Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo investigated what had happened to his counterpart ten thousand years earlier by searching for historical records. He found an account describing his counterpart as a brutal killer who poisoned more than four hundred thousand soldiers at Jialing Pass.

• The Evil Emperor returned to Sea God Island with captured merfolk and left them with Wine Fox.
• Dugu Bo chose to investigate his counterpart's history before joining Di Tian and the others in their plans.
• Dugu Bo traveled to Heaven Dou City and offered a soul bone to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect in exchange for access to old records.
• Dugu Bo found a damaged account of the battle at Jialing Pass that said Poison Douluo Dugu Bo had poisoned more than four hundred thousand Spirit Hall Empire soldiers.

Dugu Bo questioned the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect master about Tang San and the sect’s history, then offered to help restore the sect’s martial soul in exchange for her honest judgment of him. The sect master had yet to answer, uncertain whether Dugu Bo’s offer was genuine.

• Dugu Bo found that the surviving records called him a butcher and executioner, then decided Tang San had used him to protect his own reputation.
• Dugu Bo asked to meet the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect master and questioned why the sect’s records praised Tang San.
• The sect master said the Spirit Hall Empire had sought to unify the continent by destroying powers that refused to submit.
• Dugu Bo realized that Heaven Beyond Heaven had restrained the empires in his own world, then asked why the sect master’s martial soul remained limited to seven rings.
• The sect master explained that Ning Rongrong alone had evolved her martial soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Dugu Bo offered to help resolve the martial soul’s flaw if the sect master honestly told him what kind of person Tang San was, and she hesitated.

Dugu Bo visited the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, revealed that his group intended to invade their world, and offered the sect aromatic silk beauty in exchange for joining or cooperating with them. Ning Shu asked for a month to consult the elders before deciding.

• Ning Shu and an elderly Titled Douluo met Dugu Bo, who detected a concealed Titled Douluo hiding behind a pillar.
• Dugu Bo revealed his identity as a Level 99 Limit Douluo with nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, stunning the three members of the sect.
• Dugu Bo told Ning Shu that he came from another world and that his group intended to invade theirs.
• Dugu Bo offered the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect aromatic silk beauty if they joined his organization or cooperated with it.
• Ning Shu recognized the immortal herb and asked for a month to discuss the proposal with the other elders, and Dugu Bo agreed before leaving.

Dugu Bo and Di Tian planned to poison Mu En, but could not yet ensure he would eat the poisoned food. In the Evil Demon Forest, the Evil Emperor defeated and devoured his counterpart, then discovered a way to take control of the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Dugu Bo rejected a direct attack on Mu En and proposed using poison enhanced by the Blood Swan Kiss.
• Di Tian agreed to sneak into the academy and investigate Mu En's meal routine before choosing where to interfere.
• The Evil Emperor entered the Evil Demon Forest and confronted the other Evil Emperor, identifying himself as its counterpart from another world.
• The Evil Emperor overwhelmed his counterpart with stronger mental attacks, then read its memories and learned of its ties to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• The Evil Emperor killed and devoured his counterpart, planning to control the Holy Spirit Cult's senior members and fulfill the Venerable Lord's task.

The Evil Emperor gained the authority of fear by absorbing the giant-eyed husk, then invaded the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters and seized control of Zhongli Wu. When Ye Xishui attacked him, he overpowered her and forced her Bright Phoenix martial soul to appear.

• The Evil Emperor absorbed the giant-eyed husk and fused a golden soul ring with supplementary materials, gaining the authority of fear and the ability to amplify and feed on others’ fear.
• The Evil Emperor went to the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters and used his mental power to subdue Zhongli Wu, imprinting him so he could control him.
• The Evil Emperor ordered Zhongli Wu to summon the Holy Spirit Cult’s Worships, elders, Ye Xishui, and the deputy cult leader.
• Zhongli Wu announced that the Holy Spirit Cult would follow the Evil Emperor’s orders, but Ye Xishui attacked him.
• The Evil Emperor caught Ye Xishui, lifted her by the neck, and invaded her Sea of Consciousness, causing her Bright Phoenix martial soul to manifest as the Worships and elders looked on.

The Evil Emperor subdued Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and the worship elders, then ordered them to place Teleportation Steles across the continent. On the Origin Plane, Li Chen triggered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s transcendence tribulation, leaving the badly wounded Soul Beast facing a mysterious offer to survive.

• Long Xiaoyao struck the Evil Emperor but hit Ye Xishui instead, and the Evil Emperor revealed his Level 100 strength and branded both of them.
• The worship elders knelt before the Evil Emperor, who planted seeds of fear in them and ordered them to install Teleportation Steles across the four great empires and Shrek City within a week.
• Li Chen prepared a Heaven Beyond Heaven Faction System and a Heaven Ranking, then learned from Lan Xi that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had reached Level 95.
• Li Chen summoned transcendence tribulation clouds over the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, whose lightning strikes left him unable to rise.
• A voice asked the dying Dark Demon Evil God Tiger whether he wanted to live, and he answered yes.

Li Chen recruited the transformed Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as Little Black and sent him to Tang San’s previous-life world to gather cultivation manuals and treasures. After the passage opened, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong arrived and asked to travel there too.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger followed Li Chen’s instructions to transform, and Li Chen dispersed the tribulation clouds before offering him a contract to serve Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• The tiger signed the contract, recovered after Li Chen healed him, and received the name Little Black.
• Wither told Li Chen that Tang San’s previous-life world was nearby, but Qiong explained that reaching it required breaking through both worlds’ boundaries and building a bridge through the void.
• Qiong opened a brief unstable passage, and Li Chen sent Little Black through with a system and instructions to sell cultivation manuals and other valuables.
• After Qiong closed the passage and went to rest, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong arrived and asked Li Chen to let them travel to the other world.

Li Chen agreed to bring Dugu Yan and the others to the parallel world, while preparing to support Qian Daoliu’s growth there. Qian Daoliu continued hunting Evil Soul Masters and helping villages awaken their children’s martial souls.

• Dugu Yan told Li Chen that she and the others knew about the invasion and asked to go with him; he agreed to take them the next day.
• Lan Xi reported that the Evil Emperor had taken over the Holy Spirit Cult, while Dugu Bo and Di Tian waited in Shrek City and Xiong Jun and the Scarlet King sought help after losing to Peerless Tang Sect’s Di Tian.
• Li Chen learned that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had followed Xiong Jun and the Scarlet King, but decided not to trust them with her; he ordered the Evil Emperor to send Qian Daoliu suitable Evil Soul Masters to fight.
• The Evil Emperor ordered Zhongli Wu to gather weaker Evil Soul Masters at a stronghold so Qian Daoliu could kill them.
• Qian Daoliu cleared an Evil Soul Master stronghold, then reached a village and offered to awaken the martial souls of its eligible children.

Li Chen learned that a Teleportation Stele could connect the Origin Plane to Peerless Tang Sect, allowing him to travel there sooner than expected. He sent Ju Zi's army toward the border and set out to deal with threats, while Wine Fox attacked Niu Tian and Tai Tan at the Clear Sky Sect.

• Li Chen ordered Qian Daoliu assigned to the Hao Exploration Department and learned Huo Yuhao was still at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
• Li Chen redirected Ju Zi's army to the border between the Sun Moon Empire and the Star Dou Empire, and the next day Ju Zi led her troops through the Spatial Passage to Ice Island.
• Ju Zi discovered that the Teleportation Stele could connect Ice Island to the Origin Plane, and Xu Yun returned to Sky City to report it.
• Li Chen, Lan Xi, and Wine Fox used a Teleportation Stele to reach Ice Island; Li Chen told Wine Fox to deal with Niu Tian and Tai Tan before considering the Divine Realm.
• Li Chen flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest, while Wine Fox confronted Niu Tian and Tai Tan at the Clear Sky Sect and unleashed thousands of Golden Flying Swords.

Wine Fox killed Niu Tian and Tai Tan, defeated Tang San’s divine consciousness, and forced Wang Dong'er to leave the Clear Sky Sect with her. She brought Wang Dong'er to Li Chen in the Star Dou Great Forest, where the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was already under Li Chen’s control.

• Niu Tian and Tai Tan tried to stop Wine Fox, but she broke Niu Tian’s Slow Domain and killed them both.
• Tang San’s divine consciousness awakened to confront Wine Fox, but she destroyed his Holy Sword, crushed him with her Dharma Form, and dissipated him.
• Wine Fox found Wang Dong'er in the Clear Sky Sect’s main hall and told her to come along or die; Wang Dong'er agreed to leave.
• Wine Fox took Wang Dong'er to Li Chen and Lan Xi, where the Three-Eyed Golden Lion rested beside Li Chen.
• Li Chen’s fortune had attracted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who had signed his Contract in exchange for Light-Attribute Soul Beast brain matter.

Li Chen told Wang Dong'er that she was destined to merge into Tang Wutong and offered her a contract to join him, but she left without signing. After Lan Xi reported that Huo Yuhao had been captured, Li Chen set off with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to explore the human world and encountered the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

• Wine Fox brought Wang Dong'er to Li Chen, who explained that she could remain herself or eventually merge into Tang Wutong.
• Li Chen offered Wang Dong'er a contract and said Tang San was no threat to him, but she left without signing.
• Lan Xi told Li Chen that human traffickers had captured Huo Yuhao, and Li Chen decided not to intervene.
• Li Chen took the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to explore the human world while waiting for Electrolux.
• Li Chen encountered the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who noticed his unusually pure mental power.

Li Chen awakened Electrolux and recruited him into Heaven Beyond Heaven, then sent him to study the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. Meanwhile, Ju Zi challenged White Tiger Duke Dai Hao to meet before the battle lines as her forces prepared to crush his army.

• Li Chen revived Electrolux, introduced himself as lord of Heaven Beyond Heaven, and recruited him to lead research into souls and the undead.
• Electrolux signed Heaven Beyond Heaven's Contract, received an Identity Token, and agreed to work freely with resources supplied by Li Chen.
• Electrolux detected the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Li Chen dragged the million-year soul beast from hiding and sent him with Electrolux to the Undead Demiplane.
• An arrow carrying Ju Zi's challenge reached Dai Hao's command tent, and Dai Hao ordered changes to the western defenses and watchtower rotations.
• Ju Zi's enhanced camel husk cavalry crushed Sun Moon Empire border troops, and Ju Zi told Qian Ren'an she intended to defeat Dai Hao's forces before killing him herself.

Ju Zi avenged her father by killing Dai Hao and destroying his entire camp, then felt uncertain about what to do next. Li Chen arrived after the battle and, following Ju Zi’s thanks, carried her into a tent while Qian Ren'an and Qian Renxue followed.

• Ju Zi led the Camel Husk Cavalry Corps against Dai Hao’s forces and ordered the Strays to open fire.
• Qian Renxue and Qian Ren'an helped overpower Dai Hao, who was pinned down as his soldiers were killed.
• Ju Zi watched Dai Hao’s camp be destroyed, then shot him dead to complete her revenge.
• Ju Zi decided against further slaughter and thanked Li Chen for lending her the army and equipment.
• Li Chen carried Ju Zi into a tent, and Qian Ren'an dragged Qian Renxue after him while Dugu Yan protested outside.

After Heaven Beyond Heaven issued an ultimatum demanding the continent's submission within a month, Shrek Academy and the Star Luo Empire debated whether the organization was behind the recent attacks. Both sides treated the threat as grave, and the Star Luo Empire rejected surrender.

• The continent learned that the White Tiger Duke and Mu En had been killed, the Evil Emperor had taken Kong Deming and Virtue Hall, and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had merged into Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Heaven Beyond Heaven declared that nations and factions had one month to submit or be erased as hostile forces.
• Shrek's Sea God Pavilion Elders suspected Heaven Beyond Heaven had orchestrated the attacks, though they questioned why the Evil Emperor would cooperate with it.
• Xu Jiawei and his ministers discussed Heaven Beyond Heaven's unknown origins and considered whether it came from another continent.
• Xu Jiawei rejected submission because Heaven Beyond Heaven had killed the White Tiger Duke and slaughtered Star Luo troops, and Huang Jinxu agreed.

Di Tian returned to the Lake of Life and challenged the Black Dragon King before meeting the Silver Dragon King. After explaining Heaven Beyond Heaven’s strength and offer, he persuaded her to have the Star Dou Great Forest join, then prepared to bring its powerful soul beasts to meet the Venerable Lord.

• Di Tian overwhelmed the Black Dragon King with his Level 99 pressure, and the Black Dragon King conceded.
• Di Tian told the Silver Dragon King that he came from a parallel world and served Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Di Tian explained that Heaven Beyond Heaven had defeated the Divine Realm and offered the Star Dou Great Forest the choice to submit or join.
• The Silver Dragon King chose to join Heaven Beyond Heaven on behalf of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Tian told the Silver Dragon King to gather all soul beasts over a hundred thousand years old and explained that the Teleportation Stele could transport them instantly.

Li Chen assigned Ning Tian the task of adapting cultivation methods from another world and learned that the Star Dou Great Forest’s Ferocious Beasts had joined his forces. He arranged a tournament between two groups of Ferocious Beasts to decide which would keep their names, and Gu Yuena’s match against the Silver Dragon King remained unfinished.

• Li Chen gave Ning Tian cultivation methods, including Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Skill, and tasked her with organizing their study and adaptation.
• Ning Tian told Wu Feng about Li Chen’s request, and they decided to consult Ning Shu.
• Di Tian reported that the Star Dou Great Forest had joined Li Chen and was sent to summon Gu Yuena and the other Ferocious Beasts.
• Li Chen set up a tournament in which losing Ferocious Beasts would lose their names, and the contestants from the two groups began fighting.
• Gu Yuena faced the Silver Dragon King, defended against her Elemental Tide with a spatial barrier, and launched a six-attribute Rasengan.

Li Chen ordered Heaven Beyond Heaven to subdue the factions that refused to submit, and Mo Yuan attacked Shrek Academy after a lightning trap devastated the Sea God Pavilion. Mo Yuan killed Xuan Zi and the academy’s elders, then sealed Shrek City and began judging its residents, including Wang Dong'er.

• Li Chen erased the names of the defeated Peerless Tang Sect Soul Beasts, told Gu Yuena to compile her Soul Skill training methods, and left the Silver Dragon King in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• After Lan Xi reported that over eighty percent of factions refused to submit, Li Chen assigned Mo Yuan to Shrek Academy, the Evil Emperor to the Star Luo Empire, and the Holy Spirit Cult to the other factions.
• Wine Fox supplied enchanted Creepers, which Li Chen sent into the unyielding factions as a warning; one exploded in the Sea God Pavilion, killing Elder Song, Elder Lin, and Yan Shaozhe and severely wounding other elders.
• Mo Yuan arrived at Shrek Academy and killed Xuan Zi with his gravity and water-element abilities.
• Mo Yuan sealed Shrek Academy and Shrek City, killed residents connected to the pavilion elders and those at Soul Saint rank or above, and began deciding the fates of the remaining people.
• Wang Dong'er watched Mo Yuan approach and wondered why he had pursued her after killing her fathers at the Clear Sky Sect.

Li Chen devoured the Douluo world's will, destroyed the Divine Realm Core, and invaded the Divine Realm to strip its gods of their power. After killing Tang San and draining energy from the Divine Realm and Peerless Tang Sect, Li Chen found his world level had not increased and concluded he would need the Warp Gate after Qiong was born.

• Li Chen devoured the weak world will of Douluo Star, which had stabilized the Spatial Passage before disappearing.
• Li Chen shot a beam of purple light into the Divine Realm Core, causing it to explode and severely injuring Tang San.
• The Five God Kings confronted Tang San over the destruction, but Li Chen arrived and overwhelmed them with his level 199 pressure.
• Li Chen gave the gods ten seconds to relinquish their godhood, then used Swords of Judgment to strip the four God Kings other than Tang San of their cultivation.
• Li Chen controlled Xiao Wu to stab Tang San to death, then killed Xiao Wu and began channeling the Divine Realm's energy and Peerless Tang Sect's energy into the Origin Plane.
• Li Chen saw that his world level had not changed and decided he would need the Warp Gate after Qiong was born to advance further.

Li Chen rewarded the new members of Heaven Beyond Heaven, assigned their roles, and reformed Cloudtop Academy. He then returned home, where he showed Wang Dong'er two bodies reconstructed from the other portions of Tang Wutong’s soul and admitted that he intended to keep studying her.

• Li Chen raised Di Tian and Dugu Bo to Level 100, granting them darkness and poison authority, and punished Xiong Jun and Scarlet King by sending them to conquer other worlds.
• Li Chen rewarded Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Xu Yun, Demon Spirit, Lou Gao, and Ye Shutong, while Evil Emperor chose a remote planet to rule.
• Li Chen raised Qian Daoliu to Level 100, and Qian Daoliu formed purification authority with the help of Qian Renxue’s light-attribute materials.
• Li Chen assigned Du Busi, Kong Deming, Jing Hongchen, and Ning Shu to departments and abolished Cloudtop Academy’s Outer Court in favor of invitation-only admission to its Inner Court.
• Li Chen returned home and told Wang Dong'er that he had reconstructed bodies for the other two portions of Tang Wutong’s soul, but they remained unconscious.
• Li Chen said Wang Dong'er was special and refused to let her go, saying he would continue studying her.

Thirty years after the world’s transformation, Li Chen led Lan Xi, the Evil Emperor, and Mo Yuan through Qiong’s newly opened End Gateway into another world. They arrived in Wutan City, recognized it as the setting of Battle Through the Heavens, and headed toward the Xiao Clan, where a carriage from the Misty Cloud Sect stopped in front of them.

• Qiong hatched in her adult form and opened an End Gateway after Li Chen asked whether she could.
• Li Chen gathered Lan Xi, the Evil Emperor, and Mo Yuan, left Wine Fox in charge of Heaven Beyond Heaven, and led the group through the gateway.
• Li Chen selected the Mutation, Iaido Slash, and Assisted Building Blueprint Projection mods, then had Lan Xi scout for a human settlement.
• Lan Xi found Wutan City, and Li Chen recognized its name as a place from Battle Through the Heavens.
• The group entered Wutan City, exchanged for local gold coins, and headed toward the Xiao Clan.
• A Misty Cloud Sect carriage approached them, and its elderly driver demanded that they move aside while a young girl briefly watched from inside.