Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan defeated Yan after their domains, poison, and dragon attacks clashed, then prepared to fight Zhu Zhuqing. Zhu Zhuqing revealed two red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, leaving Yu Xiaogang and Tang San stunned.

• Dugu Yan broke through Yan’s Blazing Flame Domain and attacked him with her Blue Silver Poison Dragon Spear and poison.
• Dugu Yan’s poison slowed Yan, so the two agreed to settle the duel with one decisive move.
• Dugu Yan’s Blue Silver Poison Dragon overwhelmed Yan’s fire dragon, and Yan admitted defeat after exhausting his Soul Power.
• Dugu Yan praised Yan, helped him up, and watched as Xie Yue and Hu Liena supported him off the arena.
• Dugu Yan challenged Zhu Zhuqing, who summoned two red Soul Rings that shocked the spectators and made Tang San wonder whether he could give one to his Clear Sky Hammer.

Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan fought a fierce duel, with Zhu Zhuqing gaining the upper hand through her powerful Soul Skills. Dugu Yan revealed a Soul Bone that greatly increased her speed and launched a counterattack, leaving the match unresolved as she struck toward Zhu Zhuqing’s abdomen.

• Zhu Zhuqing used her Soul Skills to overwhelm Dugu Yan, while Dugu Yan’s poison and Blue Silver Grass attacks struggled to stop her.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s attacks knocked Dugu Yan down repeatedly, but Dugu Yan rose and continued fighting.
• Zhu Zhuqing froze Dugu Yan’s Blue Silver Poison Dragon Spear and pressed her attack, forcing Dugu Yan to use her right leg Soul Bone to escape.
• Jun Yi worried inwardly that either woman getting hurt would pain him, while Pope Bibi Dong realized the outcome had become uncertain.
• Dugu Yan used her Soul Bone to rush at Zhu Zhuqing with greatly increased speed and slashed toward her abdomen with a Poison Dragon claw.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dugu Yan in a destructive final clash, and Dugu Yan accepted the loss before yielding the arena. Jun Yi reluctantly agreed to fight Zhu Zhuqing, and their duel began with his ice saber strike.

• Zhu Zhuqing struck Dugu Yan with her ice-crystal longsword, knocking her down and forcing her to heal with Endless Life.
• Dugu Yan broke free of Zhu Zhuqing's ice and challenged her to settle the match with one final attack.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan collided with their strongest attacks, and Dugu Yan was defeated while Zhu Zhuqing remained standing.
• Dugu Yan praised Zhu Zhuqing, then left the arena and urged her to teach Jun Yi a lesson.
• Jun Yi agreed to fight Zhu Zhuqing and attacked with an ice saber, but she evaded him and unleashed an icy chill.

Jun Yi defeated Zhu Zhuqing in their spar after overpowering her ice attacks, and she admitted defeat. He then revealed his five Soul Rings and overwhelming pressure to the stunned crowd, claiming that winning the championship was no great feat.

• Jun Yi used relentless ice-saber attacks to force Zhu Zhuqing into a direct clash, where their ice techniques collided across the arena.
• Zhu Zhuqing exhausted nearly all her Soul Power and announced that she had lost, declining Snow Empress's offer to intervene.
• Jun Yi revealed his red, red, gold, gold, and gold Soul Rings and released a pressure that forced the spectators to retreat.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo reacted with concern, while Yu Xiaogang and Tang San doubted that Jun Yi's displayed Soul Rings were genuine.
• Jun Yi told the stunned crowd that with Soul Rings like his, winning the championship was not too much to ask.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy won the tournament, and Jun Yi accepted the championship rewards from Bibi Dong. Afterward, Bibi Dong ordered Xiao Wu seized, forcing Tang San to defend her as the confrontation escalated.

• Bibi Dong declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the tournament champion, and Jun Yi received three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to seize Xiao Wu.
• Jun Yi accused Sword Chen Xin of shielding Xiao Wu, and Bibi Dong challenged Ning Fengzhi over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s intentions.
• Bibi Dong identified Xiao Wu as a Soul Beast, and Xiao Wu admitted she was the little rabbit from before.
• Tang San stepped in front of Xiao Wu and promised to protect her, showing tenderness instead of shock at her identity.
• Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo stopped before reaching Tang San after sensing a familiar presence that frightened them.

Tang Hao appeared in peak condition to rescue Tang San and confront Spirit Hall, but Jun Yi challenged him after revealing his level 69 Soul Power and overwhelming presence. Jun Yi damaged Tang Hao’s chest armor, and their clash continued as Tang Hao countered with Clear Sky Nine Absolutes.

• Tang Hao descended and landed in front of Tang San, confronting Bibi Dong and Jun Yi.
• Jun Yi questioned Tang Hao’s swift recovery and looked toward Ning Fengzhi, who remained silent.
• Tang Hao summoned his Soul Rings and declared his intent to kill Jun Yi, while Jun Yi revealed his level 69 Soul Power without a sixth Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao unleashed pressure with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Jun Yi rushed in, kicked the hammer upward, and struck Tang Hao’s chest with a golden sword of light.
• Tang Hao’s chest armor cracked, and he countered Jun Yi’s next sword beam with Clear Sky Nine Absolutes.

Jun Yi fought Tang Hao in the arena, countering his Clear Sky Hammer attacks and freezing him after blocking the Great Sumeru Hammer. Tang Hao detonated his soul rings and launched another attack as Jun Yi asked Bibi Dong whether she wanted him dead or alive.

• Bibi Dong told Yue Guan and Gui Mei to protect the spectators while she and Jun Yi fought Tang Hao.
• Jun Yi exchanged blows with Tang Hao and judged that Tang Hao’s Martial Soul Avatar could raise his combat strength to roughly level 97.
• Tang Hao used the Great Sumeru Hammer, but Jun Yi shattered his attack and froze him inside an ice wall.
• After Jun Yi mocked him, Tang Hao detonated his soul rings and charged at Jun Yi with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• As Tang Hao’s hammer came down, Jun Yi asked Bibi Dong whether she wanted Tang Hao dead or alive.

Jun Yi fought Tang Hao and effortlessly endured his strongest attacks, leaving Tang Hao defeated. Sword Chen Xin then ambushed Jun Yi, but his sword strike hit Tang Hao instead, and Jun Yi confronted him.

• Bibi Dong told Jun Yi to capture Tang Hao alive so she could publicly execute him and restore Spirit Hall's prestige.
• Tang Hao exploded his remaining eight Soul Rings and attacked Jun Yi with the Thunder Light Divine Hammer, but Jun Yi was unharmed by the lightning.
• Tang Hao used the Great Sumeru Hammer, but Jun Yi stood untouched as the Clear Sky Hammer stopped before him.
• Sword Chen Xin launched a surprise sword strike at Jun Yi, but Jun Yi kicked it aside and it struck Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao spat blood and was smashed into the earth as his Clear Sky Hammer flew away, and Jun Yi accused Sword Chen Xin of ambushing him.

Jun Yi severed his ties with Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Ning Fengzhi defended Sword Chen Xin and the Clear Sky Sect. As Tang Hao tried to take Tang San and Xiao Wu away, Jun Yi used the Blue Silver Domain to seize control of Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer and drain the power of his detonated Ninth Soul Ring, while Bibi Dong subdued Sword Douluo.

• Jun Yi warned Sword Chen Xin that another attack would cost him his remaining arm, and Bibi Dong threatened him as well.
• Ning Fengzhi defended Sword Chen Xin and asked Bibi Dong to spare Tang San, prompting Jun Yi to tear off part of his robe and declare that he had severed all ties with Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Bibi Dong demanded that Tang Hao leave Xiao Wu behind, but Tang San refused to abandon her, so Tang Hao vowed to take both children away even at the cost of his life.
• Tang Hao attacked Jun Yi, who spread the Blue Silver Domain, immobilized Tang Hao, took control of the Clear Sky Hammer, and drained the power of his Ninth Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong suppressed Sword Chen Xin with her Soul Power and forced him to his knees as he moved to act.

Jun Yi interrupted Xiao Wu’s attempted sacrifice, but Bibi Dong then persuaded Xiao Wu to sacrifice herself to Hu Liena in exchange for a promise to leave Tang San alone. As the ceremony began and the crowd dispersed, Bibi Dong secretly told Jun Yi that she had tracked Tang Hao and sensed something strange about Tang San.

• Jun Yi convinced Xiao Wu to stay in exchange for Tang San and Tang Hao’s release, and Bibi Dong ordered them to leave.
• Xiao Wu began to sacrifice herself, but Jun Yi stopped the ritual before it could take effect.
• Tang Hao knocked Tang San unconscious and carried him away, while Bibi Dong secretly said she had marked Tang Hao and noticed something unusual about Tang San.
• Bibi Dong promised not to pursue Tang San if Xiao Wu sacrificed herself to Hu Liena, and Xiao Wu agreed.
• Xiao Wu’s sacrifice began, engulfing her and Hu Liena in crimson energy as they rose inside a cocoon.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo departed, the spectators were dismissed, and Bibi Dong told Jun Yi to visit the Papal Palace.

After the tournament, Jun Yi reassured Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan, gave Qin Ming three Soul Bones to hold for the academy, and went to speak with Bibi Dong. They discovered that Tang San carried the Asura God's hidden divine will, leaving Jun Yi to realize he might be under its control.

• Jun Yi assured Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan that he was unharmed and strong enough to protect them.
• Jun Yi gave Qin Ming three Soul Bones, and Qin Ming agreed to hold them for the academy to distribute.
• Qin Ming took the other students to celebrate their championship while Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing went to explore Spirit Hall.
• Jun Yi met Bibi Dong in the Papal Palace, where she asked whether he had sensed divine power on Tang San.
• The Ice Dragon King confirmed that Tang San carried the Asura God's hidden divine will and was being controlled without his knowledge.
• Jun Yi connected the revelation to Tang San's easy inheritance of the Asura God Position and his later struggle against the Golden Dragon King.

Jun Yi explained Tang San’s connection to the Asura God and learned about the plans for his new force from Bibi Dong. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue answered a mysterious call on Jun Yi’s Communication Soul Tool and introduced herself as Bibi Dong’s daughter, shocking the girl on the other end.

• Jun Yi told Bibi Dong that Tang San was connected to the Asura God and that the King of Slaughter had been unable to control the Asura Demonic Sword.
• Jun Yi reflected on how past betrayals had made his thinking more extreme, and Bibi Dong praised his ruthless side.
• Bibi Dong made Jun Yi massage her shoulders while she explained the location and organization planned for his new sect.
• Qian Renxue sent news of Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s tournament victory to Heaven Dou City and then heard a girl calling for Jun Yi and Sister Dong'er through his Communication Soul Tool.
• Qian Renxue told the girl that she was Bibi Dong’s daughter and could be called Xue'er, prompting an ear-splitting shriek.

Qian Renxue learned that Bibi Dong and Jun Yi were romantically involved, then saw their closeness for herself and decided to give them her blessing. Jun Yi planned to remain in Spirit City while recovering, and Bibi Dong invited him and Yanyan to stay at the Papal Palace.

• A girl told Qian Renxue that Jun Yi was her father because he was her brother-in-law, leaving Qian Renxue stunned by the apparent relationship between Bibi Dong and Jun Yi.
• Qian Renxue went to the Papal Palace and saw Bibi Dong laughing with Jun Yi as he massaged her shoulders.
• Qian Renxue concluded that Bibi Dong was happy with Jun Yi and left without confronting them, deciding to give them her blessing.
• After Qian Renxue left, Jun Yi joked with Bibi Dong about finding more girlfriends, and Bibi Dong warned him about making his partners unhappy.
• Jun Yi said he might stay in Spirit City for six months or a year to recover, and Bibi Dong offered her divine power and help remodeling her other Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong invited Jun Yi to bring Yanyan to stay at the Papal Palace, and Jun Yi accepted.

Yan and Hu Liena set out for Slaughter City to temper themselves, and Bibi Dong brought Jun Yi along to guide them. Jun Yi also took Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing, then left them in Slaughter City with preferential treatment; afterward, he and Bibi Dong discussed their regrets about time spent with their children.

• Yan and Hu Liena asked Bibi Dong to let them go to Slaughter City, and she agreed to escort them with Jun Yi.
• Jun Yi used the Op-Op Fruit to bring Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing along, and the group reached Slaughter City.
• Bibi Dong negotiated with the King of Slaughter so the four newcomers would not be forced to fight one another and could enter Hell Road if they earned it.
• The King of Slaughter marked the newcomers and Bibi Dong for preferential treatment, then Jun Yi left Slaughter City with Bibi Dong without taking the Asura Demonic Sword.
• Jun Yi told Bibi Dong that sending the young people away felt like sending children to school, and Bibi Dong confided that she regretted not raising Xue'er herself.

Tang Hao revealed that Tang San’s mother was a transformed hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor and that Tang San inherited her bloodline. He took Tang San deep into the forest to help him awaken his Martial Soul, leaving him sensing the surroundings through his Blue Silver Grass.

• Tang San woke beside a frail Tang Hao, who said he had failed to save the child and regretted being unable to save Tang San’s mother or beloved.
• Tang Hao revealed that Tang San’s mother had been a transformed Blue Silver Emperor and that Tang San’s First Martial Soul carried the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline.
• Tang Hao urged Tang San to cultivate, telling him he could avenge Xiao Wu and protect those he cared about.
• Tang Hao said he had protected Tang San from the shadows, then invited him to a place where he could fully awaken his Martial Soul.
• Tang Hao collapsed when he tried to stand, and Tang San supported him as they traveled deeper into the forest.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to release his Blue Silver Grass and sense the surroundings, and Tang San began meditating and using his spiritual power.

Tang San failed to sense the Blue Silver Grass and discovered that Blue Silver Forest had withered. Tang Hao blamed Jun Yi, concealed that Tang San could no longer awaken as the Blue Silver Emperor, and took him to a valley for two years of training with his Soul Power sealed.

• Tang San could not sense any information from the Blue Silver Grass, so Tang Hao led him deeper into the forest.
• Tang San found the Blue Silver Grass withered, and Tang Hao suspected Jun Yi had absorbed the forest’s power and destroyed it.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Jun Yi was their eternal enemy and that the forest’s destruction had cut off his chance to awaken as the Blue Silver Emperor early.
• Tang Hao privately realized Tang San could never awaken as the Blue Silver Emperor again, but lied to preserve his son’s hope.
• Tang Hao brought Tang San to a waterfall valley for two years of cultivation and sealed his Soul Power to begin special training.

Tang Hao began Tang San’s waterfall training, while Qian Renxue struggled to accept that Jun Yi might become her stepfather. After speaking with her aunt, Qian Renxue felt calmer and brought Bibi Dong the Communication Soul Tool so the sisters could talk.

• Tang Hao gave Tang San a forging hammer and ordered him to practice the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer beneath the waterfall until he could perform all eighty-one strikes without error.
• Qian Renxue told her aunt that Bibi Dong and Jun Yi were together and admitted she was struggling with the possibility of Jun Yi becoming her stepfather.
• Qian Renxue’s aunt reassured her that Bibi Dong and Jun Yi cared for each other and urged her to let them be happy.
• Qian Renxue went to find Bibi Dong, then told her and Jun Yi that her aunt wanted to speak with them.
• Bibi Dong used the Communication Soul Tool to greet her sister, who excitedly said she had missed her.

Pope Bibi Dong spoke with her younger self through the Communication Soul Tool, encouraging the young Bibi Dong to accept her duty as Spirit Hall’s Pope. After discussing whether Qian Renxue knew about their relationship, Jun Yi received the Soul Tool blueprints back from Bibi Dong, while the young Bibi Dong agreed to lead Spirit Hall.

• Qian Renxue left the study so Jun Yi and Pope Bibi Dong could speak privately with the young Bibi Dong.
• The young Bibi Dong told Pope Bibi Dong that her teacher had been murdered, that the enshrined elders suspected Tang Chen, and that she had become Spirit Hall’s new Pope.
• Pope Bibi Dong encouraged her younger self to trust her allies and protect Spirit Hall, and the young Bibi Dong resolved to do her best.
• Jun Yi told Bibi Dong they could explain their relationship to Qian Renxue if she asked, and Bibi Dong returned Ning Fengzhi’s Soul Tool blueprints to him.
• The young Bibi Dong entered Spirit Hall’s main hall and agreed to the enshrined elders’ request to become Pope.

Tang Hao continued training Tang San beneath a waterfall when Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo arrived to propose that Tang San research Soul Tools with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Tang San accepted the offer and received a sect token, with Ning Fengzhi promising he could leave freely.

• Tang San repeatedly failed to stand on the rock beneath the waterfall, while Tang Hao trained nearby without offering guidance.
• Tang Hao sensed a Titled Douluo approaching and fought the attacker with his Clear Sky Hammer until Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo appeared.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Tang San to cooperate with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect on Soul Tool research to oppose Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao encouraged Tang San to accept, and Tang San agreed to the cooperation.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Tang San a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect token and promised not to restrict his freedom; Tang Hao asked Ning Fengzhi not to harm his son.

Tang San and Tang Hao went to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect so its healers could treat Tang Hao and its members could show Tang San their Soul Tools. The Third Elder arrived at the forging workshop and asked whether Tang San was the person who could replace Xiao Yi.

• Ning Fengzhi invited Tang San and Tang Hao to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Tang San agreed after learning that Tang Hao was injured.
• Tang Hao and Tang San arrived at the sect, where Elder Ye began treating Tang Hao's lingering injuries with his Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
• Ning Fengzhi guided Tang San around the sect, showing him its ancestral shrine and combat training ground.
• Ning Fengzhi took Tang San to the Soul Tool forging workshop, where Tang San examined the craftsmen, Soul Tools, and blueprints.
• The Third Elder entered the workshop, and Ning Fengzhi introduced him to Tang San; the Third Elder asked whether Tang San could replace Xiao Yi.