Arc 8Chapters 176–190

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Chapters 176–190 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 176Power of Faith

Su Ge defeated the Wolf Bandits’ corrupted Soul Beast ally, discovered that the survivors’ gratitude produced the power of faith, and returned toward Cold Gate Pass. Meanwhile, Emperor Xue Ye’s health continued to deteriorate as Xue Qinghe visited him, concealing that she was responsible.

  • Su Ge crippled the Wolf Bandit priest, freed the captured Soul Masters, and told them to return with reinforcements to clean up.
  • Hall and the other Soul Masters bowed to Su Ge, and he sensed golden threads of faith connecting them to him before departing.
  • Su Ge reunited with Deng Jilin, learned the Wolf Bandits had yielded no Soul Bones, and flew toward Cold Gate Pass.
  • Emperor Xue Ye coughed blood as his health worsened, then welcomed Xue Qinghe into his bedchamber.
  • Xue Qinghe asked Emperor Xue Ye whether he was feeling better while hiding that she had caused his decline.

Ch. 177The Return Journey

Emperor Xue Ye suspected Xue Qinghe of poisoning him but secretly ordered Xue Yi to invite Begonia Douluo, while Xue Qinghe revealed that the Shadow Guards already served her. On his return journey, Su Ge learned that Xue Qinghe had taken over governing and considered how to prepare for the coming war and pursue godhood.

  • Xue Ye dismissed Xue Qinghe after hearing her report, then secretly ordered Xue Yi to invite Begonia Douluo and report the order to her.
  • Xue Yi told Xue Qinghe about Xue Ye’s request, and she instructed him to go as usual without insisting on the invitation.
  • Xue Qinghe decided to slow her takeover, continue searching for Su Ge, and complete her plans within one or two years.
  • After resting outside Cold Gate Pass, Su Ge began his return journey and read letters reporting Yang Wudi and Ye Tianxin’s breakthroughs, Dugu Bo’s rank, and Xue Qinghe’s rule.
  • Su Ge reflected on the changing political situation and planned to prepare for war, gather faith, explore self-created godhood, and seek a suitable godhood inheritance.

Ch. 178A healing-type Titled Douluo

Su Ge and Deng Jilin returned to Heaven Dou City and went to the Ye Clan, where Ye Tianxin welcomed them after becoming a healing-type Titled Douluo. Su Ge asked Ye Tianxin to invite Yang Wudi from the Breaking Clan and tell him where Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing had gone.

  • Su Ge and Deng Jilin entered Heaven Dou City, and Su Ge chose to visit the Ye Clan before the Breaking Clan.
  • Su Ge and Deng Jilin arrived at the Ye Residence, where the guards recognized them and let them in.
  • Soul Masters and spies outside the residence speculated about Su Ge's return and reported his arrival to their backers.
  • Su Ge used his spiritual power to locate Ye Tianxin, who came out to greet him and bowed in welcome.
  • Su Ge congratulated Ye Tianxin on becoming a healing-type Titled Douluo, then asked him to invite Yang Wudi and tell him where Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing had gone.

Ch. 179The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud

Su Ge returned with six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and a seventh ring from a million-year soul beast, astonishing Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and Ye Tianxin. He agreed to help treat Emperor Xue Ye’s poison in exchange for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, sending Ye Tianxin and Dugu Bo to negotiate.

  • Ye Tianxin told Su Ge that the two mistresses had visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo arrived asking how strong Su Ge had become.
  • Su Ge revealed his Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff martial soul with six red soul rings and a platinum seventh ring, then said the seventh came from a million-year mental-attribute soul beast.
  • Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and Ye Tianxin marveled at Su Ge’s soul rings and the power of a million-year Martial Soul Avatar.
  • Ye Tianxin explained that poison had damaged Xue Ye’s essence and was likely administered by a Titled Douluo using several toxins.
  • Su Ge agreed to help Xue Ye in exchange for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and directed Dugu Bo to accompany Ye Tianxin to negotiate the exchange.

Ch. 180Preparing to Settle Accounts

Su Ge returned from the Far North, learned about the shifting alliances among the continent’s major powers, and visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He revealed that he had reached rank-eighty Soul Saint and asked Ning Fengzhi where Yu Xiaogang was being held, preparing to settle old accounts.

  • Su Ge told Dugu Bo they would wait for Xue Ye’s response before traveling to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to settle old accounts.
  • Su Ge learned that Tang San remained missing, Xue Beng had secretly contacted the Clear Sky Sect, and Dai Mubai had regained prominence.
  • Su Ge visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and praised Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling for their cultivation progress.
  • Su Ge revealed that he was a rank-eighty Soul Saint, one soul ring away from becoming a Soul Douluo.
  • Ning Fengzhi said he had reached rank eighty-three, and Su Ge asked where Yu Xiaogang was being held.
  • Ning Fengzhi confirmed that Yu Xiaogang was in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s dungeon, and Su Ge said he had accounts to settle.

Ch. 181Yu "Little" Anus

Su Ge visited Ning Fengzhi to learn that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had offered riches to ransom Yu Xiaogang and seek peace. Ning Fengzhi brought Su Ge to the dungeon, where Yu Xiaogang emerged in a wretched state, and Yu Xiaogang realized he had finally been released.

  • Ning Fengzhi told Su Ge the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had offered wealth for Yu Xiaogang's return and information about Su Ge, but he had postponed answering until Su Ge came back.
  • Ning Fengzhi led Su Ge to the dungeon and explained that Yu Xiaogang was being held with Soul Masters whose Soul Power had been crippled.
  • The guards brought Yu Xiaogang out, and Su Ge noticed his disheveled appearance, strange stains, and flower tattoo.
  • Yu Xiaogang came to his senses, looked around in disbelief, and exclaimed that he was finally out.

Ch. 182Bound for Blue Lightning

Su Ge found Yu Xiaogang traumatized in the dungeon, then prepared to take him to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as part of his plans against them. Dugu Yan asked Su Ge to spare Yu Tianheng, and Su Ge clarified that he intended to bring the clan under his control before arriving at their hall with Yu Xiaogang and the others.

  • Su Ge silenced the Fallen Soul Masters in the dungeon and ordered Yu Xiaogang cleaned up before taking him away.
  • After Ning Fengzhi arranged for Yu Xiaogang to be cleaned, Su Ge waited outside and considered how Bibi Dong might react to seeing him.
  • Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan met Su Ge, and Dugu Yan asked him to spare Yu Tianheng and show mercy to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
  • Su Ge said he intended to bring the clan under his control, then invited Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to accompany him with Yu Xiaogang.
  • Yu Yuanzhen felt an ominous palpitation in the clan hall but did not know that Su Ge had arrived to settle accounts.

Ch. 183Get Out Here!

Su Ge confronted Yu Yuanzhen at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s ancestral grounds over the clan’s role in the Soul Master Tournament incident. He rejected Yu Yuanzhen’s attempt to deny responsibility and left the confrontation poised to escalate.

  • Su Ge flew above the Thunderclap Mountain Range and called Yu Yuanzhen out, unleashing his spiritual pressure across the mountains.
  • Yu Tianheng recognized Su Ge’s voice and hurried to intervene, while Yu Tianxin followed him.
  • Yu Yuanzhen emerged to face Su Ge and asked why he had come, wary of both Su Ge and Dugu Bo.
  • Su Ge reminded Yu Yuanzhen of the tournament incident, but Yu Yuanzhen claimed Yu Luomian’s actions had nothing to do with the clan and pointed out that Su Ge had taken Xiao Gang away.
  • Su Ge cut Yu Yuanzhen off, accused him of pretending the clan had no responsibility, and released his overwhelming spiritual power.

Ch. 184Yu Yuanzhen Wanted Out

Su Ge confronted Yu Yuanzhen over the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s past inaction and its members’ plots against him, then demanded that the clan submit or die. After revealing six red Soul Rings and a white Seventh Soul Ring, Su Ge attacked Yu Yuanzhen, who was left regretting his position as he struggled to withstand Su Ge’s punches.

  • Su Ge accused Yu Yuanzhen of failing to intervene during the Soul Master Tournament and demanded accountability for Yu Luomian’s affair and Yu Xiaogang’s collusion with the Clear Sky Sect.
  • Yu Yuanzhen rejected Su Ge’s demand to subjugate the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and prepared to resist.
  • Su Ge revealed six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, shocking Yu Yuanzhen and the clan members, while Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin speculated about Su Ge’s white Seventh Soul Ring.
  • Su Ge activated his First and Sixth Soul Skills and struck at Yu Yuanzhen, who transformed with his Seventh Soul Skill to block the first punch.
  • Su Ge followed with an even stronger punch and continued battering Yu Yuanzhen, who began wishing he could escape as he relied on his Martial Soul Avatar to endure the attacks.

Ch. 185Power of Nine Dragons

Su Ge overwhelmed Yu Yuanzhen in their aerial battle and defeated him after destroying all nine thunder dragons of his Ninth Soul Skill. Yu Yuanzhen fell to the ground, leaving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s future under Su Ge’s influence unresolved.

  • Su Ge drove Yu Yuanzhen back with his punches and offered to let the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan join him if Yu Yuanzhen agreed to reconcile.
  • Yu Yuanzhen chose to keep fighting to test Su Ge’s strength and show his clan’s resolve.
  • Su Ge charged Yu Yuanzhen as he unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Nine Kills of the Thunder Dragon.
  • Su Ge destroyed the nine thunder dragons with his body and broke through Yu Yuanzhen’s Thunder Defense.
  • Su Ge’s kick overpowered Yu Yuanzhen, who plunged to the ground defeated while Dugu Bo watched.

Ch. 186Gangzi's Wild Joy

Su Ge forced the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to submit after defeating Yu Yuanzhen, then considered how to build power and pursue godhood through faith. As they returned to Heaven Dou City, Yu Xiaogang silently resented Su Ge and took hope from the white Seventh Soul Ring he had seen.

  • Yu Tianheng tried to negotiate, but Su Ge demanded that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan submit or die.
  • After Dugu Bo silenced the awakened Yu Xiaogang with poison, Yu Yuanzhen accepted responsibility and knelt before Su Ge, and the clan followed.
  • Su Ge ordered Yu Yuanzhen to bring the clan to Heaven Dou City and left with Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Yu Xiaogang.
  • On the way back, Su Ge considered gathering allies and faith, pursuing a godhood inheritance, and investigating Slaughter City and the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss.
  • Yu Xiaogang silently vowed to destroy Su Ge and took comfort in believing Su Ge's white Seventh Soul Ring was a ten-year ring.

Ch. 187Absorbing the Lovesick Heartbreak Red

After returning to Heaven Dou City, Su Ge reunited with Xiao Wu and the others at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Xiao Wu decided to absorb the Lovesick Heartbreak Red so she could keep pace with him, and a few days later Su Ge wondered if she had begun.

  • Dugu Bo knocked Yu Xiaogang unconscious and agreed to ask Ning Fengzhi to return him to confinement.
  • Su Ge returned to Heaven Dou City and asked Dugu Bo to arrange Yu Xiaogang's confinement.
  • At Seven Treasure Lake, Su Ge found Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, then asked Xiao Wu whether she wanted to visit Da Ming and Er Ming.
  • Xiao Wu said she wanted to absorb the Lovesick Heartbreak Red so she could keep pace with Su Ge, and Ning Rongrong agreed that they wanted to help him.
  • Su Ge promised to ask Yang Wudi to prepare medicines to aid Xiao Wu's cultivation, while Zhu Zhuqing asked Su Ge to help her cultivate soul power.
  • A few days later, Su Ge woke in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and wondered whether Xiao Wu had started absorbing the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

Ch. 188Blood Essence Armor

Su Ge developed the Blood Essence Armor, a self-created soul skill that expanded his right-foot soul bone skill into full-body armor and greatly increased his strength and defense. After testing it in the sky, he explained the technique to Chen Xin, who marveled at how monstrous Su Ge had become.

  • Su Ge studied the soul bone skill in his right foot and used his blood essence soul core and spiritual power to extend its armor over his whole body.
  • Su Ge completed the Blood Essence Armor, then tested it in flight and found it doubled his strength while providing considerable defense.
  • Su Ge assessed his combat power and concluded that, short of god-level opponents, he was invincible across the continent.
  • Chen Xin arrived to investigate Su Ge's powerful aura and asked about the unfamiliar armor.
  • Su Ge explained that the armor was a self-created soul skill, and Chen Xin called him a monstrous prodigy who hardly seemed human.

Ch. 189Bound for Slaughter City

Su Ge continued helping Zhu Zhuqing cultivate as her Hell Spirit Cat evolved, while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong also grew stronger at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After reaching rank eighty and preparing for Slaughter City, Su Ge left the three women behind and set out alone to investigate Tang San and the Asura God's intentions.

  • Su Ge observed Zhu Zhuqing's evolving Hell Spirit Cat and advised her to develop spiritual attacks as her core strength.
  • Su Ge and Zhu Zhuqing began cultivating together, and their Martial Souls resonated.
  • Xiao Wu absorbed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, reached rank sixty-five, and transformed her Martial Soul into the Jade Rabbit.
  • Su Ge reached rank eighty and prepared for Slaughter City, where he intended to look for Tang San and gauge the Asura God's attitude.
  • Su Ge told Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing that he would enter Slaughter City alone, then departed with the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss borrowed from Dugu Bo.

Ch. 190Jasmine returns

Su Ge traveled to the town outside Slaughter City, confident that his abilities would let him withstand its restrictions and challenge the King of Slaughter. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang was returned to the dungeon and faced Scarface and the other prisoners before Su Ge arrived at the town tavern.

  • Su Ge studied the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's information about Slaughter City's location, reviewed his combat abilities, and set out after saying farewell to Xiao Wu and the others.
  • Scarface and his surviving followers celebrated in the dungeon, believing that Yu Xiaogang's return meant Su Ge had no objection to their treatment of him.
  • Yu Xiaogang regained consciousness, realized he had been sent back to the dungeon, and saw Scarface approach him.
  • Su Ge reached the small town outside Slaughter City, entered its tavern, and announced his arrival.
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