Chapter Summaries

Lu Yu fought the Berserk Ice Snow Violent Bear and recognized Asura’s Divine Power in its Frost Spear. He escaped Asura’s attack through a Gate of Space, while Asura, furious that his strike had failed, prepared to attack again.

• Lu Yu wounded the Ice Snow Violent Bear with space-powered sword qi and trapped it in a sword formation before it broke free and attacked him.
• Lu Yu used his Martial Soul Avatar against the Berserk Ice Snow Violent Bear, then destroyed its giant phantom with Heaven-Burning God-Slaying Slash.
• Asura watched Lu Yu’s battle from the God Realm and sent a thread of Divine Power toward Douluo Continent, intending to kill him.
• The Ice Snow Violent Bear formed a Frost Spear containing Asura’s Divine Power and hurled it at Lu Yu while Qian Renxue was held back by the other bear.
• Lu Yu escaped through a Gate of Space as the spear shattered the space where he had stood, and Asura prepared to strike again.

Evil stopped Asura from attacking Lu Yu and warned him not to interfere again. After killing the conjured Ice Snow Violent Bear, Lu Yu joined Qian Renxue in finding Lu Fei and the others at a Heavenly Staircase leading to a mysterious God Position inheritance, and they began climbing it.

• Evil confronted Asura in the Asura God Palace, argued that Lu Yu was not inherently evil, and threatened Asura if he tried to kill him again.
• Lu Yu killed the conjured Ice Snow Violent Bear, vowed to settle accounts with Asura after ascending, and resolved to find Lu Fei and urge him to slow his God Trial.
• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue killed the other Ice Snow Violent Bear and left the valley together.
• They found Lu Fei, Hu Liena, Yan, Xie Yue, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling cultivating on a Heavenly Staircase beneath an ice-crystal palace.
• Lu Yu explained that climbing the staircase could lead to a God Position inheritance, then he and Qian Renxue began ascending its steps.

Lu Yu found Lu Fei, Hu Liena, and the others at the Divine Temple and learned that Asura had arranged their God Trials as part of a scheme against him. He warned them that a God King wanted him dead, leaving the group to weigh the inheritance against the danger.

• Lu Yu reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, Yan, Xie Yue, Lu Fei, and the others, then introduced Qian Renxue as the Teacher’s daughter.
• Lu Fei explained that Asura had arranged a God Trial to bring Hu Liena and the others to the Divine Temple as helpers in confronting Lu Yu.
• Lu Yu told the group that someone in the God Realm wanted him dead and that the trials were part of that person’s scheme.
• Lu Fei showed anger at the threat to Lu Yu, while Zhu Zhuqing admitted she was reluctant to give up the God Position inheritance.
• Lu Yu explained that the enemy was a God King, the strongest rank in the God Realm, and Qian Renxue grew grave.

Lu Yu discovered that Lu Fei’s Asura God inheritance belonged to the God King who wanted him dead, but Lu Fei refused to help that enemy and agreed to delay his trials. With the trial deadline approaching, Lu Yu led everyone up the Heavenly Staircase, and he and Qian Renxue entered the Divine Temple, where they found several god statues.

• Lu Yu told Lu Fei that his Asura God inheritance came from the God King who wanted to kill him, and Lu Fei vowed not to cooperate with that enemy.
• Lu Yu learned that Lu Fei’s seventh God Trial had a one-year deadline, with only half a year remaining, and decided they had to ascend the Heavenly Staircase.
• Lu Yu reassured Hu Liena, Yan, Xie Yue, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling that they could become gods without inheriting a God Position, and they agreed to stand with him.
• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue climbed the Heavenly Staircase for a month while Lu Fei and the others advanced behind them.
• Lu Yu opened the Divine Temple gates with Qian Renxue and sensed Dream Power inside before they saw several god statues in the main hall.

Lu Yu and Qian Renxue discovered seven divine inheritances in the temple, then watched as a barrier trapped Hu Liena and the others and forced them to undergo trials. After the barrier vanished and most statues crumbled, Lu Yu wondered why the Ice inheritance had not chosen anyone and suspected the temple’s inheritance process was responsible.

• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue found seven divine statues, including statues linked to dreams, ice, and fire, and Lu Yu realized Asura might be preparing several gods to oppose him.
• After waiting three months for Lu Fei, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling to arrive, Lu Yu led everyone into the temple.
• The statues formed a divine barrier around Hu Liena and the other four, excluding Lu Yu, Qian Renxue, and Lu Fei; Lu Yu and Qian Renxue failed to break it.
• Lu Yu told Qian Renxue he would delay the trials until he could become a god and kill Asura, while Lu Fei revealed his trial reward had raised him to Level 80.
• An hour later, the barrier dissipated, but only the Ice statue and the far-right statue remained; Lu Yu wondered why the Ice inheritance had not chosen anyone and suspected the temple’s own process had caused the event.

Lu Yu learned that Hu Liena, Yan, Xie Yue, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling had received suspiciously easy God Trials, then returned toward Spirit City with the group. Meanwhile, Flender, Liu Erlong, and a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect elder ambushed Dai Weisi in Star Dou Forest as he absorbed a Soul Ring.

• Hu Liena, Yan, Xie Yue, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling told Lu Yu which God Positions and nine trials they had received.
• Lu Yu concluded that Asura had likely tampered with the easy trials and told the group to delay completing them where possible before setting off for Spirit City.
• Flender, Liu Erlong, and a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect elder tracked Dai Weisi to Star Dou Forest, intending to kill him and his Soul Douluo guard for Dai Mubai's sake.
• After five days, Dai Weisi found and killed a suitable Soul Beast, and Flender and the others attacked while he absorbed its Soul Ring.
• Dai Weisi's Soul Douluo guard recognized the attackers' Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect Martial Souls and shouted that they were courting death.

Flender, Liu Erlong, and a Blue Lightning elder killed Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and their Star Luo Soul Douluo protector before heading toward the Star Luo Empire to eliminate Dai Mubai’s other brother. After more than four years on Sea God Island, Tang San returned to Vast Sea City, reunited with Grandmaster, and learned that the Strength Clan and Speed Clan had been destroyed by Spirit Hall.

• Flender, Liu Erlong, and a Blue Lightning elder ambushed Dai Weisi as he absorbed a Soul Ring, then killed him, Zhu Zhuyun, and the Star Luo Soul Douluo who guarded him.
• Flender and the others disposed of the corpses in an Earth Cave Demon Spider’s lair, cleaned up the battlefield, and left for the Star Luo Empire to target Dai Mubai’s other brother.
• Tang San returned to Vast Sea City after more than four years on Sea God Island, boasting that he had reached Soul Power Level seventy-seven and been chosen to inherit the Sea God’s God Position.
• Tang San noticed a shop marked with Blue Silver Grass and recognized Grandmaster, who had been waiting there for his return.
• Grandmaster told Tang San that Spirit Hall had destroyed the Strength Clan and Speed Clan, then asked whether Tang San could command Sea God Island’s Soul Masters.

Tang San learned how much the continent had changed while he was away and boasted that Sea God Island could withstand Spirit Hall, then set out with Grandmaster to seek the Clear Sky Sect. Meanwhile, Lu Yu returned to Spirit City and discussed his plans involving Qian Renxue with Bibi Dong, while the Star Luo Emperor suspected Dai Mubai had killed his sons.

• Grandmaster told Tang San that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had fallen, Xue Ye was dead, and the Spirit Hall Empire had forced the Heaven Dou Empire to surrender.
• Tang San revealed that Sea God Island had eight Title Douluo, including a Rank Ninety-Nine powerhouse, and numerous powerful sea Soul Beasts.
• Tang San and Grandmaster left Vast Sea City for Heaven Dou City to find someone who could lead them to the sealed Clear Sky Sect.
• After returning to Spirit City, Lu Yu met Bibi Dong, who asked when he would begin his plans involving Qian Renxue; he said he would act within a few days.
• The Star Luo Emperor raged over the deaths of his sons, while secretly suspecting Dai Mubai was responsible for their deaths.

The Star Luo court accepted Dai Mubai as its sole heir after Dai Weisi and his brother died, while Flender and Liu Erlong told Dai Mubai they would support his return and unite against the Spirit Hall Empire. When Grandmaster and Tang San arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy, Flender and Liu Erlong mistook them for impostors, and Grandmaster began to demonstrate his changed abilities.

• Star Luo's officials urged the emperor to bring Dai Mubai back, and he assigned an official to arrange it.
• Flender and Liu Erlong told Dai Mubai that Dai Weisi and his brother were dead and explained their plan to support his succession and oppose Spirit Hall.
• Dai Mubai agreed to seek an alliance against the Spirit Hall Empire, while Flender announced that Blue Tyrant Academy would relocate to Star Luo.
• Grandmaster and Tang San arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy, where Flender, Liu Erlong, and Dai Mubai came to meet them.
• Flender and Liu Erlong suspected Grandmaster and Tang San were impostors, so Grandmaster called out Heaven-Shattering Thunder Luo Sanpao.

The Grandmaster and Tang San returned to Blue Tyrant Academy, where they showed off their improvements and reunited with Flender, Liu Erlong, Dai Mubai, and the others. At a late-night gathering, Dai Mubai revealed his coming return to Star Luo and proposed an alliance with the Clear Sky Sect against the Spirit Hall Empire, which Tang San agreed to pursue.

• The Grandmaster proved his identity with Luo Sanpao and claimed he had overcome Lu Yu’s tricks and found a way to break through his Soul Power bottleneck.
• Tang San revealed that his Martial Soul had undergone a second awakening and that his Soul Power was in the seventies, while the Grandmaster grew frustrated at being overshadowed.
• Dai Mubai said he was only a Soul King, prompting the Grandmaster to criticize Flender and Liu Erlong for neglecting their students; Dai Mubai insisted he would refocus on cultivation.
• Dai Mubai invited Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Zhao Wuji, and the others to reunite with Tang San, and the group later gathered at a restaurant.
• Flender announced that Dai Mubai would return to Star Luo to inherit the position of Crown Prince and that Blue Tyrant Academy would relocate there; Dai Mubai said his two elder brothers had died in accidents.
• Dai Mubai urged Tang San to return to the Clear Sky Sect and proposed that Star Luo ally with it against the Spirit Hall Empire, and Tang San agreed to seek the alliance.

Tang Yuehua told Tang San that his mother had been a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor, leading him to realize Grandmaster had known where she was buried. Tang San attacked Grandmaster, binding him with Blue Silver Entanglement as Grandmaster cried that he was Tang San’s teacher.

• Tang Yuehua welcomed Tang San and Grandmaster to Moonlight Pavilion and reunited with Tang San.
• Tang Yuehua asked Grandmaster to leave before she explained Tang San’s mother’s identity, and Tang San sent him out of the hall.
• Tang Yuehua revealed that Tang San’s mother had been a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor.
• Tang San connected Grandmaster’s knowledge of his mother’s grave to secrets his father had shared, and concluded Grandmaster had excavated her remains to heal himself and increase his Soul Power.
• Tang San rushed after Grandmaster and bound him with Blue Silver Entanglement as Grandmaster begged him to remember that he was his teacher.

Tang San confronted Grandmaster over the Blue Silver Emperor and the inheritance Tang Hao had left him, then beat him and prepared to take him back to the Clear Sky Sect for further punishment. Tang Yuehua agreed to help and said she had matters to discuss with Tang San.

• Tang San threw Grandmaster into a wall and accused him of carrying the Blue Silver Emperor's aura.
• Grandmaster claimed he had found the Blue Silver King and Blue Silver Emperor by chance, but Tang San challenged his story and demanded the things Tang Hao had left behind.
• Tang San accused Grandmaster of taking his father's inheritance and eating his mother's remains, then broke Grandmaster's ribs.
• Tang Yuehua sent the guards away, and Tang San demanded one last time that Grandmaster reveal what he had taken.
• Grandmaster admitted that Tang Hao had left him many precious things but refused to hand them over, so Tang San broke all four of his limbs.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang San to hand Grandmaster to the guards and said she had matters to explain before he returned to the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang San tortured Grandmaster and discussed returning to the Clear Sky Sect with Tang Yuehua. In Spirit City, Lu Yu struggled to complete the God Trial until Bibi Dong summoned him and asked if he could not bring himself to do it.

• Tang San poisoned and crippled Grandmaster, then ordered the guards to keep him alive without treating his injuries.
• Tang Yuehua explained why the Clear Sky Sect had abandoned Tang Hao, and Tang San accepted the decision while vowing to make Spirit Hall pay.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang San the sect had grown stronger and arranged to take him there the next morning, warning that he might need to apologize to win its elders’ recognition.
• Lu Yu remained troubled by the unfinished God Trial, and Lu Fei and the others tried to find out how they could help.
• Bibi Dong summoned Lu Yu to the Pope Palace, asked if he could not bring himself to complete the trial, and led him toward a passage behind the throne platform.

Lu Yu and Qian Renxue completed their God Trials in Bibi Dong’s secret chamber, then left together and agreed to visit Dugu Yan after claiming their rewards. They went to Qian Renxue’s residence, where they began receiving the rewards for the trial.

• Bibi Dong led Lu Yu into her secret chamber, where he found Qian Renxue awake with her Soul Power sealed.
• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue completed their God Trials, and Qian Renxue admitted she had enjoyed their role-playing.
• Bibi Dong waited outside the chamber until nightfall, then left without seeing them emerge.
• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue left the Pope Palace together and agreed to visit Dugu Yan after collecting their rewards the next day.
• Lu Yu explained that his reward would increase his Sixth Soul Ring’s age by thirty thousand years, while Qian Renxue invited him to stay at her residence.
• The pair reached Qian Renxue’s small building and began receiving their God Trial rewards.

Lu Yu advanced his sixth Soul Ring to a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and learned Evil Godly Light, then reconciled with Bibi Dong and asked about her plans. Bibi Dong planned to conquer the Star Luo Empire in three months, but Lu Yu’s warning about the Clear Sky Sect’s six Title Douluo left her reconsidering her campaign.

• Lu Yu advanced his sixth Soul Ring to a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, gained the Evil Godly Light soul skill, and learned that his sixth God Trial targeted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Lu Yu sneaked into Bibi Dong’s residence after her guards turned him away, faked being badly injured, and used her concern to reconcile with her.
• Bibi Dong told Lu Yu she would unify the continent before inheriting her God Position and planned to attack the Star Luo Empire in three months.
• Lu Yu warned Bibi Dong that the Clear Sky Sect had six Title Douluo, including Tang Xiao at Rank 97.
• Bibi Dong considered whether to destroy the Clear Sky Sect before attacking the Star Luo Empire.

Lu Yu reassured Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall could handle the Clear Sky Sect, then prepared to travel to Death Valley with Qian Renxue. Meanwhile, Tang Yuehua brought Tang San to the hidden Clear Sky Sect, where he carried her up a sheer cliff as Grandmaster was taken away under guard.

• Lu Yu told Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall’s strengthened forces could defeat the Clear Sky Sect’s six Title Douluo, then said he would investigate Death Valley because Dugu Yan and Old Monster had not reported back.
• Bibi Dong warned Lu Yu not to mention Qian Renxue, and Lu Yu left her residence after their private encounter.
• Lu Yu invited Qian Renxue to Death Valley, and she agreed; he also learned that she had reached the eighth God Trial.
• Tang Yuehua led Tang San to the Clear Sky Sect, where villagers took custody of the imprisoned Grandmaster and received Tang San as Tang Hao’s son.
• Tang Yuehua showed Tang San the steep cliff concealing the sect and asked him to carry her up; as he climbed, both felt stirred by their close physical contact.

Tang San and Tang Yuehua crossed the perilous mountain route to reach the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang San’s awkward struggle on an iron chain left the elders unimpressed. Tang Xiao welcomed Tang San into the sect without a trial, while Tang Yuehua wondered why his return had been made so easy.

• Tang San carried Tang Yuehua up a cliff and across an iron chain, nearly losing his footing as they crossed the ravine.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders watched Tang San struggle and doubted his practical abilities, but Tang Xiao decided to waive the trial because Tang Hao was dead.
• Tang San entered the sect by summoning his Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Yuehua explained the sect’s disciples and combat training.
• Tang Yuehua brought Tang San to meet Tang Xiao, who told him to focus on cultivation and combat practice.
• Tang Yuehua was stunned that Tang Xiao had let Tang San return without a trial or assessment.

Tang San urged Tang Xiao to fight the Spirit Hall Empire, but Tang Xiao overwhelmed him and dismissed his advice, so Tang San left the Clear Sky Sect. Seeking to vent his anger, Tang San returned to Grandmaster and threatened to torture him for information about Tang Hao’s letter.

• Tang San warned Tang Xiao that the Spirit Hall Empire would attack the Clear Sky Sect and argued that striking first offered its best chance of survival.
• Tang Xiao suppressed Tang San with his aura, struck him through a wall, and told him to return when he became a Title Douluo.
• Tang San left the Clear Sky Sect despite Tang Yuehua’s concern, and Tang Xiao concluded that Tang San’s temperament was disappointing.
• Tang San went to the dungeon where Grandmaster insisted Tang Hao had left no more information than what he had already revealed.
• Tang San fed Grandmaster another poison pill, then threatened him with lingchi when Grandmaster cursed him.
• Grandmaster offered to tell Tang San anything he wanted, but Tang San ignored him and prepared to begin cutting him.

Tang San tortured the Grandmaster until he mentally collapsed, then left to cultivate and investigate Xiao Wu’s possible Soul Beast identity. Meanwhile, Lu Yu and Qian Renxue arrived at the dangerous Death Valley town, where an enraged Soul Master suddenly attacked.

• Tang San cut the Grandmaster more than two hundred times, leaving him begging for death and unable to answer questions about Tang Hao’s legacy.
• Tang San ordered the guards to have a healing Soul Master treat the Grandmaster so he could keep him alive, then left the village.
• Tang San considered Xiao Wu’s possible identity as a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast and decided to head toward Heaven Dou City before eventually searching for her in the Star Dou Forest.
• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue entered the town near Death Valley, where the hostile, unstable Soul Masters ignored Qian Renxue’s usual charm.
• Lu Yu recalled that Death Valley’s unusual energy affected minds as a crazed roar and a surge of Berserk Soul Power erupted ahead.

Lu Yu and Qian Renxue reached the town outside Death Valley, where they learned that the valley could drive Soul Masters mad. At the hotel, proprietor Gu Sanniang revealed that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan had entered the valley’s most dangerous area, and Lu Yu paid a deposit before setting out to find them.

• Lu Yu watched a crazed Soul King attack and kill a Soul Ancestor before the nearby Soul Masters killed him.
• Lu Yu and Qian Renxue checked into the largest hotel in town and met its Soul Douluo proprietor, Gu Sanniang.
• Lu Yu asked Gu Sanniang for information about Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, and she recognized them as former customers who had taken information without paying.
• Gu Sanniang said Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan had gone to Death Valley’s most dangerous area, where even a Title Douluo might not survive.
• Lu Yu gave Gu Sanniang one hundred Gold Soul Coins as a deposit and resolved to enter Death Valley to find Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.