Chapter Summaries

Tang San watched Su Ming’s growing control over Douluo Star and judged Shrek Academy too weak to resist the coming planar war. At Shrek, Huo Yuhao learned that his Divine Examination required him to kill ten Abyss Emperor Lords, then discovered the scale and difficulty of the coming Abyss Battlefield.

• Tang San saw that Su Ming had nearly brought Douluo Star under his control and lamented Shrek Academy’s limited forces.
• Huo Yuhao received a Divine Examination task to train on the Abyss Battlefield and kill ten Emperor Lords within two years.
• Huo Yuhao asked Wang Dong'er about the Abyss Battlefield, and her Butterfly Mark on Forehead supplied information about it.
• Wang Dong'er explained that Su Ming would create the Abyss Battlefield by connecting Douluo Star to the Abyss Plane.
• Wang Dong'er told Huo Yuhao that the Abyss had 108 layers and that its Emperor Lords commanded powerful forces, leaving him worried about completing the examination.

Huo Yuhao realized his Divine Examination required him to kill ten Abyss Emperors, while Su Ming prepared to open the Realm Battlefield before thousands of Soul Masters. The chapter ended with Su Ming revealing the Pioneer Divine Spear and thrusting it into space to open the passage.

• Wang Dong'er guessed that Huo Yuhao had to kill ten Abyss Emperors, and he confirmed her suspicion through his reaction.
• Rong Nianbing recognized that Tang San had concealed the Abyss creatures' ability to return and revive, and he worried about Wang Dong'er's soul.
• Su Ming gathered the Soul Masters at the Ming Dou Mountain Range, explained the coming battle, and summoned three Deity phantoms, including the God of Emotion.
• Su Ming manifested the Pioneer Divine Spear, surprising Tang San, the God of Destruction, and Rong Nianbing with his concealed authority.
• Su Ming shouted "Open!" and thrust the Pioneer Divine Spear into the empty space before him.

Su Ming connected Douluo Star to the Abyss by opening a space channel and planting his Pioneer Divine Spear in the Seventeenth Layer, killing its Emperor Lord. The Abyssal Sage King traced the will behind the channel, but Su Ming’s matching will connected from the other side and golden rings stabilized the passage as the Sage King prepared to sever it.

• Su Ming used the Pioneer Divine Spear to tear through space and open a channel toward the Abyss.
• Su Ming fused his powers and hurled the spear into the Abyss, where it killed the Seventeenth Layer’s Emperor Lord and claimed the layer for him.
• Su Ming used Borrowed Power to awaken a Pioneer Will within the Seventeenth Layer’s Origin and guide it through space.
• The Abyssal Sage King followed the will, then realized another matching will was opening a channel toward it.
• Su Ming’s channel connected to the Abyss, and golden rings flew over to reinforce its walls while others headed toward the Abyssal Sage King.

The Abyssal Sage King was bound by Tang San’s Unfixed Wind Waves as the God Realm’s three Deities worked to stabilize and influence the passage to the Abyss. Su Ming then added the Seed of Life to their efforts, leaving the passage imbued with multiple powers.

• The Abyssal Sage King summoned the Heavenly Saint Rending Abyss Halberd, but it could not break Tang San’s golden rings, which bound him.
• Tang San ordered the God of Destruction and Rong Nianbing to stabilize the passage, drawing disapproval from both of them.
• The God of Destruction created a Destruction Forbidden Zone in the Abyss and left its destructive Origin poised as a threat.
• Rong Nianbing channeled Douluo Star’s elemental laws into the passage, joining them with the Abyss’s laws.
• Su Ming infused the Seed of Life with black energy, causing it to glow emerald and restore vitality to the Soul Masters below.

Su Ming used the Seed of Life to benefit the Soul Masters, then confronted the Abyssal Sage King as the God Realm Committee promised not to interfere in the Plane War. The Abyss army poured through the passage onto Douluo Star, where the Body Sect disciples charged to meet it.

• Su Ming’s Seed of Life grew into a sapling and spread jade-green light across the plain, earning cheers from the Soul Masters while Shrek’s people and Tang San looked on angrily.
• Rong Nianbing drew Abyss Energy toward the passage and asked Su Ming to go easy on Huo Yuhao; Su Ming gave no answer but decided not to bully him directly.
• Su Ming told the Abyssal Sage King that the Plane War’s winner would take all, while the God of Destruction promised the God Realm would not interfere.
• The Abyssal Sage King agreed to the war and secretly contacted the Crimson Mother after fearing the God Realm’s pressure; explosions from two Crimson Domain planets later reached the God Realm.
• The God of Destruction warned Tang San against direct action, and Tang San questioned whether Divine Examination rewards would count as interference.
• The Abyssal Sage King sent his army through the passage as Su Ming made room for them on Douluo Star, and the Body Sect disciples charged first.

The Soul Masters fought the Abyss Creatures on the plain until the Abyssal Sage King sensed the Tree of Life and halted his army’s advance. Su Ming organized the Soul Masters’ recovery and Contribution Point tallying before ordering them to resume the battle in three hours.

• Soul Masters from across the continent fought the descending Abyss Creatures, often working together to defeat enemies of comparable rank.
• The Abyssal Sage King sensed the Tree of Life and realized that Abyss Creatures killed on Douluo Star would truly die, so he stopped his army from advancing.
• Su Ming reshaped the Space Channel into a doorway and extended the Tree of Life’s roots to the ground as a way for Soul Masters to reach it.
• Su Ming gave the Soul Masters three hours to recover and promised that the Tree of Life would track Abyss Creatures killed and convert their energy into Contribution Points.
• Su Ming told Soul Masters to fight Abyss Creatures appropriate to their rank, watch out for one another, and return to the Space Channel after resting.

Su Ming established an Abyss Bracelet contribution system that rewarded Douluo Legion members for the Abyss energy they helped the Tree of Life devour, encouraging Soul Masters to acquire Battle Armor. As he continued seeking a way to draw an Abyss Emperor into battle, Lei Zhen’s bracelet began growing into his skin and feeding him life force.

• Su Ming ordered the legion to use Tree of Life branches to make Abyss Bracelets that could track devoured Abyss energy and calculate individual contribution points.
• The Abyssal Sage King refused to send an Abyss Emperor into battle, even as Douluo deployed Titled Douluo and Super Douluo.
• After a month, every legion member had an Abyss Bracelet, and Soul Masters could exchange quantified contributions for Spiritual Metal and Battle Armor.
• Titled Douluo began helping Soul Kings and Soul Emperors obtain Battle Armor through high-interest debts, letting them fight more effectively and earn contributions faster.
• Su Ming watched Lei Zhen charge deep into the Abyss army, where Lei Zhen’s bracelet sprouted tendrils that pierced his skin and poured life force into him.

Lei Zhen discovered that the branches inside the Abyss Bracelets converted Abyss Energy into life energy for their wearers, prompting Soul Masters to push deeper into the passage to hunt. Tang San feared the branches could help the Abyssal Sage King create an Abyss Tree of Life, so he called a God Realm Committee meeting to accuse Su Ming of playing with fire.

• Lei Zhen found that his bracelet’s Tree of Life branch had grown tendrils that converted Abyss Energy from slain Abyss Creatures into life energy for him.
• Lei Zhen explained that the bracelets let the Tree of Life absorb energy promptly and that deeper kills earned the same Contribution Points as kills near the gate.
• Envious Soul Masters rushed deeper into the passage to hunt Abyss Creatures and gain life energy.
• Su Ming told Lei Zhen the branches could grow a third time but warned him to guide the energy carefully and watch for the Abyssal Sage King.
• Tang San grew furious that Su Ming was sharing life energy meant partly for the Golden Ancient Tree and feared the Abyssal Sage King could study the branches.
• Tang San convened the God Realm Committee and accused Su Ming of playing with fire.

Tang San warned the God Realm that Su Ming’s actions could empower the Abyss, but Rong Nianbing argued that Su Ming’s strength and abilities made him a key threat. Meanwhile, Su Ming waited in the Abyss Passage and sprang his trap when the Abyssal Sage King attacked a Titled Douluo, leaving the Sage King to choose between pursuing the attack and saving the collapsing seventeenth layer.

• Tang San warned the deities that the Abyssal Sage King might gain enough power from the Tree of Life to threaten the balance, while Rong Nianbing argued that Su Ming’s Martial Soul Avatar could help him control Plane Power.
• God of Destruction ended the debate and refused to interfere in the war, angering Tang San.
• Su Ming watched the Abyss Passage as Douluo forces advanced and the tenth Titled Douluo triggered a second growth of a Tree of Life branch.
• The Abyssal Sage King attacked the Titled Douluo, and Su Ming teleported beside the target using the grown branch as a marker.
• Su Ming’s move coincided with the collapse of the Abyss’s seventeenth layer, forcing the Abyssal Sage King to choose whether to save it or continue his attack.

Su Ming severed the Abyssal Sage King's hand with power drawn from the Douluo Plane and the Space Channel, then returned to the Abyss Gate as the war continued. The Douluo Legion grew, and Ju Zi suggested that Life Energy from Abyss Creatures might help restore Xu Tianran's paralyzed legs.

• Su Ming formed a Seven-colored blade from surrounding power and severed the Abyssal Sage King's reaching hand, freeing the Titled Douluo.
• The Abyssal Sage King repaired the Seventeenth Layer Abyss, reflected on the cutting intent in his hand, and suspected the God Realm was helping Su Ming build power for a new Divine Throne.
• Su Ming devoured Abyss Energy from the severed hand for the Tree of Life, cleared Abyss Creatures along his route, and returned to wait at the Abyss Gate.
• The Douluo Legion advanced to sixty percent of the battlefield, while its ranks grew from three thousand Soul Masters to five thousand and factions began eyeing three vacant Mountain Peaks.
• Xu Tianran regretted that his paralyzed body kept him from fighting, and Ju Zi said Life Energy gained from killing Abyss Creatures might offer hope for his legs.

Xu Tianran proposed creating the War God Temple with Yan Shaozhe and Shrek Academy’s elders, hoping to gain influence over battlefield rules without challenging Su Ming’s reputation. In the God Realm, Tang San urged Dai Mu Bai to seize the opportunity, while the God of Destruction considered guiding the creation of two more forces.

• Xu Tianran told Ju Zi that the battlefield’s rules needed to be established before he could seek a chance to recover.
• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo discussed Shrek Academy’s difficulty replicating genuine One-word Battle Armor from its Core Arrays.
• Wang Yan announced Xu Tianran’s arrival, and Yan Shaozhe agreed that Shrek Academy could begin cooperating with him.
• Xu Tianran proposed the War God Temple as an honorary institution where Soul Masters would earn ranks based on contribution points, with God of War as the highest title.
• Tang San encouraged Dai Mu Bai to seize the opportunity, while the God of Destruction considered establishing two additional forces.

Xu Tianran and Shrek Academy established the War God Temple, prompting Su Ming to investigate its future and realize his own power would soon block his view through the Time River. He joined the new order and became its First War God, provoking Dai Mu Bai in the God Realm.

• Xu Tianran won Yan Shaozhe and the elders’ support for the War God Temple, then proposed further cooperation with Shrek Academy and asked to study there.
• Su Ming sensed Faith from the War God Temple and discovered that he could no longer peer into the future beyond a certain point as his future self grew stronger.
• Su Ming determined that he would become a God eight years later and that the future God King version of himself could detect his attempts to observe him.
• Su Ming joined the War God Temple, and Xu Tianran used his membership to attract other Soul Masters to sign up as warriors.
• Su Ming became the First War God, and Dai Mu Bai angrily accused him of stealing his Faith.

Tang San advised Dai Mu Bai to reclaim the War God Temple’s Faith by issuing trials, even if doing so prolonged the war against the Abyss. Meanwhile, the War God Temple rose on the fourth peak, and Di Tian questioned whether the Soul Beast Clan’s restrained forces should enter the battlefield.

• Dai Mu Bai told Tang San that Su Ming had taken the War God Temple’s Faith, and Tang San explained that the Temple had not yet established worship of Dai Mu Bai as the true War God.
• Tang San urged Dai Mu Bai to display divine miracles and issue trials so the Temple’s Soul Masters would acknowledge him, warning that Su Ming might otherwise secure their Faith.
• Tang San proposed allowing the conflict to become a prolonged war, which could hinder Su Ming’s growth while giving the War God Temple more time to gather Faith; Dai Mu Bai agreed to act.
• The War God Temple moved to the summit of the fourth peak, and Soul Masters across the plains began considering forming new forces of their own.
• Bi Ji asked Di Tian why the Soul Beast Clan had not joined the fighting, and Di Tian wondered what would happen if their unintelligent Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts entered the battlefield.

Di Tian and Bi Ji developed a plan to bridge Soul Beasts and Soul Masters by founding the Spirit Pagoda. With Su Ming’s approval, the Spirit Pagoda opened on the fifth peak and quickly attracted interest from the legion’s Soul Masters.

• Di Tian explained that the Soul Beast Clan would contribute to the war and that Soul Spirits could give Soul Beasts another life, while Bi Ji questioned how suitable matches could be guaranteed.
• Di Tian proposed using the Soul Beast Clan’s ability to match Soul Masters with suitable Soul Spirits to establish a force on the fifth peak, and he and Bi Ji worked through the plan’s details.
• Three days later, Di Tian presented the Spirit Pagoda plan to Su Ming, who approved its establishment on the fifth peak.
• Soul Masters learned that the Spirit Pagoda offered paid Soul Spirit matchmaking backed by the Star Dou Great Forest, and many became eager to spend their contribution points.

Su Ming recruited Soul Engineers to help the Spirit Pagoda preserve the spirit bodies of Soul Beast partners, then rushed to the front line when the Abyssal Sage King attacked. Su Ming forced the Abyssal Sage King to retreat from a dangerous strike, and revealed his Soul Rings to the stunned Soul Master army.

• Su Ming brought Soul Engineers from Third Peak to Fifth Peak and tasked them with combining the Soul Spirit contract array and Xuan Ziwen's Soul Ring storage technology.
• Su Ming advised Di Tian to recruit researchers to study the Abyss's resurrection mechanism, though Di Tian doubted the Soul Beast Clan faced extinction.
• When the Abyssal Sage King attacked the Douluo army, Su Ming teleported to the front line and pierced through the giant hand before severing it with a seven-colored blade.
• Su Ming gathered Faith Power into a spear and clashed with the Abyssal Sage King's Heavenly Saint Rending Abyss Halberd, alarming the God Kings watching.
• The Abyssal Sage King targeted a Titled Douluo, but Su Ming's spear threatened his Main Body and forced him to abandon the attack and evade.
• Su Ming released four black Soul Rings, one red Soul Ring, and one Rose Gold Soul Ring, leaving the Soul Master army stunned.

Su Ming drove the Abyssal Sage King back from the space-channel entrance, then began forming his third Soul Core in deep meditation. As Abyss Energy enveloped him, the watching Soul Masters feared he was under attack.

• Su Ming used Sorrow of Destiny and Copy to wield a spear that reproduced the Heavenly Saint Rending Abyss Halberd's space-rending ability, forcing the Abyssal Sage King to retreat.
• The Abyssal Sage King weighed whether to nurture stolen Tree of Life branches and send reinforcements, then decided to dispatch a low-ranking Emperor Lord to search for the core.
• Su Ming sat atop the Tree of Life and began condensing his third Soul Core, the Spiritual Soul Core, by merging Spiritual Power with the Origins of Elemental Control.
• A vast vortex of primordial energy gathered around Su Ming as his Soul Power began to stir, though it could not rise beyond Level 70 without a Seventh Soul Ring.
• Su Ming released the giant hand he had taken from the Abyssal Sage King, and the sudden eruption of Abyss Energy frightened the watching Soul Masters.

Su Ming broke through to Level 70 as the Abyssal Sage King tried to kill him, but Chaos seized control of the attack and turned part of the Abyssal Sage King's power into a black-gold Soul Ring. After absorbing Abyss Energy and Life Energy, Su Ming reached Level 78 and stood up, leaving the Soul Masters and Soul Beasts stunned by his unusual Soul Rings.

• The Abyssal Sage King gathered Abyss Energy into a huge black hand and attacked Su Ming while he stabilized his Spiritual Soul Core.
• Di Tian sent his Dragon God Claw to intercept the attack, while Chaos used its Domain of Chaos and Chaos Power to confront the black hand.
• Chaos's eye shattered, but Su Ming's Faiths suppressed the Abyssal Sage King's control, allowing Chaos to absorb the Abyss Energy and evolve.
• A Douluo Plane rule transformed the captured power into a black-gold Soul Ring, which fused with Su Ming and broke his Level 70 bottleneck.
• Chaos and the Star Tree helped Su Ming refine Abyss Energy and Life Energy, raising his Soul Power to Level 78.
• Su Ming rose from the Tree of Life as the Soul Masters and Soul Beasts stared at his seven unusual Soul Rings.

Su Ming raised a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring to a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and completed his Trinity, reaching Level seventy-eight and the Spirit Domain Realm. While planning how to align his three selves’ Soul Rings and cultivate further, he considered condensing a Fourth Soul Core outside his body.

• Su Ming raised his Soul Ring’s limit by improving its Soul Spirit, astonishing the Soul Masters watching below.
• His three Soul Cores brought his three Main Bodies into closer connection, and his Spiritual Power spread across the plain before he realized it had reached the Spirit Domain Realm.
• Su Ming entered seclusion at First Peak and assessed his Level seventy-eight cultivation and the differences among his three Main Bodies.
• He planned to align the Life and Destruction lines across his three selves by changing Soul Rings and using Ah Yin’s Soul Ring to devour her on the Dou Er side.
• Su Ming considered whether to condense a Fourth Soul Core or use Elder Yi’s Spiritual Acupoint cultivation method, then reasoned that a Soul Core might be formed outside his body.

Su Ming considered how to solve his Soul Power problem by constructing an Outer Heaven and Earth as a Fourth Soul Core, while refining his existing three Soul Cores through the principles of Essence, Qi, and Spirit. At the former City of Slaughter, he asked Little Gold to enter the Abyss Passage, die, and revive so Little Gold could use the experience to improve his forging.

• Su Ming concluded that Soul Acupoints might help his Soul Power problem but chose to prioritize developing an Outer Heaven and Earth alongside them.
• Su Ming began cultivating to refine his three Soul Cores, while his other Main Bodies watched the battlefield.
• Su Ming called Little Gold away from forging and asked whether he was willing to enter a deep slumber again.
• Little Gold agreed, hoping to apply the experience of Nirvana and revival to his forging.
• Su Ming instructed Little Gold to enter the Abyss Passage, self-destruct, revive on his own, and absorb the Titan Giant Ape Soul Ring.
• The God of Destruction noticed Su Ming's movements and watched to see what he would do.

Su Ming charged into the Abyss Passage, provoked the Abyssal Sage King, and used his revival to escape with Abyss Energy. Back in the City of Slaughter, he helped Little Gold revive, and the Abyssal Behemoth Claw Bear returned.

• Su Ming entered the Abyss Passage and slaughtered Abyss Creatures, gathering their energy with his Domain of Chaos and Sea God Faith.
• The Abyssal Sage King entered the passage and attacked Su Ming with a giant hand, but Su Ming detonated himself and revived.
• Su Ming summoned Douluo Star's Plane Power, clashed with the Abyssal Sage King's attack, seized Abyss Energy, and withdrew to the City of Slaughter.
• Su Ming used Abyss Energy to activate his first two Soul Rings and help Little Gold revive.
• Little Gold returned in the form of a massive Abyssal Behemoth Claw Bear.