Chapter Summaries

Xue Beng and Xue Xing witnessed the celestial phenomenon over the Longevity Sect, and Xue Beng ordered his uncle to send Lu Chen gifts while secretly fearing and resenting his influence. Xue Beng also began considering how to remove Xue Xing from power and find allies to counterbalance Lu Chen.

• Xue Xing praised the phenomenon as a blessing for the Heaven Dou Empire and urged Xue Beng to honor Lu Chen with gifts.
• Xue Beng secretly feared Lu Chen’s power and resolved to wait for a chance to strike when Lu Chen’s enemies united against him.
• Xue Beng asked Xue Xing to choose treasures from the imperial treasury and deliver them to the Longevity Sect.
• Xue Xing left to select the gifts, planning to approach Poison Douluo if he could not meet Lu Chen.
• Xue Beng watched Xue Xing leave and considered removing him as Regent, while searching for someone capable of helping him counterbalance Lu Chen.

Tang San struggled with his blood-based cultivation and feared he could never catch up to Lu Chen, while Yu Xiaogang urged him to keep fighting. Alarmed by the sun’s radiance gathering at the Longevity Sect, Qian Daoliu accelerated Qian Renxue’s path to godhood, inadvertently giving Bibi Dong an opening.

• Tang San, now level 43 after absorbing a Man Faced Demon Spider’s Spirit Ring and Eight Spider Lances, asked Yu Xiaogang whether he could ever catch up to Lu Chen.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer and avenge his father and sect, while Tang San privately resolved to rescue Xiao Wu.
• Qian Daoliu saw the sun’s radiance converge on the Longevity Sect and feared Lu Chen was approaching godhood and might seize the Angel God’s authority over the sun.
• Qian Daoliu took the Angel Holy Sword to use angel divine power to baptize Qian Renxue, leaving Bibi Dong no longer suppressed by the sword.
• Bibi Dong opened her eyes and welcomed the chance to act.

After Lu Chen’s transformation, the Star Luo Emperor plotted to use his strength and outlive him, while Lu Chen emerged with six black and three red spirit rings. Lu Chen resolved to pursue the power of destruction and eventually confront Asura in the Divine Realm.

• The other sect leaders treated the Longevity Sect as a peerless power, while the Star Luo Emperor decided to recruit Lu Chen and later wait for him to die.
• The continent-wide celestial phenomena faded after a day, and Lu Chen completed his training in the Longevity Sect’s Underground Chamber.
• Lu Chen’s nine spirit rings transformed into six Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and three hundred-thousand-year spirit rings after he gained 172,800 years of cultivation.
• Lu Chen concluded that the Seeds of Life and Destruction had shown him a path toward becoming a Supreme God King and that the Seed of Destruction suited him better than the Asura God Position.
• Lu Chen renamed his god-level Black Iron Sickle the Destruction War Scythe and vowed to confront Asura in the Divine Realm.

After absorbing the Seed of Destruction, Lu Chen returned to the Longevity Sect and told Dugu Bo that he had found the path to godhood and would bring Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo into the sect. He visited Xiao Wu, promised to check on the Saint Soul Grass to help restore Ah Rou, and left for Ice and Fire Valley.

• Lu Chen left the Underground Chamber and told Dugu Bo that he had found the path to godhood, though becoming a god would take another six months to a year.
• Dugu Bo told Lu Chen that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had come to join the Longevity Sect, and Lu Chen revealed he had sent them and controlled Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Lu Chen decided to visit Xiao Wu, whom he found cultivating beside the unaware Ah Rou in a Forest Mimicry Environment.
• Xiao Wu joyfully embraced and kissed Lu Chen, and he told her he would check the Saint Soul Grass to help heal her mother.
• Lu Chen summoned his Destruction War Scythe Martial Soul, opened a spatial rift with his Space Slash Soul Skill, and went to Ice and Fire Valley.

Lu Chen accelerated the growth of Saint Soul Grass and gave it to Xiao Wu to restore Ah Rou's damaged soul. As Ah Rou regained her memories, she believed she was still fleeing Bibi Dong and cried out for Xiao Wu to run.

• Lu Chen used Life Divine Power and the Blue Silver Domain to grow the Saint Soul Grass, then harvested it for Ah Rou's recovery.
• Lu Chen brought the grass to Xiao Wu, who fed it to her mother one leaf at a time.
• Ah Rou convulsed in pain as the grass's medicinal power tore apart and reassembled her damaged soul.
• Ah Rou's memories returned, and she called to Xiao Wu to run, believing Bibi Dong was still pursuing them.

Lu Chen revived Ah Rou and reunited her with Xiao Wu, then fulfilled his promise to give the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape seven star agaves. Ah Rou and Xiao Wu stayed together in human society under Lu Chen’s protection, while the two beast kings prepared to advance their cultivation.

• Ah Rou awoke and embraced Xiao Wu, who explained that Lu Chen had revived her using the remnants of her soul in her Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone.
• Lu Chen told Ah Rou to remain with Xiao Wu in human society and offered her the position of Dean of Students at Longevity Academy.
• After Lu Chen left, Xiao Wu told Ah Rou about her years away from Star Dou Forest and her growing love for Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen brought a seven star agave each to the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, fulfilling his promise and telling them Ah Rou had recovered and reunited with Xiao Wu.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape thanked Lu Chen, who urged them to cultivate beyond three hundred thousand years before demonstrating his Spirit Rings and leaving through a spatial rift.

Lu Chen brought Xiao Wu and Ah Rou to Longevity Academy, where Ah Rou reunited with Ah Yin and was appointed director of academic affairs. When Lu Chen planned an overseas trip with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan, Ah Rou urged Xiao Wu to go with him, leaving Xiao Wu reluctant but willing to return to her mother afterward.

• Lu Chen brought breakfast to Xiao Wu and Ah Rou, then escorted them to Longevity Academy.
• Ah Rou and Ah Yin recognized each other as Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts who had taken human form.
• Lu Chen appointed Ah Rou director of academic affairs and asked Ah Yin to help her manage the academy.
• Lu Chen told Xiao Wu he planned to take her, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan overseas to pursue an opportunity.
• Ah Rou encouraged Xiao Wu to accompany Lu Chen, and Xiao Wu agreed while promising to return.

Lu Chen brought Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to Sea God Island so they could undergo the Sea God’s succession trials. Dugu Yan became the Sea God Successor, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing received Red-Level Seven Trials.

• Lu Chen explained that Dugu Yan was best suited to inherit the Sea God’s position and gave her the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to strengthen her confidence.
• Lu Chen overwhelmed the Demon Soul Great White Sharks with his divine sense, and Bo Saixi arrived to welcome him and lead the group onto Sea God Island.
• At the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar, Dugu Yan’s blessing produced the Nine Trials of the Sea God and marked her as his successor.
• Xiao Wu received the Red-Level Seven Trials, and Zhu Zhuqing received the same trial when Sea Dragon Douluo blessed her.
• Sea Dragon Douluo was left stunned by the three women’s exceptional trials.

Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing began their Sea God trials by climbing Sea God Mountain under the pressure of the Sea God's Light. Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu were forced to stop and Lu Chen healed them, while Dugu Yan continued climbing.

• Bo Saixi told Dugu Yan that her Top-Level Seven Trials made her the Sea God Island's Reserve High Priestess, and Dugu Yan chose to begin the trials immediately with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Bo Saixi led the group to Sea God Mountain and activated the Sea God's Light across its thousand steps; Lu Chen encouraged the three girls to start climbing.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Martial Soul Possession but was flung back at the hundredth step, and Lu Chen carried her down and healed her with Life Divine Power.
• Xiao Wu used Martial Soul Possession and was flung back before the hundred-and-seventh step; Lu Chen carried her down and healed her as well.
• Dugu Yan continued climbing alone and reached the hundred-and-thirty-sixth step.

Dugu Yan pushed through the Sea God’s Light to the 208th step before being rescued by Lu Chen, and she and the others began cultivating on Sea God Island. Lu Chen returned to the continent to recruit Godwind Academy and learned that Bibi Dong had escaped Spirit Hall and vanished.

• Dugu Yan used her Martial Soul and Eight Spider Lances to climb to the 208th step before the Sea God’s Light flung her away, and Bo Saixi praised her reserves and determination.
• Lu Chen caught Dugu Yan and healed her with Life Divine Power, then explained to her, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing how to cultivate under the Sea God’s Light.
• After dinner, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan entered the Sea God’s Light to meditate and cultivate while Lu Chen decided to return to the continent.
• Lu Chen said goodbye to the three women and used his Space Slash Soul Skill to travel to Godwind City, where he planned to recruit Godwind Academy into Longevity Academy.
• At a tavern, Lu Chen heard that Bibi Dong had escaped Spirit Hall after a battle that destroyed the rebuilt Pontiff Palace, and that her whereabouts were unknown.

Lu Chen visited Godwind Academy and offered Dean Feng Liuyun ten million Gold Soul Coins and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone to bring its teachers and students into Longevity Academy. Feng Liuyun was tempted but refused because the students had spent too long preparing for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, leaving Lu Chen to respond to his decision.

• Lu Chen revealed his identity at Godwind Academy's gate, and Dean Feng Liuyun welcomed him inside.
• Lu Chen explained that he wanted to purchase Godwind Academy and bring its teachers and students into Longevity Academy.
• Feng Liuyun pleaded that the academy belonged to its teachers and students and could not be sold, even for a large sum.
• Lu Chen offered ten million Gold Soul Coins and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, promising that both academies would share their fortunes.
• Feng Liuyun acknowledged Lu Chen's sincerity but refused because the students were preparing for the tournament a year away.

Lu Chen wagered that Godwind Academy would join Longevity Academy if its team lost to Longevity Academy at the tournament a year later, while promising compensation and offering Feng Liuyun a twenty-thousand-year Spirit Bone. Feng Liuyun accepted the wager and decided Godwind Academy would join Longevity Academy after the tournament regardless of the result.

• Lu Chen proposed that Godwind Academy compete in the tournament before deciding whether to join Longevity Academy, with ten million Gold Soul Coins and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone promised if its team lost.
• Feng Liuyun accepted the wager, grateful that Godwind Academy's team could compete and remain independent if it won.
• Lu Chen promised to have his team give Godwind Academy a full contest, then accepted Feng Liuyun's gift of Hundred-Turn Sweet Aftertaste tea leaves.
• Lu Chen gave Feng Liuyun a twenty-thousand-year Bloodthirsty Berserk Hurricane Right Leg Bone suited to his Gale Demon Wolf martial soul.
• Feng Liuyun decided to give the Spirit Bone to Feng Xiaotian and lead Godwind Academy into Longevity Academy after the tournament, whatever the outcome.

Lu Chen visited the Five Elements Academies to bring them into Longevity Academy, securing agreements from Blazing Fire Academy and Skywater Academy through a tournament wager. Yu Guhan refused his offer for Thunder Academy, and Lu Chen left, while Yu Guhan worried about the consequences but believed he had protected his clan.

• Lu Chen left Godwind Academy and reflected that it would join Longevity Academy after the tournament.
• Lu Chen offered Huo Ying and Shui Bingyue ten million Gold Soul Coins and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, then secured their agreement to a wager over the tournament.
• Lu Chen visited Thunder Academy and offered Yu Guhan the same payment in exchange for bringing the academy into Longevity Academy.
• Yu Guhan refused, saying Thunder Academy was bound to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and could not join the Longevity Sect.
• Lu Chen accepted Yu Guhan's refusal and left, while Yu Guhan worried about possible consequences before deciding his father and eldest uncle would praise him.

Lu Chen went to Elephant Armor Academy to acquire it for Longevity Academy, and Huyan Zhen readily agreed after witnessing Lu Chen’s power. Offered a thirty-thousand-year spirit bone and ten million Gold Soul Coins, Huyan Zhen pledged the Elephant Armor Sect’s loyalty and promised to recruit the other three Lower Four Sects.

• Huyan Zhen hurried out to welcome Lu Chen and escorted him into the reception room.
• Lu Chen proposed acquiring Elephant Armor Academy and merging it into Longevity Academy after the tournament, and Huyan Zhen accepted without resistance.
• Lu Chen gave Huyan Zhen ten million Gold Soul Coins and a thirty-thousand-year strength-type spirit bone as compensation.
• Huyan Zhen knelt and pledged the Elephant Armor Sect and Elephant Armor Academy to Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen tasked Huyan Zhen with persuading the Black Tiger Sect, Wind Sword Sect, and Fire Leopard Sect to join, offering each sect money and a spirit bone.

Lu Chen returned to Longevity Academy, overheard Ah Rou questioning Ah Yin about his intentions, and assigned them to prepare a team for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament. He left after reassuring Ah Rou about Xiao Wu, while Ah Rou reconsidered her suspicions and acknowledged Lu Chen as Xiao Wu’s worthy partner.

• Lu Chen returned to the continent and stopped at Longevity Academy to see Ah Rou and Ah Yin.
• Ah Rou asked Ah Yin why she called Lu Chen her master and whether he mistreated her, and Ah Yin praised him for saving and restoring her.
• Lu Chen entered the office, announced that Longevity Academy would compete in the tournament, and told Ah Yin to select and train seven students.
• Ah Rou asked about Xiao Wu, and Lu Chen said she was cultivating overseas and would return at least at the Spirit Emperor level.
• After Lu Chen left, Ah Rou felt ashamed of suspecting him and admitted to herself that he was a good match for Xiao Wu.

Lu Chen met Zhu Xiongwu, Zhu Zhuqing’s father and the Star Luo Empire’s Duke Nether, who asked him to send Zhuqing home and tried to recruit him for the Star Luo Emperor. Lu Chen refused both demands, promised to protect Zhuqing, and offered to help the Zhu Family leave the empire if they ever wished.

• Dugu Bo told Lu Chen that Zhu Xiongwu had arrived at the Longevity Sect to see him.
• Zhu Xiongwu asked Lu Chen to let Zhu Zhuqing return to the Duke Nether Mansion, but Lu Chen said she was staying with him and would be safe.
• Zhu Xiongwu explained that Zhuqing was betrothed to Dai Mubai, and Lu Chen vowed to defy the Star Luo Imperial Family if it challenged him.
• Zhu Xiongwu conveyed the Star Luo Emperor’s invitation for Lu Chen to help the empire unify the continent, but Lu Chen rejected the offer.
• Lu Chen offered to help the Zhu Family leave the Star Luo Empire, but Zhu Xiongwu declined and said his family would remain.

After rejecting the Star Luo Emperor’s offer, Lu Chen left Dugu Bo in charge of the Longevity Sect and returned to Sea God Island to join Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan. He spent three months studying his body to create a cultivation technique while the women advanced in power, and they now attempted to cross the Sea God’s Light again.

• Lu Chen dismissed the Star Luo Emperor’s attempt to recruit him and warned that the Star Luo Empire would be destroyed if it made an enemy of the Longevity Sect.
• Lu Chen told Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan had received the Nine Trials of the Sea God and could become the new Sea God, then entrusted the sect’s affairs to him.
• Lu Chen returned to Sea God Island and began observing his body’s Soul Power circulation to develop a cultivation technique suited to his Innate Dao Body.
• Over three months of cultivation in the Sea God’s Light, Xiao Wu advanced to rank 56, Zhu Zhuqing to rank 54, and Dugu Yan to rank 76.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan attempted to cross the Sea God’s Light again.

Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan attempted to clear the first trial of Crossing the Sea God's Light, pushing through its escalating pressure with their abilities and sheer determination. All three succeeded and received their rewards, with Lu Chen rushing to Dugu Yan after she collapsed on the 333rd step.

• Lu Chen warned Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan not to rush their trials, but agreed to watch over them as they set out.
• Xiao Wu used her Soul Skills to reach the 133rd step, completing her first trial and gaining one Soul Power level and 500 years of Spirit Ring age.
• Zhu Zhuqing combined Source of Darkness with Nether Shadow Piercing Strike to reach the 133rd step, completing her first trial and receiving the same rewards as Xiao Wu.
• Dugu Yan used her Martial Soul, Eight Spider Lances, and Jade Phosphorus Dragon Armor Shield to force her way to the 333rd step despite severe injuries.
• Dugu Yan completed her first trial and received two Soul Power levels and 5% Sea God Affinity as Lu Chen flew toward her.

Dugu Yan recovered after passing the First Trial of the Nine Trials of the Sea God, then chose to begin the Second Trial immediately. While washing with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, the women realized their trials shared the same rule and thought they could cross the Ring Sea by working together; the chapter ended with Lu Chen explaining that Dugu Yan’s Sea God Affinity was linked to inheriting the Sea God’s position.

• Lu Chen healed Dugu Yan after she completed the 333 steps, and praised her perseverance.
• Bo Saixi congratulated Dugu Yan and offered her three days to rest, but Dugu Yan asked to begin the Second Trial immediately.
• Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing washed and discussed their shared task of crossing the Ring Sea without killing any Sea Spirit Beasts; they believed cooperation could make it easy.
• Lu Chen brought the women food and clean clothes, then joined them for a lavish meal after they changed.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing described gaining one Soul Power level and stronger Spirit Rings, while Dugu Yan said she had gained two levels and 5% Sea God Affinity.
• Lu Chen told Dugu Yan that reaching 100% Sea God Affinity would allow her to become the new Sea God.

At the Ring Sea, Zhu Zhuqing tested the Second Trial and discovered that Xiao Bai, a hundred-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark, guarded the crossing. Lu Chen encouraged Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan to train in the water before challenging Xiao Bai.

• After eating, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan went to the Ring Sea to exercise and test the crossing.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her speed to evade sword-shaped fish and assess the sea’s hazards.
• Xiao Bai attacked Zhu Zhuqing with a towering wave and a tail strike, but Zhu Zhuqing escaped using her spirit skills and returned to shore.
• Xiao Bai revealed that she guarded the Second Trial and had to intercept anyone trying to reach the opposite shore, though the Sea God had restricted her domain ability.
• Lu Chen urged the three women to treat Xiao Bai as a sparring partner and train for combat in the ocean.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan entered the water to practice swimming and fight the sword-shaped fish before facing Xiao Bai.