Recaps

Qi Ling defeated the Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle after stripping its golden feathers and surviving its life-burning attack, then rushed to help Qian Renxue against the Tyrant Dragon King. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue gravely injured but declaring that she had won.

• Qi Ling clung to the Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle as it took flight and plucked its golden feathers while it tried to shake him off.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle rammed into a mountain and burned its life to attack Qi Ling, but Qi Ling endured the assault and killed it with Blood Devil: Slays Heaven.
• Qi Ling found Qian Renxue and the badly wounded Tyrant Dragon King fighting below a cliff, with Qian Renxue in even worse condition.
• Qi Ling used the Immortal-Binding Rope to restrain the Tyrant Dragon King briefly, letting Qian Renxue evade its bite after striking it.
• The Tyrant Dragon King hit Qian Renxue with its tail, breaking her last angel wing, but she struggled to her feet and declared that she had won.

Qian Renxue defeated the Tyrant Dragon King with her Justice and Glory skill, then thanked Qi Ling for saving her. As the Tyrant Dragon King offered its power to Qi Ling and began forming a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, another presence rose from the cliff above.

• Qian Renxue unleashed Justice and Glory, detonating the sacred power she had planted in the Tyrant Dragon King's wounds and bringing the beast down.
• Qi Ling caught the exhausted Qian Renxue, and she thanked him for saving her with his Immortal-Binding Rope.
• Qi Ling and Qian Renxue agreed to claim the Tyrant Dragon King and the Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle respectively for their Soul Rings.
• The dying Tyrant Dragon King recognized Qi Ling as the true king of Divine Dragons and asked to become his strength.
• The Tyrant Dragon King closed its eyes as its power condensed into a brilliant red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, while another presence rose from the cliff above.

Qi Ling and Qian Renxue each received the willing sacrifice of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and completed absorbing their Soul Rings. Both gained five ranks, and the chapter ended with them reunited after Qian Renxue reached rank seventy-five and Qi Ling rank fifty-five.

• The Tyrant Dragon King and the Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle chose to sacrifice themselves to Qi Ling and Qian Renxue, respectively.
• Qi Ling absorbed the Tyrant Dragon King's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring in under an hour, and his powerful presence briefly swept through the valley.
• Qi Ling discovered that his Soul Power had risen five ranks to rank fifty-five, then climbed the cliff to check on Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue completed absorbing the Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle's Soul Ring and greeted Qi Ling with a smile.
• Qi Ling learned that Qian Renxue's Soul Power had also risen five ranks, bringing her to rank seventy-five before the age of twenty.

Qi Ling and Qian Renxue compared their new Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring skills, and Qian Renxue demonstrated her Martial Soul Avatar. She revealed her white-winged angel form and summoned Angel Holy Armor, leaving Qi Ling awed by her power and appearance.

• Qi Ling asked about Qian Renxue’s Seventh Soul Skill, and she explained that it included an additional skill usable during Martial Soul Avatar.
• Qi Ling revealed that his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring had given him only one Soul Skill, which he did not understand, and Qian Renxue suggested it might combine the beast’s full power.
• Qian Renxue activated Martial Soul Avatar and transformed with golden flames and six snowy-white wings, surprising both her and Qi Ling.
• Qian Renxue summoned Angel Holy Armor, which covered her and amplified her strength to the Titled Douluo realm.
• Qi Ling praised Qian Renxue’s appearance and celebrated being the first person to see her in that form.

Qi Ling revealed his fifth Soul Skill, Dragon Dominates the World, and Qian Renxue helped him recognize its potential before inviting him to join the Holy Temple Knight Order. After six months of training and sparring in Doomsday Canyon, Qi Ling and Qian Renxue prepared to part ways as his cultivation reached a new threshold.

• Qi Ling demonstrated Dragon Dominates the World, which spread an instant, cost-free pressure that fainted nearby creatures and suppressed Qian Renxue’s fighting spirit and Soul Power.
• Qian Renxue explained that Qi Ling’s Soul Skill could be powerful because it left no trace and could not be directly defended against.
• Qian Renxue invited Qi Ling to become deputy commander of the Holy Temple Knight Order, but he declined because he led Dragon’s Glory.
• Qi Ling and Qian Renxue continued training and sparring in Doomsday Canyon, with Qi Ling winning more often despite Qian Renxue’s Soul Saint strength.
• Over six months, Qi Ling improved his cultivation and advanced his Nine Revolutions True Dragon Art, and he and Qian Renxue prepared to return to their separate lives.

Qi Ling searched for a way to temper his body for the fifth layer of the Nine Revolutions True Dragon Art, then reunited with Tang Hao and Tang San at Tang San’s training ground. After learning about Tang San’s waterfall training, Qi Ling asked to try the wooden hammer himself.

• Qi Ling and Qian Renxue parted ways after they could no longer improve in Doomsday Canyon, and Qi Ling set out to find a way to break down and rebuild his body.
• Qi Ling’s attempts to damage his body failed because he had grown too strong, until he encountered Tang Hao in a forest where Tang San was training.
• Tang Hao explained that Tang San had completed the first stage of Clear Sky Hammer training and was now practicing eighty-one strikes beneath a waterfall with a wooden hammer.
• Tang San’s wooden hammer snapped during practice, and Tang Hao called him over to greet Qi Ling.
• Qi Ling learned that Tang San kept failing the second stage and asked to try the wooden hammer himself.

Qi Ling performed the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer with Dragon Controlling Force, turning resistance into assistance and surpassing Tang Hao’s technique. He then used the hammer to control the waterfall, leaving Tang Hao and Tang San amazed.

• Qi Ling took Tang San’s hammer and performed all eighty-one strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer without stirring a breeze.
• Tang Hao recognized that Qi Ling had turned the technique’s resistance into assistance, making his hammer strikes more powerful than the Clear Sky Sect’s version.
• Tang Hao asked Qi Ling to split the waterfall, and Qi Ling swung his hammer beneath its flow.
• Qi Ling redirected the waterfall until it flowed backward, then casually remarked that it had not seemed difficult.

Qi Ling learned from Tang Hao about Ah Yin’s sacrifice and Qian Xunji’s role in separating her from Tang Hao, then asked Tang Hao about Bibi Dong. Tang Hao praised Bibi Dong but warned that she had hunted Xiao Wu’s mother, and he began to reveal how she absorbed her Soul Ring.

• Qi Ling showed Tang San how he adapted Dragon Controlling Force to the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, then encouraged him to keep training.
• Tang Hao told Qi Ling that Ah Yin, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor, had sacrificed herself for Tang Hao’s Soul Ring after Qian Xunji pursued them.
• Tang Hao explained that he had driven Qian Xunji back but had not severely injured him, since Tang Hao had only just become a Titled Douluo.
• Qi Ling asked Tang Hao about Bibi Dong, and Tang Hao praised her as an extraordinary leader who had changed Spirit Hall and the world of Soul Masters.
• Tang Hao warned Qi Ling that Bibi Dong had hunted Xiao Wu’s mother, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit, and Qi Ling resolved to find a way to revive her.
• Qi Ling asked how Bibi Dong had absorbed Xiao Wu’s mother’s Soul Ring, and Tang Hao said he knew the truth.

Qi Ling learned that Xiao Wu's mother had willingly sacrificed herself to save Bibi Dong, giving him hope that she could return to life. After helping Tang San complete his hammer training, Qi Ling asked Tang Hao to temper his body with the Clear Sky Hammer and began rebuilding himself through the Nine Revolutions True Dragon Art.

• Tang Hao told Qi Ling that Xiao Wu's mother had willingly sacrificed herself to restore Bibi Dong's kind heart.
• Tang San used Qi Ling's pointers to unleash all eighty-one strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and blast aside the waterfall.
• Qi Ling asked Tang Hao to use the Clear Sky Hammer's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to temper his body and cultivate the fifth level of his true dragon body.
• Tang Hao struck Qi Ling with all eighty-one blows, breaking his bones as Qi Ling endured the pain without crying out.
• Qi Ling's Nine Revolutions True Dragon Art circulated while he was unconscious, rebuilding and strengthening his body as Tang Hao and Tang San guarded him.

After mastering the Fifth Layer True Dragon Body and absorbing two Soul Bones, Qi Ling gained new abilities and faced Tang Hao in a test of strength. Their clash showed Qi Ling could withstand a Titled Douluo’s attack, but Tang Hao remained on the offensive.

• Qi Ling reflected on how his fused Soul Bones improved his skills and granted him Energy Acceleration, Super Compression, and Dragon King Star-Chasing Arrow.
• Tang Hao challenged Qi Ling to spar, and Qi Ling accepted despite expecting to lose.
• Tang Hao summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and told Qi Ling he would win if he knocked it from Tang Hao’s hand.
• Qi Ling used Tyrant Dragon Fist to meet Tang Hao’s hammer strike, but was forced back three steps.
• Qi Ling fired two Dragon King Star-Chasing Arrows, which Tang Hao knocked aside before charging at him again.

Qi Ling and Tang Hao fought a fierce duel until Qi Ling broke Tang Hao’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain and forced him back. Tang Hao’s serious old injuries stopped the fight, and Qi Ling suspected he had recently sought revenge on Qian Xunji.

• Tang Hao paralyzed Qi Ling with a roar and struck him with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Qi Ling escaped with Utsusemi and kicked Tang Hao’s shoulder.
• Qi Ling hurled the Overbearing Dragon Spear at Tang Hao, whose Clear Sky Hammer flew from his hand after the clash.
• Tang Hao unleashed the Divine Slaughter’s Domain, but Qi Ling broke it with Dragon Dominates the World and forced Tang Hao back with Tyrant Dragon Fist.
• Tang Hao coughed up blood, and Qi Ling and Tang San stopped the duel after discovering how severe his injuries were.
• Qi Ling and Tang San told Tang Hao to rest until they could find a way to treat him, and Qi Ling asked whether he had gone after Qian Xunji.

After Tang Hao recovered, Qi Ling received a system choice that would shape his future and chose the Path of the King, which required a sword-skilled partner for its trials. He returned to his fief, where Ning Rongrong and Xue Ke noticed how much stronger and more imposing he had become.

• Tang Hao's injuries stabilized after three days, and he resumed training Tang San in Clear Sky Sect secrets.
• Qi Ling received four possible paths from the system and chose the Path of the King after rejecting the chance to leave the decision to a die.
• The system granted Qi Ling the right to undertake the King's trial and told him to choose a partner proficient in swordsmanship.
• Qi Ling decided to seek Sword Douluo Chen Xin's help and returned first to his fief.
• Ning Rongrong and Xue Ke welcomed Qi Ling, and he praised Xue Ke's progress in governing and studying.
• Qi Ling summoned his Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul and red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, astonishing Ning Rongrong and Xue Ke.

Qi Ling visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to ask Sword Douluo Chen Xin for help with a sword-related trial. Chen Xin explained that his disciple Jian Lan had been stuck at rank forty-nine for three years because she lacked a clear sword heart, and declared that Qi Ling was the destined encounter who could help her.

• Ning Rongrong and Xue Ke were amazed by Qi Ling's hundred-thousand-year fifth soul ring.
• Ning Rongrong led Qi Ling to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi welcomed him and Chen Xin joined them.
• Qi Ling explained that his trial involved swords, and Chen Xin said he had a favor to ask concerning Jian Lan.
• Chen Xin revealed that Jian Lan's Soul Power had stalled at rank forty-nine for three years because she did not know why she wielded her sword.
• Chen Xin told Qi Ling that he believed Qi Ling was Jian Lan's destined encounter.

Qi Ling enlisted Jian Lan to accompany him in a mysterious trial that might also help resolve her doubts about swordsmanship. They entered the trial world and encountered a motionless manifestation of Sword Intent, which Qi Ling struggled to understand as Jian Lan began teaching him how to wield the sword.

• Qi Ling agreed to have Jian Lan accompany him after Chen Xin explained her strength and swordsmanship.
• Ning Rongrong brought Qi Ling to Jian Lan, and he explained the trial and asked for her help.
• Jian Lan eagerly agreed, and Qi Ling started the trial after the system confirmed her as the accompanying participant.
• Qi Ling and Jian Lan entered a vast white training space while an invisible barrier kept Ning Rongrong outside.
• An iron sword and a motionless shadow appeared, and Jian Lan identified the figure as a manifestation of Sword Intent.
• Qi Ling failed to imitate the shadow's stance, so Jian Lan took his sword hand and began teaching him.

Qi Ling and Jian Lan completed the first stage of the King's Trial after mastering one hundred and eight thousand sword moves in a perceived ten years that passed in a single instant. Qi Ling received the divine sword skill One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords, and a new door appeared to lead them to the next trial.

• Jian Lan corrected Qi Ling's posture as he learned sword moves from the system's shadows.
• Qi Ling and Jian Lan continued practicing as the moves became more complex, while neither grew tired or hungry.
• Qi Ling mastered all one hundred and eight thousand sword moves and realized their ten years of practice had passed in an instant.
• Jian Lan confirmed that they had passed the first trial, and Qi Ling complained about spending ten years learning swordsmanship.
• The system awarded Qi Ling the divine sword skill One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords and announced that four trials remained.
• A door appeared in the boundless space, guiding Qi Ling and Jian Lan onward.

Qi Ling and Jian Lan entered the second trial, where the system stripped away their powers and forced them to survive in hostile wilderness. They endured repeated transports through different environments for three hundred days, completing the trial’s three thousand worlds.

• Qi Ling and Jian Lan entered a dense forest and discovered that the system had taken away their Soul Power and sealed Qi Ling’s Nine Revolutions True Dragon Art.
• They realized the trial required them to survive among hostile creatures using only ordinary abilities and the sword they carried.
• After Qi Ling said he could learn the forest’s patterns in two hours, the system transported them to a grassland filled with predators.
• The system kept moving them to unfamiliar environments every two hours, retaining only what they held in their hands and allowing four hours of safe rest each day.
• Qi Ling and Jian Lan struggled through ten location changes a day for three hundred days, completing three thousand worlds.

After surviving three hundred days across shifting worlds, Qi Ling passed the second trial and gained the Xuanyuan Sword Realm. He and Jian Lan entered the third trial, where Qi Ling’s attempt to use the new domain to locate the Xuanyuan Sword sent tens of thousands of swords flying toward him.

• Qi Ling and Jian Lan returned to the blank space after three hundred days of trials, and the system awarded Qi Ling the Xuanyuan Sword Realm.
• Qi Ling and Jian Lan entered the third trial and found a vast landscape filled with swords.
• Qi Ling wondered whether he had to identify the real Xuanyuan Sword, while Jian Lan suggested the trial might have another purpose.
• Qi Ling activated the Xuanyuan Sword Realm and called out to the Xuanyuan Sword, causing the swords around them to rise and fly toward him.
• Qi Ling stopped the domain before the swords struck him, and Jian Lan teased him about controlling so many real swords.

Qi Ling earned the Xuanyuan Sword’s acknowledgment by summoning the authority of his Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul and passed the third stage of the King's Trial. He and Jian Lan then entered the fourth trial, where a train-track dilemma forced Qi Ling to choose between five lives and one.

• Jian Lan advised Qi Ling to consider what about himself would persuade the Xuanyuan Sword to acknowledge him.
• Qi Ling summoned the Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul, whose kingly presence shattered every sword in the room except the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Qi Ling drew the Xuanyuan Sword and received the system’s confirmation that he had passed the third stage of the King's Trial.
• Qi Ling told Jian Lan that the trials were meant to test his qualifications and help him obtain the Power of the King.
• A shadowy figure began the fourth trial and presented Qi Ling with a train headed toward five people, while switching tracks would kill one person instead.
• Jian Lan recognized that Qi Ling had to choose between letting five people die and personally diverting the train to kill one.

Qi Ling chose to sacrifice one person to save five in the king’s trial, but told Jian Lan he would never sacrifice someone he loved. At the final trial, they faced their past selves, and Jian Lan quickly defeated hers while Qi Ling struggled against his own.

• Qi Ling pulled the lever to save five people at the cost of one and received the reward “Qualifications of a King.”
• Jian Lan asked whether Qi Ling would sacrifice her or someone else important to him, and he said he would rather betray the world than betray them.
• Qi Ling and Jian Lan entered the final trial and faced opponents identical to their past selves.
• Qi Ling found his past self difficult to fight, while Jian Lan easily suppressed and defeated hers, showing she had overcome the obstacle in her heart.
• Jian Lan refused to help Qi Ling and challenged him to defeat himself on his own.

Qi Ling completed the King's Trial, received Xuanyuan Sword Intent and the Xuanyuan Sword’s recognition, then returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Xue Qinghe recognized Qi Ling as a threat to his ambitions and decided to accelerate his plans while keeping him alive for now.

• Qi Ling defeated his former self, passed the fifth trial, and earned Xuanyuan Sword Intent and the qualifications of a king.
• Qi Ling and Jian Lan returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Chen Xin greeted them and asked Jian Lan to test her sword against his.
• Qi Ling reunited with Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi, while Xue Qinghe noticed the change in Qi Ling and questioned him about his training.
• After leaving, Xue Qinghe called Qi Ling dangerous but rejected killing him, choosing instead to speed up his plans.
• Xue Qinghe asked about Qian Xunji’s injuries, and the cold beauty said Sleepless City’s seal still prevented treatment.

After recovering in his fief, Qi Ling learned that Jian Lan had reached rank 50 and welcomed Qian Renxue and her knights to the city. He teased her squad captain Tuo Lei and asked Qian Renxue why she had come, leaving her purpose still unknown.

• Qi Ling heard from Ning Rongrong that Jian Lan had broken through to rank 50, and learned that Chen Xin had taken her to find a Fifth Soul Ring.
• Qi Ling spent his rest days posing for Xue Ke while she painted him.
• Two months later, a guard reported that Qian Renxue had arrived with knights from the Holy Temple Knight Order.
• Qi Ling greeted Qian Renxue and rebuked Tuo Lei after the captain objected to how he addressed her.
• Qi Ling welcomed Qian Renxue and her knights into the city, then asked what had brought her to his fief.

Qian Renxue asked Qi Ling to help investigate Sleepless City, whose members were headed to Slaughter City, and Qi Ling agreed to go with her. After Tuo Lei repeatedly insulted him, Qi Ling challenged him to a duel to prove his strength.

• Qi Ling invited Qian Renxue and Tuo Lei to his manor, where they met Xue Ke and Ning Rongrong.
• Qian Renxue told Qi Ling that Spirit Hall had tracked Sleepless City to Slaughter City and asked him to help investigate.
• Qian Renxue explained that Slaughter City suppressed the Holy Temple Knight Order, so she needed Qi Ling's help.
• Tuo Lei mocked Qi Ling and questioned whether he could handle Slaughter City, despite Qian Renxue's objections.
• Qi Ling challenged Tuo Lei to a duel, and the two left to find a suitable place to fight.

Qi Ling sparred with Tuo Lei at Qian Renxue’s suggestion and overwhelmed the arrogant Soul Emperor without using a Soul Skill. Tuo Lei ended the match unconscious in a crater, while Qian Renxue assured Qi Ling that healers could treat him.

• Tuo Lei introduced himself as a level 63 Defense System Battle Soul Emperor and summoned his Holy Shield, while Qi Ling revealed his Divine Dragon Emperor and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Tuo Lei attacked Qi Ling with Holy Light Illumination, but Qi Ling stood unharmed and joked that the skill felt like a heat lamp.
• Tuo Lei charged with his Holy Shield, but Qi Ling anchored himself with Divine Power of the Earth and stopped him with one hand before pushing him backward.
• Tuo Lei challenged Qi Ling to attack, so Qi Ling unleashed a Gaia Energy Cannon that broke through Tuo Lei’s shield and left him unconscious in a crater.
• Qian Renxue said the Holy Temple Knight Order had healers and reassured Qi Ling that Tuo Lei had brought the defeat upon himself.

Qian Renxue, Qi Ling, and Jian Lan disguised themselves and entered the passage to Slaughter City through a pawnshop. After Qian Renxue killed the men who threatened them, Qi Ling warned her not to leave witnesses or use her recognizable Angel Sword.

• Qian Renxue offered masks to conceal their identities, while Qi Ling used Divine Head and Ghost Face and explained that he trusted her and Jian Lan with the artifact.
• The three entered a pawnshop and used the password Qian Renxue had taught Qi Ling to gain access to the tunnel leading toward Slaughter City.
• Qi Ling, Qian Renxue, and Jian Lan joked as they descended, unsure what awaited them below.
• A group of men leered at the women and threatened Qi Ling, so Qian Renxue drew her Angel Sword and killed them in seconds.
• Qi Ling drew his own sword and told Qian Renxue to eliminate the remaining witnesses and avoid using her recognizable Angel Sword.

Qi Ling, Qian Renxue, and Jian Lan killed the attackers in the pawnshop and faced the shopkeeper’s test to enter Slaughter City. Qi Ling refused to drink the Bloody Mary, forced the shopkeeper to let them pass, and led the group underground toward the city.

• Qi Ling killed the remaining attackers, and Qian Renxue and Jian Lan reacted to his efficient methods and powerful killing intent.
• The shopkeeper arrived and found the attackers dead, but Qi Ling claimed they had fallen asleep and asked to begin the trial.
• The shopkeeper said they had to drink Bloody Mary to enter Slaughter City, but Qi Ling knocked the glasses away and challenged him over the drink’s safety.
• Qi Ling pressed his sword to the shopkeeper’s neck, and the shopkeeper declared that all three had passed the test.
• The shopkeeper led Qi Ling, Qian Renxue, and Jian Lan through a hidden door and underground passage as Qi Ling sensed Slaughter City’s malice below.