Chapter Summaries

At Qian Renxue and Chu Zhao’s wedding, the Heaven Dou Crown Prince agreed to help Dai Weisi capture Dai Mubai. As Dai Mubai died from a poisoned arrow, he warned that Xue Qinghe was not who he claimed to be, leaving Dai Weisi suspicious of the crown prince.

• Qin Ming told Flender that Spirit Hall would not target Shrek Academy unless it protected Chu Zhao, and Flender regretted losing the gifted student.
• Ning Fengzhi attended Qian Renxue and Chu Zhao’s wedding despite Ning Rongrong’s embarrassment, and Dai Weisi told the Heaven Dou Crown Prince he had come to retrieve Dai Mubai.
• The Heaven Dou Crown Prince promised to help Dai Weisi, and Dai Mubai was captured near Suotuo City the day after the wedding.
• Bandits attacked Dai Weisi’s party, and Dai Mubai was struck by a poisoned arrow that could not be cured.
• As he died, Dai Mubai told Dai Weisi that Xue Qinghe was not Xue Qinghe and cited Shi Yang’s warning; Dai Weisi wondered who the crown prince really was.

Dai Weisi targeted Xue Qinghe, fearing the danger she and Chu Zhao posed to the Star Luo Empire, while Chu Zhao entered Slaughter City and continued raising her mission points through kills. There, she spared Xi Yao while correcting her blade technique, then killed Scarface after he threatened her, leaving the onlookers afraid and her points above a thousand.

• Dai Weisi decided to obstruct Xue Qinghe's rise to power because he feared the threat she and Chu Zhao posed to the Star Luo Empire.
• Chu Zhao's mission progress rose from 584 to 727 as she killed opponents in Slaughter City, where she discovered many Fallen Ones were ordinary people rather than Soul Masters.
• Chu Zhao challenged Xi Yao's blade technique, demonstrated how to evade and counter her attacks, and invited her to try again.
• Scarface confronted Chu Zhao and implied he intended to target her, while Xi Yao warned Chu Zhao that he had his eye on her.
• Chu Zhao killed Scarface with a single strike, frightening the onlookers and raising her mission points to over a thousand.

Chu Zhao saved Xi Yao from a gang attacking her and asked why she had come to Slaughter City. Xi Yao revealed that a Soul Elder who murdered her family and village had escaped there, and she had entered the city hoping to take revenge.

• Chu Zhao questioned Xi Yao after she tried to provoke Chu Zhao into killing her, but Xi Yao refused to explain herself.
• Chu Zhao watched Xi Yao kill a suffering woman who had asked for death, then saw a group of men attack Xi Yao for interfering with their business.
• Chu Zhao killed the men instantly and rescued Xi Yao, who agreed to tell her story.
• Xi Yao told Chu Zhao that a Soul Elder had murdered more than one hundred people in her village, including her family, and that she alone had survived.
• Xi Yao explained that Spirit Hall had failed to capture the Soul Elder after he fled into Slaughter City, and that she had come there to take revenge, though she had also entered on a gamble.

Chu Zhao used the Death God Cultivation System to target high-value victims in Slaughter City, then offered to teach Xi Yao blade techniques and take her out. As Chu Zhao's plan advanced, rumors about Xue Qinghe and the deaths of Heaven Dou's imperial family members stirred trouble outside the city.

• Xi Yao confessed that she felt guilty after killing more than two thousand people, and Chu Zhao tried to comfort her.
• The Slaughter King ordered his men to investigate Chu Zhao, while Chu Zhao considered killing him for the points.
• The system estimated that killing the Slaughter King would earn 99,000 points but gave Chu Zhao only a 1% chance of success, then activated a scan for valuable targets.
• Chu Zhao began killing the people worth the most points, suffered injuries while taking down a particularly difficult target, and offered to teach Xi Yao blade techniques and take her out of Slaughter City.
• Rumors about Xue Qinghe spread through the Heaven Dou Empire, including claims that imperial family members had died one after another and all his rivals for the throne had disappeared.

Xue Ye forced Xue Qinghe to reveal his Martial Soul, prompting Qian Renxue to abandon her disguise and launch a palace coup. Her forces seized the palace, and a fox woman poisoned Prince Xue Xing to avenge herself and her sisters.

• Wu Yun defended Xue Qinghe after Xue Ye demanded that he demonstrate his Soul Power and soul skills.
• Prince Xue Beng accused Xue Qinghe of hiding his identity, and Xue Ye insisted he prove the rumors false.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Long-Necked Swan Martial Soul and four soul rings, then declared that Xue Ye had forced her hand.
• Prince Xue Xing ordered soldiers to seize Qian Renxue, but the soldiers turned their weapons toward the throne as her coup began.
• A fox woman revealed that she had poisoned Prince Xue Xing, seeking revenge for herself and her sisters.

Qian Renxue’s coup against Xue Ye escalated into a battle involving Heaven Dou’s forces, Moonlight City, and the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile School. Dai Weisi intervened on Star Luo’s behalf, but after Qian Renxue overwhelmed him, his guard blocked her next attack.

• Xue Beng charged at the fox girl who had killed Prince Xue Xing, but Xue Ye summoned his forces to protect him, and the battle broke out.
• Qian Renxue accused Xue Ye of being poisoned and fired a poisoned needle at him, but Bone Douluo knocked it aside and saved him.
• Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile School, Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo, and Moonlight City’s forces joined the fight against Qian Renxue’s opponents.
• Dai Weisi arrived with Star Luo soldiers and Soul Masters, claimed he had come to help Heaven Dou, and attacked Qian Renxue to avenge his younger brother.
• Qian Renxue badly injured Dai Weisi with a single attack, but his Soul Douluo guard intervened before she could strike again.

Qian Renxue’s palace coup was rescued by Wu Yun and Cloud Peak Team, who drove off the Star Luo forces and used Jin Qianqian’s drugs to incapacitate the palace crowd. Qian Renxue seized Heaven Dou, killed Xue Beng, and remained on the throne as Xue Qinghe, leaving Xue Ye gravely ill and questioning her identity.

• Dai Weisi brought Star Luo Soul Masters into the palace and challenged Qian Renxue, but Wu Yun and Cloud Peak Team formed a Three-legged Golden Crow and captured him.
• Wu Yun forced the Star Luo forces to agree to withdraw in exchange for Dai Weisi, then released him when they promised to leave.
• Jin Qianqian’s scattered medicinal powders knocked out people across the palace, allowing Qian Renxue’s side to turn the battle around and take hostages for ransom.
• Qian Renxue completed her fifteen-year plan, seized Heaven Dou through a coup, and killed Xue Beng.
• Qian Renxue became Heaven Dou’s new emperor under the name Xue Qinghe, while Xue Ye questioned why she still used that identity.

In Slaughter City, Chu Zhao revealed that she could use powerful Soul Skills and warned the Slaughter King to stop sending assassins. The Slaughter King sensed divine power on her and withdrew to his secret chamber, unable to identify its source.

• Xue Ye warned Qian Renxue that she would struggle to hold the throne, but Qian Renxue insisted she would take it first and left him to worry about the poison in his body.
• After killing another assassin, Chu Zhao used her Soul Skills to slaughter the attackers and shocked the Fallen Ones watching nearby.
• Chu Zhao threatened the Slaughter King through his envoy, demanded that he stop his tricks, and destroyed the Bloody Mary container outside the Hell Slaughter Arena with lightning.
• The envoy reported Chu Zhao's abilities and six Soul Rings to the Slaughter King, who went to see her and sensed divine power far beyond that of the Asura God.

After leaving Slaughter City, Chu Zhao discovered Xi Yao had passed through Hell Road without gaining Divine Slaughter's Domain and encouraged her to forge a path without Soul Power. She returned to Fasinuo Province, rescued Wang Sheng from a Baroque Kingdom commander, and learned Moonlight City had rebelled.

• Chu Zhao's Scythe of Fate drove away Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Xi Yao said she had not obtained the domain after passing through Hell Road.
• Chu Zhao encouraged Xi Yao to prove herself and pursue strength without Soul Power or Soul Rings.
• Chu Zhao returned to Fasinuo Province and found Xiao Chenyu and Wang Sheng defending against the Baroque Kingdom's army.
• Wang Sheng and his five hundred men refused the Baroque commander’s offer to switch sides, and Chu Zhao arrived just in time to save him from the Soul Saint.
• Chu Zhao killed the commander, and Wang Sheng and Xiao Chenyu captured the scattered enemy forces.
• Xiao Chenyu and Wang Sheng told Chu Zhao that Moonlight City had rebelled and that the Baroque Kingdom claimed to be purging traitors.

After Qian Renxue lost the throne, Chu Zhao declared Fasinuo Province independent and led its army against the Heaven Dou Empire. As her forces reached Heaven Dou Palace, Princess Xue Ke calmly faced Chu Zhao and seemed relieved to give up the burden of rule.

• Wang Sheng and Xiao Chenyu told Chu Zhao that Qian Renxue had taken the throne but was driven from Heaven Dou Palace by the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Chu Zhao declared Fasinuo Province independent, replaced the Heaven Dou banners with Moonlight City's emblem, and began a campaign against neighboring states.
• Chu Zhao's army captured a duchy and advanced into the Baroque Kingdom while Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall to continue her Angel God Test.
• Bibi Dong moved up her God Hunting Plan, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was destroyed while the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile School suffered heavy losses.
• Chu Zhao's army advanced through the Heaven Dou Empire and reached Heaven Dou Palace, where Princess Xue Ke was acting as regent for the dying Emperor Xue Ye.

Chu Zhao learned from Princess Xue Ke that Xue Ye had prepared an Abdication Edict for her, then discovered that the dying emperor believed she was the prophesied heir destined to unify the continent. Xue Ye revealed her connection to the Star Sect and gave her a key to a box left by her mother, which he said would explain her identity and awaken her Ziwei Star Martial Soul.

• Princess Xue Ke offered Chu Zhao Xue Ye's Abdication Edict on the condition that she take the throne as Xue Qinghe and treat the Heaven Dou Imperial Family kindly.
• Chu Zhao found Xue Ye poisoned and near death, then forcibly awakened him so she could ask why he had written the edict in advance.
• Xue Ye identified Chu Zhao as the daughter of Xu Xuan, the former Star Sect Master and Tianshuan Douluo, and gave her a key to a box left by her mother.
• Xue Ye explained that an ancient prophecy foretold the return of a ruler who would reunify the continent and declared Chu Zhao to be that ruler.
• Xue Ye said the box would reveal the truth and awaken Chu Zhao's third Martial Soul, the Ziwei Star Martial Soul.
• Xue Ye explained that he had recognized Chu Zhao from her resemblance to Xu Xuan and became certain after hearing that Xu Quan had nearly killed her.

After Xue Ye handed Chu Zhao the throne, she opened one of her old boxes, awakened her third Martial Soul as the Ziwei Star, and learned that Xu Xuan had identified herself as Chu Zhao’s sole parent. Chu Zhao became Heaven Dou’s new ruler, but rebellions spread through the empire and advanced toward the Star Luo border.

• Xue Ye told Chu Zhao that Xu Quan had pursued her because of Tianshuan Douluo’s bloodline, handed her the throne, and asked her to treat Xue Ke well before dying.
• Chu Zhao opened one box with her keys, found a Pope Token, a purple pendant, and Xu Xuan’s letter, then awakened her third Martial Soul as the Ziwei Star.
• The Ziwei Star appeared in the daytime sky, drawing the attention of someone on a mountain in the eastern continent.
• News spread that Chu Zhao had become Heaven Dou’s new emperor, troubling Ning Fengzhi and the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile School while Bibi Dong considered whether to intervene.
• Rebel armies rose across the Heaven Dou Empire, and later marched toward the Star Luo border.

Chu Zhao secured Heaven Dou’s support by improving life across society while her forces fought the Star Luo Empire. Qian Renxue accepted that Chu Zhao had taken the throne, but their silence toward each other left their friendship strained as Chu Zhao’s anger over her allies’ injuries came to light.

• The Star Luo Emperor learned that Chu Zhao had deceived observers about unrest in Heaven Dou, and he sent commanders to defend the northern border as his empire lost more territory.
• Spirit Hall discovered that Moonlight City’s residents had spread word of Chu Zhao’s benefits for ordinary people and Soul Masters, prompting Bibi Dong to recognize how she had earned broad support.
• Bibi Dong learned that Cloud Peak Moon was Chu Zhao and sent the information to Worship Hall for Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu she was not angry that Chu Zhao had taken the Heaven Dou throne, since she preferred it to going to someone else, though she acknowledged Chu Zhao had not contacted her.
• Qian Renxue and Chu Zhao had both been silently sulking: Qian Renxue resented Chu Zhao’s silence, while Chu Zhao resented Qian Renxue for failing to value her and her foundation.
• Chu Zhao had emerged from Slaughter City furious to find Fasinuo Province under siege and her allies badly wounded, and she had blamed them for risking their lives to defend land.

Chu Zhao disciplined her injured allies and used Xi Yao’s fighters to demonstrate Heaven Dou’s strength, worsening Star Luo’s position in the war. In a valley, Tang Hao told Tang San that becoming the most outstanding person of his generation was his requirement, then revealed that Chu Zhao had become emperor.

• Chu Zhao sentenced Xiao Chenyu and seven others to farm for a year, then put Xi Yao to work in the war.
• Xi Yao’s ordinary fighters shocked Star Luo’s forces, prompting defections and further weakening Star Luo’s morale amid Heaven Dou’s supply advantage.
• Tang San asked Tang Hao about his mood and his training, but Tang Hao said Tang San had not met his requirements.
• Tang Hao set becoming the most outstanding person of his generation as Tang San’s requirement, and Tang San promised to achieve it.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Chu Zhao had become emperor and was expanding the war, then condemned Xu Quan for failing to kill her.

Tang San entered Slaughter City for the next stage of his training, while Chu Zhao learned that he and Hu Liena had emerged together and prepared to deal with the threat. After Chu Zhao personally joined the war against the Star Luo Empire, its emperor was captured and the empire surrendered.

• Tang Hao sent Tang San to Slaughter City, where he encountered Hu Liena, and they later emerged at the same time.
• Chu Zhao sent Qian Renxue intelligence about Hu Liena and watched Tang Hao and Tang San enter Heaven Dou City.
• The Death God Cultivation System gave Chu Zhao a mission to slash Tang Hao, whose fortune had shattered, up to three times.
• Chu Zhao rode to the front lines and helped end the war against the Star Luo Empire within days.
• Star Luo soldiers delivered a surrender letter, and their bound emperor was brought to Chu Zhao as a prisoner, completing her long-term mission.

After unifying the continent, Chu Zhao absorbed a God-Given Soul Ring and took possession of the Blue Silver Emperor, then founded the Great Zhao Dynasty. Qian Daoliu revealed to Qian Renxue that Chu Zhao had awakened the Ziwei Star Martial Soul, which marked her as a destined ruler.

• The Star Luo Emperor asked Chu Zhao to protect his people and spare Dai Mubai's young child, then took his own life after Chu Zhao agreed.
• Chu Zhao completed the hidden mission for unifying the continent, gained a rank of Soul Power and a God-Given Soul Ring, and added an eighth red Soul Ring to her second martial soul.
• Chu Zhao secretly dug up the partly conscious Blue Silver Emperor while Tang Hao guarded Heaven Dou City, and considered when to use it as bait.
• Chu Zhao named the unified realm the Great Zhao Dynasty and chose Moonlight City as its secondary capital, while leaving the main capital undecided.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that Chu Zhao would not attack Spirit Hall, then asked why he had stopped Bibi Dong from interfering in Chu Zhao's campaign.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that Chu Zhao possessed three martial souls, including the Ziwei Star Martial Soul, and explained that its awakening marked her as a destined ruler; Qian Renxue inferred that he had stopped Bibi Dong to keep Spirit Hall from earning Chu Zhao's resentment.

Chu Zhao lured Tang Hao to Moonlight City by sending him leaves from the Blue Silver Emperor, then admitted she had found one. When Tang Hao attacked, she used the potted Blue Silver Emperor to try to stop him, but he raised his hammer anyway.

• Qian Daoliu told Chu Zhao that Xu Quan’s attempt to help awaken her had gone wrong, leaving her to suspect something was seriously wrong with him.
• Chu Zhao sent Tang Hao Blue Silver Emperor leaves, and after recognizing one, he found the Blue Silver Emperor’s former cave empty and blamed Chu Zhao for taking Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao went to Heaven Dou Palace, learned Chu Zhao had sold it, and then traveled to Moonlight City to demand that she return Ah Yin.
• Chu Zhao threatened Tang Hao by pointing out that Tang San was studying at Moonlight Pavilion, then admitted she had found a Blue Silver Emperor but did not know whether it was Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and attacked Chu Zhao and Moonlight City, but after she raised the potted Blue Silver Emperor, he hesitated only briefly before bringing the hammer down.

Chu Zhao fought Tang Hao with the Death God Scythe and prepared to kill him, but Tang San intervened and lost his Male Lead Halo. The Clear Sky Sect’s Second Elder and Tang Xiao arrived to aid Tang Hao, leaving Chu Zhao facing new opponents while Tang Hao remained alive.

• Chu Zhao battled Tang Hao, whose Soul Power rapidly drained, and unleashed her Scythe of Fate to kill him.
• Tang San blocked Chu Zhao’s strike to protect Tang Hao, shattering his Male Lead Halo in the process.
• Tang Hao pushed Tang San aside, but Tang San refused to leave and bound his father with Blue Silver Grass.
• Chu Zhao intercepted the Clear Sky Sect’s Second Elder when he tried to sneak attack her, while Tang Xiao arrived behind Tang Hao.
• Tang Xiao praised Chu Zhao’s strength, and she continued fighting the Second Elder while lamenting that she had not killed Tang Hao.

Chu Zhao fought Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and the Clear Sky Sect elder with help from Jin Douluo and Dugu Bo, then revealed her Death God domain. She turned the battle by showing Tang Xiao the Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin, leaving him asking what she wanted in exchange for Ah Yin.

• Chu Zhao sent Jin Douluo and Dugu Bo to hold off Tang Hao and Tang Xiao while she faced the Clear Sky Sect's Long Eyebrow Elder.
• The elder was shocked that Chu Zhao was a Soul Douluo under twenty, and her anger at being called an abandoned child of the Star Sect awakened her domain.
• Chu Zhao's Death God domain overwhelmed Tang Hao and Tang San's combined Divine Slaughter's Domains, and she revealed that she had received the Death God's inheritance.
• Tang Hao asked Tang Xiao for help, and Chu Zhao presented the Blue Silver Emperor potted plant to distract Tang Xiao.
• Tang Xiao recognized Ah Yin and asked Chu Zhao what she wanted before she would return her, while Chu Zhao questioned Ah Yin's soul about her choice of Tang Hao.

Chu Zhao trapped the Tang family in an illusion with Moment of Eternity, then struck Tang Hao through the heart. Tang Xiao escaped with Tang San, leaving Tang Hao behind as he lay dying before Chu Zhao.

• Chu Zhao offered Tang Xiao a deal involving Ah Yin and Tang Hao, but Tang Xiao recognized her attempt to turn the brothers against each other and attacked her.
• Jin Douluo blocked Tang Xiao’s surprise strike while Tang San urged Tang Hao and Tang Xiao to retreat before Chu Zhao’s forces overwhelmed them.
• Chu Zhao used Moment of Eternity to pull the Tang family and Ah Yin into an illusion, leaving them helpless for an instant in the outside world.
• After the Tang family emerged, Chu Zhao’s scythe had pierced Tang Hao’s heart, Ah Yin looked toward Tang San, and Tang San reacted to Tang Hao’s injury with little emotion.
• The Haotian Sect Elder fled with Tang Xiao and Tang San, leaving Tang Hao behind as he struggled to say that they would avenge him.
• Chu Zhao told the dying Tang Hao that he would not live to see his revenge.