Chapter Summaries

Lin Li reprimanded Dugu Yan for neglecting her cultivation and warned her about the danger her devotion to Yu Tianheng could pose to her clan. After Dugu Yan affirmed she would still love him, Lin Li left for the Demon Forest, promising to return once Dugu Yan became a Soul Saint.

• Lin Li confronted Dugu Yan about remaining a Soul Emperor and wasting her time-controlling martial soul over Yu Tianheng.
• Lin Li discovered Dugu Bo hiding nearby and ordered him to keep a close eye on Yu Tianheng.
• Lin Li asked whether Dugu Yan would still love Yu Tianheng if his clan caused the Jade Phosphorous Serpent lineage to be suppressed or destroyed, and Dugu Yan said she would.
• Lin Li told Dugu Yan to take care of herself and promised to return when she reached Soul Saint before heading toward the Demon Forest.

Lin Li arrived at the Demon Forest to seek out the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign, the second-ranked Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, after becoming disappointed with Dugu Yan's devotion to Yu Tianheng. Her overwhelming spiritual power awakened the Sovereign deep inside its cave, leaving their encounter imminent.

• Lin Li decided she would no longer go out of her way to help Dugu Yan after seeing how completely her thoughts revolved around Yu Tianheng.
• Lin Li recalled that her spirit bones had begun to fuse and could eventually form the Death God Divine Armor.
• Lin Li reached the Demon Forest, home of the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign, and was attacked by a hundred-year-old Cursed Dark Crow.
• Lin Li killed the Cursed Dark Crow with a Spiritual Impact and released a wave of Spiritual Power that forced nearby Soul Beasts to prostrate themselves.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign opened its enormous eye in a cave deep within the Demon Forest.

Lin Li fought the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign in the Demon Forest, countering its Spiritual Power with her Primal Chaos abilities. After the Sovereign destroyed her Sinful Demon Feathers, Lin Li launched another attack, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign awoke and challenged the intruder in the Demon Forest.
• Lin Li summoned her Primal Chaos Phoenix, unleashed her Primal Chaos Domain, and sent chains toward the Sovereign.
• The Sovereign attacked Lin Li with a black dragon formed from its Spiritual Power, but her Primal Chaos Abyssal Waltz overwhelmed it.
• Nine Sinful Demon Feathers danced across the Sovereign and wounded it before its Spiritual Power and spatial force destroyed them.
• Lin Li used Primal Chaos—Blood Fiend Eternal Trace and drove a blood-forged spike toward the Sovereign.

Lin Li fought the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign in the Demon Forest, using her powerful soul skills and a costly time-stopping ability to defeat it. The eighth trial ended, leaving her to claim the Sovereign’s spirit ring and soul bone.

• Lin Li’s Blood Fiend Eternal Trace wounded the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign, which vowed to kill her.
• Lin Li unleashed her Abyssal Demon Phoenix, Primal Chaos Phoenix True Body, and Eternal Fall to Yama skills, trapping the Sovereign in a cage of torture.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign fired its Light of Time and a devastating attack at Lin Li.
• Lin Li activated Deliverance of All Beings, Yin-Yang Time-Space Regulation, freezing the Sovereign and the passage of time at the cost of her lifespan.
• Lin Li appeared behind the immobilized Sovereign and struck it with Soul Shattering Finger, completing the eighth trial.

Lin Li killed the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign with a Soul Shattering Finger and began absorbing its soul ring. When its consciousness resisted her in her spiritual sea, she offered it another way to survive and prepared a master-servant Spirit Soul Contract.

• Lin Li killed the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign with a Soul Shattering Finger, and its seven-gold-patterned red soul ring appeared.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign's consciousness appeared in Lin Li's spiritual sea and tried to resist as she absorbed its soul ring.
• Lin Li summoned the Star Annihilating Dragon Emperor, whose presence overwhelmed the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign's attempts to fight back.
• Lin Li offered the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign a chance to survive, and it agreed to her proposal.
• Lin Li formed a master-servant Spirit Soul Contract Array and declared that the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign would serve her eternally.

Lin Li completed the Death God’s Eighth Trial by killing the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign, reaching level ninety-nine and receiving a million-year spirit bone and the Reincarnation Plate. The Death God’s Ninth Trial began, while the Rakshasa God and Asura God considered their own plans for the succession.

• Lin Li formed a contract with the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign, reached level ninety-nine, and received the Evil God Spirit Condensed Wisdom Skull and the Reincarnation Plate from the system.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign revealed that its spirit bone was an Eye External Spirit Bone, which Lin Li stored away as useless to her.
• Lin Li completed the Death God’s Eighth Trial and received maximum Death God affinity, then received the Ninth Trial to inherit the God of Death’s divine position.
• The Rakshasa God sensed the succession announcement, planned to offer Bibi Dong a more direct Ninth Trial, and decided she still had to wait for Bibi Dong to complete the Eighth Trial.
• The Asura God heard the announcement and resolved to wait and judge whether Lin Li would follow his wishes.

Lin Li absorbed the system-awarded Head Spirit Bone, formed her third Soul Core, and gained the power to challenge the City of Slaughter’s divine magnetic field. She decided to visit Zhu Zhuqing in the Star Luo Empire and help her obtain a suitable Soul Beast.

• The Star God awoke in the Eternal Star Sea after hearing the God of Death’s Divine Sound and appeared in the moonlit sky to watch Lin Li.
• Lin Li completely absorbed the Head Spirit Bone, formed her third Soul Core, and gained a suit of armor from her fused Spirit Bones.
• With full affinity for the God of Death’s divine position, Lin Li decided she could finally take revenge on Tang Chen.
• The system assigned Lin Li an optional mission to travel to the Star Luo Empire and find a suitable Soul Beast for Zhu Zhuqing, who had reached level seventy.
• Lin Li sent out black-and-white Soul Power and vanished from the Demon Forest.

The God of Death waited for Lin Li to accept his inheritance while tending to two recovering souls in a pink bell. The Star God visited him and urged him to find a new master for the Eternal Star Sea, warning that the returning angel’s radiance could awaken old enemies.

• The God of Death reflected that Lin Li had left after completing Death God's Eighth Trial instead of accepting his inheritance.
• The God of Death silenced the wailing souls in his palace and checked on the two recovering souls inside a pink bell.
• The Star God arrived at the Death God's Divine Palace carrying a piece of the Star Sea Silver Tree, which he had split off tens of thousands of years earlier.
• The Star God explained that sacrificing the tree fragment had left him stuck at first-level god and urged the God of Death to make Lin Li accept the inheritance.
• The Star God warned that the new angel’s return could awaken old friends, and the God of Death vowed that the beast would not have it easy.

God of Death sought an Eternal Suppression Lock from Star God to strengthen the seals on a dangerous avatar and protect himself from the avatar’s successor. Star God gave him the lock, and God of Death entered a heavily sealed prison, where a Divine Official confronted him.

• God of Death vowed never to forgive the one who had made him suffer, while Star God urged him to hurry the creation of a new God of Death.
• God of Death asked Star God for an Eternal Suppression Lock, explaining that he wanted to reinforce the seal against the avatar’s successor.
• Star God warned that combining the lock with God of Death’s Death God Demonic Lock could harm the sealed being, but agreed to help.
• Star God vanished and left behind a chain of suppression power, which God of Death seized.
• God of Death entered a prison covered in seals, and a golden-armored Divine Official emerged and demanded to know who was there.

The God of Death entered the sealed chamber where the Golden Dragon King was imprisoned and punished it for helping injure him. He used a suppressing seal to ensure the Golden Dragon King could never be reborn.

• A Divine Official tried to stop the God of Death from entering under Asura God's orders, but the God of Death turned him into a wind chime.
• The God of Death found the Golden Dragon King bound to the Dragon Locking Pillar and identified it as one of the culprits who had gravely injured him.
• The Golden Dragon King insulted the God of Death, who lashed it more than a hundred times with the Guiding Divine Whip.
• The God of Death placed a silvery-white suppressing character on the Golden Dragon King and vowed to keep it from ever being reborn.

The God of Death sealed the Golden Dragon King’s divine soul, leaving it imprisoned and without hope of escape. In Star Luo City, Zhu Zhuqing remained stuck at level sixty and reflected on her isolation after Dai Mubai’s departure before her master suddenly appeared.

• The youth beneath the silver-white tree used the Star God’s power to bind the Golden Dragon King in chains.
• The God of Death sealed the Golden Dragon King’s divine soul inside a blood-red Lycoris radiata and left it trapped.
• Zhu Zhuqing cultivated in Star Luo City but remained unable to progress beyond level sixty without a Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled how her position had changed after Dai Mubai left two years earlier and realized no one had offered to help her obtain her Sixth Soul Ring.
• A brilliant Camellia appeared in Zhu Zhuqing’s palm, and her master announced their arrival.

Lin Li appeared in Zhu Zhuqing’s room, killed a woman who challenged her, and taught Zhu Zhuqing that only the strong had a place on the chessboard. The Netherworld Duke then emerged from the shadows and demanded an explanation from Zhu Zhuqing.

• Lin Li appeared in Zhu Zhuqing’s room and eased her guard with a teasing greeting.
• A black-robed woman challenged Lin Li, who killed her with a burst of Spiritual Power.
• Lin Li asked Zhu Zhuqing whether she resented the killing, then warned her that only the strong were players on the chessboard.
• The Netherworld Duke emerged from the shadows and asked Zhu Zhuqing to explain what had happened.

Lin Li confronted Zhu Hun with overwhelming force and offered the Zhu Family a favor if he could identify a battered flower. She revealed that it was a rare Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Blood God Silk Flower.

• Zhu Hun demanded an explanation from Zhu Zhuqing, but Lin Li’s nine scarlet Soul Rings and terrifying phoenix aura forced him to recognize her strength.
• Zhu Hun silently urged Zhu Zhuqing to speak, but Lin Li produced a battered, sweet-smelling vine-like flower.
• Lin Li offered the Zhu Family one request within her power if Zhu Hun could identify the flower.
• Zhu Hun admitted he did not recognize it, and Lin Li described the Sun Moon Continent and its Evil Eye Tyrants before identifying the flower as a Blood God Silk Flower.

Lin Li mocked Zhu Hun’s family for relying on the White Tiger Martial Soul and demonstrated the overwhelming power that kept him from challenging her. She offered him a choice between his daughter and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blood God Silk Flower’s soul ring and soul bone.

• Lin Li questioned Zhu Hun about the Zhu Family’s continued devotion to the Dai Family and described a parasitic Soul Beast she had killed.
• Zhu Hun took Lin Li’s remarks as an insult and warned that he could still fight her.
• Lin Li rose and used her pressure to overwhelm Zhu Hun, invoking the Clear Sky Sect as a measure of his family’s strength.
• Lin Li revealed that she had erased the Blood God Silk Flower’s intelligence and gave Zhu Hun a choice between his daughter and the flower’s soul ring and soul bone.

Lin Li pressured Zhu Hun into agreeing to dissolve Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement to Dai Mubai, citing his attempt to help kill her. She gave Zhu Hun the Blood God Silk Flower as a gift and was left thinking that her performance had ended sooner than expected.

• Lin Li considered the Blood God Silk Flower a rare prize and thought of taking advantage of Bibi Dong’s coming attack on the Star Dou Great Forest beasts to obtain the Sky Azure Bull Python for Dugu Yan.
• Zhu Hun refused to abandon Zhu Zhuqing for the Blood God Silk Flower, despite admitting that he wanted the powerful Soul Beast.
• Lin Li revealed that Dai Mubai had joined others in trying to kill her and demanded to know whether she should face a disciple whose fiancé had tried to murder her.
• Zhu Hun promised to ask the Star Luo Empire’s royal family to dissolve Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement to Dai Mubai.
• Lin Li lifted her pressure, gave Zhu Hun the Blood God Silk Flower, and warned him not to deceive or oppose her.

Lin Li told Zhu Zhuqing that Tang San had reached Sea God Island and was pursuing the Sea God’s inheritance, then laid out a demanding plan for Zhu Zhuqing’s next Soul Rings. Zhu Zhuqing questioned whether she could absorb such powerful rings, and Lin Li promised to make sure she succeeded.

• Zhu Hun left, and Lin Li told Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai and the others had reached Sea God Island and that Tang San was seeking the Sea God’s inheritance.
• Lin Li projected three feline Soul Beasts and urged Zhu Zhuqing to choose one for her Sixth Soul Ring.
• Lin Li told Zhu Zhuqing to aim for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Seventh Soul Ring and a Sixth Soul Ring of at least around sixty thousand years to complete the god’s trial.
• Zhu Zhuqing doubted she could absorb a sixty-thousand-year Soul Ring, and Lin Li assured her she would succeed, citing her confidence in the Spirit Bones she possessed.

Zhu Zhuqing chose the Moon Spirit Golden Cat as her Sixth Soul Ring, and Lin Li revealed its rare lineage and ultimate speed. Lin Li planned to travel to the distant Demon Forest and recruit promising juniors from the Star Crown Sect, leaving Zhu Zhuqing wondering whether she had a junior brother or sister there.

• Zhu Zhuqing chose the cat-shaped Soul Beast in the middle as her Sixth Soul Ring.
• Lin Li identified it as a Moon Spirit Golden Cat, a rare and powerful Soul Beast with exceptional luck and ultimate speed.
• Lin Li recalled that the Moon Spirit Golden Cat was hiding in the Demon Forest and decided to bring Zhu Zhuqing there to obtain its Soul Ring.
• Lin Li planned to visit the Star Crown Sect and bring promising juniors along to hunt Soul Beasts in the Demon Forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Lin Li whether she had a junior brother or sister in the Star Crown Sect.

Lin Li revealed her Dragon Phoenix Yin-Yang Crown and took Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Crown Sect. Their arrival startled the sect, where Xu Changhe was already troubled by a dispute with the Ling Family.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether the Star Crown Sect had any of Lin Li's junior brothers or sisters, and Lin Li said it was her father's family and offered to take her there.
• Lin Li showed Zhu Zhuqing her Dragon Phoenix Yin-Yang Crown and its scarlet and gold soul rings.
• Lin Li used the crown's power to transport herself and Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Crown Sect.
• Xu Changhe worried over the sect's conflict with the Ling Family and privately resented Lin Li for not bringing back a nearly million-year-old Whale Pearl.
• An overwhelming soul pressure swept through the Star Crown Sect, followed by drifting red camellias that the elders recognized as Death God Douluo's symbol.
• Black-and-white Soul Power appeared in the sect's Main Hall, and Lin Li and Zhu Zhuqing arrived there.

Lin Li returned to the Star Crown Sect's Main Hall with Zhu Zhuqing and reunited with Xu Ling, who gave Zhu Zhuqing precious Star Moon Willow honey. The gathered sect members saw how Lin Li's aura had changed, while Elder Gong reflected proudly on the sect's rising younger generation and his own approaching death; Xu Changkong had recently become a Soul Emperor after the All-Whale Feast.

• Lin Li arrived in the Main Hall with Zhu Zhuqing and told her to greet Xu Ling as her Progenitor Ancestor or Master's Teacher.
• Xu Ling welcomed Zhu Zhuqing, gave her a jar of Star Moon Willow honey, and persuaded her to accept it.
• A crowd of sect members entered and noticed that Lin Li's aura had become more restrained, though she remained formidable.
• Elder Gong saw Lin Li's regret at his declining strength and reflected proudly on the Star Crown Sect's promising younger generation.
• Xu Changkong was surprised by Lin Li's return and recalled that the All-Whale Feast had made him a Soul Emperor.

Lin Li returned to the Star Crown Sect after completing the hunt for her second martial soul’s Ninth Spirit Ring and offered to take qualified disciples to the Demon Forest. She set a limit of ten disciples and said she would leave with them the next day, then disappeared with Zhu Zhuqing to rest.

• Xu Ling asked Lin Li whether she had finished hunting the Ninth Spirit Ring for her second martial soul, astonishing everyone in the Main Hall.
• Lin Li confirmed she had finished the hunt and explained that her disciple wanted a spirit ring from the Demon Forest’s Evil Eye Tyrants, whose Spirit Attribute also suited the Star Crown Spirit.
• Xu Changhe agreed to send suitable family members and offered to accompany the expedition with Xu Ling and Elder Gong.
• Lin Li said disciples at Cultivation Level sixty or above could go, capped the group at ten, and declined to take the sect elders or sect master.
• Lin Li took Zhu Zhuqing and disappeared, announcing she would lead the chosen disciples away at the same time the following day.