Chapter Summaries

After killing Tang Hao, Chen Changfeng received a system reward that strengthened his soul power, soul rings, and divine skills, then ordered everyone to leave Spirit City. Tang San awoke, saw his father’s corpse, and attacked Chen Changfeng, while Ning Fengzhi recognized that the youth might be using Tang Hao as bait to expose Spirit Hall’s enemies.

• The Destruction System rewarded Chen Changfeng for killing Tang Hao, raising his soul power by two levels and evolving his soul rings and divine skills.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue reacted to Chen Changfeng’s strength as the crowd stared at Tang Hao’s body nailed to the Angel Sacred Statue.
• Chen Changfeng carried the unconscious Xiao Wu toward the exit and ordered the academy teams to leave Spirit City.
• Tang San woke, saw Tang Hao’s corpse, and launched his hidden weapons at Chen Changfeng while shouting that he would kill him.
• Chen Xin took Ning Rongrong and Oscar away from Shrek Academy, and Ning Fengzhi knocked them unconscious to stop them from joining Tang San.
• Ning Fengzhi told Qian Renxue that Chen Changfeng had used Tang Hao as bait to draw out Spirit Hall’s enemies.

Chen Changfeng neutralized Tang San’s hidden weapons and Guanyin’s Tears, then tortured him while declaring him the source of the conflict. Yu Xiaogang and the Golden Iron Triangle moved to rescue Tang San, and Chen Changfeng threatened Yu Xiaogang as Bibi Dong hesitated to intervene.

• Chen Changfeng’s Source of Destruction Domain erased Tang San’s hidden weapons and stopped the Mother-Child Soul Chasing Life-Taking Gallbladder from exploding.
• Tang San unleashed Guanyin’s Tears, but Chen Changfeng blocked it with the Destruction Scepter and identified the hidden weapon by name.
• Chen Changfeng used Bone Severing and Tendon Shattering on Tang San, leaving him screaming in pain.
• Yu Xiaogang pleaded with Bibi Dong to stop Chen Changfeng, but she hesitated and did not intervene.
• Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender summoned the Golden Iron Triangle and declared they would not abandon Tang San.
• Chen Changfeng threatened Yu Xiaogang with death as the Golden Iron Triangle prepared to act.

Chen Changfeng defied Bibi Dong’s order to spare Yu Xiaogang and hand Tang San over, insisting that anyone who tried to take Tang San would be killed. When Dugu Bo seized an opening to rescue Tang San, Chen Changfeng suppressed him with the Annihilation True Body, forcing Dugu Bo to unleash his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Chen Changfeng threatened to kill Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong revealed that he was Spirit Hall’s unrestricted Judgment Elder.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chen Changfeng to hand Tang San to Shrek Academy and let them leave, but Chen Changfeng refused and challenged her to take Tang San herself.
• Bibi Dong accused Chen Changfeng of rebelling and ordered the others to leave, while Yu Xiaogang and Dugu Bo watched the confrontation.
• Dugu Bo rushed to seize Tang San, but Chen Changfeng’s Annihilation pressure halted him and overwhelmed him.
• Dugu Bo activated his Martial Soul Avatar as emerald light engulfed him and his body began to expand.

Dugu Bo tried to rescue Tang San by unleashing his poison across Spirit Plaza, but Chen Changfeng answered with the divine skill Heaven and Earth Frozen. The attack froze Dugu Bo and much of Spirit City before shattering him, leaving the crowd in stunned silence.

• Dugu Bo transformed into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorous Divine Light, to cover Spirit Plaza in poison and escape with Tang San.
• Chen Changfeng summoned the Destruction Scepter and used Heaven and Earth Frozen to overwhelm Dugu Bo’s poison and freeze the plaza.
• Dugu Bo tried to counter the attack with his Eighth Soul Skill, Time Freeze, but the Jade Phosphor Serpent Bead froze and shattered.
• Chen Changfeng’s freezing power spread across the plaza, the stands, and nearby Spirit Hall buildings despite the Six Great Enshriners’ barrier.
• Chen Changfeng drove the Destruction Scepter into the ground, triggering an Ice Explosion that shattered Dugu Bo and left the plaza silent.

Chen Changfeng killed Dugu Bo with overwhelming power, then immediately attacked Yu Xiaogang despite Bibi Dong’s attempt to intervene. Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong summoned the Golden Sacred Dragon to meet the Destruction Scepter as Bibi Dong joined the defense.

• Chen Changfeng’s successive elemental attacks annihilated Dugu Bo and devastated Spirit Plaza, shocking Bibi Dong and the Six Great Enshriners.
• The Destruction System rewarded Chen Changfeng by increasing all his soul ring age limits by fifty thousand years, though his soul power did not rise.
• Chen Changfeng launched his Destruction Scepter at Yu Xiaogang, and the Six Great Enshriners withdrew their barrier before it shattered.
• Liu Erlong warned Yu Xiaogang, and he joined Flender and Liu Erlong in using their trinity martial soul fusion skill to transform Luo San Pao into the Golden Sacred Dragon.
• The Golden Sacred Dragon swung its tail at the Destruction Scepter as Bibi Dong threw her Pope’s Scepter into its path.

Chen Changfeng unleashed his full destructive power after Bibi Dong tried to stop him from killing Yu Xiaogang. He emerged from his domain with Yu Xiaogang pierced on the Destruction Scepter.

• The Golden Sacred Dragon appeared and was wounded when Bibi Dong's shattered Pope's Scepter deflected Chen Changfeng's Destruction Scepter into its tail.
• Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei stood between Chen Changfeng and the Golden Sacred Dragon, but Chen Changfeng warned Bibi Dong to step aside.
• Chen Changfeng expanded his Source of Destruction Domain across Spirit Plaza, cutting off the Golden Sacred Dragon's senses and overwhelming everyone with pressure.
• After the domain vanished, Chen Changfeng was standing before the Golden Iron Triangle with Yu Xiaogang impaled on his Destruction Scepter.

Chen Changfeng killed Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong despite Bibi Dong’s pleas, then gained new system rewards and left Spirit Plaza with Xiao Wu. Bibi Dong ended the tournament and turned her murderous gaze toward the Worship Hall, while Qian Daoliu warned her not to challenge Chen Changfeng.

• Bibi Dong tried to save Yu Xiaogang by offering Chen Changfeng a favor and threatening him, but Chen Changfeng destroyed Yu Xiaogang with the Destruction Scepter.
• Flender and Liu Erlong attacked Chen Changfeng in their Martial Soul Avatar forms, and he destroyed both of them.
• Bibi Dong nearly collapsed as her Rakshasa Power surged, while the system rewarded Chen Changfeng with fifty thousand years added to each soul ring and the Source of Spirit domain.
• Chen Changfeng asked if anyone else would stop him, freed the unconscious Tang San, carried Xiao Wu away, and ordered Bibi Dong to announce the tournament results.
• Bibi Dong declared the tournament over and ordered the teams to leave Spirit City, while Qian Daoliu warned her that Chen Changfeng might kill her if she opposed him.

One month after the tournament massacre, Qian Daoliu and the enshriners assessed Spirit Hall’s growing conflict with the Heaven Dou Empire and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Chen Changfeng volunteered to investigate the attacks on Spirit Hall branch halls and challenged the plan to obstruct the Heaven Dou envoy.

• A scout reported that Xue Ye had demanded an explanation for the deaths at the tournament and that a guarded Heaven Dou envoy was traveling to Star Luo, possibly to seek peace.
• Qian Daoliu suspected the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was supporting Heaven Dou and linked it, along with the Clear Sky Sect, to the destruction of Spirit Hall branch halls.
• The enshriners worried that Chen Changfeng’s killings had pushed Spirit Hall into conflict with Heaven Dou and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Qian Daoliu said Papal Palace had ordered one thousand elite Soul Masters to interfere with the Heaven Dou envoy’s route to Longxing City.
• Chen Changfeng arrived, said he would personally investigate the destroyed branch halls, and argued that Tang Xiao could lead the Clear Sky Sect against Spirit Hall over Tang Hao’s death.
• Chen Changfeng criticized Papal Palace’s failed assassination mission against a Soul Ancestor and doubted that one thousand Soul Masters could stop the Heaven Dou-Star Luo meeting.

Chen Changfeng left Spirit Hall determined to destroy the forces opposing it and traveled to the border to intercept Heaven Dou’s envoy. After entering the Star Dou Great Forest to conceal himself, he was caught in an ambush by a black-clad woman.

• Chen Changfeng told the seven enshriners that he would eliminate the Heaven Dou envoy and Spirit Hall’s powerful enemies, and Qian Daoliu ordered the enshriners to prepare for upheaval.
• A scout delivered Chen Changfeng a letter from Qian Renxue, who expressed her longing and urged him not to fall into a trap; Chen Changfeng resolved to push events forward and accepted the possibility that she might become a Fallen Angel.
• Chen Changfeng reached a border town and sensed that organized soul masters were waiting for the Heaven Dou delegation to pass through.
• Chen Changfeng entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hide and attack the delegation from afar, but detected an ambush and was confronted by a black-clad woman.

Chen Changfeng exposed his disguise to Su Su, the Spirit Hall branch master, and learned that a thousand Soul Masters were preparing to ambush the Heaven Dou Empire delegation. After hearing the ten-minute plan, he declared that one minute would be enough.

• Chen Changfeng pretended to be unconscious after Su Su sprayed him with powder, then seized her when she tried to bind him.
• Chen Changfeng showed Su Su his Spirit Hall Waist Token, and the two realized the attack had been a misunderstanding.
• Su Su identified herself as the branch master and mission commander, and Chen Changfeng gave her his name.
• Su Su led Chen Changfeng to the ambush site and explained that the delegation was expected around dusk and that the force had ten minutes to seize its key figures.
• Chen Changfeng told Su Su that one minute would be enough to complete the operation.

Chen Changfeng joined Su Su’s ambush on the Heaven Dou royal delegation, but the legion’s disciplined defense and a signal for reinforcements threatened the mission. As Su Su feared failure, Chen Changfeng identified the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan among the defenders and prepared to unleash his divine skill.

• Su Su introduced Chen Changfeng as an esteemed guest from Spirit City, and the group waited in disguise for the Heaven Dou delegation.
• Spirit Hall’s ambush began as the delegation entered the mountain pass, with rocks falling onto the five hundred soul masters guarding the carriages.
• The Heaven Dou Soul Master Legion repelled the attack with coordinated formations, slowing Spirit Hall’s larger force.
• A fire serpent signaled for reinforcements, and Su Su feared the interception would fail.
• Chen Changfeng spotted soul masters wielding lightning and told Su Su to watch as he unleashed his divine skill.

Chen Changfeng unleashed Annihilation Thunder over the Star Dou Great Forest, destroying the Heaven Dou Royal Army while sparing the Spirit Hall members. After the system rewarded him for killing five hundred soul masters, he urged Su Su to resume the carriage mission, and she asked what kind of soul skill he had used.

• Chen Changfeng raised his hand and summoned immense purple thunderclouds over the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Countless lightning bolts struck across the forest, destroying the Heaven Dou Royal Army and leaving the Spirit Hall members near the valley largely unharmed.
• Chen Changfeng stopped the lightning after one minute and received a system reward that raised all his soul ring age limits by fifty thousand years.
• Chen Changfeng spotted three intact carriages and reminded Su Su to arrest their occupants.
• Su Su ordered the Spirit Hall members to approach the carriages, then nervously asked Chen Changfeng about his powerful soul skill.

Chen Changfeng confronted Yu Luomian and two Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders guarding a carriage, dismissing Bibi Dong’s orders and demanding the passenger come out. After Yu Luomian displayed the Pope’s Edict and Spirit Hall members knelt, Chen Changfeng removed his veil and declared the edict’s authority was Spirit Hall’s to grant or revoke.

• A powerful Soul Power surge revealed Yu Luomian and two Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders protecting the carriage.
• Su Su recognized the three elders and urged Chen Changfeng to retreat, but he insisted the passenger was too important to let go.
• Chen Changfeng insulted Bibi Dong and walked down the mountain toward Yu Luomian and the others.
• Yu Luomian warned Chen Changfeng not to challenge imperial authority, but Chen Changfeng demanded that the person in the carriage come out.
• Yu Luomian displayed the Pope’s Edict, causing Spirit Hall’s soul masters, including Su Su, to kneel.
• Chen Changfeng removed his veil and declared that Spirit Hall could make the Pope’s Edict either sacred or worthless.

Chen Changfeng confronted Yu Luomian and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, revealing his Destruction Scepter and attacking despite their status. After he counted to three and the clan elders transformed into dragons, he destroyed one of them with a single strike.

• Chen Changfeng explained that Bibi Dong had abolished the Pope's Edict as part of her plans against the Upper Three Sects.
• A Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon elder accused Spirit Hall of killing his clansmen, but Chen Changfeng struck him with invisible destructive pressure.
• Chen Changfeng demanded that the person inside the carriage come out and threatened to kill the group after three breaths.
• Chen Changfeng revealed his Destruction Scepter and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, prompting Yu Luomian to recognize him as the killer of Xiao Gang and Er Long.
• Yu Luomian and two elders transformed into Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragons and attacked Chen Changfeng.
• Chen Changfeng pierced one dragon's heart with his scepter, annihilating its body and soul.

Chen Changfeng killed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s elders despite warnings from Heaven Dou’s Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing. He then ignored their threats and killed Yu Luomian, leaving the imperial mission’s purpose unknown.

• Chen Changfeng killed the Second Elder with the Destruction Scepter after suppressing Yu Luomian with his domain.
• Xue Beng stepped out of the carriage and ordered Chen Changfeng to stop, accusing Spirit Hall of attacking the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Prince Xue Xing emerged and threatened Chen Changfeng with consequences for harming Yu Luomian, who held a Heaven Dou noble title.
• Su Su feared that Spirit Hall had been forced into a disastrous conflict with the Heaven Dou Empire and asked Chen Changfeng to withdraw.
• Chen Changfeng asked Yu Luomian about the mission, dismissed his answer, and pierced him with the Destruction Scepter.

Chen Changfeng killed Imperial Prince Xue Beng after demanding answers about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the destroyed Spirit Hall branch halls, and Xue Beng’s trip to the Star Luo Empire. He then turned his Destruction Scepter on Prince Xue Xing and demanded that he answer.

• Chen Changfeng questioned Xue Beng about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the destroyed Spirit Hall branch halls, and his purpose in visiting the Star Luo Empire.
• Prince Xue Xing threatened Chen Changfeng with the Heaven Dou Empire’s military power, while Su Su urged Chen Changfeng to leave.
• Chen Changfeng counted down, and when Xue Beng failed to answer, he pierced Xue Beng’s heart with the Destruction Scepter.
• After Xue Beng died, Chen Changfeng identified Prince Xue Xing and pressed the scepter to his chest, ordering him to answer.

Chen Changfeng forced Prince Xue Xing to reveal the alliance between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then killed him and Xue Beng. He left for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as Spirit Hall withdrew and the destruction of the Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Corps came to light.

• Chen Changfeng tortured Prince Xue Xing until he revealed that Xue Ye had agreed to ally with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and that Yu Yuanzhen would be invested as a marquis in seven days.
• Prince Xue Xing admitted that the clan planned to use the investiture gathering to launch a crusade against Spirit Hall, but denied knowing who had destroyed the Spirit Hall branch in the border city.
• Chen Changfeng killed Prince Xue Xing, joining Xue Beng in death, and freed Su Su and the other Spirit Hall soul masters.
• Chen Changfeng told Su Su to report the intelligence to Bibi Dong and declared that he was going to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Su Su ordered the Spirit Hall personnel to withdraw from the Star Dou Great Forest and keep the incident secret.
• Reinforcements arriving from town found the Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Corps gone and Xue Beng and Xue Xing dead among the ruins.

After destroying the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s three great elders, Chen Changfeng learned that his Soul Rings had grown stronger but his Soul Power and divine skills had not. He went to the clan’s Enfeoffment Ceremony intending to attack if its leader publicly opposed Spirit Hall.

• The Destruction System increased Chen Changfeng’s Soul Ring age limits by fifty thousand years but did not improve his Soul Power or divine skills.
• Chen Changfeng decided to attend the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Enfeoffment Ceremony and planned to destroy the clan if Yu Yuanzhen declared opposition to Spirit Hall.
• News spread that Xue Xing and Xue Beng had been killed, and Xue Ye offered rewards to anyone who found the culprit.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan blamed Spirit Hall and invited Heaven Dou Empire factions and wandering Soul Masters to its ceremony, fueling speculation about its plans.
• Chen Changfeng climbed True Dragon Mountain among the guests as they discussed the royal deaths and anticipated trouble at the ceremony.

Spirit Hall's leaders argued over whether to abandon Chen Changfeng, and Qian Daoliu gave him three days to settle the crisis. Meanwhile, Chen Changfeng attended the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's Enfeoffment Ceremony and heard an independent soul master describe the Upper Three Sects' legendary techniques.

• Bibi Dong demanded that Spirit Hall hand over Chen Changfeng or expel him, while Qian Daoliu insisted they trust him and give him three days.
• Bibi Dong argued that Chen Changfeng's actions had ruined Spirit Hall's plans and that he must pay for his recklessness.
• Qian Daoliu threatened anyone who touched Chen Changfeng without his permission, then left the council hall.
• Chen Changfeng entered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's crowded ceremony plaza among independent soul masters.
• An accompanying Soul Ancestor explained the Clear Sky Sect's Great Sumeru Hammer, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Seven Treasures Glazed Body, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's Dragon Transformation; Chen Changfeng privately dismissed them as less than actual divine skills.

Chen Changfeng attended the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s enfeoffment ceremony and recognized Qian Renxue, Ning Fengzhi, and a concealed Titled Douluo among the guests. The ceremony ended its opening with Yu Yuanzhen announcing that the clan would establish an affiliated sect and formally declare war on Spirit Hall.

• A Soul Ancestor warned Chen Changfeng that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s affiliated sect would favor powerful Soul Masters and might be preparing to oppose Spirit Hall.
• Chen Changfeng spotted Qian Renxue disguised as the Crown Prince, accompanied by Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, and noticed a cloaked figure he suspected was Tang Xiao.
• Yu Yuanzhen opened the ceremony and invited Qian Renxue to preside, but she froze after spotting Chen Changfeng in the crowd before recovering and yielding the role to Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yu Yuanzhen announced that the clan would read the imperial decree, establish an affiliated sect offering entry and marriage alliances, and declare war on Spirit Hall.