Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong fought through the battlefield toward Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then attacked Tang Xiao after learning he had nearly killed Hu Liena and Yan. As the battle continued, Di Tian and the soul beast experts watched, hoping the human forces would cripple themselves.

• Bibi Dong heard Hu Liena's grief-stricken cry, realized Tang Xiao had attacked her disciple and Yan, and flew toward him to kill him.
• Tang Xiao detonated his first six soul rings and struck Bibi Dong with the Great Sumeru Hammer, sending her flying back.
• Bibi Dong revealed her Second Martial Soul and its powerful soul rings, then resumed the fight against Tang Xiao.
• Di Tian and Xiong Jun discussed letting the human armies kill one another, while the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King warned that Bibi Dong carried a god's aura.

Di Tian and the Fierce Beasts appeared to aid the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Ning Fengzhi called on the Beast God, turning the tide against Spirit Hall. As the two sides faced off, Xiong Jun singled out Golden Crocodile for a fight.

• Di Tian recruited the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, but the Ice Empress and Snow Empress refused to join the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ning Fengzhi called on the Beast God for help as the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect struggled against Spirit Hall’s assault.
• Bewitching Charm slaughtered indiscriminately and grew stronger, while the sect’s fighters remained overwhelmed.
• Di Tian and the Fierce Beasts appeared above the battlefield, and Di Tian agreed to help the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Golden Crocodile demanded to know who the newcomers were, but Xiong Jun called him a little brat and summoned a dark-gold bear claw to challenge him.

Zhongli and his companions watched Spirit Hall’s siege of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Xiao asked whether Hu Liena and Xie Yue should be eliminated after their fusion form lost its reason. Zhongli spared them for now and explained that the war was a necessary struggle between commoners and nobles, then promised Guizhong he would intervene if the situation became irreparable.

• Paimon and Lumine joked about Xiong Jun’s enormous bear claw while Zhongli and the others observed the battle.
• Xiao asked Zhongli whether to eliminate Bewitching Charm, which had lost its reason and become a threat.
• Zhongli told Xiao to spare Bewitching Charm unless it later harmed ordinary people.
• Guizhong asked Zhongli to stop the fighting, but he said the war was necessary to challenge the entrenched power of sects and nobles.
• Guizhong noted that Spirit Hall seemed likely to lose, and Zhongli said he would make a move if matters became irreparable.

Qian Daoliu arrived on the battlefield and confronted Ning Fengzhi over his alliance with the Soul Beast Clan. After acknowledging Ning Fengzhi’s resolve to save his sect, Qian Daoliu vowed to kill everyone and faced Xiong Jun in battle.

• Lumine remembered how Zhongli had let her run errands in Liyue, and Zhongli avoided her glare as he recalled his reasons for staying out of things.
• Qian Daoliu descended in holy light, recognized the Soul Beast Kings, and accused Ning Fengzhi of colluding with the Soul Beast Clan.
• Ning Fengzhi admitted the alliance and explained that he had made it to save the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from destruction.
• Qian Daoliu acknowledged Ning Fengzhi’s resolve but declared that everyone on the battlefield had to die.
• Xiong Jun challenged Qian Daoliu, who revealed eight black Soul Rings and one red Soul Ring; Xiong Jun transformed into his giant bear form and prepared to fight.

Di Tian intervened to save Xiong Jun and fought Qian Daoliu, who chose to defend Spirit Hall rather than retreat. Di Tian defeated him, and a mysterious voice then echoed across the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Qian Daoliu dodged Xiong Jun's Sky-Tearing Claw and wounded him with the Angel Holy Sword.
• Xiong Jun called for Di Tian's help, and Di Tian blocked Qian Daoliu's attack.
• Di Tian offered Qian Daoliu a chance to retreat, but Qian Daoliu activated his Angel Avatar and chose to fight.
• Di Tian and Qian Daoliu battled at a level beyond the other Titled Douluo's ability to follow.
• Di Tian struck Qian Daoliu down, and a voice echoed throughout the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Diluc arrived at the arena and challenged Di Tian and the soul beasts for invading human territory and killing people. His appearance gave Ju and Gui hope, while Zhongli reflected on Diluc’s painful past and enduring desire to protect others.

• Diluc’s voice rang through the arena, and Ju and Gui rejoiced at the arrival of someone they trusted.
• Paimon, Lumine, Zhongli, Guizhong, and Ruo Tuo recognized Diluc, while Zhongli described his difficult past and protective nature.
• Spirit Hall disciples wondered whether Diluc was an ally of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but one young man recalled Diluc helping a common woman against a noble.
• Diluc confronted Di Tian and the soul beasts, demanding to know why they had entered human territory and slaughtered people.
• Diluc recalled how a dying Sacred Knight had defended his sacrifice by saying it could awaken others to purge the fallen.

Diluc attacked the soul beasts and overwhelmed Xiong Jun before clashing with Di Tian. Just as Diluc's finishing blow threatened Di Tian, a silver radiance intervened, repelled Diluc, and made him vanish.

• Diluc rejected Di Tian and Xiong Jun's claims about human territory and struck Xiong Jun with a flaming phoenix, burning through his defense and blasting him back.
• Diluc charged at Di Tian, who transformed into his black dragon form and gathered dark energy in his claw.
• Diluc's flaming phoenix collided with Di Tian's darkness as the humans and Fierce Beasts watched.
• Diluc leaped toward Di Tian and unleashed “Evil dragon, head hunt!”, making Di Tian sense that he could die.
• A silver radiance landed on Di Tian and stopped Diluc's blow, sending Diluc flying before he vanished.

After Gu Yue Na forced Di Tian and the soul beasts to withdraw, Spirit Hall gained the upper hand against the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Fengzhi escaped with Gu Rong and Chen Xin, leaving the sect’s fate uncertain as the battle turned one-sided.

• Gu Yue Na ordered Di Tian to withdraw, and he led the Fierce Beasts away without abandoning the mortally wounded Xiong Jun.
• Diluc threatened to deal with Bewitching Charm after the battle and then vanished, while Spirit Hall prepared to defeat the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Gu Rong persuaded Ning Fengzhi to flee so he could preserve the sect’s chance of survival, and the three escaped with Chen Xin.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo wanted to pursue them, but Qian Daoliu stopped him and praised Ning Fengzhi for choosing to survive for the sect’s sake.
• Qian Daoliu said Bibi Dong should handle Bewitching Charm if its mind could not be restored, and the battle tilted decisively toward Spirit Hall after the sect lost Ning Fengzhi’s enhancement and its two Supreme Elders.

After the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect fell, Heaven Dou and Star Luo prepared for a war of national destruction while Tang San rushed to the Star Dou Great Forest to complete his trials and revive Xiao Wu. There, he encountered a girl and Guoba, whom he viewed as his next targets to refine.

• "Xue Qinghe" ordered Heaven Dou nobles to prepare for war against the Star Luo Empire, using the conflict to weaken their power.
• The Star Luo Great Emperor ordered his nobles and Soul Masters to prepare to destroy the Heaven Dou Empire and unify the continent.
• Tang San completed the Sea God's seventh trial, reached Rank 97, and set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to gather soul rings and soul bones and revive Xiao Wu.
• Xiaofeilian completed Destruction's eighth trial and learned that Du Siji had already entered the ninth trial to become the God of Fire.
• Near the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang San found a girl and Guoba arguing over food and decided they looked delicious enough to refine.

Xiangling and Guoba encountered Tang San while cooking in the forest, and Tang San tried to attack them with the Sea God's Trident. Guoba caught the divine weapon effortlessly, and Xiangling took it and refined it, leaving Tang San stunned and without his weapon.

• Tang San approached Xiangling and Guoba while they roasted a wild boar, intending to capture them.
• Tang San dropped the Sea God's Trident toward Guoba, expecting its immense weight to crush him.
• Guoba caught the trident with ease and spun it around, shocking Tang San into retreating.
• Xiangling mistook the trident for a fish fork Tang San had given her, then snatched it from Guoba and refined it instantly.

Xiangling and Guoba fought Tang San after she took the Sea God's Trident and refused to return it. Tang San fled on Poseidon's advice, leaving Xiangling and Guoba to eat.

• Xiangling easily wielded the Sea God's Trident, then made it vanish and refused Tang San's demand to return it.
• Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Emperor and attacked Xiangling and Guoba with his first Soul Skill.
• Guoba's fire burned away the Blue Silver Emperor and forced Tang San to dodge as Xiangling thrust at him with the Trident.
• Poseidon warned Tang San to flee, and Tang San retreated after realizing he could not defeat Xiangling and Guoba.
• Xiangling put away the Sea God's Trident, praised Guoba, and said they should eat.

Tang San brooded over his defeat and plotted to reclaim the Sea God's Trident, while Xiangling and Guoba learned that Zhongli was known as the Vago Rock Emperor in Douluo Continent. Convinced they had found him, they set out for Heaven Dou City.

• Tang San realized Xiangling had no Soul Rings and suspected she and Guoba were powerful beings from beyond Douluo Continent, but admitted he could not defeat them.
• The Sea God and Asura God also struggled to explain Xiangling and Guoba, while Asura left the problem for Tang San to handle once he became a god.
• Xiangling and Guoba heard townspeople discuss the Vago Rock Emperor and learned he was likely stationed in Heaven Dou City.
• The men said the Vago Rock Emperor was named Zhongli and called a War God, convincing Xiangling and Guoba that he was the Lord of Geo.
• Xiangling asked for directions to Heaven Dou City and thanked the men by giving each a braised pork hock.

Xiangling and Guoba reached Heaven Dou City while searching for Zhongli, but Xiangling had no money to pay the entry fee. When she offered a Pipi Pig instead, a stranger revealed it contained a valuable Soul Bone and offered three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, which Xiangling accepted.

• Xiangling and Guoba arrived at Heaven Dou City after traveling north for about five days.
• Xiangling discovered she had no Gold Soul Coins for the entry fee and offered the guard a Pipi Pig.
• A middle-aged man offered Xiangling twelve hundred Gold Soul Coins for the pig, but another newcomer exposed his attempt to underpay her.
• The newcomer identified a nearly thousand-year-old Soul Bone in the Pipi Pig and offered Xiangling three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiangling agreed to sell the Pipi Pig.

Xiangling and Guoba reunited with Zhongli and Guizhong in Heaven Dou City, where Guoba was overjoyed to find Guizhong alive. The group finished breakfast and prepared to return to Zhongli Manor, but Zhongli realized he had no money to pay.

• The Seven Treasure Hotel owner bought Xiangling's Pipi Pig for three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and paid her entrance fee.
• Zhongli sensed that Guoba had arrived in Heaven Dou City and quietly guided him toward the snack shop where he sat with Guizhong.
• Guoba ran to Zhongli, and Xiangling followed before joining them for breakfast.
• Guizhong revealed that she had learned cooking from Makoshius, and Guoba recognized her as his old friend Hagintos.
• As the group prepared to leave, Zhongli asked Guoba for money, and Xiangling paid the bill with a Gold Soul Coin.

Heaven Dou generals suspected that “Xue Qinghe” was using the war to eliminate the nobles, while Tang San searched the Star Dou Great Forest for Soul Beasts and gathered Soul Rings for his Second Martial Soul. With Poseidon’s help, Tang San began the ritual to revive Xiao Wu.

• One general complained that “Xue Qinghe” had let the Star Luo Empire prepare, but another suggested the strategy was meant to reduce the Empire’s burden by eliminating the nobles.
• Tang San searched the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region but found no high-level Soul Beasts, unaware that Di Tian and the others were hiding beneath the ordinary-looking lake water.
• Tang San abandoned his search for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, found a Soul Beast a little over sixty thousand years old, and completed the Soul Rings for his Second Martial Soul.
• Tang San asked Poseidon whether his method could revive Xiao Wu, and Poseidon assured him that it could.
• Tang San summoned Xiao Wu’s soul phantom beside the small lake, and Poseidon’s remnant began drawing Immortal Spirit Qi from the God Realm to rebuild her body.
• Tang San shouted, “Revive, my beloved!” and the Star Dou Great Forest fell silent.

At Element Academy, the Five-Year Pact drew a crowd, but Tang San had not yet appeared, so the gathering began with performances and sparring. Feng Xiaotian defeated Huo Wushuang and tried to prove his strength, while Huo Wushuang urged Huo Wu to tell Feng Xiaotian plainly that she did not love him.

• Zhongli declined to arrange entertainment, and Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Branch women performed a dance for the crowd.
• Feng Xiaotian challenged the younger generation to battle, and Huo Wushuang volunteered to face him.
• Feng Xiaotian defeated Huo Wushuang after an evenly matched exchange, while Huo Wushuang accepted the loss and thanked him for his sincerity.
• Huo Wushuang urged Huo Wu to stop stringing Feng Xiaotian along, and Huo Wu accused him of meddling.

Tang San returned with the resurrected Xiao Wu and learned that the Four Elements Academy had taken over Shrek Academy. After declaring that he would reclaim what it had lost, he spotted Xiangling and Guoba and recognized Xiangling as the one who had taken the Sea God's Trident.

• Huo Wu told Huo Wushuang she wanted a man stronger than her and rejected Feng Xiaotian because he always lost to her.
• Feng Xiaotian won his fight and left the field before another challenger could take the stage.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived at the former Shrek Academy, and Tang San found that the Four Elements Academy had taken it over.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun reunited with Tang San and Xiao Wu, then warned Tang San that Xiaofeilian had defeated them both.
• Tang San vowed to reclaim Shrek Academy's losses and then recognized Xiangling and Guoba as the people connected to the stolen Sea God's Trident.

After Xiangling revealed that Tang San had tried to kill her and Guoba, Liyue’s protectors and Tang San’s former classmates turned against him. Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun ended their ties with Tang San, who was left isolated as the Sea God’s Trident’s weight exposed Xiangling’s extraordinary strength.

• Xiangling told Xianyun, Xiao, Zhongli, and the others that Tang San had attacked her and Guoba while they were roasting meat, and Guoba confirmed her account.
• Azhdaha demanded to kill Tang San, but Zhongli’s companion urged him to wait until Chiyu finished the Five-Year Pact, and Zhongli held back his anger.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun publicly renounced Tang San and confronted him over trying to kill Xiangling and Guoba; Tang San claimed Xiangling deserved it because she had taken his divine artifact.
• Tang San identified the fish spear as the Sea God's Trident, and Zhongli explained that it weighed one hundred and eight thousand jin, leaving everyone shocked that Xiangling could lift it easily.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun condemned Tang San, then Ma Hongjun used Martial Soul Possession to carry Dai Mubai away.

Poseidon appeared at the Elemental Academy and, with Zhongli’s permission, began transferring the Sea God Position to Tang San before his fight with Xiaofeilian. He then acknowledged Xiaofeilian as the God of Destruction and Du Siji as the new God of Fire, leaving Tang San’s inheritance visible to the gathered crowd.

• Poseidon realized Tang San was in danger and decided to pass the Sea God Position to him immediately.
• Poseidon appeared at the Elemental Academy, greeted Zhongli as the Lord of Geo, and asked permission to begin Tang San’s inheritance.
• Zhongli granted permission, and Poseidon sent Tang San away to inherit the Sea God Position while the crowd watched through a screen.
• Poseidon greeted Xiaofeilian as the God of Destruction and told her he had his reasons for choosing Tang San.
• Poseidon praised Du Siji for obtaining the God of Fire Position and encouraged him to break the limit his predecessor had failed to surpass.

Poseidon began Tang San’s Sea God Ninth Trial by making him fuse with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone before stripping it away to forge Divine Armor. Tang San’s first trial then transformed into a scene in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xiao Wu appeared among several soul beasts.

• Poseidon said Tang San could not complete the Ninth Trial in his current state and began the Divine Armor fusion process.
• Tang San reluctantly fused with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, and Poseidon immediately began stripping it away as required for the armor.
• Poseidon explained that each stripped soul bone required Tang San to undergo a trial, and Tang San vowed to succeed.
• The trial changed Sea God’s Temple into the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang San saw a pink rabbit with Da Ming and Er Ming.
• A larger pink rabbit appeared and called the little rabbit Xiao Wu, leaving the onlookers stunned to see a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in Tang San’s trial.