Chapter Summaries

Yang Yu returned to Spirit City after surviving an assassination tied to a sinister, possibly Rakshasa-related force, then found the city divided over his recent actions and his growing influence. After Bibi Dong questioned him about Xiao Wu and Hu Liena challenged him to spar, Yang Yu left determined to seize control of the political game.

• Zhu Zhuqing repelled a concealed assassin, and Yue Guan failed to catch the fleeing attacker; Yang Yu suspected a connection to ghost shadows and the Rakshasa and ordered investigators in Nuoding City to look for soul injuries and sinister objects.
• Yang Yu's convoy reached Spirit City, where Yue Guan reported Elder Hall opposition, Bibi Dong's ambiguous plans, and Hu Liena's recent breakthrough; Yang Yu ordered Xiao Wu and the rabbit kept under guard, away from the Pope's people.
• At Bibi Dong's summons, Golden Crocodile Douluo accused Yang Yu of causing turmoil, but Yang Yu defended his actions and accepted Bibi Dong's instruction to focus on cultivation.
• Bibi Dong asked to meet Xiao Wu, and Yang Yu claimed she was recovering from injuries to delay the request; Hu Liena then invited him to spar, but he gave no answer about his strength.
• Yang Yu left the meeting suspecting Bibi Dong meant to monitor him and resolved to change the balance of power in Spirit City.

Yang Yu tightened his control over the Holy Son's Palace while factions across the continent moved against one another. Zhu Zhuqing gained a powerful spirit ring, and Yang Yu prepared for an imminent move as tensions rose around the Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall.

• Yang Yu ordered Yue Guan to form a Holy Son's Guard loyal to him, protect Xiao Wu, and take Zhu Zhuqing to find a suitable spirit ring.
• Ning Rongrong secretly experimented with poison and Soul Tool designs before answering her father's summons.
• Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan forces provoked Star Luo troops along the border as Dai Tianfeng's failing health destabilized the court.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated a roughly thirty-five-thousand-year Netherworld Ghost Leopard and absorbed its spirit ring, reaching level thirty-five.
• Yang Yu told Xiao Wu he would let her leave temporarily to obtain her fourth spirit ring, but warned her to obey him.
• Yue Guan reported the border clashes, Ning Rongrong's research, and Golden Crocodile Douluo's closeness to the Saintess; Yang Yu ordered the guard unit prepared quickly.

Yang Yu advanced the Holy Son’s Guard while Bibi Dong watched his moves, Hu Liena visited Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu obtained her fourth soul ring under Yang Yu’s control. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong designing a concealed toxin mechanism as her sense of danger grew.

• Yang Yu ordered Yue Guan to bring blocked recruits into the guard and send Elder Hall appointees on a year-long border patrol, then began training the first thirty members in coordinated attacks and concealment.
• Bibi Dong questioned her subordinate about the guard and Xiao Wu, then ordered continued surveillance of Yang Yu’s palace.
• Ning Rongrong’s alchemy experiment failed, and she went to meet Hu Liena, who visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to discuss cooperation and show concern for her.
• Yang Yu took Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest, where she killed a Lightning Rabbit, absorbed its soul ring, and gained the Instant Movement ability.
• Yang Yu inspected the guard’s formation and concealment techniques, while Zhu Zhuqing watched their demonstration.
• After Hu Liena left, Ning Rongrong designed a hidden mechanism for delivering neuroparalytic toxin so she could protect herself and strike back.

Yang Yu sent Zhu Zhuqing and ten guards to investigate missing Dark Guards along the Star Luo Empire’s secret trade route, where they rescued the captives and destroyed a rare-metal shipment while defeating the Ghost Shadow. The recovered tokens pointed to the Holy Spirit Cult, and the Guard’s victory stirred concern among Spirit City’s factions as Yang Yu prepared to pursue the next move.

• Yang Yu ordered Zhu Zhuqing to lead ten guards to find the missing Dark Guards and destroy the Star Luo trading outpost if they confirmed its involvement, while Yue Guan followed in secret.
• Ning Rongrong burned her poisoned-hairpin blueprint and began designing a concealed paralysis trap from low-grade Soul Tool materials.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s squad found two imprisoned Dark Guards, rare-metal crates, Star Luo soldiers, and five black-robed Ghost Shadows in a hidden valley near Gengxin City.
• Zhu Zhuqing rescued the captives and led the guards in killing the Soul King defenders and Ghost Shadows before destroying the crates and withdrawing with strange tokens.
• Yue Guan reported three light injuries and no deaths, and Yang Yu ordered an investigation into the tokens and publicity for the Guard’s victory.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena to continue contacting Ning Rongrong and apply pressure if necessary, while Yang Yu turned his attention to the Star Luo route and the Holy Spirit Cult.

Yang Yu defended the Holy Son's Guard's unauthorized border operation before the Elder Hall and redirected attention toward the suspected return of the Holy Spirit Cult. As Spirit Hall began investigating, Hu Liena watched Ning Rongrong's Soul Tool research, Xiao Wu remained confined, and Yang Yu prepared his guard for a wider conflict.

• Yang Yu defended the guard's attack on Star Luo forces against Golden Crocodile Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo, while Bibi Dong accepted the operation's results but ordered future missions reported in advance.
• Yang Yu presented tokens linked to the suspected Holy Spirit Cult, and Bibi Dong ordered the Punishment Hall and Intelligence Department to investigate and assigned Yang Yu to assist.
• Hu Liena warned Yang Yu to be careful, then offered Ning Rongrong access to Spirit Hall Soul Tool masters, prompting Ning Rongrong to suspect that Bibi Dong was monitoring her.
• Ning Rongrong tested a concealed toxin wristband, while Xiao Wu remained under guard in the Holy Son's Palace garden and reflected on her captivity.
• Yang Yu trained the Holy Son's Guard against concealment and soul attacks as Zhu Zhuqing's standing and cultivation advanced, then resolved to use the guard to expand his influence.

Yang Yu wagered the Holy Son’s Guard’s survival on its ability to complete a dangerous mission, and Zhu Zhuqing led the squad to destroy the bandits without losing anyone. The victory secured the guard’s operational autonomy and strengthened Yang Yu’s standing in Spirit Hall, while he turned his attention toward the Star Luo Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Yang Yu challenged Golden Crocodile Douluo to a wager: the guard would gain autonomy over B-rank missions if it won with fewer than three casualties, but it would disband if it failed or exceeded that limit.
• Zhu Zhuqing led fifteen guards to scout the bandits near Gengxin City and devised an ambush after learning they included two Soul Sages and several other powerful fighters.
• The guard divided the bandits with a decoy and attacked from concealed positions, while Zhu Zhuqing killed a Raging Giant Bear Soul Sage using her skills and a trace of her Dark Demon Evil Tiger aura.
• The guards defeated all forty-three bandits, suffering two severe injuries and five light injuries but no deaths.
• Yang Yu’s victory established the guard’s autonomy, while Golden Crocodile Douluo avoided the Elder Hall meeting and Bibi Dong privately grew uneasy about Yang Yu’s rapid progress.
• Ning Rongrong continued her research and Xiao Wu worried that escape was becoming harder as Yang Yu’s power grew; Yang Yu then focused on the Star Luo Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult.

Yang Yu’s influence grew after his guard’s victory, while Bibi Dong tested his independence by ordering Yue Guan and half the elite forces to the Silves Kingdom. After Yue Guan departed with fifteen guards, Yang Yu summoned Zhu Zhuqing, preparing to face the factions moving against him.

• Yue Guan reported that Zhu Zhuqing’s aura had briefly revealed a sinister power, and Yang Yu recognized it as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s influence in her bloodline.
• Ning Rongrong successfully tested a concealed wristband that fired a corrosive poison, then hid it and resolved to make more weapons.
• Dai Tianfeng ordered Star Luo’s border forces to withdraw and increased the Holy Cult’s offerings in exchange for Yang Yu’s head.
• Yang Yu gave Xiao Wu a Soul Skill cultivation method, telling her that her increased strength would make her a more valuable chess piece.
• Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena to prepare for the City of Slaughter and sent an edict requiring Yue Guan to lead half the guard against Evil Soul Masters in Silves.
• Yang Yu recognized Bibi Dong’s order as an attempt to isolate him, but sent Yue Guan with fifteen guards and then summoned Zhu Zhuqing.

After Yue Guan’s departure left Holy Son’s Palace vulnerable, Yang Yu rebuffed Golden Crocodile Douluo’s tests and prepared for an attack. The Holy Spirit Cult’s assassination failed, leaving its attackers dead and Zhu Zhuqing’s dangerous power newly exposed.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo sent troublesome cases and provocateurs to test Yang Yu, but Yang Yu rejected the cases and ordered his guards to break the provocateurs’ legs.
• Ning Rongrong refined her Poison Bracelet and studied ways to combine poison with mental attacks while remaining wary of Hu Liena and Bibi Dong.
• The Holy Spirit Cult’s Cult Master sent Shadow Ghost and four Soul Saint cultists to capture or kill Yang Yu at Holy Son’s Palace.
• Yang Yu’s guards ambushed the intruders, and Zhu Zhuqing wounded Shadow Ghost after Yang Yu briefly stopped time and her Dark Demon Evil God Tiger power erupted.
• Yang Yu extinguished Shadow Ghost’s attempted self-destruction, and the guards killed all five attackers; Yang Yu ordered their bodies and tokens delivered to Elder Hall.

After the failed assassination, Yang Yu’s enemies reassessed the danger he posed while Zhu Zhuqing began learning to control her awakened dark power. Yang Yu prepared to take Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest, intending to hunt a spirit ring and investigate the forest’s hidden secrets.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Bibi Dong, Dai Tianfeng, and the Holy Spirit Cult’s Cult Master reacted to the failed attack, with the cult suspending direct action and ordering its agents to investigate Yang Yu.
• Yang Yu warned Zhu Zhuqing to treat her newly awakened dark power as a trump card and began teaching her to suppress its evil influence.
• Ning Rongrong prepared a concealed hallucinogenic-spore weapon and resolved to attend Hu Liena’s Spirit Hall exchange gala invitation.
• Yang Yu summoned Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu and announced that they would travel to the Star Dou Great Forest in three days.
• Yang Yu assigned Zhu Zhuqing a fifth spirit ring target above fifty thousand years old and told Xiao Wu she would guide and watch over them, while he planned to meet the forest’s two emperors and investigate the Holy Spirit Cult and Rakshasa God.

Yang Yu led Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a powerful soul beast for Zhu Zhuqing, but their search brought them into the territory of the Titan Giant Ape. Yang Yu slowed its attack with his Time Slowdown Domain, allowing the group to escape, and ordered them to continue searching.

• Yang Yu brought Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest and told Xiao Wu to lead them toward a soul beast at least fifty thousand years old.
• Xiao Wu guided the group through the forest, and Zhu Zhuqing killed a thirty-thousand-year Ghost Face Demonic Spider, but Yang Yu rejected it as a spirit ring candidate.
• Xiao Wu recognized that a valley ahead belonged to Er Ming, the Titan Giant Ape, and Yang Yu ordered the group to go around it.
• The Titan Giant Ape sensed the group and attacked, but Yang Yu used his Time Slowdown Domain to halt and slow its descending palm.
• Yang Yu and the others retreated beyond the Titan Giant Ape's reach, then Yang Yu ordered them to change directions and continue searching.

Yang Yu’s group hunted a fifty-thousand-year Shadow Leopard Emperor so Zhu Zhuqing could obtain her fifth soul ring, then discovered a mysterious group in the Star Dou Great Forest that Yang Yu suspected belonged to the Holy Spirit Cult. The group prepared to investigate the threat after resting for the night.

• After resting and continuing through the forest, Xiao Wu sensed a powerful Shadow Leopard Emperor guarding something, and Yang Yu ordered Zhu Zhuqing to lead the attack.
• Zhu Zhuqing used the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s dark power while the guards disrupted the Shadow Leopard Emperor, and she killed it.
• Yang Yu inspected the Shadow Leopard Emperor’s soul ring, and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed it, reaching level thirty-seven and gaining the fifth spirit ability Shadow Rend.
• A guard reported seven or eight strange people setting something up in the southwest, and Yang Yu suspected they were members of the Holy Spirit Cult.

Yang Yu and his companions discovered and attacked a Holy Spirit Cult ritual in the Star Dou Great Forest, destroying its formation and the Myriad Soul Crystal at its center. They left with a token marked “Holy Spirit” and “Seven,” while Yang Yu realized the cult’s plans were part of a larger scheme.

• Yang Yu sent Zhu Zhuqing to scout eight Holy Spirit Cult members who were using spirit beast blood to complete a formation for a sacrifice and holy descent.
• Yang Yu’s group ambushed the cultists, and Zhu Zhuqing and Yang Yu quickly killed the Soul Emperors while the guards restrained another Soul Sage.
• Yang Yu defeated the final Soul Sage with Time Stripping, and the group found a black stone tablet linked to locating an existence and opening a passage.
• Yang Yu used Trace to uncover a Myriad Soul Crystal beneath the formation’s central symbol, and its vengeful spirit attacked Xiao Wu.
• Yang Yu protected Xiao Wu and destroyed the crystal’s spirit with Creation Purification, after which the guards demolished the formation.
• The guards found a token marked “Holy Spirit” and “Seven” on the Soul Sage, and Yang Yu’s group disposed of the bodies and left the area.

Yang Yu returned to Spirit City amid signs of wider Holy Spirit Cult activity and learned that Hu Liena had returned from the City of Slaughter while Ning Rongrong had arrived for her gala. After Bibi Dong framed the Holy Son's Guard for massacres in Silves, Yang Yu ordered the Guard into closed training, intending to draw out his opponents before the Elder Hall meeting.

• Yue Guan reunited with Yang Yu's team and reported that villages and Spirit Master families in Silves had been massacred in a manner resembling Holy Spirit Cult sacrifices.
• Yang Yu returned to Spirit City and learned that Hu Liena had gained Divine Slaughter's Domain and Ning Rongrong had come to attend the gala.
• Yang Yu ordered Yue Guan to investigate the Silves massacres secretly and assigned Zhu Zhuqing to rebuild and train the Guard.
• Hu Liena prepared to test Ning Rongrong at the gala, while Bibi Dong told her that Yang Yu was the true target.
• Bibi Dong's order accused Yang Yu's Guard of the Silves massacres and demanded an explanation at the Elder Hall meeting in three days.
• Yang Yu ordered the Guard into closed training and publicly claimed it had suffered heavy losses, planning to make his opponents lower their guard.

At Hu Liena’s gala, Ning Rongrong secretly poisoned a Spirit Master who tried to grab her, while Yang Yu faced Hu Liena’s probing over the Guard and the Silves incident. The Pope canceled the inquiry into the Guard, and Yang Yu left with Zhu Zhuqing, warning that a greater storm was coming.

• Ning Rongrong made a Law Enforcement Hall Spirit Master’s arm go numb with a concealed paralytic toxin after he tried to grab her, then acted frightened and innocent.
• Yang Yu arrived at the gala with Zhu Zhuqing, drawing wary attention from the guests and an unfriendly stare from Golden Crocodile Douluo’s faction.
• Hu Liena questioned Yang Yu about his trip to the Star Dou Great Forest and the Guard’s alleged trouble in Silves, but Yang Yu countered by accusing hidden attackers of killing civilians and shifting blame.
• A Papal Palace guard told Hu Liena that the Pope had canceled the next day’s Elder Council Meeting, which had been intended to investigate the Holy Son’s Guard.
• Yang Yu left the gala with Zhu Zhuqing and said that those who had prepared a blade might be wounded by it themselves, adding that they needed to prepare for the coming storm.

Yang Yu and Bibi Dong investigated the Holy Spirit Cult’s massacres and its suspected ties to the Star Luo Imperial Family and Gengxin City, while the Cult Master ordered an assassination attempt against Yang Yu. Yang Yu redirected his investigation toward Star Luo and arranged to approach Dai Weisi as the factions prepared for conflict.

• Yue Guan reported that the Holy Spirit Cult was responsible for massacres in the Silves Kingdom and that Star Luo funds were linked to a suspected Cult black market in Gengxin City; Yang Yu ordered further investigation.
• Ning Rongrong studied Hu Liena’s poison records and worked on concealable poisoned weapons while resisting Spirit Hall’s surveillance.
• Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena to investigate Gengxin City, keep watching Ning Rongrong, and monitor Yang Yu.
• The Cult Master ordered the Gengxin City stronghold abandoned and sent Netherworld to capture Yang Yu alive as an offering to the Holy Spirit.
• After learning Hu Liena had left for Gengxin City, Yang Yu withdrew his agents from the city and ordered Yue Guan to contact Dai Weisi about helping him reclaim his position.

Yue Guan recruited Dai Weisi as an intelligence source, while Yang Yu sent Ning Rongrong technical books and prepared to travel to the Far North for his sixth spirit ring. Yang Yu left Spirit City with Zhu Zhuqing, leaving the Holy Son's Palace exposed as the Holy Spirit Cult assassin Netherworld arrived.

• Yue Guan established contact with Dai Weisi, and Dai Weisi agreed to cooperate after the envoy demonstrated the faction's influence by arranging a military appointment.
• Dai Weisi sent Yang Yu intelligence about Star Luo funds transferred overseas, and Yang Yu ordered an investigation into Misty Island and aid for Dai Weisi.
• Yang Yu sent Ning Rongrong books on Soul Tools and Soul Power techniques, which she hid despite suspecting his motives.
• Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena to continue investigating Gengxin City and increased surveillance of personnel connected to Yang Yu's palace.
• Yang Yu reached the threshold of level sixty and ordered preparations to travel to the Far North with Zhu Zhuqing to seek a sixth spirit ring.
• Yang Yu and Zhu Zhuqing left Spirit City, and the Holy Spirit Cult assassin Netherworld infiltrated the Holy Son's Palace.

Yue Guan defeated a Holy Spirit Cult assassin who attacked Holy Son's Palace, but the intruder destroyed his own soul before Yue Guan could learn the cult's plans. In the Far North, Yang Yu found a powerful Time-Space Ice Dragon suited to his sixth spirit ring and prepared to fight it.

• Netherworld infiltrated Holy Son's Palace, but Yue Guan caught him and used the palace's defensive formation to cripple him.
• Netherworld's soul-core rune exploded when Yue Guan tried to search his mind, killing him and destroying the trail to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Yang Yu traveled north with Zhu Zhuqing and chose to search alone for a Soul Beast with ultimate ice and time or space attributes.
• After three days of searching, Yang Yu found a Time-Space Ice Dragon with more than sixty thousand years of cultivation in an ice cave.
• The Time-Space Ice Dragon sensed Yang Yu, roared at him, and forced him to reveal himself as their battle became unavoidable.

Yang Yu killed a sixty-thousand-year Time-Space Ice Dragon in the Far North and absorbed its Spirit Ring, reaching Soul Emperor level and gaining two powerful spirit abilities. After returning to Spirit City, he learned that a Holy Spirit Cult assassin had been killed and that Hu Liena’s investigation had stalled, then ordered the city’s defenses placed on high alert.

• Yang Yu used his time and creation powers to weaken the Time-Space Ice Dragon’s breath, defeat it, and kill it.
• Yang Yu absorbed the dragon’s Spirit Ring, broke through to Level sixty, and gained Space-Time Lock and Ice-Fire Polarity Domain.
• Yang Yu stored the dragon’s corpse and left the Far North with Zhu Zhuqing and the Soul Sage coachman before other powerful beings reached the ruined cavern.
• After returning to Spirit City, Yang Yu heard Yue Guan report that a Holy Spirit Cult assassin had been killed and Hu Liena’s investigation in Gengxin City had hit a dead end.
• Yang Yu learned that Dai Weisi was sharing intelligence and recruiting allies, then ordered regular patrols to resume with the city’s alert level raised to its highest.

After Yang Yu returned as a Soul Emperor, Spirit Hall learned that the Holy Spirit Cult was tightening its grip on the Star Luo Empire and preparing its Holy Arrival ritual. Ning Rongrong fled toward Heaven Dou, while Xue Qinghe’s planned visit drew the attention of Bibi Dong and Yang Yu.

• Yue Guan reported that Dai Tianfeng might be controlled by the Holy Spirit Cult, supplies and living people were being taken to Misty Island, and Ning Rongrong was gathering poison materials.
• Yang Yu ordered his agents to encourage Ning Rongrong’s poison experiments, and she received an anonymous note suggesting she meet Heaven Dou Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Bibi Dong sent Gui Mei to investigate Dai Tianfeng and possibly aid Dai Weisi, then ordered Hu Liena to return and receive Xue Qinghe during his visit to Spirit City.
• The Holy Spirit Cult’s High Priest kept Dai Tianfeng under control and ordered the accelerated kidnapping of Spirit Masters and villagers for the Holy Arrival ritual.
• Ning Rongrong disguised herself as a maid and escaped Spirit City in a merchant caravan bound for Heaven Dou, and Yang Yu ordered his agents not to interfere.
• Yang Yu recognized that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue in disguise and told Zhu Zhuqing to prepare for a possible visit to the Heaven Dou Empire.

Yang Yu recognized that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue when the Crown Prince visited Spirit City, while Hu Liena grew suspicious after the Angel Sacred Stele reacted to him. Yang Yu chose to wait as Qian Renxue's visit and interest in Ning Rongrong deepened the political tensions.

• Zhu Zhuqing prepared for a journey to the Heaven Dou Empire as Spirit City readied to receive Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Hu Liena and Yang Yu welcomed Xue Qinghe, who greeted them courteously and briefly scrutinized Yang Yu.
• At the welcoming banquet, Yang Yu sensed Qian Renxue's concealed holy Soul Power as Xue Qinghe questioned him about the Far North and Ning Rongrong.
• During a visit to the Angel Sacred Stele, Xue Qinghe triggered its radiance and struggled to suppress the holy Soul Power within him, making Hu Liena suspect his connection to the Angel God.
• Yue Guan reported the incident to Yang Yu, who decided not to act and expected Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue's conflict to worsen.