Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lin passed his inheritance to seven disciples and established the Heavenly Dao Artifact Sect as a neutral academy open to every faction. As the sect rapidly took shape through widespread support, Yao Dan explained that factions backed Jiang Lin because they believed he intended to become an Emperor and feared being left outside his influence.

• Jiang Lin transmitted the Divine Essence Emperor Art and Formless Artifact Body to seven disciples, then publicly revealed their opening levels and announced the Heavenly Dao Artifact Sect.
• Jiang Lin sent everyone away, transformed Lotus Artifact Mountain, and left his disciples resources and plans to build the sect before vanishing.
• Yao Ling and the other disciples studied Jiang Lin's guide and began recruiting their factions to fund and staff the academy's departments.
• The Yao Clan, Alchemist Tower, Heavenly Craftsmen Pavilion, and many other factions joined the project, including rival super factions such as the Gu Clan, Thunder Clan, and Soul Clan.
• Yao Dan told Yao Ling that the Divine Essence Emperor Art and Jiang Lin's power convinced the clans that he was pursuing Emperor status, so the Yao Clan chose to support him rather than Hun Tiandi.

Jiang Lin learned of Shi Lei’s sacrifice and used the materials he left behind to refine powerful Spiritual Artifacts. After a Dou Saint Lightning Tribulation appeared, Jiang Lin asked it to wait, and the chapter ended with the tribulation retreating and striking two complaining Dou Saints instead.

• Shi Lei told Jiang Lin how he had found Stone Village, awakened Shi Tian and others, and rebuilt the Stone Race before leaving to return in three years.
• Jiang Lin entered seclusion while the Artifact Ancestor grew into a major gathering place for the Central Continent’s forces, and he reached Peak Dou Zun Great Perfection after refining the Divine Essence Ice Spirit Sword.
• Soul Craftsman gave Jiang Lin the Black Demon Realm’s rule fragment, and Shi Tian later brought him Shi Lei’s golden-patterned stone heart, which contained Breath of the Earth.
• Jiang Lin spent a year refining the Divine Essence Earth Spirit Armor and Divine Essence Dark Spirit Banner, then triggered a Dou Saint Lightning Tribulation.
• Jiang Lin told the Lightning Tribulation he would undergo it later, and it began to retreat before striking two Dou Saints who cursed at it.
• Lei Ying proposed that he, Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and the others talk with Jiang Lin, and they silently agreed.

Hun Tiandi explained why the Imperial Clans were willing to pursue Dou Di at any cost, then sent Jiang Lin into the Spirit Realm to retrieve a gift. Three years later, Jiang Lin emerged as Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Saint, bearing a Nine-leaf Dharma Seal and an Imperial Mark.

• Hun Tiandi told Jiang Lin and the Soul Craftsman that the world’s declining cultivation environment had driven the clans to seek a way to restore the Dou Qi Plane, and that the Spirit Clan’s choices could not be stopped.
• Hun Tiandi sent Jiang Lin into the Spirit Realm, where a spatial disc enveloped him and carried him away.
• Lei Ying, Gu Yuan, Yao Dan, Yan Jin, and Hun Tiandi discussed Hun Tiandi’s plans and agreed to support Jiang Lin, leaving Gu Yuan to join their camp after he found himself isolated.
• Lei Ying told Yan Jin that Jiang Lin’s path had the Spirit Clan’s support and that his Heavenly Flame companion might be immune to Heavenly Flame attacks.
• Three years later, Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Saint, and the Spirit Realm manifested as Jiang Lin emerged with a Nine-leaf Dharma Seal and an Imperial Mark.

After reuniting with Xiao Yan, Jiang Lin gave him a powerful Spirit Clan secret art and revealed that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was in the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Xuan also rested. They planned to enter the Savage Ancient Domain and later visit the Heavenly Tomb.

• Jiang Lin returned to the Artifact Ancestor after three years and learned that Xiao Yan had survived several dangerous secret-realm expeditions and reached One-star Dou Saint.
• Jiang Lin found Xiao Yan preparing to challenge Lei Dong and warned him that Lei Dong’s combat strength was around six-star Dou Saint.
• Jiang Lin gave Xiao Yan the High Heaven-grade Exotic Fire Heavenly Profound Transformation, a Spirit Clan secret art that could complement his Burning Art.
• Jiang Lin began locating the Savage Ancient Domain’s secret realm and agreed to take Xiao Yan with him.
• Jiang Lin told Xiao Yan that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was in the Heavenly Tomb and that Xiao Xuan was there too, prompting Xiao Yan to ask whether he should pay his respects.

Jiang Lin used the Divine Radiance Light Spirit Wheel to enter the Savage Ancient Domain with Xiao Yan and a large group of companions. There, he confronted the Bodhi Ancient Tree and asked it to help reshape the ultimate wood spiritual foundation for the new world.

• Jiang Lin found the Space Coordinate of the Savage Ancient Domain with the Divine Radiance Light Spirit Wheel and told Xiao Yan they could enter without finding the final map fragment.
• Xiao Yan invited companions to the Savage Ancient Domain, but most refused until they learned Jiang Lin was leading the expedition.
• Jiang Lin led the group into the Savage Ancient Domain through a spatial passage opened by the Divine Radiance Light Spirit Wheel.
• Jiang Lin located the Bodhi Ancient Tree and restrained it briefly with the Divine Radiance Light Spirit Wheel until it agreed to speak.
• Jiang Lin explained that he intended to become the Plane Master and asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree to help reshape the ultimate wood spiritual foundation for the new world.

Jiang Lin persuaded the Bodhi Ancient Tree to join his plan to become Plane Master, then refined it and gained the Divine Wood Spirit Bone. Three years later, he emerged to find Xiao Yan and the others greatly strengthened, and he set off for the Void Thunder Pool to complete his Divine Spirit Artifact System as the Origin Qi Continent approached.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree explained that it was a former world spirit and asked Jiang Lin whether he would accept the shared fate of becoming Plane Master; Jiang Lin argued that the Dou Qi Plane could rely on powerful allies from the past.
• Jiang Lin told the Bodhi Ancient Tree that he was the inheritor and child of the Creation Immortal Venerable and the Spirit Infusion Immortal Venerable, convincing it to support his plan.
• Jiang Lin gave Xiao Yan and the others Bodhi seeds and leaves, then entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree to refine its spirit while the group gathered herbs and cultivated for three years.
• Jiang Lin emerged to find Xiao Yan and the others facing Dou Saints from other factions, and he learned that their cultivation had advanced substantially during his absence.
• Jiang Lin revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had helped him forge a Divine Wood Spirit Bone that gave him limitless vitality, then took Xiao Yan and the others toward the Void Thunder Pool.

Jiang Lin transformed the Dou Qi World by awakening the Origin Qi Continent and initiating a Spiritual Energy Revival, then reached Emperor Lin and opened the Path of the Spirit Emperor. He invited Xiao Yan and the other peak experts to pursue Emperorship, and Xiao Yan set out toward the Other Shore.

• Jiang Lin brought Xiao Yan to Ancient Dragon Island, where he explained that the Dragon Abyss Sword Mound had chosen Hu Jia and that Zi Yan was cultivating the Dragon Emperor inheritance.
• Three years later, Zi Yan entered the Void Thunder Pool and reunited with Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan, who had emerged from their cultivation.
• Jiang Lin brought Zi Yan and the Dragon Clan Dou Saints to the Origin Qi Continent, where he gathered the peak experts of the Primordial Emperor Clans and used the Divine Radiance Light Spirit Wheel to anchor the continent and transform the world.
• Jiang Lin endured the world's lightning tribulation and fused Secondary Source Qi with Secondary Dou Qi to create Spiritual Qi, triggering the Spiritual Energy Revival.
• A century later, Jiang Lin awoke at the peak of Ling Saint, advanced to Emperor Lin, and opened the Path of the Spirit Emperor for Xiao Yan and the other experts.
• Xiao Yan stepped onto the imperial path, turned back to Jiang Lin, and told him they would meet at the Other Shore.

The author reflected on completing a nearly 1.8-million-word Battle Through the Heavens fanfic and explained that a trip around Sichuan caused the recent month-long hiatus. The author then outlined plans for a new Ancient Douluo story about Angel God and the birth of Spirit Hall.

• The author said the fanfic had grown far longer than expected and that they could not continue writing enough to cover the Heavenly Tomb and ascension to Emperor.
• The author explained that they had spent the recent month driving around Sichuan on a trip.
• The author listed ideas for three future books: unscrupulous cultivation, undead technology, and Ancient Douluo.
• The author described Ancient Douluo as a story set ten thousand years before Douluo I, during the birth of Spirit Hall and the crowning of Angel God.
• The author said the new story would offer a different view of Douluo's world and serve as a final angelic hymn to the series.