Chapter Summaries

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing used the Dark Nether Tiger to withstand Dai Tianfeng’s six White Tiger Heaven-Splitting Slashes, then counterattacked with Zhu Zhuqing’s Netherworld Light. The purple beam destroyed Dai Tianfeng’s five clones and shattered his protective barrier as it struck him.

• Lin Ye urged Zhu Zhuqing to use her spirit skill while they remained inside the Dark Nether Tiger.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated Invincible Golden Body, and the Dark Nether Tiger survived Dai Tianfeng’s six slashes without injury.
• Lin Ye announced that their turn had come, and Zhu Zhuqing launched Netherworld Light at Dai Tianfeng.
• Dai Tianfeng ordered his five clones to intercept the purple beam and fled, but the beam obliterated the clones and pursued him.
• Dai Tianfeng raised White Tiger Body-Protecting Barrier, but the purple beam shattered it on impact.

Lin Ye crippled Dai Tianfeng with the Dark Nether Tiger’s attack, sending the Star Luo soldiers fleeing. As Lin Ye tried to finish Dai Tianfeng with Devour, the wounded general began compressing his Soul Power to self-destruct and take Lin Ye with him.

• Lin Ye’s light wave destroyed Dai Tianfeng’s White Tiger True Body and right leg, leaving him badly wounded in a pit as a Soul Bone fell from his body.
• The Star Luo soldiers panicked and fled despite Dai Tianfeng’s threats, while Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing watched from inside the Dark Nether Tiger.
• Lin Ye mocked Dai Tianfeng and expanded Devour into a hundred-meter Black Hole that pulled him from the pit.
• Dai Tianfeng accepted that he was doomed, then began compressing his remaining Soul Power to self-destruct and kill Lin Ye.
• Zhu Zhuqing sensed the destructive energy building around Dai Tianfeng and reacted with alarm.

Lin Ye stopped Dai Tianfeng from self-destructing by devouring him, then absorbed the energy to strengthen himself and Zhu Zhuqing. Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Rings changed and her Soul Power rose to Level 56, leaving both of them stunned by the transformation.

• Zhu Zhuqing warned Lin Ye that Dai Tianfeng’s self-destruction would endanger Li Ze and the Edge Blade Battalion soldiers.
• Lin Ye unleashed his Devour skill and pulled Dai Tianfeng into the Black Hole, interrupting his self-destruction and killing him.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed energy from Dai Tianfeng as their Martial Soul Fusion Skill dissipated.
• Zhu Zhuqing discovered that her Soul Rings had changed to three purple and two black, with her fourth ring becoming a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Ye that her Soul Power had risen three levels, reaching Level 56.

After Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Rings increased in power and Lin Ye reached the peak of level 69, they shared a sudden kiss in the canyon. Lin Ye then discovered Dai Tianfeng had left behind a powerful right leg Soul Bone.

• Zhu Zhuqing worried that others would capture her to study her newly enhanced Soul Rings, but Lin Ye promised to protect her.
• Overcome with affection and excitement, Zhu Zhuqing kissed Lin Ye, and he embraced her and deepened the kiss before she pushed him away.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked about Lin Ye’s strength, and he revealed that his Soul Power had reached the peak of level 69.
• Lin Ye showed Zhu Zhuqing that his sixth Soul Ring was nearing the Hundred-Thousand-Year level.
• Lin Ye searched the pit where Dai Tianfeng had fallen and retrieved a right leg Soul Bone that he judged came from a Soul Beast at least sixty thousand years old.

After killing Dai Tianfeng, Lin Ye gave Zhu Zhuqing a powerful Soul Bone and learned that the Star Luo army had fled in disarray. As they returned to camp, he planned to strike before Star Luo could regroup and accelerate his conquest.

• Lin Ye gave Zhu Zhuqing the golden right leg Soul Bone, and she accepted it after he insisted.
• Li Ze reported that Dai Tianfeng's death had routed Star Luo's forces, with Heaven Dou soldiers killing around ten thousand in pursuit.
• Lin Ye ordered the battlefield cleared and the troops to return to camp, winning the soldiers' admiration and obedience.
• On the ride back, Li Ze urged an immediate attack, and Lin Ye agreed that Heaven Dou should deny Star Luo time to recover.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Lin Ye what he planned to do next.

Lin Ye returned to the Heaven Dou camp after defeating Dai Tianfeng and scattering his fifty-thousand-strong army, stunning Grand Marshal Xiao Zhan. As the Heaven Dou forces prepared to attack, Lin Ye brought Zhu Zhuqing back to their tent and told her to absorb the Soul Bone.

• Lin Ye returned to camp with Zhu Zhuqing and the Edge Blade Battalion, and Xiao Zhan rushed to meet them after hearing they had survived.
• Lin Ye told Xiao Zhan that Dai Tianfeng was dead and his army had scattered, then had Li Ze recount the battle.
• Xiao Zhan ordered the entire Heaven Dou army to prepare for an all-out assault on the Star Luo Empire.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing went to their tent to rest, where Lin Ye told her to take out and absorb the Soul Bone.

Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a powerful right leg Soul Bone and rose to Rank 59, gaining the Netherworld Five Phantom Bodies skill. After Lin Ye explained how the clones could strengthen her combat abilities, she thanked him, and he responded with a teasing look.

• Lin Ye advised Zhu Zhuqing to absorb the right leg Soul Bone while her Soul Power was at its peak, and she began the difficult process as he stood guard.
• After three hours, Zhu Zhuqing completed the absorption, gained six ranks, and reached Rank 59.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her Soul Bone skill, Netherworld Five Phantom Bodies, which created five clones that could use her Soul Skills at eighty percent strength for three minutes.
• Lin Ye praised the skill's combat potential, and Zhu Zhuqing said the Soul Bone was tailor-made for her and thanked him.
• Lin Ye teased Zhu Zhuqing after noticing her sweat-soaked clothes clinging to her body.

After bathing, Zhu Zhuqing returned to find Lin Ye waiting, and the two became intimate in the tent. Lin Ye stopped before they went further, and they fell asleep holding each other.

• Zhu Zhuqing soaked in a bath and changed into a black nightgown before returning to Lin Ye.
• Lin Ye pulled Zhu Zhuqing onto the bed and kissed her passionately.
• Zhu Zhuqing gradually responded to Lin Ye, who kissed her neck and touched her legs.
• Lin Ye stopped, saying the camp was no place to go further and Zhu Zhuqing needed rest after absorbing the Soul Bone.
• Lin Ye pulled Zhu Zhuqing into his arms, and she relaxed and wrapped her arms around his waist.

The Heaven Dou army besieged White Tiger Pass, forcing Zhao Lei to retreat his troops behind the city walls and activate their defenses. With the assault stalled, Zhu Zhuqing volunteered to break the gates and approached them alone.

• Xiao Zhan and Lin Ye led the Heaven Dou army through Star Luo territory until they reached White Tiger Pass.
• Zhao Lei ordered his soldiers to retreat behind the gates, where Star Luo defenders raised a barrier and rained arrows on the Heaven Dou forces.
• Xiao Zhan halted the costly assault when the barrier and Refined Steel gates blocked the army's advance.
• Lin Ye agreed to let Zhu Zhuqing attack the gates, and she stepped forward to test her newly acquired Netherworld Five Phantom Bodies skill.
• Zhao Lei mocked Zhu Zhuqing and ordered the archers to concentrate their fire on her.

Zhu Zhuqing used her Soul Bone skill and Netherworld Light to destroy White Tiger Pass’s shield and gate, opening the way for the Heaven Dou army. As the soldiers prepared to advance, Lin Ye took to the sky and began his fifth soul skill to create another opening.

• Zhu Zhuqing summoned five powerful phantoms with her Right Leg Soul Bone skill, Netherworld Five Phantom Bodies.
• Zhu Zhuqing and her five clones unleashed six Netherworld Lights, breaking the Star Luo shield and blasting White Tiger Pass’s steel gate apart.
• The Heaven Dou soldiers cheered at the open gate, and Lin Ye praised Zhu Zhuqing before warning that the army could still be bottlenecked there.
• Lin Ye flew above White Tiger Pass as Zhao Lei ordered the archers to attack, then activated his fifth soul skill, Evil Thunder Star-Shattering Fall.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing helped the Heaven Dou army break into White Tiger Pass, then joined their powers to crush the Star Luo defenders. Their Martial Soul Fusion Skill proved even stronger than expected when Zhu Zhuqing used her right leg Soul Bone to create five powerful copies of the fused tiger.

• Lin Ye destroyed a 200-meter section of White Tiger Pass's wall with Evil Thunder Star-Shattering Fall, leaving the Star Luo defenses with two breaches.
• Xiao Zhan ordered the Heaven Dou army to charge into the pass, and the Star Luo soldiers fled as Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing entered the city.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing merged into the Dark Nether Tiger and attacked Zhao Lei's final squad of Star Luo Soul Masters.
• Zhu Zhuqing tried using her right leg Soul Bone during the fusion and created five Dark Nether Tiger clones, each with eighty percent of the original's strength.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing used their Dark Nether Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill to tear through White Tiger Pass, then foiled three Star Luo Soul Douluos’ ambush. Lin Ye swallowed their combined attacks with Devour, leaving the attackers terrified and unable to escape.

• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing sent six Dark Nether Tigers rampaging through White Tiger Pass, overwhelming the Star Luo soldiers and Soul Masters.
• Three hidden Star Luo Soul Douluos waited for the clones to vanish, hoping to ambush Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing when they seemed weakened.
• After the five clones disappeared, the Soul Douluos launched their Seventh and Eighth Spirit Abilities at the Dark Nether Tiger.
• Lin Ye activated Devour and swallowed all three attacks in a Black Hole, shocking the Soul Douluos.
• Lin Ye confronted the attackers as they realized they could not escape.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing killed the three ambushing Soul Douluo and helped the Heaven Dou Empire capture White Tiger Pass. After both broke through to new ranks, the Evil God appeared and offered Lin Ye a Divine Bestowed Soul Ring for reaching rank 70.

• Lin Ye struck down two Soul Douluo with the Dark Nether Tiger’s Evil Tiger Annihilation Strike and devoured them, while Zhu Zhuqing killed the fleeing bat Soul Douluo with Netherworld Light.
• Zhao Lei surrendered to despair and killed himself, and the remaining Star Luo soldiers surrendered as Heaven Dou forces took White Tiger Pass.
• Lin Ye reached rank 70, and Zhu Zhuqing broke through to rank 60 after their battle.
• The Evil God told Lin Ye he would bestow a Divine Bestowed Soul Ring whose age would depend on Lin Ye’s ability to withstand it and whose Soul Skill would suit his Martial Soul.
• Lin Ye resolved to aim for a hundred-thousand-year seventh Soul Ring.

Lin Ye absorbed a Divine Bestowed Soul Ring through the Evil God's Trial and raised it to the hundred-thousand-year level. After he explained his divine inheritance to Zhu Zhuqing, she feared that their different lifespans would eventually separate them and wondered whether she was only a burden to him.

• Lin Ye told Zhu Zhuqing to guard the door while he absorbed a Soul Ring, and she stood watch outside as his room filled with dark energy.
• Over three hours, Lin Ye endured the Divine Bestowed Soul Ring's energy and transformed it from a black ring into a hundred-thousand-year red ring.
• Lin Ye emerged unharmed and explained to Zhu Zhuqing that he had received a Divine Bestowed Soul Ring as part of the Evil God's Trial.
• Lin Ye revealed his seven Soul Rings, including the red hundred-thousand-year seventh ring, and told Zhu Zhuqing that a god had chosen him for an inheritance trial.
• Zhu Zhuqing cried as she feared Lin Ye would become a god and leave her behind, asking whether she was merely dead weight to him.

Lin Ye comforted Zhu Zhuqing’s fears of being left behind, promising they would face godhood together. The next morning, he prepared to meet Xiao Zhan and press the campaign toward the heart of the Star Luo Empire.

• Lin Ye embraced Zhu Zhuqing and assured her that she could become a god and would never be dead weight to him.
• Zhu Zhuqing, moved by Lin Ye’s words, kissed him, and they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Lin Ye woke beside Zhu Zhuqing and decided it was time to finish the war with the Star Luo Empire.
• Lin Ye dressed and set out to find Xiao Zhan to discuss the next stage of the campaign and complete the Evil God's first trial.

After the Heaven Dou army captured White Tiger Pass, Lin Ye rejected Xiao Zhan’s one-year timetable and ordered an assault aimed at reaching Star Luo City within three months. He then left with Zhu Zhuqing for the Star Dou Great Forest so she could obtain her sixth Soul Ring, leaving Xiao Zhan to command the invasion.

• Xiao Zhan toasted Lin Ye for helping the Heaven Dou army capture White Tiger Pass and proposed advancing carefully to conquer the Star Luo Empire within a year.
• Lin Ye declared that the weakened Star Luo Empire should be attacked immediately and set a three-month goal for reaching Star Luo City.
• Lin Ye dismissed the commanders’ concerns about supplies and stretched supply lines, arguing that the army could seize resources as it advanced and overcome resistance with his power.
• Xiao Zhan accepted Lin Ye’s plan and ordered the entire army to attack across the front at dawn, despite the other commanders’ objections.
• Lin Ye told Xiao Zhan he would leave for a few days to help Zhu Zhuqing obtain her sixth Soul Ring, then departed with her for the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable Soul Ring until they encountered a nearly seventy-thousand-year Cyclone Spirit Cat. Zhu Zhuqing insisted on absorbing its Soul Ring despite Lin Ye's warnings, and he agreed to trust her before the beast attacked.

• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest and searched its mixed zone for two days for a suitable agility-type Soul Beast.
• A Cyclone Spirit Cat ambushed Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing, and Lin Ye recognized that its cultivation was nearly seventy thousand years.
• Zhu Zhuqing insisted on taking the Cyclone Spirit Cat's Soul Ring so she could grow strong enough to stand beside Lin Ye.
• Lin Ye warned Zhu Zhuqing that the Soul Ring could kill her, but he ultimately agreed to trust her.
• The enraged Cyclone Spirit Cat charged at Lin Ye with wind blades swirling around it.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing defeated a nearly seventy-thousand-year-old Cyclone Spirit Cat so Zhu Zhuqing could absorb its Soul Ring. After enduring the violent energy and the beast’s residual soul, Zhu Zhuqing succeeded and celebrated in Lin Ye’s arms.

• Lin Ye activated his Martial Soul True Body and used his sixth spirit ability to wound the Cyclone Spirit Cat, while Zhu Zhuqing followed with Netherworld Light.
• Lin Ye told Zhu Zhuqing to deliver the final blow, and she killed the Cyclone Spirit Cat and began absorbing its black Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing endured the Soul Ring’s violent energy and fought off the Cyclone Spirit Cat’s residual soul as Lin Ye watched over her.
• After four hours, Zhu Zhuqing fully absorbed the Soul Ring, stood up feeling stronger, and joyfully told Lin Ye she had succeeded.

After Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a seventy-thousand-year Soul Ring, she and Lin Ye helped the Heaven Dou Empire conquer much of the Star Luo Empire. On the eve of the assault on Star Luo City, Grand Marshal Xiao Zhan tried to drug them so he could kill them and claim the victory for himself.

• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Soul Ring, rose to level 63, and returned with Lin Ye to White Tiger Pass.
• Over the next three months, Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing led the Heaven Dou army through the Star Luo Empire, reaching levels 78 and 69 respectively.
• On the night before the assault on Star Luo City, Xiao Zhan visited Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing with wine, claiming he wanted to celebrate their coming victory.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing grew wary and refused to drink, while Xiao Zhan concealed that the wine contained Soul-Scattering Tendon-Softening Powder.
• Xiao Zhan pressed them to accept the wine, intending to incapacitate and kill them so he could claim credit for Star Luo City's fall.

Lin Ye exposed Xiao Zhan's attempt to poison him and Zhu Zhuqing, then revealed power far beyond that of a Seven-Ring Soul Sage. Xiao Zhan was forced to his knees and learned Lin Ye was Spirit Hall's Holy Son, but he could only ask how Lin Ye detected the poison.

• Xiao Zhan drank first and urged Lin Ye to drink the poisoned wine, believing his antidote would protect him.
• Lin Ye used his immense Spiritual Power to detect and identify the Soul-Scattering Tendon-Softening Powder in the wine.
• Lin Ye poured out the wine and told Xiao Zhan that it was his farewell drink because he was about to die.
• Lin Ye unleashed his pressure, forcing Xiao Zhan to his knees and preventing him from circulating his Soul Power.
• Lin Ye accused Xiao Zhan of trying to murder Spirit Hall's Holy Son, and Xiao Zhan demanded to know how he had detected the poison.