Chapter Summaries

Wu Qi established the Inner Cabinet and announced plans to create the Judgement Hall as he prepared to reform Spirit Hall. At the high-level meeting, he argued that Soul Masters were Spirit Hall’s core support and condemned corrupt branch-hall officials, leaving the way clear for his upcoming Civil Service Reform.

• Wu Qi appointed Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo as the Inner Cabinet’s Grand Secretaries, with Hu Liena and two others assisting, and outlined how the Cabinet would review and decide official matters.
• Wu Qi announced that he would establish the Judgement Hall to supervise Spirit Hall officials and said he would propose the Inner Cabinet at the Elder Council the next day.
• After everyone else left, Hu Liena told Wu Qi that Bibi Dong had left Spirit City, and Wu Qi sent her back to cultivate.
• Wu Qi reviewed his plans for Spirit Hall, then chaired a high-level meeting attended by officials from the Elder Hall, Pope Hall, and Worship Hall.
• Wu Qi told the officials that Soul Masters were Spirit Hall’s core support and condemned corrupt branch-hall bishops, citing Miles’s many exploitative taxes in Gengxin City.

Wu Qi established the Judgement Hall to investigate corruption in Spirit Hall and introduced a Civil Service Reform plan to address redundant officials. The elders supported the proposed term limits, though Qian Renxue raised questions about the plan.

• Wu Qi exposed widespread corruption in Gengxin City and announced that Qian Renxue would lead the Judgement Hall, with Ghost Douluo as its Guardian Douluo.
• The elders voted to establish the Judgement Hall, which Wu Qi tasked with removing corrupt officials and promoting those who served the people.
• Wu Qi gave the elders half a month to confess to wrongdoing before the Judgement Hall investigated them.
• Qiangu Changkong reported that Spirit Hall had too many officials, and Wu Qi circulated his Civil Service Reform proposal.
• Wu Qi proposed fixed terms, limits on consecutive service and reappointment, and requirements for officials to serve outside their hometowns after their first term.
• Qian Daoliu supported Wu Qi's proposal, the other elders accepted it, and Qian Renxue raised doubts.

Wu Qi proposed establishing newspapers to employ lower-tier elite Soul Masters and give Spirit Hall influence over public opinion. As the elders questioned the plan’s risks and costs, Wu Qi began explaining how cheap papers and advertising could make it profitable.

• Qian Renxue warned that former hall masters could become dangerous if Spirit Hall left them without roles, and Wu Qi said he had other ways to use them.
• Wu Qi showed the elders his Newspaper Office plan, which would use Spirit Hall’s branch halls and information channels to publish papers across the continent.
• Qian Daoliu warned that powerful factions might expose the newspapers as an attempt to control public opinion, while Wu Qi urged the elders to read his supplementary notes.
• Qian Daoliu and the other elders questioned how a newspaper priced at one Copper Soul Coin could cover its costs, and Wu Qi pointed to advertising and other sources of revenue.
• Wu Qi contrasted Spirit Hall’s costly continent-wide news network with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s ability to produce a low-cost Heaven Dou City newspaper.

Wu Qi gained Qian Daoliu’s support for a Spirit Hall newspaper funded by a Lucky Draw and advertising, and appointed Guǐbào Dǒuluó to lead its office. Qian Renxue then raised the disorder and violence among Soul Hunting Squads, leaving Spirit Hall with another problem to address.

• Wu Qi explained that newspapers would include Lucky Draw tickets, with prizes funded by the influence and advertising revenue the publication could generate.
• Guǐbào Dǒuluó described how discarded newspapers could spread Spirit Hall’s influence and shape public opinion, then volunteered to oversee the enterprise.
• Wu Qi appointed Guǐbào Dǒuluó President of the Newspaper Office and authorized him to recruit core personnel, including another Title Douluo.
• Qian Daoliu supported establishing the Newspaper Office, though the plan still required approval from the emperors of Heavenly Dou and Star Luo.
• Qian Renxue warned that Soul Hunting Squads had become disorderly and that violent squads were robbing and killing young Soul Masters.

Wu Qi presented a plan to establish banks backed by Spirit Hall, arguing they could both fund the organization and bring order to financial services across the continent. The elders considered how the banks could attract depositors without risking Spirit Hall’s reputation.

• Qian Daoliu explained why Spirit Hall could not effectively control Soul Hunting Squads and suggested ranking them by reputation.
• Wu Qi revealed that he planned to establish banks as a major source of income for Spirit Hall and a place for surplus officials to work.
• The elders read Wu Qi’s plan for savings and mortgage loans, which would use traditional passbooks secured by Soul Tool anti-counterfeiting technology.
• Qian Renxue questioned how the banks would handle depositors withdrawing money at another branch and the risks of short-term deposits.
• Wu Qi proposed giving depositors business Vouchers and other perks instead of interest, with larger rewards for fixed-term savings.

Wu Qi arranged for Spirit Hall to establish banks and use their security and services to regulate Soul Hunting Squads across the continent. The elders took charge of the new responsibilities, and the meeting ended with Wu Qi stressing their importance to Spirit Hall’s future.

• Wu Qi proposed opening banks in Spirit City and Heaven Dou City first, with Qian Daoliu leading the effort and powerful experts guarding the vaults.
• Wu Qi offered startup funds and anchor assets, prompting the elders to lend money to the bank.
• Lingyuan Douluo volunteered to oversee the Soul Hunting Squads, and Wu Qi gave her his plan for registering, rating, and regulating them through the banks.
• The elders discussed using banks to distribute Soul Master subsidies and added details to the new policies.
• Wu Qi outlined the Inner Cabinet and its members, then ended the meeting and urged the elders to take their duties seriously.

Wu Qi met with Dai Tianfeng and Xue Qinghe to negotiate Spirit Hall’s plans to establish newspapers and banks across the two empires. Both empires agreed to participate under conditions that protected their royal interests, and the agreement was set to be announced in the first newspaper issue.

• Wu Qi postponed his final inheritance trial so he could oversee Spirit Hall’s reforms and wait for Qian Renxue to reach Level 99.
• An elder confessed that subordinates had abused her name, and Wu Qi ordered her to make amends and redeem herself through her work.
• Dai Tianfeng learned that Spirit Hall had swiftly backed Wu Qi’s proposals and worried that Xue Qinghe’s closeness to Spirit Hall would weaken the Star Luo Empire’s position.
• Wu Qi proposed establishing newspapers in the two empires, and Xue Qinghe agreed to cooperate while requiring Heaven Dou personnel to review the papers.
• Dai Tianfeng agreed to the newspapers and named Dai Weisi as the Star Luo Royal Family’s representative in the Newspaper Office.
• Dai Tianfeng also agreed to establish banks, provided the Star Luo Royal Family could station members there and guard the Star Luo City branch; the three powers agreed to announce both plans in the first newspaper issue.

Wu Qi’s reforms spread through the Martial Soul Daily and pilot Martial Soul Bank programs, while Spirit Hall’s anti-corruption campaign exposed its first major offenders. The chapter ended with the public executions in Xilu City restoring the people’s confidence in Spirit Hall.

• Wu Qi launched Martial Soul Bank pilot programs in Spirit City, Heaven Dou City, and Star Luo City as the newspaper began circulating across the continent.
• Soul Hunting Squads and the public reacted to the newspaper’s reports, Spirit Hall’s plans to regulate Soul Hunting Squads, and its Gold Soul Coin lucky draw.
• Major powers recognized the newspaper’s influence, while entrepreneurs approached its offices to seek cooperation.
• Wu Qi received reports on the reforms’ progress and targeted Pikers, who had extorted and trafficked gifted children in Xilu City.
• Ghost Douluo helped bring down Pikers and the City Lord of Xilu City, and both were publicly executed.

The Spirit Hall Bank expanded across the continent as public trust grew, while Feng Xiaotian arrived in the Extreme North Land to seek Snow Empress’s help. Tang San completed his Eighth Exam, learned of Wu Qi’s rise and Spirit Hall’s influence, then traveled with Sea Dragon Douluo to Vast Sea City to investigate the continent before returning to the Clear Sky Sect.

• Officials led by Ning Fengzhi deposited money at the Heaven Dou City branch, and successful withdrawals encouraged citizens across the continent to use the Martial Soul Bank.
• Feng Xiaotian presented Wu Qi’s letter to Snow Empress, who agreed to assess his suitability for her sacrifice and provide resources to help his group grow stronger.
• Tang San completed the Eighth Exam, reached a Soul Power Level close to 95, and learned he needed to reach Level 99 and find the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud for his Ninth Trial.
• Bo Saixi warned Tang San that Wu Qi had become Spirit Hall’s new Pope and sent Sea Dragon Douluo with him to the continent.
• Tang San and Sea Dragon Douluo reached Vast Sea City, where Tang San contacted the Qi Family Father and Son to learn about the continent’s situation.

Tang San learned that the Clear Sky Sect had not been attacked and that Spirit Hall had sent powerful experts to Vast Sea City. He and Sea Dragon Douluo reached the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang San confirmed his Title Douluo breakthrough to Yu Xiaogang.

• Father Qi said he and his son had received outdated information that the Clear Sky Sect was safe two months earlier and suspected they were being watched.
• The Qi Family Father and Son reported that many Soul Douluos and a Title Douluo had arrived in Vast Sea City, where Spirit Hall was preparing to open a bank.
• Tang San and Sea Dragon Douluo left Vast Sea City at night and traveled toward the Clear Sky Sect.
• Five days later, Tang San and Sea Dragon Douluo found the Clear Sky Sect unharmed and returned inside.
• Tang Xiao summoned Yu Xiaogang, who celebrated Tang San's Title Douluo breakthrough, while Sea Dragon Douluo privately doubted how much credit Yu Xiaogang deserved.

Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect discussed the search for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and the remaining Clear Sky Hammer Soul Rings while Tang San handled Yu Xiaogang with outward courtesy. More than half a year after Wu Qi’s coronation, reforms had improved Spirit Hall’s branch halls and public service.

• Yu Xiaogang offered Tang San a booklet about cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer, but Tang Xiao said the matter belonged to the Clear Sky Sect; Tang San accepted the booklet to preserve appearances.
• Tang Xiao reported that the Clear Sky Sect’s charges had been cleared and that Seahorse Douluo had been executed after attacking Heaven Dou’s Treasure Vault.
• Sea Dragon Douluo suspected Seahorse Douluo had discovered the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud’s location and agreed to stay with the Clear Sky Sect while they continued searching.
• Tang Xiao offered to help Tang San hunt the remaining Soul Rings for his Clear Sky Hammer, and Sea Dragon Douluo agreed to the arrangement.
• Over the following months, Wu Qi’s reforms improved Spirit Hall branch halls through inspections, staff evaluations, streamlined administration, and performance bonuses.

Wu Qi visited Spirit Hall Academy to launch a trial program teaching Soul Tool technology and training Soul Engineers. He left the twenty selected students facing the prospect of competing to become the first batch of Soul Tool specialists.

• Wu Qi arrived at Spirit Hall Academy and reprimanded Jin Tianchen for letting students interrupt their cultivation to welcome him.
• Wu Qi ordered Jin Tianchen to assemble the twenty promising students selected six months earlier.
• Si Yu introduced Soul Tools to the students, revealing the subject of their lesson.
• Zhao Chenggong announced that he would establish Soul Engineer evaluation standards and warned that students without the talent to create Soul Tools would be eliminated.

Zhao Chenggong demonstrated Soul Tool technology at Spirit Hall Academy, persuading twenty geniuses to join his class and prompting Jin Tianchen to establish a Soul Tool Department. Wu Qi secured resources and strict standards for the new department, which would be led by Zhao Chenggong and could recruit both students and teachers.

• Zhao Chenggong assembled a Five-Rank soul-guided firearm from ordinary components and demonstrated its power by having a student shoot Jin Tianchen.
• Wu Qi explained how Soul Tools could let Support-Type Soul Masters defend themselves, and the twenty geniuses agreed to study the technology.
• Zhao Chenggong assigned introductory lessons to Teacher Si Yu, and Jin Tianchen ordered Director Su to arrange offices, classrooms, and suitable academy talent for the Soul Tool Department.
• Wu Qi told Jin Tianchen that the twenty geniuses would help establish the department’s training system and become its future teachers, while Zhao Chenggong would lead its work and require protection.
• Wu Qi gave Jin Tianchen a list of needed materials and promised Spirit Hall funding; Jin Tianchen asked to recruit more learners, and Wu Qi allowed interested teachers to join if they passed the talent test.

Wu Qi outlined a two-decade plan to develop Soul Tool instructors and establish the Soul Tool Department, then offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect limited places for its disciples to study there. Meanwhile, Tang San, Tang Xiao, and Sea Dragon Douluo entered the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang San noticed that Soul Hunting Squads had dwindled under Spirit Hall Bank’s oversight.

• Wu Qi set a ten-year goal of training Soul Tool instructors, followed by a decade of putting the department on the right track and enrolling students from across the continent.
• Wu Qi offered Ning Fengzhi ten initial places for spiritually talented Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples, then ten places every two years, with candidates subject to elimination and future terms to be discussed.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted the offer and said he would send disciples to Spirit Hall Academy within three months.
• Tang San, Tang Xiao, and Sea Dragon Douluo went to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for Soul Rings.
• Tang San questioned why Soul Hunting Squads had become scarce, as Spirit Hall Bank’s oversight had drawn most compliant squads into its system while the remaining squads likely feared investigation.

Tang San, Tang Xiao, and Sea Dragon Douluo discussed Spirit Hall’s growing influence before traveling to the Lake of Life to hunt Qiānjūn Ant Emperors for Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer. Tang Xiao fought two of the Soul Beasts while they searched for a supposedly hidden third, but Tang San found no sign of it.

• Tang Xiao warned Tang San that Spirit Hall’s reforms and Wu Qi’s leadership had made revenge far more difficult, and Tang San resolved to inherit the Sea God’s position first.
• Tang Xiao and Sea Dragon Douluo suspected Qian Renxue was a Deity’s Successor who might be advising Wu Qi.
• Five days later, the group reached the Lake of Life, where Tang San chose the Qiānjūn Ant Emperors as potential Soul Rings.
• Tang Xiao cautioned that a third Qiānjūn Ant Emperor might be hiding nearby, while Tang San argued that the two visible Soul Beasts would make suitable targets.
• Tang Xiao attacked the two Qiānjūn Ant Emperors as Sea Dragon Douluo watched for an ambush, but Tang San and Sea Dragon Douluo found no sign of another Soul Beast.

Tang San killed two Qiānjūn Ant Emperor brothers and absorbed their Soul Rings, while Feng Xiaotian trained in the Extreme North Land and received Snow Empress's sacrifice. The others gained Deity inheritances, and the group remained in the Extreme North Land to begin their trials under Feng Xiaotian's protection.

• Tang San joined Tang Xiao in battle, killed two Qiānjūn Ant Emperors, and absorbed both of their Soul Rings.
• Feng Xiaotian thanked Snow Empress for her guidance and entered seclusion to reflect on his Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Snow Empress appointed the Titan Snow Demon King to rule the Extreme North Land after her sacrifice and asked Ice Bear King to assist him.
• Snow Empress sacrificed herself to Feng Xiaotian, helping him become a Super Douluo, and he chose the title Wind God.
• Ning Rongrong received the Goddess of Rosy Clouds inheritance, Chen Ping received the God of Earth inheritance, and Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang and Sister received the inheritances of the God of Candlelight and the God of Li Fire.
• Feng Xiaotian stayed in the Extreme North Land to protect the others as they began their Deity trials there.

Wu Qi arrived at Worship Hall with Hunter just as Qian Daoliu was about to sacrifice himself to open Qian Renxue’s Angel God inheritance. Hunter offered a way to save Qian Daoliu by using his own divine-consciousness wisp to imitate Qian Renxue’s aura and open the inheritance doors for both her and Wu Qi.

• Qian Renxue reached Level 99, and Wu Qi decided to begin the Destruction God’s Final Inheritance trial.
• Qian Daoliu prepared to sacrifice himself so Qian Renxue could begin the Angel God inheritance, but Wu Qi arrived with Hunter and revealed the sacrifice.
• Qian Renxue learned the truth and objected, suggesting they wait until Wu Qi became a god and use his Divine Power instead.
• Hunter explained that the Angel God’s inheritance required the Seraphim attribute and offered to substitute for Qian Daoliu by using his secret art to imitate Qian Renxue’s aura.
• Wu Qi explained that Hunter would return to the God of Destruction rather than die, and Hunter began preparing to open the inheritance doors as Qian Daoliu channeled Soul Power into him.

Wu Qi and Qian Renxue entered their final inheritance trials after Hunter opened gates to the Inheritance Space, while Qian Daoliu calmed the people of Spirit City. The God of Destruction discovered that Poseidon had secretly planted foreign Divine Power in the Angel God's trial, apparently to influence Qian Renxue into helping Tang San.

• Hunter opened spatial gates for Wu Qi and Qian Renxue, who entered the Inheritance Space after Qian Renxue teased Wu Qi about becoming a God King.
• Wu Qi warned Qian Daoliu to explain the disturbance, and Qian Daoliu reassured Spirit City's residents that it had been caused by a breakthrough, not an attack.
• Wu Qi met the God of Destruction, who praised his earlier trials and guided him into the final inheritance trial.
• The God of Destruction detected foreign Divine Power in the Angel God's trial, and his divine sense neutralized it before it could affect Qian Renxue.
• The God of Destruction traced the foreign Divine Power to Poseidon and concluded that Poseidon had interfered to make Qian Renxue help Tang San.

Wu Qi completed the final stage of the inheritance trial, reconciling the souls within his seven Soul Bones and forming the Destructive Divine Armor and Purple Gold Wings. The God of Destruction began transferring his source essence to Wu Qi, starting the Divine Throne Inheritance.

• The Lightwing Nightmare Beast willingly surrendered its remnant soul and asked Wu Qi to treat its clan's core flame kindly.
• The three Divine Beasts within Wu Qi's torso and arm Soul Bones willingly sacrificed themselves to help complete the inheritance.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King agreed to wait a hundred years on Douluo Continent in exchange for Wu Qi reviving him after reaching the God Realm.
• The Golden Crown Mountain Eagle's memories remained in Wu Qi's External Soul Bone, and it asked Wu Qi to revive it when possible.
• Wu Qi's seven Soul Bones formed the Destructive Divine Armor and Purple Gold Wings, giving him two new Super Divine Tools alongside the Destructive Scepter.
• The God of Destruction brought Wu Qi to a dark purple palace and began pouring the power of Destruction's source essence into him.

After inheriting the God of Destruction's position, Wu Qi met the Goddess of Life, who gave him control of the Land of Deadly Poisons. Before returning to Douluo Continent, he let Chen Nan choose her future, and she chose freedom at the cost of losing her memories of the land.

• Qian Daoliu reflected on Spirit Hall's stability, the coming campaign against Sea God Island, and his unresolved feelings for Bo Saixi while guarding Wu Qi and Qian Renxue's inheritances.
• Wu Qi arrived in the Land of Deadly Poisons after completing his inheritance and met the Goddess of Life, who gave him a pendant that controlled the Small World.
• The Goddess of Life urged Wu Qi to come to the God Realm after settling matters in the lower realm, while Wu Qi planned to enjoy a hundred-year vacation first.
• Wu Qi offered Chen Nan a choice between joining Spirit Hall, accepting freedom while losing her memories of the Land of Deadly Poisons, or returning after a hundred years to serve as a Divine Officer.
• Chen Nan chose freedom, and Wu Qi used Divine Power to erase some of her memories before preparing to leave the Land of Deadly Poisons.