Chapter Summaries

Ning Xian met Ning Rongrong in a Heaven Dou City tavern and realized she was his descendant from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. A Heavenly Dao Sky Screen then announced a continent-wide ranking of its ten greatest powerhouses, and the first entry began to appear.

• Ning Rongrong introduced herself to Ning Xian and told him about Shrek Academy's plans to seek tournament places at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Xian recognized Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda pendant and realized that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect descended from his family.
• A golden Sky Screen appeared over Heaven Dou City and announced the upcoming Douluo Heavenly Dao Ranking and its rewards.
• The Sky Screen revealed that it would rank the Douluo Continent's ten greatest powerhouses, with a special reward for first place.
• Bibi Dong watched the Sky Screen from the Papal Palace and wondered where she would rank, while Ning Rongrong and Ning Xian watched the first ranking entry begin to appear.

The Heavenly Dao Ranking’s announcement of the ten greatest powerhouses prompted speculation across the continent, while Shrek Academy, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Far North, and the Star Dou Great Forest awaited the results. Ning Fengzhi hoped the ranking’s rewards might reveal a way past the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s rank seventy-nine limit, and the chapter ended as a vast pressure awakened beneath the Lake of Life.

• Shrek Academy discussed the ranking, and Tang San wondered whether his father, Tang Hao, would make the list.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong considered the ranking as Ning Fengzhi reflected on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s cultivation limit and hoped the rewards might explain it.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress watched the ranking and discussed a mysterious white-clad person whom they expected to appear on it.
• Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts awaited the ranking at the Lake of Life, then bowed as an imposing pressure began to awaken beneath it.

Gu Yuena awoke as the Heavenly Dao ranking revealed Bibi Dong in tenth place, alarming Spirit Hall and the two empires. In Heaven Dou City, Ning Xian gave Ning Rongrong an ancient Small Tower that boosted her Soul Power, then vanished, leaving her to discover the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s emblem carved on its base.

• Gu Yuena emerged from the lake, and Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts welcomed her back from her slumber.
• The celestial screen ranked Bibi Dong tenth on the Powerhouse Ranking, identifying her as a Level 98 Titled Douluo and prompting surprise across the continent.
• Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall’s Worships questioned how she could rank only tenth, while Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo were considered among Spirit Hall’s other potential contenders.
• Xue Ye and Dai Tianfeng worried that Heavenly Dao rewards could make Spirit Hall an even greater threat to their empires.
• Ning Rongrong asked Ning Xian about Bibi Dong’s ranking, then decided to visit the people from Shrek Academy in Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Xian gave Ning Rongrong an ancient Small Tower that stirred her Soul Power before vanishing; she found the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s emblem carved into its base.

Ning Rongrong wondered about Ning Xian’s identity as he headed to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to retrieve something he had left there. The Sky Screen revealed Bibi Dong’s twin martial souls and her years of slaughter in Slaughter City, leaving the continent shocked by her strength and combat experience.

• Ning Rongrong put away the Small Tower and decided that Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong might know who Ning Xian was.
• Ning Xian left a tavern in Heaven Dou City and headed to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to retrieve something he had left there.
• The Sky Screen revealed that Bibi Dong had innate full soul power and twin martial souls, prompting Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Xue Ye, and Dai Tianfeng to consider the threat she posed.
• The Sky Screen showed Bibi Dong entering Slaughter City, passing through Hell Road, and obtaining Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• The Sky Screen showed Bibi Dong fighting without soul skills, winning a hundred victories over several years in Slaughter City.

The Sky Screen revealed that Bibi Dong had reached Level 99 before temporarily suppressing her Soul Power to undergo the Rakshasa God Trial, confirming her place among the Douluo Continent’s strongest. Her revelations stunned Soul Masters, Shrek Academy, and the two great empires, and the ranking evaluation concluded with her in tenth place.

• Bibi Dong watched the Sky Screen expose her history in Slaughter City and her Divine Slaughter's Domain, then looked forward to the Heavenly Dao's reward and completing the Rakshasa God Trial.
• The Sky Screen showed Bibi Dong at Level 99, and Ning Xian explained that she had temporarily fallen to Level 98 to accept the Rakshasa God's inheritance.
• The Sky Screen confirmed Bibi Dong was one of the youngest Level 99 Titled Douluos, leaving Soul Masters who had questioned her tenth-place ranking stunned.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San reacted to Bibi Dong's strength, while Yu Xiaogang acknowledged her extraordinary talent to Flender.
• Xue Ye and the ministers learned that Bibi Dong was undergoing the Rakshasa God Trial and worried about Spirit Hall's growing power.
• The Sky Screen concluded its evaluation and confirmed Bibi Dong's tenth-place ranking.

The Heavenly Dao awarded Bibi Dong a Million-Year Soul Ring, the Rakshasa Demon Halberd, and a Hundred Thousand Year Godslaying Spider Emperor Left Leg Bone for placing tenth on the Powerhouse Ranking. As Bibi Dong began stabilizing her power in Spirit City, Spirit Hall celebrated her strengthened prospects while Qian Daoliu and the Heaven Dou Empire's court considered the scale of the rewards.

• The Sky Screen announced that Bibi Dong had placed tenth and began distributing her rewards.
• The Heavenly Dao bestowed a Million-Year Soul Ring, the Rakshasa Demon Halberd, and a Hundred Thousand Year Godslaying Spider Emperor Left Leg Bone on Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong received the halberd and Soul Bone, then examined the Million-Year Soul Ring as her Soul Power stabilized.
• Demon Subduing Douluo, Qian Jun Douluo, and Golden Crocodile Douluo praised Bibi Dong's rewards in the Worship Hall while Qian Daoliu watched in silence.
• Emperor Xue Ye and his ministers sat in grave silence as they considered Bibi Dong's new power.

The empires and Clear Sky Sect reacted to Bibi Dong’s rewards and considered the growing importance of the Powerhouse Ranking. At the Shrek group’s hotel, Ning Rongrong received a mysterious Ancient Tower that raised her soul power to Level 40.

• Xue Ye ordered the Heaven Dou Empire to investigate and befriend everyone on the Powerhouse Ranking, while Dai Tianfeng gave the Star Luo Empire a similar order.
• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders discussed Bibi Dong’s rewards and hoped Tang Chen was alive and might appear on the ranking.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang watched the rewards and lamented that they were not strong enough to qualify.
• A seven-colored radiance appeared around Ning Rongrong as a small bronze tower and a towering Ancient Tower Projection manifested above her.
• The Ancient Tower’s radiance merged into Ning Rongrong, raising her soul power from Level 33 to Level 40.

Ning Rongrong discovered that Ning Xian’s bronze tower had raised her soul power to level forty and was helping her martial soul evolve, but she refused to lend it to her academy mates. Meanwhile, Ning Xian headed toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to continue searching for him.

• Ning Rongrong awakened from cultivation at level forty, and Yu Xiaogang identified her bronze tower as a soul tool that accelerated cultivation.
• Ning Rongrong sensed the tower was evolving her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and refused Ma Hongjun’s demand to share it with the others.
• Ning Xian explained that the tower could purify Ning Rongrong’s bloodline and help her martial soul surpass its seven-story limit, then set off toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• At the Lake of Life, Gu Yuena watched the sky screen’s Million-Year Soul Ring reward as the ferocious beasts discussed the heavenly prizes.
• Gu Yuena asked Di Tian whether he had found Ning Xian, and, after he said no, ordered him to keep searching.

The Powerhouse Ranking revealed Tang Chen of the Clear Sky Sect in ninth place, stunning the continent because the legendary Level 99 Peerless Douluo had once defeated Qian Daoliu. As Tang Xiao and the Spirit Hall elders questioned the ranking, the King of Slaughter briefly regained clarity and remembered Tang Chen and their shared past.

• The Heavenly Dao announced Tang Chen as ninth on the Powerhouse Ranking, identifying his Clear Sky Hammer and Level 99 strength.
• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders celebrated that Tang Chen was alive, then questioned why he ranked only ninth.
• Demon Subduing Douluo and the other Spirit Hall enshrined elders took Tang Chen's placement as a sign that Qian Daoliu would rank higher.
• Bibi Dong wondered whether Tang Chen's current condition explained his low placement, while Qian Daoliu recalled losing to him and wondered what he had endured.
• In Slaughter City, the King of Slaughter briefly regained clarity and remembered Tang Chen, Qian Daoliu, Bo Saixi, Sea God Island, and the Asura God Trial.

The Sky Screen revealed Tang Chen’s rise to power and his battle against Bo Saixi, while the Clear Sky Sect decided to reopen its mountain gates after learning he was alive. The chapter left Spirit Hall wondering whether Qian Daoliu had failed to make the rankings.

• Tang Chen recalled how Rakshasa Divine Power and the Nine-Headed Bat King had corrupted and taken control of his body, leaving his consciousness suppressed.
• The Sky Screen showed Tang Chen’s rise from a Clear Sky Sect prodigy to a Titled Douluo who led the sect to become the foremost of the Upper Three Sects.
• Tang Xiao decided that the Clear Sky Sect would soon reopen its mountain gates and stop secluding itself from the world.
• The Sky Screen showed Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu traveling to Sea God Island, where Tang Chen fought Bo Saixi with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Spirit Hall and Clear Sky Sect members argued over Tang Chen’s ninth-place ranking, while the enshrined questioned whether Qian Daoliu had failed to rank.

The Sky Screen revealed how Bo Saixi asked Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu to become gods before she would accept either, though her feelings favored Tang Chen. Tang Chen misunderstood her, left to pursue godhood, and later confronted Qian Daoliu to secure peace for the Clear Sky Sect before his departure.

• Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu confessed their love to Bo Saixi after fighting her on Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi said she would accept whichever man became a god first, while her gaze showed that she loved Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen vowed not to return until he became a god and left Sea God Island with Qian Daoliu.
• In Slaughter City, Tang Chen resolved to escape the Nine-Headed Bat King, pursue the Asura God Trial again, and return to Bo Saixi.
• Tang Chen challenged Qian Daoliu on a deserted island, seeking a guarantee that Spirit Hall would stay away from the Clear Sky Sect while he pursued godhood.

The Sky Screen revealed Tang Chen’s narrow victory over Qian Daoliu and the vow that kept Spirit Hall from entering the Clear Sky Sect. It then showed Tang Chen beginning the Asura God’s inheritance and surviving the first seven trials and a divine-lightning transformation.

• Tang Chen narrowly defeated Qian Daoliu, who vowed that Spirit Hall would not enter the Clear Sky Sect while he lived.
• The Sky Screen showed Tang Chen leaving Sea God Island to search for godhood, while Bo Saixi, the Clear Sky Sect, Bibi Dong, Tang Hao, and others watched and wondered what had happened to him.
• The Sky Screen revealed that Tang Chen entered Slaughter City, gained the Asura God’s recognition, and began inheriting the position of one of the Divine Realm’s Five Great God Kings.
• Tang Chen passed the first seven Asura God trials as his Clear Sky Hammer and asura divine power grew stronger.
• Tang Chen endured divine lightning that shattered and reshaped his body, emerging with power beyond the mortal level.

The Sky Screen revealed that Tang Chen passed the Asura God’s Eighth Trial and forged a divine body, but a Rakshasa Divine Power ambush and the Nine-Headed Bat King’s parasitism made him fail the final trial and become the King of Slaughter. The revelation explained his decades-long absence, while the Clear Sky Sect, Bo Saixi, and Spirit Hall waited to see whether the Heavenly Dao’s reward could free him.

• The Sky Screen announced that Tang Chen had passed the Eighth Trial, forged a divine body, and stood one step from inheriting the Asura God’s position.
• Tang Xiao realized that Tang Chen’s failure to return to the Clear Sky Sect must have been connected to the Ninth Trial, while Bo Saixi wondered why he had never come back for her.
• As Tang Chen reached for the Asura Demon Sword to begin the Ninth Trial, Rakshasa Divine Power invaded his Sea of Consciousness and disrupted him.
• The Nine-Headed Bat King parasitized Tang Chen as he failed the trial, taking control of his body and leaving him as the King of Slaughter in Slaughter City.
• Tang Xiao and Bo Saixi understood that Tang Chen had not forgotten them, while Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu considered the danger of his possible recovery and awaited the Heavenly Dao’s reward.

The ranking review revealed how Tang Chen became the King of Slaughter, and Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect hoped he could recover. As Tang Chen fought the Nine-Headed Bat King for control of his body, the review ended and the continent awaited his rewards.

• Tang Hao learned that his grandfather was the King of Slaughter and vowed to find him after the ranking review.
• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders discussed how Rakshasa Divine Power and the Nine-Headed Bat King had ruined Tang Chen’s chance to inherit the Asura God’s position.
• Ning Xian concluded that Tang Chen’s setbacks were part of the Divine Realm’s plans and anticipated that the major powers would focus on Slaughter City.
• Tang Chen’s consciousness fought the Nine-Headed Bat King inside his Sea of Consciousness, and he declared that the bat king’s time in his body was ending.
• The Sky Screen completed Tang Chen’s review, confirmed his ninth-place ranking, and left the continent waiting for his rewards.

Tang Chen received three Heavenly Dao rewards that strengthened his Clear Sky Hammer and helped him defeat the Nine-Headed Bat King. He awakened in Slaughter City, freed from the bat king’s control and the Rakshasa corruption.

• The Heavenly Dao ranked Tang Chen ninth and awarded him a Million-Year Soul Ring, Clear Sky Hammer evolution, and a 100,000-Year Primordial Titan Right Arm Bone.
• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders hoped the rewards would help Tang Chen overcome the Nine-Headed Bat King and return to the sect.
• The rewards entered Tang Chen’s body in Slaughter City as his Clear Sky Hammer began to evolve and the Nine-Headed Bat King panicked inside his Sea of Consciousness.
• Tang Chen used the evolved Clear Sky Hammer to destroy the Nine-Headed Bat King and purge the Rakshasa Divine Power’s corruption.
• Tang Chen opened his eyes in Slaughter City, now restored and wielding his strengthened Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang Chen broke free of the Nine-Headed Bat King, purged the Rakshasa Divine Power, and received rewards that evolved his Clear Sky Hammer and strengthened him. The Clear Sky Sect prepared to welcome him back as Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and Gu Yuena considered the implications of his transformation.

• The Sky Screen showed Tang Chen restored to his original self, free of the Nine-Headed Bat King and Rakshasa Divine Power, with a Million-Year Soul Ring, Martial Soul Evolution, and an Ancestor Tai Tan Right Arm Bone.
• Tang Xiao ordered the Clear Sky Sect to recall its disciples, open its storehouses, prepare to reopen its mountain gates, and send people to welcome Tang Chen home.
• Bibi Dong worried that Tang Chen's divine body and evolved Clear Sky Hammer could make him a dangerous opponent, then wondered what rewards the top eight on the ranking would receive.
• Qian Daoliu told the Spirit Hall enshrined that Tang Chen had no immediate reason to wage war and urged them to keep watching the ranking.
• Gu Yuena recognized that the Heavenly Dao had fundamentally transformed Tang Chen's Clear Sky Hammer, and Di Tian asked whether it had reached the god level.

Gu Yuena considered whether the Heavenly Dao’s rewards could restore her god-level origin, while the Shrek group discussed Tang Chen’s gains and their own hopes of qualifying for the Powerhouse Ranking. Yu Xiaogang revealed that they planned to visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda, and Ning Rongrong sensed her hidden Ancient Bronze Small Tower warming against her body.

• Gu Yuena concluded that the Heavenly Dao might repair her god-level origin and told Di Tian and the ferocious beasts to wait for their chance.
• Ma Hongjun and Tang San envied Tang Chen’s evolved Clear Sky Hammer, while Flender and Yu Xiaogang reasoned that the Heavenly Dao tailored rewards to each person.
• Yu Xiaogang imagined that a reward might evolve Luo Sanpao and fix his cultivation limits, but Flender reminded him that his example did not mean he could make the ranking.
• Dai Mubai urged the Shrek group to prove themselves at the Soul Master Tournament, and Yu Xiaogang said they would seek better cultivation resources at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda accelerated cultivation, and Ning Rongrong felt her Ancient Bronze Small Tower grow warm when she heard about it.

Ning Rongrong refused to lend out her Ancient Bronze Small Tower, and her Shrek companions criticized her before the group set out for Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Ning Xian entered the academy unseen, caught Dugu Yan following him, and took her toward the Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda.

• Ning Rongrong defended her right to keep the Ancient Bronze Small Tower, but Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai accused her of selfishness until Yu Xiaogang and Flender stopped the argument.
• Yu Xiaogang decided the Shrek group should leave for Heaven Dou Royal Academy immediately, and Ning Rongrong followed while guarding her tower.
• Ning Xian recalled that the Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda could record and replicate Martial Souls and Soul Skills, then entered the academy without the guards or students noticing him.
• Ning Xian caught Dugu Yan following him and learned she was a student at the academy and the granddaughter of Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.
• Ning Xian called Dugu Yan a venomous bug, bound her with Mystic Yellow Radiance, and led her toward the Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda.

The Sky Screen revealed the Evil Emperor, an 780,000-year-old Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord who ranked eighth on the Powerhouse Ranking, above Tang Chen. His ties to the unknown Sun Moon Empire and Evil Demon Forest left the continent’s rulers scrambling to learn more.

• After Tang Chen’s showcase and rewards ended, the Sky Screen announced that eighth place would soon be revealed, drawing attention across the continent.
• Heaven Dou Emperor Xue Ye and Star Luo Emperor Dai Tianfeng hoped the next powerhouse might be friendly to their empires, while Ning Xian and Dugu Yan watched from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• The Sky Screen revealed the eighth-ranked Evil Emperor, a 780,000-year-old Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord, and Ning Xian judged that his more complete condition placed him above Tang Chen.
• The Sky Screen identified the Evil Emperor as the strongest Soul Beast of the Sun Moon Empire, ruler of the Evil Demon Forest, and a mental-attribute Soul Beast nearing 800,000 years of cultivation.
• Xue Ye ordered his minister to search Heaven Dou’s ancient texts for records of the Sun Moon Empire and the Evil Demon Forest.

The eighth-place ranking revealed the Evil Emperor, an Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord with seven hundred and eighty thousand years of cultivation, and prompted humans and Soul Beasts alike to consider his strength and the unknown Sun Moon Empire. Gu Yuena watched the Sky Screen and wondered whether Ning Xian was still on the Douluo Continent.

• Dai Tianfeng considered the unknown Sun Moon Empire and suggested that Heaven Dou and Star Luo might temporarily ally against it.
• Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and the Clear Sky Sect elders assessed the Evil Emperor’s formidable mental power and his place above Tang Chen.
• Bo Saixi questioned whether the Sky Screen showed the future or another era, since even Sea God Island had never heard of the Sun Moon Empire.
• Di Tian recognized the Evil Emperor as an old rival he had driven away in a battle over the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Di Tian hoped the Evil Emperor’s reward would help him reach a million years of cultivation, while Gu Yuena reflected on how much had changed during her long slumber.
• Gu Yuena remembered Ning Xian and wondered whether he was still on the Douluo Continent.