Chapter Summaries

Jiang Wanwan explained the Heavenly Court’s rules to Zhu Zhuqing and taught her the Ji Family’s Great Void Technique during their journey to White Emperor City. As Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the technique, she witnessed the blurred figure of the Void Emperor and felt his tragic grandeur.

• Jiang Wanwan told Zhu Zhuqing that loyalty to the Heavenly Emperor was the Heavenly Court’s core rule and reassured her that he did not force women into his service.
• Jiang Wanwan promised that instructors would explain Zhu Zhuqing’s duties in White Emperor City and offered to teach her a spell.
• At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai felt relieved about Zhu Zhuqing’s safety, while Yu Xiaogang and the others mistakenly assumed the spell was a Soul Skill.
• Jiang Wanwan taught Zhu Zhuqing the Great Void Technique, describing its power to merge with the void and warning her not to share it outside the Heavenly Court.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the technique from a jade slip and saw a towering figure in the void, recognizing him as the Void Emperor.

Zhu Zhuqing learned the Great Void Technique and briefly crossed space, astonishing observers on the Douluo Continent. After Jiang Wanwan warned her not to become arrogant, Zhu Zhuqing asked about the Ji Family and the Void Emperor.

• Jiang Wanwan explained that the Void Emperor's imprint had affected Zhu Zhuqing with his sorrow and urged her to demonstrate what she had learned.
• Zhu Zhuqing circulated her transformed power, used the Great Void Technique, and crossed three zhang before nearly collapsing from exhaustion.
• Jiang Wanwan said Zhu Zhuqing had only barely reached the threshold and credited the clear instruction in the Heavenly Emperor's jade slip.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Yu Xiaogang watched in shock as they recognized the technique as an application of spatial laws beyond ordinary Soul Skills.
• Bibi Dong recognized the Great Void Technique as an evolving art that applied spatial laws and wondered about the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• With Jiang Wanwan supporting her, Zhu Zhuqing asked what a Great Emperor clan was and what kind of existence the Void Emperor had been.

Jiang Wanwan brought Zhu Zhuqing to White Emperor City and told her she would join the Heavenly Court, while Lin Hao considered the Heavenly Court’s need for more providence and learned that Wanwan had found a mortal woman with purple providence. After Ji Ziyi told him the woman was traveling to the city, Lin Hao set out to visit Black Empress.

• Jiang Wanwan pointed out White Emperor City to Zhu Zhuqing and welcomed her into the Heavenly Court.
• Lin Hao discussed his desire to grow stronger despite the providence already gathered by the Heavenly Court.
• Ji Ziyi told Lin Hao that Jiang Wanwan had found a mortal woman with purple providence and was bringing her to White Emperor City.
• Lin Hao told Ji Ziyi to take care of the woman if she proved worthy of cultivation resources.
• Lin Hao left the Star-Picking Tower to stroll around White Emperor City and visit Black Empress.

Jiang Wanwan brought Zhu Zhuqing to White Emperor City, whose scale and immortal splendor stunned her and the observers watching the sky screen. After entering the city, Zhu Zhuqing saw a vast silver river falling from the sky, and Jiang Wanwan asked whether she found it spectacular.

• The Moon-Escaping Immortal Palace emerged from the clouds, revealing White Emperor City and leaving Zhu Zhuqing awestruck.
• Jiang Wanwan told Zhu Zhuqing that White Emperor City was a major Heavenly Court base and their home for the time being.
• Ma Hongjun, the Shrek Academy students, and Qian Renxue watched the sky screen and reacted with shock to the city’s grandeur.
• The Moon-Escaping Immortal Palace landed, and Jiang Wanwan led Zhu Zhuqing into White Emperor City, praising the White Jade Capital as an even greater immortal city.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw a huge silver river pouring from the sky above the city and asked Jiang Wanwan what it was.

Jiang Wanwan explained that the Nine Heavens Sword Waterfall was created by the Heavenly Emperor’s casual sword slash, while Sword Douluo Chen Xin perceived its waters as an immense, living manifestation of the Sword Dao. As Chen Xin resolved to visit White Emperor City, Jiang Wanwan and Zhu Zhuqing continued toward the Heavenly Court and heard a dog announce the Heavenly Emperor’s arrival.

• Jiang Wanwan told Zhu Zhuqing that the Heavenly Emperor had casually slashed the Nine Heavens Sword Waterfall into existence because White Emperor City’s scenery seemed monotonous.
• Chen Xin recognized the waterfall as countless profound sword intents and realized his own Seven Kill Sword Dao was vastly inferior.
• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong that even a single drop embodied a realm he had pursued all his life, and vowed to visit White Emperor City if he could reach the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• Jiang Wanwan and Zhu Zhuqing set off toward the Heavenly Court, then heard a dog bark and announce that the Heavenly Emperor had arrived.

Zhu Zhuqing and others waited to see the legendary Heavenly Emperor Hao, while people across several worlds watched with anticipation. A swaggering black dog appeared first, but after Black Empress sent him flying, Zhu Zhuqing saw a peerless young man emerge.

• Jiang Wanwan joined the excited crowd on White Jade Heavenly Street, while Qian Renxue, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yuena watched the Heavenly Screen.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted a burly black dog in floral shorts strutting down the street and mistakenly thought he was the Heavenly Emperor.
• A voice called the dog stupid, and Black Empress sent him flying into the grass as the crowd watched.
• Jiang Wanwan told Zhu Zhuqing that the dog was Black Empress, not the Heavenly Emperor.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw a striking young man emerge around the corner of White Jade Heavenly Street.

Zhu Zhuqing, Qian Renxue, and other women across the Douluo Continent were captivated by Lin Hao’s appearance in the Heavenly Screen, stirring jealousy and resentment among the men around them. In White Emperor City, Lin Hao confronted Black Empress’s grandstanding and noticed figures from the Primordial Ancient Mine gathering in the stars, drawn by his declining strength.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Qian Renxue were entranced by Lin Hao’s appearance, and women across the Douluo Continent reacted with similar admiration.
• At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu envied Zhu Zhuqing’s chance to be near Lin Hao, while Oscar, Tang San, and Dai Mubai grew jealous and despondent.
• Tang Wulin conceded that Lin Hao’s appearance was beyond comparison.
• In White Emperor City, Lin Hao scolded Black Empress for loudly showing off and seeking a human pet.
• Lin Hao noticed shadowy figures in the stars discussing his declining Qi and blood and the Ancient Emperor’s long-awaited opportunity; they identified the Primordial Ancient Mine as the first to arrive.

Lin Hao erased the Primordial Ancient Mine’s scouts with a glance of his Double Pupils and warned the ancient emperors to come in person. After he left White Jade Heavenly Street, Jiang Wanwan encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to train for a place in the Heavenly Court, and brought her to its magnificent base in White Emperor City.

• Lin Hao annihilated the shadows from the Primordial Ancient Mine with his Double Pupils and challenged the Corpse Emperor and Golden Ancient Emperor to come themselves.
• The ancient emperors raged after Lin Hao withdrew his divine sense, while the Qilin Ancient Emperor mocked them for staying silent in his presence.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San and the others noticed Lin Hao’s Double Pupils on the Heavenly Screen and wondered about their power.
• Lin Hao left White Jade Heavenly Street with the Black Empress as the crowd watched, and Zhu Zhuqing resolved to learn White Jade Capital’s rules so she could serve in the Heavenly Court.
• Jiang Wanwan took Zhu Zhuqing to the Heavenly Court’s base, where Zhu Zhuqing stood in awe before its nine towering jade towers.

Jiang Wanwan brought Zhu Zhuqing to the Ninefold Heavenly Towers, where she was assigned to train her and took her to eat after realizing she was hungry. Zhu Zhuqing saw that her first meal was only a small bowl of plain rice porridge, but Jiang Wanwan warned her not to eat too much because her cultivation was too low to digest it.

• Jiang Wanwan told Zhu Zhuqing that the Ninefold Heavenly Towers formed an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon when united and led her into the central tower.
• Jiang Wanwan reported Zhu Zhuqing’s arrival and learned she would personally train her, then began taking her to her quarters.
• Jiang Wanwan heard Zhu Zhuqing’s stomach rumble and realized the new cultivator still needed food, so she took her to eat.
• At Zhu Zhuqing’s room, a maid brought a covered tray, and Jiang Wanwan cautioned Zhu Zhuqing not to eat too much.
• Jiang Wanwan uncovered the tray to reveal a small bowl of plain rice porridge, leaving Zhu Zhuqing stunned.

Zhu Zhuqing ate a spoonful of Jiang Wanwan’s plain congee and discovered it contained an immense force of life and spiritual energy. It opened her Bitter Sea, raised her Soul Power, and drew her Nether Civet Martial Soul into the new cultivation realm, where it began absorbing its power.

• People watching the sky screen in Shrek Academy and Eastsea Academy dismissed Heavenly Court’s plain congee as meager, while Gu Yuena sensed that it held something unusual.
• Zhu Zhuqing followed Jiang Wanwan’s advice and tasted one spoonful of congee.
• The congee’s energy surged through Zhu Zhuqing, rapidly strengthening her meridians and raising her Soul Power from Level 28 to Level 30.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s Mystic Moon Goddess Scripture accumulated enough power to open her Bitter Sea, making her a Bitter Sea Realm cultivator.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s Nether Civet Martial Soul entered her Bitter Sea and began absorbing its power.

After Zhu Zhuqing gained three Soul Power levels and opened her Bitter Sea from one sip of spirit-rice porridge, she learned that it was ordinary Heavenly Court breakfast. Jiang Wanwan explained that Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul might be an ancient bloodline merging with her Bitter Sea, then prepared to take her to the spirit spring.

• Yu Xiaogang, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San marveled at Zhu Zhuqing’s sudden breakthrough, while Bibi Dong and others considered the power spirit rice could give Spirit Hall.
• Jiang Wanwan told Zhu Zhuqing the porridge was made from ordinary spirit rice and that she would eat it every day until reaching grain abstinence.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejoiced at joining the Heavenly Court, while Tang San and others on the Douluo Continent despaired over how their own hard-won medicinal treasures compared with ordinary spirit rice.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Jiang Wanwan why her Martial Soul had entered and absorbed power from her Bitter Sea.
• Jiang Wanwan suggested Zhu Zhuqing might descend from an ancient remnant clan and said she could ask the Heavenly Emperor about it later.
• Jiang Wanwan stood up and offered to take Zhu Zhuqing to the spirit spring.

Jiang Wanwan took Zhu Zhuqing to a spirit spring to train her in attending baths, while Dai Mubai watched the conversation and grew furious. Zhu Zhuqing’s livestream was blocked for privacy, but the sky screen switched to Zhu Zhuyun’s perspective.

• Jiang Wanwan told Zhu Zhuqing she planned to recommend her as a maid to attend the Heavenly Emperor’s bath, and Zhu Zhuqing shyly accepted the possibility.
• Dai Mubai watched the exchange and angrily called Zhu Zhuqing a bitch, while Tang San and Oscar privately remarked that Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong were different from her.
• Jiang Wanwan brought Zhu Zhuqing to a courtyard containing a spirit spring whose rich energy astonished her and reminded Tang San of Thousand-Year Spirit Milk.
• Jiang Wanwan asked Zhu Zhuqing to help her change, and Zhu Zhuqing used the sky screen’s privacy function to block her livestream.
• The sky screen switched from Zhu Zhuqing’s perspective to Zhu Zhuyun’s livestream.

Zhu Zhuyun faced an enormous bird attacking the Moon-Escaping Immortal Palace while Jiang Xiaoxiao was absent, and observers across the Douluo Continent watched in alarm and speculation. Just as Zhu Zhuyun prepared to fight, the bird was devoured by a strange gray light and vanished into ash.

• Zhu Zhuyun spotted a huge, hostile bird approaching the Moon-Escaping Immortal Palace and called for Jiang Xiaoxiao, who did not answer.
• Zhu Hongfeng watched from the Zhu Family estate and worried about Zhu Zhuyun's danger.
• Bibi Dong speculated about the Moon-Escaping Immortal Palace's defenses and wondered why Jiang Xiaoxiao had not appeared.
• The Snow Empress questioned whether the strange bird was truly a Soul Beast because its presence felt unfamiliar.
• Zhu Zhuyun activated her three Soul Rings and prepared to attack, but the bird halted near her and was consumed by gray light, turning to ash.

Across the Douluo Continent, observers were stunned when the strange bird attacking Zhu Zhuyun vanished against the Moon-Escaping Immortal Palace’s invisible defenses, and Tang San concluded it was not a Soul Tool. Jiang Xiaoxiao reassured Zhu Zhuyun that the Moon-Escaping Formation protected the palace as they neared White Emperor City, whose true appearance Zhu Zhuyun had yet to see.

• Tang San examined the Moon-Escaping Immortal Palace’s defense and concluded that it was not a Soul Tool as the Douluo Continent understood them.
• Zhu Hongfeng realized that Zhu Zhuyun was safe, while Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall disciples entering the Shrouding the Heavens World to gather information about its cultivation system and power levels.
• Jiang Xiaoxiao emerged from her nap, listened to Zhu Zhuyun recount the strange bird’s attack, and explained that the Moon-Escaping Formation could stop ordinary Demonic Beasts.
• Jiang Xiaoxiao said they were almost at White Emperor City, and Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun remarked that Zhu Zhuyun did not know what the city looked like.

Zhu Zhuyun saw White Emperor City for the first time and was overwhelmed by its grandeur, while Jiang Xiaoxiao welcomed her and promised she would soon see Zhu Zhuqing. Inside the Ninefold Heavenly Towers, Jiang Wanwan teased Zhu Zhuqing before Jiang Xiaoxiao arrived, leaving Jiang Wanwan eager to tell her something.

• The Snow Empress wondered whether Demonic Beasts cultivated through methods like the Mystic Moon Goddess Scripture.
• Zhu Zhuyun watched the Moon-Escaping Immortal Palace descend and froze in awe when she saw White Emperor City.
• At Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender laughed about Zhu Zhuyun's shock and recalled their own first sight of the city.
• Jiang Xiaoxiao welcomed the stunned Zhu Zhuyun to White Emperor City and told her she would soon see Zhu Zhuqing.
• Jiang Wanwan praised and teased Zhu Zhuqing inside the Ninefold Heavenly Towers, then opened her door to Jiang Xiaoxiao and excitedly began to say something.

Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Zhu Zhuyun in the Ninefold Heavenly Towers and began to imagine that they could become trusted sisters in the Shrouding the Heavens World. Jiang Xiaoxiao and Jiang Wanwan bickered until the Heaven-Questioning Bell rang, and they bowed solemnly toward the depths of the towers.

• Jiang Wanwan boasted to Jiang Xiaoxiao about recruiting a mortal with purple fortune, and Jiang Xiaoxiao revealed that she had recruited Zhu Zhuyun, whose fortune was blue.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Zhu Zhuyun and asked how she had joined the Heavenly Court; Zhu Zhuyun suggested they talk alone later.
• Zhu Zhuqing believed they might set aside their old rivalry and become sisters they could trust, though both concealed the existence of the Douluo Continent.
• Jiang Xiaoxiao and Jiang Wanwan taunted each other over their fortunes and their past chances to attend His Majesty.
• The Heaven-Questioning Bell rang, and Jiang Xiaoxiao and Jiang Wanwan fell silent and bowed toward the depths of the Ninefold Heavenly Towers.

After the Heaven-Questioning Bell rang three times, the sisters rushed to find out who had provoked Lin Hao, while people across the Douluo Continent speculated about a possible war and hoped to witness the Shrouding the Heavens World's power. The chapter ended in Heavenly Court's grand hall, where Tantai Guyue stood with Gai Jiuyou and the Undying Heavenly Empress as the gathered figures awaited what came next.

• Jiang Xiaoxiao and Jiang Wanwan heard the Heaven-Questioning Bell ring three times and hurried off to investigate who had provoked Lin Hao.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun wondered whether Heavenly Court would go to war, while people across the Douluo Continent discussed the bell and anticipated a chance to see the Shrouding the Heavens World's combat strength.
• Bibi Dong, Dai Weisi, Yu Xiaogang, and others speculated about whether the Zhu sisters would be involved in a conflict and what they might learn from it.
• Tantai Guyue stood in Heavenly Court's grand hall beside the empty throne as its assembled figures gathered.
• The chapter revealed Gai Jiuyou and the Undying Heavenly Empress among Heavenly Court's powerful members.

Tantai Guyue announced that the Heavenly Court would attack the Primordial Ancient Mine in one month after a Supreme sent subordinates to probe White Emperor City. Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing discussed returning to the Zhu Family, while observers on the Douluo Continent wondered what truth they had learned about the Shrouding the Heavens World.

• Tantai Guyue told the Heavenly Court's gathered experts that a Supreme from the Primordial Ancient Mine had sent subordinates to probe White Emperor City.
• The Red Dragon Daoist urged Tantai Guyue to order a response, and she announced that the Heavenly Court would march against the Primordial Ancient Mine in one month and kill seven out of ten.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhu Zhuqing that their father had asked her to visit the Zhu Family after her three months in the Shrouding the Heavens World ended.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she would return to the Zhu Family and believed her newly opened Bitter Sea would let her defy anyone who tried to dictate her fate.
• Xiao Wu, Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Ning Rongrong speculated about the truth Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun had learned as the heavenly screen showed someone opening Jiang Wanwan's door.

Jiang Wanwan and Jiang Xiaoxiao told Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun that the Heavenly Court would punish ancient races, while people across Douluo Continent reacted to Lin Hao’s order to kill seven in ten. After the Zhu sisters began learning the Heavenly Court’s rules, the sky announced a third random transmigration to the Shrouding the Heavens World, leaving everyone wondering who would be chosen.

• Jiang Wanwan and Jiang Xiaoxiao told Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun that the Heavenly Court planned to punish ancient races and described Lin Hao’s decision to kill seven in ten as merciful.
• Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang debated whether Lin Hao was a tyrant, while Gu Yuena wondered if the Qilin Ancient Emperor was a qilin she could bring to Douluo Continent.
• Bibi Dong admired Lin Hao’s authority and tightened her grip on the Pope’s Scepter as she considered the Heavenly Court’s power.
• Jiang Wanwan and Jiang Xiaoxiao instructed Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun to learn the Heavenly Court’s rules, duties, and taboos, and the sisters studied them closely.
• The sky announced a third random transmigration with three slots, promising that those who survived three months in the Shrouding the Heavens World could return with their acquired powers, knowledge, and items.
• The announcement woke people across Douluo Continent, who wondered who would be selected.

Dai Mubai, Li Dan, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion were chosen for the third transmigration to the Shrouding the Heavens World. Dai Mubai welcomed the chance to grow stronger and seize Zhu Zhuqing and the Heavenly Court, while Di Tian worried about the Auspicious Beast traveling to an unfamiliar world.

• Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Bibi Dong anticipated the next transmigration and considered what they might gain from the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• The Heavenly Screen announced Dai Mubai as the first chosen transmigrator, and Shrek Academy celebrated his selection.
• Dai Mubai imagined returning powerful enough to claim Zhu Zhuqing and rule the Heavenly Court.
• The Heavenly Screen chose Li Dan, a level-zero commoner from the Sun Moon Empire, as the second transmigrator.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was chosen as the third transmigrator, and she told Di Tian she wanted to see another world.
• Di Tian warned the Three-Eyed Golden Lion about the dangers, while Xiong Jun reassured him that her good fortune might lead to an opportunity.