Chapter Summaries

Xiao Heng advanced to level 98 while considering how to establish a new Great Dao that linked spirit masters and spirit beasts. When Ma Hongjun announced Tang San’s return, Xiao Heng chose to visit Shrek Academy, where he arrived with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to find Dai Mubai beside Oscar.

• Xiao Heng returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, reached level 97, and pondered how to put his new spirit-beast contract Great Dao into practice.
• A year passed as Xiao Heng gained spirit rings and advanced to level 98, while Little Grass developed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s power of fate into the Path of Karma.
• Ma Hongjun arrived and announced that Tang San had reappeared, prompting Xiao Heng to decide to visit Shrek Academy rather than leave.
• On the way, Xiao Heng privately asked Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing not to tell Tang San about Xiao Wu, and they agreed.
• Xiao Heng and his companions reached Shrek Academy and found Grandmaster, Flender, Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, Oscar, and Dai Mubai gathered there.

The Shrek group reunited, but their reunion was strained by Xiao Wu’s disappearance and Tang San’s plea for help, which Xiao Heng refused. After the group parted, Xiao Heng spent the evening with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing while Spirit Hall agents prepared to target Tang San.

• Dai Mubai and Tang San arrived at Shrek Academy, where Flender welcomed them and the former classmates tried to catch up.
• Tang San asked Xiao Heng whether he had news of Xiao Wu and whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could help; Xiao Heng said he could not help, and Grandmaster’s suggestion that he use his status in Spirit Hall also failed.
• Ning Rongrong reassured the group that Xiao Wu might still be alive, but the gathering remained subdued, and the Shrek group parted after dinner.
• Xiao Heng walked through Heaven Dou City with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, kissing both of them while Dai Mubai watched from the darkness and accepted that he and Zhu Zhuqing would go separate ways.
• Spirit Hall agents hid near the hotel, intending to kill Tang San because he was Tang Hao’s son, while Xiao Heng returned to his room with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.

Xiao Heng launched a new contract-based cultivation path, which spread across the continent with support from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Spirit Hall. After leaving its future development to Ning Fengzhi and Bibi Dong, he led his companions toward the Star Dou Great Forest to find suitable Spirit Beasts for them before his time in the world ran out.

• Xiao Heng created a black-robed alter ego, planted Contract Stones across the continent, and arranged for people and Spirit Beasts to learn about the contract method.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bibi Dong publicly endorsed the new path, while Contract Stone veins appeared and both major powers began supporting its spread.
• Within half a year, contract cultivation swept the continent, and Xiao Heng told Ning Fengzhi and Bibi Dong to manage its future while he handled personal matters.
• Xiao Heng gathered Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, former Glazed Team members, and others to seek suitable contracted Spirit Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Hu Liena joined the group, and Ning Rongrong warned her to stay away from Xiao Heng as they set out.

Xiao Heng fused with the Golden Dragon King Origin, enduring immense pain as it transformed his body and gave him dragon-like strength. After emerging from a blood cocoon in human form, he thanked the Dragon God and prepared to test his new power.

• Xiao Heng left Ning Rongrong and the others with Di Tian, then went to the valley to receive the Golden Dragon King Origin.
• The Dragon God warned Xiao Heng about the risks and pain of fusion, then sent the Golden Dragon Bead into his chest.
• Xiao Heng endured the Dragon Bead’s power as it reshaped his heart and body, while Ning Rongrong and the others formed contracts with willing soul beasts.
• After the first stage of fusion, Xiao Heng was enclosed in a blood cocoon until a golden-scaled, dragonlike figure emerged from it.
• Di Tian and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion came to the valley, and Xiao Heng concealed his dragon form and returned to human form.

Xiao Heng tested the immense physical strength and level ninety-nine Soul Power he had gained, then prepared to leave and secure godly positions for the women he loved. Before departing, he accepted the Dragon Egg and other gifts from the Dragon God, gave Di Tian a jade bottle that could let him take human form while remaining a soul beast, and turned his attention to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

• Xiao Heng tested his new strength by leaping, running, and punching through the surrounding landscape, and found that his body had gained powerful strength and defense.
• Xiao Heng confirmed that his Soul Power had reached level ninety-nine and told Little Grass he planned to settle a few matters before leaving for the Battle Through the Heavens World.
• Xiao Heng decided to secure godly positions for Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ling'er, and the other women he loved before he left.
• The Dragon God entrusted Xiao Heng with the Dragon Egg and gave him Life Gold, the remaining Spring of Life, and the immortal herbs.
• Xiao Heng gave Di Tian a jade bottle that could let him take human form while remaining a soul beast, then turned to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Xiao Heng returned to Heaven Dou City, visited Ling'er and the Crown Prince's Mansion, and reunited with Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo. He spent the evening drinking with Dugu Bo until both men passed out, leaving Dugu Yan to help Xiao Heng to bed.

• Xiao Heng gave the sleeping Auspicious Beast an inheritance and a pill, then bound it to himself with a contract before leaving Di Tian.
• Xiao Heng arrived in Heaven Dou City and saw Soul Masters walking with contracted Soul Beasts; he then spent two days with Little Leaf and two days with Ling'er, whose Soul Power had reached Rank 30.
• Xiao Heng entered the Imperial City and met Dugu Yan, who teased him before leading him to Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo welcomed Xiao Heng, praised the pill that had helped him break through a rank, and invited him to drink Five Poisons Wine.
• Xiao Heng, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan drank together until Xiao Heng and Dugu Bo passed out, and Dugu Yan had Dugu Bo carried to his room while she supported Xiao Heng herself.

After waking at Dugu Bo’s residence, Xiao Heng visited Xue Qinghe at the Crown Prince’s Mansion and waited while she handled government affairs. They spent the evening together, with Qian Renxue looking forward to drinking with him before he left.

• Xiao Heng woke at Dugu Bo’s residence, and Dugu Yan teased him about having undressed him while insisting nothing else had happened.
• Xiao Heng went to the Crown Prince’s Mansion, bathed, and listened to Xue Qinghe and the ministers discuss state affairs.
• Xiao Heng joined Xue Qinghe after the ministers left, praised her judgment, and urged her to make more time for cultivation.
• Xiao Heng and Qian Renxue spent the afternoon sharing tea and pastries while she worked and he read a weapon-refinement book.
• Xiao Heng massaged Qian Renxue’s temples after she finished her memorials, and they agreed to spend the evening drinking together.

After waking up beside Qian Renxue following a drunken night, Xiao Heng and Qian Renxue agreed to keep what happened secret and postpone discussing their relationship. Xiao Heng left after giving her cultivation pills, while Qian Renxue returned to her male disguise feeling warmed by his concern.

• Xiao Heng woke up in bed beside Qian Renxue and recalled that they had drunk heavily and bathed together the night before.
• Xiao Heng reassured Qian Renxue that nothing had happened between them, and she agreed to get dressed and talk.
• Qian Renxue asked when Xiao Heng had learned she was a woman, and he denied knowing before she called him a liar.
• Qian Renxue said they should keep the night secret and discuss their future later, and Xiao Heng gave her pills refined from immortal herbs.
• Xiao Heng told Qian Renxue he could handle anything troubling her and left, while she changed back into her male appearance and smiled.

Xiao Heng led his companions toward Sea God Island, revealed that it was a god's legacy land, and left them to face its trial without him. He lured the hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast guarding the waters away from the group, drawing it beyond its territory as they continued toward the island.

• Xiao Heng gathered the Glazed Academy students, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Hu Liena, and Dugu Yan, and set off for Sea God Island.
• The group reached Vast Sea City, where Xiao Wu appeared alive and changed beyond recognition, then rented a ship and sailed toward Sea God Island.
• Xiao Heng told everyone that Sea God Island was a god's legacy land where success could lead to becoming a Titled Douluo, and Zhu Zhuqing learned that he would not join the trial.
• As the ship neared the island, Xiao Heng left in a small boat despite Ning Rongrong's protests and told Feng Jing to guide the others onward.
• Xiao Heng used a sixth-grade Beast Luring Pill to draw nearby sea Spirit Beasts after him, including their hundred-thousand-year leader.
• Xiao Heng sped away from the ship with the Spirit Beasts pursuing him, leading their leader beyond its territory.

Xiao Heng lured a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast away, then returned to the Demon Whale Sea Region to fight the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and claim it as his ninth Spirit Ring. Their clash shook the sea and split the surrounding space, and the chapter ended as Xiao Heng revealed he had another way to overcome the whale’s million years of accumulated strength.

• Xiao Heng dropped a pill for the hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, escaped, and turned back toward the Demon Whale Sea Region.
• Xiao Heng challenged the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, which attacked him with a sweeping blast of blue-purple energy.
• Xiao Heng summoned his Spirit Rings and sword techniques, pierced the whale’s head, then teleported away as the sea tried to swallow him.
• The Deep Sea Demon Whale King struck Xiao Heng with lightning pillars and a storm of lightning spheres, but his golden scales let him withstand the attacks.
• Xiao Heng combined his powers into his sword and met the whale’s head-on charge, twisting space and opening cracks around them.
• Xiao Heng told the Deep Sea Demon Whale King he would not compete with it in accumulated strength, leaving the whale stunned.

Xiao Heng killed the Deep Sea Demon Whale and claimed its million-year Spirit Ring, Spirit Bone, evolutionary power, and Thunder Seed. After feeding the Dragon Bone to his Dragon Egg and sharing the whale’s fin with Little Grass, he left satisfied with his gains and dreams of raising a dragon.

• Xiao Heng pierced the Deep Sea Demon Whale’s vortex and killed it, then absorbed its Million Year Spirit Ring while Little Grass helped him evade Bo Saixi.
• Xiao Heng gained a trace of evolutionary power and an External Spirit Bone called the Third Eye, but pain forced him to stop looking into the unknown.
• Xiao Heng removed the whale’s torso Spirit Bone, and Little Grass transformed it into energy for the Dragon Egg to consume.
• Xiao Heng found a water-aspect Thunder Seed in the whale’s skull and asked Little Treasure to seal it away.
• Xiao Heng cut off the whale’s fin to cook for himself and Little Grass, who later used the whale’s remains as fertilizer.
• Xiao Heng stroked the Dragon Egg and imagined raising and riding his own dragon.

After waiting two years for news from Ning Rongrong and the others, Xiao Heng learned that Spirit Hall had news about Tang San and set out for its Sacred Palace. Tang Hao was defeated while trying to rescue his son, and the chapter ended with a woman in white waiting at the Sacred Palace gates.

• Xiao Heng raised all his soul rings to at least one hundred thousand years, reached level ninety-nine, and spent two years researching and visiting friends while waiting for Ning Rongrong and the others.
• A Spirit Hall messenger summoned Xiao Heng over a matter concerning Tang San, and Sword Douluo advised him to avoid Bibi Dong and taught him to retreat from foes he could not yet defeat.
• Xiao Heng headed toward the Sacred Palace, where Qian Renxue had returned after Xue Qinghe's death, while Bibi Dong prepared to deal with Tang San.
• Tang Hao attacked Spirit City to demand his son, but Bibi Dong and five Titled Douluo defeated him, and reports said Tang San lost an arm and a leg.
• A woman in a white dress waited at the gates of the Sacred Palace, while a man who had harassed her lay dead.

Xiao Heng spent a month with Yan Ran before leaving, and she began the Angel God trial. After completing a Sea God Island mission that let them leave temporarily, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu reunited with Xiao Heng at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and explained why they had been able to return.

• Xiao Heng and Yan Ran walked through the city and watched the sunset together, growing closer during his month on the island.
• Xiao Heng left, and Yan Ran told her grandfather she was ready to begin her trial as the Six-winged Angel phantom appeared around her.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu completed the task that let the four Eighth Test participants leave Sea God Island temporarily, while Hu Liena returned to Spirit Hall.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu went to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where they learned Xiao Heng had been away for nearly two months.
• Xiao Heng returned to the courtyard, embraced Ning Rongrong, and listened as the three girls described their trials and explained why they had left the island.

Xiao Heng left Douluo Continent with Little Grass after the Sea God’s search for him was revealed, promising Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing that he would return. As they traveled through the void toward Xiao Heng’s home planet, Little Grass passed through a rift filled with Abyssal Demons and arrived beside the planet.

• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing’s blue gemstones glowed and revealed Xiao Heng as the Sea God inheritor, so Little Grass warned him that he had to leave immediately.
• Xiao Heng told the three women to report his death, said they could trust Qian Renxue, and promised he would return before Little Grass took him away.
• The gods located Xiao Heng, and the Sea God descended to find him, but Xiao Heng vanished before he could arrive.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing mourned Xiao Heng’s disappearance, while a girl in Spirit Hall’s holy city and Ling'er felt sudden sorrow.
• Xiao Heng traveled with Little Grass through the void, saw the Sea God’s blue streak pass nearby, and chose not to return to Douluo Continent.
• Little Grass and Xiao Heng passed through a rift where Little Grass identified the shadows as Abyssal Demons, then reached Xiao Heng’s home planet.

Xiao Heng began reforging his body with the Human-Making Fruit, Dragon-Phoenix Origin, Spring of Life, and stellar power, hoping to blend the different forces within him. The process left his body and soul close to shattering as Little Grass urged him to draw more power from the stars.

• Little Grass proposed using origin power and the Spring of Life to forge Xiao Heng a stronger body, warning that failure could make his body explode, and Xiao Heng accepted the fifty-percent chance of success.
• Little Grass gave Xiao Heng stones for a Star Array, and he reshaped the valley and carved the array patterns into place.
• At night, Xiao Heng activated the array and drew a thread of stellar power into the valley.
• At Little Grass's command, Xiao Heng swallowed the Human-Making Fruit, Dragon-Phoenix Origin, and Spring of Life, setting off a violent struggle among the powers within him.
• Xiao Heng's body cracked and his soul neared shattering, so Little Grass shouted for him to draw stellar power into his body.

Xiao Heng survived the collision of the powers within his body when Little Grass used primordial power and its own green blood to remake him in a cocoon. He emerged transformed, reached four-star Dou Zong, and began testing his greatly increased abilities.

• Xiao Heng drew stellar power into his body, and the conflicting forces nearly killed him as they devastated the valley over three days.
• Little Grass dissolved three drops of primordial power and a drop of green blood into Xiao Heng, suppressing the conflicts and repairing his body and soul.
• Xiao Heng's body and powers were reforged inside a gray cocoon, which eventually broke open to reveal his transformed form.
• Auspicious clouds gathered as Xiao Heng broke through to Dou Zong and climbed to four stars before suppressing his cultivation to stabilize his foundation.
• Xiao Heng tested his new strength by teleporting, flying, and unleashing his powers across the valley.
• Little Grass told Xiao Heng that the primordial-powered transformation made him far stronger, though he might have reached Dou Zun if less power had been spent rebuilding him.

After adapting to his fused powers, Xiao Heng strengthened his Heavenly Flames and began reforging the Immortal Slaying Sword with Life Gold, using his blood and soul to shape it. The sword drew a lightning tribulation, and Little Grass urged him to use the Dragon Egg to withstand it, leaving Xiao Heng worried for the egg’s safety.

• Xiao Heng spent several days adapting to his fused Dou Qi and Soul Power after reaching Dou Zong strength.
• Xiao Heng let his Heavenly Flames devour the Douluo World flames and Thunder Seed, strengthening the Extreme Star Flowing Light Flame.
• Xiao Heng began reforging the Immortal Slaying Sword in the Myriad Beasts Cauldron, combining it with metals and Life Gold.
• Xiao Heng used his blood, Soul Power, and Sword Qi in the Blood Refinement method to shape the molten materials into a sword.
• Dark clouds gathered as the sword neared completion, and Little Grass told Xiao Heng the lightning tribulation could help the Dragon Egg merge into this world.
• Xiao Heng asked Little Grass to protect the Dragon Egg if anything went wrong as the tribulation prepared to strike.

Xiao Heng protected the Dragon Egg through its thunder tribulation while the final lightning strike completed his spirit sword, Vertical and Horizontal. The little dragon hatched, reached sixth-level magical beast strength, and fell asleep on Xiao Heng’s arm; after recovering and preparing to leave the valley, Xiao Heng asked Little Grass to show him his Attribute Panel.

• Xiao Heng sent the Dragon Egg into the sky to endure the thunder tribulation while he maintained the sword in the Medicine Cauldron.
• Xiao Heng cut apart the final bolt of Thunder, completing the spirit sword, and named it Vertical and Horizontal.
• The little dragon broke out of its shell, grew stronger by eating it, and settled at the level of a sixth-level magical beast.
• The little dragon licked Xiao Heng’s face, crawled into his left arm, and fell asleep.
• Xiao Heng recovered for a day, left the valley, and asked Little Grass to show him his Attribute Panel.

Xiao Heng had Little Grass consolidate his cultivation techniques and skills, then returned to Black Seal City and reunited with Li Xuan'er at the Thousand Medicine Workshop. The chapter ended with them embracing and kissing in her room.

• Little Grass reorganized Xiao Heng’s abilities and passed the consolidated information to him.
• Xiao Heng asked two frightened elders for directions, learned he was near the Black Corner Region, and gave them gold coins before flying away.
• Xiao Heng reached Black Seal City and used Li Xuan'er’s token to gain access to her room at the Thousand Medicine Workshop.
• Xiao Heng revealed himself to Li Xuan'er, and the two exchanged teasing remarks about their months apart.
• Xiao Heng carried Li Xuan'er to the bed, and they kissed.

Xiao Heng introduced Li Xuan to the real dragon he had brought back from the Douluo World, and they named it Gu Yue. He replenished his pills and began preparing a gift for Li Xuan by refining a pill from an immortal herb suited to her water affinity.

• Xiao Heng fed the little dragon, and Li Xuan discovered it was a real dragon before cautiously reaching out to pet it.
• Xiao Heng told Li Xuan that the dragon’s elders had entrusted it to his care, and they named the little dragon Gu Yue.
• Xiao Heng gathered medicinal ingredients and Magic Cores from Thousand Medicine Workshop, then refined more than a hundred pills in one day.
• Xiao Heng took the Blue Jade Water Feather Flower from the Little Grass Space and prepared to refine it into a pill for Li Xuan.