Recaps

Shui Bing'er and the others waited in the Star Luo Empire while she weighed their next move, and Dai Weisi reported that the emperor wanted to meet Spirit Hall's envoys. In Spirit City, Hu Liena enlisted Elephant Armor Sect leader Huyan Zhen to deal with the unresponsive Ascending Dragon Sect and promised him support.

• Shui Bing'er dismissed Yu Tianshuang's doubts about their delay, then agreed to look around for clues.
• Dai Weisi told Shui Bing'er and the others that the emperor had summoned Spirit Hall's envoys; Shui Bing'er suspected their opponents were acting impatiently.
• Hu Liena welcomed Huyan Zhen and asked what he thought of the New Seven Great Sects selection.
• Hu Liena hinted that the Ascending Dragon Sect had slighted Spirit Hall, and Huyan Zhen offered to handle Tuoba Old Dragon with her help.
• Hu Liena agreed to send people with Huyan Zhen to the Holy Dragon Sect the next day.

Yu Tianshuang and the Spirit Hall envoys met the Star Luo Emperor, who proposed joining forces to destroy the Heaven Dou Empire and demanded Spirit Hall become his vassal. The Holy Spirit Cult revealed its power by serving the envoys Yellow Springs Dew, which Zhong Meng blamed Yu Tianshuang for making difficult to obtain.

• Yu Tianshuang, Shui Bing'er, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing entered the imperial hall with Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun and met the Star Luo Emperor, Ye Yuxuan, and Zhong Meng.
• Dai Weisi learned from his father that the Holy Spirit Cult had become the Star Luo Empire's state religion.
• Yu Tianshuang told the emperor the envoys had come to visit friends, and the emperor then proposed dividing the continent after destroying the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Shui Bing'er questioned the Star Luo Emperor's motives, and he demanded that Spirit Hall submit as a vassal state, claiming his empire had overwhelming strength.
• Zhong Meng had attendants bring covered cups to the envoys, and Yu Tianshuang recognized the drink inside as Yellow Springs Dew.
• Zhong Meng accused Yu Tianshuang of making Yellow Springs Dew difficult to obtain and glared at the envoys with sinister purple light in his eyes.

Yu Tianshuang met with Ye Yuxuan and Zhong Meng, who offered an alliance between the Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall against the Heaven Dou Empire. After Yu Tianshuang refused to make the decision himself and defended his destruction of Slaughter City, Zhong Meng challenged him to a fight, and Yu Tianshuang accepted.

• Yu Tianshuang and his companions ignored Zhong Meng's display of Titled Douluo power, prompting Ye Yuxuan to ask how they knew the Holy Spirit Cult would not attack them.
• Ye Yuxuan offered Spirit Hall the Star Luo Empire's soldiers to help destroy the Heaven Dou Empire while maintaining friendly relations, and Yu Tianshuang said he would pass the proposal to the Pope.
• Shui Bing'er and Ye Lingling explained that the Holy Spirit Cult could use the battlefield to cultivate Evil Soul Masters, regardless of which empire it sided with.
• Zhong Meng demanded an explanation for Yu Tianshuang destroying Slaughter City, but Yu Tianshuang argued that he had earned the Divine Slaughter's Domain himself.
• Zhong Meng challenged Yu Tianshuang to a duel, threatening to cripple his Soul Power if he lost, and Yu Tianshuang accepted.
• Shui Bing'er warned Yu Tianshuang that Zhong Meng might be around rank ninety-five, then teased him about his fighting power as they went outside.

At the Star Luo royal training ground, Yu Tianshuang faced Zhong Meng, a level ninety-five Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo, in a fight over their grudge. Yu Tianshuang’s domains and close-range power sent Zhong Meng crashing into a wall, but Zhong Meng switched to a ranged attack with his Death Divine Needles.

• The Star Luo emperor introduced the fight as a contest between a young talent and an older powerhouse, while Shui Bing’er and Dai Weisi grew suspicious of his behavior.
• Zhong Meng revealed his Death God Demon Puppet Martial Soul and challenged Yu Tianshuang, who answered by displaying his Frost Dragon Martial Soul and three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Yu Tianshuang activated Divine Slaughter’s Domain, Eternal Frozen Domain, and Frost Dragon Domain, freezing the training ground and reducing Zhong Meng’s strength.
• Zhong Meng summoned his Death God Avatar and attacked Yu Tianshuang with his Death God Scythe, but Yu Tianshuang blocked it and struck him into a wall with a powerful claw.
• Zhong Meng recalled his scythe and transformed it into countless Death Divine Needles to attack from range, while Yu Tianshuang mocked his retreat from close combat.

Yu Tianshuang used Ice Heaven Frost Sword: Ice Extremity: Tracing the Origin to destroy Zhong Meng’s black needles and freeze him, overwhelming the Holy Spirit Cult and the Star Luo emperor. Ye Yuxuan offered a secret method for cultivating Twin Martial Souls to persuade Yu Tianshuang to spare Zhong Meng.

• Zhu Zhuyun grew nervous at Zhong Meng’s deathly Qi, while Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Shui Bing'er recognized Yu Tianshuang’s preference for instinctive close combat and recalled his long-range sword strength.
• Zhong Meng sent his black steel needles at Yu Tianshuang, who withdrew his Frost Dragon Martial Soul and drew his ice-blue longsword.
• Yu Tianshuang used Ice Heaven Frost Sword: Ice Extremity: Tracing the Origin to turn the needles into white powder and then freeze Zhong Meng before he could unleash his Ninth Soul Skill.
• Ye Yuxuan rushed onto the stage and begged Yu Tianshuang to spare Zhong Meng, offering compensation as the Star Luo emperor promised him anything he wanted.
• Ye Yuxuan revealed that her final bargaining chip was a secret method for cultivating Twin Martial Souls.

Huo Wu, accompanied by Ling Yuan Douluo and Huyan Zhen, arrived at the Holy Dragon Sect determined to challenge Tuoba Xi and earn a place as a Spirit Hall elder. Meanwhile, Yu Tianshuang obtained the Holy Spirit Cult’s secret method for cultivating Twin Martial Souls, and the group left Zhong Meng gravely injured after Ye Lingling’s healing power harmed him.

• Huo Wu mocked the Holy Dragon Sect’s earth-dragon identity and told Ling Yuan she intended to defeat Tuoba Xi and later challenge Shui Bing’er.
• Ye Yuxuan offered Yu Tianshuang an incomplete Twin Martial Soul cultivation method, and he accepted it after learning it was the technique Bibi Dong had used.
• Yu Tianshuang asked Ye Lingling to treat the unconscious Zhong Meng, but her healing power made his body smoke and left his life uncertain.
• Shui Bing’er, Yu Tianshuang, and Ye Lingling departed on the Ice Phoenix after Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun said goodbye, while Yu Tianshuang told Ye Yuxuan the injury was a misunderstanding.

Ye Lingling’s healing proved especially dangerous to Evil Soul Masters, while Shui Bing’er warned Yu Tianshuang not to underestimate their enemies. At the Holy Dragon Sect, Huo Wu challenged Tuoba Xi and unleashed overwhelming firepower, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved as her blazing attack met his full-force strike.

• Yu Tianshuang realized Ye Lingling’s healing Soul Skill could be a major threat to Evil Soul Masters, and Shui Bing’er cautioned him against underestimating powerful opponents.
• Huo Wu confronted Tuoba Xi after he challenged Ling Yuan Douluo and Huyan Zhen, insulting him and accepting his challenge to fight.
• Huo Wu revealed her level 72 strength and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, then grew furious when Tuoba Xi praised Shui Bing’er and attacked him with fire.
• Tuoba Xi activated his Martial Soul Avatar and launched his Eighth Soul Skill, Dragon Blaze Break, as Huo Wu summoned her Blazing Sun Avatar.
• Huo Wu used Scorching Flame Clone to block Tuoba Xi’s beam while preparing a blazing white fireball with Ring Fusion, then swung it into his attack.

Tang San and his companions completed the Sea God's Second Trial, while Bo Saixi remembered her past with Tang Chen and Qian Renxue doubted her ability to pass the Angel God Trial. Yu Tianshuang reported to Bibi Dong that the Star Luo Empire had joined forces with the Holy Spirit Cult, leaving Bibi Dong to consider the revelation.

• Tang San trained with Xiao Bai on Sea God Island as Bo Saixi watched him wield the Clear Sky Hammer and recalled her past with Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu.
• Bo Saixi's attendant told her that Tang San and the others had broken through the Ring Sea and completed the Sea God's Second Trial, and Bo Saixi regretted not leaving with Tang Chen.
• Qian Renxue, unable to pass her grandfather's Angel God Trial despite reaching Soul Douluo, left the Worship Hall in doubt about her future.
• Yu Tianshuang and Shui Bing'er returned to Spirit City and reported to Bibi Dong that the Star Luo Empire had cooperated with the Holy Spirit Cult and that its emperor might be practicing an Evil Soul Master's method.
• Bibi Dong silenced the shocked elders and questioned Yu Tianshuang about the cult and its members.

Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong over the possibility of using Evil Soul Masters, but Bibi Dong postponed any campaign until Spirit Hall was stronger. At the Holy Dragon Sect, Huo Wu defeated Tuoba Xi and learned she would be appointed an elder after he recovered.

• Qian Renxue accused Bibi Dong of considering an alliance with Evil Soul Masters, and Yu Tianshuang urged her not to jump to conclusions.
• Bibi Dong ordered them to stop arguing and said Spirit Hall would deal with the Evil Soul Masters after the New Seven Great Sects selection, when its strength had grown.
• Hu Liena reported that the invited sects had gathered except for the Holy Dragon Sect, which Ling Yuan Douluo and Huo Wu were visiting.
• At the Holy Dragon Sect, Huo Wu worried that her attack had killed Tuoba Xi, but Ling Yuan Douluo found him alive and said he would recover with treatment and rest.
• Bibi Dong anticipated Huo Wu’s return and said the Holy Dragon Sect would join Spirit Hall and Huo Wu would become an elder.

Bibi Dong confronted the truth of her past and the diverging paths before her while Yu Tianshuang and Qian Renxue discussed the threat of the Evil Soul Masters and their conflicting beliefs about justice. Qian Renxue flew away reassured by his views, and Yu Tianshuang recalled the conviction that had first led him to Spirit Hall.

• In an illusion, a voice accused Bibi Dong of destroying those closest to her and questioned whether her resolve to unite the continent was only revenge.
• Bibi Dong saw two possible futures: one in which she became the Rakshasa God and ruined Spirit Hall, and another centered on Yu Tianshuang.
• Outside the Pope's Palace, Qian Renxue waited for Yu Tianshuang and asked what he thought should be done about the Evil Soul Masters.
• Yu Tianshuang argued that some Evil Soul Masters were driven into the abyss by their Martial Souls, but the Holy Spirit Cult and its influence over the Star Luo Empire had to be stopped.
• Qian Renxue and Yu Tianshuang debated humanity, war, and whether anyone had the right to judge the value of a life.
• Qian Renxue flew away after saying Yu Tianshuang was still righteous, and he remembered the notice that had first given him his conviction to join Spirit Hall.

Spirit Hall announced the New Seven Great Sects and sent Hu Liena to lead a campaign against Evil Soul Masters in the Star Luo Empire. As Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire approached war, Xue Beng planned to exploit their conflict, while Shui Bing'er reunited with Shui Yue'er in the Far North.

• Hu Liena announced the New Seven Great Sects and revealed Spirit Hall's campaign against the Evil Soul Masters of the Star Luo Empire.
• Hu Liena and Yu Tianshuang reached the Star Luo border with nearly ten thousand Soul Masters, where they found the Holy Spirit Cult had anticipated their advance.
• Shui Bing'er said she and Yu Tianshuang would return to the Far North after the situation was settled, and Yu Tianshuang reassured her that Hu Liena could manage the campaign.
• Xue Beng learned that Spirit Hall had entered the conflict and agreed with Yu Yuanzhen's plan to monitor the fighting, then attack Spirit Hall and the weakened Star Luo Empire.
• Shui Bing'er and Yu Tianshuang arrived at the Ice and Snow Divine Hall, where Shui Yue'er joyfully reunited with Shui Bing'er, who discovered Yue'er had reached Soul Saint.

Shui Yue'er argued with Shui Bing'er over her attitude toward Xue Wu and Yu Hairou, then fled the Ice and Snow Divine Hall after declaring that she hated her sister. The Ice Empress found Yue'er in the Far North and tried to cheer her up while the others worried over her unusually intense reaction.

• Shui Yue'er teased Yu Tianshuang about her Soul Saint breakthrough, and he kissed her before Xue Wu and Yu Hairou emerged from the secret realm.
• Yu Tianshuang told Xue Wu and Yu Hairou that Shui Bing'er had defeated a Titled Douluo and become a Spirit Hall elder, leaving them visibly dejected.
• Shui Yue'er dismissed Xue Wu and Yu Hairou's hard work, so Shui Bing'er slapped her and apologized to them.
• Shui Yue'er rejected Yu Hairou's comfort, told Shui Bing'er she hated her, and teleported out of the hall; the Ice God's authority prevented Shui Bing'er from following.
• Yu Tianshuang contacted the Ice Empress, who confirmed Yue'er was safe, while the Ice Empress took Yue'er out for crispy sweets.

Shui Bing'er cleared the Ice and Snow Secret Realm’s sixth floor, gained a powerful set-type Head Soul Bone, and left after seeing the seventh floor’s impossible challenges. Yu Tianshuang helped the Snow Empress transform into a human and completed the fifth Ice God trial, then joined Shui Bing'er to hunt a 100,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion King for her Soul Ring.

• Shui Bing'er earned an S-rank clearance of the sixth floor, chose the Great Cold Without Snow Head Soul Bone, and discovered its Ice Abyss Cage skill could freeze a target regardless of Soul Power level.
• Shui Bing'er entered the seventh-floor challenge, saw that its options required defeating one or three level 91 Titled Douluo, and withdrew rather than accept a lower rating.
• Yu Tianshuang told Shui Bing'er he had reached level 80 and could help the Snow Empress transform; Shui Bing'er teased him about his eagerness before leaving the temple.
• Yu Tianshuang used the Big Dipper Seven Origins Purple Seal to transform the Snow Empress, absorbed the Soul Ring and Torso Soul Bone left behind, and confirmed that she was safe inside a purple egg.
• The Ice God's fifth trial was completed, granting rewards to Yu Tianshuang and the others; Shui Yue'er reacted sadly to the news while the Ice Empress comforted her.
• Yu Tianshuang accompanied Shui Bing'er to an icy canyon, where she revealed that her chosen target was a 100,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion King and asked him to help kill it for her Soul Ring.

At the Star Luo Empire border, Hu Liena tried to assess a huge enemy army, but Qian Renxue arrived with the Angel Legion and launched an attack without waiting for further scouting. The chapter then shifted to Yu Tianshuang battling an Ice Jade Scorpion King and considering the strength Ice Empress had lost by taking human form.

• Hu Liena and the sect masters discussed the Star Luo Empire's nearly five hundred thousand troops, whose strength and connection to the Holy Spirit Cult remained unknown.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned as Qian Renxue arrived with nearly a hundred members of the Angel Legion and demanded Hu Liena's report.
• Hu Liena briefed Qian Renxue, who dismissed her caution and led the Angel Legion toward the Star Luo Empire's army.
• Hu Liena sent the Sparrow Bee Sect and Ghost Elder to keep watch on the Angel Legion's attack.
• Yu Tianshuang struck the Ice Jade Scorpion King with sword Qi infused with Seven Kill Sword Intent and found its body highly resistant to his ice attacks.

The Dark Nether Fire Phoenix underwent Nirvana after the first strike of her heavenly tribulation nearly destroyed her, while Yu Tianshuang defeated the Ice Jade Scorpion King and helped Shui Bing'er claim its Soul Ring and External Soul Bone. At the Star Luo border, Qian Renxue's Angel Legion slaughtered the empire's soldiers, unknowingly feeding the Holy Spirit Cult's plan to harvest their heroic souls.

• The Dark Nether Fire Phoenix sealed herself in a black egg and fell asleep after choosing to undergo Nirvana during the heavenly tribulation.
• Yu Tianshuang used his domains, sword techniques, and Tide of Condensed Snow to cripple the Ice Jade Scorpion King, then Shui Bing'er killed it and began absorbing its Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Qian Renxue ordered the Angel Legion to continue attacking the Star Luo army, while Hu Liena recognized that the suspicious lack of Soul Master resistance might be part of a trap.
• Ye Lingling warned Hu Liena that the Holy Spirit Cult might be using the Angel Legion to kill the five-hundred-thousand-strong army and create nourishment from its dead.
• Zhong Meng explained that the Holy Spirit Cult intended to use the soldiers' heroic souls, Qi, and blood to strengthen its members and pursue its long-held ambitions.

Yu Tianshuang witnessed the Snow Empress’s rebirth and learned that the Purple Seal had bound them with a mental connection, then parted from her as Shui Bing’er took the others away. Elsewhere, Tang San continued his Tidal Body Tempering while Bo Saixi struggled with the thought that her time was running out.

• The Snow Empress emerged from the purple egg, and Shui Bing’er dressed her after hearing her call Yu Tianshuang master.
• Yu Tianshuang told Shui Bing’er that the Purple Seal had created a connection with the Snow Empress, then privately assured the Snow Empress he would not control her.
• Shui Bing’er took Yu Hairou and the others toward Spirit Hall, while Yu Tianshuang was assigned to bring Yue'er back and meet them at the Star Luo Empire's border.
• Tang San endured Tidal Body Tempering as Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai compared themselves with Yu Tianshuang and despaired of catching up to him.
• Bo Saixi watched Tang San's trial progress and admitted to herself that she still wanted to see Qian Daoliu again.

Shui Yue'er and the Ice Empress received money and a promise from Yu Tianshuang, while Shui Bing'er joined the tense Spirit Hall war council at the Star Luo border. Hu Liena and Shui Bing'er halted further attacks as they uncovered the Holy Spirit Cult's plan to use the slaughter to empower its forces and unleash Death Puppets against Spirit Hall.

• Yu Tianshuang questioned Shui Yue'er about her harsh words to Shui Bing'er and the others, and she concealed her fear about her uncertain future.
• Yu Tianshuang gave Shui Yue'er and the Ice Empress Gold Soul Coins and an identity token, then promised to travel the continent with Shui Yue'er and her senior sister.
• Shui Bing'er and her companions reached the Star Luo border and saw that the river had turned red with blood from the fighting.
• Qian Renxue argued with Hu Liena over continuing the massacre, and Shui Bing'er backed Hu Liena by reminding Qian Renxue that Hu Liena commanded the campaign.
• Hu Liena explained that she had sent the Sparrow Bee Sect to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult's scheme, and Shui Bing'er questioned why the cult wanted Spirit Hall to kill the soldiers.
• Ye Yuxuan and Zhong Meng revealed that the deaths of one hundred thousand soldiers had empowered the black-robed protectors and that the Holy Spirit Cult planned to attack Spirit Hall with five hundred thousand Death Puppets.

Xue Beng rejected Ning Fengzhi’s warning and ordered the Heaven Dou Empire to follow Yu Yuanzhen’s plan, waiting for Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire to weaken each other before attacking. Meanwhile, Yu Tianshuang and Shui Bing'er kissed and were intimate on the Ice Phoenix before landing near the Ice and Snow Divine Hall.

• Ning Fengzhi urged Xue Beng to reinforce Spirit Hall against the Evil Soul Masters, but Xue Beng favored using the Heaven Dou Empire’s army to exploit the conflict between Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire.
• Yu Yuanzhen mocked Ning Fengzhi’s concerns, and Xue Beng ordered Yu Yuanzhen to carry out the original plan.
• Yu Tianshuang pretended to lose his footing on the Ice Phoenix and fell against Shui Bing'er.
• Yu Tianshuang kissed Shui Bing'er, and she returned his kiss while controlling the Ice Phoenix in the air.
• Shui Bing'er warned Yu Tianshuang about being discovered and pinched his ear as they descended toward the Ice and Snow Divine Hall.

Yu Tianshuang arrived as Spirit Hall’s exhausted forces faced a massive Star Luo Empire assault, then used his eighth Soul Skill to freeze the advancing soldiers. The attack stopped at the border river, leaving half the army alive on the far bank and revealing Yu Tianshuang’s overwhelming power.

• The Star Luo Empire commander ordered four hundred thousand soldiers to attack Spirit Hall’s camp after his army had lost nearly a hundred thousand men to the Angel Legion.
• Hu Liena, Qian Renxue, Shui Bing’er, Huo Wu, and the sect forces fought to repel the charge, but their Soul Power dwindled under the soldiers’ relentless assault.
• Yu Tianshuang arrived and raised ice walls to protect the camp, then learned from Shui Bing’er that the Star Luo soldiers were fighting from genuine devotion to their homeland.
• Yu Tianshuang invoked Heavenly Snow Woman’s Redemption, summoning a giant apparition of the Snow Empress that stopped the battle and spread ice across the advancing army.
• The freezing reached the great river, leaving the soldiers on one bank as ice sculptures while roughly two hundred thousand Star Luo soldiers remained alive on the other; Ye Lingling realized Yu Tianshuang had killed everyone outside the walls.

Yu Tianshuang froze nearly two hundred thousand Star Luo Empire soldiers, then persuaded their commander to suspend the fighting while they verified his claims about the Holy Spirit Cult. As Spirit Hall launched attacks on both the Star Luo Empire and the Balak Kingdom, the chapter ended with Yu Tianshuang’s companions reacting to the slaughter and Shui Bing'er climbing onto his back to taunt Qian Renxue.

• Yu Tianshuang confronted the Star Luo Empire's army, explained the Holy Spirit Cult's connection to the emperor, and secured a temporary ceasefire while the soldiers sent messengers to investigate.
• A Holy Spirit Cult elder celebrated the nearly two hundred thousand deaths as nourishment for the cult.
• A scout reported Yu Tianshuang's devastating attack to Xue Beng, and another messenger announced that Bibi Dong had captured the Balak Kingdom with help from Suotuo City's lord.
• Xue Beng ordered Ge Long to muster five hundred thousand soldiers, accelerate the elite Soul Master force's training, and increase Tang Sect's production of Hidden Weapons.
• Yu Tianshuang told Ye Lingling and the others that the Star Luo soldiers had agreed to a temporary ceasefire, while Huo Wu's request to remove the ice walls briefly eased the camp's tension.
• Shui Bing'er climbed onto Yu Tianshuang's back and taunted Qian Renxue.

Yu Tianshuang and Shui Bing'er suspected the Holy Spirit Cult was manipulating the Star Luo Empire's army, but the cult attacked before they could act. As black monsters battered the ice wall and divine power failed to purify the soldiers, Ye Lingling agreed to try to save them despite the death Qi overwhelming her.

• Qian Renxue befriended Huo Wu by praising her and criticizing Shui Bing'er, but avoided meeting Hu Liena.
• Yu Tianshuang and Shui Bing'er concluded they should go to the Star Luo Empire's capital themselves because the Holy Spirit Cult might intercept anyone sent for information.
• At dawn, several hundred black monsters attacked Yu Tianshuang's ice wall while two hundred thousand Star Luo Empire soldiers gathered behind them.
• Shui Bing'er identified the Holy Spirit Cult's involvement, and Qian Renxue's divine power caused black smoke to rise from the soldiers instead of purifying them.
• Yu Tianshuang wanted to kill the soldiers, but Shui Bing'er asked him to let Ye Lingling try to save them.
• Yu Tianshuang carried Ye Lingling toward the battlefield, and she agreed to attempt purification despite the death Qi making her feel ill.

Yu Tianshuang and the others found that Ye Lingling’s life Soul Power worsened the corrupted soldiers’ condition, leaving them to consider killing the transformed army. Qian Renxue asked for time to seek Qian Daoliu’s help, and Yu Tianshuang agreed to hold the monsters back while she went.

• Ye Lingling released life Soul Power over the corrupted soldiers, but it made them shrivel into corpses instead of curing them.
• Yu Tianshuang, Shui Bing'er, and Qian Renxue considered attacking the monsters, while Ling Yuan Douluo arrived to ask what they should do.
• Qian Renxue stopped the attack and pleaded to seek Qian Daoliu’s help, explaining that the soldiers had been fighting to defend their homes and knew nothing of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Yu Tianshuang agreed to hold the monsters back while Qian Renxue left, warning that their deathly Qi was contaminating the land.
• Hu Liena organized the forces for battle, and Yu Tianshuang reinforced the ice walls and explained that he wanted to give Qian Renxue a chance to save the two hundred thousand soldiers.

Xue Beng learned that Spirit Hall had withdrawn its Soul Masters to the Balak Kingdom, while Bibi Dong proclaimed the Spirit Hall Empire and clashed with Qian Renxue over the crisis at the Star Luo border. Qian Daoliu identified the Holy Spirit Cult’s monsters and soulless puppets, and Bibi Dong reached the besieged defenders before asking where Yu Tianshuang was.

• Bai He reported to Xue Beng that Spirit Hall’s branches in the Silves Kingdom had emptied, and Tai Tan urged an alliance with the Star Luo Empire; Xue Beng said the Blue Dragon King had already gone there.
• Qian Renxue returned to Spirit City and interrupted Bibi Dong’s declaration founding the Spirit Hall Empire and appointing Hu Liena commander of its armies.
• Bibi Dong slapped Qian Renxue when she mocked her concern for Hu Liena, then learned from Qian Renxue that Hu Liena was safe and flew toward the Star Luo border.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that the Holy Spirit Cult’s Mammon were created from living people’s blood Qi and souls, while the death-shrouded Soul Masters were irredeemable puppets.
• Bibi Dong reached the ice-walled battlefield, confirmed Hu Liena and the other defenders were unharmed, heard Hu Liena’s account, and asked where Yu Tianshuang was.

Yu Tianshuang and the others discussed the Mammon threat with Bibi Dong, who had become empress, while waiting for Qian Renxue to seek help. Qian Renxue returned with confirmation that the Mammon were people whose souls had been extracted, leaving the group to face the need to destroy them and find their source.

• Yu Tianshuang, Shui Bing'er, and Ye Lingling met Bibi Dong, who revealed she had moved against the Heaven Dou Empire and become empress.
• Shui Bing'er recognized that Ye Lingling was instinctively wary of Bibi Dong, while Bibi Dong explained that Mammon could no longer be restored to human beings.
• Bibi Dong said the Mammon had to be eliminated and their source destroyed, but Yu Tianshuang chose to wait for Qian Renxue to return before acting.
• Bibi Dong sensed Qian Renxue approaching and departed before she arrived.
• Qian Renxue returned and told Yu Tianshuang and the others that Qian Daoliu could not help: the Mammon's souls had been drawn out through an Evil Soul Master secret technique.

As the Holy Spirit Cult’s monsters gathered outside the camp, Yu Tianshuang and the others prepared a battle plan while Qian Renxue and Huo Wu encouraged each other. Hu Liena arranged the troops, and the group readied themselves to open a narrow gap in the ice wall and fight.

• Huo Wu comforted Qian Renxue and promised to turn the monsters and their Holy Spirit Cult handlers into charcoal with her.
• Yu Tianshuang ordered Hu Liena to organize the troops and said he, Shui Bing'er, and Qian Renxue would attack from the air while he controlled the ice-wall gap.
• Shui Bing'er dismissed Hu Liena as an ordinary Soul Master, prompting Huo Wu to defend Sister Na before realizing her argument was weak.
• Yu Tianshuang stopped the argument and ordered everyone to prepare for battle.
• Hu Liena assigned the sects to a rotating diamond formation, and Shui Bing'er and Qian Renxue approved of her arrangements.
• Qian Renxue declared that the Holy Spirit Cult would face judgment and vowed to wipe it out.