Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong accepted Ye Xuan’s romantic entanglements as long as they did not interfere with the Spirit Hall Empire’s plans, then focused on her Rakshasa God trial. In the Star Luo Empire, Tang San completed the Asura God’s Seventh Trial, reached Rank 95, and prepared to use Oscar’s coming breakthrough to support a war against the Spirit Hall Empire.

• Bibi Dong decided to let Ye Xuan handle his relationships himself and began cultivating for the Rakshasa God’s Ninth Trial.
• Tang San passed the Asura God’s Seventh Trial, gained the Asura Divine Sword’s recognition, and rose from Rank 92 to Rank 95.
• Tang San vowed to reclaim what he had lost, destroy the Spirit Hall Empire, and defeat Ye Xuan.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun congratulated Tang San and urged him to take revenge on Ye Xuan.
• Tang San told Oscar that becoming a food-type Soul Sage would help supply the Star Luo Empire’s millions of soldiers, and Oscar agreed to seek his seventh soul ring.

Tang San strengthened the Star Luo Empire’s war preparations while secretly planning to use Oscar’s marriage to Bai Chenxiang to secure his loyalty and the Speed Clan’s support. Dai Mubai and the clan patriarchs prepared for war against the Spirit Hall Empire, while Tang San claimed his eventual ascent to godhood would ensure victory.

• Tang San decided to arrange Oscar’s marriage to Bai Chenxiang after Oscar reached Soul Saint, while urging Ma Hongjun to cultivate without revealing his plans.
• Bai He warned Dai Mubai that Ye Xuan had returned as a level ninety-five Super Douluo and urged the empire to prepare for war.
• Niu Gao, Titan, and Yang Wudi offered their clans’ defensive, vanguard, and offensive strengths to the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Mubai assigned the clans to reinforce the borders, gather troops, prepare raids, and scout the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Tang San reassured Dai Mubai that the empire could win, citing his strength, the clans, the Clear Sky Sect, Oscar’s coming breakthrough, and his Asura divine trials.
• Tang San privately regarded Dai Mubai as a puppet emperor and planned to discard him once he became the Asura God and unified the continent.

Ye Xuan entered the Star Luo Empire’s capital to weaken its forces before war could break out, hoping to avoid heavy casualties. Near the imperial palace, he spotted Oscar speaking with Bai Chenxiang and promising to protect her.

• Ye Xuan weighed the strength of the Star Luo Empire’s high-level fighters and decided to target its Super Douluo elders and the Four Single-Attribute Clans’ leaders.
• Ye Xuan left Bo Saixi in the Spirit Hall Empire to guard against a surprise attack from Tang Chen, then traveled alone to the Star Luo capital.
• Ye Xuan blended into the crowded city and approached the imperial palace, assessing the guards and hidden Soul Masters.
• Ye Xuan stopped near Vermilion Bird Gate after hearing laughter and saw Bai Chenxiang standing with Oscar on a white jade bridge.
• Oscar enthusiastically described a dangerous Soul Beast encounter and told Bai Chenxiang that his support would keep her safe.

Ye Xuan infiltrated the Star Luo imperial palace to target the Clear Sky Sect elders and the leaders of the four single-attribute clans. After slipping past the guards, he spotted Bai Chenxiang and Oscar in a garden and decided to use their conversation to learn where his targets lived.

• Bai Chenxiang praised Oscar, and Oscar declared that he would protect her; she responded shyly without rejecting him.
• Ye Xuan left the pair and resolved to weaken the Star Luo Empire by eliminating its powerful leaders.
• Ye Xuan hid outside the palace, incapacitated two guards at a side entrance, and entered the grounds unnoticed.
• Ye Xuan evaded patrols while searching for the residences of the Clear Sky Sect elders and the four clan leaders.
• Ye Xuan found Bai Chenxiang and Oscar in a garden and hid nearby to listen, hoping to learn where the leaders lived.

Ye Xuan took advantage of Bai Chenxiang being summoned to infiltrate Clear Sky Pavilion, intending to attack the Clear Sky Sect’s nine elders. Inside, he overheard them discussing Tang Chen’s attempt to reach the demigod realm and the Star Luo Empire’s strength against the Spirit Hall Empire.

• Oscar asked Bai Chenxiang about the Clear Sky Sect’s nine elders, and she told him they lived in the heavily guarded Clear Sky Pavilion.
• Ye Xuan decided Clear Sky Pavilion was his first target and waited for an opportunity to attack the elders.
• A guard summoned Bai Chenxiang to meet Dai Mubai, and Ye Xuan used her departure as his chance to approach the pavilion.
• Ye Xuan slipped onto the roof, entered through a concealed ventilation opening, and hid his aura inside Clear Sky Pavilion.
• Ye Xuan saw the nine elders gathered and overheard them discussing Tang Chen’s seclusion, the Spirit Hall Empire, and the Star Luo Empire’s combat strength.

Ye Xuan ambushed and killed the Ninth Elder in the Clear Sky Pavilion, then faced the remaining eight elders. He used the Banner of Living Beings and his All Things Growth Domain to overpower them, and the elders discovered that his life energy could dismantle their Soul Power and life force.

• Ye Xuan silently attacked the newly advanced Ninth Elder and killed him with a spike of ultimate life energy.
• The other eight elders spotted Ye Xuan, who revealed himself and declared that he had come to kill them for the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Ye Xuan dodged the Second Elder’s hammer and clashed with him using the Banner of Living Beings.
• The First Elder and six others attacked Ye Xuan together, but his All Things Growth Domain weakened their Soul Power and blunted their assault.
• Ye Xuan struck one elder with the banner, and his life energy invaded the wound and began dismantling the elder’s Soul Power and life force.

Ye Xuan killed eight of the Clear Sky Sect's Super Douluos while searching for the patriarchs of the Four Single-Attribute Clans. Tang Xiao and the newly emerged demigod Tang Chen forced him to flee the imperial palace wounded, but he remained inside the Star Luo Empire.

• Ye Xuan overpowered the elders, killed four of them, and wounded the First Elder with the Banner of Living Beings.
• Ye Xuan unleashed Soul Devour to defeat the remaining four elders, then took the First Elder's soul when Tang Xiao and Tang Chen's auras arrived.
• Tang Xiao attacked Ye Xuan as he escaped, and Tang Chen struck him with a demigod-powered palm that injured him but failed to stop his flight through the ventilation shaft.
• Tang Xiao urged Tang Chen to check on the elders, and Tang Chen vowed that the Clear Sky Sect would never reconcile with the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Ye Xuan escaped the Star Luo Imperial Palace but stayed within the Star Luo Empire despite his injuries.

After crippling the Star Luo Empire’s high-level fighters, Ye Xuan stayed in the empire and targeted Bai Chenxiang as a way to destabilize it from within. He used his Living Being Imprint to take control of her, leaving her trapped and despairing in Rain-Listening Pavilion.

• Ye Xuan decided to remain in the Star Luo Empire and chose Bai Chenxiang as a valuable target for his plan to make the empire collapse from within.
• Ye Xuan infiltrated Rain-Listening Pavilion while Bai Chenxiang was cultivating and used his power to immobilize her.
• Ye Xuan branded Bai Chenxiang’s soul with the Living Being Imprint, which gave him absolute control over her.
• Ye Xuan told Bai Chenxiang that she belonged to him and would have to obey him, while she wept helplessly.

Ye Xuan revealed his identity to Bai Chenxiang and forced her to submit through the Living Being Imprint. He ordered her to remain in the Star Luo Imperial Palace and spy on its military deployments, then entered her bedchamber as she nervously wondered what he intended to do.

• Ye Xuan identified himself as the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall Empire and declared Bai Chenxiang his servant.
• Ye Xuan threatened Bai Chenxiang with torment if she resisted or warned Tang San or Bai He, and she submitted by calling him Master.
• The Living Being Imprint formed a bond between Ye Xuan and Bai Chenxiang, who followed his order to calm herself and hide what had happened.
• Ye Xuan ordered Bai Chenxiang to stay in the palace and report the Star Luo Empire's military deployments, especially those of the four single-attribute clans, within three days.
• Ye Xuan entered Bai Chenxiang's bedchamber, leaving her anxious and blushing as she wondered what he would do.

Ye Xuan entered Bai Chenxiang’s private chamber, discarded her bedding, and replaced it with his own before settling down to cultivate. Bai Chenxiang remained standing under the Living Being Imprint’s restraint, increasingly hurt and confused by his complete indifference to her.

• Ye Xuan removed Bai Chenxiang’s pink bedding and laid out his black bedding from his storage Soul Tool.
• Ye Xuan sat on the bed to cultivate, shut the door, and ignored Bai Chenxiang.
• Bai Chenxiang realized Ye Xuan had come only to use her chamber as a place to cultivate and felt wounded that he would not look at her.
• Bai Chenxiang stood silently as her legs grew numb, wondering whether Ye Xuan was deliberately humiliating her or simply did not care about her beauty.

Bai Chenxiang struggled with her captivity under Ye Xuan while he cultivated, determined to escape his control. News that Ye Xuan had killed the Clear Sky Sect’s eight Super Douluo elders spread across the continent, leaving the Star Luo Empire in panic and Tang San overcome with rage.

• Bai Chenxiang sat silently while Ye Xuan cultivated, grieving her imprisonment and thinking of her family and Oscar.
• Bai Chenxiang resolved to grow stronger and eventually break free from Ye Xuan’s control, while Ye Xuan sensed her emotions and dismissed them as irrelevant.
• News spread that Ye Xuan had slain eight Clear Sky Sect elders, and the Star Luo Empire issued a high-level warrant offering a noble title for information about him.
• Dai Mubai panicked in the imperial throne hall as officials reported that people were fleeing the capital.
• Tang San coughed up blood in fury after hearing that the eight elders had been killed.

After Ye Xuan killed the Clear Sky Sect’s eight Super Douluo, Tang San vowed revenge while Dai Mubai feared for the Star Luo Empire’s survival. News of Ye Xuan’s power shocked the Spirit Hall Empire’s leaders, while Ye Xuan continued cultivating in Star Luo Imperial City and waited for a chance to destroy the imperial family.

• Tang San raged over the deaths of the eight elders, and Dai Mubai feared that the Star Luo Empire would collapse and considered surrendering to the Spirit Hall Empire.
• The Star Luo Empire issued wanted notices for Ye Xuan, offering hereditary nobility and a thousand-li fief for information, which spread fear and disorder.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Mighty Lion Douluo, Holy Dragon Douluo, and the other worshippers reacted with disbelief to news that Ye Xuan had killed eight Super Douluo.
• Qian Daoliu felt both impressed and uneasy about Ye Xuan’s strength, while Bibi Dong praised her disciple and considered how to use the Star Luo Empire’s losses.
• Qian Renxue heard about Ye Xuan’s growth and regarded him with new interest.
• Ye Xuan cultivated in Bai Chenxiang’s chamber in Star Luo Imperial City while waiting for an opportunity to slaughter the Star Luo Imperial Family.

Tang San and Dai Mubai tried to steady the Star Luo Empire while searching for the missing Ye Xuan. At Rain-Listening Pavilion, Bai Chenxiang delivered intelligence she had gathered under Ye Xuan’s control, giving him detailed information about the empire’s military and supplies.

• Tang San ordered Dai Mubai to intensify the search for Ye Xuan and offer a reward for information about him.
• Dai Mubai assured Tang San that the imperial city was sealed and that the empire would remain secure, though he feared Ye Xuan.
• Tang San vowed that the Star Luo Empire would strike back after he completed the Asura God trials.
• Bai Chenxiang brought Ye Xuan intelligence on the Star Luo Empire’s troops, commanders, border fortresses, and grain warehouses.
• Ye Xuan reviewed the reports and learned that the four single-attribute clans guarded the major border fortresses while Soul Sage-level experts protected the grain warehouses.

Bai Chenxiang struggled to hide Ye Xuan’s presence and his plan to kill Oscar while Oscar, unaware of the danger, courted her outside Rain-Listening Pavilion. The chapter ended as Oscar called for her to wait at the pavilion door.

• Ye Xuan ordered Bai Chenxiang to keep monitoring Star Luo Empire after learning of its weakness, then dismissed her.
• Bai Chenxiang encountered Oscar, who approached Rain-Listening Pavilion with a pansy and greeted her warmly.
• Bai Chenxiang concealed her fear as she remembered that Ye Xuan had placed Oscar first on his kill list because Oscar supported Star Luo Empire’s army.
• Oscar offered Bai Chenxiang the flower and promised to protect her, while she struggled not to reveal Ye Xuan’s nearby presence.
• Bai Chenxiang said she was tired, and Oscar walked with her back to Rain-Listening Pavilion.
• Oscar wished Bai Chenxiang good night as she opened the door, then called, “Chenxiang, wait.”

Bai Chenxiang rejected Oscar’s marriage proposal under pressure from Ye Xuan, who planned to use her to make Oscar lower his guard before killing him. As Ye Xuan cultivated in Rain-Listening Pavilion, Tang San sensed his presence and planned to investigate, while Dai Mubai feared the Spirit Hall Empire’s impending attack.

• Oscar confessed his sincere feelings to Bai Chenxiang and promised to marry her, but she said she was tired and shut herself in her room.
• Oscar left believing he would wait for Bai Chenxiang, while she cried and apologized to him in private.
• Ye Xuan ordered Bai Chenxiang to control her emotions and help him deceive Oscar so he would lower his guard before being killed.
• Tang San sensed a brief fluctuation of Ye Xuan’s Life divine power near Rain-Listening Pavilion and decided to investigate the area the next day.
• Dai Mubai worried that Ye Xuan would destroy the Star Luo Empire and prayed for Tang San and Tang Chen to become strong enough to stop him.
• Ye Xuan resumed cultivating in Rain-Listening Pavilion, nearing Rank 96 Super Douluo, while Bai Chenxiang remained consumed by guilt and despair.

Tang San searched the Star Luo Imperial Family for three days, convinced Ye Xuan might be hiding there, but found no trace of him. He then encountered a devastated Oscar, who told him Bai Chenxiang had said she was tired and did not want to talk about their relationship, leaving Oscar questioning what he had done wrong.

• Tang San searched the palace and its underground passages for Ye Xuan, but detected no trace of him.
• Tang San concluded Ye Xuan might have concealed himself more carefully and began another detailed search using his spiritual power and Blue Silver Grass.
• Exhausted, Tang San ended his search and encountered Oscar leaning against a palace wall in distress.
• Oscar told Tang San that Bai Chenxiang had said she was tired and did not want to talk about love and romance.
• Oscar asked Tang San whether he had done something wrong and wondered if Bai Chenxiang had grown tired of him.

Tang San worried that Ye Xuan had controlled Bai Chenxiang after Oscar told him she had rejected him, so he rushed to investigate. Bai Chenxiang said she had only been testing Oscar’s devotion, and Tang San left reassured that she showed no signs of outside control.

• Tang San comforted Oscar and hurried to Bai Chenxiang’s residence, fearing Ye Xuan had made her a pawn.
• Tang San searched Bai Chenxiang and her courtyard with his spiritual power but found no trace of Ye Xuan or outside control.
• Tang San asked Bai Chenxiang why she had told Oscar she was tired of love and romance.
• Bai Chenxiang explained she had been testing Oscar’s feelings and wanted to teach him to cherish her.
• Tang San accepted Bai Chenxiang’s explanation and said he was relieved.

Bai Chenxiang concealed that Ye Xuan’s Life Brand forced her to deceive Tang San and hurt Oscar, while Tang San failed to detect the mark. Tang San reassured Oscar that Bai Chenxiang was testing him, but his own unease remained as Oscar set out to apologize to her.

• Bai Chenxiang acted cheerful with Tang San, then revealed inwardly that Ye Xuan’s Life Brand controlled her and forced her to follow his orders.
• Tang San searched his memories of visiting Agarwood Court but found no evidence of Ye Xuan or of Bai Chenxiang being controlled.
• Tang San told Oscar that Bai Chenxiang was testing his feelings, and Oscar’s despair turned to hope.
• Oscar resolved to apologize to Bai Chenxiang and prove his love, while a trace of solemnity returned to Tang San’s eyes.

Ye Xuan set out to control the four rank-eighty-nine patriarchs of the Four Single-Attribute Clans, beginning with the Defense Clan’s Niu Gao and the Strength Clan’s Titan. He enslaved both with the Living Being Imprint and left them awaiting his orders, while Bai Chenxiang remained in his room, uncertain of his plans.

• Bai Chenxiang bathed and wondered what Ye Xuan intended, but stayed in the room as he had ordered.
• Ye Xuan infiltrated Niu Gao’s cultivation chamber and forced the Defense Clan patriarch under his control with the Living Being Imprint.
• Ye Xuan ordered Niu Gao to remain quiet in his residence and wait for instructions.
• Ye Xuan slipped past the Strength Clan’s guards and entered Titan’s study.
• Ye Xuan implanted the Living Being Imprint in Titan, bringing the Strength Clan patriarch under his control.

Ye Xuan secretly controlled Bai He and Yang Wudi with the Living Being Imprint, completing his takeover of the four great single-attribute clans’ chiefs. He returned to Agarwood Court to recover and prepare for his next move while Bai Chenxiang remained unaware of the storm gathering around her.

• Ye Xuan ambushed Bai He during his movement practice and implanted the Living Being Imprint, ordering him to stay in his manor and await orders.
• Ye Xuan defeated Yang Wudi’s spear attacks, implanted the Living Being Imprint, and commanded him to obey.
• Ye Xuan reflected that all four chiefs of the Star Luo Empire’s great single-attribute clans were under his control without their clans knowing.
• Ye Xuan returned to Agarwood Court while Bai Chenxiang bathed, then sat on her bed to recover his Soul Power.
• Bai Chenxiang finished bathing and cautiously opened the bathroom door to find Ye Xuan cultivating on the bed.