Chapter Summaries

Xu Xiao found a Thunder Dragon in the secret realm and learned from Gu Yuena that it was a world will born from a Dragon King’s essence and memories. They decided to kill it and use the realm to create a fair being to oversee Tribulation Lightning, leaving Gu Yuena to destroy the Thunder Dragon.

• Xu Xiao explored the secret realm’s depths while Chen Jianjun went to investigate people elsewhere.
• A Thunder Dragon confronted Xu Xiao, mistook him for someone from the Divine Realm, and was knocked unconscious by a slap.
• Xu Xiao summoned Gu Yuena, who identified the Thunder Dragon as a world will born from a Dragon King’s essence and memories.
• Gu Yuena used Soul Search and confirmed Xu Xiao’s guess that the Thunder Dragon was connected to one of the Nine Dragon Kings.
• Xu Xiao and Gu Yuena agreed to kill the Thunder Dragon and use the realm to nurture a neutral being to oversee Tribulation Lightning.
• Gu Yuena suggested having the Divine Realm absorb the world to help nurture the new being, and Xu Xiao told her to kill the Thunder Dragon.

Xu Xiao and the Silver Dragon King killed the Thunder Dragon and discovered the Fire Dragon King's descendant, then claimed and distributed the Thunder Dragon's treasures. They joined Chen Jianjun, whose captives included a Titled Douluo, and Xu Xiao began questioning them about the secret realm.

• The Silver Dragon King wiped out the Thunder Dragon, and Xu Xiao learned that the Fire Dragon King's descendant had been born with eighteen seals inside it.
• Xu Xiao and the Silver Dragon King found the thunder pool and divided it among the Divine Realm, the Academy, and the Spirit Realm.
• Xu Xiao and Gu Yuena gathered the remaining treasures and teleported to Chen Jianjun, who had subdued the secret realm's people after they tried to capture him.
• Xu Xiao questioned Chen Jianjun about why Blue Lightning had not taken the secret realm's people out before, then drew their Titled Douluo over to question him.

Xu Xiao used Soul Search and questioned the clan leader to learn how the Thunderclap Small World and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan were connected. After killing the clan members, he learned from the Silver Dragon King that a Dragon King had established the place, and that its original inhabitants had been displaced.

• Xu Xiao searched a titled expert’s memories, then confronted the clan leader and demanded that he explain the clan’s origins.
• The clan leader said their ancestors had entered the Thunderclap Small World, discovered dragon bones, and made a treasure that let them cross the lightning and leave; those who left founded the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• The clan leader explained that their ancestors developed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and Dragon Transformation from the dragon skeleton, which had since disappeared, leaving only a stone tablet.
• The clan leader said the outside Blue Lightning Clan had stopped communicating because it feared the stronger people in the secret realm would claim its treasure and power.
• Xu Xiao told the clan leader that fewer than ten people from the outside Blue Lightning Clan remained, then killed the clan members by creating spaces beneath them.
• The Silver Dragon King said a Dragon King had established the place and that someone had later taken it over.

Xu Xiao absorbed the small world into the Spirit Pagoda, arranged for Chen Jianjun to oversee a Thunder Pool at Spirit Hall, and prepared to visit the Divine Realm with Ye Shengxin. There, the four God Kings mistook Xu Xiao for a threat before Gui Mei and the Life God King confirmed who he was.

• Xu Xiao destroyed the stone tablet, left its Soul Bone behind, and absorbed the small world into the Spirit Pagoda.
• Xu Xiao told Chen Jianjun that the Asura God and Sea God were watching Tang San's location, then sent Chen Jianjun to oversee the Thunder Pool at Spirit Hall as they prepared to move there.
• Gui Mei invited Xu Xiao and Ye Shengxin to the Divine Realm, and Xu Xiao told Gu Yuena and Chen Jianjun to keep the others from interfering with Tang San while he was away.
• Xu Xiao tore open space and arrived in the Divine Realm with Ye Shengxin, alarming the four God Kings, who surrounded him.
• Gui Mei identified Xu Xiao as his big brother, and the Life God King recognized Ye Shengxin as a First-Class God before inviting everyone to sit down.

Xu Xiao met with the four God Kings, who thanked him for helping the Life God King and Destruction God King have a child before questioning how he and Ye Shengxin had grown so powerful. He began explaining his request for their help by revealing his deadly feud with the Asura God and the Sea God, leaving the God Kings alarmed and asking what had happened.

• Xu Xiao and Ye Shengxin shared a meal with the four God Kings, who asked no questions until afterward.
• The Life God King thanked Xu Xiao for helping her and the Destruction God King have a child, and the Destruction God King offered to help him in return.
• The Destruction God King and Kindness God King questioned Xu Xiao and Ye Shengxin about their rapid rise in strength.
• Gui Mei explained that he and his brothers had entered the Divine Realm to collect materials and cultivate, and Xu Xiao said the reason was tied to a secret and a request for help.
• Xu Xiao revealed that he had a feud with the Asura God and the Sea God and was determined to kill them.
• The Life God King asked Xu Xiao how the feud began after the four God Kings realized the seriousness of his declaration.

Xu Xiao revealed to Destruction and the other God Kings that he had taken the Asura Divine Sword, caused Sea God Island and other worlds to disappear, and defeated the soul the Asura God sent to the lower realm. He refused to explain one remaining secret until they agreed to help him, leaving the God Kings to consider whether they could reconcile him with the Asura God.

• Xu Xiao told Destruction that there was no chance of reconciling with the Asura God and admitted his role in taking the Asura Divine Sword, destroying Sea God Island, and defeating the otherworldly soul.
• Xu Xiao confirmed that he had made the worlds under the Asura God's rule disappear and explained that his space law let him divert outside forces into the Land of Nothingness.
• Xu Xiao withheld the secret behind how he had evaded the Divine Realm's search and taken the sword, saying he would reveal it after the God Kings agreed to help him.
• Xu Xiao explained that he had found the Asura God's inheritance grounds by accident, learned through Soul Search that the Asura God had sent Tang San's soul to the Douluo Continent, and removed the fortune the Asura God had given him.
• Destruction and the others acknowledged that they had failed to enforce the ban on divine interference in the lower realm, while Evil asked Xu Xiao whether he could reconcile with the Asura God.

Xu Xiao asked the four God Kings to let him absorb the Divine Realm, explaining that his World Path and superior Divine Realm would allow it to remain intact beneath his own. Destruction God remained wary, and the discussion ended without a decision.

• Xu Xiao refused the Kindness God King's suggestion that he reconcile with the Asura God and said he would reveal his secrets only after the God Kings agreed to help him.
• Xu Xiao announced that he wanted the entire Divine Realm so he could cultivate along the World Path and advance toward the Dragon God's former level.
• Destruction God questioned the benefits, drawbacks, and truth of Xu Xiao's claims, while Evil God and Kindness God showed little concern about the proposal.
• Xu Xiao revealed that he already had a higher-ranked Divine Realm and said the Douluo God Realm would remain intact as a subordinate realm after he absorbed it.
• Destruction God continued to suspect something was wrong, and Xu Xiao invited the God Kings to ask questions and visit his Divine Realm if they agreed.

Xu Xiao negotiated with the God Kings to absorb and then restore the Divine Realm, while insisting that Asura must die and keeping the Asura Divine Sword for himself. After learning the Abyss threatened the Divine Realm, Xu Xiao asked where its seal was.

• Destruction God hesitated over Xu Xiao's proposal until Xu Xiao promised to restore the Divine Realm for them to manage, and Destruction God agreed.
• Life God asked what would happen to the Divine Realm's powerful beings, and Xu Xiao assured her they could choose whether to leave or stay.
• Xu Xiao said Asura must die and asked the God Kings not to interfere; Destruction God explained they feared losing the Asura Divine Sword, which Xu Xiao had fused into himself.
• Destruction God revealed that the Abyss was a rival world whose ancient seal was weakening, and Xu Xiao promised he could arrive if the Divine Realm faced danger.
• Evil God explained that a successor could inherit his Godhood in time to help defend the Divine Realm, and Xu Xiao asked where the Abyss was sealed.

Xu Xiao told the Divine Realm’s rulers that he had absorbed the isolated world containing the Abyss and reinforced its seal, then offered to destroy the Abyss himself when it emerged. He asked for the Golden Dragon King and revealed that the Silver Dragon King was his wife, forcing the rulers to confront his ties to the Soul Beast Clan.

• Xu Xiao asked whether damage to the Abyss’s seal could let its inhabitants escape early, and the Destruction God explained the world’s restrictions and the strength of its inhabitants.
• Xu Xiao admitted that he had absorbed the world and added seals, and the Destruction God said Xu Xiao could deal with the Abyss himself when the time came.
• Xu Xiao asked for the Golden Dragon King, and the Evil God King guessed that his request was connected to the Dragon God.
• Xu Xiao revealed that the Silver Dragon King was his wife, shocking the four rulers of the Divine Realm.
• The Life God King questioned whether the Soul Beast Clan still sought revenge, and Xu Xiao acknowledged that his alliance with the Silver Dragon King had helped him grow stronger.

Xu Xiao persuaded the Destruction God and the other gods to accept separating the Divine Realm and handing over the Golden Dragon King after Asura’s death. Meanwhile, the Asura God ordered the Sea God to make Tang San choose between his divine trial and killing his teacher, the Rakshasa successor.

• Xu Xiao explained that he wanted to separate the Divine Realm to avoid conflict between the gods and the rising Soul Beast Clan.
• The Destruction God agreed to leave Asura’s personal feud with Xu Xiao alone and said they would hand over the Golden Dragon King if Xu Xiao could suppress him.
• Xu Xiao used his Spirit Pagoda to take the Destruction God, Goodness God, Evil God, and the others to his Divine Realm.
• The Asura God noticed their presences had vanished, then told the Sea God to give Tang San his divine trial and use it to prepare him to inherit Asura’s godhood.
• The Asura God ordered the Sea God to make Tang San kill the person carrying the Rakshasa God Trial, who was Tang San’s teacher, and dismissively insisted Tang San had no real choice.

The Sea God offered Tang San a Divine Trial in exchange for killing Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San accepted with delight. The Sea God also questioned Tang San about Sea God Island’s disappearance but learned that Xiao Bai had left the group before they reached it.

• The Asura God agreed to let the Sea God handle Tang San, then searched for the missing Destruction God King and three others and wondered whether their disappearance was connected to a vanished world.
• The Sea God used the Asura God’s little sword to contact Tang San and offered him a choice between a Divine Trial and loyalty to Yu Xiaogang.
• The Sea God told Tang San that he could receive the Divine Trial only by killing Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San chose the trial without hesitation.
• The Sea God said another God King’s trial would begin after Tang San completed half of his, and warned him to follow through on his choice.
• The Sea God asked about Sea God Island, and Tang San explained that Xiao Bai had brought the group near it before leaving them to complete the journey alone.

The Sea God gave Tang San his first Divine Trial: find the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, the Heart of the Sea God, and warned him that he needed to recover his Fortune to survive. Tang San learned that Tang Zhan and others knew about the Shroud, but the chapter left its whereabouts unknown.

• The Sea God began Tang San’s first trial, requiring him to find the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and gave him a mark that would glow near it.
• The Sea God told Tang San to leave Slaughter City, complete the trial, and seek Qian Renxue and a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast to plunder their Fortune.
• Tang San asked whether his misfortune came from losing his Fortune, and the Sea God realized Tang San had not understood the cause of his bad luck.
• Tang San wheeled toward Tang Zhan, fell, and told him that he had received a Divine Trial.
• Tang Zhan recognized the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and said that several people, including Yu Xiaogang and his father, knew of it.

Tang San learned that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was tied to the Sea God’s trial and believed he could retrieve it after escaping Slaughter City. He told Tang Zhan that another god required him to kill Yu Xiaogang, and Tang Zhan agreed to help arrange the murder.

• Tang Zhan told Tang San that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s national treasure, and Tang San concluded it would help him complete his first Sea God trial.
• Tang San said the Sea God had promised they could leave Slaughter City in a few days, then reassured Tang Zhan that Tang Xiao would be fine.
• Tang San revealed that a second god had offered him a Divine Trial requiring Yu Xiaogang’s death before the Sea God’s fifth trial.
• Tang Zhan supported killing Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San pretended he could not bring himself to harm his teacher.
• Tang Zhan suggested they secretly kill Yu Xiaogang when they left, and Tang San welcomed the plan.