Chapter Summaries

Ning Qiu fought all six Holy Pillar Guardians at once and overwhelmed several of them with his powerful soul skills. He left Sea Star Douluo trapped by the suction of his black hole, pleading for Ning Qiu to stop.

• Ning Qiu challenged the six Holy Pillar Guardians to attack him together, and they summoned their martial souls and soul rings.
• Seahorse Douluo transformed and met Ning Qiu’s Primordial Dragon Elephant Foot with his Profound Wind Giant Wave Nirvana Fist, but Ning Qiu struck him twice and kicked him into the sea.
• The Mermaid Princess attacked Ning Qiu with Harmonic Wave Cascade while Sea Star Douluo used Thousand Tentacle Myriad Suction to drain his energy.
• Ning Qiu crushed the Mermaid Princess’s sonic attack with his own sound wave, then used a scarlet beam to expose a Holy Pillar Guardian hiding in the mist, who conceded defeat.
• Ning Qiu summoned a black hole that overcame Sea Star Douluo’s suction and began pulling him in, prompting Sea Star Douluo to surrender and beg Ning Qiu to stop.

Ning Qiu completed his fifth Sea God trial and learned that his sixth required him to defeat Bo Saixi within a year. He returned to Holy Soul Village to strengthen himself, then came back ten months later to find his companions had advanced through intensive training.

• Ning Qiu defeated the Seven Holy Pillar Guardians, completed his fifth trial, and gained 10% Sea Affinity and 100 Level Four Red Soil Land Upgrade Cards.
• Xiao Wu, Zhuqing, and the others chose to wait for the guardians to recover before starting their own trials, while Ning Qiu learned he had to defeat Bo Saixi within a year.
• Ning Qiu returned to Holy Soul Village to raise his Soul Power, bringing the Sea Soul Masters of Purple Pearl Island there to train through village missions.
• Ten months later, Ning Qiu returned to Sea God Island and found his companions had endured six months on the Tidal Pillars; Xiao Wu had reached level 98, and the others had reached level 90.

Ning Qiu challenged Bo Saixi, and the two began their battle over the sea to protect Sea God Island. Bo Saixi’s water vortex and Ning Qiu’s black hole tore open a crack in space, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Ning Qiu met Bo Saixi at the summit of Sea God Mountain and confirmed he wanted to challenge her.
• Bo Saixi and Ning Qiu activated their domains and revealed their Soul Rings as the gathered guardians and youths watched.
• Ning Qiu and Bo Saixi moved their battle from Sea God Island to the surrounding sea to prevent damage and casualties.
• Bo Saixi created a massive water vortex that restricted Ning Qiu’s movements.
• Ning Qiu used his fifth Soul Skill, Black Hole, to counter the vortex, and their opposing forces tore open a spatial crack.

Ning Qiu and Bo Saixi matched each other’s mental attacks before agreeing to settle their battle with one decisive strike. Bo Saixi unleashed the sea’s power while Ning Qiu answered with his ninth Soul Skill, and their attacks were about to collide.

• Bo Saixi’s Mental Gaze clashed with Ning Qiu’s Slaughter Eye, and their spiritual powers proved evenly matched.
• Ning Qiu and Bo Saixi agreed to determine the victor with one move, and both transformed using their Seventh Soul Skills.
• Bo Saixi gathered the ocean’s power into Boundless Azure, alarming Zhu Zhuqing and the Sea Dragon Douluo with the danger Ning Qiu faced.
• Bo Saixi swung her trident and sent an azure beam toward Ning Qiu.
• Ning Qiu activated his Ninth Soul Skill, Twilight of the Gods, as golden and blood-red light gathered around him.

Ning Qiu defeated Bo Saixi to complete his Sixth Sea Trial and learned that his Seventh Trial required him to stop Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Operation and subdue the Upper Three Sects. He returned to Notting City, where Holy Soul Village’s thriving trade had transformed the city into a major gathering place.

• Ning Qiu unleashed an explosive attack that overwhelmed Bo Saixi, and the onlookers realized he had defeated the Sea God High Priest.
• Ning Qiu received a 20% increase in Sea Affinity and 200 Level Four Red Soil Land Upgrade Cards for completing the Sixth Sea Trial.
• Ning Qiu told Xiao Wu that his Seventh Trial was to stop Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Operation and subdue the Upper Three Sects.
• Ning Qiu learned that the others had completed their divine trials and that Zhu Zhuqing and the others had broken through Rank Ninety.
• Ning Qiu and his companions arrived in Notting City, where nobles gathered to bid on goods from Holy Soul Village.
• Qian Duoduo welcomed Ning Qiu and continued managing the village’s external trade under Zhu Zhuqing’s authority.

Ning Qiu managed Holy Soul Village’s booming auction business, rejected profiting from scalpers, and ordered seats reserved for influential nobles. After returning from Notting City, he reached the village’s reservoir, where the Silver Dragon King lived.

• Qian Duoduo told Ning Qiu that scalpers were reselling fully booked auction seats at high prices, but Ning Qiu refused to cooperate with them and set aside ten seats for wealthy nobles.
• Qian Duoduo reported that the village’s five-thousand-seat auction house would be finished in a week and that customers wanted auctions held more often.
• Ning Qiu declined to decide immediately on shortening the auction interval and led the Holy Soul Ten Elites back toward Holy Soul Village after Xiao Wu asked about Spirit Hall’s next move.
• Ning Qiu returned to find the Knight Order guarding Holy Soul Village, which admitted children with Innate Full Soul Power and adults who had reached the Soul Sage realm.
• Ning Qiu went straight to the reservoir he had prepared as a habitat for the Silver Dragon King.

Ning Qiu met with Gu Yue, the Silver Dragon King, and asked her to use her authority over soul beasts for a task in the Northern Snowfield. After upgrading her reservoir to Level Four, he sent her north and admitted to Xiao Wu that he was attracted to Gu Yue.

• Gu Yue emerged from the reservoir, and Xiao Wu respectfully greeted her as her master.
• Ning Qiu asked whether Gu Yue could command dragons and other soul beasts, then requested her help in the Northern Snowfield; she agreed after he whispered the details to her.
• Ning Qiu used Pond Upgrade Cards to raise the reservoir to Level Four, earning Soul Power, Contribution Points, and Village Prosperity Value.
• Gu Yue discovered the reservoir's mysterious power had grown denser, and Ning Qiu told her it would speed her recovery and cultivation.
• Gu Yue flew toward the Northern Snowfield, and Ning Qiu told Xiao Wu that he found Gu Yue beautiful and asked whether she objected to his attraction.

Spirit Hall's army infiltrated the apparently undefended Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but the empty castle concealed a trap. In the central square, Snake Lance Douluo found Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Qiu waiting for the invaders.

• Spirit Hall disciples killed the patrolling guards and opened the castle gates for their army.
• Flame Eagle Douluo warned Snake Lance Douluo that the sect's defenses seemed suspiciously weak, but he ordered the ten thousand Soul Masters to advance.
• The army searched empty homes and shops, finding no one in the castle and growing uneasy.
• At the central square, Chen Xin announced that the invaders had entered the nest.
• Snake Lance Douluo recognized Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Qiu, the Balak Kingdom's Regent Prince and Holy Soul Village Chief.

Ning Qiu joined Chen Xin and Gu Rong in defending the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect against Spirit Hall’s invading army, agreeing to compete over who killed the most. As the ambush began, Ning Qiu revealed that he had become a Titled Douluo with Soul Power surpassing Chen Xin’s, leaving the others stunned.

• Ning Qiu, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong agreed to compete in the battle, wagering hundred-thousand-year soul rings and allowing Ning Qiu to name a condition if he won.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong revealed their martial souls as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Holy Soul Village forces surrounded Snake Lance Douluo and Spirit Hall’s army.
• Snake Lance Douluo ordered Spirit Hall’s ten thousand soul masters and five Titled Douluo to retreat when Chen Xin attacked with Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin.
• Gu Rong created Bone Dragon clones to attack Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo while Chen Xin’s sword rain struck the army.
• Ning Qiu stomped and revealed nine soul rings and his Primordial Dragon Elephant, shocking Gu Rong, Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi with his Titled Douluo status and immense Soul Power.

Ning Qiu and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect routed Spirit Hall’s invading army, killing Snake Lance Douluo and Flame Eagle Douluo. After the battle, Ning Fengzhi thanked Ning Qiu for warning the sect and helping it set the ambush.

• Ning Qiu used his Doomsday Black Hole and other soul skills to kill Spirit Hall soul masters while Chen Xin, the Holy Soul Ten Elites, and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples joined the attack.
• Snake Lance Douluo struck at Ning Qiu, but Ning Qiu trapped him with Slaughter Eye and then killed him with the Dark Gold Terror Claw Right Palm Bone.
• The battle ended with only a few Spirit Hall soul masters captured, including Flame Eagle Douluo.
• Chen Xin killed Flame Eagle Douluo after she claimed her actions were on Spirit Hall’s behalf.
• Ning Fengzhi thanked Ning Qiu for warning the sect, which had enabled it to lure Spirit Hall’s army into an ambush.

After Ning Qiu defeated Chen Xin, he demanded that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect merge into Holy Soul Village to fulfill his Sea's Ten Trials. Ning Fengzhi agreed on the condition that Ning Qiu marry Ning Rongrong, leaving both of them stunned as Chen Xin and Gu Rong offered to join too.

• Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong that Ning Qiu had won, and Ning Qiu used his bet to ask Chen Xin and Gu Rong to join Holy Soul Village.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong refused, so Ning Qiu revealed that he wanted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to merge into Holy Soul Village.
• Ning Fengzhi assessed the eleven powerful Titled Douluo from Holy Soul Village and realized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not easily resist them.
• Ning Qiu explained that his Sea's Ten Trials required the Upper Three Sects to submit to Holy Soul Village, and failure would cost him his life.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to the merger if Ning Qiu married Ning Rongrong, shocking them both.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong offered to join Holy Soul Village if Ning Qiu accepted Ning Fengzhi's condition.

Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong pressured Ning Qiu to accept an engagement with Ning Rongrong as the price of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect joining Holy Soul Village. Ning Qiu agreed on the condition that either of them could later end the engagement, and the sect’s members swore allegiance to Holy Soul Village, earning him a large Soul Power bonus.

• Ning Fengzhi proposed Ning Rongrong’s marriage to Ning Qiu, while Gu Rong threatened that the sect would either join Holy Soul Village or be conquered.
• Ning Qiu consulted Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, then refused to force Ning Rongrong into a marriage because she loved Oscar.
• Ning Fengzhi told Oscar that the sect required Ning Rongrong’s partner to be a Power Attack System Soul Master, and Ning Rongrong confirmed the rule.
• Oscar left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect despite Ning Rongrong calling after him, and Ning Fengzhi urged Ning Qiu to accept the engagement.
• Ning Qiu agreed to the engagement but reserved the right for either of them to dissolve it, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect swore allegiance to Holy Soul Village.
• Ning Qiu gained 8,695,227 Soul Power after the sect’s Soul Masters joined Holy Soul Village.

Ning Qiu arrived at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after helping thwart Spirit Hall’s extermination operation and asked Yu Yuanzhen to merge the clan into Holy Soul Village as part of his Sea God trial. Yu Yuanzhen refused, and a real dragon appeared in the mist as the dispute threatened to turn violent.

• Ning Qiu and Ning Fengzhi reached the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s island and met Yu Luomian, who led them to the resting members of Holy Soul Village.
• Yu Yuanzhen thanked Ning Qiu for sending Ning Chen and three hundred Soul Masters to help defend the clan from Bibi Dong’s Soul Extinction Operation.
• Ning Qiu asked Yu Yuanzhen to merge the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan into Holy Soul Village to fulfill his seventh Sea God trial.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the clan’s disciples rejected the request, and Ning Fengzhi explained that his own Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had agreed to merge.
• Ning Qiu warned that failing his divine trial would mean death, but Yu Yuanzhen refused to be threatened.
• A living dragon’s shadow appeared in the mist, startling Ning Fengzhi.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon revealed itself as the clan’s Old Ancestor and ordered the clan to join Holy Soul Village, with Ning Qiu accepting both it and the clan. Afterward, captured Spirit Hall soul masters hinted at a larger plan against Ning Qiu but refused to explain it.

• Yu Yuanzhen recognized the hundred-thousand-year Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Old Ancestor and knelt before it with the clan’s disciples.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon ordered the clan to merge into Holy Soul Village, and Yu Yuanzhen agreed under its bloodline pressure.
• A silver-haired woman on the dragon’s back revealed that it wanted to join Holy Soul Village, and Ning Qiu welcomed it.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked Ning Qiu what to do with the captured Spirit Hall soul masters, who had been left behind after one Titled Douluo died and five fled.
• Dai Mubai tortured the defiant Overlord Yang Xi for information, but Yang Xi only warned Ning Qiu about Spirit Hall’s grand gift and laughed.

Holy Soul Village repelled a joint assault by Spirit Hall and Balak restorationists, though thirty-eight villagers died. Ning Qiu learned that Bibi Dong’s Soul Extinction Operation had targeted his village too, then discovered Zhu Er was missing.

• Old Jack rallied Holy Soul Village to fight after Qian Duoduo warned that attackers were approaching.
• Holy Soul Village, aided by the Royal Knights and Myriad Worlds items, defeated most of the invaders, including forces from Spirit Hall and Balak restorationists.
• Ning Qiu rushed back with Xiao Wu, the Silver Dragon King, and allied soul masters, and saw that thirty-eight villagers had died.
• Old Jack explained that ten Titled Douluo had attacked and credited the allied hundred-thousand-year soul beasts with helping defend the village.
• The villagers and soul beasts received cultivation rewards for the battle, and Ning Qiu and Di Tian realized Zhu Er had disappeared.

Tang San returned toward Holy Soul Village, hoping to learn how Ning Qiu had transformed it and obtain a hundred-thousand-year soul ring to satisfy the Clear Sky Sect. He considered making Zhu Er sacrifice herself, then spotted a Spirit Hall force advancing toward the village and began devising a plan.

• Tang San left Notting City and hurried toward Holy Soul Village, wondering how Ning Qiu had created its extraordinary offerings and village tasks.
• Tang San recalled the Clear Sky Sect’s conditions for accepting him: reaching Soul Douluo rank, bringing back a Spirit Hall Titled Douluo’s head, and obtaining a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• Tang San considered having Zhu Er sacrifice herself for a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, reasoning that his mother had survived her own sacrifice.
• Tang San sensed a large force approaching through the forest and used his Blue Silver Domain to identify Yue Guan and Hu Liena among them.
• Tang San saw the Spirit Hall force heading toward Holy Soul Village and began forming a plan to use the approaching danger.

Tang San infiltrated Spirit Hall’s expedition to Holy Soul Village, then turned against the invading forces when the battle began. As powerful soul beasts joined the villagers, Tang San escaped with Zhu Er while Chrysanthemum Douluo ordered a pursuit.

• Tang San revealed himself to Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and claimed he wanted to cooperate in finding Holy Soul Village’s ten-thousand-year soul ring.
• Tang San followed Spirit Hall’s army to Holy Soul Village, where Old Jack, Qian Duoduo, and the villagers prepared to defend themselves.
• Tang San betrayed Spirit Hall and the Balak Kingdom’s forces, helping Holy Soul Village fight them as the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python appeared.
• Tang San revealed his identity to Zhu Er, picked her up, and flew away from the battlefield.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to halt the fighting, then ordered Yan, Xie Yue, and the others to pursue Tang San and capture Zhu Er alive.

Tang San staged a desperate fight against Spirit Hall, hoping Zhu Er would sacrifice herself and grant him a hundred-thousand-year soul ring. After recognizing Ah Yin’s aura in Tang San’s exposed soul bone, Zhu Er understood his scheme and stopped her sacrifice.

• Tang San and Zhu Er fled from Holy Soul Village, but Spirit Hall’s fighters caught up and surrounded them.
• Tang San revealed his identity to Hu Liena and fought while protecting Zhu Er, sustaining serious injuries.
• When Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor soul bone was exposed, Zhu Er began to sacrifice herself for him.
• Xiao Wu arrived and tried to stop Zhu Er, but Ning Qiu urged her to respect Zhu Er’s choice.
• Zhu Er recognized Ah Yin’s aura and realized Tang San had been plotting to take her soul ring and soul bone, so she ended her sacrifice and confronted him.

Zhu Er confronted Tang San over whether his father had knowingly endangered Ah Yin to obtain her soul ring and soul bone, then questioned Tang San’s own motives toward her. Tang San struggled to defend himself as Zhu Er pressed him about the Clear Sky Sect’s conditions, ending with her asking whether he had been required to obtain a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

• As Spirit Hall forces tried to attack Tang San and Zhu Er, Ning Qiu sent the Holy Soul Ten Elites to stop them, while the Emerald Swan offered to treat Tang San’s injured foot.
• Zhu Er told Tang San the story she had heard about Ah Yin’s relationship with Tang Hao and accused Tang Hao of causing Ah Yin’s death by exposing her to danger.
• Zhu Er questioned why Tang San had allowed her to enter the tournament final despite knowing she was a soul beast, and Tang San said he had been responsible for Teacher and had sensed Tang Hao nearby.
• Zhu Er challenged Tang San over his infiltration of Spirit Hall, his attack on Holy Soul Village, and his decision to take her away; Tang San defended each choice.
• Zhu Er asked whether the Clear Sky Sect had required Tang San to obtain a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, and Tang San had not yet answered.

Zhu Er confronted Tang San over his decision to sacrifice her for a soul ring and soul bone, then ended their relationship. Tang San tried to join Holy Soul Village, but Ning Qiu rejected him, and Old Jack said Tang San had disappointed him.

• Zhu Er questioned Tang San about agreeing to the Clear Sky Sect's plan, and Tang San admitted it was true.
• Zhu Er accused Tang San of plotting for her soul ring and soul bone, and Tang San fell silent before she cut her sleeve and left him.
• Ning Qiu reunited with Xiao Wu and led the group back toward Holy Soul Village.
• Tang San demanded entry to Holy Soul Village, but Ning Qiu refused and reminded him that the village had only lent his family their house.
• Ning Rongrong promised to try to speak in Tang San's favor, and Old Jack told Tang San he had disappointed him.