Chapter Summaries

Nan Liujing faced a massive sea-beast gathering that had come to demand justice for the Demon Soul Great White Sharks killed the previous night. After Dragon Ao recognized him and ordered the beasts to retreat, Bai Xiuxiu withdrew, leaving the humans stunned by Nan Liujing's influence over the Ferocious Beasts.

• Nan Liujing and the women fished from the Star Luo until a sea-beast attack shook the ship and Sima Lanxiao announced that a horde had gathered nearby.
• Xia Zheng Leng warned Nan Liujing that the Demon Soul Great White Shark and Deep Sea Demon Whale clans had joined forces, while Blood Fiend Douluo and the other experts prepared to defend the ships.
• Bai Xiuxiu appeared in human form and demanded that the humans hand over the culprit responsible for her clan's deaths, as five Ferocious Beasts emerged to support her.
• Radiant Sun Douluo Ao Rui's arrival deterred the Ferocious Beasts, and Nan Liujing addressed Dragon Ao, who recognized him as 'Your Excellency' and ordered the sea-beast horde to retreat.
• Nan Liujing warned Bai Xiuxiu that no humans had killed her clan members, and Bai Xiuxiu and the remaining Ferocious Beasts withdrew.

Little White concealed her inability to contact the Sea God while the sea beast kings argued over Dragon Ao and the human he called “Your Excellency.” After the delegations reached the Star Luo Empire, Nan Liujing revealed his plan to draw Zhang Geyang and the Green Skull Organization into an attack so he could strike back.

• Little White falsely claimed the Sea God was occupied expanding the God Realm, and the beast kings agreed to wait and avoid provoking humans.
• Bai Xiuxiu reported that Dragon Ao had called a human “Your Excellency”; Dragon Ao defended his choice, and Little White secretly decided he had to die.
• The Sea Devouring Dragon Crocodile proposed that Little White help him seize the Devil Sea Domain’s life energy after Dragon Ao’s next heavenly tribulation, while Little White remained silent.
• The two delegations arrived in the Star Luo Empire, and Nan Liujing told Ao Rui that the Green Skull Organization might attack their train to Star Luo City.
• Nan Liujing explained to Xia Zheng Leng that he intended to use a secret realm as bait to draw Zhang Geyang and the Green Skull Organization into targeting him, allowing him to kill Zhang Geyang.

Spirit Transmission Academy traveled toward Star Luo City to enter the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, but the train came under attack from the Green Skull Organization. After the attackers were defeated, the delegation reached the imperial capital safely, while Nan Liujing's plan to draw the organization’s attention to himself remained in motion.

• Xia Zheng Leng explained the tournament formats and rewards, and the students chose their competitions; Na'er, Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, and Wu Sidu formed two two-on-two teams while Gu Yue declined to compete.
• Nan Liujing warned the delegation’s escorts about a possible ambush, and more than two hundred Green Skull mechs attacked the train as it crossed a forest.
• Ao Rui, the Federation guards, and Star Luo Empire experts fought off the attackers; the Green Skull Third Elder escaped in a crimson hawk-shaped mech, while the remaining attackers were defeated or captured.
• Ao Rui credited Nan Liujing with warning them and asked Star Luo officials to publicize his role; Sima Lanxiao said he would seek the emperor’s approval.
• Nan Liujing revealed that he wanted the Green Skull Organization to target him so it might gather a larger force, and the train continued under military escort.
• Two days later, the delegation arrived safely in Star Luo City and was welcomed at its towering city gates.

Nan Liujing met Saint Dragon Douluo En Ci in secret and offered to expose a Holy Spirit Cult plot targeting Star Luo’s young geniuses in exchange for help eliminating the Green Skull Organization. Afterward, Dai Yueyan warned him that Princess Dai Yun'er might target him to evade an arranged marriage.

• The Spirit Transmission Academy delegation visited Monster Academy and studied the Monster Stele, which ranked its top students, including the Seven Heavenly Kings.
• Dai Yueyan led Nan Liujing away from the group and brought him to meet Saint Dragon Douluo En Ci inside a spiritual domain.
• Nan Liujing told En Ci that the Holy Spirit Cult had a plan targeting Star Luo’s geniuses and revealed that Ning Fengzhi’s forged metals were suspicious.
• Nan Liujing offered to swallow up the Green Skull Organization, and En Ci agreed to assist him while keeping the discussion secret.
• Dai Yueyan told Nan Liujing that his sister Dai Yun'er would soon have to choose a husband and might pursue him to escape a political marriage with Long Yue.

At Monster Academy, Tang Wulin met Zhuo Shi and encountered a suspicious man calling himself Ning Fengzhi, who claimed to be a friend of Tang Wulin’s grandfather. Tang Wulin sought Nan Liujing’s help, and Nan suspected Ning Fengzhi belonged to the Green Skull Organization, while the chapter ended with Nan and Wu Sidu sharing an intimate moment.

• Nan Liujing arrived at Monster Academy with Dai Yueyan, and Dai Yun'er considered using him to escape her marriage contract despite learning he had a girlfriend.
• Tang Wulin followed a student to a secluded courtyard and reunited with Zhuo Shi, who invited him to practice the third form of the Nine Forms of the Red Dragon.
• A gaunt man calling himself Ning Fengzhi claimed to be Tang Wulin’s grandfather’s friend, knew his parents’ names, and offered to help him; Tang Wulin recognized that his story about his grandfather was false.
• Tang Wulin told Zhuo Shi that his grandfather had been a researcher, not a Soul Master, and decided to ask Nan Liujing for help investigating Ning Fengzhi.
• Nan Liujing suspected Ning Fengzhi was connected to the Green Skull Organization and told Tang Wulin to approach him cautiously and report back in secret.
• After Tang Wulin left, Nan Liujing and Wu Sidu went swimming together and kissed.

Nan Liujing received the Star Luo Empire’s Imperial Medal for helping defeat Green Skull’s ambush, then rejected Dai Yun’er’s request to stage a false confession to avoid an arranged marriage. The Empress proposed tying Dai Yun’er’s marriage to the Soul Master Tournament, and Dai Tianling agreed to make Nan Liujing’s victory her chance to escape marrying Long Yue.

• Dai Tianling publicly praised Nan Liujing for predicting Green Skull’s attack and protecting the delegation, then awarded him the Imperial Medal.
• At the banquet, Wu Sidu coughed while Gu Yue and the other girls watched Dai Yun’er approach Nan Liujing.
• Dai Yun’er asked Nan Liujing to pretend she had confessed to him so she could avoid an arranged engagement, but he refused because he already had girlfriends.
• When Dai Yun’er grabbed Nan Liujing’s hand in front of the guests, he redirected the scene toward refusing an Imperial noble title; Dai Tianling offered him two soul bones if he won the tournament’s individual event.
• Dai Tianling reprimanded Dai Yun’er over her attempt to avoid marriage, and the Empress proposed making her marriage depend on whether Nan Liujing defeated Long Yue.
• Dai Tianling agreed that Dai Yun’er would marry Long Yue if he won, but would follow the Empress’s plan if Nan Liujing won, and Dai Yun’er accepted.

The Green Skull Organization’s Bone Emperor Douluo accepted Ghost Emperor’s order to kill Nan Liujing, while Nan Liujing dominated the tournament’s opening match against Su Mu. His victory left the spectators in awe and drew Long Yue’s attention, setting up a future clash.

• Ghost Emperor ordered Bone Emperor Douluo to kill Nan Liujing on Qian Gu Dongfeng’s behalf and promised him a city of a hundred thousand people to slaughter if he succeeded.
• Dai Tianling opened the tournament before hundreds of thousands of spectators, and Su Mu was chosen to face Nan Liujing in the first match.
• Nan Liujing let Su Mu’s five stacked soul-skill halos strike him, but his body and Spiritual Power negated their effects.
• Nan Liujing smashed the Coiled Dragon Staff down with enough force to press Li Zhanqiong’s Soul Power barrier nearly a meter, then named his martial soul before the stunned crowd.
• The spectators hailed Nan Liujing, while Long Yue’s desire to fight him awakened.

Nan Liujing entered the Thunder God Secret Realm with Qian Gu Qingfeng and Xia Zheng Leng to investigate its role in defeating the Green Skull Organization. There, Thunderous Nethervine found vast fields of its nearly extinct kind and began absorbing their Thunder God bloodlines.

• Nan Liujing celebrated with his companions after defeating Su Mu, while Dai Tianling and En Ci discussed using the Vajra Ring to secure his cooperation against the Green Skull Organization.
• Nan Liujing traveled with Xia Zheng Leng to meet Qian Gu Qingfeng, who told them Qian Gu Dongfeng had asked about his seclusion.
• Nan Liujing used the Thunder God Mark to open the secret realm, and he and his great-grandparents entered to scout its dangers.
• The three followed a stream through a tranquil landscape and discovered fields containing at least ten thousand Thunderous Nethervines.
• Thunderous Nethervine revived the plants with lightning and absorbed streams of purple-gold energy from them, delighting at the chance to gather their bloodlines.

Nan Liujing passed the Thunder God's first examination, gained control of the Thunder God Realm, and learned of a second trial requiring him to kill three powerful, deeply sinful Evil Soul Masters. As he returned to Star Luo City, he learned that Zhang Geyang had discussed him with Qian Gu Dongfeng and prepared to intervene in the coming attack at the Star Luo Grand Theater.

• Nan Liujing entered the Thunder God's temple, where Ling Ting guided him through a divine examination and explained the Thunder God's history and the Vajra Ring.
• Nan Liujing completed the first examination by demonstrating an ultimate attribute, earning twenty percent divine-position affinity and control of the Thunder God Realm; he then received a second examination to slay three evil Soul Masters.
• Ling Ting explained that the Thunder God Realm could help beast clan powerhouses survive tribulations, and Nan Liujing left the temple to rejoin Qian Gu Qingfeng and Xia Zheng Leng.
• Leiming reported that its bloodline could now withstand lightning and advance to one hundred thousand years, while Nan Liujing decided the secret realm could serve as a burial ground for Zhang Geyang and the Green Skull Organization's leaders.
• Nan Liujing accepted Gu Yue's invitation to the Star Luo Grand Theater, intending to prevent the coming attack, and learned that Zhang Geyang had spoken with Qian Gu Dongfeng about him.

Nan Liujing and Spirit Transmission Academy attended a theatrical performance while Tang Sect combatants intercepted an Evil Soul Master attack beneath the theater. Tang Wulin spotted Green Skull members assembling a Rank 7 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell on the roof, and the theater activated its Soul Power shield as the group tried to keep the audience calm.

• Dai Yueyan welcomed Nan Liujing and the Spirit Transmission Academy group to a performance depicting Huo Yuhao's battle with Di Tian, while Na'er and Gu Yue discussed Dragon Valley and the Dragon God Core.
• Nan Liujing sent two shadowy figures away as Evil Soul Masters planted timed bombs beneath the theater, but a cloaked figure collected the bombs and Tang Sect combatants attacked the intruders.
• Hei Yi ordered the Tang Sect combatants to search for bombs and pursue the fleeing Evil Soul Masters, while Tang Wulin watched the theater perimeter.
• Tang Wulin spotted four Green Skull members assembling a Rank 7 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell on the rooftop and warned the other combatants.
• Hei Yi sent Zi San and Zi Si to stop the assembly, and the theater manager activated the Soul Power shield while Yang Nianxia jokingly used Martial Soul Possession to trap Luo Guixing and Xu Yucheng.

Hei Yi and the Tang Sect fighters stopped one Rank 7 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell, but Green Skull's larger attack threatened Star Luo City. Nan Liujing's Thunderous Nethervine destroyed the incoming shells, and he claimed the Empire owed him a great favor.

• Hei Yi tore the armed Rank 7 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell from its base and carried it high into the sky, where it exploded without leveling the rooftop.
• More than a dozen Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, including a Level 8 shell, descended toward sites across Star Luo City as Green Skull Sixth Elder Bone Hammer anticipated mass casualties.
• A gigantic Thunderous Nethervine caught the shells with purple-gold lightning vines and hurled them into the sky, where lightning annihilated their Plague Power.
• En Ci followed the Thunderous Nethervine to the Heavenly Star Theater, where Nan Liujing emerged and called the spirit Leiming back into his brow.
• Nan Liujing revealed his purple-gold soul spirit and told En Ci that saving the city meant the Empire owed him a great favor.

After Nan Liujing helped stop Green Skull’s attack on Star Luo City, he persuaded Dai Tianling to support his plan to prepare humanity for the Abyss and received the Vajra Ring. Zhang Geyang learned that Nan Liujing’s Thunderous Nethervine had reached a hundred-thousand-year cultivation and resolved to kill him for its power and the location of the Thunder God’s fall.

• Dai Tianling dispatched officials to hunt Green Skull’s traitors as videos of Nan Liujing’s Thunderous Nethervine rescuing Star Luo City spread across the Empire.
• Dai Yun’er questioned why Green Skull’s leader had exposed himself for a seemingly inadequate attack, while Nan Liujing planned to wipe out the organization’s ranks.
• Zhang Geyang watched footage of the hundred-thousand-year Thunderous Nethervine and decided to ask En Ci about its disappearance.
• Nan Liujing told Dai Tianling that the Abyss threatened Douluo Star, explained his plan to gain faith and prepare for its arrival, and asked the emperor to publicize his role in stopping Green Skull.
• Dai Tianling agreed to support Nan Liujing and gave him the Vajra Ring, which was rumored to contain a method of becoming a god.
• Zhang Geyang learned that Nan Liujing’s Thunderous Nethervine could claim the Thunder God bloodline from other Thunderous Nethervines and sense where the Thunder God fell, so he decided to kill Nan Liujing.

Nan Liujing drew the Star Luo City crowd’s adoration as Spirit Transmission Academy’s fighters defeated Monster Academy’s Heavenly Kings in the two-versus-two round. As Dai Yun’er and Dai Yueyan prepared to face Ye Xinglan and Wu Sidu, Wu Sidu revealed that she descended from the Star Luo imperial family.

• Nan Liujing entered the stadium to thunderous cheers, while Long Yue silently resolved to test his Mountain Dragon King bloodline against him.
• Na’er and Yuanen Yehui overwhelmed Hua Lantang and Ye Zhi, eliminating both Monster Academy contestants and winning their match.
• En Ci realized Monster Academy had lost three of its Heavenly Kings, but the crowd’s respect for Nan Liujing eased the impact of the defeats.
• Ye Xinglan and Wu Sidu took the stage to face Dai Yueyan and Dai Yun’er, but Dai Yun’er paused the match to ask about Wu Sidu’s Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul.
• Wu Sidu revealed that her family descended from Dai Yueheng, prompting an uproar before Dai Yueyan told Dai Yun’er to save their questions until after the match.

Wu Sidu defeated Dai Yueyan and Dai Yun'er, then cleared her family’s name with the emperor’s testimony. One month later, Zhang Geyang learned of secret Spirit Pagoda activity and began plotting to pursue the power to become a Limit Douluo.

• Dai Yun'er’s Spirit Eye soul skill failed against Ye Xinglan, while Wu Sidu revealed her Youming battle armor and transformed into a Hell White Tiger.
• Wu Sidu overwhelmed Dai Yueyan, and Ye Xinglan countered Dai Yun’er until Dai Yun’er surrendered.
• Wu Sidu explained that her ancestors had stayed behind to cover the retreat and had not betrayed the Star Luo Imperial Family; Dai Tianling confirmed her account and thanked her family.
• Dai Yueyan was carried away after Wu Sidu’s team won, and Wu Sidu felt her family’s honor had finally been restored.
• A month later, Zhang Geyang ordered his confidant to report Elder Han Yun’s movements and revealed his plan to contact Skull Emperor as he pursued the chance to become a Limit Douluo.

Nan Liujing and his allies lured Zhang Geyang and Green Skull into the Thunder God Secret Realm, where a lightning trap crippled the attackers and exposed Zhang Geyang’s betrayal. With Zhang Geyang’s Thunderous Nethervine taken from him, Nan Liujing prepared to fight the Green Skull leaders while his great-grandparents and the other elders dealt with Zhang Geyang.

• Nan Liujing gave Tang Wulin a Golden Ancient Tree bracelet to pass to Ning Fengzhi, then learned from Xia Zheng Leng that the Saint Dragon Douluo and Body Douluo had arrived.
• Zhang Geyang confronted Xia Zheng Leng and Nan Liujing at the secret realm, revealed his intent to kill them, and joined forces with seven Green Skull fighters.
• Xia Zheng Leng fled into the secret realm with Nan Liujing, and Zhang Geyang followed after discovering its spiritual treasures and believing it held the Thunder God’s inheritance.
• The Bone Emperor and six Green Skull elders entered the secret realm, but their demonic creatures triggered a lightning trap that destroyed the creatures and wounded the Bone Emperor.
• Qian Gu Qingfeng, En Ci, Mu Ye, Xia Zheng Leng, and Nan Liujing revealed themselves; the lightning sealed the exit and blasted Zhang Geyang and the Green Skull leaders.
• Nan Liujing reclaimed Leiming from Zhang Geyang and told his great-grandparents to deal with Zhang Geyang while he faced the Green Skull leaders.

Nan Liujing used the Thunder Realm to destroy Hai Huang and Zhang Geyang’s Evil Soul Masters, then learned that the Vajra Ring held the War God’s inheritance. The War God asked him to choose a successor, leaving him to consider Xinglan or Yuanen while he postponed the decision.

• Nan Liujing shattered the seven Evil Soul Masters’ attacks with the Thunder Realm’s power, then killed Hai Huang and his elders with divine lightning.
• Nan Liujing and his allies defeated Zhang Geyang, sealed the three soul spirits, and collected the fallen enemies’ soul bones.
• Nan Liujing told Mu Ye that Qian Gu Dongfeng still had to die, though he would wait before openly exposing him.
• Nan Liujing discovered that killing Hai Huang advanced the Thunder God’s trial and considered whether Leng Yulai could count toward its remaining targets.
• Ling Ting awakened the Vajra Ring and introduced Nan Liujing to the War God, who offered him the chance to choose her inheritor.
• Nan Liujing left the temple and weighed Xinglan and Yuanen as possible successors, deciding to postpone his choice.

Nan Liujing overwhelmed Long Yue in the individual final, suppressing his Mountain Dragon King powers before defeating him with six blows through time and space. Nan Liujing won the tournament as Star Luo’s crowd hailed him the Thunder God, while Long Yue survived but lay badly injured.

• Yang Nianxia organized bets on how many blows Long Yue could withstand, and the Spirit Transmission Academy students predicted he would fall within a few strikes.
• Dai Tianling announced that the individual champion would receive a soul bone of their choice and a hereditary Imperial Marquis title.
• Long Yue transformed with his Mountain Dragon King martial soul, but Nan Liujing’s Coiled Dragon Staff suppressed his earth-based skills and rendered his mountains and river harmless.
• Long Yue donned his Two-word Battle Armor and charged, but Nan Liujing used the River of Time to slow him and six temporal copies struck him with their staffs.
• Long Yue’s armor shattered, and En Ci confirmed he was alive as Nan Liujing was declared the champion.
• The Star Luo crowd cheered for Nan Liujing as the Thunder God, and he praised his Coiled Dragon Staff.

At Spring Retreat, Nan Liujing’s relationship with Wu Sidu and Ye Xinglan came into the open, and he resolved to clarify his feelings to the five girls. Meanwhile, the Star Luo Empire launched a simultaneous assault that destroyed the Green Skull Organization, forcing the disguised Ning Fengzhi to flee before his identity was exposed.

• Nan Liujing tried to find a way into Dragon Valley, then met Wu Sidu, who revealed that the fishing contest was meant to determine the girls’ future order among his partners.
• Wu Sidu deliberately brought Ye Xinglan to Nan Liujing, who kissed Ye Xinglan and openly told her that she and Wu Sidu were his girlfriends while Na'er, Gu Yue, and Yuanen Yehui were his future girlfriends.
• Nan Liujing returned to the fishing contest, saw Yuanen Yehui in first place, and decided it was time to make his feelings clear to all five girls.
• Dai Tianling’s forces attacked all twelve Green Skull Organization bases at once, while Yue Zhengyu joined a team to absorb the evil energy left by defeated Evil Soul Masters.
• En Ci met the disguised Mu Ye, who was impersonating Zhang Geyang, as part of a plan to avoid alerting Qian Gu Dongfeng.
• A warning reached Ning Fengzhi that the Green Skull Organization had fallen and his identity was at risk, so he left Monster Academy; Tang Wulin then received Yue Zhengyu’s invitation to dinner at Spirit Ice Restaurant.

Na'er told Nan Liujing how she and Gu Yue could take him into Dragon Valley to gather soul bones, and Nan Liujing learned that Gu Yue had agreed to help for his sake. At the imperial treasury, he chose a mysterious Wing Fragment containing a trace of divinity and powerful faith energy, which Xia Mi said could open a gate to its owner's location.

• Na'er revealed that Gu Yue had given her coordinates to enter Dragon Valley and agreed to help gather soul bones for Nan Liujing.
• Nan Liujing told Na'er he knew of a place where she could obtain two Dragon King souls, and Na'er urged him to confess his feelings to Gu Yue.
• Dai Tianling announced that the Empire had destroyed the Green Skull Organization and posthumously honored Zhang Geyang, who had died in the operation.
• En Ci took Nan Liujing to the imperial treasury, where Nan Liujing selected a piece of Gold Water Confluence for forging.
• Nan Liujing followed a strange sensation to a Wing Fragment, and Xia Mi explained that it held divinity, intense Power of Faith, and a coordinate imprint that could open a Teleportation Gate.
• Nan Liujing chose the Wing Fragment despite En Ci's warning and stored it in his Storage Soul Tool.

Qian Gu Dongfeng learned that Zhang Geyang had died and faced Ghost Emperor Ax’s demands to advance their bombing plan. In Dragon Valley, Nan Liujing’s Heavenly Tribulation Bead absorbed the Lesser World’s dragons, Dragon Souls, and Soul Bones, leaving the Tang Sect fighters expelled and empty-handed.

• Qian Gu Dongfeng heard that Bone Emperor Douluo had killed Zhang Geyang, then told Ghost Emperor Ax that the Green Skull Organization had been destroyed.
• Ghost Emperor Ax demanded details of the Bombing Plan, while Qian Gu Dongfeng insisted that preparations were underway and ended the call in anger.
• Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, and Wu Sidu explored Star Luo City during the Spirit Transmission Academy’s vacation and discussed whether Dai Yun'er liked A Jing.
• Gu Yue and Di Tian opened a passage into Dragon Valley, and Na'er brought Nan Liujing to the Burial Grounds to search for Soul Bones and Dragon King remains.
• Nan Liujing’s Heavenly Tribulation Bead absorbed Dragon Valley’s bones, Soul Bones, Dragon Souls, and energy into his Candy Martial Soul, emptying the Lesser World.
• The Dragon Pearls on the Tang Sect Soul Fighting Hall members shattered, and the fighters were pulled out of the Lesser World before they could understand what had happened.