Chapter Summaries

Li Xuan explored the ruined Douluo Continent through the Five-Thunder Puppet, gathered Medicine People for research, and met Bo Saixi after she attained the Sea God's Godhood. He received his seventh trial to hunt the Evil Orca King and resumed searching the wasteland for survivors.

• Li Xuan recovered a Void Eye from a cave, left food for the starving refugees hiding there, and ventured outside into a desolate land filled with corpses.
• The Five-Thunder Puppet killed several out-of-control Medicine People, which Li Xuan collected to research an antidote.
• Bo Saixi visited Li Xuan, thanked him for helping her attain the Sea God's Godhood, and gave him a Blue-Gold Conch to contact or summon her.
• Li Xuan identified a third-rank Detoxification-Transforming Pill as the cure and planned to grow medicinal herbs and food in the Heaven-Grasping Bottle's space.
• Li Xuan received his sixth trial reward, which raised his first three Soul Rings to seventy thousand years, and learned that his seventh trial was to hunt the hundred-thousand-year Evil Orca King.
• Li Xuan returned to exploring through the Five-Thunder Puppet, killing Medicine People as he searched for human settlements.

Li Xuan reached Black Water City and used the Five-Thunder Puppet to distribute grain, recruit labor, and begin restoring the devastated settlement. After gathering survivors and establishing a granary, he returned to Sea God Island and considered how to provide food across the vast Douluo Continent.

• Li Xuan disguised the Five-Thunder Puppet and offered the starving residents grain in exchange for Silver Soul Coins or labor.
• Li Xuan learned that Black Water City had no city lord or Spirit Masters, and that Medicine Person armies had devastated most of the Douluo Continent.
• Li Xuan gave grain to the residents, sent them to repair the walls, and led a group to gather survivors from nearby settlements.
• Li Xuan found the City Lord's Mansion empty, had Puppets clean it, and made it the city's granary and grain market.
• Li Xuan returned with more than two hundred people, fed them, stocked the mansion's basement with grain, and left Puppets to guard it.
• Li Xuan returned to Sea God Island and considered how to distribute food beyond Black Water City.

Li Xuan found Ladi Canyon barren because Mystic Pool Heavy Water had overflowed, restarted its collection system, and prepared the canyon to shelter survivors. He sent out food-carrying Puppet caravans to find refugees, then returned to Sea God Island, where Zhu Zhuqing and the others came back badly injured from their trial.

• Li Xuan sent Five-Thunder Puppets to scout Ladi Canyon and found it intact but barren from overflowing Mystic Pool Heavy Water.
• Li Xuan cleared the hidden chamber, collected the Mystic Pool Heavy Water, restarted the collection system, and left Puppets to reclaim the land.
• Li Xuan formed fifty merchant caravans with food and sent them along planned routes to search Douluo Continent for survivors.
• Li Xuan returned to Sea God Island, spoke with Zhou Chen, and modified five hundred helmets so others could control Five-Thunder Puppets.
• Zhuqing and the others returned injured from fighting the Demon Soul Great White Shark, and Li Xuan treated them and gave them medicine.

Li Xuan beat and healed Xiao Bai, then gave her a Clear Water Cloud Cornel in exchange for showing mercy to his friends during their Sea God trial. He recruited the people from Ladi Canyon to pilot Five-Thunder Puppets and rescue survivors in devastated Douluo Continent, and began preparing Puppets and helmets for the mission.

• Li Xuan challenged Xiao Bai at the Ring Sea, knocked her unconscious with his Mental Power, and beat her for half an hour before asking her to go easier on his friends.
• Li Xuan healed Xiao Bai and gave her Clear Water Cloud Cornel, asking her to help his friends improve their cultivation while tempering their combat skills.
• Li Xuan encouraged Lou Gao and the others as they set out to fight Xiao Bai for their Sea God's Trial.
• Li Xuan told three thousand people from Ladi Canyon about Douluo Continent's devastation and recruited them to search for survivors and bring them to Ladi Canyon using Five-Thunder Puppets.
• Li Xuan instructed the Carpenters and Puppets to produce Tier 4 Puppet components and continued making helmets for the rescue teams.

Li Xuan organized grain caravans to gather survivors across Douluo Continent, trained his people to operate Five-Thunder Puppets, and planned routes and defenses. After Zhu Zhuqing and the others completed their trials, he learned their next task was to hunt the Evil Spirit Orca clan and gave them a week to recover.

• Li Xuan placed grain carts and Soul Tools in Ladi Canyon, assigned puppets to clear and replant the land, and began preparing teams to bring survivors there.
• Li Xuan spoke with Zhou Chen, who insisted on helping coordinate the caravan effort and returned to practicing with a Five-Thunder Puppet.
• Li Xuan planned thirty routes across Douluo Continent, set each Grain Transport Team at fifty Tier 4 Puppets, and wrote instructions for controlling the puppets.
• Li Xuan had the Yellow Turban Warriors begin processing parts for Sword Qi Puppets after the Purple Thunder Walnut Wood supply ran low, then trained his people in puppet operation and combat modes.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Li Xuan that she and the others had completed their trials and that their next missions involved hunting Evil Spirit Orcas; Li Xuan said he had already located a clan.
• Li Xuan gave Zhu Zhuqing and the others a week to recover, then treated their hidden injuries with Bangchui before returning to his room and falling asleep.

Li Xuan organized an expedition with Sea God Island and nearby Sea Soul Beast clans to wipe out the Evil Spirit Orca Clan. After assigning roles and planning the voyage, he set sail aboard the Ba Hai Hao with his allies, leaving the fleet headed for the whales’ territory.

• Li Xuan assembled five hundred Sword Qi Puppets, trained their operators, and began arranging the sea expedition.
• Bo Saixi ordered Sea God Island’s Douluo and nearby Sea Soul Beast clans to help destroy the Evil Spirit Orca Clan, and Li Xuan asked Xiao Bai to gather reinforcements.
• Li Xuan assigned the Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Spirit Orcas to himself, Lou Gao, Bai Chuan, Clan Leader Yang, and the Sea God Island Title Douluo, while the others were tasked with hunting weaker targets.
• Li Xuan and Si Kai plotted a route to the Evil Orca King Clan’s location and estimated that the journey would take three days.
• Xiao Bai brought eleven Sea Soul Beast clans to join the operation, and Li Xuan ordered Si Kai to set sail aboard the Ba Hai Hao.

Li Xuan and his allies surrounded the Evil Spirit Orca clan and began their assault under the Sea God's decree. The Evil Orca King transformed into a blood-covered man in black armor and confronted Li Xuan underwater.

• Li Xuan assigned Xiao Bai to encircle the Evil Spirit Orcas, gave the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King wine, and tasked the Sea God Island Title Douluo with stopping fleeing enemies.
• Xiao Bai reported that her Sea Soul Beasts had surrounded the clan, and Li Xuan ordered Si Kai to bring the Ba Hai Hao over the Evil Spirit Orcas.
• Li Xuan announced the Sea God's condemnation of the clan, and Bai Chuan's attack was stopped by a black sphere from the Evil Orca King.
• Li Xuan transformed into his Flame Giant state and attacked the Evil Orca King, while the others rode Demon Soul Great White Sharks into battle.
• The Evil Orca King dived underwater and spread gray mist, forcing Li Xuan away before a blood-covered man in black armor emerged to face him.

Li Xuan fought the Evil Orca King while the others completed their tasks and hunted the Evil Spirit Orcas. After mentally shattering the King’s soul and confirming the clan had been wiped out, Li Xuan set course for Sea God Island.

• Li Xuan battled the Evil Orca King, using his Ice Soul Spirit Fire to freeze him and Mental Power to destroy his spiritual world.
• Li Xuan stored the incapacitated Evil Orca King in the Heaven-Grasping Bottle and returned to the Ba Hai Hao, where Lou Gao and the others had awaited him.
• Bai Chuan, Sea Horse Douluo, and Sea Witch Douluo reported that they had killed the remaining Evil Spirit Orcas, and Li Xuan used the Swimming Fish Puppets to confirm none remained alive.
• Li Xuan allowed Xiao Bai and the sea clans to devour the Evil Spirit Orca corpses as a reward.
• Li Xuan told Si Kai to set sail for Sea God Island while Xiao Bai prepared to catch up.

Li Xuan returned to Sea God Island with the Evil Orca King’s body, completed his seventh trial, and learned that his final trial required him to survive a fight with Bo Saixi for half an hour. He prepared Puppets for his companions and rested while they began their own challenges.

• Xiao Bai returned to the Ba Hai Hao, and Li Xuan gave her a five-hundred-year Clear Water Cloud Cornel after the Evil Spirit Orca clan was wiped out.
• After three days of celebrating, the Ba Hai Hao returned to Sea God Island, and Li Xuan took the still-living Evil Orca King to Bo Saixi.
• Bo Saixi accepted the Evil Orca King and declared Li Xuan’s task complete, advancing his first three Soul Rings to eighty thousand years.
• Li Xuan learned his final trial was to battle Bo Saixi and hold out for half an hour, then checked the other participants’ tasks with Zhou Chen.
• Li Xuan collected enough components for five hundred Tier 4 Puppets, arranged for the Yellow Turban Warriors to use Vajra Dragon Blood Tree lumber, and spent a day and night assembling Puppets.
• The others began their assigned challenges the next morning while Li Xuan slept to prepare for his fight with Bo Saixi.

After completing the final batch of Puppets and preparing the survivors’ return to the Douluo Continent, Li Xuan challenged Bo Saixi at full strength. Their battle escalated as Li Xuan unleashed a massive flame attack, leaving Bo Saixi protecting Sea God Island from the heat.

• Li Xuan finished crafting five hundred Puppets, bringing the total assignments in Ladi Canyon up to one per person, while nearly three thousand survivors agreed to travel there.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Li Xuan that everyone except Elder Lou had completed their trials, and Li Xuan gave her a bottle to help Elder Lou complete his task.
• Li Xuan flew to Sea God Mountain and met Bo Saixi, who appeared in Golden Armor as he formed armor from his seven flames and Spirit Bones.
• Li Xuan and Bo Saixi clashed, with Bo Saixi gathering the ocean’s power and Li Xuan using the Sun God Sword before retreating with an explosion of opposing flames.
• Li Xuan summoned a towering eight-armed Flame Giant and unleashed his Seventh Spirit Skill, Li-Fire Burning Heaven, scorching the sky and forcing Bo Saixi to shield Sea God Island.

Li Xuan fought Bo Saixi with his full strength but was defeated after more than half an hour, completing his Sea God's Trial before collapsing from exhaustion. After waking three days later, he learned that everyone had completed their trials and began preparing the group to return to Douluo Continent.

• Li Xuan unleashed his flaming attacks against Bo Saixi, who defended herself with the ocean's power and eventually overwhelmed him with the Sea God Trident.
• Bo Saixi confirmed that Li Xuan was only exhausted, then carried him back to Sea God Island as Zhu Zhuqing and the others checked on him.
• Li Xuan woke after three days, found that his Sea God Mark had disappeared, and learned from Zhu Zhuqing that everyone's trials were complete.
• Li Xuan asked Si Kai to inspect the Ba Hai Hao and told Zhou Chen to continue rescue efforts and prepare everyone for the return journey.

Li Xuan met Bo Saixi before leaving Sea God Island, learned that Tang Chen had been imprisoned and Qian Daoliu poisoned, and received the Evil Orca King's Whale Brain to strengthen his cultivation. Back at camp, he found that materials for Tier 4 Puppets had run out and ordered Tier 3 Puppets instead as he prepared for the voyage to Douluo Continent.

• Li Xuan climbed Sea God Mountain, where Bo Saixi gave him the Evil Orca King's Whale Brain and warned him not to overuse his powerful attack.
• Bo Saixi told Li Xuan that Tang Chen had been imprisoned and Qian Daoliu had been poisoned, and urged him to contact her if he needed help.
• Li Xuan suspected Tang San was behind the attacks and resolved to protect the Grain Transport Teams returning to Ladi Canyon.
• Li Xuan returned to camp and found Zhou Chen organizing cleanup while Si Kai and the sailors inspected the Ba Hai Hao.
• The Yellow Turban Warrior told Li Xuan that the hundred-thousand-year materials for Tier 4 Puppets had run out, so Li Xuan ordered him to craft a batch of Tier 3 Puppets.
• Li Xuan harvested mature treasures and planted new seeds in the Herb Garden before resting ahead of his departure from Sea God Island.

Li Xuan organized the survivors and their supplies aboard the Ba Hai Hao, exchanged gifts with the Sea God Seven Holy Pillars, and set sail from Sea God Island. As the ship headed home, Zhu Zhuqing comforted him about the devastation awaiting them on Douluo Continent, and he fell asleep in her arms.

• Li Xuan instructed Zhou Chen to organize the Grain Transport Team, maintain the Puppets, and rotate groups to manage supplies aboard the Ba Hai Hao.
• Li Xuan helped the survivors board, then received parting gifts from the Sea God Seven Holy Pillars and gave them Spirit Bones and a purified Sinful Dragon Scale for Bo Saixi.
• Bo Saixi watched Li Xuan from Sea God Mountain but stayed behind to cultivate her Divine Might and prepare for the threat beyond the God Level.
• After Zhou Chen confirmed everyone was aboard, Li Xuan ordered the Ba Hai Hao to set sail and bowed toward Sea God Mountain in gratitude to Bo Saixi.
• Li Xuan worried about rebuilding Douluo Continent, but Zhu Zhuqing comforted him and reminded him that they had time; he relaxed and fell asleep.

Li Xuan discovered and defeated a group of Blood God Temple Evil Soul Masters, then gathered information about the cult and its territory. Worried about the long voyage back to Douluo Continent and Ladi Canyon’s weak defenses, he decided to land early and split from Si Kai’s ship.

• After Zhou Chen reported that a survivor had seen people eating humans, Li Xuan used the survivor’s Five-Thunder Puppet to find and incapacitate more than a dozen red-cloaked Evil Soul Masters in a cave.
• Li Xuan recovered a blood-red cultivation book, brought the captives to the convoy, and learned from survivors that they belonged to the Blood God Temple, which preyed on people and controlled territory across three provinces.
• Li Xuan interrogated the captives, burned them to ashes, and told Zhou Chen to redirect the teams, gather intelligence on Spirit Master factions, and avoid the Blood God Temple until Li Xuan returned to Douluo Continent.
• Si Kai told Li Xuan that sailing to Vast Sea City would take at least half a year, while landing in the northwest would shorten the journey by two months but leave Li Xuan far from Ladi Canyon.
• Li Xuan proposed that he and some others land in the northwest while Si Kai returned to their first departure village and traveled to Ladi Canyon as quickly as possible; Si Kai agreed.

Li Xuan organized the Ba Hai Hao’s people into two teams to respond to the Evil Soul Masters spreading across Douluo Continent, then spent four months preparing before leading the first team ashore. The chapter ended with his group riding toward the nearest city to hunt Evil Soul Masters and rescue survivors on their way back to Ladi Canyon.

• Li Xuan called a meeting and assigned himself to lead a team to eliminate Evil Soul Masters and rescue survivors, while Lou Gao and Yang Wudi would return with the main group to reinforce Ladi Canyon.
• Huang Shang joined Li Xuan’s team as a guide, Zhou Chen was tasked with managing survivors, and Bai Chuan arranged for his pregnant wife, Xu Li, to return with the main group.
• During the four-month voyage, Li Xuan processed Puppets and trained his Mental Power, advancing his Golden Crow Visualization Technique to minor mastery.
• When the Ba Hai Hao reached the Extreme West Desert, Li Xuan formed an ice bridge so his team could land, and Si Kai departed with the ship and the main group.
• Li Xuan led fewer than two hundred people onto Soul Beast Horses and set out for the nearest city to eliminate Evil Soul Masters and rescue survivors.

Li Xuan reached Yellow Sand City and organized his people to scout the area, search for survivors, and prepare for a journey toward Heaven Dou City. He discovered that a fire-element Immortal Grade Spirit Plant lay in the northern valley where thousands of Medicine People had gathered, and planned to investigate it with Bai He the next day.

• Li Xuan entered deserted Yellow Sand City, sending Bai He’s Speed Clan to scout outside and Yang Lin’s Breaking Clan to search for survivors and cults inside.
• Li Xuan had Puppets clean the City Lord’s Mansion, showed his group a route toward Heaven Dou City, and distributed supplies for their journey.
• Yang Lin reported that survivors might be hiding in interconnected underground passages, while Bai He found settlements to the south and thousands of Medicine People gathering in a northern valley.
• Li Xuan learned that he needed a fire-element Immortal Grade Spirit Plant to advance his strength and used the Treasure Hunting Compass to locate one near Yellow Sand City.
• Li Xuan realized the Spirit Plant was in the same northern valley as the Medicine People and decided to investigate the valley with Bai He the next day.

Li Xuan investigated the valley where Medicine People had gathered and uncovered Primordial Valley, a hidden Blood Pool balanced by a Purple Heaven Lightning Flame Tree. He began cleansing the pool’s foul energy and subdued the ancient plant Soul Beast, leaving the valley’s remaining power to be cleared.

• Li Xuan used medicinal powder to incapacitate roughly three thousand Medicine People, discovered their life energy was gone, and burned their bodies to ashes.
• Li Xuan entered the misty valley with Bai Chuan and Bai He, resisted its enchanting illusion, and revealed the Blood Pool and Purple Heaven Lightning Flame Tree beneath the false peaceful scenery.
• Li Xuan identified the valley as Primordial Valley and used Filthy Flame to burn away the Blood Pool’s foul energy, transferring the released Soul Power into the Heaven-Grasping Bottle’s space.
• The Purple Heaven Lightning Flame Tree erupted as the Blood Pool’s suppression weakened, but Li Xuan’s pressure subdued it while he continued cleansing the pool.

Li Xuan cleanses the Blood Pool in Yuanchu Valley, cultivates Immortal Grade Spirit Plants there, and discovers a Manjusaka he plans to raise for Zhu Zhuqing. He returns to Yellow Sand City and helps distribute porridge to survivors, leaving relocation discussions for the next day.

• Li Xuan uses the Filthy Flame to refine the Blood Pool’s foul energy into Soul Power and decides to turn the valley into an herb garden.
• Li Xuan plants the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot beside the Blood Pool, then uproots the Purple Heaven Lightning Flame Tree and moves it into the Heaven-Grasping Bottle’s space to cultivate toward a hundred thousand years.
• Li Xuan clears the bones from the valley, has Puppets plant Immortal Grade Spirit Plants, and discovers a Manjusaka at the bottom of the Blood Pool that he plans to cultivate for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Li Xuan leaves the valley and reassures Bai Chuan and Bai He that its dangers have been dealt with before flying with them to Yellow Sand City.
• Li Xuan, Bangchui, and Zhu Zhuqing distribute porridge to the survivors until nightfall, and Li Xuan tells them they can return for more the next day.

Li Xuan organized the rescue of Yellow Sand City's starving survivors and prepared to move them toward Ladi Canyon. After gathering 7,000 people and assigning them military-style leaders, he led the procession out of the city.

• Bangchui, Bai He, Bai Chuan, and Yang Lin reported finding about 3,000 survivors in Yellow Sand City and surrounding areas, and Li Xuan ordered more porridge and grain distributed.
• Bangchui explained that conscription by the Heaven Dou Empire and the collapse of trade had devastated the city's population; Li Xuan sent more aid and asked nearby survivors to join them.
• Li Xuan learned Zhou Chen's caravan teams were gathering people and transporting them toward Ladi Canyon, then asked the Yellow Turban Warrior to build simple housing for refugees inside the Heaven-Grasping Bottle.
• Li Xuan made porridge and persuaded the survivors to leave Yellow Sand City, while his teams brought in more people from outside, bringing the total to 7,000.
• Li Xuan divided the survivors into groups under seven managers and selected deputies, then led the nearly 10,000-person procession out of Yellow Sand City toward the next city.

Li Xuan managed a growing group of survivors and planned to investigate Slaughter City, suspecting its destruction was tied to the Evil Soul Masters or Evil Gods. He and Bai Chuan found the abandoned city, where lethal traps, intensified poison, and a blood-red energy suggested that something had changed there.

• Li Xuan ordered Huang Shang to select capable survivors for search-and-rescue teams and move the rest into the Heaven-Grasping Bottle's space, then decided to investigate Slaughter City with Bai Chuan.
• Li Xuan and Bai Chuan searched from the sky, found Slaughter City's abandoned entrance town, and discovered skeletons and bloodstains throughout it.
• Li Xuan found lethal traps in the passage into Slaughter City and destroyed them, while Bai Chuan recognized the traps' high-quality forging and Li Xuan collected their components with Puppets.
• Li Xuan discovered that the city's poisonous air had become much more lethal and gave Bai Chuan Detoxification-Transforming Pills to take regularly.
• Li Xuan identified the blood-red skull overhead as a Blood-Nurtured Bone tainted by the Blood God's Divine Power, planted a Starfruit Vine, and burned the skull to ashes.