Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Ye Qingcang, where Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong welcomed them. Chen Xin and Gu Rong teased Rongrong about her feelings for Ye Qingcang, and Ning Fengzhi invited him inside for tea.

• A convoy traveled along the road to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, whose wealth and support abilities were described.
• Ning Rongrong arrived home with Ye Qingcang and greeted Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong.
• Gu Rong met Ye Qingcang in person and admitted that he now thought Ye Qingcang and Ning Rongrong were well matched.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong teased Ning Rongrong about her feelings for Ye Qingcang, while she protested and then acted shamelessly to deflect them.
• Ye Qingcang praised Ning Rongrong's sincere, free-spirited nature, and Ning Fengzhi invited him inside for tea.

Ye Qingcang discussed the Divine Realm’s schemes and the human world’s turmoil with Ning Fengzhi, who decided to support him. Their conversation ended when a disciple announced that the Clear Sky Sect had urgently requested an audience with Ning Fengzhi.

• Ye Qingcang told Ning Fengzhi about the Divine Realm’s merger and the deities’ schemes, then explained that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s choice to support him was Ning Fengzhi’s to make.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Ye Qingcang’s qualities and said he trusted his judgment and would follow him to the end.
• Ye Qingcang explained the five qualities needed to accomplish great things when Ning Rongrong asked about them, and Ning Fengzhi added that the sect relied on wealth and vision.
• Ning Rongrong joked that she would take Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong with her when she ascended, and the elders teased her about having grandchildren.
• A Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciple reported that the Clear Sky Sect had sent a calling card and urgently requested an audience with Ning Fengzhi.

Ning Fengzhi deduced that the Clear Sky Sect delegation had been rejected by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and was now seeking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support. After discussing the plan with Ye Qingcang, Ning Fengzhi refused to receive Yu Xiaogang, leaving the delegation furious outside the closed gates.

• Ning Fengzhi inferred that Ye Qingcang had helped the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan reject the Clear Sky Sect and asked whether he needed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s cooperation.
• Ning Rongrong understood Ning Fengzhi’s idea of pretending to entertain the Clear Sky Sect’s approach, but argued that the sect had no need to risk gaining its trust.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should not back the Clear Sky Sect and told a disciple to refuse the delegation because he was entertaining a guest.
• Yu Xiaogang waited half an hour outside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect before receiving another rejection, which further angered the Clear Sky Sect delegation.
• Yu Xiaogang challenged the disciple who delivered the refusal, and the disciple rebuked him before the gates slammed shut.

At a checkpoint in Vast Sea City, Yu Xiaogang clashed with Clear Sky Sect disciples enforcing Tang San’s rules and was left waiting after refusing to show his token. Tang San arrived and invited Yu Xiaogang to travel with him, asking to hear about the mission’s results.

• Yu Xiaogang refused to present his token, arguing that a Clear Sky Sect disciple was using Tang San’s orders to pressure him.
• The disciple driving Yu Xiaogang’s carriage got out, showed his own token, and told the checkpoint attendant to inspect the other carriages first.
• Yu Xiaogang relented and claimed he had only been testing the attendant, but the disciples made him wait while they checked those behind him.
• Tang San arrived at the checkpoint, and Yu Xiaogang accused the disciples of making things difficult for him.
• Tang San invited Yu Xiaogang to travel with him and asked about the results of his mission.

Yu Xiaogang blamed the failed diplomatic mission on the Clear Sky Sect delegation, but Tang Heng exposed his reckless decisions and attempt to shift responsibility. Tang San enforced the sect’s entry rules and left Yu Xiaogang feeling abandoned, prompting him to consider relying on his status as a Spirit Hall Honorary Elder instead.

• A Clear Sky Sect disciple criticized Yu Xiaogang’s handling of the failed mission, and Yu Xiaogang rebuked him for interrupting.
• Tang San asked whether the delegation’s accusations were true, and Yu Xiaogang blamed the failure on Ye Qingcang and the delegation’s faulty intelligence.
• Tang Heng accused Yu Xiaogang of rushing into the mission, ignoring warnings, and shifting the blame after the delegation had been turned away.
• Tang San stopped the argument, ordered the delegation to report to his uncle, and used his token to pass through the checkpoint without helping Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Tang San had chosen not to assist him, then entered the sect humbly while considering his Spirit Hall Honorary Elder identity as another path forward.

At Blue Tyrant Academy, Ye Qingcang and Qian Renxue discussed Yu Xiaogang’s attempted defection to Spirit Hall and Bibidong’s stubborn desire to accept him. Qian Renxue agreed to learn Edo Tensei and offered support for Ye Qingcang’s plans, while he asked to borrow the Angel Holy Sword and ended their conversation resolved to change their fate.

• Qian Renxue showed Ye Qingcang Yu Xiaogang’s letter seeking to defect to Spirit Hall, and Ye Qingcang explained why Yu Xiaogang offered them no useful reason to accept him.
• Qian Renxue complained that Bibidong still wanted to bring Yu Xiaogang into Spirit Hall despite Qian Renxue’s objections.
• Ye Qingcang offered Qian Renxue the Edo Tensei technique in exchange for the ancestral remains she had entrusted to him, and Qian Renxue accepted.
• Qian Renxue recognized that Ye Qingcang wanted Yu Xiaogang alive so Bibidong could see his true character, and she asked him to request a different favor.
• Ye Qingcang asked to borrow the Angel Holy Sword, and Qian Renxue promised to do her best to protect him if the Divine Realm’s gods attacked.
• Ye Qingcang said he intended to change their fate, and Qian Renxue departed after telling him she was fortunate to have met him.

Ye Qingcang urged his companions to strengthen their resolve before the plan’s second phase, then learned that the Clear Sky Sect fleet had reached Poseidon Island. The fleet survived a violent storm, but Faceless Men aboard had already reported its secret voyage.

• Ye Qingcang told Violet, Sheng Cai'er, Zhu Zhuqing, Bai Chenxiang, and the others how fear of losing his loved ones drove him to become stronger.
• Ye Qingcang warned the group that the plan’s second phase would bring a vast upheaval and told them to prepare to keep pace or withdraw.
• Ye Qingcang learned from a report that the Clear Sky Sect fleet had reached Poseidon Island and reflected that victory was already assured.
• A golden light pierced the storm clouds, giving Tang San’s ship and the Clear Sky Sect fleet a chance to sail toward the island chain.
• Several dozen Faceless Men aboard the fleet wrote intelligence reports and sent them through shadow vortices, exposing the supposedly secret voyage.

Bo Saixi welcomed Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect to Poseidon Island, explaining that Tang San needed to complete a formal procedure to become Poseidon's God Trial Taker. Learning that Tang Xiao and Tang Hao were descendants of Tang Chen, she recalled her past rivalry and romantic entanglement with Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu before bringing their ship ashore.

• Bo Saixi told Tang San that Poseidon had chosen him and that only a formal procedure remained before he could become a God Trial Taker.
• Tang Xiao introduced himself as Clear Sky Sect Master and revealed that Tang Chen was his and Tang Hao's grandfather and Tang San's great-grandfather.
• Bo Saixi explained how she had fought Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu and described the romantic contest in which she promised to marry whichever man became a god.
• Tang San reasoned that Qian Daoliu could not become a god because he was a High Priest, prompting Bo Saixi to question why Tang San had addressed Tang Chen by name.
• Bo Saixi pushed the Clear Sky Sect's ship to shore with the waves.

Ye Qingcang reached the thousand-li boundary around Poseidon Island and challenged the Sea God's Light protecting it. A young fisherwoman and her grandfather witnessed his approach as the island began to tremble.

• A young fisherwoman spotted Ye Qingcang sitting on a small boat at the edge of the distant seas.
• Her grandfather warned her that Ye Qingcang’s clothes and boat revealed confidence and status beyond their reach.
• Ye Qingcang removed his shoes, rolled up his pant legs, and stepped into the sea.
• The Vertical Sword Mark on Ye Qingcang’s brow shone as he crossed the thousand-li boundary, and the Sea God's Light rippled while Poseidon Island trembled.

Ye Qingcang challenged Poseidon while the Sea God’s fury prompted Bo Saixi to send the Seven Holy Pillars to drive him away without killing him. At the Gods’ meeting, the Asura God revealed that Poseidon had committed a capital crime and made his fate depend on Ye Qingcang’s battle at Poseidon Island.

• Ye Qingcang advanced across the sea under his Asura God Domain and drew faith power away from Poseidon.
• Bo Saixi received the Sea God’s decree and ordered the Seven Holy Pillars to drive Ye Qingcang beyond a thousand li without dealing him a killing blow because he was a God Trial Taker.
• Bo Saixi said she would summon Tang San, while the Seven Holy Pillars delayed Ye Qingcang until Tang San awakened as a God Trial Taker.
• Poseidon pleaded with the Asura God as Ye Qingcang continued draining the faith power that supported Poseidon’s divine position.
• The Asura God declared that Poseidon’s theft of Poseidon’s Heart and gift of it to Tang San was a capital crime, and said Ye Qingcang’s victory could earn him Poseidon’s accumulated faith power.
• The Destruction God King applauded the Asura God’s decision, and the other God Kings silently agreed.

Ye Qingcang attacked the Poseidon Seven Holy Pillars on the Thousand Li Sea Area, killing Spear Douluo and overpowering the others. He summoned the Angel Holy Sword alongside the Asura God Sword and used Dual God Judgment to destroy the Poseidon Six Holy Pillars, leaving Poseidon Island facing his judgment.

• Ye Qingcang used a physical palm strike to overwhelm the Poseidon Seven Holy Pillars, while Sea Witch Douluo’s flute helped the others regain control of their bodies.
• Spear Douluo attacked Ye Qingcang with his golden spear, but Ye Qingcang reversed its direction and killed him with it.
• Sea Dragon Douluo ordered the remaining pillars to attack together, and they combined their defenses, water-based abilities, and mental assaults against Ye Qingcang.
• Ye Qingcang summoned the Angel Holy Sword and crossed it with the Asura God Sword, signaling that he would act in Angel God’s name against Poseidon Island.
• Ye Qingcang unleashed Dual God Judgment, cleaving apart the Thousand Li Sea Area and killing the Poseidon Six Holy Pillars.

Bo Saixi prepared to hold off Ye Qingcang while Tang San underwent his divine trial, but Ye Qingcang brought Tang Chen back to life and made him Bo Saixi’s opponent. Tang Chen awakened confused on Poseidon Island, leaving Bo Saixi facing the man she had once loved.

• Bo Saixi told Tang San that she would give him Poseidon’s divine artifact after his trial and have the Clear Sky Sect escort him away, while she stayed to fight Ye Qingcang.
• Bo Saixi reflected on her responsibility as High Priestess and urged Tang San to learn to take responsibility instead of giving in to hatred.
• Ye Qingcang revealed that he had borrowed the Angel Holy Sword for his next weapon and summoned a coffin containing Tang Chen from the sea.
• Tang Chen awoke with blood-red eyes, took the Asura God Sword from Ye Qingcang, and looked confused when he found himself on Poseidon Island with Bo Saixi.

Tang Chen reunited with Bo Saixi after Ye Qingcang summoned him, while Tang Hao and Tang San devised a way to challenge Tang Chen’s allegiance. The Clear Sky Sect elders arrived to greet their ancestor, with Tang Hao and Tang San still approaching.

• Tang Hao warned Tang San that avoiding Tang Chen would cost them their place in the Clear Sky Sect, and proposed claiming Tang Chen was controlled by Ye Qingcang.
• Ye Qingcang waited as Tang Chen and Bo Saixi reunited, expecting Tang Chen’s return to turn much of the Clear Sky Sect against Tang San.
• Tang Chen apologized to Bo Saixi for failing to keep their promise, and they discussed how his determination to become a god had shaped their past.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders arrived and called out to Tang Chen, while Tang Hao and Tang San remained behind them.

Tang Chen reunited with the Clear Sky Sect and urged Tang San to speak openly rather than use the sect to pursue his feud with Ye Qingcang. The chapter ended with Tang San rejecting Tang Chen’s warning and insisting Ye Qingcang had controlled him.

• Tang Xiao introduced Tang Hao and Tang San to Tang Chen, then tried to use Tang Chen’s return to open negotiations with Ye Qingcang.
• Tang Hao warned the elders that Ye Qingcang was the Clear Sky Sect’s enemy, but the Third Elder rebuked him for destroying the Haotian Token and refusing to acknowledge Tang Chen.
• Tang San suggested Ye Qingcang might have controlled Tang Chen, prompting Tang Chen to tell him to leave the sect if he would not accept its authority.
• Tang San argued that Tang Chen would never force him and Tang Hao out of the sect unless Ye Qingcang had schemed to control him.

Tang Chen challenged the Clear Sky Sect to choose whether to follow him or trust Ye Qingcang, and several elders sided with them. Ye Qingcang offered to revive the Fifth Elder’s son, bringing the sect’s leadership further toward his side as he asked Tang San and Tang Hao whether they had any objections.

• Tang Chen explained that his authority came from victories rather than seniority and invited the Clear Sky Sect to choose whom to follow.
• The Third, Fourth, and Sixth Elders joined Tang Chen, while the Second Elder urged the Fifth Elder and Tang Xiao to consider the sect’s future.
• Ye Qingcang offered to revive the Fifth Elder’s son using the remains he had preserved or an artificially cultivated vessel.
• The Fifth Elder accepted the offer and chose to revive his son, and Ye Qingcang asked Tang San and Tang Hao whether they had any more questions.

In the God Realm, the Gods recognized that Ye Qingcang had maneuvered them into accepting his plans while testing their willingness to intervene. Before Poseidon Island, Tang San failed to sway the Clear Sky Sect elders, and Ye Qingcang ordered an assault on the island as Bo Saixi protested.

• Rakshasa God, Angel God, and other Deities praised Ye Qingcang’s foresight, while Poseidon Tang San chose to lie low and considered sacrificing a pawn to protect himself.
• Tang San urged the Clear Sky Sect elders to return to his side, arguing that their blood ties, prospects of victory, and the possibility of reviving the Fifth Elder’s son justified fighting Ye Qingcang.
• The elders remained with Tang Chen because they feared Tang San would resent them if he won and trusted their decision if he lost.
• Ye Qingcang applauded Tang San’s speech, then assigned Tang Chen and the elders to fight Tang Hao and Tang Xiao while ordering the Sixth Elder to gather the island’s Clear Sky Sect disciples and kill anyone who resisted.
• When Bo Saixi objected to slaughtering Poseidon Island’s common people, Ye Qingcang defended his order and insisted that no one could punish him for it.

Ye Qingcang fought Poseidon High Priestess Poseidon after she unleashed her full strength and sealed his Soul Power. He defeated her with Magnetic Field Martial Arts and began turning her into an Impure Earth summon.

• Poseidon High Priestess Poseidon praised Ye Qingcang’s restraint but declared she would not hold back, then used her aura to suppress the gathered Titled Douluo.
• Ye Qingcang explained to Ice Empress why Dou One Limit Douluo surpassed Dou Two Limit Douluo, then revealed his five spirit rings: one black and four red.
• Poseidon formed a pseudo-divine domain and summoned a thousand-meter tsunami, which Ye Qingcang petrified and hurled back at her.
• Poseidon used her Ninth Soul Skills to imprison Ye Qingcang’s Soul Power with chains, but he activated Magnetic Field Martial Arts and struck her down at tremendous speed.
• Ye Qingcang brought over an Evil Spirit Master, erased his consciousness, placed Poseidon’s head on him, and began raising her as an Impure Earth summon.
• In the Divine Realm, Poseidon Tang San saw red.

Ye Qingcang revived Poseidon in an Impure Earth state and let her choose whether to serve him or remain loyal to Lord Poseidon. Poseidon chose Tang Chen and accepted his invitation, while Ye Qingcang prepared to face Tang San, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao.

• Ye Qingcang offered Poseidon autonomy and a choice between serving him after death or remaining loyal to Lord Poseidon.
• Ye Qingcang brought Tang Chen to Poseidon, and Tang Chen confessed his feelings and asked her to leave with him.
• The Rakshasa God interfered with Bibidong's bodily sensitivity while the gods watched events unfold.
• Poseidon accepted Tang Chen's invitation, and Tang Chen rejoiced at finally receiving her answer.
• Ye Qingcang took the Asura God Sword from Tang Chen and sent him and Poseidon to report to the City of Slaughter after they finished talking.
• Ye Qingcang turned his attention to Tang San, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao, declaring that their long-running conflict was about to end.

Tang Hao tried to help Tang San escape from Ye Qingcang, but Ye Qingcang killed him and destroyed Tang San’s flying Soul Tool. Tang San ended up on the sea with the Devil Soul Great White Sharks, while Ye Qingcang warned them to leave or face destruction.

• The Third and Fourth Elders confronted Tang Hao over his disloyalty, and Tang Hao gave Tang San a black-market Flying Soul Tool and stayed behind to delay Ye Qingcang.
• Tang San launched into the air, but the Third and Fourth Elders attacked him and Tang Hao with their soul skills.
• Tang Hao used his Martial Soul Avatar and Great Sumeru Hammer to break the Elders’ formation, but Ye Qingcang’s shockwave tore apart half his body and killed him.
• Ye Qingcang destroyed Tang San’s flying backpack, sending him into the sea, where a 100,000 Year Soul Beast and the Devil Soul Great White Sharks aided him.
• Ye Qingcang warned Xiao Bai and the Devil Soul Great White Sharks to withdraw or risk being wiped out.

Ye Qingcang killed Tang San, defeated the Demon Soul Great White Sharks with the Evil Spirit Orca King, and executed Tang Xiao. At the Divine Realm meeting, the Asura God King confronted Poseidon over breaking the rules and prepared to hear who had encouraged him.

• The Evil Spirit Orca King asked Ye Qingcang to let her clan fight the Demon Soul Great White Sharks, then began battling Little White as the two sea clans slaughtered one another.
• Ye Qingcang killed Tang San with a strike through the head and snapped the Poseidon Trident in half; the Evil Spirit Orca King then pierced Little White's heart.
• The Second Elder, Third Elder, Fourth Elder, and Fifth Elder captured Tang Xiao, and Ye Qingcang beheaded him with the Asura God Sword.
• The Asura God King ended the projection of Ye Qingcang's battle and challenged Poseidon to admit his guilt at the Divine Realm meeting.
• The Asura God King asked Poseidon who had given him the courage to knowingly break the rules.