Chapter Summaries

Dai Huangjun tried to turn the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction army’s retreat into a trap, but hunger and low morale left him with few options. As the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall allied army pursued, he arranged a defensive formation for the coming battle.

• Su Mo and the City Lord’s Mansion officers agreed that the hungry, tense Anti-Spirit Hall Faction soldiers might flee if the allied army attacked forcefully.
• Dai Huangjun learned that the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall allied army had left Kirikris Royal City, then ordered his troops to rest and distribute their last dry rations.
• Dai Huangjun concealed his army’s dire condition by claiming he had retreated to lure the enemy into a decisive battle.
• Su Mo and Ge Long pursued Dai Huangjun while their flying scouts reported that the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction army was resting and its morale was poor.
• Dai Huangjun arranged Defense System Soul Masters and terrain-altering Soul Masters at the front, with the Xingluo Royal Knights on the flanks, to counter the allied army’s charge.

Su Mo’s forces used massive defensive Soul Spirits to counter Dai Huangjun’s terrain ambush and smash through the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction’s army. The allied advance became a rout and massacre, forcing the Six Divine Officials to finally act.

• Dai Huangjun ordered Earth Attribute Soul Masters to disrupt the Royal Knights’ charge with pits, swamps, altered gravity, and barriers, then sent Ice Attribute Soul Masters to attack.
• Su Mo ordered Spirit Hall’s defensive Soul Spirits to clear and shield the Royal Knights, who broke through the terrain and resisted the ice attacks.
• Su Mo’s Soul Spirits charged into Dai Huangjun’s formations, scattering the defensive troops and killing or trampling many Soul Masters and ordinary soldiers.
• The Anti-Spirit Hall Faction’s ordinary army collapsed, and Ge Long led the Royal Knights and allied soldiers in a charge that turned the battle into a rout.
• The Six Divine Officials stationed at the rear could no longer hold back and prepared to act.

The Six Divine Officials intervened as the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction’s army collapsed, but Su Mo appeared and confronted them with his Death Domain. He neutralized their support skills and countered Lingluo’s vines as three Divine Officials charged him.

• Lingluo soothed the fleeing Anti-Spirit Hall Faction soldiers and summoned vines that bound the Royal Knights, while Blue Sea blocked the soldiers’ retreat with a frozen waterfall.
• Dugu Bo, the Peerless Dragon Serpent, Qian Jun, and Subduing Demon Douluo recognized the Six Divine Officials, and Su Mo warned them not to interfere before summoning his Death God Scythe.
• Su Mo activated his Death Domain and Death Erosion, withering Lingluo’s vines and spreading deathly aura across the battlefield.
• Dark Sword, Blazing Destruction, and Blue Sea charged Su Mo with their divine artifacts as Heaven Scale strengthened them and Demon Fang inflicted weakening effects on Su Mo.
• Su Mo used his True Essence to dispel Demon Fang’s negative effects, while Lingluo abandoned her ineffective vines against him and focused on supporting the three attackers.

Su Mo fought the Six Divine Officials without revealing his full strength, and neither side could secure victory. After the armies stopped fighting, Su Mo ordered Ge Long to retreat, while Dai Huangjun let the Heaven Dou army withdraw safely.

• Su Mo used the Staff of the Tree of Life Spirit’s Purification to remove Demon Fang’s debuff and evaded the Six Divine Officials’ attacks before striking Lingluo, Heaven Scale, and Demon Fang.
• The three rear divine officials blocked Su Mo’s Death God Scythe with defensive barriers, then regrouped with Dark Sword, Blazing Destruction, and Blue Sea.
• Su Mo battled the Six Divine Officials while holding back his Eighth Soul Skill and other abilities, and both sides withdrew after failing to decide the fight.
• Su Mo told Ge Long to order a retreat, and Ge Long led the Heaven Dou army away from the battlefield.
• Dai Huangjun did not pursue the retreating army, recognizing that both sides had held back and that his forces had been at a disadvantage.

After withdrawing to Kirikris Royal City, Su Mo explained why the God Realm was likely behind the destruction of the Soul Tool Empire and revealed that he had held back most of his strength against the Six Divine Officials. The leaders abandoned an assault on Kelo City and agreed to expand their forces and land reforms before advancing into the Pelage Kingdom.

• Ge Long returned to Kirikris Royal City without pursuing a sudden reversal and convened a meeting after learning that the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction had six Gods protecting it.
• Su Mo told Ge Long and the assembled leaders that the God Realm’s supposed noninterference might be a fabrication, then linked the Gods to the destruction and erasure of the Soul Tool Empire.
• Su Mo revealed his three Martial Souls and other divine powers, claimed that he had used less than ten percent of his strength against the Six Divine Officials, and reassured the leaders that they need not fear the God Realm.
• The leaders decided not to attack Kelo City and instead planned to expand land reform and recruit soldiers across the Kirikris Kingdom before advancing toward the Pelage Kingdom and the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction Allied Army in Fanos Province.

Su Mo and Ge Long prepared to attack the Pelage Kingdom while recruiting commoners from land-reform areas as soldiers. As their army advanced toward Pelage Royal City, Dai Huangjun realized the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction could not reinforce the kingdom in time.

• Su Mo discussed recruiting commoners from land-reform areas with Ge Long, and the commoners eagerly enlisted to protect their new lives.
• Su Mo left Zi Zhenzhu and a True Clone to oversee land reform in the Kirikris Kingdom, then joined Ge Long’s expedition toward Pelage Royal City.
• Anti-Spirit Hall Faction scouts reported the army’s departure to Dai Huangjun, who recognized that Ge Long planned to capture the Pelage Kingdom and cut off Fanos Province.
• Dai Huangjun considered reinforcing Pelage by marching through Yunluo Duchy or recalling the army from Fanos Province, but concluded neither route would arrive in time.
• Dai Huangjun thought of another method: trading homes.

Dai Huangjun considered exploiting Ge Long's campaign to attack Kirikris Royal City, but scouts reported that Su Mo remained there, preventing the plan. The Six Divine Officials debated whether to reinforce the Pelage Kingdom, fearing Su Mo might be setting a trap, and ultimately asked their chief gods to decide.

• Dai Huangjun asked scouts whether Su Mo had accompanied Ge Long's army, and they said they had not seen him with the troops.
• Dai Huangjun ordered the scouts to watch Kirikris Royal City, where they later spotted someone identified as Su Mo assisting with land reforms and reported back.
• Dai Huangjun concluded that Su Mo's presence made an attack on Kirikris Royal City too dangerous and urged the Six Divine Officials to reinforce the Pelage Kingdom.
• Dark Sword asked the other Divine Officials whether to send help, and Blazing Destruction supported the plan while Demon Fang warned that Su Mo might be luring a Divine Official into a trap.
• The Six Divine Officials weighed the risks of reinforcing or abandoning the Pelage Kingdom, then referred the decision to their chief gods.

The God Realm ordered the Six Divine Officials to reinforce the Pelage Kingdom, with Sea God Poseidon providing the faith power to teleport them back to Kelo City if needed. The officials reached Pelage Royal City ahead of the allied army and set out to defend Pela City.

• The Divine Kings and Sea God Poseidon decided to send the Six Divine Officials to the Pelage Kingdom and arranged for them to return instantly if Kelo City came under threat.
• The Six Divine Officials told Dai Huangjun about their orders, and Dai Huangjun sent them with a group of powerful Soul Masters to reinforce the Pelage Kingdom.
• The Six Divine Officials and the flying Soul Masters reached Pelage Royal City before the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall allied army arrived.
• Peros welcomed the officials, and Dark Sword asked which border city needed defending; Peros identified Pela City.
• The Six Divine Officials reassured Peros and led the Soul Masters toward Pela City to prevent the allied army from using it as a forward base.

The allied forces of the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall attacked Pela City, where the Six Divine Officials intervened to defend it. Su Mo joined the battle against them, and the news of his arrival prompted Dai Huangjun to prepare a counterattack on Kirikris Royal City.

• Xiu Nuosi welcomed the Six Divine Officials and promised to keep scouting for the advancing allied army.
• Ge Long's forces reached Pela City and began assaulting its walls, but the defenders struggled to stop them.
• The Six Divine Officials used their divine skills to drive back the attackers climbing the walls.
• Su Mo entered the battle and fought the Six Divine Officials, while they reported his appearance to the God Realm.
• After hearing from Sea God Poseidon that Su Mo was at Pela City, Dai Huangjun prepared to lead an attack on Kirikris Royal City.

Su Mo and the Six Divine Officials staged inconclusive battles at Pela City, forcing the allied forces to withdraw while both sides waited on events elsewhere. After marching from Kelo City for eight days, Dai Huangjun reached the outskirts of Kirikris Royal City and prepared to attack its weakened defenses the next day.

• Su Mo fought the Six Divine Officials above Pela City, and both armies withdrew from the battlefield to avoid the deadly shockwaves.
• Su Mo retreated after an inconclusive clash, and the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall forces pulled back from Pela City.
• Xiu Nuosi thanked the Six Divine Officials, but Dark Sword warned him that Su Mo remained unharmed and Pela City was still in danger.
• Dark Sword encouraged Xiu Nuosi to hold out while Dai Huangjun's forces moved to capture Kirikris Royal City and trap the allied army.
• Dai Huangjun reached the outskirts of Kirikris Royal City on the eighth day and ordered his weary army to camp before attacking the next day.

Dai Huangjun marched on Kirikris Royal City, believing its defenses were weak, but Su Mo’s clone appeared on the walls and terrified his army. In the God Realm, the gods mistook the clone for an impostor and urged Poseidon to reassure Dai Huangjun, leaving the attack poised to begin.

• Dai Huangjun led the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction army toward Kirikris Royal City, eager to capture it and claim victory.
• Su Mo’s clone prepared to defeat the invading army and then advance on Kelo City.
• Dai Huangjun saw Su Mo appear above the city walls and realized the force might face the same terrifying opponent as before.
• The Five Great Divine Kings and Poseidon saw Su Mo in both Kirikris Royal City and Pela City and debated whether the city’s Su Mo was fake.
• The God of Destruction asked Poseidon to tell Dai Huangjun that the Su Mo at Kirikris Royal City was an impostor, and Poseidon agreed.

Sea God Poseidon convinced Dai Huangjun that the Su Mo above Kirikris Royal City was an impostor, prompting Dai Huangjun to rally his army with promises of plunder. Su Mo’s clone revealed his Death God Scythe and five blood-gold Soul Rings, and the attacking forces mistook him for a mere Soul King as they flew in to kill him.

• Poseidon told Dai Huangjun that the Su Mo above Kirikris Royal City was fake, conserving his divine power rather than verifying the clone himself.
• Dai Huangjun concluded the figure was an impostor, proclaimed that the real Su Mo remained in Pela City, and promised his soldiers the city’s spoils.
• The Anti-Spirit Hall Faction army charged Kirikris Royal City, driven by greed despite lingering doubts about Dai Huangjun’s claims.
• Su Mo’s clone summoned his Death God Scythe and displayed five blood-gold Soul Rings as the enemy’s Titled Douluo-level fighters rushed to confront him.
• Dai Huangjun’s forces mistook the clone’s five rings for proof that he was only a Soul King and resolved to kill him.

Su Mo’s clone used Avici Hell and Death Reaping to rout the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction’s strongest fighters outside Kirikris Royal City. In the God Realm, the Gods recognized that the clone had god-level strength and faced a dilemma: save Dai Huangjun’s army or protect Pela City and the Pelage Kingdom.

• Su Mo’s clone trapped the charging Titled Douluo and Hell White Tigers in Avici Hell, then struck them down with Death Reaping.
• Dai Huangjun realized that the supposedly fake Su Mo had defeated his faction’s strongest fighters.
• Asura God confronted Sea God Poseidon, who defended his claim that Su Mo was fake because he was a clone rather than the original body.
• God of Evil ended the argument and concluded that Su Mo’s clone could not be defeated by the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction’s forces.
• The Gods weighed teleporting the Six Divine Officials from Pela City to Kirikris Royal City against leaving Dai Huangjun’s army exposed, and recognized that either choice would cost them territory and troops.

The God of Evil, the Five Great Divine Kings, and Sea God Poseidon chose to abandon Pela City and send the Six Divine Officials to support Kirikris Royal City, where Su Mo's clone had defeated the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction's strongest fighters. After the Six Divine Officials left, Xiu Nuosi decided to surrender, while the fleeing army outside Kirikris Royal City caused a deadly stampede.

• The God of Evil explained the risks of keeping the Six Divine Officials in Pela City or sending them to Kirikris Royal City, and the gods chose to abandon Pela City to prevent greater losses elsewhere.
• The Six Divine Officials learned that Su Mo's clone had overwhelmed the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction's forces in Kirikris Royal City and were ordered to reinforce the city.
• The Six Divine Officials told Xiu Nuosi they were leaving Pela City, ignored his pleas, and departed through pillars of light.
• Xiu Nuosi concluded he could not defend Pela City and decided to surrender before it fell.
• Su Mo's clone flew from Kirikris Royal City toward the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction troops, whose panicked retreat triggered a massive stampede.

Su Mo’s clone stopped the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction’s stampede with Avici Hell, but the Six Divine Officials returned and threatened Kirikris Royal City. The clone ordered its defenders and civilians to evacuate so he could hold off the attackers.

• Su Mo’s clone used Avici Hell to put the panicking Anti-Spirit Hall Faction soldiers and Soul Masters unconscious, preventing further stampede casualties.
• Tang San awoke from the illusion with the Asura Demon Sword and returned to Dai Huangjun, who prepared to flee with him.
• The Six Divine Officials returned to Kirikris Royal City, and Dai Huangjun abandoned his plan to escape.
• Heaven Scale used a purifying divine skill to awaken the fallen soldiers, while the Six Divine Officials judged Su Mo’s five-ring clone a threat they could defeat.
• Su Mo’s clone ordered the defenders to evacuate the city’s civilians and promised to buy them time.

Su Mo’s clone fought the Six Divine Officials outside Kirikris Royal City while Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou forces evacuated the city’s civilians. Once the evacuation was complete, the clone escaped, leaving the Six Divine Officials to seize the city.

• The Anti-Spirit Hall Faction soldiers and Soul Masters fled the battlefield before the clone and the Six Divine Officials began fighting.
• The clone battled five Divine Officials while Lingluo stayed behind them and Heaven Scale strengthened them with divine skills; their attacks damaged Kirikris Royal City’s walls, so both sides moved the fight farther away.
• The Six Divine Officials tried to wear the clone down, but his Death Reaping harvested life from nearby trees and replenished his Soul Power.
• The clone sensed that the civilians and forces had evacuated Kirikris Royal City, briefly controlled the Six Divine Officials with Avici Hell, and escaped using Death Country.
• The Six Divine Officials did not pursue the clone and descended to lead the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction army in taking Kirikris Royal City.

After the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction retook Kirikris Royal City, Dai Huangjun sent its forces after the scattered troops fleeing the city. Meanwhile, Su Mo and Ge Long captured the Pelage Kingdom after its king and officials fled, leaving the realm in chaos.

• Dai Huangjun had Lingluo heal the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction's injured fighters, then ordered them to pursue fleeing forces from Kirikris Royal City.
• The Anti-Spirit Hall Faction's Titled Douluo and other combatants, including Tang San, followed Flying System scouts and set out after the fleeing groups.
• At Pela City, Xiu Nuosi surrendered when the Six Divine Officials announced they were leaving, allowing Su Mo and Ge Long to take the city and advance into the Pelage Kingdom.
• As Pelage Kingdom cities fell, Peros considered surrendering but feared Su Mo's land reforms, so he fled with his family and treasures toward Star Luo Imperial City.
• With Peros, the nobles, and the ministers gone, the Pelage Kingdom descended into disorder as powerful clans and bandits ran rampant.
• The people of Pelage Royal City opened the gates to Su Mo and Ge Long's army, and the allied forces occupied the entire Pelage Kingdom.

Tang San pursued a fleeing Spirit Hall team and discovered Huo Wu and Ning Rongrong among its hidden protectors. Both revealed their Rank 99 strength and powerful soul spirits, leaving Tang San and his allies facing a formidable battle.

• Tang San and other Anti-Spirit Hall Faction fighters chased the groups escaping Kirikris Royal City, hoping to destroy the Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou Empire forces.
• Tang San blocked a fleeing Spirit Hall team and civilians with Blue Silver Grass, then confronted them with his allies.
• Huo Wu and Ning Rongrong removed their hoods and challenged Tang San for joining the Star Luo Empire's side.
• Huo Wu and Ning Rongrong summoned their Martial Souls, nine Soul Rings, and powerful soul spirits, alarming Tang San and the other pursuers.

Ning Rongrong, Huo Wu, and their powerful Soul Spirits devastated Tang San’s pursuing Anti-Spirit Hall Faction force. By dusk, reports of similar defeats reached Dai Huangjun, leaving him stunned by the losses.

• Ning Rongrong amplified Huo Wu and the Soul Spirits with her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and they attacked Tang San’s pursuing force.
• The Soul Spirits’ assaults killed or injured many Anti-Spirit Hall Faction Soul Masters, while Tang San fought the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear and Huo Wu.
• The Star Luo Imperial Clan Soul Douluo and his wife summoned the Hell White Tiger, but Huo Wu and the Soul Spirits killed it and then burned the couple with hellfire.
• Tang San escaped grievously wounded with the Asura Demon Sword, while every other member of his pursuit force died.
• Similar defeats struck pursuit forces elsewhere, and Dai Huangjun was stunned when survivors reported that the fleeing groups included Limit Douluo-level Soul Controllers.

After securing the Pelage Kingdom, Su Mo and Ge Long set out to retake Fanos Province before Anti-Spirit Hall Faction forces could threaten Pelage. They defeated the small force guarding the province’s border and advanced toward its three strategic passes.

• Su Mo ordered land reform in the Pelage Kingdom and began recruiting commoners as reserve troops while assigning Zi Zhenzhu and Shui Bing'er to manage local affairs.
• Su Mo and Ge Long led the main army from Pelage Royal City toward Fanos Province, leaving forces behind to defend Pelage’s borders.
• After more than half a month, the allied army reached Fanos Province’s border before reinforcements from Xiling Pass, Jianmen City, and Zhenshan Pass could arrive.
• Su Mo and Ge Long’s forces swiftly defeated the small Anti-Spirit Hall Faction force guarding the border and entered Fanos Province to welcome from its citizens.
• The allied army advanced toward the three strategic passes to join their defenders and destroy the Anti-Spirit Hall Faction troops gathered there.