Chapter Summaries

After Tang Hao helped Star Luo Empire repel Bibi Dong and the Rakshasa Cult, Qian Xunji assessed the continent’s emerging balance of power and continued his plan to establish a Spirit Hall empire. Spirit Hall agents stirred up public fear and organized petitions demanding that Qian Xunji become emperor, while the people also appealed to the sects for support.

• Tang Hao drove back Bibi Dong and helped Dai Weisi capture the rebels who failed to escape, then revealed his name and said the gods had guided him to Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Mubai watched the White World comparison and felt ashamed of his counterpart’s betrayal, while Dai Tianfeng began considering the possibility of using another path to claim the throne.
• Qian Xunji read a secret report about the Star Luo rebellion, identified Bibi Dong as the likely Rakshasa Cult leader, recognized Tang Hao’s Sea God Trident, and ordered Spirit Hall to investigate the cult and monitor Star Luo Empire.
• As people fled toward Spirit Hall territories, Qian Xunji ordered the start of the plan to establish a nation.
• Spirit Hall agents spread rumors and guided public discussions toward the idea that Spirit Hall should become an empire capable of protecting the continent.
• Crowds gathered outside Martial Soul Branch Halls and the Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects, petitioning them to urge Spirit Hall to establish an empire.

Qian Xunji’s campaign left the Clear Sky Sect isolated as its elders argued over whether to support Spirit Hall’s plan to establish an empire. The debate was interrupted when Tang Hao returned with a Sea God Trident, a deity inheritance, and Title Douluo strength, and Tang Xiao began telling him about the continent’s crisis.

• Qian Xunji gained support from nearly every major sect, while the Clear Sky Sect remained the sole holdout.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders argued over whether to support Spirit Hall or resist Qian Xunji’s pressure.
• A messenger announced that Tang Hao had returned with a deity inheritance and had become a Title Douluo.
• Tang Xiao and the elders met Tang Hao, who arrived carrying the Sea God Trident.
• Tang Xiao brought Tang Hao into the hall and recounted the recent upheavals across the continent.

Tang Hao persuaded Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders to oppose Spirit Hall, citing the Sea God's oracle and promising Sea God Island's support. Meanwhile, Qian Xunji publicly refused to found an empire, then used orchestrated petitions and mass demonstrations to make the people and sect leaders beg him to accept the throne.

• Tang Xiao described Spirit Hall's pressure on the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Hao invoked the Sea God's oracle to urge the sect to oppose Spirit Hall and support the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang Xiao and the elders agreed to reject Spirit Hall's empire, remain publicly silent, and secretly prepare to coordinate with Tang Hao, Sea God Island, and the Star Luo Empire.
• Qian Xunji issued a public declaration refusing to found an empire, claiming Spirit Hall lacked the experience and ability to govern.
• Spirit Hall's agents encouraged petitioners to travel to Spirit City, where Qian Xunji again refused their pleas from the city walls.
• Huyan Zhen, Tuoba Xi, Ye Zhilan, Shui Wuhen, and thousands of commoners and Soul Masters gathered outside Spirit City, kneeling and urging Qian Xunji to establish the Spirit Hall Empire.

Qian Xunji staged a popular appeal for Spirit Hall to establish an empire, then declared the Spirit Hall Empire and took the title of Spirit Great Emperor. In the Black World, Tang San and Bibi Dong praised his strategy while the White World began building the empire’s government.

• Qian Xunji waited until sunset, then accepted the petitioners’ demands and declared the Spirit Hall Empire, naming himself the Spirit Great Emperor.
• The crowd outside Spirit City celebrated the empire’s founding, and Qian Xunji privately celebrated the success of his plan to unify the continent.
• Tang San admired his foster father’s political strategy, while Bibi Dong agreed and renewed her hatred of Yu Xiaogang.
• The White World began organizing the Spirit Hall Empire, establishing a Cabinet and departments for the military, finance, law, livelihood, and education.

After the Spirit Hall Empire was founded, Qian Xunji’s staged appeals won widespread support, while Dai Tianfeng and the Clear Sky Sect feared the new empire’s power. Tang Hao left for Sea God Island to complete his final two Sea God trials and planned to return as a god to defeat Qian Xunji and take Ah Yin back.

• Commoners celebrated the Spirit Hall Empire’s founding, believing their pleas had persuaded Qian Xunji to establish it.
• Dai Tianfeng condemned Qian Xunji’s founding of the empire and hoped Tang Hao and Sea God Island could protect the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang Hao told Tang Xiao and the elders that he had completed seven Sea God trials and would return to Sea God Island to finish the last two.
• Tang Hao resolved to become a god, defeat Qian Xunji, and take Ah Yin back, then departed for Sea God Island.
• Tang Hao returned to Sea God Island and resumed the eighth and ninth trials.

The Spirit Hall Empire launched a sweeping campaign against the Rakshasa Cult’s territories, conquering land and winning popular support through military protection and religious preaching. Fearing that Spirit Hall would next invade Star Luo, Dai Tianfeng ordered secret contact with the Rakshasa Cult to arrange joint attacks and slow its expansion.

• Qian Xunji’s Spirit Hall Empire mobilized its armies and invaded the Heaven Dou territories controlled by the Rakshasa Cult, rapidly conquering cities and lands.
• Empire officials and Spirit Hall priests imposed new laws, aided civilians, and spread the Revelation of Holy Light, gathering faith for Qian Xunji and the Elders.
• Dai Tianfeng learned that Spirit Hall’s victories were winning public acclaim and feared Star Luo would be its next target.
• Dai Tianfeng decided to secretly cooperate with the Rakshasa Cult to attack Spirit Hall and buy time for Tang Hao and Sea God Island.
• Dai Tianfeng ordered his ministers to contact the Rakshasa Cult through covert agents and insisted that the alliance remain top secret.

Bibi Dong accepted the Star Luo Empire’s offer to cooperate with the Rakshasa Cult, hoping its actions would give Qian Xunji a pretext to attack it. Qian Xunji anticipated Dai Tianfeng’s military preparations, while Tang Xiao asked the Clear Sky Sect elders whether they would support the Star Luo Empire.

• Bibi Dong agreed to the Star Luo Empire’s proposed alliance and demanded that it prove its sincerity with a plan.
• Qian Xunji received intelligence about Star Luo troops and supplies gathering near the border and recognized the preparations as a likely expedition against his empire.
• Qian Xunji looked forward to Dai Tianfeng making a move that would justify Spirit Hall retaliating against the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Tianfeng sent a secret envoy and letter urging the Clear Sky Sect to support the Star Luo Empire against Qian Xunji.
• Tang Xiao presented Dai Tianfeng’s request to the elders and asked whether the Clear Sky Sect should stand with the Star Luo Empire.

Tang Xiao weighed whether Clear Sky Sect should support Star Luo Empire against Spirit Hall Empire and proposed a compromise that would conceal the sect’s aid. The chapter ended with a plan for a faction of elders and disciples to leave publicly and assist Dai Tianfeng while the main sect remained neutral.

• Tang Lie urged Clear Sky Sect to help Star Luo Empire, while several elders warned that open support could provoke Spirit Hall Empire and expose the sect to ruin.
• The elders debated the risks of supporting Dai Tianfeng or staying out of the conflict, then turned to Tang Xiao for a decision.
• Tang Xiao reasoned that Spirit Hall’s unification of the continent could leave Tang Hao and his allies unable to resist, even if Tang Hao inherited the Sea God’s Godhood.
• Tang Xiao proposed staging a division within Clear Sky Sect, with one faction maintaining neutrality and another publicly leaving to aid Star Luo Empire.
• Tang Xiao explained that the apparent defectors could secretly provide Star Luo Empire with support while the main sect avoided direct conflict with Spirit Hall Empire.

The Clear Sky Sect staged a split so Tang Lie and several hundred elite disciples could secretly support Star Luo Empire while the sect denied responsibility. As the Spirit Hall Empire advanced east, Star Luo Empire joined forces with its subordinate states and launched a surprise attack toward Spirit City.

• Tang Xiao ordered Tang Lie to lead a convincing breakaway faction and secretly travel to Sea God Island to update Tang Hao and seek Sea Soul Master support.
• Tang Lie selected several hundred powerful disciples, then secretly left to find Sea God Island as the Clear Sky Sect staged a bitter dispute and publicly expelled his faction.
• The self-proclaimed Clear Sky Sect castoffs headed for Star Luo Imperial City, where Dai Tianfeng welcomed them into a concealed camp and demanded an update on the Rakshasa Cult's promised cooperation.
• The Spirit Hall Empire annexed the former Balak Kingdom and continued its advance toward the former Heaven Dou Empire's imperial city.
• Star Luo Empire's legions joined its subordinate kingdoms and duchies instead of fighting them, forming an allied army that marched toward Spirit City and shocked the continent.

Qian Xunji learned that Dai Tianfeng had led an allied army against the Spirit Hall Empire and ordered the empire to mobilize and contain it. At Jincheng Pass, Lin Wubing prepared to delay Dai Tianfeng’s much larger force until the returning Eastern Expedition Legion could trap it from behind.

• A Holy Emperor Warrior reported that Dai Tianfeng had joined forces with rebellious kingdoms and duchies and was advancing toward Spirit City.
• Qian Xunji declared the Star Luo Empire an enemy and ordered the western legions to defend while 100,000 elite soul masters and 200,000 Garrison Troops returned to block the enemy’s retreat.
• Dai Tianfeng led an allied force of 800,000 toward Jincheng Pass, where he learned that 300,000 Spirit Hall troops awaited him.
• Dai Tianfeng ordered his army to attack, confident that its numerical advantage would crush the defenders.
• Lin Wubing used Jincheng Pass’s terrain to prepare a delaying defense until the Eastern Expedition Legion could surround Dai Tianfeng’s army.

Lin Wubing’s defenses held Jincheng Pass against Dai Tianfeng’s divided allied army, while Qian Xunji’s public denunciation turned the continent against the Star Luo Empire. As refugees fled the empire, Dai Weisi enforced his father’s orders with deadly border crackdowns, plunging the country into terror.

• Lin Wubing used ambushes, terrain, and coordinated defenses to repel repeated attacks on Jincheng Pass and inflict heavy casualties on the Star Luo Allied Forces.
• Dai Tianfeng’s attempts to control the allied commanders and Salas failed, revealing that his coalition was divided and unresponsive.
• Qian Xunji’s Department of Propaganda accused Dai Tianfeng of colluding with the Rakshasa Cult and betraying the Spirit Hall Empire’s campaign against Evil Soul Masters.
• People and neutral forces across the continent condemned the Star Luo Empire, while disaffected civilians fled toward Spirit Hall territory.
• Dai Weisi ordered troops and soul masters to stop those fleeing the Star Luo Empire, killing escapees and imposing collective punishment that left families slaughtered.

The Star Luo Empire’s people turned to Qian Xunji and Spirit Hall for hope as Dai Tianfeng’s brutal rule deepened their resentment. Dai’s assault on Jincheng Pass ended in a crushing defeat when Spirit Hall forces trapped and routed his allied army, leaving the Star Luo Empire’s future in doubt.

• Citizens trapped in the Star Luo Empire placed their faith in Qian Xunji, Golden Crocodile Douluo, and Spirit Hall, sending Faith Power toward Spirit City.
• Dai Tianfeng accused Sals and the Rakshasa Cult of sabotaging the campaign, then ordered a final assault on Jincheng Pass at dawn.
• Dai led eight hundred thousand allied troops in a desperate attack while Lin Wubing directed the defense of Jincheng Pass.
• Spirit Hall reinforcements struck the allied army from behind as Lin Wubing’s defenders charged out of the pass, trapping the attackers between two forces.
• Sals and the Rakshasa Cult abandoned the battle and fled, while the kingdom and duchy troops scattered and Dai’s army collapsed.
• Dai escaped with fewer than one hundred thousand survivors, lamented his catastrophic losses, and realized the Star Luo Empire might be finished.

After Star Luo Empire’s crushing defeat, Dai Tianfeng ordered brutal mass conscription and prepared another attack, while Qian Xunji sent Lin Wubing to lead a counteroffensive toward Star Luo Imperial City. The comparison video then shifted to Sea God Island, where Tang Hao emerged from Sea God Hall as the newly ascended Sea God.

• Dai Tianfeng rejected the ministers’ suggestion to seek peace and ordered a nationwide conscription, demanding a new five-hundred-thousand-strong army.
• Qian Xunji kept the eastern campaign on course and appointed Lin Wubing to lead troops toward Star Luo Imperial City before Dai Tianfeng could assemble his forces.
• Dai Tianfeng in the Black World felt relief that his counterpart’s defeat had not happened to his own empire.
• The Sea God Hall on Sea God Island began shaking as Sea God’s aura spread across the island and surrounding sea.
• Tang Hao emerged from Sea God Hall in divine armor, carrying the Sea God Trident as the newly ascended Sea God.

Tang Hao inherited the Sea Godhood and prepared to lead Sea God Island’s forces to aid the Star Luo Empire against Spirit Hall and the Rakshasa Cult. Qian Xunji, who had developed Immortal Power comparable to divine strength, refused the Angel God’s offer of her Godhood and declared he would face Tang Hao without becoming a god.

• Tang Hao learned from Bo Saixi that Spirit Hall had founded an empire, defeated the Star Luo Empire at Jincheng Pass, and forced the Clear Sky Sect to split apart.
• Angry at Spirit Hall, Tang Hao ordered Sea God Island’s forces to gather and follow him to support the Star Luo Empire.
• Qian Xunji cultivated Immortal Power, formed by uniting Bloodline Power, Soul Power, and Spiritual Power through his Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown Technique.
• The Angel God warned Qian Xunji that the newly ascended Sea God would soon return and offered him the Angel Godhood.
• Qian Xunji declined the offer, unwilling to require his father Qian Daoliu’s sacrifice, and vowed to test a deity’s strength himself.

Qian Xunji returned to the Star Dou Great Forest to strengthen Martial Soul Yinglong before confronting the newly ascended Sea God, Tang Hao. With Ah Rou’s help, Xiao Wu and Er Ming sacrificed themselves, leaving Qian Xunji ready to test his growing power against Tang Hao.

• The Angel God praised Qian Xunji’s extraordinary power and offered him access to her Godhood if he needed it.
• Qian Xunji went to the Star Dou Great Forest and asked Di Tian to summon Xiao Wu and Er Ming so they could sacrifice themselves to Martial Soul Yinglong.
• Gu Yuena sensed that Qian Xunji’s power rivaled Divine Power and told Di Tian to help him, hoping he could later heal her injuries.
• Qian Xunji summoned Ah Rou with her Soul Bone, and Xiao Wu and Er Ming agreed to sacrifice themselves after reuniting with her.
• Xiao Wu and Er Ming sacrificed themselves, giving Martial Soul Yinglong its ninth Soul Ring and enlarging it to more than fifteen hundred meters.
• Qian Xunji planned to use his Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown Technique to strengthen Martial Soul Yinglong before facing Tang Hao.

Tang Hao returned to the Clear Sky Sect after inheriting the Sea God’s Godhood and announced his plan to lead its forces against Spirit Hall. Tang Xiao urged caution over the possibility that Qian Xunji was also a god, but Tang Hao dismissed the concern and prepared to march on Spirit City.

• Tang Hao arrived at the Clear Sky Sect in a blaze of divine light, alarming the disciples and drawing Tang Xiao and the elders to the plaza.
• Tang Hao revealed that he had inherited the Sea God’s Godhood, and the Clear Sky Sect disciples celebrated his return as a deity.
• In the Black World, Tang San mocked the Clear Sky Sect for welcoming Tang Hao after once despising him, while Bibi Dong reacted uneasily to Tang San’s insults.
• Tang Hao declared that he would lead Sea God Island and the Clear Sky Sect to support the Star Luo Empire and destroy Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xiao warned that Qian Xunji might also have attained godhood, but Tang Hao insisted Poseidon would have told him and declared Qian Xunji no match for a true deity.

Tang Hao led the Clear Sky Sect to support the Star Luo Empire after claiming to have inherited the Sea God’s godhood, and Dai Tianfeng welcomed him as a powerful ally. With Tang Hao promising reinforcements from Sea God Island, Dai Tianfeng granted the sect sweeping privileges and prepared to strengthen their forces against Spirit Hall.

• Tang Hao persuaded the Clear Sky Sect elders and disciples that Qian Xunji was not truly a god, and Tang Xiao ordered the sect to march to the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang Hao led the Clear Sky Sect to Star Luo Imperial City, displaying his divine power as the sect traveled openly.
• Dai Tianfeng greeted Tang Hao and Tang Xiao at the palace, and Tang Hao declared that he had become the Sea God.
• Tang Hao promised that Bo Saixi and more than ten thousand Sea Soul Masters would soon come from Sea God Island to aid the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Tianfeng appointed Tang Hao Imperial Preceptor and Tang Xiao Deputy Imperial Preceptor, made the Clear Sky Sect the empire’s protector sect, and offered it generous privileges and resources.
• Dai Tianfeng invited the Clear Sky Sect leaders to inspect the empire’s forces and voiced his plan to launch an offensive against Spirit Hall once reinforcements arrived.

Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Sect, and Sea God Island joined Dai Tianfeng to lead a renewed Star Luo Empire offensive against Spirit Hall. Their forces swiftly captured Luoxia Pass, leaving Dai Tianfeng confident and Tang Hao dismissing Spirit Hall as nothing special.

• Tang Hao raised Star Luo's army's morale with his divine presence while Tang Xiao organized its defenses and forces.
• Bo Saixi and Sea God Island's fleet arrived with seven Sacred Pillar Douluo and more than ten thousand Sea Soul Masters, pledging to follow Tang Hao.
• Dai Tianfeng rallied his troops and launched a campaign with Tang Hao, Sea God Island, and the Clear Sky Sect at the army's head.
• Tang Hao used the Sea God Domain to suppress Spirit Hall's defenders at Luoxia Pass while Bo Saixi, the Sacred Pillar Douluo, and Tang Xiao attacked.
• The allied army overwhelmed Luoxia Pass in half an hour, and Tang Hao declared that Spirit Hall was nothing special.

After learning that the Star Luo Empire’s forces, Sea God Island, and the Clear Sky Sect had crushed Luoxia Pass, Qian Xunji summoned Spirit Hall’s hidden Title Douluo forces and ordered a massive counteroffensive. He led Spirit Hall’s assembled experts and armies toward Jincheng Pass, where he planned to face the Star Luo Empire and the Sea God.

• Qian Xunji learned that a suspected Deity-level expert, Sea Soul Masters, and Tang Xiao’s forces had helped the Star Luo Empire defeat Luoxia Pass.
• Qian Xunji ordered six Worship Hall Elders, nine Elder Hall members, and the Title Douluo masters of affiliated sects to assemble for war.
• Over seven days, more than thirty Title Douluos and Spirit Hall’s armies gathered under Qian Xunji’s command.
• Qian Xunji addressed the gathered forces, declared that victory would unite the world and defeat would mean ruin, and ordered them to depart.
• Qian Xunji led the Title Douluos and Spirit Hall’s armies toward Jincheng Pass as Qian Renxue, Qian Renchuan, and Shui Bing’er urged the soul master legions forward.

Dai Tianfeng and Tang Hao led the allied forces to Jincheng Pass to confront Qian Xunji, driven by their desire for revenge. The battle began at dawn, but Spirit Hall revealed more than thirty Title Douluo, whose combined pressure halted the attackers.

• Dai Tianfeng and Tang Hao learned that Qian Xunji was defending Jincheng Pass and camped for the night rather than attack their exhausted troops.
• Qian Xunji ordered repeated nighttime feints, keeping the Star Luo Allied Forces from sleeping soundly.
• At dawn, Dai Tianfeng formed the allied army and ordered an assault, while Tang Hao challenged Qian Xunji and vowed to destroy Spirit Hall.
• The Hell White Tigers, Clear Sky Sect elders, Bo Saixi, and the Sea Soul Master Legion advanced toward Jincheng Pass.
• Qian Xunji summoned more than thirty Title Douluo, whose combined Soul Power pressure pinned the Hell White Tigers, suppressed Bo Saixi's domain, and stunned Tang Hao and Dai Tianfeng.