Chapter Summaries

Bo Saixi welcomed Tang San as the Sea God's inheritor and allowed Yu Xiaogang to remain on Sea God Island under restrictions. After settling in Seahorse City, Lin Mu told Tang San he would soon take Ah Yin back to the Heaven Dou Empire, and Ah Yin repaid Lin Mu for helping Tang San gain the Sea God's recognition.

• Bo Saixi recognized Tang San as the Sea God's inheritor and declared that no one on Sea God Island was worthy of receiving his salute.
• Bo Saixi ordered Yu Xiaogang to leave, then allowed him to stay by the shore after Ma Hongjun pleaded for him.
• Sea Horse Douluo led Lin Mu and the others to Seahorse City and gave Tang San his room, which Tang San then offered to Lin Mu.
• Lin Mu told Tang San he planned to take Ah Yin back to the Heaven Dou Empire in a few days, while Tang San promised to complete his trials quickly.
• Ah Yin told Lin Mu she wanted to repay him for helping Tang San and then did so privately.

Lin Mu left Ah Yin to find Tang Chen and sparred with him after promising he could extend Tang Chen’s life. The duel began on a stretch of sea reefs, where Tang Chen barely held his own against Lin Mu’s attacks.

• Ah Yin worried that Tang Chen might endanger Tang San, so Lin Mu set out to spar with him and settle the matter.
• Lin Mu found Tang Chen with Bo Saixi in a flower garden and revealed that he could help Tang Chen live longer, though he could not cure him.
• Tang Chen asked about the divine power Lin Mu carried, and Lin Mu said three gods wanted him to inherit their divine positions.
• Lin Mu and Tang Chen traveled to remote sea reefs to fight, while Bo Saixi stayed behind on Sea God Island.
• Tang Chen summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and attacked Lin Mu, using the Nine Absolutes of Haotian to barely withstand Lin Mu’s sword strikes.

Lin Mu defeated Tang Chen in a clash of their strongest attacks, then gave him Blue Silver leaves to recover. Meanwhile, the teams began the first trial on Sea God Island, where the Imperial Dou Team climbed more easily than Dai Mubai’s group, and Oscar’s attempt to reconnect with Ning Rongrong failed.

• Tang Chen proposed settling his spar with one final strike, and Lin Mu agreed.
• Tang Chen unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer while Lin Mu answered with Yatalis Thunder Fiend, and Lin Mu’s lightning sword overwhelmed him.
• Lin Mu gave Tang Chen Blue Silver leaves to heal, then told him they would spar again the next day.
• Tang San, Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the others began climbing the steps of the first trial.
• Shi Mo and the Imperial Dou Team climbed steadily, while Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun struggled with the Sea God’s Light.
• Oscar asked Ning Rongrong if she had been well and said he would wait for her, but she rejected him and continued upward.

Lin Mu returned to the Star Dou Great Forest with Ah Yin and met with Gu Yuena, then offered Di Tian a way to help Soul Beasts break through their limits by becoming his Soul Spirits. Di Tian agreed to consult the other Fierce Beasts and give Lin Mu an answer in a few days.

• Lin Mu and Ah Yin reached the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, where Di Tian confronted Lin Mu about his absence and noticed Ah Yin was a Soul Beast in human form.
• Lin Mu told Di Tian to treat him better if he still wanted help restoring Gu Yuena's origin, then went to see her while Ah Yin waited outside.
• After emerging from Gu Yuena's independent space, Lin Mu told Di Tian he could not help the Soul Beast race rise to power but could improve its chances of survival.
• Lin Mu showed Di Tian the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as Soul Spirits and explained that spreading the Soul Spirit method could make human greed worsen the danger to Soul Beasts.
• Lin Mu proposed that Di Tian and other Fierce Beasts become his Soul Spirits so they could become Gods when he ascended, and Di Tian agreed to discuss the offer with them before Lin Mu returned in a few days.

Lin Mu returned to Heaven Dou City with Ah Yin, prompting Qian Renxue to question him about their relationship before taking him to her bedchamber. Afterward, Lin Mu suggested that Qian Daoliu had let Bibi Dong establish the Spirit Hall Empire out of guilt.

• Qian Renxue raged over Bibi Dong establishing the Spirit Hall Empire and thought of Lin Mu while he was away.
• Lin Mu returned to the palace with Ah Yin, and Qian Renxue rushed to embrace him before asking who the unfamiliar woman was.
• Lin Mu introduced Ah Yin as Tang San's mother, and Qian Renxue reacted with surprise before ordering him to stay in the palace.
• Qian Renxue arranged for Ah Yin to rest in a side hall and dragged Lin Mu into her bedchamber, where she later questioned him about Bibi Dong's new empire.
• Lin Mu said Qian Daoliu had likely failed to stop Bibi Dong out of guilt, leaving Qian Renxue puzzled.

Lin Mu revealed to Qian Renxue the truth about her birth, and he comforted her as she decided to visit Bibi Dong in Spirit City. After taking her there, he went to the Star Dou Great Forest to discuss soul spirits with Di Tian and the others.

• Lin Mu told Qian Renxue that Qian Xunji had raped Bibi Dong, leaving Qian Renxue stunned and questioning whether her birth was a mistake.
• Lin Mu comforted Qian Renxue and reminded her that she was not to blame, so she decided to travel to Spirit City and speak with Bibi Dong.
• The next morning, Lin Mu flew Qian Renxue to the outskirts of the Spirit Hall Empire and urged her to begin the Angel God's assessment soon.
• Lin Mu traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Di Tian brought Bi Ji, Myriad Demon King, and Zi Ji to meet him.
• Di Tian questioned whether Lin Mu's disciple could become a god, and Lin Mu revealed that his disciple already possessed a God Inheritance.
• Di Tian considered becoming Lin Mu's soul spirit but decided to first focus on ensuring his lord's recovery and safety.

Lin Mu demonstrated his spirit souls to the Fierce Beasts, then rejected Myriad Demon King and accepted Zi Ji as his fifth spirit soul. Zi Ji emerged in humanoid soul-spirit form, while Lin Mu remained unable to break through Level 100 without a divine position.

• Lin Mu summoned Da Ming and Little Black, revealing that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was a million-year spirit soul.
• Myriad Demon King offered to become Lin Mu’s spirit soul, but Lin Mu rejected him because their attributes were incompatible and said his disciple was a better match.
• Lin Mu named the attributes he needed, and Di Tian and Lin Mu turned their attention to Zi Ji.
• Zi Ji agreed to become Lin Mu’s spirit soul after he promised to protect her Hell Demon Dragon Clan and let her out once a day.
• Lin Mu guided Zi Ji through the ritual, and she attached herself to his fifth soul ring.
• Lin Mu summoned Zi Ji in her humanoid soul-spirit state, and she found that she could use her abilities with even greater strength.

Lin Mu arranged for more soul beasts to become his soul spirits and returned to Heaven Dou City to take charge of the empire while Qian Renxue pursued the Angel God's trial. He found Ge Long blocked from entering the palace at night and learned the marshal had urgent matters to report.

• Lin Mu rejected Di Tian's offer of other soul beasts and asked him to find Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts with wind and earth attributes.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King offered its wife and daughter as soul spirits, and Lin Mu agreed to take them in.
• Lin Mu told Di Tian he would return in seven days, then visited the Silver Dragon King's independent space to restore her origin.
• Lin Mu returned to Heaven Dou City and entered the imperial palace to oversee the empire while Qian Renxue was away.
• Lin Mu found guards barring Ge Long from the palace at night, and Ge Long said he needed to report urgent matters to Her Majesty.

Ge Long warned Lin Mu that the Spirit Hall Empire was preparing for war, but Lin Mu left the response to Your Majesty and went to the bedchambers. Qian Renxue apologized to Bibi Dong for blaming her, but their conversation ended in anger when Bibi Dong rejected her words.

• Ge Long pleaded with Lin Mu to hear him out, and Lin Mu took him to a rooftop so he could speak privately.
• Ge Long told Lin Mu that the Spirit Hall Empire had annexed Heaven Dou cities and was recruiting troops, but Lin Mu dismissed him and flew toward the bedchambers.
• Qian Renxue arrived at Bibi Dong's bedchambers, where Bibi Dong questioned why she had returned.
• Qian Renxue apologized for blaming Bibi Dong and said she did not owe her anything because she had not chosen to be born.
• Bibi Dong grew furious when Qian Renxue spoke about her birth and ordered her to leave if she had come to lecture her.

Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong over her hatred, but their argument escalated into a clash of domains. Chrysanthemum Douluo defied Bibi Dong to protect Qian Renxue and revealed that Lin Mu's pills had granted him a powerful domain, prompting Bibi Dong to back down.

• Qian Renxue told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang, not Qian Xunji, was the person she should hate most, and Bibi Dong attacked her with Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo arrived, but refused Bibi Dong's order to leave Qian Renxue alone.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo declared that Spirit Hall's interests required protecting Qian Renxue, who had become ruler of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Bibi Dong sent a spear of Divine Slaughter's Domain at Chrysanthemum Douluo, who blocked it with a domain granted by the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum in Lin Mu's pills.
• Bibi Dong accepted Chrysanthemum Douluo's explanation for his new domain and spared him, recognizing his strength as a potential asset against Lin Mu.

Bibi Dong confronted Qian Renxue over her defense of Yu Xiaogang, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo protected the Young Master and refused to leave. Qian Renxue challenged Bibi Dong to admit that Yu Xiaogang had ulterior motives and that her closeness to him had been a mistake.

• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to leave, but they stayed to protect Qian Renxue and warned Bibi Dong not to harm her.
• Bibi Dong accused the two elders of defecting to Worship Hall, and Chrysanthemum Douluo denied it while Ghost Douluo privately recalled their ties to Lin Mu.
• Bibi Dong threatened to punish the elders, then told Qian Renxue not to speak ill of Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Renxue said Yu Xiaogang was the true culprit behind Bibi Dong's suffering and argued that he had deliberately approached the Spirit Hall Saintess despite their difference in status.
• Bibi Dong defended Yu Xiaogang's interest in Martial Soul Theory, but Qian Renxue accused her of admitting that he had used her and questioned her closeness to an outsider from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong over her past choices and her treatment of Yu Xiaogang, triggering a fight that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had to contain until Qian Daoliu intervened. Bibi Dong ordered the two elders to the front lines, and they chose to leave Spirit Hall for the Limitless Sect.

• Qian Renxue told Bibi Dong that she had misjudged Yu Xiaogang and reminded her that he had quickly chosen to marry his cousin.
• Bibi Dong transformed into her Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Qian Renxue, prompting Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to shield the Young Master and restrain Bibi Dong with their Two Extremes Stillness Domain.
• Qian Daoliu arrived, released the restraint, and struck Bibi Dong back when she continued attacking the two elders.
• Qian Daoliu warned Bibi Dong not to endanger Qian Renxue again, while Bibi Dong secretly resolved to complete the Rakshasa God Trial and take control of Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to the front lines, and both elders agreed, intending to leave Spirit Hall for the Limitless Sect.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo left Spirit Hall after Bibi Dong stripped them of their Elder positions and threatened them, then joined Lin Mu's Limitless Sect. Meanwhile, Lin Mu advanced his plans at Elemental Academy, gained two more soul spirits, and helped restore the Silver Dragon King's origin.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo rejected Bibi Dong's threats and announced they were leaving Spirit Hall.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo insulted Bibi Dong's Martial Soul, and she dispatched four Titled Douluos to hunt the pair.
• Lin Mu told Qian Renxue's trusted ministers that she had left, assigned Ge Long to guard the borders, and took Ah Yin to Elemental Academy.
• Lin Mu recruited wind- and earth-attributed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts as soul spirits, bringing his soul-ring configuration to three black, five red, and one gold.
• Lin Mu helped the Silver Dragon King restore her origin and encountered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo on their way to seek refuge.
• Lin Mu heard how the two had left Spirit Hall and accepted them as elders of the Limitless Sect.

Lin Mu expanded the Elemental Academy and assigned Huo Wu to teach a newly admitted fire-attributed genius, while Dai Mubai, desperate to complete the Sea God's Light trial, attacked Oscar for blood. Oscar died after Dai Mubai tore into his neck.

• The Limitless Sect grew in strength and reputation after Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo joined, drawing Bibi Dong's hostility.
• Lin Mu assigned the newly admitted Innate Full Soul Power student to Huo Wu's advanced class and increased her supply of medicinal pills.
• Tang San and the others continued the Sea God's Light trial, while Dai Mubai and Oscar remained far from completing it.
• Dai Mubai demanded Ma Hongjun's blood, but Ma Hongjun refused and flew out of reach.
• Dai Mubai caught up with Oscar, took two strength-boosting sausages, and tore into Oscar's neck until he died.

Dai Mubai killed Oscar to replenish his strength, prompting Ma Hongjun to swear revenge as the others continued their trials. Tang San and his companions completed their assessments, while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun kept climbing toward a confrontation.

• Dai Mubai drained Oscar's blood and killed him, and Ma Hongjun vowed to kill Dai Mubai in retaliation.
• Tang San judged Dai Mubai dangerously corrupted by bloodlust, then urged the group to focus on their trials.
• Shi Mo, Shi Mo, Bai Chenxiang, Yu Tianheng, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling completed their trials with help from their companions.
• Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling gained five hundred years on their Soul Rings and each received a God-Bestowed Soul Ring after reaching level seventy.
• Tang San began climbing all 333 Level Steps, while Yu Tianheng told Dugu Yan he had a way to deal with Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai ate Oscar's two sausages to boost his strength, and Ma Hongjun condemned him for using Oscar's sausages after killing him.

Dai Mubai’s berserk attempt to pass the Sea God’s Light trial was stopped when Yu Tianheng lured him off the steps and subdued him. Dai Mubai was left alone at the trial grounds after Ma Hongjun completed his trial and flew away.

• Dai Mubai chased Ma Hongjun up the steps, but Yu Tianheng drew his attention away and lured him back to the ground.
• Yu Tianheng used his soul skills to overpower Dai Mubai until the mutated sausages’ effects wore off.
• Dai Mubai realized he had failed the trial and accused Yu Tianheng of preventing him from passing.
• Yu Tianheng said Dai Mubai had endangered his companions, while Dai Mubai continued to insist his plan was justified.
• Tang San climbed the 333 Level Steps and returned to Seahorse City with the others, and Ma Hongjun later reached the 108th Level Steps.
• Ma Hongjun flew away, leaving Dai Mubai alone to await death in the cold night.

As Dai Mubai neared death after failing the Sea God's trial, his rage earned him the God of Wrath's inheritance and a new trial to control his anger. He recruited Ma Hongjun to help him, promising to restore Ma Hongjun's teacher's cultivation.

• Dai Mubai's rage awakened his Black Tiger martial soul and drew the God of Wrath's attention, granting him a divine inheritance and a one-year trial to control his wrath.
• Ma Hongjun returned to collect Dai Mubai and Oscar's bodies but discovered Dai Mubai was alive and far stronger than before.
• Dai Mubai restrained his anger and told Ma Hongjun that the God of Wrath had chosen him, replacing his failed Sea God trial.
• Dai Mubai asked Ma Hongjun to help him complete the divine trials, and Ma Hongjun agreed on the condition that Dai Mubai restore his teacher's cultivation.
• Dai Mubai promised to help Ma Hongjun's teacher and secretly smiled sinisterly.

Ning Fengzhi visited the Limitless Sect to ask Lin Mu about Xue Qinghe’s long disappearance. Lin Mu revealed that the ruler was not the original Xue Qinghe, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to keep the secret and maintain the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s loyalty.

• Ning Fengzhi waited with Sword Douluo while Chrysanthemum Douluo explained that Lin Mu might be busy.
• Lin Mu arrived with Ghost Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi asked about Xue Qinghe’s whereabouts.
• Lin Mu warned Ning Fengzhi that learning the truth might be dangerous, but Ning Fengzhi insisted on hearing it.
• Lin Mu told Ning Fengzhi that Xue Qinghe was not the original Xue Qinghe, shocking Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi pledged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s continued loyalty and agreed to conceal the truth at Lin Mu’s request.

Lin Mu visited Sea God Island with Ah Yin and found Tang San and the others struggling to complete their second trial. He arrived with several powerful soul bones to give his disciples, leaving their distribution pending.

• Lin Mu decided to visit Sea God Island with Ah Yin after learning his main quest progress had reached ninety percent.
• Tang San and the others discussed how to cross the Ring Sea, while Ma Hongjun learned they would not help him if he failed to keep up.
• Tang San explained that Xiao Bai was too strong for him and Yu Tianheng to hold back long enough for the group to cross.
• Lin Mu and Ah Yin arrived, and Tang San excitedly greeted his Master.
• Lin Mu produced four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones and one Million Year Soul Bone to strengthen his disciples.

Lin Mu distributed several powerful Soul Bones to Tang San, Ye Lingling, and Shi Mo while Tang San began absorbing his first gift. Xiao Bai arrived after the energy drew her from the sea and challenged Lin Mu over the Soul Bones.

• Five Soul Bones released a powerful aura, and Lin Mu explained that they were leftovers from subduing soul spirits.
• Lin Mu gave Tang San a Million Year Torso Soul Bone and a True Dragon Left Arm Soul Bone, then told him to absorb the Left Arm Soul Bone first.
• Lin Mu gave Ye Lingling a Torso Soul Bone and gave Shi Mo an earth-attributed Right Arm Soul Bone; Shi Mo and Shi Mo pledged their lives to Lin Mu.
• Xiao Bai emerged from the sea and demanded to know who Lin Mu was and where the Soul Bones came from.
• Lin Mu challenged Xiao Bai for apparently sympathizing with Soul Beasts she had never met.