Chapter Summaries

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.

• Kong Xuan told his companions that he would arrange the continent's affairs before helping Meng Hongchen, Kong Ling, and Huo Yuhao complete their final trials and ascend together.
• Kong Xuan promised his companions without inheritances that he would work to expand the Divine Realm and create more divine positions.
• Over the next six months, Kong Xuan instructed Xu Wei and the founding elders in Soul Spirit technology and directed the Spirit Pagoda to focus on artificial Soul Spirits.
• Kong Xuan stepped down as Pagoda Master, and the newly titled Sky-Rending Douluo, Qiangu Fuliu, took his place.
• Strange snow fell over the Far North, prompting the Titan Snow Demons to kneel toward their sacred mountain as a silver-haired woman watched and said the time was near.
• At Fire God Mountain, the sea boiled and the Fire God appeared, declaring that the very last step had arrived and telling Evelyn his mission was nearly complete.

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.

• At Qiankun Asking Love Valley, a hazy female figure sensed a divine resonance and said that she and Travers were nearing the fulfillment of their mission.
• Kong Xuan told Kong Deming that the ascension ceremony had begun and reassured him that he was ready to contend with Tang San.
• Kong Xuan told Huo Yuhao they would go to the Divine Realm together and help him pass judgment on a deity for his Ninth Trial.
• Huo Yuhao resolved to kill Tang San, whom he blamed for manipulating his fate and abducting his mother’s soul.
• Meng Hongchen emerged above the Far North with the Ice God Spear after receiving the Ice God’s inheritance, and the region’s Soul Beasts bowed to her as their new master.

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.

• Fire God Mountain erupted and disintegrated after Travers’s remnant soul and divine power vanished.
• Kong Ling appeared above the ruins transformed into the new Fire God.
• Evelyn’s remnant will blessed Ren Jun and disappeared into him as he inherited the God of Love’s divine seat.
• Ren Jun recalled his lost beloved Song Lin and flew toward Mingdu with his new divine power.
• Gu Yuena emerged from the Lake of Life, summoned the Star Dou Great Forest’s Soul Beasts into submission, and said that it was 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.

• Xu Yi welcomed Kong Xuan and the newly ascended gods, but Kong Xuan asked whether the Sea God and the God of Destruction had started fighting.
• Seven-colored clouds sealed off a vast area of the Divine Realm, and Kong Xuan recognized the Grand Formation of Divine Punishment through the Descent of the Deadly Sins Gods and led his companions toward it.
• The God of Destruction’s forces trapped Sea God Tang San and hundreds of his gods in the formation, where Rong Nianbing used the Seven Elemental Stripping Blade with the Seven Elemental Gods’ support.
• Rong Nianbing’s strike stripped the deadly-sin laws from the seven Deadly Sins Gods, breaking the formation and unleashing torrents of divine power.
• The gods from both sides joined forces to contain the resulting storm and push it into the sky, where it gradually dissipated.

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 arrived with Gu Yuena and other companions, and Tang San recognized him as the anomaly who had thwarted his plans in the lower realm.
• The God of Destruction urged Kong Xuan's group to join him against Tang San, while Kong Xuan stopped Gu Yuena from attacking.
• The Goddess of Life questioned whether the God of Destruction would persist in a course that might endanger the Divine Realm, and he accused Tang San of abusing his authority as an enforcer.
• Tang San appealed to the Goddess of Life to help subdue the God of Destruction, leaving her conflicted and uncertain.
• The God of Destruction raised his Destruction Scepter to strike Tang San, but Kong Xuan called for him to wait.

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 acknowledged the Goddess of Life's fear of a devastating war and asked her who had caused the crisis.
• Tang San interrupted Kong Xuan, presenting himself as a fair-minded defender of the Divine Realm's stability.
• Kong Xuan confronted Ning Rongrong about Tang San promising her the God of Love's position and then refusing to help when her divine sense avatar was in danger.
• The gods' trust in Tang San weakened as Ning Rongrong's unease made Kong Xuan's accusation seem credible.
• Ning Rongrong silently endured the scrutiny, remembering both Tang San's genuine past kindness and the abandonment she had suffered.

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.

• Tang San claimed he had opposed the God of Destruction’s expansion plan out of concern for the Divine Realm, while presenting his support for Ning Rongrong as a necessary effort to strengthen it.
• Kong Xuan let the rift between Ning Rongrong and Oscar deepen, then turned to Ma Hongjun and asked whether he remembered Bai Chenxiang.
• Ma Hongjun said Bai Chenxiang was his wife and explained that, as a Second-Level Deity, he had been unable to bring her to the Divine Realm.
• Kong Xuan asked why Ma Hongjun had not sought help from Tang San, who could bring relatives as a First-Level God.
• Tang San said he had used his two places for his parents and that Xiao Wu had ascended through an exception tied to her connection to his divine position.
• Many gods accepted Tang San’s explanation and regarded him with renewed respect.

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.

• Kong Xuan accused Tang San of secretly bringing Huo Yuhao’s mother’s soul from the lower realm into the Divine Realm.
• Huo Yuhao confronted Tang San and demanded his mother’s soul, but Tang San denied knowing either of them.
• Xiao Wu recognized that Tang San had secretly brought Huo Yun'er’s soul to the Divine Realm but stayed silent.
• Kong Xuan asked Xiao Wu when she had last seen her daughter, and she eagerly asked whether he knew how Tang Wutong was.
• Kong Xuan used his Space Soul Tool to reveal Wang Dong'er in her female form before the gods.

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.

• The gods recognized Wang Dong'er as Tang Wutong, and Xiao Wu rushed to greet her with tears and longing.
• Wang Dong'er dodged Xiao Wu's touch and said her name was Wang Dong'er, explaining that her memories of a mother were blank and she distrusted her parents over her soul's separation.
• Wang Dong'er pointed to Tang San and told Xiao Wu to ask him what had happened to her.
• Tang San blamed Kong Xuan for what had happened to his daughter, trying to turn the gods against him.
• Wang Dong'er shouted that Tang San had torn apart his own daughter's soul, shocking the gods and drawing their horror and disgust.

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.

• Wang Dong'er told Xiao Wu that Da Ming had admitted Tang San tore apart her soul and that her second father was dead.
• Kong Xuan told Xiao Wu that Tang San had brought Huo Yun'er's soul to the Divine Realm and separated her from Huo Yuhao.
• Xiao Wu pleaded with Tang San to stop adding to his wrongs, and the gods' trust in him collapsed.
• Ma Hongjun asked Tang San why he had not brought Bai Chenxiang up from the lower realm, but Tang San gave no answer.
• Dai Mubai patted Ma Hongjun's shoulders and urged him to calm down and leave the complicated matters for later.

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.

• Kong Xuan told Dai Mubai that Huo Yuhao had originally been surnamed Dai and came from the White Tiger Duke’s lineage.
• Dai Mubai realized Tang San had abducted and imprisoned Huo Yun’er despite her connection to the Dai Family, and he looked at Tang San with anger and disappointment.
• Tang San saw estrangement and pain on the faces of his former companions before breaking into wild, despairing laughter.
• The Goddess of Life struck Tang San with an emerald pillar of divine light, sending him flying over a thousand meters.
• The God of Destruction felt relieved as his wife’s anger and disillusionment toward Tang San eased the estrangement between them.

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.

• Tang San sent Huo Yun’er’s soul to Kong Xuan, who stored it for Huo Yuhao until the confrontation was over.
• The God of Destruction called an emergency provisional assembly and proposed stripping Tang San of his office and authority over the Divine Realm Core.
• The Goddess of Life, the God of Emotion, the God of War, and numerous other deities supported the motion, and the God of Destruction removed Tang San from office.
• Tang San reacted to his companions’ rejection with laughter and claimed that the Douluo Continent had become an entirely different world while they were in the Divine Realm.
• Tang San blamed Kong Xuan for his downfall and threatened to turn Kong Xuan’s friends and loved ones against him.

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 God of Destruction reclaimed the Divine Realm Core and discovered an Abyss invasion underway on Douluo Star.
• Kong Xuan and the gods saw that the Abyss creatures had destroyed Shrek Academy and were fighting Kong Deming, Du Busi, Cai Mei'er, Yan Feng, Di Tian, and others.
• Kong Xuan accused Tang San of bringing the Abyss Plane to his former homeland, and Tang San admitted he had guided the invasion.
• Tang San argued that Douluo Star could devour the Abyss Plane and grow stronger, while the Goddess of Life condemned the suffering his plan had caused.
• Kong Xuan summoned the Atlas Spear and hurled it through the Divine Realm toward Douluo Star with his Sky-Piercing · Sun-Shooting strike.

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.

• The Abyss army overwhelmed Shrek Academy, and Xuan Zi died protecting the evacuation of the core disciples.
• The Douluo Federation's forces united to defend against the Abyss, but they were driven from Shrek City to the edge of Star Dou Great Forest.
• Kong Xuan hurled the Atlas Spear from the Divine Realm and destroyed the Abyss vortex and its strongest defenders.
• The remaining Abyss creatures lost momentum, and the Divine Realm gods witnessed Kong Xuan's decisive strike.
• Tang San donned crimson armor, summoned the Asura Sword, and unleashed the Asura Blood Sword at Kong Xuan.
• Kong Xuan blocked Tang San's ultimate attack with the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, shattering the sword phantom and wounding him.

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.

• Kong Xuan used the Ruyi Golden Cudgel to pin Tang San beneath its suppressive force, then called Huo Yuhao to pass judgment.
• The God of Destruction petitioned to revive the rite of divine punishment, and the silent gods allowed Huo Yuhao to judge Tang San with the Thunder God’s Hammer.
• The Divine Realm’s laws condemned Tang San, and Xue Sha God-Slaying Thunder destroyed his body and soul, leaving the Sea God Trident and Asura God Sword behind.
• Huo Yuhao completed the Thunder God’s Nine Trials and ascended as a God King after Tang San’s execution.
• Kong Xuan warned the God of Destruction that the Divine Realm’s crisis remained, then joked that none of its divine seats were worthy of him.

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.

• The gods appointed Huo Yuhao as Enforcer and entrusted the Divine Realm Core to the Goddess of Life after Tang San was annihilated.
• Huo Yuhao hosted a meal at his modest home, where Huo Yun'er thanked his friends for supporting him.
• Dai Mubai arrived at the courtyard, but Huo Yuhao told him they had no close kinship and that he did not owe him anything.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the table, and Huo Yun'er and Ren Jun supported his decision to keep his distance from Dai Mubai.
• Kong Xuan returned home and learned that Yun Ming would descend to the Douluo Continent while Electrolux would travel to Canglan Star.

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.

• Di Tian sensed the laws of heaven and earth changing, realized Soul Beasts could become gods, and told the Ferocious Beasts that their path to godhood had opened.
• The Snow Empress, Titan Snow Demon King, and powerful Soul Beasts across the oceans felt their lives transform as the restrictions on Soul Beasts broke.
• Gu Yuena recognized that Di Tian and the others had become gods, thanked Kong Xuan for keeping his promise, and hurried to welcome them.
• Meng Hongchen teased Kong Xuan about Gu Yuena, then told him that the Silver Dragon King had fallen for him before leaving him to decide what to do.
• Kong Xuan set aside the complicated feelings and sensed that his growing Divine Power might soon make the Divine Realm unable to contain him.