Chapter Summaries

Li Xin ordered the final campaign to pacify the Douluo Continent while keeping Wu Zetian in Chang'an by his side. Wu Zetian then received the Golden List’s God Level Origin, the Heart of the Ocean, and transformed into its exclusive mythical form.

• Li Xin sent Sikong Zhen to destroy the Tang Sect and ordered Li Bai and Shangguan Wan'er to deliver ultimatums to factions across the Douluo Continent.
• After the others departed Hanyuan Hall, Wu Zetian approached Li Xin and asked why he had not given her an assignment; he said she should stay in Chang'an with him.
• The Heavenly Curtain Golden Ranking awarded Wu Zetian the Heart of the Ocean and unlocked her exclusive mythical form.
• The reward transformed Wu Zetian into a deep-sea sovereign able to command immense water power, and Li Xin remarked that she and Haiyue were inseparable rivals.

Wu Zetian’s Heart of the Ocean transformation shook Douluo Continent and shattered Tang San’s confidence in his Sea God inheritance. In Chang’an, the Wonderful Sound Workshop prepared to strike Tang Sect supporters as its leaders awaited the Heavenly Curtain’s final ranking.

• Li Xin noted that Wu Zetian had gained oceanic authority despite ruling inland, and Wu Zetian declared that the Heart of the Ocean would submit to her.
• Soul Masters and coastal residents felt Wu Zetian’s power, while Tang San panicked as his Sea God’s Trident trembled before her greater oceanic force.
• Bibi Dong mocked Tang San and lamented that she and her enemies were insignificant beside Wu Zetian and Great Tang.
• Yang Guifei summoned the Wonderful Sound Workshop’s assassins, and Jing reported that 108 elite operatives had positioned themselves to target aristocrats supporting the Tang Sect.
• Gongsun Li and Li Bai reminded the others that the final ranking remained, and Jing described how she could not perceive Li Xin’s strength.

As the Heavenly Curtain prepared to reveal its first-place martial soul, Mozi mobilized Mechanism City’s vast arsenal for the upheaval he expected to follow. The ranking named Li Xin first and revealed his Light God-Demon and Dark God-Demon twin martial souls, while Mozi dismissed Tang San’s twin martial souls as fundamentally inferior.

• Li Bai and Yang Guifei anticipated Li Xin’s first-place reveal and the Wonderful Sound Workshop assassins’ coming attack for Great Tang.
• Mozi ordered Mechanism City to deploy its heavy war machines and weapons, expecting Li Xin’s ranking reward to trigger conflict with the God Realm.
• Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao watched the Heavenly Curtain as it announced that a Strength Ranking would open after the Martial Soul Ranking concluded.
• The Heavenly Curtain ranked Li Xin first, identifying his twin martial souls as Light God-Demon and Dark God-Demon, and the revelation astonished people across the continent.
• Tang San reacted with jealousy and disbelief that Li Xin shared his twin martial soul talent yet ranked first.
• Mozi rebuked his disciple for comparing Li Xin’s twin martial souls to Tang San’s, beginning to explain that ordinary people relied on theirs to compensate for shortcomings.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed that Li Xin’s Twin Martial Souls were split apart by the Heavenly Dao because his power exceeded what one Martial Soul could contain, terrifying Soul Masters, Tang San, and Bibi Dong. It then began a continent-wide live broadcast of Li Xin in Hanyuan Hall as Great Tang’s forces prepared for war, while Li Xin waited to see his reward for ranking first.

• Mozi explained that Li Xin’s Light and Darkness Martial Souls were divided by the Heavenly Dao, and the Heavenly Curtain labeled him Supreme God King Tier.
• Soul Masters across the continent collapsed in fear, while Tang San despaired over the gulf between his Twin Martial Souls and Li Xin’s.
• Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa Divine Power recoiled from Li Xin’s power, and she told Hu Liena that Spirit Hall’s numbers could not overcome absolute strength.
• The Heavenly Curtain began its live broadcast and showed Li Xin seated in Hanyuan Hall between his Light God-Demon and Dark God-Demon Martial Souls.
• Li Xin wondered whether his top-ranking reward would satisfy him, while Wu Zetian and Haiyue pledged their support.
• Mozi’s Mechanism City stood ready with three thousand Mechanism Giant Beasts and ten thousand Repeating City-Breaking Crossbows aimed toward Douluo Continent.

Li Xin received the Martial Soul Ranking’s first-place reward, the Chaos Sky-Opening Sword, and fused his God-Demon origins into the One Thought God-Demon form. His transformation left Tang San and the other Douluo forces overwhelmed by the gap in power.

• Mozi, Yang Guifei, Jing, Li Bai, Shangguan Wan'er, Da Qiao, and Xiao Qiao prepared for Li Xin’s reward and the coming assault on the Tang Sect.
• Tang San ordered Oscar and Ning Rongrong to ready defenses, but Oscar urged surrender while Bibi Dong resigned herself to defeat.
• The Heavenly Curtain’s light-and-dark vortex formed above the continent and revealed the Chaos Sky-Opening Sword and the God-Demon Origin Fusion reward.
• Li Xin summoned the Chaos Sky-Opening Sword and transformed into One Thought God-Demon as his Light and Dark God-Demon powers fused.
• Tang San watched his Sea God trident tremble before Li Xin’s new form, while Oscar feared that even his martial soul would shatter.

Qian Renxue recalled how Li Xin had once detected her disguise in Chang'an, while the Strength Ranking began and awarded Golden Crocodile Douluo a rejuvenated body and immense power. The Snow Empress then ranked nineteenth and received a Godhead Foundation, leaving Tang San fearful of the stronger beings still to come as Bibi Dong prepared to target him.

• Qian Renxue remembered infiltrating Li Xin's palace three years earlier and fleeing after his aura exposed her disguise.
• The Heavenly Curtain began the Strength Ranking and named Golden Crocodile Douluo twentieth.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo received an ancient Golden Crocodile evolution, regained his youth, and increased his strength and lifespan.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall's leaders to assemble and planned to attack Tang San while Li Xin was occupied.
• The Snow Empress ranked nineteenth and received a Godhead Foundation and Level 99 Limit Douluo strength.
• Tang San feared Great Tang's hidden power, while Yu Xiaogang sat alone among his scattered papers and called the ranking fake.

Yu Xiaogang despaired as the Strength Ranking revealed Great Tang’s overwhelming power, including Haiyue’s control over the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign. The ranking then showed Bi Ji receiving a resurrection ability, leaving Tang San and the other forces facing an even more frightening prospect.

• Yu Xiaogang trembled in hiding, fearing Li Xin and Great Tang’s rise after the rankings exposed how thoroughly his theories had failed.
• The ranking showed the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign receiving the Delusion-Breaking Divine Eye, and it tried to escape its enslavement.
• Haiyue used Glazed Illusion Moon to suppress the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign and force it to return to Chang'an City as her obedient pet.
• Tang San, Bibi Dong, and Qian Daoliu reacted with alarm as Haiyue’s power revealed Great Tang’s formidable strength.
• The ranking revealed Bi Ji, the Star Dou Great Forest’s Emerald Swan, and her Life Echo skill, which could resurrect the dead within three hours.
• Xue Beng, Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, Oscar, and Dai Mubai recoiled at the implications of Bi Ji’s resurrection ability as Tang San watched.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed Di Tian in sixteenth place and Yang Guifei in fifteenth, granting both powers that demonstrated their extraordinary strength. It then revealed Qian Renxue in fourteenth place and began transforming her Angel God inheritance with a powerful reward.

• The Heavenly Curtain ranked Di Tian sixteenth and awarded him Dragon Ancestral Origin Return, evolving him into a four-winged Ancient Black Dragon at Peak Demigod Level.
• Gu Yuena reacted with alarm to Di Tian receiving a Dragon God Power Fragment as his power surged.
• The Heavenly Curtain ranked Yang Guifei fifteenth and showed her Moonlight Divine Pipa healing the dead and destroying a mountain with its music.
• Tang San recognized Qian Renxue when the Heavenly Curtain revealed her in fourteenth place as Spirit Hall's Angel God Inheritor.
• A golden pillar enveloped Qian Renxue as her Angel God Armor evolved and her Divine Power Origin was purified.

Qian Renxue became a Twelve-Winged Seraph and urged Bibi Dong to stop fighting Great Tang, but Bibi Dong refused. The Heavenly Curtain ranked Bibi Dong thirteenth and began purifying and transforming her with its reward.

• Qian Renxue gained twelve wings and realized how vast the power gap was between her and Great Tang.
• Qian Renxue urged Bibi Dong to cut Spirit Hall’s losses and avoid fighting Great Tang, but Bibi Dong refused to abandon her plans for conquest.
• A Rakshasa aura erupted from the Martial Soul Hall camp, and Tang San and Yu Xiaogang recognized it as Bibi Dong’s power.
• The Heavenly Curtain ranked Bibi Dong thirteenth, identifying her as the Rakshasa God inheritor and a Rank 99 Limit Douluo.
• The Heavenly Curtain bestowed a perfect twin-martial-soul evolution and Rakshasa power fusion on Bibi Dong, causing her intense pain as it began cleansing her mind.

Bibi Dong recovered from the Rakshasa corruption but ranked thirteenth, while Tang San placed twelfth despite his Dual God inheritance and erupted in anger. The Heavenly Curtain then revealed Mozi of Great Tang in eleventh place, prompting Tang San to dismiss him as a mere craftsman.

• Bibi Dong’s painful memories were drawn out, transforming her wings and purifying her body as she gained greater Rakshasa power.
• Bibi Dong learned she ranked thirteenth and laughed bitterly at the twelve people above her.
• Tang San expected a top-five ranking but was named twelfth, then received a reward that fused his Sea God and Asura powers and strengthened his divine artifacts.
• Tang San rejected his ranking as unfair, while the Asura God failed to reach him through the barrier and decided to descend after the Heavenly Curtain ended.
• The Heavenly Curtain named Mozi of Great Tang’s Mo Family Mechanism City in eleventh place, and Tang San mocked his Mechanism Arts before his smile froze.

The Heavenly Curtain showed Mozi’s Mechanism Giant Dragon and Shangguan Wan’er’s reality-altering calligraphy, leaving Tang San shaken by how far their power surpassed his own. Shangguan Wan’er received the tenth-place reward as Wu Zetian praised her from Chang’an.

• The Heavenly Curtain showed Mozi summon a thousand-meter Mechanism Giant Dragon that vaporized a mountain range and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, then awarded him Mechanism Origin Evolution and upgraded the Mo Family Mechanism City.
• Tang San compared his Hidden Weapons and Dual God Power unfavorably to Mozi’s strength and challenged the possibility that ten people ranked above him could be even more terrifying.
• The Heavenly Curtain introduced Shangguan Wan’er of the Great Tang as the tenth-ranked Limit Douluo, prompting Tang San to dismiss her calligraphy as a trivial art.
• Shangguan Wan’er used her brush to tear space, turn words into devastating forces, and erase people from existence with a sweeping stroke.
• Shangguan Wan’er received the Eternal Treasure Divine Brush and a blessing that increased Great Tang civil officials’ combat power by one hundred percent, while Wu Zetian praised her from Chang’an.

Sikong Zhen demonstrated Great Tang’s overwhelming strength, then asked to cross realms and destroy Tang Sect and Spirit Hall. As the Heavenly Curtain revealed eighth-ranked Li Bai, his sword demonstration began, leaving Tang San and the other observers facing another immense power gap.

• Sikong Zhen descended amid thunder and erased millions of fiends with one punch, stunning the observers in Heaven Dou City.
• After receiving the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder reward, Sikong Zhen addressed Chang'an and requested permission to cross realms and crush Tang Sect and Spirit Hall.
• Tang San insisted that the God Realm and the Asura God and Sea God could still give his side a chance, while Dai Mubai feared Sikong Zhen could have destroyed Heaven Dou City.
• Sword Intent filled the sky, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword submitted as the Heavenly Curtain revealed the white-robed Li Bai.
• Li Bai drew the Taibai Sword and began reciting verse as his strikes cut the sky, moved faster than Tang San’s Purple Demon Eyes could follow, and formed a phoenix from converging sword qi.

Li Bai’s sword display inspired Sword Douluo Chen Xin to abandon Heaven Dou City and seek him as a master, while Jing revealed that Great Tang had uncovered its enemies’ secrets and prepared to march. The Heavenly Curtain then introduced Da Qiao, a powerful support-type Douluo whose ocean magic began forming immense vortex arrays.

• Li Bai destroyed a divine-metal fortress with his Green Lotus Sword Qi, and Chen Xin resolved to travel to Chang'an and become his disciple.
• Jing appeared as Great Tang’s intelligence ruler and reported that she and Li Bai had discovered the Tang Sect and Spirit Hall’s strongholds, Tang San’s hidden weapons and trident, and the Clear Sky Sect’s secret passages.
• Jing delivered intelligence gathered by the Wonderful Sound Workshop to Li Xin, who ordered the army to march and burn the Tang Sect’s banners before sunset.
• Da Qiao appeared on a crystalline Water Dragon as the sixth-ranked figure, and her magic drew seawater from the void into enormous vortex arrays.

Da Qiao demonstrated that she could teleport Great Tang’s army through water, prompting Tang San and Bibi Dong to form an alliance against Great Tang. The Heavenly Curtain then revealed Xiao Qiao’s devastating wind powers, leaving Tang San shaken by the threat of the ranked fighters still to come.

• Da Qiao used Cangming Divine Water to reveal Chang'an’s assembled army and imprison powerful Sea Soul Beasts, showing that she could transport troops and control water across vast distances.
• Tang San approached Bibi Dong and proposed that Spirit Hall, the Tang Sect, and Sea God Island unite against Great Tang.
• Bibi Dong accepted Tang San’s alliance offer, and the two leaders agreed to share intelligence and resources while setting aside their grudges.
• The Heavenly Curtain introduced Xiao Qiao as fifth in the Strength Ranking and showed her Blooming Dance carving a massive canyon through the Longxing Mountain Range.
• Xiao Qiao transformed into her dark form and unleashed a devastating hurricane before the Heavenly Curtain revealed her Nine Heavens Divine Wind reward.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King and Lord of Soul Beasts, as fourth on the strength ranking. After its reward restored her Dragon God Origin and raised her to God King level, she set out for Chang'an to meet Li Xin.

• After Xiao Qiao's wind attack, seven elements converged above the Heavenly Curtain and Gu Yuena appeared as a silver dragon and silver-haired woman.
• The ranking identified Gu Yuena as the injured Silver Dragon King, Dragon God avatar, and Lord of Soul Beasts, shocking Tang San, Bibi Dong, and the people of Heaven Dou City.
• At the Lake of Life, Di Tian welcomed Gu Yuena, who said the gods and Asura—not humans—were the soul beasts' true enemies and warned Di Tian against underestimating Li Xin.
• The Heavenly Curtain's reward repaired Gu Yuena's Dragon God Origin, removed the Golden Dragon King's mad will, and restored her to God King level.
• Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to guard Star Dou Great Forest and departed for Chang'an to meet Li Xin, intending to submit if he defeated her or use him and Great Tang to reach the God Realm and kill Asura if he lost.

Gu Yuena challenged Li Xin to a wager that would decide whether the Star Dou Great Forest served him or Great Tang fell under her command, and Li Xin accepted. Meanwhile, Tang San, Qian Renxue, and Bibi Dong’s fight on Heaven Dou City’s wall ended when Gu Yuena’s distant spatial aftershock reminded them how powerless they were beside the threat in Chang'an.

• Tang San and Bibi Dong realized Gu Yuena had headed to Chang'an to find Li Xin, and Tang San ordered the Titled Douluo to assemble and survive.
• Gu Yuena confronted Li Xin at the Great Tang camp and proposed a battle: her forest would serve him if he won, while his Great Tang would serve her if he lost.
• Li Xin accepted Gu Yuena’s wager, joining his Light Xin sacred power and Dark Xin Demonic Qi.
• Qian Renxue taunted Tang San, and their clash escalated into a three-way battle with Bibi Dong that devastated part of Heaven Dou City.
• Gu Yuena’s distant spatial aftershock disrupted all three fighters, making them recognize the vast power gap and stop fighting.

Tang San, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue agreed to cooperate against Great Tang, while Gu Yuena challenged Li Xin in Chang'an. Wu Zetian confronted Gu Yuena in Li Xin’s place and overwhelmed her attacks, leaving the Silver Dragon King’s Dragon God assault shattered.

• Tang San persuaded Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong to join forces against Great Tang, and Qian Renxue agreed while vowing to kill them afterward.
• Gu Yuena arrived over Chang'an and challenged Li Xin to their wager, but attacked Daming Palace when he did not answer.
• Wu Zetian emerged from the palace, blocked Gu Yuena’s Silver Dragon Claw, and declared that Gu Yuena would have to defeat her before seeing Li Xin.
• Gu Yuena attacked Wu Zetian with the Silver Dragon Spear, but Wu Zetian repelled her with Empress's Majesty and sent her flying.
• Gu Yuena unleashed Dragon God Descends, Myriad Laws Return as One, but Wu Zetian invoked Polaris and Life and Death Decree, causing the Dragon Breath to disintegrate.

Wu Zetian defeated Gu Yuena and used her newly evolved Nine Heavens Emperor God Star to impose her will across the continent. Gu Yuena finally submitted, and Wu Zetian placed a Master-Servant Contract and Soul Shackle on her.

• Wu Zetian erased Gu Yuena’s Dragon God Breath and crushed her defenses with Imperial Authority, then revealed that she was Wu Zhao of the Great Tang.
• The Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking named Wu Zetian third in combat power at God King Mid-Level, and its reward evolved her Ziwei Emperor Star into the Nine Heavens Emperor God Star.
• Wu Zetian declared Great Tang’s laws to be heavenly laws, and her imperial will disrupted Soul Power and forced even Di Tian to bow.
• Wu Zetian sealed Gu Yuena off from the elements and made her kneel beneath the force of her divine decree.
• Wu Zetian planted a Master-Servant Contract and Soul Shackle in Gu Yuena, who chose submission over death.

Wu Zetian subdued Gu Yuena and bound the Star Dou Great Forest to Great Tang, while Tang San turned to the God Realm for help against the empire. Wu Zetian returned to Li Xin with Gu Yuena following as her attendant, as the conflict with the God Realm loomed.

• Wu Zetian completed a soul contract with Gu Yuena, making her a subject of Great Tang and ordering her to guard Daming Palace’s gate.
• Tang San and the others watched Gu Yuena’s surrender, while Bibi Dong recognized Wu Zetian’s use of faith power to strengthen Great Tang’s national fortune.
• Li Xin watched the events from Daming Palace and reflected that Gu Yuena’s surrender marked only the middle of the larger conflict.
• The Asura God spoke through Tang San, dismissed Wu Zetian’s power as unstable, and promised that the God Realm would intervene with divine forces.
• Tang San reassured the Shrek Seven Devils that the God Realm would act against Great Tang.
• Wu Zetian returned to Daming Palace with Gu Yuena following behind her as a subdued attendant.

Li Xin incorporated the Star Dou Great Forest into Great Tang and appointed Gu Yuena to command its new Dragon Cavalry, promising to help her restore the Dragon God. As the Golden List announced Haiyue of Great Tang as a God King who could create a small world and mass-produce God Kings, Tang San and the God Realm were left in despair.

• Li Xin ordered Gu Yuena to command the Dragon Cavalry and promised to help her reforge the Dragon God's body.
• Li Xin decreed that Soul Beasts would become Great Tang subjects, ordered the Star Dou Great Forest's powerful beasts to report to Chang'an, and threatened anyone who harmed them.
• Wu Zetian vowed to confront Asura God if he intervened, while Li Xin anticipated using him as a sacrifice after the Golden List revealed its top rankings.
• The Golden List named Haiyue of Great Tang as a God King and revealed that her Illusion Realm could create a small world and mass-produce God King Level powerhouses.
• Tang San collapsed in shock as Asura God confirmed that Haiyue wielded creation-level laws and could truly produce God Kings.