Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang was forced to guide the Rakshasa God toward Spirit City while the Clear Sky Sect launched a diversionary attack based on the Nuomi Church Master's promise to reveal where Tang Chen's Ring came from. Spirit Hall ambushed the sect, and as the First and Second Elders were overwhelmed, five more Clear Sky Sect elders arrived to reinforce them.

• Yu Xiaogang told the Rakshasa God that Cao De was Spirit Hall's Holy Son, then guided him toward Spirit City.
• The Clear Sky Sect's First Elder led his men into Spirit City after the Nuomi Church Master used Tang Chen's Ring and an oath to persuade him to cooperate.
• The Nuomi Church Master watched from the forest, intending to use the raid to draw Spirit Hall's attention.
• Spirit Hall's ambush surrounded the Clear Sky Sect, and the First and Second Elders fought to cover their men as they tried to retreat.
• Bibi Dong watched the battle with Cao De, who advised her to remain in Spirit Hall while Spirit Hall's elders handled the attackers.
• The Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Elders arrived to help the embattled First Elder.

The Clear Sky Sect’s seven elders and disciples were lured into Spirit Hall and killed, while the Nuomi Church Master prepared to attack Spirit Hall directly. Hidden in a dog hole, Tang San received divine power from the Asura God and was promised a god’s inheritance if he captured Cao De.

• The First Elder learned that Tang Er had deceived the Clear Sky Sect elders into coming to Spirit Hall, where Spirit Hall and Lower Four Sects experts surrounded them.
• The seven Clear Sky Sect elders fought back-to-back but were overwhelmed and killed by the attackers.
• The corpses glowed red and exploded, killing nearby Soul Masters and blowing off one of Demon Subduing Douluo’s arms.
• Tang Er told the Nuomi Church Master that Tang Xiao and the remaining Clear Sky Sect disciples had stayed at the sect, while Against the Shadow reported failing to find an opening with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• The Nuomi Church Master ordered Against the Shadow to prepare for a direct assault on Spirit Hall.
• Tang San, hidden in a dog hole, learned that the Asura God had given him divine power and promised him a god’s inheritance if he captured Cao De.

Tang San emerged from the dog hole healed and newly empowered, while a blood-red Soul Ring formation appeared over Spirit City. Cao De and Spirit Hall’s assembled Titled Douluos confronted the Nuomi Church Master, whose strength shocked Qian Daoliu; the chapter ended as they launched a combined attack.

• Tang San blasted the dog hole apart and killed a Soul Master who attacked him, then faced Demon Subduing Douluo with confidence.
• A vast crimson Soul Ring formation formed over Spirit City, and Cao De recognized it as the Nuomi Church Master’s move.
• Qian Daoliu and the gathered Titled Douluos joined Cao De, while Qian Renxue, Ning Rongrong, and the other women came to the rooftop and were placed under Shadow and Ah Yin’s watch.
• The Nuomi Church Master appeared and declared that he had to take Cao De, then attacked him as Qian Daoliu intercepted with the Angel Sword.
• The Nuomi Church Master caught Qian Daoliu’s sword bare-handed, and Bibi Dong ordered the Titled Douluos to attack together.
• The Titled Douluos unleashed their Soul Skills and Martial Souls at the Nuomi Church Master, and the resulting shock wave destroyed the buildings below.

Nuomi Church Master struck Cao De with the Five-Colored Illusion, leaving him impaired as Bibi Dong tried to protect him. Tang San attacked Nuomi Church Master and was defeated, while Qian Daoliu crushed a crystal pendant as Nuomi moved to seize Cao De.

• Cao De sensed Nuomi Church Master's hidden approach and dodged, but the Five-Colored Illusion struck him as Bibi Dong rushed to his side.
• Shadow restrained the women below, while Nuomi Church Master questioned her presence and focused on taking Cao De.
• Tang San attacked Nuomi Church Master with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Nuomi shattered it and sent Tang San crashing to the ground.
• Nuomi Church Master teleported toward Bibi Dong and Cao De as blood-red chains pursued them, while Qian Daoliu and other Titled Douluos attacked him.
• Qian Daoliu crushed a crystal pendant, and a brilliant golden light appeared above Spirit Hall's Worship Hall.

The Angel God descended to defend Spirit Hall, but after recognizing Cao De as a key to opposing the High God, she seized him and tried to take him to the Divine Realm. The Nuomi Church Master stopped her and overwhelmed her in battle, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Qian Daoliu summoned the Angel God, who appeared above Spirit Hall and learned that the Nuomi Church Master threatened to destroy it.
• The Angel God recognized Cao De as the person sought by the Asura God and decided she could pursue dual godhood by taking him.
• The Angel God drew Cao De away from Bibi Dong and flew toward the Worship Hall, while Qian Daoliu stopped Bibi Dong from intervening.
• The Nuomi Church Master activated his blood-red power, intercepted the Angel God, and knocked her back with a kick.
• The Nuomi Church Master struck the Angel God repeatedly, sending her flying upward and then crashing downward.

Nuomi Church Master killed the Angel God and tried to take Cao De, but Cao De revealed he had been feigning unconsciousness and attacked him. Nuomi Church Master survived Cao De’s strongest strike, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Nuomi Church Master bound the Angel God with red threads and pierced her heart, causing her to dissolve into golden light.
• Nuomi Church Master blasted Bibi Dong aside and reached for Cao De, intent on taking the Blood Pearl Fusion Bearer.
• Cao De revealed that Nuomi Church Master’s poison had not affected him and trapped him with Energy Armorization before striking with the Thousand-Blade Demon Sword.
• Nuomi Church Master survived despite having his neck pierced and praised Cao De’s bloodline.
• Cao De merged his Soul Skills into a powerful strike that tore through the blood-red domain and struck at Nuomi Church Master.

Nuomi Church Master fought to keep Cao De from the Rakshasa God, who descended in physical form and tried to seize him. Nuomi Church Master unleashed the blood-red formation and began fighting the Rakshasa God directly.

• Nuomi Church Master used his divine artifact to block Cao De’s attack, pierced Cao De’s shoulder blades with blood-red chains, and grabbed him.
• Bibi Dong charged at Nuomi Church Master as the Rakshasa God arrived and impaled him with her spear.
• The Rakshasa God sensed a golden net that deterred her from harming Cao De, then used her power to collapse space and open a void.
• Nuomi Church Master pulled the spear from his chest, ordered his followers to leave if they wished, and powered up the blood-red formation to drag Cao De away.
• Nuomi Church Master’s divine artifact shattered, and the Rakshasa God trapped him in her domain, severed his arm, and faced his immediate counterattack.

The Nuomi Church Master detonated the strange power stored in black boxes, devastating the battlefield and badly injuring the Rakshasa God. As the Rakshasa God moved to kill him, Ah Yin intervened and attacked her, leaving the fight unresolved.

• The Rakshasa God restrained and injured the Nuomi Church Master, but he recovered and surrounded them with black boxes patterned like those from Slaughter City.
• Cao De ordered Shadow to evacuate the women, and Shadow carried them beyond the domain as the Nuomi Church Master's boxes activated.
• The Nuomi Church Members sacrificed themselves to fuel an explosion that destroyed the formation and devastated the battlefield, leaving the Rakshasa God badly injured.
• The Rakshasa God found Cao De alive and charged toward the Nuomi Church Master, but Ah Yin, transformed with scales and horns, intercepted her.
• Ah Yin attacked the Rakshasa God with her dragon claws, while the Rakshasa God struggled to recover from an energy corroding her divine power.

The Ice God used a mysterious ice block to awaken a phantom that could challenge the Rakshasa God, while Cao De and his allies struggled to survive the gods’ pursuit. Tang San appeared to stop the Rakshasa God, and the Asura God offered Cao De protection and an inheritance, leaving Cao De’s choice unresolved.

• The Ice God poured divine power into an ice block containing a red-and-blue human silhouette and urged it to kill the Rakshasa God.
• Ah Yin blocked and crushed the Rakshasa God’s Soul Harvest, prompting the Asura God to recognize the Fire Dragon King’s power.
• Cao De ordered Shadow to save the Nuomi Church Master, who emerged from his cocoon and joined Cao De against the Rakshasa God despite his lingering spiritual injury.
• The Nuomi Church Master summoned phantom Soul Beasts from his Myriad Books as the Rakshasa God fought Ah Yin and prepared to seize Cao De.
• Tang San, his body mangled and black qi leaking from his eyes, intercepted the Rakshasa God when he tried to take Cao De away.
• The Asura God offered Cao De survival and his inheritance in exchange for his cooperation, and Cao De gave a brief reply without clarifying his decision.

The Rakshasa God recovered his strength as divine power poured down from the Divine Realm, leaving Cao De and his allies facing an overwhelming enemy. The Nuomi Church Master summoned the church’s followers to empower Cao De, and their fight continued with the Rakshasa God unable to kill Cao De because the High God wanted him alive.

• The Rakshasa God healed himself with divine power from the Divine Realm and sent Heavenly Demon apparitions after Cao De and his allies.
• Cao De rejected the Asura God's offer to take him back to the Divine Realm and asked the Nuomi Church Master to fight alongside him with Shadow.
• The Nuomi Church Master summoned hundreds of thousands of followers, whose gathered soul rings formed a blood-red formation that empowered Cao De and the Nuomi Church Master.
• Cao De and the Nuomi Church Master attacked the Rakshasa God while Ah Yin fought a giant Heavenly Demon apparition.
• The Rakshasa God tried to strike Cao De with the Rakshasa Blood Sword, but stopped his own attack to keep Cao De alive, and Cao De stabbed him with the Thousand-Blade Demon Sword.

Cao De and Nuomi Church Master fought the Rakshasa God while their allies formed a formation to build a weapon against him. The Rakshasa God entered his manifestation state, and Tang San joined the fight under Asura God's control.

• Against the Shadow and three others destroyed the Rakshasa Seal with a combined attack, freeing Cao De and Nuomi Church Master at the cost of over a thousand Soul Masters across the continent.
• Cao De shielded Nuomi Church Master as they attacked the Rakshasa God, who held back for fear of injuring Cao De.
• The Rakshasa God entered his Heavenly Demon Manifestation state, while Ah Yin lost her target and fell until Cao De caught her with chains.
• Cao De and Nuomi Church Master attacked the Rakshasa God as Against the Shadow, Red Face, and Ling Yun used the formation to restrain him.
• Nuomi Church Master began inscribing a triangular pyramid with formation patterns and the Rakshasa God's Divine Artifact Fragments while Cao De blocked the Rakshasa God's advance.
• Cao De asked Asura God to make Tang San attack the Rakshasa God, and Tang San sprang up and struck him under the Rakshasa God's control.

Cao De endured the Rakshasa God's attacks while Nuomi Church Master intervened with a strange box and deployed fusion soul beasts. As the Rakshasa God unleashed power that threatened the Douluo Continent, Nuomi Church Master and the Four Against the Shadow began a suppression formation.

• Cao De ignored the Asura God's offer to leave and continued attacking the Rakshasa God, relying on the grand formation to heal his wounds.
• Nuomi Church Master threw a Black Box at the Rakshasa God, who hid behind his wings until it burst into harmless ribbons, then used a blood-red bead to settle the divine power inside Cao De.
• Nuomi Church Master and the Four Against the Shadow piloted five grotesque fusion soul beasts and attacked the Rakshasa God, but their weapons and webs burned away before reaching him.
• The Rakshasa God unleashed his divine power and summoned terrifying creatures, disregarding the rules against massacring the mortal realm.
• Nuomi Church Master connected himself to the Four Against the Shadow and invoked the soul ring grand formation, sending blood-red energy down to suppress the Rakshasa God.

Nuomi Church Master and four companions sacrificed themselves to destroy the Rakshasa God, while their sacrifice empowered Cao De and awakened the Blood Pearls. A High God then killed the wounded Rakshasa God and reached down to seize Cao De, but Cao De charged toward the divine hand instead of accepting the Asura God's escape.

• Nuomi Church Master and four companions detonated their energy and crushed their Sacrifice Stones, unleashing an explosion that severely wounded the Rakshasa God.
• Cao De absorbed the energy from Nuomi Church Master's Sacrifice Stone, completed his ninth Soul Ring, and merged the Blood Pearls with the Thousand-Blade Demon Sword.
• The Rakshasa God emerged from the explosion badly injured and threatened to kill everyone, but the High God declared that he had violated the Divine Realm's rules.
• The High God seized the Rakshasa God with a golden hand and destroyed him, then continued reaching toward Cao De.
• The Asura God urged Cao De to relax his mind so he could escape, but Cao De flew toward the approaching golden hand.

Cao De detonated his nine Soul Rings to repel the High God, but the energies around him caused him to be pulled through a strange bubble as his system began to self-destruct. He spent nearly all his Emotion Points in the Shop before reappearing near Spirit City, where he set out to discover what had happened.

• Cao De detonated his nine Soul Rings and blasted the High God's colossal hand back into the collapsing void.
• The High God tried to flee, but Cao De stopped him; the Golden Net's energies combined with Cao De's power and pulled him into a dreamlike bubble.
• Cao De spent nearly all his Emotion Points buying Shop products before the system's destruction sequence completed.
• Cao De emerged high above a familiar landscape, landed near Spirit City, and found that his Martial Soul and system were unavailable.
• Cao De headed toward Spirit City and passed a roadside market with vendors and a ragged little boy at a tiny stall.

Cao De stopped two boys from bullying Nuomi, healed his wound, and encouraged him with stories about people who had book Martial Souls. As Cao De continued toward Spirit City, a Shame Value System appeared under the host name Qingwu, and he discovered it contained another Thousand-Blade Demon Sword.

• An older boy attacked Nuomi with his spear after Nuomi’s younger brother accused him of refusing to give up his book, and Cao De intervened.
• Cao De drove the older boy away, healed Nuomi’s wound, and told him stories about the Nuomi Church Master and Fang Yuan to restore his hope.
• Nuomi vowed to follow the example of the Titled Douluo with a book Martial Soul, not knowing that he was pursuing his own future self.
• As Cao De walked toward Spirit City, the Shame Value System activated and identified its host as Qingwu.
• Cao De opened System Space, retrieved a Thousand-Blade Demon Sword, and found it identical to the one he already carried.

Cao De arrived in Spirit City and found Bibi Dong leading a team in the Soul Master Tournament, making him suspect he had traveled into the past. Following the system’s coordinates, he discovered Qingwu, confronted him in a hotel room, and learned that the system’s bug had somehow become a human woman.

• Cao De reached Spirit City, saw Bibi Dong at the tournament, and wondered whether he had traveled back in time.
• Cao De followed the system’s changing coordinates to a veiled woman named Qingwu and watched her enter a hotel.
• Cao De appeared in Qingwu’s room, recognized modern equipment, and suspected Qingwu was connected to the system.
• Cao De pressured Qingwu to explain himself, then left after sensing that Qingwu had no Soul Power.
• Qingwu recalled that a system bug had shattered his surroundings while he slept, leaving him unconscious and waking as a frail human woman on a hilltop.

Qingwu used his Shame Value System to earn points and tried to hide his identity from Cao De, but Cao De exposed him as a system. Qingwu escaped to the Star Dou Great Forest, while Cao De used the system’s purchase history to begin tracking him down.

• Qingwu worried that Cao De had recognized him and convinced himself he could deny being a system and escape if necessary.
• Cao De confronted Qingwu in his room and demanded that he answer seriously about the gadget and his identity.
• Qingwu bought an Escape Card, denied being a system, then teleported ten thousand li away and taunted Cao De from the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Cao De checked Qingwu’s purchase history, learned how the Escape Card worked, and began searching the uninhabited areas around the Sunset Forest.

Cao De found Qingwu in the past and confronted him after overhearing him plead with his system. Qingwu admitted he had been Cao De’s former system, but knew nothing about their time travel, while Cao De continued browsing the System Shop and Qingwu begged him to leave some points.

• Cao De revisited the Star Dou Great Forest, saw Xiao Wu as a child with her mother, and left without approaching them because he feared changing the future.
• The system provided Qingwu’s coordinates, and Cao De found him wandering through the forest and earning shame points.
• Cao De overheard Qingwu pleading with his system not to take his points, then revealed himself and struck Qingwu when he mistook him for a ghost.
• Cao De questioned Qingwu, who admitted he was a System Bug and Cao De’s former system but said he did not know why they had traveled into the past or how to return.
• Cao De opened his System Panel and browsed the System Shop while Qingwu begged him to leave some emotion points and offered to earn more shame points.

Cao De persuaded Qingwu to help earn the five billion Shame Points needed to upgrade the system, and they signed a Great Dao Contract. After using Qingwu’s remaining credit purchases to obtain two Causality-Avoidance Masks, Cao De put one necklace on each of them.

• Cao De asked how many Shame Points Qingwu had, and Qingwu admitted to having forty-two thousand while hiding the rest of his balance.
• Cao De offered to forgive Qingwu’s Emotion Point deductions and set him free if he helped earn enough Shame Points to buy items in Cao De’s System Shop cart.
• Qingwu agreed to help upgrade the system and wrote terms on a Great Dao Contract, which he and Cao De both sealed with their blood.
• Cao De convinced Qingwu to use his two remaining no-limit credit purchases on two Causality-Avoidance Masks.
• Cao De turned the masks into necklaces and put one on Qingwu before wearing the other himself.

Cao De used the [Compelling Cause Mask] to take Qingwu above Spirit City and earn Shame Points by frightening him with repeated free falls. After Qingwu began enjoying the drops, they explored the city, where his embarrassment at being mistaken for Cao De’s beautiful girlfriend earned more points; they returned to the streets together as bystanders admired them.

• Cao De took Qingwu above Spirit City and repeatedly let them free-fall, gaining Shame Points and Emotion Points from Qingwu’s fear.
• Qingwu recovered on the ground, checked his Emotion Points, and urged Cao De to take him through more drops until he treated them like bungee jumping.
• Qingwu bought several skewers of candied hawthorn, and Cao De noticed the [Compelling Cause Mask] caused the food and money to reappear unnoticed.
• After Qingwu changed and veiled himself at the hotel, he walked with Cao De through the streets, where passersby praised them as a lovely couple.
• Qingwu blushed at the remarks while Cao De smiled, and the system continued granting Shame Points and Emotion Points.