Chapter Summaries

Lin Manshan asked Qian Daoliu to accompany him to the Extreme North to find Spirit Beasts for Bing'er and offered an Immortal Herb to help mend the relationship between Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue. He proposed a way to replace the sacrifice required for Qian Daoliu’s God Trial, and Qian Daoliu agreed to trust him and help.

• Lin Manshan asked Qian Daoliu to accompany him to the Extreme North when Bing'er and Yue'er reached rank seventy, and Qian Daoliu agreed.
• Lin Manshan asked for the Immortal Herb to be gifted in Bibi Dong’s name so it could help ease the conflict between her and Qian Renxue.
• Qian Daoliu worried that Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue could fight over power after unification, and Lin Manshan offered to find a way to help them reconcile.
• Lin Manshan suggested using energy matching the Six-winged Angel Martial Soul to replace Qian Daoliu’s sacrifice in the God of Angels’ Ninth Trial, and Qian Daoliu asked him to try when he was able.
• Qian Daoliu asked why Lin Manshan was helping him, and Lin Manshan explained that he wanted Qian Daoliu to mediate between Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue.
• Lin Manshan said he would stay in Spirit City until Bibi Dong emerged from seclusion to discuss the Immortal Herb and plan the trip to the Extreme North.

Lin Manshan moved into Spirit City, while Bibi Dong completed the Rakshasa God’s final trial and inherited the complete God Position. The former Rakshasa God revealed that Lin Manshan had survived the attack and that only a divine illusion had died in his place.

• Qian Daoliu arranged a secluded residence for Lin Manshan in Spirit City, and Hu Liena guessed that he had come to discuss an important matter with Bibi Dong.
• Hu Liena reflected on the gap between her strength and Lin Manshan’s, while Lin Manshan settled in and cultivated.
• Bibi Dong completed the Rakshasa God’s Ninth Trial and was drawn into the Rakshasa Secret Realm as the Rakshasa God Position awakened.
• Bibi Dong gained an eighty-thousand-year increase to her Soul Rings’ limits, and her Soul Rings transformed as she inherited the complete God Position.
• The former Rakshasa God told Bibi Dong that Lin Manshan had survived and that the person who died in the attack had been a divine illusion.

After inheriting the Rakshasa God Position, Bibi Dong realized that A'man was Lin Manshan and that he knew about her past. She overcame her fear of facing him, returned to her residence, and prepared to meet him as he arrived.

• The Rakshasa God told Bibi Dong that Lin Manshan was in the same world and waiting outside, then vanished after repairing her body.
• Bibi Dong recognized A'man as Lin Manshan and understood how he had pieced together her past and accepted her anyway.
• Bibi Dong worried about facing Lin Manshan but decided to stop clinging to the past and return to him.
• Bibi Dong left the trial chamber, sensed Lin Manshan cultivating nearby, and went to wash and change before seeing him.
• Lin Manshan sensed Bibi Dong's soul aura and flew toward her residence, while Bibi Dong noticed his approach and stepped out of the bathroom as he arrived at her window.

Lin Manshan reunited with Bibi Dong after she inherited the complete Rakshasa God Position, then told her about his connection to the Netherworld and shared techniques that could help her use both Martial Souls. He asked her to travel with him to the Extreme North and consider sending a fire attribute Immortal Herb to her biological daughter, but Bibi Dong said she could not accept her.

• Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong recognized each other and reunited after she completed the Rakshasa God inheritance.
• Lin Manshan explained that his chosen God came from the Netherworld and described its relationship with the God Realm.
• Lin Manshan gave Bibi Dong a book of techniques, including a method for condensing a Soul Core that could let her use both Martial Souls at once.
• Lin Manshan asked Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu to accompany him to the Extreme North to meet Bing'er and Yue'er.
• Lin Manshan proposed giving Bibi Dong's biological daughter a fire attribute Immortal Herb in her name, but Bibi Dong said she could not accept her because of her past.

Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong agreed on how to handle her ascension and Qian Renxue, then prepared to enter the Extreme North with Qian Daoliu. After reuniting with Dugu Bo, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er, Lin Manshan met Bibi Dong near the Extreme North, where Dugu Bo saw how much she had changed as a God.

• Lin Manshan told Bibi Dong he would speak with Qian Renxue, help Qian Daoliu survive her Ninth Trial, and arrange for their family to live in the Netherworld.
• Bibi Dong recounted her time in the Illusion Realm to Lin Manshan, and the two spent the night together before she went to the Pope's Palace.
• Bibi Dong agreed to Lin Manshan's plan with Qian Daoliu, and they arranged to travel toward the Extreme North while Lin Manshan returned to the academy for Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.
• Lin Manshan learned that Dugu Bo had defeated the Dark Gold Griffin Emperor and that Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er had reached Rank 70.
• Lin Manshan set off with Dugu Bo and the two sisters, then met Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu at a town near the Extreme North.
• Dugu Bo was astonished by Bibi Dong's youthful appearance, ethereal bearing, and imperceptible aura.

Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong confronted the Snow Empress and Ice Empress in the Extreme North, revealing their divine power and offering the Spirit Beasts a path to become Divine Beasts through sacrifice and rebirth. The Snow Empress was left confronting the claim that Spirit Beasts could never become gods.

• Lin Manshan's group entered the Extreme North and encountered the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, and a gathering of powerful Spirit Beasts.
• Lin Manshan offered to help the Snow Empress and Ice Empress become Divine Beasts, but the Ice Empress accused him of scheming to take their Soul Rings and Soul Bones.
• Bibi Dong revealed her ten Soul Rings and declared that she was a god, frightening the Ice Empress and the surrounding Spirit Beasts.
• Lin Manshan displayed his immense Spiritual Power, revealed that he and Dugu Bo were inheritors of gods, and told the Snow Empress that they could not resist him.
• Lin Manshan proposed that the Snow Empress and Ice Empress sacrifice themselves for Shui Bing'er, preserve their souls in her Soul Rings, and later receive new bodies after she became a god.
• Lin Manshan said Spirit Beasts could never become gods and offered the Snow Empress and Ice Empress a third path, leaving the Snow Empress stunned.

Lin Manshan persuaded Snow Empress and Ice Empress to sacrifice themselves, promising to seek a path to godhood for Spirit Beasts. Snow Empress arranged for Jingjing to sacrifice herself to Shui Yue'er and said that she and Ice Empress could help Shui Bing'er reach Title Douluo, leaving Lin Manshan’s group astonished.

• Lin Manshan explained that sacrificing themselves would bind the Spirit Beasts’ souls to their hosts, while his proposed independent path to godhood remained unrealized and required trust.
• Snow Empress accepted the sacrifice as necessary for her clan’s future, and the gathered Spirit Beasts mourned as she entrusted the Extreme North and Xiao Bai to the Titan Snow Demon King.
• Snow Empress brought back Jingjing, a hundred thousand year Crystal Dragon Fish, who agreed to sacrifice herself for Shui Yue'er despite not wanting to leave Snow Empress.
• Snow Empress told Shui Bing'er that her Extreme Ice Martial Soul was compatible with her and Ice Empress, and that their sacrifices could help Shui Bing'er break through to Title Douluo.

Snow Empress and Ice Empress sacrificed themselves to Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, granting them powerful Soul Bones and greatly increasing their strength. After Shui Bing'er reached Rank 93 and Snow Empress and Ice Empress departed with their kin, Lin Manshan thanked Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu for their help and promised to repay them someday.

• Snow Empress promised to create Soul Bones for Shui Bing'er, while Ice Empress and a hundred-thousand-year Crystal Dragon Fish began their sacrifices to Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.
• Shui Yue'er completed her sacrifice at level 75 with a hundred-thousand-year Torso Bone, while Shui Bing'er gained a three-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year Torso Bone and reached level 78.
• Snow Empress sacrificed herself to Shui Bing'er, who gained nine Soul Rings, reached Rank 93, and emerged with a transformed appearance; Snow Empress and Ice Empress then reappeared as Soul Bodies.
• Snow Empress sent the Spirit Beasts away, and she and Ice Empress vanished after saying farewell; Dugu Bo advised Shui Bing'er to consolidate her cultivation.
• Lin Manshan explained his sudden God Trial and Divine Soul to Dugu Bo, Qian Daoliu, and the others, then thanked Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu and promised to repay their favor.

The Asura God told the God Realm Committee about Lin Manshan’s role in the Rakshasa God’s ascension and the powerful Spirit Beasts offering Sacrifices to his partners. The Gods discussed the mystery of Lin Manshan’s hidden energy and the danger of him inheriting the God of the Underworld’s power, while the Goddess of Life considered passing down her God Position.

• The Asura God explained that the Rakshasa God and Lin Manshan were helping Spirit Beasts offer Sacrifices instead of hunting them, with plans to restrain top Spirit Beasts and help the Spirit Beast Clan become Gods.
• The Asura God described Lin Manshan’s partners and their Spirit Beast Sacrifices, drawing the Sea God’s interest in the Dolphin Martial Soul and the water-attribute dragon.
• The Asura God revealed that Lin Manshan had a Divine Soul, had helped the Rakshasa God complete her Sinful Reincarnation trial, and carried an unexplained energy containing vitality.
• The Asura God proposed that Lin Manshan’s power might come from an unknown Ancient Old God or a God who died in the great war, and identified Dugu Bo as the successor to the Evil God’s God Position.
• God of Destruction warned that Lin Manshan must not inherit the God of the Underworld’s position, and the Asura God promised to keep monitoring him.
• After the Gods left the hall, the Goddess of Life asked God of Destruction whether passing down her God Position might help her bear a child.

Lin Manshan returned to Tian Xing Academy, checked on Xiao Wu’s confinement, and learned about the Ice God from Snow Empress. He left Shui Bing’er with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress’s powers, promising to plan for her ascension while asking the Ice Empress to use the name Bi'er.

• Lin Manshan returned to the academy and asked how Xiao Wu was doing; Zhu Zhuyun said she remained isolated and mostly ate carrots.
• Lin Manshan examined Shui Bing’er’s foundation, and she explained that she was still learning to control the power and Soul Skills gained from the Ice Empress and Snow Empress’s sacrifices.
• Lin Manshan asked Snow Empress about the Ice God, and she said the Ice God was a Frost Giant born in the Extreme North who later became a god.
• The Ice Empress advised Lin Manshan that there was no Ice God legacy in the Extreme North, and Lin Manshan promised to make other plans for Shui Bing’er’s path to godhood.
• Lin Manshan asked the Ice Empress to change her name to Bi'er, and she reluctantly agreed after Snow Empress supported the idea.
• Lin Manshan and Shui Bing’er were intimate, while the Ice Empress and Snow Empress reacted from within the Soul Ring.

Lin Manshan gave Qian Renxue the Infernal Delicate Apricot and revealed his theory that Bibi Dong had been imprisoned and forced into the events surrounding Qian Renxue’s birth. After Qian Renxue began absorbing the herb, the chapter followed Tang San hunting in the Star Dou Great Forest, Bibi Dong returning from the City of Slaughter, and Ning Fengzhi regretting that Ning Rongrong had not joined Lin Manshan’s team.

• Lin Manshan learned from a Magpie Bird that Tang San had left the City of Slaughter and decided to wait for him at Tian Xing Academy.
• Lin Manshan visited Qian Renxue, gave her the Infernal Delicate Apricot, and argued that Bibi Dong had been imprisoned and that avoiding each other was best for both of them.
• After Lin Manshan left, Qian Renxue absorbed the Infernal Delicate Apricot and then went to report his visit to Xue Ye.
• Tang San killed a Human-Faced Demon Spider Emperor, found and absorbed its Right Leg Bone, and continued deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Bibi Dong was barred from entering the City of Slaughter, returned to Spirit Hall, and announced that she would enter seclusion as the Soul Master Competition’s Qualifying Round began.
• Ning Fengzhi heard that Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan were unavailable and regretted that Ning Rongrong had not joined Lin Manshan’s team.

Ning Fengzhi worried that his sons could not match Lin Manshan, while Flender and Liu Erlong left the dying Yu Xiaogang to prepare for the Soul Master Competition. Dugu Bo completed the Evil God's trial and told Lin Manshan that the Evil God had used spirit beasts and failed successors to fuel his brutal tests.

• Ning Rongrong comforted Ning Fengzhi and said she could help with sect affairs, but Ning Fengzhi privately compared her brothers unfavorably with Lin Manshan.
• Flender visited the gravely ill Yu Xiaogang, whose lingering obsession was waiting for Tang San, then left with Liu Erlong to prepare Shrek Academy for the upcoming competition.
• Tian Xing Academy's teams departed for the All-Continent Soul Master Competition, and Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan watched before leaving.
• Dugu Bo explained that he had defeated the Nine-Headed Serpent Emperor, absorbed its Energy Crystal, and learned that his next trial was the Seven Emotions Trial.
• Four months later, Dugu Bo told Lin Manshan that the Evil God had died fighting the Dragon God and left Divine Sense Marks to possess spirit beasts, gather energy, and test potential successors.

Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo prepared to hunt powerful soul beasts, while Tian Xing Academy celebrated its competition victory and Qian Renxue’s coming succession. Ning Rongrong reflected on the gulf between herself and Lin Manshan before Zhu Zhuyun reached level 80, setting their journey to the Star Dou Great Forest for the next day.

• Lin Manshan proposed that Dugu Bo capture two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts during their upcoming trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Dugu Bo agreed.
• The Tianxing Team returned as the Soul Master Competition champions, and Xue Ye announced that he would pass the throne to Qian Renxue in three days.
• Ning Rongrong regretted her past judgment of Lin Manshan and worried that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had little leverage or a safe future.
• Dugu Bo declined Ning Fengzhi’s request for a meeting, and Lin Manshan briefly greeted Ning Rongrong before leaving with Dugu Bo.
• One month later, Zhu Zhuyun told Lin Manshan she had reached level 80, and he said they would leave for the Star Dou Great Forest the next day.

Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo captured the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, while Tang San continued strengthening himself as he prepared to hunt Da Ming and Er Ming. After returning to Tian Xing Academy, Lin Manshan helped Dugu Yan absorb the Sky Azure Bull Python’s Soul Ring and Bone, then accepted Qian Renxue’s invitation to a gathering with the duchies’ kings.

• Lin Manshan, Zhu Zhuyun, and Dugu Bo found and captured the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python in the Star Dou Great Forest, then returned to Tian Xing Academy.
• Tang San hunted Spirit Beasts in the forest, upgraded several Soul Bones, and resolved to claim Da Ming or Er Ming’s Torso Bone after reaching Title Douluo.
• Dugu Yan reached level 80, and Lin Manshan helped her kill the Sky Azure Bull Python and absorb its Soul Ring and Right Leg Bone.
• Lin Manshan reached level 89, and Qian Renxue invited him and Dugu Bo to an annual gathering with the major duchies’ kings.
• Lin Manshan agreed to attend Qian Renxue’s gathering and brought Dugu Bo and Zhu Zhuyun with him.

Qian Renxue forced the duchies to surrender their military and autonomous authority, then moved against the Balak royal family after it sought to defect to the Star Luo Empire. As Heaven Dou unified its rule and the remaining duchies submitted, the Star Luo court debated how to respond, with one minister proposing contact with three unnamed individuals.

• At the New Year banquet, Qian Renxue demanded the duchies surrender military command and submit citizen registries, while Dugu Bo’s aura silenced their protesting representatives.
• Lin Manshan visited Old Jack and Chun Yan with the women, and Shui Bing’er later told the Ice Empress and Snow Empress about Lin Manshan’s life and achievements.
• After the New Year, news spread that the Balak royal family had been nearly wiped out after its king tried to defect to the Star Luo Empire, and more than ten thousand imperial knights marched to take control of the kingdom.
• Qian Renxue sent urgent letters to the other duchies, which soon agreed to surrender their military and autonomous rights in exchange for retaining their noble titles.
• At the Star Luo court, ministers warned that Heaven Dou’s reforms could make it a threat, and one proposed contacting three people before the emperor dismissed the court.

Lin Manshan broke through to Rank 90, absorbed the Titan Giant Ape's Soul Ring, and continued consolidating his strength as Tang San gained new Soul Rings and reached Rank 96. Ye Lingling broke through to Rank 80 and received the Blue Silver King's sacrifice, while Lin Manshan replanted the King as golden-veined Blue Silver Grass.

• Lin Manshan reached Rank 90, killed the Titan Giant Ape, and absorbed its Soul Ring and a Torso Bone, raising his Soul Power above Rank 93.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Lin Manshan that her family had sent a letter fishing for information about Xue Qinghe, and Lin Manshan advised her to ignore it.
• Tang San reached Rank 90, collected several Soul Rings for his Clear Sky Hammer, and went to the core region seeking Da Ming and Er Ming, only to find them gone.
• Tang San killed a ninety-thousand-year Ironback Dragon, absorbed its Soul Ring and Torso Bone, and reached Rank 96 before leaving the forest.
• Ye Lingling reached Rank 80, and the Blue Silver King sacrificed itself to her after Lin Manshan helped it advance its bloodline.
• Lin Manshan planted the Blue Silver King's seed and used Life Energy to grow it into golden-veined Blue Silver Grass.

Lin Manshan helped Ye Lingling reach Level 84 before they left the valley, while Tang San poisoned the City of Slaughter and confronted the King of Slaughter. Tang San’s attack freed Tang Chen from the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King’s control, and he began restoring his great-grandfather’s body as they planned to rescue Xiao Wu and confront their enemies.

• Lin Manshan stopped supplying Life Energy to the Blue Silver King seed, and Ye Lingling told him she had reached Level 84 and absorbed a Left Leg Bone before they left the valley.
• Tang San poisoned the blood pool beneath Hell Road, entered the City of Slaughter, and fought the King of Slaughter with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San’s Purple Demon Eye attack freed the King of Slaughter from the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King’s control, revealing him to be Tang Chen, Tang San’s great-grandfather.
• Tang Chen learned from Tang San that Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect were dead, then explained that his body was failing and that he could not complete the Asura God’s Ninth Trial.
• Tang San used his Eight Spider Lances to drain toxins and absorb life force from dead Evil Soul Masters, restoring Tang Chen’s body.
• Tang Chen agreed to accompany Tang San to Tian Xing Academy to rescue Xiao Wu and then seek out Spirit Hall over the destruction of the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang San and Tang Chen headed toward Tian Xing Academy while the Asura God planned to use them to monitor Lin Manshan and possibly pass on his God Position. In the Netherworld, Lin Manshan completed his transformation and began receiving the mountain’s power, leaving him on the verge of becoming a True God as the mountain prepared to escape its restraints.

• Tang San failed to advance beyond Level 96 after slaughtering the Spirit Masters in the City of Slaughter, then left with the recovered Tang Chen to seek revenge on Clear Sky Sect.
• The Asura God revealed that he had secretly healed Tang Chen and intended to use Tang Chen’s Asura Blood Sword to monitor Lin Manshan and potentially make him his successor.
• Lin Manshan completed his four-month transformation, entered the Netherworld, and learned that Tang Chen and Tang San were traveling toward Tian Xing Academy.
• The mountain explained the Asura God’s plan, then began transferring his power to Lin Manshan through the Soul Eye.
• Lin Manshan used his stored Life Energy to strengthen his body, formed dark green armor, and transformed his Eight Spider Lances into eight flexible arms.
• The mountain said Lin Manshan was nearing the combined state of divine body, Divine Soul, and Soul Law Divine Power, and laughed that he could finally break free of his restraints.

Tang Chen and Tang San visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to pressure Ning Fengzhi into supporting their attack on Tian Xing Academy. After learning of Tang San’s strength and ambitions, Ning Fengzhi secretly chose to help Lin Manshan instead and flew with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo toward the academy.

• Tang Chen and Tang San arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and confronted Ning Fengzhi about the Upper Three Sects’ pledge to stand together.
• Ning Fengzhi cited public accusations against Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect as reasons he could not openly intervene.
• Tang San revealed that he had reached the peak of Level 96 and gained God's Inheritance, prompting Ning Fengzhi to promise friendship.
• After Tang Chen and Tang San departed, Ning Fengzhi declared that they must die to preserve the continent’s balance.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to aid Tian Xing Academy and flew there with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.

Lin Manshan received the Soul Eye and learned the mountain’s theories about his past lives and the Nether River’s connection to other worlds. After the mountain departed through the Gate of Returning Ruins, Lin Manshan merged the artifact into his Spiritual Soul Core and saw scenes from another world in the Netherworld’s vortex.

• The mountain gave Lin Manshan the Soul Eye, explained its powers, and warned him not to absorb its vast stored memories all at once.
• The mountain theorized that Lin Manshan’s unusual memories came from a powerful soul and explained how the Netherworld washed souls into blank Soul Origin before sending them back into life.
• The mountain speculated that the Nether River’s upstream reaches might connect to a higher-level world, and Lin Manshan promised to investigate after passing on the God Position.
• The mountain left through the Gate of Returning Ruins, while Lin Manshan decided he would make it his successor rather than bind one of his children to the Nether God Position.
• Lin Manshan merged the Soul Eye into his Spiritual Soul Core and saw scenes from another world when he looked at the vortex.