Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liang returned to Spirit City with Qian Renxue and spoke with Qian Daoliu about her Angel God inheritance and his God Trials. Qian Daoliu asked Jiang Liang to protect Qian Renxue if she succeeded, and Jiang Liang revealed that the final Angel Nine Trial would require Qian Daoliu to sacrifice himself.

• Qian Renxue returned to Spirit City with Jiang Liang and reflected on how the city had become a war machine.
• Qian Daoliu welcomed Qian Renxue and learned that Jiang Liang had reached Level Ninety-Seven and preferred the title Sword Immortal.
• After Qian Renxue left to rest, Qian Daoliu asked Jiang Liang about his Ice God and Destruction God Trials and why he believed Qian Renxue would inherit the Angel Godhood.
• Qian Daoliu asked Jiang Liang to care for Qian Renxue if she succeeded, warning that he would pursue him if she became unhappy.
• Jiang Liang told Qian Daoliu that the final trial of the Angel Nine Trials required Qian Daoliu to sacrifice his life.

Jiang Liang convinced Qian Daoliu that Qian Renxue should learn the truth about her family before beginning the Angel God Trial. Qian Daoliu also recalled Spirit Hall had an ore that could restore souls, giving Jiang Liang hope of saving the Snow Empress.

• Qian Daoliu told Jiang Liang that he planned to conceal his sacrifice and Qian Xunji's death from Qian Renxue.
• Jiang Liang warned that learning the truth during the Angel God Trial could destabilize Qian Renxue's resolve, and urged Qian Daoliu to tell her beforehand.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to discuss revealing the truth with Bibi Dong, who was in seclusion for the Rakshasa God Trial.
• Jiang Liang asked Qian Daoliu about treasures that could repair a soul, and Qian Daoliu recalled life-rich green ore kept in Spirit Hall's treasury.
• Qian Daoliu offered to search the treasury for the ore, and Jiang Liang left hopeful that it could save the Snow Empress.

Jiang Liang reunited with Grandpa Ma Xiunuo and told him about his recent achievements and Xiao Wu’s trip to Sea God Island. Meanwhile, Qian Daoliu revealed to Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong had killed her father, leaving Qian Renxue reeling as Bibi Dong watched unseen.

• Jiang Liang visited Grandpa Ma Xiunuo and told him that he had become a Level Ninety-Seven Super Douluo and that Xiao Wu had taken the others to Sea God Island.
• Jiang Liang and Grandpa Ma Xiunuo shared a meal and talked together in the courtyard.
• Qian Daoliu told Bibi Dong that he intended to reveal the truth about Qian Xunji’s death, and Bibi Dong told him to do as he liked.
• Bibi Dong secretly followed Qian Daoliu to Qian Renxue’s courtyard after he left the Pope Palace.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong, not Tang Hao, had killed her father, and Qian Renxue stumbled back in shock.

After Qian Daoliu revealed that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji after he assaulted her, Qian Renxue broke down and remained unconscious for four days. Jiang Liang comforted her until she woke, and she asked him to stay and talk.

• Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu whether Bibi Dong had killed her father, and he told her how Qian Xunji had forced himself on Bibi Dong and how Bibi Dong had killed him.
• Qian Renxue sobbed in Qian Daoliu's arms, while Bibi Dong watched, unable to comfort her, and then left.
• Qian Renxue cried herself unconscious and remained asleep for three days; a Healing Soul Master said her emotional collapse had made her unwilling to wake.
• After Qian Renxue remained unconscious for a fourth day, Qian Daoliu brought Jiang Liang to her bedside and ordered him to wake her.
• Jiang Liang spoke gently to Qian Renxue, reminding her that she was not alone, and she opened her eyes.
• Qian Renxue declined to see Qian Daoliu and asked Jiang Liang to stay and talk with her.

Jiang Liang helped Qian Renxue wake from her four-day unconsciousness and urged her to stop blaming herself for her parents’ deaths. After reassuring the worried elders, he reminded Qian Daoliu to tell Qian Renxue about his coming sacrifice and promised there might be a way to revive him later.

• Qian Daoliu and the elders anxiously waited outside Qian Renxue’s room while Bibi Dong watched from the shadows.
• Qian Renxue told Jiang Liang she felt she should never have been born, and Jiang Liang scolded her for blaming herself before cheering her up.
• Jiang Liang left Qian Renxue alone to recover, then told Qian Daoliu and the others that she had awakened but needed time to work through her feelings.
• Qian Daoliu gave Jiang Liang a box containing the item he had requested, and the elders departed after learning Qian Renxue was awake.
• Jiang Liang urged Qian Daoliu to tell Qian Renxue about his planned sacrifice and said he and Lingling might be able to revive him after inheriting their divine positions.

Jiang Liang used the gold of life to restore the Snow Empress, who had been unconscious for two years after sacrificing herself. After she awakened, she told him that the Ice God Sword could only be obtained by earning the recognition of the Extreme North’s laws of ice and snow.

• Jiang Liang returned to his room with the gold of life and prepared to use it to revive the Snow Empress.
• Jiang Liang and Sword Mother guided the gold of life’s vitality into the Snow Empress’s soul, restoring her body and consciousness.
• The Ice Empress joyfully embraced the awakened Snow Empress, who learned that two years had passed since her sacrifice.
• Jiang Liang thanked the Snow Empress and asked where to find the true Ice God Sword to advance his eighth trial.
• The Snow Empress explained that the Ice God Sword formed from the Extreme North’s laws of ice and snow and required their recognition to obtain.

Jiang Liang learned how to obtain the Ice God Sword and set out for the Extreme North to complete the Ice God's and Destruction God's trials. He reached Snow Empress's former palace and began the Ice God's Eighth Trial, with Xiaobai guarding him.

• Snow Empress told Jiang Liang to gain the Extreme North's laws' recognition to obtain the Ice God Sword, and Jiang Liang decided to set out the next day.
• Qian Renxue visited Jiang Liang, told him she feared Grandpa would die if she qualified for the Angel Nine Trials, and asked him to save Grandpa.
• Jiang Liang reassured Qian Renxue, then said farewell to her and Grandpa Ma Xiunuo before leaving Spirit City.
• Jiang Liang returned to Heaven Dou City to tell Liu Erlong and Ah Yin he intended to complete both God Trials, then flew north.
• Jiang Liang reached Snow Empress's former palace, reunited with Xiaobai, and sat down to begin the Eighth Trial while Xiaobai stood guard.

Jiang Liang connected with the Ice and Snow Law and summoned the Ice God Sword, completing the eighth trial of the Ice God's nine trials. The reward raised his ice god affinity to 100% and began increasing the age of his Cold Moon Sword Martial Soul's soul rings.

• Jiang Liang patiently sensed the Ice and Snow Law until it responded, then reestablished contact after the Ice Empress distracted him.
• Jiang Liang drew the surrounding wind and snow toward himself as Ice Bear King Xiaobai watched in shock.
• The wind and snow formed the Ice God Sword, which flew around Jiang Liang before he grasped it and cut a long fissure into the ice.
• Jiang Liang received notice that he had completed the eighth trial, reached 100% ice god affinity, and earned a fifty-thousand-year increase to every Cold Moon Sword soul ring.
• Jiang Liang's Cold Moon Sword Martial Soul emerged, and his second through fifth soul rings turned blood-red.

Jiang Liang transformed his soul rings and rose to peak level 98 before reviewing the final Ice God trial and the eighth Destruction God trial. He decided to postpone the Ice and Snow Law trial and prepare to face nine baptisms of Annihilation Divine Thunder with Sword Mother.

• Jiang Liang's soul rings transformed, and their power raised him to peak level 98, though he failed to reach level 99.
• Jiang Liang read that the Ice God's ninth trial required him to find and fuse with the Ice and Snow Law's core origin in the true depths of the Extreme North.
• The Snow Empress explained that the Ice God Sword granted Jiang Liang recognition, not command, and that the Extreme Ice Rift lay only on the fringes of the true depths.
• Jiang Liang checked the Destruction trials, received three God-Bestowed Spirit Rings, and stored them for possible use by Yanzi or Rongrong.
• Jiang Liang learned that the eighth Destruction trial required him and his second martial soul to endure nine baptisms of Annihilation Divine Thunder within a month.
• Sword Mother agreed to face the lightning with Jiang Liang, who began converting his accumulated soul power into sword qi to prepare.

After refining the Soul Power into Sword Qi and obtaining the Ice God Sword, Jiang Liang began the Eighth Trial of the destruction nine trials. He endured eight strikes of Annihilation Divine Thunder as he and Sword Mother absorbed its power, while the ninth bolt gathered overhead.

• Jiang Liang woke after three days, and the Titan Snow Demon King arrived to congratulate him on obtaining the Ice God Sword.
• Jiang Liang told Xiao Bai and the Titan Snow Demon King to clear Soul Beasts from a hundred-li radius before beginning his trial.
• Jiang Liang summoned Sword Mother’s true form, activated the destruction god trial, and drew destructive clouds over the Extreme North.
• Jiang Liang endured the first eight bolts of Annihilation Divine Thunder, refining their energy into his golden core as the lightning marked Sword Mother’s blade.
• The ninth bolt formed with more power than the previous eight combined and descended toward Jiang Liang.

Jiang Liang survived the final bolt of Annihilation Divine Thunder and recovered as its destructive power fused with his icy energy. After waking, he learned that he had completed the eighth Destruction trial and received the ninth trial: comprehend the essence of destruction and life with the successor of the Life Goddess.

• The final bolt of Annihilation Divine Thunder struck Jiang Liang, leaving him unconscious and charred as the clouds cleared.
• Sword Mother warned Xiao Bai and the Titan Snow Demon King that Jiang Liang had to refine the thunder energy himself or lose his cultivation.
• Over ten days, Jiang Liang's golden core balanced the thunder and frost powers, restoring his meridians and vitality.
• Jiang Liang's charred skin peeled away, and Sword Mother explained that his body was being reborn tougher than before.
• After the last of the charred skin fell away, Jiang Liang woke and reassured Xiao Bai, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress.
• Jiang Liang completed the eighth Destruction trial, gained 100% Destruction Affinity and Annihilation Divine Thunder Authority, and received the tenth-year deadline for the ninth trial.

After learning that the God of Destruction’s ninth trial required him to find the Life Goddess’s successor and master destruction and life, Jiang Liang went to the deepest reaches of the Extreme North. There he found the Ice God’s Heart and learned how to begin merging with it.

• Jiang Liang told Sword Mother, the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress, the Titan Snow Demon King, and Xiao Bai about the Destruction nine trials’ requirements.
• Jiang Liang asked the Titan Snow Demon King to keep protecting the Extreme North and told Xiao Bai to wait at Xue'er’s palace while he went on alone.
• Jiang Liang restored his strength, then flew toward the deepest reaches of the Extreme North on the Heaven-Slaying Sword.
• Jiang Liang walked through the absolute cold, where the ice and snow elements welcomed him and his Sword Qi froze in midair.
• Jiang Liang found a massive ice-blue crystal, and the Snow Empress identified it as the Ice God’s Heart, the source of the Extreme North’s ice and snow power.
• The Snow Empress told Jiang Liang to place his hand on the Ice God’s Heart and pour in his soul power so it could merge with him.

While Jiang Liang refined the Ice God's Heart, Tang Xiao and Yu Luomian led the Clear Sky Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in an attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The assault ended with the attackers retreating, but war between the sects became imminent as the Star Luo Empire invaded.

• Jiang Liang absorbed the Ice God's Heart and became encased in ice while refining its power.
• Tang Xiao and Yu Luomian led their forces in a nighttime assault on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Chen Xin and Gu Rong blocked their advance.
• Ning Fengzhi empowered Chen Xin and Gu Rong, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect counterattacked, killing an elder and injuring several attackers.
• Tang Xiao used Clear Sky Nine Techniques, Nine Techniques United as One to repel Chen Xin and Gu Rong, then escaped with his companions.
• Ning Fengzhi declared war on the Clear Sky Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and planned to go to Spirit City for support.
• Spirit Hall's elders learned of the attack, then received word from the imperial palace that the Star Luo Empire had begun its invasion.

The Star Luo Empire launched a rapid invasion of the Heaven Dou Empire, breaking through its eastern and southern defenses and advancing toward Suotuo City. Xue Qinghe approved Ning Fengzhi’s plan to defend the city and call for reinforcements, while Yue Guan said victory might depend on the Pope emerging from seclusion.

• The Star Luo Empire sent 150,000 troops into the Gulei Kingdom and 350,000 troops with 10,000 Soul Masters into the Balak Kingdom, breaching both border defenses.
• Heaven Dou’s court received reports that the Gulei and Balak defensive lines had fallen and that the Star Luo army was nearing Suotuo City.
• Xue Qinghe dismissed court and asked Ning Fengzhi to assess the battle reports and recommend a response.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed withdrawing Balak’s remaining troops into Suotuo City, asking Spirit Hall to attack the enemy flank, sending Marshal Ge Long with reinforcements, and abandoning the eastern front temporarily.
• Xue Qinghe approved Ning Fengzhi’s plan and ordered the ministers to mobilize troops and establish defenses.
• After Ning Fengzhi left, Xue Qinghe admitted the burden of ruling was difficult, and Yue Guan said Heaven Dou might need the Pope to emerge from seclusion to win.

Spirit Hall’s army attacked the Star Luo forces near Suotuo City, and five Spirit Hall Titled Douluo clashed with Yu Yuanzhen and two Clear Sky Sect elders. After both sides suffered heavy injuries, Yu Yuanzhen ordered the Star Luo Empire to retreat.

• Five Spirit Hall Titled Douluo led thirty thousand Soul Masters in an assault that broke the Star Luo army’s formations and sent its troops into a rout.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived with two Clear Sky Sect Titled Douluo and challenged Spirit Hall’s elders.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the two Clear Sky Sect elders fought Spirit Hall’s five Titled Douluo in the air, initially gaining the upper hand.
• The eight Titled Douluo unleashed their strongest soul skills, leaving both groups wounded and one Clear Sky elder with a severed arm.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered the Star Luo Empire to retreat.

After ten days of quiet, Ge Long assembled Heaven Dou’s reinforcements and launched a counterattack against the Star Luo Empire’s army near Suotuo City. Tang Xiao and Yu Yuanzhen chose to stand and fight, and the chapter ended as the Titled Douluos unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars.

• Yu Yuanzhen and the Star Luo Empire’s army withdrew, while Spirit Hall’s forces returned to Suotuo City to recover.
• Ge Long arrived with hundreds of thousands of reinforcements, Spirit Hall’s elders, and Ning Fengzhi’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then ordered a counterattack.
• As Heaven Dou’s forces advanced, Yu Yuanzhen prepared to retreat, but Tang Xiao and Yu Luomian arrived after failing to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang Xiao and Yu Yuanzhen persuaded the Star Luo commander to fight, with Tang Xiao taking on Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and the other elders.
• The two armies clashed, and Tang Xiao struck Porcupinefish Douluo aside before the Titled Douluos activated their Martial Soul Avatars.

Yu Yuanzhen fused the True Dragon Nine Crowns during the battle on Suotuo City’s plains, gaining overwhelming power at the cost of his rapidly withering body. He killed Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo and charged after Light Feather Douluo and the others as they tried to retreat.

• Tang Xiao, Yu Yuanzhen, and their allies clashed with Light Feather Douluo, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Spirit Hall’s other Titled Douluo, while Light Feather Douluo’s attack killed a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elder.
• Ge Long led the Heaven Dou army into battle, and Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s disciples enhanced their forces, turning the tide against the Star Luo Empire.
• Bone Douluo Gu Rong joined the fight, and Spirit Hall’s forces wounded Tang Xiao and Yu Luomian and killed two Clear Sky Sect elders as the armies suffered heavy losses.
• Yu Yuanzhen summoned and fused the True Dragon Nine Crowns, transforming into a golden-scaled dragon and asking Tang Xiao to protect his clansmen.
• Yu Yuanzhen killed Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo with single blows, then pursued Light Feather Douluo and the others as they attempted to retreat.

Yu Yuanzhen killed four Titled Douluos before Gui Mei self-destructed, devastating both armies and forcing them to withdraw. As the surviving forces regrouped, the Star Luo Empire sent another three hundred thousand troops to continue the war.

• Yu Yuanzhen’s rampage rallied the Star Luo army, and Ge Long led the Heaven Dou soldiers into a counterattack.
• Tang Xiao and the allied elders blocked Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluos from escaping while Yu Yuanzhen killed Tuoba Xi and charged at Ning Fengzhi.
• Gui Mei intercepted Yu Yuanzhen’s attack on Ning Fengzhi and self-destructed, catching Yu Yuanzhen and wounding Tang Xiao in the blast.
• Light Feather Douluo carried Yue Guan away as the Heaven Dou and Star Luo armies retreated to regroup amid heavy casualties.
• After news spread of the battle and Yu Yuanzhen’s four kills, the Star Luo Empire sent another three hundred thousand troops to the front.

The Star Luo Empire gathered more than 500,000 troops with the Four Great Single-Attribute Clans, but Spirit Hall’s worship elders destroyed its eastern army and forced Tang Xiao to retreat to Hadrian City. Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other worship elders prepared to attack the city through its mountain pass.

• Tang Xiao explained that Spirit Hall had seven Super Douluos, including the Level 99 Qian Daoliu, after learning five Spirit Hall experts had annihilated the eastern army.
• When scouts reported more than 200,000 Heaven Dou troops approaching with five Titled Douluos, Tang Xiao ordered the Star Luo army to retreat to Hadrian City and request reinforcements.
• Ge Long arrived at the abandoned camp with the Heaven Dou army and asked Golden Crocodile Douluo whether to pursue the Star Luo forces.
• After three days, scouts reported that Tang Xiao had fortified Hadrian City, and Ge Long warned Golden Crocodile Douluo that its narrow gorge could trap an attacking army.
• Mighty Lion Douluo and Qian Jun Douluo offered to lead the assault on Hadrian City.

Tang Xiao and the Star Luo army held out in Hadrian City as the allied forces besieged them and conquered more of the empire. After a year and seven months, Tang San and Tang Chen returned to the continent and set out to find Tang Xiao and the others.

• Marshal Ge Long advised the allied commanders to scout Hadrian City, while Tang Xiao ordered Yang Wudi and Bai He to defend the mountain routes and intercept enemy scouts.
• Mighty Lion Douluo, Qian Jun Douluo, and Demon Subduing Douluo forced a crossing into an ambush, where a Clear Sky Sect elder detonated his cultivation and badly injured them.
• Ge Long and Golden Crocodile Douluo laid siege to Hadrian City, while Star Luo's attempted relief forces suffered heavy losses and Heaven Dou seized more of the empire's territory.
• After a year and seven months, Tang Chen and Tang San emerged from a tavern in the border region, with Tang Chen freed from the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King's control.
• Tang San told Tang Chen they should return to find Tang Xiao and the others, who had joined forces with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and likely gone to war with Spirit Hall.