Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue learned that Dragon God Douluo Lu Cheng had returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and hurried there to see him. She found him on the back mountain, but the chapter ended before they met.

• Qian Renxue defeated Ning Fengzhi in a game of Go while a servant waited with an urgent letter.
• Qian Renxue read Meng Shenji's message that Lord Dragon God had returned, and Ning Fengzhi recognized the political impact of Lu Cheng's return.
• Qian Renxue rushed to the academy and learned Lu Cheng had gone to Dugu Bo's garden; she decided to see him the next day.
• Qian Renxue spent a sleepless night, then went to the back mountain and saw Lu Cheng instructing students in combat.

Lu Cheng trained Dugu Yan and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team, exposing their weaknesses and teaching them to coordinate. After practice, he led the disguised Qian Renxue to a secluded courtyard and confronted her about deceiving her godfather.

• Lu Cheng interrupted the team's sparring to point out flaws in their timing, positioning, and coordination.
• Dugu Yan and Bai Mao adjusted their teamwork as Lu Cheng coached them, and he ended the session by assigning them to reflect and improve.
• Dugu Yan teased Lu Cheng about winning a tournament through teamwork, and he said he and a friend had simply crushed their opponents.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, greeted Lu Cheng after the students left.
• Lu Cheng took Qian Renxue to a secluded courtyard and revealed that he knew her true identity.

Lu Cheng recognized Qian Renxue beneath her Xue Qinghe disguise and learned how Bibi Dong had sent her to infiltrate the imperial family. Qian Renxue broke down in his arms, and Lu Cheng resolved to confront Bibi Dong again.

• Lu Cheng identified the disguised Qian Renxue, who dropped her Xue Qinghe persona.
• Qian Renxue told Lu Cheng that Bibi Dong had confined and punished her before sending her to impersonate Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue admitted that Spirit Hall was responsible for what happened to Xue Ye's other children.
• Lu Cheng said he would protect what Qian Renxue's father left behind and comforted her for the years she had suffered.
• Qian Renxue wept and embraced Lu Cheng, while he vowed to have another talk with Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong learned that Lu Cheng, the Dragon God, had returned and fled Spirit City, but he confronted her over how she had treated Qian Renxue and exposed her past. The chapter ended with Lu Cheng publicly denouncing Bibi Dong while Spirit Hall's elders and onlookers watched.

• Ghost Douluo told Bibi Dong that the Dragon God had appeared, and she insisted she was no longer afraid of him despite privately trembling at the thought.
• Bibi Dong tried to flee Spirit City but encountered Lu Cheng, whose pressure drew the attention of the city's residents and Spirit Hall's elders.
• Lu Cheng accused Bibi Dong of dragging Xiao Xue into her grievance with Qian Xunji, then struck her and sent her crashing into a Spirit Hall building.
• Lu Cheng condemned Bibi Dong for treating Xiao Xue as a tool and revealed that she had helped build Yu Xiaogang's reputation using Spirit Hall's influence.
• Lu Cheng berated Bibi Dong for giving Yu Xiaogang an Elder Token and bringing him into Spirit Hall, while the gathered onlookers realized she had favored him.

Lu Cheng defeated Bibi Dong and took control of Spirit Hall’s leadership, ordering Qian Renxue to become Pope. Bibi Dong was imprisoned after Lu Cheng confronted her for harming Xiao Xue.

• Bibi Dong lost control after Lu Cheng exposed her past and attacked him with poisonous mist.
• Lu Cheng overwhelmed Bibi Dong with physical blows, leaving her badly injured and forcing her out of her Martial Soul Avatar.
• Lu Cheng ordered Spirit Hall to imprison Bibi Dong and bring back Yu Xiaogang, strip him of his Grandmaster status, and disown his published theories.
• Lu Cheng declared that Qian Renxue would inherit the position of Spirit Hall’s Pope, and Ghost Douluo and the other elders agreed.
• Lu Cheng told Bibi Dong that he had tolerated her schemes until she harmed Xiao Xue, and Bibi Dong realized how completely he had defeated her.

Gu Yuena asked Lu Cheng how the Soul Beasts could survive humanity’s continued need for Soul Rings, and he pointed to Soul Tools as a future turning point. He promised that humans and Soul Beasts might live in peace in twenty or thirty thousand years, though he privately feared he had been forsaken by the gods and would not live to see it.

• Gu Yuena told Lu Cheng that she had left Di Tian in charge of the Star Dou Great Forest and asked where the Soul Beasts’ future should lead.
• Lu Cheng asked whether Gu Yuena trusted humans, then explained that Soul Tools could eventually change the relationship between humans and Soul Beasts.
• Gu Yuena asked how long she would have to wait, and Lu Cheng estimated twenty or thirty thousand years before peace might be possible.
• Gu Yuena assumed Lu Cheng would still be with her then, while Lu Cheng privately doubted he could become a god or see that future.

Lu Cheng spent his remaining years protecting the people around him while the Divine Realm barred him from ascending. As he died, the Asura God expected Gu Yuena to attack humanity, but Lu Cheng was certain she would not.

• Qian Renxue appointed Lu Cheng a supreme elder of Spirit Hall, and he helped secure her position as its new Pope.
• Lu Cheng’s Heaven Dou Royal Team defeated Shrek Academy in the tournament, and he crippled Tang Hao when Tang Hao threatened Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue, Zhu Zhuqing, Gu Yuena, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Bo advanced in power or became gods, while the Asura God’s refusal kept Lu Cheng from entering the Divine Realm.
• After a hundred and sixty years passed and Lu Cheng grew old, the women stayed by his side as he faced death.
• The Asura God appeared, expecting Gu Yuena to attack humanity after Lu Cheng died, but Lu Cheng insisted she would not harm humankind.

Lu Cheng died after Asura God condemned him, and Gu Yuena and Qian Renxue carried on his hopes through the ages. Thirty thousand years later, Gu Yuena visited his grave and used newly passed technology to try to revive him, while another Lu Cheng watched in shock.

• Asura God left Lu Cheng dying, and Gu Yuena held him as he asked to visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy before his death.
• After Lu Cheng died, Gu Yuena waited for the future he had predicted, while Qian Renxue remained at Spirit Hall before ascending to the upper realm.
• Over the next thirty thousand years, Gu Yuena destroyed Huo Yuhao's Spirit Pagoda, and Soul Tool technology advanced until humans no longer needed Soul Beasts for cultivation.
• Gu Yuena and the Soul Beast leaders returned to Heaven Dou City to pay respects at Lu Cheng's preserved grave.
• After the others left, Gu Yuena exposed Lu Cheng's body, said the Federation had passed new technology, and kissed him while preparing a syringe.
• Another Lu Cheng watched Gu Yuena and wondered what she was about to do.

Lu Cheng chose Soul Power rewards from the simulations and rose to Level 97, then tested his strength by defeating Du Busi before preparing to visit the Star Dou Great Forest. In the Divine Realm, Qian Renxue awoke in her Angel Temple and told Ye Guyi that she loved Lu Cheng.

• Lu Cheng chose four levels of Soul Power from each simulation reward, reaching Level 97.
• Du Busi reported that the Body Sect had driven back the Sun Moon Empire and that Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao had disappeared from the battlefield.
• Lu Cheng said he would wait before striking the Sun Moon Empire and challenged Du Busi to a fight.
• Lu Cheng defeated Du Busi, who wondered whether the young man had become a god.
• Qian Renxue awoke in her Angel Temple, where Ye Guyi explained that faith could help restore Qian Renxue's original body.
• Qian Renxue told Ye Guyi that she loved Lu Cheng and wanted to be with him, leaving Ye Guyi stunned.

Qian Renxue confronted Ye Guyi in the Divine Realm, while the Body Sect’s intervention drove back the Sun Moon Empire’s forces at the cost of heavy losses for the allied armies. The chapter ended with Yan Shaozhe withdrawing Shrek Academy’s wounded, convinced that the Divine Realm could eventually help them deal with the Body Sect.

• Ye Guyi threatened Qian Renxue over whom she liked, but the two briefly matched divine power before Ye Guyi agreed to protect her from Tang San.
• Xu Jiujiu recognized that the Body Sect’s battle-armored disciples had destroyed the Evil Lord Soul Engineer Corps and routed the Sun Moon Empire’s allied forces.
• The campaign left the Star Luo, Heavenly Soul, and Dou Ling Empires, along with Shrek Academy, gravely weakened and suffering heavy casualties.
• Lang Ya rejected Yan Shaozhe’s accusations and reminded him that Shrek Academy had once allied with Evil Soul Masters.
• Yan Shaozhe withdrew Shrek Academy’s wounded and disabled experts, expecting the Divine Realm to help them deal with the Body Sect.

Da Ming and Er Ming learned that the Body Sect had repelled the Sun Moon Empire using powerful armor and a formation that disrupted its Soul Tool defenses. After Tang Wutong disappeared from their custody, Lu Cheng found her in the Sunset Forest.

• Da Ming and Er Ming worried over Tang San’s disappearance and debated whether to intervene in the war.
• A Clear Sky Sect disciple reported that the Body Sect had driven the Sun Moon Empire’s army from the Ming Dou Mountain Range.
• Da Ming learned that Lang Ya had led the Body Sect’s second-generation disciples, whose armor greatly enhanced their strength while a formation disabled the enemy’s linked defenses.
• Da Ming told Er Ming to watch Tang Wutong, but Er Ming soon returned to report that she was missing.
• In the Sunset Forest, Lu Cheng found Tang Wutong beside a frightened Fire Spirit Snake and called her by name.

Lu Cheng captured Tang Wutong and entered her Sea of Consciousness to sever Tang San’s influence. With Electrolux’s help, he left an imprint that made Tang Wutong forget Tang San and feel a lasting aversion to him.

• Tang Wutong woke in Sunset Forest and recognized Lu Cheng, who told her he would not kill her but would put a lock on her.
• Lu Cheng subdued Tang Wutong and entered her Sea of Consciousness with his Spiritual Power.
• Electrolux appeared and destroyed Tang San’s soul imprint after overcoming its attacks.
• Electrolux planted a new imprint in Tang Wutong’s Sea of Consciousness, making her forget Tang San and feel inexplicably averse to him.