Chapter Summaries

Sword Douluo felt an overwhelming pull toward a Divine Position inheritance planted by the God of Destruction, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to accompany him to investigate. Meanwhile, Su Chen discussed Soul Tool sales with Qian Renxue, who left Snake Lance Douluo in the Heaven-Human Sect as his guard.

• Sword Douluo told Ning Fengzhi that his Martial Soul and Soul Power were responding to something in Sunset Forest, and he insisted on pursuing it despite the danger.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to go with Sword Douluo, reasoning that a chance to increase Sword Douluo's strength could help protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The God of Destruction revealed that he had placed a God of Slaughter inheritance for Sword Douluo as a test of the blade technique he had studied from Su Chen.
• Su Chen told Qian Renxue that a small quantity of Soul Tools, including first-rank Storage Soul Tools, would soon be available for sale as Lou Gao learned to make them.
• Qian Renxue told Snake Lance Douluo to remain with the Heaven-Human Sect and stop gathering intelligence for Spirit Hall, while Snake Lance Douluo kept his full allegiance to Su Chen unspoken.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo became lost in a blood-red area of Sunset Forest, where Sword Douluo received the God of Slaughter’s Divine Position trial. They returned to the forest with Sword Douluo set to secretly exterminate the Strength Clan, while Ning Fengzhi prioritized supporting his trial.

• Ning Fengzhi waited five hours as Sword Douluo stood frozen, then learned Sword Douluo had received a god’s favor and begun a Divine Position trial.
• Sword Douluo revealed that the God of Slaughter’s first trial required him to wipe out the Strength Clan, leaving none alive.
• Ning Fengzhi worried that attacking the Strength Clan could provoke Spirit Hall or the Clear Sky Sect, and Sword Douluo promised to act alone and discreetly.
• The surroundings returned to Sunset Forest, and Ning Fengzhi decided they would return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect instead of visiting the Heaven-Human Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Sword Douluo his support and told him to prepare for the trial while ensuring the Strength Clan’s destruction could not be traced to him.

Tang San became intensely focused on cultivation after realizing events were diverging from his past life. News that Dugu Bo had joined Spirit Hall’s Heaven-Human Sect unsettled him, and he suspected Qian Renxue was building her own power.

• Xiao Wu joined Tang San in cultivating, while Flender scolded Ma Hongjun and Oscar for their lack of effort.
• Yu Xiaogang believed Tang San’s new diligence came from wanting to avenge him, and Liu Erlong urged Yu Xiaogang to work harder too.
• Titan reported that Dugu Bo had joined a new sect established in Sunset Forest near Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San identified the sect as the Heaven-Human Sect and ordered the Strength Clan to investigate it and Dugu Bo’s reasons for joining.
• Tang San reasoned that Qian Renxue had established the sect to develop her own forces, possibly because she could not rely on Bibi Dong’s support.

Tang San returned to his mother’s hidden resting place to retrieve her Soul Bone, only to find the cave destroyed and assume Spirit Hall had taken it. Meanwhile, Sword Douluo slaughtered the Strength Clan and left to hunt Tai Tan in Suotuo City.

• Tang San decided to retrieve his mother’s Soul Bone and left Shrek Academy without Xiao Wu or Tai Tan.
• Tang San found the waterfall and cave in ruins, failed to locate the Soul Bone, and swore revenge on Spirit Hall.
• Tang San suspected Spirit Hall had taken his mother and left to search for Tang Hao.
• Sword Douluo told Ning Fengzhi that he had slaughtered the Strength Clan, but Tai Tan had been away and his Foundation God Trial remained incomplete.
• Sword Douluo learned from a letter that Tai Tan was in Suotuo City and set out to kill him.

Tang Hao traced Ah Yin’s disappearance to Tang San and learned that Tang San had gone to Shrek Academy. There, Tang San feared the academy had been targeted and hoped his father would arrive; Tang Hao reached the village outside Shrek.

• Tang Hao found a footprint by the waterfall and suspected Tang San had taken Ah Yin and her Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao learned at Notting Academy that Tang San and Yu Xiaogang had gone to Shrek Academy.
• Tang San returned to Shrek in low spirits and worried that Spirit Hall had targeted the waterfall and would find Shrek next.
• Tang San discovered Tai Tan was missing and decided not to search for him, fearing a trap.
• Tang Hao arrived outside the village where Shrek Academy was located.

Tang San feared that Spirit Hall might be watching him and worried about Tai Tan’s disappearance, but Tang Hao returned and accused him of taking the Blue Silver Grass from the cave behind the waterfall. Tang San denied it and claimed he had been reborn, leaving Tang Hao convinced that his son was talking nonsense.

• Tang San lay awake worrying that Spirit Hall might target him after Tai Tan disappeared.
• Tang Hao appeared in Tang San’s room, then asked whether he had visited the waterfall behind Holy Soul Village and what happened to the Blue Silver Grass in its cave.
• Tang San said he had visited the waterfall but found it already collapsed, and insisted he had not taken the Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang Hao doubted Tang San’s explanation and grew angry when Tang San blamed Spirit Hall for destroying the waterfall.
• Tang San told Tang Hao he had been reborn and briefly described their previous life, but Tang Hao dismissed the story as nonsense.

Tang San convinced Tang Hao that he had been reborn and told him about Spirit Hall’s schemes and his suspicions about Qian Renxue. After they found Tai Tan dead, Tang San urged his father not to attack Qian Renxue and suggested exploiting her conflict with Bibi Dong instead.

• Tang San explained his past life and recent discoveries until Tang Hao began to believe he had been reborn.
• Tang San told Tang Hao that Tai Tan had vanished and that Spirit Hall might be watching him, so Tang Hao agreed to investigate with him.
• Tang Hao and Tang San searched Tai Tan’s usual locations and found his corpse, with every bone shattered.
• Tang San suspected Spirit Hall was responsible, and Tang Hao identified the killer as someone powerful enough to crush a Soul Douluo.
• After Tang San described Qian Renxue’s infiltration of the Heaven Dou Empire, Tang Hao wanted to kill her, but Tang San warned him against it.
• Tang San proposed using the conflict between Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong to weaken Spirit Hall’s plans against him.

Su Chen began forging Battle Armor by modifying the Armor of Abomination around his Soul Bone, using research from the God Realm to keep the process safe. After an engraving mistake, he withdrew and restored the armor, leaving him free to try again.

• Lou Gao asked Su Chen whether he truly intended to forge his absorbed Soul Bone, and Su Chen told him to watch quietly.
• Su Chen explained that the God Realm’s research team had devised a low-risk method for turning his Soul Bone armor into Battle Armor.
• Su Chen and Lou Gao went beneath the Li Position, where Su Chen used the earthfire to begin forging while a Cold Shadow cooled him.
• Su Chen used a carving knife and molten metal to engrave formation patterns onto the Armor of Abomination, starting with his left index finger.
• Lou Gao noticed an engraving flaw and feared the attempt had failed, but Su Chen withdrew and restored the armor, erasing the mistake.

Su Chen told Qian Renxue where Tang Hao was, prompting her to leave Heaven Dou City and seek revenge for Qian Xunji. He then visited the Heaven-Human Sect's Soul Tool shop, where Soul Masters waited to buy the scarce goods.

• Su Chen gave the God of Destruction ideas for addictive God Trial rewards, and the God of Destruction began experimenting on Sword Douluo.
• Tang San and Tang Hao persuaded Shrek to relocate to a secluded place, while Tang San planned to use Yu Xiaogang to turn Bibi Dong against Qian Renxue.
• Su Chen visited Qian Renxue and revealed Tang Hao's whereabouts, learning that she blamed Tang Hao for her father's death.
• Qian Renxue decided to return to Spirit City and pursue Tang Hao, setting aside her mission in Heaven Dou City.
• Su Chen visited the Heaven-Human Sect's Soul Tool shop and saw Soul Masters waiting for its limited stock.

The Heaven-Human Sect’s Soul Tools spread across the Soul Master community while Qian Renxue struggled to gain support in Spirit Hall and asked Su Chen for advice. Su Chen agreed to teach her about power struggles and prepared to leave with Snake Lance Douluo to obtain his fourth Soul Ring.

• The Heaven-Human Sect increased its Soul Tool production, and the tools spread among Soul Masters as the sect’s reputation grew.
• Qian Renxue returned to Spirit City, clashed with Bibi Dong over avenging Qian Xunji, and failed to win Qian Daoliu’s full support.
• Qian Renxue asked Su Chen how to win over Spirit Hall’s elders, and he explained that the elders would not openly support her while Qian Daoliu stayed neutral.
• Su Chen told Snake Lance Douluo to accompany him the next day, and Snake Lance asked whether he was going to obtain his fourth Soul Ring.

Su Chen set out with Snake Lance Douluo to the Extreme North to obtain his fourth Soul Ring, following the God of Evil's arrangement. Elsewhere, Tang Hao and Tang San discussed Spirit Hall's renewed threat and decided to seek the Clear Sky Sect's former Four Great Affiliated Clans.

• Several Heaven-Human Sect elders volunteered to accompany Su Chen, but he chose to travel only with Snake Lance Douluo.
• Su Chen told Snake Lance Douluo they were heading to the Extreme North rather than the Star Dou Forest to obtain his fourth Soul Ring.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger sensed a familiar, awe-inspiring aura near the place where Su Chen had obtained his third Soul Ring, then left the Star Dou Forest to search for it.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that someone in Spirit Hall had likely been reborn, after two Spirit Hall consecrates had forced him to flee and aggravated his old injuries.
• Tang San and Tang Hao discussed finding allies against Spirit Hall, and Tang San proposed starting with the Clear Sky Sect's former Four Great Affiliated Clans.

Qian Renxue persuaded Qian Daoliu to begin her Angel God trial, while Su Chen and Snake Lance Douluo reached the frozen depths of the Extreme North in search of Su Chen’s next Soul Ring. The chapter left Su Chen sending the Life-Killing Spear beneath the ice to find what lay below.

• Qian Renxue insisted that Qian Daoliu begin her Angel God's Divine Position Trial, and he agreed despite fearing for her safety.
• A group of Spirit Hall Academy students in the Extreme North spotted two flying figures, while Shui Bing'er watched them pass.
• Su Chen and Snake Lance Douluo flew into the Extreme North's core area, where Su Chen briefly sensed a trace of life in the snowstorm.
• Su Chen told Snake Lance Douluo that the place where he would obtain his Soul Ring lay beneath the ice.
• Su Chen sent the Life-Killing Spear, with Cold Shadow inside it, drilling down through the ice.

Su Chen and Snake Lance Douluo entered an ice tunnel in the Extreme North, drawing the attention of Snow Empress and Ice Empress. As the Empresses followed them through rich deposits of Cold Marrow, they reached a dark region whose aura frightened Snow Empress.

• Ice Empress urged Snow Empress to stop Su Chen and Snake Lance Douluo, but Snow Empress sensed a special aura around Su Chen and warned against hostility.
• Ice Empress recognized Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's aura on Su Chen's Life-Killing Spear and became interested in the energy he might contain.
• Su Chen used the spear to open a passage beneath the ice and entered it with Snake Lance Douluo, having sensed Ice Empress nearby.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress followed the pair into the tunnel, where Ice Empress collected Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow.
• Snow Empress stopped at a black region ahead and sensed an aura that made her tremble.

Su Chen and Snake Lance Douluo entered an icy cavern filled with Heavenly Tribulation Thunder to hunt a Purple Heaven Thunder-Devouring Python carrying traces of a fallen Thunder God. As Su Chen attacked the python, it unleashed a bolt of dark-purple lightning that moved faster than he could perceive.

• Snake Lance Douluo warned Su Chen about the strange lightning, and Su Chen identified it as Heavenly Tribulation Thunder.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress sensed the tribulation aura and the grief and hatred of soul beasts that had died beneath its lightning.
• Su Chen and Snake Lance Douluo found the Purple Heaven Thunder-Devouring Python, which the God of Destruction said bore traces of a fallen Thunder God's aura.
• The python split off three lightning soul beasts; one engaged Snake Lance Douluo, while two rushed toward the passage and fought the people who had followed Su Chen.
• Su Chen thrust his Life-Killing Spear at the python, but it fired a dark-purple lightning bolt that crossed his spear faster than he could perceive.

Snow Empress and Ice Empress entered the hidden space while fleeing two lightning-wrapped soul beasts, then found Su Chen and Snake Lance Douluo fighting similar enemies. Su Chen became trapped in a Lightning Cage and endured a Heavenly Tribulation-like assault, while Snow Empress and Ice Empress watched and Snake Lance Douluo returned to his own fight.

• Snow Empress shielded Binger from two lightning soul beasts in the tunnel and led them into the space ahead.
• Snow Empress and Binger emerged behind the lightning beasts, and Snake Lance Douluo grew wary of the unexpected newcomers.
• A lightning attack trapped Su Chen in a cage and struck him with tribulation-like bolts, prompting Ice Empress to wonder whether he was a transformed soul beast.
• Su Chen fought the lightning with his Life-Killing Spear and sensed the malice of soul beasts killed by Heavenly Tribulations in the attacks.
• Snake Lance Douluo tried to reach Su Chen, but Su Chen told him to handle his own enemy because he still had methods to use.

Su Chen broke free of the Purple Heaven Thunder-Devouring Python’s Lightning Cage and defeated it by striking at the Evil Thoughts controlling it. As he absorbed its power, pale blue lightning emerged from his pendant, leaving Snow Empress terrified and Snake Lance Douluo wondering if it was the Thunder God’s power.

• Su Chen used the White Tiger Manifestation to tear apart the Lightning Cage, while Snow Empress sensed a fearsome power in his second soul skill.
• The Purple Heaven Thunder-Devouring Python gathered the other lightning Soul Beasts and attacked Su Chen as serpentine lightning, but Su Chen countered with the Azure Dragon Manifestation.
• Su Chen pierced the Evil Thoughts controlling the python, weakened it, and drove his Life-Killing Spear into its head.
• Purple lightning gathered around Su Chen as he began absorbing the python’s Soul Ring, while Snake Lance Douluo guarded him and Snow Empress restrained Ice Empress.
• Pale blue lightning rose from Su Chen’s pendant, terrifying Snow Empress and prompting Snake Lance Douluo to wonder if it was the Thunder God’s power.

After absorbing his fourth Soul Ring, Su Chen learned that the Snow Empress and Ice Empress were nearby, while the God of Destruction suggested that he bring the two powerful Soul Beasts under his control. The Snow Empress hoped following a god’s inheritor might help her escape Heavenly Tribulations, but she remained wary as Su Chen addressed the pair directly.

• The Snow Empress told the Ice Empress that Su Chen might be connected to a god or be a god’s inheritor, and the pair debated the risks of staying near him.
• Su Chen finished absorbing his fourth, pitch-black Soul Ring, and Snake Lance Douluo relaxed when the danger of disturbing him passed.
• The blue lightning around Su Chen returned to his Pendant, and the God of Destruction explained that he could now wield power resembling the Thunder God’s.
• The God of Destruction asked Su Chen whether he wanted to subdue the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, and Su Chen considered using them as Soul Rings or allies.
• The Snow Empress weighed the possibility of following Su Chen to escape Heavenly Tribulations but worried about trusting a human and losing her Soul Ring.
• Su Chen called out to the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, revealing that he knew their identities.

Tang San and Tang Hao found the Strength Clan and Speed Clan reduced to scorched earth, then changed course to seek Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing. Their journey revealed that Spirit Hall’s Heaven-Human Sect was selling Soul Tools, leaving Tang San alarmed by how much stronger Spirit Hall had become.

• Tang San and Tang Hao found the Strength Clan’s territory burned to scorched earth in Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San and Tang Hao found the Speed Clan had also been wiped out by fire, and Tang San chose to seek Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing instead of the remaining clans.
• Tang San spotted a Soul Master using an offensive Soul Tool, and Tang Hao subdued both sides and took the weapon.
• Tang Hao learned that the Heaven-Human Sect had made and sold the Soul Tool, and Tang San feared Spirit Hall’s new technology would make it overwhelmingly powerful.

God of Evil, Goodness God, and God of Destruction checked Su Chen’s progress and decided to begin his trial. Goddess of Life then arrived at Castle of Destruction and asked God of Destruction to inspect her withering Forest of Life, leaving their strained relationship unresolved.

• God of Evil and Goodness God asked God of Destruction about Su Chen’s training, and God of Destruction urged them to bring Tang San to him soon.
• God of Destruction removed his concealment, revealing that Su Chen had become a Soul Ancestor and was followed by Ice Empress and Snow Empress.
• God of Evil and Goodness God agreed that Su Chen’s growth warranted starting his trial.
• Goddess of Life came to Castle of Destruction, hurt that God of Destruction had not apologized or sought her out.
• Goddess of Life asked God of Destruction to inspect the withered Forest of Life with her.

God of Destruction rejected Goddess of Life’s attempt to draw him into the Forest of Life’s problems, deepening the rift between them. After she left, he refused to let God of Evil and God of Goodness take over Su Chen’s inheritance arrangements and remained determined to secure Tang San as well.

• God of Destruction refused to help Goddess of Life with the withered trees, while God of Evil and God of Goodness declined to intervene.
• Goddess of Life promised to support God of Destruction, but he told her that returning to the Forest of Life would be the best support she could give him.
• God of Goodness and God of Evil urged Goddess of Life to leave the matter to them, and she angrily departed the Castle of Destruction.
• God of Evil offered to handle Su Chen’s inheritance arrangements, but God of Destruction insisted that they first secure Tang San.
• God of Evil criticized Tang San’s slow cultivation and praised Su Chen, while God of Goodness warned him that boasting could make God of Destruction break their agreement.