Chapter Summaries

Zhongli’s group encountered Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun in Star Luo City, where both young men greeted the powerful Martial God with strained courtesy. After Zhongli declined Dai Mubai’s offer to show them around, the group departed, leaving the two men relieved but still considering their imagined challenge to Zhongli.

• Dai Mubai recognized Zhongli and greeted him respectfully as the Martial God, and Ma Hongjun followed his lead.
• Dai Mubai offered to show Zhongli around Star Luo City, but Zhongli declined after sensing that the offer was insincere.
• Guizhong recalled Dai Mubai’s conflict with Zhongli’s young trainees and privately found his ambition to challenge Zhongli foolish.
• Zhongli signaled for his group to leave after exchanging a few pleasantries with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
• After Zhongli’s group departed, Ma Hongjun urged Dai Mubai to yield, while privately struggling between loyalty to his friends and fear of Zhongli.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun refused to accept being overshadowed and decided they could face Zhongli together once they became gods. Zhongli explained their divine inheritances to Ruo Tuo, who questioned why such men had been chosen as successors.

• Dai Mubai asked Ma Hongjun whether he was willing to accept being a supporting character, and Ma Hongjun said he was not but feared they could never defeat Zhongli.
• Dai Mubai argued that the two of them could challenge Zhongli together, and Ma Hongjun agreed they should take advantage of Zhongli being alone.
• The God of War and the Phoenix God discussed the brothers’ plan and doubted they could defeat the Vago Rock Emperor.
• Dai Mubai smacked Ma Hongjun after Ma Hongjun praised him for finally using his brain.
• Zhongli told Ruo Tuo that Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai were inheritors of divine positions, and Ruo Tuo criticized their character and questioned the gods’ judgment.

Zhu Zhuqing, frustrated by how slowly she was growing stronger, was approached by the strange Yuan Shang, who offered to give her power in exchange for helping his group. She remained wary and asked what they wanted, but Yuan Shang had not yet explained.

• Zhu Zhuqing reached level sixty in the former Crown Prince's Mansion and worried she would be too weak when war came.
• Yuan Shang appeared and asked Zhu Zhuqing if she felt lost, startling her with his ominous presence.
• Yuan Shang introduced himself and offered to help Zhu Zhuqing gain strength in exchange for doing something for his group.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned Yuan Shang about the price and suspected his offer might involve something she would refuse.
• Yuan Shang changed into a human form and explained that his group could give power to others too, not because Zhu Zhuqing was special.
• Zhu Zhuqing began to respond, but the chapter ended before Yuan Shang revealed what his group wanted.

Yuan Shang failed to persuade Zhu Zhuqing to investigate how Zhongli resurrected Guizhong, so Aether sent him to search for his sister instead. In the Divine Realm, Asura convinced a deity to pass her God Position to Zhu Zhuqing and asked where to find her.

• Yuan Shang asked Zhu Zhuqing to gather information from Zhongli about how he resurrected the Dust King Guizhong, but she firmly refused to go undercover.
• Yuan Shang left without harming Zhu Zhuqing and told Aether that he had failed again.
• Aether tasked Yuan Shang with finding his sister, who might be somewhere in Douluo Continent or in a nearby small world.
• Asura persuaded a deity to pass her God Position to Zhu Zhuqing, and she agreed and asked where to find Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhu Zhuqing accepted the Speed God's inheritance and began its trials, giving her a new path to grow stronger. Meanwhile, Zhongli left Star Luo City without attacking, easing the Star Luo Royal Family's fears for now.

• Zhu Zhuqing considered asking Qian Renxue for help obtaining a Soul Ring, but the Speed God summoned her before she could leave.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized the Speed God and claimed she had seen her in a dream, keeping her previous-life connection secret.
• The Speed God offered Zhu Zhuqing her inheritance, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted immediately.
• The Speed God assigned the first trial: break through to Soul Emperor, with rewards including older Soul Rings, increased Soul Power, and greater affinity.
• Zhongli spent several days in Star Luo City collecting antiques, then departed without harming anyone.
• The Star Luo Royal Family and the Zhu Family felt relieved after Zhongli left and continued hoping Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun would reach godhood.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun discussed their Divine Trials and Dai Mubai’s plan to confront Zhu Zhuqing over his humiliation. Dai Mubai resolved to go to Heaven Dou City with Ma Hongjun after their Sixth Trial, while the chapter ended with someone in the imperial palace reacting in shock.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun absorbed high-quality Soul Bones after failing to find matching sets from the same source.
• Ma Hongjun teased Dai Mubai about Zhu Zhuqing breaking off their engagement and moving into the Crown Prince’s Mansion, reigniting Dai Mubai’s anger and shame.
• Dai Mubai dismissed Ma Hongjun’s concerns about Zhu Zhuqing’s connection to Zhongli and reflected that his past conflict with Zhongli had helped set later events in motion.
• Dai Mubai declared that he and Ma Hongjun would confront Zhu Zhuqing in Heaven Dou City after completing the Sixth Trial.
• Someone in the imperial palace exclaimed, “You said what?”

Zhu Zhuqing revealed to Qian Renxue that she had inherited the Speed God and asked for help with her soul rings and later trials. She also requested six same-source soul bones to form Divine Armor, but Qian Renxue explained that Spirit Hall had no such set besides her own Angel Divine Armor.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Qian Renxue she had obtained the Speed God’s inheritance, surprising Qian Renxue and the hidden She Long and Ci Xue.
• Qian Renxue congratulated Zhu Zhuqing and offered to arrange soul rings and help with difficulties in later trials.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Qian Renxue for six soul bones from different body parts but the same source.
• Qian Renxue refused and explained that Spirit Hall had no such set beyond the Angel Divine Armor.
• Qian Renxue described how the Angel Divine Armor’s six soul bones were exceptionally difficult to obtain and may have come from six identical hundred-thousand-year soul beasts.

Qian Renxue promised to help Zhu Zhuqing prepare for her divine trials, and sent her with She Long to obtain a soul ring. After realizing that Zhu Zhuqing and others had gained divine inheritances ahead of her, Qian Renxue resolved to accelerate her own plans by unifying the continent.

• Qian Renxue offered Zhu Zhuqing a set of soul bones over fifty thousand years old, and Zhu Zhuqing thanked her while promising to repay her kindness.
• Qian Renxue warned Zhu Zhuqing against betrayal, while Zhu Zhuqing said Qian Renxue was the second person to call her sister after Zhu Zhuyun.
• Qian Renxue ordered She Long to take Zhu Zhuqing to obtain the best suitable soul ring, and She Long agreed to help the inheritor of a god's legacy.
• After they left, Qian Renxue wondered how Zhu Zhuqing had obtained the Speed God's God Position and worried that others were completing God Trials before her.
• Qian Renxue decided to find an excuse to start a war with the Star Luo Empire so she could unify the Douluo Continent and pursue her God Trial.
• Qian Renxue thought of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while a blond-haired aunt on the Sun Moon Continent stood bewildered.

Lumine found herself in an unfamiliar world with her full strength restored and traveled to Moon Wheel Town to look for information. There, she heard that Cloud Retainer had defeated powerful Soul Tool Masters and realized that her old acquaintance was in the same world.

• Lumine discovered that the seal on her power had vanished and sensed a town a hundred li away.
• Lumine reached Moon Wheel Town, where a guard mistook her silence for being mute and slow before allowing her inside.
• Lumine heard townspeople discuss Cloud Retainer defeating Ninth-Order Soul Tool Masters with mechanism arts.
• Lumine recognized Cloud Retainer as an old acquaintance and wondered whether Paimon and her brother had also come to this world.

Lumine searched Moon Wheel Town for Cloud Retainer and learned that the famed adeptus had defeated the town’s Soul Engineers. After finding out where Cloud Retainer was, Lumine prepared to leave, while guard Old Yang defended his unpopular Fixed-Charge Soul Tools.

• Lumine asked Moon Wheel Town’s Soul Engineers where Cloud Retainer was, and they laughed when she said Cloud Retainer was her friend.
• The townspeople told Lumine that Cloud Retainer had defeated Qing Hongchen and all the town’s Soul Engineers, and insisted she had no friends.
• Lumine left disappointed, learned about the Sun Moon Continent’s Soul Master and Soul Engineer systems, and suspected her friends had traveled to this world too.
• On her fifth day, Lumine learned where Cloud Retainer was and prepared to leave Moon Wheel Town.
• Guard Old Yang mistook Lumine for a disappointed student and gave her his notes on Soul Tools.
• A tall, thin man mocked Old Yang’s Fixed-Charge Soul Tool, but Old Yang insisted it would have a purpose in the future.

Lumine accepted Old Yang’s Fixed-Charge Soul Tool blueprint despite its poor reputation, impressing him and confusing the man who had warned her against it. Old Yang gave her a powerful Soul Tool shell and described extreme ways to use it, while his old friend argued that his dangerous temperament explained why the Royal Family rejected his research.

• A man warned Lumine that Old Yang’s Fixed-Charge Soul Tool was costly and impractical, and offered her a Level Two Sword-Shaped Soul Tool blueprint instead.
• Lumine examined Old Yang’s design, recognized its cannon-like potential, and chose to keep it.
• Old Yang and the other man were startled when Lumine spoke, and she explained that she was quiet, not mute.
• Old Yang gave Lumine a Storage Soul Tool Ring containing a Level Seven Soul Tool Shell and advised her to use it against overwhelming enemies.
• Old Yang suggested using the shell with a launch silo against an enemy’s home, prompting his old friend to call him insane.
• Old Yang defended his research and warned that the Royal Family would regret rejecting it, while his friend blamed its cost and Old Yang’s reckless personality.

Lumine left Old Yang and his friend bickering and continued toward Mingdu, the capital of the Sun Moon Continent. At the city gates, a guard warned her to avoid the west gate, where a powerful deity had defeated more than a dozen Ninth-Order Soul Tool Masters.

• Old Yang and his old friend argued over whether Old Yang had considered using explosives, then realized Lumine had quietly left.
• Old Yang's friend remembered Lumine had said she was Cloud Retainer's friend, and the two men worried after realizing who she might be.
• Lumine traveled to Mingdu and studied the capital's metal walls before speaking with a guard.
• The guard welcomed Lumine and warned her away from the west gate, where a powerful deity had defeated more than a dozen Ninth-Order Soul Tool Masters.

Lumine learned that Soul Engineers were fighting over the fragments of Cloud Retainer’s shattered Ninth-Order Soul Tool in West City and went there to find Cloud Retainer. After the soldiers mistook her for a young treasure hunter and tried to dissuade her, Lumine revealed her speed and headed into the danger zone, prompting them to call for reinforcements.

• Lumine heard that Cloud Retainer’s Soul Tool fragments had sparked a deadly melee among Soul Engineers in West City.
• Lumine entered Mingdu and headed for West City, where soldiers warned her not to enter the battlefield.
• Lumine told the soldiers she wanted to speak with Cloud Retainer, and they assumed she wanted to challenge her or become her disciple.
• Lumine vanished from the soldiers’ sight without using Soul Power, a soul bone, or a Soul Tool.
• The soldiers realized Lumine was powerful and called for reinforcements, fearing a battle with Cloud Retainer.

Lumine reached West City and reunited with Xianyun, who explained that Paimon, the Lord of Geo, and Xiao had arrived on a different continent of Douluo Star. The chapter ended with Xianyun beginning to explain how the planet was divided between the Sun Moon Continent and Douluo Continent.

• Lumine entered the ruined center of West City, where Soul Engineers fled after hearing Xianyun's laughter.
• Lumine called for Cloud Retainer, and Xianyun appeared at the gates; the two recognized each other and reunited.
• Xianyun invited Lumine into her residence, while watching Soul Engineers wondered at the blonde expert's connection to Xianyun.
• Lumine explained how she had crossed into this world and asked Xianyun about Paimon.
• Xianyun told Lumine that Paimon was with the Lord of Geo and Xiao on Douluo Continent, not the Sun Moon Continent.

Lumine learned that she was the only one from her group on the Sun Moon Continent and asked Xianyun to take her back to find Paimon and Aether. Meanwhile, Paimon guided Xiao, Ruo Tuo, and Guizhong through the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhongli revealed that its two famed overlords had guarded even more powerful sleeping experts.

• Xianyun told Lumine that she had traveled to the Sun Moon Continent and described its Soul Tool development and her defeat of its strongest Soul Engineer.
• Lumine learned Paimon was with Zhongli on the Douluo Continent and asked Xianyun to lead her to them; Xianyun agreed to leave soon.
• Aether sneezed on the Douluo Continent and wondered what was happening with Yuan Shang.
• Paimon brought Xiao, Ruo Tuo, and Guizhong to the Star Dou Great Forest and explained that the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python had once been its overlords.
• Paimon showed them pools left by Zhongli's Rock Spears, and Zhongli explained that the forest's surface overlords had guarded sleeping experts, including Ten Fierce Beasts and a Dragon God incarnation.

Zhongli and his companions reached the Lake of Life, where Ruo Tuo’s roar frightened the forest’s Soul Beasts and alerted the Fierce Beasts beneath the lake. The Silver Dragon King mistook Ruo Tuo for an Evil Dragon that had consumed the Water and Fire Dragon Kings’ Life Energy and sensed that the group was coming for her.

• Zhongli agreed to take Paimon and the others to see the Lake of Life, and they traveled there without encountering any Soul Beasts.
• At the lake’s outskirts, Zhongli explained that its Life Energy had produced several Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, including Xiao Wu’s mother, the Sky Azure Bull Python, and the Titan Giant Ape.
• Three Thousand Jun Ant brothers challenged the group and warned them that a great terror slept within the lake.
• Ruo Tuo roared and asked whether the sleeping terror was more frightening than him, causing the Thousand Jun Ants and Soul Beasts throughout the forest to tremble.
• Di Tian and Zi Ji sensed the roar’s dragon auras, and the Silver Dragon King awoke and identified Ruo Tuo as an Evil Dragon that had consumed the Water and Fire Dragon Kings’ Life Energy.
• The Silver Dragon King realized the group seemed to be coming for her.

The Silver Dragon King and the Fierce Beasts sensed Ruo Tuo approaching Lake of Life and feared they could not oppose him. Meanwhile, Zhongli and his group continued toward the lake after the Thousand Jun Ant brothers showed them the way.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm mocked the Silver Dragon King and the Fierce Beasts for bullying the weak, and Di Tian threatened it into silence.
• Di Tian offered to draw Ruo Tuo away, but Zi Ji volunteered instead and Di Tian refused to let her go.
• The Silver Dragon King told the Fierce Beasts to stand down, reasoning that Ruo Tuo would return even if they sacrificed themselves.
• The three Thousand Jun Ant brothers pointed Zhongli and his companions toward Lake of Life, then fled once the group had gone.
• Zhongli reflected that Soul Beasts gained intelligence and strength slowly before reaching ten thousand years of cultivation.

Zhongli and his companions visited the Lake of Life, where Di Tian recognized Zhongli as the man who had killed the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python. Guizhong summoned Di Tian to ask for his help with a group photo, leaving him unsure whether to agree.

• Zhongli, Guizhong, Paimon, Xiao, and Azhdaha arrived at the Lake of Life, and Azhdaha considered how to obtain some of its energy.
• Di Tian and the Fierce Beasts watched the visitors, and Di Tian recognized Zhongli from the battle in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiong Jun and the other Fierce Beasts reacted with alarm when Di Tian told them Zhongli had killed the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Guizhong brought out a Recording Machine and asked Zhongli and the others to take a photo, but realized it lacked a timer.
• Guizhong called to the hidden Fierce Beasts and asked one of them to come up, so Di Tian appeared and introduced himself.
• Guizhong asked Di Tian for a favor, and he wondered whether he should help.

Guizhong asked Di Tian to operate a Recording Machine and take photographs of the group at the Lake of Life. After several pictures, she invited the Fierce Beasts below to come up for photographs, and they reluctantly agreed.

• Di Tian mistook the group's expressions for threats and offered to do whatever Guizhong asked.
• Guizhong showed Di Tian how the Recording Machine worked, and he kept the photograph it produced.
• Di Tian took a group photograph of Zhongli, Xiao, Guizhong, Ruo Tuo, and Paimon at the lakeside.
• Di Tian took more photographs until Guizhong and Paimon were satisfied.
• Guizhong called to the Fierce Beasts below and invited them to come up for photographs, and they agreed reluctantly.

The Silver Dragon King, Gu Yue Na, and the Fierce Beasts met Zhongli, Xiao, and Azhdaha. After Zhongli and Azhdaha revealed their history with Asura, Azhdaha offered to remove the Asura Divine Power from Gu Yue Na in exchange for the energy of the Lake of Life.

• The Silver Dragon King transformed into human form, introduced herself as Gu Yue Na, and led Bi Ji, Xiong Jun, and Zi Ji in greeting Zhongli, Xiao, and Azhdaha.
• Azhdaha sensed Gu Yue Na's injuries, and Zhongli explained that Asura Divine Power was preventing them from healing.
• Azhdaha recalled that Asura had once conflicted with Zhongli and severed his own arm, leaving Gu Yue Na and Di Tian stunned by their casual account of the God King.
• Azhdaha offered to expel the Asura Divine Power from Gu Yue Na if she gave him the energy of the Lake of Life, and the Fierce Beasts considered the deal.