Chapter Summaries

Lu Feng escaped the King of Slaughter and reached the Asura palace, where completing the first Asura trial earned him a God-given Soul Ring and a chance to inherit the Asura God’s position. He discovered an Asura Sword Sheath and wondered whether it was connected to Xiao Wu, leaving him wary of the gods’ motives.

• Lu Feng used spatial skills and the Asura Sword’s golden light to escape the King of Slaughter, arriving with Cannon Five in a blood-red realm.
• Lu Feng and Cannon Five found a towering staircase leading to a palace, and Lu Feng transformed and climbed through the baleful aura alone.
• Lu Feng entered the palace and collected an Asura Sword Fragment and an Asura Sword Sheath Fragment near a statue.
• Lu Feng received the first Asura trial’s reward, a God-given Soul Ring, and learned his Asura God affinity had increased by 10%.
• Lu Feng considered the risks and methods of becoming a god, then examined the Asura Sword Sheath and recalled how the Asura God had turned Xiao Wu into a sheath for Tang San.

Lu Feng absorbed a God-given seventh Soul Ring that reached two hundred thousand years, awakened the Golden Domain and fused his divine beast spirits into armor. He reached Level Seventy-Nine and considered seeking another God-given Soul Ring on Sea God Island, while the Nine-Headed Bat King recognized him as another candidate for the Asura God Trial.

• Lu Feng placed the little rabbit where the golden light had been, triggering its body reconstruction trial, then began absorbing his Soul Ring.
• The King of Slaughter raged at the bottom of the blood pool and vowed to find Lu Feng.
• Lu Feng's seventh Soul Ring turned blood-red and continued growing as he endured its energy, awakening the Golden Domain and forming armor from the Golden Sacred Dragon and four divine beasts.
• Three days later, the Nine-Headed Bat King sensed Lu Feng's power and realized that another Asura God Trial candidate had appeared.
• Lu Feng awoke with a two-hundred-thousand-year seventh Soul Ring, reached Level Seventy-Nine, and considered going to Sea God Island for another God-given Soul Ring.

Lu Feng learned that Xiao Wu had returned as a soul and needed her spirit bone and an ancient beast inner core to revive. He searched Hell Road’s blood pool for the Ten-Headed Sun Serpent’s inner core, but came back empty-handed.

• Lu Feng released Xiao Wu’s soul and learned that she had received an Asura Companion Trial but was not truly revived.
• Xiao Wu told Lu Feng that Tang Hao had killed her, that she was a hundred-thousand-year shapeshifting spirit beast, and that her soul had separated from her spirit bone and attached to him.
• Xiao Wu said she needed her spirit bone, held by Tang San, and an ancient beast inner core to revive, and vowed to avenge Tang Hao’s death.
• Lu Feng suspected Hu Liena had killed the Ten-Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and proposed searching Hell Road’s blood pool for its inner core.
• Lu Feng plunged into the blood pool but returned to the stone bridge without finding the inner core.

Lu Feng and Xiao Wu examined murals in the Asura Temple and concluded that godhood might be a restraint gods sought to escape by finding inheritors. They returned to the continent and learned Tang San was in Sunset Forest near Heaven Dou City, where Flender asked Yu Xiaogang about spirit beasts that could devour martial souls.

• Xiao Wu offered Da Ming and Er Ming as future sacrifices, but Lu Feng said their attributes did not suit his planned soul rings.
• Lu Feng and Xiao Wu emptied the Asura Temple and studied murals that led Lu Feng to suspect the God Realm had been created to resist enemies from beyond Douluo.
• Lu Feng theorized that, with those threats gone, gods handed over their godhood to escape its limits and pursue a higher realm.
• Lu Feng and Xiao Wu returned to the continent, and Cannon Five tracked Tang San to Sunset Forest near Heaven Dou City.
• In Sunset Forest, Yu Xiaogang admired Tang San's six ten-thousand-year soul rings, while Flender asked whether any spirit beast could devour martial souls.

Tang San reached level sixty-two after absorbing a twenty-three-thousand-year soul ring, while Ma Hongjun pursued Xiao Wu and Lu Feng near Heaven Dou City. Lu Feng injured Ma Hongjun as he tried to flee, leaving him collapsed on the road.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass might be the Blue Silver King and said a soul beast had devoured it to evolve its bloodline.
• Tang San finished absorbing his soul ring and revealed that his Soul Power had risen to level sixty-two.
• Ma Hongjun ogled women while traveling near Heaven Dou City and followed Lu Feng and Xiao Wu after spotting them.
• Ma Hongjun tried to befriend the pair, but Lu Feng kicked him off the road after he leered at Xiao Wu.
• Ma Hongjun fled toward Heaven Dou City, but a mysterious attack pierced his right calf and brought him down.

Lu Feng and Xiao Wu punished Ma Hongjun after he harassed them, and Tang San removed Ma Hongjun's injured organ. Lu Feng then entered Dugu Bo's poison formation and found Dugu Yan tending the herb garden, where someone covered her eyes.

• Ma Hongjun begged Lu Feng and Xiao Wu for mercy, but Xiao Wu exposed his history of preying on women and threatened to punish him.
• Ma Hongjun attacked Xiao Wu with his Phoenix flames, but Lu Feng's Golden Domain swallowed them and his golden flame struck Ma Hongjun's lower body.
• Flender found Ma Hongjun injured, and Tang San cut off the charred organ to prevent damage to his meridians.
• Lu Feng crossed Dugu Bo's poison formation and flew down to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after spotting Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan tended the herb garden, discarded a withered Rainbow Cloud Grass into the spring, and then felt someone cover her eyes.

Lu Feng returned after four years and reunited with Dugu Yan, promising he would never abandon her again. He taught her the Martial Pavilion’s cultivation method, and she broke through to rank seventy, leaving her ready to pursue the next stage of her cultivation.

• Dugu Yan recognized Lu Feng, embraced him, and kissed him after he returned from his four-year absence.
• Lu Feng told Dugu Yan that he had disguised himself as Dai Mubai and seized the Star Luo Empire’s throne.
• Dugu Yan asked Lu Feng not to abandon her again, and he promised to stay with her until death.
• Lu Feng explained the Martial Pavilion’s Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and had Dugu Yan test its cultivation method.
• After meditating for half an hour, Dugu Yan broke through to rank seventy.

Lu Feng and Dugu Yan were interrupted by Dugu Bo, who discovered them together and challenged Lu Feng after learning he had arrived the previous day. Lu Feng revealed his powerful martial skills and began fighting Dugu Bo inside his self-created Astral Descent domain.

• Lu Feng and Dugu Yan kissed before Dugu Bo knocked and entered the room.
• Dugu Bo noticed Dugu Yan had reached Rank 70 and asked what she and Lu Feng had been doing; Lu Feng claimed they had only cultivated.
• After learning Lu Feng had arrived the day before, Dugu Bo struck him out of the room and transformed into his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Avatar.
• Lu Feng activated his Martial Soul Avatar Armor, and Dugu Bo was astonished by Lu Feng's Hundred Thousand Year soul ring.
• Lu Feng's golden energy field dissolved Dugu Bo's poison and weakened his martial soul, then Lu Feng enclosed the area in his Astral Descent domain.
• Dugu Bo's Serpent Emperor Avatar could not escape the domain, and Lu Feng used Azure Dragon power to weigh him down before calling down White Tiger lightning.

Lu Feng defeated Dugu Bo in a spar, then helped Dugu Yan absorb a powerful Soul Ring and taught her an armor form. Seven days later, Lu Feng and Dugu Yan met with Fourth Prince Xue Beng, who wanted to speak with them.

• Dugu Bo used Medusa’s Gaze to break Lu Feng’s energy field, and Lu Feng ended their fight by acknowledging Dugu Bo’s strength.
• Dugu Yan absorbed a sixty-thousand-year Jade Phosphor King Snake Soul Ring, gained a right leg bone, and reached Soul Power level seventy-three.
• Lu Feng revealed his armor forms to Dugu Yan and taught her the Jade Phosphor True-Body Armor technique.
• Seven days later, Osler introduced Lu Feng and Dugu Yan to Fourth Prince Xue Beng, who requested a meeting.
• Lu Feng asked Xue Beng to explain what he wanted.

Lu Feng encouraged Xue Beng to challenge Xue Qinghe by recruiting Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, while Yu Xiaogang agreed to help Xue Beng pursue the throne in exchange for becoming Imperial Preceptor. Half a month later, Xue Qinghe was confined to his residence as Prince Xue Xing reopened the investigation into the deaths of the two princes.

• Xue Beng tried to recruit Lu Feng and Dugu Yan, but Lu Feng declined and instead recommended Yu Xiaogang and Tang San as allies.
• Lu Feng privately admitted to Dugu Yan that he wanted Heaven Dou Empire to become more chaotic to benefit Star Luo Empire.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed to assist Xue Beng, hoping to become Imperial Preceptor and prove his worth, and Tang San agreed to offer hidden weapons to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in exchange for its neutrality.
• Half a month later, Xue Qinghe received an order confining him to his residence while Prince Xue Xing reopened the investigation into the princes' deaths.

Lu Feng revealed that he knew Qian Renxue’s identity and criticized her plan to take over Heaven Dou, then proposed that they cooperate against Spirit Hall’s moves on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He began pressing her to choose whether she would act as Heaven Dou’s Crown Prince or Spirit Hall’s Young Master, leaving their strategy unresolved.

• Xue Qinghe ordered She Long to tell a woman she could make her move, then learned that Lu Feng had recommended Yu Xiaogang to Xue Beng.
• Lu Feng identified Qian Renxue as the person behind the Heaven Dou Crown Prince and explained that he recognized her holy light aura from their encounter twelve years earlier.
• Qian Renxue revealed her female appearance and asked whether Lu Feng planned to expose her, but he said he wanted to become her ally.
• Lu Feng criticized Qian Renxue’s long infiltration plan and her failure to act decisively against Xue Ye, then claimed he had arranged Tang Hao’s attack on Star Luo and the Fire Leopard Sect’s destruction.
• Qian Renxue confirmed that she was preparing to move against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Lu Feng proposed that they cooperate.
• Lu Feng asked Qian Renxue whether she would prioritize her role as Heaven Dou’s Crown Prince or Spirit Hall’s Young Master and raised the question of what Heaven Dou should do with the surviving sect disciples.

Lu Feng advised Qian Renxue to exploit the destruction of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect by reshaping public opinion and claiming a share of their wealth. Three days later, Spirit Hall attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Chen Xin was killed after Gu Rong’s death was revealed.

• Lu Feng told Qian Renxue that Spirit Hall should swiftly eliminate the two sects and proposed a new Seven Great Sects selection to turn their destruction into an opportunity.
• Lu Feng asked for thirty percent of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s wealth and for the White Tiger Sect to become one of the Upper Three Sects, while Qian Renxue agreed to the wealth request and tied the sect’s rank to its strength.
• Three days later, Spirit Hall forces attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and killed its patrolling disciples.
• Ning Fengzhi supported Chen Xin with his martial soul, and Chen Xin nearly killed Ghost Leopard Douluo before Qian Jun and Jiang Mo intervened.
• The Second Worshipper arrived with Gu Rong’s head, then joined the other Title Douluo in overpowering Chen Xin and killing him.
• The Second Worshipper collected Chen Xin’s soul bones and ordered the attackers to kill every remaining member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Lu Feng and Dugu Bo rescued Ning Rongrong, Gu Lin, and the fleeing Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect disciples from Ghost Leopard Douluo. After Lu Feng killed Ghost Leopard, he and Dugu Bo led the survivors away.

• Ghost Leopard Douluo cornered Gu Lin, Ning Rongrong, and the injured sect disciples, then revealed that Spirit Hall had ordered them killed.
• Dugu Bo arrived with Lu Feng and drove Ghost Leopard back, revealing that he had reached rank ninety-five.
• Lu Feng used his spatial abilities to catch Ghost Leopard as he fled and struck him down.
• Lu Feng revealed his hundred-thousand-year soul ring and killed Ghost Leopard with the killing intent of Slaughter City, identifying himself as Tang Er, Sword Wielder of Slaughter City.
• Ning Rongrong and Gu Lin recognized Lu Feng, and he urged the survivors to leave the forest before they talked.

Lu Feng and Dugu Bo traveled to the Blue Silver Forest so Lu Feng could obtain his eighth Soul Ring, but the Blue Silver Emperor tricked him and began draining his power. Dugu Bo attacked to save him, and the chapter ended as the Emperor’s life energy began consuming the poison mist and restoring the forest.

• Lu Feng told Dugu Bo that he had reached Level Eighty and asked for help obtaining an eighth Soul Ring from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Lu Feng used the Four Symbols Array to reveal the Blue Silver Forest, and he and Dugu Bo met the Blue Silver Emperor.
• The Blue Silver Emperor offered to help Lu Feng condense a Soul Ring, then pierced him with vines and drew the gathered energy back into itself.
• The Blue Silver Emperor claimed Lu Feng’s Martial Soul had been crippled and threatened to use him and Dugu Bo as nourishment.
• Dugu Bo activated his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked with Jade Phosphor Divine Light, poisoning the Blue Silver Grass.
• The Blue Silver Emperor sent thick vines after Dugu Bo and spread life energy that consumed the poison mist and revived the grass.

Lu Feng defeated the Blue Silver Emperor, gained an exceptionally powerful soul ring, and used its Seed of Life to restore the Blue Silver Forest and establish a hidden inheritance. Meanwhile, news of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s destruction reached Heaven Dou City, leaving Yu Xiaogang devastated as Xue Beng urgently sought his help.

• Lu Feng revealed his golden-armored power and destroyed the Blue Silver Emperor after it sacrificed the Blue Silver Grass in the forest to strengthen itself.
• Three days later, Lu Feng reached level eighty-four and explained that his new soul ring was at least five hundred thousand years old, while the Blue Silver Emperor had left behind a Seed of Life instead of a soul bone.
• Lu Feng used the Seed of Life and his Eighth Soul Ring to restore the valley, then told Dugu Bo to conceal and poison the area so others could not claim its sacrifice inheritance.
• Half a month later, Lu Feng finished securing the valley and left with Dugu Bo, noting that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family would react to the destruction of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yu Xiaogang grieved over the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and his father’s death, while Tang San left food outside his room.
• Xue Beng told Tang San he urgently needed Yu Xiaogang’s help with the safety of the Heaven Dou Empire, but Tang San said his teacher could not meet him.

Tang San agreed to seek the Clear Sky Sect’s help for Xue Beng as Yu Xiaogang devised a plan to oppose Xue Qinghe. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe’s allies confirmed that Xue Ye would die soon and that they controlled the palace guards; the chapter ended as a sharp rebuke broke the silence outside Xue Ye’s bedchamber.

• Xue Beng told Yu Xiaogang and Tang San that he suspected Xue Qinghe was conspiring with Spirit Hall and had removed his allies from key palace positions.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed that Tang San travel to the Clear Sky Sect and persuade it to support Xue Beng, who promised the sect imperial honors if he became emperor.
• Tang San agreed to approach the Clear Sky Sect, while Xue Beng asked Yu Xiaogang to become his adoptive father and then returned to make secret arrangements.
• Xue Qinghe learned from Stingray Douluo that Xue Ye would die within three days and from Snake Lance Douluo that their people controlled the imperial guards.
• Xue Qinghe dismissed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang as threats and waited for Xue Ye’s death to secure the throne.
• The next day, an unidentified speaker sharply rebuked someone outside Xue Ye’s bedchamber.

Xue Beng and Tang San led two Clear Sky Sect Title Douluo to confront Xue Qinghe at the Heaven Dou Palace, accusing him of poisoning the Emperor and seizing power. The palace battle began, and Xue Qinghe revealed his true power as a Soul Sage while Tang San prepared to join the fight.

• Xue Beng tried to enter the palace with Tang San, but the guards obeyed Xue Qinghe's order to keep everyone out.
• Tang San urged Xue Beng to attack Xue Qinghe, and Xue Beng agreed and called on two Clear Sky Sect Title Douluo.
• Xue Qinghe confronted Xue Beng, who accused him of conspiring with Spirit Hall, poisoning his brothers, and imprisoning the Emperor.
• Tang Ming and Tang Qing revealed themselves as Rank 94 Title Douluo and attacked Ci Xue and She Long, forcing both defenders back.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong formed the Golden Sacred Dragon, but Xue Qinghe revealed his seven-ringed Martial Soul and overwhelmed it with a domain.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and six black soul rings, preparing to help Yu Xiaogang fight Xue Qinghe.

Lu Feng revealed his overwhelming strength while Tang San tried to stop Xue Qinghe’s rebellion, turning their old friendship into a fight. Lu Feng evaded Tang San’s combined hidden-weapon and hammer attack, leaving Tang San’s next move unresolved.

• Tang San asked Lu Feng to help capture Xue Qinghe, but Xue Qinghe revealed that Lu Feng had been invited to support him.
• Lu Feng called Xue Qinghe the lesser evil compared with Xue Beng, and Tang San challenged Lu Feng to fight.
• Lu Feng blocked Tang San’s opening Clear Sky Hammer strike with one hand and revealed eight soul rings, including two hundred-thousand-year rings.
• Lu Feng repeatedly knocked Tang San back, while Tang San used the shockwave from his hammer to try to locate him.
• Tang San launched twelve Bone-Piercing Nails and a flying Clear Sky Hammer together, but Lu Feng split into three figures to evade and counter the attack.

Tang San’s King of Hell’s Post failed against Lu Feng’s phoenix flames, and Lu Feng severed Tang San’s arm to expose his powerful Soul Bone. As Tang Ming and Tang Qing attacked Lu Feng, Qian Renxue intervened and Lu Feng countered their hammers with his Five Elements Armor.

• Tang San launched the King of Hell’s Post at Lu Feng, but Lu Feng burned the poisoned needle away with his phoenix flames.
• Lu Feng severed Tang San’s right arm, leaving Tang San unable to complete his Mysterious Heaven Skill cycle.
• Yu Xiaogang attacked Lu Feng with the Golden Sacred Dragon, but Lu Feng’s Golden Domain neutralized its dragon breath and resonated with Qian Renxue’s Angel Domain.
• Qian Renxue used Angel’s Roar to shatter the Golden Sacred Dragon and wound Yu Xiaogang and the others, while Lu Feng revealed a high-level Soul Bone from Tang San’s severed arm.
• Tang Ming and Tang Qing attacked Lu Feng with their Clear Sky Hammers, and Qian Renxue stepped in to shield him.
• Lu Feng formed a five-elements formation with his armor and met the hammer attack with a mountain-shaped barrier.

Lu Feng stopped Tang Ming and Tang Qing’s attacks, saving Qian Renxue and defeating Xue Beng’s bid for the throne. He claimed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s inner core as payment, while the injured Shrek Academy gathered to consider leaving Heaven Dou City.

• Lu Feng blocked Tang Ming and Tang Qing’s Clear Sky Hammers, and they fled with the injured Tang San while Yu Xiaogang fainted and Flender and Liu Erlong carried him away.
• Qian Renxue let Flender and the others leave, then had Xue Beng seized for his attack on the imperial palace.
• Lu Feng asked Qian Renxue for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and Hu Liena’s Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent inner core, and she agreed to help obtain both.
• That night, the injured members of Shrek Academy gathered in their office, where Ma Hongjun asked whether they had to leave Heaven Dou City.