Chapter Summaries

After the Asura God was driven away, Murong Huai lay dead from his injuries, and Murong Zhige brought his body back to the Worship Hall. His family, teacher, and companions gathered around him, grieving as they accepted that he would not wake again.

• Xiao Qingmei, Murong Chayue, and Qian Daoliu found Murong Huai's lifeless body and mourned him at the battlefield.
• Murong Zhige covered Murong Huai with his cloak and carried him home while Murong Chayue, Xiao Qingmei, and Qian Daoliu followed in grief.
• Murong Zhige brought Murong Huai into the Worship Hall, where Wu Xianyun, Murong Fuhai, Qian Xunji, Bibi Dong, and Murong Wanyue gathered around him.
• Wu Xianyun embraced Murong Huai's body, Murong Fuhai and Qian Xunji broke down, and Murong Wanyue begged her brother to wake up.
• Murong Zhige and Qian Daoliu supported each other as they wept beside Murong Huai's body.

After Murong Huai’s life force was extinguished, his family and allies accepted that they could not save him and prepared to bury him. Seven days later, the Spirit Hall Empire honored him as King Hengtian, while Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji vowed to bring him back to life.

• Ye Xuanqiu and the Nine Heart Begonia clansmen failed to revive Murong Huai, and she explained that only a deity might restore him.
• Bibi Dong tried to leave for her Death God trial, but Qian Xunji knocked her unconscious; Murong Zhige ordered Murong Huai buried in seven days and memorialized in Douluo Hall.
• The Spirit Hall Empire announced Murong Huai’s death, and officials, sect members, and commoners traveled to Spirit City to pay their respects.
• At the funeral, Qian Xunji posthumously ennobled Murong Huai as King Hengtian and ordered incense offerings for thirty days.
• Qian Daoliu, Qian Xunji, the Murong family, Bibi Dong, and the Worship Hall’s elders offered flowers and paid tribute at Murong Huai’s memorial tablet.

At Murong Huai’s funeral, Murong Zhige crushed the great sects’ hopes of exploiting his death and forced them to show respect and reaffirm their loyalty to the Spirit Hall Empire. After the sects departed, common people continued to visit the cemetery.

• The sects gathered at Murong Huai’s memorial, and some privately discussed whether his death would destabilize the empire.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo rebuked the whispering sects, but Murong Zhige’s demigod pressure soon overwhelmed the entire plaza.
• Murong Zhige mourned his great-grandson, then threatened to destroy any sect that disrespected Murong Huai or plotted against the empire.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the other sect leaders hurried to offer incense and kowtow, followed by Ning Xiuyuan’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Tang Chen’s Clear Sky Sect.
• Murong Zhige declared that the Spirit Hall Empire would not fall into chaos and warned the sects against secret schemes; they all pledged loyalty.
• As night fell, the sect members left, while common people continued paying their respects.

The Destruction God confronted Asura over his secret descent to Douluo Continent, and their argument escalated into a fight before the other God Kings intervened. The Destruction God let Asura go after the Life Goddess, Goodness Goddess, and Evil God King mediated, but warned him not to break the rules again.

• The Destruction God blocked Asura in the forest and accused him of hiding his divine power from the God Realm Hub before descending to Douluo Continent.
• Asura claimed that only a divine projection had visited Douluo Continent and blamed the Hub's detection failure on faulty equipment.
• The Destruction God sealed the space and attacked Asura, who drew the Asura Magic Sword to fight back despite his concealed injuries.
• The Life Goddess, Goodness Goddess, and Evil God King arrived and stopped the two God Kings from continuing their battle.
• The Destruction God accepted the others' mediation and warned Asura that he would not be spared if he broke the rules again.

Asura concealed his serious injuries after clashing with Destruction God and vowed to rule the Divine Realm once he absorbed the energy of two beings. On Douluo Continent, Mountain Dragon King’s remnant consciousness gave Murong Zhige his inheritance so he could become a Bloodline God King and help protect his descendants.

• Asura withdrew from his confrontation with Destruction God, then returned to his palace and revealed that he was already badly injured.
• Asura activated his palace’s protective formation and entered a secret chamber with a wounded silver-scaled true dragon held inside a blood-red orb.
• Bibi Dong left for Death Valley to complete the Reincarnation Death God’s trial, while Qian Xunji began the Angel God Trial and others entered seclusion to cultivate.
• Murong Zhige opened Mountain Dragon King’s pouch and told the remnant consciousness that Asura God had killed Murong Huai.
• Mountain Dragon King assured Murong Zhige that someone else would help Huai and revealed his Bloodline God King inheritance.
• Mountain Dragon King vanished, leaving Murong Zhige holding the inheritance crown and resolved to absorb its energy.

Beneath his tombstone, Murong Huai encountered the Time Dragon King's remnant consciousness, which explained that experiencing death was necessary for him to understand time and condense the Space-Time Soul Core. Murong Huai began absorbing the Dragon Pearl's power, and his buried body showed faint signs of revival.

• Murong Huai drifted in darkness until the Time Dragon King's Dragon Pearl awakened his consciousness.
• The Time Dragon King revealed two future deadly tribulations and told Murong Huai to focus on the present.
• Murong Huai realized the Space-Time Soul Core was the key to his revival, and the Time Dragon King explained that death was essential to understanding time.
• The Time Dragon King left his insights in the Dragon Pearl and said condensing the Space-Time Soul Core would reactivate Murong Huai's other Soul Cores and remake his body.
• Murong Huai understood death as part of time's cycle, while golden light spread through his buried body and his shattered bones began to stir.

Three years after Murong Huai’s fall, his younger sister Murong Wanyue reached Soul Ancestor and the Spirit Hall Empire continued to grow. Murong Huai completed his Space-Time Soul Core and burst out of his grave, leaving a stunned gravedigger behind.

• Murong Wanyue killed a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul-Breaking Saber-Toothed Tiger and absorbed its Spirit Ring, reaching level forty-two as a Soul Ancestor.
• Gui Mei, Yue Guan, and Du revealed themselves as Murong Wanyue’s guardians and escorted her toward Spirit City.
• Murong Wanyue’s cultivation and the Spirit Hall Empire’s expanding military and infrastructure were described three years after Murong Huai’s fall.
• Murong Huai combined the powers of time and space to condense his Space-Time Soul Core, reawakening his other Soul Cores.
• Murong Huai burst out of his grave and vanished from Douluo Hall, while the patrolling Gravedigger realized that the grave had exploded.

Murong Huai awakened after three years buried and returned to Murong Mansion, where his mother and grandmother tearfully welcomed him home. His younger sister Murong Wanyue arrived and recognized him, stunned that her brother had returned.

• The Gravedigger reported that King Hengtian's tomb had exploded, and Qian Daoliu rushed to investigate.
• Murong Huai regained control of his power, reached Level 99, and went to Murong Mansion to see his family.
• Murong Huai overheard Xiao Qingmei and Wu Xianyun mourning him on the third anniversary of his death, then revealed himself and embraced them.
• Murong Wanyue returned with Gui Mei, Yue Guan, and Dugu Bo after obtaining her fourth Spirit Ring, then froze when she saw Murong Huai.

Murong Huai reunited with his family and former subordinates after returning to life, then welcomed his teacher Qian Daoliu and explained how he had revived. His relatives decided not to interrupt the cultivation of those in seclusion, and the gathering continued in celebration.

• Murong Huai embraced Murong Wanyue and thanked Dugu Bo, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan for protecting his family during his absence.
• Wu Xianyun, Xiao Qingmei, and Murong Wanyue welcomed Murong Huai home and caught him up on the past three years, including Dong'er's divine trial.
• Murong Huai and his companions celebrated beneath the osmanthus tree as Xiao Qingmei told him that his grandfather, father, and senior brother were in seclusion.
• Qian Daoliu arrived, recognized Murong Huai, and tearfully welcomed his disciple back.
• Murong Huai explained that he had returned after comprehending and condensing a Space-Time Soul Core, and Xiao Qingmei urged everyone not to disturb the relatives cultivating in seclusion.

Murong Huai revived with the Space-Time Soul Core and traveled to Life Lake, where Bi Ji told him Asura God had taken the Silver Dragon King and gravely wounded Di Tian. Murong Huai reached the injured Beast God and explained how he had fought Asura God before his death.

• Murong Huai confirmed that Xiao Tian remained inside the Heavenly Condemnation Divine Seal and resolved to grow stronger and avenge himself on Asura God.
• Ten days later, Murong Huai traveled to Life Lake and found much of it dried up and tainted by Asura God's killing intent.
• Bi Ji told Murong Huai that Asura God had attacked three years earlier, nearly killed the Silver Dragon King, and taken her to the Divine Realm after Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts tried to stop him.
• Bi Ji led Murong Huai to a cave, where he found Di Tian gravely injured by Asura's sword and baleful energy.
• Murong Huai told Di Tian that he had fought Asura God at Slaughter City, died after cutting off one of his hands, and had not known Asura would later seize the Silver Dragon King.

Di Tian sacrificed his life, eight-hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring, and Dark Torso Bone to help Murong Huai grow strong enough to save their captured Lord. After absorbing Di Tian’s power and the Holy Light Crane’s Light spinal External Soul Bone, Murong Huai condensed a Light and Dark Complementary Soul Core and vowed to kill the Asura God.

• Di Tian told Murong Huai that Asura’s baleful energy was destroying his Soul Core and offered his cultivation to help Murong Huai ascend and rescue their Lord.
• Bi Ji presented Murong Huai with a hundred-thousand-year Light spinal External Soul Bone that could complement his Dark Torso Bone.
• Di Tian sacrificed himself, leaving Murong Huai his eight-hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and Dark Torso Bone.
• Murong Huai absorbed Di Tian’s Spirit Ring as the Light spinal bone balanced its Dark energy, and he endured a month of refining both forces into a new Soul Core.
• Murong Huai emerged with demigod-level strength, told Bi Ji he had succeeded, and vowed to destroy the Asura God.

Murong Huai learned that Asura God had provoked a war in the Divine Realm by consuming the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings’ Divine Cores. With the Angel inheritance interrupted and the Divine Realm in crisis, Murong Huai and Qian Xunji resolved to become gods and ascend as soon as possible.

• Murong Huai treated Ten Thousand Demon King and Bi Ji’s injuries, then returned to Murong Mansion and began adapting to his increased Soul Power.
• During Qian Xunji’s Ninth Trial, the Angel God Statue cracked and the Angel God revealed that Asura God had consumed both Dragon Kings’ Divine Cores and led a rebellion in the Divine Realm.
• The Angel God urged Qian Xunji to complete his inheritance and ascend, but its divine thought vanished and the statue collapsed, interrupting the trial.
• Qian Xunji told Qian Daoliu and Murong Huai about the crisis, and Murong Huai realized Asura God had taken the Silver Dragon King to gain the Dragon God’s power.
• Murong Huai decided to fuse his two Soul Cores and become a god quickly, while Qian Daoliu agreed to activate the Worship Hall’s defensive formation and Qian Xunji vowed to complete his inheritance.

Murong Huai hunted the Desolate Sun-Swallowing Demon for the final Spirit Ring and a Spirit Bone for his Second Martial Soul, then absorbed both. In a secluded cave, he condensed the Extreme Poison and Evil Soul Core and the Extreme Rigidity and Force Soul Core, completing the framework of all six Soul Cores and bringing godhood within reach.

• Murong Huai learned that Asura God had taken the Silver Dragon King and decided to seek a Destruction Spirit Ring in Cangwu Desert instead of hunting Zi JI.
• Murong Huai defeated the Desolate Sun-Swallowing Demon and the Primordial Desert-Splitting Viper in three moves, then captured the Desolate Sun-Swallowing Demon.
• Murong Huai forced a Destruction Spirit Bone to form in the Desolate Sun-Swallowing Demon's left palm, killed it, and absorbed its Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone.
• Murong Huai spent about half a month condensing the Extreme Poison and Evil Soul Core, then stabilized its poisonous and destructive energies.
• Murong Huai spent nearly another month condensing the Extreme Rigidity and Force Soul Core, balancing it with the first core and completing the framework of all six Soul Cores.

Murong Huai gathered the six Soul Cores and ascended to godhood through his own path. As he sensed other surges of divine power, three more ascensions shook the continent, leaving four new divine beings in one day.

• Murong Huai used the nine-colored divine ring and the Immortal Lord Nine-Arrival Sword to break through the divine barrier and become his own god.
• Qian Xunji inherited the Angel God position in Spirit City, and the Angel Holy Sword flew to him as Qian Daoliu and the gathered crowd celebrated.
• Murong Huai sensed Bibi Dong complete her final trial in Death Valley and become the Reincarnation Death God.
• Murong Zhige emerged above Spirit City as a Bloodline God King after inheriting the Mountain Dragon King's divine position.
• Sweet rain blessed the continent as the Angel God, Reincarnation Death God, Bloodline God King, and Murong Huai ascended in one day.

Murong Huai returned to Spirit City and reunited with Bibi Dong, but Qian Xunji warned that Asura God’s Divine Punishment Formation would soon strike Douluo Continent. The group decided to send the gods to kill Asura God while seven Limit Douluo used Murong Zhige’s formation to defend the continent.

• Murong Huai returned to Spirit City, greeted Murong Zhige, and embraced the tearful Bibi Dong.
• Qian Xunji reported that Asura God had created a Divine Punishment Formation that would send devastating energy toward Douluo Continent within three days.
• Qian Daoliu argued that the gods had to go to the Divine Realm and kill Asura God rather than stay behind and fall into his scheme.
• Murong Zhige revealed the Seven-Star Heaven-Reaching Formation, which seven Limit Douluo could use to resist the divine punishment.
• Murong Huai volunteered to find the seventh Limit Douluo, and everyone began summoning the candidates to Spirit City.

Tang Chen and Bo Saixi joined the other Limit Douluo in Spirit City, and Murong Huai brought Gu Changfeng to meet them outside the city. The seven experts practiced the Seven Star Heaven-Reaching Array and discovered that its combined power approached the divine level.

• Qian Daoliu welcomed Tang Chen and Bo Saixi, and Murong Huai revealed that the seventh Limit Douluo was the Evil Soul Master Gu Changfeng.
• The group met Gu Changfeng outside Spirit City, where Qian Xunji’s divine aura hurt him until Murong Huai eased the pain.
• Murong Zhige assigned the seven Limit Douluo their positions in the Seven Star Heaven-Reaching Array and taught them its incantation.
• The seven men joined their powers into a silver-violet sphere, and the array’s star power stirred Bo Saixi’s source and strengthened their Soul Power.
• Murong Zhige told the seven to memorize the incantation and use the array as their weapon against gods and demons.

Murong Zhige, Murong Huai, Bibi Dong, and Qian Xunji tested the Seven Star Heaven-Reaching Array and prepared to ascend to the Divine Realm. They left their loved ones behind and entered the passage, beginning their dangerous journey.

• Murong Huai tested the Seven Star Heaven-Reaching Array with a sword attack, and the seven Peerless Douluo held it back.
• Murong Zhige and the others infused the formation with divine power, raising its strength to withstand First-Level God power.
• Murong Huai dispelled Gu Changfeng’s curse and restored his appearance, encouraging him to reunite with Qiu Yu.
• The family and their companions gathered at Murong Mansion to bid farewell to the four who would ascend.
• Murong Zhige, Murong Huai, Bibi Dong, and Qian Xunji entered the passage to the Divine Realm as their loved ones called after them.

Murong Zhige, Murong Huai, Bibi Dong, and Qian Xunji arrived in the God Realm amid a devastating war and turned the tide against the rebels. After Murong Zhige killed Destruction God, the four rallied the defenders and stabilized the collapsing front.

• Murong Huai and the other three arrived in the God Realm and found War God and the defenders fighting a bloody battle.
• Destruction God overwhelmed the wounded War God, but Sword God intervened and fought beside him.
• Murong Zhige confronted Destruction God, devoured his destructive divine power, and shattered his godhead.
• Murong Huai, Bibi Dong, and Qian Xunji slew rebel gods and broke through the enemy formation.
• The four inspired the God Realm defenders to counterattack, and Sword God marveled at the strength of the reinforcements from the lower realm.

Murong Huai and the others reached the God Realm Hub as Asura God emerged as a Transcendent and fought the God Kings. Their combined assault pressed him back, but Asura God unleashed even greater power, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Murong Huai learned that Asura God was fighting at the God Realm Hub after devouring the Dragon Kings' power and breaking through to the Transcendent Realm.
• Murong Huai and his companions hurried to the Hub, where Asura God faced Destruction, Life, Goodness, and Evil God Kings with more than thirty rebel deities behind him.
• Qian Xunji joined the battle against the rebel gods while Murong Huai and the God Kings attacked Asura God.
• Murong Zhige, Bibi Dong, and the four God Kings joined Murong Huai, and their combined attacks gradually forced Asura God's aura downward.
• Asura God grew fiercer as the battle continued and announced that he would demonstrate power beyond the God King realm.

The Asura God overwhelmed the seven God Kings with the Dragon God's power he had devoured, while his divine punishment descended upon Jialing Pass. Qian Daoliu and six other Limit Douluo formed the Seven-Star Heaven-Reaching Formation and held the punishment in a stalemate above the pass.

• The Asura God wounded the Life God King, drove back the seven God Kings, and unleashed the Dragon God's supreme power through a devastating sword strike.
• At Jialing Pass, crimson-black clouds gathered, and Qian Daoliu ordered the soldiers to withdraw as Gu Changfeng identified the Asura God's divine punishment.
• Qian Daoliu and the other six Limit Douluo formed the Seven-Star Heaven-Reaching Formation, joining their Soul Power to raise a star net over Jialing Pass.
• The clouds split open and poured down bolts of Asura divine punishment, which the seven Limit Douluo met with their strengthened formation.
• The divine punishment pressed the star net down, but the seven Limit Douluo poured their power into it and maintained an even stalemate above Jialing Pass.