Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhen overpowered the Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape after they came to rescue Xiao Wu. The chapter ended with the Azure Bull Python offering his life and treasures if Xiao Zhen would release her.

• The Titan Giant Ape and Azure Bull Python arrived to rescue Xiao Wu, but Xiao Zhen refused to release her.
• The Azure Bull Python attacked Xiao Zhen, who cut off part of his tail with the Sword of Destiny.
• The Titan Giant Ape struck at Xiao Zhen, but Xiao Zhen stopped his fists and then knocked him away and subdued him with a lightning whip.
• Xiao Zhen struck the Azure Bull Python with the whip, leaving both Soul Beasts badly beaten.
• The Azure Bull Python pleaded with Xiao Zhen to release Xiao Wu and offered his Soul Ring and Soul Bone in exchange.

Xiao Zhen held Xiao Wu and the Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape captive, while Xiao Wu and the Goddess of Life pleaded for their lives. He offered to spare them on one condition, arguing that soul beasts could be selfish too, and the Azure Bull Python admitted he might betray his own kind to save Xiao Wu.

• Xiao Zhen seized Xiao Wu and dismissed the Azure Bull Python’s plea to bargain for her freedom.
• The Goddess of Life urged Xiao Zhen not to kill the three soul beasts, and Xiao Wu offered herself in exchange for her brothers’ lives.
• Xiao Wu offered to sacrifice herself rather than let Xiao Zhen harm the Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.
• Xiao Zhen promised to spare all three if they accepted one condition, and the Azure Bull Python agreed to hear it while setting a limit against harming other soul beasts.
• Xiao Zhen accused the soul beasts of being selfish, and the Azure Bull Python conceded that he might attack his own kind if doing so could save Xiao Wu.

Xiao Zhen sent the Azure Bull Python and the injured Titan Giant Ape to find the ferocious beasts in the forest’s core, then continued traveling with Xiao Wu and the captive Goddess of Life. In the God Realm, the God of Destruction collapsed as a fragmented soul entered and resonated with him.

• Xiao Zhen ordered the Azure Bull Python to find the hidden ferocious beasts and tell them he might visit their master, then let him leave with the injured Titan Giant Ape.
• Xiao Zhen’s soul pressure knocked out hidden scouts, and he ordered his men to cook the Azure Bull Python’s severed tail while threatening Xiao Wu with eating her legs.
• The convoy set off with Xiao Wu, and Xiao Zhen told the Goddess of Life that he wanted her to grow crops in a place with soil too rich in metal for farming.
• The God of Destruction absorbed faith energy to heal his injuries, spat blood, and collapsed unconscious as a fragmented soul entered and resonated with him.

The God of Destruction relived memories of a future in which conflict with Tang San over the God Realm’s expansion escalated into a coup. Just after the God Realm expanded, a catastrophe of space-time turbulence struck, leaving him questioning whether he had been wrong.

• The God of Destruction gained memories of a future in which Tang San succeeded the Asura God and Sea God and brought several allies into the God Realm.
• The God of Destruction grew envious of Tang San’s family and became dissatisfied with the God Realm’s limits, while suspecting that something had changed in Life after visits to the Sea God Hall.
• The God of Destruction proposed expanding the God Realm, but Tang San warned of an approaching calamity and Life joined the other God-Kings in rejecting the plan.
• The God of Destruction learned that Tang San had descended to the lower realm and used a baby to threaten a mother, deepening his resolve to overthrow him.
• The God of Destruction launched a coup and expanded the God Realm, but space-time turbulence struck its unstable outer barrier, making him doubt his decision.

As the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life sacrificed themselves to protect the God Realm from Space-Time turbulence, Tang San secretly erased their consciousnesses and revealed that the Goddess of Life had been coerced into betraying her husband. The chapter ends with Tang San recounting how he ambushed her after she rejected his attempt to recruit her.

• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life transformed into the Seed of Destruction and the Seed of Life to shield the God Realm from Space-Time turbulence.
• Tang San mourned the God-Kings in front of the Gods, then secretly used Asura Divine Power to imprison and erase their consciousnesses.
• The Goddess of Life confronted Tang San, while the God of Destruction learned that she had been passing information to him.
• Tang San admitted that the Goddess of Life had cooperated under threat and began recounting how he had targeted her.
• Tang San explained that the Goddess of Life had rejected his attempt to win her over, so he ambushed her and trapped the palace in divine power.

Tang San blackmailed the Goddess of Life into serving him, then erased her soul while the God of Destruction watched helplessly. When the Golden Dragon King’s escape disrupted Tang San’s plans, the God of Destruction’s remnant soul fled through the Space-Time Turbulence and encountered his past self ten thousand years earlier.

• Tang San threatened to expose the Goddess of Life’s recorded assault unless she obeyed him, and she agreed to keep it secret.
• Tang San erased the Goddess of Life’s soul from her green seed as the God of Destruction watched in anguish.
• The Golden Dragon King broke free, disrupting Tang San’s plans and giving the God of Destruction a chance to escape.
• The God of Destruction’s remnant soul fled into the Space-Time Turbulence to seek a chance to regain his strength.
• The God of Destruction’s remnant soul landed in a new place and encountered his own self from ten thousand years earlier.

The God of Destruction woke with memories of another timeline and vowed to investigate Tang San and Asura God. Near Nuoding City, Xiao Zhen explained his grudge against Asura God to Qian Lingyu, while Wang Dabiao’s findings led them to Yu Xiaogang at Nuoding Junior Academy.

• The God of Destruction regained control after receiving another version of his memories and resolved to check whether Tang San existed in the lower realm.
• Xiao Zhen’s group arrived near Nuoding City, where Wang Dabiao bought a courtyard and gathered information.
• Qian Lingyu asked Xiao Zhen why he had come, and he said he wanted to meet Tang San and test whether Asura God’s aura was on him.
• Xiao Zhen showed Qian Lingyu the Asura Divine Power wound on his back and admitted Asura God had struck him with a sword.
• Wang Dabiao reported that Yu Xiaogang was at Nuoding Junior Academy, prompting Qian Lingyu to reflect on his reputation and her mother’s feelings for him.

Qian Lingyu asked Xiao Zhen to deal with Yu Xiaogang, fearing that Bi Bidong might make him her stepfather. Xiao Zhen kept Yu Xiaogang alive as a possible weapon against Tang San, took the location of Holy Spirit Village, and set off to see Tang San.

• Qian Lingyu asked Xiao Zhen to secretly take out Yu Xiaogang, and Xiao Zhen said Yu Xiaogang might be useful against Tang San.
• Qian Lingyu offered to introduce Xiao Zhen to her little sister and explained her fears about Spirit Hall and Tang San's divine backing.
• Xiao Zhen asked when Tang San would awaken his Martial Soul, and Qian Lingyu said the ceremony in Holy Spirit Village was about half a month away.
• Qian Lingyu gave Xiao Zhen documents about Holy Spirit Village, and he decided to leave for the village immediately.
• Xiao Zhen reminded Qian Lingyu that she could not escape while Spirit Hall and Qian Renxue remained in his reach, then vanished as Qian Lingyu cried out behind him.

Xiao Zhen hypnotized Tang San and Tang Hao in Holy Spirit Village, then examined Tang San’s memories and discovered his past as a Tang Sect disciple and the soul that had originally belonged to this body. He blocked the Asura God’s methods and preserved the weakened original soul in a jade bottle.

• Xiao Zhen sensed the Asura God’s power and a faint soul inside six-year-old Tang San, then entered the kitchen and hypnotized him and Tang Hao.
• Xiao Zhen examined Tang San’s memories of his life as a Tang Sect outer disciple, his theft of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, and his escape from Ghost's Lament Cliff into a new body.
• Xiao Zhen inferred that Tang Hao had suspected something was wrong with Tang San after the boy began cultivating.
• Xiao Zhen blocked the Asura God’s methods within Tang San and extracted the faint soul he identified as the original Tang San.
• Xiao Zhen placed the weakened soul in a jade bottle and gave it medicinal liquid to help it recover.

Xiao Zhen examined Tang Hao’s memories and learned how he had planned to make Ah Yin sacrifice herself, then discovered Tang San’s past-life identity. After Xiao Zhen left and his hypnosis faded, Tang Hao went back to sleep while Tang San found the porridge scorched.

• Xiao Zhen examined Tang San’s memories and saw the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
• Xiao Zhen searched Tang Hao’s memories and learned that Tang Hao had deliberately sought a Titled Douluo to force Ah Yin to sacrifice herself, though he later regretted his plan.
• Tang Hao’s memories revealed that he suspected Tang San was an impostor from another world and decided to judge whether the boy could be useful to him.
• Xiao Zhen mocked Tang Hao, vanished, and let his hypnosis dissipate.
• Tang Hao woke briefly and went back to sleep, while Tang San came to and discovered that the porridge had scorched.

Xiao Zhen confronted Tang San in a dreamlike mental space, exposing his past as a Tang Sect traitor and testing his beliefs about Gods. He claimed to be a God from the God Realm and said he had come to see whether Tang San qualified to inherit his power.

• Old Jack rescued Tang San from Tang Hao's scolding and later brought the family rice after Tang Hao spent their money on alcohol.
• Tang San accepted Old Jack's help politely, but Xiao Zhen observed that he felt resentment toward the village chief.
• Xiao Zhen hypnotized Tang San and summoned him into a pure white mental space, where he asked whether Tang San believed in Gods.
• Xiao Zhen accused Tang San of hypocrisy and shamelessness, then confronted him about resenting Old Jack and hiding his two lives.
• Xiao Zhen revealed that he knew Tang San had betrayed the Tang Sect and claimed he was a God seeking to determine whether Tang San could inherit his power.

Xiao Zhen confronted Tang San in a spiritual illusion, denounced him as hypocritical, and called himself the God of Hypocrisy before finding Ah Yin at the waterfall. He began questioning her about Tang Hao and Tang San, leaving her anxious and unaware of what had happened to them.

• Xiao Zhen tested Tang San with divine pressure and offered him a chance at inheritance if he admitted to being hypocritical.
• Tang San insisted he was pure and upright, so Xiao Zhen ended the encounter by naming himself the God of Hypocrisy.
• Tang San woke in the kitchen, unsure whether the encounter had been an illusion, while Xiao Zhen sensed a special life force nearby.
• Xiao Zhen found the weakened Blue Silver Emperor in a cave and used Soul Power to communicate with Ah Yin.
• Ah Yin defended Tang Hao and Tang San, but Xiao Zhen suggested Tang Hao had hidden the truth from her, making her anxious.

Xiao Zhen revealed to Ah Yin that Tang Hao had coveted her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and that the Tang San she knew was not her real son. The chapter left Ah Yin grieving over her true son's fate and questioning how Tang Hao could have failed to protect him.

• Xiao Zhen showed Ah Yin memories of Tang Hao and Tang San, causing her to break down and doubt what she had seen.
• Xiao Zhen stabilized Ah Yin's fading soul and revealed a weak soul he had removed from Tang San's body.
• Ah Yin recognized the soul as her real son through their spiritual connection and demanded to know why Tang Hao had not protected him.
• Xiao Zhen explained that Tang Hao had known his son was replaced and had only waited to see whether the fake Tang San would be useful.
• Xiao Zhen told Ah Yin that even a Titled Douluo like Tang Hao could not have opposed the forces behind Tang San.

Ah Yin begged Xiao Zhen to return her son’s soul, and he released the weakened spirit so mother and child could reunite. He then asked whether she could repair the soul and said he would help only if she offered something that interested him.

• Ah Yin offered Xiao Zhen Tang Hao’s gratitude and the location of her Soul Bone in exchange for her son’s soul, but he refused both offers.
• Xiao Zhen released the soul from the bottle and pushed it toward Ah Yin.
• Ah Yin held her son, who called her “Mommy,” and cried over Tang Hao’s failure to protect him.
• Xiao Zhen asked whether Ah Yin could repair the damaged soul, and she admitted she had no way to heal it.
• Ah Yin appealed to Xiao Zhen for help, and he said he could heal the soul if she offered him something of interest.

Xiao Zhen showed Ah Yin that Tang San was an impostor who had taken her newborn son's body, then returned to Nuoding City with Ah Yin and the native Tang San's soul housed in Blue Silver Grass. Qian Lingyu recognized the potted plant as Ah Yin and confronted Xiao Zhen about taking someone else's wife.

• Tang San finished his morning cultivation in Holy Spirit Village, while Tang Hao and Xiao Zhen watched him from hiding.
• Xiao Zhen let Ah Yin hear Tang San's words and reminded her that he had stolen her son's body; Ah Yin grew furious and considered asking Xiao Zhen to kill him.
• Xiao Zhen used spatial travel to return to Nuoding City with the two Blue Silver Grass plants, and Ah Yin wondered whether he was a transformed soul beast.
• Qian Lingyu asked Xiao Zhen whether he had killed Tang San, and he flicked her forehead and told her to handle it herself if she objected.
• Qian Lingyu saw the potted Blue Silver Grass, recognized Ah Yin, and accused Xiao Zhen of pulling someone else's wife out of the ground.

Xiao Zhen asked the Goddess of Life whether she could restore the cultivation of the Blue Silver Grass, which she identified as a half-formed Blue Silver Emperor. After Xiao Wu recognized Ah Yin and ate one of her leaves, Xiao Zhen began telling the story of Ah Yin and Tang Hao, leaving off as the family faced a deadly encirclement.

• Xiao Zhen asked the Goddess of Life to examine the potted Blue Silver Grass, and she said it might become a Blue Silver Emperor after tens of thousands of years.
• Xiao Wu entered the courtyard, recognized the plant as a Blue Silver Emperor, and ate one of its leaves.
• Ah Yin recalled Xiao Wu's mother repeatedly taking her leaves and curled around the younger Blue Silver Grass to protect it from Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu asked Xiao Zhen how he had obtained the Blue Silver Emperor, and he began recounting Ah Yin and Tang Hao's love story.
• Xiao Zhen told Xiao Wu that Ah Yin, Tang Hao, and their child had been cornered by the former Pope of Spirit Hall and two Titled Douluo.

Xiao Zhen told the Goddess of Life and Xiao Wu that Tang Hao had deliberately maneuvered Ah Yin into sacrificing herself for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then revealed that a god had seized their son’s body. He left Ah Yin’s surviving soul and her real son in the Goddess of Life’s care while refusing to release her from captivity.

• Xiao Zhen recounted how Ah Yin sacrificed herself so Tang Hao could become a Titled Douluo and escape with their infant son.
• Xiao Zhen revealed that Tang Hao had coveted Ah Yin’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone and had deliberately exposed her to other Titled Douluo.
• Xiao Zhen said a god had entered Ah Yin’s son’s body and that he had preserved the real child’s soul in a Blue Silver Grass vessel.
• The Goddess of Life guessed that the Asura God was behind the possession and admitted she did not know his motive.
• Xiao Zhen placed Ah Yin and her child in the Goddess of Life’s care, then refused to remove the collar sealing her powers.

Xiao Zhen entered Yu Xiaogang’s room and used a snap of his fingers to trap him in Dreamland Space. Yu Xiaogang wandered through the strange place, wondering whether someone had used a spiritual-type soul skill on him.

• Yu Xiaogang returned to his dormitory after searching several villages for gifted children and lamented that he had found none with innate soul power above rank four.
• Yu Xiaogang reflected on his stalled cultivation, his desire to prove his theories, and his plan to use Bi Bidong’s lingering feelings against Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Zhen appeared in Yu Xiaogang’s room and snapped his fingers, leaving Yu Xiaogang motionless on the bed.
• Xiao Zhen examined Yu Xiaogang’s background and judged his cultivation talent worthless despite the resources he had received from his clan.
• Yu Xiaogang wandered through Dreamland Space, heard a strange voice calling him, and wondered whether someone had used a spiritual-type soul skill on him.

Xiao Zhen tried to convince Yu Xiaogang that he had been chosen to inherit the God of Hypocrisy because he was shameless and hypocritical. He began citing Yu Xiaogang’s childhood crimes to prove his claim.

• Xiao Zhen told Yu Xiaogang that he had been selected as a suitable inheritor because of his hypocrisy, after an earlier candidate refused to admit his own.
• Yu Xiaogang felt disappointed to be a backup candidate but still considered accepting the divine inheritance.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Xiao Zhen how he had concluded that he was hypocritical.
• Xiao Zhen accused Yu Xiaogang of secretly having a servant killed after the servant dirtied his clothes when Yu Xiaogang was five.
• Xiao Zhen said Yu Xiaogang poisoned a family member who had mocked his mutated martial soul and blamed the Soul Master who had awakened it.

Xiao Zhen manipulated Yu Xiaogang into accepting a nine-trial Hypocrisy Divine Examination, beginning with a question about the most important person in his heart. After planting a trace of his soul in Yu Xiaogang, Xiao Zhen planned to use the examination to trap him and draw in God-King Tang.

• Xiao Zhen restored Yu Xiaogang's spirit and persuaded him that hypocrisy could help him become powerful.
• Yu Xiaogang eagerly agreed to take Xiao Zhen's nine Divine Examination trials and fantasized about taking revenge on his father and Bi Bidong.
• Xiao Zhen asked Yu Xiaogang to name the most important person in his heart, giving him three chances to answer correctly.
• Yu Xiaogang considered Bi Bidong and Liu Erlong, while Xiao Zhen left a trace of his soul inside him to monitor and control him.
• Yu Xiaogang returned home and celebrated the chance to rise again, while Xiao Zhen planned to use the examination to ensnare him and God-King Tang.
• Xiao Zhen woke the next day and tore open the void.