Chapter Summaries

After two months of war, Eternal Night had captured most of the Mountain Peaks and passages, while Mammon and his allies fought Chaugnar?Fagern. Xiao Tianyang reached the final stage of refining a Plane Spirit, discovered that Chaugnar?Fagern had stolen a thread of Heaven and Earth Rules, and left behind a trace of the furnace's aura before disappearing.

• Duma's final offensive wiped out nearly all the Ogre Tribe and most of the Goblin Tribe, and captured all four Mountain Peaks outside the mountain range.
• Mammon reunited with Satan, and they fought Chaugnar?Fagern's true body alongside another ally, collapsing three Pillars of the Mountains.
• Xiao Tianyang compressed the refined Plane Spirit toward its Plane Core form while Chaugnar?Fagern was occupied fighting Satan and the others.
• Xiao Tianyang discovered that Chaugnar?Fagern had stolen a thread of Heaven and Earth Rules to forge an exclusive divine artifact.
• Xiao Tianyang shrank the [Eight Trigrams Furnace], stored three magical treasures, released a trace of the furnace's aura, and vanished without leaving his own behind.

After Xiao Tianyang refined Gnar Fagern’s Furnace, Mammon and the others confronted the weakened Punisher. Gnar Fagern called down Heaven and Earth Will to punish them, but it marked him for death instead, leaving Satan and his allies with a warning.

• Xiao Tianyang retrieved his soul fragment, leaving Chaugnar Fagern to deal with the aftermath.
• Gnar Fagern suddenly weakened, and Mammon struck him through the chest while mocking his loss of power.
• Gnar Fagern threatened the group with the plane’s collapse and Heaven and Earth’s punishment for the Holy Lord carrying the Plane Core.
• Heaven and Earth Will formed a face in the sky, and Satan ordered his allies to retreat as Gnar Fagern laughed.
• The sky spoke the word “death” to Gnar Fagern, whose body withered away, while Satan and the others received a warning.

After Gnar Fagern was destroyed, Satan, Baal, and Mammon weighed whether to use the Plane Core and Filth Qi to revive their former companions or preserve Eternal Night’s recovery. They agreed to give Xiao Tianyang their honest advice and left to continue clearing and harvesting the plane.

• Heaven and Earth’s lightning reduced Gnar Fagern to dust and struck the races connected to his mark.
• Satan told Baal and Mammon that the Plane Core contained Heaven and Earth Rules and rare materials, making it possible to revive their former companions with the collected Filth Qi.
• Baal and Mammon warned that spending all the battle’s gains on revival would delay Eternal Night’s recovery, while finding two Evil God planes was unlikely after Gnar Fagern’s death alerted the others.
• Satan, Baal, and Mammon agreed to tell Xiao Tianyang the truth and leave the decision to him.
• The three departed, leaving the Demon Dragon Clan and Mad Bull Clan to purge the region while Duma handled occupation, cleanup, and resource collection.

Xiao Tianyang reviewed the spoils from his battle and explained to Red Hare that the pill furnace contained a miniature world and a juvenile Plane Spirit. After hearing Duma’s report on the research materials, Xiao Tianyang decided to use the upcoming Plane Core and Filth Qi to revive another of the Eight Fiend Generals, then explained the materials’ origins to Satan and the others.

• Red Hare sensed a deadly threat from the pill furnace, and Xiao Tianyang told him it contained a miniature world with a juvenile Plane Spirit.
• Satan and the others returned, and Xiao Tianyang asked what Duma had said about the research materials.
• Satan explained that Duma could copy the materials quickly with uncertain results, while integrating them into the Crystal Bone Tribe’s technology would take longer.
• Xiao Tianyang decided to revive another of the Eight Fiend Generals using the Plane Core and Filth Qi they would obtain next.
• Xiao Tianyang explained Douluo Continent’s research and civilian technology branches and said the materials included Cybertron exploration equipment.
• Xiao Tianyang asked whether Satan had said that the Evil God’s soul differed from other people’s.

Xiao Tianyang and Satan devised a plan to use brainwave research and vehicles to locate Evil God realms across the Outer Domain. With the plane's resources nearly secured, Xiao Tianyang prepared to return with Satan to revive another of the Eight Fiend Generals.

• Xiao Tianyang explained that Evil Gods' souls were tainted by the madness and evil in their faith, then introduced brainwave research as a way to track them.
• Satan and the others discussed using Duma's vehicles to search the Outer Domain for planes containing Evil Gods and record their coordinates.
• Satan told Xiao Tianyang that the plane would collapse in about seven days, while Duma could harvest its resources in roughly four days.
• Satan said Mammon would investigate Gnar Fagern's palace and Baal would collect the coordinates of the plane's connected subsidiaries.
• Xiao Tianyang decided to leave with Satan, who planned to accompany him to revive another of the Eight Fiend Generals before returning.

Xiao Tianyang learned that Eternal Night was absorbing Filth Qi and reviewed Satan’s plans for conquering and rebuilding Chaugnar Fagern’s subordinate planes. Satan explained the abilities of the soon-to-be-revived Azazel, and Xiao Tianyang asked about how the clans’ awakenings changed Eternal Night’s environment.

• Satan told Xiao Tianyang that Eternal Night was absorbing Filth Qi and that their army could now attack Chaugnar Fagern’s subordinate planes using the coordinates they had acquired.
• Satan presented a plan to delay the resurrection while Duma refined the previous plan and the forces consolidated their gains.
• Satan described Azazel’s ability to impose Soul Contracts and said he would become Xiao Tianyang’s Imperial Palace Guard Captain.
• Xiao Tianyang and Satan reached a desolate area, where Xiao Tianyang asked how the clans’ awakenings were connected to changes in the environment.
• Satan paused and began answering Xiao Tianyang’s question.

Satan explained the origins of Azazel’s unusual powers as the Plane Core transformed a valley into a lava Purgatory and revealed hundreds of demons torturing themselves. He began describing how Azazel’s Purgatory Clan differed from the other Eternal Night races.

• Satan explained that Eternal Night’s races were connected to its ecosystem and that his preparations for the Plane Core were complete.
• Xiao Tianyang threw the Plane Core into the valley, and Satan activated a formation that drew in Filth Qi.
• The valley erupted into a lava Purgatory, where hundreds of demons appeared bound to crosses and repeatedly whipped themselves.
• Satan explained that Azazel had seized a portion of Purgatory’s origin, gaining power from pain that let him strengthen his body and sublime his energy.
• Satan said Azazel’s Purgatory Clan had a different structure from the other clans, and Xiao Tianyang asked what made it different.

Xiao Tianyang learned how Chaugnar?Fagern's death had disrupted the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils and questioned Satan about not stopping him. Satan vowed that Eternal Night would restore the balance while Xiao Tianyang turned his attention to Douluo Continent and the Elemental Kingdom.

• Satan explained that the Purgatory Clan had Great Demons and Lesser Demons, and described Purgatory's former Devil Emperor and the Fear Demon King.
• Satan told Xiao Tianyang that Chaugnar?Fagern's connected forces would face punishment from Heaven and Earth Will, with fanatics going mad, Apostles losing some strength, and other races likely teleported into the Barbaric Zone.
• Xiao Tianyang realized his actions had accelerated Chaugnar?Fagern's death and disrupted the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils' balance by annihilating his soul and leaving no corpse.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Satan why he had not tried to persuade him, and Satan said he would carry out the Holy Lord's wishes and help remedy the consequences.
• Satan vowed that Eternal Night would restore the balance and defeat the Void, while Xiao Tianyang said he needed to focus on plans for Douluo Continent and the Elemental Kingdom.

After three and a half months away, Xiao Tianyang returned to Shrek Academy and learned that Huo Yuhao’s team had advanced in the competition and that Shrek’s plans were underway. He and Yan Lingji traveled to the Sun Moon Empire’s capital, where Xiao Tianyang sensed a gathering of powerful figures nearby.

• Xiao Tianyang left Satan and the others and returned to Douluo Continent through the castle.
• Yan Lingji told Xiao Tianyang that three and a half months had passed and that Huo Yuhao’s team had passed the elimination round, while several key players were being held back for the semifinals.
• Yan Lingji reported that Shrek Academy had begun body cultivation and joined the cooperative operation, fulfilling Xiao Tianyang’s objectives there.
• Xiao Tianyang and Yan Lingji traveled through the Void to an alley in the Sun Moon Empire’s capital.
• Yan Lingji identified Central Avenue and nearby landmarks, while Xiao Tianyang sensed powerful auras gathering in one direction and asked how they should enter.

Guoguo and Tuantuan saw no reason for Divine Might to start a war with the Sun Moon Empire, and the empire hosted the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Competition in its new arena. As Xiao Tianyang watched the young competitors, Yan Lingji told him how Esdeath had recruited an exceptional Shenwu Academy student into the Divine Might Legion.

• Guoguo and Tuantuan judged that hatred, economics, resources, population, and culture gave the major powers no reason to wage war against the Sun Moon Empire.
• The Sun Moon Empire moved the competition from its Royal Academy to its newly completed grand arena.
• Xiao Tianyang remarked on the strength of the young competitors, and Yan Lingji explained that competition entrants had to be under eighteen.
• Yan Lingji described a seventeen-year-old Shenwu Academy graduate who had reached Soul Power Level sixty at sixteen.
• Esdeath recruited the girl into the Divine Might Legion while she was still a second-year student, beating the other departments to her invitation.

Xiao Tianyang watched Huo Yuhao take the stage and learned about his progress and the new physical arts ranking system. The chapter ended with Xiao Tianyang realizing Huo Yuhao had two Natal Divine Abilities beyond his Soul Skills.

• Xiao Tianyang explained why Shenwu Academy’s elite cultivation reforms depended on Divine Might’s abundant resources.
• Yan Lingji noticed Huo Yuhao was first to take the stage, and Xiao Tianyang asked about his cultivation progress.
• Yan Lingji reported that Huo Yuhao had reached Soul Power Level thirty, Two Cauldrons Three Chimes in physical arts, and the orange domain in his soul.
• Yan Lingji explained that the Sea God Pavilion elders had named the physical arts ranks after Xiao Tianyang’s Nine Provinces Cauldron.
• Xiao Tianyang understood that Huo Yuhao’s Two Cauldrons Three Chimes rank meant he had two Natal Divine Abilities.

Huo Yuhao stepped onto the arena, prompting the faction leaders to discuss his abilities and Shrek Academy. In the stands, Xuanzi, Zongheng Douluo, and Nicholas G. Martin traded barbs while Martin’s presence revealed his reasons for leading the team.

• Huo Yuhao appeared on stage, and the leaders considered whether his support-focused Spirit Eyes abilities concealed Twin Martial Souls.
• Pharaoh asked Xuanzi about Huo Yuhao, and Xuanzi said the other team members were talents from Shrek Academy as well.
• Zongheng Douluo suggested recruiting Huo Yuhao for the True Body Sect, but Xuanzi said Shrek would let him go if Yuhao agreed.
• Nicholas G. Martin rebuked the elders for taking the juniors’ competition too seriously, and Zongheng Douluo challenged him over leading the team.
• Martin threatened to raise the interest on the True Body Sect’s unpaid loan, and Zongheng Douluo stopped arguing.

Huo Yuhao faced Myriad Sword Manor’s captain, an eighteen-year-old Sword Cultivator whose battle-hardened sword intent overwhelmed him. The match began with the captain unleashing a powerful sword attack, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urgently warned Huo Yuhao to concede.

• The Myriad Sword Manor captain asked Huo Yuhao’s age, praised his talent, and warned that he would fight with full strength and show no mercy.
• Huo Yuhao steadied himself under the captain’s sword intent and accepted the challenge.
• The referee began the match, and the captain summoned seven longswords before drawing one to unleash his First Sword, Descend.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized the attack’s danger and frantically urged Huo Yuhao to concede because he could not block it.

Huo Yuhao faced a Myriad Sword Manor Sword Cultivator whose first sword was expected to test his will. Using Tang Sect techniques and his Tablet Breaking Palm, Huo Yuhao blocked the sword and struck his opponent, but the swordsman forced him back and prepared his second attack.

• Yan Lingji questioned whether Huo Yuhao could withstand the Sword Cultivator, while Xiao Tianyang predicted he could block the first sword.
• Xiao Tianyang explained that the first sword tested an unyielding spirit and hinted at the effects of the remaining swords.
• Huo Yuhao resolved not to surrender and combined Purple Demon Eye, Mysterious Jade Hand, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, and Tablet Breaking Palm.
• Huo Yuhao caught the first sword barehanded after striking the Sword Cultivator's chest with both palms.
• The Sword Cultivator knocked Huo Yuhao's hands away, forced him back, and announced his second sword, Bing.

Huo Yuhao faced Dragon Nine Swords’s relentless third sword after barely surviving the second, choosing to endure the assault rather than surrender. Badly wounded and unable to find a way to turn the fight around, he continued the battle of attrition as the chapter ended.

• Pharaoh, Zongheng Douluo, Xuanzi, and Martin assessed Dragon Nine Swords’s swordsmanship and placed a wager on how long Huo Yuhao could withstand him.
• Huo Yuhao evaded the second sword with his eyes and footwork, but Dragon Nine Swords cut his neck and nearly struck his carotid artery.
• Dragon Nine Swords unleashed the third sword, drawing on the Power of Heaven and Earth at the cost of his own health.
• Huo Yuhao considered his options and decided to use his Martial Soul to endure the attack while waiting for an opening.
• After three exchanges, Xiao Tianyang had severed tendons in his left hand and was covered in sword wounds, but he persisted in the battle.

After Huo Yuhao lost to Dragon Nine Swords, Wang Qiu'er took his place and defeated the sword genius in a clash of weapon intent. Dragon Nine Swords accepted the loss and left the arena, while Shrek Academy advanced with Wang Qiu'er’s victory.

• Dragon Nine Swords defeated Huo Yuhao, but Tang Wutong stopped him from delivering his final sword.
• Tang Tian and Bei Bei carried Huo Yuhao away, and the team revised its plan for the next match.
• Wang Qiu'er entered the arena and revealed her Spear Intent, surprising the spectators and Dragon Nine Swords.
• Wang Qiu'er and Dragon Nine Swords clashed in a contest of Artistic Conception, and Dragon Nine Swords' Martial Soul shattered.
• Dragon Nine Swords acknowledged Wang Qiu'er’s victory, said he would remember her, and forfeited by leaving the arena.

Wang Qiu'er defeated Myriad Sword Manor's remaining swordsmen, helping Shrek Academy eliminate the seeded team. Xiao Tianyang then watched other factions' talented fighters compete and reflected on the changing Douluo Continent.

• Wang Qiu'er defeated Dragon Nine Swords, and Myriad Sword Manor's other contestants followed him onto the stage and lost while honing their sword intent.
• Xiao Tianyang considered Wang Qiu'er's ninth-level Spear Intent and compared her progress with his own weapon training.
• Yan Lingji asked Xiao Tianyang about Shrek Academy's victory, and he noted that Wang Qiu'er had carried the match after Huo Yuhao's early attrition.
• Xiao Tianyang watched the tournament continue and saw powerful contestants from factions including White Bone Forest, Divine Weapon Pavilion, and Griffin Treehouse achieve one-against-seven records.
• Xiao Tianyang observed the variety of Martial Souls and cultivation styles on display and felt excited to have awakened in time to witness the changes.

Xiao Tianyang discussed plans to bring Douluo Continent's diverse forces together in an academy, while Yan Lingji worried about the risks. After Yue Shen called with details for them to review, Xiao Tianyang and Yan Lingji left the tournament to handle business.

• Xiao Tianyang asked Yan Lingji about traveling around Douluo Continent and discussed Myriad Sword Manor and Golden Light Temple.
• Xiao Tianyang proposed building an academy where different forces could exchange ideas and recruit disciples, and Yan Lingji feared the consequences.
• Xiao Tianyang assured Yan Lingji that the academy was only a preliminary idea and that Yue Shen's opinion mattered to him.
• Yue Shen called Yan Lingji and said they were ready for Xiao Tianyang to come learn the details.
• Xiao Tianyang left the tournament with Yan Lingji, saying Shrek Academy's remaining matches were not worth watching.

Xiao Tianyang met Lin Jiayi at Baihua Tower’s hidden Sun Moon Empire branch to discuss why he had been brought there. Lin Jiayi recognized that he had little leverage with Xiao Tianyang, and the meeting was just beginning when staff brought in chairs and refreshments.

• Xiao Tianyang arrived at the underground Baihua Tower branch, which Guoguo and Tuantuan had prepared in advance because of the Sun Moon Empire’s ties to the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils.
• Xiao Tianyang reunited with Yue Shen, who introduced Lin Jiayi, the Head of Teaching at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy.
• Lin Jiayi assessed Xiao Tianyang’s calm, intimidating presence and realized he was only one possible candidate, not someone in a position to bargain as an equal.
• Lin Jiayi asked Xiao Tianyang why his subordinates had brought him to the branch.
• Xiao Tianyang said they could sit and talk, and Yue Shen summoned staff to bring tables, chairs, and fruit.

Xiao Tianyang confronted Lin Jiayi with evidence of corruption and mass killings in the Sun Moon Empire, then urged him to consider his choices. The chapter left Lin Jiayi with a document about Jing Hongchen’s travels and a warning that Xiao Tianyang intended to execute those who resisted.

• Lin Jiayi asked Xiao Tianyang why he had summoned him and pleaded to be left alone in his laboratory.
• Xiao Tianyang questioned Lin Jiayi about the North Fox Town incident and the Arctic River killing pit, prompting Lin Jiayi to admit he had hidden from the dean’s changing behavior.
• Yue Shen recounted Jing Hongchen’s travels over ten years and gave Lin Jiayi a document detailing his movements and their consequences.
• Lin Jiayi revealed that orders had called for killing everyone deemed a threat to the Sun Moon Empire, with the toll exceeding ten thousand people.
• Xiao Tianyang blamed the empire’s weakness on internal corruption and warned Lin Jiayi to consult Yue Shen before deciding whether to cooperate.