Chapter Summaries

After stabilizing his Soul Power at Level 60, Lin Qingmo learned that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe had supposedly died in an attack on the imperial treasury. Qian Renxue revealed that she had faked her death to leave the Heaven Dou takeover plan behind and return to Spirit Hall for real cultivation.

• Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Yu Yuanzhen separately ordered investigations into the Purple Heavenly Lightning that had struck Heaven Dou City.
• One month later, Lin Qingmo stabilized his Level 60 Soul Power in seclusion at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Liu Erlong told Lin Qingmo that two unknown Title Douluo had attacked the imperial treasury and Xue Qinghe had been killed, prompting Xue Ye to lock down the city.
• Lin Qingmo recognized the reported death as a likely escape ploy and asked Liu Erlong to leave as Qian Renxue approached.
• Qian Renxue revealed that Lin Qingmo's criticism had convinced her to abandon the Heaven Dou takeover plan and return to Spirit Hall to cultivate and pursue the Angel God Trial.

Qian Renxue gave Lin Qingmo the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud before leaving, and the artifact automatically bound itself to him as the Heart of the Sea God. Lin Qingmo decided to visit Sea God Island with his companions and asked Bo Saixi how the island would receive them, leaving her stunned by the token’s appearance.

• Qian Renxue revealed that she had taken the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s treasury and gave it to Lin Qingmo before flying away.
• Lin Qingmo probed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud with his spiritual power, and it drew his blood and bound itself to him, revealing its identity and abilities.
• Lin Qingmo accepted that he would have to visit Sea God Island and asked Bo Saixi in the chat group what Sea God Hall’s attitude would be toward visitors.
• Lin Qingmo showed the group the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Bo Saixi identified it as the Heart of the Sea God.
• Bo Saixi rose from meditation and stared in shock at the image of the Heart of the Sea God.

Lin Qingmo asked Bo Saixi about the Heart of the Sea God, Tang San, and whether he could bring companions to Sea God Island. After receiving the island’s coordinates, he planned the trip, while Hu Liena decided to seek her teacher so she could pursue the trials’ benefits.

• Bo Saixi told Lin Qingmo that he could visit Sea God Island with companions, but the Sea God alone determined who received a God Trial.
• Lin Qingmo asked Bo Saixi how she would treat him given Tang Hao and Tang San’s grudges and Tang San’s original claim to the Heart of the Sea God.
• Bo Saixi said the Heart of the Sea God had chosen Lin Qingmo and promised fair treatment to anyone who qualified for a trial.
• Lin Qingmo privately doubted that Bo Saixi’s official assurances revealed her true feelings, but decided she would probably not attack him upon arrival.
• Lin Qingmo asked Bo Saixi for Sea God Island’s location, and she sent him coordinates and explained that the Heart of the Sea God would guide him to Sacred Island.
• Hu Liena, excited by the prospect of improved Spirit Rings and God-Given Spirit Rings, hurried to find her teacher at Pope Palace.

Hu Liena asked Bibi Dong to take her to Sea God Island, and Bibi Dong agreed, intending to protect her and watch over Lin Qingmo. In the Far North, Snow Empress reminded Ice Empress that spirit beasts could not inherit godhood, but suggested Lin Qingmo might offer them a path to the God Realm if he became a god.

• Hu Liena asked Bibi Dong to let her go to Sea God Island for its trial rewards, and Bibi Dong agreed to accompany her.
• Ice Empress excitedly suggested going to Sea God Island to seek the Sea God's inheritance, but Snow Empress explained spirit beasts could not become gods or receive the trials' benefits.
• Snow Empress told Ice Empress that Lin Qingmo might resurrect spirit beasts or bring them to the God Realm if he became a god.
• Snow Empress proposed waiting to see whether Lin Qingmo proved himself on Sea God Island before they decided what to do.

Lin Qingmo announced that the Imperial Fighting Team would leave for Sea God Island in three days, then discussed the journey and its risks with Liu Erlong. On Sea God Island, Bo Saixi wondered what to do about Lin Qingmo and resolved to see what kind of person the Heart of the Sea God had chosen.

• Lin Qingmo told the team they would depart for Sea God Island in three days to pursue the Sea God's God Trials and strengthen themselves before the tournament.
• The women began packing, while Dugu Yan and Bai Chenxiang argued over how much luggage to bring.
• Lin Qingmo went to the Back Mountain cliff and examined the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as he thought about the journey.
• Liu Erlong told Lin Qingmo that the trip to the East Sea Coast would take around seven days and asked whether Bo Saixi would attack them; Lin Qingmo said he could not be certain but believed she would follow the Sea God's rule.
• Bo Saixi stood at Sea God Hall with the Heart of the Sea God, weighed her faith against the tangled situation, and decided to meet Lin Qingmo when he arrived.

Lin Qingmo’s group arrived in Vast Sea City and prepared for the journey to Sea God Island by arranging supplies, a ship, and combat research. After learning how Sea Soul Masters fight, they planned to spend two more days training in the city before departing.

• Xiao Wu spotted Vast Sea City as the group arrived, and Lin Qingmo explained that the city’s Sea Soul Masters fought best in aquatic environments.
• Lin Qingmo assigned the group tasks: Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong gathered supplies, Zhu Zhuqing, Bai Chenxiang, and Ye Lingling studied Sea Soul Masters at the Great Soul Arena, Xiao Wu accompanied Lin Qingmo to the auction house, and Liu Erlong rented a ship.
• Liu Erlong reported that she had rented a merchant vessel that could reach the waters near Sea God Island in about ten days, while Ning Rongrong returned with maritime supplies and Dugu Yan brought notes about dangerous sea creatures.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Bai Chenxiang described Sea Soul Masters’ strengths, weaknesses, and team tactics, and Ye Lingling presented her written observations.
• Lin Qingmo told everyone to copy and study Ye Lingling’s records and practice Soul Fighting during their remaining two days in Vast Sea City.

Lin Qingmo caught and restrained the cloaked woman who had followed him through Vast Sea City, only to discover she was Hu Liena of Spirit Hall. Hu Liena demanded to be released, leaving Lin Qingmo astonished by her identity.

• Lin Qingmo noticed someone following him and lured the pursuer into an empty alley.
• The cloaked Hu Liena attacked him with Charm, but his domain blocked her spiritual attacks.
• Lin Qingmo trapped Hu Liena in Blue Silver Vines and pulled down her hood.
• Lin Qingmo threatened to expose Hu Liena unless she answered his questions.
• Hu Liena identified herself as a member of Spirit Hall and demanded that Lin Qingmo let her go.

In Vast Sea City, Lin Qingmo quickly defeated Hu Liena when she ambushed him, and she asked to accompany him to Sea God Island to grow stronger through a God Trial. He agreed on the condition that she follow his orders, and they left together.

• Lin Qingmo questioned Hu Liena about following him to Vast Sea City, and she claimed Spirit Hall's intelligence network had tracked and identified him.
• Hu Liena said she wanted to go to Sea God Island to improve her strength after realizing how thoroughly Lin Qingmo had outmatched her.
• Lin Qingmo released Hu Liena from the Blue Silver Vines after she asked him to let her down.
• Hu Liena asked to travel with Lin Qingmo to Sea God Island and promised not to cause trouble.
• Lin Qingmo agreed, provided Hu Liena followed his orders and they retreated whenever he said to; Hu Liena accepted and followed him.

Lin Qingmo and his companions set sail from Vast Sea City toward Sea God Island, bringing Hu Liena along despite the others’ suspicion of the Spirit Hall Saintess. As the Sea Fish headed east, Lin Qingmo spotted a ship following them, though it disappeared before Xiao Wu could see it.

• The group boarded the Sea Fish in Vast Sea City, and Lin Qingmo introduced Hu Liena as their new companion for the journey to Sea God Island.
• The girls reacted warily to Hu Liena, while Liu Erlong warned her that they were teammates only for the voyage.
• The Sea Fish departed, and Lin Qingmo used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud’s glow to guide the ship east toward Sea God Island.
• Lin Qingmo noticed a black fast ship keeping a suspiciously steady distance behind them, but it vanished from the horizon before Xiao Wu saw it.
• Lin Qingmo told Xiao Wu he had only been watching the scenery, then continued keeping watch over the waters behind the ship.

Lin Qingmo and Liu Erlong noticed a ship shadowing the Sea Fish and warned the others that it might attack once they reached deep water. At midnight, Haider and his armed crew boarded the ship, only to find Lin Qingmo and the women waiting for them.

• Xiao Wu explored the sea, while the others settled into life aboard the Sea Fish and Hu Liena meditated alone.
• Lin Qingmo and Liu Erlong discussed the ship that had been following them and concluded that its crew likely meant them harm.
• After nightfall, Haider and more than a dozen armed men used grappling hooks to board the Sea Fish and ordered their crew to search it.
• Lin Qingmo and the women came out to confront the boarders, and Liu Erlong identified Haider as a newly advanced Spirit King.
• Haider realized the women had detected his strength and began to fear that they were far stronger than he was.

Lin Qingmo’s group defeated the pirates from the Sea Demon and learned that their captain was Haider, a pirate who had been following them. Realizing the ship and its captain were tied to Tang San’s journey and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, Lin Qingmo worried that they might encounter the powerful sea beast.

• Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Bai Chenxiang quickly overwhelmed the Sea Demon pirates, while Dugu Yan poisoned their leader to death.
• Lin Qingmo ordered Dugu Yan to leave one pirate alive, and the captive revealed that Haider’s crew had followed them for two days to rob their ship and disguise the attack as an accident.
• Lin Qingmo recognized the Sea Demon and Haider from Tang San’s original journey, then asked Liu Erlong to deal with the pirates remaining aboard the other ship.
• Liu Erlong arranged the night watch while Lin Qingmo privately worried that their route might take them into the Demonic Whale Sea Area, where the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King lived.

Bibi Dong secretly followed Lin Qingmo aboard the Sea Fish after hiding on the pirates’ ship, then visited him late at night. She left him stunned and flustered by revealing how long she had been following him and teasing him in an intimate embrace.

• Hu Liena reflected on the strength of Lin Qingmo’s companions before Bibi Dong appeared in her room and asked whether anything suspicious had happened.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that she had followed her instructions, and Bibi Dong told her to pretend they did not know each other.
• Lin Qingmo opened his door to a visitor, and Bibi Dong rushed inside and kissed him.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Qingmo that she had followed him from Vast Sea City and pulled him onto the bed into an embrace.
• Bibi Dong teased Lin Qingmo by asking whether he wanted to eat his Master.

Bibi Dong privately invited Lin Qingmo to accept her advances while Hu Liena remained unaware in the next room. Liu Erlong went to Lin Qingmo’s door intending to speak with him, heard someone inside, and left believing it was Xiao Wu—until she saw Xiao Wu return to her own room and realized someone else was with him.

• Bibi Dong told Lin Qingmo that she had come to him and asked whether he wanted her, and he asked if he could accept her invitation.
• Hu Liena lay awake in the adjacent room, unaware that Bibi Dong was with Lin Qingmo.
• Liu Erlong, restless after her intimacy with Lin Qingmo, decided to visit him late at night.
• Liu Erlong knocked on Lin Qingmo’s door and, after he declined to let her in, pressed her ear against it and heard someone inside.
• Liu Erlong assumed Xiao Wu was in Lin Qingmo’s room and left without interrupting them.
• Liu Erlong saw Xiao Wu enter her own room and realized that someone else was with Lin Qingmo.

Liu Erlong wrongly concluded that Bai Chenxiang had spent the night with Lin Qingmo after mistaking her seasickness for exhaustion. Lin Qingmo kept the Eastern Emperor’s secret presence aboard the ship, while anticipating her increasingly bold nightly visits.

• Liu Erlong considered which girl might have visited Lin Qingmo and decided not to interfere, despite her jealousy.
• The girls gathered for breakfast, and Liu Erlong studied their appearances for clues about the previous night.
• Bai Chenxiang arrived pale and listless from seasickness, leading Liu Erlong to mistakenly identify her as Lin Qingmo’s visitor.
• Lin Qingmo entered looking refreshed and privately worried about explaining the Eastern Emperor’s presence aboard the ship.
• Lin Qingmo remembered that the Eastern Emperor had become bolder when Liu Erlong visited and wondered whether Liu Erlong had noticed.

Lin Qingmo and the others sailed toward Sea God Island until a wounded Demon Soul Great White Shark fled toward their ship with a pursuing pack of Evil Spirit Orcas. The orcas split from their formation and approached the Sea Fish as the shark seemed to seek their help, leaving the group facing an imminent clash.

• Liu Erlong brought Bai Chenxiang hot tea and told her not to overwork herself at night.
• Lin Qingmo told Xiao Wu that the Sea Fish would reach Sea God Island in four or five days and reassured her about the journey.
• A sudden force from beneath the sea jolted the ship, and Lin Qingmo sensed numerous creatures approaching.
• Lin Qingmo identified the pursuers as Evil Spirit Orcas and the wounded animal as a Demon Soul Great White Shark.
• The Demon Soul Great White Shark charged toward the Sea Fish while several Evil Spirit Orcas broke away to approach it, and Lin Qingmo concluded that the shark was asking for help.

Lin Qingmo and Liu Erlong fought a pod of more than ten Ten-Thousand-Year Evil Spirit Orcas attacking the Sea Fish. Lin Qingmo trapped the orcas in an electrified net beneath the sea, and the weaker ones convulsed and sank.

• The crew identified a Demon Soul Great White Shark and more than ten Evil Spirit Orcas approaching the Sea Fish, and Lin Qingmo decided to kill them.
• Liu Erlong transformed into her Fire Dragon Martial Soul Avatar and scattered the orcas with Flaming Dragon Breath while Lin Qingmo protected the ship with the Golden Hawksbill Shell.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Liu Erlong and Lin Qingmo as Lin Qingmo spread the Azure Soul-Bathed Barrier across the sea.
• Lin Qingmo sent Blue Silver Vines into the water to bind the orcas and released Purple Thunder of Destruction through the seawater.
• The lower-aged Evil Spirit Orcas convulsed under the lightning and sank beneath the waves.

Lin Qingmo destroyed the Evil Spirit Orca pack that had attacked the Demon Soul Great White Shark, then used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to connect with and heal the grateful shark. After Liu Erlong recovered five Soul Bones, Lin Qingmo distributed them among his teammates, leaving Hu Liena stunned by his generosity.

• Lin Qingmo used his Fifth Spirit Ring skills to drain and destroy the remaining Evil Spirit Orcas while empowering Liu Erlong's Fire Dragon Avatar.
• Lin Qingmo returned to the Sea Fish and sent Liu Erlong to loot the Orca corpses as he approached the wounded Demon Soul Great White Shark.
• The Demon Soul Great White Shark responded to the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, showed Lin Qingmo its gratitude, and received healing from him.
• Liu Erlong returned with five Soul Bones, and Lin Qingmo gave them to Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Bai Chenxiang while explaining that the others would receive suitable ones later.
• Hu Liena questioned Lin Qingmo's casual generosity, and he said he had no use for the Soul Bones; the Demon Soul Great White Shark stayed beside the ship, watching him.

Lin Qingmo decided to hunt more Ten-Thousand-Year Sea Soul Beasts before continuing to Sea God Island, while Bibi Dong supported his confidence and intimacy with him grew. In Spirit City, Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu she had abandoned her Heaven Dou plan to pursue strength and the Angel God inheritance, then asked about her parents and her father's killer.

• Lin Qingmo proposed hunting more Ten-Thousand-Year Sea Soul Beasts, and the women agreed to delay their journey to Sea God Island.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Lin Qingmo needed her help, but he said he could handle the Soul Beasts himself.
• Bibi Dong rewarded Lin Qingmo intimately in his room.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu she had returned to Spirit Hall because she wanted to cultivate, become a Title Douluo, and inherit the Angel God Position.
• Qian Daoliu expressed joy at Qian Renxue's decision, and she asked him about her parents and her father's killer.

Qian Renxue confronted Qian Daoliu about Qian Xunji’s crime and learned that her birth resulted from it. After deciding she no longer hated Bibi Dong but did not know how to face her, she entered seclusion to cultivate so she could one day meet her openly.

• Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu whether Qian Xunji had committed a terrible crime against Bibi Dong and whether her birth was a mistake.
• Qian Daoliu confirmed that Qian Xunji had done something unforgivable and that Qian Renxue’s birth was the result.
• Qian Renxue concluded that Bibi Dong had reason to hate her and said she no longer hated her mother, though she did not know how to face her.
• Qian Daoliu embraced Qian Renxue and admitted his guilt for concealing Qian Xunji’s crime and fearing her judgment.
• Qian Renxue announced she would enter seclusion to cultivate, then walked into the Worship Hall’s cultivation Secret Chamber.
• Qian Daoliu remained in the hall and said Qian Xunji’s daughter was paying for the sin he had created.

The Imperial Fighting Team advanced rapidly during a five-day Sea Soul Beast hunt, gaining Soul Bones and new abilities. Dugu Yan became a Spirit Emperor, Xiao Wu reached level 52, and Lin Qingmo’s group continued toward Sea God Island.

• Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Bai Chenxiang revealed their increased Soul Power and new Soul Bone Skills after fusing Evil Spirit Orca Soul Bones.
• With the Demon Soul Great White Shark guiding them, the team hunted nearly forty Sea Soul Beasts, while Hu Liena joined their battles after being rescued from a forty-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca.
• Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong gained Soul Bones and advanced to levels 48 and 47, while Dugu Yan absorbed a Poison King Sea Snake Spirit Ring and reached level 62 as a Spirit Emperor.
• Xiao Wu broke through level 50, condensed a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, and reached level 52 with the Berserk Spirit Skill.
• Lin Qingmo gave Hu Liena two lower-grade Evil Spirit Orca Soul Bones, then told Liu Erlong to have the captain continue toward Sea God Island.