Chapter Summaries

Ning Tianchen persuaded the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King to investigate whether soul beasts could enter the God Realm, then waited in the Devil Whale Sea Area as the imprint from the whale king accelerated his cultivation. After consulting Snow Empress and weighing his approaching heavenly tribulation, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King chose to sacrifice himself to Ning Tianchen, leaving the chapter with a Million Year Spirit Ring forming on the Seven Kill Sword.

• Ning Tianchen warned the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King that attacking Sea God Island would bring Poseidon's retaliation and urged him to verify the God Realm's restrictions on soul beasts.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King marked Ning Tianchen with an imprint and flew to the Northernmost Land, where Snow Empress confirmed that soul beasts could not enter the God Realm alive and planned to sacrifice herself to Tian Guozhen.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King returned after more than ten days, while Ning Tianchen used the imprint's power to reach rank ninety.
• Ning Tianchen declined to pressure the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and flew away, but the whale king reconsidered his approaching heavenly tribulation and stopped him.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King sacrificed himself to Ning Tianchen, and his Million Year Spirit Ring formed at the Ninth Spirit Ring position of the Seven Kill Sword as Ning Rongrong, Feng Xiaotian, and the others watched in astonishment.

Ning Tianchen returned from the sea with a million-year spirit ring and new Asura powers, then learned that the two great empires had plunged into a devastating war. As the Heaven Dou army retreated toward Jialing Pass, he ordered his group to abandon their carriages and hurry back to Heaven Dou City.

• Bo Saixi learned that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had sacrificed himself, while Ning Tianchen gained his million-year spirit ring, a spirit bone, and the Asura Domain.
• Ning Tianchen shared the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's flesh with his companions and sailed with them to Vast Sea City, where Bai He welcomed him back and reported on Tang San and the continent.
• Ning Tianchen told Bai He to announce a profit-sharing conference, and Bai He hurried ahead to Heaven Dou City with news of his return.
• Ning Tianchen received reports that the Balak Kingdom and Star Luo Empire had drawn the Heaven Dou Empire into a major war, while Spirit Hall stayed out of the fighting.
• Ning Tianchen learned that the Heaven Dou army had been driven back toward Jialing Pass and ordered everyone to abandon their carriages and rush to Heaven Dou City.

Ning Tianchen returned to Heaven Dou City, rewarded the Heaven Sword Sect’s elders, and joined Ning Fengzhi and Tian Ruyang to discuss the continent’s war and an unknown presence in the Northernmost Icefield. The three sect masters considered using Tang Sect to create turmoil in the Star Luo Empire but disagreed on how to proceed.

• Ning Tianchen arrived in Heaven Dou City, sent Ning Rongrong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and met with the Heaven Sword Sect’s elders.
• Ning Tianchen rewarded the sect’s contributors with soul bones and flesh from a Million Year Soul Beast, then agreed with Chen Xin that he would inherit the title “Sword.”
• Bai He and Zhang Erhe briefed Ning Tianchen on the war, and Ning Tianchen assigned Dugu Bo to oversee Jialing Pass with Zhang Erhe’s secret assistance.
• Ning Tianchen visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Tian Ruyang reported that a powerful unknown aura had entered the Northernmost Icefield and vanished.
• Ning Tianchen proposed using Tang Sect to stir trouble within the Star Luo Empire, but Ning Fengzhi, Tian Ruyang, and Ning Tianchen disagreed over how to do it.

The Heaven Sword, Snow Mountain, and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sects secretly established the Dragon Halberd Sect to approach the Tang Sect, while Tang San’s growing reputation drew more forces seeking cooperation. Zhang Erhe and Zhao Wuji secured an alliance with the Tang Sect, leaving Tang San to consider how to use their sect and its request to clear Zhang Erhe’s name.

• Ning Tianchen, Tian Ruyang, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to use death warriors to establish a separate sect that could contact the Tang Sect, and Zhang Erhe accepted the role of sect master.
• The three sects established the Dragon Halberd Sect under Zhang Erhe, with Zhao Wuji as vice master and a Snow Mountain Sect elder as Great Elder.
• The Dragon Serpent Family joined the Tang Sect, raising its profile, while Tang San and the others discussed his cultivation, his staged relationship with Meng Yiran, and the sect’s plans to support Dai Mubai.
• Zhang Erhe and Zhao Wuji visited the Tang Sect, where they explained the Dragon Halberd Sect’s origins and sought an alliance; Zhang Erhe also asked the Tang Sect to clear his name.
• Tang San agreed to discuss an alliance with the Dragon Halberd Sect, and Meng Shu watched the visitors before reporting that they appeared to have no hidden intentions.

Ning Tianchen supplied Lou Gao and Si Long with soul tool Handbooks, helping them overcome a key manufacturing problem, then prepared to hunt spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest. His Asura Eighth Trial required him to defeat Tang Chen and take his Asura Demon Sword, but he learned that a Spirit Hall team had entered the forest ahead of him.

• Zhang Erhe delivered news of Dai Mubai's promised support to Ning Tianchen, who then visited the Blacksmith Association and brought Lou Gao and Si Long soul tool Handbooks from the Sun Moon Continent.
• Lou Gao used the Handbooks to make an energy-storage device, while Si Long explained that large Storage Soul Tools required scarce spatial stones.
• Ning Tianchen received the Asura Eighth Trial, which required him to defeat a conscious Tang Chen and take the Asura Demon Sword, and realized that combining their swords might create a complete Super Divine Tool.
• Ning Tianchen learned that Dugu Bo's presence had forced the Star Luo army to retreat from Jialing Pass, then traveled to Spirit Beast Town before entering the Star Dou Great Forest.
• An Intelligence Department disciple reported that Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo were leading a Spirit Hall team into the forest, while Bibi Dong had sent scouts ahead as Qian Renxue's trial occupied Qian Daoliu.

Ning Tianchen confronted Bibi Dong in the Star Dou Great Forest, and their battle escalated as both wielded divine weapons and domains. Ning Tianchen’s Asura Domain shattered Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa Domain, leaving her fighting desperately within his territory.

• Ning Tianchen followed Spirit Hall’s squad and discovered that Bibi Dong was secretly watching it too.
• Bibi Dong confronted Ning Tianchen and demanded that he pledge loyalty to her, but he refused and fought back.
• Ning Tianchen’s clone destroyed Bibi Dong’s clone and held off the four Titled Douluo who came to support her.
• Ning Tianchen and Bibi Dong clashed with the Asura Demon Sword and Rakshasa Demon Scythe, and he used his Ninth Spirit Abilities to deplete her divine power.
• Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill failed to penetrate Ning Tianchen’s Asura Domain.
• Ning Tianchen’s Asura Domain overpowered and shattered Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa Domain, and Bibi Dong desperately fought back.

Ning Tianchen used Asura Judgment to destroy the Rakshasa God's mark on Bibi Dong, who regained consciousness and received a new god test. After Bibi Dong returned to Spirit Hall, Ning Tianchen led its remaining forces to the Lake of Life to hunt the soul beasts there, where a surge of Soul Power announced their arrival.

• Ning Tianchen used Asura Exorcises Evils to counter Bibi Dong's Hell Hands, but the Rakshasa God possessed her and blocked the attack.
• Ning Tianchen unleashed Asura Judgment, shattering the Rakshasa God's mark and inheritance without killing Bibi Dong; Bibi Dong regained consciousness and received a Death God test.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Elder and Ghost Elder to assist Ning Tianchen, then left with Demon Bear Elder and Ghost Leopard Elder for Pope's Hall.
• The Asura God and Death God arranged for Bibi Dong to inherit the Death God Position, while the Rakshasa God sent a wisp of her divine consciousness to seek another successor.
• Ning Tianchen led the remaining Spirit Hall group to the Lake of Life and ordered Xie Yue, Yan, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo to prepare for the encounter.
• A surge of Soul Power rose beneath the lake, signaling the arrival of the soul beasts.

Tang San diverted to the Star Dou Great Forest after sensing a call, while Ning Tianchen killed the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python and absorbed their spirit rings and external spirit bones. Tang San escaped a confrontation with Spirit Hall using Sea God's Light, then received the Sea God Nine Trials and headed toward Tang Hao's retreat.

• Tang San postponed his journey to Sea God Island and entered the Star Dou Great Forest to investigate the force calling to him.
• Ning Tianchen and Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo killed the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, preventing the latter from self-destructing.
• Ning Tianchen took the two beasts' external palm bones and absorbed their spirit rings, reaching level ninety-eight before leaving to absorb the bones.
• Spirit Hall's squad encountered Tang San, who ambushed a scout but was surrounded by Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo and several Soul Douluo.
• Tang San used Sea God's Light to escape, and the Sea God upgraded his trial to the Sea God Nine Trials and granted him fifty percent affinity.
• Tang San realized he was near Tang Hao's place of seclusion and planned to use Sea God's Light to restore his father's severed limbs.

Tang San healed Tang Hao and told him about the Clear Sky Sect’s fall and the Tang Sect’s rise, while Tang Hao resolved to join the new sect. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Ning Tianchen defeated and devoured the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, then absorbed its spirit ring and gained its left-leg soul bone.

• Tang San told Tang Hao about Xiao Wu’s circumstances and the Clear Sky Sect’s destruction, causing Tang Hao to faint from rage.
• Tang San restored Tang Hao’s severed arm and leg, and Tang Hao awoke with his strength increased to level ninety-six.
• Tang San explained that he had become the Sea God’s heir and rebuilt the Tang Sect with Tang Xiao, and Tang Hao agreed to join it after resting.
• Ning Tianchen encountered the eighty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and fought it while testing his level-ninety-eight strength.
• Ning Tianchen entered the tiger’s domain, defeated it as a child by relying on his Sword Heart, and devoured its evil bead and spirit ring.
• Ning Tianchen absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s spirit ring as the fourth ring of his Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit and obtained its left-leg soul bone, while a young man surnamed Zhou felt that something had vanished.

Ning Tianchen found Tang Hao in Suotuo City and confronted him with evidence that the Clear Sky Sect had plotted to make Ah Yin sacrifice herself for Tang Hao. Tang Hao realized his father may have exposed Ah Yin’s identity and the revelation left him shaken as the confrontation began.

• Bibi Dong ended Spirit Hall’s push for war, while Hu Liena took charge of its daily affairs and the continent’s factions reconsidered their alliances.
• Ning Tianchen learned in Suotuo City that Spirit Hall had led the call for peace and spotted Tang Hao gathering information.
• Ning Tianchen lured Tang Hao outside the city, intending to settle their conflict after learning Tang Hao’s strength had increased.
• Ning Tianchen told Tang Hao that Tang Wei had asked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to help stage an incident that would force Ah Yin to sacrifice herself for Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao recalled how Ah Yin’s identity might have been exposed to the Clear Sky Sect and began to understand that his father may have helped set the tragedy in motion.

Ning Tianchen fought Tang Hao and defeated him after Tang Hao used the Great Sumeru Hammer, then stabbed him through the chest. As Tang Hao lay dying, Ning Tianchen prepared to reveal the truths behind Ah Yin’s exposure and Qian Xunji’s death.

• Ning Tianchen told Tang Hao that Ah Yin’s identity had been exposed by someone close to her, then revealed that Qian Xunji had not been killed by Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao and Ning Tianchen began a duel, using the Clear Sky Hammer and Seven Kill Sword techniques against each other.
• Ning Tianchen revealed that he had become Sword Douluo and used his Seven Kill Domain to weaken Tang Hao while strengthening himself.
• Tang Hao unleashed his spirit abilities and detonated all nine spirit rings to perform the Great Sumeru Hammer, but Ning Tianchen escaped the attack’s shockwave.
• Ning Tianchen found Tang Hao exhausted and stabbed him through the chest, then prepared to answer two questions that had troubled him.

Ning Tianchen learned Tang Hao the truth about the Clear Sky Sect’s downfall and killed him, then prepared to grow stronger before confronting Tang Chen. With Tang Hao’s death unknown to Tang San, Tang Xiao took control of the Tang Sect’s affairs and advanced Dai Mubai’s bid to enter the Star Luo court.

• Ning Tianchen told Tang Hao that Yu Xiaogang’s relationship with Bibi Dong had set the events leading to the Clear Sky Sect’s destruction in motion, and revealed that the Slaughter King was Tang Chen, who had survived but been parasitized.
• Ning Tianchen severed and destroyed Tang Hao’s head, removed his spirit bones, and left for Heaven Dou City to absorb four God-Bestowed Spirit Rings.
• Ghost Douluo identified Tang Hao’s body in Suotuo City and suspected Ning Tianchen had killed him, then ordered the corpse taken to Pope’s Hall and the matter kept quiet.
• Tang San felt uneasy while traveling to Sea God Island but dismissed his concern, believing Tang Hao and the Tang Sect were safe.
• When allied sects stopped answering the Tang Sect’s summons and delayed payment, Yu Xiaogang demanded war, but Tang Xiao and the others rejected his proposal and shifted their focus to supporting Dai Mubai’s entry into court.
• Tang Xiao secured Zhao Wuji’s support for the Tang Sect, and Waltz announced that Dai Mubai had been found, prompting public support for his bid to compete for the Star Luo throne.

Ning Tianchen refused Zhu Zhuyun’s request for the Heaven Sword Sect to back Dai Weisi, then set out to challenge Tang Chen and advance his divine trial. He reached Slaughter Town and demanded passage to the Slaughter King, where a loudmouthed patron provoked him.

• Dai Mubai’s growing support led Dai Tianfeng to schedule a contest between Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi for the Star Luo throne one year later, with Zhu Zhuyun promised as the winner’s empress.
• After half a year in retreat, Ning Tianchen reached Rank Ninety-Nine, received Qian Renxue’s letter, and agreed to meet Zhu Zhuyun, who had come seeking the Heaven Sword Sect’s support for Dai Weisi.
• Zhu Zhuyun offered market access and tax incentives in exchange for Ning Tianchen’s support, but he refused and hinted that eliminating Dai Tianfeng could clear the way for Dai Weisi.
• Zhu Zhuyun left to discuss Ning Tianchen’s suggestion with Dai Weisi, while Ning Tianchen decided to challenge Tang Chen and continue his divine trial.
• At Slaughter Town, Ning Tianchen demanded that the tavern attendants open the passage to the Slaughter King, and a Big Man challenged him.

Ning Tianchen freed Tang Chen from the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King and fought him for the right to inherit the Asura God Position. After an hour of battle left Ning Tianchen struggling to keep up, he revealed his Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit and activated Time Reversal.

• Ning Tianchen killed the Big Man, entered Slaughter City, and forced the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King to abandon Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen learned that the Clear Sky Sect had been destroyed and that his great-grandson Tang San might be the Sea God's successor before agreeing to fight Ning Tianchen.
• Ning Tianchen and Tang Chen exchanged powerful attacks, using their spirit abilities, martial soul avatars, domains, and spirit bone skills.
• After an hour, Tang Chen explained that Ning Tianchen's Seven Kill Sword consumed more Soul Power than the Clear Sky Hammer, and Ning Tianchen switched to his Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit and activated his Fourth Spirit Ability, Time Reversal.

Ning Tianchen defeated Tang Chen, completed the Asura Eighth Trial, and obtained the complete Asura Demon Sword. As he prepared for the final inheritance trial, Tang San completed the Sea God Seventh Trial and planned to search Sunset Forest for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud without alerting Ning Tianchen.

• Ning Tianchen used Time Reversal to restore his strength, then wore Tang Chen down with his sword formulas until Tang Chen detonated all nine spirit rings and unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Ning Tianchen survived Tang Chen's divine-level strike with Absolute Defense, and Tang Chen's Asura Demon Sword drained his life before merging with Ning Tianchen's sword to complete the Eighth Trial.
• The Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King submitted to Ning Tianchen, recovered Tang Chen's high-quality spirit bones, and agreed to manage Slaughter City and report future Gods of Kill to Heaven Sword Sect.
• Ning Tianchen returned to Heaven Sword Sect, postponed his trip to the Sun Moon Continent, and helped Feng Xiaotian and the others with their divine trials.
• Tang San obtained the Sea God Trident, defeated the Seven Sacred Pillar Titled Douluo, and learned that his Eighth Trial required finding the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in Sunset Forest.
• Tang San decided to return to Tang Sect to discuss his search with his father and uncle, and Bo Saixi visited him the day before he left Sea God Island.

The Sea God was caught tampering with Qian Renxue’s inheritance and imprisoned, causing Sea God Island to lose its divine protection and collapse into chaos. Ning Tianchen learned of the upheaval and set out to advance his own trials, while Tang San returned to the continent unaware that his divine trial mark had dimmed.

• Bo Saixi asked Tang San to find Tang Chen after he returned to the continent.
• The Sea God altered Qian Renxue’s inheritance trial to manipulate her into becoming Tang San’s companion, but the Asura God caught him and the God Realm Committee imprisoned him.
• The God Realm Committee restored Qian Renxue’s memories, revived Qian Daoliu, and stripped the Sea God of his connection to Douluo Continent.
• Sea God Island’s sacred pillars collapsed, its Titled Douluo lost much of their power, and many believers fled; Bo Saixi remained behind, aged and weakened.
• Qian Renxue completed her inheritance and reunited with Qian Daoliu, then refused his suggestion that she become Spirit Hall’s Pope.
• After learning that Qian Renxue had become a god, Ning Tianchen set out to obtain his Ninth Spirit Ring, while Tang San returned to the continent with a dimmed trial mark and confidence in Tang Sect’s progress.

Tang San returned to the Tang Sect, learned that Tang Hao was missing, and began planning how to find the Heart of the Sea God while Tang Xiao and Yu Xiaogang speculated about Tang Hao's whereabouts. Meanwhile, Ning Tianchen reached the Sun Moon Continent, reunited with Zhang Chenghuan, and asked for an update on the war as he searched for his friends.

• Tang San returned to the Tang Sect and praised Tang Xiao for stabilizing its position while Yu Xiaogang remained withdrawn and despondent.
• Tang San learned that Tang Hao had not arrived and told Tang Xiao that he had healed his father's injuries with the Sea God's Light; Tang Xiao promised to search for him and teach Tang San the Clear Sky Nine Perfections.
• Tang San explained that his Eighth Trial required the Heart of the Sea God, and Tang Xiao proposed gathering intelligence in Sunset Forest while Yu Xiaogang argued that Zhao Wuji and the Dragon Halberd Sect could help instead.
• Tang San reassured Yu Xiaogang with the prospect of becoming National Teacher under Dai Mubai, and Yu Xiaogang suggested Tang Hao might be secretly protecting Dai Mubai.
• Ning Tianchen reached Binhai City on the Sun Moon Continent, sent word to Cang Jinghong, and arranged to meet Cang Tianyou at the City Lord's Mansion.
• Ning Tianchen asked Zhang Chenghuan about the Yu Die Sisters and requested an overview of the war and the Sunfire Empire's occupied territory.

Ning Tianchen secured the Cang and Zhang families’ promises to protect the Yu Die Sisters before traveling to Devil Forest, where the Evil Emperor willingly sacrificed himself to become Ning Tianchen’s second Martial Soul’s Spirit Ring. Meanwhile, Tang San reached Sunset Forest with Zhao Wuji and the others.

• Ning Tianchen asked Zhang Chenghuan and the Cang family about the Sunfire Empire’s advance and asked them to protect the Yu Die Sisters, offering them rare medicinal herbs in return for their promises.
• Ning Tianchen flew through Devil Forest toward its Core Area, and rumors that a Titled Douluo had arrived prompted both empires to send people to Devil Town seeking to recruit him.
• The Evil Emperor met Ning Tianchen and asked how the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had chosen to sacrifice himself; Ning Tianchen explained that Soul Beasts could reach godhood by becoming Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones.
• After seeing Ning Tianchen’s second Martial Soul, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, the Evil Emperor willingly burned his eight hundred thousand years of cultivation to sacrifice himself as Ning Tianchen’s Spirit Ring.
• Tang San arrived at the outskirts of Sunset Forest with Zhao Wuji and the others, while the Dragon Halberd Sect had already reported Tang Sect’s movements to the three great sects.

Tang San discovered that the Sea God Trial had vanished and his trident had lost its power, so he abandoned the search and raced back to Tang Sect. In Devil Forest, Ning Tianchen began the Asura Ninth Trial, passed its first test in an illusion based on the Xuanwu Gate incident, and entered the second test.

• Tang San sent Dragon Halberd Sect teams to search Sunset Forest for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, but he could not remember where it was and the Sea God did not respond.
• Tang San found that the Sea God Trial was missing and his trident had lost its divine power, so he called off the search and rushed back to Tang Sect.
• After gaining nine soul rings on both martial souls and completing his soul bone set, Ning Tianchen began the final Asura trial in Devil Forest.
• The Asura God placed Ning Tianchen in an illusion where he became Ning Wang and relived events resembling the Xuanwu Gate incident, using his swordsmanship to help secure victory.
• Ning Tianchen passed the first test, and the Asura God stripped away his left-arm soul bones as the second test began.

Tang San returned to Sea God Island to investigate why his god trial had changed and found the island abandoned after the Sea God had been framed and imprisoned. Bo Saixi explained what had happened and urged him to seek another god’s inheritance, leaving Tang San stunned and uncertain about his future.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang and Tang Xiao that his Sea God trial had changed, and Tang Xiao advised him to return to Sea God Island and investigate.
• Tang San traveled to Vast Sea City, found no one from Sea God Island waiting for him, and bought a soul tool skiff to reach the island.
• Dai Mubai and his allies discussed Zhu Zhuyun’s secretive movements, unaware that she and Dai Weisi were plotting against Emperor Dai Tianfeng.
• Tang San found Sea God Island deserted, with its sacred pillar gone, its Sea God statue shattered, and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks absent.
• Bo Saixi told Tang San that the Sea God had been framed and imprisoned, cutting off his connection to Sea God Island, and urged him to seek another god’s inheritance.
• Tang San promised Bo Saixi that he would rescue the Sea God if he reached the God Realm, then left Sea God Hall feeling lost.