Chapter Summaries

Dai Weisi secretly returned to Star Luo City and reunited with Zhu Zhuyun and his mother, Zhu Zitang. After revealing his immense strength and learning that Li Fu had advanced, Dai Weisi was tasked with helping Zhu Zhuyun and Liu Yunying hunt for Soul Rings.

• Dai Weisi entered Star Luo City in secret and went to the Nine Spirits Palace, where Zhu Zitang and Zhu Zhuyun were sparring.
• Zhu Zhuyun rushed into Dai Weisi's arms, then bit and scratched him before settling down, while Zhu Zitang watched their reunion.
• Dai Weisi apologized to Zhu Zitang for his long absence and confirmed that his journey had made progress toward Godhood Inheritance.
• Dai Weisi revealed his seven Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring, and told Zhu Zitang that his combat strength was close to Li Fu's.
• Zhu Zitang told Dai Weisi that Li Fu had reached level 95 and assigned him to take Zhu Zhuyun and Liu Yunying to hunt Soul Beasts for their next Soul Rings.

Dai Weisi planned to help Liu Yunying absorb the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core and secure a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Soul Ring for Zhu Zhuyun. He prepared to protect Zhu Zhuyun and use the tiger's Life and Death Arena skill to make killing it possible.

• Dai Weisi identified the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core as Liu Yunying's intended upgrade and planned several layers of protection for her absorption.
• Dai Weisi chose the sixty-thousand-year-old Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as Zhu Zhuyun's sixth Soul Ring.
• Dai Weisi counted on Zhu Zhuyun retaining her Nine Yin Manual martial arts when the tiger's Life and Death Arena reduced them both to six years old.
• Dai Weisi had the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce craft a costly one-use offensive Soul Tool to help kill the tiger.
• Dai Weisi set out to protect Zhu Zhuyun and force the tiger to use the Life and Death Arena on her.

Zhu Zhuyun absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's spirit ring and merged with the black pearl, gaining a powerful soul-targeting ability. The chapter left her stronger and more dangerous with her new skill combined with her Nine Yin Manual techniques.

• Zhu Zhuyun absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's spirit ring without suffering a remnant-soul backlash.
• The black pearl stopped resisting Dai Weisi and signaled that it wanted to merge with Zhu Zhuyun.
• After Dai Weisi confirmed Zhu Zhuyun's wishes, she let the pearl enter her right hand, where it appeared as a tattoo and raised her Soul Power to level 65.
• Zhu Zhuyun gained the Nether Soul Seizing Rope, a soul-striking sixth soul skill with darkness, evil, and death attributes.
• Zhu Zhuyun's new skill complemented her Soul Shifting Great Method and White Python Whip Technique, greatly increasing her combat threat.

Dai Weisi celebrated Liu Yunying’s Martial Soul Evolution and new fifth soul skill with the Demon King Team, then began training Li Yang in swordsmanship. Meanwhile, he used the proposed Soul Master army reform as bait to draw out the Elder Council, which moved to seize control of the future army.

• Liu Yunying revealed that his fifth soul skill, Blazing Dragon Burning Heaven Transformation, greatly enhanced his attributes and fire damage, and Dai Weisi tested its strength.
• Dai Weisi decided to train Li Yang in foundational swordsmanship after learning that Li Yang’s talent was undermined by his lack of proper training.
• Dai Weisi prepared to lure out the Elder Council by advancing a plan to organize low- and mid-level Soul Masters into a regular army.
• Marquis Liu Qingfeng and Duke Zhu Zifeng pushed the reform forward, but the Elder Council intervened at the final stage to claim control of the Soul Master army.

The Elder Council decided to support Second Prince Dai Qinghong’s bid to command the Soul Master army, believing his request for property showed he was committed to cooperating with them. The chapter ended with the council ordering all its branches to back his bid at any cost.

• The elders dismissed their suspicions about Dai Qinghong after recalling his heartfelt remark about being like a fish in water.
• The Elder Council insisted that three of its own people serve as deputy generals and control the Soul Master army.
• Dai Qinghong agreed not to control the army personally but demanded a large amount of housing and land.
• The First Elder approved an offer of estates, houses, and land worth more than twenty million Gold Soul Coins.
• After the meeting, the Elder Council ordered all its branches to spare no expense in supporting Dai Qinghong’s bid to become commander of the Soul Master army.

Dai Weisi challenged the Elder Council and exposed that it had secretly abolished Blood Duel centuries earlier while concealing the change to weaken the royal direct line. After the Fifth Elder’s confession destroyed the Council’s standing, the First Elder accepted Dai Weisi’s Blood Duel.

• Dai Weisi invoked his exceptional talent to reject the Elders’ authority and carved out an arena with his sword intent.
• The Fifth Elder refused the Blood Duel and revealed that the Elder Council had secretly abolished it more than eight hundred years earlier.
• Dai Weisi pressured the First Elder and disclosed that a recording of the confession had been sent to Wanjin Chamber of Commerce branches for distribution.
• The officials concluded that the Elder Council had preserved Blood Duel to weaken the royal direct line, and the Prime Minister begged Dai Zhen for forgiveness.
• The First Elder bowed to Dai Weisi and accepted the Blood Duel.

Dai Weisi effortlessly survived the three elders’ strongest combined attack and killed the Fourth Elder, Fifth Elder, and First Elder. With the Elder Council’s leaders dead, he left the confrontation having demonstrated swordsmanship that surpassed his teacher, Sword Douluo.

• The Fourth Elder, Fifth Elder, and First Elder attacked Dai Weisi together, but his defenses left him unharmed.
• Dai Weisi’s Soul Power flying swords beheaded the Fourth Elder and Fifth Elder.
• Dai Weisi condemned the First Elder for using the Elder Council to restrain the imperial family and struck him with Myriad Peaks Pay Homage.
• The First Elder’s arms were crushed and his brain was pulverized by Dai Weisi’s sword intent, killing him without visible injury.
• Dai Weisi’s mastery of meticulous precision surpassed Sword Douluo’s.

Ning Fengzhi warned Xue Ye that the Heaven Dou Empire and the Upper Three Sects could not withstand Spirit Hall. Xue Ye agreed to seek an alliance with the Star Luo Empire and sent Xue Qinghe as an envoy.

• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that Spirit Hall could crush the Heaven Dou Empire and the Upper Three Sects.
• Ning Fengzhi said only one person would be able to stand against Spirit Hall in the future.
• At Ning Fengzhi's urging, Xue Ye decided to ally with the Star Luo Empire.
• Xue Ye sent his eldest son, Xue Qinghe, to Star Luo Empire as an envoy.

Dai Weisi fought off Spirit Hall’s assassins while trying to save the critically injured Xue Qinghe, then ordered Li Yang to teleport them to safety. A dying Space Element Soul Douluo disrupted the teleportation, leaving their destination dangerously uncertain.

• Dai Weisi forced the Blazing Lion Titled Douluo to abandon his attack on Xue Qinghe while Li Fu engaged the assassin.
• Dai Weisi guarded Xue Qinghe as healers struggled to keep her alive, and he decided to use Li Yang’s long-distance teleportation rather than spend his once-daily healing skill.
• Li Yang began teleporting Dai Weisi and Xue Qinghe five hundred li north, but Spirit Hall’s second wave of assassins attacked before the skill could finish.
• A Space Element Soul Douluo charged Dai Weisi and disrupted the teleportation with his eighth soul skill before Dai Weisi killed him.
• The teleportation entered its final stage with its destination unknown, leaving the badly injured Xue Qinghe in grave danger.

Dai Weisi refused to surrender Qian Renxue to the Savage Cyclops King and attacked the hundred-thousand-year soul beast so she could escape. Qian Renxue fled after blessing him, while the enraged king called its clan to pursue her.

• Qian Renxue recognized the enormous one-eyed beast as the Savage Cyclops King, and Dai Weisi recalled its fearsome reputation from the records.
• The Savage Cyclops King demanded that Dai Weisi leave Snow Valley and hand Qian Renxue over as an offering, sensing the Angel God’s power within her.
• Dai Weisi refused to betray Qian Renxue and told her to escape while he held off the king.
• Qian Renxue flew away, casting Light Blessing on Dai Weisi before vowing to avenge him if the Savage Cyclops King harmed him.
• The Savage Cyclops King ordered its clan to capture Qian Renxue and attacked Dai Weisi, who cut a long mark into its body with his sword.

Dai Weisi let the Savage Cyclops King escape after unleashing a massive sword aura. Once the enemy was gone, Dai Weisi nearly collapsed from exhaustion.

• Dai Weisi did not pursue the Savage Cyclops King and waited for its presence to disappear.
• Dai Weisi's legs gave out, and he nearly dropped to one knee.
• Dai Weisi had almost exhausted his power and would have fled if the Savage Cyclops King had stayed.

Dai Weisi and Qian Renxue ambushed and killed a ninety-thousand-year Savage Cyclops so Qian Renxue could absorb its soul ring. Dai Weisi escaped with her and the beast’s right leg soul bone when the recovering Savage Cyclops King emerged from underground.

• Dai Weisi and Qian Renxue secretly entered the Savage Cyclops King’s cave and attacked the sleeping ninety-thousand-year Savage Cyclops.
• Dai Weisi wounded and restrained the giant while Qian Renxue struck its eye with her Sacred Sword, and they killed it through coordinated attacks.
• Qian Renxue began absorbing the Savage Cyclops’s soul ring as Dai Weisi found and collected a right leg soul bone.
• The recovering Savage Cyclops King roared from the underground depths, and Dai Weisi carried Qian Renxue out of the cave before it could catch them.

Qian Renxue and Dai Weisi shared their painful histories and discussed their plans for family and the two nations. Their conversation ended with them agreeing to cooperate against border bandits before they fell asleep and woke at dawn.

• Qian Renxue described her neglected childhood, her espionage mission as Xue Qinghe, and her conflicted feelings toward Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue asked Dai Weisi what he intended to do with Dai Mubai, and Dai Weisi said his brother could choose his own path.
• Inspired by Dai Weisi's confidence and tolerance, Qian Renxue decided she would leave Xue Beng a way to live.
• Dai Weisi and Qian Renxue discussed public and private matters, including the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and worsening border banditry.
• Dai Weisi and Qian Renxue agreed to urge their nations to form a joint army against the bandits, then dozed off and woke at dawn.

A crimson beam called the Crimson Moon God Punisher Light destroyed Qian Renxue’s Angel Domain and threatened to engulf her. The chapter ended with the beam about to strike her.

• A crimson beam shot toward Qian Renxue in midair.
• Dai Weisi sensed that the beam contained an aura similar to the Asura God King's Divine Slaughter's Domain, but it carried pure destruction.
• The Crimson Moon God Punisher Light pierced Qian Renxue’s Angel Domain in less than a second.
• The beam closed in on Qian Renxue, threatening to swallow her.

Dai Weisi claimed the Savage Cyclops King's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and completed the Asura Third Trial, then received an impossible new challenge. He stored the beast's soul ring as a gift for Dai Zhen and was left wondering whether the Asura God King was watching him.

• Qian Renxue left the Savage Cyclops King’s remains to Dai Weisi and said she would wait at the mountain to spar with him before they departed.
• Dai Weisi found a right leg soul bone and decided to save a torso slot for the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s potential soul bone.
• Dai Weisi completed the Asura Third Trial, raised his soul ring age limits, gained ten percent Asura God affinity, and advanced his third soul ring to ten thousand years.
• Dai Weisi used the Soul Ring Seal Stone to store the Savage Cyclops King’s hundred-thousand-year soul ring for Dai Zhen.
• Dai Weisi received the Asura Fourth Trial, which required him to defeat Qian Renxue through pure swordsmanship, and questioned whether the Asura God King was watching him.

Dai Weisi felt uneasy when Qian Renxue looked at him with a fan-shaped distribution chart. He wondered whether her losses had affected her mind or caused Stockholm syndrome.

• Qian Renxue fixed Dai Weisi with a peculiar look while holding a fan-shaped distribution chart.
• Dai Weisi wondered whether Qian Renxue had suffered mental problems after losing too badly.
• Dai Weisi considered whether Qian Renxue might have developed Stockholm syndrome.

Blood Dragon gathered the Bandit Alliance’s leaders and proposed joining Heaven Dou Empire rather than fighting or surrendering to Star Luo Empire. Most of the bandit chiefs supported the plan, but the Wolf Bandit Leader suspected Blood Dragon was hiding something.

• The bandit chiefs argued over whether to fight, flee, or surrender as Star Luo Empire’s forces advanced.
• Blood Dragon silenced the meeting and admitted the alliance could not defeat Dai Weisi’s army.
• Blood Dragon explained that Star Luo Empire would reject the bandits because of its strict background checks.
• Blood Dragon proposed taking the alliance’s two thousand soul masters and nearly ten thousand warriors to join Xue Qinghe in Heaven Dou Empire.
• Most of the bandit chiefs approved, while the Wolf Bandit Leader doubted Xue Qinghe would accept them and suspected Blood Dragon had concealed his true intentions.

Xue Qinghe and Dai Weisi had agreed to wipe out the bandit alliance rather than accept its surrender. Xue Qinghe had brought Dugu Bo to ensure none of the ten thousand bandits escaped alive.

• Xue Qinghe accepted Dugu Bo's words without objection.
• Xue Qinghe and Dai Weisi's strategy called for killing the bandits instead of taking prisoners.
• Xue Qinghe had feigned friendliness with the bandit leaders to destroy the alliance completely and prevent survivors from returning to banditry.
• Xue Qinghe had invited Dugu Bo to make sure no bandits survived.

Dai Weisi intercepted Blood Dragon as he tried to enter the City of Slaughter and killed him after rejecting his pleas for mercy. Blood Dragon’s attempt to strike back with a soul attack failed, and Dai Weisi took his head as consolation for the people he had oppressed.

• Blood Dragon entered the town expecting to reach the City of Slaughter, but spotted Dai Weisi and tried to flee.
• Dai Weisi’s flying swords blocked Blood Dragon’s escape, and Blood Dragon protested that he had surrendered the Bandit Alliance and its wealth.
• Dai Weisi said he would kill Blood Dragon because he wanted to, turning the bandit’s belief in the strong ruling the weak against him.
• Blood Dragon used his Martial Soul Avatar and eighth soul skill to attack Dai Weisi, but Dai Weisi’s Hundred Thousand Year Head Soul Bone blocked the soul strike.
• Dai Weisi pierced Blood Dragon’s throat and heart with his flying swords, then severed his head.

Dai Weisi revealed that he knew Qian Renxue’s true identity and declared that he would oppose Spirit Hall’s plans, despite the bond they had formed. He warned her that Tang Chen was still alive, leaving Qian Renxue shocked by the threat this posed to Spirit Hall.

• Qian Renxue asked whether their friendship would affect Dai Weisi if they became enemies, and Dai Weisi said he would defeat her and the forces behind her.
• Dai Weisi explained that Qian Renxue’s combat abilities and solar aura had exposed her identity as a Six-winged Angel user.
• Qian Renxue and Dai Weisi acknowledged that their next meeting would likely be hostile, and Dai Weisi said Spirit Hall would not risk an all-out war to kill him.
• Dai Weisi said he could face Spirit Hall’s strongest experts unless Qian Daoliu came after him personally, and Qian Renxue said her grandfather would not act unless Spirit Hall’s future was threatened.
• Dai Weisi told Qian Renxue to seek Tang Chen if Qian Daoliu attacked, shocking her with the claim that Tang Chen was still alive.