Chapter Summaries

Cheng Xiao’s attempt to turn the Sky Azure Bull Python into a Spirit Soul failed, though he secured its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone. As Bibi Dong and Sword Douluo Chen Xin confronted him over the Soul Bone, Di Tian tore open a rift in the sky and appeared.

• Cheng Xiao forcibly corrupted the Sky Azure Bull Python’s soul ring with the Evil God Orb, but the Sky Azure Bull Python broke free of Shadow Ink and disrupted the Spirit Soul Method.
• The evil-energy patterns overwhelmed the Sky Azure Bull Python, expelled its damaged soul into its Soul Bone, and left Cheng Xiao with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong and Sword Douluo Chen Xin rushed for the floating Soul Bone, but Cheng Xiao used Slowness and the Hand of the Dominator to take it first.
• Bibi Dong demanded that Cheng Xiao hand over the Soul Bone as Sword Douluo Chen Xin watched him.
• Di Tian tore open a rift in the sky and emerged, shocking Cheng Xiao, Bibi Dong, and the others.

Di Tian returned to the battlefield and attacked Cheng Xiao, but the aged Qian Daoliu intervened to protect Spirit City. Qian Daoliu wounded Di Tian with his Angel Phantom, though Di Tian’s forces remained poised at the city gates.

• Di Tian emerged from a spatial rift and fixed his gaze on Cheng Xiao, whose fear revealed how overwhelming Di Tian’s power was.
• Qian Daoliu followed Di Tian out of the rift, visibly aged from borrowing divine power, and charged at him again to defend Spirit City.
• Di Tian demanded that Qian Daoliu hand over Cheng Xiao, then recognized the Soul Bone in Cheng Xiao’s hand and attacked him for killing the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Qian Daoliu blocked Di Tian’s dragon claw with his Eighth Soul Skill, Angel Phantom, and shielded Cheng Xiao with a storm of blazing golden feathers.
• Qian Daoliu’s golden feathers pierced Di Tian’s scales, drawing blood and burning his wounds with white flames as Soul Beasts at the city gates looked toward him.

Di Tian unleashed a devastating soul skill against Qian Daoliu, forcing Bibi Dong and Chen Xin to join the fight. Their combined attacks collided with his glimmer in a catastrophic explosion that shattered the battlefield.

• Bi Ji and Zi Ji urged their allies to abandon the fight after hearing Di Tian roar in pain.
• Bear Lord defeated Golden Crocodile Douluo, then turned toward Di Tian and declared that he would kill him himself.
• Di Tian formed an Eclipse and a purple moon and fired a destructive glimmer at Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu used Wheel of Judgment to meet the attack but gradually lost ground against Di Tian’s power.
• Bibi Dong and Chen Xin joined Qian Daoliu with Eternal Wound and God-Devil Dual Slash.
• The four attacks collapsed into a black-and-white point that erupted in a shockwave, destroying city walls and cracking the ground.

Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, and Chen Xin struggled against Di Tian, and Chen Xin broke through to rank ninety-seven during the battle. As Di Tian attacked Chen Xin, Zi Ji arrived, prompting Qian Daoliu to strike at her while Di Tian moved to protect her.

• Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, and Chen Xin were blasted to the ground by Di Tian but survived his attack.
• Chen Xin gained insight in battle and broke through to become a rank-ninety-seven Titled Douluo.
• Bibi Dong briefly considered killing Chen Xin, but Qian Daoliu warned her against infighting while Di Tian remained a threat.
• Di Tian attacked Chen Xin, and Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong moved to block him.
• Zi Ji flew onto the battlefield, and Qian Daoliu attacked her with his Sword of Divinity as Di Tian countered with the Black Dragon Sword.

Di Tian and Zi Ji fought Qian Daoliu while Bibi Dong engaged the Hell Demonic Dragon King, and Bear Lord arrived to attack Qian Daoliu. Chen Xin intervened, revealed his breakthrough, and charged Bear Lord with Ning Fengzhi’s support.

• Di Tian stopped Qian Daoliu’s strike, and Zi Ji unleashed Death’s Decay, which Qian Daoliu resisted with sacred fire while Bibi Dong charged the Hell Demonic Dragon King.
• Bear Lord crashed onto the battlefield and attacked Qian Daoliu from behind as Qian Daoliu struggled to hold off Di Tian.
• Chen Xin appeared and blocked Bear Lord with the Seven Kill Sword, then told Qian Daoliu that they owed each other nothing.
• Chen Xin recalled his father’s death and understood his father’s willingness to challenge a stronger opponent, breaking through his own bottleneck.
• Ning Fengzhi empowered Chen Xin while Bone Douluo encouraged him, and Chen Xin attacked Bear Lord with countless sword strikes.

Sword Douluo fought Bear Lord with Ning Fengzhi’s support while Bone Douluo engaged Myriad Demon King, but Bi Ji healed Di Tian and his allies. As Di Tian recovered and two more soul beasts joined the battle, the ferocious beasts gained an overwhelming advantage.

• Sword Douluo used Ning Fengzhi’s enhancement to battle Bear Lord, but Bear Lord’s Sky-Rending Claw broke through his sword rain and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Sword Douluo returned with only minor injuries and resumed fighting Bear Lord as Ning Fengzhi continued supporting him and Bone Douluo guarded their position.
• Bone Douluo repelled a vine attack, then confronted Myriad Demon King while Ning Fengzhi split his support between the two Douluo.
• Bi Ji emerged and healed Di Tian, Bear Lord, and Zi Ji, allowing Bear Lord to overpower Sword Douluo and Di Tian to recover completely.
• The Three-Headed Crimson Demonic Mastiff and Titan Giant Ape entered the battlefield, giving the ferocious beasts an overwhelming advantage over Qian Daoliu’s side.

The seven ferocious beasts regained their strength and seemed poised to defeat the human defenders, but reinforcements and Ye Renxin’s healing powers turned the battle around. Qian Daoliu urged Di Tian and the beasts to retreat, while Bibi Dong remained unwilling to abandon her goal of capturing the Hell Demonic Dragon King.

• Bi Ji restored the seven ferocious beasts to peak condition, leaving Qian Daoliu, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo struggling against them.
• Cheng Xiao considered intervening, but Yegrit admitted he was too weak to defeat a beast.
• Qing Luan Douluo arrived and took on the Demonic Eye Demon Tree, while Golden Crocodile Douluo drove Bear Lord back.
• Ye Renxin arrived as a Titled Douluo and healed the injured, while Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Dugu Bo, Jiang Mo, and Qian Jun joined the battlefield.
• With twelve Titled Douluo facing the seven beasts, Qian Daoliu called for a retreat, but Bear Lord refused and Bibi Dong still wanted the Hell Demonic Dragon King.

Qian Daoliu and Di Tian negotiated an end to the battle, agreeing to restrictions on Soul Masters and access to the Star Dou Great Forest. Di Tian’s final condition was that they hand over Cheng Xiao.

• Qian Daoliu warned the vicious beasts that continuing the battle would cost both sides dearly, and Di Tian considered the loss of more beasts too great a risk.
• Bear Lord denounced humanity’s history of killing soul beasts and prepared to attack, while Qian Daoliu offered to restrict indiscriminate hunting but refused to abolish the Soul Hunting Forests.
• Di Tian stopped Bear Lord and agreed that the war could end if Qian Daoliu accepted several conditions.
• Di Tian demanded that humans stay out of the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region and stop destroying the forest or slaughtering soul beasts indiscriminately; Qian Daoliu agreed to both conditions.
• Di Tian pointed at Cheng Xiao and demanded that he be handed over.

Di Tian demanded that Spirit Hall hand over Cheng Xiao, but Cheng Xiao agreed to go with the ferocious beasts in exchange for time to ensure the Beast Tide withdrew. The soul beasts began retreating after Di Tian gave the order.

• Di Tian refused to negotiate any condition besides taking Cheng Xiao, and both sides prepared to resume fighting.
• Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, Dugu Bo, and Ye Renxin rejected Di Tian's demand, each wanting to keep Cheng Xiao from the ferocious beasts.
• Cheng Xiao stepped forward and agreed to go with Di Tian, telling Qian Daoliu that the beasts would not harm him in the short term.
• Cheng Xiao used his knowledge of the Silver Dragon King's presence as leverage and asked Di Tian to withdraw the Beast Tide and give him one hour to check the four city gates.
• Di Tian accepted and roared an order, causing the soul beasts at the other gates to retreat.

After the soul beasts retreated, Cheng Xiao used Soul Incantation to raise the fallen as Shadow Soldiers. Survivors demanded to know why the war had happened, and Cheng Xiao told them to live on for those who had died.

• The soul beasts retreated, and the exhausted defenders celebrated surviving while grieving their dead.
• Cheng Xiao called out "Stand Up!" and shadows rose from the corpses, reviving the fallen as Shadow Soldiers.
• The survivors recognized the soul skill and saw Cheng Xiao approaching in black armor.
• A young man confronted Cheng Xiao, asking why the soul beasts had come and what the war had been for.
• The crowd echoed the young man's demand for an explanation, and Cheng Xiao urged them to live in place of their dead loved ones and comrades.

Cheng Xiao comforted Spirit City’s survivors by reviving the shadows of the dead, then prepared to leave with Di Tian. As the crowd realized he had sacrificed himself to end the war, they bid farewell to the Saint Son.

• Cheng Xiao summoned the shadows of the dead, allowing survivors to reunite with their family and friends.
• Li Yuan recorded Cheng Xiao’s words and resolved to document and spread the Saint Son’s deeds throughout Spirit Hall.
• Cheng Xiao thanked Ye Lingling for helping him choose to stay, then told her he was leaving; she promised to wait for his return.
• Hu Liena thanked Cheng Xiao for saving Spirit City, and Di Tian arrived to take him away.
• The crowd realized Cheng Xiao had ended the war through his sacrifice, but he urged them to live well and left with Di Tian as they called out farewell.

Shrek’s group arrived in Heaven Dou City after escaping the Beast Tide and losing Lu Qibin, then encountered Dai Mubai arguing with Zhu Zhuqing. Zhu Zhuqing, who had joined the Royal Academy, rejected Dai Mubai as a young man with a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul faced him.

• Shrek’s group reached Heaven Dou City, while the nobles there dismissed the Beast Tide as a minor threat.
• The group recalled Shrek Academy’s losses: Li Yusong had lost an arm, and Lu Qibin had been swallowed by the Beast Tide.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed finding a place to stay and borrowing another academy’s teaching qualifications and facilities, while Flender concealed his satisfaction with the plan.
• A disturbance in the city brought Shrek’s group upon Dai Mubai confronting a young man who displayed a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai to stop pestering her, and he accused her of betraying him and Shrek Academy by joining another academy.

Dai Mubai’s group and Yu Tianheng’s group nearly fought after exchanging insults, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing’s past connections came to light. An urgent report that a Beast Tide had besieged Spirit City and killed five sect masters left Ning Rongrong unconscious and Yu Tianheng stunned, as Yu Xiaogang collapsed.

• Dai Mubai and Tang San mocked Yu Tianheng’s team, prompting Yu Feng to challenge them and both groups to unleash their martial souls.
• Yu Tianheng recognized Ning Rongrong, who revealed that Zhu Zhuqing had once attended her academy.
• Dai Mubai insulted Zhu Zhuqing, who rejected him and displayed her three soul rings; Tang San guessed she had consumed immortal herbs.
• A messenger announced that a Beast Tide had besieged Spirit City and five sect masters had fallen.
• Ning Rongrong fainted, Yu Tianheng froze in alarm, and Yu Xiaogang collapsed as people cried out to him.

Yu Xiaogang reunited with his nephew Yu Tianheng, but the news that five sect masters died defending Spirit City caused him to vomit blood again. Ning Rongrong learned that her father, Ning Fengzhi, had survived the Beast Tide.

• Yu Xiaogang recognized Yu Tianheng and introduced him to his disciple, Tang San, while the interrupted fight between their groups ended.
• Yu Tianheng invited Yu Xiaogang home, but Yu Xiaogang refused because the clan had expelled him, so Yu Tianheng followed him and the others to a hotel.
• Ning Rongrong woke and rushed to find out what had happened in Spirit City, then waited at the hotel with Xiao Wu and the others for news.
• Flender returned and reported that a Beast Tide had besieged Spirit City, killing five sect masters while Ning Fengzhi survived.
• Yu Xiaogang vomited blood upon hearing Flender's report.

After learning that his father had died and hearing Flender’s account of the Beast Tide, Yu Xiaogang blamed Bibi Dong and vowed to kill her. Bibi Dong secretly kept three supposedly dead Sect Masters and other captives imprisoned, preparing to advance her plan.

• Yu Xiaogang learned of his father’s death and collapsed in grief, while Yu Tianheng also fainted.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Cheng Xiao had been taken away by soul beasts after the battle, and Yu Xiaogang concluded that Bibi Dong had orchestrated the disaster.
• Yu Xiaogang swore that he would not rest until he or Bibi Dong was dead, then fainted again.
• Zhu Zhuqing suspected Cheng Xiao had willingly surrendered because he had a backup plan and quietly left.
• Bibi Dong revealed that three Sect Masters, including Hu Yan Zhen, were alive among the imprisoned captives and declared that Spirit Hall would eliminate the weakened sects.

Cheng Xiao agreed to accompany Di Tian after negotiating with Gu Yue for safeguards and concessions. Gu Yue split off Na'er and left her in Cheng Xiao’s Spiritual Sea, giving him leverage as Di Tian carried him toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Di Tian carried the immobilized Cheng Xiao toward the Star Dou Great Forest while the other ferocious beasts led the Beast Tide back.
• In the Spiritual Sea, Cheng Xiao demanded Gu Yue’s help with his Soul Spirit Plan and future soul rings in exchange for intervening in the standoff.
• Cheng Xiao insisted that Gu Yue leave half her soul in his Spiritual Sea as a guarantee, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Gu Yue separated Na'er from herself, and Cheng Xiao had the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hide the girl in his Spiritual Sea.
• Cheng Xiao opened his eyes and shouted for the two sides to wait, saying he would go with Di Tian.

Cheng Xiao tried to convince Di Tian to cooperate with him, arguing that humans had a chance to become gods and that his plans could benefit soul beasts. He proposed an Attribute Connection with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to give Di Tian reassurance, leaving Di Tian’s response unresolved.

• Di Tian concealed the area from the God Realm’s surveillance and knelt before Gu Yue, who emerged from the Gold of Life.
• Gu Yue stopped Di Tian from attacking Cheng Xiao and explained their agreement and recent dealings.
• Di Tian questioned whether Cheng Xiao could become a god, but Cheng Xiao argued that soul beasts faced even slimmer odds and that his plans could reduce conflict between humans and soul beasts.
• Di Tian worried that Cheng Xiao might betray them, and Cheng Xiao asked to see the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Cheng Xiao claimed an Attribute Connection with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion would bind his fate to hers and cause a backlash if he betrayed the soul beast clan.

Cheng Xiao proposed an Attribute Connection with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, but Di Tian rejected the idea to protect the Emperor Auspicious Beast. As Gu Yue and Di Tian prepared to settle Cheng Xiao’s situation, the Titan Giant Ape challenged their cooperation over the Sky Azure Bull Python’s death.

• Di Tian refused Cheng Xiao’s proposal to bind his destiny to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, though he reluctantly accepted the Silver Dragon King’s decision to work with Cheng Xiao.
• Cheng Xiao accepted Di Tian’s refusal and mentioned other soul beasts as possible Attribute Connection targets.
• Bear Lord and the other vicious beasts returned, and Di Tian stopped Bear Lord from attacking Cheng Xiao before explaining the plan to them.
• Bear Lord warned Di Tian to keep Cheng Xiao from disturbing his sleep, then left for the forest.
• The Titan Giant Ape accused Cheng Xiao of killing the Sky Azure Bull Python and demanded to know why the vicious beasts should cooperate with him.
• Gu Yue explained that the Sky Azure Bull Python had sacrificed himself willingly, but the Titan Giant Ape rejected her account, prompting Di Tian to ask what it wanted.

The Titan Giant Ape demanded that Di Tian hand over Cheng Xiao so it could avenge the Sky Azure Bull Python, but Di Tian swiftly crushed the attack and ordered Bi Ji to heal it. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion then arrived and asked what had caused the commotion.

• The Titan Giant Ape insisted on taking Cheng Xiao to avenge the Sky Azure Bull Python, despite Di Tian's refusal.
• The Titan Giant Ape used Gravity Mire and attacked Cheng Xiao with Titan's Fist, but Di Tian caught its ankle with spatial power.
• Di Tian slammed the Titan Giant Ape into the ground repeatedly until it was badly injured and near death.
• Di Tian ordered Bi Ji to heal the Titan Giant Ape and send it back to guard the gate.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion arrived and asked what had caused the commotion.

Cheng Xiao became fascinated by the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and coveted her Attribute Connection, but Di Tian kept her away from him. Gu Yue dragged Cheng Xiao into the Lake of Life, where he saw the Silver Dragon King's wounded body and learned that the Three Great God Kings had inflicted the injury.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion met Cheng Xiao, reacted warily to the human, and followed Di Tian away while remaining curious about him.
• Cheng Xiao considered how the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's Attribute Connection could increase his fate attribute.
• Gu Yue pulled Cheng Xiao into the Lake of Life and forced him underwater.
• Cheng Xiao saw the Silver Dragon King's enormous body resting beside the Gold of Life, which sustained her failing heartbeat.
• Gu Yue showed Cheng Xiao the Silver Dragon King's deep wound and said Destruction, Asura, and Evil had inflicted it.