Chapter Summaries

After Dai Mubai died, Ma Hongjun blamed Yu Xiaogang and went to confront him, while Lin Mu reassured Tang San that destroying the God of Wrath’s Divine Sense would not stop him from becoming a god. Bo Saixi thanked Lin Mu and left, and Lin Mu flew toward Seahorse City as Tang San remained burdened with guilt.

• Ma Hongjun mourned Dai Mubai, blamed Yu Xiaogang for the deaths and his own fate, and headed to Yu Xiaogang’s ruined hut to confront him.
• Tang San asked whether Lin Mu’s destruction of the God of Wrath’s Divine Sense would affect his path to godhood.
• Lin Mu told Tang San not to blame himself and declared that he would fight any god who stood against him.
• Bo Saixi thanked Lin Mu for defending the Sea God’s dignity, but Lin Mu said he had acted for his own reasons.
• Bo Saixi left, Lin Mu flew toward Seahorse City, and Tang San watched him go while still feeling guilty.

Ma Hongjun confronted Yu Xiaogang after failing the Fifth Trial and learning that Dai Mubai had died, then decided to leave his teacher alive but without food. The chapter left Yu Xiaogang relying on the chance that Ma Hongjun might return to the continent while Ma Hongjun continued his cultivation.

• Ma Hongjun went to Yu Xiaogang's residence, prepared to kill him if he could not explain the failed assessment.
• Ma Hongjun told Yu Xiaogang that Sea Ghost Douluo had refused outside help and that Dai Mubai had been killed after Tang San's fight triggered the Divine Sense on him.
• Yu Xiaogang raged at Lin Mu and then pleaded with Ma Hongjun to care for Erlong if he ever returned to the continent.
• Ma Hongjun agreed not to kill Yu Xiaogang but said he would stop bringing him food, leaving Yu Xiaogang relieved that he had more time to survive.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Ma Hongjun not to abandon cultivation, and Ma Hongjun replied that he already knew.

Tang San and his four companions began the Sixth Trial, which required them to withstand Bo Saixi for the time it took an incense stick to burn. The group split up to delay her, but after breaking Tang San’s prison, Bo Saixi sent him flying with a single clash.

• Lin Mu encouraged Tang San, and Ah Yin told him she would wait for his triumphant return.
• Bo Saixi warned the five participants that failure would carry a severe punishment and that she would not go easy on them.
• Lin Mu moved the spectators away from Sea God Mountain, and Bo Saixi lit the incense to begin the trial.
• Tang San trapped Bo Saixi with his Blue Silver Eternal Forest while Yu Tianheng and Ning Rongrong fled together and Ye Lingling carried Xiao Wu in the opposite direction.
• Bo Saixi broke free in under two minutes, found Tang San alone, and sent him flying when he struck her with the Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang San unleashed his full strength against Bo Saixi during the Sea God trial, but she overwhelmed him and sent him into the Sea of Seas. In the God Realm, the God of Destruction watched Lin Mu and noticed Ah Yin’s potential as a candidate for the God of Life’s divine seat.

• Tang San combined his Blue Silver Domain, soul skills, and Martial Soul Avatar to summon a massive Blue Silver giant, while Lin Mu explained that Tang San had cultivated his Martial Soul toward the Assault System.
• Lin Mu told Dugu Yan that her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul could suit the Assault System, and reassured Ah Yin that Tang San still had hidden abilities.
• Bo Saixi destroyed Tang San’s Blue Silver giant, repelled his sealing spears, and struck him into the Sea of Seas with a powerful palm.
• Tang San concealed himself underwater with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, while Bo Saixi summoned her Sea God Martial Soul to search for him.
• The Sea God monitored Tang San’s Sixth Trial, while the God of Destruction focused on Lin Mu and considered Ah Yin suited to the God of Life’s divine position.

The God of Destruction considered Lin Mu and Ye Lingling as potential successors for the Destruction and Life God positions, while Bo Saixi hunted Tang San during the Sea God trial. After trapping Tang San, she pursued Yu Tianheng and Ning Rongrong, who fled into a forest as the trial time dwindled.

• The God of Destruction decided to discuss with his wife whether Ye Lingling could inherit the Life God position alongside Lin Mu inheriting the Destruction God position.
• Bo Saixi located Tang San underwater, broke through his defenses, and trapped him in the independent space created by her Sixth Soul Skill.
• With most of the trial time gone, Bo Saixi left Tang San and flew after Yu Tianheng and Ning Rongrong.
• Yu Tianheng carried Ning Rongrong into a forest and used her Nine Treasures True Body boost to extend their escape.
• Bo Saixi reached the forest and began forming a vast vortex of water elements above it.

Yu Tianheng and Ning Rongrong struggled against Bo Saixi during the Sixth Trial, while Ye Lingling and Xiao Wu survived her pursuit until the trial ended. After the group received their rewards, Lin Mu helped Tang San fuse with a soul spirit, raising his Soul Power to level ninety-five and evolving his martial soul into an ultimate wood attribute.

• Yu Tianheng used Ning Rongrong's amplification to attack Bo Saixi, then tried to reach the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, but Bo Saixi stopped him and he fell unconscious.
• Bo Saixi rescued Yu Tianheng and Ning Rongrong, treated them, and left them with Sea Horse Douluo before searching for Ye Lingling and Xiao Wu.
• Ye Lingling put Xiao Wu in front of Bo Saixi's attack, and Xiao Wu used Invincible Golden Body to nullify it and escape; they held out until the Sixth Trial ended.
• Tang San revealed that he had escaped Bo Saixi's black hole space by recovering Soul Power and using his Sixth Soul Skill to destroy it.
• Yu Tianheng and Ning Rongrong each absorbed a God-Bestowed Soul Ring and rose to ranks eighty-three and eighty-one, while Tang San prepared to fuse with a soul spirit before attempting his seventh trial.
• Lin Mu helped Tang San fuse with a soul spirit, raising his Soul Power to level ninety-five and evolving his martial soul into an ultimate wood attribute.

Tang San fused with the Myriad Demon King as his soul spirit, learned to condense a Soul Core, and successfully formed one. After three days of rest, Lin Mu led the group to the Sea God Hall for the next trial, where Bo Saixi allowed them to enter.

• Tang San summoned the Myriad Demon King, who said he could display eighty to ninety percent of his strength as a soul spirit.
• Lin Mu tested the Myriad Demon King's abilities, then taught Tang San how to condense a Soul Core.
• Tang San misinterpreted Lin Mu's remark about having repaid him and decided his mother should keep taking care of Master.
• Tang San condensed his first Soul Core in under an hour, and Yu Tianheng and Ning Rongrong arrived after absorbing their Eighth Soul Rings.
• After resting and adjusting for three days, Lin Mu led the group to the Sea God Hall, where Bo Saixi ordered Sea Dragon Douluo to let them enter.

Tang San completed the Sea God’s seventh trial and claimed the Sea God’s Trident, while Ye Lingling finished her trials and received major rewards. After Lin Mu helped Tang San recover and gave Ye Lingling a powerful soul bone, she received the Life God’s mark, and Lin Mu’s trials changed to the God of Destruction’s trial.

• Bo Saixi explained the Sea God’s history and Tang Chen’s story before Tang San approached the Sea God’s Trident.
• Tang San pulled the Trident free, completed his seventh trial, and appeared as the new Sea God in a vision over Sea God Island.
• Ye Lingling and Xiao Wu completed their trials, earning soul power, God-Bestowed Soul Rings, and Red Level Authority.
• Tang San collapsed beneath the Trident, and Lin Mu lifted it so Ye Lingling could heal him.
• Lin Mu gave Ye Lingling the Myriad Demon King’s Right Arm Soul Bone, which she fused with before raising her Eighth Soul Ring to one hundred thousand years.
• A tree-shaped mark appeared on Ye Lingling’s brow, and Lin Mu’s three divine trials vanished and were replaced by the God of Destruction’s trial.

The Destruction God King rebuked the God of Wrath for mistreating Lin Mu and confirmed Lin Mu as his successor. In the Sea God Hall, Lin Mu and Ye Lingling learned they had received the Destruction and Life God Trials, respectively.

• The God of Wrath questioned why the Destruction God King had chosen Lin Mu as his successor and regretted reporting Lin Mu to him.
• The Destruction God King reminded the God of Wrath that he had angered the Sea God and mistreated Lin Mu, then scolded him for refusing to admit fault.
• The God of Wrath apologized and decided he needed to find a successor and leave rather than risk sabotaging Lin Mu's trial.
• Ye Lingling told Lin Mu that a woman had invited her to accept a divine trial after she absorbed a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Lin Mu confirmed that he had received the Destruction God Trial and Ye Lingling the Life God Trial, while Tang San and the others reacted in shock.

Lin Mu learned that Tang San's Eighth Trial would let the group leave Sea God Island and that his own Destruction God Trial required him to help Ye Lingling evolve her martial soul. After returning to Heaven Dou City, he reunited with Qian Renxue in the imperial palace, where she confirmed he was real rather than an illusion.

• Tang San told Lin Mu that his Eighth Trial required him to reach Level 99, complete his Clear Sky Hammer's nine soul rings, and fuse with five Hundred-Thousand-Year soul spirits within five years.
• Ye Lingling revealed that her First Trial required her martial soul to evolve into an ultimate Life Attribute, and Lin Mu said he could help her by having her take Bi Ji as a soul spirit.
• Lin Mu announced that the group could leave Sea God Island, and the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians escorted them back to the continent after more than half a month of travel.
• After reaching Heaven Dou City, Lin Mu flew to the imperial palace and found Qian Renxue cultivating in her bedchamber.
• Qian Renxue initially thought Lin Mu was an illusion, but she recognized the changed scepter mark on his forehead and realized he was truly there.

Qian Renxue returned to the Heaven Dou Empire to face the Angel God's Eighth Trial, while Lin Mu explained his own return and the new divine inheritance he had received. During their reunion, Qian Renxue's dark side emerged in her real body and took over, leaving her original consciousness able to witness everything.

• Qian Renxue told Lin Mu she had returned half a month earlier after passing the Angel God's Seventh Trial and beginning the three-year Trial of the Heart.
• Lin Mu told Qian Renxue that Tang San's progress through the Sea God's trials had brought them back to the continent, and explained that a new god had chosen him as an inheritor.
• Qian Renxue noticed the new mark on Lin Mu's forehead and learned that the three elemental gods had withdrawn after another god selected him.
• As Lin Mu and Qian Renxue grew intimate, Qian Renxue's appearance changed, revealing a silver-haired, alluring dark side who said she was another part of Qian Renxue.
• Dark Qian Renxue took over from Qian Renxue, whose consciousness remained present and watched helplessly.

Lin Mu returned to the Limitless Sect after spending the night with Qian Renxue, whose resentment over her dark side resurfaced. In the sect hall, Bai He tried to offer Bai Chenxiang to Lin Mu in gratitude for her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, but Lin Mu stopped him and promised to share future spirit bones among the halls.

• Qian Renxue reproached Lin Mu for sleeping with her dark side, and Lin Mu argued that accepting that side of herself was necessary for her Eighth Trial.
• Lin Mu left Qian Renxue exhausted and went to the Limitless Sect's main hall.
• Bai He asked Tang San when Lin Mu would return and privately hoped to bring Lin Mu and Bai Chenxiang together so their descendants might inherit Lin Mu's martial soul.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo warned Bai He to abandon his schemes, then thought about hoping Hu Liena would betray Bibi Dong.
• Lin Mu entered the hall, and Bai He began offering Bai Chenxiang to him in gratitude for the spirit bone.
• Lin Mu cut Bai He off and said he would distribute any suitable future spirit bones among disciples of the other halls as well.

Lin Mu’s elders discussed the Limitless Sect’s affairs before Ning Fengzhi arrived to thank him for helping Ning Rongrong awaken the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda. Lin Mu proposed that Sword Douluo repay the favor by sparring with him, and Sword Douluo learned that Lin Mu would fight without soul rings or soul bones.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo recalled how Lin Mu had treated them far better than Bibi Dong, giving them pills, important roles, and valuable soul bones.
• Lin Mu listened as the elders finished reporting on the Limitless Sect’s affairs.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived with Sword Douluo and Ning Rongrong, thanked Lin Mu, and announced that the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect would become the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Lin Mu said Ning Fengzhi could not repay the favor and proposed sparring with Sword Douluo instead.
• Sword Douluo agreed, but Lin Mu said Ning Rongrong could support him while Lin Mu fought without soul rings or soul bones and asked him to hold out for the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Sword Douluo suggested that Lin Mu suppress his soul power to level 98, but Ning Rongrong warned that he still would not be Lin Mu’s match if Lin Mu used his soul rings.

Lin Mu fought Sword Douluo at the Limitless Sect training grounds, demonstrating overwhelming physical strength despite Sword Douluo's amplified power. Ye Miaoyun and Ye Lingling healed Sword Douluo as Lin Mu continued beating him.

• Ning Rongrong defended Lin Mu and amplified Sword Douluo with her Nine Treasures True Body before the match.
• Lin Mu donned the Thunder Yatales armor and shattered Sword Douluo's Fourth Soul Skill with a punch, forcing him back.
• Lin Mu broke through Sword Douluo's Spirit Sword Guard and punched him flying while Ye Miaoyun treated his injuries.
• Lin Mu launched Sword Douluo into the air with an uppercut and slammed him toward the ground with an elbow strike.
• Ye Miaoyun summoned Ye Lingling to help restore Sword Douluo as Ning Fengzhi watched in shock and distress.

Lin Mu defeated Sword Douluo, who withdrew from the fight, and Tang San stepped in to test his newly learned Golden Thirteen Halberds. Lin Mu easily evaded Tang San’s attack and sent him crashing into the arena wall, leaving Tang San to recognize the gap in their speed and strength.

• Ye Lingling healed Sword Douluo’s injuries and restored his Soul Power, astonishing Ning Fengzhi, who suspected her Nine Heart Begonia had evolved.
• Sword Douluo used Seven Kill True Body against Lin Mu, but Lin Mu dodged the blade and shattered it with a punch, making Sword Douluo admit defeat.
• Tang San offered to spar with Lin Mu, who agreed to test his Golden Thirteen Halberds.
• Tang San attacked with the first form, Unpredictable Waves, but Lin Mu appeared behind him and punched him into the arena wall.
• Ye Miaoyun and Ye Lingling healed Tang San, who freed himself and realized his control technique was useless if he could not hit Lin Mu.

Lin Mu overwhelmed Tang San during their training, then Dai Weisi arrived in Heaven Dou City to seek an alliance against the Spirit Hall Empire. Qian Renxue rejected his appeal and left him with a provocative offer involving Zhu Zhuyun.

• Lin Mu absorbed Tang San's Azure Annihilation Thunder, blocked his Sea God's Trident with one hand, and continued the punishing training to draw out his potential.
• Dai Weisi arrived in Heaven Dou City with Zhu Zhuyun to seek the Heaven Dou Empire's support against the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Dai Weisi urged Qian Renxue to join forces, but she said the Star Luo Empire's destruction could benefit her.
• Qian Renxue dismissed Dai Weisi's warning by declaring that Lin Mu could protect the Heaven Dou Empire from the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Qian Renxue teased Dai Weisi by offering to consider an alliance if he gave her Zhu Zhuyun.

Qian Renxue demanded Zhu Zhuyun as the price of an alliance with the Star Luo Empire, and Dai Weisi asked for time to consider. He then approached Lin Mu for help, offering him power and women, but Lin Mu remained uninterested.

• Qian Renxue rejected Dai Weisi’s offer of Zhu Zhuqing and insisted that he surrender Zhu Zhuyun before she would discuss an alliance.
• Dai Weisi refused at first, then asked Qian Renxue for time to consider after weighing the danger of the Star Luo Empire’s destruction.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun caught up with Lin Mu and asked whether Zhu Zhuqing had joined the Limitless Sect.
• Lin Mu confirmed Zhu Zhuqing had joined and warned Dai Weisi that he would not help the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Weisi offered to share the world with Lin Mu and then offered him any woman from the Zhu Clan, including Zhu Zhuyun.

Dai Weisi failed to win Lin Mu over with Zhu Zhuyun and the Zhu Clan, then accepted Xue Qinghe’s terms as the empires’ war reached a stalemate. Lin Mu took Ye Lingling and Tang San to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Bi Ji became Ye Lingling’s sole soul spirit, leaving the soul beasts with a possible path to protection through the God of Life’s legacy.

• Dai Weisi offered Zhu Zhuyun and the Zhu Clan to Lin Mu, but Lin Mu rejected the offer and remained loyal to Xue Qinghe.
• Dai Weisi accepted Xue Qinghe’s conditions, and the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires joined forces against the Spirit Hall Empire as the war became a stalemate.
• After Ye Lingling reached rank ninety, Lin Mu brought her and Tang San to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Ye Lingling’s soul spirit and a spirit ring for Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer.
• Di Tian recognized Myriad Demon King’s presence in Tang San and learned that Ye Lingling had inherited the God of Life’s legacy.
• With Lin Mu’s assistance, Bi Ji became Ye Lingling’s sole soul spirit.

After Ye Lingling became Bi Ji’s Soul Spirit, Lin Mu passed the God of Destruction’s first trial and received a second task to help Ye Lingling with her next trial. He then negotiated with Di Tian for powerful Soul Spirits for Tang San and found a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, though Lin Mu questioned whether stronger candidates were available.

• Lin Mu completed the God of Destruction’s first trial, and his second trial required him to help Ye Lingling within a year.
• Di Tian confronted Lin Mu over the loss of the forest’s powerful soul beasts, then asked him to treat Bi Ji and the others kindly after they became gods.
• Lin Mu asked Di Tian to find at least nine powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts for his disciple’s second Martial Soul, and Di Tian insisted they become Tang San’s Soul Spirits.
• Di Tian led Lin Mu, Ye Lingling, and Tang San through the Star Dou Great Forest and showed them a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear nearing one hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Tang San liked the bear for his Clear Sky Hammer, but Lin Mu asked whether Di Tian could find any other Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears besides Xiong Jun.

Tang San advanced to Level 97 after gaining powerful soul spirits and absorbing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s soul ring, while Lin Mu brought Ye Lingling to the Heaven Dou army to heal its wounded for her trial. Their intervention strengthened the army and drew Bibi Dong’s attention, but Ghost Leopard Douluo refused to investigate.

• Tang San subdued a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear as a soul spirit, gained an External Soul Bone, and reached Level 96.
• Tang San absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s soul ring after defeating it in the Life-and-Death Arena, while Lin Mu caught its escaping Evil God Orb; Tang San then reached Level 97.
• Lin Mu took Tang San and Ye Lingling to the Heaven Dou army camp, where he arranged for Ye Lingling to heal the wounded as part of her God of Life trial.
• Ye Lingling treated the army’s wounded for several days, helping its numbers and morale recover as the fighting continued.
• Bibi Dong heard that the Heaven Dou army was growing stronger and ordered Ghost Leopard Douluo to investigate its camp.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo refused, saying the task was beneath a dignified elder.