Chapter Summaries

Xue Ke learned that a battle involving a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast might have occurred in the Imperial Forest and prepared to send Sword Douluo Chen Xin to investigate. Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing arrived and revealed that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s guardian divine beasts now belonged to Sea God Island, leaving the nature of their return unresolved.

• Xue Ke received the Imperial Forest guards’ report of a battle with strength on the level of a hundred thousand years.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin discussed whether the Heaven Dou Imperial Forest held Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and Chen Xin offered to investigate.
• Xue Ke wrote authorization for Chen Xin to enter the Imperial Forest as Ning Fengzhi weighed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s plans to marry her to one of his sons.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing appeared in the imperial study, surprising Xue Ke, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin.
• Hai Ming told Xue Ke that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s guardian divine beasts now belonged to Sea God Island and said they had agreed to forgive the Heaven Dou Empire.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated the Four-Winged Swan couple, and Hai Ming discovered they were former guardians of Sea God Island who had been searching for Sea God's Heart. He told them their clan had left the island to find them, leaving the couple shaken by news of their family’s fate.

• Zhu Zhuqing broke through the Four-Winged Swan couple’s fusion attack, then spared them and received healing from Hai Ming’s Sea God’s Light.
• Hai Ming mentioned Sea God Island, prompting Luo and Xia to reveal that they had once guarded Sea God’s Mountain and were driven away after Xia swallowed a blue crystal.
• Luo explained that the Heaven Dou emperor had made the couple stay in Imperial Forest until they found the crystal, which they had searched for over a thousand years.
• Hai Ming identified the lost crystal as Sea God’s Heart and told Luo and Xia that their entire clan had left Sea God Island to search for them.

Hai Ming recovered the Sea God's Heart and persuaded the Four-Winged Swan couple to leave the Heaven Dou Empire and return to Sea God Island. After warning Xue Ke about the political situation and visiting the palace, Hai Ming cautioned Ning Fengzhi that controlling the empire would require keeping Shrek Academy stable, while Dai Mubai pursued a Godhood inheritance.

• Hai Ming told Xia Luo and his wife that he had recovered the Sea God's Heart and revealed that the Heaven Dou Empire had kept it instead of returning it to them.
• Xia Luo and his wife decided to leave the Heaven Dou Empire and return to Sea God Island with Hai Ming.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing visited Xue Ke and discussed the Four-Winged Swans and the pressures facing the empress.
• Hai Ming told Ning Fengzhi that Ning Rongrong was doing well on Sea God Island and might soon surpass his Soul Power rank.
• Hai Ming warned Ning Fengzhi to keep Shrek Academy stable if he wanted to control the Heaven Dou Empire, and noted that Poseidon was helping Dai Mubai seek a Godhood inheritance.

After Poseidon suggested helping gods find inheritors, Ning Fengzhi reconsidered whether Ning Rongrong should inherit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Sea God Island, where Zhu Zhuqing prepared to begin the Asura Fourth Trial, the Wandering Soul Seven Slaughters, with Hai Ming guarding her.

• Hai Ming told Ning Fengzhi that Poseidon could help gods find inheritors, leading Ning Fengzhi to worry that leading the sect might hinder Ning Rongrong's Divine Trial.
• Zhu Zhuqing completed her third Asura trial and learned that her fourth trial would test her through seven killing tribulations and raise her spiritual power close to Hai Ming's level.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing traveled with the Four-Winged Swans to Sea God Island, where Xia and Luo left their child with Bo Saixi before departing to find their people.
• Tang Chen warned Zhu Zhuqing to hold fast to her true heart during the Seven Slaughters and told Hai Ming to protect her while she lost control of her body.
• Zhu Zhuqing left to begin her fourth trial on Sea God's Mountain, and Hai Ming assured Tang Chen that he would protect her.

The Shrek group rested after completing the Sea God Trial, then Tang San and Xiao Wu visited Tang Chen to ask about Ring Detonation. They saw Zhu Zhuqing begin the Asura God's fourth trial, and Tang Chen explained the merciless trials that had nearly killed him.

• The Shrek group discussed their plans for their remaining days together before their next trials separated them.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu visited Tang Chen and asked whether Ring Detonation's harm to the body could be reduced.
• Tang Chen answered Tang San's questions, while Xiao Wu played by the shore.
• Xiao Wu spotted Zhu Zhuqing passing overhead as she began the Asura God's fourth trial.
• Tang Chen explained the seven slaughters of the Wandering Soul Seven Slaughters and recalled being trapped in its seventh trial for thirty years.

Zhu Zhuqing endured the seventh kill of the Wandering Soul Seven Slaughters and completed the Asura Fourth Trial by choosing to kill herself rather than submit to the illusion. After returning to Hai Ming, she asked him to have a child so their ties to each other and the world would deepen.

• Zhu Zhuqing struggled through the seventh kill, where an illusion of Hai Ming urged her to have intercourse with it.
• Hai Ming brought the injured, vacant-eyed Zhu Zhuqing to Tang Chen, who explained that she had to kill herself to pass the final trial.
• Zhu Zhuqing stabbed her heart with a rib, and the trial declared the Wandering Soul Seven Slaughters complete.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Hai Ming and the others what she had experienced in the illusion.
• Zhu Zhuqing embraced Hai Ming late at night and asked him to have a child.

Qian Renxue became the Angel God after Qian Daoliu sacrificed himself to open the Angel Gate, and Hai Ming prepared to face her. The chapter ended with their godlike powers clashing near Vast Sea City.

• Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall after passing the eighth Angel Trial, and Qian Daoliu opened the Angel Gate with his life so she could complete the final trial.
• Bibi Dong arrived outside Douluo Hall as Qian Renxue entered the Angel Gate, and later told her that Qian Daoliu had died fulfilling his duty as the Angel God's high priest.
• Hai Ming sensed Qian Renxue's divine aura, reassured Zhu Zhuqing, and left Sea God Island to choose the waters near Vast Sea City as their battlefield.
• Qian Renxue arrived after three days as the Angel God, and Hai Ming faced her with his Wishful Trident and Kyogre's power.
• Qian Renxue and Hai Ming unleashed their attacks, making the sky tear apart and Vast Sea City tremble.

Hai Ming fought Qian Renxue but was overwhelmed by her divine power and Angel Judgment. As she prepared to finish him, he detonated his nine Soul Rings and unleashed a final attack.

• Qian Renxue’s Angel Domain sealed Hai Ming’s abilities, and her attacks left him gravely injured despite his counterstrikes.
• Qian Renxue used Angel Judgment, and its pillar of light swallowed Hai Ming.
• Zhu Zhuqing worried at Sea God’s Mountain, while Tang Chen assured her that Hai Ming could defeat a god.
• Hai Ming survived Angel Judgment and revealed that he had left the challenge letter in Spirit City for his eighth trial.
• Nine vortices formed beneath Hai Ming, and he detonated his nine Soul Rings to unleash Ninefold Ring Detonation Origin Pulse at Qian Renxue.

Hai Ming used Ring Detonation to amplify his strength against Qian Renxue, but her Angel Judgment overwhelmed his Origin Pulse. He detonated all nine Divine Soul Rings a second time and poured their power into his trident, preparing an attack strong enough to challenge her.

• Hai Ming recalled how his Divine Soul Rings multiplied his attributes through successive detonations and used the sea's undercurrents to buy time against Qian Renxue.
• Hai Ming detonated all nine Soul Rings and unleashed Origin Pulse, briefly gaining an edge before Qian Renxue countered with Angel Purification.
• Qian Renxue used Angel Judgment to suppress Origin Pulse and explained that she wanted to help Bibi Dong realize her vision for the world.
• Hai Ming rejected Qian Renxue's ideals and detonated all nine Soul Rings again, despite her warning that he could lose them permanently.
• Hai Ming fused the detonation's power into his trident and prepared to face Qian Renxue with a vastly greater attack.

Hai Ming defeated Qian Renxue by detonating his rings and unleashing Twilight of the Sea God, though the battle left him severely injured and without Soul Rings. After Kyogre confirmed he had completed the trial, Hai Ming entered the inheritance space to begin the Sea God's Ninth Trial.

• Qian Renxue defended against Hai Ming's attack with Angel Hexagram, but Hai Ming used the Sea God's Trident to strike her with Twilight of the Sea God.
• Qian Renxue admitted defeat and asked Hai Ming how he would face the Sea God's Ninth Trial without Soul Rings.
• Qian Renxue warned that she would kill Zhu Zhuqing if Hai Ming died during the trial, then left the shore.
• Hai Ming asked Kyogre whether he had completed the trial, and Kyogre confirmed that the sea had acknowledged him.
• Hai Ming declined to recover his Soul Rings and entered the inheritance space to undertake the Ninth Trial.

Bibi Dong learned that Hai Ming defeated Qian Renxue by one move, while Qian Renxue prepared to reclaim the Heaven Dou Empire through the New Era Plan. Zhu Zhuqing began the Shura Eighth Trial as Hai Ming found himself trapped in a cycle of lives in ancient oceans, with only nine deaths to endure.

• Qian Renxue told Bibi Dong that Hai Ming had defeated her using a life-or-death move, and explained his connection to Tang Chen and the Sea God's trial.
• Qian Renxue declared that she would reclaim the Heaven Dou Empire, and Bibi Dong warned her to seek the support of ordinary people through the New Era Plan.
• Qian Renxue agreed to find the hidden woman and demand details about the plan.
• Zhu Zhuqing suffered during the Shura Eighth Trial, and Tang Chen warned her to hold fast to her true heart.
• Zhu Zhuqing affirmed that she would not burden Hai Ming and returned to the Slaughter Illusion Realm to complete the trial.
• Hai Ming discovered that he was reborn as a weak marine creature in successive ancient eras, dying to ocean predators and losing strength with each death; he estimated he could die only nine times.

Hai Ming endured countless lifetimes as prehistoric sea creatures before completing his trial and returning to the present as the Sea God. He learned that only one year had passed, then went to Sea God Island and discovered Zhu Zhuqing was undergoing the Shura Eighth Trial.

• Hai Ming repeatedly died and reincarnated as marine creatures hunted by prehistoric ocean predators, until he took over the Helicoprion's body.
• Hai Ming lived through the ages of the Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous before awakening to Kyogre's voice and completing the trial.
• Hai Ming returned through a doorway and learned from the sea that only one year had passed.
• Hai Ming reached Sea God Island, where the patrolling Soul Masters knelt and his father was among them; Hai Ming blessed them with Sea God's Light, raising their Soul Power by one rank.
• Hai Ming met Bo Saixi and Tang Chen, who told him that Zhu Zhuqing was undergoing the Shura Heart Tempering phase and could not be disturbed.
• Hai Ming said he would not disturb Zhu Zhuqing and began gathering black mist around his hand.

Hai Ming reunited with Zhu Zhuqing after she completed her trial, and they shared the stories of their ordeals before deciding to face the Asura God's final trial together. As Hai Ming and the Shrek Seven Monsters prepared to leave Sea God Island, they discussed their separate plans for returning to the continent.

• Tang Chen declined Bo Saixi's offer to resign as High Priestess and travel with him, while Hai Ming took Zhu Zhuqing to a deserted island and told her about his year-long ordeal in the sea.
• Zhu Zhuqing described surviving the Shura Eighth Trial, and Hai Ming promised to accompany her to Slaughter City for the final trial.
• Hai Ming returned to Sea God Island, reunited with his family, and celebrated with Old Sea Dragon before setting a departure date three days later.
• The Shrek Seven Monsters prepared to leave Sea God Island, with most having reached Soul Douluo and Xiao Wu having become a level ninety-three Titled Douluo.
• The group discussed their plans: Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing would go to Slaughter City, while the others planned to return home or travel across the continent.
• Tang San said that he and Xiao Wu would take his father to the Clear Sky Sect to settle unfinished matters.

Tang San's group returned to Heaven Dou City and learned that Ning Fengzhi and the two Titled Douluo had vanished for a year before returning. Hai Ming then brought Zhu Zhuqing to Slaughter City to begin the Asura God's trial, where Asura assured him she was certain to succeed.

• Tang San refused Ma Hongjun's suggestion to visit the Tang Sect first, keeping his dispute with the Clear Sky Sect separate from the sect.
• The group learned that Ning Fengzhi and the two Titled Douluo had disappeared for a year and that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had faced heavy suppression.
• Zhu Zhuqing suspected Qian Renxue was behind the disappearance, and Hai Ming agreed she was the likely culprit.
• The group returned to Heaven Dou City, where Ning Fengzhi welcomed Ning Rongrong but refused to explain what had happened.
• Hai Ming took Zhu Zhuqing to Slaughter City, where she entered the Asura trial and Hai Ming sent an avatar after her.
• Asura told Hai Ming that Zhu Zhuqing's chance of completing the inheritance was one hundred percent.

Zhu Zhuqing completed her ninth trial and reunited with Hai Ming, while Tang San returned to the Clear Sky Sect and learned that Ning Fengzhi and the two elders had been trapped in a dangerous undead world. The chapter left Tang San and the others investigating who had attacked them and why.

• Asura God showed Hai Ming Zhu Zhuqing's ninth trial, where she gained dark Divine Armor and fused the Shura God Sword into her Phantom Demon Whip.
• Hai Ming learned that Poseidon could interfere with only two-thirds of his trials and reflected on how difficult his final trials had been.
• Hai Ming returned to the Blood Lake and reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, who showed off her new power and asked how she compared to Qian Renxue.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect withdrew its forces from Heaven Dou politics, while Tang San used Tang Chen's token to become the Clear Sky Sect's First Elder and return to the clan.
• Ning Fengzhi told Tang San and the others that he, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo had spent a year trapped in a dangerous world inhabited by powerful undead.
• Ma Hongjun asked whether the attack on Ning Fengzhi and the elders had targeted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi and his companions discussed their mysterious exile to the Undead World, but Tang San found no clues about the mastermind’s plans. Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing returned from their Divine Trial, and Hai Ming revealed that he knew who was responsible and planned to confront her with Zhu Zhuqing in a few days.

• Ning Fengzhi said he had been lured with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo into an abyss and stranded in the Undead World for more than a year.
• Sword Douluo recalled sensing a violent aura of destruction in the Undead World, but Tang San and the others could not identify the culprit or find changes in Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San asked about Xue Ke, and Ning Fengzhi reported that nothing seemed to have changed at the imperial palace, Tang Sect, or Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Hai Ming arrived, and Ning Rongrong welcomed them back from their Divine Trial.
• Hai Ming said he knew the mastermind and planned to confront her with Zhu Zhuqing, explaining that she had exiled Ning Fengzhi and the two Titled Douluo while trying to position herself to take control of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Qian Renxue drove the woman from Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to withdraw from the two empires. Outside Spirit City, Hai Ming captured the woman and took her Martial Soul, discovering she possessed a mysterious Holy Throne of Light and Justice.

• Qian Renxue blamed the woman for Spirit Hall's failed campaign and expelled her from Spirit Hall.
• The woman left for the Star Luo Empire, still determined to pursue her vision of an equal world.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Renxue how she had met the woman and ordered Hu Liena to withdraw Spirit Hall's forces from the two empires.
• Qian Renxue warned Bibi Dong that Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing were coming, but Bibi Dong accepted the risk and chose to preserve Spirit Hall.
• Hai Ming intercepted the woman outside Spirit City and stripped away her Martial Soul, revealing a miniature Holy Throne of Light and Justice.

Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing announced their wedding plans and invited Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue to attend. Preparations began on Sea God Island, where Hai Ming suggested Bo Saixi take a break from her duties after giving birth.

• In the God Realm, Poseidon, Asura, and the Beast God discussed the vacant Emotion God position and wondered where the Throne of Seals had come from.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing invited Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue to their wedding on Sea God Island in half a year.
• Sea God Island began preparing for the wedding of Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing, who planned a small celebration for around fifty guests.
• Zhu Zhuqing chose Xiao Wu as her bridesmaid and Tang San as the best man, and said she did not consider her estranged family to be family.
• Hai Ming teased Zhu Zhuqing about their future children and asked Bo Saixi to hand over the High Priest position after giving birth so she could rest and travel with the child.

Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing prepared for their wedding while Tang San and the Shrek Seven Monsters sailed to Sea God Island. The group received divine inheritances and trials along the way, then arrived to learn that Bo Saixi was pregnant and Tang Chen had named the child Tang Lan.

• Bo Saixi decided to pass the High Priest position to Sea Dragon, and Hai Ming's family discussed the wedding plans.
• Tang San and the Shrek Seven Monsters sailed toward Sea God Island aboard the Dragon Abyss Vessel, where divine power granted them inheritances from the God of Kindness, Food God, War God, God of Life, and Fire God.
• The Shrek Seven Monsters learned that their first trial required them to become Titled Douluo and obtain complete sets of Soul Bones, while Tang San and Xiao Wu planned to confront Bibi Dong after becoming gods.
• Hai Ming protected Sea God Island's waters during the wedding period, barring Sea Soul Beasts from entering and greatly increasing their cultivation speed.
• Tang San and his companions reached Sea God's Mountain, learned Bo Saixi was pregnant, and heard Tang Chen name the child Tang Lan.

Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing celebrated their wedding with a grand banquet, then left through a mysterious doorway to begin their honeymoon. Their friends received wedding gifts, while Ning Rongrong was approached by Huo Yu.

• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing held their wedding in Hailong City, where Shrek's friends and many other soul masters joined the celebration.
• Ma Hongjun and the other Shrek members tried to get Hai Ming drunk, but he drank them all unconscious except Ning Rongrong.
• Hai Ming blessed the guests with a God-Bestowed Soul Ring and Sea God's Light before he and Zhu Zhuqing disappeared from the banquet.
• Huo Yu approached Ning Rongrong and invited her to drink after boasting that he had outdrunk a man he called a watery sissy.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing shared memories atop Sea God's Temple, then opened a doorway and left for their honeymoon.