Chapter Summaries

During the Heaven Dou Royal Academy assessment, Qian Renxue searched for Li Tianlan and tried to ambush him, but he noticed her and easily dodged her attacks. Their fight continued as Bena and the others joined in.

• Li Tianlan shared grilled dragon meat with Xiao Wu and the others, who were amazed by its taste.
• Qian Renxue and Hu Liena entered the assessment to catch new students, while Qian Renxue searched for Li Tianlan.
• Qian Renxue and Hu Liena followed the scent of barbecue and found Li Tianlan and his companions gathered around a fire.
• Li Tianlan noticed Qian Renxue approaching and charged at her, but she dodged his punch and he mistook her for a royal senior student seeking revenge for Xue Changhe.
• Qian Renxue attacked Li Tianlan after he mistook her feminine gesture for romantic interest, but he evaded her strikes while planning to wear down her Soul Power.
• Bena and the others moved as Qian Renxue and Li Tianlan continued clashing.

Bena fought Hu Liena while Li Tianlan defeated Qian Renxue and discovered her disguise pendant. Bo Saixi then attacked Li Tianlan and demanded the Immortal Source, leaving him to claim his strength came from a medicinal pill given to him by Whitebeard.

• Hu Liena challenged Bena, who agreed to fight without using her martial soul or Soul Skills.
• Li Tianlan defeated Qian Renxue, searched her for a Soul Tool, and found a jade pendant that concealed her appearance.
• Bo Saixi attacked Li Tianlan with a strike powerful enough to threaten anyone below Limit Douluo level, and he countered it with a punch.
• Bo Saixi demanded that Li Tianlan hand over the treasure she believed had granted him his strength.
• Li Tianlan denied knowing about the treasure and said Whitebeard had given him a medicinal pill.

Li Tianlan refused to reveal Whitebeard’s whereabouts and fought Bo Saixi, whose strength and the Sea God’s Trident initially overwhelmed him. He wounded Bo Saixi with the Ancient Emperor Seal and charged again with two powerful attacks, leaving her in grave danger.

• Bo Saixi demanded proof that Whitebeard existed, but Li Tianlan refused to betray his friend and challenged her instead.
• Li Tianlan and Bo Saixi exchanged blows, and the Sea God’s Trident sent him flying while his punch injured her hand.
• The Sea God urged Bo Saixi to capture Li Tianlan and question him about Whitebeard, sensing that Li Tianlan had encountered the thing they sought.
• Li Tianlan dodged Bo Saixi’s next attack with Three Thousand Lightning Movement and struck her from behind with the Ancient Emperor Seal.
• A golden light protected Bo Saixi from the full force of the strike, but she was still injured and spat blood.
• Li Tianlan charged Bo Saixi with the Ancient Emperor Seal and Great Fortune Palm, leaving her unable to catch her breath.

Li Tianlan stopped fighting the Sea God's avatar and considered using Whitebeard's secret to redirect the gods' attention away from his friends. The Sea God offered him the Sea God's position, but Li Tianlan refused and suggested one of his friends might inherit it instead.

• The Sea God intervened to save Bo Saixi, and Li Tianlan retreated when his attack failed to break through the golden barrier.
• The Sea God's avatar demanded Whitebeard's secret and threatened Li Tianlan, who pointed out that the weakened avatar could be defeated.
• Li Tianlan considered bargaining with the Sea God to distract the other gods from Bena, Qian Renxue, and Xiao Wu.
• The Sea God offered Li Tianlan his divine position, but Li Tianlan dismissed it as too weak and said a friend might accept it.
• The Sea God examined Li Tianlan's companions and was stunned by their exceptional talents, while Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, and the others watched in disbelief.

Li Tianlan negotiated with the Sea God for his divine position, the Sea God's Trident, a hundred God-Bestowed Spirit Rings, and guards in exchange for Whitebeard's whereabouts. He chose Ye Lingling as the Sea God's inheritor, and she received a golden phoenix Martial Soul and began the Sea God's Nine Trials, while Li Tianlan still withheld Whitebeard's location.

• The Sea God agreed to Li Tianlan's conditions and asked who would inherit his divine position.
• Li Tianlan chose Ye Lingling, and the Sea God offered to give her another Martial Soul.
• The Sea God revealed Ye Lingling's bloodline Martial Soul phantoms, and Li Tianlan recommended the phoenix.
• The Sea God replaced Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia with a golden phoenix Martial Soul, whose flames scorched the surrounding grass.
• The Sea God gave Ye Lingling the Sea God's Nine Trials and a trident mark, then pressed Li Tianlan to reveal Whitebeard's whereabouts.
• Li Tianlan proposed that they change locations and talk slowly before revealing the location.

Li Tianlan led the Sea God away from the arriving Heaven Dou Royal Academy teachers and fabricated a carefully limited account of his connection to the Flame Emperor. The Sea God believed the Flame Emperor came from beyond the worlds known to the God Realm, leaving him shaken by the possibility that the being surpassed the gods.

• The Sea God nearly attacked the Heaven Dou Royal Academy teachers, but Li Tianlan stopped him by threatening to end their deal.
• Li Tianlan led the Sea God and Bo Saixi toward a secluded cave, while Bena, Ye Lingling, Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, and Xiao Wu followed.
• The Sea God struggled to keep pace with Li Tianlan and wondered whether his speed and strength had reached divine levels.
• Li Tianlan told the Sea God that the Flame Emperor from Cangqiong Continent had taught him Self-Created Soul Skills and given him pills, and would come to Douluo Continent when Li Tianlan reached level one hundred.
• The Sea God concluded that Cangqiong Continent lay beyond the worlds known to the God Realm and wondered whether the Flame Emperor had surpassed the gods.

Li Tianlan convinced the Sea God that the Flame Emperor had arrived on Douluo Continent by pointing out changes to its World Rules, but refused the Sea God’s offer to raise his Soul Power. The Sea God appointed Ye Lingling as the next candidate for the Sea God’s Nine Trials and returned to the Sea God’s Trident, while Li Tianlan gave Bo Saixi a life-extending gift and set out to find Dugu Yan.

• Li Tianlan told the Sea God that the Flame Emperor had described changes to Douluo Continent’s rules, and the Sea God sensed strange, powerful energies for himself.
• The Sea God offered to raise Li Tianlan’s Soul Power to level ninety-nine, but Li Tianlan and Xiao Yan rejected the shortcut because it would weaken Li Tianlan’s foundation.
• The Sea God named Ye Lingling the new candidate for the Sea God’s Nine Trials and ordered Bo Saixi to assist her before returning to the sapphire in the Sea God’s Trident.
• Li Tianlan gave Bo Saixi Body Tempering Fluid that could extend her life by sixty years, then said he would find Dugu Yan to give her a gift.
• Three teachers surveyed the devastated battlefield and left to report it, while Black Snake Douluo appeared and was shaken by Li Tianlan’s strength.

Black Snake Douluo withdrew after realizing Li Tianlan could easily kill him, while hidden powers gathered in the Spiral Forest and waited for others to act. In a valley, Dugu Yan defeated Xue Changhe’s guards, then pretended his poisoned needle had worked after spotting Li Tianlan watching from a hillside.

• Black Snake Douluo recalled how effortlessly Li Tianlan had beaten him and left to report Whitebeard’s whereabouts to Lord Nether God.
• A powerful woman and a mass of black mist agreed to wait while gods and other forces made the first move against Li Tianlan, as dozens of Limit Douluo gathered in the Spiral Forest.
• Xue Changhe surrounded Dugu Yan in a valley and demanded she become his princess consort, but she mocked him and knocked out three Soul Elders with her bare strength.
• Xue Changhe’s poisoned needle struck Dugu Yan, but she was immune to its anesthetic because of her Innate Poison, Golden Dragon King Bloodline, and Li Tianlan’s antidote.
• Dugu Yan noticed Li Tianlan watching from the hillside and pretended to feel dizzy so she could play a trick on Xue Changhe.

Li Tianlan arrived to save Dugu Yan from Xue Changhe, who had tried to assault her, and Bena killed Xue Changhe and his fleeing followers with one strike. Qian Renxue warned that the Heaven Dou Empire could identify Bena through a Soul Tool, but Li Tianlan remained unconcerned.

• Li Tianlan discovered Dugu Yan was not poisoned and arrived to save her from Xue Changhe.
• Xue Changhe recognized Li Tianlan, panicked, and fled with his followers.
• Bena used her third soul skill to kill Xue Changhe and the fleeing soul masters in a single strike.
• Qian Renxue explained that the Heaven Dou imperial family could retrieve footage of Xue Changhe's death and identify Bena.
• Li Tianlan dismissed the danger, and Qian Renxue said the Heaven Dou Empire would have no objections.

After passing the Heaven Dou Royal Academy assessment, Li Tianlan arrived as a new student, while the Angel God and Qian Daoliu considered how his growing alliances and power could reshape Douluo Continent. At the academy, Li Tianlan gave Dugu Yan a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, leaving her stunned as she recalled something.

• Bo Saixi warned Qian Renxue that Sea God Island would fight if the Heaven Dou Empire opposed Li Tianlan, and Qian Renxue confirmed that the assessment was over.
• The Angel God told Qian Daoliu that Qian Renxue and Li Tianlan shared a bond and that Li Tianlan might become his grandson-in-law, while warning that gods might no longer be the strongest beings on Douluo Continent.
• Two days later, Dugu Yan guided Li Tianlan around Heaven Dou Royal Academy and explained its five grades and graduation requirements.
• Li Tianlan took Dugu Yan to the girls' dormitory and gave her a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, claiming he had obtained it while searching for Heavenly Flames.
• Dugu Yan picked up Li Tianlan after hearing about the soul bone, apparently remembering something.

Dugu Yan absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and the Golden Dragon King Pill, which transformed her martial soul and encased her in a golden dragon egg. Li Tianlan stored her safely, then realized he was late for registration and rushed to Class Eight, where the new teacher and students were discussing him.

• Dugu Yan fused with the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone while Li Tianlan considered how Xiao Yan might refine Immortal Source into pills.
• Li Tianlan gave Dugu Yan the Golden Dragon King Pill, and she swallowed it, triggering a powerful transformation that destroyed her Innate Poison and evolved her Jade Scale Snake into the Golden Dragon King.
• A golden shell formed around Dugu Yan as her body, martial soul, and soul began evolving, and Li Tianlan placed her in a Spatial Soul Tool for safekeeping.
• Xiao Yan told Li Tianlan that Dugu Yan's transformation could make her an unprecedented genius, and Li Tianlan realized he was late for new student registration.
• Li Tianlan rushed toward his assigned class while the young teacher of Class Eight and students including Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong discussed him.

Li Tianlan arrived late to Qin Ming’s class, then studied how God-Bestowed Spirit Rings worked and whether he could create them. When Ning Rongrong asked him to help her obtain her first Spirit Ring, he offered to make it a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and led her to his residence.

• Qin Ming recognized Li Tianlan as his new student after Li Tianlan arrived late to class.
• While Qin Ming explained the academy rules, Li Tianlan studied the God-Bestowed Spirit Rings and asked Xiao Yan whether he could create them or make his own godhood.
• Xiao Yan explained that creating Spirit Rings required godhood and said it might be possible for a sufficiently powerful person to create one.
• After class, Ning Rongrong asked Li Tianlan to help her get a Spirit Ring because her Soul Power had reached level ten.
• Li Tianlan offered to make Ning Rongrong’s first Spirit Ring a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and led her to his residence.

Li Tianlan helped Ning Rongrong absorb a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring, giving her a blood-red Soul Ring and extraordinarily powerful support abilities. Elsewhere, the Asura God sought the Nether God’s cooperation against Li Tianlan, whose power had grown comparable to a god’s.

• Li Tianlan explained that he could use his Soul Power and Heavenly Flames to help Ning Rongrong absorb a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring despite her weak body.
• Ning Rongrong absorbed the ring with Li Tianlan’s help, broke through to Soul Power Level eighteen, and gained a blood-red Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong discovered that her first soul skill amplified power by 300% and granted unlimited Soul Power for ten minutes.
• Li Tianlan praised Ning Rongrong’s strength, and she joined him for a meal.
• The Asura God asked the Nether God to cooperate, warning that Li Tianlan’s strength rivaled a god’s and that divine-position restrictions did not affect him.

The Nether God and the Asura God plotted to test whether the Flame Emperor existed by targeting Li Tianlan with a powerful fighter and deadly poison. After spending nearly half a month at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Li Tianlan learned that the Sea Heart Flame had been found and decided to pursue it.

• The Asura God proposed killing Li Tianlan to force the Flame Emperor to appear, and the Nether God agreed to test the plan.
• The Nether God revealed a level 99.9 red Titan Giant Ape with nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings and a poison called Death's Heart.
• Li Tianlan tempered his Soul Power until its level fell from 30 to 21, while its strength increased and it gained power resembling laws.
• Li Tianlan heard from the Mercenary Guild that a blue flame matching the Sea Heart Flame had been found at the bottom of the ocean.
• Holder described the dangerous site, and Li Tianlan decided to ask him for its exact location.

Li Tianlan hired Holder to guide him to the Sea Heart Flame and planned who would join the search. Qian Renxue arrived with Hu Liena, revealed her identity as Xue Qinghe, and reunited with Bena, surprising Hu Liena.

• Li Tianlan offered Holder one million Gold Soul Coins for information and ten million more to guide him to the Sea Heart Flame, and Holder agreed to prepare for their departure the next day.
• Li Tianlan planned to bring Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, Xiao Wu, and Bena on the search while worrying about leaving Dugu Yan behind in Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue and Hu Liena arrived at Li Tianlan's courtyard, and Qian Renxue revealed that she had been disguised as Xue Qinghe.
• Li Tianlan recognized Qian Renxue's identity and learned that her companion was Hu Liena, the Saintess of Spirit Hall.
• Bena greeted Qian Renxue warmly, and Hu Liena was surprised to learn that they already knew each other.

Li Tianlan agreed to help Qian Renxue complete the first of the Angel God's Nine Trials by finding her a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring during his planned voyage. The next morning, he and his group boarded a merchant ship with mercenaries and set sail toward the open ocean.

• Qian Renxue asked Li Tianlan to help her obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring for the Angel God's first trial, and he agreed to hunt one while searching for Sea Heart Flame.
• Qian Renxue, Bena, and Hu Liena formed an alliance and discussed their concerns while Li Tianlan wondered what they meant.
• Li Tianlan gathered Hu Liena, Xiao Wu, Bena, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and others for the voyage the next morning.
• At the mercenary hall, Holder welcomed Li Tianlan, and the guild president confirmed that the ten million Gold Soul Coins had been paid and secured.
• Li Tianlan met the mercenaries, including the level seventy-eight Battle Soul Sage Shante, then boarded a merchant ship and watched it sail toward the open ocean.

Li Tianlan and his companions set sail for the deep sea while discussing the Sea God's power and the safety of Li Tianlan's courtyard. After they left, Xue Changhe's father attacked the courtyard, where Sea Dragon Douluo stepped out to stop him.

• Qian Renxue asked Li Tianlan about seeing the ocean, and the Sea God explained that he could wield vastly greater power at sea, though Li Tianlan pointed out that doing so took time.
• Holder announced the ship's departure, and Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong cheered as the group set sail.
• Hu Liena worried that Li Tianlan's maids might face retaliation, and Li Tianlan told her that seven Sacred Pillar Douluo were guarding his courtyard.
• Xue Changhe's father led Soul Masters to attack Li Tianlan's courtyard and ordered them to kill everyone inside.
• Sea Dragon Douluo defeated the attackers, revealed his nine Soul Rings, and threatened Xue Changhe's father.

Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Anemone Douluo clashed over how to deal with Xue Changhe's father, but Kavi stopped them from fighting. After Qian Renxue reached rank seventy, Li Tianlan learned about Divine Craftsman Island and redirected the ship there, where the group finally arrived.

• Sea Anemone Douluo struck Xue Changhe's father, and Sea Dragon Douluo challenged him until Kavi reminded them of Sea God Douluo's orders and invited them to eat cake.
• After more than half a month at sea, Qian Renxue reached rank seventy with the help of Li Tianlan's pill.
• Li Tianlan said he needed a new Alchemy Furnace, and Holder told him that Divine Craftsman Island had rare metals and master smiths.
• Bo Saixi explained that the Sea God's weapon had been forged on Divine Craftsman Island, which was also said to have an extraordinarily hot flame.
• Li Tianlan ordered the ship to change course for Divine Craftsman Island, and the group arrived the next day, eager to eat proper food and find hot springs.

Li Tianlan explored Divine Craftsman Island while the others went shopping, then discovered that Metal City’s materials contained traces of a dangerous flame from another world. Xiao Yan identified its power as nearly comparable to his Emperor Flame, and Li Tianlan warned that beings in that world could vastly surpass him.

• Li Tianlan gave each sailor five hundred Gold Soul Coins and arrived on Divine Craftsman Island with his companions.
• Bena, Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu, and the others went to explore the island while Li Tianlan set off alone to find an alchemy furnace.
• Holder directed Li Tianlan to Metal City, where Li Tianlan disguised himself before entering the crowded materials market.
• Li Tianlan used his perception of World Rules and saw that the metal materials appeared as chaotic, foreign matter that the rules of Douluo Continent could not analyze.
• Xiao Yan identified the power within the materials as a flame from a plane connected to Immortal Source, nearly matching his Emperor Flame in strength.
• Li Tianlan described the terrifying power of Saints and stronger beings, leaving Xiao Yan to wonder whether he would be only a slightly stronger ant in that world.

Li Tianlan found a millstone-sized piece of Purple Thorn Divine Copper to forge a new Alchemy Furnace, but a powerful young man from another world tried to buy it. After the stranger left, Li Tianlan suspected Divine Craftsman Island held a passage to Shrouding the Heavens and planned to investigate a mysterious flame there.

• Li Tianlan searched the market for materials suitable for an Alchemy Furnace, and Xiao Yan encouraged him to pursue stronger opponents.
• Li Tianlan found a huge piece of Purple Thorn Divine Copper and bought it from the vendor for one hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• A weathered young man whose power was restricted by Douluo Continent’s laws offered Li Tianlan one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the copper, but Li Tianlan refused and paid more to keep it.
• The vendor said the stranger had lived on the island for twenty years, usually buying materials and residing in the mountains.
• Li Tianlan suspected the stranger came from Shrouding the Heavens and that a passage to that world lay on Divine Craftsman Island.
• Li Tianlan and Xiao Yan planned to investigate the mysterious flame, forge a new Alchemy Furnace, and refine Immortal Source.