Chapter Summaries

Lin Jiang secured the allegiance of the Breaking, Defense, and Speed Clans, while most of the Strength Clan chose to remain under his protection. Bai Chenxiang woke in the Return to Ruin Pavilion and found Lin Jiang beside her, teasing her about what he had done while she was unconscious.

• Tang San and Ma Hongjun crawled away after Lin Jiang ordered them to leave, and Lin Jiang challenged the Defense and Speed Clans to reconsider trusting Tang San and his father.
• Yang Wudi challenged Lin Jiang, but Lin Jiang defeated him with the Azure Divine Vine martial soul, convincing the Breaking Clan to join the Return to Ruin Pavilion.
• Lin Jiang offered the Strength Clan members the choice to stay as an affiliated sect or leave, and most chose to stay while Titan's loyalists departed.
• Lin Jiang ordered Titan to be buried properly, and the three clans that submitted gained greater confidence in following him.
• Bai Chenxiang woke in a room at the Return to Ruin Pavilion, saw Lin Jiang beside her, and asked what he had done while she was unconscious.
• Lin Jiang teased Bai Chenxiang by claiming he had done everything he could and could not do.

Bai Chenxiang accepted her betrothal to Lin Jiang, and the two spent the morning together at the Return to Ruin Pavilion. In Heaven Dou City, Lin Jiang reassured Qian Renxue that her succession was secure, and she promised to bear him a child once everything was settled.

• Bai Chenxiang told Lin Jiang to take responsibility for her, and he revealed that Clan Chief Bai He had agreed to their betrothal.
• Lin Jiang joined Bai Chenxiang beneath the blanket at the Return to Ruin Pavilion despite her flustered protests.
• Lin Jiang visited Qian Renxue at the Crown Prince's residence, where she reproached him for being surrounded by beauties and mentioned Xiao Wu's pregnancy.
• Lin Jiang described how he had neutralized threats to Qian Renxue's succession, including court opponents, Tang San, and other forces.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Jiang she wanted to bear him a child after matters were settled, and he promised to welcome her into the Return to Ruin Pavilion.

Lin Jiang unlocked the Divine Sword of Light, Radiant Sundial, and advanced to the peak of level eighty-five while Qian Renxue entered the Soul Douluo realm. Meanwhile, the Asura God restored Tang San’s hope by arranging for him to receive the Sea God’s power and trials on Sea God Island.

• Lin Jiang unlocked the twelfth slot of the Void-returning Sword Casket through dual cultivation with Qian Renxue and summoned the Divine Sword of Light, Radiant Sundial.
• Lin Jiang’s soul power rose to the peak of level eighty-five, while Qian Renxue broke through to the Soul Douluo realm.
• Tang San wandered through the rain with Ma Hongjun, defeated and despairing after his recent setbacks.
• The Asura God spoke to Tang San, assured him that he would not abandon him, and revealed that the Sea God would grant him divine power and trials on Sea God Island.

Tang San and Ma Hongjun headed for Vast Sea City after the Asura God urged them to seek the Sea God's inheritance on Sea God Island. Lin Jiang learned of their destination and set out for the island himself, leaving Return to Ruin Pavilion in Tang Yuehua's care.

• The Asura God told Tang San to go to Vast Sea City and find a way to Sea God Island, giving Tang San and Ma Hongjun renewed hope.
• Lin Jiang spotted Tang San and Ma Hongjun moving toward Vast Sea City on his system map and decided to follow them to Sea God Island.
• Lin Jiang told the women at Return to Ruin Pavilion about his trip and asked Tang Yuehua to oversee the pavilion while he was away.
• Lin Jiang reassured Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu, then departed on the Wind God Sword, Lightchaser, toward Vast Sea City.

Lin Jiang chose to bind Poseidon to a new system, which sent the Sea God on a mission to find Tang San at Purple Pearl Island. Tang San regained consciousness there after surviving the shipwreck.

• Lin Jiang arrived in Vast Sea City, saw that Tang San and Ma Hongjun were far out at sea, and rested while sampling local seafood.
• Lin Jiang used the new sub-system authorization to bind the Sea God—Poseidon.
• Poseidon received a Sea God God-King System and a novice mission to reach Purple Pearl Island, where Tang San was located.
• Enticed by the promise of a divine power increase, Poseidon hurried from the God Realm toward Purple Pearl Island.
• Tang San regained consciousness in a crude house on Purple Pearl Island as someone gently raised him and supported him with pillows.

Tang San recovered in a physician’s care on Purple Pearl Island while Poseidon received divine power increases from a system for completing missions tied to him. Lin Jiang gained ten soul-power levels through their linked system, and Poseidon began transmitting Sea God power to Tang San before an emergency mission demanded an even deeper infusion.

• Ji Xiang fed the weakened Tang San rice porridge and planned to follow it with medicinal soup.
• Poseidon completed his novice mission to reach Tang San, gaining a divine power level, while Lin Jiang received a ten-level soul-power increase through the linked system.
• Poseidon received a mission to guide Tang San’s divine power, knocked Ji Xiang unconscious, and began transmitting Sea God power to Tang San.
• The Sea God power repaired Tang San’s damaged body and stirred his weakened Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
• Poseidon received an emergency mission demanding a deeper infusion for another level, and Tang San’s consciousness fully awakened.

Poseidon forcibly transmitted divine power into Tang San under the guise of strengthening his inheritance, leaving Tang San physically and spiritually devastated. Meanwhile, the system’s feedback raised Lin Jiang to level ninety-five, and he named himself Return to Ruin Douluo; Tang San clung to his will to survive.

• Tang San woke to Poseidon’s presence and thanked him for saving his life.
• Poseidon claimed that intestinal absorption transmitted divine power better, restrained Tang San, and forcibly carried out the transmission while Tang San remained conscious.
• In Vast Sea City, Lin Jiang received soul power from the system feedback and reached level ninety-five.
• Lin Jiang declared that his title would be Return to Ruin Douluo.
• On Purple Pearl Island, Tang San lay shattered by the experience, but his inherited survival instinct kept him from surrendering to despair.

Tang San recovered enough to leave for Sea God Island, setting out with Ma Hongjun in a ramshackle boat. Meanwhile, Lin Jiang landed on Purple Pearl Island to rest and was surrounded by Purple Pearl Pirates.

• Tang San found Sea God's divine power within him and resolved to reach Sea God Island and pursue godhood.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun bought a crude boat and struggled to row it toward Sea God Island, losing their last flatbread to the sea.
• Lin Jiang flew to Purple Pearl Island on Lightchaser and landed on a secluded beach to rest.
• Purple Pearl Pirates surrounded Lin Jiang and challenged him for trespassing on their territory.

Lin Jiang accepted Purple Pearl’s wager that he could catch her and bring her to a hut before an incense stick burned out. Purple Pearl fled into the island’s trap-filled rainforest, but Lin Jiang pursued her while using his spiritual power to control his surroundings.

• Lin Jiang met Purple Pearl and said he wanted her to come with him.
• Purple Pearl proposed that Lin Jiang catch her and return her to a hut before the incense burned out; if he lost, he would give her his soul bones, and if he won, she would let him do as he pleased.
• Lin Jiang accepted the wager, and Purple Pearl’s subordinates lit the incense.
• Purple Pearl fled into the rainforest as her subordinates attacked Lin Jiang with Soul Skills.
• Lin Jiang used Lightchaser to deflect the attacks, then pursued Purple Pearl through the forest while his spiritual power tracked the traps around him.

Lin Jiang caught Purple Pearl after she fled through the forest and sea, then carried her into a hut. At dusk, he opened a chest and found two pearls that began drawing together as Purple Pearl rested in his arms.

• Purple Pearl escaped Lin Jiang’s traps and dove into the sea, but Lin Jiang used Formless, Water Bind to capture and return her to the cliff.
• Lin Jiang carried Purple Pearl into the wooden hut, where the chapter later showed her resting in his robe in his arms.
• Lin Jiang opened a leather chest and found two smooth, luminous pearls inside.
• The pearls grew warm and began drawing toward each other as Lin Jiang examined them.

Lin Jiang brought Purple Pearl Island under Return to Ruin Pavilion’s control and had Poseidon prepare to guide Tang San through the Sea God’s trials. Tang San and Ma Hongjun reached Sea God Island, where Seahorse Douluo received a divine command to guide them.

• Purple Pearl accepted Lin Jiang’s protection and agreed to make Purple Pearl Island part of Return to Ruin Pavilion, serving as its representative in the seas.
• Lin Jiang decided to reorganize Purple Pearl’s forces and train them, while declining her offer to capture Tang San and Ma Hongjun.
• Lin Jiang contacted Poseidon through the system and ordered him to monitor Tang San and guide him through the Sea God’s Nine Trials.
• After a grueling voyage, Tang San and Ma Hongjun arrived at Sea God Island and met Seahorse Douluo.
• Seahorse Douluo received the Sea God’s command to guide Tang San and Ma Hongjun through the divine trials.

Poseidon weakened the Sea God's Light so Tang San could pass the first trial, but Tang San mistook the help for proof of his own strength. Seahorse Douluo then led Tang San and Ma Hongjun to the Ring Sea for the second trial.

• Seahorse Douluo brought Tang San and Ma Hongjun to the Seahorse Sacred Pillar to begin the Sea God's Light trial.
• Poseidon reduced the pressure, but Tang San collapsed on the first step and acted as though he were enduring a severe ordeal.
• Poseidon nearly removed the pressure entirely, allowing Tang San to climb the stairs while believing his perseverance had earned the Sea God's favor.
• Tang San reached the top and declared that the Sea God inheritance would be his, while Ma Hongjun praised him and Seahorse Douluo watched in disbelief.
• Seahorse Douluo led Tang San and Ma Hongjun to the Ring Sea for their second trial.

Poseidon secretly removed the dangers from Tang San and Ma Hongjun’s Ring Sea trial, while Tang San mistook their easy crossing for a hard-fought victory. Confident after passing two trials, Tang San reached the third trial, where Poseidon had already softened the Tidal Body Tempering test.

• Poseidon neutralized the Ring Sea’s suppression, dangerous currents, and hostile Sea Soul Beasts before Tang San and Ma Hongjun entered.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun cautiously crossed the harmless waters, mistaking gentle fish and turtles for possible threats.
• Tang San credited their vigilance for overcoming the blockade, and Ma Hongjun agreed with him.
• Tang San declared that he would complete the Sea God’s Nine Trials and arrived at the Sinking Silver Pillar for the third trial.
• Poseidon weakened the waves, removed their soul power and cold, and loosened the chains so the Tidal Body Tempering trial would feel comfortable.

Tang San’s gentle Tidal Body Tempering trial turned into a humiliating seabird attack, which he reinterpreted as a test of his resolve. After leaving Purple Pearl, Lin Jiang continued toward Sea God Island and encountered its guardian, Xiao Bai.

• Tang San mistook the gentle waves during his trial for a special opportunity and pretended to endure intense pain while Ma Hongjun watched from shore.
• Seabirds attacked Tang San’s exposed magic pellets, and he struggled against them while bound to the pillar as Ma Hongjun, Seahorse Douluo, and Poseidon watched.
• After the birds pecked him clean, Tang San convinced himself the attack was another test, and Seahorse Douluo freed him from the pillar.
• Lin Jiang left Purple Pearl and flew toward Sea God Island, sensing a powerful presence in the surrounding waters.
• Xiao Bai, the hundred-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark King, leaped from the sea and confronted Lin Jiang as an intruder.

Lin Jiang defeated Xiao Bai, Sea God Island’s hundred-thousand-year Evil Spirit Great White Shark guardian, and forced her into human form. Using his power and alluring abilities, he overcame her resistance, leaving the island’s first guardian under his control before he reached Sea God Island.

• Xiao Bai warned Lin Jiang to leave Sea God Island, then attacked him with water blades.
• Lin Jiang stopped the blades with Mountain Suppressor and used Formless Sword to drain Xiao Bai’s control over the seawater.
• Lin Jiang forced Xiao Bai out of her shark form and ordered her to take human form.
• Lin Jiang approached Xiao Bai and used his Soul Beast Affinity and Bewitching Touch to weaken her resistance.
• Lin Jiang kissed Xiao Bai, and she yielded to him on the coral island.

Tang San and Ma Hongjun received the fourth trial, which required them to help the Demon Soul Great White Shark pack kill the one-hundred-thousand-year Evil Demon Orca King. When the Demon Soul Great White Shark King Xiao Bai failed to appear, Seahorse Douluo investigated and found her on a remote atoll, frantically straightening her clothes.

• Tang San and Ma Hongjun received the fourth trial to assist the Demon Soul Great White Shark pack in slaying the Evil Demon Orca King within thirty days.
• Tang San expected Xiao Bai to arrive and help them plan, but she did not appear.
• Seahorse Douluo told Tang San and Ma Hongjun to wait while he searched for Xiao Bai.
• Seahorse Douluo found a faint, strange trace of Xiao Bai's aura leading toward remote coral islets.
• Seahorse Douluo reached a tiny atoll and saw Xiao Bai frantically straightening her disheveled clothes.

Lin Jiang confronted Seahorse Douluo after finding Xiao Bai, then used the Dragon Soar Sword to cut through Seahorse Douluo’s attack and kill him. Xiao Bai remained beside Lin Jiang as the confrontation ended.

• Seahorse Douluo found Xiao Bai with Lin Jiang and angrily demanded to know why she had abandoned her duties as guardian of the Sea God's Fourth Trial.
• Lin Jiang called Xiao Bai his woman and introduced himself as the master of the Return to Ruin Pavilion.
• Seahorse Douluo transformed with his Seahorse True Form and attacked Lin Jiang and Xiao Bai with his ninth soul skill.
• Lin Jiang summoned the Dragon Soar Sword and used its first soul skill, Boundary Severance, to slice through the waterspout and Seahorse Douluo.
• Seahorse Douluo was split in two by the golden line of Boundary Severance.

Lin Jiang killed Seahorse Douluo with one sword strike, then left with Xiao Bai for Sea God Island. Bo Saixi sensed the Seahorse Sacred Pillar's connection fading and dispatched the other six guardians to investigate and kill any attackers.

• Lin Jiang cut Seahorse Douluo in half with a single sword strike, and Xiao Bai watched in shock.
• Lin Jiang reassured Xiao Bai, who accepted him and said she would listen to him in everything.
• Bo Saixi sensed the Seahorse Sacred Pillar's light fading and realized Seahorse Douluo might have been killed.
• Bo Saixi ordered Sea Dragon, Sea Lance, Sea Delusion, Sea Ghost, Sea Star, and Sea Witch to investigate the Seahorse Sacred Pillar and kill any attackers.
• Xiao Bai carried Lin Jiang across the sea toward Sea God Island while the six guardians raced toward the Seahorse Sacred Pillar.

Sea Delusion Douluo tried to trap Lin Jiang and Xiao Bai in his Mist Illusion Realm, but Lin Jiang’s overwhelming spiritual power turned the domain against him. Sea Delusion Douluo was left trapped in a nightmare of his own painful memories as Lin Jiang watched.

• Sea Delusion Douluo sensed Lin Jiang’s danger, suspected him of involvement in Seahorse Douluo’s disappearance, and alerted the other five Douluo to surround him.
• Sea Delusion Douluo activated his Sea Delusion Avatar and Mist Illusion Realm, engulfing Lin Jiang and Xiao Bai in a fog that could turn mental and physical suffering into real harm.
• Sea Delusion Douluo tried to probe Lin Jiang’s mind, but Lin Jiang’s stronger spiritual power invaded the domain and twisted it out of his control.
• Sea Delusion Douluo’s own buried regrets and desires appeared in the illusion, leaving him howling and unable to reclaim control of his spiritual power.
• Xiao Bai watched the domain’s collapse from its edge while Lin Jiang remained calmly on her back, his purple-gold spiritual power spreading outward.

Lin Jiang killed the Sea Delusion Douluo with a devastating illusion and faced the arriving Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo. The two launched a coordinated attack, but Lin Jiang summoned Wildfire and unleashed flames that began melting their assaults.

• Lin Jiang destroyed the Sea Delusion Douluo’s spirit with his own nightmare, killing him without touching his body.
• Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo arrived, saw their fallen comrade, and attacked Lin Jiang together.
• Sea Dragon Douluo transformed into his Sea Dragon True Form and fired a powerful dragon-breath beam as Sea Spear Douluo launched a piercing spear thrust.
• Lin Jiang summoned the Fire God’s Sword, Wildfire, and released rings of purple-red flame that melted the dragon breath and weakened the golden spear.