Chapter Summaries

News of Langya Hall’s destruction spread, and Hammer Heaven Sect concluded that the Divine Hall Guardian Force was responsible. As the sect considered revealing the Divine Hall to draw outside powers against its guardians, word of the Divine Hall and its Opportunity to become a God had already swept across Qingzhou.

• Factions fleeing Tianding City spread news that Langya Hall had been destroyed, prompting speculation that an Upper Seven Sects force was behind the attack.
• Hammer Heaven Sect Master Tang Ming summoned the elders, who concluded that the Divine Hall Guardian Force had destroyed Langya Hall after it learned about the Divine Hall.
• Tang Ming and the elders feared the same force might target Hammer Heaven Sect and agreed they were too weak to resist it directly.
• Ninth Elder proposed publicizing the Divine Hall to attract outside forces and tie down its guardians.
• A disciple reported that news of the Divine Hall and its Opportunity to become a God had already spread, leaving Tang Ming and the elders baffled.
• News of the Divine Hall spread throughout Qingzhou and shook the region.

After spreading word of the Divine Hall to distract its Guardian Force, Lin Shu prepared to fuse the 1.2 million-year Golden Divine Dragon soul ring. The dragon agreed to let him absorb it after learning about his Devouring Martial Soul, and Lin Shu began the fusion.

• News of the Qingzhou Divine Hall spread across the Central Martial Region and beyond, drawing soul masters and factions to search for it.
• Lin Shu set aside the Divine Hall matter and brought out the Golden Divine Dragon soul ring for his sixth soul ring.
• The Golden Divine Dragon tested Lin Shu, then questioned how he had absorbed a million-year soul ring as his fifth.
• Lin Shu revealed that his Devouring Martial Soul could grow by devouring other martial souls and demonstrated its ability.
• The Golden Divine Dragon agreed to be absorbed on the condition that Lin Shu return its remains to the Golden Divine Dragon Clan, and Lin Shu accepted.
• The Golden Divine Dragon entered Lin Shu, who began fusing its soul ring.

After absorbing the 1.2-million-year Golden Divine Dragon Soul Ring, Lin Shu gained six powerful soul skills and upgraded his Ninth Grade draw probability with the system. He prepared to draw more items so he could gather enough Ninth Grade items for the auction mission.

• Lin Shu absorbed the Golden Divine Dragon Soul Ring and gained six soul skills, including formidable attacks, protection, flight, and restoration.
• Lin Shu assessed his new abilities and concluded that a Title Douluo could neither defeat nor catch him while his Soul Power lasted.
• Lin Shu spent 7.29 million Auction Points to raise the Ninth Grade draw probability from 61% to 71% and the divine-grade probability from 2% to 3%.
• Lin Shu reviewed his Ninth Grade items, deciding to give the Phoenix Immortal Sunflower to Huo Qingwu and keep the Heavenly Origin Cauldron.
• Lin Shu found that he had fewer than ten Ninth Grade items available for auction and chose to draw prizes.

After the Heavenly Pavilion destroyed Langya Hall, the Juntian Sect feared retaliation and chose to seek the Yaoquan Empire’s protection. Empress Su Yao learned of the Langya Auction House’s power and planned to travel to Qingzhou, where the Divine Hall opportunity also awaited.

• News spread that the Heavenly Pavilion had destroyed Langya Hall and renamed Tianding City Sky City, shocking the forces gathered in Qingzhou.
• Tang Ming and the Juntian Sect elders discussed how to survive, then ordered the Fifth Elder to negotiate with the Empire for protection and benefits.
• Su Yao read a letter from her sister Su Qian, who described the Langya Auction House’s immense strength and its upcoming auction.
• Su Yao arranged to travel to Qingzhou by phoenix carriage, hoping to attend the auction and reach the opportunity connected to the Divine Hall.

Lin Shu spent 640,000 points on one hundred draws and received nine ninth-grade prizes and three divine-grade prizes. While examining the items and deciding which to auction, he was interrupted by a commotion outside the Heavenly Pavilion.

• Lin Shu raised his draw probabilities to 71 percent for ninth-grade prizes and 3 percent for divine-grade prizes, then confirmed one hundred draws.
• The system awarded Lin Shu nine ninth-grade prizes and three divine-grade prizes.
• Lin Shu examined a soul bone from a hundred-thousand-year Nine Netherworld Python and dismissed the threat of its clan.
• Lin Shu found a 200,000-year Blue Silver Vine skull bone, which he planned to use to strengthen his mental power.
• Lin Shu discovered three Soul Ascension Pills that could raise Beast, Tool, or plant-type Martial Souls to top-tier, and decided to auction them.
• A commotion outside interrupted Lin Shu as he continued examining the prizes, so he went out to investigate.

Lin Shu learned that the Juntian Sect had come to pledge allegiance to the Heavenly Pavilion, but its Third Elder recognized him as Lin Langya’s son and tried to flee. After Lin Shu’s subordinates subdued the visitors and crippled the Third Elder’s legs, the elder confessed who they were.

• Lin Ye told Lin Shu that visitors had come seeking to pledge allegiance, and Lin Shu agreed to meet them because Lin Ye could not decide how to handle the matter.
• Lin Shu found three powerful visitors in the council hall, including a Super Douluo, and the old man recognized him as the Heavenly Pavilion’s master.
• The Third Elder of the Juntian Sect realized that Lin Shu was Lin Langya’s son and tried to leave without revealing the Juntian Sect’s identity.
• Huo Qingwu, Shui Jieyu, and Yu Lian subdued the three visitors, and Lin Shu ordered Yu Lian to cripple the Third Elder’s legs.
• The Third Elder confessed that he was from the Juntian Sect and that they had come to pledge allegiance to the Heavenly Pavilion.

Lin Shu learned that the Juntian Sect had sought refuge with the Heavenly Pavilion to escape retaliation, then ordered his forces to attack the sect. His army reached the Juntian Sect’s stronghold, where Lin Shu commanded that no one be spared.

• The Third Elder of the Juntian Sect explained that the sect had sought protection from the Empire, but Su Qian had arranged for its submission to be rejected, leaving the Heavenly Pavilion as its only option.
• Lin Shu ordered Yu Lian to gather the Titled Douluo and march on the Juntian Sect before the auction ended.
• Huo Qingwu killed the Third Elder and the two Titled Douluo accompanying him.
• Lin Shu’s force boarded the Sky-Guarding Shuttle and flew with Su Qian toward the Juntian Sect in Skyhammer City.
• The Juntian Sect’s master and elders confronted the shuttle, and Lin Shu ordered his forces to leave no one from the sect alive.

Lin Shu's forces attacked the Hammer Heaven Sect, overwhelming it with more than a hundred Title Douluo. As the sect fought back with its Hammer Heaven Array and Nine Hammer Heaven Ultimates, Yu Lian ordered the Guard Company to form the Sky Net Great Array, leaving the sect's destruction certain.

• More than a hundred Title Douluo emerged from the Sky-Guarding Shuttle, stunning Tang Ming and the Hammer Heaven Sect.
• Lin Shu's forces attacked without negotiation, slaughtering the sect's elders, upper ranks, and disciples.
• Tang Ming ordered the disciples to form the Hammer Heaven Array and the elders to unleash the Nine Hammer Heaven Ultimates together.
• Yu Lian commanded the Guard Company Title Douluo to form the Sky Net Great Array.
• Lin Shu recognized that the Sky Net Great Array would end the fight, while Su Qian marveled at its power.

Su Qian watched Lin Shu’s forces overwhelm the Juntian Sect and realized the Langya Auction House’s power might exceed even the Empire’s. Lin Shu avenged his father by killing Tang Ming, leaving the Juntian Sect destroyed.

• Su Qian marveled at the battle formation of more than a hundred Titled Douluos and wondered whether Lin Shu possessed a Godly Martial Soul and Twin Martial Souls.
• The Juntian Sect’s forces failed to withstand Lin Shu’s more powerful formation, and Tang Ming’s morale collapsed when his plan to fight back was shattered.
• Lin Shu’s Super Douluos defeated Tang Ming and broke the Juntian Nine Absolutes, while Huo Qingwu, Shui Jieyu, Yu Lian, and the others killed the Juntian Sect’s elders.
• After the last elder fell, Lin Shu emerged from the Sky-Guarding Shuttle and said he had finally avenged his father.
• Lin Shu killed the dying Tang Ming, who recognized him as the mastermind and died with unanswered questions as the Juntian Sect was destroyed.

Lin Shu destroyed the Hammer Heaven Sect, claimed its territory for Heavenly Pavilion, and ordered its treasures taken away while postponing the territory’s management to avoid spreading his forces thin. News of Heavenly Pavilion’s strength spread, prompting factions to head to Sky City after mistaking it for the Divine Hall, and Lin Shu learned of the misunderstanding upon returning.

• Lin Shu ordered Lin Ye to replace the Hammer Heaven Sect’s signboard, collect its treasures, and leave the territory unmanaged until Heavenly Pavilion had enough manpower.
• Onlookers discovered the Hammer Heaven Sect destroyed and its signboard changed, and news of its fall spread throughout Qingzhou and beyond.
• A major force’s member revealed that the Langya Auction House had fielded thirty Title Douluo and five Super Douluo, leading people to connect it with Heavenly Pavilion and Langya Hall.
• Factions across the continent began heading to Sky City to determine whether Heavenly Pavilion was a force of the Divine Hall.
• Lin Ye told Lin Shu that people had mistaken Heavenly Pavilion for the Divine Hall, leaving Lin Shu speechless.

Lin Shu bestowed the Phoenix Immortal Sunflower and Frost Staff on Huo Qingwu and Shui Jieyu to strengthen Heavenly Pavilion, then fused with a Three Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Vine Soul Bone. He gained the Blue Silver Domain and its Eye of Blue Silver, leaving his power significantly enhanced.

• Lin Shu summoned Huo Qingwu and Shui Jieyu and gave Huo Qingwu the Phoenix Immortal Sunflower to improve her Fire Phoenix Martial Soul and prepare her to face powerful enemies.
• Lin Shu bestowed the Frost Staff on Shui Jieyu to boost her frost-type soul skills and help her protect Heavenly Pavilion.
• Lin Shu used his God of Devouring Martial Soul to absorb the Three Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Vine Soul Bone.
• Lin Shu gained the Blue Silver Domain, which let him sense his surroundings, draw on Blue Silver Vine life force, and suppress opponents within its range.
• Lin Shu manifested the Eye of Blue Silver at the center of his brow.

After absorbing the three-hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Vine Skull, Lin Shu reviewed his system status and inspected his remaining Ninth-Grade prizes. He discovered a powerful flying fortress and a set of three other Ninth-Grade items, leaving those prizes to examine next.

• Lin Shu assessed the Eye of Blue Silver and noted its expanded Blue Silver Domain, enhanced attacks, and ability to perceive through illusions.
• Lin Shu checked the system and saw that his Soul Power had risen to Level 69 while his Auction Points had fallen to 4.83 million.
• Lin Shu decided to wait for Lin Ye to prepare the auction and let news spread so more factions would attend.
• Lin Shu inspected his Ninth-Grade prizes and discovered the Sky-Fleeing Fortress, which could carry three thousand people and fire Soul Power cannons comparable to Level 95 Super Douluo strikes.
• Lin Shu planned to give the Sky-Guarding Shuttle to Lin Ye and found that his remaining three Ninth-Grade prizes formed a set.

Lin Shu examined a ninth-grade Soul Combat Armor set and a Divine Power Pill, deciding to keep both for now. He was interrupted by representatives of major factions demanding to know whether his organization was the Heavenly Pavilion, and he went out to confront them.

• Lin Shu put on the Soul Combat Armor, which could withstand sustained attacks from a Title Douluo, and decided to use it for protection before eventually auctioning it.
• Lin Shu learned that the Divine Power Pill could make its user a god and considered giving it to Lin Yurou, but put it away while he decided what to do.
• A commotion outside interrupted Lin Shu as he began examining the other divine-grade items, and he angrily went out to investigate.
• Lin Ye told Lin Shu that representatives of major factions were demanding confirmation that they had found the Heavenly Pavilion.
• Lin Shu confronted the gathered factions, angered that the destruction of Langya Hall and the Hammer Heaven Sect had not deterred them.

Lin Shu confronted a gathering of powerful visitors at Heavenly Pavilion and had Wu Mengmeng kill the Soul Douluo who mocked his youth. After Lin Shu exposed a hidden instigator with his Blue Silver Domain, Wu Mengmeng pursued the man as he tried to flee.

• Lin Shu arrived at Heavenly Pavilion’s gates and challenged the assembled forces for acting like uninvited guests.
• Lin Shu ordered Wu Mengmeng to deal with the people who insulted him, and Wu Mengmeng killed several Soul Douluo with her illusion ability.
• Wu Mengmeng warned the remaining visitors, who fell silent and accepted Lin Shu as the Pavilion Master.
• A hidden Title Douluo asked Lin Shu a question on behalf of the crowd, but Lin Shu used his Blue Silver Domain to locate him.
• Lin Shu ordered Wu Mengmeng to bring the hidden man to him, and the man fled when he realized he had been exposed.
• Wu Mengmeng unleashed her Martial Soul and pursued the fleeing man.

Wu Mengmeng captured a man who had tried to incite people against Heavenly Pavilion, while Lin Shu confronted six members of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan seeking a soul bone. The clan members revealed they had come to uncover Heavenly Pavilion’s strength and tried to escape after attacking, but Huo Qingwu appeared in the sky as the chapter ended.

• Wu Mengmeng revealed her Fire Enchantress Silver Fox Martial Soul, defeated the man’s escape attempt, and brought him before Lin Shu.
• Lin Shu identified the newcomers as members of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, who demanded the soul bone and threatened Heavenly Pavilion.
• Lin Shu summoned fifty Title Douluo, revealing Heavenly Pavilion’s strength to the six clan members.
• The six Nine Netherworld Python Clan members fused their soul rings and used Escape Through Void to try to break out.
• Huo Qingwu appeared as a vast Fire Phoenix spread across the sky.

Huo Qingwu revealed her Godly Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, overwhelmed the six transformed members of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, and left the factions gathered before the Heavenly Pavilion terrified. Lin Shu ordered her to kill the six when she could not subdue them.

• Huo Qingwu appeared in her Fire Phoenix form and interrupted the six Nine Netherworld Python Clan members’ Ring Fusion Skill, leaving them unable to move.
• One of the six asked whether Huo Qingwu was a god, while a human expert argued that she had likely inherited a Godly Martial Soul rather than ascended to godhood.
• The gathered factions debated whether Huo Qingwu could rival Empress Yao as the continent’s strongest person.
• Lin Shu learned that Huo Qingwu had fused with the Phoenix Immortal Sunflower and asked whether the six enemies could be controlled.
• After Huo Qingwu said killing them was easy but controlling them was difficult, Lin Shu ordered her to kill them, and she burned all six to ash.
• The factions before the Heavenly Pavilion fell silent and lowered their heads in fear.

After clearing the Heavenly Pavilion gates, Lin Shu welcomed Empress Yao, Su Yao, whose arrival revealed her interest in the Pavilion and its formidable strength. Su Yao remained unable to see through Lin Shu, and he invited her into the main hall.

• Lin Shu let the gathered factions and experts leave after warning them about the Langya Auction House auction in three days, featuring a Ninth-Grade Soul Tool and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Huo Qingwu told Lin Shu that her Fire Phoenix Martial Soul had evolved into the Godly Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, and Lin Ye confirmed the auction preparations were complete.
• Lin Shu sensed a powerful newcomer approaching, and Su Qian recognized the airship that landed outside the Heavenly Pavilion as her elder sister Su Yao's.
• Su Yao arrived with two Super Douluo and eight Title Douluo, greeted Lin Shu, and assessed the Heavenly Pavilion's more than one hundred Title Douluo and its unusual experts.
• Unable to see through Lin Shu despite sensing his Soul Power was below level seventy, Su Yao asked to be received, and Lin Shu invited her into the main hall.

Empress Su Yao visited Lin Shu at the Heavenly Pavilion to thank him for caring for Su Qian and invite him to cooperate with the Empire. Lin Shu refused both cooperation and a direct sale of his pill formula, and Su Yao stayed with Su Qian while waiting for the auction in three days.

• Su Yao thanked Lin Shu for looking after Su Qian and gave him a gift, which he accepted.
• Su Yao proposed cooperation and offered to abdicate the throne in Lin Shu’s favor, but Lin Shu declined to rule the Empire or cooperate with it.
• Su Yao asked to buy Lin Shu’s pill formula, but he insisted it would only be sold at auction.
• Su Yao arranged to stay with Su Qian until the auction, and Lin Shu told Huo Qingwu and the others to watch her movements.

Lin Shu summoned Dong Xiaowan with a Soul Beast Summoning Card and learned that she was a Divine Beast who could switch between human and true forms despite having only a hundred years of cultivation. Her immense aura alarmed Su Yao, who wondered what kind of creature had appeared in the Heavenly Pavilion.

• Lin Shu gave Soul Power Pills to Shui Jieyu, Sun Kong, and Yu Lian so they could advance from level ninety-eight to the Peerless Douluo realm.
• Lin Shu planned to use the three days before the auction to break through from level sixty-nine Soul Power, reflecting on the knowledge he had gained from the Golden Divine Dragon's consciousness.
• Lin Shu used a Soul Beast Summoning Card and summoned Dong Xiaowan, whose information showed she was a level ninety-nine Title Douluo with a hundred years of cultivation and the true form of a Sky-devouring Divine Python.
• Lin Shu learned from the Golden Divine Dragon's memories that Divine Beasts could transform into humans from birth and freely return to their true forms, then asked Dong Xiaowan to show hers.
• Su Yao sensed Dong Xiaowan's powerful aura from deep within the Heavenly Pavilion and wondered what kind of creature could threaten her.

Lin Shu used a Sacred Soul Pill to break through to Soul Sage and gained three more Peerless Douluo under his command. The Langya Auction began in Sky City, opening with four Soul Power Pill recipes as its first lot.

• Lin Shu swallowed a Sacred Soul Pill and rose from level sixty-nine to the Soul Sage realm, though he still lacked a seventh soul ring.
• Yu Fu, Sun Kong, and Shui Jieyu used Level 1 Unrestricted Soul Power Pills to become Peerless Douluo, bringing Lin Shu’s total to six.
• Forces from across the continent gathered in Sky City for the Langya Auction, where Empress Su Yao awaited the Soul Power Pill Recipe.
• Su Qian took the auction platform as Chief Auctioneer, announced that the auction had begun, and presented Level 3 through Level 6 Soul Power Pill Recipes as the first lot.