Arc 13The Empire and the Dragon King

Leng Xiyue mastered her Tal'darim power, expanded the Jiuzhou Empire, and uncovered the Hidden Dragon Society’s role in her family’s tragedy. She rescued Leng Mingyue and negotiated with Gu Yuena over peace between humans and Soul Beasts, while Tang San began seeking the God of Destruction’s favor.

  • Leng Xiyue and Qian Renxue completed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Leng Xiyue accepted the Asura God’s inheritance after earning the Tal'darim High Lord power.
  • Leng Xiyue returned to the empire, developed plans for a citizen-ranking system and the Soul Forge, and helped establish Alarak’s Chain of Ascension as a combat arena.
  • Ning Fengzhi’s rebellion against Xue Ye collapsed when Xue Qinghe’s New Army attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Leng Xiyue confronted Ning Fengzhi before allowing Ye Luoxin to take him away.
  • Li Yu recovered Leng Xiyue’s memories of her parents and twin sister, revealing that the Hidden Dragon Society had taken Leng Mingyue and plotted against the family.
  • Leng Xiyue led an assault on the Hidden Dragon Society, freed Leng Mingyue and Xue Ye, and destroyed the headquarters with a nuclear bomb.
  • Leng Xiyue met Gu Yuena and proposed that the Star Dou Great Forest become an independent nation under the Jiuzhou Empire, with Soul Beasts studying Artificial Soul Rings.
  • Gu Yuena agreed to send Bi Ji and Zi JI to inspect the proposal, placed Leng Mingyue in the Dragon Transformation Pool, and identified three artifacts Leng Xiyue could seek.
  • Tang San escaped Slaughter City, was rejected by the God of Destruction, and knelt to offer to take him as his adoptive father.
Chapters 301–325 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 301Evil in its purest form

Leng Xiyue discovered that Slaughter City's influence had awakened an evil Tal'darim power within her, and she and Qian Renxue spent half a year fighting in the Hell Slaughter Arena as Leng Xiyue cultivated it. After the system activated her new power armor, Leng Xiyue gained destructive abilities and a path toward combining her opposing powers to reach god level.

  • After Leng Xiyue's first slaughter in the Hell Slaughter Arena, Xiao Bai explained that the Tal'darim power was awakening as a second Martial Soul, and Qian Renxue brought Leng Xiyue back to calm her.
  • Xiao Bai told Leng Xiyue that embracing the evil power could help harmonize her Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Qian Renxue, so the two began cultivating together while fighting in the arena.
  • Over the next half year, Leng Xiyue and Qian Renxue fought increasingly large groups in the Hell Slaughter Arena, while the black-veiled girl raised the participant limits and rewards to keep the matches full.
  • When the system detected sufficient killing aura, Leng Xiyue regained her composure, used red psionic energy to annihilate her opponents, and received a black-and-red Tal'darim power armor.
  • Leng Xiyue told Qian Renxue that her new armor represented a separate, negative cultivation path that might let her surpass the Titled Douluo limit if she could harmonize it with her original power.

Ch. 302Martial Soul Fusion Skill

Leng Xiyue and Qian Renxue completed a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill that combined their bodies and minds, allowing Qian Renxue to guide Leng Xiyue’s actions with near-perfect efficiency. After testing its angelic and darkened forms against Kaldalis, Leng Xiyue was satisfied with the fusion and looked forward to trying it in everyday life.

  • Xiao Bai used two streams of energy to help Leng Xiyue and Qian Renxue complete their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
  • Leng Xiyue emerged in a fused angelic form with six golden wings, enhanced abilities, and the Solar Forge skill Solar Bombardment.
  • Qian Renxue explained that she could act as Leng Xiyue’s built-in brain, processing information and directing her movements during the fusion.
  • Leng Xiyue tested the fused form against Kaldalis, dodging his attacks and gradually matching him in combat.
  • Leng Xiyue switched to a darkened form centered on her Tal'darim armor and fought Kaldalis for nearly three hours before her Annihilation Slash shattered his shield.

Ch. 303The King of Slaughter's Submission

Leng Xiyue ended her slaughter in Slaughter City and secured the King of Slaughter’s submission, leaving Jie Yun to oversee the city as her representative. She then entered Hell Road with Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, Bibi Dong, and Kaldalis, where Hu Liena struggled under the weight of her killing intent.

  • Leng Xiyue discovered that her mission required her to absorb ten million units of killing intent to earn a Tal'darim High Lord and unlock new forces.
  • Leng Xiyue and Qian Renxue continued fighting in their fused state until the lack of opponents brought Leng Xiyue’s arena battles to an end.
  • The King of Slaughter decided to accommodate Leng Xiyue and Hu Liena rather than oppose them, and Hu Liena reached a hundred victories three months later.
  • The King of Slaughter knelt before Leng Xiyue and submitted Slaughter City to the Empire, while Leng Xiyue appointed Jie Yun to represent her there.
  • The King of Slaughter opened the Hell Road passage, and Leng Xiyue’s group arrived on a small platform where Hu Liena convulsed under her killing intent.

Ch. 304Speedrunning Hell Road

Leng Xiyue led the group along Hell Road, defeating its creatures while refusing to drain Slaughter City's blood and destroy its power source. After killing the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and taking its inner core, they reached the route to the exit.

  • Bibi Dong used Rakshasa Divine Power to calm Hu Liena's unstable demonized state and promised to seek a remedy.
  • Leng Xiyue learned that the blood beneath Hell Road powered Slaughter City and decided not to absorb it until she could replace that source.
  • Leng Xiyue carried Qian Renxue along the narrow path and killed a swarm of blood-red bats with her Tal'darim battle armor.
  • Leng Xiyue and Qian Renxue fused and slew the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, then Leng Xiyue took its inner core and absorbed its killing intent.
  • Leng Xiyue and the others reached the passage at the top of the cavern, where Bibi Dong explained that a white portal would grant them the Divine Slaughter's Domain and send them out.

Ch. 305The Asura God's Inheritance

Leng Xiyue entered the Asura God's inheritance grounds and discovered she could divert its energy into her mission instead of forming Divine Slaughter's Domain. The Asura God appeared, explained why Bibi Dong had become Rakshasa's successor, and offered Leng Xiyue his Divine Position, which she accepted.

  • Leng Xiyue and Qian Renxue entered the sealed inheritance chamber and found the Asura Sacred Pillar surrounded by murals of slaughtered creatures.
  • Leng Xiyue and Qian Renxue activated the Sacred Pillar together, and Leng Xiyue diverted its energy into her mission, rapidly increasing her progress.
  • The Asura God appeared and told Leng Xiyue to release her Martial Soul Fusion Skill if she wanted Qian Renxue to retain the chance to obtain two domains.
  • The Asura God explained that Rakshasa had used a loophole in Hell Road's teleportation passage to take Bibi Dong and begin her trial first.
  • Leng Xiyue asked whether she could transfer the Asura God Divine Position to someone else, and the Asura God said she could.
  • Leng Xiyue accepted the Asura God's offer to inherit his Divine Position.

Ch. 306Legend of the Dragon King

Leng Xiyue completed her mission, accepted the Asura God’s succession trial, and learned how the Divine Realm’s conflict with the beasts began. Before leaving, Xiao Bai asked about the mysterious Far North ruin, but the Asura God admitted that even he had no answers.

  • The Asura God transferred enough energy for Leng Xiyue to complete her mission and earn a Tal'darim High Lord, a Soul Forge, and access to several units.
  • The Asura God formed Leng Xiyue’s single-task Asura Divine Trial and created a Divine Slaughter's Domain for Qian Renxue.
  • The Asura God explained how the Supreme Gods vanished, how he reunited the Divine Realm, and how the Dragon God’s conflict left both realms devastated.
  • The Asura God revealed that the Golden Dragon King remained sealed in the Divine Realm while the injured Silver Dragon King recovered in the Star Dou Great Forest, and he warned Leng Xiyue not to interfere with Soul Beasts.
  • Leng Xiyue decided to seek out the Silver Dragon King and asked the Asura God for precise coordinates before preparing to leave.
  • Xiao Bai asked the Asura God about the Far North ruin, and he said its age and origins were beyond the knowledge of his generation of gods.

Ch. 307True desire

Leng Xiyue returned from Slaughter City and summoned Alarak and a five-hundred-strong Tal'darim force, only to learn that Alarak would recognize her leadership only after she defeated him in the Rak'Shir Ritual. She realized the Soul Forge might help secure the Jiuzhou Empire’s future, while the Empire remained committed to rescuing people who had truly suffered enslavement rather than accepting immigrants.

  • The Asura God told Xiao Bai that the Protoss site’s secrets might be uncovered by investigating ancient powers, and Leng Xiyue returned to the Star Dou Great Forest with her companions.
  • Leng Xiyue left troops to expand Slaughter City, while Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, and Hu Liena returned to Spirit Hall to support her policies.
  • Leng Xiyue summoned Alarak and five hundred Tal'darim units in the Far North, but Alarak said he would submit only after she defeated him through the Rak'Shir Ritual.
  • Alarak led his forces away to establish a settlement and gave Leng Xiyue a beacon with which to locate and challenge him.
  • Xiao Bai explained that the Soul Forge, rather than Alarak, might be Leng Xiyue’s most valuable reward and help address her worries about building a lasting empire.
  • Leng Xiyue considered the Jiuzhou Empire’s social system and its policy of granting citizenship only to people rescued from genuine enslavement.

Ch. 308The Immortality Project

Leng Xiyue learned how the Protoss Soul Forge could support soul copying and body replacement, bringing her closer to creating immortal citizens and soldiers. She returned to Nine Provinces City to consider how the technology could be implemented fairly, then observed its students and their projects.

  • Xiao Bai explained that the Soul Forge could copy soul fragments into new bodies while the original bodies were preserved, and said supporting databases and Terran consciousness-uploading technology were also needed.
  • Leng Xiyue decided the technology could be ready for the first new-era troops by the expedition to Sea God Island, but considered how to distribute it without dividing society into classes.
  • Leng Xiyue returned to Nine Provinces City and saw how the rebuilt city offered spacious homes, modern utilities, and public facilities to its residents.
  • Leng Xiyue visited a park where students studied, practiced arts, built projects, and exercised, then noticed a group discussing plans for a flying skateboard.

Ch. 309Eternal enslavement

Leng Xiyue met a young painter, then returned to the Imperial Palace and proposed a citizen-wide rank system based on contributions and morality. After the council agreed to develop it, Swann warned her that immortality without a sound social system could turn ordinary people into slaves.

  • Leng Xiyue watched a young girl paint and agreed to sit for her portrait, falling asleep beneath a tree while the girl worked.
  • Leng Xiyue praised the finished painting, declined to keep it, and joined the girl for a meal before exchanging contact information.
  • Huang Yan met Leng Xiyue in the rain and escorted her back to the Imperial Palace, where she ordered a Privy Council meeting.
  • Leng Xiyue proposed a system ranking all citizens and regulating access to advanced technology, and Swann and the ministers confirmed it was technically feasible.
  • Leng Xiyue assigned Huang Yan to recruit experts to establish the system's criteria, then asked Swann about the Tal'darim and immortality.
  • Swann described how Terran immortality technology and unchecked capitalism had made ordinary people into contract-bound slaves.

Ch. 310Chain of Ascension

Leng Xiyue assigned Swann and Tian Meng to research a human-compatible Soul Forge, then discussed the Empire’s plans for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Heaven Dou at a family dinner. Later, she visited Alarak’s new city in the Star Dou Great Forest and learned how his Tal’darim gained immortality and competed in the Chain of Ascension.

  • Leng Xiyue asked Swann and Tian Meng to work together on a Soul Forge planned for Sky Star City.
  • At dinner, Leng Xiyue warned Oscar that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would resist joining the Empire and that forceful measures against it were inevitable.
  • Leng Xiyue decided to write to Ning Rongrong and move forward with plans to bring Heaven Dou under the Empire’s control.
  • Restless without Xue'er, Leng Xiyue accepted Xiao Bai’s invitation to visit Alarak’s camp and traveled there using a token.
  • Leng Xiyue found Alarak’s city in the Star Dou Great Forest, where he explained that he created loyal troops from souls and vessels and could use their cultivation to strengthen himself.
  • Alarak showed Leng Xiyue the Chain of Ascension, where a magnetic field made opponents advance according to their relative strengths until one fell into an abyss.

Ch. 311The Continent's Number One Arena

Leng Xiyue trained with Alarak at the Chain of Ascension and saw her friends grow through the Rak'Shir Ritual. She proposed opening the site to Soul Masters and Soul Beasts to create a public ranking, and Alarak agreed to build facilities for it, leaving Leng Xiyue considering a visit to Spirit City.

  • Alarak fought Leng Xiyue through the Chain of Ascension's psionic ritual, then she recovered in a pool that restored Psionic Energy and Spiritual Power.
  • Leng Xiyue established a teleportation passage and brought her friends to the Chain of Ascension, where they challenged opponents in the Rak'Shir Ritual.
  • Oscar defeated a fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast, then lost to a stronger opponent; the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress, Tian Meng, and others also tested themselves and were defeated.
  • Leng Xiyue decided to invite Titled Douluo and powerful Soul Beasts to compete at the Chain of Ascension and establish a recognized ranking.
  • Alarak agreed to build additional Chains of Ascension and facilities for visitors, and Leng Xiyue considered going to Spirit City to promote the plan.

Ch. 312Chapter 312

Leng Xiyue brought Qian Renxue and Spirit Hall’s elders to Alarak’s Chain of Ascension, where she proposed a Titled Douluo ranking and combat system to attract powerful fighters. After battling an Ascendant, Qian Daoliu was convinced the arena was real and sensed new room to improve.

  • Leng Xiyue visited Qian Renxue in Spirit City and explained the Chain of Ascension, Alarak, and her plan to promote the arena through Spirit Hall.
  • Leng Xiyue proposed that Qian Daoliu publicize the arena and outlined a Douluo ranking with powerful opponents as rewards for the highest-ranked fighters.
  • Qian Daoliu gathered Golden Crocodile, other Reverends, Bibi Dong, and more than twenty Titled Douluo to visit Alarak’s Protoss Base.
  • An Ascendant showed the group the Chain of Ascension, described its combat modes and Mineral-based fees, and Leng Xiyue secured everyone a free battle.
  • Qian Daoliu fought a Level 99 Ascendant, won after a hard-fought match, and returned excited by the chance to improve.

Ch. 313Kill the Chicken to Warn the Monkeys

Alarak opened the Chain of Ascension and trading system to Spirit Hall, while Leng Xiyue planned to turn Heaven Dou against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after it refused her request for Ning Rongrong. Two months later, Ning Fengzhi learned that the Jiuzhou Empire would bring a devastating weapon to the emperor’s birthday banquet and ordered Sword Douluo to steal it.

  • Alarak welcomed Spirit Hall, explained the prices for challenges and goods, and began building two more Chains of Ascension as visitors exchanged treasures for minerals.
  • Leng Xiyue learned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had refused to send Ning Rongrong and decided to provoke a rift between the sect and Xue Ye before moving against it at his birthday banquet.
  • Two months later, Heaven Dou’s Young Officers Corps pushed to abolish Seven Treasure Glazed Tile City, and Xue Ye’s court approved the measure.
  • Ning Fengzhi received Oscar’s intelligence that the Jiuzhou Empire would bring an ultra-long-range missile launcher to the banquet and resolved to seize it to deter the imperial family.
  • Ning Fengzhi ordered Sword Douluo to arrange the theft discreetly.

Ch. 314The Heaven Dou Palace Coup (Part One)

Chen Xin led Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect warriors in a massacre that convinced Xue Ye the sect had betrayed Heaven Dou, prompting him to confront Ning Fengzhi at his birthday banquet. Ning Fengzhi and Marshal Ge Long seized control of the palace, while Xue Qinghe was conspicuously absent.

  • Chen Xin led sixty Soul Saints in ambushing and killing a Jiuzhou Empire transport convoy, then gathered its equipment and escaped without leaving survivors.
  • After viewing the soldiers’ recorded footage, Xue Ye accused the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of treason and ordered Xue Qinghe to prepare the New Army while he brought the Royal Knights into the palace.
  • At Xue Ye’s birthday banquet, he denounced Ning Fengzhi, who denied wrongdoing and threatened that the sect would retaliate if he were arrested.
  • Ge Long’s Royal Knights surrounded Xue Ye instead of Ning Fengzhi, and Gu Rong, Chen Xin, and two other Titled Douluos appeared through a space channel.
  • Ge Long revealed his grievance against Xue Ye, while the Traditional Noble Faction sided with Ning Fengzhi and the Young Officers Corps protected the emperor.
  • Ning Fengzhi noticed that Xue Qinghe was missing and dismissed the possibility that the crown prince could threaten his victory.

Ch. 315Heaven Dou Palace Coup (Part Two)

Ning Fengzhi’s coup seemed poised to succeed after the Hidden Dragon Society abducted Xue Ye and his forces subdued the imperial loyalists. But Xue Qinghe’s army attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and a shell destroyed Gu Rong’s teleportation channel just as Ning Fengzhi tried to respond, leaving him surrounded by a mysterious woman and her forces.

  • Tang Hao arrived to support the Heaven Dou imperial family and fought Chen Xin as the palace battle began.
  • Xue Ye transformed into a golden dragon, but the Hidden Dragon Society sealed and abducted him to obtain his blood for their injured Third Elder.
  • Ning Fengzhi’s forces defeated the imperial loyalists, restrained Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua, and prepared for Ning Fengzhi to claim the throne.
  • A disciple reported that Xue Qinghe had led three hundred thousand New Army troops in an attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
  • Ning Fengzhi tried to teleport back with Gu Rong, but a shell destroyed the channel, and a woman in Blue-and-White Skirt Armor appeared with her forces to confront him.

Ch. 316The dust settled

Leng Xiyue confronted Ning Fengzhi after his rebellion and prepared to execute him, but Ye Luoxin intervened and negotiated his release. Leng Xiyue agreed to trade for intelligence on the continent’s hidden powers and arranged to meet Ye Luoxin at the Jiuzhou Empire’s Imperial Palace in three days.

  • Leng Xiyue told Ning Fengzhi that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not adapt to the new era, while Ning accepted the consequences of his rebellion.
  • Leng Xiyue killed Ge Long when he tried to stop Ning Fengzhi from accepting the Genetic Virus, then refused to spare the rebels or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
  • Ye Luoxin arrived through a rift, took the Genetic Virus from Ning Fengzhi, and revealed that he was her younger sister’s husband.
  • Ye Luoxin offered her friendship and the support of the Aristocratic Family Alliance, but Leng Xiyue challenged her to admit that she could not threaten her.
  • Leng Xiyue negotiated for information about other hidden powers, and Ye Luoxin agreed to arrange a reliable intelligence report.
  • Leng Xiyue let Ye Luoxin take Ning Fengzhi away and set their next meeting at the Jiuzhou Empire’s Imperial Palace in three days.

Ch. 317Clouds and Smoke of the Past

Xue Qinghe became emperor and began reshaping Heaven Dou, while Leng Xiyue sought the truth about her family through Li Yu’s divination. Li Yu uncovered the twins’ childhood at the Hidden Dragon Society and witnessed the events that led Leng Mingxuan to attack its elders.

  • Xue Qinghe took the throne, arrested the rebels’ relatives, and announced policies aimed at giving Heaven Dou’s common people greater equality.
  • Leng Xiyue asked Li Yu to uncover what happened to her parents and missing older sister, and Li Yu began divining her past.
  • Li Yu saw Leng Mingxuan and Xiao Muyun take their twin daughters, Leng Mingyue and Leng Xiyue, to the Hidden Dragon Society’s headquarters for their Martial Soul awakening.
  • Leng Xiyue awakened a Plant Martial Soul and was sent away, while Leng Mingyue’s dragon cry and the old man’s laughter revealed that she had awakened a powerful Martial Soul.
  • After only Leng Xiyue returned, Leng Mingxuan flew into a rage and attacked dozens of Titled Douluo at the Hidden Dragon Society’s stronghold.

Ch. 318The dust-covered truth

After learning the truth about her family and the Hidden Dragon Society, Leng Xiyue resolved to rescue her sister and destroy the society. She brought powerful allies to its mountain headquarters and confronted its Titled Douluo, demanding they answer for her parents’ deaths.

  • Leng Xiyue learned that the Hidden Dragon Society had manipulated her family’s history, taken her sister, and plotted against her, then ordered her commanders to prepare for war.
  • Li Yu shared her recovered memories and uploaded a route that led Leng Xiyue to the Hidden Dragon Society’s base in the Thousand Abyss Mountains.
  • Leng Xiyue and Miho Nishizumi planned a rescue followed by a maximum-yield nuclear strike, and Leng Xiyue summoned Bibi Dong and Jie Yun as reinforcements.
  • Leng Xiyue’s group warped to the mountains and reached the society’s headquarters, where around twenty Titled Douluo prepared to fight.
  • Leng Xiyue dismissed the assembled elders as unworthy opponents and demanded that someone with authority answer for her parents’ deaths and the old emperor’s fate.

Ch. 319Nuclear launch detected!

Leng Xiyue rescued Xue Ye and her transformed older sister from the Hidden Dragon Society, then left after absorbing the golden lake’s energy. A Warp Prism dropped a nuclear bomb on the gathered society members, annihilating them and leaving a colossal crater.

  • Leng Xiyue ordered an attack when Long Tianxin failed to cooperate, and Bibi Dong killed two Titled Douluos before Long Tianxin agreed to lead them.
  • Leng Xiyue’s group reached the underground hall, where they found the Fourth Elder draining a golden dragon to heal the Third Elder and sustain Leng Xiyue’s chained, transformed older sister.
  • Jie Yun killed the Fourth Elder, and the group freed Xue Ye and Leng Xiyue’s sister from their chains.
  • Leng Xiyue absorbed the golden lake’s energy, then left with her sister and released Long Tianxin.
  • A Warp Prism dropped a nuclear bomb on the Hidden Dragon Society’s gathered members, destroying the area and leaving a vast crater.

Ch. 320One wall apart, two worlds

Leng Xiyue brought her sister Leng Mingyue to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but when it failed to help, she sought the Silver Dragon King’s aid in Star Dou Great Forest. After learning the forest’s Soul Beasts were divided by civil war, Leng Xiyue entered their hidden core with the Snow Empress, where a powerful being immediately attacked.

  • Dai Yun felt the force of the explosion and decided the Star Luo Empire would pretend it had seen nothing.
  • Leng Xiyue took Leng Mingyue to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Xiao Bai said the Void Dragon King Martial Soul might require Gu Yuena’s expertise.
  • Leng Xiyue visited Da Ming and learned the Crimson Flame Tiger tribe had started a civil war over human activity near Slaughter City.
  • The Snow Empress offered to lead Leng Xiyue to Bi Ji, who could help them contact Di Tian and find Gu Yuena.
  • The Snow Empress opened a hidden passage into Star Dou Great Forest’s core, where a powerful Soul Beast’s cold attack rushed toward her.

Ch. 321Bi Ji and Zi JI

Leng Xiyue and her companions reached the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Circle and were welcomed after proving their soul beast and Dragon Clan identities. Hu Yue led them to Bi Ji’s healing grounds, where Leng Xiyue arrived as Bi Ji and Zi JI argued over Di Tian’s plan to unleash a beast tide against humanity.

  • Hu Yue’s soul beasts surrounded the visitors, but the Snow Empress and the others revealed their true forms and cultivation, while Leng Xiyue displayed the Ice Dragon King’s aura to prove her Dragon Clan status.
  • Xiong Jun accepted the visitors after Hu Yue confirmed they were kin, and Leng Xiyue offered to help the soul beasts.
  • Hu Yue explained that the Beast God had restrained the Red Flame Tiger Clan and formed an Anti-Human Alliance to prepare the tribes for conflict with humans.
  • Hu Yue guided the group to Bi Ji’s crowded healing grounds, where emerald swans treated thousands of wounded soul beasts.
  • At Bi Ji’s residence, Leng Xiyue found Zi JI angrily confronting Bi Ji for opposing Di Tian’s planned beast tide, while Bi Ji warned that humanity had grown too powerful to underestimate.

Ch. 322Di Tian

Leng Xiyue reached the Star Dou Great Forest and learned that Bi Ji’s Soul Beasts had been tied to the Hidden Dragon Society’s experiments on Leng Mingyue. After overpowering Di Tian’s attempt to intimidate her, she demanded to meet Gu Yuena and offered a deal to help both their sides.

  • Bi Ji welcomed Leng Xiyue’s group, revealed the Hidden Dragon Society’s connection to the Soul Beasts, and explained that Leng Mingyue had been a test subject.
  • Bi Ji offered to take Leng Xiyue to Di Tian and said Lady Silver Dragon King might be able to restore Leng Mingyue; Leng Xiyue accepted the offer.
  • As they traveled, Zi JI explained that Soul Beasts survived Heavenly Tribulations through strong bloodlines and described Bi Ji’s conviction as the source of her resilience.
  • Leng Xiyue and the others arrived at the lake where Di Tian rested, and Leng Xiyue’s Dragon King aura forced him down.
  • Di Tian confronted Leng Xiyue, who demanded that he take her to Gu Yuena and proposed a deal involving Leng Mingyue and the future of humans and Soul Beasts.

Ch. 323Negotiations with Gu Yuena

Leng Xiyue met Gu Yuena beneath the Lake of Life and negotiated a future for humans and Soul Beasts. She proposed making the Star Dou Great Forest an autonomous nation within the Jiuzhou Empire and invited Gu Yuena’s delegation to visit and study human technology, leaving Gu Yuena to consider whether peaceful cooperation was possible.

  • Di Tian led Leng Xiyue and Tian Meng through the Lake of Life to Gu Yuena’s cavern, then left them to meet her.
  • Gu Yuena questioned Leng Xiyue about humanity’s newfound power and challenged her claim that friendship and peace could bridge the divide between humans and Soul Beasts.
  • Leng Xiyue revealed that she had inherited the Asura God’s Divine Position and proposed reunifying the Divine Realm, but Gu Yuena rejected the idea as unrealistic.
  • Leng Xiyue proposed turning the Star Dou Great Forest into an independent nation under the Jiuzhou Empire and argued that science could end Soul Beasts’ dependence on dying to provide Soul Rings.
  • Leng Xiyue invited Gu Yuena to send a delegation of Ferocious Beasts to the empire to study Artificial Soul Rings and offered Tian Meng and the others as collateral.

Ch. 324Couldn't Be Bothered to Think of a Title

Leng Xiyue negotiated with Gu Yuena for peace between humans and Soul Beasts, entrusted her sister to the Dragon Transformation Pool, and discovered that Gu Yuena recognized several objects needed to unlock a mysterious base. As Leng Xiyue gained clues to finding them, Tang San escaped Slaughter City.

  • Gu Yuena agreed to send Bi Ji and Zi JI to inspect Leng Xiyue’s proposal for lasting peace, while Leng Xiyue left Tian Meng and the Snow Empress as hostages.
  • Gu Yuena placed Leng Xiyue’s sister in the Dragon Transformation Pool to stabilize her condition, and invited Leng Xiyue to use a Cold Marrow Pool while Tian Meng cultivated nearby.
  • Leng Xiyue found a stone in Gu Yuena’s treasury that matched one of the nine keys in her album, and Xiao Bai confirmed it was compatible with Psionic Energy.
  • Gu Yuena identified three key items and told Leng Xiyue where she might search for a Tree of Life branch, a Nine Abyss Demon Dragon’s horn, and the Fallen Heaven Spear.
  • Leng Xiyue gained a direction for her search and continued building her relationship with Gu Yuena, while Tang San escaped Slaughter City.

Ch. 325Tang San's New Life

Tang San passed Slaughter City's trial and Hell Road, then encountered the God of Destruction and Rakshasa in a vision. After the God of Destruction exposed and mocked his past, Tang San sought his favor by offering to become his adoptive son.

  • Tang San killed his opponents in Slaughter City, recognized Leng Xiyue as the source of his grievances, and passed the trial.
  • The King of Slaughter opened the way to Hell Road, and Tang San crossed it and emerged through the gate of light.
  • Tang San heard Rakshasa ask the God of Destruction to consider him, but the God of Destruction dismissed his strength and usefulness.
  • The God of Destruction mocked Tang San over his past, including his rejection by friends and family and his parents' deception.
  • Tang San resolved to change his life and knelt before the God of Destruction, offering to take him as his adoptive father.
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