Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao and the Misty Cloud Sect arrived at Purple Pearl Island to establish their sect, offering generous compensation to requisition it rather than seize it by force. Purple Pearl accepted, and Lin Hao explained that his goal was to unite the pirates and make the seas prosperous without bringing them disaster.

• Purple Pearl and her pirates feared that a fleet of Heaven Dou Empire warships had come to destroy them, but Lin Hao announced that the Misty Cloud Sect wanted Purple Pearl Island.
• Lin Hao introduced Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Dugu Bo, and Yu Luomian, then told Purple Pearl he intended to requisition the island.
• Lin Hao offered one hundred Gold Soul Coins per mu of land and one hundred per square meter of buildings, then displayed a mountain of gold to prove he could pay.
• The pirates rushed toward the gold, but Chen Xin knocked them back with his sword intent, showing Purple Pearl the strength gathered against her.
• Purple Pearl agreed to the requisition, and Lin Hao invited the pirates to join the Misty Cloud Sect and described his plans to unify pirates and support peaceful trade.
• When Purple Pearl asked why Lin Hao chose compensation instead of force, Lin Hao said force was a last resort that would violate the Misty Cloud Sect's principles.

The Misty Cloud Sect expanded its influence among the sea’s pirates and brought its leaders and chosen disciples to Sea God Island to seek trials. Bo Saixi confronted Lin Hao’s group, then unexpectedly invited them to follow her.

• Purple Pearl and several Title Douluo subdued pirates, while more than two hundred pirates joined the Misty Cloud Sect and its ranks grew beyond three thousand Spirit Masters.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Lin Hao’s choice to focus on pirates, and Bibi Dong learned that most of the Misty Cloud Sect had moved to sea.
• Lin Hao led Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Dugu Bo, and selected disciples toward Sea God Island, while Purple Pearl warned them about its guardian soul beasts.
• Bo Saixi appeared behind a blue barrier and challenged the group for trespassing on Sea God Island.
• Lin Hao said they had come to spread faith in the Sea God beyond the island, and Bo Saixi refused before suddenly telling them to come with her.

Lin Hao received the Sea God's Nine Trials while the others were assigned trials of varying ranks, and he and Tang San began climbing Sea God Mountain to pass the Sea God's Light. Four months later, Lin Hao reached level ninety and received a God-bestowed Spirit Ring, revealing powerful golden Spirit Rings and a fused head Spirit Bone that astonished Bo Saixi.

• Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, Gu Rong, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, Yao Zi, Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, Xiao Wu, Ning Fengzhi, Yu Tianheng, and Yu Luomian received their God Examinations at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar.
• Tang San received a top-tier Red Trial, while Lin Hao received the Sea God's Nine Trials and a golden trident mark.
• Lin Hao told Bo Saixi she could fulfill her mission whenever she wished and suggested building the bridge to godhood just before her death.
• Lin Hao and Tang San followed the Sea Horse Douluo to Sea God Mountain, where they began climbing through the Sea God's Light.
• Four months later, Lin Hao reached level ninety and accepted a God-bestowed Spirit Ring, displaying a brilliant-gold eighth Spirit Ring, an orange-gold seventh Spirit Ring, and a head Spirit Bone that Bo Saixi suspected had fused with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Lin Hao endured the Sea God’s increasingly powerful bestowed Spirit Ring, pushing his body to the brink as Bo Saixi prepared to intervene. After a seven-colored ring formed and his heartbeat returned, Bo Saixi realized he had survived and marveled at his unprecedented ten-million-year Spirit Ring.

• Bo Saixi watched as Lin Hao endured golden halos that multiplied and merged into rings of successively greater power, reaching million-year strength.
• Lin Hao endured eight million-year halos and then asked Bo Saixi not to interfere as the nine rings gathered around him.
• The nine million-year rings struck Lin Hao, tearing apart his body, while their energy and the last golden mist formed a seven-colored Spirit Ring.
• Bo Saixi sensed Lin Hao’s life force fading, but the seven-colored ring enveloped his blood and flesh in a motionless barrier.
• Lin Hao’s heartbeat resumed, and Bo Saixi realized he was alive and had gained an unprecedented ten-million-year Spirit Ring.

After emerging from the blood-red cocoon, Lin Hao revealed his powerful ninth soul skill, Heaven-Opening, which drew the attention of both the Asura God and the Sea God. He then continued beyond the first trial’s required 333 steps and reached the final step of the Sea God’s Light.

• Shui Bing'er and Yao Zi received God-bestowed Spirit Rings during the three months Lin Hao remained inside the cocoon.
• Lin Hao broke free from the cocoon, revealed his rainbow ninth Spirit Ring, and demonstrated Heaven-Opening, causing a golden gate to appear above Sea God Island.
• The Asura God warned Lin Hao that he had overstepped his rank, and the Sea God declared Lin Hao to be his successor before the gate vanished.
• Lin Hao explained that Heaven-Opening consumed all his Soul Power and could become even more powerful when combined with his City-Destroying Myriad Talisman True Body.
• Bo Saixi warned Lin Hao not to use the divine skill recklessly, and Lin Hao began climbing the Sea God's Light.
• After completing the required 333 steps and increasing his Sea God affinity by five percent, Lin Hao climbed to the 1,001st and final step.

Lin Hao completed the Sea God's First Trial, earning 20% Sea God affinity and a rare God Realm treasure, then reached the Furious Wave Abyss for the third trial. The Sea God answered Lin Hao's calls by raising the waves to immense heights, and Yu Luomian eagerly prepared to undergo Tide Body Tempering.

• Lin Hao climbed all one thousand and one steps of Sea God Mountain, received fourfold rewards, and gained 20% Sea God affinity and Earth Dragon Marrow Liquid.
• The Sea God explained to the Asura God that anyone who climbed the full staircase could earn a special reward and have their name placed on a stone tablet.
• Bo Saixi told Lin Hao that the Earth Dragon Marrow Liquid came from the God Realm.
• A month later, Lin Hao and the others arrived at the Furious Wave Abyss after crossing the Ring Sea with Shui Bing'er's help.
• Lin Hao called for bigger waves, and the Sea God raised the waves from thirty meters to one hundred meters as Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others faced them.
• Yu Luomian, now a Titled Douluo known as the Thunder Douluo, welcomed the chance to strengthen his body and spiritual power through Tide Body Tempering.

Yu Luomian urged Lin Hao to marry Liu Erlong, but Lin Hao gave no answer before they began training on the Deep Sea Silver Pillar. After months of tidal body tempering, the group learned to endure the waves, and Xiao Wu reached the Spirit Abyss Realm.

• Yu Luomian told Lin Hao that he wanted him to marry Liu Erlong and blamed Yu Xiaogang for wasting her life, then declared he would arrange the marriage after they returned.
• Lin Hao and the others secured themselves to the Deep Sea Silver Pillar as Bo Saixi withdrew her Power of the Sea, and the crashing waves forced them to endure the first round of tidal body tempering.
• Yu Tianheng withdrew after ten minutes, Yu Luomian and Ning Fengzhi after fifteen, and Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Dugu Bo, and Lin Hao later climbed onto the cliff to rest.
• Over the following months, Ye Lingling healed the group and Ning Rongrong supported her as their endurance gradually increased.
• Ten months later, Lin Hao, Gu Rong, Chen Xin, and Dugu Bo could remain on the pillar all day, and by the eleventh month the entire group, including Tang San and Xiao Wu, could endure it.
• Xiao Wu's spiritual power surged through the valley, and Lin Hao congratulated her on reaching the Spirit Abyss Realm.

After completing their third trials, Lin Hao and the others gained Sea God affinity and discussed how to maximize their next trial’s rewards. Shui Bing'er proposed converting the sea soul beasts hostile to Sea God Island back to belief in the Sea God instead of slaughtering them.

• Lin Hao completed his third trial, raised his Sea God affinity to 50%, and used the Sea God's power to stop a giant wave.
• Lin Hao learned that his Soul Power had risen to Level 92 after a year of tidal body tempering, which had also strengthened the group’s bodies and spiritual power.
• Lin Hao asked Bo Saixi what happened when Sea God affinity exceeded 100% and whether the power of the sea could be taken back; Bo Saixi said the Sea God and the power of the sea were one.
• The group realized they could earn greater rewards by helping the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan against more hostile sea soul beasts near Sea God Island.
• Shui Bing'er suggested converting the hostile sea soul beasts, including the Evil Orca clan, back to worshipping the Sea God instead of killing them.

Lin Hao and the others completed their fourth Sea God assessment by forcing the Evil Spirit Orcas to submit without killing any of them, earning multiplied rewards and major power increases. As they considered raising the difficulty of the fifth assessment, Lin Hao declared that he would challenge the Sea God.

• Shui Bing'er proposed a clever approach to the Evil Spirit Orca assessment, earning Tang San's admiration.
• Ten months later, Chen Xin, Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo subdued the Evil Spirit Orcas, and the Evil Orca King surrendered to Lin Hao and the others.
• Lin Hao and the others completed the assessment and received multiplied rewards, with Lin Hao gaining 40% Sea God affinity and the senior Spirit Masters reaching higher levels.
• Queen Medusa completed her fourth examination and let go of her resentment toward Lin Hao after benefiting from the Sea God trials.
• Ning Fengzhi and the others discussed increasing the difficulty of the fifth assessment, and Lin Hao announced that he would challenge the Sea God.

Lin Hao completed the Sea God's fifth trial by surviving three punches from the Sea God's external incarnation, earning triple rewards and raising his Sea God affinity to 150%. He and the others learned that their sixth trials required them to defeat powerful Spirit Hall experts, while Lin Hao had to defeat every Title Douluo in Spirit Hall.

• Lin Hao endured three punches from the Sea God's incarnation and completed the fifth trial, receiving a 60% increase in Sea God affinity.
• Ye Lingling healed Lin Hao as the Sea God announced his sixth trial: defeat Angel Douluo Qian Xunji.
• Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Dugu Bo, Shui Bing'er, Ning Rongrong, Yao Zi, Xiao Wu, and Tang San revealed their individual sixth-trial opponents in Spirit Hall.
• Lin Hao revealed that he had to defeat every Title Douluo in Spirit Hall, and Shui Bing'er suggested that the trials aimed to challenge Spirit Hall's power.
• Lin Hao reassured the group that their increased strength gave them a chance against their formidable opponents.

Lin Hao and the Misty Cloud Sect arrived at Spirit Hall, where Chen Xin challenged Qian Daoliu after revealing that several of them had received God Examinations. Qian Daoliu accepted the challenge, and his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul appeared.

• Bibi Dong learned that the Misty Cloud Sect had relocated to Purple Pearl Island and prepared to act against them.
• Lin Hao and his companions flew to Spirit Hall, where Chen Xin displayed his rank-ninety-nine power and warned Spirit Hall not to move.
• Qian Daoliu appeared, and Chen Xin demanded that he fight, while Qian Daoliu questioned Queen Medusa's unusual bloodline.
• Chen Xin cited his God Examination as the reason for the challenge, and Qian Daoliu noticed the examination marks, including Lin Hao's golden one.
• Qian Daoliu accepted Chen Xin's challenge and summoned his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.

Chen Xin defeated Qian Daoliu in a fierce battle using sword techniques derived from the Misty Cloud Sect, and Ye Lingling healed Qian Daoliu afterward. Queen Medusa then revealed that Lin Hao had healed him so he could fight her next.

• Qian Daoliu and Chen Xin transformed and clashed in the sky, with Chen Xin using powerful wind-based sword techniques to push Qian Daoliu onto the defensive.
• Chen Xin struck Qian Daoliu's shoulder with Extreme Sword: Meteor Kill, sending him crashing to the ground and forcing him to concede defeat.
• Chen Xin landed beside Lin Hao and credited the Misty Cloud Sect's techniques for his victory.
• Lin Hao summoned Ye Lingling, who healed Qian Daoliu's wound despite Chrysanthemum Douluo's protest.
• Queen Medusa explained that Lin Hao had healed Qian Daoliu so he could fight her next, leaving the Spirit Hall elders stunned.

Lin Hao and his companions fought Spirit Hall’s experts to complete their divine trials, while Lin Hao warned Bibi Dong about the consequences of pursuing revenge. After sending their companions off at Vast Sea City, Lin Hao and Queen Medusa prepared to return to the Dou Qi Continent, leaving his sixth trial unfinished.

• Queen Medusa and Lin Hao’s companions fought Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall’s elders, badly injuring them and completing their trials.
• Lin Hao confronted Bibi Dong about her desire for revenge and urged her to consider her daughter before destroying Spirit Hall.
• Prince Xue Xing reported Spirit Hall’s defeat to Emperor Xue Ye, who celebrated the Heaven Dou Empire’s expected peace.
• At Vast Sea City, Lin Hao and Queen Medusa saw off their companions and decided to return to the Dou Qi Continent.
• Lin Hao transformed Queen Medusa into her eight-colored snake form, stroked her, and vanished with his martial soul while his sixth trial remained incomplete.

Lin Hao returned to the Misty Cloud Sect just as Wu Ying was about to kill Yun Yun, saving her and the others with his Mountain Moving skill. Wu Ying’s attack was stopped, but he and his three Dou Emperor followers still faced Lin Hao, while Mu Chen urged Lin Hao to summon Queen Medusa.

• In Boundary Space, Lin Hao teased Queen Medusa about repaying him with marriage, and she agreed to return to the Dou Qi Continent first.
• Lin Hao emerged at the Misty Cloud Sect and found Wu Ying and three Dou Emperors standing over the defeated defenders.
• Yun Yun refused to reveal where Yun Shan had gone, and Wu Ying sent a black claw to kill her.
• Lin Hao’s Mountain Moving skill shielded Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, Nalan Jie, Yun Leng, and the others from Wu Ying’s attack.
• Lin Hao stepped toward Wu Ying as Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran recognized him, and Mu Chen asked him to bring out Queen Medusa.

Queen Medusa and Lin Hao confronted Wu Ying after he attacked the Misty Cloud Sect’s Grand Elder, revealing their formidable strength and powers. Wu Ying was trapped and feared for his life as Lin Hao hinted that the sect had powerful backing beyond the Soul Hall and Soul Clan.

• Lin Hao summoned Queen Medusa, who blocked Wu Ying and his companions from escaping because they had struck the Snake-Person Tribe's Grand Elder.
• Queen Medusa killed three Dou Emperor experts with one strike and devoured their fleeing soul bodies.
• Wu Ying fled toward the Chu Yun Empire, but Lin Hao stopped him with a mountain and a wall of water, then trapped him inside a towering ring of waves.
• Wu Ying recognized Lin Hao's spatial power and Heaven Realm soul, then pleaded for his life by invoking the Soul Hall.
• Lin Hao told Wu Ying that the Misty Cloud Sect had powerful backing, and Wu Ying wondered if it was an ancient force in the Central Plains Continent.

Lin Hao imprisoned Wu Ying in his Martial Soul’s dimensional space and forced him to reveal Soul Hall secrets, cultivation methods, and Dou Skills. He gave the information to Yun Yun with a warning about possible tampering, then told her that she was the woman he had meant when he said Wu Ying had touched his woman.

• Lin Hao captured Wu Ying’s fleeing soul body and imprisoned him in his Martial Soul’s dimensional space.
• Lin Hao beat Wu Ying with a whip formed from Soul Power until Wu Ying revealed his soul techniques and Soul Hall information.
• Lin Hao accused Wu Ying of plotting to take Yun Shan’s soul and forced him to confess more of Soul Hall’s secret arts and strongholds.
• Lin Hao gave Yun Yun the books containing Wu Ying’s secrets and warned her not to let anyone practice the techniques without knowing the risks.
• Yun Yun asked whom Lin Hao had called his woman, and Lin Hao answered that he meant her.

After saving the Misty Cloud Sect, Lin Hao and Yun Yun became lovers, and Yun Yun agreed to let him take Empress Yao Ye as a concubine to strengthen ties with the Jia Ma imperial family. The chapter ended with Lin Hao delaying the sect meeting to stay with Yun Yun.

• Lin Hao entered Yun Yun's room, and after she asked what she meant to him, he drew her into his embrace.
• The next morning, Yun Yun questioned how quickly they had become involved, and Lin Hao promised to ask his master for her hand and arrange their wedding.
• Yun Yun told Lin Hao that the Jia Ma Empire had stayed neutral during the attack on the Misty Cloud Sect and that Empress Yao Ye refused to marry anyone but him.
• Lin Hao explained that he had once promised to marry Yao Ye if she wanted him to join her side, and Yun Yun agreed that he should take Yao Ye as a concubine.
• Yun Yun warned Lin Hao to be careful with Yao Ye, but he used his Sucking Palm to pull Yun Yun close and said the sect meeting could wait.

Yun Yun left Lin Hao after their private encounter, and Lin Hao reflected on Xiao Yan’s Alchemist Grand Assembly victory and an impending announcement involving the Jia Ma Empire and the Misty Cloud Sect. That night, Empress Yao Ye visited Lin Hao, discussed the conflict between the Empire and the Sect, and was asked what she wanted.

• Yun Yun flew to the Misty Cloud Sect’s council hall after arriving late because of Lin Hao, while Lin Hao decided he should be naughtier with her next time.
• Lin Hao learned that Xiao Yan had won the Alchemist Grand Assembly and obtained a Heavenly Flame, and recalled that a major announcement would be made the following day.
• Yao Ye entered Lin Hao’s dark room during a thunderstorm, and Lin Hao asked whether she hated him.
• Yao Ye knelt when Lin Hao ordered her to and explained that the Empire should monitor the Misty Cloud Sect while the Sect had reason to remove the royal family’s influence near its mountain.
• Lin Hao asked Yao Ye what she wanted, after she had accepted the political marriage that would be announced the next day.

Yao Ye agreed to marry Lin Hao to protect the Jia Clan and Yao Yue, and Lin Hao made pregnancy his condition. The next morning, Yao Ye returned to court after spending the night with him, offered to help Nalan Yanran pursue him, and Yao Yue decided she wanted to marry Lin Hao too.

• Yao Ye explained that she was willing to marry Lin Hao to preserve the Jia Clan and protect Yao Yue, and Lin Hao said he would not marry her until she was pregnant.
• Yao Ye agreed to Lin Hao's condition, and the two spent the night together after she showed him the items she had brought.
• At dawn, Yao Ye left to preside over court and caught Nalan Yanran watching Lin Hao's room.
• Yao Ye recognized Nalan Yanran's feelings for Lin Hao and offered to help her, saying the arrangement would benefit her too.
• Yao Yue saw Yao Ye return and concluded that she should marry Lin Hao to share her sister's burden.

Lin Hao arrived at Jia Nan Academy with Queen Medusa and negotiated to claim the Fallen Heart Flame, offering to bind himself and the Misty Cloud Sect to the academy. When Han Feng attacked during the flame’s eruption, the elders authorized Lin Hao to take it, while Xiao Yan watched helplessly.

• Lin Hao and Queen Medusa arrived at Peace Town, where Queen Medusa objected to taking the pill that tested for killing intent.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Lin Hao offered to take responsibility for the academy’s affairs in exchange for the Fallen Heart Flame, but the elders resisted.
• The Fallen Heart Flame erupted, and Su Qian recognized Han Feng among the experts attacking the academy.
• Lin Hao’s preparations brought Han Feng to Jia Nan Academy, and Han Feng’s assault kept Su Qian and the elders from containing the flame.
• The elders gave Lin Hao permission to claim the Fallen Heart Flame and named him an inner academy elder, while Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that he could not compete with Lin Hao.
• Xiao Yan watched as Lin Hao entered the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower.