Chapter Summaries

The Goddess of Life recognized the newly born Death Divine Tree in the Star Dou Great Forest as the counterpart to her Life Divine Tree, while Li Qinglian faced a terrifying hundred-thousand-year tribulation. As the fierce beasts helped contain its shockwaves, Li Qinglian focused on surviving and considered abandoning the soul beast path afterward.

• The Goddess of Life sensed a familiar power and recognized Li Qinglian as a Death Divine Tree embodying the ultimate law of death.
• Red King, Xiong Jun, Bi Ji, Zi Ji, and Myriad Demon King watched the tribulation clouds gather over Li Qinglian, while Di Tian said he might have a chance to become a deity.
• Li Qinglian considered the God Realm's restrictions on soul beasts and planned to pursue a human path after surviving the tribulation.
• Li Qinglian met a descending bolt of purple tribulation lightning with his death soul power, creating a shockwave that devastated the surrounding forest.
• Di Tian and the other fierce beasts joined forces to contain the shockwaves and conceal the tribulation's aura.

Li Qinglian survived his tribulation and learned that he was the Death Divine Tree, born from the world's deathly auras. After transforming into a human child, he was found and embraced by the Goddess of Life, who recognized him as the one she had awaited.

• Xiong Jun watched Li Qinglian absorb the tribulation lightning and concluded that he was a divine tree whose power might be second only to Di Tian's.
• Li Qinglian learned that he was the Death Divine Tree, born after the Life Divine Tree from deathly auras gathered across heaven and earth.
• Li Qinglian decided to take human form to hide his identity from the God Realm and transformed into a six-year-old child.
• Li Qinglian discovered that his human form had level-twenty innate soul power and two purple Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.
• The Goddess of Life found Li Qinglian, recognized his pure deathly aura, and embraced him as the Death Divine Tree she had long awaited.

Li Qinglian met the Goddess of Life, who revealed that she was his kind and asked him to give her a private human name. Their conversation was interrupted when the Silver Dragon King appeared at Life Lake, intending to use Li Qinglian as leverage against the Goddess of Life.

• The Goddess of Life introduced herself to Li Qinglian as Little Green and explained that she and the God King of Destruction were not truly husband and wife.
• Li Qinglian named the Goddess of Life Wan'er but said he saw her only as an older sister and wanted to start as friends.
• The Goddess of Life insisted that Li Qinglian could not escape her, despite his reservations.
• The Silver Dragon King emerged from Life Lake and revealed that she had been waiting for the Goddess of Life.
• The Silver Dragon King decided Li Qinglian's existence gave her leverage over the Goddess of Life, who could not risk the God Realm learning about him.

The Goddess of Life confronted the Silver Dragon King, who used Li Qinglian’s existence to keep her from reporting her. After Li Qinglian encouraged the two to cooperate, the Silver Dragon King sought a closer bond with him and accepted the name Gu Yuena.

• The Goddess of Life challenged the Silver Dragon King, who warned that exposing her would also reveal Li Qinglian to the God of Destruction.
• The Silver Dragon King proposed friendship and asked the Goddess of Life for the Golden Dragon King's divine core, but the Goddess said no God King could kill him.
• The Silver Dragon King said she wanted a God King who would support soul beasts and the Dragon Clan, and Li Qinglian advised the Goddess of Life to accept her goodwill.
• The Silver Dragon King picked up Li Qinglian and asked him to acknowledge her as his godmother, but the Goddess of Life objected.
• The Silver Dragon King asked Li Qinglian to give her a human name, and she was pleased when he called her Gu Yuena.

Li Qinglian shared a meal with the Goddess of Life and decided to cultivate at Spirit Hall, where she offered to seek protection for him. Gu Yuena escorted him to the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest and warned the Goddess of Life to conceal his existence, while reflecting on his vast potential as a human.

• The Goddess of Life cooked for Li Qinglian, who enjoyed the meal and agreed to call her Wen Wan or Sister Wan'er.
• Li Qinglian chose to go to Spirit Hall, and the Goddess of Life offered to ask the Goddess of Kindness to protect him.
• The next morning, Gu Yuena escorted Li Qinglian to the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest and told him to return often.
• Gu Yuena warned the Goddess of Life to keep Li Qinglian's existence secret from the God of Destruction and other wary gods.
• Gu Yuena reflected that Li Qinglian's human form gave him limitless potential to become a powerful God King.

Li Qinglian accompanied the Goddess of Life to Spirit Hall, where she offered Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue a chance to enter the God Realm in exchange for protecting him. Before departing, she planted a Seed of Life in Li Qinglian’s heart, leaving him under Spirit Hall’s protection.

• Li Qinglian considered humanity’s potential and the advantages of aligning with humanity’s rise.
• Qian Daoliu led Qian Renxue in worship, and the Angel God’s statue bathed her in holy light, strengthening their connection.
• The Goddess of Life arrived at Spirit Hall with Li Qinglian, startling Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue with her divine presence.
• The Goddess of Life promised Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue a chance to enter the God Realm, possibly obtain a divine position, if they kept Li Qinglian safe.
• The Goddess of Life planted a Seed of Life in Li Qinglian’s heart and departed after reassuring him she would return with Goodness.

Li Qinglian studied the Seed of Life and resolved to pursue Reincarnation as a power beyond the God Kings. At Spirit Hall, Angel God urged Qian Renxue to cultivate a connection with him, while clarifying that it was not part of her Divine Trial.

• Qian Renxue introduced herself to Li Qinglian and escorted him to rest after he said he was tired.
• Li Qinglian studied the Seed of Life and considered how it might combine with his Death Divine Tree body to help him master Reincarnation.
• Li Qinglian decided he would need to prove his future potential before seeking more benefits from Gu Yuena.
• Angel God appeared at the Worship Hall after the Goddess of Life left and told Qian Daoliu that she was one of the God Realm's five supreme figures.
• Angel God warned Qian Renxue to treat Li Qinglian seriously and said becoming a couple with him would be beneficial, but was not required for her Divine Trial.

Qian Daoliu prepared to proclaim Li Qinglian as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son despite Bibi Dong’s opposition, and the worshippers praised his extraordinary talent. At the ceremony on Pope Mountain, Qian Renxue returned to support Li Qinglian and ensure Bibi Dong formally led him up the mountain.

• Bibi Dong learned that Qian Daoliu planned to establish a Holy Son and resolved to stop the Worship Hall from gaining influence.
• Qian Daoliu introduced Li Qinglian to the worshippers, who marveled at his level-twenty Innate Soul Power and two purple Soul Rings.
• Li Qinglian said he would accept challenges from Xie Yue and Yan, and Qian Daoliu scheduled the public proclamation for Pope Mountain.
• A week later, Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and the worshippers assembled on Pope Mountain before a crowd gathered for the ceremony.
• Qian Renxue returned from the Heaven Dou Empire and told Li Qinglian she had come to make sure Bibi Dong led him up the mountain.

Li Qinglian reached Pope Mountain with Qian Renxue, who helped ensure his appointment as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son proceeded publicly. When Bibi Dong tried to delay the appointment by calling for a future contest with Xie Yue and Yan, Li Qinglian accepted the challenge but demanded that anyone who wanted the position face him immediately.

• Li Qinglian realized Bibi Dong had arranged a show of force, and Qian Renxue’s arrival helped him avoid being left without a formal escort.
• Qian Renxue supported Li Qinglian and invited him to visit her mission site, while he said he planned to stay at Spirit Hall and build his cultivation foundation.
• Bibi Dong announced Li Qinglian as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, but Yue Guan objected and argued that Xie Yue and Yan deserved a chance to compete.
• Bibi Dong proposed postponing the contest for six or seven years, hoping to undermine the Worship Hall’s influence and strengthen her own authority.
• Li Qinglian agreed that Xie Yue and Yan could compete, then challenged them to step forward immediately rather than wait years.

Li Qinglian accepted Yan’s challenge on Pope Mountain and demanded that Spirit Hall honor the result by making him Holy Son if he won. The duel began, leaving the seven-year-old facing Yan, a level-thirty-one Soul Elder.

• Bibi Dong considered using Yan and Xie Yue to delay Li Qinglian’s appointment and reinforce Pope Hall’s authority over the Worship Hall.
• Xie Yue refused to fight Li Qinglian, but Yan stepped forward, hoping that victory would help him become Holy Son and prove himself worthy of Hu Liena.
• Li Qinglian agreed to face Yan and asked whether defeating him would secure the Holy Son position without further objections.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan promised that no one would oppose Li Qinglian’s appointment if he won.
• Li Qinglian faced Yan, who was seven years older and had reached level thirty-one.

Li Qinglian faced Yan in a public duel and revealed two thousand-year Soul Rings, astonishing Spirit Hall’s elders. He used his first Soul Skill, Death Siphon, to drain the heat from Yan’s magma attack, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Li Qinglian summoned the Death Divine Tree and revealed two purple Soul Rings, prompting Bibi Dong and the others to recognize his extraordinary talent.
• Qian Daoliu told the worship elders that Li Qinglian’s standing in the God Realm was at the very top, and they began hoping to gain his favor.
• Yan dismissed Li Qinglian’s plant-type Martial Soul as vulnerable to fire and launched Hell Lava Blast.
• Li Qinglian used Death Siphon, spreading roots that drained the magma’s heat and could weaken and absorb an opponent over time.

Li Qinglian used his Death Divine Tree Martial Soul to drain Yan's Soul Power and overpower his granite attack, leaving the outcome of their fight uncertain. Watching him fight, the Angel God suspected his tree connected him to the Goddess of Life and the Evil God King, while Qian Renxue learned that gods loved gossip too.

• Li Qinglian used Death Siphon to drain Yan's Soul Power and Withered Glory Prison to crush Yan's Granite Rock slabs.
• Yan feared that losing to six-year-old Li Qinglian would cost him his standing at Spirit Hall Academy and his chance with Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue watched Li Qinglian suppress Yan, though Xie Yue warned that Yan had not yet gone all out.
• The Angel God saw Li Qinglian's Death Divine Tree and speculated that he was connected to the Goddess of Life and the Evil God King.
• Qian Renxue heard the Angel God's excited gossip and lost her reverence for the gods.

Qian Renxue recognized Li Qinglian’s extraordinary background and reconsidered her hatred for Bibi Dong as Li Qinglian defeated Yan at Pope Mountain. After the Worship Hall applauded, Li Qinglian asked whether he was now the Holy Son.

• Qian Renxue learned more about Li Qinglian’s background and decided she had to befriend him, while she and Bibi Dong exchanged a glance without their former hostility.
• Bibi Dong questioned where Li Qinglian had come from and suspected the Worship Hall had concealed his origins.
• Yan unleashed his Hellfire Soul Skill, but Li Qinglian’s vines shielded him and drained Yan’s Soul Power and the heat of his flames.
• Li Qinglian used Withered Glory Prison to immobilize the exhausted Yan, winning the match.
• Li Qinglian asked Bibi Dong and Chrysanthemum Douluo whether he was the Holy Son, and Qian Daoliu and the other worshippers applauded.

Li Qinglian defeated Yan and won over Spirit Hall’s gathered crowd, strengthening his position as Holy Son despite Bibi Dong’s opposition. As Qian Renxue became more determined to pursue him, Yan accepted that Li Qinglian had beaten him through sheer strength.

• Li Qinglian’s victory over Yan convinced the crowd and other Holy Son candidates that he deserved the title, while he recognized that Bibi Dong’s maneuvering had helped build his prestige.
• Qian Renxue praised Li Qinglian’s tactics and resolved that she could not afford to lose the chance to be with him.
• The narration explained that Li Qinglian was the Death Divine Tree, whose claim to death authority in the God Realm would threaten the gods who had already taken it.
• Yan admitted defeat without objection and said that Li Qinglian’s strength and Martial Soul had made the outcome unavoidable.

Bibi Dong made Li Qinglian the Holy Son after the Rakshasa God warned her that he might be connected to the Goddess of Life. After learning how Li Qinglian had defeated Yan, he discovered that his Death Siphon could absorb energy and increase his Soul Ring age.

• Bibi Dong proclaimed Li Qinglian the Holy Son and suspected that his extraordinary talent came from a divine connection.
• The Rakshasa God told Bibi Dong that Li Qinglian was likely connected to the Goddess of Life and advised her not to provoke him.
• Yan told Xie Yue and Hu Liena that Li Qinglian's branches had drained his Soul Power and weakened his attacks during their match.
• Hu Liena wondered whether her Demon Fox Martial Soul and mental abilities could counter Li Qinglian.
• Li Qinglian absorbed the energy he had siphoned from Yan and sensed that his two purple Soul Rings had grown stronger.

Li Qinglian went with Hu Liena to Spirit Hall’s death row to test whether the Death Divine Tree still retained its power after he became human. After draining a condemned criminal, he discovered that the tree could turn the souls of the wicked into fruit, and offered the result to Hu Liena.

• Li Qinglian discovered that Death Siphon could still replenish his Martial Soul and Soul Rings after his transformation, then wondered whether he had retained the Death Divine Tree’s other abilities.
• Hu Liena visited Li Qinglian to introduce herself and relay Bibi Dong’s apology, then agreed to take him to the death row.
• The warden presented Wang Peng, a spiritual-type Soul Master condemned for abusing and violating women, and Hu Liena approved when Li Qinglian chose to kill him.
• Li Qinglian used Withered Glory Prison to drain Wang Peng’s life force and energy, while Hu Liena and the warden watched in shock.
• Li Qinglian found Wang Peng’s soul beneath the Death Divine Tree, turned it and the drained energy into a fruit, and handed it to Hu Liena.

Li Qinglian gave Hu Liena a Death Fruit made from Wang Peng’s energy, greatly boosting her vitality and spiritual power. Meanwhile, the Angel God reported Li Qinglian to the Goddess of Kindness, who recognized his transformed soul-beast nature and mysterious power.

• Li Qinglian explained that the Death Fruit he made from Wang Peng’s remains contained pure vitality and spiritual power, and Hu Liena swallowed it despite finding its origin unsettling.
• Hu Liena felt her exhaustion vanish and her spiritual power increase by about twenty percent, then excitedly asked Li Qinglian for more.
• Li Qinglian promised to give Hu Liena another fruit if he obtained spiritual energy from a suitable criminal and reassured her that he would not slaughter innocents.
• The Angel God told the Goddess of Kindness about Li Qinglian, and the Goddess recognized that he was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with an ultimate dark power that was not quite evil.
• The Angel God warned the Goddess of Kindness to beware of her best friend, leaving the Goddess shocked by the saying.

Li Qinglian met the Goddess of Kindness, who learned that he was the Death Divine Tree and saw him as a future ally in guiding reincarnation and judging good and evil. She gave him a gift and began warning him about the disguises and hidden motives he would encounter.

• Li Qinglian returned to the Holy Son Palace and found the Goddess of Kindness waiting in his bedroom.
• The Goddess of Kindness mistook Li Qinglian's relationship with Wan'er and the Goddess of Life, but Li Qinglian explained that he was the Death Divine Tree and had no mother.
• The Goddess of Kindness realized that Li Qinglian would govern death and help complete the cycle of reincarnation alongside Little Green.
• Li Qinglian agreed that the Death Divine Tree's duties included punishing evil and promoting good, and the Goddess of Kindness said she would wait for him to grow up.
• The Goddess of Kindness asked Li Qinglian to close his eyes, gave him a gift, and warned him about false appearances and unfathomable hearts.

Goddess of Kindness granted Li Qinglian the Pure Heart Eyes, which let him perceive hidden truths and falsehoods. Determined to build the foundation for controlling Reincarnation, Li Qinglian sealed the Holy Son Palace and entered six years of seclusion.

• Goddess of Kindness awakened the Pure Heart Eyes in Li Qinglian, sharpening his vision and allowing him to see through illusions and discern people's true feelings.
• Li Qinglian thanked Goddess of Kindness and promised to support her when he entered the God Realm.
• After Goddess of Kindness departed, Li Qinglian considered his ties to her, Goddess of Life, and Gu Yuena, along with the conflicts his future role might create with the male supreme gods.
• Li Qinglian decided to cultivate and understand the Seed of Life during the next six years so he could pursue control over Reincarnation.
• The next day, Li Qinglian sealed the gates of the Holy Son Palace and refused all visitors as he entered seclusion.

After six years of seclusion, Li Qinglian reached Soul Ancestor at twelve, developed the Life Heart within his Death Divine Tree Martial Soul, and decided to leave Spirit Hall and travel. He reunited with Hu Liena, whose question about her beauty ended with Li Qinglian ranking her last among the six women he knew.

• Li Qinglian condensed his fourth Soul Ring, a ten-thousand-year ring, and reflected that his first two rings were nearing ten thousand years as well.
• Li Qinglian saw tiny green buds on his Death Divine Tree Martial Soul and recalled how understanding death as part of rebirth had helped him form the Life Heart.
• Li Qinglian left the Holy Son Palace after six years and decided to travel the continent, visit the Shrek Seven Monsters, and ask Gu Yuena for treasures.
• Hu Liena hurried to greet Li Qinglian, and he told her she had grown prettier during their six years apart.
• Hu Liena asked Li Qinglian to rank her beauty, and he placed her sixth among the six women he knew, leaving her offended.