Chapter Summaries

Plot points

• After the battle, Li Qingming restores order at the military camp and orders the death of the Ultimate Douluo kept secret. He leaves Gu Yuena in command and travels to the Sun Moon Empire’s capital with Bi Ji and Zi Ji.
• Their arrival alarms the capital’s defenders, but Li’s Judgment Angel overwhelms their attacks. He reaches the Imperial Palace, where Kong Deming opens the Level Ten Soul Tool shield to let him in.
• Kong admits that he expects Li to resent him for refusing to help when Li was in danger. Li does not attack him yet, judging that the palace still needs Kong’s protection, though he intends to hold him accountable later.
• Xu Tianran welcomes Li with visible relief. In private, Li introduces Bi Ji and Zi Ji as powerful Soul Beast leaders and explains that another Ultimate Douluo-level ally fought Ye Xishui, allowing him to kill Long Xiaoyao.
• Li demonstrates a Dark Angel formed from Long Xiaoyao’s power. Xu Tianran recognizes its source.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingming is now powerful and self-possessed, but his calm does not mean he has forgiven Kong Deming. He postpones revenge for strategic reasons and works closely with Xu Tianran.
• Kong Deming acknowledges his past choice and its consequences, prioritizing the empire’s stability even while accepting that Li may eventually kill him.
• Xu Tianran is relieved to see Li alive and listens as Li lays out the Soul Beasts’ role and the recent battle.
• Gu Yuena remains behind to command the camp, while Bi Ji and Zi Ji accompany Li as representatives of the Soul Beast Race.

Significant themes

• Power and political stability: Li’s new strength shifts the balance of power, but he restrains himself because the empire still depends on Kong.
• Consequences and accountability: Kong’s reasons for abandoning Li do not erase the harm he caused.
• Cooperation across factions: Li’s alliance with powerful Soul Beasts may help reshape the Sun Moon Empire’s future.

Key plot points

• Xu Tianran learns directly from Li Qingming that he killed an Ultimate Douluo and absorbed his power. Though he had received reports already, hearing it confirmed leaves him shaken and impressed.
• Xu asks what the Soul Beast Race demands in return for helping him conquer the world. Li explains that the Star Dou Forest must become fully independent and belong to the soul beasts, while human high-level experts must not interfere in soul-beast hunts or retaliate against soul beasts who kill Soul Masters.
• Xu considers the terms costly but agrees, judging that the alliance could help contain Shrek Academy, the Sun Moon Empire’s main obstacle to conquering the Three Great Empires. The two sides establish their basic agreement.
• Li confirms that Wang Dong’er and Meng Hongchen are safe in the suburbs under Jing Hongchen’s protection, then leaves to see them. He agrees to attend court the following day as Imperial Preceptor.
• Li also plans to have the Holy Spirit Cult declared heretical and crushed by the army, then establish an Angel Church and spread angelic faith. He hopes its accumulated prayers will help him create a Wish Angel martial soul and advance toward godhood.

Character developments and interactions

• Xu Tianran is awed by Li’s strength but remains politically pragmatic: he accepts the soul beasts’ demands because their military support could help him overcome Shrek Academy and unify the human empires.
• Li Qingming treats the negotiations as a means to his personal goal of becoming a god. He is largely indifferent to the long-term balance between humans and soul beasts, and privately intends to destroy Shrek Academy despite Xu’s hope of keeping it.
• Zi Ji and Bi Ji listen as representatives of the soul beasts, ensuring their interests are protected through the agreement. The chapter presents the alliance as an investment in Li, backed by safeguards for their people.
• Li’s concern for Wang Dong’er and Meng Hongchen is satisfied once he learns they are safe, and he promptly sets out to reunite with them.

Significant themes

• Power and political leverage: Li’s defeat of an Ultimate Douluo transforms Xu’s confidence in him into awe, while the soul beasts’ strength reshapes the empire’s strategic prospects.
• Unequal long-term prospects: Li sees humanity’s vast numbers and capacity for growth as an eventual threat to the soul beasts, even if they gain short-term protections.
• Faith as power: Li plans to turn religious devotion into a source of strength, using an Angel Church to pursue his ambitions for a Wish Angel martial soul and godhood.

Key plot points and events

• Li Qingming reflects that Ye Xishui remains a serious threat, though he does not know where she is. He intends to purge much of the Holy Spirit Cult after revealing himself, accepting that this may weaken the Sun Moon Empire’s war effort.
• He believes the Soul Beasts, with Gu Yuena’s support, can make up for that loss. For now, their alliance is still developing, and he expects the Soul Beasts to commit fully once they trust him.
• Li Qingming reaches the hidden shelter where Wang Dong’er, Meng Hongchen, and Jing Hongchen are staying. He interrupts the teleportation array and enters, surprising the two girls, who had believed rumors that he was dead.
• He apologizes and reassures them that he has dealt with Long Xiaoyao and that they are now safe from immediate threats.
• He tells the girls about seeking help from the Soul Beasts and Gu Yuena, stunning them with the revelation that a Soul Beast can surpass the Divine Level.
• Before leaving, he asks them to wait for him and promises to marry them both when he has become powerful enough to live freely and protect them.

Character developments

• Li Qingming shows unusual tenderness and guilt, recognizing how deeply his apparent death frightened the girls. He is also increasingly focused on gaining enough strength to protect his loved ones and control his own fate.
• Wang Dong’er responds quietly and emotionally, clinging to Li Qingming and seeking comfort despite her lack of memories and unfamiliarity with the Soul Beast revelations.
• Meng Hongchen is more openly expressive: she cries, clings to Li Qingming, and angrily blames her grandfather for letting her believe he was dead.
• Jing Hongchen is relieved by Li Qingming’s return, though he jokes about it and then tactfully leaves the young people alone.

Significant themes

• Love and reassurance: Li Qingming’s return resolves the girls’ fear of losing him, and his promise gives their relationship a future to hold on to.
• Power and protection: He believes he must become far stronger before he can safely protect those he cares about or make his own choices.
• Trust and alliance-building: The Soul Beasts’ support is potentially decisive, but their cooperation will deepen only as they gain confidence in Li Qingming.
• Secrecy and uncertainty: Ye Xishui’s whereabouts and the hidden truth behind Li Qingming’s supposed death remain unresolved.

Character interactions

• Li Qingming comforts both girls, apologizes for making them worry, and shares the details of his alliance with the Soul Beasts.
• Wang Dong’er and Meng Hongchen each hold one of his hands as they talk; both accept his affection, though neither directly answers his marriage promise.
• Meng Hongchen confronts Jing Hongchen for frightening them with the false impression that Li Qingming had died. Jing Hongchen withdraws to give the reunited trio privacy.
• Li Qingming’s farewell is affectionate but restrained: he leaves because he feels he is not yet strong enough to keep them fully safe.

Li Qingming revealed that he could separate his nine angel martial souls from his body and planned to use them to hunt down the Holy Spirit Cult's powerful members. Jing Hongchen agreed to gather the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's Ninth-Level Soul Engineers to wield the avatars.

• Li Qingming told Jing Hongchen that the emperor planned to order high-ranking Soul Masters to eliminate the Holy Spirit Cult, but its powerful elders would be difficult to defeat.
• Li Qingming manifested nine detached angel avatars, each with Titled Douluo-level strength, and showed Jing Hongchen an uncanny, darkened godhood.
• Jing Hongchen was shocked by the avatars, especially the three whose power approached or reached the Super Douluo threshold.
• Li Qingming asked Jing Hongchen to gather at least nine Ninth-Level Soul Engineers so they could use the angel avatars against the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Jing Hongchen agreed to bring the Soul Engineers, including himself.

Li Qingming returned to the Imperial Palace and used his overwhelming power to announce that the Holy Spirit Cult was a traitorous organization. He declared Long Xiaoyao dead, Ye Xishui missing, and ordered a nationwide hunt for Zhongli Wu and the cult’s nine elders.

• Li Qingming left Meng Hongchen and Wang Dong'er with precious pills before heading alone to the Imperial Palace.
• Xu Tianran summoned Li Qingming before the court after authorizing a nine-person force to help destroy the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Li Qingming entered the court and unleashed an aura that forced many ministers to their knees.
• Li Qingming announced that Long Xiaoyao had been slain and Ye Xishui had disappeared.
• Li Qingming ordered a nationwide warrant for Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult’s nine elders, and his declaration echoed across the nation.

Li Qingming used the power associated with Long Xiaoyao to frighten the ministers into submission as Xu Tianran made him Imperial Preceptor and declared the Angel Holy Cult the state religion. The court ended with Li Qingming forcing the ministers to fund a campaign against the Holy Spirit Cult and crushing any resistance through threats and violence.

• Li Qingming revealed Long Xiaoyao's power, leading the ministers to fear that an Ultimate Douluo was watching them and to kneel before him.
• Xu Tianran appointed Li Qingming Imperial Preceptor, named the Angel Holy Cult the state religion, outlawed the Holy Spirit Cult, and announced rewards for killing its members.
• Li Qingming demanded that each minister contribute at least ten million gold soul coins to the treasury, with larger sums required from officials in key posts.
• When an elderly minister tried to protest, Li Qingming killed him with a black longsword and described the confiscation of his estate as a voluntary donation.
• Li Qingming overturned old policies, ordered executions of officials suspected of siding with the Holy Spirit Cult, and threatened officials who refused to obey or tried to retire.
• The ministers submitted, and the court session ended without further resistance.

Li Qingming promised Xu Tianran he would resolve the Holy Spirit Cult threat and gave nine Ninth-Level Soul Engineers angelic constructs to help hunt down its elders. The Soul Engineers departed to find their targets while Li Qingming stayed behind, hoping to obtain the elders' corpses and create another angel.

• Xu Tianran told Li Qingming that Ye Xishui had made it difficult to control the Sun Moon Empire after he took the throne.
• Li Qingming assured Xu Tianran he would handle the Holy Spirit Cult while the emperor focused on military affairs and logistics.
• At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Li Qingming gave nine Ninth-Level Soul Engineers one-command angels to use against the cult's elders.
• Li Qingming planned to obtain the elders' corpses and evil energy, hoping they could help him create another angel.
• The nine Soul Engineers split up and headed in different directions to locate the Holy Spirit Cult's elders.

Li Qingming secured a Level Nine Invincible Shield from Kong Deming to help him eliminate the Holy Spirit Cult’s remaining forces. A month later, the Angel God Cult had replaced the Holy Spirit Cult and was gaining followers across the Sun Moon Empire by distributing supplies and offering blessings.

• Li Qingming asked Kong Deming to lend him the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield so he could deal with Feng Ling and the Xishui Alliance, but Kong Deming refused.
• Li Qingming explained that fighting Feng Ling in Mingdu would endanger many people, and Kong Deming agreed to give him a Level Nine Invincible Shield instead.
• Li Qingming accepted the shield and urged Kong Deming to protect the Sun Moon Empire and Imperial Palace before departing.
• Du Busi went to attack the soul tool army but was nearly killed by a mysterious powerhouse’s spear strike and fled.
• The Holy Spirit Cult was destroyed and replaced by the Angel God Cult, which spread throughout the Sun Moon Empire by offering blessings and distributing food and other supplies.

Jing Hongchen and Xue arrived in Dongyang City to confront the Holy Spirit Cult’s Myriad Souls Douluo and Abomination Douluo. Their battle devastated the evacuated city, and Myriad Souls Douluo unleashed a mass of resentful souls at Jing Hongchen.

• Li Qingming’s Angel God faith spread through the Sun Moon Empire’s army and towns, with Gu Yuena choosing not to interfere.
• Jing Hongchen and Shadow Douluo Xue discussed their mission to defeat Myriad Souls Douluo and Abomination Douluo in Dongyang City.
• Jing Hongchen and Xue entered Dongyang City as battles erupted, with Jing Hongchen fighting Myriad Souls Douluo and Xue facing Abomination Douluo.
• Dongyang City’s authorities evacuated the people as the fighting reduced the city center to scorched ruins.
• Myriad Souls Douluo mocked Jing Hongchen and attacked him with a vast mass of resentful souls.

The Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Masters used powerful Angel Phantoms to overwhelm the Holy Spirit Cult’s elders and Titled Douluos. By day’s end, six of the Cult’s seven remaining elders were dead, while Nightmare Douluo escaped.

• Shadow Douluo summoned the Ice-Snow Angel, which killed Abomination Douluo with a single strike.
• Myriad Souls Douluo fled Dongyang City, but Jing Hongchen summoned the Destruction Angel, which destroyed the Myriad Souls Banner and killed him.
• At the Sunrise Altar, the Dragon Blood Angel and Light Angel defeated Nether Thunder Douluo and Netherworld Douluo, then killed them.
• The Life Angel and Six-Winged Angel jointly killed the Holy Spirit Cult’s first elder, while the Fallen Angel devoured Mask Douluo.
• Nightmare Douluo escaped, leaving six of the Holy Spirit Cult’s seven remaining elders slain and its prestige in the Sun Moon Empire at its lowest point.

Xu Tianran approved Li Qingming’s request to purge the Xishui Alliance’s eastern-suburbs stronghold, while Feng Ling prepared to defend it. Li Qingming revealed Qian Renxue’s remnant soul and used the Angel Godhood to gather the nine streams of evil power for the Evil Angel to devour.

• Xu Tianran learned that the Xishui Alliance’s hidden stronghold lay in the eastern suburbs and approved Li Qingming’s request to attack it.
• Feng Ling recognized the Sun Moon Empire’s preparations and vowed to defend the Holy Spirit Cult’s last stronghold.
• Sun Moon Empire forces evacuated the Eastern District and established defensive positions around the stronghold.
• Li Qingming watched the Eastern District from the Laboratory’s observation platform with Wang Dong'er and Meng Hongchen beside him.
• Li Qingming summoned Qian Renxue’s remnant soul and activated the Angel Godhood, causing the Evil Angel to devour nine streams of evil power.

Li Qingming fused the Fallen Angel with the Evil Angel and Dark Angel, then sent his clones toward the Eastern District and Shrek Academy as war approached. He returned the Angel God's godhood to Qian Renxue, choosing to pursue a power that could stand beyond the Divine Realm.

• Li Qingming fused the Evil Angel, Dark Angel, and Fallen Angel, then joined the Fallen Clone with the newly formed angel and sent him toward the Eastern District.
• Li Qingming combined the Light Angel, Six-Winged Angel, and Dragon Blood Angel, then sent the Light Clone toward the front lines to meet Gu Yuena and later go to the Star Dou Forest.
• Wang Dong'er and Meng Hongchen told Li Qingming they would support him, though he would have to rely on himself.
• Qian Renxue offered to become Li Qingming's Soul Spirit or let him destroy her, but Li Qingming placed the Angel God's godhood in her body.
• Li Qingming rejected the Angel God's godhood because he wanted to create a godhood supported by the universe and independent of the Divine Realm.

Li Qingming unleashed the Fallen Clone’s amplified karmic fire and dark power against the Holy Spirit Cult, causing its members to turn on one another and destroying Feng Ling’s forces. The chapter ended with Li Qingming killing Feng Ling with ease.

• Li Qingming sat in silence with Qian Renxue as he considered a risky attempt to create godhood of his own.
• Duoduo’s clone darkened the sky above the Eastern District and unleashed black chains and karmic fire that sealed the ground and sent the Holy Spirit Cult into chaos.
• Feng Ling watched the cult’s followers slaughter one another as the dark flames spread, while her Imperial Guard reported that more than fifty of their 150 members had died.
• The Fallen Clone killed Feng Ling’s guards with black chains and overwhelmed Feng Ling despite her Super Douluo strength.
• Li Qingming bound Feng Ling and her dark phoenix with a chain, then burned Feng Ling to death with karmic fire.