Chapter Summaries

Over four years, Yu Yuanchen perfected the Martial Way, reached Level 98, and entered the Law Integration into Body realm as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan flourished. With the Seven Sects Selection three months away, he told the clan to let Spirit Hall set the stage and vowed to claim the title of Number One Sect Under Heaven himself if necessary.

• Yu Yuanchen completed a universal Nine Realm Martial Way cultivation system and entered the Law Integration into Body realm.
• Ye Zhilan reached Level 85 and formed a symbiotic contract with the seventy-thousand-year Demon Eye Demon Tree Demon Pupil, gaining her Eighth Soul Ring and the Immortal Begonia Domain.
• Spirit Hall announced that the first Seven Sects Selection would be held in Spirit City three months later.
• Yu Boxuan asked Yu Yuanchen how the clan should respond, and Yu Yuanchen said they should accept the top title if offered or take it by force if not.
• Yu Yuanchen advised the clan to avoid provoking Spirit Hall while continuing to perfect the Martial Way, promote the Method of Soul Cores, and accumulate strength.

Spirit Hall opened the first Seven Sects Selection in Spirit City, bringing the continent’s major sects together to compete for the seven rankings. Yu Boxuan defeated Tang Gan in the opening battle, revealing the advantages of their Soul Cores and leaving the selection poised for further clashes.

• Pope Qian Chongshan presided over the selection as the major sects arrived, and a Cardinal announced that rankings would be decided by victories in battle.
• Yu Boxuan and Tang Gan entered the arena for the opening match between the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yu Boxuan and Tang Gan traded powerful attacks and fought through nearly two hundred exchanges, while spectators noticed their unusually rapid Soul Power recovery.
• Yu Boxuan used his greater endurance and physique to break through Tang Gan’s defense with Thunder Dragon Nine Flashes and force him to concede.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan claimed the first victory, and Yu Yuanchen recognized that the Method of Soul Cores had begun to show its effects.

Tang Chen defeated Azure Peak Douluo Qingfeng and Ning Zhiyuan in the second match, while the Wind Sword Sect and Black Tortoise Sect also won their bouts. With four matches complete, the selection grew more intense as the sects prepared for the peak confrontations.

• Tang Chen challenged Qingfeng and Ning Zhiyuan to fight him together, and Ning Zhiyuan used the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to enhance Qingfeng.
• Tang Chen and Qingfeng traded fierce attacks until Qingfeng unleashed his ninth Soul Skill and Tang Chen exploded four Soul Rings to counter with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Chen won the second match, defeating Qingfeng and leaving Ning Zhiyuan exhausted.
• Feng Zaiyun defeated Dai Jingxuan by exploiting a weakness in his White Tiger defense.
• Shi Feng endured the Fire Leopard Sect Master's attacks until his opponent ran out of strength and conceded.
• The first four matches ended with victories for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Clear Sky Sect, Wind Sword Sect, and Black Tortoise Sect.

Yu Yuanchen challenged the leaders of the other six sects after their representatives repeatedly conceded to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then overwhelmed all seven in battle. The Seven Sects Selection ended with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan ranked first among the Upper Three Sects and the Number One Sect Under Heaven.

• Tang Lie defeated Dai Jingxuan, Azure Peak Douluo defeated Feng Zaiyun, and the Fire Leopard Sect's Sect Master defeated the Sparrow Bee Sect's Sect Master.
• Representatives from several sects quickly conceded to Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan fighters, prompting spectators to mock the matches as staged.
• Yu Yuanchen challenged the leaders of the other six sects at once and revealed his Level 98 strength, leaving them unable to refuse.
• Yu Yuanchen used his Martial Soul True Body Possession and defeated the seven leaders in a brief battle, forcing the Fire Leopard Sect's Sect Master to flee the arena.
• The Cardinal announced the final rankings, placing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan first, the Clear Sky Sect second, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect third.

After the Seven Sects Selection, Yu Yuanchen, Qian Daoliu, and Tang Chen revealed the Soul Core Condensation Method and established a hundred-year oath against initiating large-scale wars as a condition for receiving it. The method would be shared through their sects, while Yu Yuanchen turned his attention toward his own path and the approaching Divine Realm.

• Yu Yuanchen, Qian Daoliu, and Tang Chen explained how Soul Cores improved Soul Power, recovery, endurance, and cultivation, and how advanced practitioners could use them to break through bottlenecks.
• Yu Yuanchen described the stages of Soul Core cultivation and said the three young powerhouses and their elders had condensed advanced-state Soul Cores directly.
• Yu Yuanchen, Qian Daoliu, and Tang Chen required anyone receiving the method to swear not to initiate large-scale sect wars or imperial campaigns for one hundred years, threatening joint execution for violators.
• Ning Zhiyuan and the other sect leaders, along with independent cultivators and small clans, agreed to swear the oath.
• Yu Yuanchen announced that the three sects would jointly transcribe and publish the foundational method, then left the stage with Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen.

After the Seven Sects Selection Conference, Qian Daoliu entered the Angel inheritance ceremony and learned why his father had delayed his Divine Examination. He received the Nine Angel Trials, beginning his path toward the God Position.

• Yu Yuanchen, Tang Chen, and Qian Daoliu celebrated the settled sects and the spread of the Method of Soul Cores, and Qian Daoliu announced he would undergo a Divine Examination.
• Qian Daoliu prepared himself and went to the Worship Hall, where Qian Chongxiao explained he had waited for him to build a stronger foundation and improve his chances of receiving the Nine Trials.
• Qian Daoliu swore before the Six-winged Angel statue that he would inherit the God Position, and the statue enveloped him in divine power.
• The Angel inheritance transformed Qian Daoliu's aura and marked his forehead with a Golden Angel Pattern.
• Nine golden halos appeared around Qian Daoliu, confirming that he had received the Nine Angel Trials, while Qian Chongxiao celebrated his son's inheritance.

Three years after the Soul Core Condensation Method spread, Yu Yuanchen refined his cultivation, Tang Chen developed a new forging technique, and Qian Daoliu struggled to complete his Angel God trial. While searching the Savage Beast Hills, Qian Daoliu discovered a Hell Gate opening toward another plane and faced an attack from within.

• The Soul Core Condensation Method improved Soul Masters' strength across the continent, while Yu Yuanchen cultivated his Spirit Domain and Tang Chen developed the Hundred Forging Essence Gold Technique.
• Qian Daoliu passed the first two Angel God trials but struggled to find the twenty targets required by the third trial.
• Qian Daoliu killed seven Fallen Soul Masters and three evil Soul Beasts, then headed toward the City of Slaughter to find the remaining targets.
• In the Savage Beast Hills, Qian Daoliu sensed energy being drained from Soul Beast corpses and followed the evil aura to a twisted valley.
• Qian Daoliu discovered a slowly solidifying Hell Gate and was struck by a dark-red beam, which he blocked with Angel's Protection.

Qian Daoliu discovered a newly opened Hell Gate in the Savage Beast Hills and alerted Spirit Hall and the continent's major powers to a Demon Plane invasion. After Qian Chongxiao arrived and fought the Demon King, the two retreated, leaving the gate and demon army to expand while the Coalition of Seven Sects prepared to respond.

• Qian Daoliu recognized the Hell Gate as a newly formed passage to the Demon Plane and rushed to report the invasion to Spirit Hall.
• Spirit Hall mobilized its forces and summoned aid from the sects and empires, while Qian Chongxiao raced to the Savage Beast Hills.
• Qian Daoliu returned to find the gate strengthened and thousands of demons emerging, and he fought them until seven Great Demon Knights pinned him down.
• Qian Chongxiao arrived and attacked the Demon Legion, but the Demon King sacrificed its subordinates to force its way through the gate and confront him.
• Qian Chongxiao gained the upper hand against the Demon King but feared his old injury and the cost of unleashing the Angel Sacred Sword's full power, so he ordered Qian Daoliu to retreat.
• Qian Chongxiao escaped with Qian Daoliu, while the Demon King stabilized the gate and sent more demons toward the outskirts of the Savage Beast Hills.

Qian Chongxiao and Qian Daoliu organized an evacuation and defense against the growing demon invasion, then gathered the continent’s strongest forces at Rock Fortress. The coalition marched on the Savage Beast Hills, with Qian Chongxiao drawing Demon King Salvos’s attention while Yu Yuanchen concealed himself to strike.

• Qian Chongxiao ordered Qian Daoliu to mobilize Spirit Hall, evacuate settlements near the Savage Beast Hills, and build defensive lines.
• Over three days, Spirit Hall and allied Soul Masters evacuated civilians and fortified the region while Qian Chongxiao and Qian Daoliu harassed the demons and discovered their forces had grown to over ten thousand.
• Yu Yuanchen arrived at Rock Fortress with Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elites, and Qian Chongxiao briefed the gathered leaders on Salvos and the demon army.
• Qian Chongxiao asked Yu Yuanchen to help confront Salvos, and Yu Yuanchen agreed to join the fight without revealing his confidence in his own strength.
• The leaders assigned forces to engage the Great Demon Knights, Green Flame Demons, and lesser demons, then Qian Chongshan ordered the coalition to march.
• Qian Chongxiao charged toward the Hell Gate to draw Salvos out while Yu Yuanchen concealed his aura along the flank and prepared a surprise attack.

The Coalition Army battled its way toward the Hell Gate while Qian Chongxiao and Yu Yuanchen fought Demon King Salvos. Yu Yuanchen revealed his full strength and killed Salvos, then ordered the army to exterminate the remaining demons.

• Qian Chongshan organized the Coalition Army's ranks as thousands of demons charged, and the Soul Masters fought them with support from Angel Soul Masters who purified fallen demons.
• Yu Boxuan, Tang Gan, and other Titled Douluo engaged powerful demons and helped drive the Coalition Army toward the Hell Gate.
• The fourteen Great Demon Knights attacked the Coalition Army, while Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen confronted three Green Flame Demons.
• Qian Chongxiao fought Salvos at the Hell Gate as Yu Yuanchen harried the Demon King from the flank, forcing Salvos onto the defensive.
• When Salvos tried to flee, Yu Yuanchen revealed his full power, trapped it with Holy Dragon Town Prison Tribulation, and killed it with Dragon King's Judgment.
• Yu Yuanchen declared that the Demon King had fallen and ordered the Coalition Army to exterminate the remaining demons.

After defeating Salvos, Yu Yuanchen sealed the Hell Gate instead of destroying it and used captured demons to learn about the Demon Plane. He proposed a counteroffensive through the gate, and the Coalition Army’s leaders agreed to support the plan.

• Yu Yuanchen stopped Qian Chongxiao from destroying the unstable Hell Gate and sealed it with the Holy Dragon Town Prison Tribulation.
• Yu Yuanchen and Qian Chongxiao helped the Coalition Army defeat the remaining demons, while Yu Yuanchen kept several powerful demons alive for interrogation.
• Yu Yuanchen used the Soul Searching Technique to learn that four Demigod-level Demon Kings remained and that one commanded a legion of Fallen Angels.
• Yu Yuanchen proposed invading the Demon Plane to strike the Demon Kings, weaken their threat, and seize resources.
• Qian Daoliu received Angel's Fourth Trial and volunteered to enter the Demon Plane, while Tang Chen and Qian Chongxiao also backed the counteroffensive.
• The leaders of the major factions agreed to support Yu Yuanchen’s plan to attack the Demon Plane.

Yu Yuanchen led more than three hundred elite Soul Masters into Salvos's Demon Plane territory to seize the true Hell Gate, a divine artifact capable of opening passages between planes. After the force captured Salvos's weakened castle and found the artifact, four powerful wills awakened and confronted them.

• Yu Yuanchen entered the Demon Plane first, tested his weakened domain against the demon army, and signaled the expeditionary force to follow.
• Yu Yuanchen sealed the Hell Gate behind the force and led everyone toward Salvos's Heart of Molten Fire, revealing that the true Hell Gate was hidden there.
• Yu Yuanchen's force defeated the castle's guards, captured two Great Demons, and split up to search the castle and reach its altar.
• Yu Yuanchen, Qian Chongxiao, Qian Daoliu, and Tang Chen broke through the altar's restrictions and found the Hell Gate's true body.
• As Yu Yuanchen reached for the artifact, four wills as powerful as Salvos awakened and threatened the humans.

Yu Yuanchen seized the Hell Gate despite the four Demon Kings’ lingering wills, but their attempt to summon Adost brought the strongest Demon King to the altar hall. Yu Yuanchen defeated and killed Adost, claimed the divine artifact, and prepared to face the remaining three Demon Kings.

• Yu Yuanchen resisted the four Demon King wills and began refining the Hell Gate, prompting them to burn their consciousness and summon Adost.
• Adost arrived at the altar hall and attacked Yu Yuanchen, while Qian Chongxiao, Qian Daoliu, and Tang Chen prepared to intervene.
• Yu Yuanchen activated his Thunder Sacred Dragon True Body and overwhelmed Adost with lightning attacks.
• Yu Yuanchen pierced Adost’s heart with the Thunder Dragon Spear, destroying the Demon King completely.
• Yu Yuanchen erased the remaining imprints on the Hell Gate, left his own Soul Imprint, and stored the artifact.
• Yu Yuanchen told Qian Chongxiao, Qian Daoliu, and Tang Chen that they would now meet the remaining three Demon Kings.

Yu Yuanchen led the human Coalition Army into battle against three Demon Kings on Bone Plain, while Tang Chen’s combat insight drew the attention of the God of Destruction, who secretly granted him the God of Strength position. Yu Yuanchen drove the kings into flight, and the chapter ended as he expanded his Thunder Domain to try to stop them.

• Demogorgon, Baroque, and Anate learned that Hell Gate had changed hands and that Adost was dead, then gathered their armies on Bone Plain to reclaim the artifact.
• Yu Yuanchen led the Coalition Army to attack, fought all three Demon Kings at once, and held them off while the human elites battled the demon legions.
• Qian Chongxiao cut down powerful demons, Qian Daoliu completed his fourth divine trial, and Tang Chen’s precise hammer techniques caught the God of Destruction’s attention.
• The God of Destruction secretly sent Tang Chen the Law Origin of strength and granted him an opportunity to inherit the vacant God of Strength position.
• Yu Yuanchen gained the upper hand as the Coalition Army pushed back the demons, prompting Demogorgon, Baroque, and Anate to flee in different directions.
• Yu Yuanchen expanded his Thunder Domain to seal off space as he pursued the fleeing Demon Kings.

Yu Yuanchen defeated the invading Demon Kings on the Bone Plain, killing Anate and Baroque while Demogorgon escaped. With the demon army routed, he declared the expedition a complete victory and announced that the Demon Plane would become new territory for Douluo Continent.

• Yu Yuanchen imprisoned Baroque with the Hell Gate and struck Anate with lightning, but Anate escaped the first attack by detonating his poison cloud and undead.
• Yu Yuanchen killed Anate with the Thunder Emperor’s Annihilation Tribulation Spear, destroying his Demon Core and vaporizing his forces.
• Yu Yuanchen pursued Demogorgon through his shadow clones, destroying many but failing to find his true body before he escaped.
• Yu Yuanchen killed Baroque after deflecting his desperate attack and piercing his heart with the Thunder Spear.
• Yu Yuanchen returned to the Coalition Army, announced the expedition’s victory, and declared the Demon Plane a new territory for human Soul Masters to explore and colonize.
• The Coalition Army cheered Yu Yuanchen as the expedition returned in triumph and a new era for Douluo Continent began.

After the Coalition Army defeated the Demon Kings, Yu Yuanchen decided to manage the remaining demons and establish a human stronghold in the Demon Plane. Demon Quelling City was built around the planar passage, and Yu Yuanchen began seclusion there to pursue an Ultimate Soul Core breakthrough.

• Yu Yuanchen sensed millions of low-level demons across the Demon Plane and concluded that controlling them would be more practical than trying to eradicate them.
• Yu Yuanchen ordered the Coalition Army to build one permanent city and assigned its leaders to return to Douluo Continent for supplies, craftsmen, and coordination.
• Yu Yuanchen opened the planar passage, let the Coalition Army return, and replaced its seal with a warning net while he guarded the entrance.
• Survey teams, craftsmen, formation masters, and supplies arrived, and the human stronghold was built and named Demon Quelling City.
• Yu Yuanchen began seclusion in the city's Meditation Tower, seeking to combine his knowledge and break through toward an Ultimate Soul Core.

The successful Demon Plane expedition made Yu Yuanchen and the Coalition Army famous across Douluo Continent, while Ye Zhilan returned to her research and Demon Quelling City faced the work of building a foothold. Qian Daoliu began his Angel examination, Tang Chen studied demon forging, and Yu Yuanchen gained new insights that brought him closer to Level 99.

• The expedition's victory and the slaying of four Demon Kings were announced across the continent, and Yu Yuanchen was hailed as the Thunder Dragon God and Demon Quelling Venerable.
• Ye Zhilan declined the celebrations and returned to the Ye Family Beast Taming Research Institute to investigate connections between demon creatures, Soul Beasts, and Beast Taming.
• Demon Quelling City's defenders reinforced the city and planted treated Blue Silver Grass as they prepared to explore and secure the surrounding territory.
• Qian Daoliu received the task of finding and purifying ten Fallen Angels, then left the city carrying the Angel Sacred Sword to seek them out.
• Tang Chen examined captured demon equipment and began experiments to combine demon forging ideas with his Hundred Forging Essence Gold Technique.
• Yu Yuanchen studied the Demon Plane's Thunder and Space Laws, gaining insights that brought him closer to breaking through from Level 98 to Level 99.

After a year of growth in Demon Quelling City, Bo Saixi arrived from Sea God Island to train on the Demon Plane. Yu Yuanchen emerged from seclusion having reached rank 99 and transformed his Soul Core, while Bo Saixi and the city’s Soul Masters witnessed his breakthrough.

• Demon Quelling City developed into a fortified settlement with research, trade, farming, and demon-resistant equipment.
• Bo Saixi arrived under the Sea God’s decree to train at Demon Quelling City and broaden her horizons.
• Yu Yuanchen’s breakthrough unleashed purple-gold thunderclouds and an overwhelming aura across the city.
• Yu Yuanchen reached rank 99 and transformed his Soul Core into a crystal whose power rivaled newly acquired divine power.
• Yu Yuanchen welcomed Bo Saixi to the city, while his breakthrough and her arrival signaled a new stage for Demon Quelling City.

Yu Yuanchen broke through to Level 99 and found Demon Quelling City secure under Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu’s leadership. He entrusted the city to them and left through the Planar Passage to return to the Douluo Continent and reunite with his family.

• Yu Yuanchen reached Level 99, while Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu revealed they had both advanced to Level 98.
• Tang Chen told Yu Yuanchen he had received the God of Strength’s inheritance and was developing a new forging method.
• Qian Daoliu introduced the Fallen Angels he had purified into Holy Angels and reported that he had wounded Demogorgon in a battle at Shadow Canyon.
• After reviewing Demon Quelling City’s defenses and Demogorgon’s weakened state, Yu Yuanchen decided to return home.
• Yu Yuanchen entrusted the city’s defenses to Qian Daoliu and its forging development to Tang Chen, then departed through the Planar Passage.

Yu Yuanchen returned to Dragon City and reunited with his family after his victories on the Demon Plane. He learned that his father and stepmother had twin sons, then reunited with Ye Zhilan and promised to stay by her side.

• Yu Yuanchen returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, where Yu Boxuan, Yu Mingfeng, and Madam Liu welcomed him home.
• Yu Mingfeng revealed that he and Madam Liu had recently had twin sons, Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian, and Yu Yuanchen congratulated them.
• Yu Mingfeng urged Yu Yuanchen to spend more time with Ye Zhilan and start a family, and Yu Yuanchen promised to do so.
• Yu Yuanchen found Ye Zhilan tending the herb garden, and the two embraced as they reunited after a year apart.
• Yu Yuanchen told Ye Zhilan he planned to stay for a long while, and she happily agreed to remain by his side.