Chapter Summaries

Dai Mubai and Zhu Cai'er fought as the Hell White Tiger, growing wings and devastating Heaven Dou's forces before dying under a barrage of soul skills. After death, Kong offered to send them to a world where they could live forever, and Zhu Cai'er accepted.

• Ge Long ordered the Heaven Dou Soul Masters to kill the Hell White Tiger, but it grew wings and took to the sky, astonishing both armies.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Cai'er unleashed the Hell White Tiger's Saint King's Roar, killing many flying Soul Masters despite the strain on their strength.
• As their power ran out, Dai Mubai and Zhu Cai'er exchanged words about their marriage and a possible next life before the Hell White Tiger broke apart.
• Dai Mubai shielded Zhu Cai'er as dozens of soul skills struck them, and both died; Zhu Cai'er realized she had come to value him.
• Kong appeared before their souls and offered to send them to a world where gods lived forever, and Zhu Cai'er blinked to accept.

After Dai Mubai’s death, the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires fought for three months until both sides were nearly annihilated. The Star Luo Emperor sent Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun away to preserve their bloodlines, then prepared to enter the final battle himself.

• Dai Weisi grieved Dai Mubai’s death, then rallied the troops to avenge him.
• Seven days later, the Star Luo Emperor led the Empire’s remaining forces to the battlefield, and Heaven Dou reinforcements arrived.
• After three months of fighting left fewer than ten thousand soldiers able to fight on either side, Ge Long feared Spirit Hall would exploit the empires’ ruin.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun to flee and preserve the Dai and Zhu family bloodlines.
• The Star Luo Emperor and Empress prepared to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and fight at Jialing Pass.

After Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire were devastated by the war, Qian Renxue ended her decades-long impersonation of Xue Qinghe and fled toward Spirit Hall with Xue Ke. She concealed her identity and role in Heaven Dou’s fall, leaving Xue Ke believing her brother had died and trusting Qian Renxue to care for her.

• A bloodied messenger reported that Marshal Ge Long and his troops had died, while only about three thousand Star Luo survivors remained.
• Qian Renxue dismissed the ministers and let them flee, then reflected on her long infiltration and the forces she had kept from the battlefield.
• News spread that Xue Qinghe had taken poison and died, while the Star Luo Emperor and his remaining soldiers had been killed in an attack.
• Qian Renxue traveled toward Spirit Hall with She Long, Ci Xue, and Xue Ke, telling Xue Ke that she had been Xue Qinghe’s friend and had promised to protect her.
• Xue Ke accepted Qian Renxue as her elder sister, while Qian Renxue resolved to keep her disguise and responsibility for Xue Ke’s brother’s death secret.

Bibi Dong established the Douluo Federation Republic, which rapidly unified the continent and began reforms with lower taxes and widespread schooling. As Kong reflected on the changes he had helped inspire, he discovered that former Prince Xue Xing was preparing to resist the new government.

• Bibi Dong announced the Douluo Federation Republic and said it would be governed by people blessed by the Raiden God King who possessed Visions; Spirit Hall's leaders unanimously approved.
• The Republic absorbed Spirit Hall's former personnel, the newly established Seven Great Sects, and other sects, then took control of the continent in less than a month.
• The Republic lowered taxes to twenty percent and began building schools, offering affordable education and work-study opportunities to commoners.
• Kong reflected on his role in persuading Spirit Hall and proposing schools, and wondered whether Bibi Dong and Xue Er were close to becoming gods.
• Kong discovered that Xue Xing was planning a final act of resistance in Suotuo City and intended to overthrow the Douluo Federation Republic.

Xue Xing tried to rally the remaining nobles to restore the Heaven Dou Empire, but the people they approached refused to join because life under the Douluo Federation Republic was better. After Guard Captain Hu Yanzhen set out to deal with the nobles, a leader proposed using competitions to channel Soul Masters’ fighting spirit.

• Xue Xing urged the remaining nobles to secretly recruit troops and promised them rewards if they reclaimed territory.
• The nobles found that commoners and Soul Masters had no interest in restoring the nation, and some reported the recruitment efforts.
• The person leading the meeting ordered Guard Captain Hu Yanzhen to suppress the nobles while avoiding harm to the public.
• After reviewing the Soul Arena’s tax contribution, the leader proposed competitions for Soul Masters at every stage and in multiple formats.

Qian Renxue began the Angel God inheritance and discovered that her first trial was unexpectedly embarrassing and easy. She flew to Kong’s residence, where Kong, Ei, and the Raiden Shogun were about to eat dinner.

• Qian Daoliu reassured Qian Renxue that he was proud of her achievements and urged her to receive the Angel inheritance.
• Qian Renxue received the Angel Nine Trials and gained a golden mark on her forehead.
• Qian Daoliu inspected Qian Renxue’s first trial and was surprised by its improper, simple task.
• Qian Renxue left the Angel Holy Temple and flew to Kong’s residence after calming herself.
• Kong, Ei, and the Raiden Shogun sat down for dinner, and Qian Renxue appeared at the doorway.

Tang San reached the White Ring Soul Douluo rank and chose a Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear as his future ninth soul ring. Meanwhile, Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed Heaven Dou Academy’s uncertain future and decided with the others to leave it, leaving Xiao Wu puzzled.

• Tang San returned to Sunset Forest as a White Ring Soul Douluo and vowed revenge on Bibi Dong, Guimei, and Yue Guan for ruining his soul rings.
• Tang San recalled a powerful Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear he had encountered and decided it would be his ninth soul ring.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed the nearly empty Heaven Dou Academy, its lack of funds, and whether to recruit teachers or students.
• Flender gathered the others, and they all agreed to leave the academy and retire into seclusion.
• The next day, Xiao Wu watched Flender and the others leave with their belongings as Flender began telling Teacher Wu Mei that she would be Heaven Dou Academy’s...

Xiao Wu unexpectedly became headmistress of the near-empty Heaven Dou Academy after Flender and the others departed, and she began rebuilding it. She accepted Federation support and led students to Sunset Forest for training, hoping to change how Soul Masters treated soul beasts.

• Flender left Xiao Wu in charge of Heaven Dou Academy, and she struggled to decide whether to stay or pursue him.
• Xiao Wu found the academy's untouched resources in the storeroom and realized Flender had left them so she could restore the school.
• Xiao Wu and the students rebuilt the academy, which grew to more than forty students and several teachers, and she accepted the Federation's reimbursement policy.
• Xiao Wu took students to Sunset Forest for training and told them to spare any soul beasts they defeated.

Xiao Wu discovered that the Sunset Forest’s soul beasts were being drained and feared a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was responsible. She found Tang San refining a soul beast’s bloodline and vital energy, realized he was the culprit, and attacked him while he was distracted.

• Xiao Wu explained to her students that beast tides had once been retaliation for humans harming soul beasts, then led them toward the Sunset Forest.
• Xiao Wu noticed that the forest held unusually few soul beasts and ordered the students to retreat, suspecting a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was nearby.
• Xiao Wu sent the students back to the academy and reentered the forest alone, finding drained corpses among the thousand-year and ten-thousand-year soul beasts.
• Xiao Wu tracked the culprit to Tang San, who was refining the bloodline and vital energy of a soul beast he had killed.
• Xiao Wu recognized Tang San and, while he was distracted by his technique, used Martial Soul Possession and kicked toward the back of his head.

Xiao Wu ambushed Tang San and battered him with her Eight-Stage Throw, leaving him gravely injured. As Tang San’s bloodline awakened enough to heal him, he realized that devouring soul-beast bloodlines had damaged his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, and the chapter left him confronting what he had sacrificed for power.

• Xiao Wu struck Tang San from behind while he was refining a soul beast, then attacked him repeatedly before he could recover.
• Xiao Wu used her Self-Created Soul Skill, Brutal Kill, Eight-Stage Throw, to hurl Tang San through the air and smash him into the ground.
• Guimei watched from the shadows and decided not to intervene, while reflecting on his future with Yue Guan.
• Tang San recognized Xiao Wu and felt a damaged bloodline stir within him, turning mottled traces Blue-Gold and restoring much of his strength.
• Tang San recalled that he was the son of the Blue Silver Emperor and Tang Hao, and realized that devouring other bloodlines had corrupted his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline.

Xiao Wu confronted Tang San over the deaths of her younger brothers, but they both came to suspect Kong had killed them and framed Tang Hao. They pretended to reconcile while secretly gathering killing intent, leaving their true intentions uncertain.

• Tang San used the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline to recover from Xiao Wu’s attack, permanently losing the bloodline in the process, and recognized her by her fighting habits.
• Xiao Wu accused Tang San’s father, Tang Hao, of killing the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, but Tang San argued that his injured father could not have defeated them both.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu independently realized that Kong had been present and could have killed the two beast kings, and Tang San vowed to avenge his father against him.
• Tang San claimed his father would never have harmed Xiao Wu, while Xiao Wu suspected Tang Hao had been involved in Ah Yin’s death and pretended to apologize.
• Tang San asked Xiao Wu to return and be like they were before; they walked toward each other while concealing their growing killing intent.

Tang San and Xiao Wu hid their hostile intentions behind affectionate words, with Tang San planning to devour Xiao Wu and Xiao Wu considering how to kill him. Guimei watched from the shadows, puzzled by their stories about Kong and Xiao Wu’s younger brothers.

• Tang San welcomed Xiao Wu as a chance to gain power and imagined devouring her, while vowing to protect her and become a god with her.
• Xiao Wu resolved to avenge Da Ming and Er Ming, considering charming the Raiden God King and waiting for a chance to kill Tang San.
• Tang San tried to persuade Xiao Wu to dismiss her Martial Soul, but she refused and played on his supposed affection.
• Tang San admired Xiao Wu’s beauty, then insisted to himself that her Charm could not sway him and repeated that his feelings would never change.
• Guimei listened from hiding and questioned Xiao Wu’s account of her younger brothers, reflecting that Tang San’s choices had led him down the wrong path.

Tang San swore he would protect Xiao Wu, then tried to kill her with a Godly Zhuge Crossbow when she approached. Xiao Wu survived and drove him off, while Tang San fled injured; she planned to report him to the Douluo Federation and investigate Kong’s possible involvement in Da Ming and Er Ming’s deaths.

• Tang San promised Xiao Wu he would always protect her, then attacked her with a Godly Zhuge Crossbow as she rushed toward him.
• Xiao Wu used Invincible Golden Body and Teleport to resist Tang San’s attack and kick him in the head.
• Xiao Wu noticed Tang San’s unusual soul-ring configuration, and Tang San abandoned his pretense and declared that he wanted to take her to godhood.
• Xiao Wu interrupted Tang San’s attempt to use Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and sent him flying.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Entanglement to delay Xiao Wu and escaped, while Xiao Wu decided to report him to the Douluo Federation and investigate Kong’s role in Da Ming and Er Ming’s deaths.

A Body Soul Master named Poison to Death used a Heavenly Tribulation to awaken his Martial Soul for a second time and received a Vision from the Raiden God King. At Thunder God Temple, Xiao Wu revealed that Tang San was hiding in Sunset Forest and had grown to Soul Douluo level.

• Kong watched a quasi-Soul King endure a Thunder Tribulation and explained the potential of Body Martial Souls.
• Poison to Death survived a Heavenly Tribulation, awakened his bronze-skinned hands a second time, and vowed to establish the Body Martial Hall.
• The Raiden God King granted Poison to Death an earthy yellow Vision, and Kong wondered whether he was an ancestor of Du Busi and Du Bisi.
• At Thunder God Temple, Saint Asberding learned that Tang San had been in Sunset Forest.
• Xiao Wu told Asberding that she had encountered Tang San in Sunset Forest, where he was refining a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, but had failed to stop him from escaping.

Tang San fled Sunset Forest for the northern Icebound Forest while Guimei followed and judged his character. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong freed Yu Xiaogang after explaining that her love for him had been part of Rakshasa’s trials, but his release became another punishment when he could not open the chamber door.

• Tang San escaped Sunset Forest before Xiao Wu and Saint Asberding arrived, and Xiao Wu returned to Heaven Dou Academy while the others pursued him.
• Tang San avoided populated areas and headed north toward Icebound Forest, while Guimei secretly followed and assessed him as a petty villain with a remaining moral limit.
• In Spirit City, Bibi Dong told Yu Xiaogang that he was free and explained that her love for him had been one of Rakshasa’s trials.
• Yu Xiaogang asked whether Bibi Dong no longer hated him, and she said that freeing him to face the outside world was a greater punishment than killing him.
• Yu Xiaogang reached the stone chamber door but could not open it as an ordinary person, prompting Bibi Dong to call him useless.

Yu Xiaogang left the Secret Chamber and discovered that Spirit Hall and the continent had changed beyond recognition. After learning about the Douluo Federation and the Elephant Armor Sect’s rise, he was left struggling to catch up with the times.

• Yu Xiaogang exited the Secret Chamber, found Pope’s Hall empty and altered, and encountered Hu Yan Family guards on Martial Soul Holy Mountain.
• Yu Xiaogang called the Hu Yan Family lackeys of Spirit Hall, but a guard told him the family had disbanded the Elephant Armor Sect and joined the Douluo Federation.
• A lost boy named Xiao Shitou approached the guards for help, and the burly Hu Yan Family Member treated him kindly and sent Hu Yanli to find his home.
• Yu Xiaogang asked the guard about the Federation, and Xiao Shitou explained that it had given him a chance to attend school despite lacking Soul Power.
• Hu Yanli returned with the boy’s address, and the guard warned Yu Xiaogang not to speak carelessly about the Lower Four Sects, adding that the Elephant Armor Sect had become the head of the Upper Three Sects.

After learning from Tang Chen’s records that Tang Hao had caused the feud with Spirit Hall, the Clear Sky Sect left its mountain and joined the Douluo Federation as blacksmiths. Six months later, a powerful killing aura signaled the birth of another first-rank Deity, while the Silver Dragon King ordered Di Tian to proceed with his breakthrough and explained Tian Meng’s limits.

• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect learned from Tang Chen’s delivered books that Tang Hao had killed the Raiden God King’s predecessor’s interests and instigated the conflict with Spirit Hall over a 100,000 Year Soul Ring.
• The Great Elder and the sect members agreed to take responsibility together, and the Clear Sky Sect descended from the mountain to join the Douluo Federation.
• The Thunder God Temple welcomed the Clear Sky Sect and valued its members’ blacksmithing skills, while Moonlight Pavilion’s closure had helped force the sect to seek a new livelihood.
• Six months later, a wave of supreme killing intent swept the continent, and the Silver Dragon King identified its source as a newly born first-rank Deity.
• The Silver Dragon King told Di Tian that he no longer needed to suppress his breakthrough and ordered him to wake the others and refine Tian Meng.
• The Silver Dragon King explained that Tian Meng could not become a Divine Beast merely by reaching a million years, unlike the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who could become a Sea God Dragon upon reaching that age.

Bibi Dong became the true Rakshasa God, learned that Kong was the Asura God's Inheritor, and returned to her office with orders to summon Guimei and kill Tang San. The Silver Dragon King chose to sacrifice Tian Meng so Di Tian could strengthen the soul beast race.

• The Silver Dragon King accepted Di Tian's argument that sacrificing Tian Meng would benefit the soul beast race, and Di Tian put Tian Meng to sleep before beginning his breakthrough.
• Bibi Dong inherited the Rakshasa God Position and received the Rakshasa Ghost Scythe from the previous Rakshasa God.
• The previous Rakshasa God told Bibi Dong that Kong was the Asura God's Inheritor and warned her not to pursue him.
• Bibi Dong returned to her office, told Yue Guan to call her Minister, and ordered him to summon Guimei and kill Tang San, who had been hiding in the Icebound Forest.

Kong agreed to marry Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing after explaining that he liked Ning Rongrong for who she was. The women teased one another about their relationships, and Ning Rongrong ended the chapter tied up and calling for Kong to rescue her.

• Ye Lingling asked Kong how long Qian Renxue's divine trial would take, and he estimated three months to a year before she became a god.
• Dugu Yan recalled promising to bring Ye Lingling along when she visited Suotuo City with Kong.
• Ning Rongrong asked Kong to marry her and Zhu Zhuqing, and Kong told her he would marry them if she wanted while affirming that she did not need to change herself for him.
• Kong revealed that he would marry Zhu Zhuqing, who took his arm, and Ning Rongrong demanded to be included too.
• Ning Rongrong complained that Zhu Zhuqing had kept her relationship with Kong secret, then lunged at her and was quickly restrained.
• Ning Rongrong called for Kong to save her while the others watched.

Qian Renxue learned that Bibi Dong had become a god and resolved to hasten her own progress. Outside Spirit City, Yu Xiaogang faced the damage to his reputation and left to live in seclusion, while Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er arrived to seek out Kong.

• Qian Renxue reflected that Bibi Dong had become a god before her and anticipated the surprise Kong had promised her when she ascended.
• Yu Xiaogang heard children mocking him with a saying that blamed him for being useless and accused him of misguiding Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang left Spirit City, regretting his actions and deciding not to seek out his father or the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Shui Yue'er urged Shui Bing'er to visit Kong, reminding her that Skywater Academy had merged with Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Shui Bing'er admitted she feared Kong would reject them, but Shui Yue'er encouraged her until they agreed to go.