Chapter Summaries

Su Xiong and Saber brought the Blood Kill Legion to Starfall City to rescue the Minister of Finance’s kidnapped second son from the Black Wind Wolf Bandit Group. With the Starry City Lord’s help, they prepared to surround the bandits’ suspected hideout in Starry Canyon, and the city began recruiting Soul Masters for the operation.

• Su Xiong told the Starry City Lord that the Crown Prince had ordered the Blood Kill Legion to find the Wolf Bandits and rescue the Minister of Finance’s second son.
• The Starry City Lord summoned Xu Chao, leader of the Wolf Slaying Mercenary Group, who said the bandits were likely near Starry Canyon.
• Xu Chao offered to help search for the Black Wind Wolf Bandit Group after learning the Crown Prince had ordered the rescue.
• Su Xiong proposed surrounding Starry Canyon instead of spending time searching for the bandits’ exact location.
• The Starry City Lord agreed to recruit Soul Masters with generous bounties, while Su Xiong and Saber left to prepare.

The City Lord offered generous rewards for a campaign against the Wolf Bandits, drawing mercenary groups to Starry Canyon. After learning that a search force had surrounded the canyon, the Black Wind Bandit leader led his men out to fight.

• The Blazing Fire Mercenary Group's captain accepted the City Lord's offer, and mercenaries crowded the registration point to claim the rewards.
• The Black Wind Bandit leader brooded over his nephew's death while Third Boss suggested raiding Starfall City, a plan Second Boss warned against.
• Second Boss revealed that the bandits had captured the Minister of Finance's son for ransom, and the leader vowed to kill the hostage even after collecting the money.
• A subordinate reported that the Starry City Lord had sent mercenary groups to search and surround Starry Canyon.
• The Black Wind Bandit leader gathered his men and led them out to teach the search force a lesson.

The Black Wind Wolf Bandits learned that three Soul Douluos and the Blood Kill Legion were searching Starry Canyon, while Dai Mubai announced that the decisive battle for the imperial throne would take place in two days. The chapter ended with Dai Mubai reassuring Zhu Zhuqing before the coming contest.

• First Boss and the Black Wind Wolf Bandits spotted the Starry City Lord, Saber General, and the Blood Kill Legion, and Second Boss recognized the force as a major threat.
• Second Boss warned Leader that the search might have been launched because they kidnapped the Minister of Finance's son, and Leader ordered an investigation while the bandits returned to their hideout.
• The Blood Kill Legion checked passes at the canyon entrance as thousands of mercenaries searched Starry Canyon and flying Soul Masters patrolled the sky.
• Su Xiong saw Dai Mubai announce in the group chat that the Imperial Throne Decisive Battle would happen in two days, and the group congratulated him on becoming emperor.
• Dai Mubai held Zhu Zhuqing's hand and told her not to be afraid because he was there.

Su Xiong received confidential news about Dai Mubai and learned that the search for the Wolf Bandits could not be sped up, then demonstrated his formidable strength to the Starry City Lord and Saber. At the Imperial Palace, the Star Luo Emperor and Empress tested their Hell White Tiger against the White Tiger Battle Formation, and the Emperor’s attack broke through it.

• Su Xiong kept Dai Mubai’s news secret and explained that his bracelet let trusted followers communicate over long distances.
• Su Xiong asked to finish the Wolf Bandit operation sooner so he could watch the Throne War, but the Starry City Lord said the search was already moving as quickly as possible.
• Su Xiong revealed eight Soul Rings and flew away, stunning the Starry City Lord and Saber with his powerful aura.
• The Star Luo Emperor trained with the Empress, and their Martial Soul Fusion summoned the Hell White Tiger.
• Dragonheart Lion and the White Tiger Guards formed the White Tiger Battle Formation, but the Hell White Tiger’s Netherworld White Tiger Shatter broke through it and injured Dragonheart Lion.

The Star Luo Emperor tested the White Tiger Battle Formation and remained dissatisfied with its flaws, while Bai He decided to offer Dai Mubai a treasure to support him. Bai He presented the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng at the Crown Prince's Residence as Dai Mubai prepared for his challenge.

• The Star Luo Emperor and Dragonheart Lion discussed the White Tiger Battle Formation's limits, then Dragonheart Lion formed it again to test whether he could dodge the Hell White Tiger's attack.
• Bai He worried about Dai Mubai and decided to present him with a treasure, and Bai Chenxiang agreed to accompany him.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Flender, and Zhao Wuji congratulated and encouraged Dai Mubai before his match.
• Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, Bai He, and Bai Chenxiang arrived at the Crown Prince's Residence, where Ma Hongjun became captivated by Bai Chenxiang.
• Bai He presented Dai Mubai with the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.

Dai Mubai accepted Bai He's Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng but explained that he had already consumed an Immortal Herb, then gave Bai He a Crane Nine Tripod Flower. Bai He asked if Bai Chenxiang could have it instead, leaving the group astonished as she refused to take her grandfather's chance at a breakthrough.

• Yang Wudi admired the Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng, and Dai Mubai explained the legendary power of the Ten-Thousand-Year Nine-Grade Ginseng King.
• Dai Mubai accepted Bai He's Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng but said he would not use it because he had already consumed an Immortal Herb in Sunset Forest.
• Bai He learned that Yang Wudi and Niu Gao had known about Dai Mubai's Immortal Herb and reproached them for keeping it from him.
• Dai Mubai gave Bai He a Crane Nine Tripod Flower, which could cleanse the body and enhance potential.
• Bai He asked Dai Mubai if Bai Chenxiang could have the Crane Nine Tripod Flower, and Bai Chenxiang refused to take the gift from her grandfather.

Bai He gave the Immortal Herb to Bai Chenxiang, whose Martial Soul evolved and Soul Power rose to level thirty; Ma Hongjun then offered her a Soul Ring. The chapter leaves a mercenary team searching Starry Canyon for a missing person as Cheng Zi uses his sensing Martial Soul.

• Bai He gave Bai Chenxiang the Immortal Herb, and she consumed it.
• Bai Chenxiang’s Needle-tailed Swift evolved into the Flowing Shadow Immortal Crane, and her Soul Power rose from level twenty-five to level thirty.
• Ma Hongjun gave Bai Chenxiang a three-thousand-year Soul Ring, which she absorbed.
• Bai Chenxiang asked where Ma Hongjun and the others had gone, and Bai He took her home.
• A mercenary team searched Starry Canyon for a missing person, and Cheng Zi released his Echo Bat Martial Soul to sense the area.

Cheng Zi discovered the Black Wind Wolf Bandit Group’s underground base, while the bandits argued over whether to use Si Xiaoxing as a hostage to negotiate with the army. As the Leader threatened Si Xiaoxing, the ceiling began collapsing, leaving the base exposed to an unknown intrusion.

• Cheng Zi used his soul skill to detect sounds underground and realized he had found the Wolf Bandits.
• The mercenaries decided to report the discovery to the army rather than fight the bandits themselves.
• Si Xiaoxing claimed the forces outside had come for him, and the Second Boss argued that he should be kept alive as a bargaining chip.
• The Second Boss left to negotiate with the army, while the Leader threatened Si Xiaoxing despite the danger of killing him.
• Stones fell from the ceiling, and a hole suddenly opened in the underground base.

Su Xiong, Saber, and the mercenaries attacked the Black Wind Wolf Bandit Group, rescued Si Xiaoxing, and wiped out the bandits. The Starry City Lord was left distressed over the money he had spent.

• Su Xiong and Saber led mercenaries into the bandits’ cave, where they began slaughtering the Black Wind Wolf Bandit Group.
• The leader seized Si Xiaoxing as a hostage, while Third Boss killed several mercenaries before Saber defeated him with his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Su Xiong used Earth Dragon's Roar to immobilize the Wolf Bandits, took Si Xiaoxing from their leader, and helped the Soul Saints kill the leader.
• The mercenaries and Blood Kill Legion wiped out the Black Wind Wolf Bandit Group, and the Starry City Lord lamented the cost.

After Si Xiaoxing was rescued and reunited with his family, Dai Mubai learned that the Imperial Throne Decisive Battle would take place in the Starry Forest. As his allies signed up to accompany him, the Great Emperor's Attendant realized how powerful and independent Dai Mubai's faction was.

• Su Xiong brought Si Xiaoxing back to the Crown Prince's Residence, where Si Wanqing and the Minister of Finance's wife welcomed him home.
• The Great Emperor's Attendant delivered the decree that the Imperial Throne Decisive Battle would take place in the Starry Forest and gave Dai Mubai the participant list.
• Dai Mubai and his allies discussed the risks of the duel and began adding their names to the invitation.
• Su Xiong, Yang Wudi, Bai He, Niu Gao, and Jinx signed up, with Jinx calling herself the future Crown Princess.
• The Great Emperor's Attendant saw that Dai Mubai commanded several powerful Soul Douluos and feared they could challenge the Great Emperor's forces.

Dai Mubai assembled his supporters and challenged the Star Luo Emperor for the throne, unsettling nobles and officials across the empire. As both sides gathered, Saber General chose to stand with Dai Mubai, leaving the Great Emperor visibly displeased.

• Flender listed Dai Mubai's supporters, including eight Soul Douluos, and the Great Emperor ordered officials and generals to witness the duel.
• The Netherworld Duke and Si Wanqing reacted with shock and worry, while Saber General welcomed the challenge and Ghost Sword General feared the consequences.
• The Master of the Exquisite Pavilion found Dai Mubai, the Netherworld Duke, and the ministers unavailable as they prepared for the contest.
• At the Imperial Palace, the Guard Captain prepared to teleport the gathered groups to the Starry Forest, and the Dragonheart Lion tried unsuccessfully to persuade Dai Mubai to wait.
• Saber General asked Dai Mubai whether he was confident, then joined his side, prompting the Great Emperor to frown.

Dai Mubai learned that Saber’s Bloodthirsty Power could be controlled and might allow him to reach Titled Douluo, then followed the Star Luo Emperor to the temple where imperial succession was decided. The Emperor and Empress revealed that they were both Soul Douluo, and Jinx proposed that Dai Mubai use a Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Technique as the confrontation began.

• Su Xiong explained that Saber had once lost control and killed his own people, and Saber promised Dai Mubai it would not happen again.
• Dai Mubai examined Saber and said controlling his Bloodthirsty Power could let him become a Titled Douluo, prompting Saber to pledge his loyalty.
• The Star Luo Emperor brought everyone by platform to a dilapidated temple in the Starry Forest, where emperors’ successions had been decided.
• The Star Luo Emperor and Empress revealed their Martial Souls and eight Soul Rings each, worrying Dai Mubai’s companions.
• Jinx urged Dai Mubai to use a Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Technique, astonishing the Great Emperor and his followers.

Dai Mubai refused to use a Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Technique against the Star Luo Emperor, insisting on fighting with his own strength. He revealed that he was already a sixteen-year-old Soul Saint with seven extraordinary Soul Rings, while Zhu Zhuqing also displayed five startling Soul Rings.

• The Netherworld Duke and Dragonheart Lion discussed the power of the Golden Iron Triangle’s Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Technique and wondered what the Crown Prince’s group could unleash.
• Ma Hongjun asked Flender why the Golden Iron Triangle had split up, and Flender explained that the three had been apart too long to know if they could still perform their fusion technique.
• The Star Luo Emperor invited Dai Mubai to use the fusion technique, but Dai Mubai sent Jinx away and chose to fight without her.
• The Star Luo Emperor worried that Dai Mubai’s confidence was arrogance, but Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Martial Soul and revealed seven black Soul Rings, showing that he had reached Soul Saint cultivation at sixteen.
• Zhu Zhuqing released her Martial Soul and displayed five Soul Rings: three black, one red, and one black.

The day before the decisive battle, Zhu Zhuqing replaced her first three Soul Rings with Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, breaking through to Soul King and strengthening her bond with Dai Mubai. At the Divine Hall Ruins, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's Nine Nether White Tiger faced the Star Luo Emperor and Empress's Hell White Tiger, and Dai Mubai launched an attack.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Dai Mubai to replace her first three Soul Rings, then broke through to Level 54 and strengthened her Hundred Thousand Year soul skill.
• At the Divine Hall Ruins, Zhu Zhuqing's Soul King cultivation and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring astonished the Star Luo Emperor's followers, and Dragonheart Lion predicted the Emperor might lose to Dai Mubai's Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Technique.
• The Star Luo Emperor and Empress fused into the Hell White Tiger, whose aura reached at least Level 94 Titled Douluo strength.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing fused into the Nine Nether White Tiger, whose aura also reached Titled Douluo level and whose size surpassed the Hell White Tiger.
• The Star Luo Emperor welcomed the challenge, and Dai Mubai attacked with Nine Nether White Tiger Break.

The Hell White Tiger and Nine Nether White Tiger clashed with equally powerful light waves, creating a pillar of light that stirred panic across Starry Forest and drew attention to the Star Luo Empire’s succession challenge. The beasts’ attacks canceled each other out, and the chapter ended as the Hell White Tiger charged at the larger Nine Nether White Tiger.

• The Hell White Tiger and Nine Nether White Tiger fired light waves that collided, shaking Starry Forest and sending a pillar of light into the sky.
• People across Starry Forest and nearby areas feared the upheaval, while observers identified the spectacle as the Phenomenon of Falling Stars.
• The Star Crown Sect Master warned his elders that the Star Luo Imperial Family’s Hell White Tiger could defeat even a Titled Douluo and that the empire’s army made confrontation too dangerous.
• The two tigers’ energy spheres canceled each other out, leaving both sides’ spectators stunned that the fight had ended in a draw.
• The Hell White Tiger roared and charged at the Nine Nether White Tiger, which was considerably larger.

Dai Mubai and the Star Luo Emperor fought a brutal battle as their Nine Nether White Tiger and Hell White Tiger clashed in the temple. After fighting for a day and night, neither had won, and the Emperor prepared to use a powerful move he had saved for his own father.

• The Star Luo Emperor’s Hell White Tiger broke free after the Nine Nether White Tiger pinned it down, then bit and clawed Dai Mubai’s transformed body, draining his Soul Power.
• Dai Mubai healed his wound and struck back, but the Star Luo Emperor was shocked when a higher-grade force stopped his Hell White Tiger from healing its own wound.
• Dai Mubai and the Star Luo Emperor resumed their melee, trading blows that damaged the temple while Dai Mubai relied on the Nine Nether White Tiger without using Domain Soul Skills.
• After a full day and night of fighting, the Star Luo Emperor was nearly out of Soul Power while Dai Mubai still had plenty.
• The Star Luo Emperor announced that he would end the fight with one final move, revealing that he had originally saved it for his imperial father.

The Star Luo Emperor revealed that a ninety-nine-percent fusion rate created a Demigod-Ranked Netherworld White Tiger, then challenged Dai Mubai to match it. Zhu Zhuqing gave herself over completely, and Dai Mubai’s Nine Nether White Tiger began ascending as their souls intertwined.

• The Star Luo Emperor explained that a one-hundred-percent fusion rate could evolve the Hell White Tiger into a God-Ranked Netherworld White Tiger with fifty percent more power.
• The Emperor and Empress raised their fusion rate to ninety-nine percent, healing the Hell White Tiger’s wounds and boosting its strength close to Super Douluo level.
• The Star Luo Emperor said he could maintain the Demigod-Ranked form for only one move and urged Dai Mubai to use the Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Technique.
• Zhu Zhuqing relinquished all control and merged herself into the Nine Nether White Tiger so Dai Mubai would not be held back.
• Dai Mubai sensed Zhu Zhuqing’s soul intertwining with his, and the Nine Nether White Tiger grew larger as their fusion advanced.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing unleashed their God-Ranked Nine Nether White Tiger against the Star Luo Emperor and Empress’s Hell White Tiger, shaking the temple with their clash. Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing won, leaving the royal couple defeated on the ground.

• The Star Luo Emperor expressed shock that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing had achieved a God-Ranked Netherworld White Tiger, and Dai Mubai said their bond had overcome its barrier long ago.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Nine Nether White Tiger and the Star Luo Emperor and Empress’s Hell White Tiger gathered and fired powerful attacks at each other.
• Dragonheart Lion and the Netherworld Duke raised barriers, and more than a dozen Soul Douluos joined them to protect the others from the devastating shockwaves.
• A hundred-thousand-year soul beast in the Starry Forest trembled at the power, while the Star Crown Sect Master sensed a Super Douluo-level clash and ordered his disciples not to provoke the royal family.
• The Nine Nether White Tiger Break overwhelmed and shattered the Hell White Tiger’s attack, scattering the fusion and knocking the Star Luo Emperor and Empress to the ground.

Dai Mubai defeated the Star Luo Emperor and was recognized as the new emperor. The Prime Minister urged him to postpone his ascension to avoid Spirit Hall’s retaliation, and Dai Mubai admitted that he had killed Hu Liena.

• The Star Luo Emperor accepted defeat and declared Dai Mubai the new Star Luo Emperor.
• Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others celebrated Dai Mubai’s victory, while Dragonheart Lion and Ghost Sword greeted him as emperor.
• The Prime Minister advised Dai Mubai to postpone his ascension, warning that Spirit Hall might retaliate over its Saintess’s death.
• After Dragonheart Lion questioned him, Dai Mubai admitted that he had killed Hu Liena.
• Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar agreed that the empire should keep a low profile while it prepared for Spirit Hall.

Dai Mubai accepted the Starry Great Emperor’s confidence in his rule and learned about the Star Luo Empire’s hidden forces. The chapter ended with the Starry Great Emperor explaining the incomplete White Tiger Battle Formation, which Dai Mubai realized he could complete with the formation he had stored.

• Dai Mubai argued that Spirit Hall would not wage war over Hu Liena and said he could survive an assassination attempt, while the Starry Great Emperor urged him to bring glory to the empire.
• The Guard Captain used his Martial Soul to transport everyone back to the Imperial Palace, where Dai Mubai ordered food and a banquet.
• The Starry Great Emperor told Dai Mubai about the Forbidden Ground, whose hidden experts would only emerge if the empire faced destruction.
• The Starry Great Emperor gave Dai Mubai control of the Royal Guards’ three Soul Douluo and explained that their potential was exhausted, though Dai Mubai knew how to restore it.
• The Starry Great Emperor described the White Tiger Sect and the seven remaining Titled Generals, then explained the White Tiger Battle Formation’s limits against Titled Douluo.
• Dai Mubai remembered that he had a White Tiger Battle Formation stored in his system inventory.