Chapter Summaries

Su Cheng helped the Spirit Hall Academy Team win the tournament final, then accepted Bibi Dong’s invitation to join Spirit Hall. In private, he offered Spirit Hall his spirit-ring absorption technique and asked Bibi Dong to escort a friend to Slaughter City.

• Su Cheng ended the battle, apologized to Shui Bing'er for failing to secure the promised soul bone, and watched the Spirit Hall Academy Team claim the championship.
• Hu Liena accepted the three soul bones from Bibi Dong and distributed them among herself, Xie Yue, and Yan.
• Bibi Dong invited the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team to join Spirit Hall, and Su Cheng unexpectedly accepted while Shui Bing'er and the others deferred their decisions.
• Bibi Dong summoned Su Cheng to Pope's Palace and questioned why he wanted to join; he explained his ties to Chen Xin and offered his secret technique for absorbing spirit rings beyond their usual limits.
• Su Cheng asked Bibi Dong to escort a friend to Slaughter City, and Bibi Dong questioned whether this friend might actually be his enemy.

Su Cheng sent Zhu Zhuqing to Slaughter City under Bibi Dong’s protection, where Zhu Zhuqing revealed her political value and asked to become Bibi Dong’s personal disciple. After passing the tavern’s bloody entry test, Zhu Zhuqing entered Slaughter City alone, determined to strengthen herself without losing control to slaughter.

• Su Cheng left Bibi Dong after giving her the Silver Needle Acupoint Stimulation method, and three days later Bibi Dong escorted Zhu Zhuqing toward Slaughter City.
• Bibi Dong asked about Zhu Zhuqing’s relationship with Su Cheng, and Zhu Zhuqing warned her that Su Cheng’s help could make Qian Renxue a threat to her position.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her Star Luo royal lineage and evolved Hell White Tiger Martial Soul, then asked Bibi Dong to take her as a personal disciple rather than make her join Spirit Hall.
• At a tavern outside Slaughter City, Zhu Zhuqing drank Bloody Mary and killed the attackers who charged her, revealing her powerful Talent Domain to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong told Zhu Zhuqing to survive Slaughter City and win the Hell Slaughter Arena’s annual championship before she would return for her; Zhu Zhuqing called her Teacher and descended through a passage into the city.

The academies and factions weighed the consequences of Spirit Hall’s growing strength after the competition, while Ning Fengzhi received Su Cheng’s secret methods. At a hidden waterfall, Tang San trained under Tang Hao and secretly began planning to gather allies against Spirit Hall.

• Xue Beng resented losing Su Cheng, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan to Spirit Hall as the teams returned home.
• Star Luo Royal Academy’s team remained unsettled by Zhu Zhuqing’s Netherworld White Tiger Martial Soul, while Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun each considered the political consequences.
• Chen Xin gave Ning Fengzhi Su Cheng’s manuscripts, and Ning Fengzhi recognized that they could greatly strengthen the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The Element Academies learned that Feng Qingyu and Shui Bing’er planned to study with Spirit Hall Academy, while Hu Yanli gained an invitation to attend it.
• Tang San repeatedly failed to withstand the waterfall while practicing the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and Tang Hao told him to train for two years before entering Slaughter City.
• Tang San silently planned to unite academies, sects, imperial families, nobles, and Star Luo’s Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing against Spirit Hall.

Su Cheng discussed Qian Renxue’s split souls with Qian Daoliu, who asked him to help her untie the knot in her heart. When Qian Renxue confronted Su Cheng about Zhu Zhuqing, she clung to him and begged to stay together in Spirit Hall, only for another woman to embrace him from behind.

• Su Cheng learned Spirit Hall’s structure and continued compiling his Silver Needle Acupoint Stimulation technique with its elders.
• Qian Daoliu summoned Su Cheng, praised his talent, and asked what he thought of Qian Renxue’s split souls.
• Su Cheng explained that Qian Renxue’s childhood pain had caused the split and told Qian Daoliu to blame himself rather than her.
• Su Cheng said stabilizing Qian Renxue’s condition might allow her potential to surpass every Spirit Master, though he needed time to understand it.
• Qian Renxue confronted Su Cheng for avoiding her and questioned his concern for Zhu Zhuqing, then embraced him and asked to remain together in Spirit Hall.
• Another woman appeared behind Su Cheng, embraced him, and asked why he was greedy when he already had them.

The author reviewed the second volume’s performance and discussed its simulation and reality plots, character arcs, and controversial relationship dynamics. The author ended by announcing that the next volume, “Sea God's Roar,” would feature Bo Saixi, Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ah Yin.

• The author reported that subscriptions and favorites had grown, thanked readers, and described their approach to comments and criticism.
• The author said Zhu Zhuqing’s simulation plot felt too thin because it had too few core characters and an underdeveloped outline.
• The author summarized how Su Cheng helped Zhu Zhuqing connect with Bibi Dong and narrow the gap with Qian Renxue, while the two women became aware of each other.
• The author said the Spirit Master Competition’s outcome was secondary, while Su Cheng obtaining a spirit ring was the reality storyline’s central climax.
• The author explained why strong female leads such as Qian Renxue might reject sharing the protagonist, and contrasted her feelings with Zhu Zhuqing’s more cautious approach.
• The author announced the next volume, “Sea God's Roar,” with Bo Saixi, Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ah Yin as its main characters.

Su Cheng reprimanded Qian Renxue for risking her incomplete soul by appearing outside her body, then discussed her jealousy over Zhu Zhuqing and warned her about the Divine Realm’s influence on Douluo Continent. That night, his recovered Simulator offered three missions to destroy different Godhood Inheritances, leaving him to consider their rewards and difficulty.

• Su Cheng used True Vision to see that the black-clad Qian Renxue was losing soul energy and ordered her to return to the main body.
• Su Cheng warned Qian Renxue not to appear recklessly again and explained that the 100,000 Year Spirit Ring could only temporarily ease her condition.
• Su Cheng told Qian Renxue that he would revive anyone she killed because of him, then urged her to make friends and work with others rather than possessively relying on him alone.
• Su Cheng revealed that powerful gods and God Kings might influence Douluo Continent, and he urged Qian Renxue to unite allies rather than rely on Godhood Inheritance.
• Su Cheng used the recovered Simulator, which presented missions to destroy the Angel God, Rakshasa God, or Sea God Inheritance, and he studied their rewards and difficulty rankings.

Su Cheng began a simulation to destroy the Sea God Inheritance, choosing to start fifty years earlier on Sea God Island with the talents Soul Scholar, Professional Cleric, and Fated One. He was born to a mainland Spirit Master and a Sea Spirit Master, and after Bo Saixi rescued him and his dying mother, she promised to raise him as her disciple; at age four, he began studying Sea God's teachings while planning how to approach the island's powerful figures.

• Su Cheng chose the Sea God Inheritance mission and selected a start fifty years earlier on Sea God Island rather than relying on Tang San or Qian Renxue.
• Su Cheng selected Soul Scholar, Professional Cleric, and Fated One as his Initial Talents and entered Free Exploration Mode.
• Su Cheng learned that Bo Saixi had rescued him and his mother from the Evil Demon Tiger Whale Group, but his mother died after revealing her past as a Purple Level Three Trial participant.
• Bo Saixi arranged for Su Cheng to live in Sea Maiden City under Sea Maiden Douluo's watch and promised to nurture him as her personal disciple if he awakened Soul Power.
• At age four, Su Cheng discovered that he had inherited his father's sword Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power between ranks three and four, and decided not to cultivate the Nirvana Sutra yet.
• Su Cheng visited Sea Maiden City's Book Collection Hall, studied records of the Sea God, and found that his Professional Cleric talent let him readily identify flaws in the doctrine.

Su Cheng studied how the Sea God’s faith and the Seven Sacred Pillars worked, then used his martial soul awakening to begin a plan to influence Sea God Island. He deliberately awakened with almost no Innate Soul Power, secured Bo Saixi’s attention, and promised to become a Soul Master within half a year.

• Su Cheng concluded that the Seven Sacred Pillars were central to the Sea God’s influence in the lower realm and planned to study them, influence Bo Saixi, and change the Sea God’s image among the island’s people.
• Two years later, Sea Maiden Douluo oversaw Su Cheng’s martial soul awakening, which revealed a rough longsword and Innate Soul Power below level one.
• Bo Saixi appeared and offered to take Su Cheng as her disciple, but Su Cheng refused and declared that he would become a Soul Master within half a year through the Sea God’s guidance.
• Su Cheng revealed that he had deliberately weakened his bloodline potential before the awakening so his low talent would draw Bo Saixi’s attention without disqualifying him from her offer.
• Su Cheng spread news of his nearly nonexistent Innate Soul Power and told Sea God Island’s residents that his martial soul would transform under the Sea God’s guidance, prompting them to watch for proof.

Su Cheng preached to Sea God Island’s failed trial candidates, presenting their struggles as paths guided by the Sea God and building a following among them. He discovered a promising spiritual resonance in Li Qing and prescribed a Boneless Fish Soul Ring that could improve his Cuttlefish Martial Soul, creating a first test case for his teachings and research.

• Su Cheng addressed the gathered trial failures and urged them to see themselves as believers with individual paths, regardless of whether they had passed their trials.
• Su Cheng explained that his own growth from nearly zero Innate Soul Power had followed the Sea God’s guidance, prompting the listeners to reconsider their faith and potential.
• Su Cheng sensed unusual spiritual resonance from Li Qing and asked the young man to reveal his Martial Soul.
• After seeing Li Qing’s weak Cuttlefish Martial Soul, Su Cheng said a four-hundred-year Boneless Fish should be his First Soul Ring and would transform it.
• Li Qing thanked Su Cheng and vowed to follow his advice, while Su Cheng anticipated that the result would help expand his following and advance his soul research.

Su Cheng persuaded Lorelai to help him develop the Sea God's teachings, while his growing influence spread among low-level Sea Soul Masters. At Starfish Douluo's funeral, Bo Saixi spotted Su Cheng and was astonished that his cultivation had already reached Level Fifteen.

• Lorelai asked Su Cheng whether he could sense the Sea God's guidance and wanted to abandon her Black Level Four Trials, but he warned her about the trials' deadly consequences and invited her to help perfect the Sea God's teachings.
• Over the next three months, Li Qing's improved Martial Soul and rapid cultivation drew more people to hear Su Cheng's speeches, and many began treating him as a Divine Envoy.
• Starfish Douluo died of old age, and the six Sacred Pillar Douluo and thousands of residents gathered in Sea Star City to mourn him.
• Bo Saixi arrived at the Starfish Statue to pay her respects and noticed Su Cheng among the crowd, surprised that his cultivation had reached Level Fifteen.

After taking Su Cheng as her disciple, Bo Saixi brought him to Sea God Mountain and taught him about the Sea God’s history and power. Su Cheng questioned her beliefs and choices, leaving her to consider whether the High Priest should remain isolated from the people she served.

• Su Cheng met Bo Saixi and Sea Maiden Douluo, impressed Bo Saixi with his understanding of the Sea God, and accepted her offer to become her disciple.
• Bo Saixi took Su Cheng to Sea God Mountain, where he recognized that Sea God’s Light could help him condense his self-generated soul rings.
• Su Cheng asked Bo Saixi to teach him about the Sea God’s past, and she described the Sea God’s thousand-year conquest of the seas and ascent to godhood.
• Su Cheng asked why the Sea God had spared the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and Bo Saixi admitted that she did not know.
• Su Cheng suggested that the Sea God left challenges for believers to overcome through their own efforts, then asked why Bo Saixi remained at Sea God Hall instead of learning what the Sea God’s people wanted.

Su Cheng challenged Bo Saixi to reconsider Sea God Island’s treatment of its people and questioned why Black Level Assessments could end in certain death. Bo Saixi agreed to learn more about the island’s people, and a month later she toured the marketplace with Su Cheng.

• Su Cheng asked Bo Saixi whether Sea God Island’s people deserved aspirations beyond mere survival, and she admitted she needed to think about his argument.
• Su Cheng questioned why Black Level Assessments were deadly and whether candidates faced certain failure when all seven Sacred Pillar positions were filled.
• Bo Saixi explained that candidates knew the risks and chose the assessments, while Su Cheng asked to study them and find ways to prevent deaths.
• Bo Saixi agreed to Su Cheng’s proposal and, a month later, walked with him through the marketplace while concealing her identity and presence.

Su Cheng led Bo Saixi through the Sea God Island market, describing the lives and hopes of its Sea Spirit Masters and prompting her to question how well she understood the people and the Sea God's will. Three years later, he established the Bright Cult around his interpretation of the Sea God, while Lorelai noticed its followers had become resistant to her Mind Reading.

• Su Cheng told Bo Saixi about Sea Spirit Masters Feili and Mi Wei and their ambitions, leading her to reflect on how little she knew about the island's believers.
• Bo Saixi questioned whether her secluded life had kept her from understanding the Sea God's will, and Su Cheng sensed a change in her soul.
• Three years later, Su Cheng addressed more than one hundred and eighty core followers and founded the Bright Cult to guide believers toward the light.
• Su Cheng explained that his research into the soul had accelerated his cultivation, and that the resonance between body, Soul Power, and soul increased his growth.
• Lorelai told Su Cheng that her Mind Reading barely worked on the cult's followers, and he attributed their resistance to faith.

Su Cheng crossed the Ring Sea and used Sea God's Light to cultivate a Seventh Soul Ring, breaking through to one hundred thousand years by drawing on his Undying True Intent. Bo Saixi watched in shock as he accomplished a feat she believed belonged to the gods.

• Li Qing, Mi Wei, and Feili recruited islanders and shipwreck survivors into the Bright Cult, urging them to unite against a coming calamity.
• Su Cheng advised Lorelai to complete her final trial early and discussed the possibility of helping her avoid a lifetime of guarding the Sea Maiden Holy Pillar.
• Su Cheng crossed the Ring Sea with his sword and reached the steps beneath Sea God's Light, where Bo Saixi praised his combat instincts.
• Su Cheng climbed to the fiftieth step and absorbed the dense Soul Power, using his techniques to form a blank Seventh Soul Ring.
• Su Cheng's Seventh Soul Ring stalled just short of one hundred thousand years until he supplied the missing spiritual essence with his Undying True Intent.
• Su Cheng completed a scarlet Hundred-Thousand-Year Seventh Soul Ring, leaving Bo Saixi stunned.

Su Cheng independently broke through to Soul Sage and condensed a 100,000 Year Seventh Soul Ring, then told Bo Saixi he would leave Sea God Island rather than risk the cost of the Sea God Nine Trials. Bo Saixi explained that the trial could let him inherit the Sea God’s divine position, but Su Cheng refused because it would require her sacrifice, saying he wanted his teacher to live.

• Su Cheng completed his breakthrough under Sea God's Light and condensed a 100,000 Year Seventh Soul Ring, astonishing Bo Saixi.
• Su Cheng told Bo Saixi he intended to leave Sea God Island before his trial, and he reasoned that the highest trial could demand a price from her.
• Bo Saixi explained that the Sea God Nine Trials could allow Su Cheng to inherit the Sea God’s divine position and become a god.
• Su Cheng refused the trial after Bo Saixi revealed that its price was her sacrifice, then walked away saying he wanted his teacher to live.

Su Cheng left Sea God Island after building the Bright Cult into a powerful movement among the sea’s people, then returned to Douluo Continent to seek allies against the Sea God Inheritance. In the Star Dou Great Forest, he unexpectedly found the young Bibi Dong fighting alone and wondered whether his Fated One talent had brought them together.

• Su Cheng told Lorelai he would leave Sea God Island to spread the Sea God's glory and asked her to support the Bright Cult's members.
• Lorelai agreed to help, while questioning Su Cheng's growing organization and its purpose.
• Su Cheng gathered nearly ten thousand Bright Cult core members, announced his journey to the continent, and urged them to spread their belief in freedom and equality.
• Six months later, Su Cheng returned to Douluo Continent and entered the Star Dou Great Forest to seek potential allies.
• Su Cheng found Bibi Dong fighting alone, hid to observe her, and considered whether his Fated One talent had changed his plans.

Su Cheng rescued Bibi Dong from a powerful Crypt Demon Spider and encouraged her to absorb its thirty-thousand-year Spirit Ring. After she survived the dangerous absorption, Bibi Dong realized she had been naked in front of him and hurriedly dressed, leaving them in an awkward silence.

• Bibi Dong was trapped by a thirty-thousand-year Crypt Demon Spider after Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo drew away a herd of soul beasts.
• Su Cheng intervened, shattered the spider's web, restrained the beast, and introduced himself to Bibi Dong as Cheng Xue.
• Su Cheng offered Bibi Dong the chance to absorb the Crypt Demon Spider's Spirit Ring, and she chose to take the risk.
• Su Cheng calmed Bibi Dong's mind as she endured the painful absorption, and she successfully integrated the over-limit Spirit Ring into her Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong awoke naked after the transformation, thanked Su Cheng, and hurriedly dressed when he told her to put her clothes on before speaking.

After helping Bibi Dong absorb a powerful spirit ring, eighteen-year-old Cheng Xue arrived in Spirit City and met Qian Daoliu, who welcomed him and offered guidance. Bibi Dong struggled to accept Cheng Xue’s age and extraordinary strength, then learned from Qian Daoliu that she should not become complacent.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo arrived, and Bibi Dong explained that Cheng Xue had helped her defeat a Crypt Demon Spider and absorb its spirit ring.
• Cheng Xue introduced himself as Bo Saixi’s disciple from Sea God Island, and the elders were astonished that he was an eighteen-year-old Soul Sage.
• As the group approached Spirit City, Bibi Dong saw Yu Xiaogang in the crowd, and Cheng Xue realized she had feelings for him.
• Qian Daoliu examined Cheng Xue’s martial soul and spirit rings, learned that he had declined the Sea God trial to protect Bo Saixi, and invited him to stay in Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong asked Qian Daoliu whether Cheng Xue was really eighteen, and he confirmed it before warning her not to become complacent.

Su Cheng tried to warn Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang was unsuitable and that Qian Xunji would never allow her to leave Spirit Hall, but she rejected his claims. When Qian Xunji trapped Bibi Dong in an underground chamber and threatened to violate her, a sword strike tore through the chamber and half the Pope's Palace.

• Su Cheng told Qian Xunji he would reside in the Elder Hall, and Qian Xunji warned him to stay away from Bibi Dong.
• After observing Bibi Dong meet Yu Xiaogang, Su Cheng advised her to end the relationship and warned her that Qian Xunji was possessive, but Bibi Dong dismissed him.
• Half a month later, Bibi Dong told Qian Xunji she loved Yu Xiaogang and would leave Spirit Hall for him, prompting Qian Xunji to refuse and lead her to an underground chamber.
• Qian Xunji immobilized Bibi Dong with his Angel Domain and threatened to make her his, leaving her desperate and calling for Cheng Xue.
• A tremendous sword strike shattered the secret chamber and pierced through half of the Pope's Palace.

Su Cheng intervened when Qian Xunji tried to force Bibi Dong to remain in Spirit Hall, overpowering the Pope before Qian Daoliu stopped the battle. After Bibi Dong exposed Qian Xunji’s intentions, Qian Daoliu stripped him of the Pope’s position and sentenced him to fifty years of reflection, then asked Su Cheng to guide Bibi Dong’s cultivation.

• Su Cheng broke into the secret chamber and used his Domains and sword skills to suppress Qian Xunji while protecting Bibi Dong.
• Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the other elders arrived, and Qian Daoliu stopped the fight before Su Cheng could seriously injure Qian Xunji.
• Su Cheng condemned Qian Xunji and told Bibi Dong she could reveal what had happened or remain silent; Bibi Dong then said Qian Xunji had wanted to possess her and keep her in Spirit Hall.
• Qian Xunji admitted he had acted to stop Bibi Dong from leaving Spirit Hall, and Qian Daoliu removed him as Pope and ordered him to reflect in Elder Hall for fifty years.
• Qian Daoliu named Bibi Dong acting Pope, but she hesitated about remaining in Spirit Hall; Su Cheng told her the choice was hers and reassured her before leaving with Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu apologized to Su Cheng for Qian Xunji’s conduct and asked whether Su Cheng would guide Bibi Dong’s cultivation.