Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan confronted his Inner Demon, who tried to convince him to surrender and share his body. Lin Yuan drew on the humanity and conviction the demon lacked, destroyed him, and left the Secret Chamber filled with peaceful golden light.

• Lin Yuan rejected the Inner Demon's offer to fall into demonhood and fought him despite their equal strength.
• The Inner Demon and Lin Yuan each unleashed Martial Soul Avatar, shaking the hellish space with their battle.
• Lin Yuan revealed his golden core, showing memories of his life and the humanity he had preserved through slaughter.
• Lin Yuan's soul rings turned pure gold, and he used swords of light to pin down and destroy the Inner Demon.
• The murderous chill in the Secret Chamber vanished, replaced by warm golden light.

Lin Yuan passed the Asura God's fourth trial and received the fifth and sixth trials at once, with fifteen days to cultivate his Martial Soul to its ultimate limit. He completed the fifth trial just before the deadline and gained a new skill, leaving the sixth trial—opening a passage to the God Realm and registering as a Deity—ahead.

• Lin Yuan completed the fourth trial, gaining increased Asura God affinity and stronger soul bones and soul rings.
• The system assigned Lin Yuan the fifth trial, to cultivate his Martial Soul to its ultimate limit within fifteen days, and the sixth trial, to enter the God Realm and register as a Deity.
• Lin Yuan hit a cultivation bottleneck, then realized he needed to fuse his spiritual power with the Asura Martial Soul and focused on strengthening that connection.
• Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others watched as Lin Yuan's Martial Soul grew stronger, its aura shaking Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lin Yuan reached the ultimate state of his Martial Soul just before the deadline, passed the fifth trial, and obtained Asura God's Wrath.

Lin Yuan entered the God Realm and passed a final test of his strength and resolve, earning nominal Deity status. Back on Douluo Continent, he learned that his next trials required him to slay the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and help his disciples reach Title Douluo.

• Lin Yuan opened a passage to the God Realm and left Ye Lingling and the others behind as he entered it.
• Two divine generals escorted Lin Yuan into a palace, where a golden-robed Deity told him to pass one final test before registering as a Deity.
• Lin Yuan fought through a horde of monsters and killed a powerful demon by striking its heart with the Asura Demon Sword.
• The golden-robed Deity judged Lin Yuan qualified as a nominal Deity-level powerhouse and told him that three trials remained.
• Lin Yuan returned to Douluo Continent and heard that the seventh trial required him to slay the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King within a year.
• He learned that the eighth trial required him to help his disciples reach Title Douluo and obtain the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's soul rings and soul bones.

Lin Yuan prepared to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King after learning that Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing had received trials to help him. He used his blood essence to help Zhu Zhuqing break through to Level 80, then turned to Ye Lingling, who still needed to reach Level 90.

• Lin Yuan explained the danger of hunting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and told Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing that they needed to grow stronger before the battle.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she and Ye Lingling had received god-level trials to assist Lin Yuan and would receive the whale's Soul Ring as their reward.
• Lin Yuan brought Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling to a secluded cultivation chamber and used his blood essence and divine power to aid Zhu Zhuqing's breakthrough.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke through to Level 80 and thanked Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan told Ye Lingling to reach Level 90 so she could better withstand a Million-Year Soul Ring, and she resolved to do so.

Lin Yuan helped Ye Lingling break through to the Title Douluo realm while traveling toward the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. The group reached its territory, where Lin Yuan launched an attack with his Asura Demon Sword.

• Lin Yuan gave Ye Lingling his vital blood and used the Asura Domain to help her control its power as her strength surged.
• Lin Yuan and his disciples traveled from Vast Sea City toward the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's territory while he continued refining Ye Lingling's strength.
• After two months, Ye Lingling broke through to level ninety with Lin Yuan's support and reminded him of his promise to grant her one request.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached level eighty-five after absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Lin Yuan entered the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's territory and sent his Asura Demon Sword tearing through the sea toward the ocean floor.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King confronted Lin Yuan, hoping to devour the Asura God’s chosen one and complete its transformation into a Demon God. Lin Yuan deflected its opening attack and struck its armor, but the Whale King retaliated with its Demonic Whale Thrust as Lin Yuan activated his Asura True Body.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King emerged and recognized Lin Yuan as the Asura God’s chosen one, declaring that it would devour him.
• The Whale King attacked Lin Yuan with a massive energy wave, but Lin Yuan dispelled it with the Asura Demon Sword.
• Lin Yuan rushed behind the Whale King and struck its armor, but the damage disappeared almost immediately.
• The Whale King fired its Demonic Whale Thrust at Lin Yuan, who responded by activating his seventh soul skill, Asura True Body.

Lin Yuan battled the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with his Asura powers, overwhelming the wounded beast but nearly exhausting himself. As the whale tried to flee, Lin Yuan called for Ling Ling, whose Nine Heart Begonia skill trapped it.

• Lin Yuan and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King fought from noon until sunset, devastating the sea and killing nearby soul beasts.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King unleashed energy pillars and Demon Whale Swallowing Heaven, but Lin Yuan countered with his Asura Domain and Asura World-Destroying Slash.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attempted to destroy himself, and Lin Yuan stopped him with Myriad Swords Returning to Origin, leaving the beast severely wounded and Lin Yuan nearly depleted.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King refused to surrender and tried to flee for his soul ring and soul bone.
• Lin Yuan called out to Ling Ling, who used Nine Heart Begonia: Eternal Prison to trap the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Lin Yuan fought the Evil God, who had possessed Tang San, while Ye Lingling absorbed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's million-year Soul Ring. After Ye Lingling restored Lin Yuan during the battle, Lin Yuan defeated the Evil God, but Tang San resisted the possession and attacked their shared body.

• Ye Lingling killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and began absorbing its million-year Soul Ring at Lin Yuan's urging.
• The Evil God appeared in Tang San's body and revealed that he had possessed Tang San to escape his failed plans and kill Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan battled the Evil God across the sea, drawing on the power of heaven and earth to damage the Evil God's true demon god body.
• After absorbing the Soul Ring, Ye Lingling restored Lin Yuan's injuries and Soul Power, allowing him to pierce the rune between the Evil God's brows and sever his soul.
• Tang San regained enough consciousness to resist the Evil God and plunged his hand into his chest to seize their shared heart.

Tang San killed himself and the Evil God in a final explosion, and Lin Yuan went on to unify the empires as the Heavenly God Empire and destroy Shrek Academy. A hundred years later, after his allies had ascended to godhood and his empire prospered, Lin Yuan prepared to take Ye Lingling and their child to the God Realm and seize control of it.

• Tang San crushed the Evil God's heart, killing them both in an explosion that Lin Yuan and Ye Lingling barely survived.
• Lin Yuan became the Asura God King, destroyed the Rakshasa God's Deity, and left Bibi Dong unable to become a god; Qian Renxue ascended to the God Realm alone.
• Lin Yuan unified the Heaven Dou Empire, Star Luo Empire, and Spirit Hall Empire as the Heavenly God Empire, accepted Spirit Hall soldiers' surrender, and ordered Shrek Academy's teachers and students executed.
• Over the next ten years, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, Sister Ye Yao, and Azure Dragon Consultation became gods, while Lin Yuan granted Xue Ye the title of Duke.
• A hundred years later, Lin Yuan told Ye Lingling to accompany him to the God Realm because he intended to take it over.