Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen rescued Zhu Zhuqing from Fallen Soul Masters after Dai Mubai abandoned her, and Liu Erlong revealed her connection to Lin Chen and his other women. Zhu Zhuqing agreed to help Lin Chen and Liu Erlong arrange a private meeting with the Star Luo Empress.

• Lin Chen watched Dai Mubai flee and then descended to stop Zhu Zhuqing from killing herself.
• Lin Chen killed four Fallen Soul Masters, while Ling Yuan revealed herself as a Spirit Hall Elder and pursued their fleeing Soul Douluo enforcer.
• Liu Erlong and Ling Yuan helped defeat the remaining Fallen Soul Masters, and Liu Erlong told Zhu Zhuqing that she, Xiao Wu, and Rongrong were Lin Chen's women by choice.
• Lin Chen said he was going to Star Luo City to visit the imperial family, and Zhu Zhuqing offered to arrange a private meeting with the Star Luo Empress.

Lin Chen arrived in Star Luo City with Zhu Zhuqing and attended a reception hosted by the Star Luo Emperor, where Zhu Shixiong offered a cold welcome to his daughter. Dai Mubai learned that Zhu Zhuqing was alive and rushed to see her, while Wang Yan resolved to claim the position of princess consort.

• The Star Luo Emperor and Dailisi welcomed Lin Chen, Ling Yuan, and Yang Kaishan to the palace alongside Star Luo nobles.
• Zhu Shixiong saw Zhu Zhuqing and thanked Lin Chen for saving her, while Zhu Zhuqing responded to her father with indifference.
• Dai Mubai mourned Zhu Zhuqing's supposed death as Wang Yan tried to comfort him and hoped to become his princess consort.
• A soldier told Dai Mubai that Zhu Zhuqing had returned, and he hurried to the great hall while Wang Yan vowed to take the princess-consort position.
• At the banquet, Lin Chen sat beside Zhu Zhuqing and Liu Erlong as the Star Luo Emperor and Dailisi toasted him.

At a Star Luo banquet, Lin Chen warned the emperor and nobles about the Fallen Soul Masters who escaped Slaughter City and offered Spirit Hall’s protection. He then stunned Zhu Zhuqing by asking Zhu Zhengxiong to discuss marrying her.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun arrived and toasted Lin Chen, while Zhu Zhuyun tried to reproach Zhu Zhuqing for sitting beside him.
• Lin Chen explained that Tang San had destroyed Slaughter City’s Hell Road, allowing many Fallen Soul Masters and Titled Douluo enforcers to escape.
• Lin Chen revealed that the fifth squad’s captain worked for him, and he promised Spirit Hall would protect its friends from the Fallen Soul Masters.
• Zhu Zhengxiong asked whether Lin Chen had come only to deal with the Fallen Soul Masters, and Lin Chen said he wanted to discuss something with him.
• Lin Chen told Zhu Zhengxiong that he had fallen for Zhu Zhuqing and wanted to discuss marrying her, leaving Zhu Zhuqing frozen in shock.

Lin Chen asked Zhu Zhuqing to choose between him and her arranged betrothal to Dai Mubai, and she chose Lin Chen. Their engagement was accepted by Zhu Zhengxiong and the Star Luo Emperor, but Dai Mubai arrived to challenge it.

• Lin Chen proposed marrying Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhengxiong initially objected because she was betrothed to Dai Mubai.
• Lin Chen persuaded the Star Luo Emperor and Zhu Zhengxiong to let Zhu Zhuqing choose for herself.
• With Liu Erlong encouraging her, Zhu Zhuqing declared that she wanted to marry Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen embraced Zhu Zhuqing and announced their engagement, while the Star Luo Emperor and Zhu Zhengxiong reluctantly accepted it.
• Dai Mubai entered the hall and objected, but Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Chen that her betrothal to Dai Mubai had not been her choice and that she did not intend to marry him.

Dai Mubai challenged Lin Chen to a fight over Zhu Zhuqing, and Lin Chen agreed, wagering a promise from the Star Luo Empire if he lost. Outside the hall, Lin Chen revealed his overwhelming Soul Ring strength, leaving Dai Mubai too frightened to attack.

• Dai Mubai accused Lin Chen of forcing Zhu Zhuqing to be with him and reached for her, so Lin Chen stopped him and sent him crashing into a pillar.
• Dai Mubai challenged Lin Chen to a proper fight and offered his life if he lost; Lin Chen instead asked Empress Dailisi to dance for him if the Star Luo Empire lost, and she agreed.
• Dai Mubai insisted they fight outside the hall, where Zhu Zhuqing, the nobles, and officials gathered to watch.
• Dai Mubai summoned his White Tiger Martial Soul and six Soul Rings, but Lin Chen revealed seven Soul Rings, including four red rings, and advanced on him.
• Dai Mubai froze in fear and retreated without attacking as Lin Chen taunted him to begin the fight.

Lin Chen defeated Dai Mubai in one move, claimed Zhu Zhuqing and Dailisi, and left the Star Luo Emperor furious but powerless to object. After confining Dailisi, the emperor sought help from the Star Luo ancestors and arranged for a Titled Douluo to display the empire’s strength without provoking Spirit Hall.

• Dai Mubai attacked Lin Chen with his strongest Soul Skill, but Lin Chen shattered it and pierced Dai Mubai’s shoulder with one move.
• Dailisi slapped Dai Mubai for disrespecting Lin Chen, while Lin Chen left with Zhu Zhuqing and reminded the Star Luo Emperor that he expected Dailisi at the Spirit Hall Branch that night.
• The Star Luo Emperor slapped Dailisi in the bedchamber, argued with her about their struggle for power, and ordered guards to confine her.
• Dai Yutian entered the forbidden grounds and told the Star Luo ancestors that Lin Chen had threatened the imperial family.
• The middle ancestor sent Third Grandfather to support Dai Yutian, who planned for him to deal with Evil Soul Masters and reveal his Titled Douluo strength the next day.

At the Spirit Hall Branch, Lin Chen planned to take control of the Star Luo Empire and negotiated with Empress Dailisi after she escaped the inner palace. He agreed to support her claim to the throne, but demanded that she submit to Spirit Hall, send her clan’s heirs to Spirit City as hostages, and become his slave.

• Lin Chen told Liu Erlong and Zhu Zhuqing that he intended to take control of the Star Luo Empire.
• With help from Lina and support from the Guli Clan, Dailisi escaped the inner palace and traveled to the Spirit Hall Branch.
• Dailisi offered to support Spirit Hall in exchange for help making Dai Mubai the new emperor.
• Lin Chen rejected Dai Mubai’s claim and proposed that Dailisi take the throne instead.
• Dailisi agreed to make the Guli Clan subject to Spirit Hall and send its direct descendants to Spirit City as hostages.
• Lin Chen demanded that Dailisi become his slave as his final condition.

Dailisi submitted to Lin Chen to secure protection for herself and the Guli Clan, but the Star Luo Emperor stripped her of her title and imprisoned the clan. After the imperial family revealed a rank-ninety-three Titled Douluo, Lin Chen sent Dailisi and Ling Yuan back to the palace to help him seize control of the Star Luo Empire.

• Dailisi agreed to become Lin Chen’s slave, and he accepted her as his pet and ordered her to dance for him.
• The Star Luo Emperor found Dailisi missing and, after consulting Third Grandpa, decided to strip her of her position and remove the Guli Clan from power.
• News spread that the Star Luo Emperor had denounced Dailisi and that Prince Dai San had emerged as a rank-ninety-three Titled Douluo who defeated Evil Soul Masters.
• Lin Chen learned of the hidden Titled Douluo and ordered Dailisi to return to the palace with Ling Yuan while he promised to deal with Dai San and Dai Weisi.
• Noble family heads said the Guli Clan had been stripped of power and imprisoned, while Zhu Zhengxiong regretted not visiting Lin Chen sooner.

Dailisi arranged the Star Luo Emperor’s poisoning and death, while Dai Weisi learned that his father had deposed her and sought Zhu Zhuyun’s support. Lin Chen arrived at Dai Weisi’s palace and announced that he would send him to join his father.

• Dailisi confirmed that the consort had poisoned the Star Luo Emperor, then ordered Ling Yuan to kill the consort.
• A palace maid discovered that the Star Luo Emperor had died.
• Dai Weisi told Zhu Zhuyun that his father had deposed Dailisi, destroyed the Guli Clan, and relied on a hidden Titled Douluo.
• Dai Weisi tried to persuade Zhu Zhuyun to become his crown princess, but Lin Chen arrived with Zhu Zhuqing and Liu Erlong.
• Lin Chen told Dai Weisi that he had come to send him to reunite with his royal father.

Lin Chen killed Dai Weisi and spared Zhu Zhuyun on the condition that she serve him and Zhu Zhuqing. Meanwhile, the Star Luo Emperor’s death was discovered, and the deposed empress Dailisi returned to the palace.

• Lin Chen told Dai Weisi that the Star Luo Emperor was dead and revealed his plan to remove Dai Weisi from the succession; Liu Erlong killed Dai Weisi when he called for help.
• Lin Chen confronted Zhu Zhuyun over her role in hunting Zhu Zhuqing, then spared her after Zhu Zhuqing pleaded for her and made her their servant.
• Zhu Zhuyun paid respects to Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing and agreed to serve them.
• The Third Ancestor examined the Star Luo Emperor’s corpse and ordered the guards to find the noble consort he suspected of being involved in the murder.
• Dailisi arrived at the palace, where the maids and guards knelt and addressed her as empress.

Lin Chen and Spirit Hall killed the Star Luo Emperor’s guardian and prepared to install Dailisi as ruler. As the imperial family mourned the Emperor and Dai Weisi, Dai Mubai emerged as the likely heir while Dailisi stayed with Lin Chen in the imperial bedchamber.

• After Dai Weisi was reported murdered, the Third Ancestor attacked Dailisi, but Ling Yuan stopped him and revealed Spirit Hall’s plan to put Dailisi on the throne.
• Lin Chen offered the Third Ancestor a chance to submit to Spirit Hall; when he refused, Zi JI and Ling Yuan killed him.
• Lin Chen ordered Dailisi to gather supporters and commanded Zi JI to search the palace for other hidden elders, then arranged a Star Luo Assembly for the next day.
• The Star Luo Emperor and Dai Weisi were mourned together, while Dai Mubai returned drunk and received the consorts’ attention as the most likely successor.
• Dailisi knelt by the window in the imperial bedchamber as Lin Chen held her waist.

Dailisi secured the nobles’ support for her bid to rule the Star Luo Empire, with Spirit Hall threatening anyone who opposed her. The chapter ended with Dailisi serving Lin Chen in the imperial bedchamber as the nobles prepared to back her ascension.

• Zhu Zhengxiong and the other faction heads arrived at the palace after Dailisi summoned them to discuss the succession.
• Lin Chen teased Dailisi in the imperial bedchamber, and she assured him that the palace maids were trusted confidantes.
• Dailisi told the nobles that Dai Weisi and the former emperor were dead and announced that she intended to take the throne herself.
• Zhu Zhengxiong and the other faction heads knelt and pledged their support to Dailisi.
• Ling Yuan warned that Spirit Hall would kill anyone who stood in its way and revealed that the Dai Family’s Titled Douluo had already been killed.
• Dailisi promised the nobles greater power and influence, then returned to Lin Chen’s bedchamber and served him.

After the Star Luo Emperor died, Dai Mubai plotted to claim the throne but found himself shut out of his mother's chambers. Lin Chen prepared Dailisi for coronation, while elders hidden in the Forbidden Ground planned to resist his takeover and seek allies.

• Dai Mubai realized his father's death might give him a chance at the throne and hoped to reclaim Zhu Zhuqing, then forced his way toward Dailisi's chambers before leaving when she told him to return tomorrow.
• The next morning, Lin Chen dressed in the Star Luo Emperor's robes as Dailisi helped him prepare for coronation.
• Zi JI reported a dangerous area in the rear palace, and Lin Chen decided to leave its hidden defenders alone rather than call Spirit Hall reinforcements.
• In the Forbidden Ground, two elders concluded that a powerful intruder had killed their Third Brother and resolved to seek support from the Heaven Dou Empire and Upper Three Sects.
• The elders trusted the Ancestor's barrier killing array to protect them and planned to reclaim the throne once Lin Chen's powerful ally departed.

Dailisi rebuked Dai Mubai and announced that she would take the Star Luo throne after Dai Weisi’s death. At the great hall, the ministers and noble factions bowed to her claim, and Dailisi accepted the throne.

• Dailisi slapped Dai Mubai for insulting Lin Chen and warned him that Zhu Zhuqing now belonged to Lin Chen.
• Dailisi told Dai Mubai that Dai Weisi was dead and that she would become the Star Luo Emperor, leaving Dai Mubai to storm away in anger.
• Dailisi convened the ministers and nobles in the Star Luo great hall to discuss succession.
• After Dailisi declared Dai Mubai unfit to rule, Zhu Zhengxiong recommended that she take the throne.
• The Wang Family, the Li Clan, and the gathered ministers and nobles knelt and urged Dailisi to ascend, and she accepted.

Half a year after Dailisi secured the Star Luo Empire, Dai Mubai joined his family’s plot to reclaim the throne while Lin Chen prepared for an impending attack. The Dai ancestors planned to strike within days, and Zi JI concealed herself to lure them into a trap.

• Dailisi consolidated control of the Star Luo Empire as the Clear Sky Sect returned and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect joined the Anti-Evil Soul Master Alliance.
• After the empress refused to see him, Dai Mubai met Dai Detian, who offered to help him become emperor with support from the Clear Sky Sect and other factions.
• Dai Mubai killed Wang Yan to keep the restoration plan secret, earning Dai Detian’s approval.
• Zi JI told Lin Chen that the Dai ancestors were likely to attack within two days, and she transformed into a miniature dragon to hide on his neck while they prepared to bait the attackers.

Lin Chen and his allies ambushed the Star Luo Empire’s First Ancestor and Second Ancestor after luring them out for months. Lin Chen killed both Titled Douluo and left the Star Luo Empire without its two powerful Ancestors.

• The First Ancestor opened a path for the Second Ancestor to escape while Lin Chen and his allies fought the First Ancestor in the inner palace.
• Lin Chen chased the Second Ancestor and used a Soul Enhancement Pill to raise his Soul Power above Level 90.
• Lin Chen defeated the Second Ancestor’s White Tiger Vajra Slash, shattered his Martial Soul, and beheaded him.
• Lin Chen returned to the inner palace and tossed the Second Ancestor’s head to the First Ancestor.
• Liu Erlong and Ling Yuan restrained the First Ancestor, and Lin Chen killed him with Heaven Splitting while Zi JI contained the shockwave.

Lin Chen secured the Star Luo Empire and left Ling Yuan to help Dailisi govern before returning to Spirit Hall. At a meeting in the Pope’s Palace, Bibi Dong revealed her plan to establish a Spirit Hall Empire, while Qian Daoliu favored secretly taking control of the Heaven Dou Empire first.

• Lin Chen and his companions discovered the Star Luo Empire’s hidden spirit vein and lethal barriers, and Lin Chen declared the stronghold would belong to them.
• Dailisi asked Lin Chen to stay and help her gain control of the empire, but he promised to leave Ling Yuan with her and agreed to her wish to bear his child.
• Lin Chen departed for Spirit Hall with Liu Erlong, Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuyun, and Ling Yuan after Bibi Dong urgently summoned them.
• Bibi Dong told Spirit Hall’s leaders that Lin Chen had slain the Star Luo Empire’s three Titled Douluo and that the empire was now under Spirit Hall’s control.
• Bibi Dong proposed establishing the Spirit Hall Empire and conquering opposing forces, while Qian Daoliu argued that Spirit Hall should first take control of the Heaven Dou Empire in secret.

Lin Chen returned to Spirit Hall and learned that Qian Daoliu was resisting Bibi Dong’s plan to establish the Spirit Hall Empire. He advised Bibi Dong to face her estrangement from Qian Renxue, but she remained doubtful about his intentions.

• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo argued that founding the Spirit Hall Empire would unite the Heaven Dou Empire and the Upper Three Sects against Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong postponed the decision.
• Lin Chen returned to Spirit Hall with Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, then brought them to meet Bibi Dong in her study.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Chen that Qian Daoliu had likely secured an ally among the elders to oppose her plans.
• Lin Chen encouraged Bibi Dong to reconcile with Qian Renxue, but she said she could not forgive her daughter or overcome her own resentment yet.
• Bibi Dong questioned Lin Chen about his private meetings with Qian Renxue and accused him of pursuing her while claiming to act for Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall.

Bibi Dong agreed to let go of her resentment toward Qian Renxue and supported sending Lin Chen to help take control of the Heaven Dou Empire. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue continued poisoning Emperor Xue Ye and expected Spirit Hall reinforcements to arrive within days.

• Bibi Dong told Lin Chen that she would put aside her prejudice against Qian Renxue, and Lin Chen embraced her.
• Bibi Dong announced that she supported the Great Enshrined's plan to take control of the Heaven Dou Empire and agreed to send Lin Chen and Mad Lion Douluo.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Qian Jun and Jiang Mo to help Qian Renxue secure the empire and prevent her from meeting Lin Chen alone.
• Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe had Xiao He give Emperor Xue Ye a stronger dose of slow-acting poison.
• Qian Renxue told Xiao He that Emperor Xue Ye would die within days and that Qian Daoliu's reinforcements were already on the way.

Tang San prepared to help Dugu Bo investigate Emperor Xue Ye’s illness and remove suspected Spirit Hall influence from Heaven Dou City. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue took Lin Chen aside in the palace, leaving Qian Jun and Jiang Mo waiting as her plans for the empire continued.

• Tang San established the Tang Sect, brought the four single-attribute clans under his command, and gained preliminary control over his killing intent.
• Dugu Bo and Xue Beng visited Tang San and told him they suspected Crown Prince 'Xue Qinghe' was behind Emperor Xue Ye’s grave illness.
• Tang San agreed to help Dugu Bo, summoned Yang Wudi and Yu Xiaogang, and arranged for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to send experts.
• Yu Xiaogang secured a peak Soul Douluo from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the group prepared to enter the palace that day.
• Qian Renxue ignored Qian Jun and Jiang Mo’s greetings, welcomed Lin Chen, and took him into the inner hall to speak privately.