Nine Stars Hall
Douluo: Legend of the SanctuaryContents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3History
- 3.1Founding in Silvia City
- 3.2Recruitment and Regional Expansion
- 3.3Academy Success and Further Recruitment
- 3.4Soul Hunting Operation
- 3.5Imperial Alliance and Conquest
- 4Leadership and Membership
- 4.1Leadership
- 4.2Incorporated Groups
- 4.3Prominent Fighters
- 5Bases and Resources
- 5.1Treasury and Equipment
- 6Training, Technology, and Recruitment
- 6.1Soul Tools and Pharmaceuticals
- 6.2Netherworld Cultivation
- 6.3Recruitment Policy
- 7Nine Stars Academy and Team
- 8External Relations
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Nine Stars Hall |
| Original Name | 九星殿 |
| Organization Type | Soul Master sect 20 |
| Founder / Hall Master | Xiao Yu 20 329 |
| Affiliation | Allied with the Heaven Dou Empire; later supports Xiao Yu’s rule over Heaven Dou and the former Spirit Hall Empire 282 329 339 |
| Headquarters | Originally Silvia City; later the former Sunset Forest branch near Heaven Dou City 21 284 |
| Branches | Gengxin City and, before its promotion to headquarters, the Heaven Dou City branch in Sunset Forest 25 42 284 |
| Associated Academy | Nine Stars Academy 56 |
| Role | Cultivation, Soul Tool development, pill production, education, and military operations 56 99 329 |
| Status | Active; its leader controls the Heaven Dou Empire and annexed Spirit Hall Empire territories by the latest documented events 339 |
| First Appearance | Formally named in Chapter 20, following preparations to establish a sect 18 20 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Founding core assembled | 18 | Xiao Yu uses summoning cards to build the personnel needed to establish his sect. The recruits include Mu of Aries and fighters suited to both leadership and combat. |
| Sanctuary-trained fighting force | 20 | The converted Sanctuary Candidate Saint Corps retains its combat experience and techniques despite losing its former memories. It overwhelms Dragon Peak Sect’s disciples. |
| Level 95 Titled Douluo reinforcement | 25 | Recruiting Lou Gao and most of the Blacksmiths’ Association earns summoning rewards used to obtain Scorpio Milo, a level 95 powerhouse, and Phoenix Ikki, initially level 32. |
| Two Titled Douluo confirmed | 30 | The sect already possesses two Titled Douluo, but Xiao Yu still disguises the young team’s unusual second Spirit Rings to avoid premature attention. |
| Expanded high-level roster | 50 52 | Dugu Bo joins as an elder. Further summoning rewards bring Gemini Saga and several Soul Douluo- and Soul Saint-level recruits into the sect. |
| Soul Emperor-led competition team | 117 | Xiao Yu reaches level 66. The academy roster includes multiple Soul Kings and Soul Ancestors, with Rong Dou at level 54, Ye Lingling and Cang Mo at level 53, and You Na at level 51. |
| Second Limit Douluo, level 99 | 180 192 | Another Limit Douluo joins after the competition. A later appearance identifies Saga as Nine Stars Hall’s second Limit Douluo. |
| Additional Gold Saint reinforcements | 195 | Rewards associated with recruiting the Defense and Speed Clans allow Xiao Yu to summon Virgo Gold Saint Fudō and Gemini Gold Saint Kanon. |
| Two level 100 powerhouses | 251 | The hall’s two strongest pillars have surpassed Douluo Star’s level restrictions. Kanon is its third-strongest expert at level 99, while Xiao Yu becomes a mid-level 93 Titled Douluo. |
| Former Nine Stars Team reaches Soul Emperor–Soul Sage ranks | 264 | The former teammates are all Soul Emperors or above. Eden, Zilong, and Yi Hui reach Soul Sage through cultivation in the Netherworld; Huo Wu approaches Soul Douluo. |
| Former core team reaches Titled Douluo | 319 | Most former competition teammates become Titled Douluo, excluding a few substitutes such as Mei Yi and Meng Yiran. Yi Hui and Zilong reach level 96, Shui Bing’er reaches level 94, and Dugu Yan also displays nine Spirit Rings. |
| Older experts transcend Douluo Star’s restrictions | 319 | Camus, Asura, Aiolia, Milo, and the hall’s other earlier Titled Douluo remain concealed in the Netherworld after breaking through the planet’s legal restrictions. |
History
Founding in Silvia City
Xiao Yu establishes Nine Stars Hall after assembling a core team through the system’s summoning cards. He chooses the name because Saints and Underworld Fighters possess corresponding constellations, while “nine” represents the ultimate number between heaven and earth. His stated ambition is to make the sect the foremost power in the Douluo world 18 20.
The hall’s first major victory is the destruction of Dragon Peak Sect, which had dominated Silvia City for more than a decade. Xiao Yu orders surrendered offenders punished, distributes wealth to the oppressed, and has guilty disciples delivered to their victims’ families. Nine Stars Hall takes over the defeated sect’s grounds, rebuilds its gates, and eliminates other locally hated sects, gaining both public support and substantial wealth 20 21.
Recruitment and Regional Expansion
Soul Tool technology becomes the foundation of the hall’s industrial expansion. Xiao Yu recruits Divine Blacksmith Lou Gao by presenting a high-grade design and promising access to the sect’s Soul Tool knowledge. Most of the Blacksmiths’ Association follows him, while its existing holdings become the hall’s Gengxin City branch 24 25.
Xiao Yu then recruits Yang Wudi’s Breaking Clan through access to Immortal Herbs, including Aromatic Silk Beauty, while allowing the clan to retain its secret medicine-making and pill-refinement arts. Dugu Bo and the Nine Hearted Begonia Family subsequently join, strengthening the sect’s poison-related expertise and healing support 40 50 74.
The planned Heaven Dou City branch is built around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest. Xiao Yu considers Silvia suitable for quietly building strength, but too remote for his later ambitions. Yang Wudi initially oversees the new site, with Dugu Bo later sharing responsibility 42 50 53.
Academy Success and Further Recruitment
Nine Stars Academy’s victory in the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Competition gives the hall a major recruitment opportunity. Independent Spirit Masters begin joining, and Xiao Yu uses the resulting momentum to expand the sect’s influence 180 188.
Yang Wudi’s efforts to recruit the Defense and Speed Clans culminate in their entry after Saga rescues Niu Gao and Bai He from Tang Hao. The Strength Clan remains outside the hall and hostile to it 188 195.
Soul Hunting Operation
Nine Stars Hall anticipates Spirit Hall’s attack on its Sunset Forest branch. Intelligence from multiple cities and the disappearance of Snake Lance and Pufferfish Douluo alert Xiao Yu to the approaching operation. He strengthens patrols and supplies them with Reconnaissance Alarm Soul Tools 262.
The prepared defenders repel the assault and launch a disciplined counterattack. Spirit Hall’s later report records more than three thousand casualties among the five thousand attackers initially assigned to Sunset Forest, as well as the deaths of the Third Enshrinement and Elder Mad Rhino 264 281.
Xiao Yu declines to pursue the withdrawing army. With only a little over two thousand combat-ready Soul Masters present and many of his strongest experts cultivating in the Netherworld, he judges a complete encirclement too costly. He also wants Spirit Hall to continue checking the hostile Clear Sky Sect alliance 277.
Imperial Alliance and Conquest
After the Soul Hunting Operation, Xue Ye chooses Nine Stars Hall as an ally despite Ning Fengzhi’s objections. A marriage-alliance arrangement raises Xiao Yu’s imperial standing, and the Sunset Forest branch becomes the hall’s main headquarters with Heaven Dou’s financial and political support 282 284 292.
By the attack on Spirit City, Xiao Yu is both Hall Master and regent of the Heaven Dou Empire. He leads a combined force of more than ten thousand elite Soul Masters into the capital after its gates are opened from within. Nine Stars Hall’s Soul Engineer Legion uses Heavy Soul Tools against the defending Sacred Dragon Legion 329.
Following Spirit Hall’s defeat, Xiao Yu annexes its territories and controls both the Heaven Dou Empire and the former Spirit Hall Empire. Qian Daoliu manages Spirit Hall’s affairs on his behalf 339.
Leadership and Membership
Leadership
- Xiao Yu — Founder and Hall Master. Directs recruitment, technological development, political alliances, and military strategy; later becomes Heaven Dou’s regent 20 21 329.
- Mu of Aries — Principal administrator during the sect’s early development. His experience handling Sanctuary affairs allows him to keep the hall orderly during Xiao Yu’s absences 21 30.
- Black Tortoise — Shares early management responsibilities with Mu and leads the hall’s fighters against Dragon Peak Sect. He later protects Nine Stars Academy during Spirit Hall’s ambush 20 21 140.
- Yang Wudi — Breaking Clan leader and hall elder. Oversees the Heaven Dou branch, contributes medicine-making expertise, and helps recruit the other Single Attribute Clans 40 42 50 188.
- Dugu Bo — Joins as an elder and co-oversees the Heaven Dou City branch with Yang Wudi 50.
Incorporated Groups
| Group | Contribution / Terms |
|---|---|
| Sanctuary Candidate Saint Corps | Converted into Soul Masters while retaining Sanctuary combat training; forms an effective early fighting force 20. |
| Blacksmiths’ Association | Supplies Lou Gao, his disciples, resources, and the Gengxin City industrial branch. Most members join rather than the association relocating wholesale 24 25. |
| Breaking Clan | Contributes medicine-making and pill-refinement expertise while retaining its secret arts 40. |
| Nine Hearted Begonia Family | Joins in its entirety, bringing Ye Renxin and the family’s healing inheritance into the sect 50 74. |
| Defense Clan | Joins after Saga rescues Niu Gao from Tang Hao 195. |
| Speed Clan | Joins alongside the Defense Clan; Soul Tools compensate for its traditional lack of offensive power 195 264. |
Prominent Fighters
- Hui Huo — Early protector and combatant; annihilates Dragon Peak Sect’s elders and later accompanies the young team as a guardian 20 25.
- Saga — Limit Douluo who defeats Tang Hao’s Ring Detonation–empowered Great Sumeru Hammer; one of the hall’s strongest pillars 193 251.
- Kanon — Gemini Gold Saint summoned after the Defense and Speed Clans join; reaches level 99 Quasi-God status 195 251.
- Milo, Aiolia, Camus, and Asura — Established high-level experts who eventually surpass Douluo Star’s restrictions and cultivate secretly in the Netherworld 319.
- Jieke Fuli De and Su Lan Te — Titled Douluo partners who fight Clear Sky Sect elders outside Gengxin City 226.
- Ye Lingling — Healing specialist whose Life Domain replenishes allied Soul Power during the Sunset Forest battle 266.
- Huo Wu — Prominent younger fighter who defeats Elephant Armor Sect elder Hu Yan Gong during the counterattack 264.
- Bai Chenxiang — Leads the Soul Tool-equipped Speed Clan’s aerial force against the Sparrow Bee Sect 264.
Bases and Resources
| Site / Resource | Function |
|---|---|
| Silvia City grounds | Original headquarters, established on Dragon Peak Sect’s former land 21. |
| Gengxin City branch | Operates through the Blacksmiths’ Association’s existing holdings. Blacksmiths rotate between local duties and Soul Tool training under Lou Gao 25. |
| Sunset Forest castle | Heaven Dou City branch and later headquarters; protects the sect’s cultivation, herb-growing, and pharmaceutical activities 42 264 284. |
| Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well | Exceptional cultivation ground and source of Immortal Herbs; transferred to Xiao Yu by Dugu Bo 40 42. |
| Netherworld | Cultivation space outside Douluo Star’s rules, used to advance the hall’s experts beyond the planet’s restrictions 251 319. |
| Nine Stars Academy | Educational and recruitment arm, equipped with simulated cultivation grounds, Soul Duel Stages, training facilities, dormitories, and a cafeteria 56. |
Treasury and Equipment
- Soul Tool designs and inheritance — Used to recruit Lou Gao and establish the hall’s manufacturing expertise 24.
- Reconnaissance Alarm Soul Tools — Support outer patrols and early detection of incoming forces 262.
- Illumination and attack Soul Tools — Form part of the Sunset Forest castle’s defensive system 262.
- Gleaming Light God Needles — Used by Nine Stars Academy students against Spirit Hall’s ambush force 140.
- Speed Clan Soul Tool sets — Turn exceptionally fast but offensively weak flyers into an effective aerial assault force 264.
- Heavy Soul Tools — Deployed by the Soul Engineer Legion during the invasion of Spirit City 329.
- Xiao Wu’s left-arm Spirit Bone and the Titan Giant Ape’s Spirit Bone — Stored in the hall’s treasury rather than absorbed by Xiao Yu 199.
Training, Technology, and Recruitment
Soul Tools and Pharmaceuticals
- Xiao Yu initially identifies Soul Tools as a potential steady income source after securing the sect’s first base 21.
- Lou Gao receives access to the hall’s technical knowledge and designs; his disciples study crafting in rotating groups 24 25.
- Nine Stars Hall sells both Soul Tools and pills to the public 99.
- The Heaven Dou Empire purchases Soul Tools through a sales arrangement involving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect 53.
- The Breaking Clan’s expertise and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s herbs support the hall’s medicine-making and pill-refinement operations 40 264.
Netherworld Cultivation
- Cultivation in the Netherworld allows the hall’s experts to escape Douluo Star’s normal advancement restrictions 251 319.
- After Xiao Yu changes the Netherworld’s rules, Soul Masters there can condense their own Spirit Rings when needed, tailored to their physical limits and Martial Souls 301.
- Xiao Yu intends to unify the continent gradually while raising the hall’s Soul Masters above level 100 before confronting the God Realm. This is a long-term objective, not an achievement of the entire membership 251.
Recruitment Policy
- Joining the sect is voluntary for inner academy students; Xiao Yu rejects forced recruitment because unwilling members could become liabilities 56.
- The academy is intended to cultivate belonging among talented students without existing factional ties 56.
- Students who decline sect membership are still treated as potential future supporters rather than discarded 56.
- Members retain freedom to maintain friendships outside the sect, although contact with hostile forces can require consideration of security and loyalty 188.
Nine Stars Academy and Team
- Original arena lineup: Xiao Yu, Yi Hui, Zilong, Eden, Xie Wu, Iao, and Miyi Mei use a three-three-one formation in the Great Soul Arena 30.
- Arena reputation: The team’s sustained victories attract heavy betting, higher-priced central-stage tickets, and fan clothing and masks 31.
- Competition recruitment purpose: Xiao Yu deliberately showcases his teammates to demonstrate that the academy’s strength is not limited to its captain 158.
| Competition Milestone | Result |
|---|---|
| Silvia Kingdom qualification | Qualifies in first place 124. |
| Heaven Dou advancement rounds | Wins twelve consecutive matches, then finishes first in the empire’s division 134 136. |
| Skywater Academy | Wins after Xiao Yu splits its Ice Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill with one sword strike 151. |
| Heaven Dou Royal Academy | Defeats the royal team 158. |
| Star Luo Royal Academy | Wins without fielding Xiao Yu; Cang Mo and You Na counter the opposing fusion skill 159 160. |
| Final against Spirit Hall Academy | Fields Eden, Yi Hui, Zilong, Cang Mo, Rong Dou, You Na, and Ye Lingling while Xiao Yu is unable to compete 174. |
| Championship | Wins the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Competition, accelerating the hall’s public recognition and recruitment 180 188. |
External Relations
- Heaven Dou Empire — Initially clashes with the hall over Dugu Bo and captured experts. Relations shift toward Soul Tool trade, a formal alliance, and eventually Xiao Yu’s control of the empire 50 51 53 282 339.
- Qian Renxue — Offers to absorb the hall into Spirit Hall, but Xiao Yu refuses. Their first agreement preserves his silence about her identity in exchange for conveniences within Heaven Dou; their later partnership supports his imperial ambitions 55 250.
- Spirit Hall / Spirit Hall Empire — Principal rival. Targets Nine Stars Academy in an ambush and attacks the Sunset Forest branch during the Soul Hunting Operation; ultimately loses its territories to Xiao Yu 139 262 339.
- Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect — Early commercial partner and academy promoter. Relations deteriorate when Ning Fengzhi supports Tang San’s rescue and chooses the Clear Sky Sect over Nine Stars Hall; he later opposes the Heaven Dou alliance 53 56 109 115 282.
- Clear Sky Sect — Mortal enemy. Conflict involves Tang San’s infiltration, Tang Hao’s fatal defeat, and repeated battles between high-level members 100 101 193 226.
- Strength Clan — Hostile following Titan’s actions; unlike the Breaking, Defense, and Speed Clans, it does not join the hall 188 195.
- Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan — Rival over Dugu Bo and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Its conflict with the hall results in the loss of three Soul Bones, deepening resentment among its younger members 47 52 129.
- Blazing, Godwind, and Skywater Academies — Approached as potential partners or recruits, but their deans refuse incorporation to preserve neutrality and avoid becoming subordinate branches of Nine Stars Academy 228 285.