Chapter Summaries

After returning to the Elemental Academy, Xiaofei and its leaders decided to stay out of the war between the two empires and the Spirit Hall Empire, defending the academy instead. Xiaofei settled into a quiet life there, while Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu continued to get along like sisters.

• The Shrek Seven Devils returned to Heaven Dou City to find the Clear Sky Sect pressing the Tang Sect to affiliate, Tang San unable to find a way to save Tang Chen, and Shui Bing'er missing with the Heart of the Sea God.
• After learning the war had begun and the Elemental Academy was being pressured to choose a side, Xiaofei's group left the Fire God Tower and returned to the academy on the Fire Phoenix.
• Dean Huo Tianchen told Xiaofei and the others that both empires and the Spirit Hall Empire were trying to win over the academy, and Xiaofei argued that the war had not yet reached a stage that required intervention.
• Yang Wudi, the other department leaders, and Huo Tianchen declared that they would fight only to protect the academy, and Xiaofei agreed that it should remain out of the war.
• Xiaofei enjoyed a leisurely routine at the academy and sparred with Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu, who remained close despite knowing about each other.

Tang San visited the Elemental Academy to reclaim the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and ask about his great-grandfather, Tang Chen. Wang Xiaofei refused to surrender the artifact immediately, proposed returning it to Sea God Island, and told Tang San that becoming the Sea God could let him save Tang Chen.

• Wang Xiaofei received Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils at the Elemental Academy and served them tea brewed with water from Lake of Life.
• Tang San asked Wang Xiaofei to return the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud on behalf of Emperor Xue Beng, but Wang Xiaofei said he had exchanged it for the Qiluo Tulip Immortal Herb and would not give it up without receiving that herb in return.
• Tang San offered to fulfill three conditions for the artifact, and Ma Hongjun threatened to tear down the academy; Wang Xiaofei sent Ma Hongjun flying with an invisible force and warned the group to treat the academy as a friend.
• Wang Xiaofei said he planned to take the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Sea God Island and let Senior Bo Saixi and Lord Sea God decide its fate, easing Tang San's expression.
• Tang San asked how Wang Xiaofei knew about Tang Chen and whether he could help rescue him; Wang Xiaofei refused to oppose the King of Slaughter and said becoming the Sea God could allow Tang San to heal Tang Chen.

Wang Xiaofei questioned Tang San’s plans and declared that Elemental Academy would remain neutral in factional conflicts while opposing Evil Soul Masters who harmed civilians. Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils left without an agreement, alarmed by Xiaofei’s strength and the academy’s Titled Douluo.

• Tang San asked Wang Xiaofei about the Qiluo Tulip Immortal Herb and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Xiaofei agreed that Tang San could invite Poison Douluo to meet him at Elemental Academy.
• Tang San said he planned to rescue his grandfather and destroy the City of Slaughter, but Xiaofei argued that destroying it could release dangerous criminals and declared that Elemental Academy would fight Evil Soul Masters who harmed ordinary people.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Xiaofei over Elemental Academy’s neutrality, and Xiaofei said the academy would not take sides in factional conflicts and would expel anyone who brought those conflicts onto its grounds.
• Xiao Wu asked how Xiaofei had predicted Bibi Dong would hunt Daming and Erming, and Xiaofei said he wanted to ask the two soul beasts about Di Tian.
• After the Shrek Seven Devils left, Tang San admitted he could not gauge Xiaofei’s strength and revealed that Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, Feng Xiaotian, and Shui Bing’er had become Titled Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether the Qiluo Tulip Immortal Herb could evolve a martial soul, and Tang San said it probably could and regretted that Qian Renxue had benefited from it.

The Shrek Seven Devils learned that Wang Xiaofei was a formidable rival, while Xiaofei prepared Elemental Academy for conflict and negotiated with Dugu Bo over the herbs from his garden. Dugu Bo accepted a sixty-thousand-year soul bone as compensation, but Xiaofei stopped him from leaving to propose another deal.

• Tang San told the Shrek Seven Devils about Wang Xiaofei's strength, cultivation, and victories in the City of Slaughter, leaving them wary of him.
• Xiaofei told Huo Wu and the others that Spirit Hall and Poison Douluo might visit, and explained why they should return the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Sea God Island.
• After Dugu Bo arrived at Elemental Academy, Xiaofei privately disputed that he had stolen the herbs and offered him a poison-attributed sixty-thousand-year Human-Faced Demon Spider Emperor Right Arm Soul Bone.
• Dugu Bo accepted the soul bone and agreed not to trouble Elemental Academy over the herb garden, but Xiaofei asked him to stay for another deal.

Wang Xiaofei offered Dugu Bo a powerful Soul Bone for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, prompting concern from Tang San over his mother’s recovery there. As Wang Xiaofei met a formidable Spirit Hall delegation led by Qian Renxue, she revealed that they had met before.

• Wang Xiaofei offered Dugu Bo a seventy-thousand-year torso Soul Bone in exchange for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but Dugu Bo left to consider the deal.
• Wang Xiaofei told the Elemental Academy deans about the well’s value and urged them to wait until the war ended before pursuing it.
• Dugu Bo told Tang San that Wang Xiaofei wanted to buy the well and promised to wait until Tang San’s mother had recovered before deciding.
• Wang Xiaofei wondered why Spirit Hall had not arrived, then met Qian Renxue, Qianjun Douluo, and Jiangmo Douluo at the academy.
• Qian Renxue greeted Wang Xiaofei and said he should remember her.

Wang Xiaofei agreed that the Elemental Academy would join the Spirit Hall Empire if it won the war, but refused to involve the academy in the fighting. After warning Qian Renxue about her past defeat, he left with Shui Bing'er for Sea God Island, while Qian Renxue resolved to finish her divine trials and become a Twelve-Winged Angel God.

• Qian Renxue revealed that she had once been Xue Qinghe and asked the Elemental Academy to join the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Wang Xiaofei agreed to submit the academy if Spirit Hall won the war, but insisted that it stay out of external conflicts and answer directly to Qian Renxue.
• Wang Xiaofei warned Qian Renxue that an enemy was not defeated until dead, then revealed he meant the person who had once defeated her.
• Wang Xiaofei told the deans that Qian Renxue was level 99 and nearing the end of her Angel God trials, then announced he would go to Sea God Island with Shui Bing'er.
• Wang Xiaofei kissed Huo Wu goodbye in front of the others and flew away with Shui Bing'er, leaving Huo Wu in tears.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Jun and Jiang Mo that the Elemental Academy had more than ten Titled Douluo and that she would prioritize completing her final divine trials.

Xiaofei and Shui Bing'er returned to Sea God Island, where Xiaofei delivered Tang Chen’s letter to Bo Saixi and asked permission to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. The Sea God approved after Xiaofei offered the Heart of the Sea God, leaving Xiaofei satisfied that his goal had been achieved.

• Xiaofei and Shui Bing'er traveled from Vast Sea City to Sea God Island aboard a transport ship, then went to meet Bo Saixi.
• Xiaofei gave Bo Saixi Tang Chen’s letter, and she read it with great emotion after waiting fifty years for news of him.
• Xiaofei and Shui Bing'er offered to eliminate the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, while Xiaofei presented the recovered Heart of the Sea God.
• The Sea God and Fire God discussed Xiaofei’s request and agreed that returning the Heart of the Sea God outweighed the loss of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• The Sea God granted Xiaofei’s request, and the Heart of the Sea God flew into the Sea God Palace.

Wang Xiaofei and Shui Bing'er traveled to the Demon Whale Sea Territory to challenge the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. Their opening clash ended with Xiaofei overpowering the Whale King's tail, though the battle continued.

• Bo Saixi told Wang Xiaofei that Lord Sea God had approved the hunt, and agreed to have Xiaobai take him and Shui Bing'er to the outskirts of the Demon Whale Sea Territory.
• Wang Xiaofei explained the Whale King's near-million-year cultivation to Shui Bing'er, and the pair spent the night waiting by the shore before setting out with Xiaobai.
• After three days at sea, Xiaobai warned them about the Whale King's speed, strength, and agility, and Xiaofei and Shui Bing'er flew into the Demon Whale Sea Territory.
• Wang Xiaofei challenged the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and asked him to sacrifice himself if defeated, promising to revive him after becoming a god.
• The Whale King attacked with a divine-power wave, but Xiaofei shattered it and fought him in a series of powerful collisions.
• Wang Xiaofei combined three strength-amplifying soul rings with Thousand Jin Strike, blasted away the Whale King's tail, and injured him.

Xiaofei defeated the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and persuaded him to sacrifice himself, promising to protect and revive him and keep his family safe. Three days later, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King returned to Xiaofei and asked him to agree to a condition.

• Xiaofei fought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, used both the Fire Phoenix and Kirin Arm Martial Souls, and defeated him with Prison Suppression Strike.
• Xiaofei offered to revive the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King after becoming a god, and the whale king agreed to sacrifice himself.
• Xiaofei explained that the Sea God’s inheritor would target the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and urged him to settle his affairs before returning in three days.
• Shui Bing'er asked whether Xiaofei feared the whale king would flee, and Xiaofei said the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King would return for his family’s sake.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King returned as promised, and Xiaofei assured him that his family would be protected as Guardian Divine Beasts of Elemental Academy.

Xiaofei absorbed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's million-year Soul Ring and Torso Soul Bone, broke through the level 99 bottleneck, and traveled to the Fire God Palace to refine the bone. While he endured the ordeal, the Battle of Jialing Pass began, with the Heaven Dou Empire struggling against Spirit Hall's powerful forces.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King sacrificed himself, giving Xiaofei a golden million-year Soul Ring and the strongest million-year Torso Soul Bone.
• Xiaofei broke through the level 99 bottleneck, then left the sea with Shui Bing'er after saying goodbye to Xiaobai.
• Xiaofei and Shui Bing'er traveled to the Far North, where Shui Bing'er entered the Ice God Palace and Xiaofei went to the Fire God Palace.
• Xiaofei climbed to the 999th step of the Fire God Tower and began refining his Torso Soul Bone with the Fire God Staff's power.
• The Battle of Jialing Pass erupted between the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall Empire, and Tang Hao and Tang San fought Bibi Dong together as the Heaven Dou forces struggled.

The Spirit Hall Empire and Heaven Dou Empire fought a costly stalemate at Jialing Pass, with Spirit Hall holding an advantage in numbers and high-level combatants. As Heaven Dou’s leaders searched for allies and countermeasures, the Elemental Academy remained determined to stay out of the war.

• The Spirit Hall Empire committed ten Titled Douluo against Heaven Dou’s seven, while the Star Luo Empire could not send support because Spirit Hall’s army had pinned it down.
• The battle claimed Huyan Zhen as its first Titled Douluo casualty, while Bibi Dong fought Tang Hao and Tang San and Sword Douluo Chen Xin held back several Spirit Hall combatants.
• After more than ten days of fighting, Heaven Dou had suffered heavier losses among its soldiers and Soul Masters, and Porcupine Fish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo repeatedly targeted Dugu Bo.
• Xue Beng asked whether Heaven Dou could gain outside support, and Yu Xiaogang explained that neither the Star Luo Empire nor Clear Sky Sect could provide enough help.
• Tang San told Xue Beng that the Elemental Academy would not join the war, despite Heaven Dou’s willingness to offer it land and a state of its own.
• The chapter noted that the Zhuge Repeating Crossbows had inflicted some casualties but were costly and less effective against armored troops, while former Elemental Academy students and teachers regretted joining the battlefield.

After completing his Soul Bone armor and leaving the Fire God Tower, Xiaofei traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek Di Tian. He reached the Lake of Life and asked the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python to take him to a place within it, hoping to borrow something from Di Tian.

• After three months of cultivation on the 999th step, Xiaofei finished refining his torso Soul Bone, and his Fire Attribute Soul Bones joined into seamless armor.
• Xiaofei crossed the 1000th step, bowed to the Fire God Staff, and left the Fire God Palace with the Asura Demonic Sword.
• Xiaofei flew to the Star Dou Great Forest, where a waiter told him that war had emptied the town of soul master mercenary groups and brought mass conscription.
• Xiaofei reached the Lake of Life and called for the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, who thanked him for warning them of danger.
• Xiaofei asked the Sky Azure Bull Python about Di Tian and requested to be taken to a place within the Lake of Life so he could borrow something from Di Tian.

Wang Xiaofei met Di Tian at the Lake of Life and offered the location of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King's remains in exchange for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. Di Tian agreed on the condition that Xiaofei lead him to the site, and they left the Star Dou Great Forest together.

• Wang Xiaofei called for Di Tian at the Lake of Life and asked to borrow the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Wang Xiaofei offered the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as payment, and Di Tian consulted his Lord about the exchange.
• Di Tian's Lord ordered him to hand over the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm if the location proved genuine, and Di Tian retrieved the sleeping beast despite Bear Lord's protest.
• Di Tian showed Xiaofei the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and agreed to give it to him after they reached the site.
• Di Tian ordered the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python to keep the meeting secret, then left the Star Dou Great Forest with Xiaofei.

Wang Xiaofei obtained the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm from Di Tian and brought him to the Divine Fire Tower to form his final Soul Ring. Sky Dream agreed after Xiaofei promised to take him to see Ice Empress, and Xiaofei revealed his preparations for becoming a god.

• Wang Xiaofei and Di Tian reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Di Tian absorbed the remaining power of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.
• Di Tian questioned Wang Xiaofei about his stance toward soul beasts and offered him another deal, but Wang Xiaofei argued that the soul beast race would eventually go extinct unless it changed its cultivation system or left.
• Di Tian gave Wang Xiaofei the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and departed, ending their transaction.
• Wang Xiaofei brought the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to the Divine Fire Tower and explained that he needed his Soul Power to create his tenth Soul Ring.
• Sky Dream agreed to become Wang Xiaofei's Soul Ring after asking to see Ice Empress, and Wang Xiaofei promised to take him to her after ascending to godhood.
• Wang Xiaofei showed Sky Dream the Evil God Bead and Phoenix Blood Fruit, explaining that he planned to use the divine fire to complete his God Position.

Xiaofei tried to complete his God Position and condense a Tenth Soul Ring, then plunged into Douluo Star’s magma to find enough Origin Power for Soul Transformation. As he endured visions of his life and the Asura Demonic Sword’s Killing Intent, he fused with the Evil God Bead and the sword inside a cocoon, while Huo Wu and Shui Bing’er sensed that something was happening to him.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sacrificed himself, and Xiaofei absorbed his powerful soul ring’s Soul Power to try to form a Tenth Soul Ring.
• Xiaofei combined divine fire with the Evil God Bead and swallowed the Phoenix Blood Fruit, but the bead lacked enough Origin Power to transform his soul.
• Xiaofei reasoned that Soul Transformation required him to experience mortal life and dove into the magma to absorb Origin Power from Douluo Star.
• The Asura Demonic Sword flooded Xiaofei with Killing Intent as visions of joy, grief, love, hatred, and his past lives overwhelmed him.
• A huge cocoon formed around Xiaofei as he, the Evil God Bead, and the Asura Demonic Sword began to fuse.
• Huo Wu, who was pregnant, sensed Xiaofei’s pain through their child, while Shui Bing’er also felt worried and stroked her belly.

Wang Xiaofei refined the Evil God Bead in the Undying Volcano and became a god, creating two God Positions and linking himself to the Douluo Star. His emergence halted the war at Jialing Pass, while powerful figures across the world reacted to his new strength.

• Tang San led the Shrek group from the Star Dou Great Forest to Sea God Island after finding no suitable high-level soul beasts nearby.
• Di Tian told the phantom that Xiaofei had refused the soul beast clan’s terms, and the phantom doubted he could become a god because of the Evil God Bead.
• After nearly three months of fighting his inner enemies, Xiaofei refined the Evil God Bead and defeated the Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix within his mind.
• Xiaofei emerged from the magma as a god with Fire Phoenix wings, twenty Soul Rings, two God Positions, and a connection to the Douluo Star.
• The new divine pressure stopped the fighting at Jialing Pass, and Bibi Dong ordered an investigation before returning to Spirit City to enter seclusion.
• Bo Saixi, the phantom above the Lake of Life, and the King of Slaughter sensed Xiaofei’s ascension; the King of Slaughter realized he had lost his connection to the Asura Demonic Sword.

The God Realm learned that Wang Xiaofei had forged his own God Position, refined the Asura Demonic Sword, and become a god, and its rulers decided to contact him. Back at Elemental Academy, Xiaofei celebrated becoming a father to two children and settled into caring for Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er while Yang Wudi sought his help with condensing a Soul Core.

• The Asura God returned to the God Realm assembly and learned from the Sea God and Fire God how Wang Xiaofei had absorbed the Evil God Bead, forged his God Position, and refined the Asura Demonic Sword into a divine artifact.
• The God Kings agreed to have the Sea God invite Wang Xiaofei to the Sea God Palace so they could discuss his attitude toward the God Realm, while the Asura God demanded an explanation about his sword.
• Wang Xiaofei returned to Elemental Academy and discovered that Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er were both pregnant, leaving him overjoyed at the prospect of becoming a father.
• Wang Xiaofei devoted himself to caring for Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er, while Elemental Academy turned away visitors investigating his ascension.
• Yang Wudi repeatedly took Wang Xiaofei aside to study what it meant to be a god and, encouraged by Wang Xiaofei's return, planned to condense a Soul Core.

Yang Wudi successfully condensed a Soul Core with Wang Xiaofei’s help, prompting the Elemental Academy’s strongest members to follow and begin compiling a method. Xiaofei outlined a major academy expansion and installed a Cultivation Tower, while he decided to remain on Douluo Star rather than enter the God Realm soon.

• Yang Wudi condensed a Soul Core with Wang Xiaofei’s divine power stabilizing him, then warned that the process was dangerous and demanded immense Spiritual Power.
• Wang Xiaofei invited the gathered headmasters and Huo Wu’s group to condense Soul Cores under his supervision, and Feng Xiaotian stepped forward first.
• Everyone present successfully condensed a Soul Core within a day, while Wang Xiaofei warned them not to attempt one before reaching Titled Douluo rank or to form a second without him.
• Wang Xiaofei told the headmasters that the war could become a conflict between gods and revealed his plan to expand the academy and build a moat.
• Wang Xiaofei placed the Divine Fire Tower at the academy as a Cultivation Tower, and the academy’s teachers and students rapidly began construction.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm awoke and celebrated Wang Xiaofei’s success, but Wang Xiaofei said he would not enter the God Realm for at least another hundred years.

Sea God summoned Wang Xiaofei to Sea God Island, where the five God Kings questioned him about entering the God Realm, the source energy he absorbed, the ongoing war, and his agreements with Soul Beasts. Wang Xiaofei promised to enter the God Realm within a hundred years, and the God Kings accepted his answers, while Sea God and Fire God privately doubted their trust in him.

• Sea Dragon Douluo delivered Sea God's invitation, and Wang Xiaofei agreed to visit Sea God Island after three days.
• Bo Saixi welcomed Wang Xiaofei to Sea God Palace, where Sea God asked what he thought of the God Realm and revealed that the five God Kings wanted to question him.
• Wang Xiaofei told Evil God King that he would delay entering the God Realm until he had settled his pregnant wives, but would go within a hundred years.
• Wang Xiaofei explained to Kindness God King that he had absorbed Douluo Star's source energy to repair his divine position and argued that abruptly ending the war could cause worse conflict.
• Wang Xiaofei defended his agreements with several Soul Beasts to Destruction God King, saying they had not harmed innocents and could strengthen the God Realm.
• The five God Kings judged Wang Xiaofei trustworthy and said he had broken no rules, while Sea God and Fire God recalled his past underhanded actions against the gods.

The five God Kings allowed Wang Xiaofei to remain on Douluo Continent for one hundred years and named him the Phoenix God. After the others departed, the Asura God confronted Wang Xiaofei over the Asura Demonic Sword, and Wang Xiaofei proposed a plan to forge a replacement before asking the Sea God to let him take the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s wife and daughter.

• The five God Kings debated Wang Xiaofei’s God Positions and agreed he could stay on Douluo Continent for one hundred years before coming to the God Realm.
• Wang Xiaofei accepted the title of Phoenix God and promised to uphold the God Realm’s dignity.
• The Asura God demanded an explanation for Wang Xiaofei refining the Asura Demonic Sword, and Wang Xiaofei proposed forging a Soul Breaking Spear for Yang Wudi to nurture into a divine artifact.
• The Asura God accepted Wang Xiaofei’s proposal and left.
• Wang Xiaofei asked the Sea God for permission to take the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s wife and daughter, and the Sea God agreed.