Chapter Summaries

Toad Tang San returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy shaken by Ah Rou’s claims about his origins and tried to complete the Evil Emperor’s trial by soaking in his own pus. On Sea God Island, Xu Xin tried to recruit Xiao Bai as his mount by promising revenge, then appeared before Bo Saixi and mentioned Qian Daoliu’s feelings for her.

• Toad Tang San left the Star Dou Great Forest after a month, doubting whether he was truly a toad and wondering if his mother had transformed into one.
• Toad Tang San returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and soaked in pus to attempt the Evil Emperor’s first trial, but noticed no effect.
• A crimson High Priest trial appeared over Sea God Island, and Bo Saixi questioned Xu Ruohan and Feng Xiaotian about their Shadow Hall origins.
• Xu Xin asked Xiao Bai to become his mount and offered to kill the Evil Orca King for her, but she refused and ran toward Sea Horse Holy Lord.
• Xu Xin appeared before Bo Saixi and said he had come to see the woman Qian Daoliu had pined after for years.

Xu Xin left Sea God Island after telling Bo Saixi that Tang Chen was dead, then encountered the Evil God King above the sea. The Evil God King offered Xu Xin his divine inheritance, but Xu Xin refused it.

• Xu Xin told Bo Saixi that Tang Chen had died, and Feng Xiaotian confirmed the news when she asked.
• Bo Saixi left in a daze, while Feng Xiaotian and the others continued their divine trials.
• Xu Xin appeared above the sea and searched for the million-year Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• The Evil God King appeared in the darkness and revealed that he had been watching Xu Xin.
• The Evil God King asked Xu Xin to become his inheritor, but Xu Xin said he was not interested in the divine position.

Xu Xin declined the Evil God King's inheritance for himself and instead proposed candidates among his children and acquaintances. The Evil God King revealed that he had unknowingly disrupted the Asura God King's plan to send a soul to the Douluo Continent, leaving Xu Xin grateful that the soul had not become his child.

• Xu Xin turned down the Evil God King's divine inheritance, claiming he wanted to create his own divine position, and asked the Evil God King to consider his son instead.
• Xu Xin proposed that the Destruction God King and Life God King assess his daughter, and that the Kindness God King consider his disciple; he refused to involve the Asura God King because of their grudge.
• Xu Xin told the Evil God King that he had fought the soul sent by the Asura God and destroyed its inheritance grounds.
• The Evil God King explained that he had interrupted the Asura God King's scheme after encountering him in the God Realm and watching him send a soul away.
• Xu Xin realized that the soul might otherwise have become his child and thanked the Evil God King for inadvertently preventing it.

Xu Xin persuaded the Evil God King to consider passing on godhood through a “One Body, Two Gods” arrangement, and the Evil God King brought the proposal to the other God Kings. The Life and Destruction God Kings decided to investigate Xu Xin’s daughter as a possible successor, while Destruction went to confront Asura.

• Xu Xin suggested that the Evil God King and Kindness God King pass on their godhoods through a “One Body, Two Gods” arrangement, and the Evil God King agreed to discuss it.
• The Evil God King told Kindness, Destruction, and Life about Xu Xin’s proposal and Asura’s interference in the mortal world.
• Life and Destruction agreed that Xu Xin’s daughter might be suitable because life force and destructive power coexisted within her.
• Life set out to find Xu Xin’s daughter, while Destruction went to watch Asura and confront him about breaking the God Realm’s rules.
• Asura arrived at the God Realm Center and found Destruction waiting for him with a smile.

Xu Xin taunted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, then traveled with Bi Ji to the Far North to find the million-year-old Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. After discovering Tian Meng was nearly defenseless, they considered capturing him as a cultivation resource.

• The Destruction God King began watching the Asura God whenever he was on duty, preventing him from looking for another opportunity.
• Xu Xin attacked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, mocked his weakness, and left after promising to test him with three punches next time.
• Xu Xin and Bi Ji traveled to the Far North, where Xu Xin used his Spiritual Power to locate the sleeping Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Xu Xin woke Tian Meng and told Bi Ji he had no real combat ability.
• Bi Ji suggested capturing Tian Meng for cultivation, and Tian Meng panicked at the prospect.

Xu Xin revealed his overwhelming Ghost Shadow Legion to subdue the Ice Empress in the Far North. The Snow Empress and Atai arrived, bringing all three Heavenly Kings before Xu Xin, who said he no longer needed to search for them one by one.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked to hide with Xu Xin as the cavern collapsed, and Xu Xin took Bi Ji outside with the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• The Ice Empress emerged and demanded Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, then attacked Xu Xin and Bi Ji with ice crystals.
• Xu Xin and Bi Ji countered the Ice Empress, and Xu Xin summoned four hundred and fifty Limit Douluo Ghost Shadow Soldiers to surround her.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm swore allegiance to Xu Xin, while the Ice Empress realized she could neither win nor escape.
• The Snow Empress arrived and offered to apologize for the Ice Empress, while Atai rushed in and froze at the sight of the Ghost Shadow Legion.
• Xu Xin identified the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Atai as the Far North's Three Heavenly Kings and said he no longer needed to find them separately.

Xu Xin visited Snow Empress in the Far North and offered to make her and the other soul beasts gods. After Bi Ji showed them proof that the God Realm barred soul beasts from godhood, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the Titan Snow Demon King learned that their cultivation had been denied a future.

• Xu Xin dismissed the 450 Limit Douluo and asked Snow Empress to speak with him at her palace.
• Xu Xin told Snow Empress that he had come to make her a god, exciting Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and surprising the others.
• Xu Xin explained that the God Realm prevented soul beasts from becoming gods, and that only the Dragon God's return could change this.
• Bi Ji confirmed Xu Xin's claims and showed Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the Titan Snow Demon King memories from Gu Yuena.
• Ice Empress punched an ice pillar in anger after learning that soul beasts could not become gods.

Xu Xin brought Snow Empress and Ice Empress to the Ghost Shadow Kingdom after Snow Empress agreed to leave the Far North and pursue godhood. He gave Snow Empress the Leisu Mask and sent her to begin her five-trial god test, leaving Ice Empress worried as the group waited for her return.

• Snow Empress agreed to go with Xu Xin, while Titan Snow Demon King stayed behind to protect the Far North and Xiao Bai.
• Xu Xin transported Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the others to the Ghost Shadow Kingdom and showed them its eight palaces.
• Xu Xin gave Snow Empress the Leisu Mask, which increased all her attributes by ninety percent when she put it on.
• Xu Xin took the group to Shadow Hall and directed Snow Empress to sit on the Rasu Throne to begin her god trial.
• Snow Empress disappeared to undertake five trials, and Xu Xin reassured the anxious Ice Empress that Snow Empress would survive.

Xu Xin left Ice Empress in the Ghost Shadow Kingdom to wait for Snow Empress, then took Sky Dream Ice Silkworm out to sea and explained his plan for him to become a soul ring. Tian Meng agreed after Xu Xin promised his soul would survive and he would receive a new body.

• Ice Empress chose to stay in the Ghost Shadow Kingdom and supervise the construction of Snow Empress's house while Snow Empress underwent her divine trial.
• Xu Xin took Bi Ji and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm out over the sea, where Tian Meng pleaded to avoid becoming a soul ring.
• Xu Xin explained that Tian Meng would give up his bug body but keep his soul, and Xu Xin would give him a new body after becoming a god.
• Xu Xin asked Tian Meng to help his daughter perfect something, and Tian Meng enthusiastically agreed to sacrifice himself for his grandniece.

Xu Xin brought Tian Meng to Sea God Island, where Tian Meng sacrificed himself to help Xu Ruo Ruo awaken her spiritual sea and reach Soul Power level 50 while remaining alive within her. After the sacrifice, Xu Xin sensed that Gu Yuena was in danger and hurried away.

• Bi Ji stayed behind to keep Ice Empress company, while Xu Xin flew to Sea God Island with Tian Meng concealed by Ghost Shadow Kingdom energy.
• Xiao Bai tried to stop Xu Xin and was fascinated by the talking Tian Meng, but Xu Xin vanished and continued to the Sea God's Light and Sea God Stairs.
• Xu Xin took Xu Ruo Ruo away from her cultivation and told her that Tian Meng would become her fifth soul ring and help shape her future path.
• Tian Meng began his million-year sacrifice, sealed part of his power, opened Xu Ruo Ruo's spiritual sea, and raised her Soul Power to level 50.
• Tian Meng survived inside Xu Ruo Ruo's spiritual sea, and Xu Ruo Ruo told Xiao Bai and the others that he was still alive.
• Xu Xin sensed that Aunt Na'er was in danger, told Xu Ruo Ruo to tell Tian Meng he would help him with his body later, and disappeared into the darkness.

After Tian Meng sacrificed himself to empower Xu Ruoruo, Xu Xin learned that Gu Yuena had been pulled into Dragon Valley. He absorbed the sealed realm into the Ghost Shadow Kingdom to reach her, awakening the Dragon God's aura and drawing the attention of the God Kings.

• Xu Ruoruo told Bo Saixi that Tian Meng was a million-year spirit beast and went to take her god test, while Xiao Bai followed with questions.
• Di Tian told Xu Xin that Gu Yuena had been sucked into Dragon Valley when its seal broke and that the barrier had closed behind her.
• Xu Xin decided to absorb Dragon Valley into the Ghost Shadow Kingdom, and Di Tian and the other fierce beasts agreed.
• Xu Xin wore the Tara Mask and absorbed the Dragon Valley secret realm, then disappeared as the sky returned to normal.
• A golden giant dragon in the God Realm sensed the Dragon God's aura and demanded that Asura let it out, but the five God Kings confirmed its seal remained intact.

Xu Xin freed Dragon Valley from its seal and found Gu Yuena recovering among the souls of dragons who had fallen in the God Realm war. Gu Yuena awoke nearly healed, and the dragon souls’ celebration stirred Di Tian and Zi Ji to take dragon forms.

• Asura God and the other gods left after confirming the Golden Dragon King remained sealed, while Kindness and Evil God King discussed potential inheritors and divine trials.
• Dai Weisi investigated the darkness covering the place where the sky had split and ordered General Gels to guard it.
• Xu Xin called Di Tian out and revealed that Dragon Valley rested on the body of the Dragon God within the Ghost Shadow Kingdom.
• Xu Xin used Dark Energy to consume Dragon Valley’s seal until it shattered, allowing several figures to rush inside.
• Di Tian recognized the dragon souls as fallen relatives from the God Realm war, and Xu Xin found Gu Yuena healing among them.
• Gu Yuena awoke and thanked the dragon souls; their roars prompted Di Tian and Zi Ji to transform into dragons.

Gu Yuena reunited with Xu Xin in Dragon Valley and discussed her recovery, her path to becoming a God King, and her plan to devour the Golden Dragon King. Xu Xin moved Dragon Valley into Ghost Shadow Kingdom and prepared Di Tian and the others to unify Sun Moon Continent.

• Gu Yuena greeted Xu Xin after the dragon souls celebrated her success, and the two embraced while Di Tian and the others left Dragon Valley.
• Gu Yuena told Xu Xin she had nearly healed and could use the Ika Mask to overcome Ghost Shadow Kingdom's restriction on God Kings by inheriting its divine position.
• Gu Yuena explained that she intended to devour the Golden Dragon King because they had to consume each other to advance beyond their divided origins.
• Xu Xin moved Dragon Valley into the eastern region of Ghost Shadow Kingdom after Gu Yuena proposed using it as a trial ground for soul beasts undergoing tribulations.
• Xu Xin asked Di Tian to unify Sun Moon Continent and said Er Long would accompany him while Bi Ji's Soul Tools were introduced there.

Xu Xin took Gu Yuena to eavesdrop on a meeting in Star Luo Palace, where the remaining powers plotted to defeat Spirit Hall and Shadow Hall after Toad Tang San became a god. The factions united to support Tang San and prepare their forces, while Xu Xin watched their plans from the shadows.

• Xu Xin arranged for Liu Erlong, Bi Ji, and others to travel by ship toward the Star Luo Empire, while he took Gu Yuena there to watch a meeting.
• Ning Fengzhi told the Star Luo Emperor that Sword Douluo had gone into seclusion, concealing that he had taken Ning Rongrong away.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Toad Tang San about his divine examination, and Tang San said he had completed the first examination but could not yet restore Yu Xiao Gang's Roaring Three Cannons.
• Ning Fengzhi and the Star Luo Emperor agreed to secretly unite their forces, train their armies, and wait for Toad Tang San to become a god before counterattacking Spirit Hall and Shadow Hall.
• The gathered powers agreed to support Toad Tang San and coordinate their plans, and the meeting later became known as the Clown Meeting.

Ning Fengzhi and the other powers plotted to use Xiao Wu’s family to force her to sacrifice herself for Toad Tang San, hoping to gain her and her relatives’ Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. The chapter ended with the group questioning how they could locate Xiao Wu in the vast, dangerous Star Dou Great Forest, and Ning Fengzhi claiming he had a solution.

• Ning Fengzhi sent Toad Tang San away with Dai Weisi before the powers discussed their plans.
• Ning Fengzhi told the gathered leaders about the Spirit Beast Transformation, and Yu Yuanzhen sealed Yu Xiao Gang’s mouth when he interrupted.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed using Xiao Wu’s family to force her to sacrifice herself and suggested the others could hunt her relatives for their treasures.
• Gu Yuena condemned the humans’ plan, while Xu Xin noted that Xiao Wu’s family would be difficult to defeat and might be impossible to find.
• Tang Xiao, Yu Yuanzhen, and the Star Luo Emperor questioned how they could find Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Ning Fengzhi claimed it would not be difficult.

Ning Fengzhi proposed luring Xiao Wu out by spreading claims about Xiao San and Ma Hongjun, prompting the factions to search the Star Dou Great Forest while secretly coveting the soul beasts for themselves. After Xu Xin and Gu Yuena left, Ning Fengzhi told Bone Douluo that he expected the factions to act on their greed and revealed that he intended to fish in troubled waters.

• Ning Fengzhi suggested spreading news that Xiao San was suffering so Xiao Wu would reveal herself, whether she cared for Xiao San or Ma Hongjun.
• The Star Luo Emperor and the other factions agreed to send people into the Star Dou Great Forest, each hoping to claim the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts for their own sects.
• Xu Xin and Gu Yuena watched the meeting from the shadows, judged the factions divided and foolish, and left Star Luo Palace unnoticed.
• After the meeting, Bone Douluo warned Ning Fengzhi that the factions would not treat Xiao San kindly, and Ning Fengzhi admitted he knew they were pursuing their own interests.
• Ning Fengzhi told Bone Douluo that the soul beasts would be difficult to hunt and said he had proposed the plan to fish in troubled waters, leaving Bone Douluo wondering whether he had another scheme.

Ning Fengzhi revealed his plan to have Bone Douluo capture Xiao Wu and use her sacrifice to secure Tang San’s gratitude. After a month of waiting, Tang San returned to the Toad Heavenly Emperor’s trial space, where Evil Emperor began the second trial and Tang San asked whether his mother was really a toad.

• Ning Fengzhi told Bone Douluo to watch the other factions and seize Xiao Wu so she could be made to sacrifice herself for Tang San.
• The Clear Sky Sect and the Star Luo, Heaven Dou, and Blue Lightning factions began moving through the Star Dou Great Forest as rumors about Tang San spread.
• Tang San waited a month for the second trial, then passed out after calling for the senior and woke before the Toad Heavenly Emperor’s statue.
• Evil Emperor claimed he had needed time to gather energy and announced that the second trial concerned Tang San’s mother.
• Tang San asked Evil Emperor whether his mother was really a toad.

Toad Tang San received his second trial, which tasked him with discovering his mother's origins and exposing a secret of his teacher, Yu Xiao Gang. He wrongly assumed the trial promised that his mother had a distinguished identity and decided to investigate Yu Xiao Gang.

• Toad Tang San worried that his mother had been slandered, but the Evil Emperor answered ambiguously when he asked whether she was a toad.
• Toad Tang San kowtowed to the Toad Heavenly Emperor's statue 1,001 times and received a trial to discover his mother's origins, worship his living mother, and expose Yu Xiao Gang's unknown secret.
• Toad Tang San imagined his mother came from a wealthy family, while the Evil Emperor realized his words had encouraged a mistaken assumption and sent Toad Tang San away.
• The Evil Emperor interrupted Xu Xin and Gu Yuena's date to tell Xu Xin about Toad Tang San's assumption, making Xu Xin laugh.
• After waking in Heaven Dou, Toad Tang San decided Yu Xiao Gang was the key to finding his mother and planned to control his teacher.

Toad Tang San asked Ning Fengzhi to investigate Yu Xiao Gang’s secret, and Ning Fengzhi assigned Elder Sun to monitor him. On Wednesday, Elder Sun followed the mysterious abduction of Yu Xiao Gang and Dai Mubai to Xue Beng’s hidden house, where he discovered something shocking.

• Toad Tang San decided to ask Ning Fengzhi to investigate Yu Xiao Gang and went to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed and sent Elder Sun, an eighty-eighth-level Soul Douluo skilled at concealment, to watch Yu Xiao Gang.
• On Wednesday, a Heaven Dou Empire Enshrine secretly abducted Yu Xiao Gang and Dai Mubai again, and Elder Sun followed him.
• Elder Sun tracked them to Xue Beng’s hidden house and used his Spiritual Power to witness a scene he called an enormous secret.

Elder Sun uncovered that Yu Xiao Gang, Dai Mubai, and Xue Beng met secretly, then reported the scandal to Ning Fengzhi. Toad Tang San accepted it as the secret required for his divine trial and left the exposure to Ning Fengzhi, planning to use the aftermath to improve his reputation and ask Yu Xiao Gang about his mother.

• Elder Sun watched the secret meetings and later reported what he had discovered to Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi summoned Toad Tang San and told him that Yu Xiao Gang had been meeting Dai Mubai and Xue Beng for a secret Wednesday activity.
• Toad Tang San decided the revelation fulfilled his second trial and pretended to regret exposing his teacher.
• Ning Fengzhi advised Toad Tang San to show concern for Yu Xiao Gang afterward and offered to handle the exposure.
• Toad Tang San welcomed Ning Fengzhi's help and planned to use his renewed closeness with Yu Xiao Gang to ask about his mother.