Chapter Summaries

Xue Ke visited Qingdi Sect with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and pleaded with Tang Chuan to help her claim the Heaven Dou throne and defend the empire. She offered him sweeping political privileges and the imperial treasure, leaving Tang Chuan to respond.

• Meng Shenji advised Xue Ke to give Tang Chuan the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Xue Ke resolved to seek his help.
• Xue Ke traveled to Qingdi Sect with Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin, arriving near dawn as Tang Chuan emerged from seclusion to greet them.
• Xue Ke and the three education commissioners explained that Spirit Hall had destroyed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, leaving Heaven Dou vulnerable and Xue Ke as its only direct imperial heir.
• Xue Ke asked Tang Chuan and Qingdi Sect to help her ascend the throne, promising the sect great privileges and offering Tang Chuan titles, authority, and hereditary territory.
• Xue Ke presented the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Tang Chuan, and the hall waited anxiously for his answer.

Tang Chuan agreed to protect Xue Ke and help her become Empress, while Spirit Hall’s Heaven Dou Usurpation Plan failed and Bibi Dong prepared to pursue a backup plan. In the White World, Xue Ye chose Xue Ke as his heir, and Xue Ke shyly imagined a future with Tang Chuan.

• Tang Chuan accepted Xue Ke’s request, pledged the Qingdi Sect’s protection, and agreed to help her ascend as Empress.
• Xue Ye decided that Xue Ke would inherit the Heaven Dou throne, while Xue Ke wondered if she could become Tang Chuan’s partner.
• Xue Ke offered Tang Chuan the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as a gift for becoming his disciple, and he accepted the jade box.
• Qian Renxue returned to Spirit City with a battered Spirit Hall force, and Bibi Dong raged that Tang Chuan had foiled her Usurpation Plan.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to publicly condemn the destruction of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan while offering a reward for the culprits.
• Bibi Dong resolved to activate her backup plan and vowed revenge on Tang Chuan and the Qingdi Sect.

Bibi Dong plotted to exploit turmoil in the Heaven Dou Empire while Tang Chuan prepared to meet Ning Rongrong and Shrek Academy’s leaders, who had come seeking refuge at the Qingdi Sect. Ning Rongrong begged Tang Chuan to accept her and avenge the destruction of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall agents to stir a succession struggle in the Heaven Dou Empire and recruit kingdoms and duchies to help establish the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Tang Chuan sent Xue Ke and the three educational committee members back to the imperial city, then was interrupted by Zhu Zhuqing with news that Ning Rongrong and Shrek Academy had arrived.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San condemned White World's Tang Chuan in the Black World, while Ning Rongrong silently criticized their judgments.
• Tang Chuan met Ning Rongrong, Yu Xiaogang, Flender, Liu Erlong, and the others at the Qingdi Sect, where Dai Mubai refused to greet him.
• Ning Rongrong knelt before Tang Chuan, offered to serve the Qingdi Sect, and begged him to avenge her father, Sword Grandpa, Bone Grandpa, and the victims of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Tang Chuan admitted Ning Rongrong and Oscar into the Qingdi Sect but sent Yu Xiaogang and his companions away. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall stirred up a succession crisis in the Heaven Dou Empire, leaving Princess Xue Ke besieged by claimants to the throne.

• Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Sword Douluo were moved by Ning Rongrong's willingness to kneel and seek revenge for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang Chuan accepted Ning Rongrong into the Qingdi Sect and directed Yu Xiaogang, Flender, Liu Erlong, Yu Tianheng, Yu Tianxin, and Dai Mubai to leave; Oscar stayed.
• Ning Rongrong and Oscar registered as Qingdi Sect disciples, while Tang Chuan returned to cultivation.
• After news spread that Xue Ye and his male heirs had died, Spirit Hall's agents fueled unrest among imperial relatives and regional rulers.
• Xue Hansong declared that he should inherit the throne and marched toward Heaven Dou Imperial City with his forces.
• Other claimants followed, and their armies surrounded Heaven Dou Imperial City while demanding to meet Princess Xue Ke and discuss succession.

Xue Hansong and his allies moved to force their way into the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, prompting Xue Ke to ask Tang Chuan for help. As Tang Hao resented Tang Chuan’s gains in the comparison video, Tang Chuan received an urgent request from Heaven Dou City while cultivating.

• A guard warned Xue Ke and the three Education Commissioners that Xue Hansong’s forces, including the Unrivaled Dragon and Snake, were preparing to storm the Imperial City.
• Xue Ke ordered Zhilin to send a fast messenger to the Qingdi Sect and summon Tang Chuan.
• Meng Yiran reassured Meng Shu that Tang Chuan would not blame the Dragon Snake Family for its actions in the comparison video.
• Tang Hao envied Tang Chuan for receiving the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and complained that Tang Chuan had not secured benefits for the Clear Sky Sect; Bo Saixi rebuked him.
• Bai He interrupted Tang Chuan’s cultivation to report Xue Hansong’s attempt to force the Imperial Family’s abdication and deliver Xue Ke’s urgent request for support.

Tang Chuan led Qingdi Sect elites to Heaven Dou Imperial City to support Xue Ke against Xue Hansong’s attempt to seize the throne. He confronted Xue Hansong and Unrivaled Dragon and Snake at the palace gates, leaving Meng Shu alarmed at being expected to fight him.

• Tang Chuan ordered Qingdi Sect’s elders and elite disciples to gather, then led more than three hundred Soul Masters toward Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Xue Hansong and his allies forced their way into the city and marched on the Imperial Palace, where Meng Shenji and the palace guards blocked the gates.
• Xue Hansong claimed the throne by ancestral succession rules, while Meng Shenji insisted Emperor Xue Ye had secretly named Xue Ke as heir.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang backed Xue Hansong and prepared to fight when Meng Shenji refused to stand aside.
• Tang Chuan arrived with Dugu Yan and Qingdi Sect’s powerful elders, declared Xue Ke’s succession legitimate, and ordered the intruders to leave.
• Xue Hansong demanded that Meng Shu attack Tang Chuan, leaving Meng Shu inwardly regretting his agreement to support the prince.

Tang Chuan revealed the Qingdi Sect’s overwhelming strength, forcing Xue Hansong and the allied forces to retreat before Xue Ke emerged from the palace and ran toward him. In the Comparison Video, Xue Ke stopped just short of Tang Chuan when she noticed Dugu Yan beside him.

• Tang Chuan had six Soul Douluo and Ling Zhantian, a Title Douluo, reveal their strength to the allied army.
• Xue Hansong abandoned the attack and withdrew with the Unrivaled Dragon and Snake and the other forces.
• Xue Ke came out of the Imperial Palace and ran toward Tang Chuan, relieved to see him and the Qingdi Sect troops.
• In the White World, Xue Ke blushed at her future self’s actions, while Dugu Yan accepted the possibility that Tang Chuan would have other wives.
• Xue Ke stopped less than a step from Tang Chuan when she noticed Dugu Yan beside him and worried about causing conflict between them.

Tang Chuan helped Xue Ke secure the Heaven Dou throne, and she was crowned Empress with the Qingdi Sect’s support. Afterward, Tang Chuan cultivated through four clones and broke through to Level 90.

• Dugu Yan accepted Xue Ke’s feelings for Tang Chuan and saw the potential political benefit of a closer bond between the Qingdi Sect and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Tang Chuan urged Meng Shenji and the other education committee members to arrange Xue Ke’s enthronement, promising the Qingdi Sect’s protection and support.
• Five days later, Xue Ke was crowned Empress of the Heaven Dou Empire before the people and leaders of Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Tang Chuan left Dugu Bo to guard the Imperial Palace, then sent four clones to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Qingdi Sect, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling’s fiefs.
• After two and a half months of cultivation, Tang Chuan broke through to Level 90 at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Tang Chuan reached rank ninety and traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a ninth Spirit Ring, bringing Xiao Wu’s soul body along to reunite with Daming and Erming. Daming offered to guide him to a nearly ninety-thousand-year-old Tree of Life, and the chapter ended with Daming and Erming reassured that Tang Chuan treated Xiao Wu well.

• In the Black World, Tang San grew furious at the sight of Xiao Wu beside Tang Chuan in the Comparison Video and threatened Tang Chuan in his thoughts.
• In the White World, Xiao Wu considered that sacrificing herself to Tang Chuan might be worthwhile if her soul could become a divine spirit after her Spirit Ring was upgraded.
• In the Comparison Video, Tang Chuan asked Daming and Erming about powerful plant-type Soul Beasts, and Daming offered to take him to a nearly ninety-thousand-year-old Tree of Life.
• Tang Chuan broke through to rank ninety, said goodbye to Ah Yin and the Blue Silver King, recalled his clones, and flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Chuan summoned Xiao Wu’s soul body with Explosive Eight-Stage Drop and brought her to Life Lake, where she reunited joyfully with Daming and Erming.
• Daming and Erming asked whether Tang Chuan had treated Xiao Wu well, and Xiao Wu reassured them before Tang Chuan explained that he cared for her because she had sacrificed herself for him.

Tang Chuan used a Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng King to help the Ancient Tree of Life break through to one hundred thousand years, then urged it to Sacrifice itself and become his ninth Spirit Ring. The Ancient Tree of Life faced a choice between joining Tang Chuan and losing its soul, but had not yet answered.

• Tang Chuan and Xiao Wu's soul forms followed the Sky Azure Bull Python to the Ancient Tree of Life's secluded valley.
• Tang Chuan fed the Ancient Tree of Life a Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng King, and it broke through to one hundred thousand years and awakened its intelligence.
• The Ancient Tree of Life became wary of Tang Chuan and rebuked the Sky Azure Bull Python for bringing humans into its territory.
• Tang Chuan revealed his Blue Silver Emperor and Spirit Rings, then offered the Ancient Tree of Life a chance to Sacrifice itself and become his ninth Spirit Ring.
• Tang Chuan promised the Ancient Tree of Life it could become a million-year divine spirit alongside him, but threatened to take its Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone if it refused.

Tang Chuan accepted the Ancient Tree of Life’s sacrifice, absorbed its hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and Right Arm Bone, and broke through to Rank ninety-three Title Douluo. The Goddess of Life sensed his life force, watched him through a divine mirror, and became excited at the prospect of making him her successor.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python urged the Ancient Tree of Life to sacrifice itself to Tang Chuan, and the tree agreed after making him swear to help its soul become divine.
• Tang Chuan swore by his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul to help the Ancient Tree of Life’s Spirit Ring reach a million years and grant its soul divinity when he became a god.
• The Ancient Tree of Life sacrificed itself, leaving Tang Chuan a scarlet hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and a jade-green Right Arm Bone, which he absorbed.
• Tang Chuan broke through to Rank ninety-three Title Douluo as the Ancient Tree of Life’s pure life force resonated with the Law of Life and alarmed the God Realm.
• The Goddess of Life sensed Tang Chuan’s power, viewed him in a divine mirror, and decided his talent and Extreme Life path made him a perfect potential successor.

The Goddess of Life delayed choosing Tang Chuan as her successor while she searched for a candidate for her husband, the God of Destruction. Meanwhile, Tang Chuan tested the two abilities of his new Ninth Spirit Ring, and Tang San believed he still had a chance to surpass him through his own god inheritances.

• The Goddess of Life decided to keep watching Tang Chuan and seek a suitable successor for the God of Destruction before offering Tang Chuan the God of Life Nine Trials.
• People in both worlds were shocked to learn that the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction were husband and wife.
• Tang San assumed Tang Chuan would inherit both god positions through the couple's relationship, and told himself his own Sea God and Asura God inheritances were earned through strength.
• After the Ancient Tree of Life's sacrifice raised him to Rank 93, Tang Chuan tested his Ninth Spirit Ring's first ability, Infinite Growth, which expanded and strengthened his Blue Silver Emperor.
• Tang Chuan tested his second Ninth Spirit Ring ability, Life Domain Field, which boosted nearby plant growth and let him draw on plants' vitality.

After obtaining his Ninth Spirit Ring and new Spirit Bone abilities, Tang Chuan returned to Qingdi Sect and revealed his three Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings. He learned that Spirit Hall had announced a tournament to select new Upper Three and Lower Four Sects.

• Tang Chuan tested the Life Shield and Light of Life Wither and Flourish abilities, then thanked Xiao Wu and Daming before leaving the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Chuan returned to Qingdi Sect, where Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Ning Rongrong saw his nine Spirit Rings and learned he had become a Title Douluo.
• Bai He and Qingdi Sect's other leaders congratulated Tang Chuan on his breakthrough and Hundred-Thousand-Year Ninth Spirit Ring.
• Bai He told Tang Chuan that Spirit Hall had declared the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect destroyed, noted that the Clear Sky Sect had withdrawn, and called for a sect selection tournament in Spirit City.

Tang Chuan and his allies discussed Spirit Hall’s plans to control the sects and prepared for the selection tournament in half a year. After taking Dugu Yan and the other women sightseeing, Tang Chuan accepted the devotion of Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, promising to protect them and avenge their enemies.

• Huo Wu, Shui Bing’er, Ling Zhantian, and Tang Chuan suspected Spirit Hall was using the sect selection tournament to consolidate its control over the Soul Master world.
• Bai He reported that the tournament would take place in Spirit City in half a year, and Tang Chuan urged the Qingdi Sect’s elders to cultivate and prepare.
• Tang Chuan decided to spend six months cultivating toward Rank 95 and took Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, Huo Wu, Shui Bing’er, and Shui Yue'er to Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Dugu Yan brought Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong to Tang Chuan’s room, explaining that she wanted heirs for the Tang Family and Qingdi Sect.
• Ning Rongrong declared her devotion to Tang Chuan, and Tang Chuan promised all four women that he would protect them and help avenge their enemies.

After Tang Chuan used his Splitting Soul Skill to create four independent versions of himself, the Goddess of Life discovered his Twin Martial Souls and realized he might be able to inherit both her Life God Position and the God of Destruction’s position. She eagerly prepared to tell her husband about this possible way for them to leave the God Realm.

• Oscar watched Ning Rongrong and Tang Chuan from outside the courtyard, then left Qingdi Sect after his heartbreak subsided.
• Tang Chuan went into secluded cultivation and used the Gold-Devouring Tiangang Hammer’s Splitting Soul Skill to divide himself into four complete individuals.
• Three of Tang Chuan’s clones flew toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Yan’s territory, and Ye Lingling’s territory while the original returned to the quiet room.
• The Goddess of Life saw Tang Chuan’s Second Martial Soul and realized his Splitting Soul Skill divided his soul, body, cultivation, and Spirit Rings into independent individuals.
• The Goddess of Life considered having separate Tang Chuan clones inherit the Life God Position and the Destruction God Position, then set off to tell the God of Destruction.

Tang San and his companions debated whether Tang Chuan deserved to inherit two god positions before the Comparison Video showed the Goddess of Life proposing him as a successor to both her and the God of Destruction. The God of Destruction was impressed by Tang Chuan’s abilities but questioned whether one person inheriting both God King positions was appropriate.

• Tang San complained that Tang Chuan had gained the Life and Destruction God Positions through luck, while Yu Xiaogang and the others defended Tang San’s own achievements.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing doubted Tang San could compare with Tang Chuan, especially given Tang Chuan’s Gold-Devouring Tiangang Hammer and Splitting Soul Skill.
• The Goddess of Life visited the God of Destruction and explained that passing on their god positions would let them leave their divine duties and have a child in the mortal realm.
• The Goddess of Life showed the God of Destruction Tang Chuan’s cultivation, Blue Silver Emperor, Gold-Devouring Tiangang Hammer, and Splitting Soul Skill, arguing that he suited both god positions.
• The God of Destruction considered having Tang Chuan split into two selves to inherit their positions simultaneously, but questioned whether the unprecedented arrangement was appropriate.

In the Comparison Video, the God of Destruction agreed with the Goddess of Life to let Tang Chuan inherit both their God Positions. They summoned both Divine Trials, which descended on Tang Chuan as he cultivated at Qingdi Sect.

• Ma Hongjun and Oscar wondered what rank Tang San's Sea God and Asura God Positions held, and Yu Xiaogang declared that both were God Kings.
• The Goddess of Life explained that Tang Chuan qualified for both inheritances through his own talent and abilities, then urged the God of Destruction to pursue their wish to reincarnate and have children.
• The God of Destruction agreed that Tang Chuan was the best candidate and accepted passing down his God Position alongside the Goddess of Life's.
• The Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction summoned their Divine Trials and sent them toward Tang Chuan at Qingdi Sect.
• Life and destruction powers appeared over Qingdi Sect, and their pillars of light and lightning enveloped Tang Chuan as he cultivated.

Tang Chuan received both the Goddess of Life’s and the God of Destruction’s divine trials, giving him the chance to inherit two God King positions. The comparison left Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong shaken, while Shui Yue'er wondered what Tang Chuan would do with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

• The Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction chose Tang Chuan as their heir and bestowed their respective Nine Trials upon him.
• Tang Chuan received the two divine marks and learned the first trials, then said he no longer needed to seek the Sea God Position.
• Tang San objected to Tang Chuan calling the Sea God a first-level god, and Yu Xiaogang argued that Tang San’s Sea God Position might be a God Emperor Position.
• Bibi Dong realized Tang Chuan had been chosen for two God King trials while her Rakshasa God was only a first-level god.
• Shui Yue'er celebrated Tang Chuan’s advantage and wondered what he would do with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Tang Chuan’s divine trials and his decision to save his natural Spirit Ring opportunity were explained as Tang Hao failed to find the escaped Ah Yin. After revealing his trials to the Qingdi Sect, Tang Chuan privately gave Shui Bing’er the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and explained its origin.

• Tang Chuan’s choice to preserve his chance to form a natural Spirit Ring was revealed, while Tang Hao searched for the missing Ah Yin and angrily blamed Tang Chuan and White Ah Yin.
• Dugu Yan, Shui Bing’er, and Qingdi Sect members rushed to check on Tang Chuan after the divine trials’ celestial signs appeared, and he reassured them that he was safe.
• Tang Chuan told the gathered group that the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction had granted him their divine inheritance trials.
• Ye Zhilan ordered everyone to register with the Law Enforcement Hall and keep Tang Chuan’s divine trials secret, and Tang Chuan asked Shui Bing’er to stay behind.
• Tang Chuan showed Shui Bing’er the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and said the Heaven Dou Empire’s imperial family had presented it to him as a national treasure.

Tang Chuan gave Shui Bing'er the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and an Extreme Ice Snow Jade Lotus to prepare her to inherit the Sea God's position. After consuming the immortal herb, Shui Bing'er’s Ice Phoenix Martial Soul reached perfection and her cultivation rose to rank 64.

• Shui Yue'er celebrated when the Comparison Video showed Tang Chuan giving Shui Bing'er the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Tang Chuan explained that the shroud was the Sea God's Heart and said Shui Bing'er’s Ice Phoenix Martial Soul made her suited to inherit the Sea God's position.
• Tang Chuan presented Shui Bing'er with the Extreme Ice Snow Jade Lotus, explaining that it could perfect her Martial Soul and improve her chances of gaining the Sea God's Heart’s recognition.
• Shui Bing'er consumed the Extreme Ice Snow Jade Lotus under Tang Chuan’s guidance and began absorbing its medicinal power.
• Shui Bing'er's cultivation rose from rank 61 to rank 64, and her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul reached perfection as her Ice Attribute advanced to ultimate ice.