Chapter Summaries

Ling Luo and Gu Yue rebuffed Qian Gu Dongfeng’s attempt to accuse Gu Yue and pressure them, forcing the Spirit Pagoda Master to leave in disgrace. Qian Gu Dongfeng ordered Qiangu Zhangting to follow, while onlookers watched Ling Luo and Gu Yue with newfound admiration.

• Qian Gu Dongfeng deflected Ling Luo’s mockery by stressing that Gu Yue was a Spirit Pagoda member and framing her actions as an internal matter.
• Gu Yue rejected Qian Gu Dongfeng’s accusation and challenged his family’s attempts to treat the Spirit Pagoda as its property.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng denied that the Spirit Pagoda belonged to his family, but Ling Luo mocked his schemes and warned that the Qian Gu Family’s hold on the leadership could end.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng left in anger and silenced Qiangu Zhangting when he tried to speak.
• Qiangu Zhangting followed Qian Gu Dongfeng, while watching Spirit Pagoda members admired Ling Luo and Gu Yue for making the Tower Master leave in disgrace.

Ling Luo reflected on his unfinished grudge against Qian Gu Dongfeng, then benefited from the Phoenix Family’s support as he purged dissidents. He returned to Ming City for a Federation meeting, where his seat beside the Federal Speaker displayed his growing influence.

• Ling Luo decided he could wait to settle his grudge with the Qian Gu Family until his strength and influence grew enough to destroy them.
• The Phoenix Family yielded benefits and helped Ling Luo purge dissidents within the Crime-Punishing Division and the Federation.
• Ling Luo traveled to Ming City as Division Master of the Crime-Punishing Division and entered the Federal Central Building without applying for clearance.
• Federation officials rose to greet Ling Luo when he arrived at the top-floor conference hall.
• The Federal Speaker and Chen Xinjie stood at the head of the civilian and military factions, while Ling Luo took a seat beside the Federal Speaker.

The Federal Parliament convened to commend Ling Luo for his achievements in the Star Luo Empire, and the officials approved the proposed honors. The meeting ended this passage by granting him the Federation Medal of Honor and Federal Parliament Member status.

• Chen Xinjie greeted Ling Luo and praised his conduct in the Star Luo Empire.
• The Federal Speaker opened the assembly and presented Ling Luo’s achievements, including resolving the Sea Soul Beast crisis and defeating Green Skull forces.
• The Federal Speaker proposed commending Ling Luo, and officials—including those connected to the Qian Gu Family—voiced no objections.
• The Federal Speaker announced that Ling Luo would receive the Federation Medal of Honor and become a Federal Parliament Member.

After receiving a medal and parliamentary membership for his accomplishments in the Star Luo Empire, Ling Luo asked Blood God Legion Commander Zhang Huanyun to let him train with the legion. His request revealed his plan to build military influence by earning merit against Abyss Demons.

• Ling Luo accepted his Federation medal and proof of parliamentary membership, then addressed Zhang Huanyun at the commendation conference.
• Ling Luo asked Zhang Huanyun to let him undergo training in the Blood God Legion, surprising the people in the hall.
• Chen Xinjie and other sharp-minded figures realized Ling Luo wanted to earn military merit by killing Abyss Demons and advance within the military.

Ling Luo applied to join the Blood God Legion because he wanted to absorb energy from the Abyss Plane, though he kept that goal from the others. When Zhang Huanyun tried to refuse, Ling Luo privately claimed he could stop Abyss creatures from returning to their plane, leaving the Legion Commander stunned and eager to know if it was true.

• Chen Xinjie and Yu Guanzhi wondered why Ling Luo would risk joining the Blood God Legion, unaware that he sought the Abyss Plane as a source of energy.
• Ling Luo explained that he could absorb Abyss energy with the Angel of Life, while Yun Ming had approved his plan without knowing his true motive.
• Zhang Huanyun hesitated to accept Ling Luo, fearing that the dangerous post could put a promising future expert at risk.
• Ling Luo privately told Zhang Huanyun that he could solve the problem of Abyss creatures returning to their plane.
• Zhang Huanyun reacted with astonishment, recognizing that Ling Luo's claim could offer a way to end the Abyss threat to the continent.

Ling Luo persuaded Zhang Huanyun to agree to bring him to the Blood God Legion, but postponed the trip until he had arranged matters in the Crime-Punishing Division. At Shrek Academy, Wu Siduo struggled with the gap between her strength and Ye Xinglan’s and wondered whether she could ever catch up.

• Ling Luo convinced Zhang Huanyun that his information was genuine, and Zhang agreed to take him to the Blood God Legion.
• Ling Luo declined to leave at once, saying he needed to arrange affairs in the Crime-Punishing Division before taking Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, and the others with him.
• Zhang Huanyun returned to the Blood God Legion with the materials from Blood Capital and urged Ling Luo to hurry after him.
• At Shrek Academy, Ye Xinglan defeated Wu Siduo in their sparring match, leaving Wu Siduo discouraged by the gap between them.
• Wu Siduo reflected on whether she could ever catch up to Ye Xinglan and wondered how she compared to another person.

Ling Luo told Ye Xinglan he planned to cultivate at the Blood God Legion and invited her to come along. Wu Siduo asked to join them too, and Ling Luo agreed, leaving all three set to go once he had settled matters with the Crime-Punishing Division.

• Ling Luo told Ye Xinglan he planned to go to the Blood God Legion and asked whether she would come with him and Yuanen Yehui.
• Ye Xinglan immediately agreed to go with Ling Luo and began preparing for the trip.
• Wu Siduo worried that Ye Xinglan and Yuanen Yehui would widen their lead over her by cultivating at the Blood God Legion.
• Wu Siduo asked Ling Luo if she could join them, and he agreed because of her talent.
• Ling Luo said they would prepare to leave after he settled things with the Crime-Punishing Division.

Ling Luo and his companions reached the Blood God Legion’s remote base, where soldiers verified his identity and escorted them inside. Major Long Yuxue mistook the visitors for unassessed recruits and approached, suspecting they might be Aristocratic Scions bypassing the rules.

• Yuanen Yehui, Ye Xinglan, Wu Siduo, Na'er, and Ling Luo crossed the snowy mountains toward the Blood God Legion base while Gu Yue stayed behind at the Spirit Pagoda.
• Blood God Legion soldiers emerged from the snow and challenged the group, and Ling Luo identified himself as the Crime-Punishing Division’s Ling Luo.
• The soldiers verified Ling Luo’s identity, saluted him, and escorted the group into the heated base.
• Major Long Yuxue questioned whether the visitors were new recruits who had skipped the required assessment and suspected they might have used powerful connections.

Long Yuxue escorted Ling Luo and his companions to Zhang Huanyun’s office while believing they had gained access through connections. She realized Ling Luo was the famed Division Master she admired and fled in embarrassment, leaving Zhang Huanyun to turn his attention back to the Abyss Plane crisis.

• Long Yuxue dismissed the guiding soldier and took Ling Luo and his companions to see the Legion Commander, mocking them for supposedly relying on connections.
• Ling Luo calmed Yuanen Yehui when Long Yuxue’s remarks annoyed her.
• Zhang Huanyun greeted Ling Luo enthusiastically and reminded Long Yuxue that he was the Division Master she had admired.
• Long Yuxue recognized Ling Luo as the prodigy who defeated Qiangu Zhangting and understood that she had mistaken him for a connected aristocratic scion.
• Long Yuxue stammered an excuse and hurried out without meeting Ling Luo’s gaze, while Ling Luo said nothing had happened.

Ling Luo met with Zhang Huanyun and the Blood Gods and said he would demonstrate his method for preventing Abyss monsters from returning. The group reached the Abyss Passage, where Ling Luo headed directly toward one of its highest-grade passages.

• Zhang Huanyun summoned the Blood Gods and introduced Ling Luo as someone who might solve the problem of Abyss monsters returning.
• Cao Dezhi asked Ling Luo to explain his method, and Ling Luo proposed proving it firsthand.
• Long Yuxue and Jiang Qiyue watched the leaders depart, but Long Yuxue admitted she did not know what they were doing.
• Zhang Huanyun led Ling Luo and the Blood Gods through the Abyss Passage and explained its different grades.
• Ling Luo sensed the Abyss Energy and walked toward one of the thirty-six highest-grade passages, surprising Zhang Huanyun and the Blood Gods.

Ling Luo led the Blood Gods and several young Soul Masters into a highest-level Abyss Passage and explained how outsider planes threatened Douluo Continent. When the Black Empress and her Dark Bats attacked, Ling Luo effortlessly absorbed them with his Ancient Tree Phantom.

• Zhang Huanyun signaled the Blood Gods to follow Ling Luo into the highest-level passage.
• Ling Luo explained to Yuanen Yehui that the group stood at the intersection of planes and that outsider planes sought to devour Douluo Continent.
• Ling Luo warned that Abyss creatures had noticed them, and a Black Empress emerged with a swarm of Dark Bats.
• Ling Luo used his Half-Step Divine Origin Realm Spiritual Power to block the Dark Bats' sound waves.
• The Black Empress attacked with Abyss Energy, but Ling Luo's Ancient Tree Phantom swallowed her attack, the bats, and the Black Empress herself.

Ling Luo absorbed the Abyss Energy from the Black Empress Clan and Dark Bats, proving he could prevent it from returning to the Abyss Plane. After he absorbed a powerful attack from the Black Empress, the Blood God Legion withdrew and explained the threat posed by the Abyss Plane's rulers.

• Ling Luo destroyed the Black Empress Clan member and the Dark Bats, and his strange Ancient Tree absorbed their Abyss Energy.
• A giant hand from the Abyss Passage attacked, and Cao Dezhi used his Four-word Battle Armor and Ruthless Sword to wound it.
• Ling Luo covered the giant hand in branches and absorbed it as Abyss Energy when it tried to retreat.
• Cao Dezhi ordered everyone to withdraw, and Zhang Huanyun told the Blood God Legion to monitor the Abyss Passage.
• Xue San explained that the giant hand belonged to the Black Empress, a powerful Abyss ruler ranked ninth, and that Abyss creatures normally returned as energy after being destroyed.
• Xue San and the others recognized that Ling Luo's ability to absorb Abyss Energy could counter the Abyss Plane's return mechanism.

Ling Luo told Cao Dezhi that his ability to counter Abyss Plane energy could not be replicated with humanity’s current technology, but he could process the entire plane’s energy himself. The Blood Gods celebrated, then warned that the Abyss Plane would target Ling Luo; he dismissed the threat as long as he stayed near the passageway.

• Cao Dezhi asked Ling Luo whether his method for countering Abyss Plane energy could be replicated, and Ling Luo said it relied on God King-level power and was likely impossible to reproduce.
• Ling Luo reassured Cao Dezhi that absorbing energy from the entire Abyss Plane would not exceed his limit, since he needed that power to reach God Realm Level.
• Cao Dezhi, Xue Qi, Blood Eight, and the other Blood Gods celebrated the prospect of finally dealing with the abyssal creatures.
• Zhang Huanyun warned that the Abyssal Sage King and other Abyss Kings had noticed their energy losses and would likely target Ling Luo.
• Ling Luo explained that Abyss Kings and the Abyssal Sage King were restricted from directly attacking through the passageway, and he dismissed the danger of further long-range attacks.

Ling Luo reassured Cao Dezhi and Zhang Huanyun that the Abyss passage remained stable, and Zhang Huanyun pledged the Blood God Legion’s support to him and Shrek Academy. After reaching his quarters, Ling Luo gathered Na'er, Yuanen Yehui, Ye Xinglan, and Wu Siduo to absorb the Abyss Energy he had collected and prepare them to cultivate.

• Ling Luo told Cao Dezhi and the others that the Abyss Kings could not cross the stable passage directly, and the group urged him to protect himself.
• Zhang Huanyun offered Ling Luo and the young women quarters in the Blood God Legion and declared the Legion’s support for Shrek Academy and the Crime-Punishing Division.
• Zhang Huanyun ordered Blood Eight to escort Ling Luo and the young women to their assigned quarters while the Blood Gods discussed how to use Ling Luo’s ability against Abyss monsters.
• Ling Luo stopped Wu Siduo, Xing Lan, and Yuanen from leaving and brought them, along with Na'er, into the cultivation chamber.
• Ling Luo told the group to prepare to cultivate while he absorbed the Abyss Energy he had collected, leaving Wu Siduo puzzled and Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan expectant.

Ling Luo absorbed Abyss Energy from the Black Empress Clan and the Dark Bats, causing Life Energy to overflow and help Yuanen Yehui, Wu Siduo, and Ye Xinglan improve their cultivation. After the others finished meditating, Wu Siduo was so impressed by the Life Tide that she began to see Ling Luo as a walking cultivation paradise.

• Ling Luo absorbed the Black Empress Clan's Abyss Energy and the Dark Bats' energy, increasing his Soul Power.
• Life Energy surged from Ling Luo and spread through the training room, giving Yuanen Yehui, Wu Siduo, and Ye Xinglan a rare chance to cultivate.
• Na'er enjoyed the soothing Life Energy while Ling Luo watched over the others.
• Yuanen Yehui, Ye Xinglan, and Wu Siduo finished meditating and described how the Life Tide had affected them.
• Wu Siduo realized how much Ling Luo's Life Energy could help her cultivation and regarded him as a walking paradise.

Long Yuxue and Jiang Qiyue encountered Ling Luo and his companions in the cafeteria, where Jiang revealed that she ran a fan support association for him. The group discovered that Na'er was its president and that she had shared candid photos of Ling Luo, leaving him demanding an explanation.

• Long Yuxue blushed when she noticed Ling Luo and four women entering the cafeteria, while Jiang Qiyue recognized Ling Luo as her idol and called out to him.
• Jiang Qiyue invited Ling Luo and his companions to sit with her and Long Yuxue, then introduced herself as vice president of the Angel Association, Ling Luo's fan support group.
• Na'er revealed that she was the association's president, and Jiang Qiyue explained that Na'er had supplied information and candid photos of Ling Luo.
• Ling Luo realized Yuanen Yehui, Ye Xinglan, and Wu Siduo were also members, then questioned Na'er about sharing his photos.
• Na'er admitted she had shared a few ordinary photos to help her compete for the presidency and assured Ling Luo that they were nothing strange.

Ling Luo spoke with Jiang Qiyue and Long Yuxue about his fans before Jiang Wuyue arrived and accused him of impersonating a military rank. When Jiang Wuyue tried to seize him, Ling Luo stopped him with an overwhelming pressure.

• Jiang Qiyue explained that the Angel Association had few photos of Ling Luo and told him that Long Yuxue was his fan.
• Jiang Qiyue began to reveal how Long Yuxue had reacted to learning about Ling Luo, but Long Yuxue repeatedly covered her mouth to stop her.
• Jiang Wuyue arrived, noticed Ling Luo's major general insignia, and accused him of forging his rank.
• Jiang Qiyue tried to stop her brother and insisted that Ling Luo had not forged his rank, but Jiang Wuyue grew angrier and reached to take him to the judicial department.
• Ling Luo made a faint sound, and a crushing pressure halted Jiang Wuyue and forced him to struggle under its weight.

Jiang Wuyue mistook Ling Luo’s Major General rank for a forgery and attacked him, but learned Ling Luo’s identity and apologized. Ling Luo forgave him, and Jiang Wuyue later asked how their strength could differ so greatly.

• Ling Luo subdued Jiang Wuyue, then lifted the pressure after Jiang Qiyue pleaded for mercy.
• Long Yuxue and Jiang Qiyue told Jiang Wuyue that Ling Luo was the Federation’s rising star and the Division Master of the Crime-Punishing Division.
• Jiang Wuyue realized he had wrongly accused Ling Luo and bowed to apologize.
• Ling Luo accepted the apology and said the misunderstanding was cleared up.
• Jiang Wuyue asked Ling Luo how he had become so much stronger despite being younger.

After Ling Luo left, Jiang Qiyue questioned Long Yuxue about her strange behavior around him, while Jiang Wuyue asked how Ling Luo came to the Blood God Legion. Jiang Qiyue concluded that Yuxue had fallen for Ling Luo, leaving Wuyue heartbroken as he accepted that he could not compete.

• Ling Luo left the meal with Na'er and the others, and Jiang Wuyue wondered why the Federation's Crime-Punishing Division Master had come to the Blood God Legion.
• Jiang Qiyue said she was unsure why Ling Luo was there, though she suspected it was connected to the legion's recent internal movements.
• Jiang Qiyue asked Long Yuxue why she had been acting strangely since meeting Ling Luo, and Yuxue blushed before hurriedly leaving.
• Jiang Qiyue told Jiang Wuyue that Yuxue's behavior meant she liked Ling Luo, while Wuyue mistakenly guessed Ling Luo had beaten her.
• Jiang Wuyue accepted that Ling Luo surpassed him in every way, then crouched down to draw circles in sadness.

Ling Luo found that the Abyss Plane had reduced the number of creatures entering the Abyss Passage, slowing his effort to absorb Abyss Energy. Zhang Huanyun worried the Abyss Plane would attack again once Ling Luo was gone, while Ling Luo considered entering the Abyss Plane itself to hunt.

• Ling Luo absorbed the Abyssal creatures in a passage before a surge of Abyss Energy destroyed his afterimage.
• Ling Luo told Zhang Huanyun that the Abyss Plane had grown cautious and was sending fewer creatures into the passages.
• Zhang Huanyun worried that the Abyss Plane would resume its attacks after Ling Luo died, since humans had limited lifespans and could not easily reach the God Realm Level.
• Ling Luo dismissed the concern and said he might enter the Abyss Plane to kill its creatures.
• Zhang Huanyun panicked and warned Ling Luo that the Abyss Plane was its enemies’ home ground, where the Abyss Kings would not let him escape.