Chapter Summaries

The Soul Master competition began, and Xue Ke entered the Soul Elder Division despite being a god, alarming the Peerless Era’s Star Luo Empire team. The opening individual match was about to begin with Yu Tianyin facing Dai Xiaohua.

• Ye Mu used a draw to set the teams’ numbers and announced the competition schedule, beginning with the Soul Elder Division.
• Huo Yuhao worried about the prospect of fighting Xiao Wu, while Tang Wutong encouraged him to compete without holding back.
• Tang Yuehua told Ye Mu that Xue Ke had entered the Soul Elder Division to secretly scare her opponents.
• Xue Ke’s Heaven Dou team and the Star Luo Empire team took the stage, and the Star Luo members recognized that Xue Ke had already become a god.
• Xue Ke told her team she would bless them after the competition, and Yu Tianyin volunteered to lead off.
• Yu Tianyin stepped forward to face Dai Xiaohua, a level-thirty-eight White Tiger Soul Master from the Dai Family.

Yu Tianyin defeated Dai Xiaohua in the opening individual match, and Xue Ke’s god-level domain instantly overwhelmed the Star Luo Empire team in the first team battle. The Heaven Dou Empire ended the afternoon with ten points while Star Luo had none, leaving Star Luo’s team humiliated and looking to win points against other empires.

• Yu Tianyin used Thunder Dragon Annihilation to defeat Dai Xiaohua and earn the first point for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The Heaven Dou Empire won all seven individual matches, while the Star Luo Empire failed to score.
• Xue Ke activated her Weakening Domain at the start of the team battle, draining the Star Luo team’s strength and allowing her teammates to throw them off the platform.
• Ye Mu recognized that Xue Ke’s domain could instantly drain anyone whose Soul Power Level did not exceed hers.
• After the afternoon’s matches, Xu Jiawei and the Star Luo team accepted that they needed to defeat other empires to earn points.

Xue Ke led the Heaven Dou Empire to a dominant opening in the tournament, prompting people to consider it a top championship favorite. After returning to Moonlight Pavilion, Ye Mu explained that martial souls could exceed their conventional roles through Self-Created Soul Skills.

• Dean Xia blamed Star Luo Imperial Academy’s losses on poor coordination and the Heaven Dou team’s superior martial-soul control, then ordered his students to train harder.
• Xue Ke defeated the Star Luo team in under three seconds, and the Heaven Dou Empire finished the day with eight victories and the top Soul Elder division score.
• Spectators discussed the Heaven Dou Empire’s many Deities and predicted it could win the tournament and claim divine positions and territory.
• At Moonlight Pavilion, Ye Mu praised Xue Ke and told Snow Empress that martial souls should not be restricted to conventional roles and that Self-Created Soul Skills were their true future.
• Xiaoxiao and the others returned, praised Xue Ke’s performance, and Xue Ke shyly asked Ye Mu whether she had done well.

Bibi Dong reported that the Spirit Hall Empire had taken over the Sun Moon Empire of the current era with little effort. Ye Mu encouraged everyone to perform well in the upcoming matches for rewards, while Ju Zi began planning how the Sun Moon Empire could overcome the Heaven Dou Empire’s advantage in Deities.

• Ye Mu praised the group’s performance and urged them to develop more Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Bibi Dong returned with Qian Daoliu, Qian Renxue, and Hu Liena and reported that the Spirit Hall Empire had taken the Sun Moon Empire of this era.
• Bibi Dong explained that the Sun Moon Continent was weak enough to be subdued through divine might, surprising Huo Yuhao and the others, who recalled its strength in the Peerless Era.
• Ye Mu invited the group to watch the upcoming matches and promised rewards for strong performances.
• Huo Yuhao asked permission to visit the Shrek dean and left for their hotel.
• Ju Zi gathered Ye Xishui and the others, warning that they needed to overcome the Heaven Dou Empire’s advantage in Deities to win the championship.

Ju Zi proposed sacrificing Xu Tianran to earn Ye Mu’s favor and help the Sun Moon Empire gain divine power. Kong Deming agreed, leaving the empire’s leaders poised to act against their emperor.

• Ju Zi said the Sun Moon Empire needed a Deity to compete with the Heaven Dou Empire and the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Ju Zi suggested that a Deity could guide contestants or bless them with divine power, then recalled Xu Tianran’s threat to conquer the world.
• Ju Zi argued that Ye Mu disliked Xu Tianran’s plan for war and might reward them if they dealt with him.
• Ye Xishui endorsed handing Xu Tianran over to Ye Mu or sending his head to Moonlight Pavilion, while Long Xiaoyao pressed the others to decide.
• Kong Deming agreed that the empire should sacrifice Xu Tianran for its future.

Ju Zi and the Sun Moon Empire’s worshippers went to Moonlight Pavilion to offer Xu Tianran as a sacrifice in exchange for Ye Mu’s reward. Ye Mu heard Ju Zi’s proposal, while Xu Tianran remained outside, unaware that the Empire’s leaders had decided to kill him.

• Xu Tianyuan and the other worshippers agreed to sacrifice Xu Tianran, and Ju Zi led them toward Moonlight Pavilion to ask Ye Mu for approval.
• Xu Tianran secretly followed the group and concluded that Ju Zi, Ye Xishui, and Xu Tianyuan had betrayed him and did not want him back on the throne.
• Ye Mu learned that the Sun Moon Empire’s people had arrived to offer Xu Tianran as a sacrifice and summoned Ju Zi into the Elegant Pavilion.
• Ju Zi explained her plan to Ye Mu, then requested permission for the group to kill Xu Tianran on his behalf.

Ye Mu granted Ju Zi three days to act against Xu Tianran, allowing her to pursue power in the Sun Moon Empire. He also revealed that he wanted her rule to make the empire obedient and prevent major wars, while Ju Zi and her allies prepared to seize Xu Tianran.

• Ye Mu saw through Ju Zi's ambition and warned her not to let her cleverness become her undoing.
• Ju Zi knelt before Ye Mu, who gave her three days to capture or kill Xu Tianran.
• Ye Mu explained to Snow Empress and the others that he had allowed Ju Zi to act because he found the power struggle entertaining, and Bibi Dong guessed that he wanted an obedient Sun Moon Empire.
• Ye Mu praised Bibi Dong's insight, and the others realized Ju Zi was likely to become the Sun Moon Empire's next emperor with his support.
• Outside Moonlight Pavilion, Ju Zi told Ye Xishui and the others that Ye Mu had approved their plan, and Kong Deming called for them to capture Xu Tianran.

Ju Zi and Kong Deming declared that Xu Tianran had to be captured for his crimes, while Ye Xishui discovered him hiding nearby. Xu Tianran escaped with a spatial Soul Tool, and the pursuit began, ending when he unexpectedly appeared in front of Ju Zi.

• Ju Zi denounced Xu Tianran and said she and the Worship Hall would capture him for trial, winning support from the onlookers.
• Ye Xishui spotted Xu Tianran in the crowd, and the surrounding soul masters mocked him as they moved to arrest him.
• Xu Tianran threatened Ye Xishui and the others, then crushed a spatial Soul Tool that sent him through a rift.
• Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and the Worship Hall members flew off to search for Xu Tianran, while Ju Zi stayed to watch the match.
• Ye Mu watched the pursuit on screens with Snow Empress and the others, until Xu Tianran suddenly appeared in front of Ju Zi and both froze in surprise.

Ju Zi captured Xu Tianran after his Spatial Soul Tool sent him back to Heaven Dou City, then brought him to Ye Mu at Moonlight Pavilion. Ye Mu removed the seal on Xu Tianran’s mouth, leaving the former emperor to ask if he intended to kill him.

• Xu Tianran used his Spatial Soul Tool again to flee, but it teleported him back to Heaven Dou City in front of Ju Zi.
• Ju Zi restrained Xu Tianran with a Binding Ring and declared that he was no longer emperor of the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ju Zi brought Xu Tianran to Moonlight Pavilion, where Ye Mu and the others discussed her capture and the reward she might receive.
• Ye Mu removed the metal collar sealing Xu Tianran’s mouth, and Xu Tianran asked if Ye Mu wanted to kill him.

Ye Mu confronted Xu Tianran over his arrogance and desire for a reward, and Xu Tianran collapsed and begged to be spared. Ye Mu left Xu Tianran’s fate to Ju Zi, who dragged him away to kill him.

• Ye Mu mocked Xu Tianran for his earlier boasts, and Bibi Dong slapped him for addressing Ye Mu by name.
• Xu Tianran denied expecting a reward, then fell to his knees and begged Ye Mu to let him return to the Peerless Era.
• Ye Mu told Xu Tianran that Ju Zi would decide his fate.
• Xu Tianran begged Ju Zi to spare him, but she rejected his appeals and reminded him that he had treated her as a pawn.
• Ju Zi asked Ye Mu for permission to kill Xu Tianran, received it, and dragged him out of the chamber, where his curses abruptly stopped.

After Ju Zi killed Xu Tianran, Ye Mu rewarded her by making her a First-Class Deity and laid down three rules for her. Ju Zi agreed and left to return to the Sun Moon Empire, whose worshippers witnessed her ascension from outside Heaven Dou City.

• Ju Zi returned to Ye Mu and reported that she had killed Xu Tianran.
• Ye Mu sent golden light into Ju Zi, raising her Soul Power to level one hundred and granting her a First-Class Deity position and level one hundred and thirty divine power.
• People outside Moonlight Pavilion saw the divine light and recognized Ju Zi as the one who had become a god.
• Ye Mu told Ju Zi to become empress of the Sun Moon Empire, stop its wars, and keep its people from disturbing him unless necessary.
• Ju Zi agreed to all three rules, and Ye Mu sent her back to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Outside Heaven Dou City, the Sun Moon Empire's worshippers saw Ju Zi's divine silhouette and recognized her ascension.

Ju Zi became a First-Class Deity after sending Xu Tianran to Moonlight Pavilion, and the Sun Moon Empire’s worshippers accepted her rule and Senior Ye’s conditions. She prepared to strengthen her competition team through divine blessings, prompting the Spirit Hall Empire to do the same.

• Ju Zi explained to Kong Deming, Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and the worshippers that Xu Tianran had appeared before her, so she captured him and sent him to Moonlight Pavilion, where she became a Deity.
• Kong Deming and the worshippers agreed to Senior Ye’s three conditions, and Ju Zi ordered an imperial edict announcing her rule as Empress.
• Ju Zi gathered the Sun Moon Empire’s competitors and said she would bless them with greater strength while keeping their Soul Power Levels within the competition’s limits.
• Ye Mu recognized that Ju Zi had used a permitted loophole, and Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu to bless the Spirit Hall Empire’s competitors.
• Ye Mu wondered whether Ju Zi would gain absolute control over the Sun Moon Empire before civil unrest began.

Bibi Dong gathered the Spirit Hall Empire’s tournament teams and had Qian Daoliu bless them to counter the Sun Moon Empire’s god-blessed competitors. She then spent the night preparing food for Ye Mu, and by morning she sent Qian Renxue to invite him to taste it.

• Bibi Dong explained that Ju Zi had become a First-Class Deity and would bless the Sun Moon Empire’s competing team, making their combat strength formidable despite the competition’s level limits.
• Bibi Dong announced that Qian Daoliu would bless the Spirit Hall Empire’s teams, and Qian Daoliu marked each competitor with an Angel Holy Sword blessing.
• Bibi Dong urged the teams to coordinate and promised to ask Ye Mu for treasures to help them prepare.
• Bibi Dong asked Salas for the kitchen and ingredients, then told Qian Renxue she planned to cook unfamiliar dishes for Ye Mu.
• Bibi Dong cooked through the night, leaving a bin full of failed dishes, and emerged the next morning with several appealing-looking plates for Qian Renxue to take to Ye Mu.

Bibi Dong prepared a meal for Ye Mu and asked him for help improving the Spirit Hall Empire team's coordination. Ye Mu gave her a Wheel of Time, which could provide up to ten thousand times slower time inside, while Ning Rongrong decided to cook for a chance to obtain one too.

• Qian Daoliu and Hu Liena joined the others at Moonlight Pavilion to see whether Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue had managed to cook.
• Bibi Dong served Ye Mu twelve dishes, and he praised her cooking after tasting them.
• Bibi Dong asked Ye Mu for a treasure to help the newly assembled Spirit Hall Empire team build coordination.
• Ye Mu gave Bibi Dong a Wheel of Time that contained an adjustable space where time could flow up to ten thousand times more slowly.
• Bibi Dong bonded with the Wheel of Time and prepared to let the team use it, while Ning Rongrong agreed to cook for Ye Mu in hopes of earning one.

Ye Mu watched the Sun Moon Empire face the Dou Ling Empire in the second day’s Soul Elder matches. After the Sun Moon Empire won five of seven individual bouts, the teams began a close, tactical battle that Ye Mu said would soon shift.

• Ye Mu brought Yu Yuanzhen and the others to the venue, where they watched beside him as the Sun Moon Empire faced the Dou Ling Empire.
• The Sun Moon Empire won five individual matches, while the Dou Ling Empire won two.
• The Dou Ling Empire’s team leader urged his members to focus on winning the team battle and drawing level on points.
• The Sun Moon Empire opened the team battle with layered Soul Tool defenses and long-range attacks, while the Dou Ling Empire’s Beast Martial Soul users defended, dodged, and moved to restrict their opponents.
• Ning Fengzhi judged the team battle evenly matched, and Ye Mu agreed but predicted a change because the match was crucial for the Dou Ling Empire.

The Sun Moon Team restored their exhausted Soul Power with Divine Blessing and forced the Dou Ling Team to surrender. Ye Mu suggested other empires could seek divine help too, leaving their leaders to decide whether they would find a way to do so.

• The Sun Moon and Dou Ling teams fought to a stalemate as both sides depleted their Soul Power.
• The Sun Moon Team used Divine Blessing to restore their Soul Power and increase their attributes, prompting the Dou Ling captain to surrender.
• The audience jeered at the Sun Moon Team’s victory, while Ju Zi remained unconcerned and Ye Mu said the world was not fair.
• Snow Empress offered to relay Ye Mu’s meaning, but Ye Mu told her to wait and see whether the empires would understand they could seek blessings from other Deities.
• Xiao Wu asked Snow Empress for a blessing, while Tang Yuehua offered one of her own and Xiao Wu declined because Divine Prohibition was too powerful.

After Divine Blessing changed the balance of the tournament, the Dou Ling and Star Luo Empires sought ways to secure divine aid. Ye Mu considered whether to meet their envoys, leaving their chances dependent on how cleverly and sincerely they approached him.

• Tang Yuehua offered to bless Xiao Wu and the others with her God-Forbidden Ring, and Ye Mu explained that the empires without Deities could seek blessings from others.
• Spectators argued over the Sun Moon Empire's use of Divine Blessing, while the Dou Ling Empire's worshipers worried that their team had earned only two points.
• Tianyang Douluo sent the Dou Ling Empire's worshipers to seek help from both Moonlight Pavilion and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ye Mu sensed that the Dou Ling and Star Luo Empires were seeking opportunities, and Snow Empress reported that the Star Luo Empire had also contacted other empires.
• Ye Mu told Snow Empress that he would meet the envoys only if they proved clever enough and showed sufficient sincerity.

The Dou Ling and Star Luo Empires tried to figure out what Ye Mu liked so they could earn an audience and his favor. Tianyang Douluo brought two royal chefs to Moonlight Pavilion, and Ye Mu summoned them to explain what food they could make.

• Tianyang Douluo asked the Dou Ling Empire’s people to recall the Elegant Chamber and identify Ye Mu’s preferences.
• The Dou Ling and Star Luo Empires independently remembered the lavish meal in the Elegant Chamber and raced to gather food offerings.
• Tianyang Douluo returned to the Peerless Era, brought two royal chefs to Moonlight Pavilion, and asked Ye Mu for an audience.
• Ye Mu let Tianyang Douluo and his companions into the Elegant Chamber and asked the chefs what dishes they could prepare.

Ye Mu rewarded Tianyang Douluo and Earth Python Douluo with First-Class God positions after the Dou Ling Empire presented him with two imperial chefs. The pair reached Level 130 and became gods, while Ju Zi refused to investigate how the reward came about.

• Two imperial chefs described their pastry and cooking specialties to Ye Mu, who allowed both to stay at Moonlight Pavilion.
• Ye Mu praised Tianyang Douluo’s clever offering and decided to reward him and Earth Python Douluo.
• Ye Mu bestowed divine positions on Tianyang Douluo and Earth Python Douluo, raising both to Level 100 and then Level 130.
• The pair became gods as divine phenomena appeared above Heaven Dou City, shocking onlookers and the Sun Moon Empire delegation.
• Ju Zi rejected Ye Xishui’s suggestion to investigate Ye Mu’s decision, and the newly ascended gods thanked Ye Mu before heading to the kitchen to cook for him.

The Star Luo Empire arrived at Moonlight Pavilion hoping to earn Ye Mu’s favor by offering delicacies, but the Dou Ling Empire had already offered him two imperial chefs. Ye Mu still gave Xu Jiawei a chance to win a god position by satisfying him.

• Tianyang Douluo and Earth Python Douluo left Moonlight Pavilion after receiving rewards for offering two imperial chefs.
• Ye Mu joked that Di Tian would eat any excess food, while Di Tian and Xiong Jun bickered over Xiong Jun’s Undying Bloodline.
• Xu Jiawei arrived with White Tiger Duke Dai Hao and others, bringing twelve dishes prepared by the Star Luo Empire’s imperial chefs.
• Ice Empress pointed out that the same dishes were already on the other table because the Dou Ling Empire had offered two imperial chefs first.
• Ye Mu told Xu Jiawei that the Star Luo Empire could still earn a god position if it managed to satisfy him.