Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong entered the Tang Sect’s Resource Zone, where they encountered Dai Huabin and met the chief deacon. After examining Huo Yuhao, the chief deacon judged him qualified to join but said his martial soul was incomplete, leaving Huo Yuhao demanding an explanation.

• Tang Wutong showed her Tang Sect badge, and a receptionist led her and Huo Yuhao to the Resource Zone.
• A masked man passed intelligence to a woman and learned that Tang Sect disciples, including him, would visit The Church in three days.
• Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong reached the Direct Disciple section, where Dai Huabin insulted Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong defended him.
• Beibei cautioned Xiao Ya to follow Big Brother’s arrangements and avoid careless remarks about the Tang Sect’s complicated relationships.
• Tang Wutong introduced Huo Yuhao to the chief deacon, who examined his five spirit rings and offered them two Mystic Water Pills.
• The chief deacon called Huo Yuhao’s martial soul incomplete, and Huo Yuhao pressed him to explain.

A deacon told Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong about a legendary Body Martial Soul master from the Spirit Hall Empire, while Huo Yuhao questioned what he had been taught about that empire. The next morning, Class 105 chose two teams for the freshman tournament, and Huo Yuhao's team met Zijun's team to introduce themselves.

• The middle-aged deacon recounted how a Perfect Body Martial Soul genius from the Spirit Hall Empire had vanished after a world-shaking battle, then warned himself that he might lose another beloved student if the new disciples included valuable resources.
• Tang Wutong condemned the Spirit Hall Empire for withholding the Spirit Pagoda's resources, while Huo Yuhao silently wondered whether an empire supported by ordinary people could truly be evil.
• Zhou Yi announced that Zi Baba, Xue'er, Na'er, and Nannan would form one Class 105 tournament team, while Huo Yuhao, Tang Wutong, Xiao Xiao, and Caitou would form the other.
• Zijun gathered the two teams at the training field and asked them to introduce themselves; Huo Yuhao gave his name and Soul King level, and He Caitou introduced himself.
• Zijun recognized Caitou's twin martial souls and said their quality was somewhat lacking, shocking Huo Yuhao and the others.

Zijun and the others learned about He Caitou’s food-type martial soul, then Zijun revealed his Sword of Creation and alarmed Tang Wutong. Tang Wutong pulled Huo Yuhao away, warning him that Zijun might be connected to the Spirit Hall Empire, while Huo Yuhao questioned whether that made them enemies.

• Zijun teased He Caitou, then persuaded him to demonstrate his five cigar-themed soul skills, making the group laugh at their chants.
• Zijun summoned the golden Sword of Creation, whose powerful aura shocked Huo Yuhao and the others.
• Tang Wutong suspected Zijun was from the Spirit Hall Empire and hurried out of the training field with Huo Yuhao.
• Zijun told He Caitou and Xiao Xiao to meet them at the academy tournament the next day, then went to the cafeteria with Gu Yuena and the other women.
• Huo Yuhao asked Tang Wutong whether they had to hate Zijun and his companions just because they might belong to the Spirit Hall Empire.

Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong discussed the Spirit Hall Empire and returned to their dorm, while Zijun and his wives went to the cafeteria, where Gu Yuena confronted three Beast Spirit Masters. After Gu Yuena unleashed her overwhelming power, academy leaders rushed to the dining hall.

• Tang Wutong warned Huo Yuhao that Spirit Hall Empire descendants were enemies of the Anluo Empire, and they agreed to keep their distance from them for now.
• Tang Wutong blushed when she and Huo Yuhao met eyes, then shoved him away before they returned to the dormitory joking together.
• Xiao Xiao said goodbye to He Caitou outside the training field, and he waved to her reluctantly as she left.
• Zijun brought Qian Renxue, Nannan, and Gu Yuena to the cafeteria, where the three women chose to eat on the first floor.
• Three Beast Spirit Masters blocked Qian Renxue and Nannan, so Gu Yuena crushed them with her Dragon God bloodline aura and revealed her Million-Year Spirit Rings.
• Gu Yuena threatened the Beast Spirit Masters with her Silver Dragon Spear as Zijun watched, and the academy's leaders hurried toward the dining hall.

Zijun stopped the conflict at the academy, erased the continent’s memories of it, and returned to eat with Gu Yuena, Qian Renxue, and Nannan. The chapter ended with a wheelchair-bound young man visiting a mysterious masked elder in the Mingyue Empire’s imperial palace.

• The elders of several great powers gathered outside the cafeteria, and Little Gray arrived to restore order.
• Zijun privately told Little Gray to kill the three Beast Spirit Master students, then comforted Gu Yuena and left the cafeteria area with the girls.
• Zijun stopped time across the continent and used the Memory Erasure Potion to erase the upheaval from everyone’s memories except those of Little Gray and the three Beast Spirit Masters.
• The three Beast Spirit Masters fled after seeing Gu Yuena, while the elders departed peacefully and the students returned to their meal.
• Zijun and the three girls ate together and shared childhood memories.
• A wheelchair-bound young man arrived at the Mingyue Empire’s imperial palace to meet a mysterious black-robed, half-masked elder.

The Mingyue ruler heard that the Dragon Slaying Plan had failed, while the upper-year freshman grand competition began with Class 105 facing mockery. As the teams prepared to compete, Zijun hinted at secrets about Tang Wutong’s father, and Zhou Yi challenged a rival instructor to a bet.

• An Anluo elder told the Mingyue ruler that the Dragon Slaying Plan had failed and left him a Blood Qi Pill that could improve bloodlines and regrow a severed arm.
• Class 105 entered the competition arena and faced ridicule from students who considered it the academy’s trash class.
• Tang Wutong confronted Zijun about whether he was from the Spirit Hall Empire after he hinted that her father was not what she imagined, but Zijun told her to discover the truth herself.
• Zhou Yi watched Zijun and the other students, suspecting his sealed records meant he had an extraordinary background or talent.
• A qipao-clad instructor mocked Zhou Yi for teaching Class 105, and Zhou Yi challenged her to a bet before the rival questioned how she could wager without her family’s support.

Zijun’s team faced Class 109 in the freshman competition as Zhou Yi wagered a Spirit Bone and then received a Soul Tool offer from a white-haired man. The match began with Class 5’s four Spirit Emperors, and Gu Yuena stepped forward to challenge Wu Feng.

• Zhou Yi proposed betting a Spirit Bone against the woman in the qipao, and a white-haired man offered to craft her a close-combat Soul Tool if Zhou Yi lost.
• Class 105’s team of Zi Baba, Xue'er, Na'er, and Nannan appeared before the gathered academy leaders, while Elder An Xiao recognized a familiarity in three of them.
• Elder Xu Tianyuan identified Zi Baba as the Spirit Emperor genius, and An Xiao said the other students seemed familiar to him.
• Three Beast Spirit Masters from Class 101 recalled the calamity that had destroyed their clans and feared Gu Yuena, while Man Nan rejected the idea of seeking revenge.
• The host announced that Class 5 had four Spirit Emperors and started the match against Class 109.
• Wu Feng teased Zijun’s team, and Gu Yuena stepped forward to warn her before Wu Feng threatened to hit her.

Gu Yuena defeated Class Nine by freezing its members and their Soul Power, making Class Five's victory unquestionable. Her display drew the attention of academy figures and powerful factions, while Tang San ordered an investigation into Zijun and the others before leaving to pursue his plans for the True God Realm.

• Man Li activated his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Gu Yuena with his seventh soul skill, but Gu Yuena froze his flames, the arena, and the Soul Power of him and the other Class Nine fighters.
• Mu En confirmed that Class Five had won fairly, explaining that Gu Yuena's attack could freeze Soul Power, while Man Li and the others recovered from the ice in fear.
• The academy's students and elders took notice of Gu Yuena and the other three, and the Mingyue Monarch ordered his forces to recruit them or avoid offending them.
• Tang San recognized Zijun's resemblance to a person from his past and wanted to kill him, but the gray-robed man urged him to investigate and attempt recruitment first.
• Tang San burned the photos, said he would soon break through to the True God Realm and control the God Stone, then left through a spatial passageway as the gray-robed man entered a secret chamber.

Feather Douluo reported signs that the Mu and Nangong clans were secretly aiding the Mingyue and Anluo Empires, while Bibi Dong ordered further investigation. At the academy, Zijun questioned Beibei about the Anluo Empire’s secret art, then began probing the grounds as Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena waited cautiously.

• Feather Douluo told Bibi Dong that Mu Nan and Nangong Fu had traveled to the Anluo and Mingyue Empires, raising suspicions that their clans had defected.
• Bibi Dong broke her throne’s armrest in anger, then told Feather Douluo to investigate carefully before taking action.
• Zijun asked Beibei about his ties to the Anluo Empire and its secret art, which Beibei despised for its capacity to corrupt and divide people.
• Zijun left the dormitory and used his spiritual telekinesis to survey the academy and its surroundings.
• Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena sensed Zijun’s spiritual power and agreed to follow his warning not to act rashly.

Zijun uncovered Little Gray’s secret dealings and went to Sea God Island to question the Sea God about the force behind the Evil Soul Masters. The Sea God described a powerful will that had warned him not to interfere, and asked Zijun where he had been for the past ten thousand years.

• Little Gray warned a black-robed man not to expose their plan because Zijun had returned as the Zijun of ten thousand years ago.
• After the man left, Little Gray looked at a family album featuring Nangong Wan and their daughter, while Zijun overheard their conversation.
• Zijun traveled to Sea God Island and released his Asura God aura, triggering the Sea God inheritance and prompting the Sea God to greet him.
• Zijun asked the Sea God about the Evil Soul Masters, and the Sea God recounted losing a battle to a powerful will that invited him to join and warned him not to interfere.
• The Sea God said the will had never gone to the God Realm, then asked Zijun where he had been for the past ten thousand years.

Zijun told the Sea God about other worlds and gave him a Golden Waist Token that could conceal him from the Universal Will. Back at the academy, Zijun learned that Tang San was moving a cleansed pawn while the women struggled with the discovery that Little Gray was an insider.

• Zijun told the Sea God about his journey to Perfect World and his encounter with a mysterious, powerful figure.
• Zijun gave the Sea God a Golden Waist Token so he could leave Douluo World without restraint, then returned to the mainland and stayed overnight at a hotel.
• Mu Nan and Nangong Fu discussed their failed attempt to obtain the Spirit Pagoda's core technology as Zijun followed their carriage.
• Tang San learned that Zi Baba was Zijun, burned the intelligence report, and placed a chess piece after Grandmaster told him a pawn had been cleansed.
• Zijun returned to the academy and told Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena what had happened; they worried that other Consecrated Elders might also be insiders.

Zijun forfeited the Freshman Grand Competition final, letting Huo Yuhao's group win, but the academy's core disciple announcements revealed that both the Anluo Empire and the Spirit Hall Empire were competing to recruit him. The chapter ended with Zijun's true allegiance unclear as Huo Yuhao asked where he was really from.

• Zijun forfeited the final against Huo Yuhao's group, allowing them to claim the championship, four Spirit Bones, and core disciple spots.
• Zijun joked with Huo Yuhao about joining the Spirit Inner Court as the elders announced their core disciple lists.
• Elder An Xiao named Zijun for the Anluo Inner Court, shocking Huo Yuhao, Tang Wutong, Little Gray, and the other students.
• Students from the Spirit Hall Empire cursed Zijun as an Anluo loyalist, while Anluo students celebrated him as their own.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo also named Zijun for the Spirit Hall Empire's core disciples, prompting Huo Yuhao to ask where Zijun was really from.

After joining the Spirit Inner Court, Zijun’s group became the center of attention while Little Gray clashed with Tang Xiao over the Anluo Empire’s threats. Little Gray’s coercion and hidden grief came to light, and Zijun told Bibi Dong that Little Gray was a mole, prompting her to understand how the Anluo Empire had anticipated their moves.

• Zijun and the other three joined the Spirit Inner Court, while Huo Yuhao’s group went their separate way.
• Qian Duoduo regretted missing the chance to recruit the five gifted students, but Yu Fan reminded him that they could still study Soul Engineering.
• Little Gray confronted Tang Xiao for provoking Zijun and warned him against threatening his family, while Tang Xiao insisted that the Cult Master could defeat the gods.
• After Tang Xiao left, Little Gray struggled with the Anluo Empire’s hold over his wife and daughter and grieved that he could not reveal the truth to Bibi Dong.
• Zijun told Bibi Dong that Little Gray was one of the moles and suggested the Anluo Empire was using leverage against him, and Bibi Dong realized this explained the empire’s foreknowledge.

Zijun uncovered the identities of Anluo Empire insiders and rescued Nangong Wan and Xiao Ao from a palace prison. When Feather Douluo told Little Gray they were safe, Little Gray suspected a hidden shapeshifter was listening, leaving Feather Douluo on guard.

• Bibi Dong gave Zijun a list of Anluo Empire officials and Spirit Pagoda technicians who had betrayed them, and Zijun said rescuing Nangong Wan and her daughter would let them expose everything.
• Zijun searched Anluo Empire with his spiritual will, found Nangong Wan and Xiao Ao imprisoned beneath the palace, and brought them through a spatial passage to Spirit Hall.
• Nangong Wan panicked at being transported to Spirit Hall and clutched Xiao Ao beneath a pillar while Zijun offered no explanation.
• Feather Douluo told Little Gray that Zijun had rescued Nangong Wan and Xiao Ao, but Little Gray questioned how he could know and suspected a concealed monster or shapeshifter.
• Feather Douluo grew wary and reached toward his back as Little Gray warned that ghosts loved to hear certain things.

Zijun reunited with Little Gray’s family’s allies and met Xiao Ao while Bibi Dong questioned Nangong Wan about the Nangong Clan. After Nangong Wan and Xiao Ao vanished from the Anluo Empire, Tang San concluded Zijun had breached his Spatial Array and ordered the branches to prepare for his last resort.

• Little Gray refused Feather Douluo’s appeal to trust Spirit Hall’s upper ranks, saying he trusted only Zijun.
• Bibi Dong questioned Nangong Wan about whether the Nangong Clan had defected, while Zijun befriended Xiao Ao and promised she would soon see her father.
• Feather Douluo told Zijun that Little Gray did not believe him and needed Zijun to appear in person; Bibi Dong then invited Nangong Wan and Xiao Ao to stay in her palace.
• After learning Nangong Wan and Xiao Ao had disappeared, Tang San smashed objects in rage and blamed Zijun for getting through the Spatial Array.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested Zijun might possess strength beyond a God King, and Tang San ordered every branch to prepare for his remaining plan.

Zijun reunited Little Gray with Nangong Wan and Xiao Ao, then learned that the Anluo Church’s hidden branch halls formed an incomplete Nether Blood Sea Formation. He set out to destroy them, while his return was sensed by his parents in the God Realm and companions in the Extreme North.

• Zijun sent Little Gray through a spatial passage, reuniting him with Nangong Wan and Xiao Ao in Spirit Hall’s courtyard.
• Little Gray told Zijun and Bibi Dong that the Anluo Empire had forced him to gather intelligence and that hidden Anluo Church branch halls were spread across the continent.
• Zijun mapped the branch halls and recognized their locations as an incomplete Nether Blood Sea Formation, with Soul City as its likely core and the Tang Sect as another participant.
• Zijun released his spirit rings and ordered the branch halls destroyed to protect civilians.
• The God of Destruction and Goddess of Life sensed Zijun’s aura and hurried toward the Central Conference Room.
• The Ice Empress and the others sensed Zijun’s return in the Extreme North, and Tian Meng ran through the snow in excitement.

Zijun unleashed a continent-wide purification array that exposed the hidden Evil Soul Masters, revealing traitors among Spirit Hall’s elders and triggering attacks across the academies. As Zijun sent the Three Great Artifact Spirits toward the Anluo Empire, Huo Yuhao discovered the evil blood within himself and demanded to know why he had been deceived.

• Zijun cast a golden purification array over the continent, forcing the evil aura inside Evil Soul Masters to reveal itself.
• Tang San tried to block the golden rain in the Anluo Empire, but Dai Mubai, Flender, and other leaders were exposed as Evil Soul Masters.
• Bibi Dong and the Spirit Hall elders discovered that Golden Crocodile Douluo, Xiongshi, and Azure Luan were monsters, then fought them amid the ruined hall.
• Tens of thousands of Evil Soul Master students attacked their classmates, while the Beast Spirit Clan and Mingyue Empire learned the truth about the Anluo Empire.
• Zijun summoned King Easton, Eternal Angel, and Holy Dragon from the Throne of Creation and ordered them to kill the Anluo Empire’s high-ranking Evil Soul Masters.
• Huo Yuhao saw the evil aura around himself and demanded to know why others had lied to him.

Tang San refined the golden raindrop, sent Xiao Wu and Yu Xiaogang away, and fused the final mysterious gem, gaining an aura beyond the Supreme God King. As he faced the artifact spirits, Zijun departed to confront him, and an unexpected golden sword struck Tang San’s palace before Tang San summoned a powerful spear.

• Tang Wutong broke down after learning the truth, and Huo Yuhao comforted her and promised to stay by her side.
• Tang San refined the golden raindrop, ordered Yu Xiaogang to take the unconscious Xiao Wu to safety, and gave him a glowing white cube for Xiao Wu’s child.
• Tang San failed to suppress the baleful energy in Dai Mubai and the others, then fused the final mysterious gem and released an aura surpassing the Supreme God King.
• Zijun told Qian Renxue, Gu Yuena, and Nannan to return to Spirit Hall, then left Soul City on the Throne of Creation.
• Tang San attacked King Easton, the Eternal Angel, and the Holy Dragon with strange flying blades, while the three struggled to defend themselves.
• A golden longsword shattered the blood-red spatial passages and struck Tang San’s palace, prompting Tang San to summon a gold-and-blue spear with an aura on par with the Throne of Creation.

Zijun defeated and killed Tang San in a decisive battle, then took the fragment of the Godhead of Creation from his body. As unease about the force manipulating events grew, the three artifact spirits swore to follow Zijun forever.

• Zijun summoned thousands of Swords of Creation and fought Tang San, whose blood-red manifestation was driven back and pierced by the blades.
• Zijun sensed a fragment of the Godhead of Creation within Tang San and recognized it as the source of his unfinished formation.
• Tang San began the Nightmare Demon Formation, but Zijun pierced him with Creation! Samsara Crossing before it could take shape.
• Tang San fell, and Zijun drew the Godhead of Creation from his body while wondering who was manipulating events.
• King Easton congratulated Zijun, and the three artifact spirits pledged to follow him for all eternity.

Zijun helped purge the Evil Soul Masters, restored Little Gray, and returned with the three women to the God Realm. Yu Xiaogang escaped with Xiao Wu, while Tang Wutong grieved for her family and Huo Yuhao promised to protect her; the chapter ended with the God Kings welcoming Zijun home.

• Zijun flew toward the Spirit Hall Empire after hearing the artifact spirits' answers, while Yu Xiaogang carried Xiao Wu into a town in the Mingyue Empire and rented a room.
• After the Anluo Sect Leader's defeat, the Evil Soul Masters were hunted across the continent, and Tang Wutong cried in confinement as Huo Yuhao comforted her and promised to protect her.
• Xu Tianran destroyed a blood-red pill and read History of Douluo, while Tang San's corpse was found to be missing except for his head and scattered remains.
• Three bizarre creatures imprisoned in Spirit Hall Square declared their master would rule the heavens, then detonated themselves; Zijun blocked their corrosive blood with a Spatial Barrier.
• Zijun restored Little Gray's divine ring and flew with the three women to the God Realm, where the Five Great God Kings restarted the sensing passage.
• Zijun reunited with the God Kings, and the Goddess of Life and God of Destruction wept at his return.