghe as his successor, while Ning Fengzhi decided to bring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect closer to Spirit Hall. In the Star Luo Empire, Dai Weisi prepared to pursue an alliance with Heaven Dou before Dai Mubai unexpectedly returned.

• Emperor Xue Ye revealed that he had only a few months to live and declared that Xue Qinghe would succeed him as emperor, while Xue Beng would handle affairs so Xue Qinghe could cultivate.
• Ning Fengzhi worried that Rongrong remained inside Spirit Hall and concluded that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should join Spirit Hall, then chose to visit it with Uncle Jian and refused to meet Star Luo's envoys.
• Dai Weisi interpreted Ning Fengzhi's decision as a move toward Spirit Hall and resolved to seek an alliance with Heaven Dou as soon as possible.
• Dai Mubai burst into Dai Weisi's room with Zhu Zhuqing and announced that he had returned to the Star Luo Empire.

Dai Mubai returned to the Star Luo Empire and challenged Dai Weisi, only to learn that Tang San had become Spirit Hall’s Acting Pope. After Dai Mubai revealed his Rakshasa-backed power and attacked Tang San, Tang San stopped Yue Guan and Gui Mei, preparing to face him alone.

• Dai Mubai confronted Dai Weisi and demanded they fight again, claiming Spirit Hall supported him and that he would become its next Pope.
• Dai Weisi told Dai Mubai that Spirit Hall already had an Acting Pope, and Tang San revealed himself as that Acting Pope.
• Tang San told Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai that he had met with the Star Luo Emperor to discuss founding the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Dai Mubai revealed his six Soul Rings and declared that he and the others had succeeded without Tang San; Tang San sensed the Rakshasa God’s influence behind him.
• Dai Mubai attacked Tang San and ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei not to interfere, but Tang San stopped them and prepared to fight Dai Mubai himself.

Tang San defeated Dai Mubai after countering his attack with two unfamiliar Blue Silver Emperor skills, then let Zhu Zhuqing escape with the wounded Dai Mubai. Dai Weisi, unnerved by his brother’s strength, tried to court Tang San’s favor, but Tang San postponed their dinner until the Spirit Hall Empire’s official founding.

• Dai Mubai attacked Tang San with Evil Tiger Rakshasa Slaughter, expecting Tang San’s familiar Void skill to leave him vulnerable.
• Tang San blocked Dai Mubai’s strike with Blue Silver Emperor Gold Shield, transformed it into Blue Silver Overlord Spear, and pierced Dai Mubai’s shoulder before trapping him in water and Blue Silver Emperor strands.
• Tang San taunted the defeated Dai Mubai and thrust his spear through Dai Mubai’s right eye, but Zhu Zhuqing rescued him and fled.
• Gui Mei offered to pursue Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, but Tang San stopped him because he wanted to see what gods were backing Dai Mubai and hoped the Rakshasa God would claim him.
• Dai Weisi, alarmed by Dai Mubai’s strength, invited Tang San and Zhu Zhuyun to dinner, but Tang San said they could talk after the Spirit Hall Empire was officially established.

Dai Mubai and the others discussed their plans after passing the first Rakshasa God Trial, while Dai Mubai plotted to defeat Tang San. The group began to split up, with Ning Rongrong returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Dai Mubai preparing to return to the Star Luo Empire.

• Dai Mubai raged over Tang San's victory and injuries, while Zhu Zhuqing questioned his claim that he would take back what was his.
• Ma Hongjun and the others learned that Tang San had become Spirit Hall's Acting Pope, and Dai Mubai urged them to complete their God's Trials before confronting him.
• Dai Mubai assumed the others had chosen Tang San as the target of their malicious thoughts, though Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong had not.
• Ning Rongrong refused Oscar's offer to accompany her to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, saying she needed to persuade her father to join Spirit Hall.
• Zhu Zhuqing chose to stay at Spirit Hall, while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar planned to return to the Star Luo Empire so Dai Mubai could reclaim his succession.

Tang San visited the dying Xue Ye to announce Spirit Hall’s plan to establish its own empire, and Xue Ye gave him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. Xue Ye hoped the gift would preserve the Heaven Dou imperial bloodline, while lamenting that Tang San served Spirit Hall rather than Heaven Dou.

• Tang San informed Xue Ye that Spirit Hall was preparing to establish the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Xue Ye asked after Dugu Bo, learned that he had become a powerful Spirit Hall Elder, and expressed regret that Heaven Dou had held him back.
• Xue Ye gave Tang San the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as a gesture of goodwill, hoping to protect his imperial family if Heaven Dou fell.
• Xue Ye asked Tang San to tell Dugu Bo that Heaven Dou would always welcome him, and Tang San promised that Dugu Bo had a place in Spirit Hall.
• After Tang San left, Xue Ye told Xue Xing that the imperial bloodline could outlast Spirit Hall’s rule and said Tang San’s allegiance made him a misfortune for the two empires.

Tang San rested in Spirit City before his planned journey to Sea God Island, but Hu Liena and Qian Renxue both visited him and revealed that they were preparing for divine trials. Qian Renxue left to pursue the Angel God Trial, then returned because she still felt she had not overcome her obsession with Tang San.

• Tang San reflected on his recent Soul Hunting work, his physical strength, and his comparatively weak spiritual power.
• Hu Liena visited Tang San, told him she was leaving Spirit City to take a God's Trial, and refused to reveal which deity she would succeed.
• Tang San suspected Hu Liena might be connected to the Seven Original Sins after she left.
• Qian Renxue visited Tang San and explained that she needed to sever her obsession with him before beginning the Angel God Trial.
• Qian Renxue left after confronting her feelings, but returned minutes later, saying she still had not won and wanted to try again.

Tang San traveled from Spirit City to Sea God Island aboard a Dragon Abyss Boat, accompanied by Yue Guan and Gui Mei. When Sea Horse Douluo arrived, he refused to welcome the Spirit Hall group and told them to turn back.

• Tang San left Spirit City after Qian Renxue challenged him to another contest when he returned.
• Yue Guan and the Spirit Hall bishop arranged a Dragon Abyss Boat in Vast Sea City, and Tang San boarded it with Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
• Pirates spotted the Spirit Hall boat but abandoned thoughts of robbing it after recognizing its flag.
• Tang San and his companions used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to reach Sea God Island, where yellow-clad residents raised the alarm at their arrival.
• Sea Horse Douluo arrived and ordered Tang San and the others to leave, prompting Tang San to question how Sea God Island treated its guests.

Tang San went to Sea God Island to take the Sea God’s trial, and the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar granted him an unprecedented set of ten trials and a Life God King brand. The chapter ended with Bo Saixi arriving, shocked and confused by the unexpected revelation.

• Sea Horse Douluo initially mistook Tang San and his companions for hostile members of Spirit Hall, but sensed that the Sea God had chosen Tang San and agreed to let him take the trial alone.
• Sea Horse Douluo led Tang San to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar while Yue Guan and Gui Mei waited apart.
• The Sacred Pillar’s markings changed from blue to black and then blood-red, while all seven Sacred Pillars sent blood-colored beams into the sky.
• Golden light descended on Tang San, and nine golden screens and a colorless screen entered his mind, granting him the Sea God Ten Trials and a Life God King brand.
• Sea Horse Douluo and Bo Saixi were stunned by the unprecedented trial, and Bo Saixi questioned why Tang San had also received the mark of an outside God.

Bo Saixi recognized the Life God King's power mixed with Tang San's Sea God mark and declared him Sea God Island's hope, granting him and his companions honored guest status. After arriving in Seahorse City, Tang San asked Ou Ya to take him to the Forbidden Land to begin his first trial.

• Bo Saixi appeared at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar and investigated the power on Tang San's forehead.
• Bo Saixi sensed the Life God King's power, named Tang San and his companions honored guests, and ordered Ou Ya to host them.
• Bo Saixi told Tang San that Sea God Island's survival depended on his trials and urged him to complete at least one task each year.
• Ou Ya escorted Tang San and his companions to Seahorse City and arranged for them to stay at the City Lord's Mansion.
• Tang San asked Ou Ya to take him to the Forbidden Land after learning that his first trial was to restore the Sea God's Light within one year.

Tang San began the altered First God's Trial, which required him to strengthen the Sea God's Light, and received a God-Given Soul Ring that advanced him to rank seventy-four. After understanding how to replenish the Sea God's Light, he climbed the steps with ease and completed the trial.

• Ou Ya led Tang San and the others to the Sea God Hall, where Tang San began his trial by trying to merge his Soul Power with the Sea God's Light.
• Tang San spent the night condensing his Soul Power on the first step, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei kept watch nearby.
• Bo Saixi gave Tang San a God-Given Soul Ring, which formed into a red ring with dark golden markings and raised him to rank seventy-four.
• Tang San realized that his Soul Power could cycle through the Blue Silver Emperor and return to his body, helping replenish the Sea God's Light.
• Tang San climbed the steps with ease as the Sea God's Light strengthened, and he completed the First God's Trial.

Tang San passed the Sea God's First Trial after forming a cycle between his life and death domains, then awakened his Seventh Soul Skill, Life Aspect. With ten days before his next trial, he left Sea God Island with Yue Guan and Gui Mei while Bo Saixi silently worried about the Sea God.

• Tang San's Sea God's Light erupted as he understood how life and death depended on each other, creating a cycle between his two domains and completing the First Trial.
• Bo Saixi recognized Tang San's unusual power, and the Sea God announced that his affinity had increased by ten percent and that the next trial would begin in ten days.
• Tang San revealed his seven Soul Rings, including two Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and reached Soul Power level seventy-seven.
• Tang San used his new Seventh Soul Skill, Life Aspect, which greatly reduced Soul Skill consumption, sped up Soul Power recovery, and let him rebuild his body through surviving Blue Silver Emperors.
• Tang San told Yue Guan and Gui Mei that they would return to Seahorse City, while Bo Saixi watched them leave and prayed for the Sea God.

After completing his first God's Trial, Tang San returned from Sea God Island to Spirit City and learned of gruesome murders that might signal the King of Slaughter's escape. He could not determine whether the King of Slaughter had returned or something had gone wrong with Asura's inheritance, but remained confident he could handle the threat.

• Tang San began the Life God King's Second God's Trial, whose requirement was to seek a chance at life through breaking and rebuilding.
• Tang San left Sea God Island with Yue Guan and Gui Mei after Bo Saixi offered Sea God Island's support.
• Back in Spirit City, Tang San heard that people had been murdered and disemboweled, with witnesses reporting a blood-scented red mist.
• Tang San suspected the King of Slaughter had escaped but found that his Divine Slaughter's Domain showed no sign of him.
• Tang San considered that the problem might instead involve Asura's inheritance, tested his Divine Slaughter's Domain, and resolved not to worry about the King of Slaughter.

Tang San learned that someone from Spirit Hall had caused trouble at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and set out for Heaven Dou City to investigate. During the journey, he discussed his companions’ cultivation and promised Gui Mei that he was seeking a treasure for him.

• Haisimeng told Tang San that someone from Spirit Hall had recently visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and caused an unpleasant incident.
• Tang San praised Haisimeng, learned his name, and left for Heaven Dou City with Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo teased Tang San about his appearance and tried to match him with Dugu Yan.
• Tang San asked Yue Guan about his cultivation, and Yue Guan said his Soul Power was nearing Level 98 after receiving an immortal herb.
• Tang San noticed Gui Mei’s disappointment at not receiving an immortal herb and promised he was looking for a treasure for him.

Tang San’s arrival at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect through Oscar’s demand for money left Ning Fengzhi unsure whether Oscar was acting alone or on Tang San’s orders. Ning Rongrong’s return revealed that Oscar had come because he believed she had chosen Tang San over him, and Ning Fengzhi challenged Oscar’s right to interfere.

• Ning Fengzhi worried that Oscar’s visit might be a covert move by Tang San against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong returned and insisted Tang San had not sent Oscar, saying she and Oscar were now mortal enemies.
• Oscar arrived with Mighty Lion Douluo and Demon Bear Douluo and accused Ning Rongrong of being faithless for getting together with Tang San.
• Ning Fengzhi understood why Oscar had come and asked why he had brought two enshrined elders, reminding him that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect belonged to Spirit Hall too.

Oscar, Mighty Lion Douluo, and Demon Bear Douluo visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to demand concessions and test whether it would submit to Spirit Hall or Tang San. Mighty Lion Douluo prepared to clash with Chen Xin, but Tang San arrived and challenged the room to recognize his authority as Acting Pope.

• Oscar asked Ning Fengzhi whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect sided with Spirit Hall or Tang San, and Mighty Lion Douluo tried to soften his blunt demand.
• Mighty Lion Douluo pressed Ning Fengzhi for the sect's promised contributions, while Oscar urged Ning Rongrong to return to him; she rejected him and left.
• Chen Xin stopped Oscar from pursuing Ning Rongrong with a warning slash of Sword Qi.
• Ning Fengzhi said the sect would provide what the worshippers wanted once the Pope agreed, provoking Mighty Lion Douluo to reveal his nine Soul Rings.
• Chen Xin confronted Mighty Lion Douluo, and Tang San entered, asking how much authority his title of Acting Pope carried there.

Tang San confronted Mighty Lion Douluo over the Worship Hall’s authority and made clear that the Pope should hold Spirit Hall’s final say. Backed by five Titled Douluo, he forced Mighty Lion Douluo to retreat, though Tang San stopped him from leaving freely.

• Tang San arrived with Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Dugu Bo, then challenged Mighty Lion Douluo’s authority and argued that the Worship Hall should no longer stand above the Pope.
• Oscar insulted Tang San, and Chen Xin’s sword qi cut off Oscar’s arm; a second strike pierced Oscar’s face and pinned his Malice Sausage to the wall.
• Tang San warned Mighty Lion Douluo against interfering in Spirit Hall’s affairs, while Dugu Bo, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong declared their support for Tang San.
• Faced with five Titled Douluo, Mighty Lion Douluo conceded and tried to leave with Oscar, but Tang San called after him and forbade him to go.