Chapter Summaries

Gu Han and Bibi Dong welcomed dragon-phoenix twins, naming their son Gu Nanfeng and their daughter Gu Shuangyue. They wondered which Martial Soul the children would inherit, with Bibi Dong believing they would receive Gu Han’s Mystic Ice Sword.

• Yun Ming mastered Gu Han’s Meditation Method, gained an eight-hundred-year Bright Saber-toothed Tiger Soul Ring, and awakened the Sky Banishment Domain.
• Dongfang Lingyun killed several Star Luo experts who challenged her at Golden City, defeating one with Returning Horse Spear.
• Gu Han, Qian Xunji, Ling Yuan, and the Elders waited as Bibi Dong gave birth to twins.
• Gu Han met his newborn son and daughter, and Bibi Dong named them Gu Nanfeng and Gu Shuangyue.
• Bibi Dong told Gu Han that the twins would most likely inherit his Mystic Ice Sword Martial Soul.

Bibi Dong and Gu Han celebrated their twins’ birth with a small gathering, but Gu Han soon returned to managing refugees as the war worsened. Xue Xing received a string of disasters and battlefield setbacks, collapsed after coughing up blood, and learned his health was failing.

• Ning Fengzhi congratulated Gu Han and Bibi Dong at their twins’ small birth banquet and hinted that the children should visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Bibi Dong showed Tang Yuehua, Qian Renxue, and Gu Qiuer the sleeping twins, while Ah Yin watched over them.
• Gu Han returned to work arranging housing for refugees and personally inspected conditions as the war between the two empires intensified.
• Xue Xing received reports of rebellion, natural disasters, and Star Luo’s advance to Suotuo City, then spat blood and collapsed in court.
• After Xue Xing awoke, the imperial physician told Ning Fenglin that the emperor might not live another five years, though Ye Renxin could potentially extend his life.

As Heaven Dou’s defeat emboldened Dai Hao, Gu Han organized a campaign to threaten Star Luo City and force Star Luo’s front-line army to withdraw. Dai Hao learned that Spirit Hall’s army was approaching and discovered he could muster only about thirty thousand troops in time to defend the capital.

• Dai Hao celebrated Heaven Dou’s setbacks and ordered Star Luo’s army to attack Suotuo City and Barak City before advancing on Jialing Pass.
• After reading news of Heaven Dou’s defeat, Gu Han decided to march toward Star Luo City rather than confront Star Luo’s army directly.
• At the Council of Elders, Golden Crocodile Douluo and Qian Xunji supported Gu Han’s plan, and Bibi Dong offered her Evil Incarnation as reinforcements.
• Gu Han mobilized seventy thousand troops, while Shi Dong and Dongfang Lingyun took ten thousand soldiers to monitor Hadrian City and hold Jincheng Mountain Pass.
• Spirit Hall’s army marched toward Star Luo City, and Cloud Cavalry cannons drove back troops sent from Hadrian City.
• Dai Hao ordered a defense of Star Luo City and learned that only about thirty thousand troops could reach it in time.

Dai Hao ordered frontline troops redeployed to defend the capital after Spirit Hall marched on Star Luo, while Xue Xing celebrated the relief of Heaven Dou. As Gu Han’s army approached Star Luo City, he explained why Spirit Hall would seek to infiltrate and control the empire rather than conquer it outright.

• Dai Hao learned that only thirty thousand troops remained near the capital and ordered three hundred thousand frontline soldiers to return, leaving the city passes guarded.
• Xue Xing received news that Spirit Hall had forced Star Luo’s Frontline Army to retreat and rejoiced before fainting.
• Bibi Dong, Qian Jun, Jiang Mo Douluo, and Dugu Bo questioned why Gu Han would not destroy the Star Luo Royal Family and Holy Sect.
• Gu Han explained that Spirit Hall would use benefits to turn local families against one another and gradually infiltrate Star Luo while avoiding costly warfare.
• Gu Han spotted Star Luo City ahead and ordered the army to prepare for battle.

Gu Han confronted Hell Douluo above Star Luo City and defeated him with a newly comprehended water-like Sword Dao technique, but Hell Douluo escaped. Gu Han then turned to Dai Hao and demanded sufficient sincerity before Spirit Hall would withdraw its troops.

• Dai Hao had Star Luo’s forces prepared at the city while Gu Han arrived and demanded an explanation for Spirit Hall to withdraw.
• Hell Douluo challenged Gu Han, and the two fought as the soldiers and experts watched from below.
• Gu Han used his newly comprehended Sword Dao: Supreme Goodness is Like Water to freeze and hinder Hell Douluo’s divine power.
• Gu Han vanished from Hell Douluo’s perception and struck him down into a crater, leaving the onlookers stunned.
• Hell Douluo escaped in a streak of red light, and Gu Han told Dai Hao that Star Luo needed to show enough sincerity for Spirit Hall to withdraw.

Spirit Hall attacked and captured Star Luo City after Dai Hao refused to surrender the Hadrian Duchy. Gu Han offered the captured nobles a choice to join Spirit Hall, while Dai Hao escaped and the Star Luo Empire was left badly weakened.

• Dai Hao rejected Gu Han’s demand to cede the Hadrian Duchy, and the Nether Duke tried to persuade him to accept a compromise.
• Dai Hao refused to yield, so Gu Han ordered Spirit Hall’s forces to siege Star Luo City.
• Spirit Hall’s artillery shattered the city defenses, and its army routed the Star Luo defenders as the Nether Duke pulled Dai Hao into retreat.
• The Plane Consciousness observed that Star Luo’s defeat had weakened the empire, though its fate had not yet run out.
• Gu Han asked the captured nobles to surrender to Spirit Hall, and most of them moved to the side for those willing to join.

After taking Star Luo City, Gu Han kept it intact and planned to cripple the approaching relief army with Dugu Bo’s poison. Gu Han and Dugu Bo waited in a valley along the army’s route, and Dugu Bo began to unleash his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Gu Han explained to Dugu Bo why he had spared Star Luo City and said they needed to destroy the Star Luo relief army instead.
• Gu Han asked Dugu Bo to use poison against the reinforcements, and Dugu Bo agreed to weaken them so they could not move.
• Bibi Dong reported that the Holy Sect’s base had been abandoned, and Gu Han assigned her and the two Elders to evacuate civilians and handle the other preparations.
• Gu Han used the Yang Spirit’s perspective to locate the relief army near Saint King River and brought Dugu Bo and five thousand troops to a valley on its route.
• After the Star Luo Army entered the valley, Gu Han told Dugu Bo to act, and Dugu Bo activated his Martial Soul Avatar.

Dugu Bo incapacitated the three hundred thousand Star Luo troops with poison, while Gu Han revived the survivors and offered them reasons to surrender to Spirit Hall. The soldiers hesitated until Gu Han pinned down their commanders and ordered anyone willing to surrender to raise a hand.

• Dugu Bo spread poison through the valley, incapacitating the Star Luo Army and killing some soldiers near the Spirit Masters.
• Gu Han used the Life Tide of the Emerald Swan Spirit Bone to revive the army without restoring its ability to fight.
• Gu Han identified himself as Spirit Hall’s Judgment Elder and promised free Martial Soul awakenings and five years of education to those who surrendered.
• Gu Han’s sword shadows pinned down the commanders, and he told the soldiers their commanders were dead before asking them to raise their hands if they would surrender.

Spirit Hall captured Star Luo’s returning army and relocated civilians while Dai Hao abandoned Star Luo City and established a new capital at Antonio City. Spirit Hall seized the Hadrian Duchy and gained the submission of the Silves and Balak Kingdoms, expanding its control as the war between Star Luo and Heaven Dou stalled.

• Spirit Hall removed the poison from the three hundred thousand captured troops and escorted them back to Spirit City while Bibi Dong led millions of civilians there.
• Hell Douluo told Dai Hao that Spirit Hall had captured the army and civilians, prompting Dai Hao to relocate his capital to Antonio City, which he renamed Star Luo City.
• Dai Hao and his party reached the new Star Luo City after more than half a month, and the war between Star Luo and Heaven Dou was put on hold.
• Spirit Hall seized the Hadrian Duchy, killed its royal family, and took control of its cities and government.
• The Silves Kingdom and the Balak Kingdom staged coups and submitted to Spirit Hall, which expanded its control over a quarter of the continent.

Ah Yin sacrificed herself to become Bibi Dong’s first Spirit Ring and Sword Spirit, while Lan Yinyin inherited the Blue Silver Emperor title and transformed. Tang Hao struggled with the temptation to take Yinyin’s power before bringing her toward the Clear Sky Sect, unaware that a divine soul had entered her body.

• Ah Yin sacrificed herself and became Bibi Dong’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and Sword Spirit, gaining two Soul Skills and leaving behind the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Lan Yinyin inherited the vacant Blue Silver Emperor position and transformed inside a cocoon as Blue Silver Grass and Life energy gathered around her.
• Tang Hao briefly coveted Lan Yinyin’s power and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, but he rejected the thought before embracing her.
• Tang Hao asked Lan Yinyin to return to the Clear Sky Sect with him, and she agreed despite worrying about whether the sect would accept her.
• As Tang Hao and Lan Yinyin set off for the Clear Sky Sect, a divine light entered her abdomen, and a soul carrying Spacetime Power merged with and took control of it.

Tang Hao brought Lan Yinyin to the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Tian and the elders rejected their relationship and demanded that Tang Hao kill her for her soul ring. After the Asura God secretly altered Tang Hao’s thoughts, Tang Hao chose Lan Yinyin and tried to leave, but the elders blocked their way.

• Tang Tian and the elders recognized Lan Yinyin as a transformed Hundred-Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor, and Tang Yuehua and Tang Xiao persuaded Tang Tian to speak with Tang Hao alone.
• Tang Hao asked Tang Tian to bless his relationship with Lan Yinyin, but Tang Tian demanded that he capture her, kill her at level 90, and absorb her soul ring.
• Tang Hao hesitated between Lan Yinyin and the Clear Sky Sect until the Asura God used Divine Slaughter's Domain to twist his thoughts.
• Tang Hao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, declared that he could not hurt Lan Yinyin, and led her out of the main hall.
• Tang Yuehua and Tang Xiao tried to stop Tang Hao from leaving, but Tang Hao refused and confronted the five elders and the sect experts who blocked his way.

Tang Hao fought his way out of the Clear Sky Sect with Lan Yinyin after defeating its Elders and killing Tang Mo, leaving the sect devastated. Tang Tian expelled Tang Hao, named Tang Xiao the new sect master, ordered the sect to seal its mountain, and died.

• Tang Hao used the Great Sumeru Hammer to defeat the five Elders and break through the Clear Sky Sect's defensive line with Lan Yinyin.
• Tang Hao killed Tang Mo and shattered Tang Lie's Martial Soul Avatar when Tang Lie attacked him.
• The Second Elder led the Clear Sky Sect's disciples and experts in the Clear Sky Formation, but Tang Hao's clash with his Great Sumeru Hammer devastated the sect.
• Tang Yuehua urged Tang Hao never to return, and Tang Hao escaped with light injuries while the Clear Sky Sect's experts were heavily wounded.
• Tang Tian removed Tang Hao from the sect's family register, ordered the Clear Sky Sect to seal the mountain, appointed Tang Xiao as the new sect master, and died.

After Tang Tian’s fall and Tang Hao’s rampage, the Clear Sky Sect abandoned its mountain and withdrew to its old, remote site, while other factions maneuvered to claim its influence and properties. Bibi Dong and Gu Han investigated the retreat but chose not to interfere, with Gu Han privately suspecting Tang Hao was involved.

• The Clear Sky Sect relocated to its old mountain site and announced that it was sealing itself off, causing uproar across the Spirit Master world.
• The four affiliated clans struggled to protect the sect’s outside assets, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect acquired many properties and failed to recruit the clans.
• Tang Yuehua told the four clan heads to develop independently and wait for the right opportunity, refusing to explain further.
• Bibi Dong and Gu Han sent people to inspect the Clear Sky Sect’s abandoned site and found signs of a fierce battle.
• Bibi Dong proposed several possible reasons for the retreat, and Gu Han told her to stop guessing and leave Tang Yuehua’s family matters alone.
• Gu Han privately suspected Tang Hao was connected to the Clear Sky Sect’s troubles but decided not to intervene without evidence or a request for help.

Gu Han and Bibi Dong prepared to help the Dragon City Insurgent Army by seizing Jialing Pass, while Spirit Hall’s forces gathered for the campaign. Ning Fengzhi weighed how Spirit Hall’s possible unification would affect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and planned to secure advantages within the new regime.

• Gu Han received a plea for help from the Dragon City Insurgent Army, and Bibi Dong proposed taking Jialing Pass while Heaven Dou was undermanned.
• Gu Han arranged for Guang Ling to oversee Dragon City, and the Council of Elders unanimously approved the operation to seize Jialing Pass.
• Spirit Hall assembled four hundred thousand troops from its allied grand duchies and the Cloud Cavalry Army, while Heaven Dou’s spies learned of their advance.
• Xue Xing asked Ning Fengzhi to send Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to oversee Jialing Pass, and Bone Douluo warned that Spirit Hall might seek to conquer the continent.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should cooperate with Spirit Hall and seek rights to mine salt, iron, and other minerals in its future empire.

Spirit Hall seized Jialing Pass through an uprising and defeated the Heaven Dou army at Dragon City, leaving Heaven Dou badly weakened. After Xue Xing died and Xue Beng became emperor, officials sought new patrons while Ning Fengzhi withdrew most of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from court.

• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would stay out of the conflict because it could not oppose Spirit Hall.
• Chang Wei revealed that he had been Spirit Hall's agent from the start and handed Gu Han the command seal and tiger tally for Jialing Pass.
• Gu Han sent Shi Dong and Dongfang Lingyun's forces into Jialing Pass, taking the city without losing a soldier.
• Guang Ling killed the Dragon City army's commanding general with one arrow, and the leaderless Heaven Dou troops were routed.
• Xue Xing died a month after the defeats, and the ministers installed eight-year-old Crown Prince Xue Beng as emperor.
• Heaven Dou officials secretly contacted other powers while Ning Fengzhi withdrew most of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's people from court.

After the Heaven Dou Empire collapsed, Spirit Hall’s leaders agreed to establish an empire governed through internal elections. Gu Han was chosen as its first emperor, while the chapter left the Angel Lineage poised to retain control of the papacy.

• The remaining duchies defected or declared independence, and a year later the Heaven Dou Empress Dowager announced Xue Beng’s abdication, ending the empire.
• Gu Han proposed an internal election system for the new Spirit Hall Empire, preserving the Worship Hall and Hall of Elders and allowing qualified officials and Soul Saints to vote.
• Qian Xunji and the assembled elders and worships approved the system, then considered whether Gu Han or Bibi Dong should become the first emperor.
• Bibi Dong yielded the position to Gu Han, and Qian Xunji declared him the Martial Soul Empire’s first emperor while retaining the position of Pope.
• Gu Han, Bibi Dong, and Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed that future Popes must possess the Six-Winged Angel martial soul, and Ling Yuan supported having another child to continue the lineage.
• Qian Xunji ordered Gu Han’s founding ceremony and invited every faction except the Holy Sect and the Star Luo Empire to attend in Spirit City.

Ning Fengzhi and representatives of the major powers traveled to Spirit City ahead of the Spirit Hall Empire’s founding, hoping to secure opportunities in its rebuilding. Gu Han gathered them to discuss the Empire’s future and said he would speak with Ning Fengzhi privately about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s cooperation.

• Ning Fengzhi decided to attend the founding ceremony with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo and planned to meet Gu Han early to seek control of a major commercial sector.
• Gu Han invited Ye Renxin to become the Spirit Hall Empire’s leading medical authority, while Tang Yuehua accepted an invitation as Moonlight Pavilion’s representative and the Clear Sky Sect declined.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived at Spirit Hall’s reception hall, where leaders of the Lower Four Sects and other clans greeted him, and he spoke with Tang Yuehua.
• Gu Han entered with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, greeted the assembled representatives, and told them the Empire’s future development would depend on them.
• Ning Fengzhi asked what Gu Han needed from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Gu Han deferred the discussion until they could speak privately.

Gu Han announced the Spirit Hall Empire’s plan to govern the Spirit Master world through the Heavenly Pavilion and new controls on resources. The major powers accepted the empire’s authority, while Ning Fengzhi faced a costly tax on his sect’s mineral business.

• Gu Han introduced the Heavenly Pavilion, which would have seven civilian Spirit Master elders and answer to the empire’s Worship Hall and Hall of Elders.
• Gu Han said sects could refuse to join, but they would have to bear all risks without the empire’s protection; the Thunder Snake Sect immediately agreed to cooperate.
• Tang Yuehua asked how hidden sects would be treated, and Gu Han said they could remain outside imperial jurisdiction until they left seclusion, after which they must obey imperial laws.
• Gu Han declared that resource extraction and essential goods would be subject to imperial supervision, and that mines belonged to the empire and required approval to operate.
• Ning Fengzhi protested the twenty percent tax on mineral income, then accepted it and urged Bone Douluo not to challenge Gu Han.

Gu Han announced the Spirit Hall Empire’s new rules and five-year elections, then secured the sects’ cooperation through the Heavenly Pavilion register. After the assembly, Ye Renxin agreed to train physicians, and Gu Han invited Tang Yuehua to reopen Moonlight Pavilion in Spirit City and secretly join the empire.

• Gu Han declared that emperors would be elected every five years, while candidates had to join the Hall of Elders or the Worship Hall and swear loyalty to the empire.
• Gu Han announced bans on human trafficking, underground soul fights, and Spirit Masters attacking non-Spirit Masters, with the empire managing independent Spirit Masters.
• Gu Han had the sect masters and clan heads sign the Heavenly Pavilion register, pledging to cooperate with the empire in regulating the spirit master world.
• Gu Han met Ye Renxin, who agreed to train physicians and serve at the Imperial Hospital as a vice principal if he would not take the director position.
• Gu Han invited Tang Yuehua to open Moonlight Pavilion in Spirit City and secretly join the Spirit Hall Empire.

Tang Yuehua agreed to move Moonlight Pavilion to Spirit City and secretly join the Spirit Hall empire, while Gu Han considered the empire’s appointments and met Ning Fengzhi to negotiate benefits for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Fengzhi accepted Gu Han’s commercial terms, leaving the sect aligned with the empire’s future development.

• Tang Yuehua accepted Gu Han’s invitation to move Moonlight Pavilion to Spirit City and secretly join the Spirit Hall empire.
• Gu Han planned roles for Lou Gao and an education-sector representative but had not found a suitable candidate for the latter.
• Ning Fengzhi visited Gu Han with Chen Xin and Bone Douluo, and Bone Douluo challenged Gu Han over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s past support of Spirit Hall.
• Gu Han offered the sect commercial posts, an academy admission quota, and rights to operate in the empire’s mineral and land markets.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized the value of the land-development deal and accepted Gu Han’s terms on behalf of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.