Chapter Summaries

Tang San sought a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring without Xiao Wu's sacrifice and brought her and Er Ming to a Golden Hawksbill Turtle in Star Dou Great Forest. The turtle agreed to sacrifice itself, drawn by Tang San's extraordinary fortune and the chance that he could help it break through.

• Xiao Wu asked how Tang San would obtain his sixth Soul Ring, and Tang San reassured her that he would find another way.
• Tang San asked Er Ming about other hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts and chose the Golden Hawksbill Turtle, believing it would value survival over resistance.
• Er Ming led Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yue Guan to the turtle's lake, where the Golden Hawksbill Turtle emerged and objected to seeing humans from Spirit Hall.
• Tang San demanded the turtle's willing sacrifice and warned that otherwise Spirit Hall would kill it, but the turtle became fascinated by Tang San's fortune.
• The Golden Hawksbill Turtle agreed to Tang San's request, hoping the gamble would help it break through.

Tang San absorbed the Golden Hawksbill Turtle’s two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and left arm bone, gaining powerful defensive and teleportation abilities. He sent Xiao Wu to remain in the Star Dou Great Forest for now and set out for Heaven Dou City, expecting to meet Qian Renxue.

• The Golden Hawksbill Turtle sacrificed itself to give Tang San a two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and left arm bone, while retaining a trace of vitality for possible resurrection.
• Tang San tested his new Blue Silver Emperor Gold Shield and the Golden Turtle's Three Burrows, which provided invincible defense, teleportation, and an eighty-percent reduction in attacks within range.
• Er Ming urged Xiao Wu to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Tang San agreed that she should wait there until he came for her.
• Yue Guan offered to accompany Tang San, but Tang San declined and said he would return to Heaven Dou City to handle matters concerning the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang San headed toward Heaven Dou City, suspecting that Qian Renxue was waiting to meet him.

Tang San confronted Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou City, rejected her offer to join the Qian Family’s Usurpation Plan, and criticized her strategy and slow cultivation. Qian Renxue lost her composure and challenged him to prove that strength ruled among Soul Masters.

• Qian Renxue questioned Tang San about the Star Dou Great Forest incident and offered to protect him from punishment if he joined her plan.
• Tang San dismissed her warning about Spirit Hall’s succession and said he would follow the Pope’s arrangements.
• Qian Renxue urged Tang San to join the Qian Family and help overthrow the Heaven Dou Empire so he could compete for the position of Pope.
• Tang San mocked Qian Renxue’s twenty-year plan and questioned why Emperor Xue Ye was still alive.
• Tang San explained that sparing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would sow distrust among the other sects and ultimately leave it with no choice but to join them.
• Qian Renxue dropped her composure and challenged Tang San to a fight, while he mocked her for pursuing a grand plan instead of improving her strength.

Tang San fought Qian Renxue, using his Soul Skills and tactics to overcome her Angel Domain and Martial Soul Avatar. He trapped her inside a Blue Silver Emperor Gold Shield and prepared to use Polarity Reversal.

• Qian Renxue revealed her seven Soul Rings and Angel phantom, then challenged Tang San to submit or be destroyed.
• Tang San showed his six Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring, and fought back as Qian Renxue attacked with her Angel Domain and Martial Soul Avatar.
• Qian Renxue blocked Tang San’s Blue Silver Overlord Spear and Sacred Sword defense, but Tang San used Golden Turtle's Three Burrows to strike her repeatedly with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• When Qian Renxue launched a counterattack, Tang San expanded the Blue Silver Emperor Gold Shield and teleported her inside it with Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San activated the second additional skill of his Two Hundred Thousand Year Left Arm Bone, Polarity Reversal, while Qian Renxue struggled inside the shield.

Tang San trapped Qian Renxue inside the Blue Silver Emperor Golden Dome and punished her after she refused to submit to him. After the dome dissolved, Qian Renxue tried to attack him but lacked the Soul Power to fight, and she threatened the servants who had overheard them.

• Qian Renxue exhausted herself attacking the Blue Silver Emperor Golden Dome, then offered to recruit Tang San and hand him Spirit Hall if he submitted.
• Tang San tightened the bindings around Qian Renxue, taunted her defeat, and demanded that she submit to him.
• Qian Renxue refused, citing her Qian Family bloodline and Angel Martial Soul, so Tang San turned her over and struck her repeatedly while she cried out.
• When the Blue Silver Emperor Golden Dome dissolved, Qian Renxue tried to attack Tang San but could not form the Sacred Sword, and Tang San warned her not to oppose him again.
• After Tang San left, the servants were stunned to see a man emerge, and Qian Renxue threatened to kill their families if they revealed what had happened.

Tang San returned to Spirit City and convinced Bibi Dong that his protection of Xiao Wu did not mean he had betrayed Spirit Hall. After he refused to join Dai Mubai and the others on an island trial and warned Bibi Dong that the island was dangerous, Yu Xiaogang appeared to confront him.

• Yue Guan warned Tang San that Bibi Dong's summons could be dangerous, but Tang San entered Pontiff Hall without fear.
• Bibi Dong questioned Tang San about protecting Xiao Wu, then forgave him and praised his talent and accomplishments.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Tang San could bring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect under Spirit Hall's control, and Tang San promised access to its wealth.
• Bibi Dong invited Tang San to join Dai Mubai and the others on an island trial, but Tang San declined and warned that the island might be affecting their temperaments.
• Bibi Dong revealed that Yu Xiaogang was waiting in the hall, and he threatened Tang San.

Gangzi tried to use his past relationship with Bibi Dong to force Tang San out of Spirit Hall, but Bibi Dong rejected him and affirmed Tang San’s place as her successor. After Gangzi stormed off, she entrusted Tang San with the Heaven Dou side of the upcoming Soul Hunting Operation.

• Gangzi confronted Tang San and confidently demanded that he leave Spirit Hall, expecting Bibi Dong to support him.
• Bibi Dong rebuked Gangzi, defended Tang San as her disciple, and accused Gangzi of using her while pursuing another woman.
• Gangzi claimed his title of Grandmaster and his disciples’ divine potential made Tang San unnecessary, but Bibi Dong dismissed his reputation and declared that everything was changing.
• Gangzi threatened to prove Bibi Dong wrong and left after she ordered him to go.
• Bibi Dong reassured Tang San that he belonged in Spirit Hall and placed him in command of its Heaven Dou operations for the coming Soul Hunting Operation.

After Spirit Hall rejected him, Yu Xiaogang returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and warned that Spirit Hall would soon destroy it. Yu Yuanzhen demanded evidence, but Yu Xiaogang had none, leaving his father furious and unconvinced.

• Yu Xiaogang left Spirit Hall vowing to undermine it and traveled to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• A clan guard insulted Yu Xiaogang and tried to drive him away until Yu Tianheng recognized him and intervened.
• Yu Xiaogang told Yu Tianheng that the clan faced imminent destruction, so Yu Tianheng brought him to meet Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Yu Yuanzhen that Spirit Hall would attack the clan soon, but could not explain how he knew.
• Yu Yuanzhen rejected the warning as baseless and threatened to expel Yu Xiaogang if he continued speaking nonsense.

Gangzi failed to persuade Yu Yuanzhen to protect the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan from Spirit Hall’s coming attack and fled after leaving a warning letter. Tang San led Spirit Hall’s forces in a nighttime assault that devastated the clan and ended with Yu Yuanzhen’s death.

• Yu Tianheng escorted Gangzi to a room after rejecting his advice that the clan should join Spirit Hall.
• Gangzi realized the Soul Hunting Operation was about to begin, fled during the night, and left a letter warning the clan.
• Tang San, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei led over a thousand Spirit Hall Soul Masters into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s grounds, where hidden weapons silently killed many members.
• Yu Yuanzhen awoke to the attack and found Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the Ninth Elder surrounding him, with only a few dozen clan members answering his call.
• Yu Yuanzhen charged the Ninth Elder in a desperate counterattack, but Tang San blocked his strike with the Blue Silver Emperor Gold Shield.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan wounded Yu Yuanzhen fatally, and he recognized Tang San as Spirit Hall’s Young Master before dying.

Tang San led Spirit Hall in destroying the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then dismissed a letter suggesting a mole within Spirit Hall. Yu Tianheng found the clan’s ruins and blamed Gangzi, who returned to the scene and was left misunderstood as a traitor while Yu Tianheng escaped.

• Tang San defeated Yu Yuanzhen, ordered Xu Qing and Gui Mei to finish the battle, and Spirit Hall destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Gui Mei found a letter hinting at a mole within Spirit Hall, but Tang San told him to burn it and avoid further trouble.
• Yu Tianheng emerged from hiding, found his family and clan dead, and concluded that Yu Xiaogang had betrayed them.
• Yu Tianheng found Gangzi in his room and accused him of being a traitor, while Gangzi insisted there was a misunderstanding.
• Spirit Hall Soul Masters arrived and mistook Gangzi for an ally; Yu Tianheng escaped and vowed to kill him.

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.