Chapter Summaries

Lu Jun found Leng Yaozhu gravely injured and used his power to purge Qiangu Dieting’s Soul Power and stabilize her condition. Leng Yaozhu explained that the Qiangu Family had ambushed her to suppress the Leng Family’s rising influence and prevent Lu Jun from becoming Spirit Pagoda Tower Master.

• Lu Jun entered Leng Yaozhu’s office and found her injured, with Leng Yulai and Ha Luosa beside her.
• Lu Jun destroyed the invasive Soul Power in Leng Yaozhu’s arm, then used his Ice Element power to heal her injuries.
• Leng Yaozhu told Lu Jun that Qiangu Dieting had attacked her and had cultivation near the godhood threshold.
• Leng Yaozhu explained that the Qiangu Family feared Lu Jun might become Tower Master and had been suppressing the Leng Family.
• Leng Yaozhu said Qiangu Dongfeng had reached the quasi-god realm and joined Qiangu Dieting in ambushing her.

Lu Jun comforted Leng Yaozhu and promised to deal with the Thousand Ancient Family, then set out with Ha Luosa. On the way, he learned that Douluo Star’s evolution could soon break the Rank 99 barrier and asked how he could meet Huo Yuhao.

• Leng Yaozhu blamed herself for failing to protect her friend, but Lu Jun and Ha Luosa reassured her and discussed the Federation’s role in Spirit Pagoda’s troubles.
• Lu Jun called Leng Yaozhu “Teacher,” helping her relax, and promised to handle what came next.
• Lu Jun told Leng Yulai to care for her sister and left with Ha Luosa to visit the Thousand Ancient Family; Leng Yaozhu teased Leng Yulai about her changed appearance and suspected romance.
• Lu Jun asked Ha Luosa about Douluo Star’s condition, and Ha Luosa explained that planetary evolution could soon let Soul Masters break past Rank 99.
• Lu Jun asked Ha Luosa whether he could arrange a meeting with Huo Yuhao.

Ha Luosa explained that Huo Yuhao had spent ten thousand years using his life to sustain Douluo Star’s protective barrier and was close to perishing. Lu Jun reached the Thousand Ancient Family estate and loudly summoned Qiangu Dieting, setting the family on high alert.

• Ha Luosa told Lu Jun that Huo Yuhao’s divine body and most of his Spiritual Power were merged with the barrier, leaving only a wisp of soul flame and an intact Soul Core.
• Lu Jun and Ha Luosa arrived at the Thousand Ancient Family estate outside Mingdu.
• The guards confronted Lu Jun, but his command forced them back, and their captain raised the alarm.
• Lu Jun called for Qiangu Dieting with a roar that shook the estate and woke its residents.

Lu Jun attacked the Thousand Ancient Family estate with Ha Luosa, overwhelming its defenders with his Spiritual Power and leaving the Third Elder gravely injured. Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting appeared to confront him, and Qiangu Dongfeng challenged his right to invade.

• Lu Jun arrived at the Thousand Ancient Family gates with Ha Luosa, drawing guards and armed Soul Tools into defensive formations.
• Lu Jun unleashed a Spirit Shock that disabled the guards and Soul Tools and sent the Third Elder crashing into the crowd.
• Lu Jun told the frightened defenders that he would spare them because they could serve as fighting forces against the Crimson Realm.
• Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting appeared and broke through some of Lu Jun's suppression.
• Qiangu Dongfeng accused Lu Jun of disregarding the Thousand Ancient Family's foundation and demanded to know what gave him the nerve to attack.

Lu Jun mocked Qiangu Dongfeng for coveting Leng Yaozhu, then sent him flying with a single strike of Ultimate Ice. Qiangu Dieting joined forces with his injured son to attack Lu Jun, leaving their confrontation poised to escalate.

• Lu Jun taunted Qiangu Dongfeng about his obsession with Leng Yaozhu and ridiculed his age and family.
• Lu Jun formed a palm of Ultimate Ice and struck Qiangu Dongfeng, sending him crashing through buildings and leaving him severely injured.
• Qiangu Dieting challenged Lu Jun and exerted his peak quasi-god pressure, but it vanished before reaching him.
• Qiangu Dongfeng urged Qiangu Dieting to join him in attacking Lu Jun, and his father agreed.
• Qiangu Dieting revealed nine blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and swung his Coiling Dragon Staff with Battle Heaven Fight Earth as Qiangu Dongfeng attacked from the other side.

Lu Jun copied Qiangu Dieting and Qiangu Dongfeng’s Coiling Dragon Staffs and used them to defeat both Limit Douluos, leaving the Thousand Ancient Family in terror. Federation Speaker Xu Tiandi arrived with law enforcement forces and fixed his attention on Lu Jun.

• Qiangu Dieting and Qiangu Dongfeng launched a combined killing strike against Lu Jun, but he stood unharmed and unmoved.
• Lu Jun said “Copy” and created two Ultimate Ice Coiling Dragon Staffs that replicated the pair’s weapons and attack.
• Qiangu Dieting and Qiangu Dongfeng tried to block the copied strike but were smashed into the ground, leaving their condition uncertain.
• Ha Luosa watched as the surviving Thousand Ancient Family members collapsed in fear at Lu Jun’s overwhelming power.
• The Federation Law Enforcement Team sealed off the area, and Speaker Xu Tiandi arrived and assessed Lu Jun.

Lu Jun confronted the Qiangu Family over their attack on Leng Yaozhu and demanded that Qiangu Dongfeng surrender the Spirit Pagoda Master position to her. When Qiangu Dongfeng refused, Lu Jun crushed him back into the ground with his Spiritual Power.

• A Federation delegation led by Xu Tiandi arrived, and Lu Jun said he had come to demand compensation from the Qiangu Family.
• Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting emerged injured from the crater, and Qiangu Dongfeng accused Lu Jun of attacking them without cause.
• Lu Jun revealed that Qiangu Dieting had left his Battle Heaven Fight Earth Soul Power in Leng Yaozhu to erode her cultivation, then swore he had never sought to take Qiangu Dongfeng's position.
• Lu Jun formally challenged the Thousand Ancient Family and demanded that Qiangu Dongfeng resign as Spirit Pagoda Tower Master.
• Lu Jun proposed Leng Yaozhu as the next Pagoda Master, then slammed Qiangu Dongfeng into the ground when he refused.

Lu Jun crushed Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting’s resistance and declared that Leng Yaozhu should become Spirit Pagoda Tower Master. Xu Tiandi agreed that the Federation could recognize her succession if she accepted the position and was capable of bearing its responsibilities.

• Lu Jun threatened to turn Qiangu Dongfeng’s corpse into an Ice Golem if he refused to yield, while Qiangu Dieting realized the Qiangu Family had lost its hold on the Tower Master position.
• A Federation councilor objected that the Spirit Pagoda should follow its internal procedures, but Lu Jun silenced him and declared Leng Yaozhu the most suitable successor.
• Lu Jun challenged anyone who disagreed to step forward, but the Federation officials and onlookers remained silent.
• Qiangu Dieting appealed to Xu Tiandi, who said the Federation could recognize Leng Yaozhu as Tower Master if she was willing and able to take on the responsibility.

Xu Tiandi sided with Lu Jun, forcing Qiangu Dongfeng to surrender the Pagoda Master position. Lu Jun then demanded the Qiangu Family’s Soul Devouring Tablet as compensation, and Qiangu Dieting reluctantly brought forth the Divine Artifact.

• Xu Tiandi abandoned the Qiangu Family and accepted Leng Yaozhu’s rise to power, while Lu Jun agreed not to openly clash with the Federation for now.
• Qiangu Dongfeng gave up resistance and agreed to surrender the Pagoda Master position.
• Lu Jun demanded the Soul Devouring Tablet as compensation for the Qiangu Family injuring his teacher.
• Qiangu Dieting stopped Qiangu Dongfeng from resisting and agreed to hand over the tablet.
• Qiangu Dieting summoned the Soul Devouring Tablet, which expanded into a massive gray plaque and released a chilling aura.

Lu Jun destroyed the Qiangu Family’s Soul Devouring Tablet and demanded that the Thousand Ancient Family pay the Leng Family ten percent of its annual income. He limited the tribute to the duration of the future war with the Abyss Plane, leaving Qiangu Dongfeng to weigh the temporary burden against the family’s destruction.

• Lu Jun repelled the Soul Devouring Tablet’s Spirit Shock and pierced the Divine Artifact with his Ice Sword.
• The Ice Sword devoured the tablet’s Divine Power, leaving the artifact powerless and Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting devastated.
• Lu Jun demanded that the Thousand Ancient Family give the Leng Family ten percent of its annual income.
• Qiangu Dongfeng threatened to detonate his Soul Core, but Lu Jun explained that the tribute would end when the war with the Abyss Plane was over.
• Qiangu Dongfeng reconsidered the demand, weighing the temporary resource drain against permanent servitude or the family’s destruction.

Lu Jun forced Qiangu Dongfeng to sign a contract granting the Leng Family ten percent of the Qiangu Family’s annual income until the Abyss war ended, then agreed to discuss the Spirit Pagoda’s transfer with the Federation in seven days. After Lu Jun departed, Ha Luosa stayed to watch the Qiangu Family and investigate its progress on resurrecting Huo Yuhao.

• Qiangu Dongfeng accepted Lu Jun’s compensation terms and signed a binding contract with his blood and soul marks.
• Xu Tiandi invited Lu Jun to Federation Headquarters to discuss the Spirit Pagoda’s transfer, and they arranged to meet seven days later.
• Lu Jun declared the Spirit Pagoda’s change of masters complete and ordered Ha Luosa to monitor the Qiangu Family and its resurrection plans for Huo Yuhao.
• Lu Jun left the ruins, while Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting worried about Ha Luosa’s surveillance and Lu Jun’s overwhelming strength.
• Qiangu Dieting lost hope of reaching Level 100 after witnessing Lu Jun’s power.

Lu Jun absorbed the Divine Power from the Soul Devouring Tablet and rushed home to break through to Level 99 Limit Douluo. While he cultivated behind closed doors, the Ice Empress exposed the Snow Empress's embarrassing secret to Gu Yue Na.

• Lu Jun absorbed the Divine Power left by Medusa, Goddess of Sin, and felt his level 98 bottleneck begin to crack.
• Lu Jun hurried back to his villa, ignored Gu Yue Na, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress, and began breaking through in his cultivation chamber.
• The Snow Empress told the Ice Empress that Lu Jun was challenging Level 99 Limit Douluo, and the Ice Empress recalled watching Lu Jun and Leng Yulai together on the ship.
• The Ice Empress complained that Lu Jun had been with Leng Yulai more times than with her, and Gu Yue Na teased her about her feelings for him.
• The Ice Empress revealed that the Snow Empress had touched herself while watching Lu Jun and Leng Yulai, prompting the Snow Empress to attack her and demand that she keep their secret.

Gu Yue Na, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress joked about how each of them had been drawn to Lu Jun before Tang Wutong’s scream led them to discover the Ice Abyss Sword tormenting her in the basement. Tang Wutong recognized the three women as she struggled through the pain.

• Gu Yue Na, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress discussed how Lu Jun had won them over, then expressed relief that Three-Eyed Golden Lion Di Yue remained safe from him.
• Tang Wutong screamed from the basement, and Gu Yue Na suspected the Ice Abyss Sword Lu Jun had left behind had taken effect.
• Gu Yue Na, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress entered the chamber and saw Tang Wutong chained to the floor with the Ice Abyss Sword embedded in her abdomen.
• Ice Empress briefly pitied Tang Wutong, but Snow Empress argued that her suffering was the consequence of supporting Green Skull and opposing the Federation.
• Tang Wutong raised her head and struggled to recognize Gu Yue Na, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress at the chamber entrance.

Gu Yue Na visited Tang Wutong in her prison and demanded the Sea God Divine Position, but Tang Wutong refused and pleaded for Yu Hao to save her. A day later, Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai joined an emergency Spirit Pagoda meeting, where the frail Qiangu Dongfeng appeared with Nether King Douluo Ha Luosa behind him.

• Gu Yue Na taunted Tang Wutong and offered to ease her suffering if she surrendered the Sea God Divine Position, but Tang Wutong refused.
• Gu Yue Na left Tang Wutong impaled on the Ice Abyss Sword, and Tang Wutong wept and whispered for Yu Hao to save her.
• Leng Yulai received Qiangu Dongfeng's urgent meeting notice and voiced suspicion that he might be plotting against their family.
• Leng Yulai escorted the recovering Leng Yaozhu to the council hall to confront Qiangu Dongfeng.
• Qiangu Dongfeng arrived at the meeting pale and feeble, accompanied by the deathly Nether King Douluo Ha Luosa.

After Lu Jun defeated the Thousand Ancient Family, Qiangu Dongfeng announced that he would resign as Pagoda Master and appoint Leng Yaozhu in his place. The elders erupted in shock, but Qiangu Dongfeng insisted on transferring the position immediately.

• Leng Yaozhu entered the council hall with Leng Yulai and was greeted respectfully by the elders and officials.
• Leng Yulai confronted Qiangu Dongfeng about being beaten and asked what he intended to do with the meeting.
• Qiangu Dongfeng announced that he was voluntarily resigning as Pagoda Master of the Spirit Pagoda.
• Qiangu Dongfeng named Leng Yaozhu as his successor, stunning the council hall and leaving Leng Yaozhu startled.
• Leng Yaozhu called for the succession to be discussed carefully, but Qiangu Dongfeng insisted on handing over the Pagoda Master's token and authority at once.

Leng Yaozhu officially became Spirit Pagoda Tower Master after Leng Yulai used her overwhelming power to silence opposition. The authority transfer was completed quickly, and the Spirit Pagoda announced Qiangu Dongfeng’s retirement to a secondary role, sparking an uproar across the Federation.

• Councilors loyal to the Thousand Ancient Family objected to Leng Yaozhu taking control of the Spirit Pagoda.
• Leng Yulai unleashed her quasi-god-level aura and challenged anyone who dared oppose her sister’s appointment.
• Most of the councilors supported Leng Yaozhu, while Han Tianyi fell silent under Leng Yulai’s pressure.
• Leng Yaozhu accepted the position of Spirit Pagoda Tower Master and pledged to lead the organization and protect Soul Masters.
• The Thousand Ancient Family handed over the Pagoda Master’s authority, records, and tokens within a day.
• The Spirit Pagoda announced Leng Yaozhu’s succession and Qiangu Dongfeng’s retirement from its management, provoking a public uproar.

Xu Tiandi questioned Ghost Emperor about the worsening online attacks surrounding Leng Yaozhu’s appointment as Spirit Pagoda Master. Ghost Emperor revealed that memory scans had uncovered a mysterious woman as a common influence behind abnormal accounts, and he presented her reconstructed portrait.

• Online accounts spread inflammatory claims against Leng Yaozhu and Lu Jun after the Spirit Pagoda changed hands.
• Xu Tiandi demanded that Ghost Emperor explain why the Federation’s operation had failed to calm public opinion.
• Ghost Emperor reported that investigators had found highly active abnormal accounts and scanned the memories of several key targets.
• Ghost Emperor said the scanned memories shared an image of a woman, then denied that she was the Goddess of Beauty.
• Ghost Emperor uploaded a reconstructed portrait of a towering, strikingly beautiful woman for the meeting attendees to examine.

Xu Tiandi and the Federation’s leaders learned that the woman in the portrait was a Black Empress Clan Abyssal creature who had infiltrated Douluo Continent and manipulated public opinion. The Blood God Legion confirmed the identification, leaving the leaders fearing a wider breach and an imminent crisis.

• Xu Tiandi ordered the portrait sent to the Blood God Legion’s military network for identification.
• The Blood God Legion confirmed that the woman was a member of the Black Empress Clan, a top-tier Abyssal creature.
• Xu Tiandi and the other Federation leaders feared that Abyssal creatures had penetrated the continent’s heartland and were secretly building strongholds.
• Yu Guanzhi questioned whether the Blood God Legion’s identification was reliable, and Gui Yan confirmed a match rate exceeding 99.9 percent.
• A military commander demanded answers about the infiltration, the Abyssal creatures’ numbers, and the barrier, prompting panic and disorder among the conference’s leaders.

As evidence of the Black Empress Clan’s infiltration and sabotage plunged the Federation’s leaders into panic, Xu Tiandi ordered a planetwide mobilization against the Abyss. He also ended all actions against Lu Jun and insisted that the Federation seek his cooperation.

• Federation leaders connected reports of mental agitation, stolen technical data, and unexplained deaths to the Black Empress Clan’s infiltration.
• Xu Tiandi ordered the Blood God Legion to investigate the Abyss barrier, raise combat readiness, and prevent further incursions.
• Xu Tiandi directed Gui Yan to screen the network for signs of mental control, trace the infection, and destroy confirmed Abyss strongholds.
• Xu Tiandi declared Level One combat readiness across Douluo Star and ordered the Federation to mobilize Soul Masters and guard vital facilities.
• Xu Tiandi ordered all investigations and covert actions against Lu Jun to stop, arguing that the Federation needed his strength against the Abyss.
• When a Councilor objected to cooperating with Lu Jun, Xu Tiandi argued that the Abyss was the true enemy and that Lu Jun had been protecting Douluo Star.

Xu Tiandi united the Federation’s leaders against the Abyss and ordered Gui Yan to coordinate with the Spirit Pagoda. After learning that the Blood God Legion had no explanation for Black Empress Clan’s infiltration and that Lu Jun was in seclusion, Gui Yan and the Leng sisters considered the danger and the Federation’s plans for its ultimate weapon.

• Xu Tiandi persuaded the councilors to set aside internal conflicts, cooperate with Lu Jun, and focus on fighting the Abyss.
• Xu Tiandi ordered Gui Yan to meet Leng Yaozhu and Lu Jun, invite the Spirit Pagoda to lead the joint operation, and investigate the Abyss’s infiltration.
• Gui Yan reported the Federation’s decision and the infiltration to Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai, who reacted with shock and questioned the Blood God Legion’s failure.
• Gui Yan said the Blood God Legion had detected no breach and suspected the Abyss creatures had entered through an unknown route or loophole, while Lu Jun was in seclusion attempting to reach Limit Douluo.
• Gui Yan warned that a fight with Lu Jun would be disastrous, and Leng Yaozhu feared the Federation’s Eternal Heaven Kingdom would be reserved for the final battle against the Abyss.