Chapter Summaries

Lou Gao demonstrated his forging skill to the God of Forging and impressed him by creating a Semi-Divine Artifact. The God of Forging chose Lou Gao as his successor, granted him a Divine Trial and a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, and promised to train him to inherit the Divine Throne.

• The God of Forging summoned a divine forging table and challenged Lou Gao to craft equipment without instruction.
• Lou Gao spent three hours fusing and tempering more than ten metals into a longsword that seemed powerful enough to draw a Lightning Tribulation.
• The God of Forging praised Lou Gao's ability to forge Semi-Divine Artifacts, secretly delighted that he had found a potential successor to take over his workload.
• The God of Forging explained flaws in Lou Gao's technique, then sent forging knowledge and a powerful boost into him through a hammer mark, raising his Soul Power Level from 86 to 90.
• The God of Forging gave Lou Gao a God-Bestowed Soul Ring and confirmed that he had begun a nine-trial Divine Trial to prepare him to inherit the Divine Throne.

Lou Gao received the God of Forging's Divine Trial and absorbed a God-Bestowed Ninth Soul Ring exceeding two hundred thousand years, reaching Rank 92. The God of Pride gave him rare metals and urged Chen Ming to live up to the Divine Realm's investment in him.

• The God of Forging bestowed a Divine Trial on Lou Gao, and Lou Gao began absorbing the divine power with Chen Ming's approval.
• Lou Gao's Ninth Soul Ring turned blood-red with two golden patterns, and his Soul Power rose to Rank 92.
• Lou Gao thanked Chen Ming and the God of Pride, who gave him rare metals from other worlds as a gift.
• The God of Pride and Chen Ming left Lou Gao to study the metals and watched the moon from the Blacksmith Association.
• The God of Pride warned Chen Ming that laziness could leave him an ordinary god, inferior even to his subordinates.

Chen Ming brought the God of Pride to Dugu Manor, where Dugu Bo learned that the deity would guide his cultivation and might help Dugu Yan find a divine successor. The God of Pride stayed under the alias Ao Tian as Chen Ming prepared to pursue a more demanding Divine Trial, while the God of Slaughter continued the Asura God's mission elsewhere.

• Chen Ming returned to Dugu Manor with the God of Pride, then brought Dugu Bo back from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after telling him about the deity.
• The God of Pride assessed Dugu Bo's potential and concluded that his grandson-in-law had largely blocked his path to becoming a poison god.
• Dugu Bo recounted how Chen Ming's support had transformed his life, surprising the God of Pride with his extraordinary luck.
• The God of Pride agreed to guide Dugu Bo and said he might seek a Rank 2 God willing to consider Dugu Yan as a successor.
• The God of Pride stayed at Dugu Manor as Ao Tian, while Chen Ming planned to exceed the requirements of his Divine Trial to obtain the Life Fruit sooner.
• The God of Slaughter continued carrying out the tasks assigned to him by the Asura God.

Hypnos prepared Tang San’s opportunity in the City of Slaughter on Asura God’s orders, while Asura God worried about the Angel God and Rakshasa God inheritors. On the continent, Sea Dragon Douluo quietly gathered information for Sea God Island and learned how much Spirit Hall dominated the current situation.

• Hypnos took over as King of Slaughter, raised the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent to a hundred thousand years, and sealed most of the Blood Sea’s essence in its Inner Core for Tang San.
• Hypnos purified valuable Soul Bones with Asura God’s divine power, while the Asura Demon Sword remained in the City of Slaughter and watched Tang Chen through Divine Sense lodged in his mind.
• Asura God judged the problems around Tang San manageable but worried that the Angel God and Rakshasa God inheritors might ascend before him, and considered using Sea God Island against Spirit Hall.
• Sea Dragon Douluo listened to tavern rumors about Tang Chen, Tang Hao, and the Clear Sky Sect while concealing his identity on the continent.
• Sea Dragon Douluo recognized that Sea God Island had little access to reliable information and that his former contempt for the continent’s soul masters had diminished.

Sea Dragon Douluo learned how greatly Spirit Hall outmatched Sea God Island and followed a blood-stained youth he suspected was a Fallen One. The youth was Tang San, newly transformed and strengthened after absorbing the Changshu Nine Dragon Grass, and he set out for the Clear Sky Sect to find his great-grandfather.

• Sea Dragon Douluo reflected on Sea God Island's weak forces compared with Spirit Hall and realized the island might have fallen in a full-scale attack.
• Sea Dragon Douluo sensed a powerful bloody aura from a sharp-headed youth entering a tavern and secretly observed him.
• Tang San gathered information about the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Hao, Tang Chen, and Spirit Hall, then left town as Sea Dragon Douluo followed him.
• Tang San's Changshu Nine Dragon Grass transformation had made him appear older and stronger, and consuming underground soul beasts had raised him to Level Forty.
• Tang San had gained a fourth Soul Ring from a five-thousand-year-old Rock Vine and headed toward the Clear Sky Sect to find his great-grandfather.

Tang San fantasized about returning to the Clear Sky Sect as Tang Chen’s heir, but Sea Dragon Douluo struck him down and revealed that he had come to judge him as a Fallen One. Sea Dragon Douluo prepared to kill Tang San, while the Asura God’s Divine Will used him to draw Sea God Island into Tang San’s plans for inheriting two divine thrones.

• Tang San imagined returning to the Clear Sky Sect, meeting Tang Chen, and becoming the sect’s next heir.
• Tang San angrily challenged the figure blocking his path, but Sea Dragon Douluo struck him into the ground with a single slap.
• Tang San saw Sea Dragon Douluo’s nine Soul Rings and respectfully asked why a Titled Douluo had attacked him.
• Sea Dragon Douluo identified himself as a servant of the Sea God and declared that he would judge Tang San as a Fallen One.
• The Asura God’s Divine Will had influenced Sea Dragon Douluo to bring Tang San into contact with Sea God Island and set him on a path toward both the Sea God’s and Asura God’s trials.

Tang San fought Sea Dragon Douluo, mistaking him for an enemy from Spirit Hall, and revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and unusual purple First Soul Ring. After his clumsy assault failed, Tang San feigned unconsciousness and launched a surprise attack with Blue Silver Grass and four poisoned Godly Zhuge Crossbows.

• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and purple First Soul Ring, prompting Sea Dragon Douluo to suspect he was a Twin Martial Souls wielder.
• Sea Dragon Douluo attacked with a water python, and Tang San used Raging Power to shatter it before charging with Chaotic Cape Style.
• Tang San lost control of his swings, was struck by Sea Dragon Douluo's water attacks, and was sent flying as his Clear Sky Hammer fell from his hand.
• Tang San pretended to be unconscious, switched to Blue Silver Grass, and bound Sea Dragon Douluo with three Soul Skills.
• Tang San fired four poisoned Godly Zhuge Crossbows, sending forty-eight bolts toward Sea Dragon Douluo as his final counterattack.

Sea Dragon Douluo spared Tang San after discovering his Twin Martial Souls and persuaded him to go to Sea God Island. Tang San accepted despite wanting to return to Xiao Wu, and Sea Dragon and Sea Delusion prepared to take him back to the island.

• Sea Dragon Douluo froze and shattered Tang San's Godly Zhuge Crossbow bolts, then supported him instead of killing him.
• Sea Dragon Douluo learned Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and explained his indirect connection to Tang San's great-grandfather, Tang Chen.
• Sea Dragon Douluo invited Tang San to Sea God Island, promising guidance and a chance at a Divine Trial while concealing its risks.
• Tang San agreed to go with Sea Dragon Douluo, though he wanted to return to Xiao Wu.
• Sea Dragon Douluo hid with Tang San in a forest hut until night, when Sea Delusion Douluo returned and learned Tang San's identity.
• Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Delusion Douluo prepared to return to Sea God Island with Tang San; Sea Spear Douluo had already gone ahead to report to the High Priest.

Bo Saixi welcomed Tang San to Sea God Island and used the Sea God's Light to cleanse his impure Soul Power. Tang San’s instinctive resistance instead drove his Man Faced Demon Spider bloodline to fuse deeply with his other bloodlines, permanently changing both his Martial Souls.

• Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Delusion Douluo brought Tang San back to Sea God Island after traveling for several days.
• Bo Saixi sensed the bloodlust and resentment in Tang San, tested his will with her presence, and was surprised when he resisted.
• Sea Dragon Douluo explained Tang San’s identity, and Bo Saixi recognized him as Tang Chen’s great-grandson and offered him a purification blessing.
• As Bo Saixi’s Sea God’s Light cleansed Tang San, he instinctively used the Mysterious Heaven Skill to protect and further fuse his Man Faced Demon Spider bloodline.
• The bloodline formed a lasting bond with Tang San’s human and Blue Silver bloodlines, altering his Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer with spider-like traits.

Tang San’s arrival on Sea God Island stirred the Asura God’s Divine Will, prompting Tang Chen to fly there while Bo Saixi sent Sea Spear Douluo to deliver him a letter. Tang Chen and Sea Spear passed each other at sea, and Bo Saixi went to intercept Tang Chen when his powerful aura reached the island.

• Bo Saixi arranged for Tang San to cultivate near the Sea Delusion Sacred Pillar and withheld any chance for him to attempt a Divine Trial.
• The Asura God’s Divine Will alerted Tang Chen that something connected to him had happened on Sea God Island.
• Tang Chen warned Tang Xiao to study the Exploding Ring and Great Sumeru Hammer carefully, then flew toward Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi sent Sea Spear Douluo to Clear Sky Peak with a letter for Tang Chen, but Sea Spear and Tang Chen passed each other at sea.
• Bo Saixi sensed Tang Chen’s slaughter-filled Soul Power approaching Sea God Island and flew out with the Sea God’s Trident to intercept him.

Tang Chen returned to Sea God Island as an Asura High Priest and asked Bo Saixi whether she could accept him, but she remained torn between her feelings and her duties. The Sea God decided to negotiate with the Asura God about bringing them both to the Divine Realm after Tang Chen’s mission ended, unaware that the Asura God was already preparing to deceive him.

• Bo Saixi blocked the blood-red Soul Power with the Sea God's Trident and recognized Tang Chen when he revealed himself.
• Tang Chen told Bo Saixi that he had failed the Asura God's eighth trial and had become a High Priest, then asked if she could still accept him.
• Bo Saixi stayed silent because she believed she could not love another god's High Priest while serving as the Sea God's descendant and Sea God Island's High Priest.
• The Sea God's Divine Will sent the matter to his main body, and the Sea God went to negotiate with the Asura God about bringing Tang Chen and Bo Saixi to the Divine Realm after Tang Chen's mission.
• The Asura God concealed his true aura and adopted a displeased expression when the Sea God approached his divine hall.

Tang Chen reunited with Bo Saixi on Sea God Island and learned that his great-grandson Tang San had arrived there. After observing Tang San cultivate, Tang Chen recognized that his unusual method of circulating Soul Power differed sharply from ordinary continental practice.

• Tang Chen and Bo Saixi faced the distance between them, and Bo Saixi set aside her feelings to ask why he had come.
• Tang Chen said he had followed a sudden stirring to Sea God Island, and Bo Saixi explained that Sea Dragon Douluo had brought Tang San there and sent Sea Spear Douluo to notify him.
• Tang Chen remembered his promise to Tang Hao and entered Sea God Island with Bo Saixi after agreeing not to reveal his strength or use other deities' power.
• Tang Chen and Bo Saixi found Tang San cultivating by the sea, where his dark, swamp-like Soul Power and purplish skin revealed his unusual condition.
• Tang Chen examined Tang San's circulation and suspected that his Mysterious Heaven Skill directly gathered Heaven and Earth Origin Energy through an unusually detailed network of meridians.

Tang Chen met Tang San on Sea God Island, revealed that he was Tang San’s great-grandfather, and told him he would have to win the All-Continent High-level Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament to decide Tang Hao’s fate. Tang Chen took Tang San toward the Clear Sky Sect, stopping to find Xiao Wu and her companions along the way.

• Tang Chen watched Tang San cultivate, and Tang San’s Sleeve Arrows failed to harm him when he attacked in surprise.
• Tang San recognized Tang Chen’s Clear Sky Hammer and bloodline, then knelt and called him Great-grandfather.
• Tang Chen told Tang San that he had wagered with Qian Daoliu: the tournament champion would decide how Tang Hao was dealt with.
• Tang San agreed to return to the Clear Sky Sect and train, and Tang Chen questioned him about his upbringing before deciding to correct his poor training.
• Tang Chen carried Tang San from Sea God Island toward the continent, agreed to help him find Xiao Wu, and followed coded marks to her disguised group with Dai Mubai and Huang Sangui.

Tang San and Tang Chen found Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai hiding in a town, and Tang San discovered Xiao Wu was still alive. After Xiao Wu verified his identity, the two reunited, while Tang Chen grew suspicious of Tang San’s hidden skills.

• Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu emerged in matching nightclothes, leading Tang San to mistakenly think they were together as a couple.
• Tang Chen suppressed Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu’s Martial Soul Possession, and Tang San told Xiao Wu that he was her Third Brother.
• Xiao Wu tested Tang San by throwing him a Sleeve Arrow, and he dismantled and reassembled it to prove who he was.
• Xiao Wu recognized Tang San and threw herself into his arms, while Dai Mubai backed away from Tang Chen’s warning.
• Tang Chen reflected on Tang San’s skill with the Mechanical Hidden Weapon and wondered about the source of his knowledge.

Tang Chen recognized Xiao Wu as a weak 100,000-year Soft Bone Rabbit and resented her connection to Tang San’s bloodline. Yu Xiaogang tried to win Tang Chen’s favor with his knowledge and offer to serve the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Chen considered taking him back.

• Tang Chen saw through Xiao Wu’s disguise and identified her as a 100,000-year Soft Bone Rabbit.
• Tang Chen recalled a rabbit beast he had once hunted and worried that soul-beast blood in Tang San’s descendants would tarnish the Clear Sky Sect’s lineage.
• Yu Xiaogang emerged from hiding, believing his role as Tang San’s foster father and his scholarly reputation would impress Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen mistook Yu Xiaogang for a eunuch and dismissed his claims, while Dai Mubai awkwardly waved nearby.
• Yu Xiaogang explained his family and scholarly credentials, then offered to give his research to the Clear Sky Sect in exchange for staying with Tang San.
• Tang Chen, disgusted by Yu Xiaogang’s influence over Tang San but struck by another idea, prepared to take him back to the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Chen took Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Yu Xiaogang back toward the Clear Sky Sect, while Chen Ming trained in the secret realm to temper his body and improve his combat skills. The chapter ended with the God of Pride telling Chen Ming that he had visited the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Tang Chen told Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Yu Xiaogang to pack for their return to the Clear Sky Sect, and Xiao Wu reassured Tang San that she had shared a room with Dai Mubai only for protection.
• Tang Chen displayed his Martial Soul and Soul Rings at a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Commerce Association and ordered a convoy to take them away.
• Chen Ming endured Heavenly Thunder at Thunder God Mountain, then challenged Super Douluo phantoms on the Mountain of Strength to refine his combat experience and abilities.
• Chen Ming practiced guiding Star Power from the heavens while sitting on a roof, and the God of Pride appeared beside him.
• The God of Pride told Chen Ming that he had visited the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

The God of Pride explained the true history of the Dragon God and the fall of the Dragon God Divine Domain to Chen Ming. Chen Ming learned that eighteen God Kings had once served the Dragon God and heard details about the Nine Great Dragon Kings, while the God of Pride could not explain the Supreme God King realm.

• The God of Pride warned Chen Ming that the two dragons beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had been God Kings whose deaths were tied to the Divine Realm's past.
• Chen Ming asked whether the dragons were connected to the Dragon God, and the God of Pride agreed to explain the history inside the Divine Trial Secret Realm.
• The God of Pride described the common account of the Dragon God's rebellion, then revealed that the Dragon God had once ruled a Divine Domain with eighteen God Kings before losing control and devastating it.
• The God of Pride said the Divine Realm had been reduced to five God Kings after the war, and Chen Ming paused to absorb the revelation.
• Chen Ming asked about the Supreme God King and the eighteen God Kings, and the God of Pride named the Nine Great Dragon Kings and explained the Mountain Dragon King's role.

The God of Pride explained the Dragon Race’s two additional God Kings: the Dragon Queen, whose throne was the Love God, and her son, the Dragon Crown Prince, the God of Azure Dragon. Chen Ming connected the Azure Dragon bloodline to the Sky Blue Jade Dragons’ fatal Lightning Tribulations, and the God of Pride went on to describe two fallen God Kings.

• The God of Pride explained that the Dragon Queen had died after giving birth to the Dragon Crown Prince, and the Dragon God had kept her Love God throne vacant while holding its position himself.
• The God of Pride said the Dragon Crown Prince was a powerful heir to the Dragon God and held the God of Azure Dragon throne, while true Azure Dragons were among the universe’s most fundamental beings.
• Chen Ming realized that the Dragon Pill Soul Core within him came from a fallen Azure Dragon and connected the Dragon God’s rules and personal grudge to the Sky Blue Jade Dragons’ lethal Lightning Tribulations.
• The God of Pride agreed that the Dragon God’s resentment likely contributed to the Lightning Tribulations targeting Sky Blue Jade Dragons, then listed the White Tiger God King and Xuanwu God King among the fallen God Kings.
• The God of Pride explained that fragments of the White Tiger God King’s throne had helped the current God of War ascend, and described Xuanwu’s powers and attributes.

The God of Pride recounted the Phoenix God’s rebellion and the fall of the Four Celestial Spirits while Chen Ming connected the history to the Dragon God’s powers and the Purple Radiant Sky Annihilating Dragon. Chen Ming suspected the Dragon God had deliberately used the other God Kings as tools and nourishment, then learned how the White Tiger God King and Xuanwu God King had died.

• The God of Pride explained that the Phoenix God rebelled against the Dragon God, whose victory let him devour the Phoenix God's Divine Throne and gain the Power of Creation.
• Chen Ming recalled that the Dragon God's conflicting powers may have split his personality, and asked Senior Ao Tian whether the Purple Radiant Sky Annihilating Dragon had wielded destruction.
• The God of Pride said the Purple Radiant Sky Annihilating Dragon was the Dragon God's brother and that a portion of the Dragon God's malice may have returned to him after his death.
• Chen Ming reasoned that the Dragon God might have treated the Nine Great Dragon Kings and other God Kings as resources for his advancement, and questioned whether the Dragon God had lied about his plans for the God Star.
• The God of Pride said the White Tiger God King and Xuanwu God King joined forces against the Dragon God, but the Ice and Fire Dragon King injured them and the Dragon God swallowed them with Swallow Heaven and Earth.
• The God of Pride explained that the gods later confirmed the White Tiger God King and Xuanwu God King had died when their Divine Thrones were found shattered and nearly vanished.

Chen Ming worried about the Dragon God's unknown plans while the God of Pride shared Divine Realm gossip and gave him a valuable wine. After the God of Pride left, Chen Ming considered investigating sites tied to the Dragon God but resolved to avoid the dangerous Dragon Tomb for now.

• Chen Ming weighed the uncertain threats posed by Asura God and the Dragon God and decided he needed a way to confront or escape the Dragon God.
• The God of Pride vented to Chen Ming about Divine Realm politics, especially Evil and Kindness preparing to leave without choosing successors.
• The God of Pride gave Chen Ming a pot of Drunk Life Dream Death, a wine that could improve soul power, soul quality, and spiritual talent.
• After the God of Pride left, Chen Ming returned to Thunder God Mountain and considered exploring the Qiankun Love Valley and the Purple Radiant Sky Annihilating Dragon's remains on the Sun Moon Continent.
• Chen Ming decided to avoid the Dragon Tomb for now because of the Dragon God's unknown will and the possibility of traps.