Chapter Summaries

Kong Xuan and Kong Deming pressured Shi Bing with the prospect that his attempt to kill Kong Xuan could give the Sun Moon Empire a pretext for war. Shi Bing abandoned his defiance, admitted the attack was wrong, and offered compensation while revealing that a mysterious person had persuaded the Dou Ling and Heavenly Soul Empires to act.

• Shi Bing argued that the peaceful Sun Moon Emperor would not start a war over Kong Xuan, but Kong Xuan explained that the emperor was dying and Crown Prince Xu Tianran was eager for conquest.
• Kong Xuan warned that Kong Deming's support for Xu Tianran could turn Shi Bing's attack into a justification for invading the Dou Ling Empire.
• Shi Bing threatened that the Dou Ling and Heavenly Soul Empires would join forces with the Star Luo Empire against Sun Moon, but Kong Xuan and Kong Deming dismissed the threat and asserted Sun Moon's military strength.
• Fearing he would be remembered as the man who brought war upon the Dou Ling Empire, Shi Bing admitted that his side had been wrong to attack Kong Xuan and asked Kong Deming to negotiate compensation instead of escalating the conflict.
• Shi Bing claimed that a mysterious person had persuaded officials in the Dou Ling and Heavenly Soul Empires that Kong Xuan's future power threatened their nations, prompting them to act.

Kong Deming and Kong Xuan questioned the captured Titled Douluo and confirmed that the Holy Spirit Cult had arranged the attempt on Kong Xuan’s life. Chen Qing used his spiritual perception to reveal the hidden contact’s face, and Kong Deming recognized him as Nangong Wan.

• Kong Deming and Kong Xuan suspected the Holy Spirit Cult after Shi Bing described the hidden contact’s evil presence.
• Kong Xuan urged them to question the other captives, and Kong Deming brought out another Titled Douluo to interrogate him.
• The other three captives corroborated Shi Bing’s account of the plot to kill Kong Xuan.
• Chen Qing offered to use his spiritual power to recreate the contact’s face in exchange for having his seals removed.
• Chen Qing manifested the man’s appearance, and Kong Deming recognized him as Nangong Wan of the Holy Spirit Cult.

After identifying Nangong Wan of the Holy Spirit Cult as the figure behind the attempt on Kong Xuan, Kong Deming went to arrest him but found he had fled. Kong Deming decided the Sun Moon Empire would strike back against the forces involved and teach the Holy Spirit Cult a lesson.

• Kong Deming identified Nangong Wan as the Holy Spirit Cult member behind the attack on Kong Xuan.
• Kong Deming left for the Xishui Alliance while Kong Xuan waited for him to return.
• Kong Deming came back and reported that Nangong Wan had fled after learning the plan had failed.
• Kong Xuan learned that Yan Shaozhe had enlisted Feng Ling and Nangong Wan to arrange his assassination.
• Kong Deming vowed to make the Dou Ling Empire and Heavenly Soul Empire pay and target the Holy Spirit Cult in Sun Moon.

Nether Thunder Douluo discovered that Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells were targeting the Holy Spirit Cult’s hidden headquarters beneath the Evil Demon Forest. He escaped the blast, but the headquarters was destroyed and he flew toward Mingdu to alert the cult’s leaders.

• Nether Thunder Douluo returned to the surface and recognized the approaching shells as powerful Fixed Soul Cannon Shells aimed at the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters.
• Nether Thunder Douluo warned the underground base and fled as at least five Level 9 shells struck in succession.
• The explosions erased the headquarters and devastated the surrounding Evil Demon Forest, while Nether Thunder Douluo escaped with severe injuries.
• Nether Thunder Douluo realized that four of the Eight Great Elders and five of the Twelve Worships had died, though the Cult Leader, Vice Cult Leader, and Supreme Elders were away.
• Nether Thunder Douluo flew toward Mingdu to contact the cult’s members and report the destruction.

The Evil Emperor discovered the devastation caused by the attack on the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters and realized Soul Tools could threaten even him. Death God Douluo Ye Xishui confronted Xu Tianran over the twelve Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells, then began to suspect Kong Deming of the Worship Hall.

• The Evil Emperor arrived at the enormous crater in the Evil Demon Forest and recognized the destructive power of the attack as a threat to himself.
• Xu Tianran sensed someone enter his governance hall, then greeted Death God Douluo Ye Xishui when he saw her.
• Ye Xishui accused Xu Tianran of responsibility for the Holy Spirit Cult’s destruction by twelve Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells.
• Xu Tianran denied involvement and argued that Mingde Hall and the Worship Hall could also produce the shells.
• Ye Xishui reconsidered her accusation, dismissed Jing Hongchen as unlikely to attack, and suspected Kong Deming instead.

Xu Tianran manipulated Ye Xishui into blaming Kong Deming and the Worship Hall for the Holy Spirit Cult’s destruction, unaware that they really were responsible. In the Divine Realm, Tang San concealed his plans for his daughter Tang Wutong from Xiao Wu while she asked when he would bring their daughter back.

• Ye Xishui concluded that Kong Deming and the Worship Hall had destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult’s foundations and vowed revenge.
• Xu Tianran reflected that he had used Ye Xishui’s suspicions to turn her against his political rival, Kong Deming.
• The truth was that Kong Deming and the Worship Hall had destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters with twelve Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells.
• Tang San mistook the arrival at the temple for the God of Destruction, but softened when he saw his wife, Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang San when he would bring Tang Wutong back, and he claimed their daughter could keep playing in the lower realm.
• Tang San concealed that he was using Tang Wutong as bait in his plans on Douluo Continent, while Xiao Wu trusted his arrangements.

Tang San, unable to act against Kong Xuan directly, secretly set the Abyss Plane on course to discover the Douluo Continent early. In the Sun Moon Empire, a furious woman challenged Kong Deming, and Kong Xuan and Kong Ling rushed out to respond.

• After Xiao Wu left, Tang San failed to see through the Douluo Continent’s defenses and resolved to eliminate Kong Xuan through someone else.
• Tang San used the Divine Realm Core to locate the Abyss Plane and decided to lead it toward the Douluo Continent ahead of schedule.
• A woman shouted Kong Deming’s name above the Worship Hall, unleashing a powerful presence and demanding that he come out.
• Xu Tianran reassured the ministers that Kong Deming would handle the challenger and told them to resume their duties.
• Kong Xuan and Kong Ling heard the challenge, exchanged worried looks, and hurried out of their cultivation room.

Ye Xishui confronted Kong Deming over the destruction of the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters, while Kong Deming blamed the cult for targeting his grandson. Kong Deming trapped her with his Silver Moon Divine Light Shield, but Ye Xishui broke free by merging with her Blood Soul Demon Puppet, leaving the two Limit Douluos facing off again.

• Kong Xuan and Kong Ling arrived at the Worship Hall and saw Ye Xishui waiting in the sky with her Blood Soul Demon Puppet.
• Kong Deming appeared in his Two-Word Battle Armor and admitted he had destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters because he believed it had targeted his grandson.
• Ye Xishui attacked Kong Deming with a blood-colored torrent, but his Silver Moon Divine Light Shield absorbed the assault.
• Kong Deming expanded the shield to imprison Ye Xishui and her Martial Soul in an isolated silver space.
• Ye Xishui merged with the Blood Soul Demon Puppet, tore through the shield’s spatial barrier, and reappeared in red battle armor.

Ye Xishui fought Kong Deming but realized she could not kill him without risking devastating injuries, so she decided to capture his Battle Armor technology instead. She summoned Long Xiaoyao to help subdue him, just as another fighter announced his challenge.

• Ye Xishui and Kong Deming clashed in the sky, while Kong Xuan recognized that his grandfather was being forced onto the defensive.
• Ye Xishui slowed her assault and withdrew, judging that killing Kong Deming would cost her too much and that his Battle Armor technology could help rebuild the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Kong Deming replenished his Soul Power with a Milk Bottle as Ye Xishui declared that he was doomed and called Long Xiaoyao onto the battlefield.
• Long Xiaoyao appeared beside Ye Xishui, revealing that the Holy Spirit Cult had two Limit Douluos ready to face Kong Deming.
• An unidentified old man laughed and challenged the two Limit Douluos to test their strength.

Du Busi arrived in black Battle Armor to support Kong Deming, turning Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao’s attempt to seize the Battle Armor secrets into an even fight. After a fierce clash showed Du Busi had reached Limit-level combat strength, Ye Xishui abandoned her attack and withdrew with Long Xiaoyao.

• Du Busi appeared beside Kong Deming in black Battle Armor, and Long Xiaoyao recognized him despite Du Busi denying his Body Sect identity.
• Long Xiaoyao warned Ye Xishui that Du Busi’s Battle Armor had brought his strength to the Limit rank, but Ye Xishui charged Kong Deming anyway.
• Long Xiaoyao intercepted Du Busi, and the four Limit-level fighters began a fierce battle in the sky.
• Du Busi’s Battle Armor-enhanced attacks forced Long Xiaoyao to fight seriously, while Kong Deming held Ye Xishui off.
• Ye Xishui concluded that she had no advantage in the two-on-two fight and retreated with Long Xiaoyao as Du Busi returned to Kong Deming’s side.

Kong Deming forced Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao to retreat after explaining that his attack on the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters was retaliation for Nangong Wan’s role in Kong Xuan’s ambush. The Worship Hall emerged stronger and more feared, while Xu Tianran grew more wary of its power and began plotting against it.

• Kong Deming accused the Holy Spirit Cult of conspiring in Kong Xuan’s ambush and justified the destruction of its headquarters as retaliation.
• Ye Xishui threatened revenge but withdrew with Long Xiaoyao rather than risk an all-out battle.
• Du Busi praised his Battle Armor, while Kong Deming said the Holy Spirit Cult would be less likely to attack the Worship Hall again soon.
• Kong Deming reassured Kong Xuan and Kong Ling that he was safe after the clash.
• Xu Tianran concealed his anger at the Holy Spirit Cult’s retreat and worried that the Worship Hall’s two Limit-level combatants threatened his plans for the throne.

Ye Xishui told the Holy Spirit Cult’s remaining elders that the Worship Hall had allied with the Body Sect and revealed that Nangong Wan’s actions had provoked the attack on headquarters. When Feng Ling admitted Yan Shaozhe had contacted her, Zhongli Wu accused her of secretly rekindling their relationship.

• Ye Xishui told the Holy Spirit Cult’s remaining Titled Douluo that the Worship Hall and the Body Sect had joined forces, making revenge difficult.
• Ye Xishui asked where Nangong Wan had gone, then revealed that he had arranged an ambush against Kong Xuan that led to the destruction of headquarters.
• Ye Xishui questioned Feng Ling about Nangong Wan’s disappearance, and Feng Ling admitted that the matter involved her.
• Zhongli Wu tried to defend Feng Ling, but Ye Xishui demanded that Feng Ling explain what had happened.
• Feng Ling began to say that Yan Shaozhe of Shrek Academy had come to her, and Zhongli Wu interrupted her in anger, accusing her of getting back together with her former lover.

Feng Ling explained that she arranged an attempt to kill Kong Xuan to protect the Holy Spirit Cult from his growing power, then accepted responsibility for the failed plan. Ye Xishui demoted her but spared her harsher punishment, ordering her to recruit promising Evil Martial Soul youths for the weakened cult.

• Ye Xishui silenced Zhongli Wu and let Feng Ling explain that Yan Shaozhe had warned her of Kong Xuan's extraordinary strength and potential threat to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Feng Ling said she had Nangong Wan recruit the Heavenly Soul and Dou Ling empires to send four Titled Douluos to kill Kong Xuan, but the attempt failed and Kong Deming traced it to the cult.
• Zhang Peng mocked Shrek Academy and Yan Shaozhe for secretly arranging the assassination, while Zhongli Wu accused Feng Ling of acting without authorization.
• Feng Ling accepted blame and prepared to face Ye Xishui's judgment, but Ye Xishui acknowledged her intention to protect the cult and removed her from the vice cult leader position.
• Ye Xishui ordered Feng Ling to travel the continent in secret and recruit promising youths with Evil Martial Souls as a chance to atone.

Ye Xishui concealed Shrek Academy’s role in the Holy Spirit Cult’s disaster to protect Yan Shaozhe, her grandson with Long Xiaoyao. Meanwhile, Kong Deming entered the Dou Ling imperial palace to negotiate over detained worshippers and discovered a powerful Super Douluo guarding the empire.

• An elder proposed telling the Worship Hall that Yan Shaozhe and Shrek Academy had instigated the affair, but Ye Xishui refused and dismissed the meeting.
• Alone, Ye Xishui recalled that Yan Shaozhe was her grandson with Long Xiaoyao and decided to protect him by keeping Shrek’s involvement secret.
• Kong Deming and Kong Xuan arrived in Lingdou City so Kong Deming could seek benefits in exchange for the detained Heavenly Soul and Dou Ling worshippers.
• Kong Deming left Kong Xuan outside the palace, then swept the Dou Ling imperial palace with his spiritual power.
• A hidden Super Douluo challenged Kong Deming, who ignored the warning and vanished after locating his target.

Kong Deming confronted Emperor Xue Xin in the Dou Ling imperial palace over the attack on his grandson, Kong Xuan. After Qin Xu acknowledged that the captured worshippers belonged to Dou Ling, Kong Deming demanded a ransom for their lives and the empire’s peace.

• Kong Deming appeared in Xue Xin’s garden, prompting three Titled Douluo to protect the emperor.
• Kong Deming accused Dou Ling’s worshippers of attacking Kong Xuan and threatened war.
• Kong Deming cast the captured Shi Bing and Song Qinghan onto the garden paving as evidence.
• Xue Xin denied that Shi Bing and Song Qinghan belonged to Dou Ling, but Qin Xu recognized Kong Deming was negotiating rather than declaring war.
• Qin Xu acknowledged the two worshippers’ ties to Dou Ling, and Kong Deming demanded a ransom for their lives and the empire’s future peace.

Kong Deming rejected the Dou Ling Empire’s offer of Soul Bones and demanded a city as compensation for its attempt to kill Kong Xuan. He threatened to conquer one by force if they refused, leaving Emperor Xue Xin and Qin Xu trapped between surrendering territory and risking war.

• Qin Xu offered Soul Bones to ransom Shi Bing and Song Qinghan and settle the conflict.
• Kong Deming refused the offer and demanded a city from the Dou Ling Empire.
• Xue Xin and Qin Xu rejected the demand, warning that a Sun Moon Empire city inside Dou Ling would threaten its heartland.
• Kong Deming threatened to take a city by force with the Sun Moon Soul Engineer Legion if Dou Ling refused.
• Qin Xu warned that an attack could draw in Heavenly Soul and the Star Luo Empire, but Kong Deming argued that Dou Ling had started the conflict by targeting Kong Xuan.
• Xue Xin, Qin Xu, and the other Dou Ling officials were left weighing the humiliation of surrendering a city against the threat of war.

Kong Deming offered the Dou Ling Empire an independent city in exchange for permission to establish a Spirit Pagoda and introduce Soul Spirits. Xue Xin requested a day to consult his ministers, while Kong Deming and Kong Xuan departed to visit their partners.

• Kong Deming assured Xue Xin, Qin Xu, and the others that the city would remain outside Sun Moon Empire control and would not serve as a military base.
• Qin Xu questioned why the Sun Moon Empire wanted the city, and Kong Deming explained that he planned to establish a Spirit Pagoda to promote Soul Spirits in the Dou Ling Empire.
• Xue Xin asked for one day to consult the senior cabinet ministers and imperial clan elders before giving Kong Deming an answer.
• Kong Deming used his spatial abilities to vanish with Shi Bing and Song Qinghan, leaving Qin Xu alarmed by his power.
• Kong Deming rejoined Kong Xuan outside the palace, then concealed them both with the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield and headed east to visit their partners.

Kong Deming and Kong Xuan visited the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, where their Nine Treasure Token secured them an audience with Sect Master Ning. As they crossed the sect’s central square, Ning Tian recognized Kong Xuan.

• Kong Deming and Kong Xuan arrived at the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and were courteously questioned by two Soul Emperor gatekeepers.
• Kong Xuan showed the guards a Nine Treasure Token, and they immediately agreed to lead the honored guests to Sect Master Ning.
• The guards guided Kong Deming and Kong Xuan through the mountain passage into the sect’s vast hidden valley, centered around a nine-story glazed pagoda.
• Kong Xuan recognized the statues in the central square as those of Oscar and Ning Rongrong, the sect’s deified ancestors.
• Ning Tian spotted Kong Xuan and called out to him as he crossed the square with Kong Deming.

Kong Deming and Kong Xuan visited the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Yuanshan learned that the Dou Ling and Heavenly Soul Empires had sent four Titled Douluos to kill Kong Xuan. Kong Deming left Ning Yuanshan to consider the imperial family's lack of trust in his sect.

• Ning Tian escorted Kong Deming and Kong Xuan to meet her father, Ning Yuanshan, in the Glazed Tile Tower.
• Ye Wuxin sensed Kong Deming's power and sprang in front of Ning Yuanshan, but Ning Tian identified their visitor and Kong Deming calmly withstood the sword intent.
• Ning Yuanshan welcomed Kong Deming, and the group sat down to discuss the purpose of his visit.
• Kong Deming told Ning Yuanshan that the Dou Ling and Heavenly Soul Empires had sent four Titled Douluos to intercept and kill Kong Xuan.
• Ning Yuanshan said the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had known nothing about the plot and called the imperial family's conduct ill-advised.
• Kong Deming suggested that the Dou Ling Imperial Family did not fully trust its own nation-protecting sect.

Kong Deming and Kong Xuan met with Ning Yuanshan to discuss the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s cooperation with the Sun Moon Worship Hall and the tense balance among the continent’s nations. Kong Xuan warned that the Sun Moon Empire held an overwhelming military advantage and left Ning Yuanshan wondering whether it was preparing for war.

• Ning Yuanshan acknowledged that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s relationship with the Dou Ling Imperial Family had weakened and assured Kong Deming he would not have supported the assassination attempt.
• Kong Deming praised Ning Yuanshan and asked him to dismiss his attendants so they could discuss an important matter privately.
• Ning Yuanshan sent Ning Tian and Ye Wuxin out of the reception hall, leaving himself with Kong Deming and Kong Xuan.
• Kong Xuan asked what Ning Yuanshan knew about Battle Armor and Soul Spirits, and Ning Yuanshan praised both technologies.
• Kong Xuan asked about the state of the world, then warned that the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool Technology gave it an overwhelming advantage over the original Douluo Three Kingdoms.
• Ning Yuanshan feared war was imminent and asked whether the Sun Moon Empire had decided to launch an attack.