Chapter Summaries

Oscar demonstrated his copied Blue Silver Emperor and Ring Fusion against Dai Mubai, then defeated him with the Thunder Flame Haotian Hammer. Tang Lan revealed that Oscar's rare soul spirit had been strengthened with the soul bone originally promised to Tang San, leaving Tang San furious.

• Ning Fengzhi suggested that everyone watch Oscar face Dai Mubai, and the group went to the Soul Spirit Experiment Base while Qian Renxue followed later.
• Oscar explained that his fourth soul skill, Copy Mirror Image Sausage, let him copy martial souls and soul skills, then used a copied Blue Silver Emperor to bind Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai broke free with White Tiger Red Flame Transformation, but Oscar used Ring Fusion: Life Burial to overwhelm him with vines.
• Dai Mubai emerged in Red Flame Demon God Transformation and attacked Oscar, who struck him with the Thunder Flame Haotian Hammer and bound him with vines.
• Oscar told Dai Mubai and the onlookers that his copied martial soul could change forms, while Tang Lan credited Oscar's skill and his 45,000-year Mirror Image Beast soul spirit.
• Tang Lan admitted to Tang San that he had used the soul bone promised to him to strengthen Oscar's soul spirit, and Tang San became enraged.

Tang Lan distributed blood and soul bones, leaving Tang San empty-handed while Tang Lan’s Eight Spider Lances neared a hundred-thousand-year age. He then led the group toward a mysterious opportunity, and Tang San convinced himself Tang Lan had arranged it for him.

• Tang Lan explained why he could not contact Tang San in the Far North and promised him a surprise, then collected Gu Rong’s blood for Oscar’s Copy Mirror Image Sausage.
• Tang Lan told Zhao Wuji to report the Tang Sect Spirit Transfer Pagoda matter to Dongfang Ri Chu and sent Jing Ling to the Soul Spirit Experiment Base.
• Tang Lan gave Dai Mubai a 24,000-year fire-attribute soul bone and Xiao Wu a 31,000-year wind-attribute soul bone, while putting away the seven thousand-year bones.
• Tang San’s missed soul bones earned Tang Lan a reward that raised the age of his Eight Spider Lances to 99,999 years.
• Tang Lan announced a great opportunity and led everyone toward it, while Tang San believed his brother had already arranged things in his favor.

Tang Lan introduced four ferocious beasts willing to undergo blood sacrifices so they could become Soul Spirits and ascend with future gods. Most of the candidates withdrew, leaving Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, and Ice Empress asked Tang Lan for permission to beat Tang San up.

• Tang Lan introduced Er Ming, Da Ming, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress and explained that they had agreed to blood-sacrifice themselves for a human with the potential to become a god.
• Da Ming explained to Xiao Wu that becoming a Soul Spirit could let Soul Beasts escape their mortality and ascend to the God Realm with their hosts.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er withdrew from the selection, leaving Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang San introduced himself as Tang Lan's only younger brother, expecting special treatment, but Ice Empress stared at him dismissively.
• Ice Empress asked Tang Lan if she could beat Tang San up, and Tang Lan apologized on his younger brother's behalf.

Tang San failed to persuade Er Ming, Da Ming, or the Snow Empress to become his Soul Spirit and collapsed after the Ice Empress threatened him. Tang Lan then introduced Zhu Zhuqing’s abilities to Da Ming and Er Ming, leaving the two soul beasts weighing their choices.

• Tang Lan criticized Tang San for relying on his brother’s reputation instead of sincerely presenting his own talents, and Er Ming knocked Tang San aside when he tried to use his Titan Giant Ape Skull to claim compatibility.
• Tang San demanded that Er Ming sacrifice himself and promised him eternal life in the God Realm, prompting Er Ming to attack him over the skull taken from Er Ming’s brother.
• Tang Lan blocked Er Ming’s strike with his Thunder Flame Haotian Hammer, and Da Ming called Er Ming back before he could kill Tang San.
• Tang San asked Da Ming to become his Soul Spirit, but Da Ming refused because their attributes were incompatible, and the Ice Empress warned Tang San not to approach the Snow Empress.
• Tang San spat blood and collapsed, so Tang Lan sent Oscar to carry him back to the base.
• Tang Lan asked Da Ming and Er Ming to consider Zhu Zhuqing, who demonstrated her Shadow Spirit Cat abilities by evading Da Ming and striking the inverse scale beneath his jaw.

Tang Lan presided over Er Ming’s blood sacrifice, which raised Xiao Wu to Level 62 and gave her new soul skills and a soul bone. Afterward, the Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed to join Tang Lan’s plans for a future blood sacrifice in the Far North, and a system notification announced a reward.

• Da Ming accepted Tang Lan’s decision, and Er Ming agreed to become Xiao Wu’s Soul Spirit and blood-sacrifice himself to her.
• Er Ming began the blood sacrifice, transferring his cultivation, Soul Power, origin, and soul into Xiao Wu as Tang Lan presided over their contract.
• After three hours, Tang Lan sealed Er Ming inside Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring, where he could communicate with her but could not observe the outside world.
• Xiao Wu revealed that she had reached Level 62 and gained the Child of the Earth and Titan’s Leap soul skills, along with Gravity Mire and Titan Sky Cannon from the Titan Giant Ape’s right arm bone.
• The Snow Empress asked to become Tang Lan’s Soul Spirit after the Far North plan, and Tang Lan confirmed he had saved places for both her and the Ice Empress.
• A system notification appeared before Tang Lan and announced that the grand prize had arrived.

Tang Lan received a God-level Domain Prototype and planned how to combine it with his own and others’ domains. He then found the Man-Faced Spider Emperor, intending to help it break through 100,000 years, but it activated Spider God Possession when it sensed the Ice and Snow Two Emperors.

• Tang Lan assigned the group tasks for their next journey, including preparing a Soul Spirit base in Sunset Forest and choosing a new ruler for Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Lan learned that his God-level Domain Prototype could grow by absorbing domains and considered combining it with multiple God inheritances.
• Tang Lan located the 99,999-year Man-Faced Spider Emperor near the Star Luo Empire and brought the Ice and Snow Two Emperors to it.
• The Man-Faced Spider Emperor sensed the two Emperors’ pressure and activated Spider God Possession, raising its cultivation to nearly 100,000 years at the cost of one year of cultivation per second.

Tang Lan lost control while his Eight Spider Lances devoured the Man-Faced Spider Emperor and comprehended the Black Hole Domain. After the domain drained the surrounding area and weakened the Ice and Snow Two Emperors, he withdrew it, discovered his energy had transformed into Spiritual Power, and helped them recover.

• The Ice and Snow Two Emperors froze the Man-Faced Spider Emperor, and Tang Lan stabbed it with his Eight Spider Lances to absorb its essence.
• The Eight Spider Lances devoured energy from the Spider Emperor and the Ice and Snow Two Emperors as Tang Lan sensed their evolution and comprehended a new domain.
• Tang Lan's Black Hole Domain spread a thousand meters, consuming the surrounding plants and earth while draining the Ice and Snow Two Emperors.
• Snow Empress urged Tang Lan to withdraw the domain because Ice Empress was close to collapse, and Tang Lan retracted it into his Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang Lan discovered that his Inner Force had become Spiritual Power and used some of it to restore Ice Empress and Snow Empress.

Tang Lan oversaw Douluo Continent’s first public Soul Spirit Equality Contract ceremony, proving that his method worked and drawing widespread attention to the Tang Sect. After outlining the Spirit Transfer Pagoda’s expansion and defenses, he prepared to go overseas for a year before the Elite Competition.

• Tang Lan explained that he had three domains and that Ice Empress and Snow Emperor could provide him with an Ultimate Ice domain.
• Dongfang Ri Chu opened the public ceremony, where all twenty-nine Soul Masters successfully formed contracts for hundred-year Soul Spirits, and twenty-six later succeeded with thousand-year Soul Spirits.
• Tang Lan closed the ceremony by announcing plans to establish Spirit Transfer Pagoda branches and warning that attacks on its Soul Beasts would be treated as a declaration of war.
• Tang Lan told Zhao Wuji to rely on Elder Wang, Old Poison, his brother, Sword Uncle, and Bone Uncle to defend the Tang Sect while it developed.
• Tang Lan told Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong that he planned to go overseas for a year, beyond the reach of Communication Soul Tools, and ordered Zhu Zhuqing to gather the core disciples for departure.

Tang Lan persuaded Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong to let Ning Rongrong join the trip for a God Inheritance, then spoke privately with Qian Renxue, who urged him to help remove Xue Beng from the succession. After preparing his companions and Tang Sect for his absence, he headed toward Sunset Forest with Da Ming to charge a soul bone before traveling to Sea God Island.

• Tang Lan told Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong that the trip offered a chance at a God Inheritance and God's Gifts, and they agreed to entrust Ning Rongrong to him.
• Qian Renxue confronted Tang Lan about hiding the Soul Spirits and the fief, then suggested killing Xue Beng so she could inherit the throne.
• Tang Lan praised Qian Renxue as a future emperor while withholding that he expected to be out of contact for a year, and she left pleased.
• Tang Lan stored his companions in Blue King and gave Zhao Wuji instructions for protecting and advancing Tang Sect during his absence.
• Tang Lan traveled to Sunset Forest with Da Ming, left Da Ming in charge there, and began draining soul beasts to fill a soul bone before their journey to Sea God Island.

Tang Lan discovered that he could use his life force as an intermediary to charge the Life Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone with spiritual power, then confronted Tang Sect disciples who were abusing their authority at Sunset Forest. After punishing them and establishing new rules, he gained Power of Faith and found a possible way to increase it quickly.

• Tang Lan used his body to convert spiritual power into life force and fully charged the Life Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone in half a day.
• Tang Lan found Long Aotian and other Tang Sect disciples blocking Sunset Forest and intimidating independent Soul Masters.
• Tang Lan crippled Long Aotian, ordered the involved disciples to serve ten years in the Forging Hall or leave Tang Sect, and apologized to the blocked Soul Masters by giving them permits for free Soul Spirits.
• Tang Lan announced anti-bullying rules and an anonymous complaints department, causing the Power of Faith from the onlookers to increase.
• Tang Lan tested a young girl's knowledge of the Tang Sect Encyclopedia, gave her a signed collector's edition, and invited her to Tang Sect Academy.
• Tang Lan noticed that the girl's Power of Faith surged after she knelt to thank him and decided to investigate how to gather more from a distance.

Tang Lan arrived at Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi recognized the Sea God’s chosen successor and agreed to train him in Mental Power. After revealing his suspicions that Tang Chen had lost his mind during the Asura God Nine Trials, Tang Lan resolved to grow strong enough to rescue him, and Bo Saixi began guiding him toward his first trial.

• Tang Lan reprimanded the Tang Sect disciples for standing by while someone was bullied, then used Vast Sea Soul Seals to store them in a Storage Ring and flew toward Sea God Island.
• The Sea God Mark activated the Seven Sacred Pillars, and their light enveloped Tang Lan as Bo Saixi and the seven Sacred Pillar Douluo arrived.
• Bo Saixi welcomed Tang Lan as an honored guest, and he asked her to save his great-grandfather Tang Chen after explaining his theory that Tang Chen had lost his mind during the Asura God Nine Trials.
• Bo Saixi said she could not leave Sea God Island, but promised to teach Tang Lan Mental Power and advised him to grow strong enough to enter Slaughter City himself.
• Bo Saixi explained Tang Lan’s first trial, climbing 333 steps through Sea God’s Light, and told him to visit Sea God Hall nightly for training before Oya escorted him to Seahorse City.

Tang Lan brought his nine companions to Sea God Island and arranged for them to take the Seahorse Sacred Pillar trials, hoping they would earn rewards. The companions crossed the Sea within a Sea with astonishing ease, leaving Oya stunned as their trials were about to begin.

• Tang Lan summoned Xiao Wu and the other eight companions from the Vast Sea Soul Seal and asked Oya to arrange trials for them.
• Tang Lan told his companions through a Mental Power link that he expected them to earn Black Level trials and their rewards.
• Oya explained the Seahorse Sacred Pillar trial and raised a curtain of water across the Sea within a Sea.
• Tang Lan used his Soul Spirit Domain to appear beside Oya, surprising the Seahorse Douluo.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing crossed the Sea within a Sea using their control of Inner Force.
• Xiao Wu and the other six crossed together using the True Martial Seven Intercept Formation, leaving Oya speechless.

Tang Lan explained how his disciples used the True Martial Seven Intercept Formation to overcome the Sea within a Sea, and Oya began assigning them Sea God trials. Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Tang San received Black Level Six Trials, while Xiao Wu received a Golden Top Level One Trial.

• Tang Lan told Oya that his seven disciples had combined their strength with the True Martial Seven Intercept Formation and said the Tang Sect had no ties to Spirit Hall.
• Oya activated the Seahorse Sacred Pillar, which branded Dai Mubai with a Black Level Six Trial; Oya warned that black-level trials could be fatal, especially for land Soul Masters.
• Oscar asked Oya to begin his trial despite the warning, and he received a Black Level Six Trial.
• Tang San stepped forward to be tested and also received a Black Level Six Trial.
• Xiao Wu received a golden light that Oya identified as a Top Level One Trial, though he was puzzled that it was not red.

Tang Lan and his companions received their Sea God trials, and Ning Rongrong was named the future High Priest after earning Top Level Eight Trials. Tang Lan gained insight into divine power and received a compendium of god inheritance rituals, while his first trial required him and three women to climb 333 Steps under triple Sea God's Light.

• The Seahorse Sacred Pillar gave Zhu Zhuqing and Shui Bing'er Top Level One Trials to accompany Tang Lan, while Shui Yue'er received a Yellow Level One Trial and Jing Ling received Purple Level Four Trials.
• Ning Rongrong received Top Level Eight Trials, and Oya recognized her as the future High Priest and offered to fulfill her requests on Sea God Island.
• Tang Lan's Sea God Mark changed into a gilded trident as he sensed divine power and found direction for his next step.
• The system rewarded Tang Lan with a Compendium of God Inheritance Rituals after Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong received trials and Tang San was reduced to Black Level Six Trials.
• Tang Lan learned that his first trial required him to climb 333 Steps under triple Sea God's Light, with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shui Bing'er accompanying him.

Tang Lan led the group to Sea God's Light, where they began training under its increasing pressure. After the others settled on steps they could endure, Tang Lan climbed to the fifty-fifth step using only his body and prepared to go farther.

• Oya sent Tang Lan and the others to the forbidden grounds, where they reached the island and Sea God Hall with a purple-robed Sea Soul Master.
• Tang Lan used the group’s golden trial light to let Shui Yue'er cross the Ring Sea safely, and she joined them at the steps.
• After Dai Mubai was repelled, Tang Lan explained Sea God's Light and told everyone to climb only as high as they could comfortably train.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Shui Bing'er, Ning Rongrong, Tang San, Shui Yue'er, Jing Ling, and Oscar settled at different steps, with Oscar reaching the thirtieth.
• Tang Lan climbed to the fifty-fifth step under three times the usual intensity, then looked upward and prepared to continue.

Tang Lan climbed the Sea God's Steps under triple the Sea God's Light, tested how its pressure helped fuse spiritual power with his soul, and then left his body to reach Sea God Hall. He arrived at the gates after Xue Lai summoned him to learn Mental Power methods from the High Priest.

• Tang Lan used the Undying Imprint Technique, Nine Yang Divine Skill, Indestructible Body, and Indestructible Divine Skill to reach the one-hundred-fifteenth Step, completing the Black Level Six Trials while Dai Mubai and the others watched.
• Tang Lan brought twenty Tang Sect disciples to the Steps, where they began cultivating, and noted the disciple who reached the twelfth Step alongside Jing Ling.
• Tang Lan found that the Sea God's Light slowly encouraged his spiritual power and soul to fuse, while a small reserve of Power of Faith briefly accelerated the process before running out.
• Xue Lai, the High Priest's chief maid, summoned Tang Lan to learn Mental Power methods, so he left his body and climbed the Steps as a soul.
• Tang Lan used Soul Spirit Domain, Undying and Indestructible, and Soul Teleport to reach the gates of Sea God Hall.

Tang Lan met with Bo Saixi in the Sea God Hall, exchanged knowledge about mental power, and persuaded her to let the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine train within the Sea God's Light. Bo Saixi found a note among Tang Lan's gifts and reacted strongly, leaving its contents unrevealed.

• Xue Lai opened the Sea God Hall's side door for Tang Lan and told him to visit after sunset while Bo Saixi waited inside.
• Bo Saixi praised Tang Lan and exchanged Spiritual Light Balls with him, teaching him how to use Mental Power in combat.
• Tang Lan shared information about the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine, the Ice and Snow Two Emperors, and the Soul Spirit Equality Contract, then gave Bo Saixi the Tang Sect Encyclopedia volumes.
• Tang Lan asked to let the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine absorb lightning within the Sea God's Light and argued that it would help him complete the Sea God Nine Trials; Bo Saixi reluctantly agreed.
• Tang Lan left Bo Saixi a Storage Ring filled with Communication Soul Tools and more Storage Rings, but she crushed it after finding a sheet of paper inside.

Tang Lan used Bo Saixi’s favor to turn Sea God’s Light into a safe cultivation resource for himself and his companions. The group established a daily routine on the Steps, while Bo Saixi resumed praying to forget Tang Chen.

• Bo Saixi was overwhelmed by Tang Lan’s gifts and the words “Great Grandmother,” allowing Tang Lan to continue using Sea God’s Light without interference.
• Tang Lan appointed Zhu Rong to lead the Tang Sect disciples in evaporating water near the Ring Sea Current, then planted the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine by the Steps.
• Tang Lan released the Ice and Snow Two Emperors and taught them to create charged thunderclouds for the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine to draw lightning from.
• Bo Saixi filtered the lightning through Sea God’s Light so the vine could safely absorb its energy, and Tang Lan bowed to her before advancing to the 116th Step.
• Tang Lan and the others settled into twelve shichen of daily cultivation, while Zhu Rong organized their chores and support tasks.
• Bo Saixi reflected on Tang Chen, put down the Tang Sect Encyclopedia, and resumed praying before the Sea God statue.

Tang Lan and the others continued cultivating under the Sea God's Light as Shui Yue'er asked him to help with her trial, which required a kiss. Later, Zhu Zhuqing reached level fifty and received a God-bestowed Soul Ring, while Tang San was struck by lightning after joking about Tang Lan and Bo Saixi.

• The core disciples advanced their cultivation under the Sea God's Light, and the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine grew to a fifty-thousand-year cultivation age.
• Shui Yue'er asked Tang Lan to help her complete a trial that required kissing a man in front of the Seahorse Sacred Pillar for the length of an incense stick, and Tang Lan returned that night with her and Shui Bing'er.
• Xiao Wu grew jealous of Tang Lan's new companions, while she and Zhu Zhuqing discussed trying to wear him out together.
• When Zhu Zhuqing reached level fifty, Bo Saixi explained the God-bestowed Soul Ring and gave her a golden orb that Tang Lan could have her use later.
• Tang San joked about Bo Saixi's fondness for Tang Lan, then was struck by lightning from the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine and knocked into the Ring Sea Current.
• Tang Lan told the others that Bo Saixi was his great-grandfather's close friend and instructed them to keep the relationship secret and address her as the High Priest.

Qian Renxue tried to protect Tang Sect from Bibi Dong’s ultimatum, but Guimei and Yue Guan surrounded the sect and demanded its allegiance. With Tang Lan absent, Zhao Wuji and Wang Dali faced Spirit Hall’s offer without knowing what to do.

• Guimei delivered Bibi Dong’s order to Qian Renxue: secure Tang Sect’s allegiance or let Spirit Hall eliminate it as a threat.
• Qian Renxue failed to reach Tang Lan, sent Wang Dali and Zhao Wuji to Tang Sect, and plotted to seize control of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Guimei and Yue Guan led Spirit Hall Soul Masters in surrounding Tang Sect Academy.
• Yue Guan offered to make Tang Sect one of the Lower Four Sects under Spirit Hall’s support, while Zhao Wuji and Wang Dali struggled to respond.