Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing used Dai Fan Kun’s execution as a test of loyalty for her family and promised them access to resources from Tian Yang. Meanwhile, Tian Yang and Ma Xiaotao prepared to deal with the Dai Family, and Lin Hao arrived at the Star Luo Imperial Capital, where he was told to change vehicles.

• Zhu Zhuqing summoned the Zhu Family’s leaders and Zhu Zhuyun, then identified their captive as Dai Fan Kun, a senior official of the Dai Family.
• Zhu Zhuyun and the others mutilated Dai Fan Kun and tortured him to death, believing they were proving their loyalty to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing told her family that Tian Yang had supplied resources to cultivate five Titled Douluo-level experts, which they could earn through missions.
• Tian Yang and Ma Xiaotao discussed using a double to impersonate Dai Fan Kun and controlling the envoy’s subordinates while they investigated the Dai Family.
• Lin Hao traveled to the Star Luo Imperial Capital and was instructed at the gate to leave his Soul Guidance automobile at Number Three Square.

Lin Hao arrived in the Star Luo Imperial Capital and accepted the Star Luo Emperor’s invitation to a palace banquet while investigating an Abyss plot against him and the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association. He reached the palace to meet the Emperor, with the planned Bloody Sacrifice still looming.

• Lin Hao entered the Imperial Capital in a new Soul Guidance carriage, drawing attention from its residents.
• The Star Luo Emperor learned of Lin Hao’s arrival and sent Yi Feng to invite him to a banquet.
• At the Star Luo Branch, Lin Hao reviewed reports and concluded the Abyss had bewitched soul masters and allied with the Dai Family to prepare a Bloody Sacrifice.
• Lin Hao accepted Yi Feng’s invitation and traveled with Yan Lingji and Lan Yun to the imperial palace.
• After changing carriages for inspection, Lin Hao reached the banquet palace, where the Star Luo Emperor waited to greet him.

Lin Hao visited the Star Luo Empire, where the Star Luo Emperor tried to curry favor and secure a way out for the Dai Family after its members allied with the Abyss. Lin Hao accepted the emperor’s gifts but remained intent on dealing with the Dai Family, while learning that the Tree of Life had appeared across the North Pole Land.

• The Star Luo Emperor personally welcomed Lin Hao and treated him with conspicuous deference, alarming his attendants.
• The Star Luo Emperor offered Lin Hao Tiger Blood Fruits and hoped his hospitality might preserve the Dai Family’s bloodline.
• Lin Hao accepted the fruit after Yi Qingwu confirmed it was safe, but privately resolved to eliminate the Dai Family once it no longer served a purpose.
• The Star Luo Emperor thanked the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association for Tu Shan Hong Hong’s mediation in the Star Luo Empire’s conflict with the Ice Crystal Wolf Clan over a Tree of Life.
• Lin Hao explained that the association had intervened to protect its own interests and reflected that Trees of Life had appeared throughout the North Pole Land more than a month earlier.

After the banquet, Lin Hao met Qiu Mu and other Abyss believers, who warned him that the Hundred Eyes God King and the Star Luo Imperial Family had set a trap for him in the Star Luo Imperial Capital. Lin Hao doubted their motives and suspected Lord Night Fiend had an ulterior plan.

• The Star Luo Emperor hinted that Lin Hao should be cautious and escorted him from the palace, while Yi Feng gave him gifts.
• Qiu Mu and other Abyss believers approached Lin Hao at the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association headquarters and asked to speak privately.
• Qiu Mu introduced himself as Lord Night Fiend's representative and warned that the Hundred Eyes God King planned to target the association to draw out Lord Snake God.
• Lin Hao challenged Qiu Mu's claims, questioning how the believers could evade the God Realm Committee and why Abyss followers would reveal the Dai Family's alleged alliance.
• Qiu Mu said Lord Night Fiend opposed the Hundred Eyes God King and wanted to spoil his plan, but Lin Hao suspected Night Fiend was using the warning to pursue his own aims.

Lin Hao learned that the Hundred Eyes God King planned to attack the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association as part of a larger Abyssal war against the God Realm. Qiu Mu revealed the locations of several infiltrated believers and handed Lin Hao a map of their network, while the gods’ descent remained seven days away.

• Qiu Mu told Lin Hao that the Hundred Eyes God King and three Evil Gods would send projections through altars during the Demonic Moon Sky Patrol seven days later.
• Qiu Mu explained that Abyssal gods planned a larger attack on the God Realm, and that Night Fiend would descend by projection six days later to discuss another plan.
• A contractor described Abyssal believers embedded in the Star Luo Imperial Clan Court, Imperial Palace Guard, and imperial consorts’ residences.
• Qiu Mu revealed that the Hundred Eyes God King had eight powerful contractors whose locations were unknown except for one in White Tiger City.
• Qiu Mu gave Lin Hao a map showing the believers’ distribution across the Star Luo Empire and their intended targets.

Lin Hao negotiated with Qiu Mu, who warned that four people would become vessels for Hundred Eyes God King in seven days. After Qiu Mu left, Lin Hao ordered a search for the cult’s agents and planned to bring the evidence to the God Realm, while Qiu Mu’s companions discussed Lin Hao’s influence.

• Qiu Mu told Lin Hao that four individuals would serve as vessels for Hundred Eyes God King and his gods seven days later.
• Lin Hao accepted Qiu Mu’s warning, promised to search the Star Luo Empire, and agreed to contact Lord Snake God.
• Yi Qingwu reported that Qiu Mu was a low-ranking contractor who knew little about the other agents, so Lin Hao ordered a sweep of the Douluo Continent, especially the Star Luo Empire and North Pole Land.
• Lin Hao instructed Yi Qingwu to send Cai Lin the details and evidence for Asura God and the God Realm Committee.
• After leaving, Qiu Mu’s companions complained about Lin Hao’s rudeness, while Qiu Mu pointed out that Lin Hao’s influence made him a powerful figure.

Qiu Mu’s group agreed to seek vessels and gather intelligence while cooperating with the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association, and Lin Hao received their report on Night Fiend. Lin Hao and Yan Lingji then went to the Dai Family competition, where a detection Soul Tool revealed that the Imperial Clan Court had become heavily corrupted.

• Qiu Mu divided his group between searching for vessels and gathering information on Hundred Eyes God King’s believers, and they agreed to help each other.
• Lin Hao and Yan Lingji discussed Night Fiend’s power and their plan to monitor the Evil Gods’ avatars while the God Realm fought Hundred Eyes God King.
• Lin Hao accepted the Star Luo Emperor’s invitation to the Dai Family’s internal competition and planned to capture Evil God believers hiding in the Imperial Clan Court.
• Lin Hao and Yan Lingji traveled to the Dai Family Clan Affairs Hall with Tian Yang and their guards.
• Lin Hao used Jiu You’s detection Soul Tool and found that the Imperial Clan Court had become far more corrupted since Yan Lingji’s inspection the previous day.

Lin Hao noticed a hostile contractor among the Imperial Guards on the way to the Dai Family clan assembly and used the man’s provocation to have Yi Fan intervene. As the Imperial Clan Court’s disciplinary officials were summoned, the contractor began to fear that his arrogant behavior had put him in danger.

• Yan Lingji offered to fight in place of Jiu You and Mandala, but Lin Hao refused, suspecting she wanted him to teach her a lesson.
• Lin Hao spotted a contractor in the Imperial Guards who met his gaze with open provocation, and Yan Lingji identified him as a member of the Right Clan Justice’s faction.
• Lin Hao stopped the carriage and told Yi Fan that the guard had shown hostility toward him.
• Yi Fan ordered Bei Bi to bring the guard squad over and sent Ni Jia to notify the Imperial Clan Court Disciplinary Hall.
• The contractor grew alarmed as he realized the summons might be connected to his behavior, though he tried to reassure himself that the Dai Family would protect him.

Yi Fan used Dai He's disrespect toward Lin Hao to make the incident an affront to the Star Luo Emperor, forcing Dai Du to act decisively. After Dai Du arrested Dai He, Yi Fan left his punishment to Lin Hao, surprising the Dai Family disciplinarian.

• Yi Fan decided to summon the Imperial Clan Court to protect the Dai Family member from the Emperor's direct intervention.
• Dai Du arrived with Ni Jia and the Disciplinary Hall, and the contractor Dai He grew fearful at the sight of him.
• Yi Fan accused Dai He of challenging the Emperor's palace attendant, framing his disrespect as an insult to the Emperor as well as Lin Hao.
• Dai Du struck Dai He with a Soul Skill, had him bound, and offered him up for punishment.
• Yi Fan declared that Lin Hao should decide Dai He's fate, leaving Dai Du stunned.

Yi Fan took Lin Hao and his companions to meet the Star Luo Emperor after arranging for Dai Du to detain Dai He. Lin Hao and Yan Lingji discussed the Dai Family’s ties to the Abyss and the possibility that its members were being prepared as vessels for Night Fiend, prompting Yan Lingji to investigate the family’s history.

• Yi Fan invoked the Star Luo Emperor’s authority to persuade Dai Du to take custody of Dai He, then left with Lin Hao for the Imperial Clan Court.
• Dai He was knocked unconscious again and dragged to the Imperial Clan Court Dungeon under Dai Du’s orders.
• Qiu Mu observed the incident and left to report that Lin Hao appeared to have a favorable arrangement with the Dai Family.
• Yi Fan brought Lin Hao and the others to a palace to wait while he informed the Star Luo Emperor.
• Lin Hao and Yan Lingji discussed the Abyssal traces among the Dai Family’s younger generation and the Chief of the Imperial Clan Court’s apparent alliance with the Abyss.
• Lin Hao explained that Qiu Mu had been watching Dai He as a possible vessel for Night Fiend, and Yan Lingji decided to investigate the Dai Family’s past.

Lin Hao met with the Star Luo Emperor as the Dai Family prepared for its clan gathering, where a growing rift between the Emperor and the Clan Chief became clear. Dai Mubai decided to challenge Lin Hao during the gathering, hoping victory would win the Imperial Clan Court’s support against Dai Weisi.

• Lin Hao exchanged pleasantries with the Star Luo Emperor, who apologized for Dai He’s matter, and Lin Hao let it pass.
• The Dai Family’s young disciples gathered for soul-power testing and ranking battles, while Dai Du worried that their God-Given Enhancement might be exposed.
• Dai Du argued with the Right Clan Justice over the Emperor’s arrival and criticized the Clan Chief, Dai Liumao, for refusing to welcome him.
• The Star Luo Emperor arrived with Lin Hao, and Dai Du realized the Clan Chief was exposing the Dai Family’s internal conflict to preserve room for both sides.
• Dai Mubai resented Lin Hao and planned to challenge him in the free challenge stage to gain the Imperial Clan Court’s backing against Dai Weisi.

Lin Hao confronted the Right Clan Justice before the Star Luo Emperor opened the Dai Family Clan Assembly Competition. As Soul Power testing began, Zhu Zhuqing investigated the Dai Family’s recent changes and learned that Dai Lian’er had gained four ranks.

• Lin Hao exposed the Right Clan Justice’s hostility, and Dai Liumao forced him to apologize before the Star Luo Emperor began the competition.
• The examiner started testing the young Dai Family members, using a tampered Testing Crystal to conceal the strength they had gained from God-given Blessings.
• Zhu Zhuyun noticed Dai Mubai’s hostile fixation on Dai Weisi and realized why Zhu Zhuqing disliked him.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Zhu Zhuyun she had come partly to understand why Dai Lian’er had stopped seeking her favor and mainly to investigate changes within the Dai Family.
• Dai Lian’er tested at Soul Power Rank 22, four ranks higher than her previous result.

Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun discussed the Dai Family’s rapid progress and suspected the Clan Decree Faction controlled a new cultivation method. Dai Weisi tested at level 36, and Zhu Zhuyun suggested asking Senior about the method and taking a share.

• Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing reasoned that the Dai Family’s recent gains likely came from a method other than the Innate Soul Power Pill.
• Zhu Zhuyun promised to keep Zhu Zhuqing’s secrets and said she would probe Dai Weisi for information.
• Dai Weisi tested at Soul Power level 36, three levels higher than at the previous test.
• The Star Luo Emperor credited Dai Weisi’s progress to the association’s Innate Soul Power Pills, while Lin Hao praised him.
• Zhu Zhuqing concluded that the Clan Decree Faction likely controlled the method, and Zhu Zhuyun proposed asking Senior about it.

Zhu Zhuqing persuaded Zhu Zhuyun to help with family affairs while they waited for Senior’s next move. At the Dai Family Clan Gathering, Dai Weisi learned that the Zhu Family might support him through Zhu Zhuyun and considered approaching her after the gathering.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Zhu Zhuyun to help handle family affairs, and Zhu Zhuyun agreed to take on only miscellaneous matters.
• Dai Weisi watched the Testing Crystal results and realized he could not catch up to the gains made by the Imperial Clan Court’s trainees in the short term.
• Dai Weisi told his followers that he had been distracted by seeing Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing talking harmoniously.
• A follower said the Zhu Family planned to ask Zhu Zhuqing to withdraw from the competition and intended to support Zhu Zhuyun instead.
• Dai Weisi learned Zhu Zhuyun had visited him while he was in seclusion, forgave his followers for not reporting it, and gave them his remaining cultivation resources.

At the Dai Family Clan Assembly, Dai Mubai surprised everyone by revealing that his Soul Power had risen to Level 23, despite being only a little over eight years old. His sudden strength left Dai Weisi wondering whether the Star Luo Emperor had secretly helped him, while his followers looked to the Emperor for clues.

• Dai Mubai waited until the end of the Soul Power testing, confident that his recent fortuitous opportunity had made him strong enough to attract the Imperial Clan Court's attention.
• Dai Mubai placed his hand on the Testing Crystal and poured his Soul Power into it before the watching Dai Family and guests.
• The Testing Crystal displayed Dai Mubai's Soul Power as Level 23, shocking the training ground because he had been Level 13 only half a year earlier.
• Dai Weisi suspected that the Star Luo Emperor might have helped Dai Mubai, but his followers pointed out that the Emperor appeared just as surprised as everyone else.

Dai Mubai’s sudden ten-level increase shocked the Star Luo Empire and sparked suspicions about the Imperial Clan Court and Heaven and Earth Commerce Association. After the Star Luo Emperor accepted the test results, Dai Mubai asked permission to challenge Lin Hao.

• Dai Weisi concluded that Dai Mubai was out of the succession and ordered his followers to keep watch while preventing him from cooperating with Second Child.
• Dai Du and the Imperial Clan Court’s leaders denied causing Dai Mubai’s change, and the Star Luo Emperor briefly suspected the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association.
• Lin Hao cited Ling Ji’s assessment that Dai Mubai’s cultivation was stable and said he must have encountered a great opportunity.
• The Star Luo Emperor confirmed that the Testing Crystal showed no abnormalities, and the examiner announced that Dai Mubai had reached Soul Power level 23 after gaining ten levels.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing decided that the Dai Family had obtained a method they wanted to acquire.
• Dai Mubai asked the Star Luo Emperor for permission to challenge Lin Hao in the next round.

At the Dai Family Clan Gathering, Dai Mubai challenged Lin Hao but was cowed by Lin Hao’s martial soul pressure and apologized. Watching the gathering confirmed Lin Hao’s resolve to destroy the Dai Family, and afterward the Star Luo Emperor invited him to a banquet.

• Dai Mubai challenged Lin Hao, prompting the Star Luo Emperor to apologize for his son’s rudeness.
• Lin Hao revealed his Ice Fire Mysterious Dragon Blade and four soul rings, overwhelming Dai Mubai with his aura until the prince collapsed and withdrew the challenge.
• Lin Hao advised the Star Luo Emperor to temper Dai Mubai’s character, and the emperor ordered his son to thank Lin Hao and apologize.
• The Star Luo Emperor announced the next gathering stage, where participants outside the top fifty could challenge those inside it.
• After watching the Dai Family Disciples compete, Lin Hao resolved to destroy the clan, which he considered frighteningly ruthless.
• The Star Luo Emperor invited Lin Hao to a banquet and brought Dai Mubai to apologize again.

Lin Hao took the unconscious Dai He away, while the Dai Family leaders learned that an unknown Abyssal god had intervened in the Third Prince’s transformation. Qiu Mu and the other Night Fiend contractors discussed Dai Mubai’s exposure and decided to avoid clashing with Lin Hao and the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association.

• Lin Hao accepted Dai He from Yi Fan and left with his men, while Dai Du and the Right Clan Justice regretted that they had failed to save him.
• Dai Du and the Right Clan Justice told Yi Fan that a god from the Abyss had likely caused the Third Prince’s changes, and that they could not contact the Hundred Eyes God King or his envoy.
• Qiu Mu learned that Dai Mubai had revealed his unusual strength to Lin Hao and the Dai Family leaders, potentially exposing Lord Night Fiend’s intervention.
• The buxom woman explained that Dai Mubai was a suitable host for Lord Night Fiend and that he had already accepted the god’s power.
• Qiu Mu and the other contractors discussed the Dai Family’s divided loyalties and resolved to avoid provoking Lin Hao or the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association.

Qiu Mu and the others reaffirmed their cautious stance toward Lin Hao and the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association, while two City Guards secretly discussed the failed plot to turn the Dai Family against the Association. Their conversation revealed that one guard had been abusing a divine token to impersonate the Star Luo Emperor and that their group was prioritizing the God King's descent over further scheming.

• Qiu Mu and the others decided to maintain their previous stance toward Lin Hao until Night Fiend's talks with the Snake God concluded.
• Two City Guards escorting Lin Hao blamed Number One's mistake for ruining a plan to provoke Dai He and push the Dai Family against the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association.
• One guard revealed that a token from Envoy Sir let him impersonate people and that he had used it to visit the Star Luo Emperor's consorts.
• The cautious guard explained that Envoy Sir wanted to avoid exposing their agents and focus on welcoming Lord God King's descent.
• The guards at the rear crashed into the men ahead when the escort suddenly stopped.

Lin Hao arrived at the Star Luo Branch with Yan Lingji and was assigned Ma Baoguo’s squad to guard the headquarters. Two Contractors in the squad feared Lin Hao had recognized them and tried to secure leave, but Ma Baoguo refused, leaving them trapped near the man they dreaded.

• The guard captain ordered Ma Baoguo and his squad to protect the area around the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association and then accompanied them to Lin Hao’s carriage.
• Lin Hao arrived at the Star Luo Branch with Yan Lingji, and the captain introduced Ma Baoguo as the squad leader assigned to guard him.
• Lin Hao’s glances alarmed the two Contractors, who feared he had detected them and kept quiet until he entered the headquarters.
• Ma Baoguo assigned patrol duties and told the squad to remain vigilant while Lin Hao stayed at the branch.
• The two Contractors asked Ma Baoguo for leave to attend blind dates, but he refused, and they worried that Lin Hao’s people would soon come for them.