Chapter Summaries

Bi Zihan escalated the Misty Rain Tower’s attacks on Star Luo nobles, betting that pressure on Dai Tianfeng would force the Star Luo Imperial Family to crack before it could find them. Thirteen days into the citywide lockdown, Dai Tianfeng still had not located the Misty Rain Tower, and its members had escaped another clash with his forces.

• Bi Zihan ordered another Misty Rain Tower decoy established and sent his people to attack nobles while sparing those with good reputations.
• Dai Tianfeng concluded that the Misty Rain Tower had four Titled Douluo and ordered Star Luo City sealed and searched, while dismissing the new tower as a decoy.
• Blaze set fire to a noble estate with her eighth soul skill, then fled; other attackers struck and withdrew in the same way.
• Spirit Hall agents fanned unrest among the nobles as the lockdown obstructed communication and the three sects secretly joined forces against the Misty Rain Tower.
• On the thirteenth day, Dai Tianfeng learned that repeated searches had found nothing and that Misty Rain Tower members had escaped a clash with his army.

Dai Tianfeng learned that three northern border villages had been massacred by suspected Evil Soul Masters and ordered the Star Luo Empire to lift martial law, seal the northern border, and negotiate with Misty Rain Tower. Bi Zihan accepted the negotiations at Misty Rain Tower and prepared to meet Dai Tianfeng with Demon Scythe.

• A noble official urged Dai Tianfeng to make peace with Misty Rain Tower, but Dai Tianfeng resisted seeking negotiations from a position of weakness.
• Osfer pressed Dai Tianfeng for news about Misty Rain Tower, and Dai Tianfeng received a report that three northern border villages had been massacred.
• Dai Tianfeng ordered the Star Luo City blockade lifted, the northern border sealed, and a peace meeting arranged at Misty Rain Tower, while summoning the White Tiger Sect, Wind Sword Sect, and Fire Leopard Sect.
• Osfer returned to the Martial Soul Main Hall and told Bi Zihan about the massacre and Dai Tianfeng's plans.
• Bi Zihan agreed to meet Dai Tianfeng at Misty Rain Tower and chose Demon Scythe to accompany him.

Dai Tianfeng met Bi Zihan at Misty Rain Tower to negotiate peace and proposed terms that would bring the tower under the Star Luo imperial family's influence. The chapter ended with Bi Zihan hearing Dai Tianfeng's offer to grant Misty Rain Tower resources and status in exchange for unconditional service.

• Dai Tianfeng went to Misty Rain Tower and waited for its leader to arrive.
• Bi Zihan entered with Demon Scythe and challenged Dai Tianfeng to state his bargaining terms.
• Dai Tianfeng demanded an explanation for the unrest and offered a Mimetic Cultivation Ground and permission to establish Misty Rain Tower in the empire.
• Bi Zihan demanded broader permission to establish branches, half the purged nobles' assets, fifty Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and other cultivation resources.
• Dai Tianfeng accepted Bi Zihan's demands but required Misty Rain Tower and its Titled Douluo to serve as guest elders for the imperial family, offering resources, status, and a ducal rank in return.

Bi Zihan signed Dai Tianfeng’s contract under the alias Jian Hen and invented a story about his origins to conceal his background. Dai Tianfeng arranged a spar with Dai Weisi and Zhu Yun to test him, and Bi Zihan accepted, confident they would learn nothing.

• Bi Zihan agreed that Misty Rain Tower would aid the Star Luo Imperial Family only with difficult matters, then signed Dai Tianfeng’s contract as Jian Hen.
• Dai Tianfeng concealed restrictive clauses in the contract, while Bi Zihan let them pass and promised an explanation for the imperial family and nobles.
• When Dai Tianfeng asked about his origins, Bi Zihan fabricated a story about a secluded sect, and Demon Scythe recognized the deception.
• Dai Tianfeng proposed a spar with Dai Weisi to investigate Bi Zihan’s martial soul and fighting style, but Bi Zihan initially declined.
• Dai Tianfeng ordered a guard to summon Dai Weisi and Zhu Yun, and Bi Zihan agreed to spar, confident that his background would remain hidden.

Bi Zihan faced Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun in a spar at Misty Rain Tower and defeated both without revealing his martial soul. Dai Tianfeng then urged the pair to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Hell White Tiger, to find out what Bi Zihan was hiding.

• Dai Tianfeng introduced Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun to Bi Zihan and arranged a friendly spar between them.
• Zhu Zhuyun attacked Bi Zihan with Hell Stab, but he dodged, seized her by the neck, and threw her aside without releasing his martial soul.
• Dai Tianfeng secretly told Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun to attack together, while Demon Scythe warned Bi Zihan about the order.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun attacked from both sides, but Bi Zihan struck Dai Weisi through his barrier and kicked Zhu Zhuyun away, damaging the tower.
• Dai Tianfeng offered to pay for the repairs and secretly instructed Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun to use Hell White Tiger.

Bi Zihan defeated Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger with his Sword of the Gods, then secured Dai Tianfeng’s support for Misty Rain Tower and an invitation to the imperial palace. He left to wander Star Luo City, reflecting that the streets felt dull without one person.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun transformed into the Hell White Tiger and attacked Bi Zihan, who caught its claw barehanded.
• Bi Zihan summoned the Sword of the Gods and used Immortal Slayer to shatter the Hell White Tiger, forcing Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun out of their fusion state.
• Dai Tianfeng questioned Bi Zihan about his invisible soul rings, and Bi Zihan claimed his sect had taught him to conceal them.
• Dai Tianfeng gave Bi Zihan a token granting free entry to the imperial palace, and Bi Zihan promised to deliver an explanation that night and visit the palace the next day.
• Demon Scythe warned Bi Zihan that the contract could harm Misty Rain Tower, but Bi Zihan dismissed the concern and walked into Star Luo City.

Bi Zihan had Demon Scythe deliver two Evil Soul Masters’ corpses to the Star Luo Imperial Palace as an explanation, while Dai Tianfeng considered how to win over the Misty Rain Tower and Jian Hen. The next morning, Bi Zihan set out for the palace with Demon Scythe, confident he could leave safely if attacked.

• Bi Zihan ordered Demon Scythe to deliver two Evil Soul Masters’ corpses to the Star Luo Imperial Palace and tell Dai Tianfeng they were an explanation to the imperial family and nobility.
• Dai Tianfeng asked Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun about Jian Hen’s strength, then discussed how difficult it would be to recruit him; Dai Weisi suggested a political marriage with the Misty Rain Tower.
• A palace official reported the delivery of the corpses, and Dai Tianfeng declared that nobles had colluded with Evil Soul Masters and ordered the story spread.
• Dai Tianfeng told Dai Weisi that the Misty Rain Tower’s people would visit the palace the next day and that they should receive them properly.
• At dawn, Bi Zihan prepared to visit the Star Luo Imperial Palace, declined Demon Scythe’s offer to bring reinforcements, and said he could leave unharmed if attacked.

Bi Zihan met Dai Tianfeng at the Star Luo Imperial Palace to settle Misty Rain Tower’s reconstruction and expansion, while Dai Tianfeng proposed a marriage alliance. Bi Zihan rejected the proposal and agreed to inspect the new site for the tower.

• Bi Zihan entered the palace with Demon Scythe and met Dai Tianfeng, Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and the young Dai Mubai.
• Dai Tianfeng promised a ducal title, a new site for Misty Rain Tower, and imperial support for its branches in every city.
• Dai Tianfeng proposed strengthening their relationship through marriage, but Bi Zihan pretended he thought the princesses were intended for Demon Scythe.
• Dai Tianfeng clarified that he meant Bi Zihan, who refused and said he already loved someone and was preparing a betrothal gift that would take around ten years.
• Dai Tianfeng dropped the subject and invited Bi Zihan to inspect the site selected for Misty Rain Tower.

Bi Zihan inspected the site the Star Luo royal family had chosen for Misty Rain Tower and arranged for its rebuilding to be managed from the shadows. He then ordered Demon Scythe to watch Dai Mubai and revealed that he planned to infiltrate the Star Luo Imperial Palace alone for two years.

• Dai Tianfeng showed Bi Zihan, Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and Dai Mubai the land and Mimetic Cultivation Ground selected for Misty Rain Tower, and Bi Zihan approved the site while insisting his own people handle construction.
• Dai Mubai asked Dai Tianfeng for help obtaining a soul ring, but Dai Tianfeng told him to use his guards; Dai Weisi warned him to be careful in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Dai Mubai rejected his concern.
• After leaving with Demon Scythe, Bi Zihan ordered him to watch the palace and report as soon as Dai Mubai left.
• Bi Zihan instructed Ghost Leopard, Demon Bear, Jade, Blaze, Yang Wushuang, Lor Diarra, Lu Zheng, and Ye Ming to help build and secretly control Misty Rain Tower while Demon Scythe arranged its public management.
• Bi Zihan told the group he would infiltrate the Star Luo Imperial Palace and remain there for two years, then began drawing Misty Rain Tower's blueprints.

Bi Zihan agreed to enter the Star Luo Imperial Palace with Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear protecting him from the shadows, then waited outside for Dai Mubai. When Dai Mubai slipped out of the palace at night, Bi Zihan followed and realized Dai Weisi’s subordinates were also tracking him to eliminate him.

• Bi Zihan accepted Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear’s offer to accompany him into the palace, warning them not to act rashly or expose themselves.
• Bi Zihan handed Jade the Misty Rain Tower plans, gave instructions for handling urgent matters, and changed into plain clothes.
• Bi Zihan went to the palace gates with Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear concealed nearby while Demon Scythe monitored the palace.
• Dai Mubai secretly evaded the palace guards and left the palace alone late at night.
• Bi Zihan followed Dai Mubai toward the outskirts of Star Luo City and noticed several other people tracking him, likely acting on Dai Weisi’s orders.

Bi Zihan followed Dai Mubai’s pursuers into the forest and ordered Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear to kill them while sparing Dai Mubai. He then used his second soul skill to draw Dai Mubai into an illusion, but a powerful tiger spirit shattered it and entered Bi Zihan’s Consciousness Sea.

• Seven Star Luo Empire experts confronted Dai Mubai as he fled the palace, while Bi Zihan secretly followed them.
• Bi Zihan ordered Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear to kill Dai Mubai’s pursuers, and the two assassins quickly dispatched the seven experts.
• Dai Mubai escaped toward the Star Dou Great Forest after realizing his pursuers had vanished.
• Bi Zihan used Evil Seduction to trap Dai Mubai in an illusion of victory or death, but red, blue, and gold light shattered the illusion.
• A three-eyed winged tiger entered Bi Zihan’s Consciousness Sea and confronted him for trying to control its chosen person.

The Slaughtering Angel subdued the million-year Evil Eye Saint King inside Bi Zihan’s Spiritual Sea and made it guard the gate. When Bi Zihan asked how to stop the Six-Winged Angel pattern on his arm from disrupting his sword intent, she said she had no solution while trapped in the Spiritual Sea.

• The Evil Eye Saint King tried to escape the Spiritual Sea, but the Slaughtering Angel pinned it to the gates with her Cross Spear.
• The Evil Eye Saint King attacked with its million-year spiritual power, but the Slaughtering Angel destroyed the attack and absorbed its power.
• The Slaughtering Angel spared the Evil Eye Saint King from death and chained it to the Cross Spear to guard the gate.
• The Slaughtering Angel and the Twelve-Winged Angel clashed briefly, then withdrew their auras without resolving their stalemate.
• Bi Zihan asked the Slaughtering Angel how to stop the Six-Winged Angel pattern from shattering his sword intent, and she said she could not help while unable to leave the Spiritual Sea.

Bi Zihan captured the Evil Eye Saint King in his Consciousness Sea and used his second soul skill to control Dai Mubai. After returning with Dai Mubai to the Star Luo Imperial Palace, he observed the palace and encountered a mysterious little girl at Dai Mubai’s residence.

• Bi Zihan left the Evil Eye Saint King chained to guard the entrance of his Consciousness Sea.
• Bi Zihan used Evil Seduction to control Dai Mubai and waited until he woke the next morning.
• Dai Mubai accepted Bi Zihan’s explanation and returned to the Star Luo Imperial Palace with him.
• Dai Weisi saw Dai Mubai return unharmed and decided to investigate what had happened the previous night.
• Bi Zihan followed Dai Mubai to his palace, where they encountered a little girl who examined Bi Zihan with puzzlement.

Bi Zihan’s disguise as Dai Mubai became flawless while Misty Rain Tower grew powerful under its alliance with the Star Luo Empire. After killing someone in the Third Prince’s palace, Bi Zihan sent Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear to dispose of the corpse and prepare their people to wait in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Zhu Zhuqing visited Dai Mubai and kept admiring Bi Zihan’s handsome face, but she declined Dai Mubai’s invitation to stay and left the palace.
• Dai Tianfeng granted Misty Rain Tower permission to establish branches across the Star Luo Empire and named Jian Hen a duke, while the tower’s Titled Douluo became imperial guest elders.
• Misty Rain Tower’s alliance with the Star Luo Imperial Family and its four Titled Douluo spread across the continent, raising the tower’s standing among major powers.
• Over six months, Bi Zihan mastered Dai Mubai’s mannerisms, and Misty Rain Tower gained support from most Free Soul Masters in the Star Luo Empire.
• Bi Zihan used his Twelve-Winged Fallen Angel External Soul Bone to disguise himself as Dai Mubai after killing someone in the Third Prince’s palace.
• Bi Zihan ordered Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear to dispose of the corpse and have their people wait in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Bi Zihan set out for the Star Dou Great Forest while maintaining his plans in the Star Luo Empire. After he told Zhu Zhuqing that he had sent Xiao Han to the deadly Misty Trace Grand Canyon, she left in anger, and Bi Zihan’s carriage departed under secret protection.

• Bi Zihan ordered the guards to prepare for a journey to the Star Dou Great Forest and reflected on his plans to secure influence in the Star Luo Empire.
• A guard told Bi Zihan that Zhu Zhuqing had come looking for Xiao Han, and Bi Zihan said he had sent Xiao Han to Misty Trace Grand Canyon.
• Zhu Zhuqing confronted Bi Zihan at the carriage over sending Xiao Han to the dangerous canyon, then left the palace.
• Ghost Leopard went ahead toward the Star Dou Great Forest while Demon Bear secretly followed the procession to protect Bi Zihan.
• Inside the carriage, Bi Zihan’s white chess piece shattered as a white piece completed chains around the black pieces on his imagined board, and he looked outside in a certain direction.

Bi Zihan and Demon Bear investigated a village near Jiuhua City after Bi Zihan detected a faint smell of blood. They found the villagers and Spirit Hall officials dead, but the killers were gone.

• A black-robed figure killed a Spirit Hall bishop in a village outside Jiuhua City and urged the others to hurry with their mission.
• Bi Zihan detected a faint scent of blood as his group passed the village and signaled Demon Bear to investigate.
• Demon Bear chose to stay near Bi Zihan and did not investigate, so Bi Zihan took his group to an inn in Jiuhua City.
• Bi Zihan left the inn in disguise and confronted Demon Bear, who admitted he had not investigated the village.
• Bi Zihan and Demon Bear returned to the village and found corpses throughout it, including a bishop and seven deacons from Spirit Hall.

Bi Zihan investigated a slaughtered village, then traveled with guards into the Star Dou Great Forest while disguised as Dai Mubai. There, both his group and a black-robed figure’s followers discovered each other and decided to strike first.

• Bi Zihan and Demon Bear found that Evil Soul Masters had slaughtered every living thing in a village, then left the matter to the Martial Soul Main Hall.
• Bi Zihan disguised himself as Dai Mubai and led the guards toward the Star Dou Great Forest, remaining vigilant as they entered its mixed zone.
• A black-robed figure learned that two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the mixed zone had taken human form and ordered her followers to attack the other people they had detected.
• Ghost Leopard sensed a group of Evil Soul Masters nearby and decided to eliminate them before they could interfere with his plans.

Bi Zihan and his group were ambushed in the fog by a powerful Evil Soul Master with a Dark Phoenix martial soul. Bi Zihan fought her in the air, gradually fell behind, and was offered a place among her allies.

• Dense white fog filled the mixed zone, and black feathers killed most of the guards while the attacker seized the guard captain.
• Bi Zihan revealed his Twelve-Winged Fallen Angel martial soul and faced the black-robed Soul Sage, whose Dark Phoenix had seven soul rings.
• Bi Zihan and the attacker exchanged blows, and his Hell Annihilation Kill clashed with her Dark Wind Wing Slash.
• Bi Zihan and the black-robed figure continued fighting in the air, where her greater Soul Power slowly gave her the advantage.
• The black-robed figure praised Bi Zihan's strength and offered him a position in her group.

Bi Zihan rejected the black-robed woman’s offer and fought her, leaving both of them badly wounded. As he tried to escape, a wounded man arrived and urged her to retreat, but she ordered him to kill Bi Zihan.

• The black-robed woman offered Bi Zihan a position in her organization, but he refused and attacked her with his sword intent and Seven Deadly Sins Domain.
• Bi Zihan’s greatsword broke through the woman’s defenses and injured her, but he exhausted his Soul Power and fled.
• Bi Zihan switched to the Rakshasa Demon Scythe and wounded the pursuing woman, while her spatial attack pierced his right shoulder.
• A wounded man appeared, knocked away Bi Zihan’s scythes, and carried the woman as he urged her to retreat.
• The woman ordered the man to kill Bi Zihan.

Bi Zihan was struck down by a powerful attacker and lost consciousness in the Star Dou Great Forest. Three days later, he awoke in a cabin cared for by a hundred-thousand-year soul beast whose human form matched his mother, Bibi Dong, and recognized the young Xiao Wu.

• A spear-wielding man blasted Bi Zihan away with blood-red energy and escaped with a woman, leaving Bi Zihan unconscious from his injuries and depleted Soul Power.
• Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear drove back a black-robed man until another attacker rescued him, then ordered Spirit Hall members to search the forest for Bi Zihan.
• Three days later, Bi Zihan woke in a cabin and mistook the woman who had saved him for his mother, Bibi Dong.
• Bi Zihan used the Divine Punishment Heavenly Eye to discover that the woman was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form, and she explained that she had modeled her appearance on a human she once saved.
• After drinking the medicine the woman prepared, Bi Zihan saw Xiao Wu enter the cabin carrying radishes and recognized her true identity.