Chapter Summaries

Prince Xue Xing persuaded Xue Beng and three powerful commanders to join a mutiny against Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. Seven days later, their armies surrounded the palace, and Xue Beng publicly accused Xue Qinghe of colluding with Spirit Hall, poisoning the emperor, and plotting rebellion.

• Prince Xue Xing convinced Xue Beng to attack the imperial city and seize or kill Xue Qinghe.
• Prince Xue Xing recruited Pei Han, who pledged the northern cavalry to the uprising.
• Lan Xiao agreed to lend Prince Xue Xing the capital garrison's command tally.
• Lei Zhan joined the plot after Prince Xue Xing accused Xue Qinghe of colluding with Spirit Hall.
• Seven days later, Xue Beng, Prince Xue Xing, and three high-ranking officials led three armies to surround the palace.
• Xue Beng declared Xue Qinghe a traitor and urged the troops to take up arms against him.

Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing surrounded the imperial palace and demanded that Xue Qinghe surrender, accusing him of conspiring with the Spirit Hall and poisoning the emperor. Xue Qinghe claimed he had anticipated the mutiny and had deliberately let the conspirators gather, while Xue Xing insisted the besieging army had the advantage.

• Xue Beng’s soldiers stormed the imperial palace as Prince Xue Xing led an elite force against Xue Qinghe’s residence.
• Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing confronted Xue Qinghe outside the palace and demanded the poison antidote and his surrender.
• The Blood Moon Duke, the Frost Moon Duke, and Lei Zhan joined Xue Beng and threatened to kill Xue Qinghe and his followers if they resisted.
• Xue Qinghe mocked the rebels, saying he had noticed their plotting and had held back his troops to expose all their accomplices.
• Prince Xue Xing dismissed Xue Qinghe’s confidence as a bluff and declared that Xue Qinghe was the one who needed to recognize his position.

Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng learned that Yu Tianheng had arrived with three thousand troops to aid Xue Qinghe, but they trusted the palace defenses and decided to kill Xue Qinghe before the reinforcements could reach him. Yu Tianheng led the Divine Martial Army in an assault on the palace.

• A soldier reported that Yu Tianheng had arrived at the palace gates with three thousand reinforcements for Xue Qinghe.
• Yu Tianheng had gathered his secret armored cavalry in Suotuo City, left Dugu Bo and two thousand infantry to guard the city, and ridden to Heaven Dou City.
• Prince Xue Xing told Xue Beng to hold the palace gates and avoid provoking the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Xue Beng ordered his men to bring Xue Qinghe to him under the pretense of an important discussion, intending to have him killed.
• Yu Tianheng led the Divine Martial Army toward the palace and ordered his troops to fight their way in.

Yu Tianheng led the Divine Martial Army through the palace defenses while Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing learned that their forces had failed to stop him. Xue Beng confronted Xue Qinghe and ordered an attack, but Xue Qinghe waited for Yu Tianheng to handle the conflict so his rise would not appear tied to Spirit Hall.

• Yu Tianheng and the Divine Martial Army broke through the enemy army’s first defensive line and stormed the palace gates.
• A frightened soldier reported to Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing that Yu Tianheng’s forces had entered the palace and were advancing.
• Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing panicked over the failed defenses and the collapse of their plans.
• Xue Beng confronted Xue Qinghe, who remained calm as the invading army approached.
• Xue Beng ordered powerful Soul Masters to attack Xue Qinghe, whose own guards were ready to defend him.
• Xue Qinghe chose to wait for Yu Tianheng to defeat Xue Beng’s followers, avoiding the political risk of having a Titled Douluo intervene.

Yu Tianheng arrived with the Divine Martial Army and restored Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s advantage over Xue Beng, who had been attempting to seize power. After Xue Qinghe ordered the rebels arrested, Lei Zhan and the Blood Moon Duke attacked him together, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Yu Tianheng entered the hall with three thousand Divine Martial Army soldiers and pledged his support to Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe ordered the rebellious ministers and traitors seized, with anyone who resisted to be killed.
• The Blood Moon Duke, Lei Zhan, and Frost Moon Duke realized their plan to support Xue Beng had failed and feared the consequences.
• Lei Zhan and the Blood Moon Duke launched a pincer attack on Xue Qinghe, who remained composed as they closed in.

Yu Tianheng defeated Lei Zhan and the Blood Moon Duke, then helped the Divine Martial Army capture Xue Beng and the other mutineers. Xue Qinghe accused Xue Beng of rebellion and ordered the captives taken to the imperial prison.

• Yu Tianheng blocked Lei Zhan and the Blood Moon Duke's attacks, defeated them, and announced that the rebels had been captured.
• Xue Qinghe ordered the Divine Martial Army to round up everyone involved in Xue Beng's mutiny.
• Yu Tianheng stopped Prince Xue Xing's two generals from escaping by sealing their Soul Power.
• The Divine Martial Army captured Xue Beng, Prince Xue Xing, the Frost Moon Duke, and the other conspirators.
• Xue Beng accused Xue Qinghe of poisoning the emperor and plotting to seize the throne, but Xue Qinghe called him the rebel and ordered the captives sent to the imperial prison.

Xue Qinghe consolidated power after Xue Beng’s rebellion by arranging Xue Ye’s death to be blamed on the rebels and ascending the throne. He rewarded Yu Tianheng for his role in quelling the rebellion, then ordered the rebels punished and their property confiscated.

• Yu Tianheng advised Xue Qinghe to arrange Xue Ye’s death and blame it on Xue Beng and his followers so they could be eliminated and Xue Qinghe could take the throne.
• Xue Ye was reported dead from poisoning, Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing were blamed for the regicide and rebellion, and Xue Qinghe succeeded to the throne.
• Xue Qinghe promoted Yu Tianheng to Duke Who Pacifies the North and granted him a fief, a gold seal and purple ribbon, and a residence.
• Xue Qinghe ordered Xue Beng hanged, sentenced the other verified rebels to execution or exile, and commanded Yu Tianheng to confiscate and register their property for the treasury.

Yu Tianheng led the imperial guards in confiscating the estates of Xue Beng, Prince Xue Xing, and officials tied to Prince Xue Xing, uncovering vast wealth and evidence of exploitation. He continued searching the residences of their associates, whose assets added further to the imperial treasury.

• Yu Tianheng searched Xue Beng's residence and found only a little over a million Gold Soul Coins, then sent the inventoried property to the imperial treasury.
• Yu Tianheng searched Prince Xue Xing's mansion and discovered assets worth three hundred million Gold Soul Coins, including land deeds, Soul Bones, and chained slaves.
• Yu Tianheng confiscated the estates of the Blood Moon Duke, Lei Zhan, and the Linyin Duke, each of whom had accumulated enormous wealth through ties to Prince Xue Xing.
• Yu Tianheng ordered searches of officials and relatives connected to Prince Xue Xing, adding their confiscated fortunes to the haul.

Yu Tianheng presented Xue Qinghe with 1.2 billion Gold Soul Coins confiscated from corrupt nobles, and Xue Qinghe decided the wealth could fund a campaign to bring the empire’s semi-independent kingdoms and duchy under central control. The chapter left Xue Qinghe preparing to challenge the powers governing five of the empire’s ten provinces.

• Yu Tianheng reported that the confiscated assets totaled 1.2 billion Gold Soul Coins, along with treasures and antiques, and gave Xue Qinghe the inventory ledger.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Prince Xue Xing’s mansion and the Blood Moon Duke’s Mansion had hidden vast sums of money.
• Xue Qinghe concluded that the confiscated wealth could support a thorough overhaul of the empire.
• Xue Qinghe told Yu Tianheng that the four kingdoms and one duchy controlled five provinces, withheld taxes, and acted independently of the central government.
• Xue Qinghe determined that the empire’s internal separatism had to be addressed before pursuing conflict with the Star Luo Empire or Spirit Hall.

Xue Qinghe planned to bring the vassal territories under his control, and Yu Tianheng proposed summoning their rulers to Heaven Dou City so their refusal could justify military action. After the rulers evaded the first decree, Xue Qinghe sent a harsher ultimatum threatening to mobilize the imperial guards and Royal Soul Master Legion.

• Xue Qinghe ordered imperial guards to the borders and commissioners to investigate the five vassal territories, warning that resistance would be met with death.
• Yu Tianheng advised Xue Qinghe to summon the five rulers to pay respects and treat any refusal as rebellion against an imperial order.
• Xue Qinghe decreed that the kings of Balak, Silves, Floran, and Heavenly Eagle, and the duke of the Holy Spirit Duchy, must reach Heaven Dou City within three days.
• The five rulers avoided the summons with excuses, silence, or a blunt refusal.
• Xue Qinghe sent a second decree demanding that the rulers appear within three days or face an invasion by the imperial guards and Royal Soul Master Legion.

Xue Qinghe ordered a campaign against the four kingdoms and the Holy Spirit Duchy after they defied his imperial edict, appointing Yu Tianheng to command the army. Yu Tianheng led the invasion toward the Balak Kingdom first to protect Suotuo City, his fief, from a likely attack.

• The kings of Balak and Silves and the duke of the Holy Spirit Duchy dismissed Xue Qinghe’s authority and assumed he would not dare wage war.
• Xue Qinghe rejected his ministers’ objections and appointed Yu Tianheng commander, with Mu Qing as deputy, to lead the campaign against the five powers.
• The rulers received the imperial order for war and began alerting their troops, gathering supplies, and fortifying their borders.
• Yu Tianheng assembled Heaven Dou’s army and led its vanguard toward the Balak Kingdom.
• Yu Tianheng explained that he struck Balak first because its forces might attack Suotuo City, his fief, to secure their rear.

Yu Tianheng’s Heaven Dou army invaded Balak, where the Divine Martial Army broke the kingdom’s defenders and secured a crushing victory. He entered Suotuo City and revealed the grain reserves he had secretly prepared, leaving the army supplied and ready to continue its campaign.

• Yu Tianheng ordered the Heaven Dou army to march on Balak and reach its walls within three days.
• Mu Qing led the three-thousand-strong Divine Martial Army into Balak’s eighty-thousand defenders, breaking their formation and throwing them into chaos.
• Yu Tianheng sent the main force to crush the collapsing Balak army, which suffered over fifty thousand deaths and thirty thousand captures.
• The Heaven Dou army advanced through Balak as border defenders fled or surrendered, then entered Suotuo City.
• Yu Tianheng ordered Suotuo’s granaries opened and explained that he had secretly stockpiled enough provisions to supply hundreds of thousands of soldiers for half a year.

Yu Tianheng’s Heaven Dou army conquered nearly all of Balak and launched its final assault on the royal city. After Yu Tianheng shattered the city gates with one punch, he led the charge toward the palace to capture the King of Balak alive.

• Yu Tianheng seized cities across Balak while Xue Qinghe received reports of the army’s rapid victories.
• The King of Balak regretted rejecting Xue Qinghe’s imperial edict as Heaven Dou forces surrounded his last stronghold.
• Yu Tianheng ordered the attack on Balak’s royal city, but its defenders repeatedly repelled the soldiers.
• Yu Tianheng used his Martial Saint strength to smash the iron gates with a single punch.
• Yu Tianheng led the Heaven Dou army through the breach and ordered his troops to capture the King of Balak alive.

Yu Tianheng captured the King of Barak and began organizing Heaven Dou’s takeover of the kingdom. Alarmed by Barak’s fall, four neighboring nations formed an alliance, and Yu Tianheng dismissed their combined forces as a rabble.

• Yu Tianheng defeated the King of Barak, disabled his Soul Power, and ordered soldiers to take him to Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Tianheng ordered the treasury inventoried, troops deployed, officials summoned, and Barak’s surrendered forces reorganized.
• The fall of Barak frightened the Silves Kingdom, Holy Spirit Duchy, Heavenly Eagle Kingdom, and Floran Kingdom.
• Envoys from the four nations agreed to form an alliance and assembled plans for a nearly 180,000-strong army.
• After a scout reported the alliance outside Suotuo City, Yu Tianheng mocked it as a rabble of schemers.

Yu Tianheng prepared the Heaven Dou army to face the four kingdoms’ allied forces at Canglan Plain, using rewards and improved rations to raise morale. He led the charge and broke through the allied vanguard with Divine Slaughter’s Domain and Thunder Dragon Head as the decisive battle began.

• Yu Tianheng dismissed concerns about the allied kingdoms’ cooperation and ordered the Heaven Dou army to prepare to march in three days.
• Yu Tianheng promised the soldiers rewards and improved rations, and the army’s morale rose during the three days of preparation.
• Yu Tianheng ordered the army to march to Canglan Plain, where the Heaven Dou forces and the four kingdoms’ allied army faced each other across the plateau.
• Yu Tianheng led the Heaven Dou charge and unleashed Divine Slaughter’s Domain, halting the allied vanguard.
• Yu Tianheng used Thunder Dragon Head to tear open the enemy formation, and the Heaven Dou army surged through the gap as Yu Tianheng continued attacking with his spear.

Yu Tianheng charged toward the allied commanders and fought through their elite Soul Masters after they tried to trap and kill him. He overwhelmed their formation, leaving the commanders’ plan in disarray as the battle continued.

• Yu Tianheng cut through the allied army and advanced toward the purple-flagged command post.
• The four allied commanders saw Yu Tianheng’s charge, and the Heavenly Eagle commander urged them to exploit his position.
• The Holy Spirit Duchy’s commander ordered the allied Soul Masters into battle and offered a reward for Yu Tianheng’s head.
• Yu Tianheng hurled his lightning-charged spear through a Soul Emperor, then used Dragon Transformation and Divine Slaughter's Domain to attack the enemy formation.
• Yu Tianheng tore through the Soul Masters’ defenses with Thunder Dragon Claw, Thunder Dragon Head, and his returning spear while their attacks barely harmed him.

Yu Tianheng destroyed the allied Soul Masters, killed the four-nation alliance’s marshals, and forced its army to surrender. The Heaven Dou army took more than 160,000 prisoners into custody and began counting and registering them.

• Yu Tianheng trapped four fleeing Soul Douluo with his Eighth Soul Skill and killed them with Bull Python Thunder Break.
• Yu Tianheng stormed the allied headquarters, killed its commanders, and announced their deaths to the battlefield.
• Yu Tianheng demanded the allied soldiers surrender, and the demoralized troops laid down their weapons.
• Yu Tianheng ordered the Heaven Dou army to take the prisoners into custody without indiscriminate killing.
• The final reckoning recorded more than 23,000 allied dead and over 160,000 prisoners, including regular troops, mercenaries, and forcibly conscripted civilians.

Yu Tianheng defeated the allied forces of four nations, conquered their territories, and led the Heaven Dou army home. As Xue Qinghe welcomed him at Heaven Dou City, Yu Tianheng sensed that the emperor’s grand reception carried an unclear implication.

• The four allied nations received reports that their armies had been destroyed, while Xue Qinghe praised Yu Tianheng’s victory.
• Yu Tianheng ordered the battlefield cleared, the prisoners treated and guarded, and the army reorganized before resting for three days.
• Yu Tianheng led the Heaven Dou army to conquer the Silves Kingdom, the Floran Kingdom, the Heavenly Eagle Kingdom, and the Holy Spirit Duchy.
• Yu Tianheng stationed twenty thousand elite troops in each newly conquered territory, then led the remaining army back toward Heaven Dou City.
• A scout told Yu Tianheng that Xue Qinghe and the officials had come to welcome him, and Yu Tianheng dismounted cautiously before meeting them.

Xue Qinghe rewarded Yu Tianheng for crushing the rebellion by granting him the unprecedented title of Divine Martial King. The court formally acknowledged Yu Tianheng’s new status, while Qian Renxue regarded him as a powerful ally in her plans for Heaven Dou.

• Xue Qinghe welcomed Yu Tianheng into Heaven Dou City and praised his role in suppressing the rebellion.
• Xue Qinghe decreed rewards for the soldiers, fallen soldiers’ families, and commanders who helped quell the rebellion.
• Xue Qinghe granted Yu Tianheng the royal title of Divine Martial King, shocking the court.
• The ministers bowed to Yu Tianheng, who accepted their greetings with composure.
• Qian Renxue considered Yu Tianheng a valuable ally and urged him to remain loyal and continue serving the empire.

Yu Tianheng pledged his support for Xue Qinghe’s plan to unite the continent, while privately recognizing that Qian Renxue was arranging her succession before leaving the Heaven Dou Empire. In their private meeting, they discussed the Star Luo Empire as their chief obstacle, and Xue Qinghe asserted that Spirit Hall could help Heaven Dou destroy it.

• Yu Tianheng praised Xue Qinghe’s ambitions and promised the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s support for uniting the continent.
• After the court session, Xue Qinghe kept Yu Tianheng behind, and Yu Tianheng realized Qian Renxue needed him as part of her plans for transferring power.
• Yu Tianheng told Xue Qinghe that the Star Luo Empire was a formidable rival because of its territory, military, Soul Masters, and powerful imperial family.
• Xue Qinghe said Spirit Hall stood behind him and claimed that Heaven Dou’s forces and Spirit Hall could overcome the Star Luo Empire.