Chapter Summaries

Su Wen obtained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Xue Ye and later attacked Tang San at Shrek Academy, killing Dai Mubai. Tang San narrowly survived Su Wen’s spatial blades, and a blood-colored figure descended to protect him.

• Xue Ye gave Su Wen the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Su Wen discussed Sea God Island assessments with Zhan Tian Douluo.
• Half a month later, Tang San infiltrated the World of Learning and discovered its thriving Virtual World.
• Su Wen and Zhan Tian Douluo arrived at Shrek Academy, where Su Wen warned everyone that he had come for Tang San.
• Su Wen killed Dai Mubai with a spatial blade and threatened the others, while Zhu Zhuqing held Dai Mubai’s body.
• Su Wen sent dozens of spatial blades toward Tang San, but Tang San dodged the fatal attack with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• A blood-colored figure descended amid surging blood energy and Slaughter Qi after Tang San was wounded but survived.

Su Wen faced Tang Chen as he tried to kill the Clear Sky Sect survivors, then used a dangerous Soul Skill to pull them both into the Life and Death Arena. The arena reduced them to six-year-old bodies and stripped away their Soul Power, leaving Tang Chen confident his childhood training would give him the advantage.

• Su Wen recognized Tang Chen and refused to back down, recounting how Tang Hao’s actions had led to his parents’ deaths and declaring he would kill the Clear Sky Sect survivors.
• Tang Chen unfolded Divine Slaughter’s Domain and attacked Su Wen, while Su Wen revealed his six soul rings and used his sixth Soul Skill, Space-Time Chaos, to reach the Life and Death Arena.
• Su Wen detonated all six Soul Rings, broke through Tang Chen’s spatial seal, and dragged them both through a vortex into the arena.
• The Life and Death Arena reset Su Wen and Tang Chen to six-year-old bodies and removed their Soul Power and Martial Souls.
• Tang Chen accepted the arena’s death-match rules but believed his Clear Sky Sect childhood training would let him defeat Su Wen.

Su Wen used the Life and Death Arena to awaken his martial soul and kill Tang Chen, then returned to Shrek Academy and killed Tang San. He attacked the remaining Shrek members, leaving them to summon the Golden Triangle as a pig fell into their formation.

• Tang Chen discovered that the arena had reduced him to a six-year-old state and prevented him from sensing his martial soul or trial information.
• Su Wen awakened his martial soul by himself, formed a book, and used fire, wind, and earth attacks against Tang Chen.
• Su Wen overwhelmed Tang Chen and killed him with wind blades before returning to Shrek Academy with his corpse.
• Su Wen killed Tang San and announced that he intended to eliminate the remaining Shrek members.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong formed the Golden Triangle, and a pig dropped into the center of their array.

After Tang San's death, Su Wen defeated the Golden Holy Dragon and killed Flender and the Shrek Seven Devils, sparing Yu Xiaogang and the Fire Dragon Soul Master because a powerful figure stood behind Yu Xiaogang. Su Wen and Zhan Tian Douluo left for Sea God Island.

• Yu Xiaogang had broken through Level 30 but had not obtained his Third Soul Ring, hoping to use an over-level ring to improve his martial soul.
• Su Wen bound the Golden Holy Dragon with golden chains and used wind blades to kill the Shrek Seven Devils.
• The Golden Holy Dragon weakened and returned to Yu Xiaogang as Luo San Pao, while Su Wen killed Flender with spatial wind blades.
• Su Wen spared Yu Xiaogang and the Fire Dragon Soul Master, telling the others they might enter the World of Learning, then flew away with Zhan Tian Douluo.
• Su Wen told Zhan Tian Douluo that a possibly Peerless Douluo stood behind Yu Xiaogang and was troublesome because she could revive the dead.
• Su Wen and Zhan Tian Douluo set off for Sea God Island.

Su Wen and Zhan Tian Douluo prepared for a potentially dangerous journey to Sea God Island, deciding not to bring Ning Rongrong until they knew whether the Sea God was hostile. In Skysea City, Su Wen met with the Xu Family Head and confirmed that their ship and crew were ready for the voyage.

• Zhan Tian Douluo asked why Su Wen had not brought Ning Rongrong, and Su Wen explained that the trip to Sea God Island could be nearly certain death.
• Su Wen warned Zhan Tian Douluo that Bo Saixi might seek revenge for Tang Chen’s death, and they agreed to keep their involvement secret.
• Su Wen met Xu Jiawei in Skysea City, where Xu Jiawei confirmed that the Xu Family had prepared a deep-sea sailboat and recruited sailors.
• Su Wen recalled helping Xu Xingyuan evolve his Star Wheel Ice Staff into a Star Staff, and Xu Jiawei asked whether his son should attend an academy.

Su Wen met Xu Xingyuan, whose family hoped he would join the Academy to study their rare Star Wheel Ice Staff inheritance. Xu Jiawei then showed Su Wen the sailing ship Pioneer and introduced its Sea Soul Master boatswain, Hai Da, whose Gift of the Sea strengthened Sea Soul Masters and let them fight effectively on land and at sea.

• Xu Jiawei asked Su Wen to let Xu Xingyuan join the Academy to study Martial Soul theory and help preserve the Xu family's Star Wheel Ice Staff inheritance.
• Su Wen approved Xu Xingyuan's Academy studies and urged him to make good use of his talent after his Martial Soul's successful evolution.
• Xu Jiawei showed Su Wen the ship built for his voyage, and Su Wen named it Pioneer.
• Xu Jiawei introduced the ship's boatswain, Hai Da, a fifty-third-rank Battle Soul King with a Megalodon Martial Soul.
• Xu Jiawei and Hai Da explained that Gift of the Sea was a blessing gained by devoted Sea Soul Masters, giving them an ocean-like presence and enhancing their strength at sea and on land.

Su Wen prepared to sail out to sea while advancing the Academy Branch’s research and managing the dangerous slaughter qi corroding his body. Three days later, he reached the shore, where the Pioneer was ready to depart.

• Su Wen agreed that the Sea God’s widespread faith explained his abundant power, then told Hai Da and Xu Jiawei he would sail in three days.
• Su Wen spent his remaining time at the Academy Branch, where Scholars with Book Martial Souls exchanged research and Bai Yuan organized a project on Inheritance Soul Rings.
• Su Wen used a cultivation room to clear some of the slaughter qi corroding him after he killed Tang San, while using its pressure to temper his body.
• Three days later, Su Wen arrived at the seaside, where the Xu Clan and sailors had brought the Pioneer to the docks.

Su Wen and Hai Da planned a safer route to Sea God Island and began a long voyage aboard the Pioneer. After twenty days at sea, they entered the deep sea and encountered a sudden storm filled with lightning.

• Hai Da warned Su Wen that the route to Sea God Island crossed dangerous waters, so Su Wen ordered the ship to detour around the region where the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King might be.
• Hai Da accepted the uncharted route, explaining that Sea Soul Masters dreamed of conquering the sea as Lord Sea God had done.
• Su Wen and Hai Da set sail aboard the Pioneer with a skilled crew and Zhan Tian Douluo prepared to protect them.
• Ten days into the voyage, the Pioneer left coastal waters and began encountering groups of Sea Soul Beasts in the deep sea.
• After another ten days, a sudden storm darkened the sky, and Su Wen woke from seclusion to see lightning gathering around the ship.

Su Wen studied how the sea’s sudden disasters transformed Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, then realized that artistic intent could rapidly influence the surrounding energy. After the Pioneer survived the storm, Zhan Tian Douluo connected Su Wen’s insight to Soul Saints’ ability to mobilize Heaven and Earth Power, and Su Wen resolved to pursue the principle further.

• As storms, lightning, hurricanes, and tsunamis battered the Pioneer, Zhan Tian Douluo directed the crew to use Su Wen’s formation to protect the ship while he resisted the worst attacks.
• Su Wen observed how the disaster changed the surrounding Origin Qi and considered how artistic intent could imitate nature’s rapid transformations.
• The storm passed, leaving the Pioneer in clear weather, and Hai Da and the sailors celebrated their survival.
• When the sailors asked what Su Wen had learned, he explained that intent could influence and assimilate surrounding Origin Qi.
• Zhan Tian Douluo compared Su Wen’s insight to a Soul Saint’s ability to mobilize Heaven and Earth Power, while Su Wen argued that understanding the shared principle could benefit him.

Su Wen taught Hai Da and the sailors how to use visualization methods to comprehend conceptions and influence Heaven and Earth Origin Qi. Their voyage aboard the Pioneer became an opportunity for cultivation, and Su Wen ended by telling the sailors to focus on sailing while he handled the storms.

• Su Wen explained how conception could combine with other methods of mobilizing Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, and described Hai Da's Oceanic Conception.
• Su Wen directed the sailors to use visualization methods in the World of Learning to comprehend conceptions.
• Hai Da entered the Visualization Method's Inheritance Space, completed visualization in three days, and opened his Sea of Consciousness.
• Ten of the fifteen sailors touched the threshold of visualization, and Su Wen recorded their experience as guidance for the Academy.
• As the Pioneer encountered repeated storms, Hai Da refined his Oceanic Conception, while Su Wen and Zhan Tian Douluo also gained insight from the weather.
• Su Wen told the sailors to stop maintaining the array and concentrate on sailing, as he would handle the storms.

Su Wen sensed a powerful Sea Soul Beast clan ahead and identified a Star God Clam beneath a pillar of light, recognizing the creature’s value. He and the others faced the prospect of confronting the beasts for its Soul Bone, though none of them needed its Soul Ring.

• Su Wen protected the Pioneer with the Heavenly Book’s golden barrier while the crew cultivated during their voyage.
• After two and a half months at sea, Su Wen warned that danger was approaching, and the Sailors prepared for another storm.
• Su Wen detected powerful Sea Soul Beasts nearby, and Hai Da ordered the crew to change course and leave their territory.
• Su Wen spotted a pillar of light and used his Illusion Spirit Eye to identify the Star God Clam beneath it.
• Su Wen explained that the Star God Clam’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone were more valuable than its pearl, but noted that none of them needed its Soul Ring.

Su Wen explained how to raise the chance of a soul bone dropping from a clam-type soul beast, then set out to mark a Star God Clam whose soul ring could later benefit Ning Rongrong. He encountered the Sea Princess Clan and tried to explain why he had entered their territory.

• Su Wen said clam-type soul beasts were most likely to drop soul bones while condensing a pearl in an energy state, but clarified that he wanted the Star God Clam’s soul ring for Ning Rongrong.
• Su Wen told Hai Da and the others to flee aboard the Pioneer while Zhan Tian Douluo stayed behind to protect it, then flew off alone.
• Su Wen crossed the barrier and approached the Sea Princess Clan, whose hundred-thousand-year mermaid leader confronted him.
• The mermaid accused Su Wen of bringing malice into their territory after sensing his Spiritual Power on Xingxing.
• Su Wen claimed he had only been observing Xingxing, a Star God Clam, because he was a Scholar studying an unfamiliar Soul Beast.

Su Wen escaped the Sea Princess Clan after stealing a Star God Clam Pearl, which he planned to use for his girlfriend. The Pioneer sailed out of danger, and Su Wen connected his Spiritual Power to the World of Learning.

• The Sea Princess Clan attacked Su Wen, but he teleported to the Star God Clam and took its mature Clam Pearl.
• Su Wen used Golden Flowing Light to disrupt the mermen's control of the sea, then escaped with Hai Da and the others aboard the Pioneer.
• Hai Da warned Su Wen that the Sea Princess Clan was friendly to humans, and Su Wen acknowledged their powerful Spiritual Power.
• The Star God Clam told the Merman Princess that Su Wen had taken a pearl meant to help her little sister increase her cultivation.
• Su Wen explained that the Clam Pearl contained vast Star Power, and Zhan Tian Douluo told Hai Da it was intended for Su Wen's girlfriend.
• Su Wen stored the Clam Pearl and linked his Spiritual Power to the World of Learning.

Su Wen told Ning Rongrong about the Star God Clam and taught her a cultivation method to prepare for absorbing its Soul Ring and possibly its Soul Bone as her Sixth Soul Ring. After learning that soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest were rioting again, Su Wen considered the limits of Soul Spirit research and resolved to study Soul Rings after experiencing a God-bestowed Soul Ring.

• Su Wen showed Ning Rongrong a Star God Clam Pearl and promised to give it to her when he returned to Heaven Dou City.
• Su Wen explained that he planned for Ning Rongrong to hunt a fifty-thousand-year-old Star God Clam for her Sixth Soul Ring and described its powerful support abilities.
• Su Wen taught Ning Rongrong a cultivation method that could complement the Clam Pearl and help her prepare to absorb the Star God Clam's Soul Bone.
• Su Wen reflected that Soul Bone drops were influenced by a soul beast's emotions or will, while the Academy's scholars continued researching the matter.
• Su Wen learned that soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest were rioting and considered whether the Titan Giant Ape, the Sky Azure Bull Python, or the forest's deeper inhabitants were involved.
• Su Wen decided he needed to research Soul Rings after experiencing a God-bestowed Soul Ring and questioned whether Soul Spirit research could help without soul beast leaders' cooperation.

Su Wen and his companions reached Sea God Island after two and a half months at sea, having deepened their understanding of the ocean’s conception. The High Priest welcomed them as honored guests, and they were escorted toward Sea Maiden City to meet the guardian of its Sacred Pillar.

• Su Wen reflected on how Inheritance Soul Rings and soul masters’ pursuit of suitable Soul Skills could affect soul-ring hunting and selection.
• Hai Da spotted Sea God Island, and Su Wen warned the crew to stay cautious as they approached.
• Su Wen led the group ashore and stored the Pioneer, but Sea Soul Masters surrounded them and objected to land soul masters entering the island.
• The High Priest contacted the patrol leader and declared Su Wen’s group honored guests, allowing them to enter Sea God Island.
• Liu Hai explained that the island’s Seven Sacred Pillars guarded seven cities and that Sea Maiden Douluo guarded Sea Maiden City.
• Liu Hai revealed that Sea God Island had seven Titled Douluo and a High Priest at Rank 99.

Su Wen and his group arrived at Sea Maiden City and met Sea Maiden Douluo, who agreed to take them to the Sea Maiden Saint Pillar for Sea God's trial the next day. Afterward, Su Wen offered Liu Hai a chance to discover why he was known as Master Wen.

• Zhan Tian Douluo realized Sea God Island had formidable strength, including a Ninety-ninth Rank High Priest and seven Titled Douluo.
• Su Wen and his companions entered Sea Maiden City with Liu Hai, who asked whether Su Wen was their teacher.
• Hai Da and a sailor told Liu Hai that Su Wen was known as the teacher of soul masters across the continent.
• Sea Maiden Douluo said she could not sense Su Wen's thoughts and asked about the Sea Princess Clan's aura on him.
• Su Wen explained that they had met the Merman Princess and a Star God Clam, and that the clam had given him its Clam Pearl.
• Sea Maiden Douluo invited the group to stay and promised to take them to the Sea Maiden Saint Pillar the next day; Su Wen then tossed Liu Hai a ball of light and told him to sense it.

Liu Hai explored Su Wen’s Mountain of Books and Sea of Learning, then joined the outsiders as they began the Sea God’s trials at the Sea Maiden Saint Pillar. The first sailor’s trial ended with a deep yellow light, leaving his result short of a higher rank.

• Liu Hai used the Mountain of Books and Sea of Learning, then created a Soul Seal and explored the World of Learning.
• Su Wen and his companions rested before the Sea God’s trial, while Liu Hai stayed up exploring the World of Learning.
• Su Wen taught Hai Da and the others the Visualization Method, helping them restrain their thoughts against Sea Maiden Douluo’s Mind Reading.
• Sea Maiden Douluo led the eighteen outsiders to the Sea Maiden Saint Pillar, where a crowd gathered to watch.
• At Hai Da’s signal, a sailor stepped forward first, and Sea Maiden Douluo’s test caused the pillar of light on him to turn deep yellow.

Sea God Island’s assessment ceremony gave Hai Da a near-Red-rank Black assessment and Zhan Tian Douluo a Black assessment. As Su Wen began his own trial, the Saint Pillar’s light stirred the island and drew the attention of someone in the central temple.

• The fifteen sailors received their assessments, mostly yellow, while five earned purple, and Hai Da stepped forward to take his turn.
• Hai Da’s light climbed to the peak of Black Rank Six, flickering with red strands and astonishing Sea Maiden Douluo and Su Wen.
• Zhan Tian Douluo accepted his assessment, which turned black almost immediately, and received information along with a blue-gold glow over his War God Mark.
• Su Wen took the stage, and Sea Maiden Douluo began the ceremony despite her uncertainty about his assessment rank.
• The Saint Pillar’s light shot skyward and awakened the Soul Masters on Sea God Island, while a figure in the central temple opened their eyes toward it.

Su Wen received a God-level Nine Tests assessment from the Sea God, whose mark began strengthening the fusion between him and his Martial Soul. After starting his mission to spread knowledge across Sea God Island, he drew the island’s residents into the World of Learning as Sea Dragon Douluo arrived to escort Zhan Tian Douluo on his assignment.

• The Sea Maiden Saint Pillar’s light changed from blue to black, red, and finally pale gold, forming a book-shaped mark on Su Wen’s forehead.
• Sea Maiden Douluo received the High Priest’s message and told Su Wen that the Sea God had recognized his talent and would guide him.
• Su Wen learned that his God-level Nine Tests began with spreading knowledge across Sea God Island in exchange for a God-bestowed Soul Ring, and that the mark was increasing his Martial Soul fusion.
• Sea Maiden Douluo took Hai Da and the other sailors to cultivate, while Zhan Tian Douluo was assigned to help Sea Dragon Douluo eliminate dangerous Sea Soul Beasts.
• Su Wen asked the island’s residents to cooperate, then used Illusion to bring them into the World of Learning.
• Sea Dragon Douluo arrived, and Zhan Tian Douluo felt his pressure as the two Douluo met.

Su Wen refereed a battle between Sea Dragon Douluo and Zhan Tian Douluo, boosting Sea Dragon Douluo so they could fight evenly. After the two enjoyed their half-hour duel and recovered, Su Wen pulled Sea Dragon Douluo into the World of Learning.

• Sea Dragon Douluo challenged Zhan Tian Douluo to a fight, and Zhan Tian Douluo accepted.
• Su Wen agreed to referee and used the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda's sixth soul skill to amplify Sea Dragon Douluo's strongest attribute.
• Sea Dragon Douluo and Zhan Tian Douluo activated their Martial Soul True Bodies and domains, then fought hand to hand for half an hour.
• Sea Dragon Douluo and Zhan Tian Douluo praised the satisfying battle, and Su Wen healed their injuries.
• Su Wen invited Sea Dragon Douluo to experience the World of Learning and pulled him inside before he could respond.