Chapter Summaries

The God of Death confronted the Star God over Lin Li, his disciple and successor, accusing him of overstepping his bounds. The God of Death attacked, but the Star God dismissed his power and declared that he was invincible in the Eternal Star Sea.

• The God of Death appeared in the Eternal Star Sea and accused the Star God of interfering with Lin Li, his disciple and successor.
• The Star God mocked the God of Death for Lin Li’s sake and urged him to give up on her and focus on his own strength.
• The God of Death unleashed his divine power and swung the Death God Scythe, sending icy chains toward the Star God.
• The Star God dissolved the chains with ripples across the Eternal Star Sea, surprising the God of Death with his strength.
• The God of Death launched another attack with countless vengeful souls, and the Star God declared himself invincible in the Eternal Star Sea.

Star God and God of Death attacked the Douluo Continent’s fate in response to Asura’s interference, but a cold voice interrupted them. At Star Crown Sect, Xu Changhe welcomed Lin Li and her companion as Lin Li confronted the home she had long wanted to see with unexpected emptiness.

• God of Death warned Star God that Asura had gathered more of the Douluo Continent’s fate onto an otherworldly soul, endangering a girl’s path to godhood.
• Star God reached God King-tier and joined God of Death in devouring the star cluster’s scarlet divine power, until an unseen voice commanded, “Insolence!”
• Xu Changhe and the Star Crown Sect’s followers waited outside the great hall for the arrival of the sect’s famed God of Death.
• Lin Li and a man emerged from a formation at Star Crown Sect, and Lin Li felt irritated and hollow as she looked upon the home Lin Yan had often described.

Xu Ling and Lin Li arrived at the Star Crown Sect after Xu Ling became the Titled Douluo Star Sea. Lin Li silenced Xu Wei’s disrespect and continued toward the council hall, while Xu Ling threatened those he suspected of plotting against them.

• Xu Changhe congratulated Xu Ling on becoming a Titled Douluo and learned that his title was Star Sea.
• Xu Wei demanded that Lin Li pay her respects to the Star Crown Sect’s elders, and Lin Li seized him with a terrifying force.
• Xu Changhe begged Lin Li to spare Xu Wei, so she threw him down and kicked him aside as she headed to the council hall.
• Xu Ling mocked several people in the crowd and warned that he would deal with them personally.
• An elderly man in a black robe stepped forward and angrily asked Xu Ling whether he had caused enough trouble.

Xu Ling intimidated Xu You and the gathered relatives before entering the Star Crown Sect's family council hall. Inside, Xu Changhe welcomed Lin Li as she surveyed the solemn hall.

• Xu Ling crushed Xu You's cane with his Titled Douluo pressure and mocked him for provoking Xu Wei.
• Xu You taunted Xu Ling about losing a descendant, so Xu Ling slapped him and recalled how Xu You's third son had been killed.
• Xu Ling warned the relatives to watch what they said or face the same fate as the Clear Sky Sect's victims.
• Xu Xingwan asked Xu Changkong whether Xu Ling was always so domineering, and Xu Changkong warned her not to anger her aunt.
• Xu Changhe invited Lin Li into the family council hall, where she admired its refined and solemn appearance.

At a Star Crown Sect gathering, Lin Li rejected the sect’s claim on her after helping destroy the Clear Sky Sect. She challenged Xu Changhe’s attempt to bind her to the sect, ending with a threat that she might attack him.

• The Great Elder gave Lin Li his seat, and Xu Changhe announced that the Star Crown Sect could claim the title of the continent’s number one sect.
• Lin Li stayed seated while the sect members congratulated Xu Changhe, and no one dared confront her.
• Lin Li said she had destroyed the Clear Sky Sect for personal reasons and would leave the Star Crown Sect to pursue other matters.
• Xu Changhe argued that Lin Li’s family ties meant she could not abandon the sect, while Xu Ling stood behind her in silence.
• Lin Li mocked Xu Changhe’s claim and asked whether he truly thought she would not dare hurt him.

Lin Li confronted the Star Crown Sect elders over their treatment of her parents and demanded that their memorial tablets be enshrined in the ancestral hall. When Xu Changhe refused, Lin Li unleashed a Phoenix attack against him.

• Lin Li overwhelmed Xu Changhe with soul pressure, forced him to kneel, and warned the assembly that she answered to no one.
• Xu Xinghua challenged Xu Ling to explain Lin Li’s conduct, and Lin Li condemned the sect for casting out her parents and trying to control her through family ties.
• Lin Li withdrew her soul pressure, then demanded that the Star Crown Sect enshrine Xu Leyan and her mother’s memorial tablets in its ancestral hall.
• Xu Changhe refused to let the sect pay respects to Lin Li’s parents, and Lin Li’s killing intent and soul pressure began to rise again.
• A Phoenix Cry rang out as a magnificent feather shot toward Xu Changhe.

Gong Changge revealed his past with the Star Crown Sect and asked Lin Li and Xu Ling to help protect it, and Lin Li agreed despite having little time to stay. After leaving the hall, Lin Li explained that she had spared Qian Daoliu to keep the Angel lineage restraining Fallen Soul Masters and protect ordinary people.

• Gong Changge revealed that he had fallen in love with someone from the Star Crown Sect and had spent decades with them, then asked Lin Li and Xu Ling to protect the sect.
• Lin Li agreed to help the Star Crown Sect but warned Gong Changge that she would have little time to stay there.
• Xu Ling asked Lin Li why she had not killed Qian Daoliu when she had the chance.
• Lin Li told Xu Ling that destroying the Angel lineage would leave ordinary people exposed to Fallen Soul Masters.
• The God of Death observed Lin Li's choice and approved of the kindness she had preserved.

Gong Changge forced Xu Changhe and the Star Crown Sect to accept Xu Leyan and Bai Yuan's memorial tablets in the ancestral shrine. After Lin Li completed the ceremony, her cultivation rose, and Xu Changhe invited her and Xu Ling to a banquet at Phoenix Hall.

• Gong Changge used his Spiritual Power to silence the council hall and pressured Xu Changhe to agree to honor Xu Leyan and his wife.
• Xu Changhe ordered the Star Crown Sect members to go to the ancestral shrine and welcome the tablets.
• Lin Li offered incense at the shrine before Xu Changhe arrived with the sect members.
• Lin Li handed Xu Changhe the tablets of Xu Leyan and Bai Yuan, and Xu Ling and Xu Changhe placed them in the shrine as the gathered sect members knelt.
• Lin Li's cultivation rose after the tablets were placed, and Xu Changhe invited her and Xu Ling to a banquet at Phoenix Hall.

Lin Li and Xu Ling went to Phoenix Hall for the Star Crown Sect’s welcome banquet, where Xu Changhe toasted Lin Li and welcomed her home. Xu Changkong and Xu Xingwan also headed to the hall, while Xu Xingwan admired Lin Li’s strength and independence.

• Xu Changhe left the ancestral hall for Phoenix Hall, followed by the white-haired elders, while the younger Star Crown Sect disciples stayed behind.
• Xu Ling invited Lin Li to the welcome banquet, and the two went to Phoenix Hall.
• Xu Xingwan envied Lin Li’s strength and freedom, while Xu Changkong recalled how Lin Li’s spirit bone had helped him advance to Spirit King.
• Xu Changkong took Xu Xingwan to Phoenix Hall to see their aunt and the Seventh Elder.
• At the banquet, Xu Changhe toasted Lin Li and welcomed her home, and Lin Li returned the toast.

Lin Li left the Star Crown Sect and was ambushed in the forest by the Shrek group, whom she quickly overwhelmed with her abilities. Just as her Moon Blade was about to strike them, a blood-red ripple and sword radiance intervened, and Lin Li turned her anger toward the heavens.

• Lin Li left the Star Crown Sect and entered the forest on her way to Death Valley.
• A Tang Sect poison needle flew at Lin Li, and the Shrek group revealed themselves with a coordinated attack.
• Lin Li used the Abyssal Fallen God Formation to seal the Shrek group's attacks and suppress their spirit abilities.
• Lin Li formed a Moon Blade and sent it toward the trapped Shrek group.
• A blood-red ripple and sharp sword radiance blocked Lin Li's blow, and she angrily looked toward the heavens.

Tang Chen intervened when Lin Li attacked, but the Dark Gold Bat King seized control of him and forced him to fight her. Tang Chen rescued Tang San and the others and fled, while Lin Li survived and headed for Death Valley to continue her trials.

• Tang Chen arrived and confronted Lin Li over the destruction of the Clear Sky Sect, then attacked her with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Lin Li revealed her nine scarlet-red Spirit Rings, while the Dark Gold Bat King’s influence drove Tang Chen into a bloodthirsty frenzy.
• Lin Li recognized the King of Slaughter within Tang Chen, and Tang Chen briefly regained control to unleash his ninth spirit ability.
• Lin Li survived Tang Chen’s attack by recovering inside a chaotic-colored egg, while Tang Chen struggled against the Dark Gold Bat King.
• Tang Chen tore open space and carried Tang San and the others away, deciding to seek help from a Clear Sky Sect disciple.
• Lin Li acknowledged the gap between herself and Tang Chen and went to Death Valley to find the Death God Core and complete her sixth trial.

After Tang Chen’s attack knocked Lin Li back to level 92, she traveled to Death Valley and confronted illusions drawn from her memories. She exposed the figure on the throne as the Death God, leaving their encounter poised to begin.

• Lin Li blamed Tang Chen, Tang San, and the Tang family after her level fell from 93 to 92 and her Immortal Phoenix Body needed a day to recover.
• Lin Li entered Death Valley and found it transformed into a scene like Soul Town Village, with a blood moon, ghostly figures, and a phantom challenging her choice to abandon revenge.
• A figure resembling Bai Yuan appeared, but Lin Li rejected it as unlike the woman she remembered and attacked it with a phoenix feather.
• Lin Li’s attack triggered a Phoenix Cry as the blood-moon village collapsed and a palace rose from its ruins.
• A shadowy figure on the throne questioned why the God of Death had sent Lin Li, and she recognized him as the Death God.

The God of Death empowered Lin Li with the Heart of the Death God, then attacked the Asura Palace over Asura’s interference in the battle with Tang Chen. Asura confronted him and threatened to strip away his authority and prevent his inheritor from becoming a god.

• Lin Li explained that he recognized the God of Death because Tang Chen would not have retreated without a stronger threat.
• The God of Death gave Lin Li the Heart of the Death God and declared that he would punish the God King responsible for the demigod’s actions.
• The God of Death flew to the Asura Palace and struck its defenses with Death God Slash.
• The Asura God emerged with the Asura Demon Sword as the God of Death accused him of breaking the law and targeting Lin Li.
• Asura unleashed his God Skill and threatened to take some of the God of Death’s authority and block his inheritor from becoming a god.

God of Death and Asura God clashed over Asura God’s interference with God of Death’s successor, until the other God Kings intervened. God of Death demanded an explanation and threatened to share the burden of Dragon God’s legacy with them.

• Asura God launched Asura Judgment at God of Death, who unleashed his God King power and a freezing halo in response.
• Rakshasa God stayed in her palace and sent her Divine Sense toward the City of Slaughter.
• The Goddess of Life and three other God Kings appeared, and the Goddess of Life used her power to calm the aftermath of the clash.
• God of Death accused Asura God of repeatedly interfering with his successor and demanded an explanation from the assembled God Kings.
• God of Death threatened to leave them everything Dragon God had left him so they could experience his suffering.

The God Kings sealed the Asura God and warned him not to interfere with the lower realm, forcing him to withdraw while he threatened the God of Death. In Death Valley, the God of Death found that Lin Li’s Soul Power and Spiritual Power were beginning to transform, though her progress still required time.

• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life jointly sealed the Asura God as the Evil God King warned him to stay out of the lower realm.
• The Asura God yielded to the God Kings’ combined strength, threatened them and the God of Death, then left the God Realm.
• The God of Death traveled to Death Valley after the Asura God departed.
• After a week in the mortal realm, Lin Li had transformed one-third of her Soul Power into divine power and her Spiritual Power was changing toward Divine Sense.
• The God of Death realized Lin Li needed only to accumulate more power to become a Deity, but the Heart of the Death God’s transformation had to wait until half her Soul Power became divine power.

Tang Chen reunited with Bo Saixi in the Sea God Palace and asked her to help his great-grandson become a god. Bo Saixi reacted with fury, but the Sea God appeared before the confrontation could escalate.

• Bo Saixi sensed intruders in her chambers and recognized Tang Chen among the group.
• Tang Chen and Bo Saixi shared an emotional reunion before Ma Hongjun interrupted them.
• Bo Saixi challenged Tang Chen for bringing outsiders to Sea God Island, though Tang San noticed her teasing expression.
• Tang Chen asked Bo Saixi to help his great-grandson become a god, provoking her anger and killing intent.
• The Sea God appeared with the Golden Trident, and Bo Saixi and the seven Guardian Douluos prostrated themselves before him.

The Sea God named Tang San his successor and told him to retrieve the Heart of the Sea God to complete his ascension. He banished Tang Chen from Sea God Island, then assigned assessments to Tang San and his companions before disappearing.

• The Sea God declared Tang San his successor and ordered Bo Saixi and the Guardian Douluo to help him become a god.
• The Sea God told Tang San that he needed to fuse with the Heart of the Sea God to fully gain divine power.
• The Sea God banished Tang Chen from Sea God Island because the Dark Gold Bat King's influence had tainted him.
• Tang Chen left after taking one last look at Bo Saixi, who struggled with conflicting feelings about his departure.
• The Sea God bestowed a golden assessment on Tang San and black assessments on Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun, while Ning Rongrong received only a Black-level Assessment.
• The Sea God's figure dissipated as the final curtain of light appeared.

Lin Li passed the God of Death’s Sixth Trial, transformed her Soul Power, and gained a second Soul Core. The God of Death then began her Seventh Trial: subduing the powerful Death God Scythe and reaching Level 95.

• Lin Li completed her divine power transformation, forming Lycoris radiata totems and an Extreme Fire Soul Core alongside her existing Soul Core.
• The God of Death announced that the Sixth Trial was passed, raised the age of all Lin Li’s spirit rings by fifty thousand years, and set her Seventh Trial.
• Lin Li’s transformed Soul Power rose by two levels as her spirit rings absorbed the trial’s energy.
• The God of Death forbade Deities from the Divine Realm from interfering in the lower realm, easing Lin Li’s concerns about confronting Tang San.
• The God of Death summoned the Death God Scythe and challenged Lin Li to subdue the Super Divine Artifact.

Lin Li passed the Death God Scythe’s trial and received the Death God’s mark, while a silver-robed youth offered her five soul rings and warned that the Rakshasa God’s actions could spark war on Douluo Continent. The youth left the Ninth Trial and his Divine Inheritance for Lin Li to face later.

• The God of Death warned Lin Li that the Death God Scythe was powerful and vicious, and Lin Li seized it to begin her trial.
• Lin Li endured the scythe’s attacks and absorbed their energy, completing the process far faster than the God of Death had expected.
• The God of Death eased the pressure and sent a dark book phantom into Lin Li’s mind, after which the Death God Scythe formed a mark on her forehead.
• A silver-robed youth arrived and offered Lin Li five soul rings formed from ancient Starry Sky Soul Beast true spirits, naming the demon whale and Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign as candidates for her Eighth Trial.
• The youth warned that the Rakshasa God’s latest harvest of Fallen Soul Masters’ Faith in the Asura God could lead to war, then departed and told the God of Death to notify him about the Ninth Trial.

Lin Li trained with the Death God Scythe in Death Valley and received five God-Bestowed Soul Rings for her second martial soul. The God of Death explained that she would remain at level ninety-nine until completing her Ninth Trial and succeeding him as Death God.

• Lin Li unleashed the Death God Scythe in Death Valley until the God of Death warned her she was about to damage it.
• The God of Death gave Lin Li five God-Bestowed Soul Rings suited to her Dragon Phoenix Yin-Yang Crown and said she could not yet pass the Seventh Trial.
• Lin Li considered her missing spirit rings and four remaining soul bones for her second martial soul.
• The God of Death told Lin Li that his divine position was now God King-tier and that her Soul Power would remain compressed to level ninety-nine until she completed the Ninth Trial.
• The God of Death ordered Lin Li to absorb the five God-Bestowed Soul Rings.