Chapter Summaries

After resolving matters with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s family, Ye Wen reunited with the Snow Empress and invited her to join his mission to save Douluo Star from the God Realm. The Snow Empress accepted and merged into Ye Wen’s right arm as his companion.

• Ye Wen wished the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's family well, and they sank into the sea.
• Ye Wen met the Snow Empress and learned that she had secretly watched over him for years.
• Ye Wen told the Snow Empress he planned to hunt an Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, and she warned him not to harm Soul Beasts in the Extreme North Ice Plains.
• Ye Wen invited the Snow Empress to ascend to the God Realm with him and help save Douluo Star from within.
• The Snow Empress accepted Ye Wen as her king, pledged to be his sword, and merged into his right arm.

Ye Wen returned to Sea God Island to begin the Sea God inheritance and agreed to share dinner with Bo Saixi, who drugged him and took him to her bedroom. After their encounter, Ye Wen said he would take responsibility and make Bo Saixi his wife.

• Ye Wen returned to Sea God Island after Snow Empress’s sacrifice and prepared to begin the Sea God inheritance.
• Ye Wen told Bo Saixi he would revive her after she sacrificed herself to open the Inheritance Secret Realm.
• Bo Saixi invited Ye Wen to dinner, then drugged his wine and carried him to her bedroom.
• Ye Wen regained control and fought back, and the two spent the night together.
• Bo Saixi apologized, and Ye Wen promised to take responsibility for her and introduce her to his family.

Ye Wen entered the Sea God inheritance after reviving Bo Saixi and passed its trials, becoming the new Sea God. The chapter left him poised to begin the main storyline.

• Bo Saixi activated the Sea God inheritance, and Ye Wen revived her before entering the secret realm.
• Ye Wen asked the Sea God to spare Cang Lao, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and Snow Empress during the trials.
• Ye Wen passed the seven emotions trial and endured the forging of his Soul Bones into Sea Godly Equipment.
• Ye Wen passed the Divine Equipment forging stage and gained strength rivaling a Second-Level God.
• Ye Wen completed the God Position inheritance, summoned the Sea God Trident, and declared himself the Sea God.

Ye Wen returned from the inheritance grounds, reunited with his family, and later went with Ah Yin to observe Tang Hao and a transformed Soul Beast. He identified the woman as a powerful Thunderclap Hell Vine and questioned why she had transformed instead of facing her Heavenly Tribulation.

• Ye Wen reunited with his family, while the academy’s core members completed their trials with greatly improved cultivation and Soul Rings.
• Ye Wen set up an exchange between Heavenly Path Academy and Sea God Island and created Soul Ring Simulation Soul Tools to conceal the academy members’ unusually powerful rings.
• After hearing that Tang Xiao had returned to the Clear Sky Sect, Ye Wen took Ah Yin to watch Tang Hao and a woman hiding from Spirit Hall in a forest.
• The woman told Tang Hao that Spirit Hall’s pursuit was making their life in hiding miserable, while Tang Hao promised they could be safer once he became a Titled Douluo.
• Ye Wen identified the woman as a transformed Thunderclap Hell Vine with at least two hundred thousand years of cultivation and wondered why she had chosen to transform.

Ye Wen and Ah Yin encountered Ah Yu, a transformed Thunderclap Hell Vine who was traveling with Tang Hao, and Ye Wen secretly gave her a life-saving safeguard. The couple left Ah Yu with the imprint of Ye Wen’s Resurrection Divine Skill as Ye Wen considered how it might complicate the Asura God’s plans.

• Ah Yu went to wash in a nearby pool, but Ye Wen and Ah Yin appeared and revealed they knew she was a Soul Beast.
• Ye Wen overwhelmed Ah Yu with his divine Soul Rings, then reassured her that he and Ah Yin meant no harm.
• Ye Wen asked whether Ah Yu loved Tang Hao and offered her somewhere safe to live, but she insisted they were happy and that Tang Hao knew her identity.
• Ye Wen offered Ah Yu a safeguard that could save her life if she preserved her soul in her original body, and she accepted his Time Orb imprint.
• Ah Yin questioned Ye Wen’s motives as they returned, while Ye Wen thought the safeguard might test whether Tang Hao could oppose his mother and whether the Asura God was watching.

Five years later, Heavenly Path Academy had won the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament twice, and Ye Wen learned that Qian Xunji had gone to capture Ah Yin. Bibi Dong volunteered to kill her teacher to advance Ye Wen’s plans, while Tang Hao faced Qian Xunji, Ghost Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo outside the village where Ah Yin was giving birth.

• Heavenly Path Academy’s students won the tournament again, and Ye Wen’s Ten Core Disciples became known as the Ten Outstanding.
• Bibi Dong told Ye Wen that Qian Xunji had acted as expected and brought two Titled Douluo to capture Ah Yin.
• Ye Wen decided that Qian Xunji had to be dealt with, and Bibi Dong offered to kill him and help create Ye Wen’s ideal world.
• Ye Wen and Bibi Dong discussed the plan in a secret chamber, after which Bibi Dong left Heavenly Path Academy.
• Tang Hao recognized Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Qian Xunji approaching the village while Ah Yin was giving birth.

Tang Hao fought Qian Xunji, Ghost Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo while Ah Yu gave birth, then watched Ah Yu sacrifice herself to save him and their child. After defeating and severely injuring the three Titled Douluo, Tang Hao spared Qian Xunji and fled with the newborn and a seed.

• Tang Hao battled Qian Xunji, Ghost Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo away from the house as Ah Yu went into labor.
• After hearing the newborn cry, Tang Hao was struck by the three Douluo, and Ah Yu carried the child outside.
• Ah Yu sacrificed herself, becoming a red Soul Ring that raised Tang Hao's cultivation to level 93.
• Grief-stricken, Tang Hao used Ring Detonation and the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes to break the Two Instruments Stillness Domain and severely injure all three Douluo.
• Tang Hao shattered Qian Xunji's breastbone but stopped himself from killing the Pope, then fled with the child and a seed.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo checked on the injured Qian Xunji while Ghost Douluo approached.

Bibi Dong killed Qian Xunji and framed Tang Hao, then secured Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo’s cooperation. After hearing their prepared account, Qian Daoliu vowed to take revenge on the Clear Sky Sect.

• Bibi Dong appeared before Qian Xunji, Ghost Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo, then struck Qian Xunji with Tang Hao’s simulated Soul Power and killed him.
• Bibi Dong told Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to claim that Tang Hao had killed Qian Xunji, and threatened them into following her.
• Ye Wen revealed that he had used a Soul Tool to copy Tang Hao’s Soul Power and secretly finish off Qian Xunji.
• Qian Daoliu emerged from seclusion, heard Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo’s prepared lie, and vowed to make the Clear Sky Sect pay.

Bibi Dong became Spirit Hall’s acting Pope and was ordered to lead a campaign against the Clear Sky Sect while Qian Daoliu focused on Qian Renxue’s divine inheritance. After learning Spirit Hall planned to leave the sect with only two Titled Douluo, Tang Wei ordered the Clear Sky Sect to abandon its home and retreat to a prepared refuge.

• Bibi Dong urged Qian Daoliu to spare Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo and focus his retaliation on the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Daoliu appointed Bibi Dong Spirit Hall’s acting Pope and assigned her the campaign against the Clear Sky Sect, reserving enemies above Level 95 for the Worship Hall.
• Bibi Dong reported that the Clear Sky Sect had six Titled Douluo besides Tang Hao, and Qian Daoliu ordered that only two be left alive.
• Qian Daoliu departed with Qian Xunji’s corpse as Spirit Hall mobilized five thousand high-level soul masters, alarming the continent.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders blamed Tang Hao for provoking Spirit Hall, and Tang Wei ordered the sect to pack up and withdraw to its secluded refuge.

The Clear Sky Sect abandoned its affiliated forces and fled, while Spirit Hall attacked those forces under Bibi Dong’s command. Qian Daoliu confronted Tang Wei in the deserted sect hall, where Tang Wei offered his life in exchange for sparing the Clear Sky Sect’s descendants.

• The Clear Sky Sect forced out its affiliated forces to protect its hidden location, and Tang Xiao recalled how the elders had plotted to exploit Ah Yu and how Tang Hao’s relationship with her led to Spirit Hall discovering them.
• Bibi Dong led Spirit Hall’s Soul Master legion against the affiliated forces, whose members pleaded, fled, and fought as old grudges were settled.
• Bibi Dong brought only Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo, following Qian Daoliu’s plan for her to establish her authority by defeating the Clear Sky Sect’s lower-ranked forces.
• Qian Daoliu entered the deserted Clear Sky Sect council hall, and Tang Wei offered his life and begged him to spare the sect’s bloodline.

Qian Daoliu killed Tang Wei and hunted down the Clear Sky Sect’s strongest elders as its forces fled, while Bibi Dong continued pursuing the remaining groups. The sect survived in a crippled state, but Spirit Hall’s assault pushed the empires and rival sects to unite against its growing threat.

• Qian Daoliu killed Tang Wei, who died regretting how he had raised Tang Hao and his brother and hoping Xiao'er could lead the Clear Sky Sect.
• The Clear Sky Sect’s four affiliated clans scattered to draw off Spirit Hall’s pursuers, and most of the Four Single Attribute Clans’ heads were killed except Bai He.
• Bibi Dong ordered the pursuit to continue and directed Spirit Hall to kill the Clear Sky Sect’s Super Douluo while leaving the sect alive.
• Qian Daoliu tracked down and killed the Great Elder and the Second Elder, slaughtering more than a hundred Clear Sky Sect disciples before returning to Spirit Hall.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect proposed an alliance among the Three Upper Sects, while the two great empires courted them and secretly sent talented youths to Heavenly Path Academy.
• Bibi Dong condemned Qian Daoliu for sparing the remaining Clear Sky Sect groups and vowed that the sect would never rise again.

Bibi Dong became Spirit Hall’s new Pope while Tang Xiao took control of the weakened Clear Sky Sect. Ye Wen’s family grew with the births of three children, leaving Heavenly Path Academy with an heir to its legacy.

• Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo killed Third Elder and the Clear Sky Sect members in his group.
• Tang Xiao defeated Fourth Elder and declared himself the Clear Sky Sect’s acting Sect Master, Roaring Sky Douluo.
• Bibi Dong ascended to the papal throne and began handling Spirit Hall’s affairs instead of immediately launching reforms.
• Ah Yin gave birth to twins, Ye Tianxin and Ye Tianchen, and Bo Saixi later gave birth to Ye Tianshui.

After the birth of his three children, Ye Wen expanded access to education and established Truth Pavilion to gather and preserve Soul Master theories. The pavilion opened with few researchers, but Spirit Hall publicly recognized its degrees and promised protection to its Grandmasters and Sages.

• Ye Wen collected Ye Buyi's soul after his great-grandfather died, intending to revive him once he fulfilled his undertaking.
• Ye Wen opened Truth Bookstores across major cities, selling an inexpensive character guide and other books while arranging lessons in pronunciation.
• Ye Wen announced Truth Pavilion's recruitment of Soul Master researchers, offering assessment degrees, stipends, and a system for publishing theories.
• Huo Rui asked Ye Wen why he had founded Truth Pavilion, and Ye Wen said the reason would become clear in time.
• Bibi Dong publicly recognized Truth Pavilion as a neutral power and granted its Grandmasters and Sages the same protection as Spirit Hall's own.

Yu Xiaogang and Flender traveled to Heavenly Path Academy after Yu Xiaogang decided to take its assessment and earn a lasting reputation. They arrived in prosperous Heavenly Path Town, where the academy’s neutrality and orderly life impressed them.

• Bibi Dong publicly supported the Truth Pavilion, boosting her prestige and earning Ye Wen the title of Sage.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender, now famous Soul Kings with a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill, read a notice offering rewards for an assessment at Heavenly Path Academy.
• Flender tried to dissuade Yu Xiaogang from making the long journey, but Yu Xiaogang insisted that the assessment could make his name known across the continent.
• Flender accompanied Yu Xiaogang to Heavenly Path Town, a prosperous settlement that had grown around Heavenly Path Academy.
• A teahouse owner praised Ye Wen for keeping rents affordable and protecting local businesses from officials, soldiers, and war.

Yu Xiaogang submitted a theory paper to the Truth Pavilion, but Ye Wen rejected it for unsupported claims and plagiarism. After passing the Scholar assessment, Yu Xiaogang failed the Bachelor assessment by giving unsuitable cultivation advice.

• Yu Xiaogang submitted his theory that Tool Martial Souls were more supportive than Beast Martial Souls for the Truth Pavilion’s Grandmaster and Sage assessments.
• Ye Wen rejected Yu Xiaogang’s paper, citing speculation, missing sources, and plagiarism, and advised him to start with lower degrees.
• Yu Xiaogang read the Pavilion’s paper-writing guidelines, felt embarrassed about failing to cite his sources, and chose to pursue a doctoral degree before returning to his clan.
• Yu Xiaogang passed the Scholar assessment and received a Black Iron Truth badge.
• Yu Xiaogang failed the Bachelor assessment after recommending Beast Martial Soul Rings for a high-grade plant Martial Soul.

Yu Xiaogang’s theory was rejected because it neglected long-term cultivation and future generations, though he eventually earned a silver Truth Badge after revising his work. Meanwhile, Ye Wen began creating second Martial Souls for his three children, using their bloodlines and the malleability of his own Martial Soul origins.

• A Heavenly Path Academy reviewer explained that Yu Xiaogang’s method could lead Soul Masters to Soul Saint but would limit their later growth and their descendants’ potential.
• Yu Xiaogang rejected the reviewer’s judgment but left without making a public scene, then spent several days revising his answers.
• Yu Xiaogang earned a silver Truth Badge and hoped to someday become known as a Grandmaster Sage.
• Ye Wen sensed the Sea God bloodline in his children and began weaving second Martial Souls for them.
• Ye Wen drew on the malleability of his Time Orb and Void Cloth Martial Soul origins as he worked to transform and bestow Martial Souls.

Ye Wen gave Ye Tianxin and his second son custom Tool Martial Souls, then decided to strengthen Ye Tianshui with the Ice Dragon King's bloodline. He secretly extracted blood from both the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, preparing to transform Ye Tianshui's origins.

• Ye Wen created a blue-gold red-tasseled spear Martial Soul for Ye Tianxin and placed it in her bloodline beside her Sea God Martial Soul.
• Ye Wen gave his second son a blue-gold greatsaber Martial Soul and considered Dao Ba a suitable teacher for saber techniques.
• Ye Wen decided that Ye Tianshui would benefit more from a Beast Martial Soul based on the Ice Dragon King than from a Tool Martial Soul.
• Ye Wen traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and descended under the protection of Divine Power.
• Ye Wen carefully extracted a head-sized amount of blood from each of the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King, then left the well.

Ye Wen learned that his disciple Lin Ping was Yang Wuhui of the Breaking Clan, and she asked him to save her family from Spirit Hall. He agreed on the condition that the clan join Heavenly Path Academy, then sent her to deliver his Sage’s Emblem as the clan’s protection.

• Ye Wen recognized Lin Ping’s aura and deduced that she was a woman from the Yang Family of the Breaking Clan.
• Yang Wuhui revealed her identity and begged Ye Wen to save her clan from Spirit Hall’s pursuit.
• Ye Wen agreed to stop Spirit Hall from hunting the Breaking Clan if it joined Heavenly Path Academy.
• Ye Wen gave Yang Wuhui his Sage’s Emblem and instructed her to show it to Spirit Hall’s people.
• Yang Wuhui hurried to find her family while Yang Wudi lamented the Clear Sky Sect’s abandonment and worried about his captured younger brother.

Yang Wudi’s Breaking Clan was ambushed by Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo while fleeing toward Heavenly Path Territory, but Yang Wuhui arrived with Ye Wen’s authority and secured their release. The clan settled in Heavenly Path Territory, where Yang Wudi met Ye Wen and learned that his rescue was part of a larger plan.

• Yang Wudi fought Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to protect the fleeing Breaking Clan, but they defeated him and demanded that he surrender to Spirit Hall.
• Yang Wuhui arrived and presented Ye Wen’s Sage’s Emblem, declaring that the Breaking Clan had become an affiliated clan under Heavenly Path Academy.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo spared Yang Wudi and told Yang Wuhui that the Pope wanted Ye Wen to travel to Spirit City.
• Yang Wuhui treated Yang Wudi’s injuries, and the two gathered the surviving clan members and led them to Heavenly Path Territory.
• Yang Wudi settled the Breaking Clan in Heavenly Path Town and visited Ye Wen, who considered the clan’s recruitment part of his wider plans.

Ye Wen visited Bibi Dong in Spirit City, where she asked him to provide Soul Saints to strengthen her position within Spirit Hall. After he took Yang Wushuang back with him, Bibi Dong revealed that she had been seeking a medicine the Breaking Clan could not make and began considering a divine position offered by a mysterious voice.

• Ye Wen agreed to provide Bibi Dong with about a hundred Soul Saints, planning to prepare Soul Tools that could conceal the Sea Soul Masters' auras.
• Ye Wen asked Bibi Dong why she had captured Yang Wushuang, and she claimed she wanted the Breaking Clan's Soul Breaking Spear users and medicine-making skills.
• Ye Wen agreed to take in the Breaking Clan and left Spirit City with Yang Wushuang after dinner with Bibi Dong.
• After Ye Wen left, Bibi Dong angrily complained that the Breaking Clan could not refine the medicine she wanted.
• A mysterious voice offered Bibi Dong a divine position, and she asked whether its power could affect even a god.