Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue agreed to prepare for war against the Star Luo Empire, while Li Xun negotiated with her for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. He obtained the treasure after signing a promise note to fulfill one condition for her.

• Qian Renxue became determined to prepare for war after Ning Fengzhi argued she could rise beyond Spirit Hall's influence.
• Li Xun proposed using Dai Mubai's violent reputation as a pretext for conflict, and Qian Renxue told Ning Fengzhi to make preparations.
• Li Xun asked Qian Renxue to lend him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and she offered it in exchange for a new promise from him.
• Li Xun wrote and fingerprinted a promise note, then an attendant brought the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the royal treasury.

Li Xun brought Ning Rongrong to Vast Sea City and used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to connect her with the Sea God’s inheritance. After Ning Rongrong survived the artifact’s test, the group prepared to sail for Sea God Island.

• Li Xun took Ning Rongrong and the others to a luxury suite in Vast Sea City and explained that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud could lead to a divine inheritance.
• Li Xun told Ning Rongrong that the Sea God’s inheritance was her best chance to become a god, despite Dugu Yan teasing her and offering to take it instead.
• Li Xun pressed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Ning Rongrong’s brow and guided her as she sent her spiritual power into it.
• The Sea God’s residual consciousness judged Ning Rongrong’s physique and spiritual power sufficient, then returned to the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as Ning Rongrong passed out from the strain.
• Li Xun treated Ning Rongrong, and the next morning he expanded the Dragon Abyss Boat into a ship for their voyage.

Li Xun and his companions reached Sea God Island, where High Priestess Bo Saixi recognized the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as the Seagod's Heart. She brought them to the Seahorse Sacred Pillar and assigned Seahorse Douluo to test them.

• The Sea God sensed the inherited divine artifact and realized Li Xun's talent had drawn his attention, though Li Xun had already visited Asura God's inheritance ground.
• Purple Pearl brought Li Xun's group to Sea God Island, and Li Xun let her leave with an offer to find him in Vast Sea City if she needed help.
• Sword Douluo revealed the group's presence, drawing Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillars to confront them.
• Li Xun had Ning Rongrong present the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Bo Saixi recognized it as the Seagod's Heart.
• Bo Saixi led the group to the Seahorse Sacred Pillar and appointed Seahorse Douluo to test them.

Li Xun, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan crossed the Sea in the Sea to receive the Sea God's trials. Dugu Yan received the Black Level Six Trials, and Zhuqing stepped forward next as Li Xun questioned the deadly rules imposed on Sea God Island's residents.

• Seahorse Douluo summoned the land Soul Masters to cross the Sea in the Sea, and Zhu Zhuqing carried Dugu Yan across while Li Xun took Ning Rongrong.
• Li Xun told Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong to take their trials in that order, and Dugu Yan stepped before the Seahorse Sacred Pillar first.
• Seahorse Douluo's test gave Dugu Yan the Black Level Six Trials, astonishing him and the other members of the Seven Saint Pillars.
• Seahorse Douluo warned that Dugu Yan had one year to complete her trials and that failure meant death; Dugu Yan accepted the challenge while Ning Rongrong objected to the late warning.
• Li Xun reassured Ning Rongrong and sent Zhu Zhuqing forward, while he wondered whether the Sea God's trials made him resemble an evil god.

Zhu Zhuqing received the Sea God's Top Eight Trials, while Ning Rongrong was granted the divine Nine Trials and Li Xun was assigned to accompany her. Bo Saixi welcomed them as honored guests on Sea God Island, and Li Xun resolved to have Ning Rongrong change the island's rules once she became the Sea God.

• Zhu Zhuqing refused Seahorse Douluo's chance to reconsider and received the Sea God's Top Eight Trials, shocking the Seven Sacred Pillars.
• Ning Rongrong underwent the assessment and received the golden divine Nine Trials as golden light spread across Sea God Island.
• A wisp of energy enveloped Li Xun, giving him a trial to accompany Ning Rongrong through the Sea God's Nine Trials at the same difficulty.
• In the God Realm, the Sea God cut off his connection with the Lower Realm after realizing Li Xun had noticed him.
• Bo Saixi declared the group honored guests, ordered Seahorse Douluo to house them in Seahorse City, and reminded them to complete one trial each year.
• Li Xun learned about Sea God Island's small population and deathly examinations, and decided Ning Rongrong should change the rules after becoming the Sea God.

Li Xun and his companions examined their Seagod imprints and began the first God Examination, climbing the sacred mountain’s pressure-filled stairs. Li Xun suspected the trial would strengthen them and left Ning Rongrong and the others to train while he planned to return within a year.

• At the City Lord's Mansion, Li Xun pointed out that Ning Rongrong's golden trident imprint was missing the piece represented by the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which matched the mark on his own forehead.
• Li Xun warned Ning Rongrong that he might replace her as the holder of the divine position, then reassured her that he would not compete and urged her to perform well in her examination.
• Li Xun and the others learned that their first examination required them to climb the stairs to the Seagod's temple, with the number of steps varying by examination level.
• Dugu Yan tried the stairs and retreated after the pressure increased on the second step, prompting Li Xun to explain that the trial could temper their bodies and improve their strength.
• Ning Rongrong struggled with the pressure and feared she could climb only forty or fifty steps, so Li Xun told her to train and promised to help if necessary.
• Li Xun began climbing the stairs, intending to return within a year while Ning Rongrong and the others continued their trial.

Li Xun encouraged Ning Rongrong to keep training on Sea God's Light before leaving for Heaven Dou, while Star Luo's court named Dai Weisi crown prince and demanded Dai Mubai's return. Li Xun then visited Dai Mubai and Titan in prison, where he confirmed Dai Mubai's suspicion about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Li Xun, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Ning Rongrong climbed Sea God's Light, with Ning Rongrong reaching only the twenty-fifth step.
• Li Xun reassured Ning Rongrong that she could still become a god and urged her to train hard and climb as much as possible during the year-long challenge.
• Star Luo Emperor appointed Dai Weisi crown prince and ordered a letter demanding that Emperor Qinghe return Dai Mubai.
• Star Luo Emperor summoned Clear Sky Sect Leader Tang Xiao to the palace for a discussion.
• Titan told Dai Mubai that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect seemed to have joined Spirit Hall and that Heaven Dou had cooperated with it.
• Li Xun entered the prison with Yang Wudi and the others, confirmed Dai Mubai had guessed correctly, and told him there was no reward.

Li Xun carried out Heaven Dou’s purge of internal threats, executing Titan and raiding Moonlight Pavilion over its ties to the Clear Sky Sect. The raid ended when Madam Yuehua appeared to confront the knights.

• Yang Wudi tried one last time to persuade Titan to abandon the Clear Sky Sect, but Titan cursed him and refused.
• Li Xun ordered Titan executed and Dai Mubai removed from his cell, telling Dai that his life was not yet in danger.
• Li Xun explained that Heaven Dou needed to eliminate people linked to the Clear Sky Sect before they could flee to the Star Luo Empire.
• Roxon and Li Xun surrounded Moonlight Pavilion, suspecting that its owner was harboring wanted members of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Li Xun ordered the knights to detain noble children who tried to obstruct the raid and identify their clans.
• Madam Yuehua descended from the building and called for the knights to stop.

Li Xun arrested Tang Yuehua to use her as bait while seeking Shrek Academy, then the empire introduced compulsory education and new academy regulations. The chapter ended with Shrek ordered to make major rectifications, leaving Flender and his staff to decide how to proceed.

• Li Xun identified Tang Yuehua as Tang Xiao and Tang Hao's younger sister and ordered her arrested as bait, telling Commander Luo not to interrogate or torture her.
• Roxon reported that Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others had reopened Shrek Academy in Suotuo City and were preparing to admit students.
• Two and a half months later, Zhao Wuji warned Flender that the Clear Sky Sect had become Star Luo's Guardian Sect and that tensions between the two empires might make their location unsafe.
• An official from the newly established Ministry of Education inspected Shrek Academy and explained the empire's free education policies and requirements for academies.
• The inspection found Shrek unqualified as an advanced academy and its tuition excessively expensive, so the empire ordered it to make rectifications; Flender and the others gathered to discuss their future.

After Heaven Dou’s new policies pushed Shrek Academy to consider relocating to Star Luo, Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to stop Qian Renxue’s military mobilization. Li Xun and Dugu Bo intercepted the fleeing Shrek teachers, and Zhao Wuji prepared to fight Li Xun.

• Flender decided to move Shrek Academy to Star Luo, while Oscar chose to leave rather than risk being caught up in trouble.
• Bibi Dong learned that troops were gathering near Balak Kingdom and sent Chrysanthemum Douluo to Heaven Dou to stop Qian Renxue’s actions.
• Li Xun and Dugu Bo followed Shrek Academy’s carriages, and Flender, Zhao Wuji, Qin Ming, and the other teachers fled into the woods when Li Xun appeared.
• Li Xun sent four wooden copies after the fleeing teachers and pursued Zhao Wuji, while Dugu Bo chased Flender.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Vajra Bear True Body and challenged Li Xun, confident that his Soul Douluo strength would prevail.

Li Xun defeated Zhao Wuji and led his Doppelgangers in killing the remaining Shrek fighters, while Dugu Bo brought back Flender. Li Xun then considered recruiting Oscar, whose healing sausages could aid the Heaven Dou army but might also help Star Luo if he joined Tang San.

• Zhao Wuji used his spirit skills to trap Li Xun, but Li Xun evaded his attacks and struck him down with Titan Vault Break.
• Li Xun killed Zhao Wuji, then used his Spiritual Power to locate his Doppelgangers and order them to finish off Qin Ming, Shao Xin, Lu Qibin, and Li Yusong.
• Dugu Bo returned with Flender, and Li Xun killed him rather than risk letting him recover.
• Dugu Bo asked what Li Xun planned to do with Oscar, and Li Xun decided to consider recruiting him because his sausages could support the Heaven Dou army.

Li Xun recruited Oscar into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then encountered Liu Erlong and decided to eliminate her as a potential threat. Liu Erlong prepared to fight Li Xun to the death while Dugu Bo and Oscar watched.

• Li Xun invited Oscar to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Oscar accepted because he feared refusing would cost him his life.
• Li Xun considered returning to Sea God Island to seek a God-given Spirit Ring before noticing Liu Erlong nearby.
• Li Xun tracked Liu Erlong into the forest and said he intended to remove her as a potential threat after the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Li Xun used his Titan Left Arm Soul Bone skill, Gravity Mud Swamp, but Liu Erlong activated Red Dragon True Body and escaped its range.
• Li Xun declined Dugu Bo's offer to fight Liu Erlong and revealed his seven Soul Rings, including two red ones, as Liu Erlong prepared to stake her life in battle.

Li Xun fought Liu Erlong and revealed his Martial Soul Avatar, True Several Thousand Hands, after she shattered his wood human with her eighth Spirit Ability. He overwhelmed Liu Erlong with the giant Buddha’s countless fists, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved as the attack engulfed her.

• Li Xun attacked Liu Erlong with vines, but she used thunderfire and a fiery tornado to burn through them.
• Li Xun summoned his wood human, and Liu Erlong escaped its grasp before striking it with her eighth Spirit Ability and destroying its arms and head.
• Li Xun retreated from the exploding wood human and summoned his Martial Soul Avatar, True Several Thousand Hands.
• Dugu Bo and Oscar stared in shock as the five-hundred-meter Buddha appeared, while people in a nearby town mistook it for a deity.
• Li Xun launched countless fists at Liu Erlong, who countered with Fist of the Earth, but the fists engulfed her as the surrounding mountains shattered.

Li Xun returned from Barak Province after defeating Liu Erlong and prepared the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for the coming war. When Chrysanthemum Douluo pressured Ning Fengzhi, Li Xun proposed that Dugu Bo challenge him and gave the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to help Sword Douluo break through to level ninety-eight.

• Li Xun's Thousand Hands Buddha Statue overwhelmed Liu Erlong, and he returned to Heaven Dou City with Dugu Bo and Oscar.
• Li Xun sent Oscar to serve under Yang Wudi and told Ning Fengzhi that Barak Province had been cleared and border troops placed under martial law.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Chrysanthemum Douluo had arrived alone and was pressuring him, so Li Xun urged Dugu Bo to challenge him.
• Dugu Bo agreed to teach Chrysanthemum Douluo a lesson, confident in his level ninety-five strength without Ghost Douluo beside him.
• Li Xun gave Sword Douluo the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to help him break through to level ninety-eight.

Li Xun gave Sword Douluo the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, helping him break through to rank ninety-eight and strengthening the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Fengzhi decided to publicize the breakthrough, and Li Xun went to ask Qian Renxue for her thoughts, finding her working on disaster relief when he arrived.

• Sword Douluo hesitated to use the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, but Li Xun and Dugu Bo persuaded him to try it.
• Sword Douluo absorbed the herb, and his aura surged as he broke through from rank ninety-seven to rank ninety-eight.
• Bone Douluo arrived and lamented that Sword Douluo had surpassed him, then joined the discussion about how to handle the coming crisis.
• Li Xun advised Ning Fengzhi to announce Sword Douluo's breakthrough as a deterrent, and Ning Fengzhi agreed.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Li Xun to consult Qian Renxue, who was drafting earthquake relief measures when Li Xun entered the Imperial Study.

Li Xun told Qian Renxue that Sword Douluo had reached Rank Ninety-Eight, giving her hope against Bibi Dong’s pressure, before their banter turned into an argument. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Dugu Bo revealed he had reached Rank Ninety-Five and challenged Chrysanthemum Douluo, and their battle began outside Heaven Dou City.

• Li Xun told Qian Renxue about Sword Douluo’s breakthrough, and she welcomed the news while preparing for Bibi Dong to keep applying pressure.
• Li Xun and Qian Renxue chatted until he reacted to her Rank Sixty-Nine cultivation, prompting her to angrily berate him before his two red Soul Rings appeared.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for the third time to seek Ning Fengzhi’s answer, but Dugu Bo told him the Sect Leader was away.
• Dugu Bo and Chrysanthemum Douluo exchanged accusations and flew outside Heaven Dou City to fight.
• Dugu Bo revealed he had reached Rank Ninety-Five, and Chrysanthemum Douluo evaded his strike before countering with petal blades.

Dugu Bo defeated Chrysanthemum Douluo in a duel but spared him and cured his poison. A month later, Bibi Dong learned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was delaying her orders and set out to show Ning Fengzhi Spirit Hall’s strength.

• Dugu Bo used his new black water and spirit abilities to break through Chrysanthemum Douluo’s defenses and defeat him.
• Dugu Bo removed Chrysanthemum Douluo’s poison, spared his life, and flew back to Heaven Dou City.
• A month later, Chrysanthemum Douluo told Bibi Dong that Ning Fengzhi had delayed her order and that Sword Douluo had reached level ninety-eight.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo mentioned an anomaly in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Bibi Dong told him to investigate after recovering.
• Bibi Dong decided to visit Qian Daoliu and strode toward the Worship Hall to demonstrate Spirit Hall’s strength to Ning Fengzhi.

Bibi Dong demanded that Qian Daoliu send the Second Worship to Heaven Dou City, and Qian Daoliu agreed while warning her not to interfere with how he handled matters. Two months later, Li Xun returned to Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi appeared before him and the others with an announcement.

• Bibi Dong argued that Qian Renxue's actions in Heaven Dou threatened Spirit Hall's plans and insisted on sending the Second Worship there.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to send the Second Worship but told Bibi Dong to leave the matter to him.
• Bo Saixi sensed Li Xun's return to Sea God Island and worried that her decades of waiting might come to nothing.
• Ning Rongrong suggested hunting Sea Spirit Beasts, but Zhu Zhuqing refused and led the others back to the Seagod Staircase to cultivate.
• Li Xun arrived on the island and reunited with Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Bo Saixi descended from the sky and began addressing Li Xun and the others.

Bo Saixi gave Zhu Zhuqing a God-given Spirit Ring, and Zhu Zhuqing pushed its age beyond her limit in an effort to grow stronger. She exploded into bloody mist, leaving Li Xun, Bo Saixi, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan stunned.

• Bo Saixi explained the God-given Spirit Ring and gave it to Zhu Zhuqing to absorb.
• Zhu Zhuqing endured the ring's pain as its age rose to fifty-five thousand years, then decided to use her Nine Lives Nirvana to force it higher.
• Zhu Zhuqing's spirit ring age surged to fifty-seven thousand years, alarming Li Xun and Bo Saixi as her body began to bleed.
• Zhu Zhuqing's body burst into bloody mist, and Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan collapsed in shock.

Zhu Zhuqing exploited her ability to rewind her death during the God-given Spirit Ring trial, raising her strength and gaining a new Doppelganger skill before Li Xun stopped her. Meanwhile, Slaughter City was crowded with newcomers, a change that had made things easier for Tang San.

• Zhu Zhuqing repeatedly died and re-formed as her Spirit Ring energy increased, eventually creating a black Spirit Ring and reaching Soul Power level sixty-five.
• Li Xun stopped Zhu Zhuqing from pushing the trial further, comforted her, and later asked about the benefits of her new ability.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she could create six Doppelgangers with seventy percent of her abilities, though they consumed her energy and lacked Soul Bone skills.
• Bo Saixi told Li Xun she would seek him out when he neared his Soul Power bottleneck, then left.
• Slaughter City drew a flood of newcomers misled by rumors of freedom, leaving many to suffer or die under its brutal rules.
• The influx of people made things easier for Tang San, who had entered Slaughter City when it was desolate and still wondered why many people had died before his arrival.