Chapter Summaries

Tai Yi set sail from Vast Sea City for Sea God Island with Hai Ling as his helmsman. Several days into the voyage, the Martial Soul was ambushed by the Purple Pearl Pirate Group, and Tai Yi prepared to kill them.

• Tai Yi ordered Wang Yang and Hai Niu to prepare a ship, crew, and sea charts, and Hai Niu introduced his son Hai Ling as the helmsman.
• Tai Yi accepted Hai Ling’s offer to guide him, spent the night in Vast Sea City, and set sail for Sea God Island the next morning aboard the Martial Soul.
• Several days later, Tai Yi shattered a soul skill aimed at him and learned from Hai Ling that the attackers were the notorious Purple Pearl Pirate Group.
• Tai Yi decided to kill the pirates rather than recruit them, while Zi Zhenzhu watched the Martial Soul through a telescope after tracking it from Vast Sea City.

Zi Zhenzhu attacked the Martial Soul, hoping to seize the ship and kidnap its passengers, but discovered that Tai Yi was a powerful Title Douluo. When her pirate group scattered into the sea to escape, Tai Yi pursued them alone, leaving Hai Ling worried that they might get away.

• Zi Zhenzhu led the Purple Pearl Pirate Group in attacking the Martial Soul, intending to capture Tai Yi and take the ship.
• Tai Yi burned the front-ranking pirates to ashes, and Zi Zhenzhu ordered her group to retreat into a trap formation.
• Tai Yi revealed his nine Spirit Rings and flew ahead to block Zi Zhenzhu’s escape, stunning her with his strength.
• Zi Zhenzhu begged Tai Yi to spare her and offered the pirate group’s allegiance and plundered wealth, but Tai Yi rejected her.
• Zi Zhenzhu ordered her pirates to scatter underwater and then dived into the sea herself, while Hai Ling feared they would escape.

Tai Yi used his ninth soul skill to kill Zi Zhenzhu and the pirates attacking him, then continued his voyage to Sea God Island. At the island’s outer waters, Xiao Bai confronted him after he said he had come to speak with Bo Saixi and bring a message from an old friend.

• Tai Yi unleashed Burning Heaven, Boiling Sea, evaporating the water around Zi Zhenzhu and burning her and the nearby pirates to death.
• Tai Yi checked the sea for survivors, returned to the Martial Soul, and ordered Hai Ling to continue toward Sea God Island.
• After more than ten days of sailing, Hai Ling told Tai Yi they were nearing Sea God Island, and Tai Yi ordered him to speed up.
• Tai Yi spotted the island and its central mountain, then encountered the 100,000-year-old Demon Soul Great White Shark Xiao Bai.
• Tai Yi introduced himself as the Pope of the Spirit Hall Empire and said he wanted to speak with Bo Saixi and bring her a message from an old friend, making Xiao Bai hostile.

Tai Yi arrived at Sea God Island seeking Bo Saixi, carrying a message from his grandfather, Qian Daoliu, and asking for her help. After a tense confrontation with Sea Dragon Douluo, Bo Saixi ordered him brought to her.

• Xiao Bai sent a Demon Soul Great White Shark to notify Sea Dragon Douluo while she kept watch over Tai Yi.
• Sea Dragon Douluo confronted Tai Yi and questioned why the Spirit Hall Empire's Supreme Pontiff had come to Sea God Island.
• Tai Yi explained that Qian Daoliu was his grandfather and that he had a message for Bo Saixi and needed her assistance.
• Sea Dragon Douluo demanded Tai Yi reveal his purpose, so Tai Yi displayed his Three-Legged Golden Crow martial soul and divine spirit rings.
• Bo Saixi called for Sea Dragon Douluo to bring Tai Yi to her, and Tai Yi set off with Sea Dragon Douluo and Hai Ling.

Tai Yi visited Bo Saixi at the Sea God Temple and told her that Tang Chen had died after being corrupted and killed. Bo Saixi grieved and briefly turned her power against Tai Yi, but she withdrew it after he warned her not to attack.

• Sea Dragon Douluo led Tai Yi to the Sea God Temple, while Tai Yi let Hai Ling and the attendants explore Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi asked why Tai Yi had come, and he said Qian Daoliu had sent him with a message and a request for help.
• Tai Yi told Bo Saixi that Tang Chen had died after other gods corrupted him and the Asura God King killed him.
• Bo Saixi's Soul Power rampaged across Sea God Island, and the shock of the news left her visibly aged.
• Bo Saixi turned her Soul Power toward Tai Yi, but he warned her against attacking, and she withdrew it.

Tai Yi urged Bo Saixi to reconsider her attachment to Tang Chen and offered a future with Qian Daoliu, including a way for them both to become gods. Bo Saixi chose to think it over, and Tai Yi then asked about Sea God Island’s feud with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

• Tai Yi asked Bo Saixi whether her old promise to be with whichever of Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen reached godhood first still applied.
• Tai Yi explained that Qian Daoliu could be resurrected in the God Realm and receive a Second-Level God position, then urged Bo Saixi to distinguish love for Tang Chen from long-standing obsession.
• Bo Saixi weighed Tai Yi’s offer and decided to consider what she truly felt before answering him.
• Bo Saixi restored her youthful appearance, while Tai Yi thought he had done all he could to bring her and Qian Daoliu together.
• Bo Saixi asked what else Tai Yi needed, and he asked about Sea God Island’s enmity with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Tai Yi revealed his second martial soul and summoned Di Tian and seven others to convince Bo Saixi that they could hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King together. As the group prepared to gather Sea God Island’s Titled Douluos, Tai Yi asked Bo Saixi how long it would take to sail to the planet’s other continent.

• Tai Yi showed Bo Saixi his Donghuang Bell, revealing that he had twin martial souls and needed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as his ninth spirit ring.
• Tai Yi used his Summoning Technique to bring Di Tian and seven others to Sea God Island, startling Bo Saixi with their strength.
• Bo Saixi agreed that their combined forces had a chance against the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and told Sea Dragon Douluo to summon the island’s other six Titled Douluos.
• Tai Yi asked Bo Saixi how long it would take to sail from Sea God Island to the other continent.

Tai Yi learned from Bo Saixi that Sea God Island had concealed the Sun Moon Continent to prevent war, and asked her to describe it. Bo Saixi revealed that Sea God had anchored the continents apart with Sea God Island, leaving Tai Yi to realize that Tang San’s actions would have caused their collision.

• Tai Yi asked Bo Saixi how long it took to reach the continent beyond the sea, and she said the voyage took about a month.
• Bo Saixi explained that Sea God Island had turned away ships from both continents to prevent a continental war.
• Tai Yi said he wanted to unite the planet to advance his path to godhood and protect his empire from the other continent.
• Bo Saixi agreed to share what she knew, then explained that Sea God had anchored Sea God Island between the continents to keep them from colliding.
• Tai Yi realized that the continents’ collision in the original history had been caused by Tang San.

Tai Yi learned from Bo Saixi that the Sun Moon Continent had three empires and that the Starlight Empire was at war with the Azure Ashes Empire after the Sun Moon Empire abandoned their alliance. He suspected the Sun Moon Empire was secretly developing Soul Tools and planned to let the war weaken its rivals before the Spirit Hall Empire intervened.

• Tai Yi decided to set aside thoughts of Sea God Island and asked Bo Saixi about the distant continent.
• Bo Saixi told Tai Yi that a coastal lord had visited five or six years earlier, seeking Sea God Island's aid for his empire and promising to send his daughter if it fell.
• Bo Saixi named the three empires as the Azure Ashes Empire, the Starlight Empire, and the Sun Moon Empire, describing their strengths and Martial Souls.
• Bo Saixi explained that the Sun Moon Empire had broken its alliance with the Starlight Empire and offered to stand aside while the Azure Ashes Empire attacked in exchange for ores.
• Tai Yi suspected the Sun Moon Empire was secretly developing Soul Tools and imagined the Spirit Hall Empire entering the war as a savior before conquering the continent.

Tai Yi persuaded Bo Saixi to join him in confronting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and set out with her aboard Sea God Island’s ship. He revealed that Di Tian and the other seven had sacrificed themselves to him and explained why the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King might accept the same offer.

• Tai Yi said he planned to bring the war-torn continent under Spirit Hall Empire’s rule, and Bo Saixi considered the connection to his God Trial.
• Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea God Island’s six other Titled Douluos entered the temple and mistook Tai Yi’s group for hostile visitors, but Bo Saixi corrected them and they apologized.
• Tai Yi agreed to leave his Martial Soul and attendants on Sea God Island, then boarded the Sea God Ship with Bo Saixi and the seven Titled Douluos to sail for the Demon Whale Sea.
• Bo Saixi proposed discussing how to deal with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King during the day-long voyage, and Tai Yi said he hoped to persuade the creature to sacrifice itself to him.
• Tai Yi explained that Di Tian and the other seven had sacrificed themselves to him in exchange for resurrection as Divine Beasts after he became a god, leaving Bo Saixi stunned.

Tai Yi and Bo Saixi reached the Demon Whale Sea, where the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked them and rejected Tai Yi’s attempt to negotiate. Tai Yi ordered Di Tian and the others to fight, leaving the whale king’s willingness to sacrifice himself unresolved.

• Tai Yi told Bo Saixi that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King feared the tribulation awaiting him at a million years, and Bo Saixi went aside to consider his claim.
• A voice from Tai Yi’s bracelet reassured him that it would intervene if necessary as he continued toward the Demon Whale Sea.
• Bo Saixi warned Tai Yi and the others that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King might sense them, so Di Tian and his companions gathered around Tai Yi to protect him.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King launched a surprise attack from beneath the water, and Tai Yi, Bo Saixi, Di Tian, and the others combined their powers to block it.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King surfaced, threatened to kill the group and destroy Sea God Island, and refused Tai Yi’s offer to talk.
• Tai Yi ordered Di Tian and the others to attack the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Tai Yi and his allies combined their attacks to injure and enrage the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, hoping to subdue him for a sacrifice. The whale king transformed into a hammer-wielding man and prepared to fight back.

• Bo Saixi and her companions attacked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used spiritual power to disrupt his defense.
• The Ice Empress and the Snow Empress froze the whale king, and Tai Yi, Di Tian, and their allies struck his blinded eye with their strongest attacks.
• Tai Yi's Donghuang Bell damaged the whale king's spiritual sea, while Di Tian's group reopened his old wound.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King broke free, became enraged, and accused Di Tian's group of betraying their kind.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King transformed into a muscular man wielding two massive hammers and glared at Tai Yi and the others.

Tai Yi, Bo Saixi, and Di Tian’s group fought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King at sea while Sea Dragon Douluo and six others attacked in formation. The whale sent the seven flying into the sea, then clashed with the remaining attackers in a battle that unleashed towering tsunamis.

• Tai Yi warned Di Tian and the others to avoid risking their lives, while Bo Saixi ordered Sea Dragon Douluo and the other six to form their battle formation.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked Sea Dragon Douluo’s formation and raised a water wall to delay Tai Yi, Bo Saixi, and Di Tian’s group.
• Tai Yi used Jin Hao’s ninth soul skill, Burning Heaven, Boiling Sea, to vaporize the water wall and let the attackers reach the whale.
• Sea Dragon Douluo and the other six unleashed their formation’s strongest attack, but the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s hammer sent them flying into the sea, vomiting blood.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King turned and struck at Bo Saixi and Di Tian’s group, whose attacks collided with his and sent massive shockwaves and tsunamis across the sea.

Tai Yi decided to end the fight with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King quickly, despite the risk that using Gu Yuena’s divine power would expose her to the Divine Realm. With Gu Yuena’s plan in place, he charged the whale king while Bo Saixi went to rescue Sea Dragon Douluo and the others.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King blocked Bo Saixi and the others from reaching the wounded Sea Dragon Douluo and his companions, who remained submerged and fled deeper underwater.
• Tai Yi realized he needed to defeat the whale king quickly before the Demon Empress arrived and the wounded Sea Dragon Douluo and the others died.
• Gu Yuena told Tai Yi she could draw the whale king’s consciousness into the bracelet and make him understand what to do, while remaining hidden from the Divine Realm.
• Tai Yi told Di Tian, Snow Empress, and the others to cover him as they attacked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King from eight directions.
• Tai Yi declined Bo Saixi’s offer of help, sent her to rescue Sea Dragon Douluo and the others, and used the Rainbow-Transformation Art to charge the whale king.

Tai Yi and Gu Yuena brought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's divine sense into the bracelet, where he mistook Gu Yuena's intentions and then asked her about the tribulation awaiting him at a million years of cultivation. The chapter ended with Gu Yuena and Tai Yi hearing his question about how he could survive the lightning and ascend to godhood.

• Tai Yi struck the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with Gu Yuena's divine power, drawing his divine sense into the bracelet.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress created a blizzard around Tai Yi and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King while Tai Yi entered Gu Yuena's space.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King recognized Gu Yuena as the Silver Dragon King and asked her to punish Tai Yi, believing she had come to save him.
• Tai Yi and Gu Yuena stood together, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King realized they were allies.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King asked Gu Yuena how he could survive the million-year tribulation and ascend to godhood.

Gu Yuena revealed to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King that the million-year ascension promise was a trap set by the God Realm, then offered him a chance to become a Divine Beast through sacrifice to Tai Yi. Tai Yi threatened to kill him if he refused, and the whale king agreed to sacrifice himself.

• Gu Yuena told the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King that the God Realm had spread false information about million-year Soul Beasts ascending, and that the Sea God might have spared him for his own purposes.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King lost hope until Gu Yuena explained that Soul Beasts who sacrificed themselves to Tai Yi could later be revived as Divine Beasts.
• Gu Yuena explained that Tai Yi inherited the Divine Positions of the God King of Destruction and the Goddess of Life and needed Soul Beast sacrifices to complete his God Trials.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King hesitated because he had a wife and daughter, then asked what would happen if he refused to sacrifice himself.
• Tai Yi said he would kill the whale king and absorb his Spirit Ring if he refused, and would not revive him afterward.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King agreed to sacrifice himself and asked what he needed to do.

Tai Yi and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King staged a fight and arranged a sacrifice to disguise it from the Divine Realm. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King began sacrificing himself, but his wife, the Demon Empress, and their daughter, Lan Fozu, arrived as Tai Yi absorbed his spirit ring.

• Tai Yi explained why the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had to pretend to be defeated before agreeing to sacrifice himself, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King agreed to the plan.
• Tai Yi struck the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, while Di Tian and the others ended their feigned battle and the Ice Empress and Snow Empress stopped the storm.
• Tai Yi offered to resurrect the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as a divine beast, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King publicly agreed to sacrifice himself.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King released his suppressed cultivation, triggering dark clouds and lightning, then transformed into his original form and produced a million-year spirit ring for Tai Yi.
• Tai Yi began absorbing the spirit ring, and the Demon Empress arrived with their daughter, Lan Fozu.

The Demon Empress arrived to find the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King dead and Tai Yi absorbing his Spirit Ring, so she attacked the Snow Empress and Di Tian while trying to save Lan Fozu. As Di Tian drove her away from Tai Yi, Lan Fozu began to believe the Snow Empress’s explanation that her father had sacrificed himself willingly and could be resurrected.

• The Demon Empress sent Lan Fozu away and declared that she would avenge the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, but Lan Fozu refused to leave.
• The Snow Empress intercepted Lan Fozu and explained that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had willingly sacrificed himself, but the Demon Empress accused them of lying and attacked.
• Di Tian blocked the Demon Empress and held back during their fight, then unleashed his full strength to drive her away from Tai Yi, who was absorbing the Spirit Ring.
• Lan Fozu noticed that the Snow Empress and Di Tian had not harmed her or her mother and asked whether her father had truly sacrificed himself willingly.
• The Snow Empress explained that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had agreed to become Tai Yi’s Spirit Ring and could live on through his Martial Soul before being resurrected in the Divine Realm.

Tai Yi absorbed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Million-Year Spirit Ring, completed the Seventh God Trial, and gained a new scepter and greatly increased Soul Power. He resurrected the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who reunited with the Demon Empress and explained how he had survived.

• Tai Yi absorbed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Spirit Ring, completed the Seventh God Trial, and received the Destruction Scepter and a new trial to unify the Douluo Planet.
• Tai Yi's Soul Power rose from level ninety-three to level ninety-six, and the Snow Empress urged him to stop Di Tian and the Demon Empress's fight.
• Tai Yi used the Donghuang Bell to bring back the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who discovered he had become a million-year divine beast confined to human form.
• Lan Fozu reunited with her father, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King stepped between the Demon Empress and Di Tian as Di Tian withdrew.
• Tai Yi retrieved the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Million-Year Torso Bone while the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King explained his survival and the Divine Realm's deception to the Demon Empress.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King explained the Divine Realm’s conspiracy to the Demon Empress, then worried about what would happen to his family when he became a god. Tai Yi offered two ways for the Demon Empress and Lan Fozu to avoid the tribulation lightning, leaving the family to weigh a safer sacrifice against the riskier hope of changed rules.

• The Demon Empress learned that the Divine Realm had used the million-year path to godhood to eliminate talented soul beasts and blamed the Sea God for her husband’s suffering.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King warned the Demon Empress not to attack Bo Saixi because Tai Yi respected her, but secretly planned to kill Sea God Island’s people later.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King brought the Demon Empress and Lan Fozu to Tai Yi and asked how they could escape the Divine Realm’s tribulation lightning after he became a god.
• Tai Yi offered for the Demon Empress and Lan Fozu to sacrifice themselves to his subordinates and be resurrected in the Divine Realm, or to wait for him to change the rules and make the million-year path to godhood real.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the Demon Empress considered the safer sacrifice option against the possibility that Tai Yi might fail to change the rules.