Chapter Summaries

Hai Ming found a Thunderclap Leopard over ten thousand years old for Zhu Zhuqing’s fourth Soul Ring and used his Nether Crocodile Soul Bone to shatter its soul. As Zhu Zhuqing began preparing to absorb the Soul Ring, a thirty-thousand-year Demon-Eyed Beast attacked, and Hai Ming charged after it.

• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing searched the forest for a suitable Soul Beast, and Hai Ming killed several powerful beasts along the way.
• At dawn, Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing found a Thunderclap Leopard with black markings that indicated it was over ten thousand years old.
• Hai Ming used his Nether Crocodile Soul Bone skill, Soul Shatter Unnamed, to destroy the leopard’s soul without killing its body.
• Hai Ming told Zhu Zhuqing to kill the weakened leopard and absorb its Soul Ring, then an attacker struck from the forest.
• Hai Ming blocked the attack, gave Zhu Zhuqing a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and another Soul Bone, and pursued the thirty-thousand-year Demon-Eyed Beast.

Hai Ming suppressed a Demon-Eyed Beast and prepared it as Zhu Zhuqing’s fifth Soul Ring while she absorbed the Thunderclap Leopard’s ring and a Soul Bone. Zhu Zhuqing reached level forty-eight and was left overwhelmed by the gifts and unsure how to repay Hai Ming.

• Hai Ming recognized the thirty-thousand-year Demon-Eyed Beast, used his Divine Sense to subdue it, and carried it away for Zhu Zhuqing’s fifth Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing the Thunderclap Leopard’s Soul Ring and reached level forty-five.
• Hai Ming told Zhu Zhuqing to absorb a Soul Bone, eat the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, and then absorb the Demon-Eyed Beast’s Soul Ring.
• Hai Ming pressed the Soul Bone onto Zhu Zhuqing and kept the Demon-Eyed Beast under watch as she absorbed it.
• Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing the Soul Bone, felt as though she were floating, and discovered that she had reached level forty-eight.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized that another Immortal Herb and a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring awaited her, and wondered how she could repay Hai Ming.

Hu Liena struggled to survive in Slaughter City and became jealous when Zhu Zhuqing returned vastly stronger after training with Hai Ming. Hai Ming cleared Hu Liena’s oppressive aura and began considering a nickname for Zhu Zhuqing, who wanted to wash the blood from her hair.

• Hu Liena returned to her room after killing hundreds in Slaughter City and lamented that Hai Ming showed no interest in her.
• The next day, Hu Liena saw Zhu Zhuqing enter the Hell Slaughter Arena as a Soul King with five Soul Rings.
• Hai Ming told Hu Liena that Zhu Zhuqing had gained two Immortal Herbs, a Head Soul Bone, and two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, then stabilized her strength by fighting a sixty-thousand-year Earth Bear.
• Zhu Zhuqing won her first match effortlessly, and Hu Liena grew jealous of her strength and her relationship with Hai Ming.
• Hai Ming used Divine Slaughter's Domain to clear Hu Liena’s oppressive aura and sent her away.
• Hai Ming considered giving Zhu Zhuqing a nickname, while Zhu Zhuqing focused on washing blood from her hair.

Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena continued building their records in Slaughter City while Hai Ming learned how the Asura God had arranged his trial and devised a plan to control the Shura God Sword. The women expected to enter Hell Road within a year, giving Hai Ming time to grow strong enough to pursue his scheme.

• Zhu Zhuqing killed her opponents in the Hell Slaughter Arena, bringing her total to thirty-one victories as Hu Liena reached forty-three.
• Hai Ming learned from Kyogre that the Asura God had influenced the Sea God to send him into Slaughter City in exchange for help repairing Tang Chen's soul.
• Hai Ming decided to save Tang Chen without letting him retain the Asura God inheritance, and planned to take control of the Shura God Sword.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Hai Ming that she and Hu Liena had begun competing separately to avoid suspicion and expected to complete one hundred victories within a year.
• Hai Ming calculated that his growing strength would let him try to extract the Shura God Sword from Tang Chen.

Hu Liena watched Tang San win his first Hell Slaughter Arena match and confronted him, while he concealed his identity as Tang Yin. Zhu Zhuqing arrived and recognized him, leaving his disguise exposed.

• Hu Liena won another match, bringing her total victories to sixty-four, and went to the arena as a spectator.
• Hu Liena noticed Tang San defeat his opponent with the Clear Sky Hammer and became interested in him.
• Jasmine warned Tang San that Hu Liena had sixty-four wins and ranked first in the arena.
• Hu Liena approached Tang San and tried to confuse him with her charm, while he introduced himself as Tang Yin and denied knowing Tang San.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived with apples for Hu Liena, recognized Tang San, and asked if he had gotten plastic surgery.

Tang San arrived in Slaughter City and reunited with Hu Liena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Hai Ming, learning how quickly Zhu Zhuqing had advanced. Hai Ming warned Tang San that Xiao Wu might be in danger now that she was separated from Tang Hao’s protection.

• Hai Ming found Tang San and Hu Liena together, accidentally revealing Tang San’s assumed identity as Tang Yin and provoking Hu Liena.
• Hai Ming took Tang San home, where Zhu Zhuqing revealed she had won fifty consecutive arena battles and reached level fifty-five with a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.
• Tang San explained his training under Tang Hao and said his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul had awakened, while Zhu Zhuqing asked about Xiao Wu.
• Tang San said Xiao Wu had gone with her younger brother, and Hai Ming admitted he had discovered Xiao Wu’s identity and helped protect her from Sword Douluo.
• Hai Ming warned that Spirit Hall might discover Xiao Wu’s identity and target her and the other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Star Dou Forest.

Tang San won his second Hell Slaughter Arena match while Hai Ming cleansed his killing aura and warned him and Zhu Zhuqing of coming changes in Slaughter City. Five days later, Hai Ming confronted the King of Slaughter and revealed that he knew the King was the Nine-Headed Blood-Red Bat King occupying Tang Chen’s body.

• Tang San defeated his two opponents with the Clear Sky Hammer, then Hai Ming used Divine Slaughter's Domain to cleanse the gloomy aura within him.
• Hu Liena won her match faster than Tang San, and Hai Ming warned Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing that Slaughter City might undergo major changes in a few days.
• The King of Slaughter waited five days for Hai Ming’s challenge, confident that Hai Ming’s strength posed little threat to him.
• Hai Ming confronted the King of Slaughter in an unnamed town and identified him as the Nine-Headed Blood-Red Bat King occupying Asura God's inheritor’s body.
• Hai Ming declared himself the Sea God's inheritor and used the Sea God's Light to disperse the red mist as seven blood-red Soul Rings appeared.

Hai Ming used his Sea Emperor Avatar and a barrage of Soul Skills to overpower the King of Slaughter, whose body was possessed by Tang Chen. He pinned the King of Slaughter down with ranged attacks and declared that Kyogre was a mage.

• Hai Ming dodged the King of Slaughter's attack with Voidwalking and activated his Sea Emperor Avatar, whose divine power forced the King of Slaughter to the ground.
• Hai Ming explained that his avatar strengthened his abilities, then blasted the King of Slaughter with Hyper Beam, which its wings blocked.
• Hai Ming struck the King of Slaughter with Thunder and used Scary Face to inflict pain and slow its movements, then repeatedly hit it with Hyper Beam.
• Hai Ming used another ability of his avatar to double Hyper Beam's power, tearing holes in the King of Slaughter's wings.
• Hai Ming blasted the King of Slaughter with Hydro Pump, sliced through its water attack with black energy, and pinned it down with Hyper Beam.

Hai Ming used Primal Reversion and Sea God's Light to suppress the King of Slaughter until the Shura God Sword appeared. A streak of red light then took the sword from the King of Slaughter, while Hai Ming expected to gain something from his efforts.

• Hai Ming overwhelmed the King of Slaughter with Hyper Beams, then used his golden barrier and Sea God's Light to defeat his attempts to attack and escape.
• Months earlier, Hai Ming had tested combining his Martial Soul Avatar with Primal Reversion and discovered that it increased his power and let him use Sea God's Light.
• As Sea God's Light transformed the King of Slaughter, the Shura God Sword appeared and broke the light, then the King of Slaughter slashed Hai Ming with it.
• A streak of red light rejuvenated the King of Slaughter, took the sword from his hands, and made the demonic mark on his forehead disappear.

Asura watched Hai Ming defeat the King of Slaughter and discovered that Poseidon had told him how to seek a Shura inheritance. Hai Ming proposed Zhu Zhuqing as a candidate, and Asura offered her a chance to claim the Shura God Sword under harsher conditions on Hell Road.

• Poseidon showed Asura footage of Hai Ming fighting the King of Slaughter and mocked Asura for neglecting his inheritance grounds.
• Asura praised Hai Ming’s unusual Martial Soul Avatar and used his power to affect the Shura God Sword, but the sword remained with Hai Ming.
• Hai Ming restrained the King of Slaughter with Sea God’s Light, then dragged Tang Chen into Slaughter City.
• Asura demanded the Shura God Sword, and Hai Ming offered a suitable candidate for his inheritance.
• Asura guessed Hai Ming had chosen Zhu Zhuqing and offered her a chance to claim the sword, warning that Hai Ming could not help her on Hell Road.

Hai Ming passed Sea God's Fourth Trial and teased Tang Chen about his long-delayed romance with Bo Saixi. Tang Chen decided to go to her, while Hai Ming ended their conversation by asking him to choose between “master husband” and “master wife.”

• Asura God left after Hai Ming agreed to watch for Rakshasa God's interference on Hell Road, and Sea God soon departed as well.
• Hai Ming passed Sea God's Fourth Trial, earning twenty percent Sea God affinity and activating Sea God's Light.
• Tang Chen asked whether Bo Saixi was well, and Hai Ming teased him about his past with her and Qian Daoliu.
• Tang Chen explained how Rakshasa God's interference had ruined his Asura inheritance and said he wanted to go to Bo Saixi.
• Hai Ming welcomed Tang Chen to Sea God Island and told him to choose whether Hai Ming would call him “master husband” or “master wife.”

Hai Ming took over Slaughter City's leadership after Tang Chen left to pursue Bo Saixi, then gave Zhu Zhuqing the Shura God Sword. The sword transformed to suit her and promised to grant her Asura's Nine Trials after she passed Hell Road.

• Tang Chen asked Hai Ming to guide Tang San and left Slaughter City to stay on Sea God Island with Bo Saixi.
• The Shura God Sword sent Hai Ming information, and Hai Ming used it to make Malphite the new King of Slaughter.
• Hai Ming told Tang San, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing that Slaughter City's ruler had changed, while concealing that Tang Chen was Tang San's great-grandfather.
• Hu Liena questioned whether she could report Hai Ming to her teacher, and Hai Ming claimed that no one could threaten him.
• Hai Ming placed the Shura God Sword on Zhu Zhuqing's lap, and it transformed into a slender sword suited to her.
• Zhu Zhuqing learned that the sword would grant her Asura's Nine Trials once she passed Hell Road.

After Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena completed their hundred victories, they entered Hell Road together and cleared its trials with Hai Ming’s help. Zhu Zhuqing received the first of Asura’s Nine Trials, which required her to defeat the King of Slaughter.

• Malphite opened Hell Road after Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena chose to challenge it together.
• Hai Ming explained that Slaughter City contained evil thoughts and helped suppress the rise of Evil Soul Masters, so he abandoned his plan to destroy it.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena defeated the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King with a crossbow and Hu Liena’s External Soul Bone.
• They hypnotized the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and sent it into the Blood River before it could damage the path.
• Hai Ming helped the pair cross the Blood Lake, then Zhu Zhuqing received Asura’s Nine Trials, First Trial: Defeat the King of Slaughter.

Zhu Zhuqing completed her first Asura trial simply by deciding she needed to defeat Malphite, while Hai Ming discovered that his fifth Sea God trial required him to defeat seven Titled Douluo without them holding back. Zhu Zhuqing then received a demanding second trial to reach Titled Douluo rank, and Hai Ming prepared to help her.

• Hai Ming brought Zhu Zhuqing to meet Malphite, and Zhu Zhuqing explained that she planned to challenge him after growing stronger.
• Malphite promised to accept Zhu Zhuqing's challenge and surrender, and Zhu Zhuqing's first Asura trial immediately completed, granting her soul power, soul-ring lifespan, and divine affinity.
• Hai Ming reviewed his fifth Sea God trial, which required him to recover the Sea God's Heart and defeat seven Sacred Pillar Guardians within twelve hours, and he blamed Poseidon for setting him up.
• Poseidon angrily accused Asura of setting him up again, while Asura briefly noted the situation and returned to meditation.
• Hai Ming agreed to accompany Zhu Zhuqing through her second Asura trial, which required her to collect soul rings and bones and reach Titled Douluo rank.

Hai Ming returned to Dugu Bo’s courtyard and reclaimed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, revealing it was the Sea God’s Heart. Dugu Bo told him that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe had poisoned Xue Ye, leaving Hai Ming to consider the danger behind Heaven Dou’s royal succession.

• Dugu Bo recalled how Xue Ye had given him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in payment for curing his poison, and he planned to have Hai Ming examine it.
• Hai Ming suddenly appeared, took the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Dugu Bo, and explained how he had deduced that Spirit Hall had troubled Dugu Bo.
• Hai Ming summoned the relic into the golden trident mark on his forehead and called it the Sea God’s Heart.
• Hai Ming told Dugu Bo that Zhu Zhuqing was at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and asked why Heaven Dou City was heavily guarded.
• Dugu Bo revealed that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe had secretly poisoned Xue Ye, though Xue Ye had no intention of pursuing him.

Hai Ming left Dugu Bo and prepared to take Zhu Zhuqing to Sea God Island so she could continue her divine trial. Xue Qinghe vowed to endure a few more years while plotting to claim the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Ning Rongrong listened as Zhu Zhuqing described Slaughter City and learned that Hai Ming had secured her a Divine Inheritance.
• Xue Qinghe discussed Hai Ming and the political unrest with Snake Lance Douluo, then resolved to keep enduring until he could claim the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Hai Ming warned Dugu Bo to hide in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and revealed that the Sea God's Heart had carried a spiritual signal that may have alerted Qian Renxue.
• Hai Ming reunited with Zhu Zhuqing in Seven Treasure City, said farewell to Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi, and left for Sea God Island with Zhu Zhuqing.

Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing encountered Wolf Bandits massacring a village on their way to Vast Sea City, and Zhu Zhuqing killed all but one. Hai Ming questioned the surviving blue Wolf Bandit about where it came from, while sensing a repulsive aura around it.

• Hai Ming pushed Zhu Zhuqing to keep up her speed training as they traveled toward Vast Sea City.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing smelled blood near a village and discovered it burning under attack by dark figures.
• Hai Ming used Rain Prayer to extinguish the flames, and Zhu Zhuqing attacked the Wolf Bandits.
• Zhu Zhuqing slaughtered the Wolf Bandits until only one blue Wolf Bandit remained alive.
• Hai Ming restrained the blue Wolf Bandit and asked where it came from, sensing an aura that repulsed Sea God's Light.

Hai Ming discovered that the Wolf Bandits had been controlled to slaughter villagers and learned that the Emotion God and Beast God were behind the scheme. He and Zhu Zhuqing reached Vast Sea City and sailed toward Sea God Island, while Hai Ming suspected Bibi Dong had killed the gods in the original timeline.

• Hai Ming found that the captured azure Wolf Bandit and the others had been silenced, then used Kyogre's telepathy to search the leader's mind.
• Hai Ming learned that a divine-inheritance Soul Beast king had ordered the massacres to make humans despair, and he concluded the Emotion God and Beast God were involved.
• Hai Ming killed the azure Wolf Bandit and left with Zhu Zhuqing, while the surviving villagers appeared to have lost all hope and will to live.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing traveled to Vast Sea City, where they rested and spent three days sightseeing before boarding a ship for Sea God Island.
• As the ship departed, Hai Ming wondered whether Bibi Dong had killed the Emotion God and Beast God in the original story.

Hai Ming returned to Sea God Island with Zhu Zhuqing and brought her to the Sea Dragon Divine Pillar to receive a trial and gain a legitimate identity there. Poseidon granted her request, and Zhu Zhuqing received the Sea God Trial: Black-Level Eight Trials.

• Hai Kui welcomed Hai Ming back to Sea God Island and teased him about bringing Zhu Zhuqing as his girlfriend.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing traveled through Hailong City, where his acquaintances gave them gifts, then continued to the Sea Dragon Divine Pillar.
• Sea Dragon greeted Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing, and Hai Ming explained that Zhu Zhuqing needed a Sea God Trial to live on the island normally.
• Sea Dragon activated the Sea Dragon Divine Pillar, and Poseidon granted Zhu Zhuqing a trial.
• The pillar released black light and formed eight blue light screens before Zhu Zhuqing, revealing her Black-Level Eight Trials.

Zhu Zhuqing received a Black-Level Eight Trials assessment because she was the Asura God's inheritor, while Hai Ming discussed the difficulty of his fifth trial with Sea Dragon. The chapter left Hai Ming planning to defeat all seven Sacred Pillar Guardians at once so none of them could hold back and cause him to fail.

• Hai Ming explained Sea God Island's assessment levels to Zhu Zhuqing after Sea Dragon reacted to her Black-Level Eight Trials.
• Bo Saixi appeared and explained that Zhu Zhuqing could not receive a Top-level Assessment because she was the Asura God's inheritor.
• Bo Saixi took Zhu Zhuqing to Sea God's Mountain for her first trial, Crossing Sea God's Light, and told Hai Ming to discuss his fifth trial with Sea Dragon.
• Sea Dragon told Hai Ming that his fifth trial required him to defeat all seven Sacred Pillar Guardians within twelve double-hours without any of them holding back.
• Hai Ming explained that the Guardians might instinctively go easy on him, so he planned to crush them all instantly with overwhelming strength.