Chapter Summaries

Mo Lin brought Grace Hall’s delegation to Spirit City for Spirit Hall’s gathering on evil soul masters, knowing the visit could turn confrontational. After detecting a powerful observer watching them, he assigned his companions defensive roles and prepared to enter Worship Hall with Bi'an.

• Mo Lin traveled to Spirit City with Qilin, Phoenix, Snow Empress, and Bi'an, while Qian Renxue stayed behind to guard Gengxin City.
• Mo Lin’s convoy arrived in Spirit City the day before Spirit Hall’s meeting and settled into the residence Spirit Hall had prepared.
• Mo Lin gathered his companions and used Soul Power to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.
• Mo Lin revealed that a Titled Douluo above Rank 95 had watched their convoy enter the city and warned that their visit would not be peaceful.
• Mo Lin ordered Snow Empress to guard the residence, Qilin and Phoenix to wait near Worship Hall for his signal, and Bi'an to accompany him while remaining hidden.

Qian Daoliu learned that Qian Renxue had not returned with Grace Hall’s convoy and planned to use another card against Mo Lin. Mo Lin infiltrated the Papal Palace and learned that Qian Daoliu had taken Hu Liena because her divine inheritance supposedly conflicted with the Angel God, while Bibi Dong hinted that her own Rakshasa inheritance had not been public knowledge.

• The Fifth Worshiper told Qian Daoliu that Spirit Hall’s records held no information on most of Grace Hall’s powerful convoy members and that Qian Renxue had not returned.
• Qian Daoliu concluded Mo Lin had kept Qian Renxue in Gengxin City and said he still had another card to use.
• Mo Lin and Bi'an infiltrated the Papal Palace, where Mo Lin found Bibi Dong looking haggard and asked what had happened.
• Bibi Dong told Mo Lin that Hu Liena had returned after finding a divine inheritance, but Qian Daoliu had taken her because it conflicted with the Angel God.
• Mo Lin questioned why Qian Daoliu objected to Hu Liena’s inheritance when Bibi Dong had once inherited the opposing Rakshasa God, and Bibi Dong asked whether he thought that had been a secret.

Mo Lin learned that Qian Daoliu had used Spirit Hall’s Angel God loyalties to keep Bibi Dong’s authority in check, then stormed the Worship Hall to demand his Senior Sister’s release. After Mo Lin and his allies overwhelmed the worshipers, Qian Daoliu realized Grace Hall could rival or surpass Spirit Hall and Sea God Island.

• Bibi Dong explained how Qian Daoliu’s influence and Spirit Hall’s Angel God traditions limited her power as Pope.
• Mo Lin rushed to the Worship Hall and demanded that Qian Daoliu release his Senior Sister.
• The worshipers attacked Mo Lin, but his dragon might stunned them while Bi'an, Qilin, and Phoenix blocked several of their fighters.
• Mo Lin struck Golden Crocodile Douluo with a single punch, severely injuring him and forcing Qian Daoliu to catch him.
• Qian Daoliu recognized that Grace Hall’s strength could rival or surpass Spirit Hall and Sea God Island.

Mo Lin confronted Qian Daoliu after defeating Golden Crocodile Douluo, demanding that he release Hu Liena and accusing him of using her to target Bibi Dong. He warned Qian Daoliu not to involve others in their conflict, then asked one last time whether he would release his senior sister.

• Qian Daoliu signaled Qianjun Douluo to take the injured Golden Crocodile Douluo away, while Mo Lin let them go.
• Mo Lin demanded that Qian Daoliu release Hu Liena or tell him where she was, and accused him of targeting Bibi Dong through her disciple.
• Qian Daoliu denied targeting Bibi Dong and said Spirit Hall would eventually return to the Qian Family under Qian Renxue.
• Mo Lin realized Qian Daoliu feared Grace Hall's rapid growth and had used Hu Liena's inheritance to weaken Bibi Dong's standing.
• Mo Lin appeared in front of Qian Daoliu and warned him not to drag anyone else into their conflict.
• Mo Lin asked Qian Daoliu one last time whether he would release Hu Liena.

Mo Lin went alone to the cave where Qian Daoliu had imprisoned Hu Liena and discovered that she had acquired divine power. He reached her despite its effect on his instincts, and the two lovers met again.

• Qian Daoliu revealed Hu Liena’s location and advised Mo Lin to go alone.
• Fire Eagle Douluo tried to stop Mo Lin but recognized his Primordial Qi and let him pass after warning him that Hu Liena was in a special condition.
• Mo Lin sensed divine power in the cave and used the Purifying Mind Mantra to suppress its effect on him.
• Mo Lin found Hu Liena beside a bonfire, and they looked at each other after years apart.

Mo Lin reunited with Hu Liena, who had returned after completing the trials for the God of Lust. He brought her back to Spirit City, where he would inform Bibi Dong and attend Qian Daoliu’s symposium the next day.

• Hu Liena reunited with Mo Lin and told him she had become a Soul Douluo and obtained a hundred-thousand-year eighth soul ring.
• Hu Liena revealed that the God of Lust had chosen her as an inheritor, and Mo Lin reassured her that he understood the god’s nature.
• Mo Lin recounted his recent experiences to Hu Liena but kept his alliance with the soul beasts secret.
• Hu Liena learned that Qian Renxue was living with Mo Lin, and Mo Lin openly said he intended to marry both women and take responsibility for Master.
• Mo Lin brought Hu Liena back to Spirit City to inform Bibi Dong and prepare for Qian Daoliu’s symposium the next day.

Qian Daoliu secured military right of passage for Spirit Hall across most factions’ territories, while Mo Lin noticed and captured a suspicious representative from the Southeastern City-State Alliance. After searching the man’s memories, Mo Lin identified him as a poorly suited delegate from Dusk Sleep City, leaving the significance of his connections to evil Soul Masters unresolved.

• Qian Daoliu won broad support for Spirit Hall’s right to enter factions’ territories, despite opposition from Emperor Xue Xing’s representative and the Southeastern City-State Alliance’s concerns.
• Mo Lin noticed one unusually silent city-state representative and suspected him of being connected to evil Soul Masters.
• Mo Lin had Bi'an capture the representative and bring him to his room.
• Mo Lin searched the representative’s memories with Double Full Hands, then ordered Bi'an to return him to his lodging.
• Mo Lin told Phoenix that the man represented Dusk Sleep City, had little diplomatic experience, and rarely interacted with outsiders.

Mo Lin discovered that Evil Soul Masters had survived by colluding with local officials, using suspiciously new cages in their hideouts as a clue. He and Bibi Dong launched investigations, which found that the former Heaven Dou Empire was the worst area for such collusion.

• Qilin told Mo Lin that Evil Soul Master hideouts contained unusually new cages, including heavy mystic iron cages for holding Soul Masters.
• Mo Lin deduced that officials in remote regions had supplied Evil Soul Masters with resources and people in exchange for security and rewards, and identified the lord of Dusk Sleep City as a key lead.
• Mo Lin brought Qilin and Phoenix to the Papal Palace and explained his findings to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall branches to investigate local officials, while Mo Lin investigated officials across major cities within Grace Hall's territory.
• Half a year later, the investigation found the former Heaven Dou Empire to be the area most heavily affected by officials colluding with Evil Soul Masters.

Mo Lin prepared an operation to capture Dusk Sleep City and recruited Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng, explaining that their Five Thunder Orthodox Method could make them formidable against evil soul masters. He gave them the method’s second volume and asked them to decide within a week whether to join the mission.

• Mo Lin studied reports and assembled a force of one hundred experienced soul masters to attack Dusk Sleep City without ordinary soldiers or low-level soul masters.
• Qian Renxue worked beside Mo Lin while he prepared the operation, sharing his workload and worrying about his exhaustion.
• Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng arrived and feared Mo Lin meant to punish them for the earlier evil soul master ambush, but he reassured them and invited them to join the operation.
• Mo Lin explained that Dusk Sleep City’s evil soul masters might massacre its residents if cornered, making the attack especially dangerous.
• Mo Lin told the brothers that their Yin and Yang Five Thunders made them natural nemeses of evil soul masters, despite their doubts about facing powerful opponents.
• Mo Lin gave Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng copies of Five Thunder Orthodox Method (Volume Two) and told them to memorize the books, burn them, and answer within a week.

Mo Lin led Grace Hall’s Soul Masters to rendezvous with Spirit Hall’s enforcement squad at Dusk Awaken Village before their campaign against Dusk Sleep City. After the two groups prepared for the dangerous operation, Hu Liena sent her teammates to verify their forces, and the attack was set to begin the next day.

• Mo Lin inspected the Soul Masters assembled outside Gengxin City, including Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng, whose cultivation had risen to Rank 79 and Rank 77.
• Mo Lin led more than a hundred Soul Masters toward Dusk Awaken Village, where Spirit Hall’s enforcement squad had secretly evacuated the civilians and taken their places.
• Mo Lin and Qian Renxue met Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan, who discussed Hu Liena’s feelings for Mo Lin and Qian Renxue.
• Hu Liena ended the conversation and ordered Xie Yue and Yan to verify the teams’ numbers before the next day’s fight against Dusk Sleep City’s evil Soul Masters.

Mo Lin met with Hu Liena and Qian Renxue to assess the forces and evil soul master strongholds around Dusk Sleep City. After learning how many strongholds had been found, he urged them to begin the operation that night, though Hu Liena questioned the haste.

• Hu Liena greeted Mo Lin after suppressing her jealousy toward Qian Renxue, while Mo Lin secretly sent Qilin and Phoenix out of the village.
• Hu Liena brought Mo Lin and Qian Renxue to a meeting room after Qian Renxue suggested they discuss the operation together.
• Hu Liena reported that Spirit Hall had sent eight Soul Douluos, twenty Soul Sages, and fifty Soul Emperors, and said eleven evil soul master strongholds had been confirmed outside Dusk Sleep City, including a large headquarters to the east.
• Mo Lin warned Qian Renxue that their subordinates could be vulnerable, then concluded that their forces were too few and said they had to begin that night.
• Hu Liena questioned whether starting that night was too rushed, since her investigators had not yet returned and she had planned to attack all the strongholds at midnight.

Mo Lin had Qilin and Phoenix map the area around Dusk Sleep City and Dusk Awaken Village, impressing Hu Liena and Qian Renxue with their detailed findings. He then organized the Spirit Hall forces for a coordinated attack on the evil Spirit Masters, leaving himself, Qian Renxue, and Hu Liena to assault their headquarters.

• Mo Lin, Qian Renxue, and Hu Liena rested while Qilin and Phoenix went to investigate the area.
• Qilin and Phoenix returned with detailed information about the terrain above ground and underground, and teased Hu Liena by calling her their sister-in-law.
• Qilin created a detailed sand table that showed the terrain and evil Spirit Master strongholds, astonishing Hu Liena and Qian Renxue.
• Mo Lin stopped Qilin and Hu Liena's debate about elemental abilities and shifted the group to planning the operation.
• Mo Lin assigned lower-ranked Spirit Masters to guard stronghold exits, concentrated the Soul Sages and Soul Douluos for controlled attacks, and tasked Qilin and Phoenix with intercepting escapees.
• Mo Lin, Qian Renxue, and Hu Liena planned to strike the evil Spirit Masters' main headquarters directly.

Wraith Douluo fled Spirit Hall’s purge and joined Demon Douluo in Dusk Sleep City, where the two discussed whether evil soul masters should keep hiding or fight back. After Demon Douluo revealed the blood aura behind his secret ritual, Wraith Douluo judged that taking a gamble might be possible.

• Demon Douluo completed a ritual with the evil soul masters surrounding his formation, then told Wraith Douluo that the Abyss Demon Sect possessed ancient secret arts.
• Wraith Douluo recalled fleeing south after Spirit Hall systematically destroyed his strongholds and executed officials connected to his organization.
• Wraith Douluo warned Demon Douluo that Spirit Hall scouts had appeared around Dusk Sleep City and might soon attack.
• Demon Douluo asked whether the evil soul masters should keep fleeing or fight to the end, and Wraith Douluo doubted they had enough strength.
• Demon Douluo pointed to the formation and asked where its blood aura came from, prompting Wraith Douluo to conclude that taking a gamble might be possible.

Mo Lin, Qian Renxue, and Hu Liena flew toward the evil soul masters’ headquarters but discovered a sinister blood formation covering Dusk Sleep City. Mo Lin descended alone to save the city’s civilians while Qian Renxue persuaded Hu Liena to continue the mission with her.

• Mo Lin, Qian Renxue, and Hu Liena flew toward the evil soul masters’ headquarters, passing over Dusk Sleep City.
• The three sensed a sinister blood aura near the city, and Mo Lin saw a blood-colored formation covering it with Grand Luo Insight.
• Mo Lin told Qian Renxue and Hu Liena to continue to the headquarters while he dealt with the city, then dove toward its center.
• Hu Liena tried to follow Mo Lin, but Qian Renxue grabbed her and continued toward the headquarters with her.
• Qian Renxue reminded Hu Liena to obey Mo Lin’s orders and trust his abilities, and Hu Liena fell silent.

Mo Lin discovered that evil soul masters were draining Dusk Sleep City’s residents to power a sinister formation, and he began working to save them. Meanwhile, Phoenix and Xie Yue realized their teams had killed far fewer evil soul masters than expected and feared the missing forces were elsewhere.

• Mo Lin arrived over Dusk Sleep City, saw its residents being drained into blood mist, and used Wind Queen's Arcane Gate to inspect the formation and seek a way to save them.
• Phoenix grew suspicious that the teams clearing evil soul master strongholds had encountered too little resistance and hurried to investigate a nearby site.
• Phoenix killed the evil soul masters at the stronghold and questioned Xie Yue and Yan when they arrived.
• Xie Yue counted only fifty-three evil soul masters killed across four strongholds, far fewer than expected, and Phoenix concluded they had been misled.
• Phoenix and Xie Yue contacted the other soul masters and Qilin, wondering where the missing evil soul masters had gone.

Mo Lin discovered how to disrupt the life-draining subsidiary array in Dusk Sleep City, slowing the blood orb’s growth while Demon Douluo’s ritual continued. As Qian Renxue and Hu Liena attacked the Evil Soul Masters’ headquarters, Demon Douluo and Wraith Douluo went out to hold them off.

• Demon Douluo and Wraith Douluo watched the gathered Evil Soul Masters feed life force into the array as its blood orb expanded.
• Wraith Douluo learned that Spirit Hall and Grace Hall had begun attacking the outlying strongholds and noticed the blood orb’s growth slowing.
• Mo Lin used Wind Queen's Arcane Gate to manipulate the array in Dusk Sleep City and hinder its effects.
• Qian Renxue and Hu Liena attacked the headquarters, killing the Evil Soul Masters guarding its entrance.
• Demon Douluo asked Wraith Douluo to help hold off the attackers while the ritual prepared, and Wraith Douluo agreed.

Qian Renxue and Hu Liena confronted Demon Douluo and Wraith Douluo at the headquarters gate, where Wraith Douluo used the souls of the dead to grow into a giant and overwhelm them. Qian Renxue repelled his first attack with Angel God power and retreated, while the two sides remained locked in battle.

• Qian Renxue burned the last evil Soul Master's corpse and challenged Demon Douluo and Wraith Douluo at the headquarters gate.
• Demon Douluo transformed and blocked Qian Renxue's and Hu Liena's attacks, giving Wraith Douluo time to activate his Martial Soul Avatar and ninth soul skill.
• Wraith Douluo absorbed lingering souls from the surrounding area and grew into a towering giant with power comparable to Golden Crocodile Douluo's.
• Demon Douluo assigned Wraith Douluo to fight Qian Renxue and took Hu Liena as his opponent.
• Wraith Douluo struck at Qian Renxue, but her Angel Domain and Angel God power burned his claw and forced him to sever the damaged part.
• Qian Renxue retreated over a hundred meters and held her flaming Angel Holy Sword defensively while remaining within Wraith Douluo's range.

Qian Renxue and Wraith Douluo exchanged soul skills in a fierce fight, while Hu Liena faced Demon Douluo using a battle style built around wearing down her opponent. Neither battle had reached a decisive result, and Hu Liena continued to evade Demon Douluo while weakening him.

• Wraith Douluo launched his Sixth Soul Skill, Baleful Ghost Pursuit, and Qian Renxue activated her Martial Soul Avatar to destroy the skulls with her Holy Sword.
• Wraith Douluo used Ghosts Crying, Wolves Howling, but Qian Renxue countered with Angel Roar and shook his mind and soul.
• Qian Renxue and Wraith Douluo traded attacks without inflicting substantial damage, leaving their fight poised to become prolonged.
• Demon Douluo transformed the ground into a swamp with Abyssal Swamp, and Hu Liena flew above it as its pursuing hands stretched after her.
• Hu Liena relied on repeated mental attacks to drain Demon Douluo's mental defenses, stamina, and soul power over time.

Hu Liena fought Demon Douluo but was overwhelmed when his ninth Soul Skill drained her strength. As he sent a final attack toward her and turned to join the battle against Wraith Douluo, Hu Liena closed her eyes and faced death.

• Demon Douluo struggled to defeat Hu Liena as her spiritual attacks exploited his frail body and weakened mental power.
• Demon Douluo unleashed his ninth Soul Skill, Abyss Lord Descends, and Hu Liena was drained of her strength after seeing the phantom’s eyes.
• Demon Douluo sent a Soul Power blade toward the helpless Hu Liena and prepared to head toward Wraith Douluo.
• Hu Liena used the God of Desire’s divine power to suppress her fear, blamed herself for her mistakes, and closed her eyes as the blade approached.

Mo Lin’s reinforcements reached the evil soul masters’ main altar and secretly intervened as Hu Liena faced death. Yu Tianheng ambushed Demon Douluo with Yin Five Thunders while Qilin hid Hu Liena underground, leaving Demon Douluo struggling against the spreading lightning.

• After Mo Lin ordered Phoenix and Qilin to take Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng to the main altar, the group arrived to find their allies losing both battles and Hu Liena near death.
• Phoenix carried Yu Tianxin into the clouds, while Qilin took Yu Tianheng underground so they could approach the battlefields unseen.
• Yu Tianxin used Yang Five Thunders to summon thunder and distract the fighters as Qilin blocked Demon Douluo’s strike and hid Hu Liena beneath the earth.
• Yu Tianheng attacked Demon Douluo with Yin Five Thunders, whose black bolts became sludge-like matter and continued pursuing him despite his attempts to destroy them.
• Demon Douluo demanded to know who had ambushed him, while Wraith Douluo stopped attacking Qian Renxue and watched the sky warily.