Chapter Summaries

God of Destruction handed Tang San the God Realm Central Hub Key but revealed that he had destroyed the Thought Power Pillars’ core formations, making the expanded God Realm impossible to compress. As the crisis Tang San and God of Destruction had foreseen arrived, the God Realm began to tremble, and God of Destruction identified it as likely a Space-Time Storm.

• God of Destruction honored the wager and tossed the God Realm Central Hub Key to Tang San, who promised not to punish the gods who had fought on God of Destruction’s side.
• Tang San asked God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life to help compress the God Realm, but God of Destruction revealed he had destroyed the core formations of all 108 Thought Power Pillars.
• Tang San grew furious at the danger to the God Realm and his family, while the Goddess of Life urged him to accept that the damage could not be undone.
• God of Destruction left with the Goddess of Life and his followers, and the God of Pride insulted the God of Ruin for betraying him.
• The God Realm trembled, and strange layered afterimages appeared in the clouds; God of Destruction declared that the crisis had arrived and said it was likely a Space-Time Storm.

Tang San revealed that a massive Space-Time Storm threatened the God Realm and organized the gods to resist it or escape. While he and the gods prepared, the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life burned the origins of their true bodies and joined their powers to create a force that might protect the God Realm.

• The God of Destruction saw the approaching Space-Time Storm and realized that the God Realm's weakened Space Barrier might not survive it.
• Tang San announced the crisis, proposed that the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction lead gods away with a Seed of Life, and said he would remain to control the God Realm Central Hub.
• Tang San entrusted newborn Tang Wulin to Huo Yuhao and ordered Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong to evacuate, while Xiao Wu stayed with Tang San.
• The God of Destruction told Tang San's followers to obey him and join forces, then left with the Goddess of Life to prepare their own response.
• The God of Destruction began burning the origin of his Destruction Liquid true body, and the Goddess of Life burned the origin of the Life Ancient Tree.
• The destruction and life pillars of light merged, forming a vast power that shook the God Realm.

The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life sacrificed themselves to shrink the God Realm and strengthen its barrier against the Space-Time Storm. Tang San led the gods through the storm’s assault, and the broadcast ended with the God Realm swept away but still intact.

• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life confessed their regrets, reconciled, and merged their powers into the Power of Creation at the cost of their lives.
• Their sacrifice restored the God Realm to its original size and thickened its Space Barrier, giving Tang San confidence that the gods could survive the storm.
• Tang San urged the gods to honor the couple’s sacrifice, and the assembled deities formed a battle formation as the Space-Time Storm struck.
• The Power of Creation held back the storm’s first attacks before fading, and the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life sent their remaining Seeds of Destruction and Life into the spatial-temporal currents to reincarnate.
• Tang San and the gods resisted the storm together, but its currents blew the intact God Realm away as the broadcast image froze.

The Live Q&A asked whether God of Destruction or Tang San had responded correctly to the coming Space-Time Storm, and its Blank Godhood reward made the question especially important. Lin Yu submitted several interpretations and was told each was wrong, leaving him to try one final answer: that both responses had been correct.

• The Live Stream Room announced a quiz about God of Destruction and Tang San’s responses to the Space-Time Storm, offering a Blank Godhood as the first-place reward.
• Soul masters debated whether the question concerned the gods’ original plans or what they actually did, with the answer changing depending on the interpretation.
• Lin Yu answered that God of Destruction’s response was correct, but the Live Stream Room marked it wrong.
• Lin Yu tried answering that Tang San was correct, then that God of Destruction was right under the original plan while Tang San was right based on what happened; both answers were rejected.
• Lin Yu prepared to use his final attempt to answer that both Tang San and God of Destruction had been correct.

Lin Yu correctly answered that both Tang San and the God of Destruction had countermeasures capable of saving the God Realm from the Space-Time Storm, earning a Blank Godhood. After the Live Stream Room closed, Lin Yu began studying the reward, while Tang San resolved to survive the Hell Road and rescue Yu Xiaogang and Bi Luo from the City of Slaughter.

• Lin Yu received confirmation that his answer was correct, and the Live Stream Room announced that both Tang San's and the God of Destruction's countermeasures were right.
• Bone Douluo Gu Rong questioned the answer, and the Live Stream Room explained that both plans could save the God Realm, though the God of Destruction's approach came at a greater cost.
• Lin Yu realized the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life had also sacrificed their origins to restore and reinforce the God Realm, helping Tang San preserve it.
• The Live Stream Room ended the Q&A and scheduled the next one for six months later; Lin Yu kept the Blank Godhood and began studying how godhoods formed.
• In the City of Slaughter, Tang San gained no reward and resolved to clear the Hell Road so he could leave with Yu Xiaogang and Bi Luo.

Tang San won his hundredth consecutive match in the Hell Slaughterfield and entered the Hell Road, while the Slaughter King arranged an ambush for him outside the City of Slaughter. Tang San overcame the Hell Road’s trials, which matched those revealed in the live stream.

• Tang San secured his hundredth consecutive victory, and the Slaughter King summoned the city’s weaker Fallen Soul Masters to the Hell Slaughterfield as potential sacrifices.
• The Slaughter King used the scarlet blood mist to kill many spectators and formed a blood-colored bat pattern that sent Tang San onto the Hell Road.
• The Slaughter King revealed that Spirit Hall and the Immortal Palace had been told to ambush Tang San at the exit, where Spirit Hall’s forces and Long Aotian were waiting.
• Tang San entered the Hell Road and used his Purple Demon Eyes and prior knowledge to face its trials.
• Tang San defeated the Blood-colored Bat Swarm, the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, and the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent as he raced along the path.

Tang San completed the Hell Road and began receiving Divine Slaughter's Domain, where he encountered a fragment of the Asura God's residual soul. After Tang San revealed the Prize-Winning Quiz Live Stream and his plight, the Asura God asked him for help, and Tang San raised his danger from Spirit Hall as a condition to consider.

• Tang San overcame the Hell Road's trials, crossed the river of blood with a crossbow bolt and rope, and passed through the exit's white barrier.
• As the transformation of Divine Slaughter's Domain began, the Asura God's residual soul spoke to Tang San and explained that it had lost contact with the God Realm.
• Tang San told the Asura God's residual soul about the Prize-Winning Quiz Live Stream and how its revelations had left him hunted and isolated.
• The Asura God's residual soul was alarmed by the live stream's knowledge of the Dragon God Rebellion and resolved to contact its main body in the God Realm.
• The Asura God's residual soul asked Tang San to help it, and Tang San agreed before explaining that Spirit Hall might hunt him as soon as he left the City of Slaughter.

Tang San secured the Asura God's help against Spirit Hall, agreeing to visit the gods' Chosen Lands and contact their remnant souls. After receiving divine power and instructions to free Tang Chen and escape the City of Slaughter, Tang San returned and discovered he had gained Divine Slaughter's Domain, then headed for the Slaughter King.

• Tang San told the Asura God's remnant soul about Spirit Hall's pursuit and his future inheritance of both the Sea God and Asura God positions, and the god agreed to help him.
• The Asura God's remnant soul detected and erased Lin Yu's mental mark on Tang San, while Lin Yu sent Long Aotian to watch the City of Slaughter.
• Tang San asked the Asura God to restore Tang Chen and teleport him, Tang Chen, Yu Xiaogang, and Biluo away from the City of Slaughter; the god agreed and gave him divine sense, three strands of divine power, and locations of the gods' Chosen Lands.
• The Asura God teleported Tang San outside the City of Slaughter and explained how to use the divine sense to destroy the soul controlling the Slaughter King's body and the divine power to open random spatial gates.
• Tang San tested his Clear Sky Hammer and discovered he had gained Divine Slaughter's Domain, then set off toward Slaughter Castle to confront the Slaughter King.

Tang San used the Asura God's power to destroy the Blood Red Nine-headed Bat King and free his great-grandfather, Tang Chen, then explained the Live Stream Room and persuaded him to delay revenge on Spirit Hall. After they found Yu Xiaogang and Bi Luo, Tang Chen recognized Bi Luo's disguise but kept quiet, leaving her anxious as Yu Xiaogang learned they could leave the City of Slaughter.

• The Slaughter King confronted Tang San, but Tang San released the Asura God's divine consciousness, which destroyed the Blood Red Nine-headed Bat King's soul and awakened Tang Chen.
• Tang San explained the Asura God's task and the Live Stream Room to Tang Chen, while Tang Chen resolved to avenge Tang Hao and target Spirit Hall.
• Tang San persuaded Tang Chen to postpone revenge until they completed the Asura God's task and were better prepared to fight Spirit Hall.
• Tang San brought Tang Chen into the City of Slaughter to meet Yu Xiaogang and Bi Luo, and Tang Chen saw through Bi Luo's disguise but chose not to expose her.
• Tang Chen told Yu Xiaogang that they could leave the City of Slaughter and instructed him to pack, while Tang San prepared to handle something with his great-grandfather.

Tang Chen warned Tang San that Bi Luo’s appearance and story might be an illusion, then summoned her so Tang San could learn the truth. Bi Luo realized she had been exposed but hoped Tang San would still protect her and help her leave the City of Slaughter.

• Yu Xiaogang and Bi Luo packed to leave the City of Slaughter while Tang Chen took Tang San aside.
• Tang Chen questioned how Bi Luo had survived in the City of Slaughter and pointed out that Tang San had never seen her martial soul.
• Tang San insisted Bi Luo was pure, but Tang Chen warned that illusion arts could deceive the eyes and told him to bring Bi Luo alone.
• Tang San brought Bi Luo to Tang Chen, feeling reassured by her composed manner despite his doubts.
• Tang Chen asked Bi Luo to reveal her true form, and Bi Luo realized he had seen through her disguise.

Tang Chen dispelled Bi Luo’s illusion, revealing her grotesque true appearance and leaving Tang San horrified but still inexplicably in love with her. After Bi Luo revealed that Long Aotian had ordered her to approach Tang San, she left, and Tang Chen asked whether Tang San wanted him to kill her.

• Tang San pleaded with Tang Chen to accept Bi Luo despite her disguised appearance, but Tang Chen shattered her illusion and revealed her true form.
• Tang San recoiled in disgust and shame, yet found that his love for Bi Luo had not faded; Bi Luo begged him to look away and realized he could not accept her.
• Bi Luo confessed that Long Aotian had ordered her to approach Tang San and that she later stayed because she truly fell in love with him.
• Tang San grew furious at Long Aotian but could not bring himself to kill Bi Luo, who left after he gave her no comfort.
• Tang Chen asked Tang San whether he wanted Bi Luo killed, and Tang San struggled between his fear of public humiliation and his lingering love for her.

Tang San spared Bi Luo and used the Asura God’s power to leave the City of Slaughter with Tang Chen and Yu Xiaogang, bypassing those waiting outside. Long Aotian took control of the chaotic City of Slaughter as its new Slaughter King, while Bi Luo secretly followed him out and set off to warn Tang San on Sea God Island.

• Tang San persuaded Tang Chen to let Bi Luo go, then left the City of Slaughter with Tang Chen and Yu Xiaogang through a spatial gate.
• After waiting in vain outside the Hell Road, Long Aotian entered the City of Slaughter and learned that the Slaughter King had disappeared and the city had fallen into disorder.
• Long Aotian used his strength and Divine Slaughter's Domain to subdue the factions, restore order, and become the new Slaughter King.
• Long Aotian left the City of Slaughter after arranging for his subordinates to maintain order and asking his main body to alert Spirit Hall.
• Bi Luo secretly followed Long Aotian out, then hurried toward Sea God Island to warn Tang San that Long Aotian was hunting him.

With the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament less than a month away, Flender decided to take Shrek Academy to Blue Tyrant Academy so Oscar and Ma Hongjun could compete. Across the continent, major factions also prepared to enter the tournament, which had taken on greater importance because of Lin Yu’s plans.

• Flender worried that Shrek Academy had only Oscar and Ma Hongjun and resolved to prove the academy’s worth at the tournament.
• Flender wrestled with his feelings about Liu Erlong and his fears for Yu Xiaogang, then decided to take Shrek Academy to seek refuge at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi established an advanced Soul Master Academy in Heaven Dou Imperial City and began selecting a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect team for the tournament.
• Major sects and other Soul Master forces, including the Lower Four Sects and the Sacred Dragon Sect, began preparing teams for the tournament.

Flender brought the Shrek Academy teachers and students to Blue Tyrant Academy, where Liu Erlong welcomed them and agreed to take them in. When Flender privately asked about Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong claimed he had died in the City of Slaughter, leaving Flender grieving but hopeful that he might now win her affection.

• Flender led Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Imperial City to seek Liu Erlong's help joining Blue Tyrant Academy and entering the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Liu Erlong welcomed the group, agreed to admit them and let Oscar and Ma Hongjun join the Blue Tyrant Battle Team, but kept control of her academy.
• After a tour, Ma Hongjun and Oscar slipped away to explore Heaven Dou Imperial City while Liu Erlong showed the teachers their offices.
• Flender followed Liu Erlong into a quiet wood and asked how Yu Xiaogang was doing.
• Liu Erlong told Flender that Yu Xiaogang had died in the City of Slaughter, and Flender mourned him while privately hoping to pursue Liu Erlong.

Liu Erlong reflected on why she had loved Yu Xiaogang and how his betrayal in the City of Slaughter had finally ended that love. When Flender tried to comfort her and pursue her, she rejected his advances and revealed that she already liked someone else.

• Liu Erlong recalled how Yu Xiaogang's tragic past and stated ambitions had made her fall in love with him.
• Liu Erlong realized Yu Xiaogang had betrayed her and that his ambition to take Tang San as a disciple served his own desire to prove himself, not his proclaimed ideals.
• Liu Erlong let go of Yu Xiaogang and chose to be with Long Aotian after their time in the City of Slaughter.
• Flender tried to take Liu Erlong's hand and promised to stay by her side, but Liu Erlong pulled away and apologized.
• Liu Erlong told Flender that she already liked someone else, leaving him frozen in shock.

At Blue Tyrant Academy, Flender struggled with Liu Erlong’s new relationship before Ma Hongjun brought Dai Mubai to join the academy. Liu Erlong weighed Dai Mubai’s past conduct against the team’s need for strength and approved his admission.

• Flender brooded over Liu Erlong choosing Long Aotian and wondered why she had not loved him.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar returned with Dai Mubai, whom Flender recognized as the student who should have joined Shrek Academy.
• Ma Hongjun explained that he had met Dai Mubai in Heaven Dou Imperial City and suggested recruiting him for the tournament team.
• Flender told Liu Erlong that Dai Mubai wanted to join Blue Tyrant Academy and explained how much the team needed stronger members.
• Liu Erlong considered Dai Mubai’s exposed playboy behavior and the academy’s tournament prospects, then agreed to let him join.

Lin Yu received an invitation to the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament’s opening ceremony and prepared the Immortal Palace team, planning to keep Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er’s Titled Douluo strength secret until the finals. On opening day, crowds from across the Heaven Dou Empire filled Heaven Dou Imperial City as the tournament began.

• The Heaven Dou Imperial Family invited Lin Yu to attend the tournament’s opening ceremony at Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena.
• Lin Yu explained that Immortal Palace’s incomplete cultivation methods and Martial Skills were meant to attract talented recruits.
• Lin Yu asked Shui Bing’er whether the Immortal Palace team could advance without her and Shui Yue’er competing, and she said the team should reach the finals.
• Lin Yu told Shui Bing’er to finish preparations and said the tournament would feature teams from major academies and sects.
• Three days later, spectators packed Heaven Dou Imperial City, and the city defense army deployed to maintain order for the opening ceremony.

Lin Yu led the Immortal Palace team to the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament in Heaven Dou Imperial City, where Qian Renxue escorted him to the VIP area and learned about his plan to promote the Soul Tamer System. Qian Renxue wondered why Lin Yu kept protecting her disguise and suspected he might like her.

• Lin Yu arrived at the crowded Heaven Dou Imperial City with Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and the Immortal Palace team.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, greeted Lin Yu and escorted him into the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena.
• Lin Yu left Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, and the other team members in the lounge while he and Dugu Bo continued to the VIP area.
• Qian Renxue asked about Lin Yu's tournament plans, and Lin Yu explained that he intended to use the event to promote the Soul Tamer System.
• Lin Yu took his seat beside Ning Fengzhi in the VIP area, while Qian Renxue wondered whether his continued silence about her identity meant he admired or liked her.

Lin Yu discussed his Blank Godhood research and plans to promote the Soul Master System with Ning Fengzhi, Xue Ye, and Salas before the tournament’s opening ceremony. As the academy teams entered, he spotted Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun with Blue Tyrant Academy and wondered why they were there.

• Lin Yu told Ning Fengzhi that he had worked out how to gather faith and condense a godhood, and Ning Fengzhi inferred that Lin Yu had reached the Limit Douluo level.
• Lin Yu explained to Ning Fengzhi, Xue Ye, and Salas that he planned to use the tournament to promote the Soul Master System and urged them to prepare for its implementation after the next Live Q&A.
• Lin Yu said he would negotiate with the lord of the soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest and would initially share the plan with selected imperial and noble factions.
• Xue Ye ordered the prepared academy teams to enter the venue for review as the opening ceremony began.
• Lin Yu recognized Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun among Blue Tyrant Academy’s team and was surprised to see Dai Mubai there.

Lin Yu bound Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun together with a Yuelao Red Thread, while Tang San, Tang Chen, and Yu Xiaogang finally approached Sea God Island. Tang Chen recalled the woman he had left behind as Sea Soul Masters spotted their boat.

• Lin Yu saw Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun among the Blue Tyrant Battle Team and decided to torment Dai Mubai by pairing him with Ma Hongjun.
• Lin Yu bound Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun with a Yuelao Red Thread, causing both men to feel an unexpected attraction toward each other.
• Tang San, Tang Chen, and Yu Xiaogang reached the waters near Sea God Island after months of travel.
• Tang Chen remembered the graceful blue figure from his past as their boat neared the island.
• Sea Soul Masters spotted Tang San and his companions and demanded to know who they were.