Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianyang learned that the elusive Myriad Beasts Sect was formed from the Soul Beasts of Sunset Forest and had sent a disguised team to the competition. After hearing that Ouyang Kai had arrived at the venue, Xiao Tianyang found the situation amusing, while the team suddenly sensed a terrifying presence watching them.

• Snow Woman explained that the Myriad Beasts Sect had remained hidden because Sunset Forest's Soul Beasts lacked powerful protection after the war between humans and Soul Beasts.
• Xiao Tianyang recognized the sect's origins in Sunset Forest and learned that Ouyang Kai had helped its members adapt to human society before closing the sect's gates.
• Snow Woman revealed that the seven wild-looking Teenagers were Myriad Beasts Sect members competing under the guise of Wild Spirit Masters.
• Snow Woman said Ouyang Kai had arrived at the venue half an hour earlier using a special method permitted by the rules.
• Xiao Tianyang smiled at the news, and the Myriad Beasts Sect's team suddenly bristled as if a terrifying beast had fixed its gaze upon them.

After the semifinals, Xiao Tianyang prepared to stay alert as the finals began, troubled by Yue Shen’s warning that a major disaster was coming. Meanwhile, Xu Tianran faced imperial clan elders demanding that he take responsibility for angering the Lord of Shenwu City.

• Huo Yuhao and his teammates defeated the defending champion and secured a place among the forty qualifiers, though Xiao Tianyang believed they had exhausted their potential.
• Xiao Tianyang assessed the top contenders and became interested in Myriad Beasts Sect leader Ouyang Kai, while criticizing the juniors’ uncontrolled hostility.
• During the three-day break, Xiao Tianyang told Yan Lingji and the Snow Woman that Yue Shen’s divination had been obscured and advised them to remain calm as the finals began.
• An uninvited guest arrived at the Imperial Capital’s palace while the first qualifying round of the finals started.
• Imperial clan elders confronted Xu Tianran over the sealed palace and ancestral temple, blamed him for enraging the Lord of Shenwu City, and demanded that he bear responsibility.

Xu Tianran accepted the Elemental Envoy’s terms in exchange for being taken along, and helped him eliminate imperial clansmen. The Elemental Kingdom prepared a major plan against Douluo Continent, while the black-robed Envoy considered making Xu Tianran its next ruler and hoped he could surprise Xiao Tianyang.

• Xu Tianran agreed to the black-robed man’s conditions and asked to be taken with him.
• The black-robed Elemental Envoy killed the clan elder and froze the other imperial clansmen, then ordered Xu Tianran to bring him more goods.
• Xu Tianran asked about the plan’s chances of success, and the black-robed man said their extensive preparations raised them to eighty percent.
• A Fire Elementalist questioned whether Xu Tianran could help defeat Xiao Tianyang, but the black-robed man said he wanted to bring Xu Tianran back and make him the Elemental Kingdom’s next ruler.
• The Fire Elementalist left to act separately, while the Elemental Kingdom prepared its plan to strike Douluo Continent.

Xiao Tianyang awoke from a vision and realized Xu Tianran was carrying out a bloody formation in the imperial palace to open the Elemental Gate. As the Elemental Kingdom’s forces emerged, Xiao Tianyang organized an evacuation and prepared to lead the defense.

• Xiao Tianyang recovered and shouted a warning to Xu Tianran, whose voice forced powerful cultivators across the Imperial Capital to their knees.
• Xu Tianran completed the blood formation, and Xiao Meng confronted the Elemental Envoy while the Elemental Gate opened.
• Ice Soul Heaven appeared, thanked Xu Tianran, and escorted him and his men out through the inner palace.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered Yue Shen to evacuate weaker residents and summon fighters, then assigned Zongheng, Hu Longxiang, and Yang Bohu to lead others toward the Extreme North.
• Xiao Tianyang called on Demigods to join him in defending the imperial palace, while Yue Shen ordered Guo Ming to evacuate the contestants within half an hour.

Yue Shen organized evacuations and mobilized fighters as the Elemental Kingdom’s invasion threatened the imperial palace. Xiao Tianyang confronted Ice Soul Heaven, and their battle escalated when Ice Soul Heaven summoned enormous ice spears against Xiao Tianyang’s Emperor Seal.

• Yue Shen assigned Snow Woman to evacuate commoners, telling her to leave people within ten li of the imperial palace because the area might become a battlefield.
• Yue Shen sent Yan Lingji to have Divine Might deploy troops, then allowed Iron Pagoda, Ye Guyi, and Dragon Protagonist to join the fight despite warning them of the danger.
• Xiao Tianyang arrived at the imperial palace, struck the Fire Elementalist attacking Xiao Meng, and ordered her to tend to her injuries.
• Xiao Tianyang confronted Ice Soul Heaven and attacked him with the Congyun Blade, forcing Ice Soul Heaven to sacrifice both arms before regenerating them.
• Ice Soul Heaven summoned two enormous Extreme Ice Spears, while Xiao Tianyang called down the Emperor Seal to attack him.

Guo Ming organized nine Limit Douluo and thousands of young contestants to evacuate the Imperial Capital toward the Extreme North, where they could rely on the Spirit Beast Legion. Zongheng Douluo rallied the younger generation before the group departed, leaving their safety dependent on the perilous journey ahead.

• Guo Ming explained his concentrated formation plan to Zongheng Douluo, Hu Longxiang, Yang Bohu, and the other Limit Douluo.
• Guo Ming revealed Yue Shen's divination and explained why he chose the eastern route to the Extreme North over the longer sea route to Tian Ya Port.
• Zongheng Douluo and the others agreed to follow Guo Ming's plan and evacuate immediately.
• Zongheng Douluo urged the young contestants to remember their defeat, work hard, and reclaim their humiliation, and they roared their resolve.
• Guo Ming, Hu Longxiang, and Yang Bohu led the group out of the Imperial Capital after fifteen minutes.

Xiao Tianyang fought the Elemental Kingdom princes Leigong, Shabao, and Ice Soul Heaven amid the ruins of the royal palace. After his Void-powered attacks badly injured them, he vowed to kill all three, and the princes regrouped to face him together.

• Xiao Tianyang's flames tore apart the ice, lightning, and sand tornadoes, and he attacked the princes with Void power channeled through the Congyun Blade.
• Leigong, Shabao, and Ice Soul Heaven suffered different injuries as they struggled to withstand Xiao Tianyang's repeated strikes.
• Leigong called Xiao Tianyang terrifying, and Xiao Tianyang threatened to make the Elemental Kingdom mourn the three princes.
• Xiao Tianyang stepped into Leigong's lightning curtain, where the Void power from his Congyun Blade swallowed the lightning serpents.
• Ice Soul Heaven and Shabao returned to help Leigong, and the three princes prepared to resist Xiao Tianyang together.

Xiao Tianyang faced the three princes and the Elemental Kingdom’s ten-million-strong army, then settled his completed side quest to gain rewards that might help him turn the tide. He used the Summoning Order, leaving the identity of the summoned general unresolved.

• The three princes revealed their concealed strength and forced Xiao Tianyang back, while Ice Soul Heaven warned that their army could overwhelm his allies.
• Xiao Tianyang realized he needed immediate help and asked the system to settle the mission.
• The system awarded Xiao Tianyang a Summoning Order, the Jade of He, and the Emperor Heavenly Scripture.
• Xiao Tianyang judged that the Summoning Order could help at once, took it out, and crushed it before the princes.
• Ice Soul Heaven and the other princes suspected the token was a weapon, while Xiao Tianyang waited to see which general it would summon.

Xiao Tianyang faced the three princes and their army while protecting the Douluo fighters, who rallied after his rebuke. He overwhelmed Ice Soul Heaven and turned to confront the other two princes as the battle raged around the imperial palace.

• Xiao Tianyang received Wanyan Chenheshang and ten thousand elite soldiers, then learned of the general’s record of defeating a much larger Mongol force.
• Ice Soul Heaven, Shabao, and Leigong attacked Xiao Tianyang and the fighters behind him, sending Xiao and Xuanzi’s group flying and crushing the Elemental Envoys.
• Xiao Tianyang rebuked the demoralized defenders and urged them to remember their responsibilities and the people behind them.
• Martin and the others charged into battle using Soldier’s Demise, prepared to risk their lives against the invading army.
• Ice Soul Heaven tried to hold Xiao Tianyang back with two Ice Dragons, but Xiao’s Fire Dragons pinned him down and left Xiao free to attack Shabao and Leigong.

Xiao Tianyang fought the Fire Lord, who arrived to save the defeated princes, while reinforcements approached the besieged forces outside the city. The Fire Lord’s attacks with two national treasures failed to kill Xiao Tianyang, and their battle remained unresolved.

• A horn signaled the arrival of reinforcements, prompting Zongheng Douluo and Yang Bohu to worry about the danger facing the newcomer.
• Xiao Tianyang reduced the imperial palace grounds to scorched earth and prepared to kill the three defeated princes so he could return to the battle outside the city.
• The Fire Lord appeared, stopped Xiao Tianyang’s blade, and demanded that he release the princes.
• Xiao Tianyang and the Fire Lord clashed with flames and dragons while Xiao Tianyang imprisoned the princes in separate cages.
• The Fire Lord attacked with an Eight-headed Serpent, but Xiao Tianyang survived the blow and asserted that the Fire Lord could not kill him on Douluo Continent.

Xiao Tianyang faced the Fire Lord in a stalemate, weighing the power of the Elemental Gate and the Eight-headed Serpent against the costs of prolonging the fight. When an unexpected heavy cavalry force approached, Xiao Tianyang recognized it as Wanyan Chenheshang's elite troops and used his apparent retreat to prepare a decisive attack.

• Xiao Tianyang assessed how the Elemental Gate strengthened the Fire Lord and how the Eight-headed Serpent made him difficult to defeat.
• Xiao Tianyang considered the costs of continuing the battle and resented spending valuable potions without gaining more than driving the enemy away.
• Iron hoofbeats sounded near the imperial palace, puzzling both Xiao Tianyang and the Fire Lord.
• Xiao Tianyang realized the approaching cavalry could be Wanyan Chenheshang's Helihe Army and Loyal and Filial Army.
• After several hundred more exchanges, Xiao Tianyang retreated, then poured his energy into the earth and intensified the Emperor Flame to catch the Fire Lord off guard.

Xiao Tianyang used the Nine Dragon Pillars and World Domain to trap the Elemental Kingdom’s Eight-headed Serpent and prepare to kill it. The Fire Lord rushed to intervene, risking a direct clash with Xiao Tianyang.

• Xiao Tianyang summoned the Nine Dragon Pillars and used his authority over the Douluo Continent’s Heaven and Earth to strengthen his attack.
• The Fire Lord ordered the two national treasures’ power gathered and sent the Eight-headed Serpent charging at Xiao Tianyang.
• The Eight-headed Serpent detonated its crowns to reflect the Nine Dragon Pillars’ flames, then continued its charge.
• Xiao Tianyang suppressed the Eight-headed Serpent with his World Domain and drew the Congyun Blade to unleash God Slayer's Blade.
• The Fire Lord sensed the attack could kill the Eight-headed Serpent and charged Xiao Tianyang with all his strength.

Xiao Tianyang learned that Wanyan Chenheshang’s forces had destroyed the Fire Lord’s elite Lava Legion, though they suffered devastating losses. After the Fire Lord vanished with the Elemental Gate, Xiao Tianyang began treating the wounded and suppressing the dangers left by Soldier's Demise, but Yue Shen arrived looking worried.

• Wanyan Chenheshang reported that the enemy elite had been wiped out and presented Xiao Tianyang with three Elemental Cores.
• Wanyan Chenheshang revealed that the Helihe Army had lost over half its men and only ten or twenty percent of the Loyal and Filial Army remained, while the Fire Lord mourned the destruction of the Lava Legion.
• The Fire Lord vowed that the conflict would continue, and Xiao Tianyang replied that he would reach the Elemental Kingdom first before the Fire Lord vanished with the Elemental Gate.
• Xiao Tianyang used [Spirit of the Flame] to stabilize the wounded and brought out the [Shen Nong Ding] to treat the hidden dangers caused by Soldier's Demise.
• After two hours, Yue Shen arrived and looked worried as she watched Xiao Tianyang.

Xiao Tianyang finished treating Martin and the others, then learned from Yue Shen that Wanyan Chenheshang had once belonged to Divine Might but was expelled for advocating that Xiao Tianyang become emperor. The chapter left Xiao Tianyang questioning the decision and Yue Shen’s fear that he would have harmed Wanyan Chenheshang.

• After completing the treatment, Xiao Tianyang told Wanyan Chenheshang to tend to his injuries and bring his people to meet him.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Yue Shen whether she knew Wanyan Chenheshang, and she knelt to confess that she had sinned.
• Xiao Tianyang assigned Martin to coordinate with the Douluo Federation’s officials and legions, instructing him to put the people first.
• As Yue Shen supported the exhausted Xiao Tianyang back to their hotel, she revealed that Wanyan Chenheshang had once served in Divine Might.
• Yue Shen explained that Wanyan Chenheshang had been driven out because he wanted to promote Xiao Tianyang’s benevolence and prepare for him to become emperor.

Xiao Tianyang learned that Wanyan Chenheshang had been working for him across Douluo Continent and ordered Yue Shen to bring him back. After hearing that an enemy counterattack had killed or wounded more than two million commoners, Xiao Tianyang called for a general offensive, while Yue Shen warned him not to let rage guide his command.

• Xiao Tianyang told Yue Shen that he wanted Wanyan Chenheshang to return and said they could discuss his other ambitions later.
• Yue Shen reported that an enemy legion had counterattacked, killing or wounding more than two million commoners.
• Xiao Tianyang learned that Xu Tianran had left Douluo Continent after making a deal with the Elemental Kingdom.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered all Limit-level cultivators to join every general offensive in ten days and threatened punishment for those who avoided battle.
• Yue Shen cautioned Xiao Tianyang that the Elemental Kingdom might be trying to provoke him and asked whether he was commanding calmly or in anger.

Xiao Tianyang withdrew after his plans were disrupted, while the Imperial Capital struggled to recover from the war. As Yue Shen pressed Lin Jiayi to restore order within half a month, Xiao Tianyang’s allies worried that the strain of battle and pill refining had pushed him into a dangerous state.

• Xiao Tianyang retreated to his room after Wanyan Chenheshang’s appearance disrupted the plan to attack the rear camp.
• Three days after the war, Xiao Tianyang assigned Lin Jiayi responsibility for helping the Imperial Capital recover, with the Douluo Federation’s forces set to withdraw once Lin Jiayi’s school of thought could take over.
• Lin Jiayi complained to Yue Shen about his impossible deadline, but she ordered him to present a complete plan within half a month and warned that everyone connected to the incident could be punished if he failed.
• Yue Shen and the others worried about Xiao Tianyang, who had fought the war’s strongest enemies and then pushed himself through another period of intense pill refining for Martin and the others.

After four days of fasting to recover from battle and suppress his anger, Xiao Tianyang emerged from his room vigorous and with an Emperor's Physique. Yue Shen updated him on events and received his approval for her plans.

• Yan Lingji worried that Xiao Tianyang's four days without food might endanger him, while Yue Shen urged the others to wait.
• The women discussed the growing pressure from visitors, especially Wanyan Chenheshang, who had requested an audience seven times in two days.
• Xiao Tianyang left his room looking energetic, and Yue Shen recognized that he had gained an Emperor's Physique.
• Xiao Tianyang said he felt great and explained that he had recently obtained a cultivation technique and useful material.
• Yue Shen briefed Xiao Tianyang on recent events and her proposed arrangements, and he approved her plans.

Xiao Tianyang discussed the Sun Moon Empire’s public anger toward its imperial family and the losses Divine Might suffered, while keeping territorial integration as a last resort. He then asked Wanyan Chenheshang how quickly his armies could recover for a future war against the Elemental Kingdom.

• Xiao Tianyang and Yue Shen agreed that the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial family had lost public trust and that its citizens needed someone to hold responsible for the deaths of two million people.
• Xiao Tianyang considered dismantling and integrating the Sun Moon Empire’s territory only as a last resort, preferring to preserve its culture.
• Wanyan Chenheshang visited Xiao Tianyang and offered to lead the vanguard in a future war against the Elemental Kingdom.
• Xiao Tianyang asked how soon the Loyal and Filial Army and the Helihe Army could recover, and Wanyan Chenheshang said they could return to full strength within three months if supplies were provided.
• Yue Shen described the Wanyan Clan as brave, loyal, and skilled in mounted warfare, explaining why Wanyan Chenheshang did not plan to recruit from Shenwu Branch Academy.

Xiao Tianyang formed Wanyan Chenheshang’s Third Legion and handled reports and tournament arrangements before leaving for Eternal Night to confront the Elemental Kingdom. After he departed, Yan Lingji and Snow Woman resolved to secure his rear by investigating threats to the empire, starting with Mingde Hall.

• Xiao Tianyang made Wanyan Chenheshang’s loyalty the basis for establishing the Third Legion, which would compete with the Flying Tiger Legion and prove itself in the coming war.
• Wanyan Chenheshang agreed to lead the Third Legion and set out from the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Tianyang met with Martin about his assignment and Guo Ming about the interrupted All-Continent Soul Master Elite Tournament, then worked until late evening.
• Xiao Tianyang opened a Teleportation Gate to Eternal Night, intending to address his own problem and confront the Elemental Kingdom.
• Yan Lingji and Snow Woman discussed the looming war and decided to remove hidden dangers within the empire, choosing Mingde Hall as their first target.

Xiao Tianyang returned to Eternal Night and toured the newly completed palace before asking Satan about the realm’s progress. Satan reported that Eternal Night had slowed its expansion after the battle with Chaugnar Fagern, while its ecosystem and five races continued developing.

• Xiao Tianyang arrived in Eternal Night and admired the new palace complex built in an ancient Chinese style.
• Xiao Tianyang explored the palace grounds and decided that Saber would probably like the architecture.
• Xiao Tianyang met Satan in the council hall and asked how Eternal Night had developed over the past three months.
• Satan explained that Eternal Night had slowed its advance after the operation against Chaugnar Fagern and could use Chaugnar Fagern’s subsidiary plane to recover its vitality.
• Satan reported that the five races had entered a period of rapid development and that Eternal Night’s ecosystem had fully recovered.