Chapter Summaries

Chen Hong confronted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and revealed that he had come prepared to negotiate over Lan Fuzi. The Demon Whale King asked about Chen Hong’s other proposed approach, and Chen Hong demonstrated a power that could trap even gods within his gaze.

• Chen Hong bowed to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and considered why the God Realm would prevent the whale from completing his path to godhood.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King appeared atop Lan Fuzi and asked Chen Hong how he had found him.
• Chen Hong revealed his Soul Rings, then used Martial Soul Resonance to fuse with Bibi Dong and gain the Spider God Armor.
• The Demon Whale King recognized Chen Hong’s divine soul and asked what he hoped to prove.
• Chen Hong declared that his group could threaten Lan Fuzi, then revealed a black lotus in his eyes and said that only a god could theoretically escape his gaze within twenty kilometers.

Chen Hong confronted the Demon Whale King and explained why he had built the Sea Soul Alliance despite knowing it could bring him into conflict with the gods. He left the Demon Whale King to judge whether he truly understood the king’s desires and was willing to risk his life to protect his allies.

• The Demon Whale King took offense when Chen Hong pointed out that he possessed godlike strength but was not a god.
• Chen Hong told the Demon Whale King that he was certain he knew what the king desired, while recognizing that he had no way to defeat him in a direct fight.
• Chen Hong explained that his Sage-Type Soul Guidance Devices had helped the Orca King unite sea soul beasts into the Sea Soul Alliance.
• Chen Hong admitted that he was selfish but said he would fight even the gods to protect those who had joined his camp.
• Chen Hong recalled that he had entered the ocean despite Sea God Poseidon’s threat because he wanted soul beast resources and hoped to help those around him become gods.

Chen Hong accepted the Demon Whale King’s invitation and discussed the Technology Guild and cultivation systems with him in the deep sea. The Demon Whale King revealed that the God Realm was using the Soul Master System to weaken Soul Beasts without incurring karma, leaving Chen Hong to confront the truth behind his assumptions.

• The Demon Whale King invited Chen Hong to speak with him, and Chen Hong dismissed his armor before approaching Lan Fuzi.
• Chen Hong rode Lan Fuzi into the sea, using Divine Runes and Psychic Power to withstand the water.
• The Demon Whale King revealed that he had investigated the Sea Soul Islands and the Technology Guild.
• Chen Hong explained how the Soul Master System and Soul Ring Divine Marks offered humans new paths for cultivation.
• The Demon Whale King said the Soul Beast and Soul Master systems had originally been one, and that the God Realm used the latter to eliminate Soul Beasts’ influence while avoiding karma.

Chen Hong confronted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King about his plan to use the Sea Abyss and divine authority to challenge the God Realm. The Demon Whale King warned that two Divine Position Successors had arrived and might be targeting Chen Hong, who resolved to handle the threat himself.

• The Demon Whale King brought Chen Hong and Lan Fuzi to the Sea Abyss, where Chen Hong recognized an unstable Spatial Tunnel below.
• Chen Hong deduced that the Demon Whale King wanted to use the Sea Soul Alliance to unite the ocean’s creatures and open the Sea Abyss Passage.
• The Demon Whale King confirmed that he came from another plane and wanted Chen Hong as his subordinate in a new world.
• The Demon Whale King revealed that a Divine Position Inheritance Examination had descended and that two people were participating.
• Chen Hong suspected the two Divine Position Successors might be sent to kill him, but said he would handle the matter himself and hand the Sea Soul Alliance to the Demon Whale King.

Chen Hong confronted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King at the Sea Abyss and learned that the king planned to use its spatial passage to challenge the God Realm. The Demon Whale King revealed that two Divine Position Inheritance Examinations had descended, and Chen Hong resolved to handle the possible threat himself.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King brought Chen Hong and Lan Fuzi to the Sea Abyss, where a powerful suction pulled at them.
• Chen Hong explained that he had deduced the king’s plan to use the Sea Soul Alliance to unite the ocean and gain divine authority.
• Chen Hong identified the Sea Abyss as an unstable spatial passage, and the Demon Whale King admitted he came from another plane and distrusted the gods.
• The Demon Whale King said a Divine Position Inheritance Examination had descended and that two people were undergoing divine examinations.
• Chen Hong agreed to hand the Sea Soul Alliance over to the Demon Whale King but said he would deal with the other matters himself.

Chen Hong weighed the Demon Whale King’s offer while recognizing that both the God Realm and the Demon Whale King threatened his plans. Before departing with Lan Fuzi, the Demon Whale King revealed his true form and gave Chen Hong Yin Yang Whale Pearls to help advance his cultivation.

• Chen Hong decided to stay cautious and buy time while the God Realm and the Demon Whale King pursued their own plans.
• The Demon Whale King explained that the God Realm would target Chen Hong and offered the Abyssal Sea Channel as a possible fallback.
• The Demon Whale King revealed that God Kings were limited in how much power they could use in the Douluo Realm.
• The Demon Whale King spat out two Yin Yang Whale Pearls, swallowed them in his true form, and left Chen Hong to comprehend their power.
• Lan Fuzi asked whether Chen Hong could condense Whale Pearls, and the Demon Whale King said Chen Hong would eventually do so as they headed for the Sun Moon Empire.

The Demon Whale King revealed his assimilated Demon Whale True Form to Chen Hong, hoping to help him understand how to form a Martial Soul Avatar. Chen Hong survived the overwhelming vision but was left mentally exhausted, floating at sea as he slowly recovered.

• The Demon Whale King explained that he had been assimilated into a Soul Beast and described how other outsiders, including bloodline-specific insects and the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord, had undergone similar transformations.
• The Demon Whale King revealed that his power had created the Deep Sea Demonic Whale clan and its descendants, including Demon Empress and Lan Fuzi.
• The Demon Whale King showed Chen Hong his Demon Whale True Form so Chen Hong could study it and perhaps learn to condense his own Martial Soul Avatar.
• Chen Hong's Black Lotus Soul Eye exposed the flaws and Rule Shackles in the Demon Whale True Form, overwhelming his mind and draining his Mental Power.
• Chen Hong surfaced a thousand kilometers from the Black Whale Fleet and drifted beneath the stars for three days while recovering.

Chen Hong discovered that the Black Lotus Soul Eye was draining his mind and soul to analyze the Demon Whale King’s flawed rule model, which revealed clues about the world’s assimilation of him and Martial Soul Origin. As Chen Hong devoted himself to refining the model, the Black Whale Fleet gave up waiting and headed back, expecting the Technology Guild to retaliate.

• Chen Hong drifted across the Demonic Whale Sea Area while his consciousness watched the Demon Whale Rule Model consume his Mental Power and Soul Power inside his Sea of Consciousness Planet.
• Chen Hong realized the Black Lotus Soul Eye could deconstruct the Demon Whale King’s flawed true form because the Demon Whale King was not originally a creature of this world.
• Chen Hong concluded that the Demon Whale Rule Model revealed how the world assimilated the Demon Whale King and defined Martial Soul Origin.
• Chen Hong apologized to his Psychic Martial Soul and meditated to help refine the Demon Whale Rule Model.
• After seven days of waiting, Hai Ya ordered the Black Whale Fleet to return at full speed, while the Orca King anticipated the Technology Guild’s response.

Chen Lin and Qian Daoliu responded to Chen Hong’s disappearance by gathering forces against the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. The Suotuo Central Hub “Huang” took control of the Sea Soul Network and began organizing resources, while Chen Lin prepared to explain the Technology Guild’s collective power.

• Chen Lin questioned Hai Ya about Chen Hong’s disappearance and reassured him that Chen Hong would be fine.
• Chen Lin said that a threat no individual could fight required a collective, as Qian Daoliu arrived on Sea Soul Island.
• Qian Daoliu told Chen Lin that his rage over Chen Hong’s disappearance had unexpectedly helped him form a Soul Core.
• Chen Lin said the world had overlooked the power gathered by the Technology Guild.
• Huang joined the Sea Soul Network, took first-central-hub authority, assigned personnel to the “Ice and Fire” and “Combat” projects, and lifted Suotuo Database restrictions.
• Chen Lin began explaining the Technology Guild’s power to Qian Daoliu.

Chen Lin explained that Ye Lingling and Dugu Bo’s Seed of Collapse technology could let mortals kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and prepared to join the coming assault if it refused to cooperate. He and Qian Daoliu believed Chen Hong was still alive because Huang’s sealed mark remained intact, while Chen Lin gathered God-tier materials and a fisherman mistook Yue’er’s catch for a fish until he saw it was a person.

• Chen Lin showed Qian Daoliu the Seed of Collapse technology and said Ye Lingling and Dugu Bo would soon arrive to demonstrate it.
• Chen Lin explained that Dugu Bo’s venom and Ye Lingling’s physical toxin could multiply inside a target and destroy its body, making even a powerful Mortal Beast vulnerable.
• Chen Lin said he would prepare for a group assault if the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King refused to cooperate, then explained that Huang’s sealed mark suggested Chen Hong was alive.
• Chen Lin used his authority to obtain precious God-tier materials and left to make preparations.
• Yue’er proudly told her father she had caught a huge fish, but he realized the catch was a person and told her not to hit it.

Chen Hong drifted to the East Sea off the Sun and Moon Continent, where Xu Hai and Yue Xi mistook his memory loss for the result of a sea-beast fight. As Chen Hong continued cultivating and considered the danger of the Demon Whale King, the chapter left uncertain how the Technology Guild would respond to his disappearance.

• Chen Hong woke in Xu Hai and Yue Xi's boat and apologized for breaking Yue Xi's fishing stick.
• Chen Hong claimed to be a Rank 70 Soul Sage, and Xu Hai and Yue Xi respectfully introduced themselves.
• Xu Hai explained that the boat was in the East Sea and described the Sun and Moon Continent's Sun and Moon Martial Souls and imperial bloodlines.
• Chen Hong realized ocean currents had carried him from the Demonic Whale Sea Area to the Sun and Moon Continent.
• Chen Hong decided not to interrupt his ongoing deconstruction of the Demon Whale model and trusted that the Technology Guild would learn he had left voluntarily.
• Chen Hong recalled Ye Lingling's seed, which might be suited to confronting the Demon Whale King.

Chen Hong arrived at Purple Dragon Village with Yue Xi and discovered that its villagers prepared rotting Blood Food to appease a dangerous tribute that came every three years. As evening fell, he reappeared beside Yue Xi and asked whether she was going home to see what was raising her.

• Chen Hong came ashore on the Sun and Moon Continent with Yue Xi and Xu Hai, then followed them to Purple Dragon Village.
• Yue Xi and Xu Hai handed out fish to the village children while Chen Hong noticed the growing stench of blood and asked Yue Xi about the ritual.
• Yue Xi told Chen Hong that villagers died when there was not enough Blood Food, and Village Chief Xu warned everyone to stay indoors until the tribute ate the rotting offerings.
• Yue Xi received a letter from Ming City informing her that she had made the shortlist to become a Prince's Companion Reader.
• Chen Hong climbed onto the mountain of flesh, disappeared, and later appeared by the shore as Yue Xi prepared to return home, asking what was raising her.

Chen Hong and Yue Xi waited on a rooftop to witness the terror haunting Purple Dragon Village, while Yue Xi’s father remained inside. When the chilling presence stirred, Yue Xi heard its eerie influence and saw an illusion, but Chen Hong remained unaffected and watched the dark forest.

• Yue Xi joined Chen Hong on a rooftop despite Village Chief Xu’s order that she go home, while Xu Hai nervously waited inside.
• Chen Hong explained that the lack of soul-beast activity near the forest suggested a powerful creature had claimed the territory.
• Chen Hong told Yue Xi that Blood Food served as a medium for making fear appear tangible, prompting her to recall the wooden stick she had used against him.
• A cold wind and eerie sound struck Yue Xi, causing her to experience an illusion and wake drenched in cold sweat.
• Chen Hong asked Yue Xi what she had heard and revealed that he could not sense the mental influence, then calmly watched the dark forest.

Chen Hong watched a Big Eyeball Soul Beast emerge from the Holy Spirit Forest and explain the village’s night rules to Yue Xi. After it killed a family for breaking those rules, he urged Yue Xi to establish new rules in Ming City without judging those who followed the old ones.

• Yue Xi told Chen Hong about the terrifying whispers she had heard, and he turned his attention toward the Holy Spirit Forest.
• A Big Eyeball Soul Beast emerged from the forest, and Chen Hong shielded Yue Xi from its gaze with his Divine Mark Robe.
• The Soul Beast crossed Purple Dragon Village, but a boy cried out and drew its attention to his family’s house.
• Chen Hong explained that the village had an agreement with the Mental Soul Beasts and that speaking about them broke a rule; the Soul Beast put the boy and his parents into Eternal slumber.
• Chen Hong advised Yue Xi to establish new rules in Ming City while respecting the rules that had governed the past.

Chen Hong discovered that the Evil Eye Soul Beast carried leftover flesh into Holy Spirit Forest for other Soul Beasts, then left Yue Xi and traveled to Ming City and other parts of the Sun and Moon Continent. While waiting for his Seventh Soul Ring to form, he investigated local legends and arrived at a mist-covered valley tied to the fallen God of Love.

• Chen Hong explained to Yue Xi that the Evil Eye Soul Beast fed on fear and carried leftover flesh into the forest for other Soul Beasts.
• Chen Hong gave Yue Xi his Divine Mark Robe for protection, then disappeared beneath the moonlight as she thanked him.
• Chen Hong followed the Evil Eye Soul Beast and saw it scatter flesh for other Soul Beasts before meeting an Evil Eye Tyrant.
• Chen Hong traveled to Ming City, examined its Soul Tools and eye-like national emblem, and wondered about the history of Soul Mark Civilization.
• Chen Hong toured important cities and learned legends about fallen gods before climbing toward the Valley of Asking Love and reflecting on the number of gods who had fallen on Douluo Star.

Chen Hong traveled across the Sun and Moon Continent while considering how to develop a seventh origin Soul Skill for his Special Martial Soul. On Sea Soul Island, the Technology Guild and its allies prepared an expedition to rescue him, while the gods discussed the threat and one god vowed to act.

• Chen Hong surveyed the Valley of Asking Love, took a photograph, and planned to continue to the Thunder Prison Forest before visiting the Holy Spirit Forest.
• Chen Hong reflected on the World Rules’ role in deducing Ning Quan’s seventh origin Soul Skill and decided to study the Demon Whale King’s Martial Soul Avatar to guide his own.
• Chen Hong headed deeper into the Sun and Moon Continent as he waited for his Mental Power to recover and the Demon Whale Rule Model’s deconstruction to finish.
• The Technology Guild and its allies completed preparations for a worst-case scenario, assembling more than ten Soul Guidance warships outside Sea Soul Island.
• Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils joined the expedition to rescue Chen Hong despite their surprise at being involved.
• The gods discussed whether mortals could kill the remnant from another world, and a man wreathed in Killing Intent said he would act.

The fleet led by the Technology Guild approached the Demonic Whale Sea Area, carrying Spirit Hall’s strongest fighters and the Shrek Seven Devils. Tang San realized his Asura Divine Trial required him to defeat the 990,000-year Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, while the expedition prepared for a possible battle.

• Zhu Zhuqing reassured the Shrek Seven Devils that the Technology Guild’s massive expedition had been carefully prepared, and Ning Rongrong explained that it had allied with powerful sea beasts.
• Xiao Wu sensed an overwhelming Soul Beast aura ahead, and Tang San saw that his Asura Divine Trial ordered him to defeat the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Qian Renxue realized that her plan to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire had been pointless after learning what Chen Hong’s actions implied.
• Chen Lin announced that the fleet was entering the Demonic Whale Sea Area and reviewed the expedition’s forces, with Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, and Snow Empress set as the frontline fighters in the worst-case plan.

Ye Lingling revealed the Technology Guild’s Seeds of Collapse and assured the group that her healing could keep them alive as they prepared to face the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. As the storm gathered outside, Chen Lin recognized that Ye Lingling had unlocked the Complete State of her Nine Heart Begonia and developed its Martial Soul Domain.

• Ye Lingling explained that the Seeds of Collapse were mutated life energy that induced uncontrolled mutations in flesh-and-blood creatures.
• Chen Lin revealed a one-use Level 10 Soul Guidance Device capable of piercing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's defenses, while Bibi Dong volunteered to attack from the flank.
• Ye Lingling said no one would die, and Qian Daoliu praised her healing abilities and confidence in facing the enemy.
• The chapter revealed that Ye Lingling had advanced to Soul Sage at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and could condense Soul Rings on her own.
• Chen Lin realized Ye Lingling had unlocked her Nine Heart Begonia's Complete State and Martial Soul Domain as a violent storm broke overhead.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked Qian Daoliu and the Sea Soul Fleet Cluster, forcing Qian Daoliu and Snow Empress into a desperate fight. As the fleet began an alert withdrawal, Oscar concluded that Chen Hong was alive and not in the whale’s hands.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King surfaced and attacked Qian Daoliu’s Six-Winged Angel while Snow Empress raised ice walls to protect the fleet.
• Qian Daoliu and Snow Empress fought together, but the Demon Whale King overwhelmed them and steadily worsened Qian Daoliu’s injuries.
• Chen Lin watched from the rear as the Sea Soul Fleet Cluster’s weaker Spirit Masters panicked, while Tang San and the Shrek Monsters watched the battle.
• Oscar reasoned that Chen Hong must be alive and outside the whale’s grasp because the Technology Guild would not risk a meaningless battle.
• The Sea Soul Fleet Cluster received an alert withdrawal order and began to retreat.

Ye Lingling and Chen Lin ordered the Technology Guild to retreat as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King rampaged, while the Asura God and Poseidon intervened from the God Realm. Poseidon’s blessing enraged the whale king, who attacked the fleet again, and a green-robed girl healed the slaughtered soldiers as the chapter ended with the whale king branded as Poseidon’s subject.

• Ye Lingling told Chen Lin that the Technology Guild would not become anyone’s weapon, and Chen Lin ordered the fleet to retreat.
• The Asura God admitted he had corrupted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s consciousness through Poseidon’s Rule Imprint, and Poseidon then sent his Sea God’s Light to the lower realm.
• Poseidon’s Sea God’s Light struck the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, dispersing some of his Killing Intent, but the whale king accused the fleet of serving Poseidon and attacked them again.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s Demonic Light Cannon pierced a Six-Winged Angel and a battleship, killing and wounding many soldiers.
• A green-robed girl used a power that regenerated the dead and wounded soldiers across the fleet.
• Poseidon cast a Sea God’s Blessing on the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, declaring him a subject of the Sea God and humiliating him.