Chapter Summaries

After a drunken family banquet, Li Hanche sobered up and helped Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong share a tender moment over the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. Bibi Dong left the flower with Qian Renxue, and the newlyweds ended the night feeling they had finally built a complete home.

• Bibi Dong ordered the drunken Titled Douluo taken back to their rooms, and Hu Liena, Baiwei, and Qingluo cleaned the banquet room.
• Li Hanche used the Frost Heaven Record to sober up and teased Qian Renxue for letting the elders pour drinks on him.
• Qian Renxue presented Bibi Dong with the betrothal gifts, including the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, but Bibi Dong declined to keep the flower.
• Bibi Dong tried the flower with a drop of blood, then left it for Qian Renxue after telling her to keep it.
• Li Hanche explained that Bibi Dong had tried for her daughter's sake, and Qian Renxue thanked him for helping them build a complete home.

After their wedding, Li Hanche and Qian Renxue traveled with their companions to Vast Sea City to visit Sea God Island. There, Qian Renxue revealed to the group that she was the Spirit Hall young mistress who had impersonated Xue Qinghe, and Li Hanche’s wife.

• On their wedding night, Li Hanche told Qian Renxue he accepted her secrets and loved her as herself, and they shared an intimate moment.
• Li Hanche and Qian Renxue set out for Sea God Island with a large group of companions after Qian Renxue used diplomatic business as an excuse to leave Heaven Dou City.
• After half a month on the road, the convoy arrived at Vast Sea City and gathered by the docks.
• Li Hanche introduced Qian Renxue as his wife and revealed that she had married him in Heaven Dou City and was also Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue told the stunned group she was Spirit Hall’s young mistress, daughter of Pope Bibi Dong, and had impersonated Xue Qinghe for years.
• Hu Liena and the Spirit Hall team saluted Qian Renxue, who told them to dispense with formalities while they were away from home.

Li Hanche introduced Qian Renxue as his wife, and their friends welcomed her after learning she had been disguised as Xue Qinghe. As Qian Renxue savored being accepted, Hu Liena revealed that she had attended their second wedding, leaving the Spirit Hall team eager to hear about the Pope’s cooking.

• Li Hanche told the group that Qian Renxue’s identity as Xue Qinghe could be revealed and declared that he wanted everyone to know she was his wife.
• Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Su Nianxue greeted Qian Renxue, while Shui Yue'er joked that she and Shui Bing'er still had a chance with Li Hanche.
• Feng Xiaotian called Li Hanche the prince consort, and Qian Renxue grew emotional as her friends welcomed her without judging her identity.
• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan reassured Qian Renxue that she was part of their group, which they described as a boat about to set sail.
• Xie Yue and Yan asked Hu Liena how she had known Qian Renxue’s identity, and Hu Liena revealed that she had attended the couple’s private second wedding with their teacher.
• Yan worried that calling Qian Renxue a pretty boy had put him on the teacher’s assassination list, while the Spirit Hall team focused on what the Pope had cooked.

Li Hanche confronted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in the Demonic Whale Sea as the target of Sea God’s Eighth Trial. The whale unleashed its domain, and their battle began with Li Hanche facing the pressure of its power.

• Li Hanche summoned Snake Lance and Pufferfish aboard the ship, and the group departed Vast Sea City for Sea God Island.
• Sea Dragon Douluo warned Li Hanche and the others that they were approaching the Demonic Whale Sea, home of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Li Hanche revealed that slaying the whale was the target of his Eighth Trial and reassured Qian Renxue and the others before summoning the Sea God’s Trident.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King erupted from the sea and attacked Li Hanche with lightning and water spikes, while the guardians protected the ship.
• Li Hanche deflected the attack, and the whale sensed his divine auras before activating its Demonic Whale Domain and freezing the surrounding sea.

Li Hanche fought the Demonic Whale King in its domain, shrugging off its gravity and overpowering it with his strength and three fused powers. The whale king unleashed a storm of water and lightning, and Li Hanche turned the attack back toward it with the Sea God's Thirteenth Halberd Style.

• Li Hanche neutralized the Demonic Whale Domain's gravity, dodged the Demonic Whale King's corrosive water and lightning, and struck its head with his trident.
• Li Hanche punched the Demonic Whale King's sweeping tail, knocking scales loose and leaving the whale king shocked by his strength.
• Li Hanche unleashed the Frost Heaven Record, the Nine-Turn Tyrant Body Art, and Sea God divine power, then battered the Demonic Whale King with a rapid series of attacks.
• The Demonic Whale King poured its power into the domain, sending seawater, lightning, and a storm crashing down on Li Hanche.
• Li Hanche used the Golden Thirteen Halberds' Thirteenth Style to reverse the storm and send it surging back at the Demonic Whale King.

Li Hanche defeated the Demonic Whale King and completed Sea God's Eighth Trial, earning a million-year soul ring and torso bone along with powerful rewards. The chapter ended with his soul power reaching level ninety, one soul ring short of becoming a Titled Douluo.

• Li Hanche overwhelmed the Demonic Whale King with trident attacks and prepared to finish it with the Great Desolate Imprisoning Heavenly Finger.
• The wounded Demonic Whale King accepted its death, reflecting on its life and its long-standing feud with Poseidon.
• Feng Xiaotian joked about swimming to Sea God Island, so Huo Wu kicked him into the sea while Yan refused to follow.
• Li Hanche killed the Demonic Whale King and used Sea God's power to calm the sea and guide the ship safely beside its corpse.
• A million-year soul ring and a sapphire torso bone appeared, and Sea God's Eighth Trial was declared complete.
• Li Hanche received his trial rewards, raised his soul power to level ninety, and increased the ages of all eight soul rings.

After killing the Demonic Whale King, Li Hanche received the Sea God’s Ninth Trial and absorbed its million-year soul ring. As the ship continued toward Sea God Island, he introduced his friend Little White and sent Feng Xiaotian and Yan fleeing from her sharks.

• The Sea God announced the Seven Emotions Trial as Li Hanche’s final step to inherit the Sea God’s Godhood, and Li Hanche decided to absorb the Demonic Whale King’s million-year soul ring.
• Li Hanche absorbed the ring and gained Demonic Whale Annihilation Strike and Demonic Whale Domain, while Xiao Wu reflected that he had never treated her as prey.
• Huo Wu prompted Feng Xiaotian and Yan to race to Sea God Island, and Li Hanche had Little White’s shark clan chase them for motivation.
• Li Hanche introduced Little White, the Demon Soul Great White Sharks’ king and guardian of Sea God Island, to his companions.
• Little White reassured Xiao Wu that she would not eat her, and Xiao Wu began to understand Li Hanche’s friendship with soul beasts.

Li Hanche and Qian Renxue rode Little White across the sea toward Sea God Island, sharing a romantic moment as Qian Renxue experienced the ocean in person. The others reached the island and learned about the Sea Within Sea and Li Hanche’s trials, while Qian Renxue left open when she would begin her Angel God trial.

• Li Hanche asked Little White to carry him and Qian Renxue across the sea, and told Sea Dragon Douluo to take the others straight to the Sacred Pillar Platform.
• Sea Dragon Douluo explained the Sea Within Sea and described the nature of Li Hanche’s Seven Emotions Trial; Xie Yue and Hu Liena joked that the group benefited from Li Hanche’s connections.
• The group disembarked on Sea God Island, where Feng Xiaotian and Yan arrived exhausted after being chased by sharks, and Huo Wu teased Feng Xiaotian.
• Little White carried Li Hanche and Qian Renxue across the waves as Qian Renxue enjoyed the sea and recalled first noticing Li Hanche at Spirit Hall.
• Li Hanche promised to take Qian Renxue wherever she wanted to go and asked when she would begin her Angel God trial; she laughed and leaned against him without answering.

As the others began their Sea God trials, Li Hanche delayed his ninth trial, which required Bo Saixi's sacrifice, so he could strengthen his cultivation first. On the way to seclusion, he explained his cultivation arts to Qian Renxue and remained confident that his growth had not reached its limit.

• Sea Dragon explained that enduring the Sea God's Light would temper the young Soul Masters as they climbed the steps, while Ning Rongrong bore a top-tier seven-trial mark and the others received black-level trials.
• Bo Saixi told Li Hanche that activating his ninth trial required her life, and Li Hanche asked to postpone it until his friends completed their trials and he had time to cultivate.
• Li Hanche told Bo Saixi he would improve the Frost Heaven Record and Nine-Turn Tyrant Body Art before facing the final trial, and she agreed to watch over his friends during his seclusion.
• As Li Hanche and Qian Renxue headed toward the Sea God Palace, he explained that the Frost Heaven Record was an ice-based cultivation art and the Nine-Turn Tyrant Body Art had made him exceptionally resilient.
• Li Hanche described the limits of both arts and claimed that mastering them could take him beyond the realm of gods, while Qian Renxue teased him about calling his extraordinary abilities good luck.

Li Hanche endured a day and night of heavenly lightning to complete the sixth turn of the Nine-Turn Tyrant Body Art, becoming a Thunder Tribulation Divine Body. He entered seclusion in Sea God Palace to break through the final level of his spiritual cultivation before attempting the ninth test.

• Li Hanche drew heavenly lightning down on himself while Qian Renxue and the other soul masters watched, and the group continued climbing beneath the Sea God's Light.
• After a day and night of lightning strikes, Li Hanche completed the sixth turn and sensed the path toward the later turns of the Nine-Turn Tyrant Body Art.
• Li Hanche told Qian Renxue that he needed to break through his spiritual-power bottleneck before attempting the ninth test, and she agreed to manage things outside.
• Li Hanche entered seclusion in Sea God Palace and refined his spiritual power beneath the influence of the three divine imprints.

Over months of training beneath Sea God's Light, the young soul masters grew close while Li Hanche secluded himself in Sea God Palace. When heavenly lightning struck his primordial spirit, Li Hanche endured the backlash and deflected the final bolt with the Sea God's Trident, leaving his breakthrough unresolved.

• Ning Rongrong and the other young soul masters continued training under Sea God's Light, supporting one another as Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou Empire's trainees became friends.
• Xiao Wu grew less wary of Spirit Hall after Li Hanche promised to help her mother, while Qian Renxue joined the others' evening gatherings.
• Several months later, Li Hanche's primordial spirit appeared above Sea God Palace as thunderclouds gathered and heavenly lightning began striking it.
• Li Hanche endured the lightning's backlash with protective items and divine power while his body bled inside the palace.
• As the final bolt descended, Li Hanche reunited with his primordial spirit and used the Sea God's Trident to redirect the lightning, dispersing the thunderclouds.

After Li Hanche broke through into the divine realm, he began the Sea God's ninth trial, which required Bo Saixi to sacrifice herself and open the inheritance gate. Bo Saixi vanished to fulfill her mission, and Li Hanche entered the gate to begin his inheritance.

• Li Hanche stabilized his divine soul and reached the threshold of godhood in both spiritual power and physical strength.
• Li Hanche reassured Qian Renxue that he was ready to begin the ninth trial, while their friends teased them.
• Bo Saixi told Li Hanche and the Seven Sacred Pillar guardians that her sacrifice was required to open the Sea God's inheritance gate.
• Bo Saixi sacrificed herself to open the gate, silently remembering Tang Chen as she vanished.
• Li Hanche told the gathered guardians that Bo Saixi's will would guard the waters, entrusted his friends' trials to Sea Dragon, and entered the inheritance gate.

Li Hanche faced the Seven Emotions Trial, resisting illusions that tested his joy, anger, sorrow, and fear. As he reassured his younger self and passed the fear trial, his companions continued climbing the Sea God's Light together outside the Gate of Inheritance.

• Ning Rongrong asked Sea Dragon whether the Soul Masters could support one another in the trials, and he confirmed they could.
• Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Xu Yu aided the climbers with their abilities while Yan and Xie Yue helped Feng Xiaotian ascend.
• Li Hanche rejected an illusion of joy that offered him power, glory, and admiration, extinguishing the first pillar.
• Li Hanche controlled his fury when an illusion showed Tang San killing Qian Renxue, and the anger illusion shattered.
• Li Hanche faced visions of his loved ones and their legacies being lost, found hope in their real future, and dispelled the sorrow illusion.
• Li Hanche comforted his six-year-old self in the fear illusion, promising him a future with Qian Renxue and the Sea God's inheritance, and the illusion dispersed.

Li Hanche passed the Seven Emotions Trial and completed the Sea God inheritance, becoming a god with ten Soul Rings and fused Sea God and Ice God armor. His Asura and Ice God trials then activated, setting his next task at Slaughter City.

• Li Hanche accepted the warmth of the Love Illusion, faced the people who resented him in the Evil Illusion, and shattered the Desire Illusion after acknowledging his desire for power.
• The Sea God announced that Li Hanche had completed all trials beyond requirements, raised his affinity to 150 percent, and increased his Soul Ring ages and Soul Bones.
• Seven Ice God Soul Bones joined Li Hanche's Sea God armor, while his Soul Power broke through Rank 100 and a divine ring descended upon him.
• The Nine Trials of Asura began and tasked Li Hanche with traveling to Slaughter City to obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain, while the Ice God's First Trial became tied to completing the Asura trials.
• Li Hanche's Sea God's Heart joined the Sea God's Trident as he stood before the islanders with ten Soul Rings, and Feng Xiaotian and Yan reacted to his ascension.

Li Hanche completed his divine trials and became the Sea God, then helped Ning Rongrong finish her first top-tier trial. He reassured his companions that becoming a god had not changed who he was, and the Seven Sacred Pillars and Little White welcomed him as their new Sea God.

• Li Hanche descended in divine armor after completing his trials while Ning Rongrong struggled to reach the one hundred and thirty-sixth step.
• Li Hanche accompanied Ning Rongrong up the final steps, eased the Sea God's Light enough for her to endure it, and reminded her that he would always be himself.
• Ning Rongrong completed the first of her top-tier seven trials and celebrated with Li Hanche as their companions cheered.
• Feng Xiaotian, Yan, and Dugu Yan inspected Li Hanche and peppered him with questions while Ning Rongrong and Su Nianxue welcomed him warmly.
• The Seven Sacred Pillars and Little White knelt to congratulate Li Hanche on attaining the Sea God's position, and he asked them to dispense with formalities.

Li Hanche rewarded the Seven Sacred Pillars guardians and Little White with Sea God First Trials, then left Sea God Island for the continent after his companions pledged their support. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong prepared the Soul Hunt Operation while deciding to spare the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and target the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Li Hanche bestowed Sea God First Trials on the Seven Sacred Pillars guardians and Little White, promising increased Soul Power and longer-lived soul rings in exchange for accompanying the young trial-takers.
• Li Hanche warned his companions that his coming actions on the continent could force them to choose sides, and Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Su Nianxue, and Ning Rongrong affirmed their loyalty.
• Li Hanche promised to speak with Ning Rongrong's father and grandfathers about Xue'er's identity and their plans, while Qian Renxue chose to stay on Sea God Island and continue cultivating with their friends.
• Li Hanche said farewell and flew toward the continent, planning to visit Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Slaughter City.
• Bibi Dong left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect off the Soul Hunt list because Li Hanche was her son-in-law and she hoped the sect would become an ally, while she resolved to destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Li Hanche visited Bibi Dong at Spirit Hall after becoming the Sea God and revealed their family relationship to the elders. He left to speak with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Bibi Dong continued planning to replace the Upper Three Sects and unify the continent.

• Li Hanche entered Pope's Palace and called Bibi Dong his mother, shocking the elders.
• Li Hanche explained that he had married Bibi Dong's daughter, then heard about plans to replace the Upper Three Sects and support the Elephant Armored Sect.
• Li Hanche offered to help unify the continent, but Bibi Dong told him she had her own plans for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Li Hanche asked that the Clear Sky Sect be removed from the new Seven Great Sects and said he would personally negotiate with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Bibi Dong sent Li Hanche to meet Ning Fengzhi, and he urged Huyan Zhen to earn the Elephant Armored Sect a place among the new Seven Great Sects.
• After Li Hanche left, Yue Guan explained to the elders why Bibi Dong had tolerated him.

Li Hanche visited the Worship Hall, reunited with Qian Daoliu and the other worshippers, and told them about Qian Renxue and Bo Saixi. He presented Qian Daoliu with a Million-Year Torso Soul Bone, which Qian Daoliu gratefully accepted.

• Li Hanche arrived at the Worship Hall, where Golden Crocodile Douluo and Guangling Douluo examined his Ice God's Wings before he greeted the worshippers.
• Li Hanche explained that Qian Renxue had stayed on Sea God Island to train with her friends and prepare for the Angel God's Test.
• Li Hanche told Qian Daoliu that Bo Saixi had spoken of her lasting love for Tang Chen before she left, and Qian Daoliu found peace in her words.
• Li Hanche reassured Qian Daoliu that he had not lost to Tang Chen, and the worshippers laughed as Qian Daoliu praised him.
• Li Hanche gave Qian Daoliu a Million-Year Torso Soul Bone from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and Qian Daoliu accepted it with deep gratitude.

Li Hanche gave the Worship Hall elders Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, and they discussed Spirit Hall’s coming campaign. Qian Daoliu clarified that his agreement with Tang Chen only restrained him from attacking the Clear Sky Sect; if the sect emerged to oppose Spirit Hall, it would be choosing to stand against unification.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other worshippers clamored for Qian Daoliu’s million-year soul bone, but Li Hanche offered them Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones instead.
• Li Hanche gave each worshipper a soul bone in gratitude for caring for Qian Renxue and helping with his wedding.
• Azure Luan asked about the Spirit Hall youths on Sea God Island, and Li Hanche said they were cultivating well.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo said the Worship Hall would wait until the Pope moved against the Clear Sky Sect, while the other elders agreed that Qian Daoliu’s promise to Tang Chen must be respected.
• Qian Daoliu explained that his agreement only bound him personally and said the Clear Sky Sect would be responsible if it emerged to oppose Spirit Hall’s unification campaign.

Li Hanche visited Bibi Dong late at night and asked about her Rakshasa Divine Trial. As they drank together, she revealed the pain behind her estrangement from Qian Renxue and explained how Li Hanche and the people around her had changed her desire to destroy Spirit Hall.

• Li Hanche visited Bibi Dong and learned that she was nearing the Eighth Trial of Rakshasa.
• Bibi Dong confessed that Qian Xunji had violated her and that her hatred of him had made her fear loving Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong recalled realizing that Qian Renxue had waited for her affection, and Li Hanche reassured her that Qian Renxue did not hate her.
• Bibi Dong admitted that she hated Spirit Hall and had once wanted to destroy everything, but Li Hanche and those close to her had changed her outlook.
• Bibi Dong thanked Li Hanche for helping her decide to leave something behind rather than destroy everything.