Chapter Summaries

Spade learned that Soul Palace had captured his daughter to extract her Nine-tailed Celestial Fox Martial Soul and forced the branch hall master to arrange her return. As Mike carried the girl out of the basement, he encountered a smiling man at the entrance.

• The girl reflected on how Spade had treated her as merchandise and feared being returned to the City Lord's residence.
• Spade defeated a Soul Palace man outside the city and demanded to know where his daughter was.
• The captured man admitted Soul Palace wanted the girl's Martial Soul and agreed to send her to Spade in exchange for his life.
• Nolan and Mike received the order to take the girl to the City Lord's residence, and the girl begged not to be sent back.
• Mike decided to take the girl alone and rushed out of the basement, where he found a smiling man waiting at the entrance.

Luo Hao killed Mike and Nolan after finding them with Lilian, then coaxed her into explaining her hatred of her father, Spade. After learning Lilian was a Nine-tailed Celestial Fox, he found a message demanding Mike return her, suggesting Spade was searching for her.

• Luo Hao appeared in the courtyard and killed Mike and Nolan, freeing Lilian.
• Luo Hao offered to take Lilian away and even kill Spade if she explained why she hated him.
• Lilian told Luo Hao her story and revealed that she was a Nine-tailed Celestial Fox.
• Luo Hao found a vibrating crystal carrying a message from the black-clothed Soul Emperor demanding that Mike return Lilian.
• Luo Hao remarked that Spade seemed to care about Lilian, and Lilian responded with a huff.

Luo Hao tricked the Soul Palace into believing Lilian had been killed, prompting Spade to kill the black-clothed Soul Emperor. He then took Lilian toward the City Lord's Manor, intending to make her the ruler of Suoluo City, while Lilian began to feel flustered around him.

• Luo Hao sent a false message claiming Lilian had been killed, then destroyed his communication crystal.
• The black-clothed Soul Emperor tried to flee, but Spade struck him down and destroyed his flying Soul Tool.
• The black-clothed Soul Emperor threatened Spade with an Advanced Soul Bomb and offered to reveal Soul Palace strongholds, but Spade killed him anyway.
• Luo Hao took Lilian toward the City Lord's Manor and told her he would make her the heir and ruler of Suoluo City.
• Lilian worried about Spade's strength and connections, while Luo Hao decided he could kill him without upsetting her; Lilian blushed and avoided Luo Hao's gaze.

Lilian returned to the City Lord's Manor with Luo Hao and announced that Spade had died saving her and that she was now the new City Lord. As they headed to the conference hall, Luo Hao prepared to use the power vacuum to test Lilian and eliminate threats, while promising to give her enough strength to intimidate the manor's leaders.

• Lilian arrived at the City Lord's Manor with Luo Hao, and the guards were shocked to see her return unharmed.
• Lilian told the guards that Spade was dead and that she had succeeded him as City Lord, then ordered them to summon everyone to the conference hall.
• Luo Hao praised Lilian's performance and planned to use Spade's absence to remove potential opponents before Spade returned.
• Lilian told Luo Hao that Long Boer, the Imperial Guard captain, was the strongest person in Suoluo City, and that Butler Machi was her only trusted acquaintance.
• Luo Hao promised to bestow powerful strength on Lilian so she could intimidate the people at the manor without fighting herself.

Luo Hao brought Lilian to the meeting hall, where the city’s officials demanded to know what had happened to the City Lord. When Long Boer intimidated Lilian, Luo Hao lent her his soul skill, leaving everyone in the hall overwhelmed by her sudden power.

• Luo Hao cleared a path through the gathered officials and guided Lilian to the seat of honor.
• Luo Hao teased Lilian for struggling to look stern, while more people arrived at the meeting hall.
• Butler Machi entered with Long Boer, and Lilian recognized the imposing commander of the Imperial Guards who had supervised her training.
• Long Boer demanded that Lilian explain what had happened to the City Lord, leaving her too frightened to answer.
• Luo Hao activated Deep Sea Black Shark King through Lilian, and its immense pressure made everyone in the hall vomit blood and collapse, including Long Boer.

Lilian announced that she would inherit the position of City Lord, but the officials challenged her authority and demanded proof. When Long Boer turned the crowd against Luo Hao, Luo Hao claimed he was Lilian’s fiancé, leaving her and the hall stunned.

• Luo Hao withdrew his soul skill after boosting Lilian’s Soul Power to the level of a Soul Douluo, and the resulting pressure knocked most of the hall’s occupants down.
• Lilian announced that Spade had died in an ambush by the Soul Palace and that she would inherit the position of City Lord.
• Long Boer rejected Lilian’s claim, argued that she had relied on a Soul Tool, and persuaded the other officials to question her fitness to rule.
• Lilian nervously looked to Luo Hao for help as Long Boer and several guard captains confronted him.
• Luo Hao put a hand on Lilian’s shoulder and claimed he was her fiancé, while Long Boer countered that Lilian was engaged to Earl Newman’s son.

Lilian declared Luo Hao her fiancé to defend his right to stand with her, but Spade returned alive and confronted her in the meeting hall. The chapter ended with Spade demanding that Luo Hao leave his daughter alone.

• Luo Hao prepared to attack the gathered factions while waiting for Spade to return.
• Lilian clung to Luo Hao's arm and announced that he was her fiancé.
• Long Boer hesitated as the meeting hall turned its attention toward him and Lilian.
• Spade entered the hall, wounded but radiating authority, and angrily confronted Lilian.
• Long Boer knelt and accused Lilian of trying to seize the City Lord's position, while Lilian clung more tightly to Luo Hao.
• Spade demanded that Luo Hao get away from his daughter.

Luo Hao killed Spade and Long Boer with overwhelming ease, then helped Lilian take control of Suoluo City. He left Lilian as City Lord and claimed command of the city's Imperial Guard.

• Luo Hao used Ten Thousand Times Gravity to pin Spade and Long Boer down, then killed them with two punches that reduced them to ashes.
• The officials and guards were terrified by Luo Hao's display, while Lilian struggled to comprehend his strength.
• Luo Hao asked the officials to choose a new City Lord, and Butler Machi proposed that Lilian inherit the position.
• The officials pledged loyalty to Lilian, and Luo Hao told them that the city's affairs would continue as before while she learned her duties.
• Luo Hao recommended himself as commander of the Imperial Guard, and the officials agreed without protest.

Luo Hao made Lilian the official City Lord of Suoluo City and comforted her as she grieved for her freedom. He revealed that he came from another continent across the sea, and Lilian eagerly agreed to join him there once she had fulfilled her duties.

• Luo Hao had Butler Machi prepare documents to secure Lilian's official status as Suoluo City's new City Lord.
• After everyone left, Lilian broke down crying, and Luo Hao comforted her as she thanked him for freeing her.
• Luo Hao told Lilian he came from a new continent across the sea, surprising her with the revelation.
• Lilian eagerly asked to go with Luo Hao, and he promised to take her after she had done her job as City Lord.

Luo Hao stayed at the City Lord's Manor to help Lilian stabilize her rule in Suoluo City while she learned to govern. Count Newman unexpectedly apologized to Lilian, and Luo Hao suggested that he had learned Luo Hao was still protecting the manor.

• Luo Hao remained at the City Lord's Manor for several days, watching powerful officials while Lilian studied city governance with Butler Machi.
• Lilian frequently visited Luo Hao's courtyard, and he teased her after revealing that his spiritual detection covered all of Suoluo City.
• Luo Hao asked Lilian about Count Newman's visit, and she said the count had unexpectedly apologized to her.
• Luo Hao told Lilian that Count Newman might have discovered he was still guarding the City Lord's Manor, though he did not care why the count had come.

Luo Hao prepared to leave the City Lord’s Manor, quietly departing while Lilian slept, then returned to his ship and began organizing the next stage of his expedition to the new continent. The chapter ended as he called Bora forward to receive his orders.

• Luo Hao told Lilian he would leave the next day and instructed her to have the guards train Robin for a future role in his fleet.
• Lilian cried at the news, fell asleep beside Luo Hao, and woke to find he had left early with his robe draped over her.
• Luo Hao flew out to sea, located his waiting ship, and returned aboard without worrying about the abandoned harbor ships.
• Luo Hao told the assembled crew that he had explored most of the new continent and called Bora forward.

Luo Hao sent Bora and ten others to the Sun Moon Continent to establish a new force and protect Lilian while cooperating with Suoluo City. Meanwhile, Tang San prepared to break someone out of Spirit Hall's Black Water Prison, but his allies hesitated as he suppressed his anger and recognized that the Tang Sect needed them.

• Luo Hao ordered Bora to take ten people to the Sun Moon Continent, establish a new force, and keep their origins secret.
• Luo Hao instructed Bora to cooperate with Suoluo City and protect its new City Lord, then gave him a letter, a pass, and local-style clothes.
• Bora chose ten people, changed clothes with them, and left the ship for the new continent; Luo Hao ordered the ship to return.
• Tang San's subordinates protested against breaking someone out of Spirit City's Black Water Prison, while his masked assassin condemned their cowardice.
• Tang San watched the argument, suppressed his killing intent, and reminded himself that the Tang Sect needed the people who had joined it.

Tang San secured his sect members’ support for intercepting the prisoners, while Luo Hao returned to Sunset Port and found Hu Liena had rapidly transformed it into a vast industrial city. Hu Liena welcomed him back with an embrace.

• Tang San told the Tang Sect members that Spirit Hall would transfer prisoners in one or two months, creating an opportunity to rescue Dai Mubai.
• When the members demanded a reward, Tang San promised to open exchanges for the Purple Demon Eye technique, winning their support for the interception.
• Tang San urged the sect to inform other factions opposing Spirit Hall, hoping they would join the operation and increase the chaos.
• After a storm delayed his voyage, Luo Hao returned to Sunset Port and was astonished by its huge warships, towering steel structures, and large workforce.
• Hu Liena hurried to Luo Hao, embraced him, and said she had missed him.

Luo Hao learned that the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires were becoming closely integrated with Spirit Hall and decided to return to Spirit Hall to announce the Spirit Hall Empire and complete his reputation mission. Bibi Dong insisted on joining him, so he agreed to take her along, and they set off with Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

• Hu Liena comforted the tearful Three-Eyed Golden Lion after she had been teased by Luo Hao.
• Hu Liena told Luo Hao that the borders between the two great empires had opened and that commerce around Spirit City was expanding.
• Luo Hao decided to return to Spirit Hall to announce the Spirit Hall Empire and earn reputation before his mission deadline.
• Bibi Dong reminded Luo Hao that he had promised to take her along once she reached level 30, and he agreed to bring her.
• Bibi Dong called Three-Eyed Golden Lion “Goldie,” prompting the lion to protest, before Luo Hao led them toward Spirit Hall.

Luo Hao returned toward Spirit Hall with Bibi Dong, intending to tell Qian Daoliu that the Worship Hall’s elders had been wiped out. In Sunset City, he reunited with Hu Liena and learned about Bibi Dong’s powerful second Soul Ring, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed his return and grew frightened.

• Luo Hao carried Bibi Dong toward Spirit Hall, slowing down to inspect towns and planning to tell Qian Daoliu about the dead Worship Hall elders.
• A subordinate told Tang San that the Black Water Prison prisoners would be transferred in three days and that the group had only 108 Zhuge Crossbows ready.
• Hu Liena scolded Luo Hao for getting involved with Lilian, then forgave him after he explained what had happened.
• Luo Hao made Hu Liena the City Lord of Sunset City, and she told him that Bibi Dong had absorbed a thousand-year Soul Ring and reached level 30 Soul Power.
• As Bibi Dong ate barbecue with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, it sensed Luo Hao’s return and warned her that the bad guy was back.

Luo Hao returned and reunited with Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, and Three-Eyed Golden Lion, whom he teased for learning to speak. The next morning, he found Bibi Dong cultivating and joined Zhu Zhuqing for breakfast while Three-Eyed Golden Lion sought refuge in her arms.

• Bibi Dong hurried to the harbor with Three-Eyed Golden Lion and ran into Luo Hao and Hu Liena.
• Luo Hao caught Three-Eyed Golden Lion and made her call him Daddy before teasing and beating her as she cried for help.
• The next morning, Luo Hao visited Bibi Dong's courtyard and found her cultivating while he teased the exhausted Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Zhu Zhuqing brought breakfast, rescued Three-Eyed Golden Lion from Luo Hao, and held her while Luo Hao began eating.

Luo Hao heard that Spirit Hall had consolidated its control over the Star Luo Empire but still faced attacks from rebels targeting its members. He set the rebel problem aside until the Spirit Hall Empire was established, then returned to Spirit Hall with Zhu Zhuqing and the others.

• Zhu Zhuqing gave Three-Eyed Golden Lion meat buns, and Luo Hao invited Zhu Zhuqing to visit a newly discovered continent in the west.
• Xiao Yu told Luo Hao that several Spirit Hall bishops had arrived, and the bishops greeted him respectfully as their ruler.
• Raimon reported that Spirit Hall had purged the Star Luo Imperial Family and reorganized its armies, but small groups of rebels continued attacking Spirit Hall members in the west.
• Luo Hao postponed dealing with the rebels until after the Spirit Hall Empire was established and considered how the shortage of soul masters and public support shaped his decision.
• Luo Hao handled the Zhu Family's and Star Luo Empire's affairs, then returned to Spirit Hall with Zhu Zhuqing and the others, where Ghost Douluo welcomed him.

Luo Hao heard a report on Spirit Hall’s expansion and its control over Soul Beast hunting before summoning Qian Daoliu for a private discussion. Qian Daoliu arrived annoyed after being woken, while Luo Hao prepared to speak with him.

• Luo Hao entered the Pope’s Palace with Bibi Dong and Zhu Zhuqing as Ghost Douluo and the others reported on Spirit Hall’s affairs.
• Luo Hao learned that Spirit City was expanding and that Spirit Hall controlled the Star Dou Great Forest and Sunset Forest, regulating Spirit Masters’ access to Soul Rings.
• Luo Hao dismissed Ghost Douluo and ordered him to bring Qian Daoliu to the Pope’s Palace.
• Qian Daoliu arrived displeased after Ghost Douluo woke him, and Luo Hao said he wanted to have a casual chat.

Luo Hao discussed Qian Renxue’s return and the Angel Inheritance with Qian Daoliu while concealing that the Enshrined were still away. Qian Daoliu left the Pope’s Palace delighted that the Qian Clan might produce a god, and two figures arrived in a courtyard in Spirit City.

• Qian Daoliu demanded to know when Luo Hao would return the Enshrined borrowed in Hu Liena’s name, and Luo Hao evaded the question.
• Qian Daoliu angrily accused Luo Hao of intending to bully Qian Renxue, but Luo Hao clarified that he wanted to discuss her return and the Angel Inheritance.
• Luo Hao proposed that Qian Renxue return to inherit the Angel Inheritance and later become the City Lord of Spirit City after the empires merged.
• Luo Hao said trouble in the western seas required the Enshrined to stay away longer, while Qian Daoliu listened distractedly to his other plans.
• Qian Daoliu left the Pope’s Palace in high spirits, believing the Qian Clan was close to producing a god.
• Two figures entered a courtyard in Spirit City, where one called out, “Third Brother!”

Tang San tried to recruit Ma Hongjun and Oscar into the Tang Sect to oppose Spirit Hall, but learned that both had joined Spirit Hall and refused to abandon their comfortable lives. Despite their allegiance, they promised to help rescue Dai Mubai.

• Tang San told Ma Hongjun and Oscar that Dai Mubai had been captured after a Dai Family faction allied with Spirit Hall and seized power.
• Tang San declared Spirit Hall his enemy and argued that its Spirit Reset Instrument would drive Soul Beasts toward extinction.
• Tang San invited Ma Hongjun and Oscar to become Tang Sect elders, but Ma Hongjun confessed that he was a Spirit Hall deacon.
• Oscar said he had also joined Spirit Hall's logistics department and did not want to give up his happy life with his girlfriend.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar promised Tang San that their brotherhood remained unchanged and that they would help rescue Dai Mubai.