Chapter Summaries

Tang San confirmed that Bibi Dong had left, then accepted the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python’s sacrifice so he could gain Soul Rings and Soul Bones for his Clear Sky Hammer. He reached the peak of level ninety-five and gained eight powerful skills, while the two beasts’ souls were preserved for a hoped-for reunion in the Divine Realm.

• Tang San explained his Divine Examination and the need for Clear Sky Hammer Soul Rings to the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python agreed to sacrifice themselves, hoping Tang San could take them to the Divine Realm and restore them there.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python sacrificed themselves, and their energy formed two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and two arm Soul Bones for Tang San.
• Tang San completed the fusions, raising his Soul Power to the peak of level ninety-five and increasing the Clear Sky Hammer’s weight to thirty thousand jin.
• Tang San learned the four Soul Skills from the Soul Rings and four Soul Bone Skills from the Soul Bones.

Tang San and his companions hunted the three Qianjun Ant Emperors in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Tang San absorbed their Soul Rings to strengthen his Clear Sky Hammer and reach rank ninety-seven. He kept the Soul Bone they left behind and chose to stabilize his gains before searching for more Soul Rings, then set off with Shui Bing'er, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling for Heaven Dou City.

• Tang San led Shui Bing'er, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling on a month-long search for the three Qianjun Ant Emperors near the Lake of Life.
• Tang San used Power of the Earth to block the Ant Emperors from burrowing away, and the group joined forces to kill them.
• Tang San absorbed all three Soul Rings at once, raising them to the hundred-thousand-year level and advancing his Soul Power to rank ninety-seven.
• Tang San gained three Clear Sky Hammer Soul Skills: Power of Qian Jun, Qian Jun Barrier, and Earth Ant Emperor Slash.
• Tang San found a powerful torso Soul Bone, stored it rather than absorbing it, and decided to consolidate his cultivation before acquiring more Soul Rings.
• Tang San and his companions flew northwest toward Heaven Dou City.

After losing the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and Yue Guan, Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to prepare for war. Tang San returned to Heaven Dou City, distributed Soul Bones to Shui Bing'er and Dugu Yan, and was visited by Tang Chen as he prepared for his Fourth Trial.

• Bibi Dong returned to Spirit City empty-handed and ordered Spirit Hall's commanders and Titled Douluo to gather.
• Bibi Dong commanded Spirit Hall's armies to reorganize and prepare for a campaign within a year, and the empire began mobilizing.
• Tang San and his companions returned to the Blue Hao Prince's Residence, where Dugu Yan had risen to the peak of rank ninety-five after three Life and Death Arena victories.
• Tang San gave Shui Bing'er the Qian Jun Ant Emperor Torso Bone and Dugu Yan Ghost Douluo's right leg bone, which granted her the Shadow Rush skill.
• Tang San set aside his search for Qian Renxue and focused on his Fourth Trial, then went to greet Tang Chen, who had arrived at the residence.

Tang San asked Tang Chen about the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King and set out with him to hunt it for a Clear Sky Hammer Soul Ring. After defeating the beast and absorbing its ring, Tang San returned to Heaven Dou City with new Soul Skills and had also beaten Tang Chen in a sparring match.

• Tang San showed Tang Chen his five Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and asked whether the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King was still in Slaughter City.
• Tang San explained that he wanted the beast's Soul Ring for his Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Chen agreed to help him search.
• Tang San and Tang Chen found the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King in a dark crypt, where Tang San killed it alone and absorbed its Soul Ring.
• Tang San gained the Nine-Headed Soul-Suppressing Hammer and Clear Sky Soul-Devouring Lock, reached the peak of Level 97, and stored the Head Soul Bone he could not use.
• Tang San sparred with Tang Chen on the journey back, won by a slight margin, and received guidance that improved his Great Sumeru Hammer mastery.
• Tang San and Tang Chen returned to the rear courtyard of the Blue Hao Prince's Residence after more than a month away.

Tang San entered a trial where he had to fight a mirror possessing all his abilities and overcome himself three times. He defeated the mirror by abandoning hesitation, understanding destruction, and fusing life with destruction into Creation Power.

• Tang San stabilized his power in seclusion with Ye Lingling and entered a trial against an exact mirror of himself.
• Tang San noticed the mirror hesitated when choices were required and defeated it by acting with unwavering resolve.
• Tang San deepened his understanding of destruction, evolving his Dreamlike Eyes into the Eye of Destruction and Annihilation Light into Light of Destruction.
• Tang San fused the powers of life and destruction, creating Creation Power.
• Tang San gathered Creation Power into his Blue Silver Overlord Spear and struck the mirror until it dissipated.

Tang San and Ye Lingling passed their Fourth Trials and learned that the Fifth Trial required them to survive a coordinated assault by one hundred powerful Titled Douluo phantoms. After strengthening himself with a seven-hundred-thousand-year Clear Sky Hammer Soul Ring and a second Soul Core, Tang San helped them survive the Divine Battlefield and pass the trial.

• Tang San and Ye Lingling passed their Fourth Trials, earned increased divine affinities, and received the details of the Fifth Trial.
• Tang San absorbed his final God-Given Soul Ring, raised the Clear Sky Hammer's Seventh Soul Ring to seven hundred thousand years, and broke through to the peak of Level 98.
• Tang San condensed a destruction Soul Core opposite his life Soul Core, completing his Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores.
• Tang San and Ye Lingling entered the Divine Battlefield and faced one hundred Titled Douluo phantoms attacking in coordinated waves.
• Tang San fought with the Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Emperor as Ye Lingling replenished him, and they survived the twelve-hour trial with fewer than thirty phantoms remaining.

Tang San and Ye Lingling completed their Divine Battlefield trials, then learned that Bibi Dong was leading the Spirit Hall Empire toward war with the Heaven Dou Empire. Tang San agreed to keep Tang Chen out of the conflict and prepared to lead Heaven Dou’s forces to Jialing Pass, with Shui Bing’er, Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling accompanying him.

• Tang San and Ye Lingling received God-Given Soul Rings and learned that their next trials required them to create order on a chaotic planet and assist Tang San, respectively.
• Tang San reunited with Dugu Yan, Shui Bing’er, Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling, learning of their cultivation progress and that Spirit Hall’s purges had driven several academies to Heaven Dou City.
• Bibi Dong completed her Rakshasa Eighth Trial, assembled her forces and began advancing toward the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Tang San and the emperor agreed that Marshal Ge Long would command the army at Jialing Pass while Tang San led Heaven Dou’s Soul Master legions and his own troops as supreme commander.
• Tang San accepted Qian Daoliu’s proposal that he and Tang Chen stay out of the war, then told Shui Bing’er, Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling they would depart for Jialing Pass the next morning.

The allied army set out from Heaven Dou City to march south, while Tang San’s old companions learned how far he and his closest allies had surpassed them. Shui Yue’er joined Tang San and, after receiving his help, broke through to level 72.

• The Heaven Dou Empire’s forces, the academies, the Clear Sky Sect, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Blue Hao Prince’s Residence troops marched south together.
• Tang San traveled with Dugu Yan, Shui Bing’er, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling, while Shui Yue’er stayed close to him and their old tournament companions caught up.
• The old companions learned that Tang San had reached level 98, Dugu Yan level 97, and Xiao Wu, Shui Bing’er, and Ye Lingling levels 89, 88, and 87 respectively.
• Shui Yue’er entered Tang San’s command tent that night, and Shui Bing’er tacitly accepted their relationship.
• Tang San gave Shui Yue’er two powerful Soul Bones and Whale Rubber; she broke through level 70, absorbed a suitable Soul Ring, and reached level 72.

Tang San prepared Jialing Pass for a defensive standoff against the Spirit Hall Empire, hoping to avoid a bloody battle that would advance Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa God Trial and to find a chance to rescue Qian Renxue. The Spirit Hall Empire’s first assaults failed, and six Titled Douluo advanced toward the walls.

• Tang San arrived at Jialing Pass, chose to keep his forces behind its defenses, and ordered them to stall the enemy while he watched for a chance to rescue Qian Renxue.
• Two days later, Bibi Dong led the Spirit Hall Empire’s army to the pass and found that Tang San had not brought his forces out to fight.
• Bibi Dong ordered an assault, but Heaven Dou’s defenders used arrows, ballistae, and Zhuge Repeating Crossbows to repel the infantry and Soul Master attacks.
• After the assault caused several thousand casualties without reaching the walls, Bibi Dong sent Lingyuan, Ghost Leopard, Demon Bear, Snake Lance, Pufferfish, and Sacred Dragon to attack the fortifications.
• Tang San watched the six Titled Douluo approach and recognized them as old acquaintances.

Tang San disguised himself as Zhang San and infiltrated the Spirit Hall Empire’s camp to rescue Qian Renxue. He reached Bibi Dong’s command tent, where Hu Liena welcomed him, but learned that Zhang San was undergoing a Divine Examination.

• Bibi Dong’s forces fought the Heaven Dou Empire’s defenders, but her army could not break through Jialing Pass, so she ordered a retreat.
• Over the next three days, Tang San devised a plan to enter the enemy camp disguised as Zhang San and rescue Qian Renxue.
• Tang San used the Eye of Destruction and Life Domain to disguise himself, then joined a grain convoy entering the Spirit Hall Empire’s camp.
• Tang San reached the command tent and told Bibi Dong that he had completed his Fourth Trial and wanted to see Hu Liena.
• Bibi Dong asked why Zhang San had come to the front instead of continuing his Divine Examination, surprising Tang San, while Hu Liena blushed at his affectionate words.

Tang San seduced Hu Liena to learn where Qian Renxue was being held, then accompanied her to the guarded tent. He entered with Hu Liena after Xie Yue left, bringing him close to Qian Renxue.

• Bibi Dong used True World to inspect Tang San but failed to see through his disguise, then sent Hu Liena to walk with him.
• Tang San searched the camp for Qian Renxue while Hu Liena led him to her tent.
• Tang San confessed his feelings to Hu Liena, and they became intimate.
• Tang San learned that Bibi Dong had brought Qian Renxue to the camp and that Hu Liena and Xie Yue guarded her in shifts.
• Hu Liena and Tang San replaced Xie Yue at the hidden tent where Qian Renxue was held.

Tang San rescued Qian Renxue from the Spirit Hall Empire’s camp and brought her to Jialing Pass, where they reunited and agreed to pursue their divine inheritances while avoiding further battle. Qian Daoliu withdrew the Worship Hall’s enshrined from the front lines, and Bibi Dong later sent two Soul Bones to ransom Hu Liena.

• Tang San knocked Hu Liena unconscious, freed Qian Renxue, and carried them both to Jialing Pass after leaving a ransom note.
• Tang San reunited with Qian Renxue and advised her to return to Spirit City and continue her Divine Examination while he continued his own.
• Qian Renxue agreed, then flew to Spirit City after daybreak and told Tang San to wait for her.
• Qian Daoliu ordered the Worship Hall’s enshrined withdrawn from the front lines, and Golden Crocodile, Lion, Azure Luan, Guang Ling, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo returned to Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong’s envoy offered Tang San two Soul Bones in exchange for Hu Liena.

Tang San released Hu Liena to the envoy and returned to Heaven Dou City as the war at Jialing Pass settled into a stalemate. He gave Soul Bones to Shui Bing'er and Dugu Yan, then began the Sixth Trial with Ye Lingling and created a living world of his own.

• Tang San agreed to release Hu Liena, and she left with the envoy while glaring at him resentfully.
• Bibi Dong returned to Spirit City with Hu Liena, and both armies maintained a standoff at Jialing Pass as Tang San and his companions returned to Heaven Dou City.
• Shui Bing'er absorbed the Snow Demon Wolf King's Right Arm Soul Bone, gained the Extreme Cold Wolf Claw skill, and advanced to level eighty-nine; Dugu Yan absorbed the Death Demon Spider's left leg bone and gained the Demon Spider Sweep skill.
• Tang San and Ye Lingling began the Sixth Trial, Plane Creation, on a lifeless chaotic planet, where Tang San used Creation Power to form a spring and begin shaping the world.
• Tang San created the planet's terrain, natural laws, ecosystem, and first humans, who cultivated the world's natural energy as Qi.
• Tang San completed his plane and mastered the fusion of life and destruction powers, achieving a power beyond ultimate power.

Tang San and Ye Lingling passed their sixth divine trials and advanced in power, while their companions also made progress. Six months after Tang San left Hu Liena pregnant, she chose to raise the child without telling him, as Bibi Dong worried about how Zhang San would react.

• Tang San and Ye Lingling passed their sixth trials, received increased divine affinities, and learned that their seventh trial required recognition from the Life Ancient Tree and Destruction Scepter.
• Tang San broke through to level ninety-nine, Ye Lingling reached level ninety, and Shui Bing'er and Xiao Wu reached level ninety while Dugu Yan advanced to level ninety-eight.
• Xie Yue brought pregnant Hu Liena nourishing porridge, and she insisted that he keep the pregnancy from Tang San so she could raise the child herself.
• Bibi Dong visited Hu Liena, offered her support, and privately worried that Zhang San would react violently when he learned she was carrying another man's child.
• Hu Liena accepted her pregnancy and looked forward to the baby's birth, though Tang San briefly came to mind.

Tang San and Ye Lingling absorbed their God-Given Soul Rings while Shui Bing'er obtained a powerful Soul Ring and completed her Soul Bone set. The group prepared to resume the Sea God trials, with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King still their final target.

• Tang San and Ye Lingling entered seclusion while Shui Bing'er, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan traveled to the Far North to find Shui Bing'er's ninth Soul Ring.
• After two months, Tang San emerged with an eight-hundred-thousand-year eighth Soul Ring and the Hammer of Destruction, while Ye Lingling reached peak level ninety-three.
• Shui Bing'er returned with an Ice Crystal Phoenix Soul Ring and torso bone after the beast agreed to sacrifice itself, raising her Soul Power to peak level ninety-four.
• Tang San exchanged two Evil Spirit Orca Soul Bones with Tang Chen for a seventy-thousand-year Ice Sabertooth Tiger Left Arm Bone, which Shui Bing'er absorbed to complete her Soul Bone set and reach level ninety-five.
• Tang San planned to set out for Sea God Island after completing the Seventh Trial, and he and Ye Lingling entered seclusion again.

Tang San and Ye Lingling passed their divine artifact trials and received an Eighth Trial requiring them to have a child within three years. Ten days later, Tang San defeated the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and gathered his companions to absorb the energy from its corpse.

• Tang San and Ye Lingling passed their divine artifact trials, raising their affinities with the gods.
• Tang San and Ye Lingling received trials requiring them to have a child within three years, and Tang San led her to the bedroom.
• Tang San and five companions found the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who rejected his offer and attacked them.
• Tang San and Shui Bing'er fought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and Tang San killed him with Hammer of Destruction.
• Tang San took the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's torso bone, whale brain, and inner core, then invited his companions to absorb the energy escaping from the corpse.

Tang San reached Level 100 and completed the Eighth Trial, then discovered that Ye Lingling’s pregnancy had not triggered his success and suspected Hu Liena had borne his child. In Spirit City, Hu Liena gave birth to a daughter and named her Hu Yao, rejecting Bibi Dong’s proposed name Tang Yao.

• Shui Bing'er completed the Sea God's Eighth Trial, while Tang San absorbed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's remains and broke through to Level 100.
• Tang San and his companions returned to Heaven Dou City, helping Shui Yue'er obtain a Soul Ring along the way.
• Tang San received notice that he had passed the Dual Divine Test's Eighth Trial, but Ye Lingling said her pregnancy had not completed her assessment.
• Tang San suspected Hu Liena was the reason he passed and decided not to go to Spirit City to investigate.
• Hu Liena gave birth to a daughter, and Bibi Dong proposed the name Tang Yao.
• Hu Liena rejected the surname Tang and named her daughter Hu Yao.

After emerging from two years of seclusion with immense power, Zhang San discovered that Hu Liena had a child with Tang San and tried to kill the baby. Bibi Dong stopped him, but Zhang San turned against her and declared that no one could order him around.

• Zhang San left the secret chamber at peak Level 98, wielding the Asura Demon Sword and believing he should rule the world.
• Zhang San found Hu Liena with a baby and learned that the child was hers, then investigated and traced the father to Tang San.
• Zhang San returned to Hu Liena's courtyard and attacked her and the baby with the Asura Demon Sword.
• Hu Liena shielded her child and begged Zhang San to spare her, but he said they should die together because the baby was Tang San's too.
• Bibi Dong intervened and knocked Zhang San's blade aside, then stood between him and Hu Liena.
• Zhang San accused Bibi Dong of standing in his way and declared that, now he was stronger than her, no one could order him around.

Zhang San drove Bibi Dong away, seized control of the Spirit Hall Empire, and absorbed five Soul Bones while pursuing Level 99. Bibi Dong settled Hu Liena and Hu Yao in Tang San's former home in Nuoding City, where Hu Liena remained uncertain about her future.

• Zhang San defeated Bibi Dong in the courtyard, and she fled with Hu Liena and Hu Yao without him pursuing them.
• Zhang San declared himself emperor of the Spirit Hall Empire, took control of its resources, and absorbed five Soul Bones to strengthen himself.
• Qian Renxue dismissed the news of Zhang San's takeover and focused on completing the Angel Nine Trials.
• Bibi Dong took Hu Liena and Hu Yao north, then agreed to settle in Nuoding City after Hu Liena resisted going to Heaven Dou City.
• Bibi Dong found Tang San's former home, and Xie Yue cleaned it so Hu Liena and Hu Yao could stay there.
• Bibi Dong urged Hu Liena to consider going to Tang San for Hu Yao's sake, while Hu Liena chose to remain in the house for the time being.

Tang San learned that Hu Liena had been branded a traitor and fled, then received a message placing her in Nuoding City and set out to find her. Zhang San also sensed her location and raced toward the city, hoping to kill her and her child or confront Tang San.

• Tang San helped Dugu Yan and Shui Bing'er condense their second Soul Cores, after which both women began seclusion to advance their cultivation.
• Tang San heard that Zhang San had become emperor of the Spirit Hall Empire and soon received the empire's wanted notice for Hu Liena, who was accused of colluding with him and leaking secrets.
• Tang San feared Zhang San had driven Hu Liena and Bibi Dong away, and worried that Hu Liena and her child were in danger.
• A messenger delivered Tang San a letter saying Hu Liena was in Nuoding City at the courtyard of his old home, so Tang San flew there alone.
• Zhang San sensed Hu Liena's location through his Asura Power and flew toward Nuoding City, hoping to capture Tang San or kill Hu Liena and her child.