Chapter Summaries

Lin Ran learned that powerful Divine Officials lived in the Forest of Life and went to meet the immortal herbs who served the Life Goddess. The Life Goddess entrusted the Forest to him and gave him a hut beside her residence, leaving him to manage its affairs through Xiao Fen.

• Lin Ran learned from the Fourth Elder that Divine Officials had ordered the academy group to leave the Forest of Life, and the Life Goddess explained that her immortal-herb subordinates were limited to Limit Douluo strength by the continent’s suppression.
• Lin Ran reassured the Fourth Elder, exchanged a brief greeting with Huo Yun'er, and headed alone toward the Ancient Life Tree after entrusting the academy group’s safety to the Fourth Elder and the Ice Empress.
• Lin Ran encountered powerful plant-type Soul Beasts and wondered how Qiu'er and Dong'er had entered the Lower Realm with only rank twenty-one Soul Power.
• Xiao Fen and the other Divine Officials bowed to the Life Goddess, who introduced Lin Ran as her disciple and ordered them to follow him.
• The Life Goddess showed Lin Ran her residence beneath the Tree of Life, created a hut for him, and told him the area could aid his cultivation and heal his soul.
• The Life Goddess left the Forest of Life in Lin Ran’s care, and Lin Ran summoned Xiao Fen.

Lin Ran learned about the Sea of Evil and the threat posed by abyssal planes, then arranged for the Forest of Life’s Divine Officials to help protect the surrounding area. As Body College rebuilt, Zhang Lexuan reunited with Shrek’s captured disciples but remained emotionally numb and warned them to stay away from Lin Ran.

• The woman in pink explained the Sea of Evil and the Sea God Palace to Lin Ran, while the Life Goddess warned him that abyssal planes might target the God Realm fragment.
• Lin Ran asked the woman in pink to let his classmates and teachers stay at the academy site and to handle the plant-type Soul Beasts growing nearby; she agreed to take the intelligent ones to the Forest of Life.
• Lin Ran brought the woman in pink to Body College and introduced her to the Fourth Elder, while the college began rebuilding with Shrek Academy’s disciples as laborers.
• Gongyang Mo, Chen Zifeng, Ling Luochen, and the other Inner Court Disciples greeted Zhang Lexuan, but she told them to call her by name instead of eldest senior sister.
• Zhang Lexuan advised the disciples to listen to Ma Xiaotao and keep away from Lin Ran, who gave her a meaningful look.

Lin Ran visited Huo Yun'er at night, told her he had killed Dai Hao and settled matters at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, and admitted that he had been reborn. Huo Yun'er confessed that she now had only Lin Ran, and the two grew intimate, leaving her uncertain about how he should address her.

• Lin Ran used Flying Thunder God to arrive in Huo Yun'er's room and rested with his head in her lap.
• Lin Ran told Huo Yun'er that he had killed Dai Hao and described how he had dealt with the people who had mistreated her and handed the White Tiger Duke's Mansion to Aunt Luo.
• Huo Yun'er said she did not blame Lin Ran for killing Dai Hao and that she now had only him.
• Huo Yun'er guessed that Lin Ran had been reborn, and Lin Ran confirmed it while saying he would tell her about his previous life later.
• Lin Ran kissed Huo Yun'er after she suggested he was older than her and might no longer need to call her Aunt Huo.
• Lin Ran decided to keep calling her Aunt Huo, hinting that the form of address might bring unexpected benefits.

Lin Ran considered the requirements for creating his own godhood as he prepared for the path to becoming a god. He weighed laws and attributes he could build on, then recognized that his increased Power of Luck might also matter.

• Lin Ran reviewed how his essence, qi, and spirit could reach the divine realm and concluded that he needed stronger cultivation methods.
• Lin Ran considered faith's role in condensing a Godhead and decided to seek a method for gathering and using the Power of Faith.
• Lin Ran favored creating a godhood through laws and considered combining the Law of Life with the Law of Evil to form a distinct path from his teacher's.
• Lin Ran assessed his understanding of space and the elements, but set aside creating a godhood through one element alone.
• Lin Ran recalled his status as the Child of Fortune and realized that his Power of Luck had grown stronger after the God Realm Fragments fell.

Lin Ran considered possible laws and powers for creating his own divine position, then chose to investigate bloodlines as a potential path to becoming the source of all life and inheritances. He began by prepaying for a large collection of martial arts cultivation methods.

• Lin Ran weighed the Laws of Life and Evil, space, the elements, luck, and destiny as possible foundations for his divine position.
• Lin Ran decided to research bloodlines, reasoning that powerful beings could become heaven-and-earth Imprints and sources of bloodline inheritances.
• Lin Ran concluded that he might become the ancestor and bloodline source of multiple races by fusing and purifying bloodlines.
• Lin Ran redeemed over a hundred martial arts manuals through advance trades, including the Muscle Tendon Change Classic, the Northern Profound Divine Art, and the Bright Jade Art.

Lin Ran traded for the five volumes of the Heavenly Book and the Zhu Xian Sword, then studied their cultivation methods and considered what to learn next. He found a genetic cultivation method he could afford, but its results in the Douluo Universe remained uncertain.

• Lin Ran confirmed that the Soul Summoning Platform met the system's trade requirements, then exchanged a divine artifact and body-reconstruction treasures for a new platform and advanced the Heavenly Book and Zhu Xian Sword.
• Lin Ran received the five volumes of the Heavenly Book and the Zhu Xian Sword, whose murderous influence was suppressed by the Illusory Sea Pearl.
• The Life Goddess examined the Zhu Xian Sword and said it might become a Super Divine Artifact if Lin Ran refined it with a suitable law.
• Lin Ran studied the five volumes for a week and began planning how to adapt their methods to his own cultivation and universe.
• Lin Ran reviewed the system's cultivation options and found that he could exchange for the Genetic Origin Energy Cultivation Method by providing genetic material from one hundred thousand species.
• The system explained that the method's cultivation results would differ under the Douluo Universe's laws, leaving Lin Ran to explore how it would develop there.

Lin Ran advanced the Heavenly Book and Zhu Xian Sword, then studied the cultivation methods to clarify his future path. He decided to exchange for the Genetic Origin Energy Cultivation Method, hoping it might offer a route to godhood in the Douluo Universe.

• Lin Ran traded for the Heavenly Book and Zhu Xian Sword, whose slaughtering aura the Illusory Sea Pearl subdued.
• The Life Goddess examined the sword and noted that it nearly matched a super divine artifact but lacked a connection to the universe's laws.
• Lin Ran studied the five volumes of the Heavenly Book for a week and began planning how to adapt their teachings to his own cultivation.
• Lin Ran reviewed the cultivation methods available through the system and found that the methods he coveted cost more than he could afford.
• Lin Ran chose to exchange for the Genetic Origin Energy Cultivation Method, which required genetic material from one hundred thousand species, and received its knowledge.

Shrek's leaders debated how to respond to the Golden Ancient Tree's changes, the Angel God Palace above the academy, and their debts to Lin Ran. Meanwhile, Xu Tianran accepted Zhongli Wu's offer to help him take the throne and agreed to start a war.

• Lin Hui Qun convened Shrek's leaders, who agreed to resume plans to compensate Lin Ran and seek out Angel Clan descendants to enter the Angel God Palace.
• Shrek's leaders postponed Xian Lin'er's overseas mission and discussed how the academy should respond to the world's upheaval.
• Zhongli Wu offered Xu Tianran Holy Spirit Cult support in exchange for starting a war after taking the throne.
• Zhongli Wu gave Xu Tianran a pill that could heal his leg, and Xu Tianran agreed to ignite a war against the continent.

Shrek Academy discussed ways to explore the Angel God's temple and respond to the world's upheaval, while Zhongli Wu persuaded Xu Tianran to launch a war in exchange for a pill that could heal his legs. Xu Tianran tested the pill on Ju Zi, then took the rest himself and began to regain sensation in his lower body.

• Lin Hui Qun and the Shrek elders agreed to seek descendants of the Angel Clan to explore the Angel God's temple and planned to discuss how Shrek should respond to the changed world.
• Zhongli Wu offered Xu Tianran Holy Spirit Cult support in seizing the throne if he started a war, and Xu Tianran agreed after receiving a pill that could heal his leg injury.
• Zhongli Wu revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had hidden in the Far North Ice Sea, where he reached Rank 99 and the Death God Tower nearly became a Divine Artifact, and that the cult sought souls through a war without attracting Lin Ran's attention.
• Xu Tianran diluted part of the pill in tea and ordered Ju Zi to drink it; after she showed no ill effects, he sent her to train in the military.
• Xu Tianran swallowed the remaining pill and began to regain sensation in his lower body.

Lin Ran created the broadly applicable Martial Soul Art and taught it at Body College and the Body Sect while preparing to gather faith. Later, Gu Qiuci arrived seeking admission and defeated Ling Luochen, revealing herself as the human-form Emperor Auspicious Beast with a Three-Eyed Golden Lion martial soul and a powerful Silver Dragon Spear.

• Lin Ran combined the Artifact Soul Art and Beast Soul Art into the Martial Soul Art, taught it to Body College and the Body Sect, and improved the academy's points and mission systems.
• Gu Qiuci arrived at Body College and asked to join, so two students arranged an assessment after learning she was a Rank 67 assault-type battle Soul Ancestor.
• Ma Xiaotao brought Gu Qiuci to the Soul Fighting Arena and assigned Ling Luochen to fight her as a labor assignment.
• Ling Luochen's ice elements were suppressed by Gu Qiuci's Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire, and Gu Qiuci defeated her with the Silver Dragon Spear.
• Ma Xiaotao recognized the Three-Eyed Golden Lion martial soul and suspected Gu Qiuci had an extraordinary background, but decided to leave the matter to Lin Ran.

Gu Qiuci sought admission to Body College and proved her strength by defeating Ling Luochen with her Three-Eyed Golden Lion Martial Soul and Silver Dragon Spear. Ma Xiaotao admitted her immediately and assigned Xiao Xiao to guide her, while taking responsibility as her supervising teacher.

• Gu Qiuci asked to join Body College and accepted its challenge to defeat three opponents, introducing herself as a Rank 67 assault-type Battle Soul Ancestor.
• Ma Xiaotao brought Gu Qiuci to the Soul Fighting Arena, where Ling Luochen faced her as the first opponent.
• Gu Qiuci overwhelmed Ling Luochen’s ice control with her Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire and stopped her Silver Dragon Spear just before Ling Luochen’s chest, prompting Ling Luochen to concede.
• Ma Xiaotao ended the assessment and welcomed Gu Qiuci to Body College, explaining that Nan Qiu Qiu and Xiao Xiao would be no match for her.
• Xiao Xiao volunteered to guide Gu Qiuci, and Ma Xiaotao appointed herself as Gu Qiuci’s supervising teacher.

Xiao Xiao showed Gu Qiuci the simulation space’s training features, the Altar of Heroic Souls, and the Trial Tower. The Trial Tower revealed Gu Qiuci was 15,342 years old, leaving both women baffled by the impossible-looking age.

• Xiao Xiao introduced Gu Qiuci to the Simulated Training Ground, where Gu Qiuci repeatedly challenged Lin Ran and was instantly defeated.
• Xiao Xiao took Gu Qiuci to the Trial Grounds and explained the Altar of Heroic Souls’ Viewer Mode and Life Simulation Mode.
• Xiao Xiao led Gu Qiuci to the Trial Tower, where Gu Qiuci’s profile showed her age as 15,342 years old.
• Xiao Xiao wondered if the Trial Tower was malfunctioning, while Gu Qiuci silently stared at her age and Xiao Xiao praised her Soul Power Strength and Mental Power.

Xiao Xiao introduced Gu Qiuci to the Trial Grounds, the Altar of Heroic Souls, and the Trial Tower. Gu Qiuci reached the ninth floor but was repeatedly defeated by Lin Ran wielding a strange weapon, while the Trial Tower’s display of her age left both women puzzled.

• Xiao Xiao explained the Trial Grounds and described the Altar of Heroic Souls, including its Viewer Mode and Life Simulation Mode.
• Xiao Xiao took Gu Qiuci to the Trial Tower, where its interface listed Gu Qiuci as 15,342 years old, surprising them both.
• Gu Qiuci entered the trial with her powers restricted and cleared the first eight floors, including the floor guarded by Tang San and his Hidden Weapons.
• Lin Ran defeated Gu Qiuci on the ninth floor with a strange weapon, and she left the tower questioning her life.
• Xiao Xiao told Gu Qiuci that Lin Ran’s weapon could instantly kill a Soul Douluo and that almost no one could clear the ninth floor.

Lin Ran explained how the virtual world’s functions would build faith and reshape Douluo Continent, then Nan Qiu Qiu asked him to save her mother from a mind-corrupting secret realm in Dragon City. Lin Ran agreed and hurried there with Nan Qiu Qiu.

• Lin Ran reflected on using the virtual world, task and points systems, cultivation methods, and simulated lives to gather faith and influence Douluo Continent.
• Lin Ran returned to bed with Xiao Xiao, then left the next morning to cultivate beneath the Tree of Life while Xiao Xiao happily went back to sleep.
• Nan Qiu Qiu told Lin Ran that a strange secret realm had driven half of Dragon City mad and that its depraved aura had endangered her mother.
• The Life Goddess told Lin Ran that the secret realm could not belong to the Seven Original Sin Gods, and Lin Ran agreed to help Nan Qiu Qiu save her mother.
• Lin Ran left a message in the virtual world and used the Flying Thunder God to reach Dragon City with Nan Qiu Qiu in an hour.

Lin Ran learned that a corruption-filled secret realm had appeared in Dragon City and went with Nan Qiu Qiu to rescue her mother. As they arrived, the Life Goddess identified the spreading aura as the Rakshasa God’s power and explained that the Rakshasa Secret Realm had survived the god’s death.

• Lin Ran reflected on using the virtual world, its tasks, and its simulated lives to cultivate faith and influence people’s values.
• Nan Qiu Qiu told Lin Ran that a strange secret realm in Dragon City had corrupted half the city’s residents, including her mother, and Lin Ran agreed to help.
• Nan Qiu Qiu kissed Lin Ran’s cheek, then hurried with him toward Dragon City using the Flying Thunder God.
• Lin Ran and Nan Qiu Qiu saw that Dragon City and the sky above it had turned purplish-black, while a corrupting aura spread through the area.
• The Life Goddess identified the aura as belonging to the Rakshasa God and explained that the Rakshasa Secret Realm remained after the god’s divine position was shattered.

Lin Ran learned that the Rakshasa Temple’s corruption had overtaken Dragon City and that Nan Shui Shui had vanished after warning her sect about the Heaven Dragon Gate. He calmed the remaining residents and found the Heaven Dragon Gate entirely dead, leaving its connection to the missing temple unresolved.

• A middle-aged Earth Dragon Gate member told Lin Ran that a meteor fell near Dragon City, after which the city’s residents grew violent and a purple mist began corrupting their minds.
• The man explained that Nan Shui Shui returned severely wounded, warned her sect to beware of the Heaven Dragon Gate, and then disappeared.
• Lin Ran agreed to help, knocked out the corrupted Earth Dragon Gate members, and used the Illusory Sea Pearl to put Dragon City’s remaining residents to sleep.
• Lin Ran investigated the meteor impact site but found no Rakshasa Temple, then went with the middle-aged man to the Heaven Dragon Gate.
• Lin Ran discovered that everyone in the Heaven Dragon Gate was dead.

Lin Ran searched Dragon City for the missing, gravely injured Nan Shui Shui and investigated the Rakshasa Temple’s role in the city’s corruption. After finding Heaven Dragon Gate destroyed, he concluded Nan Shui Shui had likely stayed in Dragon City and suspected he knew where to look for her.

• Lin Ran learned that the purple mist had corrupted Dragon City’s residents, then knocked out the affected Earth Dragon Gate members and used the Illusory Sea Pearl to put the remaining people to sleep.
• Lin Ran searched the meteor’s impact site but found that the Rakshasa Temple had been taken away, so he went with the middle-aged man to Heaven Dragon Gate.
• Lin Ran found everyone at Heaven Dragon Gate dead and identified Heaven Dragon Douluo, whose soul had collapsed after corruption by the Thought of Corruption and Rakshasa Divine Power.
• Lin Ran reasoned that Heaven Dragon Douluo had likely found and hidden the Rakshasa Temple, and that it may later have come into Nan Shui Shui’s possession.
• Lin Ran reread the letters and inferred that Nan Shui Shui had stayed in Dragon City rather than seek help or flee north, leading him to think of a place that could suppress the Thought of Corruption.

Lin Ran tried to use the Illusory Sea Pearl to free Nan Shui Shui from the Rakshasa Temple’s corruption, but the battle inside her Spiritual Sea threatened her soul and forced him to stop. After knocking her unconscious, he explored the underground secret ground and went to check on the seeds he had left in the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave.

• Lin Ran recognized that Nan Shui Shui retained a trace of reason and used the Illusory Sea Pearl to attack the Rakshasa Temple in her Spiritual Sea.
• The Rakshasa Temple resisted, and the clash of spiritual powers injured Nan Shui Shui, so Lin Ran withdrew rather than risk destroying her soul.
• Nan Shui Shui accused Lin Ran of coveting her divine artifact and claimed it had chosen her after she fought Old Heaven Dragon.
• Nan Shui Shui offered Lin Ran Qiuqiu, then herself, in exchange for her release, while her remaining rationality struggled against the corruption.
• Lin Ran knocked Nan Shui Shui unconscious and left her bruise untreated before exploring the underground secret ground and visiting the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave.

Lin Ran failed to remove Rakshasa Temple from Nan Shui Shui’s soul without harming her, so he took her to the Earth Dragon Gate and considered other ways to save her and Dragon City. After learning the Rakshasa Godhead was not in the God Realm, he used the system to search for it on Douluo Continent.

• Lin Ran stopped fighting Rakshasa Temple when the battle’s aftershocks injured Nan Shui Shui, then withdrew when he could not safely overcome it.
• Nan Shui Shui accused Lin Ran of coveting her divine artifact and tried to tempt him with Qiuqiu and herself, so Lin Ran knocked her unconscious.
• Lin Ran found that someone had dug up his seeds in the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave, blamed Huo Yuhao, replanted them, and carried Nan Shui Shui to the Earth Dragon Gate.
• Lin Ran realized he could not treat all of Dragon City quickly or directly remove Rakshasa Temple from Nan Shui Shui’s soul, so he sought another method in his secret arts.
• Lin Ran asked the Life Goddess about the Rakshasa Godhead and learned it was lost rather than returned to the God Realm.
• Lin Ran used the system to search Douluo Continent for the Rakshasa Godhead.

Lin Ran rallied Dragon City’s displaced Soul Masters to return and save their homeland, promising protection from the purple mist. After most agreed, he organized an advance group and gathered allies before heading back to Body College to prepare.

• Lin Ran addressed the displaced Soul Masters, described Dragon City’s fall, and invited them to return with him under his protection.
• Zhao Fang agreed to follow Lin Ran, and most of the crowd, including members of Earth Dragon Gate and Heaven Dragon Gate, joined him.
• The city lord regretted helping Lin Ran gather the Soul Masters, but could not oppose him under Lin Ran’s strength.
• Lin Ran selected three hundred powerful or unusual Soul Masters to return to Dragon City first and assigned the rest to logistics in Skywater City.
• Lin Ran returned to Body College using Flying Thunder God Marks and recruited four Divine Officials, students, Body Sect members, and Shrek Academy labor reform prisoners to support the mission.