Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao fought Gu Yuena with a sword strike powerful enough to approach a Rank 1 God, but she broke through her seal, overwhelmed him, and taunted him as he lay defeated. With one blue eye and one red eye, Lin Xiao called on Slaanesh for help.

• Bibi Dong sensed the battle’s power from Spirit City and recognized Lin Xiao’s Phoenix-shaped crimson glow in the sky.
• At the Lake of Life, Zi Ji and Bi Ji discussed their punishment before seeing the crimson light and realizing Lin Xiao had been found by Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena broke through a seal, accepted the worsening Realm Backlash, and summoned the Silver Dragon Spear to clash with Lin Xiao’s sword strike.
• Gu Yuena sent Lin Xiao crashing through trees and rocks, then appeared beside him and mocked him as a defeated opponent.
• Feng Yu urged Lin Xiao to let her join the fight, but Lin Xiao opened his mismatched blue and red eyes and called on Slaanesh with the Heart Fire of Lust.

Lin Xiao fought Gu Yuena with the help of the Divine Sense of Lust, Feng Yu, and two swords, but his body disintegrated faster than it could recover. Ye Qingxian used the Goddess of Abundance’s faith power to bless him and restore his body, at the cost of rapidly aging herself, then kept watching the battle with one last trump card in reserve.

• The Divine Sense of Lust poured her power into Lin Xiao, and her Heart Fire of Lust disrupted Gu Yuena with unwanted desires.
• Lin Xiao unleashed Asura Judgment and Crimson Sky: Dragon Slayer while Feng Yu channeled her power through their contract, but his body continued to disintegrate faster than it healed.
• Ye Qingxian told Shui Bing'er to stay at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, then went out to check on Lin Xiao’s fight near Sunset Forest.
• Ye Qingxian used the Three Great Empires’ faith power to grant Lin Xiao the Brand of Abundance, and the blessing rapidly restored his body.
• Ye Qingxian’s hair turned white and she aged into a frail old woman, but she continued watching and kept one final trump card in reserve.

Gu Yuena overpowered Lin Xiao, sealed his abilities, and took him to the Lake of Life after her injuries and Realm Backlash forced her to retreat. Asura God watched Lin Xiao’s capture and angrily condemned Gu Yuena.

• Lin Xiao sensed that Ye Qingxian had helped him, but two sword attacks soon forced Gu Yuena to face another threat.
• Gu Yuena released her seal and unleashed the Silver Dragon Spear, but Lin Xiao’s dragon aura weakened her attack and revealed his unusual Dragon King and Phoenix bloodlines.
• Gu Yuena seized Lin Xiao, sealed his Soul Core, Sea of Consciousness, and dantian, then knocked him unconscious.
• Realm Backlash and old injuries weakened Gu Yuena, so she suppressed her power, decided to take Lin Xiao to the Lake of Life, and vanished with him.
• Asura God realized Gu Yuena had captured Lin Xiao and angrily called her a vile dragon.

Asura God descended to the Lower Realm after learning the Silver Dragon had been found, while Gu Yuena took Lin Xiao to the Lake of Life. Ye Qingxian urged Shui Bing'er to become a god and rescue him, then collapsed as Bi Ji sensed an overwhelming Phoenix Bloodline in the unconscious Lin Xiao.

• Asura God chose to descend in his true body to pursue the Silver Dragon without alerting the other Divine Kings.
• Ye Qingxian sensed that Gu Yuena had taken Lin Xiao and told Shui Bing'er she needed to become a god to rescue him.
• Shui Bing'er vowed to finish her Sea God trial quickly and left to kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Ye Qingxian collapsed after Shui Bing'er left, and Shui Yue'er caught her.
• Gu Yuena brought the unconscious Lin Xiao to the Lake of Life, where the Fierce Beasts gathered around him.
• Bi Ji sensed Lin Xiao's rich Phoenix Bloodline and, after Gu Yuena called her repeatedly, agreed to help stabilize Gu Yuena's injuries.

After stabilizing her injuries, Gu Yuena hid herself and Lin Xiao in another dimension while Asura God searched the Lake of Life in vain. A month later, with Lin Xiao still missing, Tang San and Bibi Dong began acting, and a peasant-dressed woman arrived at the exhausted Phoenix Pavilion.

• Gu Yuena divided the Fierce Beasts into three groups and sent them through separate teleportation arrays, then took the sleeping Lin Xiao into a hidden spatial passage.
• Asura God searched the Lake of Life but failed to find Gu Yuena and decided to threaten the Golden Dragon in the God Realm instead.
• Shui Bing'er went to Sea God Island to prepare her inheritances, while Dugu Bo began the Plague God's eighth trial after Ye Qingxian told him Lin Xiao was in danger.
• A month passed without news of Lin Xiao, and the Spirit Hall Empire began stirring as Tang San received a new Asura God's Trial and targeted Shui Bing'er.
• Ye Qingxian led the strained Phoenix Pavilion until a woman dressed like a peasant came to their door.

Tang Yuehua visited Ye Qingxian disguised as an old peasant woman and learned that Lin Xiao was absent while war loomed. Ye Qingxian accepted Tang Yuehua’s offer to invest the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden legacy in Phoenix Pavilion and tasked her with preparing an overseas refuge.

• Tang Yuehua visited Ye Qingxian, who recognized her despite her disguise, and Tang Yuehua was shocked by Ye Qingxian’s aged appearance.
• Tang Yuehua warned that the Spirit Hall Empire was preparing for war and asked whether Lin Xiao could be contacted; Ye Qingxian said he was alive but could not return yet.
• Tang Yuehua offered to invest the Clear Sky Sect’s surviving wealth in Phoenix Pavilion, and Ye Qingxian agreed to let her buy in.
• Ye Qingxian asked Tang Yuehua to recruit Soul Masters and lead the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s fleet to explore distant seas with help from Sea God Island.
• Tang Yuehua questioned Ye Qingxian’s feelings for Lin Xiao, and Ye Qingxian rebuked her and told her to focus on her duties.

Bibi Dong decided to launch a war to gather the Resentment needed for her final Rakshasa God's Examination, while Qian Renxue insisted Lin Xiao was still alive. In the Plague Secret Realm, Dugu Bo endured his God Trial and began to understand the truth of plague as decay giving rise to new life.

• Bibi Dong concluded Lin Xiao would not return soon and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to prepare for war so she could gather Resentment and become a god.
• Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renxue to complete her final Angel God's Examinations and warned her that Bibi Dong had begun a costly war.
• Qian Renxue rejected the idea that Lin Xiao had died, arguing that he would undergo Nirvana like a phoenix and return.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling watched Dugu Bo suffer through his Plague God Trial, while Ye Lingling continuously healed him.
• Dugu Bo endured the agony of decay and began to comprehend plague as a path in which decay could give rise to new life.

Lin Xiao calmly answered Gu Yuena’s questions about his Phoenix fire and Dragon King-level bloodline, claiming the Ice Fire Dragon Kings had chosen him. Gu Yuena offered him a place among the Spirit Beasts or service as her subordinate, then revealed she wanted his Ice Fire Dragon King Essence to restore her strength.

• Gu Yuena chained Lin Xiao and questioned him about his six kinds of Phoenix fire, which he listed without resistance.
• When Gu Yuena asked why Lin Xiao carried a pure Dragon Clan bloodline, he showed his Martial Soul and claimed the Ice Fire Dragon Kings had entered his Sea of Consciousness and granted him a Million Year Soul Ring and an External Soul Bone.
• Lin Xiao argued that the Ice Fire Dragon Kings could have chosen him despite his Phoenix Martial Soul, just as the Asura God had chosen him over a more compatible Soul Master.
• Gu Yuena offered Lin Xiao a marriage alliance with the Emperor Auspicious Beast or the role of her branded servant, and Lin Xiao suggested that she take him herself.
• Gu Yuena entertained Lin Xiao’s suggestion but asked him to contribute some Ice Fire Dragon King Essence to help her recover her strength.

Lin Xiao tried to win Gu Yuena’s trust by revealing their past connection and offering her snacks, while Gu Yuena wrestled with her feelings toward him. In the God Realm, the Asura God attacked the sealed Golden Dragon King, and the Silver Dragon King felt its pain.

• Lin Xiao let Gu Yuena inspect him, proving he had refined nearly all of the Ice Fire Dragon King Essence and shocking her with the strength of his Phoenix Bloodline.
• Lin Xiao reminded Gu Yuena of their meeting in Heaven Dou City and explained that he had never reported her to the Asura God because he trusted Spirit Beasts and had not wanted to fight her.
• Lin Xiao offered Gu Yuena the Immortal Grass Pills he had carried for her, and she recalled how he had once used snacks to coax her into playing a game.
• Gu Yuena challenged Lin Xiao to explain what he liked about her, and he told her that true affection did not depend on a list of virtues.
• The Asura God struck the sealed Golden Dragon King with the Asura Divine Sword, provoking it to fight the barrier while the Silver Dragon King felt its pain.

The Five Great Divine Kings agreed to use the Golden Dragon King as bait to lure the Silver Dragon King into a trap after learning he had attacked the Asura God's successor. In the Otherworldly Dimension, Gu Yuena struggled with her growing affection for Lin Xiao but insisted she only kept him around for his usefulness.

• The Asura God attacked the sealed Golden Dragon King and said the Silver Dragon King had escaped after attacking his successor.
• The Four Great Divine Kings questioned the Asura God, and the Evil God King proposed using the Golden Dragon King to lure the Silver Dragon King out.
• The Divine Kings agreed to hide nearby and capture the Silver Dragon King if he came to rescue his counterpart.
• Gu Yuena found herself unable to kill Lin Xiao, but claimed she had severed her emotions and kept him only because he was useful.

As the Spirit Hall Empire began a brutal war and Lin Xiao remained missing, Ye Qingxian and those close to him struggled with fear and longing. Shui Bing'er mastered a new way to combine Ice God and Sea God power, then prepared to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King while Bo Saixi accepted that she might have to sacrifice herself.

• Gu Yuena sensed the Silver Dragon King bloodline within her flare with heat and heard the pained cries of a being connected to it.
• The Spirit Hall Empire attacked the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, turning their borders into deadly battlefields.
• Ye Qingxian withdrew to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well after Xue Ye distrusted her counsel and began guarding against Phoenix Pavilion.
• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan comforted each other in the Plague God's Examination Secret Realm while longing for Lin Xiao.
• Shui Bing'er fused Ice God and Sea God power through the Sea God Trident and resolved to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King at level 96.
• Bo Saixi urged the conflicted Shui Bing'er to go, having accepted that she might need to sacrifice herself.

Shui Bing'er began her hunt for the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King while Tang Yuehua sailed from Sea God Island to establish a settlement overseas. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong escalated the war to speed her godhood, and Tang San resumed the Asura God Trial, vowing to take revenge on his enemies if he became a god.

• Shui Bing'er set out to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Tang Yuehua met Bo Saixi, learned about lands across the ocean, and received Sea God Island’s help for her expedition.
• After resting for two days, Tang Yuehua led her fleet away from Sea God Island to seek a distant land for settlement.
• Bibi Dong ordered the Spirit Hall Empire to increase its forces and wage war against the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire to gather Resentment faster.
• Tang San returned to Slaughter City and resumed the Asura God Trial, worrying that Lin Xiao still possessed the Asura Divine Sword.
• During the Eighth Asura God Trial, Tang San resolved that after becoming a god he would destroy his enemies, including Lin Xiao’s Phoenix Pavilion, Spirit Hall, and Ah Yin.

Gu Yuena sensed the Golden Dragon King being tortured by the Asura God and discussed ways to rescue him with Lin Xiao. Alarmed by Lin Xiao’s potential, she forced him to accept soul restrictions, leaving him outwardly compliant but enraged and secretly backed by another trump card.

• Gu Yuena sensed the Golden Dragon King’s torment and blamed the Asura God for retaliating against her.
• Lin Xiao suggested using his developing Crimson Lotus Karma Fire to overcome the Forbidden Land of Gods’ spatial suppression and free the Golden Dragon King.
• Gu Yuena dismissed his proposal and, fearing she could not control him, threatened his loved ones and demanded that he accept a soul imprint or face their deaths.
• Lin Xiao agreed, and Gu Yuena planted God King-level restrictions in his dantian and soul.
• Gu Yuena offered a reward if Lin Xiao served her, while Lin Xiao silently simmered with anger and Feng Yu noted that he still had another trump card.

Lin Xiao used Gu Yuena’s belief that she controlled his fate to win her trust and persuade her to support his growth. Gu Yuena gave him the Phoenix Bone and a Divine Crystal, while Feng Yu realized the treasures should have been hers.

• Lin Xiao relied on the Crimson Lotus Karma Fire’s ability to undo causality to secretly remove the bomb Gu Yuena had planted in his divine soul.
• Lin Xiao acted as though his life was still in Gu Yuena’s hands, and she welcomed him as an ally and proposed that he inherit the Asura Godhood.
• Gu Yuena said her earlier threats against Lin Xiao’s relatives and friends had only been meant to scare him, and Lin Xiao accepted her offer of family ties.
• Lin Xiao asked Gu Yuena for treasures to strengthen himself, and she gave him the Phoenix Bone and a Divine Crystal fragment from the Phoenix God’s shattered Divine Core.
• Feng Yu recognized the Phoenix Bone and Divine Crystal as extraordinary treasures, then grew dejected as she remembered they should have been hers.

Lin Xiao encouraged Feng Yu, collected several treasures from Gu Yuena, and was sent back to the Lake of Life. After learning that Asura God had visited, Lin Xiao considered inheriting Asura Godhood while Feng Yu explained how absorbing the Phoenix relics would strengthen their shared bloodline.

• Lin Xiao comforted Feng Yu about her lost strength, then took the Phoenix Bone, Godhead Fragment, and three drops of Life Origin Water from Gu Yuena.
• Lin Xiao asked to leave so he could help his people and complete Asura God's Trial, and Gu Yuena warned him that she could detonate and track the restriction on his divine soul.
• Gu Yuena kicked Lin Xiao out of her hidden location, sending him back to the Lake of Life.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python told Lin Xiao that a blood-robed god had visited after the Fierce Beasts' auras disappeared and had terrified him and the Titan Giant Ape.
• Feng Yu advised Lin Xiao to strengthen their Phoenix bloodline by absorbing the Phoenix Bone and Godhead Fragment before inheriting Asura Godhood.

Lin Xiao returned to the Heaven Dou Empire, found the Ye Residence empty, and learned that Ye Qingxian had gone somewhere safe. After hearing Emperor Xue Ye describe the war and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s departure, Lin Xiao faced a minister who demanded that he serve the emperor and forced everyone in the palace to bow to him.

• Lin Xiao left Da Ming and Er Ming in the Star Dou Great Forest and flew toward Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Xiao found the Ye Residence deserted, and a maid told him Ye Qingxian had left for the safest place.
• Lin Xiao entered the imperial palace and asked Emperor Xue Ye about recent events, Ye Qingxian, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Emperor Xue Ye said Bibi Dong had launched attacks against the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires, while Sect Leader Ning and the two Douluo had gone overseas.
• A minister rebuked Lin Xiao for leaving the nation in danger to seek Ye Qingxian, and Lin Xiao released his aura and made everyone kneel before him.

After terrifying Xue Ye with his power, Lin Xiao returned to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and discovered that Ye Qingxian had aged and hidden her appearance after blessing him. He comforted her and gave her all three drops of Life Origin Water, whose energy began to restore her body.

• Lin Xiao left the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace after frightening Xue Ye, who ordered the minister beheaded and concluded that Lin Xiao was a god-level expert.
• Lin Xiao reached the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and found Ye Qingxian covering her face and body while claiming her throat and skin were unwell.
• Lin Xiao lifted Ye Qingxian's veil, saw her aged appearance, and held her as she cried and confessed her distress.
• Lin Xiao asked whether Ye Qingxian had aged because of the blessing she gave him, and she confirmed it.
• Lin Xiao gave Ye Qingxian all three drops of Gu Yuena's Life Origin Water, unleashing a surge of life energy into her body.

Lin Xiao used three drops of Life Origin Water to restore Ye Qingxian’s youth and learned of Bibi Dong’s invasion and possible godhood ambitions. After deciding not to defend the Heaven Dou Empire at all costs, he left for the Spirit Hall Empire to confront Bibi Dong.

• Lin Xiao gave Ye Qingxian three drops of Life Origin Water, restoring her youthful appearance and body.
• Ye Qingxian and Shui Yue'er celebrated her recovery, and Lin Xiao said he had reached an agreement with Gu Yuena.
• Ye Qingxian told Lin Xiao that Tang Yuehua had joined the Phoenix Pavilion and that Bibi Dong had launched an invasion after Lin Xiao went missing.
• Lin Xiao and Ye Qingxian suspected Bibi Dong was using the invasion to pursue godhood, and Lin Xiao said he had left a backup plan on her.
• Lin Xiao told Ye Qingxian he would not fight to preserve the Heaven Dou Empire unless she wanted him to, then departed for the Spirit Hall Empire to face Bibi Dong.

After Gu Yuena’s battle, Lin Xiao rushed to Spirit City to master the remaining Original Sin Heart Flames and decided to let Bibi Dong continue her path toward becoming the Rakshasa God. He left the story preparing to summon the other six Original Sin Gods at once, using his own blood as bait while secretly planning to deceive them.

• Lin Xiao handed matters involving Phoenix Pavilion, the Star Luo Empire, and Sea God Island to Ye Qingxian, then went to meet Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong sensed Lin Xiao’s Divine Sense in Spirit City and was startled when he entered her basement.
• Lin Xiao dismissed Bibi Dong’s explanations for her invasion plans and told her to resume preparing sacrifices to the Original Sin Gods.
• Lin Xiao ordered the Divine Sense of Lust to arrange six altars for Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Greed, and Gluttony, despite her warnings about the risks.
• The Divine Sense of Lust advised Lin Xiao to offer sacrifices that would attract the other gods, and Lin Xiao filled a Jade Bowl with his own blood.

Lin Xiao sacrificed his blood to the God of Pride, captured the divine senses of all seven Original Sin Gods, and prepared to begin the next step with Bibi Dong. Meanwhile, Shui Bing'er challenged the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who planned to devour her and take her place as Sea God.

• Lin Xiao slapped the God of Pride when he reached for the blood offering and rebuffed his attempt to overpower him.
• The God of Pride entered Lin Xiao's Sea of Consciousness as a white lion, where the Underworld Crow swallowed and sealed his divine sense in the Exile Domain.
• Lin Xiao collected the divine senses of Jealousy, Wrath, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, and Lust, then told Bibi Dong to begin immediately.
• Shui Bing'er attacked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with the Sea God Trident and drew him to the surface.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked Shui Bing'er and revealed his plan to devour her and become the new Sea God.