Chapter Summaries

Ye Tian considered the assassination’s consequences as Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi discussed the attack and the escaped Yu Tianheng. He suspected Spirit Hall had benefited most from the conflict between the empires and wondered whether Bibi Dong, disguised as his sister, had helped bring it about.

• Qian Renxue told Ye Tian that she planned to report the City of Slaughter’s destruction and the danger posed by its escaped criminals to her grandfather.
• Ning Fengzhi told Qian Renxue that Ning Rongrong had awakened and that evidence pointed to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Yu Tianheng behind the assassination.
• Qian Renxue urged Ning Fengzhi to capture Yu Tianheng, and Ning Fengzhi said he had sent Sword Douluo after him.
• Ning Rongrong thanked Ye Tian for saving her, though she privately believed he would not have helped an ordinary person.
• Sword Douluo returned without capturing Yu Tianheng, who had already left Eastsea City.
• Ye Tian recalled that the handwriting in his sister’s letter differed from an earlier message and suspected she was Bibi Dong, then concluded Spirit Hall had gained most from the conflict between the empires.

Ye Tian returned to the farm and freed a rare Three-Leaf Earth Dragon from becoming a wedding banquet dish, assigning it to guard the back mountain. At dusk, he found Hu Liena sewing in the courtyard, but she quickly hid what she had been making.

• Ye Tian decided to uncover the truth about his sister and considered telling her that Ning Fengzhi would attend his wedding to see how she reacted.
• Ye Tian left Ning Fengzhi and the others, rode to the farm, and met Chen Jian returning with a captured Three-Leaf Earth Dragon.
• Ye Tian recognized the Earth Dragon's unusual intelligence and chose to spare it, appointing it as a guardian of the farm's back mountain.
• The hunting party took the grateful Three-Leaf Earth Dragon to the back mountain, and Ye Tian rode on to the Farm Courtyard.
• Ye Tian found Hu Liena sewing at a stone table, and she hid her needlework in her Storage Space before greeting him.

Ye Tian told Hu Liena that Qian Renxue would remain in Eastsea City while recovering, and they discussed inviting her to their wedding. He then tested Bibi Dong by claiming he accepted Qian Renxue’s recruitment because she promised him her sister in marriage, while Bibi Dong warned that Qian Renxue might be deceiving him.

• Ye Tian told Hu Liena that Qian Renxue had left but would likely stay in Eastsea City for half a month, and Hu Liena suggested inviting her to their wedding as a witness.
• Ye Tian went to speak with Bibi Dong, who asked whether Qian Renxue had tried to recruit him.
• Ye Tian claimed he accepted Qian Renxue’s offer, which included making him Emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ye Tian said Qian Renxue’s main promise was that she would marry her sister to him, and Bibi Dong warned that Qian Renxue might not have a sister.

Ye Tian tested whether his sister was Bibi Dong and exposed her identity by addressing her as the Pope. Bibi Dong admitted who she was, explained that Ye Xinglan was in Spirit City, and said she had developed genuine familial affection for Ye Tian.

• Ye Tian told Bibi Dong that Qian Renxue had offered him marriage to the Pope, and Bibi Dong realized her daughter had made her a bargaining chip.
• Ye Tian told Bibi Dong that Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi would attend the wedding, and Bibi Dong agreed to receive them despite worrying that Ning Fengzhi might recognize her.
• Ye Tian called Bibi Dong "Your Holiness the Pope" as a final test, and she froze before admitting her identity.
• Bibi Dong asked when Ye Tian had found out, and he said the timing did not matter and asked where Ye Xinglan was.
• Bibi Dong told Ye Tian that Ye Xinglan was in Spirit City for Spirit Hall special training and said he could visit her freely.
• Bibi Dong said she had become immersed in playing Ye Tian's sister and had always treated him as her younger brother; Ye Tian said he believed her.

After Ye Tian learned Hu Liena’s real identity, he confronted her and discovered that her love for him was genuine despite the deception. The tension eased, and the three reconciled as Hu Liena joked that she and Bibi Dong had become besties.

• Hu Liena entered Bibi Dong’s study and sensed the tense atmosphere between her teacher and Ye Tian.
• Ye Tian called Hu Liena by her real name, and she realized he had uncovered the truth.
• Hu Liena tearfully confessed that she truly loved Ye Tian and begged him not to abandon her.
• Ye Tian reassured Hu Liena, teased her about the deception, and let her embrace and kiss him.
• Bibi Dong asked Ye Tian to keep calling her Sister, and he joked about his interest in her.
• Hu Liena teased Ye Tian for wanting to pursue Bibi Dong and declared that she and her teacher had become besties.

Ye Tian rejected the Holy Son title and spoke with Bibi Dong about Spirit Hall’s plans and the gods manipulating the continent. Bibi Dong offered him Qian Renxue’s promise and even her position as Pope if he helped Spirit Hall unify the continent.

• Hu Liena offered Ye Tian the Holy Robe she had sewn for him, but he refused the Holy Son title, and Bibi Dong agreed to cancel it.
• Bibi Dong sent Hu Liena away, then asked Ye Tian about Spirit Hall’s goal and his claim that gods manipulated the continent’s conflicts.
• Ye Tian said he preferred a peaceful life, while Bibi Dong explained that she wanted to prevent commoners from suffering what she had endured.
• Bibi Dong offered Ye Tian Qian Renxue’s promise and her own position as Pope if he helped Spirit Hall unify the continent.

Ye Tian proposed marriage to Bibi Dong while they discussed her offer for him to take over as Pope. Bibi Dong was left stunned by his suggestion.

• Bibi Dong offered Ye Tian the chance to become Pope and promised to marry him if he accepted.
• Ye Tian asked for time to consider the offer and said he was interested in the marriage condition rather than becoming Pope.
• Bibi Dong said she no longer believed in love and lacked time to pursue it because of her position.
• Ye Tian argued that Bibi Dong's predicament could be resolved through a marriage alliance.
• Bibi Dong assumed he meant marrying princesses from the Two Great Empires into Spirit Hall, but Ye Tian said he meant marrying her himself.

Ye Tian pressed Bibi Dong to marry him, arguing that marriage would secure mutual trust and protect his interests in Spirit Hall. Bibi Dong agreed to a secret marriage, but insisted that no one, including Na Na, could know.

• Ye Tian rejected Bibi Dong's assurances and argued that a marriage alliance would protect his interests and build trust.
• Bibi Dong offered to arrange a marriage between Ye Tian and Qian Renxue, but Ye Tian refused and pointed out Bibi Dong's troubled relationship with her daughter.
• Ye Tian insisted that he would not leave the mountain unless Bibi Dong agreed to marry him.
• Bibi Dong accepted the marriage alliance but required Ye Tian to keep it secret to protect Spirit Hall's image.

After agreeing to keep their relationship secret, Ye Tian prepared for his wedding to Hu Liena and learned that his workshops employed more than fifty thousand people. He ordered Chen Jian to stop expanding and catalog the workers after the wedding, wary that their growing influence could make them a target.

• Bibi Dong asked Ye Tian to keep their relationship and identities secret while Spirit Hall confronted the Two Great Empires, and he agreed.
• Ye Tian joked with Bibi Dong about being sent away without sharing a room, then accepted that their relationship would remain private.
• Chen Jian gave Ye Tian the wedding guest list and explained that it included more than a hundred officers, workshop heads, and trade managers.
• Ye Tian learned that more than fifty thousand people worked in his workshops, excluding the Heavenly Strategy Army.
• Ye Tian ordered Chen Jian to compile the workers' identities and halt business expansion after the wedding, and Chen Jian realized that public exposure—not technology leaks—was the main danger.

Ye Tian arranged to protect laid-off workers and went fishing for the large fish required by East Sea wedding custom. A huge sea creature took his line and dragged him and his boat toward the depths.

• Ye Tian reassured Chen Jian and suggested moving the workshop workers to new farms with free training classes.
• Chen Jian agreed to form a Special Task Force after Ye Tian's wedding, while Ye Tian remembered he still needed to catch a fish for Hu Liena.
• Ye Tian went fishing from a small boat, but Chen Jian secretly followed in a large fishing vessel and urged him to use it.
• Ye Tian's line hooked an enormous creature, and the fishing rod stuck to his hand as it dragged him toward the ocean depths.

Ye Tian was brought to Sea God Island by Xiao Bai and learned that Sea God Douluo had chosen him for the Sea God Trial. Knowing the trial would force him to cultivate and endanger him, he resolved to refuse as he was led to meet High Priestess Bo Saixi.

• Ye Tian woke on Xiao Bai’s back after she had dragged him through the sea, and he guessed she had brought him to Sea God Island for an important reason.
• Xiao Bai carried Ye Tian ashore and handed him over to the Sea Witch and the Sea God Island guardians.
• The Sea Witch told Ye Tian that Sea God Douluo had chosen him for the Sea God Trial and that he might become a god if he passed.
• Ye Tian decided he could not take the trial because cultivating would violate his Forbearance System’s requirements and put his life at risk.
• Sea Dragon Douluo urged the group to meet High Priestess Bo Saixi, and the Sea Witch warned Ye Tian not to be frightened by her.

Ye Tian was brought before Bo Saixi in Sea God Hall and learned that the Sea God had chosen him as an inheritor despite his being an ordinary person. As the Seven Holy Pillars questioned the choice, Ye Tian pleaded to return home for his wedding, while Sea Star Douluo warned him not to waste the rare opportunity.

• Sea God Douluo brought Ye Tian to Sea God Hall, where Bo Saixi presented him with the Sea God's Inheritance Mark.
• Ye Tian said he was not a Soul Master and questioned how he could inherit the Sea God Position.
• The Seven Holy Pillars doubted the Sea God's choice, but Bo Saixi confirmed that Ye Tian was the person the Sea God had ordered her to find.
• Sea Witch urged Ye Tian to show his strength and reminded him that the Holy Pillars had all undergone the Sea God Trial.
• Ye Tian pleaded with Bo Saixi to send him back to shore because his wedding was the next day.
• Sea Star Douluo told Ye Tian that opportunity came only once.

Ye Tian refused the Sea God Position and explained that he wanted to live peacefully, but the Sea God believed Ye Tian had rejected it because the God of Slaughter had offered him a better position. Bo Saixi was ordered to make Ye Tian the Sea God's heir, and Ye Tian reaffirmed his refusal and asked to return in time for his wedding.

• Ye Tian rejected the Sea God Position, while Sea Witch and Sea Spear criticized his decision.
• Bo Saixi explained that the Sea God Trial could raise Ye Tian's cultivation, but Ye Tian insisted he wanted no god position or immortality.
• Bo Saixi contacted the Sea God, who concluded that Ye Tian had refused because the God of Slaughter had promised him a better option.
• The Sea God ordered Bo Saixi to make Ye Tian his heir, calling him a rare god-position vessel.
• Bo Saixi asked Ye Tian if he was certain he wanted to give up, and Ye Tian confirmed it and asked for Xiao Bai to take him back before his wedding.

Ye Tian demanded to leave Sea God Island, but Bo Saixi gave him a protective Jiao Pearl and forcibly marked him as the Sea God’s inheritor. After Ye Tian confronted her and refused the inheritance, Bo Saixi apologized but said only the Sea God could remove the mark, and assigned Sea Witch to protect him while they waited for a reply.

• Bo Saixi gave Ye Tian a charged Jiao Pearl as a wedding gift and forcibly placed the Sea God’s Inheritance Mark on his forehead despite his refusal.
• Ye Tian teased Bo Saixi about marrying him, prompting Sea Spear Douluo and Sea Dragon Douluo to demand that he apologize.
• Ye Tian said the inheritance was a burden to him and insisted that he had refused it repeatedly.
• Bo Saixi stopped Sea Spear Douluo from attacking Ye Tian and apologized for forcing the mark on him.
• Bo Saixi said only the Sea God could remove the mark and appointed Sea Witch to stay with Ye Tian and protect him.

Ye Tian returned from Sea God Island with Sea Witch and Xiao Bai, concealing his anger and resolve to escape the Sea God's inheritance. At Eastsea City, Hu Liena rushed to embrace him, then eyed his two companions warily.

• Ye Tian pretended to accept Bo Saixi's demand to consider inheriting the Sea God position, while resolving to leave Sea God Island and remove the inheritance mark.
• Bo Saixi ordered Sea Witch to accompany Ye Tian to the continent and protect him, and Sea Witch agreed to act as his guide.
• Sea Witch persuaded Xiao Bai to visit the land for two days, and Ye Tian allowed her to join them.
• At Eastsea City's port, Thirteen and other soul masters found Ye Tian, who claimed a mischievous shark had dragged him away and that two soul masters had rescued him.
• Hu Liena embraced Ye Tian from behind and asked who Sea Witch and Xiao Bai were.

Ye Tian searched for the ingredients needed to make a Soul Cleansing Saint Pill that could remove the Sea God's mark from his Spiritual Sea. Bibi Dong helped identify one ingredient and offered to research another, while Ye Tian resolved to keep a lower profile and remain wary of the powerful women who had returned with him.

• Ye Tian reassured Hu Liena that the Sea Witch and her companion had saved him at sea and that he had invited them to the wedding.
• Ye Tian found the Soul Cleansing Saint Pill formula and discovered that it required a Ten Thousand Year Fire Rhinoceros Horn, a Ghost Vine Flower, and water from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ye Tian told Bibi Dong that the Sea God's representative had placed a restriction on him, and he decided not to expose himself until he was strong enough to face gods.
• Bibi Dong identified the Ghost Vine Flower as a bloom from the Ghost Vine and offered to consult Spirit Hall's Hidden Scripture Pavilion about the Fire Rhinoceros Horn.
• Bibi Dong warned Ye Tian to be cautious because the two women who had returned with him seemed stronger than Titled Douluo.

On the eve of Ye Tian’s wedding, he warned Bibi Dong not to target Xiao Bai, while Qian Renxue lamented that she could not attend. The next morning, Ning Fengzhi’s household learned of the wedding, and Yu Tianheng remained at West Suburb Farm, unwilling to accept the losses from his failed scheme.

• Ye Tian told Bibi Dong that the Sea Witch was watching him for Bo Saixi and that Xiao Bai was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Spirit Beast, and Bibi Dong assured him she would not provoke the Sea God.
• Ye Tian asked Bibi Dong to call him husband, then left the study after wishing her good night.
• Qian Renxue, recovering from her injuries, regretted that her undercover identity kept her from attending Ye Tian’s wedding and wondered where her own prince was.
• Sword Douluo told Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong that merchants had arrived in Eastsea City for Ye Tian’s wedding, and Ning Rongrong complained that Ye Tian had not invited them.
• Ning Fengzhi rebuked Ning Rongrong for speaking arrogantly about Ye Tian and reminded her that her conduct reflected on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• At West Suburb Farm, Yu Tianheng’s stern companion urged him to accept a loss of one or two million Gold Soul Coins, but Yu Tianheng remained burdened by the failed assassination and seven-million-coin stakes.

Yu Tianheng and Yu Yuanchen led the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan toward Ye Tian’s wedding, intending to kill him. At the farm, Ye Tian asked Sea Witch and Xiao Bai to help bring butterflies back to Butterfly Valley, and he began considering Xiao Bai a potential way to influence Sea God Island.

• Yu Tianheng summoned Fourth Elder Yu Yuanchen, and they gathered the clan’s Soul Masters to attack Ye Tian at his wedding.
• Chen Jian told Ye Tian that the wedding guests had frightened away all the butterflies from Butterfly Valley.
• Ye Tian suggested that Sea Witch use her illusion abilities to recreate the butterflies and went to find her and Xiao Bai.
• Ye Tian found Sea Witch and Xiao Bai sneaking snacks, then asked Sea Witch to help restore the butterflies.
• Sea Witch took Xiao Bai into the valley to help, while Ye Tian privately considered using Xiao Bai as a way to gain leverage over Sea God Island.

Ye Tian discussed expanding the Heavenly Strategy Army with Thirteen before setting off to fetch Hu Liena for their wedding. He arranged secret recruitment and training on the Pearl Islands, then arrived with a small bridal procession.

• Thirteen warned Ye Tian that Spirit Hall served powerful families and urged him not to let his marriage to Hu Liena compromise his independence.
• Ye Tian decided to add two thousand workshop workers to logistics regiments and secretly recruit three thousand soldiers from the Eastsea City region.
• Ye Tian designated the Pearl Islands as a secluded base where the new recruits could live and train.
• Ye Tian kept the bride-fetching procession to fewer than twenty people and went to collect Hu Liena from the farm staff dormitories.
• Su Xiao Xin welcomed Ye Tian, and Thirteen gave her the bridesmaid's red envelope.

Ye Tian arrived at the staff dormitories to fetch Na Na, where Qin Xuan and the others surprised him with three wedding trials. He passed the first trial and went forward to face the second, where Li Jiuchuan appeared.

• Ye Tian entered the decorated dormitory corridor, where women blocked the way and gathered the red packets Thirteen distributed.
• Qin Xuan announced that Ye Tian had to pass three wedding trials, while Chen Jian and Thirteen admitted they had helped arrange them.
• Qin Xuan asked how Ye Tian would save Na Na if they both fell into a river and could only one fit in a boat.
• Ye Tian answered that he would never let Na Na fall into danger, passing the first trial.
• Ye Tian continued toward the second trial, where Li Jiuchuan called out to him.