Vol. 5The Soul Spirit System

Xia Tianling returned to a continent reshaped by Spirit Hall, completed divine trials on Sea God Island, and brought the Clear Sky Sect under Spirit Hall’s rule. He established the Soul Spirit System as Spirit Hall prepared to unify the continents, then confronted a corrupting force and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

  • Xia Tianling escaped the Dragon Realm, returned to the mainland, and reunited with Zhu Zhuqing as Spirit Hall’s influence spread.
  • Xia Tianling brought Luo Hongchen and the Soul Engineers aboard the Dongfeng Hao and sailed back to Douluo Continent.
  • Xia Tianling led his companions to Sea God Island, where they received divine trials and began their assessments.
  • Xia Tianling climbed to the eight hundred and ninety-ninth step of Sea God’s Light and received two God-Bestowed Spirit Rings from Bo Saixi.
  • Xia Tianling guided his companions through Sea God’s trials, helped Tang San draw the Sea God’s Trident, and revived Ah Yin.
  • Tang San rejected the Clear Sky Sect, and Xia Tianling asked Tang Yuehua whether the sect would fight Spirit Hall or surrender.
  • Xia Tianling defeated Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect’s elders, securing the sect’s surrender to Spirit Hall.
  • Xia Tianling established the Soul Spirit System with spirit-beast cooperation, then joined Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing to confront the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
Chapters 408–507 Read from ch. 408

Arc 17The Return Voyage

Xia Tianling survived his tribulation, gained the Dragon Realm’s inheritance, and returned to Douluo Continent aboard the Dongfeng Hao with Luo Hongchen and the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineers. He reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and began bringing his new companions into a continent transformed by Spirit Hall’s growing influence.

  • Xia Tianling killed the Evil Eye Monarch, then endured a tribulation battle with the Evil Eye Tyrant Master that left him unconscious and stranded him in the Dragon Realm.
  • With the Dragon Kings’ help, Xia Tianling recovered, challenged the Dragon God’s will, revived the Mountain Dragon King, and gained the Five Elements Battle Armor before escaping the Dragon Realm.
  • Xia Tianling returned to the Demonic Beast Forest, killed the weakened Evil Eye Tyrant Master, and revealed his true identity and origins to Luo Hongchen, Elder Zhe, and Elder Liang.
  • Xia Tianling and Old Master Jin completed the Dongfeng Hao, and Luo Hongchen brought roughly three hundred Soul Engineers and their families aboard as the ship departed with its trained crew.
  • Xia Tianling befriended Xiao Ba, a 290,000-year-old octopus, who joined the voyage and helped guide the Dongfeng Hao across the sea.
  • The Dongfeng Hao reached Douluo Continent, where Xia Tianling learned that the Heavenly Dou Empire had fractured and Spirit Hall had built up infrastructure and influence across independent territories.
  • Xia Tianling reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, brought her to Holy Soul Village, and presented her with Battle Armor she named Darkness Dawn.
  • Xia Tianling split the group between the Dongfeng Hao and a train bound for Spirit City, while Chrysanthemum Douluo explained that the continent’s new conveniences were concentrated in Spirit Hall-controlled regions.
Chapters 408–432 Summaries Read

Arc 18Trials on Sea God Island

Xia Tianling returned to Spirit City, helped Spirit Hall prepare for expansion, and led a group to Sea God Island after Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing received divine trials. The group began their assessments, while Xia Tianling reached the eight hundred and ninety-ninth step of Sea God's Light and received two God-Bestowed Spirit Rings from Bo Saixi.

  • Xia Tianling reunited with his friends in Spirit City, reported his discoveries to Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu, and helped devise a five-year development plan for Spirit Hall and the Northern Star Dou Great Forest.
  • Xia Tianling equipped Spirit Hall leaders and companions with Battle Armor and spirit bones, discovered Old Jack's embryonic godhood, and agreed to give Tang San the Heart of the Sea God.
  • Dai Mubai massacred the White Tiger Family, sacrificed captives to restore Yu Xiaogang, and claimed the Star Luo throne while blaming Spirit Hall for the deaths.
  • Xia Tianling led his companions to sea, destroyed the Purple Pearl Pirates as an organized force, and arranged for Jixiang to study medicine with Dugu Yan and receive lessons from Tang San.
  • Xiao Ba revealed her true form to save Xia Tianling from Xiao Bai, then endured her second Elemental Tribulation after Xia Tianling dispersed its lightning.
  • At Sea God Island, Tang San received the Sea God Nine Trials, Zhu Zhuqing received a blood-red trident mark, and Xia Tianling gained joint Sea God and Asura God trials.
  • Xia Tianling climbed to the eight hundred and ninety-ninth step of Sea God's Light before being thrown into the Ring Sea, then helped Jixiang receive a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring from Bo Saixi.
Chapters 433–457 Summaries Read

Arc 19Sea God Trials and Reunion

Xia Tianling led his companions through the Sea God’s trials, reached a major breakthrough, and helped Tang San draw the Sea God’s Trident. After helping revive Ah Yin, the group returned to the mainland, where Tang San rejected the Clear Sky Sect and Xia Tianling pressed Tang Yuehua for its decision about Spirit Hall.

  • Xia Tianling studied and absorbed God-Bestowed Spirit Rings as the group trained, then led them through the Sea God’s Light trial and the Ring Sea blockade.
  • Xia Tianling defeated Xiao Bai and helped the group complete the Tidal Body Tempering trial before they faced the Evil Spirit Orcas.
  • Xia Tianling persuaded the Evil Orca King to accept Tang San as his inheritor, and Tang San gained the King’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and left leg bone.
  • After reaching Level 90, Xia Tianling broke through and transformed, then joined the group in Bo Saixi’s trial and helped defeat her.
  • Tang San drew the Sea God’s Trident, and Xia Tianling secured Bo Saixi’s agreement for Sea God Island to accept Spirit Hall’s rule and protect maritime trade routes.
  • Xia Tianling and Tang San revived Ah Yin, who was reborn as a Level 97 Three-Hundred-Thousand-Year Fierce Beast.
  • Xia Tianling reported Spirit Hall’s reforms to Bibi Dong and learned the Clear Sky Sect remained a major obstacle to unifying the northern continent.
  • At Moonlight Pavilion, Tang San rejected Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect, while Xia Tianling revealed Tang Hao had joined Spirit Hall and asked Tang Yuehua whether the sect would fight or surrender.
Chapters 458–482 Summaries Read

Arc 20Spirit Souls and the Coming War

Xia Tianling forced the Clear Sky Sect to submit, then established Artificial Spirit Rings and the Soul Spirit System through successful experiments and agreements with spirit beasts. As Spirit Hall prepared to unify the continent, Xia Tianling uncovered a corrupting force behind attacks on secluded families and joined Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing to face the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

  • Tang Yuehua brought Xia Tianling and his companions to the Clear Sky Sect, where Xia Tianling defeated Tang Xiao and the elders in battle and secured their surrender to Spirit Hall.
  • Xia Tianling developed Artificial Spirit Rings with Tang San, who successfully condensed a two-hundred-thousand-year ring, and Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to implement the method.
  • At the Star Dou Great Forest, Xia Tianling persuaded Di Tian and the fierce beasts to cooperate, then guided Tang San and Ning Fengzhi through successful Soul Spirit contracts.
  • Hundreds of spirit masters gained Soul Spirits, and Spirit Hall and the spirit beasts agreed to establish the Spirit Transmission Department and expand its services.
  • Xia Tianling negotiated with Snow Empress and Ice Empress, winning their cooperation with the Soul Spirit System after explaining its benefits and showing his extraordinary soul rings.
  • The Angel God revealed that a corrupting force was invading the God Realm, and Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to accelerate divine inheritances and prepare to unite the continents.
  • A survivor told Xia Tianling that masked attackers had destroyed secluded families and emptied villages, and Xia Tianling discovered that the attackers’ evil spirit was tied to seven Holy Spirits.
  • Xia Tianling took Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing to confront the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, whose corrupting power and plan to become a Demon God made the battle dangerous.
Chapters 483–507 Summaries Read
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