Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan and Sea Dragon Douluo agreed to fight using only their martial souls and physical techniques. Their devastating clash left both injured and sent them into the Sea Within Sea, where Dugu Yan had no certainty of victory.

• Dugu Yan proposed a fair fight without soul ring or spirit bone skills, and Sea Dragon Douluo accepted.
• Dugu Yan and Sea Dragon Douluo clashed, and Sea Dragon Douluo was surprised that her Azure Phosphorus Green Dragon matched his Sea Dragon in strength.
• Dugu Yan built up power with her modified Chaotic Wind while Sea Dragon Douluo launched his Sacrificial Skill attack.
• Their attacks collided, scattering scales and blood and blasting both fighters into the Sea Within Sea.
• Dugu Yan used her flexible arm to dissipate most of the impact, but she entered the water with Sea Dragon Douluo and remained unsure she could win there.

Dugu Yan passed the Fifth Trial after defeating Sea Dragon Douluo by forcing him to concede before she reached shore. She gained fifteen percent Sea God Affinity, and the trial’s notice warned that her Sixth Trial had changed and become more difficult.

• Dugu Yan reached shore before Sea Dragon Douluo could intercept her, and he admitted defeat after recognizing her strength.
• Sea Dragon Douluo struck the Sea Dragon Holy Pillar, completing Dugu Yan’s Fifth Trial and restoring her injuries and Soul Power.
• The trial’s voice awarded Dugu Yan fifteen percent Sea God Affinity, bringing her total to fifty percent, and announced that her Sixth Trial’s difficulty had increased.
• Dugu Yan noticed the Sea God Trident imprint had grown warm, while Sea Dragon Douluo observed that it had turned dark gold and developed fine patterns.
• Sea Dragon Douluo congratulated Dugu Yan and urged her to complete the next four trials to reach one hundred percent Sea God Affinity.

Dugu Yan and her companions passed the changed Sixth Trial against Bo Saixi, gaining major increases in strength and rewards. Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong then entered the Sea God Temple to begin Dugu Yan’s Seventh Trial of pulling out the Sea God Trident.

• The five women learned that their Sixth Trial required them to withstand Bo Saixi for the time it took an incense stick to burn, and they trained with Lin Du before attempting it.
• Dugu Yan was the last of the five still standing, so they passed; she reached Rank 87, while the others gained Soul Power, God-Bestowed Soul Rings, and other rewards.
• Dugu Yan learned that her Seventh Trial was to pull out the Sea God Trident, and after resting, she and Ning Rongrong climbed the temple steps.
• Sea Dragon Douluo led Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong into the dark Sea God Temple, where they saw a raised central platform and a large black object standing upon it.

Bo Saixi explained the origins of the Sea God, the paths to godhood, and the challenge of the Seventh Trial to Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong. The trial required them to pull the Sea God’s trident through unwavering faith, and Dugu Yan remained confident that she would succeed and stay safe with Lin Du’s help.

• Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong approached Bo Saixi, who welcomed them before the Seventh Trial.
• Bo Saixi told them how the Sea God unified the seas and explained that becoming a god required either gathering Faith Power or inheriting an existing divine throne.
• Bo Saixi said she did not understand the Pope of Spirit Hall’s unusual path, which allowed her to wield power comparable to a god’s.
• Bo Saixi revealed that pulling the Sea God’s trident from the Sea God Platform was the Seventh Trial and that unwavering faith was the key to earning its recognition.
• Dugu Yan understood that failure could mean death but remained calm because she trusted Lin Du to protect them and believed she would pass.

Dugu Yan began the Seventh Trial by trying to pull the Sea God Trident from the Sea God Platform, using Sea God’s Light and Ning Rongrong’s boosts to awaken its patterns. She raised part of the weapon, but it grew heavier as it drained her blood, leaving her unable to pull it farther.

• Dugu Yan approached the Sea God Trident and sensed that it lay at the center of Sea God Mountain.
• Ning Rongrong used her Nine Treasure True Body to boost Dugu Yan’s abilities, and Dugu Yan gripped the trident and illuminated it with Sea God’s Light.
• The trident awakened, sent scorching currents through Dugu Yan, and began to rise as she strained to pull it free.
• Dugu Yan injected more Sea God’s Light and used her strength to reveal part of the Trident Head while the patterns absorbed her blood.
• The trident grew too heavy for Dugu Yan to lift farther, even as it continued draining her blood.

Dugu Yan joined the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud with the Sea God Trident and finally pulled the divine weapon from the ground. Its awakening summoned a vision of the Sea God that inspired worship across Sea God Island and the ocean.

• Dugu Yan's Sea God's Light activated the Sea God Trident, and Ning Rongrong was thrown from the platform while continuing to boost her.
• The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud emerged from Dugu Yan and transformed into a blue diamond that fitted into the hollow on the trident.
• As the trident erupted with light, Dugu Yan pulled it free, shaking the Sea God Temple and Sea God Mountain.
• The Sea God Seven Sacred Pillars and the temple sent golden beams into the sky, forming a phantom of the Sea God holding a Golden Trident.
• The people of Sea God Island and creatures throughout the ocean bowed toward the phantom as golden rays of faith gathered around it.

Dugu Yan passed the Sea God's Seventh Trial, drew the Sea God trident, and gained its recognition, but collapsed beneath its immense weight. Ning Rongrong completed her final trial and received two God-Bestowed Soul Rings along with major cultivation rewards, while Bo Saixi struggled to lift the trident from Dugu Yan.

• Dugu Yan drew the Sea God trident, completing her Seventh Trial as her companions saw a golden phantom bearing her likeness.
• Ning Rongrong completed her Top Tier Seven Trial and received Red Grade authority, a three-level Soul Power increase, enhanced Spirit Rings, and two God-Bestowed Soul Rings.
• Ning Rongrong's Spirit Rings improved, leaving all but her first two at ten-thousand-year cultivation or higher.
• Dugu Yan gained fifteen percent Sea God Affinity and the trident's recognition, then collapsed as the trident turned black and struck the platform.
• Ning Rongrong failed to move the trident, and Bo Saixi used her Martial Soul and Spirit Rings to try to lift it.

Lin Du effortlessly lifted the Sea God's trident, gained its recognition, and immediately rejected it, while Dugu Yan completed her Seventh Trial and learned the requirements of her remaining trials. Bo Saixi explained the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's power and the trident's weight-changing ability, leaving Dugu Yan to prepare for the challenges ahead.

• Lin Du lifted the Sea God's trident with ease, gained its recognition, then tossed it back because he did not want the Sea God Position.
• Lin Du healed Dugu Yan with his Moon God Domain, and Dugu Yan learned that her Eighth Trial required her to reach the nine-ring level within three years.
• Dugu Yan guessed that her Ninth Trial would involve the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and told Bo Saixi that A Du had anticipated this challenge.
• Bo Saixi explained that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had strength near the Million-Year level and that Dugu Yan's Ninth Trial had another unknown part.
• Bo Saixi revealed that the Sea God's trident weighed 108,000 jin for anyone except Dugu Yan and Lin Du, while Dugu Yan could wield it at only 108 jin.

After completing her latest Sea God trial, Dugu Yan left Sea God Island with her companions and returned to the continent. In Spirit City, she reunited with Dugu Bo and revealed that she had reached level eighty-seven Spirit Douluo.

• Dugu Yan claimed the Sea God trident, received the Sea God Seven Sacred Pillars Guardian Douluo's respect, and told them she would return within three years for her Ninth Trial.
• Dugu Yan and her companions sailed with Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks for three days before reaching the continent and bidding Xiao Bai farewell.
• Lin Du led the group back to Spirit City and promised the women a vacation after they rested.
• Zhu Zhuqing accompanied Ning Rongrong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Yan Shuangshuang and Ye Lingling returned to World Creation Mountain Academy, and Lin Du brought Dugu Yan to the Worship Hall.
• Dugu Yan reunited with Dugu Bo and told him she had reached level eighty-seven Spirit Douluo, leaving him astonished and delighted.

Dugu Yan reunited with Dugu Bo and revealed her astonishing Spirit Ring configuration and Sea God inheritance. Dugu Bo learned why the Sea God Trident was impossibly heavy for anyone but its master, then was shocked that Lin Du could lift it.

• Dugu Yan showed Dugu Bo her Spirit Rings, revealing three Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings and explaining that she had completed seven of the Sea God's Nine Trials.
• Dugu Yan confirmed that the Sea God Trident was her weapon, and Dugu Bo tried to take it from her.
• Dugu Bo could not hold the Trident after Dugu Yan released it, so Lin Du caught it before it fell.
• Dugu Yan explained that the master-recognizing Trident weighed 108 jin for her but 108,000 jin for others.
• Dugu Bo realized Lin Du had lifted the 108,000-jin Trident and demanded to know how he could manage it without being a Title Douluo.

After returning from Sea God Island, Lin Du learned that Xue Qinghe had moved to take the throne of Heaven Dou before Qian Renxue’s divine inheritance exposed her disguise. Xue Qinghe killed Xue Ye, became emperor, and declared Spirit Hall the state religion, leaving Star Luo Empire uncertain whether to attack.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that the Sea God Trident had acknowledged Lin Du and that he could have become the Sea God.
• After learning Lin Du had returned, Qian Renxue ordered the plan to seize the throne to proceed, and Snake Lance and Ci Xue sealed off Heaven Dou City and restrained Xue Beng.
• Xue Qinghe visited the dying Xue Ye, revealed his intent to send him on his way, and killed him with golden Soul Power.
• Xue Qinghe announced Xue Ye’s death and declared himself the new Emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Qinghe made Spirit Hall the state religion and appointed Lin Du National Preceptor with status equal to his own.
• Emperor Star Luo reconsidered his planned invasion of Heaven Dou after the decree made Spirit Hall’s intervention a threat.

Zhu Zhuqing returned to Star Luo Empire in secret but was intercepted by her father, Zhu Song, while he guarded the border. Neither recognized the other before they prepared to fight.

• Zhu Song persuaded Emperor Star Luo to station troops along the border to guard against Heaven Dou Empire.
• Zhu Zhuqing left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and crossed into Star Luo Empire using a remote path.
• Star Luo soldiers spotted Zhu Zhuqing and fired a signal flare, drawing Zhu Song to intercept her.
• Zhu Zhuqing dodged Zhu Song’s attack with a clone, and he sensed that she was powerful and somehow familiar.
• Zhu Song asked the hooded intruder to identify herself, then raised his eight Spirit Rings when she stayed silent.

Zhu Zhuqing reunited with her father, Zhu Song, and asked him to help Emperor Star Luo revoke her engagement to Dai Mubai. With her father's token, she traveled to Star Luo City and returned to the Duke's Mansion, where the servants recognized her and notified her mother.

• Zhu Song mistook the approaching Zhu Zhuqing for an intruder until her two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings revealed her identity.
• Zhu Song and Zhu Zhuqing spoke through the night in his Marshal's Tent, where she asked him to have Emperor Star Luo revoke her engagement to Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Song agreed to help and gave Zhu Zhuqing his Duke's Token so she could travel safely to the capital.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached Star Luo City after about two days and entered the Zhu Family Duke's Mansion.
• The mansion's servants recognized Zhu Zhuqing and went to inform her mother.

Tang San and the others returned to the former Shrek Academy after nearly ten years and reunited with Flender and Yu Xiaogang. As they caught up, Ma Hongjun revealed that he had reached Spirit Sage, leaving Flender astonished.

• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun arrived at the former Shrek Academy and found Flender at his home.
• Flender embraced Ma Hongjun and welcomed the returning group, then went to fetch Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San reunited emotionally with Yu Xiaogang and described his years with Tang Hao, his return to the Clear Sky Sect, and its three conditions for him.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the Clear Sky Sect's demands tested Tang San's perseverance, courage, and wisdom, and might prepare the sect to reemerge.
• Flender asked how strong the returning Shrek students had become, and Ma Hongjun revealed seven Spirit Rings and announced that he was a Spirit Sage.

Tang San and his companions reunited with Flender and Yu Xiaogang, revealed their rapid advancement through God Trials, and discussed their next plans. Dai Mubai left to return to the Star Luo Empire, eager to prove himself.

• Flender celebrated Ma Hongjun’s Spirit Sage rank, and Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Tang San revealed that they had also become Spirit Sages, with Tang San nearing level 80.
• Tang San explained that the Asura God had chosen him for the Asura Nine Trials and that Dai Mubai and the others had received Black Grade Five Trials.
• Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar chose to stay with Flender and Yu Xiaogang, while Dai Mubai set out for the Star Luo Empire.
• Ma Hongjun told Flender that his Evil Fire had returned, and Flender took him to Suotuo City to relieve it.
• Dai Mubai traveled toward the Star Luo Empire, anticipating the surprise of those who had once looked down on him.

Dai Mubai returned to Star Luo City as a level 75 Spirit Sage and forced his way into the imperial palace after killing two guards. Emperor Star Luo received him, granted him a place to stay, and left his request to challenge Dai Weisi unresolved while encouraging him to visit Zhu Zhuqing at the Duke Mansion.

• Dai Mubai entered Star Luo City and declared that he had returned to reclaim his place in the imperial family.
• Dai Mubai killed two palace guards who barred his way, and Emperor Star Luo sent a eunuch to invite him inside.
• Dai Mubai told Emperor Star Luo that he had reached level 75, and Emperor Star Luo allowed him to stay in Dai Weisi's former palace.
• Dai Mubai asked Emperor Star Luo to order a rematch against Dai Weisi, but Emperor Star Luo postponed his answer and suggested Dai Mubai visit Zhu Zhuqing at the Duke Mansion.

After Dai Mubai returned to the Star Luo Empire as a Spirit Sage, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun feared he would challenge Dai Weisi for the Crown Prince position. They planned to enlist Lin Du’s influence to keep Zhu Zhuqing from joining forces with Dai Mubai, and left the outcome dependent on whether Zhu Zhuqing would cooperate.

• Dai Mubai learned Zhu Zhuqing had returned to the Star Luo Empire, thanked Emperor Star Luo, and went to his former palace, intending to use his new status and strength to pursue her.
• Dai Weisi learned Dai Mubai’s princely status had been restored and concluded Emperor Star Luo might make them compete for the Crown Prince position.
• Dai Weisi told his court official that his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Zhu Zhuyun could counter Dai Mubai, but Zhu Zhuyun warned that Zhu Zhuqing’s return could let the siblings form a more powerful fusion.
• Dai Weisi proposed contacting Lin Du to protect Zhu Zhuqing from Dai Mubai and prevent them from using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill together.
• Zhu Zhuyun agreed to sound out Zhu Zhuqing, while Dai Weisi wrote Lin Du a letter and sent a trusted subordinate to the Martial Soul Holy Hall in Star Luo City.

Lin Du traveled to the Star Luo Empire after learning Zhu Zhuqing had returned and might face danger from Dai Mubai. He reunited with her at the Duke Mansion and stayed in her room after she invited him to share her bed.

• Lin Du read Dai Weisi’s letter, learned Zhu Zhuqing was in the Star Luo Empire, and set out to protect her from Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Zhuyun warned Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai had returned as the Third Prince and might target her, but Zhu Zhuqing said she planned to ask Emperor Star Luo to revoke her engagement.
• Lin Du appeared on the roof outside Zhu Zhuqing’s room, and she greeted him with delight.
• Lin Du told Zhu Zhuqing he would support her while she handled the engagement herself, and she thanked him.
• Zhu Zhuqing invited Lin Du to squeeze in with her for the night, and the two returned to her room.

Lin Du comforted Zhu Zhuqing, and she confessed her love and began a relationship with him. The next morning, he healed her discomfort while Dai Mubai prepared gifts and planned to claim Zhu Zhuqing for himself.

• Lin Du calmed Zhu Zhuqing's nerves and told her that she was family to him.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether Lin Du saw her as a sibling or as he saw Yan Yan, and Lin Du asked if she believed in love at first sight.
• Zhu Zhuqing understood Lin Du's feelings, kissed him, and gave herself to him.
• Dai Mubai prepared treasures to take to the Duke Mansion and vowed to make Zhu Zhuqing submit to him; he then summoned a palace maid to his room.
• Lin Du used the Moon God Domain to heal Zhu Zhuqing, and she happily nestled against him.

Dai Mubai visited Zhu Zhuqing at the Duke Mansion to press her into their arranged marriage, but she rejected him and planned to have the decree rescinded. Lin Du proposed a scheme to undermine Dai Mubai, who then ordered guards to watch Zhu Zhuqing until she left the estate on the fifth day.

• Dai Mubai arrived at the Duke Mansion and told Zhu Zhuqing he intended to finalize their engagement and arrange their wedding.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected the marriage and said her father would ask Emperor Star Luo to rescind the decree when he returned.
• Dai Mubai revealed that he had become a Spirit Sage, but Zhu Zhuqing remained unimpressed and left him.
• Lin Du privately told Zhu Zhuqing a plan to teach Dai Mubai a lesson and damage his standing with the emperor and the people.
• Dai Mubai ordered guards to monitor Zhu Zhuqing and became enraged after she dismissed him.
• Zhu Zhuqing stayed in the Duke Mansion for several days, then left at dusk on the fifth day, prompting Dai Mubai to receive the news.