Chapter Summaries

Su Mutian, Sea God Island’s Young God, reflected on his cautious life after transmigrating and discovered that his Coward God System had unlocked several powerful Martial Souls. He hid his breakthrough from Bo Saixi, who arrived and praised his apparent rise in power.

• Su Mutian recalled transmigrating to Sea God Island and explained why he had stayed inside Sea God Hall, fearing the dangers of the Douluo world.
• The Coward God System announced that Su Mutian’s Clone Martial Soul had reached demigod level, and he briefly revealed and then concealed his golden spirit rings.
• The system unlocked five additional Martial Souls for Su Mutian, including the Chaos Divine Sword, and he resolved to raise its level.
• Bo Saixi arrived and said Su Mutian had broken through again.
• Su Mutian told Bo Saixi that the Sea God’s divine soul projection had entrusted him with matters, explaining away his changed appearance and aura.

Su Mutian learned that Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen had arrived at Sea God Island and watched Bo Saixi fight them. Bo Saixi defeated Qian Daoliu and began battling Tang Chen, who had yet to use his strongest technique.

• Su Mutian retreated into Sea God Hall when a clash between Titled Douluo erupted, then sent out a clone to watch from nearby.
• Bo Saixi found Sea Dragon Douluo wounded by Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen, and confronted the two Limit Douluo.
• Su Mutian recognized the visitors as figures from Tang San's great-grandfather's generation and speculated about how he could change the future.
• Bo Saixi shattered Qian Daoliu's soul skill and defeated him after their exchange, while the Sea God Island offerings watched.
• Tang Chen took Qian Daoliu's place and attacked Bo Saixi with his Clear Sky Hammer, but she pushed him back with the Sea God's Power.

Su Mutian emerged from seclusion and watched Tang Chen battle Bo Saixi, then retreated to Sea God Hall after realizing how dangerous the mainland’s strongest fighters could be. The chapter ended as Tang Chen brought down his fully stacked Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer on Bo Saixi.

• Tang Chen and Bo Saixi fought from Sea God Island’s surface into the sky, and Tang Chen’s increasingly powerful hammer strikes began to pressure her.
• Sea Star Douluo and Sea Dragon Douluo spotted Su Mutian, and the Seven Guardian Douluo gathered around him and speculated about the godly aura they sensed.
• Su Mutian reassured the gathered Douluo that Sea God’s blessing would protect Bo Saixi, though he privately feared Tang Chen might use Explode Ring.
• Su Mutian returned to Sea God Hall and decided he would not take risks until he was strong enough to defeat Tang San with ease.
• Tang Chen reached the limit of his Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and swung a crushing blow at Bo Saixi.

Su Mutian lamented that he had missed the chance to inherit the Asura God Position while Tang Chen and Bo Saixi fought on Sea God Island. After Tang Chen challenged the island’s guardians and charged toward Sea God Hall, Su Mutian’s breakthrough manifested as a divine sword before him.

• Su Mutian watched Tang Chen and Bo Saixi clash, then realized he could not rely on Tang Chen to prepare the Asura inheritance for him.
• Bo Saixi defeated Tang Chen with the Sea God’s power, and Tang Chen agreed to accept the Sea God’s Nine Trials.
• Sea Woman Douluo and Sea Star Douluo told Tang Chen that the Sea God Island Young God could defeat him easily.
• Su Mutian’s powerful Soul Power resonated through Sea God Hall, making Tang Chen’s Clear Sky Hammer tremble as Tang Chen rushed toward the hall.
• Bo Saixi smiled and said the Young God had broken through again, while Su Mutian stared at the white divine sword floating before him.

Su Mutian’s Chaos Divine Sword reached rank ten after his actions caused the Tang Chen storyline to deviate, while Bo Saixi’s affection for him deepened. Tang Chen climbed the Sea God steps to the 787th step before his resolve broke, leaving his test unfinished.

• Su Mutian discovered his Chaos Divine Sword had reached rank ten, and the system explained that the Tang Chen storyline had deviated by ten percent.
• Bo Saixi saw Su Mutian’s sword and declared that the Sea God Position belonged only to him; Su Mutian said he would not accept it at the cost of her life, and she rushed into his arms.
• The Seven Guardian Douluo watched Tang Chen pass the first test and climb beyond six hundred steps without Sea God’s Light.
• Qian Daoliu considered whether he might have feelings for Bo Saixi as Tang Chen continued climbing toward Sea God Hall.
• Tang Chen reached the 787th step, then stopped because his heart had been torn apart.

Bo Saixi kissed Su Mutian, then sent Tang Chen tumbling down the Sea God’s steps while he watched. Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu confronted her over the island’s treatment of them, leaving Qian Daoliu to explain that their fight with Sea Horse Douluo began as a misunderstanding.

• Bo Saixi shyly kissed Su Mutian, then left to handle the aftermath of the visitors’ arrival.
• Bo Saixi knocked Tang Chen down the Nine Heavens Profound Steps with Soul Power.
• Qian Daoliu helped the battered Tang Chen to his feet, and Tang Chen demanded an explanation from Bo Saixi.
• Bo Saixi accused the two men of assaulting Sea Horse Douluo and damaging Sea God Island’s buildings.
• Qian Daoliu admitted their damage was at fault and explained that Sea Horse Douluo had challenged them when they arrived.

Su Mutian ordered Bo Saixi and the Seven Guardian Douluo to imprison Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu on Sea God Island. They captured the two, but the system gave Su Mutian no reward, leaving him to suspect the matter was not settled.

• Qian Daoliu clarified that only Tang Chen wanted to take part in Sea God's Nine Trials, and Bo Saixi reported that Tang Chen had completed the first trial.
• Su Mutian reminded Bo Saixi that no one could inherit the Sea God Position and chose imprisonment over expelling Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu.
• Bo Saixi and the Seven Guardian Douluo fought Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu, overpowering them despite Tang Chen's fierce resistance.
• After an hour, Bo Saixi ordered the captured Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu taken away, while Qian Daoliu apologized for Tang Chen's recklessness.
• Su Mutian noticed that the system had not rewarded him for the capture and wondered whether the matter was unfinished.

Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu escaped Sea God Island Prison after Tang Chen vowed to reach the power of gods through his own strength. Su Mutian learned they had fled and decided not to pursue them, while calling Bo Saixi over.

• Tang Chen questioned whether mortals could overcome the power of gods after losing to Sea God Island’s seven-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Qian Daoliu broke the prison bars and urged Tang Chen to return to the continent, but Tang Chen refused and vowed to surpass himself through spirit rings.
• Tang Chen shook the prison as he declared he would prove he could reach the power of gods on his own.
• Bo Saixi told Su Mutian that Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu had escaped, and apologized for failing to restrain the two Limit Douluo.
• Su Mutian decided against sending anyone after them and beckoned Bo Saixi closer.

Su Mutian asked Bo Saixi for maps so he could plan an investigation of the continent and interfere with future events. After teasing her about how he addressed her, he left Bo Saixi flustered and secretly longing for him.

• Su Mutian asked Bo Saixi to prepare maps of the sea routes to the continent and the terrain around Sea God Island, since the island had no detailed map of the whole continent.
• Su Mutian decided to send an avatar to the continent and use the years before Tang San's birth to disrupt the original story's events.
• Bo Saixi hesitated before leaving and asked Su Mutian to stop calling her Xi'er.
• Su Mutian told Bo Saixi he would call her Xi'er in private but use her name in front of the Seven Guardians, leaving her flustered.
• Bo Saixi tried to remind herself not to covet Su Mutian, while Su Mutian privately congratulated himself on flirting with her.

Su Mutian tried to sneak a clone away from Sea God Island by boat, but drowned it while controlling it from afar. His main body survived the shock, while Bo Saixi mistook his symptoms for a Divine Tribulation.

• Su Mutian used Bo Saixi’s map and a magnetic compass to set off from Sea God Island in a small boat, avoiding the dangerous sea beasts.
• As his clone sailed, Su Mutian’s main body reflected on spirit-beast politics, the difficulty of cultivating his divine spirits, and the coming conflict among four gods.
• Su Mutian’s clone lost its balance and fell into the sea, and the sensation of drowning struck his main body.
• Bo Saixi brought Su Mutian a seafood feast, sensed his distress, and tried to heal him with Sea God’s Power.
• Su Mutian coughed and realized the clone had died, while Bo Saixi suspected he was undergoing a Divine Tribulation.

After training and preparing carefully, Su Mutian disguised himself and boarded a merchant ship under the name Su Yiquan, hoping to leave Sea God Island and grow stronger. He impressed the ship’s workers with his humble act, while their extraordinary strength left him reflecting on how powerful the sea regions were.

• Su Mutian continued training after his clone drowned and became more cautious about traveling beyond Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi mistook Su Mutian’s painful training episodes for a Divine Tribulation and comforted him, while he privately enjoyed her embrace.
• Su Mutian arranged passage on a merchant ship, disguised himself with ragged clothes and seabed mud, and chose the name Su Yiquan.
• Old Black Ghost introduced Su Mutian to the cargo workers, who were surprised that he had a weapon spirit and encouraged him to train.
• The workers revealed their high spirit ranks and powerful spirit rings, prompting Su Mutian to marvel at the strength of people in the sea regions.

Su Mutian boarded Sea God Island’s merchant ship and was startled by the crewmen’s powerful spirit rings. After they learned he carried a Sea God Island Pass, the crewmen treated him with suspiciously excessive kindness, leaving him convinced he had wandered into danger.

• Su Mutian watched several crewmen reveal impressive spirit rings, including a Spirit King with a Ten Thousand Year fifth ring.
• A crewman comforted Su Mutian and the others speculated that he might be a noble hiding his identity because he had boarded the merchant ship despite his apparent rank-eleven Soul Power.
• Old Blackhead explained that Su Mutian had a Sea God Island Pass, prompting the crewmen to welcome him warmly and offer him easy work as the ship’s commander.
• Su Mutian offered to help with labor, but the crewmen praised his work ethic and continued treating him with exaggerated kindness.
• Old Blackhead sent the crewmen away and told Su Mutian they were impressed by his dignified bearing, which made Su Mutian even more uneasy.

Su Mutian sailed with Old Blackhead toward the Trade Islands, learning about life at sea and avoiding revealing his martial soul. The islands appeared on the horizon, and the ship was set to reach the sea folk’s marketplace that day.

• Su Mutian endured several days at sea while Old Blackhead taught him about dangerous waters and island communities.
• The merchant ship’s crew held a swimming race to catch a flag trailing behind the sailboat.
• Old Blackhead asked to see Su Mutian’s martial soul, but Su Mutian declined and praised Old Blackhead instead.
• Old Blackhead took Su Mutian’s refusal as evidence that he came from an important family and became more cautious around him.
• Su Mutian asked where the ship would make its next purchases, and Old Blackhead said they were nearing the Trade Islands, which soon appeared in the distance.

Su Mutian left the merchant ship at Ship Island and learned that the Sea Exchange was auctioning a ten-thousand-year mermaid soul beast. After discovering that the Sea Charm Tribe had reserved it, he entered the exchange in disguise, where he was issued a face covering to conceal his identity.

• Su Mutian slipped away from the ship, while Old Blackhead warned the crew to keep his existence secret and not pursue him.
• Su Mutian checked Bo Saixi's map and realized Ship Island was a good place to learn about fleets from the continent.
• Su Mutian heard that a ten-thousand-year mermaid soul beast was being auctioned and that the Sea Charm Tribe had reserved it.
• Su Mutian considered sneaking into the Sea Charm Tribe's territory, then bought a mask and entered the Sea Exchange.
• The Sea Exchange staff gave Su Mutian a black face covering and told him to wear it throughout the transaction.

Su Mutian watched the Sea Exchange auction unveil the Immortal Herb Hua Luo Can Hong, which could evolve spirit skills but risked scattering spirit rings. He discovered that Tang Chen was bidding against Qian Daoliu for the herb, intent on using it to pursue the Power of Gods.

• Su Mutian searched the auction hall for members of the Sea Charm Tribe as the featured item was revealed to be Hua Luo Can Hong.
• The auctioneer explained that Hua Luo Can Hong could nourish spirit rings and sometimes evolve spirit skills, but excessive use could scatter them and cripple its user.
• Su Mutian considered testing the herb on his ringless White Sword, then balked at its forty-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin starting price.
• Tang Chen bid fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Qian Daoliu warned him that the Power of Gods was beyond human reach.
• An unnamed bidder raised the price to one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, shutting out most of the other interested buyers.

Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu fled the Sea Exchange after Su Mutian’s sword stirred their auras, while the Sea Charm Tribe’s elders set out to capture Su Mutian. Meanwhile, Su Mutian learned about the tribe and Bo Saixi arrived at Sea God Hall to see him.

• Tang Chen tried to outbid his rivals, but he and Qian Daoliu sensed Su Mutian’s power and escaped through a side passage.
• Elder Kui Mei ordered Xiao Bei to buy the mermaid spirit beast and Hua Luo Can Hong, then led others to capture Su Mutian.
• Su Mutian followed the Sea Charm Tribe members out and read about the tribe’s history, learning that its members had gathered to escape discrimination and harassment.
• Bo Saixi tidied her appearance before entering Sea God Hall, where she greeted Su Mutian.

Bo Saixi told Su Mutian that the Sea Charm Tribe sought the Sea God's Light to protect its Saintess, who faced a divine backlash after falling in love with a human and bearing his child. Su Mutian agreed to meet the chief, rejected the tribe's offer to join the Nine-Star Saint Child selection, and learned the reason behind the Saintess's plight.

• Bo Saixi told Su Mutian that Sea Charm Tribe chief Meili wanted an audience, and Su Mutian agreed to see her.
• Bo Saixi explained that the tribe offered to accept Sea God Island's deployments in exchange for access to the Sea God's Light, but Su Mutian rejected its offer to join the Nine-Star Saint Child selection.
• Su Mutian told Bo Saixi she could refuse future requests concerning the Sea God's heir, and she felt relieved that the Sea God was not seeking a successor.
• Su Mutian asked why the Sea Charm Tribe needed protection, and Bo Saixi said its Saintess had fallen in love with a young hero on the continent and borne his child.
• Bo Saixi explained that the Saintess's divine power would backlash unless she continually nourished her soul rings, and Su Mutian deduced that the tribe wanted the Sea God's power to suppress the Charm God's influence.

At the Sea Exchange, Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu encountered the Sea Charm Tribe, whose elders and Saintess attacked Tang Chen over his past with their tribe. Meanwhile, Su Mutian told Bo Saixi to offer the tribe a Sea God’s Light slot and a place for the Saintess’s young son on Sea God Island; the chapter ended as a vast sword’s Soul Power surged behind the fighters.

• Tang Chen told Qian Daoliu he recognized the powerful aura of Sea God Island’s Young God and wanted to avoid making him an enemy.
• The Sea Charm Tribe elders and Saintess Xiao Bei confronted Tang Chen, and Su Mutian suspected Tang Chen had fathered the Saintess’s son.
• Su Mutian instructed Bo Saixi to offer the Sea Charm Tribe a Sea God’s Light slot and to bring the child, and possibly his mother, to Sea God Island.
• Tang Chen asked Qian Daoliu not to interfere, then respectfully approached the two elders, who attacked him alongside Xiao Bei.
• Tang Chen broke free of their spirit skills and knocked all three attackers back, but a tremendous sword-shaped Soul Power appeared behind them.

Su Mutian gained the Divine Sword’s first spirit ability, a white ring that produced colorless power and a small domain. Bo Saixi confirmed that the Sea Charm Tribe had agreed to send a child to Sea God Island, while the clone’s surging power began attracting powerful experts.

• The system rewarded Su Mutian with five levels of Divine Sword Soul Power and a Spirit Ring after Tang Chen’s line deviation reached twenty percent.
• Su Mutian tested the Divine Sword’s White Sword ability and discovered its colorless power could spread into a small domain.
• The Sea Charm Tribe chief sensed the divine aura and wondered if the Sea God was descending.
• Bo Saixi entered Sea God Hall, and Su Mutian learned the Sea Charm Tribe had agreed to send the child, possibly Tang Hao’s father, to Sea God Island.
• Su Mutian suppressed the clone’s surging Soul Power, but its colorless aura had already drawn nearly every expert above Spirit Sage level on Trade Island.

Su Mutian’s White Spirit Ring stunned the Sea Charm Tribe, Tang Chen, and Qian Daoliu, who recognized him as the masked Young God of Sea God Island. After Qian Daoliu departed, Su Mutian blocked Bei’er’s attack with his strange White Sword and faced questions from the tribe’s elder.

• Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu recognized Su Mutian as the Young God of Sea God Island and speculated that he had shattered and remade his spirit rings.
• Tang Chen asked Qian Daoliu to return to the continent while he handled matters there, and Qian Daoliu agreed to leave.
• Bei’er attacked Su Mutian with her Snake Saliva spirit ability as he prepared to withdraw his Martial Soul.
• Su Mutian’s White Sword turned Bei’er’s attack colorless and pierced through it, forcing an elder to pull Bei’er to safety.
• The Sea Charm Tribe elder asked Su Mutian who he was and why he was interfering, while glaring at Tang Chen.