Chapter Summaries

Chen Junting and the others discovered that the island’s trees and seawater were saturated with destructive energy, so he sent the group away to continue the Sea God’s Divine Examination while he prepared to face his own trial. At the shore, they learned the sea drained life on contact and an invisible barrier limited how high they could fly, leaving them to find a safe route out.

• Di Tian, Chen Junting, and Dugu Xin explained that destructive energy had stripped the island’s plants of life and would gradually drain anyone who stayed.
• Chen Junting and Xiao Bai urged Huo Yuhao and the others to leave and focus on the Sea God’s Divine Examination, and the group agreed.
• Chen Junting told Dugu Xin to delay absorbing a Ninth Soul Ring and privately encouraged Huo Yuhao to advance his Self-Created Soul Skill within three years.
• Xiao Bai touched the black seawater and found that it rapidly drained her power and life force, so the group decided to fly across it.
• Ma Xiaotao flew too high and was struck back by an invisible force, revealing a flight restriction as the group prepared to leave at a lower altitude.

Chen Junting entered the island’s trial and crossed a forest saturated with increasingly powerful Destruction Energy, enduring it with his body after his Soul Power could no longer protect him. He emerged in a life-rich valley and found a purple-red Pillar of Destruction rising from a scepter embedded in an altar, which he approached as a likely part of the trial.

• Chen Junting entered the island after Gu Tianchen and the others left, then explored its dark forest while using Soul Power to ward off Destruction Energy.
• Chen Junting tried the Exterminate the Immortals Formation Diagram, but the Destruction Energy corroded it, so he withdrew it and continued deeper into the forest.
• Chen Junting entered the Purple-Black Mist and, after suppressing the Four Soul Spirits’ offers of help, removed his Soul Power protection and endured the Destruction Energy with his Bloodline Power.
• Chen Junting passed through the destructive region and arrived in a valley filled with dense primordial qi and Life Energy.
• Chen Junting followed a purple-red Pillar of Destruction to an altar and saw a scepter embedded at its center, with Life Energy dispersing the destructive storm around it.

Chen Junting attempted to take the Scepter of Destruction but was nearly killed by the divine-level Destruction Energy, so Di Tian rescued him from the altar. After recovering, Chen Junting learned that he needed the Scepter of Life as external support and set out toward the Forest of Destruction with Di Tian’s directions.

• Chen Junting received the trial’s instructions to obtain the Scepter of Destruction and the Scepter of Life within a year, then approached the altar in the Valley of Life.
• Chen Junting entered the Pillar of Destruction and suffered devastating damage to his body and Sea of Spirit, while Electrolux and the Four Soul Spirits struggled to keep his spirit stable.
• Chen Junting realized he could not take the Scepter of Destruction without outside help and decided to withdraw, but Di Tian pulled him out of the pillar with Dragon God Claw.
• Chen Junting replenished his strength with Life Energy, and Di Tian warned him that even he could not withstand the pillar long enough to take the scepter.
• Di Tian told Chen Junting that the Scepter of Life could help him reach the Scepter of Destruction and gave him directions to the Pillar of Life before returning to the Star Dou Forest.

Chen Junting found the Altar of Life in the Forest of Destruction and endured its overwhelming Life Energy with Electrolux's help. He pulled the Scepter of Life free, awakened its recognition of him through a blood ritual, and ended the chapter questioning whether it could really be called a scepter.

• Chen Junting traveled through the Forest of Destruction and found the Altar of Life and the Scepter of Life.
• Chen Junting absorbed the altar's Life Energy, which flooded his body and Sea of Spirit and strengthened his soul spirits.
• Chen Junting asked Electrolux to help contain the excess Life Energy in the Gold of Life, and Electrolux guided it safely into the Sea of Spirit.
• Chen Junting used his full strength to pull the Scepter of Life from the altar, transforming the Forest of Destruction with a surge of vitality.
• The Scepter of Life drew Chen Junting's blood to acknowledge him as its master, and Chen Junting questioned whether it was truly a scepter.

Chen Junting learned that the Scepter of Life was powerful worked metal bound to the Altar of Life, then used it to withstand the Altar of Destruction’s energy while pulling free the Scepter of Destruction. He left the second rod nearly extracted as its awakening sent a wave through the Valley of Life.

• Chen Junting discovered that jade inside the Altar of Life was bound to the altar and space, while Electrolux identified the Scepter of Life as exceptional worked metal capable of being forged into a Divine Artifact.
• Chen Junting planned to forge physical versions of the Four Swords of Extermination from the Scepters of Life and Destruction, Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, and other metals, and Electrolux agreed it could be done.
• Chen Junting returned to the Altar of Destruction and used the Scepter of Life’s healing energy to endure the Pillar of Destruction while gripping the Scepter of Destruction.
• Divine Thunder of Destruction battered Chen Junting as his blood and flesh soaked into the altar and rod, covering the Scepter of Destruction with Demonic Patterns.
• The altar and Scepter of Destruction transformed with violet-gold light, and Chen Junting’s strength loosened the rod before a violet-red wave swept across the Valley of Life.

Chen Junting used the Scepter of Destruction to withstand Destruction Intent, breaking through his spiritual power and physical limits with Electrolux’s guidance. After the Scepter of Life balanced the destructive power in his body, his Soul Bones fused into armor, leaving him with the embryonic form of Divine Equipment.

• Electrolux stopped Chen Junting from reaching for the Scepter of Life and guided him to draw in the Divine Power of Destruction to advance his body and spiritual power.
• Chen Junting used Sword God's Selflessness and the Snow Empress’s Ultimate Ice to resist Destruction Intent while his Bloodline Power, Soul Power, and Divine Power of Destruction scoured his body and expanded his Sea of Spirit.
• A renewed eruption of Destruction Intent pushed Chen Junting further, and Electrolux released the Gray Orb to absorb the Evil Emperor’s remaining spiritual power into the enlarged Sea of Spirit.
• Chen Junting’s spiritual power broke through, transforming the dark-blue and emerald-green energy in his Heavenly Eye into Rose Gold before he lost consciousness.
• The Scepter of Life released Divine Power of Life, which balanced the Divine Power of Destruction and transformed Chen Junting’s bones, muscles, and Soul Bones.
• Chen Junting’s Soul Bones formed connected armor across his head, arms, and legs, and he realized it was the embryonic form of Divine Equipment.

Chen Junting survived the transformation caused by the two divine powers, reached the mortal peak, and received a Divine Artifact Forging Method. When the Scepter of Life and the Scepter of Destruction struck together, their Jade Stones merged and a mysterious ripple transported him away, beginning the second examination.

• Chen Junting withdrew the unstable Soul Bone Armor and endured a painful transformation that brought his physique to the mortal peak.
• He left the Altar of Destruction with the Scepter of Destruction and gave it to Electrolux, who confirmed it matched the Scepter of Life as forging material.
• The God of Destruction rewarded Chen Junting with a Divine Artifact Forging Method, which Electrolux combined with his own knowledge into a forging plan.
• Chen Junting considered forging the Four Swords of Extermination and accidentally struck the two scepters together.
• The Jade Stones from the altars merged into a vortex, and its ripple swept Chen Junting away as the second examination began.

The Seven Sins Gods gathered in the Forest of Life to oversee the first stage of Chen Junting’s trial, which tested greed. The trial showed him as a poor village craftsman named Chen Wu, and the God of Greed entered the illusory world to shape the test.

• The Seven Sins Gods arrived at the Forest of Life after the God of Destruction summoned them to oversee Chen Junting’s trial.
• The God of Destruction assigned the first stage, greed, to the God of Greed, and he and the Goddess of Life opened a view into the trial world.
• The Gods of Sin discovered that Chen Junting’s greed appeared as a desire for wealth rather than godhood, power, or his sect.
• Inside the trial, Chen Wu lived as a poor stone-carving craftsman who cared for his bedridden mother and went into the mountains to gather stone.
• The Goddess of Life urged the God of Greed to continue the trial, and he sent a wisp of his mind into Chen Junting’s world.

Brother Chen Wu found a dying old man and took his Jade Stone, which awakened a power that could turn stone into gold and drew him into the God of Greed’s trial. Though he resisted the temptation and locked the jade away, the God of Greed intervened again to keep the trial moving.

• Brother Chen Wu found a wounded old man in the forest, gave him water, and received the man’s Jade Stone before burying him.
• Brother Chen Wu returned home, saw that his mother’s illness was worsening, and planned to sell the jade to pay for treatment.
• The God of Greed appeared to Brother Chen Wu in an ink-wash vision and tempted him with visions of wealth and his mother’s recovery.
• The Jade Stone produced tiny pieces of gold, but Brother Chen Wu hid it and refused to spend the gold because he feared the consequences.
• The Goddess of Life objected that the God of Greed had pushed the trial too far, while the God of Destruction told him to mind his limits.
• The God of Greed decided to prevent any external force, including Chen Junting himself, from interfering in the Mind Realm.

Chen Junting used the Jade Stone to save his mother briefly, grow wealthy, and conjure water and rice during a famine, while the villagers’ worship and greed stirred violence around him. As Chen Junting went out with a sword, the God of Greed explained that the villagers’ voices reflected Chen Junting’s own heart.

• After a physician warned that his mother needed Life-Extending Ginseng, Brother Chen Wu carved the Jade Stone and turned its shavings into gold to buy the medicine.
• His mother lived one more year before dying, and Chen Wu left the village, grew rich, and became the landlord Chen Junting.
• During a new famine, Chen Junting used the Jade Stone, and a dry well filled with water while rice grew rapidly across barren land.
• Villagers hailed Chen Junting as a living immortal, then fought over his blessings as he listened from inside his estate.
• The steward proposed beating the villagers and taking their land, but Chen Junting felt troubled and went out with a sword.
• In the Forest of Life, the God of Greed told the God of Lust that the villagers’ voices came from Chen Junting’s own heart.

Master Chen Wu saw the suffering caused by greed, broke free of Greedy Wolf’s control, and destroyed the Jade Stone. The God of Greed recognized that Chen Junting had passed the trial in his Mind Realm by overcoming greed through pity for the people it harmed.

• Master Chen Wu gave flatbread to a starving child and was briefly freed from the Jade Stone’s influence.
• After Ah Da admitted that he and the guards had changed, Master Chen Wu sent them away and traveled alone to his hometown.
• At the mound beneath the rock wall, Master Chen Wu carved the Jade Stone while fierce beasts drew near, then resolved to destroy it and give its creations to the Taiping Way.
• Greedy Wolf seized control of Master Chen Wu’s hand and tried to make him carve the wolf’s final eye, but Master Chen Wu broke free and cut the Jade Stone crookedly instead.
• The Jade Stone shattered into lifeless powder, and the God of Greed said Chen Junting had passed his Mind Realm trial through pity for those harmed by greed.

Chen Junting began the second trial in the Mind Realm, where the Gods of Lust, Sloth, and Arrogance tested him by awakening his desires and pride. After decades of virtuous rule as emperor, he succumbed to indulgence and extravagance, and the chapter ended with Crown Prince Chen Shuo vowing to remonstrate with him.

• The God of Destruction assigned the trial to the Gods of Lust, Sloth, and Arrogance, who would influence Chen Junting without descending into the Mind Realm.
• Chen Junting awoke in his Sea of Spirit, learned from Electrolux that the trial had taken place in the Mind Realm, and then entered the next trial.
• In the Mind Realm, Chen Junting restored the Great Gan dynasty, ruled diligently for decades, and ushered in the Yuanxi Golden Age.
• The Gods of Lust and Sloth discussed their attempts to tempt Chen Junting, and the God of Arrogance announced that he had succeeded too.
• After changing the reign title to Yongjia, Chen Junting began indulging in pleasure, ordered the construction of a Summer Resort, and burned Han Xiu's memorial against his excesses.
• Han Xiu resigned as chancellor and urged Crown Prince Chen Shuo to stop Chen Junting, and Chen Shuo vowed to remonstrate with his father.

Chen Junting fell deeper into indulgence under Jialing’s influence, while corruption and military neglect weakened Great Gan. After Chen Shuo confronted him at the Mansion of Delusion, Chen Junting briefly showed a trace of clarity and ordered Li Ju to help the Crown Prince, just as a sudden change began.

• Chen Junting rebuked Crown Prince Chen Shuo for opposing the Qionglin Garden project and forced him to withdraw his remonstrance.
• Chen Junting summoned Jialing, the Shule Kingdom’s “bright pearl,” and became captivated by her.
• Jialing encouraged Chen Junting to neglect court, while he built the Mansion of Delusion, empowered Li Ju, and let corruption and military readiness worsen.
• Chen Shuo confronted Chen Junting with Li Ju’s crimes and warned that Great Gan faced corruption, disasters, and threats at the northern border.
• Lust, Sloth, and Pride suppressed Chen Junting’s brief awakening, but Chen Shuo’s plea stirred him enough to order Li Ju to help the Crown Prince before a sudden change erupted.

Chen Junting’s mind realm was pushed toward rebellion as the God of Wrath joined the trial, and Chen Shuo rose against his father to save the Great Gan Dynasty. After Chen Junting struck him and Chen Shuo refused to yield, the emperor stripped him of his Crown Prince title and ordered him confined for life.

• Chen Shuo attacked Li Ju, but Chen Junting’s guards pulled them apart and the emperor confined his son to the Eastern Palace for a year.
• The God of Destruction ordered the God of Wrath to provoke Chen Junting by turning the Crown Prince against him, following the God of Greed’s suggestion.
• Chen Shuo’s officials urged him to rebel and clear the emperor’s side, so he led troops toward Zichen Hall but was swiftly defeated.
• Chen Shuo confronted Chen Junting with the years of neglect and corruption, explaining that he rebelled to save the country and its people.
• Chen Junting struck Chen Shuo across the face with a horsewhip, but Chen Shuo condemned the punishment and returned to the Eastern Palace.
• Chen Junting stripped Chen Shuo of his Crown Prince title and ordered him confined forever in the Secluded Palace, with visits forbidden and food reduced to the bare minimum.

Chen Junting awakened from his indulgence when the barbarians broke through Blackwater Pass and learned that officials had concealed the frontier crisis. After punishing Li Ju and the palace consorts, he visited Chen Shuo and saw the famine and suffering outside Chang'an, leaving him confronted with the ruin of his supposed prosperous age.

• Chen Junting heard that the barbarians had taken Blackwater Pass, Yun Province, and Dai Province, and that their forces were advancing toward Taiyuan.
• The messenger revealed that the generals had repeatedly requested reinforcements, while Li Ju had intercepted their reports; Chen Junting ordered Li Ju imprisoned and his accomplices investigated.
• Chen Junting rejected Jialing and ordered the demonic consorts strangled, then set out for the Secluded Palace to bring Chen Shuo with him.
• Chen Junting and Chen Shuo left Chang'an in plain clothes and saw starving refugees and barren fields in the outer city.
• Chen Shuo accused Chen Junting of neglecting the people and the empire, and challenged him over the empty treasury, misused military funds, and the grain stores.

Chen Junting purged corrupt officials, restored Chen Shuo as Crown Prince, and led the army north after publicly accepting blame for the empire’s crisis. In the God Realm, the God of Gluttony and the God of Envy sent Chen Junting into two more trials, which he passed before the trials could overwhelm him.

• Chen Junting ordered Li Ju and his accomplices executed, destroyed the Mansion of Delusion, issued an Edict of Self-Reproach, and restored Chen Shuo as Crown Prince and State Overseer.
• Chen Junting confessed his failures to the army outside Xuanwu Gate, vowed to defeat the barbarians, and marched north with his soldiers.
• The God of Gluttony sent Chen Junting into a trial as Taotie, but Chen Junting regained clarity when hunger threatened to make him eat himself to death.
• The God of Envy sent Chen Junting into a trial as one of three painters whose fates were revealed by a Buddha, and Chen Junting overcame his envy before harming his fellow painters.
• Chen Junting and the other painters agreed that whoever received the good fate would help the others, and he passed the fourth trial.

After passing the second trial, Chen Junting received methods for forging divine armor, refining his body and soul, and condensing several divine positions. He began planning a faith-based divine position tied to judgment and suppressing evil slaughter, then prepared to test the divine artifact forging method with Electrolux’s help.

• The God of Destruction dismissed the Seven Deadly Sins Gods and sent Chen Junting the reward for passing his second examination.
• Chen Junting received the Divine Position Condensing Methods for the Angel God and Rakshasa God, along with methods for divine armor, body, and soul.
• Chen Junting concluded that the Rakshasa God method described how to plunder another deity’s rules and suspected the God Kings intended the Rakshasa Divine Position to nourish his own.
• Chen Junting proposed combining judgment with the suppression of Evil Soul Masters by rebuilding a regulated place like the City of Slaughter, and Electrolux agreed the plan had merit.
• Chen Junting turned his attention to the Divine Artifact Forging Method, and Electrolux offered to back him while he tried it.

Chen Junting brought the Altar of Life and the Altar of Destruction together and used their opposing divine powers to forge a Divine Artifact. He turned the Scepter of Destruction into molten divine material and shaped it around his Seven Kills Sword Martial Soul, creating a physical Quasi-Divine Artifact sword embryo.

• Chen Junting asked the God of Destruction to bring the spaces containing the Altar of Life and the Altar of Destruction together, and the God of Destruction shifted them into a single circular space on the island.
• Chen Junting drew power from both altars, formed Divine Fire of Life and Divine Fire of Destruction, and combined them into a volatile flame.
• Chen Junting placed the Scepter of Destruction in the combined divine fire and refined it into molten divine material.
• Chen Junting summoned his Seven Kills Sword Martial Soul and used it as a mold, merging the molten material into its form.
• Chen Junting completed the sword embryo, turning the Seven Kills Sword into a physical Quasi-Divine Artifact.

Chen Junting forged the Immortal Slaying Sword and gathered materials to complete the other three swords of the Four Swords of Extermination. He then assembled the sword formation and strengthened its formation diagram with earth, water, fire, and wind, leaving it to be nurtured in his Heavenly Eye.

• Chen Junting enchanted the Sword Embryo with Immortal Slaying Sword Intent, forged the Immortal Slaying Sword, and tested its ability to cut through space.
• The God of Destruction sent Chen Junting a blood-red divine metal for the Slaughtering Immortal Sword, then cut off their connection to prevent further requests.
• Electrolux used Gold of Life to induce the birth of a death-attribute metal, which Chen Junting fused with Ice Extreme Divine Crystal to make material for the Exterminate the Immortals Sword.
• Chen Junting forged the Immortal Trap Sword and, over three months, completed all four divine swords of the formation.
• Chen Junting activated the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation with the Snow Empress, Tyrant, Mad King, and Evil Emperor controlling its four swords.
• Chen Junting tempered the Exterminate the Immortals Formation Diagram for seven days, added earth, water, fire, and wind array patterns, and stored the strengthened diagram in his Heavenly Eye.

After finishing his forging and training, Chen Junting traveled to the Sea God Family to visit his friends, but the family’s guards blocked his way during their Divine Examination. Sea God Douluo Chen Juntao arrived and questioned why Chen Junting had come, leaving his purpose unresolved.

• Chen Junting left the island after creating a Teleportation Formation so the sect could return to the treasured training ground.
• Chen Junting reached the Sea God Family Territory, where two Titled Douluo and the sea beasts stopped him from entering during the Divine Examination.
• Chen Junting released a brief, overwhelming aura, then waited when the guards refused to let him pass.
• Gu Tianchen prepared to fight the final Super Douluo in the fifth examination while Xiao Bai sensed an intruder and rushed toward the coast.
• Xiao Bai recognized Chen Junting, and Chen Juntao arrived and asked why he had come despite having no need to take the assessment.