Chapter Summaries

Zhongli Wu explained that he was gambling on a new path to secure the Holy Spirit Cult’s future. At the Starry Sky Auction House, the Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul resurfaced, and the major factions began considering how to claim it.

• Zhongli Wu told Long Xiaoyao that scarce paths to godhood and the rise of rival factions had driven him to take a gamble for the Holy Spirit Cult’s survival.
• Ling Yun introduced the Seven Kill Sword, and Xuan Zi identified it as Chen Xin’s legendary Martial Soul from ten thousand years ago.
• Xu Tianran and Du Busi recognized the Seven Kill Sword’s exceptional combat power and considered its value to their factions.
• Di Tian explained that Soul Beasts who had taken Human Transformation Pills could absorb auctioned human Martial Souls and add Soul Rings to them.
• The Golden Dragon King agreed that the Soul Beast Clan should try to secure the Seven Kill Sword and test its power against human Soul Masters.

Ling Yun introduced the Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul as an easily absorbed, top-tier auction item, prompting the major factions to compete for it. The bidding began with the Holy Spirit Cult, Sun Moon Empire, Shrek Academy, and Body Sect all pursuing the sword, and Zhongli Wu’s aggressive offers drove the price to 1.5 billion Gold Soul Coins.

• Ling Yun explained that the Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul retained its potential and could be absorbed without conflict or side effects.
• Xuan Zi and Mu En agreed Shrek Academy needed the sword, while Jing Hongchen persuaded Xu Tianran that the Sun Moon Empire should pursue it.
• Zhongli Wu and Long Xiaoyao considered bidding for the sword despite the Holy Spirit Cult’s recent spending and the fierce competition expected.
• Ling Yun opened bidding at 500 million Gold Soul Coins, and Du Busi, Xu Tianran, and Yan Shaozhe quickly raised the price to 800 million.
• Zhongli Wu jumped the bid to 1 billion, Xu Tianran raised it to 1.2 billion, and Zhongli Wu pushed it to 1.5 billion.

Di Tian won the Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul for the Soul Beast Clan after Shrek Academy and the other factions withdrew from the bidding. Ling Yun then introduced the second-to-last auction item, whose arrival unleashed a sword aura stronger than the Seven Kill Sword’s, while Jiang Li watched the crowd’s reaction.

• The bidding for the Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul climbed past 4.8 billion Gold Soul Coins, driving the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun Moon Empire to withdraw.
• Di Tian bid 5 billion Gold Soul Coins for the Soul Beast Clan, and Shrek Academy gave up competing.
• Ling Yun sold the Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul to Di Tian for 5 billion Gold Soul Coins.
• Ling Yun announced the second-to-last auction item and revealed two lights that released a powerful sword aura.
• Jiang Li watched the crowd’s reaction, believing the item’s purpose would make factions across Douluo Continent covet it.

Ling Yun presented the Yin-Yang Dual Swords, a pair of Demigod Artifacts that could merge to unleash Divine Artifact-level power. The major factions prepared to bid for them, each hoping to study or wield the swords for its own purposes.

• Ling Yun introduced the Yang Sword and Yin Sword and demonstrated their opposing powers working in harmony.
• Ling Yun revealed that the swords could merge to awaken Deity Power and reach the level of a Divine Artifact.
• Jing Hongchen urged Xu Tianran to secure the swords so Mingde Hall could study their design and advance Soul Tool research.
• Titan and Niu Tian decided the Clear Sky Sect should bid for the swords to study their structure and improve its forging techniques.
• Mu En told Xuan Zi that Shrek Academy needed the swords as a weapon against the Abyss forces.

The major factions competed fiercely for the Yin-Yang Dual Swords, but Mingde Hall won them with a bid of 6 billion Gold Soul Coin. Ling Yun then revealed that the auction's final item was a Divine Artifact even more powerful than the swords and brought six icy-blue rays of light onto the stage.

• Xuan Zi, Ning Qitian, Titan, and Xu Tianran declared their factions' determination to acquire the Yin-Yang Dual Swords.
• The major factions raised their bids until Xu Tianran offered 6 billion Gold Soul Coin, and the others withdrew.
• Ling Yun sold the Yin-Yang Dual Swords to Mingde Hall, which used its funds, Ninth-Level Soul Tools, and imperial support to secure them.
• Ling Yun announced that the final auction item was a genuine Divine Artifact that surpassed the Yin-Yang Dual Swords and could directly enhance its user's strength.
• Ling Yun spread her right hand and sent six icy-blue rays of light onto the auction stage.

The Starry Sky Auction House unveiled six hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones with the same Ultimate Ice aura, shocking the auction hall. Huo Yuhao and the spirits in his Sea of Consciousness discovered that the bones had been artificially created, leaving Ice Empress troubled by what this could mean for Soul Beasts.

• The auction house revealed six red-patterned, ice-blue Soul Bones, and the attendees marveled that they appeared to form a complete set from one source.
• Huo Yuhao felt his Ultimate Ice Martial Soul react, while Ice Empress recognized the aura of the Far North's Titan Snow Demons and feared they had been killed.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suspected the Soul Bones were artificially crafted, and Ice Empress calmed as she sensed something unusual in their aura.
• Huo Yuhao moved closer and used Mental Power to inspect the bones, finding Titan Snow Demon bloodline essence fused into them and unusually stable Soul Power.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm concluded that the Starry Sky Auction House had created the Soul Bones, and Ice Empress thought of the shrinking living space of Soul Beasts.

The Starry Sky Auction House revealed that six Titan Snow Demon Soul Bones could merge into Ice God Armor with the god-tier Absolute Zero domain, alarming the major factions and intensifying their interest. The auction house left the crowd eager to bid for a set that could potentially help an Ice Attribute Soul Master approach godhood.

• Gu Yuena and the Golden Dragon King recognized the Soul Bones as unnatural creations and worried about the Starry Sky Auction House’s power and its effects on the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts.
• Mu En urged Xuan Zi to secure the six Soul Bones for Huo Yuhao, and Xuan Zi vowed to spend Shrek Academy’s reserves to obtain them.
• Ning Qitian ordered his disciple to alert the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School to prepare more funds, while Xu Tianran resolved to track who won the Soul Bones and prevent the Holy Spirit Cult from monopolizing them.
• Ling Yun announced that the six Titan Snow Demon Soul Bones were specially processed to suit one Ice Attribute Soul Master and could eventually fuse into Ice God Armor.
• Ling Yun explained that the armor carried the Absolute Zero domain, which could freeze Soul Power, souls, and space, and that its power and cost varied depending on whether its user had reached god-tier.

The auction for the six hundred-thousand-year Titan Snow Demon Set Soul Bones began, drawing fierce bids from the continent’s strongest factions. Mu En’s nine-billion-Gold-Soul-Coin offer left Shrek Academy poised to claim the set as the other bidders fell silent.

• Ling Yun opened bidding for the six Soul Bones at one billion Gold Soul Coins, with minimum increases of one hundred million.
• Titan of the Clear Sky Sect, Ning Qitian of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, and Xuan Zi of Shrek Academy raised their bids, while Xuan Zi and Mu En decided they would use Shrek Academy’s academy-defending supreme treasure if necessary.
• Zhongli Wu of the Holy Spirit Cult bid three billion, and Xu Tianran of the Sun Moon Empire raised the price to 3.5 billion despite Jing Hongchen’s attempt to dissuade him.
• The Clear Sky Sect, Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, Holy Spirit Cult, and Shrek Academy drove the price past five billion; Zhongli Wu then bid six and seven billion as Mu En urged Xuan Zi to continue.
• Ning Qitian raised the bid to eight billion, but Mu En offered nine billion Gold Soul Coins, causing Ning Qitian, Xu Tianran, and Zhongli Wu to withdraw.
• Ling Yun called for a higher bid three times, but no one responded.

Shrek Academy bought the 100,000-year Titan Snow Demon Set Soul Bones for 9 billion Gold Soul Coins, paying with most of its reserves and a drop of Golden Origin Divine Liquid. After the auction, the Demon Empress took the resurrected Deep Sea Demonic Whale King to a hidden altar and revealed her plan to use human Faith Power to restore his million-year Soul Power and provoke backlash against Tang San.

• Ling Yun announced that Shrek Academy had won the Soul Bones for 9 billion Gold Soul Coins, leaving Mu En and Xuan Zi relieved but nearly bankrupt.
• Mu En paid with 6 billion Gold Soul Coins and a drop of Golden Origin Divine Liquid, which the auction house valued at 3 billion.
• Mu En believed the Soul Bones would help a Shrek Academy member approach godhood and protect the academy and Douluo Continent from the Abyss Plane, while Zhongli Wu resolved to enter the mystic realm and break through to godhood.
• Ling Yun closed the auction, and the factions departed; the Demon Empress led the weakened Deep Sea Demonic Whale King away from the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Demon Empress brought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King to a hidden valley altar filled with human Faith Power and said absorbing it would restore his million-year Soul Power and make Tang San suffer Plane Origin backlash.

The Demon Empress and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King accepted the Blood Demon’s help to restore the Whale King’s power in exchange for helping him absorb the Plane Origin. At Starry Sky Auction House, Lei Yao sensed an opportunity to claim a divine seat and asked Jiang Li to protect his attempt to reach godhood.

• The Demon Empress agreed to help the Blood Demon absorb Douluo Continent’s Plane Origin if he restored the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s strength with Faith Power.
• The Blood Demon gathered Faith Power around the altar, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s power began approaching its million-year peak.
• Jiang Li reviewed his growing Auction Points and resolved to strengthen himself as the continent’s turmoil increased.
• Lei Yao’s Thunder Power surged as he approached a god-level breakthrough, and he asked Jiang Li to help him.
• Jiang Li took Lei Yao to a safe valley behind the Auction Pavilion to protect his breakthrough, while Ling Yun followed them.

Jiang Li gave Ling Yun a nascent Plane Core to help her cultivate while Lei Yao began breaking through to the divine level. In the God Realm, Tang San and the Destruction God King connected the breakthrough and other disturbances to the Starry Sky Auction House, and Tang San prepared to descend to Douluo Continent to investigate.

• Jiang Li showed Ling Yun the Plane Core and explained how it could help her comprehend the cycle of life and destruction and eventually grow into a small world.
• Ling Yun accepted the Plane Core and followed Jiang Li to protect Lei Yao as he began his breakthrough in the valley.
• Jiang Li sealed the valley with golden curtains of light while Ling Yun studied the Plane Core and Lei Yao drew in surging Thunder Power.
• Tang San sensed Lei Yao's divine-level breakthrough, and the Destruction God King recognized him as the successor he had chosen.
• Tang San and the Destruction God King discussed the Faith Power fluctuations and the Starry Sky Auction House, then agreed that Tang San should investigate Douluo Continent in person.
• Tang San prepared to descend, while Lei Yao blocked a powerful lightning strike during the critical stage of his breakthrough.

Lei Yao broke through to god level while Jiang Li learned that Tang San had descended to investigate the Blood Demon. Jiang Li and the Soul Emperor headed toward the Blood Demon’s region to watch the confrontation as Tang San approached it in his true body.

• Lei Yao endured the lightning tribulation, merged with the Thunder God Phantom, and ascended to god level.
• Jiang Li sensed a God Realm presence approaching and sent Lei Yao and Ling Yun back to protect Starry Sky Auction House.
• Jiang Li used the Heavenly Mystery Bead to identify the approaching deity as Tang San, who was heading toward the area where the Blood Demon had been active.
• Jiang Li summoned the Soul Emperor, and they flew toward the Blood Demon’s region while concealing their auras.
• Tang San descended in his true body, suspecting an external force was probing Douluo Continent’s Plane Origin and preparing to confront it.

Tang San found the Blood Demon’s sealed space and attacked it, while inside the Blood Demon and the Demon Empress planned to exploit Ah Yin to reach the Plane Origin. The injured Blood Demon emerged to confront Tang San and used corrosive divine power to knock the Golden Trident from his hand.

• Tang San detected a sealed space and struck it with the Golden Trident, but its barrier withstood his attack.
• The Blood Demon failed to draw power from the Plane Origin and discovered that Tang San had found their hiding place.
• The Demon Empress proposed that the Blood Demon distract Tang San so Ah Yin might intervene and loosen the Plane Origin barrier.
• The Blood Demon agreed, broke through the sealed-space barrier, and attacked Tang San.
• The Blood Demon’s corrosive power dimmed the Golden Trident’s light and sent it clanging to the ground.

Tang San fought the foreign-plane Blood Demon, whose attacks were weakened by his injuries, while Jiang Li and Soul Emperor watched from hiding. Demon Empress joined the battle with the God Devouring Token, but Tang San countered Blood Demon and exposed how badly wounded he was.

• Tang San recognized that the Blood Demon came from another plane and attacked him to protect Douluo Continent.
• Tang San and Blood Demon clashed, damaging the surrounding landscape as Jiang Li and Soul Emperor observed from the void.
• Jiang Li explained that Blood Demon's divine power was draining and predicted Demon Empress and the recovering Deep Sea Demonic Whale King would intervene.
• Demon Empress hurled the God Devouring Token at Tang San, releasing poisonous black insects that corroded his golden barrier.
• With Demon Empress attacking from one side and Blood Demon from the other, Tang San thrust a golden spear at Blood Demon's flaw and forced him back, making him spit blood.

Tang San restored the Golden Trident and overwhelmed the Blood Demon and Demon Empress, but the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King emerged and joined them against him. Jiang Li watched the three-on-one battle, waiting to see how Tang San’s weakened state and the fight would develop before acting.

• Tang San poured his divine power into the Golden Trident, cleared away the blood-red gas, and struck the Blood Demon and Demon Empress through their barrier.
• Tang San demanded to know their goal, but the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King emerged from the sealed space and confronted him.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King suggested Tang San had been weakened by losing his million-year soul ring, giving the Blood Demon and Demon Empress hope.
• Tang San attacked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and the Blood Demon and Demon Empress joined the fight, throwing the power of the Douluo Continent into chaos.
• Jiang Li and Soul Emperor watched the battle, and Jiang Li chose not to intervene yet.

Tang San's prolonged battle against the Blood Demon, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and the Demon Empress pushed his unstable Origin Power toward collapse. As the Blood Demon's lethal strike closed in, Ah Yin sensed Tang San's danger and broke free from the Golden Ancient Tree to rush to him.

• Tang San's Origin Power weakened during the fight, and the Blood Demon ordered the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the Demon Empress to keep him occupied.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the Demon Empress combined their attacks, trapping Tang San while the Blood Demon gathered power for a devastating technique.
• Tang San summoned a golden ocean barrier, but the combined assault cracked it and sent his Origin Power out of control.
• The Blood Demon sacrificed his phantom to form a massive blood-red spear and launched it at Tang San, who was too weak to defend himself.
• Ah Yin sensed Tang San's fatal danger through their Bloodline Connection, broke free of the Golden Ancient Tree, and rushed toward him as the tree began to wither.

The Golden Ancient Tree’s Guardian Spirit saved Tang San from Blood Demon’s attack, but Blood Demon fled to absorb Douluo Continent’s Plane Origin. Destruction God King arrived to save Tang San, only for Soul Emperor to overpower them; Life God King escaped with the injured pair, while Jiang Li declared their plan successful and prepared to exploit the ensuing chaos.

• Mu En and Xuan Zi sensed the Golden Ancient Tree’s life aura draining and feared something had happened to Tang San.
• The Golden Ancient Tree’s Guardian Spirit blocked most of Blood Demon’s spear, saving Tang San, while Blood Demon fled toward Douluo Continent’s Plane Origin.
• Destruction God King arrived and drove back the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the Demon Empress as they tried to kill Tang San.
• Soul Emperor appeared with power beyond the God King level and struck down Destruction God King and Tang San, shattering the Destruction Scepter.
• Life God King rescued Destruction God King and the unconscious Tang San, while Jiang Li told Soul Emperor their goal was achieved and dismissed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the Demon Empress.

Jiang Li and Soul Emperor found Blood Demon devouring the Douluo Continent's Plane Core and stopped his escape. Jiang Li dismissed Blood Demon's threat of revenge from his elder brother, Blood Prison Demon Lord, as Soul Emperor crushed him.

• After the Life God King, Destruction God King, and Tang San fled, Jiang Li and Soul Emperor set out to deal with Blood Demon.
• Jiang Li and Soul Emperor entered the Plane Core, where Blood Demon was absorbing its origin power to restore and strengthen himself.
• Blood Demon tried to escape using the Blood Burn Escape Void Secret Method, but Soul Emperor trapped him in a giant black hand.
• Blood Demon warned that his elder brother, Blood Prison Demon Lord, would avenge him, but Jiang Li said he would welcome another powerful opponent.
• Soul Emperor crushed Blood Demon as Blood Demon cried out for his elder brother to avenge him.

Jiang Li and Soul Emperor destroyed Blood Demon, resolving the immediate threat to Douluo Continent’s Plane Origin. As Ah Yin fell into a long slumber and the Abyssal Sage King vowed to attack again, Zhongli Wu entered a mysterious realm through the Mystic Realm Token.

• Jiang Li and Soul Emperor annihilated Blood Demon and cleansed his blood mist from the Plane Core.
• Blood Prison Demon Lord sensed Blood Demon’s death and vowed to find and punish whoever killed him.
• The Abyssal Sage King discovered that Douluo Continent’s Plane Origin had stabilized and vowed to lead an army there in a future attempt.
• Ah Yin told Mu En and Xuan Zi that the crisis was resolved but that she needed to sleep for months or years, then sealed the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Zhongli Wu activated the Mystic Realm Token and entered the spatial gate it created.

Zhongli Wu entered a high-level mystic realm saturated with Evil Power, where his cultivation was suppressed but the environment offered immense potential. After a Three-Headed Demonic Lizard pursued him and revealed it was guarding a two-colored fruit, Zhongli Wu decided to lure the beast away and seize the fruit.

• Zhongli Wu arrived in the mystic realm and eagerly absorbed its Evil Power, believing it could help him reach godhood.
• Zhongli Wu discovered the realm's immense pressure had greatly suppressed his Soul Power, but he continued exploring cautiously.
• A Three-Headed Demonic Lizard rose from the ground, sensed Zhongli Wu, and chased him across the barren landscape.
• Zhongli Wu noticed the beast was guarding a dark-gold tree bearing a black-and-purple fruit that stirred an intense craving in him.
• Zhongli Wu resolved to lure the Three-Headed Demonic Lizard away from the tree so he could take the fruit.