Chapter Summaries

The God of Destruction challenged the Sea God to explain his daughter’s illness, prompting the Sea God to reveal that he had sent her to the lower realm and lost contact with her consciousness. The Sea God accepted a temporary punishment, though he believed he would be asked to return before ten years passed.

• The God of Destruction asked the Sea God to let the God of Life and the God of Goodness examine his daughter, and the Sea God agreed.
• The God of Life discovered that Xiao Qi’s body was unharmed but that part of her consciousness was missing.
• The Sea God told the God of Life and the God of Goodness that he had let Xiao Qi visit Douluo Continent and could not recall her consciousness when he severed the Divine Realm’s connection to the lower realm.
• The Sea God admitted he had broken the rules and offered to resign as Divine Realm Enforcer, but the God of Goodness and the God of Life urged him not to leave permanently.
• The Sea God temporarily stepped down, agreed to remain in seclusion for ten years, and handed the Divine Realm Core to the God of Goodness and the God of Evil for safekeeping.

Wang Nan left the Star Dou Great Forest after receiving a summons and returned to Gengxin City, where Huo Yuhao discussed the Snow Empress and a possible way to save her. Wang Nan entered Duke Qitian’s Mansion, unaware Huo Yuhao was inside.

• Gu Yue let Wang Nan leave the Star Dou Great Forest to answer someone seeking him, while Di Tian questioned whether the gods would welcome the Soul Beasts’ return.
• Huo Yuhao admired how Wang Nan’s Soul Tool technology had improved everyday life in Gengxin City.
• Huo Yuhao, the Ice Empress, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discussed the Snow Empress sealed inside the God Sealing Platform and considered using the Soul Tool to help her.
• Wang Nan arrived in Gengxin City, sensed a familiar powerful presence in Duke Qitian’s Mansion, and entered the estate.

Wang Nan learned that the Star Luo Empire wanted him and Huo Yuhao to rescue the God Sealing Douluo, who was likely being held in Holy Spirit Cult territory. After choosing Dongyang City as their destination, Wang Nan and Huo Yuhao prepared to leave together.

• Ye Xiaosheng told Wang Nan that imitations of Soul Tools had appeared in other cities and revealed that he had completed a Sound Transmission Soul Tool for Gengxin City.
• Ma Xiaotao delivered a sealed letter from the Star Luo Empire asking Wang Nan to accompany Huo Yuhao on a mission to rescue the God Sealing Douluo.
• Wang Nan learned from the letter that the God Sealing Douluo had likely fallen into the Sun Moon Empire's hands and was in Holy Spirit Cult territory.
• Wang Nan identified Dongyang City as their destination, declined Ma Xiaotao's offer to join them, and said they would leave the next morning.
• The next morning, Huo Yuhao woke from meditation and greeted Wang Nan at the front hall.

Huo Yuhao gave Wang Nan Rank 9 armguards and joined him on a mission to investigate the imprisonment of a Ninth-Grade Soul Engineer. In Mingdu, Xu Tianran revealed that Ju Zi had devised the plan to lure the Star Luo Empire into uncovering the Evil Soul Masters’ activities in Dongyang City, while Ju Zi quietly pursued a teacher for the Crown Prince.

• Huo Yuhao presented Wang Nan with Martial Soul-compatible Rank 9 armguards and said he hoped to create a complete Humanoid Soul Tool after obtaining his Ninth Soul Ring.
• Wang Nan and Huo Yuhao set off to cross the border, where they would meet the others; the Star Luo Empire had sent four Worship Hall offerings, Dai Hao, and Wang Nan to support the mission.
• Xu Tianran told Ju Zi that the Star Luo Empire would take the bait and investigate Dongyang City, where Evil Soul Masters had transported souls gathered from the battlefield.
• Xu Tianran rejected Ju Zi’s suggestion to loosen investigations, saying that keeping everything unchanged would make the Star Luo Empire trust its information.
• Ju Zi asked Xu Tianran to find a teacher for the Crown Prince, and he proposed arranging a meeting with Old Man Kong.

Wang Nan and Huo Yuhao joined the Douluos preparing to enter Dongyang City, and Huo Yuhao demonstrated that he could conceal their Soul Power from detection. Meanwhile, a mysterious black-robed figure entered God Sealing Douluo’s prison cell and ordered him to come along.

• Wang Nan and Huo Yuhao arrived at the meeting with Nebula Douluo, Giant Hammer Douluo, and Shattered Star Douluo, who planned to enter Dongyang City and rescue God Sealing Douluo.
• Huo Yuhao offered to disguise and conceal the group’s Soul Power so the city’s detection Soul Tools would not discover them.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated his ability to Giant Hammer Douluo, who agreed to follow his lead, and Shattered Star Douluo planned for the group to enter Dongyang City before nightfall.
• A black-robed figure entered God Sealing Douluo’s underground cell and told him to come along.
• God Sealing Douluo suspected the figure was an Evil Soul Master, but the figure pulled him to his feet.

Huo Yuhao and the Star Luo Empire rescuers found God Sealing Douluo as a black-robed Saintess tried to free him from the Underground Water Prison. After Huo Yuhao turned Myriad Souls Douluo’s summoned souls against him, the group freed God Sealing Douluo, but the ground began to shake before he could explain who the Saintess was.

• The black-robed Saintess led God Sealing Douluo out of the prison and prepared to unlock his shackles, but Myriad Souls Douluo arrived and ordered her to return.
• Myriad Souls Douluo tried to seize the Saintess, but Giant Hammer Douluo struck him from behind as Huo Yuhao and Shattered Star Douluo appeared.
• Shattered Star Douluo attacked Myriad Souls Douluo while Huo Yuhao used Necromancy Magic to turn the summoned souls against their master.
• Myriad Souls Douluo collapsed, and Huo Yuhao unlocked God Sealing Douluo’s shackles and identified the rescuers as Star Luo Empire allies.
• God Sealing Douluo began to explain who the Saintess was, but the ground suddenly shook violently.

Wang Nan’s suspicions about the soul beast beneath Dongyang City were confirmed as it triggered a vast Blood Sacrifice Array, trapping the city and surrounding sea. Huo Yuhao and several Douluo prepared to break the formation while the Sea Princess fled with her people, and a colossal golden figure struck the ground with its staff.

• As Xuanji Douluo and Nebula Douluo flew toward the battle, the ground shook, seawater flooded underground passages, and red and purple light engulfed Dongyang City and its surroundings.
• A black-robed Titled Douluo questioned the soul beast beneath the city, but the beast silenced him and seawater burst through the underground structure.
• Electrolux identified the phenomenon as a Blood Sacrifice Array gathering the life force of everything within its boundaries.
• Huo Yuhao told Shattered Star and Giant Hammer Douluo that the Holy Spirit Cult had set the array, then asked them to help him find and break its cores; God Sealing Douluo offered to assist.
• The Sea Princess learned from her returning child that the soul beast had betrayed the mermaids and ordered her people to retreat as the ocean turned violent.
• The Sea Princess saw a colossal golden figure drive its staff into the earth, and a furious howl rang out.

Wang Nan confronted the Demon Empress as it emerged from the sea and threatened Dongyang City, while Huo Yuhao worked to break the formation beneath the city. Wang Nan revealed Rank Ninety-Eight strength and struck the Demon Empress, but his attack appeared to do little damage.

• Wang Nan recognized the Demon Empress and learned that it blamed him for forcing it from its slumber and making it cooperate with humans.
• The Demon Empress rose from the sea, absorbed the surrounding elemental energy, and caused Dongyang City's northern wall to collapse.
• Giant Hammer Douluo exposed the formation beneath the city, Huo Yuhao began breaking it under Electrolux's instructions, and Shattered Star Douluo kept their opponents at bay.
• Wang Nan's aura climbed to Rank Ninety-Eight, and he transformed through his Martial Soul Avatar into a giant golden figure.
• The Demon Empress unleashed a blue-purple attack, which Wang Nan split with the Coiling Dragon Staff before striking its abdomen with the Heavenly Forging Floating Life Dragon.
• Wang Nan sensed that his blow had caused little damage as rumbling sounds from the Demon Empress's abdomen echoed across the sea.

Wang Nan battled the Demon Empress over the sea, using his sixth-form staff technique to overpower her and split the ocean with a single strike. After hearing a plea for mercy from the Valley of Asking Love for Heaven and Earth, he let the Demon Empress escape and turned toward more important business.

• The Demon Empress drew on the sea’s power, and Wang Nan summoned countless Dragon Souls with his Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Wang Nan used the sixth form of the Indomitable Staff Technique to strike the Demon Empress, who plunged into the sea and counterattacked.
• Huo Yuhao told Xuanji Douluo that the work was done, and the people trapped in nightmares awoke.
• Wang Nan’s staff strike split the ocean and revealed a deep ravine beneath the Demon Empress.
• Wang Nan heard a plea to show mercy linked to the Valley of Asking Love for Heaven and Earth, then chose not to pursue the fleeing Demon Empress.
• God Sealing Douluo reached Shattered Star Douluo and anticipated what the Star Luo Empire’s rescue force meant for him.

After the battle in Dongyang City, Wang Nan sent Shattered Star Douluo and the others toward the Star Luo Empire and captured Abomination Douluo. He then returned to the valley where the God of Love had fallen and prepared to challenge the force that had stopped him before.

• Wang Nan told Shattered Star Douluo and the others to return to the Star Luo Empire, while he stayed behind to handle other matters.
• Wang Nan found the black-robed Sixth Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult hiding beneath the ruins and subdued him without using his Martial Soul.
• Wang Nan traveled to the mountain valley west of Mingdu and sensed a special power in the lake where the God of Love had fallen.
• Wang Nan concluded that the voice that had interrupted him was protecting the world rather than the Soul Beast.
• Wang Nan summoned his Coiling Dragon Staff and unleashed his destructive power, once again sensing the force that bound him to the continent.

Wang Nan entered the God of Love’s Garden and learned that she had fused with the Plane Will to sustain the world. After explaining the origin of the Valley of Asking Love for Heaven and Earth, the God of Love asked him to accept her divine position.

• Wang Nan allowed the lake’s golden and silver light to carry him into a Garden filled with scenes of love and devotion.
• The God of Love appeared before Wang Nan and explained that she was a phantom who loved all living beings.
• The God of Love told Wang Nan that a newly born Plane Will had grown weary as its inhabitants multiplied and developed.
• Wang Nan realized that the God of Love had fused with the Plane Will and used her power to support the world.
• The God of Love asked Wang Nan to accept her divine position.

Wang Nan refused the God of Love’s offer to inherit her divine position, explaining that he could not embody her ideals. Her questions about his pursuit of strength prompted him to meditate and reconsider what he truly wanted.

• The God of Love offered Wang Nan her divine position because she believed he understood love and valued all living beings.
• Wang Nan refused, realizing that he could not love every life equally or sacrifice his power to protect a plane as she had.
• The God of Love warned Wang Nan that Douluo Continent was abandoned by the God Realm and asked him to use restraint because the world was fragile.
• The God of Love asked Wang Nan why he kept pursuing greater strength, and he reflected on how his reasons had changed over time.
• Wang Nan sat among the flowers and entered meditation as the God of Love quietly walked away to look at them.

After Kong Deming reported that the powers who fought in Dongyang City were as strong as he was, Xu Tianran realized he could no longer conquer the three great empires. Ju Zi persuaded him to turn against the Holy Spirit Cult, and Xu Tianran approved her preparations.

• Ju Zi apologized to Xu Tianran for the failure in Dongyang City, and he told her he did not blame her.
• Kong Deming reported that the two sides who fought in Dongyang City were likely no weaker than him, identifying one as the Holy Spirit Cult’s Soul Beast and the other as the Heaven-Equal Douluo.
• Xu Tianran asked whether Kong Deming could defeat them, but Kong Deming explained that their mobility and power made victory uncertain.
• Xu Tianran accepted that he could not resume his plan to conquer the three great empires, and Kong Deming urged him to focus on the Sun Moon Empire’s future.
• Ju Zi proposed eliminating the Holy Spirit Cult, and Xu Tianran ordered her to make preparations.
• Ju Zi suggested that the Crown Prince take Kong Deming as his master and that they invite the Death God Douluo to a palace banquet, and Xu Tianran agreed.

At Xu Tianran’s banquet for Crown Prince Xu taking Kong Deming as his master, he accused Ye Xishui and the Holy Spirit Cult of secretly collecting souls and harming civilians. Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao realized Xu Tianran meant to move against them, and the chapter ended as he declared that the Holy Spirit Cult could not remain.

• Ye Xishui emerged from seclusion without breaking through, and Long Xiaoyao told her Xu Tianran had invited them to the Crown Prince’s master-taking ceremony.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao suspected the invitation was tied to the Holy Spirit Cult’s actions in Dongyang City and Kong Deming’s possible breakthrough.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao attended the banquet, where Xu Tianran raised the Holy Spirit Cult’s secret collection of souls.
• A Ninth-Grade Soul Engineer accused Ye Xishui of slaughtering civilians, and the guests called on Xu Tianran to eliminate her.
• Long Xiaoyao prepared to fight as Xu Tianran declared that the Holy Spirit Cult could not be allowed to remain.

Xu Tianran’s palace trap brought Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao into battle against Kong Deming and a Soul Engineer Legion, whose combined Rank 10 Soul Tool strike appeared to defeat Ye Xishui. Ye Xishui survived, broke the barrier, and killed Xu Tianran in golden flames.

• Xu Tianran activated a High-Energy Compression Array Soul Tool Shield and summoned Kong Deming, Humanoid Soul Tool users, and more than a thousand Soul Engineers to trap Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao unleashed their powers, while Kong Deming revealed his Rank 10 Soul Tool, the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield.
• The Soul Engineer Legion joined its power with Kong Deming’s, and his silver-moon beam struck Ye Xishui as Long Xiaoyao fought the other Soul Engineers.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao stood embracing beneath the beam, leading Xu Tianran and the Soul Engineers to believe the attack had succeeded.
• A phoenix cry and golden light weakened the barrier, and Ye Xishui flew toward Xu Tianran carrying Long Xiaoyao.
• Ye Xishui shattered the shield and killed Xu Tianran with golden flames after he was unable to move his Soul Power.

Ju Zi took control of the Sun Moon Empire after Xu Tianran died during Ye Xishui’s attack, while Kong Deming suspected she had engineered his death but chose not to challenge her. At the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters, Ye Xishui recovered with Long Xiaoyao and resolved to seek power beyond the limits at Jialing Pass.

• Ye Xishui’s attack struck Xu Tianran after the High-Energy Compression Array Soul Tool Shield failed, and he died in Ju Zi’s arms.
• Kong Deming questioned the circumstances of Xu Tianran’s death, but Ju Zi ordered a nationwide search for Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao and a purge of Evil Soul Masters.
• Ju Zi asked Kong Deming to support her and the Crown Prince, and he decided not to contest her rise to power.
• At dawn, Ju Zi held the Crown Prince and reflected on her new authority and the possibility that she had harbored ambition.
• Ye Xishui brought the injured Long Xiaoyao to the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters in the Evil Forest, where the Evil Emperor’s territory could shelter them.
• After Long Xiaoyao recovered enough to speak, Ye Xishui said she would go to Jialing Pass to seek power beyond the limits before taking revenge on the Sun Moon Empire.

Ye Xishui told Long Xiaoyao that she believed Zhongli Wu was searching for a Divine Throne Fragment at Jialing Pass, and they agreed to go there after Long recovered. In Star Luo City, Huo Yuhao asked God Sealing Douluo about the God Sealing Platform, while Wang Nan cultivated on another continent.

• Ye Xishui explained that Zhongli Old Ghost had possessed a Divine Throne Fragment and that Zhongli Wu had repeatedly sent people to search Jialing Pass for something she believed was another fragment.
• Long Xiaoyao agreed to travel to Jialing Pass with Ye Xishui once he had recovered.
• Giant Hammer Douluo told Huo Yuhao that Medical Immortal Douluo had healed God Sealing Douluo, who was now recovering and working on Soul Tools.
• God Sealing Douluo asked Huo Yuhao to demonstrate his concealing Soul Skill so he could develop a Soul Tool to evade the Sun Moon Empire's detection devices.
• Huo Yuhao asked whether God Sealing Douluo had created the God Sealing Platform, and God Sealing Douluo warned that using it to obtain a Second Martial Soul was too dangerous.
• Wang Nan sat cross-legged among flowers with the Coiling Dragon Staff in his hand as the Heavenly Forging Floating Life Dragon coiled around him.

Wang Nan realized that his path was to make the world better and hold the powerful, including the gods, responsible for protecting the weak. His Spiritual Power reached the Divine Realm, and the God of Love let him leave while hinting at a connection between Soul Cores and Divine Cores.

• Wang Nan rejected battle, justice, and leading Soul Beasts as paths, then recognized that he only needed to continue trying to make the world better.
• Wang Nan resolved to make the gods fulfill their duties if he reached the God Realm and to challenge the chaotic order before then.
• Wang Nan's Spiritual Power shed its impurities and entered the Divine Realm, letting him perceive the laws of heaven and earth.
• Wang Nan sensed that the dark-red flower watched by the God of Love carried Long Xiaoyao's aura and that Long Xiaoyao had little lifespan left.
• The God of Love agreed to let Wang Nan leave and hinted that Soul Cores and Divine Cores were similar.

Huo Yuhao began condensing a Soul Core with the God Sealing Platform’s help, while Xuan Zi left to confront Ye Xishui in the Dou Ling Empire. At Jialing Pass, Ye Xishui faced a gathering of powerful Soul Masters, and an unseen speaker suggested her actions were driven by the pursuit of godhood.

• Huo Yuhao began condensing a Soul Core as the Ice Empress and Brother Sky Dream helped him contain Snow Empress’s immense Soul Power.
• Yan Shaozhe told Xuan Zi that Ye Xishui had appeared in the Dou Ling Empire, and Xuan Zi flew there to investigate.
• Ye Xishui fought Ye Guyi near Jialing Pass, where Ye Guyi used her Angel Martial Soul to suppress her.
• Star Luo Douluo and Du Busi arrived to confront Ye Xishui, and Xuan Zi and Long Xiaoyao soon joined them.
• An unseen speaker suggested Ye Xishui had come because she wanted to become a god.

At Jialing Pass, Wang Nan revealed that the path to the God Realm had been severed, and Ye Xishui rejected his claim as she sought to restore the Rakshasa divine throne. When she opened a Space Rift, a streak of purple light emerged from the space concealing the divine fragments.

• Wang Nan arrived and sensed the conflicting divine auras affecting Ye Xishui and Ye Guyi.
• Wang Nan explained that divine relics remained at Jialing Pass but that Soul Masters could no longer ascend to the God Realm.
• Xuan Zi recalled that Shrek Academy had not sensed the God Realm for a long time, while Ye Xishui challenged Wang Nan's claim.
• Ye Xishui insisted she could become a god by restoring the divine throne and tore open a Space Rift.
• A dense evil aura poured from the rift, and a streak of purple light shot out as Wang Nan watched its approach.