Chapter Summaries

Xia Yang planned to begin his eighth Divine Exam by preparing poison to weaken the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, while his companions arranged the voyage. He traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and met Dugu Bo at the edge of the poison mist.

• Xia Yang told Tang Yuehua, Liu Erlong, Ah Yin, and Bibi Dong that he planned to begin his eighth Divine Exam and use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's water and toxins against the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Xia Yang asked Bibi Dong to protect the family and avoid confronting Spirit Hall while he and the others were away.
• Xia Yang took large-capacity Storage Soul Tools from the National Treasury, then split from Tang Yuehua, Liu Erlong, and Ah Yin, who headed to Vast Sea City to arrange a ship and supplies.
• Xia Yang reached the poison-shrouded area of Sunset Forest seven days later and flew through the mist toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo appeared in the poison mist, questioned Xia Yang about coming despite Spirit Hall's threat, and led him toward a Green Mountain.

Xia Yang returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, collected its water, and obtained deadly poison refined by Dugu Bo to weaken the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. After reaching Vast Sea City, he learned that Xiao Bai had arrived to support their expedition, which was set to depart the next day.

• Xia Yang asked Dugu Bo to refine poison to weaken a nearly million-year Spirit Beast, and Dugu Bo began gathering poison from the mountain mist.
• Xia Yang collected nearly a thousand cubic meters of water from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in five Storage Soul Tools.
• After three days, Dugu Bo gave Xia Yang a gourd containing the deadly poison he had refined from the poison mist.
• Xia Yang flew to Vast Sea City and told Tang Yuehua that he had brought the pond water and poison for their expedition.
• Tang Yuehua told Xia Yang that their ship and supplies were ready and that Xiao Bai had arrived to support them on Bo Saixi's orders.
• Xia Yang decided to rest before they set sail the next day to face the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Xia Yang and his companions sailed to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's territory with Xiao Bai as their escort, then combined their powers into a giant battle form to confront the beast. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King emerged and launched a sound-wave attack against their defenses.

• Tang Yuehua told Xia Yang that Xiao Bai would escort them, and Xia Yang agreed to her joining the expedition.
• Xia Yang rested before he and the others sailed from Han Sea Port at dawn and spent five days preparing during the voyage.
• Xia Yang and his companions reached the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's territory and called the beast out with a strike from the Sea God Trident.
• Xia Yang, Ah Yin, Liu Erlong, and Tang Yuehua activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and formed a hundred-meter-tall giant.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King emerged, recognized the Sea God's successor, and threatened to kill him.
• Xia Yang stacked defensive and restorative Soul Skills, but the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King struck the giant with Whale Roar Shakes the Heavens.

Xia Yang fought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with Susanoo, but his attacks failed to overcome the beast’s strength and defenses. Xiao Bai arrived and blinded the whale, then was trapped and attacked as Xia Yang’s side remained locked in battle.

• Xia Yang used his soul skills and bone skills to attack and evade the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, but his strikes inflicted only minor wounds.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King trapped Xia Yang in its Dark Domain and pressured him with powerful currents, forcing him to enlarge Susanoo and fight back with the Sea God Trident.
• Xia Yang, Tang Yuehua, Ah Yin, and Liu Erlong struggled against the whale as its attacks drained their strength, while Xia Yang held back his Ninth Soul Skill.
• Xiao Bai broke through the waves and attacked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, crushing its remaining eye with her teeth.
• The enraged whale trapped Xiao Bai in a Deep Sea Prison and used Whale Devour to drain her Soul Power, prompting her to unleash Sea God's Wrath: Water Pressure Blast.

Xia Yang and his companions defeated the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, then received healing and passed the Sea God Eighth Test. As the Sea God Trident absorbed the whale's power and Xia Yang's Soul Power rose, his divine exam advanced to the true Sea God Nine Tests.

• Xiao Bai created an opening, and Xia Yang used Titan Other Dimension to erase a third of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's body.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King burned its life force in a final attack, and Xia Yang countered with the Sea God Thirteen Styles: Spear-Body Unity, Stars Shift, killing it.
• Xia Yang, Ah Yin, Liu Erlong, and Tang Yuehua survived the battle on a plank while Xiao Bai protected them from the aftershock.
• A gold-and-blue light pillar healed the group, and the Sea God declared Xia Yang's Eighth Test complete.
• The Sea God Trident absorbed the whale's remaining energy, raising Xia Yang's Soul Power to the ninety-seventh rank and deepening his understanding of oceanic power.
• The Sea God recognized Xia Yang's talent and upgraded his divine exam from eight and a half examinations to the Sea God Nine Tests.

Xia Yang reached peak rank 99 and attained 100% Sea God Affinity, then shattered and replaced his arms’ Spirit Bones using the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s remains. After consuming the whale’s final source, he prepared to refine it and return to Sea God Island with his companions.

• After three days and nights of absorbing energy, Xia Yang reached peak rank 99 and raised his Sea God Affinity to 100%.
• Xia Yang broke off both arms and used Sea God's Light to absorb the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's remains and regenerate them with its Million-Year Spirit Bone.
• After a day of recovery, Xia Yang extracted and swallowed the whale's final source, saying it would help him reach rank 100 once refined.
• Xia Yang gave Tang Yuehua the golden Whale Brain to save for the children, and she carefully stored it away.
• Xiao Bai congratulated Xia Yang and asked if they were returning to Sea God Island, and Xia Yang nodded toward the horizon.

Xia Yang returned to Sea God Island and learned that Bo Saixi wanted time to settle her affairs before his final Sea God trial, which would require her sacrifice. After months of seclusion, he successfully condensed his Soul Power and Blood Essence Soul Cores, and Bo Saixi returned ready to discuss the Ninth Assessment.

• Xia Yang and his companions returned to Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi summoned them to Sea God Hall.
• Bo Saixi asked for time before Xia Yang's Ninth Assessment, and Xia Yang explained that the trial would require the sacrifice of a level 99 Title Douluo.
• Bo Saixi left Sea God Island to settle her affairs while Xia Yang and the others continued cultivating there.
• Xia Yang secluded himself to consolidate his cultivation and form his Soul Power and Blood Essence Soul Cores.
• Bo Saixi returned after half a year and waited as Xia Yang's blood essence and Soul Power surged during his cultivation.
• Xia Yang emerged having formed both Soul Cores, then asked Bo Saixi whether she had finished her affairs and when he should begin the Ninth Assessment.

Xia Yang completed the final trial, became the new Sea God, and returned to the Vast Sea Kingdom to prepare to unify Douluo Continent. After organizing his family and kingdom for war, he went to Spirit City and drew Qian Daoliu out with his divine power.

• Bo Saixi used the Sea God Trident to catalyze the accumulated faith on Sea God Island as Xia Yang completed his final trial and gained the Sea God God Position.
• Xia Yang revealed his ten Soul Rings and told Ah Yin, Tang Yuehua, and Liu Erlong that he planned to unify Douluo Continent before going to the God Realm.
• Xia Yang appointed Sea Dragon Douluo to manage Sea God Island and returned to Zhenhai City with the three women.
• Xia Yang told his family and the Vast Sea Kingdom's core members that he would subdue Spirit Hall, reorganize it, and then attack the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires.
• Xia Yang went to a clearing outside Spirit City and released divine power, prompting Qian Daoliu to rush out of the city.

Xia Yang ordered Qian Daoliu to help unify Douluo Continent, promising Spirit Hall’s Angel God Cult a place in the new empire. Spirit Hall launched its campaign against Star Luo, where Golden Crocodile Douluo killed Emperor Dai'an and the Empress, while several Dai princes escaped.

• Xia Yang told Qian Daoliu that Spirit Hall must support the unification of Douluo Continent and could become part of the new empire while preserving the Angel God Cult.
• Qian Daoliu summoned the remaining Title Douluo, explained the Sea God's decree, and gained their agreement to obey it.
• One month later, Spirit Hall sent its army and more than ten Title Douluo to begin its campaign across the continent.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo confronted Emperor Dai'an above Star Luo City's Imperial Palace, while the other Title Douluo scattered to attack forces across the empire.
• Dai'an and the Empress formed the Hell White Tiger and fought Golden Crocodile Douluo, but he defeated them and they died together.
• After learning that several Dai princes had escaped through a secret passage, Golden Crocodile Douluo ordered Soul Masters to pursue them and flew toward another part of Star Luo City.

Spirit Hall secured the Zhu Clan’s surrender, and Qian Daoliu visited Tang Chen to explain Xia Yang’s plan to unify the continent and prevent conflict with the Clear Sky Sect. The chapter ended with Xia Yang and his allies assembled before a vast army outside Zhenhai City.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo accepted the Zhu Clan’s surrender, while the Spirit Cat Duke comforted Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhu Qing and reflected on their uncertain future.
• Qian Daoliu arrived at the Clear Sky Sect and found Tang Chen alive.
• Qian Daoliu told Tang Chen that Xia Yang had become the Sea God and planned to unify the continent, and that Spirit Hall had submitted to him.
• Tang Chen agreed to keep the Clear Sky Sect’s disciples out of the conflict, and he and Qian Daoliu went to share wine.
• Xia Yang stood before the assembled forces outside Zhenhai City, with the Sea God Island Holy Pillar Douluo, his companions, generals, and troops gathered behind him.

Xia Yang declared himself the Sea God and led the conquest of Heaven Dou, helping unite the continent under his new order. Six months later, with the founding ceremony approaching, he chose Heaven Dou City as the new capital and summoned a detailed map of the continent after a subordinate raised concerns about governing the former Star Luo Empire.

• Xia Yang appointed Ah Yin commander-in-chief and ordered her, Liu Erlong, and Dong'er to pacify Heaven Dou and its affiliated kingdoms within half a year.
• Xia Yang revealed that he had become the Sea God, then took six Holy Pillar Douluo and dozens of Soul Douluo to Heaven Dou City.
• Xia Yang's forces attacked the Imperial Palace, while Xia Yang immobilized unaffiliated Soul Masters across the city and declared that Heaven Dou would be pacified.
• Over the next six months, the Xue Clan, the Dai Family, and powerful local nobles fell, and Xia Yang's allies and war veterans took their places in the new order.
• At a council meeting before the founding ceremony, Xia Yang chose Heaven Dou City as the new capital, then conjured a map after a subordinate warned that the former Star Luo territory was far away.

Xia Yang reorganized the former Spirit Hall and granted Star Luo City to the Sea God Cult as he laid out the new empire’s religious and administrative order. At the founding ceremony in Douluo City, powerful factions gathered, and Xia Yang descended onto the sacrificial platform as the ceremony began.

• Xia Yang designated Star Luo City as Sea God City and divided Spirit Hall into an administrative institution headquartered in Heaven Dou City and an independent Angel God Cult based in Angel City.
• Xia Yang left governance details to his parents, while Sea Spear Douluo and Qian Daoliu agreed that the Sea God Cult and Angel Cult would support each other.
• On the first day of the eighth month, representatives gathered in Douluo City for the New Dynasty’s founding ceremony.
• Tang Chen arrived with Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, while Yu Luomian and Ning Fengzhi entered with representatives of the other factions.
• After ninety-nine bells rang, Xia Yang descended in golden and blue radiance and enveloped the venue with his Kamui.

Six months after founding the Cang Lan Empire, Xia Yang learned that a huge beast tide in the Star Dou Great Forest included a soul beast beyond the Hundred-Thousand-Year level, while sea beasts attacked Vast Sea City. He sent Ah Yin, Liu Erlong, and Bibi Dong to reinforce the city and suspected the forest crisis was connected to the Life Spirit Gold he had taken from the Lake of Life.

• Xia Yang proclaimed the Cang Lan Empire and received the people’s acclaim as its emperor and the Sea God.
• Six months later, a Sea Soul Master reported that a massive beast tide had appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest, with a soul beast whose strength surpassed the Hundred-Thousand-Year level.
• Xia Yang ordered the Angel God Cult, Sea God Cult, Clear Sky Sect, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to send elites to investigate the forest.
• A messenger reported that sea beasts from the Deep Sea Region, believed to have served the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, were attacking Vast Sea City while Sea God Island’s forces were occupied.
• Xia Yang sent Ah Yin, Liu Erlong, and Bibi Dong with Soul Masters from the Three Upper Clans to defend Vast Sea City, then said the forest crisis was likely connected to the Life Spirit Gold he had taken from the Lake of Life.

Xia Yang traveled to Precious Sword City after reports confirmed that ancient Spirit Beasts were leading a Beast Tide against human cities. He arrived as Di Tian defeated Qian Daoliu and confronted the Sea God, who prepared to fight him.

• Xia Yang and his allies learned that the Beast Tide threatened several cities, especially Precious Sword City, and that multiple Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were involved.
• After a month of reports, Xia Yang left the Imperial Palace alone and flew to Precious Sword City.
• Xia Yang arrived as Di Tian overwhelmed Qian Daoliu and caught the injured Angel God Cult elder before he fell.
• Di Tian recognized Xia Yang as the human who had taken Life Spirit Gold and was shocked that he had become a god.
• Xia Yang summoned the Sea God Trident and declared that Di Tian would pay for invading Canglan Territory with the Beast Tide.

Xia Yang defeated Di Tian with the Sea God Trident, but spared him when Gu Yue Na intervened with a massive piece of Life Spirit Gold. Di Tian returned to the Lake of Life, where Gu Yue Na healed him and admitted that she had bluffed Xia Yang to save him.

• Di Tian attacked Xia Yang, but Xia Yang countered with the Sea God Thirteen Styles and severely wounded him.
• Xia Yang prepared to kill Di Tian until a huge piece of Life Spirit Gold appeared between them, carrying Gu Yue Na’s warning.
• Xia Yang spared Di Tian and drove him back toward the forest, causing the Beast Tide to retreat.
• Xia Yang told Qian Daoliu to tend to the aftermath and explained that the force behind Di Tian made further fighting too dangerous.
• Gu Yue Na rose from the Lake of Life, and Di Tian thanked her for saving him.
• Gu Yue Na healed Di Tian and said Xia Yang’s ignorance of the God Realm’s past had let her bluff him.

After Gu Yue Na ordered Di Tian to suspend the Beast Tide, Xia Yang sensed danger in the northwest and rushed toward Vast Sea City. There, Ah Yin, Liu Erlong, Bibi Dong, and their group arrived to reinforce the city as Ah Yin began fighting the invading Sea Soul Beasts.

• Gu Yue Na told Di Tian to recover and hold off on the Beast Tide, warning him that a human had become a god; Di Tian obeyed and began healing beside the Lake of Life.
• Xia Yang healed the wounded at Precious Sword City, then sensed a disturbance near Vast Sea City and flew northwest without notifying Qian Daoliu.
• Sea Soul Beasts attacked Vast Sea City, while its defenders fought to hold the harbor and city walls; Ah Rou comforted Xiao Wu as they sheltered in a courtyard.
• A Giant Octopus Sea Soul Beast broke through the city wall, and a Sea God Cult Bishop exhausted himself repelling the beasts at the breach.
• Ah Yin, Liu Erlong, Bibi Dong, and their group arrived as reinforcements; Ah Yin used Blue Silver Prison to restrain the Sea Soul Beasts and activated Blue Silver True Body.

Ah Yin, Liu Erlong, Bibi Dong, and reinforcements repelled the Sea Soul Beast assault on Vast Sea City. As the defenders celebrated, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's mate emerged from a trench and attacked them, leaving Ah Yin struggling to stop its beams from reaching the city and Liu Erlong.

• Ah Yin trapped the invading Sea Soul Beasts in a vine thicket while Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong attacked, and reinforcements from the Three Upper Clans helped stabilize the city wall.
• Ah Yin led a counterattack that drove the beasts back into the sea, and the battle ended after Liu Erlong burned the final wave.
• The Vast Sea City Lord thanked Ah Yin, Liu Erlong, and Bibi Dong, but Ah Yin warned that the beasts' retreat seemed unusual.
• A giant whale resembling the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King emerged from a sea trench and declared its intent to avenge its mate and reclaim the sea's authority.
• Ah Yin intercepted the whale's Demon Emperor's Wrath with her Blue Silver Holy Spear Array, but several beams passed through and one headed toward Liu Erlong.

Xia Yang arrived in time to save Ah Yin, Liu Erlong, and Bibi Dong from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale Queen. After Liu Erlong broke through to level ninety, Xia Yang weakened the whale and left her to claim its Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone.

• Liu Erlong, Bibi Dong, and Ah Yin failed to stop the Deep Sea Demonic Whale Queen, who prepared a devastating attack on Vast Sea City.
• Xia Yang arrived and used the Sea God Trident to destroy the whale's attack and badly wound her.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale Queen activated the Blood River Great Array, burning her life essence to heal and increase her strength.
• Liu Erlong broke through to level ninety under the pressure of the battle, and Xia Yang decided the whale would be her Ninth Soul Ring.
• Xia Yang froze the whale's blood light and struck her with the Sea God Trident, then yielded the fight to Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong attacked the weakened whale with her Eighth Soul Skill, Dragon Wing Slash.

Liu Erlong killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale Queen and absorbed its three-hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring, while Xia Yang settled the aftermath of the sea beast siege and made plans for a divine heirloom. In Douluo City, Bibi Dong revealed that she intended to seek the Slaughter God's God Trial in the City of Slaughter.

• Liu Erlong killed the giant whale, then absorbed its three-hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and Left Arm Soul Bone, reaching level 95.
• Xia Yang declared that the Sea God Cult and allied ocean forces would pursue the deep-sea invaders, then appointed Ah Rou as the cult's future High Priest and brought her and Xiao Wu to Douluo City.
• Xia Yang spent time with his family as the Cang Lan Empire stabilized, then began gathering rare metals and Divine Craftsmen to forge an heirloom artifact for his descendants.
• Bibi Dong told Xia Yang that she had become a Title Douluo and planned to go to the City of Slaughter to attempt the Slaughter God's God Trial.

Bibi Dong completed the Slaughter God's Divine Exam and returned to Douluo City after two years away, while Xia Yang worked on forging an inherited divine artifact. She reunited with Xia Yang in his expanded workshop and saw the powerful Soul Tool Furnace he had designed.

• Bibi Dong persuaded Xia Yang to let her attempt the Slaughter God's Divine Exam, and he sent Ah Yin with her to hunt Soul Rings.
• Xia Yang stayed in Douluo City, gathering craftsmen and materials to study Life Spirit Gold and forge an inherited divine artifact as the empire rebuilt.
• Bibi Dong absorbed all nine Soul Rings for each of her two Martial Souls and formally inherited the Slaughter God's Divine Exam, though her Soul Power remained near rank ninety-four.
• After two years, Bibi Dong and Ah Yin returned to Douluo City, and Ah Yin hurried to see her son Xia Feng.
• Bibi Dong found Xia Yang's vast Royal Workshop and saw Fire Attribute Soul Saints powering a massive Soul Tool Furnace with a golden light inside.
• Bibi Dong embraced Xia Yang, praised his furnace, and asked why the Sea God was studying Soul Tools powered by Fire Attribute Soul Power.