Chapter Summaries

Liu Yi studied at Moon Pavilion under Tang Yuehua to control his killing intent, growing more composed while nearing the Titled Douluo level. As he prepared to graduate and return to his family, Liu Erlong and Ning Rongrong teased him about his feelings for Tang Yuehua.

• Tang Yuehua explained that Liu Yi would need discipline and time to control his emotions and killing intent, and set him two years of study at Moon Pavilion.
• Tang Yuehua told Liu Yi that Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and the Clear Sky Sect had fallen under the influence of evil, while she feared Moon Pavilion Soul Masters had joined the Evil Soul Master faction.
• Liu Yi privately missed Qian Renxue and his daughter Ying Er, and told Xiao Bai he planned to return home after mastering his killing intent.
• Liu Yi joined the students’ harp lesson, endured their mockery, and was identified as the Heaven Dou Empire Imperial Teacher, prompting the students to kneel.
• After a year of study, Liu Yi had grown gentler and reached the peak of level 89; he danced with Tang Yuehua at a ball before Liu Erlong and Ning Rongrong arrived to welcome him.
• Liu Yi told Liu Erlong and Ning Rongrong he would return after graduation, and Ning Rongrong asked whether he liked Tang Yuehua.

Liu Yi and Tang Yuehua became lovers, and she broke through to Level 10 Soul Power after choosing to live for herself rather than the Clear Sky Sect. He then returned to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, agreed to an alliance with Spirit Hall, received the Vast Sea Guarding Barrier, and was asked to take Xue Beng as his disciple.

• Liu Yi confessed his feelings to Tang Yuehua, who revealed her painful past and chose him despite the Clear Sky Sect joining the Evil Soul Master Army.
• Tang Yuehua broke through from Level 9 to Level 10 Soul Power, then kissed Liu Yi and spent the night with him.
• Liu Yi received a Million Year Soul Ring reward, and his Seven Kill Sword turned golden as his Soul Rings grew stronger.
• Liu Yi told Tang Yuehua he would visit the palace and then hunt Soul Rings in the Star Dou Great Forest, and she promised to wait for him.
• Liu Yi advised Xue Ye to ally with Spirit Hall against the Evil Soul Masters, then showed the court a map of their abandoned branch halls.
• Xue Ye gave Liu Yi the Heaven Dou Empire's national treasure, the Vast Sea Guarding Barrier, and Xue Beng asked Liu Yi to accept him as a disciple.

Liu Yi became the Heaven Dou Empire’s Supreme King, then reached Spirit City and learned that Bibi Dong had gone to the Star Dou Great Forest. He rushed there and found her gravely injured after a battle with powerful Evil Soul Masters, as Xiao Wu and A Yin appeared to confront them.

• Xue Ye bestowed Liu Yi the title of Supreme King, and Liu Yi ordered the empire to prepare for war against the Evil Soul Masters.
• Liu Yi reunited with his daughter Ying Er in Worship Hall, then left for the Star Dou Great Forest after learning Bibi Dong was hunting Soul Beasts there.
• Bibi Dong and her group encountered Evil Soul Masters attacking Da Ming and the Titan Giant Ape, and the Blood Robed Old Man’s forces overwhelmed them.
• Bibi Dong’s Spider Empress Avatar shattered while she fought the Blood Robed Old Man, leaving her severely injured and her companions unconscious.
• Xiao Wu appeared to protect Bibi Dong, then A Yin emerged, prompting Tang Hao to recognize her as the Blue Silver Emperor.

Liu Yi arrived as Tang Hao and Tang San fought Bibi Dong, A Yin, and the soul beasts, then led the battle against the Evil Soul Masters. Tang San escaped, the Blood Robed Old Man was killed, and Tang Hao was left at Liu Yi’s mercy.

• A Yin rejected Tang Hao as her enemy and wounded him while Ghost Douluo Gui Mei and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan drove him back.
• Xiao Wu learned that Da Ming and Er Ming had been poisoned, while Tang San admitted he wanted their soul rings and soul bones and declared himself Liu Yi’s enemy.
• Liu Yi arrived, accused Tang Hao and Tang San of atrocities, and surrounded them with his Puppet Army.
• Tang Hao shattered all nine of his soul rings to destroy the puppets around him, allowing Tang San to flee alone.
• Liu Yi and Bibi Dong fought the Evil Soul Masters, and Liu Yi killed the Blood Robed Old Man with his Rakshasa Demon Scythes.
• Liu Yi confronted the weakened Tang Hao, and Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei and Yue Guan to punish him.

Liu Yi killed Tang Hao after Tang Hao took his own life, then witnessed Da Ming and Er Ming sacrifice themselves to save Xiao Wu and strengthen his second Martial Soul. As Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire prepared for war against the growing Evil Soul Master army, Bibi Dong’s council awaited Liu Yi’s arrival before deciding how to act.

• Gui Mei and Yue Guan beat the crippled Tang Hao, who admitted his crimes and learned that Liu Yi possessed a God-level Martial Soul with seven red Soul Rings and one golden Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao killed himself, and Liu Yi severed his head before discovering that Da Ming and Er Ming had been poisoned beyond rescue.
• Da Ming and Er Ming sacrificed themselves to Liu Yi, giving his Rakshasa Demon Scythe its second and third Soul Rings and helping him become a Titled Douluo; Xiao Wu kept their Soul Bones.
• Bibi Dong left the Star Dou Great Forest, while Liu Yi comforted Xiao Wu and brought her and A Yin toward the Heaven Dou Empire after learning that Queen Medusa had been killed.
• Half a month later, Bibi Dong learned that Evil Soul Masters were occupying the Star Luo Empire, and Spirit Hall’s leaders agreed to wait for Liu Yi before committing their forces.

Liu Yi learned that the Evil Soul Master Army had massacred the Star Luo Empire and vowed to lead an assault against them. In Spirit City, Qian Renxue began the Angel Nine Trials, while the Evil Soul Master King prepared to spread destruction across the continent.

• Bibi Dong agreed to select the Seven Great Sects anew, and Liu Yi joined the discussion about locating the Evil Soul Masters.
• A messenger reported that the Evil Soul Master Army had slaughtered the Star Luo Empire, prompting Liu Yi and the Spirit Hall elders to prepare an expedition.
• Qian Daoliu started Qian Renxue's Angel Nine Trials after Golden Crocodile Douluo carried Ying Er away from the Worship Hall.
• The Evil Soul Master King ordered Lan Guang to defeat Liu Yi's forces without killing Liu Yi and commanded the slaughter to continue.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo stopped Liu Yi from entering the hall, so Liu Yi entrusted Ying Er to Hu Liena and told her the Star Luo Empire had been massacred.

Liu Yi set out for the Star Luo Empire to confront the Evil Soul Master Army after learning of its massacres, and explained the path to godhood to the Titled Douluo traveling with him. They reached the imperial capital to find piles of corpses, where Liu Yi demanded that the Evil Soul Masters’ king appear.

• Liu Yi learned that the Evil Soul Master Army was slaughtering civilians and prepared to lead an expedition to the Star Luo Empire despite the threat of multiple God-level Powerhouses.
• Hu Liena made Liu Yi a filling breakfast and packed food for the elders before he left Spirit City with more than a dozen Titled Douluo and other powerful Soul Masters.
• During the journey, Liu Yi explained the levels beyond Titled Douluo, the process of inheriting godhood, and urged his companions to fight the Evil Soul Masters for the innocent.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei recalled their painful childhoods, and Liu Yi offered them breakfast prepared by Hu Liena.
• Three days later, Liu Yi and his companions reached the Star Luo Empire’s capital and found the area covered with corpses.
• When several Blood Robed Old Men refused to summon their king, Liu Yi struck their leader and seized him by the throat, demanding that the king come out.

Liu Yi confronted the Evil Soul Masters in the Star Luo Empire but was forced to retreat by the God-level Lan Guang, leaving him determined to reach the demigod realm. He traveled into the deep sea to claim the Deep Sea Demon Whale King as his ninth soul ring and began their rematch.

• Liu Yi rejected Long An’s offer to join the Evil Soul Masters and demanded that their king answer for the slaughter of innocent villagers.
• Lan Guang ordered Liu Yi to leave, then hurled him and the Titled Douluos hundreds of li away; Liu Yi retreated and resolved to enter seclusion and pursue his ninth soul ring.
• The young king learned that Liu Yi had gone to seek the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and ordered his forces to remain in the Star Luo Empire until they were ready for war in three years.
• Half a month later, Liu Yi found a 700,000-year Black Tortoise in the ocean and persuaded it to guide him to the Deep Sea Demon Whale King’s territory.
• Liu Yi reached the blood-red sea, confronted the Deep Sea Demon Whale King as it underwent Dragon Transformation, and prepared to make it his soul ring.

Liu Yi fought the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, which sought to devour him and advance to godhood, while Poseidon and Bo Saixi watched from afar. Their clash escalated into a devastating collision of their strongest powers, and Poseidon sensed that an unknown presence had arrived.

• The Deep Sea Demon Whale King devoured the fleeing 100,000 Year Soul Beasts and challenged Liu Yi, who had reached Rank 93.
• Liu Yi wounded the Deep Sea Demon Whale King with the Seven Kill Sword and struck it with several Soul Skills, but the beast ambushed him and broke one of his ribs.
• Poseidon and Bo Saixi arrived, recognized Liu Yi, and discussed his possible inheritance of the Sea God divinity and the Rakshasa God’s interest in him.
• Liu Yi revealed blood-red Soul Power Armor, activated Ring Explosion, and unleashed his Fourth Soul Skill as the Deep Sea Demon Whale King answered with Demon Whale’s Wrath.
• The clash devastated the sea and killed marine creatures within a hundred miles, forcing Poseidon and Bo Saixi to retreat; Poseidon said that an unknown presence had arrived.

Liu Yi survived the Blood Dragon Law Enforcer’s attack with Zhang Ying’s intervention, killed the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and absorbed its Million Year Soul Ring, then upgraded his Seven Kill Sword into a Supreme Divine Artifact. Zhang Ying challenged him to a battle of life and death in three years, with the fate of the Evil Soul Masters and the continent at stake.

• The Blood Dragon Law Enforcer attacked Liu Yi and the Deep Sea Demon Whale King for violating the God Realm Rules, but Zhang Ying arrived and subdued it.
• Liu Yi killed the weakened Deep Sea Demon Whale King, absorbed its Million Year Soul Ring, and gained its body soul bone.
• Liu Yi crushed the Blood Dragon Law Enforcer, then absorbed the soul ring into his Rakshasa Demon Scythe and upgraded his Seven Kill Sword to a Supreme Divine Artifact.
• Zhang Ying rejected Poseidon’s plan for Liu Yi to inherit the Sea God godhood and said Liu Yi should create his own godhood.
• Liu Yi condemned Zhang Ying for massacring villagers and vowed to destroy the Evil Soul Masters, so Zhang Ying set a three-year deadline for their life-or-death battle.
• Poseidon returned toward Seagod Island, fearing the continent would fall into darkness, while Bo Saixi watched Liu Yi above the sea.

After killing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, Liu Yi returned to the continent to prepare for his breakthrough while the Blood Dragon Clan investigated A Gou’s death and its leader revealed a plan to destroy humanity. As the Evil Soul Masters ravaged the continent, Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect pledged themselves to their King, and Xue Ye collapsed as the Heaven Dou Empire faced mounting losses.

• Bo Saixi told Liu Yi that she believed in him and departed, while Liu Yi asked the Black Tortoise to take him back to the continent so he could pursue a breakthrough.
• The Blood Dragon Clan learned that A Gou had died and ordered an investigation into Liu Yi, while its leader vowed to revive the Soul Beasts’ ancient war against humanity.
• Liu Yi found civilians suffering amid the Star Luo Empire’s devastation, gave a Gold Soul Coin to a tavern waiter, and learned that humans and Soul Beasts were both being slaughtered across the continent.
• Tang San accepted a divine spear and ordered the Clear Sky Sect to serve the Evil Soul Masters, recruit its subordinate sects, and prepare for their planned conquest of the continent.
• Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin struggled to defend the Heaven Dou Empire as Evil Soul Masters attacked, and Chen Xin warned that Xue Ye’s body was failing before the emperor collapsed.

Xue Ye named Xue Beng his successor and entrusted the Heaven Dou Empire to Ning Fengzhi and Liu Yi as he neared death. Meanwhile, Liu Yi began the trials to create his own godhood and survived the first trial before facing the Chess Saint in a prolonged match.

• Xue Ye declared that Xue Qinghe would be stripped of the crown prince position and that Xue Beng would inherit the throne, with Liu Yi controlling imperial affairs after his death.
• Xue Ye urged Xue Beng to heed Ning Fengzhi and told Ning Fengzhi to support the young prince, yielding the throne to Liu Yi if necessary.
• Ning Fengzhi refused Chen Xin and Gu Rong’s suggestion to seize military authority and entered Shrek Academy to prepare for the coming war.
• Liu Yi began the nine trials for his self-created godhood, endured the first trial’s crushing power, and recovered as his Soul Rings gained another hundred thousand years.
• Liu Yi played two prolonged chess games against the Chess Saint, and the Chess Saint revealed his identity and asked Liu Yi’s name as he prepared to leave the world.

Liu Yi completed the second trial and fought his way through the forest, while Xue Ye died after naming Xue Beng his successor and entrusting the empire to Liu Yi. As the Evil Empire threatened the continent, Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall argued over military aid, and Xue Beng ordered the empire to remain on alert while Liu Yi pursued his divine inheritance.

• Liu Yi completed the second trial, gained improved Soul Rings, and defeated the Vermilion Bird after it revived with Rebirth from Fire.
• Xue Ye died in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace after naming Xue Beng Crown Prince and placing imperial affairs under Supreme King Liu Yi.
• Xue Beng took command of the Heaven Dou Empire, while Ning Fengzhi relinquished his position and named Ning Rongrong head of the newly renamed Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• A messenger reported that the Evil Soul Masters had established the Evil Empire, and Yue Guan arrived to request Heaven Dou troops for Jialing Pass.
• Xue Beng refused to send the army immediately, and after Yue Guan left, he ordered heightened vigilance and the reporting of any Evil Soul Master activity.

Liu Yi defeated the Black Tortoise and White Tiger in the third god trial, then encountered a wounded Azure Dragon before the trial ended. He entered the fourth trial, where he had to survive for three days in the Asura Battlefield, and fled from the Asura God and its followers.

• Liu Yi wounded the Black Tortoise and faced the White Tiger, then used his Soul Skills and Seven Kill Sword to defeat the White Tiger after it devoured the Black Tortoise.
• Liu Yi found the wounded Azure Dragon, which said it had mutilated itself to protect the inheritor, but lightning struck it before it could finish speaking.
• Liu Yi completed the third god trial and had the quality of all his Soul Bones raised by 100,000 years.
• Liu Yi was sent into the Asura Battlefield for the fourth trial, with three days to survive.
• The Asura God ordered the asuras to capture Liu Yi, who fled to avoid being eaten.

Liu Yi fled the Asura God by disguising himself and hiding across the Asura Battlefield while the god hunted him. After the Asura God found him and attacked, Liu Yi stalled for time, leaving the confrontation poised with about ten minutes remaining on his incense stick.

• The Asura Kings turned on the Asura God over Liu Yi, giving Liu Yi a chance to escape while they fought, but the Asura God later killed them.
• Liu Yi disguised himself with his mask and Rakshasa Aura, infiltrated the asura ranks, and helped search for himself while trying to survive for three days.
• The Asura God ordered the asuras to assemble and check their rosters, then killed an Asura King after learning Liu Yi had joined the East Army.
• Liu Yi hid in a remote village, but the village chief revealed his presence when the Asura army arrived; Liu Yi had already left, and the asuras killed the villagers.
• A villager reported Liu Yi’s hiding place, and the Asura God set the mountain ablaze and cleaved it apart, forcing Liu Yi to reveal himself and resist with his God of Slaughter Domain and Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin.
• Liu Yi pretended to surrender and questioned the Asura God about his past and the God Realm while watching the incense burn down.

Liu Yi completed Heavenly God's Fourth Trial, defeated Asura God with the trial's protection, and spent his ten-day rest with Qin Feng, who briefly awakened. He entered the Fifth Trial in a future ruled by the Evil Empire, where he discovered a portrait of a woman wearing the bracelet he had given Qian Renxue and learned the village chief was his former subordinate Divine Calculator.

• Liu Yi summoned Rakshasa Ghosts and used Ten Thousand Swords as One to injure Asura God, then the trial's golden light destroyed Asura God and the Asuras after Liu Yi completed the Fourth Trial.
• Liu Yi wished to see Qin Feng, and the phantom awakened Qin Feng for ten days while explaining that reviving him required the Dragon Soul, Dragon Meridians, and Sacred King as a vessel.
• Liu Yi told Qin Feng about the world and promised to help revive him, then began Heavenly God's Fifth Trial after their ten days together ended.
• Liu Yi arrived in Happiness Village, where he learned the trial required him to protect three thousand villagers in a future where the Evil Empire ruled the continent.
• Liu Yi learned that the future's memories described the fall of the Spirit and Heaven Dou Empires and the disappearance of his daughter and Ning Rongrong.
• Liu Yi found a portrait of a woman wearing Qian Renxue's bracelet at the village chief's home, then learned the chief was Divine Calculator, his former subordinate.

Liu Yi evacuated Happiness Village by building a flying ark, then stayed behind to hold off the Evil Soul Masters. After killing the first wave, he learned bandits had caused casualties among the villagers on their journey and sent puppets to stop them; more Evil Soul Masters then arrived as Liu Yi prepared to fight.

• Liu Yi revealed himself to Divine Calculator, learned Ning Rongrong was at Star Lake, and ordered him to evacuate Happiness Village before it was destroyed.
• Liu Yi and the villagers built a massive flying ark, and Divine Calculator led three thousand people toward the Empty Cave while Liu Yi remained behind.
• Eight Titled Douluo arrived to slaughter the village, but Liu Yi defeated them and drew the attention of the Evil Empire's King, who ordered Lan Guang to investigate.
• Liu Yi received an alert that bandits had killed or injured thirty villagers during the journey, so he sent ten puppets to kill the bandits.
• More Evil Soul Masters arrived at Happiness Village, and Liu Yi confronted them.

Liu Yi returned after a hundred years, rescued Liu Ying and Ning Rongrong, and learned that his absence had left his family devastated. Ning Rongrong died soon after their reunion, while Liu Yi began rebuilding his bond with Liu Ying and vowed to end the Evil Soul Masters’ rebellion; elsewhere, Xiao Wu heard that he had returned.

• Liu Yi killed the Evil Soul Masters attacking Happiness Village and left after confirming the villagers had reached safety.
• At Star Lake, Liu Yi rescued Liu Ying and the unconscious Ning Rongrong from golden-armored Demigods, then revealed himself as Liu Ying’s father.
• Liu Yi healed Ning Rongrong as much as he could, but she died after reuniting with him and asking him to care for Liu Ying.
• Liu Yi mourned Ning Rongrong at her tomb for three days, then began reconnecting with Liu Ying and promised to crush the rebellion within three years.
• A young man told Xiao Wu that Liu Yi had returned, and Xiao Wu wept while insisting that the Evil Soul Masters would be defeated.

Liu Yi returned from a vision of his future, completed the sixth trial by restoring his strength, and passed the seventh trial by refusing to feel guilt for those he had killed. He began the eighth trial, where he faced the sealed Heaven Horn Ink Dragon and tried to trick it into demonstrating its strength.

• After half a year in Empty Cave, Liu Yi said goodbye to Ying Er when the Nine Trials summoned him, and Divine Calculator and the Puppet Legion vanished.
• Back in the Inner World, Liu Yi earned points for the surviving villagers and immediately began the sixth trial, which erased his cultivation and forced him to climb an endless stairway.
• After ten years of climbing and repeatedly breaking through, Liu Yi reached Level 100 and chose to continue the trials instead of creating a godhood.
• During the seventh trial, Liu Yi rejected the dead spirits' accusations, escaped the Bottomless Abyss, and learned that he had passed the Heart-Questioning Pass.
• The phantom began the eighth trial, sending Liu Yi to kill the Heaven Horn Ink Dragon, and Liu Yi asked the sealed beast to break two of its chains to prove its strength.

Liu Yi defeated the Heaven Horn Ink Dragon and bound it to serve as his mount, passing the eighth trial without killing it. He entered the final stage of the Nine Trials of the God, met Wind Spirit and reunited him with Qin Feng, then learned that the ninth trial began with a drink.

• Liu Yi tricked the Heaven Horn Ink Dragon into attacking its chains, then entered its prison and fought it with the Seven Kill Sword.
• Liu Yi used his combined soul-ring and soul-bone power to overpower the Heaven Horn Ink Dragon, which offered its inner core and submitted to a soul contract.
• The trial phantom declared that Liu Yi had passed the eighth trial by taming the beast, and Liu Shengyuan led him into the final trial space.
• Liu Shengyuan introduced Liu Yi to Wind Spirit, who recognized Liu Yi and asked about his teacher.
• Wind Spirit summoned Qin Feng, and the two old companions recognized each other and spoke about Qin Feng's past death.
• Wind Spirit explained that Liu Yi's soul was in the trials while his body remained protected, then invited Liu Yi and Qin Feng to drink as the ninth trial began.