Chapter Summaries

Su Mo successfully condensed his first Soul Core under the Snow Empress's guidance and spent a month stabilizing it. He emerged from seclusion to find the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, and Xiao Bai waiting in the Ice Crystal Palace.

• Su Mo endured the painful final stage of Soul Core condensation and formed a dark red Soul Core in his dantian.
• Su Mo spent a month cultivating to stabilize his Soul Core while the Snow Empress checked on him and waited for him to emerge.
• Xiao Bai asked whether Su Mo could help the Snow Empress overcome her Heavenly Tribulation, and the Ice Empress grew irritated by his repeated questions.
• The Snow Empress sensed that Su Mo had finished cultivating, and Su Mo emerged from the passage.
• Su Mo told the Snow Empress that her guidance had helped him condense his Soul Core successfully.

Su Mo said farewell to Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Xiao Bai before leaving the Far North. Snow Empress believed he would return to help her survive her heavenly tribulation, while Ice Empress struggled with jealousy over Snow Empress's feelings for him.

• Su Mo solemnly thanked Snow Empress and promised to keep his word, and Ice Empress apologized for her earlier attitude.
• Snow Empress introduced Xiao Bai as her adopted son, and Su Mo assured Xiao Bai he could help Snow Empress survive her heavenly tribulation.
• Snow Empress asked if Su Mo was leaving the Far North, and Su Mo said he had accomplished his purpose and needed to go.
• Su Mo told Snow Empress his name and flew away on a blood-red longsword into the snowstorm.
• Snow Empress watched Su Mo disappear and told Ice Empress and Xiao Bai that he would definitely return.

Su Mo arrived at Vast Sea City and hired Elk and the crew of the Flying Fish to take him toward the Demonic Whale Sea Area. After the ship sailed, Elk’s men served Su Mo food and wine, and he calmly ate despite noticing something suspicious in the meal.

• Su Mo reached Vast Sea City and went to the harbor to find a ship bound for the Demonic Whale Sea Area.
• Elk warned Su Mo about the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, then agreed to take him after Su Mo offered a pouch full of Gold Soul Coins.
• Elk introduced himself as captain of the Flying Fish, and the ship departed from Vast Sea City with Su Mo aboard.
• At sunset, one of Elk’s men led Su Mo to a cabin room where food and wine had been prepared for him.
• Su Mo tasted the seafood, noticed that something seemed to have been added to it, and continued eating and drinking calmly.

Captain Elk and his men tried to rob Su Mo after poisoning him with Soul-Eroding Powder, but he was immune and killed them with his sword qi. He spared the two ship steersmen and ordered them to keep the Flying Fish sailing toward the Demonic Whale Sea Area.

• Captain Elk and his men planned to rob Su Mo, believing the Soul-Eroding Powder had weakened him.
• Elk led the men into Su Mo's room, where they found him unaffected by the poison.
• Elk revealed his level fifty-two Soul King strength and demanded Su Mo's valuables.
• Su Mo unleashed sword qi and killed Elk and the other attackers without releasing his Martial Soul.
• The two steersmen found the bodies, begged Su Mo for mercy, and were ordered to steer the ship.
• The steersmen hurried back to work as the Flying Fish sailed toward the Demonic Whale Sea Area.

Su Mo reached the Demonic Whale Sea Area and called out the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, revealing his eight Spirit Rings and attacking the colossal beast. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King claimed he was close to a million years old, and Su Mo's Asura Verdict pierced his body.

• Su Mo stopped the Flying Fish at the edge of the Demonic Whale Sea Area and flew into the air.
• Su Mo challenged the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who rose from the sea and overturned the ship, drowning the two sailors.
• Su Mo summoned his Asura Demon Sword Martial Soul, revealed eight Spirit Rings, and spread his Black-Gold Wings.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King mocked Su Mo and claimed his power was close to one million years.
• Su Mo activated his first, second, and eighth Soul Skills and sent a giant blood-colored sword through the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's body.

Su Mo fought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, trading blows and countering his powerful lightning attack. The whale king then unleashed his Demonic Whale Domain, which weakened sea Spirit Masters and restrained flying targets.

• Su Mo wounded the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with Asura Verdict, making the whale king take him seriously.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King transformed into a muscular man and attacked Su Mo with Octagonal Plum Blossom Hammers, but Su Mo held his ground through hundreds of exchanges.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King launched a locked-on attack of lightning orbs, and Su Mo blocked it with his eighth Soul Skill, Asura Blood Burial.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King activated Demonic Whale Domain, gaining control over ocean currents, air pressure, and lightning while weakening sea Spirit Masters and imposing tenfold gravity on flying targets.

Su Mo used the Asura Domain and Divine Power to badly injure the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, but Bo Saixi arrived and revealed that the whale was a trial left by the Sea God for his heir. Su Mo refused to stop hunting it and asked Bo Saixi to help him kill it while he absorbed its Spirit Ring and Soul Bone.

• Su Mo used the Asura Domain and Soul-Absorbing Demonic Sound to gain an opening against the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Su Mo manifested his Martial Soul Avatar and struck with Slaughter Assault, shattering the whale king's Energy Armor and severely wounding him.
• Bo Saixi arrived and asked Su Mo whether he had come to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Bo Saixi explained that she was the Sea God's High Priestess and that the whale king was a trial for the Sea God's heir, then asked Su Mo to choose another Soul Beast.
• Su Mo refused to stop and asked Bo Saixi to help kill the whale king while he absorbed its Spirit Ring and Soul Bone.

Su Mo fought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King while Bo Saixi hesitated over whether to interfere with the Sea God's trial. After the Sea God ordered her to help, she joined Su Mo and they killed the whale king.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked Su Mo, and the two fought fiercely as Bo Saixi watched uncertainly.
• The Asura God visited Sea God Poseidon and told him to let his inheritor hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Sea God Poseidon ordered Bo Saixi not to stop Su Mo and to help him, and she joined the battle with her Sea God Avatar.
• Bo Saixi restrained the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King while Su Mo struck him with his Soul Bone skill and eighth Soul Skill, gravely wounding him.
• Su Mo pierced the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's eye with his blood-red greatsword and killed him, and a dark-gold Spirit Ring rose above the sea.

After Su Mo and Bo Saixi killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, Su Mo prepared to absorb its Spirit Ring while the Demon Soul Great White Sharks fed on its corpse. The chapter ended with Su Mo drawing the immense Spirit Ring energy into his body and steadying himself against its force.

• Bo Saixi recovered her Soul Power on the whale’s corpse while Su Mo thanked her for helping kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Shark pack arrived, and Bo Saixi told Xiao Bai that Su Mo had killed the whale.
• Su Mo reassured Bo Saixi by showing no interest in harming Xiao Bai, then retrieved the whale pearl, near-million-year Whale Rubber, and dark golden torso Soul Bone.
• Xiao Bai asked permission for her pack to eat the whale’s corpse, and Su Mo agreed as long as they did not disturb his absorption.
• Su Mo began absorbing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s Spirit Ring, endured its overwhelming energy, and managed to stabilize himself.

After absorbing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Spirit Ring and Torso Soul Bone, Su Mo became a Level 96 Titled Douluo and tested his new abilities. He then asked Bo Saixi to take him to Sea God Island, and they set off together.

• Bo Saixi guarded Su Mo for a month while he absorbed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Spirit Ring and reached Titled Douluo.
• Su Mo gained the Soul Skills Demonic Whale Raging Wave Slash and Heaven Swallowing Earth Devouring, then began absorbing the Torso Soul Bone.
• Su Mo finished absorbing the Soul Bone and reached Level 96, gaining Energy Armor and Abyssal Thunderstorm.
• Su Mo used Heaven Swallowing Earth Devouring to consume the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's corpse and nearly reached Level 97.
• Su Mo asked to visit Sea God Island, and Bo Saixi agreed to lead him there.

Su Mo arrived at Sea God Island with Bo Saixi, who introduced him as a distinguished guest exempt from the island’s rules. As she showed him the island, they reached the Seahorse Sacred Pillar, where Seahorse Douluo recognized Su Mo’s extraordinary presence.

• Su Mo and Bo Saixi landed on the beach, and Xiao Bai greeted them before returning to the sea.
• Bo Saixi introduced Su Mo to the island’s yellow-clad patrol Spirit Masters as a distinguished guest and warned them not to neglect him.
• Su Mo asked Bo Saixi to show him around, and she agreed despite her reservations about strolling with a man.
• Bo Saixi explained that mainland Spirit Masters had to pass the Sea God’s trial at the Seahorse Sacred Pillar to live on Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi introduced Su Mo to Seahorse Douluo and told him that Su Mo was exempt from the island’s rules, leaving Seahorse Douluo impressed by Su Mo’s power.

Su Mo and Bo Saixi toured Seahorse City, where their conversation and shared street food brought them closer. After she arranged a room for him at the City Lord Mansion, Bo Saixi returned to her quiet quarters, unsettled by the feelings the evening had stirred.

• Bo Saixi told Seahorse Douluo to meet the other Sacred Pillar Douluo at the Sea God Temple the next morning, then took Su Mo to Seahorse City.
• As residents speculated that Su Mo and Bo Saixi might be a couple, Su Mo asked what kind of man could catch her eye, and Bo Saixi thought of his strength before dismissing the idea.
• Su Mo and Bo Saixi strolled through the city, talked about its sights, and shared local snacks, helping Bo Saixi relax.
• Bo Saixi brought Su Mo to the City Lord Mansion and arranged a comfortable room for him.
• Bo Saixi returned to her quarters and reflected on the emotions stirred by her time with Su Mo.

Su Mo climbed Sea God's Light to the thousandth step before the final step overwhelmed him, then meditated to temper his Soul Power and prepare to break through to level ninety-seven. Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluos witnessed his feat, and she told them that Sea God had ordered them to treat Su Mo well.

• Bo Saixi explained that Sea God's Light grew more oppressive with each step, and Su Mo began climbing the staircase.
• Su Mo used his enhancement soul skill, Black Gold Sword Wings, and Asura Domain to reach the thousandth step, but he could not climb the final step.
• Su Mo withdrew his foot and meditated under the pressure, using the trial to strengthen his foundation and loosen his cultivation bottleneck.
• Bo Saixi watched Su Mo cultivate, and the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluos arrived and marveled that he had reached one thousand steps.
• Bo Saixi introduced Su Mo as a level ninety-six Titled Douluo and God inheritor, and told the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluos that Lord Sea God had commanded them to treat him well.

After reaching level 97 and conquering the final step of the Sea God Staircase, Su Mo invited Bo Saixi to spend Sea God Island’s Valentine’s Day with him and asked to share future festivals together. Bo Saixi was moved but rejected him, saying the gap between them was too great.

• Bo Saixi ordered the seven guardians to return to their Sacred Pillars and continued visiting Su Mo as he cultivated on the Sea God Staircase for four months.
• Su Mo broke through to level 97, activated his abilities, and reached the staircase’s final step, causing the Sea God’s Light pressure to recede.
• Bo Saixi met Su Mo at the summit, learned how young he was, and joined him for a walk along the beach and a sunset overlooking the sea.
• Bo Saixi told Su Mo that Sea God Island was celebrating its once-every-seven-years Valentine’s Day.
• Su Mo put an arm around Bo Saixi and asked her to spend the festival with him and share future ones, but Bo Saixi said their gap was too great.

Su Mo persuaded Bo Saixi that he could free her from her sacrificial fate and take her to the God Realm, and she agreed to be with him despite learning he had other women. They spent Sea God Island’s Valentine’s Day together in Sea Dragon City, where their public appearance drew everyone’s attention.

• Su Mo told Bo Saixi that his higher-ranking Godhood would let him change her fate and bring her to the God Realm, and she agreed to stay with him.
• Bo Saixi asked whether Su Mo had other women, accepted that he did, and heard his promise to treat them equally.
• Su Mo and Bo Saixi watched the sunset together before flying to Sea Dragon City for Valentine’s Day.
• Bo Saixi nervously held Su Mo’s hand as they entered the crowded city, where residents recognized the High Priestess and reacted with surprise and blessings.

Su Mo and Bo Saixi celebrated Sea God Island Valentine's Day together, releasing flower lanterns and sharing a romantic night. Back in Bo Saixi's bedchamber, she agreed to become intimate with Su Mo, and they began cultivating together.

• Su Mo reassured Bo Saixi that she could set aside her High Priestess duties and be herself with him.
• Su Mo and Bo Saixi bought flower lanterns, wrote private wishes, and released them together by the water.
• Bo Saixi wished to remain by Su Mo's side forever as the two enjoyed the night market and returned to her bedchamber.
• Bo Saixi bathed and changed into a nightgown while Su Mo waited, then he held her and asked if she was ready.
• Bo Saixi said she could do this, and she and Su Mo kissed before entering a state of cultivation together.

Su Mo stayed on Sea God Island with Bo Saixi, while Spirit Hall discovered the island and prepared an expedition to bring its Spirit Masters under Qian Xunji's command. Yue Guan and Gui Mei set out to lead the force, unaware of what awaited them there.

• Bo Saixi woke in Su Mo's arms and admitted she had missed her morning worship of the Sea God after spending the night with him.
• Su Mo remained on Sea God Island for several days, putting off his God Trial.
• A letter from the Vast Sea City Martial Soul Branch Hall informed Qian Xunji that Spirit Hall had discovered an inhabited island later identified as Sea God Island.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei urged Qian Xunji to claim the island and bring its Spirit Masters under Spirit Hall's control.
• Qian Xunji ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to lead two thousand elite Spirit Masters overseas the next day.

Spirit Hall assembled an expedition to Sea God Island, and Bibi Dong joined with Ah Yin and Ye Qingshuang. After several days at sea, the fleet reached the island’s outer waters.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei gathered two thousand elite Spirit Masters for the voyage to Sea God Island, and Bibi Dong persuaded Qian Xunji to let her join.
• Bibi Dong invited Ah Yin and Ye Qingshuang to accompany her, and Qian Xunji approved their participation.
• The fleet departed from Vast Sea City, while Bibi Dong, Ah Yin, and Ye Qingshuang admired the ocean and Gui Mei guarded them.
• The fleet traveled safely through waters without the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, dealing easily with occasional sea Soul Beast attacks.
• After several days, the fleet reached the outer waters of Sea God Island and sighted its outline.

Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei led Spirit Hall’s forces to subdue Sea God Island, but Xiao Bai revealed that Su Mo was already there and was in love with the island’s High Priestess. The fleet’s impending battle was left in doubt as Yue Guan and Gui Mei realized their Holy Son had already formed an alliance with the people they had come to conquer.

• Bibi Dong and Ye Qingshuang assured Gui Mei that they could protect themselves if fighting began.
• Yue Guan ordered the fleet to prepare for combat after Gui Mei sensed hundreds of Sea Soul Beasts, including a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, approaching.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei released their Martial Souls as Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks confronted the fleet and warned it to leave Sea God Island.
• Yue Guan declared that Spirit Hall had come under the Pope’s orders to bring the island’s Spirit Masters under its control.
• Xiao Bai recognized Spirit Hall and asked whether its members knew Su Mo, then revealed that he was on Sea God Island and was in love with the High Priestess.
• Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Bibi Dong, Ah Yin, and Ye Qingshuang were stunned to learn that Su Mo was already on the island they had come to conquer.

Su Mo reunited with Bibi Dong, Ah Yin, and Ye Qingshuang after they arrived with Spirit Hall’s fleet, and introduced them to Bo Saixi, the High Priestess of Sea God Island. The women agreed to stay on the island with him while Chrysanthemum and Ghost returned to report to Bibi Dong’s teacher.

• Yue Guan asked Xiao Bai for permission to land, and Xiao Bai went to consult the High Priestess and Su Mo.
• Bibi Dong felt hurt that Su Mo had spent the past half year with another woman, while Ah Yin and Ye Qingshuang welcomed the chance to see him and joked about punishing him.
• Su Mo and Bo Saixi arrived at the fleet, where the Spirit Hall Masters greeted Su Mo and he introduced Bo Saixi to Bibi Dong, Ah Yin, and Ye Qingshuang.
• Su Mo told Chrysanthemum and Ghost to report the situation to his teacher, and both elders accepted his order.
• Ah Yin, Bibi Dong, and Ye Qingshuang asked to remain with Su Mo, and he agreed that they could stay on Sea God Island for their cultivation.
• Su Mo and Bo Saixi carried the women to the island, while Yue Guan ordered the fleet to return to Vast Sea City.