Chapter Summaries

Tang San obtained the Sea God’s Power and tested his new strength against Qi Ling, while Hai Wei’er became the new Sea God High Priest. Qi Ling then left for the Divine Court to settle matters with Qian Xunji, entering the temple despite Xue Qinghe’s objection.

• Tang San gained the Sea God Trident, Sea God Divine Armor, and a full set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, reaching the demigod level.
• Qi Ling fought Tang San on a deserted island and easily defeated him, then returned with him to Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi completed the handover to Hai Wei’er, and Qi Ling gave Hai Wei’er a necklace made from one of his dragon scales.
• Qi Ling sent Tang San and the others back to Dragon’s Glory and traveled alone to the Divine Court to address Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunji and Xue Qinghe met Qi Ling at the Divine Court, where Qi Ling brushed past them and entered the temple to talk.

Qi Ling visited Qian Xunji and Xue Qinghe, exposed and mocked their traps, then proposed a seven-match contest to settle who would rule Douluo Continent. Qian Xunji agreed after securing the exclusion of Sleepless City and the Demon Alliance, leaving the contest set to decide the continent’s fate.

• Qi Ling inspected Qian Xunji’s traps as he passed through the temple and pointed out their flaws.
• Qi Ling found the Fire Spirit Stone at the center of Qian Xunji’s Devil-Slaying Grand Array and identified the formation.
• Qi Ling explained that Qian Xunji wanted to unify Douluo Continent and control its people’s faith, then proposed settling their conflict through a contest.
• Qi Ling offered not to participate and proposed seven one-on-one duels, with the losing side withdrawing from the struggle for the continent.
• Qian Xunji demanded that Sleepless City and the Demon Alliance be excluded, and Qi Ling agreed.
• Qian Xunji accepted the contest, agreeing that its outcome would decide the fate of Douluo Continent.

Qi Ling agreed to settle the conflict with Qian Xunji in a competition at Doomsday Canyon one month later, but Qian Xunji planned to recruit a powerful ally from the Devil Realm. Back at Dragon's Glory, Qi Ling began choosing competitors and intended to persuade Tang Hao to join.

• Qi Ling and Qian Xunji agreed to hold their deciding competition in Doomsday Canyon in one month.
• Qian Xunji told Xue Qinghe that he planned to enlist a fighter from the Devil Realm, even if it meant giving that ally half the world.
• Qi Ling sensed that something might go wrong, then told the people at Dragon's Glory about the wager and its stakes.
• Qi Ling asked Chen Xin and Bibi Dong to find Jian Lan and Qian Renxue, who were away cultivating.
• Qi Ling asked Tang San to have Tang Hao compete, and said he would go with Tang San to persuade him.

Qi Ling assembled the alliance’s competitors and persuaded Tang Hao to join the fight for the Douluo Continent. He kept the identity of the final candidate secret as he headed toward Dragon God Island to meet Dragon Maiden.

• Qi Ling confirmed Chen Xin as a competitor and asked Grandmaster for candidates for the final spot.
• Grandmaster suggested Tang Xiao, Hai Wei'er, and Gu Rong, but Qi Ling remembered another possible candidate and chose to seek them out.
• Qi Ling and Tang San visited Tang Hao at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and urged him to fight for the continent.
• Ah Yin encouraged Tang Hao to return to battle, and he agreed to join the competition after regaining his fighting touch.
• Xiao Wu guessed that Dragon Maiden was Qi Ling’s final candidate, but Qi Ling said she could not take part and kept the actual candidate’s identity secret.

Qi Ling brought Bo Saixi and the others to Dragon God Island, where they reunited with the Dragon Maiden, Xiao Hei, and Xiao Qing. After hearing about Qi Ling’s contest with Qian Xunji, the Dragon Maiden warned that an unexpected enemy might interfere, leading Qi Ling to suspect Qian Jiyin.

• Qi Ling chose Bai Ling'er as a potential combatant and planned to visit Dragon Valley after taking Bo Saixi to Dragon God Island.
• Qi Ling led Bo Saixi, Xiao Wu, Luna, and Yu Tianyi to Dragon God Island, where Bo Saixi marveled at its rich spiritual energy.
• Xiao Hei and Xiao Qing greeted Qi Ling, and the Dragon Maiden welcomed the group and learned that Bo Saixi would become the Dragon God's priestess.
• Qi Ling told the Dragon Maiden about Xiao Wu and Bo Saixi losing their powers and about his contest with Qian Xunji.
• The Dragon Maiden warned Qi Ling that an enemy from the Demon God Contention Battle might affect the contest, and Qi Ling guessed that she meant Qian Jiyin.

Qi Ling learned that Qian Xunji and Qian Jiyin were working together and began considering how to strengthen his side for the Demon God Contention Battle. Dragon Maiden explained how Xi Xi and Xiao Wu could regain power, and Xiao Wu chose to pursue the vacant Goddess of the Forest Godhood.

• Qi Ling decided to visit Bai Ling'er, whose strength had reached roughly the Demigod level, and asked Dragon Maiden whether Xiao Wu and Xi Xi could regain their powers.
• Dragon Maiden said Xi Xi would regain power as the Dragon God Priest if Qi Ling obtained the complete Dragon God Godhood and became the Dragon God.
• Dragon Maiden explained that Xiao Wu could gain power by inheriting a Godhood through its trials, even without strength-based tests.
• Dragon Maiden named the vacant Goddess of Freedom and Goddess of the Forest Godhoods as suitable First-Level Gods for Xiao Wu, while noting that the living Goddess of Life could not pass on her Godhood.
• Xiao Wu said the title Goddess of the Forest felt familiar and comfortable, and Dragon Maiden said she would take Xiao Wu to seek the goddess's divine consciousness when the time was right.

Qi Ling returned to Dragon Valley to bring Bai Ling'er with him, and she was flustered by the attention his dragon form drew. The chiefs teased them and began plotting ways to bring them closer, while Qi Ling wondered who was scheming against him.

• Qi Ling traveled to Dragon Valley and met Bai Ling'er, then offered to carry her there in his dragon form.
• Bai Ling'er admired Qi Ling's dragon form and rode on his back to Dragon Valley.
• The chiefs gathered to welcome Qi Ling, and the Blue Dragon teased Bai Ling'er about her flushed appearance.
• Bai Ling'er hurried Qi Ling inside, while the chiefs discussed their relationship and schemed to help them have children.
• Qi Ling sneezed and wondered who was plotting against him.

Qi Ling brought Bai Ling'er to the Douluo Continent to compete in his wager with Qian Xunji, then reunited with Qian Renxue and briefed everyone on a dangerous potential opponent. The group faced the prospect of conceding a match to Qian Jiyin, whose strength none of them could confidently overcome.

• Qi Ling explained his wager with Qian Xunji to Bai Ling'er, who agreed to join the competition and travel with him to the Douluo Continent.
• Blue Dragon and the other elders encouraged Bai Ling'er to pursue Qi Ling, and she told them she would stay with him for a long time.
• Qi Ling brought Bai Ling'er to Dragon God Island, where Dragon Maiden teased her about having a child with Qi Ling and later offered to train her.
• Qi Ling returned to Dragon's Glory and was surprised to find Qian Renxue back with Bibi Dong; Qian Renxue asked him to explain the wager.
• Qi Ling gathered everyone at the city lord's residence and warned them that Qian Jiyin might compete and was too strong for anyone present to be sure of defeating.

Qi Ling worried over how to arrange his team against Qian Jiyin and Qian Xunji, but Bibi Dong encouraged him to trust his allies and prepare together. During training, Chen Xin asked Qi Ling to unleash his full power and killing intent to help him break through his sword intent.

• Qi Ling agonized over the competition lineup and feared his team might lose, until Bibi Dong comforted him and urged him not to bear the burden alone.
• Bibi Dong told Qi Ling that A Xue was powerful and reminded him that their allies were strong enough to face Qian Jiyin and Qian Xunji.
• Qi Ling trained against Tang San, Tang Hao, and Chen Xin while suppressing his strength, then criticized Tang San's lack of combat experience.
• Chen Xin asked Qi Ling to stop suppressing his power and attack with killing intent so he could face the pressure needed to advance his sword intent toward level 99.

Qi Ling tested Chen Xin’s resolve with his killing aura, striking him with a formless sword that left him close to death. Chen Xin entered seclusion, and when Jian Lan returned, Qi Ling told her he might have killed her master.

• Qi Ling warned Chen Xin that facing his killing aura could destroy the Seven Kill Sword or take his life, but Chen Xin accepted the risk.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to watch Chen Xin demonstrate the resolve of a martial artist pursuing the pinnacle.
• Qi Ling formed a formless sword from killing aura and pierced Chen Xin’s chest, while Chen Xin calmly faced his fear.
• Chen Xin bowed to Qi Ling, then shut himself away for complete seclusion; Gu Rong reassured Qi Ling that Chen Xin might survive and break through.
• Jian Lan returned to Dragon's Glory, and Qi Ling apologized and told her he might have killed her master.

Chen Xin survived his seclusion and broke through in his sword realm, but Qi Ling learned that Qian Jiyin had arrived with powerful allies to challenge the group. The two sides gathered at Doomsday Canyon for the decisive competition, where Qi Ling sensed that one of the cloaked opponents was someone he had met before.

• Jian Lan thanked Qi Ling for helping Chen Xin fulfill his wish, and Chen Xin emerged eight days later safe and sound after advancing his sword realm.
• Bai Ling'er returned from Dragon God Island as the group prepared for the competition, and Qi Ling left training after sensing something troubling.
• Qi Ling confronted Qian Jiyin, who revealed that he had agreed with Qian Xunji not to fight Qi Ling and intended to defeat his friends instead.
• Qian Jiyin departed with a Demigod-level ally, and Qi Ling told everyone that four opponents were now confirmed at Demigod level or higher.
• The group traveled to Doomsday Canyon the next morning and found Qian Xunji, Xue Qinghe, and Qian Jiyin waiting with three additional fighters, including a cloaked person Qi Ling recognized.

Tang San volunteered to face Qian Jiyin in the opening match, despite Qi Ling’s fears that the strongest opponent would be difficult to defeat. Tang San’s attacks revealed Qian Jiyin’s deceptive fighting style, and the chapter ended with Qi Ling identifying the shortsword as a decoy.

• Qian Jiyin volunteered to fight first, and Tang San stepped forward after Qi Ling hesitated over whom to send.
• Tang San and Qian Jiyin entered the gorge while the others watched from the cliffs, and Qian Jiyin taunted Tang San before the match began.
• Tang San attacked with the Sea God Trident, but Qian Jiyin blocked it with a shortsword and mocked his technique.
• Tang San sent his Blue Silver Grass to entangle Qian Jiyin, but the grass suddenly shattered into pieces.
• Qian Jiyin released the shortsword, and Tang San was struck twice by an unseen attack; his Wings of the Sea God helped limit his injuries.
• Bai Ling'er asked how Tang San had been hurt, and Qi Ling explained that Qian Jiyin’s shortsword was only a prop to mislead his opponents.

Qi Ling identified Qian Jiyin’s hidden throwing knives, but Tang San caught all nine without outside help. Qian Jiyin then revealed his true strength and strange domain, and split into ten copies to evade Tang San’s Unfixed Storm.

• Qi Ling explained that Qian Jiyin’s short sword concealed nearly invisible throwing knives and refused to warn Tang San, trusting his skill with hidden weapons.
• Qian Jiyin attacked Tang San with nine hidden knives, but Tang San used his heightened senses and Mysterious Jade Hand to catch every one.
• Qian Jiyin praised Tang San, then unleashed more powerful sword attacks and a strange domain that disrupted Tang San’s Sea God Domain.
• Tang San countered with the Unfixed Storm, but Qian Jiyin burst into ten different copies and challenged him to identify the real one.

Tang San fought Qian Jiyin with Asura Divine Power but exhausted himself while Qian Jiyin deliberately evaded his attacks. Qi Ling rescued Tang San and conceded the match, and Tang Hao volunteered to fight next.

• Qian Jiyin explained that the Asura God's power could harm him but claimed Tang San had no chance of winning.
• Qi Ling told Xiao Wu that Qian Jiyin was exploiting the strain Asura Divine Power put on Tang San and was waiting for him to tire.
• Qian Jiyin disarmed Tang San and thrust his short sword at him, but Qi Ling appeared in Tang San's place and blocked the strike with his Dragon God Armor.
• Qi Ling conceded the match and returned to his side, where Tang San apologized to him while recovering in Hu Liena's arms.
• Tang Hao volunteered for the second match, and Qi Ling asked him to avenge Xiao San.

Tang Hao challenged Qian Xunji, but Qian Jiyin persuaded him to send Golden Crocodile Douluo instead. Tang Hao and Golden Crocodile Douluo traded powerful blows, and the chapter left Golden Crocodile Douluo retreating from Tang Hao’s Clear Sky True Body as Tang Hao prepared to unleash the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

• Tang Hao leaped into the competition grounds and challenged Qian Xunji to fight him.
• Qian Jiyin warned Qian Xunji that fighting Tang Hao would waste their strongest contestant, so Qian Xunji sent Golden Crocodile Douluo in his place.
• Tang Hao and Golden Crocodile Douluo exchanged insults before Golden Crocodile Douluo transformed with his martial soul and attacked.
• Tang Hao met Golden Crocodile Douluo’s tail strike with his Clear Sky Hammer, and their attacks collided without either gaining an advantage.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo transformed fully and knocked Tang Hao back, but Tang Hao activated Clear Sky True Body and charged with an enormous hammer.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo chose to dodge Tang Hao’s blow, risking the Clear Sky Sect’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

Tang Hao defeated Golden Crocodile Douluo with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, leaving Qian Xunji’s side to choose a fighter for the next match. Gui Luo entered the canyon and demanded an opponent, and Bibi Dong volunteered to face him.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo used his defensive Soul Skills, but Tang Hao’s increasingly powerful hammer broke through his defenses and knocked him into the ground.
• Tang Hao returned to the cliff, where Xiao Wu and Tang San praised him, and Qi Ling said it was the opposing side’s turn to send out a fighter.
• Qian Xunji blamed Golden Crocodile Douluo for the loss and demanded that his side win the next match.
• Qian Jiyin ordered Gui Luo to fight, and Gui Luo leaped into the canyon, boasting that no one there could defeat him except Qi Ling.
• Bibi Dong stepped forward and volunteered to fight Gui Luo.

Bibi Dong fought Gui Luo in the arena, using her moon power to evade and restrain him before piercing his heart with her sword. Gui Luo survived the apparent fatal strike and laughed at her, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Qi Ling chose Bibi Dong to fight Gui Luo, and she flew into the arena.
• Gui Luo powered up and attacked Bibi Dong with devastating punches, while she dodged by scattering into starlight.
• Bibi Dong summoned her Martial Soul, making the sun vanish and a bright moon appear in the daytime sky.
• Bibi Dong used moonlight to freeze Gui Luo, then thrust her sword through his heart.
• Gui Luo opened his eyes and laughed, claiming Bibi Dong's attack could not kill him.

Bibi Dong used moonlight-powered illusions to confuse Gui Luo and attack him, but he destroyed the summoned moon to remove her advantage. With her clones gone, Gui Luo struck Bibi Dong, whose body cracked and shattered.

• Gui Luo broke free of Bibi Dong's moonlight restraints, but her countless illusory clones left him unable to find her and his attacks passed through them.
• Qi Ling explained that moonlight projected Bibi Dong's power into the clones, letting her control them without exhausting herself.
• Bibi Dong attacked Gui Luo with crescent-shaped strikes, but his Undying Body let him recover from even fatal wounds.
• Gui Luo sent a beam of red light into the summoned moon and destroyed it, ending Bibi Dong's ability to maintain her clones.
• Gui Luo rushed at Bibi Dong and struck her, causing her body to crack and shatter.

Gui Luo unleashed a devastating ability that let him enslave spatial fissures and wield them as whips against Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong dodged his attacks, while the others watched from a safe distance as Gui Luo gained the upper hand.

• Bibi Dong's shattered body dissolved into starlight butterflies and reappeared unharmed in the sky.
• Gui Luo gathered the red light into his fist, prompting Qian Jiyin and Qi Ling to lead the others away from the canyon.
• Gui Luo shattered the space before him and enslaved the resulting spatial fissures, which he could control as weapons.
• Gui Luo cut Bibi Dong's enormous Moonlight Slash into fragments with his spatial whips.
• Bibi Dong dodged Gui Luo's spatial attacks as he taunted her and continued pursuing her.

Bibi Dong revealed that Gui Luo had been trapped in an illusion and sealed him with six moonlight swords. She then used her sword’s light to make his supposedly undying body begin to dissipate.

• Gui Luo filled the sky with spatial rifts, caught Bibi Dong, and believed he had split her apart.
• The apparent victory shattered, revealing Bibi Dong unharmed with her sword at Gui Luo’s neck.
• Bibi Dong explained that Kyōka Suigetsu had made Gui Luo’s battle against her an illusion.
• Bibi Dong summoned the Holy Moon Guardian Sealing Swords, pinning Gui Luo and the surrounding space in place.
• Bibi Dong’s brilliant moonlight began to make Gui Luo’s body dissipate.