Chapter Summaries

Tang San encountered the Asura Demonic Sword while seeking a Sixth Soul Ring, and its power resonated with him, marking the start of his inheritance from the Asura God. He left Tang Hao to hunt a more suitable Soul Beast while Ye Wen continued researching the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King.

• Tang Hao and Tang San traveled to a nearby Soul Hunting Forest, where Tang San explained that he had obtained his Fifth Soul Ring from a Thunder-Attribute Soul Beast in the City of Slaughter.
• Tang San prepared to absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast's ring, but the Asura Demonic Sword appeared and resonated with his Clear Sky Hammer and Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• The Asura Demonic Sword vanished after enveloping Tang San in red light, and a sword-shaped mark briefly appeared on his forehead.
• Tang San told Tang Hao that the Soul Beast was unsuitable and directed him toward a forty-thousand-year Azure Thunder Dragonwood, resolving to inherit the divine position for himself.
• The Asura God watched Tang San's encounter and urged him not to disappoint, while Ye Wen continued experimenting on the dormant Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King at Heavenly Path Academy.

Ye Wen assessed the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King, then reviewed the Holy Soul Empire’s position and plans for governing and developing the nation. The chapter left him preparing to cultivate the next generation while Bibi Dong led the empire.

• Ye Wen studied the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King, froze it as a specimen, and gained insight for his future cultivation.
• Ye Wen observed Bibi Dong directing the Holy Soul Imperial Palace and noted Spirit Hall’s peak influence in the Holy Soul Empire.
• Ye Wen judged the Great Emperor of the White Tiger’s oppressive policies and reviewed intelligence about Dai Mubai, who had become an adventurer under Flender’s guidance.
• Ye Wen decided to guide the Holy Soul Empire from behind the scenes and support Bibi Dong’s rule.
• Ye Wen outlined plans to eradicate slavery and human trafficking, distribute land to commoners, reward founding officials with fiefs, and cultivate the next generation.

Ye Wen recruited the Merfolk Race to investigate corruption within the Holy Soul Empire and personally led the effort to put dishonest subordinates in line. The merfolk began their operations, leaving corrupt officials afraid as Ye Wen showed them no mercy.

• Bibi Dong ordered Ye Wen to help enforce the plan because the empire lacked manpower and some subordinates had begun acting improperly.
• Ye Wen revised his plan and summoned Hait and three hundred merfolk with Mind-Reading Ability to the Holy Soul Imperial Capital.
• Ye Wen explained the mission to root out corrupt officials and equipped the merfolk with special Soul Tools for concealment and communication.
• Ye Wen trained the naive merfolk to identify offenders and report cases beyond their ability to handle.
• The merfolk began investigating across the empire, and corrupt officials panicked as Ye Wen vowed to punish them.

Ye Wen planned grassroots reforms for the Holy Soul Empire, believing better health, nutrition, housing, and education would help more commoners awaken as soul masters. He introduced a literacy campaign and designed village housing and hygiene measures, leaving the reforms to be carried out over several years.

• Ye Wen concluded that martial soul inheritance depended on both cultivation and vital essence, while Innate Soul Power was affected by living conditions and diet.
• Ye Wen issued the Holy Soul Empire Literacy Plan, offering soul masters five Silver Soul Coins monthly to teach villagers and special rewards to top performers.
• Ye Wen chose round Hakka-style Walled Village Houses to concentrate villagers and make administration and protection easier.
• Ye Wen planned to pair the housing changes with Hygiene Regulations and use the reforms to improve living conditions and stimulate domestic demand.

Ye Wen oversaw rural housing and road construction across the Holy Soul Empire, then began planning how to rebuild the City of Slaughter as a source of Evil Power for Bibi Dong. He left with the idea of creating a purgatory that would torment prisoners and lead them to believe in the Rakshasa God.

• Ye Wen inspected the first Walled Village Houses and ordered the construction official to supervise the project while maintaining their quality.
• Ye Wen began repairing the Holy Soul Empire’s main roads with cement and relied on Inspection Teams to deter corruption and shoddy work.
• After the ruins of the City of Slaughter were cleared, Ye Wen considered how to rebuild the site without restoring it as the Asura God’s pure land.
• Ye Wen decided to transform the City of Slaughter into a purgatory that would use prisoners’ negative emotions to nourish Bibi Dong’s Evil Power and inspire belief in the Rakshasa God.

Ye Wen rebuilt the City of Slaughter as the City of Purgatory, imprisoning the worst criminals and sealing away their Soul Power. The surge in Power of Faith helped him break through toward becoming a Second-Level God, and Bibi Dong approved of his plan.

• Ye Wen established the City of Purgatory as a place where heinous criminals would be punished and made to contribute their remaining value.
• Ye Wen sealed the prisoners’ Soul Power and imprisoned 1,314 carefully selected criminals in the City of Purgatory.
• Ye Wen realized his newly resolved state of mind had helped him break through the barrier to becoming a Second-Level God.
• Bibi Dong sensed a surge of Power of Faith from the City of Slaughter, and Ye Wen explained that he had turned it into the City of Purgatory.
• Bibi Dong agreed that the criminals deserved the punishment, and Ye Wen reassured her that he had not acted immorally.

Bibi Dong became pregnant with Ye Wen’s child after the two spent the day together in the main hall. Ye Wen named their unborn son Ye Tianhun and promised to take over government affairs, though the chapter ended with the pair resuming their intimacy.

• Bibi Dong’s faith cultivation advanced rapidly, and she pulled Ye Wen into an intimate encounter in the sealed main hall.
• Lan Lan arrived to report on work, realized what was happening, and waited outside while handling documents.
• After the encounter, Bibi Dong revealed that she was pregnant and said she believed the child was a boy.
• Ye Wen suggested the name Ye Tianhun, explaining its connection to Bibi Dong, their history, and Martial Souls.
• Ye Wen promised to handle government affairs while Bibi Dong was pregnant, then the two began another intimate encounter.

Five years after the Holy Soul Empire was founded, Ye Wen’s reforms had transformed the empire and his family had welcomed a fourth child. As the empire prepared for conflict, the Great Emperor of the White Tiger and Tang Xiao struggled to understand its strength and methods.

• The Asura God resented Bibi Dong and Ye Wen and secretly used his Power of Faith to strengthen Tang San within the rules.
• Over five years, the Holy Soul Empire introduced an easy-to-learn writing system, expanded literacy, and improved agriculture, while Ye Wen and Bibi Dong welcomed their son Ye Tianhun.
• Ye Wen reshaped Ye Tianhun’s bloodline and created his Purgatory Demonic Scythe martial soul, while the boy also inherited Ye Wen’s Sea God as his second martial soul.
• The Great Emperor of the White Tiger studied the Holy Soul Empire’s growing preparations and questioned why it invested so much in commoners and infrastructure.
• Tang Xiao, whose strength had reached the peak of Rank 97, could not explain the Holy Soul Empire’s methods, and the Great Emperor of the White Tiger remained unable to uncover how its roads and reforms worked.

Ye Wen prepared the Holy Soul Empire’s forces for war with Star Luo, then sent Huo Rui and the Ten Outstanding to declare war at Jialing Pass. The Great Emperor of the White Tiger rejected surrender after learning that the Holy Soul Empire also demanded the Clear Sky Sect’s people.

• Ye Wen reviewed Star Luo’s defenses and organized the Holy Soul Empire’s command, assigning Dao Ba as Vanguard General and Huo Rui to lead the advance party.
• Huo Rui and the Ten Outstanding approached Jialing Pass, where the Great Emperor of the White Tiger and Tang Xiao watched them arrive.
• The Great Emperor of the White Tiger tried to persuade Huo Rui to withdraw, but she revealed that she and her companions were Titled Douluo.
• After an official panicked at the display, the Great Emperor of the White Tiger killed him for undermining the army’s morale.
• Huo Rui declared war and offered peace if the Great Emperor of the White Tiger surrendered, then revealed that the Holy Soul Empire also demanded the Clear Sky Sect’s people.
• The Great Emperor of the White Tiger refused to surrender and mocked Bibi Dong’s conditions.

The Great Emperor of the White Tiger and Tang Xiao prepared the Star Luo Empire and Clear Sky Sect for battle against the Holy Soul Empire, planning to use soldiers to weaken its Titled Douluo. Ye Wen watched their preparations through a surveillance Soul Tool and condemned the Great Emperor’s willingness to sacrifice civilians.

• Huo Rui led her junior brothers and sisters back to the Holy Soul Empire’s camp after the Great Emperor of the White Tiger refused to surrender.
• Tang Xiao pledged the Clear Sky Sect’s loyalty to the Star Luo Empire, and he and the Great Emperor planned to exhaust the enemy’s Titled Douluo before the Clear Sky Sect attacked.
• The Great Emperor threatened the generals into obedience, executed one who urged surrender, and issued ruthless battle plans.
• Tang Xiao summoned the Clear Sky Sect elders to Jialing Pass and warned them not to underestimate the Holy Soul Empire’s Ten Heroes.
• Ye Wen watched the Star Luo Empire’s preparations through his high-altitude surveillance Soul Tool and denounced the Great Emperor’s plan to use civilians as fodder.

Ye Wen's forces thwarted the Star Luo Empire's pre-dawn surprise attack by using Dugu Xin's mild paralyzing poison and Chen Youyu's wind skill against its civilian cannon fodder. The Great Emperor of the White Tiger then sent the elite Hundred Beasts Legion to attack, as Huo Rui and the others prepared to meet them.

• Ye Wen detected the approaching civilian cannon fodder and ordered Dugu Xin and Chen Youyu to carry out their plan.
• Dugu Xin released a mild paralyzing poison while Chen Youyu's Following Wind swept it over the advancing army, stopping the civilians without killing them.
• The Great Emperor of the White Tiger blamed his generals for the failed surprise attack and ordered the Hundred Beasts Legion to advance.
• Huo Rui and the others waited at the front of Ye Wen's army, conserving their strength for the incoming attack.

Dongfang Jiaojiao illuminated the battlefield, and Mighty Lion Douluo overwhelmed the Hundred Beasts Legion before Dugu Xin subdued its soldiers. The Great Emperor of the White Tiger then sent Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders to face the Holy Soul Empire, where Dao Ba charged ahead to meet them.

• Dongfang Jiaojiao used Blazing Sun to dispel the darkness and strengthen her allies as the Hundred Beasts Legion advanced.
• Mighty Lion Douluo suppressed the legion’s Beast Martial Soul soldiers with Beast King’s Dominion, and Ye Wen ordered Dugu Xin to immobilize and capture them.
• The Great Emperor of the White Tiger learned his frontline troops had failed, and Tang Xiao agreed to lead the Clear Sky Sect experts in a frontal assault.
• Tang Xiao warned the elders to cooperate as they set out, while Ye Wen detected ten powerful Soul Power signatures approaching.
• Dao Ba challenged the incoming Clear Sky Sect group and activated Berserk Battle Tyrant Body before unleashing Great Thunderbolt.

Dao Ba and Chen Youyu battled the Clear Sky Sect elders as the sect members tried to push farther inside. Dao Ba kept Tang Xiao occupied, while Chen Youyu wounded all nine elders with her Heavenly Wind Sword Technique.

• Dao Ba's lightning-laced slash forced the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Elders to detonate five Soul Rings each before they broke the attack, leaving the Seventh Elder paralyzed.
• Dao Ba challenged the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Xiao engaged him while ordering the other elders to capture the remaining Ten Outstanding.
• Chen Youyu arrived and reminded Dao Ba to keep the Clear Sky Sect blocked, then faced the nine elders herself.
• The Great Elder and the other elders failed to land a hit on Chen Youyu despite attacking together.
• Chen Youyu used Gentle Breeze Caress—Nine Consecutive Slashes to wound all nine elders, and the Great Elder tried to strike her again.

Tang Xiao detonated all nine of his Soul Rings to fight Dao Ba, but realized he could not defeat him and ordered the Clear Sky Sect elders to flee. Wang Bao then arrived and sealed the area inside his True Dragon Treasure Furnace, trapping them.

• Tang Xiao used his Martial Soul Avatar and detonated all nine Soul Rings to fight Dao Ba with the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Dao Ba matched Tang Xiao’s attack, leading Tang Xiao to realize Dao Ba had concealed his true strength during their earlier fight.
• Tang Xiao ordered the nine elders to escape and fought on to buy them time.
• Wang Bao arrived and used his True Dragon Treasure Furnace and ninth Soul Skill to seal the area within a massive golden furnace.
• The nine elders abandoned their escape plan and prepared to attack the furnace’s barrier together.

Wang Bao trapped the Clear Sky Sect elders in his True Dragon Treasure Furnace and defeated their strongest attacks. He began refining the elders as Tang Xiao fell to Dao Ba, leaving the Clear Sky Sect’s remaining members safe on Sea God Island.

• The nine Clear Sky Sect elders combined their power in Hammer Shakes the Heavens, but their strike failed to affect Wang Bao’s furnace wall.
• The Great Elder charged Wang Bao and discovered he was protected inside the True Dragon Treasure Furnace.
• The elders attacked Wang Bao together, but their Clear Sky Hammers could not penetrate his defenses, and their Ring Detonation enhancement faded.
• Wang Bao revealed that his disguised Ninth Soul Ring had a second effect and used Refine All Beings to ignite the furnace’s golden flames.
• The Great Elder detonated his remaining Soul Rings and gathered the elders under Clear Sky Body Protection, but the furnace’s heat overwhelmed them.
• Dao Ba slashed Tang Xiao to the ground, while Tang Xiao took comfort in having sent the rest of the Clear Sky Sect to Sea God Island.

Tang Hao and Tang San intervened just as the Clear Sky Sect elders were about to be defeated, forcing the Ten Outstanding to halt their advance. Tang San and Tang Hao withdrew after rescuing the elders, leaving Ye Wen and the White Tiger Emperor to reassess the battle.

• Dao Ba prepared to kill the defeated Tang Xiao, but Tang Hao and Tang San descended from the sky.
• Tang Hao shattered Wang Bao's True Dragon Treasure Furnace, wounded Wang Bao, and fought Dao Ba while Tang Xiao escaped toward the nine elders.
• Tang San confronted Chen Youyu and the Ten Outstanding with the Asura Demonic Sword, allowing the elders to retreat toward Jialing Pass.
• Huo Rui recognized the Asura Demonic Sword and stopped her companions from challenging Tang San, who was a peak Level 109 God Official.
• Tang Hao broke away from Dao Ba, and Tang San took him away as the two vanished from the battlefield.
• Ye Wen recalled Huo Rui and the others, while the White Tiger Emperor rejoiced that the Clear Sky Sect had survived and Tang San had returned.

Tang San’s arrival restored the Clear Sky Sect’s confidence, and the White Tiger Great Emperor named him a co-ruler to lead the coming war against the Holy Soul Empire. Ye Wen learned that Star Luo was gathering its main forces and planned to face Tang San personally the next day.

• Tang Hao revealed that Tang San had completed the Asura God Trials, and Tang San blasted the Seventh Elder through a wall after he complained that Tang San had not killed their enemies.
• The White Tiger Great Emperor apologized to the injured Clear Sky Sect members, praised Tang San, and granted him the title of One-Character Co-King.
• Tang San promised to make Spirit Hall history, and the White Tiger Great Emperor and his followers trusted that his strength would decide the war.
• Huo Rui asked Ye Wen how they would fight the next day, and Ye Wen decided to take the field himself because Tang San might have a Trump Card from the Asura God.
• Ye Wen told Huo Rui that Star Luo was gathering its main forces, including every Dai Family member capable of using the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Tang San confronted Ye Wen at Jialing Pass and urged him to surrender, unaware that Ye Wen had not been forced to serve Spirit Hall. As the gods watched from the God Realm, they discovered Rakshasa God had left after finding an inheritor; the chapter ended with Ye Wen calmly rejecting Tang San’s assumptions.

• Great Emperor of the White Tiger watched the Holy Soul Empire’s army gather below Jialing Pass as Tang San claimed he could kill them all in under thirty seconds.
• Ye Wen arrived with ten others, and Great Emperor of the White Tiger recognized him; Ye Wen warned the emperor to surrender or die.
• Tang San offered to preserve Heavenly Path Academy’s status if Ye Wen submitted, but Ye Wen replied that no one had threatened him.
• Poseidon noticed Rakshasa God was absent, and God King of Destruction explained that she had found an inheritor and left the God Realm.
• God King of Destruction told the gathered gods to follow the rules, while the others envied those able to leave their god positions behind.

Tang San attacked Ye Wen, who teleported them both away from Jialing Pass, while the Holy Soul Empire forces turned the battle against the Clear Sky Sect and Star Luo Empire. The Star Luo Empress and the other wives assassinated their husbands, and the fighting on the walls began without Tang San or Ye Wen present.

• Tang Hao angrily challenged Ye Wen, but Tang San stopped him and declared that he would kill Ye Wen and restore peace.
• Tang San charged Ye Wen with the Asura Demonic Sword, and Ye Wen used Divine Skill: Space Teleportation to take them both away.
• Dao Ba confronted Tang Hao and Tang Xiao while Huo Rui and the Holy Soul Empire forces prepared to attack the defenders at Jialing Pass.
• The Star Luo Empress and the other princes’ wives stabbed their husbands, revealing that they had secretly sided with the Holy Soul Empire.
• Huo Rui and the others stormed the city walls and fought the Clear Sky Sect; Dugu Xin and the Star Luo Empress watched after she thanked him for providing the poison.

The Holy Soul Empire crushed the Clear Sky Sect’s forces, and Dao Ba defeated Tang Xiao and Tang Hao. Ah Yu then confronted Tang Hao with the severed heads of the Clear Sky disciples on Sea God Island and blamed him for their child’s death and the sect’s destruction.

• The Holy Soul Empire defeated the Clear Sky Sect’s fighters and bound the survivors, while Tang Xiao and Tang Hao continued fighting Dao Ba.
• Dao Ba killed Tang Xiao and subdued Tang Hao, telling him that someone else had already claimed his life.
• Tang Hao mourned the fallen elders and took comfort in believing that the Clear Sky Sect’s bloodline survived on Sea God Island.
• Ah Yu arrived and showed Tang Hao the heads of all 362 Clear Sky disciples from Sea God Island.
• Ah Yu blamed Tang Hao for their child’s death and the sect’s ruin, leaving him pale and overwhelmed with guilt and despair.