Chapter Summaries

Yin Hongye questioned Mu En’s engagement arrangement for Zhang Lexuan and outlined how its obligations could be twisted to satisfy the letter of the rules. The discussion left Zhang Lexuan sorrowful, while Yin Hongye and Qian Renxue returned to debating Bei Bei’s relationship with Tang Ya and the Tang Sect’s revival.

• Yin Hongye explained that Mu En’s life-saving favor had become a shackle for Zhang Lexuan, and described how a ghost marriage could fulfill the engagement and Shrek Academy’s protection pledge.
• Outside the Heavenly Screen, Yan Shaozhe asked Mu En whether he had arranged Zhang Lexuan’s engagement to Bei Bei while she was desperate; Mu En admitted the decision had been impulsive and inappropriate.
• Zhang Lexuan listened in silence as Cai Mei'er warned him not to overthink the Heavenly Screen’s suspicions, and he felt sorrowful about the agreement made after his family was slaughtered.
• Yin Hongye’s group traveled back to Mingdu, where Qian Renxue questioned why Bei Bei had saved money with Tang Ya instead of using his status to secure land for the Tang Sect.
• Yin Hongye argued that Bei Bei could easily have obtained land through his connections, then pointed out that a sect without even a Soul Emperor had once dared to attack the Tang Sect.

Yin Hongye explained Shrek Academy’s role in the Tang Sect’s decline, then described the Star Dou Pod and the Federation tournament. As Qian Renxue and the others discussed the system’s flaws and prizes, the Clear Sky Sect found an intermittent underground passage outside the Heavenly Screen.

• Qian Renxue questioned why Shrek Academy had failed to protect the Tang Sect, and Yin Hongye said the academy had deliberately let the Tang Sect’s troubles drag on.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Shrek Academy had partly caused Tang Ya’s fall into darkness, and Yin Hongye agreed.
• Yin Hongye explained that the Federation’s Star Dou Pod let users enter the Star Dou Battle Network, and that his proposed historical free-roaming game had been rejected because of its effect on ancestors’ reputations.
• Yin Hongye described the pod’s limits with powerful fighters, while Mu Hongchen criticized the Federation’s artificial intelligence and firewall.
• Yin Hongye outlined the Federation tournament’s events and prizes, and Qian Renxue questioned how securely it protected participants’ information.
• The Clear Sky Sect found an intermittent underground passage outside the Heavenly Screen.

Clear Sky Sect elders found Tang Hao hiding in a tunnel and defeated him in a narrow stone chamber, accusing him of bringing Spirit Hall down on the sect and causing Ah Yin’s death. Tang Xiao ordered Tang Hao taken back for judgment, while the chapter ended with a blade from the South Sea Legion arriving to visit Yin Hongye inside the Heavenly Screen.

• A Clear Sky Sect disciple found a freshly dug tunnel, and the Seventh Elder identified Tang Hao’s lingering Soul Power and summoned Tang Xiao and the elders.
• Tang Xiao and the elders followed the tunnel to a hidden stone chamber, where they found Tang Hao and accused him of betraying the sect.
• The Seventh Elder attacked Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao and three elders joined in, overwhelming the injured Tang Hao with their Clear Sky Hammers.
• The Seventh Elder blamed Tang Hao for Ah Yin’s death and spat on him, while Tang Hao insisted that Ah Yin had sacrificed herself willingly.
• Tang Xiao ordered Tang Hao taken back to face judgment, and the Seventh Elder agreed to bring him before the old sect master and disciples.
• Inside the Heavenly Screen, Yin Hongye worked with dragon bones before a blade from the South Sea Legion came to visit.

Yin Hongye examined Sima Jinchi, a rank-eighty-nine Dragon Slaying Saber spirit who had been unable to advance for nearly three years. The scan began as Na'er recognized his Martial Soul, while Di Tian realized the saber had survived into the current era and Ning Fengzhi celebrated finding someone with a similar cultivation blockage.

• Sima Jinchi arrived at Yin Hongye's laboratory after Yue Zhengen sent him to seek help with his stalled cultivation.
• Yin Hongye brought Sima Jinchi through the dangerous laboratory and asked Mu Hongchen to give him a deep scan.
• Di Qiuer and Na'er watched the examination, and Na'er identified Sima Jinchi's Martial Soul as the Dragon Slaying Saber.
• Yin Hongye described Sima Jinchi's military record and explained that he fought with a saber despite commanding a Mecha division.
• Di Tian recognized the Dragon Slaying Saber as the weapon forged from the Dragon God's horn and wondered how it had gone unnoticed.
• Ning Fengzhi excitedly remarked that Sima Jinchi was also stuck at a cultivation level.

Mu Hongchen found no physical reason for Sima Jinchi’s Soul Power to stop at level eighty-nine, and Yin Hongye challenged him to a saber duel. The duel awakened Sima Jinchi’s memories as the Dragon Clan Ritual Blade, and he realized he had never been human.

• Mu Hongchen said Sima Jinchi’s body and Martial Soul were healthy and that he should be able to reach Titled Douluo, while Ning Fengzhi resented the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda being used as a comparison.
• Yin Hongye proposed a fight, and Sima Jinchi eagerly accepted a saber-technique contest.
• Yin Hongye easily suppressed Sima Jinchi’s saber attacks and used his killing intent to awaken the Dragon Slaying Saber's consciousness.
• Sima Jinchi relived memories of a dragon-slaying saber and a nine-colored dragon forging the Dragon Clan Ritual Blade.
• Sima Jinchi’s body erupted in golden light as he broke through and recovered his memories, then said he had not been human after all.

Sima Jinchi learned that his account of the Dragon God War was incomplete and that the Dragon Clan’s fall was largely caused by the Dragon God. After he asked whether the Dragon Clan could still become gods, Mu Hongchen noticed Sima Jinchi’s golden Soul Ring and identified it as a possible Million-Year Soul Ring, shocking the observers outside the Heavenly Screen.

• Mu Hongchen questioned Sima Jinchi about his nature, and Sima Jinchi explained that he was the spirit of the Dragon Slaying Saber, formed from the Dragon God's horn.
• Yin Hongye corrected Sima Jinchi’s account of the Dragon God War, explaining that the Dragon God went mad after the Dragon Prince died and that the Light Dragon King and his wife sacrificed themselves to stop him.
• Di Tian laughed as he watched Sima Jinchi react to the truth, while Bi Ji recalled learning that the Dragon God had prevented Soul Beasts from becoming gods.
• Sima Jinchi asked whether the Dragon Clan could still become gods, and Yin Hongye said they could only if the Dragon God revived, adding that someone could inherit his Divine Position.
• Mu Hongchen asked about Sima Jinchi’s new abilities and pointed out that his golden Soul Ring might be a Million-Year Soul Ring, astonishing the observers outside the Heavenly Screen.

Yin Hongye tested his four Dragon King swords against Sima Jinchi’s Dragon Clan Ritual Blade and defeated him with one combined strike. Afterward, Yin Hongye said the test revealed a flaw in his research, while the onlookers learned that Huo Yuhao’s first Soul Ring was a Million-Year Soul Ring.

• The Star Luo Emperor, Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, Ning Fengzhi, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King reacted to the revelation of a Million-Year Soul Ring.
• Yin Hongye summoned four swords made from the remains of the Water, Fire, Wind, and Earth Dragon Kings to test them against Sima Jinchi.
• Sima Jinchi transformed into the Dragon Clan Ritual Blade, but Yin Hongye’s four swords overwhelmed him and forced him back into human form.
• Sima Jinchi admitted defeat, and Yin Hongye said the trial had helped him find a flaw in his research.
• Mu Hongchen asked why Sima Jinchi had used only one Soul Skill, and Yin Hongye confirmed that Huo Yuhao’s first Soul Ring was a Million-Year Soul Ring.

Yin Hongye explained how the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm became Huo Yuhao’s first Soul Ring and helped him obtain the Ice Empress as his second Martial Soul. Outside the Heavenly Screen, Di Tian blamed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for indirectly causing the Auspicious Beast’s death and seized him.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm realized the Heavenly Screen was discussing his million-year cultivation and wondered how he had become Huo Yuhao’s first Soul Ring.
• Yin Hongye explained that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had sacrificed himself to Huo Yuhao, sealed his Soul Ring’s age, and later became a Soul Spirit.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Huo Yuhao could have become a god without the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Yin Hongye linked him to Huo Yuhao’s Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress grew displeased, while Di Tian confronted the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and accused him of aiding Huo Yuhao, who later got the Auspicious Beast killed.
• Di Tian grabbed the trembling Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as he struggled to explain himself.
• Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen connected the Ice Empress’s disappearance to Huo Yuhao’s second Soul Ring and Martial Soul, adding that Mu En had worked out the connection.

Mu En realized he had delayed Huo Yuhao’s rise, while Yin Hongye explained Huo Yuhao’s spiritual Soul Skills and Sima Jinchi recounted his origins and ambitions. Sima Jinchi learned that Yin Hongye had already mastered the Saber God realm, and people outside the Heavenly Screen concluded that the Dragon Slaying Saber was likely in the Douluo Continent’s original lands.

• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe that he had discovered Huo Yuhao’s Martial Soul secret, then worried that Shrek Academy might not reform in time.
• Yin Hongye described Huo Yuhao’s four spiritual Soul Skills, and Mu Hongchen discussed how powerful spiritual ability could enable concealment from detection.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm angrily defended his four Soul Skills to Huo Yuhao, insisting that they were powerful and especially praising Spiritual Sharing.
• Sima Jinchi explained that the Dragon God had sent him to the Douluo Continent, where he became human, awakened the Dragon Slaying Saber, and eventually reached rank eighty-nine before meeting Yin Hongye.
• Sima Jinchi said he planned to pursue the Saber God realm, but Yin Hongye demonstrated a flawless Saber God strike and stunned him.
• Di Tian and others outside the Heavenly Screen inferred that Sima Jinchi was likely in the Douluo Continent’s original lands and resolved to obtain the Dragon Slaying Saber.

The Star Luo Empire, Clear Sky Sect, Spirit Hall, and Di Tian sought the Dragon Slaying Saber after learning of its power, while Sima Jinchi repeatedly challenged Yin Hongye and Di Qiuer entered the Star Dou Battle Network. At Shrek Academy’s former grounds, Long Yueye despaired over the Spirit Pagoda’s recruitment notice but took hope in the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud Crystal.

• The Star Luo Emperor ordered a search for the Dragon Slaying Saber, and Tang Xiao urged the Clear Sky Sect elders to seek it as well.
• Bibi Dong considered using the saber against the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, while Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi dismissed the search and Di Tian set out to claim it.
• Sima Jinchi repeatedly challenged Yin Hongye at the laboratory and was knocked down in a single move each time.
• Di Qiuer entered the Star Dou Battle Network as her opponents disconnected, while Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen made money from the Federation.
• Long Yueye raged over the Spirit Pagoda recruiting at Shrek Academy’s former grounds, then recalled that she possessed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud Crystal.

Tang San endured karmic fire in the Divine Realm and contacted Long Yeyue through the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, learning that Shrek Academy had been destroyed and his son had survived. He agreed to visit the Tang Sect, while Yin Hongye prepared to search Heaven Dou City for valuables.

• Long Yeyue used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to seek enlightenment, and Tang San used its counterpart to contact her while karmic fire tormented him.
• Tang San learned from Long Yeyue that Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect had been blown up, but the Tang Sect still existed.
• Long Yeyue told Tang San that Yin Hongye had saved the golden dragon child and taken him to the Sun Moon Imperial Academy, so Tang San regarded Yin Hongye as a good person.
• Tang San told Long Yeyue to take him to the Tang Sect and then ended their contact.
• The Tang Sect members competed in the Star Dou Battle Network's restricted mecha event, while Yin Hongye prepared to search Heaven Dou City for valuables.
• Qian Renxue appeared, nearly making Tang San think he had seen a ghost.

Long Yeyue brought the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud Crystal to the Tang Sect basement, where Tang San learned the sect was struggling financially and began planning its revival. Meanwhile, Yin Hongye, Mu Hongchen, and Qian Renxue explored the Tang Sect’s vast underground complex and uncovered its extensive industrial holdings before reaching Zang Xin and Long Yeyue.

• Long Yeyue showed Zang Xin the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud Crystal and said Tang San had sent a divine message promising to revive the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy.
• Tang San learned the Tang Sect lacked money, could not rely on the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and had suffered repeated robberies by the Red Lotus Douluo, so he began making plans for its revival.
• Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen broke into the Tang Sect’s elevator and dropped into its underground complex with Qian Renxue, who learned it contained sixteen heavily defended spaces.
• Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen entered an armory and explained that the Tang Sect had held major stakes in Soul Tool manufacturers and distributors, keeping much of the Federation’s money within the sect and the Spirit Pagoda.
• Yin Hongye kicked open a large door and found Zang Xin and Long Yeyue; Qian Renxue recognized Tang San’s voice.

Yin Hongye challenged Tang San’s voice coming from the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud Crystal, arguing it could be a deception rather than proof that the Sea God was speaking. As Mu En began investigating the crystal, Tang San still blamed Qian Renxue for the confusion and the Divine Realm’s apparent disappearance.

• Qian Renxue and Tang San were both startled to see each other, while Tang San noticed Yin Hongye’s immense fortune and considered recruiting him for the Tang Sect.
• Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen discussed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud Crystal, and Mu En recognized the object outside the Heavenly Screen as a means of contacting the Sea God.
• Tang San accused Qian Renxue of being dead and demanded to know whether she was human or a ghost, prompting those present to speculate that she haunted Yin Hongye.
• Yin Hongye questioned whether Tang San was truly the Sea God and suggested the crystal’s message could be a Holy Spirit Cult or Evil God plot; Mu Hongchen supported his doubts.
• Long Yeyue and Heartless Douluo began to suspect the message might be fraudulent, while Tang San continued to blame Qian Renxue.
• Mu En began verifying Yin Hongye’s suspicions about the crystal.

Mu En kept the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud Crystal despite learning nothing from it, while Yin Hongye exposed Long Yeyue’s lack of victories and beat her after she attacked him. Qian Renxue struck the crystal with the Angel Holy Sword, causing its deep-blue power to flood the room with darkness and crushing water pressure.

• Mu En examined the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud Crystal, suspected Tang San had left it as part of a contingency, and decided to keep it.
• Yin Hongye convinced the Passionate Douluo that Long Yeyue could have been tricked, then mocked her record of victories.
• Tang San worried over Shrek Academy’s collapse as Long Yeyue charged Yin Hongye, who caught her and slapped her repeatedly.
• Yin Hongye used Long Yeyue as a human shield and demanded a hundred million Federation Credits from the Spirit Pagoda for every slap, stopping the Passionate Douluo from intervening.
• Qian Renxue struck the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud Crystal, which released a surge of deep-blue power that plunged the room into darkness and intense water pressure.

Tang San’s attempt to reach the Douluo Continent was exposed as suspicious when his power appeared cold and sinister, and Yin Hongye led the others to attack him. Tang San escaped through the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud Crystal, but his connection to the continent remained his last anchor as karmic fire consumed him in the Divine Realm.

• Tang San tried to send his divine consciousness through the outer barrier again, but his power reached the Douluo Continent only intermittently and appeared cold and sinister.
• Yin Hongye accused the phantom of being an Evil Soul Master in disguise, while Qian Renxue questioned whether he was truly Sea God Tang San.
• The Asura God questioned the Sea God about the phantom’s deep-sea power, and the Sea God admitted that the deep sea was dark and mysterious.
• Yin Hongjian, Mu Hongchen, Qian Renxue, and Passionate Douluo attacked the phantom, but Tang San retreated into the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud Crystal and escaped by spatial transfer.
• Yin Hongye suggested Ghost Emperor might be nearby, while Mu Hongchen offered to help Passionate Douluo find a traitor and Passionate Douluo refused.
• Tang San spat blood in the Divine Realm as karmic fire intensified; Xiao Wu urged him to stop using divine power, but Tang San insisted the crystal was his last anchor to the Douluo Continent.

The Destruction God King punished Tang San after discovering that his future self had reached into the Douluo Continent, while Yin Hongye kept slapping Long Yeyue to collect the Spirit Pagoda’s bounty. After receiving payment, Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen left the Tang Sect Headquarters, where Qian Renxue asked whether they cared about the escaped thing.

• The Destruction God King questioned Tang San about his contingency plans on the Douluo Continent, and Tang San denied leaving anything beyond his inheritance.
• The Destruction God King struck Tang San with repeated bolts of Destruction Divine Thunder.
• Yin Hongye slapped Long Yeyue again, while Mu Hongchen recorded the beating and livestreamed it to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng watched the slap count rise and faced Yin Hongye’s demand for the bounty payment.
• After the payment arrived, Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen said goodbye to the Passionate Douluo and left the Tang Sect Headquarters.
• Qian Renxue asked Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen whether they cared about the thing that had escaped.

Yin Hongye, Mu Hongchen, and Qian Renxue discussed how they had knowingly toyed with Tang San’s divine soul, while Tang San searched for his followers and found the Sea Princess Tribe gone. Back in Mingdu, Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen sorted through stolen Tang Sect equipment and explained its weapons, including ones Yin Hongye had survived being attacked by.

• Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen told Qian Renxue that they had recognized Tang San’s divine soul and had toyed with his plans because they did not fear a god.
• Tang San reached the Sea Princess Tribe’s ruined coral palace and found no Sea Princesses or trace of their wills.
• Tang San left to search for the Demon Soul Great White Sharks after wondering whether the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had destroyed the Sea Princess Tribe.
• Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen returned to Mingdu with Tang Sect equipment, precious metals, and more than ten billion in bounty money, then complained about the secondhand goods they had taken.
• Mu Hongchen introduced the Mother-Child Soul Chaser and other Tang Sect weapons, while Yin Hongye explained that the Peacock Plume and Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles had failed to kill him when he was a three-ring Soul Master.
• An urgent message arrived from the Federation while Yin Hongye and the others were tallying their spoils.

Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen learned that Tang San’s Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud Crystal was moving through the North Sea, but chose to keep watch rather than attack. Yin Hongye accepted Qian Gu Qingfeng’s invitation to the Spirit Pagoda’s opening ceremony for a huge fee, while the group continued discussing the Sea God’s divine soul and Qian Gu Qingfeng’s past.

• Yin Hongye ordered the North Sea Legion to observe the anomalous energy signature without attacking, and he and Mu Hongchen identified it as Tang San’s Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud Crystal.
• Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen decided to let the Sea God’s divine soul remain under observation, believing it could not cause trouble for the time being.
• Qian Gu Qingfeng invited Yin Hongye to witness the Spirit Pagoda’s new opening ceremony and help settle its conflict with Shrek Academy, and Yin Hongye agreed for a fee of at least ten billion Federation Credits.
• Mu Hongchen explained that Qian Gu Qingfeng had lost his inheritance prospects after failing to inherit the family Martial Soul and had left home at fourteen.
• Yin Hongye explained that Qian Gu Qingfeng returned twenty years later, defeated his younger brother Qian Gu Dongfeng, and then left the Spirit Pagoda without taking a position.

Yin Hongye traced the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud Crystal through karma and used the Golden Dragon King's divine power to attack Tang San's divine soul. Tang San fled in terror, while Yin Hongye planned to locate his true body and strike whenever he could.

• Mu Hongchen and Yin Hongye discussed Qian Gu Qingfeng's need to prove himself, while Qian Renxue tried to steer their talk away from medicine and dark histories.
• Yin Hongye followed the karmic trace to the crystal in the West Sea and confirmed it was traveling west rather than seeking Chen Xinjie.
• Yin Hongye borrowed the Golden Dragon King's divine power and sent Golden Dragon Claws through space to strike the crystal.
• Tang San realized the Golden Dragon King was still alive on the Douluo Continent and panicked as repeated attacks cracked the crystal.
• Yin Hongye decided to find Tang San's true body and use Flying Thunder God to attack him whenever an opportunity arose.

Yin Hongye used karma to attack Tang San across multiple points in time, then continued exploring ways to grow stronger. Meanwhile, Tang San failed another brutal Sea God swimming test, and Spirit Academy’s opening ceremony began amid a large crowd.

• Yin Hongye sensed Tang San through his Karmic Fire and sent golden dragon claws through space, wounding Tang San in the Divine Realm and Tang San from ten thousand years earlier.
• The Destruction God King suspected the Golden Dragon King had broken free and went to inspect his seal, while Yin Hongye considered growing stronger through Laws and the Asura Blood Sword sensed him through Xiao Wu.
• During a daily Sea God test, Tang San tried to outswim Demon Soul Great White Sharks as Sea Princesses attacked him, but he was badly mauled and failed.
• The Sea God announced that Tang San’s next test would be twice as difficult, while the Goodness God King’s other daily challenges awaited him.
• Yin Hongye arrived at Spirit Academy’s opening ceremony with Mu Hongchen and Qian Renxue, where graduates and Federation officials had gathered; an unexpected event then disrupted the ceremony.