Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan learned the cultivation realms beyond the Sea of Bitterness, while the complete system appeared on the heavenly screen and shook the Douluo Continent. Gu Yuena resolved to reach the Shrouding the Heavens World and bring its cultivation method back to free Soul Beasts from the need to become Soul Rings; Bibi Dong also decided to seek a way to obtain it.

• The cultivator surnamed Liu explained to Ye Fan the realms from the Other Shore through the Dao Palace, Four Extremes, Dragon Transformation, and Immortal Platform.
• The heavenly screen revealed the full cultivation system to the people of the Douluo Continent, leaving them stunned by a path that did not rely on Martial Souls or Soul Rings.
• Gu Yuena realized that if humans could advance without hunting Soul Beasts, the conflict between the two races might end, and she resolved to reach the other world and bring back its cultivation system.
• Bibi Dong considered the system a better path than the Rakshasa God Trial and resolved to find a way to connect the worlds and obtain it.

The Douluo Continent’s factions reacted to the Shrouding cultivation system as Ye Fan learned that a Great Emperor stood alone above all others in an era. The chapter ended with Tang San questioning how his own cultivation and the gods compared to that world’s realms.

• Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi’s group realized that the Shrouding cultivation system could eclipse their own, and Ning Fengzhi ordered his sect to gather information and seize any opportunity.
• Ye Fan asked Immortal Master Liu what realms the Heavenly Emperor and the Ji Family’s Great Emperors had reached.
• The cultivator surnamed Liu explained that a Great Emperor suppressed the myriad Daos, so no one else could become emperor while he lived.
• The Douluo Continent’s observers reacted with shock to the rule that only one Great Emperor could exist in an era.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San wondered whether his skills, Soul Master rank, and the gods could compare with the Shrouding system’s realms.

After the Heavenly Screen revealed the Great Emperor’s world and Lin Hao’s status as the Heavenly Emperor, the people of Douluo Continent confronted the gulf between their world and his. The Star Luo Emperor chose caution toward the Zhu Family, while Bibi Dong secretly pursued a way to reach the other world and its cultivation system.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San and the others not to abandon their own path after learning that only one Great Emperor could exist in an era.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered an end to probing and suppressing the Zhu Family and decided to visit them to settle their past friction.
• Bibi Dong became obsessed with the possibility of obtaining a Great Emperor’s inheritance despite the Rakshasa God’s apparent warning.
• Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei and Yue Guan to investigate the Heavenly Screen and search in secret for a way to reach the other world or acquire its cultivation system.

After leaving the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, Lin Hao agreed to take Ji Ziyue sightseeing in the Southern Region. In White Emperor City, Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun completed their month of training and were told they could go to the White Jade Capital and might serve His Majesty.

• Lin Hao emerged from the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, and Ji Ziyue persuaded him to take her to explore the Southern Region.
• Jiang Wanwan told Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun that they had completed their training in the Upper Heavenly Palace.
• Jiang Xiaoxiao gave Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun Flowing Cloud Garments to wear for their visit to the White Jade Capital.
• Jiang Wanwan said the sisters would be qualified and have an opportunity to serve His Majesty when he returned.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun thanked the Jiang sisters, who invited them to come along.

Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun followed Jiang Wanwan and Jiang Xiaoxiao through a jade doorway into White Jade Capital, where they beheld the vast celestial palace. The chapter ended with the sisters and all of Douluo Continent stunned into silence by its majesty.

• Li Dan's livestream went dark, leaving Dai Mubai's and Qiu'er's as the only active screens until two new livestreams appeared.
• Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi wondered what White Jade Capital was and why the Zhu sisters had been sent there to serve His Majesty.
• Jiang Wanwan led Jiang Xiaoxiao, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuyun to a white jade doorway that opened directly into White Jade Capital's outer corridor.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun stepped through the doorway and saw a celestial palace floating above the clouds, surrounded by stars, rainbow bridges, and rivers of manifested laws.
• The sisters and every being watching across Douluo Continent fell silent before White Jade Capital's overwhelming grandeur.

The appearance of the White Jade Capital stunned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Star Dou Great Forest’s Ferocious Beasts, Spirit Hall, and the Heaven Dou Empire. Bibi Dong vowed to reach the Shrouding the Heavens World, while Emperor Xue Ye ordered his forces to stand down.

• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong watched the White Jade Capital and concluded that its power surpassed anything they could understand.
• Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts sensed that the palace’s power exceeded even the Divine Realm, and wondered how Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun had gained entry.
• Bibi Dong declared that she wanted the White Jade Capital’s power and ordered Spirit Hall to use every resource to reach the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• Emperor Xue Ye suspended military deployments against the Star Luo Empire and ordered Heaven Dou’s border troops to pull back.
• Xue Qinghe accepted the order, but Spirit Hall’s ambitions and her own mission began to feel uncertain to her.

The screens announced that recognizing the White Jade Capital had raised the Shrouding the Heavens World’s unlock progress to 15%, and that three beings from the Douluo Continent would be selected to cross worlds. Factions across the continent prepared and yearned for a chance as the selection began.

• The screens announced the 15% unlock progress and began a countdown for three cross-world slots.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang urged the students to face the Shrouding the Heavens World’s dangers, and Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun expressed their desire to go.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discussed how a selection could let someone from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect witness the world’s supreme Dao.
• Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei and Yue Guan to gather Spirit Hall members and have them focus on their desire for power and the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• The countdown ended, and the screens announced that selection had begun.

The Heavenly Screen selected Chen Xin and the Snow Empress to travel to the Shrouding the Heavens World, stirring excitement and worry across Douluo Continent. Chen Xin prepared to seek a breakthrough, while the Snow Empress left hoping to escape the fate of Soul Beasts and one day bring the Ice Empress with her.

• The Heavenly Screen named Chen Xin as its first candidate, prompting Ning Rongrong, Tang San, and others to worry about his journey and hope he could advance in the new world.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong urged Chen Xin to return safely, but he declared that he would pursue the Dao regardless of the dangers.
• Bibi Dong and her attendants speculated about which cultivation realm Chen Xin might reach, treating his journey as a measure of Douluo Continent's strength.
• The Heavenly Screen named the Snow Empress as its second candidate, surprising human factions and drawing recognition from experts familiar with Soul Beasts.
• The Snow Empress reassured the Ice Empress that traveling offered a chance to escape their approaching tribulations and promised to seek a way to bring her sister over.

Wang Ergou was selected as the third person to enter the Shrouding the Heavens World, and Chen Xin arrived in the Great Xia Dynasty’s imperial capital. After learning that the Sword Pavilion was recruiting disciples, Chen Xin headed there to see its swordsmanship.

• Wang Ergou learned that he had been selected, and he feared the fate awaiting him in the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• Golden light transported Chen Xin, the Far North figure, and Wang Ergou away from the Douluo Continent.
• Chen Xin arrived outside the Great Xia Dynasty’s imperial capital and learned from a passerby where he was.
• Nine bells announced that the Sword Pavilion had opened recruitment, and the crowd hurried toward it.
• Chen Xin learned that the Sword Pavilion traced its lineage to Taihuang and followed the crowd to witness the recruitment.

Chen Xin arrived at the Sword Pavilion and was judged by its elder Ling Jue to have weak cultivation but unusually pure sword intent. Ling Jue offered to take him as a disciple, but Chen Xin refused, and Ling Jue challenged his understanding of swordsmanship.

• Chen Xin reached the Sword Pavilion’s recruitment plaza and sensed the immense sword intent and power of its leaders.
• Elder Ling Jue recognized Chen Xin’s unusual sword intent, called his cultivation pitifully weak, and examined him before the crowd.
• The Douluo Continent’s observers reacted with disbelief and mockery at Chen Xin’s appraisal.
• Ling Jue praised Chen Xin’s sword talent and offered to teach him as his master.
• Chen Xin politely refused, saying he had come only to witness the Sword Pavilion’s swordsmanship.
• Ling Jue accepted Chen Xin’s refusal with amusement and declared that Chen Xin’s swordsmanship had only taken its first step.

Elder Ling Jue easily defeated Chen Xin without attacking, showing the vast gap between their swordsmanship and power. After Chen Xin respectfully admitted defeat, Ling Jue claimed a lineage connection to the Heavenly Emperor, but another elder mocked him for exaggerating it.

• Chen Xin challenged Elder Ling Jue to a swordsmanship contest, and the gathered factions watched as they cleared space for the duel.
• Chen Xin unleashed his Unity of Man and Sword strike, but Ling Jue's sword presence stopped him and erased his Sword Qi without a move.
• Chen Xin admitted defeat and bowed to Ling Jue, leaving the Douluo Continent factions shocked by how completely he had been overpowered.
• Ling Jue introduced himself as an elder of the Sword Pavilion and claimed to be the Heavenly Emperor's great-grand-disciple through his lineage's founder.
• Another elder mocked Ling Jue, saying he had only glimpsed the Sword Qi Heavenly River and had exaggerated that experience into a grand claim.

Douluo Continent's major powers reeled after learning that Chen Xin, a Titled Douluo, could not make Elder Ling Jue's disciple's disciple's disciple lift a hand. Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to raise its alert level, suspend plans targeting the Shrouding the Heavens World, and reassess its understanding of that world as a second perspective lit up.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong struggled to accept that Chen Xin was vastly outmatched by a distant disciple in the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• At Shrek Academy, Oscar, Zhao Wuji, Flender, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang were shaken by the gap between Douluo Continent's cultivation and the other world's realms.
• Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei recognized that Spirit Hall's earlier assessments of the Shrouding the Heavens World had been gravely mistaken.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to scrap and redo its assessments, raise its alert level to the highest, and suspend plans targeting that world.
• Shock and helplessness spread among the great powers of Douluo Continent as a second perspective lit up.

Wang Ergou was teleported to the terrifying Undying Mountain, while viewers across the Douluo Continent speculated that its name might mean it was safer than other forbidden lands. The factions remained uncertain but watched hopefully as Wang Ergou stood frozen before the stele.

• Wang Ergou arrived at the Undying Mountain and feared that an ordinary person like him would never survive there.
• Viewers on the Heavenly Screen saw Wang Ergou and the mountain’s stele, prompting the major factions to debate the meaning of its name.
• Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender speculated that the Undying Mountain might be a relatively safe place or contain immortal medicine.
• Gu Yuena sensed a strange tranquility in the Undying Mountain, and Tang Wulin agreed that it seemed less dangerous than the other forbidden lands.
• Bibi Dong cautioned Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo against assuming the mountain was safe, and ordered them to keep watching.

Wang Ergou became trapped at the Undying Mountain stele and faced a monstrous hand reaching from the sky to kill him. Viewers on the Douluo Continent realized the mountain was a deadly trap, while Wang Ergou remained at the giant hand’s mercy.

• Wang Ergou tried to flee the Undying Mountain stele but found that the space kept him beside it.
• A mysterious voice mocked Wang Ergou and declared that it would take his life.
• A giant, death-marked hand emerged from a rift in the sky and descended toward Wang Ergou as its owner laughed about eating him.
• Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Zhao Wuji, Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender reacted in horror as their belief that the mountain was safe collapsed.
• Gu Yuena recognized that the mountain imprisoned intruders, while Tang Wulin sensed that the hand could destroy Shrek City.
• Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Bibi Dong concluded that the Undying Mountain was more dangerous than they had believed and that Wang Ergou was doomed.

Lin Hao’s phantom emerged from the Undying Mountain stele and stopped the Undying Daoist from killing Wang Ergou. After Lin Hao severed the Daoist’s giant hand, the wounded enemy retreated, threatening Lin Hao and the Heavenly Court.

• The Undying Mountain stele glowed and manifested Lin Hao’s phantom, dispersing the giant hand’s destructive power.
• Gu Yuena recognized Lin Hao as the Heavenly Emperor, and the Douluo Continent’s people wondered whether he could save Wang Ergou.
• Lin Hao confronted the Undying Daoist and warned him not to emerge without permission.
• Lin Hao’s Double Pupils released a divine beam that severed the Undying Daoist’s giant hand.
• The Undying Daoist threatened Lin Hao and the Heavenly Court before withdrawing into a rift.

After Lin Hao’s phantom effortlessly severed the Undying Daoist’s attack, beings across the Douluo Continent debated his overwhelming power and dwindling lifespan. At the Undying Mountain, Lin Hao spoke to the rescued Wang Ergou and questioned whether he came from another world, leaving Wang Ergou afraid to answer.

• Across the Douluo Continent, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar reacted with shock to Lin Hao’s power, while Tang San’s confidence briefly wavered before he insisted he could compete in the same world.
• In Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong compared Lin Hao’s power to the Rakshasa God and wondered whether his declining lifespan would throw the Heavenly Court into chaos.
• Gu Yuena judged Lin Hao’s existence to be on a level beyond the Dragon God and questioned why such a being was nearing the end of his lifespan.
• At the outskirts of the Undying Mountain, Wang Ergou recovered after Lin Hao’s phantom disappeared, then heard Lin Hao ask how the experience had felt.
• Lin Hao sensed that Wang Ergou’s life essence did not belong to this world and asked if he came from elsewhere, leaving Wang Ergou afraid to reveal that he was a transmigrator.

After Lin Hao let Wang Ergou keep his secret and urged him to leave Undying Mountain, observers on the Douluo Continent debated what the Heavenly Emperor’s restraint revealed about his rule. Lin Hao then suspected Wang Ergou came from another world, but a spatial fissure opened above him before he could order an investigation.

• Lin Hao told Wang Ergou he would not force him to reveal his secret and warned him to leave Undying Mountain.
• Wang Ergou bowed to the stone stele and set off to retrace his steps and survive.
• Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi discussed Lin Hao’s balance of order and mercy, while Tang San dismissed his respect for the weak as an act.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan viewed power as domination, but Bibi Dong saw Lin Hao’s restraint as a potentially dangerous new way to rule.
• Lin Hao wondered whether Wang Ergou came from Perfect World or The Sacred Ruins and was about to order an investigation when a spatial fissure opened above him.

Snow Empress fell through a spatial rift into Lin Hao’s world, where he caught her and recognized her name and origins. The chapter left Lin Hao examining the system rewards tied to her as the Douluo Continent’s powers laughed at her unexpected arrival.

• Lin Hao sensed a spatial rift, caught the falling woman, and asked whether she was a Saint Spirit.
• Snow Empress introduced herself and tried to leave without revealing that she came from the Douluo Continent.
• The Douluo Continent’s powers watched through the Heavenly Screen and laughed at Snow Empress landing in front of Lin Hao.
• Lin Hao recalled his past-life knowledge and recognized Snow Empress as the ruler of the Far North and third among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.
• Lin Hao checked his system and saw Snow Empress’s identity and the rewards associated with her affection.

Lin Hao restrained the Snow Empress and took her with him while trying to confirm whether she came from Douluo Continent. Watching through the Heavenly Screen, Douluo Continent’s factions feared that Lin Hao might turn his attention toward their world.

• Lin Hao suspected the Snow Empress was the figure from his system’s list and decided to verify her origins and powers.
• The Snow Empress asked Lin Hao to let her leave, but he sealed her power and led her away.
• Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, and Qian Duoduo feared the gulf between Lin Hao’s strength and their own.
• Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Flender worried about Lin Hao’s intentions toward Douluo Continent.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong suspected Lin Hao had recognized the Snow Empress’s name and might have anticipated her arrival.

Ji Ziyue returned with snacks and met the Snow Empress, whom Lin Hao identified as a Saint Spirit. The Snow Empress asked what that meant, while people across the Douluo Continent wondered whether the designation made her powerful, endangered, or both.

• Ji Ziyue returned to Lin Hao with buns and questioned who the Snow Empress was.
• Lin Hao said the Snow Empress had fallen out of the sky, and she explained that she had lost control while crossing time and space.
• After sensing the Snow Empress’s unusual origin and nature, Lin Hao identified her as a Saint Spirit.
• Ji Ziyue reacted with shock and questioned how a Saint Spirit could seem so weak, prompting the Snow Empress to ask what a Saint Spirit was.
• People across the Douluo Continent watched the exchange, and Sea God Pavilion members debated what the Snow Empress’s status might mean for her safety.