Chapter Summaries

Poseidon Tang San defended Poseidon against the Asura God’s accusations, then challenged the God Realm’s rules about interfering with the mortal world. The Asura God rejected his argument by claiming Poseidon’s actions could have endangered the world’s balance, leaving Poseidon’s fate unresolved.

• Poseidon silently tested whether the Asura God would spare him, and the Asura God replied that it depended on how Poseidon performed.
• Poseidon Tang San decided to defend Poseidon while provoking the Destruction God to help him gain the initiative.
• The Destruction God accused Poseidon Tang San of bending the law for personal reasons, and Tang San retorted that the Destruction God should offer guidance instead of nitpicking.
• Poseidon Tang San questioned what it meant for a deity to affect the mortal world’s balance and argued that Poseidon’s actions had caused no harm to ordinary people.
• The Asura God said Poseidon’s theft of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud could have threatened billions of people, and the Destruction God King praised his reasoning.

The Asura God forced Poseidon Tang San to choose between a vote and a duel over Poseidon’s actions, and Tang San withdrew his support rather than risk either outcome. As Poseidon was killed, Tang San began planning to bargain with Ye Qingcang and make him family.

• The Asura God offered Poseidon Tang San a vote or a spar to settle their dispute, then vetoed Tang San’s attempt to reject both choices.
• Poseidon Tang San weighed the likely votes and the Asura God’s superior strength before deciding to withdraw from the dispute.
• Poseidon accused Tang San of abandoning him, but Tang San denied having any obligation to protect him.
• The Asura God killed Poseidon, destroying his body and soul.
• Poseidon Tang San contemplated offering Ye Qingcang a marriage alliance and other concessions in exchange for overlooking his plans involving Xiao Wu.

Ye Qingcang absorbed the Sea God's remaining faith and advanced toward Poseidon Island after the Sea God’s death. He befriended the Evil Spirit Orca King and continued toward the island, which he expected to sink.

• Ye Qingcang expanded his Asura God Domain and absorbed the Sea God's power of faith, causing the Sea God position to vanish.
• Ye Qingcang praised the Evil Spirit Orca King and invited her to become his friend, while Ice Empress encouraged her to accept.
• The Evil Spirit Orca King agreed that her clan would follow Ye Qingcang, and he told her not to spare humans who harmed the orcas.
• Ye Qingcang continued toward Poseidon Island as the island lay amid war and smoke, remarking that it would sink anyway.

After the Sixth Elder returned to Poseidon Island, Clear Sky Sect fractured over whether he had forged reports of the elders’ surrender, giving Poseidon Island’s resistance forces time to prepare for urban warfare. Clear Sky Sect’s outnumbered disciples were driven back across the island’s cities, and Ye Qingcang arrived to clear the resisters in his path.

• The Sixth Elder reported that Tang Chen and the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Elders had surrendered to Ye Qingcang, while Tang Xiao refused.
• Tang Xiao’s faction accused the Sixth Elder of betrayal and forged orders, and undecided factions tried to mediate, delaying Clear Sky Sect’s advance.
• Poseidon Island’s resistance forces prepared the cities for street fighting, using flooded streets and attacks from hidden routes to blunt Clear Sky Sect’s offensive.
• The Second through Fifth Elders arrived and suppressed several cities, but Poseidon Island’s fighters kept launching uprisings and trading their lives to wear down Clear Sky Sect’s small forces.
• Clear Sky Sect’s inexperienced disciples suffered heavy losses and lost morale as they were driven into a rout across the remaining cities.
• Ye Qingcang reached a city blocking his path and used his primordial spirit to silently erase the resisters.

Ye Qingcang crushed the resistance in a city on Poseidon Island and learned that the Clear Sky Sect forces had suffered heavy losses while failing to take Poseidon City and Poseidon Temple. He ordered the survivors to regroup, then continued teleporting between cities and annihilating their defenders as he explained to Ice Empress why he would not waste anger on the Clear Sky Sect elders.

• Ye Qingcang used Annihilate Nascent Soul to wipe out the resistance in a city, then questioned the Clear Sky Sect's Third Elder about the gathered forces, casualties, and deployments.
• The Clear Sky Sect's Third Elder reported that 2,373 disciples had gathered, with more than 230 dead and over 700 severely wounded, while their attacks on Poseidon City and Poseidon Temple had failed.
• Ye Qingcang compared Poseidon Island's defenders with Spirit Hall's forces and ordered the Third Elder to treat the wounded, regroup, and await further orders.
• Ye Qingcang teleported away, and Ice Empress asked why he had not punished the elders more harshly for their failures.
• Ye Qingcang explained that punishment would not change the past or improve the elders, then continued exterminating defenders as he teleported through Sea Star City and toward Sea Dragon City.

Qian Renxue confronted Bibidong in Heaven Dou Imperial Palace over Spirit Hall’s plan to suppress Ye Qingcang, defending her friendship with him and challenging Bibidong over their strained relationship. Bibidong explained that Ye Qingcang’s influence threatened Spirit Hall’s control, leaving their dispute unresolved.

• Bibidong demanded that Ye Qingcang be brought under Spirit Hall’s control, while Qian Renxue argued that moving against him would betray Blue Tyrant Academy and ruin Spirit Hall’s reputation.
• Qian Renxue told Bibidong that she would rather die than let her harm Ye Qingcang, then challenged Bibidong’s understanding of friendship and motherhood.
• Bibidong asked whether Qian Renxue wanted her to punish her as her own father had once punished Bibidong, leaving Qian Renxue silent and the other Spirit Hall members alarmed.
• Bibidong calmed herself and explained that Ye Qingcang’s influence over major sects, academies, the City of Slaughter, and Spirit Hall made suppressing him necessary unless he joined Spirit Hall.

Ye Qingcang returned to Heaven Dou and revealed that he had destroyed Poseidon Island and crippled Poseidon’s divine position. After he confirmed that he knew the Rakshasa Nine Trials, Bibidong summoned him away, while the Rakshasa God made the Asura God wonder what trouble she was plotting in the Divine Realm.

• Ye Qingcang appeared above the Heaven Dou throne and startled Bibidong and the others gathered in the hall.
• Ye Qingcang told Qian Renxue that he had devoured Poseidon’s faith, evolved his domain into a divine domain, and sunk Poseidon Island.
• Ye Qingcang greeted Hu Liena, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Xie Yue, Yan, and Bibidong, easing the tension and inviting them to a victory banquet.
• Ye Qingcang admitted that he had heard Bibidong and Qian Renxue discussing the Rakshasa Nine Trials and said he knew what they entailed.
• Bibidong struck the floor with her scepter and ordered Ye Qingcang to accompany her while everyone else stayed behind.
• In the Divine Realm, the Rakshasa God refused to show the Asura God what amused her, and the Angel God left him to clean up his own mess.

Ye Qingcang took Bibidong aside to discuss why she should not treat him as an enemy, arguing that their greater threats were Tang San and the Seven Gods. He left Bibidong acknowledging that his confidence came chiefly from being stronger than her.

• Qian Renxue challenged Bibidong’s authority over Ye Qingcang, but Ye Qingcang gently stopped her and followed Bibidong out of the hall.
• Ye Qingcang and Bibidong discussed whether he trusted her not to kill him, and he said he was confident she could not defeat him and would not kill him even if he did not resist.
• Ye Qingcang argued that Bibidong should focus on Tang San and the other future gods rather than turn against him and risk alienating Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, and Spirit Hall.
• Ye Qingcang offered to suppress Bibidong’s bodily sensations so she could speak comfortably, and Bibidong pointed out that he was sure she would spare him because he was stronger than her.

Ye Qingcang challenged Bibidong’s belief that the Rakshasa trials required her to sacrifice him, while she explained that she refused to harm him because she treasured her bonds with Qian Renxue and Hu Liena. He respected her decision, warned that suppressing her feelings could destroy her, and said he had no plans for lifelong commitment while he pursued greater power across the universe.

• Ye Qingcang told Bibidong that their needs were not mutually exclusive and questioned her belief that becoming a god required sacrificing him.
• Bibidong said the Rakshasa Nine Trials required her to share a bed with Ye Qingcang, but she would not let him live safely after such contact.
• Bibidong explained that she would not harm Ye Qingcang because she cherished her belated bond with Qian Renxue and her relationship with Hu Liena, then asked whether he considered either girl a lifelong partner.
• Ye Qingcang warned Bibidong that prolonged emotional suppression could exhaust or corrupt her, and said he had no plans for lifelong commitment before establishing his ambitions across the universe.

Ye Qingcang explained his view of deities to Bibidong and used his Asura God Power and Chains of Heaven to pull the Rakshasa God's divine thought into the mortal realm. The Rakshasa God tried to manipulate Bibidong by threatening her loved ones, but Ye Qingcang remained unmoved and the Rakshasa God acknowledged his clear-eyed outlook.

• Ye Qingcang gave Bibidong peppermint candy to keep her alert and asked her to provide a strand of Rakshasa God Power.
• Ye Qingcang used his mastered Asura God Power and Chains of Heaven to drag the Rakshasa God's divine thought into the corridor.
• The Rakshasa God urged Ye Qingcang to manipulate Bibidong and offered to give her a new body, while threatening to exploit Qian Renxue and Hu Liena as leverage.
• Bibidong's anger and fear surfaced as she looked to Ye Qingcang for help, but he calmly explained that he regarded gods as powerful people rather than true deities.
• The Rakshasa God's divine thought praised Ye Qingcang's clear-headedness and said that gaining her acknowledgment required vision and scheming as well as resolve.

Ye Qingcang challenged the Rakshasa God's cruel trials, and she explained that she had been tempering Bibidong's body to prepare it for divine power while demanding that Bibidong become her successor's partner. The Rakshasa God secretly sent Qian Renxue and Hu Liena a recording to provoke them, then vanished after predicting that Bibidong would become an evil dragon; Bibidong was left furious and physically weakened.

• Ye Qingcang freed Bibidong from the Rakshasa God's forced dance and argued that body and soul should not be pushed into imbalance.
• The Rakshasa God said she had used torment to temper Bibidong's body, then offered her godhood on the condition that she partner with Ye Qingcang.
• The Rakshasa God secretly sent Qian Renxue and Hu Liena a recording, prompting both women to reject the idea of Bibidong having a relationship with Ye Qingcang.
• Qian Renxue and Hu Liena suspected a deity was interfering, while Hu Liena vowed she would never betray Bibidong.
• The Rakshasa God warned Bibidong that she might become an evil dragon, then destroyed her divine sense and increased her authority over Bibidong's God Test.
• Ye Qingcang teleported back to Blue Tyrant Academy, and Bibidong was left clutching her bloodied dress and cursing the Rakshasa God.

Ye Qingcang began a paid lesson at Blue Tyrant Academy, introducing students to the world called Dou Two and its history and social structure. He explained that Soul Masters’ awakening and opportunities were controlled by powerful groups, then left the class ready to continue asking questions.

• Ye Qingcang introduced himself as the instructor, and Violet greeted the students as his teaching assistant.
• Ye Qingcang displayed an azure gate and had Violet distribute materials describing the Jade Seal Machine, the history of Dou Two, and its world structure.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and others read the materials quickly, while Xiao Wu and some of her classmates struggled with their dense content.
• A student asked whether Soul Masters in Dou Two came from academies or sects, and Ye Qingcang confirmed that they did.
• Ye Qingcang explained that higher-level Soul Masters controlled most martial-soul awakenings and that powerful martial-soul holders either rose to power or were killed for defying the established order.

Ye Qingcang explained the random exchanges between the Dou Two World and the Dou One World, and how people and resources could influence the worlds’ collision. He revealed that the upheaval was a contest organized by ten God Kings, one that would unite the Divine Realms and eliminate at least half their Deities.

• A sharp-tempered girl asked whether Spirit Hall had already responded to the worlds’ collision, and Ye Qingcang confirmed that the first exchange had happened more than two months earlier and that Spirit Hall had suppressed information about it.
• A metal-clad girl asked whether the exchanges were random and could join the worlds together, and Ye Qingcang said they were random and that exchanged people’s influence depended on their weight in the process.
• Ye Qingcang explained that differences in resources between the worlds created opportunities to profit through reselling and to increase one’s strength.
• A young man asked whether the Gods or their old rivalries would affect the crisis, and Ye Qingcang explained that the Gods would use God Test Takers to settle their conflicts through a contest in which the losers could lose their status and godhood.
• Ye Qingcang revealed that ten God Kings from two Divine Realms had organized the Stairway to Godhood, which would eventually unite the known Divine Realms across five galaxies and wipe out at least half of their Deities.

Ye Qingcang taught the students how to exploit political and military weaknesses, using the Sun Moon Empire’s vulnerabilities and his negotiations in Dou Two World as examples. He then explained that the door connected Dou One World and Dou Two World, allowing people to travel steadily in both directions.

• Ye Qingcang told the students that the later pages explained how past events created opportunities they could use for their own benefit.
• Ning Rongrong read a guide to bringing the Sun Moon Empire to submission, prompting an uproar among the students.
• A girl explained that the Sun Moon Empire’s reliance on Soul Tools had left its system unbalanced and vulnerable to Soul Power fields that could nullify those tools.
• Another girl described how to use a spokesperson’s interests, create demand, and replace him if he became suspect to bring the Sun Moon Empire under control.
• Ye Qingcang explained how to make oneself the best available choice by demonstrating value and exploiting competitors’ flaws, citing his negotiations with Xiao Wu and the Silver Dragon King.
• Ye Qingcang identified the door as a two-way link between Dou One World and Dou Two World and said it was the first such passage discovered, but not the last.

Ye Qingcang explained the Miracle Item Doors’ five authorities, their ownership rules, and their strategic value to the students. He revealed that controlling a door could let a cultivator who reached level one hundred advance to a Third Level God.

• Ye Qingcang described the Miracle Item Doors’ five authorities and explained how an owner could manipulate or restrict their use.
• Ye Qingcang said three doors had been discovered, including one inside the academy, and that Spirit Hall was investigating them.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether door owners would become targets, and Ye Qingcang said rivals would seek to seize their advantage or kill them.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked why the Gods needed doors, and Ye Qingcang explained that Gods could travel between worlds themselves and that doors could help their owners become Third Level Gods.

Ye Qingcang finished a lesson telling Blue Tyrant Academy’s students that strength underpinned justice and that the academy would protect them. He then discussed the Blue Silver Emperor and Moon Pavilion with Violet, and made Tang Yuehua an ultimatum to become his bridge to the Clear Sky Sect or face death.

• Ye Qingcang ended his lesson by declaring that Blue Tyrant Academy would back its students and that he would impose his own justice through strength.
• The students stood and gave Ye Qingcang a thunderous farewell before he left the classroom with Violet.
• Violet told Ye Qingcang that Bibidong had agreed to an equal exchange and that the Blue Silver Emperor had been dug up with most of her memories intact; Ye Qingcang rejected using cultivation fluid to control her.
• Violet reported that Qian Renxue was pressuring Moon Pavilion and that Tang Yuehua had sought support from other factions, including the Four Elements Academy.
• Ye Qingcang told Violet to let Qian Renxue act as she pleased unless the Four Elements Academy was harmed, and to give Tang Yuehua one month to agree to become his bridge to the Clear Sky Sect or be killed.

Ye Qingcang explained why he had not exposed the Rakshasa God's schemes, then told Xiao Wu that reviving her mother required retrieving her soul from Bibidong and replacing the spirit ring that contained it. Xiao Wu chose to ask Ye Qingcang to perform the Impure World Reincarnation Technique, offering everything she had, and he agreed to collect his reward after her mother was revived.

• Ye Qingcang told Violet that he would let events surrounding the Miracle Item Door and the Rakshasa God unfold, since intervening would bring little benefit and could cost him Asura God's support.
• Zhu Zhuqing brought Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to Ye Qingcang, who explained that the Impure World Reincarnation Technique required the dead person's soul to remain intact and unbound.
• Ye Qingcang said Xiao Wu's mother's soul remained inside Bibidong's spirit ring, and that Bibidong required a replacement 100,000-Year Spirit Ring before surrendering it.
• Ye Qingcang offered Xiao Wu the choice of learning the technique herself or having him perform it, while Ning Rongrong joked that Xiao Wu could offer herself as payment.
• Xiao Wu chose to ask Ye Qingcang to resurrect her mother and offered everything she had, including her soul; Ye Qingcang accepted and told Violet to help Xiao Wu grow while they waited for the technology to advance.

The Goodness God King proposed that she and the Evil God King compete to help Xiao Wu and Ye Qingcang inherit their divine positions, wagering that the loser would grant the winner’s request. She secretly descended to Ye Qingcang’s study, where he prepared to defend against her before she introduced herself and asked Xiao Wu for her opinion.

• The Goodness God King told the Evil God King she wanted Xiao Wu to inherit her divine position, and he reluctantly agreed to help while worrying that Asura would oppose his choice of Ye Qingcang.
• The Goodness God King and Evil God King wagered on who could get their chosen candidates to inherit their divine positions first, with the winner deciding what the loser must do.
• The Evil God King realized the Goodness God King had bet confidently because he would not truly act against her even if he won.
• The Goodness God King secretly descended to Ye Qingcang’s study while he was on duty and approached Xiao Wu and the others.
• Ye Qingcang sensed the descending deity and raised his Asura God power and Chains of Heaven, but the Goodness God King identified herself and asked Xiao Wu’s opinion.

The Goddess of Goodness offered Xiao Wu a chance to become her God Trial Taker and earn her mother's resurrection, but Xiao Wu chose to honor her agreement with Ye Qingcang. The Goddess of Goodness accepted her choice and began to vanish after placing a strand of white light on Xiao Wu.

• Ye Qingcang withdrew the Chains of Heaven, apologized for the misunderstanding, and invited the Goddess of Goodness to hear his discussion with Xiao Wu.
• Ye Qingcang explained that Xiao Wu could become the Goddess of Goodness's God Trial Taker and negotiate to revive her mother as a human.
• The Goddess of Goodness and Ye Qingcang compared the promise of resurrection with Edo Tensei and explained how both paths could ultimately offer immortality.
• Xiao Wu bowed to the Goddess of Goodness and said she trusted Ye Qingcang more, so she would keep her agreement with him.
• The Goddess of Goodness placed a strand of white light on Xiao Wu and began crumbling into specks of light as Bai Chenxiang noticed her lower body disappearing.

The Goddess of Goodness told Xiao Wu that she had been chosen as a God Test Taker, while Ye Qingcang clarified that Xiao Wu did not have to choose between him and the goddess. He explained how he would handle the Evil God’s Test Taker, and the Goddess of Goodness’s Divine Sense Clone shattered after their exchange.

• Bai Chenxiang’s blunt words made Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling choke, and Ye Qingcang used the magnetic field around them to calm their breathing.
• Ye Qingcang showed Xiao Wu her horizontal feather-shaped mark in an ice mirror and clarified that the Goddess of Goodness had not asked her to choose between them.
• Ye Qingcang asked whom the Evil God King had chosen, but the Goddess of Goodness teased him instead of answering.
• The Goddess of Goodness asked how Ye Qingcang would treat the Evil God’s Test Taker and Xiao Wu, and he said he would befriend or kill the former depending on their relationship and would leave Xiao Wu’s choice to her.
• Ye Qingcang described himself first as Ye Qingcang and Violet’s friend and Creator, prompting Zhu Zhuqing and the others to question their relationship.
• The Goddess of Goodness remarked that Ye Qingcang resembled the Evil God King, then let her Divine Sense Clone shatter.