Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing mourned Dai Mubai’s departure and nearly died in a fire before Wu Ling rescued her. The Zhu Family’s Soul Saint invited Wu Ling to a banquet and proposed that Zhu Zhuqing show him around Star Luo Capital.

• Zhu Zhuqing learned from Oude that Dai Mubai had left, then stayed among the burning flowers and lamented that he had abandoned her.
• Wu Ling rescued Zhu Zhuqing from the fire and moved her outside the flower field.
• The arriving Soul Saint recognized Wu Ling as the Holy Son and apologized, while Zhu Zhuqing realized who he was.
• The Soul Saint invited Wu Ling to a Zhu Family banquet, and Wu Ling accepted after emphasizing that he had saved Zhu Zhuqing.
• The Soul Saint suggested Zhu Zhuqing guide Wu Ling around Star Luo Capital while the banquet was prepared.

Zhu Zhuqing and Wu Ling walked together while each secretly considered the other, as the Zhu Family and Star Luo Emperor arranged to turn Wu Ling’s interest in her into a political and financial opportunity. The chapter left the family preparing a banquet and the emperor heading to meet Wu Ling.

• Zhu Zhuqing recalled Dai Mubai’s letter and wondered whether she could rely on Wu Ling, while Wu Ling secretly considered how to draw her closer.
• A Soul Saint reported Wu Ling’s interest in Zhu Zhuqing to the Zhu Family elders, who debated what compensation they could obtain by sending her to him.
• The clan head argued that the Zhu Family needed the Dai Family’s support in negotiating, given Wu Ling’s power and Spirit Hall’s strength.
• The clan head ordered the Zhu Family to restore its preparations and arrange a banquet before Wu Ling arrived.
• The Star Luo Emperor considered the political benefits of Wu Ling’s interest in Zhu Zhuqing and decided to attend the banquet to discuss the transaction.

Wu Ling negotiated with the Star Luo Emperor and Zhu Juqing to intervene in Zhu Zhuqing’s fate, which was tied to her fiancé Dai Mubai’s failures. He agreed to let Zhu Zhuqing try a new path, while she realized how much her life had changed because of Wu Ling.

• Wu Ling walked Zhu Zhuqing to the Zhu Family estate, where an elder invited him inside to meet the clan head and the Star Luo Emperor.
• Wu Ling entered the banquet hall and joined Zhu Juqing and the Emperor for a meal, while Zhu Zhuqing was taken away to eat with the elders.
• Zhu Juqing and the Emperor explained that Zhu Zhuqing was Dai Mubai’s fiancée and would be punished because he had repeatedly failed his challenge.
• Zhu Zhuqing ate with the elders and recalled how Dai Mubai’s failures had led her family to cut off her resources and treat her as doomed.
• Wu Ling negotiated a monthly supply of Spirit Tools in exchange for helping Zhu Zhuqing, then asked what would happen if he refused.
• After Zhu Juqing said Zhu Zhuqing would die, Wu Ling decided to let her try this path first.

Wu Ling took Zhu Zhuqing from the Zhu Family as his maid, and she began cultivating under his guidance. After returning to Spirit City and then traveling to the Heaven Dou Empire, Wu Ling arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Zhu Zhuqing and two Spirit Douluo escorts.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Wu Ling to take her as a servant, and he arranged with Zhu Juqing to bring her away from the Zhu Family.
• During their journey, Zhu Zhuqing adapted to serving Wu Ling and improved her cultivation with his advice.
• Bibi Dong reviewed Zhu Zhuqing's background and allowed her to remain by Wu Ling's side, while Hu Liena objected to the new maid.
• After half a month of rest, Wu Ling set out for the Heaven Dou Empire with Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Wu Ling's party reached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, his first stop in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Wu Ling visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, where Chen Xin challenged him to discuss swordsmanship. The chapter ended as Wu Ling and Chen Xin faced each other with wooden swords in Chen Xin’s former practice room.

• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Wu Ling, and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo revealed themselves to greet Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong.
• Ning Fengzhi led Wu Ling and the four Title Douluo through the quiet sect, and Wu Ling asked to meet Ning Rongrong, who was away.
• At the training grounds, Chen Xin asked Wu Ling to discuss swordsmanship, and Wu Ling agreed because Chen Xin would not use Soul Power.
• Ning Fengzhi led everyone into Chen Xin’s former practice room, where Wu Ling and Chen Xin took wooden swords and prepared to begin.

Wu Ling defeated Chen Xin in a contest of swordsmanship, revealing three distinct kinds of Sword Momentum and a technique that overwhelmed Chen Xin’s defenses. Chen Xin accepted the loss and added Wu Ling to the people he aimed to surpass.

• Ning Fengzhi, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei sensed the powerful Sword Momentum radiating from Wu Ling and Chen Xin as they faced off.
• Wu Ling casually gripped his sword with both hands, conceding an advantage, while Chen Xin steadied his resolve and prepared to fight with everything he had.
• Wu Ling and Chen Xin traded subtle attacks and defenses, with Wu Ling’s three kinds of momentum leaving Chen Xin unable to break through.
• Chen Xin’s mental exhaustion made him instinctively react to Wu Ling’s final attack as though it had struck him, and blood appeared at the corner of his mouth.
• Chen Xin examined his cracked wooden sword, admitted defeat, and declared that Wu Ling was now another person he intended to surpass.

Wu Ling finalized a Spirit Tool deal with Ning Fengzhi, then revealed a Kuuga-inspired Soul Transformation Device and prepared to demonstrate it. He asked Yue Guan to bring Zhu Zhuqing to him.

• Wu Ling and Ning Fengzhi quickly agreed on the price and quantity of Soul Elder- and Soul Ancestor-grade Spirit Tools.
• Ning Fengzhi celebrated the deal with Wu Ling, who concealed the Spirit Tools’ signal-blocking and explosive functions.
• Wu Ling produced a finished Kuuga-inspired belt and introduced it as a Soul Transformation Device.
• Wu Ling asked Yue Guan to bring Zhu Zhuqing so he could demonstrate the device.

Wu Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing a Soul Transformation Device, which granted her the Soul Breaker Spear as an additional Martial Soul. Ning Fengzhi recognized the device’s function, and Wu Ling explained that it created an artificially acquired twin Martial Soul.

• Ning Fengzhi identified Zhu Zhuqing and recalled her background as a member of the Zhu Family and the former fiancée of the Star Luo Empire’s third prince.
• Wu Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing a belt-like device and a small bottle, which she fitted together.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated the device with the Soul Breaker Spear’s movements and chant, manifesting armor and a crimson spear.
• Ning Fengzhi and the others examined the spear and realized that it was the Breaking Clan’s inherited Martial Soul despite Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Spirit Cat lineage.
• Ning Fengzhi deduced that the belt was a Soul Transformation Device, and Wu Ling explained that it granted an additional Martial Soul.

Wu Ling demonstrated a device that let Zhu Zhuqing use two Martial Souls at once and sold the technology to Ning Fengzhi, while secretly using it to collect his genetic data. After Ning Fengzhi bought the devices and Martial Soul Bottles, Wu Ling left to visit the academies.

• Wu Ling showed Ning Fengzhi that Zhu Zhuqing could manifest her Soul Breaker Spear and Hell Spirit Cat Martial Souls simultaneously through a Soul Transformation Device.
• Wu Ling explained that the device let auxiliary-type Spirit Masters support themselves and described how it granted a Martial Soul and its Spirit Skills.
• Ning Fengzhi bought two Soul Transformation Devices and accepted a free auxiliary-type Martial Soul Bottle, then asked the price of a Soul Saint's bottle.
• Wu Ling's modified devices began analyzing Ning Fengzhi's genes and sending the data to Xiao Fen.
• After Wu Ling left, Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong to announce that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had bought Spirit Tools from Spirit Hall and invite members to purchase them.
• Wu Ling stayed for dinner and one night, then departed for the academies.

Wu Ling tested Huyan Li at the Elephant Armor Sect and agreed to give him an opportunity after seeing him withstand a punch. He then considered recruiting talented people from the independent Five Elements Academies, while Huyan Li was left stunned by Wu Ling’s physical strength.

• Huyan Zhen served Wu Ling tea while Huyan Li realized the visitor was Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Wu Ling judged Huyan Li’s level thirty-six talent insufficient, but offered him an opportunity because the Elephant Armor Sect had joined Spirit Hall.
• Wu Ling ordered Huyan Li to take one punch, and Huyan Li activated his Martial Soul and first two Spirit Skills.
• Wu Ling struck Huyan Li without using Soul Power or a Spirit Skill, fracturing his forearm and three ribs, then deemed him passable for remaining conscious.
• Wu Ling considered recruiting from the three independent Five Elements Academies and planned to deal with the Lower Four Sects in the Star Luo Empire later.

Wu Ling rewarded Huyan Zhen with an earth-attribute advanced Soul Art and asked him to arrange high-profile visits to three Elemental Academies. Two days later, Wu Ling arrived at Blazing Fire Academy, where the headmasters of Blazing Fire, Godwind, and Skywater Academies welcomed him and invited him to tour the grounds while his Mimicry Training Ground was prepared.

• Wu Ling gave Huyan Li a Recovery Potion and presented Huyan Zhen with an advanced Soul Art exclusive to earth attributes.
• Huyan Zhen swore to keep the Soul Art secret and pledged the Elephant Armor Sect’s loyalty to Spirit Hall.
• Wu Ling asked Huyan Zhen to invite the headmasters of Blazing Fire, Godwind, and Skywater Academies to discuss matters and let him use their Mimicry Training Grounds.
• Two days later, Wu Ling arrived at Blazing Fire Academy and found all three headmasters waiting to receive him.
• Skywater Academy’s headmaster invited Wu Ling to tour the academy while the Mimicry Training Ground was prepared, and he agreed.

Wu Ling trained Feng Xiaotian to improve his self-created soul skill before meeting Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and their companions, who delivered a summons from the three academy principals. Wu Ling left the next day, while the principals worried that he might draw away their talented students and considered what choice their academies should make.

• Wu Ling coached Feng Xiaotian until he advanced his Wind Demon Wolf technique to forty-five consecutive slashes, then advised him to focus on cultivating Soul Power.
• Huo Wu, her brother, Shui Bing'er, and her sister arrived at Wu Ling's courtyard and delivered a request from the three academy principals.
• Feng Xiaotian remembered that he had originally challenged Wu Ling out of jealousy over Huo Wu, but his training had redirected his ambitions toward mastering consecutive slashes.
• Wu Ling accepted the principals' summons, and the four visiting geniuses greeted him with admiration.
• The next day, Wu Ling departed as Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and the others watched regretfully, while the three principals discussed the threat he posed to their academies and chose to wait before deciding what to do.

Wu Ling visited Xue Qinghe, who revealed herself as Qian Renxue, because he wanted to try pursuing a closer relationship with her. Qian Renxue settled on his lap while Zhu Zhuqing watched, and Wu Ling left the two women’s feelings unresolved.

• Wu Ling visited Xue Qinghe in the Heaven Dou capital after finishing his business trip and admitted he had temporarily set aside some things.
• Wu Ling considered pursuing Qian Renxue, one of the two women he found appealing, while deciding Zhu Zhuqing was still too young.
• Xue Qinghe teased Wu Ling about bringing Zhu Zhuqing, then revealed herself as Qian Renxue and sat on his lap.
• Wu Ling embraced Qian Renxue and stroked her hair as she relaxed against him.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Wu Ling caress Qian Renxue and showed a trace of longing.

Wu Ling considered candidates for his sixth Spirit Ring while Zhu Zhuqing admitted she could not help him choose. Xiao Lan brought news from Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall had located the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and Wu Ling prepared to pursue it.

• Wu Ling weighed Heroic Spirits and Spirit Beasts as possible sources for his sixth Spirit Ring while Zhu Zhuqing massaged his temples.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she could not help solve Wu Ling's Spirit Ring problem, though she resolved to work harder to support him.
• Xiao Lan returned with Bibi Dong's message that Spirit Hall had found a rough location for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Wu Ling decided to go after the tiger and planned to use Xiao Fen's method to raise its Spirit Ring's age before absorbing it.

Wu Ling cornered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Star Dou Great Forest and prepared to fight it with his weapons and Spirit Rings. The tiger lunged to devour him, but Xiao Lan took the bite in his place and vanished, leaving Wu Ling poised to strike its neck.

• Wu Ling used a month of searching and Spirit Hall informants to track the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger through the forest.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger recognized Wu Ling’s powerful bloodline and covered itself with its Evil God Protection skill.
• Wu Ling summoned five Spirit Rings and drew Rule Breaker and Aroundight, deciding to treat the tiger as a hundred-thousand-year-level opponent.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger charged straight at Wu Ling, aiming to swallow him before fleeing.
• Xiao Lan appeared in Wu Ling’s place, cut the tiger’s eye, and dispersed after its teeth touched him.
• Wu Ling appeared above the tiger and swung Aroundight down toward its neck.

Wu Ling and his Clones attacked the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, breaking through its defenses and surviving its powerful counterattack. The tiger prepared to finish Wu Ling, but the supposedly defeated Clones reappeared beside him.

• Wu Ling switched to Rule Breaker after Aroundight failed to pierce the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's defenses.
• Berserker and another Clone struck the tiger from opposite sides, while a further surprise attack shattered its ultimate defense.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger unleashed a powerful light cannon, but Wu Ling sent Xiao Lan to take the attack.
• Berserker and Xiao Hei wounded the tiger before both Clones were struck down by its wind blades.
• As the tiger prepared to trap Wu Ling in its Life-and-Death Duel Arena, the defeated Clones reappeared beside him.

Wu Ling killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, used a Magic Circle to raise its Spirit Ring to one hundred thousand years, and absorbed it as his sixth ring. He summoned Angra Mainyu, whose weak abilities disappointed him, before a mysterious voice challenged his judgment.

• Wu Ling baited the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger into using its Life-and-Death Duel Arena, then Xiao Hong used Rule Breaker to dispel the skill while Xiao Fen helped Wu Ling land the killing blow.
• Wu Ling and Xiao Fen used Essence from two Soul Kings and two Soul Emperors to increase the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Spirit Ring to one hundred thousand years.
• Wu Ling absorbed the blood-red Spirit Ring and obtained Angra Mainyu as his sixth Heroic Spirit.
• Wu Ling assessed Angra Mainyu's low combat abilities and considered his counter-damage Noble Phantasm only a modest benefit.
• A dark voice asked Wu Ling whether he had a problem with Angra Mainyu.

Angra Mainyu appeared before Wu Ling, judged him worthy, and invested him with power before vanishing. Wu Ling discovered his Noble Phantasm had evolved into two powerful forms, just as Gui Mei arrived to check on him.

• Angra Mainyu revealed his true, monstrous form and overwhelmed Wu Ling with malice before changing into his Shirou-faced form.
• Angra Mainyu judged Wu Ling’s temperament and wisdom sufficient, then pressed a finger to his forehead and granted him power.
• Wu Ling awoke in a barren landscape and found that Angra Mainyu’s parameters had greatly increased through his sixth Spirit Ring.
• Wu Ling discovered his Noble Phantasm had become Domain of Evil, which granted him protection, recovery, and reflected damage.
• Wu Ling learned that Ultimate Malice could reflect all damage onto one designated target if he had a medium connected to their soul.
• Gui Mei flew toward Wu Ling and called out to ask whether he was all right.

After Angra Mainyu’s malice erupted through Wu Ling, Gui Mei helped him leave the area, while powerful beings across Douluo Planet and the God Realm sensed the dangerous aura. The Asura God recognized that it had reached one of his potential successors and began considering his next move.

• Gui Mei recovered from the malice after Wu Ling gave him a Soul Calming Potion, then urged Wu Ling to leave with him.
• Di Tian and other beasts near the Lake of Life sensed the aura, and the Silver Dragon King summoned Di Tian to her.
• Qian Daoliu, Bo Saixi, Tang Chen, and several powerful Spirit Beasts across Douluo Planet detected the disturbance.
• The God Realm Committee failed to identify the aura’s source, while the Asura God recognized that it had reached one of his potential successors and consumed his Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• The Asura God decided to proceed cautiously and flew toward the Sea God's temple while considering recruiting another ally.

Wu Ling returned to Spirit City at level sixty-five and summoned his Sixth Clone, whose appearance resembled Angra Mainyu. After Xiao Fen confirmed the clone was safe, she revealed that Angra Mainyu’s lingering aura might provide a way to travel between worlds.

• Wu Ling returned to Spirit City and learned that Angra Mainyu’s enhancement had raised his Soul Power to level sixty-five without damaging his foundation.
• Wu Ling summoned his six Clones and brought the sleeping Sixth Clone out of his shadow.
• Xiao Fen explained that the Sixth Clone resembled Angra Mainyu because her energy made up most of the Spirit Ring used to create him, and she reassured Wu Ling that no hidden consciousness remained.
• Xiao Hong teased Wu Ling about becoming Bibi Dong’s disciple, so Wu Ling ordered Xiao Lan, Xiao Hei, and Berserker to take him away for training.
• Xiao Fen told Wu Ling that Angra Mainyu’s aura might let her develop a way to travel between worlds touched by it.