Chapter Summaries

Yu Tianheng urged Xue Qinghe to keep tensions with Spirit Hall contained until Heaven Dou dealt with the Star Luo Empire, then spent a year helping prepare the empire for war. New intelligence revealed that Tang San and Tang Hao were bolstering Dai Mubai’s bid for power, threatening to overturn the balance between the empires.

• Yu Tianheng named Spirit Hall’s Bibi Dong loyalists as a second enemy but warned Xue Qinghe that Heaven Dou should first eliminate the Star Luo threat.
• Yu Tianheng returned to his new Divine Martial King's Residence, formerly Prince Xue Xing's residence.
• Over the following year, Xue Qinghe placed concealed Spirit Hall agents in key posts while Yu Tianheng trained Heaven Dou’s army and taught Martial Dao.
• A covert guard told Yu Tianheng that Tang San was aiding Dai Mubai in the Star Luo succession struggle and that Tang Hao had appeared in Dai Mubai’s fief.
• Yu Tianheng ordered the guard to keep watching and asked Ning Fengzhi to monitor the Clear Sky Sect as he anticipated a continent-wide upheaval.

Yu Tianheng entered seclusion to advance his cultivation and strengthen his position as Heaven Dou’s Divine Martial King and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s young clan leader. After a year, he reached the highest realm of his clan’s lightning technique and Martial Saint Peak, then began attempting to break through to the Human Immortal Realm.

• Yu Tianheng asked the emperor for permission to enter seclusion, and the emperor approved while appointing Mu Qing to oversee military affairs.
• Yu Tianheng arranged the affairs of his residence and military command, then accepted cultivation resources sent by the Heaven Dou Empire and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Tianheng began cultivating the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Prison Suppression Scripture in a hidden chamber, aiming to reach Controlling Lightning to Suppress the Prison.
• After a year of seclusion, Yu Tianheng broke through to the technique’s final realm and reached Martial Saint Peak.
• Yu Tianheng began using his newly stabilized power to attempt a breakthrough into the Human Immortal Realm.

Yu Tianheng used the hundred-thousand-year-old Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to break through into the Human Immortal Realm, then spent two years cultivating until he reached its Third Stage and Soul Power level 89. After Xue Qinghe summoned him, the emperor asked him to share what he had gained from seclusion.

• Yu Tianheng swallowed the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and attacked the Human Immortal Realm barrier, causing a powerful phenomenon to spread over Heaven Dou City.
• Xue Qinghe sensed Yu Tianheng's rising presence from the imperial study and realized that his strength had advanced far beyond an ordinary Titled Douluo.
• Yu Tianheng broke through to the Human Immortal Realm First Stage and continued cultivating with the herb's remaining medicinal power.
• After two years in seclusion, Yu Tianheng stabilized his cultivation at the Human Immortal Realm Third Stage and reached Soul Power level 89.
• Xue Qinghe summoned Yu Tianheng to the imperial study and asked him to reveal what he had gained from his seclusion; Yu Tianheng agreed.

Yu Tianheng demonstrated his Human Immortal Realm strength and accepted Xue Qinghe’s invitation to serve Heaven Dou. At a feast, he assessed Xue Qinghe’s plan to ally with Spirit Hall against Star Luo, then confronted him about being Qian Renxue and questioned whether he could truly destroy Spirit Hall for Heaven Dou.

• Yu Tianheng drew heaven and earth’s elemental Qi into a crystal orb, revealing his Human Immortal Realm power and startling Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe praised Yu Tianheng and asked him to support his ambition to unify the continent; Yu Tianheng agreed to serve Heaven Dou without revealing his true intentions.
• At the feast, Xue Qinghe described Heaven Dou’s reforms and proposed joining Spirit Hall to attack Star Luo, asking Yu Tianheng for his view.
• Yu Tianheng argued that Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters and Heaven Dou’s army could attack Star Luo on two fronts while limiting Heaven Dou’s losses.
• Yu Tianheng warned that Star Luo’s fall would leave only Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall as major powers, then told Xue Qinghe that he was Qian Renxue and could not truly destroy Spirit Hall for Heaven Dou.

Yu Tianheng advised Xue Qinghe on Spirit Hall’s ambitions and was reinstated as Heaven Dou’s grand marshal to prepare for war against Star Luo. Bibi Dong then founded the Spirit Hall Empire, sending the continent’s powers into turmoil as they weighed the new threat.

• Yu Tianheng urged Xue Qinghe to return to Spirit Hall after the Star Luo war and seize control of its papal throne.
• Xue Qinghe praised Yu Tianheng’s strategic insight, and Heaven Dou reinstated him as grand marshal with command of its million-strong army.
• Yu Tianheng took charge of the army’s drills and preparations for war against Star Luo.
• Bibi Dong proclaimed the founding of the Spirit Hall Empire, naming herself empress, Hu Liena heir, and Yu Xiaogang imperial preceptor.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered eastern defenses strengthened and sent a secret envoy to Heaven Dou, while Xue Qinghe maintained war plans and ordered surveillance of Spirit Hall.
• The sects and common people reacted with wariness, excitement, or fear as news of the Spirit Hall Empire spread across the continent.

Bibi Dong used Tang San and Tang Hao as a pretext to declare war on the Star Luo Empire, prompting Star Luo to mobilize its forces. After an initial clash, the Star Luo army withdrew to Heavenly Star Pass, where Yu Tianheng ordered the allied forces to establish camp and watch the approaches.

• Bibi Dong demanded that Star Luo hand over Tang San and Tang Hao, and Dai Mubai refused.
• Bibi Dong declared war, and the Heaven Dou Empire sent a million troops to the Star Luo border.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered the nation to prepare for war, and Dai Mubai urged resistance.
• The allied forces and Star Luo army exchanged Soul Skills, crossbow fire, and charges before Star Luo withdrew in formation.
• The Star Luo army retreated behind Heavenly Star Pass, and Yu Tianheng ordered his troops to camp nearby and scout the pass.

The Spirit Hall Empire launched repeated assaults on Heavenly Star Pass, but the Star Luo Empire’s concealed weapons turned the first attack into a slaughter. Salas continued seeking a way through the pass, while Yu Tianheng withdrew his forces to reconsider their approach.

• Yu Tianheng chose to let the Spirit Hall Empire attack first so his forces could conserve their strength and reveal the Star Luo Empire’s defenses.
• Salas ordered an assault on Heavenly Star Pass, where Zhuge Repeating Crossbows devastated the vanguard with rapid volleys of poisoned bolts.
• The chapter revealed that Tang San had supplied the crossbow plans and that the Star Luo Emperor had secretly produced five thousand crossbows and a million bolts.
• Yu Tianheng watched the crossbows’ power, recognized the ingenuity behind the hidden weapon, and ordered his troops to retreat another three li.
• Salas sent successive attacks, but the defenders stopped a Soul King squad with Mother and Child Soul-Seeking Guts and exposed tunnelers with Ground-Listening Needles before shooting them with repeating crossbows.

After the Spirit Hall Empire failed to take Heavenly Star Pass, Salas requested Titled Douluo reinforcements, and Bibi Dong sent six Douluo and Hu Liena to the front. Hu Liena arrived to find Salas furious that Yu Tianheng and the Heaven Dou army had refused to help, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Salas halted the attacks on Heavenly Star Pass and sent Bibi Dong a report describing the hidden weapons and the army’s heavy losses.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to lead four other Titled Douluo to reinforce the pass, and assigned Hu Liena to accompany them with supplies and medicine.
• Several days later, Hu Liena arrived at the Spirit Hall Empire’s camp with the six Douluo and received the soldiers’ welcome.
• Salas told Hu Liena that Yu Tianheng had kept the Heaven Dou army out of the fighting and had refused to send reinforcements.

Hu Liena questioned Yu Tianheng about Heaven Dou's plans and its alliance with the Spirit Hall Empire, but left without answering his question about the empire's next target. As six Spirit Hall Titled Douluo attacked Heavenly Star Pass, Tang Hao appeared and stopped Yue Guan's strike.

• Hu Liena studied the armies' positions and decided that the arrival of reinforcements called for a change in strategy.
• Hu Liena visited Yu Tianheng's camp and asked when Heaven Dou's cavalry would cut off Star Luo's supply route.
• Yu Tianheng asked where the Spirit Hall Empire would turn its sword after Star Luo fell, and Hu Liena left without answering.
• Six Titled Douluo from the Spirit Hall Empire gathered outside Heavenly Star Pass and launched an attack.
• Tang Hao appeared before Yue Guan's Singular Velvet Sky-break struck the pass and shattered the attack with his fist.

Tang Hao confronted Qian Jun Douluo and five other Titled Douluo at Heavenly Star Pass, then fought them alone. He remained overwhelmingly strong against the six Spirit Hall Empire fighters, and the battle continued with none able to defeat him.

• Tang Hao appeared at Heavenly Star Pass and rejected Qian Jun Douluo’s accusations and threat.
• Tang Hao used his Clear Sky True Body and Sky-Piercing Strike against Qian Jun Douluo and the five other Titled Douluo.
• The six Spirit Hall fighters combined their strongest Soul Skills to block Tang Hao’s attack, but the clash forced them to retreat while Tang Hao remained unharmed.
• Tang Hao charged into the six opponents, and a fierce battle broke out atop Heavenly Star Pass.
• Tang Hao’s level 97 Soul Power and Clear Sky Hammer techniques let him evade the six fighters’ attacks and repeatedly overwhelm their defenses.

Tang Hao forced Qian Jun Douluo and five other Titled Douluo to retreat from Heavenly Star Pass, prompting Qian Jun Douluo to request stronger reinforcements from Bibi Dong. After reading his letter, Bibi Dong went to the Worship Hall to seek Qian Daoliu’s help against Tang Hao.

• Tang Hao fought off six Titled Douluo and forced them to retreat, raising the morale of the Star Luo army at Heavenly Star Pass.
• Qian Jun Douluo concluded that the Spirit Hall Empire could not take Heavenly Star Pass without stronger Titled Douluo and ordered a messenger to request level-97-or-above reinforcements from Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong read Qian Jun Douluo’s report, destroyed the letter, and resolved to deal with Tang Hao.
• Bibi Dong decided she needed Qian Daoliu’s help and went to the Worship Hall.
• Bibi Dong entered the Worship Hall and faced Qian Daoliu, the Adjudication Elder.

Bibi Dong asked Qian Daoliu for reinforcements against Tang Hao, so he sent Golden Crocodile Douluo, Azure Luan Douluo, and Mighty Lion Douluo to Heavenly Star Pass. Golden Crocodile challenged Tang Hao, and their battle began with Tang Hao holding his own against the higher-level opponent.

• Bibi Dong reported that Tang Hao had stopped Spirit Hall's army at Heavenly Star Pass, and Qian Daoliu said he could not leave the Worship Hall.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo, Azure Luan Douluo, and Mighty Lion Douluo to go together and deal with Tang Hao.
• The three Offerings reached Heavenly Star Pass, rested, and reviewed reports on Tang Hao and the terrain.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo appeared above the pass and called Tang Hao out, drawing Yu Tianheng toward the gate tower to witness the duel.
• Tang Hao answered Golden Crocodile's challenge and fought him with the Clear Sky Hammer, using the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Soul Ring detonation to keep the level 98 Douluo on the defensive.

Golden Crocodile Douluo and two allies overwhelmed Tang Hao while six Spirit Hall Douluo prepared to attack Heavenly Star Pass. Tang Xiao and five Clear Sky Sect elders arrived with three Star Luo Empire Douluo, turning the assault into a standoff that ended with Qian Jun Douluo ordering his forces to kill.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo summoned Azure Luan Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo to help him surround and wound Tang Hao.
• Six Spirit Hall Douluo gathered Soul Power to strike Heavenly Star Pass's gate.
• Tang Xiao crashed a Clear Sky Hammer down among the attackers and arrived with five Clear Sky Sect elders and three Star Luo Empire Douluo.
• Tang Xiao said the Clear Sky Sect had joined the defense to protect its survival and stop Spirit Hall's expansion.
• Qian Jun Douluo ordered the Spirit Hall forces to kill.

Tang Xiao and the allied Clear Sky Sect and Star Luo Empire forces fought the Spirit Hall Empire’s Douluo in a devastating battle outside Heavenly Star Pass. After both sides were crippled, Yu Tianheng led the Heaven Dou Empire’s Divine Martial Army toward the pass, relying on Dugu Bo to help seize it.

• Tang Xiao led the Clear Sky Sect elders and Star Luo Douluo away from Heavenly Star Pass, where they battled the pursuing Spirit Hall Empire forces for hours.
• Porcupinefish Douluo, Ghost Leopard Douluo, Snake Lance Douluo, the Fifth and Sixth Elders, and two Star Luo Douluo died, while the survivors on both sides were gravely weakened.
• Yu Tianheng watched the battle from the Heaven Dou army camp and decided to attack while the pass’s defenders were depleted.
• Yu Tianheng led three thousand Divine Martial Army troops toward Heavenly Star Pass with Dugu Bo at his side.
• Yu Tianheng asked Dugu Bo to help take the fortified pass, and Dugu Bo warned that the army would be helpless against its top defenders without him.

Yu Tianheng called on Dugu Bo to use his poison against Heavenly Star Pass, and Dugu Bo’s assault devastated the defenders. With the pass’s defenses collapsing, Yu Tianheng ordered the Divine Martial Army to charge, leaving the battle for the gates underway.

• Yu Tianheng asked Dugu Bo to come to Heavenly Star Pass and disrupt its defenders with his poison.
• Dugu Bo activated his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Avatar and unleashed an enhanced stream of poison at the pass walls.
• The poison killed soldiers and low-level Soul Masters, corroded the walls, and threw the remaining defenders into chaos.
• Yu Tianheng ordered the three thousand soldiers of the Divine Martial Army to charge Heavenly Star Pass before the Star Luo Empire could react.

Yu Tianheng led the Divine Martial Army through Dugu Bo’s poison and captured Heavenly Star Pass for the Heaven Dou Empire. The flag’s fall ended the battle between Spirit Hall, the Star Luo Empire, and the Clear Sky Sect, whose leaders withdrew as the alliance’s balance shifted.

• Yu Tianheng’s Divine Martial Army used specially made antidote pills to cross the poisonous mist and scale Heavenly Star Pass’s walls.
• Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison overwhelmed the Star Luo defenders, and Yu Tianheng led three thousand soldiers into the pass.
• The Divine Martial Army crushed the remaining resistance, took control of Heavenly Star Pass, and raised the Heaven Dou Empire’s flag.
• The Titled Douluo of Spirit Hall, the Star Luo Empire, and the Clear Sky Sect stopped fighting when they saw that Heavenly Star Pass had fallen.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo condemned Heaven Dou for using Spirit Hall as a stepping stone, while Tang Xiao suspected something had happened inside the pass.
• The experts of all three sides withdrew to their camps, and the Star Luo worshippers retreated toward their empire’s heartland.

After Dugu Bo’s poison helped Heaven Dou seize Heavenly Star Pass, the Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall alliance overran most of the Star Luo Empire. As the allies began their final assault, the Star Luo army’s lotus-shaped weapons abruptly inflicted heavy losses on the vanguard.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo learned that Dugu Bo had poisoned Heavenly Star Pass and that Yu Tianheng’s Divine Martial Army had taken it.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo chose not to confront Heaven Dou, reasoning that the gains would ultimately benefit Qian Renxue and Spirit Hall.
• The Star Luo Emperor received news that Heavenly Star Pass had fallen and feared the empire’s southern defenses were lost.
• Over the next half year, the allied armies captured most of the Star Luo Empire, forcing its remaining forces into the northern frontier.
• The allied vanguard entered a valley during its final attack, where the Star Luo army’s lotus-shaped weapons tore through the Soul Masters.

After the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus devastated the allied formation, Yu Tianheng went alone into the Star Luo Empire to test the weapon and display his strength. Tang San led an ambush against him, but their confrontation ended with Yu Tianheng challenging Tang San's authority to condemn him.

• The Star Luo Empire's Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus tore through the allied ranks, and Yu Tianheng decided to confront the weapon himself despite the danger to his commanders.
• Yu Tianheng entered the northern Star Luo Empire openly, prompting the Dark Network to mobilize elite Soul Masters and Hidden Weapons for an operation led by Tang San.
• Tang San gathered several hundred Soul Masters and prepared a Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus to kill Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng sensed the ambush and called the Star Luo forces out, after which Tang San emerged and declared the snowy plain would be Yu Tianheng's burial ground.
• Tang San accused Yu Tianheng of serving Heaven Dou and causing deaths in the war, but Yu Tianheng mocked him for serving the Star Luo Empire while judging others.

Yu Tianheng challenged Tang San to surrender, but Tang San rejected him and attacked with Zhuge Repeating Crossbows and Torrential Rain Pear Blossom Needles. Yu Tianheng’s Human Immortal Realm body withstood both attacks, leaving him unharmed and revealing his overwhelming defense.

• Yu Tianheng condemned the Star Luo Imperial Family’s history of fratricidal succession and urged Tang San to surrender to end the war.
• Tang San refused to submit and ordered over a hundred soldiers to fire Zhuge Repeating Crossbows at Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng stopped the cold-iron arrows with Protective Gang Qi and shattered them with a downward press.
• Tang San sent ten soldiers to fire Torrential Rain Pear Blossom Needles, which broke through Yu Tianheng’s Gang Qi but shattered against his body.
• Yu Tianheng remained unharmed, and the chapter revealed that his Human Immortal Realm cultivation had forged him a vajra-indestructible body.

Tang San’s hidden weapons failed to injure Yu Tianheng, whose overwhelming strength forced Tang San to flee under the protection of Star Luo Empire soldiers. Yu Tianheng killed the defenders and set off after him, while Tang San raced through the mountain forest.

• Tang San’s Torrential Rain Pear Blossom Needle failed to harm Yu Tianheng, so Tang San unleashed two Buddha’s Fury Tang Lotuses.
• Yu Tianheng stopped the explosions, poison needles, and fragments with a barrier of dragon might, then charged at Tang San.
• Star Luo Empire knights and Soul Masters formed a defensive line and urged Tang San to escape.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to flee as the defenders held Yu Tianheng back.
• Yu Tianheng killed the Star Luo Empire defenders and pursued Tang San, who had already raced a hundred li through the forest.