Recaps

Qian Renxue climbed the Holy Light Stairway to complete the Angel's first trial, enduring its increasing pressure until she reached the summit. The Angel God’s light healed her and restored her Soul Power as the worshippers celebrated her success, while Bibi Dong watched from the Pope Hall with irritation.

• Qian Renxue and Lin Chen went to the Angel Temple, where Qian Daoliu wished her well before the trial.
• Qian Renxue released her Nine-Winged Angel Martial Soul, causing a golden stairway of holy light to appear.
• Qian Renxue climbed the stairway as the pressure grew, drawing strength from memories of Lin Chen and her years as Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue forced herself up the final step and knelt beneath the Angel God Statue’s light, completing the trial as her Soul Power recovered and rose.
• Mighty Lion Douluo and the other worshippers celebrated Qian Renxue’s success, while Lin Chen felt relieved and Bibi Dong watched coldly from the Pope Hall.

After Qian Renxue completed the Angel God's First Trial, she learned the rewards and the demanding conditions of her Second Trial. Lin Chen gave her two Immortal Herbs to help her advance, and the chapter ended with them returning to the Guest Courtyard as Qian Daoliu looked favorably on Lin Chen.

• Lin Chen helped Qian Renxue down the steps after she completed the First Trial, and she reported gaining three Soul Power levels, longer-aged Soul Rings, and ten percent more affinity with the Angel Godhood.
• Qian Renxue revealed that her Second Trial required her to reach level seventy within two and a half years and defeat an equal-level phantom in the Angel Temple.
• Lin Chen offered Qian Renxue an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma to help her raise her Soul Power and overcome bottlenecks.
• Qian Renxue accepted the Immortal Herbs, while the elders noticed her special regard for Lin Chen and Qian Daoliu privately considered his suitability for her.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue to rest, and she and Lin Chen walked together toward the Guest Courtyard.

Qian Renxue began preparing for two and a half years of seclusion, while Lin Chen decided to cultivate at Spirit Hall. Ultraman Zero contacted Lin Chen through the Ultimate Bracelet, warned him that Tartarus had targeted the Palagi Shield, and urged him to grow stronger before disappearing.

• Qian Renxue told Lin Chen she would cultivate in the Angel Temple for the next two and a half years, and Lin Chen said he would wait for her and cultivate at Spirit Hall.
• The Ultimate Bracelet pulled Lin Chen's consciousness into his Sea of Consciousness, where Ultraman Zero appeared.
• Zero told Lin Chen that Tartarus had sensed the Palagi Shield and followed it to this universe, but Zero had stopped him for now.
• Zero warned Lin Chen that he was too weak to protect those around him and urged him to grow stronger.
• Lin Chen resolved to work hard, and Zero said he would keep watching him and that Tartarus would not threaten him for twenty thousand years.

After Zero’s departure, Lin Chen focused on mastering the Ultimate Armor’s power over space and time, raising his Soul Power from level 46 to 53 over two and a half years. He reached the threshold of awakening the Ultimate Bow, and the chapter ended as Qian Renxue arrived at his courtyard.

• Lin Chen accepted that his Soul Power level mattered less than mastering the Palagi Shield and shifted his cultivation toward studying the Ultimate Armor.
• Over two and a half years, Lin Chen’s Soul Power rose to level 53, while Qian Jun Douluo, Dugu Yan, and Qian Renxue also grew stronger through Soul Bones, Immortal Herbs, and divine trials.
• Lin Chen sensed the Ultimate Bow taking shape from the Ultimate Bracelet, but could not yet fully bring it into being.
• Lin Chen refined his combat techniques, learned to combine Void Instant Slash with the Ultimate Holy Shield, and gained a rudimentary understanding of spatial laws.
• Qian Renxue arrived at Lin Chen’s courtyard and smiled at him.

After learning that the Worship Hall had found a crystal containing the Gold of Life, Lin Chen went to claim it from the Pope Hall, where Bibi Dong had taken it. Qian Renxue joined him, ready to confront Bibi Dong if she refused to hand it over.

• Qian Renxue told Lin Chen she had completed her Second Divine Trial, absorbed a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, and reached Soul Saint.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Qian Renxue would rest for a little over a month before beginning the Angel God's Third Trial.
• Mighty Lion Douluo told Lin Chen that the Worship Hall had found a green life-force crystal inside a Golden Hawksbill Turtle and intended it as compensation for the Immortal Herb Lin Chen gave Qian Renxue.
• Mighty Lion Douluo revealed that Bibi Dong had claimed the crystal as a Spirit Hall public resource and taken it to the Pope Hall.
• Lin Chen recognized the crystal as the Gold of Life and decided to go to the Pope Hall to claim it.
• Qian Renxue offered to accompany Lin Chen and defend the Worship Hall's claim to the crystal.

Lin Chen and Qian Renxue went to the Pope Hall to claim the Gold of Life, but Bibi Dong made its ownership depend on a fight. Lin Chen agreed to face Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation alone, and they headed for the Soul Fighting Arena.

• Qian Daoliu told Lin Chen that the Gold of Life was his and said Bibi Dong could come to him if she objected.
• Lin Chen explained to Qian Renxue that the crystal was Gold of Life, a rare ore that could strengthen and heal the body.
• Qian Renxue challenged Bibi Dong’s claim to the crystal, but Bibi Dong insisted it should be managed as a shared Spirit Hall resource.
• Bibi Dong offered Lin Chen the crystal if he defeated Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan, and Lin Chen volunteered to fight all three by himself.
• Bibi Dong sent Ghost Douluo to summon the Golden Generation to the Soul Fighting Arena, and Lin Chen, Qian Renxue, and Demon Subduing Douluo prepared to go there.

Lin Chen fought Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation in the Soul Fighting Arena and overwhelmed all three without releasing his Martial Soul. Hu Liena conceded after Lin Chen defeated Yan and Xie Yue, leaving the Golden Generation beaten.

• Lin Chen arrived at the Soul Fighting Arena, where Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan challenged him to fight all three at once.
• Lin Chen caught Yan’s flaming punch and knocked him back, then broke through Yan’s Hell Lie Yan and left him unable to move.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue attacked together, but Lin Chen resisted Hu Liena’s mental attack and stopped Xie Yue’s Moon Blade with his hand.
• Lin Chen punched Xie Yue away, and Hu Liena surrendered on behalf of the Golden Generation.

After defeating Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, Lin Chen received the Gold of Life from Bibi Dong and began absorbing it. Its vitality transformed his body and Sea of Consciousness, and the absorption formed a third eye on his forehead.

• Bibi Dong gave Lin Chen the Gold of Life after Hu Liena admitted defeat, and warned him to absorb it carefully.
• Qian Renxue confirmed Lin Chen was unharmed and told him she would enter the Angel Temple in a month; she promised to tell him something if he reached Soul Emperor by the time she returned.
• Lin Chen returned to his room, took out the Gold of Life, and pressed it against his forehead to absorb it.
• The Gold of Life flooded Lin Chen's body with vitality, toughening his meridians, organs, and bones while cleansing him of impurities.
• The Gold of Life entered Lin Chen's Sea of Consciousness, expanded it, and formed a third eye with a pale-gold iris in the center of his forehead.

Zero transformed Lin Chen’s Eye of Life into the Eye of Zero, granting it powerful light-based abilities, including a limited Emerium Slash. He warned Lin Chen that Tartarus was helping the Abyss Plane open a passage to Douluo Continent, leaving Lin Chen about ten years to prepare before Zero departed to confront Tartarus.

• Zero entered Lin Chen’s Sea of Consciousness and said he had come to help Lin Chen grow stronger before an impending invasion.
• Zero infused Lin Chen’s Eye of Life with his energy, transforming it into the Eye of Zero and enabling it to use Emerium Slash.
• Zero told Lin Chen that Tartarus was helping the Abyss Plane connect to Douluo Continent through a weak point in its planar barrier.
• Zero estimated that Lin Chen had about ten years before the Abyss Plane could invade, then left to investigate Tartarus.
• Lin Chen realized that Douluo Continent might be unable to withstand an Abyss Plane invasion without the Divine Realm’s intervention.

Lin Chen warned Qian Daoliu about spatial tremors in the far west and arranged to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so he could reach Soul Emperor within three months. After spending several days with Qian Renxue, he watched her enter the Angel Temple with Qian Daoliu to begin her Divine Trial.

• Lin Chen warned Qian Daoliu that his Martial Soul sensed increasingly frequent spatial tremors in the far west, and Qian Daoliu agreed to send people to investigate.
• Lin Chen asked to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Qian Daoliu approved the trip with Dugu Bo as his companion.
• Qian Renxue took Lin Chen around Spirit Hall and Spirit City, and the two watched the city lights together from a high platform.
• Qian Renxue reminded Lin Chen of their promise to reach Soul Emperor within three months.
• Lin Chen and several Consecrated Elders saw Qian Renxue off as she entered the Angel Temple with Qian Daoliu to complete her Divine Trial.

Lin Chen returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Bo and descended to find the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' remains. After breaking through a crystal sealing the passage, he discovered the two dragon corpses and their overwhelming draconic might.

• Lin Chen returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Bo and said he planned to descend while Dugu Bo guarded the spring.
• Lin Chen swam to the well's bottom, found an opening where the icy and fiery waters met, and followed it deeper.
• Lin Chen reached an Ice and Fire Crystal blocking the passage and cracked it with the Ultimate Zero Sword.
• Lin Chen used his fifth Soul Skill, Ultimate Light Blade, to shatter the crystal and reveal the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' enormous corpses.

Lin Chen found the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remains and sought to claim their Soul Bones. After the Dragon Kings resisted, he revealed Zero’s overwhelming presence and negotiated an agreement that would bind their Divine Sense to the Soul Bones, leaving them to decide whether to risk themselves for revenge.

• Lin Chen examined the Fire Dragon King’s corpse and sensed that its left leg contained a Soul Bone he could not extract by force.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings appeared as remnant souls and demanded to know why Lin Chen had awakened them.
• Lin Chen admitted he wanted their Soul Bones, but the Fire Dragon King rejected his request and the Ice Dragon King told him to leave.
• Lin Chen opened Zero’s Eye, and the Dragon Kings recognized a presence greater than Father God’s and agreed to hear his proposal.
• Lin Chen offered to fight his way back into the Divine Realm if the Dragon Kings gave him their Soul Bones and helped him recover his strength.
• The Ice Dragon King proposed attaching their Divine Sense to the Soul Bones to hold Lin Chen to his promise, and the Fire Dragon King questioned whether they should accept.

Lin Chen convinced the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King that he would honor his promise to tell the Silver Dragon King what had happened. They gave him their Divine-level Soul Bones with most of their power sealed, and Lin Chen returned to Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• The Fire Dragon King threatened Lin Chen with his dragon's majesty, but Lin Chen promised to tell the Silver Dragon King everything and offered to take the two dragon kings to her as witnesses.
• The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King sent their right and left leg Soul Bones to Lin Chen and attached their Divine Senses to them, sealing most of their power and warning that they could destroy his body if he lied.
• The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King dissolved into the Soul Bones, leaving their corpses behind in the underground space.
• Lin Chen put the Soul Bones into his Storage Soul Ring and swam back up without absorbing them.
• Dugu Bo worried when Lin Chen took so long, then saw him emerge from the pool and heard him explain that the passage had been deeper than expected.

Lin Chen absorbed the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ Soul Bones at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Dugu Bo stood guard. After two months of enduring their opposing powers, Lin Chen emerged at level 60 as a Quasi-Soul Emperor.

• Lin Chen showed Dugu Bo two Soul Bones and claimed he had found them on the bodies of two dragons beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo reacted with shock to the supposed Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, then agreed to stand guard while Lin Chen absorbed them.
• Lin Chen began absorbing the Soul Bones, triggering a draconic pressure, a violent Soul Power vortex, and a storm over the valley.
• The Soul Bones’ extreme ice and fire powers damaged Lin Chen’s body, but his strengthened physique and the Gold of Life helped repair him as he endured the process.
• Dugu Bo kept watch while Lin Chen’s absorption continued for two months, after which Lin Chen awoke and reached level 60 as a Quasi-Soul Emperor.

After absorbing the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' Soul Bones, Lin Chen explained his four new Soul Skills to Dugu Bo and sensed that his Ultimate Bow was close to fully awakening. He announced his plan to absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo accepted that Lin Chen believed he could withstand the risks as they left Sunset Forest.

• Lin Chen told Dugu Bo that the two Soul Bones had raised his Soul Power to level 60 and granted him four Soul Skills: Cold Dragon Stomp, Ice Domain Dragon Lock, Flame Dragon Stomp, and Flame Dragon Flying Kick.
• Lin Chen sensed through his Ultimate Bracelet that his Ultimate Bow needed only a little more Soul Power to manifest completely, likely after he absorbed his Sixth Soul Ring.
• Lin Chen told Dugu Bo that he planned to hunt a Soul Beast and absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo warned Lin Chen that the Soul Ring's soul impact and energy could destroy his Sea of Consciousness and body, but Lin Chen cited his spiritual power, Zero's Eye, and exceptional physique as protection.
• Dugu Bo conceded that Lin Chen was difficult to dissuade and followed him toward the outskirts of Sunset Forest.

Lin Chen returned to Spirit Hall and asked the elders to help find a suitable Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his Sixth Soul Ring. Five days later, Qian Renxue completed her Third Trial and emerged from the Angel Temple, looking toward the Guest Courtyard where Lin Chen was staying.

• Lin Chen returned to Spirit Hall, where Golden Crocodile Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo told him they had detected unusual spatial fluctuations in the Far West and were investigating them.
• Lin Chen told the elders he planned to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Golden Crocodile Douluo sent search parties to likely locations.
• Lin Chen resumed cultivating in the Guest Courtyard while Spirit Hall searched for Soul Beasts and he waited for Qian Renxue to finish her trial.
• Five days after Lin Chen returned, golden light spread across Spirit City from the Angel Temple before Qian Renxue emerged after completing her Third Trial.
• Qian Renxue greeted Qian Daoliu and then smiled as she looked toward the Guest Courtyard.

Qian Renxue tried to confess her feelings to Lin Chen, but his literal reply embarrassed her and led her to avoid him. Later, Qian Daoliu told Lin Chen that a suitable hundred-thousand-year light-and-water Soul Beast had been found in the depths of the sea and arranged for Golden Crocodile to help hunt it.

• Qian Renxue asked Lin Chen if he would stay with her forever, but he misunderstood her question, and she left in embarrassment.
• Qian Renxue avoided Lin Chen for half a month, leaving him confused about why she was angry.
• Qian Daoliu summoned Lin Chen and confirmed that he was preparing to hunt a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast for his Sixth Soul Ring.
• Qian Daoliu told Lin Chen that Qian Jun and Jiang Mo had found a suitable light-and-water Soul Beast in the depths of the sea.
• Qian Daoliu said the Soul Beast was too strong for Qian Jun and Jiang Mo and arranged for Golden Crocodile to accompany Lin Chen.

Lin Chen and Qian Renxue joined six Titled Douluo on a voyage to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Light-Attribute Soul Beast. After reaching the deep sea, they were surrounded by a pod of Evil Spirit Orcas.

• Qian Daoliu described the Light-Attribute Soul Beast to Lin Chen and ordered Qian Renxue to join the hunt with Snake Lance and Porcupinefish.
• Lin Chen and Qian Renxue set out with Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qian Jun Douluo, Dugu Bo, Demon Subduing Douluo, Snake Lance Douluo, and Porcupinefish Douluo.
• The group traveled to Vast Sea City, bought a ship named the Vast Sea, and sailed into the ocean while avoiding powerful Sea Soul Beasts.
• After five days in the deep sea, an Evil Spirit Orca rammed the Vast Sea, and dozens of orcas attacked the ship.
• Lin Chen and the others saw a massive lead orca and more than a hundred ten-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orcas surrounding them.

Lin Chen, Qian Renxue, and the elders fought off a massive pod of Evil Spirit Orcas while Golden Crocodile Douluo battled the Evil Orca King. Golden Crocodile Douluo wounded the king badly enough to force it into the depths, and the survivors regrouped aboard the Vast Sea.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo summoned Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo to fight the Evil Orca King and assigned Snake Lance Douluo and the others to protect Lin Chen and Qian Renxue.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qian Jun Douluo, Demon Subduing Douluo, Snake Lance Douluo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and Dugu Bo fought the orcas while Lin Chen guarded the ship with his Ultimate Zero Sword.
• Qian Renxue released her Angel Domain to slow the attacking orcas, and Lin Chen moved beside her when he saw that she was weakening.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo struck the Evil Orca King with his Sixth Soul Skill, Ferocious Golden Crocodile, and drove it to flee into the deep sea.
• The remaining orcas scattered, and Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other elders returned to the Vast Sea with minor injuries.

The Vast Sea reached the golden-lit waters where Golden Crocodile Douluo found the hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast suited to Lin Chen. The Titled Douluos attacked it while Lin Chen and Qian Renxue stayed under guard, and the battle began with the Soul Beast’s defenses resisting their strikes.

• Lin Chen gave Qian Renxue hot water, and she warned him to be careful when absorbing the Soul Beast’s Soul Ring.
• After several dozen days, Golden Crocodile Douluo sensed the hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast in a stretch of pale golden sea and led the group toward it.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo assigned himself, Qian Jun Douluo, Demon Subduing Douluo, and Dugu Bo to attack, while Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo guarded Lin Chen and Qian Renxue.
• The group found a gigantic, light-covered Soul Beast coiled among the seabed reefs, and it roared at the humans as Golden Crocodile Douluo ordered everyone to attack.
• Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo struck the Soul Beast’s shield, while Golden Crocodile Douluo blocked its flying scales with Golden Crocodile Protection.

Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others battered the Jiaolong Soul Beast, but it nearly escaped after unleashing a powerful burst of light. Lin Chen killed it with Emerium Slash, and its blood-red Soul Ring appeared as the group gathered around its corpse.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qian Jun Douluo, Demon Subduing Douluo, and Dugu Bo wounded and poisoned the Jiaolong Soul Beast, slowing its movements.
• The Jiaolong unleashed a destructive golden beam, which Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo countered with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill while Golden Crocodile Douluo struck its head.
• The Jiaolong tried to flee, but Snake Lance Douluo, Porcupinefish Douluo, Qian Renxue, and Golden Crocodile Douluo blocked its escape and knocked it belly-up.
• The Jiaolong transformed into a golden streak and tried to fly away, but Lin Chen used Emerium Slash to pierce its skull and destroy its Life Core.
• The Jiaolong died, a blood-red Soul Ring emerged from its corpse, and Golden Crocodile Douluo praised Lin Chen's attack.

Lin Chen extracted an external Soul Bone from the Jiaolong and began absorbing its Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone under the protection of Dugu Bo and the others. After overcoming a dangerous surge in the ring’s power, he completed the absorption and manifested his Ultimate Bow, while Golden Crocodile Douluo teased him and Qian Renxue about their relationship.

• Lin Chen discovered and removed a pair of blue-and-gold Sacred Horns, an external Soul Bone, from the Jiaolong.
• Lin Chen began absorbing the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and matching Soul Bone as Dugu Bo raised a Poison Mist Barrier and the others stood guard.
• On the third day, a sacred longbow began to take shape around Lin Chen as his Soul Power clashed with the ring’s power.
• On the tenth day, the ring’s power turned violent, but Qian Renxue protected Lin Chen with her Angel Domain, helping him regain control.
• On the twentieth day, Lin Chen completed the absorption, gained a blood-red Soul Ring and the Sacred Horns, and fully manifested his Ultimate Bow.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo teased Lin Chen and Qian Renxue about their relationship, and Qian Renxue blushed and ran across the sea.

After gaining powerful Hundred Thousand Year abilities, Lin Chen and the others set out to return to Spirit Hall, while Golden Crocodile Douluo proposed arranging Lin Chen’s marriage to Qian Renxue. Their voyage went astray in strange fog and tsunamis, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King suddenly attacked and destroyed the Vast Sea.

• Lin Chen revealed that he had reached level 64 and described his four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skills to the elders.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo said he would discuss Lin Chen and Qian Renxue’s marriage with the Great Enshrined, and Lin Chen fled in embarrassment.
• The group decided to return to Spirit Hall after spending more than two months hunting Soul Beasts at sea.
• Seven days into the return voyage, dense fog and repeated tsunamis left the group lost in the open sea and blocked their mental detection.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo sensed a powerful presence approaching and warned everyone to prepare.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King erupted from beneath the sea, shattered the Vast Sea, and sent the group flying as its roar shook them.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked Lin Chen, Qian Renxue, and the Douluo forces, overwhelming their defenses with its immense power. As Tartarus fired a destructive ray toward Douluo Star, Zero created a weakened energy clone and sent it to the continent to intervene.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo woke the group, and Lin Chen caught the still-dazed Qian Renxue as they fell toward the sea.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King emerged and struck at the group with water droplets that shattered their defensive Soul Skills.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo held the remaining defense while Lin Chen realized they could not withstand the whale king.
• Tartarus arrived beside Zero and fired a destructive golden ray toward Douluo Star after Zero refused to interfere directly.
• Zero changed into Luna-Miracle Form and sent a weakened energy clone toward the Douluo Continent.

Zero descended to Douluo Continent and destroyed a golden ray threatening the planet, then forced the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King to retreat. After warning Lin Chen that he could not always intervene, Zero vanished, leaving Lin Chen and the others to recover.

• The God Kings sensed a golden ray approaching Douluo Star and heard an unknown voice promise to stop it.
• After the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King shattered Golden Crocodile Douluo's barrier, Zero appeared between the whale and Lin Chen's group.
• Zero fired a Zero Cluster Ray that met the descending golden ray and protected Douluo Continent from its destructive impact.
• Zero warned the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King to leave, and the whale retreated into the sea.
• Zero told Lin Chen that his intervention was an exception and that he had to go, then dissolved into points of light.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked about Zero as the others checked the injured Demon Subduing Douluo and saw the whale's wreckage floating offshore.