Arc 7The Ancient Ruins Trials

Zhao Su and his companions pursued divine inheritances, confronted Tang San and rival factions, and uncovered Zhao Su’s divided soul and family history. The arc ended with the Death God entering Ancient Ruins Mountain as A Xing grew stronger in the death qi.

  • Zhao Su encouraged Shanggu Fu, then Yan killed a Blazing Fire Nine-Headed Bird and gained its soul ring while Zhao Su gave him its external soul bone.
  • Yan’s martial soul evolved into the Nine Suns Heavenly Flame, and Zhao Su sealed the Sun God’s trials within him before the group entered the cave where Qian Renxue stood with Tang San.
  • Yan chose to enter the cave and attempt the trials as Zhao Su fought Tang San’s group, then followed his companions deeper after they drove the enemy away.
  • Zhao Su protected Chen Xin while he refined the Ancient Sword God’s sword spirit, and a powerful presence later blessed Chen Xin with the spirit and its remnant soul.
  • Zhao Su accepted Xuan Yuan Qing’er’s request to retrieve the Xuanyuan Sword, defeated Xuanyuan Junming’s ambush, and received the Xuanyuan Family’s fortune qi, which formed Hu Liena’s million-year soul ring.
  • At Barbarian King Mountain, Li Kai completed the Savage God’s trials and became a demigod, while Zhao Su and Chen Xin fought Shen Fan and the pink-clad girl.
  • Xiao Lu helped suppress Shang Shi’s soul within Zhao Su, who recovered memories of his divided soul and gave Ning Rongrong the Heaven Suppression Cauldron to refine.
  • Cheng Feng revealed she was Zhao Su’s mother, restored his divine soul, and left to find his father after telling him to absorb the White Dragon’s divine soul.
  • Zhao Su’s group reached the Northern Sea waterfall, where Zhao Mei defeated the Buddhist monk Liao Ran and Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Zhao Su and Ning Rongrong.
  • Wang Fei and his companions defeated the Fire God, Mad God, and Death God through divine forging and traps, but the Death God escaped into Ancient Ruins Mountain as A Xing grew stronger in the death qi.
Chapters 151–175 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 151Only by believing yourself invincible can you truly become invincible

Zhao Su encouraged Shanggu Fu to believe in his own strength, but Shanggu Fu took the advice to heart in a reckless way and attacked members of the Azure Origin Sect. Later, the group hunted a Blazing Fire Nine-Headed Bird, and Yan obtained its soul ring and an external soul bone carrying nine suns heavenly flame.

  • Zhao Su convinced Shanggu Fu that his support-type Martial Soul did not make him useless, and Shanggu Fu became outspoken and aggressive.
  • After entering Death Valley, Shanggu Fu attacked a dozen Azure Origin Sect members who tried to bar the group from the area.
  • Zhao Su and his companions discovered a Blazing Fire Nine-Headed Bird, and Yan killed it with his flames.
  • Yan absorbed the bird’s soul ring and reached level eighty, while Zhao Su picked up its external soul bone carrying nine suns heavenly flame.
  • Yan hesitated to take the soul bone, but Zhao Su pushed it into his body and sent in a strand of divine sense to protect him during fusion.

Ch. 152Gathering in Death Valley

Yan's soul bone transformed his martial soul into the Nine Suns Heavenly Flame, drawing the Sun God's Nine Divine Trials, which Zhao Su sealed for now. The group reached a cave in Death Valley where rival factions gathered, Qian Renxue sided with Tang San, and a fierce battle broke out inside.

  • Yan's martial soul evolved into the Nine Suns Heavenly Flame and fused into a divine longsword, while symbols of the Sun God's Nine Divine Trials appeared around him.
  • Shanggu Fu recognized the trials, and Zhao Su sealed them inside Yan to prevent him from accepting them before they were ready.
  • Drawn by the light of Yan's transformation, Death Valley's disciples converged on the area, and Zhao Su's group left for the valley's heart.
  • At a cave where the factions had gathered, Zhao Su saw Qian Renxue with Tang San and learned she had reached level 80 and begun the Nine Divine Trials.
  • Hu Liena warned Qian Renxue against relying on Tang San, but Qian Renxue refused to listen and returned to his side.
  • A fierce battle erupted inside the cave, and Yan sensed the Nine Suns Heavenly Flame reacting as the gathered factions waited outside.

Ch. 153Conflict Erupted, Tang San Was Gravely Wounded

Shanggu Fu identified the cave as the resting place of the Sun God Sword and explained the deadly trial awaiting anyone who sought to become the new Sun God. Tang San attacked Zhao Su’s group, but Xiao Lu severely wounded the Sea God and Zhao Su gravely wounded Tang San; Zhao Su then led his companions into the cave.

  • Shanggu Fu explained that the cave held the Sun God Sword and that accepting the Sun God's nine trials offered only a slim chance of survival.
  • Yan chose to attempt the trials, broke the seals on the ancient characters within him, and charged into the cave.
  • Tang San attacked Zhao Su's group with his Clear Sky Hammer while Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and their allies joined the assault.
  • Zhao Su pierced Tang San's chest with the Death Spear, and Xiao Lu destroyed the Sea God's divine sense and severely wounded the Sea God.
  • Yu Tianheng and Ma Hongjun rescued Tang San, and Ye Lingling healed him enough for Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng to lead their group out of Death Valley.
  • Zhao Su refused to pursue them and led his companions into the cave after sensing the Eight-Headed Serpent and the Sun God's lingering consciousness.

Ch. 154The Ancient Sword God, the Cage of the Gods

Zhao Su and his companions found Chen Xin fighting over a sword spirit in the cave, where Chen Xin began refining it with the remnant soul of the Ancient Sword God. As Zhao Su guarded him, Xiao Lu revealed that Ancient Ruins Mountain was a cage for dead gods’ remnant souls, and the Red-Clothed Woman attacked to stop the Sword God’s return.

  • Zhao Su led Ning Rongrong, Hu Liena, and the others through the dark cave, where Ning Rongrong sensed Grandpa Sword’s aura and Zhao Su identified a sealed sword spirit ahead.
  • Zhao Su reached a lava cavern and drove back the people trying to seize the sword spirit, allowing Chen Xin to begin refining it.
  • Xiao Lu told Zhao Su that the sword spirit belonged to the Ancient Sword God and that Ancient Ruins Mountain imprisoned the remnant souls of dead God Kings while they awaited successors.
  • Xiao Lu warned Zhao Su that someone opposed to the Sword God’s return had arrived, and the Red-Clothed Woman began playing her pipa to disrupt Chen Xin’s refinement.
  • Zhao Su raised his Divine Slaughter's Domain to shield Chen Xin, while the Red-Clothed Woman and her white-clothed companions joined their powers to resist it.

Ch. 155You Are Not a Complete Person

Zhao Su was overwhelmed by Blue Moon until a powerful presence took control of his body, drove her away, and bestowed a fortune on Chen Xin. After Zhao Su returned to himself, Shanggu Fu revealed that his vivid vision was real and that Zhao Su was not a complete person.

  • Blue Moon defeated Zhao Su and immobilized everyone, including him, with her domain.
  • Xiao Lu appeared and broke Blue Moon's domain, but Blue Moon brought out the Seven Transversal Absolutes and prepared to fight her.
  • A different presence took control of Zhao Su, restrained Blue Moon, and forced her to leave with her companions.
  • The presence enveloped Chen Xin, his Seven Kill Sword, the Ancient Sword God's remnant soul, and the sword spirit in red light as a gift of fortune.
  • Zhao Su regained consciousness, and Shanggu Fu told him that his vision had truly happened and that he was not a complete person.

Ch. 156Shanggu Fu Was Driven Mad by His Own Divinations

Shanggu Fu’s divinations revealed that Zhao Su’s soul was incomplete and tied to a conspiracy dating back to his previous life, driving Shanggu Fu into madness. Chen Xin awakened with the ancient Sword God’s inheritance and steadied Zhao Su, who continued into the cave before Xuan Yuan Qing’er approached him with something difficult to say.

  • Shanggu Fu warned Zhao Su not to trust anyone, including the other half of his soul, then lost his sanity and left the cave.
  • Ning Rongrong tried to calm Shanggu Fu and Zhao Su as they struggled with what he had revealed.
  • Chen Xin broke free of the red light, regrew his arm, reached level ninety-nine, and gained the ancient Sword God’s memories and divine trials.
  • Chen Xin placed a strange symbol inside Zhao Su, bringing him back to his senses, and urged him to absorb the nine guardian divine dragons.
  • Zhao Su reassured Ning Rongrong that he would take her, Zhu Zhuqing, and Yuehua home, then led his group deeper into the cave to search for Yan, the Sun God’s remnant soul, and the Eight-Headed Serpent.
  • That night, Xuan Yuan Qing’er approached Zhao Su in the forest of Death Valley and asked to speak with him.

Ch. 157The Past of Sword Douluo Chen Xin's Father

Zhao Su agreed to help Xuan Yuan Qing'er retrieve the Xuanyuan Sword from Barbarian King Mountain in exchange for the Xuanyuan Family's energy of fortune. Chen Xin revealed his father's history with the Ancient Barbarian God and his betrayal by Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu, then gave Zhao Su the sealed remnant soul as payment for guarding him.

  • Xuan Yuan Qing'er asked Zhao Su to retrieve the Xuanyuan Sword from Barbarian King Mountain and offered the Xuanyuan Family's energy of fortune in return, and Zhao Su accepted.
  • Zhao Su told his companions about the journey, and Chen Xin revealed that he possessed the Ancient Barbarian God's remnant soul.
  • Chen Xin explained that his father, Jian Feng, had found two ancient remnant souls before Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu attacked him and left him gravely wounded.
  • Jian Feng escaped through a barrier to the Douluo Continent, later sought revenge, and was wounded again by Qian Daoliu, causing Chen Xin to hate Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect.
  • Ning Rongrong promised to kill Qian Daoliu for Chen Xin, and Chen Xin gave Zhao Su the sealed Ancient Barbarian God remnant soul.

Ch. 158The Ancient Savage God, an ambush

Zhao Su and his companions traveled to a Xuanyuan Family branch to teleport east toward Barbarian King Mountain, where they discovered the family had set an ambush. Chen Xin faced the Xuanyuan ancestor Xuanyuan Junming for his first Ancient Sword God trial, while Zhao Su attacked the Xuanyuan Killing Formation.

  • Zhao Su gave the ancient Savage God's remnant soul to Li Kai and warned him not to break its seal lightly.
  • The group set out with Xuan Yuan Qing'er for a Xuanyuan Family teleportation array, and Zhao Su and Chen Xin sensed danger at the branch.
  • Zhao Su crushed the servant who had brought them tea and extracted his memories as eighteen Xuanyuan swordsmen surrounded the courtyard with a killing formation.
  • Chen Xin attacked the formation but was stopped by Xuanyuan Junming, whose defeat became Chen Xin's first Ancient Sword God trial.
  • Zhao Su protected Ning Rongrong, Hu Liena, and Li Kai with the Five-Element Flags, then entered the formation and summoned the Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars swords to strike its Golden Holy Sword.

Ch. 159The Xuanyuan Family's Fortune

Zhao Su and Chen Xin defeated the Xuanyuan Family’s forces, killed Xuanyuan Junming, and left the family estate in ruins. As the group departed, Xuan Yuan Qing’er offered Zhao Su the family’s fortune qi.

  • Zhao Su’s Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Killing Array annihilated the eighteen men in the Xuanyuan Killing Formation, while Chen Xin severed Xuanyuan Junming’s arm.
  • Zhao Su exposed Xuanyuan Junming’s attempted escape and refused his offer to trade the sealed fortune qi for his life.
  • Zhao Su freed Xuan Yuan Qing’er from the hidden chamber, but Xuanyuan Junming tried to self-detonate; Zhao Su restrained him and Chen Xin killed him.
  • Chen Xin passed the Ancient Sword God’s first divine trial, gaining divine aura as his first Soul Ring grew close to a hundred-thousand-year ring.
  • Zhao Su released Xuan Yuan Qing’er’s seals and left without blaming her, then she called him back and offered the Xuanyuan Family’s fortune qi as a golden orb.

Ch. 160Heaven and Earth in a Single Thought

Xuan Yuan Qing'er gave up the Xuanyuan Family’s fortune qi, which became Hu Liena’s Million-Year Soul Ring and raised her to Soul Douluo. Hu Liena awakened the sword technique Heaven and Earth in a Single Thought, and Zhao Su’s group continued toward Barbarian King Mountain by carriage.

  • Xuan Yuan Qing'er gave Zhao Su the Xuanyuan Family’s fortune qi after Xuanyuan Junming destroyed the teleportation array, leaving her martial soul dimmed and her strength at the Soul King rank.
  • The fortune qi entered Hu Liena, formed a crimson-gold Million-Year Soul Ring, and helped her break through to level eighty.
  • Hu Liena unleashed Heaven and Earth in a Single Thought, injuring Li Kai before Chen Xin stopped the strike with his Seven Kill Sword.
  • Hu Liena sensed that Heaven and Earth in a Single Thought had four strikes and possibly a dangerous fifth, and Chen Xin warned her not to use the fifth lightly.
  • Ning Rongrong treated Li Kai, and Zhao Su decided the group would continue to Barbarian King Mountain by carriage rather than teleportation.

Ch. 161The Sea God and the Angel God

Zhao Su and his companions reached Barbarian King Mountain and found Tang San, now the Sea God, guarding the path. Zhao Su unleashed his power and nearly killed him, but an Angel Holy Sword intervened, leaving the fight unresolved.

  • Zhao Su and his companions heard that a black-armored God of Slaughter was stopping climbers from reaching Barbarian King Mountain.
  • Zhao Su suspected the God of Slaughter was Tang San and hurried to the mountain, worried about Qian Renxue.
  • Zhao Su shattered the Soul Power-draining stones at the mountain’s boundary, prompting Tang San to attack him.
  • Zhao Su transformed into armor and wielded the Death Spear while Chen Xin protected Ning Rongrong and the others.
  • Zhao Su overwhelmed Tang San with Universal Pull and the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Sword Array, then prepared to kill him.
  • An Angel Holy Sword descended and stopped Zhao Su from destroying the Sea God.

Ch. 162God-Demon Dual Slash, Man and Sword as One

Zhao Su and Chen Xin fought the Sea God and Qian Renxue, whose bodies the gods controlled, while Hu Liena intervened to save Qian Renxue. The Angel God's soul escaped and Tang San fled; Yu Tianheng and the others watched from a nearby peak and decided to wait.

  • Qian Renxue descended beside the Sea God, and Chen Xin confronted her, recognizing the Angel God as the enemy who had once controlled Qian Daoliu and injured Jian Feng.
  • Chen Xin unleashed God-Demon Dual Slash and merged with his sword, breaking Qian Renxue's armor and forcing the Angel God's soul to flee.
  • Zhao Su blocked the Sea God's attack while Hu Liena shielded Qian Renxue from Chen Xin, suffering serious injuries; the Angel God's soul escaped.
  • The Sea God used Sea God's Wrath, but the collision let Tang San escape, and Zhao Su chose not to pursue him.
  • Chen Xin scolded Hu Liena for saving Qian Renxue, while Hu Liena covered the unconscious girl with a robe.
  • Yu Tianheng and the others watched the battle, and Yu Tianheng told Dugu Yan they should wait and see.

Ch. 163The Twelve-Winged Angel Deep Within Qian Renxue's Soul

Zhao Su tried to take Qian Renxue's memories, awakening the sealed soul of the original Twelve-Winged Angel within her. As Qian Renxue flew away with the final remnant bone, Zhao Su's nine remnant bones reunited, and his angel martial soul sealed the three-petal flower inside itself.

  • Qian Renxue rejected Hu Liena's concern and refused Zhao Su's offer to help her leave Ancient Ruins Mountain unless she returned the remnant bone.
  • Zhao Su entered Qian Renxue's soul to extract her memories, triggering a divine presence that awakened the Twelve-Winged Angel's memories and raised her soul power to level ninety-nine.
  • Qian Renxue fused with the Twelve-Winged Angel's memories, recognized Zhao Su, and gave him the Nine-Winged Yinglong Remnant Bone before flying away.
  • Zhao Su's eight gathered remnant bones joined the final bone to revive the Nine-Winged Yinglong, whose soul the Red Petal refined and absorbed.
  • The Red Petal joined the petals containing the Bone Dragon and Kui Dragon, and the Twelve-Winged Holy Angel sealed the resulting flower inside itself as Zhao Su opened his eyes.

Ch. 164The Ancient Barbarian God, Attaining Demigod Rank

Zhao Su and the others followed Li Kai to Barbarian King Mountain, where the Savage God helped him wield the Barbarian King Hammer and survive the heavenly lightning trials. The Savage God gave his remaining power to Li Kai, leaving him a demigod who could become a god once his divine power reached level one hundred.

  • The Barbarian King Hammer sensed the Ancient Barbarian God's remnant soul in Li Kai, and Li Kai charged toward the mountain summit.
  • Zhao Su, Ning Rongrong, Chen Xin, Hu Liena, and the others followed Li Kai to the summit, where the Barbarian King Hammer appeared amid a Thunder Domain.
  • The Savage God wielded the hammer against the heavenly lightning before tossing it to Li Kai, who smashed the fifth bolt after struggling to lift it.
  • The Savage God praised Li Kai and gave him his remaining power, causing Li Kai and his Black-Horned Mountain Boar Martial Soul to transform.
  • Li Kai used his Martial Soul Avatar and Barbarian King Hammer to charge into the dark clouds and destroy the Thunder Domain.
  • Chen Xin said Li Kai had completed the Ancient Barbarian God's Nine Divine Trials and become a demigod, while Zhao Su's power remained a source of concern.

Ch. 165The Six Divine Sons of the Divine Realm

After Li Kai received the Savage God's power, Shen Fan, one of the Divine Realm's six Divine Sons, attacked the group. Zhao Su and Li Kai wounded Shen Fan, but a girl in a pink dress intervened before Li Kai could finish him.

  • Li Kai completed the Savage God's inheritance and learned that the power sealed in his armor and hammer would make him a god once he reached level one hundred.
  • Shen Fan arrived on a Bronze Cauldron, blasted Li Kai away, and swallowed him with a Black Giant Python.
  • Li Youran identified Shen Fan as one of the Divine Realm's six Divine Sons, and Chen Xin and Zhao Su attacked him.
  • Zhao Su shattered Shen Fan's Killing Array, while the Death Spear rescued Li Kai and cut off the Black Giant Python's head.
  • Li Kai struck Shen Fan's defenses with five hammer blows, but a girl in a pink dress appeared and forced Li Kai to dodge her whip.

Ch. 166An ancient divine weapon, the Xuanyuan Sword Spirit

Zhao Su fought the pink-clad girl and Shen Fan while Hu Liena’s Golden Holy Sword awakened the Xuanyuan Sword Spirit. Little Sword revealed that an ancient archdemon who had once forged it was sealed nearby and urged Hu Liena to seek her three li east.

  • Zhao Su confronted the pink-clad girl, who revealed that she had two souls with separate consciousnesses.
  • Zhao Su attacked the girl with the Judgment Sword, but Shen Fan used his bronze cauldron to trap him while the girl helped seal it.
  • Hu Liena struck the cauldron with her second sword, opening only a narrow gap before the Xuanyuan Sword arrived and merged its spirit with her Golden Holy Sword.
  • The Xuanyuan Sword Spirit, calling herself Little Sword, told Hu Liena that a sealed ancient archdemon lay three li east and might offer a great opportunity.
  • Little Sword revealed that the archdemon had forged her into a divine weapon and that she had once been sealed in chaos before becoming the Xuanyuan Clan’s martial soul.

Ch. 167Zhao Su's Complete Form

Zhao Su broke free of the bronze cauldron as Shang Shi’s soul took control of his body, but Xiao Lu and Ning Rongrong used the Three-Life Reincarnation Curse to suppress and seal Shang Shi. Zhao Su regained control and recovered memories revealing how his demonic body had become an independent soul.

  • Xiao Jian told Hu Liena that Zhao Su was Shang Shi, who had severed both his divine and demonic bodies in pursuit of the Origin Realm.
  • A powerful heavenly lightning strike cracked the bronze cauldron, and Zhao Su emerged, crushed Shen Fan, and attacked Xiao Lu.
  • Xiao Lu used the Three-Life Reincarnation Curse with Ning Rongrong to suppress Shang Shi’s soul and seal part of Zhao Su’s complete soul.
  • Ning Rongrong called Zhao Su back to himself, and he asked what had happened.
  • Zhao Su recovered memories of Shang Shi’s plan to merge his divine and demonic bodies with his origin soul, and learned that he had broken free as an independent soul.

Ch. 168The Ancient Heaven-Quelling Lineage, the Zhao Family!

Zhao Su learned how his parents had sacrificed themselves to protect him from Shang Shi, then helped Ning Rongrong refine the Bronze Cauldron into the Heaven Suppression Cauldron. Xiao Lu revealed that the cauldron accepted Ning Rongrong because she carried the Zhao Family bloodline, and Ning Rongrong told Zhao Su he was going to be a father.

  • Zhao Su’s memories revealed how Zhao Ru and Cheng Feng had fought Shang Shi and sealed his divine soul to protect Zhao Su.
  • Zhao Su captured the ownerless Bronze Cauldron and gave it to Ning Rongrong to refine.
  • Ning Rongrong used her Nine-Colored Flame to reveal the Bronze Cauldron’s true form as the Heaven Suppression Cauldron.
  • Xiao Lu explained that Ning Rongrong had easily refined the cauldron because she carried the Zhao Family bloodline.
  • Ning Rongrong whispered to Zhao Su that he was going to be a father.

Ch. 169The weakest of the Heaven-Quelling Lineage

Zhao Su learned that the Red-Clothed Woman was his mother, Cheng Feng, and that his life on Blue Star connected to his true family in the Heaven-Quelling Lineage. He discovered his three older sisters were real and that he had already met his eldest and second sisters.

  • Zhao Su celebrated learning that Ning Rongrong was pregnant, but Xiao Jian warned that a great demon was approaching.
  • The Red-Clothed Woman appeared, confronted Xiao Lu, and suppressed Zhao Su when he tried to protect Ning Rongrong.
  • The Red-Clothed Woman revealed herself as Cheng Feng, Zhao Su's mother, and explained the history between the Zhao Family and the Eternal Demon Tribe.
  • Cheng Feng told Zhao Su that his Blue Star parents had been avatars and that his three older sisters were real, though the youngest was still recovering.
  • Zhao Su realized that the Red-Clothed Women he had encountered before were his eldest and second sisters.

Ch. 170Ning Rongrong's pregnancy, the radiance of motherhood

After Cheng Feng gave Zhao Su and his companions guidance and gifts, she left to find Zhao Su’s father and confront Shang Shi. Zhao Su’s group rested in Fengxing City, where he discovered that Ning Rongrong was pregnant and stayed by her side.

  • Cheng Feng shattered the Golden Pool in Zhao Su’s mind, helped restore his divine soul, and warned him to preserve a wisp of it.
  • Cheng Feng gave Ning Rongrong the Heaven Suppression Cauldron’s secret arts and granted Little Sword a chance to regain human form by reaching the Emperor Realm.
  • Cheng Feng left through a spatial rift to find Zhao Su’s father, telling Zhao Su to absorb the White Dragon’s divine soul and become a god as soon as possible.
  • Zhao Su chose to take his companions to a town to rest and stabilize their cultivation before going to the sea.
  • Ten days later in Fengxing City, Zhao Su reached the level of a rank ninety-nine Peerless Douluo but remained unable to become a god because of the Nine Guardian Divine Dragons’ restrictions.
  • Zhao Su learned that Ning Rongrong’s sleepiness came from her pregnancy, and she awoke to reassure their unborn child as he stroked her belly.

Ch. 171Ancient Ruins Mountain was about to open again

Zhao Su and his companions arrived at the Northern Sea Waters after learning that its sky-reaching waterfall had reappeared, signaling that Ancient Ruins Mountain was about to open. They encountered rival groups and learned about the five remaining divine scions before a disturbance approached through the sea.

  • Li Kai told Zhao Su and Ning Rongrong that the waterfall in the Northern Sea Waters had appeared again, so they stocked up on supplies and set out.
  • Zhao Su and his companions reached the waterfall, where numerous groups had gathered on platforms built over the sea.
  • Zhao Su recognized Blue Moon as Second Sister after she gave him a meaningful look, and Ning Rongrong was relieved that she seemed to have returned.
  • Zhao Su observed the five remaining divine scions and other factions, while the chapter detailed Qian Yao'er's origins and the circumstances of Li Zheng and A Xing.
  • A sound of churning seawater drew everyone's attention as something rapidly approached.

Ch. 172Buddhist Light and Demonic Aura, Good and Evil

Zhu Zhuqing returned to Zhao Su and reunited with him and Ning Rongrong, while Zhao Mei confronted a true Buddha from the Divine Realm. Zhao Mei wounded the Old Monk, but he broke free from her chaos flames and prepared to reveal the Buddhist School’s power.

  • The Baxia Dragon Turtle arrived with Zhao Mei and Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Zhao Su and Ning Rongrong.
  • Zhao Mei sensed the Old Monk pursuing her and attacked him after he declared that the Buddhist School would deliver the Heaven-Quelling Lineage.
  • Zhao Mei shattered the Old Monk’s Buddhist bell and wounded him with a powerful punch.
  • Zhao Mei trapped the Old Monk in chaos flames as Li Xiuran taunted Huai Rong about helping him.
  • The Old Monk chanted scriptures to form a sheet of golden paper, broke free of Zhao Mei’s flames, and vowed to show her the Buddhist School’s might.

Ch. 173The Passage over the Northern Sea Waters

Zhao Mei defeated Liao Ran with the Zhao Family's Great Freedom Origin Art, then departed on the Baxia Dragon Turtle after warning the Buddhist School. The next day, Zhao Su and his companions saw through the transformed waterfall into a deadly marshland, where the Heaven Suppression Cauldron sensed a familiar aura and drew out a terrifying presence.

  • Zhao Mei shattered Liao Ran's Buddhist decree, crushed him, and burned the decree to ashes.
  • Zhao Mei's Baxia Dragon Turtle devoured Liao Ran's Great White Shark, and she ordered Huai Rong to tell the Buddha Lord to send all five emperors if the Buddhist School wanted to kill her.
  • Zhao Mei suppressed her own dharma manifestation, then left with the Baxia Dragon Turtle after bidding farewell to Zhao Su.
  • That night, Zhu Zhuqing asked Zhao Su about his former world, and he promised they would never part before they went into the cabin together.
  • The next day, the waterfall became transparent and revealed a barren marshland, while the Heaven Suppression Cauldron sensed a familiar aura and released chaos Dao energy toward it.
  • A terrifying aura emerged from the unknown world beyond the mirrorlike waterfall.

Ch. 174Forging Divine Souls, Forging the Strongest Divine Weapon

Blue Moon and a black-mist-shrouded saber wielder turned the Fire God, Mad God, and Death God’s attack into a trap, then began refining the three First-Level Gods into divine weapons. The saber wielder sent his Illusory World Mad Saber into the Chaos Bell, where it grew stronger as the Fire God’s aura faded.

  • A Xing recognized the Death God’s aura, and the onlookers retreated when they sensed the Fire God and Mad God as well.
  • Blue Moon summoned waves through the spatial gate, froze the swamp, and forced the three First-Level Gods to reveal themselves as they attacked the black-mist-shrouded man.
  • The man used the Chaos Divine Bell to trap the Fire God and the Heaven Suppression Cauldron to trap the Mad God, while the Death God’s strike revealed that the man had only been an illusion.
  • A black vortex blasted the Death God into the frozen swamp, where seven ice spikes pierced him and drained his divine power.
  • The Chaos Bell began refining the Fire God, the Heaven Suppression Cauldron and Ning Rongrong began forging the Mad God, and Blue Moon boiled the Death God in ice spikes.
  • Blue Moon called for the man to use the Forging Secret Art, and he sent his Illusory World Mad Saber into the Chaos Bell, where its aura grew stronger as the Fire God weakened.

Ch. 175The Heaven-Quelling Lineage, a Forbidden Forging Art

Wang Fei forged the Fire God’s divine soul into a spirit for the Illusory World Mad Saber, while Xiao Jian and the Heaven Suppression Cauldron helped Ning Rongrong awaken the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s spirit, Nine-Colored. The Death God escaped into Ancient Ruins Mountain and gathered his death qi around A Xing.

  • Wang Fei shattered the Fire God’s divine soul and fused its consciousness into the Illusory World Mad Saber as its spirit.
  • Xiao Jian crossed the spatial gate and asked Ning Rongrong to release her martial soul, while the Heaven Suppression Cauldron forged the Mad God’s fragmented consciousness into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
  • Ning Rongrong named the awakened spirit Nine-Colored, and Wang Fei finished forging the Fire God into the Illusory World Mad Saber.
  • The Chaos Dao Bell drew in the Death God, who broke free and spread death qi through Ancient Ruins Mountain, where Xiao Jian, the Heaven Suppression Cauldron, Zhu Zhuqing’s divine soul, and others protected people nearby.
  • The Death God sensed A Xing growing stronger in the death qi, gathered his power around him, abandoned his physical body, and entered Ancient Ruins Mountain.
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