Ch. 223The Pope's Imperial Golden Mace

Qian Xunyi rewarded the surrendered Star Luo nobles with Soul Bones, God-Bestowed Soul Rings, titles, and powerful Soul Tools, turning them into loyal officials who would support the Clown Emperor. Dai Tianfeng watched as Spirit Hall built a force capable of keeping him in check.

  • Zhu Tianming absorbed a complete set of six Soul Bones, then used a God-Bestowed Soul Pearl to gain a 130,000-year Soul Ring and reach Soul Power Level 93.
  • Qian Xunyi appointed Zhu Tianming Banner Lord of the Old Star Luo Bordered Yellow Banner and gave him a level-nine Golden Mace to uphold the Clown Emperor and punish unrighteous rulers and corrupt ministers.
  • Luo Yiming received the Old Starfall Plain Yellow Banner and a Coiling Dragon Staff, and vowed to remain loyal to Qian Xunyi while eyeing Dai Tianfeng and his son as future traitors.
  • Zhang Gong received the Plain White Banner and a King-Striking Whip after his Soul Pearl raised him to level 91.
  • Qian Xunyi appointed five surrendered Soul Sages to the Lower Five Banners and gave them level-eight Soul Tools, while Dai Tianfeng silently fumed at the armed nobles surrounding him.

Ch. 224Passing the Throne to Xue Qinghe

Qian Xunyi returned to the capital after subduing Star Luo, where Dai Tianfeng was forced to accept his new status as crown prince and prepare for Spirit Hall’s tribute and coronation. In Heaven Dou, Spirit Hall crushed the million-strong army and advanced to the capital, prompting Xue Ye to abdicate and leave Xue Qinghe to face the crisis as emperor.

  • Qian Xunyi returned to the capital with Zhu Tiancai, while Dai Tianfeng endured Zhu Tianming’s insult and pretended not to hear it.
  • Zhu Tianming, Luo Yiming, and Zhang Gong stopped Dai Tianfeng from taking the throne or calling himself emperor, and the Eight Banners nobles threatened him with their Soul Tools.
  • Zhu Tianming told Dai Tianfeng to rebuild Spirit Hall, prepare the annual tribute, and arrange his coronation in three months.
  • Xue Ye learned that Spirit Hall’s weapons and revived fighters had destroyed Heaven Dou’s army, killed the princes, and wounded or killed several of its leading warriors.
  • A messenger reported that Spirit Hall’s army was nearing Heaven Dou City, and Xue Ye abdicated in favor of Xue Qinghe.

Ch. 225Exhausting Heaven Dou's Resources to Win Spirit Hall's Favor

After Xue Qinghe inherited Heaven Dou’s throne, Spirit Hall’s army surrounded the capital and demanded enormous reparations. Unable to pay in full, the imperial rulers began surrendering the city’s wealth and women, and the chapter ended with the Imperial Guards targeting imperial-clan children.

  • Xue Ye passed the throne to Xue Qinghe, then tried to flee Heaven Dou City but found every gate surrounded and returned to the palace.
  • Xue Qinghe and Xue Ye agreed to send an envoy to Spirit Hall and offer territory and reparations to preserve their rule.
  • Jialing demanded ten million Gold Soul Coins and gave Heaven Dou three days to respond.
  • Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe ordered the Imperial Guards to confiscate residents’ wealth, but they gathered only five million Gold Soul Coins.
  • Jialing rejected the short payment and offered to count women toward the remaining reparations according to their status.
  • Xue Qinghe reluctantly ordered the Imperial Guards to seize eligible young women, then imperial-clan children when the shortage remained.

Ch. 226The Two Saints' Southern Hunt

Spirit Hall forced the Heaven Dou Empire to surrender women, dismantle Heaven Dou City's defenses, and yield its territory before conquering the city. Jialing captured Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe, restored stolen wealth to the people, and later had the imperial clan marched away in public disgrace.

  • Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe handed over thousands of women as compensation, then agreed to dismantle Heaven Dou City's defenses.
  • Jialing demanded Vast Sea City and Heaven Dou City, then ordered Spirit Hall's army to attack and capture the capital.
  • Spirit Hall's troops seized Heaven Dou City, and Jialing located and captured Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe in their hiding places.
  • Jialing returned extorted wealth to the people and released captive women who were not members of the imperial clan.
  • Months later, Yue Guan and Gui Mei escorted the imprisoned Heaven Dou Imperial House out of the city, where the people cursed and pelted them with refuse.

Ch. 227Emperor Xue Beng

Xue Beng became emperor as Marshal Ge Long reclaimed nearly all the Heaven Dou Empire’s lost cities, but Spirit Hall launched an attack on Swan Castle. Xue Beng fled from one city to another as Spirit Hall’s forces pursued him, and the chapter left him in Sea-Sky City with the pursuers arriving again.

  • After learning that Xue Qinghe and Xue Ye had been captured, Ge Long pledged loyalty to Xue Beng and began reclaiming lost territory.
  • Xue Beng announced Ge Long’s victories as the marshal recovered city after city, while worrying that the growing success would prevent him from making peace with Spirit Hall.
  • Jialing ordered Spirit Hall’s army to march openly from Heaven Dou City toward Swan Castle after Ge Long reclaimed every other city.
  • Xue Beng fled Swan Castle before Jialing’s legion arrived, and Spirit Hall quickly took the abandoned castle.
  • Xue Beng escaped from Heavenpeak City during Spirit Hall’s aerial Soul Tool Legion attack, then fled across the sea to Sea-Sky City.
  • Xue Beng learned that Spirit Hall’s pursuers had reached Sea-Sky City before he could visit his concubine.

Ch. 228Twelve Gold Medals

Emperor Xue Beng agreed to Spirit Hall’s demand that Marshal Ge Long be publicly executed in exchange for peace talks, then sent Ge Long twelve gold-medal orders to halt his campaign and surrender reclaimed territory. Ge Long obeyed the first order, but his officers urged him to resist as the campaign reached the outskirts of Heaven Dou City.

  • Xue Beng fled Sea-Sky City by ship and appointed Qin Gui as his envoy to negotiate with Spirit Hall.
  • Jialing demanded that Xue Beng personally order Ge Long’s public execution, threatening to kill him wherever he fled if the demand was not met.
  • Qin Gui returned to Xue Beng, who agreed to Spirit Hall’s condition and sent twelve gold-medal orders to Ge Long.
  • Xue Beng discovered he could no longer become aroused, while Jialing withdrew Spirit Hall’s army and left Sea-Sky City open for his return.
  • Ge Long prepared to attack Heaven Dou City but accepted Xue Beng’s first order to halt and return to Sea-Sky City.
  • Ge Long’s twelve orders required him to stop fighting and surrender the cities he had reclaimed, prompting his officers to urge him to rebel.

Ch. 229Unfounded Accusation

Xue Beng maneuvered to have Marshal Ge Long killed, then sent his head to Spirit Hall to seek peace. Jialing demanded severe concessions from Heaven Dou, leaving Xue Beng to choose between accepting humiliation and going to war.

  • Ge Long obeyed Xue Beng’s twelve gold-tablet summons and returned to Sea-Sky City, where Xue Beng stripped him of command and poisoned him with Soul-Dissolving Powder.
  • Wang Zhao and other officials refused to fabricate charges against Ge Long, while Heaven Dou officials and citizens called for him to be spared and Jialing pressed Xue Beng to act.
  • Xue Beng ordered Qin Gui to execute Ge Long without charges, then had Ge Long’s nine clans exterminated and violently suppressed criticism.
  • Xue Beng sent Ge Long’s head to Spirit Hall through Qin Gui, and Jialing demanded territory, reparations, vassal status, tribute, a rebuilt Spirit Hall, and the Angel God as the state religion.
  • Qin Gui returned with Jialing’s terms, and Xue Beng worried that accepting the humiliating treaty would further ruin his reputation.

Ch. 230Keep the Music Playing, Keep the Dancing Going

Xue Beng accepted the humiliating Sea-Heaven Accord and celebrated his rule, while Qian Xunyi turned Spirit Hall’s attention toward the sects that had opposed it. Huang Mian ordered Ning Fengzhi to make a public act of submission at Spirit Hall’s Continental Grand Ceremony or face the destruction of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

  • Xue Beng signed the Sea-Heaven Accord, accepting territorial losses, tribute, and Spirit Hall’s religious authority over the Heaven Dou Empire.
  • Xue Beng returned to Swan Castle, claimed he had brought peace, and ordered the court’s music and dancing to continue.
  • Qian Xunyi returned to Spirit Hall and sent envoys to confront the major sects, assigning Huang Mian to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
  • Ning Fengzhi withdrew his sect to its ancestral mountain stronghold and declared it reclusive after learning of the empires’ defeats.
  • Huang Mian told Ning Fengzhi to go to Spirit City bare-chested, carrying thorny branches and kowtowing to the Pope, or Spirit Hall would destroy his sect.

Ch. 231Two Clown Crown Princes Meet

Ning Fengzhi abandoned the idea of fleeing after Spirit Hall destroyed sects that resisted and went to Spirit City to plead guilty. A month and a half later, Dai Tianfeng and Xue Beng arrived for Qian Xunyi’s triumphal ceremony, where they mocked each other over their humiliating deeds carved into a marble pillar.

  • Chen Xin and Gu Rong urged Ning Fengzhi to flee, but he chose to wait for a possible change in the continent’s situation.
  • Spirit Hall destroyed families and sects that fled, prompting Ning Fengzhi to travel to Spirit City in plain clothes with thorny branches on his back.
  • Qian Xunyi held a triumphal ceremony after Spirit Hall built a monument celebrating its conquests of the Star Luo Empire and Heaven Dou Empire.
  • Dai Tianfeng arrived with the Star Luo delegation and tribute, then saw a carving of himself and Dai Weisi calling open a city gate.
  • Xue Beng arrived and mocked Dai Tianfeng, while the Eight Great Banner Kings joined in and reminded him of his disgrace.
  • Dai Tianfeng retaliated by pointing out Xue Beng’s own humiliating deeds carved on the pillar and laughed at him.

Ch. 232Holy Procession Ceremony

The rulers of the empires, kingdoms, and duchies, along with sect leaders, arrived at Spirit Hall and were forced to take part in a humiliating procession. At Papal Hall, Qian Xunyi announced that Spirit Hall would become Spirit Holy Land and claim authority over the continent’s vassal states and their rulers’ titles.

  • Dai Tianfeng and Xue Beng traded insults over their betrayals and humiliations, then Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe joined the argument.
  • Ning Fengzhi stripped to the waist, put thorny branches on his back, and kowtowed toward Spirit Hall while Chen Xin and Gu Rong offered to accompany him; other sect masters also came to plead guilty.
  • Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo announced a citywide celebration and had soldiers shackle the sect and clan leaders before the procession began.
  • Qian Xunyi’s flower carriage led the procession through Spirit City, followed by the two empires, the kingdoms and duchies, and the penitent sects and clans.
  • At Papal Hall, Yue Guan announced that Spirit Hall would be renamed Spirit Holy Land, that the nations would become its vassal states, and that Spirit Holy Land would control the granting of royal and imperial titles.

Ch. 233Crowning the Clown Emperor

Qian Xunyi crowned Dai Tianfeng and Xue Beng as emperors under Spirit Holy Land’s authority, then reorganized the kingdoms and duchies as Spirit Hall rose above the empires. He pardoned the kneeling sect leaders but singled out Ning Fengzhi as the culprit behind the Continental War.

  • Dai Tianfeng knelt as Qian Xunyi crowned him Clown Emperor in a robe and crown designed to humiliate him, and Dai Tianfeng endured the ceremony.
  • Qian Xunyi crowned Xue Beng and declared him his son emperor, while Dai Tianfeng learned he had been placed a generation below Xue Beng as his grandson emperor.
  • Spirit Holy Land replaced the kingdoms’ titles and presided over their coronations, then invested Grand Duke Xue Ye of the Duchy of Dark Virtue.
  • Qian Xunyi formally elevated Spirit Hall into Spirit Holy Land, placing it above the two great empires and giving it indirect rule over Douluo Continent.
  • Qian Xunyi pardoned the kneeling sect leaders but refused to pardon the culprit who had provoked the Continental War, drawing attention to Ning Fengzhi.

Ch. 234Reverse Qiluo Glazed Wither

Qian Xunyi showed Ning Fengzhi that an Aromatic Silk Beauty could transform the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda into the Nine-Treasure Glazed Pagoda, then refused Ning Fengzhi’s plea for one and revealed a different Immortal Herb as his punishment. Ning Fengzhi was left facing the mysterious Reverse Qiluo Glazed Wither.

  • Ning Fengzhi accepted responsibility for starting the Continental War and pleaded for Spirit Hall to spare his sect, while Qian Xunyi said he would punish him rather than kill him.
  • Qian Xunyi brought Ning Fengzhi’s son, Little Pingzi, before him and had him reveal his Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul.
  • Little Pingzi consumed an Aromatic Silk Beauty, gained five Soul Power levels, and awakened the Nine-Treasure Glazed Pagoda.
  • Qian Xunyi revealed that he had many Aromatic Silk Beauties, prompting Ning Fengzhi to beg for one for his sect, but the Elders mocked and rebuked him.
  • Qian Xunyi dismissed the Aromatic Silk Beauties and presented Ning Fengzhi with the decayed-looking Reverse Qiluo Glazed Wither as his Immortal Herb.

Ch. 235Five-Treasure Glazed Pagoda

Ning Fengzhi was forced to consume a poisonous fake Immortal Herb that stripped away his Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda’s two tiers and permanently capped his Soul Power at level 59. Humiliated by Spirit Hall, he returned home resolved to protect his sect’s legacy and seek revenge when he could.

  • Gui Mei and Red Star pressured Ning Fengzhi to consume the withered Glazed Flower, which lowered his Soul Power from level 79 to level 59.
  • Yue Guan revealed that Ning Fengzhi’s Martial Soul had become a Five-Treasure Glazed Pagoda, locking him at level 59 for life.
  • Spirit Hall’s elders mocked Ning Fengzhi and threatened further punishment, prompting him to kowtow and thank Qian Xunyi for sparing his life.
  • On the way back, Ning Fengzhi rejected Gu Rong’s call to die rather than endure humiliation, explaining that he had to preserve the sect for its members and ancestors.
  • Ning Fengzhi swore that he would destroy Spirit Hall at any cost as long as he lived.

Ch. 237Five Treasure Glazed Tile Sect

Ning Fengzhi discovered that Qian Xunyi had reduced the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Martial Souls to Five-Treasure Glazed Pagodas and capped their cultivation, so he ordered a search for the Aromatic Silk Beauty. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang learned of Spirit Hall’s victory and rebuilding, then convinced himself the allied army had failed without his leadership.

  • Ning Fengzhi returned to the sect and learned that its members’ Seven Treasure Glazed Pagodas had become Five-Treasure Glazed Pagodas, causing him to faint.
  • After waking, Ning Fengzhi confirmed that the sect’s Soul Masters were capped at Soul King and lamented the sect’s decline; Gu Rong and Chen Xin pledged to support him.
  • Ning Fengzhi ordered the sect to search for the Aromatic Silk Beauty, hoping to restore its Martial Soul quality to Seven Treasure.
  • News reached Notting City that Spirit Hall had defeated the two empires’ allied forces, gained control over coronations, and begun rebuilding alongside an Angel Church.
  • Yu Xiaogang secretly celebrated the allied army’s defeat and claimed it had failed because he had not commanded it, while believing Xiao San would eventually destroy Spirit Hall.

Ch. 238Dongzi, Step Down at Once

Tang San convinced Tang Hao that Spirit Hall’s conquest would set him up as the continent’s future savior. Meanwhile, Qian Xunyi used the postwar rewards to acquire God Seeds and a Fusion Chamber, then humiliated Bibi Dong by sending her away from a papal meeting; she left vowing revenge.

  • Tang San told Tang Hao that the Sea God and Asura God had allowed Spirit Hall to dominate the continent so Tang San could later defeat it and claim the people’s faith.
  • Qian Xunyi gained a surge of Prestige Points after the war and exchanged them for three First-Level God Seeds and a Fusion Chamber.
  • Qian Xunyi convened a papal meeting and offered Bibi Dong three months of leave to visit Xiao Gang as her reward for killing the Star Luo commander.
  • Jialing and the elders mocked Bibi Dong and urged her to leave for Notting City, while Qian Xunyi dismissed her from the hall.
  • Bibi Dong left the Papal Hall and vowed to tear Qian Xunyi and the others apart once she became a god.

Ch. 239Xiao Wu Captured

Bibi Dong went to the Star Dou Great Forest seeking Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, while Qian Xunyi rewarded Spirit Hall’s elders with God Seeds. Xiao Wu fled into the forest and was captured by Bibi Dong, leaving Da Ming and Er Ming facing her in a standoff.

  • Bibi Dong decided to seek Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings for her second Martial Soul and headed to the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.
  • Qian Xunyi granted Qing Zhang, Red Star, and Huang Mian First-Level God Seeds, and they began fusing with them in the Fusion Chamber.
  • Xiao Wu slipped away from Da Ming and Er Ming to enter the human world, but she ran into Bibi Dong, whom she recognized as her mother's killer.
  • Bibi Dong surrounded Xiao Wu with Demon Spiders, captured her, and planned to make her a Soul Ring.
  • Da Ming and Er Ming confronted Bibi Dong and demanded that she release Xiao Wu, while Bibi Dong threatened to kill her if they came closer.

Ch. 240Let Xiao Wu Go, and I'll Sacrifice Myself to You

Bibi Dong traded Xiao Wu’s freedom for Er Ming’s sacrifice, gaining the Titan Giant Ape’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone while Xiao Wu swore revenge. Later, Qian Xunyi expanded Spirit Hall’s influence, welcomed his daughter Qian Renxi, and learned that the second Pantheon mission had been completed.

  • Bibi Dong threatened Xiao Wu, and Er Ming offered to sacrifice himself in exchange for Xiao Wu’s release.
  • Bibi Dong accepted, released Xiao Wu, and absorbed Er Ming’s sacrifice as a Soul Ring and Soul Bone; Xiao Wu escaped with the Azure Sky Bull Python and vowed revenge.
  • Qian Xunyi’s Angel God statues spread across the continent, increasing the Emotion Points gained from people’s hatred.
  • Spirit Hall reopened in major cities and required anyone who awakened soul power to pledge twenty years of loyalty under the Awakening Law.
  • Qian Xunyi’s daughter Qian Renxi hatched with Golden Dragon and Fire Dragon Martial Souls, and he planned for her to inherit the Fire Dragon King’s legacy.
  • The system announced that Spirit Hall had completed its second Pantheon mission, stabilizing the Two-World Gate and allowing five travelers from each world at a time.

Ch. 241Tang San: Dividing His Daughter into Three

Qian Daoliu and three elders ascended to Godhood, and Qian Xunyi led them to confront Tang Chen and Bo Saixi. Elsewhere, a sea-blue-haired man divided Xiao Qi’s soul into three to prepare her as part of his plan for a Child of Destiny.

  • Qian Daoliu became the Seraph God, while Red Star became the Lava God, Qing Zhang became the Ice God, and Huang Mian became the Flash God.
  • Qian Xunyi congratulated the four newly ascended gods and prompted Qian Daoliu to recall his past with Tang Chen and Bo Saixi.
  • Qian Daoliu greeted Tang Chen with pointed pleasantries, while Bo Saixi looked down on Tang Chen and recognized Qian Xunyi’s role in Qian Daoliu’s ascension.
  • Qian Xunyi reopened the Two-World Gate and traveled with Evil Lord, Jialing, and Qian Renxi to another world.
  • In the God Realm, a sea-blue-haired man restrained Xiao Qi, removed her soul, divided it into three, and altered and distributed its parts.
  • The man explained that he had acted to guide a Child of Destiny and expected his plan to give Xiao Qi an obedient son-in-law.

Ch. 242Twelve Years Later

Destruction God and Life Goddess learned that Tang San had split Xiao Qi into three, while Destruction God blamed Tang San for exploiting his daughter to control the Child of Destiny. Qian Xunyi returned to the Body Sect and discovered that twelve years had passed in Douluo Continent while he had been away for only nine months, leaving him to reckon with Huo Yuhao’s rapid progress.

  • Destruction God watched a scene of Tang San splitting Xiao Qi into three, and Xiao Wu cried as she demanded to know why he had not stopped it.
  • Destruction God rebuked Xiao Wu for blaming him instead of Tang San and speculated that Tang San meant to use Xiao Qi to control the Child of Destiny.
  • Life Goddess questioned Tang San’s actions, and Destruction God left Life Forest after condemning her for handing the God Realm to him.
  • Qian Xunyi returned to the Body Sect, where Du Busi told him he had been gone for twelve years and had served as acting Sect Master.
  • Qian Xunyi learned from the system that time flowed differently between the two worlds and realized Huo Yuhao had already gained his early advantages.
  • Qian Xunyi regretted missing the chance to interfere with Huo Yuhao’s opportunities, though he admitted he mainly wanted to deny him success.

Ch. 243Sending My Daughter to School

Qian Xunyi reunited with his twelve-year-old daughter Qian Renshuang, who had become a powerful Soul Emperor under Leng Yue’s guidance. After Jialing helped Qian Renxi inherit the Fire Dragon King’s legacy and Leng Yue suppressed Tang San’s Divine Sense, Qian Xunyi suggested sending Qian Renshuang to an academy and proposed Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy.

  • Qian Xunyi returned to the Fire Spring and reunited with Qian Renshuang, who recognized him as her father.
  • Qian Xunyi learned that Leng Yue had helped Qian Renshuang gain the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul, Ice Empress as her Soul Spirit, and rank 59 cultivation at age twelve.
  • Jialing brought Qian Renxi to the Fire Spring, where she received the Fire Dragon King’s inheritance and the spring began to cool.
  • Tang San accused Qian Xunyi’s group of stealing opportunities meant for the Tang Family, but Leng Yue rebuked him and suppressed his Divine Sense.
  • Qian Xunyi trained Qian Renshuang in her innate abilities and persuaded Leng Yue to consider sending her to an academy.
  • Qian Xunyi proposed Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy for Qian Renshuang.
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