Arc 17Chapters 401–418
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Kong Xuan prepared to ascend to the Divine Realm, stepping down as Spirit Pagoda Master after setting the organization on a new course. As strange phenomena began across the Far North and overseas, the final steps of other divine inheritances also approached.
As the ascension ceremony began, Kong Xuan prepared to face Tang San in the Divine Realm and promised to help Huo Yuhao complete his final Thunder God trial. Meanwhile, Meng Hongchen completed the Ice God inheritance and became the Far North’s new deity.
Kong Ling became the new Fire God as Fire God Mountain collapsed, while Ren Jun inherited the God of Love’s divine seat after recalling his lost love. Gu Yuena emerged above the Lake of Life and sensed that the long-awaited events were about to begin.
Kong Xuan and his companions arrived in the Divine Realm, where he immediately asked whether the Sea God and the God of Destruction had begun fighting. A formation’s eruption confirmed the battle had started, and the group flew to join it as Rong Nianbing shattered the formation and both sides struggled to contain its destructive backlash.
Kong Xuan and his companions arrived on the battlefield as the God of Destruction confronted Tang San, shifting the balance of power. The Goddess of Life remained torn between her husband and her duty, and Kong Xuan halted the God of Destruction just as he prepared to attack Tang San.
Kong Xuan challenged the Goddess of Life to consider who caused the Divine Realm's crisis, then undermined Tang San's defense by exposing his past treatment of Ning Rongrong. The gods began to doubt Tang San, while Ning Rongrong remained silent, weighed down by resentment and gratitude.
Kong Xuan exposed Tang San’s attempt to justify helping Ning Rongrong, then confronted Ma Hongjun about Bai Chenxiang, whose mortal death had left him grieving for ten thousand years. Tang San defended the Divine Realm’s rules for bringing relatives across, and many gods accepted his explanation.
Kong Xuan exposed Tang San’s secret imprisonment of Huo Yuhao’s mother and challenged his denial by drawing Xiao Wu into the confrontation. He then revealed that he had brought Xiao Wu’s daughter, Wang Dong'er, to the Divine Realm, leaving Tang San visibly shaken.
Wang Dong'er reunited with Xiao Wu but rejected her attempt at affection, then accused Tang San of tearing apart his own daughter's soul. Her revelation left the gathered gods stunned and turned their suspicion toward Tang San.
Xiao Wu learned that Tang San had torn apart Wang Dong'er's soul and that her second father was dead, while Kong Xuan revealed Tang San had imprisoned Huo Yun'er's soul in the Divine Realm. As the gods turned against Tang San, Ma Hongjun confronted him over Bai Chenxiang, and Dai Mubai urged everyone to wait before judging him.
Kong Xuan revealed that Huo Yuhao belonged to the Dai Family, making Dai Mubai realize Tang San had imprisoned his family’s daughter-in-law and turning him against Tang San. As Tang San’s allies lost faith in him, the Goddess of Life attacked him, and the God of Destruction felt hope that their marriage could heal.
Tang San offered Huo Yuhao the soul of his mother, Huo Yun’er, then lost his position as God Realm Enforcer after the gods backed the God of Destruction’s motion. He revealed that the Douluo Continent had changed during their time in the Divine Realm and threatened Kong Xuan’s loved ones, leaving the nature of his lower-realm contingency unknown.
The God of Destruction used the Divine Realm Core to reveal that Tang San had brought the Abyss Plane to Douluo Star, where it had destroyed Shrek Academy and begun invading. As Tang San defended his scheme as a path to Douluo Star's advancement, Kong Xuan launched a divine spear toward the lower realm to protect the planet.
The Abyss invasion devastated Shrek and drove the Douluo allied forces to the edge of Star Dou Great Forest, until Kong Xuan destroyed the Abyss vortex with the Atlas Spear. In the Divine Realm, Tang San attacked Kong Xuan with the Asura Blood Sword, but Kong Xuan effortlessly shattered the strike with the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, leaving Tang San injured and horrified.
Kong Xuan subdued Tang San, and Huo Yuhao invoked the Thunder God’s divine judgment to destroy him. Huo Yuhao ascended as the new Thunder God, while Kong Xuan warned that the Divine Realm’s crisis was not over and left the gods wondering which divine seat he would claim.
After Tang San’s death, Huo Yuhao settled into a quiet life in the Divine Realm with his revived mother and friends, while Dai Mubai’s attempts to connect with him ended in a polite rejection. Kong Xuan then met with his revived teachers, Electrolux and Yun Ming, who chose to descend to the lower realm and pursue their own paths back to godhood.
Kong Xuan broke the laws preventing Soul Beasts from becoming gods, allowing powerful beasts across Douluo Continent to ascend to the Divine Realm. In the Divine Realm, Meng Hongchen told Kong Xuan that Gu Yuena had fallen for him, while Kong Xuan sensed that his growing power might soon force him to leave.