Chapter Summaries

Lu Leng asked Qian Daoliu to help him and Ye Lingling, but Qian Daoliu demanded that Lu Leng marry Qian Renxue before becoming a god. Lu Leng struggled to decide whether to accept, knowing his promise could bind him and that Ye Lingling’s safety depended on his request.

• Lu Leng explained that the Thunder God’s trial allowed outside help, and Qian Daoliu questioned why he should assist someone aligned with Bibi Dong.
• Lu Leng began to leave after Qian Daoliu said he was busy, but Qian Daoliu stopped him and offered help on one condition.
• Qian Daoliu demanded that Lu Leng marry Qian Renxue before becoming a god, claiming she already favored him.
• Lu Leng objected and mentioned Ye Lingling, but Qian Daoliu insisted that he accept or leave without help.
• Lu Leng weighed refusing against the danger to Ye Lingling and the consequences of breaking a promise, then wondered whether Qian Renxue might reject the marriage herself.

Lu Leng swore to marry and protect Qian Renxue if she was willing, and Qian Daoliu promised to join him in the Forest of Nature. Lu Leng led Spirit Hall members there and discovered that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had arrived first with around one hundred people.

• Lu Leng swore to marry Qian Renxue if she agreed and to protect her for all eternity, and Qian Daoliu said he would travel to the Forest of Nature himself.
• Lu Leng gathered over two hundred elite Spirit Hall members, sent Chrysanthemum Douluo with a small team to help Hu Liena obtain her sixth soul ring, and ordered Ghost Douluo to arrange scouts and supplies.
• Lu Leng led the force toward the Forest of Nature, where Hu Liena rejoined them after absorbing a nearly fifty-thousand-year soul ring and reaching level sixty-two.
• A scout reported that around one hundred members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan were three kilometers ahead, and Lu Leng realized they had reached the area before Spirit Hall.

Lu Leng learned that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was attacking a barrier in the Forest of Nature, then secretly met with Yu Luomian, who revealed that Yu Ruyi had brought the clan there in search of a treasured land. The chapter left Lu Leng suspecting Yu Ruyi had concealed the greatest reward, a divine position, from Yu Yuanzhen.

• A scout told Lu Leng that more than a hundred members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had camped near the Forest of Nature and were attacking a barrier.
• Lu Leng ordered his group to withdraw ten kilometers and monitor the clan, then went at night with Ghost Douluo to contact Yu Luomian.
• Yu Luomian recognized Lu Leng as his master, astonishing Ghost Douluo, and explained that Yu Ruyi had arrived at the clan after leaving the Land of Thunder Punishment.
• Yu Luomian said Yu Ruyi had brought the clan to attack a barrier, while Yu Yuanzhen stayed behind to guard the clan and keep Yu Ruyi from gaining real authority.
• Lu Leng learned that the clan had been promised improved cultivation in a treasured land, and suspected Yu Ruyi had withheld the promise of a divine position from Yu Yuanzhen.

Lu Leng learned that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan planned to break the Forest of Nature’s barrier and deduced that the mysterious man was the Thunder Dragon, working with Yu Ruyi. He gathered Spirit Hall’s forces and proposed an ambush alongside the Forest of Nature’s natives, but Yu Ruyi’s strength left them without a clear way to win.

• Yu Luomian told Lu Leng that a powerful man in blue had devised a formation to break the Forest of Nature’s barrier within about a week.
• Lu Leng concluded that the man was the Thunder Dragon, who knew the Forest of Nature and Yu Ruyi and planned to destroy the forest.
• Lu Leng gathered Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ye Lingling, Qian Daoliu, and other Spirit Hall fighters and warned them that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had a five-hundred-thousand-year Thunder Dragon and the level-ninety-eight Yu Ruyi.
• Lu Leng proposed attacking the clan from inside and outside the forest with the help of its seven Elemental Spirits, while Qian Daoliu handled the Thunder Dragon.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo warned that Yu Ruyi could determine the battle, and Lu Leng realized he had no way to counter him with the forces at hand.

Lu Leng and the Elemental Spirits could only watch as the Spatial Barrier weakened, while the elves prepared for the coming battle. After seven days, Yu Ruyi and Thunder Dragon broke through the barrier and confronted each other at the entrance to the Forest of Nature.

• Lu Leng asked Chrysanthemum Douluo whether poison could defeat Yu Ruyi, then obtained poison to weaken the other intruders.
• Lufiya and the other Elemental Spirits suspected Thunder Dragon was behind the barrier-breaking method but refrained from interfering under the Goddess of Nature's decree.
• Ye Lingling urged Xie Yue and Zi Nü to stay calm and prepare for battle while they waited for Lu Leng.
• After seven days, the Spatial Barrier shattered, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan reacted greedily to the fragrance from inside the forest.
• Yu Ruyi demanded that Thunder Dragon let him obtain the divine trial first, then ordered Yu Luomian to guard the entrance and keep everyone out.
• Thunder Dragon mocked Yu Ruyi and suggested he bring his clansmen inside in case they were more qualified for the trial.

Lu Leng’s group ambushed and wiped out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then entered the Forest of Nature to stop Yu Ruyi from receiving a divine trial. As they reached the Seven-Colored Giant Tree, red light revealed that Yu Ruyi’s trial had already begun, leaving Lu Leng fearing he had received a top-tier inheritance.

• Yu Ruyi declared that if he could not obtain the divine seat, no one else would, and an elf led him into the Forest of Nature for a trial.
• Lu Leng ordered Spirit Hall to attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan under Spatial Concealment, and his spiritual arrow ambush enabled his forces to overwhelm the camp.
• Spirit Hall killed most of the clan in under ten minutes, while Yu Luomian escaped wounded and Lu Leng ordered his troops to guard the entrance.
• Lu Leng, Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Qian Daoliu, and Hu Liena advanced into the Forest of Nature, where Chrysanthemum Douluo discovered rare herbs.
• Red light erupted from the Seven-Colored Giant Tree as Lu Leng’s group approached, signaling that Yu Ruyi had begun a divine trial.

Yu Ruyi received the Goddess of Nature’s Top-tier Eight Trials, then emerged from the Seven-Colored Giant Tree with Thunder Dragon and attacked the Forest of Nature. Lu Leng prepared to intervene as the seven Elemental Spirits rose to defend the tree.

• Lu Leng hid Ju and Ghost and prepared to confront Yu Ruyi, while Qian Daoliu agreed to hold Thunder Dragon back if needed.
• Eight blood-red flowers bloomed on the Seven-Colored Giant Tree, revealing Yu Ruyi’s Top-tier Eight Trials.
• Hu Liena used Puppet Doll to manifest a beautiful woman who appeared to be Yu Ruyi’s beloved; Lu Leng could see her, but Qian Daoliu could not.
• Yu Ruyi angrily rejected the Eight Trials, and he and Thunder Dragon burst out of the tree hollow.
• Lu Leng recognized Thunder Dragon as the one behind the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s arrival and their means of breaking the Spatial Barrier.
• Yu Ruyi and Thunder Dragon attacked the Seven-Colored Giant Tree, and the seven Elemental Spirits joined their powers to defend it.

Yu Ruyi reunited with Yan'er and stopped attacking, giving the seven Elemental Spirits time to unleash their Arrow of Spirits fusion skill. Lu Leng and his companions prepared their strongest attacks against Yu Ruyi, while Qian Daoliu refused to intervene.

• Yan'er called out to Yu Ruyi, and the two embraced after recognizing each other.
• Thunder Dragon urged Yu Ruyi to attack, but the seven Elemental Spirits seized the opening and began their fusion skill.
• Lufiya and the other six elves formed the seven-colored Arrow of Spirits, drawing power from the Forest of Nature.
• Qian Daoliu judged that the arrow was powerful but unlikely to kill Peak Douluo Yu Ruyi, and Lu Leng decided to strike as well.
• Lu Leng, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Zi Nü launched their strongest attacks, while Lu Leng stopped Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo from joining in.

Qian Daoliu joined the battle and wounded Thunder Dragon while Lu Leng and the others attacked Yu Ruyi. Yu Ruyi broke free of Hu Liena’s control, transformed into a blue dragon, and braced for their attacks, but the Arrow of Spirits pierced his shield.

• Thunder Dragon transformed into a massive soul beast and attacked the elves, but Qian Daoliu appeared and cut through his lightning with the Angel Holy Sword.
• Qian Daoliu revealed his Angel martial soul, wounded Thunder Dragon, and began fighting him at high speed.
• Lu Leng and the others launched the Arrow of Spirits, the Sword of Judgment, Hu Liena’s flames, Xie Yue’s Moon Blade, and Zi Nü’s claws at Yu Ruyi.
• Yu Ruyi thanked them for letting him see Yan’er, shattered her image, and revealed that he had recovered from Hu Liena’s control.
• Yu Ruyi transformed into a blue dragon and activated his domain, armor, and shield to defend against the attacks.
• The Arrow of Spirits pierced Yu Ruyi’s shield with ease.

The seven Elemental Spirits’ fusion attack severely wounded Yu Ruyi, and Lu Leng and the others followed up with a coordinated assault. Yu Ruyi remained alive and enraged, and after he knocked Hu Liena down, Ye Lingling began healing her.

• The Arrow of Spirits pierced Yu Ruyi’s defenses and blasted away his left arm and wing, leaving him critically wounded.
• Lufiya urged Lu Leng to seize the opening, and Lu Leng’s Sword of Judgment and the others’ attacks struck Yu Ruyi.
• Yu Ruyi broke free of the assault, injured Zi Nü and Xie Yue, and discovered Ye Lingling’s deathly corrosion worsening his wounds.
• Yu Ruyi charged at Lu Leng and Hu Liena, then tracked Hu Liena and knocked her into the ground.
• Ye Lingling used her healing ability to treat Hu Liena.

Lu Leng used the Polar Static Domain to immobilize Yu Ruyi, then prepared to fire the Thunder God Bow while Ye Lingling, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue refused to leave him. The chapter ended with the group readying their attacks as the domain’s restraint threatened to run out.

• Yu Ruyi resisted Lu Leng’s Spirit Destruction Arrow and advanced on Ye Lingling, forcing Lu Leng to stand between them.
• Lu Leng stalled Yu Ruyi until Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo trapped him in their Polar Static Domain.
• Ye Lingling, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue refused Lu Leng’s order to retreat, and Lu Leng agreed to fight alongside them.
• Lu Leng summoned the Thunder God Bow and drew its string as the others prepared their soul skills.

Lu Leng summoned the Thunder God Bow against Yu Ruyi, but its power drained him before he could fully draw it. The Seven-Colored Giant Tree called the Thunder God, who appeared and reunited with a female figure, while Lu Leng demanded that he help.

• Qian Daoliu and the Thunder Dragon recognized the Thunder God Bow as a divine artifact, and the Thunder Dragon feared the weapon that had sealed him.
• Yu Ruyi struggled against his restraints and threatened everyone, but Lu Leng's attempt to draw the Thunder God Bow rapidly consumed his Soul Power.
• The Seven-Colored Giant Tree shone with seven-colored light and called out to the Thunder God.
• The Thunder God emerged from the bow, reunited with the female figure formed beneath the tree, and embraced her.
• Lu Leng bluntly interrupted their reunion and demanded that the Thunder God help.

Thunder God and the Goddess of Nature joined their powers to help Lu Leng defeat Yu Ruyi, while their reunion revealed the strength of their fusion technique. After the battle, Thunder Dragon asked Lu Leng to bury him beneath the Seven-Colored Giant Tree with his wife and child.

• Thunder God granted Lu Leng the Thunder God Domain, and the Goddess of Nature fused her power into his arrow to create Thunder God's Arrow of Nature.
• Lu Leng fired the arrow and killed Yu Ruyi after rejecting his request to see Yan'er again, reminding him that he had destroyed her shadow.
• Thunder God and the Goddess of Nature reunited as Qian Daoliu brought his battle to an end.
• Thunder Dragon asked Lu Leng to bury him beneath the Seven-Colored Giant Tree with his wife and child, and Lu Leng agreed.

Lu Leng killed Thunder Dragon and received the sixth Thunder God trial’s reward, then learned why Ye Lingling had been given only the Eight Trials. Goddess of Nature upgraded Ye Lingling’s assessment to the Nine Trials, leaving her as the chosen successor to the Nature divine position.

• Lu Leng dug a grave for Thunder Dragon, killed him, and sensed tranquility in the soul ring he left behind.
• Thunder God announced that Lu Leng had completed the sixth trial and raised his Soul Power to level sixty, then urged him not to waste the soul ring.
• Goddess of Nature explained that she had given Ye Lingling and Yu Ruyi the Eight Trials because she could not identify Thunder God’s inheritor until Lu Leng revealed the Thunder God Bow.
• Goddess of Nature restored the Forest of Nature and its Seven Elemental Spirits, and the elves welcomed her back.
• Goddess of Nature upgraded Ye Lingling’s assessment to the Nine Trials and named her the most suitable candidate for the Nature divine position.

The Goddess of Nature gave Lu Leng the Heart of Nature, which let him sense nature’s faith and offered a path to creating his own godhood. Before leaving, she revealed that Hu Liena’s Nine-tailed Demonic Fox martial soul was taboo in the God Realm and that Hu Liena would have to create her own godhood, pointing her toward the Star Dou Forest.

• The Goddess of Nature gave Lu Leng the Heart of Nature, and he began hearing the voices of plants, soul beasts, rivers, and soil.
• The Thunder God explained that sensing nature’s faith could help Lu Leng create his own godhood and warned him to refine the Heart of Nature.
• Hu Liena asked the gods why she had not received a trial, and the Goddess of Nature revealed that her Nine-tailed Demonic Fox martial soul was taboo in the God Realm.
• The Goddess of Nature told Hu Liena that creating her own godhood was her only path and suggested she seek answers in the Star Dou Forest before she and the Thunder God disappeared.

Lu Leng absorbed the Thunder Dragon’s five-hundred-thousand-year soul ring and right arm soul bone, gaining new abilities and reaching level sixty-four. As he prepared to leave the Forest of Nature, Zi Ji and Scarlet King discussed the mysterious gift the Goddess of Nature had given him and the danger of trying to seize it.

• Zi Ji and Scarlet King watched Lu Leng from hiding, suspected he had received the life-rich treasure the Thunder Dragon had spoken of, and agreed to report back rather than attack him.
• Five days later, Lu Leng finished absorbing the Thunder Dragon’s soul ring, rose four levels to level sixty-four, and gained Lightning Cut and Thunder Dragon’s Roar.
• Lu Leng found a right arm soul bone on the Thunder Dragon’s corpse, buried the beast, and learned from Hu Liena that Qian Daoliu had already left and the others were preparing for their next trials.
• After absorbing the soul bone, Lu Leng gained Dragon Transformation and Dragon’s Confinement, though he was dissatisfied with the latter.
• Lu Leng spent several days practicing his new abilities with Ye Lingling and the others, then prepared to leave the Forest of Nature and return to his waiting responsibilities.

Lu Leng left the Forest of Nature to pursue the seventh Thunder God's Nine Trials challenge, which required him to take first place in the Life-and-Death Soul Fighting rankings. After spending one last night with Ye Lingling, he departed the next morning and left Zi Nü behind to stay with her.

• Lu Leng told Ye Lingling and Xie Yue that he had to leave for his seventh trial and asked Xie Yue to protect Ye Lingling; Sia insisted the Elf Race could keep her safe.
• Ye Lingling persuaded Lu Leng to stay until the next day, and everyone gathered for a bonfire and Sia's fruit wine.
• After the others returned to their rooms, Ye Lingling surprised Lu Leng in his room and kissed him.
• The next morning, Lu Leng left the Forest of Nature under Ye Lingling's reluctant gaze and left Zi Nü behind.

After returning from the Forest of Nature, Lu Leng found Bibi Dong still in seclusion and asked Chrysanthemum Douluo for help with his plans. When Chrysanthemum Douluo could not assist, Lu Leng turned to the limited force assigned to him and summoned Su Zhiyan.

• Lu Leng and Hu Liena left the Forest of Nature, and Lu Leng dismissed the Spirit Hall members’ blockade.
• After returning to Spirit Hall, Lu Leng learned that Bibi Dong remained in seclusion and went back to his palace.
• Lu Leng asked Chrysanthemum Douluo to help with his arrangements, but Chrysanthemum Douluo said Bibi Dong’s duties kept him occupied.
• Lu Leng returned to the Holy Son’s Palace and summoned Su Zhiyan, a Soul Douluo assigned to him by Bibi Dong.

Lu Leng ordered Su Zhiyan to spread damaging rumors about Ning Fengzhi and Tang Xiao, then set out for Slaughter City to intercept Tang San and seize his opportunities. He postponed his seventh trial after realizing that his opponent was Tang Hao, leaving his conflict with the Clear Sky Sect on course to deepen.

• Lu Leng told Su Zhiyan to spread rumors blaming Ning Fengzhi for exposing Xiao Wu and Tang Xiao for informing Spirit Hall about Ah Yin, and instructed her to have the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan circulate them discreetly.
• Su Zhiyan questioned whether the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would seem suspicious, and Lu Leng explained that its lack of enmity with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would make the rumors more believable.
• Lu Leng prepared supplies and left Spirit Hall while Bibi Dong remained in seclusion.
• Lu Leng discovered that the top-ranked fighter in the Life-and-Death Soul Fighting leaderboard was named Clear Sky and concluded that his opponent in the seventh trial was Tang Hao.
• Lu Leng abandoned plans to challenge Tang Hao soon and headed for Slaughter City to kill Tang San or claim his opportunities before him.

Lu Leng and Hu Liena traveled to Slaughter City, where Lu Leng killed two people at the entrance and warned Hu Liena that survival there meant killing or being killed. They entered through the proper channel and reached the city gates without receiving the usual token.

• Hu Liena joined Lu Leng on his journey to Slaughter City, and they reached its entrance after a month of travel.
• A woman and a lanky man tried to taunt and seduce Lu Leng, but he killed the man with one strike.
• When the woman fled, Lu Leng killed her too and told Hu Liena that in Slaughter City, they would have to kill or be killed.
• Lu Leng and Hu Liena entered Slaughter City through the proper channel and arrived before its black gates.