Ch. 222Courting Death

Lin Xiao rejected the God Kings’ offer to abandon the Mortal Realm, then learned they were using Qian Renxue as bait to lure him into captivity. The chapter left him doubting that she had truly been captured and suspecting a trap.

  • A God King invited Lin Xiao to meet their lord and offered him a divine artifact if he stopped protecting the Mortal Realm.
  • Lin Xiao asked when they planned to attack the Douluo Continent, then slapped the God King twice while Feng Ling watched.
  • Ye Dan showed Lin Xiao the Pope’s Token and claimed one of Lin Xiao’s friends was in their custody.
  • Ye Dan projected an image of Qian Renxue bound beneath armed experts, and Lin Xiao suspected they meant to lure and imprison him.

Ch. 223Two Enraged God Kings

Lin Xiao fought the God Kings Su Cheng and Ye Dan after they threatened Feng Ling to force him to go with them. Asura, Destruction, and the Goddess of Life arrived, and Asura declared that no one could touch his grandson.

  • Lin Xiao refused Su Cheng and Ye Dan’s demand to accompany them and challenged Su Cheng while Feng Ling waited nearby.
  • Su Cheng attacked Lin Xiao, who blocked his blow with the Asura Divine Sword and was sent flying.
  • Lin Xiao vanished from Su Cheng’s sight until Su Cheng used his million-year-level head spirit bone, True World, to reveal him.
  • Ye Dan joined the fight, and Lin Xiao’s clash with him wrecked the tavern and nearby shops as Su Cheng and Ye Dan agreed to kill Lin Xiao.
  • Asura, Destruction, and the Goddess of Life arrived, and Asura called Lin Xiao his grandson and vowed that no one could harm him.

Ch. 224Giving Up

Ye Dan and Su Cheng demanded that Lin Xiao be handed over, offering the Asura King a path to the Divine Emperor realm while threatening his family and the God Realm. Lin Xiao refused to surrender and faced the two God Kings as the Asura King hesitated, held back by the Destruction God King.

  • Ye Dan and Su Cheng threatened the Asura King and offered him a chance to reach the Divine Emperor realm if he gave up Lin Xiao.
  • The Destruction God King stopped the Asura King from attacking Ye Dan and Su Cheng, fearing the Divine Emperor's retaliation.
  • Lin Xiao realized that everyone except the Asura King wanted to hand him over, and told his grandfather he would not go with them.
  • Lin Xiao told Feng Ling not to intervene and challenged Ye Dan and Su Cheng to attack him together.
  • Ye Dan and Su Cheng charged Lin Xiao while the Destruction God King blocked the Asura King, who sighed as he weighed the promised benefits.

Ch. 225The Continent Is Shocked

Lin Xiao fought Ye Dan and Su Cheng, two God Kings, and used Asura Annihilation Kill to leave them gravely injured. Just as he moved to finish them, Fire Spirit appeared, shattered the Asura Divine Sword, and drew the God Realm's submission.

  • Lin Xiao withstood Ye Dan and Su Cheng's attacks with the Supreme Divine Artifact Asura Divine Sword, while Feng Ling held back from intervening and the Asura God avoided his gaze.
  • Su Cheng charged Lin Xiao through Ye Dan's Ghost Shadow black mist, but Lin Xiao forced him back and emerged with a chest wound.
  • Lin Xiao unleashed Asura Annihilation Kill, devastating the area and leaving himself and both God Kings gravely injured.
  • As Lin Xiao approached the fallen God Kings, an unseen attacker struck him and shattered the Asura Divine Sword, sending him flying.
  • Fire Spirit arrived in golden robes, and the gathered figures knelt as the Asura God King introduced himself as Lin Tianqi and paid respects to the God Emperor.

Ch. 226Where Is He?

Several God Emperors confronted Lin Xiao over a powerful strike and the Sword Emperor’s whereabouts, but Long Tian intervened and tried to force the answer from him. Lin Xiao invoked the Sword Emperor’s protection, leaving the God Emperors shaken as Zhou Yi learned of the Sword Emperor’s legendary history.

  • Fire Spirit and the other God Emperors demanded that Lin Xiao reveal who taught him the strike, and Chi Yue sent him flying when he refused.
  • Long Tian appeared, struck Chi Yue, and claimed Lin Xiao for himself while promising to protect him.
  • Long Tian demanded to know where the Sword Emperor was, but Lin Xiao denied knowing and warned that the Sword Emperor would punish anyone who killed him.
  • Long Tian released Lin Xiao in alarm, and the God Emperors wondered whether the Sword Emperor was still alive.
  • The Destruction God King told Zhou Yi that the Sword Emperor had once dominated the Douluo Continent before mysteriously disappearing.

Ch. 227Frightening Away the Mighty Experts

Feng Ling intervened when Long Tian threatened Lin Xiao, forcing the Divine Emperors to withdraw and barring them from entering the Mortal Realm above God-level. She healed Lin Xiao and warned him that the Mortal Realm would face an unprecedented attack in one year, leaving its defense to him.

  • Long Tian threatened to kill Lin Xiao and search his memories for the Sword Emperor's location.
  • Feng Ling appeared, and the Divine Emperors knelt before her; she warned Long Tian that she would kill anyone who harmed Lin Xiao.
  • Feng Ling revealed that her strength far exceeded the other Divine Emperors, and Long Tian agreed to leave with them.
  • Long Tian announced that the Divine Emperors would attack the Douluo Continent in one day, but Feng Ling forbade those above the God-level expert realm from entering.
  • Feng Ling healed Lin Xiao and told him that he would have to face the Mortal Realm's unprecedented attack in one year on his own.

Ch. 228When the Wind Chimes Ring, an Old Friend Returns

Lin Xiao received the Asura Soul Bones and Feng Ling’s divine inheritance before she died, leaving him determined to revive her and prepare for the God Realm’s invasion. Six months later, he abdicated the Heaven Dou throne and began planning the continent’s defense, while Master identified a likely place for the gods to descend.

  • Lin Xiao accepted the six Asura Soul Bones from the Asura God King, then left with Feng Ling.
  • Feng Ling passed Wang Zhaojun’s divine-position inheritance to Lin Xiao, gave him a letter for their daughter, and died in his arms.
  • Lin Xiao buried Feng Ling in the Star Dou Great Forest and vowed to revive her and stay by her side in another life.
  • Six months later, Lin Xiao made Xue Beng emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire and kept the title of Imperial Tutor.
  • Lin Xiao urged the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Kingdom, and the Spirit Hall Empire to unite against the approaching God Realm army.
  • After Lin Xiao rejected the Gloomy Grand Canyon as the gods’ landing point, Master indicated another location on the map and explained that the gods would choose it to defeat them.

Ch. 229Battle at Jialing Pass

Lin Xiao spent six months cultivating while the God Realm prepared to invade Douluo Continent. As Su Cheng and Ye Dan attacked Jialing Pass, Lin Xiao led the continent’s defenders into battle, but the chapter ended with a surprise force striking the enemy army.

  • Lin Xiao entered seclusion for six months and told the others to prepare for the God Realm’s attack.
  • Su Cheng and Ye Dan arrived with an army of a million, ordered their forces to kill everyone, and advanced toward Douluo Continent.
  • Xue Beng rallied the Heaven Dou Empire, while Lin Xiao emerged after absorbing the six soul bones of the Asura God Armor and reaching the peak of the First-rank Divine Being realm.
  • Lin Xiao led a million-strong army and powerful Soul Masters toward Jialing Pass, where Bibi Dong ordered the gates opened and her troops to engage the enemy.
  • Su Cheng and Ye Dan confronted Bibi Dong, and she attacked them with nine Rakshasa Demon Scythes.
  • Tens of thousands of experts suddenly appeared and threw Su Cheng and Ye Dan’s million-strong army into chaos.

Ch. 230Battle at Jialing Pass (II)

Lin Xiao arrived at Jialing Pass and prepared the Heaven Dou Empire’s forces to face the Heavenly God Army, while a failed raid revealed that the enemy had many powerful experts. The battle began with Su Cheng wielding a near-Supreme Divine Artifact against Lin Xiao, as Bibi Dong and the allied forces fought the God Realm army below.

  • Bibi Dong refused to surrender Jialing Pass after Su Cheng and Ye Dan threatened to destroy it, and Lin Xiao arrived three days later to plan the defense.
  • A messenger reported that most of the ten surprise attack squads had been wiped out by Demigods and that Yue Guan had died, so Lin Xiao said he would fight personally.
  • Su Cheng led the million-strong Heavenly God Army toward Jialing Pass as Lin Xiao rallied the Heaven Dou Empire’s troops and Soul Masters to meet them.
  • Su Cheng revealed his ten soul rings, and Lin Xiao countered with six red and four gold rings before refusing Ye Dan’s offer to join the Heavenly God Army.
  • Su Cheng drew a sword close to a Supreme Divine Artifact and fought Lin Xiao, while Bibi Dong led the defenders against the God Realm forces and Ye Dan joined Su Cheng in attacking Lin Xiao.

Ch. 231Instantly Killing Two God-level Experts

Lin Xiao killed two God-level experts during the battle between the empires, with Ning Rongrong’s amplification helping him defeat Zhou Lin. The enemy God Kings ordered a retreat after the deaths shattered their army’s morale, though the retreat itself trampled tens of thousands of Soul Masters.

  • Lin Xiao pierced a God-level expert’s stone-wall defense with the Asura Divine Sword and killed him in one strike.
  • Zhou Lin ignored Ye Dan’s warning and charged at Lin Xiao, while Ning Rongrong amplified Lin Xiao with her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
  • Lin Xiao’s enhanced strike beheaded Zhou Lin, stunning the enemy God Kings and damaging their army’s morale.
  • Bibi Dong evolved into the Rakshasa God and overwhelmed her God-level opponent.
  • Su Cheng and Ye Dan ordered their troops to retreat, and tens of thousands of low-level Soul Masters were trampled by their fleeing allies.

Ch. 232The Wrong Military Order

After the Heavenly God Army suffered a devastating defeat, Lin Xiao proposed destroying their teleportation formation to stop further reinforcements. Tang Hao volunteered to carry out the mission, while Su Cheng and Ye Dan vowed revenge.

  • The Heavenly God Army lost three gods and over one hundred thousand soul masters as Xue Beng and the defenders celebrated their victory.
  • At Jialing Pass, Lin Xiao warned that the Heavenly Gods would send reinforcements and proposed destroying their teleportation formation.
  • Tang Hao volunteered to attack the formation, and Lin Xiao gave him power to teleport back once the mission was complete.
  • Su Cheng and Ye Dan discussed their losses, and Su Cheng swore to kill Lin Xiao.

Ch. 233Two Brothers

Tian Qi and Tian Jing arrived with their army and took command from Su Cheng and Ye Dan by order of their lord. The brothers learned about Lin Xiao and planned a night raid on Jialing Pass, while Tian Qi warned Tian Jing not to underestimate their enemy.

  • Ye Dan told Su Cheng that Tian Qi and Tian Jing were coming with reinforcements, and Su Cheng suspected they intended to steal the credit.
  • Tian Qi and Tian Jing arrived with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and used their lord’s decree to take military authority from Su Cheng and Ye Dan.
  • Su Cheng handed Tian Qi a token before he and Ye Dan left, while the brothers dismissed their former commanders.
  • A God-level expert reported that Jialing Pass held hundreds of thousands of troops, at least ten Titled Douluo, and two God-level experts, including Lin Xiao, who had killed three of their experts.
  • Tian Qi stopped Tian Jing from rushing to kill Lin Xiao and ordered a force of ten thousand deathsworn to attack Jialing Pass after nightfall and destroy its city-defending ballistae.

Ch. 234Enemy Attack

A surprise attack on Jialing Pass is repelled by Lin Xiao, while news arrives that the Star Luo Empire has been devastated and its ruler Davidson killed. As Lin Xiao orders aid sent to Star Luo Empire, Qian Renxue breaks through level 100 and becomes a god, drawing the attention of the gods’ camp.

  • A Soul Douluo spots the attackers outside Jialing Pass and fires a signal flare, but the blood-robed demigod orders tens of thousands of soul masters to assault the city.
  • Lin Xiao arrives at the southeastern wall, kills the demigod with one strike, and helps the Spirit Hall Empire and Heaven Dou Empire forces annihilate most of the attackers.
  • Marshal Ge Long reports that twenty-eight thousand enemies were killed, one thousand captured, and more than three hundred escaped, while the defenders suffered heavy losses.
  • A messenger reports that Star Luo Empire was attacked, Davidson was killed, and its capital was destroyed; Lin Xiao orders soul masters to rescue civilians and support Star Luo Empire.
  • Bibi Dong senses an angelic aura, and Lin Xiao recognizes that Qian Renxue has become a god.
  • The four God Kings discuss Qian Renxue’s breakthrough, and Tian Qi refuses to attack her, saying she may be able to help them.

Ch. 235Qian Renxue Breaks Through to Level 100

Qian Renxue reached level 100 and inherited the Angel God’s divine position, but the Angel God’s dying wish put her on a collision course with Lin Xiao. As the God Kings tried to turn her against him, an attack on their teleportation array forced them to rush back to defend it.

  • Tian Qi explained to Tian Jing that Qian Renxue could be turned against Lin Xiao because the Angel God had died at the hands of Asura God, Lin Xiao’s grandfather.
  • After three days of golden radiance, Qian Renxue arrived at Jialing Pass as a god and attacked Lin Xiao, who disarmed her strike and warned that his death would endanger the continent.
  • Qian Renxue admitted that she had inherited the Angel God’s wish for revenge, while Bibi Dong urged her to focus on the foreign enemy.
  • Tian Qi offered Qian Renxue power and status if she killed Lin Xiao, claiming that the Angel God had served his lord.
  • A man wielding a hammer attacked the heavenly force near its teleportation array, so Tian Qi ordered the God Kings to return and protect it.

Ch. 236Great Sumeru Hammer

Li Bai and the others held back the God-level reinforcements while Tang Hao fought to destroy the teleportation array. After his Nine Rings Explosion cracked the array but failed to destroy it, Tang Hao kept attacking until a blood-red sword pierced his chest.

  • Li Bai and the others blocked the God-level experts who tried to support the Heavenly God army, buying Tang Hao time to reach the teleportation array.
  • Tang Hao fought through the surrounding soul masters and clashed with a God-level expert, but the powerful blow sent him flying and left him badly wounded.
  • Tang Hao unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer, Nine Rings Explosion, and drove the God-level expert into the teleportation array, cracking it without breaking it.
  • Tang Hao shattered his soul rings and soul bones, then charged the array and struck it repeatedly until spiderweb-like cracks spread across it.
  • A Heavenly God expert stabbed Tang Hao through the chest with a blood-red longsword as he continued attacking the array.

Ch. 237Fury

Tang Hao and Tang Chen fought to destroy the teleportation array, but Tang Chen was killed and Tang Hao died after breaking it. With the array gone, the furious God Kings turned on Lin Xiao, who struggled to withstand Tian Qi and Tian Jing’s combined attacks.

  • Tang Chen arrived to help the wounded Tang Hao, but several God-level experts overwhelmed him and killed him.
  • After Tang Chen’s death, Tang Hao rammed himself into the shield and destroyed the teleportation array, dying after bidding farewell to Lin Xiao and his family.
  • The God Kings above Jialing Pass panicked over the array’s destruction, and Tian Qi attacked Lin Xiao in fury.
  • Tian Qi and Tian Jing coordinated their attacks against Lin Xiao while Bibi Dong and the others joined the battle; Qian Renxue and Su Cheng held back.
  • Lin Xiao targeted Tian Jing with the Asura Demon Sword, but Tian Qi blocked him with a powerful steel whip.

Ch. 238Slaying a God King

Lin Xiao killed God King Tian Jing with the Asura Divine Sword, but Tian Qi retaliated by unleashing an attack on Jialing Pass and threatening to destroy it the next day. After preparing for the coming battle, Lin Xiao treated his wound, and Qian Renxue found him injured.

  • Lin Xiao used his Asura Domain and stealth to evade Tian Qi and strike Tian Jing with the Asura Divine Sword.
  • Tian Jing died and left behind six black soul bones, which Lin Xiao stored before hiding again.
  • Grief-stricken, Tian Qi summoned Dark Knights beneath Jialing Pass, while Qian Renxue used her Six-winged Angel to purify them and vowed to protect the people.
  • Tian Qi threatened to breach Jialing Pass the next day, then left with Su Cheng and the other man.
  • Lin Xiao ordered the army to prepare for the final battle, treated a severe chest wound from Tian Qi's whip, and was visited by Qian Renxue.

Ch. 239Guardianship

Lin Xiao explained to Qian Renxue that the Angel God had deceived her about his past, and she agreed to help him fight the Heavenly God Army. As the army attacked Jialing Pass, Lin Xiao’s newly assembled heroes broke through its defenses, while he held back to avoid exposing himself to the enemy God Kings.

  • Lin Xiao told Qian Renxue that the Angel God had tried to execute him and had falsely portrayed him as a ruthless killer; Qian Renxue eventually believed him and agreed to fight alongside him.
  • The Heavenly God Army gathered outside Jialing Pass, and Lin Xiao introduced the powerful heroes he had assembled behind him.
  • Lin Xiao ordered the city-defense ballistae to fire, and Hou Yi and Galo shattered the enemy’s protective barrier with their arrows.
  • Lin Xiao sent Li Bai and the other heroes into battle, and they inflicted heavy casualties before Tian Qi dispatched God-level experts to engage them.
  • Lin Xiao told Xue Beng and Marshal Ge Long to lead the troops out and defeat the remaining forces, explaining that he needed to avoid giving the enemy God Kings a chance to ambush him.

Ch. 240Battle

The army from Jialing Pass marched out to face Tian Qi’s forces, while Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue joined the battle. Tian Qi confronted Lin Xiao with Su Cheng and Ye Dan at his side, and the three God Kings demanded that Lin Xiao surrender.

  • Tian Qi sent his Heavy Cavalry Legion, Light Cavalry Legion, and Spear Legion forward against the Soul Masters from Jialing Pass.
  • Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue joined the fighting as Tian Qi challenged Lin Xiao to settle their conflict.
  • Su Cheng and Ye Dan recalled plotting to let Tian Qi fail, but their lord appeared and ordered them to help kill Lin Xiao or face death.
  • The lord struck Su Cheng and Ye Dan down, then ordered them to gather the troops and attack early the next morning.
  • Above Jialing Pass, Tian Qi, Su Cheng, and Ye Dan confronted Lin Xiao and demanded that he surrender to prevent further casualties.

Ch. 241A Single Strike

Lin Xiao battled three God Kings while Xue Beng and the allied forces launched an assault at Jialing Pass. After being driven through a wall, Lin Xiao unleashed his Blood Demon, Annihilation Slash, which shattered the God Kings’ defensive formation and sent them reeling.

  • Lin Xiao shattered the God Kings’ triangular formation and charged Su Cheng, while the Heaven Dou army and its allies attacked the enemy forces at Jialing Pass.
  • Xue Beng ordered the million-strong army to charge as Shrek Academy, the Titled Douluo, and the Golden Iron Triangle joined the battle.
  • Lin Xiao struggled to break through to the God King realm as the three God Kings coordinated their attacks against him.
  • Su Cheng struck Lin Xiao with the Dragon God Cudgel, sending him crashing through a city wall.
  • Lin Xiao unleashed Blood Demon, Annihilation Slash, and the attack shattered the God Kings’ defensive formation despite a warning not to face it head-on.
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