Chapter Summaries

Zhang Bufan shielded Huo Wu from the Raging Waves Desperate Situation’s four-hour Tidal Body Refining trial while she slept, and she still gained a marked improvement in her strength. After the trial ended, Bo Saixi accepted that Huo Wu had passed as Zhang Bufan took her home.

• As a four-hundred-meter wave crashed toward them, Zhang Bufan wrapped Huo Wu in his arms and blocked the impact with an invisible force field.
• Zhang Bufan remained on the pillar through repeated waves while Huo Wu relaxed and fell asleep, passively absorbing the energy around them.
• Bo Saixi realized that Huo Wu was being tempered despite her protection, while Tang San and the other examinees struggled to endure the waves.
• When the four-hour trial ended, Huo Wu awoke feeling stronger, with more condensed Soul Power and a clearer sense of flame.
• Bo Saixi declared Huo Wu’s trial passed, and Zhang Bufan flew away with Huo Wu to return home.

During the Tidal Body Refining assessment, Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu calmly read and drank tea on the central pillar while the other examinees struggled against the waves. They left hand in hand at the end of the trial, leaving Bo Saixi and the examinees stunned by their relaxed approach.

• Zhang Bufan held Huo Wu safely on the central Sinking Silver Pillar while she read and discussed a book with him.
• After growing bored, Zhang Bufan conjured tea ware and a stove, purified seawater, and brewed flower-fruit tea for Huo Wu.
• Bo Saixi watched in disbelief as Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu drank tea during the assessment.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar noticed the pair's tea party while enduring the waves.
• Zhang Bufan packed away the tea set when the assessment ended, then left with Huo Wu as the exhausted examinees and Bo Saixi watched.

Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu completed the year-long Tidal Body Refining trial, with Huo Wu gaining a level and strengthening her Martial Soul and body. After receiving their rewards, they left with Bo Saixi to learn about the Fourth Trial.

• Zhang Bufan protected Huo Wu and transformed the waves into gentle energy throughout the 365-day trial, while the other examinees endured its harsh conditions and Tang San focused on training.
• The examinees completed Tidal Body Refining, and Bo Saixi congratulated Huo Wu and Zhang Bufan.
• The Sea God Trial rewarded Huo Wu with a Soul Power level, stronger Soul Rings, a tempered Martial Soul, and greatly enhanced physical attributes; Zhang Bufan received a small insight into water's flexibility and tolerance.
• Huo Wu told Zhang Bufan that her flames had become more resilient and controllable, and thanked him for helping her progress.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu joked about tea-making and the trial before heading out with Bo Saixi to prepare for the Fourth Trial.

Bo Saixi announced the Fourth Trial, a battle against the Evil Spirit Orca clan, and Zhang Bufan received an additional objective to prevent any Demon Soul Great White Shark casualties. When the groups met in the deep sea, Zhang Bufan casually prepared to stop the charging Evil Orca King.

• Bo Saixi announced that the trial-takers had to help Little White repel the Evil Spirit Orcas and possibly kill their Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast leader.
• Zhang Bufan received the additional objective of ensuring zero casualties among the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan, and Little White thanked him with a kneel.
• Little White briefed Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu on the orcas’ abilities while the others prepared; the group then spent three days getting ready for the trial.
• Little White led the trial-takers and her clan into the deep sea, where the Evil Spirit Orcas and their king appeared and prepared to attack.
• The Evil Orca King charged at Little White as Tang San released his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, and Zhang Bufan extended his hand and gently clenched it.

Zhang Bufan instantly annihilated the Evil Orca King and drove the Evil Spirit Orcas away, completing the Fourth Trial without casualties. Bo Saixi counted Huo Wu’s trial as passed, and the group returned to Sea God Island with the Shrek Seven Devils shaken by Zhang Bufan’s overwhelming power.

• Zhang Bufan compressed and annihilated the Evil Orca King and several nearby Evil Spirit Orcas with a gesture.
• The remaining Evil Spirit Orcas fled, and Little White thanked Zhang Bufan for avenging her clan while the others watched in shock.
• Bo Saixi declared the Fourth Trial complete and accepted Huo Wu’s participation as fulfilling her requirement to kill the Evil Orca King.
• Golden lights rewarded Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu, raising Huo Wu’s Soul Power by one rank and increasing the age of her Soul Rings.
• Little White carried the group back toward Sea God Island as Tang San resolved to focus on his own path and the others reflected on Zhang Bufan’s strength.

The examinees attempted to draw the Sea God's Trident, but even Tang San failed after lifting it only a short distance. When Zhang Bufan read his trial objective to make the artifact submit, the trident responded by floating to him and placing itself in his hand.

• The examinees entered the temple and tried to pull out the Sea God's Trident, but each was repelled by its divine power.
• Tang San lifted the trident about a foot before its power turned violent and threw him back, leaving him injured and unsuccessful.
• Zhang Bufan entered the temple with Huo Wu and read aloud that his Seventh Trial was to make the Sea God's Trident submit.
• Zhang Bufan beckoned to the trident, which unleashed overwhelming divine pressure that had no effect on him.
• The trident's light and hum softened, and it floated to Zhang Bufan, placed its shaft in his hand, and rubbed against his wrist while the onlookers stared in shock.

Zhang Bufan effortlessly won the Sea God's Trident’s submission, allowing Huo Wu to pull it from the altar and pass the Seventh Trial. The group left the temple with Huo Wu recognized by the trident, while the Eighth Trial was scheduled to be announced in three days.

• The Sea God's Trident submitted to Zhang Bufan, who mocked its weight and design before tossing it back onto the altar.
• Zhang Bufan told Huo Wu to pull out the trident, and she lifted it easily as it acknowledged her and resonated with her flame Soul Power.
• Bo Saixi awarded Zhang Bufan a minor understanding of the Authority of Water and Huo Wu a Soul Power rank, stronger Soul Rings, and preliminary trident recognition.
• Bo Saixi announced the end of the Seventh Trial and said the Eighth Trial would be announced in three days.
• Tang San felt powerless watching Zhang Bufan, while Zhang Bufan told Huo Wu not to rely too much on the trident and promised to find her something better-looking.

Zhang Bufan, Huo Wu, and Tang San’s group entered the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s territory to face the Sea God’s Eighth Trial. When the whale attacked, Zhang Bufan used the power of three cauldrons to strike it, leaving its colossal body badly wounded.

• Bo Saixi announced that the Eighth Trial required the candidates to execute the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, while Zhang Bufan’s limit was the power of three cauldrons.
• Zhang Bufan reassured Huo Wu that he could handle the whale and planned to leave her room to inflict the primary damage required by her trial.
• Little White guided Zhang Bufan, Huo Wu, Tang San, and the others to the edge of the whale’s storm-wracked territory.
• Tang San and the others advanced into the vortex and prepared to fight when the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King erupted from the sea and attacked them.
• Zhang Bufan summoned the Strength Cauldron, Li Cauldron, and Kan Cauldron, fused their power into a chaotic ruler, and struck the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King through its defenses.

Zhang Bufan weakened the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King so Huo Wu could deliver the finishing blow and claim its million-year Soul Ring and two Soul Bones. After Huo Wu and Tang San received their rewards, the group left the sea as Tang San prepared for the final trial and Zhang Bufan pondered how to refine his power.

• Zhang Bufan urged Huo Wu to deliver the finishing blow before the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King bled out, and she killed it with her ninth Soul Skill, Flame God Judgment.
• A million-year Soul Ring and two Soul Bones emerged from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and fused with Huo Wu, raising her to Level 98; she also received the eighth-trial rewards.
• Tang San received trial rewards that increased his Soul Power and Soul Ring age limits and gave him information about the whale's weaknesses.
• Zhang Bufan took Huo Wu back toward Sea God Island, while Tang San told his companions to prepare for the final ninth trial.
• During the flight home, Zhang Bufan considered ways to improve the fusion of his power, fire, and water laws as Sea God Island came into view.

As the Sea God's Ninth Trial began, Zhang Bufan faced visions of his past life and a possible future as the Sea God, but rejected them and broke through the illusion. He continued toward the inheritance while Huo Wu faced a separate trial.

• After recovering from the Eighth Trial, Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu sensed the Ninth Trial beginning and were drawn to the Sea God Temple alongside Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and the others.
• The Sea God's voice explained that each participant would enter the Corridor of the Heart and confront personal desires, fears, and delusions before being separated into different paths.
• Zhang Bufan entered a Void that showed the Nine Cauldrons' ancient origins and a former sovereign who abandoned divine power to seek humanity and change.
• The illusion showed Zhang Bufan accepting the Sea God's inheritance and losing warmth in his relationship with Huo Wu, but he rejected that imagined future and affirmed his own identity and path.
• Zhang Bufan dispersed the visions and walked along a golden road toward the inheritance, while Huo Wu continued through her own separate trial.

Zhang Bufan faced illusions of his previous life as a lonely Sovereign and a bleak future as the Sea God, but rejected their fatalistic assumptions and declared that he would shape his own path. His resolve shattered the trials’ illusions and opened a golden staircase toward the Sea God inheritance.

• Zhang Bufan entered a white space and saw visions of his previous life as a Sovereign, whose rigid rules and endless authority had left him lonely and weary.
• He witnessed the Sovereign choose reincarnation, dismantling his power and dispersing it while preserving the Nine Cauldrons’ core origins.
• Zhang Bufan saw a possible future in which he and Huo Wu became gods whose duties and eternal routine dulled their relationship.
• Zhang Bufan rejected the visions, arguing that he would reform divine duties and keep his life with Huo Wu lively on his own terms.
• Zhang Bufan declared that his strength served to protect his loved ones and shattered the illusions and Chaotic light sphere.
• A golden staircase appeared, and Zhang Bufan stepped toward the Sea God inheritance.

Huo Wu endured the Corridor of the Heart, where illusions magnified her fears of losing Zhang Bufan, being replaced, becoming a burden, and falling behind him. She overcame them by trusting her own strength and their love, then continued along the golden path toward Zhang Bufan and the final inheritance.

• Huo Wu relived her past defeat and saw an illusion of Zhang Bufan abandoning her, awakening her fear of being left behind.
• The Corridor showed her Zhang Bufan accepting other women, then portrayed her as too weak to protect him and destined to lag behind him.
• As the illusions began to consume her, a warm sense of Zhang Bufan's bond and his reminder to trust herself and him reached her.
• Huo Wu affirmed her pride, independence, and belief that she and Zhang Bufan supported one another, then used her Flame God Power to shatter the Heart Fire illusions.
• Huo Wu sensed that Zhang Bufan had also passed his trial, and she hurried along the golden path toward their reunion and the final inheritance.

Huo Wu completed the final ritual of her Flame God inheritance while Zhang Bufan received Sea God's recognition and rewards after passing the Sea God Nine Trials. The two reunited on the starry platform, where Huo Wu fully stabilized her godhead as a First-level Deity.

• Huo Wu reached the inheritance grounds and reunited with Zhang Bufan after they passed the Corridor of the Heart.
• Sea God's divine consciousness allowed Huo Wu to complete her Flame God ritual on the platform and summoned Zhang Bufan into the temple.
• Sea God gave Zhang Bufan Sea God's Origin Essence, Sea God's Edict, and information about Void's erosion, then granted him the final recognition for passing the trials.
• Huo Wu absorbed Sea God divine power while Zhang Bufan spoke with Sea God, stabilizing her godhead and returning to her position as Flame God.
• Zhang Bufan returned to the platform and congratulated Huo Wu as she celebrated her newfound divine power.

While returning to Douluo Continent, Zhang Bufan rejected Sea God Poseidon's offer to inherit the Sea God position, insisting on following his own path of Chaos. Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu reaffirmed who they were beyond their divine titles, then headed home to face Spirit Hall.

• Sea God Poseidon appeared in the divine passage and formally invited Zhang Bufan to inherit the Sea God position.
• Zhang Bufan refused, explaining that the position's duties and fixed authority would constrain his freedom and his path of Chaos.
• Poseidon accepted Zhang Bufan's decision, withdrew the invitation, and said he had his own considerations about Tang San.
• Huo Wu praised Zhang Bufan's words and said she remained Huo Wu rather than merely the Flame God; the two kissed.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu continued toward Douluo Continent, preparing to confront whatever Spirit Hall had waiting for them.

Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu returned to Nine Dragon City as gods, then Zhang Bufan established a unique Chaos God Position recognized by the Douluo Plane. He prepared to confront Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue in Spirit City and called the alliance’s leaders to a war council.

• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu arrived above Nine Dragon City, where Long Aotian, the alliance leaders, and nearly a million citizens welcomed their return.
• Zhang Bufan sensed that the Rakshasa God and Angel God had stabilized their God Positions and that the Void presence in Spirit City was growing stronger.
• Huo Wu absorbed the Sea God's Origin Essence while Zhang Bufan spent two days forming a God Position based on his Nine Cauldrons and Chaos Way.
• Zhang Bufan summoned the Nine Cauldrons and declared the Chaos God Position, receiving recognition from the Douluo Plane as its one and only Chaos God.
• Zhang Bufan told Long Aotian to summon the alliance's higher-ups for a war council and prepared to visit Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue.

After creating the Chaos God Position, Zhang Bufan tested its powers and returned to Nine Dragon City to lead a strategic meeting. He ordered the Allied Forces to prepare for a final campaign against Spirit Hall and the Void, announcing that he and Huo Wu would arrive at Spirit City in ten days.

• Zhang Bufan used his Chaos Divine Power to transform the Gobi, briefly reverse time, and create a domain that affected space and souls.
• The Angel God, the Rakshasa God, and other hidden observers withdrew after sensing Zhang Bufan's power.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu returned to Nine Dragon City and presided over a meeting where Long Aotian and other officials reported on the continent, Spirit Hall, and the Void.
• After hearing that Void energy was intensifying near Spirit City, Zhang Bufan ordered the Allied Forces to complete preparations under the Class A combat readiness plan within three days.
• Zhang Bufan announced that he and Huo Wu would go to Spirit City in ten days to settle matters with Spirit Hall, slay the Evil God, and confront the Void.

Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu prepared for the coming battle at Spirit City while refining their divine powers and discussing the mysterious beings who had witnessed Zhang Bufan’s establishment of the Chaos God Position. Poseidon and other distant deities sent signs of recognition or hostility, and the pair turned their attention to the final three days of battle preparation.

• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu returned to their residence and trained their Chaos and Flame God powers while the Bufan Empire mobilized for war.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu discussed the divine senses that had watched him establish the Chaos God Position, including the hostile Rakshasa God and Angel God.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu promised to fight side by side and protect each other when they faced the unknown Void threat at Spirit City.
• Poseidon sent a vast golden congratulatory message across the eastern sky, publicly recognizing Zhang Bufan’s Chaos God Position.
• Divine signs and presences from across Douluo Continent and distant planes reacted to the new god position with congratulations, scrutiny, or hostility.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu vowed to spend the final three days refining their tactics, then sent their combined divine auras toward Spirit City.

Zhang Bufan guided Huo Wu to reshape her inherited Flame God power around the fire rooted in her own soul, then the two gods prepared to lead the Allied Forces against the Evil God, False God, and Void. As the final battle approached, they left Nine Dragon City’s forces ready to march and shared a quiet moment before setting out for Spirit City.

• Zhang Bufan helped Huo Wu recognize her soul’s fire as the true source of her power and guided her in reworking the Flame God's Godhead.
• Huo Wu developed the beginnings of new fire traits, including Life Fire, Heart Fire, spatial fire, and Conceptual Fire.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu practiced combined attacks, creating a powerful Chaos: Flame Dragon Break that approached the strength of a second-level god’s full-force strike.
• After returning to Bufan Residence, Zhang Bufan ordered the Allied Forces to deploy outside Spirit City at sunrise and announced that he and Huo Wu would go there the following day to face the Evil God, False God, and Void.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu rested together beneath the locust tree and spoke of retiring and starting a family after the battle.

Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu returned as the Chaos God and Flame God, swore to defend Douluo, and prepared the Allied Forces for war against Spirit City. They crossed space toward the city as the five hundred thousand troops began their advance, bringing the God War to the brink of eruption.

• Five hundred thousand Allied Forces assembled outside Nine Dragon City while Long Aotian and the alliance leaders prepared for the coming battle.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu appeared as gods, and the troops knelt to greet them.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu swore before heaven and earth to defeat the Evil God, the False Gods, and the Void, and their divine power strengthened the army.
• Zhang Bufan ordered Long Aotian, Ning Fengzhi, and Yu Yuanzhen to command the Allied Forces and told the younger generation to prioritize survival.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu crossed space toward Spirit City, leaving divine protection over the army and a fiery trail to guide its advance.
• Long Aotian ordered the Allied Forces to march toward Spirit City as Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu approached the darkened city and sensed the presence within.

Bo Saixi and Tang San learned that Zhang Bufan had created the Chaos God position and that Huo Wu had ascended as the Flame God, while the continent’s powerful figures awaited the coming God War. Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu reached the skies above Spirit City and unleashed their divine might, beginning the battle.

• Bo Saixi sensed Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu’s ascension and was shaken by the Sea God’s public congratulations to Zhang Bufan.
• Tang San and the others arrived, and Bo Saixi told them Zhang Bufan had created the Chaos God position while Huo Wu had stabilized the Flame God divine core.
• Tang San asked whether he and the others could join the coming battle, but Bo Saixi told them to focus on completing their trials and growing stronger.
• Reclusive powerhouses and ancient beings across the continent turned their attention toward Spirit City as they awaited the God War.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu appeared above Spirit City, saw the Rakshasa, Angel, and Void powers gathered there, and unleashed their divine might.