Chapter Summaries

Zi Nu absorbed her first spirit ring, and Yue Yao arrived with a spirit beast for Yan Lingji while revealing her closeness with Zhao Zilong. As Yan Lingji began absorbing her ring, Yue Yao told Zhao Zilong that Emperor Xue Xing had unified the Heaven Dou Empire and that it would likely move against Spirit Hall.

• Zi Nu absorbed a thousand-year spirit ring, reached Soul Power level 13, and gained the soul skill Strangulation.
• Yue Yao arrived carrying a 1,200-year Golden Ring Fire Leopard and offered it for Yan Lingji to absorb.
• Yue Yao flirted openly with Zhao Zilong and said she would escort him back to Spirit City after Yan Lingji finished absorbing her ring.
• Yan Lingji began absorbing the Golden Ring Fire Leopard's spirit ring while Zi Nu watched awkwardly.
• Yue Yao told Zhao Zilong that Xue Xing had unified the Heaven Dou Empire and that it would likely act against Spirit Hall after recovering its strength.

After returning to Spirit City, Zhao Zilong kept Zi Nu and Yan Lingji outside Spirit Hall while they began their new lives as weak soul masters. He left them money and a token for protection, then warned Yue Yao not to interfere with them.

• Yan Lingji finished absorbing the Golden Ring Fire Leopard's soul ring and reached Soul Power level 13, matching Zi Nu.
• Yue Yao, Zhao Zilong, Zi Nu, and Yan Lingji traveled back to Spirit City on Yue Yao's Flame Eagle.
• Zhao Zilong arranged for Zi Nu and Yan Lingji to stay at an inn, explaining that he feared they would be mistreated at Spirit Hall because of their low strength.
• Zi Nu asked Zhao Zilong about his other women, and he said their relationship would remain secret until they became strong enough.
• Zhao Zilong gave Zi Nu a gold card with one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and a token that would let them seek help at Spirit Hall.
• Yue Yao offered to house Zi Nu and Yan Lingji, but Zhao Zilong warned her not to touch them, and she agreed.

Zhao Zilong returned to Spirit Hall and discussed the Asura God Second Trial and the Spirit Hall Empire’s expansion plans with Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong set the empire’s founding ceremony for October 1st and planned to name Zhao Zilong Holy Son and Qian Renxue Holy Maiden, while Qian Daoliu and the enshrined debated who should inherit the empire.

• Zhao Zilong told Bibi Dong that he had completed the Asura God First Trial and needed to kill one hundred criminals and one hundred Evil Soul Beasts for the second trial.
• Bibi Dong told Yue Yao to remain in Spirit City and said she would assign someone else to exterminate the Evil Soul Masters.
• Bibi Dong explained that Spirit Hall needed to bring smaller duchies and kingdoms into its territory before facing the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires, and she set the founding ceremony for October 1st.
• Zhao Zilong returned to accompany Meng Yiran and the other women, while Bibi Dong went to the Worship Hall to ask Qian Renxue to attend the ceremony as Spirit Hall’s future Holy Maiden.
• Bibi Dong told Demon Subduing Douluo that she would name Zhao Zilong Holy Son and Qian Renxue Holy Maiden, and warned that Qian Renxue’s absence would count as relinquishing the position.
• Qian Daoliu and the enshrined discussed Bibi Dong’s plan and agreed that the question of the Spirit Hall Empire’s first heir would require a vote.

Zhao Zilong managed Spirit Hall’s affairs while Bibi Dong met with the elders, and Qian Renxue arrived to criticize his conduct and discuss their divine trials. Their exams partly overlapped, and Qian Renxue left determined to defeat him and claim Spirit Hall’s highest positions.

• Bibi Dong entrusted Spirit Hall’s affairs to Zhao Zilong while she discussed the empire’s founding ceremony with the elders, and Hu Liena helped him review documents.
• Qian Renxue arrived, scolded Zhao Zilong for neglecting his responsibilities, and ordered Hu Liena off the papal throne.
• Qian Renxue said she had come to discuss their divine trials, but Zhao Zilong refused to reveal his second Asura God Exam.
• Qian Renxue explained that her fifth Angel God Exam required her to judge one hundred evil people, and Zhao Zilong revealed that his exam required him to kill one hundred evil people and one hundred evil spirit beasts.
• Qian Renxue threatened Zhao Zilong and vowed to defeat him, then left determined to claim the papacy and imperial throne.

Bibi Dong proposed making Zhao Zilong the Spirit Hall Empire’s first heir, while Qian Daoliu insisted Qian Renxue should hold the position. They agreed to let the Elder Hall vote, and Bibi Dong accepted with confidence despite the enshrined’s apparent majority.

• Bibi Dong announced plans for the Spirit Hall Empire’s founding ceremony and nominated Zhao Zilong as its first heir.
• Yue Yao supported Zhao Zilong, while the Third Enshrined argued that Qian Renxue’s experience governing the Heaven Dou Empire made her a stronger candidate.
• Qian Daoliu supported establishing the empire but demanded that Qian Renxue become its first heir.
• Bibi Dong proposed settling the matter with a fight between Zhao Zilong and Qian Renxue, but Qian Daoliu instead called for a vote under Elder Hall rules.
• Bibi Dong agreed to the vote, confident that Zhao Zilong would remain a powerful influence regardless of its outcome.

Bibi Dong became Empress of the Spirit Hall Empire, and Qian Renxue was named first heir, leaving Zhao Zilong and his companions to discuss the decision. Qian Renxue came to speak with Zhao Zilong after recalling Qian Daoliu’s advice to strengthen her cultivation and cooperate with him, but he insisted she speak in front of his companions.

• Bibi Dong completed the founding ceremonies and became Empress, while Qian Renxue was named first-in-line heir.
• Zhao Zilong returned to his residence, where Hu Liena and the others were unhappy that he had not become the first heir.
• Yue Yao visited Zhao Zilong, and he accepted that the elders’ votes had favored Qian Renxue because of her family’s standing.
• Zhao Zilong urged the women to focus on expanding the empire and training at Sea God Island after he completed his Asura God trial.
• Qian Renxue arrived and offered to give Zhao Zilong the heir position, but he refused and said the elders had chosen her.
• Qian Renxue recalled Qian Daoliu’s advice to strengthen her foundation and get along with Zhao Zilong, then asked to speak with him privately; he told her to say what she wanted in front of everyone.

Qian Renxue said she would join Zhao Zilong on his trip to Sea God Island, but his wives worried about leaving their young children and he decided to go alone. After completing Asura God's Second Trial, Zhao Zilong received a new trial requiring him to take part in a major war, and he prepared to head to Sea God Island with Yue Yao.

• Qian Renxue announced she would go to Sea God Island with Zhao Zilong, while Meng Yiran objected and Zhao Zilong said she could follow if she wished.
• Huo Wu and Hu Liena worried about leaving their one-year-old children, so Zhao Zilong agreed to travel without them and showed them his Sea God's Fifth Trial.
• Two months later, Zhao Zilong killed the last Wolf Bandit and completed Asura God's Second Trial, raising his Soul Power to rank 79.
• Asura God assigned Zhao Zilong a Third Trial requiring a war involving over one hundred thousand people on each side and a thousand-man kill within three years.
• Yue Yao explained the Spirit Hall Empire's military situation, and Zhao Zilong invited her to return with him and travel to Sea God Island to improve her strength.

Zhao Zilong postponed his troop-based God Exam trial and prepared to travel to Sea God Island with Xiao Wu, Yue Yao, and Qian Renxue. As they gathered to leave, he sent Yue Yao to bring Zi Nu and Ling Ji along, while Qian Renxue grew increasingly curious and displeased about his other companions.

• Bibi Dong and Zhao Zilong agreed to put off his third God Exam trial because the Spirit Hall Empire lacked the troops needed for it, and she told him to visit Purple Crystal before leaving for Sea God Island.
• Qian Renxue confirmed that Zhao Zilong had completed his second Asura God trial and insisted on accompanying him, despite his warning that she would have to follow his lead.
• Zhao Zilong met Yue Yao and Xiao Wu, learned that eight-year-old Xiao Wu had reached level 32, and teased her about her talent.
• At Spirit Hall, Zhao Zilong met Qian Renxue and her guards, Snake Lance Douluo and Thorn Blood Douluo, and complained that she had brought two Titled Douluo with her.
• Zhao Zilong asked Yue Yao to fetch Zi Nu and Ling Ji so they could join the journey, and Qian Renxue became curious about the two women.

Zhao Zilong and Qian Renxue set out for Sea God Island with their companions, while Tang San and Ma Hongjun completed their third trials and received a difficult one-month challenge. The chapter leaves Tang San and Ma Hongjun facing the powerful Lin Xiao Guard Team as their fourth trial begins.

• Yue Yao brought Zi Nu and Yan Lingji to Spirit City, where Zhao Zilong introduced them to Qian Renxue and the Spirit Hall Elders before the group departed for Sea God Island.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun completed their Black Tier Third Trials, reaching Soul Power Levels 76 and 66 respectively.
• Bo Saixi assigned Tang San and Ma Hongjun a one-month trial to defeat the Lin Xiao Guard Team, Sea God Island’s strongest team of Yellow Robe Sea Soul Masters.
• At Seahorse Pillar, Seahorse Douluo introduced the seven Lin Xiao Guard Team members, including five Soul Saints, as Tang San and Ma Hongjun’s examiners.
• Lin Xiao stated that Tang San and Ma Hongjun had to defeat all seven, and Seahorse Douluo agreed to referee the trial and stop anyone who surrendered from fighting further.

Tang San and Ma Hongjun completed the Black Tier Four Trial, while Tang San learned that his next trial required him to defeat seven Soul Douluo within three days. Meanwhile, Zhao Zilong's group approached Sea God Island, where he concealed their warship from the Demon Soul Great White Sharks with the Vast Sea Protective Cover.

• Tang San defeated Lin Xiao's team of seven with Ma Hongjun and completed the Black Tier Four Trial, raising their Soul Power to levels seventy-seven and sixty-eight respectively.
• Bo Saixi told Tang San that his fifth trial required him to defeat Sea God Island's seven chief captains, all Soul Douluo, within three days.
• Qian Renxue confronted Zhao Zilong for drinking, and he teased her that he had kept himself drunk to see whether she cared about him.
• Zhao Zilong spotted Demon Soul Great White Sharks approaching Spirit Hall's warship and used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to hide the ship with the Vast Sea Protective Cover.

Zhao Zilong and the Spirit Hall group arrived at Sea God Island, where the locals’ hostility softened after he proved he was the Sea God’s inheritor. Seahorse Douluo agreed to let Zhao Zilong complete his trial and offered assessments to the others.

• Bo Saixi sensed the Sea God’s inheritor arriving and decided she would use the rules of the God Exam to eliminate him.
• Sea Soul Masters confronted Zhao Zilong’s group on the beach and initially demanded that the Spirit Hall members leave the island.
• Zhao Zilong asked to be taken to the Seven Sacred Pillars and showed Seahorse Douluo his card identifying him as the Sea God’s inheritor and describing his fifth trial.
• Seahorse Douluo accepted Zhao Zilong’s claim and agreed to let him complete the God Exam, while inviting the other Spirit Hall members to receive assessments.
• Zhao Zilong and the others flew to the Sacred Pillar platform, where Seahorse Douluo prepared to bestow assessments on those who stepped forward.

Xiao Wu, Yan Lingji, Zi Nu, Qian Renxue, Yue Yao, Porcupine Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo received trials on Sea God Island, and Bo Saixi explained how Zhao Zilong’s remaining trials would be handled. The group learned that Qian Renxue’s red trial required her to help Zhao Zilong complete the Sea God Fifth through Eighth Exams.

• Xiao Wu received the highest Red Tier Seven Trials, which could lead to her becoming Sea God High Priest.
• Yan Lingji and Zi Nu each received Purple Tier Three Trials, while Qian Renxue received a Red Tier One Trial as the Angel God’s inheritor.
• Bo Saixi arrived and explained that she would arrange Zhao Zilong’s sixth, seventh, and eighth trials.
• Qian Renxue told Bo Saixi that her trial was to assist Zhao Zilong through the Sea God Eighth Exam.
• Yue Yao received a Black Tier Four Trial, while Porcupine Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo each received Purple Tier Three Trials.

Zhao Zilong received a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring from Bo Saixi and absorbed it, reaching Rank 81. As Seahorse Douluo escorted the group toward Seahorse City, he warned them that Tang San and other land Soul Masters were already on Sea God Island.

• Bo Saixi welcomed Zhao Zilong and his companions as honored guests, and Zhao asked her for a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring because he had reached Rank 80.
• Bo Saixi granted Zhao a ring, which he raised to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring as Qian Renxue and the others stood guard.
• After absorbing the ring, Zhao reached Rank 81 and gained large-scale control and healing Soul Skills.
• Seahorse Douluo told the group that Tang San and other land Soul Masters had come to Sea God Island three years earlier, and warned them not to bring their grudges there.
• Zhao said he understood the island's rules but asked what would happen if Tang San tried to kill him, and Seahorse Douluo promised to stop Tang San.

Zhao Zilong confronted Tang San on Sea God Island, where Xiao Wu rejected Tang San after learning about her previous life and the spirit ring and spirit bone he had taken from her. Tang San left to seek his great-grandfather, while Zhao Zilong’s group considered how to keep him from interfering with Xiao Wu’s trial.

• Tang San arrived with Ma Hongjun and Bai Chenxiang after learning someone had received the Red Tier Seven Trial, and Ma Hongjun threatened Zhao Zilong.
• Tang San recognized Xiao Wu, but she accused him of killing her in her previous life and taking her spirit ring and spirit bone.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and demanded that Zhao Zilong return Xiao Wu, but Seahorse Douluo stepped between them and stopped the confrontation.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San telepathically that the soul in her revived body was not her, and Tang San realized Zhao Zilong had helped revive her.
• Zhao Zilong asked Seahorse Douluo to keep Tang San away from Xiao Wu during her trial, and Tang San left to seek his great-grandfather’s help.
• Yue Yao asked whether they should deal with Tang San, noting Zhao Zilong’s status as the Sea God’s inheritor.

Tang San learned that Zhao Zilong was beginning his Sea God trials and hoped the High Priest would make his trial deadly, while Bo Saixi forbade him from attacking the Sea God inheritor. Zhao Zilong and Qian Renxue then met Xiao Bai, who explained that his fifth trial required defeating the powerful Evil Orca King.

• Tang San urged Tang Chen to help kill Zhao Zilong and the Spirit Hall group, but Bo Saixi warned that Zhao Zilong was the Sea God Lord’s inheritor and could not be harmed on Sea God Island.
• Tang Chen told Tang San to prepare for his own trial, and Tang San took hope from the fact that Bo Saixi would examine Zhao Zilong’s trial.
• Zhao Zilong asked Yue Yao to protect Xiao Wu, while Qian Renxue told Snake Lance Douluo to protect her after completing his trial and warned him not to start a fight with Sea God Island.
• Zhao Zilong and Qian Renxue went to the western coast, where Zhao Zilong’s fifth trial required him to subdue Xiao Bai and help the Demon Soul Great White Sharks defeat the Evil Orca King.
• Xiao Bai revealed that she had once been the Sea God Lord’s mount, and Zhao Zilong asked her to explain the Evil Orca King and their situation before the battle.

Zhao Zilong, Qian Renxue, and Xiao Bai used poison and their combined attacks to kill the Evil Orca King, completing the Sea God's Fifth Trial. After receiving their rewards, Zhao Zilong began absorbing the Evil Orca King’s Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring.

• Zhao Zilong learned about the Evil Orca King from Xiao Bai and decided to infiltrate its territory with Qian Renxue and kill it using poison.
• Zhao Zilong shot the sleeping Evil Orca King with a poisoned bolt, then pursued it as the poison spread through its body.
• Zhao Zilong and Qian Renxue attacked the weakened Evil Orca King, and Zhao Zilong killed it with his Super Fire Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The Sea God announced that Zhao Zilong had completed the Sea God's Fifth Trial, rewarding him with two Soul Power levels and 10% Sea God Affinity, while Qian Renxue gained one Soul Power level and increased Spirit Ring ages.
• Zhao Zilong reached level 83, Qian Renxue reached level 89, and Zhao Zilong began absorbing the Evil Orca King's Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring.

Zhao Zilong absorbed the Evil Orca King's spirit ring and left leg bone, raising his soul power to level 86, then discussed his next Sea God Trial with Xiao Bai. Qian Renxue grew angry at his teasing and, after their argument, felt unexpectedly distressed when he acknowledged that she disliked him.

• Zhao Zilong gained the Evil Orca King's spirit ring and left leg bone, two soul skills, two spirit bone skills, and three levels of soul power.
• Xiao Bai explained that the High Priest would administer Zhao Zilong's sixth Sea God Trial, and Zhao Zilong jokingly asked her to call him master.
• Zhao Zilong asked how long Xiao Bai could keep her human form, prompting Qian Renxue to accuse him of lustful thoughts.
• Qian Renxue and Zhao Zilong argued over his character and his divine inheritance, and she admitted she did not like him very much.
• Zhao Zilong said he felt sorry that Qian Renxue had to accompany someone she disliked through more trials, leaving her unexpectedly distressed before he suggested they head back with Xiao Bai.

Bo Saixi assigned Zhao Zilong and Qian Renxue a difficult Sea God's Sixth Exam: challenge the Seven Sacred Pillars and endure their combined assault. As they prepared to train, they encountered Tang San and Tang Chen, who threatened them if they left Sea God Island.

• Bo Saixi gave Zhao Zilong and Qian Renxue one year to prepare for their Sixth Exam, which required them to defeat the Seven Sacred Pillars and withstand the group’s attacks for two hours.
• Xiao Bai explained that Zhao Zilong would face Sea Dragon Douluo, Sea Woman Douluo, Sea Illusion Douluo, and Sea Spear Douluo, while Qian Renxue would challenge the other three.
• Zhao Zilong, Qian Renxue, and Xiao Bai went to the Sea God's Light, where they found Tang San with Tang Chen.
• Xiao Wu ran to Zhao Zilong, and Tang San angrily demanded to know what Zhao Zilong had done to her.
• Tang Chen warned Zhao Zilong and Qian Renxue that they would die if they left Sea God Island to return to Spirit Hall, then departed with Tang San.

Zhao Zilong and Qian Renxue prepared to face the Seven Sacred Pillars before the war began, and Zhao Zilong challenged Sea Dragon Douluo first. Their battle began with Sea Dragon Douluo breaking Zhao Zilong’s domain and the two exchanging powerful attacks.

• Tang Chen told Tang San to visit the Star Luo Empire’s imperial family after completing his Black Tier Six Trial, where he might find a path to godhood.
• A year later, Qian Renxue had reached level 92 and Zhao Zilong level 89, while Snake Lance Douluo delivered the Pope’s order recalling them as war approached.
• Zhao Zilong urged Qian Renxue to finish the Sea God’s Sixth Trial with him and chose Sea Dragon Douluo as their first challenge.
• Sea Dragon Douluo used his Demon Breaking Domain to disperse Zhao Zilong’s Blue Silver Domain, then summoned his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Zhao Zilong and Sea Dragon Douluo traded attacks, and Zhao Zilong’s Triple Claw Strike pierced Sea Dragon Douluo’s dragon-scale armor before Sea Dragon Douluo countered with Dragon Fist.

Zhao Zilong defeated Sea Dragon Douluo by disrupting his Soul Power with acupoint strikes and finishing with the Orca Demon Axe. Qian Renxue then defeated Seahorse Douluo, and they set off to challenge another Sacred Pillar.

• Zhao Zilong struck Sea Dragon Douluo with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, leaving his arms disabled and much of his Soul Power sealed.
• Zhao Zilong trapped Sea Dragon Douluo in exploding Blue Silver Grass webs, then blasted him into a rock wall with the Orca Demon Axe.
• Sea Dragon Douluo admitted defeat, warned that the other Seven Sacred Pillars would fight at full strength, and wished Zhao Zilong success in the God Exam.
• Qian Renxue challenged Seahorse Douluo with her Six-winged Angel Martial Soul and defeated him within minutes.
• Qian Renxue returned to Zhao Zilong and urged him to move on to their next challenge.