Chapter Summaries

Long Tian shattered the barrier and moved to seize Lin Xiao, but Lin Xiao exposed his true identity as Qilin, a Soul Beast transformed into a human. Long Tian revealed his crimson Qilin form and vowed to kill everyone present.

• Long Tian pressured Lin Ling, Tian Xue, and the others to surrender, then struck the barrier while Lin Xiao tried to break through.
• Lin Ling urged everyone to stall for time, but Long Tian used his Soul Power to shatter the barrier and send them flying.
• Long Tian approached Lin Xiao and claimed Feng Ling and the Dragon Emperor were dead, while Lin Xiao warned him that no realm existed above God Emperor.
• Lin Xiao called Long Tian pitiful and revealed that his original name was Qilin and that he had evolved from a Primordial Desolate Soul Beast.
• Long Tian reacted in shock when Lin Xiao connected him to the Demon Snake King incident in the Mortal Realm, then transformed into a crimson Qilin and threatened to kill everyone.

Long Tian slaughtered the Divine Emperors while Lin Xiao hid in a separate space to finish his breakthrough. The guardian beasts sacrificed themselves to raise Lin Xiao to the three-hundred-drop realm, and he returned as Long Tian continued to overwhelm the defenders.

• Long Tian killed Chi Yue and captured his fleeing divine spark, then vowed to devour the remaining Divine Emperors and claim the continent.
• Lin Xiao entered a separate space to break through, while Luo Feng rallied the Divine Emperors to attack Long Tian.
• The system offered to absorb the guardian beasts’ Soul Power, and Li Bai and the others chose to sacrifice themselves for Lin Xiao.
• The guardian beasts merged into Lin Xiao, who broke through to the three-hundred-drop realm and ordered the system to take him back.
• Lin Xiao returned as Long Tian battered Luo Feng and the other Divine Emperors, killing a god with a blood-red beam.

Lin Xiao defeated Long Tian with the Asura Divine Sword after breaking through the three-hundred-drop barrier. Long Tian accepted that his defeat was his own doing, and as he faced death, he made one final request.

• Lin Xiao appeared and sent Long Tian flying, then overpowered him with a single strike.
• Long Tian transformed his fiery aura into armor and attacked with a curved blade made of skulls.
• Lin Xiao unleashed Asura Judgment, shattering Long Tian’s Supreme Divine Artifact and leaving him badly wounded.
• Long Tian asked Lin Xiao to spare him, but Lin Xiao refused and reminded him of the people he had killed.
• Long Tian accepted responsibility for his actions, reflected on the destruction of the Heavenly God Realm, and began to make one final request.

After Long Tian died, a mysterious old man warned Lin Xiao that his true mission lay elsewhere, prompting him to leave the God Realm for the Mortal Realm. He returned to Douluo Continent and reunited with his old friends in the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Long Tian warned Lin Xiao about powerful beings hidden in the human world, then shattered his divine core and died.
• Lin Xiao ordered Long Tian's proper burial and reassured his father and companions after the battle.
• A mysterious old man spoke of rooting and Lin Xiao's greater mission, then vanished after warning him not to forget his original heart.
• Lin Xiao decided to go to the Mortal Realm, bid farewell to his companions, and entered a portal.
• Lin Xiao arrived above Douluo Continent and reunited with Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, Flender, and Xue Qing in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Lin Xiao reunited with Flender and Zhao Wuji, gave Flender’s granddaughter Yaoyao a million-year flying soul bone, and then went to Shrek Academy. He reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and the women who had been waiting for him, ending with Gu Yuena welcoming him back.

• Lin Xiao reminisced with Flender and Zhao Wuji, then gave Yaoyao a silver-white soul bone from a million-year flying soul beast that fused into her left arm.
• Lin Xiao left for Shrek Academy, where he found Zhu Zhuqing mourning beside Dai Mubai’s tomb and promised to stay by her side.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Xiao that Bibi Dong and the others lived and cultivated in a nearby forest, so he carried her there.
• Bibi Dong, Ning Rongrong, Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu, Gu Yuena, and Bo Saixi sensed Lin Xiao’s return and gathered at the pavilion.
• Bo Saixi embraced Lin Xiao in tears, and Gu Yuena ran to welcome him back.

Lin Xiao returned to the Heaven Dou Empire and attended a banquet where he promised to protect the continent and address the conflict between Soul Masters and soul beasts. The chapter ended with powerhouses questioning whether his plan to stop hunting soul beasts would eventually put humanity in danger.

• Lin Xiao found Hu Liena in the Star Dou Great Forest, grieving over a photograph of him, and confirmed she was safe.
• Lin Xiao brought Gu Yuena, Bibi Dong, and the others to Emperor Xue Qing’s banquet, where the gathered powerhouses greeted him as the Imperial Tutor and God King.
• Xue Qing praised Lin Xiao for helping the continent recover and enabling many people to reach Title Douluo and higher realms.
• Lin Xiao promised to protect the continent and proposed creating soul beasts that could provide suitable soul rings without being hunted.
• The powerhouses warned Lin Xiao that unchecked soul beast growth could eventually threaten humanity.

Lin Xiao promised to replenish the dwindling soul beasts and rejected the idea of sending mortals to the dangerous God Realm. Three years later, Flender died, and two years after that Zhao Wuji passed away; Lin Xiao sensed that a mighty being was awakening and warned that little time remained.

• Lin Xiao blamed soul beast extinction on indiscriminate hunting and promised to create soul beasts for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Xiao discussed the God Realm with the assembled gods, arguing that peaceful life in the Mortal Realm was preferable to its dangers.
• Three years later, Lin Xiao rushed to Flender’s bedside and stayed with him as he died, while Yaoyao and the others mourned.
• Two years later, Zhao Wuji died after writing a farewell letter, and Lin Xiao grieved with Ning Rongrong.
• Lin Xiao told Ning Rongrong that a giant was awakening and that he had little time left.

Lin Xiao learned that a looming threat would reach Douluo Continent within a hundred years and sought the Heavenly God Divinity to grow stronger. He began climbing the forbidden Heavenly God Mountain Range, unaware that the undead watching him believed only someone destined for it could reach the summit.

• Lin Xiao entered seclusion and learned from the system that he had one hundred years before catastrophe struck.
• The system revealed that the Heavenly God Divinity was hidden in the Mortal Realm, and Lin Xiao decided to seek it at the Heavenly God Mountain Range.
• After absorbing spiritual treasures, Lin Xiao reached the mountain range, where an old man warned him that climbers lost their Soul Power and never returned.
• Lin Xiao touched the cliff, confirmed it drained his divine power, and chose to climb anyway so he could protect what he cared about.
• The old man departed as undead spirits emerged and discussed the mountain’s fate-bound path and the God Emperors who had died there.
• Lin Xiao struggled upward, unaware that tens of thousands of wronged souls watched him.

Lin Xiao struggled up Heavenly God Mountain Range while Divine Calculator and Lian Feng discussed the mountain’s secrets and divined the continent’s fate. Their readings warned that Lin Xiao’s failure to reach the summit could bring a catastrophe, and Lian Feng decided to bring him back.

• Lin Xiao climbed for five days, reaching ten thousand meters as cold, exhaustion, and the inability to use Soul Power pushed him toward giving up.
• Divine Calculator and Lian Feng watched Lin Xiao’s progress and discovered that their divination was being blocked by someone peering into heavenly secrets.
• Divine Calculator revealed that a god had given him a jade pendant meant to open the divine spark, but he had withheld it from Lin Xiao because he foresaw a great calamity.
• Divine Calculator’s divination warned that the Blood Demon would dominate and that Douluo Continent could perish.
• Lian Feng and Divine Calculator divined that Lin Xiao’s failure could bring an utter catastrophe, so Lian Feng resolved to bring him back.

Lin Xiao endured a perilous climb of more than two years and finally reached the summit of the Heavenly God Mountain Range, where he encountered a powerful wild boar. The chapter left him facing the God Emperor-realm beast as it charged at him.

• Divine Calculator stopped Lian Feng from interfering with Lin Xiao's journey, warning that doing so would bring disaster.
• Lin Xiao struggled through the mountain's freezing, airless heights, nearly fell to his death, and continued climbing for more than two years.
• Lin Xiao reached the mountain's summit and recovered his Soul Power in its dense spiritual energy, raising it from three hundred drops to three hundred and fifty.
• A massive wild boar emerged from the forest and revealed that it had not eaten a human in millions of years.
• The God Emperor-realm boar charged at Lin Xiao, who summoned the Asura Divine Sword to defend himself.

Lin Xiao fought the Black Bristle Blazing Boar, whose immense strength and domain made it a dangerous opponent. He blinded the beast in one eye and escaped, intending to obtain the Heavenly God Divinity before dealing with it.

• The Black Bristle Blazing Boar withstood Lin Xiao’s attacks, trapped him with its domain, and hurled earthen spears at him.
• Lin Xiao destroyed the boar’s weapon when it attacked from behind, then faced it in a tense standoff.
• Lin Xiao bound the boar with Asura Imprisonment and used its escape from the chains to slash its left eye.
• Lin Xiao fled while the wounded boar roared, prioritizing the search for the Heavenly God Divinity.

Lin Xiao reached the Heavenly God Divinity’s clearing, but Azure Dragon warned him that he was not destined to inherit it and tried to force him to leave. Lin Xiao refused despite Azure Dragon’s overwhelming strength, insisting that he would obtain the divinity or die trying.

• Lin Xiao fled into the forest, and the Black Bristle Blazing Boar stopped at the edge of another soul beast’s territory.
• Lin Xiao reached a clearing with a teleportation array, where Azure Dragon appeared and told him to leave because he was not destined to inherit the Heavenly God Divinity.
• Lin Xiao summoned the Asura Divine Sword and attacked Azure Dragon, but the clash badly injured him.
• Azure Dragon struck Lin Xiao repeatedly and urged him to abandon his attempt, arguing that he lacked the strength to protect anyone.
• Lin Xiao declared that he would not leave without the Heavenly God Divinity, even if he died.

Lin Xiao fought Azure Dragon for the Heavenly God Divinity, wounded him with the Asura Divine Sword, and was admitted into the light after a voice ordered Azure Dragon to let him enter. In the Heavenly God Mountain Range, an old man restored Lin Xiao and told him the divinity would only be bestowed on someone with fate, leaving Lin Xiao questioning why it remained if no one had ever qualified.

• Lin Xiao was possessed by the God of Slaughter and clashed with Azure Dragon, who blasted him with Dragon Flame.
• Lin Xiao injured Azure Dragon with the Asura Divine Sword, but Azure Dragon overwhelmed him and then spared him.
• A voice ordered Azure Dragon to let Lin Xiao enter the light, and Azure Dragon sent him into the Heavenly God Mountain Range.
• An old man appeared in the vast ocean, healed Lin Xiao, and asked why he wanted the Heavenly God Divinity.
• The old man told Lin Xiao that many powerful experts had failed to obtain the divinity and that Lin Xiao was not its chosen person.
• Lin Xiao asked why the Heavenly God Divinity remained if none of the countless people who died seeking it had been fated to receive it.

After winning a long chess game, Lin Xiao learned that he must pass three trials to obtain the Heavenly God Divinity and face the awakening threat. He began the Heart-Question Trial, where undead versions of people he had lost accused him of causing their deaths.

• Lin Xiao finished his chess game with the old man, who explained that more than twenty Divine Emperors had sacrificed themselves to create the Heavenly God Divinities.
• The old man warned Lin Xiao that the enemy would not destroy the continent but would plunge it into chaos, and told him the divinity required passing three dangerous trials.
• Lin Xiao insisted he would pursue the divinity, and the old man began the Heart-Question Trial by turning the ocean into a hell of undead souls.
• Undead Li Bai accused Lin Xiao of causing his and the others' deaths, but Lin Xiao struck him away and recognized him as a nightmare from his own heart.
• Bloodied undead soldiers and Xue Beng appeared to condemn Lin Xiao, and Lin Xiao punched Xue Beng to the ground.

Lin Xiao faced an Inner Demon that embodied his bloodlust and tried to provoke him into feeding it with killing intent, while Lin Xiao refused to attack and instead sought to strengthen his Divine Slaughter's Domain. Elsewhere, the spirits overseeing the trial debated whether Lin Xiao could inherit the Heavenly God Divinity, since he was not native to Douluo Continent.

• Lin Xiao confronted the undead and declared that he would eliminate his Inner Demons, prompting an Inner Demon resembling him to emerge from the blood pool.
• The Inner Demon accused Lin Xiao of ignoring the innocent people who died for him, and Lin Xiao struck it once before realizing it wanted him to generate killing intent.
• Lin Xiao sat aside with wine instead of killing the Inner Demon, recognizing that it hoped to absorb the killing aura and strengthen its domain.
• The Inner Demon tried to tempt Lin Xiao with promises of power and protection for his women, but Lin Xiao refused and learned that it intended to devour him and kill anyone in its way.
• The old man watching Lin Xiao realized he was not native to the continent and discussed the trial with several spirits, who disagreed over whether he could inherit the Heavenly God Divinity.

Lin Xiao defeated his Inner Demon by letting go of the desires and killing intent it fed on, then accepted a trial in an isolated space where his cultivation was reset. A hundred years later, he was still climbing its endless stairs, with his Soul Power nearing the God King Realm.

• The middle-aged Fifth Brother argued that the elders should give divinity to Lin Xiao instead of waiting for the chosen one, then left after the elderly leader refused to break the rules.
• Lin Xiao recognized that his Inner Demon was trying to provoke his killing intent and defeated it by remaining true to his heart and letting go of his desires.
• The elderly man praised Lin Xiao for overcoming his Inner Demon but warned that he still had to pass the Heavenly God Assessment.
• Lin Xiao accepted a trial in an isolated wilderness, where his cultivation was reduced to the Soul Master Realm and he had to reach the God Emperor Realm to escape.
• Lin Xiao spent a month reaching the Soul Master Realm, then continued climbing for a hundred years, enduring hardship because he remembered those waiting for him at home.

After passing the final trial, Lin Xiao faced Lu Jin in a fight to prove he was worthy of the Heavenly God Divinity. Lu Jin overwhelmed him and declared he had failed, but Lin Xiao refused to give up and warned that the world’s destruction would doom the Heavenly God Mountain Range as well.

• Lin Xiao restored his divine power to 350 drops and learned that he had passed the third trial, the final trial.
• The old man summoned Lu Jin, who matched Lin Xiao’s strength and challenged him to a fight for a chance at his vote.
• Lu Jin outmaneuvered Lin Xiao and taught him that speed mattered, while warning that Lin Xiao’s domain would not be enough against a God Emperor.
• Lin Xiao unleashed Asura Judgment with the Asura Domain, but Lu Jin emerged unharmed and said Lin Xiao had failed the trial.
• Lin Xiao, badly injured, refused to give up and warned that if the world was destroyed, the being who awakened would destroy the Heavenly God Mountain Range in a single strike.

Lin Xiao confronted Lu Jin over the rules barring him from claiming the Heavenly God Divinity, arguing that the continent faced destruction if he left. With his chance to stay at stake, Lin Xiao detonated his soul rings and launched a desperate attack, leaving the clash with Lu Jin unresolved.

• Lu Jin told Lin Xiao that he could not break the rules governing the Heavenly God Divinity and that Lin Xiao would have to defeat him to remain.
• Lin Xiao argued that leaving would endanger the continent and prepared to stake his life on the fight.
• Lin Xiao detonated all ten of his crimson-gold soul rings and concentrated their power into the Asura Demon Sword.
• Lin Xiao unleashed his Asura Domain and charged at Lu Jin, carving trenches with beams from his eyes and forcing Lu Jin to retreat.
• Lu Jin gathered his power to counter, but Lin Xiao closed the distance and swung the Asura Demon Sword at him.

Lin Xiao challenged Lu Jin but was overwhelmed by the God Emperor’s strength and forced to confront his weaknesses. Lu Jin spared him and offered him ten years to improve before challenging him again, leaving Lin Xiao to question his path beneath the stars.

• Lin Xiao’s attack surprised Lu Jin, but Lu Jin stopped it with his Supreme Divine Artifact and then unleashed his overwhelming aura.
• Lin Xiao resisted Lu Jin’s pressure, but Lu Jin struck him into the sky and explained that his weak physical body made him unable to win.
• Lu Jin urged Lin Xiao to strengthen both his body and resolve so he could protect his loved ones and the Douluo Continent.
• Lin Xiao reconsidered his responsibility to the continent and the people he loved.
• Lu Jin offered Lin Xiao another chance to challenge him in ten years, then departed while Lin Xiao lay on the icy ground wondering whether he had been wrong.

After ten years of training, Lin Xiao returned to face Lu Jin in his final trial at the Heavenly God Mountain Range. Lin Xiao defeated Lu Jin with his newly gained power and passed the trial.

• Ten years after their previous battle, Lin Xiao met Lu Jin again and prepared for the final trial, having strengthened his soul rings and body.
• Lin Xiao used his teleportation-like ability to attack Lu Jin, who defended himself with his golden halo.
• Lin Xiao shattered the Asura Demon Sword into fragments and struck Lu Jin, forcing him to recognize Lin Xiao's improved strength.
• Lin Xiao unleashed Demon Breaking Soul Severing Style, Nightmare Soul, and clashed with Lu Jin in a devastating battle.
• Lu Jin spat out blood, admitted defeat, and confirmed that Lin Xiao had passed the trial.
• Several other figures arrived and witnessed Lin Xiao's victory.