Chapter Summaries

Su Chen defeated another attacker with his Life-Killing Spear, then camped with Chrysanthemum Douluo and learned that the spear carried the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s cold shadow. As Chrysanthemum Douluo prepared medicinal herbs for him to stew, Su Chen remained curious about the God of Destruction’s promised surprise.

• Su Chen used Stagnation and his Life-Killing Spear to defeat the attacker, while Chrysanthemum Douluo watched.
• Su Chen invited Chrysanthemum Douluo to share dinner, and the two discussed the dangers posed by Soul Masters and Fallen Soul Masters.
• At their campsite, Su Chen told Chrysanthemum Douluo that a respected senior had taught him the Hundred Battles Spear Art.
• The God of Destruction explained that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s ice attribute had been attached to the Life-Killing Spear instead of granting Su Chen another Martial Soul.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo gave Su Chen medicinal herbs to stew with meat, and Su Chen asked how intensely to heat the pot.

Chrysanthemum Douluo escorted Su Chen to Heaven Dou City and again asked him to become his disciple, but Su Chen declined while accepting money for his journey. After Su Chen arrived, Qian Renxue noticed Chrysanthemum Douluo’s visit and sent Snake Lance Douluo to summon him discreetly.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo escorted Su Chen into Heaven Dou City and offered him one last chance to become his disciple, but Su Chen refused.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo gave Su Chen a bag of Gold Soul Coins, teasing him about accepting gifts from another senior, then left for Spirit City.
• Su Chen planned to rest in Heaven Dou City and replenish his supplies before traveling to Sunset Forest the next day.
• Qian Renxue saw Chrysanthemum Douluo leave with Su Chen and told Snake Lance Douluo to invite him to meet her without drawing attention.

Chrysanthemum Douluo reluctantly met Qian Renxue, who tried to recruit him and asked him to deliver a letter to her grandfather. Meanwhile, Su Chen witnessed Qian Renxue publicly reprimand Xue Beng, and the God of Destruction questioned her judgment as he considered the future of the Angel God.

• Snake Lance Douluo caught up with Chrysanthemum Douluo and invited him back to Heaven Dou City to meet Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue questioned Chrysanthemum Douluo about Su Chen, but he denied that the boy was his junior and said he had merely given him a ride.
• Qian Renxue asked Chrysanthemum Douluo to deliver a letter to her grandfather, and he accepted despite fearing Bibi Dong's reaction.
• Porcupinefish Douluo asked whether Su Chen was really a chance encounter, and Qian Renxue decided not to act for now to avoid arousing suspicion.
• Su Chen heard citizens complain about Xue Beng and watched Qian Renxue reprimand him in public as the Crown Prince.
• The God of Destruction revealed that Qian Renxue was a woman guarded by two Title Douluo and doubted her ability to handle the challenges awaiting her.

Su Chen entered Sunset Forest on God of Destruction's safe route toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and his Blessing of the Goddess of Life sharpened his sense of nearby life. In the God Realm, the Goddess of Life confronted God of Destruction over his distance from her, but he let her leave and continued watching Su Chen.

• Su Chen entered Sunset Forest and sensed even small animals through their life energy as he followed God of Destruction's route.
• The Goddess of Life arrived at the Castle of Destruction while the Seven Original Sin Gods and other deities were gathered there.
• The Goddess of Life reproached God of Destruction for staying away from her, but he told her the Forest of Life suited her better.
• The Goddess of Life left the castle feeling wronged, and God of Destruction did not call her back.
• God of Wrath wondered if the Goddess of Life was angry, while God of Destruction resumed observing Su Chen and reflected that he was tired of accommodating her.

Su Chen reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with the God of Destruction’s help and encountered Dugu Bo. The God of Destruction subdued Dugu Bo and ordered him to guard Su Chen, then claimed to be the Thunder God.

• The God of Destruction opened a path through the poisonous miasma, and Su Chen climbed to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo emerged from the mist and was stunned when he discovered Su Chen had crossed his poison formation.
• The God of Destruction struck Dugu Bo with lightning and entered his Sea of Consciousness.
• The God of Destruction ordered Dugu Bo to protect Su Chen and threatened to turn him to ash if Su Chen came to harm.
• Dugu Bo asked the god’s identity, and the God of Destruction said he was the Thunder God.

Su Chen entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the God of Destruction explained its origins and gave him a Poison Nerve Scripture to earn Dugu Bo’s loyalty. After Su Chen taught Dugu Bo the scripture, Dugu Bo pledged to protect him for life and recognized a herb in his garden as Snowy Swan Kiss.

• Dugu Bo welcomed Su Chen into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Su Chen found he could endure its extreme energies.
• The God of Destruction explained that the well formed where the Water and Fire Dragon Kings fell and told Su Chen to use the Poison Nerve Scripture to win Dugu Bo’s loyalty.
• Su Chen offered to teach Dugu Bo the Poison Nerve Scripture, which could ease the poison backlash afflicting him and his clan.
• Dugu Bo listened to Su Chen explain the scripture, praised its breadth, and pledged to protect Su Chen for the rest of his life.
• Dugu Bo recognized a medicinal herb in his garden as resembling Snowy Swan Kiss, described in the scripture.

Su Chen tested his improved spear technique, while Dugu Bo thanked him for curing his poison backlash and prepared to cultivate with the Snowy Swan Kiss. At Notting Academy, Tang San reflected on his relationship with Xiao Wu and wondered whether to let her sacrifice herself again.

• Su Chen demonstrated Double Sun Descending, and Dugu Bo praised the technique after blocking its powerful, concealed force.
• Dugu Bo thanked Su Chen for the Poison Nerve Scripture, agreed to be called Old Poison, and planned to use the Snowy Swan Kiss cautiously.
• The God of Destruction told Su Chen to harvest all the mature medicinal herbs and immortal herbs before giving him instructions for combining them.
• Tang San fell out of bed after disturbing Xiao Wu in his sleep, then resolved to work harder as he retraced his old path.
• Tang San remembered Xiao Wu's past sacrifice and considered whether to let it happen again to deepen their relationship.

Su Chen combined the Sacred Heart Flower and Magic Rune Evil-Engraving Fruit with other herbs, then used them to temper his twin Martial Souls in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. As he meditated through the process and Dugu Bo guarded the area, the Goddess of Life decided to seek help from the God of Goodness.

• The God of Destruction explained the Sacred Heart Flower and Magic Rune Evil-Engraving Fruit and guided Su Chen in combining them with the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and Black Jade Divine Bamboo.
• Su Chen placed his Life-Killing Spear and Magic Rune Evil-Engraving Fruit in the Yin Spring, and his Life-Protecting Shield and Sacred Heart Flower in the Yang Spring.
• Dugu Bo realized Su Chen had twin Martial Souls, then left the basin to guard against disturbances while Su Chen meditated beside the springs.
• The herbs dissolved into white and black spheres of light around Su Chen's Martial Souls, and Dugu Bo's Soul Power began growing rapidly as he cultivated nearby.
• The Goddess of Life, still upset that the God of Destruction had not apologized, decided to confide in the God of Goodness.

The Goddess of Life complained to the God of Goodness that the God of Destruction had grown distant, and the God of Goodness promised to speak with him. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Su Chen awakened after three months and discovered he could draw power from the emotions of his Twin Martial Souls.

• The Goddess of Life told the God of Goodness that the God of Destruction spent less time with her, and he said she felt possessive because Destruction's attention was divided among others.
• The God of Goodness assured the Goddess of Life that he and the Evil God would talk to Destruction, then suggested they visit him to learn whether he had made further progress.
• After the Goddess of Life left, the God of Goodness and the Evil God argued briefly before agreeing to go see Destruction.
• Dugu Bo inspected Su Chen at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as the two spheres of light rose and pulsed in time with Su Chen's heartbeat.
• Su Chen awakened, called back the Life-Killing Spear and Life-Protecting Shield, and sensed emotions carrying power within his Twin Martial Souls.
• Su Chen resonated with the Life-Protecting Shield's emotions and made it blaze with light, discovering how to mobilize its power.

Su Chen’s cultivation strengthened his paired Martial Souls, while God of Goodness and God of Evil traced a strange mingling of good and evil to him on Douluo Continent. They discovered that God of Destruction had already been watching Su Chen and concluded that he had claimed the child.

• Su Chen found that intense negative emotions increased the Life-Killing Spear’s attack power and intense positive emotions increased the Life-Protecting Shield’s defense, while each Martial Soul gained additional effects.
• God of Evil and God of Goodness visited God of Destruction and asked about the new power emerging at the End of Destruction.
• God of Goodness sensed a faint mingling of good and evil in God of Destruction’s power, and she and God of Evil traced it to Douluo Continent.
• The two gods followed the emotion to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and recognized the Water and Fire Dragon Kings’ auras there.
• God of Goodness and God of Evil identified Su Chen’s contrasting attack and defense Martial Souls and sensed the auras of Destruction and life around him.
• God of Goodness and God of Evil concluded that God of Destruction had been watching Su Chen and had already claimed him.

The God of Evil and the God of Goodness discovered that several heirs might suit God of Destruction’s laws better than Su Chen, and they discussed trading one to him. After finding Tang Chen, whose God Trial had been disrupted by the Rakshasa God, the God of Evil decided they should act without consulting the God of Asura.

• The God of Goodness concluded that God of Destruction had given Su Chen the Goddess of Life’s blessing to help the Goddess of Life break through, and the God of Evil lamented that Su Chen was more suited to their powers.
• The God of Evil examined Tang San and realized that his Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Emperor suited God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life even better than Su Chen’s Martial Souls.
• The God of Goodness warned that trading Tang San would provoke the God of Asura, who would not abandon an heir he had already chosen.
• The God of Evil found Tang Chen in the City of Slaughter and noted that he had completed eight God Trials before the Rakshasa God interfered with his inheritance.
• The God of Evil decided to take Tang Chen to the Castle of Destruction without consulting the God of Asura, intending to trade him to God of Destruction and claim they were restoring fairness.

The God of Evil and the God of Goodness asked the God of Destruction to trade Su Chen for Tang San, whom they wanted as their heir. The God of Destruction rejected their proposal at first, then offered to let them have Su Chen early on the condition that they meet his terms.

• The God of Evil and the God of Goodness returned to the Castle of Destruction and brought Tang San to the God of Destruction’s attention.
• The God of Evil and the God of Goodness proposed taking Tang San as their heir and giving Su Chen to the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life.
• The God of Destruction questioned whether they could persuade the God of Asura and rejected their attempt to trade heirs without his agreement.
• The God of Evil and the God of Goodness prepared to leave, and the God of Destruction stopped them because he feared they might steal Su Chen.
• The God of Destruction offered to let them have Su Chen early, but warned that he had conditions.

God of Destruction negotiated with God of Evil and God of Goodness over Su Chen’s divine inheritance, then brought Su Chen’s consciousness to the God Realm so they could question him. The chapter ended as God of Evil guessed that Su Chen preferred his Life-Killing Spear.

• God of Destruction agreed to let Su Chen become God of Evil and God of Goodness’s heir if they persuaded God of Asura to give Tang San to him.
• God of Evil and God of Goodness agreed that Su Chen’s training would remain under God of Destruction’s control until they persuaded God of Asura, and they secured one direct conversation with Su Chen.
• God of Destruction and the two gods concealed their actions before he transported Su Chen’s consciousness to the Castle of Destruction.
• Dugu Bo found Su Chen unconscious after his secluded cultivation and carried him to bed, unaware that Su Chen’s consciousness was in the God Realm.
• God of Goodness asked Su Chen about his Martial Souls, and God of Evil guessed that he preferred cultivating the Life-Killing Spear.

Su Chen impressed God of Goodness and God of Evil by arguing that life-killing existed for the sake of life-protection, then returned to the cabin by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Dugu Bo served him medicinal porridge so foul that even Dugu Bo gagged after tasting it.

• Su Chen rejected God of Evil’s claim that he had instinctively chosen the Life-Killing Spear and explained that life-killing and life-protection were fundamentally one.
• Su Chen argued that good and evil depended on each other, leaving God of Goodness and God of Evil impressed with his insight.
• God of Destruction sent Su Chen back to the wooden cabin by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Su Chen woke beside Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo gave Su Chen medicinal porridge made with thirteen precious ingredients, but Su Chen found it revolting and named it Life-Taking Thirteen Porridge.
• Dugu Bo tasted his own porridge and began dry heaving after Su Chen left the cabin.

The God of Evil and the God of Goodness chose Su Chen as their successor and bestowed new Soul Rings on both his Martial Souls. The God of Destruction then sent Dugu Bo to retrieve Ah Yin’s soul bone, already taking steps to keep it from Tang San.

• The God of Evil thanked the God of Destruction for introducing him to Su Chen, and the God of Evil and the God of Goodness prepared to ask the God of Asura to give up Tang San.
• The God of Destruction told Su Chen that the God of Evil and the God of Goodness had bestowed a second Soul Ring on each of his Martial Souls and chosen him as their successor.
• The God of Destruction assured Su Chen that the Soul Rings were safe and said his training would now proceed differently.
• The God of Destruction summoned Dugu Bo and ordered him to retrieve Ah Yin’s soul bone from a waterfall in Fasno Province.

God of Evil and God of Goodness tried to persuade God of Asura to accept Tang Chen as a successor so Su Chen could be freed from the God of Destruction, but Asura refused. They left determined to find a way to compete for Su Chen while staying within the God Realm’s rules.

• God of Evil and God of Goodness told God of Asura that the Rakshasa God had interfered with Tang Chen’s inheritance trials.
• God of Asura dismissed Tang Chen’s failure and insisted that he was not fit to become the Asura God.
• God of Asura grew suspicious of their interest in his inheritance and warned them to uphold the God Realm’s rules.
• God of Evil and God of Goodness agreed not to break the rules but decided to pursue Su Chen through the rules governing divine inheritance.

Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou City with Su Chen, prompting Dugu Yan to suspect the boy was her grandfather’s secret son. Dugu Bo brought them to his manor and gave Dugu Yan a pot of his failed medicinal porridge as a gift.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling spotted Dugu Bo walking with Su Chen, and Dugu Yan wondered if the boy was her little uncle.
• Dugu Bo introduced Su Chen to Dugu Yan and said she could help him with anything he needed in Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Yan accidentally called Su Chen her little uncle, then pressed Dugu Bo about his long absence and the boy’s identity.
• Dugu Bo took Su Chen and the two girls to Dugu Manor, offering to adjust the accommodations to suit Su Chen.
• Dugu Bo gave Dugu Yan the leftover medicinal porridge he had made for Su Chen, and Su Chen recognized it as his dangerous Life-Taking Thirteen Porridge.

Dugu Bo brought Su Chen to the Dugu Clan residence and instructed Dugu Yan to treat him with the utmost respect while he was away. After Dugu Bo left for the secluded waterfall, Dugu Yan enlisted Ye Lingling to help care for Su Chen, who began stirring his Good Thought and Evil Thought.

• Dugu Bo struggled to explain Su Chen's standing to Dugu Yan, and Su Chen told her to call him by name.
• Dugu Bo assigned Su Chen the largest residence and told Dugu Yan to seek help from Xue Ye if needed.
• Dugu Bo ordered Dugu Yan not to offend Su Chen and to treat him as though he were her grandfather while he was away.
• Dugu Yan asked Ye Lingling to help look after Su Chen and proposed sharing the nourishing porridge.
• Su Chen recalled a range of memories to stir the Good Thought and Evil Thought within himself.

Su Chen tested his new Soul Rings’ stored Goodness and Evil Thought, then demonstrated his combat skill at Dugu Manor. After defeating Dugu Yan in a brief spar, he watched her discover the terrible taste of Dugu Bo’s medicinal porridge.

• Su Chen reflected on how his Soul Rings enhanced his abilities and stored Goodness and Evil Thought for later use.
• Dugu Yan brought Su Chen to the training ground, where he revealed that he had two Soul Rings despite claiming his Innate Soul Power was only level five.
• Dugu Yan challenged Su Chen to spar, but he swiftly evaded her poison mist and stopped his spear at her throat.
• Dugu Yan felt crushed by the gap in their strength, and Ye Lingling tried to console her.
• Dugu Yan tasted Dugu Bo’s medicinal porridge, gagged at its flavor, and warned Ye Lingling that it was hot so she would have to try it too.

Su Chen entered the Soul Fighting Arena to practice his spear techniques, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling accompanied him after enduring Dugu Bo’s awful medicinal porridge. Su Chen defeated his first opponent with ease, stopping his spear at the man’s throat.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling teased Su Chen about Dugu Bo’s terrible porridge as they escorted him to the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Dugu Yan handled Su Chen’s registration and match arrangements, then left to place a bet on him while Ye Lingling accompanied him to the waiting area.
• Su Chen noticed Ye Lingling walking awkwardly, embarrassing her before Dugu Yan returned and explained she had been betting on his match.
• Su Chen’s burly opponent questioned whether the young-looking fighter belonged in the Soul Grandmaster arena, then attacked with his Broad-Backed Blade.
• Su Chen easily knocked aside the opponent’s weapon twice and held his spear tip at the man’s throat after disarming him.