Chapter Summaries

Di Tian found the Far North’s core region empty and traced Zi Ji’s disappearance to a mysterious force, then decided to return to awaken his Master. At the Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu revealed that Cloud Sea Island lay within the Vast Sea Maze, a place he and Tang Chen had failed to conquer.

• Di Tian searched the Far North for Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the Titan Snow Demon King but found no Fierce Beasts there.
• Di Tian saw the Heavenly Curtain’s notice about Cloud Sea Island, confirmed Zi Ji was alive, and returned to awaken his Master.
• Qian Daoliu told Golden Crocodile Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo that Cloud Sea Island was hidden inside the Vast Sea Maze, where Sea God Poseidon had buried a secret.
• Qian Daoliu recalled that he and Tang Chen had once tried and failed to reach Cloud Sea Island, and the three Worship Hall members continued watching the Heavenly Curtain for answers.

The Heavenly Curtain showed Purple Pearl leading her pirate crew in raiding a merchant ship before a mysterious Vague Man appeared aboard her vessel. Purple Pearl caught and bound him, demanding to know who he was and how he had boarded.

• Soya and Captain Parker discussed the riches and dangers of sea trade as Purple Pearl’s pirate ship approached their merchant vessel.
• Purple Pearl led her crew in a one-sided raid, taking the cargo while sparing the merchant crew’s lives.
• The pirates celebrated their haul aboard ship, where viewers spotted the Vague Man gambling and drinking among them.
• Purple Pearl confronted the unfamiliar man, briefly agreed to look after him, then realized the oddness of his request and bound him with her whip.
• Purple Pearl demanded to know who the man was and how he had gotten aboard.

The Vague Man challenged Zi Zhenzhu to a duel after she caught him aboard the Zi Zhenzhu. He defeated her without using his Martial Soul and ordered the Pirates to sail him to the Vast Sea Maze.

• Zi Zhenzhu caught the Vague Man aboard her ship and ordered her Pirates to tie him up and throw him into the hold.
• The Vague Man demanded a one-on-one duel with Zi Zhenzhu, and she accepted.
• Zi Zhenzhu unleashed her fourth Soul Skill, but the Vague Man dodged it and made her collapse into his arms.
• The Vague Man told the Pirates Zi Zhenzhu was only asleep and said they must follow his rules because he had won.
• First mate Zhang Huchen asked where the Vague Man wanted to go, and he named the Vast Sea Maze.

The Man in Black learned that the Sea God secret in the Lost Domain was a fabricated rumor, but insisted that Zhang Huchen take him there. As the Heavenly Curtain exposed the legend as a scam, Bo Saixi recalled Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen’s terrifying experience in the Vast Sea Maze, and Zi Zhenzhu woke aboard the Zi Zhenzhu.

• The pirates warned the Man in Black that the Lost Domain was deadly, and Zhang Huchen explained that islanders had invented the Sea God secret to lure greedy Continent Soul Masters to their deaths.
• The Man in Black dismissed the warnings and demanded that Zhang Huchen sail to the Lost Domain, so Zhang ordered the ship turned around.
• Continent Soul Masters watching the Heavenly Curtain erupted in anger or relief after learning the Sea God secret was fake.
• Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Horse Douluo described the Vast Sea Maze as a strange but otherwise ordinary place, while Bo Saixi remembered Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen nearly dying there.
• On the Zi Zhenzhu, Zi Zhenzhu woke as Zhang Huchen watched over her and asked whether she felt unwell.

Zi Zhenzhu discovered that the Man in Black had ordered the crew toward the Vast Sea Maze, but agreed to take him to the Lost Domain’s edge after he promised to go on alone. Their argument was interrupted when five Evil Spirit Orcas attacked the ship, led by a thirty-thousand-year-old beast.

• Zi Zhenzhu woke aboard her ship and angrily confronted Zhang Huchen for sailing toward the Vast Sea Maze while she was unconscious.
• Zhang Huchen said the Man in Black had ordered the course after defeating Zi Zhenzhu in a duel and knocking her out.
• The Man in Black promised to enter the Lost Domain alone, and Zi Zhenzhu agreed to take him to its edge.
• Zi Zhenzhu asked the Man in Black about his Martial Soul and how he had defeated her, but he teased her by demanding a shoulder massage in exchange.
• The ship jolted as five Evil Spirit Orcas surfaced and attacked, including a thirty-thousand-year-old leader, and Zi Zhenzhu ordered the crew to prepare for battle.

Zi Zhenzhu’s crew fought off a ten-thousand-year Orca King until she flung the Man in Black at it, and the Killer Whale swallowed him. After the pirates escaped and decided to return to Purple Pearl Island, the Man in Black’s familiar voice revealed he was back on deck.

• The Orca King and four thousand-year Evil Spirit Orcas attacked the Zi Zhenzhu, and Zi Zhenzhu’s crew struggled against their powerful strikes.
• Zi Zhenzhu spotted the Man in Black lounging during the fight, grabbed him, and ordered him to take down the Orca King.
• Zi Zhenzhu hurled the Man in Black into the Orca King’s open mouth, and the Killer Whale swallowed him as the pirates watched in shock.
• Zi Zhenzhu ordered the crew to flee, and the Zi Zhenzhu escaped the orca pod’s encirclement.
• After the crew decided to return to Purple Pearl Island, the Man in Black’s voice rang out from the deck, asking why they were heading back.

Qin Chen returned unharmed after killing the thirty-thousand-year-old Evil Spirit Orca, leaving Zi Zhenzhu and her pirates in awe. After Zi Zhenzhu began serving him, he casually gave her the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone recovered from the whale.

• Qin Chen revealed himself on the Zi Zhenzhu after the pirates thought he had been swallowed, then showed them the dead Evil Spirit Orca trailing behind the ship.
• Observers outside the Heavenly Curtain argued over whether Qin Chen was a Soul Fighting Douluo or a Titled Douluo.
• Zi Zhenzhu massaged Qin Chen’s shoulders while the pirates repaired the ship and tended to the injured.
• Zhang Huchen brought Zi Zhenzhu a Ten Thousand Year right-arm Spirit Bone found on the Evil Spirit Orca.
• Zi Zhenzhu handed the Spirit Bone to Qin Chen, but he called it junk and gave it back to her.

Purple Pearl fell for the Vague Man after he gave her a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, while Qin Chen reassured Qian Renxue that she was his true love and promised to answer her marriage question later. The Purple Pearl Ship reached the ominous boundary of the Vast Sea Maze, where the Vague Man remained determined to enter despite Purple Pearl's warnings.

• The Vague Man gave Purple Pearl a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, and she kissed him and offered to marry him and give him Pearl Island as her dowry.
• The Vague Man rejected Purple Pearl's advances, while she said she would wait for him even if he only wanted her as a concubine.
• Qian Renxue confronted Qin Chen about his apparent closeness with another woman and pressed him for an answer about their marriage agreement.
• Qin Chen told Qian Renxue to wait until he finished his current plans, and she agreed to trust him while Zhu Zhuqing reacted with complicated emotions.
• After several more days at sea, the Purple Pearl Ship reached the gray, foreboding boundary of the Vast Sea Maze.
• Purple Pearl urged the Vague Man to turn back, but he suggested that concealed truths could lie behind the rumors and remained intent on proceeding.

Vague Man entered the forbidden sea zone with Purple Pearl, who insisted on accompanying him, while her pirates returned to Pearl Island. In the present, Purple Pearl celebrated the exposure of Sea God Poseidon's hypocrisy, and the scene ended as she sensed an aura from Sea God Hall in the fog.

• Vague Man dismissed Purple Pearl's warnings and prepared to enter the forbidden zone alone.
• Purple Pearl jumped into the small boat and persuaded Vague Man to let her accompany him.
• Purple Pearl ordered Zhang Huchen and the pirates to return as the boat carrying her and Vague Man disappeared into the fog.
• In Purple Pearl City, Purple Pearl said the Heavenly Curtain's revelations had exposed Poseidon as a selfish hypocrite, and Zhang Huchen asked whether the secret was now known to everyone.
• At the Duel Arena, Qian Renxue asked Qin Chen about the secret of Poseidon's ascension, and he said Poseidon's faith across the continent was likely to collapse.
• In the fog, Purple Pearl sensed an aura from Sea God Hall and rose in alarm.

Vague Man revealed that the Vast Sea Maze’s Gray Mist concealed Sea God Poseidon’s divine power, which had been drawing toward Purple Pearl and causing her oppression. On Sea God Island, Bo Saixi and the Sacred Pillar Guardians watched in disbelief as the revelation challenged what they thought they knew about the maze.

• Purple Pearl explained that Sea God Island and the Vast Sea Maze had both caused the same oppressive feeling and hindered her cultivation.
• Vague Man changed a wisp of Gray Mist into deep-blue light and explained that it was Sea God Poseidon’s lingering divine power.
• Vague Man shielded the boat, revealing countless blue lights in the mist, most of which surged toward Purple Pearl.
• After Vague Man’s barrier blocked the divine power, Purple Pearl’s oppressive feeling vanished, and she realized the Sea God’s power had caused it.
• Sea Horse Douluo, Sea Ghost Douluo, the other Sacred Pillar Guardians, and Bo Saixi reacted with shock and suspicion as they watched the discovery on the Heavenly Curtain.

Vague Man and Zi Zhenzhu drifted through the Gray Mist, where ghostly voices targeted her before the Sea God trapped her in an illusion. Vague Man woke her on the island, but Zi Zhenzhu was left wondering who the imposing armored figure in her vision had been.

• Zi Zhenzhu told Vague Man that the Gray Mist was rumored to contain ghosts that mimicked familiar voices, and he teased her for being afraid.
• A voice called Zi Zhenzhu's name, and although Vague Man had not called her, she answered and became terrified as voices continued to beckon her through the mist.
• Vague Man steered their boat past reefs as the current grew faster and the Gray Mist filled with dazzling light.
• Zi Zhenzhu woke aboard her pirate ship in an illusion where Zhang Huchen said she had captured and imprisoned a black-robed intruder; she then saw an armored purple-haired man before the scene shattered.
• Vague Man woke Zi Zhenzhu on the island and explained that she had been caught in the Sea God's illusion, while she wondered whether the armored man had been the Sea God.

The Vague Man explained how the Sea God’s illusions used divine power to ensnare powerful visitors and discovered that Cloud Sea Island concealed something tied to Poseidon’s ascension. He and Purple Pearl suspected the island’s peaceful surface hid a secret, while Spirit Hall waited for Azure Luan to report back.

• Qian Daoliu told Golden Crocodile and Mighty Lion that he and Tang Chen had fallen into the island’s Illusionary Realm and barely escaped, then warned that the Vague Man might be a Limit Douluo or stronger.
• Qian Daoliu said Qian Xue had confirmed Jiang Mo and Qian Jun were with her at the Duel Arena, and ordered the others to wait for Azure Luan rather than act rashly.
• The Vague Man explained that the Sea God’s Dazzling Lights caused Purple Pearl to fall into an illusion and that absorbed divine power helped her escape it.
• The Vague Man told Purple Pearl the illusion was designed to trap powerful visitors who resisted absorbing the Sea God’s divine power, and she realized it was meant to eliminate potential threats.
• The Vague Man noticed that no Soul Beasts on Cloud Sea Island exceeded twenty thousand years of cultivation and concluded that the island hid something Poseidon had concealed.

Vague Man found nothing at the bottom of the lake on Cloud Sea Island and realized the island was a decoy hiding a trap in the Gray Mist. He deliberately sailed back toward the dazzling light, where Purple Pearl lost consciousness and a gigantic sea creature charged their boat.

• Vague Man turned the lake black to check its depths, found no fish, and left Cloud Sea Island with Purple Pearl.
• Vague Man explained that the Sea God’s dazzling light trapped travelers and steered them toward Cloud Sea Island, making the island a decoy for a hidden secret.
• Vague Man sailed back toward the light, and Purple Pearl was caught in its Illusionary Realm and fell unconscious.
• Vague Man said Purple Pearl was less protected from the illusion this time and that it would attract something big.
• A gigantic sea creature with a massive dorsal fin burst through the water and charged at Vague Man and Purple Pearl’s boat.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed that Little White’s father had survived as a guardian of a Sea God secret, leaving Little White and Sea God Island’s guardians stunned. As the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and Evil Tiger condemned the Sea God’s treatment of the sharks, Little White flew into the Vast Sea Maze to find her father, with Sea Witch sent after her.

• The Seven Sacred Pillars Guardians recognized the enormous shark in the Heavenly Curtain as a Demon Soul Great White Shark, and Little White identified him as her long-dead father.
• Sea Witch questioned why the Sea God had concealed the secret from Sea God Hall and Little White, but Bo Saixi reaffirmed their loyalty to the Sea God, prompting the guardians to swear their devotion.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King mocked the Sea God for using Little White’s father and keeping Little White in the dark.
• Evil Tiger vowed to slaughter the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan and warned Little White against becoming a god’s dog.
• Little White remembered the Sea God’s account of her father’s death and flew toward the Vast Sea Maze to search for him.
• Bo Saixi ordered Sea Witch to follow Little White and prevent her from causing trouble, and Sea Witch pursued her.

Zi Zhenzhu became trapped in repeated Sea God illusions, each apparent awakening revealing another terrifying false reality. The chapter left her hollow and unable to tell whether she had truly awakened.

• Zi Zhenzhu fought a Dread Demon Octopus that attacked her ship, until an armored man appeared and killed it with a single strike.
• Zi Zhenzhu recognized the battle as an illusion, and the scene shattered around her.
• Vague Man told Zi Zhenzhu she had awakened on Cloud Sea Island, but she saw the armored man behind him and fell into another illusion.
• Zi Zhenzhu awoke in a boat amid gray mist, then saw the armored man standing on the sea and screamed that everything was fake.
• Zi Zhenzhu awoke again to Vague Man pinching her nose, but she stared blankly as he repeated that she had fallen for it again.

After mistaking reality for an Illusionary Realm, Zi Zhenzhu impulsively kissed the Vague Man before realizing they were on a real boat beside a dead Demon Soul Great White Shark. The Vague Man explained that the shark’s corpse had been made to attack them by Sea God Poseidon.

• Zi Zhenzhu grabbed the Vague Man and kissed him, believing she could do whatever she wanted in the Illusionary Realm.
• The Vague Man pointed out the dead Demon Soul Great White Shark floating beside their boat, and Zi Zhenzhu realized the encounter was real.
• Zi Zhenzhu told the Vague Man that a handsome man in purple-blue armor had appeared in her Illusionary Realm and seemed to remind her it was fake.
• Zi Zhenzhu asked about the shark’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, but the Vague Man said both were already gone and the corpse was only an empty shell.
• The Vague Man walked across the water to the shark’s corpse and said Sea God Poseidon had made it attack them.

The Vague Man revealed that the Sea God had turned a dead Demon Soul Great White Shark into a murderous puppet, then showed evidence that the Sea God Trident had dealt it a fatal blow. Little White began doubting the Sea God’s account of her father’s death and headed for Cloud Sea Island, while the Vague Man and Purple Pearl continued toward the source of the dazzling light.

• The Vague Man told Purple Pearl that the Sea God had bound the Demon Soul Great White Shark’s soul and made its corpse into a puppet.
• Sea Dwellers cursed the Vague Man, while Little White was shaken by the possibility that the Sea God had turned her father into a puppet.
• The Vague Man flipped the corpse and revealed three fatal wounds resembling the Sea God Poseidon’s trident strike, but Sea Dwellers defended the Sea God.
• Little White questioned the Sea God’s claim that her father had been killed by the Evil Orca King and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, then set off for Cloud Sea Island with the Sea Witch.
• The Vague Man swallowed the corpse in a black vortex and returned to the boat with Purple Pearl to investigate the source of the dazzling light.

The Vague Man discovered that the Strange Light Array was a Sea God trap made from a Demon Soul Great White Shark’s remains and used it to claim a Two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. He gave the sealed ring and the shark’s Soul Bone Lamp and scales to Purple Pearl, leaving her overwhelmed with gratitude and excitement.

• The Vague Man shielded Purple Pearl from the array’s visual attack and identified the Bone Candle Lamp and Heart Protection Scales as parts of a Sea God trap made from a Demon Soul Great White Shark.
• Purple Pearl recognized the trap’s attack as a divine-powered version of the shark’s Despair Wave Soul Skill.
• The Vague Man extinguished the Deep Blue Divine Power, revealed the Two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and sealed it into a mark on Purple Pearl’s hand for her future sixth Soul Ring.
• The Vague Man gave Purple Pearl the Soul Bone Lamp and scales, telling her to refine the Soul Bone after she inherited the ring.
• Purple Pearl celebrated by kissing the Vague Man and offered to repay him with her body, while Soul Masters watching from outside the Heavenly Curtain envied her.

Di Tian recognized the Vague Man’s Black Hole and turned toward the sea to search for Zi Ji, while Little White learned that Sea God Poseidon had killed her father. In the scene, the Vague Man and Purple Pearl found the hidden route beneath the mist and reached the real Cloud Sea Island, a desolate place strewn with bones.

• Di Tian recognized the Black Hole that had taken Zi Ji and redirected himself toward the sea to find the Vague Man.
• Qian Daoliu realized Sea God Poseidon had arranged the dazzling light and sea beasts, but wondered who the Vague Man was.
• Bo Saixi and the Six Sacred Pillar Guardians saw evidence that Poseidon had killed Little White’s father and used his remains in the maze.
• Little White saw the truth on the Heavenly Curtain and accused Poseidon of deceiving her and her clan.
• The Vague Man and Purple Pearl turned back into the Gray Mist, then flipped their boat beneath the sea’s surface to follow a hidden current.
• The Vague Man and Purple Pearl emerged at a bone-covered island, which he identified as the real Cloud Sea Island and the truth Poseidon had concealed.

Zi Zhenzhu and the Vague Man entered a hidden, blood-soaked version of Cloud Sea Island, where the Vague Man found evidence that one person had slaughtered everyone there. A Mermaid Tribe Demonic Sound put Zi Zhenzhu to sleep, and she awoke inside a vision of a grand palace, where she recognized Sea God Poseidon.

• The Vague Man led Zi Zhenzhu into the island hidden behind the mirror and found the land covered in blood and ancient remains.
• The Vague Man concluded that a single person had killed the island’s inhabitants with decisive blows, and suspected the Sea God was involved in hiding the place.
• A Mermaid Tribe Soul Calming Melody sounded through the forest, and the Sea Witch recognized it as a Royal Family song.
• Zi Zhenzhu tried to resist the Demonic Sound but fell unconscious, while the Vague Man caught her and said the song was harmless.
• The Vague Man sensed that living people remained on the sealed island and carried Zi Zhenzhu toward the song’s source.
• Zi Zhenzhu awoke in a lavish palace and recognized one of the men drinking there as Sea God Poseidon.