Chapter Summaries

After King Wu was devoured, Ye Qin learned that the master of Tai Xuan Tower had returned Wang Qiuer’s Eye of Destiny and killed the lord of Extreme Evil City. The master was revealed to be Ye Qin’s father, Shen Tianjian, while Ye Qin and his companions set off toward the Douluo Star System and a white-cloaked law enforcement group arrived at the city’s ruins.

• World Reversal devoured King Wu, but the lord of Extreme Evil City did not appear.
• Hu Liena and Wang Qiuer reunited with Ye Qin, and Wang Qiuer revealed that a masked elder had returned her Eye of Destiny.
• Hu Liena gave Ye Qin a letter and jade pendant from the master of Tai Xuan Tower, and Ye Qin discovered that the master was his father, Shen Tianjian.
• Shen Tianjian revealed that he had killed the lord of Extreme Evil City, then left with a Tai Xuan Tower guard as the Cosmic Elder Alliance approached.
• Wang Qiuer told Ye Qin and Gu Yuena that the Golden Dragon King had helped her escape, then the four traveled toward the Douluo Star System.
• A group of white-cloaked law enforcers arrived above the ruins of Extreme Evil City, led by a young man.

Tang San ordered the Cosmic Elder Alliance to investigate the destruction of Extreme Evil City while his master was away. As Ye Qin and the women crossed the Planar Countercurrent to leave the realm, a Divine Beast Mirage Dragon attacked, and Ye Qin struck it down.

• Tang San learned that a God King-level battle had destroyed Extreme Evil City and ordered the Alliance to find those responsible within three months.
• Tang San said his master was challenging the Immortal King Spirit Beast, Zun, for an eleventh soul ring and was expected to return in three months.
• Ye Qin led Gu Yuena, Hu Liena, and Wang Qiuer into the Planar Countercurrent, binding them together and using the Asura Sacred Sword to cut through the gale.
• Ye Qin sensed a powerful presence beneath the planar river, and a Divine Beast Mirage Dragon surged out to attack them.
• Gu Yuena gave Ye Qin the Heavenly Saint Rift Abyss Halberd, and he struck the Mirage Dragon, piercing its body and sending it back into the countercurrent.

Ye Qin and Gu Yuena fought three ancient divine beasts in the Planar Countercurrent, but the beasts had targeted Wang Qiuer all along. The Three-Headed Golden Demon Ape broke through her defenses and seized her, leaving Ye Qin roaring in despair.

• Ye Qin drove the Mirage Dragon into the countercurrent, then faced the Mirage Dragon, Black Bear, and Golden Foot Dragon as they attacked together.
• Gu Yuena joined Ye Qin in battle after his divine power began to falter, and they gradually forced the three beasts back.
• The Black Bear revealed that the beasts’ real target was Wang Qiuer, as a black hole opened behind her and Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena and Ye Qin struck at an apparent Golden Demon Ape, but it vanished as an illusion while its true body appeared above Wang Qiuer.
• Wang Qiuer transformed into the Three-Eyed Golden Lion after the ape crushed her auspicious beast power, and Ye Qin roared and used Miracle Descent.

Empress Nina rescued Ye Qin and his companions from the Golden Demon Ape, then explained the Spirit Beast Ancient Realm’s connection to Gu Yuena and Wang Qiuer. She warned Ye Qin that keeping Wang Qiuer close could bring further trouble, but he refused to give her up.

• Nina arrived with Star Lord Shenhuo and used a formation to stop the Golden Demon Ape from grabbing Wang Qiuer.
• Black Bear agreed to take the four divine beasts back to the Planar Countercurrent, and Ye Qin comforted Wang Qiuer before everyone boarded the Snow Emperor Ship.
• Nina explained that the Spirit Beast Ancient Realm was the birthplace of spirit beasts and warned that killing its divine beasts could provoke disaster.
• Nina told Ye Qin that she had come because she wanted to be his friend and to repay his help to the Wonder Realm.
• Nina warned Ye Qin that the Spirit Beast Ancient Realm might pursue Wang Qiuer because she was the last Imperial Auspicious Beast, but Ye Qin vowed not to give her up.

Ye Qin hid aboard Empress Nina’s Snow Emperor Ship as Tang San and the Spirit Witch God King questioned Nina about the destruction of Extreme Evil City. After Ye Qin admitted he had destroyed it, Nina warned that the Cosmic Elder Alliance was investigating him but pledged to stand by him.

• Nina refused Ye Qin’s offer to leave the Snow Emperor Ship, saying she considered him a friend and that the Planar Countercurrent was dangerous.
• Tang San and the Spirit Witch God King confronted Nina about her presence near the Extreme Evil Black Realm and the destruction of Extreme Evil Planet, but Nina angrily denied knowing anything.
• After the visitors left, Nina called Ye Qin out from hiding, and he admitted that he had destroyed Extreme Evil City.
• Nina explained that the Cosmic Elder Alliance was unusually involved in the investigation, while Ye Qin wondered why his father, Shen Tianjian, had pushed him toward this danger.
• Ye Qin refused to apologize to the Cosmic Elder Alliance or leave, and Nina promised she was not afraid to stand with him.

Tang San arrived with the Cosmic Elder Alliance to arrest Ye Qin, but Empress Nina intervened and revealed her half-step Dominator Realm power. Ye Qin persuaded Nina to step aside and challenged Tang San to a one-on-one fight, and both men flew above the Snow Emperor Ship as the others followed.

• Tang San emerged with Cosmic Elder Alliance officials, recognized Ye Qin, and ordered him arrested for violating the Dimensional Universe Convention.
• Empress Nina’s White Emperor’s Phantom blasted back the Alliance officials and made the Spirit Witch God King realize she had reached the half-step Dominator Realm.
• Gu Yuena, Hu Liena, and Wonder Realm experts stood with Ye Qin as Nina refused to surrender him.
• Ye Qin asked Nina to let him handle Tang San himself, then challenged Tang San to a fair fight despite Tang San’s accusation that Ye Qin had killed his father.
• Tang San accepted Ye Qin’s challenge, and they flew above the Snow Emperor Ship while the Alliance, Wonder Realm experts, Gu Yuena, and Hu Liena followed.

Ye Qin and Tang San fought in the void, but Tang San used the Void Emperor Technique to surge to God King-level strength. Ye Qin froze space-time with his God-Demon Domain, yet Tang San’s freed soul countered his attack and let his body move again.

• Tang San summoned the Thunder God Hammer and ten soul rings, while Ye Qin revealed eight red rings, one dark-gold ring, and one violet-gold ring.
• Ye Qin overpowered Tang San in their clash and drove him backward, but Tang San awakened a hidden power that transformed his eyes and lightning to violet-gold.
• Tang San used the Void Emperor Technique to augment himself until his power matched or surpassed Ye Qin’s.
• Ye Qin unleashed the God-Demon Domain and froze space-time, restraining Tang San, Gu Yuena, and the Spirit Witch God King while Empress Nina escaped beyond space-time.
• Ye Qin attacked Tang San, but Tang San’s soul emerged from his immobilized body and blocked the sword with an illusory hammer, allowing his body to move again and forcing Ye Qin to retreat.

Ye Qin defeated Tang San in their clash, but the battle was interrupted when Hai Mingzhao arrived to rescue Tang San. Empress Nina confronted the Cosmic Elder Alliance elder, who demanded that Ye Qin be handed over.

• Ye Qin combined five divine powers into the Five Saints Ultimate Kill, while Tang San used the Void Emperor Technique to unleash an Emperor Slaying Palm; their attacks collided.
• Ye Qin pierced Tang San's defenses with the Asura Sacred Sword and struck him again despite the Spirit Witch God King's threats.
• Hai Mingzhao descended with a blue-light attack, and Empress Nina intercepted him while Gu Yuena and the Spirit Witch God King carried Ye Qin and Tang San away; both combatants were knocked unconscious.
• Hai Mingzhao revealed himself as the Sea Emperor's descendant and demanded that Nina hand over Ye Qin for destroying Extreme Evil City and injuring Tang San.
• Empress Nina refused Hai Mingzhao's demand.

Nina fought Hai Mingzhao to protect Ye Qin, but their battle was interrupted by a mysterious Emperor reaching into the Planar Countercurrent. The chapter ended as Nina and Hai Mingzhao rushed to stop the hand from seizing Gu Yuena, Wang Qiuer, Hu Liena, Ye Qin, Tang San, and the Spirit Witch God King.

• Nina refused Hai Mingzhao’s demand to surrender Ye Qin and vowed to protect him.
• Hai Mingzhao summoned Sea Emperor Spirit Soldiers, but Nina’s White Emperor Battle Soul destroyed them with lightning.
• Hai Mingzhao summoned the Sea Emperor Dharma Idol and struck at Nina as she unleashed the Eye of the Thunder God.
• A colossal black-scaled hand emerged from the Planar Countercurrent and reached toward Ye Qin and Tang San, causing Nina and Hai Mingzhao’s attacks to vanish.
• Nina and Hai Mingzhao rushed to intercept the hand as it closed in on Gu Yuena, Wang Qiuer, Hu Liena, Ye Qin, Tang San, and the Spirit Witch God King.

Shen Tianjian struck at the mysterious Emperor Beast, Venerable, after it seized Ye Qin and the others, but Ye Qin fell into the Planar Countercurrent. He woke alone on a driftwood raft in an endless ocean, injured and unable to use his divine power, and began recovering while trying to survive.

• Gu Yuena and the others failed to resist the Emperor Beast, Venerable, as it sealed space and closed its hand around them.
• Shen Tianjian sensed Ye Qin’s jade pendant and sent a phantom hand to strike the Emperor Beast, Venerable, but the beast shattered it and took two people beneath the countercurrent.
• Shen Tianjian told a beautiful woman that the Emperor Beast, Venerable, had taken Ye Qin, while refusing to abandon Tai Xu Ancient City or his plan to search for him.
• Ye Qin awoke on driftwood in a vast ocean, badly injured and unable to find Gu Yuena or the others.
• After seven shichen, Ye Qin regained some movement, suspected he had fallen into the Planar Countercurrent, and drank his special tea to aid his recovery.

Stranded in the Spirit Beast Ancient Realm with his divine power unusable, Ye Qin chose the Ancestor Buddha Jade Lotus and learned that his next check-in required killing a Peak God King Fierce Beast. When a Colorful Feathered Bird stole his Primordial Return to Origin Emperor Pill, Ye Qin attacked it with a jade pot, and the bird answered with seven-colored flames.

• Ye Qin concealed his aura and hid underwater as a Divine Beast flew overhead, then surfaced after its roar faded.
• The system rewarded Ye Qin with a choice of supreme divine artifacts, and he chose the Ancestor Buddha Jade Lotus for its healing ability.
• The system announced that the Douluo Divine Court had conquered the Triangular Demon Realm and issued Ye Qin a Primordial Return to Origin Emperor Pill.
• The system assigned Ye Qin a check-in quest to kill a Peak God King Fierce Beast in the Spirit Beast Ancient Realm, with an Emperor Realm retainer as the reward.
• A Colorful Feathered Bird snatched Ye Qin's pill, and Ye Qin threw a jade pot at it before the bird spat seven-colored flames.

Ye Qin rescued Acai, a Colorful Feathered Bird, after knocking her into the sea, but she accused him of trying to kill her. A white-robed princess arrived with armed riders, and her interest shifted from the dispute to Ye Qin’s rare immortal tea and its Ao Long Dragon Scale.

• Ye Qin shattered Acai’s seven-colored flames with his jade pot, knocked her and the Primordial Emperor Pill into the sea, then rescued her and revived her with immortal tea.
• Acai woke and tried to punch Ye Qin, then cried when he scolded her and demanded answers.
• The white-robed princess arrived with Pegasus riders and ordered two guards to seize Ye Qin after Acai accused him of attacking her.
• Ye Qin threw the guards into the sea, and the princess questioned him after realizing he had not shown any divine power fluctuations.
• The princess identified most of the tea’s ingredients by scent, and Ye Qin told her it contained Divine Source Crystal and Ao Long Dragon Scale.
• The princess asked how Ye Qin had obtained the Ao Long Dragon Scale and ground it into powder.

Ye Qin and Lian Ruoxin escaped a Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's attack, and she explained the Spirit Beast Ancient Realm and its Saint Kingdom to him. Ye Qin agreed to let Lian Ruoxin ask her father to help search for his missing friends.

• Ye Qin and Lian Ruoxin flew into the sky as a Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked the soldiers, and Lian Ruoxin drove the beast back with her Holy Emperor Annihilation Spear.
• Lian Ruoxin introduced herself, and Ye Qin learned that the Saint Kingdom was on the Continent of Saints, the only human sanctuary in the Spirit Beast Ancient Realm.
• Lian Ruoxin told Ye Qin about the Emperor Beast Venerable and an outsider who had challenged it, but Ye Qin said he did not know that powerhouse.
• Lian Ruoxin made Acai apologize to Ye Qin for her earlier behavior, and Acai returned his belongings and apologized.
• Ye Qin told Lian Ruoxin he had been separated from his friends, and she offered to ask her father to help search for them from his nearby dragon ship.

Ye Qin reached the Saint Kingdom with Lian Ruoxin and asked its king, Lian Chengtian, to help locate his missing companions. After learning that Emperor Beast Venerable might have captured them, Ye Qin resolved to find Nina and Gu Yuena and grow strong enough to challenge the beast ruler.

• Lian Ruoxin led Ye Qin and his soldiers across the sea to the Saint Kingdom’s fleet, where they met King Lian Chengtian.
• Lian Chengtian recognized Ye Qin as a God King, and his ministers saluted him according to their ancestral custom.
• Ye Qin told Lian Chengtian that four companions were missing and asked for help finding them.
• Lian Chengtian recalled a powerful energy fluctuation from several days earlier and suspected Emperor Beast Venerable was responsible.
• Ye Qin feared for Wang Qiuer and planned to find Nina and Gu Yuena, recover from his injuries, and gain the strength to face Emperor Beast Venerable.

Ye Qin arrived in the Saint Kingdom with the Saint King and Lian Ruoxin, who offered him a room in her quarters while the Saint King sent the Four Great Protectors to search for news of his friends. Alone in his room, Ye Qin confirmed Gu Yuena was safe through her Heart Protecting Dragon Scale and began cultivating to recover his divine power.

• The Saint King sent the Four Great Protectors into the Ancient Realm to search for Ye Qin's friends and warned them not to alert the Beast Kings.
• Ye Qin traveled with the Saint King and Lian Ruoxin to the Saint Kingdom, where the Saint King explained its history and offered to summon doctors to treat his injuries.
• Lian Ruoxin took Ye Qin to her Sleeping Quarters and let him choose a room in her palace courtyard.
• Ye Qin discovered that Gu Yuena's Heart Protecting Dragon Scale flickered when he infused it with divine power, confirming that she was safe.
• Ye Qin summoned the Ancestor Buddha Jade Lotus and sat on its lotus seat to begin recovering his divine power.

Ye Qin used the Ancestor Buddha Jade Lotus to heal his injuries, then swallowed the Primordial Emperor Pill and lost all his divine and Soul Power as its Return to Simplicity effect reset him to zero. The system said he would need about three days to surpass his former realm, but he was expelled from the lotus and heard Lian Ruoxin knocking at his door with immortal herbs.

• The Ancestor Buddha Jade Lotus formed an invisible small world around Ye Qin and healed more than half of his injuries.
• At the Douluo Divine Court, Ye Xuan thanked the God King of Life and the Asura God King for helping suppress the Mad War Demon Lord, and the Asura God King agreed to stay.
• Yue Guan reported that an envoy from the Cosmic Elder Alliance had requested an audience, surprising everyone in the hall.
• Ye Qin swallowed the Primordial Emperor Pill, which erased his divine power and Soul Power as it returned him to zero.
• The system explained that Ye Qin would recover and surpass his former realm in about three days, but he could no longer use the jade lotus and was expelled from it.
• Lian Ruoxin knocked at Ye Qin's door and said she had brought him immortal herbs.

Ye Qin recovered in the Saint Kingdom, exchanged tea-making techniques with Empress Dowager Liu Yin, and drank with the Holy King, the Bright King, and the Shield King. After learning that humans ruled nearly every world beyond the Spirit Beast Ancient Realm, the kings celebrated the news and described humanity’s precarious survival at home; the Bright King then mentioned that the annual spirit-ring gathering would take place the next day.

• Lian Ruoxin brought Ye Qin precious medicines from the Holy Medical Hall, but he declined them, and Empress Dowager Liu Yin arrived to ask him for tea-making guidance.
• Ye Qin and Liu Yin shared their tea-making methods while Lian Ruoxin watched with some displeasure.
• The Holy King arrived with the Bright King and the Shield King, and the four men sat down to drink wine left by the Holy Emperor.
• The Bright King and the Shield King asked Ye Qin about the worlds beyond the Spirit Beast Ancient Realm, and he told them that humans ruled nearly all of them.
• The Holy King and the other kings described how humans survived beneath the Holy Emperor’s barrier and hunted spirit beasts in secret, and the Bright King said the annual spirit-ring gathering was the next day.

The Holy Emperor Wine overwhelmed Ye Qin, and the three kings of the Holy Kingdom helped him survive as he absorbed their power. After recovering in the Ancestor Buddha Jade Lotus, Ye Qin found the kings had gone to the Spirit Beast Ancient Realm and worried for their safety.

• The Holy King said the Holy Kingdom planned to obtain Spirit Rings in the Spirit Beast Ancient Realm while avoiding the awakened Emperor Beast Zun.
• The Holy Emperor Wine’s energy injured Ye Qin, so the Holy King, Bright King, and Shield King poured their divine power into him.
• Ye Qin absorbed the three kings’ power, then repelled them and entered the Ancestor Buddha Jade Lotus’s secret realm to recover.
• The Holy King, Bright King, and Shield King stayed on guard overnight while Ye Qin healed inside the Jade Lotus.
• Ye Qin emerged the next afternoon with his injuries healed and strength restored to the Early-stage God King Realm, then worried that the three kings had gone to the Spirit Beast Ancient Realm.

After recovering, Ye Qin learned about the Spirit Beast Ancient Realm and set out with Lian Ruoxin to find the Saint King and the others in Ancient God Forest. They left the Saint Kingdom’s protective array, and Ye Qin speculated that the Holy Emperor might still be alive.

• Ye Qin read about the Spirit Beast Ancient Realm and drank the soup Lian Ruoxin had prepared for him.
• Ye Qin persuaded Lian Ruoxin to guide him toward the Saint King and the others, who had gone into the Spirit Beast Ancient Realm.
• Lian Ruoxin showed Ye Qin the three mountains that formed the Saint Kingdom’s Nation Protecting Great Array, and Ye Qin wondered whether their ancestor, the Holy Emperor, was still alive.
• A lion spirit beast attacked Ye Qin after they passed beyond the great array, but Ye Qin destroyed it before it could reach him.
• Lian Ruoxin told Ye Qin that the others were headed east to Ancient God Forest, and they continued in that direction.

Ye Qin and Lian Ruoxin traveled through the Ancient God Forest while searching for Hu Liena, and Lian Ruoxin explained how humans replenished divine power in the Spirit Beast Ancient Realm. After Ye Qin sensed a Kunpeng, a Golden Winged Human attacked them, but Ye Qin escaped with Illusion Shadow and continued onward.

• Ye Qin concealed his aura with the Ring of Stars as he and Lian Ruoxin flew into the Ancient God Forest to search for Hu Liena.
• Lian Ruoxin told Ye Qin that humans could restore divine power by consuming spirit beast cores or finding a Spring of Divine Power near Old Human Ruins.
• Ye Qin sensed a Peak God King Kunpeng, identified it as a target, and then heard the Kunpeng's cry fade away.
• A Golden Winged Human appeared and repeatedly overtook Ye Qin when he tried to flee with Lian Ruoxin.
• Ye Qin used his Ninth Spirit Skill, Illusion Shadow, to deceive the Golden Winged Human and escape in another direction with Lian Ruoxin.