Chapter Summaries

Mo Lin explained that he intended to show Yazi his limits rather than fight to defeat him, then demonstrated his strength by combining his elements and Hell Domain in an attack. Yazi forced the attack apart and sent Mo Lin flying, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Mo Lin told Yazi he would display his current limits to earn his recognition instead of trying to defeat him.
• Yazi acknowledged Mo Lin's intelligence but warned that relying on restraint and tricks could keep him from unleashing his full strength.
• Mo Lin showed Yazi and Suanni how the ice and dark elements in his left arm flowed together, then activated Hell Domain.
• Mo Lin fused killing intent, cold energy, and dark element into a giant dragon claw and struck Yazi, whose speed Hell Domain had suppressed.
• Yazi expelled the invading energies and shattered the dragon claw with his Soul Power, sending Mo Lin flying.

Mo Lin was overwhelmed when Yazi lost control and attacked him, but Suanni intervened with help from Qilin and Phoenix’s domains. Yazi remained berserk and charged Suanni, who repelled him and bit into his neck.

• Yazi transformed into his true form and unleashed a powerful attack against Mo Lin, alarming Qiuniu, Mock Wind, and Pulao.
• Yazi’s killing intent broke through Mo Lin’s Hell Domain and pinned him in place as Yazi rushed to swallow him.
• Suanni rammed Yazi off course, giving Mo Lin a chance to escape, and revealed that Qilin and Phoenix’s domains had helped him intervene.
• Qilin and Phoenix joined Mo Lin and explained that they had coordinated with Suanni after discovering him nearby.
• Yazi charged Suanni, who endured the attack, knocked Yazi to the ground, and bit into his neck.

Suanni restrained the berserk Yazi with help from Mo Lin’s Winged Dragon Domain, and Qiuniu calmed Yazi with music. After the other dragon sons arrived, Mo Lin explained how he, the Qilin, and the Phoenix had helped Suanni subdue Yazi.

• Yazi escaped Suanni’s first attack and then tried to bite Suanni, but Suanni knocked him down and pinned him.
• Mo Lin activated the Winged Dragon Domain, strengthening Suanni enough to restrain Yazi completely.
• Mock Wind arrived, mistook Suanni’s victory for Yazi beating him, and spoke with Mo Lin.
• Qiuniu and Pulao arrived, and Qiuniu played music that calmed Yazi and put him to sleep.
• Mo Lin recounted how he, the Qilin, and the Phoenix had used their domains to help Suanni subdue Yazi.

Mo Lin and Qiuniu discussed Yazi’s loss of control and traced it to his reaction to Mo Lin’s unusually pure killing intent. After confirming the cause, they exchanged introductions and details about the Dragon Sons’ origins and cultivation.

• Mo Lin asked Qiuniu whether Yazi’s berserk state made him unsuitable for living among humans, and Qiuniu explained that it was Yazi’s first uncontrolled outburst since becoming a ferocious beast.
• Qiuniu apologized for allowing Yazi to test Mo Lin and suggested that Mo Lin’s killing intent had triggered the outburst.
• Mo Lin guessed that his killing intent was responsible, and Qiuniu explained that Yazi could absorb killing intent but had been overwhelmed by its purity.
• Mo Lin used his Hell Domain on Qiuniu, who confirmed that Mo Lin’s killing intent was purer than Yazi’s.
• Mo Lin and the Dragon Sons introduced themselves and discussed their Winged Dragon-bestowed bloodlines, cultivation methods, and cultivation levels.

Mo Lin learned that Qilin and Phoenix had cultivation equivalent to thirty-thousand-year soul beasts, then questioned the Dragon Sons about tribulation and their plans. He sent the five sons toward Heaven Dou City with the Crown Prince’s token and concluded that Qiuniu’s acceptance of it had connected him to Mo Lin despite his reluctance.

• Mock Wind examined Qilin and Phoenix and judged their cultivation to be at the thirty-thousand-year level, confirming Mo Lin’s theory about their growth.
• Yazi awoke and accused Mo Lin of using a trick, but Qiuniu explained that Yazi had lost through inferior skill and identified Mo Lin as Winged Dragon Gengchen’s successor.
• Mo Lin asked the Dragon Sons about tribulation, and Yazi and the others advised that it required tempering the body and willpower, with no shortcuts.
• Mo Lin gave Qiuniu the Crown Prince’s gold token and directed the five sons to seek arrangements in Heaven Dou City or explore the major cities on their way.
• After the five sons left, Mo Lin told Qilin and Phoenix that Qiuniu had kept his distance but had accepted the token, leaving Mo Lin confident he could eventually win him over.

Mo Lin returned to Qian Renxue after resolving the crisis near Vast Sea City and distracted her questions about the soul beast roars by revealing that he had found a divine inheritance site. Qian Renxue became eager to secure the inheritance for Spirit Hall, then playfully asked why Mo Lin had waited until now to tell her.

• Mo Lin returned to the hotel with Qilin and Phoenix, and Qian Renxue checked that he was alright.
• Qian Renxue explained that she had stayed in Vast Sea City despite the soul beast roars because she trusted Mo Lin's plan.
• Mo Lin refused to explain what he had done, saying he would tell her when the time was right.
• Mo Lin revealed that he had found a divine inheritance site, immediately drawing Qian Renxue's attention.
• Mo Lin told Qian Renxue the site was near the evil soul master stronghold they had destroyed and assured her that its inheritance was not evil.
• Qian Renxue pressed Mo Lin to explain why he had not told her earlier.

Mo Lin sent Qian Renxue to investigate the divine inheritance site while he searched near Sea God Island for a safe place to undergo his approaching heavenly tribulation. As the tribulation drew near, his soul-bound allies offered to sacrifice themselves to protect him, and the Asura Demon Sword pointed out that their lives were bound together anyway.

• Mo Lin teased Qian Renxue about their first night together, then asked her to handle the divine inheritance site and return to Heaven Dou City afterward.
• Qian Renxue led Spirit Hall branch members to investigate the evil soul master's hideout while Mo Lin returned to Sea God Island to find a place for his tribulation.
• The Asura Demon Sword warned Mo Lin that the heavenly tribulation would descend within a day and encouraged him to admit his nervousness.
• The Heaven-Devouring Titan Python and the Space-Evading Mantis offered to sacrifice their soul bodies if Mo Lin faced mortal danger.
• Mo Lin was moved by their resolve, but the Asura Demon Sword noted that all three were bound to Mo Lin's life.

Mo Lin prepared for and endured the first strike of a heavenly tribulation on an ice island far from shore, using Non-Aggression's Bloodsoaked Bulwark to protect himself. In the deep sea, Jin Buhuan met the 960,000-year-old Abyssal Megalodon Colossus, whose territory he had entered.

• Mo Lin sent Phoenix and Qilin to a reinforced platform away from the ice island before the tribulation began.
• Mo Lin transformed into a dragon-man, poured his and his companions' blood onto Non-Aggression, and activated Bloodsoaked Bulwark.
• The first golden lightning strike hit the barrier and shattered half the ice island, while Mo Lin maintained the shield for the next strike.
• Jin Buhuan swam to a dark abyssal trench and called out to Colossus.
• Colossus emerged and angrily asked why Jin Buhuan had come to his territory.

Jin Buhuan told Colossus that the Holy Hall Orca Clan had returned to its original state, prompting Colossus to leave his undersea canyon for the shallow sea. Meanwhile, Mo Lin’s tribulation destroyed his Non-Aggression defense, and the fifth lightning bolt began flowing around his Golden Light Incantation shield.

• Jin Buhuan reminded Colossus of the whale sea soul beasts’ upheaval ten thousand years earlier and said the Holy Hall Orca Clan had changed back to its original state.
• Colossus decided to head toward the shallow sea, while Jin Buhuan noticed a powerful tribulation and swam toward the surface to investigate.
• Mo Lin’s Non-Aggression blocked the first four lightning bolts, but the fifth shattered it and severely injured his second soul.
• Mo Lin used the Golden Light Incantation, supported by Qi Body Origin Flow and Triple Inverse Life, to block the fifth bolt, but the lightning flowed down along the shield’s edges.

Mo Lin endured the fifth bolt of heavenly lightning, which paralyzed him and badly burned his body despite his defenses. He tried to counter the sixth bolt with a blood-red sword formed from killing intent, but it shattered, leaving him to face the lightning with his left hand.

• The fifth bolt of heavenly lightning broke through Mo Lin's Golden Light Incantation, numbed his body, and temporarily stopped several of his abilities.
• Mo Lin recovered his senses, restarted the Golden Light Incantation, Triple Inverse Life, and Qi Body Origin Flow, then realized the lightning had charred his scales and torn feathers from his wings.
• Mo Lin invoked Hell Domain and Killing Intent Manifestation, forming a blood-red greatsword infused with darkness and ice to attack the descending sixth bolt.
• The sixth bolt devoured Mo Lin's greatsword and shattered the Golden Light Incantation he gathered around his left hand.
• Mo Lin's left hand took the sixth bolt directly, which he judged to be at least twice as powerful as the fifth.

Jin Buhuan approached the sea surface to investigate a powerful soul beast tribulation while Mo Lin struggled to survive its escalating lightning. Mo Lin discovered that the gray qi formed from his fused Yin and Yang Five Thunders could harmonize heavenly lightning, leaving him unharmed by the seventh bolt.

• Jin Buhuan sensed that the tribulation's power was rising beyond what he expected and slowed his approach to avoid being caught in its aftermath.
• Mo Lin assessed his severe injuries from the sixth bolt and realized that his planned defenses for the remaining lightning had largely been exhausted.
• When the Heaven-Devouring Titan Python and Space-Evading Mantis offered to risk themselves, Mo Lin restrained them and prepared to use his remaining abilities.
• Mo Lin used Heaven-Devouring Titan Python Possession and Devour Heaven and Earth to attempt to swallow the seventh lightning bolt, alarming the Space-Evading Mantis and Asura Demon Sword.
• The gray qi inside Mo Lin activated on its own, harmonized the lightning, and gathered it toward its source, allowing Mo Lin to survive the seventh bolt unharmed.
• Mo Lin recognized the gray qi as the product of fusing Yin Five Thunders and Yang Five Thunders and wondered whether it had saved him.

As Mo Lin absorbed the seventh bolt of heavenly lightning, the Asura Demon Sword explained that his gray Qi had subdued the lightning rather than simply devoured it. The sword warned that the lightning contained divine power that might draw the God Realm’s attention, and wondered whether its first master had truly been the first Asura God.

• The Heaven-Devouring Titan Python and the Space-Evading Mantis were astonished that Mo Lin had absorbed a bolt of heavenly lightning, while the Asura Demon Sword recognized the gray Qi behind it.
• The Asura Demon Sword recalled that Mo Lin’s gray Qi had stabilized the powers of the Golden Light Incantation and Triple Inverse Life, and reasoned that it could harmonize and subdue energies.
• The Heaven-Devouring Titan Python asked whether Mo Lin could handle the remaining bolts the same way, and the Asura Demon Sword explained that the tribulation was punitive and could not be evaded or weakened.
• The Asura Demon Sword warned that each bolt carried the world’s source power and a god’s divine power, both of which should return to their origins after the lightning struck.
• The Heaven-Devouring Titan Python and the Space-Evading Mantis realized that Mo Lin might have retained divine power, potentially attracting the God Realm’s attention if the god behind the tribulation was not the Asura God.
• The Asura Demon Sword considered whether its first master had truly been the first Asura God.

Mo Lin used Gray Qi to tame the seventh and eighth bolts of heavenly lightning, then prepared to face the ninth. The final bolt overwhelmed Gray Qi’s current ability to tame it, leaving Mo Lin’s fate uncertain.

• Mo Lin discovered that Gray Qi could pass through the dragon scales’ isolation and control heavenly lightning outside his body.
• Mo Lin struck the eighth bolt with Gray Qi and tamed it, covering his scales in lightning.
• Jin Buhuan assumed the tribulation had ended in failure, then saw golden light deep underwater and swam toward the surface.
• Mo Lin waited for the ninth bolt, confident that Gray Qi would help him endure it.
• The ninth bolt collided with Gray Qi, and its enormous power exceeded what Gray Qi could currently tame.

Mo Lin survived the tribulation by using Gray Qi to control heavenly lightning, but the power devastated the surrounding sea and left him temporarily unable to transform. He escaped the lightning-filled basin and reunited with Phoenix and Qilin, while the Asura Demon Sword tried to warn him that he had caused serious trouble.

• Phoenix carried Qilin away just before a stray bolt destroyed the platform, while heavenly lightning struck Sea Soul Beasts beneath the water.
• Jin Buhuan approached the tribulation site and wondered why the heavenly lightning overhead remained stable instead of dispersing.
• Mo Lin recovered on the ice, admitted he had taken in more lightning than he could handle, and learned from the Asura Demon Sword that the ice came from the Ice Dragon King's left arm.
• Mo Lin used Wind Queen's Arcane Gate to leave the lightning-filled basin, which covered nearly two thousand meters of sea and continuously vaporized incoming seawater.
• Phoenix and Qilin landed beside Mo Lin and praised his hidden power, but he chose not to explain Gray Qi to them.

After surviving his tribulation, Mo Lin discussed the danger of attracting the God Realm’s attention with the Asura Demon Sword. A 580,000-year sea soul beast, Jin Buhuan, confronted him and attacked, but Mo Lin reappeared in the sky riding Phoenix with Qilin in his arms.

• Mo Lin reassured the Asura Demon Sword that surviving the tribulation mattered more than worrying about future dangers, and teased it for caring about him.
• Mo Lin, Phoenix, and Qilin sensed a powerful sea soul beast approaching across the ocean.
• Jin Buhuan emerged from the sea and asked Mo Lin whether he had undergone the tribulation; Mo Lin confirmed that he had.
• Jin Buhuan recognized Mo Lin as a potential threat and struck at him with a tentacle, smashing the ice and injuring his tentacle with frostbite.
• Mo Lin appeared overhead on Phoenix with Qilin in his arms and told Jin Buhuan not to rush into a fight.

Mo Lin talked Jin Buhuan down by claiming Phoenix had helped him evade the octopus’s attack, then explained that he had stayed to collect soul rings from sea soul beasts wounded by Jin Buhuan’s tribulation. Their conversation turned to the history of humans and soul beasts, leaving Jin Buhuan acknowledging that human infighting had harmed soul beasts even more than past wars.

• Mo Lin told Jin Buhuan that humans and soul beasts had not reconciled, and falsely credited Phoenix with helping him evade the attack.
• Mo Lin said he had stayed to collect soul rings from dying sea soul beasts injured by Jin Buhuan’s tribulation.
• Mo Lin provoked Jin Buhuan by pointing out that soul beasts also killed their own kind, and Jin Buhuan admitted the criticism was reasonable.
• Mo Lin argued that humans and soul beasts had both fought for survival, while humans’ rapid development had turned soul master cultivation into a tool for internal conflict.
• Jin Buhuan observed that human infighting had caused soul beasts even greater harm than the wars of the past.

Mo Lin dove into the sea to find Soul Beasts gravely wounded by the heavenly tribulation and absorb their power, while Jin Buhuan followed to observe him. Mo Lin spared a nearly hundred-thousand-year-old Cold Shadow Mosasaur, leaving its fate unresolved.

• Mo Lin persuaded Jin Buhuan to let him search for injured sea Soul Beasts, and Jin Buhuan revealed his name.
• Mo Lin dove into the sea while Jin Buhuan followed, and Phoenix reassured Qilin that Mo Lin could escape if necessary.
• Mo Lin found several dead sea Soul Beasts and then located four survivors, including a Cold Shadow Mosasaur nearing a hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Mo Lin prepared killing-intent blades to kill the wounded Soul Beasts, but spared the Cold Shadow Mosasaur because it was so close to a hundred thousand years.

Mo Lin healed the Cold Shadow Mosasaur and gave her power to help her reach one hundred thousand years of cultivation before leaving with three soul rings. He then absorbed the rings in minutes, while Jin Buhuan watched and considered following Mo Lin onto land.

• Mo Lin used Double Full Hands to heal the Cold Shadow Mosasaur after the other three Sea Soul Beasts had died.
• Mo Lin transferred ice, darkness, and Winged Dragon Soul Power to the Cold Shadow Mosasaur, helping her recover and hasten her cultivation.
• The Cold Shadow Mosasaur swam away, while Jin Buhuan decided Mo Lin was unlike other humans and wondered whether to go ashore.
• Mo Lin returned to the surface and absorbed the three black soul rings alongside the red ring above Non-Aggression.
• The Asura Demon Sword remarked on how quickly Mo Lin absorbed the rings, and Mo Lin teased it about being jealous.

Mo Lin tested Non-Aggression’s bow form and its second Soul Skill, discovering that he could draw the bow despite the Asura Demon Sword’s prank and that Ghost-Dispelling Spirit Arrow damaged both matter and spirits. He began changing Non-Aggression into its third form, surprised by what appeared.

• Mo Lin transformed Non-Aggression into a bow and struggled to draw its string while the Asura Demon Sword mocked him.
• Mo Lin used his strength to fire a basic arrow into an iceberg, and the Asura Demon Sword was shocked by his power.
• Mo Lin inspected the arrow’s shallow mark in the iceberg and scolded the Asura Demon Sword after it struck him with the bow.
• Mo Lin fired Ghost-Dispelling Spirit Arrow into the iceberg, blasting away a large chunk and shaking the souls of Mo Lin, Qilin, and Phoenix.
• Mo Lin changed Non-Aggression into its third form and was surprised by its appearance.

Mo Lin tested Non-Aggression after it transformed into a Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade, then returned with Qilin and Phoenix to the Crown Prince's Hall in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace. Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo sensed a powerful Soul Power fluctuation there and suspected the young lady might be involved.

• Mo Lin examined Non-Aggression's Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade form and told the Asura Demon Sword it resembled the weapon of a god he admired.
• Mo Lin tested the transformed weapon with a few swings, then decided to test its soul skills instead.
• Mo Lin used Grand Luo Insight to travel with Qilin and Phoenix from the distant sea to the Crown Prince's Hall.
• Snake Lance Douluo sensed an intense Soul Power fluctuation confined to the Crown Prince's Hall, and Pufferfish Douluo said it might have come from the young lady.