Chapter Summaries

Yang Dong fought Light Soul God King in Light Soul City and destroyed him despite his desperate surrender and the intervention of a mysterious pair of eyes. The city lay in ruins, and Light Soul God King’s fate was left beneath Yang Dong’s final attack.

• Light Soul God King confronted Yang Dong and transformed into his enormous bear form to attack him with the Great Brightness Seal.
• Yang Dong sent his blood sphere against the seal and directed his blood aura and Sword Qi at the foreign races in Light Soul City.
• Light Soul God King attacked Yang Dong with the Great Brightness Fist, but Yang Dong summoned Thunder God Descends—Judgment and battered him with lightning.
• Yang Dong crushed Light Soul God King’s shield and body with a giant lightning finger, while Light Soul God King pleaded for mercy and activated several Death Substitute Talismans.
• A pair of eyes emerged from the final talisman and commanded Yang Dong to release Light Soul God King, but Yang Dong ignored the order and destroyed the talisman and his opponent.

Yang Dong headed to Ascension City despite Black Flood Dragon King’s warnings, where thirteen God Kings had gathered to kill him. The chapter ended with Ao Qi recognizing Yang Dong and the assembled God Kings facing him.

• Ao Qi and Hu Jing persuaded the gathered God Kings to join forces with Yan Wang’s side against the Ghost God, and all agreed to wait in Ascension City.
• Black Flood Dragon King warned Yang Dong that Ao Qi and the other God Kings would ambush him, but Yang Dong insisted he was invincible and continued toward the city.
• Black Flood Dragon King followed Yang Dong, deciding that facing death alongside him was better than staying behind.
• Yang Dong and Black Flood Dragon King arrived before Ascension City and found thirteen God Kings waiting in the sky.
• Ao Qi recognized Yang Dong and regretted not killing him earlier, while Yan Wang teased Ao Qi about Black Flood Dragon King being his brother.

Yang Dong fought the God Kings and used his powerful techniques to kill five of them, including the Blade King. As the survivors fled or tried to negotiate, Yang Dong refused peace and prepared to kill the remaining three to seize the chance to become a God King.

• Yang Dong confronted the God Kings and summoned powerful Great Dao clones that could briefly fight at God King strength.
• Yang Dong used Thunder God Descends: Judgment to vaporize one God King.
• Yang Dong unleashed Blood Demon: Heaven Slaying and killed four God Kings in one strike, including the Blade King.
• Most of the surviving God Kings fled, while Yan Wang, Heavenly Fox King Hu Jing, and Ao Qi remained.
• Hu Jing tried to negotiate with Yang Dong, but he refused and insisted that the three remaining God Kings had to die.

Yang Dong fought Ao Qi, Hu Jing, and Yan Wang, unveiling his own Heavenly Dao Slash and defeating their combined assault. He broke through to the God King level during the battle and dispersed his tribulation with a single slash.

• Ao Qi, Hu Jing, and Yan Wang transformed and attacked Yang Dong together with their full strength.
• Yang Dong unleashed Heavenly Dao Slash, combining the abilities of his four mastered Ghost Hand systems with the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art.
• Yang Dong's strike split apart the three opponents' attack and brought his aura to its peak, allowing him to create his own technique and break through to the God King level.
• Yang Dong's God King Tribulation gathered above him, and Ao Qi and the others saw it as a chance to turn the battle around.
• Yang Dong slashed the tribulation clouds with Heavenly Dao Slash, dispersing them and becoming a true God King.

Yang Dong became a peak God King and killed Black Dragon King, Ao Qi, Yan Wang, and Heavenly Fox King Hu Jing after shattering the God King Tribulation. With the Ascension Platform appearing and the other God Kings fleeing, Yang Dong stood alone as the likely successor to the Heavenly Emperor's inheritance.

• Ao Cheng and the other two feared Yang Dong after the God King Tribulation ended before it began.
• Yang Dong absorbed the golden divine radiance, became a peak God King, and killed Black Dragon King with a slash.
• Heavenly Fox King Hu Jing attacked Yang Dong, but he struck her down and she lost one of her nine tails.
• Yan Wang used the Myriad Flame Seal Method against Yang Dong, but Yang Dong's Thunder God avatar seized the seal and killed him with Judgment.
• Yang Dong killed Heavenly Fox King Hu Jing as she cursed him, leaving all four God Kings dead.
• The Ascension Platform appeared, the remaining God Kings fled Ascension City, and the First-level Deities abandoned thoughts of challenging Yang Dong.

Yang Dong and the Black Flood Dragon King ascended the platform, where the Former Heavenly Emperor revealed himself and erased the other survivors of the Heavenly Court Ancient Road. He named Yang Dong the new Heavenly Emperor and helped him inscribe his full name on the Heaven Seal.

• Yang Dong invited the Black Flood Dragon King to ascend with him, and both rose on the Ascension Platform.
• The Former Heavenly Emperor appeared, and the Black Flood Dragon King recognized him as the ruler he had thought dead.
• The Former Heavenly Emperor annihilated everyone else who had survived the Heavenly Court Ancient Road.
• The Former Heavenly Emperor brought Yang Dong to the ancient bell and offered him the position of the Heavenly Court's new Heavenly Emperor.
• The Former Heavenly Emperor gave Yang Dong the Heaven Seal and helped him inscribe the characters of his name onto it.

Yang Dong returned to Douluo Continent after inheriting the Heavenly Court, bringing the Black Flood Dragon King with him to rebuild it. At Nuo'er Academy, he arrived just as the Silver Dragon King prepared to defy Dugu Bo and unify the continent.

• Yang Dong became master of the Heavenly Court after the Former Heavenly Emperor dissipated, and the Black Flood Dragon King pledged allegiance to him.
• Yang Dong chose Douluo Continent as the site for rebuilding the Heavenly Court and traveled there with the Black Flood Dragon King.
• Ten years after Yang Dong left, Ghost Gate controlled Sun Moon Continent, while the Divine Realm's victory had returned the God of Goodness to the Divine Realm.
• At Nuo'er Academy, the Silver Dragon King demanded that soul masters stop hunting spirit beasts and proposed unifying Douluo Continent, but Dugu Bo objected.
• The Silver Dragon King declared she would act without the council's approval and left with Di Tian, then encountered Yang Dong outside the hall.

Yang Dong returned to Nuo'er Academy after ten years away and took command of the council chamber, where the Silver Dragon King’s faction had grown increasingly assertive. He revealed that he had dissolved his agreement with the Silver Dragon King, leaving her free as their next steps remained uncertain.

• Yang Dong entered the council chamber with the Black Flood Dragon King and ordered the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian to sit.
• Yang Dong asked Dugu Bo about the ten years he had been gone, and Dugu Bo reported changes on the Sun Moon Continent, the return of the God of Goodness, and the spread of a method for breaking through Soul Rings.
• Yang Dong learned that Tang San was cultivating with Lord Kaluo and dismissed everyone except the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian.
• Yang Dong told the Silver Dragon King that their hundred-year agreement was void and that he had dissolved the contract of the Divine Conversion Art, freeing her.

Yang Dong freed the Silver Dragon King from their hundred-year agreement but demanded that Di Tian surrender the godhood he had gained through Yang Dong. As the Silver Dragon King challenged Yang Dong over the fate of spirit beasts, he rejected enforced peace and offered another way to reduce conflict, leaving her eager to hear it.

• Yang Dong told the Silver Dragon King she was free, but she suspected he planned to destroy her Godhead; he clarified that he would not harm her or her Creation Godhead.
• Yang Dong said he would return Di Tian and the others to the mortal level by taking back what he had given them, and the Silver Dragon King accused him of perpetuating the enslavement of spirit beasts.
• At the Silver Dragon King's order, Di Tian destroyed his own Godhead and left with a weakened aura rather than risk being beaten down to mortal level by Yang Dong.
• Yang Dong and the Silver Dragon King argued over whether humans and spirit beasts could coexist; he said peace enforced by unification would eventually lead to another war of divine beasts.
• Yang Dong said true peace was impossible but offered a way to reduce the conflict, and the Silver Dragon King eagerly asked what it was.

Yang Dong negotiated with the Silver Dragon King over how soul beasts could live in peace with humans and proposed creating a separate continent for them after Ghost Gate was defeated. The Silver Dragon King accepted conditionally, then learned Yang Dong had become a God King.

• Yang Dong proposed that the soul beasts leave Douluo Star, but the Silver Dragon King rejected the idea and argued that humans should leave instead.
• Yang Dong suggested creating another continent on Douluo Star for the soul beasts, and the Silver Dragon King warned that it could leave them exposed to Sun Moon Continent.
• Yang Dong clarified that the continent would be created only after Ghost Gate was dealt with, and the Silver Dragon King agreed if he had a way to stand against the Divine Realm.
• Yang Dong ordered the Silver Dragon King to restrain her subordinates and warned her not to repeat Di Tian's actions.
• Yang Dong released his God King pressure before leaving, and the Silver Dragon King realized he had risen from a Second-level Deity to a God King in ten years.

Yang Dong returned after ten years and reunited with the soul beasts, Tang San, and Bi Yuxue, apologizing for his absence. Bi Yuxue rejected his apology and accused him of failing her as a father, leaving Yang Dong at a loss.

• Yang Dong dismissed the soul beasts waiting outside and greeted Netherflame Carlo and the other Ghost Gods, who had become Second-level Deities.
• Yang Dong reunited with Tang San, praised his cultivation, and led him toward his courtyard.
• Bi Yuxue opened the door to Yang Dong and later served him and Tang San a meal she had prepared.
• After the meal, Yang Dong apologized to Bi Yuxue and Tang San for being absent for ten years.
• Bi Yuxue interrupted Yang Dong and angrily told him that he had never been a father to her and that she did not want his pity.

Yang Dong tried to explain his long absence and reassure Bi Yuxue that he loved her, but she ran away demanding that he bring back her missing mother. The Black Flood Dragon King found her on a hill and shared how his father had sacrificed everything to save him, leaving Bi Yuxue to reflect on what a parent’s love could mean.

• Yang Dong admitted that Bi Yuxue’s birth had been an accident but said her mother had endured great pressure to give birth to her.
• Yang Dong apologized for abandoning Bi Yuxue for ten years and asked her to give him a chance to make things right.
• Bi Yuxue cried, demanded that Yang Dong give her back her mother, and ran out of the room.
• Tang San told Yang Dong that Bi Yuxue had struggled to live up to her father’s reputation and wanted his acknowledgment.
• Yang Dong used his Divine Sense to find Bi Yuxue sitting on a hill with the Black Flood Dragon King.
• The Black Flood Dragon King told Bi Yuxue how his father had traded the clan’s resources to save his life and apologized before dying.

Bi Yuxue reconciled with Yang Dong and accepted him as her father, while he promised to keep her safe and continue searching for Bibi Dong. On the Sun Moon Continent, Bibi Dong learned that Bi Mingxue had already agreed to fight the Douluo Continent to obtain a Sacred Fruit for her.

• The Black Flood Dragon King told Bi Yuxue to cherish her family, then left her alone with her thoughts.
• Yang Dong admitted he had known Bi Yuxue recognized him as her father and promised that anyone who tried to hurt her would have to kill him first.
• Bi Yuxue apologized to Yang Dong, held his hands, and accepted his assurance that Bibi Dong might still be alive and he would find her.
• Bibi Dong scolded Bi Mingxue for meeting Lord Holy Spirit and forbade her from going out.
• Bi Mingxue revealed she had already promised Teacher to represent the Sun Moon Continent against the Douluo Continent and obtain a Sacred Fruit for Bibi Dong.

Yang Dong tested Tang San's strength at the training grounds, where Tang San unleashed his Blue Silver Grass skills and Tang Sect hidden weapons. Yang Dong effortlessly stopped every attack, leaving Tang San aware of the vast gap between them.

• Bi Yuxue found Yang Dong's breakfast and note inviting her to the training grounds behind the mountain.
• Yang Dong noticed a golden sheen on Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and asked whether he had seen his mother; Tang San said he had received no news from Tang Hao for ten years.
• Tang San attacked with his Blue Silver Grass, combining his Third Soul Skill and Fifth Soul Skill while using Ghost Shadow Trace.
• Tang San fired a Dragon Whisker Needle and King Yama's Post at Yang Dong.
• Yang Dong shattered Tang San's slash with a punch and caught both hidden weapons without moving from his spot.
• Tang San conceded that he could not bridge the enormous gap between his strength and Yang Dong's.

Yang Dong watched Bi Yuxue spar and discovered that her inherited Ghost Hand Martial Soul still carried a will that seemed to erode her consciousness. Bi Yuxue saved her Sixth Soul Skill for the academy competition, while Yang Dong asked whether using the Ghost Hand made her feel agitated.

• Bi Yuxue arrived and accepted Tang San's invitation to spar with Yang Dong.
• Bi Yuxue revealed her Thousand Spider Sword and inherited Ghost Hand Martial Soul, then attacked Yang Dong with multiple Soul Skills and three bodies.
• Yang Dong sensed curse power in Bi Yuxue's attacks and a will within her Ghost Hand that was eroding her consciousness.
• Bi Yuxue exhausted her Soul Power and conceded without revealing her Sixth Soul Skill, which she planned to keep secret for the academy competition.
• Yang Dong asked Bi Yuxue whether using the Ghost Hand Martial Soul caused agitation in her heart.

Yang Dong discovered that Bi Yuxue’s Ghost Hand Martial Soul caused dangerous agitation, so he sealed part of its power and taught her and Tang San sword techniques. The chapter ended with Yang Dong gone and Xiao Wu arriving to find Tang San beside Bi Yuxue.

• Bi Yuxue admitted that using her Ghost Hand Martial Soul made her intensely agitated, and Yang Dong explained that the power could erode its wielder’s mind.
• Yang Dong transferred energy into Bi Yuxue’s Ghost Hand, then sealed part of its strength with a bracer, stopping the agitation while weakening her combat power.
• Yang Dong told Bi Yuxue that the side effect could not be fully cured unless she gave up her Ghost Hand Martial Soul, and she refused to abandon it.
• Yang Dong planted sword-art knowledge and protective seeds in Tang San’s and Bi Yuxue’s minds before leaving them to cultivate.
• Tang San and Bi Yuxue woke at noon and found Yang Dong gone, then Xiao Wu arrived and Bi Yuxue teased her about giving Tang San to her.

Yang Dong contacted the Sea God, who asked him to investigate why Ghost Gate forces were gathering on the Douluo plane. Yang Dong accepted, then learned that the God of Goodness would arrive in one month, leaving him wary of the danger she might pose.

• The Sea God Token hummed, and Yang Dong left a meeting with Dugu Bo in charge to speak privately with the Sea God.
• The Sea God reported that Ghost Gate armies were withdrawing from other planes and gathering on the Sun Moon Continent, then asked Yang Dong to investigate their purpose.
• Yang Dong pointed out that the request differed from their agreement, but accepted the mission after the Sea God offered to reduce his obligations and let him retreat if needed.
• The Sea God said the God of Goodness would visit the Douluo plane in one month and told Yang Dong to report to her.
• Yang Dong worried that the God of Goodness might target him and the Silver Dragon King, but reminded himself that his strength was increasing through the Heavenly Court's Heaven Seal.

Yang Dong confronted the Great Evil Spirit, who tried to recruit him into the Sacred Gate and offered information about forbidden lands. Yang Dong rejected the offer and attacked, seeking to capture him.

• Yang Dong watched the mist-shrouded Sun Moon Continent as the Plane Will warned him that the Evil Spirit was competing for control of Douluo Star.
• Yang Dong detected an approaching Evil Spirit, and the Plane Will left before the visitor arrived.
• The Great Evil Spirit appeared in the form of an old man and invited Yang Dong to join the Sacred Gate.
• Yang Dong questioned the Great Evil Spirit about the Immortal Tomb and God Tomb, learning that the Immortal Tomb had vanished.
• Yang Dong rejected the Great Evil Spirit's offer and struck with Soul Annihilation Hand.

Yang Dong fought the Great Evil Spirit and discovered that both feared the God of Goodness, who was expected to descend on the Douluo Continent. After questioning the Great Evil Spirit about the Ghost Gate’s forces, Yang Dong left with an ambiguous signal about the timing of the coming threat.

• The Great Evil Spirit used the power of more than half of Douluo Star to attack Yang Dong, but Yang Dong split his Sea-Sky Finger with Myriad Swords Return to One.
• Yang Dong struck at the Great Evil Spirit, who escaped unharmed, and decided that he might be a potential ally against the God of Goodness.
• The Great Evil Spirit deduced that the God of Goodness would soon descend on the Douluo Continent, while Yang Dong denied knowing anything about it.
• Yang Dong asked why Ghost Gate armies were entering the Douluo Continent, and the Great Evil Spirit said they needed a new home because the world behind the Sacred Gate had decayed.
• Yang Dong pointed toward the sky and departed, leaving the Great Evil Spirit to wonder whether his signal meant one day or one month.

Yang Dong met the God of Goodness in space and saw that Douluo Star was darkening as four small planes merged into it. The God of Goodness recognized him as a newly risen God King, while Yang Dong let her believe he had gained his strength from a shattered Divine Realm.

• Yang Dong waited on the Douluo Continent for the God of Goodness and considered whether her descent was part of a plan involving the Ghost Gate.
• A spatial Divine Art transported Yang Dong into the void, where he saw that one side of Douluo Star had turned black and four small planes were merging with it.
• The God of Goodness appeared with Poseidon and asked Yang Dong whether he saw the changes to Douluo Star.
• The God of Goodness identified Yang Dong as a God King and attributed his rapid rise to the legacy of a shattered Divine Realm.
• Poseidon reacted with disbelief at Yang Dong's advancement, and the God of Goodness examined his extraordinary divine rank.