Chapter Summaries

Zhao Wuji tested Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong in a battle for admission to Shrek Academy, exposing their poor teamwork and overwhelming them with his strength. When Zhao Wuji’s attack trapped Tang San, Ning Rongrong rescued him, while Tang Hao watched from hiding without intervening.

• Zhao Wuji revealed his Level 79 strength and challenged Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong to last one incense stick under his first four soul skills.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Tang San and Xiao Wu, but they dodged Zhao Wuji’s palm strike without protecting her, and she escaped it using the Heavenly Netting Formation.
• Zhao Wuji struck Tang San and threw Xiao Wu to the ground, knocking her unconscious; enraged, Tang San attacked Zhao Wuji with hidden weapons aimed at his vital points.
• Zhao Wuji blocked Tang San’s weapons with Immovable Vajra Body, locked onto him with Positional Tracking, and attacked with Great Vajra Palm.
• Ning Rongrong pulled Tang San out of the palm strike’s path, prompting the hidden Tang Hao to hold back from intervening.

Zhao Wuji used his fifth soul skill to counter Tang San and Ning Rongrong’s agility after Tang San attacked him with hidden weapons. Dai Mubai announced that the one-incense-stick limit had expired just as Tang San was pulled toward Zhao Wuji.

• Tang San threw more than a dozen hidden weapons at Zhao Wuji while Zhao Wuji had his back turned.
• Zhao Wuji became enraged and forgot his promise to use only his first four soul skills.
• Zhao Wuji used his fifth soul skill, Gravity Crush, to force agile opponents toward him.
• Tang San lost control of his body and began hurtling toward Zhao Wuji.
• Dai Mubai shouted that the time for one incense stick was up.

Dai Weisi considered how to handle his Sword God title and decided to postpone seeing Chen Xin until his swordsmanship reached the ultimate realm. After meeting Dai Mubai, he planned to take his teammates to Sea God Island and seek benefits through the Sea God’s trials.

• Dai Weisi reasoned that no mortal opponent except Di Tian seriously concerned him, though he worried the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King might escape before he could kill it.
• Dai Weisi decided not to visit Chen Xin until his swordsmanship reached the ultimate realm, when he could flatter his teacher about becoming the greatest swordsman of the new era.
• Dai Weisi decided to use the Heart of the Sea God to take his teammates to Sea God Island and pursue benefits from the Sea God’s trials.
• After meeting Dai Mubai, Dai Weisi planned to set out to sea in search of Sea God Island.

Dai Weisi considered how Ning Rongrong could use the Lesser Formless Skill to gain offensive techniques despite her support-focused abilities. He planned for her to learn suitable skills from Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San, with permission, rather than copy them secretly.

• Dai Weisi judged that martial techniques powered by the Lesser Formless Skill could match their originals in strength.
• He recognized that the skill suited Ning Rongrong and her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda’s ability to enhance attributes.
• He planned to let Ning Rongrong learn suitable Nine Yin Manual techniques from Zhu Zhuqing after speaking with her.
• He expected the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to persuade Tang San to let Ning Rongrong learn some of his techniques, excluding the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

Dai Weisi considered how to cultivate the Seven Star Sword without compromising its purity and chose to forge all ten Soul Rings himself, despite the difficulty. He hoped this path would keep the martial soul from becoming a limitation if he traveled to other worlds.

• Dai Weisi recognized that relying on Soul Power to forge unique Soul Rings was the proper way to cultivate the Seven Star Sword.
• He judged that forging the rings himself would be as difficult as becoming a god through his own efforts, and harder because he needed ten rings.
• Dai Weisi decided to forge every Soul Ring himself, beginning with the first, to preserve the Seven Star Sword's purity.
• He chose the difficult path as a way to avoid being constrained by Douluo World's cultivation system if he reached other worlds.

Dai Weisi recruited Gu Youlong and the Blue Dragon Adventure Group to help establish a professional Star Luo Navy. Gu Youlong agreed to bring his young adventurers, while Dai Weisi promised to help him advance to Soul Sage after he earned merit.

• Dai Weisi invited Gu Youlong and the Blue Dragon Adventure Group to serve the Star Luo Empire, and convinced Gu Youlong of his identity by controlling the White Tiger Seven Star Sword with his mind.
• Dai Weisi explained that he planned to build a professional navy, beginning with Gu Youlong’s group and recruiting more suitable people before departing for Sea God Island.
• Gu Youlong accepted the recruitment and promised to bring the Blue Dragon Adventure Group, but worried that his Soul Emperor strength would not be enough to command a naval division.
• Dai Weisi told Gu Youlong that he would help him reach Soul Sage after he earned merit, then sent him to gather the group.
• Dai Weisi chose to reward ordinary subordinates according to their achievements, unlike the generous resources he gave the Demon King Team to strengthen their shared potential.

Dai Weisi entrusted Gu Youlong with command of the Black Pearl and the Demon King Team, and Gu Youlong put them through grueling sea-combat training. After three days, the team had adapted remarkably well, so Gu Youlong ordered the ship to enter the Devil Sea early.

• Dai Weisi appointed Gu Youlong captain and gave him authority over the Demon King Team during combat, and Gu Youlong swore allegiance to him.
• Gu Youlong assigned the Demon King Team intensive training at sea, and all seven members obeyed without complaint.
• The team secretly doubled its training workload at night, prompting Gu Youlong to join them and create a continuous twenty-four-hour regimen.
• Zhu Zhuyun overcame her aversion to the ocean and became highly capable in naval combat, while Dugu Yan felt at home at sea because of her evolving Martial Soul.
• Liu Yunying and Gu Shouchang adapted to the sea and retained more than ninety percent of their combat power.
• After completing the training, Gu Youlong ordered the Black Pearl to change course and enter the Devil Sea ahead of schedule.

While sailing toward Sea God Island, Dai Weisi unexpectedly entered a state of Unity of Heaven and Man and advanced his Innate Skill to the ninth layer. He woke from a nap astonished by the breakthrough and the influx of refined Soul Power.

• Dai Weisi reflected that perfecting the twelve layers of Innate Skill could purify his Soul Power enough to refine an Innate Golden Core.
• He assessed how the early layers of Innate Skill corresponded to the soul master ranks and recalled that his eighth layer gave his Soul Power strength comparable to a Limit Douluo.
• On the first day of the voyage to Sea God Island, Dai Weisi entered Unity of Heaven and Man while resting in the sea breeze.
• Heaven and earth energy surged into Dai Weisi and was refined by Innate Skill into Soul Power.
• After more than ten minutes, Dai Weisi woke from his nap and discovered that Innate Skill had reached the ninth layer.

The Demon King Team and Vast Sea Camp fought back when three pirate groups surrounded the Black Pearl, with Gu Youlong steering the ship into the Green Ghost Pirate Group’s flagship. After Liu Yunying and the others boarded and engaged the pirates’ leaders, the battle continued across the damaged flagship.

• Gu Youlong ordered the Black Pearl to charge the Green Ghost Pirate Group’s flagship and assigned the Demon King Team its battle roles.
• Liu Yunying struck the enemy ship’s prow with her Flame Dragon Charge, then the Black Pearl rammed and wrecked the front third of the flagship.
• Gu Shouchang confronted the level 77 Green Ghost while Zhu Zhuyun attacked the pirate group’s other Soul Sage.
• Liu Yunying used Sweep the Army to strike the pirates surrounding her on the ruined flagship.

Green Ghost’s fleet turned against the Black Shark Pirates, prompting Black Shark to lead his elite guard against the Demon King Team. As the battle was about to erupt, Dai Weisi watched from the Black Pearl, ready to intervene if his companions were in danger.

• Green Ghost’s warships ambushed the Black Shark Pirates, drawing them into the battle.
• Black Shark led his guard toward Green Ghost’s flagship, but Liu Yunying, Zhu Zhuyun, Dugu Yan, and Li Yang blocked his path.
• Luo Zhiwei shot and killed two Soul Emperor followers from her hidden position aboard the Black Pearl, forcing Black Shark’s forces to guard against her arrows.
• Zhu Zhuyun prepared to face Black Shark while Liu Yunying, Li Yang, and Dugu Yan took on the rest of his elite guard.
• Dai Weisi watched the fight from the Black Pearl, ready to save the Demon King Team, as the two sides prepared to clash.

Li Yang and the Demon King Team survived Black Shark’s devastating wave attack and revealed that Zhu Zhuyun was among them, prompting Black Shark to flee. Dai Weisi killed Black Shark with a colossal sword strike shaped like a fishing rod, which shattered in his hand.

• Black Shark used his eighth soul skill to engulf the Demon King Team in towering waves, but Li Yang escaped with his speed.
• Li Yang opened a Void Gate, bringing Liu Yunying, Zhu Zhuyun, and Dugu Yan back unharmed from the mirror space.
• Luo Zhiwei killed another member of the Black Shark Guard, and Black Shark recognized Zhu Zhuyun’s identity after she lowered her hood.
• Black Shark abandoned his subordinates and fled into the sea, while Zhu Zhuyun and the others considered their mission a success.
• Dai Weisi struck the sea with a golden sword aura shaped like a fishing rod, killing Black Shark and carving a massive trench.
• The Black Shark Pirates froze in fear as Dai Weisi’s fishing rod shattered after the strike.

Dai Weisi secured the Purple Pearl Pirate Group’s allegiance by offering its people work and promising Zi Zhenzhu resources and a future in Star Luo’s navy. He subdued the Soul Sages from the other pirate groups and bound them with the Talisman of Life and Death, bringing all three groups under his control.

• Zi Zhenzhu asked Dai Weisi how he would provide for the Purple Pearl Pirate Group’s ordinary members and their families.
• Dai Weisi offered them work in the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce, and Zi Zhenzhu pledged the group’s allegiance to him.
• Dai Weisi praised Zi Zhenzhu’s talent, promised her cultivation resources, and said Star Luo’s navy would depend on her.
• Dai Weisi forced the six Soul Sages from the other pirate groups to their knees with his sword intent and ignored their pleas for mercy.
• Dai Weisi inserted Talismans of Life and Death into the six Soul Sages and activated them until they submitted to serving the Star Luo Empire.

Sea Dragon Douluo tested the Demon King Team by challenging them to last ten minutes or injure him, but their coordinated attacks and healing proved stronger than he expected. He decided to target Ye Lingling, the team’s healer, and began using Dragon Returns to the Sea.

• Dai Weisi left the fight to Zhu Zhuyun and the other six Demon King Team members, who formed up against Sea Dragon Douluo.
• Sea Dragon Douluo struck Gu Shouchang with Raging Waves Dragon Tail, but Gu Shouchang endured the blow and restored his armor with earth power.
• Sea Dragon Douluo attacked with Vast Sea Dragon Fist, while Liu Yunying helped Gu Shouchang block it and Zhu Zhuyun and Li Yang attacked Sea Dragon Douluo from both sides.
• Sea Dragon Douluo used Dragon Scale Armor to repel Zhu Zhuyun and Li Yang, but their assault disrupted his attack and gave Ye Lingling time to heal the team.
• Sea Dragon Douluo realized the Demon King Team’s strength and healing made them difficult to defeat, then targeted Ye Lingling with his second soul skill, Dragon Returns to the Sea.

The Demon King Team cornered Sea Dragon Douluo with coordinated attacks and forced him to expend enormous Soul Power. Luo Zhiwei’s carefully prepared arrow bypassed his defenses and wounded his hand, securing the team’s victory.

• Dugu Yan’s poisonous light corroded Sea Dragon Douluo’s armor, leaving him vulnerable to the Demon King Team’s attacks.
• Sea Dragon Douluo unleashed a powerful Soul Power Impact to disperse the attacks, then turned his attention toward Dugu Yan.
• Luo Zhiwei marked Sea Dragon Douluo with Weakness Mark and fired a Focused Strike arrow after meditating throughout the battle.
• Li Yang redirected the arrow through two Void Gates, and Luo Zhiwei used her Void Passage soul bone skill to make it reappear near Sea Dragon Douluo’s neck.
• Sea Dragon Douluo blocked the arrow but suffered a long cut on his hand, giving the Demon King Team victory.

Bo Saixi received troubling guidance from the Sea God and left without explaining it, while Dai Weisi declined a Sea God trial because he already bore the Asura inheritance. He remained free to stay on Sea God Island and watch over his companions as they underwent their trials.

• Bo Saixi realized that her true duty as High Priest was to sacrifice herself when the Sea God’s position was inherited, then concealed her shock and ordered everyone to continue the divine trials as normal.
• Dai Weisi suspected what the Sea God’s guidance meant but kept his concerns to himself.
• Sea Dragon Douluo invited Dai Weisi to begin a Sea God trial, but Dai Weisi revealed his Asura Sword emblem and politely refused.
• Sea Dragon Douluo recognized Dai Weisi as the inheritor of another powerful deity and allowed him to remain and cultivate on Sea God Island.
• Dai Weisi resolved to protect his companions during their trials without helping unless they faced a life-or-death crisis, while Gu Shouchang struggled in the sea.

Dai Weisi broke through to the ultimate realm of swordsmanship after training in the deep sea and emerged to study the Dugu Qiubai Sword Discussion Steles. Bo Saixi confronted him near Sea God Island, demanding to know why he had come.

• Dai Weisi's swordsmanship reached the ultimate realm, producing a spectacle greater than Sword Douluo's breakthrough.
• Dai Weisi left the deep sea to study the Dugu Qiubai Sword Discussion Steles, no longer fearing they would affect his swordsmanship.
• Bo Saixi noticed his breakthrough while praying on Sea God Mountain and flew to investigate.
• Dai Weisi encountered Bo Saixi as he emerged from the sea, and she activated the Sea God Domain around them.
• Bo Saixi demanded to know what Dai Weisi intended by coming to Sea God Island.

Dai Weisi tested the limits of Bo Saixi’s Sea Ring before using Golden Feather Assault and Thousand Miles in an Instant to launch a powerful sword strike at her. The chapter ended as Myriad Peaks Pay Homage descended toward Bo Saixi.

• Bo Saixi restored the shattered layer of her Sea Ring with a point of her finger.
• Dai Weisi concluded that an attack two or three times stronger than his White Tiger God Controlling Sword could injure Bo Saixi.
• Dai Weisi activated Golden Feather Assault and used Thousand Miles in an Instant to rush past the four sea elements.
• Dai Weisi appeared before Bo Saixi and struck with the Five Sacred Mountains swordplay technique, Myriad Peaks Pay Homage.

Dai Weisi struck Bo Saixi with the White Tiger Meteor Arrow, piercing her defenses and severely injuring her. Bo Saixi fell into the ocean, leaving Dai Weisi established as the strongest human Soul Master.

• Bo Saixi sensed the deadly threat as Dai Weisi drew his bow.
• Bo Saixi layered her Soul Skills, Sea God Domain, and Diamond Turtle's Protection to defend herself.
• Dai Weisi released the White Tiger Meteor Arrow, which broke through Bo Saixi's defenses and pierced her right shoulder.
• The arrow severely damaged Bo Saixi's internal organs and left her unable to resist.
• Bo Saixi fell into the ocean, and Dai Weisi became the strongest Soul Master of the human race.

After the divine trials, Dai Weisi gave Liu Yunying and Luo Zhiwei peerless martial arts manuals suited to their martial souls. Their weapons showed a faint connection, hinting that they might develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Ye Lingling reached level 67 while advancing through the Black-Level Six Trials.
• Dai Weisi felt pleased by his teammates’ progress and took the manuals Stunning Shot and Heartbreak Arrow from system storage.
• Dai Weisi gave Stunning Shot to Liu Yunying and Heartbreak Arrow to Luo Zhiwei.
• Liu Yunying and Luo Zhiwei learned the basics of their arts and demonstrated them at the team’s request.
• Liu Yunying’s Blazing Dragon Soaring Sky Spear and Luo Zhiwei’s Silver Wing Soul Chasing Crossbow formed a faint connection, suggesting they could develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Dai Weisi battled the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, weakening it until Zhu Zhuyun and Dugu Yan helped corner it with their combined attacks. As Dugu Yan’s final sword strike pursued the fleeing whale, it turned to launch its Whale Pearl at the exhausted women.

• Dai Weisi used Divine Slaughter's Domain and Divine Sense Sword to overwhelm the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's reason, then fought it at close range and awakened his bodily White Tiger will.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King regained its senses and tried to flee, but Zhu Zhuyun combined her Nether Civet with Dai Weisi's White Tiger to form the Hell White Tiger and pursue it.
• The Hell White Tiger wounded the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with Bone Crushing Divine Claw and Netherworld Dark Gold Swords, but the whale kept fleeing toward the deep sea.
• Dai Weisi released the fusion skill, and he and Dugu Yan combined their swords to unleash Fish-Dragon Dance at the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's tail.
• After realizing Dugu Yan's sword aura would kill it, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King turned and fired its Whale Pearl at the exhausted Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuyun.