Chapter Summaries

Tang San revealed that the three Qian Jun Ant Emperor Soul Rings had mutated into hundred thousand year rings, then brought out his Clear Sky Hammer and prepared to use Ring Detonation against Qian Renxue. He had planned the wager and battle as a chance to escape, and the story left him poised to unleash the Great Sumeru Hammer's supreme art.

• Tang San and Qian Renxue realized that his three Qian Jun Ant Emperor Soul Rings had mutated into hundred thousand year rings.
• Qian Renxue sensed that Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer made him stronger than he had been with Blue Silver Grass and reignited her golden flames.
• Tang San enlarged the Clear Sky Hammer and transformed its Soul Rings as he prepared to use Ring Detonation.
• Tang San recalled Ring Detonation's risks, costs, and recovery time, and revealed that he had lured Qian Renxue there to gamble on it and escape.

Tang San used his Clear Sky Hammer and strength-focused Soul Rings to meet Qian Renxue’s Angel Holy Sword, discovering how perfectly the Great Sumeru Hammer suited his fighting style. Their attacks collided in the sky, and heaven and earth suddenly darkened.

• Tang San judged that his Clear Sky Hammer, empowered by the Qian Jun Ant Emperor brothers’ Soul Rings, gave him strength beyond Qian Daoliu’s, though using it prevented him from drawing power from the Star Dou Great Forest’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Qian Renxue summoned a hundred-meter Angel Holy Sword from her sacred flames and launched the same final strike she had used against Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Tang San leapt a thousand meters into the air and realized that the Great Sumeru Hammer’s domineering presence suited the Clear Sky Hammer, then challenged Qian Renxue with Sumeru Overlooks Heaven.
• Tang San detonated his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Soul Ring and struck as man and hammer became one, while Qian Renxue swept her Angel Holy Sword upward to meet him.
• Tang San’s dark crimson-gold hammer and Qian Renxue’s golden sword collided, plunging heaven and earth into darkness.

Tang San shattered Qian Renxue’s Angel Holy Sword with a Clear Sky Hammer attack amplified by Gravity Control and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Soul Ring. He pressed his advantage with a relentless series of Ring Detonation strikes, leaving Qian Renxue driven back until she finally erupted.

• Qian Renxue severed her Divine Sense link to the Angel Holy Sword and dodged, but the sword shattered and its backlash staggered her.
• Tang San’s Gravity Control had increased the Clear Sky Hammer’s weight to a million jin, while the shattered Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Soul Ring and Divine Slaughter’s Domain empowered his attack.
• Tang San dispelled the angelic power within himself and struck Qian Renxue again with his detonated second Soul Ring, forcing her to block with condensed Angel Divine Power.
• Tang San detonated his third Soul Ring and struck again, blasting Qian Renxue backward despite her four-pointed-star defense.
• Tang San detonated his fourth Soul Ring and raised the Clear Sky Hammer for another blow, and Qian Renxue finally erupted.

Tang San used successive Ring Detonations to overwhelm Qian Renxue and force her to activate Angel Shield. She then spread her true Angel Domain across the battlefield, preparing to attack at full strength while the incense continued to burn.

• Qian Renxue enveloped herself in her wings, unleashed an angelic phantom and a storm of golden feathers, but Tang San shattered the attack with Ring Detonation and struck her with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San's fifth hammer strike drove Qian Renxue toward the ground, as the Great Sumeru Hammer's dominance and killing intent weakened her Soul Skill.
• Tang San pursued Qian Renxue and unleashed another Ring Detonation, increasing the Clear Sky Hammer's weight and power.
• Qian Renxue activated Angel Shield to withstand Tang San's hammer strike, and the recoil sent him flying a hundred meters into the air.
• Qian Renxue spread her Angel Domain across the battlefield, making her presence felt throughout the golden light as the incense kept burning.

Tang San fought Qian Renxue inside her Angel Domain, using the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to build toward a decisive strike. As their strongest attacks collided, Tang San disrupted Qian Renxue’s Divine Sense and weakened her attack.

• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and the Chaotic Cloak Dance to fend off Qian Renxue’s golden fire dragons without releasing his accumulated power.
• Qian Renxue resolved to kill Tang San, fearing he would eventually surpass her and threaten those she cared about.
• Tang San completed eighty-one strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, gathering their power for one final blow.
• Qian Renxue charged Tang San in her Six-Winged Angel form as Tang San unleashed his strongest hammer strike and detonated the power of his Eighth Soul Ring.
• Tang San’s two beams of scarlet-gold light struck Qian Renxue’s eyes, disrupting her Divine Sense and weakening her attack as the Angel Domain fluctuated.

Tang San broke out of Qian Renxue’s Angel Domain with his Clear Sky Hammer, but he was badly injured and the weapon dissolved. As Qian Renxue prepared to kill him before the wager’s time limit expired, Tang San began a final attack with the Blue Silver Emperor’s Eighth Soul Ring.

• Tang San used Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and Ring Detonation to force his Clear Sky Hammer into a divine artifact state and break through Qian Renxue’s Angel Domain.
• Tang San fell to the ground injured as his Clear Sky Hammer dissolved, while Qian Renxue descended and confronted him.
• Tang San explained that he had planned to use Purple Demon Divine Light and criticized Qian Renxue for failing to attack him while he was vulnerable.
• Qian Renxue raised an Angel Sword and decided to kill Tang San, but let him make one last attack when he claimed he could break her angel defense.
• Tang San released his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and began detonating the Blue Silver Emperor’s Eighth Soul Ring as Qian Renxue approached.

Tang San used Guanyin's Tear, the Tang Sect's strongest hidden weapon, to pierce Qian Renxue's heart and severely wound the Angel God. The incense burned out as his attack landed, leaving Tang San standing and Qian Renxue alive but badly injured.

• Tang San shattered his final Soul Ring, swallowed Oscar's Firm Golden Fly, and condensed a bead of water from his blood and mist.
• Qian Renxue advanced toward Tang San, confident that he could not threaten her further.
• Tang San unleashed Guanyin's Tear, piercing Qian Renxue's heart and breaching her angelic defenses.
• The incense went out, and Qian Renxue's divine Angel Sword shattered as she realized she had been severely wounded.
• Tang San explained that Guanyin's Tear was the Tang Sect's number-one hidden weapon, then swayed from exhaustion.

Tang San used Guanyin's Tear to gravely wound Qian Renxue and won their wager, earning three days to escape before she began an all-out pursuit. After he left, Qian Renxue revealed that she had concealed how badly the attack had damaged her heart and would need three days to recover.

• Tang San reflected that Guanyin's Tear, a human-made hidden weapon, had pierced Qian Renxue's divine defenses.
• Qian Renxue considered killing Tang San but honored their wager and gave him three days to escape.
• Tang San thanked Qian Renxue, promised to spare her someday, and departed without the Mutated Clear Sky Hammer.
• Qian Renxue collapsed and revealed that Guanyin's Tear had shattered her heart, leaving her unable to attack while she rebuilt it.
• Qian Renxue resolved to wear the Angel God Armor and give Tang San no chance to use Guanyin's Tear again.

Tang San recovered the Mutated Clear Sky Hammer and left Qian Renxue after they agreed to meet again in three days. He emerged from the Star Dou Great Forest with his strength partly restored, then began cultivating to prepare for her pursuit.

• Tang San secretly returned for the Mutated Clear Sky Hammer, then warned Qian Renxue not to attack while her heart was shattered and left under their three-day wager.
• Qian Renxue watched Tang San go, resolved to catch him after three days, and began reconstructing her heart.
• Tang San ate Recovery Big Sausages and escaped the Star Dou Great Forest on foot while the hammer and his Divine Power helped heal him.
• After ten hours, Tang San emerged with some injuries healed and realized his Soul Power had advanced toward Level 90.
• Tang San traveled about five kilometers farther, stopped to cultivate, and assessed the severe damage Ring Detonation had done to his body and meridians.

Tang San hid beyond the range of Qian Renxue’s Divine Sense and focused on healing while preparing for her inevitable pursuit. After sixteen hours, his meridians had recovered and his Soul Power reached sixty percent, leaving him able to fly at full speed as he continued to recover.

• Tang San judged that Qian Renxue might catch him before he recovered and decided to cultivate quietly while maximizing his distance from her.
• Tang San used Wrath Divine Power to repair his ruptured meridians and carefully assess his body's condition.
• Tang San reflected on how narrowly he had survived his battle with Qian Renxue after using Guanyin's Tear and exhausting his strength.
• Tang San completed the repair of his meridians after nearly sixteen hours, and his Level 90 Soul Power began recovering faster than before.
• Tang San recovered sixty percent of his Soul Power, enough to fly at full speed while the rest recovered.

Tang San raced toward the coast, hoping to escape Qian Renxue by crossing the sea, but she caught up just before he could reach it. He descended into the hills to avoid fighting her in the sky and prepared to face her on the ground.

• Tang San flew toward the coast at high speed, concealing himself with Wrath Divine Power and resting every twelve hours to preserve his strength.
• Tang San neared the sea and believed Qian Renxue had failed to catch him, but a golden light appeared behind him and rapidly closed in.
• Tang San realized Qian Renxue had marked him and was pursuing him with greater strength, likely wearing the Angel God Armor.
• Tang San turned toward the hills, raised the Mutated Clear Sky Hammer, and used his Eight Spider Lances to move quickly across the ground.
• Qian Renxue spread her six wings, accelerated, and arrived directly above Tang San.

Qian Renxue caught Tang San with her strengthened Angel Domain and attacked him with the Angel God’s Sun Holy Sword. Tang San used the Mutated Clear Sky Hammer and his first Soul Skill to disappear just before the strike hit, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Qian Renxue used her Angel Domain to immobilize Tang San and revealed that her divine sense had tracked him since their fight in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Renxue raised the Angel Holy Sword and gathered the sun’s power for a lethal strike.
• Tang San used the Mutated Clear Sky Hammer to briefly push back the Angel Domain, then struck the ground with his Clear Sky Hammer and vanished.
• Qian Renxue’s Sun Holy Sword tore a vast gash through the earth where Tang San had stood.

Tang San escaped Qian Renxue's Sun Holy Sword by using his earth-controlling Soul Skill to burrow underground and flee toward the sea. He descended more than five hundred meters to shield himself from her attacks, while Qian Renxue continued pursuing him.

• Qian Renxue struck the ground with the Sun Holy Sword, but discovered Tang San's presence still racing toward the sea.
• Tang San used his earth-controlling Soul Skill and flight power to burrow underground, escaping most of the attack.
• Tang San sped toward the sea, but Qian Renxue kept tracking him from above.
• Tang San plunged deeper than five hundred meters underground to use the earth as protection from Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue prepared to continue her pursuit despite Tang San's escape underground.

Qian Renxue pursued Tang San underground by melting through the earth with True Solar Fire, but Tang San raced deeper to make her power drain faster. At roughly a thousand meters down, her solar fire was exhausted and she was still closing in, leaving Tang San with only a narrow lead.

• Qian Renxue raised her Angel Sword, heated her Angel God Armor with True Solar Fire, and plunged into the earth after Tang San.
• Tang San sensed Qian Renxue approaching by joining his spiritual power with the power of the earth, then descended deeper to try to outlast her.
• Qian Renxue caught up to within two hundred meters of Tang San at roughly a thousand meters underground, but her True Solar Fire ran out and her speed dropped.
• Qian Renxue pursued with her angel divine power while Tang San accelerated, knowing she might kill him instantly if she came within a hundred meters.

Tang San stopped his underground escape and used layered defenses to survive Qian Renxue’s Angel Holy Sword attack. He then unleashed Ring Detonation and discovered that his Clear Sky Hammer skills let him burrow faster while eliminating the pressure of the earth.

• Tang San withdrew Gravity Control and Power of the Earth, briefly stopping as Qian Renxue closed in and attacked with four slashes from her Angel Holy Sword.
• Tang San used Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, his shell-like defense, and the Eight Spider Lances to blunt the attack, which blasted him through the soil but failed to kill him.
• Tang San detonated his Blue Silver Grass’s First Soul Ring to replenish his energy and purge the Angel Divine Power, then switched back to the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San activated the Clear Sky Hammer’s fourth and fifth Soul Rings, found that his shell removed the earth’s pressure, and used the hammer to split the soil and rock as he burrowed deeper.

Tang San survived Qian Renxue’s underground attack by relying on his Qian Jun Barrier and discovered that his Clear Sky Hammer skills let him burrow through the earth more efficiently. He continued fleeing with a wider lead, while Qian Renxue’s attack cost her Angel Divine Power.

• Qian Renxue struck Tang San underground, but he endured the attack and surged ahead instead of slowing down.
• Tang San used his Qian Jun Barrier and the remains of his Eight Spider Lances to withstand Qian Renxue’s blow.
• Tang San realized the Qian Jun Ant Emperors’ traits let him travel underground using Earth Ant Emperor Slash while Qian Jun Barrier protected him from the soil’s pressure.
• Tang San continued fleeing with reduced Soul Power consumption and improved recovery, while his earlier tactic drained Qian Renxue’s Angel Divine Power.
• Tang San recognized that the pressure of facing Qian Renxue had pushed him to adapt and grow stronger.

Qian Renxue pierced a passage to the surface to draw in True Solar Fire, then used its power to accelerate after Tang San. As her attack closed in, Tang San detonated all eight remaining Blue Silver Grass Soul Rings to survive.

• Qian Renxue pursued Tang San underground as her Divine Power expenditure slowed her and the distance between them began to widen.
• Qian Renxue stopped and used the Angel Holy Sword to blast a passage through fifteen hundred meters of earth to the surface.
• Qian Renxue absorbed True Solar Fire through the passage and her Angel God Armor, then plunged underground at greatly increased speed.
• Tang San sensed imminent danger, switched to Blue Silver Grass, and detonated all eight of its remaining Soul Rings.

Tang San used Ring Detonation and the Mutated Clear Sky Hammer to withstand Qian Renxue’s attack underground, but her Angel Holy Sword steadily overwhelmed his defenses. As Tang San faced death, Qian Renxue resolved to kill him and create another divine seat if necessary.

• Tang San detonated the Blue Silver Emperor’s eight Soul Rings and poured the energy into his Mutated Clear Sky Hammer to resist Qian Renxue’s True Solar Fire.
• Qian Renxue carved out an underground hollow with True Solar Fire and charged Tang San with the Angel Holy Sword.
• Tang San raised the Mutated Clear Sky Hammer, increased its weight to five hundred thousand jin, and blocked Qian Renxue’s strike.
• Qian Renxue’s Angel Holy Sword pressed closer as Tang San’s Ring Detonation energy faded, leaving him unable to escape.
• Qian Renxue considered the need for another divine seat and resolved not to let Tang San escape.

Qian Renxue prepared to kill Tang San, but a phantom of the God of Wrath intervened and took up the Mutated Clear Sky Hammer. As Qian Renxue attacked the phantom, Tang San chose to stay and fight rather than flee, seeing a chance to turn the tables.

• Qian Renxue overcame her feelings for Tang San and resolved to kill him before he could become an even greater threat.
• As Qian Renxue's Angel Sword descended, Tang San launched a final strike with the Mutated Clear Sky Hammer.
• A black phantom appeared, knocked Qian Renxue away, and took the hammer from Tang San.
• The phantom identified himself as a remnant of the God of Wrath and explained that Tang San was his chosen successor.
• Qian Renxue attacked the phantom with nine images infused with True Solar Fire and Angel Divine Power.
• Tang San regained some strength but chose not to flee, deciding to help the phantom and keep the Mutated Clear Sky Hammer.

The God of Wrath used the power of emotion to drive Qian Xue away and restore Tang San, but exhausted his remaining Divine Sense and disappeared. Tang San discovered that the Heart of God was gone and vowed to recover it, while Qian Xue returned to find his presence had vanished.

• The God of Wrath used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to disperse Qian Renxue's attacks, then unleashed the power of emotion and drove her into the earth.
• The God of Wrath told Tang San that his Divine Sense was exhausted, encouraged him to inherit his power, and transferred energy that restored Tang San.
• The God of Wrath disappeared, leaving Tang San's Mutated Clear Sky Hammer without the Heart of God.
• Tang San mourned the loss of the Heart of God and vowed to restore his companion's soul and recover it.
• Qian Xue returned to the shore, having been pushed nearly ten thousand meters away, and found that Tang San's presence had vanished again.