Chapter Summaries

After absorbing Er Ming's Spirit Bone, Lu Yu reached level 80 and learned two gravity-based soul skills, then discussed the missing Hu Liena, Xiao Fei, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan with Bibi Dong. He reunited with Qian Renxue, learned she had obtained her ninth Soul Ring, and took her to a busy barbecue restaurant while trying to find out where it came from.

• Lu Yu absorbed Er Ming's Spirit Bone under Bibi Dong's protection, broke through to level 80, and gained Gravity Swamp and Titan Sky Break.
• Lu Yu asked Bibi Dong about Hu Liena, Xiao Fei, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan, who had been missing for two years; Bibi Dong said Hu Liena and the others were last seen near Yunbei City and might have entered the Far North.
• Lu Yu decided to go to the Star Dou Forest the next day and learned that Bibi Dong planned to announce the founding of the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Lu Yu returned to the villa and found Qian Renxue waiting; he told her he had been absorbing a Spirit Bone with Bibi Dong and discovered that Qian Renxue had obtained her ninth Soul Ring.
• Qian Renxue refused to reveal where her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring came from unless Lu Yu begged, so Lu Yu took her out to eat at a new barbecue restaurant.
• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue arrived at the crowded food street, where people recognized them but did not approach.

After Lu Yu stopped four young nobles from trying to grope Qian Renxue, he ordered their execution and an investigation into their families. Back at the villa, Qian Renxue revealed a hidden Earth Core World with multiple Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, giving Lu Yu a possible target for his Fourth God Trial.

• Lu Yu kicked away a young noble who tried to touch Qian Renxue, then confronted him and his companions about their intentions.
• After the men admitted they planned to take advantage of Qian Renxue in the crowd, Lu Yu ordered city patrol knights to behead all four and investigate the Four Great Families of Matos.
• Qian Renxue left the food street in anger, and Lu Yu followed her back to the villa.
• Lu Yu explained that his Fourth God Trial required him to independently hunt a Title Douluo or a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and he needed to find a weak target.
• Qian Renxue told Lu Yu that her grandfather had discovered an Earth Core World containing at least three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in its outer region.
• Lu Yu asked whether any of the Earth Core World’s Soul Beasts had only recently surpassed one hundred thousand years.

Lu Yu learned of the Earth Core World, where powerful ultimate-fire Soul Beasts lived, and brought Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue to seek one for his ninth Soul Ring. They entered the vast underground realm, where Qian Renxue’s sudden familiarity hinted she had been there before.

• Qian Renxue told Lu Yu about the Earth Core World and a young ultimate-fire Sub-Dragon, and agreed to guide him there with Bibi Dong.
• Lu Yu persuaded Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue to travel together, though both were awkward about their strained relationship and carrying him.
• Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Lu Yu hurried to Sunset Forest, recovered their Soul Power, and descended through a volcano into the Earth Core World.
• The group passed through a familiar energy barrier into a vast realm of cracked red earth and flowing magma.
• Qian Renxue began to say she had been impressed by the realm the first time she visited, then abruptly stopped herself.

Lu Yu, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue encountered a powerful Fire Dragon in the Earth Core World, which had sensed the Dragon Kings’ aura in Lu Yu’s God Bones. The Fire Dragon grieved over its king’s fall, leaving the three waiting to learn what it would do next.

• Lu Yu led Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue deeper into the Earth Core World toward the lava lake where the Sub-Dragon Species lived.
• Bibi Dong sensed a terrifying presence approaching and fled with Lu Yu and Qian Renxue, but Lu Yu could not open the Gate of Space.
• A massive Fire Dragon appeared, overwhelmed Lu Yu and Qian Renxue with its aura, and fixed its attention on Lu Yu.
• Lu Yu explained that he had obtained the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King’s God Bones and offered to return them.
• The Fire Dragon asked why Lu Yu carried its king’s aura, then lamented that its king had ultimately fallen.

Lu Yu persuaded the Fire Dragon that a Soul Beast’s sacrifice could help him become a god and eventually free Soul Beasts from their limits. The Fire Dragon considered the uncertain promise and told Lu Yu to wait.

• The Fire Dragon returned the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ Spirit Bones to Lu Yu and demanded that he help create a future for Soul Beasts.
• Lu Yu asked to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his godhood task, angering the Fire Dragon, who pinned him down with pressure.
• Lu Yu argued that becoming a god was necessary to change the world and proposed reviving a Soul Beast after it sacrificed itself to him.
• The Fire Dragon questioned whether Lu Yu could guarantee the plan, then told him to wait.

The Fire Dragon King brought Odis, a Million-Year Fire Dragon, to sacrifice himself to Lu Yu in exchange for the chance to break his clan’s shackles after Lu Yu became a god. Odis’s sacrifice raised Lu Yu to Soul Douluo Level 86 and granted him a golden Soul Ring and a Spirit Bone, while Lu Yu completed his Fourth God Trial and learned Odis’s soul remained inside him.

• The Fire Dragon King returned with Odis, a Million-Year Fire Dragon, and explained that Lu Yu’s recognition by the God of Evil made him trustworthy.
• After sensing the God of Evil’s aura, Odis accepted Lu Yu’s potential and agreed to sacrifice himself, while the Fire Dragon King warned Lu Yu not to deceive him about reviving Odis.
• Odis burned his cultivation and bloodline to form Lu Yu’s eighth golden Soul Ring and a Spirit Bone for his right leg.
• Lu Yu’s Soul Power surged to Level 86, the sacrifice completed his task and Fourth God Trial, and he received another Soul Ring age increase and a new task.
• Lu Yu called for Odis and learned that Odis’s weakened soul remained inside him and was about to sleep.

After the Fire Dragon King sent Lu Yu flying for asking about another Soul Ring, Lu Yu and Bibi Dong left the Earth Core World with Qian Renxue. On the way back, Lu Yu discovered his new powers and a Fifth God Trial that demanded he trap Qian Renxue in a secret chamber, leaving him horrified and keeping the trial from Bibi Dong.

• Lu Yu told the Fire Dragon King that Odis's soul remained intact, then asked for another Soul Ring and was blasted into the lava.
• Lu Yu changed clothes after Qian Renxue noticed his burned-away clothes, and the three left the Earth Core World for Spirit City.
• Lu Yu examined his Million-Year Soul Ring and Spirit Bone skills, including Heaven-Burning God-Slaying Slash, Dragon Scale Battle Armor, Fire God Domain, and Wrath of the Fire God.
• Lu Yu claimed his level 80 reward, learned Nine Absolutes Sword Technique—Space Compression, and increased his Space Leap range to ten kilometers.
• Lu Yu read the Fifth God Trial, which required him to put Qian Renxue in a secret chamber, and panicked about how Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu would react.

After returning to Spirit City, Lu Yu and Bibi Dong discovered that their God Trials both involved Qian Renxue, leaving them shocked and conflicted. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu how she and the others escaped the Earth Core World and how Lu Yu gained a Million-Year Soul Ring and Spirit Bone.

• During the nine-day journey back to Spirit City, Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue remained awkwardly silent while both glared at Lu Yu.
• After they arrived, Bibi Dong took Lu Yu to the Pope Palace and questioned him about his God Trial.
• Bibi Dong guessed that Lu Yu's trial involved Qian Renxue, and Lu Yu's reaction confirmed it.
• Lu Yu realized Bibi Dong's Ninth God Trial also involved Qian Renxue and suspected it was meant to resolve Bibi Dong's resentment toward Qian Xunji.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu about the godlike existence in the Earth Core World and how she and the others escaped.
• Qian Daoliu was astonished that Lu Yu had obtained a Million-Year Soul Ring and Spirit Bone by persuading the powerful being to sacrifice itself.

Lu Yu learned that the Strength Clan and Speed Clan had likely pledged allegiance to Tang San, but spared Yang Wudi from confronting his former friends. After several quiet days, Lu Yu attended Spirit Hall’s selection of the new Upper Three Sects, where Tai Tan and Bai He grew uneasy under his gaze.

• Yang Wudi told Lu Yu that the Breaking Clan was thriving and that the Strength Clan had recently supplied resources to the Speed Clan.
• Lu Yu concluded that the Strength Clan and Speed Clan had joined Tang San, then told Yang Wudi he would handle the matter himself.
• Lu Yu received the reward for his Fourth God Trial and spent several days comprehending the Power of Time.
• Lu Yu arrived at the Upper Three Sects selection and saw representatives from the empires, sects, and Four Single-Attribute Clans, while the Clear Sky Sect remained absent.
• Tai Tan and Bai He became nervous when Lu Yu looked at them, and the Master of Ceremonies began the selection with a lengthy speech.

Bibi Dong oversaw the selection of the new Upper Three Sects and announced the establishment of the Spirit Hall Empire. The Heaven Dou Empire surrendered to it, while the Star Luo Empire and the gathered factions reluctantly acknowledged its authority.

• Bibi Dong opened the Upper Three Sects selection, and Yang Wudi defended the Breaking Clan's claim without challenge.
• Bibi Dong named the Breaking Clan, renamed the Heaven-Breaking Sect, and the Holy Dragon Sect as the new Upper Three Sects, while the Giant Axe Sect won a place among the Lower Four Sects.
• Bibi Dong announced that Spirit Hall had become the Spirit Hall Empire and asked who supported or opposed it.
• The Heaven Dou Empire representative declared unconditional surrender to the Spirit Hall Empire, stunning the gathered factions and angering Dai Weisi.
• Yang Wudi, Tuoba Xi, the other sects, and finally Dai Weisi acknowledged Bibi Dong as the empire's first Queen.

After Bibi Dong’s coronation and the Spirit Hall Empire’s takeover of the Heaven Dou Empire, Lu Yu learned that Lu Fei and the others had entered the Far North Core Zone and decided to search for them. Bibi Dong asked him to return within half a year as she faced the threat of death and resolved to uncover who was scheming against her.

• Lu Yu returned to the villa and cultivated while Bibi Dong handled the new empire’s affairs.
• Flender comforted Liu Erlong and proposed backing Dai Mubai and courting the Clear Sky Sect to oppose Spirit Hall.
• The Star Luo Emperor convened an emergency meeting, chose to seek allies, and sent letters to potential partners.
• A month later, Bibi Dong was crowned, and the Spirit Hall Empire completed its takeover of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Bibi Dong told Lu Yu that Lu Fei and the others had entered the Far North Core Zone, while Dugu Bo and the others might be in Death Valley; Lu Yu decided to leave the next day to search for Lu Fei’s group first.
• Bibi Dong asked Lu Yu to return within half a year, revealing that she intended to survive and discover who was plotting against her.

Lu Yu and Qian Renxue traveled to the Strength Clan, where Lu Yu killed Tai Tan and wiped out the clan with his Fire God Domain. The chapter left Qian Renxue stunned by the power of Lu Yu’s soul skill.

• Lu Yu invited Qian Renxue to join him on a trip to the Far North to find Lu Fei, and she agreed.
• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue stopped at the Strength Clan because Tai Tan had secretly pledged the clan to Tang San.
• Tai Tan denied knowing what Lu Yu meant, but Lu Yu confronted him over his alliance with Tang San and warned him to face the consequences.
• Tai Tan led the Strength Clan in an attack, but Lu Yu used Time Imprisonment and killed him with a sword strike.
• Lu Yu unleashed his fiery domain, incinerating the Strength Clan and its grounds while Qian Renxue watched in shock.

Lu Yu and Qian Renxue wiped out the Speed Clan and traveled to the Far North, where they encountered a Titan Snow Demon Ape fighting two Soul Masters. The chapter left them approaching the battle, with Lu Fei and the others still missing.

• Lu Yu ordered the City Guard to hunt the surviving members of the Strength Clan, then left with Qian Renxue for the Star Luo Empire.
• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue destroyed the Speed Clan while Bai He was away, and Grandmaster narrowly escaped with him.
• Bai He returned to find the Speed Clan reduced to ashes, blamed himself for siding with Tang San, and set out to seek revenge alone.
• A Law Enforcement Team killed Bai He after he attacked a Spirit Hall branch, and its captain recognized him as the fugitive they had been hunting.
• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue traveled into the Far North, held hands for warmth, and flew toward a battle after hearing a roar.
• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue found a Titan Snow Demon Ape fighting a male and a female Soul Master.

Lu Yu and Qian Renxue helped a married pair of Soul Masters defeat a Titan Snow Demon Ape, then learned where its clan lived and set out to find the Titan Snow Demon King. They hoped to persuade the king to help locate Lu Fei and the others, and reached the clan’s territory, where another Titan Snow Demon Ape confronted them.

• Lu Yu waited until the Broadsword Soul Master asked for help, then wounded the Titan Snow Demon Ape with his Martial Soul Avatar and let the couple claim its Soul Ring.
• While the Broadsword Soul Master absorbed the ring, Lu Yu learned that the couple had not seen Lu Fei and the others, but that the Titan Snow Demon Ape clan lived in a canyon ten kilometers northwest.
• After the Broadsword Soul Master became a Soul Douluo, Lu Yu and Qian Renxue departed, and Lu Yu explained that he planned to ask the Titan Snow Demon King to help find their companions.
• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue traveled toward the canyon, avoiding or driving off the powerful Soul Beasts along the way.
• A kilometer from the clan’s habitat, Lu Yu and Qian Renxue encountered a wary Titan Snow Demon Ape.

Lu Yu and Qian Renxue confronted the Titan Snow Demon Ape clan, whose elite members fled when they saw Qian Renxue’s Soul Rings. Lu Yu pursued them and fought the apes, eventually trapping them in another layer of space as the battle continued.

• Qian Renxue explained that most Soul Beasts failed to survive the Heavenly Tribulation required to reach one hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Lu Yu defeated an eighty-thousand-year Titan Snow Demon Ape and waited for it to bring the clan’s reinforcements.
• Twelve powerful Titan Snow Demon Apes arrived, but they turned to flee after seeing Qian Renxue’s seven black and two red Soul Rings.
• Lu Yu intercepted the fleeing apes and fought them with his sword techniques, spatial abilities, Ultimate Fire, and gravity suppression.
• The ninety-thousand-year ape spread extreme cold across the ground, and the clan coordinated aerial and ranged attacks against Lu Yu.
• Lu Yu planted his Eight-Faced Han Sword in the snow and used spatial power to trap every Titan Snow Demon Ape behind a spatial barrier.

Lu Yu subdued the Titan Snow Demon Apes and demanded that their king meet with him within three days, then teased Qian Renxue as they waited. After the two settled into a cave borrowed from a fleeing Snow Bear, they began waiting for the Titan Snow Demon King.

• Lu Yu trapped the Titan Snow Demon Apes in a Space Cage, crushed them until they were near death, and told them to summon their king for a deal within three days.
• Lu Yu scolded and spanked Qian Renxue for watching without helping, and she ran away before stopping when she realized he was not trying to catch her.
• Qian Renxue fell and pulled Lu Yu down with her, and the two lay together before Lu Yu resumed teasing her.
• Lu Yu told Qian Renxue to find somewhere to stay while they waited three days, and she followed him through the snow.
• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue found a cave after walking eight li, but its Snow Bear fled when Lu Yu tried to borrow its home.

Lu Yu and Qian Renxue fought the Titan Snow Demon King after it refused to bargain and attacked them. As Lu Yu’s attacks wounded the king, Snow Empress and Ice Empress rushed toward the battlefield.

• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue returned to the Titan Snow Demon King’s territory, where the king confronted them over their treatment of his clansmen.
• The Titan Snow Demon King attacked, and Lu Yu wounded its finger with a sword strike before the king unleashed its freezing domain.
• Lu Yu countered with his Extreme Fire Gravity Domain and used Shadow Clone and the Nine Absolutes Sword Technique to attack the king.
• The Titan Snow Demon King filled the area with ice blades and shielded itself with Ice Barriers, but Lu Yu’s three Martial Soul Avatars broke through its defense and inflicted severe wounds.
• Snow Empress sensed the battle and hurried toward it with Ice Empress, believing the Titan Snow Demon King could not hold out for long.

Lu Yu and Qian Renxue forced the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to help search the Far North for Lu Fei and five others. Seven days later, the Titan Snow Demon King reported that they had been found inside the Far North’s forbidden land, where even the Snow Empress and Ice Empress rarely dared to go.

• The Titan Snow Demon King attacked Lu Yu with a storm of ice pillars, but Lu Yu restrained it with a Space Cage and demanded help finding six people.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress arrived, and the Snow Empress agreed to search after Lu Yu threatened the safety of their clans if they killed him or refused.
• Lu Yu described the six young people, including a red-haired man with a powerful fire-element aura, and agreed to return in seven days.
• The Snow Empress ordered the Far North Soul Beasts to search, and they thoroughly investigated the Core Zone over the following days.
• Seven days later, the Titan Snow Demon King told Lu Yu and Qian Renxue that Lu Fei and the others had been found in the forbidden land, though their survival was unknown.

Lu Yu and Qian Renxue entered the Ice Crystal Forest, a forbidden land where they were not suppressed but the Snow Empress and Ice Empress were. After Lu Yu destroyed the forest’s Ice Trees, they regenerated stronger, leaving the pair facing a growing threat and searching for a way forward.

• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue entered the Ice Crystal Forest and found that its strange environment did not suppress their powers.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress followed them inside, but their Soul Power was suppressed, so they kept their distance.
• When Lu Yu approached the Ice Trees, they threatened to unleash energy; he then shattered them with sword energy, triggering an eruption of ice blades.
• Lu Yu shielded Qian Renxue as they ran through the ice blades, while the Snow Empress and Ice Empress realized the humans were unaffected by the forest’s suppression and withdrew.
• The Ice Trees re-formed stronger than before, and Lu Yu and Qian Renxue realized that fighting their way through would only make the danger worse.

Lu Yu and Qian Renxue passed through the Ice Trees after Lu Yu realized they were a test of observation, then entered a valley that appeared to be part of a God Position inheritance. Two Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Snow Violent Bears appeared, and while Qian Renxue fought one, the other charged at Lu Yu.

• Lu Yu discovered that the Ice Trees would not attack if he advanced carefully, and he led Qian Renxue through them.
• Lu Yu suspected the trial site was a God Position inheritance and wondered why Lu Fei and the others had come without telling their families or bringing Dugu Yan.
• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue entered a valley filled with Soul Beast roars and encountered two Ice Snow Violent Bears that had appeared after they crossed the entrance.
• Qian Renxue used her Angel Domain and Angel Holy Sword to fight one Ice Snow Violent Bear.
• The other Ice Snow Violent Bear charged Lu Yu, and he activated his sixth Soul Ring.