Chapter Summaries

Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillars sought Chen Jianjun’s help to prevent her sacrifice for the Sea God’s inheritor. Chen Jianjun pushed Bo Saixi to admit her mistake and offer terms, then rejected her assumption that she could dictate the agreement.

• Xiao Bai told the Seven Sacred Pillars that Chen Jianjun knew where the Heart of the Sea God was and that the Grand Spirit Lord did not want the Sea God’s divine position.
• Sea Dragon Douluo and the others summoned Chen Jianjun and begged him to save Bo Saixi, while Chen Jianjun demanded that she show the same humility she had shown Chuan Ling.
• Bo Saixi thanked the Seven Sacred Pillars and admitted that threatening Chuan Ling had been her mistake.
• Bo Saixi offered to give Chuan Ling the Heart of the Sea God and Sea God Island’s support in exchange for joining Chuan Ling, but Chen Jianjun reminded her that she was the one asking for help.

Chen Jianjun negotiated Bo Saixi’s agreement to give Sea God Island to Chuan Ling, despite insisting that Chuan Ling had no interest in the Sea God’s inheritance. He left to report back, while Bo Saixi turned her attention to Spirit Hall.

• Chen Jianjun rebuked Bo Saixi for her pride and said he would help only because of his friendship with Sea Dragon and the others.
• Sea Dragon, Sea Witch, Sea Horse, Xiao Bai, and Sea Ghost Douluo urged Bo Saixi to hand over Sea God Island, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Chen Jianjun realized the Heart of the Sea God was likely the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud held by Chuan Ling and agreed to let Sea God Island’s people see it.
• Chen Jianjun said the Grand Spirit Lord would retrieve the Heart of the Sea God and take Sea God Island, then departed.
• Sea Dragon suggested that joining Chuan Ling might be worthwhile, but Bo Saixi shut him down and asked about Spirit Hall.

Chen Jianjun returned to Chuan Ling after arranging a deal with Bo Saixi for Sea God Island, while Xu Xiao emerged from seclusion with a deeper understanding of space. He learned that the Death God and Gu Yuena wanted Gui Mei to go to the Divine Realm and angrily restrained them before they could explain.

• Bo Saixi ordered Sea God Island to prepare for battle against Spirit Hall, while Chen Jianjun later returned to Slaughter Town and learned that Gu Rong knew the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was with Chuan Ling.
• Chen Jianjun told Gu Rong that Bo Saixi had handed Sea God Island over to them in a trade, then rode Gu Rong's Martial Soul to Chuan Ling's gates and marveled at its speed and strength.
• Chen Jianjun learned that Gui Mei had sent the Heart of the Sea God to the Sun Moon Continent for Sister Zi JI and Sister Bi JI to study, and that Bibi Dong was still in the Far North.
• Xu Xiao awakened after refining Universe Asking Love Valley, and Gu Yuena recognized that he had gained a deeper understanding of space.
• The Death God told Xu Xiao that he and Gu Yuena wanted Gui Mei to go to the Divine Realm, so Xu Xiao angrily released his Martial Soul and bound them with a black line.

Xu Xiao learned that the Death God and the Silver Dragon King wanted Gui Mei to enter the Divine Realm to gather materials for Reincarnation, and he agreed only after testing a way to bring him back. Gui Mei chose to go, and Xu Xiao sent him into the Divine Realm with the Death God while the others returned home.

• The Silver Dragon King and the Death God explained that Gui Mei could seek Reincarnation materials in the Divine Realm, and the Death God described a plan to survive until Reincarnation was established.
• Xu Xiao went to Gui Mei, explained the danger and the mission, and Gui Mei decided to help their family and younger siblings.
• Xu Xiao gathered their companions at the Spirit Pagoda and sent a condemned prisoner through the passage to confirm that it led to the Divine Realm.
• Xu Xiao brought the group to the Tianyuan Forest, confirmed the passage worked, and gave Gui Mei information about what he needed to find.
• Xu Xiao entrusted Gui Mei to the Death God and sent the others back, leaving the pair in the Divine Realm.

Xu Xiao reunited with his companions in the God Realm, arranged Chen Xin and Ling Yuan’s wedding, and later brought several Chuan Ling members to Sea God Island. There, he showed Bo Saixi the Heart of the Sea God.

• Xu Xiao assured his companions that he could protect Gui Mei in the God Realm and explained why Gui Mei had gone there.
• Chen Jianjun urged Chen Xin to marry Ling Yuan; Xu Xiao arranged for them to hold a small wedding one month later and promised a grand celebration when Gui Mei returned.
• Chen Xin and Ling Yuan held their wedding, and a month later Chen Xin went to the God Realm and joined Gui Mei, though they had not found the Evil God King.
• Xu Xiao teleported Dugu Bo and Gu Rong to Sea God Island to look for Ning Fengzhi and the others, but they had not arrived.
• Xu Xiao and his companions met Bo Saixi in Sea God Hall, and she recognized the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as the Heart of the Sea God.

Xu Xiao secured Bo Saixi’s agreement to keep the Heart of the Sea God from appearing and asked the Sea Witch to introduce him to the Merfolk Clan so he could propose cooperation. After the Sea Witch agreed to consult her clan chief, Sea Dragon Douluo and two other guardians arrived and recognized Xu Xiao.

• Xu Xiao promised Bo Saixi that he would prevent the Heart of the Sea God from appearing and asked her to summon the Sea Witch.
• Xu Xiao, Dugu Bo, and Gu Rong settled into Sea Horse City, where Xu Xiao joked that Dugu Bo and Gu Rong might marry merfolk.
• The Sea Witch met Xu Xiao, who proposed cooperating with her clan and asked whether it had anyone with a golden bloodline.
• The Sea Witch agreed to consult her clan chief and said she might take Xu Xiao to meet the clan after Ning Fengzhi’s matter was resolved.
• After Dugu Bo and Gu Rong left to explore, Sea Dragon Douluo, Sea Horse, Sea Ghost, and another guardian arrived, and Sea Dragon Douluo recognized Xu Xiao from their earlier meeting.

Xu Xiao demanded that Sea God Island join Chuan Ling in exchange for a peaceful arrangement, then watched as Ning Fengzhi was exposed and brutally crippled by Bo Saixi and the Sacred Pillar Guardians. Ning Fengzhi ended the chapter maimed and furious, with his threats silenced.

• Xu Xiao told Sea Dragon Douluo and the other guardians that Sea God Island had to join Chuan Ling, offering them powerful soul rings and a chance to serve under him.
• Xu Xiao warned the guardians that Chuan Ling would unify the seas by force if they refused, and they left to consult Bo Saixi.
• Five days later, Gu Rong hid Xu Xiao and his companions in the void as Ning Fengzhi, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao arrived at Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi forced Ning Fengzhi's party to their knees and played evidence of Ning Fengzhi's betrayal, provoking Tang Xiao and Tang Hao to condemn him.
• Sea Dragon Douluo shattered Ning Fengzhi's Martial Soul and dantian, and Sea Ghost Douluo tore out his tongue after Ning Fengzhi threatened Sea God Island.

Bo Saixi punished the mainland visitors, then agreed to align Sea God Island with Xu Xiao’s faction after seeing his Soul Rings and Spirit Pagoda. Xu Xiao left her a way to travel to the mainland, while he prepared to visit the Merfolk Clan.

• Bo Saixi ordered the visitors’ Martial Souls crippled and their arms cut off, spared Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, and had Ning Fengzhi taken away.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao agreed to deliver false intelligence to Spirit Hall, and Bo Saixi ordered them to remain on Sea God Island for two years.
• Bo Saixi summoned Xu Xiao and his companions, examined Xu Xiao’s Soul Rings, and agreed to join his side.
• Xu Xiao explained that he could not yet free Bo Saixi from her divine envoy role, then gave her a token linked to his Spirit Pagoda.
• Bo Saixi and the others used the Spirit Pagoda to travel to Chuan Ling, where Xu Xiao introduced his academy and Ye Lin brought a Soul Cannon.

Xu Xiao brought Sea God Island into Chuan Ling’s fold and traveled with Bo Saixi and Sea Witch to the Merfolk Clan. There, Sea Witch explained that her faith in the Sea God was less steadfast than the elders’ and that she would choose Bo Saixi over the deity.

• Ye Lin gave Xu Xiao a soul cannon and declined his invitation to visit Sea God Island, asking instead for a future vacation.
• Xu Xiao demonstrated the soul cannon to Bo Saixi, who agreed that Sea God Island would officially join Chuan Ling.
• Bo Saixi offered Xu Xiao the Vast Sea Mirror, but he told her to keep it until she sought him out.
• Xu Xiao, Bo Saixi, Sea Witch, Dugu Bo, and Gu Rong traveled for three days through the sea and arrived at the Merfolk Clan.
• Sea Witch told Xu Xiao that she worshiped the Sea God but would choose Bo Saixi over him, and said Sea Dragon and the others felt the same.

Xu Xiao met the Merfolk Clan leader, who recognized his power and agreed to join Chuan Ling, placing Eve in charge of half the clan. After a week of discussion, the merfolk pledged their treasure and cultivation methods to Xu Xiao in exchange for a place to cultivate.

• Xu Xiao warned his companions not to probe the Merfolk Clan leader with spiritual power, then greeted her as she arrived with her guards and attendants.
• The clan leader told Xu Xiao that his aura reminded her of the Sea God, and Xu Xiao realized he still lacked the authority over laws needed to ascend.
• Xu Xiao sent the clan leader his proposal, and she declared that the Merfolk Clan would join Chuan Ling and that Eve would become its Sea Princess.
• The clan leader assigned half the Merfolk Clan to follow Eve and placed them under Xu Xiao's direction, while Eve asked why the clan was joining him.
• Xu Xiao and his companions stayed with the merfolk for a week, after which Eve and the others understood the clan leader's reasons and pledged their treasure and cultivation methods to Xu Xiao.

Xu Xiao concluded his dealings with the Merfolk Clan and Sea God Island, then returned to Spirit Pagoda to study the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Evil God Orb. In Slaughter City, Qian Xunji remained two victories away from escaping and prepared to lead his forces against Sea God Island.

• Xu Xiao accepted the Merfolk Clan’s gifts, including the Deep-Sea Conch, and left with Princess Eve Hai and the others.
• The old clan chief discovered that Eve Hai and her companions had vanished, then ordered the Merfolk Clan to cultivate and open its resources.
• Xu Xiao told Sea Witch to prepare for Spirit Hall’s affairs before leaving Sea God Island and returning to Spirit Pagoda.
• Xu Xiao made the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger hand over its Evil God Orb and began studying it.
• Yu Xiaogang begged Qian Xunji to release him, but Qian Xunji had him beaten and thrown out.
• Qian Xunji reflected that he needed two more victories to open Hell Road and planned to lead his trained troops against Sea God Island.

Qian Xunji escaped Slaughter City, recovered in the Angel Sanctuary, and began preparing Spirit Hall to attack Sea God Island. As Chuan Ling received reports of his plans, Chen Jianjun remained distracted by his granddaughter.

• Chen Jianjun delayed his departure from Slaughter City for a week so he could leave with Ling Yuan and Chen Yuansha.
• Qian Xunji cleared Hell Road, escaped Slaughter City, and drew the Rakshasa God's attention before flying to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu sheltered Qian Xunji in the Angel Sanctuary for a month, where his Soul Power rose to rank 95 and his violent chill faded.
• Qian Xunji learned about the continent's recent developments and planned a two-pronged attack on Sea God Island, including a staged assault by a group disguised as Chuan Ling.
• Qian Xunji ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to gather Spirit Hall's forces, while Chuan Ling's Dark Hall sent reports about Spirit Hall's preparations to Long Su and the others.
• Chen Jianjun doted on Chen Yuansha as Ye Lin scolded him for neglecting the reports and thought about finding a wife for his son.

Long Su and the Chuan Ling Spirit Masters sent Soul Tools and a warning to Bo Saixi on Sea God Island, who then arranged for Tang Hao and Tang Xiao to be returned to the mainland. At the edge of the Star Dou Forest, Tang Xiao decided to frame Ning Fengzhi as a spy and kill him to protect himself and the Clear Sky Sect.

• Long Su agreed to send Soul Tools to Sea God Island and had Gu Rong deliver them while warning Bo Saixi that Spirit Hall was preparing to attack.
• Bo Saixi ordered Sea Witch to release Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, who had been held on Sea God Island.
• Sea Witch knocked out Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, put them in sacks, and sent them through the Spirit Pagoda to the Star Dou Forest.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao woke at the forest's edge and realized they had been unconscious for months.
• Tang Xiao proposed falsely accusing Ning Fengzhi of being a mole, then killing him before the alliance discovered the deception.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao set out for Soul Union City to put the plan into motion.

Tang Xiao and Tang Hao returned to Soul Union City and presented Qian Xunji with a fabricated plan, claiming Ning Fengzhi would help Spirit Hall enter Sea God Island. Qian Xunji and Lady Ning accepted the plan as plausible, leaving the attack preparations to proceed.

• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao traveled to Soul Union City, where Qian Xunji welcomed them and summoned a meeting.
• Tang Xiao told Lady Ning that Ning Fengzhi remained on Sea God Island and would return only after the army arrived and the Divine Trials were fulfilled.
• Tang Xiao claimed Ning Fengzhi had devised a plan to bring Spirit Hall forces onto Sea God Island through its north side under the banner of Chuan Ling.
• Lady Ning judged the plan feasible if Ning Fengzhi acted as an internal helper and asked how the forces would reach the island's north side.
• Tang Xiao said they could sail from the Star Luo Empire's territorial waters, and Lady Ning agreed the plan could work while warning them to adapt if anything went wrong.

Tang Xiao and Tang Hao persuaded the Clear Sky Sect to protect itself by ensuring Ning Fengzhi could not expose them, while Spirit Hall prepared an expedition to Sea God Island. As the fleet sailed, Qian Daoliu learned seven days later that Qian Xunji had led it and erupted in anger.

• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao told Tang Zhan that the Clear Sky Sect might need to sacrifice or silence Ning Fengzhi to avoid blame if the expedition failed.
• Tang Zhan and the Grand Elder agreed that Tang Zhan would personally kill or cripple Ning Fengzhi if necessary.
• Lady Ning visited the Clear Sky Sect, heard Tang Xiao and Tang Hao's explanation, and left satisfied.
• Five ships carrying Spirit Hall's troops sailed into the sea, while Long Su and Dugu Bo learned that the Lord of Vast Sea City had sabotaged the fleet.
• Golden Crocodile told Qian Daoliu that Qian Xunji had left for Sea God Island seven days earlier, and Qian Daoliu angrily lashed out with his sword.

Qian Xunji led an alliance toward Sea God Island while Bo Saixi and her allies prepared to repel them. After learning the approaching ships flew Chuan Ling's flags, Bo Saixi went to inform the Six Spirit Master.

• Qian Daoliu set out for the sea, worried about his son and hoping to see Bo Saixi.
• Qian Xunji hosted the Clear Sky Sect leaders and their allies aboard his ship, promising victory with Ning Fengzhi acting as their inside man.
• Ye Lin proposed that the Merfolk Clan attack the approaching fleet from underwater with Soul Tools while Xiao Bai's people scouted ahead.
• Bo Saixi ordered Sea God Island to prepare for battle, and Xiao Bai agreed to alert them when the enemy drew near.
• A week later, Xiao Bai reported that the fleet was still a month and a half away and appeared to be flying Chuan Ling's flags.
• Bo Saixi realized Spirit Hall's plan had failed and set out to tell the Six Spirit Master.

Sea God Island prepared for Spirit Hall’s invasion, while Bo Saixi’s forces used underwater cannons and island defenses to ambush Qian Xunji’s troops. Bo Saixi joined the northern battle and trapped Qian Xunji with her Sea God’s Descent as the cannons devastated the attackers.

• Bo Saixi learned that Chuan Ling’s group knew Spirit Hall was using Sea God Island’s name and did not intend to interfere.
• A month and a half later, Xiao Bai led mermaids and Demon Soul Great White Sharks in firing Soul Tool cannons at Spirit Hall’s southern fleet, sinking many ships.
• Qian Xunji’s northern fleet was also attacked, and his surviving forces charged toward Sea God Island under cannon fire.
• Bo Saixi used the Vast Sea Mirror to locate Qian Xunji, then went north with Sea Dragon and Sea Horse Douluo.
• Bo Saixi summoned the Sea God’s power and trapped Qian Xunji in midair, allowing another barrage of cannon fire to strike his forces.

Bo Saixi trapped Qian Xunji and the other northern attackers in the Vast Sea Mirror, then the Sea Islanders wiped out the remaining enemy forces. Qian Xunji was released badly injured and missing an arm, and Bo Saixi confronted him over the betrayal that had led to the battle.

• Bo Saixi used the Vast Sea Mirror to seal Qian Xunji and the other northern enemies, injuring herself in the process.
• Bo Saixi sent Sea Dragon to lead the islanders south, where they killed the remaining attackers without suffering any casualties.
• Ye Lin healed Bo Saixi, who explained that the Vast Sea Mirror could be used only three times and that using it caused her injury.
• Sea Dragon reported the victory and the attackers’ ships breaking apart, and Ye Lin explained that the ships had been sabotaged by their side.
• Gu Rong and the others concealed themselves in the void, and Bo Saixi released Qian Xunji from the Vast Sea Mirror.
• Qian Xunji revealed that a Soul Tool had blasted off his arm, and Bo Saixi condemned him for betraying the promise his father had made.

Bo Saixi confronted Qian Daoliu after Qian Xunji’s defeat on Sea God Island and demanded payment for the captives. Qian Daoliu agreed to deliver soul bones through Chen Jianjun, while Bo Saixi ordered the prisoners divided among her subordinates and called for Ning Fengzhi.

• Qian Daoliu arrived on Sea God Island, assumed Qian Xunji and the others were dead, and demanded that Bo Saixi come out.
• Bo Saixi presented the captured Qian Xunji and rebuked Qian Daoliu for breaking their agreement; Qian Daoliu apologized and pleaded for his son’s life.
• Qian Daoliu threatened to destroy Sea God Island, but Bo Saixi demanded the Angel Divine Sword and then offered to spare the captives in exchange for soul bones.
• Qian Daoliu refused to surrender the Angel Divine Sword but agreed to deliver more than a dozen fifty-thousand-year-old soul bones through Chen Jianjun within a month.
• Bo Saixi released the captives for Qian Daoliu to see, then ordered her subordinates to divide and seal them and had Ning Fengzhi brought to Sea God Hall.
• Gu Rong asked Bo Saixi what she planned to do with the unconscious Ning Fengzhi.

Bo Saixi and Gu Rong arranged to send the mutilated Ning Fengzhi back to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect to provoke conflict among their enemies. Bo Saixi then formally joined Sea God Island to Chuan Ling and learned that its members could improve their soul rings through the Spirit Pagoda.

• Bo Saixi learned from Gu Rong that Tang Hao and his group had helped expose Qian Xunji's plans, then proposed returning Ning Fengzhi to spark a clash between the Clear Sky Sect and Seven Treasures.
• Ye Lin agreed to take the unconscious Ning Fengzhi back, and after resting for several days, he sent him by carriage toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while secretly arranging surveillance.
• Bo Saixi announced that Sea God Island would become part of Chuan Ling, and Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Witch said they had already considered themselves followers of Chuan Ling.
• Bo Saixi asked Gu Rong and Chen Jianjun why Ye Lin had refused her help with soul rings, and Gu Rong explained Chuan Ling's power to grant soul rings to its prodigies.
• Gu Rong told Sea Dragon and the others they could enter the Spirit Pagoda for trials to increase their soul-ring ages, giving them a new goal.