Arc 7Chapters 168–184

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Ch. 168Baseball Bat Clashes Head-On with the Clear Sky Hammer

Stelle fought the Clear Sky Sect's Seventh Elder, blocking his Clear Sky Hammer attacks with her baseball bat and overpowering his Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. The Seventh Elder, pressured by the watching spectators, then activated his seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, to continue the battle.

  • The Seventh Elder's Sky-Piercing Strike collided with Stelle's bat, but she held her ground and knocked him back.
  • Stelle blocked the Seventh Elder's escalating Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer attacks without retreating, then broke his accumulated power with a Serious Bat Strike.
  • The crowd reacted to the Seventh Elder's repeated setbacks, while March 7th cheered Stelle and Bibi Dong praised her strength.
  • The Seventh Elder, angered and unwilling to lose before the assembled sects, activated his seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar.

Ch. 169Baseball Bat True Body!

Stelle defeated the Seventh Elder after he unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, switching from her baseball bat to a Flaming Lance when he knocked the bat away. She ended the match with the lance at his throat as the crowd celebrated and gamblers lamented their losses.

  • The Seventh Elder activated his Martial Soul Avatar and demanded Stelle apologize, but she declared Baseball Bat True Body and charged him.
  • Stelle repeatedly blocked and countered the Seventh Elder’s Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, leaving him increasingly exhausted.
  • The Seventh Elder used Shock Absolute to knock Stelle’s baseball bat into the air, then swung his Clear Sky Hammer down at her.
  • Stelle made the bat vanish, summoned her Flaming Lance, and blocked the hammer with a golden barrier that sent the Seventh Elder flying backward.
  • Stelle rushed the Seventh Elder and stopped her lance at his throat, winning the match as March 7th and the crowd cheered.

Ch. 170The seventh elder who couldn't accept defeat

After Stelle defeated the Clear Sky Sect’s seventh elder, he refused to accept the loss and launched a surprise attack on her. A mysterious man stopped him with the gravity of a black hole and declared the match over.

  • Stelle won the match, while Lin Yuan, March 7th, Dan Heng, and the Golden Dragon King collected their betting winnings.
  • The seventh elder brooded over his defeat as spectators insulted him and he worried that he had damaged the Clear Sky Sect’s honor.
  • The seventh elder detonated a black Soul Ring and attacked Stelle from behind with the Great Sumeru Hammer.
  • A middle-aged man with glasses appeared and used a black hole’s gravity to pin the seventh elder to the arena floor.
  • The man told the seventh elder that the match was over and that his conduct had gone too far.

Ch. 171Suppression by gravity

Welt used a miniature black hole to stop the Seventh Elder from attacking Stelle after their match, then made the Second Elder agree to apologize and provide compensation. As Welt and Stelle left the training grounds, Bibi Dong, Golden Crocodile Douluo, the Golden Dragon King, and others considered the Astral Express Crew’s strength.

  • Welt increased the gravity on the Seventh Elder until he was pinned underground after the elder tried to resist.
  • The Second Elder entered the training grounds to help, but Welt’s gravity made movement difficult until he agreed that the Clear Sky Sect would apologize to Stelle and provide compensation.
  • Welt released the elders from the gravity and warned the Second Elder to honor the agreement before leaving with Stelle.
  • Bibi Dong asked Himeko about Welt’s power, and Himeko described him as the reliable parent of the Astral Express Crew.
  • Golden Crocodile Douluo and the Golden Dragon King recognized Welt’s power as dangerous, while Aventurine remarked that the Astral Express Crew’s reputation rested on more than the Nameless.

Ch. 172Clear Sky Sect, pay up!

Lin Yuan collected compensation from the Clear Sky Sect after the Seventh Elder’s defeat and made him apologize to the city gate captain. The Second Elder then confronted Lin Yuan over rumors that Spirit Hall and the Interastral Peace Corporation were researching the Clear Sky Hammer, and Lin Yuan invited the elders to visit the Martial Soul Testing Center the next day.

  • Lin Yuan presented the Clear Sky Sect elders with a bill for the damage, misconduct, arena repairs, and doubled stakes, and the Second Elder agreed to pay.
  • Yu Yuanzhen confronted the Second Elder over Clear Sky Sect disciples impersonating the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then left after the Second Elder promised to discipline them.
  • Stelle collected her prize money and insisted that the Seventh Elder apologize to the city gate captain, which he reluctantly did.
  • The Second Elder accused Spirit Hall and the Interastral Peace Corporation of secretly researching the Clear Sky Hammer, while Lin Yuan challenged the elders’ claim that the sect controlled every bearer of that Martial Soul.
  • Lin Yuan gave the elders the Martial Soul Testing Center’s address and told them that someone would re-register an interesting new Martial Soul there the next day.

Ch. 173The Yu Family's Clear Sky Hammer

Yu Xiaogang registered his newly acquired Clear Sky Hammer at the Martial Soul Testing Center, where the Clear Sky Sect elders confronted him and tried to take him away. Yu Yuanzhen and Lin Yuan arrived to defend him, and the Second Elder ended by demanding to know where the Interastral Peace Corporation had obtained its Clear Sky Hammer sample.

  • Yu Xiaogang went to the Martial Soul Testing Center to register his new Martial Soul and revealed that it was a Clear Sky Hammer.
  • The Second Elder and Seventh Elder recognized the hammer and demanded to know how Yu Xiaogang had obtained it.
  • Yu Xiaogang said he gained the Clear Sky Hammer through a Martial Soul Fusion experiment, and the Second Elder tried to seize him.
  • Yu Yuanzhen arrived with Lin Yuan, defended his son, and refused to let the Clear Sky Sect elders take him.
  • The Seventh Elder accused Spirit Hall of manufacturing Clear Sky Hammers, but Lin Yuan said the Interastral Peace Corporation had made them.
  • The Second Elder asked Lin Yuan where the Corporation had obtained its sample, and Lin Yuan replied that it was a corporate secret.

Ch. 174The Clear Sky Sect's crisis

After learning that Spirit Hall’s company could mass-produce Clear Sky Hammer Martial Souls, Tang Xiao decided the Clear Sky Sect could no longer remain isolated and set out to seek allies. As he left the mountain, unseen watchers with scarlet eyes observed his group from the forest.

  • The second elder and seventh elder saw footage showing dozens of artificial Clear Sky Hammers and learned that Yu Xiaogang had successfully fused with one.
  • The second elder reported the discovery to Tang Xiao, who reprimanded the disciples and seventh elder for their misconduct in Spirit City.
  • Tang Xiao warned the elders that mass-produced Clear Sky Hammers threatened the Clear Sky Sect’s legacy and survival.
  • Tang Xiao announced that he would seek support from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the Heaven Dou and Star Luo imperial families.
  • Tang Xiao left the mountain with the third elder and several experts while the second and fourth elders stayed to guard the sect.
  • Scarlet-eyed figures hidden in the forest silently watched Tang Xiao’s group depart.

Ch. 175Tang Xiao's Alliance Plan

Tang Xiao tried to unite the Heaven Dou Empire, Star Luo Empire, and Upper Three Sects against Spirit Hall and the Interastral Peace Corporation, but each refused because it benefited from cooperation with the Corporation. After failing to win any allies in Spirit City, he decided to return to the Clear Sky Sect.

  • Tang Xiao proposed an alliance to Xue Ye, but the Heaven Dou emperor rejected it because the Corporation had boosted the empire’s revenue and gained the nobles’ support.
  • Tang Xiao asked the Star Luo Emperor to oppose the Corporation, but the emperor refused because Star Luo had bought mechas and signed military cooperation agreements.
  • Tang Xiao warned Ning Fengzhi that the Corporation could threaten the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Ning Fengzhi revealed that cooperation with the Corporation had evolved it into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
  • Yu Yuanzhen refused Tang Xiao’s alliance, explaining that the Corporation had transformed Luo Sanpao and helped Yu Xiaogang obtain a new Martial Soul.
  • After all four powers rejected his proposal, Tang Xiao told the Third Elder to return with him to the Clear Sky Sect.

Ch. 176Blood Stained the Clear Sky Sect

Tang Xiao returned from Spirit City to find the village below the Clear Sky Sect and the sect itself devastated by a deadly attack. A surviving disciple identified the attackers as Borisin and revealed that they had killed the Seventh Elder and captured the Second and Fourth Elders, leaving Tang Xiao to consider seeking help from Spirit Hall.

  • Tang Xiao and the Third Elder found the village below the sect deserted and filled with the bodies of its residents and Clear Sky Sect allies.
  • Tang Xiao led his group up the mountain and discovered dead disciples and destroyed guard posts along the path.
  • Tang Xiao found the sect in ruins and discovered the Seventh Elder's mangled corpse in the council hall.
  • A surviving disciple told Tang Xiao that red-eyed, clawed Borisin had attacked, killed the Seventh Elder, and captured the Second and Fourth Elders.
  • A disciple recalled Spirit Hall's wanted notice for the Borisin and suggested asking Spirit Hall for help.

Ch. 177Seeking Aid from the Enemy

Tang Xiao led the few survivors of the Clear Sky Sect to Spirit City to seek Spirit Hall’s help after the Borisin devastated the sect. He told Lin Yuan and Qian Daoliu that the Clear Sky Sect had been wiped out by the Borisin.

  • Tang Xiao and the Third Elder searched the ruined Clear Sky Sect, rescued one badly injured disciple, and found no other survivors.
  • Tang Xiao and the remaining experts buried the dead, including the Seventh Elder, before preparing to leave for Spirit City.
  • Tang Xiao arrived in Spirit City and asked to see Lin Yuan about the Borisin, prompting the guards to alert Spirit Hall.
  • Lin Yuan and Qian Daoliu received Tang Xiao in the Worship Hall and questioned how the Clear Sky Sect had become involved with the Borisin.
  • Tang Xiao told Lin Yuan and Qian Daoliu that the Borisin had wiped out the Clear Sky Sect.

Ch. 178Qingque, we've got work!

Tang Xiao told Lin Yuan and Qian Daoliu that the Clear Sky Sect had been nearly destroyed by Borisin, with one elder dead and two captured. Lin Yuan sought help from the Xianzhou, and Fu Xuan identified a likely Borisin commander and recommended that Yaoqing intervene, leaving Tang Xiao to learn that its general was Feixiao.

  • Tang Xiao reported that Borisin had killed the Seventh Elder, captured the Second and Fourth Elders, and slaughtered nearly all the Clear Sky Sect’s disciples and affiliated villagers.
  • Lin Yuan led Tang Xiao and Qian Daoliu to find Qingque gambling with three Worship Hall Titled Douluo, then asked her to contact the Diviner about the Borisin attack.
  • Qingque contacted Fu Xuan, and Lin Yuan and Tang Xiao described the Clear Sky Sect’s destruction and the two captured elders.
  • Fu Xuan concluded that a higher-ranking Borisin commander likely led the attack and said she would inform the Xianzhou Alliance.
  • Fu Xuan recommended asking Yaoqing to handle the Borisin, and Lin Yuan identified its general as Feixiao, the Sky-Striking General and one of the Seven Arbiter-Generals.

Ch. 179Yaoqing Goes to War

After learning that Borisin had attacked the Douluo Continent, Feixiao suspected they were the Moon-Eating Hunter Pack that had vanished during her previous pursuit. She ordered the Yaoqing forces to prepare for war and set out for the Luofu and the Douluo Continent.

  • Feixiao drunkenly wrecked the General's Residence courtyard while Jiaoqiu and Moze waited for her to sober up.
  • Jiaoqiu received intelligence that Borisin had devastated a sect on the Douluo Continent and captured two people.
  • Jiaoqiu told Feixiao that the Douluo Continent's long-lived Soul Beasts might help treat her condition, but Feixiao focused on the Borisin attack.
  • Feixiao, Jiaoqiu, and Moze suspected the Borisin were connected to the Moon-Eating Hunter Pack that had escaped Feixiao's encirclement.
  • Feixiao ordered Moze to prepare the Shadow Guard and commanded the Qingqiu Army to muster.
  • Feixiao left for the Xianzhou Luofu with Jiaoqiu, intending to travel onward to the Douluo Continent and confront the Borisin.

Ch. 180The Sky-Striking General arrives

Feixiao arrived at the Luofu and set out with the Qingqiu Army to investigate Borisin on the Douluo Continent. She landed dramatically in Spirit City, where Lin Yuan and the gathered leaders awaited the Xianzhou reinforcements, and Jiaoqiu introduced her as the Sky-Striking General.

  • Feixiao met Jing Yuan and learned that an eighty-thousand-year Soul Beast from the Douluo Continent was staying at his residence.
  • Feixiao and Jing Yuan discussed Borisin attacks on the Douluo Continent and the possibility that the attackers were the missing Moon-Eating Hunter Pack force.
  • Feixiao ordered the Qingqiu Army fleet to depart from the Luofu for the Douluo Continent.
  • Lin Yuan, Fu Xuan, Tang Xiao, and other leaders gathered in Spirit City as Feixiao's fleet arrived.
  • Feixiao leaped from the flagship and landed before the gathered crowd, startling them.
  • Jiaoqiu and Moze arrived by Starskiff, and Jiaoqiu introduced Feixiao as the Yaoqing Xianzhou's Sky-Striking General.

Ch. 181Shadows in the Forest

Feixiao gathered the Xianzhou forces, Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Astral Express to hunt the Borisin and rescue the Clear Sky Sect’s captured elders. As the fleet reached the Clear Sky Sect, Moze’s Shadow Guards tracked the Borisin into the forest, where Moze confronted one of them alone.

  • Feixiao met Lin Yuan and heard Tang Xiao recount the Borisin’s massacre of the Clear Sky Sect and the abduction of two elders.
  • Qian Daoliu, Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Himeko pledged support for Feixiao’s campaign against the Borisin.
  • Feixiao ordered the Qingqiu Army to depart for the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Xiao guided the fleet to the mountain range.
  • Feixiao sent Moze and the Shadow Guards to search the forests for Borisin traces, and they found fresh tracks and bloodstains.
  • Moze’s group followed the trail and overheard two Borisin boasting about slaughtering the Clear Sky Sect before Moze appeared before one of them in the woods.

Ch. 182The Moon-Eating Hunter Pack's Lair

Moze and the Yaoqing Shadow Guard captured two Borisin scouts and followed them to the Moon-Eating Hunter Pack’s hidden base on the Douluo Continent. After reporting the elite force and its concealed fleet to the general, Moze headed into a landed beast ship to scout while the Shadow Guards waited for reinforcements.

  • Moze and several Shadow Guards subdued two Borisin patrol soldiers, then let them escape so they would lead the way to their camp.
  • The Borisin returned to a basin containing thousands of Moon-Eating Hunter Pack warriors, combat vessels, and twelve large beast ships concealed nearby.
  • Moze’s Shadow Guards confirmed the camp and recorded its location and activity.
  • Moze sent the general a report that the Moon-Eating Hunter Pack’s elite force and large beast ships were operating nearby.
  • Moze ordered the Shadow Guards to wait for the main force and slipped into a grounded beast ship to scout.

Ch. 183Inside the Warship Beast's Belly

Moze infiltrated a Borisin Warship Beast and found the captured Clear Sky Sect elders, while the Nest Father realized Moze had led the Yaoqing to their camp and ordered an emergency response. The Warship Beast began shaking violently as the chapter ended.

  • Moze slipped into the Warship Beast and followed Borisin through its living passages, discovering stolen supplies and crates marked with the Clear Sky Sect insignia.
  • Moze overheard Borisin discussing two captured hammer-wielding elders and headed down toward the lower level instead of following their cart.
  • Lang Sanji told the Nest Father that Moze had ambushed him, and the Nest Father struck him after realizing he had led the Yaoqing back to the camp.
  • The Nest Father ordered the camp placed on heightened alert and commanded the grounded Warship Beasts to take off immediately.
  • Moze found the Second Elder and Fourth Elder of the Clear Sky Sect bound in a cell, and they discussed their capture and fears for their sect.
  • The Warship Beast suddenly shuddered, its walls contracting and its pipes booming as the captive elders were thrown against the bone pillars.

Ch. 184The Hunting Pack Revealed

Moze located the Borisin camp and confirmed that the abducted Clear Sky Sect elders were alive, but the Warship Beast carrying them took off before he could escape. Feixiao’s reconnaissance uncovered the hidden Borisin fleet, and she ordered the Qingqiu Army to prepare for battle.

  • The Warship Beast took off, trapping Moze aboard with the injured Second Elder and Fourth Elder, and Moze sent Feixiao their location.
  • Moze reported that the elders were alive and held on the Warship Beast, prompting Tang Xiao to volunteer the Clear Sky Sect remnants as a rescue vanguard.
  • Moze told Feixiao that the Warship Beast’s hatches and passages were sealed, so she ordered him to protect the hostages and sent reconnaissance Starskiffs to search the area.
  • Qingqiu Army reconnaissance detected twelve hidden Warship Beasts and over eighty combat vessels concealed in the clouds and spatial rifts north of the Clear Sky Sect.
  • Feixiao ordered all Qingqiu Army forces to battle stations and prepare for battle.
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