Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhen rescued Yuigahama Yui from a man empowered by remnants of the Heart of the Abyss. After revealing himself in a flash of light, he left Yui wondering whether he was Ultraman.

• Xiao Zhen noticed a suspicious man following Yuigahama Yui and left a clone in the car while he went after them.
• The man cornered Yui in an alley, resisted her stun gun, and threatened her with a switchblade.
• Xiao Zhen confronted the man and knocked him dozens of meters away with a flick of his finger.
• Yui thanked Xiao Zhen, who said he had saved her before and vanished in a gentle glow.
• Yui wondered whether Xiao Zhen was Ultraman.

Xiao Zhen returned from visiting the Yukinoshita sisters to be present for Akame’s smooth delivery of dragon and phoenix twins. After the family welcomed the newborns, Ash challenged Xiao Yan, whose cultivation had fallen, and chased him away from the gathering.

• Xiao Zhen revealed his origins and the Dou Qi Continent to Haruno and Yukino, gave Haruno a basic cultivation technique, and left the Yukinoshita family a generous betrothal gift.
• Xiao Zhen returned home, where Die scolded him for leaving while Akame was close to giving birth, and he reassured her with a prenatal medicinal pill.
• Akame’s appetite revealed that Kurome had eaten some of her food, and Xiao Zhen warned Kurome not to take her sister’s nutrition.
• Akame gave birth to a daughter and a son, and the family took turns holding the sleeping twins.
• Ash noticed that Xiao Yan had fallen to Dou Zhe, challenged him with his one-star Da Dou Shi strength, and chased him after Xiao Yan fled.

Xiao Zhen finished preparing the Xiao Clan for his absence and returned to the Central Plains with Xiao Yi Xian, where he settled in Pill Saint City. There, he discovered that Mew had taken human form.

• Xun'er reunited with Qing Lin during the Xiao Clan gathering, while an Ancient Clan Dou Zun reported the clan's growing strength to the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Zhen refined pills, recruited Dou Zong guest elders, and turned Shi Tian's corpse into a battle puppet that Xiao Xuan took charge of guarding the clan.
• Xiao Zhen and Xiao Yi Xian used the system's teleportation function to return to the Central Plains and then traveled to Pill Saint City.
• After resting for a day, Xiao Zhen met Mew in human form and learned she had likely taken a Form Transformation Pill.

Xiao Zhen considered his path to Dou Sheng before four new members joined the Chat Group, including Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian, whose Great Ming faced an imminent rebel attack. The group members offered to help him destroy the Qing State in exchange for mission Points, and Chongzhen began to realize how valuable those Points were.

• Xiao Zhen found a Spirit Ascension Immortal Pill that could break the immortal-mortal bottleneck and planned to use it after reaching the peak of Half-Saint.
• The Chat Group welcomed Kikyo, Zhu Youjian, Wakaba Hiiro, and Bai Xiaofei, and members asked the newcomers to reveal their identities.
• Nia recognized that Wakaba Hiiro was not the real person but had implanted memories, and she offered to share a light novel about her.
• Zhu Youjian warned the group that rebel forces had reached the capital, and Xiongba, Yue Buqun, and Tony Stark offered help in exchange for Points.
• Zhu Youjian found his world-exclusive mission to destroy the Qing State, and he realized that the group members valued its five-thousand-Point reward.

Chongzhen Emperor chose Xiongba to help defend the capital from Li Zicheng’s approaching rebels, while Bai Xiaofei learned that a Resident Evil outbreak was about to strike his city. Xiao Zhen visited Zi Yan on East Dragon Island, where he learned the other three Dragon Kings were conspiring against her and promised to help.

• Xiongba entered Chongzhen Emperor’s palace, and Chongzhen Emperor dismissed the guards and asked him to save the capital from Li Zicheng’s approaching army.
• Bai Xiaofei read his fate file and learned that a Resident Evil outbreak was about to happen in his city.
• Xiao Zhen traveled to East Dragon Island and greeted the First Elder, who praised his growing strength.
• Zi Yan gave Xiao Zhen a spy’s letter revealing that the other three false Dragon Kings had discovered her and were secretly joining forces.
• Xiao Zhen reassured Zi Yan that he would help defend East Dragon Island and considered seeking the Pill Tower Old Ancestor’s aid.
• Zi Yan stopped Xiao Zhen from leaving, and he understood that she wanted him to stay with her.

Xiao Zhen returned to the Douluo God Realm and discovered that Little Zhi could grow stronger by absorbing faith, so he arranged for the gods to gather it for her. He then descended into the Ultraman Tiga world, where he found Tiga, Keigo Masaki, and Ultraman Dyna fighting the Dark Trio as Sophia Lifeforms approached Earth.

• Xiao Zhen returned to the Douluo God Realm and learned from Gu Yuena that Little Zhi's rapid progress came from absorbing power of faith near the God Realm Core.
• Xiao Zhen brought Little Zhi to the God Realm Core, confirmed that faith strengthened her, and ordered the gods to gather faith for her in exchange for medicinal pills.
• Xiao Zhen told Little Zhi to remain in the God Realm and absorb faith, then traveled to the Ultraman Tiga world.
• Xiao Zhen found Daigo as Tiga, Keigo Masaki as Ultraman Apocalypse, and Ultraman Dyna battling the Dark Trio above the sea near the R'lyeh Ruins.
• Keigo Masaki revealed that he had used the Dark Trio to regain his transforming power and rejected their alliance, while Camilla accused him of betraying their agreement.
• Xiao Zhen recognized the approaching blue-glowing beings as Sophia Lifeforms and realized they had targeted Earth since Tiga's era.

Daigo, Keigo Masaki, and Shin Asuka fought Camilla's Dark Trio as Sophia Lifeforms gathered above the sea, while Xiao Zhen watched and livestreamed the battle. After Camilla accused the Sophias of waiting for the fighters to weaken each other, the creatures attacked in unison.

• Xiao Zhen saw Sophia Lifeforms emerging from the sea, and Keigo Masaki realized they had joined forces with Camilla's group and destroyed the seal at the R'lyeh Ruins.
• Camilla demanded that Daigo return to her side, but he refused, and the Dark Trio attacked the three Ultramen.
• Keigo Masaki fought Hitra, Daigo battled Ramda, and Shin Asuka faced Camilla while Xiao Zhen watched and streamed the fight to his group.
• Ramda told Daigo that Tiga had abandoned his brothers and lover, and Daigo emerged from the sea injured after their clash.
• Keigo Masaki joined Daigo, and Camilla confronted the Sophias for not helping; the Sophia Lifeforms then attacked in unison.

Hitra and Ramda were captured by Gatanothor as Sophia Lifeforms dragged Camilla into the sea. Xiao Zhen revealed himself as Achilles and joined Daigo, Asuka, and Keigo Masaki, then discovered Gatanothor was heading for Tokyo Port.

• Hitra and Ramda were bound and overwhelmed by Gatanothor’s darkness after their battle with Tiga.
• Sophia Lifeforms restrained Camilla and plunged toward the sea, while Gatanothor blasted Xiao Zhen out of hiding.
• Xiao Zhen transformed into Achilles and reunited with Daigo as Asuka greeted him as his fan and Keigo Masaki watched warily.
• Gatanothor emerged from the sea, and Achilles, Daigo, Asuka, and Keigo Masaki flew high to evade its tentacles.
• Achilles sensed that Gatanothor was heading for Tokyo Port and warned the others it would reach land in a few hours.
• After their energy indicators began flashing red, Achilles shared his energy with Daigo, Asuka, and Keigo Masaki.

Xiao Zhen and Keigo Masaki rescued Daigo and Asuka from the resurrected Gatanothor, then fought off Sophia Synthetic Beasts while Xiao Zhen battled Gatanothor. As Xiao Zhen broke through to the high-level Half-Saint stage, he learned that the Sophia invaders had begun a full-scale assault from a bizarre planet approaching Earth.

• Daigo and Asuka charged into the sea to confront Gatanothor, but its tentacles trapped them and began devouring Asuka.
• Xiao Zhen freed Asuka while Keigo Masaki rescued Daigo, and they faced more than a dozen Sophia Synthetic Beasts.
• Xiao Zhen assigned Daigo and the others to deal with the Synthetic Beasts, then began a one-on-one battle against Gatanothor.
• A submarine crew livestreamed Xiao Zhen and Gatanothor's evenly matched fight as Sophia Lifeforms attacked space stations and destroyed one of them.
• Xiao Zhen broke through to the high-level Half-Saint stage, while Daigo and the others defeated the Synthetic Beasts and withdrew.
• A man warned Xiao Zhen that a bizarre planet was approaching Earth to launch the Sophia invaders' final attack, and Xiao Zhen realized the battle had been used to weaken Earth's forces.

Xiao Zhen defeated Gatanothor as the Sophia Lifeform’s planetary threat began, then prepared to discuss countermeasures with the others. Meanwhile, Xiongba brought World Dominance Alliance disciples to help the Chongzhen Emperor defend the capital and moved to punish officials who insulted him.

• Xiao Zhen empowered Achilles with the Silver Dragon Silvagon and Golden Dragon Goldras, defeated Gatanothor, and destroyed it with the Despair Ray.
• Xiao Zhen returned to shore, learned that Sophia was devouring planets, shut down the livestream, and restricted the Dark Trio’s freedom and powers.
• Xiongba brought several thousand World Dominance Alliance disciples through a portal to the Great Ming imperial palace, promising the Chongzhen Emperor that he would handle the rebels and Jiannu Dorgon.
• The Chongzhen Emperor and Xiongba went to the capital’s city wall as Li Zicheng’s vanguard arrived, and Chongzhen read about Great Ming’s future downfall.
• Several civil officials insulted Xiongba, and after Chongzhen gave permission, Xiongba prepared to teach them a lesson.

Xiongba led the World Dominance Alliance against Li Zicheng’s rebel forces, crushing their vanguard and attacking their main camp. He captured Li Zicheng and began taking him back to Great Ming’s capital.

• Xiongba tortured captured Great Ming officials as Liu Zongmin arrived with the rebel vanguard outside the capital.
• Xiongba led a sortie from the city, defeated Liu Zongmin’s vanguard, and sent Liu Zongmin to Chongzhen Emperor, who sentenced him to death by a thousand cuts.
• Xiongba marched toward Li Zicheng’s main camp and launched an attack while Li Zicheng was indulging himself in his tent.
• Li Zicheng ordered a counterattack but fled on horseback as Xiongba’s men slaughtered the rebels and more than a hundred thousand surrendered.
• Xiongba crippled and captured Li Zicheng, then dragged him toward Great Ming’s capital.

Xiao Zhen helped defeat Sophia and returned to the Douluo God Realm, where he tested the captured lifeforms and rewarded his followers. He left planning to pursue Hyper Zetton in another universe and revisit the Magma Sea beneath Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiongba reported capturing Li Zicheng and prisoners, and Zhu Youjian decided to execute only the worst offenders and release the rest.
• Xiao Zhen and the other heroes attacked Sophia, whose true body exploded and began pulling everything into a black hole; Xiao Zhen escaped as Sophia vanished and Earth celebrated victory.
• Xiao Zhen secretly placed a coordinate on Shin Asuka so he could track him if he left his universe, hoping to reach the universe containing Hyper Zetton.
• Xiao Zhen returned to the Douluo God Realm and had Little Zhi swallow captured Sophia Lifeforms, but they only slightly increased her energy.
• Xiao Zhen rewarded the goddesses serving him, then returned to the Dou Qi Continent, considering another trip to the Magma Sea beneath Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Zhen and Zi Yan traveled beneath the Magma Sea to find Zi Yan’s missing father, encountering the Lizardman clan and reaching the gate of God's Tomb. Their arrival awakened an immense Ancient Void Dragon, whom Zi Yan recognized as her father.

• Xiao Zhen and Zi Yan visited Jia Nan Academy, where Zi Yan gave Su Qian a bottle of Void Spirit Marrow before they left for the Magma Sea.
• Xiao Zhen teased Zi Yan with a pill that created the illusion of pregnancy, and she bit his arm in anger.
• Xiao Zhen and Zi Yan passed the Lizardmen, and two Half-Saints let them continue toward God's Tomb.
• Xiao Zhen presented the Tou She Ancient God Jade at the giant gate, awakening an enormous Ancient Void Dragon.
• Zi Yan recognized the awakened dragon as her missing father through their bloodline resonance.

Zhu Kun recognized Zi Yan as the daughter he had sent away and reunited with her, though she resented his absence and defended Xiao Zhen as her husband. Unable to leave his confinement, Zhu Kun gave Zi Yan his blood essence to strengthen her and gifted Xiao Zhen the Heavenly Soul Armor, warning him of its connection to the Soul Clan.

• Zhu Kun inspected Xiao Zhen’s Ancient Jade, found it incomplete, and recognized Zi Yan through their bloodline resonance.
• Zi Yan rejected Zhu Kun at first, while Xiao Zhen claimed to be her husband and drew the old dragon’s anger.
• Zi Yan told Zhu Kun that the three self-proclaimed kings were preparing to attack East Dragon Island.
• Zhu Kun gave Zi Yan some of his blood essence and cultivation to help her become strong enough to protect herself.
• Zhu Kun gifted Xiao Zhen the Heavenly Soul Armor, explaining its soul-defense and cultivation benefits and revealing that it had belonged to the Soul Clan’s First Elder.

Xiao Zhen helped Zi Yan absorb Zhu Kun’s essence blood and borrowed his power to create a powerful card, then left the gate with Zi Yan after she woke stronger. Zi Yan returned to the Inner Court as the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Dragon Emperor, but immediately threatened Xiao Zhen after biting a deep wound into his arm.

• While Zi Yan absorbed Zhu Kun’s essence blood, Xiao Zhen drank with Zhu Kun and discussed cultivation.
• Xiao Zhen used the Super Fusion Riser to turn some of Zhu Kun’s power into a card, temporarily weakening Zhu Kun but gaining strength equivalent to a three-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Zhen gave Zhu Kun eighth-tier medicinal pills to replenish his energy.
• Zi Yan woke with her aura nearing Dou Sheng and vowed to defeat the three Dragon Kings.
• Xiao Zhen and Zi Yan left the gate and appeared above the Inner Court, where Zi Yan bit his arm and warned him not to disobey her.

Zi Yan learned that the West Dragon King had allied with the other two Dragon Kings and planned to attack East Dragon Island, so she and Xiao Zhen prepared for war and advanced their cultivation. With help from a secret ally inside West Dragon Island, Zi Yan led an attack through its barrier, where the West Dragon King prepared to capture her and claim her Dragon Emperor bloodline.

• Zi Yan gave the Inner Court elders cultivation methods and Dou Techniques before leaving with Xiao Zhen for East Dragon Island.
• A spy warned Zi Yan that the West Dragon King had allied with the other two Dragon Kings and planned to invade in half a year, so she sealed East Dragon Island and ordered preparations for battle.
• Xiao Zhen and Zi Yan cultivated with high-tier eighth-grade medicinal pills and broke through to the Dou Sheng realm after one month.
• Zi Yan ordered East Dragon Island's forces to attack West Dragon Island and sent a Half-Saint elder to lead the island's remaining citizens to safety.
• A late eighth-rank dragon named Zhu Huo revealed to his sons that he had secretly pledged allegiance to Zi Yan and helped her army pass through West Dragon Island's barrier.
• The West Dragon King learned that Zi Yan's forces had invaded and decided to capture her to absorb her Dragon Emperor bloodline.

East Dragon Island defeated the West Dragon King and brought West Dragon Island under Zi Yan’s control. As Zi Yan announced that Zhu Kun was still alive, the North and South Dragon Kings arrived with their armies to confront her forces.

• The West Dragon King rejected Zi Yan’s authority, but Xiao Zhen transformed and attacked him with power reaching four-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Zhen, Zi Yan, and Elder Candleflame joined forces to suppress the West Dragon King, and Zi Yan beheaded him as the West Dragon Island forces surrendered.
• Xiao Zhen took the West Dragon King’s corpse to make a card while Zi Yan rallied the Ancient Void Dragons by announcing that Zhu Kun was still alive.
• Zi Yan promised the Half-Saint elders that she would take them to meet Zhu Kun after the other false Dragon Kings were defeated.
• The North and South Dragon Kings arrived outside West Dragon Island, each secretly plotting to defeat their rivals and claim the Dragon Emperor’s bloodline.

Zi Yan and Xiao Zhen fought the South Dragon King together, and both were badly wounded before the Dragon King intervened. The North Dragon King then killed and devoured the South Dragon King, prompting the First Elder of South Dragon Island to challenge him.

• The North Dragon King and South Dragon King demanded that Zi Yan prove her right to rule, and the South Dragon King agreed to fight Zi Yan and Xiao Zhen together.
• Xiao Zhen and Zi Yan attacked the South Dragon King, who was forced to fight at full strength as Xiao Zhen's black flames burned him.
• The South Dragon King grabbed Xiao Zhen's sword, but Xiao Zhen struck him with a fused-Heavenly-Flame Spiral Fireball, leaving both fighters gravely injured.
• The Dragon King saved the South Dragon King from Zi Yan's killing blow, while Xiao Zhen recovered somewhat after taking healing pills.
• The North Dragon King stabbed the South Dragon King through the heart and devoured him, and the First Elder of South Dragon Island threatened that the island could ally with Zi Yan against North Dragon Island.

The North Dragon King devoured the South Dragon Island leader, reached the middle stage of Dou Sheng, and threatened the other Dragon Islands. Xiao Zhen confronted him alone, revealed Zhu Kun’s aura through the Dragon Emperor Card, and began overpowering him before the wounded North Dragon King tried to escape.

• The North Dragon King killed the First Elder of South Dragon Island to increase his strength and used his pressure to cow his followers.
• Xiao Zhen activated the Dragon Emperor Card, and the North Dragon King recognized Zhu Kun’s aura before killing an elderly North Dragon Island expert who pleaded for the Old Dragon Emperor’s return.
• Xiao Zhen challenged the North Dragon King despite Zi Yan’s warning, then fused two cards and raised Achilles’ power to the early stage of five-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Zhen struck the North Dragon King, seized him, and used a High-Speed Light Wheel to sever his tail, while the North Dragon King cut off his own arm to break free.
• The North Dragon King tore open a spatial passage to flee, and Elder Candleflame urged the others to stop him.

Xiao Zhen pursued the fleeing North Dragon King through a spatial passage, but the dragon escaped into the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's territory and sought help from Huang Tian. Xiao Zhen arrived behind him, and Huang Tian appeared to hear the North Dragon King's offer.

• Xiao Zhen chased the North Dragon King through the spatial passage while Zi Yan contacted him and learned the pursuit was still underway.
• The North Dragon King burned his blood essence to increase his speed, but Xiao Zhen continued after him and threatened to bring him back to the new Dragon Emperor.
• The North Dragon King reached the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's territory and asked Kun Huang to summon the clan leader, claiming he had important news.
• Xiao Zhen arrived and explained that he was pursuing the North Dragon King, while Kun Huang chose not to interfere.
• The North Dragon King called for Huang Tian and offered news that could make the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan the number one magical beast clan, prompting Huang Tian to appear.