Recaps

Tang San accepted the Sea God Trident from Hun Xiu and gained its recognition, while the Sea God chose him as a potential successor. Tang San then faced the Titled Douluo Gui Mei in a sparring match and discovered that the trident suppressed Gui Mei’s martial soul and soul power.

• Tang Chen asked Hun Xiu to tell Bo Saixi that he loved her, but Hun Xiu claimed she already had someone before Tang Chen self-destructed; Hun Xiu shielded himself and the army as the blast reduced the City of Slaughter to ruins.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu returned with Da Ming and Er Ming’s agreement to submit the Star Dou Great Forest to the Spirit Empire under the condition that its spirit beasts would not be bred or hunted freely, and Hun Xiu accepted.
• Hun Xiu offered Tang San the Sea God Trident as a reward, and Tang San accepted it and gained the divine artifact’s recognition.
• The Sea God sensed the trident’s new master, learned about Tang San, and decided that he could become the Sea God’s successor.
• Hun Xiu arranged for Tang San to test the trident against Gui Mei, and Tang San sensed that it suppressed Gui Mei’s martial soul and soul power.

Tang San tested the Sea God Trident against Gui Mei and grew confident as Gui Mei repeatedly took damage while obeying Hun Xiu’s order to clash head-on. Tang San decided to kill Gui Mei, but Hun Xiu called for him to stop and Gui Mei finally evaded his attack.

• Tang San attacked Gui Mei with the Sea God Trident, and Gui Mei dodged his strikes while Tang San’s trident smashed a crater into the plaza.
• Hun Xiu ordered Gui Mei to meet Tang San head-on, and the Sea God Trident repeatedly overwhelmed Gui Mei’s Ghost Blade and left him bleeding.
• Tang San grew increasingly confident and considered killing Gui Mei, while Gui Mei recognized the killing intent directed at him.
• Hun Xiu told Tang San to stop as Tang San charged again, but Tang San continued and Gui Mei evaded the Sea God Trident, leaving it to strike an afterimage.

Tang San attempted to kill Hun Xiu with the Sea God Trident, but Hun Xiu repelled him and forced him to apologize before taking the weapon back. Tang San returned to Xiao Wu, who urged him to leave Spirit Soul City, but he saw nowhere to escape on a continent ruled by the Spirit Empire.

• Gui Mei realized Tang San had turned against Spirit Hall but chose not to kill him, suspecting Hun Xiu had reasons to keep him alive.
• Hun Xiu confronted Tang San for attacking Gui Mei, and Tang San decided to use the Sea God Trident to kill Hun Xiu instead.
• Hun Xiu stopped the Trident before it could reach him and blasted Tang San to the ground; A Yin pleaded for Tang San and asked him to apologize.
• Tang San lowered his head and apologized, while Hun Xiu took back the Sea God Trident and said he would return it when Tang San could handle it.
• Hun Xiu dismissed Tang San and Gui Mei, then asked A Yin to compensate him; Tang San later told Xiao Wu what had happened.
• Xiao Wu urged Tang San to leave Spirit Soul City, but Tang San said the Spirit Empire ruled the continent and he had nowhere to go.

Hun Xiu told A Yin he planned to send Tang San to Sea God Island to train, and A Yin agreed, believing the trip could help her son become a god. Tang San suspected Hun Xiu was arranging his death, but Xiao Wu confirmed Sea God Island existed and explained that Ning Rongrong was in Spirit Soul City for reasons unrelated to Hun Xiu.

• Hun Xiu told A Yin that Tang San could train on Sea God Island and potentially inherit the Sea God's legacy, and A Yin agreed to his plan.
• A Yin told Tang San about the plan; he suspected Hun Xiu was trying to drive him from Spirit Hall and kill him, but hid his fears from his mother.
• After A Yin left, Tang San told Xiao Wu he thought Hun Xiu intended to kill them, and Xiao Wu confirmed that Sea God Island existed.
• Tang San asked why Xiao Wu visited Ning Rongrong, then assumed Hun Xiu had taken Rongrong to Spirit Soul City because he coveted her.
• Xiao Wu corrected Tang San's misunderstanding by explaining why Rongrong was in the city, but Tang San still insisted Hun Xiu was a bad person.

Tang San learned that rumors claimed he coveted Ning Rongrong, while Oscar believed the rumors and vowed to become powerful enough to claim her. Hun Xiu arranged for Golden Crocodile Douluo to escort Tang San to Sea God Island, and Qian Daoliu confronted Hun Xiu about retrieving the Sea God Trident and giving it to Tang San.

• Tang San raged at the Holy Son who supposedly pursued Ning Rongrong until Xiao Wu revealed that the Holy Son was Tang San himself, and she explained that the rumor had distorted Hun Xiu's plan to give Ning Rongrong to him.
• Oscar heard that Tang San coveted Ning Rongrong, took the rumor as a betrayal despite the soul-hunting squad captain's doubts, and vowed to grow strong enough to control the continent and win her.
• Hun Xiu asked Golden Crocodile Douluo to escort Tang San to Sea God Island for training, and Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed.
• Qian Daoliu questioned Hun Xiu about sending Tang San to Sea God Island and learned that Hun Xiu had retrieved the Sea God Trident from its temple there.

Hun Xiu persuaded Qian Daoliu to let Tang San pursue the Sea God’s trials, revealing that he had become a god and could suppress Tang San if necessary. Golden Crocodile Douluo escorted Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong toward Sea God Island, but Tang San remained convinced the journey was a plot to kill them.

• Hun Xiu told Qian Daoliu he could control Tang San even if Tang San became a god, and Qian Daoliu agreed not to interfere.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong departed Spirit Soul City with Golden Crocodile Douluo after Hun Xiu and A Yin saw them off.
• After a month of travel, the group reached a dock, where Tang San expected Golden Crocodile Douluo to attack them.
• Tang San begged Golden Crocodile Douluo to spare Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, then accused him of using the Sea God Island journey as a pretext to kill them.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo denied the accusation and said his mission was to escort them safely to Sea God Island.

Golden Crocodile Douluo escorted Tang San and his companions to Sea God Island, convincing Tang San that he was not there to kill them and explaining that the island could help Tang San become a god. On their arrival, Bo Saixi sensed the Sea God’s aura on Tang San and suspected he was the Sea God’s chosen successor.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Tang San that Hun Xiu had sent him to Sea God Island for training, not to kill him, and that completing the island’s trials could let him become a god.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong boarded a Spirit Empire ship with Golden Crocodile Douluo and sailed toward Sea God Island.
• Hun Xiu watched their ship depart and hoped Tang San would become a god before Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue.
• Half a year later, the Seven Sacred Pillars confronted Golden Crocodile Douluo and Tang San’s group at Sea God Island, while Golden Crocodile Douluo sensed Bo Saixi’s immense power at the summit.
• Bo Saixi sensed the Sea God’s aura on Tang San and concluded that the Sea God Trident had recognized him as a potential successor.
• Tang San realized that Sea God Island had seven Titled Douluo and recognized the island’s formidable strength.

Bo Saixi learned that Tang San was Qian Xunji’s godson and told him to remain on Sea God Island to pursue the Sea God inheritance. A year later, Bibi Dong broke through to godhood, alarming Spirit Hall as Hun Xiu and Qian Daoliu considered the danger she posed.

• Tang San realized that Spirit Hall’s arrival on Sea God Island undermined his hope of bringing the island under his control.
• Bo Saixi questioned Tang San about the missing Sea God Trident and learned that Qian Xunji had taken it.
• Bo Saixi told Tang San to train on Sea God Island and pursue the complete Sea God inheritance, while Poseidon declared Tang San a potential successor to his divine seat.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo departed, and Bo Saixi took a keen interest in Tang San after hearing Poseidon’s judgment.
• A year later, Bibi Dong’s breakthrough to godhood created a vast heavenly phenomenon over Spirit Soul City.
• Hun Xiu recognized Bibi Dong’s ascension, while Qian Daoliu worried that she might become too powerful for Hun Xiu to suppress.

Bibi Dong became the Rakshasa God, and Tang San feared that Hun Xiu’s ascension had made revenge impossible. When Bibi Dong challenged Hun Xiu, her attacks failed to harm him, and the chapter ended with her fist and arm bloodied after striking his unseen defense.

• Bo Saixi, the Seven Sacred Pillars, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong witnessed the phenomenon and concluded that someone on the continent had become a god; Tang San feared Hun Xiu had ascended.
• Bibi Dong emerged from seclusion at Spirit Hall and announced that she had become a god.
• Hun Xiu appeared to congratulate Bibi Dong, but she threatened him and fired a divine beam that he caught and crushed.
• Bibi Dong summoned her Rakshasa God Set and attacked Hun Xiu, who caught her first punch and stopped her second without moving from his circle.
• Bibi Dong’s fist and arm were jolted back and bloodied after her punch struck Hun Xiu’s unseen defense.

Bibi Dong became a god but was decisively defeated by Hun Xiu, who pulled her into his embrace and took advantage of her surrender. After Spirit Hall announced Bibi Dong’s ascension, she returned to lead the Spirit Empire and ordered statues of herself built across the land, including on Sea God Island.

• Bibi Dong healed her injured hand with divine power, but Hun Xiu told her he was not a god and still overwhelmed her; she gave up fighting, and he carried her to bed.
• Qian Renxue sensed Bibi Dong’s breakthrough and resumed her seclusion, while Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo discussed the rumors about who had become a god.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that Bibi Dong, not Hun Xiu or himself, had become a god, and Spirit Hall and the Spirit Empire publicly confirmed the news.
• After several days together, Bibi Dong appeared before everyone again, retook control of the Spirit Empire, and ordered statues of herself erected throughout the land.
• Spirit Hall’s order reached Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi was stunned by the news.

Qian Renxue completed the Angel God inheritance under Hun Xiu’s protection, giving Spirit Hall a second god while Bibi Dong remained in the God Realm. As Tang San neared the end of Sea God’s Nine Trials, Hun Xiu set out for Sea God Island.

• Bo Saixi dismissed Bibi Dong’s order to erect statues of her, relying on Hun Xiu’s promise to protect Sea God Island’s independence.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that Bibi Dong, not Qian Xunji, had become a god, renewing Tang San’s hope of defeating Hun Xiu.
• Over the next five years, Bibi Dong went to the God Realm, Qian Renxue became a Titled Douluo, and Tang San began Sea God’s Nine Trials.
• Hun Xiu protected Qian Renxue through the Angel God inheritance, allowing her to become the Angel God without Qian Daoliu’s sacrifice.
• Qian Renxue and Hun Xiu emerged before Spirit Hall’s gathered soul masters, who celebrated Spirit Hall’s second god.
• Hun Xiu sensed that Tang San was close to completing Sea God’s Nine Trials and vanished to travel to Sea God Island.

Hun Xiu appeared on Sea God Island and intervened in Tang San’s final trial, helping him become the Sea God. Tang San then rejected Hun Xiu as his father and threatened him, leaving the two facing off outside the Sea God Temple.

• Hun Xiu vanished from Spirit Hall and appeared on Sea God Island, where he reunited with Bo Saixi.
• After several days, Hun Xiu intervened in Tang San’s final trial, and Tang San successfully became the Sea God.
• Tang San left the Sea God Temple, boasting that he could kill Qian Xunji, only to find Hun Xiu waiting outside.
• Hun Xiu congratulated Tang San and asked about his threat, while Tang San declared that he would no longer pretend and would avenge Tang Hao.
• Tang San called Tang Hao his only father, accused Hun Xiu of using him, and demanded that Hun Xiu kneel and beg for forgiveness.
• Hun Xiu warned Tang San that gods were not invincible and urged him to reconsider, but Tang San dismissed the warning as a threat.

Tang San attacked Hun Xiu with the Sea God Trident, but Hun Xiu caught it and crushed it into scrap iron. Tang San transformed into the Sea God and unleashed a massive palm strike, leaving Hun Xiu beneath its descending force.

• Tang San summoned the Sea God Trident and brought it down on Hun Xiu, who caught the divine weapon with one hand.
• Hun Xiu bent and crushed the Sea God Trident, leaving Tang San terrified before he regained his confidence.
• Tang San donned the Sea God Armor, summoned the Sea God True Body, and announced he would demonstrate the Palm Technique from the Heavens.
• Tang San and the Sea God phantom struck down with a colossal palm, while Hun Xiu looked up at the attack.

Hun Xiu defeated and killed Tang San, then spared Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong and remade the Sea God Temple. He told A Yin that he had killed her son, leaving her shaken as she asked how Tang San died.

• Hun Xiu shattered Tang San’s Sea God True Body and overwhelmed him, while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong watched in disbelief.
• Hun Xiu killed Tang San with a stomp after declaring he would give him no more chances.
• Hun Xiu spared Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, ordering them to follow him and atone for their rebellion.
• Hun Xiu destroyed the Sea God Temple and turned it into the Angel Temple and Rakshasa Temple.
• Hun Xiu held A Yin and told her that Tang San was dead; when she asked how he died, he said that he had killed him.

After Hun Xiu revealed that Tang San had occupied A Yin’s dead biological son, she accepted the truth and stayed with Hun Xiu despite his killing Tang San. Hun Xiu returned to the Battle Through the Heavens Universe, where Zhou Yuan and Li Luo awaited him, and Li Luo was stunned to discover Hun Xiu was even more handsome than he was.

• Hun Xiu told A Yin that Tang San had killed him and was an outsider who occupied her son’s body, then showed her the truth.
• A Yin learned her biological son had died at birth and chose Hun Xiu over Tang San.
• Hun Xiu left Douluo Continent and returned to the Battle Through the Heavens Universe, where Zhou Yuan and Li Luo were waiting.
• Zhou Yuan identified Hun Xiu as an outsider who had disrupted fate, while Li Luo admitted he could not see through Hun Xiu’s strength.
• Hun Xiu challenged Zhou Yuan and Li Luo’s confidence that the two of them could defeat him.
• Li Luo examined Hun Xiu’s appearance and conceded that Hun Xiu was more handsome than him.

Hun Xiu mocked Zhou Yuan and Li Luo for demanding that he take his own life, then effortlessly stopped Zhou Yuan’s full-power attack with one palm. Zhou Yuan and Li Luo were left confronting how vastly Hun Xiu’s strength had grown during his thousand-year absence.

• Li Luo conceded that Hun Xiu was far more handsome than him and withdrew his claim that looks were strength.
• Hun Xiu told Li Luo to withdraw because he did not want to kill him, but Li Luo insisted Hun Xiu had to die to restore the universe’s fate.
• Zhou Yuan agreed that Hun Xiu should take his own life, and Hun Xiu laughed at their demand and refused.
• Zhou Yuan attacked Hun Xiu with the Heavenly Origin Brush at full strength, shattering the void with his thrust.
• Hun Xiu stopped Zhou Yuan’s strike with his palm and blasted him a million li backward, leaving Zhou Yuan and Li Luo shocked by his power.

Hun Xiu overwhelmed Zhou Yuan’s attacks and challenged him to reconsider his belief that fate must be obeyed. Zhou Yuan and Li Luo realized they had become puppets of the Heavenly Dao, but still chose to eliminate Hun Xiu because he was an anomaly in their universe.

• Hun Xiu stopped Zhou Yuan’s full-power strike with one palm, then swallowed the Heavenly Origin Brush and Zhou Yuan’s attacks into a black hole.
• Hun Xiu argued that the strong should break fate, reminding Zhou Yuan of how he had once defied his own fate.
• Zhou Yuan’s power turned chaotic, and he collapsed after realizing he had become a puppet of the Heavenly Dao and fate.
• Li Luo also spat blood and admitted that he had become a puppet of fate after reaching the King of Myriad Phases.
• Zhou Yuan thanked Hun Xiu for awakening them but declared that he and Li Luo would still eliminate him because he did not belong to their universe.

Li Luo and Zhou Yuan confronted Hun Xiu and discovered that neither their own strength nor the universe’s Power of Heaven and Earth could harm him. Hun Xiu attacked with a devastating blade of qi, leaving them to brace themselves behind barriers.

• Li Luo offered to let Hun Xiu leave the universe, but Hun Xiu dismissed him and Zhou Yuan as ants and refused.
• Zhou Yuan warned that he and Li Luo would use their final trump cards, then unleashed his power and the universe’s Power of Heaven and Earth against Hun Xiu.
• Hun Xiu remained untouched by Zhou Yuan’s attacks, and Li Luo hesitated when challenged to make his own move.
• Hun Xiu stepped forward and sent a powerful blade of qi toward Li Luo and Zhou Yuan.
• Li Luo and Zhou Yuan connected with the universe’s Power of Heaven and Earth and formed barriers to block the blade.

Li Luo and Zhou Yuan were defeated by Hun Xiu, who offered to spare them if they submitted to him. They refused, and Zhou Yuan asked Hun Xiu to treat their universe well as they prepared to die.

• Hun Xiu’s blade shattered Li Luo and Zhou Yuan’s barrier, leaving them gravely wounded and unable to fight.
• Zhou Yuan admitted that Hun Xiu had won, and Hun Xiu offered to spare him and Li Luo if they submitted.
• Zhou Yuan and Li Luo refused, insisting that they were guardians of the universe and could not submit to an anomaly.
• Hun Xiu argued that the Heavenly Dao had labeled him an anomaly because he defied its plans, then declared that he would kill them to protect the people he loved.
• Zhou Yuan acknowledged that he and Li Luo had never been Hun Xiu’s equals and asked him to treat their universe well.

Hun Xiu killed Li Luo and Zhou Yuan, consumed the universe’s Heavenly Dao, and prepared to return to the Great Thousand World. Yao Yao and Jiang Qing'e arrived searching for their husbands, and Hun Xiu told them they were too late.

• Hun Xiu dissolved Li Luo and Zhou Yuan after they refused to submit, and the universe mourned the loss of its guardians.
• Hun Xiu seized the Heavenly Dao’s consciousness, cooked it, and ate it.
• Yao Yao sensed Zhou Yuan’s death and vanished to find out what had happened, while Jiang Qing'e sensed Li Luo’s death and did the same.
• Hun Xiu absorbed the Heavenly Dao and prepared to leave for the Great Thousand World, but stayed when he sensed someone approaching.
• Yao Yao and Jiang Qing'e met in the cosmos, realized that Zhou Yuan and Li Luo had both fallen, and heard Hun Xiu tell them they were too late.

Hun Xiu told Yao Yao and Jiang Qing'e that Zhou Yuan and Li Luo had died, then demanded that the two women submit to him. After they found no trace of Zhou Yuan or Li Luo, Jiang Qing'e rejected Hun Xiu's demand, though she could not bring herself to call him ugly.

• Hun Xiu told Yao Yao and Jiang Qing'e that Zhou Yuan and Li Luo had perished after refusing to submit to him.
• Yao Yao and Jiang Qing'e searched their surroundings but sensed no trace of Zhou Yuan or Li Luo.
• Hun Xiu gave the women a choice between submitting willingly or being forced to submit.
• Jiang Qing'e rejected Hun Xiu's demand, but stopped short of calling him ugly when she saw how handsome he was.

Hun Xiu demanded that Yao Yao and Jiang Qing'e submit to him, claiming they could otherwise never avenge Li Luo and Zhou Yuan. Yao Yao attacked him to test whether Zhou Yuan would appear, but Hun Xiu’s barrier stopped every strike before he finally let it shatter.

• Jiang Qing'e admitted to herself that Hun Xiu was more handsome than Li Luo, then rejected his demand that she and Yao Yao submit.
• Hun Xiu warned the women that submission was their only chance to avenge Li Luo and Zhou Yuan, and Yao Yao said she did not believe they were dead.
• Yao Yao stabbed at Hun Xiu, hoping that putting herself in mortal danger would make Zhou Yuan appear if he was alive.
• Hun Xiu remained behind an invisible barrier as Yao Yao bombarded it, and he taunted her when she demanded that he fight back.
• Hun Xiu shattered the barrier, allowing Yao Yao’s universe-destroying attacks to rush toward him.

Hun Xiu halted time around himself, defeated Yao Yao and Jiang Qing'e, and used Yao Yao's helplessness to claim Zhou Yuan was dead. After kissing Yao Yao and seeing Zhou Yuan still fail to appear, Hun Xiu turned his attention to the immobilized Jiang Qing'e.

• Yao Yao's attacks and her force stopped before Hun Xiu, who revealed that time around him had frozen and made her own power rebound, leaving her injured and unable to move.
• Hun Xiu lifted Yao Yao's chin and taunted her that Zhou Yuan had to be dead because he had not appeared.
• Jiang Qing'e attacked Hun Xiu to free Yao Yao, but he froze her in midair with the same power.
• Hun Xiu kissed the immobilized Yao Yao, but Zhou Yuan still did not appear, and Hun Xiu told her that this proved Zhou Yuan was dead.
• Hun Xiu turned toward the helpless Jiang Qing'e and began leering at her as she remained frozen.

Hun Xiu subdued Yao Yao and Jiang Qing'e, who chose to submit so they could preserve their memories and seek revenge later. After he left, they mourned Zhou Yuan and Li Luo and resolved to grow strong enough to surpass Hun Xiu.

• Hun Xiu immobilized Jiang Qing'e and humiliated her before releasing her and Yao Yao from the time freeze.
• Yao Yao and Jiang Qing'e attacked Hun Xiu, but he remained unharmed and sent them flying.
• Realizing they could not defeat him, Yao Yao and Jiang Qing'e knelt and called Hun Xiu their master to preserve their chance for future revenge.
• Hun Xiu accepted their submission, declared them his women, and chose not to erase their memories.
• Hun Xiu vanished after telling them to return to their worlds, and Yao Yao and Jiang Qing'e mourned Zhou Yuan and Li Luo while vowing to grow stronger and avenge their humiliation.

A thousand years after Hun Xiu left, he returned to the prosperous Great Thousand World, where the Hall of Souls had become its dominant faction. He joined the Hall of Souls' disciple selection under his real name and entered the mountain gate alongside the ambitious Nie Tianxin.

• The chapter described how the Hall of Souls rose to become the Great Thousand World's foremost faction, with several Master Realm experts, while Lin Dong led the Martial Realm.
• Hun Xiu descended onto the Western Heaven Continent and joined the crowds gathering for the Hall of Souls' disciple selection.
• Hun Xiu met Nie Tianxin, who mistook his name for a tribute to the legendary Emperor Xiu and explained his own ambition to join the Hall of Souls.
• Hun Xiu concealed his identity and told Nie Tianxin he was an Eighth Grade Sovereign with a secret treasure that hid his cultivation.
• Hun Xiu and Nie Tianxin passed the Hall of Souls' age-and-cultivation barrier and entered its mountain gate, surprising onlookers who had assumed their looks meant they lacked talent.