Chapter Summaries

Aiven faced execution after his father, Duke Ace, was killed for rebellion and the Kingdom Army surrounded Ai City, but his martial soul awakening bound him to the Conquest System. He gained the Emperor Sword, Innate Full Soul Power, ten summon attempts, and missions to build a realm and conquer the continent.

• Aiven prepared to awaken his martial soul while enjoying life as Duke Ace’s son in Ai City.
• A knight announced that Duke Ace had been executed for rebellion and that the king’s army was coming to kill his relatives.
• Another knight reported that the Kingdom Army had surrounded Ai City, so Aiven abandoned thoughts of escape and proceeded with his awakening.
• Aiven awakened the Emperor Sword with Level 10 Soul Power, and the Conquest System bound itself to him.
• Aiven learned that he could summon Three Kingdoms Generals and received missions to become a ruler, king, emperor, and ultimately sole ruler of Douluo Continent.

After awakening his system, Aiven used his ten summons to gather powerful Three Kingdoms generals, including level 99 Lü Bu, and an army of twenty thousand soldiers. He rode out to meet the Kingdom Army, whose front ranks included Xue Qinghe—secretly Qian Renxue—and Xue Wu.

• Aiven discovered that his system could summon Three Kingdoms generals and troops, then spent all ten of his summoning chances.
• Aiven drew Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Ba, Xu Sheng, and the Super-Class General Lü Bu, along with six other generals.
• The ten generals appeared before Aiven and pledged their loyalty, with Lü Bu kneeling after first declaring his ambition.
• Aiven summoned the twenty thousand troops provided by his generals and led them toward the city gates on Lü Bu's Red Hare.
• The Kingdom Army waited outside the city, led by a level 81 Soul Douluo and accompanied by Xue Qinghe, secretly Qian Renxue, and Xue Wu.

Qian Renxue planned to have the Third Prince, Xue Wu, killed during the battle for Ai City, while the Aers Kingdom Army demanded the city surrender. Aiven arrived with twenty thousand troops, rallied Ai City’s defenders, and declared the Aiven Duchy independent as he prepared to repel the kingdom’s army.

• Qian Renxue provoked Xue Wu into boasting that he would charge into battle, then planned for her infiltrators to kill him and blame the Ai City Duke Army.
• The Aers Kingdom General announced that Duke Ace had been executed for rebellion and threatened to destroy Ai City unless its defenders surrendered.
• As fear spread among the three thousand Ai City soldiers, Aiven arrived with ten generals and twenty thousand troops and threatened to cut down anyone who surrendered.
• Aiven declared that he would take over Duke Ace’s fief, establish the independent Aiven Duchy, and investigate whether his father had been framed.
• Aiven urged the soldiers to drive back the Kingdom Army and conquer the Kingdom of Aers, and the defenders rallied behind him.

Aiven ordered Lü Bu to kill the enemy general from a hundred meters away, and Lü Bu’s spear instantly killed the Soul Douluo, shocking Qian Renxue and both armies. Though the enemy’s morale collapsed, Qian Renxue rallied the fifty-thousand-strong army and ordered it to attack Ai City.

• Aiven appeared before the enemy army with Lü Bu and Xiahou Dun, then ordered Lü Bu to kill the enemy general with one spear from a hundred meters away.
• The enemy general, Qian Renxue, and Xue Wu mocked Aiven’s order, confident that the spear could not harm an eighty-first-level Soul Douluo.
• Lü Bu hurled his spear through the enemy general’s heart, killing him and blasting Qian Renxue and Xue Wu aside with the impact.
• The enemy troops panicked while Aiven’s allied army cheered, and Lü Bu announced his name as Qian Renxue realized his power was at least that of a Titled Douluo.
• Qian Renxue urged the Kingdom Army to attack despite Lü Bu’s strength, and the deputy general ordered the troops to take Ai City.

Aiven led Ai City’s outnumbered forces to repel the Kingdom of Aers’ fifty-thousand-strong army, while Xiahou Dun captured Qian Renxue. With Xue Wu dead and the Kingdom Army routed, Aiven resolved to conquer the Douluo Continent.

• Aiven ordered Lu Bu and twenty thousand troops to charge from Ai City, where Lu Bu tore through the Kingdom Army and shattered its morale.
• Aiven saw one of Xue Wu’s own men stab him to death and feared the Heaven Dou Empire would blame Ai City and retaliate.
• Aiven ordered Xiahou Dun to seize Qian Renxue, who was captured and brought back unconscious.
• The Kingdom Army retreated in defeat, and Ai City’s soldiers celebrated their victory.
• Aiven decided to conquer the Douluo Continent and rise to the pinnacle of power.

After capturing Qian Renxue and repelling the Kingdom Army, Aiven planned to secure Ai City, establish the Aiven Duchy, and negotiate a ransom. Qian Renxue woke in the Duke's Mansion, recognized his motives, and secretly resolved to escape.

• Aiven ordered his forces to clean up after the battle and assigned Lu Bu and Xiahou Dun to guard him.
• Aiven listed his priorities, including contacting the Heaven Dou Empire, defending Ai City, establishing the Aiven Duchy, raising funds, and absorbing his first soul ring.
• Aiven ordered a negotiation request sent to the Heaven Dou Empire and announced an enfeoffment ceremony for the next day.
• Qian Renxue woke in the Duke's Mansion and told Aiven she understood he was keeping her alive as a hostage for negotiations.
• Aiven told Qian Renxue to stay in the mansion and warned her not to try to escape, while she secretly vowed to get out on her own.

Aiven claimed the Conquest System’s Emperor Heavenly Dragon Wings and fused the External Soul Bone, gaining flight and powerful abilities. Qian Renxue disguised herself as a maid to escape the Duke’s Mansion, but Aiven confronted her as she left.

• Aiven assigned Xiahou Dun to watch Qian Renxue closely because of her disguise skills.
• Aiven claimed the ten-thousand-year Emperor Heavenly Dragon Wings, studied their abilities, and fused them to his body.
• Aiven tested his new wings and planned to visit a nearby Soul Hunting Forest for his first soul ring.
• Qian Renxue asked for a late-night snack, knocked the maid unconscious, and used her Angel Inheritance Spirit Bone to take the maid’s appearance.
• Qian Renxue left her room disguised as a maid, but Aiven called out to stop her.

Aiven suspected that the maid Xiao Mei was Qian Renxue and used increasingly humiliating requests to test her while Xiahou Dun searched her room. Qian Renxue kept her disguise and endured the demands, but Aiven’s order to have her wash his feet pushed her to the brink of losing control.

• Aiven told Xiahou Dun to inspect Xiao Mei’s room and realized her overly formal address had exposed her as Qian Renxue.
• Aiven ordered Qian Renxue, still disguised as Xiao Mei, to follow him to his room and massage him.
• Qian Renxue reluctantly massaged Aiven’s legs and thighs, suppressing her anger to protect her disguise.
• After Xiahou Dun reported back, Aiven continued testing Qian Renxue by making her massage his shoulders and back and bring him fruit.
• Aiven ordered Qian Renxue to fetch water and serve him while he washed his feet, leaving her furious and close to breaking.

Aiven revealed that he knew Qian Renxue was disguised as Xue Qinghe, provoking her to reveal her Six-Winged Angel martial soul and attack him. Xiahou Dun subdued her, and Aiven declared that she was his prisoner as their confrontation continued.

• Qian Renxue agreed to wash Aiven's feet, but he stopped her and let her leave.
• As Qian Renxue headed for the door, Aiven called her by her real name and identified her as Spirit Hall's Young Master.
• Aiven explained that Xiao Mei would never have addressed him as Qian Renxue had, and Qian Renxue admitted her disguise had failed.
• Furious that Aiven had knowingly made her serve him, Qian Renxue revealed her Six-Winged Angel martial soul and attacked him.
• Xiahou Dun disarmed and subdued Qian Renxue, while she threatened Aiven with the power of Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Aiven insisted Qian Renxue was his prisoner and challenged her defiance.

Aiven forced Qian Renxue to submit, made her his personal maid, and established the Aiven Duchy in Ai City. After the founding ceremony, he began creating its government and military ranks.

• Aiven groped and forcibly kissed Qian Renxue, who yielded to his demands and angrily protested after he took her first kiss.
• Aiven ordered Xiahou Dun to release Qian Renxue and told her to serve as his personal maid until she left Ai City.
• Qian Renxue returned to her room and abandoned plans to escape, deciding to wait for rescue or ransom.
• Aiven held an Enfeoffment Ceremony the next morning, officially establishing the Aiven Duchy and becoming its Lord.
• Aiven convened his Three Kingdoms Generals and officials at the Duke's Mansion, then began assigning military ranks based on ancient Chinese systems.

After capturing Qian Renxue and defeating the Aers Kingdom Army, Aiven assigned his generals and prepared to travel to the Soul Hunting Forest for his first soul ring. The Heaven Dou Empire sent Snow Star Prince to negotiate, while Qian Daoliu secretly dispatched three Spirit Hall elders to rescue Qian Renxue as she traveled with Aiven.

• Aiven appointed Xiahou Dun as fourth-grade Pacifier of the West and Lu Bu as second-grade General of Agile Cavalry.
• Xue Ye learned that Xue Wu had died and Xue Qinghe had been captured, ordered an army to attack Ai City, then agreed to send Snow Star Prince and Dugu Bo to negotiate after receiving Aiven's threat.
• Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong argued over rescuing Qian Renxue, and Qian Daoliu ordered Subduing Demon Douluo, Qian Jun Douluo, and Guang Ling Douluo to go secretly to Ai City.
• Aiven left Xiahou Dun to guard Ai City and traveled toward the Soul Hunting Forest with Lu Bu and Qian Renxue.

Aiven and Qian Renxue joked about marriage, then made a bet that she would become his woman if his duchy became an empire and he became Emperor. At the Soul Hunting Forest, Aiven learned his Emperor Sword could absorb a first Spirit Ring up to six hundred years old and resolved to seek a five-hundred-year ring.

• Aiven teased Qian Renxue about joining his future harem, and she insisted she would only consider someone of an emperor’s status.
• Aiven bet that if his duchy became an empire and he became Emperor, Qian Renxue would marry him; she accepted and sealed the bet with a pinky swear.
• Aiven, Qian Renxue, and their companion reached the Soul Hunting Forest, where Qian Renxue identified the soul beasts they encountered.
• Qian Renxue advised that Aiven’s first Spirit Ring should be around four hundred years old, while Aiven said he would seek one aged five hundred years.
• Aiven discovered that his Emperor Sword could sense soul beasts’ cultivation ages and revealed that his first Spirit Ring limit was six hundred years.

Aiven absorbed a six-hundred-year spirit beast’s Spirit Ring, gained four Soul Power levels, and summoned Jiang Wei to help govern and lead the Aiven Duchy. A week later, three Spirit Hall worship elders infiltrated Ai City and approached the Duke’s Mansion.

• Qian Renxue defeated a six-hundred-year light-attribute spirit beast, and Aiven absorbed its Spirit Ring despite her expecting him to die.
• Aiven’s Soul Power rose from level 10 to level 14, and he gained the First Soul Skill Emperor Slash.
• Aiven used four summons to obtain one First-Class General, Jiang Wei, two Second-Class Generals, and one Third-Class General, bringing his army to 30,000 soldiers.
• Aiven appointed Jiang Wei Military Advisor, then began studying Soul Master theory, combat, and cultivation under Qian Renxue and Lu Bu.
• One week later, Guangling, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo secretly entered Ai City and watched the Duke’s Mansion from a nearby rooftop.

Guang Ling Douluo, Qian Jun Douluo, and Subduing Demon Douluo attempted to rescue Qian Renxue from the Duchy Mansion, but Lu Bu ambushed them and overwhelmed Qian Jun and Jiang Mo. As the battle drew Aiven and Qian Renxue awake, she prepared to escape.

• Guang Ling Douluo located Qian Renxue and Aiven, and he, Qian Jun Douluo, and Subduing Demon Douluo prepared a covert rescue.
• Lu Bu, concealed in a nearby building, intercepted Qian Jun and Jiang Mo as they flew toward the Duchy Mansion.
• Lu Bu struck Qian Jun and Jiang Mo down, then forced them to their knees with his Halberd Slash until Guang Ling Douluo's ice arrow interrupted him.
• The battle outside woke Aiven and Qian Renxue, and Aiven summoned Xiahou Dun to go with him.
• Qian Renxue recognized her chance to escape and got out of bed.

Aiven’s forces stopped Qian Renxue’s escape and Lu Bu overwhelmed the Spirit Hall elders who came to rescue her. As the elders fought back with a combined attack, Aiven activated the Power of the Nation and raised his strength from Level 14 to the equivalent of Level 34.

• Aiven’s Second-Class Generals caught Qian Renxue as she tried to break through the building’s wall and escape.
• Lu Bu revealed Level 99 strength, defeated Qian Jun and Jiang Mo, and drove Guang Ling into fear.
• Aiven arrived with Qian Renxue and his forces, identified the three masked attackers as Spirit Hall consecrated elders, and refused to release her.
• Qian Jun and Jiang Mo fused their martial souls while Guang Ling supported them, and their combined attack met Lu Bu in a stalemate.
• Aiven summoned his Emperor Heavenly Dragon Wings and used National Momentum, Power of the Nation, raising his strength to the equivalent of a Level 34 Soul Elder.

Aiven used the strength of his generals and ten thousand soldiers to defeat Guangling, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo, then negotiated with Qian Renxue to keep Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire from interfering with his duchy. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue agreeing in principle to a mutual pact and questioning how Aiven would keep her identity secret.

• Aiven drew on the Power of the Nation and used Emperor's Power to channel his army's strength into a devastating Emperor Sword strike.
• The strike seriously injured Guangling, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo, and Aiven ordered Lu Bu, Xiahou Dun, and Jiang Wei to capture them alive.
• Qian Renxue begged Aiven to spare the elders and promised that Spirit Hall would not retaliate or interfere with his plans.
• Aiven offered to protect Qian Renxue's identity as Xue Qinghe in exchange for Spirit Hall's neutrality until she ended her disguise.
• Qian Renxue agreed to the arrangement on Spirit Hall's behalf but asked how Aiven would prevent the witnesses from revealing her identity.

Aiven kept Qian Renxue in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace to delay her potential ascension to godhood, then negotiated a costly settlement with the Heaven Dou Empire. As Qian Renxue prepared to leave Ai City, she warned Aiven that the Kingdom of Aers could overwhelm his duchy and offered to take him and his forces under her command.

• Aiven made Qian Renxue agree to continue her infiltration, then told Jiang Wei that she might become a god and that he intended to delay her path to godhood.
• Three days later, Aiven sent Jiang Wei to negotiate with Snow Star Prince and Dugu Bo, and Jiang Wei secured a ten-year nonaggression term, one billion Gold Soul Coins, and military supplies from the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue changed back into Xue Qinghe's appearance and told Aiven she was leaving Ai City, then offered to take him and his forces under her command if he submitted to her.
• Qian Renxue warned Aiven that the Kingdom of Aers could field nearly three hundred thousand soldiers and a substantial Soul Master force, far outnumbering Aiven Duchy's military.

After Qian Renxue left Ai City, Aiven decided to travel to the Heaven Dou Empire to strengthen himself and increase the Aiven Duchy's military power before the Kingdom of Aers attacked again. He and Lu Bu reached Sunset Forest, where they began fighting through its poisonous inner region.

• Qian Renxue warned Aiven that the Grand Duke of the Wieland Duchy had close ties to the Aers royal family, then left Ai City with Snow Star Prince.
• Jiang Wei told Aiven that the Kingdom of Aers might attack soon and that his strategies could buy two months; Aiven entrusted the duchy's affairs to him and promised to return with greater military strength.
• Aiven decided to gather immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then seek a second soul ring in the Star Dou Great Forest to strengthen himself and recruit more forces.
• Aiven secretly left Ai City with Lu Bu, rode Lu Bu's Red Hare toward Sunset Forest, and reached the forest in less than a week.
• Lu Bu carried Aiven into Sunset Forest's poisonous inner region and shielded him with Soul Power as Poison-Type Soul Beasts attacked them.

Aiven reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Lu Bu and absorbed several Immortal Herbs, raising his Soul Power from level 14 to the level 20 bottleneck and strengthening his body. After increasing his second Soul Ring’s absorption limit to 1,800 years, he left with dozens of mature Immortal Herbs.

• Lu Bu broke through the Poison Mist Forest’s defenses and led Aiven past Dugu Bo’s poison formations to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Aiven discovered dozens of mature Immortal Herbs and consumed the Radiant Gold Leaf Flower, raising his Soul Power from level 14 to level 20.
• Aiven had Lu Bu bring him the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then absorbed them in the spring.
• Aiven emerged with an ice-and-fire dual body, immunity to ice, fire, and poison, and a second Soul Ring absorption limit of 1,800 years.
• Aiven ordered Lu Bu to gather the mature Immortal Herbs, and they left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with them.

Aiven and Lu Bu reached Suotuo City and checked into the Rose Hotel, where Aiven recognized Xiao Wu and ordered Lu Bu to slap her. Tang San and Yu Xiaogang arrived just as Xiao Wu was struck down.

• Aiven saved his six new general summons until after absorbing his second soul ring, then traveled with Lu Bu toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dugu Bo returned to find his poison array destroyed and his mature Immortal Herbs stolen, and he angrily vowed to punish the thief.
• Aiven and Lu Bu arrived in Suotuo City and chose the Rose Hotel after the other hotels had no rooms available.
• Xiao Wu cut in front of Aiven at the reception desk and threatened him, but Aiven recognized her as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and ordered Lu Bu to slap her.
• Lu Bu struck Xiao Wu hard enough to send her into a wall, and Tang San and Yu Xiaogang rushed in to check on her.