Chapter Summaries

Lan Hong and his allies drove Bibi Dong's forces away, and he revealed that Tang Hao had survived because of the Asura God's intervention. As the tournament aftermath scattered Shrek Academy and its members, Tang Xiao followed Tang Hao's letter and took Tang San to awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline.

• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to retreat, and Lan Hong warned her to resist becoming Rakshasa's puppet.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo left for Heaven Dou City after Dugu Bo warned them to stay away from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Lan Hong explained that Tang Hao survived through the Asura God's power and that he was Tang San's guardian, not the god's chosen one.
• Shrek Academy was expelled from Heaven Dou City, while Liu Erlong agreed to restore Blue Tyrant Academy's name after Flender persuaded her.
• Ning Fengzhi took Ning Rongrong back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Tang Xiao chose to follow Tang Hao's letter instead of taking Tang San to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xiao told Tang San that his mother, Ah Yin, had been a Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor, and took him to the Blue Silver Forest to awaken his bloodline.

Lan Hong learned the Blue Silver Forest’s location from Ah Yin and left Heaven Dou City with Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Fei Ju to reach it before Tang San could awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong rejected Yu Xiaogang’s request for the Twin Martial Soul cultivation method and had him expelled, while Lan Hong’s group arrived at Star Luo City.

• Lan Hong summoned the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King to pressure Ah Yin, then told her that Tang San’s soul had come from another world and demanded the Blue Silver Forest’s location.
• Ah Yin gave Lan Hong the location in the Star Luo Empire, and Lan Hong told Dugu Bo he would travel there by way of Star Luo City.
• Lan Hong left Heaven Dou City with Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Fei Ju; Xue Qinghe arrived the next day and found him gone.
• Bibi Dong admitted Yue Guan and Yu Xiaogang, then rebuked Yu Xiaogang, revealed that Tang San had cheated and Tang Hao was dead, and ordered Yue Guan to throw him out of Spirit City.
• Lan Hong’s group traveled from Heaven Dou City to Star Luo City aboard the Purple Crystal Cloud.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun in Star Luo City, defeated their Hell White Tiger fusion, and declared that she had severed ties with the Zhu and Dai Families. After Zhu Zhuyun reported the fight, Emperor Dai Yutian ordered her and Zhu Lintian to bring Zhu Zhuqing back.

• Lan Hong brought Zhu Zhuqing to Star Luo City, where they ran into Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun on the way to Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Dai Weisi insulted Lan Hong, and Zhu Zhuqing slapped him before revealing she was a five-ring Spirit King.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun joined their Martial Souls to form Hell White Tiger, but Zhu Zhuqing outmaneuvered and pierced it, wounding Dai Weisi.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Zhu Zhuyun to inform their father that she had severed ties with the Zhu and Dai Families, while Lan Hong warned the families against seeking revenge.
• Zhu Zhuyun brought Dai Weisi to the palace, where Dai Yutian ordered her and Zhu Lintian to bring Zhu Zhuqing back despite Zhu Zhuyun's warning about Lan Hong's strength.

Lan Hong defeated Zhu Lintian, challenged the Star Luo Empire’s noble rule, and left with Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Fei Ju. He then reached the Blue Silver Forest, where he questioned Ah Yin’s past and considered why soul beasts could sacrifice themselves to humans.

• Zhu Lintian surrounded Lan Hong and Zhu Zhuqing with soldiers and demanded Zhu Zhuqing return home, but she refused.
• Lan Hong shattered the soldiers’ weapons and armor, urged them to question whom they served, and defeated Zhu Lintian’s Martial Soul Avatar.
• Lan Hong summoned the Five Dragon King and blasted the Star Luo Imperial Palace, then departed with Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Fei Ju while scattering leaflets.
• Dai Yutian ordered a dead-or-alive warrant for the group, though he could not stop their departure.
• At the Blue Silver Forest, Lan Hong questioned Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin about Tang Hao and discussed with Xiao Wu and the dragon kings why hundred-thousand-year soul beasts could sacrifice themselves.
• Lan Hong sensed the Blue Silver King’s presence as the group reached the depths of the forest.

Lan Hong gathered the Blue Silver Forest’s energy to condense Spirit Rings, triggering the birth of a Child of Nature and drawing the attention of powerful figures across the continent. Ten days later, a lightning storm struck Lan Hong as those around him feared for his safety.

• Lan Hong told the Blue Silver King he would not restore Ah Yin’s place as emperor and asked him to gather the Blue Silver Forest’s energy.
• Lan Hong used the gathered energy to complete Hong Mao’s eighth Spirit Ring and inherit the Whirlwind Sword, then began condensing an eighth Spirit Ring for Blue Cat.
• The forest’s energy ran out, and energy from across the world gathered around Lan Hong; the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King realized a Child of Nature was being born.
• Qian Daoliu noticed the phenomenon, Bo Saixi received the Sea God’s order to find and destroy an evil threat, and Di Tian sent Xiong Xiong and Chi Wang to find the Child of Nature.
• After ten days of Lan Hong condensing the Spirit Ring, a Lightning Storm struck him, alarming his companions before a cheerful laugh rang out.

Xuan Di was born as the Child of Nature, empowering the Blue Silver Forest and putting Ah Yin’s position as Blue Silver Emperor at risk. After learning that Tang San and Tang Xiao had arrived, Ah Yin went to confront Tang San and confirmed he had taken over her newborn child’s body.

• Xuan Di awakened, introduced himself as the Child of Nature, and reunited with Lan Hong, Blue Cat, and the others.
• Xuan Di offered to strip Ah Yin of her Blue Silver Emperor position, but Lan Hong gave her a chance to keep it if she withdrew Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline.
• Xuan Di sensed Tang San and Tang Xiao entering the forest, while Tang San found that his Blue Silver Grass could no longer connect with it.
• Ah Yin asked Lan Hong whether Tang San’s soul was truly her child’s, then went to meet Tang San and Tang Xiao to verify the truth for herself.
• When Ah Yin accused Tang San of coming from the Tang Sect, stealing a treasure, and taking over her newborn child’s body, Tang San’s startled response confirmed her suspicions.

Ah Yin stripped Tang San of his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline while Lan Hong and Xuan Di captured Tang Xiao and forced him to answer questions with a truth pill. Tang Xiao revealed that the Clear Sky Sect elders had planned to drive Ah Yin away from Tang Hao, and the chapter left the full details of that plan still to be told.

• Ah Yin bound Tang San and began extracting his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, while she also trapped Tang Xiao when he tried to intervene.
• Lan Hong arrived with Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Fei Ju, and the Blue Silver King, and Xuan Di defeated and restrained Tang Xiao.
• Lan Hong gave Tang Xiao a truth pill and asked what secret lay behind Ah Yin sacrificing herself for Tang Hao.
• After losing the bloodline, Tang San suffered a poisonous backlash from his Spirit Rings, while Ah Yin stood in a daze.
• Tang Xiao confessed that he and Tang Hao had both loved Ah Yin, and that the Clear Sky Sect elders had devised a plan to force her away from Tang Hao.

Lan Hong learned that the Clear Sky Sect had betrayed Tang Hao and Ah Yin, then attacked Tang San but was stopped by Asura God's divine sense. Tang Xiao and Tang San returned to the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Xiao warned the elders against seeking revenge and ordered them to focus on raising Tang San.

• Lan Hong concluded that the Clear Sky Sect had leaked Ah Yin's whereabouts to Spirit Hall, leading to her sacrifice and the sect's devastating war with Spirit Hall.
• Lan Hong launched a sword attack at Tang San, but Asura God's divine sense appeared and fought back; Xuan Di helped Lan Hong block its strike before it teleported Tang San and Tang Xiao away.
• Lan Hong took Ah Yin's Blue Silver Emperor sapling with him after she refused to stay in the Blue Silver Forest, while the Blue Silver King remained there.
• Members of the Clear Sky Sect found Tang Xiao and Tang San outside the sect and brought them inside.
• After waking, Tang Xiao told the elders that the Second Elder had been killed and warned that Lan Hong was too powerful to challenge, then ordered the sect to devote itself to nurturing Tang San.

Lan Hong visited Gengjin City to meet Lou Gao and discuss using Soul Tools to improve blacksmithing. After learning that Spirit Hall’s bishop and the city lord were exploiting the Blacksmith Association, Lan Hong decided to help clean house before talking with Lou Gao about forging.

• Tang San woke in the Clear Sky Sect, blamed Lan Hong for Xiao Wu’s disappearance, and vowed to make him pay.
• Lan Hong traveled through the Star Luo Empire with his companions and arrived in Gengjin City to visit Lou Gao.
• Lan Hong learned that Spirit Hall’s bishop and Gengjin City’s city lord were trying to double the Blacksmith Association’s tax, and he resolved to help Spirit Hall clean house.
• Si Long escorted Lan Hong to Lou Gao, who tested him with a defensive Soul Tool; Lan Hong improved its patterns and doubled its defensive strength.
• Lan Hong and Lou Gao discussed how Soul Tools could replace the motion of hammering to make forging more efficient, while skilled blacksmiths could still focus on finer work.

Lan Hong gave Lou Gao a Soul Tool Power Hammer design and demonstrated Spirit Guns that ordinary people could use, then killed Bishop Miles after discovering his abuse and extortion. Lan Hong and Lou Gao confronted the Gengjin City Spirit Hall main temple, where Lan Hong warned its knights and cut apart their weapons with his sword intent.

• Lan Hong proposed using Soul Tools to improve blacksmithing and gave Lou Gao a Power Hammer design in exchange for access to the Blacksmith Association's ore stores.
• Lan Hong forged a Soul Tool Power Hammer and Spirit Guns, including guns that ordinary people could use to threaten powerful Soul Masters.
• Si Long told Lou Gao that Bishop Miles had arrived, and Lan Hong joined Lou Gao to confront him at the Blacksmith Association.
• Miles threatened Lou Gao, demanded a share of the Association's profits, and tried to take the women beside Lan Hong, so Lan Hong cut off Miles's head.
• Lan Hong ordered Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Fei Ju to kill Miles's knights after two freed girls identified them as his accomplices.
• Lan Hong and Lou Gao brought Miles's head to the Gengjin City Spirit Hall main temple, where Lan Hong's sword intent severed the knights' weapons.

Lan Hong killed the corrupt Gengjin City lord and Miles's accomplices, then urged the people to choose whether to resist the Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall. As he waited for their decision, news of his actions reached Bibi Dong, who was preparing for the tournament finals.

• Lan Hong executed Charles and Miles's accomplices at the Gengjin City Spirit Hall Main Hall, then killed City Lord Li Weisong after disarming his soldiers and exposing his crimes.
• Lan Hong asked Lou Gao to consider Gengjin City's independence, and Lou Gao agreed to stand with him despite the risks to the Blacksmith Association.
• Lan Hong addressed Gengjin City's people, offering to return the wealth taken from them and asking whether they would resist future imperial and Spirit Hall rule.
• Lan Hong, Lou Gao, and Zhuqing waited to see whether the people would choose resistance, while Spirit Hall sent word of the killings to Spirit City.
• As Bibi Dong prepared for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament finals, Chrysanthemum Douluo rushed into the Pope's Palace with news.

After Lan Hong killed Miles and seized control of Gengjin City, Bibi Dong and Dai Yutian considered how to respond. Dai Yutian chose to appoint Lan Hong as city lord, while Lan Hong began building a free city without nobles and prepared to confront Spirit Hall.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Bibi Dong that Lan Hong had killed Miles, the bishop of Gengjin City's Spirit Hall main temple, and Bibi Dong asked him to leave while she considered what to do.
• Dai Yutian ordered Zhu Lintian to reclaim Gengjin City, but Zhu Lintian showed him Zhu Zhuqing's warning and proposed appointing Lan Hong as city lord instead.
• Dai Yutian accepted Zhu Lintian's plan, and Zhu Lintian set off for Gengjin City with an imperial decree recognizing Lan Hong as its new city lord.
• Si Long, the Blacksmith Association, former soldiers, and residents gathered in support of Lou Gao and Lan Hong, who returned Miles and Li Weisong's plundered wealth to the people.
• Lan Hong asked Lou Gao to turn Gengjin City into a free city without noble status, then organized a city defense guard with the Blacksmith Association.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo arrived, and Lan Hong reminded them that they and Bibi Dong had once attacked him when he was weak.

Lan Hong rejected Spirit Hall’s and the Star Luo Empire’s attempts to settle the Gengjin City conflict on their terms and declared the city would become a free city. As he prepared to travel to Spirit City for the tournament finals, he learned that Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong had arrived in Gengjin City.

• Lan Hong warned Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo not to interfere in Gengjin City, then rejected the honorary elder offer while accepting Bibi Dong’s invitation to the tournament finals.
• Lan Hong told Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo that Gengjin City would have no nobles and that Spirit Hall’s new bishop must follow its rules.
• Lan Hong refused Dai Yutian’s offer of a marquis title and fief, telling Zhu Lintian to persuade the emperor to accept Gengjin City’s free-city status.
• Lan Hong told Lou Gao that he expected Zhu Lintian to help secure Dai Yutian’s acceptance and that they would establish the city’s rules gradually.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that Lan Hong would attend the tournament, while Xue Qinghe traveled toward Spirit City with the Heaven Dou teams and their companions.
• Xiao Wu told Lan Hong that Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong had come to Gengjin City, and Lan Hong went to see them.

Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong traveled to Gengjin City to buy ores for Tang San, where Lan Hong confronted them and exposed Yu Xiaogang with a Truth Pill. Yu Xiaogang admitted that he had used Bibi Dong’s access to Spirit Hall’s books to create and promote the Ten Core Spirit Abilities Theories, leaving his reputation as a plagiarist laid bare.

• Yu Xiaogang learned that Tang Hao had died and insisted on finding Tang San, but Tang Yuehua refused to reveal the Clear Sky Sect’s location.
• Tang Yuehua asked Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong to buy high-quality ores for Tang San, so they traveled to Gengjin City.
• Lan Hong encountered Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, overpowered Liu Erlong when she attacked, and brought them into the Blacksmith Association headquarters.
• Lan Hong gave Yu Xiaogang a Truth Pill and questioned him about his theories while Lou Gao and Xiao Wu listened.
• Yu Xiaogang confessed that Bibi Dong had helped him access Spirit Hall’s books and promote his theories, and he admitted that he had plagiarized them for fame.

Lan Hong exposed Yu Xiaogang’s selfish motives and learned that he had known Liu Erlong was his cousin before their wedding. After the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King stripped away Yu Xiaogang’s Light Dragon King bloodline, Liu Erlong struck him and left to confront Yu Luo Mian.

• Lan Hong questioned Yu Xiaogang, who admitted he had pursued Bibi Dong for access to Spirit Hall’s archives and loved himself most.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that he had discovered Liu Erlong was his cousin, kept silent because he enjoyed her affection, and told his second uncle to stop their wedding.
• Lan Hong summoned the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, who extracted Yu Xiaogang’s Light Dragon King bloodline and shared it with Xuan Di.
• Liu Erlong slapped Yu Xiaogang twice after he tried to deny his confession, then left Gengjin City to ask Yu Luo Mian what had happened.

Lan Hong arrived in Spirit City with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Fei Ju on the eve of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, where he reunited with the Heaven Dou Royal Team and revealed what he had done in Gengjin City. As the tournament began, Golden Crocodile Douluo failed to assess Lan Hong’s strength, and Qian Daoliu chose not to risk attacking a possible godly inheritor.

• Dugu Yan joined the Heaven Dou Royal Team in Spirit City while Dugu Bo and Ning Fengzhi met with Bibi Dong to discuss tournament arrangements.
• Lan Hong arrived the day before the tournament, reunited with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, and warned the team about Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Fei Ju told Dugu Yan that Lan Hong had taken control of Gengjin City, killed its bishop and lord, and received an Honorary Elder Token from Spirit Hall.
• Bo Saixi and Sea Woman Douluo landed in Vast Sea City and set out for Spirit City to seek help from Spirit Hall’s Grand Worshipper and fulfill the Sea God’s oracle.
• The tournament began with the three major teams receiving byes, and Lan Hong noticed Golden Crocodile Douluo watching him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Qian Daoliu he could not see through Lan Hong, and Qian Daoliu decided against trying to kill him.

After meeting Qian Renxue and challenging Qian Daoliu over Spirit Hall’s corruption, Lan Hong was drawn into a confrontation at the Worship Hall. The Angel God’s statue then transported him to a white space, where its lingering divine consciousness appeared and began explaining that it had lost contact with its true self.

• Lan Hong took Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Fei Ju out in Spirit City, where Qian Renxue approached him and challenged his cold response.
• Qian Daoliu summoned Lan Hong to the Worship Hall, where Lan Hong criticized Spirit Hall and urged Qian Renxue to abandon her Nation Usurpation Plan.
• Lan Hong told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong hated her because of Qian Xunji, angering Qian Daoliu and provoking him to unleash his Angel Martial Soul.
• Lan Hong resisted Qian Daoliu’s pressure with his swords and aura, while Golden Crocodile Douluo shielded Qian Renxue.
• The Angel God’s statue filled the Worship Hall with light and transported Lan Hong to a white space, where the Angel God’s lingering divine consciousness revealed it had lost contact with its true self.

Lan Hong accepted the Angel God's Spiritual Sense's request to help Qian Renxue and received divine authority, while warning Qian Daoliu that he would leave if the truth remained hidden. As Bibi Dong's Rakshasa inheritance advanced and Lan Hong began compressing his Soul Core, the Heaven Dou Royal Team and Star Luo Royal Team prepared to face each other.

• The Angel God's Spiritual Sense offered Lan Hong divine power and authority in exchange for helping Qian Renxue, and he accepted the deal.
• Qian Daoliu recognized Lan Hong as the Angel God's Divine Envoy, and Lan Hong urged him to tell Qian Renxue the truth or risk losing his help.
• After Lan Hong left, Qian Daoliu admitted to Golden Crocodile Douluo that agreeing to the Nation Usurpation Plan might have been a mistake.
• Yue Guan reported Lan Hong's visit to Bibi Dong, whose Rakshasa inheritance continued feeding her Evil Thought and threatening her remaining feelings for Qian Renxue.
• Lan Hong studied the Angel God's divine power and began compressing his Soul Core to transform his Soul Power.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Team and Star Luo Royal Team began their match, and Dai Weisi vowed to restore the Star Luo Empire's honor.

Dugu Yan led the Heaven Dou Royal Team to defeat the Star Luo Royal Team, while Bibi Dong summoned Lan Hong to the Pope's Palace and tried to recruit him. Lan Hong rejected her offer and warned that the Rakshasa God intended to control her, prompting Bibi Dong to attack him.

• Dugu Yan let Yu Tianheng and the others fight first, then used her poison to defeat Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and the rest of the Star Luo Royal Team.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, while Ning Rongrong declared she would win the next tournament.
• Bibi Dong promised Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue three Soul Bones if they won the tournament and threatened them with three years in the Lost Grand Canyon if they lost.
• Bibi Dong sent Yue Guan to invite Lan Hong to the Pope's Palace, where she asked what Qian Daoliu wanted from him.
• Lan Hong rejected Bibi Dong's offer to cooperate and told her the Rakshasa God meant to control her, so Bibi Dong launched a dark-purple, sickle-shaped attack at him.

Lan Hong defeated the Rakshasa God's attack through Bibi Dong, spared Bibi Dong at Qian Daoliu's request, and gave her a recording of Yu Xiaogang's confession. He then told Qian Renxue the truth about her birth and Qian Xunji's death, leaving her to confront Bibi Dong face-to-face.

• The Rakshasa God attacked Lan Hong through Bibi Dong, but Lan Hong shattered her defenses and severely wounded Bibi Dong with the powers of ice and fire.
• Lan Hong spared Bibi Dong for Qian Daoliu's sake, left a recording of Yu Xiaogang's confession, and departed the Pope's Palace.
• Bibi Dong listened to Yu Xiaogang's confession and reacted with eerie calm as the Rakshasa Evil Thought within her was suppressed.
• Lan Hong told Qian Renxue that Qian Xunji had violated Bibi Dong, that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji, and that she had completed the Rakshasa God's Divine Examination.
• Qian Renxue went to confront Bibi Dong, and they exchanged accusations about Qian Xunji, Yu Xiaogang, and their painful past.