Chapter Summaries

After Tang San and Tang Hao died, the Heaven Dou Empire backed the Clear Sky Sect, prompting a surge of factional allegiance that reshaped the continental balance. As the powers prepared for war, Bibi Dong emerged to begin Spirit Hall’s founding ceremony and become the continent’s first Empress.

• Tang Yuehua and Tang Xiao attended Tang San and Tang Hao’s funeral in Heaven Dou City and affirmed that the Clear Sky Sect would continue cooperating with the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Ye named the Clear Sky Sect the Nation Protecting Divine Sect, granted it tax exemptions, and imposed doubled taxes on other sects.
• The Clear Sky Sect offered affiliated sects tax-free earnings and autonomy, and many small factions pledged allegiance to it, increasing its soul masters from fewer than a thousand to six thousand.
• Ning Fengzhi’s clashes with the Heaven Dou Empire helped establish the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as an independent power rather than an imperial ally.
• Spirit Hall, the empires, and the major sects consolidated their followers as the continent edged toward war.
• Bibi Dong appeared in papal robes at Spirit City’s founding ceremony, where she was set to become the Douluo Continent’s first Empress.

Ning Fengzhi weighed how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should respond to Spirit Hall’s new empire, arguing that concentrated strength could end the coming war with fewer deaths. At Spirit Hall’s founding ceremony, Bibi Dong proclaimed herself Empress and appointed Hu Liena and Qian Renxue to powerful roles, while Tianlin watched as an invited guest.

• Ning Fengzhi predicted Spirit Hall would attack both empires and might massacre Gengxin City, then urged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to build its strength before entering the conflict.
• Ning Fengzhi explained to Gu Rong that a decisive show of force could persuade Heaven Dou and Star Luo to surrender and minimize casualties.
• Tianlin arrived at Spirit City to watch Spirit Hall’s founding ceremony, and Bibi Dong stopped Salas from provoking him.
• Bibi Dong declared Spirit Hall an empire, named herself its first Empress, and demanded obedience from all soul masters.
• Bibi Dong appointed Hu Liena as Holy Maiden and first heir, then named Qian Renxue Adjudication Elder with authority to punish rulers and ministers.
• Bibi Dong conferred titles on the empire’s founding contributors and declared that nothing could stop the Spirit Hall Empire’s advance.

After bidding farewell to Qian Renxue as enemies, Tianlin left Spirit City and headed for Sea God Island, where the Fifth Trial battles were underway. Yu Tianheng and Seaspear Douluo prepared to decide their fight with their strongest techniques.

• Qian Renxue told Tianlin she had become the Adjudication Elder so she could face him herself if Spirit Hall went to war, and they said goodbye as friends.
• Bibi Dong watched their farewell and reflected that the continental war would soon put them on opposing battlefields.
• Tianlin warned Qian Renxue about Evil Sword Immortal before leaving Spirit City, and she realized he still intended to protect her.
• Tianlin reached Sea God Island as four Fifth Trial battles proceeded simultaneously at the Seven Sacred Pillars.
• Yu Tianheng gained the advantage over Seaspear Douluo by spreading his Water Dirt Thunder through the Sea within the Sea, preventing Seaspear Douluo from drawing power from it.
• Seaspear Douluo unleashed his ninth soul skill, Annihilation, Sigh of the Sea, and Yu Tianheng answered with his soul bone skill, Sky Thunder Rupture.

Yu Tianheng passed his fifth Sea God test by using Northern Azure Pool to weaken Seaspear Douluo, then Ning Rongrong challenged the exhausted elder with Zhu Zhuqing's help. The Shi Brothers defeated Seahorse Douluo and Sea Ghost Douluo, earning their final test rewards and a God-given Spirit Ring.

• Yu Tianheng used Sky Thunder Rupture and Northern Azure Pool to overcome Seaspear Douluo, who admitted defeat.
• Yu Tianheng passed the fifth Black Level Six Test and advanced to level eighty.
• Ning Rongrong challenged the depleted Seaspear Douluo, with Zhu Zhuqing helping her fight.
• The Shi Brothers endured Seahorse Douluo and Sea Ghost Douluo's attacks with their defenses and reflected abilities.
• Shi Mo split Seahorse Douluo's strike between himself and Sea Ghost Douluo, then reflected Sea Ghost Douluo's poison onto Seahorse Douluo, forcing both elders to admit defeat.
• The Shi Brothers passed the fifth Black Level Five Test and received two Soul Power levels, black-level authority on Sea God Island, and a God-given Spirit Ring.

Dugu Yan defeated the Seastar Douluo by using hidden ice and fire powers to disable his Soul Power, then overwhelmed him with poison. Ning Rongrong arrived after defeating the Seaspear Douluo and quickly passed the Seastar trial by exploiting Dugu Yan’s weakened opponent.

• Dugu Yan’s poison failed against the Seastar Douluo’s Devour skills, and his tentacles bound her before his ninth Soul Skill began draining her life force and power.
• Dugu Yan revealed that her Martial Soul was the Ice Fire Jade Scale Flood Dragon and used its ice and fire powers to freeze the Seastar Douluo’s meridians and prevent him from using his Soul Power.
• Dugu Yan broke free, struck the Seastar Douluo with Jade Scale Purple Poison, and passed her fifth trial, receiving two ranks of Soul Power, black-level authority, and a God-given Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Yan suppressed some of the poison in the Seastar Douluo’s body as Ning Rongrong arrived with Zhu Zhuqing after defeating the Seaspear Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong defeated the weakened Seastar Douluo within ten seconds, following the group’s plan to use clever methods against some of the Seven Seagod Douluo.

Huan Yin defeated Seamaiden Douluo in a musical contest after comprehending and deploying the Heavenly Sound Array. With her assessment complete, Ning Rongrong and Osler headed to challenge the Hai Wang Sacred Pillar.

• Seamaiden Douluo played Town Sea Divine Melody against Huan Yin's Dome Light Breaking Formation Melody, and their Mental Power proved evenly matched.
• Huan Yin recognized that the Town Sea Divine Melody was helping her understand music and unconsciously formed the Heavenly Sound Array, splitting into five clones.
• Seamaiden Douluo mistakenly focused her Mental Power on the array's central clone, Gong, while the other four clones protected it.
• The five clones' melody reached its climax, and Seamaiden Douluo conceded before Huan Yin's mental attacks could hit her.
• Huan Yin declined Seamaiden Douluo's request to teach her the Yaoguang Music Score, then finished her assessment.
• Ning Rongrong and Osler set out to challenge the Hai Wang Sacred Pillar after Ning Rongrong passed the Sea Spear and Sea Star trials.

Osler entered Seamirage Douluo’s illusion domain and faced a vision of Tang Hao, the man who had killed him before. He overcame his fear, defeated the illusion, and passed the trial at the Seamirage Holy Pillar.

• A Purple Robed Guardian told Osler, Ning Rongrong, and their companion that their trial had begun inside Seamirage Douluo’s blue mist.
• Osler charged into the mist and found himself in a forest where an illusion of Tang Hao attacked him with a Clear Sky Hammer.
• Osler used Nullification and his Soul Skills to break through Tang Hao’s defenses while realizing the illusion grew stronger as he feared it.
• Osler’s Explosive Kill Eight Stage Throw shattered the illusion and cleared his fear.
• The forest illusion broke apart, revealing the Seamirage Holy Pillar and confirming Osler had passed his trial.

Osler passed the Seam irage Holy Pillar trial after facing an illusion of his past enemy, while Ning Rongrong overcame Seam irage Douluo’s illusion realm with Snow Empress’s help. Ning Rongrong then headed to the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar, where Oscar was waiting to begin his trial.

• Osler defeated the illusion of his former enemy and passed the fifth test of the Black Level Six Test, raising his Soul Power to level eighty-four.
• Ning Rongrong entered the trial alone, but her lack of fear left Seam irage Douluo’s Illusion Domain unable to affect her.
• Seam irage Douluo trapped Ning Rongrong in a vast mountain maze with his ninth Soul Skill, Falsehood, Mirage Tower Sea Devour.
• Snow Empress took control of Ning Rongrong’s body, found the way out with her Mental Power, and created an ice path for Ning Rongrong to follow.
• Ning Rongrong escaped the illusion realm and passed the trial, then went to the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar, where Oscar was waiting for his turn.

Oscar challenged Sea Dragon Douluo at the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar and used Tianlin’s blood to copy the Demon Sword martial soul. The battle began with both fighters activating their Martial Soul Avatars, leaving Oscar to face the Super Douluo with only a limited time to endure his borrowed power.

• Oscar and his companions arrived at the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar, where Sea Dragon Douluo warned Oscar that his strength surpassed the guardians Oscar had faced before.
• Oscar accepted Sea Dragon Douluo’s challenge and summoned a Mirror Image Sausage.
• Oscar added a drop of Tianlin’s blood to the sausage and ate it, gaining the Demon Sword martial soul and eighty percent of its power for a short time.
• Oscar summoned the Demon Sword Avatar, while Sea Dragon Douluo answered with the Sea Dragon Avatar.

Oscar used Tianlin’s Demon Sword and fighting style to defeat Sea Dragon Douluo in the fifth trial of the Black Level Six Test. He passed the trial and raised his soul power to Rank 78.

• Oscar froze part of the sea and struck Sea Dragon Douluo with sword energies that suppressed his soul power and wounded him.
• Sea Dragon Douluo strengthened himself with his soul skills and Martial Soul Avatar, but Oscar used Feng Shui Circulation to dispel the enhancements.
• Oscar raised his power to Rank 80 and used Extreme Curse Return Yin Yang to fully restore his Mental Power and Soul Power.
• Oscar overwhelmed Sea Dragon Douluo with Radiant Immortal Execution Slash and Three Talents Demon Breaking Formation.
• Oscar passed the fifth trial of the Black Level Six Test and received a one-rank increase to Rank 78.

Ning Rongrong passed Sea Dragon Douluo’s trial by blocking his strongest attack with her Nine Treasure Divine Light Body Protection. She then chose Seamaiden Douluo as her next opponent and arrived at her Sacred Pillar with Zhu Zhuqing.

• Oscar told Sea Dragon Douluo that the sword he had copied belonged to Tianlin, the Vice Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Ning Rongrong’s husband.
• Sea Dragon Douluo agreed to attack Ning Rongrong only once, and she accepted the condition to conserve her strength for the remaining trials.
• Sea Dragon Douluo unleashed his Self-Sacrifice Skill and Ninth Soul Skill, but Ning Rongrong’s Eighth Soul Skill blocked the strike completely.
• Sea Dragon Douluo admitted defeat and declared that Ning Rongrong had passed his trial.
• Ning Rongrong chose Seamaiden Douluo for her next trial and arrived with Zhu Zhuqing, where Huan Yin greeted them.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing challenged Seamaiden Douluo at the Seamaiden Holy Pillar and defeated her by preventing her from playing her flute. After Seamaiden Douluo admitted defeat, the two left for the next trial site.

• Huan Yin introduced Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to Seamaiden Douluo, who offered to pass them if they listened to her flute.
• Huan Yin warned them to attack before Seamaiden Douluo could play, and Zhu Zhuqing charged with Ning Rongrong's speed boost.
• Seamaiden Douluo read Zhu Zhuqing's thoughts and countered her attacks, then knocked her back with her tail.
• Ning Rongrong used her Illusion Head Bone to link minds and shield Zhu Zhuqing from Seamaiden Douluo's mind reading.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her enhanced speed and shadow clones to overwhelm Seamaiden Douluo, who admitted defeat.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing left for the next trial site while Seamaiden Douluo sulked by the pillar.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing defeated Sea Ghost Douluo by using Ultimate Ice to suppress his poison and then exploiting his weakened defenses. After resting, they challenged Seahorse Douluo, who overwhelmed Zhu Zhuqing with a locked-on attack and left her seriously injured.

• Ning Rongrong used her Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain to slow Sea Ghost Douluo's poisonous mist and blocked his Nether Void Demon Luo Seal with ice armor and mirrors.
• Zhu Zhuqing seized Sea Ghost Douluo's opening and stopped her attack just short of his forehead, prompting him to declare that they had passed his trial.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing rested for several hours before returning to face Seahorse Douluo at full strength.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Zhu Zhuqing while Seahorse Douluo used wide-area and powerful single-target punches to destroy her clones and force her to evade.
• Seahorse Douluo locked onto Zhu Zhuqing with his eighth soul skill and struck her, leaving her seriously injured as Ning Rongrong rushed to catch her.

Ning Rongrong passed the Sea God Fifth Trial by combining Ice Empress and Snow Empress’s power into Pride of the Ice and Snow Two Emperors, while Zhu Zhuqing protected her from the Seahorse Douluo’s attack. Sea God Douluo announced that Ning Rongrong’s Sixth Trial had become harder and that she and Zhu Zhuqing would face her instead of the Seven Seagod Holy Pillars Douluo.

• Zhu Zhuqing lost her Martial Soul Avatar after the Seahorse Douluo struck her, leaving Ning Rongrong to fight beside her.
• The Seahorse Douluo unleashed his ninth soul skill, shattering Ning Rongrong’s ice defenses, and Zhu Zhuqing took the brunt of the attack to protect her.
• Ning Rongrong used Pride of the Ice and Snow Two Emperors to overpower and freeze the Seahorse Douluo, passing the Fifth Trial.
• Sea God’s Light raised Ning Rongrong’s Sea God affinity to forty-five percent and increased Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Power to level seventy-eight.
• Sea God Douluo raised the difficulty of Ning Rongrong’s Sixth Trial and assigned her and Zhu Zhuqing to face her instead of the Seven Seagod Holy Pillars Douluo.

Bo Saixi set a three-day deadline for the Sixth Trial, which required Ning Rongrong, Yu Tianheng, Osler, and Oscar to withstand her for a stick of incense. Tianlin secretly watched over them, and the chapter ended when Shi Mo spotted a living Two-Headed Thunder Dragon floating in the sea.

• Bo Saixi explained that she could use only her first six soul skills during the Sixth Trial and that one participant had to remain standing after a stick of incense.
• Tianlin revealed that he had secretly arrived to keep Bo Saixi from killing Ning Rongrong and planned to show her that Tang Chen was in his hands during the trial.
• Bo Saixi sensed a faint presence near a reef, but Tianlin escaped detection and emerged after she left.
• Oscar and Osler offered to use their abilities to protect Ning Rongrong, while Yu Tianheng lamented that he could not help the group.
• Shi Mo spotted a living Two-Headed Thunder Dragon floating on the sea, and Yu Tianheng recognized it as a Soul Beast suited to his martial soul.

Tianlin secretly delivered a severely wounded Two-Headed Thunder Dragon for Yu Tianheng to absorb as his eighth spirit ring, then revealed himself to Ning Rongrong after she sought him out. He warned her that her upcoming Sixth Trial could threaten her life.

• Yu Feng dragged the badly injured Two-Headed Thunder Dragon ashore, and Yu Tianheng identified it as a suitable beast over seventy thousand years old.
• Tianlin watched from hiding after arranging the Thunder Dragon as a gift for Yu Tianheng, who killed it and began absorbing its spirit ring.
• Ning Rongrong suspected someone was helping them, and Zhu Zhuqing said Tianlin was already nearby and would protect her during the Sixth Trial.
• Ning Rongrong went into the forest and threatened to leave for home until Tianlin came out of hiding; she reunited with him and playfully bit him.
• Tianlin explained that he had arrived early because Ning Rongrong's Sixth Trial could put her life in danger, leaving her confused about the threat.

Tianlin told Ning Rongrong why he had withheld Tang Chen from Bo Saixi, and Ning Rongrong decided not to ask him to risk making Tang Chen an enemy. To lift her spirits, Tianlin gave her the power to summon the Snow Demon Girl, a gift he said would help with her Sea God trial.

• Tianlin explained that Bo Saixi might sacrifice herself when Ning Rongrong reached the Sea God Ninth Trial, and revealed why he had delayed returning Tang Chen.
• Ning Rongrong weighed her gratitude to Bo Saixi against the danger a healed Tang Chen could pose to Tianlin and his allies, then chose not to plead for him.
• Tianlin offered Ning Rongrong a reunion gift, and she teased him that it had to be more valuable than a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring.
• Tianlin explained how Spirit Pearls allowed him to summon divine beings and showed Ning Rongrong the Water Spirit Pearl containing the Snow Demon Girl.
• Tianlin transferred the Snow Demon Girl's divine thought and some of her power into Ning Rongrong's Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, giving her the ability to summon the Snow Demon Girl.

Ning Rongrong and her companions began Bo Saixi’s trial, but Bo Saixi focused her attacks on Rongrong and nearly overwhelmed her defenses. Rongrong summoned Snow Demon, who neutralized the falling water spheres, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• Xiao Bai delivered Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Osler, and Yu Tianheng to Seagod Mountain, where Bo Saixi began their trial and warned them that failure carried a severe punishment.
• Bo Saixi used Seagod Gaze and Annihilation Sea to trap the others, then targeted Ning Rongrong with Vast Sea Raging Waves.
• Ning Rongrong used Nine Treasure Divine Light Body Protection, but Bo Saixi’s attacks cracked the pagoda and made Rongrong spit blood.
• Yu Tianheng and Osler broke free of the waves and moved to help Oscar as Rongrong seized her chance to act.
• Ning Rongrong used Summoning God Technique—Snow Demon, and Snow Demon turned the remaining water spheres into ice, forcing Bo Saixi to redirect them into the sea.

Ning Rongrong and her companions challenged Bo Saixi, while Tianlin used Tang Chen’s safety to keep Bo Saixi from killing Ning Rongrong. Oscar unleashed the Heaven and Earth Origin Spirit Slash, forcing Bo Saixi to break the trial rules, and Ning Rongrong passed.

• Ning Rongrong summoned Snow Demon to freeze Bo Saixi’s Sea Burial vortex while the group prepared a four-person fusion skill centered on Oscar.
• Ning Rongrong shielded Oscar from Bo Saixi’s Stormy Waves as he gathered power, and Tianlin arrived with Tang Chen sealed in a crystal.
• Tianlin warned Bo Saixi that harming Ning Rongrong would endanger Tang Chen, leaving Bo Saixi unable to attack without risking the trial rules.
• Oscar endured the Demon Sword’s power and unleashed his ninth Soul Skill, Heaven and Earth Origin Spirit Slash, against Bo Saixi.
• Bo Saixi used her ninth Soul Skill, Seagod Descent, to withstand Oscar’s strike, and Tianlin declared that she had broken the rules and Ning Rongrong had passed.

Ning Rongrong and the others completed their sixth trials, and Tianlin freed Tang Chen so he could reunite with Bo Saixi. The group left Tang Chen and Bo Saixi together, while Ning Rongrong agreed to rest in Sea Dragon City before her seventh trial.

• Ning Rongrong, Yu Tianheng, Osler, and Oscar received their sixth-trial rewards, and Oscar gained three Soul Power ranks and a God-given Spirit Ring.
• Bo Saixi praised Oscar's willpower and asked Tianlin to honor his promise to return Tang Chen.
• Tianlin removed Tang Chen's seal, and Tang Chen and Bo Saixi reunited and shared their regrets over the years apart.
• Tang Chen asked about the Clear Sky Sect, and Tianlin falsely assured him that the sect was thriving and that Tang San could support its future.
• Sea Dragon Douluo offered to postpone Ning Rongrong's seventh trial, and she agreed to rest in Sea Dragon City.