Chapter Summaries

At the Clear Sky Sect’s banquet, Zi Ji sensed something unusual about Xue Qinghe, who later met Chen Fan privately and asked about his plans. Chen Fan revealed he was heading to the Far North and hinted that Qian Renxue should consult Qian Daoliu, while he considered seeking the Angel lineage’s submission; the banquet continued as guests celebrated.

• Xue Qinghe attended the banquet and was impressed by the Clear Sky Sect’s powerful lineup, including Tang Xiao and several Title Douluos.
• Zi Ji used her ability to see through Xue Qinghe’s disguise, startling Qian Renxue, who arranged to meet Chen Fan later.
• Chen Fan met Qian Renxue privately, told her he was going to the Far North, and advised her to ask Qian Daoliu about a matter he did not explain.
• Chen Fan mussed Qian Renxue’s hair and floated away, leaving her shocked to realize he was a Title Douluo at only fourteen.
• Chen Fan returned to the banquet and told Tang Yuehua, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji that they would discuss the matter in his room as the gathering wound down.

Chen Fan told Bi Ji and Zi Ji about Xue Qinghe and Spirit Hall, then helped Tang Yuehua absorb the Dark Power. The next morning, Tang Yuehua woke beside Chen Fan, while Bi Ji considered joining them and Zi Ji admitted she might not dislike him.

• Chen Fan explained to Bi Ji and Zi Ji that Xue Qinghe was from Spirit Hall and described his encounter with the Angel God.
• Chen Fan sent Bi Ji and Zi Ji to rest, then examined Tang Yuehua's Fragrant Extreme Ice Lotus Martial Soul and its three Soul Skills.
• Chen Fan gave Tang Yuehua the Darkness Mark and helped her absorb the Dark Power as they clasped hands and grew closer.
• Bi Ji teased Zi Ji about her feelings for Chen Fan, and Zi Ji admitted she might not dislike him after all.
• Bi Ji said she might join them, and the next morning Tang Yuehua woke beside Chen Fan and helped him get dressed.

Chen Fan taught Tang Chen and the Clear Sky Sect elders Soul Guidance Technology, while Tang Yuehua’s Martial Soul evolved and her Soul Power increased. Bi Ji agreed to join the Darkness God Cult, and after a jealous confrontation, Zi Ji spent the night with Chen Fan before he left to prepare for his lesson.

• Tang Yuehua’s Soul Power rose to level thirty-six, her Martial Soul transformed into the Red Lotus Stamen, and she gained the Crimson Lotus Karma Fire.
• Chen Fan taught Tang Chen and several Clear Sky Sect elders how to inscribe Soul Guidance Technology formations, with Zi Ji joining the lesson.
• Chen Fan spent the afternoon with Tang Yuehua, then returned to his Clear Sky Sect home after she chose to cultivate alone that night.
• Bi Ji agreed to join the Darkness God Cult the next day after Chen Fan promised he could revive her if she became his Soul Ring.
• Zi Ji asked Chen Fan whether Tang Yuehua mattered more to him, then pounced on him when he offered to improve her power.
• After spending the night with Zi Ji, Chen Fan left in the morning to prepare for his lesson.

Chen Fan continued teaching the Clear Sky Sect members about magic formations while preparing for Bi Ji’s sacrifice and ascension. Bi Ji sacrificed herself outside Auto City, and Chen Fan preserved her soul; the ritual produced a 300,000-year Soul Ring and two Spirit Bones as Bi Ji remained in a brief coma.

• Zi Ji told Bi Ji that Chen Fan had appeased her with Soul Power, then blushed when Bi Ji hinted that she had sensed what happened the previous night.
• Chen Fan taught Tang Chen and the others more magic formation fundamentals, then told Tang Yuehua he would cultivate with her the following night instead.
• Chen Fan brought Bi Ji and Zi Ji to a forest outside Auto City, where Bi Ji began her sacrifice.
• Chen Fan caught Bi Ji’s fading soul with Dark Power and placed it in his spiritual space, assuring Zi Ji that Bi Ji would wake around midnight.
• Bi Ji’s sacrifice gave Chen Fan a scarlet Soul Ring and produced two 300,000-year Jade Swan Spirit Bones.
• Chen Fan and Zi Ji wandered through the forest, teased each other, and sat together on a tree branch to admire the full moon.

After Bi Ji was reborn as a Dark Spirit, she discovered that her soul had fused with Chen Fan’s and gained powers tied to the lifeless world. Meanwhile, Zi Ji and Tang Yuehua discussed their places in Chen Fan’s circle, ending with Zi Ji recognizing that he treated believers relatively fairly rather than equally.

• Bi Ji told Zi Ji that her favorability toward Chen Fan had risen after rebirth and that their souls seemed to have fused.
• Zi Ji learned that Bi Ji had become a Dark Spirit who could wield the power of lifeless things and combine with Little Yin’s power in the Heaven-Shrouding fusion skill.
• Chen Fan toured the Clear Sky Sect with Tang Yuehua and Zi Ji, then left Tang Yuehua and Zi Ji to talk while he met with Tang Liu.
• Zi Ji asked Tang Yuehua about her history with Chen Fan and learned that her Fragrant Extreme Ice Lotus Martial Soul had been chosen by him.
• Zi Ji concluded that Xiao Wu might be most important to Chen Fan, but Tang Yuehua dismissed the comparison and said he protected all his followers.
• Zi Ji acknowledged that Chen Fan had devoted more effort to her than to other believers and could only be relatively fair.

Chen Fan left for the Far North, but a believer’s prayer drew him into the God Realm to rescue the believer and seize something from the Fire God’s territory. He broke the believer out of prison and faced the Fire God’s forces as they surrounded him.

• Zi Ji decided to go to Hell to forge her Super Divine Artifact, while Bi Ji learned to control her new power and the Clear Sky Sect began studying Soul Guidance Technology.
• Chen Fan left blueprints with Tang Chen, then departed with Dugu Bo for the Far North as Tang Yuehua and Bi Ji headed to Gengxin City.
• Chen Fan sensed a prayer from a believer who was under attack by the Fire God and entered a dark portal to reach the God Realm.
• Chen Fan appeared in the believer’s prison, shattered its golden bars with the Nether Sun-Shrouding Blade, and triggered an alarm.
• The Fire God’s red-robed followers surrounded Chen Fan after he rescued the believer, who had been imprisoned as bait to draw him out.

Chen Fan rescued a prisoner from the Fire God's believers and declared that the Darkness God Cult would rise in the God Realm. After the Fire God attacked and Chen Fan destroyed his formation, a member of the God Realm Committee arrived.

• Chen Fan used his Darkness Domain to suppress the Fire God's believers and left the prison with the man he had come to rescue.
• Chen Fan confronted the Fire God and Ice God outside the prison and announced the emergence of the Darkness God Cult.
• The Fire God attacked Chen Fan with a flame formation, but Chen Fan shattered it with his Fourth Soul Skill, Nuclear Blast Dominance.
• The Fire God and Ice God were caught in the blast and recognized how dangerous Chen Fan was.
• A white-lit figure descended, and Chen Fan identified the newcomer as likely belonging to the God Realm Committee.

Chen Fan fought the Kindness God King after she arrived with the Fire God and Ice God and ordered his execution. He overcame her attacks and then unleashed his Darkness Domain, leaving her unable to locate him as their battle continued.

• The Kindness God King appeared, and Chen Fan recognized her while the Fire God and Ice God welcomed her.
• The Kindness God King attacked Chen Fan with a rain of white steel needles and a sword of light, but his Yin Underworld Sun-Obscuring Blade destroyed them.
• The Kindness God King's domain weakened Chen Fan's battle intent, and her strike left only a red palm print on his chest before his Darkness Domain nullified it.
• The Kindness God King charged again, but Chen Fan opened his Darkness Domain and disappeared from her perception.
• The Kindness God King expanded her Goodness Domain and prepared for Chen Fan's attack.

Chen Fan defeated the Kindness God King's clone, sealed the Heart of Kindness, and warned the God Kings that his target was the new world. After he left, the Kindness God King remained behind as the Fire God and Ice God returned to a battlefield transformed into lush greenery.

• Chen Fan used darkness and a barrage of attacks to repeatedly injure the Kindness God King, reducing her clone to a tiny, childlike form.
• Chen Fan grabbed the Kindness God King and injected Darkness Marks into the Heart of Kindness, sealing the Super Divine Artifact.
• Chen Fan told the Kindness God King that he had no reason to fight the God Kings unless they targeted him, and said his target was the new world.
• After Chen Fan left, the Kindness God King's believer declared that he would lead her church through the God Realm, and she reflected that she had to embrace the world's evil with love.
• The Fire God and Ice God returned to find the battlefield covered in lush vegetation, with the ruined buildings buried beneath the earth.

Chen Fan and Dugu Bo traveled to the Frozen Forest to investigate the mysterious seed and seek out the Far North’s powerful Soul Beasts. After restraining a herd without killing them, they emerged at a frozen lake, where Chen Fan approached a hostile emerald-haired girl and began to take out an object.

• Chen Fan told Dugu Bo that he had visited the God Realm, then explained their plans for the Far North.
• Chen Fan and Dugu Bo rested in the Ice Snow Country before entering the Frozen Forest and following Dugu Bo’s directions to a cave.
• Chen Fan sensed hostile Soul Beasts in the cave and trapped the creatures with Dark Power instead of killing them.
• Chen Fan and Dugu Bo crossed the cave and emerged beside a frozen lake, where they encountered an emerald-haired girl with a Soul Beast aura.
• Chen Fan floated toward the wary girl, told her he wanted to ask something, and took out an object.

Chen Fan met the Ice Empress and Snow Empress in the Far North while carrying the Ice Flame Ancient Tree seed, and a Heavenly Tribulation meant for the Snow Empress struck him instead. The Snow Empress offered a Spirit Bone for the seed, but Chen Fan refused and revealed that he already had Spirit Bones covering his entire body.

• Chen Fan recognized the wary girl as the Ice Empress and tried to persuade her to help with the Ice Flame Ancient Tree seed.
• The Snow Empress arrived, identified the seed, and offered Chen Fan the chance to choose a Spirit Bone in exchange for it.
• A sudden Heavenly Tribulation struck Chen Fan, while Dugu Bo was blasted away and the Snow Empress protected the Ice Empress.
• The Snow Empress explained that the tribulation had apparently been hers, though she did not know why it had attacked Chen Fan instead.
• The Snow Empress repeated her offer for the seed, and Chen Fan refused before displaying the Spirit Bones covering his body.

Chen Fan offered Snow Empress the Darkness Mark and promised to intervene if her Heavenly Tribulation overwhelmed her. After several days of waiting, Snow Empress began her tribulation atop a mountain, and the chapter ended as lightning struck her and Chen Fan sensed the tribulation targeting him.

• Chen Fan revealed the Darkness Mark and offered it to Snow Empress as a way to strengthen her or help her survive her upcoming tribulation.
• Snow Empress accepted the mark, while Chen Fan privately planned to use it as a shield if her body was shattered.
• Chen Fan and Dugu Bo stayed with Snow Empress and Ice Empress for several days as Dugu Bo learned about Soul Beast Heavenly Tribulations.
• Snow Empress began her Heavenly Tribulation atop a lofty peak as Ice Empress watched anxiously and Chen Fan promised to intervene if needed.
• A thick bolt of lightning struck Snow Empress, and Chen Fan sensed that the tribulation's aura was targeting him.

Chen Fan drew the thunder tribulation’s attacks while Snow Empress struggled against the deadly Dark Lightning. After neutralizing the bolt aimed at him, Chen Fan charged into the void where the lightning had gathered.

• A tribulation bolt targeted Chen Fan, but his Dark Power blocked it, and Faith Power later dissolved bolts aimed at him, Ice Empress, and Dugu Bo.
• Snow Empress neutralized her first bolt and wondered why the tribulation had turned its attention to Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan unleashed a saber strike that shattered the thunderclouds, but an even more powerful Dark Lightning gathered in the void.
• The Dark Lightning split toward Chen Fan and Snow Empress, blasting Snow Empress away and cracking her body as her defenses failed.
• Chen Fan used eighty-one saber strikes to neutralize the lightning aimed at him, summoned the Blue Silver Divine Armor, and charged toward the void.

Chen Fan learned that the World-Ending Divine Lightning had threatened Soul Land Star and returned to the Far North after spending a month in the nothingness. Snow Empress survived her tribulation with the Darkness Mark’s help, and Chen Fan found her recovering with her cultivation increased to 590,000 years.

• As Snow Empress’s body began to break apart, the Darkness Mark Chen Fan had given her repaired her, and his voice urged her to continue the tribulation.
• Outside Soul Land Star, the Sea God explained to Chen Fan that the World-Ending Divine Lightning could destroy a planet and targeted million-year soul beasts and other forbidden existences.
• Chen Fan stabilized the void crack, then returned to the Far North and learned that a month had passed and Snow Empress had survived, gaining ninety thousand years of cultivation.
• Ice Empress led Chen Fan to Snow Empress and showed him new respect, while he offered to help increase her cultivation later.
• Snow Empress woke from meditation, thanked Chen Fan for intervening, and heard him explain that the lightning had targeted him and that his arrival had disrupted her tribulation.

Chen Fan explained Snow Empress’s evolution and showed her the Book of Darkness, revealing how his spirit-beast allies could sacrifice themselves without truly dying. As he led Snow Empress toward a place to plant the Ice Flame Ancient Tree, he told her about his plan to create a world and challenge the God Realm for faith.

• Snow Empress reached a cultivation of five hundred and ninety thousand years after surviving tribulation lightning, and Chen Fan told her that her transformation meant heaven would no longer target her with tribulations.
• Chen Fan showed Snow Empress the Book of Darkness, where she saw her own record and Bi Ji’s record as Dark Spirit, and she questioned why Bi Ji had only five thousand years of cultivation.
• Chen Fan revealed his four Soul Rings and explained that the spirit beasts who sacrificed themselves to him could be revived through fragments of their souls.
• Snow Empress noticed Bi Ji’s recorded cultivation increase and, after reading the book, concluded that Chen Fan’s changes to the world might have drawn heavenly tribulations toward him.
• Chen Fan took Snow Empress’s hand and asked her to lead him to a place to plant the Ice Flame Ancient Tree while he described his dream of creating a world and becoming its ruler.
• Chen Fan told Snow Empress that he planned to expand his faith across the Far North and compete with the God Realm, while she questioned why he pursued such an ambitious goal.

Chen Fan brought Snow Empress to the Ice Flame Ancient Tree’s hidden remnant and planted its seed, hoping to revive it, while Dugu Bo received a Spirit Bone and left. Meanwhile, the Purple Pearl Pirates reached a populated continent and cautiously made contact with its inhabitants.

• Snow Empress explained that Ice Flame Ancient Tree had left behind its remaining power and a seed in an underground refuge before its tribulation.
• Chen Fan placed the seed in the ancient tree’s ice-blue flame and watched it absorb the remnant’s power.
• Chen Fan asked Snow Empress to speak with Ice Empress about joining the Darkness God Cult, then gave Dugu Bo permission to choose a Spirit Bone.
• Ice Empress gave Dugu Bo a five-thousand-year-old left arm bone, and he departed from the Far North Land.
• Zi Zhenzhu and the Purple Pearl Pirates landed on a distant continent, where armed soldiers surrounded them before a man signaled for the weapons to be lowered.

Chen Fan revived the Ice Flame Ancient Tree's seed and set out with the Ice Empress to spread the Darkness God Cult in the Ice Snow Kingdom. Meanwhile, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King agreed to help the Skyfire Empire investigate a mysterious treasure, and Gengxin City's Soul Tool development continued to advance.

• A Title Douluo from the Skyfire Empire told Zi Zhenzhu and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King about a possible heavenly treasure in the Extreme South, and Chen Fan approved letting the whale king and his wife investigate it.
• Chen Fan used Dark Power to restore the Ice Flame Ancient Tree's seed, then planted it in the Ice Empress's cultivation pool so it could grow again.
• The Ice Empress agreed to travel with Chen Fan for a while, and they left the Far North for the Ice Snow Kingdom to spread the Darkness God Cult.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King joined Skyfire Empire experts on their expedition, while Dai Mubai inherited the Star Luo throne after Dai Weisi died.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu helped expand Gengxin City's operations as Lou Gao developed Humanoid Soul Tools, and Bi Ji urged Xiao Wu to learn new knowledge.

As Chen Fan’s faith spread across the lower realm, the Five God Kings decided to kill him, and Chen Fan answered by challenging them to a battle in the God Realm ten months later. The chapter ended with the Darkness God Cult gaining influence in the Ice Snow Empire as it adopted Chen Fan’s technology.

• Zi Ji completed half of her Super Divine Artifact and gathered Faith Power from wandering souls who believed in her as Lord of Hell.
• Chen Fan’s faith gained ground in Spirit City, while Qian Renxue struggled with her uncertain inheritance and her loyalty to Qian Daoliu.
• The Five God Kings voted to kill Chen Fan, though the Kindness God King refused to join the fight because her Heart of Kindness had been sealed.
• Chen Fan took control of Dai Lingyun’s body in the Sacred Hall and declared that he would go to the God Realm alone in ten months to fight the God Kings.
• The Ice Snow Empire’s general joined the Darkness God Cult, and members of its imperial family began spreading Soul Guidance Technology using Chen Fan’s blueprints.

Chen Fan established the Darkness God Cult in the Northern Border, then traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest to restore the Soul Beasts’ faith and investigate a possible auspicious beast. He left for the Antarctic after sensing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s distress call, arriving amid intense Faith Power.

• Chen Fan appointed the Ice Snow Great Emperor and the Northern Border believers to spread the Darkness God Cult while forbidding them from slaughtering cities, and he directed them to seek Soul Guidance Technology in Gengxin City.
• The Ice Snow Kingdom developed Soul Tools, defeated an invading kingdom with Heaven Dou Empire’s cooperation, and gained support from Xue Qinghe and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Fan arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest with the Ice Empress and suspected that an auspicious beast, possibly the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, had appeared there.
• Chen Fan sensed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King praying for help and opened an abyssal passage to the Antarctic, bringing the Ice Empress with him.
• Chen Fan and the Ice Empress emerged in the Antarctic, where they encountered freezing winds and concentrated Faith Power.

Chen Fan arrived in the South Pole and learned that a mysterious divine being had imprisoned the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the Purple Pearl Pirates, so he waited to discover who was responsible. Meanwhile, Tang San grew resentful of Chen Fan’s influence in the Clear Sky Sect and planned to flee north to study Soul Guidance Technology.

• Chen Fan brought the Ice Empress to the South Pole, where the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the Purple Pearl Pirates described how a mysterious being had trapped them and threatened to kill them.
• Chen Fan suspected that a god or divine inspector had attacked the group and decided to wait for the mysterious being to return.
• Zi Zhenzhu discussed the end of her voyage with Chen Fan, while the Ice Empress questioned the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King about his refusal to transform into a new life-form.
• Tang San beat Tang Liu after Tang Liu urged him to get along with the Clear Sky Sect’s younger disciples, and a girl took Tang Liu to report the assault to the elders.
• Tang San decided to leave the Clear Sky Sect, master Soul Guidance Technology, and seek revenge from the Northern Border.
• Zi Zhenzhu shivered in the South Pole’s extreme cold and went to Chen Fan for warmth.