Chapter Summaries

Tang San offered Qian Renxue six top-grade Soul Bones in exchange for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and she accepted after Qian Daoliu urged her to agree. Qian Daoliu revealed that he hoped Tang San would become an ally against Bibi Dong and Lin Chen, leaving Qian Renxue to consider the shifting balance of power.

• Qian Renxue tried on the gilded phoenix robe Tang San had sent, then changed back into her imperial robe when she heard he had arrived.
• Tang San asked Qian Renxue to trade him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and offered treasures from the Clear Sky Sect as payment.
• Qian Renxue demanded that the Clear Sky Sect surrender to the Spirit Hall Empire, and Tang San agreed to discuss the condition.
• Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renxue to accept the deal, and she agreed after Tang San revealed six complete, top-grade Soul Bones.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong and Lin Chen were the threats she needed to prepare for, and that she would need a helper against them.

Lin Chen appointed Huo Feng as commander of the Vast Sea Navy while she and Shui Ningrou recovered from their encounters with him. Elsewhere, Tang San used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to consume Yellow Springs Dew without apparent side effects, renewing his hopes of taking revenge on Lin Chen.

• Lin Chen told Huo Feng he had arranged for her to become grand commander of the naval legion, overseeing ten thousand Soul Masters.
• Shui Ningrou came downstairs exhausted, and Shui Bing'er explained away her condition while Huo Wu decided to visit Lin Chen.
• Huo Wu entered Lin Chen's bedroom and was pulled inside by his Soul Power.
• Tang San showed Tang Chen the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud's protective and spirit-fixing abilities.
• Tang San drank Soul Douluo-level Yellow Springs Dew with the shroud's protection and advanced to level seventy-seven without noticing negative effects.
• Tang Chen urged Tang San to keep increasing his Soul Power so he could become a Titled Douluo, and Tang San vowed to reclaim what Lin Chen had taken from him.

Bibi Dong reviewed the Spirit Hall Empire’s government and legion preparations, then ordered an invasion to destroy the Clear Sky Sect. Meanwhile, Lin Chen broke through to a new level of power, revealing two legendary Million-Year Soul Rings.

• Bibi Dong heard the provincial governors’ reports and warned Huyan Zhen and Zhu Zhengxiong to improve their administration.
• Ghost Leopard and Yue Guan reported the strengths and training status of the Soul Master legions, while the Vast Sea Navy and Jiangnan Legion remained below full strength.
• Bibi Dong ordered the legions to mobilize against the Clear Sky Sect, dismissing concerns about its forces and allies.
• Bibi Dong assigned Ling Yuan and Pufferfish to send ten thousand Jiangnan and Vast Sea troops to Central and Liaodong Provinces, where they would join the Central and Hebei legions.
• Lin Chen broke through in the Pope’s bedchamber, and his Red Firmament Sword and nine Soul Rings appeared, including two crimson-gold Million-Year Soul Rings.

Lin Chen reached level ninety-three after breaking through to Titled Douluo and absorbing a Million-Year Soul Ring. He then advised Bibi Dong that Qian Daoliu might use the Clear Sky Sect to challenge their power, but said their campaign should proceed because their strength could overcome any alliance.

• Lin Chen completed his breakthrough and absorbed a Million-Year Soul Ring, reaching level ninety-three.
• Liu Erlong entered to check on Lin Chen, saw his nine Soul Rings, and congratulated him on gaining another Million-Year Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong met with Lin Chen, Liu Erlong, Dailisi, Shui Ningrou, and Ling Yuan and announced that she planned to use ten thousand naval troops to eliminate the Clear Sky Sect.
• Lin Chen warned that Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu might persuade the Clear Sky Sect to surrender to Heaven Dou Province rather than let Spirit Hall destroy it.
• Lin Chen told Bibi Dong to proceed with the campaign, saying they could defeat the Clear Sky Sect and its allies through superior strength.

Tang San broke through to Titled Douluo, while Tang Chen prepared to counter the Spirit Hall Empire’s campaign against the Clear Sky Sect. Meanwhile, the empire’s legions began advancing toward Heaven Dou Province, and Bibi Dong received updates on their movements.

• Tang San became a Titled Douluo after spending six months consuming Yellow Springs Dew, but Tang Chen refused to teach him how to make more.
• Tang Xiao reported that the Spirit Hall Empire planned to send its legions against the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Chen departed with Tang San to address the threat and seek a Soul Ring.
• Tang San named the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python as Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts he wanted to target in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Feng assembled the Vast Sea Navy First Army and ordered its ten thousand Soul Masters to march into Heaven Dou Province.
• The Jiangnan Soul Master Legion advanced toward Central Province, while Bibi Dong received updates that it would arrive there soon and the Vast Sea Navy would reach Heaven Dou Province that night.

As Spirit Hall prepared to move against the Clear Sky Sect, Lin Chen and Bibi Dong discussed how to prevent the Worship Hall from using the conflict to weaken them. Qian Renxue became a Titled Douluo, then joined Qian Daoliu in bargaining with Tang Chen, whose Clear Sky Sect faced an imminent invasion.

• Bibi Dong ordered the armies to wait for her command, and Lin Chen advised her to strike at the Clear Sky Sect regardless of the Worship Hall's plans.
• Qian Daoliu and the other enshrined discussed using the Clear Sky Sect in their plans while Spirit Hall's forces moved toward Heaven Dou Province.
• Qian Renxue emerged from seclusion as a Titled Douluo and asked Qian Daoliu about her father's fate; he promised to tell her within a year.
• Qian Daoliu explained the crisis to Qian Renxue and said he would help her obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring after dealing with it.
• Tang Chen arrived with Tang San and demanded Qian Daoliu's help, but Qian Daoliu insisted that the Clear Sky Sect surrender to the Worship Hall to survive.

Tang Chen agreed to submit the Clear Sky Sect to Qian Daoliu’s side while keeping the sect’s Soul Master legion under its own control. After the Heaven Dou Royal Legion blocked Huo Feng’s advance, Tang Chen treated it as proof of Qian Daoliu’s sincerity and ordered two kings to pledge allegiance to Heaven Dou Province.

• Tang Chen accepted Qian Daoliu’s offer after securing autonomy for the Clear Sky Sect’s Soul Master legion and surrendering the two duchies and four single-attribute clans.
• Huo Feng led the Vast Sea Navy toward Heaven Dou Province, where the Heaven Dou Royal Legion blocked the main road.
• Huo Feng refused Captain Liu’s suggestion to attack and reported the obstruction to the empress regnant.
• Tang Chen learned the Vast Sea Navy had been stopped and ordered the kings of Barak and Alpha to pledge allegiance to Heaven Dou Province the next day.

Lin Chen and Bibi Dong learned that the Clear Sky Sect and two duchies had surrendered to Heaven Dou Province, and Lin Chen ordered Heaven Dou’s forces to withdraw or face attack. In Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue realized that her goals differed from Qian Daoliu’s and questioned what she should do.

• Xiao Wu told Liu Erlong that the Clear Sky Sect, the Balak Kingdom, and the Alfa Kingdom had surrendered to Heaven Dou Province, while the Heaven Dou Royal Legion blocked the Vast Sea Navy.
• Liu Erlong and Xiao Wu reported the news to Lin Chen and Bibi Dong, who discussed how the surrender and blockade affected Spirit Hall’s plans.
• Lin Chen ordered the governor of Heaven Dou and the Heaven Dou Royal Legion to withdraw, warning that his forces would attack if they refused.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that he had sent out the Heaven Dou Royal Legion to secure the Clear Sky Sect’s surrender and was willing to sacrifice the legion to weaken Bibi Dong’s forces.
• Qian Renxue realized that she wanted to replace Bibi Dong, while Qian Daoliu and the Worship Hall wanted to defeat or kill her, leaving her conflicted about what to do.

Qian Renxue tried to return to Spirit City to protect the Heaven Dou Royal Legion, but Qian Daoliu had his enshrined stop her. With the Heaven Dou Royal Legion blocking Spirit Hall’s armies, Bibi Dong ordered a full assault on the legion and the Clear Sky Sect, aiming to eradicate the sect within ten days.

• Qian Renxue decided to return to Spirit City to protect the Heaven Dou Royal Legion, but Qian Jun and Jiang Mo blocked her on Qian Daoliu’s orders.
• Qian Daoliu and Enshrined Golden Crocodile discussed keeping Qian Renxue away and preventing the Heaven Dou Royal Legion from withdrawing, while Qian Daoliu assigned Sixth and Seventh to watch her.
• Huo Feng ordered the Vast Sea Navy commanders to wait for orders and warned that anyone standing in the way of destroying the Clear Sky Sect would die.
• Bibi Dong learned that Qian Renxue had not returned and that the Jiangnan Soul Master Legion was also blocked by the Heaven Dou Royal Legion.
• Bibi Dong ordered the Jiangnan and Vast Sea Navy to destroy the Heaven Dou Royal Legion and sent forty thousand troops and Spirit Hall fighters to attack the Clear Sky Sect from the north and northwest.

Bibi Dong ordered the empire’s forces to attack the Clear Sky Sect, and allied sects and armies mobilized across the continent. Lin Chen departed with Liu Erlong and Ling Yuan to oversee the campaign while Bibi Dong remained in Spirit City, and Huo Feng received orders to lead the Vast Sea Navy through Heaven Dou Province.

• Ning Fengzhi overruled Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, choosing to lead the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s forces himself.
• The Seven Clan Alliance’s ancestors agreed to obey Bibi Dong’s order and dispatched more than a hundred Soul Masters to accompany the Central Legion into Clear Sky.
• Huyan Zhen led Yang Qingwu and forces from several factions toward the front lines, urging them to arrive before the battle began.
• Bibi Dong ordered the attack after messengers reported that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Seven Stars Alliance, and other factions had reached their positions.
• Lin Chen left Spirit City with Liu Erlong and Ling Yuan to oversee the battle while Bibi Dong stayed behind to guard against threats.
• Huo Feng received orders to assemble the Vast Sea Navy and force its way through Heaven Dou Province alongside the Jiangnan Soul Master Legion.

The Spirit Hall Empire launched coordinated attacks against the Heaven Dou Royal Legion and the Balak Kingdom. The Hebei Legion began its assault while the Clear Sky Sect’s leaders arrived to confront its Titled Douluo.

• Huo Feng ordered the Vast Sea Navy to attack after Commander Wang refused to let them cross the border, and she declared that the Spirit Hall Empire ruled the continent.
• The Vast Sea Navy charged the Heaven Dou Royal Legion as the Jiangnan Soul Master Legion battled another portion of its forces in the south.
• Yue Guan ordered the thirty-thousand-strong Hebei Legion to attack the Balak Kingdom, while Gui Mei and the other elders prepared to hold off the Clear Sky Sect’s Titled Douluo.
• Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, Bai He, and Tai Tan rallied the Balak Kingdom’s defenders and prepared to hold back the attacking army.
• Tang Xiao, Xue Tu, and three other Titled Douluo arrived to face Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Pufferfish, and Ghost Leopard.

The Spirit Hall Empire launched its assault on the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang Chen overwhelmed its Titled Douluo defenders. Lin Chen arrived in time to stop Tang Chen's next strike and challenged him to fight.

• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Central Legion to attack the Alfa Kingdom, while Tang Chen prepared to defend the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Chen led the Clear Sky Sect's fighters to the front lines, where nine Titled Douluo faced the Spirit Hall Empire's six.
• Tang Chen's attack scattered the Spirit Hall Empire's Titled Douluo and forced them to retreat.
• Lin Chen blocked Tang Chen's hammer strike and offered to fight him instead.
• Tang Chen rejected Lin Chen's taunt and attacked him with the Clear Sky Hammer.

Qian Renxue learned that the Spirit Hall army had attacked the Clear Sky Sect, while Qian Daoliu took her into secluded cultivation to help her become a god. In Alfa Kingdom, Lin Chen and his allies fought Tang Chen and the Clear Sky Sect, leaving Zi JI and Ling Yuan to help eliminate the remaining enemies.

• Qian Renxue learned that the Spirit Hall army had attacked the Clear Sky Sect and the Heaven Dou Royal Legion, then agreed to accompany Qian Daoliu into secluded cultivation so he could help her become a god.
• The Clear Sky Sect's forces retreated to the Alfa Kingdom's capital after suffering repeated defeats against the Spirit Hall army.
• Lin Chen used his sixth Soul Skill against Tang Chen, and Ning Fengzhi boosted Lin Chen with support skills that forced Tang Chen back.
• Tang Chen threatened Ning Fengzhi, but Lin Chen protected him and continued fighting Tang Chen.
• Zi JI killed an Enforcement Team captain from Slaughter City, and Ling Yuan defeated another captain with her ninth Soul Skill.
• Zi JI returned to human form and asked Ling Yuan to help finish off the four remaining Clear Sky Sect elders and one other enemy so they could support Lin Chen.

Huo Feng routed the Heaven Dou Royal Legion while Xue Wu’s covert betrayal helped the Spirit Hall Empire defeat the Clear Sky Sect’s leaders in Balak Kingdom. With the kingdom’s defenders fleeing and its royal family and allies captured, the Spirit Hall Empire secured control of Balak Kingdom.

• Huo Feng defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Legion, captured its commander, and ordered her troops to advance toward the Alpha Kingdom.
• Xue Wu broke the Two Extremes Stillness Domain with her Ninth Soul Skill, then swallowed Xue Tu while Ghost Leopard Douluo killed Xue Li.
• Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Ghost Leopard, and Xue Wu killed the Clear Sky Sect’s First Elder, while Tang Xiao escaped.
• Xue Wu revealed that Lin Chen had placed her inside the Clear Sky Sect and returned after completing her mission.
• The Balak Kingdom’s defenders lost morale and fled as the Hebei Legion took control and captured the royal family and other opponents.

The Spirit Hall Empire's forces overwhelmed the Clear Sky Sect as Tang Chen confronted Lin Chen in a decisive clash. Ning Fengzhi's support strengthened Lin Chen, and Tang Chen detonated his ninth Soul Ring before Lin Chen answered by detonating his own, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Tang Hao returned to help Tang Chen and attacked Zi JI, while Ling Yuan went to support Sword Douluo and the other fighters.
• Ling Yuan's Martial Soul Avatar consumed a Clear Sky Sect elder, and Sword Douluo killed him.
• Tang Chen unleashed his ninth Soul Skill, Sky-Piercing Strike, and Lin Chen countered with Unity of Heaven and Man.
• Ning Fengzhi endured the shockwaves to reach Lin Chen and used three Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect boosts to strengthen him, but Sword Dao Chen Xin had to rescue Ning Fengzhi after he was badly injured.
• Tang Chen used Slaughter Domain and detonated his ninth Soul Ring, weakening Lin Chen's attack, so Lin Chen detonated his own ninth Soul Ring and prepared to strike Tang Chen.

Lin Chen defeated Tang Chen with Ring Detonation, then crippled Tang Hao and ordered the Spirit Hall forces to invade the Clear Sky Sect’s territory. Bibi Dong learned of the victory and heard that Lin Chen was weakened but otherwise unharmed.

• Lin Chen’s crimson-gold sword shattered Tang Chen’s attack and Clear Sky True Body, leaving Tang Chen badly wounded and earning Lin Chen 300,000 Villain Value.
• Tang Chen escaped with Tang San while Spirit Hall fighters engaged the Clear Sky Sect’s remaining Titled Douluo; Tang Hao stayed behind to help the elders retreat.
• After the battle, Lin Chen spared Tang Hao’s life as promised to Yuehua but destroyed his dantian and meridians, earning another 100,000 Villain Value.
• Lin Chen ordered Ling Yuan to send Sword Douluo and the other Titled Douluo to help the army attack the Clear Sky Sect’s territory and kill those who resisted.
• A female Soul Master reported Lin Chen’s victory to Bibi Dong, who was relieved to hear that he was only temporarily weakened.

After the Clear Sky Sect was defeated and its territories were absorbed into the Spirit Hall Empire, Lin Chen comforted Tang Yuehua about her inability to cultivate beyond level nine. He used the system to obtain an Immortal Grade Exquisite Flower and prepared to help her break through her bottleneck.

• Bibi Dong ordered the Spirit Hall forces to search for Tang Chen, secure the newly occupied provinces, and merge the Balak Kingdom and Alpha Kingdom into them.
• Bibi Dong ordered prisoners unrelated to the Clear Sky Sect released and the sect's direct-line members and the duchies' ruling families sent to build royal palaces and halls.
• Tang Yuehua told Lin Chen she feared her low Soul Power would leave her aging and unable to remain by his side.
• Lin Chen promised to help Tang Yuehua break through her Soul Power bottleneck and exchanged 100,000 Villain Value for an Immortal Grade Exquisite Flower.
• Liu Erlong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuyun sat up and asked whether the flower could help Tang Yuehua overcome her limits.

Lin Chen gave Tang Yuehua an Exquisite Flower that raised her Soul Power and changed her Martial Soul, while Liu Erlong taught her afterward. Meanwhile, the Spirit Hall enshrined discussed exploiting Bibi Dong’s efforts, and Tang Chen recovered in hiding as Tang San pressed him for help finding a ninth Soul Ring.

• Lin Chen persuaded Tang Yuehua to accept the Exquisite Flower, which raised her from level nine to level nineteen, changed her Ruyi Ring, and improved her skin.
• Lin Chen asked Liu Erlong to teach Tang Yuehua, and Liu Erlong began guiding her.
• Enshrined Golden Crocodile and the other enshrined decided to let Bibi Dong consolidate the Clear Sky Sect’s territory before taking control for themselves.
• Tang Chen woke in hiding with Tang Xiao and two elders, said he would leave once his injuries improved, and warned that Bibi Dong could take advantage if they fought.
• Tang San told Tang Chen he still lacked his ninth Soul Ring, and Tang Chen said he could not help him.

Tang Chen admitted that his injuries would delay Tang San’s ninth Soul Ring and lamented the Clear Sky Sect’s destruction. In Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong gave Lin Chen an Immortal-grade Violet to strengthen him for her upcoming divine trial, and he accepted it before embracing her.

• Tang Chen told Tang San he needed at least six months to recover before hunting a ninth Soul Ring, while Tang San worried that Lin Chen would grow too strong to avenge himself against.
• Tang Chen regretted failing to save the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Xiao reminded him that the Spirit Hall Empire would still have threatened them.
• Lin Chen judged Liu Erlong, Tang Yuehua, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu as they displayed their skills, then the women gathered for dinner while Bibi Dong spoke with him upstairs.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Chen that Yang Kaishan and Ning Fengzhi had incorporated the two duchies into the Northwest and Liaodong provinces, and that she planned to use the remaining prisoners to draw out Clear Sky Sect survivors.
• Bibi Dong gave Lin Chen the Immortal-grade Violet, explaining that it would strengthen him to help her hunt a Soul Beast over three hundred thousand years old during her Eighth Trial.
• Lin Chen accepted the violet and embraced Bibi Dong.

Liu Erlong broke through to become a Titled Douluo, prompting Spirit Hall to ring the Martial Soul Bell and celebrate its growing strength. Lin Chen planned to take Liu Erlong and Huo Feng out to hunt Soul Rings, then asked Bibi Dong to discuss something with him.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Liu Erlong that Lin Chen and Bibi Dong were still occupied, so the women ate without them.
• Half a year later, a surge of Soul Power revealed that another person had become a Titled Douluo, and Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei to ring the Martial Soul Bell.
• The bell rang nine times, and people across Spirit City discussed Spirit Hall's growing strength and the benefits of the empire's rule.
• Liu Erlong completed her breakthrough with help from a Spirit-Breaking Pill, and Lin Chen said he would take her and Huo Feng to hunt Soul Rings the next day.
• Bibi Dong, Huo Feng, Shui Ningrou, and the others congratulated Liu Erlong, and Lin Chen took Bibi Dong aside to discuss something.