Chapter Summaries

Jiang Li revealed that the Ascending Heavenly Ladder would offer a transformative trial to auction participants, then entered it himself as part of his plan to gather fortune before leaving the plane. Huo Yuhao wondered about the opportunity awaiting in three days, while Di Tian emerged from seclusion as a Million-Year Soul Beast and looked forward to learning what it would bring.

• Jiang Li explained that the Ascending Heavenly Ladder offered individualized trials and potentially extraordinary transformations, then allowed Lei Yao and Ling Yun to enter it.
• The Willow God recognized the ladder's profound opportunity, and Jiang Li told her he planned to use it to advance his final plan before leaving the plane.
• Huo Yuhao discussed the mysterious light within his body with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, the Ice Empress, and Electrolux, who advised him to wait for the opportunity in three days.
• Gu Yuena and Bi Ji arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest as Di Tian emerged from seclusion, having successfully become a Million-Year Soul Beast.
• Bi Ji told Di Tian about the Starry Sky Auction House's final auction and its closure, and Di Tian expressed confidence in the Soul Beast Clan and interest in the coming opportunity.

Gu Yuena and Shrek prepared for the mysterious opportunity promised by the Starry Sky Auction House, while powers across Douluo Continent waited through three tense days. At noon on the third day, a colossal pillar of white light appeared above Shrek City, shaking every living being with its presence.

• Gu Yuena sealed the Heart of Annihilation as the Soul Beasts' last reserve and told them to wait three days for the Pavilion Master's opportunity.
• Mu En, Xuan Zi, and the Sea God Pavilion Members ordered Shrek to use its auction gains to strengthen its disciples, prepare against the Abyss Plane, and watch for the coming opportunity.
• Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, Jing Hongchen, and other leaders across the continent spent the three days preparing and waiting for the starlight's promised event.
• At noon on the third day, a soul-deep hum rang across the continent and a vast pillar of white light descended from the sky above Shrek City.
• The pillar's immense pressure made every living being, from ordinary people to Fierce Beasts, tremble in awe.

The Ascending Heavenly Ladder opened, drawing powerful figures from across the continent into its trials. Huo Yuhao and Di Tian each overcame their first challenge and received rewards before continuing upward.

• Lei Yao announced the Ascending Heavenly Ladder’s rules and opened its entrance to everyone, with special opportunities for those bearing the Starry Sky Mark.
• Gu Yuena, Di Tian, and leaders and experts from numerous factions entered the ladder alongside Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er.
• Huo Yuhao faced an illusion of Dai Huabin, defeated it with a single punch, and received purified Mental Power and a slight increase in Spirit Eye potential.
• Di Tian fought a powerful ancestral dragon phantom, defeated it, and gained greater bloodline purity and understanding of Dark Power.

Gu Yuena gained a deeper understanding of creation and destruction on the Ascending Heavenly Ladder and received Innate Elemental Origin, while its trials transformed powerful beings across Douluo Continent. In the God Realm, the five God Kings recognized the Ladder’s threat, the rising fortune of the Soul Beast Clan, and the growing danger of the Abyss Plane.

• Gu Yuena restored order to a region of chaotic elements, gained insights into creation and destruction, and received Innate Elemental Origin.
• Huo Yuhao advanced to the hundredth step, Di Tian fought an ancient thunder dragon on the three-hundredth step, and Gu Yuena reached the thousandth stair.
• The five supreme God Kings examined the Ascending Heavenly Ladder and learned that it was disrupting Douluo Continent’s laws and loosening the God Realm’s hold on fate.
• Tang San warned that Soul Beast fortune was rising and that Gu Yuena and the escaped Golden Dragon King might restore the Dragon God.
• Ji Dong pointed out that the Abyss Plane was pressing against Douluo Continent as a passage between the planes slowly formed.

The God Realm prepared for the Abyss Plane’s invasion of Douluo Continent as the Abyssal Sage King ordered his army to attack when the passage stabilized. After one month of trials and cultivation on the Ascending Heavenly Ladder, its participants were returned to the real world as Jiang Li announced its temporary closure.

• Tang San warned the God Kings that the passage between the Abyss Plane and Douluo Continent would stabilize within a month, and the God of Destruction ordered preparations while limiting the God Realm’s intervention.
• The Abyssal Sage King learned that the passage would collapse within a month and ordered the Abyss army to invade and devour Douluo Continent.
• Huo Yuhao advanced to the three-thousandth step, evolved his Spirit Eye into the Eye of Destiny, and strengthened his foundation and spiritual power.
• Di Tian reached the five-thousandth step, refined his bloodline, and awakened the Annihilation Dragon Claw, while Gu Yuena crossed the eight-thousandth step and studied the Innate Elemental Origin.
• When the month ended, the Ascending Heavenly Ladder teleported its participants back to the real world, and Jiang Li announced that it had temporarily closed.

After a month of breakthroughs on the Ascending Heavenly Ladder, Huo Yuhao and the continent’s strongest humans and soul beasts faced the Abyss Plane’s invasion. As the Abyssal Sage King arrived, Jiang Li watched from the void, and Shrek’s leaders gathered to plan their defense.

• Huo Yuhao reached Rank 70, while many human powerhouses entered the God-tier realm and nearly all the Fierce Beasts reached the million-year level.
• A massive rift tore open in the sky, and the Golden Ancient Tree warned that the Abyss Plane had breached the planar barrier and was invading in full force.
• Xuan Zi called on human Soul Masters to form the Anti-Demon Allied Army, while Gu Yuena led the Soul Beast Clan away to prepare its resistance.
• Countless Abyss creatures poured from the rift, led by more than a hundred Abyss Emperors and the Abyssal Sage King, who declared that the plane would be his.
• Jiang Li watched the invasion from the void and identified the ensuing chaos as the catalyst for his plan to gather the world’s origin and ascend.
• Mu En and Xuan Zi told Shrek’s core members that the Abyss forces outnumbered them in God-tier experts, making the invasion an unprecedented catastrophe.

Shrek Academy’s leaders activated the Gate of Time and Space Descent in hopes of summoning help against the abyss, but the artifact drew Huo Yuhao to it against his will. The Golden Ancient Tree recognized him as the gate’s key, leaving the experts stunned as the summoning began.

• Xian Lin'er proposed using the Gate of Time and Space Descent, and Mu En’s vote to activate it passed unanimously.
• Xian Lin'er brought the gate beneath the Golden Ancient Tree, and Ah Yin agreed to lend its life energy while warning that the artifact’s time-space laws and karma were unfathomable.
• Xuan Zi, Mu En, and the Sea God Pavilion experts poured Soul Power into the gate as the Golden Ancient Tree wrapped it in golden life energy to stabilize the raging spatial passage.
• A mysterious force pulled Huo Yuhao from his cultivation chamber toward the gate, overpowering his resistance and the efforts of the beings within his Sea of Consciousness.
• Mu En tried to stop Huo Yuhao, but Ah Yin told the experts to let him pass, revealing that he was the key to the gate’s operation.

Huo Yuhao was pulled through the Gate of Time and Space and met a future version of himself, who warned him to be careful of Sea God Tang San. The future Huo Yuhao withheld further explanations, leaving the younger Huo Yuhao to uncover the reason for the warning himself.

• The Gate of Time and Space swallowed Huo Yuhao, and the Golden Ancient Tree said his life aura had crossed time and space and that they could only wait.
• Huo Yuhao recovered in a gray, mist-filled space and met a powerful figure who resembled him.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Ice Empress, and Electrolux recognized the figure as Huo Yuhao from the future.
• Future Huo Yuhao confirmed that the time tunnel had connected them and refused to reveal everything about the future.
• Future Huo Yuhao warned Huo Yuhao to be careful of Sea God Tang San but gave no reason.

Huo Yuhao met his future self, who gave him an Emotion Divine Mark to help against the Abyss Invasion and warned him to grow stronger. After returning to the Sea God Pavilion, Huo Yuhao concealed their meeting and kept his warning about Sea God Tang San secret.

• Huo Yuhao told his future self that the Abyss Plane had invaded early and that its Holy Lord rivaled a God King.
• Future Huo Yuhao placed a strand of his Origin Divinity in Huo Yuhao as an Emotion Divine Mark that could help resolve one fatal crisis.
• Future Huo Yuhao identified himself as the God of Emotions before the temporal passage sent Huo Yuhao back.
• Xuan Zi and Mu En welcomed Huo Yuhao back, and he told them a God-tier expert had given him a means of surviving the abyssal crisis.
• Huo Yuhao revealed the expert's title as the God of Emotions but concealed their meeting and his warning about Sea God Tang San.

Gu Yuena ordered the Soul Beast Clan to stay out of the Abyss invasion while waiting for humanity, the Abyss, and the God Realm to weaken one another, so the beasts could later attack the God Realm. The Abyssal Sage King launched an assault across Douluo Continent but warned his forces to avoid the Star Dou Great Forest until they understood the powerful auras hidden there.

• Xiong Jun and Myriad Demon King urged Gu Yuena to exploit humanity’s struggle against the Abyss, while Di Tian cautioned against attacking recklessly.
• Gu Yuena ordered the Soul Beast Clan to defend its territory, kill invading Abyss creatures, and await a chance to march on the God Realm.
• Abyss creatures spread across Douluo Continent, and Shrek Academy joined other factions to build defensive lines as the invasion intensified.
• The Abyssal Sage King assigned Spirit Emperor, Flame Emperor, Bee Emperor, and Sage Emperor to attack human strongholds and territories.
• The Abyssal Sage King halted plans to attack the Star Dou Great Forest because its hidden auras made him wary, then sent his forces toward their targets.
• The Abyssal Sage King recalled that escaped Immortal Spiritual Energy had strengthened the Abyss’s Layer Lords and brought him close to the God King realm.

Qian Renxue attacked the Abyssal Sage King in an attempt to stop the abyssal invasion, while battles raged across the human defenses. The Sage King’s Immortal Spiritual Energy weakened her advantage, leaving her struggling against his power.

• The Abyssal Sage King vowed to devour the plane and eventually challenge the God Realm.
• The Abyss army attacked Shrek City and other strongholds, forcing the human allied forces into costly battles.
• Qian Renxue arrived above the Abyss army and used her Holy Domain to purify low-ranking monsters before confronting the Abyssal Sage King.
• Gu Yuena and the Spirit Beasts sensed the clash, and Gu Yuena said the outcome would not affect her plan as turmoil in the God Realm began.
• Qian Renxue’s Angel Judgment clashed with the Sage King’s Abyss Devour, but he revealed that Immortal Spiritual Energy had transformed his power and weakened her sacred advantage.
• The Abyssal Sage King pressed his attack, and Qian Renxue barely blocked his strike as she fell into a disadvantage.

As Qian Renxue prepared to risk her life against the Abyssal Sage King, Tang Hao arrived and interrupted their clash with an explosive Clear Sky Hammer strike. He confronted the Abyssal Sage King, while Qian Renxue recognized him as the father of Tang San and turned her fury toward him.

• Qian Renxue burned her divine power and prepared to unleash Sacred Self-Destruction as the Abyssal Sage King overwhelmed her.
• Huo Yuhao sensed Qian Renxue's peril and charged from Shrek Academy toward the battlefield.
• Qian Renxue and the Abyssal Sage King launched attacks that threatened to devastate the continent.
• Tang Hao struck the center of their attacks with the Great Sumeru Hammer, Exploding Ring, interrupting the clash and sending Qian Renxue flying.
• Qian Renxue recognized Tang Hao and seethed with hatred, while Tang Hao told the Abyssal Sage King to leave the Plane of Douluo Star.

Qian Renxue refused Tang Hao’s offer to join forces and withdrew, leaving him to fight the Abyssal Sage King. After the Sage King unleashed a forbidden technique that drained power from the battlefield, he struck Tang Hao down and sent him crashing to the ground.

• Tang Hao urged Qian Renxue to join him against the Abyssal Sage King, but Qian Renxue rejected him and flew away to recover while the two fought.
• Tang Hao intercepted the Abyssal Sage King and used the Great Sumeru Hammer and Exploding Ring technique to hold him back.
• Dai Yueheng and Yan Shaozhe recognized Tang Hao, while Huo Yuhao recalled his future self’s warning about Sea God Tang San and decided not to use his divine marking yet.
• The Abyssal Sage King merged his Demon God phantom into his body and used the forbidden technique Devour Heaven and Earth to absorb energy from the battlefield.
• The Abyssal Sage King exploited Tang Hao’s weakened state, dented the Clear Sky Hammer with a punch, and sent Tang Hao crashing to the ground.

Tang Hao drew on the Douluo Continent’s Plane Origin Power, recovered from the Abyssal Sage King’s near-fatal blow, and rose to Half-Step God King strength. He crushed the Abyssal Golem, but the Abyssal Sage King revealed the Super Divine Artifact Heavenly Saint Rending Abyss Halberd, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Abyssal Sage King prepared to finish the badly wounded Tang Hao while Huo Yuhao watched from hiding and wondered whether the battle could still be turned around.
• Plane Origin Power surged into Tang Hao, healing him and raising his strength to Half-Step God King.
• Tang Hao used the World Hammer to shatter the Abyss Golem and severely wound the Abyssal Sage King.
• The Abyssal Sage King summoned the Heavenly Saint Rending Abyss Halberd, a Super Divine Artifact, alarming the hidden Qian Renxue and threatening Tang Hao despite his newfound strength.

The Abyssal Sage King used the Heavenly Saint Rending Abyss Halberd to pierce Tang Hao’s defenses and drive him into a desperate retreat. As the human forces fell into despair, Huo Yuhao unleashed the power of his Emotion Divine Mark, revealing the pressure of a God King.

• The Abyssal Sage King pierced Tang Hao’s Plane Power defense and wounded him with the Heavenly Saint Rending Abyss Halberd’s Abyss laws.
• Tang Hao detonated part of his Divine Body to break free, then fled after his strength fell sharply.
• The Abyssal Sage King declined to pursue Tang Hao and displayed the Super Divine Artifact’s power, deepening the allied forces’ despair.
• Huo Yuhao flew toward the battlefield and poured his Mental Power, Soul Power, and accumulated emotions into his Emotion Divine Mark.
• The Emotion Divine Mark unleashed God King-level pressure that halted the Abyssal Sage King’s halberd and left him horrified.

A Divine Sense Clone of future Huo Yuhao severely wounded the Abyssal Sage King with a single glance and forced him to flee, temporarily ending the immediate battle. The Abyssal threat and open planar rift remained, while Huo Yuhao resolved to pursue the path toward becoming the God of Emotions and Jiang Li recognized the Gate of Time and Space’s unexpected power.

• Future Huo Yuhao’s Divine Sense Clone appeared and struck the Abyssal Sage King’s soul with a single glance, leaving him severely wounded.
• The Abyssal Sage King burned his life-source essence and fled through the planar rift, abandoning the scattered Abyss army.
• Future Huo Yuhao nodded to his past self before fading away, while Huo Yuhao resolved to follow the path toward becoming the God of Emotions.
• At Shrek Academy, the survivors celebrated the Abyssal Sage King’s retreat as the Elders wondered whether Huo Yuhao had summoned a God King.
• Jiang Li realized the Gate of Time and Space had strengthened the connection between past and future, and he reassessed Huo Yuhao’s importance to his plans.

After the future Huo Yuhao drives off the Abyssal Sage King, he warns his past self that the Abyss will return and that someone is secretly forcing the Abyss Plane to merge with Douluo Continent. Huo Yuhao learns that the fusion will bring both a long invasion and the chance for the continent to ascend, and resolves to grow stronger and protect it.

• Gu Yuena recognizes the figure who defeated the Abyssal Sage King as Huo Yuhao's future self, a God King of Emotions, and tells Di Tian to watch Huo Yuhao closely.
• The future Huo Yuhao tells Huo Yuhao that the Abyssal Sage King survived, escaped to the Abyss, and will likely return stronger.
• The future Huo Yuhao reveals that someone is secretly driving the forced fusion of the Abyss Plane and Douluo Continent, which cannot now be stopped.
• The future Huo Yuhao explains that the fusion will bring prolonged Abyssal invasion but also raise the continent's power and make godhood more attainable, and warns Huo Yuhao to beware of the mastermind and the God Realm, especially Sea God Tang San and his associates.
• After his future self vanishes, Huo Yuhao resolves to become a leader of the new era, unite allies, defeat the Abyss, and protect the continent.

Huo Yuhao told Shrek Academy’s leaders that the Abyssal Sage King had survived, a hidden mastermind was driving the planes’ fusion, and the crisis also offered a chance for Plane Ascension. Shrek mobilized to strengthen its forces while Qian Renxue and the injured Abyssal Sage King turned their attention to Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao revealed that the God of Emotions’ incarnation had wounded but not killed the Abyssal Sage King, and warned that an unknown mastermind was behind the planes’ fusion.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Plane Ascension could make it easier for Soul Masters to become gods, and urged the leaders to prepare for a larger future threat.
• Mu En ordered Shrek Academy and its allies to enter the highest state of combat readiness and direct resources toward strengthening promising Soul Masters.
• Qian Renxue watched from hiding, decided Huo Yuhao was a threat, and withdrew to recover before planning her next move.
• The Abyssal Sage King ordered the Abyss forces to consolidate their occupied regions, harass humanity with small elite units, and investigate how Huo Yuhao had summoned the God of Emotions’ power.

Gu Yuena and the Golden Dragon King prepared to attack the God Realm, while Tang San and the other God Kings decided to launch a preemptive strike against the Soul Beasts. Jiang Li watched the factions mobilize and revealed that he had engineered planar fusion to provoke a greater conflict and advance his ultimate mission.

• Gu Yuena told the Fierce Beasts that planar ascension brought the Soul Beast Clan an opportunity but would also make it easier for god-tier beings to descend.
• Gu Yuena and the Golden Dragon King, both recovered and stronger than before, ordered Soul Beasts over one hundred thousand years old to gather for an assault on the God Realm in ten days.
• Tang San and the God Kings debated the threat from planar fusion and the Soul Beasts, then decided to gather Rank 2 Deities and above for a preemptive descent to Douluo Continent.
• Jiang Li observed the factions preparing for war and explained that he had forced planar fusion both to strengthen the plane and to provoke the God Realm into acting.

As the God Realm prepared for war, the God of Emotions chose Huo Yuhao as his successor and brought him into a trial. Huo Yuhao accepted the challenge to defeat the Abyss threat and reach rank ninety-nine, then returned to his cabin determined to pursue godhood.

• The God of Destruction authorized the gods to seek inheritors in the lower realm, and the God of Emotions selected Huo Yuhao as a potential successor.
• The God of Emotions summoned Huo Yuhao to the realm of emotions and offered him the God Position inheritance.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the trial, which required him to resolve the Abyss Plane's threat and reach rank ninety-nine.
• The God of Emotions departed, and Huo Yuhao's companions celebrated the inheritance and urged him to seize the opportunity.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his body and resolved to grow stronger, defeat the Abyss, and ascend to godhood.