Chapter Summaries

Tang Lan entered Hao Chen’s Death Domain to claim the Death God’s three clusters of Source Power and learned that he had to satisfy the village’s children, crops, and residents to earn them. When the pebble-tossing game revealed that he could not yet connect with the world’s rules, Tang Lan sat down to sense them while Gu Xuan arrived at Hao Chen’s cottage.

• Tang Lan met Hao Chen, who explained that the Death Domain was a miniature undead world and that they existed in incompatible forms.
• Hao Chen told Tang Lan he could earn the three clusters of Source Power by winning the children’s approval, helping the crops flourish, and gaining the whole village’s approval.
• Tang Lan tried to join the children’s pebble-tossing game, but his pebble passed through space and vanished without reaching the marked squares.
• Hao Chen explained that Tang Lan had to resonate with the world’s Rules of Destiny, Karma, Time, and Life and Death to interact with it.
• Tang Lan sat cross-legged and began sensing the world’s rules as the children continued playing around him.
• Gu Xuan arrived at Hao Chen’s thatched cottage and remarked that Hao Chen was still reading.

Tang Lan continued comprehending the Laws of Time and Life and Death within the Death God’s small world, eventually discovering he could alter it and gaining the villagers’ faith. Hao Chen appeared to congratulate him, while Tang Lan held the Power of Faith and considered its connection to communicating with the rules of heaven and earth.

• Hao Chen told Gu Xuan that Tang Lan had to comprehend a rule of heaven and earth to earn the Death God Inheritance’s final acknowledgment.
• Tang Lan spent an immense amount of time comprehending the Law of Time, then resumed his meditation to seek the Law of Life and Death.
• Tang Lan repeatedly aged and regained his youth until he found a trace of the Law of Life and Death, awakening to eyes that saw life and death throughout the world.
• Tang Lan used the Black Flame Eye to accelerate the growth of crops and flowers, prompting the villagers to pray and send him their Power of Faith.
• Hao Chen appeared and told Tang Lan that the villagers had acknowledged and worshipped him.

Tang Lan received the First Trial's reward, which tempered his body and strengthened his foundation, then began the Second Trial by playing with the village children. Each game plunged him into a deadly disaster where he had to risk himself to save a child.

• Hao Chen gave Tang Lan the Death God's power for passing the First Trial, and it tempered Tang Lan's body as he cultivated in seclusion for about three years.
• Hao Chen explained that he had slowed time outside for Tang Lan, then told him that passing two more trials would let him claim the other Death Gods' Source Power.
• Tang Lan agreed to continue and learned that the Rule of Time could let him alter time briefly; after Hao Chen left, the village children invited him to play.
• When Tang Lan threw a stone, a flood swept him away, and he leaped into the torrent to save a boy before the scene returned to normal.
• Tang Lan faced a sea of fire and protected a girl from the flames, then realized he would have to endure eight near-death trials to earn the children's recognition.
• After suffering the children's deadly ordeals, Tang Lan collapsed to the ground, drenched in sweat and gasping for breath.

Tang Lan risked his life to pour his blood into the dying small world, restoring its vitality and earning its recognition. After comprehending the Rule of Life and reviving the world, he passed the three trials and received the remaining Death God Source Power.

• Tang Lan learned from Hao Chen that his blood could reverse death in the small world, though changing it completely would require a tremendous sacrifice.
• Tang Lan cut his hands and drenched the dying land with his blood, continuing even as his life force dwindled and half the world remained dead.
• The revived half of the small world sent vitality into Tang Lan, restoring him and granting him its recognition.
• Tang Lan comprehended the Rule of Life, resonated with the world, and gradually caused the death-filled half to shrink until the entire world brimmed with life.
• Hao Chen appeared before Tang Lan, confirmed he had passed the three trials, and gave him the remaining two portions of the Death God Source Power.

Tang Lan completed the Death God’s final trial, reached Level 99, and became the successor to the Death God’s inheritance. Gu Xuan and Hao Chen led him through the void to the sacred mountain where the inherited divine artifact was sealed, and he ended up touching a mysterious Stone Sword.

• Tang Lan absorbed the Death God’s remaining Source Power, advanced to Level 99, and completed the final trial.
• Gu Xuan and Hao Chen explained that they needed to ascend with a newly born god, and Tang Lan promised to take them with him.
• Gu Xuan opened a Space Channel and guided Tang Lan toward the sacred mountain, warning him to follow the marked path through the dangerous void.
• Tang Lan reached the mountain, passed through its restriction, and climbed to an altar where he found a crude Stone Sword.
• Tang Lan touched the Stone Sword, which turned crimson and grew scorching hot, while an immense force kept him from pulling his hand away.

Tang Lan obtained the black-and-white sword from the Sacred Mountain and returned to the Sea of Death, where he reunited with Long Yao and Bell. As they prepared to leave the next morning, a two-headed Dragon Turtle Baxia appeared offshore, stirring up a violent storm.

• Tang Lan's three strands of Source Power awakened the Stone Sword, which recognized him as its master and appeared as a black-and-white sword mark on his wrist.
• Tang Lan showed Gu Xuan and Hao Chen the sword mark, then agreed to meet them again after they traveled through the world.
• Tang Lan returned to the island after two months and reunited with Long Yao and Bell, promising they would leave at daybreak.
• Tang Lan joined Long Yao and Bell for grilled Giant Soul Fish and built a stone hut to rest overnight.
• A violent quake and storm awakened Tang Lan, Long Yao, and Bell, who saw a huge shadow offshore.
• Bell identified the creature as the mutated, two-headed Dragon Turtle Baxia, a ferocious beast likely with Million Year cultivation.

Tang Lan and his summoned Soul Beasts defeated the 990,000-year Dragon Turtle Baxia and forced it to submit to a Master-Servant Contract. With Baxia under his control, Tang Lan left the Sea of Death with Long Yao and Bell, sharing stories of his trials along the way.

• Tang Lan summoned the Two-Headed Sky Eagle, the Azure Flood Dragon, and the Poison Dragon to confront Dragon Turtle Baxia.
• Tang Lan struck Baxia with the Slaying Immortal Sword, and the three Soul Beasts overwhelmed and restrained the wounded Dragon Turtle.
• Baxia begged Tang Lan to spare its life, and Tang Lan bound it with a Master-Servant Contract.
• Tang Lan and his companions rode Baxia away from the island and toward the outskirts of the Sea of Death.
• Long Yao asked Tang Lan about his past trials, and he described their dangers and the opportunities he found along the way.

Tang Lan, Bell, and Long Yao traveled across the Sea of Death toward Glory Port, where three Sun Moon Continent Titled Douluo encountered them riding Dragon Turtle Baxia. After Tang Lan identified himself and explained his contract with the Soul Beast, the group continued on, leaving the three stunned by Baxia’s pressure.

• Bell declared that he would follow Tang Lan, and Long Yao agreed to join him because she had nowhere to return to.
• Long Yao asked about the women Tang Lan liked, then privately wondered whether she had developed feelings for him.
• Dragon Turtle Baxia carried Tang Lan, Bell, and Long Yao into the central Sea of Death, where Black Feather and two other Titled Douluo spotted them.
• Black Feather approached and asked Tang Lan who he was and why he traveled with Baxia.
• Tang Lan introduced himself as Tang Sect Leader of the Eastern Continent, said they were headed to Glory Port, and explained that Baxia had signed a Master-Servant Contract with him.
• Tang Lan ordered Baxia onward, and the three Titled Douluo watched them leave, shaken by the Soul Beast’s pressure.

Tang Lan and his companions traveled on Dragon Turtle Baxia toward Glory Port, where Solomon and the Sun Moon Empire’s Southern Legion confronted them. After Tang Lan explained that they were passing through on their way to the Eastern Continent to rebuild the Tang Sect, Solomon recognized their peaceful intent and witnessed Tang Lan’s overwhelming strength.

• Tang Lan, Bell, and their companion rode Dragon Turtle Baxia to within a hundred nautical miles of Glory Port.
• Solomon led twenty-five Titled Douluo to block their approach, while coastal Soul Guidance Cannons aimed toward them.
• Bell announced that they only intended to pass through Glory Port and take a ship to the Eastern Continent.
• Solomon ordered his forces to withdraw and flew alone to meet Tang Lan on Dragon Turtle Baxia.
• Tang Lan told Solomon he was returning to rebuild the Tang Sect and briefly released his aura, leaving Solomon trembling before withdrawing it.

Tang Lan arrived at Glory Port after Solomon agreed to clear the coast and escort him in, then reunited with Bauer, Qiao Na, and Kevin. After the Bauer departed for the Eastern Continent, Tang Lan recounted his experiences in the Sea of Death while keeping his Death God Inheritance and cultivation secret.

• Solomon recognized Tang Lan as a Level 98 Super Douluo and agreed to evacuate the coastal soldiers before escorting him into Glory Port.
• Solomon revealed that Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao served as advisors to the Sun Moon Empire's king, and Tang Lan stored Dragon Turtle Baxia before flying to shore with Long Yao and Bell.
• Tang Lan declined Solomon's banquet invitation, reminded him that he could seek Tang Lan out in the future, and headed to the harbor to meet Bauer.
• Tang Lan found Bauer's ship and reunited with Bauer, Qiao Na, and Kevin; Qiao Na said she had considered Tang Lan's earlier words.
• The Bauer left the harbor two hours later, and Tang Lan shared an overview of his Sea of Death experiences while concealing his inheritance and current cultivation.

Tang Lan returned to the Dou Ling Empire and learned that the Heaven Dou and Dou Ling Empires were at war while an allied army attacked the Tang Sect and Tang City. He arrived to find the defenders fighting overwhelming forces, as Tang Ya, Bei Bei, Ma Xiaotao, and others held off the attackers.

• Bauer’s ship reached a port near the Tang Sect, where Tang Lan learned that the empires were at war and an allied army planned to attack the sect’s headquarters.
• Tang Lan summoned the Two-Headed Sky Eagle and flew with his companions toward Tang City, the Tang Sect’s public-facing branch.
• Tang Lan saw fires and a fierce battle outside Tang City, where an allied army called on the Tang Sect to surrender.
• Tang Ya refused to yield and drew on the Blue Silver Grass to raise her strength, while Bei Bei transformed into a Golden Sacred Dragon and charged an enemy Soul Douluo.
• Ma Xiaotao held off two Soul Douluo, while Jiang Nannan, Huo Yuhao, Tang Wutong, and the others fought the opposing forces with Ning Tian supporting them.

Tang Lan arrived at Tang City as the Tang Sect faced an allied army and used his overwhelming power to kill its Rock Rhino Sect vice sect master. The army’s confidence returned when Old Ghost Li Yuan, a rank ninety-one Titled Douluo, appeared to challenge him.

• Tang Lan arrived above the battlefield, planted his Dragon Soul Overlord Spear, and revealed himself to the Tang Sect forces, delighting its members and Tang Ya.
• Tang Lan displayed nine blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and warned that anyone who attacked the Tang Sect would die.
• The Rock Rhino Sect vice sect master transformed into a Rock Armor Rhino and charged, but Tang Lan’s Mystic Tortoise Domain restrained him and his Evil Spirit Bloodthirsty Slash killed him instantly.
• The allied army panicked when it realized Tang Lan was a Titled Douluo, until Old Ghost Li Yuan emerged from a carriage and appeared above the army.
• Tang Lan remarked that the many sects had honored the Tang Sect by joining the attack.

Tang Lan rejected Old Ghost Li Yuan’s offer to absorb the Tang Sect into the Ghost Shadow Sect and fought him instead. Tang Lan easily destroyed Li Yuan’s attacks, but Li Yuan then unleashed his ninth soul skill, Myriad Shadows Pilgrimage, and sent shadow arms toward him.

• Old Ghost Li Yuan offered to spare part of the Tang Sect if Tang Lan and his disciples joined the Ghost Shadow Sect, but Tang Lan refused and challenged Li Yuan to submit instead.
• After ten breaths passed, Old Ghost Li Yuan attacked Tang Lan with black shadows and his Shadow Armor General.
• Tang Lan evaded the Shadow Armor General, caught its crescent blade with two fingers, shattered it, and punched the general apart.
• Old Ghost Li Yuan realized Tang Lan was stronger than a level-ninety soul master and unleashed his ninth soul skill, Myriad Shadows Pilgrimage.
• Old Ghost Li Yuan gathered the battlefield’s shadows around himself and sent two extending shadow arms toward Tang Lan, who dismissed the attack as ineffective.

Tang Lan defeated Old Ghost Li Yuan and forced him to make the Ghost Shadow Sect an affiliated sect of the Tang Sect. As the battle turned in the Tang Sect’s favor, Tang Lan rescued Tang Ya and immobilized the allied army with his eighth soul skill.

• Tang Lan shattered Li Yuan’s soul-shadow arms, struck him into a crater, and gave him ten breaths to surrender.
• Li Yuan submitted the Ghost Shadow Sect to the Tang Sect, and Yin Liyue ordered its disciples to attack the allied army.
• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Ma Xiaotao, and Tang Ya drove the allied forces back as the battle became one-sided.
• Tang Lan used the Rule of Death to wither Tang Ya’s vines, caught her, and promised to take over the Tang Sect’s burden.
• Tang Lan activated Soul Control, freezing everyone on the allied army’s side of the battlefield.

After Tang Lan defeated the allied forces and captured them, the Tang Sect gathered in Tang City's City Lord's Mansion to discuss the aftermath. Tang Lan praised Tang Ya's work and gave her two powerful soul bones, while Old Ghost Li Yuan was made to cooperate with the Tang Sect.

• Tang Lan's will forced thousands of allied fighters to surrender, and Tang Sect disciples captured them.
• Bell subdued Old Ghost Li Yuan and ordered him to organize the Ghost Shadow Sect's disciples and demonstrate loyalty to Tang Lan.
• Lingling rode the Two-Headed Sky Eagle and extinguished the fire surrounding the city.
• Tang Lan met with Tang Ya, Huo Yuhao, and the other gathered Tang Sect members, while Bell and Lingling watched Old Ghost Li Yuan.
• Tang Lan presented Tang Ya with a 250,000-year-old Dragon Turtle Baxia left arm bone and a 150,000-year-old Deep Sea Demon Algae right arm bone.

Tang Lan distributed hundred-thousand-year soul bones to the Tang Sect and its allies, then reviewed the victory over the allied forces. The meeting ended with Tang Ya proposing that the surrendered Ghost Shadow Sect become an affiliated sect and that Li Yuan be appointed an elder.

• Tang Ya refused the soul bone Tang Lan offered her, but Tang Lan gave Huo Yuhao two more and distributed two hundred-thousand-year soul bones to everyone else present except Lingling and Li Yuan.
• Huo Yuhao reported that the Tang Sect had captured more than nine hundred enemy Soul Masters, killed over a hundred, and seized horses and supplies.
• Tang Lan asked whether anyone objected to accepting the Ghost Shadow Sect after Li Yuan surrendered on the battlefield.
• Li Yuan said his sect had joined the allied forces under pressure and offered to accept punishment.
• Tang Ya proposed letting the Ghost Shadow Sect's surrender offset its earlier actions and appointing Li Yuan as a Tang Sect elder, and the others nodded.

After the Tang Sect defeated the allied forces, Tang Lan assigned Bell to reform the captured Soul Masters and learned that Shrek Academy had secretly supplied the sect with Soul Tools. He then announced a counteroffensive against the surrounding sects and prepared to lead a team to attack the Rizhao Sect that night.

• Jiang Nannan asked how the Tang Sect should handle the more than seventeen hundred captured allied Soul Masters and transport personnel, and Bell volunteered to reform them.
• Tang Lan put Bell in charge of turning the captives into loyal forces for the Tang Sect, ordering him to imprison anyone who refused to submit.
• Tang Ya explained that Shrek Academy had secretly provided high-level Soul Tools, while Ning Tian and the others had come voluntarily to help.
• Tang Lan thanked the visitors, declared that the Tang Sect would conquer the other sects, and identified the nearby Rizhao Sect as its next target.
• Tang Lan assigned himself, Lingling, Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng to attack the Rizhao Sect that night, while the others stayed to defend Tang City.

Tang Lan led three hundred Tang Sect elites on a night raid against the Rizhao Sect to capture its leader and settle the sect’s grievances. The raid met little resistance, and the Tang Sect brought the Rizhao Sect under control.

• Tang Lan assembled three hundred armed Tang Sect disciples, including eight Soul Saints, and set out from Tang City on swift horses.
• After three hours, Tang Lan’s force reached the Rizhao Sect and hid the horses before approaching its mountain gate on foot.
• Tang Lan’s disciples silently incapacitated the two guards and eliminated sentries along the mountain path with hidden weapons.
• The Tang Sect force split up to capture the sect master and subdue the disciples, using sleeping incense to put them to sleep.
• Tang Lan’s raid encountered almost no resistance and brought the Rizhao Sect under control.

Tang Lan led the Tang Sect’s assault on the Rizhao Sect, revealed his Level 98 strength, and defeated Sect Leader Cheng Yuan. After Cheng Yuan sacrificed himself to protect his disciples, Tang Lan spared the survivors and declared that the Rizhao Sect would be erased as an independent sect.

• Tang Lan burst into the Rizhao Sect’s meeting and announced that it would be erased, while Tang Sect forces captured the elders and Lingling set the sect ablaze.
• Tang Lan revealed his identity and overwhelmed Cheng Yuan, whose injuries and Tang Lan’s Level 98 strength left him unable to resist.
• Qin Yan pleaded for mercy and offered to make the Rizhao Sect an affiliated sect of the Tang Sect.
• Cheng Yuan accepted responsibility for joining the allied army and kowtowed to Tang Lan to beg him to spare the disciples.
• Cheng Yuan killed himself, and Tang Lan ordered that he receive a proper burial and spared the surviving disciples while ending the Rizhao Sect as an independent sect.

Tang Lan returned to Tang City after destroying the Rizhao Sect, bringing its 500 surviving disciples under Tang Sect control. As Qin Yan began rebuilding them into a subordinate sect, Huo Yuhao warned that nearby sects had learned of the attack and were preparing to resist.

• Tang Lan offered the remaining Rizhao Sect disciples the choice to submit or return to civilian life, then led Tang Ya and the others away as the sect burned.
• Qin Yan learned that Huang Zhang had died in battle and decided that following Tang Lan was the best choice for the Rizhao Sect.
• Qin Yan rallied all 500 surviving disciples to submit to the Tang Sect, and Tang Ya arranged carriages to take them back to Tang City's sphere of influence.
• Tang Lan returned to Tang City, where the citizens welcomed him, and he agreed to give Qin Yan half a month to rebuild the disciples into a battle-ready subordinate sect.
• Huo Yuhao reported that the Hidden Moon Sect, East Rising Pavilion, and Spirit Martial Gate had learned of the Rizhao Sect's destruction and were considering resistance.
• Huo Yuhao's Intelligence Department occupied Two Moon Pass, a key route near the three wary sects.