Chapter Summaries

Xue Ke and Tang Yuehua came to Peach Blossom Spring Academy to apologize for their failure to help it during the calamity, and Su Ran welcomed Xue Ke as his student. He left Xue Ke with the choice to return to the palace or stay and study, revealing his intention to cultivate her into an empress for the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Xue Ke and Tang Yuehua arrived at Peach Blossom Spring Academy wearing brambles and explained that they had come to admit their fault to Su Ran.
• Xue Ke said she cared only about Su Ran’s opinion, while Tang Yuehua asked him not to resent either of them over the Clear Sky Sect’s actions.
• Su Ran praised their efforts to aid refugees and told them that women could wield authority and serve the people as fully as men.
• Su Ran told Xue Ke that she had already earned a place as his student through her actions during the Battle of Suotuo City.
• Su Ran said Xue Ke could return to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace or stay at the academy under its rules, and resolved to cultivate her into an empress.

Su Ran accepted Xue Ke as a student and hired Tang Yuehua as Peach Blossom Spring Academy’s music teacher, receiving system rewards for both. He then visited Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang’s training ground and asked the siblings to help him draw Two Suns, offering Huo Wu a chance to claim victory.

• Xue Ke celebrated being accepted as a Peach Blossom Spring student, and Su Ran healed her and the others’ thorn wounds.
• Su Ran offered Tang Yuehua a job as the academy’s music teacher, and she accepted his appointment and teacher token.
• The system rewarded Su Ran for accepting Xue Ke and recruiting Tang Yuehua, granting him new abilities, equipment, and the ultimate art Jade Sea Tide Song.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang sparred with fist techniques, and Huo Wushuang’s Fire Particle blasted Huo Wu away before Su Ran steadied her.
• Su Ran asked Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang to help him draw Two Suns, telling Huo Wu that drawing a larger, brighter sun than her brother’s would count as a win.

Su Ran gave Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang a special Desert Painting to safely practice Fire Fusion and Fire Fission, then said he would take them to the sea region once they mastered the beginner techniques. Huo Wu left upset after Su Ran wiped away her kiss, and resolved to kiss him again during a future explosion.

• Su Ran told Huo Wu to launch a fire attack at the Desert Painting, where it entered a small world inside the picture and left a point of light without damaging the painting.
• Su Ran explained that the painting could withstand immense force and let the siblings practice their fire techniques without harming the academy.
• Huo Wu realized the painting was a cultivation tool, kissed Su Ran on the cheek, and heard him promise to take them to the sea region after they mastered beginner Fire Fusion and Fire Fission.
• Huo Wushuang speculated that Su Ran planned to pacify the sea region, while Huo Wu left after seeing him wipe away her kiss.
• Huo Wu brooded over Su Ran wiping her kiss away and vowed to master Fire Fusion, cause an explosion, and kiss him again in the ensuing chaos.

Peach Blossom Spring Academy added a statecraft course that would give students practical work in the jurisdiction council, and introduced Tang Yuehua as its music teacher. After class, Su Ran called Xue Ke to the teachers' office.

• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and others returned to the academy, which also welcomed new students including Xue Ke, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Feng Xiaotian.
• Huo Wushuang asked Xiao Chenyu a moral dilemma, and Wang Sheng answered that a gentleman did not choose.
• Su Ran announced the new Statecraft Class, which would involve council work and offer rewards to the three top students, including a wish from Teacher for first place.
• Su Ran introduced Tang Yuehua as the Music Class teacher, and Xue Ke reintroduced herself to the students.
• After class, Su Ran called Xue Ke alone to the teachers' office.

Su Ran gave Xue Ke a choice of two Immortal Grade Flora to evolve her Swan Martial Soul, and she chose the Snow-Colored Heavenly Maiden Heart for its light and holiness. After absorbing it under Su Ran’s protection, her Martial Soul transformed into a radiant, powerful form.

• Su Ran asked Xue Ke about her life at the academy and encouraged her to build strength before hoping to influence the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Su Ran showed Xue Ke two Immortal Grade Flora that could evolve her Swan Martial Soul, and Xue Ke chose the Snow-Colored Heavenly Maiden Heart.
• Su Ran warned Xue Ke that the flower had to be absorbed immediately and stayed to protect her as she began cultivating.
• After an hour, Xue Ke’s Swan Martial Soul transformed into a holy figure with four light wings, a sacred swan bow, and destructive radiance.

Xue Ke’s Swan Martial Soul evolved into the Sacred Heavenly Maiden Beast after she absorbed an Immortal Grade Flora, and she reached level 30. Su Ran took her to the newly established Spirit Pagoda, where she was to obtain her Third Soul Ring.

• Xue Ke’s Martial Soul evolved into the Sacred Heavenly Maiden Beast, and Su Ran told her to master its power and use it to challenge the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Xue Ke reached level 30, and Su Ran said he would help her obtain a Soul Ring inside the academy.
• Su Ran explained that the academy’s Beast Taming Garden soul beasts were guardians and could not generally be hunted.
• Su Ran revealed that the silver tower was the Spirit Pagoda, which nurtured soul-beast spirits that could form contracts with Soul Masters, though its current stock only supported some spirits up to thirty thousand years.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Huo Wu, and the other students followed Su Ran and Xue Ke into the Spirit Pagoda, where Su Ran explained its battle-simulation requirement and made an exception to choose Xue Ke’s spirit himself.

Su Ran introduced the Spirit Pagoda’s Soul Spirits, and Xue Ke became the first to absorb one and gain a new Soul Skill. As the news spread, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing discussed their ambitions to become Su Ran’s wife and compete for his affection.

• Su Ran guided Xue Ke in absorbing an eighteen-hundred-year Light Eagle Soul Spirit, giving her the Third Soul Skill Sacred Arrow.
• Su Ran explained that Natural and Artificial Soul Spirits could provide Soul Rings without requiring Soul Masters to hunt Soul Beasts, and said students would collect more for the Spirit Pagoda.
• Huo Wu congratulated Xue Ke on becoming the first person to absorb a Soul Spirit through the Spirit Pagoda.
• Feng Xiaotian, Wang Sheng, and Xiao Chenyu reacted to the news, while Feng Xiaotian continued training after Wind God Leg lost to the senior brothers’ fist techniques.
• Ning Rongrong told Zhu Zhuqing she had always wanted to be Su Ran’s wife, and the two agreed to compete to become his first disciple to win him over.

Su Ran returned to the Demon Whale Sea and used a God-Tier Fishing Rod Set to overpower the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. After successfully fishing up the whale, he received a Ninety-Nine Million-Year Soul Bone from the system.

• A year passed as Peach Blossom Spring Academy and the jurisdiction developed, while its students trained and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing pursued breakthroughs.
• Purple Pearl saw the Demon Whale Sea's violent waves and piloted a submersible toward it, hoping to see Su Ran again.
• Purple Pearl found Su Ran standing amid the tsunami, fishing with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King hooked on his line.
• The whale fought back and dragged Su Ran across the sea, but Su Ran used his Divine Peach Blossom Branch Martial Soul to fling it through the air.
• Su Ran slammed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King onto a small island and successfully fished it up, earning a Ninety-Nine Million-Year Soul Bone.

Su Ran released the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King after explaining that he had only fished him up for a transaction, not to take his Soul Bone. The whale king vowed to defy the gods and become a god, then invited Su Ran to drink with him.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King accused Su Ran of targeting him for his Million-Year Soul Bone, but Su Ran said he had only used the Myriad Blood Droplet as bait for a fishing achievement.
• Su Ran removed the hook and warned the whale king not to take revenge on his students, and the whale king agreed to accept the transaction.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King asked for more Myriad Blood Droplets, but Su Ran said he had made only one and warned that it could not help the whale king survive the gods' opposition.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King lamented the gods' restrictions on soul beasts and vowed to defy the heavens and become a god.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King asked Su Ran not to fish up his wife and daughter if he failed, then invited him to share Peach Blossom Wine.

Su Ran shared Peach Blossom Wine with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who thanked him with a cache of Soul Bones before departing to absorb the wine's power. As Purple Pearl absorbed two Soul Bones nearby, Su Ran began merging with a miraculous Torso Bone, and the island blazed with extraordinary light.

• Su Ran gave the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King Peach Blossom Wine to help him recover and possibly find a chance to survive.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King gave Su Ran seven or eight Sea Soul Beast Soul Bones, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, then returned to the sea.
• Purple Pearl came to the island, learned that Su Ran had fished up the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and accepted his offer to choose Soul Bones.
• Purple Pearl chose a seventy-thousand-year Sea Snake Venom Fang Torso Bone and a forty-thousand-year Sea Anemone Tentacle Left Arm Bone, then began absorbing them.
• After Purple Pearl finished absorbing her Torso Bone, she saw Su Ran merging with a miraculous Torso Bone as immortal mist and brilliant light filled the island and sky.

After breaking through to the Demigod Realm, Su Ran accepted Sea Dragon Douluo’s invitation to visit Sea God Island and brought Purple Pearl with him. At the Sea God Temple, he heard a disciple asking the Great Priestess to prepare her for his future impact.

• Su Ran absorbed the Ninety-nine Thousand Year Torso Bone, reached the Demigod Realm, and sensed Sea Dragon Douluo approaching.
• Sea Dragon Douluo invited Su Ran to Sea God Island to meet his students, the Great Priestess, and the island’s guardian Douluos, and Su Ran accepted.
• Su Ran invited Purple Pearl to come along and teleported them both to Sea God Island with Sea Dragon Douluo.
• Su Ran and Purple Pearl toured the island as residents admired him, then they reached the forbidden area of the Sea God Temple.
• Su Ran heard one of his disciples ask the Great Priestess to suppress her with the strictest attitude and strongest power so she could withstand Teacher’s future impact.

Su Ran and Purple Pearl were welcomed to a lavish banquet at the Sea God Temple, where the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians met their renowned teacher. Below, Shui Yue'er was the last candidate taking Bo Saixi's Sixth Trial and held out for three incense sticks.

• Sea Dragon gave Su Ran two Sea God Badges, which Su Ran passed to Purple Pearl before climbing the Sea God Profound Steps without needing them.
• Sea Dragon seated Su Ran and Purple Pearl at a feast overlooking the Sixth Trial, and the guardians eagerly introduced themselves and paid their respects to Su Ran.
• Sea Dragon explained that the nine successor candidates were undergoing Bo Saixi's assessment and that Bo Saixi would meet Su Ran afterward.
• Shui Yue'er used the Fubo Technique and Flowing Water Rock Shatter against Bo Saixi, enduring for three incense sticks like Shui Bing'er and Dugu Yan.

Su Ran met Bo Saixi at the Sea God Temple, where she became captivated by him as they shared wine and discussed their students and the Star Luo Empire. Meanwhile, Shui Bing'er and the others learned the contents of their Seventh Trials, and Su Ran appeared before them.

• After the students completed their Sixth Trials, Shui Bing'er, Dugu Yan, Meng Yiran, and Shui Yue'er advanced to Soul Douluo and received Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Bo Saixi met Su Ran at the Sea God Temple, while Sea Witch sent him a message declaring her love before the guardians escorted her away.
• Bo Saixi welcomed Su Ran and Purple Pearl, praised the bond between Su Ran and his students, and toasted him with wine as Purple Pearl watched sourly.
• Shui Bing'er, Dugu Yan, and Shui Yue'er learned that their Seventh Trials required them to pull out the Sea God Trident and begin learning to use it.
• Xue Wu, Meng Yiran, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui learned that their Seventh Trials required them to assist one of the others in pulling out the trident, and Su Ran arrived as the women questioned the divided roles.

Su Ran visited Sea God Island, explained the students’ succession trials, and reassured them that his approval mattered more than the Sea God’s. He gave his nine students Soul Bones before leading them into the Sea God Temple, where they prepared to face the Sea God Trident’s first test.

• Su Ran reunited with his students, and Shui Yue'er noticed he had been drinking because of the strain of managing academy affairs.
• Su Ran explained that the Sea God was screening Shui Bing'er, Dugu Yan, and Shui Yue'er as potential successors, while Meng Yiran was more interested in Soul Tool research.
• Su Ran encouraged his students not to measure their worth by the Sea God's recognition and gave each of the nine students a Soul Bone.
• Bo Saixi led Su Ran and the students into the Sea God Temple and identified the pitch-black rod as the shaft of the Sea God Trident.
• Shui Yue'er made a suggestive joke about Su Ran, then claimed she meant his abs and revealed that Rongrong and Xiao Wu had seen them.

Su Ran’s three disciples pulled the Sea God Trident during their trials, with Shui Yue’er finishing fastest, while Bo Saixi admitted she had grown reluctant to die for her mission. After Bo Saixi announced that a new Sea God would be born among the students, the trident flew toward Su Ran, and she shielded him.

• Bo Saixi shyly asked to touch Su Ran’s abs, then explained that she had waited a hundred years for the Sea God’s successor but now felt reluctant to sacrifice herself.
• Dugu Yan, Yu Hairou, and Shen Liuyu pulled the Sea God Trident in six minutes, and their trial rewards included increased authority and cultivation.
• Shui Bing’er and her teammates pulled the trident in four minutes and received similar rewards, with a greater increase to their Soul Ring Cultivation.
• Shui Yue’er, Meng Yiran, and Qiu Ruoshui pulled the trident in two minutes and fifty-eight seconds, earning the greatest reward increase.
• Bo Saixi told the students that a new Sea God would be born among them, but the Sea God Trident suddenly flew toward Su Ran, and Bo Saixi rushed in front of him to protect him.

Su Ran stayed on Sea God Island and asked Bo Saixi to keep Tang San under control, while Tang San remained bound to the Deep Sea Sinking Silver Pillar. The Sea God extended Tang San’s second trial by three years and increased his daily punishment.

• Su Ran explained that the Sea God Trident had recognized his immortal aura, and Bo Saixi agreed that he had not helped Dugu Yan cheat.
• Bo Saixi invited Su Ran to stay on Sea God Island and guide the disciples practicing the Thirteen Halberds of the Sea God, and he accepted.
• Su Ran told Bo Saixi he had destroyed the Star Luo Empire, the Clear Sky Sect, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and asked her to restrain Tang San.
• Bo Saixi promised to deal with Tang San and said Sea God Island would hunt him down if he tried to restore the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San heard Shui Bing'er, Dugu Yan, and the others practicing nearby, but the Sea God extended his Tidal Body Refining trial by three years and added four double-hours of daily punishment.

Su Ran toured Sea God Island while his students trained in the Raging Wave Abyss, where Tang San discovered how far they had advanced. Shui Bing'er and the others told Tang San that his father, Tang Hao, and his teacher, Yu Xiaogou, had died after joining the Star Luo Army in an attack on Peach Blossom Spring Academy, leaving Tang San devastated.

• Su Ran visited Sea God Island’s cities, taught the Sea Dragon Guard Team combat methods, and gave Sea Phantom City three bottles of Soul Beast Affinity Potion.
• Tang San remained bound in the Raging Wave Abyss under his Sea God Assessment punishment and watched Shui Bing’er and the other students practice with Golden Tridents.
• Tang San asked Shui Bing’er what trial the students had reached, and she said they had all completed the Sixth Trial.
• Tang San asked Shui Bing’er and the others about the news concerning his father, and they said Tang Hao and Yu Xiaogou had joined the Star Luo Army in an attempt to destroy Peach Blossom Spring Academy.
• Shui Bing’er and the others told Tang San that Tang Hao and Yu Xiaogou were dead, and Tang San spat blood in shock and grief.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King warned Lan Fuzi to stay in the Demon Palace and gave her a peach tile shard to seek help from Immortal Master Su if she faced danger. On Sea God Island, Tang San struggled with his training and the losses in his life as a giant whale-shaped Sea Tornado appeared over the sea.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King visited Lan Fuzi and learned that her mother was cultivating in seclusion to prepare for her next Hundred Thousand Year Milestone.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King told Lan Fuzi to stay with her mother, gave her a peach tile shard, and directed her to Peach Blossom Spring Academy and Immortal Master Su if she needed help.
• Several days later, Tang San emerged exhausted from the Deep Sea Sinking Silver Pillar training and lamented that his family, sect, and royal ally were gone.
• Tang San watched Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Dugu Yan, and the other Peach Blossom Spring Students train with halberds, and realized they had all reached above level 80 while he had only reached level 60.
• A fierce gale swept across Sea God Island, and Tang San and the other students saw a giant whale-shaped Sea Tornado rise into the sky.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King began transforming into the Whale Dragon God as it approached Sea God Island amid a Divine Tribulation. Bo Saixi organized the island’s defenses while Su Ran calmly watched, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Meng Yiran spotted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King transforming inside a Water Dragon Tornado and heading toward Sea God Island.
• Su Ran told his students to stay calm and observe the soul beast’s transformation as they gathered around him.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s body changed into a colossal dragon-like form, and a golden Eye of Heavenly Punishment appeared above it.
• Bo Saixi recognized the phenomenon as a Divine Tribulation and identified the beast as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King seeking to become the Whale Dragon God.
• Bo Saixi ordered the island’s Soul Masters to activate its defenses and prepare an evacuation while the Guardian Douluo raised a Sea Wall.
• Bo Saixi flew to the seaside villa and found Su Ran reciting poetry as he watched the approaching whale-dragon.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King endured the Sea God's Divine Tribulation and transformed into the Whale Dragon God, only to be battered by divine lightning and targeted for the Sea God's successor. As the Sea God prepared a final strike, Su Ran intervened and asked to take the Whale Dragon God for himself.

• Bo Saixi and Su Ran discussed the approaching disaster as the students realized the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was attempting to become the ocean's first Divine Beast.
• Tang San despaired atop the mountain in the Raging Wave Abyss, but panicked when the Divine Tribulation began nearby.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King faced the Sea God and endured the heavenly lightning, transforming into the Whale Dragon God.
• The Sea God battered the Whale Dragon God with Divine Lightning and offered to spare his divine soul if he became the Soul Ring of the Sea God's successor, but the Whale Dragon God refused.
• The Sea God summoned the Sea God Trident for a fatal blow, and Su Ran flew to the Whale Dragon God's side and asked the Sea God to leave him to Su Ran.