Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong waited for rescue on Yaya Island as a storm closed in, while Spirit Hall learned that its forces at sea had suffered near-total annihilation. Qian Daoliu was left reeling from the losses as Qian Xunji arrived to seek his guidance.

• Bibi Dong questioned Ye Qing's warnings about Qian Xunji and Yu Xiaogang, then sheltered from a storm on Yaya Island while hoping Yu Xiaogang or Spirit Hall would rescue her.
• A tsunami struck Vast Sea City, soaking Spirit Hall's camp, and Zhang Wei worried about the missing expedition members.
• Two survivors returned in a broken sampan and reported that Bo Saixi had destroyed the fleet with one strike, killing two Titled Douluo.
• More survivors trickled back, but Spirit Hall's force had been nearly wiped out, with fewer than a hundred people left in the camp.
• Qian Daoliu received reports that more than 2,400 of Spirit Hall's 2,500 Spirit Masters had died, and Qian Xunji came to seek his help.

Qian Daoliu learned that Spirit Hall had suffered catastrophic losses at Sea God Island and East Wolf, then went to the Clear Sky Sect to tell Tang Chen about a chance to fight a powerful opponent again. Tang Chen was left deciding whether to accept the opportunity.

• Qian Daoliu questioned Qian Xunji about the losses at Sea God Island and learned that a flight-prohibiting skill and a devastating Slash Wave had killed most of Spirit Hall's Titled Douluos there.
• Qian Xunji explained that nearly the entire force sent to East Wolf had been wiped out by two women, one of whom resembled the giant white wolf from the Star Luo Empire incident.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Qian Xunji to suppress news of the defeats, have Zhang Wei investigate Bibi Dong's disappearance, and then flew to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Chen trained Tang Hao in the Great Sumeru Hammer and praised his progress, while Tang Hao admitted he had not mastered Ring Detonation.
• Tang Chen met Qian Daoliu outside the mountain gates, and Qian Daoliu offered him a chance to face the powerful blade-wielder again, possibly alongside other formidable opponents.

Qian Daoliu recruited Tang Chen to investigate Spirit Hall’s losses in the waters near East Wolf Kingdom, and the two traveled there together. Sima Jinchi stopped them with a blade strike that split the sea, then asked Qian Daoliu how he was related to Qian Zhenggan.

• Qian Daoliu persuaded Tang Chen to join him in investigating Spirit Hall’s costly operation, and Tang Chen agreed to meet him at Faradong Port.
• Tang Chen arranged Tang Hao’s training, then met Qian Daoliu at the port three days later.
• Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen traveled by ship toward East Wolf Kingdom, sent the sailors back, and flew toward the island nation.
• Sima Jinchi split the sea with a blade strike, destroying their boat and halting their approach to East Wolf Kingdom.
• Tang Chen explained that Qian Daoliu had come to investigate Spirit Hall’s losses, and Sima Jinchi asked Qian Daoliu what relation he had to Qian Zhenggan.

The Snow Empress recognized Qian Daoliu’s Angel Martial Soul and attacked him with a powerful ice domain, overwhelming him despite his Angel God Set. As Qian Daoliu neared defeat, Tang Chen tried to intervene, but Sima Jinchi stopped him.

• The Snow Empress recognized the Angel Martial Soul’s aura and asked Qian Daoliu what Qian Zhenggan was to him.
• Qian Daoliu confirmed that Qian Zhenggan was his ancestor, and the Snow Empress revealed that he had repeatedly invaded her home.
• The Snow Empress trapped Qian Daoliu in Heavenly Cold Frozen Prison and spread Snow Dance Shining Sun, cutting off his connection to the sun and draining his soul power.
• Qian Daoliu summoned his Angel Avatar and Angel Domain, but the Snow Empress’s ice attacks shattered his defenses and left him close to defeat.
• Tang Chen moved to save Qian Daoliu, but Sima Jinchi blocked him and warned him not to interfere.

Snow Empress and Sima Jinchi repelled Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen’s attempt to interfere at East Wolf, while Snow Empress spared Qian Daoliu on Ye Qing’s orders. After Spirit Hall admitted defeat, Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen left and discussed their losses and a more cautious plan to reach Sea God Island.

• Tang Chen challenged Sima Jinchi while Snow Empress fought Qian Daoliu, then struck Qian Daoliu with her Emperor Palm and sent him crashing into an iceberg.
• Snow Empress spared Qian Daoliu and warned Spirit Hall not to return to East Wolf, following Ye Qing’s instruction to avoid plunging the continent into chaos.
• Tang Chen and Sima Jinchi reached a standoff, and Qian Daoliu admitted Spirit Hall’s defeat after deciding it could not take East Wolf without heavy losses.
• Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu left East Wolf, and Tang Chen asked how Spirit Hall’s losses there compared with those at Sea God Island.
• Qian Daoliu said the losses were about the same and planned to reach Sea God Island through its trials before deciding what to do.

Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen traveled toward Sea God Island after Qian Daoliu recovered from his injuries, while Qian Daoliu concluded that both East Wolf and Sea God Island had divine protectors. Near Vast Sea City, they met Chen Jianjun, who challenged Qian Daoliu to show him the pinnacle of swordsmanship.

• Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen delayed their journey so Qian Daoliu could recover from the Snow Empress's Emperor Palm, and Qian Daoliu suspected the Snow Empress and Sima Jinchi had ties to gods.
• Qian Daoliu reasoned that Sea God Island's devastating strength came from a genuine divine inheritance and planned to approach its people as an ordinary visitor once he had healed.
• Over nearly two months of travel, Qian Daoliu recovered, Spirit Hall's budget shrank from compensation payments, and rescue ships found Bibi Dong after Yu Xiaogang alerted Zhang Wei.
• Bibi Dong returned to Spirit City and became Spirit Hall's new Saintess after the previous Saintess was declared missing.
• Near Vast Sea City, Chen Jianjun recognized Qian Daoliu as the Angel Sword and asked him to demonstrate the pinnacle of swordsmanship.

Chen Jianjun challenged Qian Daoliu to fulfill his lifelong wish of crossing swords with a master. After Qian Daoliu won their brief duel, Chen Jianjun left to spend his remaining months, and Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen continued toward Sea God Island.

• Tang Chen warned Chen Jianjun that fighting Qian Daoliu could destroy his body, but Chen Jianjun explained that he wanted to challenge a swordsman before he died.
• Chen Jianjun recounted how he had reached level ninety-seven, settled in the Xili Stone Kingdom, and earned its chief’s gratitude by driving away Spirit Hall’s forces.
• Chen Jianjun and Qian Daoliu introduced themselves and began a duel, each committing to a decisive sword strike.
• Qian Daoliu defeated Chen Jianjun and said the level gap had limited their exchange, but he acknowledged Chen Jianjun’s superior swordsmanship and the wound he had inflicted.
• Chen Jianjun flew away, his body ruined by the clash, while Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen set off toward Sea God Island.

Chen Jianjun fulfilled his wish by fighting Ye Qing, then flew on beneath the stars as he prepared to settle his affairs before his life ended. Meanwhile, Gu Yuena found the Dragon Realm in space and summoned Ye Qing to help her enter it, leaving them channeling the Dragon God's power into its barrier.

• Chen Jianjun reflected on his age and injuries, then decided his duel with Ye Qing had fulfilled his lifelong wish to challenge a sword powerhouse.
• After their fight, Chen Jianjun continued flying beneath the stars while Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu traveled toward Sea God Island.
• Ye Qing followed Gu Yuena's emergency signal into space and found her following a glowing sphere without realizing that sound could not travel in a vacuum.
• Gu Yuena explained that the sphere was the Dragon Realm, which had drifted back toward Douluo Planet, and said its protective barrier prevented her from entering alone.
• Gu Yuena brought out the Dragon God Heart and pressed it against the barrier as she and Ye Qing channeled the Dragon God's power into the Dragon Realm.

Gu Yuena and Ye Qing entered the Dragon Realm and learned from the Time Dragon King that the dying realm had been sustained by the sacrifices of its dragons. As the Time Dragon King faded away, the fallen dragons gave their remaining power to Gu Yuena, raising her to the Half-Step God King Realm and leaving her responsible for protecting the Dragon Realm.

• Ye Qing and Gu Yuena passed through the ancient gate and found a barren Dragon Realm filled with dragon skeletons and Dragon Clouds.
• The Time Dragon King appeared before Gu Yuena and explained that the Dragon Realm had fled the Douluo Plane and survived by consuming its limited life energy.
• The Time Dragon King revealed that only seventeen dragons and thirty-two dragon eggs remained, and that an evil plane was pursuing the Dragon Realm through the Star Sea.
• The Time Dragon King and the Dragon Clouds transferred their remaining energy to Gu Yuena, breaking her limits and advancing her to the Half-Step God King Realm.
• The Time Dragon King said farewell and dissipated, leaving Gu Yuena to protect the Dragon Realm.

Gu Yuena and Ye Qing honored the fallen dragons by burying their remains throughout the Dragon Realm, where Gu Yuena hoped the clan would one day return to glory. They discovered a Fire Dragon’s egg still alive, and as an unknown force began threatening the Dragon Realm, they decided to have the Fire Dragon King incubate it.

• Gu Yuena felt the dead dragons’ final blessings as their energy entered her, and Ye Qing comforted her and offered to help bury them.
• Gu Yuena and Ye Qing buried more than a thousand dragon skeletons in the places where the dragons had fallen, carefully reassembling their scattered bones.
• While inspecting the remains, Gu Yuena found an unusually intact Fire Dragon whose corpse had preserved the Life within the egg she had carried.
• Ye Qing recognized the egg’s strong connection to the Fire Dragon King, and Gu Yuena decided that the Fire Dragon King should incubate it.
• Ye Qing and Gu Yuena sensed an unknown force trying to invade the Dragon Realm, resembling the Time-Lost Desolation.

Feng Lian explained how creatures from the Abyss had pursued the Dragon Realm and attacked its barrier after the Time Dragon King's apparent demise. Enraged by their assault on the Dragon Clan's sanctuary, Gu Yuena went outside to confront them while Ye Qing remained to guard the Dragon Realm.

• Feng Lian told Ye Qing and Gu Yuena that the Abyss's regenerating creatures had attacked the Dragon Realm before, and that the Time Dragon King had driven them away after nearly killing their leader.
• Ye Qing realized the creatures had returned because they believed the Time Dragon King was gone, unaware that Gu Yuena was a greater threat.
• Gu Yuena asked Ye Qing to protect the Dragon Realm and its remains while she vented her anger outside.
• The Abyss's leader ordered his kin to devour the Dragon Realm, but Gu Yuena emerged through its barrier and attacked with the Silver Dragon Spear.

Gu Yuena confronted the Spirit Emperor after he brought Abyssal Spirit Dragons to attack the Dragon Realm, killing his kin and overpowering him. Though she pinned him with the Silver Dragon Spear, he tore himself in half and escaped through the Abyssal passage.

• Gu Yuena appeared at the Dragon Realm's barrier and killed the Abyssal Spirit Dragons with two strikes of her Silver Dragon Spear.
• The Spirit Emperor raged over his kin's deaths, while the narration explained the Abyss's plan to devour the weakened Dragon Realm.
• Gu Yuena struck the Spirit Emperor and declared that he would remain there for violating the Dragon Clan's sanctuary.
• The Spirit Emperor turned invisible and rushed toward the Abyssal passage, hoping to escape.
• Gu Yuena tracked him with her superior spiritual power and pinned him to the Dragon Realm's outer wall with her spear.
• The Spirit Emperor tore his body in half and dragged his upper body through the Abyssal passage.

Gu Yuena spared the wounded Spirit Emperor so Ye Qing could use him to help draw the Abyss into the Douluo Continent, then stayed in the Dragon Realm to protect it. Ye Qing returned to the continent with a dragon egg, while the Abyssal Sage King postponed dealing with the Spirit Emperor as he neared a breakthrough, and Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu approached Sea God Island.

• Gu Yuena changed her attack at Ye Qing's urging, leaving the Spirit Emperor alive so the Abyss could be tracked and drawn toward their plan.
• Gu Yuena explained that she had marked the Spirit Emperor and could find him again, even if the Abyss fled.
• Gu Yuena chose to remain in the Dragon Realm until it reconnected with the Douluo Plane, while Ye Qing returned alone with the Fire Dragon Egg.
• Ye Qing gave Gu Yuena Meteor Grass and Comet Tree Seeds to help restore the Dragon Realm's barren environment.
• The Abyssal Sage King grew furious at the Spirit Emperor's failure but delayed dealing with him because he was close to becoming a First-Class God.
• Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu neared Sea God Island.

The Abyssal Sage King halted the Abyssal Plane’s expansion while he and the Mother of Crimson neared breakthroughs. Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu reached Sea God Island, where Tang Chen received a Sea God trial and Qian Daoliu confirmed that a god backed the island.

• The Abyssal Sage King considered the danger of losing the Spirit Emperor and paused the Abyssal Plane’s advance to protect his and the Mother of Crimson’s plans.
• Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu sailed toward Sea God Island to avoid being mistaken for attackers.
• Xiao Bai and the other sea spirit beasts celebrated the Sea Princess’s eldest daughter surviving her heavenly tribulation and chose not to stop the two visitors.
• Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu landed on Sea God Island and intimidated its guards and Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluos with their power.
• The Sea Sacred Pillar gave Qian Daoliu no trial because he was the Angel God’s Consecrated Elder, while Tang Chen received the Red Level One Trial.

Tang Chen received the Sea God’s red-level assessment and climbed the Nine Heavens Mysterious Stairs at astonishing speed, while Qian Daoliu learned how the trial worked. Tang Chen stopped at the 787th step when Bo Saixi appeared before him.

• Tang Chen received a red-level one trial, and the Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluo guided him and Qian Daoliu to the Nine Heavens Mysterious Stairs.
• Qian Daoliu sensed the stronger divine presence around Sea God Mountain and learned that he could not climb the trial steps without an assessment.
• Tang Chen said his requirement had no limit and climbed hundreds of steps without pausing, astonishing the guide and Qian Daoliu.
• The guide explained that the stairs had 999 steps and that the Sea God's Light grew more dangerous and began attacking climbers in the higher realms.
• Tang Chen passed the 666th step and continued climbing, treating the Sea God's pressure as a chance to cultivate.
• Tang Chen stopped for the first time at the 787th step when Bo Saixi appeared before him, drawn by his extraordinary progress.

Tang Chen climbed the Nine Heavens Mysterious Stairs far beyond the requirement of his Sea God trial, while Bo Saixi warned him that entering the ninth realm would bind him as a priest. He returned to a lower step to temper his body and spent three days and nights talking with Bo Saixi, leaving Qian Daoliu waiting below in frustration.

• Tang Chen climbed to the eight hundred and eighty-eighth step without stopping, drawing Bo Saixi's attention as she followed him.
• Bo Saixi warned Tang Chen that entering the ninth realm would make him a Sea God priest, bound to Sea God Island and unable to become a god.
• Tang Chen declined to enter the ninth realm, thanked Bo Saixi, and returned to the seven hundred and eighty-seventh step to temper his body.
• Tang Chen and Bo Saixi grew familiar as they talked while he cultivated for three days and nights.
• Bo Saixi escorted Tang Chen off the stairs, and Qian Daoliu complained that he had waited for Tang Chen for three days and nights.

Tang Chen completed the Nine Heavens Mysterious Stairs trial and met Bo Saixi, while Qian Daoliu learned that Sea God Island was too powerful for Spirit Hall to challenge. After the three Peerless Douluos sparred, both men fell for Bo Saixi, leaving Qian Daoliu to question why he had brought Tang Chen along.

• Bo Saixi enjoyed her conversations with Tang Chen and developed a favorable impression of him.
• Qian Daoliu waited three days and nights for Tang Chen, who returned unharmed with Bo Saixi, the High Priestess of Sea God Island.
• Tang Chen, Qian Daoliu, and Bo Saixi agreed to spar offshore, then fought for three days and nights until Bo Saixi won both matches.
• Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu realized they had both fallen in love with Bo Saixi and each went toward Sea God Mountain to see her.
• Qian Daoliu climbed the mountain first and wondered why he had invited Tang Chen, who had brought him trouble and become his rival in love.

Bo Saixi rejected Qian Daoliu indirectly by saying she would accept whoever reached rank one hundred first, while signaling that she favored Tang Chen. Tang Chen mistook her words for a challenge and left to pursue godhood, while Qian Daoliu returned to Spirit Hall without correcting him.

• After spending time with Bo Saixi, Qian Daoliu decided he wanted her, but she admired Tang Chen more for reaching rank ninety-nine through his own efforts.
• Bo Saixi told Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu she would accept the love of whoever reached rank one hundred first, knowing Qian Daoliu could not become a god as a chief priest.
• Qian Daoliu understood Bo Saixi's rejection, accepted her choice of Tang Chen, and left Sea God Island that night.
• Tang Chen mistook Bo Saixi's words for a test and left Sea God Island to cultivate until he reached rank one hundred and became a god.
• Qian Daoliu found Tang Chen at an inn in Vast Sea City, realized he had misunderstood Bo Saixi, and chose not to explain her meaning before returning to Spirit Hall.

Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji addressed Spirit Hall’s financial losses while Tang Chen prepared Tang Hao for his departure. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Ye Qing brought the Fire Dragon King an egg from her bloodline and asked her to hatch it.

• Qian Xunji proposed earning funds by helping academies and nobles hunt Spirit Rings and training children, and Qian Daoliu approved his plan.
• Qian Daoliu learned that Bibi Dong had become Saintess and warned Qian Xunji about her growing closeness to Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang Chen put Tang Hao through intense training before leaving to seek a breakthrough to Rank 100.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Xin to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Lusen told them that his lord was conducting business inside.
• Ye Qing delivered a dragon egg to the Fire Dragon King, who was pleased to see her descendant but saddened that its mother had died.

Ye Qing arranged for the Fire Dragon King to incubate a damaged dragon egg while the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings continued rebuilding their bodies. Back at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Bo asked Lusen to help find poisonous herbs to counter the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison afflicting Dugu Xin.

• Ye Qing explained why the damaged dragon egg needed the Fire Dragon King's specialized incubation, and the Fire Dragon King agreed to care for it during his Dragon Soul's re-fusion.
• The Ice Dragon King mourned the Dragon Clan's losses as Ye Qing left for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lusen sensed Ye Qing's departure through an ancient tree and greeted Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin, whom Dugu Bo introduced as Lusen's nephew-like acquaintance.
• Dugu Bo asked Lusen to find suitable poisonous herbs to counter Dugu Xin's worsening Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison.