Chapter Summaries

Lin Ye received the Evil God's Fourth Trial, which required him to slay the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King alone within a year. Though he recognized the danger, he decided to take on the challenge for its rewards and the whale's Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

• Bibi Dong said the remaining sects had submitted and vowed to destroy the Clear Sky Sect, but Lin Ye said he could deal with it alone.
• The sword-shaped mark on Lin Ye's forehead lit up, and the Evil God announced the fourth trial: kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King within one year.
• Lin Ye considered the whale's immense power and the disadvantage he would face as a land-based Soul Master in the sea.
• Lin Ye resolved to use his Life-and-Death Arena skill to defeat the whale and claim its Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Bibi Dong and Zhu Zhuqing noticed Lin Ye's reaction, and he told them another Divine Examination had begun.

Lin Ye concealed that his solo Divine Examination required him to kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, reassuring Bibi Dong and Zhu Zhuqing before preparing to sail. He promised to return within a month, while Bibi Dong agreed to ready Spirit Hall to destroy the Clear Sky Sect with him afterward.

• Lin Ye told Bibi Dong and Zhu Zhuqing that he had to go alone to kill a Sea Soul Beast, hiding the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's identity because the examination forbade help.
• Lin Ye comforted Zhu Zhuqing by promising to help her obtain her eighth Soul Ring after he returned, and he reassured Bibi Dong by citing his past victories.
• Lin Ye promised to bring Bibi Dong the Sea Soul Beast's Soul Bone as a necklace and said he would leave the next day.
• Lin Ye mentioned his plan to destroy the Clear Sky Sect, prompting Bibi Dong to agree to prepare Spirit Hall for their attack after his return.
• Zhu Zhuqing packed Lin Ye's provisions and clothes, and Lin Ye promised her he would return safely within a month.

Lin Ye left Spirit City for the eastern sea to carry out a secret mission to kill a powerful Soul Beast, while Bibi Dong and Zhu Zhuqing worried over the danger. After reaching Sea Dragon City, he went to the harbor to buy a ship.

• Zhu Zhuqing warned Lin Ye to be careful, and he teased her before carrying her to bed.
• Bibi Dong gave Lin Ye healing supplies, recovery potions, and a sea chart as he prepared to leave Spirit City.
• Zhu Zhuqing kissed Lin Ye goodbye and asked him to return safely, and he departed by carriage.
• Bibi Dong told Zhu Zhuqing the mission's target was likely a formidable sea Soul Beast and resolved to monitor the eastern waters through Spirit Hall's intelligence network.
• Lin Ye traveled east for a week and reached Sea Dragon City, where he headed to the harbor to find a sturdy ship.
• Lin Ye entered the largest-looking shipyard and told the boss he wanted to buy a ship.

Lin Ye bought a discreet, sturdy sailboat and set out alone toward the Demon Whale Sea to confront Old Whale. As he sailed away, a vast storm gathered around him, and the shipping company owner mistook him for a deity.

• Lin Ye rejected the conspicuous Sea Dragon and chose a smaller sailboat made from Deep-Sea Sunken Wood.
• Lin Ye paid the owner one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and ordered supplies for a month-long voyage.
• Lin Ye prepared the sailboat, boarded it, and headed out to sea toward Old Whale.
• The shipping company owner watched Lin Ye sail away and saw storm clouds and lightning spread from the boat's direction.
• Lin Ye stood aboard the Black Pearl as immense Soul Power surged through him.

After three days at sea, Lin Ye prepared to enter the waters near the Demon Whale Sea, where a powerful overlord was said to have devoured all life. A pirate crew caught up with his boat and boarded it, leaving Lin Ye surrounded by the One-Eyed Dragon Captain and his men.

• Lin Ye withdrew his aura, then spent three days sailing and sharpening his body, Soul Power, and Spiritual Power.
• Lin Ye noticed that powerful Sea Soul Beasts fled from his boat because they feared the aura of his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Martial Soul.
• Lin Ye studied the sea chart and calculated that he would reach the outskirts of the Demon Whale Sea in about five more days.
• Lin Ye sensed a ship approaching and let it catch up without changing course, suspecting its crew were pirates.
• The One-Eyed Dragon Captain ordered his men to surround Lin Ye's boat, and more than a dozen pirates boarded and surrounded him.

Lin Ye faced the Skeleton Pirate Crew after they tried to rob his ship, then overwhelmed the pirates with his physical strength. The One-Eyed Dragon Captain was left alone on deck and released his Martial Soul to fight Lin Ye.

• The Skeleton Pirate Crew boarded Lin Ye's ship and demanded his valuables and control of the vessel.
• Lin Ye caught the bald pirate's cleaver between two fingers and snapped it in half.
• The One-Eyed Dragon Captain ordered his pirates to attack, and Lin Ye killed or incapacitated them without using Soul Power.
• Lin Ye kicked the surviving pirates into the sea, leaving only the One-Eyed Dragon Captain on deck.
• The One-Eyed Dragon Captain admitted he had underestimated Lin Ye, then released his Martial Soul.

Lin Ye defeated and killed the One-Eyed Dragon Captain after revealing his overwhelming Soul Douluo strength and extraordinary Soul Rings, then destroyed the pirate ship. After cleaning his deck, he sensed powerful auras approaching from beneath the sea, drawn by the blood.

• The One-Eyed Dragon Captain revealed his Soul Sage cultivation and attacked Lin Ye with his third Soul Skill, but an invisible barrier deflected every spike.
• Lin Ye displayed his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Martial Soul and eight Soul Rings, including two hundred-thousand-year rings, terrifying the One-Eyed Dragon Captain into begging for his life.
• Lin Ye killed the One-Eyed Dragon Captain with his first Soul Skill and kicked the bodies from his deck into the sea.
• Lin Ye split the pirate ship in two with his sixth Soul Skill, killing the pirates aboard as the wreck sank.
• Lin Ye washed the blood from his deck and sensed powerful auras approaching beneath the sea, following the scent of blood.

Lin Ye waited for five powerful Deep Sea Demon Eels to approach the Black Pearl and killed them with his fourth Soul Skill. He began devouring their corpses to absorb their immense Soul Power and Bloodline Power.

• Lin Ye sensed five Sea Soul Beasts approaching and let the Black Pearl drift while he waited for them.
• Five Deep Sea Demon Eels, led by one nearing eighty thousand years of cultivation, surrounded the ship and attacked with venomous, electrified water columns.
• Lin Ye protected the Black Pearl with Evil God Guard, then trapped all five Demon Eels in his Dark Demon Evil Prison Formation.
• Lin Ye summoned a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger phantom that tore apart and killed all five Demon Eels.
• Lin Ye activated the Dark Demon Evil God's innate skill, Devour, to absorb the Demon Eels' corpses.

Lin Ye devoured powerful Sea Soul Beasts on his voyage, advancing to Level 89 Peak before reaching the Demon Whale Sea. After confronting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's spiritual pressure and resisting its vortex, Lin Ye called the Old Whale out, and the sea began to bulge.

• Lin Ye devoured five high-level Demon Eels, breaking through to Level 87 Soul Douluo.
• Lin Ye spent half a month killing Sea Soul Beasts along the way and reached Level 89 Peak.
• Lin Ye entered the Demon Whale Sea, where the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s pressure met his spiritual power.
• Lin Ye held the Black Pearl at the edge of a massive vortex and shouted for the Old Whale to come out.
• The water at the vortex’s center abruptly bulged upward.

Lin Ye challenged the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in its territory and fought back with his powerful Spiritual Power and Dark Demon Evil God Tiger abilities. The whale king’s overwhelming strength shattered Lin Ye’s attack and sent him crashing into the sea.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King emerged and warned Lin Ye to leave its territory, but Lin Ye taunted it and vowed to kill it.
• The whale king unleashed a powerful Mental Shock, and Lin Ye countered with his Spiritual Power; both were hurt in the clash.
• Lin Ye revealed his Martial Soul Avatar, two hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings, and Dark Demon Evil God Transformation, shocking the whale king.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King struck Lin Ye with its massive tail, overpowering his Evil Tiger Annihilation Strike and smashing him into the sea.

Lin Ye severely wounded the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with Evil Thunder Star-Shattering Fall, though the attack left him nearly drained. When the whale king fired his Deep Sea Annihilation Divine Light at Lin Ye, the human made an unexpected move that stunned him.

• Lin Ye summoned Evil Thunder Star-Shattering Fall and hurled its massive lightning sphere at the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• The whale king used Demonic Whale Domain to raise a water net and shield, but the thunder sphere vaporized the net and blasted through his defenses, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Lin Ye taunted the whale king despite being badly weakened and having spent most of his Soul Power.
• The enraged whale king gathered his origin power into Deep Sea Annihilation Divine Light and fired it at Lin Ye.
• As the beam reached him, Lin Ye made a move that left the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King dumbfounded.

Lin Ye absorbed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Deep Sea Annihilation Divine Light with his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Martial Soul and used the energy to break through Level 90, becoming a Titled Douluo. He challenged the enraged whale king's physical attack head-on to test his newly strengthened body.

• Lin Ye opened a Black Hole with his Devour skill and swallowed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Origin Divine Light.
• Lin Ye guided the absorbed energy toward his Level 89 bottleneck as it healed his injuries and filled his meridians.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King realized Lin Ye was absorbing his attack and stopped firing, but Lin Ye broke through to Level 90.
• Lin Ye mocked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King for supplying the energy that helped him advance, enraging the whale king.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked with his massive tail, and Lin Ye charged toward it to test his new strength.

Lin Ye fought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and revealed that his Soul Rings had all become Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings. As the whale tried to flee into the sea, Lin Ye transformed into a gigantic Black Tiger and attacked.

• Lin Ye struck the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's tail with his fist, knocking it back and injuring it.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King tried to bite Lin Ye, but he dodged and announced that he would reveal his trump card.
• Lin Ye summoned eight red Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, shocking the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and making it consider fleeing.
• Lin Ye realized that absorbing the whale's Origin Divine Light had transformed his first six Soul Rings and greatly increased his power.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King began sinking into the sea to escape, but Lin Ye used his Martial Soul Avatar and Dark Demon Evil God Transformation to pursue it as a gigantic Black Tiger.

Lin Ye fought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in a brutal close-quarters battle and struck him with his sixth Soul Skill. The whale king was gravely injured as Lin Ye prepared to use the power in his left arm.

• Lin Ye's Black Tiger seized the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's tail, dragged him from the sea, and hurled him back into the water.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King rolled the Black Tiger off his back and attacked, but Lin Ye dodged his bite and struck his head, knocking out a tooth.
• Lin Ye and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King fought across the sea for more than ten minutes, leaving the whale king badly wounded and the Black Tiger's light dimmed.
• Lin Ye used his sixth Soul Skill, Evil Tiger Annihilation Strike, to break the whale king's shield and sever a main bone in his back.
• Lin Ye returned to human form, watched the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King suffer, and raised his left arm as black light flickered across it.

Lin Ye trapped the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in the Life-and-Death Arena, where the arena stripped away the whale king’s power and reduced him to a helpless young whale. Lin Ye prepared to kill him for his equipment as the whale king begged for mercy.

• As the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King prepared to self-destruct, Lin Ye used his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Left Arm Bone Skill to summon the Life-and-Death Arena’s vortex and pulled the whale king inside.
• Lin Ye entered the arena after the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and a mechanical voice declared that only one of them could leave alive.
• The arena’s laws drained the whale king’s power and shrank his body into a powerless young red whale.
• Lin Ye mocked and slapped the whale king, then explained that the arena had reduced him to a Soul Beast with six years of cultivation.
• Lin Ye stepped on the whale king and said he would kill him for his equipment, prompting the whale king to sob and offer to become Lin Ye’s mount.

Lin Ye killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and obtained its scarlet-gold Million-Year Soul Ring. As he began absorbing it aboard the Black Pearl, he battled the ring’s violent energy and the Whale King’s remnant soul, which tried to possess him.

• Lin Ye crushed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in its childlike form and returned to the sea as its enormous corpse surfaced.
• A scarlet-gold Million-Year Soul Ring formed above the Whale King’s corpse, and Lin Ye brought the Black Pearl beside it.
• Lin Ye began absorbing the Soul Ring, but its vast energy tore through his body until he used the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Devour skill to hold it back.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s remnant soul invaded Lin Ye’s Spiritual Sea and lunged at his spiritual body, while Lin Ye faced it without panic.

Lin Ye absorbed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's million-year energy, reaching peak rank ninety-seven after three days of cultivation. He then gained a million-year torso External Soul Bone that granted ultimate defense.

• Lin Ye used the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's spiritual form to destroy and devour the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's remnant soul.
• Lin Ye spent three days absorbing the million-year energy on the Black Pearl, enduring intense pain as his body was tempered.
• Lin Ye reached peak rank ninety-seven and demonstrated his new strength by blasting a massive trench through the sea with one punch.
• Lin Ye felt a burning sensation in his spine and manifested a million-year torso External Soul Bone as dark-red armor.
• Lin Ye discovered that the torso bone granted him ultimate defense.

Lin Ye completed the Evil God's Fourth Trial after killing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, gained powerful rewards, and raced home. At the Papal Palace, Bibi Dong and Zhu Zhuqing worried about his month-long absence until a panicked maid rushed in.

• Lin Ye devoured the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's corpse and absorbed its Bloodline Power before setting sail for home.
• Lin Ye received a perfect trial evaluation, twenty percent more Evil God's Affinity, a Divine Bestowed Soul Ring, and a ten-thousand-year increase to all his Soul Rings.
• Lin Ye examined his strengthened Soul Rings and accelerated the Black Pearl toward the continent, eager to surprise Bibi Dong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• At the Papal Palace, Zhu Zhuqing worried that Lin Ye had suffered an accident, while Bibi Dong tried to reassure her despite sharing her concern.
• A panicked maid rushed into the Papal Palace and knelt before Bibi Dong.

Lin Ye returned to Spirit City after a month away, reuniting with Zhu Zhuqing and surprising Bibi Dong with the immense change in his Soul Power. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong realizing that Lin Ye’s strength had reached a level she could barely comprehend.

• A maid announced that Lin Ye had returned to Spirit City, and Zhu Zhuqing rushed out to meet him.
• Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Lin Ye at the foot of Pope Mountain, embraced him, and cried about how worried she had been.
• Bibi Dong arrived and reminded Zhu Zhuqing and Lin Ye that people were watching them at the Papal Palace.
• Bibi Dong tried to assess Lin Ye’s Soul Power with her Spiritual Power but could not discern its depth.
• Lin Ye said he had made a small breakthrough at sea, leaving Bibi Dong stunned.

Lin Ye returned from his Divine Examination as a level ninety-seven Peak Douluo with eight Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and a Million-Year Soul Ring. He revealed that he had killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, then began showing Bibi Dong his Soul Power aura.

• Lin Ye released his aura, shocking Bibi Dong with his rise to level ninety-seven and nearly knocking Zhu Zhuqing off her feet.
• Lin Ye manifested eight red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, leaving Bibi Dong and Zhu Zhuqing stunned.
• Lin Ye revealed a crimson-gold Million-Year Soul Ring whose pressure made Bibi Dong step back and cracked the amethyst on her Papal Scepter.
• Lin Ye confirmed that he had obtained the ring by killing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and Bibi Dong demanded to examine his aura.
• Lin Ye released a slight trace of his abyssal, ocean-like Soul Power aura.