Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen used his system to deploy the Heavenly Ranking, which announced a list of the strongest humans of the present era and drew attention across the Douluo Continent. The first revealed entry was Qian Daoliu in tenth place.

• Lu Chen, a transmigrator with zero Innate Soul Power, completed three rankings and agreed to deploy the Sky Curtain in exchange for system rewards.
• A Light Screen appeared in the sky and announced that the Strongest Human Monologue Ranking would list thirteen people across ten ranks, with the list rotating after every three revelations.
• People across the continent reacted to the ranking, while Sword Douluo Chen Xin judged the Light Screen to be a divine miracle.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi expected Chen Xin to make the list; at Spirit City, Ju Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei speculated about their chances and Bibi Dong's likely entry.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders discussed whether the ranking's opportunity could help their sect return to the Soul Master World and named Tang Xiao, Tang Chen, and Tang Hao as possible entries.
• The Light Screen revealed Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu as tenth place, while powerful beings in the Star Dou Great Forest's Great Fiend Ground awakened.

Qian Daoliu’s monologue revealed his extraordinary innate talent and rapid rise, then claimed that someone other than Tang Hao killed his son, Qian Xunji. The revelation left Qian Renxue shocked and eager to learn who killed her father and why Qian Daoliu could not avenge him.

• Qian Daoliu, Qian Renxue, Chen Xin, and Bo Saixi reacted with surprise and doubt to Qian Daoliu’s low ranking on the Strongest Human Monologue Ranking.
• The Light Screen revealed that Qian Daoliu awakened a Six-winged Angel Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power Level 20, stunning people across the continent, including Oscar.
• Qian Daoliu recounted his rapid rise through the Soul Master ranks, his succession as Spirit Hall’s Pope, and the birth of his son, Qian Xunji.
• Bibi Dong reacted with fury and hatred when Qian Xunji appeared in Qian Daoliu’s monologue.
• Tang San questioned how Qian Daoliu had absorbed a five-hundred-year first soul ring, exceeding the limit he had been taught.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that someone other than Tang Hao killed Qian Xunji and completely devoured his body and soul, leaving Qian Renxue shocked and questioning who the killer was.

Qian Daoliu’s monologue revealed that someone other than Tang Hao had killed Qian Xunji, then recounted how Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen both fell in love with Bo Saixi. The Light Screen ended as Qian Daoliu reflected that even a Level 99 Ultimate Douluo could not escape death.

• Qian Renxue and Tang Hao reacted to Qian Daoliu’s claim that someone else had killed Qian Xunji, while Tang Hao hoped the truth would clear his name.
• Qian Daoliu explained that after Xun’er died, he devoted himself to protecting Xue’er, then went with Tang Chen to Sea God Island after Spirit Hall lost two elders there.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that he and Tang Chen both fell for Bo Saixi, but she chose Tang Chen, who left to seek a way to become a god and planned to return to marry her.
• Qian Renxue, Tang Xiao, and Qian Daoliu reacted with surprise or embarrassment to the story, while Bibi Dong privately felt relieved that Qian Daoliu had not exposed her as Qian Xunji’s killer.
• Qian Daoliu reflected that even a Level 99 Ultimate Douluo could not escape death.

Qian Daoliu’s monologue revealed that he had sacrificed himself to help Xue’er become a god, but the ranking’s reward gave him a Level 99 Golden Puppet that could take his place. Lu Chen received a Level 20 soul power and a sanctified martial soul, while the ranking announced Tang Chen as tied for tenth and Bo Saixi waited to hear his monologue.

• Bo Saixi inferred that Qian Daoliu had sacrificed himself to fulfill his duty, while the Titan Giant Ape asked the Sky Azure Bull Python whether Xiao Wu might appear on the ranking.
• Qian Daoliu’s monologue revealed that he had given his life to open Xue’er’s path to godhood and told her the truth about her father’s death.
• The ranking awarded Qian Daoliu a Level 99 Golden Puppet, and he tested its strength by fighting it.
• Lu Chen claimed his rewards, reaching Soul Power Level 20 and evolving his Scythe into the Sacred Blade.
• The ranking announced Clear Sky Douluo Tang Chen as tied for tenth, and Bo Saixi wondered whether his monologue would reveal where he had gone.

Tang Chen recounted how he pursued the Asura God's inheritance, only to be parasitized and trapped as the King of Slaughter in the City of Slaughter. After learning where he was, Tang Hao and Bo Saixi set out to find and save him, while Tang Chen's narration continued.

• Tang Chen explained that he left the Clear Sky Sect to seek godhood after Bo Saixi said she would marry whoever became a god.
• Tang Chen described finding the Asura God's inheritance in the City of Slaughter and completing seven of its nine trials before the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King parasitized him.
• Tang Hao learned Tang Chen was trapped in the City of Slaughter and hurried there to bring him out.
• Bo Saixi learned Tang Chen had been trapped and ordered Sea Dragon to prepare a ship so she could sail to rescue him.
• Tang Chen began recounting how a man later destroyed the City of Slaughter with a precious medicinal herb.

Tang Chen’s monologue revealed that King Asura destroyed the City of Slaughter, prompting Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Sect, and Bibi Dong to seek vengeance. A golden opportunity restored Tang Chen, Lu Chen gained powerful rewards, and Bo Saixi’s monologue began with her rise to High Priestess and the arrival of Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu on Sea God Island.

• Tang Hao learned that King Asura had killed Tang Chen and hurried toward the City of Slaughter, vowing revenge.
• Tang Xiao declared King Asura the Clear Sky Sect’s mortal enemy, while Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to hunt him down.
• Bo Saixi considered whether she should kill the Sea God’s chosen successor to avenge Tang Chen, and Tang San wondered if King Asura was himself.
• A golden light cleansed Tang Chen of the Blood River poison, restored him, and caused the Nine-Headed Bat to collapse at his feet.
• Lu Chen claimed the Indestructible Vajra Body and Divine Slaughter’s Domain rewards in Holy Soul Village.
• Bo Saixi’s monologue described her trials, her rise to High Priestess, her refusal to join Spirit Hall, and the arrival of Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu on Sea God Island.

Bo Saixi’s monologue revealed her history with Tang Chen and her failed attempt to kill Tang San, before she received detailed information about the Sea God’s successor. Learning Tang San’s secrets and current location at Shrek Academy, she resolved to confront him over Tang Chen’s death.

• Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue reacted to Bo Saixi’s judgment that Qian Daoliu had been too serious, while Ning Rongrong recognized herself in Bo Saixi’s account of the Red Tier Seven Trials.
• Bo Saixi recounted how Tang San triggered the Sea God Nine Trials, how she tried and failed to kill him, and how she later sacrificed herself to help him become the Sea God.
• Bo Saixi received an opportunity that revealed the Sea God’s successor’s identity, details, and exact location.
• Bo Saixi learned that Tang San was at Shrek Academy, possessed Twin Martial Souls, and had been reborn with memories of another life and Tang Sect Secret Arts.
• Bo Saixi decided to visit Tang San and kill him to avenge Tang Chen.

The Strongest Human Monologue Ranking revealed that Ning Rongrong would become the Nine-Colored Goddess, a Supreme God, after running away from home and joining Shrek Academy. The revelation shocked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Shrek Academy, while Xue Ye flew into a rage over Xue Beng’s role in turning Shrek away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• The Light Screen named Ning Rongrong ninth on the ranking and revealed that her runaway from home at age twelve would set her on the path to becoming a Supreme God.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin were stunned by Ning Rongrong’s future, and Chen Xin praised her while anticipating the sect’s rise.
• Oscar feared that Ning Rongrong’s future as a god meant he could never be with her, while Yu Yuanzhen lamented that his son Yu Xiaogang was a failure.
• Ning Rongrong recalled joining Shrek Academy, growing close to her classmates, and training with them before Xue Beng blocked their entry to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dai Mubai feared Ning Rongrong’s future power because of his earlier threats and resolved to apologize to her.
• Xue Ye ordered Xue Beng summoned after learning that he had caused Shrek Academy to miss its chance to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Ning Rongrong’s monologue recounted Shrek Academy’s tournament victory, her rise to become the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s successor, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s later destruction. As Xiao Wu feared her identity would be exposed and Yu Yuanzhen blamed Spirit Hall for his clan’s fate, the monologue continued with the sect announcing the founding of a nation.

• Ning Rongrong recalled Shrek Academy’s young Soul Ancestors winning the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament by defeating Spirit Hall Academy.
• Xiao Wu worried that her true age and identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast would be exposed, so she decided to leave Shrek Academy for the Star Dou Great Forest that night.
• Yan rejected the claim that Spirit Hall Academy had lost to Shrek, while Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun speculated that Zhu Qing’s group had gained a rare opportunity they could seize.
• Ning Rongrong recalled making a Ten-Year Pact with Oscar, advancing to Soul Emperor, and being appointed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s First Successor.
• Ning Rongrong recounted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s devastating blow, the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and her Red Tier Seven Trials on Sea God Island.
• Yu Yuanzhen suspected Spirit Hall had exterminated his clan, and Spirit Hall later announced the founding of a nation.

Ning Rongrong’s monologue revealed that Oscar and she were chosen to inherit divine thrones, while Tang San gained a million-year spirit ring and spirit bone. Her account continued through the war against Spirit Hall, Tang San’s death and revival, and the defeat of Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, ending with Tang San anticipating that something bad was about to happen.

• Ning Rongrong’s narration revealed that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had a million-year spirit ring and spirit bone, and that Oscar and she were chosen as successors to the Food God and Nine-Colored Goddess.
• Flender celebrated Shrek Academy’s three future gods, Yu Xiaogang imagined becoming a god himself, Oscar reacted to his inheritance, and the surviving Deep Sea Demonic Whale King vowed revenge on Tang San.
• Qian Renxue wondered who the other five gods would be as Ning Rongrong described the Shrek Seven Devils’ battle against Spirit Hall at Jialing Pass.
• Bibi Dong killed Tang San and the two elders who tried to save him, but the Food God and Nine-Colored Goddess restored his divine body, and ocean creatures’ prayers revived his Divine Soul.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu used Dual God Coexistence to kill Bibi Dong and shatter Qian Renxue’s Divine Throne, winning the battle against Spirit Hall.
• Tang San watched the Light Screen and sensed that trouble was coming.

After Ning Rongrong’s monologue ended, Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect moved against Shrek Academy, while Tang Chen reunited with Tang Hao. Ning Rongrong gained the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Lu Chen received a powerful defensive skill, and the Light Screen announced Oscar as eighth place.

• Tang San realized Spirit Hall could target him, and Xiao Wu decided to flee Shrek Academy immediately to protect her identity.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to kill Tang San and destroy Shrek Academy, while Ning Fengzhi sent Sword Douluo Chen Xin to bring Ning Rongrong and Oscar home.
• Tang Hao reunited with Tang Chen outside the City of Slaughter, and Tang Chen swore revenge on Qian Daoliu after learning of Spirit Hall’s attack on the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ning Rongrong received the opportunity to evolve her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Lu Chen gained Nine Treasures Invincible Divine Light.
• The Light Screen named Food God Oscar eighth on the Strongest Human Monologue Ranking and announced that the next reveal would be the Strongest Spirit Ranking.

Oscar's monologue recounted his rise as a food-type Soul Master and his ten-year pact with Ning Rongrong, while the Light Screen drew attention from Shrek Academy, Qian Renxue, Chen Xin, and the Star Dou Great Forest. It left Oscar describing how training in the Extreme North gave him a combat ability and a ten-thousand-year soul bone.

• The Light Screen shifted between the Strongest Human Monologue Ranking and the Strongest Spirit Ranking, and Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun reacted to Oscar's appearance.
• Qian Renxue wondered about her and Bibi Dong's rankings and hoped the Light Screen would reveal who killed her father, Qian Xunji.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin watched the Light Screen and expected the Strongest Spirit Ranking to feature him and the Seven Kill Sword.
• Di Tian obeyed his lord's order to guard the Great Fiend Ground while the lord left to understand humans by becoming human.
• Oscar's monologue described his Soul Master advancement, his love for Ning Rongrong, and their ten-year pact; Ning Fengzhi anticipated Oscar joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and marrying Rongrong.
• Oscar recounted training in the Extreme North, where he found a Mirror Beast and gained the Copy Mirror Sausage ability and a ten-thousand-year soul bone.

Oscar’s monologue recounted his rise from a Support Soul Master to a Food God, while the Light Screen prompted reactions across the continent. After his monologue ended, Oscar received an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and Lu Chen received a reward for revealing the ranking.

• Emperor Xue Ye heard that a Heaven Dou palace coup would occur and concluded that Xue Beng was the likelier culprit, then beat him more fiercely.
• Tang Hao told Tang Chen he would return to the City of Slaughter before its number reached 9528 and avenge Tang Chen by killing the future King Asura.
• Oscar’s monologue described his Sea God Island trials, ascension to Titled Douluo, inheritance of the Food God’s Divine Throne, and role in resurrecting Tang San and defeating the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Oscar received the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, which could help food-type Soul Masters overcome slow cultivation.
• Lu Chen received a reward after the Strongest Human Monologue Ranking was revealed.

Lu Chen claimed the Gourmet Tablecloth and Replication Eye as the Strongest Spirit Ranking was announced, prompting soul masters across the continent to anticipate the rankings and their promised opportunities. As the Artifact Soul Ranking began, major figures and Shrek Academy students watched, while Yu Yuanzhen hoped the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon would top the Beast Soul Ranking.

• Lu Chen claimed both rewards and checked his status as the Light Screen announced that the Strongest Spirit Ranking would list ten Artifact and Beast martial souls and grant their owners minor opportunities.
• Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Sea Witch discussed their prospects for the ranking, while Bo Saixi said her God-given Martial Soul qualified for neither list.
• Oscar consumed an Immortal Herb under Flender's protection and gained five levels of Soul Power; Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Ning Rongrong then awaited the martial soul rankings.
• Yu Yuanzhen declared that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul would lead the Beast Soul Ranking, but learned that the Artifact Soul Ranking would be revealed first.

The Light Screen revealed the Netherworld King Sword and its wielder, Ha Luosa, whose innate domain and terrifying rise to power shocked the continent. After Ha Luosa’s story concluded, the ranking prepared to introduce the next Artifact Martial Soul, and Lu Chen received a system reward.

• Chen Xin, Qian Daoliu, Yang Wudi, and the Clear Sky Sect elders reacted to the Netherworld King Sword ranking and wondered whether their own martial souls would appear.
• The Light Screen revealed that Ha Luosa awakened the Netherworld King Sword with the Netherworld Rebirth domain at age six, astonishing soul masters across the continent.
• Chen Xin concluded that his Seven Kill Sword was inferior to the Netherworld King Sword, while Qian Renxue was shocked that Ha Luosa had possessed a domain from awakening.
• The Light Screen recounted Ha Luosa’s murders, deaths and revivals, his rise to Titled Douluo at nineteen, and his later battles against Level 99 Titled Douluos.
• The Light Screen finished introducing the Netherworld King Sword and Ha Luosa, then began preparing to reveal the next Artifact Martial Soul as Lu Chen received a system reward.

The Strongest Artifact Soul Ranking revealed the Coiled Dragon Staff as its second-place martial soul and described its current wielders and future wielder Qian Gudongfeng. The chapter ended with Tang Hao joking to Tang Chen that the future Lord of the Plane with his name must be someone else.

• The Light Screen named the Coiled Dragon Staff second on the Strongest Artifact Soul Ranking, exciting Thousand Jun Douluo and Subdue Demon Douluo and reassuring Sword Douluo Chen Xin that his Seven Kill Sword might also rank.
• The Light Screen explained that the Coiled Dragon Staff belonged to Thousand Jun Douluo and Subdue Demon Douluo, and that its Evil-Breaking Dragon trait could let a wielder with an unyielding spirit unleash strength beyond their own.
• Snow Empress compared the Coiled Dragon Staff’s heavenly origins to her own, while Subdue Demon Douluo attacked Thousand Jun Douluo so they could test the staff’s described trait.
• The Light Screen introduced Qian Gudongfeng, a Level 99 Spirit Pagoda master and Four-word Battle Armor Master, and recounted his ambition, his defeat by Tang Wulin, his betrayal of humanity’s allies, and his death alongside Dark Blood Demon.
• The Light Screen said Lord of the Plane Tang Hao prevented Qian Gudongfeng’s resurrection, prompting Tang Chen to stop and stare at Tang Hao, who joked that the future figure was surely someone else.

Tang Hao and Tang Chen planned to protect Tang San after the Sky Curtain revealed his future conflict with Spirit Hall, while Lu Chen received an Evil Breaking Dragon egg and a mysterious white-haired girl appeared near Holy Soul Village. The Sky Curtain then began revealing the third-ranked artifact soul, the Sky Piercing Spear, leaving Yang Wudi curious and disappointed that it was not his Soul Breaking Spear.

• Tang Chen asked Tang Hao who Xiao San was, then agreed to go with him after learning Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Marshal Ge Long condemned Qian Gudongfeng for sowing discord and urging teammates to flee during a crisis.
• Lu Chen received an Evil Breaking Dragon egg and learned it needed blood from Dragon Spirit Beasts to hatch.
• A barefoot white-haired girl with purple eyes appeared on a road near Holy Soul Village and walked toward the people she hoped to find.
• Bai Chenxiang anticipated becoming the seventh-ranked God of Speed as the Sky Curtain announced the Sky Piercing Spear in third place on the Strongest Artifact Soul Ranking.
• Yang Wudi was disappointed that the Soul Breaking Spear had not ranked, but he resolved to judge the Sky Piercing Spear's strength for himself.

The Light Screen revealed Yun Ming’s achievements, immense strength, and death while defending his academy, after which the Sky Piercing Spear became the Heaven-Pillar Divine Spear. Lu Chen received the No-Fly Domain reward, and the Light Screen moved on to the Strongest Human Monologue Ranking.

• The Light Screen introduced the Sky Piercing Spear and Yun Ming, recounting how he defeated sixteen young Titled Douluos who had admired Ya Li.
• Yun Ming’s feats and rapid rise to Level 99 and the Quasi-God realm astonished soul masters across the continent, including Ning Fengzhi, Qian Daoliu, and Yang Wudi.
• The Light Screen described Yun Ming defeating the Ghost Emperor, surpassing Chen Xinjie, and earning the wariness of Di Tian before revealing the Holy Spirit Cult’s assault on his academy.
• Yun Ming destroyed his incomplete Pseudo-Divine Throne to shield the academy from two Twelfth-Grade Soul Cannons, killing eight Titled Douluos before he died and his spear became a Divine Artifact.
• Tang Chen praised Yun Ming’s attempt to forge a Divine Throne, while Lou Gao wondered whether he could develop Soul Cannons.
• Lu Chen received the No-Fly Domain reward, and the Light Screen continued with the Strongest Human Monologue Ranking.

The Light Screen announced Zhu Zhuqing as seventh on the Strongest Human Monologue Ranking and revealed that she became a Supreme God. Her family and the Star Luo court reacted to the news, while Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun considered fleeing or fighting; Zhu Zhuqing’s monologue then recounted how she joined the throne struggle and traveled to Shrek Academy.

• The Light Screen named Zhu Zhuqing the God of Speed and revealed her background as the second daughter of the Star Luo Zhu Clan, betrothed to Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Chongba learned Zhu Zhuqing had become a god, and Dai Tianli declared Dai Mubai Crown Prince and Zhu Zhuqing Crown Princess Consort.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun stopped on their way to Shrek Academy and weighed fleeing the empire against fighting Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Flender realized that several Shrek students had become gods and wondered whether Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu would also appear on the ranking.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s monologue explained that she went to Shrek Academy at twelve to face the throne struggle alongside Dai Mubai, then recalled that a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest nearly cost her life.

Zhu Qing’s account of her perilous Star Dou Great Forest trip prompted Zhu Chongba and Flender to change their plans, while Qian Daoliu ordered a search for External Soul Bones. Tang San regretted leaving Shrek Academy after learning what he had missed, unaware that Xiao Wu had also left and fled to the forest.

• Zhu Chongba learned that Zhu Qing faced mortal danger and hurriedly prepared to go to Shrek Academy, while Flender decided to accompany Oscar and Zhao Wuji on their soul-ring trip.
• Lu Chen found a mud-covered White-clad Little Girl at his door and invited her inside to eat.
• Zhu Qing recounted how her group claimed a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, then encountered the Titan Giant Ape, which captured Xiao Wu before she returned safely.
• Flender canceled Oscar’s planned trip to the Star Dou Great Forest after learning that the Titan Giant Ape had appeared there.
• Zhu Qing said Tang San killed a Man Faced Demon Spider and gained an External Soul Bone, prompting Qian Daoliu to order a search for similar spiders.
• Tang San regretted leaving Shrek Academy after learning about the soul-ring trip and External Soul Bone, while Xiao Wu had also left and fled to the Star Dou Great Forest.