Chapter Summaries

Yang Dong emerged from thirty years of seclusion at the peak of the God Lord realm and killed God Lord Hu Tian after Hu Tian defeated Flame God Lord and tried to claim the Heavenly Palace. Yang Dong recovered the battle bell fragments and left to contend for the position of God Emperor, bidding farewell to those in the Douluo Realm.

• God Lord Hu Tian defeated Flame God Lord and planned to claim the Heavenly Palace for himself.
• When Hu Tian attacked Douluo Star, Yang Dong severed his divine hand with a sword strike and trapped him in the surrounding star field.
• Yang Dong killed Hu Tian, who failed to learn the identity of his attacker before he died.
• Yang Dong recovered two bronze battle bell fragments and revealed that thirty years of cultivation had brought him to the peak of the God Lord realm.
• Yang Dong told many people that he was leaving to contend for the God Emperor position, and they bid him farewell.

Four Pseudo Emperors used a replica of the Four Directions Diagram to trap and attack the recovering Asura God. He fought them off and declared that he would kill them all and prove his Dao as a God Emperor, leaving the battle raging.

• Ape Head, Zhou, and two other Pseudo Emperors surrounded the Asura God in the starry sea, intending to kill him.
• One Pseudo Emperor deployed a replica of the Four Directions Diagram, freezing the sea of stars and blocking the Asura God's escape.
• Ape Head and the others attacked, but the Asura God deflected their strikes and sent Ape Head's Dark Iron Staff flying.
• The Asura God fought all four Pseudo Emperors, grew stronger, and mocked them as he suppressed their attacks.
• Ape Head unleashed Illusion Breaker, and another Pseudo Emperor warned him not to fall for the Asura God's trap.
• Ape Head ignored the warning and charged back into battle, unwilling to let the Asura God shatter his Dao heart.

The Asura God fought four Pseudo Emperors and killed one, despite suffering severe wounds. As his Void Chain appeared and he neared the God Emperor realm, Ape Head launched the Flying Immortal Technique, while the others watched for the chance to attack.

• The Asura God wounded three opponents with his sword before one Pseudo Emperor struck him with a saber and the five resumed their battle.
• The Asura God killed one Pseudo Emperor by tearing him in two, while Ape Head and the other two landed heavy blows that cost the Asura God an arm and wounded his back and chest.
• The Asura God's Void Chain appeared, prompting Zhou to stare in disbelief and Zhi to insist that the wounded Asura God could not break through to the God Emperor realm.
• Ape Head used his master Feather Emperor's Flying Immortal Technique and struck at the Asura God with the Dark Iron Staff as the other two Pseudo Emperors watched and guarded against a rescue attempt.

Yang Dong arrived at Qingyun God Lord’s planet and discovered that its people had been subjected to brutal exploitation and vice. He killed the God King who approached him, then unleashed a cleansing attack across the planet, leaving Qingyun God Lord’s fate unresolved.

• Yang Dong found that Qingyun God Lord’s planet held only women, while its native men had been exterminated and its inhabitants were being abused.
• A shifty-eyed God King offered Yang Dong access to two sisters, and Yang Dong pressured him to reveal Qingyun God Lord’s whereabouts.
• The God King said Qingyun God Lord was in seclusion, so Yang Dong killed him without drawing notice from those nearby.
• Yang Dong unleashed the Ghost Hand and a dark-purple torrent that swept across the planet, killing its inhabitants above God Level.
• Several half-step God Lords tried to resist Yang Dong’s attack, but the torrent reduced them to withered bones as purple lightning struck the planet.

Yang Dong killed Qingyun God Lord, freeing the Anyang Continent from his rule and the demons who served him. He declared himself Ghost God and vowed to protect the continent, giving its broken survivors a faint hope.

• Yang Dong found Qingyun God Lord on Qingyun Star and attacked him without answering his questions.
• Yang Dong's Heavenly Dao Slash overwhelmed Qingyun God Lord's defenses despite the God Lord burning his divine soul and Dao laws.
• Yang Dong killed Qingyun God Lord, and the spiritual rain that followed washed over the continent for seven days and nights as the demons died.
• Yang Dong declared that he was Ghost God and promised to protect the Anyang Continent as long as he lived.
• The survivors wondered whether Ghost God would keep them safe, while Yang Dong sensed that the Cosmic Will had noticed him.

Yang Dong left Anyang Continent after helping Zhao Yaqin begin a new path, then encountered the wounded God of Goodness fleeing from Kailang, a Pseudo Emperor. He challenged Kailang to fight, and learned that Kailang had slaughtered the inhabitants of more than ten planes to empower his Demon Hammer.

• Yang Dong watched Zhao Yaqin lead the rebuilding of Anyang Continent, and a God Level cultivation method appeared in her mind when the Ghost God statue was completed.
• Yang Dong concealed Anyang Star and left a coordinate in the statue before departing.
• The God of Goodness crossed Yang Dong's path while fleeing Kailang, who pursued her atop a Starry Sky Giant Beast.
• The God of Goodness warned Yang Dong that Kailang was a Pseudo Emperor, but Yang Dong challenged him to a fight.
• The God of Goodness revealed that Kailang had sacrificed the lives of more than ten planes to empower the Demon Hammer.

Yang Dong confronted the Pseudo Emperor Kailang and revealed strength that rivaled his, defeating Kailang’s Starry Sky Giant Beast and breaking through the Demon Hammer’s suppression. Kailang then drew on the God Emperor Dao Fruit within reach and launched another attack, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Yang Dong challenged Kailang, and his Demon Saber: Thousand Blades clashed with Kailang’s time-fragment War Halberd.
• Yang Dong killed Kailang’s Starry Sky Giant Beast with a punch from his Ghost Hand.
• Kailang attacked Yang Dong with the Demon Hammer, pressing him beneath its overwhelming power.
• Yang Dong unleashed the Ghost God Fist, forced Kailang back, and sent the Demon Hammer flying.
• Kailang strengthened his combat power through the Demon Hammer and attacked Yang Dong again as Void Chains appeared behind him.

Yang Dong and Kailang fought a devastating battle after both reached Pseudo Emperor-level strength, each seeking to kill the other and claim a chance at the God Emperor realm. Yang Dong’s ultimate sword strike shook the chains binding Evil God, though it did not break them.

• Yang Dong used Heavenly Dao Slash to clad himself in an armor of laws and resist Kailang’s divine might.
• Yang Dong and Kailang clashed across the starfields, suffering serious injuries as Goodness God watched and hoped Yang Dong could save Shura.
• Kailang charged again with his Demon Hammer, while Yang Dong’s Demon Blade fragments damaged Kailang but were mostly destroyed.
• Yang Dong unleashed a fatal sword strike that split starfields and sent Sword Qi reaching Goodness God.
• Evil God saw the chains binding him crack under Yang Dong’s sword strike, but judged that another strike would be needed to break them.

Yang Dong killed Kailang and used the Demon Hammer to restore the Demon Blade Thousand Blades. After God of Goodness thanked him, she asked him to help free Asura God from the Four Symbols Diagram.

• Kailang died beneath Yang Dong's sword strike, and witnesses struggled to believe Emperor Kai had fallen.
• Yang Dong caught the fleeing Demon Hammer and refined it to restore the Demon Blade Thousand Blades.
• God of Goodness thanked Yang Dong for saving her, and he said he had needed an opponent.
• Yang Dong suspected the Cosmic Will had created an illusion of approaching the God Emperor realm to make him and Kailang fight.
• God of Goodness asked Yang Dong to help the Divine Realm rescue Asura God from the Four Symbols Diagram.

The God of Goodness asked Yang Dong, a Pseudo Emperor known as Ghost God, to help rescue Shura, who was besieged by four Pseudo Emperors. Yang Dong agreed to recover using the Goddess of Life's essence blood, and the chapter ended with the other Supreme Gods learning his identity.

• The God of Goodness told Yang Dong that Shura was surrounded by four Pseudo Emperors and that Kailang had pursued her while she tried to rescue him.
• Yang Dong said his divine soul and Divine Physique were too exhausted to fight again and that he needed at least three months to recover.
• The God of Goodness proposed using the Goddess of Life's essence blood to restore Yang Dong, and he agreed to try it.
• The God of Goodness brought Yang Dong through a doorway to the Divine Realm, where the God of Evil, the God of Destruction, and the Goddess of Life watched Shura's situation.
• The God of Goodness introduced Yang Dong as Ghost God, a Pseudo Emperor who had slain Kailang, stunning the other Supreme Gods.

Goddess of Life sacrificed her vital essence blood and a fragment of her life divine spark to restore Yang Dong, hoping he would regain enough strength to rescue Asura God. Yang Dong's divine soul and physique began recovering, leaving the Five Supreme Gods' rescue plan within reach.

• God of Goodness explained that Yang Dong's battle against Kailang had severely weakened him, so he could not yet help rescue Asura God.
• Goddess of Life offered to restore Yang Dong with her vital essence blood, despite the risk to her Great Dao.
• Goddess of Life's ordinary life energy failed because Yang Dong's Divine Physique could not absorb it.
• Goddess of Life shattered a fragment of her life divine spark and combined it with her vital essence blood to create a green, water droplet-shaped crystal.
• The crystal merged into Yang Dong, rapidly restoring his divine soul and beginning to heal his Divine Physique as the others sensed his strength returning.

Yang Dong recovered and joined the God of Goodness, the God of Evil, and the God of Destruction to break the Four Symbols Diagram and free the Asura God. As a Fire Phoenix named Li arrived to stop them, Yang Dong fought her and unleashed Heavenly Dao Slash, leaving his allies stunned by his transformed power.

• Yang Dong recovered to his peak, opened the passage, and followed the other three to the starfield where the Four Symbols Diagram trapped the Asura God.
• Yang Dong struck the Four Symbols Diagram with the Demon Blade Thousand Blades, making cracks spread across it.
• Li arrived and attacked Yang Dong with a Fire Phoenix manifestation, but he shattered it with Ghost God Fist.
• Li transformed into her Fire Phoenix form and attacked with World-Extinguishing Demonic Flame and a heavenly blade of fire.
• Yang Dong unleashed Heavenly Dao Slash, greatly increasing his power, while the God of Goodness, the God of Evil, and the God of Destruction watched.

Yang Dong, calling himself Ghost God, defeated and suppressed Fire Phoenix while attacking the Four Symbols Diagram. Fire Phoenix realized he might share the Divine Era’s destiny with Asura God, making their attempt to kill Asura God potentially aid Yang Dong’s rise to God Emperor.

• Yang Dong clashed with Fire Phoenix’s flaming sky saber, then turned their battle’s energy toward the Four Symbols Diagram.
• Fire Phoenix transformed the energy storm into a firestorm that engulfed Yang Dong, but he cut through it with Demon Saber: Thousand Blades and severed her wing.
• Yang Dong trapped Fire Phoenix in rivers of Sword Qi and suppressed her despite her attempts to break free with divine spears.
• Yang Dong identified himself as Ghost God, and Fire Phoenix realized he was an unknown figure who might bear the Divine Era’s destiny.
• Fire Phoenix feared that killing either Yang Dong or Asura God could help the other become God Emperor, and concluded that only a God Emperor killing both might stop them.

Yang Dong forced Fire Phoenix Li to reveal what she knew about the God Emperors, then broke the Four Symbols Diagram and intervened in the battle against the Asura God. He saved the exhausted Asura God and faced the three battered Pseudo Emperors, declaring that he would kill them.

• Yang Dong seized Fire Phoenix Li and threatened her until she revealed her theory that two gods of destiny existed and that the next God Emperor might emerge from the Divine Era.
• Fire Phoenix Li told Yang Dong that Feather Emperor had been the previous era’s God Emperor, and Yang Dong recalled the destruction of the starfield around Douluo Star.
• Yang Dong attacked the Four Symbols Diagram until it shattered, exposing the Asura God’s battle against the surviving attackers.
• Yang Dong’s sword light blocked the attacks aimed at the exhausted Asura God and trapped Ape Head and the other two Pseudo Emperors in a storm of Sword Qi.
• Yang Dong told the Asura God he was safe, then announced that he had a sword and ordered the three Pseudo Emperors to die.

Yang Dong used the Ghost God Sword to kill two Pseudo Emperors and drive Yuan Shou away while rescuing the Asura God. He agreed to accompany the Divine Realm gods after the Asura God warned that the deaths might attract God Emperors.

• Yang Dong's sword killed the Pseudo Emperor who had lost his Dao foundation and cleaved the Emperor Zhou apart despite his forced return to peak strength.
• Yuan Shou detonated his weapon to escape Yang Dong's Sword Qi and vowed to remember the grudge.
• Yang Dong withdrew his aura, and the Asura God, Fire Phoenix, and the God of Goodness, God of Evil, and God of Destruction reacted to the defeat of the Pseudo Emperors.
• The God of Goodness thanked Yang Dong for saving the Asura God, and Yang Dong prepared to leave.
• The Asura God urged Yang Dong to visit the Divine Realm because the deaths might draw God Emperors, and Yang Dong agreed before sealing Fire Phoenix's divine soul with Sword Qi.

Yang Dong forced Fire Phoenix to submit and took her as his subordinate, then entered the Divine Realm with the gods and asked to visit the Forbidden Land of Gods. Meanwhile, Feather Emperor learned that Yuan Shou had been defeated, and Yuan Shou hid on a desolate planet and begged his master for help.

• Yang Dong activated the Sword Qi in Fire Phoenix’s divine soul until she submitted, then carved a restriction into her soul.
• Yang Dong learned the Fire Phoenix’s name was Li, and he and the gods traveled through a passage back to the Divine Realm.
• Goddess of Life welcomed the group and noticed Asura God was badly injured; Asura God left to recover.
• Yang Dong asked God of Goodness to take him to the Forbidden Land of Gods, and she agreed after he said he would not free the Golden Dragon King.
• Feather Emperor learned from Yuan Shou that several Pseudo Emperors had been defeated, while Yuan Shou hid on a desolate planet and pleaded for rescue.

Yang Dong and the others visited the Forbidden Land of Gods and saw the imprisoned, mindless Golden Dragon King. He challenged Goodness God and Evil over the Divine Realm’s past exploitation of other planes, and Goodness God admitted they had harmed them.

• Goodness God led Yang Dong and the others to a hidden formation sealing the Golden Dragon King beneath a mountain.
• The Golden Dragon King attacked them without reason until the formation drained its strength and forced it back underground.
• Yang Dong asked Goodness God why she continued imprisoning the Golden Dragon King, and she implied the Divine Realm had deliberately allowed the Silver Dragon King to escape.
• Yang Dong questioned whether Goodness God regretted suppressing the various planes, and Evil defended the Divine Realm’s actions.
• Yang Dong accused the Divine Realm of exploiting planes and abandoning them when it could no longer protect them, and Goodness God admitted they had made a mistake.

Yang Dong continued to reject the Divine Realm’s authority while analyzing its structure during a half-month of quiet. Asura God visited to thank him and explain that the Divine Realm recognized its responsibility for the destruction and enslavement of countless continents, though its harmful practices were now difficult to stop.

• Yang Dong dismissed the Divine Realm’s attempts to defend itself and asked Goodness God and the others to arrange a place for him to rest.
• Fire Phoenix Li asked why Yang Dong had saved Asura God despite his hostility toward the Divine Realm, but Yang Dong refused to explain.
• Yang Dong spent half a month undisturbed, secretly analyzing the structure of the Divine Realm.
• Asura God visited Yang Dong, thanked him for saving his life, and apologized for his disagreement with the Divine Realm.
• Asura God abandoned his plan to recruit Yang Dong and admitted that the Divine Realm’s actions had helped cause the destruction and enslavement of countless continents.

Asura God proposed that he and Yang Dong establish a new Divine Realm order that protected the planes instead of draining their power. Yang Dong refused to join, saying he could save the other planes without the Divine Realm, while Asura God tried to persuade him by pointing out his shortage of deities.

• Asura God told Yang Dong that the Divine Realm needed to change and proposed establishing a new order.
• Asura God explained that his order would protect the continents under the Divine Realm rather than draw power from every plane.
• Yang Dong questioned whether the other four gods would accept the plan and rejected Asura God's invitation to join the Divine Realm.
• Yang Dong said he could save the other planes on his own, especially after subduing Fire Phoenix.
• Asura God argued that Yang Dong needed more deities to maintain order because he had few under his command.

The five Supreme Gods met to discuss the Divine Realm’s future after the Asura God reported that Yang Dong had refused to join them. They agreed to wait for Yang Dong to confront the Demon Cave before deciding whether the Divine Realm should emerge from hiding, and resolved to stop drawing power from the various planes.

• The Asura God told Shura, Goodness, Evil, Destruction, and Life that Yang Dong had refused to join the Divine Realm.
• The Goddess of Life proposed an alliance with Yang Dong, but the Asura God said Yang Dong already had enough strength with a Pseudo Emperor-level Fire Phoenix.
• The Asura God suggested that the Divine Realm use Yang Dong’s emergence into the open as a chance to leave hiding.
• The Goddess of Life and God of Destruction opposed the plan, while the God of Evil supported waiting until Yang Dong withstood the Demon Cave’s assault.
• The five Supreme Gods agreed to wait for Yang Dong to step into the open and to stop drawing power from the various planes.