Chapter Summaries

Dugu Chen fought Tang Chen and used his Mental Power Field and Light of Time and Space to set up a killing blow. Tang Chen broke free with Exploding Ring and saved Bo Saixi, leaving the two of them surrounded by Dugu Chen and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

• Dugu Chen and Tang Chen traded halberd and hammer strikes, with neither gaining an advantage in close combat.
• Dugu Chen unleashed his Mental Power Field, weakening nearby Soul Beasts and angering the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Dugu Chen trapped Tang Chen with Light of Time and Space and hurled his Molten Earth-Splitting Halberd with Universe Throw.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King struck Bo Saixi as she rushed to help Tang Chen, leaving her badly injured.
• Tang Chen broke free by exploding his first three soul rings, stopped Dugu Chen's attack, and caught Bo Saixi.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King joined Dugu Chen in surrounding Tang Chen and Bo Saixi.

Tang Chen unleashed his full power and overwhelmed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, giving Bo Saixi time to escape with Xiao Bai and Tang San. He then blocked Dugu Chen’s pursuit and stood alone against Dugu Chen and the whale.

• Tang Chen asked Bo Saixi to protect Xiao San while he held back their enemies, and Bo Saixi accepted their likely parting.
• Tang Chen condensed his blood-red energy into demonic armor and attacked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, suppressing him with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Chen smashed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King into the sea, while the Evil Orca King fled and Bo Saixi escaped with Xiao Bai and Tang San.
• Dugu Chen pursued Bo Saixi, but Tang Chen intercepted him and declared that they would have to defeat him before leaving.

Di Tian arrived at the battle while searching for the Sea God's inheritance and recognized several powerful figures, including one carrying the Asura God's aura. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the others paused their fight when Di Tian intervened, leaving the whale humiliated after Di Tian revealed he had heard his boasts.

• Di Tian searched the continent for powerful talents and came to the sea to investigate the Sea God's inheritance.
• Di Tian sensed the auras of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, Bo Saixi, Tang Chen, and Dugu Chen, and recognized the Asura God's power among them.
• Tang Chen fought both Dugu Chen and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, while Dugu Chen turned to pursue Bo Saixi.
• Di Tian appeared and stopped Bo Saixi, causing the others to pause their fighting.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King asked when Di Tian had arrived, and Di Tian said he had heard everything the whale had said.

Di Tian arrived during the standoff at sea and revealed that Tang Chen was his target, but after Tang Chen helped Bo Saixi and Tang San escape, Di Tian turned on Dugu Chen, judging his dense power of fate a threat to the Soul Beast clan. Dugu Chen confronted Di Tian in battle and used Earth Protection to strengthen his defense.

• Di Tian arrived and sensed a familiar aura from Dugu Chen, while the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King urged him to leave.
• Di Tian declared that Tang Chen was his target, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King agreed to leave Tang Chen to him but forbade him from taking Tang San.
• Tang Chen hurled Bo Saixi and Tang San away, then blocked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as he tried to pursue them.
• Di Tian sensed Dugu Chen's unusually dense power of fate and attacked him, claiming his existence threatened the Soul Beast clan.
• Dugu Chen activated his Martial Soul Avatar and Kirin Domain, then clashed with Di Tian and used Earth Protection to reinforce his defense.

Dugu Chen used his Blazing Dragon King's Skull and the Evil Emperor's Light of Time and Space to escape Di Tian after a fierce clash. Di Tian gave up pursuit and turned toward the battle between the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and Tang Chen.

• Di Tian overwhelmed Dugu Chen with his domain of darkness, but Dugu Chen activated the Blazing Dragon World-Ending Flame and dissolved the darkness around him.
• Di Tian recognized Dugu Chen's Soul Bone as one belonging to a god-level dragon and demanded to know where he had obtained it, but Dugu Chen called it an heirloom.
• Di Tian formed his Black Dragon Sword and clashed with Dugu Chen's purple flame sword, tearing open the sky and surrounding space.
• Dugu Chen used Eternal Time and the Evil Emperor's Light of Time and Space to imprison Di Tian, then fled with his Evil God Bone Wings and concealed his aura.
• Di Tian broke free but could not track Dugu Chen, then approached the battle between Tang Chen and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King told Di Tian to stay away from his prey and intensified his attacks.

Dugu Chen, Di Tian, and Tang Chen battled the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, leaving the whale king badly wounded and Tang Chen barely alive. Dugu Chen escaped, recovered his strength on several islands, and returned safely to the Auro Jackson, where he recounted the battle to his companions.

• Tang Chen unleashed his final strike, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King answered with Raging Waves while Di Tian attacked with Black Dragon Claw.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King survived the clash with severe injuries, cursed Dugu Chen and Di Tian, and fled as nearby Sea Soul Beasts gathered around him.
• Di Tian stabilized Tang Chen with Soul Power and life spiritual fluid, then carried him through space toward the Lake of Life.
• Dugu Chen escaped, replenished his Soul Power by absorbing Earth Power from several islands, and flew toward the Auro Jackson.
• Dugu Chen returned to the ship, reunited with Shui Bing'er, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Shui Yue'er, and exaggerated his account of the battle for them.

Dugu Chen concluded that Tang Chen would die and began planning to eliminate Tang San, while preparing to return to the mainland and face the next Earth God trial. Tang San woke on Sea God Island to find Bo Saixi aged and learned that Tang Chen had died.

• Dugu Bo asked whether Tang Chen would die, and Dugu Chen said Di Tian and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King would surely kill him.
• Dugu Chen considered using Penetrate to find Tang San and said he had a way to deal with him.
• Dugu Chen reviewed his Earth God trial, noting that he needed to reach level ninety and gather a full set of Soul Bones within a year.
• Tang San woke on Sea God Island and found Bo Saixi aged and stripped of her former vitality.
• Bo Saixi told Tang San that Tang Chen was dead, leaving him dazed and feeling alone again.

Tang San learned that his Sea God affinity had fallen to zero and that his chances of inheriting the Sea God had greatly diminished, so Bo Saixi revealed the Asura Demon Sword his great-grandfather left him. Before Tang San could decide what to do, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and his forces attacked Sea God Island, threatening to destroy it.

• Tang San discovered that his Sea God affinity had been reset to zero, and Bo Saixi brought him into Sea God's Hall.
• Bo Saixi explained that Tang San's chances of inheriting the Sea God were reduced and showed him the Asura Demon Sword left by Tang Chen.
• Bo Saixi told Tang San that the sword could grant him the Asura God trial, but that he needed to grow stronger before using it.
• An enemy attack interrupted them as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the Demon Empress led sea Soul Beasts against Sea God Island.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King confronted Bo Saixi and declared that Sea God Island was about to fall.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked Sea God Island while Bo Saixi fought the Demon Empress, and the island was overwhelmed by the waves. Tang San took the Asura Demon Sword and secretly escaped in a turtle shell, leaving the Sea God's Trident behind.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King summoned enormous waves, and Bo Saixi froze them to protect Sea God Island.
• The Demon Empress attacked Bo Saixi, forcing her to stop holding back the waves as the island’s people cursed the Sea God and drowned.
• The Demon Empress taunted Bo Saixi while Bo Saixi intensified her attacks, and Sea Dragon Douluo and the other Sacred Pillars struggled to protect survivors.
• Tang San took the Asura Demon Sword, suppressed its urge to make him attack, and left the Sea God's Trident behind.
• Tang San disguised himself with the blood of a sea Soul Beast and escaped inside a tiny turtle shell.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King defeated Bo Saixi and destroyed Sea God Island, taking the Sea God's Trident. Tang San fled toward Douluo Continent, while Qian Daoliu sensed that a major event had occurred and prepared to begin Qian Renxue's fifth trial.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King arrived to support Demon Empress and confronted Bo Saixi after she killed many Sea Soul Beasts.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King overwhelmed Bo Saixi, and Tang San witnessed Sea God Island split apart before swimming toward Douluo Continent.
• Bo Saixi died in Sea God's Hall after seeing that the Asura Demon Sword had vanished and looking upon the Sea God's Trident.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King took the Sea God's Trident and sank Sea God Island with towering waves.
• Qian Daoliu sensed trouble from the direction of Sea God Island and decided to begin Qian Renxue's fifth trial, while Bibi Dong anticipated what was coming.

Di Tian brought the dying Tang Chen to the Silver Dragon King, who began refining the Asura God's power and sent Di Tian to seek Dugu Chen after hearing about his True Dragon Bone and unusual Destiny power. Meanwhile, Dugu Chen and his companions returned to the continent after two years abroad and headed for the Extreme North to find soul rings and complete Shui Bing'er's Water God trial.

• Di Tian returned to the Star Dou Great Forest with Tang Chen, and the Silver Dragon King stabilized him and began refining the Asura God's power.
• Di Tian told the Silver Dragon King that Dugu Chen carried a powerful True Dragon Bone and dense Power of Destiny, so she gave him a scale to locate Dugu Chen and invite him to meet her.
• Dugu Chen and his companions arrived in Vast Sea City, where Roger accepted his reward and departed for the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School.
• Dugu Chen chose to take Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Ye Lingling to the Extreme North for soul rings and Shui Bing'er's third Water God trial.
• Dugu Chen's group entered the Extreme North in a carriage pulled by two ten-thousand-year Extreme Ice Wolves.

Dugu Chen entered the Extreme North with his companions and tried to persuade the Snow Empress to accept his offer of a way to gain eternal life. She rejected him and attacked, and their fierce battle continued as she launched a deadly palm strike at his chest.

• Dugu Chen released the two Extreme Ice Wolves and led his companions into the Extreme North's core region.
• Dugu Chen encountered the Snow Empress and offered to help her survive her next Heavenly Tribulation, but she refused and unleashed a Blizzard.
• Dugu Chen countered the Snow Empress's Blizzard with his flames and fought her sword techniques, breaking her Emperor Sword, Ice Extreme Unrivaled with Evil Thunder Blade.
• The Snow Empress used Emperor Palm, Great Cold Without Snow, but Dugu Chen blocked it with Sovereign's Descent: Kirin Sky-Supporting Palm and reached for her neck.
• The Snow Empress froze Dugu Chen in ice, then struck toward his left chest as he broke free.

Dugu Chen fought Xue Di and then Ice Empress in the Extreme North, resisting their combined domain and revealing overwhelming power. After winning their agreement to talk, he left Xue Di and Ice Empress weighing the danger he posed to the region.

• Dugu Chen overpowered Xue Di, pinning and slamming her into the snow before Ice Empress arrived to defend her.
• Dugu Chen and Ice Empress clashed, and Dugu Chen headbutted Xue Di while escaping her mental attack.
• Dugu Chen agreed to withstand one attack from Xue Di and Ice Empress, warning them that he could level the Extreme North and citing his powerful family.
• Xue Di and Ice Empress unleashed their combined Xue Wu Extreme Ice Domain against Dugu Chen.
• Dugu Chen countered with his destruction powers and summoned the Blazing Dragon King's head, convincing Xue Di and Ice Empress that they needed to talk.

Dugu Chen negotiated with Snow Empress and Ice Empress, offering them a chance at eternal life if they sacrificed themselves to Shui Bing'er and were revived after she became a God. Snow Empress postponed their decision for a day, leaving the group waiting in her crystal palace in the Extreme North.

• Snow Empress agreed to discuss Dugu Chen's proposal after he warned that he had ties to two Limit Douluo, and Xiao Bai arrived and was calmed by Snow Empress.
• Snow Empress led Dugu Chen, Dugu Bo, Shui Bing'er, and the others to her crystal palace in a snowy valley, where she asked how Dugu Chen knew her lifespan was nearing its end.
• Dugu Chen revealed that he had obtained a God Position inheritance and told Snow Empress and Ice Empress that Shui Bing'er was the Water God's inheritor.
• Dugu Chen proposed that Snow Empress or Ice Empress sacrifice herself to Shui Bing'er, who promised to revive her after becoming a God.
• Snow Empress said she and Ice Empress needed time to consider and promised to give Dugu Chen an answer the following day.

Dugu Chen secured Snow Empress and Ice Empress's cooperation by promising them a path to godhood and revival, then arranged Soul Rings for Shui Bing'er, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling. Xiao Bai began sacrificing herself to Shui Bing'er, whose absorption proceeded safely with Dugu Chen's protection.

• Dugu Chen explained that Snow Empress and Ice Empress could preserve part of their souls in Soul Rings and be revived after becoming Gods.
• Snow Empress agreed to cooperate, but Xiao Bai volunteered to become Shui Bing'er's Soul Ring first to test Dugu Chen's promise.
• Dugu Chen persuaded Snow Empress to find Soul Beasts for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, identifying a Three-legged Ice Toad and a Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus.
• Xiao Bai began her sacrifice, and Dugu Chen used a life-energy leaf to protect Shui Bing'er from the Soul Ring's power.
• Xiao Bai's red Soul Ring and Left Leg Bone settled onto Shui Bing'er as Dugu Chen supported her absorption.

Shui Bing'er completed her fusion with Xiao Bai's Soul Bone and awakened with greater power, confirming that a sacrifice could preserve a soul beast's soul. Snow Empress agreed to sacrifice herself and Ice Empress for Shui Bing'er in the future, while Dugu Yan prepared to begin the Three-legged Ice Toad's sacrifice.

• As Xiao Bai's sacrifice began, the Titan Snow Demon King sensed her weakening life force and went with several clansmen to Snow Empress's residence.
• After the fusion lasted three days, Shui Bing'er awakened at Level 75 with Xiao Bai's Soul Bone and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, completing a Water God trial.
• Snow Empress sensed Xiao Bai's soul within Shui Bing'er's Soul Ring, believed Dugu Chen's revival method, and agreed that she and Ice Empress would sacrifice themselves when Shui Bing'er became stronger.
• The Three-legged Ice Toad agreed to sacrifice itself to Dugu Yan in exchange for being revived, and Dugu Yan began preparing for the sacrifice.
• Dugu Chen warned that the commotion had attracted powerful soul beasts, and Ice Empress went out to send them away.

After Dugu Yan’s soul ring stirred the valley, Ice Empress confronted the soul beasts gathered outside, while Snow Empress calmed them and kept the details of the events inside secret. The gathered beasts left knowing only that the Ice Bear King and a young Three-legged Ice Toad had received opportunities.

• Dugu Chen explained to Dugu Bo why the Extreme North’s soul beasts revered Snow Empress and noted that Dugu Yan’s soul ring was forming smoothly.
• Nearly fifty powerful soul beasts gathered outside the valley, curious about the disturbances and the weakening Ice Bear King.
• The impatient Titan Snow Demon King prepared to enter, but Ice Empress emerged and demanded that the soul beasts explain why they had abandoned their posts.
• The Titan Snow Demon King said the beasts had come out of concern, and Snow Empress appeared and told Ice Empress not to blame them.
• Snow Empress said the Ice Bear King and the young Three-legged Ice Toad had received opportunities, refused to explain further, and told the gathered beasts they would know more in a few years.

Snow Empress sent the gathered Soul Beasts away while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling completed their soul-ring absorptions. Meanwhile, a corrupted Tang San returned to the City of Slaughter after massacring civilians and Spirit Hall outposts, prompting Hu Liena to demand answers from the branch leaders.

• Snow Empress dismissed the Soul Beasts, and the Titan Snow Demon King accepted her assurance that she would explain Xiao Bai’s situation later.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress agreed that Ah Tai could protect the Extreme North if their plan failed.
• Dugu Yan absorbed the Three-legged Ice Toad’s soul ring, and Ye Lingling safely absorbed the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus’s soul ring.
• Tang San killed everyone in a tavern in the City of Slaughter and vowed to make Spirit Hall and Dugu Chen pay for their debts in blood.
• Tang San’s Asura Demon Sword and growing darkness drove him to drain Soul Masters’ life force, destroy four Spirit Hall branch halls, and kill thousands of civilians.
• Hu Liena berated Spirit Hall’s branch leaders for failing to identify Tang San, and a bishop explained that he targeted remote areas and avoided their knight legions.

After Spirit Hall took over the Heaven Dou Empire, Hu Liena led the hunt for a mysterious Evil Soul Master whose trail pointed toward the City of Slaughter. Bibi Dong identified him as likely Tang San, but dismissed him as a lesser concern and prepared to seek the final two soul rings for her second Martial Soul.

• Spirit Hall completed its takeover of the Heaven Dou Empire, and Hu Liena managed its affairs while Bibi Dong cultivated in seclusion.
• Hu Liena heard that a dangerous Evil Soul Master was traveling toward a remote town north of Heaven Dou and ordered an investigation of the City of Slaughter and nearby areas.
• Bibi Dong emerged from seclusion and praised Hu Liena before asking where the suspected Evil Soul Master had first appeared.
• Bibi Dong reasoned that the culprit likely possessed Divine Slaughter's Domain and concluded that Tang San was the most likely suspect.
• Hu Liena urged Bibi Dong to have Tang San killed, but Bibi Dong said her priority was obtaining the final two soul rings for her second Martial Soul.

Dugu Chen and Dugu Yan returned to Dugu Manor, where they spent a tumultuous night together after Dugu Yan absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone. The next day, Dugu Chen recovered from their intense contest while Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er remained in the Extreme North to train.

• Dugu Chen, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo returned to Dugu Manor, and Dugu Bo predicted that Ning Fengzhi would soon ask about the Soul Tools.
• Dugu Chen explained that Ye Lingling had gone home, while Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er stayed in the Extreme North to train with Snow Empress and Ice Empress.
• Dugu Chen cautioned Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er not to use the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow yet.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Chen she supported him, then challenged him to prove himself after her recent breakthrough.
• Dugu Yan's Soul Power reached level eighty-three after she absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and she overwhelmed Dugu Chen in their nighttime contest.
• Dugu Chen appeared in the courtyard the next day pale and trembling, still shaken by Dugu Yan's final use of Martial Soul Possession.