Chapter Summaries

Xia Tianling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San transported the King of Evil Orcas away from his pod so Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing could complete the Sea God's Fourth Trial. As the seven Spirit Hall fighters attacked the leaderless pod, Xia Tianling warned Tang San that he would kill the King if Zhu Zhuqing or Tang San faced mortal danger.

• Xia Tianling teased Xiao Bai about their past battle until Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San reassured her that she would have won in the ocean.
• Xia Tianling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San approached the Evil Spirit Orca pod with Xiao Bai, while Xia Tianling linked the group through his Spiritual Power.
• Xia Tianling and Zhu Zhuqing prepared a spatial trap, and Xia Tianling told Tang San he could try to capture the King of Evil Orcas but must prioritize safety.
• Xia Tianling enclosed the sleeping King of Evil Orcas in a cube of seawater and teleported him away with Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Bai.
• The seven Spirit Hall fighters arrived as the Evil Spirit Orca pod panicked, then launched an attack with their domains and battle skills.
• Yan, the Demon God Battle Body formed by Xie Yue and Hu Liena, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan battered the pod, with Dugu Yan restraining the orcas using venom.

Xia Tianling stopped the Evil Orca King from self-destructing during his battle with Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San, then revealed that the orca clan was safe. He offered the Evil Orca King a chance to become Tang San’s soul ring and later be revived as a god, and the king accepted after seeing proof of Xia Tianling’s power.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San used their domains and coordinated attacks to suppress the Evil Orca King while Xiao Bai watched nearby.
• The Evil Orca King, convinced his clan was being massacred, began igniting his Beast Core to self-destruct, but Xia Tianling appeared and used the Born Equal Domain to stop him.
• Xia Tianling showed the Evil Orca King that his clan was alive and unconscious, then explained that the Sea God’s inheritor was Tang San.
• The Evil Orca King rejected the offer at first, but Xia Tianling summoned the Three-Headed Dragon Kings and Xiao Lei as proof that the promised revival was possible.
• The Evil Orca King was tempted by the chance to become Tang San’s soul ring and later reach godhood, and he agreed to the offer.

After the Evil Orca King sacrificed itself and Tang San gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and spirit bone, the group returned to Sea God Island. Xia Tianling reached Level 90 and began absorbing a ninth spirit ring as his powers triggered a transformation that severed Sea God Island’s divine connections and revealed the might of his True Dragon Spirit.

• Tang San completed the Evil Orca King's sacrifice, gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and left leg bone, and raised his Sea God Affinity to thirty-five percent.
• Xia Tianling told Tang San that Sea God's Light would eventually help him revive Ah Yin, and the group discussed their Fifth Trial before returning to Sea God Island.
• Tang San and the others celebrated their victory with a beach barbecue, where Xia Tianling reached Level 90 and brought out two God-Bestowed Spirit Rings.
• As Xia Tianling absorbed a ninth spirit ring, his Dawnbreaker Martial Soul shed the Divine Slaughter's Domain, which his Third Spirit Eye absorbed.
• Xia Tianling's Dawnbreaker Artifacts and five stars from the Emblem of Justice rose into the sky, severing Bo Saixi's connection to the Sea God and the Pillar Guardians' connections to the sacred pillars and removing Sea God Island's barrier.
• Xia Tianling began a profound bodily and spiritual transformation as his True Dragon Spirit displayed eight Million-Year Spirit Rings.

Xia Tianling broke through to Titled Douluo and chose the title Starfire, while Tang San and the others completed their fifth trials. Bo Saixi revealed that their sixth trial was to withstand her attacks for the time it took an incense stick to burn, leaving them a year to prepare.

• Xia Tianling awoke after a seven-day breakthrough, embraced Zhu Zhuqing, and received congratulations from his companions and Bo Saixi.
• Xia Tianling chose Starfire as his title, then discussed the others’ fifth-trial opponents and worried that Dugu Yan’s neglected combat skills might hinder her.
• Xia Tianling failed to pass Sea God Mountain’s Level 1001 step, then learned that Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing had completed their fifth trials and received a four-thousand-year increase to all their spirit rings.
• Xia Tianling arrived at the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar as Tang San and the others gathered, and Bo Saixi announced that their sixth trial was to endure her attacks for one incense stick’s burning time.
• Bo Saixi allowed Xia Tianling to join the battle, forbade Battle Armor, and gave the group one year to prepare for their single attempt.

Xia Tianling and the Spirit Hall group prepared to face Bo Saixi in the sixth trial, which required them to endure her attacks for an incense stick’s time. After months of training and two breakthroughs, they began the trial at the foot of Sea God Mountain, where Bo Saixi lit a two-hour incense stick and ordered them to summon their martial souls.

• Bo Saixi revealed that the trial would take place at the foot of Sea God Mountain, where she could still use the Sea Within the Sea, and Sea Dragon Douluo warned the group about her overwhelming strength.
• Xia Tianling contacted Qian Daoliu to learn more about Bo Saixi, then admitted to Zhu Zhuqing that he was uncertain they could pass the trial.
• Over the next six months, Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing became Titled Douluos and fused with Four-Character Battle Armor, while Tang San evolved his Blue Silver Overlord Spear into a Hundred-Thousand-Year spirit skill.
• The Sea God expanded his protection to cover all of Sea God Mountain, preventing the group from exploiting the mountain or its guardians during the trial.
• Xia Tianling led the group in declaring their readiness before Bo Saixi, who lit an incense stick that would burn for two hours and gave them ten seconds to summon their martial souls.

Xia Tianling led Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others in a trial battle against Bo Saixi, whose mastery of sea and divine power overwhelmed their coordinated attacks. Xia Tianling revealed his Five Elements Battle Armor and survived Bo Saixi’s devastating strike, leaving her eager to continue the long-awaited serious fight.

• Xia Tianling organized the team’s assault after Zhu Zhuqing discovered that divine power had sealed the space and Tang San could not connect to the plants on Sea God Mountain.
• The team began the two-hour trial with Oscar’s sausages, Dugu Yan’s venom, and Ning Rongrong’s boosts supporting their attacks on Bo Saixi.
• Tang San and Yan combined their abilities to reshape the terrain, but Bo Saixi used the Ring Sea’s water to counter their attacks while the others charged her.
• Bo Saixi struck Xia Tianling with a powerful palm, sending him flying and blasting away Oscar and the Demon God, but Xia Tianling used his Five Elements Battle Armor and True Dragon Avatar to endure it.
• Xia Tianling repaired his injuries while Bo Saixi deflected Zhu Zhuqing’s Asura Sword and relished the chance to fight seriously again.

Xia Tianling revealed the True Dragon Spirit’s Cloud and Rain and Dragon Might abilities, strengthening and healing his allies while disrupting Bo Saixi, but she overwhelmed the Spirit Hall fighters with her Sea God power. With several teammates incapacitated or pushed out of the trial, Oscar launched a powerful attack on Bo Saixi despite Tang San and Xia Tianling warning him to stop.

• Bo Saixi summoned her Sea God Martial Soul, forcing Xia Tianling to abandon his plan to stall for time and coordinate a new strategy through the Mental Link.
• Xia Tianling unleashed Cloud and Rain and Dragon Might, hiding himself in storm clouds, healing and strengthening his allies, and weakening Bo Saixi’s fighting spirit.
• Bo Saixi struck Demon God Battle Body into the Ring Sea, leaving Ma Hongjun, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue unconscious and out of the fight.
• Yan and Tang San attacked Bo Saixi together, but she used Sea God’s Blessing to repel them and incapacitate Yan, while Tang San escaped to the other side of Sea God Mountain.
• Oscar ignored Tang San and Xia Tianling’s warnings, powered himself up with pills and sausages, and summoned the Three-Time Buddhas to strike Bo Saixi.

Bo Saixi overwhelmed the challengers until Xia Tianling and Zhu Zhuqing revealed their long-hidden Martial Soul Fusion Skill and launched a combined assault. Xia Tianling silenced Bo Saixi’s soul skills and severed her control over the sea, leaving her to meet his punch with her own strength.

• Bo Saixi’s Sea God’s Power shattered Oscar’s attack and knocked him out of the trial.
• Xia Tianling ordered Ning Rongrong, Tang San, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing to attack Bo Saixi together and force her to use Vast Sea Universe.
• Bo Saixi repelled their attacks, sent Tang San crashing onto the shore, and faced Zhu Zhuqing’s strike with a blue shield.
• Zhu Zhuqing feinted past Bo Saixi’s shield as she and Xia Tianling revealed their Power of Truth fusion and Xia Tianling struck from the clouds.
• Xia Tianling activated Truth Descends and Gods and Demons Forbidden, canceling Bo Saixi’s Sea God’s Descent and cutting off her control of the sea.
• Bo Saixi concentrated her Soul Power and Spiritual Power into her right fist to meet Xia Tianling’s attack head-on.

Xia Tianling and Zhu Zhuqing defeated Bo Saixi in the Sea God trial by exploiting her hesitation and combining their strength, earning a major reward. After recovering, the group discussed their trial gains and learned that Tang San’s Seventh Trial would begin in six days at Sea God Hall.

• Xia Tianling used Bo Saixi’s desire to know Tang Chen’s whereabouts to create an opening, then joined Zhu Zhuqing in a devastating strike that defeated her.
• The Sea God declared the trial completed beyond expectations and increased all their Spirit Ring Lifespans by fifty thousand years; Bo Saixi acknowledged Xia Tianling’s strength and summoned him, Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar to Sea God Hall in seven days.
• Xia Tianling recovered with Zhu Zhuqing’s help, then slept for a day and night while Dugu Yan confirmed the others were not seriously injured.
• The group gathered for a meal, where Xie Yue and Yan’s rewards made them Titled Douluo and Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena reached level 93.
• Xia Tianling told Tang San that his Seventh Trial would begin in six days and that he would draw the Sea God’s Trident at Sea God Hall.

Tang San completed the Seventh Trial by pulling Sea God's Trident from the Sea God Platform, while Xia Tianling received a surprisingly large increase to his soul-ring lifespans. After Tang San collapsed from his injuries, Xia Tianling healed him and sent him away with Oscar and Ning Rongrong, then asked Bo Saixi whether she wanted to see Tang Chen again.

• Tang San entered the Sea God Hall with Xia Tianling, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar, and Bo Saixi explained the sea's history and the Sea God's path to godhood.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced Tang San, Xia Tianling boosted his attributes, and Tang San pulled Sea God's Trident from the platform, completing the joint trial.
• Xia Tianling received a hundred-thousand-year increase to all his soul-ring lifespans, while Ning Rongrong and Oscar also received trial rewards.
• Tang San fainted after absorbing the Sea God's accumulated Power of Faith, and Xia Tianling lifted the trident and used Life Energy while Oscar and Ning Rongrong helped treat him.
• Xia Tianling sent Oscar and Ning Rongrong to take Tang San home, then asked Bo Saixi whether she truly did not wish to see Tang Chen again.

Xia Tianling offered Bo Saixi a way to save Tang Chen in exchange for Sea God Island submitting to Spirit Hall, then returned to find Tang San recovered and ready to leave the island. The group departed the next morning, and Xiao Bai greeted Tang San as the new bearer of the Sea God's Trident.

• Xia Tianling told Bo Saixi that Tang Chen's soul could be separated from the King of Slaughter and offered her two ways to preserve him.
• Xia Tianling secured Bo Saixi's agreement for Sea God Island to accept Spirit Hall's rule and protect maritime trade routes.
• Tang San woke after Dugu Yan treated him, learned the requirements of his Eighth Trial, and realized he needed to leave Sea God Island to complete it.
• The next morning, Xia Tianling summoned Xiao Bai at the shore, and she knelt before Tang San to congratulate him on drawing the Sea God's Trident.

After returning from Sea God Island, Tang San and the others visited the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye to reunite with Ah Yin and help revive her. Tang Hao confronted the damage his years of absence had done to his relationship with Tang San, realizing that his remorse and affection had come too late.

• Xiao Bai carried Tang San and the others back to Douluo Continent, where they reunited with Xiao Ba and Xiao Wu before boarding a train toward Spirit City.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told the group that Spirit Hall had continued building railways during their absence, and they detoured to Sunset Forest to help Tang San revive Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao recognized Tang San and Ah Yin welcomed her son, while Xiao Wu joined their reunion and Tang Hao was left awkwardly apart.
• Xia Tianling told Tang Hao to treat Tang San sincerely after Ah Yin's revival, then led the group down to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Ah Yin embraced Tang San and Xiao Wu, while Tang Hao reflected on his past neglect and realized he had only begun to feel genuine fatherly love after Tang San left.

Tang San and Xia Tianling helped A Yin regain her strength, and Xia Tianling used a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring to accelerate her return to the Hundred-Thousand-Year level. A Yin survived two Elemental Tribulations and began emerging from her cocoon while Xia Tianling harvested God-tier Metal from the lightning.

• Tang San told A Yin he had come to revive her, then explained his spirit rings and thanked Xia Tianling for helping him.
• A Yin thanked Xia Tianling for aiding her and Tang San, and Tang San kowtowed to him before Xia Tianling agreed to help revive her.
• Tang San and Xia Tianling used their domains, Sea God's Light, Life Energy, and Immortal Spirit Qi to accelerate A Yin's growth until she formed a cocoon.
• A Yin chose not to become human, and an Elemental Tribulation struck as she approached the Hundred-Thousand-Year level.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo restrained Tang Hao while Xia Tianling used the tribulation lightning to forge more than twenty pieces of God-tier Metal across A Yin's two tribulations.

Ah Yin was resurrected and reunited with Tang San and Xiao Wu, while Tang Hao remained unable to approach them. Back in Spirit City, Xia Tianling reported on the Sea God Island mission and learned that Spirit Hall’s preparations to establish a nation had advanced, with the Clear Sky Sect remaining as the last major threat.

• Ah Yin was reborn as a Level 97 Three-Hundred-Thousand-Year Fierce Beast, embraced Tang San and Xiao Wu, and left Tang Hao standing apart in shame.
• Xia Tianling gave the group three days off and sent Tang San and Xiao Wu to stay with Ah Yin before the others flew back to Spirit City.
• Xia Tianling reported to Bibi Dong that Tang San had reached the Sea God’s Eighth Trial and that Zhu Zhuqing’s Fourth Trial required her to defeat him.
• Bibi Dong handed Xia Tianling a report detailing Spirit Hall’s reforms and preparations to establish a nation across the former Heavenly Dou territories.
• The report described Spirit Hall’s efforts to rebuild infrastructure, expand education and healthcare, abolish slavery, and shut down brothels and trafficking operations.
• Xia Tianling learned that the Clear Sky Sect was the last major hidden danger before Spirit Hall could unify the northern half of the continent and found a nation.

Xia Tianling brought Tang San and their companions to Moonlight Pavilion to confront Tang Yuehua and discuss the Clear Sky Sect’s response to Spirit Hall’s coming nation. Tang San rejected his ties to Tang Hao and the sect, while Tang Yuehua learned that Tang Hao had joined Spirit Hall and confronted him by communicator.

• Xia Tianling’s group arrived at Moonlight Pavilion, where Tang Yuehua welcomed them and led Xia Tianling and Tang San upstairs.
• Xia Tianling introduced Tang San as Tang Yuehua’s nephew, and Tang Yuehua recognized him as Tang Hao and Ah Yin’s son.
• Tang San lost his temper when Tang Yuehua defended Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect, but Xia Tianling calmed him and defended his own support of Tang San and Ah Yin.
• Tang San rejected the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao, declaring that he had only a mother and warning Tang Yuehua not to drive a wedge between him and Xia Tianling.
• Xia Tianling revealed that Tang Hao had joined Spirit Hall and asked whether the Clear Sky Sect would fight or surrender.
• Xia Tianling called Tang Hao on a communicator, and Tang Yuehua tearfully spoke with him before demanding to know why he had never returned or why he had joined Spirit Hall.

Tang Yuehua furiously rebuked Tang Hao over his abandonment of the Clear Sky Sect, then agreed to act as Spirit Hall’s intermediary if Xia Tianling won a musical wager. At their public performance the next morning, Tang Yuehua played the harp to great acclaim, and Xia Tianling prepared to answer with his suona.

• Tang Hao told Tang Yuehua he had joined Spirit Hall to repay its help, and she angrily condemned him for abandoning the Clear Sky Sect and his responsibilities.
• Xia Tianling asked Tang Yuehua to help persuade the Clear Sky Sect to submit peacefully to Spirit Hall, and she proposed a musical wager tied to Tang Hao’s return and her efforts with the elders.
• Xia Tianling exchanged points for a suona and the skills of a master player, then went to prepare for the contest.
• At Moonlight Pavilion, Tang Yuehua played an elegant harp piece that captivated the audience.
• Xia Tianling brought out his suona and, after praising Tang Yuehua’s performance, prepared to play his own piece.

Xia Tianling's performances of Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix and two Dong Xiao pieces astonished the audience, helped Ma Hongjun reach Titled Douluo, and deepened Zhu Zhuqing's understanding of the sword. The group then traveled with Tang Yuehua to the Clear Sky Sect's village, where Xia Tianling privately revealed something that shocked her, while Zhu Zhuqing confronted him about hiding his pain.

• Xia Tianling played Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix, and Ma Hongjun broke through to Titled Douluo as bird-spirit masters gained cultivation.
• Xia Tianling performed March of the Steel Torrent and March of the Mighty East Wind, sharpening the listeners' minds and helping Zhu Zhuqing deepen her sword understanding.
• Tang Yuehua honored their agreement and led Xia Tianling and the others to the Clear Sky Sect's village near Sunset Forest.
• Ning Rongrong criticized the village's poverty, and Xia Tianling reprimanded her before Tang Yuehua explained that the villagers were affiliated outer disciples.
• Tang Yuehua revealed her Clear Sky Hammer to the villagers, who recognized her and welcomed the group into the village.
• Zhu Zhuqing sensed Xia Tianling's anger and challenged him for hiding his pain on Sea God Island.

Xia Tianling gave Tang San the Clear Sky Token and arranged to use it to take control of the Clear Sky Sect. Tang Yuehua warned the sect elders that Spirit Hall vastly outnumbered them, and Xia Tianling's group entered Haotian Castle with overwhelming ease, leaving the sect's response unresolved.

• Xia Tianling gave Tang San the Clear Sky Token and told him they would use it to command the Clear Sky Sect's elders.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang Xiao and the elders that Spirit Hall had more than forty Titled Douluo and numerous powerful Peak Douluo, prompting the Seventh Elder to threaten a fight before Third Elder and Fourth Elder knocked him unconscious.
• Tang Yuehua revealed that Spirit Hall had revived Ah Yin and warned that Xia Tianling would destroy the Clear Sky Sect if it refused to surrender.
• Tang Long, Tang Tian, and Tang Yu arrived to escort Xia Tianling's group, but the Spirit Hall members easily outpaced them and flew to the summit.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar carried Tang Yu and Tang Tian to Haotian Castle, where Tang Long led the group inside.

Xia Tianling confronted the Clear Sky Sect during negotiations, overpowered Tang Xiao’s attempt to test him, and defended Yang Wudi after the Seventh Elder insulted him. He challenged Tang Xiao and the elders to fight for the sect’s submission, then revealed that Tang Chen had disappeared and may have died, leaving the elders to decide whether to face him.

• Tang Xiao tested Xia Tianling with his aura, but Xia Tianling overwhelmed him and secretly planted a Spirit Seed in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Yang Wudi confronted the Seventh Elder, and Xie Yue held him at swordpoint when he tried to retaliate.
• Xia Tianling threatened to end negotiations and challenged Tang Xiao and the elders to defeat him or surrender to Spirit Hall.
• Xia Tianling revealed that Tang Chen had promised Qian Daoliu not to attack the Clear Sky Sect for fifty years and claimed Tang Chen had fallen.
• After Xia Tianling gave the sect five minutes to answer, Tang Xiao and the elders debated Tang Chen’s fate and went outside to face the challenge.

Xia Tianling defeated the Clear Sky Sect elders without releasing his Martial Soul, overwhelming their combined attack and forcing the sect to surrender. The elders were left injured and humbled, while Xia Tianling healed them after accepting their surrender.

• Xia Tianling flicked the Seventh Elder’s Clear Sky Hammer aside, then shattered his Martial Soul Avatar with one punch and left him gravely injured.
• Xia Tianling challenged the Clear Sky Sect elders to attack together, and Tang Xiao joined the four remaining elders in their Combined Attack formation.
• Tang Xiao’s Soaring Strike was interrupted when Xia Tianling used Time and Space Judgment, but the Second Elder took control and formed the attack again.
• Xia Tianling unleashed a fused attack that destroyed the mountain-sized Clear Sky Hammer and blasted all five members of the formation to the ground.
• Xia Tianling aimed five Ultimate Ice Flying Swords at the defeated elders, and the Second Elder declared that the Clear Sky Sect surrendered.
• Xia Tianling dispelled his weapons and abilities, then used Life Energy to heal Tang Xiao and the elders.