Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianyang returned to the Eternal Night Plane after strengthening the [World Will Domain], intending to consult Satan and recover Void's exclusive weapon before the war. Satan explained the origin of the [Emperor Heavenly Scripture] and proposed turning the Elemental Kingdom's probing against them, leaving Xiao Tianyang waiting to hear his plan.

• Xiao Tianyang opened the [Gate of Eternal Night] and left the Soul Beasts behind to visit Satan.
• Satan sensed Xiao Tianyang's return to the Eternal Night Plane and declared that Eternal Night's recovery was back on track.
• Xiao Tianyang met Satan in Golden Palace Hall and learned that the [Emperor Heavenly Scripture] recorded Great Emperor Tian Xuan's insights and contained part of his Emperor Will.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Satan about the task he had assigned, and Satan asked whether the Elemental Kingdom had begun testing them.
• Xiao Tianyang confirmed that the Elemental Kingdom's probing had become less restrained, and Satan suggested turning their scheme against them.

Xiao Tianyang returned to Douluo Continent after settling his affairs in Eternal Night and confronted the Plane Spirit over the risks of the New System. After securing its cooperation with the original plan, he went to Shenwu Hall to review Yue Shen and the others’ progress.

• Xiao Tianyang dismissed the Soul Beasts, who retreated after recognizing him as their supreme king.
• The Plane Spirit warned Xiao Tianyang that Douluo Continent could collapse if too many people cultivated the New System, but Xiao Tianyang insisted it follow their original plan.
• The Plane Spirit agreed to cooperate after Xiao Tianyang revealed some of his trump cards and assured it that the plan’s outcome would be achieved.
• Xiao Tianyang traveled to Shenwu Hall and found Yue Shen, Li Ming, and the others discussing the materials he had sent.
• Xiao Tianyang reviewed the materials at a glance and asked the group whether their progress had reached this stage.

Xiao Tianyang and the others spent seventy-two hours refining safeguards for the New System, then learned how it formed a personal Independent Space and changed the role of spirit rings and Soul Skills. The meeting’s results suggested the system could protect cultivators’ power cores and weaken the prejudice tied to spirit ring grades.

• Xiao Tianyang guided the meeting through the Energy Domain and focused the group on identifying risks and safeguards for the New System.
• The participants worked for seventy-two hours, proposing, rejecting, and revising plans until they addressed the system’s known flaws.
• Li Ming awakened and told Xiao Tianyang that the New System placed a cultivator’s core in a transcendent Independent Space built from blood, vitality, the soul, and the Martial Soul.
• Xiao Tianyang calculated that the system was nearly perfect, while Li Ming explained that spirit ring quality remained but ring grades no longer determined strength.
• Xiao Tianyang concluded that the reduced importance of Soul Skills could gradually ease the prejudice between humans and Soul Beasts, while cultivators could rely on Profound Techniques instead.

Xiao Tianyang ordered Li Ming and the others to investigate the New System’s strengths and weaknesses while keeping recent events secret. In private, Yue Shen questioned Xiao Tianyang about his unusual strength and his plans for a war against the Elemental Kingdom, and he revealed the powers of his modified [Infinity Gauntlet].

• Xiao Tianyang told Li Ming and the others to cultivate, study their advantages and shortcomings, and leave discussion of recent events to Divine Might.
• Esdeath, Su Ziming, You Mingyue, and Tie Shan assessed the New System, while Xiao Tianyang cautioned that it might have hidden drawbacks and told Yue Shen to stay behind.
• Yue Shen asked whether Xiao Tianyang’s New System differed from theirs, and Xiao Tianyang explained how he had changed.
• Yue Shen sensed unease among the leaders of the hundred schools and asked Xiao Tianyang how strong he was; he estimated he had become at least five or six times stronger than before.
• Yue Shen asked whether Xiao Tianyang planned to use his strength to start a war with the Elemental Kingdom, and he said the legions would fight a prolonged war.
• Xiao Tianyang equipped his modified [Infinity Gauntlet] and explained the soul, offensive, defensive, and life-based treasures it contained.

Xiao Tianyang revealed his trump card and explained his strategy to Yue Shen, who proposed using their hidden territory and elite forces to turn the enemy’s scheme against them. After ordering Wanyan Chenheshang to intensify the fighting, Xiao Tianyang went with Yue Shen to inspect the equipment Optimus Prime had developed.

• Xiao Tianyang protected Yue Shen with the [Infinity Gauntlet], explained the [Heavenly Dao Contract], and gave her the [Night Fog] cloak to guard her and conceal her from divination.
• Yue Shen assessed Xiao Tianyang’s plan and used a sand table and Go pieces to lay out how their forces could lure the enemy into a decisive battle.
• Xiao Tianyang praised Yue Shen’s strategy and ordered her to give Wanyan Chenheshang as many Ascension Pills as he requested while increasing the intensity of his attacks.
• Yue Shen reported that Optimus Prime had completed the requested equipment and that the Shenwu Research Institute had manufactured the required quantity.
• Xiao Tianyang removed the protections around them and invited Yue Shen to inspect the equipment with him.

Xiao Tianyang toured the Shenwu Research Institute’s Core Ring and learned how the Shenwu Armor was produced. After visiting all seven workshops, he reached the finished-armor packaging area and recognized the protective purpose of the black iron boxes.

• Xiao Tianyang entered the Shenwu Research Institute’s Core Ring, where You Mingyue showed him the Shenwu Armor production workshop.
• You Mingyue explained that the armor exceeded its original requirements and passed through seven stages: shaping, reinforcement, circuitry, alchemy, engraving, fitting, and assembly.
• Xiao Tianyang toured all seven workshops and considered how the armor’s features might improve its wearer’s combat ability.
• At the packaging area, Xiao Tianyang noticed that the black iron boxes used reinforcing and source-isolating Secret Patterns.

Xiao Tianyang inspected the newly developed Shenwu Armor and weapons, approving their quality and examining their abilities. He discovered that the Hundred-Forged Ring-Pommel Saber could potentially kill an opponent by severing their soul.

• Xiao Tianyang examined the Shenwu Armor and found that it increased combat power by at least seventy percent.
• You Mingyue credited Optimus Prime and the Shenwu Research Institute for developing the armor, and Xiao Tianyang promised to reward them separately.
• Xiao Tianyang tested a Dragon Pattern Spear and confirmed that it could channel Soul Power effectively and meet his quality target.
• Xiao Tianyang inspected a Hundred-Forged Ring-Pommel Saber and discovered its trait could trigger a lethal effect that severed an opponent's soul.

Yue Shen organized the preliminary steps for Xiao Tianyang’s plan targeting the God Realm while he entered seclusion. After briefing four high-ranking faction members on the dangers, she watched them all choose to stay.

• Xiao Tianyang delegated the preliminary arrangements for his God Realm plan to Yue Shen before entering seclusion.
• Seven days later, Yue Shen left the military camp and asked Yan Lingji to summon Shadow Demon, Gale, Fallen Leaf, and Flying Swallow to Shenwu Hall.
• Yue Shen retrieved items from the treasure vault and prepared confidential materials for the four visitors.
• After reading the materials, Shadow Demon and the others considered Yue Shen’s offer to leave or stay.
• Within a quarter of an hour, all four chose to stay despite the dangers.

Yue Shen prepared Shadow Demon and three others for a dangerous mission to the God Realm, giving them fused tools and instructions to find Lady Saber. Meanwhile, Yue Shen and Yan Lingji oversaw preparations in Divine Might as Xiao Tianyang continued studying the powers of the Golden Gem in seclusion.

• Yue Shen gave Shadow Demon and the others talismans, pointers, and bracelets, warning them to act separately and use the bracelets as a last resort if captured.
• Yue Shen fused the items into the four travelers with a crystal pillar, warned them that the God Realm might anticipate their mission, and handed them invitations.
• Shadow Demon and the others left for Water Capital, intending to reach the Land Beyond Law and board the Ascension Platform to enter the God Realm.
• Yue Shen told Yan Lingji to monitor the Shenwu Research Institute, then went to Fei Yan's Cabinet Office to check Divine Might's progress and investigate influential figures from the previous generation.
• Xiao Tianyang remained beneath the Spring of Life, having mastered its power and studying Soul Magic and the different kinds of magic within the Golden Gem.

Xiao Tianyang studied Elemental Magic while Shadow Demon and the others ascended to the God Realm. Alarmed by their arrival and Xiao Tianyang’s growing threat, the God Realm’s five Great God Kings agreed to capture them first.

• Xiao Tianyang used his enhanced mind to memorize and analyze books on Elemental Magic.
• Shadow Demon and the others completed the Ascension Platform’s baptism and transformation, then began climbing the passage to the God Realm.
• The God Realm Committee learned that the newcomers’ passage had opened and viewed their arrival as tied to its conflict with Xiao Tianyang.
• The five Great God Kings discussed how to deal with Shadow Demon and the others, then agreed to capture them before deciding whether to kill or keep them.

Shadow Demon and the other operatives set out to find Saber, but Asura God hunted Shadow Demon down and nearly killed him. Yuwen Chengdu rescued Shadow Demon after hearing he carried a message from Xiao Tianyang for Saber, leaving Asura God wounded and behind.

• Shadow Demon used Yue Shen’s Treasure-seeking Compass to determine Saber was east, then led the group in a plan to adjust their routes and support Gale Douluo.
• Asura God tracked Shadow Demon for three days and relentlessly wounded him with flying knives.
• Asura God pinned Shadow Demon down and demanded Xiao Tianyang’s objective, but Shadow Demon refused to answer.
• Asura God prepared to kill Shadow Demon, but Yuwen Chengdu arrived and overwhelmed him with his Phoenix-wing Golden Bludgeon.
• Shadow Demon told Yuwen Chengdu that the Master had a message for Lady Saber, so Yuwen Chengdu carried him away.

After emerging from a month of seclusion, Xiao Tianyang reviewed Divine Might’s assessment of the New System and approved a plan to train Shenwu Academy’s selected students using Death Row Prisoners. He left Li Ming in charge and assigned the Hundred Schools leaders to supervise, while Yan Lingji asked whether training would now begin.

• Xiao Tianyang emerged from seclusion and reviewed the documents submitted by Li Ming and the others.
• Li Ming reported that the training plan was complete but questioned whether using Death Row Prisoners would make it too difficult.
• Xiao Tianyang argued that generous rewards and the students’ freedom to choose balanced the challenge, then put Li Ming in charge and assigned the others to supervise.
• Xiao Tianyang told the Hundred Schools leaders that he would not participate further and would judge only the results.
• After everyone left, Yan Lingji asked Xiao Tianyang whether he was preparing to begin training the new students.

Xiao Tianyang prepared to make a move while Li Ming and the others proceeded with his dangerous training plan. In Shenwu City, faction leaders gathered to observe the recruits, while former wanted figures appeared under Divine Might’s protection, leaving Du Bisi to reconsider his plans.

• Xiao Tianyang told Yan Lingji that he needed to make a move after staying quiet for so long.
• Li Ming persuaded the others to announce Xiao Tianyang’s training plan and leave the faction leaders’ reactions to him.
• Three days later, Divine Might’s new recruits assembled in Shenwu City as leaders from various factions gathered nearby.
• Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, Xie Baorui, and other notable figures appeared at the plaza under Divine Might’s apparent permission.
• Du Busi warned Du Bisi that the newcomers had received a personal letter from Yue Shen and urged him to wait until Ao Tian took over his position.

Li Ming announced a lethal training plan that would pit the New Generation against death-row prisoners, rival teams, and assassins, provoking objections from elders in the square. Xiao Tianyang silenced the crowd, ordered Du Bisi to send anyone who caused trouble to the Heavenly Prison, and told unwilling trainees they could leave.

• Li Ming explained that teams would face death-row prisoners, rival tournament teams, and hired assassins, with rewards for survival and a pardon for any prisoner who killed an entire team.
• The elders protested the danger, while the trainees showed excitement over the trial locations and rewards listed in their hands.
• Fang Yanruo asked Li Ming whether they should suppress the protests, and Li Ming prepared to demand silence.
• Xiao Tianyang appeared and addressed the square, then ordered Du Bisi to send anyone who made trouble to the Heavenly Prison.
• Xiao Tianyang told trainees who did not want to participate that they could leave, then vanished.

Xiao Tianyang waited for news of the God Realm operation while considering his pending system missions and the unrest over his training program. After Yue Shen reported that someone had completed a mission in the God Realm, he ordered additional supplies sent there and went to the treasure vault.

• Xiao Tianyang asked Yan Lingji for news from the Shadow Demons and the God Realm, and she said there had been no updates or bracelet activity.
• Xiao Tianyang reviewed his two pending system missions and considered how earlier counterattacks might qualify for rewards.
• Yue Shen arrived using Dark Moon Mist Escape and reported that the God Realm operation was proceeding smoothly.
• Yue Shen told Xiao Tianyang that someone had successfully completed a mission in the God Realm.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered You Mingyue and the others to prepare all their supplies, adding two sets of Level Ten Fixed Soul Cannons and three highly defensive Sub-Divine Artifacts.
• Xiao Tianyang sent Yue Shen to the Shenwu Research Institute and headed with Yan Lingji to the treasure vault.

Saber, Yuwen Chengdu, and Bibi Dong’s factions remained wary of one another over their differing priorities in the God Realm, though Xiao Tianyang’s return offered a way to resolve their tensions. After Shadow Demon reported to Saber, the gathered leaders met privately to discuss Xiao Tianyang.

• Shadow Demon reported information about Xiao Tianyang to Saber while waiting for the next phase of the plan.
• Saber’s growing influence and the four forces she organized had fueled tension with Yuwen Chengdu, who feared Xiao Tianyang’s interests would be sidelined.
• Yuwen Chengdu had led the Divine Might Legion away to avoid a direct confrontation with Saber and preserve strength for Xiao Tianyang.
• Bibi Dong had tried and failed to reconcile Saber and Yuwen Chengdu, recognizing that only Xiao Tianyang could truly command Yuwen Chengdu.
• The idle people left the tent, and Saber and the remaining leaders gathered to discuss Xiao Tianyang.

Saber and the others watched Xiao Tianyang’s transport base activate and deliver a vast shipment of supplies to the square. The delivery left Saber with Xiao Tianyang’s letter in hand while Bibi Dong warned her that the knight orders’ loyalty could threaten her authority.

• Saber, Shadow Demon, and the others inspected the transformed bracelet as Bibi Dong deduced that Xiao Tianyang was trying to send something through it.
• The base trembled, and the Round Table Knights and Night Knights formed a protective ring around it; Yuwen Chengdu stopped the Divine Might Legion’s generals from confronting them.
• Bibi Dong warned Saber that the knight orders’ loyalty to her rather than Xiao Tianyang could lead to others impeaching her.
• A beam of light delivered crates, boxes, and containers across the square, followed by a letter that flew into Saber’s hand.
• Saber opened Xiao Tianyang’s letter in front of the gathered people with close ties to him.

Xiao Tianyang discussed the hidden force behind the God Realm with Satan while waiting for Saber's reply. After reading her letter, he followed Satan's advice and changed into an ancient Qin-style dragon robe before proceeding.

• Xiao Tianyang explained that he had sent equipment through the Rainbow Bridge and arranged for Eternal Night's craftsmen to modify the Shenwu Research Institute's prototypes.
• Satan reported that someone had blocked astrological divination, and he and Xiao Tianyang considered whether Terror Prison might be behind the God Realm.
• Saber's golden-light reply arrived, and Xiao Tianyang asked Satan to read the letter and advise him on how to handle the matter.
• Satan recommended that Xiao Tianyang trust Saber and alter his appearance to improve the outcome.
• Xiao Tianyang used the Infinity Gauntlet and the Supreme Martial Emperor Treasure Codex to transform his modern clothes into an ancient Qin-style dragon robe.

Xiao Tianyang prepared to assume the title of emperor and used an energy clone to appear in the God Realm as knights and generals fought over Shenwu Armor. His arrival silenced the plaza, and he confronted those responsible for the dispute.

• Satan advised Xiao Tianyang to offer the knights honor and promised him that their ambitions would be easier to control once they entered the God Realm.
• Xiao Tianyang put on a crown and used the [Rainbow Bridge] to transmit his consciousness to the God Realm.
• Saber's knights demanded two-thirds of the Shenwu Armor, prompting a dispute with Yuwen Chengdu's generals.
• Bo Saixi stopped Saber from intervening, while Miao Zhenshan said the knights had been acting excessively.
• Xiao Tianyang appeared on the pedestal in an energy body, and the crowd knelt before him.
• Xiao Tianyang called out the people causing trouble and prepared to discipline them.

Xiao Tianyang returned to the square and confronted the knights whose disorder had caused the conflict, while Yuwen Chengdu and his soldiers reaffirmed their loyalty to him. He asked Situ Yan to choose between drafting a new code for the God Realm and accepting execution.

• Yuwen Chengdu knelt before Xiao Tianyang, who ordered him to rise and praised his hard work.
• Xiao Tianyang asked how the three major knight orders should be punished under Divine Might Law, and Situ Yan prescribed severe penalties for the soldiers, officers, and their commander.
• Xiao Tianyang questioned Situ Yan for failing to stop the knights from breaking the law, and Situ Yan said he lacked authority.
• Xiao Tianyang offered Situ Yan authority to compile a code for the God Realm within six hours, with members of the Legalist School as his assistants.
• Situ Yan asked about the second choice, and Xiao Tianyang implied he would grant Situ Yan's earlier request for death.