Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan defeated Di Tian and offered Zi Ji a chance to evolve by receiving his ultimate dark power, but she doubted his demand for a sacrifice. As Chen Fan tried to persuade her, he sensed a god from the God Realm watching him.

• Chen Fan seized Zi Ji with a hand of darkness and told her he had come to take her Darkness Power.
• Di Tian and Zi Ji transformed into dragons and attacked Chen Fan, but his black lightning knocked Di Tian unconscious and Zi Ji's dark slashes had no effect.
• Chen Fan offered to strengthen Zi Ji and placed ultimate dark power into the scale between her brows, telling her that her evolution required a sacrifice.
• Zi Ji feared Chen Fan meant to turn her into a Soul Ring, and he promised to protect her soul until her evolution was complete.
• Chen Fan sensed an unseen gaze from the sky and suspected a god from the God Realm had noticed him.

Chen Fan sacrificed Zi Ji and absorbed her power, completing his mission and gaining a stronger Darkness Power and a third Soul Ring. Zi Ji awoke as a soul in Chen Fan’s spiritual space and chose to follow him, where he promised to help her evolve.

• Chen Fan used a Darkness Mark to control Zi Ji and force her sacrifice, absorbing her power and Yin Water power.
• Chen Fan refined Zi Ji’s power, strengthened his Spiritual Power, and gained a one-hundred-and-sixty-thousand-year Hell Demon Dragon King Soul Ring.
• Chen Fan sensed that his growing Darkness Power let him hear believers’ prayers more clearly and brought him closer to godhood.
• Chen Fan offered Zi Ji the choice of reincarnating in another Soul Beast or following him and evolving further.
• Zi Ji chose to follow Chen Fan, who told her that Little Yin had already evolved once and that both souls could recover their former strength.

Chen Fan evolved Ah Yin into the Ancestor of Myriad Spirits and examined Zi Ji’s path toward becoming a spirit of the Underworld Domain. He answered a Clear Sky Sect youth’s prayers as the Lord of Darkness, but a powerful force of light purified his Dark Power and severed their connection.

• Chen Fan saw that Ah Yin’s evolution would let her control all plant-type Soul Beasts, while Zi Ji’s path would grant her command over the Underworld Domain and Yin Soldiers.
• Chen Fan classified the women’s transformations into evolutions that retained their original forms and evolutions that turned them into entirely new spirits.
• A young man in the Clear Sky Sect prayed to the Lord of Darkness, and Chen Fan used his Spiritual Power to reach him through the cult’s portrait.
• Chen Fan answered the young man and told him to wait patiently, prompting the youth to pledge his life to the Darkness God Cult.
• A mysterious figure released an overwhelming force of light that purified Chen Fan’s Dark Power and cut off his connection with the young man.

Chen Fan defeated the God Realm official Dai Lingyun, corrupted him with Dark Power, and sent him back as a spy. Through Dai Lingyun, Chen Fan hoped to learn about the God Realm and obtain a divine artifact.

• A golden figure accused Chen Fan of contaminating the Douluo Continent, and Chen Fan rejected his claim that the Darkness God had corrupted him.
• The god official attacked Chen Fan with Light Power, but Chen Fan unleashed his nine-thousand-level Soul Power and overwhelmed him with a Darkness Domain.
• Chen Fan seized Dai Lingyun and infused him with Dark Power, turning him into a loyal believer rather than killing him.
• Chen Fan ordered Dai Lingyun to contact him from the God Realm, then sent him away to spy.
• Chen Fan sensed another devout believer and learned that the believer had been a poor, backward man from the mountains.

After Ah Yin evolved and regained her physical body, Chen Fan took her with him toward the sea, intending to visit Sea God Island. Meanwhile, Di Tian learned that Zi Ji had left with Chen Fan, and Chen Fan discovered that Dai Lingyun had reached the God Realm and was praying to him.

• Little Six, a Clear Sky Sect servant, excitedly prayed to the church leader after successfully contacting him.
• Chen Fan discovered that he could wield Ah Yin’s Dark Power, then helped her dress and gave her a golden hairpin.
• Ah Yin asked Chen Fan to take her to see the sea, and he decided to travel with her to Vast Sea City and Sea God Island.
• Bi Ji told the recovering Di Tian that Zi Ji had left with Chen Fan, and she warned him against attacking Chen Fan with a beast tide.
• Chen Fan left the Star Dou Great Forest with Ah Yin and sensed Dai Lingyun praying to him from the God Realm.
• Through Dai Lingyun, Chen Fan observed the God Realm’s strange powers, varied believers, and people brought there by gods.

Chen Fan investigated a trade city in the God Realm, then examined a blueprint whose Array Pattern knowledge gave him an idea for combining divine artifacts. As he prepared to travel to Sea God Island, Tang Xiao unexpectedly advanced to level ninety-eight while resting.

• Chen Fan surveyed a bustling God Realm city and told Dai Lingyun to keep working without contacting the gods unless necessary.
• After returning his consciousness to Douluo Continent, Chen Fan told Zi Ji that they would set out in three days while Little Yin and Zi Ji went to explore Vast Sea City.
• Chen Fan inspected the Clear Sky Sect mission reward and found that the Tier 1 Blueprint included Array Pattern instructions and a Synthesis Platform.
• Chen Fan considered using the Synthesis Platform to combine the Sea God Trident with the Asura Sword.
• Tang Xiao, overwhelmed by the work of restoring the Clear Sky Sect, unexpectedly rose from level ninety-seven to level ninety-eight while lying in bed.

Chen Fan strengthened his influence over the Clear Sky Sect, advised Tang Yuehua to gain power of her own, and witnessed her replace her Martial Soul with a Fragrant Extreme Ice Lotus. He planned to visit Gengxin City in two months to impart power, while Xiao Wu and Little Yin discussed his travels and plans.

• Tang Xiao prayed to Chen Fan after receiving a Soul Power increase, and his faith in the Lord of Darkness grew.
• Chen Fan learned that Tang Yuehua had received ten Soul Power levels and urged her to replace her Martial Soul and develop her own combat strength.
• Tang Yuehua replaced her Martial Soul with a Fragrant Extreme Ice Lotus, which Chen Fan recognized as a flower he had found with Xiao Wu.
• Chen Fan learned that the military base was being built in Gengxin City and arranged to visit in two months to impart power.
• Xiao Wu told Chen Fan she had gone to Spirit City to watch Hu Liena at the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Competition, and Chen Fan promised to bring her seaside specialties.
• Chen Fan and Little Yin toured Vast Sea City, sampled seafood, and discussed whether they would meet the Sea God on Sea God Island.

Chen Fan traveled by ship with Little Yin and Zi Ji toward the islands, intending to learn how to reach Sea God Island. After pirates attacked their ship, he spared them on the condition that they guide the group to the Sea God Cult’s islands and then turn themselves in.

• Chen Fan discussed his ability to use the power of subordinates whose evolution he had completed, and planned to explore Hell with Zi Ji after visiting Sea God Island.
• Chen Fan and Little Yin encountered troublemakers in Vast Sea City, whom Little Yin killed with a wave of her hand.
• Little Yin and Zi Ji hired sailors and bought a ship to search the islands for directions to Sea God Island.
• Pirates approached the ship, but Chen Fan and the women quickly subdued them.
• Chen Fan ordered the pirates to take them to the Sea God Cult’s islands and then return to Vast Sea City to surrender and atone for their crimes.

Chen Fan traveled with Zi Ji and Little Yin toward Sea God Island, paying the Purple Pearl Pirates to guide them through the nearby waters. As Chen Fan set out to test his strength against a god, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King appeared beneath their ship.

• Chen Fan spared the pirates who had preyed on travelers and ordered them to go to Vast Sea City to atone for their crimes.
• Chen Fan reached an island belonging to the Purple Pearl Pirates, where he paid ten thousand gold coins for directions to Sea God Island.
• Zi Zhenzhu agreed to escort Chen Fan, Zi Ji, and Little Yin to the nearby waters, and the group traveled there over several days.
• Chen Fan told Zi Ji and Little Yin that he wanted to test the gap between his strength and a god's power.
• A massive shadow and powerful aura announced the approach of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Little Yin and Zi Ji drove off the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King while Chen Fan’s ship continued toward Sea God Island. Near the island, a group of yellow-robed men and sea Soul Beasts blocked their way.

• Little Yin and Zi Ji attacked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, which fled after their blows hurt it.
• Little Yin and Zi Ji swam and played in the sea, then returned to the ship and teased Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan massaged Little Yin as she rested, while Zi Ji asked him to massage her and revealed she had created a new personality with her power.
• As the ship neared Sea God Island, several men in yellow robes and more than twenty shark-like sea Soul Beasts stopped Chen Fan.

Chen Fan arrived at Sea God Island and declared that it would become the territory of the Lord of Darkness. After Zi Ji defeated the island’s guards, Bo Saixi confronted Chen Fan, who fought her while Little Yin and Zi Ji engaged the seven Title Douluo.

• Chen Fan refused to leave Sea God Island, and Zi Ji knocked back its guards with her Dragon King Dimension Wave.
• Bo Saixi and seven Title Douluo appeared, and Bo Saixi demanded to know why Chen Fan had come.
• Chen Fan announced that Sea God Island would become the Lord of Darkness’s territory and sent Zi Ji and Little Yin to face the seven Title Douluo.
• Bo Saixi summoned a massive wave, but Chen Fan called down thunder that struck her into the sea.
• Chen Fan blocked Bo Saixi’s soul skill with his three red Soul Rings and told her he only wanted to spread his faith.
• Bo Saixi attacked Chen Fan with a powerful barrage of seawater.

Chen Fan defeated Bo Saixi with his Armor Shield and demanded that she submit, but she refused and remained loyal to the Sea God. As the Sea God arrived at Sea God Island, Chen Fan restrained Bo Saixi and prepared to face him.

• Chen Fan’s Armor Shield absorbed Bo Saixi’s attacks and reflected them with amplified force, leaving her badly weakened.
• Chen Fan pulled Bo Saixi from the sea, restrained her, and explained that his Third Soul Skill could absorb and reflect attacks.
• Chen Fan asked Bo Saixi to submit and showed her Little Yin and Zi Ji fighting the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians, but Bo Saixi refused to abandon her faith in the Sea God.
• A golden light and divine aura spread across Sea God Island, causing the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians to stop fighting and welcome the Sea God.
• The Sea God arrived holding the Sea God Trident, accompanied by a hundred-thousand-year great white shark, and Chen Fan sensed powerful Faith Power protecting him from Darkness Invasion.

Chen Fan confronted the Sea God after declaring that Sea God Island would come under his rule, and offered him a place among his Seven God Officials. The Sea God unleashed his Faith Power and full strength, but Chen Fan kept him at bay and prepared a devastating attack.

• Little White brought the Sea God before Chen Fan, who held Bo Saixi protectively and demanded that the Sea God submit to his rule.
• The Sea God attacked with his Sea God Trident, but Chen Fan's Dark Power shields absorbed the blows until Faith Power cracked one of them.
• Chen Fan shattered his shields and sent the Sea God's attacks rebounding back, forcing the Sea God to spend Faith Power to dispel them.
• The Sea God revealed his twelve Soul Rings and charged at Chen Fan with his full power.
• Chen Fan summoned a giant within his Darkness Domain, which repeatedly drove the Sea God back as Zi Ji and Little Yin mocked him.
• Chen Fan snapped his fingers and enveloped the giant's fist in a destructive ball of light.

Chen Fan defeated Sea God with the Dragon King Dimension Wave and brought the unconscious god to Sea God Island, where he intended to speak with him. Sea God's defeat shattered the faith of the island's believers, while the Demon Soul Great White Shark guarded him through the night.

• Chen Fan unleashed the Dragon King Dimension Wave, overpowering Sea God's ocean-based attacks and ultimate technique.
• After the clash, Bo Saixi found Sea God unconscious and gravely wounded, and Chen Fan confirmed he was still alive.
• Chen Fan marked Sea God with a pattern, removed the Sea God Trident from his broken hand, and ordered Little White to carry him to Sea God Island.
• Chen Fan landed on the island and brushed aside the Seven Pillar powerhouses, while Little Yin and Zi Ji took Bo Saixi to the Sea God Palace.
• Chen Fan let the human-form Little White guard Sea God as night fell, intending to speak with him.

Chen Fan made the Sea God choose between serving him and losing half his strength, and the Sea God agreed to follow the Lord of Darkness. Chen Fan took control of the Sea God’s faction and gained its Faith Power, then ordered the Sea God to transform the cult into the Darkness God Cult.

• Chen Fan learned that the Sea God was present in the Douluo Continent with only half his strength, while the other half remained in the God Realm.
• Chen Fan offered the Sea God submission or destruction, and the Sea God agreed to believe in the Lord of Darkness rather than lose half his strength.
• Chen Fan gained control of the Sea God’s faction, whose structure included four High Priests, and received 100 million Faith Power for establishing the Sea God Cult.
• The Sea God’s Soul Power increased, Bo Saixi reached level 100, the guardians gained control of Dark Power, and believers across the cult gained Soul Power according to their faith.
• Chen Fan told the Sea God to change the cult’s statues, prayers, and doctrine so its believers would follow the Darkness God Cult, promising further Faith Power and strength.

Chen Fan took control of Sea God Island and offered Bo Saixi a chance to settle her lingering feelings for Tang Chen. He then returned to his residence with Little Yin and Zi Ji, where their playful rivalry continued in the bathing pool.

• The Sea God told Bo Saixi that Sea God Island would worship the Lord of Darkness instead of him, then left to organize his believers across other worlds.
• Chen Fan told Bo Saixi she could ascend once his Divine Position condensed or wait for him to create a new world, and offered to help her resolve her attachment to Tang Chen.
• Bo Saixi chose to meet Tang Chen once more and sever her feelings herself, and Chen Fan let her leave.
• Chen Fan explained Tang Chen's past to Little Yin and Zi Ji, calling him an old fraud and saying he would not kill him because the Clear Sky Sect needed manpower.
• Chen Fan returned to his residence with Little Yin and Zi Ji, where Zi Ji tackled Little Yin into the bathing pool before Chen Fan entered and asked why they had stopped fighting.

Chen Fan and Little Yin spent several days on Sea God Island before leaving with Zi Ji to explore Hell and search for powerful beings. After entering the dark-red world, they encountered wandering spirits, which Zi Ji frightened and Little Yin restrained.

• Chen Fan played around Sea God Island with Little Yin and Zi Ji, while Bo Saixi reported that his instructions would transform the island within a month.
• Chen Fan told Bo Saixi to wait for further instructions and said she could contact him by praying before his portrait.
• Chen Fan and the others left Sea God Island and marked their ship so they could return to it after exploring Hell.
• Zi Ji opened a vortex, and Chen Fan, Little Yin, and Zi Ji entered Hell together.
• Little Yin clung to Chen Fan amid Hell's bloody atmosphere, while Zi Ji frightened a group of wandering spirits and Little Yin bound them with Blue Silver Entanglement.

Chen Fan, Zi Ji, and Little Yin explored Hell and learned that its Lords had managed the realm and gathered Faith Power for an unknown deity. At the City Lord’s Mansion, Chen Fan’s Book of Darkness reacted to the sealed gate, turning crimson as the runes lit up.

• Zi Ji awakened wandering souls across Hell, absorbed them for power, and found an abandoned city with souls who recognized her as the new Lord of Hell.
• The city’s souls explained that Hell served an unknown deity by providing Faith Power and that a new Lord’s return restored order after the previous Lord disappeared.
• The souls told Zi Ji that the previous Lord had left something for the next one, so she, Chen Fan, and Little Yin went to the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Zi Ji discovered a gate rune that responded to Spiritual Power and recalled the message that only the true master could open it.
• Chen Fan sent Dark Power from his Book of Darkness into the gate, causing the book and the runes to turn crimson.

Chen Fan, Little Yin, and Zi Ji entered Hell, where Zi Ji inherited the Hell Scythe and memories identifying her as its new Lord. After discovering that only one day had passed outside, Chen Fan decided to approach Zi Zhenzhu and her group about becoming believers.

• Chen Fan shielded Little Yin and Zi Ji from the force that burst through Hell's gate, then led them into the estate.
• Zi Ji read the symbols beneath twenty statues and explained that they belonged to the former Lords of Hell, making her the twenty-first.
• The group found a statue of the Book of Darkness and a Hell Scythe; when Zi Ji infused the scythe with her Ultimate Destruction Power, she gained memories about Hell and how to wield it.
• Chen Fan found that Hell had become a new faction under his control, with Zi Ji as Lord of Hell and the other ranks vacant.
• The group learned that only one day had passed outside despite their long stay in Hell, and Chen Fan considered making a clock to measure its time flow.
• Chen Fan spotted the island they had passed earlier and decided to make Zi Zhenzhu and her group believers.

Chen Fan recruited Zi Zhenzhu to sail around Soul Land Star and spread the Darkness God Cult, then found and transformed a pair of Deep Sea Demonic Whale Kings to protect her. He named the newly empowered whales, preparing to send them with Zi Zhenzhu on her voyage.

• Chen Fan redirected his ship toward the island to recruit Zi Zhenzhu, and he told Zi Ji to return to Hell to find trustworthy people and rebuild it.
• Chen Fan explained that Zi Zhenzhu could sail around Soul Land Star and spread his faith, while Sea God Island’s people had already begun praying to the Lord of Darkness.
• Chen Fan offered Zi Zhenzhu the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s protection in exchange for carrying his commission, and she agreed if he brought the whale to her.
• Chen Fan searched the nearby ocean, found two Deep Sea Demonic Whale Kings, and compelled them to accept his request.
• Chen Fan placed Dark Marks on the pair, helping them gain Dark Power, stronger bodies, and human forms, then gave them names.