Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue revealed her identity to Tang Chuan and attacked him with her Six-Winged Angel powers, but he easily broke her restraints and urged her to leave. When she used Etherealization to strike again, Tang Chuan unveiled a self-created soul skill to counter her.

• Qian Renxue revealed that she was a woman named Qian Renxue from Spirit Hall, then activated her Angel Domain and Six-Winged Angel Avatar.
• Qian Renxue bound Tang Chuan with Angel: Free Will and charged with her Holy Sword, but Tang Chuan unleashed Thunder God's Fury and destroyed the restraints, blasting Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo into the ruins.
• Tang Chuan told Qian Renxue she was no match for him and asked her to take her allies and leave Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Qian Renxue used Etherealization to evade Tang Chuan's attacks and thrust at his chest, but he avoided her and said he had prepared a counter after facing a similar ability before.
• Tang Chuan activated his self-created soul skill, Dominating the World.

Tang Chuan defeated Qian Renxue and let her leave, ending the eighth comparison video. After he won the vote against Tang San, he received three rewards of his choice from the original future shown in the video.

• Tang Chuan used his aura to break Qian Renxue's Etherealization and held his hammer to her forehead, then spared her and let her leave with Snake Lance Douluo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and the disguised Spirit Hall Soul Masters.
• Qian Renxue left the Imperial Palace with her injured companions after telling Tang Chuan they would meet again.
• Shui Yue'er and most voters chose Tang Chuan, and the results gave Tang San 3% and Tang Chuan 197%.
• Tang San grew furious over his loss, while Yu Xiaogang struggled to comfort him and Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo celebrated Tang Chuan's victory.
• The Comparison Sky Screen awarded Tang Chuan three choices of rewards from the original future shown in the video.

Tang Chuan chose three rewards from the Original Future and received powerful Soul Bones and Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, raising his cultivation to level seventy. Meanwhile, Tang Hao flew toward Sea God Island, convinced he could inherit the Sea God’s divine position and take revenge on Tang Chuan and the Clear Sky Sect.

• Tang Chuan chose the Hundred-Thousand-Year Gold-Devouring Root, the Mirror Shadow Beast Torso Bone and Heart-Protecting Mirror, and Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring as his rewards.
• The rewards fused into Tang Chuan, and the Soul Power from the two Soul Bones raised his cultivation from level sixty-five to level seventy.
• Tang Chuan told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan that the Gold-Devouring Root could provide sub-bodies to help them resolve the Jade Phosphorus Poison.
• Near Sea God Island, the ship’s captain refused to sail farther because of the danger from Demon Soul Great White Sharks, so Tang Hao took to the air and flew toward the island.
• Tang Hao vowed to make Tang Chuan and the Clear Sky Sect regret their actions after he underwent the Sea God Divine Trial and became a Deity.

Tang Hao arrived at Sea God Island and asked Bo Saixi for permission to take the Sea God Divine Trial. Bo Saixi agreed, secretly hoping he might succeed and take her place as High Priestess, sparing her from the sacrifice required for a future Sea God.

• Tang Hao landed on Sea God Island and faced scorn from the Yellow-robed Sea Spirit Masters, who knew of his conduct from the Comparison Sky Screen.
• Tang Hao suppressed his anger and asked the patrol to take him to Bo Saixi, citing his grandfather Tang Chen’s old friendship with her.
• Bo Saixi reflected on how the Comparison Sky Screen had weakened her connection to the Sea God and wondered about its purpose.
• Bo Saixi met Tang Hao, and he asked to take the Sea God Divine Trial on behalf of his grandfather.
• Bo Saixi agreed to let Tang Hao take the trial, privately hoping he would become the next High Priestess and spare her from sacrificing herself for a future Sea God.

Tang Hao received the Sea God Eight Trials, while the Ice Phoenix Family and Blazing Fire Academy's Huo family sought to join Tang Chuan's Qingdi Sect. Tang Chuan returned to Dugu Manor after reaching level eighty-four and planned to travel to Slaughter City and the Frozen Forest to strengthen his second martial soul.

• Bo Saixi brought Tang Hao to the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar, where Sea Dragon Douluo reluctantly opened the Sea God's trial for him.
• Tang Hao received the Sea God Eight Trials, and Bo Saixi told him he could become a Limit Douluo and Sea God Island's next High Priestess, but not a god.
• Shui Wuhen decided to bring the Ice Phoenix Family into the Qingdi Sect, and Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er joined him on the journey to Dugu Manor.
• Huo Xiaotian set out with Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu to seek membership in the Qingdi Sect.
• Tang Chuan used the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo's sacrifice to gain a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and Left Arm Bone, then absorbed a Fantasy God Tree ring that granted him Blue Silver World and Space-Time Domain.
• Tang Chuan returned to Dugu Manor with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, welcomed the families seeking to join the Qingdi Sect, and planned to hunt powerful Soul Beasts in Slaughter City and the Frozen Forest.

Tang Chuan recruited Huo Xiaotian, Shui Wuhen, and Zhu Zhuqing into the Qingdi Sect while collecting powerful Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones. After returning to Dugu Manor and giving Dugu Yan two treasures, he watched the Ninth-Stage Comparison Video begin.

• Tang Chuan brought Huo Xiaotian, Shui Wuhen, and their companions into the Qingdi Sect Secret Realm, gave them Access Tokens, and explained his plan to use Blue Silver Life Tree offspring as teleportation points.
• Tang Chuan traveled to Slaughter City, entered Hell Road, killed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, and absorbed the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King's Spirit Ring to gain Split.
• Tang Chuan raised the Mirror Shadow Beast and Titan Snow Demon to hundred-thousand-year cultivation with Immortal Herbs, then killed them and gained Spirit Abilities and Spirit Bones.
• Tang Chuan returned to Dugu Manor, accepted Zhu Zhuqing into the Qingdi Sect, and gave Dugu Yan the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent Inner Core and Mirror Shadow Beast Head Spirit Bone.
• The Ninth-Stage Comparison Video began, featuring Tang San from the Black World and Tang Chuan from the White World.

The Ninth Stage Comparison Video showed Tang San and his allies rescuing Xue Ye and then joining the battle at Shrek Academy, where Yu Xiaogang’s Golden Sacred Dragon attacked Spirit Hall’s forces with a powerful fart. The display enraged Di Tian, who ordered Yu Xiaogang killed if he entered the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er, Ning Fengzhi, Bai Chenxiang, Bai He, and Dugu Bo watched the Ninth Stage Comparison Video and reflected on their respective worlds’ choices and outcomes.
• Tang San, Dugu Bo, and Yang Wudi found Xue Ye clinging to life in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and carried him away, forcing Qian Renxue to abandon her usurpation plan.
• Tang San and the others headed for Shrek Academy and found Spirit Hall’s forces fighting members of the Four Great Clans.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong formed the Golden Sacred Dragon, whose Golden Great Fart knocked down many Spirit Hall fighters.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Di Tian condemned Yu Xiaogang for defiling the Golden Dragon bloodline, and Di Tian ordered him killed if he entered the Star Dou Great Forest.

The comparison video showed Ning Fengzhi urging Emperor Xue Ye to rely on Yu Xiaogang to secure Xue Beng’s succession, praising Grandmaster as a decisive source of wisdom and strength. In both worlds, Ning Fengzhi’s claim that whoever won Grandmaster would win the world drew ridicule, and the present Ning Fengzhi nearly collapsed as he realized his reputation was being publicly ruined.

• Yu Xiaogang envied the Golden Sacred Dragon’s power and regretted that he had failed to deceive Tang Chuan into helping him.
• The comparison video revealed that Bibi Dong had told Yu Xiaogang about Spirit Hall’s Angel Soul Bones and their disguise ability, angering the Qian Renxues and alarming Qian Daoliu and the others.
• Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo reported that they had cured Emperor Xue Ye’s poison, but his damaged organs left him only two to five years to live.
• Ning Fengzhi told Emperor Xue Ye that Xue Beng was secretly capable and recommended that he rely on Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to help secure the throne.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Yu Xiaogang’s wisdom and declared that whoever won Grandmaster would win the world, prompting laughter and ridicule in both worlds.
• Ning Fengzhi nearly collapsed as Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo supported him, while he despaired over the damage to his reputation.

The Comparison Video showed Xue Ye’s forces reclaiming Heaven Dou Imperial City before Tang San learned of Sea God Island from Yu Xiaogang and planned to go there. It also revealed Tang San’s efforts to help Ma Hongjun pursue Bai Chenxiang, leaving the Black World Bai Chenxiang furious at Tang San for betraying her trust.

• Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er, Ning Rongrong, Ning Fengzhi, and Lin Ao reacted with disbelief or anger to Black World Ning Fengzhi praising Yu Xiaogang.
• Xue Ye mobilized his allies to retake the Imperial Palace, but Qian Renxue had escaped and left a bloody message for Tang San.
• Tang San planned to return to the Clear Sky Sect, then travel with his friends to Sea God Island after Yu Xiaogang told him about it.
• Ma Hongjun revealed that Bai He had accepted his proposal, and Bai Chenxiang asked Tang San to stop the marriage.
• Tang San promised Bai Chenxiang that nobody could force her to marry Ma Hongjun, then told Ma Hongjun he would help him win her over.
• Black World Bai Chenxiang condemned Tang San as an ungrateful, two-faced bastard for trying to match her with Ma Hongjun after her grandfather gave Tang San the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.

The comparison video revealed Bai He's plan to use Bai Chenxiang's relationship with Ma Hongjun to secure a Phoenix Martial Soul heir, then showed Tang San returning to the Clear Sky Sect to enlist its help forging Hidden Weapons. Tang Xiao explained the old vow that kept Qian Daoliu and the Spirit Hall away from the sect, leaving both Qian Daolius furious at Tang Chen's judgment of him.

• Bai Chenxiang learned that Bai He had agreed to her relationship with Ma Hongjun to obtain a Phoenix Martial Soul heir for the Speed Clan, and she felt betrayed.
• White World Bai Chenxiang felt grateful for Cousin Tang Chuan, while Tang Chuan doubted Bai He's plan had ever succeeded and pitied the Speed Clan for trusting Tang San.
• Tang San returned to the Clear Sky Sect, displayed his hundred-thousand-year Sixth Spirit Ring, and asked the elders to forge Hidden Weapons for the Tang Sect; Tang Xiao agreed.
• Tang San asked Tang Xiao about Qian Daoliu, and Tang Xiao said Qian Daoliu remained at the Spirit Hall because he had not dared to pursue godhood.
• Tang Xiao explained that Qian Daoliu had vowed to keep the Spirit Hall off the mountain until he could defeat Tang Chen, prompting both Qian Daolius to angrily reject being called a coward.

Qian Daoliu angrily rejected Tang Chen’s accusation of cowardice as the comparison video showed Tang San receiving the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and traveling toward Sea God Island. Bo Saixi realized the artifact enabled Tang San’s path to becoming Sea God and felt relieved that Tang Hao could take her place as High Priest, while Tang San was saved after the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King wrecked his ship.

• Qian Daoliu asked Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other High Priests whether they thought he was cowardly, and they reassured him while Golden Crocodile privately blamed his stubbornness for losing to Tang Chen.
• The comparison video showed Tang Xiao telling Tang San that he and Tang Hao had once delivered a letter to Bo Saixi on Sea God Island, which upset Qian Daoliu in both worlds.
• Tang San visited Tang Hao and Ah Yin, trained with the Shrek Seven Devils and Bai Chenxiang, and received the title Blue Hao King and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Xue Ye.
• Bo Saixi realized the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was the Sea God’s Heart and felt relieved that Tang Hao could inherit her position and die in her place.
• Tang San and his companions sailed toward Sea God Island, but pirate captain Haider steered them into the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s territory, where the whale wrecked their ship.
• The Sea God Remnant Soul saved Tang San from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and the unconscious Tang San drifted to an island, where Jixiang rescued him.

Old Jack and the Speed Clan resented Black World Tang San for repaying Jixiang and others while neglecting those who had helped him. The Comparison Video showed Tang San reaching Sea God Island with his companions, leaving Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er wondering how he would become Sea God.

• Old Jack wondered why Tang San had never repaid Holy Soul Village or him after they had helped Tang San and Tang Hao.
• Bai Chenxiang and the Speed Clan condemned Tang San for keeping the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and trying to pair her with Ma Hongjun, while Niu Gao and Yang Wudi criticized Bai He’s choice.
• Tang San gave Jixiang a Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng King and taught him the Mysterious Heaven Skill, then asked him to help find the Shrek members.
• Tang San found Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and the others chained outside Purple Pearl’s residence, fought the leader, and learned she was a woman who had tied them up to help drive out cold poison.
• Purple Pearl took Tang San and his companions near Sea God Island, and they used the Dragon Abyss Boat and Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to reach the island and proceed toward a Sacred Pillar for the Divine Trial.
• Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er wondered how Tang San could inherit the Sea God’s position, and Shui Bing'er believed she might be able to do so too.

Tang San and his companions reached the Sea Horse Holy Pillar on Sea God Island and began receiving Sea God trials, with Ning Rongrong earning a Red-level Seven Trials and Black and White Chenxiang receiving only a Yellow Level First Trial. Black and White Chenxiang resented her poor result and blamed her lack of an Immortal Herb, while Shui Bing’er hoped to become the Sea God in the future by staying close to Tang Chuan.

• Shui Bing’er anticipated becoming close to Tang Chuan and possibly becoming the Sea God, and resolved to make herself indispensable to him.
• Tang San and his companions crossed the Sea within a Sea and reached the Sea Horse Holy Pillar, where Sea Horse Douluo explained the ranks of the Sea God trials.
• Dai Mubai triggered a Black-level Seven Trials, Zhu Zhuqing triggered Black-level Five Trials, and Oscar triggered a Black Level Sixth Trial.
• Ning Rongrong triggered a Red-level Seven Trials, prompting Sea Horse Douluo to treat her with exceptional respect and explain that she could become a future leader of Sea God Island.
• Black and White Chenxiang triggered only a Yellow Level First Trial and felt humiliated by the gap between her result and those of her companions.
• Black and White Chenxiang blamed Tang San and her grandfather for not giving her an Immortal Herb or the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and believed Tang Chuan’s Wind Spirit Grass could have helped her achieve a higher trial rank.

Black and White Chenxiang learned that her Yellow Level First Trial required her to kiss Ma Hongjun, and she angrily cursed Poseidon for assigning it. Tang San’s trial escalated beyond the highest recorded level, and Bo Saixi revealed that he had received the Sea God Nine Trials.

• Black and White Chenxiang asked Sea Horse Douluo what would happen if she failed her Yellow Level First Trial, and he explained that she would have to leave Sea God Island forever.
• Black and White Chenxiang kissed Ma Hongjun, completing the trial and making people in both worlds recoil in shock.
• Black and White Chenxiang cursed Poseidon, while Bai He and the Speed Clan elders tried to stop her; Gu Yuena and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King also condemned him.
• Ma Hongjun received the Black Level Sixth Trial, and Tang San’s trial light changed from blue through red before becoming golden.
• Bo Saixi arrived, explained that Tang San had received the Sea God Nine Trials, and asked him about his origins.

Tang San and his companions settled on Sea God Island and began their divine trials, while Qian Renxue condemned Tang San’s praise of the island’s faith-based rule. After the first trial’s generous rewards appeared on the Comparison Sky Screen, geniuses in both worlds grew eager to attempt Sea God Island’s trials.

• Bo Saixi recognized Tang San as Tang Chen’s great-grandson, declared him and his companions honored guests, and had Sea Horse Douluo host them in Sea Horse City.
• Sea Horse Douluo described Sea God Island’s barter system and the Sea Spirit Masters’ devotion to the Sea God, prompting Tang San to contrast the island’s unity with Spirit Hall’s rule by force.
• Qian Renxue angrily argued that Sea God Island’s faith-based rule likely relied on suppressing dissent, while Spirit Hall had refrained from forcibly promoting worship of the Angel God.
• Tang San and his companions learned that their first trials required them to climb Sea God’s Light, then spent a year completing the trials and earning cultivation and Soul Ring rewards.
• Dugu Bo urged Dugu Yan to seek a Red-level trial, and geniuses in both worlds became eager to visit Sea God Island for the rewards.

The Comparison Video showed Tang San and his companions completing the trials that led to the Sea God Trident, while Bai Chenxiang and others questioned Sea God Island’s motives. Tang San reached the Sea God Temple with Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu to begin his seventh trial: drawing the Sea God Trident.

• Bai Chenxiang resented Tang San for giving Ma Hongjun valuable opportunities while never repaying the Speed Clan for its help.
• Tang San and his companions passed the Ring Sea and Tidal Body Forging trials, then learned that Xiao Bai sought revenge on the Evil Spirit Orca Tribe for killing her younger brother.
• Shui Yue'er questioned why Sea God Island had not helped Xiao Bai avenge her brother, and Shui Bing'er suggested the island kept threats alive to preserve its influence; Gu Yuena condemned the Sea God as hypocritical.
• Tang San, Xiao Bai, and the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan attacked and defeated the Evil Spirit Orca Tribe, after which Tang San absorbed the Evil Orca King's soul ring and left leg bone, reaching rank eighty-three.
• Tang San defeated the Seven Sea Saint Pillar Douluo and endured Bo Saixi's trial with his companions, completing the fifth and sixth trials.
• After recovering, Tang San brought Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu to the Sea God Temple, where he began the seventh trial of drawing the Sea God Trident.

Tang San learned the Sea God’s history from Bo Saixi, pulled the Sea God Trident from its platform, and discovered that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was the Sea God’s Heart. After completing his Seventh Trial, he prepared to leave Sea God Island, while the comparison screen announced that Tang Chuan’s video would play next.

• Bo Saixi told Tang San that the Sea God had united the sea tribes and explained how powerful Soul Masters could live for centuries or longer.
• Tang San deduced from Bo Saixi’s story that she loved his great-grandfather, Tang Chen, and the King of Slaughter struggled to suppress Tang Chen’s consciousness as he watched.
• Tang San pulled the Sea God Trident from its platform, causing the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to fit into it and reveal itself as the Sea God’s Heart.
• Bo Saixi explained that the Sea God’s Heart had likely frightened away the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and told Tang San how to resurrect Xiao Wu without losing cultivation rank.
• Tang San completed the Sea God Seventh Trial and prepared to leave Sea God Island with the Shrek Seven Devils and Bai Chenxiang.
• The comparison screen announced the end of Tang San’s video and the upcoming video of Tang Chuan, the God of Life and God of Destruction.

The White World’s ninth-stage comparison video began, showing Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo returning to find Emperor Xue Ye dead from poison after Qian Renxue’s attack. With Xue Ke as the only surviving direct heir, they moved to stabilize the Heaven Dou Empire and sought trusted officials to lead the funeral arrangements.

• Bai Chenxiang, Qian Renxue, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Ye reacted to the end of the Black World video and awaited the White World’s next comparison.
• Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo went to Xue Ye’s bedchamber after driving Qian Renxue’s forces away, but found the emperor dead from poison.
• Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo found Xue Ke hiding in her palace and told her that Xue Qinghe had been an impostor and Xue Ye had died.
• Xue Ke grieved for her father and brother, then resolved to support the empire and asked Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo what to do.
• Dugu Bo urged them to prepare Xue Ye’s funeral and stabilize the court, while Tang Chuan proposed that Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin take charge.
• Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo brought Xue Ke to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to meet the three education committee members.

After Xue Ye’s death left Heaven Dou without a clear heir, Xue Ke gained the Three Education Committees’ support as they prepared his funeral and considered her claim to the throne. Their plans were thrown into chaos by reports that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and then the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been annihilated.

• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin mourned Xue Ye and pledged to help Xue Ke stabilize the court and defeat the rebels.
• Xue Ke and the Three Education Committees began organizing Xue Ye’s funeral as rumors of the royal family’s deaths spread through Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• After an envoy returned from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he reported that Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and the entire sect had been killed.
• Meng Shenji blamed the Spirit Hall for the massacre and ordered more guards, surveillance, and secrecy to prevent panic.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was reported destroyed, with Yu Yuanzhen found dead among the ruins.

After learning that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been destroyed, Meng Shenji urged Princess Xue Ke to seek Tang Chuan and the Qingdi Sect’s support. He proposed extraordinary honors and privileges to win their backing, leaving Xue Ke considering how much the offer might tempt Tang Chuan.

• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin despaired over Spirit Hall’s destruction of two Upper Three Sects and the Heaven Dou Empire’s growing vulnerability.
• Meng Shenji argued that Tang Chuan and the Qingdi Sect were the only remaining force able to oppose Spirit Hall, and he went to inform Xue Ke.
• Meng Shenji told Xue Ke that rival princes and dukes might seize the throne while Spirit Hall exploited the imperial crisis.
• Xue Ke questioned whether Tang Chuan would risk supporting her, and Meng Shenji insisted that he would see the political upheaval as an opportunity.
• Meng Shenji proposed granting the Qingdi Sect the privileges of the foremost sect and honoring Tang Chuan as Imperial Tutor and the Blue Silver Prince of Equal Rank.
• Xue Ke recognized the value of the proposed rewards and considered that they might persuade Tang Chuan.