Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuyun learned that the Five Great Academies’ selection would take place in Western Desolate City and planned to use it to find Mu Chen, while Tang San persuaded the Clear Sky Sect to give him its resources for the journey to the Great Thousand World. When a Bloodthirsty Earth-Splitting Ape attacked Liu Ming’s carriage, Liu Ming seized Zhu Zhuyun and tried to throw her to the beast.

• Zhu Zhuyun learned from Liu Ming that he was traveling to Western Desolate City to observe the Five Great Academies’ affiliated selection, and resolved to wait there for Mu Chen.
• Dai Weisi raged at Zhu Zhuyun’s behavior, but the Star Luo Emperor told him that survival in a higher plane required submission without strength.
• Tang San convinced the Second Elder to open the Clear Sky Sect’s treasury and entrust him with its resources and hopes.
• Liu Ming explained that the Great Thousand World contained powerful spirit beasts and ancient divine beast clans, including the True Dragon Clan, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, and the Kunpeng Clan.
• A Bloodthirsty Earth-Splitting Ape slaughtered the carriage guards and tore through the carriage, leaving Liu Ming and Zhu Zhuyun trapped before it.
• Liu Ming grabbed Zhu Zhuyun and declared that he would sacrifice her to the ape.

Zhu Zhuyun was killed after Liu Ming used her to escape, while Chen Xin rescued Xie Yue from thugs in the Great Thousand World and chose to remain there to pursue the Sword Immortal Path. Xie Yue decided to learn the local cultivation system and return to Douluo Continent stronger, earning Bibi Dong’s approval.

• Liu Ming threw Zhu Zhuyun into the Bloodthirsty Earth-Splitting Ape’s jaws as a distraction and escaped, leaving her dead in the Great Thousand World.
• The Star Luo Emperor, Dai Weisi, Bibi Dong, and Tai Nuo’s companions watched the Sky Screen’s account of Zhu Zhuyun’s death and feared the dangers of the Great Thousand World.
• Chen Xin used his sword Dharma Body to kill the thugs threatening Xie Yue, then told Xie Yue he would not return to Douluo Continent because he had found a path to pursue in the Sword Domain.
• Xie Yue recovered Qiankun Bags and the Blood Fiend Art from the thugs, but injured himself when he tried to cultivate it without guidance.
• Xie Yue decided to seek shelter with a low-level sect, learn to convert Spiritual Energy, and return to Douluo Continent after surviving a year.
• Bibi Dong praised Xie Yue’s plan and believed his knowledge and resources from the Great Thousand World could help Spirit Hall defeat the Two Great Empires.

Xie Yue survived the destruction of the Blood Soul Hall and learned about the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy and the Spirit Array Master path. After rescuing a dying Spirit Array Master, he heard that his Spiritual Energy conversion had reached a critical point.

• Xie Yue converted a thread of Great Thousand World spiritual energy, strengthening his Moon Blades, before Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong destroyed the Blood Soul Hall.
• Shen Cangsheng defeated the hall master, and Li Xuantong wiped out the remaining members; they spared Xie Yue after realizing he had not committed the sect’s atrocities.
• Shen Cangsheng introduced himself and Li Xuantong, told Xie Yue about the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, and invited him to seek it out.
• Xie Yue searched the ruins for resources, found a wounded old man in a dungeon, and freed him from the Bone-Piercing Nails.
• The old man identified himself as a Level Two Spirit Array Master and explained that he used Spiritual Power and Spirit Seals to manipulate spiritual energy and form arrays.
• The old man told Xie Yue that his life was ending and observed that Xie Yue’s Spiritual Energy conversion had reached a critical point.

Xie Yue entered a Spirit Gathering Array and rapidly converted his power, but he fell into an underground altar and was possessed by an Otherworldly Demon. The demon’s appearance terrified Spirit Hall, the God Realm, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as the chapter ended with the whale watching the Sky Screen in alarm.

• The dying old man created a First-Grade Spirit Gathering Array, allowing Xie Yue to convert his power into Spiritual Energy before the dungeon floor collapsed beneath him.
• Tang San watched the array’s power on the Sky Screen and lost confidence in his hidden weapons, realizing they could not contend with forces that invoked the laws of heaven and earth.
• Xie Yue discovered that the Blood Soul Hall had used a hundred thousand victims to nourish a demon sealed beneath the altar, and the Otherworldly Demon possessed him.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit City sealed and its defenses activated, while the Asura God ordered the Divine Realm’s passages and coordinates concealed to keep the demon from reaching them.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King watched Xie Yue’s possession on the Sky Screen and froze in alarm.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King hid at the bottom of the ocean to escape the Otherworldly Demons, while Ning Fengzhi encountered Mu Chen in the Great Thousand World and pledged himself to support him. When Ning Fengzhi tried to stabilize Mu Chen during a dangerous cultivation crisis, an ancient bird cry erupted in his mind, leaving an unknown sight behind Mu Chen.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King feared becoming prey to the Otherworldly Demons, abandoned his hopes of becoming a god, and buried himself near the Earth's Core Magma.
• Ning Fengzhi demonstrated the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's enhancing abilities to Mu Feng, who invited him to serve as the Mu Domain's Chief Guest Elder.
• When Mu Chen entered the hall, Ning Fengzhi recognized him from the Sky Screen, decided he was a destined genius, and bowed to pledge his lifelong support.
• Gu Rong praised Ning Fengzhi's decision, while Tang San grew jealous and resentful and spat blood after seeing him support Mu Chen.
• Ning Fengzhi watched Mu Chen endure the Nine Nether Sparrow's origin black flame during cultivation, then rushed in when Mu Chen appeared to suffer qi deviation.
• Ning Fengzhi used the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to enhance Mu Chen, but an ancient bird cry suddenly sounded in his mind as a terrifying sight appeared behind Mu Chen.

Mu Chen’s Nine Nether Sparrow spirit wounded Ning Fengzhi, while the Sky Screen shifted to Sea Horse Douluo’s arrival in the Great Thousand World and his meeting with Hai Bodong. As the Douluo Continent’s powers dismissed Hai Bodong as a low-ranking unaffiliated cultivator, the Boundless Ancestor appeared and challenged him over the Extreme Cold Ice Marrow.

• The Nine Nether Sparrow phantom emerged from Mu Chen and shattered Ning Fengzhi’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, but Ning Fengzhi celebrated his choice to follow Mu Chen.
• The Sky Screen switched to Sea Horse Douluo, who was stranded in the Endless Sea and attacked by a powerful three-headed sea beast.
• Hai Bodong froze the beast and the surrounding sea, then agreed to keep Sea Horse Douluo alive if he guided him to the Extreme Cold Ice Marrow.
• The Douluo Continent’s factions judged Hai Bodong to be an unaffiliated cultivator, and Bibi Dong’s advisers estimated that he was at most a First Grade Sovereign.
• The Boundless Ancestor rose from the sea, revealed himself as its master, and ordered Hai Bodong to kneel and die for coveting the Extreme Cold Ice Marrow.

Hai Bodong revealed himself as an Earthly Sovereign of the Endless Fire Domain, humbled the Boundless Ancestor, and rewarded Sea Horse Douluo with a pill and a token before leaving. When the Boundless Ancestor threatened Sea Horse Douluo for the gifts, Sea Horse surrendered them and offered to become his servant, enraging the observers on Douluo Continent.

• Hai Bodong overwhelmed the Boundless Ancestor with his Earthly Sovereign aura and identified himself through a token from the Endless Fire Domain.
• The Boundless Ancestor gave Hai Bodong the ten-thousand-year-old supreme ice marrow and begged for mercy.
• Hai Bodong gave Sea Horse Douluo a Spirit-Gathering Pill and a token to seek work at an Endless Commerce branch, then departed.
• The Boundless Ancestor threatened Sea Horse Douluo to seize the pill and token, but Sea Horse knelt and offered them up while asking to serve him.
• The Boundless Ancestor accepted Sea Horse Douluo as his dog and took him to the Dragon Palace, while Bo Saixi and the Sea God Island guardians condemned Sea Horse's submission.

Tai Tan arrived in the Great Desolation Divine Realm hoping to become a servant, but was told he was not even fit to be a dog and collapsed from humiliation. After waking in a Spirit Medicine Garden, he mistook a worker’s ordinary Soil-Loosening Hammer for a Clear Sky Hammer, only to learn that the sect treated such tools as unwanted farm equipment.

• The Sky Screen revealed that Tai Tan had landed in the Great Desolation Divine Realm, filling Douluo Continent with alarm and making Tang San hope Tai Tan would gain a foothold there.
• Crushed by the realm’s spatial laws, Tai Tan begged an Outer Sect disciple to let him serve as a dog, but the disciple dismissed him as worthless compared with the realm’s Dragon Carp and watchdogs.
• Tai Tan fainted from humiliation, and Tang San spat blood after learning his loyal servant was not even qualified to be a dog.
• Tai Tan awoke in a Spirit Medicine Garden and followed the sound of hammering to a young worker.
• Tai Tan mistook the worker’s Soil-Loosening Hammer for a Clear Sky Hammer, but the worker said it was a common farming tool piled up by the hundreds of thousands.

Tai Tan and the Douluo Continent’s powers witnessed how far the Great Desolation Divine Realm surpassed them in physical strength, Supreme Dharma Bodies, and battle formations. After Tai Tan was forced into menial labor, a grievously wounded inner sect disciple named Lin Feng arrived at the square and begged the elders for justice.

• Tang San saw the Clear Sky Hammer treated as a farming tool and fainted after vomiting blood.
• Tai Tan failed to move a Falling Star Stone, and an Outer Sect disciple flicked it away with a Supreme Dharma Body, shattering Tai Tan’s Martial Soul Avatar in the shock wave.
• The Medicine Garden steward dragged Tai Tan to Blackstone Square and ordered him to scrub the floors.
• Tai Tan watched ten thousand guards combine their battle intent into a Spirit of Battle Intent that cleaved a distant meteorite belt and the surrounding space.
• Tang San saw the Great Thousand World’s battle formation and fainted after denouncing the Douluo Continent’s military methods and sect foundations.
• A badly injured inner sect disciple, Lin Feng, crashed into Blackstone Square and cried out for the elders to give him justice.

After the Great Desolation Divine Realm ordered the Black Tortoise Divine Sect destroyed for massacring its disciples, the sect master fled with the stolen treasure to seek the Maha Ancient Clan’s protection. He offered the Primordial Divine Meridian Fruit at the clan’s gate and claimed the Great Desolation Divine Realm had insulted them.

• A surviving disciple accused the Black Tortoise Divine Sect’s Grand Elder of killing dozens of disciples and stealing their treasure, and the Great Desolation Divine Realm’s Third Elder ordered the sect razed within an hour.
• The Great Desolation Divine Realm sent ten thousand Guard Army soldiers, two Battle Array Masters, and five Earthly Sovereign stewards toward the Black Tortoise Divine Sect.
• The Xuanming Sect Master berated the Grand Elder, then agreed to flee with him to the Maha Ancient Clan and offer the Primordial Divine Meridian Fruit in exchange for protection.
• The Xuanming Sect Master and the Grand Elder reached the Maha Ancient Clan’s gate, where the guards dismissed them until the sect master revealed the treasure and demanded an audience.

The Xuanming Sect Master offered the Maha Ancient Clan a Primordial Divine Meridian Fruit and tried to provoke it against the Great Desolation Divine Realm. Maha Tian accepted the fruit but dismissed its value, leaving the sect’s plea for protection unresolved as the rival powers faced a possible war.

• The Black-Robed Elder took the Xuanming Sect Master's fruit, recognized its exceptional quality, and saw through his attempt to incite a conflict with the Great Desolation Divine Realm.
• The Black-Robed Elder decided the dispute required the Maha Ancient Clan leader's judgment and carried the Xuanming Sect Master and Grand Elder to the Maha Tian Palace.
• Bibi Dong, Tang San, the Star Luo Emperor, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect watched the Sky Screen and feared the consequences of the Maha Ancient Clan intervening.
• The Black-Robed Elder brought the two petitioners before Maha Tian, the Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign patriarch of the Maha Ancient Clan.
• Maha Tian called the Primordial Divine Meridian Fruit a mere thirst-quenching snack and swallowed it, while the Xuanming Sect Master watched in horror.

Maha Tian sent the Maha Ancient Clan’s Second Elder and three Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns to protect the Black Tortoise Divine Sect, but the Great Desolation Divine Realm refused to halt its assault. As the Maha elders moved to destroy the Divine Guard Army, a divine chariot arrived with four Half-Step Saint Grade guardian elders, and the chapter ended with the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Maha Tian declared the Black Tortoise Sect Master under his protection and dispatched the Second Elder and three Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns to the Black Tortoise Divine Sect.
• The Great Desolation Divine Realm’s army shattered the sect’s protective formation and began slaughtering its defenders until the Maha Yin-Yang Formation stopped their attack.
• The Maha Second Elder ordered the Great Desolation Divine Realm’s army to withdraw, but a silver-robed Battle Array Master crushed a tiger tally and commanded the army to keep fighting.
• The Maha Second Elder suppressed the Spirit of Battle Intent, badly injuring the ten thousand guards and the two Battle Array Masters as the Black Tortoise Sect Master celebrated.
• A young voice challenged the Maha elders, and dark-golden light tore apart their formation before a divine chariot arrived with the Great Desolation Divine Realm’s four Half-Step Saint Grade guardian elders.

The Great Desolation Divine Son forced four Maha Ancient Clan elders to kneel, then fought Maha Tian after the patriarch descended to avenge them. When Maha Tian’s deadly demon-thunder spear nearly struck the Divine Son, an unknown jade-white hand appeared and broke it.

• The Great Desolation Divine Son arrived at the Black Tortoise Divine Sect’s ruins and used a gesture to crush the knees of the four Maha Ancient Clan elders, forcing them to kneel.
• Douluo Continent’s female Soul Masters became infatuated with the Divine Son while male Soul Masters, including Tang San, reacted with jealousy and hoped the Maha Ancient Clan would kill him.
• The Maha Second Elder summoned Maha Tian, who descended in his true body and attacked the Divine Son with a giant black-and-white hand.
• The Divine Son sliced Maha Tian’s manifestation with the Heaven-Slaying sword technique, survived its counterstrike, and challenged Maha Tian despite his injuries.
• Maha Tian summoned the Great Black Heaven Demon Thunder and launched a spear at the Divine Son, but a jade-white hand stopped and snapped it just before it struck.

Su Changqing appeared at the Black Tortoise Continent, revealed his Half-Step Dominator Realm through the Firmament Ledger, and defeated Maha Tian with one finger. The Ledger’s power reached the Martial Realm and Endless Fire Domain, where Lin Dong pledged closer alliance with Su Changqing while Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao witnessed the phenomenon.

• The Great Desolation Goddess welcomed Su Changqing, who brushed dust from his disciple’s shoulder and challenged Maha Tian for threatening him.
• Maha Tian summoned his Maha Infinite Dharma Body and attacked Su Changqing, but Su revealed his name on the Firmament Ledger and shattered the Dharma Body with one finger, sending Maha Tian into the Void Turbulence.
• The Firmament Ledger appeared above the Martial Realm, and Lin Dong confirmed that Su Changqing had reached the Half-Step Dominator Realm.
• Lin Dong ordered the Martial Realm’s alliance with the Great Desolation Divine Realm raised to the highest level and threatened the ancient clans.
• The Firmament Ledger suppressed the Heavenly Flames across the Endless Fire Domain as Xiao Yan left the alchemy hall and Xiao Xiao asked whether his pill refinement had failed.

After Su Changqing shattered Maha Tian’s Dharma Body and appeared on the Firmament Ledger, leaders across the Great Thousand World recognized that he had reached the Half-Step Ruler Realm. The Undying Lord welcomed Su Changqing as the Great Thousand World’s new hope, while the Pagoda Ancient Clan panicked and moved to isolate itself.

• Xiao Yan confirmed that Su Changqing had summoned the Firmament Ledger and predicted that his power would help the Great Thousand World face the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• The Firmament Ledger’s power strengthened the Great Thousand Demon Transformation Array and suppressed the Heavenly Evil God, prompting the Undying Lord and the tomb keepers to celebrate Su Changqing’s arrival.
• The Undying Lord declared that Northern Wilderness Hill acknowledged the Great Desolation Divine Realm as sovereign and vowed to punish anyone who disrespected Su Changqing.
• Futuo Xuan learned that Su Changqing had defeated Maha Tian with one finger and caused the Firmament Ledger to appear, then collapsed in terror as he realized Su had reached the Half-Step Ruler Realm.
• Futuo Xuan ordered the Pagoda Ancient Clan to seal its outward Teleportation Arrays and recall its disciples who were training away from the clan.

Su Changqing’s power forced the Maha Ancient Clan to submit, and the myriad races honored him as the Eternal Azure Great Emperor. As Xiao Yan and Lin Dong arrived, Su Changqing warned that the Heavenly Evil God’s seal was failing and offered to share his insights to help them reach the next realm.

• Futuo Xuan ordered the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s treasures prepared so he could apologize to Su Changqing and congratulate him.
• Maha Wuliang knelt before Su Changqing, begged him to spare the Maha Ancient Clan’s descendants, and pledged the clan’s submission; Su Changqing accepted and left the aftermath to the Divine Son and Divine Maiden.
• The Divine Son ordered the Black Tortoise Divine Sect destroyed, and the Divine Guard Army razed its main peak.
• The myriad races gathered at the Great Desolation Divine Realm and proclaimed Su Changqing the Eternal Azure Great Emperor.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong arrived, and Su Changqing told them the Heavenly Evil God’s seal was weakening and offered to share his insights so they could advance.

Xiao Yan and Lin Dong entered seclusion to break through toward the Half-Step Ruler realm, and their auras devastated parts of the Douluo Continent. The Outer Realm Evil Clan sacrificed billions of demons to breach the Great Thousand World's barrier and launch an attack on the Great Desolation Divine Realm, leaving everyone waiting to see whether Su Changqing would intervene.

• Su Changqing revealed his insights into the World Will, and Xiao Yan and Lin Dong began attempting to reach the Half-Step Ruler realm inside the Main Hall.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was crushed and gravely injured when a trace of Xiao Yan and Lin Dong's breakthrough aura reached the Demonic Whale Sea.
• A Spirit Hall branch's Platinum Bishop watched the Angel Statue shatter under the projected pressure and lost faith in Spirit Hall's power.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor and the other Heavenly Demon Emperors decided to interrupt the breakthroughs and sacrificed billions of demon soldiers to tear open the Plane Barrier above the Great Desolation Divine Realm.
• Demonic energy poured through the breach as the Ten Thousand Clans' Heavenly Sovereigns realized Xiao Yan and Lin Dong could not defend themselves and looked toward Su Changqing's Main Hall.

Su Changqing trapped and annihilated the invading Heavenly Demon Emperors with a formation he had prepared in advance. As Xiao Yan and Lin Dong’s breakthroughs appeared to falter, Su Changqing steadied their auras with a single word, and a world-shaking blast erupted above the Black Tortoise Continent.

• Su Changqing revealed that he had prepared the Heaven-Deceiving Grand Formation to trap the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s surprise attack.
• Su Changqing destroyed the trapped Heavenly Demon Emperors before they could escape or self-detonate.
• Tang San doubted that Xiao Yan and Lin Dong could reach the half-step Ruler realm through Su Changqing’s guidance.
• Soul Masters in the Embracing Moon Tower mocked Xiao Yan and Lin Dong as their auras grew unstable, expecting their breakthroughs to fail.
• Su Changqing said “Steady” and sent world power into Xiao Yan’s Fire Lotus and Lin Dong’s Martial Dao Runes.
• A tremendous blast shook the Great Thousand World above the Black Tortoise Continent.

Xiao Yan and Lin Dong broke through to the Half-Step Ruler Realm with Su Changqing’s help, shocking Douluo Continent and deepening its inhabitants’ despair over their cultivation system. Su Changqing warned that the Heavenly Evil God’s seal was failing and, rather than wait for him to escape, began to suggest a more proactive plan.

• The Firmament Ledger appeared as Su Changqing safeguarded Xiao Yan and Lin Dong, helping them break through to the Half-Step Ruler Realm and inscribe their names beside his.
• The Ledger’s three Half-Step Ruler auras overwhelmed Douluo Continent, crushing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and melting ice in the Far North despite the Ice Empress’s Ultimate Ice.
• The Snow Empress told the Ice Empress that Douluo’s Soul Ring system was a barbaric cage, while Tang San and other Soul Masters despaired over the gulf between their power and the three rulers.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong thanked Su Changqing for his guidance, and he said he had helped them prepare for the approaching calamity.
• Su Changqing revealed that cracks had appeared in the Great Thousand Demon Transformation Array at Northern Wilderness Hill and warned that the Heavenly Evil God might soon break free.
• Xiao Yan vowed to fight the Heavenly Evil God with his Half-Step Ruler Buddha’s Fury Flame Lotus, but Su Changqing rejected waiting for the enemy to escape as too passive.

The Sky Screen selected the Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Yu Mianluo, and Tang San as compulsory explorers, transporting them to the Great Thousand World. After arriving inside the Great Desolation Divine Realm and gaining strength from its spiritual energy, the Ice Empress and Snow Empress sought to serve the Divine Lord, but found themselves before the Great Desolation Goddess.

• The Sky Screen announced three new compulsory Explorer slots and selected the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, Yu Mianluo, and Tang San.
• Yu Mianluo panicked as he was transported away, while Tang San convinced himself that he could survive in the Great Thousand World and steal powerful cultivation techniques.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress arrived at the Great Desolation Divine Realm, where the concentrated spiritual energy immediately helped the Ice Empress break through her cultivation bottleneck.
• The two women decided to seek the Divine Lord's protection and offer to serve him, then climbed to the Main Hall to request an audience.
• The Great Desolation Goddess appeared before them, and the Ice Empress and Snow Empress knelt and asked to remain in the Divine Realm as slaves or maids.