Chapter Summaries

Sea Witch's Mermaid System ordered her to unleash her ninth soul skill against everyone nearby, and she obeyed just as the five Saint Pillar Guardians prepared to attack Lin Jiang. Her Sea-Calming Divine Melody shattered their formation and struck Xiao Bai as well, leaving the battle in turmoil.

• Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo were driven back when Lin Jiang's flames neutralized their attacks, and Sea Dragon was scorched.
• Sea Ghost Douluo, Sea Witch Douluo, and Sea Star Douluo arrived and joined Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo in surrounding Lin Jiang and Xiao Bai.
• Sea Star Douluo called for the five guardians to form the Five Saints Suppress the Sea array and attack Lin Jiang together.
• Sea Witch Douluo received a Mermaid System mission ordering her to use Sea-Calming Divine Melody indiscriminately, with a soul-power increase as the reward and becoming Lin Jiang's slave as the penalty for failure.
• Sea Witch Douluo chose to obey the mission and unleashed her ninth soul skill just as the guardians prepared to attack.
• Sea-Calming Divine Melody struck the four other guardians and Xiao Bai, disrupting the guardians' formation and injuring them.

Lin Jiang protected Sea Witch from the Sacred Pillar Guardians, killed Sea Ghost Douluo with his flames and the Radiant Sundial, and repelled the other three guardians. As Sea God Mountain’s aura rose, he prepared to face the next threat.

• Sea Witch’s flute attack disrupted the guardians, and Sea Ghost Douluo tried to seize the chance to attack her before Lin Jiang intervened.
• Lin Jiang struck Sea Ghost Douluo with the Blazing Prairie Sword’s Unburning Oath, setting his body and soul ablaze.
• Sea Dragon Douluo, Sea Spear Douluo, and Sea Star Douluo attacked Lin Jiang, but he blocked their assault with the combined barriers of the Blazing Prairie Sword and the Radiant Sundial.
• Lin Jiang purified Sea Ghost Douluo with the Radiant Sundial, annihilating him completely and completing Sea Witch’s system mission, which raised her soul power to level ninety-five.
• Lin Jiang told Sea Witch to play for him alone next time, then faced the three remaining guardians as a vast aura rose from Sea God Mountain.

Lin Jiang restrained the Sea Witch while his three divine swords held off Sea Dragon, Sea Lance, and Sea Star, until Bo Saixi arrived to confront him. As Bo Saixi prepared to attack, a system mission ordered her to lift her robe’s hem or lose it permanently.

• Lin Jiang controlled Dragon Soar, Blazing Prairie, and Radiant Heat to hold Sea Dragon, Sea Lance, and Sea Star at bay.
• Lin Jiang seized the Sea Witch and taunted her before sensing a powerful presence approaching from Sea God Mountain.
• Bo Saixi arrived, condemned Lin Jiang for his crimes, and gathered power to strike him.
• Lin Jiang mocked Bo Saixi by saying everyone could see beneath her skirt.
• A system ordered Bo Saixi to lift her robe’s hem for three seconds within sixty seconds, promising to raise the ranks of Sea Dragon, Sea Lance, and Sea Star by one or make her robe vanish permanently.

Bo Saixi completed the Sea God's Blessing task by lifting her skirt in front of Lin Jiang and the surviving Sacred Pillar Guardians, earning them increased soul power while enduring public humiliation. Enraged, she unleashed a devastating attack at Lin Jiang, who prepared to evade but worried that its force would kill Xiao Bai and the Sea Witch.

• Bo Saixi resisted the task to lift her skirt, then obeyed at the last moment to strengthen the remaining Guardians.
• Lin Jiang teased Bo Saixi about the cute pattern beneath her gown, while Sea Dragon, Sea Lance, and Sea Star stared in shock.
• The task rewarded Sea Dragon Douluo, Sea Lance Douluo, and Sea Star Douluo with one soul-power level each.
• Bo Saixi pointed the Sea God's Scepter at Lin Jiang and fired a devastating beam in a furious attempt to kill him.
• Lin Jiang considered escaping with Cosmos Ripper but saw that the attack's aftermath could kill Xiao Bai and the Sea Witch.

Lin Jiang used the Time Divine Sword—Everlasting Sand to freeze the battlefield and stop Bo Saixi’s destructive attack. With time still halted, he inspected the frozen Sea Witch and moved to admire Bo Saixi, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lin Jiang poured his soul power and spiritual power into the Eternal Sand Sword and activated Time Stop.
• Time froze across the battlefield, halting Bo Saixi’s golden pillar, the Sea Dragon, Sea Spear, and Sea Star Douluos, Xiao Bai, and the Sea Witch.
• Lin Jiang pinched the frozen Sea Witch’s cheek and told her to wait for him.
• Lin Jiang appeared beside the frozen Bo Saixi and examined her figure.

Lin Jiang’s time stop let him avert Bo Saixi’s divine attack, but sustaining it nearly overwhelmed him and destroyed the Everlasting Sand Sword. As time resumed, Bo Saixi lost control of her flight and began to fall toward the chaotic aftermath.

• Lin Jiang used the time stop to touch Bo Saixi’s cheek and move Xiao Bai and the Sea Witch out of the destruction beam’s path.
• Lin Jiang reached the limit of his strength and released the time stop, causing the Everlasting Sand Sword to scatter into golden grains.
• Bo Saixi’s suspended divine attack erupted into the sea, creating a vast vortex and shockwave while the Sacred Pillar Guardians’ attacks struck empty space.
• Xiao Bai fled underwater, and the Sea Witch felt a lingering touch on her cheek as Bo Saixi blushed and realized Lin Jiang had controlled time.
• Bo Saixi lost control of her soul power and flight, then fell toward the churning aftermath of the explosion.

Lin Jiang caught Bo Saixi and used his system to force her to choose between submitting to him and losing her connection to the Sea God. As the countdown neared zero, Bo Saixi’s faith faltered and she faced the threat of losing the foundation of her power.

• Lin Jiang caught Bo Saixi as she fell and held her while taunting her about Sea Dragon, Sea Lance, and Sea Star, the dead, and the guardian sacred beast.
• Bo Saixi tried to attack Lin Jiang, but a strange power disrupted her soul power and weakened her connection to the Sea God.
• Lin Jiang activated a mission ordering Bo Saixi to abandon resistance and obey him, with failure set to sever her faith connection to the Sea God.
• Bo Saixi tried to reject the system and pray to the Sea God, but her connection grew distant and she became terrified.
• Lin Jiang began the mission countdown as Bo Saixi demanded to know what kind of monster he was.

Lin Jiang forced Bo Saixi to surrender, triggering Poseidon’s fury in the God Realm. Xiao Bai brought Lin Jiang and Bo Saixi to Sea God Island, where Tang San saw them arrive and reacted with shock and jealousy.

• Bo Saixi surrendered to Lin Jiang, and the system stabilized her soul power while declaring Lin Jiang its highest authority.
• Poseidon sensed his connection to Bo Saixi being disrupted and saw Lin Jiang holding her, then vowed to descend and destroy him.
• Xiao Bai carried Lin Jiang and Bo Saixi to Sea God Island, where Lin Jiang set foot ashore while still holding Bo Saixi.
• Tang San saw Xiao Bai arrive and believed the shark would help him pass his fourth trial, but his excitement turned to shock and jealousy when he saw Lin Jiang carrying Bo Saixi.

Lin Jiang arrived on Sea God Island with Bo Saixi, where Tang San attacked him and failed to harm him. Sea God Poseidon descended in a projection to punish Lin Jiang, who prepared to test his new weapon against the god.

• Tang San recognized Lin Jiang and Bo Saixi, then ambushed Lin Jiang with Yama's Invitation.
• Lin Jiang's soul power barrier erased the hidden weapon, and he dismissed Tang San's threats.
• Dark clouds and divine pressure engulfed Sea God Island as Poseidon appeared in a projection with his Golden Trident.
• Poseidon accused Lin Jiang of insulting his priestess and disrupting the island, then declared Divine Punishment: Annihilation.
• Bo Saixi sensed Poseidon's presence and wondered how Lin Jiang would answer his wrath.
• Lin Jiang set Bo Saixi down, challenged Poseidon, and said he would use the god to test his new toy.

Lin Jiang used the Water Divine Sword to unravel Poseidon’s tsunami and reveal his mastery of water law through the Void-returning Sword Casket. Enraged, Poseidon unleashed the Golden Thirteen Halberds’ third strike, One Way, No Return, which appeared directly before Lin Jiang.

• Poseidon summoned a thousand-meter tsunami and sent it toward Lin Jiang, Bo Saixi, and Sea God Island.
• Lin Jiang used the Water Divine Sword’s Reverse Flow to Return to Ruin to split, redirect, and dissolve the tsunami.
• Sea Dragon, Sea Lance, Sea Star, Sea Witch, Xiao Bai, and Bo Saixi watched in shock as Lin Jiang demonstrated control over water’s laws.
• Lin Jiang revealed the Void-returning Sword Casket and eleven divine sword phantoms, then declared that his sword manifested the law of water.
• Poseidon hurled his Golden Trident with the Golden Thirteen Halberds’ third strike, One Way, No Return, and it appeared before Lin Jiang’s heart.

Lin Jiang used the Void-returning Sword Casket and the power of twelve divine swords to repel Sea God Poseidon's One-Way No Return. He remained standing as Poseidon reeled in shock, leaving everyone who witnessed the clash stunned.

• Bo Saixi, Xiao Bai, and Tang San feared Lin Jiang would be killed by Poseidon's One-Way No Return.
• Lin Jiang unleashed his Void-returning Sword Casket True Form and combined the powers of eleven phantom divine swords with Mountain Suppressor.
• Lin Jiang's colossal sword clashed head-on with Poseidon's Golden Trident, unleashing a devastating storm that tore through the sea and sky.
• The clash cracked and repelled the Golden Trident, while Lin Jiang remained standing and Poseidon's divine aura weakened.
• Poseidon questioned how a mortal could withstand his divine technique, and Lin Jiang declared that a mortal could stand shoulder to shoulder with a god.
• Bo Saixi, the Sea Dragons, Sea Lance, Sea Star, the Sea Witch, and Xiao Bai watched Lin Jiang in stunned silence.

Lin Jiang escaped Poseidon’s divine restraint by merging with the laws of heaven and earth, then prepared to unleash the Azure Divine Vine’s ninth soul skill against him. The chapter ended as the vine’s branches and roots began gathering before Lin Jiang.

• Poseidon tore open the rift between the Divine Realm and the mortal world and descended in his true body, overwhelming the Sea Douluo and Bo Saixi with his power.
• Poseidon used the Golden Thirteen Halberds’ first halberd, Unfixed Wind and Waves, to trap Lin Jiang in halos of absolute stillness.
• Lin Jiang activated Unity of Heaven and Man through his 100,000-Year Dream Butterfly Right Arm Bone and escaped the halos by merging with his surroundings and their laws.
• Lin Jiang announced that it was his turn and revealed the Azure Divine Vine, beginning to gather its branches, leaves, and roots for its ninth soul skill.

Lin Jiang used Azure Emperor's Descent to immobilize Poseidon and bombard him with exploding plants, badly damaging the god at the cost of his Azure Divine Vine's origin. He then unleashed his ninth soul skill, the Void-returning Execution Array, trapping Poseidon in a miniature world of thirteen laws as the judgment began.

• Lin Jiang summoned the Azure Emperor phantom, whose absolute confinement froze Poseidon for three seconds.
• Plants touched by Lin Jiang's Azure Divine Vine detonated with life energy, severely damaging Poseidon's divine body and armor.
• Lin Jiang declared that he would slay Poseidon, despite his depleted soul power and dormant martial soul.
• Lin Jiang activated the Void-returning Sword Casket's ninth soul skill and used thirteen divine swords to form the Void-returning Execution Array around Poseidon.
• Poseidon struggled to break free, but the array disrupted his divine power as Lin Jiang ordered the judgment to begin.

Lin Jiang killed Poseidon with the Void-returning Execution Array, but Poseidon’s last divine consciousness formed an unstable sphere and prepared to unleash Twilight of the Sea God. Lin Jiang flew toward the sphere and opened his left hand, facing the impending explosion.

• Lin Jiang unleashed thirteen law-powered attacks and used Return to Ruin to pierce Poseidon’s divine body.
• Poseidon’s true body and divine power exploded into blue-gold light, and witnesses were stunned that Lin Jiang had slain a god.
• Poseidon’s remaining divine consciousness gathered into a blue-gold sphere and threatened to destroy the continent with Twilight of the Sea God.
• Bo Saixi warned that the detonation could destroy half the continent as the others watched in despair.
• Lin Jiang charged toward the sphere and spread his left palm, which held only a patch of nothingness.

Lin Jiang used the newly awakened Eternal Darkness Sword to devour Poseidon's Twilight of the Sea God, but the captured divine power imploded inside the sword and struck everyone nearby. The chapter left Lin Jiang bloodied and hovering at the center of the blast, with his fate unclear.

• Lin Jiang awakened the Eternal Darkness Sword and used its devouring power against the Twilight of the Sea God.
• Bo Saixi warned that the divine energy would destroy Lin Jiang's body, but he continued absorbing it despite his agony.
• Lin Jiang successfully devoured the entire light sphere, leaving him nearly lifeless in the air.
• The devoured divine power imploded within the Eternal Darkness Sword and sent silent shock ripples through the surrounding air.
• Sea Dragon, Sea Lance, and Sea Star were hurled away injured, while Sea Witch, Xiao Bai, and Bo Saixi suffered lighter injuries.

Lin Jiang survived the divine explosion because his Fate Blade Trunk Bone blocked its fatal force, though he remained critically injured. Bo Saixi caught him and pledged to protect him, and after an unknown time he woke in a bed, still weak and in pain.

• The Fate Blade Trunk Bone activated Deadly Block and preserved Lin Jiang’s life by negating the explosion’s fatal force.
• Bo Saixi caught Lin Jiang as he fell and, seeing him alive, accepted him as the god she would follow and protect.
• Sea Witch, Xiao Bai, and the surviving Sea Dragon Douluo reacted to Lin Jiang’s survival and the Sea God’s fall, while Tang San sank into despair.
• Lin Jiang’s consciousness drifted in darkness as a black glow and gentle energy sustained and nourished him.
• Lin Jiang awakened in a bed beneath a patterned dome and groaned when he tried to move.
• An unseen person asked Lin Jiang whether he was awake.

After waking from seven days of unconsciousness, Lin Jiang learned how badly he had been injured and asked Bo Saixi whether she hated him for killing Poseidon. Bo Saixi rejected Poseidon's destructive final act and affirmed her faith in Lin Jiang, just as Xiao Bai and Sea Witch arrived to see him.

• Bo Saixi helped Lin Jiang sit up and gave him Seaheart Jade Nectar, then told him he had been unconscious for seven days and described his severe injuries.
• Lin Jiang asked Bo Saixi whether she hated him for killing Poseidon.
• Bo Saixi said she had briefly felt pain and confusion, but came to condemn Poseidon for trying to destroy Sea God Island and its people with Twilight of the Sea God.
• Bo Saixi praised Lin Jiang for sacrificing himself to stop the divine punishment and said she and the survivors believed in him.
• Xiao Bai and Sea Witch arrived at Lin Jiang's bedside, relieved to see him awake, and Sea Witch offered him restorative sweet soup.

After recovering from his injuries, Lin Jiang accepted the submission of Sea Dragon, Sea Lance, and Sea Star and learned that his deeds were spreading across the region. He discovered that the gratitude and worship directed toward him had gathered into a new source of divine power, opening a possible path to godhood.

• Xiao Bai and Sea Witch welcomed Lin Jiang after he awoke, and Sea Witch urged him to rest.
• Sea Dragon, Sea Lance, and Sea Star knelt before Lin Jiang, pledged their loyalty, and joined the Return to Ruin Pavilion.
• Bo Saixi told Lin Jiang that news of his victory over Poseidon was spreading and that people were beginning to praise him.
• After the others left, Lin Jiang examined his injuries and found pale-golden energy nourishing his body.
• Lin Jiang sensed grateful prayers and worship gathering around him and realized they were transforming into faith-powered divine energy.

Lin Jiang sent Tang San a mission to return to Shrek Academy, where completing it would permanently change his gender and failure would turn him into a hen. Tang San crossed the academy gates before the deadline and became a woman, while his disfigured appearance remained; footsteps then sounded inside the academy.

• Lin Jiang spotted Tang San and Ma Hongjun heading toward Shrek Academy and sent Tang San a mission with a gender-change reward and a hen transformation as punishment.
• Tang San learned he had one hour to return to Shrek Academy and set off with Ma Hongjun despite his despair and hatred of Lin Jiang.
• With ten minutes left, Tang San crossed the academy's gates and triggered the mission reward.
• Tang San's body changed to female, but his scarred face and sparse yellow hair remained, leaving Ma Hongjun stunned.
• Footsteps sounded from inside the academy.

Tang Shan reunited with Flander and Yu Xiaogang at the ruined Shrek Academy and revealed that a system mission had permanently changed her into a woman. A new mission required her to convince them she could revive the academy, leaving her facing a 24-hour deadline and a humiliating punishment if she failed.

• Flander and Yu Xiaogang recognized Tang Shan when she arrived at Shrek Academy with Ma Hongjun, and she confirmed that she was Tang San.
• Ma Hongjun told Flander and Yu Xiaogang that Lin Jiang had killed Sea God Poseidon and taken control of Sea God Island.
• Tang Shan explained that a system mission had permanently changed her gender, while Yu Xiaogang urged her to uncover the system's conspiracy.
• Tang Shan told Yu Xiaogang that resisting missions brought severe punishments, and the others fell silent in despair.
• The system gave Tang Shan 24 hours to convince Flander and Yu Xiaogang that she could revive Shrek Academy, offering partial restoration of her appearance as the reward and a month of dense body hair as the penalty.