Chapter Summaries

Tang San returned from Sea God Island without securing Bo Saixi’s support, leaving the Star Luo army without the reinforcements it had hoped for. Tang Hao then received word that the Asura God would handle the matter, though the war’s danger remained.

• Dai Mubai told Tang San that Flander and Ma Hongjun had died and that the army faced a dire situation.
• Tang San explained that Bo Saixi had detained him on Sea God Island and refused to support them, and he blamed the delay for keeping him from Flander and Ma Hongjun.
• Tang Hao emerged and said he would travel to Sea God Island to try to win Bo Saixi’s support, despite Dai Mubai warning that his absence could leave Star Luo exposed.
• The Asura God’s will appeared in Tang Hao’s consciousness and told him it would handle the matter itself, easing Tang Hao’s concern.

Xiao Xuan advanced during seclusion, and the divine power released by his Three Illusion Gods Martial Soul helped nearby Spirit Hall members improve. He emerged transformed, while Golden Crocodile Guardian reached Level Ninety-Nine and became eager to see how powerful Xiao Xuan had become.

• Xiao Xuan cultivated for more than half a month, then triggered a powerful surge of energy as he advanced.
• Golden Crocodile Guardian urged those nearby to cultivate in response to the divine energy, and he broke through to Level Ninety-Nine.
• The nearby Guardians, elders, Soul Douluo, and Soul Sages gained insights or advanced as the Three Illusion Gods' power spread.
• Golden Crocodile Guardian ordered some elders to stabilize the army and seal off news while the others meditated and guarded Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Xuan emerged from seclusion with a transformed aura that faintly affected Golden Crocodile Guardian and suppressed ordinary Titled Douluo.

After emerging from seclusion, Xiao Xuan learned that his advancement had helped Golden Crocodile Guardian and the other Guardians and elders improve, while their feedback had raised Xiao Xuan to Rank 83. He returned to the Spirit Empire’s territory to test his three new eighth soul skills, then planned to join the final assault on the Star Luo Empire after everyone had rested.

• Golden Crocodile Guardian congratulated Xiao Xuan on his breakthrough and explained how the energy released during his advancement had helped the Guardians and elders, including his own rise to Limit Douluo.
• Xiao Xuan realized that feedback from the Guardians and elders had raised him from Rank 81 to Rank 83 after his advancement had stalled.
• Xiao Xuan told Golden Crocodile Guardian to let the army stabilize for a few days before launching a final assault on the Star Luo Empire, then flew away to test his new skills.
• Xiao Xuan tested Winged Dragon’s Divine Might Blazing Cannon, Giant Soldier’s Divine Hand Shattering Fist, and Sky Dragon’s Superconducting Wave Lightning Cannon in a remote mountain range.
• Xiao Xuan determined that his three eighth soul skills offered mid-range, close-range, and long-range attacks that could not be nullified or weakened.

Xiao Xuan led the Spirit Empire into a final assault on Star Luo, where both armies assembled for battle. As Golden Crocodile Douluo and the Third Guardian engaged Tang Hao, Xiao Xuan challenged Tang Xiao, and the clash between their forces began.

• After completing his test, Xiao Xuan ordered preparations for a final assault and led the army into Star Luo three days later.
• Star Luo gathered a million soldiers and its experts, including Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, to face the advancing Spirit Empire forces.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and the Third Guardian stepped forward to fight Tang Hao, with the Third Guardian newly advanced to Level Ninety-Seven.
• Xiao Xuan volunteered to fight Tang Xiao, surprising the opposing side when they realized he had advanced from Soul Sage to Soul Douluo.
• Tang Xiao accepted the challenge, and Golden Crocodile Douluo and the Third Guardian attacked Tang Hao as more than forty Titled Douluo joined the battle.

As Spirit Hall’s newly empowered fighters overwhelmed the Star Luo Empire, Xiao Xuan faced Tang Xiao and matched the Clear Sky Hammer’s strength despite his lower cultivation. Tang Xiao then unleashed the Clear Sky Sect’s Great Sumeru Hammer, leaving Xiao Xuan to brace for a decisive clash.

• The Star Luo Empire’s experts realized Spirit Hall’s fighters had suddenly grown far stronger and suspected the change was connected to the recent Divine Light.
• Xiao Xuan taunted the enemy, and Tang Xiao attacked him with his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul Avatar.
• Xiao Xuan used the Ancient Incantation and Giant Soldier to meet Tang Xiao’s strike, and their clash showed that Xiao Xuan could match him in raw strength.
• Xiao Xuan assessed that he could hold off Tang Xiao temporarily but could not defeat the rank ninety-six Super Douluo in a prolonged fight.
• Tang Xiao detonated his first soul ring to unleash the Great Sumeru Hammer, while Xiao Xuan tightened his domain and gathered power for another Divine Hand Shattering Fist.

The Spirit Empire’s rotating soul master units battered the opposing army while Tang San led a defense against an elite force attacking Dai Mubai’s headquarters. After spotting the injured Xiao Xuan descending from the aerial battle, Tang San saw a chance to take revenge and kill him.

• The Spirit Empire used five rotating groups of soul masters to bombard the opposing army, leaving Dai Mubai worried as his troops were worn down.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested deploying the Star Luo Empire’s elite death squad, but an explosion interrupted Dai Mubai before he could decide.
• Tang San and his allies fought off forty Spirit Empire attackers near Dai Mubai’s command tent, and Tang San killed three Soul Douluo with support from his teammates.
• Tang San noticed Xiao Xuan had been injured by Tang Xiao’s Great Sumeru Hammer and mistook him for being near defeat.
• Tang San resolved to seize the opportunity and kill Xiao Xuan to avenge himself.

Tang San attacked Xiao Xuan with Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles, but Xiao Xuan countered with a devastating soul skill. Tang Xiao saved Tang San and took the blast, then charged Xiao Xuan to cover his nephew’s escape.

• Tang San spotted the apparently injured Xiao Xuan and fired his Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles at him.
• Xiao Xuan used Dragon Guard to block the needles and countered with the Divine Might Blazing Cannon.
• Tang Hao tried to reach Tang San, but Golden Crocodile Guardian and the Third Guardian kept him engaged.
• Tang Xiao intercepted the cannon and suffered severe physical and soul damage while shielding Tang San.
• Tang Xiao ordered Tang San to flee and charged Xiao Xuan to cover his escape.

Tang San’s morale collapsed after his interference left Tang Xiao badly injured, while Xiao Xuan ended their duel and turned his Azure Eye soul-bone skill against the Star Luo Empire’s Titled Douluo. The chapter left more than a dozen of them immobilized or disrupted by the Radiance of the Blue-Eyes as Spirit Hall pressed its advantage.

• Oscar dragged Tang San back to the central army and urged him to recover, while Yu Xiaogang sent Oscar to take him away.
• Dai Mubai and the imperial upper ranks began evacuating as Tang Xiao’s injuries made the situation impossible to salvage.
• Xiao Xuan judged Tang Xiao too weakened to serve as a sparring partner and handed him over to the Sixth and Seventh Worshippers.
• Xiao Xuan activated the Radiance of the Blue-Eyes across the battlefield, trapping or disrupting more than a dozen enemy Titled Douluo.
• The affected Titled Douluo struggled to dispel the skill and warned one another that its energy could clash dangerously with the Asura Divine Power in their bodies.

Xiao Xuan’s Intimidation let Spirit Hall’s forces kill five Titled Douluo, but Tang Xiao sacrificed himself to cover Tang Hao and the Star Luo Empire’s retreat. Xiao Xuan used the Winged Dragon’s Sun God Sphere to absorb Tang Xiao’s final attack, and Tang Xiao died after the strike was stopped.

• Xiao Xuan restrained the enemy Titled Douluo with Intimidation, allowing Spirit Hall’s allies to kill five before the backlash forced him to end the skill.
• Tang Xiao unleashed his power and ordered Tang Hao to take the others away while he held off Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao retreated with their allies as Tang Xiao detonated his final three soul rings and charged at Spirit Hall’s experts.
• Xiao Xuan activated the Winged Dragon’s Sun God Sphere and placed himself between Tang Xiao and the others.
• Tang Xiao struck the sphere with his strongest attack, then fell to his death after the sphere absorbed the blow.

After Tang Xiao’s death, Xiao Xuan’s forces crushed Star Luo’s army and prepared to invade its remaining territory. Sea God Island then intervened at sea, forcing the Spirit Empire to slow its advance while Star Luo made a shocking decision.

• With Tang Xiao dead, the surviving Titled Douluo fled, and Xiao Xuan’s spies helped trigger chaos and mass surrenders among the Star Luo troops.
• Xiao Xuan recovered, used Oghma’s Barrier to protect Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters, and helped secure the battlefield.
• The battle ended in victory for the Spirit Empire, with more than four hundred thousand enemy soldiers dead and nearly two hundred thousand captured.
• Xiao Xuan divided his forces into four groups and ordered them to advance against Star Luo’s remaining forces.
• Sea God Island appeared in the seas and threatened the Spirit Empire’s rear, slowing its advance after Star Luo had already lost over sixty percent of its territory.
• A few days later, the Star Luo Empire made a shocking decision.

Xiao Xuan learned that the Star Luo Empire had abandoned most of its territory and concentrated its forces and population along the coast, relying on Sea God Island to resist the Spirit Empire. He ordered his forces to keep advancing inland while avoiding the coast, leaving the coastal confrontation for later.

• Xiao Xuan reviewed intelligence showing that Star Luo had given up its inland defenses and gathered its troops in coastal cities and key passes.
• Xiao Xuan learned that Star Luo was relocating inland residents to the coast and secretly sending some people to Sea God Island.
• Xiao Xuan suspected the Asura God had used a divine decree to persuade Bo Saixi and Sea God Island to support Star Luo.
• Xiao Xuan concluded that the Spirit Empire also needed time to recover while Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue approached the completion of their divine trials.
• Xiao Xuan ordered the army and Titled Douluo teams to occupy inland territory while staying away from the coast and leaving a buffer zone before Star Luo's defenses.

Bo Saixi ordered Sea God Island to keep its support for the Star Luo Empire limited while Xiao Xuan searched for weaknesses in its defenses. With his mission deadline approaching, Xiao Xuan devised another plan to disrupt the empire and strengthen himself.

• Star Luo Empire soldiers inspected refugees entering Binhai City, and a suspected Soul Sage was taken for a Sea God baptism to confirm his identity.
• Sea Horse Douluo returned to a meeting where Bo Saixi told the Sacred Pillars to show restraint and avoid fully committing Sea God Island to the war.
• Bo Saixi explained that the Sea God's assistance stemmed from pressure by the Asura God and that Sea God Island's interests did not fully align with the Star Luo Empire's.
• Xiao Xuan searched for weaknesses in the Star Luo Empire's seemingly united defenses as his mission to destroy the empire neared its deadline.
• Xiao Xuan devised a plan to disrupt the Star Luo Empire's arrangements while increasing his own strength.

Xiao Xuan traveled from Vast Sea City toward Sea God Island to draw Bo Saixi’s forces away from the Star Luo Empire and obtain divine power for the Three Illusion Gods. Near the Demon Whale Sea Domain, he sensed a powerful aura and ordered the fleet closer, despite the crew’s warnings.

• Xiao Xuan left command of the Spirit Army with Golden Crocodile Guardian and hired a discreet fleet in Vast Sea City.
• Xiao Xuan agreed to travel with a group of pirates posing as crewmen and intimidated them into keeping his identity and plans secret.
• Xiao Xuan bought the Dragon Abyss Boat at auction for ten times its starting price and departed for Sea God Island at dawn.
• Xiao Xuan used Spirit Hall’s records to plan a route across the sea and intended to fly alone through the dangerous region.
• Xiao Xuan sensed a powerful aura and ordered the fleet toward it, while the crew warned him that it was the Demon Whale Sea Domain, home of a legendary Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast.

Xiao Xuan entered the Demon Whale Sea Domain to approach the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and propose an alliance against the Sea God. After the whale recognized the aura of the Three Illusion Gods, Xiao Xuan began explaining his Martial Soul and purpose.

• Xiao Xuan forced the pirate leaders to sail to the Demon Whale Sea Domain, intending to seek the Deep Sea Demon Whale King as an ally against the Sea God.
• The pirate ship stopped at the sea domain's outer perimeter, and Xiao Xuan sensed that the alert whale was already aware of the Three Illusion Gods.
• Xiao Xuan left the ship and traveled alone into the sea domain, calling for the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to emerge and hear his proposal.
• The Deep Sea Demon Whale King rose from the ocean and tested Xiao Xuan with sound waves, but the Three Illusion Gods blocked the attack.
• The Deep Sea Demon Whale King questioned Xiao Xuan about his Martial Soul and purpose, and Xiao Xuan named the three gods before inviting them to explain his purpose.

The Three Illusion Gods convinced the Deep Sea Demon Whale King that they were God Kings and promised him a god position if he helped Xiao Xuan. After they restored his damaged eye by absorbing some of Poseidon's power, the whale agreed to help Xiao Xuan reach Sea God Island.

• The Deep Sea Demon Whale King mistook the Three Illusion Gods for God Kings and submitted, hoping to obtain a god position of his own.
• The Three Illusion Gods promised the whale an unoccupied god position in exchange for helping Xiao Xuan cause trouble for Poseidon.
• Xiao Xuan realized the Three Illusion Gods were healing the whale's eye while stripping away and absorbing some of Poseidon's divine power.
• The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's left eye began to recover, and he eagerly agreed to help make Poseidon suffer.
• Xiao Xuan told the whale to drive the Devil Soul Great White Sharks away from Sea God Island so he could land, then wait outside to receive him.

Xiao Xuan used the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to distract Xiaobai and infiltrated Sea God Island under the Three Illusion Gods’ concealment. He began siphoning power from a Trial Sacred Pillar, while the guards noticed only that the surrounding Soul Power was thinning.

• Xiao Xuan instructed the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to draw the Demon Whale Great White Sharks away from Sea God Island.
• The Deep Sea Demon Whale King provoked Xiaobai, and she sent her clan fleeing before fighting it.
• Xiao Xuan slipped onto Sea God Island with his aura concealed and headed for the inheritance grounds.
• Xiao Xuan used a phasing card and the Three Illusion Gods’ power to approach a Trial Sacred Pillar unseen.
• Xiao Xuan began siphoning energy from the pillar, and the three Soul Master guards eventually noticed the Soul Power around them had grown thinner.

Xiao Xuan siphoned away Sea God's Divine Power and destroyed a Sacred Pillar, drawing Poseidon's wrath. He fled toward the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and White Shark Xiaobai, intending to force the whale into an alliance before dealing with Poseidon.

• Xiao Xuan absorbed the scattered Divine Power around the Sacred Pillar while guards noticed the island's power fading and summoned help.
• Xiao Xuan's advance triggered the destruction of the Sacred Pillar, and Poseidon's Divine Soul appeared and recognized that Xiao Xuan was stripping away his Divine Power.
• Poseidon grew furious and vowed to punish Xiao Xuan, who stopped absorbing power and fled toward the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and White Shark Xiaobai.
• Xiao Xuan lured Poseidon after him, planning to bind the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to his side before consuming Poseidon's Divine Soul.
• The Deep Sea Demon Whale King saw Poseidon emerge from Sea God Island and feared the consequences of being discovered alongside Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Xuan used the Three Illusion Gods’ power to overpower Poseidon’s Divine Soul and destroy it. Poseidon gifted the gods his remaining faith and domain power, leaving Xiao Xuan with a warning about Asura.

• Poseidon prepared to strike the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, but Xiao Xuan blocked his attack with the Three Illusion Gods’ power.
• Xiao Xuan urged the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to keep fighting Xiao Bai while he faced Poseidon.
• The Three Illusion Gods descended into Xiao Xuan, replacing his Soul Power with their divinity and suppressing Poseidon’s domain.
• Xiao Xuan attacked Poseidon with the Three Eighth Soul Skills while devouring his domain.
• Poseidon warned Xiao Xuan to be careful of Asura, then his Divine Soul shattered under the Three Illusion Gods’ attack.
• Poseidon gifted the Three Illusion Gods his remaining Power of Faith, which they absorbed to recover.

After defeating Poseidon and absorbing his power, Xiao Xuan recruited the Deep Sea Demon Whale King by promising protection from the Three Illusion Gods. He brought the whale to the Star Luo Empire’s coast, intending to use it to attack the forces defending the shoreline.

• White Shark Xiaobai fled into the deep sea after Xiao Xuan defeated Poseidon, while Xiao Xuan stayed to absorb Poseidon’s power.
• Xiao Xuan converted the divine power into energy and Soul Power, raising his cultivation to level eighty-six.
• Xiao Xuan suspected Poseidon had compromised because of conflict within the God Realm and awoke from his meditation.
• Xiao Xuan falsely claimed he had made an agreement with Poseidon and persuaded the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to seek the Three Illusion Gods’ protection.
• The Deep Sea Demon Whale King carried Xiao Xuan to the Star Luo Empire’s coast, where Xiao Xuan planned to use Sea Soul Beasts to attack the defending forces.

Xiao Xuan directed the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to attack Binhai City, aiming to eliminate the Sea God Island defenders while limiting civilian casualties. After the city was flooded, they headed toward two more targets before Bo Saixi could return.

• Sea Dragon Douluo recognized the approaching creature as the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and sent Sea Spear Douluo to summon Bo Saixi.
• Sea Dragon Douluo ordered Sea Horse Douluo to evacuate civilians while he tried to block the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's attack.
• The Deep Sea Demon Whale King unleashed its domain and flooded Binhai City, overwhelming Sea Dragon Douluo's defenses.
• Xiao Xuan watched the destruction, then ordered the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to stop and move toward another city.
• The Deep Sea Demon Whale King questioned why Xiao Xuan had not fought the defenders and seemed saddened by the attack, but Xiao Xuan did not explain.