Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo was lured into an ambush near Jialing Pass, where Qian Renxue revealed her identity as the disguised Xue Qinghe and struck him with a poisoned hidden weapon. Facing death, Dugu Bo warned that he could devastate Jialing Pass if he fought back and asked Su Chen to grant him a request.

• Xue Qinghe led Dugu Bo and eighteen others toward Jialing Pass, where Dugu Bo prepared to unleash his venom on the city.
• Su Chen, Demon Subduing Douluo, and Qian Jun Douluo arrived with more than a hundred fighters and surrounded Dugu Bo's group.
• Qian Renxue shot Dugu Bo with a Storm Pear Blossom Needle, then revealed that she had impersonated Xue Qinghe and helped Su Chen plan the ambush.
• Qian Renxue explained that she had lured Dugu Bo to Jialing Pass and had urged him to leave the Heaven Dou Imperial Family before the war.
• Dugu Bo said that his poisoned body could still devastate Jialing Pass if he fought to the death, then asked Su Chen to grant him a request.

Su Chen secured Dugu Bo’s surrender and welcomed Qian Renxue back to the Spirit Hall Empire as the final battle approached. He destroyed the symbol of her disguise and declared that only Qian Renxue remained.

• Dugu Bo asked Su Chen to spare Dugu Yan and his clan, then left a letter ordering them not to oppose the Spirit Hall Empire before taking his own life.
• Su Chen ordered Dugu Bo’s remains buried in the Douluo Hall of worship and had the other eighteen Heaven Dou Soul Masters killed.
• Qian Renxue reunited with Su Chen, kissed him, and told him that Tang Hao and Tang Xiao were headed for Shuiyun Pass while the Heaven Dou Empire planned to attack Jialing Pass.
• Su Chen explained that he had reinforced Shuiyun Pass and said the weakened Heaven Dou Empire no longer posed a serious threat.
• Su Chen burned the corpses and discarded the jade pendant that marked Qian Renxue’s identity as Xue Qinghe, declaring that only Qian Renxue remained.

Su Chen welcomed civilian militiamen to Jialing Pass and drove the Dugu Family from the Heaven Dou Empire’s army by delivering Dugu Bo’s letter. When Xue Ye launched an attack, Su Chen turned most of the incoming arrows back on the attackers, but his control could not stop every arrow from hitting the walls.

• Six cities sent militiamen to support Jialing Pass, and Su Chen reluctantly agreed to let them stay and fight.
• Su Chen sent Dugu Bo’s letter to Dugu Yan and the Dugu Family, who withdrew from the Heaven Dou Empire’s army.
• Xue Ye ordered the army to attack before any more defections could occur.
• Su Chen used his Fourth Soul Ring to halt tens of thousands of arrows, though more than five thousand struck Jialing Pass’s walls.
• Su Chen reversed the arrows he had controlled and sent them flying back toward the Heaven Dou Empire’s army.

Su Chen stopped the Heaven Dou Empire’s assault on Jialing Pass, but Yu Xiaolong summoned five powerful Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragons to challenge him. With Su Chen nearly out of soul power, the defenders chose to hold the pass as he prepared to fight using his Dragon-Slaying Sword and Dragon Might.

• Su Chen halted the Heaven Dou Empire’s arrows and sent them back, inflicting heavy casualties on Xue Ye’s army.
• Yu Xiaolong arrived with the Snow Jade Crown and summoned five Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragons, including one over four hundred thousand years old.
• Qian Renxue warned that the dragons threatened to tip the battle toward the Heaven Dou Empire, while Yu Xiaolong called on them to avenge his clan.
• Su Chen rejected Flame Eagle Douluo’s suggestion to retreat, and the defenders vowed to hold Jialing Pass.
• Su Chen revealed his six soul rings, Dragon-Slaying Sword, and Dragon God’s Heart as he prepared to confront the dragons despite his depleted soul power.

Su Chen's Dragon God's Heart and Dragon-Slaying Sword led Ao Lei and four Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragons to recognize him as the Dragon God and submit. Su Chen sent them to destroy the Heaven Dou Empire's army, leaving Xue Ye convinced his empire was finished.

• Su Chen's Dragon Might domain stopped the five Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragons, and Ao Lei recognized the Dragon God's Heart and Dragon-Slaying Sword.
• Ao Lei examined the sword, knelt before Su Chen, and declared him the Dragon God; the other four dragons also submitted.
• Su Chen demanded that the dragons prove their loyalty by attacking the Heaven Dou Empire's forces, and Ao Lei agreed after asking him to spare the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ao Lei ordered Yu Xiaolong and the surviving clan members to join the attack, while Xue Ye watched the dragons charge and declared the Heaven Dou Empire finished.

Su Chen’s forces defeated the Heaven Dou Empire at Jialing Pass and learned that their army had also won a costly victory over the Star Luo Empire at Shuiyun Pass. He ordered campaigns to conquer both empires while enforcing strict rules against harming civilians, leaving Spirit Hall poised to expand its control across the continent.

• Su Chen led nearly 250,000 Spirit Hall troops from Jialing Pass, and after three hours of fighting they defeated Emperor Xue Ye’s army; Xue Ye and several leaders fell, while the rest surrendered or died.
• Snake Lance Douluo reported Spirit Hall’s casualties and the enemy’s defeat, and Su Chen ordered Snake Lance Douluo, Thousand Jun Douluo, and Demon Subduing Douluo to continue the campaign against the Heaven Dou Empire.
• A messenger reported that Spirit Hall had defeated the Star Luo Empire at Shuiyun Pass, where Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, the Star Luo emperor, and several Spirit Hall commanders had fallen or been badly wounded.
• Su Chen ordered the wounded commanders back to the Imperial Capital and sent the Fourth Offering and Fifth Offering to pursue the Star Luo Empire, sparing surrendering troops and prohibiting rape and plunder.
• Su Chen gave Snake Lance Douluo, Flame Eagle Douluo, Demon Subduing Douluo, and Thousand Jun Douluo separate forces and ordered them to converge on Heaven Dou City and destroy the Heaven Dou Empire.

Su Chen accepted the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires’ surrender, completing the Dragon God's seventh trial. He then declared that the Spirit Hall Empire would abolish its noble and enfeoffment systems and eventually end imperial rule, leaving the ministers kneeling in protest.

• Xue Beng and Dai Weisi sent envoys to seek surrender, and Su Chen rejected their request to become subordinate principalities while agreeing to preserve their imperial families and ancestral temples.
• Prince Xue Xing and the Star Luo envoy accepted unconditional surrender, completing Su Chen’s Dragon God's seventh trial and earning him a God-Given Soul Ring.
• Su Chen posthumously honored the Four Sons of the Royal Banner and the Holy Dragon Sect’s sect master as martyrs but refused to grant their descendants noble titles or fiefs.
• Su Chen announced that the noble and enfeoffment systems should be abolished, provoking the ministers to kneel and demand that he withdraw his decree.
• Su Chen declared that imperial rule would also end and that power should return to the people, then dismissed the ministers’ protest by mentioning a Nine Heart Begonia soul master who could keep them alive while they knelt.

Su Chen continued abolishing feudal institutions in the Spirit Hall Empire, but the nobles' silence made him suspect a rebellion was brewing. Bibi Dong arrived at the head of a vast procession, and after a noble demanded that Su Chen surrender power, she slapped him, leaving her intentions unclear.

• Su Chen told Qian Renxue that his Dragon God trial required him to abolish feudal institutions, while she pledged her support despite the risk of unrest.
• Su Chen worried that two months of reforms had passed without resistance, even as ministers continued kneeling to oppose him.
• Qian Renxue spotted a procession growing to nearly fifty thousand people, and Su Chen went with her to meet it at the Papal Hall gates.
• Su Chen and Qian Renxue recognized Bibi Dong leading the crowd, which included citizens, nobles, and soldiers.
• The ruler of the Balak Kingdom demanded that Su Chen return power to Bibi Dong and warned that rebel armies were approaching Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong slapped the Balak Kingdom's ruler for interrupting her, and he withdrew without explaining her position.

Su Chen learned that Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa ninth trial required her to kill him, leaving her torn between her life and her beloved disciple. After giving Su Chen and Qian Renxue her blessing, Bibi Dong drew a dagger and prepared to take her own life.

• Su Chen defeated Bibi Dong in one move, then pressed her to explain the trouble she faced.
• Bibi Dong approved of Su Chen and Qian Renxue’s relationship and revealed that her divine trial left her with no hope.
• Bibi Dong asked Qian Renxue if she could help kill Su Chen, and Su Chen realized that the Rakshasa ninth trial demanded it.
• Bibi Dong explained that she had returned to Spirit City and come to bless the couple, not to kill Su Chen or challenge his rule.
• Qian Renxue called Bibi Dong “Mom” for the first time, and Bibi Dong warned Su Chen to treat her well.
• Bibi Dong took a dagger from her Storage Soul Tool and prepared to end her life rather than kill Su Chen.

Su Chen confronted Bibi Dong over his revolutionary reforms, but she demanded a fight and attacked him with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe. Su Chen stopped his Dragon-Slaying Sword just before it struck her and realized Bibi Dong had been trying to get herself killed.

• Bibi Dong condemned Su Chen for abolishing the nobility, enfeoffment, chancellorship, and monarchy, then challenged him to a fight to the death.
• Qian Renxue begged Bibi Dong not to kill Su Chen, but Bibi Dong denied knowing her and attacked Su Chen with Rakshasa divine power.
• Su Chen blocked Bibi Dong’s first attack with his darkness ability, then used the Dragon-Slaying Sword to clash with her Rakshasa Demon Scythe.
• Su Chen shattered Bibi Dong’s purple scythe blade, but halted his golden sword inches from her head.
• Su Chen realized Bibi Dong could have escaped with her Instantaneous Movement ability and concluded that she had wanted him to kill her.

Su Chen stopped Bibi Dong from taking her own life, but learned that the final day of her Ninth Rakshasa Trial meant she would die unless she killed him. He ordered his allies to obey Xiao Xingyue, then struck his own heart and collapsed.

• Su Chen knocked the dagger from Bibi Dong’s hand as Qian Renxue pleaded with her to consider how her death would affect her daughter.
• Five Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragons, seven powerful soul beasts, Qian Daoliu, and three Titled Douluo arrived, and Qian Daoliu challenged the rebel elders to remember their faith.
• Bibi Dong told Su Chen that the deadline for her Ninth Rakshasa Trial was that day and that she would die if she failed to kill him.
• Su Chen formed a qi barrier around himself, told Bibi Dong he was sorry he had taken her position as Pope, and ordered the Spirit Hall Empire’s forces and soul beasts to obey Xiao Xingyue.
• As Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Xiao Xingyue tried to stop him, Su Chen struck his heart, spat blood, and fell with his final gaze on Xiao Xingyue.

After Su Chen died to fulfill Bibi Dong’s wish, Xiao Xingyue blocked Ye Hao from reviving him, insisting she was following her master’s final command. Five hours later, after Bibi Dong completed the Rakshasa God Nine Trials, Xiao Xingyue revealed that she had taken Su Chen’s body to an altar and intended to revive him herself.

• Su Chen shattered his own heart, and Qian Renxue caught his lifeless body as Bibi Dong grieved.
• Ye Hao offered to revive Su Chen, but Xiao Xingyue stopped him and said she had to obey Su Chen’s final command.
• Xiao Xingyue ordered Su Chen’s followers to prevent anyone from reviving him, and they turned against Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong.
• Xiao Xingyue vanished with Su Chen’s body while Qian Renxue confronted her.
• Five hours later, Bibi Dong completed the Rakshasa God Nine Trials, and Xiao Xingyue reached an altar with Su Chen’s body and said she would revive him.

Ten years after the Spirit Hall Empire’s reforms, Xiao Xingyue won reelection over Qian Renxue, who suspected the vote was rigged. Xiao Xingyue led Qian Renxue and the others to a secret underground cavern, where Qian Renxue found Su Chen alive.

• At the election, Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong opposed Xiao Xingyue, but the vote count showed Xiao Xingyue had won another term.
• Qian Renxue accused Xiao Xingyue of cheating and left with Bibi Dong and their allies.
• Xiao Xingyue used Instantaneous Movement to stop them and offered to explain Qian Renxue’s loss.
• Xiao Xingyue led the group to her secluded residence and revealed a hidden passage to a vast underground cavern.
• Qian Renxue followed Su Chen’s familiar aura to a villa and saw him meditating in the courtyard.

Su Chen reunited with Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, and their companions, then explained how Xiao Xingyue had resurrected him after he faked his death to protect Bibi Dong’s divine trial. He revealed that a god had interfered to prevent his ascension and began recounting the Dragon God’s ancient war, identifying the Silver Dragon King as a surviving part of the Dragon God.

• Su Chen appeared alive before Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, and their companions, shocking those who had believed he died ten years earlier.
• Su Chen explained that a god had tampered with Bibi Dong’s divine trial, so he staged his death to keep her from dying instead.
• Xiao Xingyue revealed that she had resurrected Su Chen with the God of Life’s Heart of Life after understanding his plan.
• Su Chen told the group that the Dragon God had once ruled the Divine Realm before human gods rebelled and defeated him.
• Su Chen explained that the Dragon God split into the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King, and confirmed that the Silver Dragon King was recovering at the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Su Chen explained that the Divine Realm had barred beasts from ascending after the Dragon God War, prompting the newly ascended deities around him to condemn the decision. He compared three accounts of the war and left the story with his belief that human deities had plotted against the Dragon God and attacked while he was weakened.

• Bibi Dong asked Su Chen how the Dragon God's death endangered his ascension, and Su Chen explained that the Divine Realm had sealed beasts' path to godhood.
• Hu Liena, Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, Xie Yue, and the others condemned the Divine Realm's treatment of beasts.
• Su Chen reviewed two different accounts of the Dragon God War, one describing the Dragon God as a defiant ruler and another blaming his instability and the Divine Beasts' internal collapse.
• Su Chen judged the Silver Dragon King's account more credible: the Dragon God had sought to reform divine trials and limit the Divine Realm's interference in lower realms.
• Su Chen said that human deities had secretly plotted against the Dragon God and attacked him when his strength was depleted.

Su Chen prepared to attack Sea God Island for the Dragon God's Ninth Trial, and his companions gathered to join him. Hu Liena revealed that she had not yet become a goddess and began her Ninth Trial of Lust by kissing Su Chen.

• Bibi Dong asked Su Chen about his current trial and soul power, and he explained that the Ninth Trial required him to attack Sea God Island, kill Bo Saixi, and destroy the Sea God's divine thought.
• Bibi Dong, Xie Yue, Yan, Hu Liena, Xu Yu, Li Kai, Zhang Ping, Bull Demon, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Mu Yan, and Qian Renxue volunteered to accompany Su Chen.
• Hu Liena told Su Chen that she had not yet become a goddess, and he realized that Qian Renxue and Xiao Xingyue had also not obtained their divine positions.
• Xiao Xingyue confessed that she had disobeyed Su Chen's order by revealing he was alive, and Su Chen forgave her after Qian Renxue defended her.
• Hu Liena explained that her Ninth Trial involved Su Chen, then kissed him to begin the trial.

Hu Liena fled after kissing Su Chen to fulfill her Ninth Trial, but Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, and the others urged him to follow her. Su Chen found Hu Liena, accepted her feelings, and kissed her, only to learn the trial required ten uninterrupted minutes.

• Hu Liena kissed Su Chen for her Ninth Trial, then ran from the courtyard after he stopped her.
• Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, and the others encouraged Su Chen to pursue Hu Liena, and he set off after her.
• Su Chen found Hu Liena alone by the sea, where she lamented his apparent lack of affection despite her years of devotion.
• Su Chen drew Hu Liena close and kissed her, accepting her feelings for him.
• Hu Liena told Su Chen that her Ninth Trial required her to kiss the person she secretly loved for ten uninterrupted minutes.

Su Chen led the Spirit Hall Empire’s army toward Sea God Island to complete his Dragon God trial, while Qian Renxue became the Angel God after Qian Daoliu sacrificed himself. At Sea God Island, Su Chen discovered that Tang San and his companions had already ascended to the Divine Realm, where Tang San vowed to kill him.

• Su Chen refused to interfere in the Spirit Hall Empire’s affairs, and Qian Daoliu took Qian Renxue aside before the army’s departure ceremony.
• Qian Renxue became the Angel God after the Angel Statue shattered, then mourned Qian Daoliu’s sacrifice as Su Chen promised she could restore him in the Divine Realm.
• Xiao Xingyue led fifty thousand Soul Masters from Vast Sea City toward Sea God Island, and Su Chen had the army eliminate pirates along the route.
• Su Chen and his companions arrived at Sea God Island without encountering resistance and saw Tang San and the others ascending through seven pillars of light.
• Tang San threatened to kill Su Chen in the Divine Realm, and Su Chen accepted the challenge.

Su Chen delayed claiming the Dragon God’s position because it would kill the Silver Dragon King, who came to urge him to ascend and explain the Dragon God’s reasons for bringing him from the future. The Silver Dragon King warned him about the human deities of the Divine Realm, then began channeling seven-colored spatial energy.

• Xiao Xingyue asked Su Chen when he would go to the Star Dou Great Forest to receive the Dragon God’s divine position, and he put her off.
• The Silver Dragon King appeared and told Su Chen not to blame Xiao Xingyue, since she had asked to be brought to him.
• Su Chen admitted he did not want to claim the divine position because doing so would cause the Silver Dragon King to die.
• The Silver Dragon King explained that the Dragon God had brought Su Chen from the future for revenge and justice against the human deities, and warned him that most of them were hypocritical and treacherous.
• Xiao Xingyue questioned whether gods could have human failings, and the Silver Dragon King began rising as seven-colored spatial energy churned around her.

The Silver Dragon King revealed the Dragon God's past and explained the Twelve Profundities to Su Chen as his inheritance began. She asked him to reopen the path for beasts to ascend to the Divine Realm, leaving him to consider her wish as he approached the Dragon God's divine seat.

• The Silver Dragon King manifested her true form and divine artifact while Su Chen rose beside her, surrounded by seven-colored energy.
• The Silver Dragon King told Su Chen that the Dragon God had sent him from the future before dying and explained how the Dragon God split into the Golden Dragon King and herself.
• The Silver Dragon King explained that the Dragon God mastered twelve elements and had sought a higher realm before the human deities killed him.
• Su Chen questioned whether the Goddess of Life and Goddess of Kindness could be trusted and asked why he had traveled from the future into the past, but the Silver Dragon King could not answer either question.
• The Silver Dragon King asked Su Chen to reopen the path for beasts to ascend to the Divine Realm and secure their rightful standing after he ascended.