Recaps

Tang San absorbed the three Ant Emperor Spirit Rings, escaped Qian Renxue after a desperate battle, and lost the God of Wrath's remnant in the struggle. Yun Qi then set out to claim the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's spirit ring, and their battle began with the whale revealing its near-divine power.

• Tang San killed the three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors and absorbed their Spirit Rings into his Clear Sky Hammer, pushing his strength close to level ninety-one.
• Qian Renxue confronted Tang San, but he wounded her with Guanyin's Tears and reclaimed his Mutated Clear Sky Hammer before fleeing the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Renxue tracked Tang San underground and nearly killed him, but the God of Wrath's remnant intervened, drove her off, and gave its remaining energy to Tang San.
• Yun Qi learned of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's immense power and traveled with Xiao Bai and his wives to the Magic Whale Sea Area to claim its ninth spirit ring.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King agreed to fight Yun Qi, and Yun Qi wounded and sealed it with the Sea God Trident and his evolved Sword Bone.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King unleashed its Magic Whale Domain, then transformed into a towering armored man whose Energy Armor signaled its approach to godhood.

Yun Qi defeated the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, completed the Sea God’s inheritance, and returned as a god. After Tang San escaped his duel with Qian Renxue, Yun Qi strengthened his allies and prepared to fight Tang San again before attacking the God Realm.

• Yun Qi defeated the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with the help of his companions, then absorbed the whale king’s million-year Spirit Ring and Torso Spirit Bone, reaching level ninety-nine and completing the Sea God’s Eighth Trial.
• Yun Qi and his wives returned to Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi sacrificed herself to begin Yun Qi’s final inheritance trial and promised to wait for him in the God Realm.
• Yun Qi endured the Sea God’s trials, overcame illusions and the whale king’s attempt to seize the inheritance, and completed all eight stages before returning to the Sea God Temple.
• Yun Qi emerged as the Sea God, reassured his wives, entrusted Sea God Island to Sea Dragon Douluo, and traveled with Gu Yue Na and Qian Renxue to confront Tang San.
• Qian Renxue fought Tang San but could not overcome his greater divine sense, and Tang San escaped after Yun Qi and Gu Yue Na revealed his tracking mark had been removed.
• Yun Qi returned to Sea God Mountain with Qian Renxue and Gu Yue Na as his companions absorbed their final Spirit Rings, and Ning Rongrong reached Titled Douluo and received an offer to inherit the Nine-Colored Goddess’s godhood.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er reached new levels after completing their ninth Spirit Rings, while Yun Qi declared that he would fight Tang San again before attacking the God Realm.
• Yun Qi began absorbing divine power through the Moon Shadow Sword, but a blood-red force appeared, pulled Xiao Wu to him, and sent energy into her body through his hands.