Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tao persuaded the Thunder-Roaring Purgatory Vine to sacrifice itself by promising to revive it and help it become a god. It left him a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and the Heavenly Punishment Thunder Armor External Soul Bone, which Zhou Tao absorbed.

• Zhou Tao tried to convince the Thunder-Roaring Purgatory Vine that its clan could not reach godhood on its own and that he could help it become a god.
• The Thunder-Roaring Purgatory Vine attacked, and Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, and the others badly wounded it with their Spirit Skills.
• Zhou Tao revealed his Thunder God's inheritance and promised under a Martial Soul oath to revive the Thunder-Roaring Purgatory Vine and help it become a god.
• The Thunder-Roaring Purgatory Vine agreed to sacrifice itself and left Zhou Tao a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and a set of purple-gold vine armor.
• Zhou Tao learned the armor was the Heavenly Punishment Thunder Armor External Soul Bone and absorbed it.

After Zhou Tao received the Thunder-Roaring Purgatory Vine’s sacrifice, he tested his new armor and fourth Spirit Skill before the Thunder God summoned him to receive his second trial’s reward. The Thunder God offered him the Thunder God Hammer, which Zhou Tao learned he would have to earn as his second Martial Soul by enduring the Nine-Layer Heavenly Tribulation and passing the hammer’s trial.

• Zhou Tao activated Heavenly Punishment Thunder Armor and demonstrated his fourth Spirit Skill, Thunder-Roaring Purgatory, which created a five-hundred-meter Thunder Domain.
• Dugu Bo and Ning Fengzhi saw Zhou Tao’s new hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and discussed the power of his Spirit Skill.
• The Thunder God announced that Zhou Tao had passed the second trial, and Zhou Tao vanished from the altar to enter the Thunder God Hall.
• The Thunder God offered Zhou Tao the Thunder God Hammer as his inheritance reward.
• The Thunder God told Zhou Tao that he must withstand the Nine-Layer Heavenly Tribulation and pass the hammer’s trial to make it his second Martial Soul.

Zhou Tao passed the Thunder God’s heavenly tribulation, awakened the Thunder God Hammer, and received a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring as he completed the Second Trial. He began the Third Trial to defeat the owner of the Clear Sky Hammer, while the God of Destruction sensed a Power of Destruction on Douluo Planet.

• The Thunder God urged Zhou Tao to pursue a higher godhood, and Zhou Tao accepted the Thunder God Hammer as a heavenly tribulation began.
• Zhou Tao absorbed the nine layers of heavenly thunder, evolving his Lightning Blue Silver Grass into the Lightning Blue Silver Tree and reaching Level 50 with the embryonic form of a Soul Core.
• The Thunder God granted Zhou Tao a hundred-thousand-year sixth Spirit Ring, which gave him the Ninefold Thunder Tribulation skill.
• The Thunder God declared the Second Trial complete and began the Third Trial: Zhou Tao had to defeat the owner of the world’s strongest tool Martial Soul.
• Zhou Tao decided to wait at Heaven Dou Royal Academy for Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils, while his Soul Power rose to Level 57.
• The God of Destruction sensed a Power of Destruction on Douluo Planet that drew him in.

The God of Destruction and the God of Life spotted a possible heir carrying the Thunder God Hammer and hoped to find successors who could inherit both their godhoods. At Shrek Academy, Yu Tianheng and the others rallied against Zhou Tao, while Zhu Zhuqing privately looked forward to reuniting with him.

• The God of Destruction and the God of Life saw a young man wielding the Thunder God Hammer and considered him a potential heir to the God of Destruction.
• Yu Tianheng joined Shrek Academy after losing to Zhou Tao, and Yu Xiaogang struggled to accept Zhou Tao's growing strength.
• Tang San recognized Zhou Tao as the Blue Silver Grass Spirit Master who had challenged Yu Xiaogang's theories and resolved to fight him.
• Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai accused Zhou Tao of humiliating them, while Zhu Zhuqing silently welcomed the prospect of seeing him again.
• Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar vowed to confront Zhou Tao at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, as Zhu Zhuqing doubted they could defeat him.

Zhu Zhuqing resolved to leave Shrek and join Zhou Tao, while Shrek’s expulsion from Heaven Dou Royal Academy led to a confrontation with Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling. As Tang San challenged the three women, Zhou Tao arrived to accept.

• Zhu Zhuqing decided that Shrek Academy was not worth staying at and planned to join Zhou Tao.
• Shrek’s group was thrown out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy after they beat Prince Xue Beng and Dugu Bo intervened.
• Yu Xiaogang led the group toward Blue Tyrant Academy and vowed to defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy at the tournament.
• Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling mocked Yu Xiaogang and exposed rumors about his past.
• Tang San challenged the three women, and Zhou Tao appeared and accepted the challenge.

Zhou Tao defended Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong from Tang San and Shrek Academy, publicly exposing Yu Xiaogang’s disgraceful past. After Yu Xiaogang fled and the Shrek group tried to leave, Zhou Tao confronted Tang San over his threats and stopped him from walking away.

• Zhou Tao arrived to shield Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong from Tang San and the Shrek members.
• Zhou Tao denounced Yu Xiaogang’s theories, failed cultivation, and affair with his cousin, while accusing Shrek Academy of bullying the girls.
• Yu Xiaogang could not refute Zhou Tao and fled as the people present looked on with contempt.
• Tang Hao spied from the bushes, briefly wondered if Zhou Tao had noticed him, then laughed at Yu Xiaogang before leaving with the others.
• Tang San tried to leave without following through on his threats, but Zhou Tao stopped him and demanded that he answer for them.
• Tang San called his threats angry words and a small matter, astonishing the onlookers with his shamelessness.

Zhou Tao confronted Tang San after Tang San threatened the Heaven Dou Royal Academy group, and the two clashed with their Blue Silver Grass. Zhou Tao overwhelmed and bound Tang San, leaving him shaken and doubting his cultivation path and Yu Xiaogang’s teachings.

• Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Zhou Tao demanded that Tang San answer for insulting them, but Tang San challenged Zhou Tao to fight instead.
• Zhou Tao summoned his Lightning Blue Silver Tree and challenged Tang San to compare their Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San used Entangling, Parasitism, and Spider Web Restraint, but Zhou Tao’s tree crushed his vines without Zhou Tao using a Spirit Skill.
• Zhou Tao’s Lightning Blue Silver Tree snapped Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and bound him, leaving Tang San stunned and questioning his strength and Yu Xiaogang’s guidance.

Zhou Tao defeated Tang San and then subdued Xiao Wu when she attacked him. Tang San accidentally injured Xiao Wu while trying to pull her free, and Zhou Tao called him out for causing her wounds.

• Zhou Tao overwhelmed Tang San with his Lightning Blue Silver Tree, leaving him charred and defeated.
• Xiao Wu rushed at Zhou Tao to avenge Tang San, but Zhou Tao's Undying Thunder bound her in Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San tried to pull Xiao Wu free with his own Blue Silver Grass, tearing her arms, calves, and waist.
• Zhou Tao told Tang San that his reckless pulling had hurt Xiao Wu, while Tang San continued to threaten him.

Zhou Tao repelled Tang San’s Hidden Weapons and defeated him with electrified Blue Silver Vines, then accepted Flender’s apology and prepared to leave. Zhu Zhuqing abandoned Shrek Academy and chose to go with Zhou Tao.

• Tang San attacked Zhou Tao with Hidden Weapons after Zhou Tao mocked his threats and his father.
• Zhou Tao’s Blue Silver Vines deflected Tang San’s needles and stopped the Godly Zhuge Crossbow bolts from piercing through.
• Zhou Tao bound Tang San with electrified vines and left him charred and nearly unresponsive while Tang Hao watched from the forest without revealing himself.
• Flender apologized on behalf of Shrek Academy and asked Zhou Tao to spare Tang San and Xiao Wu, and Zhou Tao agreed to leave without pursuing the matter.
• Zhu Zhuqing declared she was leaving Shrek Academy for Zhou Tao and jumped into his arms.

Zhou Tao completed the Thunder God Trial Third Trial, received a Spirit Ring age increase, and began the Fourth Trial: winning the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament. Meanwhile, the defeated Shrek group joined Blue Tyrant Academy, where Liu Erlong confronted Yu Xiaogang and the others over their humiliation by Zhou Tao, and they began discussing revenge.

• Zhou Tao received a reward that increased the age of all his Spirit Rings by ten thousand years, and the Destruction God Fourth Trial tasked him with winning the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament.
• Dai Mubai challenged Zhou Tao to face Shrek in the tournament, and Zhou Tao accepted, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling offered to assemble the Imperial Fighting Team.
• The Shrek group joined Blue Tyrant Academy after Yu Xiaogang charmed Liu Erlong into accepting them.
• Liu Erlong criticized Yu Xiaogang, Yu Tianheng, and the others for backing down against Zhou Tao, while Flender and Zhao Wuji tried to calm the group.
• Zhao Wuji suggested killing Zhou Tao secretly, and Yu Xiaogang supported using any means necessary; Liu Erlong then asked about Tang San's severe injuries.

Zhou Tao fought Liu Erlong after Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang confronted him at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. When the Golden Iron Triangle transformed into the Golden Sacred Dragon, Dugu Bo arrived to defend his disciple.

• Flender, Zhao Wuji, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong blocked Zhou Tao in the forest outside Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and his Spirit Ring configuration stunned them.
• Liu Erlong attacked Zhou Tao with her Bloodthirsty Flame, but he dodged and struck her into a crater.
• Flender urged Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong to revive the Golden Iron Triangle, and the three fused their Martial Souls into the Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Dugu Bo arrived and declared that he would teach the Golden Iron Triangle a lesson for causing trouble at the academy.

Zhou Tao challenged the Golden Iron Triangle with his new Spirit Skills while Dugu Bo stood ready to help. His regenerative defenses withstood the Golden Sacred Dragon's attack, and his Thunder Gatling Gun then tore into the fusion, leaving Yu Xiaogang and his companions in danger.

• Zhou Tao persuaded Dugu Bo to let him test his new Spirit Skills against the Golden Iron Triangle, while Dugu Bo promised to support him if needed.
• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong attacked Zhou Tao through the Golden Sacred Dragon, and Zhou Tao formed armor and summoned his Lightning Blue Silver Tree martial soul.
• Zhou Tao taunted Yu Xiaogang and raised a defensive shield of rapidly growing blue-gold trees.
• The Golden Sacred Dragon blasted a gap in Zhou Tao's shield, but the trees quickly repaired it.
• Zhou Tao fired a Thunder Gatling Gun's Lightning Balls into the Golden Sacred Dragon, blasting holes in its golden energy and making Liu Erlong cry out for Xiao Gang to dodge.

Zhou Tao defeated the Golden Iron Triangle’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill and brutally confronted Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong. He declared that he had no fear of offending the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Zhou Tao’s Blue Silver Tree vines trapped and overwhelmed the Golden Sacred Dragon, breaking the fusion skill and leaving Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang badly injured.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Flender and Liu Erlong for the defeat, while Zhou Tao approached and warned them not to interfere.
• Liu Erlong blocked Zhou Tao and was sent flying by his whip, suffering a severe facial wound.
• Zhou Tao slapped Yu Xiaogang repeatedly, kicked him into a tree, and said he would cripple him for attempting a sneak attack.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened Zhou Tao with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Zhou Tao said he had nothing to fear.

Zhou Tao defeated Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong, then told Dugu Bo that Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul contained a Golden Sacred Dragon Bloodline that could help Dugu Bo evolve his Martial Soul. Dugu Bo forced out Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul and prepared to extract its marrow, but Liu Erlong and Flender offered their own bloodlines while Yu Xiaogang tried to sacrifice them instead.

• Zhou Tao struck Yu Xiaogang with ordinary golden lightning, leaving him badly burned and unable to harm women again.
• Zhou Tao told Dugu Bo that Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul still contained Golden Sacred Dragon Bloodline that could transform Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo forced Luo Sanpao out of Yu Xiaogang and prepared to extract marrow from it.
• Liu Erlong begged Dugu Bo to spare Yu Xiaogang and offered her own bloodline, and Flender offered his in turn.
• Yu Xiaogang told Dugu Bo to take Flender and Liu Erlong’s bloodlines because they had volunteered, prompting Dugu Bo to decide to extract Yu Xiaogang’s bloodline instead.

After Dugu Bo extracted Yu Xiaogang’s Golden Dragon Bloodline, Bibi Dong visited the ruined Yu Xiaogang and promised to seek medicine and revenge. Zhou Tao then learned from Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong was targeting him and that she was arranging protection for him.

• Liu Erlong cursed Yu Xiaogang for betraying her and left him behind, while Dugu Bo dismissed his clan threats and extracted his Golden Dragon Bloodline.
• Yu Xiaogang collapsed after the extraction, and Dugu Bo praised the power of the bloodline he had absorbed.
• Bibi Dong secretly visited Yu Xiaogang, who begged her to avenge him and find medicine to restore his manhood; she agreed to search Spirit Hall for a cure.
• Zhou Tao read Qian Renxue’s letter warning him that Bibi Dong had set her sights on him and advising him to stay near Dugu Bo, Sword Douluo, and their allies.
• Qian Renxue told Zhou Tao she had asked Qian Daoliu to restrain Bibi Dong and support him, and revealed that she was Spirit Hall’s designated successor.

Zhou Tao assessed the dangers facing him and chose the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as the target for his sixth Spirit Ring. Before hunting it, he visited Ah Yin at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where she had recovered to over forty thousand years of cultivation.

• Zhou Tao reviewed his battle against the Golden Sacred Dragon, identified his need for a powerful single-target lightning Spirit Skill, and resolved to grow stronger against Tang Hao, Bibi Dong, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Zhou Tao studied the Spirit Beast encyclopedias Qian Renxue had given him and found the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and the Thunder Armored Earth Dragon King as potential lightning-attribute Spirit Ring targets.
• Zhou Tao ruled out hunting the Thunder Armored Earth Dragon King in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's territory and chose to seek the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Star Dou Great Forest's core region.
• Zhou Tao visited Ah Yin at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and saw that she had grown to over forty thousand years of cultivation.
• Ah Yin manifested as a beautiful mature woman and told Zhou Tao that the well's energy had helped her recover quickly and grow stronger.

Zhou Tao absorbed Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin’s bloodline, evolving his Martial Soul and strengthening his body. He then set out with Dugu Bo and Ning Fengzhi’s group to hunt a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Star Dou Great Forest, using the Blue Silver Grass Network to search for it.

• Zhou Tao offered to help Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin become a god, and she agreed to give him her bloodline and acknowledge him as her master.
• Zhou Tao absorbed Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Origin, evolving his Martial Soul into a Lightning Blue Silver Emperor and transforming his body.
• Zhou Tao visited Dugu Bo and asked him to help hunt a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger for his sixth Spirit Ring.
• Zhou Tao told Dugu Bo that a sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had been seen in the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region, and proposed asking Ning Fengzhi and his experts to join them.
• Zhou Tao, Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhou Tao searched for the tiger through the Blue Silver Grass Network.

Zhou Tao and his companions lured the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger out of its cave and defeated it in a coordinated attack. Zhou Tao killed the wounded beast and prepared to absorb its powerful Spirit Ring, confident that his transformed body and spiritual power could withstand it.

• Zhou Tao led Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and the others to the tiger's cave and proposed using a Soul Beast as bait to draw it out.
• After the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger emerged, Bone Douluo blocked its retreat, Dugu Bo slowed it with his eighth Spirit Skill, and Zhou Tao bound it with his vines while Chen Xin attacked.
• The group overwhelmed the tiger, and Chen Xin severed its tail and struck its head before it could unleash the Life and Death Arena.
• Zhou Tao finished the tiger with his Lightning Blue Silver Spear, blasting its body apart.
• Dugu Bo warned Zhou Tao about absorbing the tiger's exceptionally powerful Spirit Ring, but Zhou Tao said he was confident and prepared to absorb it.

Zhou Tao fought off the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s remnant soul and successfully absorbed its Spirit Ring, gaining his sixth Spirit Skill. Meanwhile, Tang Hao secretly delivered medicine for Tang San to Yu Xiaogang and left to hunt Zhou Tao and Dugu Bo.

• Zhou Tao absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Spirit Ring while battling its remnant soul in his Consciousness Sea, as Dugu Bo and Ning Fengzhi worried over his safety.
• Tang Hao visited the bedridden Yu Xiaogang, said he had been protecting them in secret, and gave him medicine for Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang Hao to kill Zhou Tao and Dugu Bo, and Tang Hao left, saying he would do so.
• Zhou Tao and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s remnant soul launched their final attacks against each other as the Spirit Ring flickered and Zhou Tao’s body convulsed.
• Zhou Tao opened his eyes after succeeding, and he told Dugu Bo that his sixth Spirit Skill was Annihilation Electromagnetic Cannon.

Zhou Tao intercepted the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Evil God Pearl and demonstrated the devastating power of his Annihilation Electromagnetic Cannon. At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, he discovered the tiger’s remnant soul inside the pearl and attacked it before it could possess him.

• Zhou Tao caught the Evil God Pearl before it escaped through a spatial rift, preventing Zhou Weiqing’s future rise as a god.
• Zhou Tao fired his Annihilation Electromagnetic Cannon and obliterated a distant mountain, impressing Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin.
• Chen Xin advised Zhou Tao to use the Blue Silver Tree’s control abilities to restrain enemies before firing the cannon.
• Zhou Tao returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, sensed that his Soul Power had reached level sixty-three, and cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with the Evil God Pearl.
• Zhou Tao discovered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s remnant soul inside the pearl and struck it with his Annihilation Electromagnetic Cannon when it tried to devour his soul.