Chapter Summaries

Feng Xiaotian and his companions searched Butterfly Forest for a way to evolve Yu Die and Cai Die’s Martial Souls and clues about their missing mother. A mysterious ancient tree recognized the sisters’ lineage and suggested their mother had pursued the legendary Butterfly Valley, but warned them not to follow.

• Tang Xiao calmed Tang San and the others, then planned to take them to the Star Dou Great Forest before sending them toward Vast Sea City.
• Feng Xiaotian’s group reached Butterfly Forest, where Yu Die and Cai Die explained their mother had vanished while seeking a breakthrough years earlier.
• Feng Xiaotian found a broken water flask beneath a thicket and told the sisters to ask Zhang Erhe whether it had belonged to their mother.
• The group encountered a thirty-thousand-year Blue Scenery Butterfly, but Yu Die and Cai Die approached it while Feng Xiaotian and the others waited nearby.
• A giant tree spoke to the sisters, recognized survivors of their lineage, and said their mother had likely pursued the legendary Butterfly Valley.
• The tree gave Yu Die and Cai Die leaves, advised them not to follow their mother, and warned that a butterfly could never cross the Vast Ocean.

Yu Die and Cai Die evolved their Martial Souls in Butterfly Forest, while Ning Tianchen organized the sect’s response to the Wolf Bandits and learned more about the sisters’ missing mother. After a month of reconnaissance, he led the group toward Xingnan City, as Tang San and his companions entered the Star Dou Great Forest and discussed Tang Chen’s connection to Bo Saixi.

• Yu Die and Cai Die found an eighty-thousand-year Colorful Butterfly, underwent Martial Soul Evolution, and later reached Soul Saint level after absorbing God-Bestowed Spirit Rings.
• Ning Tianchen convened a sect meeting, advanced Heaven Sword Sect’s commercial plans, and ordered scouts to investigate the Wolf Bandits near Xingnan City.
• Feng Xiaotian returned to the sect, and he and Ning Tianchen concluded that their Fourth Assessment required the eight of them to defeat the Wolf Bandits together.
• Zhang Erhe told Yu Die and Cai Die that he had never heard of Butterfly Valley or their mother’s family, and urged them to accept that their mother might be free.
• After a month of limited intelligence, Ning Tianchen decided to take the group to Xingnan City to protect it and continue searching for the Wolf Bandits’ main force.
• Tang San and his companions entered the Star Dou Great Forest, and Tang Xiao explained that Tang Chen and Bo Saixi had shared an unusual relationship.

Ning Tianchen and his companions arrived in Xingnan City to help defend it from the Wolf Thieves, whose powerful forces threatened the city. After coordinating the defenses with Zhao Yi and Zhao Qijie, Ning Tianchen detected a nighttime attack and joined the battle as Wolf Thieves charged the walls.

• Ning Tianchen’s group learned of the border conflict between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire and continued toward Xingnan City.
• At Xingnan City, Ning Tianchen caught a crossbow bolt fired by a nervous soldier, and Chen Huayu and Oscar showed their Martial Souls to prove the group were not Wolf Thieves.
• Zhao Qijie explained the city’s defenses and the Wolf Thieves’ attacks, while city lord Zhao Yi revealed that Spirit Hall had withdrawn from the city.
• Ning Tianchen urged Zhao Yi to gather the city’s Spirit Masters and help command the defenses, while Feng Xiaotian and the others were assigned to guard the three gates.
• At midnight, Ning Tianchen sensed Wolf Thieves approaching, and the soldiers fired a volley as he used his Seven Kill Sword to attack the thousand-year beasts reaching the walls.

Ning Tianchen pursued a wolf king from Xingnan City and discovered that two nearly hundred-thousand-year wolf kings were leading the attack. As the city defenders and Yu Die Sisters became surrounded, he faced the pair alone and began considering whether he had to abandon Xingnan City.

• After Ning Tianchen and Feng Xiaotian helped defeat the initial attack, they spotted azure eyes in the forest, and Ning Tianchen flew out to find the wolf king.
• Ning Tianchen encountered a fifty-thousand-year wolf bandit, while the Yu Die Sisters arrived and used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Butterfly God, to hold it off.
• Ning Tianchen found an azure-backed wolf king and fought it, but a second, stronger wolf king emerged and joined the battle.
• Ning Tianchen used his Beast Soul Avatar, Sword Shadow Clone, and Divine Slaughter's Domain to resist both wolf kings, but his Soul Power rapidly dwindled.
• The Yu Die Sisters were trapped by the wolf bandit army as reinforcements kept arriving, while Feng Xiaotian prepared to defend the East City Gate against a far larger assault.
• Ning Tianchen considered fleeing and abandoning Xingnan City, but a crane cried overhead and an unknown fighter unleashed the eighth spirit ability, Azure Sky, Cloud Sea, Sound and Dust Severed.

Ning Tianchen and his allies defeated the Wolf Bandits threatening Xingnan City, with Azure Luan Douluo helping kill a Wolf King whose blood-red soul ring and right leg soul bone appeared after its death. After the city was secured, Ning Tianchen prepared to absorb the Wolf King’s soul ring into his Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit.

• Azure Luan Douluo revealed his identity to Ning Tianchen and took on the stronger of the two Wolf Kings while Ning Tianchen fought the other.
• Feng Xiaotian held the city gates against the Wolf Bandits until Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Chen Huayu arrived to reinforce him.
• Ning Tianchen killed his Wolf King and obtained a black soul ring, then joined Azure Luan Douluo to defeat the stronger Wolf King, which produced a blood-red soul ring and a ninety-thousand-year right leg soul bone.
• Ning Tianchen and his allies routed the Wolf Bandits, eliminated ninety percent of the pack by the next day, and returned to Xingnan City as its defenders.
• Ning Tianchen instructed Zhao Yi to tally casualties and keep residents away from the Wolf Bandit corpses, then prepared to absorb the blood-red soul ring into his Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit.

After absorbing the Wolf King's spirit ring, Ning Tianchen discovered his Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda could greatly enhance himself and his allies, then helped distribute the spoils and support Xingnan City. The Asura Fourth Trial was completed with upgraded rewards, and the group prepared to attend Kuike City's upcoming auction for resources to develop the Heaven Sword Sect.

• Ning Tianchen gained a Ten Thousand Year speed spirit ring and demonstrated its Rapid Domain, which enhanced everyone marked by his Mental Power, including himself.
• Ning Tianchen reviewed Xingnan City's heavy casualties and joined Feng Xiaotian and the others in distributing spirit bones, setting aside money from low-age bones to help cover pensions.
• Ning Tianchen gave Zhao Yi a Ten Thousand Year spirit bone as a meeting gift, hoping to secure Xingnan City as a future trade hub for the Heaven Sword Sect.
• The Asura Fourth Trial was declared complete, granting Ning Tianchen fifty percent total affinity, a spirit ring age increase, and two God-Bestowed Spirit Rings; the group's spirit rings also improved.
• Zhao Yi told the group that Kuike City would hold a large auction in half a month, and Ning Tianchen decided they would attend to acquire resources for the sect.

Tang San's group returned to Suotuo City and discovered that Flender had sold the old Shrek Academy grounds while spending years trying to cure Ma Hongjun. They found Flender living in hardship with Ma Hongjun, whose condition had become incurable, and Tang San agreed to seek medicine for him.

• Dai Mubai advanced to rank sixty, and Tang San's group traveled to Suotuo City while hearing reports of Ning Tianchen's fame.
• Yu Tianheng told Tang San that Flender had taken Ma Hongjun away for treatment, so Tang San led the group to Shrek Academy's former grounds.
• The group learned that the grounds had been sold and found Flender running a consultation stall nearby.
• Tang San and the others discovered Ma Hongjun bedridden and witless, while Flender explained that years of unsuccessful treatment had left him destitute.
• Tang San diagnosed Ma Hongjun's condition as essentially incurable, and Flender pleaded for help finding medicinal ingredients; Tang San promised they would try.

After leaving Flender, Tang San told Dai Mubai that Ma Hongjun could only be saved by a powerful Immortal Herb, and the group headed to Kuike City ahead of an auction. Ning Tianchen and his companions secured lodging and tickets, entered the Black Market to seek buyers for spirit bones, and noticed a stall selling Monoceros Whale horns.

• Tang San told Dai Mubai that Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng or another potent healing Immortal Herb might save Ma Hongjun, though the Speed Clan's heirloom was likely held by the Heaven Sword Sect.
• Ning Tianchen showed his Spirit Hall elder token to Manager Liu, who arranged a suite and auction tickets and gave them a Black Market recommendation letter.
• Ning Tianchen split the group, sending some to investigate auction lots while he, Ning Rongrong, and Zhao Yi went to the Black Market.
• Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong declined to buy discounted Gold Spirit Cards, while Zhao Yi sought an intermediary to sell nine hundred-year spirit bones.
• Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong approached a stall advertising three Monoceros Whale horns as Zhao Yi continued negotiating with a cautious buyer.

Ning Tianchen's group prepared for a blind auction in Kuike City, where Guang Ling Douluo told him Spirit Hall wanted a cultivation item for Qian Renxue. The Asura Fifth Trial then ordered the group to cross the Deep Blue Sea within half a year, and the chapter ended as the auction began and Ning Tianchen spotted Dragon Duke and Snake Woman among the guests.

• Ning Tianchen bought three Monoceros Whale horns and a Deep Blue Heart gemstone after bargaining with a Black Market seller, while Zhao Yi sold a soul bone for three hundred and sixty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Feng Xiaotian explained the blind auction's random item selection, and the group pooled their money under Ning Tianchen's control before Zhao Yi returned to Xingnan City.
• Ning Tianchen caught Guang Ling Douluo eavesdropping and learned that the Grand Elder had sent him to buy an item that would help Qian Renxue's cultivation.
• The group received the Asura Fifth Trial to cross the Deep Blue Sea and reach the Land of the Other Shore within half a year, and Ning Tianchen planned to find an experienced captain and notify the sect.
• Ning Tianchen's group entered the auction in a VIP room, where he recognized Dragon Duke and Snake Woman and rejected Chen Huayu's suggestion to recruit the Dragon Serpent Family.

Ning Tianchen's group attended a Vast Sea City auction, buying valuable soul bones and Soul Tools before setting out for the coast. As both groups reached Vast Sea City, Tang San and Tang Xiao began searching for a ship to take them to Sea God Island.

• Tang San's group passed on the Kuike City auction to avoid overspending and drawing attention before reaching Sea God Island.
• At the auction, Ning Tianchen's group bought a Soul Tool surfboard, while the Dragon Serpent Family purchased an ancient offensive Soul Tool.
• Guang Ling Douluo bought the Radiant Immortal Luo Flower, and Ning Tianchen won a sixty-thousand-year Shark Tooth Dragon Torso Spirit Bone after selling another torso soul bone to fund his bid.
• Ning Tianchen's group also purchased a Domain Field Soul Guidance Device and two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, then arranged for the items to be sent back to the sect.
• Ning Tianchen's group traveled toward Vast Sea City as Tang San's group arrived there and split up to look for a ship to Sea God Island.
• Tang Xiao warned Tang San about Sea God Island's hostility toward Land Spirit Masters and the danger of pirates, but Tang San trusted that they would manage when the time came.

Ning Tianchen prepared for the voyage to Sea God Island by buying maritime soul tools and seeking a reliable captain, while Tang San's group discovered he was in Vast Sea City and feared his presence. The chapter left Ning Tianchen confronting the city's negligent Spirit Hall staff as they hurried to summon their missing hall master.

• Ning Tianchen and his companions flew to the beach, enjoyed the seaside, and later received a visit from Bai He, who tried to dissuade him from the voyage.
• Ning Tianchen gave Bai He a soul guidance bracelet containing treasures for the sect and assured him the trip would be limited and worthwhile training.
• Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong bought a Dragon Abyss Boat and a Water Spider lifeboat, then Ning Tianchen sensed Tang San nearby and avoided him.
• Tang San and Yu Tianheng spotted Ning Tianchen, returned to Tang Xiao and the others, and discussed whether to avoid him or use Sea God Island's Grand Elder against him.
• Ning Tianchen's group gathered ship offers and went to the local Spirit Hall for help, but the idle staff ignored his Elder Token until he overturned the hall and demanded its hall master.
• The staff told Ning Tianchen that the hall master was supposedly inspecting the docks, and Ning Tianchen ordered them to fetch him.

Ning Tianchen searched Vast Sea City for a seaworthy captain to take his group far beyond the ocean, while Tang San and his companions set out on a different ship. At a banquet, Ning Tianchen began testing Captain Chen Haobai’s willingness to travel to another continent.

• Helsing recognized Ning Tianchen’s Pope Token and recommended Captain Chen Haobai, whose Devil Ray was suited to deep-sea voyages.
• Ning Tianchen’s group prepared supplies while Tang San and his companions hired Haidier’s Sea Devil and left port.
• After the Devil Ray returned, Ning Tianchen asked Chen Haobai to take his group into the deep sea, but Chen Haobai said his crew needed time to rest.
• Ning Tianchen invited Chen Haobai to a banquet, then asked whether he knew of another continent beyond the ocean.
• Chen Haobai realized Ning Tianchen wanted to travel there and asked if that was their destination.

Ning Tianchen and his companions uncovered why Chen Haobai feared the deep sea: his father had sailed beyond Sea God Island more than ten years ago and never returned, possibly with Yu Die and her sister’s mother. Chen Haobai overcame his reluctance, agreed to lead an expedition aboard the Devil Ray, and the group set sail into the deep blue.

• Ning Tianchen sent Feng Xiaotian and the others to investigate Chen Haobai’s past while he and Ning Rongrong visited the Chen Residence, where the children revealed that their grandfather had gone farther than Sea God Island and never come back.
• Feng Xiaotian and Chen Huayu learned that Chen Haobai’s father had been inseparable from him before sailing into the deep sea alone, and Ning Tianchen realized Yu Die’s mother might have been aboard his ship.
• Chen Haobai’s mother explained that a woman seeking an unknown truth in the deep sea had inspired his father to leave, and Chen Haobai agreed to guide the expedition so he could search for his father.
• Ning Tianchen arranged compensation for Chen Haobai and the sailors, and Ning Rongrong added payment for five more sailors after a large crowd signed up for the voyage.
• The Devil Ray took on its supplies, raised anchor, and sailed toward the deep blue waters.

Ning Tianchen and the Devil Ray’s crew landed on an uncharted island to replenish freshwater and search for treasure. After sailors discovered an underwater cave full of gold and silver, the greedy first mate confronted them, and a chaotic fight broke out as Ning Tianchen’s group rushed toward the sounds of battle.

• Ning Tianchen cut Chen Huayu’s fishing line after he hooked a ten-thousand-year whale soul beast, and the creature dove away as the Devil Ray fled.
• Ning Tianchen and the others explored the island, found no signs of settlement, and joined the crew for a bonfire feast while the Devil Ray replenished its freshwater.
• A sailor spotted an underwater cave in the island’s lake and found a hidden chamber containing gold and silver treasure.
• The first mate arrived and demanded a share of the treasure, prompting the sailors to refuse and both sides to begin fighting.
• The sailors joined forces against the first mate as the fight turned into a chaotic melee, while Ning Tianchen and the others hurried toward the battle.

Ning Tianchen and Chen Haobai peacefully resolved a treasure dispute aboard the Devil Ray by sharing the find among the crew. Meanwhile, Tang San led the starving Shrek Five Monsters in attacking a ship he claimed belonged to the Purple Pearl Pirate Group, and after killing its crew, they prepared to search its cargo hold.

• Ning Tianchen restrained the sailors fighting over treasure and sent Feng Xiaotian and the others back to guard the Devil Ray.
• Chen Haobai persuaded the sailors to share the underwater cave's treasure equally, and Ning Tianchen accepted a reduced share for his group.
• After the Sea Devil sank, the Shrek Five Monsters drifted in a lifeboat, grew weak from eating unseasoned fish, and spotted a large ship.
• Tang San convinced the others that the ship was a Purple Pearl Pirate Group cargo vessel and ordered them to catch it and seize its supplies.
• Tang San and the Shrek Five Monsters boarded the ship at night and killed more than sixty crewmen by dawn.
• Tang San told the others to search the cargo hold for supplies and valuables to fund the Tang Sect.

Tang San and his companions left a pirate ship with supplies and set out for Sea God Island, but their lack of sailing experience left them lost at sea. Meanwhile, Sea God Island learned that one of its supply ships had been attacked and ordered Seahorse Douluo to find those responsible; the chapter ended as Tang San met Sea God Island’s shark-riding Spirit Masters.

• Tang San and his companions salvaged food, switched to a lifeboat, and left the Purple Pearl Pirate Group’s ship intact while dumping its remaining cargo into the sea.
• After a month, Chen Haobai warned Ning Tianchen that jellyfish swarms were the greatest danger ahead and asked him to watch the waters around the Devil Ray.
• Xiao Bai reported that Sea God Island’s missing supply ship had been found with its crew dead and its cargo gone, prompting Bo Saixi to order Seahorse Douluo to seek revenge without harming innocents.
• Tang San and his companions struggled to find Sea God Island and prepared to flee when sharks approached their boat.
• Tang San spoke with the shark-riding group and said they were Land Spirit Masters seeking refuge on Sea God Island, but their leader questioned their connection to Spirit Hall.

Tang San and the Shrek Five Monsters gained entry to Sea God Island after convincing Seahorse Douluo that they were not from Spirit Hall. After three days under guard, they were brought to face the Sea God's assessment, which could be deadly for Land Spirit Masters.

• Tang San claimed the group had escaped an attack by the Purple Pearl Pirate Group and told the island's investigators a coordinated story about drifting at sea.
• Seahorse Douluo recognized Tang San as Tang Chen's great-grandson and arranged for the Shrek Five Monsters to enter Sea God Island.
• Seahorse Douluo pressured the Purple Pearl Pirate Group to provide scapegoats and supplies, then returned to report to Bo Saixi.
• Bo Saixi ordered the Shrek Five Monsters to follow procedure and undergo the Sea God's assessment before they could become members of the island.
• After three days confined to an inn, the Shrek Five Monsters followed Seahorse Douluo to the Saint Pillar, where Tang San declared that they would accept every assessment.

The Shrek Five Monsters received their Sea God trials, while Tang San learned that his Red-level Nine Trials could not grant him the Sea God’s position. Meanwhile, Ning Tianchen’s crew encountered a school of Pink Dream Jellyfish that mentally attacked everyone aboard the Devil Ray, leaving them trapped at sea.

• Tai Long received Purple-level Three Trials, while Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and Yu Tianxin each received Black-level Five Trials.
• Tang San received Red-level Nine Trials after a golden pillar of light appeared, and Bo Saixi explained that he lacked an item needed for the Sea God Nine Trials.
• Bo Saixi questioned Tang San about Tang Chen, then left as the Shrek Five Monsters prepared to inspect their first trial.
• Bibi Dong’s plans to rename Spirit Hall and invade the continent remained blocked by Qian Daoliu, who wanted Heaven Dou and Star Luo to weaken each other.
• After more than half a year at sea, Ning Tianchen ordered the Devil Ray’s crew to search for land before storm season arrived.
• Ning Tianchen discovered that mental attacks from beneath the ship were making the crew fight, and Chen Haobai identified a school of Pink Dream Jellyfish as the threat.

Ning Tianchen and the Devil Ray survived a deadly Dream Jellyfish attack and continued across the sea, eventually discovering the Sun Moon Continent. The crew reached its coast, where Ning Tianchen and Chen Haobai concealed their origins and paid off a patrol as they prepared to go ashore.

• Ning Tianchen used his Asura Ice Domain and millennium-grade Monoceros horns to hold off the Dream Jellyfish, then fought the high-age jellyfish while Feng Xiaotian and the others pushed the Devil Ray away.
• A Monoceros Whale pod arrived, driving the Dream Jellyfish into the depths, and Ning Tianchen destroyed many of them with his clone before returning to the ship.
• Ning Tianchen promised the surviving sailors extra Gold Soul Coins, and the Devil Ray continued its voyage until the crew sighted a new continent.
• After several more days, the Devil Ray approached a harbor, and Ning Tianchen warned the crew not to reveal their origins while Chen Haobai gave the patrol a false story about their island home.
• Ning Tianchen offered gold to the patrol captain, who accepted the payment and ordered the patrol to let the ship pass.

Ning Tianchen and his companions settled in Binhai City, exchanged treasures for local currency, and sought Soul Tool knowledge. After completing the Asura Fifth Trial, they received a new task to find Butterfly Valley in the Devil Forest, and Ning Tianchen began negotiating with Master Cang Tianyou for Soul Tool crafting.

• Ning Tianchen arranged for the Devil Ray’s sailors to remain in port and asked them to look for Chen Haobai’s father.
• At the Binhai City Auction House, Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong sold herbs and gemstones, then got Manager Huang to recommend a Soul Engineer who could provide manuals and blueprints.
• The group completed the Asura Fifth Trial, increasing Ning Tianchen’s spirit ring ages and raising his Asura Affinity to sixty percent.
• The Asura Sixth Trial tasked the group with finding Butterfly Valley in the Devil Forest within one year, and Ning Tianchen warned them that the forest could be extremely dangerous.
• Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong visited Cang Mansion to meet Master Cang Tianyou, who would consider helping them if they hunted a thirty-thousand-year Soul Beast.
• Ning Tianchen told the servant that their group had a Soul Saint capable of handling the hunt, then left to keep the advantage in negotiations.