Chapter Summaries

Tai Yi set out for the Star Luo Empire to capture the person spreading Bibi Dong’s evil cultivation technique and uncover her plans. He saw the technique had turned provinces into killing grounds, then reached Star Luo City as its nobles debated whether the whole nation should adopt it.

• Tai Yi rewarded Leng Feng with a Spirit Bone for helping capture two people from the Star Luo Empire, then discussed his plan with Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu.
• Tai Yi decided to infiltrate Star Luo City, capture the technique’s spreader, and investigate the Star Luo Empire before war began.
• The next morning, Tai Yi flew toward Star Luo City with Snow Empress and seven others inside his Donghuang Bell.
• Tai Yi saw that soldiers and officials across the Star Luo Empire were using the evil technique to prey on civilians and attack Soul Master clans.
• Tai Yi continued toward Star Luo City rather than risk alerting his target, while nobles there argued over whether everyone should cultivate the evil technique.

Tai Yi captured Dai Yu and forced her to reveal where Blood One could be found by threatening her children, Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuchuan. He left Dai Yu to the people she had captured so they could take revenge while he pursued Blood One.

• Tai Yi waited in Dai Yu’s secret chamber and had Snow Empress subdue her when she returned to Star Luo City.
• Tai Yi demanded to know where Blood One was, but Dai Yu refused until Tai Yi revealed that her children were safe in Spirit City and threatened their future if she stayed silent.
• Dai Yu told Tai Yi where Dai Feng’s manor for Blood One was and named places Blood One liked to visit.
• Tai Yi brought in Dai Yu’s former captives, warned them to stay in the secret chamber after killing her, and left.

After arranging for Dai Yu’s victims to remain at her house, Tai Yi tracked Blood One, a servant of Bibi Dong, from Star Luo City toward the Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy. Tai Yi intercepted him before he could attack the students, and Di Tian and Snow Empress knocked Blood One unconscious.

• Dai Yu’s victims tortured her to death and stayed at her house as Tai Yi had instructed.
• Tai Yi found Blood One watching Star Luo City from a bell tower and had Sky Dream Ice Silkworm listen to him.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Tai Yi that Blood One wanted slaughter to benefit Bibi Dong and was heading out of the city.
• Tai Yi realized Blood One was targeting the Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy and attacked him before he could reach it.
• Blood One recognized Tai Yi and charged at him, but Di Tian and Snow Empress appeared and knocked Blood One unconscious.

Tai Yi captured Blood One and led his group back toward Spirit City, eliminating Evil Soul Masters along the way. After rescuing townspeople, he invited them to seek temporary refuge in Spirit Province, and the news spread while Star Luo City’s rulers remained absorbed in evil cultivation.

• Di Tian kept Blood One unconscious and carried him as Tai Yi, Snow Empress, and the other ferocious beasts flew toward Spirit City.
• Tai Yi and the ferocious beasts attacked a town where Evil Soul Masters were seizing civilians; Ice Empress killed the minister who had become a Title Douluo.
• Tai Yi told the rescued people that they could temporarily relocate to Spirit Province and promised to clear the route to the border.
• The townspeople and nearby villagers began packing and preparing to travel to Spirit Province as news of Tai Yi’s offer spread.
• Star Luo City received the news but took no action because its emperor, empress, princes, and other authorities were cultivating evil arts.

Tai Yi returned to Spirit City with Blood One, an Evil Soul Master tied to Bibi Dong, and questioned him about the Slaughter City and the benefits Bibi Dong gained from the evil technique. After Qian Renxue repeatedly burned and Tai Yi restored Blood One’s soul, Blood One’s defiance gave way to fear, leaving him ready to be questioned.

• Tai Yi’s group cleared Evil Soul Masters from their route and directed civilians toward Spirit Province, triggering a mass migration from the Star Luo Empire.
• Tai Yi arranged for refugees to be received at the border, excluding Evil Soul Masters, then brought Blood One to the Pope Palace.
• Blood One woke in the Pope Palace and tried to circulate his Soul Power, but Qian Daoliu struck him with sacred Soul Power that countered his evil cultivation.
• Tai Yi asked Blood One about the Slaughter City and what Bibi Dong gained from the killings, but Blood One refused to betray his master.
• Qian Renxue burned Blood One’s soul with the Angel God’s divinity, while Tai Yi restored it, repeating the torture ten times.
• Tai Yi threatened to torture Blood One’s body as well as his soul, and Blood One lost his defiance and became afraid.

Tai Yi learned that Bibi Dong was using Slaughter City to create Title Douluo and gain power from the killing they caused. He decided to prepare an attack on the Star Luo Empire, leaving scouts to locate Dai Feng’s ministers before the army moved.

• Blood One told Tai Yi that Bibi Dong had changed Slaughter City’s rules, creating subordinate Title Douluo from blood and rewarding those who earned her favor.
• Blood One revealed that the slaughter caused by cultivators of Bibi Dong’s method gave her killing energy to help her cultivate toward godhood.
• Tai Yi concluded that Bibi Dong’s plan posed a growing threat and that the people of the Star Luo Empire needed help.
• Blood One shattered his meridians and died, and Tai Yi ordered his corpse removed.
• Tai Yi, Qian Renxue, and Qian Daoliu agreed to prepare an expedition against the Star Luo Empire and send troops the next day.
• Tai Yi sent fast scouts to locate the ministers Dai Feng had dispatched to the provinces so they could be attacked all at once.

As the Star Luo Empire descended into chaos, Tai Yi assembled Spirit Hall Empire’s forces and set out to invade, declaring that they would save its people. Dai Feng prepared to resist with his newly gained Rank 99 strength, while escaped soldiers mistakenly saw the coming war as a chance to enter Spirit Hall territory.

• Forbidden-art users and former soldiers built forces across the Star Luo Empire as civilians fled the violence.
• Tai Yi ordered allied factions to deploy at least half their Soul Kings and above, then led more than three thousand Soul Masters out of Spirit City.
• Dai Feng learned of the advance and ordered his ministers to recall their soldiers, threatening to use deserters as blood food.
• Deserters formed groups and headed toward Spirit Hall territory, unaware that its provincial armies and local Spirit Halls remained in place to stop them.
• Dai Feng resolved to defend the ruined Star Luo Empire, trusting his Rank 99 strength, Zhu Lingxin, their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and the remaining Title Douluo.

Tai Yi sent Scarlet King and Bear Lord to rescue the people hiding in Dai Yu’s house before Dai Feng could summon them. After discovering Dai Yu’s remains, Dai Feng blamed Spirit Hall and rallied the Star Luo Empire for war.

• Tai Yi realized Dai Feng’s recall of his forces meant a final confrontation and ordered Scarlet King and Bear Lord to evacuate the people in Dai Yu’s house.
• Scarlet King and Bear Lord rescued the people and brought them somewhere safe before returning to Tai Yi.
• Dai Feng summoned Zhu Lingyu and Dai Weisi, then went to find Dai Yu when she failed to appear.
• Dai Feng found Dai Yu’s mutilated remains and concluded that Spirit Hall had arranged her death.
• Dai Feng told his assembled forces that Spirit Hall had killed Dai Yu, then rallied them to fight and avenge her.

Dai Feng led the Star Luo Empire’s forces to Dragonrise City to make a final stand against the Spirit Hall Empire, while Tai Yi brought his army to meet them. The two sides began charging into battle, with the Spirit Hall Empire holding the stronger high-level fighters.

• Dai Feng moved his forces from Star Luo City to Dragonrise City and ordered them to prepare for a decisive battle within two days.
• Dai Feng gathered more than ten Title Douluo and twenty thousand Soul Masters, while Tai Yi arrived with a little over three thousand fighters from the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Dai Feng and Tai Yi accused each other of causing the suffering of the people and defended their reasons for fighting.
• Dai Feng completed Martial Soul Possession and led the Star Luo Empire’s forces in a charge against the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Tai Yi, Qian Renxue, Qian Daoliu, and their allies completed Martial Soul Possession and prepared to meet the attack.

Tai Yi helped the Spirit Hall Empire overwhelm the Star Luo Empire’s troops while Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo confronted Dai Feng. Dai Feng and Zhu Lingxin’s bloody Hell White Tiger was shattered by Qian Daoliu, leaving them badly injured on the battlefield.

• Tai Yi used Soul Vibration and Golden Crow Sun-Piercing Divine Light to cripple and kill Star Luo Empire soldiers, then healed Spirit Hall Empire fighters with Myriad Life Bell Chime.
• Tai Yi joined Qian Renxue and drove back an attacker while they faced two Super Douluos; he avoided confronting Dai Feng because Dai Feng could combine with Zhu Lingxin.
• Dai Feng and Zhu Lingxin formed their blood-red Hell White Tiger and attacked Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Golden Crocodile absorbed the Hell White Tiger’s blows while Qian Daoliu counterattacked, exploiting Dai Feng’s faltering resolve.
• Qian Daoliu struck the Hell White Tiger with his divine sword and shattered it, sending Dai Feng and Zhu Lingxin flying and coughing up blood.

Zhu Lingxin and Dai Feng watched the Star Luo Empire’s forces collapse against the Spirit Hall Empire, while Tai Yi’s forces blocked every escape route. Dai Weisi tried to flee but Ice Empress killed him at Dragonrise City’s gates.

• Qian Renxue and Tai Yi killed the two Title Douluo who fought them, while the Spirit Hall Empire’s forces overwhelmed the Star Luo Empire’s Evil Soul Masters.
• The Angel Legion and the Spirit Hall Empire’s other soul master squads defeated the vastly larger enemy army, leaving fewer than five thousand survivors.
• Dai Feng and Zhu Lingxin realized the Star Luo Empire was on the verge of collapse, and Dai Weisi began fleeing toward Dragonrise City.
• Tai Yi’s Demon Marshals and companions revealed themselves around the battlefield to stop the Evil Soul Masters from escaping.
• Ice Empress emerged from Dragonrise City and killed Dai Weisi with a thrust of her Ice Empress Spear.

Tai Yi and the Spirit Hall forces defeated the Star Luo Empire’s Evil Soul Masters, killing Dai Weisi, Zhu Lingxin, and Dai Feng. After the battle, Dai Weisi’s corpse was found missing, and Tai Yi and Qian Daoliu suspected Bibi Dong had taken it.

• Ice Empress, Di Tian, Bear Lord, and the other defenders cut off the Evil Soul Masters’ escape routes, and Ice Empress killed Dai Weisi with her spear.
• Grief-stricken over Dai Weisi’s death, Zhu Lingxin charged at Tai Yi, but Golden Crocodile Douluo killed her.
• Dai Feng attacked Tai Yi’s group in a rage, but Qian Daoliu defeated him and beheaded him.
• Two of Bibi Dong’s Evil Soul Master subordinates tried to seize Dai Feng and Zhu Lingxin’s corpses, but Qian Daoliu killed them.
• Tai Yi ordered the forces to eliminate the remaining Evil Soul Masters, while an unnoticed figure escaped Dragonrise City with Dai Weisi’s corpse.
• Ice Empress discovered Dai Weisi’s corpse was gone, and Tai Yi and Qian Daoliu suspected Bibi Dong had sent someone to take it.

Tai Yi and Qian Renxue went to Slaughter City to investigate the escaped Evil Soul Masters and stop Bibi Dong from reclaiming Dai Weisi’s corpse. They arrived in time to defeat the Soul Masters carrying it, but a blood-red Soul Power seized the corpse and pulled it back into Slaughter City.

• Tai Yi persuaded Qian Daoliu to let him and Qian Renxue travel to Slaughter City while Qian Daoliu stayed behind to secure the conquered Star Luo Empire.
• Tai Yi and Qian Renxue arrived at Slaughter City and saw Qian Jun and Jiang Mo fighting three Evil Soul Masters while a fourth carried Dai Weisi’s corpse.
• Di Tian and the others joined the fight, captured the four Evil Soul Masters, and killed them.
• Qian Jun and Jiang Mo explained that five Evil Soul Masters had escaped Slaughter City after drawing Qian Jun away, and that three had fled toward Dragonrise City.
• As Tai Yi prepared to destroy Dai Weisi’s corpse, blood-red Soul Power shot from Slaughter City, changed direction, and carried the corpse inside.

Tai Yi and Qian Renxue survived Bibi Dong’s attack at Slaughter City, where she warned that her plan would succeed within a few years. Bibi Dong revealed that she intended to use Dai Weisi’s corpse to restart her plan and gain a powerful god as an ally against Tai Yi and Qian Renxue.

• Bibi Dong sent an Asura Demon Sword strike from Slaughter City, but Snow Empress, Di Tian, and the other Demon Marshals blocked it.
• Bibi Dong warned Tai Yi and Qian Renxue that her plan would succeed within a few years and then fell silent.
• Tai Yi left Qianjun Douluo and Xiangmo Douluo to guard Slaughter City before taking Qian Renxue back toward Spirit City on Xiao Bai.
• Bibi Dong mourned the loss of most of her Hell Envoys but was relieved that Dai Weisi’s corpse had been brought back.
• The Asura God King offered to give Dai Feng or Dai Weisi the War God’s Divine Position and merge it with the God of Plants’ Divine Position to create a First-Level God ally for Bibi Dong.

The Asura God King arranged for the War God to revive Dai Weisi and pass down his Divine Position, then killed the War God and took control of the War God Trial. When the God King of Destruction confronted him, Asura refused to surrender control and defended his actions with shameless excuses.

• Bibi Dong watched as the War God used divine power to revive Dai Weisi and pass down the War God Divine Position.
• The Asura God King sent the God of Plants' Divine Position into Dai Weisi's body to merge with the War God Trial.
• After the War God reported completing the transfer, the Asura God King stabbed him through the heart and seized control of the War God Trial.
• The God King of Destruction arrived, questioned Asura about killing the War God, and demanded control of the trial.
• The Asura God King refused to hand over the War God Trial and claimed he was helping the other God Kings manage their workload.

God King of Destruction retaliated against Asura God King’s manipulation of the War God trials by preparing to help the people around Tai Yi inherit god positions. As the gods gathered at Destruction Temple, Asura God King realized her influence was collapsing and urged Bibi Dong and Dai Weisi to finish their trials quickly.

• God King of Destruction left Asura Temple with Goddess of Life, while God King of Evil and God King of Goodness refused to intervene and warned Asura God King against causing turmoil.
• God King of Evil and God King of Goodness told Asura God King that Destruction could rally gods to pass their positions to Tai Yi’s allies, then left Asura Temple.
• Asura God King regretted provoking Destruction, recognized that her reputation among the gods was ruined, and urged Bibi Dong and Dai Weisi to complete their trials first.
• At Destruction Temple, God King of Destruction told Goddess of Life that they would summon gods to pass their positions to Tai Yi’s allies, and the two began calling their subordinates.
• God King of Evil and God King of Goodness sensed that about seventy percent of the God Realm’s gods were heading to Destruction Temple, and Asura God King realized she was doomed.

After returning to Spirit City, Tai Yi learned that he had completed his fifth God Trial and received news that the Asura God King had given Dai Weisi the War God's Divine Position to aid Bibi Dong. The God King, God of Destruction, urged Tai Yi to find trusted, talented people who could inherit Divine Positions as the God Realm conflict escalated.

• Tai Yi and Qian Renxue returned to Spirit City, where Qian Daoliu asked Tai Yi about their time in Slaughter City.
• Tai Yi told Qian Daoliu that Bibi Dong had inherited two Divine Positions, including a God King Divine Position, and Qian Daoliu considered guarding Slaughter City's entrance.
• Tai Yi discovered that he had completed his fifth God Trial, received increased Divine Position affinity and Spirit Ring ages, and unlocked the sixth trial to become a Title Douluo.
• The God King, God of Destruction, told Tai Yi that the Asura God King had resurrected Dai Weisi, arranged for him to inherit the War God's Divine Position, and taken control of his God Trial.
• The God King, God of Destruction, promised to help Tai Yi's trusted, talented companions inherit suitable Divine Positions so they could support him.

Tai Yi told Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue that the God of Destruction had lowered his trial difficulty and would arrange Divine Positions for trusted allies to counter the Asura God King's interference. He explained that Qian Daoliu still had to sacrifice himself for Qian Renxue to inherit the Angel God position, but could be revived in the God Realm afterward.

• The God of Destruction told Tai Yi that Dai Weisi had been revived and given a First-Level God position, so Tai Yi’s sixth trial was reduced to reaching Title Douluo.
• Tai Yi told Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue that the God of Destruction would arrange Divine Positions for talented people he trusted.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Qian Daoliu could inherit a Divine Position, but Tai Yi explained that his role as the Angel God's high priest meant he had to sacrifice himself for her inheritance.
• Qian Renxue cried and said she no longer wanted to become a god, but Qian Daoliu insisted that her becoming the Angel God was his lifelong wish.
• Tai Yi comforted Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu by explaining that Qian Daoliu could be revived in the God Realm and later inherit or create a Divine Position.

Tai Yi and Qian Renxue learned that Qian Daoliu and other trusted followers could inherit divine positions, and they selected Leng Qianqiu, Ning Rongrong, and Guang Tian as candidates. Tai Yi summoned the three to the Pope Palace and began explaining the divine inheritances.

• Tai Yi confirmed that the God King of Destruction had told him Qian Daoliu could be revived in the God Realm, and Qian Daoliu rejoiced at the chance to become a god.
• Qian Daoliu left to gather his brothers and bring Qian Jun and Jiang Mo back from Slaughter City.
• Qian Renxue recommended Leng Qianqiu, while Tai Yi also chose Ning Rongrong and Guang Tian as trustworthy candidates for divine positions.
• Tai Yi called Leng Qianqiu, Ning Rongrong, and Guang Tian to the Pope Palace and asked whether they knew he and Qian Renxue possessed divine positions.

Tai Yi offered Ning Rongrong, Leng Qianqiu, and Guang Tian Divine Positions in exchange for loyalty and warned them that two powerful gods threatened the Spirit Hall Empire. After the three accepted, Ning Rongrong returned home to tell Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo that she would inherit a Divine Position.

• Tai Yi told Ning Rongrong, Leng Qianqiu, and Guang Tian that they could inherit Divine Positions if they remained loyal to the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Tai Yi warned the three that the empire still faced two powerful gods and that inheriting Divine Positions could lead to death; all three said they were ready.
• Tai Yi dismissed the three and encouraged them to share the news that loyal, talented contributors might also earn Divine Positions.
• Leng Qianqiu planned to write to her family, Guang Tian returned to cultivating, and Ning Rongrong went home to Spirit City.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo that she would inherit a Divine Position alongside elders from the Worship Hall, and they questioned her before believing her.