Chapter Summaries

As the Sky Screen revealed Phainon’s 33,550,336th cycle, he entrusted Amphoreus’s hope to Stelle and accepted Khaslana’s sacrifice to inherit the Core Flames and memories of countless lifetimes. The chapter ended with Phainon facing the Aeon of Destruction as Khaslana urged him not to bow.

• People on Douluo Continent admired Phainon’s endurance, while captured heroes drew courage from his example and refused to betray their companions to the nobles torturing them.
• Phainon and Stelle said farewell, and Phainon entrusted Amphoreus’s hope to her before setting out to face Destruction alone.
• Khaslana asked Phainon to become a blazing sun, and Phainon swore that Kephale would never forget before accepting the Aeon Ritual Sword.
• Phainon stabbed Khaslana, who became Memory Fragments that carried the memories and Core Flames of more than thirty million cycles into Phainon.
• The Sky Screen showed the Aeon of Destruction turning its gaze toward Amphoreus, while Khaslana’s last will warned Phainon not to bow.

Phainon inherited Khaslana’s Core Flames and memories from more than thirty million cycles, then broke free of the Genesis Vortex Heart’s oppressive darkness. He protected Stelle and Mimi as they escaped, and chose Stelle to inherit the Divine Oracle and become the new Savior.

• Phainon absorbed Khaslana’s Core Flames and memories, transforming as he understood the truth of Amphoreus and its endless cycles.
• Khaslana warned Phainon not to bow to Terminus before turning to ashes.
• Phainon crushed the miniature black hole in his palm, dispelling the darkness and destabilizing the surrounding space.
• Phainon shielded Stelle and Mimi from the collapsing space, allowing them to retreat safely.
• After Stelle and Mimi disappeared, Phainon rose into the sky and merged into the Sky Screen as a golden sun.
• Phainon declared that Stelle would become the new Savior and inherit the name Khaslana.

After more than thirty million cycles, Phainon rejected Laicus’s taunts, decapitated him, and challenged Terminus with the fury of every abandoned creation. The Sky Screen showed Phainon’s life and growing burden across the cycles before he confronted Terminus and charged at the Aeon of Destruction.

• Laicus mocked Phainon and urged him to surrender, but Phainon called him a prisoner enslaved by revenge and cut off his head.
• Phainon declared that Terminus and his followers would face the accumulated hatred and fury of the countless cycles, then unleashed his challenge to the Aeon of Destruction.
• The Sky Screen showed young Phainon growing up as the cycle count and his Core Flames increased, along with the pain and responsibility he carried.
• Phainon reached a desolate land marked by claw scars and recognized Terminus watching from the sky as the cause of Amphoreus’s suffering.
• Phainon asked Terminus if he was ready and roared that he had brought destruction for him.

Phainon unleashed the rage accumulated over more than thirty million cycles, charging through the Black Tide toward Terminus as his fury stirred the people of Douluo Continent and drew the attention of Rong Nianbing. A strange black-and-white foe blocked his path, and Phainon transformed and attacked with overwhelming power.

• Phainon charged into the Black Tide monsters and cut down the hordes blocking his way.
• The people of Douluo Continent shared Phainon's fury, and Rong Nianbing sensed their immense anger and decided to visit the mortal world.
• After Phainon cleared the minions, a bizarre black-and-white figure appeared as his next opponent.
• Phainon clashed swords with the figure, then unleashed his divine power and transformed, turning his white hair gold and spreading his Divine Wings.
• Phainon summoned a massive golden planet and a storm of sharp rays to attack the black-and-white enemy.

Phainon was overwhelmed by Fen Feng, but the sight of the fallen Chrysos Heirs and the people’s fury drove him to keep fighting. The chapter ended with Phainon snapping Fen Feng’s sword blade despite his devastating wounds.

• Fen Feng reappeared after Phainon’s attack and severed his right arm and half of his Divine Wings, sending him crashing down in defeat.
• The people of Douluo Continent watched Phainon fall and poured their anger into a vast force that alarmed Rong Nianbing as he approached the continent.
• Phainon landed among the corpses of Chrysos Heirs who had died across more than thirty million cycles and refused to accept their sacrifices as meaningless.
• Phainon cut off his remaining Divine Wing and charged Fen Feng again, but Fen Feng pierced his body with his longsword.
• Phainon erupted in golden flames, endured the blade burning inside him, and snapped it in his hand.

Phainon exhausted the power of more than thirty million reincarnations to wound Terminus before falling, transformed into a child, and sank into darkness. The Sky Screen announced his reward, while the people of Douluo Continent took his resistance as proof that even Aeons could be wounded and defeated.

• Phainon used all his strength to leave a shallow scar on Terminus, but Terminus healed it instantly as Phainon fell into the void.
• Phainon transformed into a child and remembered his wish to make everyone's wishes come true and his resolve to send them toward tomorrow.
• The Sky Screen declared Phainon's struggle over and awarded him 33,550,336 chances to save his companions.
• The people of Douluo Continent reflected on Phainon's failure to defeat Terminus but took heart that he had managed to wound the Aeon.
• The people of Douluo Continent strengthened their resolve to resist, believing that even the smallest beings could eventually bring down supreme powers.

The Star Luo Emperor devised a plan to unite Douluo Continent and the powers from beyond the sky into an Anti-Destruction Alliance against Terminus, while hoping to befriend Phainon. Meanwhile, Phainon and Mydei were unconscious after drinking too much Soda Douzhi, and the onlookers silently vowed to protect their peaceful days.

• The Star Luo Emperor recognized Terminus as the universe's common enemy and concluded that Douluo Continent's powers had to unite against him.
• The Star Luo Emperor planned an Anti-Destruction Alliance to avoid conflict with Kerythra, strengthen the continent, and raise his own standing.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered his trusted subordinates to announce the alliance and considered befriending Phainon for help in a future crisis.
• Phainon and Mydei lay unconscious after vomiting from a contest to see who could drink more Soda Douzhi.
• The onlookers felt relieved to see Phainon acting carefree and vowed to protect the peaceful moment.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King tried to save himself by pledging allegiance to Kerythra, but she despised his cowardice and Sea God Island’s people feared the consequences. Qian Renxue arrived and condemned him, demanding justice for his victims.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King took human form, knelt before Kerythra, and offered to serve the Caesar Empire in exchange for protection.
• Kerythra judged the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King spineless and unfit to serve, while watching how the native powers responded to the crisis.
• Bo Saixi and the people of Sea God Island panicked at the prospect of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King gaining Kerythra’s support, and the Sacred Pillar Douluo were too frightened to intervene.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King sneered at Sea God Island and anticipated seeing the Sea God humiliated by Kerythra.
• Qian Renxue rose from the sea, condemned the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King for his slaughter and cannibalism, and declared that nobody could save him.

Kerythra rejected the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's attempt to pledge allegiance and ordered Hysilens to kill him, despite Spirit Hall's challenge. The whale's million-year soul ring appeared, and Stelle rushed toward the corpse, eager to eat.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King knelt before Kerythra and offered his loyalty to save his life.
• Qian Renxue vowed to kill the whale, while Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall declared they would resist Kerythra if she protected him.
• Kerythra saw through the whale's scheme and ordered Hysilens to act.
• Hysilens beheaded the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and his million-year soul ring rose from his corpse.
• Stelle ran toward the whale corpse with a bowl and chopsticks, shouting that dinner was ready.

The Sea God learned that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had been slain and hurried to descend to Douluo Continent to claim the unknown killer as his successor. On Sea God Island, the Stellaron Hunters turned the whale into a wildly successful barbecue stall, while the islanders credited Kerythra for the victory.

• The Sea God realized the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s death could reveal a suitable successor, then opened a passage to the mortal world to investigate and secure them.
• The Stellaron Hunters butchered the whale and traveled with the others to Sea God Island.
• Sea God Island’s residents celebrated the whale’s death and praised Kerythra and Hysilens, overlooking Qian Renxue and Bo Saixi.
• Firefly and the Stellaron Hunters opened the Glamoth Veteran BBQ stall, serving whale meat and other seafood with Xianzhou Soda Douzhi.
• The islanders ate all the food in one night, and the Hunters earned a fortune while Stelle imagined making easy money from selling soda on the Xianzhou.

Rong Nianbing came to Sea God Island, tasted the food made by Kerythra’s group, and was overwhelmed by its quality. Unable to cut ahead in the growing queue, he opened a rival cooking stall to attract their attention, prompting Silver Wolf to react angrily as Firefly restrained her.

• Sea God Island residents praised the barbecue and Soda Bean Juice, drawing Rong Nianbing from the God Realm to sample them.
• Rong Nianbing tasted Firefly’s barbecue, Blade’s home-style cooking, and Kerythra’s Infinite Soda Bean Juice, and became devoted to their flavors.
• Crowds swarmed Sea God Island in support of Empress Caesar, overwhelming Kerythra’s group and the helpers who joined them.
• Rong Nianbing saw the enormous queue and sensed Phainon’s hostility, then decided to win the group’s attention through his cooking.
• Rong Nianbing opened an Ice and Fire Magic Chef stall across from Glamoth Veteran BBQ and drew customers with its unusual fragrance.
• Silver Wolf moved to attack the rival stall, but Firefly stopped her and urged her to wait.

Sea God Poseidon descended on Sea God Island and found it crowded with Caesar’s followers, a barbecue stall, and a statue of Kerythra where his own statue had stood. Bo Saixi exposed his motives, but Poseidon seized on her revelation about Tang San and planned to begin the Sea God inheritance at once.

• Poseidon arrived above Sea God Island and was enraged by its crowds, the barbecue stall, and the destruction of his statue.
• Poseidon unleashed divine pressure and blocked ships from approaching, but the islanders mistook him for a statue and shouted for him to leave Caesar’s territory.
• Bo Saixi recognized Poseidon but refused to show her former reverence, questioning his eagerness to pass on his divine position.
• Bo Saixi accused Poseidon of leaving the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King alive to cultivate worship and of seeking a successor so he could abandon his duties and roam Beyond the Sky.
• Poseidon learned that Tang San would inherit his position, assumed Tang San had killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and planned to start the final trial and sacrifice Bo Saixi.

Bo Saixi renounced her position as High Priestess and destroyed her cultivation rather than remain bound to Poseidon and Sea God Island. Poseidon learned that Tang San could inherit his godhood and, discovering that Kerythra held Tang San captive, set out to confront her.

• Bo Saixi told Poseidon that Tang San could no longer inherit the Sea God position and refused to sacrifice herself to open his final trial.
• Bo Saixi resigned as High Priestess, dropped the Sea God Scepter, and shattered her meridians, leaving herself aged and powerless.
• Bo Saixi told Poseidon she owed him nothing and walked away from Sea God Island, relieved to be free of her old life.
• Poseidon searched the islanders’ memories and learned of Tang San’s deeds, but decided they did not matter if Tang San could inherit his godhood.
• Poseidon learned that Kerythra held Tang San captive and, enraged by her statue replacing his and her islandwide acclaim, prepared to confront her.

Kerythra prepared to publicly execute Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to establish authority over Sea God Island and its neighboring islands. As the two blamed each other on the execution platform, Yu Xiaogang reported that Tang San was not truly from Douluo Continent and might have a way to survive elsewhere.

• Kerythra brought Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to Sea God Island’s central square for a public execution before the gathered crowd.
• Tang San lamented that the Sky Screen’s future revelations had made people condemn him for deeds he had not yet committed, and he blamed Yu Xiaogang for exposing his thoughts to Aglaea.
• Yu Xiaogang resented Tang San’s glare and decided he would not remain loyal to his former disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang kowtowed to Kerythra and reported that Tang San was not a native of Douluo Continent and might have a backup plan in another world.

Yu Xiaogang tried to save himself by claiming Tang San came from Beyond the Sky, and March 7th used her power to reveal their past. The memory showed Yu Xiaogang recommending a Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo for the young Tang San, provoking ridicule across the square.

• Yu Xiaogang claimed Tang San was from Beyond the Sky and cited his unusual techniques and childhood feats as proof.
• Tang San realized Yu Xiaogang’s claim could give him a chance to frighten his captors and survive.
• March 7th used her divine power to rewind the memories of Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang urged March 7th to stop the memory at his first soul-ring hunt with Tang San.
• The memory showed Yu Xiaogang suggesting a Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo for Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, and the crowd mocked him for it.

At a barbecue stall, a soldier revealed that March 7th had once misrecited the Recall Prayer, while the diners laughed and watched memories of Tang San and Yu Xiaogang. Tang San’s feats with Hidden Weapons and medicine convinced the onlookers that he was not truly a six-year-old native of Douluo Continent, leaving them wondering whether he had a memory-preserving ability like Caenis.

• A soldier recalled March 7th mistakenly saying, “Lift the quilt of memory, carry away Cyrene of the past,” and the diners struggled to suppress their laughter.
• Rong Nianbing admitted he had promoted his shop by challenging Glamoth Veteran BBQ, then asked the soldier about March 7th’s mistake.
• The memory scene showed Yu Xiaogang getting struck by a Datura Snake’s venom, while Tang San subdued the snake with Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San precisely treated Yu Xiaogang’s wound and removed the venom, astonishing the onlookers with his knowledge and skill.
• The onlookers concluded Tang San was not an ordinary six-year-old and wondered whether he possessed an ability like Caenis’s memory-preserving Alchemy.

As people condemned Tang San for taking over the real Tang San’s body and criticized Tang Hao for raising him, Tang San’s rage and loyalty to Tang Hao intensified. Facing Kerythra, Tang San admitted he came from a higher-level world and claimed his true body would come to conquer their worlds.

• People mocked Tang San for seizing the real Tang San’s body and condemned Tang Hao for knowingly letting him live and grow up.
• Tang San became furious at the insults toward Tang Hao and vowed to kill those who had slandered him.
• Yu Xiaogang joyfully crawled before Kerythra and tried to claim credit for exposing Tang San’s secret.
• Kerythra’s gaze terrified Tang San, who struggled to hide his fear and keep his capabilities secret.
• Tang San told Kerythra that he came from a higher-level world, that the Tang Sect’s techniques were ordinary there, and that his true body would follow the traces of space-time to conquer their worlds.

Tang San tried to intimidate Douluo Continent’s people by claiming his true body was a powerful Heavenly Demon from Beyond the Sky, but the outsiders were unconvinced. Cipher appeared and demanded to check his cards, sending Aglaea’s golden thread toward him and making Tang San fear that his lies would be exposed.

• Douluo Continent’s people panicked at Tang San’s threats and regretted having branded him their greatest sinner.
• Tang San saw their fear and arrogantly believed his Heavenly Demon persona would keep the Chrysos Heirs and Kerythra from killing him.
• The group from Honkai Star Rail dismissed Tang San’s claims as empty boasting, while he prepared to tell them more fabricated secrets.
• Cipher teleported in front of Tang San and declared that she wanted to check the cards.
• Aglaea’s golden thread shot toward Tang San, who remembered how it had exposed Yu Xiaogang’s lies and feared it would reveal his own.

After Kerythra exposed Tang San’s lies, she moved to execute him and Yu Xiaogang, but Poseidon arrived to protect Tang San. When Poseidon examined his supposed successor, he discovered Tang San had only four dull white ten-year soul rings and reacted with disgust.

• The people of Sea God Island celebrated after Aglaea exposed Tang San’s lies, while Tang San collapsed in despair.
• Kerythra raised her chess piece and threw it toward Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, ordering their execution.
• Poseidon descended in a flash of blue light and stood between the executioners and Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
• Poseidon used his divine power to examine Tang San and found that he had only four dim white ten-year soul rings.
• Poseidon stared at Tang San in disgust and disbelief over his poor aptitude.

Poseidon discovered that Hysilens had slain the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and offered her the Sea God's Nine Trials, hoping she would inherit his divine seat. Hysilens ignored the offer and executed Tang San, while Kerythra reacted with a flash of icy coldness.

• Poseidon realized Bo Saixi had misled him about Tang San and demanded to know who had killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• The people of Sea God Island identified Hysilens as the one who had slain the whale, and Poseidon recognized her as a suitable successor.
• Hysilens asked Poseidon whether he would stop her from killing Tang San, and he dismissed Tang San as an unworthy successor.
• Poseidon offered Hysilens the Sea God's Nine Trials and promised her control of the sea if she inherited his divine seat.
• Hysilens beheaded Tang San and asked Poseidon what he had just said.
• Poseidon repeated his offer, and Kerythra's expression turned cold.