Recaps

Dai Xiao agreed to Li Si’s hundred-million-Gold-Soul-Coin demand so the Star Luo Empire could secure cooperation with Heaven Dou, while planning to use the alliance against Spirit Hall and later betray it. He ordered Dai Weisi to sign the agreement, leaving Dai Mubai confined but alive.

• Dai Xiao raged at the hundred-million-Gold-Soul-Coin demand, then agreed to pay after Dai Weisi explained that Heaven Dou would otherwise refuse to cooperate.
• Dai Weisi proposed asking the Nether Duke’s Zhu Family to contribute, and Dai Xiao decided to combine cash, property, and a small share of customs and salt-tax revenue with permission for Heaven Dou to open offices in selected cities.
• Dai Xiao and Dai Weisi privately resolved to use the alliance to defeat Spirit Hall, then turn against Heaven Dou and unite the continent under Star Luo.
• Dai Xiao asked about Dai Mubai, and Dai Weisi reported that his confined brother was behaving well and spending his days with women.
• Dai Xiao told Dai Weisi to remain in charge and sign the agreement with Heaven Dou.

Lin Qian received a huge payment from the Star Luo Empire and persuaded Ge Long that Heaven Dou should remain neutral while the other two powers weakened each other. After Ge Long left, Lin Qian privately decided that he would begin his plan to seize the continent by targeting the marshal.

• Lin Qian received the Star Luo Empire’s diplomatic letter and a ten-million-Gold-Soul-Coin deposit, with further assets and benefits bringing the deal’s value to one hundred million.
• Lin Qian asked Ge Long whether Heaven Dou should send troops, and Ge Long recommended joining the fight against the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Lin Qian argued that Heaven Dou should let the Spirit Hall Empire and Star Luo Empire wear each other down, and Ge Long understood and supported the strategy.
• Lin Qian described the Tang Sect Hidden Weapons and explained that Heaven Dou would maintain friendly relations with both empires while remaining neutral.
• After Ge Long left, Lin Qian privately judged him a future threat and decided to begin his plan with Ge Long.

One year after Lin Qian’s birthday, he comforted Tang Yuehua and Wang Qiu'er before preparing for war as the Star Luo Empire invaded Spirit Hall territory. The Spirit Hall Empire regrouped and marched south to reclaim its lands, beginning the Empire War.

• Lin Qian celebrated his birthday with Qian Renxue in Spirit City, then visited his women in Heaven Dou City, including Wang Qiu'er and Tang Yuehua at the Moonlight Pavilion.
• Lin Qian comforted Tang Yuehua over the destruction of the Clear Sky Sect, while Wang Qiu'er's Power of Destiny soothed her.
• Lin Qian traveled to Fasinuo Province, where the Soul Engineer Legion and ten thousand disguised Sun Moon Empire troops were ready for battle.
• After Ge Long's death intensified Heaven Dou's political divisions, Dai Xiao sent five hundred thousand Star Luo troops to invade Spirit Hall territory.
• The Star Luo Empire quickly conquered lands held by Spirit Hall's subordinate kingdoms and duchies, while Dai Xiao celebrated prematurely at a Peach Banquet.
• The Spirit Hall Empire reorganized its forces and marched south to retake its lost territory, opening the Empire War.

Lin Qian entertained the God King of Goodness while the Spirit Hall Empire prepared to face the Star Luo Empire’s invasion. He ordered Yue Hongchen to hold position until he could personally lead the campaign, while the God King of Goodness congratulated him on the prospect of gaining a second God Position.

• The God King of Goodness visited Lin Qian in Spirit City and talked with him about her impressions of mortal life.
• A Sun Moon Legion soldier reported that the army had reached the border and was confronting the Star Luo Empire.
• Lin Qian ordered Yue Hongchen to encamp according to plan and said he would personally lead the campaign after handling affairs in Spirit City.
• The God King of Goodness praised Lin Qian’s influence and said the Divine Realm could grant him Twin God Positions if he inherited the Asura God Position.
• Lin Qian hid his suspicion that the Divine Realm wanted to control him and kept his plans for challenging the gods secret.

Lin Qian brought the God King of Goodness to the front lines to show her the Soul Tools and introduce her to Yue Hongchen, whose self-created godhood required a God King’s approval. Their arrival left the God King of Goodness amused by a mistaken declaration that she was the empress, and Yue Hongchen knelt to pay her respects.

• Lin Qian invited the God King of Goodness to travel with him to the front lines and observe the Soul Tools.
• After three days, Lin Qian and the God King of Goodness arrived at the vast, disciplined army camp, where the soldiers hailed them as the emperor and empress.
• Lin Qian let the soldiers see him and apologized for their mistaken assumption, but the God King of Goodness only smiled and found human society interesting.
• Lin Qian welcomed the God King of Goodness into a lavish command tent and summoned Grand Marshal Yue Hongchen.
• Lin Qian introduced the God King of Goodness to Yue Hongchen, who knelt and paid his respects.

Lin Qian demonstrated a Level 8 Soul Cannon and explained his strategy for drawing the Star Luo Empire into a decisive battle before using the Spirit Hall Empire’s forces to their full strength. The Godess of Kindness grew more fascinated with him and ended the evening by wishing him sweet dreams.

• With Lin Qian’s approval, Yue Hongchen fired a Level 8 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell inside a sealed space, and the Godess of Kindness admired its explosion.
• The Godess of Kindness reflected on her growing attraction to Lin Qian and her weariness with her long, constrained life alongside the God of Evil.
• Lin Qian assessed Star Luo’s deployment of seven hundred thousand troops while organizing the Spirit Hall Empire’s military preparations.
• Lin Qian shared a simple dinner with the Godess of Kindness, who asked why he did not use his power as a God King to conquer the empires directly.
• Lin Qian explained that he planned to make the Spirit Hall Empire seem weak, draw the enemy into a decisive battle, and concentrate his forces against them.
• The Godess of Kindness praised Lin Qian’s wisdom and bid him good night.

As the Spirit Hall Empire prepared for war, the Godess of Kindness acted as empress while the Star Luo Empire grew anxious under pressure. In Heaven Dou City, Liu Erlong grew furious over Yu Luomian’s new life and found companionship with Wang Qiu'er after her partners disappeared.

• Lin Qian and the Godess of Kindness maintained their arrangement, and she handled the duties of acting empress during Qian Renxue’s Divine Trial.
• Dai Xiao faced pressure from Star Luo nobles to attack the Spirit Hall Empire, despite the strain of supporting a larger army and the lack of openings.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy waited for missing vice principal Flender, while the empire declared Yu Xiaogang dead after he vanished with him.
• Yu Luomian defected to Spirit Hall, received the title of Blue Lightning Earl, and secretly reported on Heaven Dou while taking new wives and concubines.
• Liu Erlong became angry at Yu Luomian and, after her partners disappeared, began visiting Moonlight Pavilion, where she bonded with Wang Qiu'er.

After the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect survivors Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin arrived at the Moonlight Pavilion, Lin Qian used them to feed false intelligence to the Star Luo Empire. Star Luo committed to a decisive battle, and Lin Qian led his armies into action.

• Liu Erlong brought Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin to the Moonlight Pavilion after Yu Luomian refused them refuge, and the brothers said they wanted to gather intelligence in Spirit City and avenge their sect.
• Lin Qian summoned the brothers to the Tang Sect, teleported them to Spirit City, and gave them resources and personnel to carry out his plan.
• Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin overheard misleading reports about Spirit Hall's supply shortages and an impending attack, then passed the information to the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Emperor Dai Xiao.
• Dai Xiao overcame his doubts and agreed to send Star Luo's forces into battle against Spirit Hall.
• Lin Qian ordered his armies to assemble and led them forward with the Asura God Sword.

Lin Qian reviewed the Sun Moon Legion’s Soul Tools as the Spirit Hall Empire and Star Luo Empire assembled on a plain for a decisive battle. Dai Xiao ordered Star Luo’s numerically superior army to charge, leaving the outcome of its attack unresolved.

• Yue Hongchen reported that the Sun Moon Legion carried multiple offensive and defensive Soul Tools and that its Soul Tool Turrets were ready to fire.
• Lin Qian learned that the Sun Moon Legion averaged around level fifty, with the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineers generally stronger than those from Douluo.
• The Spirit Hall and Star Luo armies assembled on a plain, with Star Luo fielding more than twice as many troops.
• Lin Qian and Dai Xiao rode to the front of their armies, while Dai Xiao left Crown Prince Dai Weisi in the rear.
• Dai Xiao ordered the Star Luo army to pick up the pace and charge, aiming to break through and kill Lin Qian.

The Spirit Hall Empire launched a devastating assault on the Star Luo army, overwhelming its forces with cannon fire, Soul Masters, and Soul Engineers. Dai Xiao took to the sky as his army’s morale collapsed.

• Lin Qian had the Star Luo Empire’s hidden weapons sabotaged, while profiting from its purchase of refined steel.
• Lin Gan led the Spirit Hall Empire as its cavalry and Holy Dragon Legion advanced toward the Star Luo army.
• Dai Xiao ordered his soldiers to fire their Godly Zhuge Crossbows, but the bolts were burned away by the Spirit Hall Empire’s incoming fireballs.
• Soul Tool Heavy Cannons devastated the Star Luo ranks, killing a hundred thousand soldiers before the cavalry and Holy Dragon Legion broke through.
• The Sun Moon Legion revealed its Soul Engineers, who used Flying Soul Tools and small Soul Cannons to attack at close range.
• Dai Xiao watched his troops fall and morale crumble, then whistled and flew into the sky.

Lin Qian challenged Star Luo Emperor Dai Xiao while the Sun Moon Legion overwhelmed the Star Luo army, intending to defeat the emperor without using Divine Power. He crushed Dai Xiao and Empress Zhu Cai’s Hell White Tiger with the pressure of his Soul Rings, leaving them grievously injured.

• Lin Qian ordered the Sun Moon Legion to stay back from Dai Xiao and challenged him himself.
• Dai Xiao and Empress Zhu Cai revealed their Titled Douluo strength and summoned their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Lin Qian displayed eight extraordinary Soul Rings and invited them to attack with their strongest skills.
• The Hell White Tiger charged Lin Qian, but his Soul Ring pressure blasted it into a mountainside and broke the fusion.
• Dai Xiao and Zhu Cai were forced out of the fusion and left grievously injured.

Lin Qian overwhelmed the Star Luo forces, killing Emperor Dai Xiao, Empress Zhu Cai, and their strongest fighters. With the enemy leadership and main fighting force destroyed, the battle’s outcome was decided.

• Dai Xiao and Zhu Cai attacked Lin Qian with their ninth Soul Skills, but he stopped both attacks with one hand and shattered them.
• The attacks exploded, killing and injuring Star Luo soldiers and sending Dai Xiao and Zhu Cai flying.
• Lin Qian caught up with Dai Xiao and killed him with a single punch, then killed Zhu Cai with a mental attack.
• Six Star Luo experts arrived, and Lin Qian killed all of them with his fourth Soul Skill.
• With the Star Luo rulers and high-level fighters dead, the army lost its morale and the battle was decided.

Lin Qian and the Spirit Hall Empire crushed the Star Luo army, killing its emperor and shifting the balance of power across the continent. After the Star Luo court squandered its wealth on Tang Sect Hidden Weapons, the Spirit Hall Empire reclaimed territory and consolidated control through reforms.

• Lin Qian and the Spirit Hall forces defeated the Star Luo army, leaving only about a hundred thousand of its seven hundred thousand soldiers alive.
• Dai Weisi buried Dai Xiao and Zhu Cai, took the throne, named Zhu Zhuyun empress, and sought an alliance with Heaven Dou.
• Dai Weisi bought ten thousand sets of Tang Sect Hidden Weapons for a hundred million Gold Soul Coins by extracting money from the Star Luo commoners.
• The Star Luo Empire lost its ruler and Hidden Weapons in a later war, allowing the Spirit Hall Empire to reclaim its territory.
• The Spirit Hall Empire abolished local kingdoms and duchies, organized the lands into provinces, and strengthened its rule as commoners embraced the New Policies and worshipped the God of Eternity.

After the war, the Godess of Kindness visited Lin Qian in the command tent and made her desire for him clear. Golden Crocodile Douluo summoned Lin Qian back to check on Qian Renxue’s Angel God Trial, while Kindness began an intimate encounter with him.

• Lin Qian returned to the command tent after the battle and considered the Spirit Hall Empire’s victory over the weakened Star Luo Empire assured.
• The Godess of Kindness asked Lin Qian to call her by name and summoned Golden Crocodile Douluo into the tent.
• Lin Qian identified Golden Crocodile Douluo as the Spirit Hall Empire’s Second Worship, and he relayed Qian Daoliu’s message about Qian Renxue’s critical Angel God Trial.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo left after Lin Qian agreed to return, and the Godess of Kindness said she had approved the Angel God’s request to pass on her position.
• The Godess of Kindness threw herself into Lin Qian’s arms and urged him to act on her feelings, and he responded by embracing her.

After the Spirit Hall Empire’s victory over the Star Luo Empire, Lin Qian returned to Spirit City while Yue Hongchen took command of the remaining campaign. Qian Renxue began the Angel Ninth Trial in the Angel Temple, where Qian Daoliu warned her before her inheritance started.

• The Spirit Hall Empire honored its fallen soldiers and rewarded Yue Hongchen with the title of Golden Toad Prince for leading the Sun Moon Legion to victory without casualties.
• Lin Qian handed command of the campaign to Yue Hongchen and returned to Spirit City.
• Qian Daoliu, alarmed by the false empress and the danger to Qian Renxue’s position, persuaded her to begin the Angel Ninth Trial early.
• Qian Daoliu opened a portal through the Angel God Statue and led Qian Renxue to the Angel Temple.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that the trial would let her inherit the Angel Godhood, then began to warn her about what lay ahead.

Qian Renxue began the final stage of the Angel God inheritance, which required Qian Daoliu to sacrifice himself. After revealing that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Renxue’s father, Qian Daoliu died, and the Angel Temple opened the passage between human and god as Qian Renxue’s inheritance continued.

• Qian Renxue cut her palm and used her blood to activate the gemstone and Angel God inheritance.
• Qian Daoliu ignited his body and soul to supply the energy needed for Qian Renxue’s final trial.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Renxue’s father and advised her to consult Lin Qian about how to face her mother.
• Qian Daoliu’s sacrifice completed the passage between human and god, and a strand of crimson-gold divine power took a wisp of his soul.
• The Angel God Statue vanished as Qian Renxue received the Angel Holy Sword and endured another wave of scorching heat.

After Qian Daoliu sacrificed himself, Lin Qian revealed that he had preserved his soul and offered him a chance at divine afterlife or resurrection. Qian Daoliu chose reincarnation with his memories erased, but Lin Qian postponed it until Qian Renxue became a god before rushing to her aid when she was in danger.

• Qian Daoliu awoke in a divine hall and learned that the Angel God served under the Asura God King, Lin Qian.
• Lin Qian explained that he had separated Qian Daoliu's soul during the sacrifice and offered him eternal life after death or resurrection into a new body.
• The Angel God described the Divine Realm's rules, and Qian Daoliu chose to erase his memories and enter reincarnation.
• Qian Daoliu said he wanted to live for himself after a lifetime devoted to Spirit Hall, and Lin Qian agreed to wait until Qian Renxue became a god.
• Lin Qian sensed that Qian Renxue was in danger and entered the Angel Secret Realm through a spatial passage.

Qian Renxue endured the Angel God’s Ninth Trial as memories of her grandfather and Bibi Dong helped her overcome two of three inner barriers. As the Angel Set and her evolved External Soul Bone fused into new Angel God Armor, the pain shattered her soul’s defenses again, and the trial revealed the third figure’s projection.

• Qian Renxue recognized her grandfather’s sacrifice as the first barrier and followed starlight through memories of his life, including his rejected confession to Bo Saixi.
• She confronted memories of Bibi Dong killing Qian Xunji, drew strength from her hatred, and cleared the second barrier.
• Qian Renxue saw Lin Qian as the third figure, while her body and Angel brand transformed during the trial.
• Her six Angel Set Soul Bones and evolved External Soul Bone melted together and fused over her body to form new Angel God Armor.
• Qian Renxue’s soul shattered under the pain, but she resolved to survive for her grandfather’s sake as a projection appeared for the still-uncleared third barrier.

Qian Renxue endured the painful third stage of her Divine Trial, which forced her to confront her obsessions and jealousy over Lin Qian. Lin Qian entered the trial to save her, but their reunion triggered an unexpected, intimate turn as he began helping her recover.

• Qian Renxue watched visions of Lin Qian and the women around him, becoming furious when Bibi Dong appeared among them.
• As the trial’s agony shattered Qian Renxue’s soul, she realized Lin Qian was central to her third obsession.
• Lin Qian opened a spatial passage and entered the trial, reaching out to Qian Renxue and helping her regain her strength.
• Qian Renxue embraced Lin Qian, and his divine power began repairing her soul as the Angel Inheritance’s golden light surged.
• Lin Qian realized the rescue had taken an unexpected turn and kissed Qian Renxue, beginning what he called the rescue.

Lin Qian helped Qian Renxue through the Angel's Ninth Trial, and she completed her godhood with strength rivaling a half-step God King. After learning of her rewards, Lin Qian left her to reunite with her waiting grandfather.

• Lin Qian intervened during Qian Renxue's Angel's Ninth Trial and helped her survive its increased difficulty.
• Qian Renxue's armor evolved into the Angel God Armor, and her Angel Holy Sword became a true Super Divine Artifact.
• Qian Renxue learned that she had gained the power of laws and would receive extra spiritual energy in the Divine Realm, though she had not become a God King.
• Lin Qian told Qian Renxue that someone was waiting for her, then used Spatial Transfer to leave the Angel Secret Realm.
• Qian Renxue saw her grandfather and called out to him.

After completing her Divine Trial, Qian Renxue accepted Qian Daoliu’s choice to enter reincarnation and learned that Lin Qian had fallen asleep from exhaustion. Taking advantage of his absence, she went to the Lake of Life to confront Gu Yuena and claim her place as Empress, where she met the wary Ferocious Beasts.

• Qian Daoliu refused resurrection, and Qian Renxue sent him into the cycle of reincarnation before completing her Divine Trial with the first-generation Angel God’s guidance.
• Qian Renxue returned to find Lin Qian asleep, learned he had overexerted himself, and quietly tucked him in.
• Qian Renxue decided to confront Gu Yuena while Lin Qian slept and used spatial power to travel to the Lake of Life.
• Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts prepared to defend the Lake of Life, but Qian Renxue demanded to see Gu Yuena.
• When Xiong Jun challenged her for addressing their lord by name, Qian Renxue pressed him down with her divine might.

Qian Renxue confronted Gu Yuena in the Star Dou Great Forest, demanding that she submit and acknowledge Qian Renxue as her master. Gu Yuena refused and revealed her Silver Dragon Spear, leaving the two goddesses poised to fight.

• Gu Yuena detected Qian Renxue's arrival, sent her subordinates away, and faced the Angel God herself.
• Qian Renxue taunted Gu Yuena and provoked her, while the Ferocious Beasts watched from the shadows.
• Qian Renxue demanded that Gu Yuena submit or be destroyed, and Gu Yuena challenged her to fight.
• Qian Renxue drew the Angel Holy Sword and unleashed her divine might; Gu Yuena summoned the Silver Dragon Spear and rose to meet her.
• Gu Yuena activated her Space Lock Domain as the confrontation turned into a battle.

Qian Renxue challenged Gu Yuena in the Star Dou Great Forest, but discovered that her Angel God powers could not overcome Gu Yuena’s spatial domain or combat experience. Their clash continued as Qian Renxue grew more determined and her attacks became fiercer.

• Qian Renxue used Angel Domain: Dispel, but her golden domain could not break through Gu Yuena’s spatial lockdown.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Twelve-Winged Seraph Angel, divine soul skills, and golden god ring, while Gu Yuena summoned eleven pale-gold soul rings.
• Qian Renxue attacked with the Angel Holy Sword, but Gu Yuena’s Silver Dragon Spear swept away the strike.
• Gu Yuena charged at Qian Renxue, and their divine weapons collided in a blast that sent them both retreating, though Qian Renxue struggled to regain her balance.
• Qian Renxue attacked again with greater force, sending silver and golden light across the forest and shattering trees.

Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena fought with divine weapons, skills, and domains, but Gu Yuena repeatedly matched or overcame Qian Renxue’s attacks. After Gu Yuena broke the Angel Domain and urged her to stop, Qian Renxue declared that their conflict was not over.

• Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena clashed their giant divine weapons, and their powers canceled each other out without injuring Gu Yuena.
• Qian Renxue unleashed Breaking Army, but Gu Yuena’s Elemental Tide devoured it as both skills collapsed.
• Gu Yuena attacked with the Silver Dragon Spear’s Spear Glow, and Qian Renxue blocked it with Angel Shield.
• Qian Renxue trapped Gu Yuena in the Angel Domain: Fire Dragon Formation, but Gu Yuena devoured the fire dragons and shattered the domain with Space Lock.
• Gu Yuena asked whether Qian Renxue still wanted to fight, but Qian Renxue insisted that things between them were not over.

Qian Renxue unleashed her full Angel God power against Gu Yuena in a fierce duel, escalating to a devastating solar divine skill. Gu Yuena contained their destructive clash with her Space Lock Domain as Qian Renxue prepared an even stronger attack.

• Qian Renxue strengthened her Angel Domain and declared that she would use the full power of the Angel God and her divine artifacts.
• Qian Renxue struck with Sun Sword, and Gu Yuena countered with Elemental Descent, creating a widening spatial rift and a vast crater.
• Gu Yuena intensified her Space Lock Domain to contain the damage, then used Elemental Illumination as Qian Renxue attacked with Holy Light Shines.
• Qian Renxue realized that Gu Yuena was gaining the advantage, but resolved to keep fighting rather than risk humiliation.
• Qian Renxue manifested the Angel apparition and began forming a miniature sun in her palm for a divine skill stronger than her previous attacks.