Chapter Summaries

Wine Fox shattered Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer, removed his limbs to take his soul bones, and froze him for transport. She then found Xiao Wu in Nuoding City and captured her, while Tang San’s poisoned Sleeve Arrow was turned back on him.

• Wine Fox shattered Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer, severed his limbs to retrieve four soul bones, and sealed him in an ice coffin with his remaining bones intact.
• Wine Fox marked her tasks to capture Xiao Wu and took the frozen Tang Hao with her toward Nuoding City.
• Restless over his absent father, Tang San left the academy to visit the blacksmith shop and met Xiao Wu on the way.
• Wine Fox recognized Xiao Wu as a transformed soul beast, used a Leash to drag her away, and ignored Tang San’s demand to release her.
• Tang San fired a poisoned Sleeve Arrow at Wine Fox, but she deflected it back into his right shoulder.

Asura God saved Tang San from fatal poisoning, activated his trials, and freed Tang Chen from the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King, appointing him High Priest to protect Tang San. Tang San vowed to rescue Xiao Wu, while Wine Fox delivered Xiao Wu and the Blue Silver Emperor to Li Chen in Sky City.

• Asura God found Tang San poisoned and activated his divine trials before his heir could reach Slaughter City.
• Asura God used his power to free Tang Chen from the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King, and Tang Chen crushed the bat with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Asura God appointed Tang Chen High Priest and directed him to protect Tang San, his Tang Family descendant.
• Tang San’s first trial required him to win one hundred matches in Slaughter City’s Hell Slaughter Arena and pass Hell Road within three years.
• Tang San begged Asura God to save Xiao Wu, but the god told him to complete the trials and rescue her himself.
• Wine Fox watched Tang San recover, then brought Xiao Wu, the Blue Silver Emperor, and a soul bone to Li Chen in Sky City.

Li Chen held Heaven Beyond Heaven’s first meeting in Sky City, assigning department heads and establishing ranks and identity-token designs. He then announced rewards for the members, offering each a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone or, for the ferocious beasts, an immortal herb.

• Li Chen explained the five token ranks and assigned nine departments to Lou Gao, Shi Nian, Myriad Demon King, Di Tian, Zhong Yiheng, Dugu Bo, Evil Emperor, Xu Yun, and Ye Shutong.
• Li Chen described special token designs for unassigned members, knowledge keepers, and his own identity.
• Shi Nian, Lou Gao, and Myriad Demon King asked about coordinating department work, requesting materials, and research limits, and Li Chen explained the procedures.
• Li Chen announced that each member could choose one Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, while each ferocious beast could choose one immortal herb.

Li Chen distributed rewards, assigned preparations for expanding into the Sun Moon Continent, and reviewed ongoing construction and potion research. He then revived the Blue Silver Emperor at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where she opened her eyes and looked at him.

• Li Chen rewarded Zhong Yiheng, Dugu Bo, Ye Shutong, and Xu Yun for their contributions and responsibilities.
• Li Chen ordered Dugu Bo, the Evil Emperor, and Bi Ji to establish a Cloudtop Academy branch in the Heavenly Break Mountain Range and summon the Sun Moon Empire's factions to a Soul Ring allocation conference.
• Li Chen assigned Villagers to support construction of the Reincarnation Hall in the Nether and directed Shang Lu to expand the Emerald Merchant Guild into the Sun Moon Continent.
• Wu Yi reported new potions, including a level-255 Deadly Poison Potion, and Li Chen ordered the team to stop using immortal herbs except the Blood Swan Kiss.
• Li Chen chose to revive the Blue Silver Emperor first, and after several dozen portions of bone meal, she recovered, manifested a phantom form, and opened her eyes.

Li Chen awakened a new Blue Silver Emperor consciousness and discovered that the original Ah Yin's remnant soul was causing her troubling dreams. After erasing the intertwined soul and resurrecting her through the contract, he helped her understand her origins, and she chose the name Lan Xi.

• Li Chen confirmed that the newly awakened Blue Silver Emperor remembered the name Ah Yin but did not recognize Tang Hao, then had her sign his contract.
• Li Chen taught Ah Yin basic knowledge at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for five days while she gradually dreamed of the original Ah Yin's memories.
• Li Chen tried to separate the two intertwined souls, then erased Ah Yin's soul and resurrected her through the contract, ending the troubling dreams.
• Li Chen explained that Ah Yin had been the previous Blue Silver Emperor and that the new consciousness was an individual in her own right.
• The new Blue Silver Emperor chose the name Lan Xi.

At a public assembly in Sword City, Li Chen introduced Soul Ring Crystals and announced Heaven Beyond Heaven’s system for allocating Soul Rings and Soul Bones to factions. His rules and quotas were revealed, but the assembly had not yet concluded.

• The Emerald Merchant Guild repelled attacks on its branches, blacklisted factions responsible for severe losses, and prepared a public assembly that drew representatives from across the Douluo and Sun Moon Continents.
• Green Robe led unfamiliar sect masters to their seats, and Brown Robe introduced Li Chen as the sovereign lord of Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Li Chen displayed a Soul Ring Crystal and explained that Heaven Beyond Heaven had developed an alternative to hunting Soul Beasts.
• A gray-robed man accused Heaven Beyond Heaven of seeking control, but Wine Fox’s gaze silenced him and Li Chen agreed that the new system gave his organization control.
• Li Chen outlined the zero-to-six-star faction ratings, annual Soul Ring quotas, ranking bonuses, exchange rates, and the requirement to make exchanges for Soul Rings of one hundred thousand years or more at Sky City.

Li Chen addressed independent cultivators’ access to Soul Rings and explained the rules for lawful academies and guild applications, then outlined a ranking tournament for Five-Star Forces. He left the audience questioning their dependence on Soul Beast hunting, while Sun Moon Continent representatives recognized Soul Tools as another path to strength.

• Shi Yi asked how independent cultivators could obtain Soul Rings, and Li Chen invited him to join Heaven Beyond Heaven; Shi San accepted and was told to register with the Emerald Merchant Guild.
• Li Chen announced that cultivators under twenty-five could attend lawful academies, while older cultivators with clean records could apply for one Soul Ring per rank through the Emerald Merchant Guild without joining a faction.
• Ning Fengzhi asked how Six-Star Forces would be ranked, and Li Chen said the top ten in a tournament held after the next Soul Master Tournament would qualify, with Heaven Beyond Heaven serving as referee.
• Yu Yuanzhen questioned whether rewards for the top three would entrench their advantage, and Li Chen challenged Soul Masters to find ways to advance without killing Soul Beasts or relying only on Martial Souls.
• Sun Moon Continent representatives realized that Li Chen’s remarks about alternative ways to fight described the potential of Soul Tools.

Li Chen learned that the Ender Dragon awaited him alone in The End and considered using the dimension’s lethal conditions against the Divine Realm. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall and the former Upper Three Sects formed a secret alliance to gather intelligence on Heaven Beyond Heaven.

• Wine Fox defeated Li Chen at chess before he was summoned to the Lake of Life.
• Di Tian, Xiong Jun, and the Scarlet King reported that a powerful black dragon in The End had warned them she would kill anyone who entered except Li Chen.
• Li Chen learned that flight was impossible in The End and considered sending someone there as a weapon against the Divine Realm.
• The major factions on the continent secretly united as Heaven Beyond Heaven controlled access to advancement and required their members to report information for grading.
• Bibi Dong questioned the alliance about Heaven Beyond Heaven, and its members reported that Lou Gao, the Speed Clan, the Breaking Clan, Dugu Bo, his granddaughter, and the Ye Family had joined it.

Bibi Dong and the assembled leaders discussed Heaven Beyond Heaven’s overwhelming strength, and Ning Fengzhi proposed sending disciples to Cloudtop Academy to use its resources while gathering intelligence. After the meeting, Ning Fengzhi persuaded Qian Daoliu to let him visit Jian and Gu in the Worship Hall.

• Xue Qinghe reported that Sky City had at least a hundred mass-producible Iron Golems, prompting a small sect master to consider withdrawing.
• Tang Xiao condemned the sect master’s reluctance to fight, while Ning Fengzhi proposed enrolling their young disciples at Cloudtop Academy instead of attacking it.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that the disciples could receive cultivation resources and quietly observe the academy, and Bibi Dong approved the plan as enrollment approached.
• After the other leaders departed, Bibi Dong left Qian Daoliu and Ning Fengzhi alone, intending to track Shi Nian and avenge Xiaogang.
• Ning Fengzhi asked to visit Jian and Gu, and Qian Daoliu agreed to take him to the rear hall for a brief visit.

Li Chen reviewed the powerful factions’ students applying to Cloudtop Academy and ordered them placed with Yanzi’s year, unconcerned by possible schemes against him. Lan Xi delivered his request for an update on soul-beast ring condensation research to Shi Nian, who explained that the work remained exploratory.

• Lan Xi gave Li Chen the new-student roster, which included heirs and students from major factions and academies across the Douluo Continent.
• Li Chen told Lan Xi to place the applicants in Yanzi’s year and let them attend and receive resources, saying he did not fear their plots against him.
• Lan Xi hesitated to speak privately with Li Chen, then left after catching Wine Fox’s look; she overheard Li Chen and Wine Fox through the blue silver grass and withdrew her perception in embarrassment.
• Lan Xi visited Shi Nian’s experimental area and relayed Li Chen’s demand for the ring condensation research materials and an end to vague progress reports.
• Shi Nian agreed to compile the findings but explained that the research was still exploratory and that opportunities to observe human-form soul beasts condensing rings were limited.

At Cloudtop Academy's enrollment ceremony, Vice Principal Zhong Yiheng explained the rules and announced that some high-level students would skip a year. Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong joined Second-Year Class 7, while Dai Mubai watched Zhu Zhuqing leave and Ma Hongjun and Oscar earned a punishment for breaking a school rule.

• Zhong Yiheng told the new students that rankings determined access to extra resources and that seniors were their competitors too.
• Zhong Yiheng named Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and other qualified students who would advance directly to the second year.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong followed their homeroom teacher to Second-Year Class 7 and talked about being sent to Cloudtop Academy by their families.
• Zhu Zhuqing ignored Dai Mubai as she passed him, and Dai Mubai watched her leave while Ma Hongjun made crude remarks about her.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar whispered about other students, so their homeroom teacher ordered them to copy the school rules 100 times, then raised the punishment to 120 when Ma Hongjun complained.

After Li Chen and Wine Fox stopped Tang San and Tang Chen from attacking them, Li Chen gave Tang San an invitation to Cloudtop Academy and took the god-given soul rings. Tang San and Tang Chen headed into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a soul beast for Tang San’s third ring, where they encountered a Man Faced Demon Spider.

• Tang San received the rewards for passing Asura God's First Trial, raising his soul power and the ages of his soul rings.
• Tang Chen offered Tang San two god-given soul rings, but Li Chen and Wine Fox appeared before Tang San could absorb them.
• Li Chen dispersed Tang Chen's Slaughter Domain, immobilized Tang Chen and Tang San, took the rings, and gave Tang San a Cloudtop Academy invitation tied to seeing Xiao Wu again.
• After Li Chen and Wine Fox left, Tang San and Tang Chen traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a venomous soul beast for Tang San's third soul ring.
• Tang Chen and Tang San found a Man Faced Demon Spider feeding on a living animal, and Tang Chen moved to confront it.

Tang Chen and Tang San discovered that slain soul beasts were dissolving, then Di Tian attacked them. Tang Chen wounded Di Tian with a desperate Great Sumeru Hammer strike, giving both Tangs a chance to escape, and Di Tian went to Sky City to seek Lan Xi and allies.

• Tang Chen and Tang San found that every soul beast they killed, including the Man Faced Demon Spider and its prey, dissolved into motes of light.
• Di Tian appeared through a spatial rift, attacked Tang Chen, and pierced his chest with the Dragon God Claw before turning toward Tang San.
• Tang Chen shattered his nine soul rings and unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer, striking Di Tian and forcing him to his knee.
• Tang Chen and Tang San vanished while Di Tian recovered and decided to seek Lan Xi and allies.
• Di Tian used the Teleportation Stele at the Emerald Trading Alliance to enter Sky City.

The Asura God sent Xyphos to investigate an anomaly on Douluo Star, but the Ender Dragon’s power transformed the God of Slaughter into an awarenessless Enderman. In Slaughter City, Tang Chen gave Tang San the Clear Sky Token and sent him to the Clear Sky Sect, where he hoped to learn about his father, teacher, and Xiao Wu.

• The Asura God dispatched Xyphos to investigate Douluo Star, while the God of Destruction questioned his decision to send an investigator without the committee’s approval.
• A force transported Xyphos through a Portal to the Ender Dragon, who dismissed the Asura God and challenged the God of Slaughter.
• When Xyphos activated his divine power, it ran out of control, and he transformed into an awarenessless Enderman on the main island of The End.
• In Slaughter City, Tang San tended Tang Chen’s wound, and Tang Chen gave him the Clear Sky Token and ordered him to go to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San left the secret chamber, hoping the Clear Sky Sect could reveal the whereabouts of his father, his teacher, and the fox woman who had taken Xiao Wu.

Li Chen prepared the continents for conflict with the Divine Realm, then waited three days for the Wither to be born. The newly born Wither revealed she could return to the Nether and might eventually merge it with the Overworld.

• Li Chen sent a descending deity into The End and planned to use the coming investigation to weaken the Divine Realm.
• Li Chen infected the monsters on the future Star Luo Continent with the Wither Storm and assigned undead creatures to the Sculk-covered future Heaven Dou Continent.
• Li Chen visited the sealed chamber and learned the Wither needed three more days to be born and would reach at least God King level.
• After three days, the Wither was born and refused to take human form, declaring her three-headed body perfect.
• The Wither opened a frameless Nether Portal and told Li Chen she could merge the Nether into the Overworld once she regained control of the Nether.

Li Chen replaced Shi Nian after his research into self-condensed soul rings made no progress and assigned Gu Yuena to take over the work. He brought her to the laboratory in Sky City, where they found Xiao Wu trembling in a corner, leaving Gu Yuena visibly displeased.

• Li Chen ordered Shi Nian transferred to the Assassination Department and put in charge of interrogations, then chose Gu Yuena to oversee his research.
• Li Chen found Gu Yuena reading storybooks at the Lake of Life and kissed her.
• The next day, Li Chen told Gu Yuena to take over Shi Nian's vacant research position, and she agreed despite warning that she could not guarantee results.
• Li Chen brought Gu Yuena to the Sky City laboratory, where Xiao Wu trembled at their footsteps and Gu Yuena frowned at her condition.

Li Chen investigated why Xiao Wu could not condense another soul ring and then met Zhu Zhuqing, who asked him for help becoming stronger. He rejected her attempt to trade her body for guidance and gave her a Revolver, telling her to act for herself.

• Li Chen stripped Xiao Wu’s Seventh Soul Ring, confirmed she could not condense another, erased her memories, and left Gu Yuena to continue his research.
• Zhong Yiheng brought Zhu Zhuqing to Li Chen because Dai Mubai was harassing her at Cloudtop Academy.
• Li Chen reminded Zhu Zhuqing that school regulations allowed her to fight back, and she admitted she wanted his personal guidance because she could not defeat Dai Mubai.
• Unable to think of anything else to offer, Zhu Zhuqing began undressing, but Li Chen stopped her and said she did not value herself enough to benefit from his help.
• Li Chen gave Zhu Zhuqing his Revolver and told her that external tools could overcome a gap in cultivation.

Zhu Zhuqing shot Dai Mubai after he blocked her path and threatened her, then Li Chen watched Tang San reach the Clear Sky Sect with a Token from Tang Chen. Tang San learned that Soul Rings now came from Soul Ring Crystals and revealed that a fox-eared woman and her companion had stolen his.

• Dai Mubai confronted Zhu Zhuqing in the dormitory corridor and claimed the academy would not protect her from him.
• Zhu Zhuqing pointed her Revolver at Dai Mubai and shot him in the thigh when he reached for it, then returned to her dorm room.
• Li Chen watched Zhu Zhuqing and had Lan Xi turn Surveillance toward Tang San, who arrived at the Clear Sky Sect carrying a Golden Little Hammer Token.
• A Clear Sky Sect elder recognized the Token and urgently asked Tang San about Tang Chen, learning that Beast God Di Tian had attacked him.
• Tang San explained that he and Tang Chen had hunted soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, and the elder told him that Soul Rings now came from Soul Ring Crystals.
• Tang San said that after leaving Slaughter City, a fox-eared woman and a man had stolen his Soul Ring Crystals.

Tang San learned that the Clear Sky Sect feared Heaven Beyond Heaven and left to seek Xiao Wu at Cloudtop Academy. Three days later, he reunited with her in class, but she instinctively recoiled from him.

• The Clear Sky Sect elder rejected Tang San and his Clear Sky Token, explaining that the Anti-Heaven Alliance feared Heaven Beyond Heaven’s powerful fighters.
• Tang San left the sect, resolved to rescue Xiao Wu and find his missing teacher at Cloudtop Academy.
• Li Chen watched the alliance’s activities and told Wine Fox and Lan Xi to prepare a surprise for Tang San involving Xiao Wu.
• At Cloudtop Academy, Tang San joined Second-Year Class 7, and Xiao Wu arrived shortly afterward as another transfer student.
• Tang San recognized Xiao Wu and reached out to her, but she stiffened and moved away from him.

Tang San took Xiao Wu toward Slaughter City to pursue the Asura God's ninth trial, while Li Chen arranged to delay him until the divine successors were ready to ascend. Tang San asked Tang Chen to sacrifice himself to open the inheritance gate, but Tang Chen refused, leaving Tang San silently preparing to act.

• Tang San discovered Xiao Wu could leave Cloudtop Academy and brought her along toward Slaughter City, claiming he would overthrow Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Xiao Wu questioned Tang San's accusations and defended Heaven Beyond Heaven's Soul Ring Crystals and academy resources for commoners.
• Li Chen told Wine Fox to slow Tang San down so the divine successors would attain godhood within three months of each other, and explained he still needed Tang San as an anchor to find his former world.
• Three months later, Tang San and Xiao Wu reached Slaughter City, and Tang San entered the palace to demand the Asura God's ninth trial from Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen explained that the High Priest had to sacrifice his life to open the inheritance gate, but refused when Tang San ordered him to do so.
• Tang San quietly questioned Tang Chen's refusal and then made a silent preparation.