Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian secured control of Spirit Hall by crushing opposition and announcing a campaign against the Star Luo Empire. As Spirit Hall prepared for war, he continued cultivating and training Hu Liena while its departments mobilized.

• Dabus and several officials challenged Yang Jian’s qualifications, but Yue Guan and Gui Mei restrained them and carried them off to prison.
• Yang Jian showed the remaining officials account books documenting crimes committed by Star Luo Empire nobles and declared his intent to wage war against the empire.
• Yang Jian ordered Spirit Hall to copy and publicize the records while the army prepared for war, winning the officials’ support.
• Yang Jian continued cultivating the Eight-Nine Mysteries and guiding Hu Liena, whose cultivation improved under his instruction.
• Spirit Hall’s departments copied and circulated evidence, gathered supplies, and organized troops for war.

Spirit Hall declared war on the Star Luo Empire after exposing its human experiments, leaving Heaven Dou Emperor Xue Ye worried and Shrek Academy in despair. Qian Renxue anticipated Yang Jian’s campaign and their possible marriage, while Tang San and Dai Mubai confronted how powerless they were against him.

• Spirit Hall publicized the Star Luo Empire’s crimes, and Zhu Lingtian was made to confess before the people.
• Xue Ye learned that Spirit Hall had declared war on the Star Luo Empire, feared Heaven Dou would be next, and collapsed after coughing up blood.
• Qian Renxue read the intelligence report, considered Yang Jian’s campaign and their possible marriage, then resumed her Xue Qinghe disguise.
• At Shrek Academy, Flender told Zhao Wuji, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun that Spirit Hall was campaigning against the Star Luo Empire.
• Yu Xiaogang resented Yang Jian’s rise, while Tang San and Dai Mubai despaired over their inability to match his strength.

The Star Luo Emperor reluctantly ordered peace negotiations with Spirit Hall as his ministers feared the empire’s destruction. Yang Jian led Spirit Hall’s army toward the Star Luo border, where its outnumbered but less powerful defenders panicked at the sight of the advancing force.

• The Star Luo Emperor rejected peace negotiations at first, unwilling to surrender to his son Dai Weisi’s killer, but eventually ordered the foreign minister to try negotiating.
• Yang Jian addressed Spirit Hall’s more than ten thousand volunteer soldiers in Spirit City and ordered them to move out.
• Spirit Hall’s army marched from Star Dou Forest and reached the Star Luo Empire’s border defenses three days later.
• The three hundred thousand border troops panicked when they saw Spirit Hall’s army and three Title Douluo flying overhead, while their officers threatened them with military punishment if they retreated.

Yang Jian rejected Li Tianming’s peace offer and ordered Spirit Hall to attack the Star Luo Empire’s army. The battle became a one-sided massacre, and a Soul Douluo launched a Crimson Flame Blast as the fighting continued.

• Li Tianming rode between the armies under a white flag and announced that he had come to negotiate peace on the Star Luo Emperor’s orders.
• Li Tianming offered Spirit Hall Iron Wall City, Silver Moon City, and Azure Stone City, along with an annual tribute of one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Yang Jian rejected the offer and ordered Spirit Hall soldiers to tie up Li Tianming and drag him away.
• Yang Jian told the Star Luo soldiers to surrender or die, then ordered Spirit Hall to attack.
• Spirit Hall’s forces overwhelmed the Star Luo army, and a flying Soul Douluo rose into the air and unleashed Crimson Flame Blast.

Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters routed the Star Luo army, and Gui Mei killed its supreme commander to force most of the remaining soldiers to surrender. The battle ended in under an incense stick, with a handful of fanatical loyalists executed and Spirit Hall suffering almost no casualties.

• Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters massacred the Star Luo soldiers, breaking their formations and prompting many to surrender or flee.
• Gui Mei left Yang Jian and rushed across the battlefield to find the Star Luo army’s supreme commander.
• Gui Mei seized the supreme commander, killed him, and returned with his corpse to Yang Jian.
• Gui Mei displayed the commander’s corpse and called on the Star Luo soldiers to surrender, causing most of those still fighting to lay down their weapons.
• Fanatical Star Luo loyalists charged Spirit Hall’s troops and were executed.
• Spirit Hall’s troops gathered the prisoners after the battle, which had lasted less than the time it took to burn an incense stick.

Yang Jian led Spirit Hall’s army through the Star Luo Empire, where cities surrendered and welcomed them, then reached Star Luo City. After killing the Soul Douluos who tried to stop him, he entered the imperial palace alone, where the royal guards feared to approach.

• Yang Jian forced surrendered Star Luo Empire soldiers to march ahead as human shields while Spirit Hall advanced through the empire.
• The border defenders surrendered, and crowds in city after city welcomed Spirit Hall and cheered for justice against the Star Luo royal family.
• Spirit Hall arrived at Star Luo City, where Yue Guan urged the defenders to surrender, but the Star Luo Emperor’s peace envoys were killed in succession.
• Yang Jian flew into the city alone and killed several Soul Douluos who tried to block him.
• Yang Jian reached the imperial palace, killed two attacking Soul Sages, and faced royal guards who trembled but held their ground.

Yang Jian confronted the Star Luo Emperor in the great hall and killed the imperial family's last defenders. He left the Star Luo Emperor mortally wounded after rejecting his offers to surrender.

• Yang Jian entered the great hall, where the Star Luo Emperor offered territory and a non-aggression pact in exchange for the withdrawal of his army.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered his two elderly Soul Douluo defenders to attack, and they combined their White Tiger and Hell Spirit Cat Martial Souls into the Hell White Tiger.
• Yang Jian split the Hell White Tiger with a single slash, and the two elders fell from the fusion and were fatally injured.
• The elders burned their remaining life force and charged Yang Jian, but he killed them with two slashes.
• The Star Luo Emperor offered to submit to Spirit Hall and surrender his empire, but Yang Jian punched through his chest.

Yang Jian killed the Star Luo Emperor and the general who threatened to execute the families of the empire’s Soul Masters, then ordered Spirit Hall’s forces to enter Star Luo City and search for captives. After the city’s commoners welcomed the soldiers, Yang Jian summoned the city’s nobles and powerful figures to the imperial palace to establish rules.

• Yang Jian threw the Star Luo Emperor’s corpse before the opposing forces and announced that their emperor was dead.
• A Star Luo general threatened to kill the families of any Soul Masters who surrendered, and Yang Jian killed him with a shot of Soul Power.
• Yang Jian ordered the surrendered troops to stay outside while Spirit Hall’s soldiers entered the city and searched for captive civilians.
• The commoners welcomed Spirit Hall’s soldiers as they marched through Star Luo City, and the soldiers began their searches.
• Yang Jian sent Yue Guan to gather the city’s nobles and powerful figures at the imperial palace, where Yang Jian arrived to address them.

Yang Jian imposed harsh new rules on the former Star Luo nobles after Spirit Hall conquered the empire, while Xue Ye prepared to approach Spirit Hall and Qian Daoliu monitored Bibi Dong’s weakening confinement. The chapter left Spirit Hall poised to expand its rule as Bibi Dong neared escape.

• Yang Jian stripped the Star Luo nobles of their titles and privileges, demanded most of their wealth and resources, and killed two men who challenged his orders.
• Yang Jian ordered the nobles to disband their private armies, surrender their land and mines, and stop oppressing commoners, then sent Spirit Hall soldiers to oversee their assets.
• After hearing that the Star Luo Empire had fallen, Xue Ye sent Xue Qinghe to meet Yang Jian and establish friendly relations with Spirit Hall.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to visit Spirit City while privately anticipating Xue Ye’s death and her own rise to the throne.
• Spirit Hall’s senior members celebrated the conquest, while Qian Daoliu learned that Bibi Dong’s restraints might hold her for only another month.

Dai Mubai broke down after learning that the Star Luo Empire had fallen, his father was dead, and his homeland was gone. Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar stayed with him as he grieved, while Star Luo City returned to normal under Spirit Hall's rule.

• Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar saw Dai Mubai run past them in a distraught state and hurried after him.
• Tang San entered Dai Mubai's room with Ma Hongjun and Oscar, where they found him crying.
• Dai Mubai told them the Star Luo Empire was gone, his father was dead, and Spirit Hall and Yang Jian were responsible.
• Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar stood silently with Dai Mubai as he sobbed.
• Two days later, Star Luo City had resumed normal operations under Spirit Hall's reorganization, and a new boundary marker displayed Spirit Hall's emblem.

Qian Renxue came to negotiate peace between the Heaven Dou Empire and Yang Jian, then asked about marrying him. Yang Jian agreed to peace but rejected the idea of love, leaving Qian Renxue trying to prove that he desired her.

• Yang Jian released the surrendered Star Luo Empire soldiers and gave them money to return home.
• Qian Renxue arrived at the palace disguised as Xue Qinghe, then revealed herself after Yang Jian dismissed the guards.
• Qian Renxue said Xue Ye had sent her to negotiate peace, and Yang Jian agreed without demanding conditions.
• Qian Renxue told Yang Jian that her grandfather would allow their marriage if Yang Jian unified the continent, but Yang Jian warned that he could not offer her love.
• Qian Renxue challenged Yang Jian to look at her and admit he did not want her, then sat on his lap and tried unsuccessfully to move his hand.

Qian Renxue tried to make Yang Jian respond to her, but accepted his promise to marry her despite his emotional distance. After returning to Spirit Hall, Yang Jian reinforced Bibi Dong’s restraints and told her he hoped she would attend his wedding to Qian Renxue.

• Qian Renxue kissed Yang Jian and tried to provoke a response, but he remained unmoved.
• Yang Jian told Qian Renxue that his personality had changed and promised to take responsibility, and she agreed to marry him while resolving to win his heart.
• Yang Jian left Qian Renxue and instructed Yue Guan and Gui Mei to manage the conquered Star Luo Empire.
• Yang Jian returned to Spirit Hall, received Qian Daoliu’s permission to visit Bibi Dong, and strengthened the chains restraining her as the Rakshasa God's will grew stronger.
• Yang Jian told Bibi Dong that he planned to marry Qian Renxue in a few months and hoped she would attend the wedding.

Yang Jian remained in seclusion while Spirit Hall consolidated control of the Star Luo Empire and Qian Renxue secured a public alliance with the Heaven Dou Empire. Tang Hao then arrived at Spirit Hall demanding Yang Jian, and Qian Daoliu faced him after discovering his power surpassed that of an Ultimate Douluo.

• Bibi Dong cursed Qian Renxue and Yang Jian after Yang Jian told her he planned to marry Qian Renxue, then Yang Jian left her chamber.
• Yang Jian returned to his courtyard, found Hu Liena had moved in, and began cultivating in seclusion while she promised to guard him.
• Spirit Hall took control of the Star Luo Empire, and Qian Renxue persuaded Xue Ye to declare the Heaven Dou Empire's alliance with Spirit Hall and name her heir.
• Tang Hao appeared above Spirit Hall and demanded that Yang Jian come out to fight, alarming Hu Liena with the Clear Sky Hammer he carried.
• Qian Daoliu confronted Tang Hao, who revealed an eerie power greater than an Ultimate Douluo and threatened to destroy anyone who stood in his way.

Qian Daoliu fought Tang Hao to defend Spirit Hall, but Tang Hao’s overwhelming strength shattered his attacks and left him badly injured. The chapter ended with Qian Daoliu lying in a crater in Spirit Hall’s square, his golden sword dimmed and his aura weak.

• Qian Daoliu stood his ground as Tang Hao raised the Clear Sky Hammer and struck at him.
• Qian Daoliu used Angel Avatar and blocked Tang Hao’s blow, but the collision blasted him back and injured his hand.
• Qian Daoliu launched Angel’s Arrow, but Tang Hao deflected every arrow with a dark golden curtain.
• Qian Daoliu unleashed Angel Judgment, but Tang Hao shattered the attack with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao appeared in front of Qian Daoliu and struck him with Mountain-Splitting Strike, sending him crashing into Spirit Hall’s square.
• Qian Daoliu lay bloodied in a deep crater beside his dimmed golden sword.

Tang Hao attacked Spirit Hall and nearly killed Qian Daoliu, revealing that the Asura God had raised his power to the level of an Ultimate Douluo. Yang Jian arrived to face him and sent him flying beyond Spirit City, leaving their battle poised to continue.

• Tang Hao battered Qian Daoliu, who struggled to keep fighting despite his injuries.
• Tang Hao revealed that the Asura God had granted him Ultimate Douluo cultivation and divine power in his Clear Sky Hammer, and declared his intention to kill Yang Jian and destroy Spirit Hall.
• Yang Jian arrived and told Qian Daoliu to leave while he confronted Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao attacked Yang Jian in a furious barrage, but Yang Jian calmly blocked his strikes.
• Yang Jian unleashed a powerful saber arc that sent Tang Hao flying beyond Spirit City into a barren plain.

Yang Jian lured Tang Hao away from Spirit City and revealed his hundred-zhang form in a desolate Gobi. Tang Hao burned his divine power and life force to launch his final strike, which slammed into Yang Jian’s arm, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Yang Jian and Tang Hao fought westward for several hundred li until they reached an uninhabited Gobi desert.
• Yang Jian transformed into a hundred-zhang giant, while Tang Hao used the Asura God's replica battle armor to enlarge himself and attack.
• Tang Hao's hammer strike failed to harm Yang Jian, who seized him and shattered his armor.
• Tang Hao burned the power bestowed by the Asura God, broke free, and detonated his nine soul rings and divine ring.
• Tang Hao unleashed the Grand Sumeru Hammer as a golden pillar of light, and Yang Jian raised his arm to block it.

Yang Jian defeated and killed Tang Hao, then discovered that Bibi Dong had vanished from the secret chamber beneath the Worship Hall. Realizing Tang Hao had been a diversion for her rescue, Yang Jian searched the surrounding region without finding a trace and returned to check on Qian Daoliu.

• Yang Jian killed Tang Hao after learning that the Clear Sky Sect had been wiped out.
• Yang Jian returned to Spirit Hall and discovered that Bibi Dong was missing from the secret chamber, where her golden chains had been cut.
• Yang Jian concluded that the Asura God had used Tang Hao to distract him while someone rescued Bibi Dong, then searched Spirit City and the surrounding land without success.
• Yang Jian told Qian Daoliu that Tang Hao was dead and Bibi Dong had likely been rescued.
• Qian Daoliu asked Yang Jian to leave him alone while he recovered.

Yang Jian began healing his injured arm and prepared to grow stronger, fearing Bibi Dong would return. In a hidden cave in the Far North, Bibi Dong woke weak and confused, and a mysterious black-robed man asked whether she wanted revenge.

• Yang Jian returned to his courtyard, reassured Hu Liena, and used the Eight-Nine Mysteries to heal his injured arm.
• Yang Jian focused on recovering and breaking through to Soul Douluo before Bibi Dong could return stronger.
• Bibi Dong awoke in a hidden cave in the Far North, weak and unable to make sense of her memories.
• Bibi Dong recalled being imprisoned by Qian Daoliu and seeing Yang Jian before darkness overcame her.
• A black-robed man told Bibi Dong that her circumstances did not matter and asked if she wanted revenge.

Bibi Dong agreed to accept the black-robed man's help after he overwhelmed her with his power. He implanted a strange scarlet light into her glabella, leaving her poised to pursue revenge against Yang Jian.

• Bibi Dong remembered her humiliation and betrayal, and her hatred awakened the Rakshasa God's will within her.
• Bibi Dong rejected the black-robed man's offer and tried to leave, but he appeared in front of her.
• Bibi Dong attacked the black-robed man, who froze her body and Soul Power with a casual gesture.
• The black-robed man demanded to know whether Bibi Dong would accept his help, and she agreed so she could grow stronger and kill Yang Jian.
• The black-robed man sent a strange scarlet light into Bibi Dong's glabella.

Bibi Dong learned that she could complete the remaining Rakshasa God trials within a year and vowed revenge on Yang Jian and Spirit Hall. After half a month of seclusion, Yang Jian broke through to rank eighty and reunited with Hu Liena, who offered to bathe him.

• The black-robed man told Bibi Dong that she had completed six Rakshasa God trials and could finish the rest within a year, then vanished before she could question him.
• Bibi Dong resumed her trials and resolved to make Yang Jian and everyone in Spirit Hall pay for offending her.
• After half a month of secluded cultivation, Yang Jian broke through to rank eighty and became a Soul Douluo.
• Yang Jian left his cultivation room and reunited with Hu Liena, who hugged him and offered to scrub his back while he bathed.
• Yang Jian told Hu Liena he planned to hunt Bear Lord for his eighth soul ring, and she urged him to be careful before asking him to stay with her a few more days.