Chapter Summaries

Su Mo brought Bibi Dong, Ye Qingshuang, and Ah Yin to Sea God Island for their assessments, reassuring them that the trials could greatly strengthen them. Bibi Dong received the Top-tier Seven Trials, while Ye Qingshuang and Ah Yin each received Black-level Six Trials, and Su Mo led them to begin their first trial beneath the Sea God's Light.

• Bo Saixi warned Su Mo and the women that the assessments were dangerous and that passing them could bind them to Sea God Island for life.
• Su Mo assured Bibi Dong, Ye Qingshuang, and Ah Yin that the trials offered great rewards and that he would handle the island's restrictions.
• Bibi Dong received the Top-tier Seven Trials, which Bo Saixi explained could make her the future High Priestess of Sea God Island.
• Ye Qingshuang and Ah Yin each received Black-level Six Trials, astonishing Seahorse Douluo.
• Su Mo learned that their first trials required them to cross different numbers of steps beneath the Sea God's Light and led the group there.

Su Mo asked Poseidon to pass the Sea God Divinity to Bo Saixi, his High Priestess and Su Mo’s lover. Poseidon agreed after Asura God urged him to give Bo Saixi the inheritance, leaving her hopes of becoming a true god within reach.

• Bibi Dong climbed to the thirty-eighth step of the Sea God's Light, while Ah Yin and Ye Qingshuang reached the thirtieth before stopping to cultivate.
• Su Mo took Bo Saixi to the Sea God Temple and asked her to contact Poseidon.
• Su Mo asked Poseidon to give the Sea God Divinity to Bo Saixi, and Poseidon said he would consider it before disappearing.
• Su Mo comforted Bo Saixi when she worried she was unworthy of the Godhood.
• Poseidon complained to Asura God that Su Mo had killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, won over Bo Saixi, and asked for her to receive the Sea God Divinity.
• Asura God urged Poseidon to give Bo Saixi the Godhood, and Poseidon agreed so he could leave and roam the universe.

Bibi Dong, Ah Yin, and Ye Qingshuang trained desperately while Su Mo and Bo Saixi relaxed on the beach, until the Sea God appeared and chose Bo Saixi as his successor. Bo Saixi received three trials, and Su Mo promised to find the lost Sea God's Heart before leaving Sea God Island.

• Bibi Dong, Ah Yin, and Ye Qingshuang trained beneath the Sea God's Light to keep pace with Bo Saixi's strength.
• The Sea God's phantom appeared, and Su Mo stopped Bo Saixi from kneeling before him.
• The Sea God granted Bo Saixi the chance to inherit his position and gave her the mark of the Sea God's Nine Trials.
• Bo Saixi learned that her first trial was to find the lost Sea God's Heart and gain its recognition within five years.
• Su Mo promised to mobilize Spirit Hall to find the Sea God's Heart, then asked Bo Saixi to care for Bibi Dong, Ah Yin, and Ye Qingshuang while he was away.

Su Mo returned to Heaven Dou City to obtain the Sea God's Heart for Bo Saixi's Sea God Trial. He attacked the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, where Bone Douluo Gu Rong appeared to confront him.

• Su Mo told Bibi Dong, Ah Yin, and Ye Qingshuang about Bo Saixi's Sea God Trial and promised they might also earn a God's favor through cultivation.
• After spending the night with the women, Su Mo left Sea God Island and flew to Heaven Dou City using his Black Gold Sword Wings.
• Su Mo arrived above Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and demanded that Xue Ye come out to discuss the Sea God's Heart.
• When the imperial guards refused to cooperate, Su Mo killed their commander and another guard with sword qi.
• Bone Douluo Gu Rong appeared through a spatial vortex after sensing the disturbance, ready to face Su Mo.

Su Mo confronted Xue Ye and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, demanding the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. After Su Mo threatened Ning Mingyuan, Ning ordered Gu Rong to attack, and Gu Rong summoned his bone dragon.

• Gu Rong arrived and recognized Su Mo, but could not discern his cultivation and hesitated to attack.
• Su Mo dismissed Heaven Dou and told Gu Rong to leave, provoking the Imperial Guards and angering Gu Rong.
• Xue Ye and Ning Mingyuan arrived, and Su Mo demanded that Xue Ye hand over the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Xue Ye refused and asked Ning Mingyuan and Gu Rong for help, while Ning initially tried to persuade Su Mo to withdraw.
• Su Mo threatened Ning Mingyuan, who angrily ordered Gu Rong to act, and Gu Rong summoned his bone dragon and raised his Spirit Rings.

Su Mo defeated the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Heaven Dou Empire after revealing his overwhelming power, killing Gu Rong with one strike. Xue Ye surrendered the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Su Mo left with it.

• Ning Mingyuan and Gu Rong prepared to fight Su Mo, but Su Mo revealed his Titled Douluo strength and four Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.
• Gu Rong transformed into a bone dragon and received Ning Mingyuan’s enhancements, but Su Mo’s Asura Verdict pierced through him and killed him.
• Ning Mingyuan mourned Gu Rong, while Xue Ye feared Su Mo’s power and ordered the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud brought from the treasury.
• Su Mo took the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud after confirming it was genuine, then vanished into the horizon.

Su Mo returned to Spirit City at level 97 and told Qian Xunji about his battles, his connection to Sea God Island, and the deaths of Gu Rong and Tang Hao. He then urged Qian Xunji to consider overthrowing the Two Great Empires and uniting the continent, leaving his teacher increasingly tempted by the idea.

• Su Mo revealed his golden Spirit Ring from a nearly million-year-old ferocious beast and told Qian Xunji he had reached level 97.
• Su Mo explained that he had stopped Spirit Hall's confrontation with Sea God Island and that Bo Saixi was a level 99 Peerless Douluo and his partner.
• Su Mo told Qian Xunji that he had killed Gu Rong while obtaining the Heaven Dou Empire's national treasure for Bo Saixi's Sea God Trial.
• Su Mo revealed that he had also killed Tang Hao, and Qian Xunji recognized the deaths as major blows to the Clear Sky Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Su Mo asked Qian Xunji to consider conquering the Two Great Empires and uniting the continent, arguing that it would strengthen Spirit Hall and aid Xiao Xue'er's Angel God inheritance.
• Qian Xunji considered the combined power of Spirit Hall and Sea God Island, and his interest in unifying the continent grew.

Su Mo reported the Soul Core method to Qian Xunji and reunited with Qian Renxue. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Mingyuan revealed that Su Mo had killed Gu Rong, warned against rash retaliation, and prepared Ning Fengzhi to succeed him.

• Su Mo explained the Soul Core method to Qian Xunji, who arranged for him to present it at the Worship Hall.
• Qian Xunji and Su Mo returned home, where Qian Renxue eagerly welcomed Su Mo and asked about his travels.
• Ning Mingyuan told Chen Xin and the elders that Su Mo had killed Gu Rong with one move and warned Chen Xin not to seek revenge alone.
• Ning Mingyuan proposed secretly allying with other forces, especially the Clear Sky Sect, to oppose Spirit Hall.
• Ning Mingyuan told Ning Fengzhi to succeed him as sect master after Gu Rong's burial and ordered three days of mourning.

Qian Xunji and Su Mo reported major developments to the Worship Hall, whose members approved unifying the continent and then learned Su Mo’s method for condensing Soul Cores. The worshippers began practicing under Su Mo’s supervision, while Qian Xunji returned to the Pope Palace to settle affairs before joining them in seclusion.

• Qian Xunji and Su Mo told the worshippers about Su Mo’s strength, Gu Rong and Tang Hao’s deaths, Sea God Island, and the plan to unify the continent.
• Qian Daoliu and the other worshippers discussed Sea God Island and assured Su Mo that Spirit Hall would protect him.
• The worshippers agreed to unify the continent, and Qian Daoliu instructed Qian Xunji to prepare carefully and minimize casualties.
• Su Mo explained how to condense Soul Cores and offered to help if anything went wrong.
• The worshippers began condensing Soul Cores as Su Mo watched, while Qian Xunji left for the Pope Palace to handle affairs.

After the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s new Sect Master ceremony, Ning Fengzhi sought to form an alliance against Spirit Hall. Tang Xiao and Yu Yuanzhen left without committing, while Ning Fengzhi believed the Clear Sky Sect might still join.

• Ning Fengzhi gathered Tang Xiao, Yu Yuanzhen, and Prince Xue Xing after his inauguration and proposed an alliance against Spirit Hall.
• Prince Xue Xing supported the alliance, but Tang Xiao and Yu Yuanzhen hesitated because of their sects’ interests and the risks of war.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested that Su Mo had killed Tang Hao in Slaughter City, persuading Tang Xiao to consider the alliance and consult the Clear Sky Sect elders.
• Ning Fengzhi reminded Yu Yuanzhen of Spirit Hall’s humiliation of Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Yuanzhen said he would consider the proposal after returning home.
• After the guests left, Chen Xin asked whether they would agree, and Ning Fengzhi said the Clear Sky Sect might join while Yu Yuanzhen would choose once the conflict grew.

Yu Yuanzhen rejected Ning Fengzhi’s alliance proposal for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, choosing neutrality while ordering preparations in case Spirit Hall moved against them. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall’s elders had condensed Soul Cores, and Su Mo received the title Killing God Douluo.

• Yu Luomian and the Second and Third Elders argued against joining Ning Fengzhi’s alliance, while the Fourth Elder warned that the clan could be left without allies if it waited too long.
• Yu Yuanzhen decided the clan would not join the alliance yet and ordered stronger patrols, training, defenses, and surveillance of Spirit Hall.
• The elders of the Worship Hall and Elder Hall successfully condensed Soul Cores under Su Mo’s guidance.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo returned to Spirit City with their force and entered seclusion to stabilize their Soul Cores.
• Spirit City held a ceremony and bestowed the title Killing God Douluo on Su Mo.

Su Mo returned to Sea God Island with the Sea God's Heart and helped Bo Saixi gain its recognition. Bo Saixi learned that her next trial was to pull out the Sea God Trident, and Su Mo left with the other women as she stayed behind.

• Su Mo said farewell to Qian Xunji and Qian Renxue, then left Spirit City for Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi rushed to greet Su Mo, and he gave her the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud containing the Sea God's Heart.
• Su Mo and Bo Saixi went to her sleeping quarters and spent the afternoon together.
• Bo Saixi used her blood to gain the Sea God's Heart's recognition, completing the process without difficulty.
• Bo Saixi revealed that her next trial was to pull out the Sea God Trident, which weighed 108,000 jin.
• Su Mo and the other women headed back to their residence, while Bo Saixi stayed behind.

Tang Xiao reported Ning Fengzhi’s suspicions about Tang Hao’s death and alliance proposal to Tang Chen, who judged the Clear Sky Sect too weak to fight Spirit Hall alone. Tang Chen agreed to an alliance only if the Clear Sky Sect supplied its leader, then departed on an undisclosed mission, leaving Tang Xiao to manage the sect’s response.

• Tang Xiao went to the rear mountain and told Tang Chen what Ning Fengzhi had said about Tang Hao’s death and the proposed alliance.
• Tang Chen reconsidered his doubts about Tang Hao’s death and acknowledged that Su Mo could have killed him in Slaughter City.
• Tang Chen told Tang Xiao that the Clear Sky Sect had less than a ten percent chance of winning an all-out war against Spirit Hall alone.
• Tang Chen agreed to Ning Fengzhi’s alliance proposal on the condition that someone from the Clear Sky Sect become alliance leader.
• Tang Chen left the courtyard without revealing his destination, and Tang Xiao prepared to inform the elders and reply to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Tang Chen confronted Qian Daoliu in Spirit City, demanding answers about Su Mo’s visit to Slaughter City and Tang Hao’s death. Qian Daoliu admitted Su Mo had gone there but denied any proof of his involvement, and Tang Chen left vowing revenge if Spirit Hall was responsible.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo alerted Qian Daoliu that Tang Chen had arrived, and Qian Daoliu chose to meet him rather than provoke a fight.
• Tang Chen demanded to see Su Mo, but Qian Daoliu claimed Su Mo had left Spirit City the previous day.
• Tang Chen asked whether Su Mo had visited Slaughter City about five years earlier, and Qian Daoliu admitted that he had.
• Tang Chen accused Su Mo of killing Tang Hao, but Qian Daoliu argued that Tang Chen had no evidence and refused to accept blame on Spirit Hall’s behalf.
• Tang Chen left after swearing to make Spirit Hall pay if it had caused Tang Hao’s death, while Qian Daoliu anticipated that their conflict would continue.

Tang Xiao, Ning Fengzhi, and Prince Xue Xing formally established an alliance against Spirit Hall, with Tang Xiao chosen to lead it. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan remained neutral, while the alliance agreed to share information about Spirit Hall and other powers.

• At the Clear Sky Sect council hall, Tang Xiao asked Ning Fengzhi why the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had not joined the alliance, and Ning Fengzhi said Sect Master Yu had chosen neutrality.
• Prince Xue Xing criticized the clan for waiting on the sidelines, but Ning Fengzhi argued that keeping it as a potential ally was wiser than turning it into an enemy.
• Tang Xiao set aside the clan's decision and began the formal alliance discussions, proposing himself as the alliance's leader.
• Ning Fengzhi and Prince Xue Xing accepted Tang Xiao as leader, citing the Clear Sky Sect's strength and Tang Chen's support.
• Tang Xiao announced that the allied forces must unite and promptly share information about Spirit Hall and developments among the continent's powers.

Tang Xiao finalized an alliance between the Clear Sky Sect, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Heaven Dou Empire, then heard Ning Fengzhi’s proposal for a marriage alliance. After Tang Chen approved considering the match, he continued investigating Tang Hao’s death and searching for Su Mo.

• Tang Xiao agreed to Prince Xue Xing’s proposal to have the Speed Clan establish secret communication points, and Bai He accepted responsibility for the network.
• Tang Xiao, Ning Fengzhi, and Prince Xue Xing settled the alliance’s terms, including mutual military aid and the sharing of resources.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed that Tang Xiao marry his younger sister to strengthen the bond between their sects, and Tang Xiao postponed his answer until he could consult his family.
• Tang Chen advised Tang Xiao that the marriage could benefit the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Xiao agreed to consider it.
• Tang Chen recalled failing to uncover clues about Tang Hao’s death in Slaughter City and sent scouts to search for Su Mo.

Bo Saixi and Su Mo pulled the Sea God Trident from its platform, triggering a divine manifestation over Sea God Island. As Bo Saixi held on through severe pain, the Sea God's Heart joined the trident and a phantom began forming above the island.

• Bo Saixi tried to pull out the Sea God Trident, but it resisted her and burned her hands as she strained against it.
• Su Mo joined Bo Saixi and helped her pull the trident farther from the Sea God Platform.
• The Sea God's Heart flew from Bo Saixi's brow and fitted into the trident, releasing a powerful golden shockwave that blasted Su Mo off the platform.
• Bo Saixi continued pulling as Sea God Mountain shook, golden light erupted from the temple, and the Seven Sacred Pillars sent their light into the sky.
• The people of Sea God Island knelt before a phantom forming above golden clouds as their faith gathered around it.

Bo Saixi gained recognition from the Sea God Trident and learned she could begin the Sea God's inheritance whenever she was ready. She decided to wait until Su Mo's God Trial was nearly complete, then celebrated with him and the others before losing a private soul battle to him and falling asleep in his arms.

• Bo Saixi successfully pulled out the Sea God Trident, earned its recognition, and received congratulations from Su Mo, Bibi Dong, Ye Qingshuang, and Ah Yin.
• Ye Qingshuang healed Bo Saixi's injuries, and Bo Saixi explained that she could open the Gate of Inheritance whenever she was prepared.
• Bo Saixi chose to delay accepting the Sea God's inheritance until Su Mo's God Trial was nearly complete, while Su Mo promised Bibi Dong a surprise when she reached level eighty.
• Su Mo and the women went to Seahorse City and held a lively celebration for Bo Saixi's completed trial.
• Bo Saixi took Su Mo aside to thank him, and the two fought a private soul battle that ended with Su Mo's victory and Bo Saixi falling asleep in his arms.

Ning Fengzhi told Ning Wanqing that he had proposed marrying her to Tang Xiao to strengthen the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s alliance with the Clear Sky Sect. Ning Wanqing protested that she would not accept being traded for the sect’s interests, but she understood how precarious the sect’s position had become.

• Ning Fengzhi visited his half-sister Ning Wanqing and explained the sect’s alliance with the Clear Sky Sect and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that he had proposed a marriage alliance with Tang Xiao and intended for Ning Wanqing to marry him.
• Ning Wanqing protested that Tang Xiao was more than twenty years older and accused Ning Fengzhi of deciding her future without asking her.
• Ning Wanqing said she wanted a relationship based on mutual love rather than becoming a bargaining chip for the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that the sect needed the Clear Sky Sect’s support because Ning Mingyuan was bedridden, Uncle Sword could not shoulder everything alone, and Spirit Hall threatened them.
• Ning Wanqing remained silent as she acknowledged the sect’s predicament.

Ning Wanqing was married to Tang Xiao in a political alliance and struggled to accept her new life, even after learning she was pregnant. A year later, Bibi Dong faced the final deadline to climb the Sea God's Light, while the others had grown stronger through their trials.

• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Wanqing that the Clear Sky Sect had accepted his marriage proposal, and she resigned herself to marrying Tang Xiao.
• Tang Xiao and Ning Wanqing married, and Tang Xiao promised to treat her well despite their lack of affection for each other.
• One month later, Ning Wanqing learned she was pregnant, and Tang Xiao and Tang Chen rejoiced at the news.
• Seven months later, Bibi Dong struggled toward the 136th step of the Sea God's Light on the final day of her trial.
• Ye Qingshuang had reached level seventy-six after absorbing a Soul Bone and a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, while Ah Yin had reached level seventy-one and Bibi Dong level eighty.
• Su Mo kept Bibi Dong's God-Bestowed Soul Ring unabsorbed for the time being.