Chapter Summaries

At the Langya Auction House, Su Qian explained that the Soul-Breaking Robe could let its wearer escape the continent’s gravity and reach the Great World, where gods could be found. The robe’s auction began amid intense bidding, while Lin Shu confirmed the claims and said he would investigate why this world had so few gods.

• Su Qian told the crowd that the Soul-Breaking Robe offered an indirect path to godhood rather than making its wearer a god outright.
• Su Qian explained that their continent was only one planet in a Great World, and that only gods could normally overcome gravity and leave it.
• Su Qian revealed that the robe could let even a Title Douluo fly beyond the continent, where Divine Beings were far more accessible.
• Lin Shu confirmed the explanation to Ye Guangming, drawing on the Golden Divine Dragon’s memories, but admitted he did not know why this world had so few gods.
• Su Qian promised a full refund if a Title Douluo wearing the robe could not leave the continent, and the auction quickly climbed to one hundred thousand Soul Crystals.

The Soul-Breaking Robe’s auction drew bids from the Central Region’s strongest provincial forces and the four transcendent organizations. The Mercenary Guild won it for 250,000 Soul Crystals, while Su Yao resolved to meet the Heavenly Pavilion Master after the auction.

• Patriarch Lei Yun told the Lei Yun Pavilion Master to bid for the Soul-Breaking Robe as a fallback if his meeting with the Heavenly Pavilion Master failed.
• Top-tier forces from across the nine provinces raised the price, and the Soul Master Alliance joined the bidding at 200,000 Soul Crystals.
• The Alchemist Guild, Blacksmith Guild, and Mercenary Guild entered the contest, driving the price beyond what the provincial forces could afford.
• Su Yao declined to bid, saying the robe would bring conflict and that she would leave the continent only after unifying it and becoming a Divine Being herself.
• Su Yao decided to stay after the auction and meet the Heavenly Pavilion Master, whose knowledge of lands beyond the continent puzzled her.
• The Mercenary Guild outbid the other transcendent organizations and won the Soul-Breaking Robe for 250,000 Soul Crystals.

After the auction, Lin Shu offered Lei Yun a path to godhood in exchange for absolute loyalty, while promising to wait until a better method became available. Lin Shu then turned his attention to preparing for the next auction and inspecting his remaining divine-grade items.

• Su Qian ended the auction and announced that the next one would be held in a month, with a possible item capable of making someone a god.
• Lei Yun and the current Pavilion Master of Lei Yun Pavilion met with Lin Shu, who allowed Lei Yun to ask three questions.
• Lin Shu told Lei Yun about the Divine Power Pill and a godhead, explaining their limits and the loyalty each required.
• Lei Yun swore absolute loyalty, and Lin Shu gave him a Vitality Pill while promising to make him a god when an opportunity arose.
• Lin Shu prepared to draw more items and inspect the two divine-grade items he had not yet examined.

Lin Shu examined two divine-grade items, converted the auction’s Soul Crystal earnings into Auction Points, and claimed six mission rewards. He used a Martial Soul Upgrade Card on his Langya Cauldron Martial Soul, then prepared to use the remaining cards.

• Lin Shu learned that the universal key could open a random Divine Being inheritance site and planned to give it to Lei Yun, then examined the Underworld God Spear, which could boost combat strength and might locate the Underworld God's inheritance.
• Lin Shu converted 740,000 Soul Crystals from the auction into 7.4 billion Auction Points.
• Lin Shu claimed six mission rewards: three Character Summoning Cards, one Martial Soul Upgrade Card, and two Soul Ring Upgrade Cards.
• Lin Shu left Lin Ye to handle the auction's follow-up matters and returned to the Heavenly Pavilion with Ye Guangming and Lei Yun.
• Lin Shu used the Martial Soul Upgrade Card on his Langya Cauldron Martial Soul.

Lin Shu upgraded the Langya Cauldron Martial Soul into a Divine Cauldron Martial Soul and summoned three Level 99 Peerless Douluo before preparing to travel to Nine Netherworld Cave for his seventh Soul Ring. After learning its location from Su Yao, he met Cai Shiyin, a newly joined demigod in the Empire, and watched her leave before he could respond to Su Yao’s matchmaking tease.

• Lin Shu upgraded the Langya Cauldron into a Divine Cauldron, giving him two divine-grade Martial Souls, and decided that the Soul Ring Upgrade Cards would not help his current Soul Rings enough to use them.
• Lin Shu summoned Chen Xi, Lin Feng, and Shen Nana, all Level 99 Peerless Douluo, then chose to leave Huo Qingwu behind while bringing Dong Xiaowan to Nine Netherworld Cave.
• Su Yao told Lin Shu that Nine Netherworld Cave was inside Nine Netherworld Mountain in the Northern Region and offered to send Empire experts, but Lin Shu declined.
• Lin Shu met Cai Shiyin, whom Su Yao introduced as a demigod and the continent’s foremost support Soul Master, and learned that she had joined the Empire.
• Su Yao teased Lin Shu that Cai Shiyin was unmarried, then departed with Cai Shiyin and the Imperial guards before Lin Shu could answer.

Lin Shu left Lin Ye in charge of Langya Auction House, gave him a god-grade Martial Soul, and led his forces to the Northern Region in search of Nine Netherworld Cave. After his subordinates blasted open Nine Netherworld Mountain, Nine Netherworld Pythons emerged and a huge disturbance began underground.

• Lin Shu gave Lin Ye the Soul Devouring Divine Bamboo and entrusted him with managing Langya Auction House while he was away.
• Lin Shu and his powerful subordinates boarded the Sky-Fleeing Fortress and traveled northwest toward the Northern Region with Su Qian.
• The group arrived at Nine Netherworld Mountain, where Lin Shu used his Blue Silver Domain to detect an extensive underground network of tunnels.
• Lin Shu ordered several Super Douluos to blast open the mountain, and Jiang Liu, Zhu Chongsi, Lin Feng, Chen Xi, Shen Nana, and Wu Mengmeng unleashed their Martial Souls and Soul Skills.
• Their attacks leveled nearly a hundred li of the mountain's center, exposed countless tunnels, and drove Nine Netherworld Pythons to the surface.
• A huge disturbance arose beneath the ground.

Lin Shu led Heavenly Pavilion to attack Nine Netherworld Cave, seeking revenge for its transformed soul beasts who had stirred up opposition against him. As the Eighth Cave’s forces clashed with his experts, Lin Shu confronted their elder and revealed extraordinary soul rings.

• Lin Shu accused Nine Netherworld Cave of sending six transformed soul beasts to Qingzhou to spread rumors against him and demanded that its elders emerge.
• The Third Elder of the Eighth Cave dismissed Lin Shu’s force and ordered his clansmen to kill everyone who had entered Nine Netherworld Mountain.
• Nearby soul masters recognized Heavenly Pavilion and feared that provoking Nine Netherworld Cave would bring disaster upon the faction.
• Lin Shu sent twelve Super Douluos and Peerless Douluos to fight the Eighth Cave’s pythons, while the Third Elder charged at Lin Shu.
• Lin Shu stopped Dong Xiaowan from intervening, summoned the Langya Divine Cauldron, and stunned the Third Elder with his unusual soul rings.

Lin Shu’s Divine Rings and dragon-scale defense stunned the spectators and the elder of the Eighth Cave of Nine Netherworld Cave. Lin Shu killed the level-ninety-four Titled Douluo with a lightning attack, leaving the watching cultivators terrified and Su Qian in awe.

• The spectators debated whether Lin Shu’s black-gold and golden Soul Rings were million-year Divine Rings, while the elder of the Eighth Cave of Nine Netherworld Cave realized he had to face him.
• The elder charged at Lin Shu, and Lin Shu activated Dragon Scale Bodyguard, whose divine dragon scales left the elder unable to believe he could win.
• The elder asked Lin Shu how he had obtained his power, but Lin Shu said he could think about it after his clan joined him underground.
• Lin Shu unleashed Dragon Summons Wind and Thunder, and more than a hundred lightning bolts killed the elder of Nine Netherworld Cave.
• The spectators trembled at Lin Shu’s strength, and Su Qian watched his first battle with awe.

The Lord of the Eighth Cave warned the First Cave that an unknown group of human Soul Masters had destroyed the Ninth Cave and was threatening the Eighth. The Lord of the First Cave entered the Nine Netherworld Forbidden Land to ask the Guardians to mobilize against the invaders.

• The Lord of the Eighth Cave reported that thirteen human Soul Masters had attacked, including twelve Super Douluo and Peerless Douluo and a young Pavilion Master with god rings.
• The Lord of the Eighth Cave warned that two members of the group concealed their Soul Power and might be demigods.
• The Lord of the First Cave agreed to seek a mobilization order and summon several Guardians.
• The Lord of the First Cave traveled three thousand meters underground and entered the passage to the Nine Netherworld Forbidden Land.
• The Lord of the First Cave transformed into a Nine Netherworld Python and asked the Guardians to leave the forbidden land and repel the human attackers.

The First Cave Master summoned Nine Netherworld Cave’s forces after learning that a demigod was attacking, while Lin Shu prepared to destroy the faction with Sun Kong’s new godhood backing the Heavenly Pavilion. The remaining caves emerged from underground, bringing Nine Netherworld Cave’s true strength face-to-face with Lin Shu.

• The guardians in the forbidden Minor World ordered the First Cave Master to mobilize all nine caves and said they would follow.
• The First Cave Master activated the order, and thousands of Nine Netherworld Pythons surged from their caves toward the surface.
• Lin Shu used the Eye of Blue Silver to see the pythons moving through underground tunnels and called his subordinates back before they could be surrounded.
• Lin Shu estimated Nine Netherworld Cave’s remaining strength and vowed to destroy it so the continent would remember the Heavenly Pavilion.
• Several enormous Nine Netherworld Pythons burst from the earth and challenged Lin Shu, revealing the faction’s true foundation.

Lin Shu summoned two hundred Titled Douluos to confront Nine Netherworld Cave’s eight guardians and vast forces. As the guardians faced the overwhelming display, Lin Shu called on Dong Xiaowan and Sun Kong to reveal their enormous true forms, declaring that he wanted Nine Netherworld Cave to fall into despair.

• The eight guardians demanded that Lin Shu’s group admit their offense and submit to Nine Netherworld Cave, but Lin Shu declared that they had come to destroy it.
• Distant human cultivators and soul beasts feared that the eight guardians and Nine Netherworld Cave’s forces would overwhelm Heavenly Pavilion.
• Lin Shu summoned two hundred Titled Douluos through mysterious passages, and each released nine soul rings.
• Lin Shu asked whether the two hundred Titled Douluos were enough to satisfy the guardians, then said pressure alone was not enough.
• Dong Xiaowan revealed her Sky-devouring Divine Python true form, and Sun Kong revealed his Titan Ape martial soul as Lin Shu vowed to plunge Nine Netherworld Cave into despair.

Lin Shu’s forces overwhelmed Nine Netherworld Cave with a divine beast, Sun Kong’s godlike power, and an army of Title Douluo. The battle ended with Nine Netherworld Cave destroyed and its entire python clan slain.

• The eight guardians of Nine Netherworld Cave recognized Dong Xiaowan’s enormous golden-marked python form as that of a divine beast and realized Sun Kong’s ten soul rings marked him as a god.
• Powerful onlookers bowed to Sun Kong and offered to help destroy Nine Netherworld Cave, and Lin Shu allowed them to join the battle.
• Sun Kong and Dong Xiaowan attacked the eight guardians and killed them within moments.
• Lin Shu’s Title Douluo and other experts blocked the fleeing Nine Netherworld Pythons and slaughtered them across Nine Netherworld Mountain.
• More than ten thousand Nine Netherworld Pythons died, erasing Nine Netherworld Cave from the continent.

After Heavenly Pavilion destroyed Nine Netherworld Cave, Lin Shu’s forces collected its treasures and corpses while traveling back to Qingzhou. Lin Shu arranged to trade the surplus materials for supplies and upgraded his seventh soul ring to one million years before preparing for the next auction.

• People arrived at Nine Netherworld Mountain and learned that Heavenly Pavilion had destroyed Nine Netherworld Cave, though Lin Shu’s forces had left little of value behind.
• Wu Mengmeng and Shen Nana reported that Lin Shu’s forces had collected hundreds of Nine Netherworld Python corpses and extracted forty soul bones, including five over one hundred thousand years old.
• Lin Shu asked Su Qian to have her sister arrange an exchange of the surplus python corpses for cultivation resources and daily necessities.
• Lin Shu used a Soul Ring Upgrade Card to raise his seventh soul ring from nine hundred thousand to one million years, gaining four soul skills and strengthening his Divine Cauldron Avatar.
• Lin Shu decided to prepare for Heavenly Pavilion’s next auction and turned his attention to the system.

Lin Shu planned to auction divine-grade items and complete more system quests while preparing to become a Title Douluo and leave the continent in search of divine rings. After raising his ninth-grade draw probability to 91%, he began five hundred consecutive draws.

• Lin Shu decided to auction at least one divine-grade item at the next auction, considering the Divine Power Pill and a divine spark as options.
• Lin Shu reviewed his quests and ninth-grade items, found he was short of the fifty required for a quest, and considered auctioning Soul Bones if needed.
• Lin Shu planned to cultivate to Title Douluo after the next auction and then leave the continent to seek divine rings for his three Martial Souls.
• Lin Shu calculated that his current Soul Ring configuration could bring him to Level 120 Soul Power upon becoming a god, but stronger rings could help him pursue dual or triple godhood.
• Lin Shu spent 65.61 million Auction Points to raise his ninth-grade draw probability to 91% and his divine-grade probability to 5%.
• Lin Shu initiated five hundred consecutive draws.

Lin Shu spent 12.8 million Auction Points on five hundred draws and received one hundred Ninth-Grade items and ten Divine-Grade items. After examining the valuable Soul Bones, Soul Rings, and a Mutated Li Long Egg, he began inspecting the Divine-Grade prizes and was stunned by the first one.

• Lin Shu confirmed five hundred lottery draws and received one hundred Ninth-Grade items and ten Divine-Grade items.
• Lin Shu inspected the Ninth-Grade pills and found a Martial Soul Fusion Pill that might be useful to auction.
• Lin Shu discovered six Soul Bones and Soul Rings exceeding one hundred thousand years, including an eight-hundred-thousand-year Azure Demonic Whale Soul Ring.
• Lin Shu found a Mutated Li Long Egg with the potential to become a Divine Beast and considered whether Li Long Stream might seek to claim it.
• Lin Shu began examining the Divine-Grade prizes and exclaimed when he recognized the first item.

Lin Shu drew several god-grade items, including a God-Breaking Pill, the Void Divine Throne, another Divine Power Pill, and the Angel Holy Sword. He planned to give the God-Breaking Pill to someone he had in mind and considered whether to give Su Yao the sword or auction some of the treasures.

• Lin Shu obtained another God-Breaking Pill and decided to give it to a person he had already chosen.
• Lin Shu learned that the Void Divine Throne granted access to the Knight's Path but conflicted with Soul Master cultivation, and he put it away to study later.
• Lin Shu drew another Divine Power Pill and set it aside with the one he had planned to auction.
• Lin Shu identified the Angel Holy Sword as an angelic Divine Artifact and considered giving it to Su Yao or auctioning it in the future.
• Lin Shu put away the Angel Holy Sword and continued inspecting the remaining god-grade items.

After Nine Netherworld Cave’s destruction, Li Long Stream and Blue Silver Mountain forbade their followers from retaliating against Heavenly Pavilion, believing a god had descended and warning that the pavilion was too dangerous to provoke. The Azure God Hall then emerged in Qingzhou and requested an audience with the Heavenly Pavilion Master, leaving its representatives waiting for Lin Shu.

• News of Nine Netherworld Cave’s destruction spread across the continent, drawing Soul Beasts toward Li Long Stream to demand action.
• The Li Long Divine Maiden ordered Li Long Stream not to involve itself in the private dispute between Nine Netherworld Cave and Heavenly Pavilion, warning that anyone who sought revenge could not return to its territory.
• The Li Long Divine Maiden persuaded the Stream Master that a god had descended by citing the Li Long Divine Pearl’s detection of divine power and the mysterious appearance of Heavenly Pavilion.
• Blue Silver Mountain forbade plant-type Soul Beasts in its territory from becoming involved in the conflict, threatening to expel those who disobeyed.
• The Azure God Hall emerged in Qingzhou and requested an audience with the Heavenly Pavilion Master; Lin Ye and Huo Qingwu received its envoys and had them wait for Lin Shu.

Lin Ye received the Azure God Hall Master, who sought to discuss a matter concerning a god with Lin Shu, while Lin Shu fused with a Sword God’s Divine Bone aboard the Sky-Fleeing Fortress. After five days, Lin Shu successfully drew out a divine sword and declared it could slay a Super Douluo.

• The Azure God Hall Master told Lin Ye that Azure God Hall had come to discuss the god who helped destroy the Nine Netherworld Cave, and Lin Ye said they would wait for Lin Shu to return.
• Lin Shu examined the Sword God’s Divine Bone and decided to fuse it with his Langya Divine Cauldron Martial Soul to gain the Sword God’s sword insights.
• Lin Shu began fusing with the Divine Bone in his room aboard the Sky-Fleeing Fortress, and its sword aura alarmed his subordinates.
• After five days, Lin Shu completed the fusion, drew a divine sword formed from the bone, and cleaved a passage through the clouds with a single swing.
• Lin Shu declared that his sword could slay a Super Douluo.

Lin Shu returned to the Heavenly Pavilion and met Azure God Hall Master Mu Yuan, who asked him to take Azure God Hall away from the continent when he eventually left. Mu Yuan explained the history of the continent’s five Supreme God Halls, and Lin Shu agreed while requiring Azure God Hall to support him if he opened an inheritance hall.

• Lin Shu returned from destroying Nine Netherworld Cave and welcomed Azure God Hall Master Mu Yuan and his powerful companions at the Heavenly Pavilion.
• Mu Yuan asked to meet the god who had appeared beside Lin Shu, and the Azure God Hall experts recognized Sun Kong as a True God.
• Mu Yuan asked Lin Shu to take Azure God Hall with him when he left the continent, explaining that their ancestor’s inheritance hall had not opened since the Azure God departed.
• Mu Yuan identified the Life God Hall as a possible force behind Langya Hall and Hammer Heaven Sect’s restraint, and named the continent’s five ancient Supreme God Halls and their inheritances.
• Lin Shu agreed to take Azure God Hall with him, provided they would not oppose him and would support him if he opened any inheritance hall.

After sending Lei Yun and Ye Guangming to seek the Thunder God and Underworld God inheritances, Lin Shu secretly left Heavenly Pavilion with Lin Yurou and Sun Kong to arrange backup support. They found Xing Tianming, the aging dean of Heavenly Star Academy, and Lin Shu offered him the chance to become a god.

• Mu Yuan gave Lin Shu an Azure God Hall token and promised the hall would answer his call for aid.
• Lin Shu gave Lei Yun a God's Universal Key to seek the Thunder God's inheritance in Leizhou and entrusted Ye Guangming with the Underworld God Spear to pursue the Underworld God's inheritance in the Endless Sea.
• Lin Shu secretly took Lin Yurou and Sun Kong out of Heavenly Pavilion, intending to use two godheads to cultivate gods who could support his plans without the others knowing.
• Sun Kong found Xing Tianming, dean of Heavenly Star Academy, and Lin Shu decided the aging, late-blooming Peerless Douluo was a suitable recipient for a godhead.
• Lin Shu told Xing Tianming that he had come to offer him the opportunity to become a god, leaving Xing Tianming stunned.