Chapter Summaries

Su Ming arrived at Jialing Pass and prepared Spirit Hall’s forces for a night attack against the allied Heaven Dou and Star Luo armies. With no sign of the Clear Sky Sect, he joined Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong on the city wall, where he said he would lead the coming battle and test his strength.

• Su Ming brought Bibi Dong and the others from Spirit City to Jialing Pass, where a Titled Douluo reported that the enemy had gathered eight hundred thousand troops against Spirit Hall’s twelve thousand Soul Masters.
• Lou Gao explained how the Forging Hall had equipped the legions and presented Su Ming with Milk Bottle Soul Tools that could restore Soul Power.
• Su Ming assigned Bai He and Min Hall to watch the enemy, then waited for nightfall while hoping the Clear Sky Sect would appear.
• When night came without any sign of the Clear Sky Sect, Su Ming decided to attack and went to the city wall to meet Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong.
• Ning Fengzhi and the others told Su Ming about their improved cultivation, and Su Ming asked them to hold the line while he led the battle and advanced his God Trial.

Su Ming led the Spirit Hall Empire’s legions into the decisive battle while Qian Renxue prepared to defend Jialing Pass and awaited the Clear Sky Sect. Su Ming healed thousands with his Life Domain, then exposed the Clear Sky Sect’s sect master and elders hiding near the battlefield.

• Su Ming rallied the eight legions of the Spirit Hall Empire and set out on his Wood Dragon.
• Qian Renxue learned that the Spirit Hall Empire had advanced, questioned Dai Weisi about the missing Clear Sky Sect, and ordered her million-strong army to defend Jialing Pass.
• Su Ming observed the Two Great Empires trying to wear down his forces and used his Life Domain to heal more than ten thousand people.
• Su Ming realized that the third trial of Life had not yet been completed and suspected its reward would be settled after the war.
• Su Ming detected the Clear Sky Sect’s sect master and several elders hiding nearby and called them out.

Tang Xiao and the five elders of the Clear Sky Sect attacked Su Ming with a combined Ring Explosion assault, while Spirit Hall's leaders watched from the city wall. Su Ming summoned a hundred-meter Giant Wood Golem, caught their giant hammers, and hurled them toward the armies of the Two Great Empires.

• Tang Xiao and the five elders surrounded Su Ming and formed a combined attack with their Martial Soul True Bodies and Ring Explosions.
• Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and the Enshrined watched from the city wall as Radiant Plume Douluo offered to help Su Ming, but Golden Crocodile Douluo told him to trust Su Ming.
• Tang Yuehua told Qian Renxue that the Clear Sky Sect had mobilized its entire force, while Qian Renxue calmly welcomed their support.
• The five elders struck with Hammer Shakes Heaven and Earth as Tang Xiao launched his Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Su Ming summoned a hundred-meter Giant Wood Golem, teleported nearby Spirit Hall Soul Masters to safety, caught both hammers, and flung them toward the two empires' armies.

Su Ming overwhelmed the allied armies and the Clear Sky Sect with his Sage Art: True Thousand-Hand, then used Enveloping Buddha to annihilate the forces beneath the city walls. He left Qian Renxue’s apparent death staged and turned his attention to Prince Xue Xing.

• Tang Xiao and the five great elders’ Clear Sky Hammer attack shattered the allied forces’ formation, killing many disciples and soldiers.
• Su Ming ordered Spirit Hall’s forces to withdraw, then activated his Sage Body and summoned the six-hundred-meter True Thousand-Hand Buddha.
• Su Ming used Gravity Mud, Gravity Domain, and Slow Domain to immobilize the armies and Clear Sky Sect members before binding the Clear Sky Hammers with a Wood Dragon.
• Su Ming unleashed Enveloping Buddha, killing the Clear Sky Sect forces and other hostile troops, and used Divine Might to tear Tang Yuehua apart.
• Su Ming sent Qian Renxue into the Divine Might Space and left behind bloodstained clothing to make her apparent death convincing.
• Su Ming noticed Prince Xue Xing and decided to kill him as well.

After defeating the allied forces, Su Ming secured their surrender and completed the third trial of Life. Da Ming’s cultivation reached the threshold for his two-hundred-thousand-year lightning tribulation, which began as Su Ming prepared him to face it.

• Prince Xue Xing tried to surrender, but Su Ming killed him before he could finish speaking.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun surrendered to Su Ming, who spared them because of Zhu Qing.
• Su Ming announced that the Heaven Dou and Star Luo forces could live if they laid down their weapons and submitted to the Spirit Hall Empire.
• The Goddess of Life rewarded Su Ming for exceeding the third trial’s requirements, increasing his Life Affinity, Soul Power, and Soul Spirit cultivation.
• Da Ming sensed his two-hundred-thousand-year lightning tribulation approaching, and Su Ming gave him essence blood to strengthen his Green Dragon bloodline.
• Dark clouds gathered for Da Ming’s tribulation while Su Ming ordered the soldiers to retreat; Qian Renxue asked to be released from the Divine Might Space.

Qian Renxue began imagining a romantic future with Su Ming while waiting inside his Divine Might Space, and Su Ming helped Da Ming survive his two-hundred-thousand-year lightning tribulation. After Da Ming’s bloodline evolved, Su Ming received a trial requiring him to deepen his relationship with Qian Renxue by embracing and kissing her for the length of one incense stick.

• Qian Renxue questioned her feelings for Su Ming and decided she might ask her grandfather and Bibi Dong for their opinions about pursuing him.
• Su Ming helped clear the battlefield as dark clouds gathered for Da Ming’s lightning tribulation.
• Da Ming transformed into his Sky Azure Bull Python form and endured the first bolt to temper his essence blood.
• Su Ming enhanced Da Ming and urged him not to waste the tribulation by attacking the lightning.
• Da Ming safely passed the tribulation with Su Ming’s help, and his Green Dragon bloodline grew denser.
• The Goddess of Life gave Su Ming his fourth trial, requiring him to embrace and kiss Qian Renxue for the time it took one incense stick to burn.

The Asura God watched Tang San advance through the City of Slaughter and planned to manipulate events so Tang San could inherit both the Sea God and Asura God powers. He decided to recruit Tang Chen, the Food God, and the Nine-Colored Goddess, while Su Ming’s trials continued to outpace Tang San’s.

• The Goddess of Life defended her trial requiring Su Ming to kiss Qian Renxue, while the God of Destruction and Sea God questioned her choice.
• The Sea God resented the Goddess of Life’s response and hoped the Asura God would intervene for Tang San.
• The Asura God watched Tang San fight the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent on Hell Road and considered easing Tang San’s path after seeing Su Ming progress faster.
• The Asura God decided Tang Chen had to survive and serve as Tang San’s helper in pursuing dual godhood.
• The Asura God planned to give Tang Chen an Asura’s Legacy and left to enlist the Food God and the Nine-Colored Goddess.

The Asura God forced the Food God and Nine-Colored Goddess to restore Tang Chen, who had failed his God Trial after being parasitized by a Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat. Tang Chen learned that the Clear Sky Sect had been wiped out and was made the new Slaughter God, with orders to assist Tang San.

• The Asura God threatened the Food God and Nine-Colored Goddess into helping restore a demigod’s vitality so he could inherit the vacant Slaughter God throne.
• The Food God and Nine-Colored Goddess healed Tang Chen after the Asura God destroyed the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat that had parasitized him.
• The Asura God told Tang Chen that decades had passed and his God Trial had failed, but offered him the Slaughter God inheritance instead of death.
• Tang Chen asked about his great-grandson and the Clear Sky Sect, and the Asura God revealed that Spirit Hall had wiped out the sect apart from Tang San.
• The Asura God placed the Slaughter God’s remaining inheritance into Tang Chen and ordered him to assist Tang San.

Tang San emerged from Hell Road and reunited with his great-grandfather, Tang Chen, who learned that the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao had died. After Tang Chen suggested that the God Realm might be able to resurrect the dead, Tang San received the rewards for his first Asura God trial, absorbed a sixth Soul Ring, and began the second trial.

• Tang Chen met Tang San after Hell Road reopened and revealed that he was Tang San’s great-grandfather.
• Tang San told Tang Chen that Spirit Hall had established an empire and that Tang Hao died protecting him; Tang Chen vowed vengeance on Spirit Hall and Su Ming.
• Tang Chen suggested that gods might be able to resurrect Tang Hao and the others, giving Tang San hope.
• Asura God rewarded Tang San for completing the first trial, raising his Soul Power and Soul Ring ages and granting him a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Tang San absorbed a fifty-thousand-year sixth Soul Ring, reached Level Seventy, and received the second trial: eliminating all evil Soul Masters in the City of Slaughter.

Tang Chen received the seventh God of Slaughter Trial, while Su Ming returned to Spirit Hall after Spirit Hall’s victory at Jialing Pass. There, Qian Daoliu revealed that he hoped Su Ming and Qian Renxue would become a couple, and Qian Renxue admitted she did not mind his other relationships.

• Tang Chen learned that his seventh God of Slaughter Trial was to draw the Sword of Slaughter, then urged Tang San to begin his second trial.
• After helping Da Ming survive his lightning tribulation, Su Ming returned to Jialing Pass and asked Bibi Dong to collect Soul Bones from the fallen Clear Sky Sect members.
• Su Ming released Qian Renxue from his Divine Might Space, and Qian Daoliu noticed her flushed face and suspected she had feelings for Su Ming.
• Bibi Dong stayed behind to handle the aftermath while Su Ming brought Qian Renxue, Qian Daoliu, and the others back to Spirit Hall.
• Su Ming received the one-use time-travel artifact Plow and later went to the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu asked what he thought of Qian Renxue.
• When Su Ming questioned whether Qian Renxue would accept his other women, she declared that she did not mind.

Su Ming acknowledged his relationship with Qian Renxue and gave Qian Daoliu a Death Substitute Puppet to take his place in the Angel Ninth Trial. He planned to test a new way to contact Qian Daoliu before the trial began.

• Su Ming took Qian Renxue’s hand, making clear to Qian Daoliu and the enshrined that he accepted her feelings.
• Su Ming gave Qian Daoliu a Death Substitute Puppet and explained that it could undergo the Angel Ninth Trial in his place.
• Qian Daoliu admitted that he had to sacrifice himself for Qian Renxue to inherit the Angel God Position.
• Su Ming warned that the Sea God might interfere with the trial and said Bibi Dong should be present when it began.
• Su Ming considered marking a Wood Golem with a spatial signal so he could sense when Qian Daoliu was ready to begin the trial.

After leaving the Worship Hall, Su Ming and Qian Renxue discussed their trials and Su Ming revealed the intimate requirement of his Fourth Trial. Qian Renxue chose to fulfill it with him, and they vanished together, while the enshrined accepted that Su Ming was now bound to Spirit Hall.

• Su Ming asked Qian Renxue when she had fallen for him, and she told him to call her Sister Xue, though he preferred Xiao Xue.
• Qian Renxue said her Fifth Trial required her to withstand the six enshrined for the time it took an incense stick to burn, and she wanted to succeed without their holding back.
• Su Ming told Qian Renxue that Life's Fourth Trial required them to be intimate, and she insisted they begin at once rather than spend half a year on it.
• Su Ming and Qian Renxue kissed, and when she said she still wanted more, he picked her up and carried her away.
• Qian Daoliu and the other enshrined watched them leave and agreed that Su Ming was now tied to Spirit Hall.

Su Ming and Qian Renxue became intimate in his room, but his Soul Tool grew increasingly unruly. Qian Renxue tried to suppress it in the bathtub, and Su Ming pushed her down as it reached the limit of eruption.

• Qian Renxue told Su Ming to take her, and he drew the curtains before they undressed.
• Su Ming felt violent energy from his Soul Tool and led Qian Renxue into the bathtub to wash together.
• Qian Renxue pushed Su Ming against the tub and tried to calm the unruly Soul Tool with an oral technique.
• Qian Renxue added her two treasures to the attempt, but Su Ming's Soul Tool reached its limit.
• Su Ming called out to Xue'er and pressed both hands onto Qian Renxue's head, pushing down hard.

Su Ming and Qian Renxue became intimate as she helped him release the energy of his Soul Tool. Afterward, Qian Renxue shyly accused him of lying about what would happen.

• Su Ming cleaned Qian Renxue after his Soul Tool released its energy.
• Qian Renxue asked why Su Ming's Soul Tool had recovered so quickly, and he reminded her of his Martial Soul's ability.
• Qian Renxue led Su Ming from the bathroom and offered to help him release the energy again.
• Su Ming and Qian Renxue continued until their energy erupted at the same moment.
• Qian Renxue blushed and accused Su Ming of lying, then begged him not to describe what she had felt.

After completing Life’s Fourth Trial, Su Ming learned that his next task involved Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa inheritance and clearing the remaining Sea God power in Spirit Hall. Qian Renxue’s reward evolved her Angel Martial Soul, while Bibi Dong completed the first part of Rakshasa’s Eighth Trial and faced a demand to return to the past.

• Su Ming and Qian Renxue woke at noon, and Su Ming received the rewards for exceeding Life’s Fourth Trial, including a Soul Power increase to Level Eighty-seven.
• Da Ming, Er Ming, and Ah Yin felt their cultivation rise as they traveled back to Spirit Hall with Bibi Dong and the others.
• The Goddess of Life assigned Su Ming the Fifth Trial: assist Bibi Dong with Rakshasa’s Eighth Trial and clear the remaining Sea God divine power in Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue received a reward evolving her Six-Winged Angel into a Twelve-Winged Angel with Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire, though the changes required further trials and conditions.
• Bibi Dong reached fifty percent control of the Rakshasa evil thought and completed the first part of Rakshasa’s Eighth Trial.
• Bibi Dong learned that the next part required her to return to the past, prevent the Secret Chamber incident, and reconcile with Qian Xunji, leaving her worried that Qian Renxue might disappear.

Bibi Dong returned to Spirit Hall after learning that Rakshasa’s Eighth Trial required her to erase Qian Renxue’s existence by reviving Qian Xunji. Su Ming proposed that Qian Renxue might be the Angel God’s reincarnation, but Qian Daoliu warned that the theory was a risky gamble.

• Bibi Dong learned that her Eighth Trial required her to return to the past and revive Qian Xunji, which could erase Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong met with Su Ming, Qian Renxue, and Qian Daoliu to discuss the trial’s consequences.
• Su Ming revealed that his Life’s Fifth Trial required him to help Bibi Dong complete her trial and remove Sea God divine power hidden in Spirit Hall.
• Su Ming argued that Sea God influence might have driven Qian Xunji to assault Bibi Dong and keep her away from Yu Xiaogang.
• Su Ming suggested that Qian Renxue was the Angel God reincarnated and could still be born if Qian Xunji had a child with someone else.
• Qian Renxue manifested her Angel Martial Soul, and Qian Daoliu questioned the danger of acting on Su Ming’s unproven theory.

Su Ming stopped the Rakshasa God from sacrificing her remnant soul to send him and Bibi Dong into the past, promising instead to use another method that would let them travel with their bodies and powers intact. The Rakshasa God agreed to become his subordinate if he could resurrect her, and Su Ming revealed the item that could make their journey possible.

• Su Ming argued that Qian Renxue was destined to inherit the Angel God’s position, and Qian Daoliu agreed to let Bibi Dong continue Rakshasa’s Eighth Trial.
• Bibi Dong and Su Ming entered the Rakshasa Secret Realm, where the Rakshasa God began burning her remnant soul to send them back in time.
• Su Ming stopped the Rakshasa God when he learned her method would send them back as powerless spiritual bodies.
• Su Ming asked whether the Rakshasa God wanted to be resurrected, and she promised to become his subordinate if he could do so.
• Su Ming took out the system item that would let him and Bibi Dong travel physically into the past with their current strength.

Su Ming and Bibi Dong traveled back to the Secret Chamber incident, where they exposed the Sea God’s control over Qian Xunji and changed Bibi Dong’s past. They returned to the present with Bibi Dong restored and stronger, while Qian Daoliu prepared to counter the Sea God’s future plans.

• Su Ming and Bibi Dong traveled fifteen minutes into the past and recruited Evelyn to bear Qian Xunji’s child and give birth to Qian Renxue.
• Su Ming and Bibi Dong watched Qian Xunji attack the young Bibi Dong, then swapped Evelyn into the Secret Chamber and pulled the young Bibi Dong into Divine Might Space.
• Bibi Dong and Su Ming revealed the Sea God phantom inside Qian Xunji and destroyed it, changing Bibi Dong’s past so she remained untouched.
• Su Ming warned Qian Daoliu about the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and gave him talismans, training techniques, and God-Bestowed Soul Rings before he and Bibi Dong returned to the present.
• Bibi Dong regained her memories, thirteen red Soul Rings, and her complete set of Soul Bones, leaving her stronger than Qian Daoliu.

After returning from the past, Bibi Dong and Su Ming emerged from the Rakshasa Secret Realm to reunite with Qian Xunji, Evelyn, and Qian Renxue. Qian Renxue accepted Evelyn as her mother and revealed her greatly increased strength and evolved Martial Soul.

• The Rakshasa God rewarded Bibi Dong for exceeding Rakshasa's Eighth Trial by granting her the Rakshasa Demon Scythe and increasing the ages of her first five Soul Rings.
• Su Ming and Bibi Dong left the Rakshasa Secret Realm and reunited with Qian Renxue, Qian Daoliu, Qian Xunji, and Evelyn.
• Qian Xunji apologized to Bibi Dong, and Bibi Dong thanked Evelyn for what she had done in the past.
• Qian Renxue embraced Qian Xunji and Evelyn, called Evelyn her mother, and reassured her that she would always be her mother.
• Su Ming greeted Qian Xunji as his father-in-law, and Qian Xunji accepted him as his son-in-law.
• Qian Renxue told Su Ming that she had reached Rank 98, gained nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, evolved her Martial Soul into the Twelve-winged Seraph, and passed the first six Angel God trials.

Su Ming traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Bo to retrieve Soul Bones from the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings and complete his Life God Trial. After absorbing two million-year Soul Bones, Su Ming’s Spiritual Power reached godhood and his Eternal Mangekyo evolved into the Rinnegan; he then prepared to absorb more Soul Bones and a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.

• The Goddess of Life announced that Su Ming had completed his Fifth Trial, and Ah Yin and Er Ming arrived to undergo their lightning tribulations.
• Su Ming learned that his Sixth Trial required him to gather all his Soul Bones and reach Titled Douluo, then left Spirit City for Sunset Forest with Dugu Bo.
• Su Ming descended into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, bowed to the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, and obtained their million-year torso and skull bones.
• Dugu Bo absorbed the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, then began refining pills while guarding Su Ming.
• Su Ming absorbed both Dragon King Soul Bones, reached the Soul Power limit of level ninety, and awakened the Rinnegan after his Spiritual Power entered godhood.
• Su Ming transformed a Custom Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone into a suitable left leg bone and prepared to absorb a system-rewarded God-Bestowed Soul Ring.