Chapter Summaries

After Chen An's forces captured the Tang Sect Underground Headquarters beneath Heaven Dou City, Yun Ming and Shrek's leaders could only prepare for a defensive battle and accept that other Underground Bases might fall. News of the attack spread across the Federation, leaving the other bases on edge as they feared the same tactic would be used against them.

• Yun Ming and the Sea God Pavilion leaders lost contact with the Heaven Dou City Underground Headquarters and decided not to send help, fearing an ambush and lacking enough forces.
• Yun Ming ordered reinforcements brought to Shrek City and told the other Underground Bases to destroy their treasures before Chen An's forces could seize them.
• News spread that Chen An had captured the Heaven Dou City Underground Headquarters and killed several thousand Tang Sect personnel.
• Federation citizens and leaders reacted with shock, while officials held a press conference to reassure Heaven Dou City residents that the explosion had not destabilized the ground.
• The other Tang Sect Underground Bases inspected the surrounding soil for buried cannon shells and began preparing for an attack.

Chen An and his allies captured Tang Sect’s seven major underground bases in a week, overwhelming their defenses despite their injuries. They secured the bases and their Soul Tools, though Tang Sect’s people destroyed valuable stockpiles and damaged production machinery before the Federation could take control.

• Chen An’s group attacked the Mingdu Tang Sect Underground Base, using twenty Grade 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells to shatter most of its defenses.
• Xu Lang reassured Mingdu’s residents that the explosion had occurred outside the city, while armed forces headed east to take over the base after its capture.
• Chen An and the others seized the Mingdu base in about an hour, then found its treasure vaults largely destroyed by Tang Sect’s people.
• Chen An sent soldiers to handle the aftermath and secured the base’s remaining Soul Tools, mechs, metals, and other equipment.
• Over the next week, Chen An led his allies to capture Tang Sect’s remaining major underground bases, completing the fall of all seven and boosting Federation morale.

After taking Tang Sect’s seven Underground Bases, Chen An earned further recognition from the Federation and killed officials accused of secretly undermining it. He then entered Dragon Valley Space to recover while the Federation handled the fallout and announced that the officials’ families would also be held accountable.

• Shrek Academy and Tang Sect worked to calm Shrek City’s residents as more people considered leaving amid the Federation’s apparent advance.
• Chen An and his allies received public praise and major merits for capturing the seven Underground Bases, securing deputy legion commander posts for Di Tian, Bear Monarch, and Ten Thousand Demon King.
• The Federation promised Chen An the position of military commander-in-chief after Shrek City was taken, and he accepted the delay.
• Chen An and Di Tian traveled around the Federation as Chen An ordered four Undead Puppets to kill every official on the Federation’s list, including two deputy governors of the Federation Bank.
• Chen An told Xu Lin and Xu Lang he would be recuperating, then entered Dragon Valley Space and used the Suiyue Liuli Lamp’s time domain to heal.
• The Federation declared that the officials’ killings had been authorized, publicized their crimes, and said their families would also face accountability.

Chen An’s crackdown restored order across the Federation while he and his allies recovered and strengthened themselves inside the Suiyue Liuli Lamp’s time domain. He refined ten deadly poison pills and stored them away because he had no suitable target for testing them.

• Chen An’s slaughter and the Federation’s crackdown brought disturbances under control within ten days, though protests, hostile articles, and covert explosions continued.
• Regional armed forces obeyed Federation orders to hunt members of the Tang Sect, Shrek Academy, the Shen Family, and the Chen Family, fearing Chen An’s retaliation.
• Chen An and the others spent nearly seventy days inside the Suiyue Liuli Lamp’s time domain, recovering, consolidating their cultivation, and continuing to advance carefully.
• Chen An refined the Seven Day Fragrance poison with the Devouring Sky Cauldron and amplified it with Blood Swan Kiss, producing ten pills that might kill even gods.
• Chen An considered testing the pills on Yun Ming or a god such as Tang Hao, but could not reach either of them, so he stored the pills as a future trump card.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na awakened the Thunder God's power in Thunder Hell Vine so it could help the ferocious beasts survive their Heavenly Tribulations. Demon Spirit began his third tribulation, and Thunder Hell Vine drew the first lightning strike away from him, leaving Chen An and the others unsure whether it could withstand the blow.

• Chen An and Gu Yue Na watched Thunder Hell Vine grow to ten-thousand-year cultivation and discussed using it to absorb lightning during Bear Monarch and the others' tribulations.
• Gu Yue Na used Dragon God's Heart to awaken the Thunder God's power in Thunder Hell Vine, raising its cultivation above twenty thousand years.
• Chen An and the others took Thunder Hell Vine to a remote island and checked that no one was nearby before beginning the tribulations.
• Demon Spirit began his third Heavenly Tribulation, which would make him a three-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast if he survived.
• Thunder Hell Vine redirected the first lightning bolt from Demon Spirit and took the strike itself, as Chen An and the others watched anxiously.

Chen An and the others watched the Thunder Hell Vine absorb Demon Spirit’s heavenly tribulation, allowing him to break through the three-hundred-thousand-year threshold unharmed. The Thunder Hell Vine’s cultivation surged from just over twenty thousand years to nearly seventy thousand.

• The Thunder Hell Vine absorbed the first lightning bolt and grew stronger, prompting Chen An and the others to test whether it could take Demon Spirit’s entire tribulation.
• The tribulation intensified and struck both Demon Spirit and the Thunder Hell Vine, but the vine drew in every bolt and absorbed the lightning as nourishment.
• Demon Spirit watched safely as the Thunder Hell Vine endured the escalating tribulation, which reached the power of a four-hundred-thousand-year tribulation and lasted over half an hour.
• After the clouds dispersed, Demon Spirit’s strength increased and Chen An and the others confirmed that he had crossed the three-hundred-thousand-year threshold.
• The Thunder Hell Vine communicated that its cultivation had risen from just over twenty thousand years to nearly seventy thousand, passing the fifty-thousand-year bottleneck.

The Thunder Hell Vine absorbed several Soul Beasts’ heavenly tribulations, growing powerful while allowing Zi Ji, Scarlet King, and Ten Thousand Demon King to break through safely. As Bear Monarch faced his own tribulation, the Plane Master suddenly turned his gaze toward them, putting Bear Monarch in danger.

• The Thunder Hell Vine absorbed Zi Ji’s tribulation, helping her reach three hundred thousand years of cultivation while it broke through one hundred thousand years.
• Scarlet King and Ten Thousand Demon King completed their tribulations as the Thunder Hell Vine absorbed their lightning and grew beyond two hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Bear Monarch began his sixth heavenly tribulation, and the Thunder Hell Vine started absorbing its lightning.
• Halfway through Bear Monarch’s tribulation, Gu Yue Na, Chen An, and the others sensed the Plane Master’s gaze and feared he would interfere.

The Plane Master watched the Thunder Hell Vine absorb tribulation lightning but chose not to provoke Gu Yue Na or disrupt the world’s rules. Bear Monarch passed his sixth tribulation, and the transformed Thunder Hell Vine joined Gu Yue Na’s forces, leaving them to consider whether Di Tian should attempt his ninth tribulation.

• The Plane Master considered destroying the Thunder Hell Vine but withdrew rather than risk a direct conflict with Gu Yue Na, and he could not cancel its tribulation without severe consequences.
• Bear Monarch passed his sixth heavenly tribulation with the Thunder Hell Vine’s help, reaching more than six hundred thousand years of cultivation and quasi-god combat power.
• The Thunder Hell Vine gained more than fifty thousand years of cultivation, surpassed two hundred and sixty thousand years, and transformed into a young man who called Gu Yue Na his master.
• Chen An judged the Thunder Hell Vine to have ultimate-level combat power, though it remained a weak quasi-demigod because its strength had not grown in proportion to its cultivation.
• Zi Ji suggested that Di Tian undergo his ninth heavenly tribulation, and Chen An and Gu Yue Na weighed the danger of its power potentially reaching the million-year, god-level threshold.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na planned to use the Thunder Hell Vine to help Sea Soul Beasts survive Heavenly Tribulations, strengthening the vine and winning their allegiance. They traveled to the southern seas to gather their allies and begin expanding their efforts.

• The Thunder Hell Vine estimated that it would have a ninety percent chance of surviving a god-level Heavenly Tribulation once it reached five hundred thousand years, so Chen An proposed waiting for it to grow stronger.
• Chen An planned to refine powerful Cosmos Creation Pills for the soul beasts while reserving the Tang Sect's eight pills for his teachers, whose bodies could not safely handle the stronger medicine.
• Chen An suggested recruiting Sea Soul Beasts by having the Thunder Hell Vine help them survive Heavenly Tribulations, and Gu Yue Na agreed that this could greatly increase its cultivation and gain them allies.
• Gu Yue Na and Chen An had Di Tian carry them through spatial jumps to the seas south of the continent, where they summoned their gathered Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• The gathered group had grown to more than twenty Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Soul Beasts after ten others joined and they took control of the surrounding thousand-mile sea region.

Gu Yue Na used the Thunder Hell Vine to help two Sea Soul Beasts pass their second heavenly tribulations unharmed and arranged to attract more Soul Beasts seeking help. Back in Mingdu, Chen An gifted Cosmos Creation Pills and Energy Pearls to his teachers and began refining more Cosmos Creation Pills.

• Gu Yue Na had two Sea Soul Beasts face their second heavenly tribulations, and the Thunder Hell Vine absorbed the lightning so they passed unharmed.
• Gu Yue Na ordered the Sea Soul Beasts to spread news of their help and planned to assist those facing tribulations every ten days.
• Chen An gave Xu Lang, Xu Lin, and Zhen Hua Cosmos Creation Pills, and asked Zhen Hua to deliver five Energy Pearls to Mu Ye.
• Chen An entered the Dragon Valley Space and used the Devouring Sky Cauldron to begin refining Cosmos Creation Pills from precious materials.

Chen An completed ten God-Level pills using the Devouring Sky Cauldron, then distributed portions of one pill to himself, Gu Yue Na, and the ferocious beasts to test their effects. The group began refining the pills’ immense energy, while Di Tian helped the weaker beasts and Chen An and Gu Yue Na started taking their own portions.

• Chen An spent seventy-six hours in the time domain refining nearly three hundred varieties of treasures into ten brilliant five-colored pills, exhausting himself in the process.
• Chen An judged the pills potentially stronger than ordinary Cosmos Creation Pills and divided one into nine portions, excluding Di Tian because the energy could trigger his ninth heavenly tribulation before the Thunder Hell Vine was ready to help him.
• Bear Monarch, the Ten Thousand Demon King, and the others swallowed their portions and struggled to control the violent energy surging through them.
• Di Tian helped Zi Ji and Demon Spirit refine their portions, while the Thunder Hell Vine adapted more easily to the pill’s energy.
• After Chen An warned Gu Yue Na to be careful, he and Gu Yue Na swallowed their own portions.

Chen An and the soul beasts refined portions of the upgraded Cosmos Creation Pill, gaining immense cultivation and bloodline improvements. Bear Monarch challenged Di Tian to a duel after his seventh heavenly tribulation, while Ten Thousand Demon King emerged with even greater gains.

• Chen An realized that one-ninth of the pill contained extraordinary energy and could strengthen cultivation, talent, physique, and bloodlines.
• Chen An and the soul beasts refined the pill inside the time domain and felt their strength and bloodlines transform.
• Bear Monarch finished absorbing his portion first and challenged Di Tian to a duel after his seventh heavenly tribulation.
• Di Tian accepted Bear Monarch's challenge, intending to teach him another lesson.
• Ten Thousand Demon King finished absorbing his portion, gaining a far greater bloodline evolution and at least two hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Bear Monarch's confidence faded when he learned how much greater Ten Thousand Demon King's gains were.

After refining one-ninth of a pill, Gu Yue Na advanced from Soul Sage to level ninety-two Titled Douluo and reached the late Spirit Domain Realm. She considered how the pill might strengthen other Soul Beasts while Chen An continued refining his share.

• Bi Ji, Thunder Hell Vine, Zi Ji, and Demon Spirit completed their absorption and gained major increases to their cultivation, with Thunder Hell Vine surpassing four hundred thousand years.
• Gu Yue Na finished refining her portion after nearly twenty hours, evolved her eighth and ninth Soul Rings, and advanced to level ninety-two Titled Douluo.
• Di Tian and the others knelt to salute Gu Yue Na, who regained control of her energy and assessed her new strength and spiritual power.
• Gu Yue Na concluded that her combat strength had caught up with Chen An's current level, though she expected his ongoing breakthrough to widen the gap again.
• Bear Monarch boasted that his strength now rivaled Di Tian's, while Gu Yue Na considered asking Chen An to share pills with other Soul Beasts.

After refining the pill, Chen An reached the level-seventy bottleneck and joined Gu Yue Na and the others in heading to an island to undergo Heavenly Tribulations. With the Thunder Hell Vine absorbing the lightning, several ferocious beasts safely advanced beyond five hundred thousand years of cultivation, while Di Tian prepared for a future tribulation.

• Chen An absorbed one-ninth of the pill, reached level seventy, and gained a physique strong enough to contend with a God-Level Mecha.
• Chen An learned that Bear Monarch, Ten Thousand Demon King, and the others had strengthened their Bloodlines, then led the group toward the southern sea to undergo Heavenly Tribulations.
• The Thunder Hell Vine absorbed Demon Spirit's fourth Heavenly Tribulation, allowing him to advance beyond five hundred thousand years and safely pass his fifth tribulation.
• Zi Ji passed her fifth Heavenly Tribulation and reached more than five hundred and twenty thousand years of cultivation.
• Scarlet King passed his fifth Heavenly Tribulation, reached five hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation, and neared his sixth.

Bi Ji, the Ten Thousand Demon King, and Bear Monarch passed their heavenly tribulations with the Thunder Hell Vine’s help, which grew powerful enough to attempt assisting Di Tian. Di Tian released his suppressed cultivation and faced his ninth super heavenly tribulation as Chen An and the others withdrew, leaving the Thunder Hell Vine to absorb the opening lightning strike.

• Bi Ji passed her sixth and seventh heavenly tribulations, reaching more than seven hundred thousand years of cultivation and peak demigod level.
• The Ten Thousand Demon King and Bear Monarch passed their seventh heavenly tribulations, while the Thunder Hell Vine’s cultivation rose above six hundred thousand years and its combat power reached the quasi-god level.
• Di Tian stopped suppressing his cultivation and surged past the nine-hundred-thousand-year threshold, summoning his ninth super heavenly tribulation.
• Chen An gave Di Tian the Eternal Divine Fire Clock and the Mystic Ice Mirror, then led the others more than ten li away from the island.
• A lightning waterfall crashed onto the island, and the Thunder Hell Vine manifested its true body and absorbed the lightning with its vines.

Di Tian and Thunder Hell Vine faced a ninety-thousand-year tribulation that escalated to the million-year level, and they survived only after nearly being killed. Chen An concluded that the tribulation was meant to kill soul beasts with the potential to become gods.

• Thunder Hell Vine absorbed the first bolt of Di Tian's tribulation, but the next strike rose to million-year power and overwhelmed them both.
• Di Tian helped Thunder Hell Vine bear the lightning as Chen An and the others watched from a distance, unable to intervene without strengthening the tribulation.
• After nearly an hour, the tribulation ended before Di Tian and Thunder Hell Vine gave out, leaving the island devastated.
• Chen An and the others rushed to the injured pair, and Bi Ji used her true form to heal them.
• Di Tian was gravely wounded and Thunder Hell Vine had lost most of his vines; Thunder Hell Vine admitted he had misjudged the danger.
• Chen An said the million-year tribulation was meant to obstruct and kill soul beasts with the chance to become gods, and noted that Di Tian had failed his ninth tribulation in the original work.

Gu Yue Na explained that the God Realm had imposed heavenly tribulations to prevent Soul Beasts from becoming gods, and Chen An warned Di Tian against attempting a million-year tribulation. After recovering from their injuries, Di Tian and the Thunder Hell Vine assessed their gains, then entered the Dragon Valley Space to recuperate while Chen An and the others set off for Devil Island.

• Gu Yue Na explained that the God Realm’s heavenly tribulations had been created to restrict Soul Beasts after the God Realm War.
• Chen An warned Di Tian not to attempt a million-year heavenly tribulation after the nine-hundred-thousand-year trial nearly killed him and the Thunder Hell Vine.
• Bi Ji stabilized Di Tian and the Thunder Hell Vine’s injuries, and they reported that Di Tian had surpassed nine hundred and ten thousand years while the Thunder Hell Vine had reached over eight hundred thousand years.
• Chen An sent Di Tian, the Thunder Hell Vine, and Bi Ji into the Dragon Valley Space so the injured beasts could recover.
• Chen An and the others set off for Devil Island in the continent’s northeastern waters.

Chen An and his companions reached Devil Island to obtain its life and destruction energies, entering the island’s strange barrier despite knowing the seven old demons might be dangerous. The seven demons noticed their arrival and prepared to torment the newcomers.

• Chen An hoped Devil Island’s life and destruction energies could strengthen him without forcing him to seek vast amounts of energy elsewhere.
• Gu Yue Na used long-range Space Channels to bring Chen An and the others to a restricted northeastern sea zone, where the Northern Sea Legion recognized them and let them pass.
• Chen An followed Tang Sect records toward the island chain and warned his companions not to underestimate its seven Limit Douluo-level old demons or stray far from him.
• Chen An, Gu Yue Na, Bear Monarch, and the others entered Devil Island’s energy barrier and struggled against its flight-restricting effect as they descended toward the nearest island.
• The seven old demons sensed their arrival and eagerly anticipated tormenting the visitors.

Chen An and his companions found Life and Destruction Energy crystals buried beneath an island, remnants of the God of Life and the God of Destruction. Chen An confirmed he could absorb the Life Energy into the Creation Holy Tree’s eighth fruit and left hopeful that he could gather enough for his eighth ability.

• Gu Yue Na sensed the God of Life and the God of Destruction’s energies and led Chen An and the others to the island’s center.
• Chen An had the Mountain Dragon King uncover a purple Destruction Crystal and a green Life Crystal buried underground.
• Gu Yue Na identified the crystals as remnants of the God of Destruction and the God of Life.
• Chen An absorbed Life Energy from the green crystal and confirmed that it flowed into the Creation Holy Tree’s eighth fruit.
• Chen An stopped absorbing the crystal and reassured Gu Yue Na that the energy was useful to him.

Chen An and his companions found the Life and Destruction Crystals on Devil Island and prepared to face the Seven Demon Elders. He pretended to be a Tang Sect envoy and claimed the sect needed their help, while planning to take the crystals and fight if necessary.

• Chen An realized the Life and Destruction Crystals were too dangerous to store in a Soul Guidance Device and decided to move them to the Dragon Valley Space.
• Chen An sensed danger approaching and warned Gu Yue Na, Bear Monarch, and the others that the Seven Demon Elders might be nearby.
• Chen An called out to the Seven Demon Elders and showed them Cang Xin and Cao Dezhi’s tokens to draw them out.
• An old demon questioned how the Tang Sect could have six Limit Douluo experts, and Chen An claimed Cosmos Creation Pills had raised their cultivation.
• Chen An told the old demon that the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy faced a crisis and asked the Seven Demon Elders for help.