Chapter Summaries

Dai Mubai led Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun into the Star Luo Great Forest to hunt powerful Soul Beasts, where his Rakshasa Domain detected a sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Convinced it was the perfect Soul Ring for his White Tiger Martial Soul, Dai Mubai prepared to fight it despite Ma Hongjun’s warnings.

• Dai Mubai said they would seek Soul Rings at least fifty thousand years old and used his Rakshasa Domain to sense a powerful malicious presence.
• Dai Mubai stopped Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun and warned them that a roughly sixty-thousand-year Soul Beast with a domain was ahead.
• The group found a huge Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and recognized its formidable strength and evil nature.
• Ma Hongjun urged Dai Mubai to retreat, but Dai Mubai insisted the beast was his chance to surpass Tang San and become a God King.
• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Martial Soul and faced the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing failed to defeat the sixty-thousand-year-old Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and decided to retreat. Tang San and Dugu Bo arrived, and Tang San revealed his rank-eighty-five power before confronting the tiger and warning Dai Mubai that they had a score to settle.

• Dai Mubai's Evil Tiger Rakshasa Slaughter and Rakshasa Domain failed to affect the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Dai Mubai called Ma Hongjun and Zhu Zhuqing to attack, but the tiger endured their Soul Skills and blasted all three away with its gray currents.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing acknowledged they could not win and agreed to leave.
• Tang San and Dugu Bo arrived as the three prepared to retreat, and Tang San thanked them for finding the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Tang San revealed his eight Soul Rings and rank-eighty-five Soul Power, then told Dai Mubai they had a score to settle.

Tang San confronted Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing in the Star Luo Great Forest, overwhelming them with his Soul Douluo power and Divine Slaughter's Domain. Just as he prepared to kill them, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked, allowing Dai Mubai to unleash Rakshasa Domain.

• Dai Mubai and his companions were shocked to discover that Tang San had become an eighty-fifth-rank Soul Douluo.
• Tang San released Divine Slaughter's Domain, forcing Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to their knees and leaving Ma Hongjun terrified.
• Ma Hongjun begged Tang San to spare them, while Zhu Zhuqing offered to submit if he would let Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun live.
• Tang San rejected Zhu Zhuqing's offer and summoned a blue-gold spear as he advanced on the immobilized trio.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked Tang San, drawing most of his domain's pressure away from Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai seized the opening and released Rakshasa Domain, enveloping the three of them in purple mist.

Tang San fought the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger after Dai Mubai and the others escaped. He blocked the tiger’s attacks with his Eight Sacred Spears and prepared to counter its charge with the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Dai Mubai and the others vanished into the purple mist while the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked Tang San.
• Tang San sent Dugu Bo to the sidelines and charged the tiger with his Eight Sacred Spears.
• The tiger damaged Tang San’s Blue Silver Overlord Spear with corrosive blades, but the Eight Sacred Spears blocked its follow-up attacks.
• Tang San evaded the tiger’s explosive ground attack by flying upward and recognized that it was preparing to charge.
• The tiger charged above Tang San and swung its Evil God Hook, but Tang San blocked it with his Eight Sacred Spears and brought out the Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang San battered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with the Clear Sky Hammer, broke its Evil God's Protection, and used Gravity Mire to interrupt its counterattack. As Tang San pressed his advantage, the tiger somehow trapped him in a decaying world.

• Tang San caught the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in midair and struck it repeatedly with the Clear Sky Hammer and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• The tiger's evil current suppressed Tang San and disrupted his flight, but his blows shattered its Evil God's Protection.
• Tang San stopped Dugu Bo from intervening, and Dugu Bo watched in amazement as Tang San continued fighting the powerful Soul Beast.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger unleashed gray air arrows, but Tang San used Gravity Mire to pin them and the tiger down.
• Tang San appeared behind the tiger with Golden Turtle's Three Burrows and struck its head, interrupting its attempt to form Dark Demon Evil Thunder.
• Tang San suddenly found himself surrounded by a decaying landscape and realized the tiger had drawn him into its ultimate move.

Tang San and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger were drawn into a ruined Divine Realm, where both had reverted to smaller forms but Tang San discovered his child body still held divine power. As the tiger absorbed strange black currents and grew stronger, Tang San attacked it and destroyed its head with a final blow.

• Tang San found himself in a ruined Divine Realm alongside the shrunken Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, whose body had lost its wings and most of its power.
• Tang San noticed the marks of the Asura God King and Life God King on his arms, along with the Sea God's mark, and realized divine power remained within his six-year-old body.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked Tang San, but Tang San's punch sent it flying and revealed that the black sphere on its abdomen was absorbing black currents from the Divine Realm.
• Tang San suspected the tiger's strange evil power might be connected to the Divine Realm's destruction, then chased it as it continued absorbing the currents and regaining strength.
• Tang San struck the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger repeatedly with his fists and divine power, then unleashed all his power in a final punch that smashed its head apart.

Tang San recovered after the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s strange Soul Skill showed him a vision of corpses, including one with his own face, then absorbed the beast’s Soul Ring and grew stronger. He headed deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to use the beast’s energy core on the three Qian Jun Ant Emperor brothers and fulfill the next Asura God Trial.

• Tang San reappeared in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Dugu Bo asked where he had gone, while Tang San struggled to understand the vision of a corpse with his face.
• Tang San seized the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s energy core before it could be pulled into the beast’s black hole, then absorbed its Soul Ring despite its powerful resentment.
• Tang San completed the difficult absorption after two hours, raised his Soul Power to the threshold of level eighty-six, and strengthened the Clear Sky Hammer’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Tang San told Dugu Bo that he planned to keep hunting Soul Beasts and recalled the Asura God Trial’s order to kill three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts or three Titled Douluo within two hours.
• Tang San chose the three Qian Jun Ant Emperor brothers as his targets and planned to use the energy core to force them to break through to the hundred-thousand-year mark.

Tang San used his Life Domain to purify the evil currents from a black bead, letting three ninety-thousand-year Qian Jun Ants devour the transformed power and rise to the hundred-thousand-year level. When their leader demanded more currents in exchange for sparing him, Tang San attacked with his Clear Sky Hammer.

• Tang San and Dugu Bo reached the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest and encountered three enormous Qian Jun Ant Emperors.
• Tang San said he intended to make the three Soul Beasts hundred-thousand-year Qian Jun Ant Emperors, then released the power from a black bead under the Sea God's Light.
• Tang San's Life Domain purified the evil in the gray currents, and the Qian Jun Ants eagerly devoured the resulting power.
• The three Qian Jun Ants grew larger and broke through to the hundred-thousand-year level, gaining the ability to speak human language.
• The leading Qian Jun Ant demanded that Tang San make more currents, and Tang San rushed forward and swung his Clear Sky Hammer at its head.

Tang San fought the three Qian Jun Ant Emperors, using his Life Aspect and Blue Silver Emperor abilities to control them before overpowering their defenses with the Eight Sacred Spears. He killed one and grounded the other two as they tried to flee.

• The three Qian Jun Ant Emperors attacked Tang San after realizing he was their enemy, but his Life Aspect domain suppressed them.
• Tang San bound the three Ant Emperors with the Blue Silver Emperor and trapped their heads in regenerating Blue Silver Water Prisons.
• The Qian Jun Ant Emperors broke free and charged Tang San, but the Eight Sacred Spears damaged their forelimbs.
• Tang San used Divine Slaughter's Domain to pierce one Qian Jun Ant Emperor's forelimb and smash its head.
• The other two Qian Jun Ant Emperors tried to escape, but Tang San used Gravity Mire to make them crash to the ground and pursued them.

Tang San killed three Qian Jun Ant Emperors, fused their Soul Rings into one, and absorbed the resulting 250,000-year ring despite its violent power. He broke through to level 87 and prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest to fight Titled Douluo.

• Tang San killed the three Qian Jun Ant Emperors, and Dugu Bo watched in disbelief as Tang San explained that their strength had been weakened by his method of raising them.
• Tang San discovered that the three crimson Soul Rings shared the Power of Life and fused them into one ring with a dark golden pattern.
• Tang San absorbed the fused ring into his Clear Sky Hammer and endured the Qian Jun Ant Emperor's power as it rampaged through his body.
• Tang San subdued the ring's power, gained a 250,000-year Soul Ring, and reached level 87 as his powers and meridians grew stronger.
• Dugu Bo congratulated Tang San and asked if they should return, and Tang San said he was ready to leave and seek out Titled Douluo.

Tang San and Dugu Bo headed for the Heaven Dou Empire, where Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing argued over whether to keep opposing Tang San. Their dispute was interrupted by Yu Tianheng, who seized Dai Mubai by the throat after an insult.

• Tang San told Dugu Bo they would go to the Heaven Dou Empire before Spirit City, intending to deal with the remnants of the Upper Three Sects.
• Dai Mubai lamented losing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger while Ma Hongjun urged him to abandon revenge against Tang San.
• Zhu Zhuqing advised Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to stay alive and avoid interfering with Tang San, but Dai Mubai refused to back down.
• Footsteps at their hiding place alarmed Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing, who prepared for an intruder before recognizing Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng confronted Dai Mubai about giving up revenge, then grabbed him by the throat after Dai Mubai insulted him.

Yu Tianheng revealed that he had obtained a godhood inheritance and confronted Dai Mubai over their partnership against Spirit Hall and Tang San. He agreed to continue working with Dai Mubai only if Dai could arrange a meeting with a worshipper, while Dai demanded proof of Yu's forces in return.

• Yu Tianheng overpowered Dai Mubai, revealed his godhood inheritance, and insisted they were partners aiming to destroy Spirit Hall and kill Tang San.
• Dai Mubai recalled the upheaval he had seen during the Rakshasa God Trial and wondered whether he could obtain additional godhood inheritances.
• Yu Tianheng said he had gathered forces from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and other dissatisfied factions to disrupt the founding of the Spirit Hall Empire, but still needed information from within Spirit Hall.
• Yu Tianheng threatened to end their partnership and called Dai Mubai a discarded pawn, leaving Dai shaken by his lack of status and strength.
• Dai Mubai promised to arrange cooperation with a worshipper, and Yu Tianheng demanded an in-person meeting before he would trust him.
• Dai Mubai asked Yu Tianheng to prove his sincerity by stating how many forces he could gather.

Dai Mubai met with Yu Tianheng and Yu Xiaogang to discuss cooperation against Tang San, but they demanded proof of sincerity: the death of a Spirit Hall elder involved in destroying their clan. Dai Mubai agreed to pursue the demand while planning to conceal his role and let Yu Tianheng confront Tang San.

• Yu Tianheng told Dai Mubai that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could provide powerful allies, including someone Dai Mubai knew.
• Yu Tianheng brought Yu Xiaogang into the meeting and rebuked Dai Mubai for insulting his uncle.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded the head of a Spirit Hall elder who had participated in the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as the price of cooperation.
• After Yu Tianheng and Yu Xiaogang left, Dai Mubai smashed the table in anger.
• Dai Mubai decided to target an elder amid the coming conflict over the Spirit Hall Empire's founding, while keeping his involvement hidden and letting Yu Tianheng fight Tang San.
• Ma Hongjun accepted Dai Mubai's plan, while Zhu Zhuqing sighed and looked into the distance.

After the Spirit Hall Empire was founded under Bibi Dong, Dai Mubai returned to Spirit City hoping to use the upheaval to pursue his plans. Bibi Dong kept Spirit Hall’s institutions and chose Tang San as its next Pope.

• Zhu Zhuqing decided to try to save Dai Mubai’s life before severing their ties, while Dai Mubai dismissed her concerns about opposing Spirit Hall.
• Ma Hongjun told Dai Mubai that Spirit Hall had founded an empire under Bibi Dong, claimed the kingdoms and duchies between the two empires, and commanded most of the continent’s Soul Masters.
• Dai Mubai decided to return to Spirit City and take advantage of the empire’s founding to pursue Yu Tianheng’s demand for the head of a Titled Douluo who had taken part in the earlier events.
• At Pontiff Hall, Bibi Dong invited suggestions about the empire’s future, then announced that the Worship Hall, Elder Hall, and Spirit Hall would remain.
• Bibi Dong named Tang San as Spirit Hall’s next Pope, and Tang San accepted her decision.

Bibi Dong named Tang San as the next Pope, but Light Feather Douluo challenged the timing and proposed that Qian Daoliu serve temporarily. Tang San rejected the plan, and Light Feather Douluo questioned whether Tang San had the strength to be Pope.

• Bibi Dong offered Tang San the papacy, and Tang San accepted, recognizing that she wanted him to handle the Worship Hall.
• Light Feather Douluo argued that Tang San was too young and proposed that Qian Daoliu become Temporary Pope until the empire was stable.
• Qian Daoliu agreed that Light Feather Douluo had a point, after thinking about Qian Renxue's absence and the Worship Hall's original plan.
• Tang San opposed the proposal, warning that Qian Daoliu's appointment would strengthen the Worship Hall's influence.
• Demon Subduing Douluo confronted Tang San, and Light Feather Douluo challenged his strength and asked whether he was qualified to be Pope.

Tang San answered Light Feather Douluo’s challenge by revealing his level eighty-seven Soul Douluo strength and overwhelming the Pontiff Hall with his Soul Power. Light Feather Douluo was left speechless as Tang San asked whether he was qualified.

• Light Feather Douluo questioned whether Tang San had the strength to lead, insisting that he needed to be a Titled Douluo.
• Xu Qing worried for Tang San, while Dugu Bo calmly assured him that Tang San could defeat even an ordinary Titled Douluo.
• Dai Mubai welcomed the conflict between Tang San and the Worship Hall and eyed Xu Qing and Dugu Bo as possible targets.
• Tang San rose and asked Light Feather Douluo what strength would count as qualified; Light Feather Douluo demanded the strength of a Titled Douluo.
• Tang San revealed eight Soul Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and released level eighty-seven Soul Power that shocked the hall and injured Dai Mubai.
• Light Feather Douluo stared in disbelief as Tang San asked whether he was qualified now.

Tang San confronted Light Feather Douluo over delaying his succession as Pope and challenged him to prove his strength. Qian Daoliu stopped the enshrined from attacking, but Tang San insisted the dispute be resolved immediately.

• Light Feather Douluo argued that Tang San should wait until he became a Titled Douluo before taking over as Pope.
• Tang San rejected the delay, insulted the Worship Hall enshrined, and challenged Light Feather Douluo to test him.
• Light Feather Douluo released his nine Soul Rings and threatened Tang San, while Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Dugu Bo, and Xu Qing prepared to intervene.
• Qian Daoliu restrained everyone, made Light Feather Douluo withdraw his Soul Rings, and suggested discussing the matter another day.
• Tang San insisted that the important matter had to be resolved immediately and pressed Light Feather Douluo for an answer.

Tang San rejected Qian Daoliu’s attempt to calm the dispute and challenged Light Feather Douluo in the Main Hall. He revealed the Asura Sacred Sword and vanished toward his opponent, leaving their duel about to begin.

• Qian Daoliu urged Tang San and Light Feather Douluo to end their dispute, but Tang San refused to back down.
• Light Feather Douluo challenged Tang San, and Tang San accepted as Bibi Dong created a barrier around them.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, which transformed into the Asura Sacred Sword, the reward for passing the Third Trial of the Asura God Trial.
• Light Feather Douluo sensed the sword’s danger and regretted provoking Tang San, while Qian Daoliu realized he had underestimated him.
• Tang San vanished and appeared before Light Feather Douluo with the Asura Sacred Sword descending.

Tang San defeated Light Feather Douluo in the Pontiff Hall, proving his strength to Spirit Hall’s senior members. Bibi Dong named Tang San the next Pope, and Spirit Hall’s leaders and the Worship Hall accepted him.

• Light Feather Douluo unleashed his Soul Skills against Tang San, but Tang San evaded the arrows and split a powerful attack with the Asura Sacred Sword.
• Tang San used Gravity Mire to slow Light Feather Douluo, then disarmed him and held the Asura Sacred Sword to his neck.
• Light Feather Douluo admitted defeat and praised Tang San’s strength.
• Bibi Dong declared Tang San Spirit Hall’s next Pope, and the gathered leaders, including Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo, bowed to him.

After Tang San was recognized as the next Pope, Dai Mubai abandoned hope of defeating him directly and arranged an attack on Spirit Hall’s Ninth Elder, Xu Qing. Dai Mubai then told Yu Tianheng and Yu Xiaogang that Xu Qing was dead, and news of the assassination spread across the continent.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun watched Tang San’s rise to power and realized they could not match his strength.
• Dai Mubai left Spirit City for the Star Luo Empire, intending to strike at Tang San through Xu Qing.
• In Heaven Dou City, Dai Mubai met Yu Tianheng and Yu Xiaogang, who both wanted revenge on Tang San.
• Dai Mubai told Yu Tianheng that Xu Qing, a Ninth Elder involved in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s destruction, had been killed and that Spirit Hall would soon face turmoil.
• News spread that Xu Qing had been killed by an arrow through the throat.