Chapter Summaries

Su Xuan’s assessment at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar surpassed the red level and triggered a Golden Assessment, a first in nearly a thousand years. After sealing the assessment and its mark away, he learned that the Great High Priest was on her way to explain what he must face.

• Su Xuan’s black assessment turned blood red, and the seven Sacred Pillars joined to summon golden light that bathed Sea God Island.
• Nine golden screens entered Su Xuan’s brow, but he used a Daoist Secret Technique to seal the Sea God’s assessment and mark it away.
• Su Xuan revealed a golden trident imprint and asked Sea Horse Douluo what he thought of his potential; Sea Horse Douluo admitted he did not know.
• A distant voice identified Su Xuan’s trial as the Sea God Nine Trials rather than the top-level Nine Trials.
• The Great High Priest arrived before the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar as the others watched.

Su Xuan challenged his new classmates to prove his strength and confronted Jin Pipi in the arena. He revealed his level 27 Soul Power and defeated Jin Pipi with a Colt M1911 before the fight could properly begin.

• Su Xuan defended Gu Yuena from the class’s gossip and introduced himself as the Pope’s son with a God-tier Martial Soul and level 27 Soul Power.
• Su Xuan challenged anyone who doubted him, and Jin Pipi stood up to accept after citing his own grandfather’s status in the Worship Hall.
• Su Xuan told Gu Yuena that his show of arrogance was meant for the Worship Hall’s elders, then went with her and Wang Yan to the arena.
• Su Xuan promised to defeat Jin Pipi in one move without using his Martial Soul, while Jin Pipi released his Golden Crocodile Martial Soul and first Soul Skill.
• Su Xuan pulled out a Colt M1911 and shot Jin Pipi, who fell immediately.

Su Xuan guarded Gu Yuena as she inherited the Water-Fire Dragon Kings’ power, while Emma collected the herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. As Su Xuan worried over the conflict between soul beasts and soul masters, an unknown visitor arrived, and he sent Emma to safety before confronting them.

• Gu Yuena absorbed the Soul Power left by the Water-Fire Dragon Kings while Su Xuan kept watch and Emma gathered medicinal herbs, leaving behind seeds and seedlings.
• Su Xuan struggled to find a way for soul beasts to protect themselves without preventing soul masters from obtaining Soul Rings.
• Emma fed Su Xuan grapes and teased him about going bald as he fretted over the problem.
• Su Xuan sensed an approaching visitor, sent Emma to hide inside his formations, and asked the stranger who they were.

Su Xuan met with Qian Renxue, confirmed Xue Beng remained alive, and learned she planned to hold her coronation in a week before he departed. He left with Gu Yuena and Emma for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and the group camped in Sunset Forest as Gu Yuena continued to sleep heavily.

• Su Xuan told Qian Renxue that Xue Beng was alive but under watch, and that he had killed Prince Xue Xing.
• Qian Renxue said she would hold her coronation in a week, and Su Xuan promised to send trusted people to assist her before departing that night.
• Su Xuan said goodbye to Qian Renxue and left through a Hexagram Array.
• Su Xuan told Gu Yuena that they were leaving for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and the group traveled through Sunset Forest using his Great Prophecy Technique for guidance.
• As night fell, Su Xuan, Gu Yuena, and Emma set up camp near a water source, where Emma cooked fish while Gu Yuena slept in Su Xuan's arms.

Su Xuan met Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi at the Heaven Dou Auction House, where Ning Fengzhi decided to entrust his daughter’s possible martial-soul evolution to Su Xuan. Su Xuan agreed to visit her at Shrek Academy after the auction began.

• Su Xuan entered the auction house’s highest-tier private room and learned from his attendant Xiao Ying that she had been sold into service there.
• Xue Qinghe arrived, and Su Xuan criticized Heaven Dou’s complacent nobles and the weak combat skills of its young talents.
• Ning Fengzhi joined them, and Su Xuan explained that only one researched immortal plant could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, with another taking at least twenty years to mature.
• Ning Fengzhi decided that his daughter should receive the plant and asked Su Xuan to visit her at Shrek Academy; Su Xuan agreed.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to pay for anything Xue Qinghe or Su Xuan wanted as the auction began.

After waking from a two-day coma, Su Xuan reunited with Gu Yuena and reflected on his Golden Dragon King inheritance, the threat of the Divine Realm, and his unknown cheats. He began investigating the Moral Golden Light and Bronze Tree mark but still did not understand their abilities.

• Su Xuan woke in the pink room, and Gu Yuena was overjoyed to find him conscious.
• Su Xuan told Gu Yuena he was hungry and learned he had been unconscious for about two days.
• Gu Yuena hugged Su Xuan and told him she loved him, and he returned her affection before she went to prepare food.
• Su Xuan reviewed his Golden Dragon King bloodline, divine power, and plan to grow strong enough to attack the Divine Realm.
• Su Xuan examined the Moral Golden Light in his sea of consciousness and noticed a study paper glowing brightly through his golden eyes.
• Su Xuan noticed a Bronze Tree-like mark on his forehead but remained unsure what either cheat could do.

Tang Yuehua told Su Xuan that playing the zither had brought her visions of the Lake of Life and a leap in skill, but he could not explain what it meant. After Su Xuan teleported away, Tang Yuehua discovered she could wield a mysterious power she identified as the Power of the Music God and suspected she had received a divine inheritance.

• Tang Yuehua asked Su Xuan what was happening to her, then described how playing High Mountains Flowing Water had brought her to an immortal realm with a green lake full of life energy.
• Su Xuan recognized the lake as the Lake of Life but could not work out why Tang Yuehua had seen it.
• Tang Yuehua grabbed Su Xuan by the ear after he muttered that she would not understand, but he left without noticing she wanted him to coax her.
• Su Xuan told the guard to watch the place and used a Space Teleportation Array to leave Moonlight Pavilion.
• Tang Yuehua discovered she could wield powerful, supportive seven-colored energy and wondered if it was the Power of the Music God and a divine inheritance.

Gu Yuena established herself as the strongest student in her grade while Jin Pipi tried to use her absent brother Su Xuan to get closer to her, accidentally spreading terrifying rumors about him. As Gu Yuena and Bibi Dong missed Su Xuan, he hurried toward the battlefield with Wood Spirit, sensing that his family was thinking of him.

• Gu Yuena refused to become class monitor but defeated the leaders of Classes Two and Three, earning the admiration of Class One and the attention of her devoted follower Lu Qi.
• Jin Pipi learned that Su Xuan was Gu Yuena's older brother and encouraged students to spread stories about him, hoping to use the rumors as a way to speak with Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yiming's victories sparked rumors pairing him with Gu Yuena, so Lu Qi's fan club punished the students spreading them.
• Stories about Su Xuan grew into a frightening legend that cast him as a demon king stronger than Gu Yuena, and Jin Pipi was beaten after trying to approach her.
• Gu Yuena cursed Su Xuan while missing him, and he sneezed repeatedly as he traveled toward the battlefield with Wood Spirit.
• Bibi Dong worried about Su Xuan from her office, while he hoped to return to his mother and sister soon.

Su Xuan prepared to leave Zhu Zhuqing, but after hearing her story of a deadly imperial succession struggle and her abandoned betrothed, he invited her to travel with him. He decided she would join him despite her protest that she had not agreed.

• Su Xuan told Zhu Zhuqing he planned to leave after descending the mountain, and she struggled to hide her grief at their parting.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that the Star Luo Empire paired the Hell Spirit Cat and Evil Eye White Tiger bloodlines and forced rival heirs to fight for the throne.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she and her sister Zhu Zhuyun were competing to become empress, and that her fiancé, Dai Mubai, had fled out of fear of his older brother.
• Su Xuan asked whether Zhu Zhuqing would come with him, and she hesitated despite wanting to stay by his side.
• Su Xuan declared that Zhu Zhuqing would accompany him on his travels, even though she protested that she had not agreed.

During the third Sea God trial, Su Xuan’s relentless tidal body refinement triggered a major awakening of his spiritual power and ended the trial ahead of schedule. He asked Bo Saixi whether he could leave, and she judged that he should have passed.

• After five months of tidal body refinement, Su Xuan’s rank reached sixty-five, and he sensed himself becoming one with the waves and the world.
• At sunrise, Su Xuan’s perception expanded across Sea God Island and then the ocean as his spiritual power awakened.
• The awakened power made the Wrathful Waves Desolation fall silent before sending the waves surging skyward with a roar.
• The Sea God declared Su Xuan had exceeded the third trial’s requirements, increasing his affinity by fifteen percent to a total of twenty-five percent.
• Su Xuan asked Bo Saixi if he could leave, and she frowned as she considered whether he had passed.

Su Xuan hosted Bibi Dong, Gu Yuena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Hu Liena for hot pot, caring for Gu Yuena and distributing treasures while the meal grew increasingly nourishing. The feast ended with three girls discovering their bellies had swollen, and Su Xuan facing their icy stares over the unexpected side effect.

• Bibi Dong joined the meal, and Su Xuan wiped Gu Yuena's greasy hands and face before inviting everyone to eat.
• Su Xuan fetched dipping sauces, then gave Hu Liena a medicinal herb and handed Gu Yuena the weakened Golden Dragon King to absorb.
• Su Xuan shared stories as everyone ate hot pot enriched with precious medicinal ingredients.
• Hu Liena, Gu Yuena, and Zhu Zhuqing found their bellies swollen after the meal, while Bibi Dong's remained unchanged.
• Su Xuan explained that the nourishing ingredients had caused indigestion and accumulated life essence, prompting the three girls to glare at him.