Chapter Summaries

Luo Ze refused the position of North City's next City Lord and entered the core area, where the Third Sequence revealed its plan and fear of the First Sequence. Scouts from the four cities discovered a world filled with rare metals and began edging toward its barrier.

• Xue Yi and Xue Er praised Luo Ze and urged him to accept North City's City Lord position, but he refused and left to meet his teammates.
• Xue Er told Xue Yi that Luo Ze was Dragon Abyss Douluo's chosen Successor, and Xue Yi left to assist South City while Xue Er went after him.
• Luo Ze reached the core area and saw a lifeless world steeped in the Third Sequence's suffocating aura.
• The Third Sequence told a shadow that the First Sequence had arrived and ordered it not to kill all the human elites, then vowed to claim the First Sequence's power.
• Scouts from the four cities reached the core area's barrier, reported their findings, and moved closer after their Rare Metal indicators detected vast deposits beyond it.

Luo Ze found Tang Wulin and Gu Yue beside a vast Rare Metal mine, where scouts were being driven by magnified Greed to loot and climb the unstable metal mountain. The Third Sequence confined the three of them so they could only watch as the scouts’ greed turned the mine into a deadly spectacle.

• Luo Ze found Tang Wulin and Gu Yue beside the Rare Metal mine, and they confirmed they had noticed nothing unusual beyond its sudden appearance.
• Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Luo Ze saw scouts attacking the Protective Shield and realized the people were being guided by Mind Control.
• The Third Sequence spoke to Luo Ze about human Greed, then used Confinement to immobilize him, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue.
• The Third Sequence opened the Protective Shield, and scouts rushed into the mine to collect Rare Metals.
• The scouts climbed the unstable mountain for its richer metals, repeatedly falling and being buried as their actions caused the mountain to grow.

Luo Ze resisted the Third Sequence’s attempt to manipulate him, but it killed the other cities’ scouting teams and left North City’s team with three valuable pieces of ore to provoke distrust. When Luo Ze, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue returned, an armed legion accused them of betraying the enemy.

• The Third Sequence tried to beguile Luo Ze and break his confinement, but Luo Ze used the First Sequence’s power to resist it.
• The Third Sequence manipulated the scouts into fighting over Rare Metal, then killed them all and left three pieces of ore for Luo Ze’s team.
• Luo Ze told Tang Wulin and Gu Yue what had happened, and they agreed that the deaths and ore could drive a wedge between the Four Great Cities.
• Gu Yue persuaded Luo Ze to keep the ore, and the three packed it to take to North City’s lord.
• Luo Ze, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue returned through the passageway and found an armed legion aiming soul-guided laser cannons at them for suspected treason.

Luo Ze and his teammates were accused of collaborating with the enemy after a projection turned the Four Great Cities against them. With Gu Yue’s help, Luo Ze secretly explained what had happened to Elder Long, who devised a competition using the legendary ore to redirect the cities’ greed and resolve the crisis.

• Soldiers arrested Tang Wulin, Luo Ze, and Gu Yue, and North City officials questioned them about the accusations.
• Gu Yue stopped time across North City, allowing Luo Ze to reach Elder Long and speak with him privately.
• Luo Ze recounted what the team had experienced in the core area and gave Elder Long three pieces of legendary ore.
• Elder Long planned an exchange competition between the Four Great Cities, offering the ore and merit points as prizes.
• Elder Long promised to handle the persuasion and protect Luo Ze and his teammates, and Luo Ze thanked him for trusting them.

Luo Ze refused Elder Long’s offer to become North City Lord, but Elder Long arranged a four-city competition that could still push him toward the position. Luo Ze and Gu Yue were assigned as partners, and they began discussing how their abilities might work together.

• Elder Long told Luo Ze he had chosen him as the next North City Lord, but Luo Ze refused, citing his lack of experience, strength, and desire to manage the city.
• After Luo Ze left, Elder Long offered the other cities a two-person competition, with Luo Ze’s three mineral stones as the prize.
• The representatives hurried off to consult their City Lords and choose contestants, unaware that Elder Long’s two-person format favored North City.
• Colonel Zhang told Luo Ze and Gu Yue that they would compete as partners, while Elder Long hoped a championship would make Luo Ze’s succession seem inevitable.
• Luo Ze and Gu Yue described their martial souls’ attributes and control abilities to begin planning how to coordinate in battle.

Tang Wulin told Luo Ze about his deep gratitude for Brother Luo and explained that Brother Luo and Gu Yue had been devoted lovers, leaving Luo Ze jealous and heartbroken. Elder Long then led North City’s combat team to the prosperous Hero Relic for the competition.

• Tang Wulin packed mostly food for the trip and told Luo Ze that Brother Luo had cared for him and helped him succeed, but was gone before Tang Wulin could repay him.
• Luo Ze asked Tang Wulin about Gu Yue’s feelings for Brother Luo, and Tang Wulin explained that they had been childhood sweethearts who stayed devoted to each other.
• Tang Wulin warned Luo Ze not to pursue Gu Yue, leaving Luo Ze alone with his jealousy and sense of loss.
• Elder Long led North City’s combat team toward the Hero Relic, a wealthy district in the central region of the Four Great Cities.
• The team arrived near the Hero Relic and marveled at its towering buildings, advanced technology, and bustling crowds.

Luo Ze arrived in Hero Relic with North City's delegation and remained suspicious of the city's unexplained protection from the mist. While exploring near the west gate, he overheard the blunt Yuan En City Lord criticizing Hero Relic's priorities, unaware that the Chief Official was concealing hostility.

• Elder Long explained that Hero Relic had been unaffected by the mist for a thousand years, though no one knew why the safe zone existed.
• The Chief Official welcomed Elder Long and the North City delegation, and Elder Long praised Luo Ze's abilities while Tang Wulin and Gu Yue reacted quietly to the absent Luo Ze they knew.
• Elder Long sent Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Luo Ze to explore, while warning them to obey Hero Relic's rules.
• Luo Ze went to the west gate to investigate possible disturbances and noticed what looked like hatred in the Chief Official's eyes toward Yuan En City Lord.
• Yuan En City Lord urged the Chief Official to focus on developing the major cities and protecting soldiers, then entered Hero Relic with a red-haired youth who said he talked too much.

Luo Ze investigated a suspicious vendor at the Hero Relic and discovered he was a Titled Douluo tied to Destruction. After the spy escaped, Luo Ze drew the city’s experts to the North City gate, where they surrounded him.

• Yuanen Zhentian sent Yuanen Yehui to explore the city while he took the competition team to their hotel.
• Luo Ze sensed power linked to the Third Sequence in a remote market and learned that the vendor had chosen an unusually secluded stall.
• Luo Ze approached the vendor under the pretense of buying vegetables, then struck him with Divine Power and confirmed his suspicions when the vendor absorbed the attack.
• The vendor revealed himself as an agility-type Titled Douluo and tried to flee after Luo Ze activated his Time Domain.
• The vendor released a cloud of black mist and escaped as Luo Ze let it spread through the city, alerting nearby Soul Masters and city lords.
• The experts surrounded the vendor at the North City gate, and Yuanen Zhentian eagerly demanded a chance to fight him.

Yuanen Yehui and Xie Xie defeated a Titled Douluo during training, then the old friends reunited with Tang Wulin and Luo Ze. Elder Long and Yuanen Zhentian discussed the Angel Family and agreed to cooperate in the coming competition, where Yuanen Zhentian would help Elder Long’s chosen successor.

• Elder Long left to buy local specialties for Little Ze while Yuanen Zhentian taught Yuanen Yehui combat techniques during a fight.
• Xie Xie killed Yuanen Yehui’s opponent with a swift strike, and she scolded him for showing off.
• Tang Wulin reunited with Xie Xie and joked with him about Yuanen Yehui and their old friends.
• The opponent escaped Yuanen Yehui’s Gravity Mire, but Luo Ze used Time Domain and Divine Power to stop him from reforming.
• Elder Long asked Yuanen Zhentian to return the Angel Family members, then requested his help for his chosen successor in the upcoming competition.

Elder Long told Yuanen Zhentian that the three ores had chosen the captain and urged him to support the exceptional young man. Meanwhile, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue debated whether their captain could be Luo Ze, and Xie Xie volunteered to test him.

• Elder Long explained that the three ores recognizing the captain could be possible because the mist and the unknown region had changed, then urged Yuanen Zhentian to consider supporting him.
• Xie Xie spotted the captain and excitedly told Tang Wulin that he looked like Boss Luo, while Tang Wulin insisted that resemblance did not prove they were the same person.
• Xie Xie declared that he still believed Luo Ze was alive, and Gu Yue agreed with him when she joined them.
• Yuanen Yehui and Gu Yue joked about beating Xie Xie, while Tang Wulin warned that Xie Xie could not withstand the blows Luo Ze had endured.
• Gu Yue and Xie Xie noted that the captain displayed bloodline suppression, time powers, and Divine Power, and Xie Xie volunteered to provoke him and reveal his Martial Soul.

Xie Xie challenged Captain Fifty-Four, Luo Ze, to test his time-related power but was defeated almost instantly. The fight strengthened Gu Yue’s hope that Luo Ze might be connected to Boss Luo, while Luo Ze remained despondent over her feelings for someone else.

• Xie Xie ignored Tang Wulin’s warning and challenged Luo Ze to a duel, claiming he needed to conduct an important experiment.
• Yuanen Zhentian set up a protective barrier as Xie Xie and Luo Ze began fighting.
• Luo Ze defeated Xie Xie in less than a minute and sent him crashing into a pile of rocks.
• Xie Xie told the others that Luo Ze’s time power resembled Boss Luo’s, but the group avoided investigating Luo Ze’s identity because of the rules protecting border soldiers.
• Gu Yue looked at Luo Ze with hope and fear, while Luo Ze realized her affection was meant for someone else and regretted having human emotions.

Elder Long urged the Four City Lords to unite the three ores, arguing that they could create a god capable of stopping the mist, while the Chief Official reluctantly obeyed Lord Destruction’s order to begin an attack. After the meeting ended without agreement, Luo Ze and Gu Yue sat together, each struggling with their feelings.

• Luo Ze and Yuanen Zhentian warned Elder Long that Destruction Organization spies might be targeting the ores and the Four Great Cities’ resource stores.
• Lord Destruction’s shadow ordered the Chief Official, Number Seven, to activate the plan immediately, and the Chief Official sent his people to draw in the net despite the danger.
• Elder Long told the Four City Lords that ancient records said one person absorbing all three ores could become a god and confront the mist.
• The City Lords argued over the risk of making the three ores a single competition prize, and the meeting ended without agreement.
• Luo Ze reflected on the ores’ power and its price before Gu Yue approached and asked to sit with him.

Gu Yue confronted Luo Ze about his resemblance to the person she had lost, then accepted that his shared Time Power did not mean he was that person. Back with her friends, she said she would finish her mission before joining her beloved, leaving them worried about her resolve.

• Luo Ze told Gu Yue that his Time Power was not unique and that he was himself, not a substitute for the person she had lost.
• Gu Yue apologized for mistaking Luo Ze for him and left after reminding him about the competition.
• Luo Ze sealed off the surrounding space and reflected on his Soul Power’s reaction to Gu Yue, reaffirming his missions as the Sequence God.
• Xie Xie, Yuanen Yehui, and Tang Wulin worried that Gu Yue had lost hope and debated how to help her recover.
• Gu Yue emerged and said she had accepted that she could not see her beloved again, and would join him after completing her mission.

Luo Ze was summoned to a meeting with Hero Relic’s city lords, who pressured him to publicly claim that a recent Titled Douluo attack had been resolved. After mist entered his body and influenced his thoughts, he appeared to obey their orders, but he returned to the others intending to deal with the problem first.

• Luo Ze entered the conference hall alone after the guards confirmed his identity and kept the other captains outside.
• Yuanen Zhentian told Luo Ze that the Titled Douluo attack had been a probe by the mist and ordered the four city captains to reassure Hero Relic’s residents.
• The Chief Official urged Luo Ze to lead the public statement, while mist entered his body and tried to guide his thoughts.
• Luo Ze acted respectful and accepted the order to reassure the public and keep quiet about the Titled Douluo.
• Yuanen Yehui and the other captains followed Luo Ze back to the hotel, where he told them to wait while he dealt with the mist inside him.

Luo Ze sent the city captains to calm the public while secretly hinting that the recent attacks were not what they seemed. After the meeting, he told Gu Yue that tomorrow’s competition would reveal whether the others would cooperate or need to be forced into line.

• Luo Ze ordered Yuanen Yehui, Lezhengyu, and the West City Captain to calm the public and announce that the recent attacks were only a test from the mist.
• The West City Captain used a coded gesture to show Luo Ze that he understood, then questioned the timing and explanation for the announcement.
• Luo Ze assigned the West City Captain to lead the public-relief mission and ordered the other captains to accompany him.
• Gu Yue appeared beside Luo Ze and offered to give the captains more hints, but Luo Ze said tomorrow’s competition mattered more than whether they understood.
• Luo Ze told Gu Yue that he would force the others to cooperate if necessary.

Luo Ze and Gu Yue unexpectedly showed signs of Martial Soul fusion, and Gu Yue removed the turbid energy from him. At the Hero Relic competition, the Chief Official made an announcement and displayed Four-word Battle Armor whose power Luo Ze and Gu Yue suspected was abnormal.

• Gu Yue tried to remove the turbid energy from Luo Ze, but their Soul Powers began to fuse before Luo Ze hurriedly broke their connection.
• Gu Yue finished extracting the turbid energy and left Luo Ze's room.
• The contestants and city leaders gathered at the Hero Relic competition venue, where the Chief Official took the main seat.
• The Chief Official assured the crowd that the Mist's recent attack had been an investigation, then urged the contestants to show the strength of the five cities.
• The Chief Official revealed his powerful Soul Rings and Four-word Battle Armor, and Luo Ze noticed that its aura did not match his Martial Soul's attributes.
• Gu Yue examined the Chief Official's Battle Armor and also sensed that something was wrong with it.

The tournament began under rules that Luo Ze and Gu Yue suspected were designed to restrain them, while Tang Wulin revealed that the Hero Relic crisis might have compromised the city leaders. As the teams prepared for their matches, Luo Ze and Gu Yue arranged for Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to watch for hidden enemies.

• The tournament paired North City against South City and West City against East City, and introduced a five-minute point system based on hits.
• Luo Ze, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin suspected the rules and the reinforced security around the arena were connected to the Hero Relic and the Chief Official's plot.
• Luo Ze told Gu Yue that he had already made arrangements, prompting the two of them to look toward Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin protested when Luo Ze suggested sending him to deal with trouble, then agreed to bring Xie Xie along after Luo Ze offered to stall their match.
• Xie Xie confronted Tang Wulin for trying to use him, and Tang Wulin warned him that Yuanen Yehui's family mostly disapproved of their relationship.

Luo Ze and Yue Zhengyu’s staged match turned into a real duel before a sudden mist attack engulfed the competition area. Luo Ze stopped the attacker with his Protective Wall and expanded his Time Domain across the arena.

• The contestants took their positions, and the referee restated the match rules before both teams discussed their plan to follow the expected advancement arrangement.
• Yue Zhengyu challenged Luo Ze to a one-on-one fight, and Luo Ze answered by entering his Martial Soul Avatar state and battling him.
• Gu Yue recognized something familiar in Luo Ze’s Martial Soul Avatar and called his name as the fight intensified.
• A sudden mist invasion covered the platform, and a swift black figure slaughtered the personal guards protecting the five city lords.
• The black figure attacked Luo Ze with a mist scythe, but Luo Ze blocked it, shattered it with Divine Power, and expanded his Time Domain over the competition area.

On New Year’s Eve, Gu Yue brought Luo Ze to her family’s castle so he could meet Di Tian, Xiong Jun, and the Jade Swan. After Luo Ze cooked dinner with Gu Yue, he told her that his grandfather might return within a year, and the two welcomed the New Year together.

• Luo Ze told Gu Yue and the others the legend of the Nian Beast, and Ye Xinglan reflected on the importance of family reunion.
• Gu Yue took Luo Ze’s hand and announced that she would bring him home to meet her family, while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan hurried off for their trains.
• Gu Yue and Luo Ze traveled to a castle near Heaven Dou City, where Di Tian, Xiong Jun, and the Jade Swan met him and questioned him about his relationship with Gu Yue.
• After Di Tian and Xiong Jun accidentally wrecked the kitchen, Luo Ze prepared New Year’s Eve dinner with Gu Yue, and the family praised his cooking.
• Luo Ze told his grandfather that he had brought Gu Yue home for the New Year, and his grandfather promised he could return within a year.
• As fireworks lit the sky, Gu Yue and Luo Ze kissed and welcomed the New Year together.

Luo Ze and Gu Yue joined forces to defeat the Chief Official, who revealed that his defeat would not stop the Third Sequence’s plan. Luo Ze then questioned him about using the world as a vessel for a third resurrection, and the Chief Official recognized Luo Ze as the First Sequence.

• Luo Ze used his Time Domain, Battle Armor, and Martial Soul Avatar to freeze the Chief Official, but the Chief Official broke free after three seconds and attacked.
• Luo Ze struggled to control the Chief Official and called on Gu Yue for help through telepathy.
• Gu Yue took Luo Ze’s hand and transferred her Soul Power, triggering their Martial Soul Fusion into a Silver White Kirin that combined Time and Space Power.
• The fused pair overpowered the Chief Official, who refused to surrender and warned that his defeat would not mean Lord Third Sequence had lost.
• Luo Ze isolated himself with the Chief Official and asked whether the Third Sequence intended to use the world as a vessel for a third resurrection.
• The Chief Official sensed Luo Ze’s divine power and asked whether he was the First Sequence.