Chapter Summaries

Hu Hu absorbed the Wind Tiger’s Soul Bone, and the squad continued searching for the Wall Blade Mantis. They found the Fifth Prince had killed their target, and he invited them to meet the Seventh Prince with him.

• Li Xiu extracted a cyan Left Leg Bone from the Wind Tiger, and Hu Hu absorbed it after Lin Chen and Da Li urged him to accept it.
• Hu Hu gained a level of Soul Power and a Soul Bone skill, then led the squad onward to hunt the Wall Blade Mantis.
• The Fifth Prince ordered his guards to kill the Wall Blade Mantis, revealing that he had brought only three Soul Elders to avoid alerting his target.
• Hu Hu and the squad arrived too late to stop a guard from killing the Wall Blade Mantis, so Hu Hu prepared to leave and search for another.
• The Fifth Prince introduced himself and invited the squad to accompany him to meet the Seventh Prince.

The Seventh Prince killed the Fifth Prince after discovering that he had taken the Wall Blade Mantis, then lost control and attacked everyone nearby. Hu Hu and three Soul Elders subdued him briefly, but the Seventh Prince broke free and severely injured them before turning on Da Li and Li Xiu.

• The Fifth Prince revealed the dead Wall Blade Mantis to the Seventh Prince, provoking him into impaling and beheading his brother.
• The Seventh Prince slaughtered his attendants and maid, then threatened Hu Hu's squad.
• Hu Hu and the Fifth Prince's three Soul Elders joined forces and pinned down the enraged Seventh Prince.
• The Seventh Prince burst black spikes from his back, poisoning and severely injuring the Soul Elders.
• Lin Chen charged in after Da Li and Li Xiu, but the Seventh Prince broke through Li Xiu's defenses, sent him crashing into a tree, and pierced Da Li's arm.

Lin Chen fought the Seventh Prince, who had lost control after using a secret technique, and killed him while his teammates escaped the battle. He returned to find Da Li and Hu Hu badly injured and poisoned, and began assessing Da Li’s condition.

• Lin Chen held off the Seventh Prince while Li Xiu, Xing Jiang, and Hu Hu debated whether to flee or stay behind.
• The Seventh Prince’s power surged, but Lin Chen severed his right arm and pinned him to a tree.
• Lin Chen cut through the Seventh Prince’s remaining arm, killed him, and took his storage Soul Tool.
• Lin Chen returned to his teammates, who focused on the badly injured Hu Hu and Da Li.
• Lin Chen examined Da Li’s poison and said it had spread slowly, but the poison that reached his bones needed to be removed.

Lin Chen helped save the captain and Da Li from poison before returning to Heaven Dou City, where he had an awkward first encounter with Tang Wutong. He reunited with Li Xiu and Xing Jiang at Ri Sheng Tower and learned that both injured teammates were out of danger.

• Lin Chen sent the injured captain and Da Li back to the city by carriage, then burned the corpses at the scene.
• After returning to Heaven Dou City, Lin Chen recognized Tang Wutong’s familiar aura as she drew a crowd with her beauty.
• Tang Wutong stopped Lin Chen and flew him away from the crowd, then asked him how to reach Shrek Academy.
• Tang Wutong said Lin Chen seemed familiar, but he denied knowing her and left; she then used her map to fly toward Shrek City.
• Li Xiu and Xing Jiang met Lin Chen at Ri Sheng Tower and told him that Da Li’s arms had been saved and the captain was no longer in serious danger.

After the deaths of the Seventh Prince and the Fifth Prince, Lin Chen urged his injured squad to flee to the Star Luo Empire, leading Hu Hu, Da Li, Li Xiu, and Xing Jiang to part ways. Meanwhile, Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao reported the Heaven Dou Empire’s defeat and the Sun Moon Empire’s devastating Death God's Light to Shrek’s Sea God Pavilion, which awaited Huo Yuhao’s return.

• Hu Hu and Da Li returned injured, and Hu Hu thanked Lin Chen for helping the squad survive.
• Li Xiu warned that the squad should leave the Heaven Dou Empire, but Hu Hu said the war with the Sun Moon Empire might keep the empire from investigating them.
• Lin Chen recommended that everyone travel to the Star Luo Empire, and Hu Hu agreed despite knowing the squad would disband.
• Hu Hu and Da Li left to prepare their families for the journey, while Li Xiu and Xing Jiang said they would go to the Star Luo Empire together.
• Zhang Lexuan told the Sea God Pavilion elders that the Heaven Dou Empire had been defeated, and Ma Xiaotao reported Huo Yuhao’s account of the Death God's Light weapon.
• Xuan Zi and the elders decided to wait for Huo Yuhao to return, while Lin Chen said goodbye to Xing Jiang as she and Li Xiu set out for the Star Luo Empire.

Lin Chen returned to Taoyuan Village after years away and reunited with Uncle Chang and other familiar villagers. As he shared a meal with them, he reflected on the peaceful life he hoped to have with Sister Lexuan after becoming a god.

• Lin Chen traveled to Taoyuan Village and found the village largely unchanged, though fewer of the elders he knew were still around.
• Lin Chen visited Uncle Chang and noticed that the old man's health had worsened, then went to tend his parents' graves and speak to them about his years away.
• Uncle Chang brought Lin Chen to Old Man Li's house, where Old Man Li and his wife had prepared a meal for him.
• Lin Chen washed the dishes while Qian Renxue remarked that the villagers' peaceful life looked nice, and Lin Chen imagined living that way with Sister Lexuan after becoming a god.

Lin Chen enjoyed a quiet month in Taoyuan Village, caring for Uncle Chang and sharing simple meals with him. As Lin Chen prepared to go fishing, a group of bandits approached the village, and he stepped into their path.

• Lin Chen told Uncle Chang and the villagers that he was a Soul Master and assured them he was safe.
• Lin Chen prepared herbal medicine for Uncle Chang and brought it to him the next morning, saying it would improve his health.
• Lin Chen stayed in Taoyuan Village for at least a month, helped Uncle Chang cook a fish meal, and learned to fish from him.
• A scar-faced brute led his men toward the village, hoping to profit from its residents.
• Lin Chen appeared before the approaching group and told them to stop.

Lin Chen quietly killed bandits threatening Taoyuan Village and spent time training and fishing, while Bi Ji arranged Soul Spirit contracts for Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan. The chapter ended with Di Tian explaining that he sought Lin Chen because he suspected Lin Chen carried some of the fortune lost by the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Lin Chen disguised himself, killed the bandits who tried to rob him, and burned their bodies before entering Taoyuan Village.
• Two months later, Lin Chen continued fishing and training under Uncle Chang while Old Yu teased him.
• Bi Ji introduced a Sky Dragon Horse, a Golden Tortoise, and a Rouge Soft Muscle Python to Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan, who spoke with the soul beasts and formed Soul Spirit contracts.
• Bi Ji asked Huo Yuhao where Lin Chen was, and Huo Yuhao said Lin Chen had left Shrek City to travel across the continent.
• Bi Ji returned to Di Tian and reported that Lin Chen was gone; Di Tian revealed he suspected Lin Chen carried some of the fortune lost by the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lin Chen enjoyed a successful fishing trip in Taoyuan Village before Uncle Chang rushed him to Wushi Town after Old Man Li suffered an emergency. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao prepared to undertake a dangerous reconnaissance mission, leaving Tang Wutong distressed as Dai Hao carried him into the air.

• Old Man Li left Taoyuan Village with a cart of goods, and Lin Chen caught a large grass carp after Uncle Chang teased him about returning empty-handed.
• Dai Hao briefed Huo Yuhao on his reconnaissance mission against the Sun Moon Empire and promised to send a Soul Master Legion feint to cover him.
• Dai Hao carried Huo Yuhao skyward with a Class 7 Flying Soul Tool while Tang Wutong watched anxiously and called him an idiot.
• Lin Chen headed home with his catch, but Uncle Chang hurried over and told him something had happened to Old Man Li.
• Lin Chen paid for a carriage to Wushi Town and followed Uncle Chang to the ordinary clinic where Old Man Li was being treated.
• Lin Chen used his Spiritual Power to inspect the town's Healing System Soul Master and found that the Soul Master was only Level 44.

Lin Chen examined Old Man Li and told Old Mrs. Shen that his life force was exhausted and he had no more than two weeks to live. Elsewhere, Huo Yuhao broke through Mad Bull Douluo Wang Yiheng's Blazing Sky Net and escaped with Tang Wutong, Ji Juechen, Xu Sanshi, and the others.

• Lin Chen followed Uncle Chang to the clinic, where Old Man Li lay unconscious and Old Mrs. Shen asked him to diagnose her husband.
• Lin Chen sensed that Old Man Li's life force was exhausted and told Old Mrs. Shen that he could not cure him and that he had at most two weeks to live.
• Uncle Chang took Lin Chen outside, where they silently mourned Old Man Li's condition.
• Mad Bull Douluo Wang Yiheng attacked Huo Yuhao with the Blazing Sky Net after enemies invaded his base.
• Huo Yuhao struck Wang Yiheng with a rose-gold beam that disrupted his control of the Blazing Sky Net, then escaped with Tang Wutong, Ji Juechen, Xu Sanshi, and the others.

Lin Chen learned that Old Man Li could not be saved and watched him return to Taoyuan Village for a final meal with his wife and friends. Two weeks later, Old Man Li died, and Old Mrs. Shen chose to die beside him, leaving a letter asking that they be buried together.

• Lin Chen and Qian Renxue told Uncle Chang they had no way to save Old Man Li, who left with Old Mrs. Shen to make a delivery.
• Old Man Li and Old Mrs. Shen returned two days later and shared a lavish meal with Lin Chen and Uncle Chang.
• Lin Chen found peace in Taoyuan Village and sensed that he was nearing level 98 as the elders spoke sorrowfully.
• Two weeks later, Lin Chen found that Old Man Li had died and saw Old Mrs. Shen sitting outside his home.
• Lin Chen returned inside and found Old Mrs. Shen dead beside Old Man Li, along with her letter asking that they be buried together on the back mountain.

After Old Mrs. Shen and Old Man Li died, Lin Chen reflected on their lives and Uncle Chang’s words about Greed, Anger, and Ignorance, leading to a breakthrough that transformed his Seven Kill Domain into the Seven Kill Sword Realm. The Seven Kill Sword then drew Lin Chen into its Martial Soul space, where he met an ancestor who greeted him as its inheritor.

• Lin Chen read Shen Qingyu’s letter and helped Uncle Chang arrange the funeral for Old Mrs. Shen and Old Man Li.
• After visiting the graves, Lin Chen heard Uncle Chang question why people died before they could enjoy better days and reflected on Greed, Anger, and Ignorance.
• Lin Chen spent three days and nights contemplating the three concepts, breaking through to Rank 98 Soul Power and evolving his Seven Kill Domain into the Seven Kill Sword Realm.
• The Seven Kill Sword trembled and pulled Lin Chen into its Martial Soul space, where he saw a strange, patterned version of the sword.
• A white-haired man appeared, identified himself as Lin Chen’s ancestor, and welcomed him as the Seven Kill Sword’s inheritor.

Lin Chen met the first owner of the Seven Kill Sword and the spirits of past inheritors, who gave him an incomplete Sword God Godhood Position and evolved his Martial Soul into the Nine Kill Sword. After returning home with his Soul Rings strengthened, Lin Chen drew the attention of Tang San in the God Realm.

• The first Seven Kill Sword owner explained the lineage’s succession and introduced Lin Chen to the spirits of past inheritors, including Chen Xin.
• Lin Chen told Chen Xin that ten thousand years had passed and discussed Rongrong and the Shrek Seven Monsters with him.
• Qian Renxue appeared from Lin Chen’s brow, and Chen Xin and his father questioned her alliance with Lin Chen and her connection to Qian Daoliu.
• The first owner named Lin Chen the ninth and final inheritor, passed him an incomplete Sword God Godhood Position, and evolved his Martial Soul into the Nine Kill Sword.
• The first owner sent Lin Chen home, where Lin Chen discovered that every Soul Ring had gained fifty thousand years of cultivation.
• Tang San stood up in surprise in the Sea God Temple, prompting Xiao Wu to ask what was wrong.

Lin Chen’s emerging godhood drew the attention of the God Kings and Gu Yuena, while Di Tian decided to seek him out. Lin Chen refined the Space Core in seclusion, reached Rank 99, and returned to Uncle Chang, hiding what he had accomplished.

• Tang San and the other God Kings sensed a powerful new Godhood Position, and Tang San showed them Lin Chen’s face on a screen.
• Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to investigate the approaching new god; Di Tian suspected Lin Chen and set out to find him.
• After reaching Rank 98, Lin Chen went night fishing, made fish porridge for Uncle Chang, and began refining the Space Core.
• Lin Chen used his two Soul Cores and divine power to suppress the Space Core, then spent a month in seclusion in Qian Renxue’s Angel Space.
• Lin Chen fully refined the Space Core, condensed his Space Soul Core, and reached Rank 99.
• Lin Chen returned and told Uncle Chang he had been gathering herbs, concealing his breakthrough.

Lin Chen left his parents’ graves and traveled toward the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, hoping to obtain Sword Douluo’s inheritance. He arrived as Ye Hu attacked the sect, killed its enemies, and was mistaken by Ning Feng’er for Sword Douluo.

• Lin Chen said goodbye to Uncle Chang and his parents, then flew toward the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ye Hu demanded that Ning Feng’er become his concubine and surrender the sect, killing Elder Sheng when she refused.
• Ning Feng’er agreed to Ye Hu’s demand to stop him from harming more people, but Lin Chen appeared and injured Ye Hu with a Nine Kill Sword.
• Lin Chen killed a Nether Tiger Sect Elder, Ye Hu, and the fleeing attackers with his Nine Kill Swords.
• Ning Feng’er thanked Lin Chen and asked whether he was Sword Douluo.

Lin Chen saved the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, obtained the map to Sword Douluo's inheritance, and promised to protect the sect for three hundred years in exchange for a generous reward. He then traveled to the inheritance site in the northwestern Heaven Dou Empire and fought his way through the mountain forest.

• Ning Feng'er recognized Lin Chen as Sword Douluo and thanked him for saving the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Lin Chen asked Ning Feng'er for Sword Douluo's inheritance, and she gave him the map to its hidden valley.
• Ning Feng'er offered Lin Chen a Storage Soul Tool, and he accepted it before promising to protect the sect for three hundred years with a small sword.
• Ning Feng'er explained the gift to Ning Tian, while Lin Chen recognized that the sect's wealth and support would be useful to him.
• Lin Chen used the old map to locate the inheritance site near the Extreme North and traveled into the mountains.
• Lin Chen killed a venomous snake and a Que Ao with his Sword Qi and Nine Kill Sword as he continued deeper into the forest.

Lin Chen found the Seven Kill Sword’s inheritance in a cliffside cave, then was intercepted by Tai Tan, who was ordered to bring him to someone. Lin Chen overwhelmed Tai Tan in their battle, but his summoned Nine Kill Sword was about to strike as Tai Tan struggled to defend himself.

• Lin Chen descended into an abyss, sensed the Seven Kill Sword’s power in a cave, and took a bamboo scroll left by Chen Xin.
• Lin Chen flew toward the Heaven Dou Empire but shattered a boulder hurled at him by Tai Tan.
• Tai Tan demanded that Lin Chen come with him, and Lin Chen refused before they clashed in the sky.
• Lin Chen’s attack forced Tai Tan to his knee and cut his shoulder, but Tai Tan blasted Lin Chen back with a surge of Soul Power.
• Lin Chen summoned a Nine Kill Sword above Tai Tan, who raised his left arm to block it.

Lin Chen fought Niu Tian and Tai Tan after they tried to capture him, and he overwhelmed them by opening three subsidiary realms and exploding his Soul Rings. The two escaped behind a blue-gold barrier that blocked Lin Chen’s attack and Spiritual Power, leaving him unable to pursue them.

• Niu Tian arrived to save Tai Tan from Lin Chen’s attack, while Qian Renxue hid to avoid drawing Tang San’s attention.
• Niu Tian and Tai Tan joined forces against Lin Chen, but his Greed Realm, Anger Realm, and Ignorance Realm weakened and disrupted them.
• Lin Chen exploded his five Soul Rings, reached God-Tier power, and struck Niu Tian and Tai Tan hard enough to send them crashing into a mountain.
• Di Tian changed direction after hearing the battle’s explosions and rushed toward the fight.
• Niu Tian used a blue-gold orb to form a barrier that dissolved Lin Chen’s sword strike, then he and Tai Tan vanished inside it.

After recovering from his battle with Niu Tian and Tai Tan, Lin Chen faced Di Tian, who demanded that he return Qiu'er's power of destiny. Their fight began as Tang San sent Tang Hao and Ah Yin to the lower realm and drew a warning from the God of Destruction.

• Lin Chen recovered his spent energy by absorbing the Life Power around him.
• Tang San watched Lin Chen defeat Niu Tian and Tai Tan with Explode Ring, then sent Tang Hao and Ah Yin to the lower realm ahead of schedule.
• The God of Destruction confronted Tang San and warned him to stop knowingly breaking the law.
• Di Tian arrived and demanded that Lin Chen hand over Qiu'er's power of destiny, but Lin Chen denied having it.
• Lin Chen attacked Di Tian with Myriad Swords Returning to Origin, and Di Tian realized Lin Chen had reached Rank 99.
• Di Tian drew the Black Dragon Sword and charged Lin Chen; their clash sent both fighters several meters backward.

Lin Chen used Ring Fusion to unleash a God-Tier attack against Di Tian, creating a phenomenon and explosion visible across the continent. The battle left both of them battered, with Lin Chen below sixty percent of his peak strength and Di Tian also badly injured.

• Lin Chen gathered his Soul Rings in his palm and used Ring Fusion to form a vast sphere of light.
• Beibei told Elder Xuan that Tang Ya was at the front line, and Elder Xuan arranged for Shao Zhe and Elder Song to accompany the rescue mission.
• The immense light in the sky drew alarmed reactions from people across the continent and astonished the Sea God Pavilion Elders.
• Di Tian sensed that Lin Chen's power had reached the God-Tier, so he transformed into a Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King and used Black Dragon World-Ending.
• Lin Chen drove the golden-coated Nine Kill Sword at Di Tian, causing an explosion heard across the continent and leaving both fighters battered.