Chapter Summaries

Su Xuan questioned Li Yiming and Zhang Feng about how they had broken through cultivation limits, hoping to learn how cultivation techniques might surpass the Douluo plane's limits. Their accounts offered little certainty, and Su Xuan was left pondering a life-or-death crisis as a possible cause.

• Su Xuan asked Emma to arrange a meeting with Silver Medal recipients Li Yiming and Zhang Feng, while considering whether to interrogate the black-robed lich for intelligence about the Undead World.
• Li Yiming and Zhang Feng arrived at Su Xuan's office and saluted him despite his saying their medals allowed them to forgo it.
• Su Xuan asked the two soldiers to describe the opportunities and experiences behind their cultivation breakthroughs.
• Li Yiming struggled to explain his breakthrough, while Zhang Feng gave a more detailed account of his own.
• Su Xuan told them their Silver Medal rewards would arrive the next day, then wondered whether a life-or-death crisis had caused their breakthroughs.

Su Xuan tried to calm Zhu Zhuqing and Gu Yuena after Zhu Zhuqing openly showed her jealousy, then went upstairs to make peace with Gu Yuena. Gu Yuena reminded him that she would always be his most favored girl and warned him not to have children with anyone before their marriage.

• Zhu Zhuqing embraced Su Xuan in front of Gu Yuena to assert her claim on him, angering Gu Yuena.
• Su Xuan told Zhu Zhuqing that Gu Yuena was not his blood sister and said he needed to comfort her first.
• Su Xuan found Gu Yuena reading their old promise in her room, and she reminded him that she was the girl he favored most.
• Gu Yuena accepted that she could not control all of Su Xuan's relationships but threatened to kill any woman who had his child before they married.
• Su Xuan promised to be honest and reliable, but Gu Yuena dismissed his assurance as a man's lie.

Su Xuan, Gu Yuena, and Emma continued following the Great Prophecy Technique and reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Gu Yuena felt the grief of the ancient battle between the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings. Gu Yuena recovered from her sorrow and urged Su Xuan onward, silently resolving to avenge them.

• Su Xuan and Gu Yuena ate dinner after she woke from a nap on his lap, and Emma teased Su Xuan about the rule he had made to save her sister first.
• Gu Yuena told Su Xuan she had mostly recovered and hinted that they could spend the night together, while Emma avoided looking at him.
• After breakfast, Su Xuan led Gu Yuena and Emma through the forest by following the Great Prophecy Technique.
• Su Xuan reached the valley containing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and sensed power within it that had reached the level of a God King.
• Gu Yuena felt the ancient sorrow of her dragon bloodline, then recovered and silently vowed to avenge the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings.

Su Xuan gave Tang Yuehua the score for “High Mountains Flowing Water,” and she prepared to perform it despite discovering it could not be played as a duet. The chapter ended with Tang Yuehua poised at her guqin while Su Xuan waited to hear her full performance.

• Tang Yuehua asked Su Xuan to perform a duet, but they struggled to find a piece that suited their contrasting musical styles.
• Su Xuan showed Tang Yuehua a scorebook and offered her a piece called “High Mountains Flowing Water.”
• Tang Yuehua was captivated by the composition, then learned it could not be performed as a duet.
• Tang Yuehua prepared herself on the rooftop terrace and sat before her tuned guqin while Su Xuan waited for her performance.

Su Xuan visited Moonlight Pavilion and met Tang Yuehua after several months away, while rumors spread that Xue Ye was near death. The chapter ended with Tang Yuehua chiding Su Xuan for staying away so long and reflecting on her feelings for him.

• Su Xuan teased a Moonlight Pavilion guard, who asked him about recent events and repeated rumors that Xue Ye was about to die.
• Su Xuan told the guard to stop asking questions and privately wondered whether events were beginning for Sister Qian.
• Su Xuan entered Tang Yuehua's private chambers and listened to her perform a piece of music.
• Su Xuan praised Tang Yuehua's playing, and she complained that he had visited far less often than before.
• Tang Yuehua wondered how she had come to like Su Xuan after knowing him for six or seven years.

Bibi Dong summoned Zhu Zhuqing to her office, but the Evil Eye Saint King’s presence drew her away before they could speak. Bibi Dong pursued the weakened Saint King until she abruptly retreated, leaving him to suspect that his disguise had been exposed.

• Bibi Dong ordered a guard to admit Zhu Zhuqing, and the shaken guard later decided to resign with his friend.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered Bibi Dong’s office and sensed that the sinister presence watching her had disappeared.
• Bibi Dong noticed the Evil Eye Saint King and raced out of the office to chase him.
• The Evil Eye Saint King evaded Bibi Dong’s attacks and laid traps, but she largely overpowered him.
• Bibi Dong suddenly abandoned the chase and fled, and the Evil Eye Saint King wondered if she had discovered him.

Su Xuan rested after becoming overwhelmed by Spirit Hall's work, then learned Emma had handled his accumulated affairs while he slept. He traveled with Emma and Gu Yuena to Heaven Dou City, where the story left them arriving at its gates.

• Su Xuan fell asleep at his desk after Emma massaged him, then woke around noon after nearly twelve hours of rest.
• Su Xuan praised Emma's lunch and declared her his personal chef.
• Su Xuan learned Emma had handled his unresolved affairs and excitedly picked her up.
• Su Xuan, Emma, and the listless Gu Yuena arrived at Heaven Dou City's gates.

Tang Yuehua’s guqin performance broke through to the transcendent realm and created a powerful celestial phenomenon, while Su Xuan worked to conceal it and keep her alive. After he used a Spirit Gathering Array to replenish her vitality, the performance ended and they opened their eyes to meet each other’s gaze.

• Tang Yuehua’s performance of High Mountains Flowing Water surpassed the master level and began producing golden clouds and angelic figures outside Moonlight Pavilion.
• As Tang Yuehua continued playing, Su Xuan sensed that the performance was draining her and checked her breathing.
• In an immortal realm created by her domain, Tang Yuehua continued playing despite her stores of medicinal energy running out and her life force sustaining the realm.
• Su Xuan concealed the phenomenon with a Sky Concealing Array and raised a Spirit Gathering Array to restore Tang Yuehua’s vitality.
• Tang Yuehua completed the melody, and she and Su Xuan opened their eyes and met each other’s gaze.

Su Xuan refused to leave Sea God Island and agreed to face Sea God's trial, despite a Sea Soul Master warning him that the challenge could be fatal. He followed the man through the forest to a strange inland pool, where his Spiritual Power detected a strong presence near a carved stone pillar.

• A middle-aged Sea Soul Master in yellow recognized Su Xuan and Emma as land Soul Masters and ordered them to leave Sea God Island.
• Su Xuan insisted on accepting Sea God's trial, and the man warned that they could not withdraw once it began.
• The middle-aged man sent a young Sea Soul Master ahead with a strange humming message, then led Su Xuan and Emma into the forest.
• Su Xuan spread his Spiritual Power domain as they traveled, while he told Emma that he intended to claim Sea God Island's spiritual essence.
• They reached a windlessly churning inland pool with a carved stone pillar at its center, and Su Xuan sensed someone strong nearby.

Su Xuan created a weaker secondary body to undergo the Sea God’s third trial, using the Sinking Silver Pillar and relentless waves to temper it. As the 365-day ordeal continued, his body and control over his strength improved, and he began to feel that the suffering was paying off.

• Su Xuan used a strand of hair to create a miniature body, placed the Sea God Mark on it, and transferred his soul into it while storing his true body in his spatial ring.
• Su Xuan’s first attempt beneath the waves lasted a little over three hours, and Bo Saixi rescued him when his body went numb.
• Su Xuan endured months of increasing exposure to the waves, gradually building his endurance and learning to control his strength more precisely.
• Bo Saixi watched over the trial, while Emma arrived to care for Su Xuan and support him outside the ordeal.
• After three months, Su Xuan’s body had grown several times stronger, and he felt a tiny golden thread in his hand as he sensed that his suffering was beginning to bear fruit.

Su Xuan passed the Fifth Trial after defeating Sea Dragon Douluo, earning increased Sea God Affinity despite the trial's penalty for using opportunistic methods. The Sixth Trial’s difficulty rose, and Bo Saixi revealed that she would join the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluo in testing him.

• Sea Dragon Douluo struck the Sacred Pillar, confirming Su Xuan’s victory and completing the Fifth Trial.
• Su Xuan received a fifteen-percent Sea God Affinity reward, bringing his total to fifty percent and changing the mark on his forehead.
• Sea Dragon Douluo explained that Su Xuan’s altered mark showed his Sea God Affinity had surpassed fifty percent.
• Bo Saixi arrived and explained that the Sixth Trial had changed from enduring the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluo’s attacks for the time it took incense to burn.
• Su Xuan guessed that Bo Saixi would personally join the attack, and she confirmed it.

Su Xuan began the sixth trial by using clones, illusions, and a spiritual disruption technique to evade Bo Saixi, but she countered with a vast water-attributed vortex. He turned the pull against her and attacked with Sea God's Light and the Heart Sword, and after their spiritual clash left him injured, he charged at Bo Saixi again.

• Bo Saixi started the sixth trial, giving Su Xuan one incense stick's time to withstand her attacks.
• Su Xuan created numerous flying clones and spread a Dao Sect spiritual disruption technique to hide his true body.
• Bo Saixi resisted the disruption and unleashed a vast water-attributed vortex that caught Su Xuan and his clones in its pull.
• Su Xuan flew toward Bo Saixi using the vortex's pull and struck her with Sea God's Light and two Heart Swords.
• Bo Saixi met the Heart Swords with a dark red spiritual attack, and their clash sent her flying back while Su Xuan coughed blood.
• Bo Saixi charged back at him, and Su Xuan advanced to meet her without retreating.

Su Xuan learned that the Sea God Nine Trials’ third trial required him to undergo Tidal Body Refinement on a Sinking Silver Pillar for an average of twelve shichen each day over 365 days. After Bo Saixi bound him to the pillar and the waves began crashing against him, he realized the relentless assault was worse than he had expected.

• Bo Saixi calmed the raging sea with the Sea God’s authority and raised seven Sinking Silver Pillars from the water.
• Bo Saixi explained that Su Xuan had to endure the waves on a pillar for an average of twelve shichen daily over the next 365 days.
• Bo Saixi used blue light to place Su Xuan on the foremost pillar and fastened him in place with five Silver-Sinking Rings.
• The waves struck Su Xuan, who initially found their impact bearable while the pillar remained steady.
• Su Xuan realized the waves would not stop and grew irritated at the prospect of enduring them for the required time.

Su Xuan acknowledged Emma’s years of devotion, admitted that he liked her, and promised not to let her down. After Emma accepted his feelings, they kissed and prepared to be intimate.

• Emma told Su Xuan that his distance was making her feel unloved, and he comforted her.
• Su Xuan realized Emma had given far more to their relationship and told her she no longer owed him anything.
• Su Xuan confessed that he liked Emma and promised not to let her down.
• Emma accepted his confession, kissed Su Xuan, and agreed to be intimate with him.

Su Xuan prepared to leave for the Extreme North with Emma and Snow Girl, while Little Nanbei stayed behind. After setting out, Su Xuan discovered their heavy cold-weather suits had no ventilation and ordered them removed.

• Su Xuan decided he and Emma would depart that night for the Extreme North and told her to finish preparing.
• Little Nanbei stayed beside Snow Girl and watched over her while they waited at Spirit Hall.
• Su Xuan reassured Cat Nanbei that bringing Snow Girl from Spirit Hall had made her the operation’s greatest contributor, then told her to stay home and pray for them.
• Su Xuan placed Snow Girl on his head and left for the Extreme North with Emma.
• In the snowy wilderness, Su Xuan found the heavy protective suits unbearably stuffy and had Emma take them off.

Su Xuan and Emma arrived at Sea God Island and admired its springlike climate and scenery before heading inland. Eight yellow-clad Sea Soul Masters confronted them, leaving their arrival to be challenged by the island’s guards.

• Su Xuan brought the You Long to the surface near Sea God Island and woke Emma, who had been sleeping aboard the submarine.
• Su Xuan and Emma stepped onto the island, where Su Xuan admired its warm climate, abundant plants, and the Sea God's power.
• Su Xuan and Emma explored the beach, and he picked flowers for her before they continued toward the island's center.
• Eight yellow-clad Sea Soul Masters emerged from the forest and blocked Su Xuan and Emma's path.
• Su Xuan recognized the guards' clothing as a sign of their Sea God's trial rank and recalled that only the Great High Priest wore red.

Su Xuan used the poisonous mist to lure Dugu Bo out while tracking his hiding place, as Emma watched over Gu Yuena during her delayed inheritance at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Su Xuan’s strike forced Dugu Bo to unleash his Martial Soul Avatar, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Su Xuan entered Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist under the protection of the Land of No Dust, while Dugu Bo increased the poison and noticed Su Xuan’s golden light weakening.
• Su Xuan spread his Spiritual Power throughout the mist and secretly concentrated his strength as Emma kept watch over Gu Yuena, whose inheritance had not finished on schedule.
• Su Xuan found Dugu Bo’s final hiding place and sent a powerful sword qi attack toward him.
• Dugu Bo faced the attack by unleashing his Martial Soul Avatar and transforming into a colossal python.

Su Xuan told Gu Yuena and Bibi Dong tragic love stories, then comforted Bibi Dong when they stirred painful feelings about the future. After Gu Yuena chased him with a baseball bat, Su Xuan soothed her with a massage, and she asked him to teach her the technique.

• Su Xuan told Gu Yuena and Bibi Dong several tragic romances, and Gu Yuena asked why the stories ended sadly.
• Su Xuan hugged Bibi Dong and reminded her that they were family and should cherish one another, lifting her spirits.
• Gu Yuena chased Su Xuan with her baseball bat because he had left her out of the conversation, while Bibi Dong watched them fondly.
• Su Xuan noticed Gu Yuena was tired, checked on her, and massaged her until she relaxed.
• Gu Yuena asked Su Xuan to teach her massage, and he agreed.

Su Xuan discussed the slow development of communications and robots with Wood Spirit, then prepared to leave for Heaven Dou with Gu Yuena, Hu Liena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San. Emma recalled how Su Xuan had chosen her as a conscious chip and given her a name.

• Su Xuan urged Wood Spirit to build radio base stations and use soul masters to speed up technological work, while Wood Spirit described the effort required to make Emma’s first robot body.
• Su Xuan reflected on using science to improve ordinary people’s lives and agreed with Gu Yuena to leave for Heaven Dou the next morning, stopping to collect Tang San from Yu Xiaogang’s home.
• Emma complained about her steel body and set herself the goal of building ten worker robots, then told Wood Spirit to ask Su Xuan to recruit Titled Douluo to refine steel.
• Emma remembered awakening as a conscious chip in Star City A, where Su Xuan chose her despite Dr. Zhang’s warning and named her Emma.

Su Xuan and his companions explored a cavern filled with Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice, hoping to find rare ice marrow for Snow Girl, but instead discovered a powerful talking ice silkworm. The creature tried to flee after sensing danger, and Su Xuan confronted it with a blood-red blade.

• Emma demanded a definite answer about her place beside Su Xuan, and he promised to discuss it with Na'er after their operation.
• Su Xuan, Emma, and Snow Girl searched the mysterious ice cavern for rare ice marrow but found only several thousand-year specimens.
• Snow Girl spotted a huge jade-white ice silkworm with nine golden rings and part of a tenth clinging to the cave ceiling.
• The ice silkworm cursed whoever had disturbed its sleep, then froze when it saw Snow Girl.
• The ice silkworm activated its Simulation skill, revealing energy comparable to that of a weak god, and Su Xuan warned it not to move while holding a blood-red blade.