Chapter Summaries

Hu Liena emerged from Hell Road grieving and found Bibi Dong’s body, then tried to take her own life before Xu Yu revealed himself and comforted her. When Bibi Dong’s domains suddenly began fusing at an alarming speed, Xu Yu fled, leaving Hu Liena confused beside her teacher.

• Hu Liena emerged from Hell Road alone, mourned her lost teacher and companions, and resolved to find Xu Yu and learn the state of the continent.
• Xu Yu concealed himself nearby while Bibi Dong remained occupied merging her domains.
• Hu Liena found Bibi Dong’s body, broke down in grief, and prepared to kill herself with a broken blade.
• Xu Yu revealed himself and embraced Hu Liena, who kissed him and told him she wanted to bear his child.
• Bibi Dong’s domain fusion suddenly accelerated, so Xu Yu fled at great speed and left Hu Liena behind in confusion.

Xu Yu split his presence across three directions to evade Bibi Dong, who discovered that he had misled Hu Liena about her death and set out to confront him. Xu Yu raced through Heaven Dou City, escaped into the western sea with Shui Rou, and left Bibi Dong to return to Hu Liena.

• Hu Liena buried Bibi Dong, believing her teacher was dead, and left in disguise to visit the former Spirit Hall site.
• Bibi Dong emerged from the grave, realized Xu Yu had deceived Hu Liena about her death, and pursued the strongest trace of his presence toward the southeast.
• Qian Renxue recognized Xu Yu's approaching aura, while Dugu Bo warned Dugu Yan to stay in Heaven Dou City amid the growing dangers.
• Xu Yu blasted past Bone Douluo, Yu Luomian, and Sword Douluo, reached Skywater Academy, and carried Shui Rou toward the western sea by teleporting to his western clone.
• Bibi Dong arrived over Heaven Dou City, collapsed the space within her domain, and then left to check on Hu Liena as Xu Yu escaped west.

After discovering how Spirit City had changed, Hu Liena avoided entering it and flew off to gather intelligence, eventually arriving in Contract City with the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King. Bibi Dong secretly followed her into the city to investigate its unusual contracts between Soul Masters and Spirit Beasts.

• Hu Liena learned that a Soul Tool Research Building and bicycles served the people around Spirit City, then crushed her teacup in anger at what she saw as their ingratitude toward Spirit Hall.
• Hu Liena left Spirit City without entering and rode the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King into the sky to search for information and Xu Yu.
• Hu Liena spotted a bustling city where Soul Masters commonly traveled with contracted Spirit Beasts and ordered the exhausted Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King to land.
• The city’s patrol squad cleared a path for Hu Liena, recognizing her Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beast as a rare third successful contract and escorting her inside.
• Bibi Dong watched Hu Liena enter Contract City, then secretly followed her in to investigate.

Hu Liena enjoyed the comforts of Contract City, then learned that Xu Yu was publicly connected to it and struggled to reconcile that with her suspicions about his surrender. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong arrived at the City Lord’s Manor courtyard, where Ah Yin confronted the mysterious black-robed woman.

• Hu Liena explored the luxurious hotel suite, bathed, and ate dinner with the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King.
• A maid gave Hu Liena her identity badge and explained that its symbols represented Xu Yu, the city lord, and the vice city lord, Ice Jade Scorpion.
• Hu Liena learned that Xu Yu’s connection to Contract City was public knowledge and feared that he had deceived her and contributed to her teacher’s death.
• The Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King suggested that Xu Yu might have pretended to surrender or followed Hu Liena’s teacher’s plan, and Hu Liena decided to ask Xu Yu herself.
• Hu Liena asked whether the Tang Sect could stop Contract City’s growth, but the maid dismissed the threat, leaving Hu Liena uncertain.
• Bibi Dong arrived at the City Lord’s Manor courtyard, and Ah Yin rose to confront the mysterious black-robed woman examining the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Bibi Dong visited Ah Yin and learned that contracts let Soul Masters obtain Spirit Rings without hunting Soul Beasts. After she left, Xu Yu prepared to travel to Sea God Island while Ah Yin and A Lan planned to seek the God of the Forest’s divine seat.

• Bibi Dong questioned Ah Yin about the Blue Silver Empress who sacrificed herself eighteen years earlier, and Ah Yin explained that she had sprouted from a seed.
• A Lan revealed that she and Ah Yin were separate souls born from seeds, and Bibi Dong asked how Soul Beasts and Soul Masters could coexist peacefully.
• Ah Yin explained that contracts replaced hunting for Spirit Rings, gave Bibi Dong contract materials, and watched her leave without harming anyone.
• Ah Yin told Xu Yu that Shui Yue'er would likely meet him in the West Sea, while Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu depended on the Snow Woman’s arrangements.
• Ah Yin gave Xu Yu the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and said she and A Lan would search for the God of the Forest’s divine seat.
• Xu Yu had Ah Yin tie the shroud around his tiger form, then fled toward Suotuo City to find Shui Bing'er and the others.

Bibi Dong reunited with Hu Liena in Contract City, but Hu Liena mistakenly believed Xu Yu had been following Bibi Dong’s secret orders. The chapter ended with Hu Liena cuddling up to her teacher and happily recounting her romance with Xu Yu while Bibi Dong considered revealing the truth.

• Hu Liena returned to her suite, missed Xu Yu, and reminisced about their time in the City of Slaughter.
• Bibi Dong startled Hu Liena by revealing herself, and Hu Liena attacked her before realizing her teacher was alive.
• Bibi Dong asked how Hu Liena gained her sixth soul ring and advanced so close to Soul Saint rank.
• Hu Liena wrongly concluded that Bibi Dong had ordered Xu Yu to lie about her death and help her grow stronger.
• Hu Liena invited Bibi Dong to sleep beside her and recounted her romantic memories with Xu Yu, leaving Bibi Dong embarrassed and uncertain whether to tell her the truth.

Hu Liena returned to Spirit City with Bibi Dong and learned that decades had passed outside while she was in the City of Slaughter. After beating Xie Yue for dismissing the possibility, she ignored Yan, while Xu Yu raced west with Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and Shui Yue'er.

• Bibi Dong brought Hu Liena back to Spirit City and left her outside Xie Yue's door.
• Hu Liena reunited with Xie Yue and asked whether decades could have passed on the continent during her four or five years in the City of Slaughter.
• Xie Yue laughed at the idea, so Hu Liena smashed the tea table and beat him until he begged for mercy.
• Yan greeted Hu Liena, but she ignored him and walked past.
• Xu Yu carried Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and Shui Yue'er westward at full speed from Suotuo City.

Xu Yu and Shui Rou traveled toward Sea God Island while Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu reached Vast Sea City with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Xu Yu planned to help Shui Rou become a Titled Douluo, but his fifth Spirit Soul’s progress had reached only forty percent when they neared the shore and found her students waiting.

• Xu Yu and Shui Rou drifted across the West Sea, and Xu Yu said he would take her to Sea God Island and help her reach Titled Douluo.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger carried Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu to Vast Sea City, where Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er went into the city while Xue Wu stayed with the tiger.
• Xue Wu asked whether the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger could understand her, then took it to buy food after deciding it could not enter the city unnoticed.
• Xu Yu woke and told Shui Rou that her Great Sea martial soul made cultivation faster at sea, then summoned the Blue Whale Fish to travel toward her students.
• Xu Yu kissed Shui Rou aboard the Blue Whale Fish, and she stopped him when they neared shore because Shui Bing'er and the others were there; Xu Yu noted that his fifth Spirit Soul had reached forty percent progress.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger rescued Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er from the Vast Sea City Lord’s pursuit, then carried them across the sea to Xu Yu and Shui Rou. Shui Yue'er drowned after mistaking a sea beast for an island, and she woke after Xu Yu rescued her, still frightened by what she had seen.

• Xu Yu sensed Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er fleeing through Vast Sea City, so the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger carried Xue Wu into the city to protect them.
• The tiger destroyed Vast Sea City’s gates, killed its Spirit Douluo commander and the City Lord, then picked up Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er and left.
• The tiger carried the women across the sea, where Shui Yue'er spotted Xu Yu atop the Blue Whale Fish and swam toward him.
• Shui Yue'er screamed and sank after mistaking the Blue Whale Fish for a sea beast attacking her, so Xu Yu dove in and revived her.
• Shui Yue'er woke and asked Xu Yu where the dean was, insisting that a huge sea beast had glared at her and caused her to faint.

Xu Yu rescued Shui Yue'er from the Blue Whale Fish, while Shui Rou and Xue Wu waited above the water. At the Hell Road exit, Tang San reunited with Tang Hao, who decided to stop burdening his son with his own revenge.

• Shui Yue'er warned Xu Yu about the Sea Spirit Beast, then fainted when she saw the Blue Whale Fish behind her.
• Shui Rou asked the Blue Whale Fish to search underwater, but it only responded by spraying water; Xue Wu urged the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to look for Xu Yu.
• Xu Yu emerged from the sea carrying Shui Yue'er, and Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and Shui Rou greeted him.
• Tang San came out of the Hell Road and reunited with Tang Hao, who praised his control over his killing intent.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to explore the road ahead on his own and said he would no longer put all the pressure on his son.

Tang San sought the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s help to rescue Xiao Wu and then gathered support from other factions for an attack on Spirit Hall. Xue Qinghe secretly informed Spirit Hall, but Qian Daoliu decided to let the plan proceed so he could capture Xiao Wu himself for his granddaughter.

• Tang San asked Ning Fengzhi to help rescue Xiao Wu, offering Hidden Weapons and warning that Spirit Hall threatened the continent.
• Ning Fengzhi made his support conditional on Tang San marrying Ning Rongrong, but Tang San asked for three days to consider and then accepted the Aromatic Silk Beauty as repayment instead.
• Ning Rongrong ran out crying, and Ning Fengzhi agreed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would secretly aid Tang San regardless of his answer about the marriage.
• Tang San and Liu Erlong visited the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, which agreed to help, and Tang San later sought support from the Four Single Attribute Sect.
• Xue Qinghe sent a secret letter to Spirit City, and Qian Daoliu chose not to alert Bibi Dong so he could capture Xiao Wu and give her to his granddaughter as an eighth Spirit Ring.

Xu Yu brought Shui Rou, Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and Shui Yue'er across the sea toward Sea God Island, giving Shui Rou the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud along the way. After Shui Rou bonded with the treasure and the group reached the island, the Sea God sensed its activation.

• Xu Yu traveled with Shui Rou and her three students on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger while secretly flirting with Shui Rou.
• Xu Yu gave Shui Rou the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and she bonded with it using a drop of blood.
• The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud fused with Shui Rou's Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, causing the sea to calm and the Sea God to sense the change.
• Xu Yu stopped circling the waters after Shui Rou threatened to cancel her promise and found Sea God Island two hours later.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger leaped onto Sea God Island from a Demon Soul Great White Shark, angering the shark.

Xu Yu and the Skywater Academy group arrived on Sea God Island to seek the Sea God's trial, where Sea Witch Douluo set them a test of crossing a raging lake to reach her Sacred Pillar. Shui Rou and Shui Yue'er crossed safely, but Xue Wu struggled against the waves as the others awaited their turn.

• Xu Yu and the girls met a patrol led by a female Spirit Master, who agreed to guide them to Sea Witch Douluo.
• Xu Yu learned that Sea Witch was the mermaid princess and persuaded the female Spirit Master to share what she knew.
• At the Sacred Pillar, Sea Witch told the visitors they had to cross the lake to earn the chance to receive the Sea God's trial, and she allowed Xu Yu's tiger to try as well.
• Shui Rou and Shui Yue'er crossed the lake successfully, and Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu entered after them.
• Xue Wu struggled to control herself amid the raging waves while Xu Yu watched from the shore.

Shui Bing'er accepted the Sea God Trial and received Black Six Trials, prompting Xu Yu to reassure her about the challenge. Xue Wu then stepped forward to undergo her own assessment.

• Sea Witch explained that foreign soul masters had one year to complete each trial and would die if they failed or quit.
• Shui Bing'er volunteered to take the first trial, and Xu Yu stopped the dean from interrupting her.
• Sea Witch channeled the Sea God's Light through the Sacred Pillar, which assigned Shui Bing'er Black Six Trials.
• Sea Witch warned that Black Six Trials were extremely difficult, and Shui Bing'er looked to Xu Yu for reassurance.
• Xu Yu assured Shui Bing'er that completing the first trial could raise her to Spirit Douluo or Titled Douluo, then called Xue Wu forward for her assessment.

Shui Rou received an unprecedented Red Ninth Trial after her soul bone fused with Xu Yu’s gift, while Xu Yu’s own assessment briefly reached gold before falling to Black Ninth Trial. The Sacred Pillar then unexpectedly began testing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

• Shui Yue'er expected a Red Seventh Trial but received a Black Fifth Trial, while Shui Rou advanced from Black Six Trials to Red Ninth Trial.
• Shui Rou’s torso soul bone fused with Xu Yu’s gift, changing her body and granting the soul bone four skills.
• Sea Witch and Xu Yu were baffled when Shui Rou’s trial reached Red Ninth Trial, and Xu Yu’s assessment rose to golden light before dropping to Black Ninth Trial.
• Sea Witch activated the Sacred Pillar’s test on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as Xu Yu stepped away.

Xu Yu and his companions received their Sea God trials, and Bo Saixi accepted Shui Rou as her disciple. The group arrived at Mermaid City, where Xu Yu used his domain to show them visions of magnificent cities and wonders from another world.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger received a Red Seventh Trial, while Xu Yu received a Black Ninth Trial and Shui Yue'er received a Black Fifth Trial.
• Bo Saixi appeared, explained that she could not understand Xu Yu's Black Ninth Trial, and invited Shui Rou to become her disciple for her Red Ninth Trial.
• Shui Rou accepted Bo Saixi as her teacher, and Bo Saixi said she would visit once Shui Rou was settled.
• The Sea Witch led Xu Yu and the others to Mermaid City, which proved to be a small waterside settlement rather than the grand city they had expected.
• Xu Yu activated his domain to show the group a panoramic tour of magnificent cities and fantastical cultivation-world wonders, then ended the display.

Xu Yu brought the girls to Mermaid City, asked the Sea Witch about changing their trials, and arranged a place for them to rest. He played an overbearing CEO drama for Xue Wu, while Shui Bing'er grew furious at the male lead's lines and came out holding a knife.

• Xu Yu learned from the Mermaid Princess that only purple-level trials and above could be raised later, then agreed to show the Sea Witch the city at the sacred pillar in exchange for inside information.
• The Sea Witch arranged an aerial pavilion for Xu Yu and the girls to stay in, where merfolk princesses came ashore to touch the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Shui Bing'er asked to watch Xu Yu's images, but Xue Wu was the one who joined him to watch an episode of an overbearing CEO drama.
• Xue Wu became absorbed in the show as its male lead delivered dramatic lines, and Shui Bing'er heard them from her bedroom.
• Shui Bing'er emerged with a frosty expression and a knife, prompting Xue Wu to urge her to put it down.

Shui Rou and the students entered Xu Yu’s domain, where they watched an illusion and found him resting; after he woke, they shared a meal and discussed their upcoming Sea God’s Light assessment. Xu Yu accidentally touched Xue Wu’s leg under the table, while Shui Rou silently endured his earlier advances, leaving him to realize his mistake only after Xue Wu left.

• Shui Rou and Shui Yue'er entered Xu Yu’s domain and found Shui Bing'er furiously attacking an illusion of a man in a palace.
• Shui Bing'er worked out that they could use touch to locate Xu Yu’s room, and Shui Rou found him asleep inside.
• Shui Rou covered Xu Yu with a blanket and left him undisturbed, then watched an illusionary drama with the students.
• Xu Yu woke and joined the women for a meal, where they discussed their first Sea God’s Light assessment.
• Xu Yu brushed Shui Rou’s leg beneath the table, but Xue Wu mistakenly thought he had touched her and left in embarrassment.
• Xu Yu reached out again after Xue Wu left and realized he had been touching her leg; Shui Rou drew her own legs away and glared at him.

Xu Yu mistakenly entered Xue Wu’s room in the dark and slept with her, believing she was Shui Rou. Xue Wu cried over the mistake, and Shui Rou confronted Xu Yu after realizing what had happened; the next morning, the group faced an awkward breakfast.

• After dinner, Xu Yu learned which room Shui Rou was staying in and went there after nightfall.
• In the darkness, Xu Yu entered Xue Wu’s room by mistake and slept with her, while Xue Wu realized who he was.
• Xu Yu left, and Xue Wu wept to Shui Rou about the painful mistake without telling her what had happened.
• Shui Rou suspected Xu Yu had hurt Xue Wu, then discovered he had mistaken her niece for her and left in anger.
• The next morning, Xu Yu sat through breakfast with Xue Wu and the cold-faced Shui Rou while Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er looked confused.

After Shui Rou took Xue Wu away, Xu Yu tried to mend things by offering Shui Bing'er a way to quickly raise her Soul Power in exchange for speaking well of him to the dean. Meanwhile, Xue Wu reassured Shui Rou that she felt no lasting harm, but revealed Xu Yu's mistaken advances, leaving Shui Rou determined to avoid him and use the trials to humble him.

• The dean left with Xue Wu after breakfast, and Shui Bing'er told Xu Yu that the dean was Xue Wu's maternal aunt.
• Xu Yu offered Shui Bing'er a Life Elixir and Sea God's Light training to help her reach Soul Saint, asking her to praise him to the dean in return; she agreed after he promised to show her plays.
• Xu Yu teased Shui Yue'er about her old crush on Dai Mubai, and she angrily straddled him and bit him.
• Shui Rou told Xue Wu not to blame Xu Yu, but Xue Wu said she had only felt wronged because he mistook her for Shui Rou.
• Xue Wu revealed that Xu Yu had undressed her and repeated his claims about Shui Rou, embarrassing Shui Rou, who ordered Xue Wu to avoid him and resolved to humble him during the trials.