Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong found a way to attack the Clear Sky Sect without breaking Qian Daoliu’s promise by having Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and several elders form a separate organization called Soul Hall. After Qian Daoliu tacitly accepted the plan, Bibi Dong prepared for a difficult campaign and turned her attention to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Bibi Dong proposed that Qian Daoliu be declared dead so Spirit Hall could attack the Clear Sky Sect, but Qian Daoliu refused and vowed that no one would harm the sect while he lived.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and several elders to leave Spirit Hall temporarily and establish Soul Hall.
• Bibi Dong argued that Soul Hall could attack the Clear Sky Sect without violating Qian Daoliu’s promise on Spirit Hall’s behalf.
• Qian Daoliu left without objecting, and Guang Ling voiced his support for Bibi Dong’s plan.
• Bibi Dong warned Soul Hall to proceed cautiously because the Clear Sky Sect’s remaining members were elite fighters, and she considered joining the battle herself.
• Bibi Dong decided to let the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect gather Spirit Hall’s enemies before dealing with them later.

Zhongli urged Qian Renxue to learn about ordinary people as she struggled with the burden of ruling, then revealed his ties to ancient Liyue and Teyvat. Qian Renxue left determined to become a worthy ruler after realizing Zhongli supported humanity’s interests rather than her personally, and a gentle voice accused Morax of making another girl cry.

• Qian Renxue questioned whether she could shoulder the responsibility of uniting the continent, and Zhongli advised her to live and work among the common people.
• Zhongli recalled his past doubts and described Liyue, which he had built with friends and immortals over more than thirty-seven hundred years.
• Qian Renxue connected Zhongli’s revelations to Xianyun, Xiao, Diluc, and Paimon, then asked who Zhongli really was.
• Zhongli asked whether his identity mattered, and Qian Renxue realized he had supported her because she served humanity’s interests, not because she was Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue left in tears, vowing to become a worthy ruler and lead the people of Douluo Continent toward prosperity and strength.
• Zhongli hoped she would understand his feelings in a thousand years, and a gentle voice told Morax he had made another girl cry.

Zhongli discovered that Guizhong had returned as a soul inside the Mortal Lock, and resolved to take her to the Divine Realm so he could restore her body. He left alone for Sea God Island, determined to find what he needed.

• Zhongli heard Guizhong’s voice from the Mortal Lock, which opened after remaining sealed for three thousand seven hundred years.
• Guizhong explained that part of her soul had survived inside the Mortal Lock after she encountered Forbidden Knowledge and had crossed into Douluo Continent with Zhongli and Paimon.
• Zhongli welcomed Guizhong back, but his attempt to embrace her passed through her ghostly form.
• Zhongli decided to seek Immortal Spirit Qi in the Divine Realm to resurrect Guizhong, and she trusted him enough to return to the Mortal Lock.
• Zhongli put away the Mortal Lock and went alone across the sea toward Sea God Island, despite his dislike of the sea.

Zhongli arrived at Sea God Island and used the Sea God's Heart to make Poseidon reveal the God Realm's location. Poseidon gave him the information after learning that Zhongli only wanted Immortal Spirit Qi, leaving the Sea God's Heart to be returned.

• Poseidon sensed an ominous presence and sent his Divine Sense to Sea God Island when an extraordinary figure arrived.
• Zhongli confronted Bo Saixi and demanded that Poseidon appear, holding the Sea God's Heart as leverage.
• Poseidon descended as a wisp of Divine Sense and addressed Zhongli respectfully as Lord War God.
• Zhongli asked Poseidon for the God Realm's location in exchange for the Sea God's Heart.
• Poseidon feared Zhongli intended to attack the God Realm, but Zhongli explained he only wanted Immortal Spirit Qi.
• Poseidon revealed the God Realm's location because he needed to recover the Sea God's Heart.

Zhongli returned the Sea God’s Heart to Poseidon after learning the location of a teleportation array to the God Realm, then went to drain the realm’s Immortal Spirit Qi. Poseidon realized what Zhongli was doing and panicked, fearing he would be blamed for letting him in.

• Poseidon told Zhongli that a reception array on the Douluo Plane could transport him to the God Realm, and Zhongli returned the Sea God’s Heart before leaving for the array.
• Poseidon offered the Sea God position to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, but the whale called him a liar and left.
• Poseidon gave the Sea God’s Heart to Bo Saixi, then decided against making her his successor because he believed she was unsuited to the role.
• Poseidon decided to report Zhongli’s visit, but sensed Immortal Spirit Qi gathering as someone appeared to be breaking through to God King realm.
• Poseidon realized Zhongli was draining the God Realm’s Immortal Spirit Qi and begged him to slow down, fearing the gods would blame him.

Zhongli prepared to restore Guizhong by fusing her Divine Soul with a body forged from Immortal Spirit Qi and the Mortal Lock, while a stone embryo began absorbing energy inside his formation. The God Kings realized the embryo was draining the God Realm’s foundation and tried to break through the barrier, leaving Poseidon and the God of Fire awkwardly without their divine weapons.

• Zhongli insisted that Guizhong needed a strong body made with the Mortal Lock, though Guizhong hoped to use only Immortal Spirit Qi.
• Zhongli retrieved the stone embryo from his Inner Scenery after it began absorbing Immortal Spirit Qi and elemental energy.
• Zhongli told Guizhong to complete the final fusion with her newly condensed body while his defensive formation held around them.
• The Five God Kings realized the formation was drawing energy from the God Realm itself and feared its foundation was being plundered.
• Poseidon urged the gods to attack the barrier, then admitted that his divine weapon was at the inheritance site, while the God of Fire said he had given his weapon to a young man.

Xiao and Paimon searched for Zhongli after he disappeared to the God Realm, while the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect learned that Soul Hall was marching on the Clear Sky Sect. Ning Fengzhi refused to send aid and ordered the sect to recruit more soul masters as he continued the Nine-Colored Goddess's trials.

• Xiao and Paimon returned to their residence after months of searching for Zhongli across the Douluo Continent.
• A scout reported to Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin that Soul Hall was heading for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Chen Xin asked whether they should help the Clear Sky Sect, but Ning Fengzhi refused, saying each should protect their own home.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to recruit soul masters to prepare for Spirit Hall's threat.
• Ning Fengzhi had completed five of the Nine-Colored Goddess's trials and reached Rank 96.

Ning Fengzhi learned that the God Realm’s crisis had interrupted his and Oscar’s divine trials, and the Nine-Heaven Goddess told him to prepare rare soul bones for their next stages. As Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin set out to obtain them, a voice from within the barrier challenged Morax to settle their grudge.

• Ning Fengzhi and the others realized that Oscar’s Food God trial had also stalled, suggesting a problem in the God Realm.
• The Nine-Heaven Goddess told Ning Fengzhi to gather six soul bones over fifty thousand years old for his Divine Armor and counted waiting as his Sixth Trial.
• Ning Fengzhi arranged for Gu Rong to guard the sect while he and Chen Xin went to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek soul bones for him and Oscar.
• The gods continued attacking Zhongli’s barrier, but it remained unshaken and left them afraid of the power behind it.
• Guizhong finished her fusion beside Zhongli as the stone absorbing energy roared, and a voice called out to Morax to settle their grudge.

Ruo Tuo regained his memories as the Dragon King Azhdaha but discovered that he had become tiny after his consciousness reached the Douluo Continent. Meanwhile, the God Realm's barrier disappeared on its own, and the gods prepared for whoever was inside to emerge.

• Ruo Tuo remembered that he was the Dragon King Azhdaha and that protecting humanity was part of his contract with Morax.
• Ruo Tuo recognized Guizhong, who picked him up and revealed that he was small enough to hold in her arms.
• Zhongli guessed that Ruo Tuo's true body remained on the Teyvat Continent while his consciousness had traveled to the Douluo Continent, and Ruo Tuo sensed that most of his power was gone.
• The gods learned that the God Realm had lost much of its Immortal Spirit Qi and more than half of its earth's lifespan, so Evil agreed to Destruction's proposal to expand the God Realm by devouring other planes.
• The barrier vanished without the gods breaking it, and Destruction warned that the people inside were coming out.

Zhongli, Guizhong, and Azhdaha appeared before the gods, who confronted them over the damage to the God Realm. Azhdaha intimidated them with his command of the earth and defended his right to absorb the energy left by the Dragon God, leaving the gods unable to answer.

• Asura recognized Zhongli as the War God, while Poseidon retreated cautiously behind the other gods.
• Goodness asked Zhongli, Guizhong, and Azhdaha who they were and why they had destroyed the God Realm.
• Azhdaha called the gods insects and warned them not to overstep, making them realize he had absorbed the God Realm's earth power.
• Goodness demanded that Azhdaha take responsibility for the God Realm's losses, but he argued that the world belonged to all living beings.
• Azhdaha revealed that he was the second-generation Geo Dragon King and claimed the energy left by the Dragon God was his to absorb, leaving the gods speechless.

The gods confronted Zhongli, Guizhong, and Ruo Tuo over the energy used to resurrect and revive them, but Ruo Tuo’s power forced the God Realm to seek a peaceful resolution. The group agreed to leave the God Realm, and Zhongli acknowledged that their actions had caused the trouble.

• The gods stayed silent rather than risk fighting Ruo Tuo and destroying the God Realm.
• Guizhong restrained Ruo Tuo and asked him to let the confrontation go, while he warned the gods to stop threatening them.
• Guizhong urged Ruo Tuo to give the gods another chance, and he agreed for her sake.
• Destruction asked Zhongli, Guizhong, and Ruo Tuo to leave the God Realm and never return, and the other God Kings accepted his proposal.
• Ruo Tuo insisted that he was granting the gods a chance, and Destruction agreed to let the group go.
• Zhongli explained that they had come only to resurrect and revive his close friends and admitted that their actions had caused trouble.

Morax revealed his terrifying Boundless Killing Intent in the God Realm, and Asura surrendered by severing his own arm and apologizing. Zhongli, Guizhong, and Ruo Tuo returned to Douluo Continent, leaving the gods to consider expanding the God Realm while Destruction silently questioned the Goddess of Life’s changed feelings toward him.

• Morax transformed into his Divine Armor form, and Ruo Tuo explained that after Hagintos died, Morax had brutally dismembered her killer and suppressed the pieces across Liyue.
• The gods trembled under Morax’s pressure, and Asura realized he could not defeat him.
• Asura apologized to Zhongli and severed his own left arm as compensation for their earlier conflict.
• Zhongli withdrew his aura, returned to human form, and left through the teleportation array with Guizhong and Ruo Tuo.
• The Evil God King urged the gods to expand the God Realm, while Destruction wondered whether the plan could protect them from another power like Zhongli.
• Destruction noticed the Goddess of Life’s disgust when he had conceded and privately reflected that Xiao Lu had changed.

Zhongli reunited with Guizhong and Azhdaha after returning to the Douluo Continent, where Xiao and Paimon learned how the pair had been revived. The group discussed Zhongli’s actions in the God Realm and their absent friends, while the God Realm grew divided after their departure.

• Xiao rushed to Zhongli’s residence and found Guizhong and a tiny Azhdaha, then Paimon arrived and was startled to see Guizhong alive.
• Zhongli invited Xiao and Paimon to eat and explained that he had revived Guizhong in the God Realm, where Azhdaha had also awakened.
• Paimon questioned Zhongli about plundering the God Realm’s energy, and Zhongli admitted it while saying he felt no guilt and would accept any karma.
• Guizhong asked Zhongli to call her by her name, and Zhongli told her Cloud Retainer had come to the world while A-Ping remained elsewhere.
• Azhdaha lamented the loss of their other old friends, while the God Realm became lively and divided by self-interest after Zhongli and the others left.

At a meeting about expanding the God Realm, Destruction rejected the responsibility and denounced Life for opposing his proposal while claiming to act for the greater good. He swore to end their marriage and left, while Evil accepted the task of managing the situation and several gods began preparing their inheritances.

• Destruction refused to lead the God Realm's expansion and reminded Life that she had opposed the proposal he made.
• Destruction accused Life of showing her true face and swore to sever their marital ties forever.
• Life broke down in tears, but Destruction left without listening to her explanation.
• The gods turned to Evil to handle the matter after Asura said he had been physically injured.
• After the meeting, several gods began arranging their inheritances because they could not stay in the God Realm much longer.

As Soul Hall prepared to attack the Clear Sky Sect, the elders debated how to resist and whether to surrender Tang Hao. Tang Hao admitted his past mistake, while the First Elder proposed defending the mountain and, if necessary, letting Tang Xiao escape with talented children.

• Soul Hall prepared to attack the Clear Sky Sect, whose chains and mountain defenses made a large-scale assault difficult.
• The Seventh Elder blamed Tang Hao for the crisis, but Tang Xiao and the First Elder rejected handing him over to Soul Hall.
• Tang Hao offered to surrender if it would help the sect, and the Seventh Elder reaffirmed that the family would not abandon him.
• Tang Hao admitted he had been wrong to risk the sect for a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, stunning Tang Xiao and the elders.
• The First Elder warned that the sect's food might last only five years and proposed that Tang Xiao lead talented children away if the defenders had to fight their way out.

Soul Hall’s forces devised a way to force Clear Sky Sect out of its mountain stronghold, even though the plan would bring lasting disgrace to its instigator. After Soul Hall started a fire and drove poisonous smoke up the mountain, Clear Sky Sect chose to fight.

• Yue Guan told his allies to call him Protector Ju, and Soul Hall’s leaders discussed how to cross the mountain barrier and defeat Clear Sky Sect.
• Ghostly proposed a ruthless strategy, but Yue Guan and the others hesitated to let anyone bear the infamy; a red-robed deacon volunteered to take responsibility.
• The next day, Soul Hall’s fire- and wind-element Soul Masters set the mountain’s dry wood ablaze and directed poisonous smoke toward Clear Sky Sect.
• Clear Sky Sect’s ordinary people and children began dying from the poison, and its disciples realized Soul Hall had deliberately chosen this method.
• Clear Sky Sect’s people decided they had no choice but to attack.

The Clear Sky Sect was nearly wiped out by Soul Hall, though Tang Xiao escaped with several children and sought help from the remaining affiliated clans. The three surviving clans weighed their options and considered joining the Star Luo Empire after ruling out the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Tang Xiao fled with several children while the Clear Sky Sect elders and Tang Hao fought Soul Hall to the death.
• Yue Guan and the others confirmed Tang Hao had died and ordered a pursuit of Tang Xiao while reporting the battle to the Pope.
• Tang Xiao led the children toward the Defense Clan, hoping to rely on the Clear Sky Sect’s former affiliated forces.
• The Strength Clan’s former allies united, took in Tailong, and discussed how to survive after the Clear Sky Sect’s defeat.
• White Crane proposed joining one of the two great empires, but the clan heads rejected the Heaven Dou Empire because it had contributed to Old Ape’s death and considered the Star Luo Empire instead.

Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi encountered Di Tian in the Star Dou Great Forest while seeking Soul Bones for their God Trial. After learning Ning Fengzhi was a Rank Two God inheritor, Di Tian offered them a high-quality Divine Armor component, leaving them to consider his proposal.

• Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi fled after Di Tian overwhelmed them, and Di Tian confronted them again when they stopped to rest.
• Di Tian accused them of hunting Soul Beasts for Soul Bones, and Chen Xin explained that the slaughter was not their wish.
• Di Tian sensed that Ning Fengzhi was a Rank Two God inheritor and questioned why he had no divine artifact or Soul Bone.
• Ning Fengzhi admitted that they had come to the forest for Divine Armor and asked Di Tian who he was.
• Di Tian revealed that he was the Beast God, Di Tian, and offered to provide them with an excellent Divine Armor component.

Di Tian offered Ning Fengzhi soul bones in exchange for truthful reports on the God Realm, leaving Ning Fengzhi to consider adding his son-in-law Oscar to the arrangement. Di Tian asked Chen Xin to fetch Oscar so he could explain further matters.

• After realizing Di Tian held overwhelming power, Ning Fengzhi asked what the Beast God wanted in return for the soul bones.
• Di Tian asked Ning Fengzhi to report major God Realm decisions and matters targeting the beast race every three thousand years on the Douluo Calendar, for six reports in total.
• Di Tian required Ning Fengzhi to swear on his martial soul and God Position that his reports would be truthful, and Ning Fengzhi agreed.
• Ning Fengzhi asked whether his son-in-law, Oscar, could also receive help from Di Tian, who said Oscar would need to swear an oath and follow other arrangements.
• Di Tian told Chen Xin to bring Oscar to him so he could explain the matters that required their attention.

After returning to the Divine Realm, the gods contacted their successors, and the God of Fire explained to Du Siji why he had been absent and described the Divine Realm’s clash with Zhongli. He settled Du Siji’s Sixth Trial reward and warned him about the Vago Rock Emperor and anything connected to him.

• The God of Fire contacted Du Siji, who angrily demanded to know why he had been ignored for so long.
• The God of Fire recounted how Zhongli had overawed the Divine Realm and how the Asura God had severed an arm to settle their karmic debt.
• The God of Fire promised Du Siji his Sixth Trial reward and announced the Seventh Trial, urging him to advance toward godhood.
• The God of Fire revealed that Bibi Dong had reached the Ninth Trial but could not merge with her God Position while the Rakshasa God pursued her plans against the wounded Asura God.
• The God of Fire assured Du Siji that he would relinquish his God Position after the Eighth Trial, then warned him never to provoke the Vago Rock Emperor or anything connected to him.