Chapter Summaries

Dai Yao completed the Seventh Sea God Trial, received the Sea God Trident, and learned that his Eighth Trial required him to raise both Martial Souls to nine rings and gather all Spirit Bones within five years. As his group prepared to leave Sea God Island, he promised Bai Chenxiang a wedding and helped her Martial Soul evolve into a Peregrine Falcon.

• Dai Yao pulled the Sea God Trident from the ground, completing the Seventh Trial as the Sea God’s phantom appeared above Sea God Hall.
• Bo Saixi revealed the Eighth Trial’s requirements and told Dai Yao and his companions they could leave Sea God Island; she also warned him that he must defeat the Deep Sea Demon Whale for his final second-Martial-Soul Spirit Ring.
• Dai Yao and the women thanked the Holy Pillar Douluo and returned to Sea Horse City, where they discussed their return to the continent.
• Dai Yao reassured Bai Chenxiang that he would marry her after they returned, easing her fear that he would abandon her.
• Dai Yao used the Chaos Cyan Lotus’s green light, aided by Feng Wutong’s Vermilion Bird Spirit, to evolve Bai Chenxiang’s Sharp-tailed Swift Martial Soul into a Peregrine Falcon.

After three years on Sea God Island, Dai Yao and the women returned to Vast Sea City and learned that the Spirit Hall Empire had pushed the Heaven Dou Empire back to Zhennan Pass. As Dai Yao began assessing the looming war and the sect’s strained defenses, a group of new members rose up against the Cyan Lotus Sect’s rules.

• Xiao Bai arrived at Sea God Island and offered to carry Dai Yao and the women back to the continent on her Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
• After three days at sea, Dai Yao and the others reached Vast Sea City, where they found refugees in the streets and few Cyan Lotus Sect guards.
• A disciple told Dai Yao that the Spirit Hall Empire had established itself, defeated Heaven Dou forces at Jialing Pass, and advanced to Zhennan Pass, drawing the sect’s elites to the front.
• Peacock reported that the Spirit Hall Empire had five hundred thousand troops and ten Titled Douluo outside Zhennan Pass, while the Heaven Dou Empire was heavily outnumbered in elite soul masters.
• A crowd of recent recruits demanded to see the Acting Sect Master and called for their own department, prompting Dai Yao to order Cuckoo to let them in.

Dai Yao returned to the Cyan Lotus Sect as He Qian, Zhan Wushuang, and Xiao Ding tried to force a change in the sect’s rules and preserve their clans’ independence. He crippled Zhan Wushuang and expelled Zhan Gate, while ordering the He Family and Imperial Cauldron Gate to submit to the sect or leave within three days.

• Niu Gao and Bai He confronted He Qian, Zhan Wushuang, and Xiao Ding as they gathered disciples outside the Sect Master's Residence, and Dai Yao ordered Cuckoo to open the doors.
• Feng Wutong used her overwhelming pressure and spirit rings to make the gathered disciples leave, leaving the three elders to speak with Dai Yao and Peacock.
• Zhan Wushuang demanded that the sect preserve its members’ former clans, while Peacock accused the three elders of resisting the sect’s rules and plotting to retain their power.
• Zhan Wushuang rejected Dai Yao’s authority and tried to leave, so Dai Yao revealed his spirit rings, seized him, and crippled his cultivation.
• Dai Yao expelled Zhan Gate and ordered the He Family and Imperial Cauldron Gate to join the Four Great Departments or leave within three days.

Dai Yao returned to the Cyan Lotus Sect, revealed his extraordinary strength, and settled the fates of the clans that had opposed him. He accepted Bai He’s permission to take Bai Chenxiang as a concubine, then prepared to leave for the front line with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Dai Yao displayed his spirit rings, shocking Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi, while Dugu Yan revealed her own powerful spirit ring configuration.
• Dai Yao stripped He Qian and Xiao Ding of their clans’ independence, merged their disciples into the Four Great Departments, and made the two men elders without real authority.
• Dai Yao asked Bai He for permission to take Bai Chenxiang as a concubine, and Bai He agreed while advising that the ceremony wait until the sect’s crisis ended.
• Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong welcomed Bai Chenxiang into the family and offered to support her.
• Dai Yao appointed Dugu Yan acting sect master, assigned Feng Wutong to oversee the merged disciples, and planned to depart for the front line with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing the next morning.

Dai Yao rejected Xiao Wu’s desperate plea to spare Tang San and left her in his spiritual world with his evil personality. He then traveled to the front line with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, reunited Ning Rongrong with Ning Fengzhi, and revealed the Sea God Trident to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Xiao Wu knelt before Dai Yao and offered to become his slave if he spared Tang San, but Dai Yao refused to spare Tang San or accept her bargain.
• Dai Yao left Xiao Wu alone with his evil personality and departed for the front line with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Dai Yao and the two women arrived at the city and were welcomed by Cyan Lotus Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples.
• Ning Rongrong reunited joyfully with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo.
• Dai Yao revealed his three One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, and Ning Rongrong displayed her rank-eighty cultivation and seven spirit rings.
• Dai Yao showed Ning Fengzhi and the two Titled Douluo the Sea God Trident and explained that it had increased Ning Rongrong’s spirit ring ages.

Dai Yao explained his Sea God inheritance to Ning Fengzhi and agreed to meet Hu Liena to resolve the crisis at Vast Sea City. When they reunited after three years, Hu Liena dropped her cold commander’s facade and threw herself into his arms.

• Dai Yao told Ning Fengzhi that he had received the Sea God’s Nine Trials and showed Sword Douluo the Sea God Trident, whose immense weight made it safe to examine only while Dai Yao held it or it was planted in the ground.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that the Spirit Hall Empire had gathered nearly a million soldiers and numerous powerful spirit masters near Zhennan Pass, while two Titled Douluo monitored Vast Sea City.
• Dai Yao said he wanted to meet the army’s commander, Hu Liena, and settle the contract; despite Ning Fengzhi’s warnings, he insisted he could return safely.
• Three days later, Dai Yao entered the Spirit Hall Empire’s camp with help from two red-robed bishops who warned him not to mistreat Wutong.
• Dai Yao revealed himself to Hu Liena in her command tent, but she initially greeted him with a cold, detached look.
• When Dai Yao began to explain why he had come, Hu Liena rushed into his arms and reproached him for returning after three years with something else to discuss.

Dai Yao reunited with Hu Liena, comforted her, and gave her a Yellow Lotus that transformed her martial soul and strengthened her potential. The chapter ended with Hu Liena revealing that her martial soul had become the Nine-tailed Sky Fox.

• Dai Yao apologized as Hu Liena broke down over their three years apart and the strain of commanding the army.
• Hu Liena showed Dai Yao her peaceful coexistence treaty for Vast Sea City, and Dai Yao told her about the Sea God Trident and his path to godhood.
• Hu Liena worried that she would grow old while Dai Yao became a god, so Dai Yao explained how his lotuses had transformed Zhu Qing and Wutong and offered her a Yellow Lotus.
• Hu Liena arranged the camp's affairs, absorbed the Yellow Lotus, and emerged with a more perfect appearance and renewed strength.
• Hu Liena revealed that her martial soul had evolved into the Nine-tailed Sky Fox.

Dai Yao reached the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and began reviving Xiao Wu by combining her soul, body, spirit bone, and several of his spirit rings under the Sea God's Light. Xiao Wu remained cocooned as Dai Yao watched and waited for her choice.

• Dai Yao traveled toward Sunset Forest and told his evil personality he would revive Xiao Wu before handing over control.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Yin E welcomed Dai Yao, and the Immortal Herbs reported that a Clear Sky Sect intruder had died there.
• Dai Yao learned that Ah Yin had been urging Yin E to betray him, then found the intruder's corpse and suspected Tang San had sent him to scout the valley.
• Dai Yao removed his Sixth Spirit Ring and Xiao Wu's Soft Bone Rabbit Spirit Bone, then summoned Xiao Wu's soul above her body.
• Dai Yao used the Sea God's Light and four of his spirit rings to begin Xiao Wu's resurrection, leaving her soul and body to merge inside a red cocoon.

Dai Yao debated what to do with Xiao Wu and Ah Yin while his evil personality manipulated him into helping Yin E transform. After Yin E took human form, Dai Yao succumbed to a sudden desire, while the God of Evil watched and celebrated his scheme.

• Yin E asked Dai Yao who Xiao Wu was, and Ah Yin later begged him to spare Xiao Wu.
• Dai Yao's evil personality urged him to either eliminate Xiao Wu and Ah Yin or control them, then mysteriously influenced his decision to make Ah Yin's fate depend on her performance.
• Dai Yao used the Chaos Cyan Lotus Spirit to gather Blue Silver Grass energy and help Yin E reach the threshold of transformation.
• Several days later, Yin E transformed inside a Blue Silver Emperor cocoon, and Dai Yao entered it under the evil personality's influence.
• After Yin E embraced him, Dai Yao felt an overwhelming desire and kissed her, while the God of Evil celebrated his plan to make Dai Yao his inheritor.

Dai Yao reached Heaven Dou City and discovered Four Elements Academy trying to escape after Tang San’s forces surrounded them. He revealed himself to Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu, then shattered the city gate and offered to hold off their pursuers while they fled.

• Dai Yao traveled toward Heaven Dou City and sensed that the city was under heavy guard after the war.
• Dai Yao heard a battle at the city gate and recognized the auras of Four Elements Academy.
• Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu led several hundred academy disciples as Tang Hu demanded their surrender on behalf of the Blue Sky King.
• Tang Hu began a countdown, and Feng Xiaotian prepared to surrender to save the disciples.
• Dai Yao appeared beside Feng Xiaotian, greeted his old friends, and promised to get them out.
• Dai Yao blasted the city gate apart with the Sea God Trident and told Feng Xiaotian to lead the disciples away while he held off their pursuers.

Dai Yao rescued Feng Xiaotian and the Three Elements Academy disciples from Heaven Dou Empire pursuers, killing Tang Hu and driving off the other attackers. After learning that Shui Bing'er and the others might still be trapped in Heaven Dou City, he flew off to find them, leaving Huo Wu and the others behind.

• Dai Yao shattered the city gate and scattered the pursuers, giving Feng Xiaotian and the academy disciples a chance to escape.
• Tang Hu recognized Dai Yao, but Dai Yao killed him with a blood-red blade before the goateed Soul Douluo fled.
• Dai Yao urged Feng Xiaotian's group to leave and reunited with Huo Wu, who warned him that the Clear Sky Sect would pursue him.
• Feng Xiaotian explained that Leiting Academy had betrayed the Four Elements Academy and that Shui Bing'er and the others had remained in Heaven Dou City as bait.
• Dai Yao learned where Shui Bing'er and the others were and flew away to find them, while Huo Wu told her junior that their rescuer was Dai Yao.

Dai Yao raced to Shrek Academy and found Tang San holding the leaders and young disciples of the Element Academies hostage to force their surrender. As Huo Rong was about to yield, Dai Yao arrived and knocked Fifth Elder’s Clear Sky Hammer aside with the Golden Trident, then apologized to Shui Bing'er for being late.

• Dai Yao flew toward Shrek Academy, intent on rescuing Shui Bing'er and the others and prepared to confront Tang San.
• Tang San demanded that Huo Rong, Ruo Shui, and Yi Feng surrender, then threatened their young disciples to break their resistance.
• Huo Rong and Yi Feng realized Tang San had surrounded the academy disciples, while Shui Bing'er feared the Element Academies had no way to escape.
• Fifth Elder released his Titled Douluo aura as Huo Rong began to surrender, but the group sensed a powerful newcomer approaching.
• Fifth Elder attacked the newcomer with his Clear Sky Hammer, but the Golden Trident knocked the hammer away and sent him reeling.
• Dai Yao stopped before the group, revealed his golden hair, and apologized to Shui Bing'er for arriving late.

Dai Yao arrived in Heaven Dou City to rescue Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and the Three Elements Academy members, then confronted Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect. Five Titled Douluo surrounded him, but Dai Yao declared they could not stop him and revealed three extraordinary Soul Rings.

• Dai Yao removed his bamboo hat, startling Tang San, Fifth Elder, and the Heaven Dou soldiers, then promised Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu he would get everyone out safely.
• Shui Bing'er urged Dai Yao to flee, while Ruo Shui recognized him and offered him a chance to be with her daughter if he rescued them.
• Fifth Elder recognized Dai Yao and prepared for reinforcements as Dai Yao taunted Tang San over their strength and his inability to avenge Xiao Wu.
• Tang San revealed that he had summoned the Clear Sky Sect elders, and Tang Xiao and three elders arrived to join Fifth Elder in surrounding Dai Yao.
• Dai Yao dismissed the five Titled Douluo as insufficient to stop him and summoned three Soul Rings: one black and two red.

Dai Yao drew the Clear Sky Sect’s five Titled Douluo away from the elemental academies, broke open Heaven Dou City’s wall, and helped the academies escape. He survived their combined hammer strike by exploiting a tiny gap, then appeared above them with the Sea God Trident as he began Formless Storm.

• Tang San noticed Xiao Wu’s soul ring was missing from Dai Yao and wondered if Dai Yao had revived her.
• Dai Yao smashed a hole through Heaven Dou City’s wall and held back the pursuing soldiers while Yi Feng, Huo Rong, Shui Bing’er, Xue Wu, and the others escaped.
• Tang Xiao and four Clear Sky Sect elders attacked Dai Yao together with their Clear Sky Hammers.
• Dai Yao used Omniscience and struck Tang Xiao’s hammer with the Golden Trident, causing the five hammers to collide and leave him unharmed inside a narrow gap.
• Dai Yao appeared in the sky and announced the Sea God Trident’s first form, Formless Storm.

Dai Yao restrained Tang Xiao and the four elders with Formless Storm while using layered attacks to buy time. He revealed that Tang San had been his target all along and completed his Eighth Soul Skill, Godfall, aimed at Tang San.

• Dai Yao cast Formless Storm, freezing Tang Xiao and the four elders in midair and shocking Tang San, the Seventh Elder, and the onlookers.
• Dai Yao attacked the restrained elders with Tiger Whale Tooth Shattering Slash and a thrown Sea God Trident, while Tang Xiao and the elders detonated their Spirit Rings to fight back.
• The Sixth Elder blocked the Sea God Trident but was badly shaken by its immense weight, and Tang Xiao realized Dai Yao was preparing another attack.
• Tang Xiao noticed Dai Yao’s gaze was fixed on Tang San as the golden restraints began to fade.
• Dai Yao completed his Eighth Soul Skill, Godfall, and aimed it at Tang San.

Dai Yao’s Godfall struck Tang San, the Seventh Elder, and the Golden Holy Dragon, but an unidentified powerhouse rescued the dying Tang San. Dai Yao fled as the Clear Sky Sect elders pursued him, and the savior revealed himself to be Di Tian.

• The Seventh Elder detonated all eight usable Spirit Rings to protect Tang San, while the Golden Iron Triangle summoned the Golden Holy Dragon to shield him.
• Dai Yao unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, Godfall, vaporizing the Seventh Elder’s Clear Sky Hammer and blasting a vast pit through Shrek Academy.
• Dai Yao sensed a powerful, unfamiliar presence near the pit and fled, while the Fifth, Second, Third, and Fourth Elders chased after him.
• Tang Xiao stayed behind and found Tang San and the Golden Iron Triangle alive, though gravely injured.
• The black-haired powerhouse spoke with Tang San, who asked his name, and he identified himself as Di Tian.

Di Tian allied with Tang San to preserve the Heaven Dou Empire and prevent Spirit Hall from gaining control of Dai Yao, while concealing his identity as a spirit beast. At Element Academy’s camp, Dai Yao reunited with Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu and publicly acknowledged his relationship with them.

• Di Tian told Tang San that he wanted an alliance because Dai Yao posed a threat to the spirit beasts, and revealed that he was a spirit beast.
• Tang Xiao and the elders learned that Tang San had survived, while the Second Elder explained that the elders had failed to catch Dai Yao and retreated to avoid further losses.
• Tang San told the elders that he had allied with a powerful, unnamed senior who would weaken Spirit Hall’s forces outside Zhennan Pass.
• At the Element Academy camp, Huo Wu questioned Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu about their relationship with Dai Yao, and Shui Yue'er asked whether he had rescued them.
• Dai Yao arrived, apologized to Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, and told the group that the three of them had been together for a long time.

Dai Yao reunited with Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, and Ruo Shui privately learned that his other personality and second Martial Soul had caused their past entanglement. Ruo Shui demanded a proper wedding, but Shui Bing'er rejected the demand and left with Dai Yao and Xue Wu, while Ruo Shui revealed she had only been trying to support her daughter.

• Xue Wu explained that she and Shui Bing'er had not blamed Dai Yao, and Shui Bing'er confirmed that he had treated them well over the years.
• Ruo Shui summoned Dai Yao, Shui Bing'er, and Xue Wu to a stream and asked Dai Yao to explain how the two women had become involved with him.
• Dai Yao revealed his evil personality and second Martial Soul to Ruo Shui, who agreed to keep the secret.
• Ruo Shui demanded that Dai Yao give Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu a grand, public wedding, but Shui Bing'er objected and said they should decide for themselves.
• Shui Bing'er left with Dai Yao and Xue Wu, while Ruo Shui admitted to herself that she had played the villain to help Dai Yao understand her daughter's love.

Dai Yao brought Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu into the Far North to offer them a Blue Lotus or the Ice Empress's hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone. After Xue Wu urged Shui Bing'er to take the lotus, they reached the core region, where Dai Yao encountered the Snow Empress.

• Dai Yao explained that he planned to obtain the Ice Empress's Soul Ring and Soul Bone as compensation for one of the two women, while offering the other his last Blue Lotus.
• Shui Bing'er began to choose the Soul Ring, but Xue Wu insisted that Shui Bing'er take the Blue Lotus, so Dai Yao promised Xue Wu the hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Three days later, Dai Yao brought Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu to a basin in the Far North's core region and told them to stay inside the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Dai Yao left the shroud and used the Sea God Trident to call out the powerful soul beast dwelling in the basin.
• The Snow Empress appeared, stared at the Golden Trident, and asked Dai Yao who he was.

Dai Yao offered Snow Empress a chance to sacrifice herself to Xue Wu in exchange for becoming her protector and gaining eternal life, but Snow Empress refused. When Dai Yao asked for another candidate, Snow Empress recommended the Ice Empress.

• Dai Yao revealed that he had earned the Sea God's recognition and asked Snow Empress to sacrifice herself to Xue Wu as a mutually beneficial path to eternal life.
• Snow Empress grew furious at first, then listened to Dai Yao's offer to resurrect her and grant her eternal life after he ascended to the Divine Realm.
• Snow Empress refused the proposal, unwilling to give up her dignity despite its benefits.
• Dai Yao accepted her decision and asked Snow Empress to recommend another suitable soul beast.
• Snow Empress considered the Ice Empress's future tribulation and recommended her to Dai Yao.