Chapter Summaries

Yang Podi searched the Flowing Fire Mountain Range for a powerful fire-type Soul Beast and discovered a hidden cavern beneath the lava. There, he killed a three-hundred-thousand-year fire dragon, whose blood-red Soul Ring appeared with three golden borders.

• Yang Podi traveled into the Flowing Fire Mountain Range and searched its increasingly dangerous volcanic depths for a Soul Beast at least ninety thousand years old.
• After finding no trace of the beast on the surface, Yang Podi confirmed that its presence came from beneath the lava and prepared to descend.
• Yang Podi swam through the lava and emerged in a hidden cavern containing a huge tree and a sleeping fire dragon.
• Yang Podi attacked the three-hundred-thousand-year fire dragon, overcame its flame domain, and wounded it with the Soul Breaking Spear.
• The fire dragon tried to escape into the lava, but Yang Podi used Sun Shooting to pierce its head and kill it instantly.
• A blood-red Soul Ring with three golden borders appeared above the fire dragon.

After reaching Level 99 by absorbing the fire dragon’s Soul Ring, Yang Podi explored an underground courtyard and discovered the Golden Ancient Tree and the Water of Life. He left the site intact as a secret base and possible fallback while continuing to seek a divine seat.

• Yang Podi absorbed the fire dragon’s Soul Ring, reached Level 99, and gained Flame Dragon Claw and Fire Prison.
• Yang Podi found a fiery-red Torso Soul Bone in the fire dragon’s corpse but put it away instead of absorbing it.
• Yang Podi explored the underground space and discovered that the Soul Suppression Courtyard was built from Soul Suppression Stone.
• Yang Podi found the Golden Ancient Tree and identified the courtyard’s spring water as the Water of Life, then took the water with him.
• Yang Podi suspected the courtyard and Golden Ancient Tree were suppressing the Abyss Plane, but left them undisturbed and kept their existence secret.

Tang San and Prince Xue Xing entered the Heaven Dou Palace to treat the poisoned Xue Ye, but Xue Qinghe launched a coup and the conflict drew in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Clear Sky Sect, Di Tian, and Qian Daoliu. Xue Qinghe fled after the fighting, leaving the empire weakened and Xue Ye with only days to live as the question of succession remained unresolved.

• Xiao Wu reunited with Tang San at the Clear Sky Sect, explained how Di Tian's friends had saved her from Spirit Hall, and decided to accompany Tang San to Sea God Island.
• After Xue Ye fell unconscious, Prince Xue Xing brought Tang San and Tang Lie into the sealed palace, where Tang San identified the poison as porcupinefish venom and suspected Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe began his coup, trapping Tang San and his companions; Di Tian rescued Tang San, while Qian Daoliu fought Di Tian.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Clear Sky Sect turned against Xue Qinghe, and the fighting left the imperial forces devastated before Qian Daoliu fled with Qian Renxue.
• Tang San awakened Xue Ye with medicine, but estimated that he had only ten days to half a month to live, leaving the empire without a clear successor and with its treasury looted.

After Xue Ye died, Xue Ke inherited the Heaven Dou Empire amid threats from breakaway territories, while Tang San and his companions prepared to seek strength on Sea God Island. Yang Podi returned to Slaughter City, confronted the King of Slaughter about its secrets, and demanded to see Tang Chen.

• Xue Ye arranged support for Xue Ke and the empire before dying, and Xue Ke became its first empress as several border kingdoms and duchies withheld their support.
• Tang San and his companions planned to sail from Vast Sea City to Sea God Island, while Yang Podi prepared to enter Slaughter City.
• Yang Podi forced a frightened guide to take him to the King of Slaughter, who killed her and then let Yang Podi enter his sealed chamber.
• Yang Podi challenged the King of Slaughter's claim that no Soul Beasts lived in Slaughter City by killing a Soft Bone Rabbit and revealing its Soul Ring.
• Yang Podi questioned the King of Slaughter about Tang Chen's Divine Slaughter's Domain, recognized his evasive answers, and demanded to see Tang Chen.

Yang Podi fought the King of Slaughter in Slaughter City, breaking through his domains and resisting the Asura power behind him. After revealing his second martial soul and full strength, Yang Podi gained the upper hand, leaving the King of Slaughter badly wounded and nearing defeat.

• Yang Podi ambushed the King of Slaughter and pierced his claws with the Soul Breaking Spear.
• Yang Podi broke through the King of Slaughter's Slaughter Domain and wounded him with successive attacks.
• The King of Slaughter unleashed Asura Divine Power, but Yang Podi shattered his Clear Sky Hammer with Earth Behemoth Break.
• Yang Podi and the King of Slaughter clashed with their divine weapons, and Yang Podi's Soul Breaking Spear was notched by the Asura Demonic Sword.
• Yang Podi revealed his second martial soul and six additional Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, then used Extreme Speed to overwhelm the King of Slaughter.
• Yang Podi healed his wounds while the King of Slaughter accumulated injuries and his blood-red presence weakened.

Yang Podi defeated the King of Slaughter, killed the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King, and gained its Soul Ring and Head Soul Bone. After controlling Tang Chen to learn the Clear Sky Sect’s techniques, Yang Podi killed him and claimed his valuable Soul Bones.

• Yang Podi used Ring Fusion and Sun Shooting to pierce the King of Slaughter, then stopped the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King from possessing him and killed it.
• Yang Podi absorbed the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King’s Soul Ring and Head Soul Bone, overcoming its attempt to seize his mind and gaining powerful new skills.
• Yang Podi used Blood-Red Control to probe Tang Chen’s memories and learned the Great Sumeru Hammer and the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes.
• Yang Podi killed Tang Chen to prevent him from becoming a future threat, then collected his valuable Soul Bones.

Yang Podi accepted the Asura God’s inheritance and received the first of the Asura Nine Trials, then took control of Slaughter City as its new King of Slaughter. He left the enforcers under orders to maintain the city’s existing rules and began searching for the Asura God Light.

• Yang Podi recovered Tang Chen’s storage tool and burned his corpse before examining the Asura Demonic Sword and lifting it with all his strength.
• The Asura God summoned Yang Podi to the Asura God Temple, warned him about the inheritance’s dangers, and granted him the Asura Nine Trials.
• Yang Podi returned to Slaughter City with the first trial—passing through the Asura God Light within a year—and the Asura God and Sea God discussed the trial’s increased difficulty.
• Two Terror Knights recognized Yang Podi as the new King of Slaughter, and he summoned the city’s enforcers and demanded their obedience.
• Yang Podi killed nearly a hundred enforcers who refused to kneel, ordered the remaining enforcers to preserve the city’s rules and execute absentees, and appointed the Titled Douluo to manage minor affairs.
• Yang Podi searched Slaughter City for the Asura God Light but could not find it.

Yang Podi discovered the Asura God Temple and began training under the Asura God Light while the powers of the continent prepared for war. Tang San's party reached Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi told him that his great-grandfather Tang Chen had likely fallen.

• Yang Podi inserted the Asura God Sword into the altar on Hell Road, found the Asura God Temple, and struggled to climb its steps against the Asura God Light.
• Yang Podi trained beneath the Asura God Light, strengthening his Divine Slaughter's Domain as his domains began to show signs of merging.
• Empress Xue Ke failed to secure Dugu Bo's or Heavenly Pursuit Academy's support, while Dugu Bo and the others discussed Spirit Hall's coming selection of the new Seven Great Sects and the threat of war.
• Bai He and the Speed Clan helped Tang San's party reach Sea God Island, then settled on Purple Pearl Island to prepare for their eventual escape.
• Bo Saixi seized Tang San's group and recognized a familiar presence in him; after learning he was Tang Chen's great-grandson, she recounted her agreement with Tang Chen and said his presence had vanished.
• Tang San questioned whether Tang Chen had truly fallen, and Bo Saixi explained that she believed he had died while seeking the path to godhood.

Tang San and his companions began the Sea God Island trials, but their assessments fell far short of their expectations, leaving them discouraged as they started training. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue received the Angel Nine Trials, and Bibi Dong began preparing to complete her own divine inheritance.

• Tang San told Bo Saixi that the Clear Sky Sect needed the trials to grow stronger, and learned that Yang Podi had reached level 98 while Yang Tianyue had received the Sea God Nine Trials.
• Bo Saixi revealed that Yang Tianyue had been level 66 at age fourteen and warned Tang San not to provoke her or Yang Podi, but Tang San insisted on taking the trials.
• At the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, Tai Long and Bai Xiaofei received yellow level one trials, Zhu Zhuqing received purple level three, Dai Mubai and Oscar received black level four, Xiao Wu received black level six, and Tang San received red level seven.
• Tang San and the others struggled to climb Sea God's Light, and Bo Saixi secretly explained how Yang Podi's group had trained as they began their own cultivation on Sea God Island.
• Qian Renxue received the Angel Nine Trials, prompting Qian Daoliu to celebrate, while Bibi Dong resolved to complete her Rakshasa God Trial.

Yang Podi completed the first Asura trial, crossed the final step of the Asura God Light, and evolved his Slaughter Domain into the Asura Domain. He began the Asura Blood Sea trial, enduring its corruption and Rakshasa influence as demonic markings spread across his body.

• After nine months of adapting to the Asura God Light, Yang Podi crossed the thousand-and-first step and evolved his Slaughter Domain into the Asura Domain.
• Yang Podi received 10% Asura Affinity and began the Second Trial, which required him to remain in the Asura Blood Sea for at least twelve hours a day for one year.
• Yang Podi discovered that the Asura Blood Sea corroded his body and mind, and he left after ten hours on his first day when its resentment threatened to overwhelm him.
• The Asura God told the Sea God that he had moved the difficult Eighth Trial forward because Yang Podi had already mastered the Asura Domain and needed a divine body.
• Yang Podi endured more than twelve hours in the Asura Blood Sea each day and used meditation and the Heart Sutra to resist its influence.
• Demonic markings spread from Yang Podi's palms across his body, while a special energy began enveloping his skin, blood, bones, and marrow.

Yang Podi completed the Asura God’s Second Trial after a year of enduring the Asura Blood Sea, then left Slaughter City to investigate its evil thoughts and check on his family. He returned to a continent on the brink of war, reunited with his loved ones at Heavenly Pursuit Academy, and learned that Ye Lingling seemed troubled despite saying nothing major had happened.

• Yang Podi survived the Asura Blood Sea’s final assault by reciting the Heart Sutra, completed the Second Trial, and received twenty percent Asura Affinity.
• Yang Podi learned that his Third Trial required him to restore order in Slaughter City and purge its evil thoughts within one year, then discovered that the evil was concentrated in the Asura Blood Sea and Bloody Mary.
• Yang Podi left Slaughter City, learned that Spirit Hall had established an empire and that the two great empires were preparing for war, and returned to Heavenly Pursuit Academy.
• Yang Wudi asked Yang Podi about his murderous aura, and Yang Podi learned that the academy had avoided choosing sides between the Spirit Hall Empire and Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yang Podi reunited with Ye Lingling, slept for two days, and asked whether anything had happened while he was away; Ye Lingling said everything was fine despite appearing conflicted.

Yang Podi shared Tang Chen’s Soul Bones, Clear Sky techniques, and other treasures with the Breaking Clan, then sent Yang Tianyue to seek her Ninth Soul Ring independently in the Far North. While her family and companions traveled north to support her, Yang Podi remained at Mount Aermo and entered a deep state of stillness amid the falling snow.

• Yang Podi reunited with his clan and learned that Yang Tianyue had reached Level 90, while the others had made progress in cultivation.
• Yang Podi gave Yang Zhentian six Soul Bones from Tang Chen and explained that Tang Chen had died after failing the Asura God's Eighth Trial.
• Yang Podi entrusted the clan with the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes and the Great Sumeru Hammer, arranged for the inheritance token to be returned to the Clear Sky Sect, and shared treasures from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's vault.
• Yang Podi refused to help Yang Tianyue obtain her Ninth Soul Ring, urging her to face the challenge herself, and she set out for the Far North with the clan's Soul Masters and Ye Lingling.
• Yang Podi stayed alone at Mount Aermo, sealed his senses, and became so still that falling snow covered him like an ice sculpture.

Yang Podi returned from Mount Aermo after reaching what he considered the demigod realm, then advised Heavenly Pursuit Academy's young cultivators on training and Martial Soul deficiencies. His leisurely days ended when Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived, prompting the academy to ask Yang Podi to receive him.

• Yang Podi descended from Mount Aermo, and he told Feng Xiaotian and the others that talent, effort, resources, and exceeding Soul Ring limits had helped his students grow stronger.
• Yang Podi advised Shui Bing'er that carefully chosen ice-attribute Soul Rings could help repair her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul's deficiencies, and he suggested earth- or dragon-attribute Soul Beasts and Soul Bones for Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Yang Podi spent the following days relaxing at Heavenly Pursuit Academy, occasionally offering guidance and teaching classes while waiting for the Far North expedition.
• Huo Wushuang told Yang Podi that a Titled Douluo had arrived and that Feng Xuan and the others wanted him to receive the guest.
• Yang Podi sensed that the visitor was Chrysanthemum Douluo and wondered why he had come to Mount Aermo so soon after the Spirit Hall Empire was established.

Yang Podi refused Chrysanthemum Douluo’s request for Heavenly Pursuit Academy to support the Spirit Hall Empire, but offered an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid in exchange for borrowing the Angel Holy Sword. He then flew to the Far North and watched Yang Tianyue’s group battle three powerful soul beasts, where the Snow Empress intervened to save the Ice Empress from Yang Tianyue’s decisive attack.

• Yang Podi told Chrysanthemum Douluo that he would not support a war and offered the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid for the chance to borrow the Angel Holy Sword.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo left to seek Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu’s permission after Yang Podi warned he would otherwise visit Spirit City himself.
• Yang Podi sensed his parents’ group fighting in the Far North and flew there to observe the battle in secret.
• Yang Tianyue and the other Titled Douluos fought the Ice Empress, the Titan Snow Demon Ape, and the Ice Bear King, while the Ice Empress unleashed her freezing domain and desperate attack.
• Yang Tianyue struck the Ice Empress with Gone Forever, but the Snow Empress sent down an ice sword that slowed the trident and allowed the Ice Empress to block it at the cost of a severe hand wound.

Yang Podi stopped Snow Empress and the Far North’s three other powerful soul beasts from fighting Yang Tianyue’s group, then offered to help them in exchange for finding Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. He revealed that Snow Empress’s failed attempt to form a second soul core had left her injured and put her survival of her next heavenly tribulation in doubt.

• Snow Empress appeared in the Far North, blocked Yang Tianyue’s strike, and warned Heavenly Pursuit Academy to leave or face the soul beasts’ wrath.
• Snow Empress trapped Yang Tianyue and the others in her Emperor’s Cold Heaven-Snow Dance of Ultimate Ice, but Yang Zhentian and the group joined forces to break the domain.
• Snow Empress prepared Emperor Sword-Ultimate Ice Wushuang, but Yang Podi intervened with a gigantic Soul Breaking Spear and asked her to hear his proposal.
• Yang Podi offered to spare and protect Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Ice Bear King, and Titan Snow Demon Ape if they helped him find Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Yang Podi warned that a war between humans and soul beasts was coming and spoke of Di Tian, Xiong Jun, and the Silver Dragon King.
• Yang Podi identified Snow Empress’s internal injuries as the result of her failed second soul core and said she might not survive her seven-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation.

Yang Podi formed an alliance between Heavenly Pursuit Academy and the Far North, promising to protect the Snow Empress and help her survive her injuries and coming Heavenly Tribulation. After Ye Lingling treated the Soul Beasts and Yang Podi lent the Snow Empress Gold of Life, the Far North began searching for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm while the Ice Empress went to question her clan.

• Yang Podi displayed his dual Soul Cores and proposed an alliance, offering the Far North protection and ways to help the Snow Empress survive her injuries and Heavenly Tribulation in exchange for a search for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Yang Podi and the Snow Empress sealed their alliance with drops of blood on the Asura Demonic Sword as red lightning appeared in the sky.
• Yang Podi explained to his companions that he wanted the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and needed the Far North as an ally and refuge for Heavenly Pursuit Academy.
• Ye Lingling treated the Snow Empress and the other Soul Beasts, but could only alleviate the Snow Empress's severe injuries, so Yang Podi lent her Gold of Life.
• The Snow Empress ordered the Far North's Soul Beasts to search for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and the Ice Empress left to ask her clan about his last known whereabouts.

Yang Podi and his allies found the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm beneath the Far North’s ice after using the Asura Demonic Sword to sense his Divine Power. As Yang Podi moved in to capture him, the silkworm revealed that his apparent sleep had been a trap and tried to ensnare him in an enormous illusory cocoon.

• The Snow Empress ordered the Far North’s Soul Beasts to search for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, while the Ice Empress checked with her clan and Yang Podi discussed alliance plans with his companions.
• Yang Podi explained to Yang Tianyue that the Sea God’s power depended on faith from marine creatures and encouraged her to learn more about the Sea God’s past.
• After five days without finding the silkworm, the Snow Empress reported that the search had failed, but the Ice Empress learned he had vanished during a past pursuit by the Ice Jade Scorpions.
• Yang Podi used the Asura Demonic Sword to detect faint Divine Power beneath the ice, and everyone spent five days digging thousands of meters down toward its source.
• Yang Podi found the million-year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in an ice crevice and had his companions guard the entrance while he approached.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm transformed into an illusion and sent an enormous cocoon toward Yang Podi, laughing that he had fallen for the trap.

Yang Podi captured the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm after seeing through its escape trick, then negotiated over its cooperation while the group divided the ice marrow and began cultivating. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm remained wary as Yang Podi proposed that it sacrifice itself to Yang Tianyue and promised it could be resurrected as a divine beast.

• Yang Podi broke through the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's shed skin, realized the others had been deceived by Mental Interference, and chased after it with the group.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hid among the ice, but Yang Podi anticipated its return and trapped it in a cage that blocked spiritual power.
• Yang Podi agreed with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to keep the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and split the remaining ten-thousand-year ice marrow equally.
• Yang Wudi collected thirteen pieces of ice marrow for their share, and the others began cultivating in the cavern.
• Yang Podi pressed the captive Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to cooperate, threatening to trade it to the Ferocious Beasts or take its Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Yang Podi revealed his seven Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and proposed that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sacrifice itself to Yang Tianyue, promising she could resurrect it after becoming the Sea God.

Yang Podi persuaded the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to sacrifice himself for Yang Tianyue, granting her a Million-Year Soul Ring, a million-year head Soul Bone, and a second Martial Soul. After ten days of cultivation strengthened their companions, Yang Podi left his sister to face her future trials herself, while the Sea God and Asura God discussed the unexpected sacrifice in the Divine Realm.

• Yang Podi convinced the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to become Yang Tianyue's Soul Ring and support her path to godhood, while warning him not to take control of her body.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sacrificed himself, giving Yang Tianyue a Million-Year Soul Ring, a million-year head Soul Bone, an unformed Martial Soul, and Soul Power at Level 94.
• Yang Podi urged everyone to cultivate using the Divine Power released by the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's body, and ten days of cultivation raised the strength of his family and allies.
• Yang Podi told Yang Tianyue to treat the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as her teammate and handle her future trials independently, then focused on his own cultivation.
• In the Sea God Hall, the Sea God and Asura God discussed Yang Tianyue's gain; the Asura God left angrily, while the Sea God laughed at his reaction.

Yang Podi learned that Spirit Hall had refused to lend him the Angel Holy Sword, while Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Qian Daoliu argued over the empire’s leadership and their past failures. After Yang Tianyue returned from the Far North with five powerful Soul Rings, Yang Podi sent her to Slaughter City to grow more independent, and Yang Ping'an secretly followed her.

• Yang Podi left the Far North for Mount Aermo, and Spirit Hall later refused his request to borrow the Angel Holy Sword.
• Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Qian Daoliu argued over Spirit Hall’s failures, Bibi Dong’s rule, and the Angel Clan’s position before parting on bad terms.
• Yang Tianyue returned from the Far North with five Soul Rings over fifty thousand years old, a peak Level 97 Soul Power, and a Mysterious Ice Giant Dragon Second Martial Soul.
• Yang Podi gave Yang Tianyue a map to Slaughter City and the Heart Sutra, explaining that she needed to train alone and become more independent.
• Yang Tianyue left for Slaughter City, and Yang Ping'an secretly followed her while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wondered about Yang Podi’s path to godhood.