Chapter Summaries

Dai Tianfeng pretended to welcome the God Realm’s offer of support while privately rejecting its motives and planning to inform Su Mo of its arrangements. Su Mo returned to the Star Dou Great Forest and used his million-year Revival Light to purify all the Foreign Divine Power in Gu Yuena, leaving her recovered and on the path back to her peak.

• Dark Sword told Dai Tianfeng that the God Realm would lower the difficulty of divine trials and help his side defeat Spirit Hall, while Dai Tianfeng inwardly doubted their concern for the continent and feigned gratitude.
• Dai Tianfeng began probing the divine officials about the God Realm’s plans so he could pass the information to Su Mo.
• Su Mo and Di Tian brought the soul spirits back to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Snow Empress and Ice Empress marveled at the forest and Er Ming and Da Ming asked Ah Rou about Xiao Wu.
• Gu Yuena sensed Di Tian’s return, learned Su Mo had come back, and summoned him to her silver palace beneath Lake of Life.
• Su Mo revealed that his Staff of the Tree of Life Spirit’s Revival Light had become a million-year soul skill and used it repeatedly to purify all the Foreign Divine Power in Gu Yuena’s body.

After the God Realm began assembling an Anti-Spirit Hall Faction, Tang San arrived in Fanos Province and planned to recruit the Four Great Clans. Su Mo learned of the Gods’ intervention and deliberately let the opposition gather, then Tang San entered Heaven Dou Imperial City.

• Tang San appeared in a forest after being teleported from Sea God Island, learned he was near Fanos City, and set out toward Holy Soul Village.
• The Asura God told Tang San that the God Realm would support the Star Luo Empire against Spirit Hall and offer divine inheritances to talented allies, so Tang San considered recruiting the Four Great Clans.
• Su Mo learned that the God Realm had sent six divine officials to the Star Luo Empire and was arranging divine trials for the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction.
• Su Mo decided the God Realm’s efforts could draw Spirit Hall’s hidden opponents into the open, so he told Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire to proceed slowly and let the faction grow.
• Tang San entered Heaven Dou Imperial City disguised in a black cloak and veiled conical hat.

Tang San entered Heaven Dou Imperial City and secretly infiltrated the Strength Clan’s residence to meet Titan without putting the clan at risk. Nearby, Tailong discussed how his clan might gain access to the Soul Controller System and considered asking Liu Erlong to appeal to Su Mo, just as Tang San spotted him.

• Tang San found the Strength Clan’s residence and decided to sneak in to speak with Titan before revealing his presence.
• Tailong explained to his companions how Soul Controllers and soul spirits worked, then lamented that the Strength Clan might be left waiting because of its ties to Tang Hao.
• A girl asked whether the Strength Clan’s break with the Clear Sky Sect had ended its conflict with Spirit Hall, and Tailong explained that Titan still hated Spirit Hall out of loyalty to Tang Hao.
• Tailong suggested asking Liu Erlong to plead with Su Mo so the Strength Clan could become Soul Controllers sooner.
• Tang San spotted Tailong near the residence and called out to his old classmate and teammate.

Tang San arrived at the Strength Clan residence to seek Titan, but Tailong viewed him as a threat to the clan and attacked. After Titan intervened, Tang San revealed his identity and said Tang Hao had sent him.

• Tailong recognized Tang San but pretended he was a thief and ordered his companions to drive him out.
• Tailong and the other Strength Clan youths attacked Tang San with their Great Strength Gorilla Martial Souls.
• Tang San restrained Tailong and the others with his Blue Silver Grass, revealing his Soul Saint cultivation.
• Titan sensed the Soul Power and arrived, furious to find Tailong bound, then summoned his Martial Soul and displayed eight Soul Rings.
• Tang San released the youths, summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, and told Titan he was Tang Hao's son and had come at his father's request.

Titan learned that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and heard that Spirit Hall Holy Son Su Mo had killed Tang Hao and Tang Chen. Tang San then told Titan that he had inherited the Asura God’s trials and that the God Realm planned to help form an Anti-Spirit Hall Faction.

• Titan demanded proof of Tang San’s identity, and Tailong confirmed that he recognized him.
• Titan and the Strength Clan’s young members knelt before Tang San, who then asked Titan to speak privately.
• Tang San told Titan that Tang Hao had died and named Su Mo of Spirit Hall as his killer, along with Tang Chen.
• Tang San revealed that even Tang Chen, aided by the Asura God, had failed to defeat Su Mo, leaving Titan uncertain about seeking revenge.
• Tang San said he had inherited Tang Chen’s Asura God Nine Trials and described the God Realm’s plan to support the Star Luo Empire and help the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction oppose Spirit Hall.

Tang San persuaded Titan to bring the Strength Clan into the Star Luo Empire’s Anti-Spirit Hall Faction by revealing the God Realm’s support and the possibility that Tailong could inherit the God of Strength’s position. Tailong secretly arranged to offer himself as Spirit Hall’s informant as a fallback, while Liu Erlong decided to seek out Su Mo after learning about the Gods’ plans.

• Tang San told Titan that the God Realm was backing the Star Luo Empire and that Tailong might receive the chance to undertake the God of Strength’s trials.
• Titan agreed to seek the Strength Clan’s support for joining the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction and promised to convene a clan meeting.
• Titan told Taino and Tailong about the God Realm’s support and the possibility of becoming Gods, leaving Tailong conflicted about whether to join.
• Tailong pretended to welcome the chance to become a God, then asked a companion to tell Liu Erlong that he would serve as Spirit Hall’s informant.
• Liu Erlong learned of the God Realm’s plans and decided to find Su Mo, worried that Spirit Hall’s conflict could put him in danger.

After returning to Heaven Dou Imperial City, Su Mo went to Blue Tyrant Academy after learning Liu Erlong had been looking for him. He reunited with Liu Erlong, but the chapter ended before she explained what she wanted to discuss.

• Dugu Bo told Su Mo that Liu Erlong had come looking for him with something important to discuss.
• Su Mo headed to Blue Tyrant Academy and unexpectedly met Jiang Zhu at the entrance.
• Jiang Zhu escorted Su Mo through the academy and explained how Liu Erlong had helped her and other students, then urged him not to forget Liu Erlong.
• Su Mo reached Liu Erlong's office, where she welcomed him warmly and sat close beside him.
• Su Mo asked Liu Erlong what she wanted to discuss, but she had not yet answered.

Su Mo explained that guilt over Spirit Hall’s actions against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had kept him from visiting Liu Erlong, but she told him she hated the clan because of how it had treated her and her mother. When Su Mo asked whether she still cared about Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong said she had seen through him and cut ties with him alongside Flender.

• Su Mo apologized to Liu Erlong for staying away because Spirit Hall had harmed her family and crippled Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong told Su Mo about her mother’s hardships, Yu Luomian’s failure to support them, and her resentment toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Su Mo embraced Liu Erlong and condemned Yu Yuanzhen, Yu Luomian, and the clan, and Liu Erlong hugged him back.
• Su Mo asked whether Liu Erlong still cared about Yu Xiaogang, and she worried that he might know she had once loved him.
• Liu Erlong explained that Yu Xiaogang had plagiarized his Martial Soul theories, behaved hypocritically, and been cut off by her and Flender.

Su Mo learned from Liu Erlong that the God Realm was organizing opposition to Spirit Hall and accepted Tailong’s offer to spy for Spirit Hall. At dinner, Flender saw Liu Erlong’s closeness with Su Mo and accepted that she loved someone else.

• Liu Erlong explained that the God Realm had sent Gods to help the Star Luo Empire oppose Spirit Hall and promised divine inheritance to its allies.
• Liu Erlong revealed that Tailong had offered to inform for Spirit Hall and asked Su Mo to spare Titan if possible; Su Mo agreed to honor Tailong’s requests.
• Su Mo and Liu Erlong went to dinner at Blue Tyrant Academy, where Flender arrived to ask about Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
• Su Mo told Flender and Liu Erlong that Ma Hongjun and Oscar were doing well in Spirit Hall.
• Flender saw Liu Erlong sitting intimately with Su Mo, recalled his history with her, and accepted that she loved Su Mo.

Liu Erlong persuaded Su Mo to stay at Blue Tyrant Academy, and the two began a relationship while Flender watched with heartbreak. Meanwhile, Tang San arrived at the Strength Clan’s elders’ meeting as Titan prepared to announce a decision about the clan’s future.

• At the cafeteria, Flender praised Su Mo and Liu Erlong as a good match and asked Su Mo to take care of her.
• After the meal, Liu Erlong pleaded with Su Mo to stay, and he agreed to accompany her at her residence.
• Liu Erlong confessed that she wanted to be with Su Mo, and they spent the night together.
• Su Mo stayed with Liu Erlong for several days at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Titan gathered the Strength Clan elders to discuss the clan’s future and brought Tang San into the meeting.

Titan tried to persuade the Strength Clan elders to join the God Realm’s Anti-Spirit Hall Faction by revealing its opposition to Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire, along with the chance to inherit the God of Strength. The elders remained wary as Titan ended his impassioned appeal.

• The elders questioned Titan for bringing Tang San to the meeting and warned that following Clear Sky Douluo could endanger the Strength Clan.
• Titan explained that Gods from the God Realm had sent aid to the Star Luo Empire and planned an Anti-Spirit Hall Faction offering divine inheritances.
• The elders doubted Titan’s claims and hesitated to risk choosing a side.
• At Titan’s request, Tang San revealed his seven Soul Rings, shocking the elders with his rapid rise to Soul Saint.
• Titan said Tang San had received trials from the Asura God and Sea God, and urged the clan to join the faction so its members could seek the God of Strength’s inheritance.

Titan proposed that the Strength Clan join the Star Luo Empire’s anti-Spirit Hall faction for a chance to become gods, but the elders worried about the risks and postponed their decision. The senior elders later discussed a more dependable alternative, while the Sixth Elder remained confused about what they had learned.

• The Strength Clan elders considered Titan’s proposal but asked for time to weigh the uncertain chance of becoming gods against the risks of war.
• Titan ended the meeting and expected the temptation of godhood to sway the elders.
• The First Elder summoned the senior elders the next day to discuss whether the clan should follow Titan’s plan.
• The First Elder argued that neither Spirit Hall nor the gods’ side could be assumed to win, so the clan should prioritize reliable benefits over a risky opportunity.
• The Second Elder said he supported the alternative the First Elder hinted at, while the Third through Fifth Elders recognized the news and the Sixth Elder remained puzzled.

The First Elder and most of the Strength Clan’s elders rejected Titan’s plan to pledge allegiance to the Star Luo Empire, preferring Spirit Hall and the Soul Controller system. At the clan assembly, they openly opposed Titan and challenged his authority, leaving the Strength Clan divided over its future.

• The First Elder told the Sixth Elder that he and the other elders intended to side with Spirit Hall and become Soul Controllers rather than follow Titan’s plan.
• The Sixth Elder considered the risks of both choices and agreed that the elders’ path was more prudent than staking the clan’s future on Titan’s divine trial.
• Titan gathered the Strength Clan and announced that he would lead them to pledge allegiance to the Star Luo Empire with the God Realm’s support.
• The First Elder publicly declared that he opposed Titan’s decision, and the Second through Fifth Elders and more than half of the other elders joined him.
• Titan accused the elders of rebellion, but the First Elder and his supporters insisted that the Strength Clan did not belong to Titan alone.

Titan and the First Elder split the Strength Clan over whether to pledge allegiance to the Star Luo Empire or Spirit Hall. Titan left for the Star Luo Imperial City with a minority of the clan, while most members stayed behind with the First Elder.

• The First Elder argued that Spirit Hall's promise to make the clan Soul Controllers benefited everyone more than an uncertain chance for one person to become a god.
• Most Strength Clan members sided with the First Elder, while Tang San grew furious and worried that Spirit Hall had disrupted his recruitment effort.
• The First Elder told Titan that neither faction could force clan members to follow it against their wishes.
• Titan called on those who wanted revenge against Spirit Hall to pack and leave with him for the Star Luo Imperial City.
• Several hundred members followed Titan, including Taino and Tailong, while most of the clan remained with the First Elder.

Su Mo reached the Foundation Establishment stage and dismissed Salas’s concerns about the Gods backing the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction. Meanwhile, Tang San led Titan and the Strength Clan toward the Star Luo Empire, planning to recruit other forces before heading there.

• Salas told Su Mo that the Strength Clan’s First Elder and other elders had joined Spirit Hall, while Titan had left with Tang San and part of the clan.
• Su Mo explained that his fourth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Xuan Tian Gong had liquefied his True Qi, bringing him to level 100 strength, and said the Gods would not threaten them.
• Tang San told Titan they should first recruit more allies for the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction instead of going straight to the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang San proposed seeking out the other three great clans and Yu Tianheng, insisting he would recruit them despite their hatred of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Titan agreed to take Tang San to the nearest Defense Clan.

Titan brought Tang San and the Strength Clan to Dragonrise City to meet Niu Gao of the Defense Clan. He explained that the Strength Clan had split over Spirit Hall’s Soul Controller System, then revealed that Tang San was the son of Haotian Mianxia.

• Titan arrived at the Defense Clan’s residence with Tang San and the Strength Clan, and Niu Gao welcomed them inside.
• Titan insisted that Tang San join him for a private meeting with Niu Gao.
• Titan told Niu Gao that Spirit Hall had won over the Strength Clan’s elders with the Soul Controller System, causing the clan to split.
• Titan explained that the Soul Controller System was real and that several prominent figures had become Soul Controllers.
• Titan clarified that he and his followers had chosen to leave the Strength Clan, then introduced Tang San as the son of Haotian Mianxia.

Titan explained to Niu Gao that Tang San had inherited divine trials and that the God Realm was preparing to support the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction. Niu Gao brought the matter before the Defense Clan elders, but most opposed joining because they feared Spirit Hall could still win and destroy their clan.

• Niu Gao accused Titan of bringing Tang San to recruit the Defense Clan into avenging the Clear Sky Sect, and Titan clarified that he was not asking the clan to avenge Tang Hao.
• Titan told Niu Gao that Tang Hao and Tang Chen had been killed by Su Mo, and explained the Asura God's plans and the God Realm's opposition to Spirit Hall unifying the continent.
• Tang San showed Niu Gao his seven Soul Rings, and Titan explained that Tang San's divine trials had greatly increased his strength.
• Tang San told Niu Gao that the God of Defense's divine position might suit the Defense Clan, but Niu Gao said he needed the elders' judgment before deciding.
• Niu Gao convened the Defense Clan elders, and more than half opposed joining the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction because they doubted the God Realm's backing guaranteed victory and feared Spirit Hall's retaliation.

Niu Gao refused Titan’s invitation to join the Star Luo Empire’s Anti-Spirit Hall faction, unwilling to risk the Defense Clan’s survival. Hu YanZhen arrived at the Defense Clan claiming to bring good news and asked Niu Gao to gather the clan’s elders and younger generation, leaving his purpose unexplained.

• Niu Gao reconsidered the risks of joining the Anti-Spirit Hall faction and decided the Defense Clan would refuse Titan’s invitation.
• Hu YanZhen traveled to Dragonrise City on Su Mo’s orders to approach the Defense Clan.
• Hu YanZhen announced himself at the clan residence, and Niu Gao went out to meet him.
• Niu Gao privately sent Niu Ben to warn Titan and Tang San and keep the Strength Clan members out of Hu YanZhen’s way.
• Hu YanZhen insisted on addressing the Defense Clan’s elders and younger generation, so Niu Gao gathered them in the Guest Hall.

Hu YanZhen offered the Defense Clan a chance to join Spirit Hall and become Soul Controllers, then demonstrated the system through a spar. Niu Gao remained opposed to joining Spirit Hall himself but considered using the offer to arrange a split in the clan; the spar began with a Diamond Mammoth soul spirit appearing.

• Hu YanZhen explained Spirit Hall's goals and offered to make the Defense Clan Soul Controllers if they joined Spirit Hall.
• Niu Gao weighed the uncertain rewards of siding with the Star Luo Empire against the benefits and old grudges tied to Spirit Hall, and considered letting part of the clan join Spirit Hall.
• Niu Gao agreed to a spar between Soul Masters of equal cultivation, one from the Defense Clan and one from the Elephant Armor Sect.
• The two Soul Masters summoned their Martial Souls, revealing the Elephant Armor Sect Soul Master's orange fourth Soul Ring.
• The Defense Clan Soul Master charged, but the Elephant Armor Sect Soul Master summoned his Diamond Mammoth soul spirit, Little Mountain.

Titan and Tang San tried to sabotage Hu YanZhen’s attempt to recruit the Defense Clan into Spirit Hall, prompting Niu Gao to stage a false split in the clan. The Defense Clan members were left divided over whether to follow Niu Gao or the elders.

• Titan and Tang San learned that Hu YanZhen was recruiting the Defense Clan for Spirit Hall and decided to disrupt his offer.
• Titan appeared during the sparring match, claimed Hu YanZhen had attacked the Defense Clan, and beat the Diamond Mammoth soul spirit.
• Hu YanZhen entered Martial Soul Avatar and fought Titan, sending him flying before Niu Gao joined the battle.
• Niu Gao told Hu YanZhen that the Defense Clan had not decided whether to seek refuge with Spirit Hall and that he personally opposed joining it.
• The Defense Clan elders rebuked Niu Gao and sided with Hu YanZhen, leaving the clan members divided over whom to support.