Ch. 406The Gray Zone

Su Wen warned Xue Aotian that the Netherworld Master had contacted the outside world and tried to recruit powerful Heavenly Jewel Masters. Xue Aotian brought Su Wen to meet his wife Philia, who guarded the seal, and the chapter left them weighing whether to let Su Wen see it.

  • Xue Aotian accepted Su Wen's request after hearing that the Netherworld Master had contacted people beyond the seal.
  • Xue Aotian led Su Wen into Snow God Mountain's depths and reunited with Philia, his wife and Tian Er's mother.
  • Xue Aotian explained how Su Wen's Academy and World of Learning had strengthened Heavenly Jewel Masters across the continent.
  • Xue Aotian told Philia that the Netherworld Master had met Su Wen through a Space Crack and tried to tempt him into helping it escape.
  • Su Wen asked to observe the Netherworld Master's sealing formation without opening it, and Philia hesitated over the danger of its corruption.

Ch. 407Seal

Filia agreed to take Su Wen to the Netherworld Master's seal after warning him not to interfere with it or communicate with the Netherworld Master. She led him through a hidden underground space to the sealed chamber, where thirteen shifting masses of energy hovered above a massive magic array.

  • Filia feared Su Wen might be using the Netherworld Master's power to pursue his own breakthrough, but agreed that refusing him would not stop him if he intended to act against the continent.
  • Filia told Su Wen he could enter only if he promised not to tamper with the seal or communicate with the Netherworld Master, and explained that the true guardian controlled access to the seal.
  • Filia led Su Wen through a spatial node into a cavern deep underground, explaining that the Dragon Emperor had built the Netherworld Space to protect the seal and had used the Earth's Core's heat to strengthen it.
  • Filia brought Su Wen to a vast plaza where thirteen shifting masses of energy hovered above a huge magic array.

Ch. 408Netherworld Space

Su Wen met the Dragon Emperor and learned that the Dragon Emperor had only twenty years left to maintain the seal imprisoning the Netherworld Master. Despite refusing to take over the task, Su Wen offered to help and asked to enter the Netherworld Space to study the enemy’s power.

  • Filia brought Su Wen to the Dragon Emperor, and Su Wen explained that the Netherworld Master had contacted him and tried to recruit him to destroy the seal.
  • Su Wen revealed that he cultivated Holy Force, and the Dragon Emperor said it might have helped him guard the seal if Su Wen had arrived earlier.
  • The Dragon Emperor told Su Wen that he could hold on for at most twenty years and asked him to take his place, but Su Wen refused and offered to help eliminate the Netherworld Master instead.
  • Su Wen learned that the Netherworld Master had grown stronger and asked to enter the Netherworld Space to experience his power and seek a breakthrough.
  • The Dragon Emperor agreed to send Su Wen into the Netherworld Space and warned him not to become entangled with the Netherworld Master.

Ch. 409Lord of the Netherworld: I'm Innocent!

Su Wen helped the Dragon Emperor and the Twelve Guardians reinforce the seal imprisoning the Netherworld Master, using his Saint Dao Power to empower it. The Netherworld Master attacked Su Wen through the seal, but Su Wen absorbed the strike and then vanished from the Netherworld Space by an unknown means.

  • Su Wen released his Saint Dao Power to strengthen the seal, and the Dragon Emperor agreed to let him help.
  • The Netherworld Master attacked the seal and angrily denied Su Wen's accusation that he had contacted the outside world.
  • The Dragon Emperor and the Twelve Guardians joined forces to suppress the Netherworld Master's assault while Su Wen fused a special mark into the seal, enabling it to convert Saint Dao Power.
  • The Netherworld Master broke through the seal long enough to send a destructive wave at Su Wen, who swallowed it with the Heaven Extinguishing Divine Millstone and suppressed it with his twenty-two Heavenly Jewels.
  • Su Wen told the Netherworld Master that he would credit him if he broke through Heavenly Change, then vanished from the Netherworld Space without the Dragon Emperor teleporting him.

Ch. 410A Drastic Change in Douluo

Su Wen studied the Netherworld Space’s Magic Array, then traveled east while refining his Solidified Suit and preparing to spread the Array System. After returning to the Douluo Continent’s World of Learning, he learned that Spirit Hall had founded a nation and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been exterminated.

  • Su Wen left the Netherworld Space, explained that he cultivated Spatial Power, and stayed for a month to study the Magic Array.
  • Su Wen traveled east toward the Heavenly Evil Sect and used what he learned from the Magic Array to improve his Solidified Suit and understanding of formations.
  • Su Wen’s Faith Body returned to the World of Learning and summoned Ning Rongrong and the others after a year away.
  • Su Wen gave Ning Rongrong and the others information about arrays and asked Xiao Zhan about his progress toward forming a second soul core.
  • Xiao Zhan told Su Wen that Spirit Hall had founded a nation and gathered several major duchies.
  • Dugu Bo told Su Wen that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been exterminated.

Ch. 411Unification?

After the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was destroyed, Spirit Hall stoked suspicion toward the Sun Moon Continent and founded an empire, while Su Wen and Ning Fengzhi disagreed over whether unification should be stopped. Su Wen supported unification in principle, leaving the Academy’s response to Spirit Hall’s ambitions unresolved.

  • The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was nearly wiped out, while Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin survived because they were away.
  • Dugu Bo said he had kept Dugu Yan with him during her impending Martial Soul Evolution and feared what he would have done if she had died.
  • Spirit Hall denied responsibility for the attack, blamed the Sun Moon Continent through public opinion, and founded the Spirit Hall Empire after the Two Great Empires ignored its proposal for an alliance and punitive campaign.
  • Ning Fengzhi warned Su Wen that Spirit Hall’s ambitions threatened the Academy and urged him to stop the empire from unifying the continent.
  • Su Wen said unification might benefit Douluo Star, leaving Ning Fengzhi unable to understand his position.

Ch. 412Academy's Stance

Su Wen clarified that the Academy would oppose any side whose war harmed civilians, while declining to support the Two Great Empires against Spirit Hall. After sharing Array System plans and Soul Tool technology, he sealed his Faith Body and continued his journey across the Vast Continent, where he discovered Blood Red Hell had never allied with the Netherworld Master.

  • Su Wen told Ning Fengzhi that the Academy would not take sides in soul-master wars but would oppose anyone whose actions harmed civilians, leaving Ning Fengzhi to recognize that Su Wen had given up on supporting the Two Great Empires.
  • Su Wen asked others to spread the Array System and gave the leaders of two major Sun Moon Continent forces his latest Soul Tool technology before sealing his Faith Body again.
  • Su Wen spent another year traveling across the Vast Continent, recording its terrain and studying how Heaven and Earth Origin Qi circulated.
  • At Blood Red Hell, Su Wen discovered that it had not been bewitched by or allied with the Netherworld Master, and realized his earlier claims about the Netherworld Master's contact with the outside world had been speculation.
  • Su Wen found Blood Red Hell allied with Vast Sea Palace and deepened his cultivation of light and fire there.

Ch. 413Blood Red Hell's Deal

Su Wen learned Blood Red Hell’s Destruction Profound Meaning through his exchange with Fen Tian, while Fen Tian used Su Wen’s Imprint Book to expand the secret art. Before leaving, Su Wen arranged a Thunder Domain to cultivate destruction energy and passed the method to Xiao Zhan.

  • Su Wen reviewed how the Five Great Holy Lands differed in their attributes and recognized Blood Red Hell’s Light-and-Fire fusion as the basis of its Destruction Profound Meaning.
  • Fen Tian and Su Wen exchanged insights, allowing Fen Tian to incorporate Thunder and Darkness into Blood Red Hell’s secret art and master four attributes through the Destruction Profound Meaning.
  • Su Wen thanked Fen Tian and promised to keep Blood Red Hell’s secret art private, then secretly sent its Destruction Profound Meaning cultivation method to Xiao Zhan.
  • Xiao Zhan, already at the Ninety-fourth Rank after condensing both Soul Cores, received Su Wen’s method and saw his future prospects improve.
  • Su Wen carved formations in Blood Red Hell’s barren southern region to draw lightning into a Thunder Domain and told the Prison Lord its Core Land could nurture an aura of destruction in ten years.

Ch. 414Destruction and Creation

Su Wen created a Thunder Domain for Blood Red Hell, giving Fen Tian hope of advancing the sect’s inheritance and breaking through his cultivation bottleneck. As Su Wen reflected on his own insights into destruction and creation, he concluded that Creation Saint Power could not be replicated.

  • Fen Tian recognized that Su Wen’s Thunder Domain would nurture Destruction Aura and help Blood Red Hell find Thunder Attribute disciples.
  • Fen Tian realized that integrating destruction into Blood Red Hell’s inheritance could raise its potential to the Heavenly God level and loosen his own bottleneck.
  • Su Wen explained that creating the Thunder Domain repaid Blood Red Hell and let him test what he had learned about destruction.
  • Su Wen recalled that he wanted to master Creation Saint Power, which had appeared briefly through Zhou Weiqing and Tian Er’s child.
  • After comprehending destruction, Su Wen concluded that Creation Saint Power could not be replicated.

Ch. 415What Is Creation

Su Wen realized that the profound meanings of destruction and creation needed to fuse into Creation Saint Power, then returned to Heavenly Jewel Island to show the three Divine Masters his nearly finished twelve-piece Solidified Suit. He had completed ten pieces but still lacked the main materials for the Heart-Protecting Mirror and belt.

  • Su Wen learned from the God of Time's trial that he needed to fuse destruction and creation into Creation Saint Power, though his two profound meanings had only begun to adapt to each other.
  • Su Wen decided that Zhou Weiqing and Tian Er's child mastering Creation Saint Power could help him fuse the two powers, then left Blood Red Hell.
  • Su Wen explained the design of his twelve-piece Solidified Suit, including its Heaven and Earth Set and Armor Set, to the three Divine Masters on Heavenly Jewel Island.
  • Ye Ruichen gained insight into designing multi-piece Solidified Suits by using weapons as cores and thanked Su Wen for showing him a new direction.
  • Su Wen told the three Divine Masters that he had found materials for ten pieces but still lacked the main materials for the Heart-Protecting Mirror and belt.

Ch. 416Do You Have a Grudge Against the Dragon Clan?

Su Wen consulted Ye Ruichen and Wei Yang about materials for his twelve-piece Legendary-level Solidified Suit, learning that a Life Ancient Tree branch might serve as its belt core and that rare space could form its Heart-Protecting Mirror. He considered hunting Sea Dragons only if necessary, while the proposed mirror material left the Divine Masters debating how to obtain it.

  • Ye Ruichen said Su Wen's belt needed either Heavenly God-level Dragon Tendon or a branch of the Life Ancient Tree, and Su Wen rejected attacking the dragons in the Light and Shadow Space.
  • Su Wen said he might hunt a Heavenly God-level Sea Dragon instead if obtaining a Life Ancient Tree branch proved difficult, prompting Ye Ruichen to realize the ocean held many powerful materials.
  • Ye Ruichen suggested a Dragon Race Reverse Scale for the Heart-Protecting Mirror, and Su Wen suspected he had a grudge against the dragons.
  • Wei Yang proposed using a Life Ancient Tree branch as a foundation to cut out a piece of space for the Heart-Protecting Mirror, and Ye Ruichen objected that this was not the same as opening a Small World.

Ch. 417It’ll Work! Let’s Do It!

Su Wen considered using the Life Ancient Tree and a Small World's origin to strengthen his equipment and prepare to open his own heaven and earth. He entered the Underground World through Hui Yao's passage and asked the Dragon Emperor where to find the Elf Race.

  • Wei Yang proposed using a Small World's origin to make a Heart-Protecting Mirror, and Ye Ruichen warned that extracting it could collapse the space.
  • Su Wen considered linking the Heavenly Eye, Heart-Protecting Mirror, and belt as three nodes connecting different powers with heaven and earth.
  • Su Wen left Heavenly Jewel Island's gathering and went to the Light and Shadow Space to ask Hui Yao for access to the Underground World.
  • Hui Yao contacted the Dragon Emperor, received permission for Su Wen to enter, and followed him through the passage.
  • Su Wen asked the Dragon Emperor where the Elf Race was.

Ch. 418Seal Land

Su Wen sought the Elf Race to obtain Life Ancient Tree material and the Elf Queen’s blood for his Solidified Suit, and the Dragon Emperor gave him the Seal Land’s coordinates without offering an introduction. After waiting outside the hidden realm, Su Wen was finally approved for entry and prepared to meet the Elf Race.

  • Su Wen asked the Dragon Emperor to introduce him to the Elf Race, explaining that he wanted Life Ancient Tree material and the Elf Queen’s blood for his Solidified Suit.
  • The Dragon Emperor gave Su Wen the Seal Land’s coordinates but declined to provide a token or introduction.
  • Su Wen left Heavenly Jewel Island and traveled to the Seal Land near the border of the Bao Po Empire and the Mi Ou Kingdom.
  • Su Wen used his spatial perception and power to locate the hidden realm and attract the Elf Race’s attention.
  • The Elf Race’s guards reported Su Wen’s arrival to the queen, received her approval to guide him inside, and made him wait half a day.

Ch. 419Elf Queen

Su Wen entered the Elf Clan’s sealed territory and requested an audience with the Elf Queen to trade for part of the Life Ancient Tree and three drops of her blood. The Elf Queen heard his demands but had not yet decided whether the Elf Clan would accept.

  • After receiving no response to his probes, Su Wen sensed the spatial node and entered the Seal Land, then persuaded an Elf guard to lead him to the clan grounds.
  • Su Wen asked the Elf Clan’s leaders to take him to the Elf Queen and revealed his Holy Force, whose creation aura impressed the elves.
  • The Elf Queen appeared and asked Su Wen what trade he wanted to make.
  • Su Wen asked for fallen branches or another part of the Life Ancient Tree and three drops of the Elf Queen’s blood.
  • The Elf elders protested, while the Elf Queen asked Su Wen what terms he would offer.

Ch. 420The Holy Power Advances Further

Su Wen demonstrated his creation-infused Holy Force to the Elf Queen and offered to use it to nurture the Life Ancient Tree in exchange for the items he sought. The Elf Queen recognized the power’s potential but waited to hear his terms, wary of the cost to her and the tree.

  • Su Wen released his aura, alarming the Elf Queen and the elders, who sensed that his strength had reached the peak of the Heavenly God level.
  • Su Wen infused his Holy Force with the Creation Profound Meaning, drawing the Elf Race toward its power.
  • Su Wen offered to nurture the Life Ancient Tree with his Holy Force in exchange for the Elf Queen’s blood and a branch of the tree.
  • The Elf Queen and elders weighed the offer, concerned that giving blood and a tree branch could harm them or the Life Ancient Tree.
  • Su Wen explained that he had personally fused and strengthened his Holy Force by integrating the Creation Profound Meaning.

Ch. 421New Understanding

Su Wen negotiated with the Elf Queen to trade Saint Power and Creation Profound Meaning for her blood and branches from the Life Ancient Tree. After setting up a Saint Force Array in the Primeval Forest, he followed her to the ancient tree, intending to earn its recognition.

  • Su Wen offered to create a Saint Power cultivation site for the Elf Race and use his Creation Profound Meaning to improve the Life Ancient Tree.
  • The Elf Queen explained that the tree itself had to agree to give up branches, and she agreed to provide her blood.
  • Su Wen showed the Elf Queen a diagram of the array he had used to reinforce the Netherworld seal, easing her wariness.
  • Su Wen established a Saint Force Array that derived Saint Power directly from the Creation Profound Meaning and deepened his understanding of creation.
  • Su Wen followed the Elf Queen to the Life Ancient Tree at the core of the Seal Land and recognized it as the source of the space's abundant life aura.

Ch. 422The Ancient Tree's Deal

Su Wen used his Creation Profound Meaning to deepen the Life Ancient Tree’s understanding of creation and asked it for a branch to craft his Solidified Suit. The tree granted his request in exchange for eliminating the Netherworld Master.

  • Su Wen sensed the Life Ancient Tree’s connection to the rules of life and confirmed with the Elf Queen that it possessed a sleeping spirit.
  • Su Wen released his Saint Dao Power and shared his understanding of the Creation Profound Meaning with the Life Ancient Tree.
  • The Life Ancient Tree and Su Wen each advanced their understanding through their exchange.
  • Su Wen asked the Life Ancient Tree for a branch as Solidified Suit material, and it grew a new branch and sent it to him.
  • The Life Ancient Tree told Su Wen to eliminate the Netherworld Master, after which they would owe each other nothing.

Ch. 423Setting Out for the Profound Heaven Continent

Su Wen learned how a twelve-piece Solidified Suit could give him the power to defeat the Netherworld Master, then left the Elf Race to seek Dragon Tendon for the suit. He headed across the sea toward Xuan Tian Continent, where Sea Dragons had been sighted, but had not yet found a Heavenly God-level one.

  • The Life Ancient Tree explained that Su Wen’s twelve-piece Solidified Suit could grant Heavenly Transformation-level power and help him eliminate the Netherworld Master.
  • Su Wen promised the Life Ancient Tree he would not leave until he dealt with the Netherworld Master, and the Elf Queen welcomed him as an honored guest of the Elf Race.
  • Su Wen planned to use the Ancient Tree’s sprout as the core material for his suit and add Dragon Tendon to the belt.
  • After learning from the Elf Race that Sea Dragons had been sighted on Xuan Tian Continent, Su Wen set out across the sea on a Magic Soul Shark.
  • Su Wen traveled for a long time without encountering a Sea Dragon and still needed the Dragon Tendon of a Heavenly God-level Sea Dragon.

Ch. 424Terror Demon Sea Dragon

Su Wen reached the Xuan Tian Continent and told Xuan Tian Palace master Dongfang Hanyue that he wanted to expand his World of Learning and establish an Academy there. After learning that a Heavenly God-level Dire Sea Dragon was ravaging the West Coast, he set out to hunt it alone.

  • Su Wen arrived on the Xuan Tian Continent, gathered information, and went to Xuan Tian City.
  • Dongfang Hanyue confronted Su Wen after sensing his Heavenly Emperor-level strength and asked where he came from.
  • Su Wen explained his World of Learning and proposed opening it and establishing an Academy on the continent, making Dongfang Hanyue wary.
  • Su Wen asked about Heavenly God-level sea dragons, and Dongfang Hanyue revealed that a Dire Sea Dragon was wreaking havoc off the West Coast.
  • Su Wen gave Dongfang Hanyue a token to enter the World of Learning and flew west to hunt the Dire Sea Dragon alone.

Ch. 425The Astonished Dongfang Hanyue

Dongfang Hanyue tested Su Wen’s Heavenly Jewel Mark with the Dark Demon Dragon’s supervision and confirmed that the World of Learning was accessible to ordinary people as well as Heavenly Jewel Masters. Meanwhile, Su Wen found the Dire Sea Dragon and prepared to kill it for slaughtering humans.

  • Dongfang Hanyue told the Dark Demon Dragon about Su Wen and the World of Learning, then entered the world using her Heavenly Jewel Mark.
  • Dongfang Hanyue discovered that ordinary people could enter the World of Learning and use its sun-and-moon pattern to temper their will, but the Dark Demon Dragon pulled her out when her emotions surged.
  • Dongfang Hanyue reported her findings, and the Dark Demon Dragon told her to reenter and investigate further.
  • Su Wen searched the seas off the Xuan Tian Continent’s West Coast and found the early Heavenly God-level Dire Sea Dragon.
  • Su Wen sensed the Dire Sea Dragon’s murderous intent and the baleful qi from its slaughter of humans, then decided to kill it.
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