Chapter Summaries

Wang Chuan exposed the Tang Sect’s treason, took over the former Shrek Academy site for his new Spirit Academy, and prepared to confront the War God Temple. He reached the temple’s headquarters on West Mountain, where Chen Xinjie and the War Gods waited in silence.

• Wang Chuan published evidence of the Tang Sect’s crimes, turning public opinion against it and ending its legacy.
• Wang Chuan reassigned the former Shrek Academy site to the Spirit Pagoda and explained that Spirit Academy would judge students by character and values.
• Wang Chuan and Phoenix Wang Chuan discussed the War God Temple’s return to West Mountain and dismissed its chances against him.
• Wang Chuan arrived at West Mountain, overwhelming the detection systems as the Central Legion’s sentries raised the alarm.
• Chen Xinjie and the War Gods watched Wang Chuan approach the headquarters, but Chen Xinjie did not answer when they asked what to do.

Wang Chuan entered the War God Temple through the Gate of Hell and confronted Vice Hall Master Guan Yue and the War Gods. He demanded that Chen Xinjie answer for the two Level 12 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonballs, then offered to spare the temple if its members survived their detonation.

• Wang Chuan climbed West Mountain and opened the Gate of Hell with a breath of wind.
• Wang Chuan descended through the Eighteen Levels of Hell and arrived in a hall before Guan Yue and more than a dozen War Gods.
• Wang Chuan challenged the War God Temple’s altered rules and demanded that Chen Xinjie appear to discuss the two Level 12 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonballs.
• Guan Yue asked Wang Chuan to make peace, saying his subordinates had failed to recognize their place and that no one had been harmed.
• Wang Chuan revealed the two Level 12 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonballs and said he would detonate them, sparing anyone who survived.

Wang Chuan demanded that the War God Temple submit to him or face destruction, and defeated Guan Yue and suppressed the other War Gods when they refused. He accepted Chen Xinjie's invitation to enter the temple’s forbidden Eighteen Levels of Hell, where the deepest level was said to be able to seal even a Peak Quasi-God.

• Wang Chuan threatened to destroy the War God Temple unless it acknowledged him as its master, and Guan Yue realized that one of Wang Chuan’s people had destroyed Shrek.
• Guan Yue refused to submit and attacked Wang Chuan with the Surpassing Heaven Divine Spear, but Wang Chuan stopped the spear with one finger.
• Wang Chuan seized the spear, wounded Guan Yue with a single punch, and suppressed the other War Gods with Chaos Light.
• Wang Chuan called for Chen Xinjie, who invited him to talk in the depths of the War God Temple.
• Wang Chuan accepted the invitation, knowing that the temple’s Eighteen Levels of Hell—and especially its eighteenth level—could be used to seal a powerful enemy.

Wang Chuan reached the eighteenth layer of hell and confronted Chen Xinjie, who asked who had killed Long Yeyue. Wang Chuan condemned Chen Xinjie for claiming to love her while both had married other people, leaving Chen Xinjie unable to refute him.

• Wang Chuan broke through the first seventeen layers of hell and arrived at the eighteenth layer, where Chen Xinjie awaited him.
• Chen Xinjie respectfully greeted Wang Chuan and asked who had killed Long Yeyue after overhearing his conversation with Guan Yue.
• Wang Chuan criticized Chen Xinjie for bringing up Long Yeyue while the War God Temple faced danger.
• Wang Chuan challenged Chen Xinjie's claim that Long Yeyue had been his lover, pointing out that she had married Elder Bei and Chen Xinjie had married another woman and raised children.
• Chen Xinjie recalled choosing his future over Long Yeyue because their factions were enemies, and he could not refute Wang Chuan's accusations.

Wang Chuan condemned Chen Xinjie for disguising his choices and selfishness as fate, then sealed his powers and erased him with Chaos Light. Chen Xinjie vanished, leaving behind a sapphire-blue helmet.

• Wang Chuan confronted Chen Xinjie about choosing power and status over Long Yeyue, while neglecting his wife and benefiting from their marriage.
• Chen Xinjie stopped arguing and asked whether Long Yeyue was still alive, but Wang Chuan refused to answer.
• Wang Chuan sealed Chen Xinjie's cultivation with Chaos Power, reducing the Peak Quasi-God to a mortal.
• Wang Chuan declared Chen Xinjie unworthy and erased him with Chaos Light.
• A sapphire-blue helmet appeared where Chen Xinjie had vanished.

Wang Chuan destroyed an imitation Sea God Helmet and absorbed its power, raising his Soul Power to Rank 95 and reaching the strength of a Level Two God. He broke out of the Eighteen Levels of Hell and appeared before the stunned War God Temple, while Guan Yue realized Chen Xinjie had been erased without a chance to fight.

• Wang Chuan seized the imitation Sea God Helmet with Creation Law chains and crushed it.
• Wang Chuan absorbed the helmet’s power, raising his Soul Power to Rank 95 and his combat strength to Level Two God level.
• Guan Yue and the war gods sealed the Eighteen Levels of Hell and believed Wang Chuan was trapped inside.
• Guan Yue grew uneasy as he realized they had not seen Chen Xinjie attack Wang Chuan.
• Wang Chuan blasted open the Eighteen Levels of Hell and stepped into the hall.
• Guan Yue and the war gods froze in terror as Wang Chuan stood before them.

Wang Chuan rejected the War Gods’ surrender, destroyed them, and took complete control of the War God Temple, adding it to his growing power across the Federation. At the Lake of Life, Gu Yue reflected on the Dragon God’s inexplicable return and accepted his authority, leaving her and Di Tian to follow his commands.

• Guan Yue and the War Gods knelt and offered the War God Temple to Wang Chuan, but he refused to accept them and destroyed them with Chaos Light.
• Wang Chuan emerged from the War God Temple as the Central Legion soldiers and its remaining members knelt before him.
• Wang Chuan purged the War God Temple’s former personnel, and the Federation feared his expanding control over its major powers.
• Gu Yue recalled meeting the returned Dragon God beside the Lake of Life and accepted that he had somehow returned without changing her or Tang Wulin.
• Gu Yue relinquished her position as Master of Soul Beasts and began following the Dragon God’s commands alongside Di Tian.

Gu Yue longed for Douluo Wang Chuan while Dragon God Wang Chuan chose to wait rather than act against his enemies. Tang Hao decided to tolerate Wang Chuan’s growing power until the Abyss Plane descended, then ordered his soul fragment and Demon Wang Chuan to accelerate their operation, bringing a planar war closer.

• Gu Yue spent her days pining for Douluo Wang Chuan as Dragon God Wang Chuan watched her and decided to let their feelings develop naturally.
• Tang Hao resolved to ignore Wang Chuan’s actions in the mortal world until the Abyss Plane broke through and Tang San’s plan was complete.
• Tang Hao contacted his soul fragment in the Holy Spirit Cult and ordered it to accelerate the operation.
• Tang Hao’s Soul Fragment relayed the order to Demon Wang Chuan, who agreed to begin and looked toward the dormant Abyss Passage in the Endless Mountains.

Abyss Wang Chuan agreed to Spirit Emperor’s plan to open the passage, while Demon Wang Chuan discovered that the Blood River God-Slaying Array lacked enough Wraiths. In Ming Capital, Wang Chuan refused to sacrifice civilians and learned that powerful families were conspiring against his growing influence.

• Spirit Emperor announced that the Holy Spirit Cult was ready to open the passage, and Abyss Wang Chuan agreed to proceed with the plan.
• Puppet Ghost Emperor reported that there were not enough Wraiths to activate the Blood River God-Slaying Array, so Demon Wang Chuan sent the problem to Wang Chuan.
• Wang Chuan considered the array’s need for Wraiths but rejected killing civilians to obtain them.
• Phoenix Wang Chuan brought Wang Chuan a file showing that powerful families had contacted Wang San to test the waters and challenge Wang Chuan’s influence.
• Wang Chuan smiled and asked whether the conspirators had gone mad.

Wang Chuan ordered every War God and Spirit Envoy to gather in Ming Capital, preparing to use the Blood River God-Slaying Array against the aristocratic families opposing him. As the city filled with powerful figures, Elder Yu recognized that the families had lost their influence over Wang Chuan and ordered the Yu Family to lie low.

• Wang Chuan ordered all War Gods and Spirit Envoys to assemble in Ming Capital and warned that he would use the aristocratic families’ followers to feed the Blood River God-Slaying Array.
• War Gods and Spirit Envoys converged on Ming Capital, alarming citizens and making the aristocratic families uneasy.
• Elder Yu told the Yu Family Council that Wang Chuan had conquered the Spirit Pagoda, the War God Temple, and the Star Luo Empire without their support.
• Elder Yu ordered every Yu Family member to stay behind closed doors and avoid outside contact, gatherings, and public statements.
• After the others left, Elder Yu watched the Parliament Building and concluded that the balance of power had changed.

Wang Chuan led sixty-nine Title Douluo to besiege the Yu Family estate in Ming Capital East District and demanded an explanation from Yu Guanzhi for the family’s secret schemes against him. Yu Guanzhi knew about and had supported the schemes, but he was left sweating as Wang Chuan awaited his answer.

• Wang Chuan gathered the Spirit Pagoda’s forty-two Spirit Envoys and the War God Temple’s twenty-seven War Gods, then led them toward Ming Capital East District.
• The sixty-nine Title Douluo surrounded the Yu Family estate, terrifying its servants, descendants, and guards.
• Yu Guanzhi came out to greet Wang Chuan and tried to invoke the Yu Family’s longstanding ties with the War God Temple.
• Wang Chuan criticized the estate’s extravagant size and called Yu Guanzhi “Little Yu.”
• Wang Chuan demanded that Yu Guanzhi explain the Yu Family’s secret schemes against him, and Yu Guanzhi realized Wang Chuan knew about his tacit support.

Wang Chuan exposed Yu Guanzhi’s attempt to frame another man, punished the Yu Family, and ordered the Eight Great Legions to investigate and surround every great clan. The clans’ resistance began when their inherited divine artifacts appeared, but Wang Chuan’s giant hand overwhelmed them.

• Yu Guanzhi presented an ordinary-looking man as the culprit, but Wang Chuan saw through the deception and ordered the Yu Family arrested.
• Wang Chuan stripped Yu Guanzhi of his power, while the Title Douluo rounded up the Yu Family and took its members away.
• Wang Chuan ordered all Eight Great Legions to surround the great clans, investigate them, punish the guilty, and release the innocent.
• The Eight Great Legions deployed millions of soldiers and surrounded clan residences across the continent.
• Several clans brought out inherited divine artifacts to resist, but Wang Chuan’s giant hand easily overwhelmed them.

Wang Chuan dismantled the great families, exposing their crimes and seizing their hoarded resources while the people of Ming Capital celebrated. As their leaders faced judgment, the Angel Family submitted to Wang Chuan, Tang Hao plotted on behalf of Tang Wulin, and the purged nobles were sent to Demon Wang Chuan.

• Wang Chuan's forces defeated the great families' resistance, and investigators spent seven days documenting their crimes.
• Yue Zhengen cooperated with the investigation, and the Angel Family was declared innocent before submitting completely to Wang Chuan.
• Tang Hao celebrated the families' resentment and expected them to support Tang Wulin after Wang Chuan's fall.
• Phoenix Wang Chuan and Wang Chuan reviewed the families' immense hoards, while Ming Capital's people cheered their downfall.
• Demon Wang Chuan received batches of sealed, sinful nobles sent into the Far North as materials.

Demon Wang Chuan learned that Douluo Wang Chuan was sending him aristocratic clan members as exceptionally potent fuel for the Blood River God-Slaying Array. At the Blood God Legion, Tang Wulin joined a patrol and discovered that his Golden Dragon Spear absorbed the power of an Abyssal Creature he killed.

• Demon Wang Chuan questioned Douluo Wang Chuan about the many powerful prisoners arriving and learned that several more batches were on the way.
• Douluo Wang Chuan explained that the prisoners were members of aristocratic clans, and Demon Wang Chuan agreed to use them as nourishment and array fuel.
• Tang Wulin entered the Blood God Legion with Zhang Huanyun's approval, granted in respect for Cao Dezhi, and was assigned to patrol near the Abyss Passage.
• Tang Wulin trained diligently and led his squad during patrols, determined to grow stronger and honor Zang Xin's expectations.
• When a powerful Abyssal Creature attacked the squad, Tang Wulin killed it with his Golden Dragon Spear, which absorbed its energy and strengthened him.
• News of Tang Wulin's feat reached Zhang Huanyun and Cao Dezhi.

Zhang Huanyun questioned Tang Wulin about the Golden Dragon Spear and treated him as an ordinary soldier, while Cao Dezhi learned that Zang Xin had been arrested and the Tang Sect dissolved. Cao Dezhi urged Tang Wulin to rebuild a clean and upright Tang Sect.

• Zhang Huanyun and Cao Dezhi discussed the Golden Dragon Spear, and Zhang Huanyun refused to give Tang Wulin special support beyond his due authorization.
• Zhang Huanyun summoned Tang Wulin, learned the Golden Dragon Spear could absorb Abyssal power, and warned him to keep its ability secret and use it sparingly.
• After leaving Zhang Huanyun's office, Tang Wulin resolved to rely on himself and advance as an ordinary soldier.
• At Cao Dezhi's residence, Tang Wulin told him that Zang Xin had been arrested and the Tang Sect dissolved.
• Cao Dezhi explained why he had left the Tang Sect and said he would bear its old sins, then told Tang Wulin to rebuild a clean and upright Tang Sect.

Tang Wulin promised Cao Dezhi he would live up to his expectations as the Abyss invasion approached. Demon Wang Chuan completed the Blood River God-Slaying Array, and the Abyss army opened a passage to the Douluo Plane, where Tang Hao watched from the Seven-Colored Space.

• Tang Wulin vowed to Cao Dezhi that he would not let him down, and Cao Dezhi watched him leave into the night.
• Demon Wang Chuan completed the Blood River God-Slaying Array in the Far North and ordered puppet Ghost Emperor to contact the Abyssal Sage King.
• Demon Wang Chuan sent Tang Hao's Soul Fragment back to report that the plan was proceeding smoothly.
• Spirit Emperor announced that the passage could be opened, and the Nine Abyss Emperors ordered the Abyss army to assemble.
• Abyss Wang Chuan combined his Dark Five Elements Power with the altar's energy, opening a rift to the Douluo Plane.
• Tang Hao watched from the Seven-Colored Space as the passage opened and the Abyss army gathered to invade.

Tang Hao observed Tang Wulin’s progress and anticipated the Abyss’s descent, while Wang Chuan prepared the continent’s forces for the coming invasion. The chapter ended with Zhang Huanyun ordering the Blood God Legion to deploy to the Far North.

• Tang Hao watched Tang Wulin cultivate and declared that the Abyss’s descent would bring the planar war and complete Little San’s plan.
• Wang Chuan sensed Abyssal energy spreading through the Far North, and Phoenix Wang Chuan promised to sacrifice the Soul Beasts to help him ascend to God King at the crucial moment.
• Wang Chuan ordered the Northern Legion to prepare for combat and the Blood God Legion to rush to the Far North.
• Guo Zhenfeng received Wang Chuan’s secret order and mobilized six divisions and more than a hundred thousand personnel to establish defensive lines across the Ice Plain.
• Zhang Huanyun learned that the Abyss had opened a new passage in the Far North and ordered the Blood God Legion to assemble and deploy there.

The Abyssal army poured into the Far North as human legions rushed to reinforce the Northern Legion’s defensive line. The Demon Empress began ascending to godhood through the Blood River God-Slaying Array, while Emperor Heavenly Ox and Abyss Wang Chuan arrived, leaving Wang Chuan’s true nature concealed.

• Zhang Huanyun ordered most of his forces to leave the Endless Mountains passage and head for the Far North, while Cao Dezhi agreed to leave one battalion behind.
• Abyssal Creatures poured out of the enormous Far North passage as the Demon Empress prepared to begin her long-awaited revenge against Tang San and humanity.
• The Demon Empress entered the Blood River God-Slaying Array and began using it to ascend to godhood as the Ghost Emperor watched.
• Ha Luosa sensed that the Ghost Emperor seemed strangely changed, but set aside his doubts and focused on the coming death.
• Emperor Heavenly Ox and Abyss Wang Chuan arrived, and Heavenly Ox noted that the humans had reached the defensive line.
• Abyss Wang Chuan acted languid to keep the other Abyss Emperors and the Abyssal Sage King from suspecting his true personality.

The Northern Legion fought the first wave of Abyssal Creatures at the Far North, but Emperor Heavenly Ox judged the assault too slow and demanded the Holy Spirit Cult prove its allegiance. Ghost Emperor sent the three remaining Heavenly Kings into battle, turning the tide against humanity’s defenders.

• Guo Zhenfeng rallied the frightened Northern Legion and ordered its cannons, mechas, and Battle Armor Masters to hold the line against the advancing Abyssal Creatures.
• Emperor Heavenly Ox watched the battle and told Ghost Emperor to show the Holy Spirit Cult’s sincerity by helping break through humanity’s defenses.
• Ghost Emperor summoned Dark Blood Demon, Dark Hummingbird, and Leng Yulai, the three remaining Heavenly Kings of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Dark Blood Demon unleashed blood-colored bats, Dark Hummingbird attacked soldiers from the air, and Leng Yulai rained fireballs over the battlefield.

Wang Chuan arrived on the battlefield and used his Phoenix Soul Skill to heal and empower the Northern Legion. He instantly killed the Holy Spirit Cult's three Heavenly Kings, then declared that the real show had only just begun.

• Guo Zhenfeng fought the Dark Blood Demon, the Dark Hummingbird, and Leng Yulai, but their combined attacks overwhelmed him.
• Wang Chuan arrived and used Phoenix Dance Nine Songs to restore the Northern Legion's Soul Power, heal its wounds, and increase its strength.
• Guo Zhenfeng renewed his attack and fought the three Heavenly Kings without falling behind.
• The Dark Blood Demon ordered a retreat, but Wang Chuan's Chaos Giant Hand immobilized and refined all three Heavenly Kings.
• The Northern Legion celebrated Wang Chuan's victory as he surveyed the battlefield and said the real show had only just begun.