Chapter Summaries

Gu Han told Bibi Dong that a god might have enabled a Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King to possess Tang Chen, then discussed names for their unborn child with her. In the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Xue Xing accepted Spirit Hall’s demand for the Häagen-Dazs Kingdom and Xilu City in exchange for help against Star Luo, leaving Heaven Dou weakened and struggling to survive.

• Gu Han explained to Bibi Dong that the possessed Tang Chen was likely under the influence of a Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King aided by a god, and they agreed not to tell Yuehua.
• Gu Han and Bibi Dong chose Gu Nanfeng for a boy and Gu Shuangyue for a girl, then shared dinner with Ah Yin, Qian Renxue, and Gu Qiuer.
• Xue Xing told his ministers that Spirit Hall would help defend Heaven Dou against Star Luo if the empire ceded the Häagen-Dazs Kingdom and Xilu City.
• Zhi Lin, Bai Baoshan, Meng Shenji, and other ministers supported accepting Spirit Hall’s terms, and Xue Xing ordered an edict drafted.
• Xue Xing accepted the cession to preserve Heaven Dou, though he lamented the empire’s declining strength and his inability to reform its nobles.

Gu Han secured Spirit Hall’s aid to Heaven Dou and dispatched Salas to take over disaster relief in the ceded Häagen-Dazs Kingdom and Xilu City. After the Holy Dragon Sect’s Tuoba Xi offered support, Gu Han turned to planning a punitive campaign against Star Luo, targeting the strategic city of Jincheng.

• Gu Han agreed to help Heaven Dou resist Star Luo’s soul masters and sent Salas to lead relief efforts in the Häagen-Dazs Kingdom, authorizing him to obtain supplies from local wealthy forces by coercion if necessary.
• Gu Han gave Salas the Pope Token and troops, then continued overseeing Spirit Hall’s relief work and voluntary recruitment in Spirit City.
• Tuoba Xi visited Gu Han and offered the Holy Dragon Sect’s surplus funds and provisions to help disaster victims; Gu Han directed him to coordinate with Salas.
• Gu Han decided to retaliate against Star Luo for its advance toward Spirit City and Yu Xiaogang’s killing of a Spirit Hall Soul Saint, withdrawing Spirit Hall members from Star Luo City.
• Gu Han studied maps and chose Jincheng in the Jincheng Mountains as his target, valuing its position as a base for threatening Star Luo or building a defensible pass.

Shi Dong led Spirit Hall's army to Jincheng, where the city surrendered, while Dongfang Lingyun pursued the fleeing Soul Saint Li Dou. She killed his two Soul King guards and prepared to fight him.

• Gu Han and Bibi Dong watched as Shi Dong and Dongfang Lingyun departed with an army of fifty-five thousand, while Bibi Dong's Goodness Incarnation secretly followed them.
• Shi Dong brought the army to Jincheng, and Soul Saint Li Dou left the city to seek reinforcements as City Lord Zhang Long opened the gates to Spirit Hall.
• Dongfang Lingyun rode after Li Dou despite Shi Dong's attempt to stop her, then caught up with him on the road to Hadrian City.
• Dongfang Lingyun threw her spear and killed Li Dou's horse, then revealed her six unusual Soul Rings and challenged him.
• Dongfang Lingyun killed Li Dou's two Soul King guards with her palm strikes and turned to face Li Dou.

Dongfang Lingyun fought Li Dou, a Soul Saint spearman, and overwhelmed him with her skillful spearwork and soul skills. After she pierced his left shoulder, Li Dou grabbed her spear and tried to break it.

• Li Dou warned Dongfang Lingyun to leave, but she dodged his First Soul Skill and countered his spear thrusts with precise strikes.
• Dongfang Lingyun activated Life Force Circulation and Starry Eyes Spiritual Wisdom, then struck at Li Dou through his Flying Spear Shadows.
• Li Dou used his Sixth Soul Skill against Dongfang Lingyun, but her Glazed Armor blocked the spear and she evaded his clones.
• Li Dou activated his Martial Soul Avatar, and Dongfang Lingyun answered with Martial Soul Resonance before trading blows with him.
• Dongfang Lingyun predicted Li Dou's attacks and pierced his left shoulder; he seized the spear shaft and tried to snap it.

Dongfang Lingyun killed Li Dou and returned to Jincheng, where Shi Dong assigned her to protect the commander-in-chief. Spirit Hall sent a provocative letter to Star Luo, and a Soul Douluo prepared to deliver it to the emperor.

• Dongfang Lingyun used her Fifth Soul Skill to burn Li Dou to ash after he threatened the spear her master had given her.
• Dongfang Lingyun returned to Jincheng and told Shi Dong she had killed Li Dou and the others who fled.
• Shi Dong assigned Dongfang Lingyun to protect the commander-in-chief, and she reluctantly agreed to stay by his side.
• Häagen-Dazs City learned that Jincheng had fallen but made no move against Spirit Hall as the city remained on guard.
• A Soul Douluo in Häagen-Dazs City received Spirit Hall's letter threatening an alliance with Heaven Dou and an advance south if Star Luo raised arms again.
• The Soul Douluo put the letter in a new envelope and sent a Soul Emperor to deliver it to Star Luo City.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Dai Hao to approve a surprise attack on Heaven Dou City and led the force out of Star Luo City. Gu Han anticipated the route they might take and warned Heaven Dou, hoping the two empires would remain locked in war while Spirit Hall consolidated its new territory.

• Yu Xiaogang examined Gu Han’s letter and persuaded Dai Hao to let Spirit Hall have the small city for now, then proposed a surprise cavalry strike on Heaven Dou City.
• Dai Hao approved Yu Xiaogang’s plan, and three days later Yu Xiaogang led twenty thousand cavalry and fifteen Holy Sect experts out of Star Luo City.
• Second Master Li and several Li Family experts also left Star Luo City for Golden City to avenge Li Dou.
• Gu Han assessed the stalemate on the front and recognized that Star Luo might attack Heaven Dou through the eastern corridor of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Gu Han sent a flying-type soul master to warn Heaven Dou City while Spirit Hall focused on stabilizing the territory it had recently acquired.

Gu Han discovered that Yu Xiaogang was leading a Star Luo cavalry force toward Heaven Dou and slaughtering civilians to feed evil soul masters. He confronted Yu Xiaogang at a village near Xingyao City, and their battle continued as Gu Han cut through Yu Xiaogang’s Pseudo-Divine attack.

• Gu Han learned that a large Star Luo cavalry force had left Star Luo City and traveled toward Xingyao City to the south of Star Dou Corridor.
• Gu Han used his Yang Spirit to find the force and discovered Yu Xiaogang absorbing villagers’ blood essence after nearby civilians had been slaughtered.
• Gu Han materialized in the village and confronted Yu Xiaogang, who was shocked that Gu Han had appeared without being detected.
• Yu Xiaogang and Gu Han exchanged attacks, while an Evil Soul Master Soul Douluo tried to assist Yu Xiaogang and Gu Han killed him with Emperor's Palm · Great Cold Without Snow.
• Yu Xiaogang attacked Gu Han with Rakshasa Evil Dragon Break, but Gu Han split the energy wave with a sword aura and sent it toward the Rakshasa Evil Dragon.

Gu Han fought Yu Xiaogang and the Rakshasa Evil Dragon, but the dragon broke free of Yu Xiaogang’s control and unleashed a Blood Vortex. Gu Han killed Yu Xiaogang and carried away his body and head, leaving the Rakshasa Evil Dragon’s threat unresolved.

• Gu Han used his All Things Lose Color domain and sword attacks to wound Yu Xiaogang through the Rakshasa Evil Dragon, but Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul suddenly recovered and broke free of the domain.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered the empowered Rakshasa Evil Dragon to kill Gu Han, and the dragon formed a Blood Vortex that swept nearby soldiers and horses into the sky.
• The Blood Tornado seized Yu Xiaogang, and he realized the Rakshasa Evil Dragon had turned against him and could no longer be controlled.
• Gu Han approached Yu Xiaogang and stabbed him through the heart before cutting off his head.
• Gu Han carried Yu Xiaogang’s body and head away from the suction, keeping the Rakshasa Evil Dragon from devouring the corpse.

Gu Han killed Yu Xiaogang and fought the Rakshasa Evil Dragon, which had become an independent Level 99 threat. He survived the creature’s death-triggered blast but fainted in a forest, while the Rakshasa God watched from the God Realm and chose not to interfere again.

• Gu Han froze Yu Xiaogang’s corpse and shattered it before the Rakshasa Evil Dragon could devour it.
• Gu Han merged with the Mystic Ice Sword and clashed with the Rakshasa Evil Dragon’s black beam.
• Gu Han used Explode Ring to break through the beam and kill the Rakshasa Evil Dragon with one strike.
• The Blood Vortex unleashed a devastating crimson pillar, and Gu Han escaped its direct hit with his Fourth Soul Skill.
• The explosion blasted Gu Han into an uninhabited forest, where he fainted after coughing up blood.
• The Rakshasa God watched from the God Realm and decided not to intervene again.

Rakshasa Dragon escaped Yu Xiaogang’s control by forming a physical body after devouring thousands of cavalrymen, while Gu Han remained unconscious after the devastating explosion. The blast drew the attention of powerful figures across the continent, who began making plans to investigate its source.

• Rakshasa Dragon formed a humanoid body from its crystal heart and declared itself free from Yu Xiaogang.
• The Snow Empress freed the unconscious Gu Han from a tree, and she and the Ice Empress stayed to guard him.
• Tang Hao and Lan Yinyin set out toward the explosion’s location, planning to observe from the shadows.
• The Clear Sky Sect dispatched Tang Xiao, two elders, and experts from the Four Single-Attribute Clans to investigate.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Xin to locate the tremor’s center, and Chen Xin agreed to accompany him despite Gu Rong’s warning.

Ning Fengzhi brought Yu Qingtian into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s expedition, while Spirit Hall’s commanders investigated a distant explosion that had prompted Star Luo’s evil soul masters to withdraw. The chapter ended with Golden Crocodile Douluo sending a letter to Spirit City for reinforcements and direction.

• Ning Fengzhi agreed to leave the sect in Gu Rong’s care, and Yu Qingtian asked to join him to seek revenge on Yu Xiaogang.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Yu Qingtian into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and had Gu Rong take him as a disciple, while Chen Xin approved Yu Qingtian’s role in protecting Ning Fengzhi.
• On the Lima Plain, Ghost Douluo, Dugu Bo, and Qian Jun Douluo noticed that Star Luo’s evil soul masters had withdrawn toward the distant explosion.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo concluded that the explosion near Xingyao City was likely man-made and ordered a letter sent to Spirit City for the Pope and Judgment Elder.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo sent the letter with a flying-type Martial Soul Soul Saint while the frontline Titled Douluo remained in place.

Bibi Dong investigated a strange surge of energy while Dai Hao learned that another twenty thousand troops had been lost in an explosion. Gu Han awoke after nearly a week, only to be trapped by Rakshasa Dragon and nine Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo.

• Bibi Dong sensed a bloody, powerful energy fluctuation and sent her Goodness Incarnation east to investigate.
• Bibi Dong searched Spirit City for Gu Han and wondered whether he was connected to the energy surge and tremors.
• Dai Hao learned that an explosion had destroyed the twenty thousand troops led by Yu Xiaogang and ordered Duke Xu Wen to investigate.
• Gu Han awoke after nearly a week unconscious and recovered some of his strength while Snow Empress and Ice Empress watched over him.
• Rakshasa Dragon and nine Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo emerged from a Blood Vortex and confronted Gu Han.
• Rakshasa Dragon's domain blocked spatial abilities, and he and the other Evil Soul Masters attacked Gu Han.

Gu Han used a powerful unfinished sword technique to break through the attacks of nine Titled Douluo and escape, killing three of them in the process. Bibi Dong arrived after he vanished and attacked the remaining evil soul masters.

• Gu Han activated his Martial Soul Avatar and fought the nine Titled Douluo with his sword while his other skills remained unavailable.
• The nine Titled Douluo unleashed their strongest attacks, but Gu Han gathered the energy of heaven and earth to block them.
• Gu Han released a vast sword light that dissolved Hell Douluo’s attacks and shredded Hummingbird Douluo, Centipede Douluo, and Sky Python Douluo.
• Gu Han disappeared as his sword light faded, leaving Hell Douluo and the surviving Titled Douluo unable to stop his escape.
• Bibi Dong rushed to the battlefield and attacked the remaining evil soul masters with her Yin-Yang Fish sword qi.

Bibi Dong’s Goodness and Evil Incarnations fought Hell Douluo and Rakshasa Dragon as Chen Xin arrived to hold off the five exhausted Super Douluos. Chen Xin wounded the Demonic Phoenix and severed one of the Magic Dragon’s heads, leaving both sides injured and the battle unresolved.

• Hell Douluo blocked Goodness Incarnation’s sword strike to save Demonic Tiger Douluo and ordered his allies to fall back.
• Evil Incarnation engaged Rakshasa Dragon while Goodness Incarnation fought Hell Douluo, who gained the upper hand.
• Skeleton Douluo and Demon Blade Douluo tried to attack Goodness Incarnation, but Chen Xin appeared and challenged them.
• Ning Fengzhi supported Chen Xin while Yu Qingtian guarded him as Chen Xin drew all five Super Douluos into battle.
• Chen Xin struck the Magic Dragon with his giant sword and cut through the Demonic Phoenix’s flames, wounding both opponents.
• The five Super Douluos retreated, blaming their earlier expenditure of Soul Power for their defeat by Chen Xin.

The Goodness Incarnation and Evil Incarnation fought the Hell Douluo and Rakshasa Dragon while Chen Xin battled five Super Douluo. After the Rakshasa Dragon and Chen Xin’s other opponents were killed, the Hell Douluo escaped, leaving the battle over.

• The Goodness Incarnation attacked the Hell Douluo with her Tai Chi Sword Technique, and Tang Xiao and Tang Hao recognized her sword style as Disorder Splitting Wind, a technique associated with the Clear Sky Sect.
• The Evil Incarnation wounded the Rakshasa Dragon, then killed it with the Ninth Soul Skill, Evil God Annihilation: Punish Gods.
• The Hell Douluo forced back the Goodness Incarnation and Evil Incarnation by drawing on Tang Chen’s Asura Divine Power, then escaped through space.
• The Evil Incarnation and Goodness Incarnation joined Chen Xin’s battle, killing Demon Emperor Douluo, Demon Blade Douluo, Magic Dragon Douluo, and Demonic Tiger Douluo.
• Chen Xin used the Seven Kill Sword to kill Skeleton Douluo, ending the battle.

After the battle, Gu Han escaped the Rakshasa Domain and sought refuge in a remote village while recovering from his injuries. There, he learned that an old man's family had gone to Spirit City for food and agreed to find out whether they were alive.

• Bibi Dong's Goodness Incarnation thanked Chen Xin before leaving, and Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, and Yu Qingtian departed to search for Gu Han.
• The watching experts recognized Bibi Dong and Chen Xin's strength, while Tang Xiao resolved that the Clear Sky Sect would keep a low profile as it rebuilt its power.
• Gu Han used Space Jump to flee the battle, then reached a desolate village and rested after drawing too heavily on the Power of Heaven and Earth.
• An old man welcomed Gu Han into his home and explained that famine and hardship had left the village nearly empty.
• The old man asked Gu Han to check whether his son Yun Ting, grandson, and daughter-in-law had reached Spirit City, and Gu Han agreed to look for them.

Gu Han returned to Spirit City after stabilizing the Hagen-Dazs region and explained the Blood Vortex to Bibi Dong. She beat him for making her worry, and he ended the chapter masked and preparing to report his return and arrange help for the village.

• Gu Han left the village after recovering briefly and resolved to speed up his plans to end the war between the Two Great Empires.
• By mid-August, Gu Han had brought the Hagen-Dazs region under control by force, driving out or killing Soul Master Nobles who resisted.
• Bibi Dong worried over Gu Han's disappearance until he returned to Spirit City and apologized to her.
• Gu Han told Bibi Dong that the Blood Vortex had caused the continent-wide tremors and energy aftershocks, and that its power might have been divine.
• Bibi Dong beat Gu Han despite his explanation, and he later told Qian Renxue that his swollen face came from a cultivation mishap.
• Gu Han put on a mask and prepared to report his safety to Chen Xin and review records to arrange help for the village.

Gu Han found Yun Ting and saw his family living peacefully among the refugees outside Spirit City, then considered holding an extra round of Martial Soul Awakenings in the area. Meanwhile, Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi learned Gu Han had survived, while Dai Hao faced the loss of Star Luo’s strongest fighters and worried about the war against Heaven Dou.

• A bishop told Gu Han that Yun Ting, an ordinary man with no Soul Power, lived with his family in the refugee settlement outside Spirit City.
• Gu Han visited the Yun family and saw Yun Ting, his wife, and their son Yun Ming share a meal; Yun Ming said he would turn six the next day and hoped to become a Spirit Master.
• Gu Han left without disturbing the family and considered holding Martial Soul Awakening twice a year in the densely populated area outside Spirit City.
• Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi received Gu Han’s letter, and Chen Xin confirmed that Gu Han’s swordsmanship had surpassed his own.
• Hell Douluo returned alone to Dai Hao and reported that the other powerful fighters were dead, leaving Dai Hao worried that Star Luo would lose ground in its war against Heaven Dou.

As Spirit Hall’s second Martial Soul awakening began, Yun Ming awakened a mutated top-tier Heaven-Supporting spear with Innate Full Soul Power. The bishop brought him to the Papal Palace, where he met Gu Han.

• Dai Hao questioned Hell Douluo’s certainty that Spirit Hall would not help Heaven Dou counterattack Star Luo, then accepted that Spirit Hall was staying out of the war.
• Spirit Hall began its second Martial Soul awakening across its territory, and crowds of children and adults lined up at the awakening sites.
• Yun Ming awakened the Heaven-Supporting spear, which the assisting Spirit Master identified as a mutated top-tier weapon soul, and his test revealed Innate Full Soul Power.
• The Spirit Master informed Yun Ting and his wife of Yun Ming’s talent, then took him to the bishop, who confirmed the results and brought him to the Papal Palace.
• The bishop and Yun Ming entered the hall and greeted Gu Han, who was seated on the Papal Throne.

Gu Han examined Yun Ming's rare Heaven-Supporting Spear and accepted him as his third disciple. He brought Yun Ming to the rear courtyard of the Papal Palace to begin teaching him, where the others met the new disciple.

• Bishop Mula introduced Yun Ming, who had awakened Innate Full Soul Power and a mutated spear Martial Soul, to Gu Han.
• Gu Han examined the Heaven-Supporting Spear, recognized it as a top-tier Weapon Soul, and accepted Yun Ming as his third disciple after Yun Ming kowtowed three times.
• Gu Han brought Yun Ming to the rear courtyard and introduced him to Bibi Dong, Ah Yin, Gu Qiuer, and Qian Renxue.
• Yun Ming summoned his Heaven-Supporting Spear for the others, and Gu Qiuer remarked on its unusual shape.
• Gu Han gave Gu Qiuer and Qian Renxue a Gold Soul Coin card, and the two blondes ran off to go shopping.