Chapter Summaries

Su Bai and Dongfeng Po’s army captured Shimo City, while Lu Yan used her Square Chessboard Martial Soul to shatter Minglu City’s defenses and secure a swift victory for the southern force. After the city fell, Lu Yan wondered whether she was close to completing the Chess God’s third trial, which required her to conquer ten cities.

• Su Bai told Dongfeng Po that Shimo City had lost its high-level soul masters, and the Spirit Empire Starfall Army Northern Expeditionary Force captured the city after an hour of siege fighting.
• Lu Yan used Global Control and Black-and-White Control to target Minglu City’s City Lord’s Residence, southern gate, walls, and important buildings with chess pieces.
• Lu Yan activated Pieces Become Soldiers, causing explosions across Minglu City and creating five nine-thousand-year Soul Beasts and five Soul Kings to attack its defenders.
• Lu Yan ordered the southern expeditionary force to charge as the Minglu City lord and his soldiers fought back, leaving the city badly damaged and its defenders unable to resist.
• The Spirit Empire Starfall Army Southern Expeditionary Force occupied Minglu City within half an hour, and Lu Yan reflected that her third Chess God trial required her to conquer ten cities.

Gu Chen and the Shadow Guards attacked Immortal Rain City, where the Xiao Family had stationed a Title Douluo and two Soul Douluos. Gu Chen confronted Xiao Tianhong and gained the upper hand in their opening exchange, then launched another powerful attack as their duel continued.

• Gu Chen led the Shadow Guards to Immortal Rain City and ordered the snipers to ambush the soldiers on its walls.
• A Soul Emperor fled into the city for help, and the Xiao Family's First Elder, Xiao Tianhong, emerged with Xiao Hun and Xiao Min to face the attackers.
• Gu Chen assigned his allies to fight the two Soul Douluos and took Xiao Tianhong on himself.
• Gu Chen's Golden Dragon Claw forced Xiao Tianhong back, and he blocked the First Elder's spear attack with Golden Dragon's Restraint.
• Gu Chen used Dragon Emperor Battle to attack Xiao Tianhong, who broke apart the phantoms with his Martial Soul Avatar and spear.
• Gu Chen charged Xiao Tianhong again with Dragon Emperor Charge, thrusting his Golden Dragon Spear toward the First Elder's head.

Gu Chen and his allies fought the Xiao Family Soul Masters, with Hua Bu Luo, Ye Wuyou, Jin Zi, and Mo Yun struggling against Xiao Min while Feng Xiaoyu and Xue Youyou battled Xiao Hun. Xue Youyou and Feng Xiaoyu froze Xiao Hun and struck with a wind blade, but he broke free by activating his Martial Soul Avatar just as Xue Youyou’s Ice Crystal Bomb appeared before him.

• Gu Chen blasted Xiao Tianhong back, but Xiao Tianhong blocked the attack with his Martial Soul Avatar and counterattacked.
• Hua Bu Luo, Ye Wuyou, Jin Zi, and Mo Yun attacked Xiao Min, but his Shield of Protection blocked Hua Bu Luo’s Cherry Blossom Time Bomb.
• Hua Bu Luo coated Ye Wuyou’s Purple Winged Angel with Poison Arrow Wood sap, and Ye Wuyou charged Xiao Min.
• Xiao Hun broke through Feng Xiaoyu’s Wind Barrier and destroyed Xue Youyou’s Ice Crystal Puppet, but Xue Youyou’s Extreme Cold Storm wounded him with ice crystals.
• Xiao Hun rushed Xue Youyou, but she froze him with Ice Seal Aura and her first Spirit Ability while Feng Xiaoyu attacked with Death Hurricane Crescent Moon.
• Xiao Hun activated his Martial Soul Avatar to melt the ice, and Xue Youyou’s Ice Crystal Bomb appeared before him with a ding.

Feng Xiaoyu and Xue Youyou fought Xiao Hun while Gu Yuena and the Starfall Army launched an assault on Immortal Rain City. The Xiao Family heavy cavalry charged the modernized forces, but concentrated rifle and sniper fire cut their numbers down before they reached the assault company.

• Xue Youyou froze Xiao Hun with an Ice Crystal Bomb, but he shattered the ice and damaged her Ice Snow Sword martial soul with the Spear of Slaughter.
• Feng Xiaoyu stabbed Xiao Hun from behind, then used her Azure Bird True Body and Wind Barriers to evade his Slaughter Formation and wound him again.
• Xue Youyou and Feng Xiaoyu combined their attacks against Xiao Hun, who endured the injuries and healed himself with his Third Spirit Ability.
• Gu Yuena burned down Immortal Rain City's gate, and the Xiao Family garrison charged out with heavy shields, spear infantry, and heavy cavalry.
• Luo Chen ordered the assault company to focus fire on the cavalry while Ling Xiaojiu's snipers joined in, killing most of the riders before they reached the troops.
• A surviving cavalryman killed one Shadow Guard before the others shot him down, while riderless warhorses injured and scattered more Shadow Guards.

Luo Chen’s forces devastated the Xiao Family soldiers, but Xiao Hun attacked Luo Chen and severely injured Feng Xiaoyu while trying to avenge his family and heir. Luo Chen killed Xiao Hun with Life-Taking Fried Rice at the cost of ten years of his lifespan, then collapsed as he explained that he could not stand seeing Feng Xiaoyu hurt.

• Luo Chen ordered the Shadow Guards to destroy the heavy shields with grenades and gun down the exposed Xiao Family soldiers, while Ling Xiaojiu’s snipers picked off deserters.
• Xiao Hun saw the Xiao Family’s losses and his heir’s death, then evaded Feng Xiaoyu and hurled his Spear of Slaughter at Luo Chen.
• Feng Xiaoyu intercepted the spear and was badly injured, but Luo Chen escaped unharmed.
• Luo Chen used Life-Taking Fried Rice and a stone tablet inscribed with Xiao Hun’s name to kill Xiao Hun, who rotted into black pus.
• Luo Chen collapsed after spitting blood, and Feng Xiaoyu told him the skill had cost him ten years of his lifespan.
• Luo Chen told Feng Xiaoyu that he had acted because he could not stand seeing her hurt.

Feng Xiaoyu chose Luo Chen after he was badly injured, while Gu Chen defeated Xiao Tianhong and used an Immortal Herb to treat Luo Chen and Feng Xiaoyu. Ye Wuyou killed Xiao Min, leaving the battle against the Soul Douluo opponents turning in their favor.

• Feng Xiaoyu told the unconscious Luo Chen that she had chosen him, and Xue Youyou went to find Gu Chen for help.
• Gu Chen killed Xiao Tianhong with Forbidden Universe: Dragon Emperor Annihilation after learning Feng Xiaoyu and Luo Chen were seriously injured.
• Gu Chen fed Luo Chen and Feng Xiaoyu petals from the Nine-Petal Regenerating Snow Lotus to heal their injuries.
• Ye Wuyou bound Xiao Min's soul with Spirit Binding Chain, allowing Hua Bu Luo, Mo Yun, and Jin Zi to attack him.
• Ye Wuyou killed Xiao Min with Deathly Stillness Execution after the death ray pierced through his Spear of Slaughter.

After taking Immortal Rain City, Gu Chen led the Spirit Empire Starfall Army toward Three Stars City, which was divided into three walled sections. He assigned Hua Bu Luo to block reinforcements and launched an attack on the central city, where his gunfire cut down the defenders.

• Gu Yuena reported that she had killed all Star Luo Empire soul masters above Soul King rank in Immortal Rain City, and Gu Chen ordered her to care for the injured while the troops entered the city.
• The Shadow Guards rested in Immortal Rain City, and Gu Chen learned that the northern and southern expeditionary forces had each captured a border city.
• Feng Xiaoyu awoke and carried the still-unconscious Luo Chen as Gu Chen took command of the assault company and explained Three Stars City's defenses.
• Hua Bu Luo volunteered to block reinforcements from the left city, while Ye Wuyou and four others were assigned to attack the right city; Ling Xiaojiu's sniper company prepared an ambush near the central city.
• Gu Chen led the assault company toward the central city, and the defenders raised signal fires to request reinforcements.
• Gu Chen opened fire on the city wall with his M416, killing numerous Three Stars City defenders.

Ye Wuyou and his companions intercepted the reinforcements from Three Stars City and attacked the Soul Masters with their Spirit Abilities. They killed several Soul Sages and left the remaining defenders under pressure as the battle continued.

• Ye Wuyou, Jin Zi, Feng Xiaoyu, Xue Youyou, and Mo Yun flew to intercept the Soul Masters sent from Three Stars City.
• Jin Zi boosted the group with Golden Crocodile's Radiance, and Ye Wuyou struck a Soul Sage with the poisoned Purple Winged Angel, killing him with Sealing Blood to Death.
• Mo Yun used Scorpion Emperor's Guard and Green Scorpion Barb to repel two Soul Sages and reflect part of their attacks.
• Mo Yun interrupted one Soul Sage's Martial Soul Avatar with Eerie Green Light, while Feng Xiaoyu killed another with Hurricane Cutting Array.

Jin Zi and Xue Youyou killed the Soul Emperors and Soul Kings opposing them, while Hua Bu Luo laid poisonous traps to delay Three Stars City’s reinforcements. When the remaining soldiers charged him, he unleashed his divine power and sent a storm of deadly flowers against them.

• Jin Zi killed three Soul Emperors with his spirit abilities, while Xue Youyou killed two others and summoned an Ice Crystal Puppet to attack the Soul Kings.
• Hua Bu Luo planted dozens of Invisible Lily of the Valley Landmines along the road to stop Three Stars City’s reinforcements.
• Fifteen hundred Three Stars City guards marched into the minefield, where explosions and poison incapacitated five hundred soldiers.
• Three Soul Emperors, five Soul Kings, and a thousand guards charged Hua Bu Luo after discovering him blocking the road.
• Hua Bu Luo invoked “After I Bloom, All Flowers Die!” and unleashed a divine storm of razor-sharp petals that cut through the army.

Hua Bu Luo nearly wiped out the enemy reinforcements with the Flower God skill After I Bloom, All Flowers Die, then learned that his fourth divine trial required him to travel to Hundred Flower Valley. Gu Chen sent him there through a Teleportation Array while the army continued its attack on Three Stars City.

• Hua Bu Luo used After I Bloom, All Flowers Die to kill nearly all of a thousand enemy soldiers, then collapsed from exhaustion as the survivors fled.
• Gu Chen's forces captured the central and right-hand cities of Three Stars City and headed to support Hua Bu Luo at the last city.
• Ling Xiaojiu restored Hua Bu Luo's spiritual power, and Gu Chen used a Soul Power Replenishment Card to refill his depleted Soul Power.
• Hua Bu Luo told Gu Chen that his fourth Flower God trial was Emotional Refinement, Hundred Flower Valley, and Gu Chen offered to teleport him there.
• Hua Bu Luo entered the golden Teleportation Array and arrived safely in Hundred Flower Valley.

Hua Bu Luo passed the Flower God's fourth trial, an illusion that turned him into a girl and forced him through a romance, and received an additional technique as compensation. He contacted Gu Chen, who was surprised by how quickly the trial ended while the Shadow Guards continued their advance toward Spirit City.

• Hua Bu Luo began the fourth trial and discovered that the illusion had transformed him into a girl and sealed most of his memories.
• Hua Bu Luo endured five segments of the illusion, including falling in love with a man, while the Flower God realized she had forgotten to modify the trial.
• The Flower God added the second move of the Flower God Divine Technique as compensation, and Hua Bu Luo passed the trial with his Flower God Affinity increased to forty percent.
• Hua Bu Luo contacted Gu Chen, who was surprised that he had completed the trial in two days.
• Gu Chen watched Luo Chen's Shadow Guards swiftly break through Prosperity City's gates as their army continued toward Spirit City.

After conquering six more cities, Gu Chen’s army prepared to face heavily defended Chess Cloth City, where three Title Douluo and other powerful Soul Masters awaited them. Gu Chen decided to wait for Thousand Jun Douluo’s army to arrive before attacking.

• Hua Bu Luo returned from his divine trial exhausted and told Gu Chen he had received the Flower God Divine Technique’s second form early as compensation.
• Gu Chen’s army captured six cities over two days, leaving only two cities between them and Spirit City.
• While resting, Gu Chen discussed with Gu Yuena whether controlling human institutions served them and wondered if the System offered a way to control Soul Masters.
• Gu Chen and his companions set out for Chess Cloth City, and Ling Xiaojiu described its terrain and attack routes to Luo Chen.
• Gu Chen learned that Chess Cloth City held two Xiao Family Title Douluo, one Dai Family Title Douluo, five Soul Douluo, and numerous Soul Sages.
• Gu Chen rejected Jin Zi’s suggestion of calling Qian Renxue and said they would wait for Thousand Jun Douluo’s Soul Master army before attacking.

Gu Chen assembled Thousand Jun Douluo’s twenty-thousand-strong soul master army and prepared to attack Chess Cloth City, where the Star Luo Empire had gathered powerful defenders to ambush them. The battle began with Gu Chen, Gu Yuena, Thousand Jun Douluo, and their allies engaging the enemy’s Title Douluo and Soul Douluo.

• Gu Chen ordered Thousand Jun Douluo to hurry his army forward, and the soul masters cleared the previous city and marched to join him.
• Gu Chen told Thousand Jun Douluo that Chess Cloth City held three Title Douluo, five Soul Douluo, and five thousand soldiers, then assigned targets for the coming battle.
• Thousand Jun Douluo reported his army’s high-ranking soul masters, and Gu Chen ordered them to fight enemies of their own rank or lower before setting the attack for one hour later.
• Outside Chess Cloth City, Ling Xiaojiu sent the Sniper Company to find cover while she prepared to support Jin Zi and the others.
• As the Star Luo defenders charged from the city, Gu Chen, Gu Yuena, and Thousand Jun Douluo attacked the three Title Douluo, while Ye Wuyou and the other commanders engaged the Soul Douluo.

Gu Chen fought a Dai Family Title Douluo while Gu Yuena battled a Xiao Family Title Douluo. Gu Chen left his opponent severely wounded, while Gu Yuena killed hers in moments.

• Gu Chen used his Golden Dragon King's Dragon Might and Golden Dragon Claw to wound the Dai Family Title Douluo.
• Gu Chen struck the Dai Family Title Douluo with Golden Dragon Tail Sweep, Golden Dragon Shakes the Earth, and Golden Dragon Shakes the Heavens, leaving him badly injured.
• The Dai Family Title Douluo blocked Gu Chen's White Tiger Annihilation Kill with Golden Dragon's Restraint, then released his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked.
• Gu Yuena combined ice and fire to devastate the Xiao Family Title Douluo's chest, then teleported behind him.
• Gu Yuena pierced the Xiao Family Title Douluo's heart and the back of his head with Light Swords, killing him.

Ye Wuyou, Xue Youyou, and Feng Xiaoyu killed a Dai Family Soul Douluo, while Hua Bu Luo, Jin Zi, Mo Yun, and Ling Xiaojiu fought the Dai and Zhu Family Soul Douluos. With the enemy pair unleashing their Hell White Tiger fusion skill, Jin Zi and Ling Xiaojiu attempted their own fusion and produced Golden Annihilation Ten Thousand Leaves.

• Ye Wuyou, Xue Youyou, and Feng Xiaoyu combined their attacks to kill a Dai Family Soul Douluo, then Xue Youyou and Feng Xiaoyu went to assist the deputy commanders.
• Hua Bu Luo trapped the Zhu Family Soul Douluo in his Cherry Blossom Array while Jin Zi and Mo Yun battled her husband, another Dai Family Soul Douluo.
• The Dai Family Soul Douluo rescued his wife by breaking the Cherry Blossom Array, and the two of them fused into the Hell White Tiger.
• Jin Zi asked Ling Xiaojiu to attempt a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and she agreed despite worrying it might only provide support.
• Jin Zi and Ling Xiaojiu fused their powers into Golden Annihilation Ten Thousand Leaves, sending more than ten thousand golden sword grasses toward the Hell White Tiger.

Gu Chen’s forces captured Chess Cloth City after defeating the Star Luo Empire defenders, then advanced to the abandoned Nether Star City. Puzzled by the empty city and the path left open to Spirit City, Gu Chen sent Feng Xiaoyu ahead to investigate.

• Jin Zi and Ling Xiaojiu’s Golden Annihilation Ten Thousand Leaves, aided by Mo Yun’s poison needle and Hua Bu Luo’s bombs, broke the Hell White Tiger and killed the Dai Family Soul Douluo and Zhu Family Soul Douluo.
• Gu Chen killed the Dai Family Title Douluo with his Golden Dragon Spear while Luo Chen’s assault company and the Spirit Hall Empire forces captured Chess Cloth City and defeated its remaining defenders.
• Gu Yuena assassinated the Xiao Family Title Douluo after Thousand Jun Douluo had kept him at bay.
• Gu Chen waited for the city to be cleared, then led his army to Nether Star City, where he found the city deserted and its supplies and defenses removed.
• Gu Chen gave Feng Xiaoyu military binoculars and sent her at supersonic speed toward Spirit City to find out what had happened.

Feng Xiaoyu reached the outskirts of Spirit City and used Gu Chen’s military binoculars to inspect the city’s defenses. After the Azure Bird apologized for peeking at her memories and returned some of her power, Feng Xiaoyu discovered that Spirit City had been transformed into a steel fortress.

• Feng Xiaoyu stopped ten kilometers from Spirit City and used the military binoculars Gu Chen had given her to observe it.
• The Azure Bird teased Feng Xiaoyu by revealing it had seen her memories, and she attacked it in embarrassment and anger.
• The Azure Bird apologized and returned some of Feng Xiaoyu’s Soul Power along with its Ultimate Wind power, raising her cultivation to level 79.
• Feng Xiaoyu resumed her mission and saw that Spirit City had gained a wide, deep moat and a Soul Saint was filling it with water.
• Feng Xiaoyu saw that Spirit City’s walls had been raised and armored with iron, while its wooden gate had been replaced by a massive steel one.

Star Luo Great Emperor Dai Heng prepared Spirit City to withstand the Spirit Hall Empire’s army, unaware that He Langfeng was secretly working for Gu Chen. After learning of the city’s defenses and forces, Gu Chen ordered the He Family to evacuate and revealed the enormous Level 12 Fixed Soul Cannon shell he intended to use against Spirit City.

• Dai Heng and the Imperial Tutor trusted Spirit City’s steel walls and defenders, while He Langfeng reported that the Starfall Army was approaching.
• He Langfeng returned to the He Family and told He Shuqing and Lin Shuyue that Gu Chen’s forces would soon act.
• Gu Chen arrived with his army, received He Langfeng’s report of Spirit City’s defenders, and ordered the He Family to leave within a day.
• Gu Chen ordered his forces to fall back ten kilometers as He Langfeng began evacuating the He Family.
• At the temporary camp, Gu Chen stood before the Level 12 Fixed Soul Cannon shell called God-Slaying Heaven-Destroying Earth-Annihilating.

Gu Chen prepared to destroy Spirit City with the Level 12 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell God-Slaying Heaven-Destroying Earth-Annihilating, despite the risk of political consequences. After his allies and ten Soul Power Replenishment Cards fueled the weapon, it launched toward Spirit City, leaving everyone drained and collapsed.

• Gu Chen revealed God-Slaying Heaven-Destroying Earth-Annihilating and explained that he planned to obliterate Spirit City because its defenses made a quick victory impossible.
• Ling Xiaojiu warned Gu Chen that the mass killing could bring condemnation and give Qian Xunji an excuse to eliminate him, but Gu Chen welcomed the possibility of seizing power.
• He Langfeng reported that he had led the He Family out of Spirit City, and Gu Chen ordered them to flee at least twenty kilometers away.
• Gu Chen assembled the Level 12 Fixed Soul Cannon and pressed its launch button, but the weapon began draining his Soul Power before it could fire.
• Gu Yuena, Ling Xiaojiu, the others, and Thousand Jun Douluo supplied Gu Chen with Soul Power while he used ten replenishment cards to power the cannon.
• God-Slaying Heaven-Destroying Earth-Annihilating launched toward Spirit City, and Gu Chen watched it fly as he shouted, "World nuclear peace!"

The Level 12 Fixed Soul Cannon annihilated Spirit City and nearly all of its inhabitants, including Star Luo Great Emperor Dai Heng’s wife and fellow Title Douluos. Dai Heng escaped at the last moment by activating the Thousand Mile Teleportation Talisman he had once received from Gu Chen.

• The Level 12 Fixed Soul Cannon erased the Soul Sages who flew up to challenge it and began flooding Spirit City with purple light.
• The Imperial Tutor of Star Luo and nine other Title Douluos joined Star Luo Great Emperor Dai Heng to create the Soul Fusion Star Shield.
• Dai Heng shrank the shield to protect only the ten Title Douluos, leaving Spirit City, its hundreds of thousands of troops, and Star Luo Palace to be annihilated.
• The purple light overwhelmed the shield and killed the Title Douluos around Dai Heng, including his wife, the Empress, and the Imperial Tutor of Star Luo.
• Dai Heng used the Thousand Mile Teleportation Talisman he had obtained from Gu Chen seven years earlier and vanished from Spirit City.