Chapter Summaries

Xiling stopped a clash between Shrek and Star Luo Royal Academy, then began questioning what would happen to Sirin if he fully mastered the Void Core. Gu Yue offered to help him before inviting him to the ship’s reception, where Xiling appeared in a striking white military uniform.

• Xiling and Gu Yue watched Xie Xie defuse Yue Zhengyu’s anger with praise before the Star Luo students challenged them.
• As the two groups summoned their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, Xiling suppressed them with a step, forcing Star Luo Royal Academy to leave.
• On the ship’s balcony, Xiling realized Sirin was the true Herrscher of the Void and worried about what mastering the Void Core would mean for her.
• Gu Yue offered to help Xiling with his troubles, but he said some roads had to be walked alone.
• After the ship announced a welcoming reception, Gu Yue brought Xiling formal clothes, and he opened the door wearing a white military uniform.

Xiling and Gu Yue arrived at the Star Luo Empire’s banquet, where Xiling’s white military uniform and young age drew everyone’s attention. The reception began, and Xiling reunited with the Shrek students as they reacted to his striking appearance.

• Gu Yue praised Xiling in his military uniform, and they headed to the banquet together.
• Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and the others gathered at the reception and wondered when Xiling and Gu Yue would arrive.
• Sima Lanxiao welcomed the guests and announced contests for the best-dressed gentleman, best-dressed lady, and best dancing pair.
• Xiling and Gu Yue entered beneath a spotlight, astonishing the guests, and Sima Lanxiao recognized Xiling as the Federation’s young major general and delegation leader.
• Xu Xiaoyan teased Xiling about his looks and asked Gu Yue whether she feared other women would pursue him.
• Xie Xie joked that Xiling should trade uniforms with him, but fell silent when Xiling asked if he could bear the responsibility that came with the uniform.

At the banquet, Xiling repeatedly turned down invitations to dance until Gu Yue asked him, and the two took to the dance floor together. As they moved in perfect sync, the watching guests focused on them.

• Ye Xinglan regretted that her conflict with Xiling and the others had left their relationship distant, while both delegations attended the banquet cautiously.
• Sima Lanxiao announced a contest with five representatives from each delegation and urged everyone to dance.
• More than twenty young women invited Xiling to dance, but he declined each one; Wu Zhangkong teased him about his popularity.
• Xu Xiaoyan admitted to Yuanen Yehui that she liked Xiling but would not interfere with his relationship with Gu Yue, while Wu Sidu listened.
• Gu Yue invited Xiling to dance, and he accepted despite claiming he could not dance.
• Xiling followed Gu Yue's lead, quickly found the rhythm, and danced with her in perfect unison as the guests watched.

At the banquet, Xiling and Gu Yue dazzled the crowd with their dance, and Gu Yue swept several awards while Xiling unexpectedly won Best-Dressed Man. Later, as the ship neared Star Luo Continent, a colossal sea creature confronted the humans over an alleged killing and demanded they surrender the culprit.

• Gu Yue and Xiling performed a dance that earned thunderous applause, then reunited with Xu Xiaoyan and the others.
• During the preliminary selections, Xiling withdrew from consideration and nominated Wu Zhangkong for the men's awards.
• Gu Yue won Best-Dressed Woman, Most Beautiful Woman, and Best Dance Pose, while Wu Zhangkong won Most Handsome Man and Xiling was unexpectedly named Best-Dressed Man.
• Back in his cabin, Xiling wondered whether Tang Wulin had been thrown into the sea for Muye's training and continued trying to break through Rank Seventy.
• A huge boom jolted the ship, and a towering water column struck its soul guidance shield as a terrifying spiritual intent demanded that the humans hand over the culprit.

A Sea Soul Beast attack escalated into a confrontation between the Federation delegation and the Demon Soul Great White Shark and Deep Sea Demonic Whale clans. Cai Yue'er revealed her full power, but a Fierce Beast appeared and challenged her as the ships came under threat.

• The Demon Soul Great White Shark King and Deep Sea Demonic Whale King confronted the ships with thousands of Sea Soul Beasts, while Cai Yue'er warned them to back down.
• Xiling emerged with Xu Xiaoyan and blamed Muye for attracting the Sea Soul Beasts after Tang Wulin killed a Demon Soul Great White Shark.
• The Sea Soul Beasts attacked with water columns, and Cai Yue'er repelled one before revealing her Super Douluo strength and Battle Armor.
• Cai Yue'er transformed beneath the Silver Moon as the other Title Douluo released their Battle Armor and the Sea Soul Beasts gathered into vortices around the ships.
• A human-torsoed being with twelve octopus tentacles rose from the sea, suppressed Cai Yue'er, and was identified as a Fierce Beast.

Sea soul beasts attacked the fleet, forcing the soul masters to fight while Xiling held back to observe the battle. Xu Xiaoyan joined the fighting and dominated the ice field, leaving Gu Yue flustered by Xiling’s teasing about his feelings for her.

• A ferocious octopus and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King led thousands of sea soul beasts against the two ships, while Cai Yue'er and the other Title Douluos fought to hold them off.
• As the ships’ shield began to fail, Wu Zhangkong froze a vast area of sea, giving the fleet stability and the soul masters room to fight.
• Xiling sent Muye to protect the ships and their passengers, then stayed back to observe the ferocious beast as the others joined the battle.
• Xu Xiaoyan unleashed her Stellar Domain and a barrage of Star Spears, overwhelming the other fighters with her attacks.
• Gu Yue questioned Xiling about his feelings for Xu Xiaoyan, and he teased her by asking what if he did, leaving her embarrassed.

Xiling ended the confrontation between the human delegations and the sea soul beasts by displaying a terrifying power that forced the giant octopus to retreat. He warned Cai Yue'er not to use him as a pawn again.

• Cai Yue'er severed one of the giant octopus's tentacles, but the savage beast regenerated it and demanded that she hand over the culprit.
• Cai Yue'er implied that someone on the ships knew who the culprit was, prompting Xiling to realize she was forcing him to act.
• Xiling told Gu Yue he would end the farce, then descended from the sky as a dark red canopy spread over the battlefield.
• Xiling revealed ten purple-gold soul rings and unleashed pressure that terrified everyone, then stopped short of completing his Herrscher transformation.
• Xiling ordered the giant octopus to leave, and the sea soul beasts retreated beneath the waves.
• Xiling warned Cai Yue'er through a spiritual message not to play that kind of trick again.

After Xiling used a seemingly godlike display to repel danger at sea, the people around him argued over whether his ten soul rings were real, while the Star Luo delegation suspected a Federation plot. That night, Wu Zhangkong asked Xiling about Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Emperor.

• Cai Yue'er stayed silent after Xiling's warning, and the ship's passengers returned aboard unharmed.
• Xie Xie and the others questioned Xiling about his ten soul rings, but he claimed he was still a Soul Emperor and had made the rings up to look cool.
• Wu Zhangkong doubted Xiling's explanations and privately considered whether Xiling himself might be a god.
• The Star Luo delegation's leaders called Xiling's display a Federation smokescreen and warned that he might be a Super Douluo or Limit Douluo.
• Wu Zhangkong spoke with Xiling on deck at night and asked whether he knew that Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Grass had evolved into Blue Silver Emperor.

Wu Zhangkong confirmed that Tang Wulin was Tang San’s son and asked Xiling about his connection to Tang San; Xiling revealed they were enemies but said Tang Wulin was now his friend. After the delegation arrived at Star Luo Continent, it began traveling toward Star Luo City for exchange matches, where Gu Yue reacted to girls staring at Xiling.

• Wu Zhangkong deduced that Tang Wulin possessed the Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer because he was Tang San’s son, and Xiling confirmed his guess.
• Xiling told Wu Zhangkong that he and Tang San were enemies but that he treated Tang Wulin as a friend.
• Wu Zhangkong said he would never raise his sword against Xiling because he considered him a friend, and Xiling was pleased by his answer.
• The delegation arrived at Star Luo Continent, and Wu Zhangkong announced plans to visit Star Luo City and hold exchange matches with Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Xiling refused the VIP carriage and rode with Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Wu Zhangkong; when girls stared at Xiling, Gu Yue stood up and released a chill.

Green Skeleton attacked the Federation delegation’s train to provoke conflict between the continents, but Xiling and Gu Yue repelled the assault. The chapter ended with Xiling catching Feng Linwan’s two warhammers as they struck toward him.

• Xiling redirected the attackers’ soul-guided shells through spatial rifts, destroying several incoming mechas, while the Star Luo Empire’s guards emerged to defend the train.
• Xiling sent Wu Zhangkong and the students to protect the delegation members, and Gu Yue destroyed another barrage of shells with her Silver Dragon Spear.
• Xiling caught a purple-grade mecha’s greatsword barehanded, shattered it, and destroyed the mecha with a glance.
• Feng Linwan, a black-grade mecha master from Green Skeleton, attacked the delegation to provoke conflict between the continents while a god-grade mecha master fought a Title Douluo elsewhere.
• Xiling caught Feng Linwan’s two descending warhammers and dispersed their force.

Xiling annihilated Green Skeleton’s attacking mecha regiment and helped the Federation delegation survive without casualties. After explaining the attack to his companions, he continued with them to Star Luo City, where the authorities arranged a luxurious hotel for the group.

• Feng Linwan’s black-grade mecha shattered under Xiling’s spatial power, and Feng Linwan was obliterated.
• Xiling destroyed Green Skeleton’s mechas across the battlefield and killed the fleeing red-grade mecha pilot with a Subspace Spear.
• Xiling asked Pan Wen to handle the aftermath and requested that the delegation avoid seeking him out unless necessary.
• On the bus, Xiling explained that Green Skeleton had attacked to stir up conflict between the Federation and the Star Luo Empire.
• Two days later, the delegation reached Star Luo City, where the authorities arranged for them to stay in the city’s most luxurious hotel.

After the Great God Circle escaped the black hole, Gu Yue found Xiling’s body without vital signs but sensed that he was not dead. In a dark consciousness space, Xiling met a past version of himself and learned that mastering the Void Core would erase Sirin’s consciousness, while failing to master it would let Sirin take over his body.

• The seven God Realms escaped the black hole and fused their God Realm cores into the Great God Circle, while Tang San sensed that the divine consciousness he had left on his son was gone.
• Gu Yue found Xiling motionless and apparently lifeless in a Star Luo Empire hotel suite, but sensed that his body was not dead.
• Xiling searched the dark consciousness space for Sirin until a black-haired figure identical to him appeared and said Sirin’s consciousness was asleep.
• The black-haired Xiling told Xiling that reaching Soul Power Level one hundred would make him merge with the Void Core and erase Sirin’s consciousness.
• The black-haired Xiling explained that Xiling was already dead and that only one consciousness could remain: either Xiling would master the Void Core, or his soul would dissipate and Sirin would take over his body.
• The black-haired Xiling told Xiling to return to the real world, and Xiling’s consciousness was pulled away.

Xiling woke after meeting a consciousness that claimed to be his past self, then tried to sort through its warnings while exploring Star Luo City with Gu Yue. After an encounter with a girl in yellow and her burly guards, the story moved to the day of the delegation’s audience with the Star Luo emperor.

• Xiling’s past self vanished after urging him to use his future, choices, and opportunities to accomplish everything.
• Gu Yue stayed beside Xiling until he woke, and he told her that a minor cultivation problem had been resolved.
• Xiling and Gu Yue explored Star Luo City while he reflected on the Honkai, his own problems, and Sirin; Gu Yue told him that Na'er would arrive in a couple of days.
• Four burly men confronted Xiling and Gu Yue after they nearly collided, and Xiling sent their attacker flying with an unseen force.
• A girl in yellow stopped the remaining guards, and Xiling left with Gu Yue without pursuing the matter.
• On the third day, the delegation prepared to attend an evening audience with the Star Luo emperor and a banquet.

Xiling attended a formal banquet at the Star Luo imperial palace while struggling with the dilemma of how to save Sirin. He left the negotiations to the vice speaker and went to the balcony, still uncertain what to do and wanting answers from Sirin.

• Xiling and the Federation delegation arrived at the Star Luo imperial palace, where Emperor Dai Tianling greeted them and exchanged credentials with Xiling.
• Dai Yun'er recognized Xiling and sent him a telepathic cry of “Murder,” prompting him to frown at her prank.
• At the banquet, Dai Tianling probed Xiling about his strength, but Xiling stated his cultivation level and the emperor’s side did not believe him.
• Xiling entrusted the delegation’s social dealings to the vice speaker and left the banquet floor to stroll toward a balcony.
• On the balcony, Xiling considered accelerating Honkai’s descent to create a Herrscher, but rejected the cost of sacrificing hundreds of millions of lives and wished to ask Sirin about their relationship.

At the Star Luo state banquet, Dai Yun'er tried to draw Xiling into conversation and onto the dance floor, but he refused and invoked her earlier prank to make her let go. Dai Tianling apologized for his daughter, and Xiling returned to the Federation guests as the banquet continued.

• Dai Yun'er found Xiling outside the banquet hall and questioned how he had become a major general and head of the Delegation.
• Dai Yun'er caught Xiling by the sleeve and tried to pull him onto the dance floor, while Gu Yue watched from nearby with icy eyes.
• Xiling warned Dai Yun'er that he could tell her father about her prank during the exchange of state gifts, and an attendant reminded her to behave appropriately.
• Dai Yun'er released Xiling, who returned to his seat and told the vice speaker that the misunderstanding was settled.
• Dai Tianling apologized to Xiling for Dai Yun'er's behavior, and Xiling accepted the apology before both returned to the banquet.

After the banquet, Xiling told Gu Yue that she and Na'er should join the Blood God Legion, where their dragon spears could absorb Abyssal energy. At the palace, En Ci and Dai Tianling discussed Xiling's unreadable strength and resolved that Dai Tianling might have to fight him to learn more.

• Dai Tianling privately invited Xiling to a palace banquet, and Xiling agreed to remain at his disposal while the Delegation stayed in Star Luo.
• During the ride back to the hotel, Xiling told Gu Yue to join the Blood God Legion with Na'er and ordered Na'er to meet him at the hotel when she arrived.
• En Ci told Dai Tianling that Xiling's age was genuine but that he could not read Xiling's strength or intentions.
• Dai Tianling concluded that he would have to fight Xiling himself to understand his strength.
• At the hotel, Xiling fell asleep, and Gu Yue wondered whether she should take advantage of the opportunity.

Gu Yue woke beside Xiling and teased him about their intimate night, but Di Tian arrived with Na'er and exposed them. Na'er confronted Gu Yue with her Golden Dragon Spear, and Xiling ordered both women to stop before their argument turned into a fight.

• Gu Yue secretly kissed the sleeping Xiling, then woke beside him and teased him about what had happened during the night.
• Di Tian appeared with Na'er and found Gu Yue and Xiling embracing in bed before quickly leaving.
• Na'er grew furious and pointed her Golden Dragon Spear at Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue denied wrongdoing and provoked Na'er by saying Xiling had not rejected her.
• Xiling told Gu Yue to stop provoking Na'er and ordered Na'er to put away her spear.

Xiling sent Na'er and Gu Yue to enlist in the Blood God Legion so they could grow stronger before a future disaster threatened Douluo Star. After reassuring Na'er with a kiss on the forehead, he waited for Gu Yue to finish packing so he could send them to the Endless Mountains.

• Na'er and Gu Yue set aside their jealousy and listened as Xiling gave them signed recommendation letters for the Blood God Legion.
• Xiling said the legion was in the Endless Mountains and planned to send both women there immediately using spatial coordinates.
• Na'er and Gu Yue were reluctant to leave, but Xiling insisted they needed to become stronger as soon as possible.
• Xiling warned that an unknown disaster might strike Douluo Star and could threaten even Rank-One Gods.
• Xiling comforted Na'er with a kiss on the forehead, and she agreed to cultivate so she could protect him.
• Gu Yue packed her things and returned, ready for Xiling to send them away.

Xiling sent Gu Yue and Na'er to the Blood God Legion to grow stronger while promising to resolve the Soul Beast Clan’s predicament. He then told Leng Yaozhu he intended to become Federal Speaker, leaving her willing to support him as he vowed to overcome any opposition.

• Xiling opened a spatial passage to the Endless Mountains and instructed Gu Yue and Na'er to reach the Blood God Legion without using their Martial Souls or Soul Power.
• Gu Yue and Na'er entered the passage, and Gu Yue told Di Tian that Xiling's words were her words.
• Xiling ordered Di Tian to withdraw the Soul Beast Clan's Fierce Beasts from human society and promised to protect them from Heavenly Tribulations, including Di Tian's.
• Xiling called Leng Yaozhu and declared that he wanted to become Federal Speaker to unite the fragmented Federation.
• Leng Yaozhu agreed to make her support known when the time came, and Xiling said the opposing factions and families could not resist his will.

Xiling planned to seize control of the Federation and help the Douluo Plane evolve by drawing the Abyssal Plane into a collision, while weighing the costs of his options. After sending the Seed of Life to Gu Yue, he waited with Shrek’s team at the tournament and learned that Xu Xiaoyan wanted to join the army to become stronger.

• Xiling considered killing Tang Hao to weaken the Douluo Plane’s barrier or undergoing Herrscher Transformation to force the planes together, recognizing that either choice would bring disasters and accelerate Honkai.
• Xiling sent the Seed of Life to Gu Yue in the Endless Mountains and contacted her.
• Xiling waited as Shrek’s members prepared to compete in the All-Continent Young Soul Master Elite Tournament, with Xu Lizhi serving as a substitute for team battles.
• Xu Xiaoyan asked why Gu Yue was absent, and Xiling told her that he had sent Gu Yue to join the army.
• Xu Xiaoyan asked to join the army because she wanted to become stronger, explaining that Xiling and Gu Yue made her feel far behind.