Chapter Summaries

Shiyu watched visions of past events in the Space-Time Tunnel, including the First Generation Sea God and Angel God, and considered creating his own God Position. He emerged from the tunnel into an attack, caught a Soul Ancestor’s blade barehanded, and left the attacker stunned.

• Shiyu watched visions of Tang San’s battles, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s escape, and Bibi Dong’s past.
• Shiyu saw the First Generation Sea God create his God Position and defeat the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, then considered traveling back to create his own God Position.
• Shiyu saw the Angel God worshipped by believers and reached the Space-Time Tunnel’s exit.
• Shiyu emerged from the tunnel as a middle-aged Soul Ancestor attacked him with a Martial Soul blade.
• Shiyu caught the blade barehanded without injury, leaving the attacker shocked by his sudden appearance.

Shiyu landed in the middle of a battle between Spirit Masters and Evil Soul Masters, then revealed his overwhelming strength by killing several attackers. He faced the Evil Soul Master Spirit Saint while an elderly Spirit Saint went to aid the other fighters.

• An Evil Soul Master attacked Shiyu from behind, but Shiyu restrained him with the Power of Space and killed him with a distant slap.
• Four Soul Ancestors and a Soul King charged Shiyu, and he killed them all with punches.
• At the request of the middle-aged man's side, Shiyu agreed to help eliminate the Evil Soul Masters.
• Shiyu told the elderly Spirit Saint to aid the other fighters, then sent the Evil Soul Master Spirit Saint flying with a punch.
• The Evil Soul Master Spirit Saint got up and swung his Skeleton Staff after Shiyu vanished and a sense of danger struck him.

Shiyu defeated an Evil Soul Master Spirit Saint and helped the Spirit Saint Elder’s group wipe out the attacking Evil Soul Masters. After the battle, he asked the survivors to explain the outside world, since he had only just left the mountains.

• Shiyu used his Time and Spatial powers to overwhelm the Spirit Saint without releasing his Martial Soul, while observers mistook his Soul Ancestor-level Soul Power for a disguise.
• Shiyu killed three Soul Kings who rushed to interfere, then resumed beating the Spirit Saint as the other Evil Soul Masters were defeated.
• When the Spirit Saint tried to self-destruct while holding Shiyu, Shiyu used Replacement to switch places with a Soul Emperor-level Evil Soul Master, who died in the explosion.
• The surviving Evil Soul Masters fled after their leader died, and Shiyu joined the pursuit, killing forty or fifty before the group wiped them all out.
• The Spirit Saint Elder and his companions thanked Shiyu, who asked them about the era and the outside world; he explained that his mother had woven his clothes.

Shiyu learned from the Spirit Saint Elder that he had arrived roughly 18,540 years before the Peerless Tang Sect Period, when the Holy Spirit Cult openly dominated the continent. He suspected its leader, Death God, was the powerful opponent he had seen fighting Angel God, and the chapter left him hearing the Spirit Hall elder's firm faith that Angel would defeat the cult.

• The Spirit Saint Elder treated Shiyu's battered clothes as unusual, ordered the group to rest, and spoke with him while they recovered from the battle.
• Shiyu used the elder's account and his historical knowledge to determine that this era was roughly 18,540 years before his own time, amid wars between more than a dozen nations.
• The Spirit Saint Elder explained that the Holy Spirit Cult had a million followers, including tens of thousands of Spirit Masters, and that Death God could grant cultivation to ordinary people at the cost of making them vicious.
• The elder said Death God had reached Level Ninety-Nine two hundred years earlier and might now be Level One Hundred, while promising believers that they could ascend to the God Realm with him.
• Shiyu wondered whether Death God had been the man he saw fighting Angel God before her ascension, then asked whether Spirit Hall could oppose him.
• The Spirit Saint Elder declared that Angel would lead Spirit Hall to defeat the Holy Spirit Cult and purge the world of its evil.

The Spirit Saint Elder told Shiyu how Angel had led Spirit Hall to become one of the continent’s great powers and how its long conflict with the Holy Spirit Cult had reached a final battle at Jialing Pass. Shiyu agreed to travel there and help, but made clear he would retreat if the fight became impossible.

• The Spirit Saint Elder explained Spirit Hall’s origins, Angel’s rise to power, and the centuries-long struggle against the Holy Spirit Cult.
• The elder said Spirit Hall and the Holy Spirit Cult would fight their decisive battle at Jialing Pass in three days, and Shiyu reflected on the site’s later role in Spirit Hall’s destruction.
• The Spirit Saint Elder invited Shiyu to join Spirit Hall, but Shiyu declined membership and offered to help fight the enemy instead.
• Shiyu warned that he would leave if the battle became hopeless, and the Spirit Saint Elder accepted his terms.
• After recovering, Shiyu and the Spirit Saint Elder set out for Jialing Pass as reinforcements.

Shiyu arrived at Jialing Pass and was brought to meet Spirit Hall’s Pope after his unusual strength and spatial Martial Soul drew attention. The Pope sent Netherworld Douluo away, leaving Shiyu alone with her.

• Shiyu reached Jialing Pass with the Spirit Saint Elder and passed the inspection to enter.
• The Spirit Saint Elder returned with Netherworld Douluo, who said the Pope wanted to meet Shiyu.
• Netherworld Douluo explained that Shiyu’s youth, strength, and rare spatial Martial Soul had earned him an audience.
• Netherworld Douluo escorted Shiyu through the tense, heavily reinforced pass to the council hall.
• Shiyu met the Pope, who assessed him and ordered Netherworld Douluo to leave them alone.

Shiyu met the Pope of Spirit Hall, who tested his strength after assuring him she would not force him into dangerous work. She effortlessly stopped his strongest attack and judged him powerful enough to kill a high-level Soul Douluo, though Shiyu acknowledged that his exhaustion made such a fight impractical.

• Shiyu explained how he had met the Spirit Saint Elder and agreed to help Spirit Hall only as far as he safely could.
• The Pope assessed Shiyu’s Soul Power and identified his three unusual Soul Bones, promising not to reveal or seize them.
• The Pope created a golden domain and urged Shiyu to attack with everything he had.
• Shiyu spent all his Soul Power to unleash thirteen overlapping Space Blades from his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, but the Pope halted them effortlessly.
• The Pope called Shiyu outrageous and estimated that his attack could kill a high-level Soul Douluo, while Shiyu noted that fighting one would still be difficult.

Shiyu learned that the Pope had reached Level One Hundred and was close to becoming a God, with only the final stage of condensing her Godhood remaining. She offered to share her insights with him in exchange for his promise to ascend to the God Realm alongside her and risk his life for her once if she faced major trouble.

• Shiyu asked whether the Pope had reached Level One Hundred, and she confirmed that she had.
• The Pope explained that her Godhood was ninety-nine percent condensed and that she still needed to complete the final step to become a God.
• The Pope praised Shiyu's talent and said his chances of becoming a God were high.
• The Pope offered to share her experience condensing Godhood if Shiyu swore to accompany her to the God Realm and look after one another.
• Shiyu agreed to risk his life for the Pope once if she encountered major trouble, and she accepted his promise.

The Pope explained her two-stage Method of Becoming a God to Shiyu, describing how a Spirit Master condensed a Godhead Seed and used faith to comprehend divine rules. She believed defeating the Death God would bring her enough faith to complete the final step and become a Deity.

• The Pope agreed to share her Method of Becoming a God with Shiyu after the war, then explained that its success depended on her condensing a Godhead Seed.
• The Pope said a Level Ninety-Nine Spirit Master had to compress Soul Power repeatedly to grow a Godhead Seed large enough to communicate with the God Realm.
• The Pope explained that she had spent one hundred and five years establishing a connection with the God Realm and now needed to raise her understanding of light and fire to the God-level.
• Shiyu asked how defeating the Death God related to becoming a God, and the Pope said faith had accelerated her comprehension of the rules.
• The Pope said defeating the Death God would bring the world's faith in her to its peak, allowing her to comprehend God-level Rules and become a Deity.

Shiyu questioned the Pope about the Death God’s path to godhood, divine power, and the requirements for reaching Level One Hundred. After she shared her knowledge, Shiyu left determined to remember her favor and pursue his own God Position.

• Shiyu learned that the Death God was closer to becoming a god than the Pope but had challenged her because he could not wait another hundred years.
• The Pope explained that Level Ninety-Nine experts could live up to four hundred years, while Hundred-Level Experts could live around fifteen hundred.
• The Pope told Shiyu that condensing a Godhead Seed and connecting to the God Realm enabled a breakthrough to Level One Hundred, while absorbing ordinary Soul Power alone could not.
• The Pope explained that a Hundred-Level Expert gained a naturally evolved Tenth Soul Ring, potentially comparable to a Million-Year Soul Ring.
• Shiyu realized that the God Realm’s limited God Positions could prevent future people from creating their own, and he asked the Pope more about compressing Soul Power.
• Shiyu thanked the Pope for her guidance and left to consider what he had learned, while she expressed hope that he would become a god.

Shiyu considered the challenges of becoming a God and realized the Space-Time Tunnel could help him comprehend time and space, while a Time Domain might give him more time to condense a Godhead Seed. He stayed in his room to study the information he had gathered, then emerged on the third day to find Jialing Pass tense with preparations for war.

• Shiyu reviewed the Method of Becoming a God and worried that gathering faith and condensing a Godhead Seed would take too long.
• Shiyu decided to use the Space-Time Tunnel as a reference for comprehending the rules of time and space.
• Shiyu considered creating a Time Domain or awakening an Innate Domain to alter the flow of time and accelerate his progress.
• Shiyu remained in his room, where he focused on the Method of Becoming a God and waited to witness the Angel God and the Death God clash.
• Shiyu stepped outside on the third day and sensed the tense atmosphere at Jialing Pass.

Shiyu watched the Holy Spirit Cult begin its attack on Jialing Pass and saw the Pope and Death God reveal their power as the Hundred-Level Experts’ clash began. The chapter ended with Shiyu stunned by Death God’s nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and gray million-year Soul Ring.

• Shiyu reached the city wall with the Spirit Saint Elder and saw both armies exchange attacks, suffering casualties on each side.
• Shiyu surveyed the Holy Spirit Cult’s enormous force of over a million soldiers and fifty or sixty thousand Spirit Masters.
• Death God rose above the Holy Spirit Cult army, and his deathly aura clashed with the Pope’s holy presence, rallying both armies.
• The Pope summoned her six-winged angel martial soul and revealed ten Soul Rings, including a gold million-year ring.
• Death God released his Death God martial soul and displayed nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and a gray million-year ring.

The Pope and Death God began fighting high above Jialing Pass while the Holy Spirit Cult launched a massive assault on the fortress. A Ghost Sound Bell Title Douluo turned the battle by enraging the cult's forces and disrupting Spirit Hall's defenders.

• The Pope and Death God flew to an altitude of ten thousand meters and clashed, keeping their battle away from their followers.
• The Holy Spirit Cult attacked Jialing Pass with ground troops and flying Spirit Masters as Spirit Hall's forces defended the walls.
• The Ghost Sound Bell Title Douluo appeared, prompting Spirit Hall's Title Douluos to engage him and the Holy Spirit Cult's experts to intervene.
• The Ghost Sound Bell Title Douluo activated his Martial Soul Avatar and unleashed his ninth Soul Skill, strengthening the Holy Spirit Cult's forces while disrupting Spirit Hall's defenders.
• Shiyu covered his ears as Spirit Hall's commander sent more powerful fighters to stop the bell's effects, and high-level clashes spread across the battlefield.

Shiyu used Teleportation to bring four Spirit Hall elders close to the Ghost Sound Bell Spirit Master, helping them kill him and weakening the Holy Spirit Cult’s assault. He then reinforced the city gate with his Domain and detonated its accumulated energy outward, giving Spirit Hall’s forces an opening to counterattack.

• Shiyu offered to teleport Spirit Hall elders to the Ghost Sound Bell Spirit Master, and the Grand Elder sent four elders with him.
• Shiyu teleported the four elders within ten meters of the Ghost Sound Bell Spirit Master, and they killed him before the Holy Spirit Cult’s reinforcements arrived.
• The Ghost Sound Bell Spirit Master’s death ended his support effect, helping Spirit Hall regain order as the Holy Spirit Cult continued attacking the city.
• Shiyu used his Domain to reinforce the battered city gate, then warned the defenders to retreat before the stored energy exploded.
• Shiyu directed the explosion outward, killing at least a thousand Holy Spirit Cult soldiers and destroying the battering rams, after which Spirit Hall’s forces charged out to counterattack.

Shiyu fought at Jialing Pass, using his soul bones to kill Holy Spirit Cult Spirit Masters and recover from his wounds while avoiding stronger opponents. As Pope and Death God continued their battle in the sky, Shiyu hoped to claim some of Death God’s flesh and blood if Pope won.

• Shiyu unleashed the Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone and Dark Gold Dreadclaw Soul Bone and charged into the Holy Spirit Cult’s ranks, slaughtering lower-level Spirit Masters and devouring their life energy.
• When a Spirit Saint attacked, Shiyu teleported behind him, took a blow, and killed him with the Eight Spider Lances before healing through devoured energy.
• Shiyu used Teleportation to evade a Soul Douluo and shifted the battlefield, choosing weaker targets whose energy could help heal him and increase his cultivation.
• The Spirit Hall Grand Elder watched Shiyu’s fighting, ordered others to protect him, and judged that he was safe as long as no Title Douluo intervened.
• When more than a dozen Soul Douluo-level Evil Soul Masters surrounded him, Shiyu returned to Jialing Pass to rest, then rejoined the battle when they were occupied elsewhere.
• Shiyu watched Pope and Death God clash in the sky and considered taking some of Death God’s flesh and blood after Pope defeated him.

The Pope and the Death God fought for hours, with the Pope's Holy Energy and Sun God Fire gradually giving her an edge despite her weaker Soul Skills and Soul Bones. Both unleashed their Tenth Soul Skills, and the Pope gathered power from those who answered her call as the Death God formed a colossal phantom; their decisive clash had only just begun.

• The Pope and the Death God activated their Martial Soul Avatars, and her Holy Energy began to suppress him.
• The Death God absorbed Death Qi from the battlefield to recover, while the Pope tried to purify it and hinder his restoration.
• After neither could defeat the other with their available techniques, the Pope and the Death God prepared to use their Tenth Soul Skills.
• The Pope unleashed Pure World Holy Light as the Death God invoked Death God World Annihilation and formed a gigantic phantom.
• The Spirit Hall Grand Elder urged the others to pray to the Angel God, and Shiyu joined them in lending some of his power to the Pope.
• The Death God began his attack, unable to gather power through faith as the Pope had.

The Pope defeated the Death God in their Tenth Soul Skill clash, then contained his attempt to destroy everyone by detonating his Godhead Seed. With the Holy Spirit Cult routed, she demanded surrender and killed those who kept fleeing, leaving the remaining enemies begging for their lives.

• The Pope gained the upper hand and destroyed the Death God's enormous phantom, forcing him to detonate his Godhead Seed and threaten everyone below.
• Shiyu fled a hundred kilometers from Jialing Pass as the Death God and his Godhead Seed exploded.
• The Pope used her origin power to contain the blast, while the Death God escaped as a streak of gray light.
• Spirit Hall celebrated the Pope's victory, and the Holy Spirit Cult's forces began to flee.
• The Pope ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to surrender and killed more than thirty thousand who continued running.
• Members of the Holy Spirit Cult knelt and begged the Pope to spare them.

The Pope purified the surrendered Holy Spirit Cult members, stripping away their Death God-tainted power and reducing them to ordinary people. A divine response transformed her into the Angel God, while the fleeing Death God’s remnant soul vowed revenge.

• The Pope asked the Holy Spirit Cult members to repent and believe in the Angel, then purified tens of thousands of them and removed their cultivation.
• The Spirit Hall Grand Elder led cheers for the Angel God, and the crowd’s acclaim summoned a beam of golden light around the Pope.
• The Pope declared her mortal work complete and asked the God Realm for permission to ascend, while Shiyu watched closely.
• A Golden Cloth descended, and the Pope used the power of her Godhead Seed to inscribe “Angel God” upon it.
• The Pope’s Soul Bones became divine armor, her Angel Sacred Sword became a Divine Artifact, and her Soul Rings rose to the Hundred-Thousand-Year level.
• The Pope proclaimed herself the Angel God as people across Jialing Pass knelt, while the Death God’s fleeing remnant soul vowed revenge.

After becoming the Angel God, the Pope discussed Shiyu’s insights into ascension and explained how the God Realm could influence a self-created godhead. She revealed that she currently ranked as a Third-level God, while Shiyu considered what her explanation meant for his own path to godhood.

• The newly ascended Angel God ordered the Spirit Hall members to clear the battlefield, then invited Shiyu to discuss what he had learned from her ascension.
• Shiyu described his insights about rules, and the Pope explained more about the process of becoming a god.
• Shiyu asked whether the God Realm could control or abolish her godhead, and the Pope explained that it could weaken her but could not erase her cultivated realm outright.
• The Pope explained that Deities ranked from God Officials through Third-level, Second-level, and First-level Gods to God Kings, and said she currently counted as a Third-level God.
• Shiyu told the Pope that her talent would let her raise her godhead’s rank.

After helping Shiyu refine his accumulated energy, the Pope offered him a place in Spirit Hall, but he chose to travel the continent and sought a drop of her God Blood instead. At the victory banquet, she rewarded Qian Qiming with God Blood that might transform his Light Martial Soul into an Angel Martial Soul, while Shiyu firmly requested a drop for himself.

• The Pope refined the energy in Shiyu's body, raising his Soul Power to Rank 49.
• Shiyu declined the Pope's offer to remain in Spirit Hall and learned that Spirit City was about a thousand li north of Jialing Pass.
• At the victory banquet, the Pope rewarded Qian Qiming with a drop of God Blood, and Shiyu suspected he was an ancestor of Spirit Hall's Qian Family.
• The Pope invited Shiyu to choose a reward for his battle contributions, and he requested a drop of her God Blood.
• The Pope warned that her blood might have limited use for Shiyu, but he remained certain he wanted it.