Chapter Summaries

Kerythra became furious when Poseidon claimed the sea she meant to give Hysilens, and ordered him executed. Hysilens killed Poseidon with one sword strike, and the people of Sea God Island celebrated Kerythra as their ruler.

• Kerythra declared the sea her territory and ordered the Lord of Sword Flags to execute Poseidon for claiming it as his own.
• Poseidon mocked Kerythra and her followers, but Hysilens beheaded him before he could finish speaking.
• Poseidon failed to summon his divine power and died, realizing that he was no different from Tang San before Hysilens's sword.
• Rong Nianbing feared the visitors from beyond the sky, then resolved to follow Kerythra and explore new worlds for their delicacies.
• The people of Sea God Island praised Kerythra and shouted their loyalty after Poseidon's death.

The Asura God King discovered that Tang San had been killed and summoned the remnant soul he had secretly preserved. Tang San returned in a shattered state, terrified of Amphoreus and its monsters, while the Asura God King dismissed his fears and resolved to guide him back toward inheriting the Asura godhood.

• After Tang San died on Sea God Island, the Asura God King awakened and raged over the loss of his chosen heir.
• The Asura God King released the remnant soul he had secretly kept and found Tang San hollow, despairing, and mentally broken.
• The Asura God King used his divine power to steady Tang San's consciousness, and Tang San asked if he was in the Underworld.
• Tang San panicked at the darkness and babbled about Amphoreus, the Dawn Machine, Lady Aglaea, and the danger of endless reincarnation.
• Tang San begged to die rather than suffer endless reincarnation, saying he was too weak to defeat even a small monster.
• The Asura God King rebuked Tang San and insisted that the Mysterious Heaven Skill could make him powerful, believing he could train him back onto the path to godhood.

The Asura God King learned from Tang San about the terrifying people from Beyond the Sky and the Sea God's death, then offered Tang San a chance to return to Douluo Continent under a new identity. Tang San agreed to consider the plan only after asking whether he could be turned into a harmless Earth Beast.

• The Asura God King subdued Tang San's fractured soul and questioned him about his experiences on Douluo Continent.
• Tang San recounted the golden Sky Screen, the people from Beyond the Sky, and his terror of Kerythra, Stelle, and the others.
• The Asura God King sensed that Poseidon, the Sea God, had died on Douluo Continent and grew wary before becoming greedy for the outsiders' power.
• The Asura God King offered to send Tang San back with a new appearance, personality, and species, while keeping a backup remnant soul in the God Realm.
• Tang San refused to return, saying his father had provoked Lord Trailblazer, but the Asura God King approved of his selfishness and named him a potential inheritor.
• Tang San dropped to all fours and asked the Asura God King to turn him into a soft, fragrant, harmless Earth Beast.

Tang San asked the Asura God King to turn him into an Earth Beast or give him an Earth Beast Martial Soul so he could survive under Teacher Xia’s protection. The Asura God King agreed to help if Tang San obtained an Earth Beast’s essence blood, then reshaped Tang San into a harmless-looking boy.

• Tang San insisted that becoming an Earth Beast was his only way to survive and asked the Asura God King to change his Martial Soul if necessary.
• The Asura God King explained that Douluo Continent lacked Earth Beast blood essence and that an ordinary soul could not withstand an Earth Beast’s power.
• Tang San claimed a young Earth Beast was already on Douluo Continent and asked the Asura God King to transform his Martial Soul using its essence blood.
• The Asura God King concealed his desire to obtain the Earth Beast and agreed to help Tang San after he secured its essence blood.
• Tang San rejected Douluo Continent’s Martial Soul system and asked to be made into a harmless-looking child.
• The Asura God King used divine power to reshape Tang San into a blue-haired little boy with a pure, innocent appearance.

After Tang San and Yu Xiaogang died, the Douluo Continent’s factions set aside their disputes and joined the Star Luo Emperor’s Anti-Destruction Alliance, hoping to survive Kerythra’s expansion and oppose Terminus. The Sky Screen then revealed a new ranking entry, “TOP 2: Run Him Over, Astral Express!”, and everyone prepared to watch the replay.

• The Merfolk held a celebratory banquet in Vast Sea City, but Hysilens did not appear, and attendees learned that Kerythra had conquered Sea God Island.
• Fearing Kerythra’s advance, the continent’s factions put aside their rivalries, discussed forming a super-alliance, and some people displayed loyalty to the Astral Express or Stellaron Hunters.
• The Star Luo Emperor invited the continent’s forces, the Stellaron Hunters, the Astral Express, and Amphoreus’s demigods to join the Anti-Destruction Alliance against Terminus, and the factions agreed.
• The Asura God King sent Tang San, reshaped as a young boy, back to the Douluo Continent and watched the Sky Screen, hoping to judge the outsiders’ power.
• The Sky Screen displayed the ranking “TOP 2: Run Him Over, Astral Express!”, prompting people across the continent to anticipate the full battle replay.

The Sky Screen showed Sunday defending his plan to create a paradise through Order, and the people of Douluo Continent were moved by his promise to end suffering. Remembering that Sunday later joined the Astral Express without abandoning his ideals, they began to believe in and follow him.

• The Sky Screen showed Sunday facing Stelle, March 7th, Himeko, and Firefly in Penacony.
• Sunday argued that Harmony could not save Penacony and that Order could compel the strong to establish an eternal paradise.
• The ordinary people of Douluo Continent connected Sunday's promise of a happy life without hardship to their own suffering and lack of opportunity.
• The people recalled that Sunday had become an Aeon and later joined the Astral Express after his defeat.
• The people of Douluo Continent turned from worshiping other Aeons and began following Sunday, believing he would fulfill his ideals.

Sunday explained that he wanted to place everyone’s happiness under a single Order, then described his ideal society as an eternal seven-day weekend without the burdens of work or survival. His speech moved Douluo Continent’s common people to embrace him, while the Asura God King wondered whether faith could make Sunday a god by Douluo’s standards.

• Firefly asked Sunday what it meant to live happily, and he said he wanted to bring all beings’ happiness under one Order.
• Sunday argued that rest days let people escape life’s hardships and declared that the ideal social system was seven-day weekends forever.
• Sunday described a peaceful paradise where people could rest, gaze at the galaxy, or embrace without duties or suffering.
• Douluo Continent’s common people were moved by Sunday’s promise of endless rest and praised him as a benevolent Aeon.
• The Asura God King wondered whether Sunday could gain enough believers to become a god through faith on Douluo Continent.

Sunday offered Firefly a paradise free from suffering, revealing that he alone would endure permanent martyrdom to sustain it. Watching from Douluo Continent, Qian Renxue drew renewed resolve to keep striving to protect all living beings.

• Sunday reminded Firefly that her Entropy Loss Syndrome made his offer especially tempting, and she asked what it would cost.
• Sunday said the price was permanent martyrdom for himself and described his intention to remain awake and bear suffering while others lived in paradise.
• The people watching on Douluo Continent recognized the sacrifice Sunday's plan would demand and admired his devotion.
• Qian Renxue reflected on her reforms and efforts to protect the continent, then realized she still had more to do.
• Qian Renxue decided that only by taking a brave step forward without hesitation could she have a chance to reach her goal.

Bo Saixi and the Ice Empress and Snow Empress reflected on the promise of Sunday's paradise, while Firefly challenged Sunday over whether his dream denied people the right to choose. Himeko then asked the Trailblazer to deliver the Astral Express's decision to Sunday.

• Bo Saixi, near death after losing her cultivation, yearned to meet Tang Chen again and prayed for Sunday to grant her a peaceful dream.
• The Ice Empress worried that she and the Snow Empress would not survive their coming heavenly tribulations, but the Snow Empress said they could seek help from people from Beyond the Sky.
• The Ice Empress expressed a desire to sacrifice herself to Lord Phainon, and the Snow Empress told her she could choose whom to join freely.
• Firefly challenged Sunday, arguing that his paradise was an escape from suffering that deprived people of the chance to choose their own lives.
• Himeko stated that the Astral Express had reached a decision and told the Trailblazer to relay it to Sunday, as Mr. Mikhail had instructed.

Stelle and the others learned the stories of the three Nameless who had stayed behind on Penacony, including how Mikhail became the legendary Watchmaker. After witnessing Mikhail’s memories, Stelle understood that his legacy was meant for future Nameless and resolved to carry on their path.

• Pom-Pom had asked Stelle and the others to find out what happened to three Nameless who had settled on Penacony.
• Stelle and the others uncovered how a pioneering cartographer vanished while researching the Primal Dreamscape and how Tiernan fought in Penacony’s wars before disappearing from public life.
• Stelle and the others learned that Mikhail was the Watchmaker and that Misha had been his childhood form, left behind to guide later Trailblazers.
• In Mikhail’s memories, Misha delivered a message about moving forward, then peacefully closed his eyes in a wheelchair with his old hat.
• Stelle touched Mikhail’s Memory Bubble and realized the Watchmaker’s legacy belonged to the Nameless who shared his path.
• Stelle picked up Mikhail’s hat and resolved to follow the example of the three senior Nameless.

Stelle accepted Mikhail’s hat and declared that Penacony would not belong to Order, while she and her companions prepared to oppose Sunday. An unknown Aeon blessed them, but Sunday withdrew and postponed their confrontation until the Blood Moon Ceremony.

• Stelle picked up Mikhail’s hat, and Misha’s memory transformed into the elderly Mikhail, who entrusted the unfinished road of Trailblazing to her.
• Stelle stood with March 7th, Himeko, Firefly, and Clockie before Sunday and declared that Mikhail’s dream of Penacony would never belong to Order.
• A mysterious Aeon appeared among the stars and gazed warmly upon Stelle and her companions, drawing Sunday’s astonishment.
• Sunday remained confident, chose not to attack, and left the stage, saying he would face them when the Blood Moon Ceremony arrived.
• Viewers on Douluo Continent eagerly anticipated Stelle using the Aeon’s blessing to fight Sunday, but the group held back.

Firefly risked death to escape Sunday's dream, while Dan Heng prepared to call on the Xianzhou Alliance to save his companions. At the Harmonious Moon Ceremony, Sunday's attempt to persuade Stelle, March 7th, and Himeko failed, and he summoned the giant Dominicus to face them.

• Firefly transformed into Sam and charged toward the sky to break out of Sunday's dream by facing death.
• Dan Heng learned that his companions were in danger and resolved to use the Xianzhou Alliance's Alliance Jade Token despite attempts to stop him.
• At the Harmonious Moon Ceremony, Sunday explained his vision of a human paradise, but Himeko rejected it because he would rule above everyone.
• Sunday sent out the Past, Present, and Future puppets, which Stelle, March 7th, and Himeko quickly destroyed.
• Sunday summoned a sky full of puppets, turned them into golden energy, and formed the giant Dominicus as the battle began.

Dan Heng and Jing Yuan arrived with Xianzhou reinforcements and defeated Sunday with a combined attack. Meanwhile, Tang San accepted that he could not oppose the people from Beyond the Sky and set out to investigate a summons linked to his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, hoping to find a powerful backer.

• Dan Heng used the Alliance Jade Token to summon the Xianzhou army, then joined Jing Yuan in annihilating Sunday with a water dragon and the Divine Lord.
• The people watching the battle marveled at the victory and realized events had changed because Stelle's power of the Finality could not be brought to Amphoreus.
• Tang San abandoned his hostility toward the people from Beyond the Sky and decided to seek the Earth Beast Martial Soul so Teacher Xia would protect him.
• Tang San recognized Holy Soul Village and followed a summons that grew stronger when his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul emerged.
• Tang San decided to investigate the summons, hoping it would lead him to a backer such as Anaxa.

Tang San followed a blood-linked summons into a hidden cave and found an unusual Blue Silver Grass, unaware that it was his mother, Ah Yin. Ah Yin recognized him and realized he had returned as a child, but she was too weak and immobile to stop him from taking the plant.

• Tang San ran to a secluded valley, climbed down behind its waterfall, and opened a hidden stone door.
• Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye to explore the cave and found a golden-patterned Blue Silver Grass growing in a chamber.
• Tang San noticed similar golden lines on his own Martial Soul and decided the plant could help strengthen his body.
• Tang San reached to pull up the Blue Silver Grass, while Ah Yin recognized his bloodline, Purple Demon Eye, and Mysterious Jade Hand.
• Ah Yin realized Tang San's nature remained twisted, but she could not move or intervene.

Ah Yin sensed her son Tang San in the stone chamber, but he tried to uproot and consume her. She defeated and bound him, then drained his bloodline to restore her strength, intending to escape and make him answer for his past crimes.

• Ah Yin sensed Tang San’s bloodline and was horrified when he approached her with the intent to devour her.
• Tang San tried to uproot Ah Yin, so she attacked him with Blue Silver Grass vines and targeted his vulnerable spots.
• Ah Yin overwhelmed Tang San and bound him, but spared his life so she could make him face the people he had harmed.
• Ah Yin cut Tang San’s arm and absorbed his bloodline essence, growing stronger as Tang San weakened.

Ah Yin grew stronger by absorbing Tang San’s bloodline and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, while Tang San remained bound and despaired over his helplessness. He concluded that the Asura God King had used him as a disposable pawn, but still expected Aglaea and the Beyond the Sky Experts to rescue him and reward him.

• Ah Yin absorbed energy from Tang San’s bloodline, rapidly increasing her Blue Silver Grass’s cultivation and discovering Tang San’s vulnerability.
• Ah Yin’s vines struck a stone wall, revealing a hidden black wooden box containing a radiant Spirit Bone.
• Tang San awoke and tried to seize the Spirit Bone, but the vines kept him bound as Ah Yin refined its energy and grew stronger.
• Tang San realized that the Asura God King had treated him as a disposable chess piece and grew furious at his abandonment.
• Tang San suppressed his suspicions about Aglaea and the Beyond the Sky Experts, imagining that his suffering would earn him a generous reward when they rescued him.

Tang San tried to provoke Ah Yin into killing him so powerful beings would rescue him, but she recognized him and saw through his lies. When he tried to win her sympathy by pretending to be an innocent child, Ah Yin punished him with her vines.

• Tang San cursed the Blue Silver Grass and threatened to exterminate the soul beasts, hoping to provoke it into killing him.
• Ah Yin rebuked Tang San and revealed that she knew his true name, while he pretended to be a frightened child.
• Tang San realized the Blue Silver Grass was his biological mother, Ah Yin, and decided to seek her protection.
• Tang San cried to Ah Yin and claimed that others had falsely accused him, but she saw through his act.
• Ah Yin struck Tang San with her vines, making him scream in pain.

Ah Yin tortured Tang San, forced him to confess most of his past, and decided to bring him before Xiao Wu so he could face the people he had harmed. She then began drilling strict rules of good deeds and virtue into him, leaving him with no freedom and a life of forced atonement.

• Ah Yin restrained Tang San with her Blue Silver Grass vines and carried him out of the sealed cave while questioning him about his past.
• After days of torment, Tang San revealed most of his history but concealed the core secret of the Earth Beast.
• Ah Yin learned that Tang San had stood by while Xiao Wu was captured by Spirit Hall, and she tortured him for a day and night in fury.
• Ah Yin began forcing Tang San to memorize and practice countless rules of moral conduct, beating him whenever he failed or resisted.

Kerythra ordered Douluo’s factions to conquer the soul beast territories and used the resulting human-beast war to train her forces. As the fighting escalated and both sides suffered heavy losses, Ah Yin watched from afar in anguish.

• Ah Yin led Tang San toward Vast Sea City while Kerythra gathered Douluo’s factions there and formed an alliance against the Destruction Alliance.
• Kerythra ordered the allied forces to conquer the soul beast world, promising rewards based on military merit.
• Human factions entered the Star Dou Forest and pressured high-level soul beasts into surrendering territory and serving under Kerythra’s command.
• After factions began taking soul beasts as private mounts, the soul beasts resisted, and a war broke out between humans and beasts.
• Kerythra watched the bloody conflict with satisfaction, while Ah Yin learned of it through the Sky Screen and grieved over the escalating strife.

Ah Yin blamed Tang San for deepening the hatred between humans and soul beasts and decided to make him answer for the war. Meanwhile, the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian led the soul-beast army toward Vast Sea City as Ah Yin dragged Tang San to face the approaching conflict.

• Ah Yin recalled Tang San's betrayal of Xiao Wu and his slaughter of soul beasts, concluding that he had caused the conflict between humans and beasts.
• Di Tian told the Silver Dragon King that humans had tried to claim soul beasts as mounts and had harbored degrading intentions toward her.
• The soul-beast army defeated and scattered human forces as the Silver Dragon King led it toward Vast Sea City, joined by the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, and other soul beasts.
• Ah Yin feared the soul beasts would be destroyed by the Beyond the Sky Experts and decided to bring Tang San before everyone to punish him publicly.