Chapter Summaries

The Light Screen revealed the Ice God Pearl’s origins, auction, abilities, and future owners, prompting Snow Empress to search the Extreme North for it. After the Divine Artifact Ranking ended and Lu Chen received his rewards, the next list began with the Heavenly Dance Dream Emperor Divine Sword at rank ten.

• The Light Screen explained that the ownerless Ice God Pearl came from the Extreme North and was sold at auction, shocking Ning Rongrong and Oscar.
• Snow Empress learned the Ice God Pearl was in the Extreme North and sent powerful soul beasts to search for it.
• The Light Screen revealed that the Qiangu Family bought the Ice God Pearl for Gu Yuena, who gave it to Tang Wulin, and described its powers.
• Snow Empress decided the Ice God Pearl’s cold energy would benefit her and dispatched more soul beasts to find it.
• Lu Chen received the Myriad Flower Ice Mirror skill and three Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrows, then began a new ranking list.
• The Light Screen announced the Heavenly Dance Dream Emperor Divine Sword as the tenth-ranked Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Chen Xin remarked on its connection to swords.

The Sky Curtain revealed the Heavenly Dance Dream Emperor Divine Sword, a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill wielded by Long Tianwu and Su Mengjun, and recounted its role in killing the Abyss Bee Emperor. Lu Chen received the Peerless Sword Box and learned about his new loyal Sword Servant, Hong Lian, as he prepared to carry out his plan to become a god.

• The Sky Curtain introduced Long Tianwu and Su Mengjun’s Heavenly Dance Dream Emperor Divine Sword, a fusion skill that could rival a Level 99 Titled Douluo.
• The Sky Curtain showed how Long Tianwu and Su Mengjun used the fusion skill during the Abyss War to kill the eighth-ranked Bee Emperor.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin wished he had a Three-Character Battle Armor after learning about Su Mengjun’s strength.
• Lu Chen received the Peerless Sword Box, a Super Divine Artifact that could cultivate nine sword-type Divine Artifacts.
• Lu Chen viewed the information on his new Sword Servant Hong Lian, a Level 96 fire-attribute sword Soul Master with a red Spirit Ring.
• Lu Chen anticipated carrying out his plan to become a god the following day.

After the Golden Dragon King was defeated in the God Realm, the Sky Curtain announced a Talent Ranking that would reward good talents and punish bad ones. The Asura God attacked the Sky Curtain and was struck down by heavenly lightning, leaving the gods to wonder what it was.

• The Angel God severed the Golden Dragon King's head and used her ultimate technique as its Divine Core tried to escape.
• The Sky Curtain appeared across Douluo Continent, Sun Moon Continent, and the God Realm, announcing the Talent Ranking and its rewards and punishments.
• The Angel God suspected the ranking was connected to the Golden Meteor she had obtained.
• The Asura God attacked the Sky Curtain with two sword strikes, and heavenly lightning struck him severely.
• The God of Destruction told the Goddess of Life to heal the Asura God, then turned his attention to the Sky Curtain.

The Light Screen announced the Talent Ranking and named Yu Xiaogang as its first entry, leaving Yu Xiaogang expecting a life-changing opportunity while Yu Yuanzhen feared he would be punished. The screen began revealing Yu Xiaogang’s background and inferior spirit mutation.

• The God of Evil expected to appear on the Talent Ranking, while Beast God Di Tian wondered what punishments it might bring.
• The Light Screen named Yu Xiaogang, son of Yu Yuanzhen, as the Talent Ranking’s first entry, shocking soul masters across the continent.
• Yu Yuanzhen worried that Yu Xiaogang would be punished, while Yu Xiaogang celebrated and imagined receiving an opportunity to transform his spirit or gain treasures.
• Liu Erlong heard that Yu Xiaogang had made the ranking and believed he would receive an opportunity to change his fate.
• The Light Screen explained that Yu Xiaogang came from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and had awakened the inferior-mutated pig spirit Three-Pao, embarrassing Yu Yuanzhen.

The Light Screen revealed that Yu Xiaogang’s Pig Martial Soul could evolve into a Radiant Holy Dragon, despite his low Innate Soul Power and limited cultivation. It recounted how he took Tang San to hunt for a first spirit ring, where Tang San had to save him from a Mandala Snake.

• Sea Dragon Douluo reacted in shock to Yu Xiaogang having only half a level of Innate Soul Power.
• The Light Screen explained that Yu Xiaogang’s Pig Martial Soul could evolve into a Radiant Holy Dragon and recounted his academic work and his discovery that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls.
• Bibi Dong remembered Yu Xiaogang studying Spirit Hall’s books, while Yu Yuanzhen considered bringing him back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and trying to induce his Martial Soul’s evolution.
• Liu Erlong was astonished that Yu Xiaogang’s Pig Martial Soul could become a Radiant Holy Dragon.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San encountered a Mandala Snake over four hundred years old, and Tang San defeated it and cured Yu Xiaogang’s poisoning.
• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Qing remarked that Tang San seemed more like Yu Xiaogang’s teacher after Tang San had to save him.

The Sky Curtain revealed Yu Xiaogang’s relationships and his students’ divine achievements, then punished him by reducing his Soul Power by twenty levels. Lu Chen received a Custom Italian Cannon, and the ranking moved on to Hu Liena at No. 2.

• The Sky Curtain disclosed Yu Xiaogang’s relationships with Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong and listed the gods among his former students.
• The Asura God questioned why Tang San and Xiao Wu both inherited his divine throne and why Tang San also possessed the Sea God’s throne.
• The Sky Curtain judged Yu Xiaogang guilty of blind arrogance and corrupt morals, then struck him with heavenly lightning that reduced his Soul Power by twenty levels.
• Lu Chen received a Custom Italian Cannon from the system for exposing someone on the Talent Ranking.
• The Sky Curtain revealed Hu Liena as Talent Ranking No. 2.

The Sky Curtain ranked Hu Liena second on the Talent Ranking and recounted how Bibi Dong favored her, then exposed how Hu Liena helped Tang San thwart Spirit Hall’s hunts for Xiao Wu and the two hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts. Hu Liena realized the revelations could bring punishment, and the chapter left her increasingly uneasy as another rumble sounded from the Sky Curtain.

• The Sky Curtain named Hu Liena second on the Talent Ranking, and Yan congratulated her before realizing the ranking might bring punishment.
• The Sky Curtain described how Bibi Dong treated Hu Liena like a daughter, gave her another Soul Bone before her trip to the City of Slaughter, and later made her Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden and first successor.
• The Sky Curtain revealed that Hu Liena let Tang San, disguised as Tang Yin, join Spirit Hall’s team hunting Xiao Wu despite knowing his Clear Sky Sect identity.
• The Sky Curtain explained that Hu Liena told Tang San where Bibi Dong was hunting the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, allowing him to claim their Soul Rings and Soul Bones and kill Gui Mei.
• Subdue Demon Douluo questioned Hu Liena’s loyalty while Tang Chen laughed at Spirit Hall, and Hu Liena grew more uneasy as another rumble sounded from the Sky Curtain.

After Hu Liena was punished for placing second on the Talent Ranking, the Light Screen revealed Ji Juechen in third place, a gifted swordsman born ten thousand years in the future. The chapter introduced his humble beginnings and ended as the Light Screen continued describing the Sword Fanatic.

• Hu Liena's Martial Soul reverted from a Nine-Tailed Demon Fox to a Demon Fox after the Sky Curtain struck her with wrath lightning.
• Oscar worried about being ranked, while Ning Rongrong wondered who would appear next and why two rankings were taking turns.
• Xiong Jun feared that a ranking punishment could cost him more than a hundred thousand years of cultivation, but Myriad Demon King said he wanted to appear on the list.
• Lu Chen received a Demon Fox Mask that let him disguise his appearance and voice.
• The Light Screen named Ji Juechen third on the Talent Ranking and described how he raised his Soul Power despite having only level three Innate Soul Power and obtained his first soul ring alone at age eight.
• The Light Screen said Ji Juechen was known as the Sword Fanatic and continued his introduction.

The Sky Curtain revealed Ji Juechen’s extraordinary sword cultivation, including his Dragon Slaying Sword Intent and evolving domain, and showed him at the pinnacle of Titled Douluo. Lu Chen received Dragon Slaying Sword Intent as a reward as the Sky Curtain began revealing the fourth talent on the ranking.

• Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Ma Hongjun dismissed Ji Juechen’s achievements before the Sky Curtain revealed that he became a six-ring Soul Emperor in his twenties and comprehended Sword Intent and a domain.
• Soul Masters across the continent reacted in shock, while Chen Xin realized Ji Juechen had mastered Sword Intent and a domain far younger than he had.
• The Sky Curtain explained that Ji Juechen’s relationship with Jing Ziyan evolved his Sword Fanatic Domain from Silence to Affection, and that they reached the pinnacle of Titled Douluo together.
• The Sky Curtain showed Sword Obsessive Douluo Ji Juechen with three swords and a nine-ring configuration of two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red ring.
• Lu Chen received the special skill Dragon Slaying Sword Intent, and the Sky Curtain began revealing the fourth talent on the ranking.

The Talent Ranking revealed Feng Xiaotian’s exceptional Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power, then criticized him for neglecting cultivation because of Huo Wu and his Self-Created Soul Skill. Feng Xiaotian awaited his final result, which had not yet appeared.

• The Light Screen announced Feng Xiaotian of Godwind Academy as fourth place on the Talent Ranking, making him fear he would receive a punishment.
• The Light Screen described Feng Xiaotian’s Swift Wind Twin-Headed Wolf Martial Soul, beneficial mutation, and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Yan dismissed Feng Xiaotian as weak compared with himself, then wondered why Feng Xiaotian had fallen so far behind despite his talent.
• The Light Screen explained that Feng Xiaotian had squandered his talent by obsessing over Huo Wu and spending time developing Swift Wind Demon Wolf Seventy-Two Consecutive Slashes.
• Yan realized Feng Xiaotian had not cultivated seriously and envied his talent as Feng Xiaotian’s final result began to appear.

The Talent Ranking punished Feng Xiaotian by stripping ten Soul Power levels, while Lu Chen gained ten levels and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, reaching Titled Douluo and refining a ninth Spirit Ring. The ranking then named Dugu Bo as rank five and showed him slaughtering thousands with poison at Jialing Pass.

• The Heavenly Rankings reduced Feng Xiaotian's Soul Power by ten levels, dropping him from a Three-Ring Soul Elder to a Two-Ring Soul Grand Master.
• Lu Chen accepted ten Soul Power levels and a Hundred Thousand Year Swift Wind Demon Wolf left leg bone, became a Titled Douluo, and refined a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring as his ninth ring.
• Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er feared being listed on the Talent Ranking, while Dugu Bo concluded that appearing on it brought punishment.
• The Heavenly Rankings named Dugu Bo rank five, and Dugu Yan rushed to support him after he fainted.
• The Light Screen showed Dugu Bo unleashing his poison at Jialing Pass, killing thousands of Spirit Hall Empire soul masters in moments.

The Talent Ranking exposed Dugu Bo’s poison as the cause of his family’s deaths and punished him by removing the poison from his body, weakening him but saving his life. Lu Chen gained a Perfected Calamity Poison Body and absorbed a six-hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring before the ranking announced Xue Beng in sixth place.

• Dugu Bo feared his massacre would ruin his reputation, then the Sky Curtain revealed that his poison had killed Dugu Yan and her deceased relatives.
• The Sky Curtain ranked Dugu Bo for punishment because his poison had harmed his family, and heavenly lightning removed the poison from his body and turned his green hair black.
• Lu Chen received the Perfected Calamity Poison Body as a system reward and accepted it.
• Lu Chen absorbed the God-Bestowed Spirit Ring, which appeared as a red ring with six golden patterns, marking it as six hundred thousand years old.
• The Sky Curtain announced Xue Beng, the fourth prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, as the sixth-ranked talent.

The Light Screen revealed that Heaven Dou Fourth Prince Xue Beng had feigned being a playboy to hide from Qian Renxue, who had killed his brothers. After learning the truth, Xue Ye appointed Xue Beng Crown Prince, while the Light Screen began describing the Heaven Dou Palace Coup.

• Star Luo Emperor Dai Tianli predicted that Xue Beng’s Talent Ranking result would be punishment.
• Xue Beng realized the Light Screen would expose his playboy persona as an act.
• The Light Screen explained that Xue Xing had arranged for Xue Beng to act useless so he could survive after his brothers were killed.
• Xue Ye learned that Qian Renxue had killed his three eldest sons and that Xue Beng had concealed his talents to stay alive.
• Xue Ye appointed Xue Beng the new Crown Prince, and the Light Screen began describing the Heaven Dou Palace Coup.

The Talent Ranking revealed Xue Beng’s mixed reward and punishment, while Lu Chen received two system rewards. The ranking then announced Purple Pearl Island’s Jixiang in seventh place, leaving Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai trading jokes about the name.

• The narration identified Qian Renxue and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as losers of the Heaven Dou palace coup, while Tang San and Xue Beng were its winners.
• Qian Renxue resolved to conquer the empires through strength after becoming a god.
• The Light Screen ranked Xue Beng and awarded him Martial Soul Evolution while reducing his Soul Power by ten levels.
• Heavenly lightning struck Xue Beng, and a Golden Meteor entered his body as his Martial Soul evolution began.
• Lu Chen received the Emperor Seal Art and a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring from the system.
• The Light Screen announced Jixiang of Purple Pearl Island in seventh place, and Ma Hongjun teased Dai Mubai into calling himself Ruyi’s father.

The Light Screen revealed that Jixiang, an ordinary physician with no Innate Soul Power, ranked seventh on the Talent Ranking and was Tang San’s disciple. It explained how Jixiang saved the gravely wounded Tang San on Purple Pearl Island, then teased the astonishing gift Tang San gave him.

• At the Clear Sky Sect camp, Bo Saixi explained that Purple Pearl Island was a small island near Sea God Island, ruled by the Soul King Purple Pearl.
• Purple Pearl and Jixiang were both shocked that Jixiang had appeared on the Talent Ranking despite having no Innate Soul Power and not being a Soul Master.
• The Light Screen introduced Jixiang as a physician from Purple Pearl Island whose weak martial soul was an ordinary needle, prompting debate across the continent about whether he belonged on the ranking.
• The Light Screen revealed that Jixiang and Xue Beng were fellow disciples of Tang San, and Xue Beng wondered what extraordinary relationship he would later have with Jixiang.
• The Light Screen explained that Jixiang rescued and cared for a near-death Tang San on Purple Pearl Island, leading Tang San to accept him as a disciple and give him an astonishing gift.

The Sky Curtain revealed that Tang San gave Jixiang Soul Power by using a Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng King and the Mysterious Heaven Skill, then opened his Eight Extraordinary Meridians. Jixiang’s ranking reward appeared as two opportunities, including Martial Soul Evolution and Soul Power.

• Ning Rongrong speculated that Tang San’s gift might give Jixiang a chance to become a god.
• The Sky Curtain revealed that Tang San helped Jixiang gain Innate Full Soul Power using a Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng King and the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Tang Lieyang questioned what the Eight Extraordinary Meridians were and why they should be opened.
• The Sky Curtain explained that opening the Eight Extraordinary Meridians accelerated Soul Power recovery and that Jixiang became Purple Pearl Island’s strongest Soul Master within six years.
• The Sky Curtain announced Jixiang’s reward for healing the world: Martial Soul Evolution and Soul Power, then sent two Golden Meteors toward him.

Jixiang received the Golden Meteors, which transformed his Martial Soul into the Huayang Needle, while Lu Chen claimed rewards for revealing the Talent Ranking. The Light Screen named Canghui Academy instructor Shi Nian as the eighth-ranked talent, prompting Tang Hao to resolve to kill him after learning he had once tried to kill Tang San.

• Two Golden Meteors transformed Jixiang’s needle Martial Soul into the Huayang Needle, and he thanked the Divine Screen.
• Lu Chen received the rewards of opening the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and the Thirteen Needles of Ghost Gate.
• The Light Screen announced Shi Nian of Canghui Academy as Talent Ranking No. 8, and Shi Nian hoped for an opportunity rather than punishment.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu discussed Shi Nian’s ranking and wondered whether their father could rank as well.
• The Light Screen revealed that Shi Nian had opposed Tang San and made a killing move against him, so Tang Hao decided Shi Nian must die.

The Light Screen revealed how Tang San killed Shi Nian and punished him for his misconduct by downgrading all his Soul Rings by one tier. Lu Chen received the Demons and Monsters domain and Time Stop, though he was dissatisfied that Time Stop lasted only three seconds.

• Xie Yue and Yan wondered how Tang San had killed Shi Nian despite the three-level gap between them.
• The Light Screen showed Shi Nian trapping Tang San in an illusion, then dying after Tang San escaped and struck him with King of Hell's Post.
• The Light Screen punished Shi Nian for abusing his position and failing to use his full strength, downgrading each of his Soul Rings by one tier.
• Lu Chen received the Demons and Monsters domain, which slowed enemies and summoned Chi, Mei, and Wangliang to attack them.
• Lu Chen received Time Stop, which halted other living beings within one thousand meters for three seconds once a day, and felt its duration was too short.

The Sky Curtain ranked Yu Yuanzhen ninth in talent and revealed his rise to become a level ninety-five Peak Douluo and leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while also exposing Yu Xiaogang’s weak talent. Yu Yuanzhen realized the coming scene showed the battle in which Spirit Hall would destroy his clan, and the Sky Curtain began depicting a rainy night.

• The Sky Curtain named Yu Yuanzhen ninth on the Talent Ranking, leaving him worried that a punishment could weaken him and endanger his clan.
• The Sky Curtain recounted Yu Yuanzhen’s exceptional talent and his rise through the Soul Master ranks, then revealed that his son Yu Xiaogang had a pig-like Martial Soul and only half a level of Innate Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang complained that the Sky Curtain was calling him a good-for-nothing, while Yu Yuanzhen envied Tang Hao for having a gifted son.
• The Sky Curtain stated that Yu Yuanzhen became a level ninety-five Peak Douluo and clan leader, and that his strength had been demonstrated in a great battle.
• Yu Yuanzhen inferred that the battle was Spirit Hall’s future destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the Sky Curtain showed a dark, rainy night.

Spirit Hall destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Yu Yuanzhen killed Lingyuan Douluo before he fell and received a Divine Artifact that transformed him into a Super Douluo. Lu Chen gained two special skills, then noticed a spatial rift opening before him.

• Ghost Leopard led Spirit Hall's surprise attack on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Yu Yuanzhen stepped forward to fight back.
• Ghost Leopard, Demon Bear, Snake Lance, and Lingyuan Douluo surrounded Yu Yuanzhen, who unleashed True Dragon's Wrath and charged at Lingyuan Douluo.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Lingyuan Douluo died, and the ranking awarded Yu Yuanzhen the True Dragon Jade Pendant, raising his Soul Power and Spirit Bones.
• Tang Chen congratulated Yu Yuanzhen, while Lu Chen received Three Thousand Thunder Movement and Three Thousand Thunder Phantom Body from the system.
• Lu Chen noticed spatial fluctuations and watched a rift open before him.