Chapter Summaries

Lu Xiao gained a Supreme Divine Artifact and resolved to strengthen himself and Big Dipper Academy against the coming Spirit Realm invasion. Meanwhile, Tang San headed to the Star Dou Great Forest to see Xiao Wu, unaware that Spirit Hall had tracked him and was mobilizing to kill them both.

• Lu Xiao recognized that the transformed God Slaying Sword had become a Supreme Divine Artifact and that his strength had surpassed the traditional God King Realm.
• Lu Xiao decided to focus on raising his power and building Big Dipper Academy into the strongest force to protect those around him.
• Tang San left Holy Soul Village and secretly raced toward the Star Dou Great Forest to reunite with Xiao Wu.
• Spirit Hall spies tracked Tang San, and Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to assemble elite forces and capture Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Bibi Dong alerted the Worship Hall, and Qian Daoliu agreed that Tang San had to die.

Bibi Dong sent Golden Crocodile Douluo and a force of Spirit Hall elites to the Star Dou Great Forest to capture Tang San and Xiao Wu. After Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu, a hidden Spirit Hall sentry was exposed, and multiple powerful Titled Douluo—including a Limit Douluo—closed in on them.

• Bibi Dong ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, four Veteran Titled Douluo, and twenty elite Soul Douluo to raid the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu, who told him the Sky Screen trial had erased every trace of her Soul Beast aura.
• Tang San warned Xiao Wu to disguise herself because the Sky Screen had made her appearance known across the continent, while the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape promised to protect them.
• A wandering Earth King struck Spirit Hall's concealed Soul Douluo sentry, exposing the spy near Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Tang San recognized the sentry's Spirit Hall uniform, and the Sky Azure Bull Python sensed at least five Titled Douluo and a Limit Douluo approaching the inner forest.

Tang San urged Xiao Wu to flee with Da Ming and Er Ming while he stayed behind to face Spirit Hall, but the two soul beasts chose to hold off their pursuers themselves. As they unleashed their domains and strongest attacks, Bibi Dong and Golden Crocodile Douluo remained poised to break through.

• Tang San pushed Xiao Wu to leave for the Star Dou Great Forest’s deepest area and find Gu Yuena, but Xiao Wu refused to abandon him.
• Da Ming and Er Ming ordered Tang San and Xiao Wu to escape while they blocked Spirit Hall’s advance.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape activated their Slow Domain and Gravity Domain, hindering most of Spirit Hall’s forces.
• The two soul beasts launched Titan Sky-Breaking and Sky Azure Nirvana Lightning at Spirit Hall’s formation.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo prepared to attack, but Bibi Dong stopped him and called the beasts’ assault too slow.

Bibi Dong used Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill to immobilize the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, then killed them and awarded their Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings to two newly advanced Titled Douluo. She prepared to pursue Tang San and Xiao Wu after the absorption, confident they could not escape far as long as they did not reach Gu Yuena.

• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to use Two Poles Still Domain while she prepared to attack the two soul beasts.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo immobilized the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Bibi Dong wounded and gravely injured both beasts with her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor skills.
• Bibi Dong granted the beasts’ Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings to two newly advanced Titled Douluo and ordered their Soul Bones removed for her use.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape died after murmuring that Xiao Wu should live and Tang San should protect her.
• Bibi Dong delayed pursuit until the two Titled Douluo finished absorbing the Soul Rings, then declared the Star Dou Great Forest her hunting ground.

After Da Ming and Er Ming died protecting Xiao Wu, Tang San carried the unconscious Xiao Wu toward the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest and vowed revenge on Spirit Hall. Gu Yuena sent Di Tian to punish the intruders, and he confronted Bibi Dong's group after they harvested the soul beasts, attacking them with overwhelming force.

• Xiao Wu sensed Da Ming and Er Ming's deaths, broke down in grief, and blamed herself for their deaths.
• Tang San knocked Xiao Wu unconscious, carried her, and fled toward the outskirts while swearing to destroy Spirit Hall and revive Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Di Tian learned that the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape had been killed, and Gu Yuena ordered him to kill the human intruders.
• Bibi Dong's group finished absorbing the hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings and Soul Bones, then set out to pursue Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Di Tian arrived, immobilized Spirit Hall's fighters with his Dragon Might, and struck at Bibi Dong's group with a massive hand of Darkness Power.

Di Tian overwhelmed Bibi Dong, Golden Crocodile Douluo, and the other Spirit Hall fighters, but Qian Daoliu arrived and helped them escape. Gu Yuena’s attack severely injured Qian Daoliu, who returned to Spirit Hall and ordered its forces to avoid the Star Dou Great Forest while he recovered.

• Di Tian shattered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo’s Two Poles Still Domain, then defeated Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa strike and Golden Crocodile Douluo’s Ninth Soul Skill with Dragon God Claw.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo crushed Qian Daoliu’s golden feather, summoning Qian Daoliu to shield the Spirit Hall group from Di Tian’s attack.
• Qian Daoliu tried to take his people away, but Gu Yuena’s seven-colored strike overwhelmed his Angel Holy Light and left him gravely injured before he escaped with the others.
• Gu Yuena let the group flee, judging that Qian Daoliu’s injuries would keep Spirit Hall from invading again in the short term.
• Back at Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to keep everyone out of the Star Dou Great Forest and entered seclusion to recover.

Lu Xiao began seclusion to consolidate his power and truly reach the God King level. Gu Yuena sensed that the Plane Barrier was weakening and prepared for the God Realm’s eventual arrival.

• Lu Xiao sensed the clash in the Star Dou Great Forest and inferred that Spirit Hall had attacked Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul beasts.
• Lu Xiao decided not to interfere and entered seclusion to digest his rewards and strengthen his foundation with the God Slaying Sword.
• Gu Yuena sensed that the Plane Barrier shielding Douluo Continent from the God Realm was weakening and would soon disappear.
• Gu Yuena resolved to strengthen the Soul Beast Race and seek another breakthrough before the God Realm descended.
• Gu Yuena wondered whether the next Sky Screen Ranking List would concern the Soul Beast Race.

The Abyssal Sage King planned to invade Douluo Continent again, but a Spatial Rift opened into the Abyss Plane and a powerful stranger emerged. The stranger was revealed to be a Spirit Realm Creature, marking the first real arrival from the Spirit Realm.

• The Abyssal Sage King vowed to recover and personally conquer Douluo Continent after his clone's failed invasion.
• A massive Spatial Rift opened at the edge of the Abyss Plane, startling the Abyssal Sage King.
• The Abyssal Sage King greedily absorbed the strange energy leaking from the rift, restoring his strength and approaching the God King Realm.
• A blood-red figure stepped from the rift and dismissed the Abyss Plane as weak, declaring it would serve as a stepping stone.
• The Abyssal Sage King realized the stranger was beyond his ability to fight, and the narration identified it as the first true Spirit Realm Creature to descend.

The Spirit Realm Creature defeated the Abyssal Sage King, enslaved him, and took control of the Abyss Plane to recover from his injuries. Less than half a day later, the Sky Screen above Douluo Continent flared with golden light.

• The Abyssal Sage King unleashed his strongest attack with the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd, but the Spirit Realm Creature erased it with a blood-red ripple.
• The Spirit Realm Creature immobilized the Abyssal Sage King, read his memories, and learned about Douluo Continent, the God Realm, and the Sky Screen.
• The Spirit Realm Creature decided to recover in the Abyss Plane, marked the Abyssal Sage King with an enslavement seal, and made him a servant.
• The Spirit Realm Creature ordered the Abyssal Sage King to gather origin treasures, guard him, and investigate Douluo Continent, the God Realm, and the Sky Screen.
• Less than half a day later, the Sky Screen above Douluo Continent suddenly surged with golden light.

The Sky Screen announced a Cultivation Speed Ranking for Human Soul Masters, prompting factions across the continent to wonder who had reached Titled Douluo at the youngest age. Qian Daoliu took tenth place for breaking through at forty-three, leaving everyone to suspect that Big Dipper Academy’s experts occupied the higher ranks.

• The Sky Screen introduced the Cultivation Speed Ranking, which listed the ten Human Soul Masters who had become Titled Douluo at the youngest ages and promised rewards to those ranked.
• Gu Yuena anticipated a future Soul Beast version of the ranking, while Bibi Dong expected to place highly and Lu Xiao dismissed the list as predictable.
• Tang Hao hoped the ranking would include his breakthrough at forty-four and restore his damaged body and lost cultivation, though he worried his current weakened state might affect eligibility.
• The Sky Screen revealed Qian Daoliu in tenth place for breaking through to Titled Douluo at forty-three, awarding him stronger Soul Rings, partial injury recovery, and increased Angel God Body power.
• Soul Masters across the continent realized the nine higher-ranked individuals had broken through before forty and turned their attention toward Big Dipper Academy.
• Qian Daoliu opened his eyes in the Worship Hall and was astonished that he had made the ranking.

The Sky Screen ranked Qian Daoliu tenth and rewarded him by strengthening his soul rings and divine body while healing his injuries. Tang Hao despaired over missing the ranking by one year, while Gu Yuena and other powers feared the rise of the humans ahead of Qian Daoliu.

• The Sky Screen's rewards healed thirty percent of Qian Daoliu's injuries, increased his Soul Ring Age, and strengthened his divine body, and he bowed in thanks.
• Bibi Dong wondered who could rank above Qian Daoliu and grew uneasy about the strength of the top nine.
• Tang Hao questioned the ranking's fairness and grieved that his Titled Douluo breakthrough at forty-four had left him one year short of the top ten and its healing reward.
• Di Tian and Xiong Jun condemned the disparity between human and soul beast cultivation, while Bi Ji feared the Sky Screen would worsen the soul beasts' position.
• Gu Yuena suspected the ranking was only the beginning of a greater storm and noted the threat posed by Big Dipper Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong concluded that their generation could not compete with the rising experts and that the continent's order was about to change.

The Sky Screen ranked Bibi Dong ninth for reaching Titled Douluo at thirty-eight, leaving her shocked and fearful of Big Dipper Academy’s unknown strength. Eighth place went to Diao Chan of Big Dipper Academy, who broke through at thirty-two, confirming that the academy’s members were dominating the rankings.

• The Sky Screen announced Bibi Dong as ninth, revealing her breakthrough age and rewards.
• Bibi Dong reacted with anger and dread, realizing she had not made the top eight and questioning Big Dipper Academy’s secrets.
• The Sky Screen revealed Diao Chan of Big Dipper Academy in eighth place, with a breakthrough age of thirty-two and new rewards.
• Soul Masters across the continent marveled at Diao Chan’s achievement and expected Big Dipper Academy to dominate the remaining rankings.
• Bibi Dong grew more wary of the academy, while Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong accepted that its members surpassed the current generation.

Diao Chan received the eighth-place Cultivation Speed Ranking reward, gaining a passive that suppressed male Soul Masters, while Zhuang Zhou was revealed as seventh place at age twenty-eight. Zhuang Zhou began comprehending the Law of Time and Space, and Li Bai warned the others away from his dangerous Dream Power.

• Gu Yuena dismissed Di Tian’s concern that Big Dipper Academy might join Spirit Hall, while Tang Hao accepted that he had been born in an era of extraordinary talents.
• Diao Chan received her ranking reward and released Alluring City, a passive that weakened male Soul Masters of the same rank; Li Bai and Sikong Zhen explained its effects.
• The Sky Screen named Zhuang Zhou of Big Dipper Academy seventh on the Cultivation Speed Ranking, revealing that he had become a Titled Douluo at age twenty-eight.
• Zhuang Zhou’s Dream Power dazed Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling, but Li Bai blocked it with Sword Qi and warned them not to approach.
• Zhuang Zhou entered deep enlightenment and began using his reward to comprehend the Law of Time and Space.

Zhuang Zhou’s companions discussed the looming Spirit Realm invasion as the Cultivation Speed Ranking revealed Lu Bu as sixth, a Titled Douluo at age twenty-five. Meanwhile, the recovering Spirit Realm powerhouse decided to infiltrate Douluo Continent and consume its resources to restore his strength.

• Sikong Zhen and Li Bai said Zhuang Zhou could reach Limit Douluo after absorbing his opportunity and warned that the Spirit Realm invasion required them to grow stronger.
• The Sky Screen ranked Lu Bu sixth, revealing that he became a Titled Douluo at twenty-five and granting him rewards to his Asura God Trial, Sky Halberd, and Soul Rings.
• Bibi Dong and other powers reacted with shock at Lu Bu’s age and wondered whether Big Dipper Academy would take all the remaining top-five places.
• In the Abyss Plane, the Spirit Realm powerhouse complained that the plane’s resources had restored only thirty percent of his injuries.
• The Spirit Realm powerhouse set his sights on Douluo Continent, planning to infiltrate it and devour its origin, powerful beings, and Sky Screen power.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• A mysterious powerhouse from the Spirit Realm is recovering strength, planning to conquer Douluo Continent.
• Cai Wenji, a 22-year-old from Big Dipper Academy, breaks through to Titled Douluo and secures the fifth place on the Cultivation Speed Ranking.
• She receives rewards including Deep Awakening of Life Origin, increased Soul Ring ages, and comprehension of the Group Healing Divine Skill: Eternal Spring Return.

Character Developments

• Cai Wenji: Proves herself as a prodigy with her Martial Soul, Life Reincarnation Qin, and becomes the youngest Titled Douluo at 22.
• The Spirit Realm Powerhouse: Revealed to be plotting against Douluo Continent, showing increased strength and malicious intent.

Significant Themes

• Prodigious Talent: Big Dipper Academy's students continuously demonstrate extraordinary cultivation speeds, challenging the norms of Soul Master development.
• Threat from the Spirit Realm: The mysterious powerhouse's recovery and plans for conquest hint at an impending external threat to Douluo Continent.

Character Interactions

• Cai Wenji and Douluo Continent: Her breakthrough causes widespread shock, disbelief, and despair among other Soul Masters, highlighting the gap in their cultivation speeds.
• Big Dipper Academy and Other Powers: The academy's continued dominance on the Ranking List sparks awe, envy, and concern among other factions, such as the Star Luo Empire, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Spirit Hall.

The God Kings learned that the Douluo Continent’s plane barrier would vanish within months, while the Cultivation Speed Ranking revealed Sikong Zhen in fourth place for becoming a Titled Douluo at twenty. Big Dipper Academy received another powerful reward, and the continent waited for the top three to be revealed.

• The Life God King sensed an unfamiliar force devouring the Abyss Plane’s origin, but the Asura God King and Destruction God King dismissed it as the Abyssal Sage King’s doing.
• The God of Emotion warned the God Kings that the Douluo Continent’s plane barrier would disappear within months, and they began discussing how to regain control of the continent.
• The Sky Screen named Sikong Zhen of Big Dipper Academy fourth on the Cultivation Speed Ranking for breaking through to Titled Douluo at age twenty.
• The ranking reward evolved Sikong Zhen’s Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, strengthened his understanding of Thunder Law, and increased his Soul Ring Ages by three thousand five hundred years.
• The Snow Empress wondered what secrets Big Dipper Academy held as she considered the increasingly young ages of its ranked cultivators.
• Sikong Zhen received the reward at Big Dipper Academy, while Soul Masters across the continent waited for the final three rankings.

The Sky Screen revealed that Li Bai had become a Titled Douluo at eighteen, astounding the continent and prompting the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to avoid antagonizing Big Dipper Academy. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Xiao Wu’s grief and hatred awakened the God of Resentment’s trial, and he declared that she could inherit his God Position.

• The Sky Screen ranked Li Bai third in cultivation speed and announced that he had reached Titled Douluo at eighteen, shocking Soul Masters across the continent.
• The Star Luo Emperor and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan reacted with disbelief, and Yu Yuanzhen ordered his clan not to make an enemy of Big Dipper Academy.
• Xiao Wu awoke in the Star Dou Great Forest and remembered that Spirit Hall had killed Da Ming, Er Ming, and her mother, filling her with rage and resentment.
• Tang San apologized to Xiao Wu and vowed to destroy Spirit Hall, but her Power of Resentment formed a Hexagram Array that transported them into a dark space.
• The God of Resentment appeared and revealed that Xiao Wu’s resentment had activated his sealed God Trial Space, making her a potential inheritor of his God Position.

Tang San and Xiao Wu accepted the God of Resentment’s trial and chose to slaughter illusory innocents to gain power for revenge. As they began their separate massacres, the Sky Screen prepared to reveal second place on the Cultivation Speed Ranking.

• The God of Resentment offered Tang San and Xiao Wu his god trial, and both agreed to inherit his divine position.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu learned their first trial required them to slaughter an innocent human village and an innocent Soul Beast Forest, respectively.
• The God of Resentment’s avatars persuaded them that the trial’s victims were illusions and that they needed power to avenge their loved ones.
• Tang San attacked children in the village with Blue Silver Grass, while Xiao Wu used her Soft Bone Charm Rabbit Martial Soul to attack a little rabbit.
• The God of Resentment celebrated the awakening of resentment power and anticipated his resurrection.
• The Sky Screen’s golden light surged as it prepared to announce second place on the Cultivation Speed Ranking.

The Sky Screen’s Cultivation Speed Ranking revealed that Li Bai had reached Titled Douluo at eighteen, prompting powerful factions and soul beasts to fear Big Dipper Academy’s strength. The ranking then announced Sun Wukong in second place for becoming a Titled Douluo at fifteen and awakened part of his Chaos Demon Ape bloodline.

• Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, and Gu Rong admired Li Bai’s sword talent and resolved never to oppose Big Dipper Academy.
• Qian Daoliu concluded that Li Bai might already have reached the God-level and that Spirit Hall could not challenge Big Dipper Academy.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King resented humanity’s advantages and hoped Gu Yuena would lead the soul beasts to freedom.
• Tang Xiao reflected that Li Bai’s achievement showed how far Big Dipper Academy had surpassed the Clear Sky Sect.
• The Sky Screen ranked Sun Wukong second, revealing that he became a Titled Douluo at fifteen and received a one-percent Chaos Demon Ape bloodline awakening, stronger twin martial souls, older soul rings, and a God-level skill.

Sun Wukong received the Sky Screen reward, awakening more of his Chaos Demon Ape Bloodline as he entered seclusion, while Lu Xiao judged the academy’s strength against the coming Spirit Realm Invasion. The Cultivation Speed Ranking’s first-place result remained unrevealed, and the continent awaited Lu Xiao’s name and cultivation age.

• Sun Wukong received the Sky Screen reward, which ignited his Chaos Demon Ape Bloodline and drove him into deep seclusion.
• Li Bai predicted that Sun Wukong could break past Limit Douluo and reach the god tier after awakening his bloodline.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the others took pride in belonging to Big Dipper Academy and trusted its strength against a possible Soul Beast Race attack.
• Lu Xiao observed the ranking results and sensed that Sun Wukong’s bloodline awakening had increased, giving the academy more confidence against the approaching Spirit Realm Invasion.
• The continent focused on the Cultivation Speed Ranking’s blank first-place spot and expected Lu Xiao to be named, but the result had not yet appeared.