Chapter Summaries

Chen Junting used the Gold of Life and Di Yao’s essence blood to forge an Artificial Three-Eyed Golden Lion Skull, while Di Tian and the other fierce beasts watched. The skull survived a Heavenly Tribulation, leaving Chen Junting with a completed Soul Bone and the fierce beasts wondering why it had been struck by lightning.

• Di Tian asked Chen Junting to create a high-age Soul Bone with treasures from the Star Dou Forest, and Chen Junting chose the Gold of Life and Di Yao’s essence blood.
• Di Tian supplied a drop of his own essence blood, but Chen Junting explained that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion skull would be more compatible with him and the Gold of Life.
• Chen Junting shaped the Gold of Life into a skull, infused it with Di Yao’s blood essence, and drew on the Primordial Qi of heaven and earth to complete the Artificial Soul Bone.
• Di Tian and the Four Great Fierce Beasts arrived as the sky darkened, and Di Tian judged that the Heavenly Tribulation targeted the Soul Bone rather than Chen Junting.
• The lightning blackened the skull, but the Heavenly Tribulation dispersed and Chen Junting restored the skull’s golden radiance, leaving a delicate Three-Eyed Golden Lion Skull before him.

Chen Junting and the Star Dou Forest’s Soul Beasts completed the Heaven Deceiving Formation, which stopped Heavenly Tribulations and promised to extend the Soul Beasts’ lives. Di Tian then guided Chen Junting and Gu Tianchen in their training, while Chen Junting explained that Artificial Soul Bones would not be widely shared until he reached the continent’s peak.

• Chen Junting forged a two-hundred-thousand-year Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Right Leg Bone and gave it to Gu Tianchen to absorb.
• Di Tian asked the Soul Beasts to gather materials, and Chen Junting worked with them and his companions to build the Heaven Deceiving Formation around the Golden Tree branch.
• The formation drew away the Great Fierce Land’s Primordial Qi and concealed the area from Heavenly Tribulation, relieving the crisis facing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Chen Junting said he would delay spreading Artificial Soul Bones until he was strong enough to withstand the turmoil they could cause, and the Soul Beasts thanked him as a friend.
• Di Tian tested Chen Junting’s Sword Intent with the Black Dragon Sword and told him to master its aura of Destruction, then trained Gu Tianchen in defense and spatial comprehension.

Jing Hongchen found a hidden Holy Spirit Sect branch in Mingdu and negotiated with Nangong Wan, while the Demon Queen oversaw the resurrection of Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu as hosts for beings from another plane. Their new arrivals discovered Ye Xishui's hidden Radiant Phoenix martial soul and her connection to Shrek Academy, as an emergency summons interrupted Nangong Wan's explanation of who now led the sect.

• Jing Hongchen entered the Mingdu branch and asked Nangong Wan to return Xu Tianran's younger brother, then began negotiating over tea.
• The Demon Queen used Ye Xishui's and Zhongli Wu's restored corpses to host powerful beings sent by the Holy Emperor from another plane.
• The beings awakened in the corpses, clashed with the Demon Queen, and agreed to adapt to their bodies before discussing cooperation.
• The newcomer in Ye Xishui's body discovered her Radiant Phoenix martial soul and learned that her descendant had become the dean of Shrek Academy.
• Nangong Wan told Jing Hongchen that the new Cult Master's decision was needed, but an emergency summons arrived before he revealed the Cult Master's identity.

Zhongli Wu and Ye Xishui returned to the Holy Spirit Cult, claiming the Saint Emperor had revived and strengthened them, while Zhongli Wu proposed another plan with the Sun Moon Empire. After training with Di Tian, Chen Junting suspected the pair’s resurrection involved a god, and Di Tian revealed that either Chen Junting or Ning Tian had been chosen as the Love God’s Successor.

• Zhongli Wu and Ye Xishui appeared before the Holy Spirit Cult, displayed their Limit Douluo strength, and said the Saint Emperor had revived them.
• Nangong Wan reported Jing Hongchen’s offer to continue cooperating and Xu Tianran’s demand for the prince, and Zhongli Wu said he would meet the emperor about a new plan.
• Di Tian tested Chen Junting, Gu Tianchen, and Wu Feng, then Chen Junting asked whether Ye Xishui had really died.
• Chen Junting recalled that Zhongli Wu had also been cut in half during the Soul Hunt Operation, prompting the group to suspect a divine power was behind their return.
• Di Tian told Chen Junting and Ning Tian that one of them had been chosen by the Love God as his Successor.

Xu Tianran received Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu, who had returned from the dead, and considered the Holy Spirit Cult’s plan to provoke chaos among the Three Great Empires. He approved their scheme targeting the Dou Ling Empire and ordered precautions against the cult’s ability to resurrect the dead.

• Meng Hongchen brought Xu Tianran an urgent memorial from Jing Hongchen, who reported that he had found members of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Jing Hongchen brought the hooded Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu to meet Xu Tianran, who recognized them and heard their explanation for surviving their apparent deaths.
• Zhongli Wu asked Xu Tianran to support the Holy Spirit Cult’s plan to stir turmoil among the Three Great Empires, and Xu Tianran approved the scheme.
• After Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu left, Xu Tianran noted Ye Xishui’s second martial soul and identified the Dou Ling Empire as the plan’s target.
• Xu Tianran ordered Xue Chen to bring his younger brother back from the Holy Spirit Cult and to burn the bodies of his father and brothers in the imperial mausoleum.

Chen Junting arranged for Xu Tianhe to be returned to the palace and sent a secret message to Meng Hongchen through him, hoping to secure her cooperation. After Xu Tianhe left, Jing Hongchen discovered a letter whose contents made him suspect Xu Tianran and rage in disbelief.

• Chen Junting told Yang Yuan to pass information about the Holy Spirit Cult to him and to prepare Xu Tianhe for his return to the palace.
• Yang Yuan told Xu Tianhe that Xu Tianran was sending someone to retrieve him, and revealed that Xu Tianran had married Meng Hongchen.
• Chen Junting took control of Yang Yuan’s body, asked Xu Tianhe to give Meng a hidden message, and sent him off to meet Jing Hongchen.
• Xue Chen arrived to escort Xu Tianhe into the palace, while Xiao Hongchen argued with Jing Hongchen about visiting Meng and was slapped by his grandfather.
• Jing Hongchen found a letter in his study, read it, and reacted with fury as he questioned whether its claims about Xu Tianran were true.

Jing Hongchen discovered that Xu Tianran intended to use Meng Hongchen to conceive an heir, and he feared the emperor would kill her and the child afterward. Xu Tianran ordered Xue Chen to accelerate the plan to borrow seed, while Jing requested an audience with the emperor.

• Xu Tianran allowed Jing Hongchen to visit Meng Hongchen and secretly sent Xue Chen to watch them.
• Jing Hongchen learned that Xu Tianran had never consummated his marriage with Meng, and he claimed he would advise the emperor to prioritize producing an heir.
• Meng Hongchen realized something was wrong when Jing's words about helping her had changed, and she suspected the secret involved Xu Tianhe.
• Jing noticed an old eunuch guarding the bedchamber where Xu Tianhe was confined and concluded that Xu Tianran planned to use him to father Meng's child.
• Jing decided Xu Tianran might kill Meng, the child, and the Hongchen Family, and he resolved to protect Meng and Xiao even at the cost of his own life.
• Xue Chen reported the visit to Xu Tianran, who ordered him to speed up the plan and said he would kill Meng after she gave birth; Jing then requested an audience with Xu Tianran.

Chen Junting transformed his Tyrannical Domain, helped Wu Feng and Gu Tianchen awaken domains, and forged an Immortal Slaying Sword Formation carried by Gold of Life. Ning Tian failed to comprehend a domain, so Chen Junting revealed that her four Soul Bones would form a protective Four Symbols Star Constellation Array.

• Chen Junting’s Sword Intent transformed, and he reshaped his Tyrannical Domain into a slaying domain.
• Chen Junting combined his four domains to help Wu Feng, Gu Tianchen, and Ning Tian comprehend domains, while his Soul Spirits guarded the domains matching their auras.
• Chen Junting formed an Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and engraved its pattern onto Gold of Life to create a portable Formation Diagram.
• Wu Feng and Gu Tianchen awakened their domains, but Ning Tian did not, so Chen Junting stopped the process.
• Chen Junting explained that Ning Tian’s four Soul Bones carried the imprints of the Four Divine Beasts and would form a protective Four Symbols Star Constellation Array.

Ning Tian activated the Four Symbols Star Constellation Array, transforming four Soul Beast phantoms into Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu. Wu Feng and Gu Tianchen tested the formation in combat, while Di Tian and Chen Junting watched; Chen Junting declined to bring out his Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.

• Ning Tian used her Torso Bone and the essence of the sun and moon to form the Four Symbols Star Constellation Array around the Sky Azure Bull Python, Frenzied-Eyed White Tiger, Azure Jade Fire Dove, and Golden Hawksbill Turtle phantoms.
• The four phantoms transformed into the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu as the stars bestowed their power upon them.
• The Vermilion Bird blocked Wu Feng's fire attack and struck at her Red Dragon Avatar, while the Azure Dragon slowed Wu Feng with Sky Azure Sloth Claw.
• Gu Tianchen attacked Ning Tian with his Bone Dragon Avatar, but Xuanwu and the White Tiger restrained him as his Grand Void Domain let him evade the White Tiger's blows.
• Di Tian asked Chen Junting to use his Immortal Slaying Sword Formation for more training, but Chen Junting refused, saying the formation was too powerful and its swords had to draw blood before returning.

While Chen Junting and the others trained in the Star Dou Forest, Dou Ling Emperor Xue Yun died, creating a succession crisis. Prince Xuefeng decided to pursue the throne and summoned Mister Wu and General Ge to discuss his next move.

• Chen Junting returned to the sect with Gu Tianchen and brought Huo Yuhao and the others along, while the Fierce Beasts and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts helped temper their combat skills.
• Two months passed as Chen Junting and the others continued training in the Star Dou Forest, unaware of changes in the outside world.
• A guard informed Prince Xuefeng that Dou Ling Emperor Xue Yun had died and that the Empress had locked down the palace while withholding the news of his death.
• Xuefeng recognized that his sister-in-law was guarding against his bid for the throne, but resolved to seize the opportunity anyway.
• Xuefeng ordered the guard to summon Mister Wu and General Ge for an important discussion.

After the emperor’s death, Xuefeng prepared a coup to eliminate the Crown Prince and seize the Dou Ling throne, unaware that Wu Dao was manipulating him for another faction’s goals. Xuefeng’s ambush sprang at the Inner City gate as the Crown Prince arrived, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• Wu Dao urged Xuefeng to strike that night, and Xuefeng agreed to attack the Crown Prince and the emperor’s line with Ge Hong’s help.
• After Wu Dao and Ge Hong left, a cloaked woman praised Wu Dao for steering Xuefeng toward war and said she would reveal herself after the plan succeeded.
• Xuefeng gathered his forces, entered the Inner City under cover of a forged imperial edict, and hid three hundred fighters near the gate.
• The Crown Prince left his mansion before dawn with Elder Zhang, believing he could reach the palace unnoticed and safely ascend the throne.
• Chang Wei and Lai Fu opened the gate for the Crown Prince, then moved to shut it as Elder Zhang sensed a trap and Xuefeng attacked with a Soul Guiding Beam.

Xuefeng seized the Dou Ling throne after killing all six princes, while Bright Phoenix Douluo Shui Xiye helped him overcome opposition and then proposed a pact requiring him to unify the continent. Xuefeng was left shaken by her demand.

• Xuefeng entered the mourning hall with the Crown Prince’s severed head and revealed that he had killed all the imperial princes.
• Heavenly Sun Douluo tried to oppose Xuefeng’s coup, but Shui Xiye appeared and blocked him.
• Xuefeng was crowned emperor, forced the Empress to legitimize his succession, and placed her and the enshrined Douluos under house arrest.
• Xuefeng met Shui Xiye to ask why she had supported him, and she claimed she had sought cooperation with three generations of Dou Ling emperors.
• Shui Xiye offered to help Xuefeng if the nation believed in her, explaining that her purpose was to unify the continent.

Xue Feng asked the nine Enshrined to support his plan to unite the continent by preserving Dou Ling’s strength while the other empires fought the Sun Moon Empire. He won their approval by revealing that he intended to use Shui Xiye’s support and then turn against her, leaving Heavenly Sun Douluo cautiously hopeful about his rule.

• Xue Feng visited the house-arrested Enshrined and asked them to assist him.
• Xue Feng declared that he intended to unite the continent, prompting Heavenly Sun Douluo to warn that Dou Ling should not provoke the other empires.
• Xue Feng explained that Dou Ling should cooperate against Sun Moon without committing all its forces, allowing its rivals to suffer greater losses.
• Heavenly Sun Douluo guessed that Xue Feng had reached an agreement with Bright Phoenix Douluo, and Xue Feng confirmed it.
• The nine Enshrined objected to Shui Xiye’s demand, so Xue Feng sealed the hall and told them he planned to use her before making a move against her.
• Heavenly Sun Douluo began to believe Xue Feng might lead Dou Ling to rise.

Chen Junting and Ning Bo Wen learned that escalating conflicts between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires threatened to derail their planned war against the Sun Moon Empire. After a border clash broke out, Chen Junting proposed bringing both sides together at Shrek Academy to resolve the crisis.

• Ning Bo Wen told Chen Junting that conflicts between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires had exposed old grudges and intensified tensions between them.
• Ning Tian learned that Shrek Academy's investigation traced the conflicts to actions by both empires, and that public opinion was making the situation harder to contain.
• A sect disciple reported that troops from the two empires had clashed at the border and exchanged fire.
• Ning Bo Wen decided to go to the Heaven Soul Imperial Palace and asked Chen Junting and Ning Tian to contact Dean Yan about visiting Star Luo.
• Chen Junting argued that persuasion alone would fail and proposed arranging a meeting between both sides.
• Ning Bo Wen agreed to invite the Heaven Soul and Star Luo Empires, with Shrek Academy as the meeting place.

Chen Junting proposed that the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire compare intelligence to expose who had provoked their clashes, then redirect their blame toward the Sun Moon Empire and reconcile. As the two empires carried out the plan, investigators found that some instigators were Sun Moon spies while others were seemingly loyal citizens and officials.

• Chen Junting arrived at Sea God Island with Ning Bo Wen and the others, reunited with Long Aotian, and learned that Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan had returned to the Dou Ling Empire.
• Chen Junting explained that a third party was provoking clashes between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, and proposed comparing intelligence before shifting blame to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xuan Zi approved the plan, and Princess Xu Jiujiu and Princess Vina arrived to represent their empires at Shrek Academy.
• Chen Junting proposed reviewing clashes incident by incident, compensating whichever empire had suffered greater losses, and branding the instigators as Sun Moon spies.
• Xu Jiujiu and Vina secured their rulers' approval, and the empires arrested the people behind the clashes; questioning revealed that some were Sun Moon spies while others were their own citizens and officials.

Xu Tianran and Xue Feng learned that the conflict between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires had ended and that both were now turning against the Sun Moon Empire. As the empires prepared for a possible war, Xue Feng ordered his Shadow Guard to obtain concrete evidence of a Sun Moon plot to murder his imperial brother.

• Xu Tianran learned that the intelligence official had failed to prevent the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires from reconciling, and demoted him by three ranks.
• Xu Tianran concluded that the two empires still viewed the Sun Moon Empire as their chief enemy, studied a map of the nations, and summoned his senior ministers to discuss preparations.
• Xue Feng reviewed the Dou Ling Empire's earlier debate over how to respond to the conflict and reflected on Wu Dao's plan to exploit it.
• Xue Feng decided the two empires now had just cause to go to war with the Sun Moon Empire and ordered the Dou Ling Shadow Guard to extract concrete evidence of a plot against his imperial brother.
• Xue Feng summoned the prime minister, Marshal Li, General Ge Hong, and Mister Wu.

Chen Junting considered combining the ancient breakthrough method with the Soul Core method as a possible future cultivation path, then joined Ning Tian to meet envoys from the two empires. In a secret room, after the envoys described suspicious people who had helped provoke conflict between their nations, someone declared that those people were no longer themselves.

• Chen Junting studied Golden Crocodile Douluo’s ancient breakthrough method and considered cultivating through both it and the Soul Core method.
• Ning Tian told Chen Junting that envoys from the Heavenly Soul Family and the Star Luo Family had arrived, and they went to meet them.
• Ning Bo Wen and others met envoys from the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, who asked for help investigating clean-background citizens involved in provoking conflict between the nations.
• As the envoys asked the sect and its Titled Douluo for help, someone said that the suspicious people were no longer themselves.

Chen Junting learned from Electrolux that two bound visitors had been subjected to Soul Seizing, and he exposed their monstrous souls and life-devouring Dark Energy. A sudden Thunder Tribulation appeared when he investigated further, but his attempt to uncover the truth failed, leaving the force behind the Holy Spirit Cult still unknown.

• Chen Junting and Ning Tian concluded that the Holy Spirit Cult might be behind the visitors’ strange condition, and Electrolux discovered that their souls did not match their bodies.
• Electrolux explained Soul Seizing, leading Chen Junting to suspect Zhongli Wu and Ye Xishui had returned through a related parasitic method.
• Chen Junting used his third eye to reveal beast-shaped soul images around the two bound visitors, whose Dark Energy nearly corroded their restraints before Ye Xuanji trapped them with sword qi.
• Ye Xuanji identified the visitors’ Dark Energy as more powerful than Di Tian’s darkness and capable of devouring all life.
• A Thunder Tribulation gathered over the secret chamber, but Chen Junting concealed the site with a formation; after everyone else withdrew, his investigation ended in failure.

Chen Junting discovered that the possessed victims’ souls had been destroyed and explained that their bodies remained alive only through lingering vitality. The envoys then revealed the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires’ plans for an alliance and a campaign against the Sun Moon Empire, leaving Ning Bo Wen to ask whether the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect would join the war.

• Chen Junting’s Soul Search triggered the hidden restriction, destroying the souls that had possessed the two victims before he could uncover confidential information.
• Chen Junting dispelled the Heaven Deceiving Formation, and the envoys found that the victims’ bodies still had vitality despite their souls being gone.
• Chen Junting offered to create an Array Formation that could expose people who had undergone Soul Seizing, though identifying every citizen was impractical.
• The Heaven Dou and Star Luo envoys presented sealed letters inviting the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and other major powers to ally against the Sun Moon Empire half a month later.
• Ning Bo Wen sent the envoys to rest and asked everyone whether the sect should participate in the war.

Chen Junting set aside his plans to condense more soul cores and traveled with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect to Spirit Dou City for the alliance meeting, disguised as an imperial ascension celebration. The Body Sect, Shrek Academy, and Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect arrived in grand fashion, while the Star Luo Empire, Heavenly Soul Empire, and Sun Moon Empire had yet to arrive.

• Chen Junting considered how to condense his second soul core but postponed the decision because the alliance meeting was approaching.
• Chen Junting dressed in ceremonial clothes and joined Ning Tian and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s delegation bound for Spirit Dou City.
• Ge Hong commanded elite troops at the city gate as the city remained under martial law and awaited the last invited forces.
• The Body Sect and Shrek Academy arrived at Spirit Dou City, followed by the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, whose display Ye Xuanji enhanced with starlight.
• Du Busi teased Yan Shaozhe about Xuan Zi’s absence, and Yan Shaozhe explained that Xuan Zi had entered death seclusion to pursue a breakthrough.
• Ge Hong told the gathered leaders that only the Star Luo Empire, Heavenly Soul Empire, and Sun Moon Empire remained to arrive.