Chapter Summaries

Lu Ren recognized Nana’s pure Faith Power as the foundation for his future self-created godhood and resolved to establish the Spirit Pagoda across the continent. He prepared Nana to lead the organization, and the two set out with Jing Hongchen to meet Xu Tianran and discuss its official recognition.

• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress explained that Nana’s unwavering faith had given Lu Ren his first strand of pure Faith Power, and Lu Ren saw the Spirit Pagoda as a path to creating his own divine position.
• Lu Ren told Nana she would be the Spirit Pagoda’s first master and persuaded her to accompany him to the Imperial Palace despite her fear of meeting Xu Tianran.
• Nana accepted the responsibility, promised to lay the Spirit Pagoda’s foundation, and said goodbye to the children as Lu Ren urged them to continue cultivating.
• Jing Hongchen met Lu Ren and Nana, learned that Nana would lead the Spirit Pagoda, and said Xu Tianran had agreed to receive them after canceling a military meeting.
• Jing Hongchen warned Lu Ren not to summon his Soul Spirits before Xu Tianran, then led Lu Ren and Nana toward the Imperial Palace using Flying Soul Tools.

Lu Ren, Nana, and Jing Hongchen presented the Soul Spirit System to Xu Tianran, who sought to recruit Lu Ren after hearing its promise for the Sun Moon Empire. Zhongli Wu offered Lu Ren the title of Holy Son to bring the technology under the Holy Spirit Cult, but Lu Ren rejected him and condemned the cult.

• Jing Hongchen brought Lu Ren and Nana before Xu Tianran, where Lu Ren noted the emperor’s powerful defenses and saw Zhongli Wu standing beside him.
• Jing Hongchen explained that Soul Spirits let Soul Masters obtain growing Soul Rings without killing Soul Beasts, and pledged his position on the system’s potential.
• Lu Ren said Xu Tianran needed a suitable Soul Master to witness a contract, so Xu Tianran sent a guard to find candidates and asked about Nana’s role.
• Nana introduced herself while suppressing her fear and hatred of Zhongli Wu, and Lu Ren explained that she conducted Soul Spirit Contracts with a success rate above ninety-five percent.
• Zhongli Wu invited Lu Ren and Nana to join the Holy Spirit Cult, offering Lu Ren the title of Holy Son and promising the cult would help spread the Soul Spirit System.
• Lu Ren rejected Zhongli Wu’s offer, denounced the Holy Spirit Cult, and accused him of trying to obtain the Soul Spirit Contract for nothing.

Lu Ren rejected Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult, while Xu Tianran backed him and promised to separate the Soul Spirit System from the cult. Nana then demonstrated the Soul Spirit Contract in the palace, helping three Soul Masters break through to Soul Ancestor; Xu Tianran reacted with excitement.

• Lu Ren dismissed Zhongli Wu’s attempt to recruit him and dispelled the Level 98 Super Douluo’s Soul Power pressure with his Spiritual Power.
• Xu Tianran reprimanded Zhongli Wu, backed Lu Ren, and later promised to promote the Soul Spirit System separately from the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xu Tianran brought three Level 40 Soul Masters to the hall for a demonstration, and Lu Ren prepared three Grade 1 Cursed Spirits for Nana.
• Nana used the Soul Spirit Contract to give the three Soul Masters fourth Soul Rings, and each advanced to Level 41 without hunting a Soul Beast.
• Nana reported that all three contracts were stable and had no side effects, and Xu Tianran praised Lu Ren’s achievement.

Lu Ren demonstrated that Soul Spirits could operate Soul Tools and negotiated with Xu Tianran to establish the Spirit Pagoda. Xu Tianran appointed Nana its master and ordered construction to begin, while Lu Ren pledged that the new organization would transform the Sun Moon Empire's strength.

• Lu Ren explained that Soul Spirits could evolve, be inherited, and provide Soul Masters with multiple Soul Rings, then showed how they could use Soul Tools independently.
• A Fire Tiger Soul Master directed his Flame Cursed Spirit to activate a Defensive Soul Tool while he fired an offensive Soul Guidance Ray Gun, impressing Xu Tianran and the assembled officials.
• Lu Ren and Xu Tianran agreed to establish the Spirit Pagoda, with imperial funding and support in exchange for military cooperation and safeguards for the Soul Spirit Contract.
• Lu Ren secured the Spirit Pagoda's independence, tax exemption, land in Mingdu, and legal privileges, then declared that Nana would lead it instead of himself.
• Xu Tianran appointed Nana the Spirit Pagoda's first master and ordered Jing Hongchen to recruit one hundred thousand workers and complete its headquarters within six months.

After securing imperial approval to establish the Spirit Pagoda, Lu Ren invited Jing Hongchen and his family to join, gaining the Hongchen Family’s support. Zhongli Wu then confronted Lu Ren and tried to recruit him into the Holy Spirit Cult, but Lu Ren refused and said he might reconsider only if the cult abandoned its evil methods.

• Jing Hongchen questioned how Xu Tianran had approved the Spirit Pagoda project, and Lu Ren explained that the emperor saw its soul spirit system as a path to uniting the continent.
• Lu Ren invited Jing Hongchen, the Hongchen Family, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen to join the Spirit Pagoda and help build and lead its research efforts.
• Jing Hongchen pledged his family’s loyalty to the Spirit Pagoda and promised to ask his grandchildren whether they wanted to join.
• Lu Ren sensed Zhongli Wu hiding nearby, and Zhongli Wu emerged and said he wanted to speak with him privately.
• Zhongli Wu argued that Lu Ren’s power and methods resembled those of Evil Soul Masters, but Lu Ren denied his accusations and refused to join the Holy Spirit Cult unless it changed its ways.

Lu Ren rejected Zhongli Wu’s attempt to recruit him, prepared the courtyard for a possible Holy Spirit Cult attack, and checked on Ji Juechen before Ye Guyi awakened her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul. The chapter ended with Ye Guyi vowing to become an angel who protected only Lu Ren.

• Lu Ren resisted Zhongli Wu’s threats, and Zhongli Wu withdrew after warning that Lu Ren would eventually need the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Lu Ren told Jing Hongchen he would handle the Holy Spirit Cult himself, then returned to the courtyard and entrusted Nana with leading the Spirit Pagoda.
• Lu Ren warned Nana of a possible attack, strengthened the courtyard’s defenses, and asked the Snow Empress to protect its residents.
• Lu Ren checked on the recovered Ji Juechen, who held Jing Ziyan’s hand and promised not to die before catching up to Lu Ren.
• Ye Guyi’s Martial Soul evolved into the Six-Winged Angel, and she thanked Lu Ren before vowing to fight for him and protect only him.

After Ye Guyi emerged from seclusion with her evolved Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, Lu Ren set out with her and Ji Juechen to hunt the Holy Spirit Cult. Soon after they left, Wuyun arrived to take Nana, but the Snow Empress intervened and seized him with ultimate ice.

• Ye Guyi received an angelic blessing, and Lu Ren made her pay Nana for the roof she had damaged before inviting her to hunt the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Lu Ren warned Ye Guyi that the cult had two Level 99 Limit Douluos, then agreed that she and Ji Juechen could join him in targeting weaker opponents.
• Lu Ren, Ye Guyi, and Ji Juechen flew out to attack the Holy Spirit Cult’s forces.
• Wuyun arrived at the courtyard, identified himself as a seventh-ranked member of the Holy Spirit Cult’s Offering Hall, and demanded that Nana come with him.
• The Snow Empress appeared, froze Wuyun’s dark power, and caught him in a Frost Hand.

The Snow Empress captured Wuyun after he came to abduct Nana on Zhongli Wu’s orders, then kept him helplessly imprisoned and tormented him while waiting for Lu Ren to return. Wuyun remained at her mercy, desperate for relief and terrified of what would happen next.

• The Snow Empress seized Wuyun, crushed him into the courtyard paving, and forced him to explain that Zhongli Wu had sent him to abduct Nana.
• Wuyun tried to attack the Snow Empress, but she froze his Soul Power, feathers, and body before releasing him back into his chair.
• The Snow Empress ordered Nana to serve Wuyun tea, then repeatedly made him drink while refusing his requests to use the toilet.
• The Snow Empress played a Spiritual Power training game and ignored Wuyun as he pleaded and tried to sneak out.
• The Snow Empress told Wuyun to behave and wait until Lu Ren returned, leaving him trapped and desperate.

Lu Ren, Ye Guyi, and Ji Juechen attacked a Holy Spirit Cult base while its four powerful Worships were away. Ye Guyi apologized to Lu Ren with a kiss, then joined the assault, where her holy power devastated the Evil Soul Masters as Lu Ren summoned radiant undead.

• Lu Ren learned from Kurourushi that four powerful Holy Spirit Cult members were away from the base and would return later that night.
• Ye Guyi questioned Kurourushi after it admitted to eating humans, and Lu Ren explained that it had only eaten enemies and that he controlled it.
• Lu Ren teased Ye Guyi about making her apology sincere, and she kissed the corner of his mouth, leaving him flustered.
• Lu Ren ordered Ji Juechen to guard the perimeter while he and Ye Guyi entered the base to kill its Evil Soul Masters.
• Ji Juechen killed the guards outside, while Ye Guyi's Angel Domain weakened the Evil Soul Masters and her Angel Dance slew three Soul Douluo.
• Lu Ren opened an Undead Gate and sent golden-patterned skeleton soldiers with the Radiance Attribute against the remaining Evil Soul Masters.

Lu Ren and his allies destroyed a Holy Spirit Cult stronghold, then discovered that four powerful offerings had returned and learned that Sleep Demon Douluo was searching for Nana. Lu Ren planned to attack the five gathered enemies, assigning Ji Juechen to contain Sleep Demon Douluo while Ye Guyi supported him against the offerings.

• Lu Ren summoned Death Knights, Skeleton Soldiers, and cursed spirits to slaughter the Evil Soul Masters guarding the stronghold, while Ye Guyi purified the lingering evil Soul Power.
• After Kurourushi warned that four people were returning, Lu Ren recalled his forces and withdrew with Ye Guyi and Ji Juechen to observe from the forest.
• Second Worship, Third Offering, and two other offerings arrived and found the stronghold’s defenders dead; Lu Ren identified their strength as two Rank 96s and two Rank 97s.
• Sleep Demon Douluo arrived and told the offerings that Seventh Worship Wuyun had gone to capture Nana alive for the Soul Spirit Contract secret.
• Lu Ren explained Sleep Demon Douluo’s illusion abilities and assigned Ji Juechen to keep him occupied, while Ye Guyi stayed beside Lu Ren to weaken the other enemies with her holy attribute.
• Lu Ren charged toward the five Holy Spirit Cult members, beginning the planned attack.

Lu Ren and Ye Guyi fought the Holy Spirit Cult’s Offerings, using Kurourushi’s domain and Lu Ren’s Cursed Speech to create an opening for Ye Guyi to badly wound the Fourth Offering. As the Second Worship and Third Offering attacked Ye Guyi, Lu Ren summoned Mahoraga for its first battle.

• Lu Ren arrived at the courtyard with Kurourushi, who trapped the Fifth Offering inside its Domain Expansion: Womb Profusion.
• Lu Ren used Cursed Speech to cramp the legs of the Second Worship, Third Offering, and Fourth Offering and drive sand into their eyes, giving Ye Guyi an opening to attack.
• Ye Guyi struck the Fourth Offering with her Sun Holy Sword, breaking his defenses and severely wounding him with holy light.
• The Fourth Offering animated Lu Ren’s shadow, but Lu Ren escaped into the air and warned Ye Guyi how the shadow abilities worked; Ye Guyi’s holy power dispelled the shadow attacking her.
• The Second Worship and Third Offering charged Ye Guyi, and Lu Ren summoned Mahoraga beneath her as the two Offerings unleashed their strongest attacks.

Lu Ren, the Ice Empress, Ye Guyi, and their allies fought the Holy Spirit Cult’s offerings, and Mahoraga adapted to the Second Worship’s attacks before killing him with two strikes of the Sword of Extermination. The Third Offering faced Mahoraga next, recoiling in fear and regretting that he had joined the Holy Spirit Cult.

• The Ice Empress used Eternal Frozen Domain to slow the offerings and shield Mahoraga while Lu Ren protected Ye Guyi from the Second Worship’s soul-shaking bell attack.
• Mahoraga adapted to the Netherworld Funeral Bell’s sonic attacks and charged the Second Worship, while the Fourth Offering’s shadow replica failed to stop its Sword of Extermination.
• The Ice Empress interrupted the Third Offering’s attack, and Ye Guyi expanded her holy domain to suppress the offerings without reaching Kurourushi.
• Mahoraga broke through the Second Worship’s defenses and killed the Rank 97 Evil Soul Master with two strikes of the Sword of Extermination.
• Lu Ren ordered Mahoraga to continue, and the Third Offering stepped back in fear and regretted joining the Holy Spirit Cult.

The Third Offering recalled how Shrek Academy branded him an evil soul master after his duel with Mu En, leading to his family’s slaughter and his joining the Holy Spirit Cult. As Lu Ren incapacitated the Fourth Offering, the Third Offering accepted defeat and challenged the righteousness of those who hunted evil soul masters.

• The Third Offering remembered challenging Mu En, being labeled an evil soul master by Shrek Academy, and losing his family before Old Ghost Zhongli rescued him and brought him into the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Lu Ren boosted his abilities by swallowing Cursed Spirit Orbs while the Fourth Offering spotted an opening and rushed toward Ye Guyi through the shadows.
• Lu Ren intercepted the Fourth Offering and knocked him unconscious with a Black Flash, shattering his eighth soul skill and defenses.
• The Third Offering realized his side could not win and laughed as he questioned whether those called evil soul masters were truly guilty or merely branded for their dark martial souls or for offending the powerful.

The Third Offering recounted how Shrek had branded him an Evil Soul Master and destroyed his family, then admitted that he had later killed over a thousand innocents. Lu Ren offered him a chance to atone and join the Spirit Pagoda, but the Third Offering burned away his soul; the Fourth Offering then surrendered himself to Lu Ren.

• The Third Offering described how Shrek had accused him of harming innocents, leading to the slaughter of his family and his joining the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Lu Ren asked whether the Third Offering had harmed innocents, and the Third Offering admitted he had killed at least a thousand people in the Star Luo Empire and Sun Moon Empire.
• Lu Ren condemned the Third Offering's attacks on uninvolved people, expressed sympathy for his suffering, and offered him a chance to join the Spirit Pagoda and help change the world.
• The Third Offering declined, ignited his Origin Flame, and destroyed his soul while expressing regret that he could not have met Lu Ren sooner.
• The Fourth Offering revealed that he had awakened during their conversation, then asked Lu Ren to kill him and promised not to attack him or Ye Guyi.

Lu Ren and Fourth Offering discussed the battle and the Holy Spirit Cult’s dead-end path while Fifth Offering broke free of Kurourushi’s domain. When Fifth Offering charged at Lu Ren, Lu Ren stunned him, and Fourth Offering struck him with shadow spikes.

• Fourth Offering explained that Lu Ren’s protection of Ye Guyi had concealed his strength and that the group had feared a desperate self-detonation.
• Fourth Offering admitted that he shared Third Offering’s grievances against the world and Shrek, but said he would not betray the Holy Spirit Cult because Old Ghost Zhongli had saved his life.
• Kurourushi was hurled from his domain after Fifth Offering broke it, and Fifth Offering emerged badly wounded but eager to fight.
• Fifth Offering learned that Second Worship and Third Offering were dead, then charged at Lu Ren with blood blades and his ninth Soul Skill.
• Lu Ren struck Fifth Offering with Spiritual Shock, and Fourth Offering used his ninth Soul Ring to pierce him with shadow spikes.

Lu Ren and Fourth Offering killed Fifth Offering, after which Fourth Offering revealed threats from the Holy Spirit Cult and warned Lu Ren about Mu En before taking his own life. With the other Offerings dead, Lu Ren discovered that Ji Juechen was still locked in battle with Sleep Demon Douluo.

• Fourth Offering betrayed Fifth Offering, swallowing him with a shadow maw after Lu Ren’s Spiritual Shock left him vulnerable.
• Fourth Offering explained that Fifth Offering was too dangerous to recruit, then warned Lu Ren about Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, and Mu En’s ability to draw power from the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Fourth Offering killed himself with Soul Power and burned away through a prepared Soul-Burning Technique, leaving Lu Ren and Ye Guyi to reflect on the Offerings’ choices.
• Lu Ren told Kurourushi not to eat the corpses except Sleep Demon Douluo’s, and asked Ye Guyi to bury Second Worship’s remains.
• The Ice Empress pointed out that Ji Juechen was still fighting Sleep Demon Douluo, and Lu Ren found them battling inside Ji Juechen’s sword domain.

Ji Juechen endured Sleep Demon Douluo’s illusions and psychic attacks, then killed him with a final sword strike when Sleep Demon Douluo tried to flee. Gravely wounded but exhilarated by his first victory over a Titled Douluo, Ji Juechen declared that he had won.

• Ji Juechen resisted Sleep Demon Douluo’s illusions and counterattacked through more than a hundred exchanges, while Sleep Demon Douluo grew frustrated and wounded.
• Sleep Demon Douluo unleashed psychic needles, but Ji Juechen’s Sword Domain overwhelmed them and forced Sleep Demon Douluo to defend against repeated slashes.
• The Ice Empress praised Ji Juechen’s resolve, and Lu Ren stopped Ye Guyi from intervening because he believed Ji Juechen would win.
• Sleep Demon Douluo realized the other offerings had vanished and tried to escape, but Ji Juechen pursued him and pierced his chest with a decisive sword strike.
• Ji Juechen’s Sword Intent destroyed Sleep Demon Douluo’s ability to fight back, and Ji Juechen staggered from the battle before shouting that he had won.

After defeating Sleep Demon Douluo and cleaning up the battlefield, Lu Ren brought his group back to the courtyard, where Ji Juechen recovered and pledged to protect the Spirit Pagoda. There, Lu Ren found Wuyun imprisoned by the Snow Empress, desperate for permission to use the toilet.

• Lu Ren gave Ji Juechen a healing pill after Ji Juechen survived his fight with Sleep Demon Douluo, and Kurourushi erased the battlefield and devoured the corpse.
• Ji Juechen agreed to serve as Lu Ren's bodyguard for life and joined the Spirit Pagoda to protect it.
• Lu Ren reassured Ye Guyi that her domain had helped win the battle, and the group returned to the courtyard before dawn.
• Jing Ziyan scolded Ji Juechen and dragged him to the Medical Room, while Nana told Lu Ren that a Holy Spirit Cult offering was waiting in the main hall.
• Lu Ren found Wuyun held under the Snow Empress's watch; Wuyun begged to be released to use the toilet while the Snow Empress continued playing her Spiritual Power training game.

After returning from battle, Lu Ren learned that Wuyun had been detained by the Snow Empress and forced him to choose between joining the Spirit Pagoda and dying. Wuyun agreed to join, but Lu Ren challenged him to a fight to prove his own strength, leaving Wuyun meditating before their match.

• The Snow Empress finished setting a new high score on a Spiritual Power Soul Tool, and Lu Ren told her that five Offerings and an elder had been dealt with.
• The Snow Empress explained that Wuyun had tried to abduct Nana and that Zhongli Wu wanted to seize the Soul Spirit Contract technology.
• Wuyun returned from the toilet, knelt before Lu Ren, and offered to reveal everything he knew about the Holy Spirit Cult, but Lu Ren asked what else he could offer.
• Lu Ren told Wuyun that the Spirit Pagoda needed people and offered him a choice between joining and dying; Wuyun chose to live and agreed to join.
• When Wuyun admitted he did not accept Lu Ren as his leader, Lu Ren gave him a healing pill and challenged him to a fight after he recovered.
• Wuyun swallowed the pill and began meditating, preparing for his match with Lu Ren.

Lu Ren defeated Wuyun, a rank-ninety-four Titled Douluo, with overwhelming speed and strength, then recruited him as a house guard and offered him a way to cultivate without harming people. Wuyun swore loyalty to Lu Ren, who began placing measures on him because he still did not trust him.

• Wuyun recovered from his injuries after taking Lu Ren's Healing Pill, then followed him into the courtyard for a fight.
• Lu Ren revealed his seven Soul Rings and broke Wuyun's opening attacks before knocking him into a wall with a Black Flash.
• Wuyun activated his Martial Soul Avatar and began charging his ninth Soul Skill, but Lu Ren interrupted him and beat him with thousands of punches until the avatar broke apart.
• Lu Ren demonstrated the power of his Black Flash by destroying a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit in one strike, and Wuyun accepted his defeat.
• Lu Ren recruited Wuyun as a house guard under Nana, offered him a cultivation technique, and gave him another elixir to treat his injuries.
• Wuyun swore loyalty to Lu Ren, who warned that he did not trust him yet and began pouring Spiritual Power into his body.