Chapter Summaries

Li Zhixian shattered Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa Demon Scythe and tenth god ring, severing her godhood and pinning her to the earth. He then died from the backlash of his power, leaving his friends and the Heaven Dou army grieving as a rain of blood-red petals fell over the battlefield.

• Li Zhixian poured his remaining sword intent and life essence into the Azure Lotus Sword, destroying Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa God Kingdom and breaking the Rakshasa Demon Scythe.
• Li Zhixian shattered Bibi Dong’s tenth god ring, severed her divine position, and drove her down into the earth with the Azure Lotus Sword.
• Li Zhixian turned toward his friends before his body exploded into blood mist from the backlash of Fate Tribulation Rebirth.
• The Snow Empress vowed to wait for Li Zhixian’s return in the Extreme North as his sword casket and hidden left arm soul bone flew north.
• Li Zhixian’s remaining soul bones vanished, and Zhu Zhuqing, his friends, the elders, and Heaven Dou’s soldiers mourned him as blood-red petals fell across the battlefield.

Qian Renxue arrived at the battlefield and, believing Li Zhixian had died, nearly killed Bibi Dong before Zhu Zhuqing relayed Li Zhixian’s promise to return in a year. Qian Renxue bound Bibi Dong and returned to Spirit Hall to investigate Qian Daoliu’s whereabouts, while a surviving Soul Master recorded Li Zhixian’s fate and the hope of his return.

• Qian Renxue reached the place where Li Zhixian had vanished, grieved over his death, and attacked Bibi Dong with the Angel God Sword.
• Golden Crocodile, Azure Luan, and Lion blocked Qian Renxue’s strike, while Golden Crocodile warned that Bibi Dong might know where Qian Daoliu was.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Qian Renxue that Li Zhixian had asked her to pass on his promise to return in one year, and Qian Renxue agreed to wait with her.
• Qian Renxue restrained Bibi Dong, pierced her with the Angel God Sword to suppress her power, and ordered Spirit Hall to investigate Qian Daoliu’s whereabouts.
• A surviving Soul Master recorded that Li Zhixian had returned to heaven and earth and left open the possibility of his return in a year.

After Li Zhixian disappeared, Ji Dong wagered that he would overcome the Mortal World Heart Refining, while Heaven Dou mourned his apparent death and honored him with a golden statue. The chapter ended with his companions setting out on separate paths and hoping he would return in a year.

• Ji Dong wagered that Destruction and the Goddess of Life would not oppose Li Zhixian creating a divine position if he passed the Mortal World Heart Refining, and Destruction accepted.
• Bibi Dong lost her divine position and was captured by Qian Renxue, and the Spirit Hall Empire's defeat ended the war with Heaven Dou.
• Xue Ye and the people of Heaven Dou welcomed the victorious army home in mourning, realizing Li Zhixian was missing and believing he had fallen.
• Xue Ye rewarded the returning warriors and declared that a hundred-meter Gilded Divine Statue of Li Zhixian would be erected in Heaven Dou City.
• People across Heaven Dou and the Star Luo Empire made golden idols of Li Zhixian, while his companions left to settle or train and hoped he would return in a year.

Li Zhixian awoke in Li Family Village with no memories and was taken in by a poor family who revered Lord Sword Wine. When he instinctively displayed remarkable swordsmanship, he began to suspect something was wrong with him, and the family later heard that a storyteller had come to town to tell tales of Lord Sword Wine.

• A woman and her son, Xiao Hu, found Li Zhixian awake in their home, but he could not remember his name or where he came from.
• Li Zhixian learned that the family worshipped Lord Sword Wine, the hero credited with defeating the Spirit Hall Empire and bringing peace to Heaven Dou.
• While watching the woman chop firewood, Li Zhixian briefly recalled fragments of memory, summoned Xiao Hu's wooden sword, and split a log with extraordinary precision.
• Li Zhixian took over chopping firewood and noticed a growing heaviness within himself whenever he saw the night sky, wind, or lightning.
• The man returned home with news that a storyteller had come to town to tell stories about Lord Sword Wine.

Li Zhixian took Xiao Hu to hear a storyteller recount Lord Sword Wine’s legendary battle and apparent death, feeling an uncanny familiarity with the tale. After Li Zhixian tossed copper Soul Coins to the storyteller, the storyteller and his companion glimpsed his fading figure on the tavern eaves.

• Li Zhixian carried Xiao Hu onto a tavern rooftop so they could see and hear the storyteller above the packed crowd.
• The storyteller described Lord Sword Wine defeating Bibi Dong at the cost of his life, moving the townspeople to tears and cheers.
• Li Zhixian wondered why the story felt so familiar as the crowd showered the storyteller with coins and produce.
• Li Zhixian flicked several copper Soul Coins onto the storyteller’s desk and again felt he had made the gesture many times before.
• The storyteller and the soul master spotted Li Zhixian on the eaves, but his figure faded like a mirage.

Li Zhixian joined a storyteller and a soul master, wandering the continent as Li Chen while his memories and former identity faded beneath the mortal world. At an abandoned post station, he glimpsed a white-clad youth in the rippling reflection of a puddle.

• Li Zhixian agreed to travel with the storyteller and bid farewell to the Li family, who gave him money, a wine pouch, and Xiao Hu's wooden sword.
• The gods discussed how Li Zhixian's reincarnation could help him break through the Mirage Beast's illusion, while the God of Destruction doubted he would recover his former state of mind.
• Li Zhixian wandered through the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire, gradually becoming a worldly traveler known as Li Chen.
• At an abandoned post station, Li Zhixian saw his unfamiliar reflection in a puddle, then glimpsed a graceful youth in white after Xiao Hu's wooden sword fell into the water.

Li Zhixian recovered a new Sword Intent by merging starlight with dawn, then traveled the mortal world and gradually regained his human heart and power through small acts of kindness. At the God Realm Plaza, the God of Destruction accused Ji Dong of interfering in Li Zhixian’s trials, but the Asura God denied that Ji Dong had overstepped and pointed to the Sea God’s actions.

• Li Zhixian drew dawn light into his wooden sword and fused it with the stars’ energy, awakening a new Sword Intent that let him cut down a centipede.
• Li Zhixian said farewell to the storyteller and Soul Master, then set out alone into the mortal world.
• Li Zhixian initially helped people in need, but the endless suffering around him made him numb until a child’s grief over a dead sparrow jolted him back to his feelings.
• Li Zhixian resumed helping others according to his heart, and his Soul Power and strength gradually returned.
• At the God Realm Plaza, the God of Destruction accused Ji Dong of arranging mortal trials for Li Zhixian, while Ji Dong denied interfering and the Asura God sided with him.
• The Asura God challenged the God of Destruction to question the Sea God, who had guided a divine inheritance token toward an inheritor in the mortal world.

Eight months after Li Zhixian's fall, conflicts flared across the continent as the Clear Sky Sect returned and Dai Mubai challenged Yu Tianheng. Meanwhile, Da Ming and Er Ming learned of Li Zhixian's apparent death, then watched the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger get dragged into a sudden abyss.

• The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud vanished, and the reopened Clear Sky Sect clashed with Heaven Dou before Tang Hao forced a draw against Chen Xin and Dugu Bo.
• Dai Mubai returned from the sea, fought Yu Tianheng to a draw, and escaped the Star Luo Empire's First Marquis with help from a mysterious Titled Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi warned the gathered leaders that sea forces might be stirring, while Xue Ye learned the Clear Sky Sect had come again and led the others to confront them.
• Da Ming and Er Ming subdued the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and demanded to know what had happened to Li Zhixian.
• The tiger revealed that Li Zhixian had fallen after fighting peerless beings and defeating a god, but an abrupt rift opened and pulled the tiger underground.

Li Zhixian revisited three old cultivation grounds and awakened new powers from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Thunder Gorge, and the Wind Eye. Dugu Bo, Yu Yuanzhen, and the others recognized that the changes at the secret grounds were connected to Li Zhixian’s visits.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was dropped into the underground palace, where the Imperial Auspicious Beast and a colossal Dark Gold Dragon terrified it.
• Li Zhixian perfected Blazing Frost at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and reforged his treasure body with dragon auras; Dugu Bo later sensed someone had entered the valley.
• Li Zhixian cultivated in Thunder Gorge, awakened the Nirvana Thunder Lotus across the Golden Thunder domain, and formed a lightning Dao mark; Yu Yuanzhen saw the flowers and rushed toward Heaven Dou City.
• At the former Wind Sword Sect, Li Zhixian comprehended the wind’s erosive power and gained a deep-blue Wind Mark.
• Dugu Bo and Yu Yuanzhen told Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Feng Bailong about the changes at their secret grounds, and Feng Bailong recalled Li Zhixian’s earlier sword practice at the Wind Sword Sect.

At an abandoned nest, Li Zhixian awakened his buried sword heart by recreating an old sword mark, and Da Ming and Er Ming realized he was alive. He followed a pull toward the Extreme North, where a sword sheath stood before the Ice Crystal Palace as someone called for the Ice Empress to open the door.

• Li Zhixian mimicked the carefree sword mark, recovered his clear sword heart, and declared his name.
• Da Ming and Er Ming sensed Li Zhixian’s aura and found a newly made third sword mark at the nest.
• Di Tian punished the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger after Divine Butterfly recognized Li Zhixian’s returning aura.
• On the God Realm Plaza, Ji Dong and the Asura God discussed Li Zhixian’s sword-heart awakening and the dangerous karma attached to an opportunity within him.
• Li Zhixian traveled through the snow toward the Extreme North, seeking the source of his lost memories.
• At the Ice Crystal Palace, a sword sheath stood before the gates as someone called for the Ice Empress to let them in.

Li Zhixian returned to the Extreme North, where the Snow Demon King attacked him and then recognized him. As Li Zhixian's power rewound time and restored his former state, he asked the Snow Demon King to tell him about his past.

• Ice Empress doubted that Li Zhixian was alive, but Sky Dream Ice Silkworm argued that his surviving spirit and Snow Empress proved he had not perished.
• Ice Empress and the others sensed a powerful aura and rushed outside as Li Zhixian faced the Snow Demon King.
• Li Zhixian let the Snow Demon King's attacks pass through him using the Power of Time, and the Snow Demon King recognized him.
• The Snow Demon King grabbed Li Zhixian and ran to tell Snow Empress and Ice Empress that he had returned.
• Li Zhixian used his sword to rewind time by eight months, restoring his former state as the sky showed visions of his past.
• Li Zhixian made the Snow Demon King kneel and asked it to tell him his past.

Li Zhixian corrected the timeline after nearly destroying himself, but returned with his memories obscured by the Myriad Mirage Beast’s Rebirth. As he struck swords with little Ya Zi, the Azure Lotus Sword returned and restored his memories, leaving him reunited with his old companions.

• Tian Meng, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and little Ya Zi rushed to Li Zhixian as his godlike power threatened to tear apart space and time.
• Ice Empress used the Heavenly Dream Sword Niche to take Li Zhixian’s sword, causing the timeline to correct itself and his injuries to fade.
• Li Zhixian admitted he had forgotten many things, while Snow Empress suspected the Myriad Mirage Beast’s Rebirth had shrouded him in mirage mist.
• Little Ya Zi invited Li Zhixian to strike swords, and their swordplay transformed his wooden sword into the Azure Lotus Sword.
• The Azure Lotus Sword’s resonance dispelled the mirage mist and restored Li Zhixian’s memories, and he greeted Tian Meng, little Ya Zi, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the Snow Demon King.

After returning to the Ice Crystal Palace, Li Zhixian learned that his soul rings and soul bones had merged into his body and began reclaiming his dormant powers. He awakened all nine sword intents, reached Sword Dao Reaching Divinity, and restored his Heaven-Piercing Sword Bone and Immaculate Glazed Body.

• Tian Meng returned to Li Zhixian, and he reunited with Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and little Ya Zi at the Ice Crystal Palace.
• Li Zhixian asked what had happened to his soul rings and soul bones, and Snow Empress and Tian Meng explained that they had merged into him and could be awakened again.
• Li Zhixian meditated beneath an ice crystal tree and recovered his three dormant sword intents, completing the return of all nine.
• The nine sword intents formed a Sword Intent Azure Lotus, and sword qi blossomed across the ice tree as Tian Meng recognized Li Zhixian's Sword Dao Reaching Divinity.
• The Sword Intent Azure Lotus flowed into Li Zhixian's great vertebrae, restoring his Heaven-Piercing Sword Bone and Immaculate Glazed Body.

The Ice Empress became Li Zhixian’s Soul Spirit, helping restore his Spirit Rings until the Dragon-headed Sword Falcon’s multicolored ring revealed divine blood and a strange flower. After absorbing them, Li Zhixian’s Soul Power surged to rank ninety, where he used Time-Space Sword Intent to rewind the Evil Emperor’s past toward a mysterious moment.

• Tian Meng worried that Li Zhixian lacked enough energy to restore his Soul Power, and little Ya Zi produced Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow.
• The Ice Empress offered to become Li Zhixian’s Soul Spirit, then sacrificed her physical form and entered his brow.
• Li Zhixian’s Spirit Rings began reforming, but the twelve-colored Dragon-headed Sword Falcon ring fragments would not combine.
• Divine blood and a strange flower emerged, causing soul beasts across the Extreme North to kneel before Li Zhixian.
• Li Zhixian absorbed the divine blood and strange flower, and his Soul Power advanced to rank ninety as his Spirit Rings returned.
• Li Zhixian used Time-Space Sword Intent to rewind the Evil Emperor’s past, revealing a wondrous beast and a mysterious Spirit Ring.

Li Zhixian restored Bai Ze’s spirit ring with Time-Space Sword Intent, and Bai Ze’s spirit ring and right leg bone entered his body. He reached Soul Power Rank 90, surpassed Ultimate Douluo, and left Ji Dong questioning the origins of the divine blood and strange flower.

• Bai Ze thanked Li Zhixian for restoring it, then dissolved as its spirit ring and right leg bone became real and entered his body.
• Tian Meng and Snow Empress reflected on Li Zhixian’s extraordinary powers and the significance of Bai Ze’s return.
• Li Zhixian reached Soul Power Rank 90, recovered his former strength, and regained Ya Zi’s Right Arm Bone and the Evil Emperor’s Eye External Spirit Bone.
• The divine blood reforged Li Zhixian’s Immaculate Glazed Body and raised the ages of his lower-ranked spirit rings, while Ice Empress and Tian Meng judged his power to exceed Ultimate Douluo.
• At God Realm Plaza, Ji Dong asked Asura God about the origins of the divine blood and strange flower.

The Asura God explained to Ji Dong that Li Zhixian had inherited the Dragon God's legacy and carried immense karma, prompting powerful reactions among soul beasts. Meanwhile, the Clear Sky Sect decided to destroy Li Zhixian's statue on the day of the one-year pact and present the action as service to the people.

• The Asura God told Ji Dong how the Dragon God's defeat created soul beasts and how Li Zhixian seized the Dragon-headed Sword Falcon's blood and the strange flower's power, inheriting the Dragon God's legacy.
• Da Ming and Er Ming reacted in shock at the Lake of Life, while Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts sensed a disturbance and were ordered to bring the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to their lord.
• Tang Gang and Tang Yuan urged the Clear Sky Sect elders to destroy Li Zhixian's statue, and Tang Cang argued that the youth had fallen and could not return.
• Tang Hao deferred to Tang Xiao, who ordered the sect's elders to join them on the day of the one-year pact to destroy Li Zhixian's statue and help Heaven Dou rebuild.

Li Zhixian recovered in the Extreme North, gaining powerful blessings from Bai Ze and restoring the spirituality of his wine gourd before preparing to honor his one-year promise. As Heaven Dou City prepared for his return, his friends and allies celebrated uneasily, unsure whether he would truly come back.

• Li Zhixian awakened the Clear Spring Wine Gourd's spirit, greeted Senior Bibi Dong, and learned that the Ice Empress had become one of its soul spirits.
• Li Zhixian explained that Bai Ze's Spirit Ring had reached the hundred-thousand-year realm and demonstrated its auspicious power, while Bai Ze's Blessing granted conceptual invulnerability.
• Li Zhixian returned to the Ice Crystal Palace, celebrated with the soul beasts, and said he would fulfill his one-year promise after stabilizing his realm.
• Heaven Dou City filled with decorations and incense as Zhu Zhuqing and the other women prepared for the next day while avoiding talk of the promise.
• Yu Tianheng, Feng Buyu, and their companions reserved a private room, while Dugu Bo and the gathered elders discussed Li Zhixian's anticipated return.
• A storyteller arrived in Heaven Dou City and planned to set up a stage and tell stories the next day.

On the anniversary of Li Zhixian’s death, Heaven Dou’s people gathered to honor him, but the Clear Sky Sect arrived and challenged his memorial. As fighting threatened to erupt, Qian Renxue and the six Consecrators intervened.

• Heaven Dou’s citizens, royal family, friends, and allies laid flowers at Li Zhixian’s statue and mourned his sacrifice.
• Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, Feng Bailong, Yu Yuanzhen, and the First Marquis confronted the Clear Sky Sect as Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and the elders arrived.
• Tang Yuan and Tang Cang questioned whether Li Zhixian deserved a statue, while Dai Mubai condemned him and praised Tang San.
• Yu Tianheng, Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and Feng Buyu challenged the Clear Sky Sect’s side as the crowd angrily defended Li Zhixian.
• Tang Cang attacked the crowd with his Clear Sky Hammer, and both sides prepared to fight.
• Qian Renxue arrived with the six Consecrators and drove a Blood Gold Divine Sword between the opposing forces.

Li Zhixian returned to Heaven Dou City on the day of his one-year appointment, ending the standoff between Spirit Hall Empire and Clear Sky Sect. Reunited with his friends and Qian Renxue and Zhu Zhuqing, he confronted Tang Xiao and the others over their threat to destroy his statue.

• Qian Renxue threatened Clear Sky Sect and Sea God Island as Tang Xiao and Tang Hao used Ring Explosion to prepare for battle.
• Li Zhixian's voice came from his flower-covered statue, announcing that he had returned to fulfill his appointment.
• The people of Heaven Dou welcomed Li Zhixian, and Qian Renxue and Zhu Zhuqing tearfully embraced him.
• Clear Sky Sect's fighting spirit faltered, while Dai Mubai urged Sea Horse Douluo to retreat.
• Li Zhixian challenged Tang Xiao and the others to try destroying his statue while he stood before them.

Li Zhixian confronted the Clear Sky Sect after Tang Xiao demanded an explanation for Tang Chen’s death, then revealed divine-level power as Tang Xiao and Tang Hao unleashed their ultimate Nine Rings Explode Together attack. The chapter ended with their colossal hammers descending on Li Zhixian as he focused his radiance onto the Azure Lotus Sword.

• Tang Xiao admitted the Clear Sky Sect had acted rashly but tried to justify its arrival and threatened to join forces with Tang Hao.
• Li Zhixian reversed time to drag Dai Mubai and Sea Horse Douluo back, then killed both with his Samsara Sword Eyes.
• Qian Renxue, the six worshippers, Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, Feng Bailong, and other Titled Douluo gathered behind Li Zhixian, overwhelming the Clear Sky Sect with their auras.
• Li Zhixian revealed nine Spirit Rings and divine radiance, crushing the three elders and forcing Tang Xiao and Tang Hao to bend beneath his pressure.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao exploded all nine Spirit Rings and summoned enormous Clear Sky Hammers, then swung them at Li Zhixian.
• Li Zhixian drew the attack’s pressure away from Heaven Dou City as the light around him contracted onto the Azure Lotus Sword.