Chapter Summaries

Zi Tian established Zi Tian Palace while considering how to recruit powerful experts, but the Douluo Sky Screen suddenly announced a ranking of the continent’s ten greatest backgrounds and promised rewards. As people across Douluo Realm reacted, Bibi Dong’s attempt to attack the screen failed.

• Zi Tian recalled being sent to Douluo Realm by the God of Destruction to unite the continent and considered how to build his own force at Zi Tian Palace.
• The Douluo Sky Screen appeared and announced that it would rank ten people by background and reward those who made the list.
• Tang San envied people with powerful family backing, while Yu Xiaogang claimed his theories and mentorship would earn them a place on the ranking.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong discussed the ranking, and Ning Rongrong persuaded them and her father to help her get listed.
• Bibi Dong attacked the Sky Screen with eight crescent blades, but they dissolved into Soul Power before reaching it.

Spirit Hall, Zhu Zhuqing, and others reacted to the Sky Screen as it revealed Dai Weisi in tenth place on the Background Ranking. Dai Weisi received rewards that raised him from a rank-46 Soul Ancestor to a rank-51 Soul King, astonishing even Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation.

• Bibi Dong was wounded by the Sky Screen’s lightning, and Qian Daoliu told Spirit Hall’s elders to watch calmly because the power was beyond their realm.
• Zhu Zhuqing rested while fleeing pursuit toward the Star Luo Empire border, hoping to reach the Heaven Dou Empire and find an influence that could shelter her.
• Zi Tian recognized that the Sky Screen bypassed protections blessed by the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life, then waited for its ranking.
• The Sky Screen announced Dai Weisi, the Star Luo Empire’s First Prince, as tenth on the Background Ranking and described his imperial family background, Evil-Eyed White Tiger Martial Soul, and fusion skill with Zhu Zhuyun.
• Dai Weisi received five soul-power ranks, 500 years added to each soul ring’s age limit, and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, becoming a rank-51 Soul King.
• Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena were astonished that Dai Weisi had reached Soul King at 19.

Dai Weisi’s Sky Screen reward made him a Soul King, while the Sky Screen’s influence helped Tang Chen regain his senses and return to the Asura trial. Tang Chen entered Slaughter Space as Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi prepared to reenter the world, and Zi Tian wondered what had caused Tang Chen’s awakening.

• Yan lamented Dai Weisi’s breakthrough, but Hu Liena and Xie Yue encouraged him by saying Spirit Hall’s power could earn them places on the list.
• Tang Chen awakened in the darkness, remembered how the Rakshasa God and Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King had corrupted him, and regained his identity as Clear Sky Douluo.
• The Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King fled Tang Chen’s body, but Tang Chen used Ring Detonation to kill him and destroy Slaughter City.
• Tang Chen realized the Asura God Divine Trial had continued and that his awakening offered a way to pass the Eighth Trial, then entered Slaughter Space.
• Qian Daoliu sensed Tang Chen’s return and decided to leave seclusion, while Bo Saixi ordered Sea God Island to enter the world.
• Zi Tian sensed Asura Divine Power near Slaughter Space and wondered whether his transmigration or the Sky Screen had awakened Tang Chen.

Zi Tian sent gods toward Slaughter Space while watching Dai Weisi receive a powerful Sky Screen reward. At the chapter’s end, Zhu Zhuqing fled into Zi Tian’s palace, where he offered to protect her from her pursuers.

• Zi Tian secretly released a thread of the Asura God's Divine Power, and dozens of gods followed it toward Slaughter Space.
• Dai Weisi’s Second Soul Ring turned purple, prompting students at Nuoding Academy to mock Yu Xiaogang and question his theories.
• The Sky Screen awarded Dai Weisi a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, which he absorbed and used to suppress a Soul Emperor with a single punch.
• Dai Weisi bowed to the Sky Screen and left to visit his father, while Dai Mubai watched from a bar and drank to hide his unease.
• Zhu Zhuqing fled her older sister’s pursuit and entered Zi Tian’s palace seeking help, but tried to leave when she saw he was alone.
• Zi Tian recognized Zhu Zhuqing, promised to deal with her pursuers, and sent her to wash and change.

Zi Tian rescued Zhu Zhuqing from her pursuers and welcomed her as the first member of Zi Tian Palace, where she hoped to grow strong enough to escape her family’s control. As they watched the Sky Screen announce Yu Tianheng in ninth place on the Background Ranking, Zhu Zhuqing learned that the palace had only two members.

• Several men pursuing Zhu Zhuqing rushed toward Zi Tian Palace, but a hidden Deity accidentally sneezed them into dust.
• Zi Tian waited for Zhu Zhuqing to finish bathing, then asked what she planned to do next.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Zi Tian to take her in and train her, offering her life in return, and he welcomed her into Zi Tian Palace.
• Zhu Zhuqing began cleaning the palace entrance, but Zi Tian told her the palace cleaned itself as a Deity secretly washed the doors with a water-flow Soul Skill.
• Zi Tian directed Zhu Zhuqing to the Sky Screen, which announced Yu Tianheng as ninth on the Background Ranking and described his clan and standing.

Yu Tianheng’s reward from the Sky Screen evolved his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon into the legendary God Level Golden Sacred Dragon. Spirit Hall recognized the threat and prepared to launch the Soul Hunting Plan as the younger generation reacted to his transformation.

• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders questioned Yu Tianheng’s ninth-place ranking before the Sky Screen revealed his reward: his Soul Rings would each gain 500 years and his Martial Soul would evolve.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the elders guarded Yu Tianheng as Golden Light transformed his Martial Soul into the Golden Sacred Dragon.
• The First Elder identified the Golden Sacred Dragon as a legendary God Level Martial Soul, and the clan celebrated its return.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo discussed the clan’s strength while Bibi Dong said the evolution would help Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Plan.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Spirit Hall to prepare for war and launch the Soul Hunting Plan at any moment.
• Yan admired Yu Tianheng’s new Martial Soul and said he wanted one of his own.

Yu Xiaogang convinced himself that his connections would earn him a high place on the Background Ranking, while Zhu Zhuqing received Life Energy from Zi Tian and reacted to his affectionate touch with confusing warmth. The chapter ended with Zi Tian wondering whether Zhu Zhuqing liked him.

• Hu Liena told Yan that higher Sky Screen rankings brought better rewards, and Yan joked about gaining the power of a Titled Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang envied Yu Tianheng’s Golden Sacred Dragon, then assured Tang San that his own background would earn them a place on the Background Ranking.
• Nearby students mocked Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San followed him despite doubting his claims.
• Zhu Zhuqing admired Yu Tianheng’s martial soul, and Zi Tian offered to give her an even stronger one.
• Zi Tian infused Zhu Zhuqing with Life Energy and patted her head, leaving her flustered and unable to explain her feelings.
• Zi Tian told Zhu Zhuqing to check her martial soul and wondered whether she liked him.

Zi Tian evolved Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Spirit Cat into a God Level Martial Soul, which she named Netherworld Lord. After Yu Tianheng received the ninth-place reward, the Sky Screen announced Ning Rongrong as eighth, leaving Ning Fengzhi worried about her reaction.

• Zhu Zhuqing summoned her evolved Hell Spirit Cat and sensed its new God Level power and Life Energy.
• Zhu Zhuqing discovered that Netherworld Lord boosted her abilities, gave her a Netherworld Domain and powerful Soul Skills, and tripled her combat strength.
• Zi Tian told Zhu Zhuqing to focus on cultivating and watch the Sky Screen for the next ranking.
• Yu Tianheng told Yu Yuanzhen and the elders that the Golden Sacred Dragon greatly enhanced his strength but had no domain.
• The Sky Screen announced Ning Rongrong as eighth, and Ning Fengzhi pretended not to notice her looking at him.

Ning Rongrong received a reward that evolved her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and granted her a powerful Soul Bone. As factions moved to court the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Qian Renxue prepared to deal with Ning Rongrong, Rongrong left to explore with Bone Douluo while Ning Fengzhi considered the sect’s new opportunities.

• Ning Rongrong asked Ning Fengzhi for permission to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and explore, and he reluctantly agreed.
• The Sky Screen’s reward enveloped Ning Rongrong in Golden Light, prompting Ning Fengzhi and the Douluo elders to secure the sect while other factions reacted to the announced Martial Soul Evolution.
• Bibi Dong warned Qian Daoliu that Ning Rongrong’s evolution could affect the Spirit Hall’s plans, while Qian Renxue arranged an escape route and considered using her position as Ning Fengzhi’s disciple to visit the sect and deal with Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and a powerful Soul Bone fused with her skull.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Rongrong’s prospects and received reports that factions wanted to ally with the sect, while Rongrong left to have fun with Bone Douluo.

Ning Rongrong and Bone Douluo encountered Zi Tian Palace after an unseen force knocked their Bone Dragon from the sky. Ning Rongrong joined the palace as Deputy Palace Master and challenged Zi Tian for his Throne.

• Ning Rongrong asked Bone Douluo to take her toward the Star Luo Empire, but an unseen force knocked their Bone Dragon out of the sky near a strange purple palace.
• Bone Douluo brought Ning Rongrong to Zi Tian Palace, where Zi Tian welcomed them alongside Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong explored the palace and accepted Zi Tian's offer to join, declaring herself Deputy Palace Master.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Zi Tian, saying he would have to give her the Throne if he lost.

Ning Rongrong challenged Zi Tian for the position of palace master, but Zi Tian easily subdued her and she basked in his Life Energy. Bone Douluo, freed from the spatial restraints, saw them together and attacked Zi Tian in a fury.

• Ning Rongrong demanded Zi Tian's palace master position, and Zi Tian agreed to let her challenge him.
• Zhu Zhuqing stepped between them, while Zi Tian's spatial power immobilized Bone Douluo and left him unable to intervene.
• Ning Rongrong used her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and a mental attack, but Zi Tian drained some of her Soul Power and caught her as she fell.
• Zi Tian stroked Ning Rongrong's head as Life Energy strengthened her body and Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda; Zhu Zhuqing turned away, displeased.
• Bone Douluo, whose name was Gu Rong, broke free, transformed into a Bone Dragon, and unleashed his strongest attack, Heavenly Bone Divine Dragon Wave, against Zi Tian.

Zi Tian defeated Bone Douluo’s attack, healed him with a Pill that let him break through to Super Douluo, and watched the Sky Screen announce Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form. As people hunted for Xiao Wu in Nuoding City, Tang San hurried to find her and then ran toward the city outskirts.

• Zi Tian crushed Bone Douluo’s Bone Dragon True Body after telling Zhu Zhuqing to close her eyes.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Zi Tian had been helping her, and Bone Douluo apologized for attacking him.
• Zi Tian gave Bone Douluo a Pill that healed him and helped him break through Rank 95 to become a Super Douluo.
• The Sky Screen named Xiao Wu seventh on the Background Ranking and revealed her identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form.
• Tang San saw Xiao Wu exposed on the Sky Screen, rushed back to the academy, and then ran toward Nuoding City’s outskirts after hearing she was missing.

Qian Daoliu learned that a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was in the Heaven Dou Empire and left to capture it while visiting Qian Renxue. The Sky Screen then awarded Xiao Wu a reward that removed cultivation bottlenecks, drawing the attention of people who began hunting her.

• Bibi Dong learned that a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was hiding in the Heaven Dou Empire and prepared to send people after it.
• Qian Daoliu chose to go himself, secretly leaving Spirit Hall to find the beast and visit Qian Renxue.
• The Sky Screen announced the seventh-place reward of Martial Soul Evolution, enhanced life essence, and cultivation without bottlenecks.
• Bone Douluo recognized the reward’s potential to help its recipient become a Peerless Douluo, while Zi Tian dismissed its value to a genius.
• Xiao Wu received the golden reward, which strengthened her life essence, clarified her thinking, and increased her Soul Power absorption.
• People spotted Xiao Wu receiving the reward and rushed after her, hoping to kill her and gain its benefits.

Xiao Wu fled a continent-wide hunt and entered Zi Tian Palace, where Zi Tian offered her protection in exchange for joining his faction. She accepted, but learned that the palace had only three young members and Bone Douluo was not one of them.

• Xiao Wu escaped Nuoding City and ran toward Zi Tian Palace as Soul Masters pursued her from both empires.
• Bone Douluo restrained Xiao Wu when she tried to blow herself up, and Zi Tian revealed that he knew she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Zi Tian offered to spare and protect Xiao Wu if she joined Zi Tian Palace, and she agreed on the condition that the palace would stand against the continent for her.
• Bone Douluo clarified that he was not a member of Zi Tian Palace, and Xiao Wu realized that only Zi Tian and the two girls belonged to it.

Xiao Wu remained protected inside Zi Tian Palace as the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Soul Masters held each other at bay. Tang San rejected Yu Xiaogang’s plan to kill her and severed their bond, while Yu Xiaogang schemed to use Bibi Dong’s Pope Token to capture Xiao Wu and claim a path to power.

• Xiao Wu saw the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Soul Masters arguing over which empire had the right to capture her, and their joint attack killed a Soul King who tried to rush Zi Tian Palace.
• Tang San arrived outside Nuoding City and found Xiao Wu safe for the moment, then Yu Xiaogang asked him to reveal where she was.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted he wanted to kill Xiao Wu for her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Soul Bone, and the reward that would remove his cultivation bottlenecks.
• Tang San refused to betray Xiao Wu and declared that he was severing his bond with Yu Xiaogang.
• After a Soul Elder struck him, Yu Xiaogang returned to Nuoding City and decided to use Bibi Dong’s Pope Token to enlist Spirit Hall’s help in capturing Xiao Wu.

The Sky Screen exposed Qian Renxue as Spirit Hall’s Young Master and revealed that she had replaced Xue Qinghe, setting off a crisis between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires. Qian Renxue reached the border while fleeing, but Xue Ye’s order to seize her arrived as she faced a tense standoff.

• The Sky Screen named Qian Renxue sixth on the Background Ranking, revealed her ties to Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire, and awarded her a Martial Soul Evolution, increased life essence, and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Xue Ye learned Qian Renxue had replaced Xue Qinghe and ordered her capture while putting the Heaven Dou Empire on a war footing.
• The Star Luo Emperor named Dai Weisi his sole heir, and Dai Weisi urged him to exploit Heaven Dou’s turmoil by starting a war.
• Qian Renxue fled toward the border, where Soul Masters from both empires faced off around Zi Tian Palace and the Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast.
• A Heaven Dou envoy announced Xue Ye’s order to seize Qian Renxue at the border.

Qian Renxue fled to Zi Tian Palace while Qian Daoliu searched for her, and she tried to recruit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect before the Sky Screen's reward transformed her. The chapter ended with divine power filling the palace and the onlookers wondering whether a deity had descended.

• Qian Renxue escaped the Heaven Dou Empire's attackers and flew into Zi Tian Palace as its gates closed behind her.
• Qian Daoliu confronted Xue Ye, learned that Qian Renxue had reached the border, and flew off to find her.
• Qian Renxue found Ning Rongrong and Bone Douluo in Zi Tian Palace and proposed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect join Spirit Hall.
• Zi Tian invited Qian Renxue to join Zi Tian Palace, and she waited for Spirit Hall's reinforcements after learning it had only five members.
• The Sky Screen's Golden Light strengthened Qian Renxue's Six-Winged Angel, and divine power spread from Zi Tian Palace as onlookers wondered if a deity had descended.

Qian Renxue’s essence of life reached God Level, and her Martial Soul evolved into a God King Level Twelve-Winged Angel King. She challenged Zi Tian to a fight, but her first attack dissolved before reaching him.

• Qian Renxue’s reward caused her essence of life to reach God Level, startling Zi Tian and the surrounding Deities.
• Qian Renxue summoned her Twelve-Winged Angel King Martial Soul, and Zi Tian recognized its God King potential.
• Qian Renxue challenged Zi Tian to withstand three moves, while Zi Tian offered her the position of Deputy Palace Master and the chance to rule Douluo Continent.
• Qian Renxue struck Zi Tian with her Holy Sword, but the sword energy dissolved into Soul Power, and Zi Tian told her not to hold back.

Qian Renxue challenged Zi Tian with her divine technique, but he effortlessly erased her Angel powers with Void Annihilation and saved her from collapsing. Outside Zi Tian Palace, the two empires’ armies felt a brief loss of power, and their commanders decided to postpone battle until they found the hidden powerhouse.

• Qian Renxue used her Angel Domain and Myriad Suns Soaring Heaven against Zi Tian, briefly weakening Soul Masters outside the palace.
• Zi Tian countered with Void Annihilation, silently removing Qian Renxue’s Angel powers and causing her to fall.
• Zi Tian caught Qian Renxue, restored her with Life Energy, and introduced himself as the Palace Master of Zi Tian Palace.
• Qian Renxue accepted Zi Tian’s welcome, then withdrew to the Purple-Gold Wall to process what had happened.
• Soul Masters from both empires noticed their lost power return, while Star Luo retainers concluded that the battle should wait until they found the hidden powerhouse.

The Sky Screen revealed that Bibi Dong had killed the previous Pope, Qian Xunji, and ranked her fifth on the Background Ranking. Spirit Hall’s Offerings attacked her as she tried to escape overseas, but Qian Daoliu arrived to block her path.

• The Sky Screen announced Bibi Dong as fifth on the Background Ranking and revealed she had killed Qian Xunji to become Pope.
• Qian Daoliu learned the secret had been exposed, decided to kill Bibi Dong, and flew back to Spirit Hall.
• Azure Luan Douluo, Golden Crocodile Douluo, and other Offerings attacked Bibi Dong, who fought them off and fled toward the sea.
• Bibi Dong struck Qianjun Douluo aside and continued toward the coast while the Offerings tried to intercept her.
• Qian Daoliu appeared in front of Bibi Dong and vowed to avenge his son.