Chapter Summaries

Lu Ren battered the Divine Realm’s barrier until he briefly opened a passage, then vanished as the breach healed, leaving the Douluo Continent believing he had died. Huo Yuhao ascended to the Divine Realm through his inherited god position, while the God Realm Committee learned of Lu Ren’s failed attempt and debated what his survival might have meant.

• Lu Ren repeatedly struck the Divine Realm barrier, eventually opening a tiny breach before his body disintegrated and his presence disappeared.
• Nana reassured Meng Hongchen that Lu Ren was alive and had gone where he needed to go, while Huo Yuhao sensed that Lu Ren was truly gone from the continent.
• Lu Ren’s disappearance awakened Huo Yuhao’s Divine Nature Seed and made him the strongest being on the Douluo Continent.
• Rong Nianbing appeared and guided Huo Yuhao through the Divine Realm’s barrier, allowing him to ascend.
• Tang San argued for eliminating Lu Ren at a God Realm Committee meeting, but the Destruction God King favored letting him ascend.
• A God Official reported that Lu Ren had died after briefly punching through the Divine Realm barrier, leaving Tang San stunned and the Destruction God King regretful.

Huo Yuhao entered the Divine Realm with Lu Ren’s hidden Soul Clone inside his Divine Sea, while Lu Ren’s real body secretly escaped to the Undead Plane. Lu Ren explained that Ye Guyi’s Divine Fragment could let her inherit the Angel God Position and protect him when he eventually infiltrated the Divine Realm.

• Tang San dismissed doubts about Lu Ren’s fate, and the God Kings ended their meeting believing the mortal had died.
• Twelve God Officials welcomed Huo Yuhao as the newly ascended God of Emotion and escorted him toward the God Kings and Enforcers.
• Lu Ren revealed that his Soul Clone had merged with Huo Yuhao and could secretly infiltrate the Divine Realm, while his real body remained hidden in the Undead Plane.
• Lu Ren told Ye Guyi that a Divine Fragment in her body had enabled her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul’s Second Awakening and might allow her to inherit the Angel God Position.
• Ye Guyi promised to awaken the fragment’s power and ascend to help Lu Ren, while he told her to proceed step by step.

Ice Empress and Snow Empress awakened at the limits of their cultivation, and both confessed their feelings for Lu Ren, who accepted them. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao met Tang San in the Divine Realm as Lu Ren secretly hid within his Divine Sea, and Tang San planned to win Huo Yuhao’s trust before using news of Huo Yun’er to recruit him.

• Ice Empress and Snow Empress emerged from seclusion after reaching the limits of their cultivation, then caught up with Lu Ren about the past five years.
• Ice Empress confronted Lu Ren about his relationship with Ye Guyi, confessed her feelings, and kissed him; Snow Empress revealed that she felt the same, and Lu Ren accepted them both.
• Ye Guyi arrived at Lu Ren’s room, overheard the three of them, and fled in embarrassment after Ice Empress invited her inside.
• Twelve God Officials escorted Huo Yuhao to Tang San, who examined his Divine Sea but failed to detect Lu Ren’s concealed Soul Clone.
• Tang San questioned Huo Yuhao about Lu Ren’s supposed death, ordered him to attend the God Realm Committee meeting in three days, and decided to win his trust before revealing that Huo Yun’er was in the Divine Realm.

Lu Ren relaxed with the Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Ye Guyi while he waited for his Frostbone Dragon to absorb powerful dragon souls and for Huo Yuhao to gather intelligence in the Divine Realm. There, Huo Yuhao witnessed Tang San and the Destruction God King clash over expanding the Divine Realm, and the Destruction God King began preparing a secret move to seize control of the Divine Realm Center.

• Lu Ren explained that he planned to use his Frostbone Dragon, once it absorbed the water and fire dragon souls, to open a passage between Douluo Continent and the Divine Realm, and Ye Guyi joined him in resting.
• Huo Yuhao learned the Emotion God Position's powers and attended a God Realm Committee meeting, where he observed the divisions among the gods.
• The Destruction God King argued that the Divine Realm should expand to create more God Positions, while Tang San rejected the proposal and insisted its rules remain unchanged.
• The Destruction God King left the meeting and resolved to expand the Divine Realm despite Tang San's opposition, blaming Tang San's conservatism for Lu Ren's death.
• At Destruction Castle, the Destruction God King ordered eight deities to begin preparing for his plan to take control of the Divine Realm Center, silencing one who questioned the timing.

The Destruction God King set his First-Level Gods to prepare a covert operation against Tang San while he moved to seize the Divine Realm Center. Huo Yuhao learned that conflict was imminent and agreed to let Lu Ren control his body to help reclaim his mother, though Lu Ren tricked him into establishing another binding vow.

• The Destruction God King ordered eight First-Level Gods to prepare secretly and declared that he would deal with the Sea God after taking control of the Divine Realm Center.
• Huo Yuhao sensed a gathering presence of destruction and heard Lu Ren explain that his recovery of the God of Emotion's power had weakened the memory-erasing effect.
• Huo Yuhao confronted Lu Ren about their arrangement, but Lu Ren maneuvered him into establishing another binding vow by agreeing that they would work as one.
• Lu Ren revealed that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing guarded Huo Yuhao's mother's soul and could merge into the Hell White Tiger, then offered to control Huo Yuhao's body to face them.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to Lu Ren's plan and resumed cultivation, accepting that he needed Lu Ren's help to retrieve his mother.

The Destruction God King confronted Tang San at the God Realm Committee and demanded the Divine Realm Center, starting a battle that left Tang San wounded. Meanwhile, four Original Sin Gods surrounded Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s home to target Huo Yun’er, and Huo Yuhao revealed himself while claiming Tang San was his enemy.

• The Destruction God King demanded the Divine Realm Center, and Tang San refused before their powers clashed above the God Realm Committee.
• The Destruction God King’s destructive attack overwhelmed Tang San’s Sea God power and drove him back, drawing blood.
• The Gods of Greed, Sloth, Envy, and Pride surrounded Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s home, where Huo Yun’er was staying.
• The God of Sloth detected Huo Yuhao hiding nearby after he lost control of his emotions, and Lu Ren explained that his inexperience had exposed him.
• Huo Yuhao emerged and told the four gods he had come to find his mother, adding that Tang San had kidnapped her and was therefore his enemy.

Huo Yuhao confronted the Original Sin Gods over his plan to take his mother from the wooden house, while Lu Ren revealed that he intended to seize the Divine Realm Center. As the gods began fighting, Huo Yuhao headed for the house to rescue his mother.

• The Original Sin Gods doubted Huo Yuhao's claim that he was Tang San's enemy and questioned whether he had come to help them or was acting as Tang San's agent.
• Lu Ren told Huo Yuhao that he wanted control of the Divine Realm Center and urged him to protect his mother with his power of emotion so she could leave the Divine Realm.
• Huo Yuhao declared that he would fight anyone who stopped him from taking his mother, while Dai Mubai urged him to help defend the house and argued that he had kept her safe.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Dai Mubai for helping Tang San hold his mother's soul, but Dai Mubai insisted she was safe with him; the God of Greed then attacked Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, and the God of Pride joined the assault.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing fought back and began their Hell White Tiger fusion technique as Huo Yuhao raced toward the wooden house to reach his mother.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Huo Yun'er, but the four Original Sin Gods attacked before they could leave. With Huo Yuhao's consent, Lu Ren took control of his body, revealed overwhelming power, and prepared to fight the gods.

• Huo Yuhao found Huo Yun'er in the hut, and the two embraced as he promised to take her away.
• A voice warned Huo Yuhao that the battle outside had ended, and he saw Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing unconscious while the four Original Sin Gods targeted him and his mother.
• The God of Pride attacked Huo Yuhao, who defended the hut's entrance and endured the blow while keeping Huo Yun'er out of danger.
• When the God of Pride unleashed Proud World Nine Heavens, Huo Yuhao agreed to let Lu Ren take control of his body so Lu Ren could protect his mother.
• Lu Ren appeared in Huo Yuhao's body, cut apart the God of Pride's attack and divine pressure, and declared that he would absorb the four Original Sin Gods' Divine Power.

Lu Ren used Huo Yuhao’s power to summon an enhanced Mahoraga and overwhelm the four Original Sin Gods, cutting apart their attacks and absorbing their divine power. He left the defeated gods, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing alive, intending to target the Divine Realm Center and reserve his vendetta for Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils.

• The God of Pride attacked Lu Ren, but Lu Ren summoned a newly resurrected Mahoraga that blocked the divine swords and fought the gods with abilities inherited from the other Shikigami.
• Mahoraga endured and recovered from the Original Sin Gods’ attacks, adapted to them, and forced the God of Envy to retreat with lightning.
• Lu Ren used Malevolent Shrine’s World-Cutting Slashes to destroy the God of Envy’s Light of Jealousy, then absorbed the divine power released by the gods.
• The Original Sin Gods tried to flee, but Mahoraga broke up their formation while Lu Ren cut down their attacks and drained their divine power until they could no longer move.
• Lu Ren spared the four gods and the unconscious Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, deciding to keep the gods as future sources of power and pursue control of the Divine Realm Center.

Lu Ren defeated the four Original Sin Gods and helped Huo Yuhao understand the power of the God of Emotion before Huo Yuhao escaped the Divine Realm with Huo Yun'er. In the Undead Plane, Huo Yuhao reunited with Lu Ren and learned that three years had passed in the mortal world and that Lu Ren still planned to seize control of the Divine Realm Center.

• Lu Ren spared the drained Original Sin Gods, revealed himself as Huo Yuhao wielding the God of Emotion's power, and sent them fleeing with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lu Ren explained that the seven deadly sins branched from the God of Emotion's authority, prompting Huo Yuhao to reconsider how to use his godly power.
• Huo Yuhao regained control, took Huo Yun'er through the Divine Realm's gate, and brought her to the Undead Plane, where Electrolux welcomed them.
• After settling Huo Yun'er in the Undead Plane, Huo Yuhao found Lu Ren resting in a courtyard with Meng Hongchen, Ju Zi, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress, while Ye Guyi cultivated in seclusion.
• Lu Ren told Huo Yuhao that three days in the Divine Realm had equaled three years on the Douluo Continent and ordered him to return to keep working toward control of the Divine Realm Center.

Huo Yuhao reunited with his mother in the Undead Plane and found that Lu Ren had revived Dai Hao to keep her company as punishment for the destruction of the Star Luo Empire. After returning to the Divine Realm, Huo Yuhao surrendered control of his body to Lu Ren, who opened the Undead Gate and began his invasion.

• Huo Yuhao walked with Huo Yun'er through the Undead Plane and found Dai Hao tending flowers nearby.
• Dai Hao told Huo Yuhao that Lu Ren had revived him and that witnessing the destruction of the Star Luo Empire was his punishment.
• Huo Yuhao told Dai Hao to atone by properly keeping Huo Yun'er company, then said goodbye to his mother and left through a gate.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Divine Realm and saw Tang San's battle against the Destruction God King tilting in Tang San's favor.
• Lu Ren took control of Huo Yuhao's body, opened the Undead Gate, and ordered the Undead Army to help him invade the Divine Realm.

Lu Ren unleashed his evolved undead and Cursed Spirit armies in the Divine Realm, using the Divine Power of four Original Sin Gods to raise four Cursed Spirits to First-Level God strength. As the forces began draining gods to expand Lu Ren’s power, he learned that the Goddess of Life had joined Destruction’s battle against Tang San, threatening to escalate the conflict.

• Lu Ren explained that years of evolution and the Divine Realm’s energy had raised every undead creature and Cursed Spirit to God Official cultivation, while his Public Information Binding Vow grew stronger as he disclosed details to Huo Yuhao.
• Lu Ren infused four powerful Cursed Spirits with the Divine Power of the Original Sin Gods, elevating them to strength comparable to First-Level Gods.
• Lu Ren ordered Kurourushi and the other Cursed Spirits to lead the army in draining Divine Power from God Officials and lower-ranked gods without killing them, so the Divine Realm’s weakened gods could continuously supply him with power.
• Lu Ren and Huo Yuhao agreed to keep their forces hidden and gather strength before confronting the Divine Realm, with Lu Ren also counting on Ye Guyi’s future ascension and his Frostbone Dragon.
• Lu Ren sensed that the Goddess of Life had joined the battle between Tang San and Destruction, siding with her husband, the Destruction God King.

Lu Ren located the remaining Original Sin Gods and headed for Destruction Castle while Tang San revealed his Asura God Position in his fight against the Destruction God King and the Goddess of Life. At the castle, the wounded gods discussed Huo Yuhao’s strength before an unseen intruder appeared.

• Lu Ren concluded that the Goddess of Life’s alliance with her husband gave Tang San’s side a decisive advantage, so he set out to find the remaining Original Sin Gods and Zhou Weiqing.
• Lu Ren sensed the blood-red power of Tang San’s Asura God Position and continued toward Destruction Castle, hoping to weaken the Destruction God King’s forces.
• Greed, Pride, Envy, and Sloth recovered in Destruction Castle while Gluttony, Wrath, Desire, and Zhou Weiqing guarded them.
• Greed told the others that Huo Yuhao had defeated the four Original Sin Gods and might possess half-step God King strength.
• Desire urged the gods to recover before facing the crisis, then wondered aloud what Huo Yuhao looked like when he fought.
• An ominous wind swept through the hall, and an unseen speaker remarked that the castle’s heavy aura of destruction made it easy to have nightmares.

Huo Yuhao, appearing with Cursed Seals and extra eyes, entered Destruction Castle to claim the Original Sin Gods’ negative Divine Power. After he easily absorbed the God of Wrath’s attack, the God of Desire ensnared him in an alluring illusion and tried to make him surrender.

• The eight gods recognized Huo Yuhao’s voice, and the God of Desire welcomed the chance to confront him.
• Huo Yuhao emerged from a rift in the Divine Realm, mocked the God of Desire’s seduction, and said he had come to collect their negative Divine Power.
• Zhou Weiqing ordered an attack, and the God of Wrath struck Huo Yuhao with a massive flaming fist.
• Huo Yuhao cut the fist apart with an Invisible Slash, split a spire behind the God of Wrath, and absorbed the Divine Power from the attack.
• The God of Desire surrounded Huo Yuhao with an illusion of beauties, embraced him from behind, and tried to seduce him into lowering his guard.

Lu Ren resisted the God of Desire’s illusion and revealed that the Original Sin Gods’ powers nourished him, while Mahoraga’s adaptation neutralized the God of Devastation’s attacks. He left the gods stunned after cutting down the God of Gluttony and defeating Zhou Weiqing in a single strike.

• The God of Desire tried to restrain Lu Ren with an illusion, but he broke free and found the God of Wrath, God of Gluttony, and Zhou Weiqing injured from their attacks.
• The gods realized Lu Ren absorbed most of their powers, and Zhou Weiqing’s hammers were the only attacks that could initially harm him.
• Lu Ren cut the God of Gluttony in half with a slash, then unleashed a barrage of slashes that wounded the God of Wrath and forced the God of Desire to evade his attack.
• Zhou Weiqing struck Lu Ren with his ultimate technique, but Mahoraga’s adaptation made Lu Ren immune to the God of Devastation’s power.
• Lu Ren appeared behind Zhou Weiqing, shattered his armor, and slashed him unconscious, leaving the Original Sin Gods shocked by his strength.

Lu Ren defeated the God of Wrath, subdued the remaining Original Sin Gods, and absorbed the Seven Deadly Sins' Divine Power, raising his presence to the half-step God King Realm. After learning that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were his targets, he demanded to know where they had been taken.

• Lu Ren used Cleave to slice the God of Wrath into fragments, then restrained the God of Greed, Pride, Envy, and Sloth as they tried to flee.
• Lu Ren rejected the God of Desire's plea, drained her Divine Power, and left her unconscious on the floor.
• The God of Pride revealed that the God of Wrath and Zhou Weiqing were still alive, and the God of Greed offered the Original Sin Gods' Divine Power in exchange for an end to the fighting.
• Lu Ren drained the remaining Divine Power from Greed, Pride, Envy, and Sloth, gathering the Seven Deadly Sins' power and strengthening himself to the half-step God King Realm.
• Huo Yuhao watched from the Divine Sea and marveled at Lu Ren's rapid advancement, while Lu Ren asked the subdued gods where Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing had been taken.
• The God of Greed offered to lead Lu Ren to Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, and Lu Ren sent eight Cursed Spirits to drain the gods' newly regenerated Divine Power.

Lu Ren led the defeated Original Sin Gods to the prison holding Tang San’s companions and killed the imprisoned Shrek Seven Devils, including Ning Rongrong and Oscar. He forced the surviving gods to continue following him, while they secretly resolved to escape and alert the Destruction God King.

• The God of Greed led Lu Ren and the other subdued gods to the stone prison holding the Shrek Seven Devils, apart from Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Lu Ren summoned Mahoraga, which built up speed and smashed through the prison with its Piercing Ox attack, killing Ning Rongrong and Oscar in the impact.
• Lu Ren used Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine to slaughter the surviving Shrek Seven Devils, including Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, then absorbed their divine power.
• The God of Greed protested that Lu Ren had violated the Divine Realm’s rules by killing gods, but Lu Ren ordered the gods to follow him and carry Zhou Weiqing.
• The Original Sin Gods obeyed Lu Ren while secretly planning to escape and tell the Destruction God King what had happened.

Lu Ren tore open the Divine Realm Barrier and brought his true body and the Bone Dragon King into the Divine Realm. As his true body began adapting to the realm, Lu Ren guarded him and kept the eight Original Sin Gods under control.

• Lu Ren used a World-Cutting Slash to rip open the Divine Realm Barrier while the eight Original Sin Gods watched in shock.
• In the Undead Plane, Lu Ren summoned the Bone Dragon King, and they attacked the barrier from opposite sides to force it open.
• Lu Ren's true body rode the Bone Dragon King into the Divine Realm, where Limitless and Huo Yuhao's Divine Power shielded him from the realm's rejection.
• Lu Ren poured half of his gathered Divine Power into the Bone Dragon King, elevating it to First-Level God strength.
• Lu Ren's true body began adapting to the Divine Realm and converting his power, while Lu Ren ordered the eight Original Sin Gods to stay behind an invisible boundary.
• The Original Sin Gods recognized that the two Lu Rens shared the same presence, and the God of Greed urged them to find a way to alert their lord.

Ye Guyi ascended to the Divine Realm as the new Angel God, while Tang San and his allies returned to confront the Destruction God King over control of the Divine Realm Center. As the two sides prepared to fight again, Ye Guyi slipped away to find Lu Ren.

• The Destruction God King defeated Tang San, sealed him and Xiao Wu, and took control of the Divine Realm Center, while the Goddess of Life discovered that gods across the Divine Realm had vanished.
• Ten days later, Ye Guyi entered the Divine Realm, reclaimed the Angel God's position, and received the Divine Realm Center's recognition, restoring her strength to the First-Level God tier.
• The Destruction God King noticed the Seven Elemental Gods and Rong Nianbing were missing, then saw Tang San and Xiao Wu had returned after being freed by their allies.
• Tang San challenged the Destruction God King for control of the Divine Realm Center, and Ye Guyi quietly left to find Lu Ren.

Lu Ren sent Ye Guyi to guard his main body while he traveled to confront the God Kings of Goodness and Evil. Posing as Huo Yuhao, he tried to lure them away from their temple, then summoned Mahoraga as they began to suspect him.

• Lu Ren’s main body reached Second-Level God, while Lu Ren complained that the Divine Realm Center’s refusal to acknowledge him had kept him from becoming a God King.
• Ye Guyi arrived as a First-Level God, and Lu Ren asked her to guard his main body with the Bone Dragon King’s help.
• Lu Ren transferred Blood Manipulation and Projection Sorcery to his main body before leaving to strengthen Huo Yuhao’s God of Emotion.
• Lu Ren met Lie Yan and Ji Dong outside their temple and claimed Tang San had sent him to request their help against the Destruction God King.
• When Ji Dong questioned whether he was really Huo Yuhao, Lu Ren formed a seal and summoned the Eight-Handled Sword, Divergent Sila Divine General, Mahoraga.