Chapter Summaries

Di Tian confronted Yang Ming in the sky and tried to take him to meet his mysterious master. Yang Ming resisted, and their fight began with him at a disadvantage.

• Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to go, and he tore through the void and departed.
• While flying toward Heaven Dou City, Yang Ming was intercepted by Di Tian, who emerged from a spatial rift.
• Di Tian told Yang Ming to come with him to meet someone, but refused to identify that person.
• Di Tian attacked Yang Ming with a Black Flame Dragon Claw, and Yang Ming countered with his Atlas Divine Spear.
• Di Tian's attack sent Yang Ming flying, but Yang Ming recovered and charged at him as Di Tian summoned darkness and lightning.

Yang Ming pierced Di Tian’s attacks and used the resulting spatial turbulence to escape toward Spirit City, but Gu Yuena intervened through Di Tian and stopped him. Unable to break free from her spatial control, Yang Ming agreed to meet her and was led into the Soul Beast lair.

• Yang Ming pierced Di Tian’s canopy and destabilized his Black Dragon Space Rending Claw, creating a spatial hole and a dangerous Void Astral Wind.
• While Di Tian endured the turbulence, Yang Ming escaped toward Spirit City in his Atlas Spear form.
• Gu Yuena contacted Yang Ming through Divine Sense and borrowed Di Tian’s power to smooth the spatial hole and pursue him.
• Gu Yuena’s black holes swallowed Yang Ming’s spatial power, leaving him unable to escape.
• Yang Ming asked whether Gu Yuena wanted the Golden Tree, then agreed to meet and was guided into the Soul Beast lair.

Yang Ming met Gu Yuena, whose appearance reminded him of Na'er, at the Soul Beasts’ palace. Gu Yuena revealed that she needed the Golden Tree to recover, then overwhelmed Yang Ming with her divine aura when he questioned whether he could refuse.

• Yang Ming followed Di Tian through a Space Gate to the Soul Beasts’ palace and was struck by Gu Yuena’s resemblance to Na'er.
• Di Tian rebuked Yang Ming for staring, and Yang Ming apologized before explaining that someone he once knew had looked like Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena asked about that person and comforted Yang Ming when he fell silent, leaving Di Tian puzzled by her unusual tenderness.
• Yang Ming redirected the conversation to business, and Gu Yuena asked to borrow the Golden Tree to help heal her injury.
• Yang Ming refused at first, but Gu Yuena explained that she would help repair the Douluo Plane and needed the Golden Tree’s life energy to recover.
• When Yang Ming questioned why he should agree, Gu Yuena released an overwhelming divine aura and appeared as a silver giant dragon.

Yang Ming negotiated with Gu Yuena over her help in repairing the Dead Realm, and she persuaded him by demonstrating her command of Chaos Energy. They agreed to cooperate, and Di Tian took Yang Ming away to rest.

• Yang Ming inferred that Gu Yuena had avoided taking the Golden Tree by force because she feared drawing the God Realm's attention.
• Gu Yuena offered to reduce the Dead Realm's recovery time from about five hundred and thirty years to fifty-three years by sleeping inside the Golden Tree and drawing on its Life energy.
• Yang Ming asked Gu Yuena to prove she could help, and she gathered the nine elements into a sphere of Chaos Energy.
• Past Life Ao Tian and Present Life Ao Tian confirmed that Chaos Energy was real and powerful, but refused to come out and greet Gu Yuena until Yang Ming became a god.
• Yang Ming accepted Gu Yuena's offer, and she gave him the Chaos Energy as a gift to mark their cooperation.
• At Gu Yuena's indication, Di Tian took Yang Ming away to rest.

Yang Ming brought Gu Yuena to the Dead Realm, where she merged with the Golden Tree to begin healing the ruined world. As the tree battled the Dead Realm’s hostile forces, Yang Ming entered an enlightenment that drew the attention of Gu Rong and the Heaven Dou factions.

• Yang Ming compared the mural in his room with the Fallen God Stone Wall and found that both depicted battles from what seemed to be the same war.
• Gu Yuena told Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts that she would accompany Yang Ming to the human world for five hundred years while she healed, and ordered them to divide and consume the Ice Silkworm.
• Gu Yuena entered Yang Ming’s Space Gate, merged with the Golden Tree, and used its power to open a gate to Heaven Dou City.
• Yang Ming released the Golden Tree into the Dead Realm, where its roots and powers clashed with the deathly environment as it tried to take root.
• Yang Ming entered an enlightenment on the laws of creation and destruction, while Gu Yuena shielded him and helped the Golden Tree settle into the Dead Realm.
• Salas and the Heaven Dou representative withdrew after Gu Rong identified Yang Ming as the likely cause of the change; Gu Rong and his subordinates then studied the Golden Tree’s clash with the Dead Realm.

The Star Luo Emperor punished Dai Bingjun and the Copper Hammer Soul Saint after Yang Ming’s defiance, while Spirit Hall founded an empire and began expanding across the continent. The chapter ended with Ya Li interrupting Bibi Dong’s proposal to formally establish a nation during the Elder Council meeting.

• The Star Luo Emperor ordered six Spirit Bones sent to the Breaking Clan and exiled Dai Bingjun to command the Northern Garrison, sending the Copper Hammer Soul Saint with him.
• Spirit Hall founded the Spirit Hall Empire, claimed the kingdoms and duchies between the two great empires, and began expanding north and south.
• Bibi Dong prepared to found a nation after the elders agreed to her plan, while Qian Daoliu and Ya Li attended the Elder Council meeting.
• Bibi Dong proposed formally founding a nation and unifying the continent, but Ya Li interrupted her to speak.

Ya Li led the Elder Council to place key powers above the new empire under Spirit Hall, then Qian Daoliu reclaimed the papacy and Bibi Dong became the empire’s first empress. Bibi Dong left the council furious, while the struggle over Spirit Hall’s future remained unresolved.

• Ya Li proposed separating Spirit Hall’s authority and responsibilities from those of the Spirit Hall Empire, and the Elder Council approved the division.
• Ya Li secured Spirit Hall’s control over religious affairs, Soul Masters, the empire’s Soul Master legions, and the appointment of the emperor.
• Three of Bibi Dong’s supporters, including the Ninth Elder, defected, and the council passed Ya Li’s final proposal by twenty votes to seven.
• Bibi Dong’s anger surfaced as a powerful aura, but Qian Daoliu warned her not to violate Spirit Hall’s rules.
• Qian Daoliu stood for the position of Pope, received no opposing votes, and reclaimed the papacy.
• Bibi Dong left the hall and became the first empress of the Spirit Hall Empire.

After the council, Bibi Dong punished Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo but spared them, then resolved to defeat the Qian Family through strength. Meanwhile, Yang Ming ended a three-month epiphany at the Dead Realm, reached Rank 90, and learned that the Three Great Empires had entered open war.

• Bibi Dong struck Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo for their conduct at the council, then spared their lives and warned them against another failure.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo to take office and start the war, then vowed to destroy Qian Daoliu and the Angel Lineage.
• Qian Daoliu warned Ya Li that Bibi Dong might retaliate, then continued the God Trial with her and the other girl.
• Yang Ming awakened from his three-month epiphany at the Dead Realm and discovered that his Soul Power had reached Rank 90.
• Yang Wudi told Yang Ming that the Golden Tree had clashed with the Dead Realm for two months and that the Three Great Empires had officially begun their war.

Yang Ming left his clan to find the Ice Mirror, the Soul Beast he had chosen for his Ninth Soul Ring, and eventually discovered its hidden passage on Tianling Mountain. He entered Di Hong Mountain and called for Di Hong to reveal itself.

• Yang Ming reviewed news of Spirit Hall’s war against Heaven Dou and Star Luo before returning home with Yang Wudi.
• After resting for three days, Yang Ming departed alone to obtain his Ninth Soul Ring and awaken his sleeping comrade-in-arms.
• Yang Wudi and Yang Wutian wished Yang Ming success, then headed to the Martial Arts Arena to spar.
• Yang Ming searched the snowy peaks of the Douluo North Pole Land for seven days before finding the Ice Mirror on Tianling Mountain.
• Yang Ming used the character “Di” to open the Ice Mirror passage, arrived at Di Hong Mountain, and called for Di Hong.

Yang Ming met the young Di Hong in Di Hong Mountain and explained how he had learned about the place from Di Hong’s future self. Di Hong rejected the future plan to sign a contract, and when Yang Ming tried to leave, Di Hong attacked him.

• Yang Ming revealed his name and told Di Hong that his future self had shown him the way to Di Hong Mountain.
• Yang Ming transmitted his memories of the future, allowing Di Hong to learn about their later lives and Yang Ming’s purpose.
• Di Hong refused to follow his future self’s choice, declaring that he would not surrender his dignity by submitting to another.
• Yang Ming recognized that the young Di Hong’s arrogance and inexperience had caused his plan to fail, and decided to leave.
• Di Hong struck at Yang Ming with spatial claw marks and demanded to know whether he had allowed him to leave.

Yang Ming refused to hand over the future Di Hong's origin, and the two fought fiercely across Di Hong's territory. Yang Ming used an Invincible Shield to survive Di Hong's Emperor Seals and struck him down with Sky Support 'Royal Power', but Di Hong still tried to continue the battle.

• Di Hong demanded that Yang Ming return his future self's origin so he could devour it, and Yang Ming refused.
• Di Hong attacked with Empty Rifting Compass, but Yang Ming met his wing-blades with rapid strikes from the Atlas Divine Spear.
• Di Hong used Sky Dome Emperor Seal twice, breaking through Yang Ming's Full-Power Sky Support 'Hua Jie' defense and blasting the battlefield apart.
• Yang Ming used the Level 8 Soul Tool Invincible Shield to evade the Emperor Seal, then countered Di Hong's Chaos Domain Vortex with Sky Support 'Royal Power'.
• Yang Ming's spear pierced Di Hong's belly and sent him crashing to the ground, but Di Hong rose and insisted on killing Yang Ming as crimson light gathered around him.

Di Hong used the Blood Refinement Art to merge with his ancestral Chaos Emperor River Bird power, greatly increasing his strength, and Yang Ming summoned his Soul Spirits into a new spear to fight him. After Yang Ming wounded Di Hong with agile attacks, Di Hong stirred up a Void Storm and launched Silver Moon Impact at the trapped Yang Ming, who answered with Atlas “Sun Shooting.”

• Ao Tian explained that the Blood Refinement Art burned ancestral Origin Divine Blood, granting explosive power while risking death and potentially breaking bloodline limits.
• Di Hong merged with the phantom of the Chaos Emperor River Bird, transforming and gaining power that approached the peak of Yang Ming’s past life.
• Yang Ming transformed into Atlas Yun Ming, summoned Tian Ling and two Ao Tians, and combined their Soul Spirits into a powerful long spear.
• Di Hong struck Yang Ming into the void, but Yang Ming used his domains and agility to evade Di Hong’s attacks and wound him repeatedly.
• Di Hong stirred up a Void Storm and forced Yang Ming to suppress it, then fired Silver Moon Impact at him.
• Yang Ming answered Di Hong’s attack with Atlas “Sun Shooting.”

Yang Ming defeated Di Hong but spared him, only for Di Hong’s renewed use of the Blood Refinement Art to leave him dying. Di Hong offered his Spirit Ring on the condition that Yang Ming let him fight his future self, and Yang Ming agreed as the Sacrifice began.

• Di Hong pushed past his limits with the Blood Refinement Art and overwhelmed Yang Ming’s attack, but Yang Ming survived because his External Soul Bone devoured much of the divine power.
• Yang Ming recovered from the battle, rescued the helpless Di Hong from the whirlpool, and brought him to a nearby Desolate Island.
• Yang Ming refused to kill Di Hong for his Ninth Soul Ring, saying he would spare him for the sake of the future Di Hong.
• After Yang Ming provoked him, Di Hong tried to use the Blood Refinement Art again, suffered fatal injuries, and collapsed.
• Di Hong offered Yang Ming his Spirit Ring if he would let him fight his future self to the death, and Yang Ming agreed as the Sacrifice began.

The future Di Hong awakened inside the Atlas Divine Spear and confronted his present-day self, who refused to accept a future in which he had submitted. Their battle ended with the present Di Hong dead, and the future Di Hong explained that Di Hong would never submit to a future against his will.

• Di Hong's Spirit Ring energy revived the future Di Hong within the Atlas Divine Spear, and Yang Ming entered the Spirit Space to greet him.
• The future Di Hong understood the conflict with his younger self and insisted on handling it alone.
• The present Di Hong rejected the future version as himself and attacked, prompting a fierce battle that the stronger future Di Hong quickly dominated.
• The present Di Hong refused to stop fighting despite his injuries, and Yang Ming failed to intervene before their final attacks collided.
• Yang Ming stabilized the Spirit Space and found that only the future Di Hong remained; the future Di Hong said Di Hong would never submit to any future against his will.

Di Hong rejected his future self, and Yang Ming broke through to the peak of the ninety-third level. After searching the ocean for signs of land, Yang Ming reached a continent but realized it was not Douluo Continent.

• Di Hong chose to remain true to himself, then traded barbs with Tian Ling until Yang Ming stopped them.
• Di Hong reported no ill effects from devouring his counterpart, and Yang Ming urged him to stay cautious about the spacetime consequences.
• Yang Ming broke through to the peak of the ninety-third level, and Di Hong returned to the Atlas Divine Spear to cultivate.
• Yang Ming searched the surrounding ocean with his Spiritual Power, found no human settlements, and tracked shallower waters by sensing an Azure Armor Phantom Dream Crab.
• Yang Ming teleported toward the continent and reached its coast, where he realized he was not on Douluo Continent.

Yang Ming arrived on Blood Spirit Continent, where he used his Spiritual Power to communicate with villagers and searched for someone who could teach him the local language. After learning from Guo Sheng that the continent was called Dou Ling Continent and was in the Era of the Seven Kingdoms War, Yang Ming began studying its language and history.

• Yang Ming discovered that the coastal villagers spoke a language he could not understand, so he communicated with them through mental transmission and offered gold for help finding someone literate.
• A middle-aged fisherman led Yang Ming to his sister’s village, and Yang Ming flew him there while protecting him with Soul Power.
• The fisherman’s sister brought Guo Sheng, a former Cang Hai City City Guard Army captain who could read and write, to meet Yang Ming.
• Yang Ming paid the fisherman and arranged for Guo Sheng to teach him the local language and writing.
• Yang Ming learned the language and the continent’s general history in two days, identifying the place as Dou Ling Continent, then called Blood Spirit Continent, during the Era of the Seven Kingdoms War.

Yun Ming helped Guo Hai awaken a trident Martial Soul with two levels of Innate Soul Power, then traveled to Cang Hai City and began his plan to unify the Dou Ling Continent. He exposed the city lord Han Yang’s substitute and confronted him with overwhelming force.

• Yun Ming used World Force during Guo Hai’s awakening, giving him two levels of Innate Soul Power and a trident Martial Soul.
• Yun Ming gave Guo Hai cultivation guidance, then flew east toward Cang Hai City and discovered an Earth Mother Iron Ore Vein along the way.
• Yun Ming arrived at Cang Hai City and pressured the Black Armor soldiers into summoning the city lord, Han Yang.
• Yun Ming recognized that the green-robed man was a six-ring substitute and demanded that Han Yang reveal himself.
• Yun Ming released his aura, damaged the city tower, incapacitated the guards, and forced the red-armored Han Yang to kneel before him.

Yun Ming recruited Han Yang, a disgraced descendant of the Blood Nether Han Family, to help him unify the Blood Spirit Continent. After revealing his overwhelming strength, Yun Ming set out with Han Yang for Blood Nether City, intending to dine at the royal palace that night.

• Han Yang admitted he had used a powerful subordinate as his double, and Yun Ming ordered him to kneel for an hour as punishment.
• Yun Ming offered to help Han Yang become head of the Han Family in exchange for its support, dismissing the need for money or talent because he could seize what he needed by force.
• Han Yang described the continent’s strongest fighters, and Yun Ming revealed his nine Spirit Rings, shocking Han Yang with his power.
• Yun Ming praised Han Yang as unpolished jade, and Han Yang pledged himself as Yun Ming’s subordinate.
• After Han Yang assigned Han Ying to manage Cang Hai City, Yun Ming left with Han Yang for Blood Nether City and announced he would eat at the royal palace.

Yang Ming attacked Blood Nether City and defeated Equality King Xie Xiong in two punches before restraining the five Soul Douluo who came to his aid. At the Han Residence, Han Yang convinced his father to wager on Yang Ming’s victory, and news of Xie Xiong’s defeat prompted the Han Family to mobilize.

• Yang Ming flew with Han Yang to Blood Nether City, suppressed its guards, and sent Han Yang to the Han Residence while he headed for the Royal Palace.
• Yang Ming challenged Xie Xiong, defeated him with two Absolute Dominance punches, and froze five Soul Douluo who attacked him.
• Yang Ming ordered the Ghost Leopard Soul Douluo to bring the king within fifteen minutes or face the execution of his companions.
• Han Yang urged Father Han to pledge the Han Family to Yang Ming, and the two wagered on whether Yang Ming could defeat Xie Xiong and the five First Elders.
• A messenger reported that Xie Xiong had been hammered down and appeared defeated, so Han Yang ordered the Han Family to mobilize and protect the king.

Yang Ming seized control of the Blood Nether Kingdom, killing King Yin Ming and Equality King Xie Xiong while forcing the kingdom’s forces to submit or give up their cultivation. With Han Yang helping to reorganize the court, Yang Ming prepared to use Blood Nether as the first step in unifying the seven kingdoms.

• Yang Ming forced the Heaven's Chosen Troops to kneel and demanded that Yin Ming submit the Blood Nether Kingdom to his command.
• When Yin Ming refused, Yang Ming killed him and crushed a loyal soldier who denounced him, then called on the remaining troops to join his campaign to unify the kingdoms.
• The Giant Bear Elder and Ghost Leopard Elder chose to leave, so Yang Ming ordered three other elders to cripple their cultivation and that of the other departing forces; the rest of the Heaven's Chosen Troops pledged obedience.
• Han Yang arrived with his family and took charge of stabilizing the court as the royal Yin Clan’s male members were slaughtered, the Queen Mother announced the clan’s submission, and the court purged opposing families.
• Yang Ming offered Equality King Xie Xiong submission or death, and killed him when he refused.
• At dusk, Yang Ming sat down to dinner in the Royal Palace.