Chapter Summaries

After centuries of seclusion, Li Xin fused his divine and demonic powers and reached a realm beyond the God King. As he prepared to meet envoys from the Spirit Hall Empire and Heaven Dou Empire, a Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking appeared across the continent.

• Li Xin mastered the balance of his Light and Dark powers, reaching a realm beyond the God King.
• Gongsun Li welcomed Li Xin back and reported that Wu Zetian had sent Qian Renxue and Yu Xiaogang to seek the Great Tang Empire's support.
• Li Xin told Gongsun Li to make the envoys wait as he prepared to meet them.
• A golden scroll appeared across the sky, announcing a continent-wide ranking and naming the Power Ranking as its first list.

Li Xin and Gongsun Li joined the Heavenly Dao Ranking List’s appearance, while Bibi Dong worried it might reveal Great Tang’s secrets. In Chang’an, Li Xin appeared during a dispute over Great Tang’s neutrality, and Wu Zetian recognized him but concealed her excitement.

• Li Xin dismissed the Heavenly Dao Ranking List as an amusing diversion and took Gongsun Li to see how it ranked Great Tang.
• Bibi Dong watched the ranking appear and feared it would expose Great Tang, a mysterious power that Spirit Hall had been warned not to provoke.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Wu Zetian to support the two empires against Spirit Hall, while Qian Renxue offered an alliance if Great Tang stayed neutral.
• Li Xin and Gongsun Li appeared unnoticed in Daming Palace as Yu Xiaogang and Qian Renxue argued before Wu Zetian.
• Wu Zetian recognized Li Xin’s presence and, at his calming look, suppressed her urge to greet him and returned to her throne.

The Heavenly Dao Power Ranking appeared in Daming Palace and named Shrek Academy tenth, granting its dean Flender major rewards. Yu Xiaogang used the result to urge Wu Zetian to support the alliance against the Spirit Hall Empire, while Wu Zetian awaited Li Xin’s decision.

• The Heavenly Dao Golden List pierced the hall’s dome, interrupting negotiations between Qian Renxue, Yu Xiaogang, and Wu Zetian’s court.
• Qian Renxue and Yu Xiaogang each expected the ranking to strengthen their own side’s case for Great Tang’s support.
• Wu Zetian watched Li Xin, who had emerged from seclusion, and left the continent’s fate to his judgment.
• The Golden List ranked Shrek Academy tenth and awarded its dean Flender ten Soul Power levels and a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang praised the ranking as heavenly recognition and cited Tang San, the Tang Sect, and the allied empires and sects as reasons for Wu Zetian to support them.

Yu Xiaogang argued that Great Tang should join the alliance against the Spirit Hall Empire, but Qian Renxue dismissed him and Li Xin silenced the court with his overwhelming presence. After Yu Xiaogang challenged Li Xin’s authority, a young girl suddenly slapped him across the hall, leaving everyone stunned.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Great Tang to join the alliance and warned of the consequences of refusing.
• Qian Renxue mocked Yu Xiaogang and claimed that alliances were powerless before absolute strength.
• Li Xin stepped forward and silenced the arguing court with his terrifying aura.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded to know who Li Xin was and asserted his authority as state preceptor and alliance grandmaster.
• A young girl struck Yu Xiaogang, sending him flying into a pillar and leaving him bloodied and missing teeth.
• The Shrek Seven Devils stared at the girl who had appeared in the center of the hall.

Gongsun Li struck Yu Xiaogang for questioning Li Xin, and Li Xin silenced the hall as the Heavenly Dao Power Ranking revealed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in ninth place. The sect received a reward that evolved its direct disciples’ Martial Souls, while Ning Rongrong sought Great Tang’s support and Bibi Dong reacted in shock from Spirit City.

• Gongsun Li struck Yu Xiaogang with her umbrella handle and threatened him for questioning Li Xin.
• Li Xin calmed Gongsun Li and ordered everyone to watch the ranking, leaving Yu Xiaogang silent and resentful.
• The Heavenly Dao Power Ranking named the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect ninth and granted its direct disciples Martial Soul Evolution, allowing Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagodas to accommodate nine rings and reach the Titled Douluo realm.
• Ning Rongrong apologized for Yu Xiaogang and asked Li Xin and Wu Zetian to stand with her alliance, citing its growing strength and need for allies.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong celebrated the sect’s chance to rise again, while Bibi Dong reacted with shock in the Papal Palace.

Gongsun Li frightened Yu Xiaogang into collapsing during the alliance gathering, and Wu Zetian dismissed court before Li Xin and the others departed. The Heavenly Dao Golden List then named the Clear Sky Sect eighth and awarded each direct disciple a God-Bestowed Soul Ring with the Innate One Qi Hammer skill, leaving Ning Fengzhi stunned by its low ranking.

• Gongsun Li fixed her killing intent on Yu Xiaogang, who fell to the floor and wet himself in fear.
• Wu Zetian ended court and postponed the alliance discussion, while Li Xin, Gongsun Li, Qian Renxue, and the Shrek group left the hall.
• The Heavenly Dao Golden List announced the Clear Sky Sect in eighth place and displayed its history.
• The Golden List awarded every Clear Sky Sect direct disciple a God-Bestowed Soul Ring with the fixed god-tier skill Innate One Qi Hammer.
• Ning Fengzhi stared in astonishment at the Clear Sky Sect's ranking, questioning how it could place only one position above his sect.

The Clear Sky Sect received eighth place on the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking, along with God-Bestowed Soul Rings for every disciple and the Divine Skill Innate One Qi Hammer. In Chang'an City, Yu Xiaogang tried to mask his humiliation by condemning Gongsun Li and Great Tang, while Tang San remained confident that the Tang Sect would claim first place.

• Ning Fengzhi and Bibi Dong suspected that Tang San's Tang Sect had weakened the Clear Sky Sect's standing, while Bibi Dong worried over the powerful ranking rewards.
• Tang Xiao received a God-Bestowed Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and learned Innate One Qi Hammer, then split the Cloud Sea and flattened half a distant mountain peak with one swing.
• Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the others reacted to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect placing ninth and the Clear Sky Sect placing eighth, and Yu Xiaogang feared the factions ranked above them were monsters.
• Tang San dismissed the rankings as secondary and believed the Tang Sect would take first place when its ranking was announced.
• After cleaning himself up, Yu Xiaogang blamed Gongsun Li and Great Tang for humiliating him, while Flender held back his advice and Dai Mubai remained dissatisfied.

Yu Xiaogang rallied the Tang Sect by predicting it would top the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking, while Li Xin dismissed potential allies in a private meeting with Wu Zetian. Li Xin proposed waiting for the other factions to weaken each other before having Wu Zetian and Haiyue divide the continent.

• Yu Xiaogang told the Tang Sect that the strongest forces had yet to appear and insisted their ranking would make Wu Zetian seek an alliance with them.
• Wu Zetian massaged Li Xin in the Imperial Study and told him she had worried during his long seclusion.
• Li Xin reassured Wu Zetian that he would not need to enter seclusion again for a long time.
• Wu Zetian asked Li Xin about alliances with the Tang Sect and Spirit Hall, and he rejected both factions.
• Li Xin advised Wu Zetian to let the factions fight among themselves and said she and Haiyue could divide the continent if necessary.

The Heavenly Dao ranking placed Tang Sect seventh and Spirit Hall Empire sixth, provoking anger and disbelief from Tang San and Qian Renxue. Tang Sect members received powerful rewards, while the chapter ended with Bibi Dong reacting furiously to Spirit Hall’s ranking.

• The Heavenly Dao ranking announced Tang Sect as seventh, prompting Yu Xiaogang, the Shrek Seven Devils, and Tang San to protest its low placement.
• Tang Sect members received God-Bestowed Soul Rings, and Tang San gained a Hundred Thousand Year First Ring and the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements blueprint.
• Qian Renxue mocked Tang Sect’s seventh-place ranking and confidently declared that Spirit Hall would take first place.
• The Heavenly Dao ranking announced Spirit Hall Empire as sixth, stunning Qian Renxue and causing Bibi Dong to smash her scepter against the floor.

Bibi Dong learned that the Spirit Hall Empire ranked sixth but accepted its rewards of God-Bestowed Soul Rings and Soul Bones. Li Xin and Wu Zetian discussed Great Tang’s impending exposure before the Heavenly Dao Ranking revealed the Wonderful Sound Workshop in fifth place and granted its members rewards.

• Bibi Dong reacted angrily to the Spirit Hall Empire’s sixth-place ranking and questioned whether five stronger forces existed.
• The ranking awarded Spirit Hall’s core Elders and enshrined members God-Bestowed Soul Rings, and gave Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue God-Bestowed Soul Bones.
• Bibi Dong accepted the rewards and began receiving her Soul Bone through a beam of golden light.
• Li Xin told Wu Zetian that Great Tang would dominate the remaining rankings, and she worried that the revelation would draw the empire into conflict.
• The Heavenly Dao Ranking named the Wonderful Sound Workshop fifth, identifying Jing, Li Bai, and Gongsun Li as its organizers and describing its assassination record.
• The ranking awarded the Workshop’s registered members two God-Bestowed Soul Rings collectively and the exclusive soul skill Shadow Stealth.

Gongsun Li received two God-Bestowed Soul Rings and a concealment skill after the Wonderful Sound Workshop ranked fifth, alarming Tang San and Bibi Dong. As Li Xin and Wu Zetian discussed the rankings, the Heavenly Dao revealed the Mo Family Mechanism City in fourth place and displayed its powerful mechanisms and Soul Tools.

• Gongsun Li welcomed her ranking rewards and said they would help her kill Yu Xiaogang, while Jing absorbed her Soul Rings.
• Li Bai decided to visit Tang San and test his hidden weapons against his sword.
• Tang San questioned how the Wonderful Sound Workshop could outrank the Tang Sect, and Bibi Dong recognized it as a threat to Spirit Hall.
• Wu Zetian asked Li Xin where the Great Tang and Mechanism City would rank, and Li Xin said he wanted first place.
• The Heavenly Dao announced the Mo Family Mechanism City in fourth place and showed its giant Mechanical Beast, Soul Power weapons, gliders, and Titled Douluo-level Self-Destruct Devices.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed Mo Family Mechanism City’s devastating mechanical technology and rewarded its artisans and Mozi with Soul Power and Soul Tool blueprints. Tang San and Bibi Dong both resolved to find and seize the technology, while Shrek Academy watched in amazement and Yu Xiaogang angrily called the display nonsense.

• The Heavenly Curtain announced that artisans in Mechanism City would gain Soul Power and Mozi would receive Soul Tool Core Technology Blueprints.
• Mozi eagerly took the blueprints to his workbench, hoping they would help him complete his God-Tier Mechanical Beasts.
• Tang San ordered Tang Sect disciples to locate Mozi and Mechanism City so he could claim the technology for himself.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Spirit Hall spies to search for Mechanism City, intending to capture Mozi and bring the city under Spirit Hall's control.
• Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai marveled at the machines' power as Shrek Academy watched, but Yu Xiaogang called the display absurd nonsense.

The Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking revealed the Star Dou Great Forest as the third-ranked power, led by the sleeping Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena and Beast God Di Tian, and promised to awaken Gu Yuena while strengthening its core beasts. Li Xin told Wu Zetian that Haiyue had already conquered the Far North and that powerful factions also ruled the deep sea and northern ice plains, leaving Wu Zetian eager to rival Haiyue.

• Yu Xiaogang dismissed the Heavenly Dao ranking as false, but Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun rejected his theories and praised the Mechanical Beast.
• The Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking named the Star Dou Great Forest third and showed Di Tian, the sleeping Gu Yuena, and the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.
• The ranking awarded the core Soul Beasts between ten thousand and one hundred thousand years of cultivation and promised to awaken Gu Yuena and restore thirty percent of her injuries.
• Wu Zetian worried that the awakened Gu Yuena could lead the Soul Beasts against humanity, while Li Xin calmly called them wild beasts.
• Li Xin revealed that Haiyue had annexed the Far North Land and that powerful beings also lived in the deep sea and on the northern ice plains, stirring Wu Zetian's competitive resolve.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed the Haiyue Empire as a powerful ocean-and-Far-North civilization with an army of transformed warriors and a deadly protective array. Haiyue welcomed the prospect of visitors, while Tang San’s jealousy and shock gave way to confidence in his divine backing.

• Li Xin predicted that the second-ranked power would appear, and the Heavenly Curtain revealed the Haiyue Empire, its territory, Cloud Butterfly ability, and powerful allies among the Far North and ocean soul beasts.
• The Heavenly Curtain announced the Thousand Year Dream Illusion Array, which could overwhelm intruders and dissolve the souls of those below Titled Douluo.
• Haiyue watched the revelation from the Glazed God Hall and welcomed the prospect of visitors for her Cloud Butterflies.
• Snow Empress asked Haiyue whether their high ranking meant they would soon meet Li Xin.
• Tang San felt his claim over the sea challenged by the Haiyue Empire, then steadied himself by recalling the Sea God and Asura God connections behind him.

Tang San anticipated claiming the Haiyue Empire and Far North Land after inheriting the Dual God Position, while Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue reconsidered their strategies in response to the rising powers. The Heavenly Dao Ranking revealed the Great Tang Empire as first place, praised its overwhelming strength under Empress Wu Zetian, and began delivering its reward to Chang'an.

• Tang San imagined that becoming a God would let him defeat his rivals and claim their resources.
• Bibi Dong decided to delay war, seek temporary allies, strengthen Spirit Hall, and target Mo Family Mechanism City for its Mechanical Beasts.
• Qian Renxue inferred that the Great Tang Empire had taken first place and questioned the extent of its power.
• The Heavenly Dao Ranking announced the Great Tang Empire as first place and identified Wu Zetian as its leader.
• The ranking described Great Tang's comprehensive strength as sufficient to crush the continent, then sent countless meteors toward Chang'an City as its reward began.

The Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking awarded Great Tang’s officials and Soul Masters a God-Bestowed Soul Ring each, while Wu Zetian received powerful treasures and its hidden controller gained control over Light and Darkness. The chapter revealed that Li Xin was the controller and left Great Tang’s people receiving their rewards as rival factions watched in shock.

• The Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking granted every registered Great Tang official and Soul Master a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, and gave Wu Zetian three such rings, a soul bone, and the Huiyue Scepter.
• The ranking rewarded the unnamed Behind-the-Scenes Controller with control over the Law of Light and Darkness, and the power entered Li Xin in Daming Palace.
• Yu Xiaogang protested Great Tang’s rewards, while Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun reacted with jealousy and concern about its hidden controller.
• Qian Renxue suspected Li Xin was connected to the Behind-the-Scenes Controller and grew more eager to face him.
• Wu Zetian questioned Li Xin about remaining hidden, and he explained that he oversaw Great Tang as well as the Haiyue Empire, Mo Family Mechanism City, and Wonderful Sound Workshop.
• Golden light descended across Chang'an City, giving Great Tang’s people their God-Bestowed Soul Rings as rival factions fell silent.

Bibi Dong ordered the Spirit Hall Empire to halt military action against Great Tang after seeing its divine equipment and overwhelming strength, then anticipated the new Martial Soul Ranking. The ranking began with Golden Crocodile King in twentieth place, leaving Golden Crocodile Douluo grimly curious about the nineteen Martial Souls ranked above him.

• Bibi Dong ordered the Spirit Hall Empire to suspend military movements against Great Tang and forbid provocations until the ranking ended.
• Bibi Dong considered seeking an alliance with Great Tang so she could focus on the Tang Sect and the two weakened empires.
• The Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking announced a Martial Soul Ranking of the continent’s twenty strongest Martial Souls.
• The ranking placed Golden Crocodile King, Golden Crocodile Douluo’s Martial Soul, in twentieth place and praised its ultimate strength, defense, and divine-beast bloodline.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo reacted with disbelief and resolve, determined to learn what Martial Souls ranked above his.

Golden Crocodile Douluo’s Martial Soul evolved into the Ancient Sky Swallowing Crocodile, breaking through his level-ninety-eight bottleneck and startling Bibi Dong. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang falsely claimed he had predicted the evolution, while Dai Mubai grew doubtful of his expertise.

• Tang San watched Golden Crocodile Douluo’s ranking and confidently decided he could defeat him, predicting he would place in the top three.
• Bibi Dong mocked Golden Crocodile Douluo’s twentieth-place ranking and eagerly awaited her own Martial Soul’s ranking.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo’s Martial Soul evolved into the Ancient Sky Swallowing Crocodile, gaining powerful devouring and defensive abilities as he received a dark-gold Torso Bone and broke through level ninety-eight.
• Bibi Dong recognized the evolution as a remarkable opportunity and became even more interested in the ranking list.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed his theories had predicted Golden Crocodile Douluo’s evolution, though he was secretly improvising to protect his reputation.
• Dai Mubai listened to Yu Xiaogang and began doubting that the Grandmaster was as knowledgeable as he once believed.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing left Yu Xiaogang’s rambling, while Li Xin left the palace to meet friends in Chang’an. The Heavenly Curtain ranked Shui Yue'er nineteenth after her martial soul transformed under the Haiyue Empire, prompting Tang San to vow to destroy the empire and Skywater Palace.

• Dai Mubai walked out to explore Chang’an City, and Zhu Zhuqing returned to her room rather than listen to Yu Xiaogang.
• Gongsun Li interrupted Li Xin and Wu Zetian, then took Li Xin to meet Li Bai and Yuhuan at Taibai Restaurant.
• The Heavenly Curtain ranked Shui Yue'er nineteenth, identifying her as a Skywater Palace disciple of Empress Haiyue whose Jade Dolphin martial soul had transformed.
• Tang San recognized Shui Yue'er and blamed the Haiyue Empire for challenging his claim over the sea.
• Tang San vowed to destroy the Haiyue Empire and Skywater Palace once he became a god.

Shui Yue'er received a second Martial Soul Evolution into an Extreme Ice Dolphin, while Dai Mubai brooded over his diminished status and Li Xin reunited with Li Bai in Chang'an. At the Great Tang Guesthouse, Yu Xiaogang restored the Shrek students’ confidence by promising that their talents would earn them places on the Martial Soul Ranking.

• Shui Yue'er’s Jade Dolphin evolved into an Extreme Ice Dolphin, and she received a God-Bestowed Soul Ring and a fifty-thousand-year Extreme Ice Right Leg Bone.
• Dai Mubai watched Shui Yue'er’s reward at Taibai Restaurant, grew jealous of Li Xin and Gongsun Li, and weakened under Li Xin’s glance.
• Li Xin met Li Bai in the Green Lotus Pavilion, and the two old friends agreed to drink together.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing left the Great Tang Guesthouse in anger, leaving the Shrek students discouraged by Shui Yue'er’s ranking.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that Shui Yue'er’s placement meant the ranking was attainable and assured the students that Tang San could claim the top spot.
• Ma Hongjun echoed Yu Xiaogang’s confidence and boasted that he could make the top ten.