Chapter Summaries

Ao Zhan revealed that he had been watching over Qi Kuang and Huo Linfei, then recruited Huo Linfei as his student and sent him back to Spirit City. Tang Hao learned that Ao Zhan had killed his father, but found hope in Tang San’s potential and flew back to Holy Soul Village as Asura God and Rakshasa God watched from the God Realm.

• Qi Kuang realized Ao Zhan had been following them to protect them, and Ao Zhan explained that Huo Linfei’s willingness to face death beside Qi Kuang made him worthy to become his student.
• Ao Zhan offered Huo Linfei Miao Tiaojun’s Alien Energy, and Huo Linfei accepted before returning to Spirit City with Qi Kuang through a spatial passage.
• Ao Zhan stayed behind to handle matters in Holy Soul Village, then vanished after Qi Kuang and Huo Linfei left.
• Tang Hao overheard Ao Zhan’s revelation that Tang Zhen had died six years earlier at Ao Zhan’s hands through the Fourth Elder, and realized he could not defeat Ao Zhan himself.
• Tang Hao placed his hopes in Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls and potential to become a Limit Douluo, recovered enough to stand, and flew toward Holy Soul Village.
• Asura God and Rakshasa God watched Tang Hao’s experiences through a water mirror in the God Realm.

The Asura God and Rakshasa God discussed how Huo Linfei’s growing power and the Beast Clan’s escape from the heavenly tribulation had left them unable to control events on Douluo Continent. Tang San waited for news of Huo Linfei’s death, but Tang Hao returned severely injured, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• The Asura God gave Tang Hao Asura Divine Power and Life energy after Ao Zhan struck him, restoring his ability to move.
• The Rakshasa God explained that Bibi Dong remained imprisoned with her powers and Rakshasa Divine Will sealed, so the gods could no longer use her as a pawn.
• The Asura God refused to release Tang Chen, deciding to keep him hidden as a surprise force against Spirit Hall.
• The Asura God sent a streak of blood-red light into the water mirror to put another pawn into play while Tang San prepared to attend Notting Academy.
• Tang San waited in Holy Soul Village for Tang Hao to return with news of Huo Linfei, then saw that his father had come back badly injured.

Tang Hao tried to flee Holy Soul Village with Tang San after being injured, but Tang San persuaded him to hide in Nuoding City instead. Meanwhile, Ao Zhan rewarded Su Yuntao and went to Notting Academy to investigate Xiao Wu and her mother.

• Tang Hao carried Tang San away from their home, explaining that a powerful enemy had injured him and that they could not safely remain in Holy Soul Village.
• Tang San deduced that Huo Linfei and Ao Zhan had disrupted his plan, then convinced Tang Hao to pretend to flee and secretly enter Nuoding City.
• Ao Zhan told Ma Xiunuo that Su Yuntao had recommended a genius whom he had taken as his disciple, and Ma Xiunuo later rewarded Su Yuntao publicly.
• Ao Zhan went to Notting Academy and concealed himself to investigate Xiao Wu's origins and search for her mother.

Ao Zhan watched Tang San enter Notting Academy, recognized Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Charm Rabbit, and wondered what had happened to her mother before sensing familiar Alien Energy and leaving. In a remote region of the Heaven Dou Empire, a yellow-haired young man rebelled after an overseer beat Old Man Tai nearly to death.

• Ao Zhan watched Tang San kneel to Yu Xiaogang and enter Notting Academy.
• Ao Zhan recognized Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Charm Rabbit and questioned whether her mother was alive.
• Ao Zhan sensed familiar Alien Energy and vanished from the area.
• A remote community in the Heaven Dou Empire endured forced labor under wealthy local rulers and their overseers.
• An overseer repeatedly whipped Old Man Tai for stopping to rest, and a yellow-haired young man roared as Old Man Tai neared death.

Tai Lei rescued his grandfather from the overseer Yang Zhuo, whose attack awakened Tai Lei’s Alien Energy and ended in Yang Zhuo’s death. With the villagers fearing reprisals, Tai Lei refused to flee and called on them to resist their oppressors.

• Tai Lei knocked Yang Zhuo aside to save Old Man Tai, then denounced the overseer’s claims that the villagers were born to be slaves.
• Yang Zhuo attacked Tai Lei, whose newly awakened Alien Energy powered a punch that killed him.
• The villagers knelt in fear, but Tai Lei and Old Man Tai urged them to stand up.
• The villagers warned Tai Lei to flee, but he refused to leave them vulnerable to the wealthy men’s retaliation.
• Tai Lei called on the villagers to resist and declared that freedom and rights belonged to all beings.

Ao Zhan joined Tai Lei’s rebellion against the overseers by bringing Huo Linfei, the Super Beast Team, and the Elder Descendants into the fight. They defeated the slave owners’ lackeys, and the people celebrated their freedom as the group prepared to pursue the masters behind them.

• Tai Lei led the people in rebelling against their overseers, and Ao Zhan arrived to find the fight underway.
• Ao Zhan summoned Huo Linfei, the Super Beast Team, and the Elder Descendants, who joined Tai Lei’s side in the battle.
• Feng Yao overwhelmed the enemy with hand-to-hand fighting, while Long Jian and Feng Ying explained his battle-driven strength to Huo Linfei.
• The allies defeated the slave owners’ lackeys, and the people rejoiced at their freedom.
• Tai Lei thanked Huo Linfei and the others, and Tian Yao praised him for leading the resistance at six years old.

After Ao Zhan freed the villagers from the wealthy masters who had enslaved them, he invited Tai Lei to become his student. Tai Lei said goodbye to Old Man Tai and traveled with Ao Zhan and the others to Spirit City to awaken his Martial Soul.

• Long Jian told the villagers that the group came from Spirit Hall, and Tian Yu and Tian Yao explained its work awakening commoners' Martial Souls.
• Ao Zhan revealed the captured wealthy masters, and the villagers beat them to death.
• Ao Zhan confirmed to Ye Lingyun that he had killed the masters' families as well.
• Ao Zhan offered Tai Lei a place among his students, and he healed Old Man Tai so Tai Lei could leave without worry.
• Tai Lei said goodbye to Old Man Tai and entered a spatial passage with Ao Zhan, Huo Linfei, Tian Yao, and the others.
• In Spirit City, Ao Zhan told Tai Lei that they would awaken his Martial Soul before he trained with Huo Linfei and the others.

Tai Lei struggled to master the Thunderbolt Art until Feng Yao demonstrated how to focus its power, impressing Ao Zhan. At the Worship Hall, Ao Zhan explained why they had to delay confronting Tang Hao and Tang San, then assured Qian Daoliu that he could handle them.

• Ao Zhan taught Tai Lei to compress the Thunderbolt Art's energy and focus it into a single point, demonstrating the technique on a row of trees.
• Feng Yao watched the lesson, applied its principle to the Flash Spirit Art, and pierced through and toppled a row of trees.
• Ao Zhan left Tai Lei with Feng Yao and went to the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu and the elders were discussing Tang Hao and Tang San.
• Ao Zhan warned that killing Tang San might not erase his soul because the Asura God could protect or resurrect him, so they needed to build their strength before acting.
• Ao Zhan assured Golden Crocodile that Tang Hao and Tang San would not cause trouble under his watch, and Qian Daoliu asked whether he had a way to deal with them.

Ao Zhan and Spirit Hall’s elders discussed using Tang San as a challenge for their prodigies and keeping Bibi Dong sealed or finding another use for her talent. Qian Daoliu then pressed Ao Zhan to make his relationship with Qian Renxue official, while Gu Yuena’s interest in him remained a concern.

• Ao Zhan persuaded Qian Daoliu and the others that Tang San could be used to test Spirit Hall’s prodigies, and they agreed to leave him to Ao Zhan.
• Qian Daoliu and Azure Luan discussed Bibi Dong’s imprisonment, and Ao Zhan said he had a plan involving someone with her talent rather than Bibi Dong herself.
• Qian Daoliu told Ao Zhan to make his relationship with Qian Renxue official, and Ao Zhan said that he wanted to but thought they were too young.
• Qian Daoliu insisted that sixteen was old enough and worried that Gu Yuena might win Ao Zhan’s affection before Qian Renxue did.

Ao Zhan agreed to announce his relationship with Qian Renxue after Qian Daoliu urged him to act before Gu Yuena. When Ao Zhan arrived at a training ground, he found Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena arguing over him, and Gu Yuena openly confessed her feelings.

• Qian Daoliu urged Ao Zhan to announce his relationship with Qian Renxue, and Ao Zhan agreed.
• Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena argued over who had a claim to Ao Zhan while Gu Ningqiu hid nearby.
• Gu Ningqiu rushed into Ao Zhan's arms when he arrived and complained that Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena had frightened her.
• Qian Renxue accused Gu Yuena of interfering in her relationship, and Gu Yuena confessed that she had fallen for Ao Zhan.
• Gu Yuena's advisers' strategy of pursuing Ao Zhan with sincerity and patience was revealed.

Ao Zhan and Qian Renxue went to Spirit Hall Prison to deal with Bibi Dong, who had been imprisoned for six years. Ao Zhan decided to erase her convictions and forge new ones, leaving her alive and useful to Spirit Hall.

• Gu Yuena admitted that she liked Ao Zhan, and Gu Ningqiu hinted that she had an idea to help her.
• Ao Zhan brought Qian Renxue to Spirit Hall Prison to settle the matter of Bibi Dong.
• The Warden led Ao Zhan and Qian Renxue to Bibi Dong's cell and left them the key.
• Ao Zhan told Qian Renxue he would use Alien Energy to destroy Bibi Dong's convictions and create new ones.
• Qian Renxue agreed with Ao Zhan's plan, seeing Bibi Dong's new usefulness as a benefit to Spirit Hall.

Ao Zhan used Alien Energy to alter Bibi Dong's convictions, but the Rakshasa Divine Will emerged and confronted him about his plans and the God Realm. After Ao Zhan destroyed the apparition and assured Qian Renxue that he could keep the gods from descending, Bibi Dong awakened with her hidden divine traps removed and pledged her loyalty to him.

• Ao Zhan sent azure energy into Bibi Dong to alter her convictions as Qian Renxue watched.
• The Rakshasa Divine Will emerged from Bibi Dong, recognized Ao Zhan's attempt, and threatened him over his opposition to the God Realm.
• Ao Zhan revealed his knowledge of Poseidon, the Asura God, and Tang San, then destroyed the Rakshasa Divine Will with Azure Divine Lightning.
• Qian Renxue worried that the gods could descend, and Ao Zhan promised to make them abide by their own rules.
• Ao Zhan cleansed Bibi Dong's Divine Slaughter's Domain and removed the hidden traps left by the Asura God and Rakshasa God.
• Bibi Dong awakened with Alien Energy in her Martial Souls and knelt to greet Lord Ao Zhan as his loyal subordinate.

After Ao Zhan rewrote Bibi Dong’s beliefs, she rejected her former identity and became Lin Dongyao, then began cultivating to reach level 90. The Rakshasa God learned that Ao Zhan had destroyed her divine will and decided to kill him, while Ao Zhan prepared to confront the threat.

• Bibi Dong asked Ao Zhan for a new name, and he named her Lin Dongyao.
• Lin Dongyao left the prison and entered seclusion to break through to level 90 using Alien Energy.
• Qian Renxue questioned Qian Xunji about his feelings for Bibi Dong, and he promised not to seek Lin Dongyao out.
• Ao Zhan led Qian Renxue to a nearby tree and sat down to warn the threats stirred by his actions.
• The Rakshasa God learned what her divine will had experienced, became enraged, and decided to kill Ao Zhan.

Rakshasa God told Asura God that Ao Zhan knew the gods’ secret, prompting them to plan his death. Before they could act, Ao Zhan sent an Azure Dragon to shatter the Douluo God Realm’s barrier, leaving the gods shaken and Poseidon fearing he might also be a target.

• Rakshasa God told Asura God that Ao Zhan had removed her divine sense from Bibi Dong, made Bibi Dong regard him as her master, and learned the gods’ ultimate fate.
• Asura God called for the God Realm Committee and planned to rally the gods against Ao Zhan.
• Ao Zhan formed his Azure Radiance Nebula at the edge of the universe and sent a condensed Azure Dragon into the Douluo God Realm.
• The Azure Dragon roared and shattered the God Realm’s outer energy barrier, alarming the gods.
• Destruction God King recognized the dragon as a lifeless energy construct, while Asura God and Rakshasa God realized Ao Zhan had sent it.
• Poseidon overheard Rakshasa God’s remark and feared the dragon had come for Asura God, Rakshasa God, and possibly him.

Ao Zhan used the Azure Dragon to pierce the Douluo God Realm and break the Golden Dragon King’s seal. The Golden Dragon King fought the gods, and their clash nearly destroyed the realm before the God Realm Hub stabilized it.

• The Azure Dragon killed many divine officials with Azure Thunder Dragon Claw, while Ao Zhan judged that its Alien Energy was limited.
• Ao Zhan invoked Azure Dragon Seven Mansions—Kang Jin Transforms into a Dragon, and the golden Azure Dragon pierced the Forbidden God Land and the Douluo God Realm.
• The strike shattered the Golden Dragon King’s seal and awakened it from its dragon cocoon.
• The Golden Dragon King attacked the gods, and the God Kings and other divine residences combined their powers to block its Golden Dragon Claw.
• The Golden Dragon King and the gods exchanged powerful attacks, shaking the God Realm and spreading cracks across it.
• The God Realm Hub stabilized the realm, while the Golden Dragon King was blasted backward by the combined assault.

The Azure Dragon rescued the wounded Golden Dragon King from the gods of the Douluo God Realm and warned them against violating their ban on descending to the lower realm. The gods suspected the Rakshasa God had tried to descend, and the Asura God reluctantly agreed to let them question her.

• The Golden Dragon King, gravely wounded after fighting the gods, condemned them for slaughtering Beast Clan survivors and seizing the Divine Dragon Domain.
• The Azure Dragon emerged from the pit, sent the Golden Dragon King through a spatial passage, and warned the gods that future violations of their descent ban would bring destruction.
• The Azure Dragon vanished, and the gods debated why it had attacked them before suspecting that the Rakshasa God had tried to descend to the lower realm.
• The Asura God shielded the Rakshasa God from the other gods, but the Destruction God King demanded answers, and the Asura God agreed to let them question her.

The Asura God and Rakshasa God planned to influence Douluo Continent through their divine senses after Ao Zhan’s warning prevented the gods from descending in person. Ao Zhan welcomed their interference as a source of stronger opponents, then brought Qian Renxue to the valley of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to show her something.

• The Rakshasa God told the God Kings about Ao Zhan, the alliance between Spirit Hall and the Beast Clan, and the dragon that had warned them against descending to the lower realm.
• After the other God Kings left, the Asura God proposed using their divine senses to interfere in the lower realm and secretly advance their plan for Tang San.
• The Asura God and Rakshasa God agreed to involve the other God Kings’ inheritors only if they needed their help.
• Ao Zhan decided to let the gods cause trouble through their divine senses so he could gain stronger opponents and grow through battle.
• Ao Zhan took Qian Renxue inside the azure bead and brought her to the valley containing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where she wondered what he wanted to show her.

Ao Zhan revived Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor, and sent her to the Lake of Life to regain her strength and reclaim her crown. Afterward, Gu Yuena surprised Ao Zhan and Qian Renxue by urging them to make their relationship official.

• Ao Zhan showed Qian Renxue the Blue Silver Emperor growing in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and revealed that she was Ah Yin, the Soul Beast who had sacrificed herself to Tang Hao.
• Ao Zhan restored Ah Yin to human form, and she vowed to take revenge on Tang Hao and Tang San after learning that Tang Hao had plotted her sacrifice.
• Ao Zhan told Ah Yin to cultivate at the Lake of Life until she regained her hundred-thousand-year cultivation, then reclaim the Blue Silver Emperor Crown.
• Ao Zhan brought Ah Yin to Gu Yuena, who gave her a token permitting her to cultivate at the Lake of Life, and Ah Yin entered through Ao Zhan's spatial passage.
• Gu Yuena asked Ao Zhan and Qian Renxue when they would make their relationship official, leaving both of them caught off guard.

Gu Yuena followed Gu Ningqiu’s plan to ease Qian Renxue’s suspicion while secretly hoping to join her and Ao Zhan later. Qian Renxue and Ao Zhan became lovers, and Gu Yuena entered an azure bead that promised a reunion with her sister.

• Gu Yuena praised Qian Renxue’s relationship with Ao Zhan, while privately planning to win Ao Zhan for herself later.
• Qian Renxue confirmed she was ready to be with Ao Zhan, and he gave Gu Yuena an azure bead that stirred her Creation Godhead and Silver Dragon King bloodline.
• Gu Yuena entered the bead and looked forward to meeting her sister again after hundreds of thousands of years apart.
• Ao Zhan brought Qian Renxue to her bedchamber, where they bathed and spent the night together.
• The next morning, Qian Renxue woke in Ao Zhan’s arms, and they teased each other before becoming intimate again.

After Ao Zhan and Qian Renxue spent the night together, Qian Xunji and the elders celebrated their relationship. In Spirit City, Gu Yuena revealed her feelings for Ao Zhan to her newly freed sister, the Golden Dragon King, and proposed that they serve him together.

• Ao Zhan left Qian Renxue to rest and found Qian Xunji and the elders waiting; they advised him to show restraint and said they had arranged breakfast for her.
• After Ao Zhan returned to Qian Renxue, Qian Xunji and the Seven Great Elders went to the Worship Hall and celebrated that the pair had finally gotten together.
• Gu Yuena asked the Golden Dragon King about her recovery, and her sister said the pearl’s Power of Vitality and Creation had healed more than half her injuries.
• Gu Yuena told the Golden Dragon King that Ao Zhan came from a higher-level world, had healed her, and had resolved the Soul Beast Clan’s crises.
• Gu Yuena admitted she had pursued Ao Zhan for six years and had helped bring him and Qian Renxue together.
• Gu Yuena embraced the Golden Dragon King and proposed that they serve Ao Zhan together, then asked whether her sister had feelings for him too.