Chapter Summaries

Chen Junting used Di Tian's Reverse Scale to form a Heavenly Tribulation Formation, trapping Ye Xishui, the Demon Queen, and the Evil Emperor in a deadly storm of heavenly lightning. He then concealed himself and his allies with the Deceiving Heaven Formation, leaving the three enemies to face the tribulation alone.

• Ye Xishui attacked Chen Junting and the others after they failed to contact Di Tian, and the Demon Queen and Evil Emperor joined her.
• Du Busi and the other defenders fought back, but the three Limit Combatants shattered their defenses and overwhelmed them.
• Chen Junting used Di Tian's Reverse Scale as the formation eye to activate the Heavenly Tribulation Formation, summoning a tribulation that locked onto everyone inside.
• The Demon Queen and Evil Emperor transformed into their true forms and fought the descending lightning, while Ye Xishui merged with the Blood Soul Demonic Puppet.
• Chen Junting activated the Deceiving Heaven Formation Plate to conceal himself and his allies, causing the tribulation to lose track of them and intensify against their enemies.

Chen Junting and the Three Great Empires escaped Ye Xishui’s attack, but Kong Deming intercepted them and revealed a fleet of five Flying Warships. The chapter ended with the group facing the Sun Moon Empire’s hidden aerial force.

• Chen Junting recovered aboard the Titan Griffon as the group flew southeast over the sea to evade the Sun Moon Empire’s surveillance.
• Du Busi asked Chen Junting about his Heavenly Tribulation technique, and Chen Junting explained that it was an Array Formation he had created.
• Kong Deming intercepted the group and demanded they surrender the Soul Tools and Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells they had taken.
• Du Busi attacked Kong Deming, who blocked him and summoned a Flying Warship.
• Four more Flying Warships emerged, forming a fleet that shocked Chen Junting and the Three Great Empires’ powerful figures.

Chen Junting threatened Kong Deming with the stolen Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells and proposed using the Heavenly Tribulation Formation to escape. After the formation concealed the Three Great Empires' forces, Kong Deming ordered his side to open fire.

• Du Busi refused to surrender, but Kong Deming prepared to fire the Soul Guidance cannons at the Three Great Empires.
• Chen Junting stopped the confrontation by warning that the stolen cannon shells could destroy the Ming Capital if they were triggered.
• Chen Junting returned to the Titan Griffon and explained that the Three Great Empires needed to escape before Kong Deming could attack again.
• Di Tian's Reverse Scale returned to Chen Junting, confirming that Ye Xishui and the others had survived the Heavenly Tribulation Formation.
• Chen Junting proposed raising the Heavenly Tribulation Formation and using the cannon shells to break through the sealed barrier.
• The Heavenly Tribulation Formation and Deceiving Heaven Array hid the Three Great Empires, and Kong Deming ordered his forces to open fire.

Kong Deming’s forces attacked Chen Junting’s group, but the Heavenly Tribulation disrupted the assault and gave them a chance to escape. After they encountered the Demon Queen at sea, Wang Dong’er summoned a powerful Trident-bearing phantom that subdued her and dragged her into the depths.

• Kong Deming and the Soul Guidance Legion were caught in the Heavenly Tribulation, leaving the Level 9 Soul Engineers struggling to defend themselves.
• Chen Junting’s group blasted open their confinement and escaped the Flying Aircraft Carriers’ attack, though Du Busi was gravely injured.
• The group transferred to Elder Song’s Clear Shadow Divine Eagle, while Gu Tianchen stored the unconscious Titan Griffon in a demiplane.
• The Demon Queen appeared in her territory and unleashed a massive tsunami against Chen Junting’s group.
• Wang Dong’er’s Trident mark summoned a towering phantom that calmed the sea, restrained the Demon Queen, and dragged her into the deep sea.

Tang San planned to turn the Deep Sea Demon Whale Queen into Little Qi’s Ninth Soul Ring and send Little Qi and Huo Yuhao into the Valley of Asking Love, but Xiao Wu’s arrival and the God of Destruction’s confrontation interrupted him. The God of Destruction warned Tang San against interfering in the lower realm again and resolved to watch the Douluo Plane more closely.

• Tang San reconsidered Chen Junting’s potential after witnessing his use of Heavenly Tribulation, then decided he could still serve as an undercover agent against Destruction.
• Tang San learned Little Qi was in danger and planned to make the Deep Sea Demon Whale Queen her Clear Sky Hammer’s Ninth Soul Ring, while also moving ahead with the Valley of Asking Love plan.
• Xiao Wu sensed something was wrong, and Tang San reassured her by explaining Little Qi’s situation and his plan for the Deep Sea Demon Whale Queen.
• The God of Destruction confronted Tang San over his interference in the Douluo Plane, and Tang San admitted it while arguing that he had acted to save his daughter.
• The God of Destruction let Tang San go with a warning, then decided to focus more attention on the Douluo Plane to keep Tang San from harming its rising talent.

The Sea God Family received a divine oracle ordering them to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s remnant. Meanwhile, Chen Junting’s group reached the Star Luo Empire safely, but the threat of a future continental war remained.

• The Sea God statue shone during Chen Juntao’s rites, and the Sea God Family and nearby Sea Soul Beasts responded in reverence.
• Chen Juntao told the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s remnant was harming the sea and allied with evil souls, then ordered a search for it.
• After Tang San intervened, Chen Junting’s group escaped danger and flew into the Star Luo Empire before splitting up to return home.
• The group reflected that their seizure of two armories and Mingde Hall’s weapons had disrupted the Sun Moon Empire’s plans, while Long Xiaoyao’s death weakened its forces.
• The group expected the war to be delayed, though either side might eventually seize the chance to fight for control of the continent.

Chen Junting and his companions returned to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect after the Soul Duelling Competition and were welcomed as uncrowned champions. The sect held a grand banquet to celebrate their victory, while Chen Junting and Ning Tian looked ahead to becoming gods.

• Chen Junting and his group flew back to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect through a cheering crowd in Nine Treasures City.
• Ning Bo Wen and the Grand Elders welcomed them, then sent them to wash up before they reported in.
• Ning Bo Wen praised the disciples at the sect plaza, calling them the uncrowned kings of the competition and predicting the sect would become the strongest under heaven.
• Ning Tian leaned against Chen Junting, and he promised that their lives would be even better once they both became gods.
• The sect disciples celebrated Chen Junting and his companions at a lavish banquet that ended amid laughter and cheers.

After the Sun Moon Empire suffered devastating losses, Xu Tianran imposed harsh decrees and purged officials and imperial relatives. He then pressed Jing Hongchen to honor his promise involving Meng Hongchen and ordered Xue Chen to monitor the court for spies.

• Xu Tianran learned from Kong Deming that the Sun Moon Empire had failed to recover its stolen weapons and cannon shells, leaving the empire unable to wage war without risking mutual ruin.
• Xu Tianran ordered merchants to expand arms production, executed an official who objected, and declared that the empire would publicly resume trade while remaining independent of foreign resources for thirty years.
• Xu Tianran stripped Xu Guozhong and other imperial relatives of their positions, punished responsible ministers, and appointed replacements.
• Xu Tianran reminded Jing Hongchen of his promise to provide a person, then demanded that Jing honor his own promise after he failed to capture the intended person.
• Jing Hongchen left knowing that Xu Tianran intended to use Meng Hongchen’s marriage and first child to bind the Hongchen Family to the throne.
• Xu Tianran ordered Xue Chen to have a team secretly monitor every minister and imperial relative, with authority to execute suspected spies before reporting to him.

Chen Junting and Ning Bo Wen discussed the Three Great Empires’ chances in a war against the Sun Moon Empire, then Chen Junting revealed his plans to propose to Xiao Tian and received the Dragon Emperor Douluo’s soul bones. Di Tian suddenly arrived at the sect and asked to see Chen Junting, who went out to meet him.

• Ning Bo Wen asked Chen Junting to assess the chances of war, and Chen Junting cited political divisions, weak armies, and internal parasites as causes for defeat.
• Ning Bo Wen argued that the Sun Moon Empire’s losses, its alliance with the Holy Spirit Cult, and Xu Tianran’s shaky legitimacy could favor the Three Great Empires.
• Chen Junting said he wanted to wait for a certain flower to bloom before formally proposing to Xiao Tian, and Ning Bo Wen told him to keep Dragon Emperor Douluo’s six soul bones.
• A sect disciple reported that Di Tian had torn through space to visit and specifically requested Chen Junting.
• Chen Junting told Ning Bo Wen he would go meet Di Tian.

Chen Junting told Di Tian how three Limit Combatants, including the Evil Emperor and Deep Sea Demon Whale Queen, had ambushed his group and explained how they escaped using the Heavenly Tribulation Formation. Di Tian agreed to Chen Junting’s conditions for setting up the Deceiving Heaven Array in Star Dou Forest, promising the forest’s support in return.

• Di Tian explained that he had missed Chen Junting’s earlier call for aid and asked what danger had prompted it.
• Chen Junting revealed that three Limit Combatants had attacked his group, including Death God Douluo Ye Xishui, the Evil Emperor, and the Deep Sea Demon Whale Queen, whose target had been Di Tian.
• Chen Junting described how his group used the Heavenly Tribulation Formation to escape, and Di Tian became eager to obtain the Deceiving Heaven Array.
• Di Tian explained that the array could help Fierce Beasts delay their heavenly tribulations, while Chen Junting warned that it could not block god-level attacks and that evaded tribulations would eventually accumulate.
• Chen Junting agreed to establish the Deceiving Heaven Array only in Star Dou Forest’s core region, with protected soul beasts forbidden from appearing outside it.
• Di Tian accepted the condition, declared Chen Junting an eternal friend of Star Dou Forest, and promised its help, potentially even in humanity’s wars if Chen Junting developed a Self-Condensed Soul Ring.

Chen Junting considered designing a Sect Protecting Grand Formation for the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, but its plain terrain limited how powerful it could be. After reaching rank 77, he realized Nan Qiuqiu’s mysterious Earth Dragon Sect location might provide an ice earth vein for a stronger formation, so he decided to investigate it that day with Huo Yuhao.

• Di Tian collected Chen Junting’s materials list for a large-scale Deceiving Heaven Array and left, after which Ning Bo Wen asked Chen Junting to design a Sect Protecting Grand Formation.
• Chen Junting assessed the sect’s terrain and warned that a formation there could barely stop one Titled Douluo and would be vulnerable to a Titled Douluo Soul Engineer, so Ning Bo Wen postponed the plan.
• Chen Junting focused on cultivation for a time and broke through to rank 77.
• Ning Tian and Nan Qiuqiu visited Chen Junting, and Nan Qiuqiu reminded him that her family and the Earth Dragon Sect still needed her return and that their mysterious location required a powerful Ice Attribute to explore.
• Chen Junting realized the Earth Dragon Sect location’s ice earth vein could help form an Ice and Fire Dual Heaven Killing Array, then decided to go that day and bring Huo Yuhao.

Chen Junting took Huo Yuhao and Nan Qiuqiu to the Earth Dragon Sect in Dragon City before planning to travel south to the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion so Huo Yuhao could take revenge. They reached the desolate Earth Dragon Sect, where its gatekeeper greeted Nan Qiuqiu with relief.

• Chen Junting brought Nan Qiuqiu and Huo Yuhao northeast toward the Earth Dragon Sect and told them they would later visit Star Luo City.
• Huo Yuhao’s killing intent surged when Chen Junting said they would visit the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion to kill, and Huo Yuhao explained his past to Nan Qiuqiu.
• Chen Junting, Huo Yuhao, and Nan Qiuqiu arrived in Dragon City, where Nan Qiuqiu returned to her hometown.
• Nan Qiuqiu led Chen Junting and Huo Yuhao to the desolate Earth Dragon Sect, and its gatekeeper welcomed her back with relief.

After Nan Qiuqiu returned to the Earth Dragon Sect, she announced her decision to disband it and move its willing members and treasures to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. She then led Chen Junting and Huo Yuhao to a sealed cavern beneath the sect’s Cold Spring, where they descended to investigate its powerful Ice Attribute ores.

• Nan Qiuqiu told the Grand Elder and the Earth Dragon Sect disciples that her mother had died fighting the Sun Moon Empire and Holy Spirit Cult, and that she had been rescued by the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Nan Qiuqiu rejected the Grand Elder’s pleas to take over the sect and ordered its disbandment, directing its wealth and rare metals to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and offering disciples a choice to join or receive money.
• Nan Qiuqiu brought Chen Junting and Huo Yuhao to the Cold Spring and explained that a sealed cavern beneath it contained unusually cold, Ice Attribute metal ores.
• The Snow Empress sensed a dense Ice Attribute aura near the well, and Chen Junting suspected the cavern might hold Ten-Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• Chen Junting and Huo Yuhao protected themselves against the cold and jumped into the Cold Spring to explore the cavern while Nan Qiuqiu stayed above to keep watch.

Chen Junting and Huo Yuhao followed the Cold Spring to a hidden cave and discovered a vast deposit of Ice Extreme Divine Crystals. They then reached the spring’s source, where they found the true Ten-Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave filled with Ten-Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.

• Chen Junting, Huo Yuhao, the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm searched the Cold Spring’s walls for a hidden passage.
• Chen Junting found a Dragon-Severing Stone, and the Ice Empress activated its mechanism to open the entrance.
• Chen Junting and Huo Yuhao entered a crystal-lined cavern, which the Ice Empress identified as a place containing Ice Extreme Divine Crystals.
• Chen Junting summoned the Mad King to excavate the crystals while the others headed deeper into the Cold Spring.
• Chen Junting and Huo Yuhao reached the spring’s source and discovered a Ten-Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave filled with Profound Ice Marrow.

Chen Junting sealed the remaining profound ice marrow and began transferring the incomplete earth vein beneath the Earth Dragon Sect into the Necromancer Demigod Plane. As the cave collapsed and the sect shook, Nan Qiuqiu moved the disciples to safety while Huo Yuhao calmly waited for Chen Junting to emerge.

• The Snow Empress absorbed twenty rods of ten-thousand year profound ice marrow, the ice attribute soul spirits took ten, and Huo Yuhao absorbed three, leaving twelve rods.
• Chen Junting sealed the remaining marrow and explained that the cave's cold-producing earth vein was an incomplete section severed by crustal movement.
• Chen Junting sent Huo Yuhao outside, opened the Necromancer Demigod Plane, and began using array formations to move the earth vein.
• The cave shook and collapsed as the Snow Empress protected Chen Junting from falling rocks, and they entered the Necromancer Demigod Plane.
• Nan Qiuqiu gathered the Earth Dragon Sect's disciples in an open area while Huo Yuhao remained in the garden pavilion, waiting for Chen Junting.

Chen Junting condensed the severed earth vein beneath the Ten-Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave into a death-energy ice dragon and began preparing a death-infused Golden Ancient Tree to sustain it. After reuniting with Huo Yuhao and telling Nan Qiuqiu to oversee the Earth Dragon Sect, Chen Junting and Huo Yuhao left for the Star Luo Empire, where Huo Yuhao intended to see his mother and avenge her.

• Chen Junting drew out the earth vein beneath the Ten-Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave, shaped it into a death-energy ice dragon, and pressed it into the Necromancer Demigod Plane.
• Chen Junting asked Electrolux to cultivate a Golden Ancient Tree Branch into a tree filled with death energy to nourish the earth vein, and Electrolux agreed to tend it.
• After the tremors stopped, Huo Yuhao worried that Chen Junting was trapped in the collapsed well, but Chen Junting appeared in the Earth Dragon Sect's rear courtyard through the Necromancer Demigod Plane.
• Chen Junting told Nan Qiuqiu to continue managing the Earth Dragon Sect while he and Huo Yuhao traveled south to the Star Luo Empire.
• The next morning, Chen Junting and Huo Yuhao left Dragon City as an immense sword shadow also headed south toward the Star Luo Empire.

Huo Yuhao returned to his mother Huo Yun’s grave, mourned her, and resolved to take revenge on the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion. He arrived at its gates with Chen Junting, where the White Tiger Duchess recognized him as the chapter ended.

• Huo Yuhao and Chen Junting flew to Huo Yun’s grave, where Huo Yuhao grieved over her tombstone and recalled how Dai Hao had rebuilt it.
• Huo Yuhao vowed to make the Duchess, the servants, and Dai Hao pay for his mother’s death.
• Huo Yuhao and Chen Junting went to the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion and asked the guards to announce their visit as disciples of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• The White Tiger Duchess came out to greet them, then widened her eyes when she saw Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao confronted the Duchess at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion to avenge his mother's murder, while Chen Junting protected him from the mansion's defenders. Huo Yuhao killed the Duchess, and the clan elders sent for Dai Hao and imperial aid as the confrontation continued.

• The Duchess recognized Huo Yuhao as Huo Yun'er's son and called him a bastard, prompting him to reveal his power and attack her.
• Chen Junting defended Huo Yuhao, destroyed the mansion gates, and sealed the courtyard inside a barrier so he could take his revenge without interference.
• Chen Junting stopped the clan elders from approaching and threatened to overturn heaven and earth if they intervened.
• The leading clan elder ordered a messenger to summon Dai Hao and seek the emperor's aid, while Huo Yuhao broke through the Duchess's final defense.
• Huo Yuhao killed the Duchess with an ice blade, declaring that she would pay for his mother's life.

Chen Junting subdued the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion while Huo Yuhao avenged his mother by killing the Duchess and her accomplices. Huo Yuhao chose to wait for Dai Hao to return, while the Star Luo imperial court learned who had attacked the mansion and dispatched a response.

• Chen Junting defeated the clan elders, incapacitated the mansion’s soul masters, and sealed the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion behind a purple barrier.
• Huo Yuhao killed the vicious servants responsible for harming him and his mother, then carried their heads out as an offering.
• Chen Junting told Huo Yuhao that Dai Hao was in the Star Luo imperial palace, and Huo Yuhao decided to wait for him and demand that he repent at his mother’s grave.
• A messenger reported the attack to Dai Hao, Emperor Xu Jiawei, and the others in the imperial palace, who were shocked to learn Chen Junting and Huo Yuhao were responsible.
• Xu Jiawei ordered Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu to accompany Dai Hao to the mansion and stop the attackers.

Huo Yuhao waited at Huo Yun'er's grave after killing the servants who had oppressed her, while Dai Hao and the others discovered the deaths and learned the truth about Yuhao's parentage. Dai Hao went up the hill to face Yuhao, as Xu Jiawei and Baisheng remained below and began discussing compensation.

• Huo Yuhao placed the servants' severed heads and the Duchess's jewelry at Huo Yun'er's grave, then waited for Dai Hao.
• Dai Hao and Dai Yueheng returned to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, found the Duchess dead, and discovered that the others had only been knocked unconscious.
• The Second Madam revealed that Huo Yuhao was Huo Yun'er and Dai Hao's son, and that the Duchess had oppressed Huo Yun'er; Dai Hao learned Dai Yueheng had known about the matter and kicked him down.
• Chen Junting stopped Dai Yueheng from attacking him and allowed Dai Hao and Dai Yueheng to go up the hill, while his formation kept Xu Jiawei and the others below.
• Baisheng arrived, and Xu Jiawei praised the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect before implying that the Star Luo Empire expected compensation for the Duchess's death.