Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao entered a peaceful sea region that weakened outsiders and faced the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, which was unaffected by its domain. After learning the system could not break the domain quickly, Lin Xiao attacked with his Asura skills and left the whale confronting his Judgment strike.

• Lin Xiao found a life-filled sea region and was attacked by the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, while the domain weakened his Soul Power, speed, strength, and abilities.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King explained that it had adapted to the domain and intended to devour Lin Xiao to break through its final barrier.
• Lin Xiao learned that breaking the SSS-rated domain would take two days, then tried to provoke the whale by claiming Sea God Poseidon had spared it because it was weak.
• As his Soul Power continued to decline, Lin Xiao hurled the Asura Demon Sword at the whale's remaining eye, but it knocked the sword aside with its tail.
• Lin Xiao activated Martial Soul Avatar and unleashed Ninth Soul Skill, Asura! Judgment!, as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King recoiled in fear.

Lin Xiao defeated the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with help from the golden light in a nearby hall, then absorbed its million-year soul ring and reached level 97. Inside the hall, he met Di Jing, a former God Emperor who revealed that he had been waiting for Lin Xiao to inherit his legacy.

• Lin Xiao and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King exchanged devastating attacks, leaving both badly injured.
• Di Jing's golden light halted their fight, restored the damaged land, and declared that he had been waiting for Lin Xiao.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King begged for an inheritance, but Di Jing killed it, leaving behind a soul bone and soul ring.
• Lin Xiao fused the million-year soul ring with his existing hundred-thousand-year ring, reached level 97 Titled Douluo, and received a Changing-Clothes Puppet and Wu Zetian.
• Di Jing revealed that he was one of the ten great God Emperors, ranked second, and chose Lin Xiao as his successor because of his Asura Bloodline and Three-life Martial Soul.

Di Jing offered Lin Xiao the chance to inherit his divine position and began the assessment he required. Lin Xiao entered a restored Star Dou Great Forest, where he had to kill the million-year Snake Demon King, with death in the test meaning death in the real world.

• Di Jing asked Lin Xiao about his cultivation and learned that the Blood Demon Emperor's power was within him.
• Di Jing explained that the God Realm's experts had noticed Lin Xiao and warned that inheriting his divine position required passing an assessment.
• Lin Xiao accepted Di Jing's test, and Di Jing transported him to a restored forest from a million years ago.
• Di Jing set Lin Xiao the task of killing the Snake Demon King and obtaining its soul bone, warning that failure would mean real death.
• Lin Xiao checked with the system, which confirmed Di Jing's warning.

Bibi Dong responded to the destruction of the Clear Sky Sect by ordering Spirit Hall to rebuild the Seven Great Sects and recruit Soul Masters. In Elder Hall, Qian Daoliu faced the question of whether to cooperate with Lin Xiao, then summoned the Angel God to reveal the divine position to Qian Renxue.

• Di Jing gave Lin Xiao a jade pendant that could let him escape, but Lin Xiao chose to enter the forest rather than retreat.
• Yue Guan reported that Lin Xiao had destroyed the Clear Sky Sect, and Ghostly suggested the cause was a fragment of the Divine Remnant Map.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to select the Seven Great Sects anew and recruit Soul Masters across the continent.
• Qian Daoliu's letter revealed that Lin Xiao wanted Spirit Hall's cooperation, while Ghost Leopard Douluo opposed it and Golden Crocodile Douluo warned that fighting Lin Xiao could doom them.
• Qian Daoliu sent the other high priests away and told Qian Renxue, who had reached the Soul Saint realm, that he would show her their divine position.
• Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue knelt as the Angel God appeared, and Qian Daoliu greeted him as Senior Celestial God.

The Angel God confirmed that Qian Renxue could inherit her divinity and ordered her to kill Lin Xiao, giving her the Angel Nine Trials. Meanwhile, Lin Xiao encountered a powerful Wolf King in the primordial-era forest beneath the ocean and fought to escape its Time Restriction.

• The Angel God examined Qian Renxue and declared that she could inherit the Angel God’s position.
• The Angel God revealed her hatred of Lin Xiao and the Asura lineage, then commanded Qian Renxue to kill Lin Xiao and complete the Angel Nine Trials.
• The Angel God summoned the Angel God Armor, but six soul bones vanished and nine trial cards appeared in their place.
• Lin Xiao encountered a five-hundred-thousand-year Wolf King whose aura and strength rivaled the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• The Wolf King used Time Restriction and charged Lin Xiao, who broke free by throwing the Asura Demon Sword and tried to flee.

Lin Xiao fought the three-hundred-thousand-year Moon Wolf King in the phantom and unleashed the Asura Annihilation Slash to defeat it. Both combatants were gravely wounded, and the Moon Wolf King asked Lin Xiao what his Martial Soul was as Lin Xiao approached.

• Lin Xiao struggled to fight the Wolf King, whose attacks he could not escape by calling to Li Bai and the others.
• The Wolf King took human form and attacked Lin Xiao, who fought back with his nine Soul Rings and Asura Demon Sword.
• Lin Xiao blinded the Wolf King's left eye, and the beast revealed itself as the Moon Wolf King and gathered starlight into its horn.
• Lin Xiao poured the power of his nine Soul Rings into the Asura Demon Sword and unleashed the Asura Annihilation Slash against the Moon Wolf King's Golden Dragon Horn attack.
• The clash devastated everything within ten miles, leaving Lin Xiao and the Moon Wolf King gravely wounded; the Moon Wolf King then asked Lin Xiao about his Martial Soul.

After sparing the Moon Wolf King, Lin Xiao struggled through the Star Dou Great Forest with severe wounds and was ambushed by two saber-toothed tigers. He lost consciousness after an unknown rescuer arrived and woke in a small tavern, where a woman in a blue dress greeted him.

• Lin Xiao spared the Moon Wolf King, restored one of its eyes, and warned it to stay away from the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Xiao treated his chest wounds and continued through the forest, while a Primordial Desolate Soul Beast found his bloodied trail after he left.
• A fifty-thousand-year saber-toothed tiger ambushed Lin Xiao, and he used Asura Domain to trap it before a second tiger struck him from behind.
• As two saber-toothed tigers prepared to attack, Lin Xiao found that his system had gone silent and Li Bai and the others had vanished; a burst of sword qi killed one tiger and drove the other away.
• Lin Xiao collapsed, then later woke in a small tavern with most of his wounds healed as a woman in a blue dress entered.

Lin Xiao learned from Feng Ling that he was in the ancient Cloud Empire, then recovered from his injuries and tried to leave. He discovered that soldiers had sealed the streets after an assassin attacked the emperor, and the chapter ended with a stall owner warning him not to speak carelessly about the ruler.

• Feng Ling told Lin Xiao that two Moon Wolf Kings lived in the Star Dou Great Forest and explained that the Cloud Empire ruled the continent in this era.
• Lin Xiao spent three days recovering at the tavern while Feng Ling left to attend to an undisclosed matter.
• Lin Xiao left the tavern and found soldiers blocking the streets.
• A stall owner told Lin Xiao that an assassin had attacked the emperor, been captured, and would be paraded before her execution.
• The stall owner warned Lin Xiao that the emperor had executed other would-be assassins and that speaking about him could be dangerous.

Lin Xiao followed Feng Ling to her execution and intervened when the Cloud Empire’s emperor ordered her death. After killing one Titled Douluo with the Asura Divine Sword, he faced the remaining experts as they unleashed their soul skills.

• A shop owner warned Lin Xiao that the Cloud Empire was arresting foreign experts amid a brutal purge of suspected rebels.
• Lin Xiao recognized the captured Feng Ling in a carriage and followed it to the execution ground.
• The emperor accused Feng Ling’s clan of plotting to seize the throne and ordered her execution despite her protests.
• Lin Xiao arrived before the executioner could strike, condemned the emperor, and declared that he would kill anyone who stood in his way.
• Lin Xiao slew a charging Titled Douluo with the Asura Divine Sword, prompting the others to unleash their Martial Soul Avatars and attack with powerful soul skills.

Lin Xiao fought the Cloud Empire’s three Great High Priests and their Soul Master forces, but the ancient Peerless Douluo wounded him and forced him to defend himself. After glancing at Feng Ling, Lin Xiao declared that his warm-up was over and prepared to strike back.

• The three Great High Priests arrived and identified Lin Xiao as an unknown fighter whose strength far exceeded his Soul Power rank.
• Lin Xiao killed several Titled Douluo, then fought Yun Long and the other two Great High Priests as they attacked together.
• Yun Long protected one of his brothers from Lin Xiao’s sword, while another Great High Priest struck Lin Xiao and reopened his wounds.
• The Great High Priests and tens of thousands of Cloud Empire Soul Masters pressed their attack, but Lin Xiao shattered the incoming assaults and knocked back his opponents.
• Yun Long launched a surprise attack, and his clash with Lin Xiao sent the surrounding Soul Master legions flying.
• Lin Xiao looked toward Feng Ling, called the fight a warm-up, and vowed to kill the three Great High Priests.

Lin Xiao fought off the Cloud Empire’s forces after they refused to stop pursuing him, then seized the Emperor and demanded to hear his information about the God Realm. The Emperor began explaining that the first Emperor’s spiritual power had told him something, leaving Lin Xiao waiting to judge whether it was worth sparing his life.

• The Emperor offered rewards to anyone who killed Lin Xiao, and soldiers and civilians charged at him despite his warning.
• Lin Xiao summoned tens of thousands of Asura Divine Swords and killed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, while Feng Ling’s black-clad rescuers reached her.
• The surviving soldiers dropped their weapons, and Lin Xiao confronted the three Titled Douluo before grabbing the Emperor and declaring he would kill only him.
• Yun Long charged to protect the Emperor, but Lin Xiao unleashed Asura Annihilation Slash, destroying Yun Long and sending the other two Titled Douluo flying away.
• The Emperor begged for his life and offered information about the God Realm, and Lin Xiao told him to explain before deciding whether to spare him.

Lin Xiao defeated the Cloud Empire's emperor, ended the empire, and became the ruler known as the Sword Emperor before traveling with Feng Ling to train. Nine months later, the Demon Snake King reached god level and cornered them with an army of Soul Beasts, leaving Lin Xiao to knock Feng Ling unconscious so he could face the danger alone.

• Lin Xiao killed the Cloud Empire's emperor after learning that Fire Spirit had plotted to control the continent, then declared himself the Sword Emperor.
• Lin Xiao and Feng Ling discussed the dangers of the God Realm and the Demon Snake King, then agreed to travel together and train.
• Over nine months, Lin Xiao reached the Peerless Douluo realm and Feng Ling reached Level 96 Title Douluo.
• Lin Xiao and Feng Ling failed to defeat the Demon Snake King after it advanced to god level and summoned tens of thousands of Soul Beasts, and they fled while badly injured.
• Lin Xiao told Feng Ling to escape, knocked her unconscious when she refused, and prepared to hold off the Demon Snake King's army alone.

Lin Xiao sent Feng Ling away with his essence blood, then fought the Demon Snake King with the power of his martial souls. He wounded the beast by repeatedly striking its vital spot, but the Demon Snake King used Space Suppression to overpower him and left him badly injured.

• Lin Xiao gave Feng Ling his mask and essence blood, causing her to vanish as she escaped.
• Lin Xiao swallowed a drop of essence blood and gathered the power of his other martial souls to confront the Demon Snake King.
• Lin Xiao and the Demon Snake King exchanged attacks, and the beast's superior strength sent Lin Xiao flying and left him vomiting blood.
• Lin Xiao dodged the Demon Snake King's attacks and repeatedly struck its vital spot with the Asura Divine Sword.
• The Demon Snake King used Space Suppression to immobilize Lin Xiao, then smashed him through a tree and into the ground.
• Lin Xiao struggled to his feet as the Demon Snake King taunted him before his death.

Lin Xiao sacrificed himself to defeat the Demon Snake King, then awoke in the Divine Palace and learned from Di Jing that his trial had been a real experience from millions of years ago. Di Jing revealed that he had once been Lin Xiao’s student, and told him that someone had always been waiting for him.

• Lin Xiao used his life and soul to unleash Nightmare Soul, devastating the Star Dou Great Forest and leaving both him and the Demon Snake King gravely injured.
• Feng Ling killed the Demon Snake King, and Lin Xiao gave her his mask before dissolving into golden light.
• Lin Xiao awoke in the Divine Palace, where Di Jing praised him for completing the trial in less than a year.
• Di Jing said the Sword Emperor had truly existed millions of years earlier and described his victories before his disappearance.
• Di Jing knelt and reminded Lin Xiao that Lin Xiao had rescued, named, and taught him swordsmanship when he was a child named Di Tian.
• Di Jing explained that the trial recreated Lin Xiao’s real past, in which he and the Demon Snake King died together, and said someone had always been waiting for him.

After Di Jing passed his divine position to Lin Xiao, Lin Xiao reached the Heavenly God Realm and went to Ice Ling Valley to find Feng Ling. He learned she would emerge from seclusion the next day and waited outside the valley.

• Di Jing told Lin Xiao that Feng Ling had become the foremost God Emperor and was waiting for him in Ice Ling Valley.
• Di Jing passed his divine position to Lin Xiao, raising him to the First-rank Divine Being realm, then faded away.
• Three Ice Ling Sect elders discussed the Old Sect Master's seclusion and ordered the sect to recruit outer disciples.
• Lin Xiao entered Ice Ling Valley despite its disciples trying to stop him and demanded to see the Sect Master.
• Lin Xiao recognized the young Sect Master as resembling Feng Ling, revealed his identity, and learned Feng Ling would emerge from seclusion the next day.
• Lin Xiao left the valley and decided to wait for Feng Ling.

After fifty years in seclusion, Feng Ling learned that the continent was in turmoil and prepared to leave Ice Ling Valley to face her approaching end. Lin Xiao arrived and revealed himself as the long-lost Sword Emperor, and Feng Ling welcomed him as the disciples bowed to him.

• Feng Ling emerged from seclusion and learned that she had been gone for fifty years and that the continent was growing unsettled.
• Feng Ling told Feng Xiao and the elders that she would leave Ice Ling Valley because her time was running out.
• Lin Xiao arrived, and Feng Ling recognized the Asura Divine Sword he carried.
• Feng Ling embraced Lin Xiao after he confirmed that he had returned, while Feng Xiao and the elders witnessed their reunion.
• Feng Ling introduced Lin Xiao as the Sword Emperor, and the Ice Ling Valley disciples knelt to greet him.
• Feng Ling personally poured Lin Xiao wine at the banquet.

Lin Xiao learned that Feng Xiao was his daughter and reunited with Feng Ling, who was nearing the end of her life. As Lin Xiao and Feng Ling left for the God Realm, its enforcers discussed the growing threat to the Mortal Realm and the demand that the Asura Clan surrender Lin Xiao.

• Feng Ling told Lin Xiao that the God Emperors sought to break through to a higher realm, then revealed that Feng Xiao was his daughter.
• Feng Ling explained how Lin Xiao's blood essence had helped her reach the God Emperor realm and how she had raised Feng Xiao for millions of years; Feng Xiao ran from the room in tears.
• Feng Ling and Lin Xiao reconciled, and Feng Ling asked to call him Husband.
• Lin Xiao and Feng Ling left Ice Ling Valley for the God Realm, while Feng Xiao agreed to look after the sect.
• The Asura God, Destruction God King, and Asura King discussed God Realm soul masters entering the Mortal Realm and the threat demanding that the Asura Clan hand over Lin Xiao.

The Asura God refused to hand Lin Xiao over to the God Emperors, despite the Destruction God King warning that this could endanger the God Realm. On the continent, Bibi Dong established the Spirit Hall Empire as other leaders prepared for the coming invasion and Xue Ye considered who should inherit his throne.

• The Asura God rejected the Destruction God King's demand to surrender Lin Xiao and threatened to turn against him if he raised the matter again.
• Bibi Dong proclaimed the Spirit Hall Empire, ordered all soul masters to join it, and summoned forces to prepare for battle against the otherworldly experts.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena to cultivate quickly and said she would conquer the continent if Lin Xiao failed to become a god.
• Xue Ye, Xue Beng, Ning Fengzhi, Liu Erlong, and Master discussed Spirit Hall's growing power and the need to unite against the invaders while avoiding internal conflict.
• Xue Ye asked Xue Beng whether he would object if the throne passed to someone else, and Xue Beng accepted the idea if Lin Xiao became the successor.

Xue Ye passed away after naming Xue Beng the new ruler of the Heaven Dou Empire and urging the people to await the Imperial Tutor’s return. In the Heavenly God Realm, Lin Xiao learned that the God Emperors had joined forces to descend to the Mortal Realm, and Feng Ling warned that she might die protecting him before he reached the God Emperor realm.

• Xue Ye publicly named Xue Beng as his successor and told the people to obey him.
• Xue Ye condemned the Heavenly Gods, urged the empire to remember its humiliation, and died in Xue Beng’s arms.
• Xue Beng took the throne, concealed Xue Ye’s death, and bestowed on the Imperial Tutor the title of Supreme King and the role of his teacher.
• The soldiers and officials swore loyalty to Xue Beng and the Imperial Tutor as Xue Beng called for them to defeat their enemies.
• Lin Xiao learned of Xue Ye’s death and asked Feng Ling whether she could stop the God Emperors from descending to the Mortal Realm.
• Feng Ling said she could prevent the God Emperors from personally attacking the Mortal Realm, but warned that she might fall before Lin Xiao reached the God Emperor realm.

Lin Xiao and Feng Ling met a mysterious old beggar in a God Realm tavern, who warned Feng Ling that her lifespan was nearly over and told her that Phoenix Nirvana was her only path. He also recognized Lin Xiao as the Sword Emperor and urged him to leave the unsafe God Realm, before several experts confronted Lin Xiao.

• Lin Xiao and Feng Ling entered a tavern, where Feng Ling brought out her treasured liquor and asked Lin Xiao why the Divine Emperors did not recognize him as the Sword Emperor.
• A tattered old man sat with Lin Xiao and used copper coins and water to read his fortune, then told Feng Ling that her lifespan was nearing its end.
• The old man said Feng Ling’s chance depended on making a decision soon and that Phoenix Nirvana was her only path.
• The old man warned Lin Xiao that something foreign within him could increase his strength, told him to return to his original heart and leave the unsafe God Realm, then vanished.
• Feng Ling concluded that the old man was far stronger than she was and reflected on his advice about Phoenix Nirvana.
• Several experts confronted Lin Xiao and demanded that he go with them; Lin Xiao told them to scram, and their leader drew a crimson-gold staff.