Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao and his companions reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where five Half-Saints attacked and Lin Hao captured them to become puppets. He revealed that the tree was ill and negotiated to enter alone, promising that it would visit the Misty Cloud Sect on future appearances.

• Lin Hao and his companions blasted through the magical beasts and reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, whose presence had stopped the beasts from attacking them.
• Five people emerged from the tree’s leaves, including a missing Ancient Clan Half-Saint, and attacked; Lin Hao captured all five, intending to turn them into puppets.
• The Ancient Clan elder pointed out the entrance in the trunk, but Xiao Yan warned the others to wait because Lin Hao had not entered.
• Lin Hao addressed the Bodhi Ancient Tree as Brother Bodhi and said he would treat its illness if it let him enter alone, then allowed only the Misty Cloud Sect to follow.
• Lin Hao proposed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree visit the Misty Cloud Sect whenever it emerged, offering gifts in exchange.

Lin Hao persuaded the Bodhi Ancient Tree to let him enter, while arguing that the Misty Cloud Sect should control its breakthrough opportunities. He left his allies outside, prompting Xiao Yan to suspect that Lin Hao’s entry concealed a danger or ulterior motive.

• Gu Xun'er realized Lin Hao wanted to monopolize the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and the gathered cultivators protested at the thought of losing access to its treasures.
• Lin Hao explained how the Misty Cloud Sect’s resources helped cultivators advance, but said breakthroughs to higher realms still required rare opportunities such as enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Lin Hao offered to cure the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illness in exchange for its cooperation, and it carried him inside on a leaf.
• Independent cultivators and Pill Tower experts entered the tree’s transparent vortex, while the Misty Cloud Sect, Burning Flame Valley, and Ancient Clan groups remained outside.
• Xiao Yan questioned why Lin Hao had entered alone and left his allies behind, leading Gu Xun'er and the Ancient Clan members to suspect something was wrong.

Xiao Yan gave up on the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s opportunity, while Lin Hao healed its corrupted consciousness and helped his companions experience a hundred lifetimes. After the tree vanished, Lin Hao’s agreement made the Misty Cloud Sect the focus of powerful cultivators seeking the Three Bodhi Treasures.

• Xiao Yan decided that the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s opportunity was too dangerous, and he led Gu Xun'er and the Ancient Clan members away.
• Lin Hao used Bodhi Seeds to awaken the tree’s original consciousness and disperse its evil consciousness, then the Bodhi Ancient Tree drew Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Yun Shan, Gu He, Tang Huo'er, and others into its true body.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sent the outsiders who had entered its illusion back out, while Lin Hao and his companions experienced a hundred lifetimes and gained Bodhi Hearts.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree returned everyone to the outside world and sank beneath the ground until its light disappeared.
• The gathered cultivators learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear next at the Misty Cloud Sect, and many considered joining the sect for a chance to obtain the Three Bodhi Treasures.

The Misty Cloud Sect’s annual recruitment in Gama Holy City drew people of all ages, but the sect abruptly barred applicants older than six. Liu Ling announced that older candidates could only join by crippling their cultivation and starting over, with their seed tier reduced according to age.

• The Misty Cloud Sect recruited children across the Jia Ma Empire and surrounding empires, assigning them seed tiers based on talent.
• Applicants over six lined up alongside children, including Dou Zongs and a Half-step Dou Zun seeking to join the sect.
• Liu Ling revealed his Dragon Phoenix Origin Flame and identified himself as the person in charge of recruitment.
• Liu Ling announced that the sect would no longer accept Dou Zhes older than six during the special period.
• Liu Ling told older applicants they could cripple their cultivation to start anew, but their seed tier would be lowered based on their age.

The Misty Cloud Sect required applicants to cripple their cultivation before joining, turning away powerful experts while accepting talented cultivators willing to start anew. A month-long energy vortex baffled the Dou Qi Continent until the sect revealed it had opened a passage to another plane, the Douluo Continent.

• Liu Ling refused a Half-Saint's request for an exception, and the old man and other high-level cultivators left rather than cripple their cultivation.
• One cultivator crippled his cultivation and joined after Liu Ling assessed his talent, while other young applicants also agreed to start over.
• A disciple asked why the sect imposed this rule, and Liu Ling explained that the Patriarch wanted to guard against infiltrators and foster loyalty to the sect.
• A vast vortex near the Misty Cloud Sect began drawing in the world's Dou Qi, prompting outsiders to speculate that Lin Hao had reached the Dou Di realm.
• After the disturbance continued for more than a month, the Misty Cloud Sect opened a passage to another plane and revealed it was connected to the Douluo Continent.

Lin Hao gathered his companions and the Misty Cloud Sect’s strongest members to travel to his Martial Soul’s Boundary Space, where they planned to establish a new sect headquarters. After arriving, he told Yun Shan to pass through another vortex to reach the headquarters on the Douluo Continent.

• Yun Yun introduced the assembled group, including Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, Cai Lin, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Tang Huo'er, who hoped to awaken Martial Souls.
• Lin Hao explained that Qing Lin’s chance to awaken a Martial Soul depended on her opportunity, while Cai Lin encouraged Nalan Yanran by pointing out that Han Feng had awakened one.
• Yun Shan led Lin Hao and the others through a vortex into the Boundary Space connecting the two worlds.
• Yun Shan proposed establishing the Misty Cloud Sect in the vast Boundary Space, and Lin Hao said the sect needed to grow strong enough to rule both worlds.
• Lin Hao directed Yun Shan to step through another vortex to the Misty Cloud Sect headquarters on the Douluo Continent.

Lin Hao brought the Misty Cloud Sect group to the Douluo Continent and arranged for Su Yuntao to awaken their Martial Souls. As Xiao Yi Xian began her awakening, a purple, poison-emitting Body Martial Soul appeared behind her.

• Lin Hao reunited with Tang San and introduced the arriving women and disciples, whose introductions led to misunderstandings about their relationships and seniority.
• Lin Hao described his agreement with Hun Tiandi to hand over the Xiao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade in one year in exchange for the Soul Clan sparing the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Lin Hao asked Yun Shan’s former guide, Su Yuntao, to preside over the Martial Soul awakenings, but Yun Shan’s strength shattered the crystal ball used to test Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao awakened Martial Souls for the selected experts, including swords for Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, a spear for Xiao Mei, and a cauldron for Gu He.
• Lin Hao called Xiao Yi Xian forward, and a purple, poison-emitting human figure appeared behind her as her Body Martial Soul awakened.

Qing Lin awakened a powerful eye-type Body Martial Soul, and Lin Hao arranged for the Misty Cloud Sect’s experts to obtain Spirit Rings. In the Divine Realm, the gods debated Lin Hao’s unauthorized connection between Douluo and the Battle Through the Heavens Plane, while Asura God discovered more outsiders had obtained Divine Slaughter’s Domain.

• Qing Lin awakened an emerald three-flower eye Martial Soul, which Lin Hao identified as a high-quality Body Martial Soul.
• Hai Bodong and the Misty Cloud Sect’s elders and other experts awakened their own Martial Souls.
• Lin Hao assigned his companions to help the newcomers obtain Spirit Rings, while he took responsibility for Gu He and Yun Shan.
• The Silver Dragon King’s injuries healed faster as natural energy from the Dou Qi Continent flowed into Douluo Continent.
• The gods debated whether Lin Hao’s connection between the two planes was a merit or a violation of Divine Realm rules, and the God of Destruction approved of his expansion.
• Asura God sensed that several more people had obtained Divine Slaughter’s Domain in Slaughter City and discovered that none were native to Douluo Continent.

Asura God persuaded the Divine Realm to launch an attack on Sea God Island and the Star Dou Great Forest, while Hun Tiandi continued gathering the pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade. The chapter ended with the Divine Realm preparing to strike as Lin Hao and the Silver Dragon King remained unaware of the danger.

• The gods learned that the new Sea God, Lin Hao, had caused chaos in the Divine Realm, and Asura God called for him to be punished.
• Asura God warned the gods that the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian were on Douluo Star, and several gods argued that the planet and its wormhole posed a threat.
• Asura God ordered the divine soldiers and generals to destroy Sea God Island and its wormhole and kill the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian.
• Hun Tiandi received the Yao Clan's piece of Tou She Ancient God Jade after the Soul Clan wiped out the clan.
• Hun Tiandi rejected an immediate attack on Lin Hao and planned to seize the Lightning Clan's and Ancient Clan's pieces before demanding Lin Hao's piece a year later.

Gu He and Yun Shan thanked Lin Hao for helping them obtain nine Spirit Rings as they headed to Sea God Island, where the Divine Realm began its assault on Douluo Star. The Asura God recognized Chen Xin as his descendant, while Chen Xin sensed a mysterious family connection to the red-haired god.

• Gu He thanked Lin Hao for helping him gather nine Spirit Rings and pass the Phoenix God's nine trials, while Yun Shan said Lin Hao had helped him obtain nine hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings.
• Lin Hao, Gu He, and Yun Shan flew toward Sea God Island, where those who had gathered nine Spirit Rings were to meet.
• A heavenly gate appeared above Sea God Island, and gods led by the Asura God emerged to punish the island and pursue the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian.
• The Goddess of Kindness questioned whether the Sea God had to be punished, but the Asura God said the battle could not be avoided and declared the Sea God's crimes too grave for him to live.
• The Asura God noticed Chen Xin among the worshipers, and Chen Xin told Gu Rong that the red-haired god felt familiar and seemed connected to his family.

The Silver Dragon King and her allies joined Lin Hao and the gods of Sea God Island as the Divine Realm attacked. After Lin Hao devastated the enemy forces, the God of Destruction and Asura God unleashed the Original Sin Divine Punishment, which began erasing Sea God Island’s highest mountain.

• The Silver Dragon King and Di Tian appeared beside Lin Hao, and the Silver Dragon King declared that she would remain on Douluo Star.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Venerable Tian Huo, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin arrived to help, while Zhu Zhuqing appeared as the Wind God and Shui Bing'er as the Ice God.
• The God of Evil ordered the attack, and the Silver Dragon King, Di Tian, and Lin Hao fought the Divine Realm’s forces.
• Lin Hao destroyed or incapacitated many First-Level Gods with World-Destroying Fire Lotuses and the Great Heavenly Creation Palm.
• The God of Destruction ordered the Three Realms Original Sin Formation, and Asura God summoned the Divine Realm’s nexus to begin the Divine Punishment.
• The seven Original Sin Gods and their followers summoned the Original Sin Divine Punishment, which began melting away Sea God Island’s tallest mountain.

Lin Hao broke the Seven Original Sins Divine Punishment Formation with Starry Sky Flame and survived Rong Nianbing’s Element-Stripping Blade through his Chaos Power. He revealed that his transformed Godhead was the Cosmic God’s, while Asura God recognized his power.

• Lin Hao used Star Plucking and Stellar Flame to crack and destroy the Seven Original Sins Divine Punishment Formation, injuring its gods and bringing down the heavenly soldiers and generals.
• Rong Nianbing attacked Lin Hao with the Element-Stripping Blade while the Seven Elemental Gods stood behind him.
• Lin Hao blocked the blade with a gray barrier, and the Goddess of Life explained that his divine power was Chaos Power.
• The Goddess of Life identified Lin Hao’s ten rings of light as proof that his Godhead had become something beyond the Sea God’s.
• Lin Hao announced, “Godhood: Cosmic God!” and Asura God noticed his power with a faint smile.

Lin Hao and the Five Great God Kings clashed in a decisive battle, but Asura God broke apart the Three Realms Judgment Sword at the last moment. Four God Kings died, Asura God was captured, and Lin Hao declared that the Divine Realm’s order would change.

• The Five Great God Kings combined their powers to unleash the Three Realms Judgment Sword as Lin Hao formed a Chaos Trident.
• Lin Hao met the Three Realms Judgment Sword with his trident, but Asura God split the divine weapon into five swords before they collided.
• Asura God explained that he had sacrificed the other four God Kings to prevent the Divine Realm from losing every God King, and the four died as their source powers dissipated.
• Lin Hao ordered Zhu Zhuqing to capture the injured Asura God alive.
• Lin Hao announced that history would be rewritten and offered the Divine Realm’s forces the chance to surrender and keep their positions and Godhood.

Lin Hao released Asura God after learning that he had helped bring down the four God Kings to clear the way for reforming the ailing God Realm. After distributing Godheads to his allies and securing the God Realm, Lin Hao prepared to lead them to the Dou Qi Continent.

• Lin Hao questioned Asura God, who explained that he had engineered the deaths of the four God Kings to give the God Realm a chance to recover.
• Lin Hao released Asura God but told him to leave, unable to forgive him despite understanding his motives.
• Lin Hao offered the Wind God's Godhead to Yun Yun, Yun Shan, and Nalan Yanran, assigned the Poison God's Godhead to Xiao Yi Xian, and gave the God of Emotions' Godhead to Qing Lin.
• Lin Hao distributed the remaining Godheads among his allies, and a month later they had absorbed their power as control of Douluo Continent and the God Realm was secured.
• Tang San rejected Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect after they sought Sea God Island's support, then urged Lin Hao to set out for the Dou Qi Continent.

Lin Hao brought Tang San and more than fifty others through the vortex to the Dou Qi Continent, where he arranged for their safety and prepared them for the unfamiliar world. As the Soul Clan threatened the Lightning Clan and sought the Ancient Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade, Lin Hao declined an alliance request and stayed with Yun Yun, who hoped to have a child before he left to seek the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Tang San condemned Tang Hao for plotting against Ah Yin’s spirit ring, while Ah Yin recovered in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and began cultivating under the Sea God’s Light.
• Lin Hao altered the Douluo Continent’s laws so Spirit Masters could raise their Soul Power Levels without spirit rings, then led Xiao Wu, Tang San, and more than fifty others through the vortex to the Dou Qi Continent.
• Lin Hao advised Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and the others to stay in the Star Realm until they learned the local rules, and he issued Offering Tokens to protect them.
• Lin Hao learned that the Soul Clan had attacked the Lightning Clan for the Tou She Ancient God Jade; warned by Mang Tianchi, the Lightning Clan avoided annihilation but suffered heavy losses.
• Yun Yun told Lin Hao that the Pill Tower and other Central Plains factions had invited the Misty Cloud Sect to ally against the Soul Clan, and Lin Hao questioned whether an alliance was necessary.
• Yun Yun worried that she could not become pregnant, and Lin Hao comforted her before she suggested they spend time together ahead of his trip for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Lin Hao and Tang Huo'er entered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's cave estate, where Lin Hao recognized the Pure Lotus Demon Saint's illusion and broke free. He awakened Tang Huo'er, who revealed that her illusion had shown her consummating her marriage with him.

• Lin Hao and Tang Huo'er waited for the sky crack to open as Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er arrived to seek the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• When the cave estate appeared, Lin Hao and Tang Huo'er entered the crack together, followed by Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er.
• Inside the estate, Lin Hao realized the apparent Tang Huo'er was an illusion and shattered it with his words.
• Lin Hao found the other entrants trapped in illusions and awakened Tang Huo'er by tapping her glabella.
• Tang Huo'er blushed and admitted that her illusion had shown Lin Hao subduing the flame before the two of them consummated their marriage.

Lin Hao and Tang Huo'er entered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s domain, where Lin Hao freed Xiao Chen and saw through the layered illusions. Lin Hao subdued the flame and began absorbing its origin.

• Lin Hao dismissed Xiao Yan as unworthy of his attention and led Tang Huo'er through the hall’s Flame Slaves, burning them away with gray flames.
• Xiao Chen attacked Lin Hao, but Lin Hao restrained him with a soul technique and broke the control over his mind, then told him to wait while he faced the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Lin Hao recognized the white-clothed Pure Lotus Demon Saint on the second floor as an illusion, sealed Tang Huo'er's consciousness, and dispelled the illusion.
• Lin Hao revealed that the white-clothed figure in the magma world was the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s form.
• Lin Hao claimed mastery over the domain, bound the flame with magma, reduced it to a milky-white fire lotus, and began devouring its origin.

After absorbing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Lin Hao reached Nine-Star Dou Sheng, while Tang Huo'er gained a trace of its purification power through her Nine Dragon Lightning Flame. Hun Tiandi became a Dou Di and destroyed the Ancient Clan, but Lin Hao hinted that he had deliberately given him the final Ancient Emperor Jade as part of a plan.

• Lin Hao absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's source fire, reached Nine-Star Dou Sheng, and developed corrupt fire in his dantian.
• Tang Huo'er joined Lin Hao, and Burning Flame Ancestor confirmed that her Nine Dragon Lightning Flame had gained the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's purification power.
• A blood-red sun appeared as Hun Tiandi broke through to Dou Di and began attacking the continent; Tang Huo'er told Tang Zhen and Burning Flame Ancestor that Lin Hao planned to use Hun Tiandi as a villain before defeating him.
• After the Ancient Clan was annihilated, Hun Tiandi confronted Lin Hao outside the Star Realm and asked whether he regretted giving him the final Ancient Emperor Jade.
• Lin Hao asked Hun Tiandi why he would have handed over the jade despite knowing Hun Tiandi possessed the other seven, making Hun Tiandi suspect a plot.

Lin Hao revealed that he had helped Hun Tiandi gather the Ancient Emperor Jades to free the Old Dragon Emperor, then defeated Hun Tiandi with the aid of gods from the Douluo God Realm and Ning Rongrong. The story ended with the Misty Cloud Sect ruling both planes under Lin Hao, followed by the author asking readers to pray for those missing at the port in XZ.

• Lin Hao told Hun Tiandi that his first purpose was to gather the Ancient Emperor Jades and free his father-in-law, the Old Dragon Emperor.
• Lin Hao summoned gods from the Douluo God Realm, and Hun Tiandi realized Lin Hao had let him rise to power so he could be destroyed.
• Lin Hao and Hun Tiandi transformed and fought, with Lin Hao combining the gods' power and the energy of his exploding Spirit Rings.
• Hun Tiandi sacrificed Soul Clan members to empower the Emperor-Slaying Blade, while Ning Rongrong's support skill increased Lin Hao's attributes.
• Lin Hao bound Hun Tiandi with the Sea God's Thirteen Halberds and killed him with the Sea God's Trident and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The author said the Misty Cloud Sect ruled both planes under Lin Hao and asked readers to pray for those missing at the port in XZ.