Chapter Summaries

Yang Dong wounded Qian Daoliu with his Great Dark Sky domain, then both fighters prepared to unleash greater powers. The chapter ended as Yang Dong summoned five Ghost God abilities and revealed five blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings.

• Yang Dong and Qian Daoliu survived their full-force clash, though both had spent much of their power.
• Yang Dong used Dark Sky, Wave Eye to plunge the battlefield into darkness and tear through Qian Daoliu's Heavenly Kingdom Gate, injuring him.
• Qian Daoliu invoked Divine Descent to draw power from the sun.
• Yang Dong activated five Ghost God abilities, and his five Soul Rings turned blood-red, astonishing the spectators.

Qian Daoliu borrowed divine power through the Heavenly Gate and became an Eight-Winged Seraph, overwhelming Yang Dong’s allies before turning on him. Boluoxiu battled Qian Daoliu to protect Yang Dong, but Qian Daoliu transformed into a Golden Eight-Winged Seraph and challenged it to stop him.

• Qian Daoliu used the Heavenly Gate to gain three minutes of divine power and transformed into an Eight-Winged Seraph.
• Qian Daoliu killed Wu Yue and the others’ avatars, then shattered Kaluo’s avatar when Kaluo tried to block him.
• Qian Daoliu turned his attention to Yang Dong, who used the Ghost God Barrier to empower Boluoxiu.
• Boluoxiu fought Qian Daoliu, swallowed his Blazing Sun Judgment, and concealed the pain it caused.
• Qian Daoliu used Golden Divine Transformation to become a Golden Eight-Winged Seraph and challenged Boluoxiu to stop him.

Yang Dong and Boluoxiu countered Qian Daoliu’s Golden Blazing Sun Judgment with Ghost Slash—Purgatory, drawing the attention of the gods in the Divine Realm. The Angel God rescued Qian Daoliu before the Asura God could intervene further, and the Asura God warned him against secretly aiding the lower realms again.

• Qian Daoliu unleashed Golden Blazing Sun Judgment, scorching the sky as Yang Dong drew on Boluoxiu’s Destruction Origin to summon the Phantom Sword Array.
• Yang Dong used Ghost Slash—Purgatory to break through Qian Daoliu’s attack and strike him with dark, destructive Sword Qi.
• Di Tian, Snow Empress, and the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm sensed the battle’s extraordinary power, while the Asura God detected the God Level clash from the Divine Realm.
• Qian Daoliu called to the Angel God for help, and the Angel God sent divine power to rescue him.
• The Asura God confronted the Angel God for secretly transmitting divine power to the lower realms and warned him against doing so again.

Yang Dong defeated Qian Daoliu after the Angel God rescued him, establishing himself as one of the Douluo Continent’s strongest figures. With a First-level Deity approaching, Yang Dong struck down Spirit Hall’s Title Douluo and escaped through a dimensional passage, leaving Spirit Hall in chaos.

• The Angel God’s power carried Qian Daoliu away just as Yang Dong was about to finish him, and the spectators realized that Qian Daoliu had fled.
• The crowd recognized Yang Dong’s victory over Qian Daoliu and marveled that the forty-year-old Ghost God Douluo had surpassed the continent’s greatest figures.
• Boluoxiu warned Yang Dong that a First-level Deity was approaching, while Bibi Dong cursed Qian Daoliu and resolved to pursue her own revenge.
• Yang Dong killed six of the ten Spirit Hall Title Douluo with a Sword Qi strike and left the remaining leaders gravely wounded.
• Yang Dong opened a dimensional passage and escaped as Spirit Hall’s followers fell into confusion and Dugu Bo saw others treat him with new respect.

The Asura God investigated the vanished divine power on Douluo Continent and discovered evidence of a god outside the Creation God Realm, prompting him to increase his vigilance. Yang Dong returned from his battle with Qian Daoliu and learned that Boluoxiu would need six years to recover and could no longer appear on the continent.

• The Asura God used Time Reversal to witness Yang Dong's battle with Qian Daoliu, but the scene shattered as Dragon God's power interfered.
• The Asura God planted an Asura Seed in the King of Slaughter to monitor future eruptions of God Level power.
• The Asura God read Qian Daoliu's memories and discovered divine power from outside the Creation God Realm before leaving Douluo Continent.
• Yang Dong emerged from the Dimensional Passage and reflected that Boluoxiu's sacrifice had helped him survive Qian Daoliu's Angel God power.
• Boluoxiu told Yang Dong that recovering its Origin of Destruction would take six years and that it could no longer appear on Douluo Continent without being detected.

Yang Dong entered the Great Abyss with Kaluo to investigate whether it was connected to Shadow Kill, but the chasm’s strange influence separated their perceptions and obscured the way back. After Kaluo fought unseen attackers, Yang Dong discovered they were lost, though the Gate of Time and Space still worked as a possible escape.

• Yang Dong asked Kaluo about records of the Underworld and learned that an uprising had occurred in the Great Abyss the year before Shadow Kill rose to power.
• Yang Dong and Kaluo entered the Great Abyss in the Ninth Region to investigate it.
• Kaluo heard approaching drumbeats and fought unseen shadows while Yang Dong and Boluoxiu sensed nothing.
• Kaluo showed Yang Dong fresh black handprints covering his arms, evidence that something had attacked him.
• Yang Dong and Kaluo found that the entrance had vanished, but Yang Dong summoned the Gate of Time and Space and confirmed it could still be used.

Yang Dong and Kaluo tried to leave the Great Abyss but discovered the path might have shifted, and Yang Dong’s escape attempt drew a mysterious shadow and Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin to him. Boluoxiu was shattered while protecting Yang Dong, who was left facing the nine dragon corpses and the Bronze Ancient Coffin.

• Yang Dong and Kaluo walked back through the darkness but realized they could not tell whether they were heading toward the exit.
• After hearing a scream and a grating noise nearby, Yang Dong summoned the Gate of Time and Space and sent Kaluo through toward the Fifth Region.
• An invisible ripple destroyed Yang Dong’s Gate of Time and Space, while a shadow that entered the passage beside him burned into black smoke.
• Nine True Dragon Corpses appeared, pulling a Bronze Ancient Coffin from the darkness, and Yang Dong recognized the scene as Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin.
• Boluoxiu possessed Yang Dong and tried to flee with him, but a dragon corpse struck Boluoxiu apart.
• Yang Dong greeted the nine dragon corpses grimly, having realized that Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin had come for him.

Yang Dong and Kaluo lost their way in the Great Abyss and tried to escape through Yang Dong’s Gate of Time and Space, but a mysterious force destroyed it. Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin appeared from the darkness, and Yang Dong realized it had come for him.

• Yang Dong and Kaluo walked back through the Great Abyss but could not find the exit and feared the path had changed.
• A shrill sound drew near, so Yang Dong opened a Dimensional Passage to the Fifth Region and threw Kaluo through it.
• A black shadow entered the passage with Yang Dong, and an invisible ripple destroyed the Gate of Time and Space before the shadow burned away.
• Nine dragon corpses pulling a Bronze Ancient Coffin emerged from the darkness, and Yang Dong recognized Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin.
• Boluoxiu possessed Yang Dong and tried to flee, but a dragon corpse shattered Boluoxiu into fragments.
• Yang Dong greeted the dragon corpses and realized Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin had come for him.

Yang Dong rode atop the Bronze Ancient Coffin as the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin traveled along a mysterious road through the Great Abyss. Great Powers tried to seize the road to the Myriad Worlds, but after one attacker was destroyed, they mistook Yang Dong for a hidden Emperor and let the coffin pass.

• Yang Dong saw visions of worlds and an ancient road while the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin carried him through the Great Abyss.
• Several Great Powers recognized the road as a route to the Underworld and debated how to reach the Myriad Worlds.
• A Chaos-wreathed Great Power attacked the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin, but its dragons shielded Yang Dong and the attacker disintegrated.
• The Great Powers noticed Yang Dong seated atop the Bronze Ancient Coffin and feared he was a Heavenly Emperor.
• The Great Powers chose to retreat and wait for another chance to enter the Underworld Road.

Yang Dong was carried by the Bronze Ancient Coffin along the Underworld Road after discovering he had left the Douluo Universe and could not summon his Space-Time Gate. The coffin crossed a bloodied, severed road and emerged beneath a starry sky, where Yang Dong recognized an azure planet and wondered if he had returned home.

• Yang Dong failed to summon his Space-Time Gate, and Boluoxiu explained that they had left the Douluo Universe after losing his perception of the Seven Original Sins.
• The Nine Dragons carried the Bronze Ancient Coffin across a blood-flowing cliff that severed the Underworld Road, while unseen hands retreated into the darkness.
• Yang Dong passed an Underworld stele, broke through a shackle, and advanced to level ninety-six through feedback from his Ghost God Contract.
• The Bronze Ancient Coffin crossed a blood-soaked convergence of Underworld Roads, passing a war spear embedded in the main road.
• The coffin crossed a spatial barrier and appeared beneath a starry sky, where Yang Dong saw an azure planet and wondered if he was home.

Yang Dong arrived at Mount Tai aboard the Bronze Ancient Coffin pulled by nine True Dragons, while Ye Fan and his companions were swallowed by the coffin. When Yang Dong tried to escape through the Gate of Time and Space, a blood-red lightning strike destroyed it and a True Dragon hurled him back onto the coffin.

• The astronauts aboard the International Space Station saw Yang Dong riding the Bronze Ancient Coffin behind nine True Dragons, and nations tried to contact him.
• Yang Dong destroyed the drones around him with the Demon Saber: Thousand Blades as the coffin descended toward Mount Tai.
• The nine True Dragons brought the Bronze Ancient Coffin down onto Mount Tai, and Yang Dong flew away while Ye Fan, Lin Jia, Ling Xiaoman, Pang Bo, and the others found a five-colored altar.
• The Bronze Ancient Coffin opened and swallowed Ye Fan and the group after the altar activated and the ground collapsed beneath them.
• Yang Dong began forming the Gate of Time and Space, but a blood-red lightning bolt shattered it and a True Dragon seized him and tossed him back onto the Bronze Ancient Coffin.

Yang Dong arrived with Ye Fan and the others on a strange red world, escaped the Bronze Ancient Coffin, and reached the ruins of Great Thunder Sound Temple. After taking a Bodhi Seed, he encountered Ye Fan and Pang Bo, leaving them wary of him.

• Yang Dong asked Boluoxiu whether Ghostly Soul State could help them escape, but Boluoxiu said it would be pointless.
• The Bronze Ancient Coffin stopped beside a Five-Colored Altar, and Yang Dong left as Ye Fan, Lin Jia, and Zhou Yi recognized him as the flying man from Earth.
• Ye Fan and Zhou Yi urged the group to leave the coffin and explore the unfamiliar land.
• Yang Dong reached Great Thunder Sound Temple, resisted its Buddhist chants, and dug up a Bodhi Seed beneath the Bodhi Tree.
• Pang Bo and Ye Fan entered the temple, found Yang Dong sitting beneath the Bodhi Tree, and heard him tell them not to disturb him.

Yang Dong and Ye Fan searched the Great Thunder Sound Temple before a deadly Sandstorm forced everyone to flee toward the Bronze Ancient Coffin. Yang Dong fought off the Small Black Crocodiles, but the Crocodile Ancestor emerged and fixed its attention on him and the others.

• Ye Fan offered Yang Dong the Bronze Ancient Lamp, which Yang Dong declined, then took the Bodhi Leaves with his permission.
• A reddish-brown Sandstorm approached, and the group ran for the Five-Colored Altar as the Great Thunder Sound Temple crumbled.
• Small Black Crocodiles killed several people, but Wang Ziwen's bell shielded him and Yang Dong cut down the creatures attacking him.
• Yang Dong spread five formations to freeze or burn the Small Black Crocodiles while Ye Fan, Zhou Yi, and the others escaped into the Bronze Ancient Coffin.
• The Crocodile Ancestor appeared in the Sandstorm, called the group supplements, and focused its enormous eyes on Yang Dong.

Yang Dong used the power of the Nine True Dragons to kill the Crocodile Ancestor and restart the Five-Colored Altar’s teleportation. He boarded the Bronze Ancient Coffin with Ye Fan and the others as it began moving again, while questions remained about the coffin’s origins and destination.

• The Crocodile Ancestor attacked Yang Dong, but the Nine True Dragons awakened and formed a war spear from Order Divine Chains.
• Yang Dong struck the Crocodile Ancestor with the spear, destroying its body and soul.
• Boluoxiu, Ye Fan, and the others realized Yang Dong had won as the Five-Colored Altar began shining again.
• The Nine True Dragons urged Yang Dong aboard, and the Bronze Ancient Coffin closed around him and the others before moving off.

Yang Dong and Ye Fan's group arrived in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, where the Bronze Ancient Coffin dragged Yang Dong into the depths before the Ruthless Great Emperor. The masked woman appeared and questioned Yang Dong about reincarnation, leaving him facing a question about whether he was someone's reincarnation.

• The Bronze Ancient Coffin and Nine True Dragons slid toward the abyss, and a divine chain dragged Yang Dong back when he tried to escape.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo left the mountain to search for a way out while Yang Dong fell into the depths with the coffin.
• Yang Dong found himself near the Five-Colored Altar, where the presence of a powerful figure frightened Boluoxiu.
• The masked woman appeared and asked Yang Dong whether reincarnation existed and whether he believed he was someone's reincarnation.

Ruthless Great Emperor claimed Yang Dong was the Desolate Heaven Emperor's reincarnation because the Bronze Ancient Coffin responded to him, but Yang Dong denied it and insisted the Desolate Heaven Emperor was still alive. After hearing Yang Dong's account of the Underworld Road and the Desolate Heaven Emperor's journey to face a great enemy, Ruthless Great Emperor left, and Yang Dong remained by the five-colored altar, wondering what the coffin intended.

• Ruthless Great Emperor questioned Yang Dong about reincarnation, and he firmly said he was himself rather than anyone's reincarnation.
• Ruthless Great Emperor declared that Yang Dong was the Desolate Heaven Emperor's reincarnation because Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin belonged to the Desolate Heaven Emperor and only he could awaken its power.
• Yang Dong laughed at the claim and argued that the Desolate Heaven Emperor could not be reincarnated because he had never died.
• Yang Dong told Ruthless Great Emperor that the Desolate Heaven Emperor had severed the Underworld Road's connections between the Myriad Worlds before going to confront a great enemy capable of destroying them.
• Ruthless Great Emperor left, while Yang Dong stayed within the five-colored altar's range and wondered what the Bronze Ancient Coffin was trying to do.

Yang Dong reached Soul Power level ninety-eight in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, then negotiated with the Ruthless Great Emperor for the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art. After briefly provoking her by demanding the Dao Integration Flower, he swore he would not take it, and she agreed to trade her Emperor Scripture for an explanation of his cultivation system.

• Yang Dong absorbed energy in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, reached Soul Power level ninety-seven, and received energy from the Ghost God contract that raised him to level ninety-eight.
• The Ruthless Great Emperor asked Yang Dong about his cultivation system and threatened him, but he challenged her and asked what she wanted in return for an explanation.
• Yang Dong named the Dao Integration Flower, enraging the Ruthless Great Emperor, then withdrew the demand and swore a poison oath.
• Yang Dong asked for the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art instead, and the Ruthless Great Emperor agreed to teach it in exchange for hearing about his cultivation system.

Yang Dong described the Creation God Realm’s Hundred Levels Become God cultivation system to the Ruthless Great Emperor, who tried to deduce its laws and suffered a backlash. She gained a trace of creation origin and then offered to teach Yang Dong the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art.

• Yang Dong explained that mortals reached their limits at Level Ninety-Nine and entered godhood at Level One Hundred, while the Ruthless Great Emperor evolved small worlds to test the system.
• The divine light from the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land alarmed powerful cultivators, and Pang Bo and Ye Fan guessed that Yang Dong had caused it.
• The Ruthless Great Emperor spent ten thousand years of deduction across three thousand small worlds but could not find a way past the Level Ninety-Nine limit.
• Yang Dong described the ranks beyond godhood, and the Ruthless Great Emperor combined innate gods into a supreme deity that attacked her with Zi Xiao Divine Lightning.
• The lightning destroyed the evolved worlds and wounded the Ruthless Great Emperor, but she gained a trace of creation origin and told Yang Dong she would teach him the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art.

Yang Dong used the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art to unlock his body's potential and cultivate to the human limit, then awakened the full power of his Ghost Hand and Gate of Time and Space. He became the Third-level Deity Ghost God, and his Dark Throne raised his combat power to that of a Second-level Deity.

• Yang Dong cultivated the Wheel Sea, Dao Palace, and Four Extremes realms in less than two months, reaching level ninety-nine Soul Power.
• Yang Dong refined his spine through the Dragon Transformation Realm and brought his body to its limit as the Empress watched.
• Yang Dong's Ghost Hand Martial Soul awakened and poured memories, Bloodlust, Wave Power, and swordsmanship into him; the crystal ball then reappeared and merged the Gate of Time and Space with a door of light.
• Yang Dong absorbed dark power from the Order Divine Chains for two months, raising his divine power to level 110.
• Yang Dong declared his true name to be Ghost God and became a Third-level Deity.
• Yang Dong manifested dark armor and a Dark Throne, which amplified his strength to the combat power of a Second-level Deity.

The Bronze Ancient Coffin showed Yang Dong and the Ruthless Great Emperor a vision of the Desolate Heaven Emperor fighting through a mysterious stone gate, then revealed that Yang Dong’s Ghost Hand Martial Soul could open it. The Empress bound Yang Dong with a Life and Death Talisman so he could not escape through space-time, then sent him to the outskirts of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.

• The Bronze Ancient Coffin projected the Desolate Heaven Emperor destroying monsters before a mysterious stone gate and leaving the way forward to those who came after him.
• Yang Dong and the Ruthless Great Emperor recognized the figure as the Desolate Heaven Emperor, and the coffin gave them coordinates while revealing that Yang Dong’s Ghost Hand Martial Soul could open the gate.
• The Ruthless Great Emperor placed a Life and Death Talisman in Yang Dong’s sea of consciousness, threatening to detonate it if he used space-time to leave before her business was finished.
• Yang Dong asked to go out for a walk, and the Empress carried him to the outskirts of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.