Chapter Summaries

Tang San survived the battle and woke beside Xiao Wu, then learned that the Technology Federation was retreating and left the decision to Dai Mubai. In Suotuo City-State’s ruins, he approached Chen Hong’s statue, where a veiled woman stood amid offerings of flowers.

• Tang San awoke beside Xiao Wu and reassured her, calling her Da Wu because she had grown up.
• A Sea Soul Master asked whether to intercept the retreating Technology Federation, and Tang San learned White Tiger Douluo had advised against it.
• Tang San told the Sea Soul Master to let Dai Mubai decide what to do, then led Da Wu into Suotuo City-State’s ruins.
• Tang San saw Chen Hong’s blood-sword-pierced statue and reflected on his former teacher as Da Wu watched with mixed feelings.
• Tang San and Da Wu approached the flower-covered plaza, where a veiled figure in a Black Bamboo Hat stood before Chen Hong’s statue.

Tang San learned that Chen Hong had erased his connection to the Asura Law, leaving him as a Level Two Sea God, while new divine inheritances descended across the Douluo Continent. The bamboo-hatted girl entered the City of Slaughter and began preparing to cultivate an Undying Flower in its bloody depths as a tsunami struck the continent.

• Tang San explained that Chen Hong had removed the Asura Divine Power from him, and the bamboo-hatted girl acknowledged that the Asura Demonic Sword could only be touched through conceptual power.
• The bamboo-hatted girl left southwest, while Tang San set out to meet the other Divine Inheritors after more than ten divine inheritances descended, including ones for Tang Hao and Dai Mubai.
• The bamboo-hatted girl crossed a desert hotel and entered the underground City of Slaughter.
• The bamboo-hatted girl revealed her intention to use the Slaughter Space as fertile soil for an Undying Flower and raised a Cyan Lotus against the city's five-star citizens.
• A tsunami arrived on the Douluo Continent.

Mermaid siblings Kelly and Kevin explored the immense dark structure hidden beneath Black Whale Coral Reef, where Kevin wanted to show her a secret. Kelly grew serious when Kevin mentioned wishing to see the continent across the sea, and the chapter ended with him leading her deeper into the ruins.

• Kelly searched for Kevin beneath the coral reef and warned him that their mother had forbidden them from entering the God Burial Ruins.
• Kevin lured Kelly into the dark tunnels, evading her attempts to catch him as they teased each other about her past tricks.
• Kevin and Kelly swam through the vast buried structure, which Kelly recognized as resembling the beginnings of a great iron ship.
• Kevin said he wished he could visit the continent across the sea, and Kelly sternly told him not to say such things again.
• Kevin urged Kelly to hurry so he could show her the huge secret he had discovered beneath Black Whale Coral Reef.

Kelly confirmed that Kevin could see a seemingly untouchable black pearl in a cave beneath the Black Whale Coral Reef, then caught it when it vanished from its place. Touching the pearl pulled her consciousness to a courtyard in Suotuo City, where she came face-to-face with a familiar man who greeted her after a long absence.

• Kevin led Kelly into a cave to show her the glowing black pearl that the other children could not see or touch.
• Kelly saw the pearl and reassured Kevin that she believed him, then demonstrated that she could see it too.
• The pearl disappeared from its place, and Kelly found it caught in her hand as Kevin panicked at seeing it there.
• Kelly's consciousness was drawn into the pearl, and she found herself in the courtyard in Suotuo City where she had once lived and studied soul guides.
• A man appeared in the pavilion and greeted Kelly, saying he had not expected to see her after waking from a long nap.

Chen Hong awakened inside Kelly’s memories and brought her back to consciousness aboard the Black Whale Ship. He led Kelly and Little Kevin through the darkness, explaining the legendary ship’s history as they swam toward the outside.

• Chen Hong shattered the world inside Kelly’s memories and pulled her out of it.
• Kelly woke as Kevin shook her, then recognized Chen Hong when he appeared before her.
• Chen Hong joked that Kelly looked like Little Kevin’s mother, prompting Kelly and Kevin to protest.
• Chen Hong took Little Kevin’s hand and swam through the Black Whale Ship, with Kelly following close behind.
• Chen Hong explained that the Black Whale Ship was the first soul-conduit carrier and Black Nether Class warship, and recounted its battles before it sank near Sea Soul Island.

Chen Hong explained to Kelly how he appeared through Little Kevin’s Sage’s Ring and her memories, then revealed he had escaped an endless void using her memories as an anchor. He offered to let Kelly be a mother to Little Kevin as they stood among the ruins of Sea Soul City-State.

• Chen Hong told Kelly he had altered Little Kevin’s memories so the boy saw him as an all-powerful big brother contrasted with his supposedly useless sister.
• Chen Hong sent Little Kevin away to play and led Kelly toward the surface, asking her about the current year.
• Kelly said it was Godfall Year 47, and Chen Hong remarked that Poseidon had unknowingly interfered with time for a long period.
• Chen Hong explained that Little Kevin could see him because his Sage’s Ring bore Chen Hong’s mark, while Kelly could also touch him through their shared memories.
• Chen Hong told Kelly he had used her memories as an anchor to escape the endless void, and offered to give her Little Kevin if she wanted to be a mother.

Chen Hong spoke with Kelly at the Sea Soul Ruins about revenge, self-deception, and the freedom to choose one’s own life, then frightened her into tears by threatening to eliminate her. The arrival of a Mermaid Female General, whom Kelly called her big sister, left Kelly accusing Chen Hong of bullying her.

• Chen Hong told Kelly that he would not alter others’ memories and rejected the idea that anything naturally belonged to him.
• Kelly asked whether Chen Hong planned to take revenge or reclaim what had been his, and he called such claims self-deception.
• Chen Hong teased Kelly about being little, and Kelly insisted she was big.
• Chen Hong said he could choose to eliminate Kelly, frightening her into admitting she was little and crying.
• A Mermaid Female General arrived, and Kelly cried to her big sister that Chen Hong had bullied her.

Chen Hong traveled with Kelly and Little Kevin toward the Mermaid Kingdom while explaining that he had become a unique Soul Beast and reflecting on his hidden plans concerning the Asura God King. He recalled overpowering the Silver Dragon King but being prevented by the God Realm’s system from killing her, and resolved to break free of that system.

• Thetis Kailin carried Kelly and Little Kevin north toward the Mermaid Kingdom while Chen Hong followed unseen by everyone but Kelly.
• Chen Hong told Kelly that he was no longer human but a unique Soul Beast whose race, gender, and name were all Chen Hong.
• Chen Hong reflected that he had anticipated the Asura God King’s descent and believed his higher-dimensional soul made him impossible for ordinary beings to kill.
• Chen Hong recalled pinning down the Silver Dragon King in the Dimension of Rules but being unable to kill her because the God Realm’s system preserved her.
• Chen Hong remembered abandoning his ascension within the God Realm’s system and choosing instead to break that old system.

Chen Hong and the three merfolk siblings approached the Ice and Snow Empire’s expanding glacier wall, which was being built toward Sun and Moon Continent. As the siblings swam beneath the glaciers to report the empire’s movements, Chen Hong watched from above and saw the beings on the White Mountain Range begin to stir.

• Chen Hong and the merfolk siblings reached the White Mountain Range, where Ice Soul Beasts were rapidly building a Great Wall of Ice across the sea.
• The Mermaid Female General told Mermaid Kelly and Little Kevin that the Ice and Snow Empire was trying to connect to Sun and Moon Continent, and explained the barriers and dangerous sea routes around Douluo Continent.
• Mermaid Kelly wondered if the Ice God had betrayed them, and the Mermaid Female General decided they should report the glacier’s expansion to the Queen.
• Mermaid Kelly and Little Kevin persuaded the Mermaid Female General to lead them beneath the sea instead of turning back, while Chen Hong silently followed.
• Chen Hong transformed and watched from the clouds as the three siblings disappeared beneath the glaciers, then saw the beings on the White Mountain Range begin to stir.

At the edge of the White Mountain Range, Zhao Ming and his father discussed the Ice and Snow Empire’s survival and its inherited technology before an alert revealed merfolk beneath the sealed North Sea. Zhao Ming fused with the ice silkworm and plunged into the sea to intercept them, while his father spotted a black shadow in the sky.

• Zhao Ming listened as his father recalled the Technology Federation, the Ice and Snow Empire’s origins, and the Food Converter that sustained its people.
• The ice silkworm sensed movement, and Zhao Ming asked it to lend him its Mental Power.
• Zhao Ming summoned his Soul Rings and fused with the ice silkworm, forming a Gold Patterned White Bear with immense Mental Power.
• Zhao Ming discovered merfolk beneath the North Sea and leaped into the water to stop them while someone went to notify the Ice Scorpion King.
• Zhao Ming’s father looked up and wondered if he had seen a black shadow in the sky.

The Ice and Snow Empire used Level Nine Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons to trap and bombard the fleeing mermaids. After the Ice God's Flower wounded the Mermaid Female General, she sent Kelly and Kevin ahead and prepared to face the Gold Patterned White Bear alone.

• The Gold Patterned White Bear attacked the mermaids fleeing through the shallow Ice Sea and ordered Frost Base to seal off the sea.
• Frost Base fired Ice God's Flowers that raised a vast ice wall across the mermaids' escape route, then launched a second barrage at their coordinates.
• The Mermaid Female General was struck by sharp ice crystals and Cold Poison as the bombardment bloomed across the seafloor.
• The Mermaid Female General punched a hole through the ice wall and sent Kelly and Kevin through it, telling them to keep diving.
• The Mermaid Female General emerged onto the surface and confronted the approaching Gold Patterned White Bear with Ocean Battle Armor and a Water Blade.

Frost Bear Douluo Zhao Ming fought Mermaid Princess Kailin to protect the Ice and Snow Empire’s secret White Great Wall project, while orcas hunted Kelly and Little Kevin. Chen Hong confronted Kelly and offered her survival in exchange for forgetting him, leaving her to choose between her memories and her life.

• Zhao Ming transformed into the Gold Patterned White Bear and attacked Kailin after she refused to side with the Ice and Snow Empire.
• Zhao Ming explained that the Ice and Snow Empire was secretly building the White Great Wall route to the Sun and Moon Continent and feared the plan would be exposed.
• A giant ice scorpion and a pack of Ocean-Sweeping Orcas pursued the mermaids through a trench.
• Kelly fled with Little Kevin as Chen Hong, wearing a Coral Mask, appeared atop the Bloody Orca chasing them.
• Chen Hong used Mind Overclock to offer Kelly a chance to survive if she gave up all memories of him.

Kelly awakened an Ultimate Ice bloodline after choosing to save Kevin, though she could no longer remember what she had lost. She negotiated a truce with Frost Bear Douluo Zhao Ming, and the mermaids were taken into custody while Chen Hong watched from above.

• Kelly emerged from the ice carrying Kevin, her new Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass rune breaking the Ice Scorpion King's attack.
• Kelly asked Frost Bear Douluo Zhao Ming to spare the mermaids in exchange for their noninterference, and she warned that the Ice and Snow Empire might otherwise destroy their clan.
• The Ancient Mermaid objected to Kelly's proposal, but fell silent after Kelly argued that the clan should stay out of the empire's affairs.
• Zhao Ming accepted the truce, and Kelly and Kevin put on Soul Guidance Handcuffs that suppressed most of their Soul Power.
• The Mermaid Female General withdrew her Soul Beast True Form, and Zhao Ming escorted her, Kelly, and Kevin toward the Extreme North Plateau.
• Chen Hong watched alone from above the storm and said that this was only the beginning.

Chen Hong reclaimed his Reality Anchor from Kelly and met his former teacher, Zhao Wuji, on the White Mountain Range. He shared a drink with the aging Zhao Wuji, who recounted his past and eventually passed out, while Chen Hong quietly watched over him.

• Chen Hong watched Kelly disappear into the blizzard after reclaiming his Reality Anchor from her memories.
• Chen Hong descended onto the White Mountain Range and greeted Zhao Wuji, who recognized his familiar aura.
• Chen Hong and Zhao Wuji went to a warm room, where Zhao Wuji prepared food and wine and began telling stories about his past.
• Zhao Wuji recounted his clash with Dai Mubai, his recovery, and meeting his wife, while Chen Hong listened and humored him.
• Zhao Wuji drunkenly admitted that Chen Hong could take whatever he wanted, and Chen Hong silently watched him before smiling.

Chen Hong left Zhao Wuji behind and traveled to Heaven Dou City, seeking to recover the marks he had left in the world so he could gain enough processing power to control his body. There, he learned Poseidon had become the Third Generation Sea God and realized Poseidon now stood in the way of his plans; Chen Hong then headed toward a top academy.

• Chen Hong placed an Earth Dragon Golden Gourd pattern on Zhao Wuji, then left as the woman tucked Zhao Wuji in.
• As Chen Hong crossed the snowstorm, he assessed his powerful body and limited ability to control it, concluding that reclaiming his existence anchor and past marks would increase his processing power.
• Three days later, Chen Hong reached Heaven Dou City and found the Slaughter God Hall built where Spirit Hall had stood.
• Chen Hong learned that Poseidon had become the Third Generation Sea God after Tang San lost the Asura Divine Position, and he inferred that the Asura God King had separated from Poseidon.
• Chen Hong left the Slaughter God Hall and headed toward a top academy in the city.

Chen Hong learned from Yu Xiaogang about Tang San’s loss of the Sea God position and the twenty gods now living in the Douluo Realm. After spotting Ye Lingling’s unusual divine title, Chen Hong offered Yu Xiaogang a chance to become young again, but Yu Xiaogang refused because he did not want to forget him.

• Yu Xiaogang told Chen Hong that Poseidon reclaimed the Sea God position after Tang San failed to improve it, and that the Rakshasa God Position had also been reclaimed.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that he had reached Spirit King through Shrek Academy’s support, though his aging body was failing, and warned that people across the sea might return to fight.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Chen Hong a book listing the twenty gods currently in the Douluo Realm.
• Chen Hong found Ye Lingling listed as the Azure Lotus Demonic Venerable and noticed several unusual divine titles among the soul beasts.
• Chen Hong offered Yu Xiaogang a deal to return to his youth, but Yu Xiaogang refused to forget him.

Yu Xiaogang reflected on his lifelong rivalry with Chen Hong and found peace before dying in Chen Hong’s presence. After Yu Xiaogang’s final words and death, Chen Hong revealed his anger and vowed to kill the Slaughter God.

• Yu Xiaogang refused Chen Hong’s offer and explained how he had come to understand their past through Shrek Academy’s records and his later experiences.
• Yu Xiaogang described how he had tried to escape Chen Hong’s shadow, then realized his own ambitions were tied to following, becoming, and surpassing him.
• Yu Xiaogang spoke of Chen Hong’s fall and the light he had tried to preserve, while Chen Hong listened in silence.
• Yu Xiaogang removed the Coral Mask from Chen Hong and recognized him before his arm fell and he died.
• Chen Hong placed the mask in Yu Xiaogang’s hand and swore he wanted the Slaughter God dead.

Chen Hong used the Black Lotus Soul Eye to keep Yu Xiaogang’s soul from passing into death and urged him to pass on the legacy he had spent his life building. Yu Xiaogang’s soul merged with Chen Hong, who left Shrek Academy and headed north, carrying the insight that would let him enter Comprehensive Solution.

• Chen Hong used the Black Lotus Soul Eye to halt the Death Law as it tried to take Yu Xiaogang’s soul.
• Chen Hong challenged Yu Xiaogang to pass his knowledge on, and Yu Xiaogang’s soul regained clarity and began to shine.
• Yu Xiaogang’s soul became a firefly and merged into Chen Hong, granting him the ability to enter Comprehensive Solution.
• Chen Hong saw Yu Xiaogang peacefully asleep with the Coral Mask and left; soon afterward, others discovered that Yu Xiaogang had died.
• Chen Hong left Heaven Dou City and traveled north as streams of light converged on the city for Yu Xiaogang’s funeral.

Chen Hong reunited with Snow Empress on a mountain peak and explained that the Conflict of the Two Gods had not ended in a draw: Tang San’s failed Asura Divine Position inheritance meant Chen Hong’s faction had won. He began explaining how the Douluo Realm could support so many gods, leaving Snow Empress with a new understanding of the conflict.

• Chen Hong climbed to the summit and reunited with Snow Empress, who said she had spent fifty years puzzling over his apparent defeat.
• Chen Hong explained that the conflict’s original purpose had remained intact and that Tang San’s failed inheritance meant his faction had won.
• Chen Hong pointed out that Tang San’s loss of the Asura Divine Position left the question of who could become the second Asura God King.
• Chen Hong explained that the Douluo Realm could support many gods despite being a Small World, and began comparing its capacity with the Abyss Planes.

Chen Hong explained to Snow Empress how the God Realm’s Divine Position Rain and its effort to create an Angel God King fit into his contingency plans. After surviving Asura’s attempt to kill him and activating several backups, Chen Hong had gained a Super Divine Body, though even he did not fully understand its power.

• Chen Hong told Snow Empress that the God Realm wanted to create God Kings and might be trying to make him one through the Angel God King plan.
• Chen Hong explained that the Angel God King’s success could either derail Tang San’s Asura Divine Trial or leave a God King slot unoccupied.
• Chen Hong revealed that he had arranged many possible routes, including a plan for his death, and that their outcomes had become intertwined.
• Chen Hong said Qian Daoliu had tested whether a God King could kill him, giving the God Realm a new answer when Asura failed to do so.
• Chen Hong revealed that he had left behind one of his Soul Eyes and activated several backups, ultimately gaining a Super Divine Body.