Chapter Summaries

Ning Qiu upgraded Holy Soul Village’s farmland to Level 3, reached Level 70, and transformed a pond to help villagers with unusual Martial Souls gain Soul Power. He wondered what a Level 4 Village would unlock, and Old Jack returned after negotiating with the Three Great Bandits.

• Ning Qiu upgraded all 200 Level 2 Red Soil Land plots to Level 3 and advanced to Level 70, gaining Soul Power, Contribution Points, and village Prosperity.
• Gou Dan praised the improved Soul Power from farming, while Ning Chen and villagers with Fishing Net and Manure Ladle Martial Souls asked Ning Qiu for better ways to cultivate.
• Ning Qiu reassured the villagers and used a Level 1 Pond Modification Card to give the village pond magical functions.
• Ning Qiu concluded that villagers could gain Soul Power by tending the pond and wondered what ability a Level 4 Village would provide.
• Old Jack returned to Holy Soul Village after going out to enlist the surrender of the Three Great Bandits.

Ning Qiu absorbed Qian Duoduo’s bandits into Holy Soul Village and used strategy to eliminate the region’s other bandit forces. After wiping out Chi Zhongrong and his men, Ning Qiu ended decades of bandit violence, and the system finally responded.

• Qian Duoduo surrendered his 491 bandits to Ning Qiu after agreeing to kill Chen Feng, and he returned the next day with Chen Feng’s head.
• Zhu Zhuqing reported the bandits’ numbers and Dai Mubai’s plan to use two spies to capture Xie Zhishan’s stronghold.
• Dai Mubai led the Holy Soul Army to seize Xie Zhishan’s stronghold, killing Xie Zhishan and sending the surviving bandits home.
• Ning Qiu welcomed Chi Zhongrong and his men with a three-day banquet, drugged their wine, and captured or killed them in an ambush.
• Ning Qiu spread false news that Chi Zhongrong had surrendered and lured the remaining bandits to collect food, then killed them and ended the region’s bandit threat.
• The system’s voice rang out after Ning Qiu destroyed Chi Zhongrong’s forces.

Ning Qiu upgraded the Treasure Pavilion to Level 3, unlocking stronger items and soul rings for Holy Soul Village. He used his privileges to obtain three 99,999-year Soul Rings, which he believed he could absorb for his future fourth through sixth rings.

• Ning Qiu used the Level 3 Treasure Pavilion Upgrade Card, expanding the pavilion and adding higher-grade items, soul rings, and soul bones.
• Zhu Zhuqing examined the pavilion’s offerings and lamented how few contribution points she had saved.
• Ning Qiu discovered that his host and village chief privileges let him exchange for items one pavilion level above the building’s grade at a discount.
• The system clarified that Ning Qiu could use building privileges three times each month.
• Ning Qiu exchanged contribution points for three 99,999-year Soul Rings, confident his years of body training would let him absorb them.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai about his repeated visits to women and proposed that they end their arranged engagement. Dai Mubai agreed personally, though the Emperor of the Star Luo Empire still had to approve, and Zhu Zhuqing left to tell Ning Qiu.

• Dai Mubai encountered Zhu Zhuqing waiting for him at the entrance to Holy Soul Village.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned Dai Mubai about his visits to women, and he admitted to them and explained his reasons.
• Zhu Zhuqing proposed dissolving their engagement and revealed that she loved someone else.
• Dai Mubai agreed to end the engagement personally but said he could not decide for the Emperor of the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Qiu that she and Dai Mubai had agreed to dissolve their engagement, pending the Emperor's approval.

Ning Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing investigated a disturbance in the forest and found poisoned Spirit Hall Temple Knights and a green-haired man who was still alive. After Ning Qiu revived him, the man revealed himself to be a Titled Douluo and faced them with hostility.

• Ning Qiu ordered the carriages to continue to the Rose Hotel while he and Zhu Zhuqing went to investigate the noise.
• Ning Qiu discussed Zhu Zhuqing's broken engagement with Dai Mubai, and she said she wanted to choose her own happiness.
• Ning Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing found corpses in a clearing, including Spirit Hall Temple Knights and a green-haired man surrounded by poisoned grass.
• Ning Qiu used a Poison Avoidance Pill to approach the victims and found that the Temple Knights had died, while the green-haired man was still breathing.
• Ning Qiu gave the man a Tranquility Pill, and the man woke, demanded to know who they were, and revealed nine soul rings.

Ning Qiu saved Poison Douluo Dugu Bo with Tranquility Pills and suggested a way to move the poison in his body into his soul bones. Dugu Bo invited Ning Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing to travel with him to Heaven Dou City, where Ning Qiu revealed he wanted to buy several rare herbs.

• Ning Qiu explained that he had found Dugu Bo unconscious and given him a Tranquility Pill, then supplied him with more pills.
• Ning Qiu warned that the pills only eased Dugu Bo’s pain and suggested forcing the poison in his body into his soul bones.
• Dugu Bo accepted Ning Qiu’s suggestion and invited him and Zhu Zhuqing to travel with him to Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Qiu said he planned to purchase a list of rare medicinal herbs, and Dugu Bo was shocked to recognize every one as immortal grass from his Herb Garden.

Ning Qiu took Zhu Zhuqing to Poison Douluo’s Herb Garden and gathered several immortal herbs, including the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass. He began guiding Zhu Zhuqing through a method to absorb their opposing properties and become impervious to water and fire, but her clothes burst apart when the herbs’ heat surged.

• Poison Douluo led Ning Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing through the poisonous mist to his Herb Garden and offered them its immortal herbs.
• Ning Qiu collected the herbs he wanted, including the Blood Swan Kiss, then took the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
• Ning Qiu explained that combining the two extreme herbs could reduce their toxicity and make someone impervious to water and fire.
• With Poison Douluo’s permission, Ning Qiu invited Zhu Zhuqing to share the treatment and instructed her to eat a leaf from each herb before entering the hot spring.
• Zhu Zhuqing swallowed both leaves, and the resulting heat made her release her Soul Power, causing her clothes to burst apart in front of Ning Qiu.

Ning Qiu and his companions reached Vast Sea City to sail for Sea God Island, where they hoped to undergo divine trials. Recognizing their captain Heider as a pirate, Ning Qiu demanded that the crew take poison pills and offered him five thousand Gold Soul Coins to sail them safely to Purple Pearl Island.

• Dai Mubai reported that he had booked a ship to take the group to Sea God Island, and Ning Qiu led everyone to inspect it.
• Ning Qiu remembered that the ship, the Sea Devil, belonged to Heider, a pirate who robbed passengers at sea.
• Heider introduced himself and explained that the Sea Devil had eight crew members and enough rooms for the group.
• Ning Qiu gave Heider and his seven crew members poison pills and said they had to take them before the ship left port.
• Heider resisted Ning Qiu's demand, so Ning Qiu offered five thousand Gold Soul Coins and antidote pills if Heider safely took them to Purple Pearl Island.

Ning Qiu explained to Zhu Zhuqing why he had used a supposed poison to control the pirate crew, then led his group to Purple Pearl Island after ten days at sea. He left Heider and the Sea Devil behind without giving them an antidote, revealing that the pills had never been poison.

• Ning Qiu told Zhu Zhuqing he had recognized her footsteps and invited her to share her worries.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized the Sea Devil's crew were pirates and worried that Ning Qiu's supposed poison would provoke them.
• Ning Qiu explained that Heider would not attack them because of his close relationship with a crew member and that pirates knew the waters well.
• After ten days, Heider stopped the Sea Devil near Purple Pearl Island and gave Ning Qiu a small boat to reach shore.
• Ning Qiu paid Heider, revealed the pills were not poison, and left with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others.

Ning Qiu and his companions reached Purple Pearl Island, where the islanders attacked them before their captain, Purple Pearl, intervened and tried to claim Xiao Wu as her wife. Ning Qiu invited Purple Pearl to join his village, and she was stunned by the seven powerful soul rings surrounding him.

• Heider stopped his crew from pursuing Ning Qiu, saying their deal was settled and someone on Purple Pearl Island would deal with the group.
• The sentries on Purple Pearl Island surrounded Ning Qiu and his companions, then attacked after Xiao Wu said they were mainland Soul Masters.
• Dai Mubai, Xiang Yu, and Zhu Zhuqing fought back without killing anyone, and the islanders realized all three were Soul Kings with ten-thousand-year soul rings.
• Purple Pearl arrived, mistook Dai Mubai for the leader, then declared she would take Xiao Wu as her wife and spare the others.
• Ning Qiu shielded Xiao Wu, identified himself as the group’s leader, and invited Purple Pearl to join his village.
• Purple Pearl laughed at Ning Qiu’s offer until she saw his seven soul rings, which left her in shock.

Ning Qiu revealed his powerful Soul Rings and offered Purple Pearl a place in Holy Soul Village, using a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring to prove villagers could absorb exchanged rings. Purple Pearl joined and swore loyalty, completing Ning Qiu’s mission and raising his Soul Power to level 77.

• Purple Pearl was stunned by Ning Qiu’s rare Soul Rings and agreed to hear his proposal.
• Mu Chen said they wanted Purple Pearl to join Holy Soul Village as a registered villager, but Purple Pearl initially refused.
• Ning Qiu produced a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring and explained that villagers could exchange contribution points for Soul Rings.
• Lan absorbed the Soul Ring Ning Qiu gave him, convincing Purple Pearl that the offer was genuine.
• Purple Pearl swore loyalty to Holy Soul Village, completing Ning Qiu’s mission and raising his Soul Power to level 77.

Ning Qiu and his companions arrived at Sea God Island to undergo its trials, escorted through the surrounding Demon Soul Great White Sharks by Purple Pearl. After Purple Pearl sailed away, the group entered the island’s forest and encountered eight figures blocking their path.

• Purple Pearl explained that Sea God Island was guarded by powerful Demon Soul Great White Sharks and guided Ning Qiu’s party safely ashore.
• Purple Pearl departed after Ning Qiu reminded her that her pirate crew would ferry Holy Soul Village villagers to Sea God Island each year; she admitted she had become interested in men while watching Ning Qiu leave.
• Ning Qiu and Xiao Wu admired Sea God Island’s scenery, and Ning Qiu said they could not settle there until they were strong enough to defend it.
• Ning Qiu’s group entered the forest, where eight figures emerged from the trees and blocked their way.

Ning Qiu and his companions reached the Seahorse Holy Pillar to take the Sea God's test despite being mainland Soul Masters. Ning Qiu bypassed the preliminary trial with his wings and Fire Blowing Palm, leaving Seahorse Douluo and the escort stunned.

• Dai Mubai announced that the group had come to take the Sea God Test, but the middle-aged man recognized them as Land Soul Masters and warned them to leave.
• Ning Qiu and Xiao Wu insisted they were not afraid of the test's deadly risks, so the middle-aged man led them through the forest to the Sea in the Sea.
• The middle-aged man introduced the black-clad guardian as Seahorse Douluo and explained that mainland Soul Masters had to cross the pool to qualify for the test.
• Seahorse Douluo raised a light curtain over the pool and warned Ning Qiu that Land Soul Masters faced extra trials.
• Ning Qiu revealed his wings and flew toward the Seahorse Holy Pillar, using Fire Blowing Palm to tear apart Seahorse Douluo's wave before landing beneath the pillar.

Ning Qiu and the Holy Soul Eleven Heroes crossed the Sea in the Sea and underwent their Sea God trials at the Seahorse Holy Pillar. Xiao Wu received a Top Level Seven Test, and Ning Qiu’s assessment turned golden after reaching red.

• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and the other eight companions crossed the Sea in the Sea and reached the Seahorse Holy Pillar.
• Dai Mubai received a Black Level Six Test, Zhu Zhuqing received a Black Level Five Test, and the others received Black Level Four or Five Tests.
• Xiao Wu received a Top Level Seven Test, astonishing Seahorse Douluo.
• Ning Qiu underwent his assessment, and the Seahorse Holy Pillar changed from red to gold.

Ning Qiu used one million contribution points to upgrade his Sea God Nine Trials into Sea's Ten Trials, earning a mysterious sky-blue test instead. The Great Enshrinement arrived at Sea God Island, but neither she nor Seahorse Douluo knew what the sky-blue light meant, while the Sea God realized he had lost control of Ning Qiu's divine test.

• The system offered Ning Qiu the option to upgrade his Sea God Nine Trials into Sea's Ten Trials, whose ultimate reward would be the Heart of the Great Sea.
• Ning Qiu agreed to spend one million contribution points, and the golden light of his test turned sky-blue as the power spread across Sea God Island.
• Sky-blue light entered Ning Qiu's brow and formed a strange pattern instead of the usual star-shaped mark or golden trident.
• Seahorse Douluo admitted he had never seen the sky-blue light, and the Great Enshrinement arrived but also could not identify it.
• The Sea God sensed from the God Realm that he had lost control over Ning Qiu's divine test.

The Sea God told the Asura God that Ning Qiu’s divine trial had become an uncontrollable sky-blue assessment, and they suspected the Silver Dragon King might be involved. Ning Qiu chose his first mission in the system’s Sea’s Ten Trials, while the Sea God High Priest examined the unusual mark on his forehead.

• The Sea God reported to the Asura God that he had lost control of Ning Qiu’s divine trial, and the two discussed whether the Silver Dragon King was behind it.
• The Asura God ordered the Sea God to observe Ning Qiu on Sea God Island before deciding whether to deal with him as a threat.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Xiang Yu, Cai Ji, Jia Luo, Su Rong, Liu Ke, Lu Lu, and Zhong Kui awoke from meditation after reviewing their first divine trial.
• Ning Qiu learned that each system trial offered a choice of missions and selected the task of climbing four hundred and forty-four steps through triple Sea God’s Light.
• The Sea God High Priest noticed that Ning Qiu bore a sky-blue seaweed-like mark instead of the golden trident and sensed the ocean’s vast aura within it.

Ning Qiu revealed that he had received the unprecedented Sea's Ten Trials, prompting Bo Saixi to grant him and his companions honored guest status on Sea God Island. As he settled into Seahorse City, Ning Qiu asked Seahorse Douluo Ou Ya to look after Holy Soul Village's residents when he brought them to receive divine trials.

• Ning Qiu told Bo Saixi and Seahorse Douluo Ou Ya that he had received Sea's Ten Trials, whose sky-blue mark suggested they surpassed the Sea God Nine Trials.
• Bo Saixi questioned Ning Qiu about his origins and learned that he was the chief of Holy Soul Village, then ordered that he and his companions be treated as honored guests and summoned the other six guardians to Sea God Hall.
• Bo Saixi told Ning Qiu that he need not bow to anyone on Sea God Island, then vanished in a flash of crimson light.
• Ou Ya led Ning Qiu, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and the others across the sea bridge toward Seahorse City and explained the island's rules and status marks.
• Ning Qiu asked Ou Ya to look after the villagers of Holy Soul Village when he brought them to Sea God Island to receive their own divine trials.

Ning Qiu and his companions traveled to Sea God Island’s forbidden ground to begin their Sea God’s Light trials, while Ning Qiu discussed Holy Soul Village’s independence and ambitions with Dai Mubai. They reached the Ring Sea and saw Sea God Hall, where Dai Mubai recommended they prepare by exchanging for a protective talisman.

• Ning Qiu learned that everyone’s first trial was crossing Sea God’s Light, while he had to cross triple the light and climb to the four hundred and forty-fourth step.
• Xiao Wu suggested recruiting Sea God Island’s Sea Soul Masters, but Ning Qiu said they would not submit unless he became the Sea God High Priest or the Sea God.
• Ning Qiu told Dai Mubai that Holy Soul Village would not submit to any faction and promised not to harm the Star Luo Empire unless it provoked him.
• A Purple Robed Sea Soul Master led Ning Qiu and the others to the forbidden ground, where they saw the Ring Sea, the sacred golden light, and Sea God Hall.
• Dai Mubai took out a yellow Rock Armor Talisman and advised everyone to exchange for one before completing their divine trials.

Ning Qiu and the others reached Sea God Mountain and discovered that Sea God's Light repelled entrants and reflected attacks. Ning Qiu warned them not to rely on talismans, urging them to use the trial's pressure to grow stronger, while Bo Saixi watched with interest and approved their request to stay and cultivate.

• Ning Qiu, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Jia Luo, and the others crossed the Ring Sea under the protection of their trial marks and reached Sea God Mountain.
• Xiang Yu was hurled back by the White Jade Stone Steps, and Dai Mubai discovered that Sea God's Light reflected attacks but did not hinder self-enhancement skills.
• Dai Mubai proposed using Rock Armor Talismans and Wind Walk Talismans to pass the trial faster, but Ning Qiu argued that they should cultivate under Sea God's Light instead.
• Bo Saixi watched Ning Qiu's analysis and approved the group's request for daily supplies so they could remain at the mountain and cultivate.
• Bo Saixi wondered what Ning Qiu's Sea's Ten Trials signified and looked forward to seeing him complete them.

Ning Qiu and the Holy Soul Eleven Heroes trained within the Sea God's Light to rapidly improve their Soul Power. Zhu Zhuqing reached level sixty and received a God-given Soul Ring opportunity, while Ning Qiu continued his climb toward the four hundred forty-fourth step.

• Ning Qiu and the others cultivated within the Sea God's Light, where their Soul Power circulated much faster, and gradually increased the number of steps they could endure.
• Ning Qiu climbed the steps and found Zhu Zhuqing training before dawn, having reached the ninetieth step.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke through to level sixty, triggering Bo Saixi to appear and explain that she could receive a God-given Soul Ring.
• Bo Saixi gave Zhu Zhuqing a golden bead that began forming a Soul Ring as Ning Qiu urged her to endure for greater benefits.
• Ning Qiu noted that Zhu Zhuqing had risen from level fifty-six to level sixty, while his own Soul Power had increased from level seventy-seven to level seventy-eight.