Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianyang considered how the Douluo Federation managed war spoils and asked Huo Yuhao to investigate recent events, sending Red Hare along to protect him. Yan Lingji then appeared and tested Xiao Tianyang with a charm technique, but he saw through it and recognized her immediately.

• Xiao Tianyang reasoned that the Douluo Federation stored the spoils of war in Douluo City and distributed them through missions, points, and purchases.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Huo Yuhao to investigate major events from the past three months and ordered Red Hare to accompany him for protection.
• Yan Lingji appeared in Huo Yuhao's vacated seat and tried to charm Xiao Tianyang.
• Yan Lingji mistook Xiao Tianyang's mental backlash for mental manipulation, and he warned her against testing an unknown enemy with charm techniques.
• Xiao Tianyang recognized Yan Lingji and told her to address him as 'sir' rather than 'my lord' in public.

Yan Lingji explained that Baihua Tower was a force under Divine Might and revealed its role and structure to Xiao Tianyang, who had not known it existed. Xiao Tianyang learned that Saber and Madam Mingzhu had established the organization to strengthen his influence, and he eagerly anticipated meeting its members.

• Yan Lingji recognized Xiao Tianyang through their shared cultivation of the [Great Dream Heavenly Scripture] and broke through from its Fourth Layer to its Fifth Layer.
• Yan Lingji introduced herself as a Seven Great Flower Queens member from Baihua Tower, a force under Divine Might.
• Xiao Tianyang interrupted Yan Lingji and asked why he had never heard of Baihua Tower, since he knew only the three major guilds.
• Yan Lingji explained Baihua Tower's businesses, leadership, and Flower Queens, whom she compared to Spirit Hall's consecrated elders.
• Xiao Tianyang realized Saber and Madam Mingzhu had created Baihua Tower to expand his influence and privately imagined that they had found him companions.

Xiao Tianyang learned that Esdeath commanded the Divine Might Legion and examined Yan Lingji’s attributes, then turned to Huo Yuhao for the results of his investigation. Huo Yuhao returned with only part of the information, leaving his findings unfinished.

• Xiao Tianyang asked Yan Lingji about Esdeath and learned she led the Divine Might Legion with Black Pupil, Will, Lan, Seryu, Dr. Stylish, and Boros under her command.
• Xiao Tianyang used the Ancient Divine Eyes to inspect Yan Lingji’s powerful physique, martial soul, soul rings, and soul bones.
• Xiao Tianyang got a nosebleed while staring at Yan Lingji, and Red Hare teased him before Xiao Tianyang punched it out the window.
• Xiao Tianyang called Huo Yuhao over and asked whether his investigation had produced results.
• Huo Yuhao said he had found part of the information.

Xiao Tianyang learned from Yan Lingji that the Evil Demons were weapons and that the Evil Soul Masters were involved in their invasion and other schemes. He vowed to cripple the Evil Soul Masters and took Yan Lingji into another dimension to show her something.

• Huo Yuhao reported that the Heaven, Earth, and Mystic Teams had left Douluo City, and Xiao Tianyang gave him money, a Space Soul Tool, and a day off.
• Yan Lingji told Xiao Tianyang that the Evil Demons were weapons created for battle, based on investigations by the Nine Dragon Guards, the research institute, and the Watch Group.
• Xiao Tianyang inferred that the Evil Soul Masters had helped create the chaos, and Yan Lingji confirmed their role in the Evil Demon invasion and the theft of Spirit Ring Capsules.
• Yan Lingji explained that the Nine Dragon Guards had ambushed the Evil Soul Masters, leaving many powerful enemies dead but allowing the rest to escape with mostly empty capsules.
• Xiao Tianyang vowed to cripple the Evil Soul Masters and took Yan Lingji by the hand, drawing her into another dimension.

Xiao Tianyang and Yan Lingji realized the Fiends and Evil Soul Masters had begun their coordinated attack on Douluo City, but Xiao Tianyang chose to confront them rather than wait for reinforcements. He unleashed overwhelming power against the attackers, and a Six-Eyed Fiend flew up to challenge him.

• Xiao Tianyang reasoned that the attackers were counting on an ambush to delay the Nine Dragon Guards and said he would not stall for time.
• Explosions and beastly roars erupted as the Fiends and Evil Soul Masters launched their attack across the city.
• Xiao Tianyang took Yan Lingji by the hand, leaped out a window, and landed atop Red Hare with Huo Yuhao nearby.
• Xiao Tianyang reassured Huo Yuhao and used darkness, vibrations, and Mental Power to crush Evil Soul Masters and Fiends into blood mist.
• A Titled Douluo recognized Xiao Tianyang from the statue in the square before the Holy Temple, and a Six-Eyed Fiend flew up to confront him.

Xiao Tianyang let the Nine-Eyed Fiend summon a Mental Clone, then charged into close combat and overpowered it with his fists. The fiend’s hidden controller prepared two concealed attacks as their clash continued.

• Yan Lingji sensed that the Nine-Eyed Fiend was using a Sacrifice Technique to draw wandering souls toward it.
• Xiao Tianyang explained that fiends were vessels controlled through a Mental Network and decided to destroy and devour any Mental Clones that descended.
• The Nine-Eyed Fiend’s Mental Clone took control of its body, and the fiend charged at Xiao Tianyang.
• Xiao Tianyang met the Nine-Eyed Fiend in midair and gained the upper hand in their fistfight.
• The Nine-Eyed Fiend pretended to strike with one fist while secretly preparing two more attacks.

Xiao Tianyang fought off a swarm of Nine-Eyed Fiends targeting the Spirit Ring Capsules in the Holy Temple, killing their shells with his powers and the Five-Colored Divine Light. He captured the fleeing Mental Clones in a mental dimension and challenged any remaining fiends to attack.

• Xiao Tianyang overpowered the Nine-Eyed Fiend and slammed it into the ground, destroying the surrounding streets and buildings.
• Dozens of Nine-Eyed Fiends attacked together, and Xiao Tianyang trapped them with Dark Water and Void Shock before crushing their shells with gravity.
• The fiends’ Mental Clone controllers decided to fight back, but Xiao Tianyang killed the one who issued their command with the Five-Colored Divine Light’s Black Light.
• Xiao Tianyang used the Great Dream Heavenly Scripture to seize a fleeing Mental Clone and carry it into a mental dimension that served as the Second Battlefield.
• Xiao Tianyang killed the fiends who stepped forward and captured their Mental Clones while daring the others to attack.

Xiao Tianyang watched the battle in Douluo City while the Holy Spirit Cult leaders Ye Xishui, Zhongli Wu, and Feng Ling discussed their plans and feared his power. When reinforcements attacked him from the sky, Xiao Tianyang destroyed their purple eye with the Five-Colored Divine Light and returned his attention to the battlefield.

• Ye Xishui, Zhongli Wu, and Feng Ling discussed stealing the Soul Beast Capsules and continuing their plans despite Xiao Tianyang's presence.
• Xiao Tianyang spotted the three Holy Spirit Cult leaders, identified them, and chose to keep them alive while marking them with his mental power.
• Ye Xishui ordered Feng Ling to tell every division to follow the original plan, and Feng Ling left to carry out the order.
• A purple eye opened in the sky and fired a beam at Xiao Tianyang, who destroyed it with the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Xiao Tianyang mocked the attacker and turned his gaze back to the battlefield.

The nine Evil Spirit Nobles planned to flood Douluo Continent with fiends and Mental Clones after failing to defeat Xiao Tianyang. In Shenwu City, Pharaoh and the other defenders fought to hold the line while Xiao Tianyang kept the enemy’s strongest fighters occupied.

• The injured Evil Spirit Nobles discussed how Xiao Tianyang had thwarted their attack and agreed to use overwhelming numbers against him.
• The Evil Spirit Nobles ordered Space Gates opened on Douluo Continent and directed their subordinates to send fiends and Mental Clones.
• Fiends and Evil Soul Masters devastated Shenwu City's central district as the Douluo Federation's defenders fought to contain them.
• A red-haired elder asked Pharaoh whether Dongfang Lan had returned, and Pharaoh's Soul Ring attack killed hundreds of fiends and several Nine-Eyed Fiends.
• Pharaoh directed the defenders to hold on and watched Xiao Tianyang occupy most of the enemy's high-level fighters.

Portals opened near Xiao Tianyang, unleashing fiends as Pharaoh deployed Douluo City's War Giant Soldiers to support him. Red Hare then arrived with Yan Lingji and Huo Yuhao, destroyed a group of fiends, and prompted Pharaoh to reorganize the city's defenses.

• Spatial portals appeared near Xiao Tianyang, and hordes of fiends poured out to attack him.
• Pharaoh ordered Golden Blade to activate the emergency measures and deploy Divine Might's War Giant Soldiers.
• The War Giant Soldiers charged the fiends, cutting through their formation and buying the defenders time.
• Pharaoh ordered Golden Blade to trigger the soldiers' self-destruction program when they neared Xiao Tianyang's battle zone.
• Red Hare arrived with Yan Lingji and Huo Yuhao, brushed off Pharaoh's concern, and killed the attacking fiends with a claw and Dragon Breath.
• Pharaoh ordered the War Giant Soldiers to guard the plaza and sent the Yellow Character Action Team and two Patrol Battalion squads to reinforce the sanctuary entrance.

Xiao Tianyang held back the Evil Spirits with [World Domain] while gathering Soul Fragments to complete the [Great Dream Heavenly Scripture]. When the enemies returned in a massive underground charge, he drew Congyun Blade and unleashed peak-level Conqueror's Haki, causing their assault to collapse.

• Xiao Tianyang used [World Domain] to trap and bombard the Evil Spirits, killing their waves as he refined his cultivation technique.
• The Evil Spirits halted their suicidal charges and searched for another way to break through, while Xiao Tianyang expected to complete the [Great Dream Heavenly Scripture] within half an hour.
• A side quest required Xiao Tianyang to repel the enemy within half an hour using only his own strength, and the Evil Spirits erupted from beneath the earth in a powerful charge.
• Xiao Tianyang drew Congyun Blade and released peak-level Conqueror's Haki, making the Evil Spirits and their Mental Clones lose their Battle Intent and collapse.

Xiao Tianyang defeated and captured the Evil Spirits who had attacked Douluo City, completing his side quest and obtaining a Character Bond Card that summoned Li Cunxiao. After planning to seek Li Cunxiao’s help in reaching the God Realm, Xiao Tianyang checked whether Red Hare had completed his assigned task.

• Xiao Tianyang crushed the Evil Spirits’ forces and used Dark Tunnel to capture them, leaving Douluo City empty.
• Xiao Tianyang completed the [Evil Spirits Like a Tide] side quest and used its Character Bond Card.
• The system announced that Li Cunxiao, the famed late-Tang Flying Tiger General, would come to Xiao Tianyang by ordinary means.
• Xiao Tianyang judged that Li Cunxiao could be a powerful ally and planned to find him to help reach the God Realm.
• Yan Lingji, Red Hare, and Huo Yuhao joined Xiao Tianyang, who asked Red Hare whether he had handled his assignment.

After Xiao Tianyang defeated the evil demons, Dongfang Lan invited him to the Holy Temple to discuss their origin. He identified the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils as their likely plane and the Demon Forest as their route to the Douluo Continent.

• Yan Lingji admired Xiao Tianyang and grew hostile when Dongfang Lan arrived with Douluo Federation personnel to pay her respects.
• Dongfang Lan invited Xiao Tianyang to the Holy Temple, while Yan Lingji sensed her feelings for him and decided to use unconventional means to compete for his attention.
• Xiao Tianyang left Huo Yuhao behind with Red Hare and went to the council hall with Dongfang Lan and Yan Lingji.
• Dongfang Lan asked where the evil demons came from, and Xiao Tianyang said their plane was likely the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils and that they had entered through the Demon Forest.

Xiao Tianyang received quests about invading Douluo Continent, supporting the God Realm, and uncovering the demons’ secrets, then learned why the demons had acted urgently. Dongfang Lan revealed that her spy, Shadow Demon, had returned from Demon Forest through a Space Rift, leaving Xiao Tianyang to consider what the spy had discovered.

• Xiao Tianyang reviewed three system quests and learned that the demons might be hiding secrets beyond the Evil Soul Masters’ pursuit of Spirit Ring Capsules.
• Dongfang Lan explained that a Douluo Federation spy had disappeared in Demon Forest years ago and had recently sent information; she had gone to bring him back.
• Xiao Tianyang connected the demons’ motives to their urgent actions, and Yan Lingji asked what secret could prompt such a large-scale mobilization.
• Dongfang Lan identified the spy as Shadow Demon, a level-ninety-four descendant of Ghost Douluo whose mutated Martial Soul made him an exceptional infiltrator.
• Dongfang Lan said Shadow Demon had returned after accidentally falling into a Space Rift, and Xiao Tianyang asked what else he had reported.

Xiao Tianyang learned that Shadow Demon’s rushed note contained only the words “break open” and offered Dongfang Lan the Great Dream Heavenly Scripture in exchange for letting the Nine Dragon Guards handle the investigation. As Shrek Academy, Spirit Hall, and Divine Might representatives arrived, Xiao Tianyang asked to meet Liang Juncheng first and questioned Pharaoh about delaying his application for an ascension quota.

• Dongfang Lan explained that Shadow Demon had been hunted after leaving Demon Forest and showed Xiao Tianyang his hastily written note, which only said “break open.”
• Dongfang Lan said she had been unable to investigate because Douluo City sent a distress signal, and Xiao Tianyang asked her to leave the matter to the Nine Dragon Guards.
• Xiao Tianyang offered Dongfang Lan the Great Dream Heavenly Scripture, and she accepted it after he explained that he had people capable of cultivating it.
• A guard reported that Liang Juncheng, Xuanzi, and Alice had arrived, and Xiao Tianyang chose to meet Liang Juncheng first.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Pharaoh why he had not left Douluo Continent, and Pharaoh said he wanted to wait before applying for an ascension quota.

Xiao Tianyang ordered Pharaoh to prepare for ascension, then met Nine Dragon Guards Vice Commander Liang Juncheng and learned that the guards’ Sword Cultivators had switched from the King Yue’s Eight Swords after losing the Jingni Sword to Tian Yan.

• Xiao Tianyang explained how Divine Might’s invitation system bound the Limit Douluo and maintained his monopoly over ascension.
• Xiao Tianyang told Pharaoh to prepare for ascension, and Pharaoh accepted the order.
• Dongfang Lan brought Liang Juncheng to Xiao Tianyang, who recognized his Tai'a Sword and questioned him about the Nine Dragon Guards’ swordsmen.
• Liang Juncheng explained that Tian Yan had defeated Sword Master Jingni after fighting him for three days and two nights, taking the Jingni Sword.

Xiao Tianyang assigned Liang Juncheng and Shi Guang to rescue the Shadow Demon and gave Optimus Prime orders to scout the Demon Forest. Dongfang Lan persuaded Xiao Tianyang to stay in Douluo City while the rescue operation unfolded, leaving Yan Lingji frustrated that their departure might be delayed.

• Xiao Tianyang asked Liang Juncheng about Li Cunxiao, but Liang Juncheng knew nothing of him.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered Liang Juncheng and Shi Guang to rescue the Shadow Demon within four days and told Liang Juncheng to have Optimus Prime scout the Demon Forest.
• Xuanzi and Alice visited Xiao Tianyang, then left after brief conversations.
• Dongfang Lan suggested Xiao Tianyang remain in Douluo City until the Shadow Demon rescue was complete and warned that the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils might attack Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Tianyang considered Dongfang Lan's suggestion, while Yan Lingji regretted not acting sooner to leave.

At Golden Phoenix Tower, Xiao Tianyang considered his missions and the urgent danger facing Saber and the others in the God Realm. He completed two side quests and obtained a World Tree Sapling and a Rainbow Bridge, then planned to verify his allies’ location before sending supplies.

• Xiao Tianyang settled into Golden Phoenix Tower, a restricted residence Dongfang Lan had earned with her military merit and permitted him to enter.
• Xiao Tianyang reviewed his three missions and concluded that supporting the God Realm was urgent, though he needed to learn more about Saber and the others’ situation.
• Xiao Tianyang asked the system to settle [Essence of Food] and [Long-term Training], completing both side quests.
• The system rewarded Xiao Tianyang with a [World Tree Sapling] that could grow in any plane and a [Rainbow Bridge] that could transport people or objects between planes.
• Xiao Tianyang decided to confirm Saber and the others’ location before using the Rainbow Bridge to send them supplies.

Xiao Tianyang’s [Scythe of Judgment] merged with the [World Tree Sapling] and opened a portal, whose unfamiliar energy stirred his body. On the other side, the sapling transformed a barren land into grassland, and a coffin rose from the earth to reveal a horned, sheep-footed youth.

• Xiao Tianyang sealed his room with magical treasures and his [World Domain] before allowing the [Scythe of Judgment] and [World Tree Sapling] to merge.
• The [Scythe of Judgment] swallowed the sapling, creating a black arched portal that scanned Xiao Tianyang and opened.
• Xiao Tianyang sensed powerful unfamiliar energy beyond the portal but hesitated to absorb it because he feared disrupting his balance of magic and Soul Power.
• The sapling appeared in a barren land of Yellow Sand and Black Soil, spread its roots, absorbed Death Energy, and released Life Energy that turned the surrounding area into grassland.
• A black coffin rose from the ground and opened to reveal a youth with spiraling ram horns, a woolly face, and sheep hooves.

Xiao Tianyang arrived in Eternal Night through the Gate of Eternity, where Satan and Baal greeted him as the Holy Lord and explained his inheritance. The chapter ended with the newly awakened leaders introducing themselves and their tribes.

• Satan awakened the Aries Tribe from hexagonal coffins, while Baal led the Mad Bull Tribe out of Bronze Coffins.
• Satan told Baal that Mammon and Duma had not awakened because the World Tree was still a sapling with no planes upon it.
• A black gate appeared above the World Tree Sapling, and Xiao Tianyang stepped through as the tribes welcomed the Holy Lord.
• Xiao Tianyang asked why the tribes called him Holy Lord, and Satan explained that he was heir to the Eternal Empire and the Gate of Eternity through the Eternal Clan bloodline.
• Satan identified himself as the Aries Tribe’s Great Priest, and Baal introduced himself as the Mad Bull Tribe’s Grand Commander of the Imperial Guards.