Chapter Summaries

Lin Qian completed the Asura inheritance, became a God King, and returned to the secret realm with his power bound to his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul. He asked to keep his ascension secret, but the God King of Goodness arrived and pressed him to explain himself.

• Lin Qian completed the Asura's Ninth Trial, gained the Asura godhood and a Tenth Divine Ring, and had the ages of all his Soul Rings increased.
• Wang Qiu'er completed her trial and received five Soul Power levels, increased Soul Ring ages, and a Divine Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Lin Qian left the inheritance ground, returned to the Asura Secret Realm, and promised the First-Generation Asura God to uphold the inheritance's mission.
• Lin Qian asked the First-Generation Asura God to conceal his ascension, but the God King of Goodness appeared and asked why.
• Lin Qian learned that the God King of Goodness controlled the Divine Realm Center while Evil was away, then asked her to keep his godhood secret.

Lin Qian tried to persuade the Godess of Kindness to leave the Evil God King and consider him instead. She departed without deciding, but agreed that he could contact her through Divine Sense and shared his wish to keep their conversation secret.

• The Godess of Kindness agreed to speak privately with Lin Qian, while Wang Qiu'er worried about her joining the family.
• Lin Qian praised the Godess of Kindness and asked about her marriage to the Evil God King.
• Lin Qian argued that the Evil God King did not love or care for her and urged her to give him up.
• Lin Qian asked the Godess of Kindness to give him a chance, and she said she needed time to think.
• The Godess of Kindness told Lin Qian he could reach her through Divine Sense, and Lin Qian asked her to keep their conversation from the Evil God King.

Lin Qian concealed his ascension as the Second-generation Asura God while learning about the Divine Realm’s history and taking on its authority over punishment. The first Asura God began instructing him in the role, leaving Lin Qian to prepare to become the sole Asura God King.

• The Godess of Kindness invited Lin Qian to ascend soon, and he invited her to visit the mortal realm before she departed.
• Wang Qiu'er questioned Lin Qian about his conversation with the Godess of Kindness, and he explained that they had discussed the Divine Realm.
• Lin Qian ended the Asura Secret Realm and returned to Slaughter City, where he secretly completed his ascension as the Second-generation Asura God.
• Lin Qian absorbed the faith and life force gathered in Slaughter City and claimed the authority to judge the merits and faults of the gods.
• The first Asura God began teaching Lin Qian the Divine Realm’s ranks, history, and sentencing guidelines, including the origins of the Five Great God Kings.

Lin Qian became the Asura God King at Level 151 and learned that he might one day reach the legendary rank of Supreme God King or God of Creation. He concealed his ascension so he could wait for the Rakshasa God and deal with her while preserving her god position.

• Lin Qian learned the Divine Realm’s hierarchy and that his power had risen to Level 151 after inheriting the Asura position.
• The First-Generation Asura God told Lin Qian that he might reach the rank of Supreme God King or God of Creation once he ascended to the Divine Realm.
• Lin Qian decided to conceal that he had become a god and wait to see when the Rakshasa God would act and whether she had allies.
• Lin Qian dismissed his Asura God Armor and sent the Asura God Sword into the Asura Brand on his forehead.
• Wang Qiu'er congratulated Lin Qian but felt distant from him, so he reassured her and took her hand as they left together.

Lin Qian began connecting the western coast’s states to Spirit Hall through trade and local branches, while Bibi Dong approved his plan and received a warning from the Rakshasa God about the Asura God. Months later, Qian Daoliu learned Lin Qian had returned but kept the news secret as he put Qian Renxue through an increasingly difficult trial.

• Lin Qian and Wang Qiu'er traveled through the Far West Great Wilderness and nearby states as he inspected the region and planned to link the western coast together.
• Lin Qian used the Sun Moon Merchant Association and Spirit Hall Branches to recruit nearby principalities and kingdoms into his infiltration plan.
• Bibi Dong received Lin Qian's letter, approved his plan, and ordered that his initiatives receive the same priority as her own.
• The Rakshasa God warned Bibi Dong to be ready to kill the Asura God when he reappeared, then refused to answer her questions.
• Qian Daoliu learned Lin Qian had returned and concealed the news while he intensified Qian Renxue's Angel Trial.

Qian Renxue passed the Angel Sixth Trial by enduring Qian Daoliu’s attacks and unleashing her new domain skill, Ten Thousand Suns Soaring to Heaven. The Angel God granted her an unexpected Divine Bestowed Soul Ring and said that “he” would return soon, leaving Qian Daoliu wondering about the new godhood successor on Sea God Island.

• Qian Renxue rose after Qian Daoliu broke her shield and unleashed Ten Thousand Suns Soaring to Heaven, forcing him to defend and slide back across the arena.
• Qian Daoliu congratulated Qian Renxue for passing the Angel Sixth Trial and reaching Level 90, while the incense burned out.
• Qian Renxue received a Divine Bestowed Soul Ring, surprising both her and Qian Daoliu.
• The Angel God spoke to Qian Renxue, praised her talent, and explained that the Soul Ring was an extra reward.
• The Angel God said that “he” would return soon, while Qian Daoliu pondered the new godhood successor on Sea God Island.

After four years away, Lin Qian returned to Heaven Dou City with Wang Qiu'er and visited Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion. Their reunion revealed their relationship to Tang Yuehua’s students, while Lin Qian’s thoughts turned to the coming war and the suffering it could bring.

• Lin Qian ended his meditation in the Asura Secret Realm, and he and Wang Qiu'er decided to return to the continent.
• Ten days later, Lin Qian and Wang Qiu'er arrived in Heaven Dou City, where Lin Qian worried that an impending war would bring hardship to ordinary people.
• Lin Qian brought Wang Qiu'er to Moonlight Pavilion and explained his relationship with its mistress, Tang Yuehua.
• Wang Qiu'er called the pavilion’s visitors posers, but Lin Qian calmly got past two students who tried to stop them.
• Lin Qian greeted Tang Yuehua, who rushed to him excitedly and called him Little Si in front of her students, revealing their relationship.

Lin Qian met Tang San privately and spun a tale about his past, boasting of his strength and status while Tang San grew envious and eager to attach himself to him. Lin Qian agreed to keep Tang San in Heaven Dou City as an intelligence gatherer, then asked him to explain the current situation.

• Lin Qian and Tang San left Moonlight Pavilion and continued their awkward conversation at a teahouse.
• Tang San asked about Lin Qian's past, and Lin Qian invented an elaborate story about fleeing Spirit City, surviving a hunt, and gaining strength.
• Lin Qian claimed to be a rank eighty-five Soul Douluo with Soul Bones, and Tang San reacted with intense jealousy before asking about his title as Duke of Spirit Ice.
• Lin Qian said he would delay taking revenge on Spirit Hall until he had built up his strength, and Tang San became excited by his ambition.
• Tang San asked to follow Lin Qian after graduating from Moonlight Pavilion, and Lin Qian assigned him to gather intelligence in Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Qian asked Tang San to describe the situation in detail because he had only recently returned to the Heaven Dou Empire.

Tang San told Lin Qian that Emperor Qinghe had succeeded Xue Ye, while Xue Beng’s faction was preparing to challenge the throne. After learning that Tang San planned to support Xue Beng against Spirit Hall, Lin Qian feigned joining them and revised his plans in light of Spirit Hall’s growing activity.

• Tang San described Xue Ye’s death and Emperor Qinghe’s discreet rule, while Lin Qian recognized that Qian Renxue had taken the throne and left court opposition to gather around Xue Beng.
• Tang San explained that he had befriended Xue Beng and believed the prince was a survivor who had pretended to be a wastrel to escape Xue Qinghe’s plots.
• Lin Qian questioned Xue Beng’s suitability, then pretended to accept Tang San’s account and said he wanted to join the prince’s faction.
• Tang San reported that Spirit Hall had been recruiting Soul Masters, and Lin Qian realized Bibi Dong might be preparing the Soul Hunting Operation before he had expected.

Lin Qian visited the Heaven Dou Martial Soul Saint Hall and learned how the conflict between Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue had led to Snake Lance Douluo overseeing the temple. After binding Snake Lance to his service, Lin Qian ordered him to monitor Heaven Dou and declared that he would soon reconcile the Papal Palace and Douluo Hall and take control.

• Lin Qian arrived at the Heaven Dou Martial Soul Saint Hall and reunited with its Platinum Bishop, Snake Lance Douluo.
• Snake Lance explained that Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue had fought over the position until Qian Daoliu appointed him to oversee Heaven Dou.
• Snake Lance told Lin Qian that Qian Renxue had returned to Spirit City after Xue Ye's death, while an impersonator played Xue Qinghe and Porcupinefish Douluo guarded the palace.
• Lin Qian used his Asura Domain to demand Snake Lance's absolute loyalty and placed his Asura Brand on him.
• Lin Qian instructed Snake Lance to keep watch over Heaven Dou with Porcupinefish Douluo and announced that he would soon unite the Papal Palace and Douluo Hall under his control.

Lin Qian brought the Heaven Dou Temple and Star Luo Sacred Hall under his control, then approved Tang San’s plan to establish the Tang Sect and claimed the title of Grand Supreme Sect Master. He recruited the Strength Clan as the sect’s first hall, leaving Tang San bewildered as Lin Qian took charge.

• Lin Qian used a divine brand to control Porcupinefish Douluo Ci Xue, then persuaded Catherine to accept Asura Brand Planting at the Star Luo Sacred Hall.
• Tang San proposed founding the Tang Sect, and Lin Qian approved while securing the title of Grand Supreme Sect Master.
• Lin Qian summoned the Strength Clan’s Tai Tan, Tai Nuo, and Tai Long, then impressed them with his rank and disguised red soul rings.
• Tai Tan accepted Lin Qian’s invitation to join the Tang Sect and agreed to lead its forging work as the first elder of Strength Hall.
• Tai Tan offered to use his position in the Blacksmith Association to procure rare metals, while Tang San watched Lin Qian take the lead.

Lin Qian won Tai Tan's recognition and persuaded the Strength Clan to bring the Four Single-Attribute Clans' gathering forward, while Tang San handed him control of the arrangements. As Lin Qian and Tai Tan grew closer and waited for the other clans, Tang San was left sidelined, and their arrival was imminent.

• Lin Qian impressed Tai Tan with his forging knowledge and soul guidance technology, then proposed moving up the Four Single-Attribute Clans' gathering.
• Tai Tan and Tai Nuo explained the other clans' resentment toward the Clear Sky Sect, especially the Breaking Clan's losses after Spirit Hall attacked.
• Lin Qian offered to make amends for the Clear Sky Sect's wrongs, and Tang San deferred all arrangements to him.
• Lin Qian told Tai Tan to spread the word quickly and summon the other three clans ahead of schedule.
• Lin Qian discussed soul guidance technology with Tai Tan and demonstrated it by making him a Storage Device while Tang San watched resentfully.

Lin Qian used Tai Tan’s supposed grave illness to gather the Four Single-Attribute Clans and offered to compensate them through the Tang Sect. When Niu Gao challenged his motives and strength, Lin Qian revealed that he was also a Soul Douluo and called for a real fight.

• Niu Gao rushed to Heaven Dou City after hearing that Tai Tan was dying, only to find Tai Tan alive and well.
• Lin Qian introduced himself as the Duke of Spirit Ice and explained that he had gathered the clans to compensate them for the Clear Sky Sect’s treatment and invite them to join the Tang Sect.
• Niu Gao said the Defense Clan needed no compensation and released his Soul Douluo pressure to test Lin Qian.
• Lin Qian countered with his Ultimate Ice aura and told Niu Gao he was twenty-two years old.
• Niu Gao offered to join and persuade the other two clans if Lin Qian could endure his attacks for the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Lin Qian rejected the test and revealed that he was a Soul Douluo too, challenging Niu Gao to a proper fight.

Lin Qian revealed that he was a rank eighty-five Soul Douluo and challenged Niu Gao to a contest of strength, defeating him without using his Martial Soul. Niu Gao accepted his loss and learned that Lin Qian was the Tang Sect’s Grand Supreme Sect Master, then asked who the Sect Master was.

• Lin Qian revealed his eight Soul Rings and introduced himself as a rank eighty-five Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Douluo.
• Lin Qian offered to take one punch from Niu Gao while Niu Gao could strike him three times, and they moved to the open ground to begin.
• Niu Gao struck Lin Qian with thirty percent and then seventy percent of his strength, but Lin Qian remained unharmed and mocked him.
• Niu Gao’s full-strength third punch vanished in Lin Qian’s palm, after which Lin Qian’s punch sent him flying in a gale.
• Lin Qian retrieved Niu Gao, who admitted defeat, and Tai Tan invited him to join the Tang Sect.
• Niu Gao learned that Lin Qian was the Tang Sect’s Grand Supreme Sect Master and asked who its Sect Master was.

Lin Qian helped the Defense Clan join the Tang Sect, then welcomed Bai He and the Speed Clan and persuaded them to consider joining. He offered to race Bai Chenxiang with his Soul Power suppressed, and they prepared to compete.

• Tang San revealed that he was Tang Hao's son and the Tang Sect's sect master, and Niu Gao vented his resentment before the Defense Clan joined the Tang Sect.
• Lin Qian and Niu Gao drank together, while Lin Qian planned to gradually ease the Defense Clan's hostility toward Spirit Hall.
• Bai He arrived with the Speed Clan, and Tai Tan and Niu Gao pretended their clans could no longer help him before introducing Lin Qian.
• Lin Qian reassured Bai He that the Speed Clan could leave the Tang Sect freely and proposed a fair speed contest against Bai Chenxiang.
• Bai Chenxiang accepted the challenge, introduced herself, and met Lin Qian in the center of the hall.

Lin Qian outmaneuvered Bai Chenxiang and then Bai He in speed contests, demonstrating his Spatial Transfer. Bai He conceded and agreed to have the Speed Clan join the Tang Sect.

• Lin Qian challenged Bai Chenxiang to touch him within one stick of incense, and she failed despite releasing her martial soul and using her soul skills.
• Bai He accepted Lin Qian's challenge, and Lin Qian promised the Tang Sect would provide the Speed Clan with resources without imposing orders on it.
• Bai He released his martial soul and used his Martial Soul Avatar and Swift Clones, but Lin Qian continued to evade him with Spatial Transfer.
• Bai He admitted defeat and said the Speed Clan was willing to join the Tang Sect.

Lin Qian displayed his two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and secured the Speed Clan’s place in the Tang Sect. When Bai He said he might leave if Yang Wudi refused to join, Lin Qian promised to persuade the Breaking Clan’s chief himself.

• Lin Qian revealed eight Soul Rings, including two red ones, and Bai He apologized for his granddaughter’s challenge.
• Bai Chenxiang questioned Lin Qian about his red Soul Rings, but he ignored her and went to speak with the elders.
• At the celebratory meal, Bai He learned Tang San was the sect master but judged Lin Qian to be the Tang Sect’s real decision-maker.
• Bai He said he might leave with Yang Wudi if the Breaking Clan refused to join, because he felt indebted to its chief.
• Lin Qian assured Bai He he would speak with Yang Wudi and bring him into the Tang Sect.

Lin Qian won Bai He's trust by accepting the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and agreeing to help persuade Yang Wudi to join the Tang Sect. When Yang Wudi arrived, Lin Qian secretly refined pills while Tang San and the clan chiefs negotiated, and the chapter ended with Yang Wudi reacting to the pills’ fragrance.

• Bai He praised Lin Qian and described Yang Wudi’s stubbornness and obsession with medicine, then gave Lin Qian the Speed Clan’s Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
• Lin Qian called Bai He “Grandpa,” delighting him and making him even more eager to promote a match between Lin Qian and Bai Chenxiang.
• Yang Wudi arrived at the Tang Sect, where Lin Qian refined pills while Tai Tan introduced Tang San and the clan chiefs discussed moving to Heaven Dou City.
• Yang Wudi agreed to stay and accept Tang San as sect master, but demanded the position of supreme sect master and was rebuffed by Tai Tan, Niu Gao, and Bai He.
• Yang Wudi suddenly exclaimed over the fragrance from Lin Qian’s pill furnace.

Lin Qian challenged Yang Wudi to a duel, wagering pills against Yang Wudi joining the Tang Sect. Lin Qian overwhelmed him with his Ice Jade Scorpion abilities, and Yang Wudi conceded, bringing the Breaking Clan into the Tang Sect.

• Lin Qian handed pills to Tai Tan, Niu Gao, and Bai He, then challenged Yang Wudi to fight for a chance to receive pills.
• Lin Qian bet that Yang Wudi would join the Tang Sect if he lost, and Yang Wudi accepted for the pills.
• Yang Wudi revealed his level eighty-two Soul Breaking Spear and attacked Lin Qian with his Soul Skills.
• Lin Qian unveiled his formidable Soul Rings and used Ice Bear Blizzard to freeze Yang Wudi.
• Yang Wudi unleashed Annihilation, but Lin Qian countered with Peerless Ice Extreme and shattered his spear.
• Yang Wudi conceded to protect the pills, and the Breaking Clan joined the Tang Sect.

Lin Qian organized the four clans into the Tang Sect’s five halls and arranged for Spirit Hall to infiltrate them. He then visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where the Four Elements Academy had challenged its students, and Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er recognized him.

• Yang Wudi accepted Lin Qian’s Heart of Silk Beauty and became enthusiastic about refining pills with Lin Qian’s methods.
• Lin Qian ordered the four clans to settle their affairs and relocate to Heaven Dou City, where he assigned them roles in the Tang Sect’s five halls and placed a covert Martial Hall under his command.
• Lin Qian lured Yang Wudi away with immortal pills and sent him to refine medicine, allowing Spirit Hall to infiltrate the Breaking Clan.
• Lin Qian arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and learned that students from the Four Elements Academy had come to spar with its students.
• Tai Long and Bai Chenxiang joined Lin Qian as he approached the sparring circle, where a Blazing Fire Academy student had just beaten a Heaven Dou Royal Academy student.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er recognized Lin Qian and ran toward him.