Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao secured a Rank 8 Flying Soul Tool in the sale of the All-Terrain Detection Soul Tool Blueprint and gave it to Dugu Yan so she could search for a God Seat inheritance. He also gave her a Rank 9 defensive Soul Tool, then realized he should pursue the Sea God inheritance himself before the others surpassed him.

• Huo Yuhao sold the All-Terrain Detection Soul Tool Blueprint to Hu Liena for one Rank 8 Flying Soul Tool and forty-eight million Gold Soul Coins.
• Huo Yuhao agreed with Qian Renxue that he would keep the flying Soul Tool while the empire took the money.
• Huo Yuhao gave Dugu Yan the Rank 8 Flying Soul Tool so she could travel to search for a God Seat inheritance, and she agreed to leave the next day.
• Huo Yuhao decided it was time to kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and inherit the Sea God's God Seat.
• Huo Yuhao gave Dugu Yan Xiao Wu's Rank 9 Soul Tool, Red Dust's Blessing, to protect her on her journey.

Huo Yuhao comforted Ning Rongrong after she grew jealous of Zhu Zhuqing, then decided to delay hunting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King until Dugu Yan found a God Seat inheritance. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong received blueprints for an All-Terrain Detection Soul Tool and was astonished that Huo Yuhao had apparently designed it himself.

• Ning Rongrong asked Zhu Zhuqing why Huo Yuhao seemed to favor her and Dugu Yan, then left feeling insecure about her figure.
• Huo Yuhao visited Ning Rongrong that night, reassured her that he loved her for her own qualities, and explained that Zhu Zhuqing's figure was only a bonus.
• Huo Yuhao decided to postpone going with Wang Qiuer to kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King until Dugu Yan obtained a God Seat inheritance.
• Bibi Dong read Hu Liena's letter and learned more about the All-Terrain Detection Soul Tool and its capabilities.
• Bibi Dong examined the complete blueprints and wondered how Huo Yuhao had produced them, since she believed the research should take at least ten years.

Bibi Dong received the All-Terrain Detection Soul Tool blueprints from Hu Liena’s deal with Huo Yuhao and gave them to a Rank 9 Soul Engineer to study. Six months later, Dugu Yan found Tang San beneath a god’s statue in a valley and attacked him, but their fight remained unresolved as Tang San fled her Soul Tools.

• Bibi Dong praised Hu Liena’s decisiveness in agreeing to a sixty-million deal and felt reassured about her ability to lead Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong handed the All-Terrain Detection Soul Tool blueprints to a Rank 9 Soul Engineer, who was astonished to learn they had come from a young man.
• Six months later, Dugu Yan searched a valley after hearing of a mysterious stone statue and discovered Tang San sitting beneath it.
• Dugu Yan attacked Tang San with Jade Phosphorus Purple Poison and Soul Tools after declaring that he deserved to die.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to evade Dugu Yan’s attacks, but her weapons and Invincible Shield kept him from getting close.

Tang San escaped Dugu Yan after she thwarted his attempt to kill her, then fled when she ambushed him from the air. Dugu Yan reported his Slaughter God inheritance to Huo Yuhao, who planned to track Tang San and complete his Sea God trial, unaware that Wang Qiuer could finish her own divine trial once she met Tang San.

• Tang San used his Divine Slaughter's Domain to threaten Dugu Yan, but her vigilance kept him at a distance, so he retreated from the valley.
• Dugu Yan attacked Tang San with fixed soul cannon shells, but he evaded them and escaped through a small city while she returned to Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Yan told Huo Yuhao that Tang San had obtained the Slaughter God's inheritance, and Huo Yuhao recognized the valley as its inheritance site.
• Huo Yuhao brought Dugu Yan to Wang Qiuer and explained Tang San's new power and the danger of his future attack.
• Wang Qiuer said her divine trial required her to see Tang San, while Huo Yuhao planned to alert Xue Qinghe and complete the Sea God assessment soon.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiuer dismissed Tang San as a threat, then Huo Yuhao brought Dugu Yan to join Wang Qiuer in bed. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue began her seventh Angel God trial and faced an illusion that revealed the truth about her parents, leaving her torn over how to regard Bibi Dong.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiuer agreed that Tang San had lost his former power and could be killed.
• Huo Yuhao stopped Dugu Yan from leaving and carried her to Wang Qiuer, extinguishing the lights as they reached the bed.
• Qian Renxue touched the Angel God statue and entered the endless golden space of her seventh trial.
• Qian Renxue's illusion showed Bibi Dong, who claimed Qian Xunji had violated her and that she had killed him in revenge.
• Qian Renxue rejected Bibi Dong's revelations at first, then struggled with the confirmed truth and wondered how she could face her mother.

Qian Renxue confronted an illusion of her father, Qian Xunji, and gained a clearer understanding of Bibi Dong’s pain before the dream shifted to a wedding involving Huo Yuhao. It left her embracing Huo Yuhao and tearing open his groom’s robe.

• Qian Xunji told Qian Renxue that he had raped Bibi Dong and claimed his death had repaid his debt to her.
• Qian Renxue rejected Qian Xunji, walked past him, and escaped the painful vision of her father.
• Qian Renxue found herself trapped in a bridal chamber, watching Huo Yuhao arrive and mistakenly call her Xiao Wu.
• Huo Yuhao realized the bride was actually Xue Qinghe and accused her of deceiving him, while Qian Renxue pleaded with him not to end their friendship.
• When Huo Yuhao tried to leave, Qian Renxue pulled him into her arms, tore open his groom’s robe, and straddled him.

After passing the Angel God’s seventh trial, Qian Renxue returned to Heaven Dou City and learned that Huo Yuhao was leaving to complete his final trial. Huo Yuhao then traveled with Xiao Wu and Wang Qiuer to the sea, where he prepared to claim the Sea God’s God Seat.

• Qian Renxue left Douluo Hall after telling Qian Daoliu she had passed the seventh trial, then reflected on her illusion and her conflicted feelings toward Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue returned to Heaven Dou City, retrieved her Xue Qinghe mask from Hu Liena, and met Huo Yuhao at the Imperial Palace.
• Huo Yuhao told Qian Renxue he would be away for three to five days to complete his final trial and attain a godhood.
• Huo Yuhao left Heaven Dou City with Xiao Wu and Wang Qiuer, traveling to Vast Sea City to begin his Sea God trial.
• Huo Yuhao sensed the sea responding to him through his ninety percent Sea God affinity, while Wang Qiuer discussed his coming first-class godhood and the Asura God’s God Seat.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Qiuer, and Xiao Wu confronted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in its lair. Huo Yuhao restrained the enormous beast with the Sea God’s Unfixed Waves and prepared to strike again.

• Huo Yuhao, Wang Qiuer, and Xiao Wu flew to the Demon Whale Sea Domain instead of returning to Sea God Island.
• Huo Yuhao revealed the Sea God Trident and his Soul Rings to draw out the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King surfaced, threatened Huo Yuhao, and attacked all three with a physical strike from its tail.
• Huo Yuhao used Unfixed Waves to bind the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in ten golden rings for eight seconds.
• Huo Yuhao raised the Sea God Trident again as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King struggled helplessly.

Huo Yuhao used the Sea God Trident to battle the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, countering its lightning and destroying its storm clouds. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King dodged Huo Yuhao’s control attacks and kept its distance as Huo Yuhao pressed forward.

• Huo Yuhao struck at the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with the Sea God Trident, but the whale shrank and transformed into an armored human form to evade the attack.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King declared that it would devour Huo Yuhao and claim the Sea God’s divine position, while Huo Yuhao chose to fight without first using his trump card.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King summoned storm clouds and attacked Huo Yuhao with lightning, but Huo Yuhao froze one bolt with Unfixed Waves and deflected the others with trident shadows.
• Huo Yuhao shattered the storm clouds with a giant trident phantom, then tried to trap the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with golden rings, but its human form let it dodge.
• Huo Yuhao flew at the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with a heavy trident strike, but the whale retreated and fired a thick bolt of lightning at him.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiuer killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, whose Golden Soul Ring appeared after his death. With the obstacle to Huo Yuhao’s ascension removed, his Soul Spirits celebrated their chance to reach the God Realm with him, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reflected on how events had overturned Tang San’s former position.

• Xiao Wu stopped the fleeing Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with giant flowers and pierced his body with their spikes.
• When the whale tried to self-destruct, Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiuer used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill to pierce his head and kill him.
• A Golden Soul Ring appeared, prompting Xiao Wu and the Soul Spirits to recognize the whale as a Million-Year Soul Beast.
• Huo Yuhao thanked his Soul Spirits and said that killing the whale had cleared the way for his ascension to godhood.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm celebrated Huo Yuhao’s success, and Huo Yuhao reflected on how his view of Tang San had changed.

Huo Yuhao absorbed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Soul Ring, completed the Sea God trials, and inherited the Sea God God Seat. In a golden vision, he discovered that the Xue Qinghe he had known was a woman impersonating the crown prince, leaving him uncertain about her identity but inclined to repay her kindness.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reflected that Huo Yuhao had finally turned against Tang San and agreed to let Wang Qiuer and Ju Zi kill him.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's million-year Soul Ring with help from his six Soul Spirits.
• Huo Yuhao completed the Sea God trials and received Divine Power that transformed his body and Soul Bones into a divine body and armor.
• A vision showed Huo Yuhao scenes of his past with Xue Qinghe before revealing that Xue Qinghe removed a mask and was a woman.
• Huo Yuhao wondered how long the woman had impersonated Xue Qinghe and what force supported her, but felt he should repay the kindness she had shown him.

Huo Yuhao watched the woman impersonating Xue Qinghe undergo her Inner Demon Trial and discovered that she was Bibi Dong’s daughter and a powerful Spirit Hall figure. He realized her inner demon involved unattainable love for him, and the scene ended as she tore his clothes in the illusion.

• Huo Yuhao saw the woman leave the palace, meet Hu Liena, and fly away, revealing her high status in Spirit Hall and Title Douluo cultivation.
• He watched the woman argue with Bibi Dong and inferred that she had persuaded the Pope to abandon plans against the Upper Three Sects.
• The woman entered a golden space and learned the truth about Bibi Dong’s past, confirming Huo Yuhao’s suspicion that she was Bibi Dong’s daughter.
• Huo Yuhao recognized himself in the woman’s Inner Demon Trial and saw an imagined wedding in which she became his bride instead of Xiao Wu.
• When the illusory Huo Yuhao tried to leave, the woman pulled him into her arms and tore his clothes.

Huo Yuhao returned to Sea God Island after becoming the Sea God, revealed his authority to Bo Saixi and the island’s worshippers, and went to see Dai Mubai. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao asking Dai Mubai to gather everyone so he could give them something.

• Huo Yuhao woke from an illusion, confirmed to Xiao Wu and Wang Qiuer that he had become the Sea God, and headed with them toward Sea God Island.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiuer tested their Martial Soul Fusion Skills, finding that Order's Destruction, God-Slaying Spear could threaten even a first-class god, while Xiao Wu also tried a fusion skill with Wang Qiuer.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi recognized his divine aura and knelt to greet him as Lord Sea God.
• Huo Yuhao changed Sea God statues across the ocean to show his likeness, gaining the faith of worshippers, and told Bo Saixi to remain High Priest and contact him through the statues if needed.
• Huo Yuhao went to the City Lord's Manor and reunited with Dai Mubai, who told him Tang San had left Sea God Island and was now wanted there.
• Huo Yuhao asked Dai Mubai to call everyone else out because he had something to give them.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuyun, then gave them four God-Bestowed Soul Rings and assured them they could leave Sea God Island after completing their trials. After he departed, Dai Mubai and Oscar began to suspect that Huo Yuhao had become the Sea God.

• Dai Mubai brought Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuyun to meet Huo Yuhao in the living room.
• Huo Yuhao told them to ask Bo Saixi about leaving Sea God Island after their trials, but kept his identity as the Sea God secret.
• Huo Yuhao gave each of them a God-Bestowed Soul Ring tailored to their martial soul and warned them not to trade the rings.
• Huo Yuhao left with Xiao Wu and Wang Qiuer, and the others celebrated their new Soul Rings.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar wondered how Huo Yuhao had produced rings perfectly suited to them, and Oscar's joke led them to suspect Huo Yuhao was the Sea God.

Huo Yuhao returned to Heaven Dou City after arranging God-Bestowed Soul Rings for Dai Mubai and his companions. He learned that Qian Renxue was the woman impersonating Xue Qinghe and, unsure how to handle their relationship, explained her identity to Wang Qiuer.

• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun realized Huo Yuhao had become the Sea God after he gave them God-Bestowed Soul Rings.
• Huo Yuhao told Bo Saixi about his promise to Dai Mubai and left Sea God Island, returning to Heaven Dou City by dawn.
• Huo Yuhao met Hu Liena at his residence and asked about the Pope’s daughter, learning her name was Qian Renxue.
• Huo Yuhao struggled over whether to reveal Qian Renxue’s identity or maintain their relationship, then went to ask Wang Qiuer for advice.
• Wang Qiuer guessed Huo Yuhao was troubled over a woman, and he explained that Xue Qinghe was actually Qian Renxue in disguise.

Huo Yuhao asked Wang Qiuer how to handle Qian Renxue’s feelings, and they agreed he should wait to see whether she confessed. Meanwhile, Tang San saw Huo Yuhao’s likeness on a Sea God statue and resolved to cultivate until he could protect himself and pursue revenge.

• Huo Yuhao told Wang Qiuer about Qian Renxue’s identity and asked whether he should reveal that he knew she was a woman; Wang Qiuer advised him to keep pretending he did not know.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiuer discussed his lack of romantic feelings for Qian Renxue and decided he would respond to her confession if one came.
• Tang San saw Huo Yuhao’s likeness on a Sea God statue and realized Huo Yuhao had become the Sea God.
• Tang San feared Huo Yuhao might also gain the Asura God seat, so he resolved to cultivate, become a god, and seek the God of Destruction’s protection before trying to take revenge.

After becoming a deity, Huo Yuhao discussed Spirit Hall’s future with Qian Renxue and resolved to prepare for the God Realm’s coming calamity. A year later, his companions had advanced rapidly, with most reaching Title Douluo while Wang Qiuer stood at rank ninety-nine.

• Tang San blamed Huo Yuhao for his misfortune and hoped he might travel through time again, then left to focus on cultivating.
• Huo Yuhao visited Qian Renxue and told her he had become a deity and could protect the Heaven Dou Empire for decades.
• Huo Yuhao asked Qian Renxue about Hu Liena and proposed that Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire might benefit if Hu Liena became Pope.
• Qian Renxue returned to cultivation after Huo Yuhao left, determined not to fall further behind him.
• Huo Yuhao planned to reach God King strength, prevent the God Realm from wasting its reserves, and kill Tang San before he ascended.
• Over the following year, Dugu Yan accepted the Earth Goddess’s second-class God Seat, Ning Rongrong reached rank ninety-five, the other girls became Title Douluo, and Wang Qiuer reached rank ninety-nine.

Huo Yuhao managed Soul Tool research and academy programs while Wang Qiuer searched for Tang San, whose whereabouts remained unknown. To address Heaven Dou Academy’s decline and expand Soul Tool training, Huo Yuhao visited Skywater Academy to propose a partnership.

• Huo Yuhao and Qian Renxue continued acting as though neither knew the truth about her identity, while he worried that Tang San had disappeared beyond the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Wang Qiuer left alone to find Tang San and complete her divine trial after Xiao Wu refused to accompany her.
• Hu Liena became the head of Spirit Hall in Heaven Dou City and reached resource-sharing agreements with Qian Renxue, often discussing plans with Huo Yuhao.
• Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool Department recruited students and began training promising talents, while Huo Yuhao helped Heaven Dou Academy launch its own department despite its shrinking pool of students.
• Huo Yuhao decided to ask the Four Element Academies to lend students to Heaven Dou Academy’s Soul Tool Department and offer help establishing departments of their own.
• Huo Yuhao went to Skywater Academy first, where an elderly woman and two middle-aged women welcomed him as Lord Huo.

Huo Yuhao visited Skywater Academy and proposed sending its students to Heaven Dou Academy to study Soul Tools, which could strengthen the academy’s weak offense. The dean considered his offer, while Shui Bing’er saw Huo Yuhao again and was overcome by memories of their training nine years earlier.

• The Skywater Academy dean escorted Huo Yuhao through the academy as students watched and whispered about him.
• Huo Yuhao asked the dean about the academy’s competition team and offered a way to improve its combat strength.
• Shui Bing’er spotted Huo Yuhao, recalled how he had guided and trained her nine years earlier, and stood frozen until he had left.
• Huo Yuhao proposed that Skywater Academy send talented students to Heaven Dou Academy to learn Soul Tool knowledge while remaining Skywater Academy students.
• The dean worried that her students might be taken from the academy, but Huo Yuhao reassured her that the arrangement would benefit both sides and help the empire.

Huo Yuhao secured agreements with Skywater Academy, Godwind Academy, and Blazing Fire Academy to send students to Heaven Dou Academy’s Soul Tool Department. As he left Blazing Fire Academy, Huo Wu followed him, saying she was going to send him home.

• The dean of Skywater Academy accepted Huo Yuhao’s proposal to train its students in Soul Tools at Heaven Dou Academy.
• The dean of Godwind Academy readily agreed because Soul Tools could help its flying fighters overcome their weakened combat tactics.
• Huo Yuhao met Huo Wu and the leaders of Blazing Fire Academy, then explained how the Soul Tool training arrangement would benefit the Empire and the academy.
• Huo Yuhao discussed the plan’s details with the dean of Blazing Fire Academy, who agreed to the proposal.
• Huo Wu followed Huo Yuhao after he left, telling the dean she was sending Lord Huo home.