Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xiu and Gu Yue both asked Wu Changkong for leave to train, while Jiang Xiu’s plans brought him closer to Gu Yue’s Dragon Valley journey and to Ling Zichen. Elsewhere, Sage Emperor decided to unite the world’s ruling powers under his Master’s voice as the Abyssal invasion approached.

• Jiang Xiu told Ba Emperor to devour Long Yeyue’s Dark Sacred Dragon essence after the exchange while leaving her a trace, hoping to weaken Chen Xinjie and create trouble for him.
• Jiang Xiu and Gu Yue simultaneously asked Wu Changkong for leave, and he granted their requests while inviting them to attend the palace banquet the next night.
• Gu Yue learned Jiang Xiu would not take Na'er to train and planned to bring him treasures from Dragon Valley, while Jiang Xiu intended to obtain the Dragon God Heart there.
• Hu Jie brought Ling Zichen to meet Jiang Xiu, and she said she had several things to discuss with him.
• Sage Emperor told Sky Ox Emperor that the Abyssal invasion was approaching and declared that the world’s ruling powers should heed only his Master’s voice.

Sage Emperor laid out a plan to unify the Douluo Plane and weaken the Abyss, while Jiang Xiu rejected Ling Zichen’s requests to study him. Jiang Xiu became interested in her research into god-slaying weapons and hinted at a way to grant someone lasting life and intelligence, leaving Ling Zichen eager to hear more.

• Sage Emperor proposed using the Federation to absorb the other two empires, removing Chen Xinjie, and battling the Abyss on multiple fronts.
• Sage Emperor suggested that Sky Ox Emperor betray the Abyssal Sage King when the Master fought him, and Sky Ox Emperor listened with growing enthusiasm.
• Ling Zichen asked Jiang Xiu to let her study his abilities and offered rare treasures, Soul Guidance Technology, and an Immortal Herb, but Jiang Xiu refused.
• Ling Zichen described her ambitions to understand Source material, create a weapon capable of harming gods, and research ways to extend life.
• Jiang Xiu considered recruiting Ling Zichen in the future and hinted at a method to give someone long life, energy, intelligence, emotions, and ideals, prompting her to ask him to share the theory.

Jiang Xiu prepared to lure Zhang Geyang into an ambush while Hu Jie promised him access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its Immortal Herbs. Meanwhile, the Ghost Emperor grew furious over the Holy Spirit Cult being blamed for attacks and disasters, and Dark Phoenix watched Jiang Xiu from afar before the Ghost Emperor decided to spare him for now.

• Ling Zichen offered to volunteer for Jiang Xiu's research, and he suggested she study Long Yue instead.
• Hu Jie told Jiang Xiu he would oversee Dragon Valley and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and promised to bring him an Immortal Herb after leaving the Tang Sect.
• Jiang Xiu planned to leave Star Luo City alone, expecting Zhang Geyang to seize the chance to attack him.
• Zhang Geyang learned Jiang Xiu would leave the following night and resolved to kill him to keep the Thunderclap Hell Vine as his Soul Spirit.
• The Ghost Emperor ordered Dark Phoenix to return and prepare to extract two God-Slayer Class Fixed Soul Guidance Shells from Federation District 13.
• Dark Phoenix watched the Star Luo Grand Hotel, but the Ghost Emperor appeared and chose to let Jiang Xiu live a little longer.

At the Star Luo Imperial Palace banquet, Dai Yun'er plotted to avoid marriage by choosing Jiang Xiu as her consort, while Gu Yue sensed the princess might help her. After Jiang Xiu left the city to cultivate, a hidden pursuer followed him, intent on killing him.

• Na'er fussed over Jiang Xiu at the banquet while Gu Yue and the others reacted to his impending departure.
• Dai Yun'er decided she could choose Jiang Xiu as her consort to escape her father's marriage plans and prepared a packet of medicine from her storage ring.
• En Ci told Dai Tianling he would travel to the Douluo Continent with Long Yue, and Dai Tianling confirmed that someone would take Dai Yun'er to Dragon Valley the next day.
• Jiang Xiu received a four-thousand-year-old Twin Cyclops left arm bone as his tournament prize and said farewell to Na'er, Gu Yue, Yuanen Yehui, and Ye Xinglan.
• Jiang Xiu left Star Luo City on his Evil God Wings, and a figure rose into the air behind him, vowing to kill him.

Jiang Xiu led Zhang Geyang away from Star Luo City and revealed that he had brought powerful allies to confront the Tower Master. Meanwhile, Yuanen Zhentian and Yuanen Tiandang attacked Cai Yue'er, who was left facing them and Di Tian.

• Jiang Xiu sensed Zhang Geyang following him and lured him into the wilderness outside Star Luo City.
• Yuanen Zhentian and Yuanen Tiandang ambushed Cai Yue'er and battered her after blaming her for Yuanen Yehui's hardship at Shrek Academy.
• Di Tian appeared, agreed to join the attack, and charged at Cai Yue'er with the two Yuanens.
• Jiang Xiu confronted Zhang Geyang, who attacked him with the power of a Level 98 Super Douluo.
• The Underworld Emperor emerged beside Jiang Xiu, prompting Zhang Geyang to flee, but another Limit Douluo blocked his escape.

Jiang Xiu and his allies defeated Zhang Geyang, freeing the Thunderclap Hell Vine and leaving Jiang Xiu with Zhang Geyang’s remaining Soul Spirits and Soul Bones. Zhang Geyang’s death also cleared the way for Jiang Xiu to make him a Shadow Soldier.

• Zhang Geyang panicked when Jiang Xiu arrived with Ba Emperor and the Underworld Emperor, then failed to talk his way out of the confrontation.
• Ba Emperor crushed Zhang Geyang’s Nether Flame Beast, tore apart the Azure Jade Phoenix, and survived the Emerald Demon Bird’s attack before gravely injuring Zhang Geyang.
• Zhang Geyang threatened to make the Thunderclap Hell Vine self-destruct, but Ba Emperor revealed that Zhang Geyang had no claim to Jiang Xiu’s Soul Spirit.
• The Underworld Emperor killed Zhang Geyang with a sword strike as he tried to detonate his Soul Core, and his Soul Spirit Contract disappeared.
• Zhang Geyang’s remaining Soul Spirits and three Soul Bones appeared, while the freed Thunderclap Hell Vine rushed toward Jiang Xiu.

Jiang Xiu revived Zhang Geyang, ordered him to keep the Star Luo Spirit Pagoda branch secure, and prepared to challenge the Qiangu Family’s control of the Spirit Pagoda. After entering Dragon Valley through a breach opened by the Underworld Emperor, Jiang Xiu left Di Tian and the others baffled by the unusually sturdy space.

• Jiang Xiu used the Shadow Monarch’s Extraction authority to restore Zhang Geyang, who revealed that Qiangu Dongfeng had ordered him to attack Jiang Xiu.
• Jiang Xiu told Zhang Geyang to conceal his allegiance and protect the Star Luo Spirit Pagoda branch, then kept the Azure Jade Phoenix and Emerald Demon Bird Soul Spirits while Zhang took back the Nether Flame Beast.
• Jiang Xiu agreed to make Thunderclap the Soul Spirit of his Second Martial Soul after Dragon Valley, and the Underworld Emperor advised Ba Emperor to find a conviction that could guide his path to Quasi-God.
• Elder Wu opened Dragon Valley for the Tang Sect disciples, and the Underworld Emperor broke through space so Jiang Xiu could enter the valley ahead of them.
• Di Tian tried to break through the space selected by Xiong Jun and the King of Ten Thousand Demons but found it unusually sturdy.

Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts opened Dragon Valley for Gu Yue while the Underworld Emperor watched and planned to confront Qiangu Dongfeng. Jiang Xiu arrived in Dragon Valley, where the world recognized his Golden Dragon King Origin, and set out to find the Dragon God Core before Gu Yue took the Dragon God Heart.

• King of Ten Thousand Demons, Xiong Jun, Bi Ji, Zi JI, and Di Tian worked together to tear open Dragon Valley's spatial barrier, and Gu Yue entered before they sealed it again.
• The Underworld Emperor secretly observed the opening, suspected Gu Yue was the Silver Dragon King, and left to settle accounts with Qiangu Dongfeng.
• Di Tian told the others they would seek the Small World of the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, using Qiangu Dongfeng and the Spirit Pagoda's information to find it.
• Qiangu Dongfeng sensed danger at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters but dismissed his unease.
• Jiang Xiu arrived in Dragon Valley with his Soul Power and Martial Soul sealed, but the world withdrew its lightning tribulation after sensing the Golden Dragon King Origin within him.
• Jiang Xiu told Thunderclap they would search for Dragon Valley's treasures, prioritizing the Dragon God Core before Gu Yue claimed the Dragon God Heart.

Jiang Xiu entered Dragon Valley with Thunderclap and absorbed its Dragon Cloud while searching for the Mountain Dragon King, a Dragon Egg, and the Dragon God Core. Gu Yue also entered the valley to claim the Mountain Dragon King's God Level Soul Bone, as the Mountain Dragon King began moving toward Jiang Xiu.

• Jiang Xiu set off with Thunderclap into the depths of Dragon Valley.
• The Mountain Dragon King sensed the Golden Dragon King's aura and rose to seek him, determined to restore the Dragon Clan.
• A fiery Dragon Egg trembled and cried out in its magma-filled valley.
• Gu Yue entered Dragon Valley, promised to bring Jiang Xiu back to help the dragons, and headed toward the Mountain Dragon King's God Level Soul Bone.
• Dragon Cloud gathered around Jiang Xiu and strengthened his body as he searched the valley for its treasures.
• The ground shook as the Mountain Dragon King approached, and Jiang Xiu asked Thunderclap whether he believed in things being delivered to one's doorstep.

Jiang Xiu bluffed the Mountain Dragon King into believing he was the Golden Dragon King and promised a plan to restore the Dragon Clan. As he began explaining, the Mountain Dragon King sensed the Silver Dragon King’s aura approaching.

• Dai Yun'er fled after spotting the enormous Mountain Dragon King moving across the land.
• The Mountain Dragon King arrived before Jiang Xiu, mistook his Golden Dragon King Origin aura for the real Golden Dragon King, and questioned his human form.
• Jiang Xiu claimed he had escaped the Divine Realm after the war between gods and used his Monarch Domain to conceal his human aura, convincing the Mountain Dragon King.
• The Mountain Dragon King asked about the Dragon Clan and Soul Beast Clan, and Jiang Xiu told it that soul beasts were nearly extinct.
• Jiang Xiu promised he could restore the Dragon Clan, but the Mountain Dragon King sensed the Silver Dragon King’s aura approaching.

Jiang Xiu met Gu Yue in Dragon Valley while demonstrating his ability to extract the shadows of the dead. After the demonstration, Mountain Dragon King carried them toward a place with many Dragon Souls and Dragon Bones to test whether the ability could work on the ancient dead.

• Gu Yue arrived at Mountain Dragon King and was shocked to find Jiang Xiu there, while both concealed their identities from each other and Mountain Dragon King.
• Jiang Xiu told Mountain Dragon King about his shadow-extraction ability and captured a Tang Sect disciple who had come to investigate.
• Jiang Xiu killed the disciple and extracted a shadow that retained the disciple’s cultivation, convincing Mountain Dragon King the technique worked.
• Jiang Xiu warned that he could only extract shadows from people who had died within ten days, then asked Mountain Dragon King to take them to a place with many Dragon Souls and Dragon Bones.
• As Mountain Dragon King carried them through the clouds, Gu Yue explained that her family controlled Dragon Valley and teased Jiang Xiu about supporting him.
• Thousands of miles away, a silver-haired girl’s cowlick stood up; after scanning for danger, she returned to eating her orange.

Gu Yue and Jiang Xiu traveled deeper into Dragon Valley while she drew closer to him and secretly sent Di Tian to investigate the Small World. Di Tian set out with several Ferocious Beasts, Tang Wulin joined Tang Sect disciples pursuing the travelers, and Jiang Xiu and Gu Yue arrived at a valley filled with the bones of fallen True Dragons.

• Gu Yue told Jiang Xiu that her reclusive family knew the Mountain Dragon King, and the two flirted while discussing resources and their growing cooperation.
• Gu Yue sent a message through space to Di Tian, who then led King of Ten Thousand Demons, Bi Ji, and Zi JI to investigate the Small World and left Xiong Jun to protect Na'er.
• The Golden Dragon King's remnant consciousness raged against the chains sealing him inside Jiang Xiu.
• Tang Sect disciples found Bai Ba's corpse, and Bai Yi ordered them to follow the Mountain Dragon King's tracks and kill the outsiders; Tang Wulin followed despite doubting their claim that Dragon Valley belonged to the Tang Sect.
• The Mountain Dragon King brought Jiang Xiu and Gu Yue to a misty valley filled with the remains of more than a thousand True Dragons, and Jiang Xiu considered turning them into his strongest Shadow Legion.

Jiang Xiu tried to extract a Dragon Shadow Soldier from a long-dead Fire Dragon but was blocked by rules that prevented extraction without an anchor. He proposed restoring a trace of life to the dragon corpses, and as he considered seeking the Law of Life at Devil Island, Tang Sect members arrived angrily.

• The Mountain Dragon King showed Jiang Xiu and Gu Yue the dormant remains of the Dragon Clan’s True Dragon warriors in Dragon Valley.
• Jiang Xiu removed Dragon Valley’s restrictions and summoned the Shadow Monarch to extract a Fire Dragon’s soul and skeleton.
• Jiang Xiu exhausted his power trying to extract the Fire Dragon but failed because the dragon had been dead too long.
• Jiang Xiu proposed giving the dragon corpses a trace of life so their souls could reenter their bodies and make extraction possible.
• Jiang Xiu considered Devil Island as a source of the Law of Life, while Tang Sect members shouted at the intruders outside the valley.

Jiang Xiu had the Mountain Dragon King annihilate the Tang Sect members who entered Dragon Valley, then learned that the Water and Fire Dragon Kings and another Dragon God counterpart might have fallen elsewhere. He and Gu Yue considered seeking the God-level Law of Life on Devil Island or the Gold of Life beneath the Star Dou Great Forest to revive the Dragon Clan.

• Jiang Xiu ordered the Mountain Dragon King to kill the Tang Sect members outside Dragon Valley, while Tang Wulin sensed danger and escaped by crushing his Dragon Pearl.
• The Mountain Dragon King crushed the Tang Sect disciples who charged him, leaving Tang Wulin as the only one of the group to escape Dragon Valley.
• After returning with the disciples reduced to dust, the Mountain Dragon King learned that the Tang Sect had claimed Dragon Valley and vowed to destroy it after his revival.
• The Mountain Dragon King told Jiang Xiu that the Water and Fire Dragon Kings had fallen on the Douluo Plane and that he had sensed another side of the Dragon God in a secret realm.
• Jiang Xiu connected that secret realm to a Destruction-attribute Soul Bone held by Yun Ming and planned to reclaim it from Shrek Academy along with the Secret of the Body.
• Gu Yue suggested that they lacked a God-level Law of Life, and Jiang Xiu proposed Devil Island while Gu Yue recalled the Gold of Life beneath the Star Dou Great Forest.

Jiang Xiu persuaded Gu Yue to use the Gold of Life to restore the Dragon Clan and drew her into helping him gather Dragon Cloud for Body Tempering. As Gu Yue summoned the clouds, Dai Yun'er lost the Dragon Cloud she had been trying to absorb, and Jiang Xiu turned his attention toward finding a certain unhatched Dragon Egg.

• Jiang Xiu convinced Gu Yue that the Gold of Life could help restore the Dragon Clan, and she agreed to discuss using it after they returned.
• Jiang Xiu planned to feed the Gold of Life to the Seed of Life and later have Elder Jin summon the Demon Plane so it could grow stronger.
• Gu Yue asked why Jiang Xiu cared so much about the Dragon Clan, and he told her he wanted to ease the burden of someone he cared about.
• After hearing Jiang Xiu's story about his impoverished Body Sect, Gu Yue offered him resources and summoned Dragon Cloud to help him with Body Tempering.
• Dai Yun'er tried to draw in her first cloud of Dragon Cloud, but Gu Yue's summons pulled it away, leaving Dai Yun'er close to tears.

Jiang Xiu absorbed Dragon Clouds in Dragon Valley and advanced his Flawless Golden Body, while Gu Yue ordered the Mountain Dragon King to seal the valley. Dai Yun'er was trapped when the exit closed, but Gu Yue let her escape; outside, Hu Jie learned Dragon Valley could no longer be found as he prepared to take up his new post at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Jiang Xiu drew in Dragon Clouds and pushed his Flawless Golden Body toward the Remolding stage, impressing Gu Yue and the Mountain Dragon King with his strength.
• Gu Yue ordered the Mountain Dragon King to close Dragon Valley, sealing the entrance while Dai Yun'er was still inside.
• Dai Yun'er's Dragon Pearl failed at the barrier, but Gu Yue told the Mountain Dragon King to open a gap and let her leave.
• Dai Yun'er emerged from Dragon Valley carrying dirt, and the Tang Sect members confirmed she was safe.
• Elder Wu told Hu Jie that the Tang Sect could no longer sense Dragon Valley, but Hu Jie dismissed the concern as he prepared to manage the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Jiang Xiu received the Dragon Clan Blessing, gained a domain, and perfected his Flawless Golden Body as the Dragon Souls pledged themselves to him. Meanwhile, Zhang Geyang secretly remained loyal to Jiang Xiu, and Qiangu Dongfeng left Shrek City, unaware that two powerful figures were watching him.

• Gu Yue gave Jiang Xiu the chance to receive the Dragon Clan Blessing, and the Mountain Dragon King assembled thousands of True Dragon Souls to guard him.
• Jiang Xiu promised to lead the Dragon Clan toward renewed glory, and the Dragon Souls gathered their power into a nine-colored crystal that settled on his right wrist.
• The blessing strengthened Jiang Xiu's spiritual power and gave him a domain, while his Flawless Golden Body reached its perfected state.
• Qiangu Dongfeng urged Zhang Geyang to kill Jiang Xiu, but Zhang Geyang secretly remained loyal to his Master and wished for Qiangu Dongfeng to be ambushed by two Quasi-Gods.
• Qiangu Dongfeng left Shrek City to handle matters in the East Sea, while a pair of gray-white eyes and a pair of Dark Gold Dragon Pupils watched him from the shadows.

Di Tian and the Underworld Emperor ambushed Qiangu Dongfeng to learn about the Spirit Pagoda's discovered Small World, while the Underworld Emperor secretly gathered information and framed Di Tian for stealing Qiangu's Storage Soul Tool. Di Tian learned the Small World was near the Star Dou Great Forest, and the Underworld Emperor left him to take the blame.

• Di Tian and the Underworld Emperor cornered Qiangu Dongfeng in the wilderness, then beat him unconscious after he refused to answer their questions.
• After the Underworld Emperor pretended to leave, Di Tian woke Qiangu Dongfeng and demanded the Small World's location; Qiangu said it was somewhere around the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Tian knocked Qiangu unconscious again and left to investigate, while the Underworld Emperor secretly listened from nearby using Level 9 Stealth Soul Tools.
• The Underworld Emperor retrieved his hidden Underworld Crow, learned about the Small World, and stole Qiangu's Storage Soul Tool.
• The Underworld Emperor wrote that Beast God Di Tian had taken Qiangu's belongings, then disappeared; when Qiangu woke and blamed Di Tian, Di Tian returned and realized he had been framed.

Da Ming and Er Ming discussed their confinement and the Silver Dragon King while Jiang Xiu and Gu Yue visited Dragon Valley after his breakthrough. They found the unhatched Fire Dragon King Jia Lin’s egg, which seemed to call Gu Yue and Jiang Xiu its parents.

• Da Ming and Er Ming wondered about Tang Wulin, the Silver Dragon King, and whether Tang San had truly considered them brothers.
• Jiang Xiu thanked Gu Yue for helping him break through, gaining the Thousand Dragon Domain and strength sufficient to withstand the Shadow Monarch’s Advent authority.
• Jiang Xiu promised the Mountain Dragon King he would turn Dragon Valley’s dragons into the Dragon Shadow Legion, and she gave him and Gu Yue keys to the valley.
• The Mountain Dragon King led Jiang Xiu and Gu Yue to the Fire Dragon King’s egg, and Jiang Xiu resolved to change Jia Lin’s fate.
• Jia Lin’s egg cried out as if calling Gu Yue and Jiang Xiu “Mommy and Daddy,” leaving Gu Yue embarrassed and Jiang Xiu confused.

Jiang Xiu and Gu Yue left Dragon Valley with the Mountain Dragon King's God-Level Soul Bone and returned separately to Star Luo Continent. As Jiang Xiu considered his plans for the Demon Plane, a third Soul Spirit, and his Soul Cores, Ya Li called him and caught him teasing her.

• Gu Yue reassured Jiang Xiu after the Fire Dragon Egg mistook them for its parents, and they confirmed that Jia Lin was safely incubating.
• The Mountain Dragon King gave Jiang Xiu his God-Level Torso Bone, and Jiang Xiu stored it while waiting to see whether the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon would yield a more suitable one.
• Jiang Xiu and Gu Yue used the dragon scale to leave Dragon Valley, then emerged above a valley on Star Luo Continent.
• Gu Yue chose to return separately and considered strengthening Di Tian's bloodline after learning that two Beast Kings had returned from the Divine Realm.
• At the Star Luo Hotel, Jiang Xiu planned his next steps, including the Demon Plane, a third Soul Spirit, and forming his first Soul Core while still a Soul Saint.
• Jiang Xiu answered Ya Li's call after pretending not to, and Ya Li asked whether he was feeling pleased with himself.