Chapter Summaries

Ling Yun and Gu Yuena destroyed the Annihilation Clone in the Dragon Tomb and received the Dragon God's Heart, learning that the Sea of Nothingness lay behind the Annihilation threat. As the Dragon Tomb vanished, Tang San sent an urgent warning that the Annihilation Sovereign's main force was attacking Douluo Continent and its Plane Barrier was close to breaking.

• The Annihilation Clone attacked Ling Yun and Gu Yuena with Annihilation Chains and corrupted Dragon God's power.
• Ling Yun used Dragon God Requiem to draw on the Dragon God's origin and break the Annihilation Dragon Prison.
• Gu Yuena pierced a fissure in the Spear of the End with her Silver Dragon King's origin blood essence, and Ling Yun shattered the spear and destroyed the clone.
• The Dragon God's consciousness thanked Ling Yun and Gu Yuena, revealed the threat of the Sea of Nothingness, and entrusted Ling Yun with the Dragon God's Heart.
• Ling Yun and Gu Yuena escaped as the Dragon Tomb vanished, and Tang San warned them that the Annihilation Sovereign's main force was attacking Douluo Continent.

Ling Yun and Gu Yuena raced back to Douluo Star, where the Annihilation Sovereign’s forces had devastated the planet and were devouring its origin. As Ling Yun fought the Sovereign’s powerful clone, the surviving people and Soul Beasts lent him their strength, and he launched a united counterattack.

• Ling Yun used the Dragon God's Heart to create a space-time bridge and brought the Chaos Starship to Douluo Star far sooner than a normal jump would allow.
• Ling Yun broke through the Annihilation fleet surrounding the planet and saw the devastation across the continent, while its defenders rallied at his return.
• Ling Yun found the Annihilation Sovereign’s clone above Spirit City draining Douluo Star’s life force and transformed into his Chaos Dragon God True Body to confront it.
• Gu Yuena went to fight the Annihilation God Generals as Ling Yun expanded his Chaos Domain to shield the planet from the clone’s devouring vortex.
• Ling Yun called on Douluo Star’s survivors, who poured their power and life essence into his domain, enabling him to resist the clone.
• Ling Yun unleashed the All Beings Dragon Fist toward the Annihilation Giant Hand in a clash of protection against destruction.

Ling Yun sacrificed his Divine Blood and the faith of Douluo’s people to shatter the Annihilation Clone’s attack, saving the continent and helping its forces rout the invasion. After waking months later, he learned the Annihilation Sovereign’s ritual was nearing completion and ordered an expedition to the Eye of the Return to Void.

• Ling Yun unleashed the All Beings Dragon Fist, destroying the Annihilation Giant Hand and interrupting the force devouring life on Douluo Star.
• Tang San rallied the survivors, and the Douluo Allied Forces counterattacked the disorganized Annihilation Legion as the clone dispersed and Gu Yuena captured its escaping Annihilation Origin.
• Ling Yun collapsed from his injuries, and the Chaos Dragon Pearl began repairing his body and Divine Soul while the continent’s survivors treated the wounded and began rebuilding.
• Several months later, Ling Yun awoke and learned that the Annihilation Legion had been wiped out, but fewer than one in ten people remained and the continent was gravely damaged.
• Tang San told Ling Yun that the Annihilation Sovereign’s ritual at the Eye of the Return to Void was in its final stage and that the Hope Barrier was under heavy pressure.
• Ling Yun ordered the forces to recover and consolidate resources, then set the Expeditionary Force’s departure for the Annihilation Star Sea in one month.

Ling Yun gathered the allied forces on Douluo Star and swore to destroy Annihilation, then led them through a Star Gate toward its lair. As Douluo Star faded behind them, the final expedition and battle began.

• Ling Yun stood before the allied army at the former Jialing Pass and spoke of the fallen, Annihilation’s threat, and the need to protect the worlds.
• Ling Yun swore that he would destroy Annihilation or never return, and Tang San, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Gu Yuena, and the allied soldiers echoed his oath.
• Ling Yun ordered the armies to set out, and their starships entered the Star Gate toward the Annihilation Star Sea.
• Ling Yun looked back at the receding Douluo Star and declared that Annihilation Sovereign’s end had come.

The allied fleet reached the Eye of the Return to Void and found the Annihilation Sovereign’s nearly impenetrable Return to Void Barrier blocking their way. Ling Yun devised a plan to awaken the origins trapped inside the barrier while the fleet prepared to strike from outside.

• The allied fleet advanced through the Annihilation Star Sea, and Ling Yun recovered with the Dragon God’s Heart as the armies coordinated their battle formations.
• The fleet discovered the Return to Void Barrier surrounding the Eye of the Return to Void, whose Annihilation Will threatened the soldiers’ Divine Souls.
• Venerable Brilliance and the Heavenly Machine Clan elders failed to deduce a weakness and suffered backlash from the barrier.
• Ling Yun explained that Chaos Power could use the Dragon God’s Heart to stir the suppressed world origins inside the barrier and create a breach.
• Tang San, the King of Mountains, and Gu Yuena agreed to attack the breach while the allied fleet formed the Chaos Heaven Splitting Great Formation and concentrated its power in them.
• Ling Yun approached the barrier and began merging his will with the Chaos Dragon Pearl and Dragon God’s Heart.

Ling Yun awakened the imprisoned origins within the Return to Void Barrier, helping the allied leaders shatter it with a combined assault. The allied army charged through the breach into the Eye of the Return to Void, beginning the final battle against the Annihilation Sovereign.

• Ling Yun reached the barrier’s core and found the origins of devoured planes held captive by the Annihilation Sovereign’s consciousness.
• Ling Yun fused Chaos Will and the Dragon God’s Heart to awaken the imprisoned origins, sparking their revolt against the Annihilation Law.
• Ling Yun, Tang San, the King of Mountains, and Gu Yuena struck the barrier’s weakened point together and tore open a massive breach.
• Ling Yun ordered the allied troops to charge through the breach into the Eye of the Return to Void.
• Venerable Brilliance led the allied fleet into the Annihilation Sovereign’s lair, starting the ultimate battle.

The allied army entered the Eye of the Return to Void and was overwhelmed by the Annihilation Sovereign’s true body. After their first attack revealed that the trapped origins inside the singularity could still resist, Ling Yun sacrificed himself and plunged into its core, where a point of light appeared.

• Ling Yun led the allied fleet through the barrier and helped the army form a Chaos Guardian Great Formation against the singularity’s devouring force.
• The Annihilation Sovereign attacked with a giant hand of erasure, and the allied army’s combined assault collapsed, leaving Ling Yun and the other leaders gravely injured.
• Ning Rongrong noticed the singularity trembling, and Ling Yun realized their attack had weakened its suppression of the origins trapped inside.
• Ling Yun burned his soul and Dao, transformed into a Nine-Colored Streamer, and charged into the singularity to ignite the resentment of the imprisoned worlds.
• The singularity stopped, the hand of erasure froze, and a point of light appeared in the darkness.

Ling Yun sacrificed his Divine Soul and origins to create Chaos Fire, which burned the Annihilation Sovereign’s void and freed the trapped origins of countless planes. Tang San rallied the surviving allies to strike the weakened singularity, and it shattered, flooding the Eye of the Return to Void with light.

• Ling Yun entered the dark singularity and began to be erased by the Annihilation Law.
• Ling Yun turned his Chaos Spiritual Light, Divine Soul, Dao Fruit, and origins into Chaos Fire, which burned the void and disrupted the Annihilation Sovereign.
• The trapped origins of countless planes awakened and attacked the Annihilation Law from within the singularity.
• Tang San urged the surviving allied soldiers to pour their remaining strength into the cracked singularity.
• The allied army struck as Chaos Fire weakened the singularity, and the Annihilation Sovereign’s core shattered, releasing light and the origins of countless planes.

Ling Yun and the allied army destroyed the Annihilation Sovereign, transforming the Eye of the Return to Void into a newborn universe. Ling Yun returned from the Chaos Fire, named the new realm Hope Star Sea, and prepared to go back to Douluo Continent for its reconstruction.

• The Dark Singularity exploded, releasing the origins of countless worlds and filling the Eye of the Return to Void with renewed life.
• Xiao Wu, Tang San, and the others searched the newborn sea of energy for Ling Yun and feared he had perished.
• The origins gathered around the Chaos Fire and formed Ling Yun, who announced that they had won.
• Ling Yun named the newborn realm Hope Star Sea and urged all realms to remember the fallen and protect their hard-won peace.
• Ling Yun said the Order Star Domain and Douluo Continent should become allies, then set out with his companions to return to Douluo Continent.

After defeating annihilation, Ling Yun entrusted the rebuilding of Hope Star Sea to Venerable Brilliance and returned to Douluo Continent. Three years later, he declined the God King position and agreed to travel with Gu Yuena, content to protect the ordinary life he had helped restore.

• Ling Yun ordered Venerable Brilliance and the allied leaders to unite the surviving worlds and rebuild a peaceful order in Hope Star Sea.
• Ling Yun brought the soldiers of Douluo Continent home, where they reunited with their families and friends three years after the final battle.
• Tang San asked Ling Yun to accept the God Realm Committee’s nomination as Supreme God King, but Ling Yun declined and chose to remain in the mortal world.
• Gu Yuena told Ling Yun she wanted to travel with him, and he agreed.

Ling Yun convened the surviving realms in the Myriad Realms Council Hall and proposed a covenant to establish peace and cooperation in the newborn star sea. The factions swore to uphold the Hope Star Sea Convention, forming a preliminary joint council as Ling Yun became its first Guardian.

• Ling Yun addressed the gathered leaders and survivors, honoring those lost in the Annihilation Cataclysm and calling for a new order.
• Ling Yun set out three articles for the Hope Star Sea Convention: prohibit war, share resources and knowledge, and unite against external threats.
• Ling Yun offered to serve as the convention’s first Guardian until the Joint Governance Council could govern independently.
• Venerable Brilliance, Tang San, Gu Yuena, and envoys from the surviving worlds approved the convention and infused its rune with their origins.
• The Hope Star Sea Convention took effect, Venerable Brilliance became Temporary Speaker, and Tang San, Gu Yuena, and others became Standing Council Members.

Ling Yun declined the position of Supreme God King and entrusted the rebuilding of the God Realm to Tang San. After Tang San succeeded to the throne, Ling Yun said farewell to his friends and departed, leaving the God Realm to begin its new era.

• Tang San and the gods asked Ling Yun to become Supreme God King of the Douluo God Realm.
• Ling Yun refused, explaining that he sought freedom and transcendence, and urged Tang San to lead the God Realm.
• Ling Yun promised to aid the God Realm if it faced another great danger, and Tang San accepted the responsibility of protecting it.
• Tang San underwent a solemn succession ceremony as the gods witnessed him receive the God King's crown and power.
• Ling Yun exchanged farewells with Tang San and his friends, then stepped into the void and left the God Realm.

Ling Yun and Gu Yuena returned to the rebuilt mortal world and reunited with their friends, family, and allies. At Shrek Academy, they vowed to become lifelong partners and celebrated with those closest to them.

• Ling Yun and Gu Yuena arrived in Morning Dew Town and walked among the people rebuilding their lives after the war.
• Ling Yun reunited with Ning Fengzhi at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's temporary base, where they shared a meal and mourned Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
• Gu Yuena reunited with Di Tian, Bi Ji, King of Ten Thousand Demons, Xiong Jun, and the other Fierce Beast Kings at the recovering Lake of Life.
• Ling Yun and Gu Yuena visited Shrek Academy and shared a meal beside Sea God Lake with their friends and family.
• Ling Yun and Gu Yuena vowed to become partners before their loved ones at a bonfire, and their friends celebrated with them.

Ling Yun taught a diverse gathering at Chaos Pavilion about true purpose, guiding power, and the Great Dao, inspiring new approaches to cultivation across Douluo Continent and beyond. After the lecture, he encouraged young Tang Wulin to nurture his wish to protect others through faith and effort, leaving the work of building the future to generations to come.

• Ling Yun asked his listeners why they cultivated, then explained that the heart guided power toward protection, balance, and the flourishing of life.
• Ling Yun demonstrated the laws of nature through evolving Chaos Qi, prompting Huo Yuhao, Tang Wulin, and the god-level attendees to gain new insights.
• Seekers from many worlds began attending Chaos Pavilion, where Ling Yun welcomed all and inscribed a stone monument declaring that those who sought the light could enter.
• Ling Yun’s teachings helped spread a cultivation philosophy based on understanding, respect, and coexistence, while Chaos Pavilion remained a place whose disciples could come and go freely.
• Tang Wulin asked whether strong belief alone could achieve anything, and Ling Yun told him that his wish to protect his mother needed faith, effort, direction, and time to grow.

Ling Yun and Gu Yuena traveled through the myriad realms and discovered evidence of an ancient Epochal Tribulation connected to the Sea of Nothingness and the Dragon God. They kept the revelation secret and continued their journey, leaving the ruins undisturbed.

• Ling Yun and Gu Yuena departed Douluo Star and explored civilizations and worlds across the myriad realms.
• Following a damaged star map, they reached the Desolate Ancient Corridor and sensed traces of ancient annihilation and the Dragon God in a ruined palace.
• Ling Yun deciphered fragments on a cracked stone stele describing the Epochal Tribulation, the Sea of Nothingness, the Watchers, and the Dragon God's battle.
• Gu Yuena found a dark golden Jade Talisman Fragment carrying an exceptionally ancient Dragon God aura.
• Ling Yun decided not to inform the Myriad Realms Council yet, and he preserved the clues while he and Gu Yuena left the ruins untouched and departed.

After a century of traveling through All Heavens and Myriad Realms, Ling Yun and Gu Yuena returned to the prosperous Hope Star Sea and made a home in its primordial depths. Ling Yun settled into a life of pursuing the Dao alongside Gu Yuena, while Chaos Heaven became a quiet guardian of the star sea.

• Ling Yun and Gu Yuena spent a hundred years traveling between worlds, intervening only when the Great Dao strayed or Outer Realm Demons appeared.
• They returned to the Hope Star Sea and found its civilizations and the Myriad Realms Joint Governance Council flourishing.
• Ling Yun opened a small world amid the primordial Chaos Qi and built a bamboo pavilion named Chaos Heaven.
• Ling Yun and Gu Yuena made Chaos Heaven their home, where they discussed the Dao, tended Chaos Spirit Roots, and welcomed old friends.
• Ling Yun studied the broken stele and the mysteries of the Epochal Tribulation and Sea of Nothingness without rushing to force answers.
• Chaos Heaven became a legend and a stabilizing presence in the star sea, as Ling Yun and Gu Yuena lived in harmony with the Dao.

Several hundred years passed as the Hope Star Sea prospered under the Myriad Realms Joint Governance Council, and the worlds enjoyed peace and flourishing civilizations. Ling Yun and Gu Yuena watched the golden age unfold in a scroll of scenes, content that their efforts had protected this future.

• Several hundred years passed, and the Hope Star Sea and the Council system grew prosperous under Tang San's governance.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar and Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun and Bai Chenxiang, and Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong each lived out peaceful and fulfilling lives across the realms.
• Tang Wulin rose as a leading young figure, while Di Tian and Bi Ji fostered harmony between humans and soul beasts.
• Venerable Brilliance retired from the Myriad Realms Council and entered seclusion as a new chairman took his place.
• Ling Yun showed Gu Yuena visions of the golden age, and they embraced, grateful that their sacrifices had protected it.

Ling Yun and Gu Yuena lived quietly in Clear Breeze, where an old teacher entertained children with exaggerated tales of Ling Yun’s legendary battles. They embraced their peaceful mortal life and planned to help a neighbor harvest wheat the next day.

• Tie Zhu and Xiao Hua asked the old teacher to retell the story of Celestial Venerable Ling Yun fighting the Annihilation Sovereign.
• The old teacher embellished Ling Yun’s feats as the children listened in amazement.
• Ling Yun and Gu Yuena passed by in disguise and joked about how the stories changed with each telling.
• Ling Yun and Gu Yuena returned to their home, where Gu Yuena watered the vegetables and Ling Yun split firewood.
• Gu Yuena suggested they help Auntie Li’s family harvest wheat the following day, and Ling Yun agreed.

A thousand years after the Calamity of Annihilation, Ling Yun and Gu Yuena reflected on the star sea’s recovery and their peaceful life in Chaos Heaven. They accepted that their own legend had ended and looked toward the countless new stories yet to unfold.

• Ling Yun and Gu Yuena sat together in Chaos Heaven, watching scenes from across the realms appear in the Chaos Cloud Sea.
• Ling Yun recalled the star sea’s recovery and the friends and younger generations who had visited them over the past millennium.
• Gu Yuena wondered whether they had become too idle, and Ling Yun said they had fought to let the world develop in peace according to its own laws.
• Ling Yun and Gu Yuena imagined new heroes and civilizations arising across the unknown reaches of the star sea.
• Ling Yun and Gu Yuena held hands and agreed that the future held promise as they watched the peaceful star sea.

Ling Yun and Gu Yuena sensed a new Seed of the World forming in the void, marking the birth of a fresh era after annihilation. Ling Yun sent it a fragment of Heart Light as a blessing, and the story ended with hope shining into the world’s limitless future.

• Ling Yun sensed a new life stirring at the edge of Hope Star Sea, where no laws or civilizations had yet formed.
• Gu Yuena recognized the faint life fluctuations as a brand-new Seed of the World being born from nothingness.
• Ling Yun said the Seed’s birth meant the era had moved beyond annihilation and that their mission was complete.
• Gu Yuena reflected that their legend had ended as the newborn world’s story began.
• Ling Yun sent a fragment of Heart Light toward the Seed of the World to nourish and protect it.