Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao resumed control of the Spirit Pagoda, introduced his Soul Spirit companions, and explained how Su Tong, Ye Guyi, and Ji Juechen had survived ten thousand years. Leng Yaozhu then offered Gu Yuena the Vice Tower Master position, prompting the Spirit Pagoda leaders to wonder whether Gu Yuena was the true sovereign of the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Huo Yuhao declared that he would lead the Spirit Pagoda and resume control of it, and the assembled members pledged obedience.
• Huo Yuhao introduced his Soul Spirits as companions and First Generation Members of the Spirit Pagoda, then honored his absent Teacher as the true founder of the Soul Spirit System.
• Qian Gu Qingfeng asked how Su Tong, Ye Guyi, and Ji Juechen had crossed ten thousand years, and Huo Yuhao explained that he had sealed them until his return.
• Huo Yuhao told Qian Gu Qingfeng that his own method of immortality was impractical and unrelated to the sealing, while Han Tianyi speculated that the Ancestors might have been preserved for a chance to become gods.
• Leng Yaozhu offered Gu Yuena her Vice Tower Master position, and the leaders began to suspect that Gu Yuena was the true sovereign of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Gu Yuena revealed herself as the Lord of All Soul Beasts of Star Dou and took over the Star Dou Faction’s Spirit Pagoda authority, while Huo Yuhao kept her identity secret from outsiders. He then ordered a major expedition to the Dou Spirit Continent to destroy the Holy Spirit Cult, with the force set to depart in three days.

• Gu Yuena declared herself the Lord of All Soul Beasts of Star Dou, and Di Tian and the other Star Dou experts bowed to acknowledge her sovereignty.
• Huo Yuhao announced that Gu Yuena would take over Di Tian’s Spirit Pagoda vice tower master position, and the gathered leaders accepted the decision.
• Huo Yuhao asked everyone to keep Gu Yuena’s identity secret so their enemies would not focus on her.
• Huo Yuhao revealed the Holy Spirit Cult’s plan to sacrifice the Dou Ling Empire’s people and open an Abyss Passage, then ordered an expedition to destroy the cult.
• Huo Yuhao assigned the expedition’s leaders, put Leng Yaozhu in charge of the Spirit Pagoda’s rear, and set the departure for three days later.
• Soul Suppressing Douluo hurried home, intending to punish his daughter Zhao Yao for making him read unofficial histories about Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Pagoda allies discussed his return and watched Ji Juechen leave to pursue sword training, while Huo Yuhao reassured the remaining leaders that the Federation would be protected during their expedition. Tang Wutong learned that Huo Yuhao was the Spirit Ice Douluo and was asked to persuade her fathers to avoid a conflict, leaving her wondering why he had offered them that chance.

• Han Tianyi, Fist Emperor Douluo, and Hua Yichen discussed Huo Yuhao’s revealed identity and wondered how he would handle the news becoming public.
• Ji Juechen left with Ji Xuanqiu to discuss the sword, and Han Tianyi and Fist Emperor Douluo followed them to observe.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Gu Yuena, Snow Empress, Di Tian, Qian Gu Dongfeng, and Qiangu Dieting that he had safeguards in place, then revealed that Ning Rongrong and Oscar had agreed to help.
• Tang Wutong entered through Huo Yuhao’s Space Gate, and Qian Gu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting mistakenly concluded that Huo Yuhao was a God King.
• Huo Yuhao told Tang Wutong that he was the Spirit Ice Douluo and recalled seeing her lose a fight as a young Soul Master.
• Huo Yuhao warned Tang Wutong that he might send her fathers into Reincarnation if their hostility continued, but offered to spare them if she could persuade them; Tang Wutong agreed and asked why he was giving them the opportunity.

Tang Wutong asked Huo Yuhao about the Golden Dragon King God Core inside Tang Wulin, and he explained that they would remove it once Wulin reached the twelfth seal. Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena then discussed how to handle the Golden Dragon King's consciousness and the risks of Gu Yuena drawing on Dragon God power, leaving her agreeing to wait until Huo Yuhao could protect her.

• Huo Yuhao offered to release Da Ming and Er Ming in exchange for Tang Wutong's help securing Oscar and the others' favor, and Tang Wutong inferred that he wanted their abilities.
• Tang Wutong asked what Huo Yuhao intended to do about the Golden Dragon King God Core inside Tang Wulin, and he said they planned to strip it away after Wulin broke through the twelfth seal.
• Tang Wutong explained that Tang Wulin had returned to the Spirit Pagoda after absorbing Abyss energy, taking a third Soul Spirit, and undergoing a Second Awakening, leaving him close to the eleventh seal.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Tang Wutong that Wulin's tenth seal posed no immediate danger and offered to visit him; Tang Wutong then left, unsure whether to reveal Wulin's origins to him.
• Gu Yuena said she would wait until she recovered to her peak before taking the Golden Dragon King God Core's power, and Huo Yuhao warned her to avoid Dragon Valley and delay using the God Core and Dragon God Heart until he could protect her.
• Gu Yuena agreed to Huo Yuhao's warning while Su Tong silently suspected that his concern also reflected reluctance to let Gu Yuena surpass and protect him.

Huo Yuhao returned as Spirit Pagoda’s Tower Master while Gu Yuena sought to learn the dangers of inheriting the Dragon God Seat. After he explained the risks, three days passed and Spirit Pagoda was left debating why he had chosen the significant title “Ling Bing.”

• Su Tong and Ye Guyi confronted Gu Ruiqiu in the Cultivation Room over the stories she had written, while Zhao Yao was punished by her father.
• Huo Yuhao left the meeting room and went to his newly prepared Tower Master Office, where Gu Yuena followed and assigned the work to her Divine Sense Clone so they could cultivate.
• Gu Yuena asked Huo Yuhao about the dangers of inheriting the Dragon God Seat, and he explained the trials, energy demands, and possible response of the Universal Law.
• Gu Yuena abandoned the idea of solving those dangers immediately after hearing Huo Yuhao’s explanation.
• Three days later, news spread that Huo Yuhao had become Tower Master, and people questioned why he had chosen the title “Ling Bing.”

Luo Sheng and others questioned why Huo Yuhao had taken the title Ling Bing, while clues led the Spirit Pagoda’s members to suspect he was the Spirit Ice Ancestor. Ji Juechen returned to the Ji Clan, reached the Sword God realm, and received Huo Yuhao’s confirmation that his path forward was to make his Sword Intent rival law; as Titled Douluo gathered at the Spirit Pagoda, Huo Yuhao left to meet them.

• Luo Sheng objected to Huo Yuhao using the title Ling Bing, but his companion urged him to wait for an explanation from Huo Yuhao.
• The Dark Phoenix Douluo connected Ye Guyi’s survival and other clues, concluding that Huo Yuhao was likely the Spirit Ice Ancestor.
• Ji Feihong learned that Ji Juechen had returned and found him exchanging insights with Ji Xuanqiu at the Ji Clan residence.
• Ji Juechen awakened his Sword God realm after three days of exchanging insights with Ji Xuanqiu and realized his path was to unite Sword Intent, Sword Soul, and Sword God.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed that Ji Juechen could temper his Sword Intent until it rivaled law, though he would have to forge his own path after becoming a God.
• As Titled Douluo arrived at the Spirit Pagoda, Ji Juechen declined to join the coming battle, and Huo Yuhao went to meet the gathering group.

Huo Yuhao revealed himself as Spirit Ice Douluo to Tang Wulin and the Spirit Pagoda’s Titled Douluo, then led them to attack the Holy Spirit Cult in Dou Ling. The chapter ended as Huo Yuhao’s force struck the Blood River God-Killing Array in Heaven Dou City with divine lightning.

• Tang Wulin learned from the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Spirit that Huo Yuhao was Spirit Ice Douluo and struggled to process the revelation.
• Huo Yuhao sent Tang Wulin to a room where he found Ji Juechen, another of his revered ancestors, alive.
• Huo Yuhao addressed the Spirit Pagoda’s gathered Titled Douluo, and Qian Gu Dongfeng identified him as Spirit Ice Ancestor.
• Huo Yuhao ordered more than a hundred Titled Douluo to march on Dou Ling and destroy the Holy Spirit Cult.
• In Heaven Dou City, Huo Yuhao’s divine presence opened a rift in the sky, and Seven-Colored Divine Thunder struck the Blood River God-Killing Array’s core.

Huo Yuhao and the Spirit Pagoda launched a full-scale assault on the Holy Spirit Cult, destroying the Blood River God-Killing Array’s core in Heaven Dou City. The God of Slaughter intervened, and the chapter ended as Huo Yuhao clashed with him while both sides began their battle.

• Huo Yuhao struck the Blood River God-Killing Array’s core with Seven-Colored Divine Thunder, destroying it and killing the Evil Soul Masters nearby.
• The Demon Empress confronted Huo Yuhao, then froze when the Spirit Pagoda’s powerful force and more than a hundred Titled Douluo emerged behind him.
• Huo Yuhao sent Di Tian and twenty others to help destroy the array and the Holy Spirit Cult branch in Dou Ling City.
• The God of Slaughter attacked Di Tian, but Huo Yuhao intercepted his blood-red sword beam and faced him in the sky.
• The God of Slaughter challenged Huo Yuhao, who blocked his killing aura with Crimson Gold Profound Flame before the two clashed swords.
• Gu Yuena ordered the Spirit Pagoda’s experts to attack, and the Demon Empress engaged Gu Yuena as both forces began fighting.

Xiong Jun killed Dark Eagle Douluo after thwarting his attempt to use the Demon God Sword, whose danger Huo Yuhao had warned the Spirit Pagoda about. As the Spirit Pagoda crushed the Holy Spirit Cult across the battlefield, Xiong Jun noticed that Xuan Qiu also seemed to have found success.

• Dark Eagle Douluo used his speed to evade Xiong Jun and harass him while preparing a desperate attack against the Spirit Pagoda's overwhelming forces.
• Dark Eagle Douluo burned his origin, Battle Armor, and Life Energy to attack Xiong Jun, then detonated his Soul Cores and thrust the Demon God Sword at him.
• Xiong Jun blocked the sword with a dark-gold shield, took it from Dark Eagle Douluo, and killed him with a powerful slap.
• Xiong Jun explained that Huo Yuhao had warned the Spirit Pagoda about the Demon God Sword and other Holy Spirit Cult Divine Artifacts, so he had guarded against Dark Eagle Douluo's final attack.
• The Spirit Pagoda continued routing the Holy Spirit Cult's forces across the battlefield, while the two God Tier battles remained deadlocked.
• Xiong Jun looked toward another battlefield and concluded that Xuan Qiu seemed to have gotten lucky too.

Ji Xuanqiu fought Xue Wuhen, whose swordsmanship followed the God of Slaughter’s path, and broke through to Quasi-Godhood after surviving a lethal burst of Slaughter Sword Intent. He killed Xue Wuhen and left the battle newly enlightened in Sword Intent as Law.

• Ji Xuanqiu recognized that Xue Wuhen’s swordsmanship imitated the God of Slaughter’s path, and Xue Wuhen urged him to join the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Ji Xuanqiu rejected Xue Wuhen’s borrowed Sword Dao and struck with a sword that severed Xue Wuhen’s right arm.
• Xue Wuhen unleashed the God of Slaughter’s bestowed Slaughter Sword Intent, forcing Ji Xuanqiu to face a strike he could neither block nor evade.
• Ji Xuanqiu grasped the essence of Sword Intent as Law, broke through to Quasi-Godhood, and narrowly escaped the crimson sword attack.
• Ji Xuanqiu cut Xue Wuhen’s throat and thanked him for revealing the path ahead.
• Xiong Jun arrived and discovered that Ji Xuanqiu had broken through to Quasi-Godhood; Ji Xuanqiu credited his insight to the God of Slaughter’s Sword Intent.

The Spirit Pagoda’s forces nearly wiped out the Holy Spirit Cult in Heaven Dou City, while Ji Xuanqiu stayed to face the Dou Ling higher-ups and Xiong Jun left to eliminate Evil Soul Masters elsewhere. As Huo Yuhao fought the God of Slaughter at a disadvantage, he steadily improved, leaving his opponent astonished by his resilience and growth.

• Xiong Jun and Ji Xuanqiu agreed that the Spirit Pagoda had nearly defeated the Holy Spirit Cult, and Xiong Jun prepared to lead teams against its other bases.
• Ji Xuanqiu noticed the Dou Ling army stayed in its camp while the imperial palace raised a shield and aimed Soul Tools at the Spirit Pagoda’s forces.
• Ji Xuanqiu remained to deal with the Dou Ling higher-ups, while Xiong Jun departed to clear out Evil Soul Masters elsewhere.
• Snow Empress worried as Huo Yuhao was suppressed by the God of Slaughter, while Gu Yuena judged that the fight could help Huo Yuhao grow.
• Gu Yuena effortlessly blocked Demon Empress’s attacks as Demon Empress persisted, hoping the God of Slaughter would kill Huo Yuhao.
• The God of Slaughter found Huo Yuhao’s body difficult to injure and realized Huo Yuhao was rapidly improving through their battle.

The God of Slaughter deduced that Huo Yuhao was probably a powerful native of the Douluo Plane rather than a deity reincarnation, though many details remained unexplained. Huo Yuhao then trapped him in a spiritual battlefield with Forbidden Domain of Divine Sense, where the God of Slaughter recognized that Huo Yuhao had surrendered his physical advantage.

• The God of Slaughter mistook Huo Yuhao's elemental and creation abilities for signs of the Silver Dragon King, then concluded that Huo Yuhao was likely a powerful native rather than a deity reincarnation.
• Huo Yuhao attacked with Creation Awakening and Eternal Destruction Light, but the God of Slaughter cleaved the blast with his sword and noticed Huo Yuhao learning from their fight.
• The God of Slaughter prepared to unleash Blood Bath Eight, so Huo Yuhao used Reincarnation Domain to briefly rewind his movements.
• Huo Yuhao struck with his Ninth Spirit Skill, Forbidden Domain of Divine Sense, and pulled the God of Slaughter into a spiritual world constructed from his Divine Sense.
• The God of Slaughter assessed the spiritual battlefield and warned that Huo Yuhao's advantage was temporary and that he had given up his monstrous physical strength.

Huo Yuhao trapped the God of Slaughter in a Spiritual Space, where he used the battle to sharpen his techniques and gradually gained the advantage. With the aid of his nine Soul Spirits, Huo Yuhao unleashed a finishing attack that shattered the space and badly damaged the God of Slaughter’s Divine Sense.

• Huo Yuhao blocked the God of Slaughter’s sword strike and pierced his defenses with Mental Shock, then slowed and hurt him with Absolute Zero and Thorn Halo.
• Huo Yuhao struck the God of Slaughter with the chaotic force of the Seven Elements, while the God of Slaughter realized Huo Yuhao was using him to refine his combat skills.
• The God of Slaughter shifted to defense and waited for Huo Yuhao’s explosive state to fade, but Huo Yuhao steadily learned his techniques and forced him to retreat.
• Huo Yuhao summoned Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Ice Empress, Evil Emperor, Li Ya, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Delicate Apricot, Ice Dragon King, and Fire Dragon King to join the fight.
• Huo Yuhao and the Soul Spirits restrained the God of Slaughter with Space-Time Light and struck him with Ice-Fire—Infinity, shattering the Spiritual Space.
• The God of Slaughter staggered in the outside world with severe damage to his Divine Sense.

Huo Yuhao fought the wounded God of Slaughter while protecting Heaven Dou City, and his hidden strength let him seize the advantage. The God of Slaughter then used the Soul Subduing Art to immobilize everyone nearby and began preparing a devastating attack, determined to kill Huo Yuhao even if Dou Ling was destroyed.

• Gu Yuena struck the Demon Empress with her seven-colored lotus as the Demon Empress realized the battle had turned against them and considered retreating.
• The God of Slaughter unleashed Blood Bath Eight Wastelands toward Huo Yuhao and Heaven Dou City, but Huo Yuhao blocked it with Yin-Yang Heaven Burning Transformation and the Reincarnation True Body.
• Huo Yuhao gained the upper hand in their renewed fight, and the God of Slaughter realized Huo Yuhao had not truly become a God and was relying on his Battle Armor to reach the God Tier.
• The God of Slaughter used the Soul Subduing Art to restrain Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, Snow Empress, the Demon Empress, and other nearby living beings.
• The God of Slaughter began using God of Slaughter Possession to draw on the power of his Divine Position for one devastating strike, accepting the risk of destroying Dou Ling to kill Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao defeated the God of Slaughter’s attempted God of Slaughter Possession, but Electrolux intervened before Huo Yuhao could finish him. The God of Slaughter, Electrolux, and Demon Empress escaped Heaven Dou City through a teleportation array, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao escaped the Soul Subduing Art with the Reincarnation Domain, restrained the God of Slaughter with Unsettled Waves, and pierced his chest with the Heavenly Burning Divine Cudgel.
• Electrolux attacked Huo Yuhao to protect the God of Slaughter, while Snow Empress helped Huo Yuhao drive Electrolux back.
• Electrolux crossed space to reach Demon Empress, who was being pressed by Gu Yuena, and the three prepared to retreat together.
• The God of Slaughter activated the city’s statues to form a Blood-colored Light Shield, while Electrolux began a Long-distance Teleportation Array.
• Electrolux used Plane Imprisonment to isolate the array’s space, then teleported himself, the God of Slaughter, and Demon Empress away.

After the Holy Spirit Cult’s defeat in Heaven Dou City, Rong Tian Ling confronted Dou Ling Emperor Xue Yunlong over the empire’s complicity in the cult’s rise and Blood Sacrifice plan. Revealing their blood relation, she refused to rescue him from judgment and asked him to help end Dou Ling’s turmoil.

• Huo Yuhao, Snow Empress, and Gu Yuena watched the demon rescue God of Slaughter and Demon Empress, while Spirit Pagoda leaders recognized that the Holy Spirit Cult had lost its main force in Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng offered to handle the cleanup, and Huo Yuhao told him not to spend too much effort tracking God of Slaughter before heading to the temporary camp to recover.
• Dou Ling officials panicked in the imperial palace as Xue Yunlong rejected their hopes of securing forgiveness by submitting to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Ji Xuanqiu, Rong Tian Ling, and Rong Lingji entered the palace, where Rong Tian Ling condemned Dou Ling’s rulers for failing to guide people with Evil Martial Souls and for allowing the Holy Spirit Cult’s Blood Sacrifice plan to proceed.
• Rong Tian Ling revealed that she was descended from Xue Yunlong and Consort Yun, but said Dou Ling’s people should judge his crimes and asked him to help restore order; Xue Yunlong agreed.

The Demon Empress, Electrolux, and the wounded God of Slaughter agreed to target the Blood God Legion’s defenses and eventually open the Abyss Passage, while Huo Yuhao recovered in Heaven Dou City and prepared for his next advance. The chapter left the Holy Spirit Cult plotting from the shadows as Huo Yuhao planned to return to the Federation, cultivate, and devour the Demon Plane.

• Electrolux persuaded the Demon Empress to renew their cooperation by offering help gathering sacrifices or God-class secrets in exchange for information about the Blood River God-Killing Array.
• Electrolux proposed exploiting the Federation’s divided forces to attack the Blood God Legion and break the seal on the Abyss Passage, and the Demon Empress agreed to consider the plan with the God of Slaughter.
• After recovering from meditation, the God of Slaughter approved the plan but insisted they wait until his Divine Sense healed, while the Demon Empress resolved to rebuild the Blood River God-Killing Array.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the power of Chen Xinjie’s Undead and concluded that his accumulated strength could carry him to the mid-stage of a Level Three God in the Lower Realm if he broke through to God Tier.
• The Snow Empress told Huo Yuhao that Rong Tianling had calmed Heaven Dou City and Di Tian had destroyed the Blood River God-Killing Array, and Huo Yuhao appointed the Sea Princess acting branch Tower Master in Dou Ling.
• Huo Yuhao planned to return to the Douluo Federation, cultivate, and then devour the Demon Plane, believing he could face its Lord.

After returning from the Dou Ling campaign, Huo Yuhao used Faith Power to raise his Spiritual Power and began fusing the cultivation of his two lives. He briefly reached godhood before sealing part of his power to avoid provoking the plane, and ended at Middle-Stage Level Three God, better prepared to face the Lord of the Plane of the Demon Plane.

• Su Tong confronted Gu Ruiqiu over unofficial histories about Huo Yuhao and Di Tian, then noticed Huo Yuhao and the others returning to Mingdu.
• The Federation Speaker learned that the Spirit Pagoda had defeated the Dou Ling Holy Spirit Cult and wounded the God of Slaughter, while Qian Gu Dongfeng discussed the takeover of Dou Ling and the advance against Star Luo.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed Faith Power until his Spiritual Power reached the Peak Divine Origin Realm in both his first and Second Seas of Consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao released the power sealed within his Soul Spirits and fused the cultivation of his two lives, transforming his Soul Power and reaching the Middle-Stage Third-Grade Divine Origin Realm.
• Huo Yuhao's three Divine Cores resonated with his Creation Godhead, briefly making him a Deity before plane suppression forced him to seal his Divine Power and Chaos Soul Core.
• Huo Yuhao subdued and refined the Seven-Colored Lightning Tribulation, completing his sublimation at Middle-Stage Level Three God.