Chapter Summaries

Wood Spirit invoked the First Generation Jianmu Tree to help him set up a grand array at the Undead World’s breach. The Asura God and the Evil Eye Saint King sensed the immense phenomenon and headed to the valley, while Wood Spirit began creating an array that could summon the dead to fight for him.

• Wood Spirit reached the world barrier and invoked the First Generation Jianmu Tree, causing a powerful projection to appear above the valley.
• The Asura God sensed the projection, left the City of Slaughter in the former master's care, and went to investigate.
• The Evil Eye Saint King sensed the phenomenon at the Star Luo Empire imperial residence, ordered officials to carry out his prior instructions, and headed for the valley.
• With the First Generation Jianmu Tree's support, Wood Spirit began drawing the Yin Spirit Summoning array across the valley.
• Wood Spirit planned to use the array to summon the dead and counter the Undead World's resurrection abilities and numerical advantage.

Su Xuan passed the Tidal Body Refinement trial after his Power of Heaven and Earth upgraded, greatly increasing his Spiritual Power and making the waves unable to harm him. He learned that he had twenty-five percent Sea God Affinity and began considering what the Sea God needed from it.

• Bo Saixi declared that Su Xuan had passed the trial, and Su Xuan thanked Emma for caring for him.
• Su Xuan realized his upgraded Power of Heaven and Earth had let him adapt to the waves, and his Spiritual Power had risen dramatically.
• Bo Saixi recognized that Su Xuan's Spiritual Power matched her own and explained spiritual communication.
• Su Xuan asked about Sea God Affinity and told Bo Saixi he had gained twenty-five percent across the trials.
• Bo Saixi left after learning Su Xuan had received fifteen percent from the latest trial, while Su Xuan wondered why the Sea God needed affinity.

Su Xuan demonstrated his Invisibility Technique to Xiaobai and set out with her to approach the Evil Spirit Orca pod undetected. They reached a point about twenty li from the pod and began a concealed underwater advance.

• Su Xuan vanished before Xiaobai, proving that his secret technique could conceal him from sight and Spiritual Power detection.
• Su Xuan explained that he and Xiaobai would use the technique to sneak toward the Evil Spirit Orcas and test the effect of his poison, while Emma stayed behind with a teleportation and warning talisman.
• Xiaobai transformed into her true form and carried Su Xuan toward the pod at high speed.
• Xiaobai sensed that they were about twenty li from the Evil Spirit Orcas and warned that getting closer could alert the Evil Orca King.
• Su Xuan cloaked himself and Xiaobai in a pale golden glow, and the pair quietly descended toward the seabed.

Su Xuan visited Zhu Zhuqing after keeping her away from the front lines, and she confronted him for making that choice without her. She left him with a promise to stay by his side and a warning not to leave her alone again.

• Su Xuan ordered Spirit Hall elders to persuade the Star Luo Empire after Emma reported that its representatives planned to stand by and watch.
• Su Xuan listened as Zhu Zhuqing played her flute in the courtyard he had arranged for her.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Su Xuan's familiar address and accused him of shutting her away while he went to fight.
• Su Xuan tried to comfort Zhu Zhuqing, and she cried against him as she explained how frightened and helpless she had felt.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Su Xuan she only wanted to stay with him and warned that she would not live if he died.

Su Xuan cleared the Sea God's Second Trial in one day and received a boost to his Sea God Affinity and Spiritual Power. Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi led him to Wrathful Waves Desolation to begin the Third Trial, but had not yet explained his task.

• Su Xuan used his ancient divine beast bloodline aura and swift movements to clear the Ring Sea, passing the Sea God's Second Trial in a single day.
• The Sea God announced that Su Xuan had passed the trial, increased his Sea God Affinity by five percent, and bestowed a reward that refreshed his spiritual world.
• Su Xuan learned that his Third Trial was Tidal Body Refinement, and Bo Saixi appeared and told him to follow her.
• Bo Saixi led Su Xuan across Sea God Island to Wrathful Waves Desolation, where enormous waves had carved a valley into the shore.
• Bo Saixi explained the valley's origin and began releasing her nine Soul Rings as Su Xuan asked what his task would be.

Su Xuan crossed the Sea in the Sea by calming its waves with his Five-Clawed Golden Dragon soul skill, then stood before the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar to receive the Sea God's trial. The light around him turned black as the trial began, and the Sea Horse Douluo watched in astonishment.

• The Yellow Robed Soul Master explained that Su Xuan and his companions had to cross the Sea in the Sea to qualify for the Sea God's trial.
• The Sea Horse Douluo raised a wall of waves, but Su Xuan used Power of Heaven and Earth to calm the sea and walk across it.
• The Sea Horse Douluo confirmed Su Xuan had passed and began the Sea God's trial at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar.
• The light around Su Xuan changed from blue to white, yellow, purple, and finally black.

Su Xuan and Tang San visited Moonlight Pavilion to see its Pavilion Master, but learned that the master was away until that afternoon. While they waited, Su Xuan encouraged Tang San not to let prejudice turn him into someone who looked down on others, before Chief Steward Aude arrived and asked who wanted to see the Pavilion Master.

• Su Xuan insisted that Moonlight Pavilion staff treat Tang San as his friend, and Xiao Mei escorted them to a private room.
• Su Xuan apologized for the prejudice Tang San faced because of his plain clothes and urged him not to become like the people who looked down on him.
• Xiao Mei introduced herself as Su Xuemei, a true disciple of the Pavilion Master, and told Su Xuan that the master would not return until that afternoon.
• Su Xuan chatted with Su Xiaomei while Tang San drank the tea she served them.
• Aude arrived with two men in blue and asked who wished to see the Pavilion Master.

After completing the Fourth Trial, Su Xuan prepared to send Emma back to the front lines while Qian Renxue passed the Angel inheritance’s Fifth Trial and learned the Sixth Trial’s challenge. Qian Renxue wondered whether the Dao Sect energy Su Xuan had taught her was growing by consuming divine power.

• Su Xuan returned to Sea God Island with Xiaobai and agreed that she would cultivate with him for three days before taking her clan back to handle its losses.
• Su Xuan told Emma that she would return with the Pope after the Pope absorbed the Evil Spirit Orca King’s Soul Ring, and he promised not to let Emma down.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu she had passed the Angel inheritance’s Fifth Trial, raising her Angel Affinity to forty percent.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that Qian Renxue’s Sixth Trial was to withstand his attacks for the time it took an incense stick to burn, within one year, then blasted her with a beam of light.
• Qian Renxue recalled giving up her position as Emperor of Heaven Dou to pursue strength and help Su Xuan, and wondered whether the Dao Sect energy he taught her was growing by consuming divine power.

Su Xuan used the Great Prophecy Technique to find three places on the Douluo Continent that could increase his strength: a valley of immortal herbs, the Extreme North, and a Sea God inheritance site. As he planned his next steps, Zhu Zhuqing fled to his hall, sensing a terrifying threat and seeking his protection.

• Su Xuan's prophecy showed him a valley filled with miraculous plants that he suspected were Douluo's immortal herbs.
• Su Xuan saw the Extreme North and considered bringing along the Snow Girl to investigate its opportunity.
• Su Xuan glimpsed a spiritually rich island that he identified as a likely Sea God inheritance site, then left the remaining investigation to Emma.
• Su Xuan returned from the first half of his prophecy and sat down to plan, knowing the second half remained.
• Zhu Zhuqing, frightened by a bloodline pressure and a threat she could not resist, hurried to Su Xuan's hall and asked to see him.
• A guard told Zhu Zhuqing that he would report her arrival and could contact the Pontiff, while Zhu Zhuqing felt safer inside the hall and wondered whether Su Xuan was protecting her.

Su Xuan punished Dai Mobai by feeding him a pill that would leave him unable to regain his manly vigor, then gathered Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong to enter Shrek Academy with Zhu Zhuqing. Ning Rongrong resolved to take Su Xuan back for herself, while Su Xuan looked toward the village with anger in his eyes.

• Su Xuan confronted Dai Mobai about his womanizing and forced him to swallow a pill that would permanently rob him of his manly vigor.
• Su Xuan left Dai Mobai behind and called Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong over to register at Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Su Xuan as her uncle and resolved to make him hers again.
• Su Xuan invited the three newcomers to enter with him as he applied for a teaching position, while Zhu Zhuqing reacted to his closeness with Ning Rongrong.
• Su Xuan looked at the village and thought bitterly that its people were blind fools.

Su Xuan used Blood Demon Flower poison and hidden Soul Tools to kill Evil Spirit Orcas while remaining invisible with Xiaobai. The Evil Orca King ordered his pod to search the sea, but they found nothing and another orca went mad after the search ended.

• Su Xuan’s Blood Demon Flower poison corroded an Evil Spirit Orca from within, and Xiaobai swam aside at his signal.
• The Evil Orca King cut apart the dead orca’s body but found no clues to explain its death.
• Another Evil Spirit Orca suddenly erupted with energy and was sliced in half by the Evil Orca King.
• The Evil Orca King ordered his pod to search the sea with their Spiritual Power, while Su Xuan and Xiaobai stayed hidden and waited.
• After half an hour, the Evil Spirit Orcas stopped searching, and a third orca went mad and bit off a clan member’s tail, renewing panic among the pod.

Su Xuan explained why he wanted to enter the Star Dou Great Forest, and Bibi Dong and Gu Yuena insisted on accompanying him after his Golden Dragon King bloodline was sealed. The three prepared to set out, with Su Xuan resolving to study the Dao Canon more diligently.

• Su Xuan told Bibi Dong that his Golden Dragon King bloodline and divine power had once damaged his body and left him unable to cultivate, and that he wanted to go back to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Bibi Dong offered to go with Su Xuan, and he accepted when he saw how worried she was.
• Gu Yuena demanded to join them, but Su Xuan refused until she pointed out that his Golden Dragon King aura had been sealed and that her Silver Dragon King aura could help protect the group.
• Bibi Dong reassured Su Xuan about her strength, while he realized she was undergoing the Rakshasa God's trials and was likely weakened.
• Su Xuan agreed to let Gu Yuena come, then resolved to study the Dao Canon more diligently before the journey.

Zhu Zhuqing tried to lead a sightseeing trip but ended up cooking egg fried rice for Su Xuan, with disastrous results. After seeing the mess and her soot-stained hands, Su Xuan realized it was her first time cooking and lamented the story’s rule about pretty girls being bad at cooking.

• Zhu Zhuqing tried to rally Su Xuan and Wood Spirit for their trip, but Su Xuan persuaded her to make him a meal.
• Zhu Zhuqing followed a cookbook and repeatedly botched her first attempt at egg fried rice, making twelve plates that ranged from blackened to appetizing.
• Su Xuan woke after about two hours and assumed Zhu Zhuqing had spent the time preparing a feast for him.
• Zhu Zhuqing presented the food, and Su Xuan promised to eat every bite before heading to the kitchen.
• Su Xuan saw the soot-covered kitchen and the twelve plates, stopped Zhu Zhuqing from throwing them away, and asked if this was her first time cooking.

Su Xuan fought the Sea Star Douluo and learned that his opponent’s recovery, poison, and devouring abilities made him difficult to defeat. The Sea Star Douluo unleashed his ninth Soul Skill, turning the inner sea into a vast field of tentacles that absorbed energy, while Su Xuan remained caught within its range.

• Su Xuan struck at the Sea Star Douluo, but the Sea Star Douluo healed his damaged tentacle with his fifth Soul Ring and countered with poisonous mist and grasping tentacles.
• Su Xuan identified the Sea Star Douluo’s anesthetic, corrosive venom and realized that each sucker could sense his movements.
• Su Xuan used the Sea God’s Light to disrupt the Sea Star Douluo’s devouring and poison, then formed a Sword Array to attack him.
• The Sea Star Douluo activated his ninth Soul Skill, Thousand Tentacles, Myriad Absorptions, and used his tentacles to draw energy from the seawater and strengthen himself.
• Su Xuan recognized that the Sea Star Douluo’s ninth Soul Skill could devour attacks and drain opponents caught within its range.

Su Xuan met Hu Liena while shopping with Gu Yuena and Zhu Zhuqing, and the group prepared to return home for the family banquet. Gu Yuena ended the shopping trip, while Zhu Zhuqing and Gu Yuena had grown closer.

• Hu Liena teased Su Xuan with her charm, but he resisted by silently reciting the Heart Calming Incantation.
• Su Xuan invited Hu Liena to return home with him, and she agreed.
• Gu Yuena confronted Hu Liena, and Su Xuan explained that she was Bibi Dong’s student and had been invited to the family banquet.
• Hu Liena asked whether Zhu Zhuqing was Su Xuan’s girlfriend, and Su Xuan admitted she was something like that.
• Gu Yuena agreed they had shopped enough, and the group set off for home with Zhu Zhuqing carrying shopping bags.

Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi welcomed Su Xuan to Sea God Island and declared him its highest-ranking guest because of his Sea God trial. She warned him that failing his trial would bring consequences far worse than death, and Sea Horse Douluo escorted him and Emma toward Sea Horse City.

• Sea Horse Douluo Ou Ya apologized to Bo Saixi for failing to fulfill the Sea God's guidance, and she said the unusual situation was not his fault.
• Bo Saixi recognized the golden trident mark on Su Xuan and told him no one on Sea God Island, including herself, was qualified to receive his salute.
• Bo Saixi ordered Ou Ya to treat Su Xuan as the island's highest-ranking guest, accommodate his requests, and summon the other six for a meeting at the Sea God Temple.
• Su Xuan asked whether failing his trial would kill him, and Bo Saixi warned that his trial concerned Sea God Island's survival and failure would be worse than death.
• Ou Ya formed a bridge from seawater and led Su Xuan and Emma toward Sea Horse City, explaining that most guests had to complete one assessment each year.

Su Xuan arrived at class and reunited with his younger sister, Gu Yuena, who greeted him with an enthusiastic tackle and demanded to know whether he had visited her or their mother first. After the siblings drew the class’s attention, Wang Yan asked Su Xuan to introduce himself.

• Wang Yan announced that Su Xuan had joined the class, prompting students to spread rumors about him and his relationship with Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena hurried to the classroom door, spotted Su Xuan, and launched herself into his arms, knocking them both to the floor.
• Gu Yuena asked Su Xuan whether he had seen her or their mother first, then pinched his ear when he answered that he had visited their mother.
• Students reacted to Gu Yuena’s affectionate behavior and gossiped about Su Xuan, while Gu Yuena and Su Xuan silently took offense at the remarks.
• Wang Yan called the siblings to their feet and invited Su Xuan to introduce himself to the class.

Su Xuan and Emma returned to collect the Evil Spirit Orca King's soul bone, then prepared for Su Xuan's Fifth Trial: defeating the seven Sacred Pillar Guardians within three days. As Xiaobai took them back, she offered to simulate the guardians' abilities and train Su Xuan for the challenge.

• Su Xuan comforted Emma and resolved to treat her well, while Xiaobai carried them back toward the battle site.
• Su Xuan collected the Evil Spirit Orca King's hundred-thousand-year left leg bone and found no other soul bones among the corpses.
• Su Xuan asked Emma to notify Pontiff Bibi Dong so she could come absorb the Evil Spirit Orca King's Soul Ring.
• Su Xuan learned that the Fifth Trial required him to defeat all seven Sacred Pillar Guardians within thirty-six shichen, or three days.
• Xiaobai offered to simulate the guardians' abilities and spar with Su Xuan, and he accepted her help.

Su Xuan and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks defeated the Evil Spirit Orcas, and Su Xuan completed the Fourth Trial beyond its requirements. He awakened Sea God's Light and left the battle with the sharks grateful to him and Emma.

• Su Xuan and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks wiped out the remaining Evil Spirit Orcas after the Evil Orca King died.
• The Sea God announced that Su Xuan had exceeded the Fourth Trial's requirements and raised his Sea God Affinity to thirty-five percent.
• Su Xuan opened a golden world in his spiritual world and released Sea God's Light, causing the Demon Soul Great White Sharks to bow in reverence.
• Xiaobai thanked Su Xuan and Emma for helping the pack defeat the Evil Spirit Orcas with fewer than ten percent of their members killed or injured.
• Su Xuan decided not to recruit Xiaobai as his bodyguard, and Emma tried to leap into his arms to ask for a hug.

Su Xuan and Emma traveled to Ice City to meet Cat Nanbei and Snow Girl and handle matters in the Extreme North. Su Xuan considered establishing Core Flame’s headquarters there, and Emma said the idea was feasible but needed further thought.

• Su Xuan learned that Gu Yuena remained unconscious but was not in danger, and he sent her to Spirit Hall in Heaven Dou City to be cared for by Qian Renxue.
• Su Xuan and Emma continued toward Ice City while he asked whether Cat Nanbei and Snow Girl had arrived.
• Cat Nanbei arrived in Ice City with Snow Girl and three Spirit Hall elders, then set out to find the local Spirit Hall.
• Su Xuan and Emma reached Ice City, where Emma explained why the Extreme North was difficult to develop.
• Su Xuan proposed establishing Core Flame’s headquarters in the Extreme North, and Emma said it was possible but required further consideration.