Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Hearing of Dou Ling’s restoration, the Heaven Dou court erupts in anger and envy. Unable to defeat the Sun Moon Empire, the emperor accepts a general’s proposal to flee across the sea and establish a new state on the Dou Ling Continent—renamed the Heaven Soul Continent. Meanwhile, Dou Ling’s people celebrate, confident their empire will be restored.
• On the Heavenly Screen, Zhen Hua agrees to raise the price of Heavenly Forging after Yin Hongye argues that the craft has been underpriced and demand will remain strong. Mu Hongchen jokes about faking an illness to drive prices higher. Zhen Hua ultimately accepts the new pricing and welcomes the prospect of less work.
• After the group splits up, Yin Hongye suggests Mu Hongchen visit the War God Temple. Mu demonstrates Mechanical Conversion, using his ninth Soul Skill to reshape and rapidly switch metal Soul Tools. He believes he might eventually manipulate and reassemble metal at a distance.
• Beyond the screen, Xiao Hongchen is unsettled by his descendant’s advanced abilities. His sister Meng Hongchen teases him for falling behind and asks him to show her if he ever learns the same trick.
• Yin Hongye explains that the War God Temple is the Federation’s elite combat organization, tasked with confronting Evil Soul Masters and major threats. Its eighteen levels offer military rewards and can reduce or erase a soldier’s sentence; its leaders are Limit Douluo and Four-Word Battle Armor Masters.

Character developments and interactions

• The Heaven Dou emperor shifts from listening to his court’s outrage to choosing survival through migration, with the general’s plan turning imperial resentment into a concrete ambition.
• Yin Hongye proves both commercially shrewd and confident in his expertise, while Zhen Hua recognizes that his work has been undervalued. Mu Hongchen joins the negotiation with humor.
• Mu Hongchen reveals the growing scope of his metal-control abilities. Xiao’s frustration at being surpassed contrasts with Meng’s playful, pointed teasing.
• Yin Hongye and Qian Renxue compare the War God Temple’s trials to Slaughter City; Yin jokes about her having turned toward good.

Significant themes

• Survival and imperial pride: Heaven Dou would rather rebuild elsewhere than accept defeat, while Dou Ling enjoys its restoration.
• The value of skilled work: Yin argues that rare expertise deserves a high price, and Zhen Hua comes to accept that view.
• Generational change and rivalry: Mu Hongchen’s abilities impress and unsettle Xiao, while Meng’s teasing makes the comparison personal.
• Power and redemption: The War God Temple uses combat challenges both to reward strength and to offer soldiers a path toward reduced punishment.

Plot points and events

• Qian Renxue asks how the War God Temple compares with Shrek Academy. Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen explain that Shrek has deep ties to the Temple and influence over its decisions; the Federation, meanwhile, struggles to control powerful organizations.
• The group discusses the Temple’s neglected Eighteen Layers of Hell. Yin Hongye criticizes its challenges as poorly designed and decides to renovate them, especially the lower levels. He describes several layers and complains that the trials pit challengers against absurdly powerful opponents and group battles.
• Outside the Heavenly Screen, Sun Moon Empire officials react angrily to the Federation’s weakness and Shrek’s influence. Xu Tianran concludes that power and control of advanced technology—especially Four-Word Battle Armor—will be essential to dominating rival factions. He orders continued development of the Empire’s own Battle Armor.
• A month later, Yin Hongye’s party arrives in Heaven Dou City and meets blacksmith master Zhen Hua. Yin predicts that visitors from a neighboring continent’s Blacksmith Association are coming. The visitors arrive, and the chapter ends with the revelation that they have not abandoned their “wicked ambitions.”

Character developments and interactions

• Yin Hongye is irreverent, domineering, and intensely critical of the War God Temple’s Hell trials. His irritation turns into a resolve to overhaul them. He also treats the visitors’ arrival with theatrical confidence.
• Qian Renxue remains curious, questioning both the Temple’s strength and the nature of its Hell.
• Mu Hongchen joins Yin’s discussion and agrees that the Temple’s existing trials are inadequate.
• Xu Tianran responds to the political revelations with calculated ambition. Rather than simply condemning Shrek’s influence, he plans to secure military and technological leverage for the Empire.
• Zhen Hua is surprised by Yin’s prediction of the visitors and asks why they have come.

Significant themes

• Power and political authority: The Federation’s weakness stems from its inability to control influential factions; Xu Tianran believes strength is what ultimately commands obedience.
• Institutional corruption and divided loyalties: The War God Temple and other organizations appear entangled with Shrek and individual leaders, undermining the Federation’s independence.
• Technology as a tool of control: Xu Tianran sees Battle Armor and advanced Soul-Guided technology as ways to make other powers dependent on the Empire.
• Absurdity and bravado: Yin’s exaggerated complaints about the Hell trials provide comic relief while reinforcing his forceful, unconventional outlook.

Plot and events

• At the Blacksmith Association, Yin Hongye questions Star Luo vice president Chang Gong Yan about the Star Luo delegation. Chang says Long Yue and Princess Dai Yun’er have also come and are studying at Shrek Academy.
• Chang claims he came to pay his respects after witnessing Yin’s Single-Hammer Soul Forging. Suspecting a challenge, Yin demonstrates his skill: he soul-forges a piece of metal with one hammer strike, astonishing Chang, Lin Yuhan, and the assembled blacksmiths.
• Yin and Zhen Hua leave for Mu Ye’s kitchen, where the group shares a meal. Zhen Hua gives Yin a rare metal called Golden Water Harmony, which can maximize compatibility when fusing metals, provided the fusion succeeds.
• Yin plans to study it for his Battle Armor materials and considers using the Five-Element Qilin Pearl for equipment.
• Meanwhile, Qian Gu Dongfeng speaks with the Ghost Emperor, who demands another of three sought-after items and insists that Yun Ming must die. Qian promises to keep searching, though he senses Yin may cause trouble.
• The Ghost Emperor orders Zhuang Yu to continue Inhibitor research in the Dou Ling Empire and sends Dark Phoenix and Dark Bell there to monitor it.

Character developments and interactions

• Yin Hongye makes clear that he will not be intimidated or drawn into a challenge; his effortless forging establishes his overwhelming ability. He also turns his attention to developing his Battle Armor.
• Chang Gong Yan is impressed by Yin’s demonstration and does not press the challenge.
• Mu Hongchen, usually reserved, is visibly captivated by Golden Water Harmony and questions whether it can truly guarantee perfect fusion.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng is caught between his agreement with the Ghost Emperor and uncertainty about finding the requested item. He anticipates Yin may disrupt their plans.
• The meal brings the group together around Mu Ye’s cooking, while Zhen Hua’s gift gives Yin a new resource for his forging work.

Significant themes

• Skill and learning: Yin’s demonstration contrasts with the poor prospects for learning at Shrek Academy and the urgency of keeping up through study.
• Talent versus tools: Golden Water Harmony can improve metal fusion, but success still depends on the forge master’s ability.
• Political maneuvering: The Star Luo delegation’s presence, Qian’s deal with the Ghost Emperor, and the surveillance of Inhibitor research point to competing powers pursuing strategic advantages.

Plot points and events

• During nearly half a month of work, Yin Hongye breaks down the Five-Element Qilin Pearl’s power and creates something capable of countering the War God Temple’s sixteenth layer. His Four-Word Battle Armor is otherwise forged, but he delays finishing it because he dislikes the chest design.
• Yin and Mu Hongchen head to West Mountain to alter the War God Temple’s Eighteen Layers of Hell, bringing Qian Renxue, Di Qiuer, and Na’er along. Yin and Mu intend to make the challenges much harder—not easier.
• They pass through the Central Legion base and reach the Hell Gate. Yin dismisses its design, then kicks the heavy door off its hinges instead of opening it normally.
• Inside, Mu criticizes the temple’s outdated Soul Guidance Arrays. They meet vice hall master Guan Yue, Long Tianwu, and Su Mengjun.
• Yin explains that he considers the trials too easy and wants to redesign them with extreme hazards. Guan Yue is alarmed but cannot stop him.
• Su Mengjun teases Yin about bringing Qian Renxue, and Yin bluntly says she is there to ward off matchmaking attempts. Mu then prepares to face the challenges.
• Su Mengjun chooses Mu, calling him the weakest and referring to the pressure the Hongchen family placed on him to restore the family. Hearing this on the Heavenly Screen, Jing Hongchen erupts in outrage.

Character developments and interactions

• Yin Hongye is inventive, confident, and comically fixated on looking cool. He also exploits the precise wording of his Soul Skill, Blood Battle, and treats rules as opportunities for loopholes.
• Mu Hongchen shares Yin’s priorities and accompanies him to overhaul the trials. Su Mengjun’s remarks suggest Mu has endured heavy family pressure and conflict.
• Qian Renxue watches Yin’s unconventional behavior with quiet disbelief and is awkwardly caught in Su Mengjun’s teasing.
• Guan Yue remains guarded, anticipating the danger Yin’s proposed redesign could pose to future challengers.
• Su Mengjun is playful and provocative, flattering Qian Renxue before needling Yin and Mu.
• Jing Hongchen’s furious reaction highlights how personally he takes insults or criticism involving the Hongchen family.

Significant themes

• Power and ingenuity: Yin’s creativity and rule-bending let him overcome obstacles in unexpected ways.
• Appearance versus function: Yin prioritizes style in his armor even while demonstrating overwhelming practical power.
• Cruelty disguised as challenge: Yin argues that a true “hell” should be genuinely dangerous, raising the question of how far trials should go.
• Family pressure and legacy: Mu’s burden of reviving his family, and Jing Hongchen’s response, point to the costs and emotional stakes of family reputation.

Plot points and events

• Yin Hongye explains how the Hongchen Family fell from power. A massive explosion destroyed Jing Hongchen’s Hall of Bright Virtue, and Emperor Xu Tianran later sidelined him by making him a powerless city lord in Heaven Dou City.
• The family’s next generation also suffered: Xiao Hongchen’s cultivation was permanently damaged by drugs, while Meng Hongchen lacked the resources to inherit the family’s former position. Ten thousand years later, the family returned to Mingdu, and Mu Hongchen alone inherited the Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul.
• Yin recounts how Mu Hongchen’s pressure led him to crash the Federation’s network. He and Yin later became unlikely partners, building a plasma cannon and creating antivirus software that behaved almost like a virus.
• Hearing that Xu Tianran’s lack of an heir helped motivate Jing Hongchen’s downfall, Jing resolves to depose him and jokingly imagines recruiting the centenarian Kong Deming.
• In the arena, Mu Hongchen defeats Su Mengjun. Using the Three-Legged Golden Toad’s power, he reshapes surrounding metal into defenses and finally a giant mechanical beast that engulfs her. Su concedes.
• Long Tianwu prepares to fight next. Qian Renxue steps forward, invoking her Angel Holy Armor and a Spiritual Domain that stirs feelings of remorse. The next match begins.

Character developments and interactions

• Jing Hongchen’s shock at his family’s fate turns into anger and a decision to challenge Xu Tianran’s rule.
• Xiao and Meng Hongchen silently confront the bleak future they would have faced, recognizing that their losses were tied to the family’s decline.
• Yin Hongye’s dry humor and bluntness emerge in his stories and exchanges with Guan Yue. Guan Yue teases him about their past partnership and about his advice to kill anyone who manipulates one’s emotions.
• Mu Hongchen demonstrates the power and versatility that come with inheriting the family’s signature Martial Soul. Su respects his strength despite losing.
• Qian Renxue’s domain affects those nearby, prompting Su Mengjun to recall her past and drawing Guan Yue’s attention.

Significant themes

• Legacy and decline: Political upheaval and destroyed institutions can erase a family’s power across generations.
• Talent versus circumstance: Xiao and Meng’s prospects were shaped not only by ability but by injury, isolation, and lost resources.
• Power and succession: Xu Tianran’s lack of an heir exposes the political stakes behind Jing Hongchen’s resentment.
• Control and conviction: Qian Renxue’s domain manipulates emotion, while Yin Hongye insists that recognizing such influence is a form of resistance.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Qian Renxue defeats Long Tianwu in a fierce duel. Long Tianwu uses her Emperor Sword and multiple Soul Skills, but Qian Renxue’s greater Divine Power, Angel Domain, psychic attack, and Ninth Soul Skill overwhelm her. Long Tianwu accepts defeat.
• Yin Hongye challenges Guan Yue, then demonstrates startling speed by appearing behind him and placing a blade at his throat. He insists his movement comes from speed, not spatial abilities, and orders the group to redesign the hell layers.
• As they travel through Layers Three to Fifteen, Guan Yue explains the defenses. Several layers have been altered to deprive intruders of oxygen, and the Fifteenth Layer is an apparent maze whose exit is simply a breakable wall.
• In the Sixteenth Layer, Vast Sea Hell, Yin Hongye uses a large black flag to control the water. Its power parts the water and redirects currents and whirlpools, allowing the group to cross safely. Yin jokes that Na’er’s smaller flag is this one’s “son,” while the larger flag is the “father.”
• The group reaches the Seventeenth Layer, a vast magma realm. Yin detects living beings within the lava and calls them out.
• A powerful Fire Person emerges with other magma-dwelling beings. It says they are outsiders from beyond the Douluo Continent but have made an agreement with the world’s government and mean no harm.
• The Divine Realm, monitoring events beyond the Heavenly Screen, grows alarmed at the mention of more outsiders and wonders what happened to it during the Spacetime Turbulence.

Character developments and interactions

• Qian Renxue proves decisively stronger than Long Tianwu, though Long Tianwu’s refusal to give up highlights her pride and determination. Qian is later teased—implicitly and repeatedly—as someone especially suited to fighting in hostile environments, a label she dislikes.
• Long Tianwu fights with courage and an impressive range of sword techniques, but recognizes the gap between herself and Qian Renxue and concedes defeat.
• Yin Hongye displays overwhelming speed and confidence, then takes charge of evaluating and criticizing the hell layers. His casual handling of the dangerous water crossing reinforces how powerful and versatile he is.
• Guan Yue is wary of fighting Yin Hongye, whose unconventional, brutal style makes a direct contest especially unfavorable. He instead guides the group through the layers.
• Na’er is curious about the difference between her flag and Yin Hongye’s larger one, prompting his playful “son and father” explanation.
• The Fire Person leader approaches the group peacefully and explains its people’s situation, creating uncertainty over whether these outsiders are threats or simply residents under an official agreement.

Significant themes

• Power and perseverance: Long Tianwu’s resolve is admirable, but determination cannot erase the gulf in strength between her and Qian Renxue.
• Preparation and environmental adaptation: The hell layers test survival through oxygen deprivation, water, and extreme heat—not merely combat. The group succeeds by relying on specialized abilities and tools.
• Strength expressed in different forms: Qian Renxue wins through divine force, Yin Hongye through speed and control, and the Fire People through their ability to survive and regenerate in magma.
• Suspicion of the unknown: The Fire People’s claim that they are peaceful contrasts with the Divine Realm’s immediate anxiety about outsiders, hinting at broader unresolved dangers linked to the Spacetime Turbulence.

Key plot points and events

• Yin Hongye questions Huo Tian, a leader of the Fire Host Clan from the Falan World, about his people’s origins. Huo Tian explains that Falan faced a catastrophe: a planet was swept toward it by spacetime turbulence, and its greatest powers tried to stop it using the Falan Seven Divine Beads. The Fire Host Clan was displaced into Yin Hongye’s world.
• Huo Tian asks Yin Hongye to seek out Falan once he becomes a god. Yin Hongye refuses to promise success, but accepts an octagonal fiery gemstone and a wisp of the clan’s royal flame, the Seven-Colored Lotus Flower, in exchange for considering the request. The flame may be useful to him, and his sense of causality gives him a vague direction toward Falan.
• Huo Tian leads his clan back into the magma, and Yin Hongye’s group proceeds to the eighteenth and final layer of the Eighteen Layers of Hell.
• Yin Hongye reveals that reaching the final layer means becoming part of it—effectively being kept there forever. The cavern itself has no challenge, and rumors that the Vast Sea Douluo guards it are false.
• The group discusses the Ice God’s Heart, a powerful but unusable source of pure ice energy held by the military. It might theoretically power a god-slaying weapon, but its energy cannot be accessed or combined with other systems.
• Outside the Heavenly Screen, the Evil God King decides to remain amid the spacetime turbulence after learning that beings from Falan—and possibly god-level powers—have entered the Douluo Continent. He believes the Divine Realm’s future depends on his vigilance.
• When Mu Hongchen mentions that the Ice God’s Heart’s exact origin was erased, the Ice and Snow Emperors, having just left the Far North, stop in their tracks.

Character developments and interactions

• Yin Hongye remains cautious and transactional: he will not make an uncertain promise without qualification, but accepts Huo Tian’s offerings and leaves open the possibility of finding Falan. He also shows his control over the magma world through his Red Lotus Karmic Fire.
• Huo Tian is frightened by his homeland’s disaster but hopeful that Yin Hongye may one day help. He offers both a gemstone and a rare ancestral flame to strengthen his appeal.
• Mu Hongchen helps explain the Ice God’s Heart and confirms that the military retains it.
• Qian Renxue asks about the final layer and the ice artifact, prompting Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen to explain both.
• The Evil God King chooses responsibility over withdrawal, seeing the arrival of outsiders as a threat that cannot be ignored.

Significant themes

• Responsibility amid uncertainty: Yin Hongye and the Evil God King both confront obligations whose outcomes they cannot guarantee.
• Power and exchange: Huo Tian’s request is framed as a bargain, while Yin Hongye avoids commitments without clear terms.
• Worlds and catastrophe: The account of Falan expands the story’s scope and raises the possibility of threats crossing between worlds.
• Rumor versus truth: The supposed guardian and challenge of the eighteenth layer prove to be inventions, while powerful artifacts may be far less usable than their reputation suggests.

Key plot points and events

• Yin Hongye explains that the Ice God’s Heart is an extremely cold relic—near absolute zero—and has killed nine Titled Douluos. Though it has no active ability beyond strengthening ice-aligned beings, he wants the Federation to let him study it as a possible solution to global warming.
• Ten thousand years earlier, the Ice Empress and Snow Empress hear about the relic and recognize its potential, but decide to search for the Earth Dragon Gate first.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Lord attacks Shrek Academy and demands Huo Yuhao. Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, and Cai Mei’er confront him, but his overwhelming spiritual power incapacitates all three.
• Mu En intervenes with the Sea God’s Light, forcing the Evil Emperor to retreat after Mu En insists Huo Yuhao is away training. The Evil Emperor warns that Mu En’s life is nearly over; Mu En privately recognizes that his power may not protect Shrek next time.
• After finishing renovations to the War God Temple’s Eighteen Layers of Hell, Yin Hongye and his group return to the Central Legion. He seeks Vast Sea Douluo to request the Ice God’s Heart. When Guan Yue cannot—or will not—help, Yin Hongye threatens to start a fight at Shrek to draw Vast Sea Douluo out. Guan Yue finally reveals that Vast Sea Douluo is at parliament.

Character developments and interactions

• Yin Hongye is resourceful and determined to study the Ice God’s Heart, using an outrageous threat to pressure Guan Yue into revealing Vast Sea Douluo’s whereabouts.
• Mu Hongchen supports investigating the relic and suggests a possible connection between cold and climate change.
• Mu En shows courage and resolve by facing the Evil Emperor, but his relief afterward exposes how fragile his remaining strength is.
• The Evil Emperor displays contempt for Shrek’s defenders, yet the Sea God’s Light makes him cautious enough to withdraw.
• Guan Yue initially avoids helping Yin Hongye, then gives in when confronted with his threat.
• The Ice and Snow Empresses agree that the relic could aid them, but prioritize their search for the Earth Dragon Gate.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Even Shrek’s strongest defenders are helpless against a superior opponent, while Mu En’s defense relies on a divine force and dwindling life.
• The cost of power: The Ice God’s Heart offers great potential but is dangerous even to powerful Soul Masters.
• Knowledge and responsibility: Yin Hongye sees the relic as something to investigate for a broader crisis, while the ancient-era rulers see its immediate value for their own strength.
• Threats and strategy: Characters use intimidation, negotiation, and deterrence when direct force is risky or ineffective.

Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen went to Parliament after learning the Federation was considering an attack on the Dou Ling Continent. Yin Hongye rejected an immediate invasion but urged the Federation to weaken Dou Ling first, then challenged Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect’s authority to oppose him.

• Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen decided to go to Parliament and force the members to settle their debate over Dou Ling.
• The guards outside Parliament pretended to knock themselves out as Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen entered the building.
• Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect opposed sending troops to Dou Ling, while other members argued for war.
• Yin Hongye kicked open the chamber doors, joined the meeting, and said the Federation should not invade Dou Ling yet.
• Yin Hongye proposed disrupting Dou Ling’s trade, granaries, and internal stability before attacking, then challenged Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect’s right to speak for the Federation.

Yin Hongye secured the Ice God's Heart and planned to use it while preparing to stir up trouble in Dou Ling and destroy the Hua family. In Mingdu, Jing Hongchen launched a coup against Xu Tianran, who called for the Imperial Preceptor just as the Heavenly Screen revealed Xu Tianran had once ambushed Ye Xishui.

• Yin Hongye persuaded Chen Xinjie to hand over the Ice God's Pearl and told Xu Tiankuo he planned to conquer Dou Ling and wipe out the Hua family.
• Xu Tiankuo agreed to help keep Parliament and the Spirit Pagoda in check when Yin Hongye made his move.
• A few days later, Yin Hongye received the Ice God's Heart and discussed testing it with Mu Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen prepared a coup by securing support from officials and replacing Xu Tianran's guards.
• Jing Hongchen confronted Xu Tianran in court, and Xu Tianran cried out for the Imperial Preceptor as the Heavenly Screen revealed he had ambushed Ye Xishui.

Yin Hongye explained how Xu Tianran had lured Ye Xishui into a lethal Imperial Palace trap, while Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong rescued her and Long Xiaoyao. After Zhongli Wu learned Xu Tianran had planned to eliminate the Holy Spirit Cult, Jing Hongchen helped depose him, and the ministers began discussing who should rule next.

• Yin Hongye explained that Xu Tianran had turned against Ye Xishui because he saw the Holy Spirit Cult as a future threat, and described the trap that left Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao gravely wounded before Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong rescued them.
• Mu Hongchen said the Ice God's Heart's energy remained frozen, and Yin Hongye tested the Ice God's Pearl with Karmic Fire.
• Zhongli Wu confronted Xu Tianran over his plan to kill Ye Xishui and accused him of intending to eliminate the Holy Spirit Cult as well.
• Jing Hongchen persuaded Zhongli Wu that Xu Tianran had betrayed his allies, while Xu Tianran's ministers stayed silent.
• Jing Hongchen crippled Xu Tianran's dantian and had him dragged from the throne, then asked the ministers to choose the next ruler.

Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen abandoned their attempt to extract useful energy from the Ice God's Heart and planned a looping prison disguised as a train tunnel to Qiankun Asking Love Valley. Nearly half a year later, Di Qiuer had become a Soul Emperor and completed her Battle Armor, and Yin Hongye prepared to take her, Na'er, and Yuanen Yehui to the Abyss.

• Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen found that the Ice God's Heart yielded too little energy, sealed it away, and treated it as a collectible.
• Yin Hongye mapped a tunnel from Mingdu to Qiankun Asking Love Valley, planning to disguise the prison as a Soul-Guided Train route filled with looping spaces and use a Shrek Academy graduate to draw attention away from the scheme.
• Nearly half a year later, Di Qiuer broke through to Soul Emperor and showed Yin Hongye and Na'er the Battle Armor she had completed.
• Yin Hongye decided to take Di Qiuer and Na'er to the Abyss and added Yuanen Yehui to the group because she had also reached Soul King.
• At the academy, Yin Hongye and the others arrived during a student battle and watched Yuanen Yehui overpower Yue Zhengyu before planning to take her to see the Abyss.

Yin Hongye brought Yuanen Yehui, Di Qiuer, Qian Renxue, and Na'er to the Blood God Legion, where they began learning about its Simulation Pods and the Abyss Passage it guarded. The chapter ended as Yin Hongye sensed two powerful Abyssal Creatures approaching in the simulation.

• Yuanen Yehui defeated Yue Zhengyu at the academy, and Yin Hongye invited her to leave with him.
• Yuanen Yehui, Di Qiuer, Qian Renxue, and Na'er climbed through the snowy mountains without using martial souls, battle armor, or flight to reach the Blood God Legion.
• Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen introduced the group to the Simulation Pods, and Zhang Huanyun welcomed them to the legion.
• Yin Hongye, Mu Hongchen, and Qian Renxue entered a simulated Abyss Passage with Zhang Huanyun, while Di Qiuer, Na'er, and Yuanen Yehui went to take their assessment.
• Zhang Huanyun explained the Abyss's history and the Blood God Legion's role in guarding its passage.
• Yin Hongye sensed two powerful Abyssal Creatures approaching.

Yin Hongye and Qian Renxue fought Abyssal Creatures in a passage, while the Evil God King confronted the Asura God over Tang San’s failure to report the Abyss Plane’s invasion. After leaving the simulation, Qian Renxue learned that soul tools let people use their martial souls safely in the Abyss.

• Yin Hongye killed a Demon Succubus with one spear thrust, then Qian Renxue defeated a Black Empress after its vortex swallowed her first attacks.
• The Evil God King showed the Asura God the Abyss Passage and accused Tang San of failing to report a rift that had threatened the Douluo Continent for six thousand years.
• The Asura God admitted that he had misjudged Tang San as his successor.
• Qian Renxue and the others emerged from the Simulation Pod, and she noticed that fighting without her martial soul had become easier.
• Zhang Huanyun explained that an Abyss Isolation Shield, Space Rectifier, and Invisibility Vest could protect people and their abilities in the Abyss, while Yin Hongye teased Qian Renxue.

Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen researched ways to turn Abyssal Creatures into explosives as Cao Dezhi warned them to prepare for a major abyss tide. In an Abyss Passage, Di Qiuer, Na'er, and Yuanen Yehui fought alongside Long Yuxue until a tide began and Long Yuxue ordered them to run.

• Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen told Cao Dezhi they were studying how to make Abyssal Creatures and their energy explode, while Cao Dezhi warned that a major abyss tide might come.
• Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen explained to Qian Renxue how the Blood God Battalion and the seal kept the Abyss Plane at bay.
• Long Yuxue led Di Qiuer, Na'er, and Yuanen Yehui through a narrow Abyss Passage, where Di Qiuer and Na'er killed Abyssal Bats and Devouring Lizards with their dragon spears.
• Di Qiuer held back a charging Ba An while Na'er wounded its eye, allowing Di Qiuer to kill it with her Golden Dragon Spear.
• Long Yuxue heard a howl from deeper in the passage, recognized the start of an abyss tide, and ordered everyone to run.

A level-three Abyss Tide struck the Blood God Legion, and Yin Hongye used his Blood Sea to destroy the attacking Abyssal Creatures. When a vast hand wielding divine power descended from the Abyss, Yin Hongye recognized that one of its powerful beings had targeted him.

• Cao Dezhi explained that level-three Abyss Tides signaled an all-out Abyssal assault, while Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen monitored the defenses from the command center.
• Yin Hongye restored the soldiers’ strength with his eighth Soul Skill, then spread his Blood Sea through the main passage and devoured the Abyssal Creatures and their released energy.
• Asura and Rakshasa Woman rose from the Blood Sea and repeatedly fought the incoming creatures, while Mu Hongchen fired Soul Guidance Ray cannons and Qian Renxue guarded against flank attacks.
• Qian Renxue killed an adult Demon Succubus, and a being deep in the Abyss sensed that too little energy from the fallen creatures had returned.
• A gigantic hand carrying divine power advanced from the Abyss, crushing Asura and Rakshasa Woman as Yin Hongye watched and recognized that an Abyssal powerhouse had attacked him.

Yin Hongye destroyed the Abyss's phantom attack and drew the attention of its rulers, who sent the Scythe Emperor to kill him. The Scythe Emperor's ambush failed, and Zhang Huanyun identified him as a powerful new Abyssal Creature attacking in his true body.

• Yin Hongye cut apart the giant hand attacking the Blood Sea, and Asura and the Rakshasa Woman dragged its remains beneath the waves.
• The Abyss's rulers decided Yin Hongye had to be killed and sent the Scythe Emperor, ruler of the fifth layer, to ambush him.
• Yin Hongye sensed the Scythe Emperor's killing intent, while waves of Black Empress Clan members and Demon Succubi overwhelmed the battlefield's defenders.
• The Scythe Emperor sliced Yin Hongye in half, but Karmic Fire burned him and the pain of his own imagined injury forced him to retreat.
• Yin Hongye regenerated and mocked the failed attack, and Zhang Huanyun announced that the attacker was an emperor-level Abyssal Creature in his true body.

Yin Hongye and the Blood God Legion faced three powerful Abyssal Emperors as Abyssal forces flooded the battlefield. Cao Dezhi and Qian Renxue engaged two emperors while Yin Hongye prepared to kill the Scythe Emperor.

• The Scythe Emperor failed to overcome Yin Hongye's regeneration, while Zhang Huanyun and Cao Dezhi assessed the threat and Cao Dezhi entered the Abyss Passage to reinforce the battle.
• The Black Empress and Bee Emperor emerged with hordes of Abyssal Creatures, joining the Scythe Emperor as the Blood Sea surged toward the defensive line.
• Cao Dezhi promised to hold back the enemies while Yin Hongye targeted the strongest, and Yin Hongye formed his blood-colored Battle Armor.
• Qian Renxue attacked the Black Empress, who used black holes against her, while Cao Dezhi confronted the Bee Emperor and her explosive Bomb Bees.
• Yin Hongye trapped the Scythe Emperor in his killing intent and declared that the emperor could not escape the karmic fire.

Yin Hongye killed the Scythe Emperor and imprisoned the Abyss plane seed, causing the fifth layer to collapse and forcing the Abyssal army to retreat. Back at the Blood God Battalion, Zhang Huanyun and the Blood Attendants discussed strengthening their defenses against the stronger Abyss.

• Yin Hongye swallowed the Scythe Emperor in the Blood Sea and imprisoned the fleeing Abyss plane seed.
• The fifth layer of the Abyss collapsed, and the Spirit Emperor, Blaze Emperor, and Abyssal Sage King ordered a retreat and considered how to kill Yin Hongye.
• The Black Empress and Bee Emperor broke off their fights with Qian Renxue and Cao Dezhi, and the Abyssal army withdrew from the battlefield.
• Yin Hongye, Cao Dezhi, and the others returned to the Blood God Battalion, where Zhang Huanyun warned that the Abyss was stronger than humanity and proposed reinforcing the passages.
• Cao Dezhi advised caution, stronger reconnaissance, and asking the Western Legion to stand ready to support the Blood God Legion.

Zhang Huanyun learned that Yin Hongye's Spiritual Domain had stopped an Abyssal emperor, while Di Qiuer and Na'er discovered their dragon spears could not be used by anyone else. The Abyssal Sage King plotted an attack on Yin Hongye and enlisted the Ghost Emperor to delay reinforcements, as Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen developed unstable explosive shells before an alarm sounded at the Blood God Legion.

• Yin Hongye explained that he had used his Spiritual Domain to suppress an Abyssal emperor's energy, and Blood Three failed to wield Di Qiuer and Na'er's life-draining dragon spears.
• The Abyssal Sage King ordered the Abyssal kings to launch a major assault and planned to personally drag Yin Hongye into the Abyss for the Spirit Emperor and Blaze Emperor to kill.
• The Abyssal Sage King contacted the Ghost Emperor and ordered him to create chaos and delay the Blood God Legion's reinforcements, though the Ghost Emperor secretly intended to betray him.
• Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen experimented with Abyssal remains and passage rocks to make unstable, powerful Fixed Soul Cannon shells, alarming Heartless Douluo.
• A shrill alarm rang through the Blood God Legion's base.