Chapter Summaries

Nan Liujing and Yuanen Yehui defeated Tuoke, seized his royal demon bloodline, and refined it together before continuing their hunt in the Forbidden Zone. Two days later, the four cities gathered at a contested valley where they would have to cooperate to open the barrier and claim its abundant Life Source Crystals.

• Tuoke fled Nan Liujing and Yuanen Yehui, but Nan Liujing's lightning destroyed his demon servants and left him badly wounded before Yuanen Yehui finished him with a single earth-powered punch.
• Yuanen Yehui captured Tuoke's royal bloodline, and Nan Liujing took her into the forest to help her refine it; Tuoke revived at You City and was ordered to reclaim his bloodline or be used as materials.
• Gu Yue and Ye Xinglan drove the You City mages away while the Li City mages collected Life Source Crystals, and Nan Liujing's group continued deeper into the Forbidden Zone.
• Nan Liujing and Yuanen Yehui discussed the limited purification from Tuoke's bloodline and agreed to pursue more demons, while Nan Liujing promised to visit her family when the time was right.
• Over the next two days, factions fought over Life Source Crystals across the Forbidden Zone, and fighters from the four cities headed toward a valley that required all four cities to open its energy barrier.

At Four Directions Valley, Nan Liujing sealed the passages and killed the gathered royal demons with his Ultimate Lightning, harvesting their bloodlines. He left the others to continue the Life Source Crystal contest and kissed Yuanen Yehui in the forest, where Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Wu Sidu discovered them.

• At the eastern entrance, Li Tian gave Nan Liujing the Exotic Crystals and explained the contest for Life Source Crystals, while Nan Liujing asked the gathered soul masters to help trap and kill You City's demons.
• Nan Liujing revealed that he and Yuanen Yehui could refine demon bloodlines, and the group entered Four Directions Valley after its barrier shattered.
• In the western passage, Tok tried to persuade the royal demons to unite against Nan Liujing, and the demons agreed to confront him when the groups met.
• After the four cities gathered in the valley, Nan Liujing raised earthen walls across the passages and killed the thirty royal demons with lightning, then left Li Tian to continue the contest.
• Nan Liujing and Yuanen Yehui went to a forest and kissed, while Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Wu Sidu secretly watched them.

Nan Liujing and Gu Yue traveled deeper into the Forbidden Zone to find a Soul Nurturing Wood after he wiped out thirty elite demons. They rested in a cave, where Nan Liujing invited Gu Yue to join him in winning the Sea Soul Beasts’ faith after they returned to the Douluo Plane, and she agreed while deciding to claim a different reward after refusing his request for a kiss.

• The five archdemons learned that Nan Liujing had drained the bloodlines of thirty elite demons, then pressured You City’s elders into giving them an additional share of Life Source Crystals.
• Nan Liujing and Yuanen Yehui shared a tender moment, and she asked him to accompany her home after she refined her bloodline; he agreed.
• Nan Liujing promised more than forty geniuses that he would forge Fusion-grade Soul Forging Metal for them, while Gu Yue reported that Li Tian knew the location of a Soul Nurturing Wood deep in the Forbidden Zone.
• Gu Yue insisted on joining Nan Liujing to search for the Soul Nurturing Wood, while Ye Xinglan and Wu Sidu stayed with the main group.
• Nan Liujing and Gu Yue traveled nearly eight hundred li through dangerous territory, then rested in a cave and discussed seeking the Sea Soul Beasts’ faith together after returning to the Douluo Plane.
• Gu Yue refused Nan Liujing’s request for a kiss, saying she wanted to save her first kiss for a wonderful moment, and resolved to take something else as compensation.

Nan Liujing was abducted by the Life Ancient Tree while searching for Soul Nurturing Wood, and Gu Yue escaped the Forbidden Zone to warn the others. When Leng Yaozhu entered the zone and was overwhelmed by its forces, Nan Liujing used the tree’s power to rescue her, leaving them inside its hidden space.

• Nan Liujing and Gu Yue found Soul Nurturing Wood, but a phantom ancient tree seized Nan Liujing and vanished with him.
• Gu Yue escaped the Forbidden Zone through resurrection and told Leng Yaozhu that Nan Liujing had been taken; Leng Yaozhu rushed into the zone despite the Great Elder’s warning.
• Nan Liujing learned that he had been brought to the Life Ancient Tree, while the God of Destruction sensed Leng Yaozhu fighting Exotic Beasts outside.
• Leng Yaozhu was weakened and surrounded by the beasts as she searched for Nan Liujing, until Nan Liujing arrived wielding the Life Ancient Tree’s power.
• Nan Liujing carried Leng Yaozhu through a Spatial Node into the tree’s hidden space, and the Forbidden Zone’s landscape began to recover.

Nan Liujing saved Leng Yaozhu from the Life Ancient Tree’s lethal Law of Life, and their first kiss deepened their relationship as they learned they were trapped together until he earned the tree’s recognition. He sent Gu Yue to gather Exotic Crystals and coordinate their allies while he and Leng Yaozhu remained in the Forbidden Zone.

• Nan Liujing used the Child of Nature to fight the Law of Life consuming Leng Yaozhu, but the God of Destruction told him to use mouth-to-mouth contact to transfer the power out.
• Nan Liujing kissed Leng Yaozhu while channeling the Natural Domain, and Leng Yaozhu woke and returned his kiss as he finished removing the Law of Life.
• Nan Liujing explained that the Life Ancient Tree had trapped him in the Forbidden Zone until it recognized him, and Leng Yaozhu realized she would have to stay with him to avoid the Exotic Beasts.
• Nan Liujing contacted Gu Yue and instructed her to reassure their allies, continue the divine position trials, and gather Li City's Exotic Crystals for delivery to the Soul Nurturing Wood site.
• Gu Yue rallied the Douluo soul masters and Li City's leaders to collect the Exotic Crystals, then led the group to the marshy grassland where Nan Liujing was waiting.

Nan Liujing remained in the Forbidden Zone to complete the Divine Artifact trial, while the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life revealed Tang San’s role in sabotaging their resurrection and agreed to help Nan Liujing become a god. After the others left the small plane, Nan Liujing began hunting powerful Exotic Beasts for their crystals.

• Nan Liujing bid farewell to Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, Wu Sidu, and Yuanen Yehui, then returned to the small space, where Leng Yaozhu showed him a hot spring and he brought out more than sixty thousand Exotic Crystals.
• Nan Liujing used the Life Condensing Bead method to return Life Divine Power from the Exotic Crystals to the Life Ancient Tree, awakening the Goddess of Life’s remnant soul.
• Nan Liujing told the Goddess of Life that Tang San had interfered with her and the God of Destruction’s resurrection; the God of Destruction awakened and angrily confronted her before persuading her to help Nan Liujing.
• The Goddess of Life gave Nan Liujing the Ancient Tree Divine Seal and agreed to link him with the Life Ancient Tree, while he accepted that he would have to hunt stronger Exotic Beasts himself to gather enough crystals.
• Guan Yue and Zang Xin led the others out of the Forbidden Zone, while Qian Gu Dongfeng began plotting to make Qiangu Zhangting a Pagoda Master candidate.
• Nan Liujing faced ten early-stage Titled Douluo-level Exotic Beasts, raised the Coiled Dragon Staff, and began the hunt.

Nan Liujing defeated the final Exotic Beast and received authority over the Life Ancient Tree, which raised his cultivation to level eighty-nine and gave him the Power of Creation. The Goddess of Life revealed that Leng Yaozhu could use it to form her own god position through a union with Nan Liujing, prompting Leng Yaozhu to confess her love and the two to become intimate.

• Nan Liujing destroyed the final Exotic Beast and brought its Exotic Crystal to the Goddess of Life.
• The Goddess of Life transferred authority over the Life Ancient Tree to Nan Liujing, raising him to level eighty-nine and strengthening his body.
• The Goddess of Life explained that the Life Ancient Tree held a wisp of Power of Creation that could help Leng Yaozhu condense a god position if she united yin and yang with Nan Liujing.
• Leng Yaozhu confessed that she loved Nan Liujing as both her disciple and a man, and recalled how he had brought light into her lonely life.
• Nan Liujing approached Leng Yaozhu, and she led him to the hot spring, where they became intimate.

Nan Liujing and Leng Yaozhu left the small plane after Nan used his divine power to save its human cities and open part of the Forbidden Zone to settlement. Back in Mingdu, they reunited with Xia Zheng Leng and Qian Gu Qingfeng, learned that Qiangu Zhangting was favored to lead the Spirit Pagoda, and Nan revealed his cultivation, shocking them.

• The Goddess of Life advised Nan Liujing to leave the Life Ancient Tree in the small plane and use his authority to help its people; Nan agreed and drove the beast tide away from four cities.
• Nan Liujing opened part of the Forbidden Zone to human settlement, gaining the people’s cheers and a growing power of faith, then left the small plane with Leng Yaozhu.
• Nan and Leng Yaozhu returned to the Douluo Plane and called Xia Zheng Leng, who invited them to meet her and Qian Gu Qingfeng in Mingdu.
• Xia Zheng Leng and Qian Gu Qingfeng told Nan and Leng Yaozhu that Qiangu Zhangting and Gu Yue were the leading candidates in the Spirit Pagoda’s upcoming leadership selections, with Qiangu Zhangting widely expected to prevail.
• Nan Liujing said he would shatter Qiangu Zhangting’s prospects, then revealed his cultivation to Qian Gu Qingfeng and Xia Zheng Leng, leaving them stunned and delighted.

Nan Liujing returned to Douluo after reaching Rank 89 and warned the Blood God Legion that the Holy Spirit Cult might be plotting with the Abyss, proposing a trap to destroy invading Abyss Emperors. After traveling back to Shrek City with Leng Yaozhu, he learned that Er Ming had come seeking Ah Yin and intended to kill him; Gu Yue and the others approached as Nan Liujing prepared to deal with the threat.

• Nan Liujing told Qian Gu Qingfeng, Xia Zheng Leng, and Leng Yaozhu that he had reached Rank 89, then warned Mirror Douluo Zhang Huanyun about a possible Holy Spirit Cult plot against the Blood God Array.
• Nan Liujing proposed secretly luring Evil Soul Masters and Abyss Emperors into a trap at the Blood God Legion, and Zhang Huanyun agreed to investigate possible infiltrators.
• Nan Liujing and Leng Yaozhu delayed their return to the academy, visited Sun Kong, and learned that Wu Jingru and Ye Changming were waiting to see which family Nan Liujing would visit first.
• Nan Liujing and Leng Yaozhu reached Shrek Academy, where Ah Yin revealed that Er Ming had asked her to establish a life-energy passage and had muttered that he planned to kill Nan Liujing.
• Nan Liujing decided to deal with Er Ming and Da Ming, while Leng Yaozhu warned him to focus on Yue'er and the others after their honeymoon.
• Gu Yue and several other women approached Nan Liujing and Leng Yaozhu across Sea God Lake.

Nan Liujing reunited with Gu Yue, Wu Sidu, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui, then learned how the Spirit Pagoda’s political position had deteriorated during his absence. He promised to meet Ye Xinglan and Wu Sidu’s fathers and support Yuanen Yehui’s family, while Ya Li learned the Soul Nurturing Wood had been destroyed and found comfort with Yun Ming’s body.

• Nan Liujing met the four girls and Leng Yaozhu, and Gu Yue briefed them on the factions backing Qiangu Zhangting and the Spirit Pagoda’s conflict with Qian Gu Dongfeng.
• Yuanen Yehui told Nan Liujing that Qian Gu Dongfeng had taken some of the Sky Phoenix Family’s holdings, and Nan Liujing promised to meet her family and accompany her to her mother’s grave.
• Nan Liujing asked Leng Yaozhu to contact Ya Li and explain that the Soul Nurturing Wood intended for Sky Pillar Douluo’s resurrection had been burned.
• Nan Liujing offered to meet Ye Xinglan and Wu Sidu’s fathers, then accepted Gu Yue’s playful invitation and received a sudden kiss from her.
• Nan Liujing told Ya Li the Soul Nurturing Wood was gone and let her spend time with Yun Ming’s body, which he controlled through a split soul.
• Ya Li sat on a swing on Golden Island while Yun Ming’s body pushed her, and she thanked Nan Liujing for the comfort.

The Spirit Pagoda held a public election that left the Sky Phoenix Faction weakened and set Qiangu Zhangting against Gu Yue for the position of successor. Gu Yue revealed that Nan Liujing would fight instead, and Nan Liujing and Leng Yaozhu returned, stunning Qiangu Zhangting and Qian Gu Dongfeng.

• Qian Gu Dieting opened the Spirit Pagoda election and had Xu Shengqun preside over the proceedings.
• The councilors assigned the Sky Phoenix Faction’s three remaining candidates to difficult cities while the Qian Gu lineage secured more favorable placements.
• Qiangu Zhangting and Gu Yue appeared as candidates for Spirit Messenger, and Qiangu Zhangting tried to persuade Gu Yue to choose him over Nan Liujing.
• Gu Yue declined to compete for Pagoda Master successor and announced that Nan Liujing would fight Qiangu Zhangting instead.
• Nan Liujing entered the hall alive, and Leng Yaozhu followed, shocking Qiangu Zhangting and leaving Qian Gu Dongfeng to realize his plans had failed.

Nan Liujing defeated Qiangu Zhangting in a public duel, using his time-space ability to pierce the Three-word Battle Armor and secure the Spirit Pagoda successor position. Qian Gu Dieting then restored Leng Yaozhu as Pagoda Master, setting the stage for a purge within the Spirit Pagoda.

• Leng Yaozhu returned from the Forbidden Zone as a Quasi-God and suppressed Qian Gu Dongfeng with her pressure.
• Nan Liujing agreed to duel Qiangu Zhangting in the Spirit Pagoda's Soul Battle Arena, where Qiangu Zhangting demanded a real-world fight.
• Nan Liujing overwhelmed Qiangu Zhangting in staff combat and endured his first Unbending Staff Technique strike without wearing Battle Armor.
• Nan Liujing used a spatial rift and claw blade to bypass Qiangu Zhangting's Battle Armor and grievously wound him, then won the duel.
• Qian Gu Dieting named Nan Liujing Spirit Messenger and restored Leng Yaozhu to the position of Pagoda Master.

After Leng Yaozhu consolidated control of the Spirit Pagoda, Nan Liujing discussed whether to make a complete version of the Mysterious Heaven Skill public, then traveled toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Long Yeyue ambushed him on the way, but Yun Ming appeared behind her and threatened to kill her.

• Lin Shu confirmed that Qiangu Zhangting would recover, and Qiangu Dongfeng secretly hired a Limit Douluo to kill Nan Liujing.
• Leng Yaozhu reshuffled the Spirit Pagoda, rewarded loyal members, and punished or expelled those who had oppressed the Sky Phoenix Faction.
• Nan Liujing told Leng Yaozhu and the others that his complete Mysterious Heaven Skill could let ordinary people become Soul Masters, though he was still considering whether to open-source it.
• Nan Liujing left for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to meet Na'er and prepare to learn Heaven Forging in Heaven Dou City.
• Long Yeyue confronted Nan Liujing in the wilderness and tried to attack him, but Yun Ming appeared behind her and revealed that he was alive.

Nan Liujing controlled Yun Ming as he defeated Long Yeyue, who appeared to die after her ring-detonation technique backfired but then revealed a feigned death. Yun Ming killed her for real, and Nan Liujing reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where a cocoon containing a forming divine position began to open.

• Long Yeyue attacked Nan Liujing to cover her escape, but Yun Ming intercepted her and pursued her with the Sky-Piercing Spear.
• Yun Ming broke Long Yeyue's dark domain and overwhelmed her, while her attempt to detonate all nine Soul Rings spiraled out of control and appeared to kill her.
• Long Yeyue revived through a feigned-death escape, but Yun Ming emerged after her and killed her, then took her storage ring and erased the consciousness she had left behind.
• Nan Liujing arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and saw a silver cocoon forming a divine position from the Mountain Dragon King, Fire Dragon King, and Water Dragon King souls.
• The cocoon cracked open, revealing a flawless figure faintly within.

Na'er emerged from seclusion with an embryonic Creation Dragon God divine position, then learned that Yun Ming had died and rushed to comfort Ya Li at Xuan Gate. Nan Liujing gave Mu Ye a rare lotus to help him break through and began practicing Heaven Forging under Zhen Hua, leaving the Blacksmith Association gathered beneath storm clouds caused by his forging.

• Na'er completed an embryonic Creation Dragon God divine position using three Dragon King Souls and her Silver Dragon King bloodline, while Nan Liujing planned to seek the remaining Dragon King Souls.
• Nan Liujing collected the immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after they agreed to move to the Golden Ancient Tree, and he and Na'er traveled toward Heaven Dou City.
• Na'er learned that Yun Ming had died defending Shrek City and asked Nan Liujing to send her to Xuan Gate to see Ya Li.
• Nan Liujing gave Mu Ye a fifty-thousand-year Pure Immaculate Lotus to help him break through, then followed Zhen Hua to the forging room to learn Heaven Forging.
• After Zhen Hua failed his demonstration, Nan Liujing began forging medium-quality metal, drawing thunderclouds and the attention of blacksmiths and patrolling mechas.

Nan Liujing successfully completed his first Heaven Forging, creating Heavenly Forged Deep Sea Deep Silver, and gave Zhen Hua a Nine-rank Blood Dragon Ginseng. After learning that Evil Soul Masters had infiltrated the Blood God Legion, Nan Liujing planned to help uncover them and set out to contact Divine Brush Douluo; elsewhere, a woman resembling Leng Yaozhu reacted eagerly to a message from him.

• Nan Liujing completed a four-element Heaven Forging of Deep Sea Deep Silver, and Zhen Hua praised his success.
• Nan Liujing asked Zhen Hua to sell the finished metal and gave him a Nine-rank Blood Dragon Ginseng that could restore his bloodline and help him reach Super Douluo.
• Mu Ye offered Gold Water Confluence as payment for Nan Liujing to forge four pieces of seven-element fusion-grade Heavenly Forged Metal for A Ruheng's Battle Armor.
• Zhang Huanyun told Nan Liujing that he and Wu Qing had found two hidden Evil Soul Masters, and Nan Liujing warned that seven more might be waiting to disrupt the Blood God Array.
• Mu Ye suggested using A Ruheng's sensitivity to evil auras to find the remaining infiltrators, and Nan Liujing proposed sending him to the War God Hall while trying another method himself.
• A beautiful woman who resembled Leng Yaozhu read a message on her communication phone and said, "Brother-in-law, you haven't forgotten me~"

Nan Liujing questioned Leng Yulai about the Holy Spirit Cult, returned to Shrek City, and learned that Yun Ming’s soul could no longer be preserved. Yun Ming said farewell to Ya Li and asked Nan Liujing to care for her, while Nan Liujing warned Elder Jin that the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python had targeted him.

• Leng Yulai agreed to seek information about the Holy Spirit Cult’s agents in the Blood God Legion after Nan Liujing promised to help her develop feelings for him if Yaozhu consented.
• Nan Liujing told the Divine Brush Douluo that he had mastered Heaven Forging, then reunited with Ya Li and Na'er at Shrek City.
• Elder Jin accepted Nan Liujing’s immortal herbs but revealed that he could not preserve Yun Ming’s soul without the Soul Nurturing Wood.
• Yun Ming appeared before Ya Li, said farewell, and asked Nan Liujing to help Ya Li reach the divine realm and take care of her; then Yun Ming’s soul vanished.
• Nan Liujing told Elder Jin that the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python had targeted him, and Gu Yue arrived as he said it was time to prepare for the real business.

Nan Liujing planned with Gu Yue, Elder Jin, and Ah Yin to parasitize Da Ming and Er Ming and merge their unstable habitat with another minor plane. Meanwhile, Zhen Hua announced Nan Liujing as the new Divine Craftsman, and the chapter ended with Nan Liujing watching the news while teasing a woman in a dim room.

• Nan Liujing explained that he intended to kill both beast kings at once, and Ah Yin offered to parasitize them and stabilize their minor plane by merging it with another one.
• Nan Liujing told Elder Jin that he planned to exploit the Abyss invasion to devour most of the invading Abyss Emperors, and Elder Jin agreed to help gather life energy for the plane merger.
• Nan Liujing and Gu Yue visited Ya Li, offered their condolences, and Ya Li asked Nan Liujing to call her Aunt Ya.
• Zhen Hua auctioned a piece of Heavenly Forged Metal and announced that he was retiring from Heavenly Forging, then revealed that Nan Liujing had forged the metal and would succeed him as Divine Craftsman.
• Nan Liujing watched the announcement livestream as a woman teased him, and he suggested they switch to another kind of exercise.

Nan Liujing told Leng Yaozhu that Leng Yulai had been captured and offered her a chance to survive if she redeemed herself. He then led Gu Yue and the sea beast kings to confront Little White, who revealed the locations of five remaining evil sea beasts and accidentally disclosed that her Sea Chart absorbed faith.

• Nan Liujing told Leng Yaozhu about Leng Yulai and proposed sealing her cultivation as punishment if she earned redemption, leaving Leng Yaozhu relieved and hopeful.
• Nan Liujing and Gu Yue traveled with Dragon Ao and the sea beast kings to the Magic Shark Sea Domain to confront Little White and find the remaining evil Sea Soul Beasts.
• Nan Liujing threatened Little White's clan until she admitted she could not contact the Sea God, exposing her years of deception to the sea beast kings.
• Little White handed over a Sea Chart marking five surviving evil sea beasts, and Gu Yue sent Di Tian, Myriad Demon King, and Xiong Jun to capture them.
• Nan Liujing questioned Little White about the chart, and she revealed that it had been used to monitor and absorb the faith of the various seas.

Nan Liujing exposed the Sea God's role in empowering the evil sea beasts, destroyed them, and took control of the Sea Chart as the sea's new ruler. The Beast Kings submitted to him, while Little White and her clan were spared as the new era began.

• Di Tian, Xiong Jun, and Myriad Demon King brought the five captured evil sea beasts to Nan Liujing, who used his spiritual domain to reveal that they had carried out missions for the Sea God.
• Nan Liujing killed the five evil sea beasts with righteous thunder, and the Beast Kings connected their rise in power to the Sea God's neglect of the Sea Princess's clan.
• Nan Liujing challenged Little White over the Sea God's conduct, and the Beast Kings cursed Tang San as the Tang San statue shattered beneath Nan Liujing's feet.
• Nan Liujing used his essence blood and the Sea Chart to claim authority over the sea, and the Beast Kings knelt and agreed to spread news that its ruler had changed.
• Nan Liujing ordered the Beast Kings to leave Little White's clan alive, then departed with Gu Yue.