Chapter Summaries

Su Xuan brought Gu Yuena downstairs to meet Zhu Zhuqing, who doubted that someone like her could be chosen and loved. Gu Yuena defended Zhu Zhuqing and affirmed Su Xuan’s judgment, while Su Xuan’s attempts to explain his feelings only offended both girls.

• Su Xuan invited Gu Yuena to meet Zhu Zhuqing, and Gu Yuena chose to go downstairs by herself.
• Zhu Zhuqing called herself broken and abandoned, so Gu Yuena reprimanded her for doubting herself and Su Xuan’s judgment.
• Zhu Zhuqing said Su Xuan was someone worth loving for her entire life, and Gu Yuena called him over from behind a wall.
• Gu Yuena told Zhu Zhuqing that Su Xuan had been hers from the beginning, and Zhu Zhuqing realized his fickleness had brought them together.
• Su Xuan denied being attracted to Zhu Zhuqing’s beauty, then insulted both girls’ figures while trying to explain that his feelings were sincere.

Su Xuan tried to show off his Golden Dragon King martial soul at Spirit Hall’s training grounds, but nothing happened when he punched the strength-testing machine. The chapter left him wondering whether his cheats had stopped working.

• Su Xuan endured three days of diarrhea after eating Gu Yuena’s first attempt at cooking.
• Su Xuan went with Chrysanthemum Douluo to Spirit Hall’s highest-grade training ground to demonstrate his talent.
• Su Xuan explained his idea of cheats to Chrysanthemum Douluo, who privately worried about his odd behavior.
• Su Xuan struck a strength-testing machine, then activated his martial soul with a dramatic roar, but the machine showed no reaction.

Su Xuan prepared a hot pot feast while Gu Yuena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Hu Liena played cards and helped ready the ingredients. He fetched Bibi Dong for dinner, but when they returned, they found the girls had already started eating without them.

• Su Xuan let Gu Yuena keep some of her notes, while Hu Liena teased her for tricking her brother.
• Su Xuan prepared a hot pot base with stock and chopped immortal herbs, then called the girls to help slice the ingredients.
• Su Xuan left the girls and the Wood Spirit to prepare the food and went to bring Bibi Dong from her office.
• Su Xuan and Bibi Dong arrived at the villa and discovered that Gu Yuena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Hu Liena had already started eating the hot pot.

Su Xuan and Emma learned from Xiaobai that the Evil Spirit Orcas were a powerful, bloodthirsty clan and the target of the Sea God's Fourth Trial. Su Xuan promised to do everything he could to protect Xiaobai's people, then said they would face the orcas themselves if she refused to risk her clan.

• Su Xuan asked Xiaobai about the Fourth Trial, and she warned him that the Evil Spirit Orcas were savage and difficult to defeat.
• Xiaobai explained that the Evil Orca King had killed her younger brother and that her clan had repeatedly lost wars against the orcas.
• Xiaobai described the orcas' strength and numbers, estimating that their pod had about three hundred members, including two hundred adults.
• Emma worried that the trial would force Xiaobai's clan to bear heavy losses, and Xiaobai said she feared for her people.
• Su Xuan promised to avenge Xiaobai's clan and help restore it if the operation failed, then offered to face the orcas without her clan's help.

Su Xuan defeated Sea Horse Douluo by interrupting his ninth Soul Skill and completed the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar Trial. He then traveled to the Sea Spear Sacred Pillar, preparing to face Sea Spear Douluo.

• Sea Horse Douluo gathered power for his ninth Soul Skill, but Su Xuan struck the protective screen around him and forced the attack to collapse.
• The interrupted Soul Skill backlashed against Sea Horse Douluo, who was injured and conceded defeat after Su Xuan showed mercy.
• Sea Horse Douluo marked Su Xuan’s victory on the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar and warned him that the trials ahead would be more difficult.
• Su Xuan reached the Sea Spear Sacred Pillar and sensed that Sea Spear Douluo would be no weaker than Sea Horse Douluo.

Su Xuan arrived in Nuoding City with Gu Yuena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Hu Liena, then searched Nuoding Junior Academy for Xiao Wu. After learning the students had been dismissed and Xiao Wu was away with Tang San, he asked to be taken to Master, whom he said had offended him.

• Su Xuan traveled to Nuoding City with the three girls and continued cultivating on the journey.
• At Nuoding Junior Academy, Tang San invited Xiao Wu to stay at his home during the unexpected break, and she accepted.
• The God of Destruction sensed a faint, pure Golden Dragon King aura and decided to investigate through his avatar.
• Su Xuan learned that the academy headmaster had dismissed the students and that Xiao Wu's teacher was Master.
• Su Xuan warned the headmaster that his friend Xiao Gang had offended him, then asked a middle-aged instructor to lead him to Master.

Su Xuan reunited with Gu Yuena after defeating Jin Pipi and Gu Yiming, then left campus with her to spend the week together. On the carriage ride home, he began explaining what had happened during his month away, while Gu Yuena vowed to kill the gods who had targeted him.

• Gu Yuena asked Su Xuan to carry her and go shopping, and he agreed to spend the next week with her.
• Su Xuan told Wang Yan that Jin Pipi and Gu Yiming were only paralyzed by anesthetic, then left campus with Gu Yuena.
• Wang Yan sent students to take Jin Pipi and Gu Yiming to the infirmary and threatened the remaining class with devil training.
• Su Xuan showed Gu Yuena a handmade pink pistol engraved with a dedication, and she kissed his forehead in delight.
• Gu Yuena asked what Su Xuan had done during the past month, and he began recounting how an old enemy had descended to the lower realm to attack him.
• Gu Yuena promised to kill the gods who had targeted Su Xuan, and he comforted her as their carriage arrived home.

Su Xuan and Wood Spirit explained that they had reached their intended destination in the Star Luo Empire, and Zhu Zhuqing asked to join them. Su Xuan invited her to serve as their guide, leaving Zhu Zhuqing delighted and embarrassed by her mistaken assumptions about their plans.

• Su Xuan asked Zhu Zhuqing to explain the region, and she told him they were in Star Luo City, capital of the Star Luo Empire.
• Wood Spirit revealed that Star Luo City was their ultimate destination, while Zhu Zhuqing assumed they planned to explore the empire and asked to come along.
• Zhu Zhuqing reminded Su Xuan of his promise that she could experience the world's sights and pleasures, and explained that her family kept her from traveling freely.
• Su Xuan invited Zhu Zhuqing to join their team as their guide, promising food in exchange for her help.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted, then realized from Su Xuan's reaction that she had misunderstood what he and Wood Spirit had originally planned to do.

Su Xuan confronted Chief Aude for insulting Tang San and refusing to apologize, then ordered Uncle De to break Aude’s limbs. As Uncle De threw Aude outside Moonlight Pavilion, a young woman challenged him.

• Su Xuan revealed that Tang San was the nephew of Moon Xuan’s Pavilion Master and demanded Chief Aude apologize for trying to drive him away.
• Chief Aude refused, so Tang San asked Su Xuan to have Aude’s four limbs broken and throw him out.
• Uncle De defeated Aude’s Ghost King Vine with his Bloodthirsty Battle Bear Martial Soul and broke his limbs on Su Xuan’s orders.
• Su Xiaomei told Su Xuan that Aude had treated the Pavilion’s own people well, but Su Xuan said Aude needed to learn not to judge people by their appearance.
• Outside Moonlight Pavilion, an unidentified young woman asked Uncle De why he had harmed Chief Aude.

Su Xuan began the Fifth Trial, which required him to defeat all seven Sacred Pillar Douluo within thirty-six hours. He opened the first battle against the Sea Horse Douluo by unleashing his Dragon Might Domain, leaving his opponent under heavy pressure.

• Su Xuan let Emma leave without seeing her off and resolved to finish his business on Sea God Island quickly so he could return to the people waiting for him.
• Su Xuan reviewed what he knew about the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo and prepared to challenge all seven within the trial’s time limit.
• At dawn, Su Xuan arrived at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, and the Sea Horse Douluo confirmed the Fifth Trial’s rules and summoned the timer’s golden flames.
• Su Xuan and the Sea Horse Douluo released their martial souls, and the Sea Horse Douluo was startled by Su Xuan’s eight golden Soul Rings.
• Su Xuan activated his Dragon Might Domain, disrupting the Sea Horse Douluo and suppressing at least thirty percent of his strength.

Su Xuan and Emma discussed rumors about the Extreme North, including Snow Girl's possible identity as the Heavenly Snow Woman and the Ice Empress's bond with her. After reviewing the region's dangers and their equipment, they joined Cat Nanbei for breakfast, where Su Xuan reassured her to be herself.

• Emma reported that the Extreme North's strongest beings included the Heavenly Snow Woman, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, and the Titan Snow Demon Ape.
• Emma suggested that little Snow Girl might be the Heavenly Snow Woman, a unique spirit of heaven and earth with up to seven hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Emma said the Ice Empress and Snow Empress were known as a pair of good friends, and Su Xuan reacted with surprise.
• Emma warned Su Xuan about the Extreme North's natural disasters and said they had no reliable guide, though their drones could handle the outer regions except during blizzards.
• At breakfast, Emma told Cat Nanbei that Su Xuan preferred outgoing girls, but Su Xuan corrected her and reassured Cat Nanbei that he liked her just as she was.

Bibi Dong enjoyed the fashion magazine Su Xuan had made for her while Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena struggled to help him cook. After Bibi Dong apologized to Qian Renxue, Su Xuan's attempt at dinner ended in a kitchen explosion, but he was unharmed and the family made up over the mishap.

• Bibi Dong admired Su Xuan's fashion magazine and learned he was preparing its outfits as a birthday gift for her.
• Su Xuan sent Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena out of the kitchen after they struggled to cook, then tried to make dinner himself.
• Gu Yuena asked Bibi Dong how she could grow up quickly, while Bibi Dong welcomed Qian Renxue to sit with them.
• Bibi Dong apologized to Qian Renxue for failing to be a qualified mother, leaving Qian Renxue shocked and unsure how to respond.
• Su Xuan blew up the kitchen, and Gu Yuena, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue rushed in to check on him.
• Bibi Dong confirmed Su Xuan was unharmed, scolded him for showing off, and accepted his apology and affectionate efforts to cheer her up.

Su Xuan prepared a stage play with Gu Yuena and Qian Renxue to help their mother understand the family bond between them. After rehearsals, Gu Yuena offered to use her recovered memories to unlock Su Xuan’s, then teased him instead.

• Su Xuan told Gu Yuena his plan for a stage play starring her and Qian Renxue, while he would direct and write it.
• At the open-air theater, Su Xuan used an onion to make Qian Renxue’s eyes water as she struggled to act.
• Su Xuan reassured Gu Yuena that the play’s purpose was to show their mother that family bonds mattered more than awkward feelings.
• Su Xuan ended rehearsal and told Qian Renxue he would invite their mother the next day, assuring her that she was not at fault.
• After Qian Renxue left, Gu Yuena said her memories had returned and offered to help unlock Su Xuan’s, but then refused and bit his head.

Su Xuan entered the Sea Phantom Sacred Pillar’s illusion domain to challenge Sea Phantom Douluo, enduring its oppressive mist and confronting a vision of the Star Dou Great Forest. He combined the Sea God’s power with the Dao Sect’s Eye of Breaking Illusions to destroy the illusion and the entire domain, leaving Sea Phantom Douluo stunned as they faced each other at the Sacred Pillar.

• Su Xuan flew into the blue mist surrounding the Sea Phantom Sacred Pillar and activated his Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Martial Soul and eight Soul Rings.
• Su Xuan endured the domain’s ocean-like pressure and sent his Spiritual Power into the mist to probe for Sea Phantom Douluo.
• The mist transformed into the Star Dou Great Forest, but Su Xuan dismissed the vision and unleashed a two-colored light from his eyes.
• Su Xuan’s light erased the illusion and shattered Sea Phantom Douluo’s domain, revealing the Sea Phantom Sacred Pillar and its guardian.
• Sea Phantom Douluo stood stunned before Su Xuan, unable to recover from the destruction of his ultimate move.

Qian Renxue heard the death bell for Xue Ye and prepared to continue her plan to rule Heaven Dou, drawing resolve from thoughts of Su Xuan. Su Xuan teased a dessert-shop owner into drinking his unpleasant creation, but the chapter ended when a blue-haired maid rushed in.

• Qian Renxue wiped the blood from her hands after killing a duke at the Crown Prince's Palace as Xue Ye's death bell rang.
• Qian Renxue reflected on her loneliness and uncertainty, then resolved to continue her plan for Su Xuan's sake.
• Su Xuan complained about the shop owner's dark green juice while Gu Yuena ate desserts beside him.
• Su Xuan made the owner taste the juice and then drink the rest, while warning Gu Yuena not to eat too much.
• A blue-haired girl in a maid's outfit rushed into the dessert shop.

Dugu Bo asked Su Xuan to save his granddaughter Gu Du Yan from the poison inherited from his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor martial soul. Su Xuan promised to help and sent Dugu Bo away with a storage Soul Tool containing a Detoxification Pill and a mysterious book, while insisting he had his own arrangements for Gu Du Yan.

• Dugu Bo explained that his powerful martial soul poison had afflicted him and passed to Gu Du Yan, whose symptoms would become fatal within five years.
• Dugu Bo revealed that his son and daughter-in-law had died from the poison, and Su Xuan promised to keep Gu Du Yan safe.
• Su Xuan gave Dugu Bo three storage Soul Tools to deliver to himself, Pontiff Bibi Dong, and Ning Rongrong, then sent Dugu Bo away.
• Dugu Bo inspected his ring and found an immortal-grade Detoxification Pill, which could cure mortal poisons, along with a note telling him to save it for himself.
• Dugu Bo also found a book titled "Shu Mountain Tang Sect—Internal Volume" and wondered what it was for.

At dinner, Su Xuan flirted with Hu Liena, making Gu Yuena jealous enough to hurt him with her emerging powers. Gu Yuena regretted injuring him and fell asleep in his arms after trying to heal him, while Su Xuan stayed by her side.

• Su Xuan introduced himself to Hu Liena with an audacious proposal to become her girlfriend, and she laughed and flirted back.
• Bibi Dong grabbed Su Xuan's ear for fooling around, while Gu Yuena joined in and then secretly pinched his waist in jealousy.
• Gu Yuena's power burned, froze, and shocked Su Xuan, who concealed his pain from Bibi Dong.
• Gu Yuena burrowed into Su Xuan's arms and tried to heal his injuries, then apologized when she saw the damage.
• Su Xuan brought Gu Yuena to their room, forgave her, and stayed beside her as she fell asleep in his arms.

On his first day traveling alone, Su Xuan missed Gu Yuena, struggled to catch a strange fish, and studied the Wordless Heavenly Book without success. His Scouting Eyes then detected people nearby, leaving him and Wood Spirit on alert.

• Su Xuan comforted Gu Yuena as they parted, and she made him promise to go shopping with her for seven days when he returned.
• Su Xuan and Wood Spirit walked through the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest, where Su Xuan failed to catch a strangely intelligent fish and Wood Spirit mocked his fighting.
• Su Xuan beat Wood Spirit after it insulted him, then set up camp and fell asleep.
• In his sea of consciousness, Su Xuan received the Wordless Heavenly Book from the Dao Scripture and studied it all afternoon without gaining any insight.
• Su Xuan's Scouting Eyes detected people nearby, so he woke Wood Spirit and warned it to be alert.

Su Xuan used the Dao Scripture’s golden papers to escape the God of Destruction, striking him with a golden light that left his divine soul badly damaged. Su Xuan and Wood Spirit arrived in an unfamiliar girl’s bedroom, where Su Xuan found a diary suggesting the girl had met him before and hoped he would wake up.

• Wood Spirit took a punch meant for Su Xuan and was knocked unconscious.
• Su Xuan used golden paper for five seconds of absolute defense and activated a long-range teleportation array.
• Su Xuan identified his attacker as the God of Destruction and used the final sheet to strike him with golden light before escaping with Wood Spirit.
• The God of Destruction recovered his head but found his divine soul cracked and expected to need at least ten years to recover.
• Su Xuan woke in an unfamiliar girl’s bedroom, found Wood Spirit beside him, and searched the room for clues.
• Su Xuan read the girl’s diary, which revealed that she had picked him up after finding him unconscious and recognized him as a boy who had once promised to show her the world.

Su Xuan traveled to Sea God Mountain to face the Sea God's Light assessment and encountered an attack while crossing the Ring Sea. He removed the restrictions on the Sea God assessment, causing the golden trident mark on his forehead to shine.

• A purple-clad Sea Soul Master led Su Xuan across Sea God Island to the Sea God Temple and explained that the thousand-and-one steps were guarded by Sea God's Light.
• Su Xuan flew over the Ring Sea toward the steps and was attacked by a spear-snouted fish that leaped from the water.
• Su Xuan repelled the fish with the rank suppression of a divine beast, then realized his concealed aura was inviting attacks.
• Su Xuan removed the restrictions on the Sea God assessment, and the golden trident mark on his forehead began to shine.