Chapter Summaries

The Heavenly Ranking appeared across the continent and announced rewards for the top ten factions, alarming Lin Jiang as he feared his hidden King's Hall would be exposed. As powerful figures tested the ranking and found it impervious to attack, leaders across the continent began assessing its implications.

• Lin Jiang learned that the Heavenly Ranking would list the continent's foremost factions and feared the King's Hall would be revealed.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei attacked the ranking with their soul skills, but it absorbed both attacks, prompting them to report to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong considered Spirit Hall a likely contender for first place if the ranking was genuine.
• Qian Daoliu wondered whether the ranking was a revelation from the Angel God, while Xue Qinghe discussed its implications with She Long and Ci Xue before being summoned to the palace.
• Chen Xin reported to Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong that his full-strength sword strike had been absorbed by the ranking.

As the Heavenly Ranking appeared across the continent, powerful factions considered its implications while Lin Jiang worried it would expose King's Hall and attract trouble. At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong declared she would leave to study under the force ranked first.

• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin discussed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's chances of ranking highly and agreed to wait for the results.
• Fei, Goya, Jialuo, and Sang Qi continued their mission through the Far West while an invisible presence followed them.
• Lin Jiang learned of the Heavenly Ranking, asked Daji to prepare for possible visitors, and anticipated King's Hall's peace ending.
• After soul-fighting practice, Ma Hongjun left to pursue women, and Zhu Zhuqing condemned Dai Mubai before walking away.
• Ning Rongrong and Oscar waited outside Shrek Academy, and Ning Rongrong announced she would study under the top-ranked force.

The Heavenly Ranking placed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect tenth and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan eleventh, contradicting Yu Xiaogang’s confident prediction that the Upper Three Sects would rank in the top five. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect received its rewards, while Xue Ye summoned four figures to the imperial palace courtyard.

• Ning Rongrong questioned why she should remain at Shrek Academy, and Flender angrily told her to leave if she wished.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that the Upper Three Sects would certainly rank among the top five.
• The Heavenly Ranking placed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect tenth and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan eleventh, awarding the former a Knowledge Gem and a ten-thousand-year Soul Bone.
• Yu Xiaogang and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s leaders protested the ranking, while Ning Rongrong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect reacted with disbelief and guarded relief.
• Ning Fengzhi received the rewards and decided that Ning Rongrong should wear the Knowledge Gem.
• Xue Ye stood before his sleeping chambers as four summoned figures arrived in the imperial palace courtyard.

The Heavenly Ranking revealed the Body Sect in ninth place and Clear Sky Sect in eighth, shaking the continent’s factions and overturning Clear Sky Sect’s confidence in its strength. The sect’s leaders were left stunned and enraged as their reward arrived, while Spirit Hall began investigating the newly exposed hidden sect.

• Xue Ye warned Xue Qinghe to win over the highest-ranked factions, while Xue Qinghe secretly resolved to make Spirit Hall dominate the continent.
• The Heavenly Ranking announced the unknown Body Sect in ninth place, prompting Lin Jiang to recognize its long history and Tang San to doubt Yu Xiaogang’s expertise.
• Ning Fengzhi reacted with concern to the Body Sect’s rank, and Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall’s intelligence division to investigate it.
• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders celebrated the low rankings of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, expecting Clear Sky Sect to place near the top.
• The Heavenly Ranking placed Clear Sky Sect eighth and awarded it a Knowledge Gem and a Thirty Thousand Year Soul Bone, leaving Tang Xiao and the elders shocked as the continent erupted in disbelief.

The Heavenly Ranking placed the Shuo Organization seventh, revealing that its leader, Hai Yue, was a level 98 Peak Douluo and sending both empires scrambling to learn more. Lin Jiang recognized Hai Yue’s lingering obsession and resolved to seize the Heavenly Ranking’s Divine Artifacts as he prepared for the day their paths crossed again.

• The Clear Sky Sect’s eighth-place ranking devastated Tang Xiao and the five Elders, while Xue Ye, Xue Qinghe, Ge Long, and Dugu Bo reacted to the revelation that forces surpassed it.
• The Heavenly Ranking announced that the Shuo Organization, led by level 98 Peak Douluo Hai Yue, ranked seventh and received a Knowledge Gem and a Forty Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Xue Ye ordered Xue Qinghe to investigate the Shuo Organization and its ties to the Star Luo Imperial Family, while the Star Luo Emperor ordered an urgent search for Hai Yue and the organization.
• Lin Jiang recognized Hai Yue’s name, wondered whether Fei and Goya would find her in time, and told Daji that Hai Yue would not abandon her obsession unless she achieved her goal.
• Lin Jiang resolved to gather enough power to overcome whatever came and declared that he intended to claim every Divine Artifact granted by the Heavenly Ranking.

Lin Jiang ordered King's Hall to challenge factions across the world, offering Divine Artifacts for victories and demanding treasures from those who lost. The Heavenly Ranking revealed City of Slaughter in sixth place and Sea God Island in fifth, leaving Lin Jiang and others wondering which factions occupied the top four.

• Lin Jiang ordered Daji to announce King's Hall's arena challenge, with Divine Artifacts for winners and the losers' treasures at stake.
• The Heavenly Ranking placed City of Slaughter sixth, revealing the Asura God's inheritance and awarding it a Knowledge Gem and a Fifty Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Bibi Dong remained calm at the revelation, while Tang Hao predicted that more Soul Masters would flock to the City of Slaughter.
• The Heavenly Ranking placed Sea God Island fifth, revealing Bo Saixi, the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo, and the Sea God's inheritance, and awarding a Book of Curses and an Eighty Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Qian Daoliu recalled Bo Saixi, while Lin Jiang wondered which factions ranked among the top four and observers coveted the Book of Curses' 50% increase to Soul Skill power.

The Heavenly Ranking revealed the Extreme North Land’s three powerful soul beast rulers and awarded them a Soul Bone, awakening Snow Empress and alerting her to the danger the exposure posed. The ranking then placed Spirit Hall third, leaving the continent stunned and the identities of the top two unknown.

• The Heavenly Ranking placed the Extreme North Land fourth, naming Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the Titan Snow Demon King as its three rulers and awarding a Book of Curses and a Ninety-Thousand-Year Soul Bone.
• Bibi Dong viewed the three soul beasts as potential Soul Ring and Soul Bone reserves, while Qian Renxue considered their ranking a relief for Spirit Hall’s plans.
• The Ninety-Thousand-Year Soul Bone awakened Snow Empress, who realized the ranking had exposed her and her fellow rulers to human hunters and decided to contact Lord Di Tian.
• Yu Xiaogang speculated that the top two factions would be soul beasts and declared Spirit Hall the obvious first-place faction.
• The Heavenly Ranking placed Spirit Hall third and awarded it the Blade of Sanction, the Holy Grail, and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, shocking the continent and humiliating Yu Xiaogang.

The Heavenly Ranking revealed Star Dou Great Forest in second place and the unknown King's Hall, led by Lin Jiang, in first, leaving the continent stunned by the force’s strength and rewards. Spirit Hall and Di Tian reacted to their rankings and prepared for the consequences of the ranking’s revelations.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing lost faith in Shrek Academy and looked toward the force at the top of the Heavenly Ranking.
• Bibi Dong reacted furiously to Spirit Hall placing third, while Qian Daoliu accepted its rewards and Golden Crocodile Douluo questioned the ranking.
• The Heavenly Ranking named Star Dou Great Forest second and granted it Pure Firmament, Phoenix Eye of Immortality, and two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Di Tian learned that the ranking had exposed the forest’s secrets and resolved to prepare for the danger human greed might bring.
• The Heavenly Ranking named King's Hall first, identifying Lin Jiang as the age’s strongest Soul Master and awarding the hall divine artifacts, a supreme treasure, and three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.

After the Heavenly Ranking revealed King's Hall as the world's top power, Lin Jiang prepared the canyon for an influx of visitors and ordered heightened security. Across the continent, rulers and factions raced to find the hall, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing decided to leave Shrek Academy for it.

• Lin Jiang collected the Heavenly Ranking rewards, then ordered Daji to accelerate the arena's construction and put the Great Wall Guard Army on alert around King's Hall.
• Emperor Xue Ye ordered Xue Qinghe to locate King's Hall, while Xue Qinghe considered controlling or eliminating it and Prince Xue Xing saw a chance to advance Xue Beng's claim to the throne.
• Ning Rongrong mocked Yu Xiaogang's failed analysis, argued with Flender, and announced she was leaving Shrek Academy to join King's Hall.
• Zhu Zhuqing also decided to leave Shrek Academy, ignoring Dai Mubai's pleas, and Ning Rongrong followed her; Xiao Wu stayed because she feared Lin Jiang might recognize her identity.
• The Upper Three Sects, Lower Four Sects, kingdoms, duchies, and reclusive families mobilized their networks to search for Lin Jiang and King's Hall.

Qian Renxue and the major sects learned that King's Hall had invited the continent to challenge its arena for a Divine Artifact, and they prepared to investigate or compete. As visitors gathered at King's Canyon, Lin Jiang asked Daji which new arrivals had come to King's Hall.

• She Long told Qian Renxue that King's Hall had issued a challenge and offered a Divine Artifact to whoever defeated its arena champion, so she set out with She Long and Ci Xue to investigate.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders condemned the Heavenly Ranking and decided to challenge King's Hall.
• Tang Xiao followed the Second Elder's order for the Seventh Elder to take disciples to investigate King's Hall's strength.
• Mozi and Master Lu Ban built a vast arena in one day, while King's Hall's created minions organized visiting sects and guests.
• Lin Jiang caught a fish without a hook or bait, and Daji asked how he had done it before he asked what visitors had arrived.

The continent’s major factions gathered at King’s Hall for its arena tournament, while Lin Jiang waited for them to take the bait. When a storm announced the opening, the crowd mistook Si Kong Zhen for Lin Jiang before learning he was the Grand Minister of Works hosting the event in Lin Jiang’s place.

• Daji reported that Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and numerous other factions had arrived, while the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan were still on their way.
• Hu Liena chose to wait and observe rather than let Spirit Hall test King’s Hall first, while Magic Bear Douluo impatiently dismissed the venue.
• Xue Qinghe arrived disguised as the Crown Prince and spoke with Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, who said an invisible barrier blocked entry to King’s Hall.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan arrived as a thunderstorm gathered over the arena.
• A powerful figure appeared amid the storm and introduced himself as Si Kong Zhen, the Grand Minister of Works hosting the King’s Canyon Arena Tournament on Lin Jiang’s behalf.

Si Kong Zhen announced that King's Hall would let challengers fight a lower-level defender for the chance to claim a Divine Artifact. Hu Yan Zhen challenged the arena, and Marco Polo took the field as King's Hall's defender as their battle began.

• Si Kong Zhen revealed three Divine Artifacts as prizes and said King's Hall would send defenders with lower Soul Power Levels than their challengers.
• Hu Yan Zhen, blinded by the prospect of a Divine Artifact, challenged the arena despite Hu Liena calling him foolish.
• King's Hall sent out Marco Polo, an eighty-seventh-level Agility Attack System Battle Soul Douluo, to face Hu Yan Zhen, an eighty-ninth-level Diamond Mammoth Soul Master.
• Hu Yan Zhen activated Martial Soul Possession while Marco Polo drew his twin guns, and Si Kong Zhen started the match.
• Marco Polo slid backward and fired his guns at Hu Yan Zhen.

Marco Polo used his Gun of Far Travel to overcome Hu Yan Zhen’s seemingly impenetrable Diamond Mammoth defense and win the arena fight. He left the stunned audience with a stylish bow after Hu Yan Zhen collapsed unconscious.

• Hu Yan Zhen laughed off Marco Polo’s bullets as harmless, while the spectators began doubting Marco Polo’s strength.
• Hu Yan Zhen attacked with Crushing Strike, but Marco Polo escaped with Gun of Roaming and continued firing with Pistolero.
• Marco Polo’s Chain Reaction activated after repeated hits, letting his bullets pierce Hu Yan Zhen’s defenses and cause internal pain.
• Hu Yan Zhen unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and Infinite Diamonds, but Marco Polo closed in and pierced the barrier with Frenzied Barrage.
• Hu Yan Zhen vomited blood and collapsed unconscious, and Marco Polo bowed as the audience fell silent.

Lin Jiang prepared to use Dugu Bo to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye while Super Soldiers stopped the Elephant Armor Sect from causing a riot at King's Hall. Dugu Bo arrived at the hall’s gorge and was confronted by a mysterious Vortex Gate.

• Lin Jiang caught a Jade Serpent and used Cosmic Divine Sense to spot Dugu Bo flying toward King's Hall, then ordered Daji to summon Daqiao and Bian Que.
• Lin Jiang decided to use Dugu Bo as a shortcut to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and resolved to contend for destiny now that King's Hall was in the spotlight.
• Elephant Armor Sect disciples charged the arena after Hu Yan Zhen was defeated, but Si Kong Zhen ordered the Super Soldiers to suppress them.
• A Super Soldier broke a Soul King-level disciple's arm with one punch, stopping the crowd and making Xue Qinghe fear that she and Spirit Hall had underestimated Lin Jiang.
• A Vortex Gate opened in front of Dugu Bo, blocking his path to King's Hall.

Lin Jiang confronted Dugu Bo over his hidden Medicinal Garden and offered to cure the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison afflicting him and his family. After Bian Que demonstrated that the poison could be treated, Dugu Bo pledged to serve Lin Jiang and agreed to lead him to the garden, while Lin Jiang also promised to save Dugu Yan.

• Lin Jiang arrived with Daji, Daqiao, and Bian Que, then identified himself to Dugu Bo as the King's Hall Master and demanded access to his Medicinal Garden.
• Lin Jiang offered to cure Dugu Bo's accumulated poison if he willingly handed over the garden, and Bian Que examined Dugu Bo and used Good and Evil Diagnosis to dissolve some of the toxin.
• Dugu Bo knelt and pledged his life to Lin Jiang after seeing the treatment work.
• Dugu Bo asked Lin Jiang to save his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, and Lin Jiang agreed to have Bian Que treat her as well.
• Dugu Bo agreed to lead Lin Jiang to the Medicinal Garden, and Lin Jiang called on Daqiao.

Lin Jiang brought Dugu Bo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, ordered Bian Que to treat him, and summoned Li Xin to cultivate there in hopes of breaking his Level 98 bottleneck. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing wandered lost through the Deep Outer Forest while trying to find King's Hall.

• Daqiao opened a spatial passage, and Lin Jiang led Dugu Bo and the others to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Lin Jiang ordered Bian Que to begin treating Dugu Bo in the valley.
• Lin Jiang summoned Li Xin and explained how the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye could help him balance the light and darkness of his Martial Soul.
• Li Xin consumed Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, then meditated at the boundary between the two springs to seek a breakthrough.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing struggled through the Deep Outer Forest and realized they had become lost while searching for King's Hall.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were lured into danger by three men in the forest, but Hua Mulan rescued them with a sword strike. She carried the unconscious girls toward the Inner Hall, while Kai wondered why he had sneezed.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing followed three men who claimed they could lead them to the King's Hall.
• The men revealed their hostile intentions, and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to defend Ning Rongrong while the bald Soul Emperor trapped her in an iron cage.
• The bald Soul Emperor threatened the girls, but Hua Mulan arrived and used Void Split Slash to knock all three men unconscious.
• Hua Mulan's sword aura also knocked Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing unconscious, so she carried them toward the Inner Hall.
• Kai sneezed while patrolling the other side of the rear mountain and wondered who was talking about him.

After King's Hall claimed the right to Hu Yan Zhen's Soul Bones, Clear Sky Sect Seventh Elder Tang Lie arrived and challenged them, revealing himself as a Titled Douluo wielding the Clear Sky Hammer. The chapter left Tang Lie confronting King's Hall in the arena, while Ye Qingxian quietly considered forming an alliance with them.

• Si Kong Zhen declared that King's Hall would claim Hu Yan Zhen's Soul Bones because the Elephant Armor Sect had failed its challenge.
• Yu Yuanzhen considered seizing an opportunity to take the Divine Artifacts from King's Hall, while Tang Lie led Clear Sky Sect members into the venue and challenged them.
• Xue Qinghe learned from Ning Fengzhi that Tang Lie was the Clear Sky Sect's Seventh Elder, and Gu Rong recognized him as a Titled Douluo.
• Ye Qingxian told her daughter Ye Lingling that they should observe the gathering, while privately hoping to tie the Nine Heart Begonia Family to King's Hall.
• Tang Lie entered the arena, released his nine Soul Rings, and summoned the Clear Sky Hammer as he taunted King's Hall to fight.

Tang Lie of the Clear Sky Sect challenged King's Hall, provoking Zhong Wuyan to answer him with a savage war hammer and an astonishing Soul Ring configuration. She revealed herself as a Titled Douluo with a 100,000-year Soul Ring, leaving the gathered spectators stunned.

• Tang Lie displayed the Clear Sky Hammer and vowed to smash King's Hall's reputation, stirring old fears in Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
• Xue Qinghe considered using the confrontation to weaken the Clear Sky Sect, while Ye Qingxian urged Ye Lingling to observe the power of supreme experts.
• Zhong Wuyan grew impatient with Tang Lie's provocation and decided to confront him despite Lian Po's advice to wait.
• Zhong Wuyan appeared on King's Hall's battlements, mocked the Clear Sky Sect as a rat sect, and dismissed Tang Lie's threats.
• Zhong Wuyan summoned a brutal war hammer and revealed Soul Rings configured purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black, black, and red, shocking the crowd.

Zhong Wuyan of King's Hall fought Tang Lie of the Clear Sky Sect in a hammer duel, initially matching his attacks through sheer strength. Tang Lie then used his dual-hammer Disorder Splitting Wind technique to build power with every clash, forcing Zhong Wuyan toward the arena’s edge.

• Zhong Wuyan leapt from the city wall and challenged Tang Lie, while Si Kong Zhen announced her as a level ninety-one Titled Douluo.
• Zhong Wuyan and Tang Lie collided their giant hammers and exchanged powerful blows, with neither gaining a clear advantage.
• Tang Lie unleashed his Martial Soul Clone, split his Clear Sky Hammer into two, and began using Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to stack power through successive strikes.
• Lian Po recognized that Tang Lie’s blows were growing stronger, while Zhong Wuyan realized he was borrowing strength to accumulate power.
• Tang Lie’s thirty-sixth hammer knocked Zhong Wuyan’s weapon aside, and his increasingly heavy attacks drove her to the arena’s edge as Yu Yuanzhen mocked King's Hall.