Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling impressed the Gods of Darkness and Light with their Martial Souls and fusion skill, earning the status of God Trial Participants. After the household celebrated, Mu Ci comforted Shui Bing'er, who asked him to stay with her that night; three days later, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo arrived at Dugu Manor.

• God of Darkness and God of Light examined Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling's Martial Souls and watched them perform their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• God of Darkness and God of Light approved Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling as God Trial Participants and bestowed their divine marks.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling thanked Mu Ci, while Shui Yue'er teased him for taking the credit and joined their celebration.
• After the other girls left the banquet hall, Shui Bing'er told Mu Ci she would soon leave for the Far North and asked him to stay with her that night.
• Niu Gao brought the Defense Clan to help restore Heaven Dou Palace, and three days later Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo arrived at Dugu Manor.

Mu Ci secured Ning Fengzhi’s allegiance to the Empire by promising the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could remain and giving him an Aromatic Silk Beauty that evolved his Martial Soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Meanwhile, Yang Wudi urged Niu Gao to accept an Imperial appointment, and Niu Gao agreed.

• Ning Fengzhi told Mu Ci that the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had uncovered Spirit Hall’s influence over the Heaven Dou court and would submit to the Empire rather than resist.
• Mu Ci assured Ning Fengzhi that the sect could continue to exist if it followed Imperial laws and reforms, and Ning Fengzhi pledged its support.
• Mu Ci gave Ning Fengzhi an Aromatic Silk Beauty, which evolved his Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and raised his Soul Power to the quasi-Title Douluo realm.
• Ning Fengzhi swore loyalty to the Empire, accepted Mu Ci’s offer of a suitable position, and asked to buy an Aromatic Silk Beauty for Rongrong.
• Yang Wudi presented Niu Gao with an Imperial appointment and urged him to join, claiming the benefits could help him reach Title Douluo.
• Yang Wudi demonstrated his powerful aura, and Niu Gao agreed to accept the appointment.

Qian Renxue took the throne and announced that Heaven Dou would become the Shenzhou Empire, merge with Spirit Hall, and gradually abolish the nobility. With Mu Ci and a dozen Title Douluo backing her, she reorganized the government and assigned its first officials.

• Mu Ci reassured Qian Renxue that her planned reforms would face little resistance, and she ordered him to keep her company that night.
• Qian Renxue completed her coronation and formally succeeded Xue Ye as ruler of the Empire.
• Qian Renxue renamed Heaven Dou the Shenzhou Empire, incorporated Spirit Hall, and announced the gradual abolition of noble titles.
• Ge Long moved to object, but the pressure of the assembled Title Douluo left him unable to move.
• Qian Renxue appointed Ning Fengzhi to lead the Sky-Faring Commission and Yue Guan and Gui Mei to lead the Earth-Balance Commission.
• Qian Renxue assigned officials to the Grand Divination Bureau, Engineering Bureau, and Cinnabar Cauldron Bureau while leaving Ge Long in command of the imperial army.

At Qian Renxue’s coronation, she appointed Mu Ci Imperial Grand Pontiff and ordered Yang Wudi and Ge Long to lead troops against the Clear Sky Sect. In Heaven Dou City, citizens learned about the empire’s new schools and government departments as the reformed Tribunal held its first public trial.

• Qian Renxue named Mu Ci Imperial Grand Pontiff and invited other Title Douluo to join the Imperial Hall of Offerings.
• Si Di resolved to bring Lou Gao and the Blacksmith Association into the empire, while Yu Yuanzhen worried about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s future.
• Yang Wudi asked to lead an army against the Clear Sky Sect, and Qian Renxue ordered Ge Long to accompany him and depart at once.
• A Soul Grandmaster explained the empire’s new departments, vocational schools, and opportunities for ordinary citizens to the crowd in Heaven Dou City.
• Salas presided over the Judgment Sacred Hall’s first public trial and sentenced three Fallen Spirit Masters to death.

Ma Xiunuo and Su Yuntao witnessed the growing worship of the Judgment Angel and Medicine King statues as prayers spread throughout the Shenzhou Empire. At Deep Clouds Unknown Place, Ge Long chose to lead the imperial army against the Clear Sky Sect, and the chapter ended as Yang Wudi named the Galloping Wolf Legion and Angel Legion as reinforcements for crossing the sect’s cliffside stronghold.

• Ma Xiunuo and Su Yuntao visited the Cinnabar Cauldron Medical Hall and prayed before the Medicine King Statue as worshippers discussed its many arms and eyes.
• People across the Shenzhou Empire worshipped the Judgment Angel God Statue and Medicine King Statue, sending prayers through their anchors.
• Yang Wudi showed Ge Long a letter from Qian Renxue, and Ge Long accepted that Heaven Dou had fallen and resolved to lead the army into battle.
• Ge Long ordered the imperial troops to attack the Clear Sky Sect’s village, where their volleys of arrows killed the defenders before they could reach the military formation.
• Yang Wudi, Ge Long, and Ge Hu reached the severed chain bridge leading to the Clear Sky Sect’s mountain gate, and Yang Wudi said the Galloping Wolf Legion and Angel Legion would help them cross.

Yang Wudi and his allies led the Galloping Wolf Legion and Angel Legion in an assault on the Clear Sky Sect, where the legion’s regenerative strength overwhelmed the defenders. As the battle continued, Yang Wudi, Ge Long, and Ge Hu killed the Clear Sky Sect’s Third Elder, while Demon Bear and Ghost Leopard engaged its Second Elder.

• Yang Wudi explained the Galloping Wolf Legion’s ranks and strength to Ge Long and Ge Hu as its wolf-like soldiers climbed toward the Clear Sky Sect.
• Demon Bear and Ghost Leopard arrived to support the attack, and Yang Wudi, Ge Long, and Ge Hu joined them in advancing on the sect.
• More than three hundred Wolf Soldiers broke through the Clear Sky Sect’s defenses, rapidly recovering from severe wounds as Tang Long and Tang Hu organized the disciples into formations.
• The Wolf King attacked the formation, while Demon Bear and Ghost Leopard intercepted the Second Elder and began fighting him.
• Yang Wudi, Ge Long, and Ge Hu cornered the Third Elder, and Yang Wudi killed him with his ninth Soul Skill.

Mu Ci’s forces destroyed the Clear Sky Sect’s resistance while Tang Yuehua led young disciples through a secret passage, only for them to be captured by the pursuing Wolf Legion. One year later, Mu Ci completed the final procedure on a special creation aboard the Star Skiff as the Empire’s research and his powers continued to advance.

• Ge Long killed Ge Hu and then took his own life, while Mu Ci ordered their bodies sent back to Heaven Dou.
• Tang Yuehua led several young Clear Sky Sect disciples through a secret passage as the sect faced destruction.
• Tang Feng and Tang Lei demanded that Tang Yuehua hand over the storage Soul Tool, but Wolf Soldiers interrupted them.
• Tang Yuehua pleaded with Commander Du Lan to spare the disciples, but his Wolf Soldiers killed them and took her prisoner.
• One year later, Mu Ci completed the final procedure on a special creation at the Imperial Biotechnology Research Institute and continued developing the Star Skiff.

Mu Ci oversaw the successful final test of the empire’s first Star Skiff and ordered it archived and mass-produced. An emergency summons brought him to Qian Renxue’s palace meeting with Di Tian, where he confronted Di Tian about seeking treatment for his master, the Silver Dragon King.

• Mu Ci and the researchers completed the Star Skiff’s tests, confirmed it could hover using its Anti-Gravity Soul Tool, and celebrated the project’s success.
• Mu Ci ordered the Star Skiff’s information archived and mass production begun, then gave the researchers a week off and ten times their usual year-end bonus.
• A palace emergency letter summoned Mu Ci, who found Qian Renxue meeting with Di Tian in a grave atmosphere.
• Mu Ci arrived and reassured Qian Renxue before asking Di Tian why he had come to the empire.
• Di Tian said he wanted to reach a cooperation agreement, and Mu Ci stated that he knew Di Tian wanted help treating the Silver Dragon King.
• Di Tian released a terrifying aura and demanded to know where Mu Ci had learned that, while Qian Renxue summoned her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul to protect them.

Mu Ci used the God trials tied to his wives to convince Di Tian that abducting him would risk drawing the God Realm’s attention to the Silver Dragon King. Di Tian agreed to consider Mu Ci’s terms, which left him weighing the cost of sacrificing two longtime companions for a chance to heal his lord.

• Di Tian threatened to seize Mu Ci, but Mu Ci warned that Qian Renxue’s Six-Winged Angel inheritance made the consequences dangerous.
• Mu Ci explained that his wives carried the inheritances of several First-Level Gods and that his own Alien God inheritance was concealed from detection.
• Di Tian realized that attacking Mu Ci could expose the Silver Dragon King to the God Realm, so he withdrew his Soul Power and asked what Mu Ci required.
• Mu Ci asked Di Tian to help obtain two Soul Rings, then clarified that he needed Fierce Beasts rather than ordinary hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts.
• Di Tian recognized that Mu Ci was referring to the King of Ten Thousand Demons and Bi Ji, and asked whether Mu Ci could truly heal the Silver Dragon King.

Mu Ci traveled with Di Tian to the Star Dou Forest to prove he could heal the Silver Dragon King’s wounds. After meeting the young Three-Eyed Golden Lion, he gained the Silver Dragon King’s permission to begin treatment and revealed his Abundant World Tree martial soul and seven powerful Soul Rings.

• Mu Ci reassured Qian Renxue, told her to oversee the completed Star Skiff rollout, and left with Di Tian for the Star Dou Forest.
• Mu Ci and Di Tian arrived at Life Lake, where Xiao Wu and the Titan Giant Ape showed hostility, and Di Tian led Mu Ci into the hidden space beneath the lake.
• Mu Ci sensed a resonance between his Abundance Power and the Life Gold, then fed Holy Light Lilies to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Di Tian brought Mu Ci to meet the injured Silver Dragon King, who questioned his ability to remove the Asura Sword Qi but agreed to let him try.
• Mu Ci released his Soul Power, summoned the Abundant World Tree, and displayed his seven Soul Rings as he prepared to heal the Silver Dragon King.

Mu Ci treated the Silver Dragon King, and his Abundance Power rapidly wore away the Asura Sword Qi in her wounds. After she revealed herself as Gu Yuena and confirmed their alliance, Di Tian agreed to a difficult task for the King of Ten Thousand Demons.

• Mu Ci used his Abundance Power to battle the Asura Sword Qi in the Silver Dragon King's wounds for a day, causing her immense pain but removing a portion of the Sword Qi.
• The Silver Dragon King trapped Mu Ci, hoping to keep him close after learning that he had removed one ten-thousandth of the Sword Qi in a day, but released him when he explained that stronger cultivation could make future treatments faster.
• The Silver Dragon King transformed into human form, introduced herself as Gu Yuena, and agreed that Star Dou Forest would meet Mu Ci's needs under their cooperative agreement.
• Mu Ci and Gu Yuena returned to the Life Lake, where Di Tian and the Fierce Beasts greeted her and learned that her injuries could be healed.
• Mu Ci fed Holy Light Lilies to the Little Auspicious Beast while Gu Yuena spoke with Di Tian, who then nodded to the King of Ten Thousand Demons to accept a difficult task.

Mu Ci absorbed King of Ten Thousand Demons' sacrifice, reaching the peak of Rank Eighty-Six and gaining a powerful External Soul Bone. King of Ten Thousand Demons emerged as a free-roaming Soul Spirit beyond the threat of Heavenly Tribulation, and Mu Ci invited Gu Yuena to continue treating her.

• Mu Ci absorbed King of Ten Thousand Demons' Soul Ring and used accumulated Faith Power to break through his bottleneck, raising his strength to the peak of Rank Eighty-Six.
• The Demon Eye Demon Tree's traits formed a five-hundred-thousand-year External Soul Bone that released powerful mental attacks, alarming the watching Fierce Beasts and worrying Di Tian.
• Gu Yuena reassured Di Tian that Mu Ci was not someone they needed to fear.
• Mu Ci summoned King of Ten Thousand Demons, who confirmed his strength had increased and that he could no longer sense the threat of Heavenly Tribulation.
• King of Ten Thousand Demons knelt to thank Mu Ci, who told him he could live freely in the Spirit World, then invited Gu Yuena to undergo treatment again.

Mu Ci left the Star Dou Forest with Gu Yuena, Bi Ji, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, bringing Xiao Wu and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Right Arm Bone as gifts from Di Tian. Back in the Imperial Capital, Qian Renxue revealed her plan to use Star Skiffs and Soul-Tool Rays to launch a war for continental unification.

• Mu Ci announced he was leaving the Star Dou Forest, and Gu Yuena decided to accompany him so she could continue healing.
• Di Tian gave Mu Ci the bound Xiao Wu and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Right Arm Bone, and Mu Ci stored the unconscious Xiao Wu in a Soul Tool.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked to join them, and Gu Yuena agreed to take her along.
• Mu Ci returned to the Imperial Capital with Gu Yuena and Bi Ji and introduced them to Qian Renxue, who welcomed them and met the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Qian Renxue told Mu Ci that Star Skiffs would soon be ready and proposed equipping them with Soul-Tool Rays to create a powerful weapon.
• Mu Ci asked whether Qian Renxue intended to start a war, and she confirmed that she wanted to begin continental unification.

Mu Ci agreed with Qian Renxue to begin a war against the Star Luo Empire so they could expand their faith and accelerate their growth. At his laboratory, he forced Xiao Wu to break through to level fifty and began studying how transformed Soul Beasts condensed Soul Rings.

• Qian Renxue explained that conquering the Star Luo Empire would bring tens of millions more people into their faith, and Mu Ci agreed to the war.
• Qian Renxue ordered Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo to prepare the imperial army, while Mu Ci took Gu Yuena and Bi Ji to the Research Institute.
• Mu Ci brought Xiao Wu out of his Soul Tool and explained that he wanted to study transformed Soul Beasts' ability to condense Soul Rings.
• Xiao Wu refused to cooperate, so Mu Ci used his Bewitching Demon Eye to control her and make her consume pills.
• Xiao Wu's Soul Power surged to level fifty, and she began automatically condensing her fifth Soul Ring as Mu Ci examined the process with Azure Gold divine light.

Mu Ci confirmed that Transformed Soul Beasts could form their own Soul Rings and proposed adapting the process for human Spirit Masters. He brought Gu Yuena to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, where the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings appeared and the Fire Dragon King confronted her over the Dragon God.

• Mu Ci explained that bloodline talents and sealed Soul Power allowed Xiao Wu to condense a Soul Ring, and he proposed using human Martial Souls and external energy to create a similar method for Spirit Masters.
• Gu Yuena gave Mu Ci a piece of Life Gold, and he took her and Bi Ji to his usual place to rest.
• After treating Gu Yuena, Mu Ci said her recovery had accelerated as he better understood the Asura Sword Qi and its remaining amount dwindled.
• Mu Ci took Gu Yuena to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, where she sensed the fallen Ice and Fire Dragon Kings and the springs churned violently.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings appeared, and the Fire Dragon King angrily questioned Gu Yuena about her connection to the Dragon God.
• Gu Yuena defended the Dragon God, the Fire Dragon King blamed him for the Dragon Race's ruin, and Mu Ci stepped between them to stop their argument.

Mu Ci and Gu Yuena learned from the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings that the Dragon Race fell to civil war after the Dragon God’s family suffered a series of tragedies, rather than being defeated by the God Kings. Mu Ci revealed that the Dragon God’s soul still rested in a space attached to Douluo Planet, and Gu Yuena tried to leave at once to confront him.

• Mu Ci introduced Gu Yuena as the Silver Dragon King, and she claimed the Five Great God Kings had killed the Dragon God and ruined the Dragon Race.
• Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King challenged Gu Yuena’s account, and Gu Yuena admitted she knew little about the Dragon God War because Di Tian had told her what she knew.
• Ice Dragon King explained that the Dragon God’s grief over his wife and son drove him mad, causing a civil war that killed the Dragon Kings and countless dragons and deities.
• Mu Ci speculated that the Dragon God had voluntarily split himself into the Golden Dragon King and Gu Yuena, and that he might also have established the ban on Soul Beasts becoming gods.
• Mu Ci revealed that the Dragon God’s soul and the Dragon Race’s treasures remained in a space attached to Douluo Planet, and Gu Yuena rushed to seek answers before Mu Ci stopped her because of her injuries.

Mu Ci traded with the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings to resurrect them, then continued advancing his cultivation while the Shenzhou Empire prepared for war with the Star Luo Empire. After absorbing Bi Ji’s sacrifice, he reached Rank 90 and entered the seventh rank of Pathstrider, crossing the God Rank threshold in the Douluo Universe.

• Gu Yuena wanted to confront someone over the deaths caused by Heavenly Tribulations, but Mu Ci persuaded her to wait until her injuries healed.
• Mu Ci exchanged an Abundance God Fruit each for the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ unformed Soul Bones, and the Dragon Kings entered the fruits to begin their resurrection.
• Six months passed as the Shenzhou Empire mobilized for war, while Mu Ci absorbed the Dragon Kings’ Soul Bones, searched for the Golden Ancient Tree, and advanced to Rank 90.
• Mu Ci completed Bi Ji’s sacrifice and absorbed the Emerald Swan’s power, pushing open the door to the seventh rank of Pathstrider and reaching God Rank strength in the Douluo Universe.

After breaking through, Mu Ci discovered that Abundance Power had made his appearance unnaturally feminine, while Bi Ji had become an Emerald Phoenix and a Low-Order Pathstrider of the Path of Abundance. He began using his improved power to continue healing Gu Yuena, whose injuries were still only half-recovered.

• Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena showed Mu Ci his reflection, and he adjusted his appearance back to normal.
• Mu Ci summoned Bi Ji and learned that the high-grade Abundance God Fruit had transformed her into an Emerald Phoenix and granted her the Path of Abundance.
• Bi Ji thanked Mu Ci, who told her they were still friends.
• Gu Yuena asked Mu Ci to resume treating her injuries, and he immediately enveloped her in his newly enhanced Abundance Power.

Gu Yuena recovered from the Asura Sword Qi and formed an alliance between the Soul Beast Race and the Shenzhou Empire. Mu Ci and Qian Renxue then led the empire’s newly assembled Sky Fleet toward the Star Luo Empire, leaving the fleet descending through the clouds near the border.

• Gu Yuena’s restored strength released her Dragon King aura, and Mu Ci shielded Qian Renxue and Bi Ji with the Ambrosial Arbor.
• Gu Yuena apologized for losing control and formally offered an alliance between the Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Forest and the Shenzhou Empire.
• Mu Ci agreed to ally with Gu Yuena personally, and Qian Renxue accepted the pact on behalf of the empire.
• Mu Ci and Qian Renxue arrived at the Sky Fleet and ordered its several thousand Spirit Master soldiers to advance toward the Star Luo Empire.
• The Sky Fleet flew above the clouds and descended toward the border in its Star Skiffs.

Mu Ci and Qian Renxue arrived at the Star Luo border aboard the Star Skiff fleet, intending to limit casualties and bring the war to a swift end. The fleet’s appearance stunned both armies, leaving Star Luo’s soldiers terrified as Mu Ci’s forces prepared to press their advantage.

• Mu Ci told Qian Renxue he had come to reduce civilian and soldier casualties and hasten the unification of the continent.
• Demon Bear Douluo reported that Star Luo’s million-man army had assembled at the border, and Mu Ci ordered the fleet to descend between the armies.
• The Star Luo commander saw that Shenzhou’s soldiers were fully armored and far better equipped than his mostly unarmored troops.
• More than a hundred Star Skiffs emerged from the clouds and halted above the border, astonishing the soldiers on both sides.
• Shenzhou’s troops felt pride at the fleet’s display, while Star Luo’s soldiers lost their will to fight against the airborne vessels.