Chapter Summaries

Bo Saixi was trapped inside the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s illusion while Li Xun and Ning Rongrong were caught by golden chains. The illusion made Bo Saixi relive her long wait for Tang Chen, leaving her exhausted by the repeated cycles of hope and disappointment.

• Bo Saixi let the pagoda envelop her, while golden chains sealed Li Xun’s Soul Power and his doppelganger caught him and Ning Rongrong before they struck the ground.
• Bo Saixi explored the pagoda’s starry space, resisted its disorienting illusion, and saw herself parting from Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu in her youth.
• The illusion replayed decades of Bo Saixi waiting for Tang Chen, receiving letters from Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, and later meeting Li Xun before his trials and her sacrifice.
• Bo Saixi remained conscious through repeated cycles of the illusion and wondered whether Tang Chen would ever have returned to Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi grew tired of waiting and questioned what Tang Chen had done during the first thirty years after leaving.

Li Xun and Ning Rongrong endured Bo Saixi’s illusion and completed the Seagod’s Sixth Trial, earning increased Seagod affinity. Bo Saixi walked away without releasing their Soul Power seal, while the group prepared to return and rest.

• Bo Saixi reflected on her long wait for Tang Chen, rejected Tang Xiao and Tang Hao’s visit, and destroyed the letter they brought.
• Li Xun explained that the Martial Soul Fusion Skill used a person’s own regrets to free their heart, and the illusion faded to reveal Bo Saixi unharmed.
• Bo Saixi chose to stop fighting and walk toward Seagod Mountain, leaving Li Xun and Ning Rongrong’s Soul Power sealed.
• Li Xun and Ning Rongrong completed the Sixth Trial and each gained ten percent Seagod affinity, while their exhaustion disappeared.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan joined the group, and the Seagod granted them one Soul Power level and a five-hundred-year increase to their Soul Rings.

Li Xun spoke with Bo Saixi about her kindness, her fading faith, and whether she had a reason to keep living after his God Examination. He urged her to travel and offered himself as an opportunity to become a god, leaving her to consider helping him grow stronger.

• Li Xun visited Seagod Hall, where Bo Saixi released the chains binding him and asked if he planned to clear his seventh trial.
• Li Xun admitted that his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Ning Rongrong had let him see Bo Saixi’s memories, and he praised her kindness.
• Bo Saixi explained that she had lost her conviction and did not know what reason she would have to keep living after the God Examination.
• Li Xun encouraged Bo Saixi to travel beyond Sea God Island and suggested that she might still have an opportunity to become a god.
• Li Xun asked Bo Saixi to help him grow stronger, while she questioned whether he was trying to recruit her as hired muscle.

Tang San poisoned and killed Seventh Elder inside the Clear Sky Sect’s refuge, then tried to conceal the murder and deflect suspicion. Tang Ling and Tang Long discovered the corpse, and the sect turned against Tang San as Tang Xiao and Tang Ming arrived.

• Tang San used the Hornet's Tail Needle to paralyze Seventh Elder, then drained his body with the Eight Spider Lances until he died.
• When Tang Ling and Tang Long arrived, Tang San hid Seventh Elder beneath a blanket and claimed he was resting.
• Tang San led the visitors away, but Tang Ling grew suspicious and returned with Tang Long to check on Seventh Elder.
• Tang Ling and Tang Long found Seventh Elder's corpse and accused Tang San of murder, drawing the whole village to the room.
• Tang Ming demanded that the sect pursue Tang San, while Tang Xiao stood stunned by the killing.

After Tang San killed the Seventh Elder and escaped, the Clear Sky Sect condemned him and Tang Hao and considered fleeing overseas. On Sea God Island, Ning Rongrong began testing whether she could gain the Seagod Trident’s recognition, and Li Xun helped her when she could not lift it fully.

• The Clear Sky Sect members blamed Tang Xiao for protecting Tang Hao and Tang San, and Tang Xiao declared the father and son enemies of the sect.
• Tang Ming warned that Tang San could expose their location, so Tang Xiao proposed moving the sect overseas.
• Tang San escaped through a route he had planned, reached rank eighty-four, and received the sixth Rakshasa trial to collect twenty thousand portions of Breath of Despair.
• Bo Saixi explained that the Seagod Trident would test Li Xun and Ning Rongrong’s conviction as they sought its recognition.
• Ning Rongrong summoned her Nine Treasures True Body and lifted the Seagod Trident halfway before its weight stopped her.
• Li Xun put an arm around Ning Rongrong and reached beneath her hands, and the Seagod Trident blazed with light.

Li Xun and Ning Rongrong drew the Seagod Trident and restored it with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, while Ning Rongrong proved able to wield it as the new Seagod. After the trials ended, the Rakshasa God visited the Seagod in the God Realm, and Zhu Zhuqing declined an offer to continue her trials as a candidate High Priestess.

• Li Xun lifted the Seagod Trident, and Ning Rongrong released the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which merged with the trident and restored its golden form.
• The Seagod Trident’s appearance was reflected across Sea God Island and sensed by beings throughout the seas, while the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King recognized the Seagod’s aura.
• Ning Rongrong lifted and swung the Seagod Trident after Li Xun released it, then accidentally smashed the stone floor with it.
• Dugu Yan received the rewards for completing the Top Seven Trials, and Zhu Zhuqing was offered a choice to continue her trials for High Priestess authority.
• The Rakshasa God confronted the Seagod about watching the Lower Realm, then concealed herself when the Asura God arrived and questioned him.
• Li Xun advised Zhu Zhuqing to refuse the additional trial, and she accepted the rewards for completing the Top Seven Trials.

Zhu Zhuqing completed her God Examination and reached Soul Douluo rank as Li Xun brought Bo Saixi to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and secured her support for Heaven Dou. After Bibi Dong began accelerating her plans, Li Xun took Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Luo Empire to find her family, entering its tightly controlled capital, Heaven Star City.

• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Li Xun's advice, absorbed her God-given Spirit Ring, and advanced to rank eighty-two with two purple, four black, and two red spirit rings.
• Bo Saixi agreed to join Li Xun in leaving Sea God Island and later accepted a nominal position with Heaven Dou or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as Li Xun's protector.
• Li Xun introduced Bo Saixi to Ning Fengzhi, who discussed cooperation with her and learned about Spirit Hall's halted advance and rising casualties in Star Luo.
• Zhu Zhuqing worried about her family, and Li Xun promised to take her back to Star Luo and bring them to Heaven Dou if they wished.
• After news of Bo Saixi's position spread, Bibi Dong recognized the threat and decided to accelerate her plans against Qian Daoliu.
• Li Xun carried Zhu Zhuqing by flying sword to Heaven Star City and used Flying Thunder God Marks to enter past its strict guards.

Li Xun and Zhu Zhuqing went to the Zhu Family estate to rescue her relatives from the Star Luo Emperor’s surveillance and learned that he had secretly reached an understanding with Spirit Hall. After Li Xun sent the Zhu Family’s women to safety, he confronted the emperor and discovered that Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Tuoba Xi had arrived under a Pope Decree to bring him to Spirit Hall.

• Li Xun learned from a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect scout that the Zhu Family estate was under strict surveillance and took Zhu Zhuqing there in secret.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s third sister explained that the Star Luo Emperor had discovered the Zhu Family investigating his agreement with Spirit Hall, and the family feared his retaliation.
• Li Xun used Wood Clones and Flying Thunder God to send Zhu Zhuqing’s mother and sisters away while he and Zhu Zhuqing stayed behind for Father Zhu.
• The Star Luo Emperor arrived with soldiers, but Father Zhu refused to abandon his family or pretend the empire’s situation was sound.
• Li Xun used a clone to move Zhu Zhuqing away as the emperor revealed a Pope Decree and Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Tuoba Xi appeared, saying the Pope wanted Li Xun brought to Spirit Hall.

Li Xun abducted the Star Luo Emperor, Tuoba Xi, and Father Zhu, then killed the two titled Douluo after they refused to answer his questions about Spirit Hall. He reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and her family as they headed for the Heaven Dou Empire, while Qian Renxue fled Spirit City and Snake Lance Douluo stayed behind to delay her pursuers.

• Li Xun teleported away from Heaven Star City with the Star Luo Emperor, Tuoba Xi, and Father Zhu, then sent Father Zhu to safety.
• When Tuoba Xi and the Star Luo Emperor refused to explain Spirit Hall's hostile behavior, Li Xun revealed his four hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings and attacked them.
• Li Xun crushed Tuoba Xi and the Star Luo Emperor with Summit Buddha, then returned to Zhu Zhuqing and departed with her family for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue and Snake Lance Douluo fled Spirit City as Azure Luan Douluo and others pursued them.
• Snake Lance Douluo stopped to hold off the pursuers and urged Qian Renxue to escape, and she changed direction after hearing the battle begin.

Li Xun learned that Qian Daoliu had vanished after a battle with Di Tian, leaving Qian Renxue grieving and seeking revenge on Bibi Dong. He promised to help her, then began preparing to confront Bibi Dong, who had reached the peak of Rank 99 and ordered Li Xun and Qian Renxue handed over.

• Li Xun brought the Zhu Family to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where they chose to join the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi told Li Xun that Qian Renxue had returned to Heaven Dou and shut herself away, and Li Xun went to speak with her.
• Qian Renxue told Li Xun that Qian Daoliu had disappeared after being badly injured during the last Beast Tide, and she asked Li Xun to help her kill Bibi Dong.
• Li Xun concluded that he had at most two years to find a way to overcome Bibi Dong's Undying Body and decided to intimidate her before leaving to obtain Soul Rings.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to demand that Ning Fengzhi hand over Li Xun and Qian Renxue, revealing that she had reached the peak of Rank 99.

Li Xun brought Bo Saixi and several allies to Spirit City to confront Bibi Dong and warn her against waging war on Heaven Dou. As Bibi Dong prepared to fight, Li Xun used a Doppelganger to teleport Bone Douluo away, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to send Angel loyalists to the front lines against Star Luo and tightened her control over the empire.
• Li Xun, Bo Saixi, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and Poison Douluo arrived in Spirit City, where Ghost Douluo let them pass after Chrysanthemum Douluo confronted them.
• Bibi Dong met the visitors before the Pope Palace, and she and Bo Saixi released their Limit Douluo auras as Spirit Hall's elders summoned their martial souls.
• Li Xun revealed his four red spirit rings and warned Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall would suffer if it went to war with Heaven Dou.
• Bibi Dong displayed her own powerful spirit ring configuration and prepared to attack, but Li Xun's Doppelganger teleported Bone Douluo away.

Li Xun demonstrated his power to Bibi Dong and negotiated Snake Lance Douluo’s release in exchange for agreeing not to attack the Heaven Dou Empire. After returning to the palace, he visited Qian Renxue and told her he had brought her a gift.

• Li Xun used his disappearance ability to take Sword Douluo and Poison Douluo away, then summoned a towering True Several Thousand Hands before Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong agreed not to deploy troops against Heaven Dou and handed over Snake Lance Douluo after Li Xun invoked her daughter, Qian Renxue.
• Li Xun brought the injured Snake Lance Douluo away, while Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to focus on Star Luo’s loose ends.
• Qian Renxue resumed governing Heaven Dou and issued orders to counter Spirit Hall.
• Li Xun arrived at Qian Renxue’s palace and told her he had brought her a gift.

Li Xun and Bo Saixi traveled to the Ice Sea to find the Sea Princess. After Bo Saixi subdued the Sea Demon Leviathans guarding the Mermaid Clan’s territory, the pair were drawn into an underwater realm by an unknown attacker, who recognized Bo Saixi’s Sea God divine power.

• Li Xun arranged for Snake Lance Douluo to reunite with Qian Renxue, who welcomed him back and offered Li Xun a favor.
• Li Xun and Bo Saixi reached the Ice Sea and confirmed that Bo Saixi could still wield the Sea God’s power there.
• The pair passed hostile Sea Spirit Beasts and flying spirit beasts as they flew toward the Mermaid Clan’s territory.
• Twelve Sea Demon Leviathans used golden conches to force Li Xun and Bo Saixi down, but Bo Saixi subdued them and asked where to find the Sea Princess.
• Bo Saixi took two golden conches and blessed the Leviathans who had lost them with divine power that would improve their intelligence.
• An unknown force pulled Li Xun and Bo Saixi into a deep underwater realm, where Bo Saixi protected them with bubbles and their attacker exclaimed at sensing her Sea God divine power.

Li Xun and Bo Saixi met the Sea Princess and proposed that she join Li Xun so he could bring her to the God Realm and revive her. After showing his extraordinary spirit rings, Li Xun persuaded the Sea Princess that he could become a god, leaving her wavering toward his offer.

• Bo Saixi illuminated the deep sea and introduced Li Xun as the Sea God's inheritor to the Mermaid Princess and the arriving Sea Princess.
• Li Xun told the Sea Princess that a human who became a god could bring Soul Beasts to the God Realm and revive them if their souls remained in their Soul Rings.
• Li Xun summoned Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress Scorpion, who explained their Wisdom Spirit Ring state and described the possibility of ascending with him.
• Li Xun asked the Sea Princess to join him, promising to revive her and help protect the Mermaid Clan, but she questioned whether he would succeed.
• Li Xun revealed his nine spirit rings and then his second Martial Soul's three red spirit rings, astonishing the Sea Tribe.
• The Sea Princess admitted that Li Xun's configuration made godhood seem possible.

Li Xun revealed that he aimed to become a God King by cultivating faith, and Sea Princess reluctantly agreed to support him in exchange for protection for her people. As Li Xun absorbed Sea Princess’s six-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Torso Soul Bone, Di Tian sent Bear Lord and Ten Thousand Demons King to seek revenge against the humans.

• Li Xun told Sea Princess and the others that he wanted to become a God King through faith rather than settle for the Sea God’s Divine Position.
• Li Xun showed Sea Princess his Wood Carvings, and she agreed to support his faith while asking him to protect the Sea Tribe after ascending.
• Li Xun gave Sea Princess hundreds of Wood Carvings to distribute, and she entrusted her daughter and summoned Sea Tribe experts before the absorption began.
• Li Xun absorbed Sea Princess’s Soul Ring and Torso Soul Bone, asking that the energy strengthen his physique for his next Soul Ring.
• Bear Lord reported that his injuries had healed, and Di Tian sent him and Ten Thousand Demons King to seek revenge against the humans.

A Beast Tide breached Spirit City, forcing Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall’s remaining forces to retreat as the Spirit Beasts pursued them. Li Xun and the Heaven Dou leadership discussed the threat and the refugee crisis, while Li Xun prepared to leave to hunt for his next Soul Ring.

• As Spirit City celebrated its expected victory, a Beast Tide attacked, and Bibi Dong ordered the residents to evacuate and Spirit Hall’s forces to fight.
• Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo fought the Spirit Beasts, but a dragon’s roar prompted Bibi Dong to order a retreat and abandon Spirit City.
• Guang Ling Douluo attacked Tang San after spotting him helping the Spirit Beasts, wounding him as Spirit Hall withdrew.
• Spirit Beasts breached Spirit City, and Bibi Dong led Spirit Hall’s remaining forces toward Star Luo City, while reports of casualties and fleeing civilians spread across the continent.
• Li Xun returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s residence, reviewed reports of the Beast Tide, and discussed defenses and refugee resettlement with Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue.
• Li Xun asked Ning Fengzhi to let him hunt for his next Soul Ring while Spirit Hall was occupied, and Ning Fengzhi asked where he planned to go.

Li Xun and Bo Saixi crossed the sea to investigate the Sun Moon Continent, where he studied its history, rival empires, and advanced Soul Tools. He discovered that Clear Sky Sect members had appeared in the Nia Alliance, setting up a new potential conflict.

• Li Xun told Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue about rumors of another continent and prepared an expedition across the sea.
• Tang San and Tang Hao watched Spirit Hall battle Soul Beasts near Heaven Star City; Tang San remained consumed by hatred for Guang Ling Douluo and resolved to gain strength.
• Qian Renxue gave Li Xun a storage belt and saw him off as he and Bo Saixi departed for the Sun Moon Continent.
• Li Xun and Bo Saixi reached the continent and learned from its history that seven empires remained, with the Sun Flame Kingdom fighting the Ferrok Alliance.
• Li Xun studied the continent’s Soul Tools and learned that powerful Soul Masters bearing hammer Martial Souls had joined the Nia Alliance, identifying them as Clear Sky Sect members.

Li Xun and Bo Saixi met Sun Flame Kingdom ruler Xu Ran, revealed their origins and strength, and struck a deal for the kingdom to worship God King Li Xun in exchange for victory in the coming war. Li Xun also learned that the Clear Sky Sect had joined the Nia Alliance and was driving its expansion across the continent.

• Li Xun and Bo Saixi arrived at Sun Flame City and met Xu Ran and two Titled Douluo at the imperial palace.
• Bo Saixi revealed her Limit Douluo power and introduced herself as Sea God Island's High Priestess, while Li Xun claimed to be the Sea God's heir from another continent.
• Xu Ran sought cooperation with Li Xun, who offered to help the Sun Flame Kingdom win the war if it worshipped God King Li Xun.
• Xu Ran accepted the agreement and received a wooden carving that resembled Li Xun as a thousand-armed Buddha.
• Xu Ran introduced Wang Hongchen and Xu Ye, then explained that the Clear Sky Sect had joined the Nia Alliance and was attacking neighboring regions.
• Li Xun said the Clear Sky Sect had once been the strongest sect under heaven on his continent and was now fleeing from them.

Li Xun and Bo Saixi entered the Evil Demon Forest to meet the seven-hundred-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant Lord and persuade it to become a god. The Tyrant Lord attacked before Li Xun could explain, but the pair escaped and Li Xun struck back as they reappeared at a distance.

• Xu Ran gave Li Xun civilian and military Soul Tool blueprints below the fourth grade, and Li Xun accepted them for the Empire’s future development.
• Li Xun and Bo Saixi studied information about the Evil Eye clan and prepared Flying Thunder God marks and Azure Blue Spear markers before entering the Evil Demon Forest.
• Li Xun and Bo Saixi encountered two powerful Evil Eye Tyrants, broke their spiritual illusion, and said they had come to speak with the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Lord arrived and dismissed Li Xun’s offer to discuss becoming a god, then fired a massive red beam at him and Bo Saixi.
• Li Xun teleported himself and Bo Saixi away from the blast, then sent a hair-thin object toward the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord, which the beast knocked aside after it hurt its eye.

Li Xun and Bo Saixi attacked the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord and his clan in the Evil Demon Forest, trading powerful techniques while using spatial abilities to evade his strikes. After the Evil Emperor unleashed his life-draining Time-Space Light and charged after them, Li Xun took Bo Saixi back to Sun Flame City for a drink before planning to return.

• Li Xun summoned his Thousand Hands Great Buddha while Bo Saixi prepared to fight, and the Evil Eye Clan attacked them in response.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Lord emerged and destroyed the Great Buddha with Destruction Light, but Li Xun and Bo Saixi escaped and counterattacked with ice explosions, water, and sword techniques.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Lord used Time-Space Light to freeze the battlefield and drain spiritual power, then rushed toward Li Xun and Bo Saixi.
• Li Xun and Bo Saixi vanished from the Evil Demon Forest, and the enraged Evil Eye Tyrant Lord attacked the forest in frustration.
• Li Xun took Bo Saixi to Sun Flame City, poured himself water, and said they would return after drinking.