Chapter Summaries

Xue Beng, Huo Wushuang, and Yao Zi beat Cheng Gang after he attacked them over the Snow Maiden, a transformed soul beast. Other factions’ experts arrived and surrounded the three, while Star Luo’s consecrated members demanded an explanation.

• Cheng Gang attacked the three with his ninth soul skill after accusing them of harboring the Snow Maiden.
• Huo Wushuang, Yao Zi, and Xue Beng shattered his attack, overpowered him, and beat him while keeping his Soul Power sealed.
• Cheng Gang begged them to stop and regretted provoking the Dou Ling Empire’s students for the sake of a soul bone.
• Experts from the Star Luo Empire, major sects, Sun Moon Empire, and Shrek Academy arrived and intervened.
• Four Star Luo Titled Douluo surrounded Xue Beng and the others, who withdrew without showing fear.
• The Star Luo consecrated members asked why the three Dou Ling Empire fighters had attacked Cheng Gang.

Star Luo’s Titled Douluo tried to seize Snow Maiden, claiming she was a ferocious beast, but Lin Ya appeared to protect her. Lin Ya killed Shattered Star Douluo with a single glance, leaving the arena stunned.

• Cheng Gang accused Snow Maiden of being the transformed Heavenly Snow Woman, and Star Luo’s and Sun Moon Empire’s Titled Douluo demanded to verify her identity.
• Xue Beng admitted Snow Maiden was a transformed soul beast and vowed that no one would touch her, while Yao Zi shielded her and challenged the gathered Titled Douluo.
• Shattered Star Douluo, Xuanji Douluo, and Huang Jinxu unleashed a coordinated attack aimed at killing Snow Maiden.
• Lin Ya appeared behind Snow Maiden and asked whether the attackers had sought his permission to touch his people.
• Shattered Star Douluo attacked Lin Ya, but Lin Ya’s divine spiritual pressure overwhelmed him and killed him with a glance.

After Lin Ya killed Shattered Star Douluo and threatened to destroy the Star Luo Empire, Emperor Xu Jiawei pleaded for his people. Cheng Gang sacrificed himself to win Lin Ya’s forgiveness, and the chapter ended with Xu Jiawei suspecting the Dou Ling and Heaven Dou Empires were hiding something as the continent faced upheaval.

• Lin Ya spread icy power across Star Luo City and threatened to destroy the Star Luo Empire because Cheng Gang had attacked Snow Maiden.
• Xu Jiawei bowed to Lin Ya and offered compensation, but Xue Beng argued that Cheng Gang had to pay for his offense.
• Cheng Gang killed himself, asking Lin Ya to spare the Star Luo Empire.
• Lin Ya left with Little Snow Maiden after warning Xu Jiawei to keep his people in line.
• Xu Jiawei ordered the dead buried and accused the Dou Ling and Heaven Dou Empires of hiding information, predicting that the Douluo Continent was about to change.

The major powers reacted to news of Lin Ya, a god who had appeared on Douluo Continent, while Tang San prepared to descend to the lower realm. At the tournament, Little Snow Maiden defeated Cloud Luo Academy’s first competitor in one move, leaving the match poised for the next challenger.

• Du Busi, the Dou Ling Empire, and Kong Deming reacted to news of Lin Ya’s power and his conflict with the Star Luo Empire.
• Elder Zhuang, Yan Shaozhe, and Mu En discussed Lin Ya’s origins and uncertain stance, while Tang San called for the Divine King Council and prepared to descend.
• Little Snow Maiden told Xue Beng that the Star Luo Empire had compensated her with a hundred-thousand-year spiritual-type skull bone.
• The Dou Ling Academy drew a one-on-one format against Cloud Luo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy, and Meng Yiran sent Little Snow Maiden out while the others continued hiding their strength.
• Little Snow Maiden shattered Ma Yingjun’s Class 4 Soul Tools with an Octagonal Mysterious Ice Spike and knocked him out of the arena, then challenged the Cloud Luo Team to send its next competitor.

Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm realized Lin Xue'er was the transformed Snow Empress, bearing Soul Rings from the Ice Empress and Xiao Bai. Lin Xue'er then crushed Cloud Luo Team’s challengers, leaving Dou Ling Academy with a complete victory.

• Huo Yuhao sensed Lin Xue'er's five genuine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm identified her as the Snow Empress with the Ice Empress and Xiao Bai's Soul Rings.
• Lin Xue'er used Ice Emperor's Body Protection to withstand Shang Yue's attacks, then shattered Shang Yue's blades with Ice Empress's Pincer and knocked her out of the match.
• After Cloud Luo Team's morale collapsed, captain Situ Yu stepped forward and asked Lin Xue'er for a match to determine the team's fate.
• Situ Yu deployed Fortress Tactics and fired his six Soul Tool cannons, but Lin Xue'er advanced through the barrage and destroyed his armor with Ice Empress's Pincer.
• Situ Yu fell out of bounds and forfeited, and the referee declared Dou Ling Academy the winner after the entire Cloud Luo Team conceded.

Twilight Cloud Vine recognized Living Gold hidden inside the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife and competed with Huo Yuhao to buy it at the Starlight Auction House. Lin Ya sent her one million Gold Soul Coins, allowing her to outbid Huo Yuhao, though the auction had not yet concluded.

• Twilight Cloud Vine attended the Starlight Auction House while traveling and considered leaving when the items were all Soul Tools.
• Qing Ya presented the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife and explained its history of bringing misfortune to its owners.
• Twilight Cloud Vine sensed Living Gold inside the knife and bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, then raised her bid to one hundred and fifty thousand.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the Living Gold and bid against Twilight Cloud Vine, with his companions pooling their money to support him.
• Lin Ya sent Twilight Cloud Vine a bag containing one million Gold Soul Coins, and she raised her bid to three hundred thousand, leaving Huo Yuhao unable to match it.

After Dugu Yan reached level 95, she and Lin Ya went to watch the tournament, where Long Aotian questioned the Little Snow Maiden about why she had joined Dou Ling Academy. The Dou Ling Team then prepared for its seven-on-seven match against Qianling Team, assigning Solitary Bamboo Sword, Xiao Feng, and Qian Yuan to fight.

• Dugu Yan celebrated reaching level 95, and Lin Ya invited her to watch the matches.
• Long Aotian defeated Chen Bick, drawing cheers and unsettling Sun Moon Academy with his age and level.
• Long Aotian asked the Little Snow Maiden why she had joined Dou Ling Academy, and she explained that Lin Ya was Xue Ya of the imperial family.
• Long Aotian considered switching teams to serve Lin Ya, but the Little Snow Maiden rejected his offer and he returned to Di'ao Team.
• Meng Yiran selected Solitary Bamboo Sword, Xiao Feng, and Qian Yuan to face Qianling Team, and Solitary Bamboo Sword confidently accepted.

Dou Ling Academy sent only Solitary Bamboo Sword, Xiao Feng, and Qian Yuan against Qianling Academy’s seven, and their domain and coordinated attacks dismantled the opposing team’s defenses. As Shen Ce prepared to unleash his ice-and-fire-enhanced spear, Solitary Bamboo Sword revealed six Soul Rings and proved he was a Soul Emperor.

• Qianling Academy formed a four-shield defense while An Lengye and Fei Yuyan enhanced Shen Ce with ice and fire, raising his power to near Soul Emperor level.
• Solitary Bamboo Sword activated the Black Jade Divine Bamboo Domain, weakening Qianling Academy and strengthening Dou Ling Academy.
• Xiao Feng used Bewitching Maze to disorient the four shield brothers, and Qian Yuan shattered their Shield Wall and eliminated all four.
• Shen Ce completed his dual enchantments and prepared to attack with the Thousand-Strikes Spear.
• Solitary Bamboo Sword released six Soul Rings, including two black rings, shocking the spectators with his Soul Emperor rank.

Solitary Bamboo Sword revealed himself as a Soul Emperor and led Dou Ling Academy to defeat Qianling Team after Shen Ce’s Ice-Fire Dual Enchantment failed against his Black Jade Divine Sword. Huo Yuhao then realized Solitary Bamboo Sword was neither Dou Ling Academy’s captain nor vice-captain, raising the possibility that the team had three Soul Emperors.

• Solitary Bamboo Sword revealed his Soul Emperor strength, shocking Xiao Hongchen, Ma Rulong, and the remaining Qianling Team members.
• Shen Ce launched his strongest Ice-Fire Dual Enchantment attack, but Solitary Bamboo Sword broke it with his fifth soul skill, Black Jade Divine Sword, and Cloudflow Swordsmanship.
• Solitary Bamboo Sword used Wind Scattering Shadows to eliminate Shen Ce’s two teammates, then sent Shen Ce flying from the arena.
• The referee declared Dou Ling Academy the winner, and the crowd erupted over its three-against-seven victory.
• Huo Yuhao worried about Solitary Bamboo Sword’s strength, then realized he was not Dou Ling Academy’s captain or vice-captain and wondered whether the team had three Soul Emperors.

Lin Ya helped Xue Beng and Huo Wushuang prepare for Martial Soul evolutions, then fused Living Gold into Twilight Cloud Vine, raising her to rank 95. At the God Realm Committee, Tang San called for a Divine King vote to authorize his descent to Douluo Continent.

• Lin Ya gave Xue Beng a Golden Brilliance soul bone and a light-attribute Dragon Spirit Grass, while Huo Wushuang received a Dragon Spirit Grass suited to his Martial Soul.
• Lin Ya fused Living Gold into Twilight Cloud Vine, awakening her Life Evergreen Vine’s vitality and raising her Soul Power from rank 94 to rank 95.
• Twilight Cloud Vine asked Lin Ya to stay with her, and Lin Ya kissed her.
• Tang San told the God Realm Committee he wanted to descend to the lower realm because Douluo Continent had deviated from its expected course, though nothing seemed wrong there.
• The God of Destruction refused Tang San’s request, so Tang San invoked his authority as the Shura God to initiate a Divine King vote.

Tang San won the Divine King vote to descend to Douluo Continent and investigate the planar anomaly. After he left, the other God of Destruction, Little Purple, was mistaken for his counterpart and walked with the Life Goddess.

• Tang San called for a vote on descending to Douluo Continent, and the God of Destruction and Life Goddess voted against him.
• Lie Yan and Ji Dong both voted in favor, giving Tang San the majority and overturning the God of Destruction's expected victory.
• The God of Destruction warned Tang San not to cause trouble before leaving, and Tang San departed after telling Lie Yan and Ji Dong they could contact him.
• The Life Goddess found Little Purple, who had arrived from another world and mistaken her counterpart for Xiao Lu, the Life Goddess he knew.
• Little Purple recalled the future deaths of himself and Xiao Lu and asked the Life Goddess to walk around the God Realm with him.

Tang San watched the tournament while investigating Lin Ya and mistook Xue Beng in Dou Ling Academy’s waiting area for someone who merely resembled him. In the match between Ye Guyi and Yu Mengdi, the two revealed their Holy Angel Martial Souls, and Ye Guyi began a mysterious incantation as Yu Mengdi’s powerful attack closed in.

• Tang San arrived at Star Luo Square to search for Lin Ya and spotted Xue Beng among Dou Ling Academy’s supporters, though he doubted his eyes.
• Yu Mengdi opened the match for Zheng Tian Academy by revealing her Holy Angel Martial Soul and identifying herself as a Level 56 Soul King.
• Ye Guyi revealed an identical Holy Angel Martial Soul and introduced herself as a Level 55 Soul King from the New Interception Sect.
• Yu Mengdi attacked Ye Guyi with Holy Twin Swords and then combined her skills into a Sacred Radiance Cross Slash.
• Ye Guyi faced the incoming attack and recited an incantation beginning, “Heaven and Earth’s Mysterious Sect, root of all primordial breath.”

Ye Guyi used the Golden Light Mantra to withstand Yu Mengdi’s attacks, then defeated her with her Angel Holy Sword. After the match, Lin Ya considered whether Ye Guyi could inherit the Angel Godhood and noticed Tang San nearby.

• Ye Guyi’s Golden Light Mantra dissolved Yu Mengdi’s Sacred Radiance Cross Slash and sacred flames, drawing Tang San’s attention.
• Yu Mengdi strengthened herself with Angel’s Blessing and attacked with God-Sealing Slash, but Ye Guyi’s golden barrier held.
• Ye Guyi suppressed and bound Yu Mengdi with Holy Hymn and Holy Light Spirit Array, then struck her with her golden-wrapped Angel Holy Sword.
• The referee declared Ye Guyi the winner, and the crowd cheered as Yu Mengdi was carried off the stage, unable to fight.
• Tang San praised Ye Guyi’s talent and reflected that she might inherit the Angel Godhood, while Lin Ya discussed her potential with Dugu Yan and watched Tang San.

Ye Guyi defeated Zheng Tian Academy’s sixth contestant, Tang Xiaolei, after blocking all five of his Soul Ring arrows, but her strength was nearly exhausted. She refused to leave the arena and challenged Zheng Tian Academy captain Ye Wuqing, determined to defeat all seven opponents herself.

• Ye Guyi defeated five Zheng Tian Academy contestants in succession, prompting Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen to recognize the Dou Ling Team’s growing strength.
• Tang Xiaolei entered the arena and fired two yellow Soul Ring arrows, but Ye Guyi blocked both with her Angel Holy Sword.
• Tang Xiaolei launched three millennium Soul Ring arrows at once, and Ye Guyi withstood them using her Golden Light Mantra and Angel Holy Sword.
• Tang Xiaolei conceded after his arrows failed to defeat Ye Guyi, who was left pale and nearly out of Soul Power.
• Ye Guyi refused to let a teammate replace her and called for the next opponent; Zheng Tian Academy captain Ye Wuqing introduced himself.

Ye Guyi faced Zheng Tian Academy captain Ye Wuqing after defeating the rest of his team, but her exhausted Soul Power left her on the brink of defeat. She broke through to level fifty-six, activated Angel Domain, and defeated Ye Wuqing, eliminating Zheng Tian Academy.

• Ye Wuqing began the final duel with a barrage of Leaf Blades and trapped Ye Guyi in his Leaf Formation.
• Ye Guyi broke through the formation and rushed Ye Wuqing, but his Golden Left Hand blocked her sword and his enhanced leaves shattered her defense.
• Ye Wuqing unleashed his Ten Thousand Year Soul Skill, Dance of Golden Leaves, in an attempt to finish Ye Guyi.
• Ye Guyi broke through to level fifty-six, activated Angel Domain, and weakened the Golden Leaves storm.
• Ye Guyi used Holy Light Slash to send Ye Wuqing out of the arena, and Dou Ling Academy defeated Zheng Tian Academy.

Tang San questioned Xuan Zi about strange events on the Douluo Continent, then Lin Ya approved successors for the New Interception Sect before confronting Tang San above Star Luo City. Tang San appeared before Lin Ya and demanded to know who he was.

• Tang San restrained Xuan Zi with Unfixed Storm, then learned that people resembling Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang had appeared alongside a god-level powerhouse.
• Xue Beng praised Ye Guyi, but Lin Ya arrived and corrected his authority to choose the sect's next Upper Root Vessels.
• Lin Ya approved Ye Guyi to succeed Yao Zi and Solitary Bamboo Sword to succeed Huo Wushuang, while naming Little Snow Maiden as Dugu Yan's successor.
• Qian Yuan and Xiao Feng asked to join the New Interception Sect after graduation, and Lin Ya accepted them.
• Lin Ya sensed someone approaching and left the academy; above Star Luo City, he summoned Tang San from hiding.
• Tang San appeared before Lin Ya and asked who he was.

Lin Ya refused Tang San’s demand to return to the God Realm for questioning, and the two began a Divine King-level battle that shook the Douluo Continent. Tang San’s first two Golden Thirteen Halberds skills failed against Lin Ya’s Grand Luo Insight, leaving Tang San stunned.

• Tang San demanded that Lin Ya explain his unknown presence and accompany him to the God Realm for an investigation, but Lin Ya refused.
• Lin Ya donned the Creation God Armor, and his divine pressure collided with Tang San’s Sea God power, shaking the continent and forcing its inhabitants to the ground.
• Tang San sealed the battlefield and used the first Golden Thirteen Halberds style, Unfixed Storm, but Lin Ya’s Grand Luo Insight nullified it.
• Tang San attacked with the second style, Millennia of Emptiness, but Grand Luo Insight erased its time-altering effects.
• Lin Ya told Tang San that Grand Luo Insight made him immune to all control.

Tang San mistook Lin Ya for the God of Destruction in disguise and unleashed his strongest Sea God attacks, but Lin Ya repeatedly overwhelmed and controlled them. The chapter ended as Lin Ya prepared to answer Tang San’s full-power Sea God’s Twilight with Destroy Heaven and Earth.

• Tang San attacked Lin Ya with Sun of the Sea, but Lin Ya’s Annihilation Divine Thunder tore the strike apart.
• Tang San guessed that Lin Ya was the God of Destruction in disguise, sent to kill him in the lower realm.
• Tang San used Star Shift to reflect Lin Ya’s Annihilation Divine Thunder, but Lin Ya subdued it with the Five Thunder Method.
• Tang San burned his divine origins and exploded all nine divine rings to unleash Sea God’s Twilight.
• Lin Ya fused the Annihilation Divine Thunder with the Five Thunder Method and invoked Destroy Heaven and Earth against Tang San’s ultimate attack.

Lin Ya overwhelmed Tang San with Annihilation Divine Thunder, but a Divine King-level power intervened and rescued the badly wounded Sea God. Lin Ya returned to the lower realm to grow stronger, while Tang San began seeking help and planning another God Realm meeting.

• Lin Ya's Annihilation Divine Thunder crushed Tang San's Sea God's Twilight and shattered his armor, leaving him severely wounded.
• Lin Ya prepared to strike Tang San again, but the Power of Rewarding Good and Punishing Evil blocked his attack and whisked Tang San away.
• Lin Ya decided not to attack the God Realm yet and flew toward the lower realm to develop in peace.
• Lie Yan and Ji Dong found Tang San badly injured in the God Realm, and Lie Yan went to seek the Water God for treatment.
• Tang San claimed Lin Ya might be Destruction's incarnation and asked for Xiao Wu and another God Realm meeting.

Tang San accused the God of Destruction of attacking him in the lower realm, but conflicting accounts from the God of Destruction and the Life Goddess deepened the suspicion. After Tang San asked Ji Dong to gather the Shrek Seven Monsters, the God of Destruction ordered Pride to assemble the Seven Deadly Sins and begin their plan early.

• The Life Goddess went to the God Realm’s main hall while the God of Destruction stayed behind, claiming he had forgotten his Destruction Scepter.
• Tang San told the Divine Kings that a fighter wielding destruction divine power had met him in battle, and the Life Goddess insisted the God of Destruction had been with her throughout.
• The God of Destruction arrived and said he had been in his castle with Pride and Gluttony, contradicting the Life Goddess’s account.
• Tang San accepted the God of Destruction’s denial for the moment, then asked Ji Dong to gather the Shrek Seven Monsters because he feared another attack.
• The God of Destruction left the hall and ordered Pride to gather the Seven Deadly Sins so their plan could begin ahead of schedule.