Chapter Summaries

A mysterious Sky Screen appeared over Douluo Continent and announced that selected people could enter a higher-dimensional world, survive for a year, and return with their gains. Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to investigate, while Tang San discovered the screen was real despite Yu Xiaogang’s dismissal, leaving him questioning his teacher’s judgment.

• A continent-wide Sky Screen announced a livestream to a mysterious higher-dimensional world, where survivors could obtain treasures and achieve a Life-Level Leap.
• People across Douluo Continent reacted to the announcement, and some considered targeting those chosen by the Sky Screen for their rewards.
• Bibi Dong failed to probe or attack the screen and ordered Elder Chrysanthemum and Elder Ghost to monitor it and gather information about the mysterious world.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang declared the Sky Screen an illusion or a deception, and Tang San outwardly agreed with him.
• Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye to inspect the screen, felt sharp pain, and realized it was real, causing him to doubt Yu Xiaogang’s judgment.

The Sky Screen chose Wang Er, Su Yuntao, and Yu Tianheng to explore a mysterious world, then began broadcasting their arrival in a ruined city. Yu Tianheng encountered a Single-Horned Wild Boar as Yu Xiaogang confidently predicted he would defeat it within three moves.

• The Sky Screen randomly selected Wang Er, Su Yuntao, and Yu Tianheng as the first explorers and warned them not to reveal information about Douluo Continent to the locals.
• The three were teleported away, and the Sky Screen began broadcasting a desolate world of ruined buildings and overgrown streets.
• Yu Tianheng arrived in County-Level City 0201, noticed the stronger gravity, and faced a Single-Horned Wild Boar emerging from the ruins.
• Yu Tianheng activated his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and prepared to fight the monster.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang judged the beast to be no stronger than a three-to-four-hundred-year soul beast and predicted Yu Tianheng would kill it in at most three moves.

Yu Tianheng’s confidence in his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul collapsed when a Single-Horned Wild Boar shattered his attack and hurled him into a car. Badly injured and unable to escape, he faced the boar’s second charge as viewers on Douluo Continent mistook it for a ten-thousand-year regional king.

• At the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan stronghold, Yu Yuanzhen praised Yu Tianheng’s training and Soul Skill configuration, confident he would defeat the monster.
• Yu Tianheng charged the Single-Horned Wild Boar with Thunder Dragon Claw, but the boar’s hide resisted the lightning and its horn met his strike with overwhelming force.
• The boar broke Yu Tianheng’s right arm and smashed him into an abandoned car, stunning Yu Yuanzhen, Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and the broadcast’s viewers.
• Yu Tianheng crawled from the car with his Martial Soul Possession broken and tried to flee, but his injuries and terror left him unable to move.
• The boar launched a second charge at Yu Tianheng as viewers speculated that it was a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast ruling the area.

A crew-cut young man saved Yu Tianheng from a Single-Horned Wild Boar with a lightning-fast blade strike, then dismissed him as too weak for the Wilderness Zone. The Sky Screen left the people of Douluo Continent stunned by the other world's Martial Artist standards and monster ranks.

• Yu Tianheng lay helpless before the charging boar as Yu Yuanzhen and the people watching the Sky Screen feared he would die.
• A crew-cut young man decapitated the Single-Horned Wild Boar with a Blood Shadow Battle Blade and began harvesting its remains.
• Tang San realized the young man had defeated the boar with physical strength and technique, without using Soul Power or a Martial Soul.
• The young man warned Yu Tianheng that he was unprepared for the Wilderness Zone and told him to return to the Base City before leaving.
• People across Douluo Continent reacted with shock to the terms Junior Martial Artist, Junior Beast Soldier, and the nine-hundred-kilogram passing standard.

Wang Er emerged into a futuristic Base City, where its towering buildings and flying vehicles astonished the people of Douluo Continent. When they saw an ordinary boy squat with 300 kilograms without Soul Power, the spectators realized how physically strong even common people in this world could be.

• Yu Xiaogang rejected the idea that people could possess great strength without Soul Rings or Soul Power, while Su Yuntao cowered from a Cat-Demon Rat in a ruined building.
• Wang Er left an alley and saw a city filled with towering skyscrapers and flying vehicles, leaving Bibi Dong amazed by its technology.
• Wang Er watched a short-haired boy train in a community plaza as the boy performed squats with 300 kilograms.
• Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang were stunned that the boy could lift so much without Soul Power.

Wang Er learned that the world beyond the Sky Screen had War Gods and a cultivation system that let ordinary people strengthen their bodies by absorbing Cosmic Energy. The display left Douluo Continent’s observers stunned, especially Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, whose beliefs about cultivation and talent were challenged.

• The short-haired youth assured Wang Er that the Base City was safe because a War God was stationed there.
• The Sky Screen showed a crimson-armored War God killing hundreds of monsters with one spear strike, shocking Wang Er and Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
• The youth explained that ordinary people could cultivate by absorbing Cosmic Energy into their cells and could become Martial Artists through persistence.
• Tang San realized that his Mysterious Heaven Skill seemed limited beside cellular cultivation, while Yu Xiaogang rejected the idea that ordinary people could evolve through effort.

Yu Xiaogang rejected the claim that anyone could cultivate, while Ning Rongrong argued that poverty and unequal access to resources would keep commoners weak. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong realized that Genetic Origin Energy could overturn Spirit Hall’s power and grew furious at the suffering she had endured under the old system.

• Yu Xiaogang called the universal cultivation method fake and questioned whether he could still be a master after his Ten Core Theories were overturned.
• Ning Rongrong defended Yu Xiaogang and argued that commoners lacked the resources to become powerful, even if everyone could cultivate.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji recognized that Ning Rongrong had not refuted the possibility that anyone could cultivate.
• Bibi Dong considered how Genetic Origin Energy could let ordinary people evolve without Martial Souls or divine inheritance and regretted the hardships she had endured.
• Bibi Dong realized that spreading Genetic Origin Energy would destroy Spirit Hall’s monopoly on Martial Soul awakenings and its rule over commoners.

Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi moved to secure the Genetic Origin Energy cultivation method after learning it could let ordinary people grow stronger. As the youth began teaching Wang Er the basic Five-Heart-to-Sky Cultivation Method, people across the Douluo Continent copied his posture.

• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to seal Spirit City, mobilize Spirit Hall's intelligence agents, and protect Su Yuntao if he returned with the cultivation method.
• Ning Fengzhi saw the method as a way for Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect descendants to overcome their martial soul's seven-ring limit and ordered the sect to offer half its wealth for it.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong warned Ning Fengzhi that Spirit Hall and other factions would compete fiercely for the method.
• The youth told Wang Er that the Five-Heart-to-Sky Cultivation Method was basic and free, then demonstrated how to practice it.
• Soul Masters and commoners across the Douluo Continent imitated the youth by sitting cross-legged with their palms, soles, and heads facing upward.

At Shrek Academy, Tang San and the other students began testing the Five Hearts Toward Heaven cultivation method while Yu Xiaogang tried to stop them. Flender defended the new path and urged everyone to cultivate, while Ning Rongrong refused, leaving the academy divided over the method.

• Yu Xiaogang mocked the cultivation method, but Tang San copied the Sky Screen boy’s posture and tried to sense Cosmic Energy.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao to interrupt Tang San, but Zhao Wuji and Flender stopped him.
• Flender argued that the method could offer cultivation to people with useless martial souls, prompting Yu Xiaogang to realize his opposition stemmed from fear that his theories had been disproved.
• Yu Xiaogang left the training grounds, and Flender urged the Shrek students to try cultivating.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and the other students assumed the Five Hearts Toward Heaven posture, while Ning Rongrong refused to sit on the dirty ground.
• Flender gave up trying to persuade Ning Rongrong and began cultivating himself.

Ning Fengzhi, Bibi Dong, and people across Douluo Continent reacted to the Sky Screen teaching the Five-Heart-to-Heaven Cultivation Method. As Tang San began drawing in a faint, scorching energy, the method’s first apparent success emerged.

• Ning Fengzhi eagerly began cultivating the method, while Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo stood guard and waited for evidence that it was safe and compatible with Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong realized Spirit Hall could not stop the method from spreading across the continent and rejected Yue Guan’s demand to suppress it.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall’s branch halls to record which commoners could cultivate successfully and identify the method’s criteria for selecting geniuses.
• Hundreds of millions of people across Douluo Continent attempted to sense and draw in Genetic Origin Energy.
• Tang San trembled on Shrek’s training ground as a faint, scorching current entered through his palms and spread through his body.

Tang San confirmed that the Five-Heart-to-Sky Cultivation Method could draw violent Genetic Origin Energy into the body, but warned that weak cultivators could suffer fatal backlash. The Sky Screen then showed commoner Wang Er exploding after attempting the method, while a short-haired youth in the Swallowed Star world discovered the aftermath.

• Tang San told Flender and Zhao Wuji that he had drawn a trace of Genetic Origin Energy into his body and felt it tearing at his flesh.
• Flender advised the Shrek Academy students to cultivate cautiously and absorb only what their bodies could handle.
• The Sky Screen showed Wang Er recklessly attempting the Five-Heart-to-Sky Cultivation Method and dying when dense Genetic Origin Energy burst him apart.
• In Jiangnan City, a short-haired youth awoke to find that the middle-aged man cultivating across from him had exploded.
• The youth wondered why the man had tried the method without the physique of a Junior Martial Artist.

Wang Er’s death while cultivating the Five-Heart-to-Heaven Method sparked panic across Douluo Continent, while Bibi Dong concluded that the technique mainly benefited physically resilient Soul Masters. Ning Fengzhi successfully cultivated it, giving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect hope of overcoming its Martial Soul limitation, but Yu Tianheng and Su Yuntao then died in the Sky Screen, wiping out the first batch of Explorers.

• Across Douluo Continent, viewers panicked after Wang Er exploded while cultivating the Five-Heart-to-Heaven Method.
• Bibi Dong observed that most cultivators in Spirit City survived, though some suffered injuries, and concluded that the method favored Soul Masters with strong bodies.
• Ning Fengzhi successfully cultivated the method, and Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo realized it might break the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s fatal curse.
• Yu Tianheng was crushed by debris from a clash between War General Class Martial Artists, and the Sky Screen announced his death.
• Su Yuntao was also reported dead from the clash’s aftermath, leaving the first batch of Explorers completely wiped out.

After Yu Tianheng died in the other world, Yu Yuanzhen prepared to demand compensation from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while the academy mourned its loss. The Sky Screen selected a second batch of explorers, including Dai Mubai, Yan, and Cuihua, and Dai Mubai accepted his selection with confidence.

• Yu Yuanzhen blamed Heaven Dou Royal Academy for Yu Tianheng's disappearance and gathered his forces to demand an explanation, while planning to seek compensation.
• Dugu Yan mourned Yu Tianheng as the academy's board members worried about the losses and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's anger.
• The Sky Screen announced that the first batch had been wiped out and selected Dai Mubai, Yan, and Cuihua as the second batch of explorers.
• Ma Hongjun recognized Cuihua as his ex-girlfriend, while Dai Mubai welcomed his selection and Flender warned him to prioritize survival.

Dai Mubai and Yan were sent to the higher-dimensional world, while their allies warned them to survive and seek powerful cultivation methods. Back in the Douluo Continent, Dai Tianfeng ordered the Star Luo Empire to monitor Shrek Academy and bring Dai Mubai home, threatening war if anyone interfered.

• Dai Mubai reassured Flender that he could survive in the other world, and Tang San warned him to avoid close combat with its physically powerful inhabitants.
• Ma Hongjun asked Dai Mubai to look after Cuihua before a white teleportation pillar carried Dai Mubai away.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yan to find superior Genetic Origin Energy cultivation techniques, and Hu Liena cautioned him not to underestimate the people in the other world.
• Yan confidently promised to display Spirit Hall's might before a teleportation pillar transported him.
• Dai Tianfeng ordered the Royal Imperial Guard to seal the border and imperial agents to watch Shrek Academy.
• Dai Tianfeng declared that the Star Luo Empire would retrieve Dai Mubai after a year and go to war if the Heaven Dou Empire or Spirit Hall blocked his return, leaving Dai Weisi alarmed about the succession.

Dai Mubai arrived in a ruined industrial wasteland and watched a five-person hunting squad slaughter a pack of giant monsters. He realized the squad outclassed him, and the black-haired young man sensed his hiding place.

• Dai Mubai found himself in a ruined wasteland and planned to reach a city for safety.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger possession and cautiously searched the abandoned street.
• Dai Mubai hid near a factory and watched five armored fighters kill a pack of giant wolf-like monsters.
• Dai Mubai judged that every member of the squad could defeat him, especially the quiet black-haired swordsman.
• The black-haired young man turned toward Dai Mubai’s hiding place and demanded to know who was there.

Dai Mubai encountered a hunting squad in the wilderness, narrowly avoided being killed, and learned where to find the nearest city. As he headed for Sixth Satellite City, observers on Douluo Continent considered the danger of his new world and the possibility of being selected themselves.

• Dai Mubai stepped out of hiding after Luo Feng spotted him, and a throwing knife narrowly missed his head before returning to Luo Feng’s hand.
• Luo Feng told his squad that Dai Mubai was alone, and Dai Mubai recognized that Spirit Masters could scan their surroundings and control objects from afar.
• The squad captain warned Dai Mubai away from their spoils, then directed him south along an abandoned highway toward Sixth Satellite City.
• Dai Mubai thanked the captain and cautiously left for the city.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji praised Dai Mubai’s caution as they watched the Sky Screen, while Tang San studied Luo Feng’s throwing knife and began considering how he would survive if selected.

Yu Xiaogang discovered that his Externalized Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao, absorbed the Cosmic Origin Energy he tried to cultivate, leaving him injured and unable to grow stronger. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong and Dai Tianfeng recognized the battlefield potential of spiritual power used to control weapons from afar and ordered their factions to seek the method.

• Yu Xiaogang tried the Five-Heart-to-Sky Cultivation Method, but he coughed up blood when the Cosmic Origin Energy vanished from his body.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao and saw that the Martial Soul had been injured, realizing it had absorbed the energy and transferred its injuries to him.
• Yu Xiaogang wondered whether Externalized Martial Souls shared this flaw and resolved to find more examples and investigate a solution.
• Bibi Dong recognized the flying knife's remote control as materialized spiritual power and ordered Spirit Hall members to obtain the method.
• Dai Tianfeng imagined using Spirit Masters as an army or for assassinations, scouting, and decapitation operations.

Dai Mubai reached Sixth Satellite City and tested his strength at the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, earning the Junior Martial Artist threshold with a 920-kilogram punch. His confidence collapsed when a teenage boy casually hit 1,050 kilograms, while viewers in the Star Luo Empire were stunned by the comparison.

• Dai Mubai entered Sixth Satellite City after surviving the journey through the Wilderness Zone and passed the gate's identity check.
• Dai Mubai found the Extreme Martial Arts Hall and used its punching-strength tester to measure his abilities.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Possession and White Tiger Vajra Transformation, then struck the target for 920 kilograms.
• A teenage boy casually punched the target for 1,050 kilograms, leaving Dai Mubai shocked and humbled.
• Dai Tianfeng and the ministers watching from the Star Luo Empire's palace were stunned that the boy surpassed Dai Mubai's strength.

Yan found a Martial Artist squad in the Wilderness Zone and demanded their cultivation techniques, then attacked them with his strongest Soul Skill when they considered robbing him instead. As his flames bore down on the squad, a young man behind them used mental power to turn rusty iron sheets into flying knives.

• Yan crossed a desolate plain, killed and roasted a monster, and spotted a resting Martial Artist squad with supplies and monster carcasses.
• Yan decided the squad could provide the cultivation techniques Lady Bibi Dong had ordered him to obtain and demanded they hand them over.
• The Fire Hammer Squad discussed Yan’s flames and considered taking his technique, while their captain warned that his fiery display would attract monsters at night.
• Yan flew into a rage and unleashed his fifth Soul Skill, Flying Sand Wild Flame, at the squad.
• A young man behind the squad raised his head, and his mental ripple shaped scattered rusty iron sheets into flying knives.

Yan was captured and brutally tortured by the Fire Hammer Squad after attempting to rob them. When he tried to reveal information about Douluo Continent, a mysterious force erased him, and the Sky Screen displayed the cause of his death.

• The Fire Hammer Squad’s Spirit Master pierced Yan’s limbs with iron scraps and pinned him to a wall.
• Bibi Dong watched from the Pope Palace and condemned Yan for ignoring her warning and attacking the squad.
• The Heavy Hammer Warrior tortured Yan until he agreed to answer the squad leader’s questions.
• Yan told the squad leader that his flames came from a Martial Soul, then began to mention Douluo Continent.
• A mysterious force killed Yan before he could reveal more, and the Sky Screen reported that he had been erased for attempting to disclose information about Douluo Continent.