Chapter Summaries

After reaching fifty percent Asura Affinity and gaining new insight into the Asura Nine Styles, Yang Xiong refused to join the Jialing Pass front and summoned seven allies back to make plans. He received a new trial to find a worthy master for Seagod's Heart within a year, and had already chosen a candidate.

• Yang Xiong reflected on how defeating Qian Renxue had increased his Asura Affinity and helped him understand the Asura God's nine killing techniques.
• Dragon Duke and Snake Granny told Yang Xiong that the Jialing Pass battle had become a costly stalemate and that Great Emperor Xue Ye wanted him to command the front.
• Yang Xiong declined to go to Jialing Pass, wary of provoking Qian Daoliu, and ordered Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Yang Wei, Qin Shuang, Feng Xiaotian, Shui Bing'er, and Huo Wu to return.
• Yang Xiong told Dragon Duke to have Sect Leader Ning and Elder Lin Gong handle the battlefield arrangements, insisting that the Body Sect was not the Heaven Dou Empire's vassal.
• Yang Xiong received the Asura Nine Trials Fifth Trial: find a new master for Seagod's Heart who could earn its approval within one year, or die.

After the Heaven Dou Empire’s forces recalled Ning Rongrong and her companions from Jialing Pass, Yang Xiong revealed that he needed to choose a successor for the Seagod’s inheritance. The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud reacted most strongly to Shui Bing’er, then began absorbing her blood, Soul Power, and Ice Phoenix martial soul.

• Ning Fengzhi and Lin Gong sent Ning Rongrong and the others back to the Body Sect despite complaints from Xue Ye and the battlefield commanders.
• Tang San realized Yang Xiong had likely recalled the group to help him obtain his Ninth Soul Ring and worried about how powerful he would become as a Titled Douluo.
• Yang Xiong reunited with Ning Rongrong and the others, praised how the battlefield had strengthened their combat awareness, and explained that he needed to find a Seagod successor.
• Yang Xiong tested the group with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which showed no lasting response to most candidates, including Yang Wei and Oscar.
• When Shui Bing’er offered her blood, the Seagod’s divine sense reacted intensely, and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud began absorbing her blood and Soul Power as her Ice Phoenix entered its range.

Shui Bing'er gained the Seagod's approval and received the right to use Seagod's Heart, while Yang Xiong completed the fifth Asura trial. The group prepared to head back to sea, where Yang Xiong would face the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as part of his sixth trial, which required him to obtain a Ninth Soul Ring and Torso Soul Bone without killing innocents or leaving hidden dangers.

• The Seagod's Divine Thought examined Shui Bing'er's past and approved her as a successor, and Yang Xiong severed his connection to the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud at great cost to his Spiritual Sea.
• The Seagod appeared, bestowed his approval on Shui Bing'er, and sent Seagod's Heart into her body; she later awoke and learned she could use its four Soul Skills.
• Yang Xiong told Shui Bing'er she had gained the Seagod's approval, warned that the inheritance would be difficult, and announced the group would soon set out toward the sea.
• The Asura God declared Yang Xiong's fifth trial complete and raised his Asura Affinity to sixty percent; Yang Xiong reassured Ning Rongrong that a suitable inheritance would come to her in time.
• The Seagod and the Asura God discussed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale Clan and whether Yang Xiong should eliminate it or spare it, while the Asura God stressed the need to uphold order without becoming extreme.
• Yang Xiong received the sixth trial: obtain a Ninth Soul Ring and Torso Soul Bone within a year, without killing innocents or leaving hidden dangers behind.

Yang Xiong led his companions to the Demon Whale Sea Area to face the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, the target of his Ninth Soul Ring. After Yang Xiong explained his selfish motives and warned that the whale king’s wife, daughter, and clan could be targeted by emerging gods, the whale king remained furious over the Seagod and had yet to decide how to respond.

• Yang Xiong realized that Asura God's Sixth Trial tested whether he could face the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King without violating Asura God's principles.
• Yang Xiong and his companions traveled from the Body Sect through Vast Sea City to the outskirts of the Demon Whale Sea Area, where he announced that he would face the whale king alone.
• Oscar gave Yang Xiong a supply of Sausages, and Yang Xiong rode his sword into the heart of the Demon Whale Sea Area.
• Yang Xiong called out the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, split its water attack with Slaughter God Slash, and challenged its hope of becoming a god.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King accused Yang Xiong of seeking its Soul Ring, while Yang Xiong admitted his selfish goal and warned that the whale king’s family and clan could become targets for gods.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King condemned the Seagod for taking the God Position it believed belonged to him, and Yang Xiong urged it to consider its wife, daughter, and clan.

Yang Xiong negotiated an agreement with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, then fought him to prove his strength. Their battle remained evenly matched as Yang Xiong brought out his soul-bone armor and Netherworld Dragon Descends.

• Yang Xiong offered the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King Lovesick Heartbreak Red and knowledge of a Secluded Land, and they agreed to help each other become gods if either lost.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King unleashed the power of the sea, but Yang Xiong pierced his water column with Bone Crushing Fist.
• Yang Xiong revealed his eight-piece Soul Bone Armor and used Tyrant Dragon's Fury and Dragon Elephant Adamantine Body to attack the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King struck Yang Xiong with a powerful tail attack, and Yang Xiong countered with Steel Tendons Iron Bones and Asura True Body.
• After dozens of minutes of fighting, Yang Xiong summoned his Undead Netherworld Fire Dragon with Netherworld Dragon Descends, and it wrapped around the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as their water and fire powers collided.

Yang Xiong battled the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, using ice and his Asura abilities to overcome the sea beast’s immense defenses and power. After unleashing Asura Dharma and Asura Blood Prison, Yang Xiong defeated him and held him at swordpoint, leaving the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s life in his hands.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King withstood Yang Xiong’s Netherworld Dragon Descends and challenged him to reveal his full strength.
• Yang Xiong clashed his Slaughter Domain against the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s Demon Whale Domain, then froze the sea and the beast with Absolute Ice Domain.
• Yang Xiong struck with Asura God Destruction, splitting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s lightning shield and carving a huge wound across his body.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King compressed his power and transformed into a heavily armored human form, while Yang Xiong shattered all seven of his soul rings to unleash Asura Dharma.
• Yang Xiong combined Asura Dharma with Asura Blood Prison and broke through the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s defenses, leaving him helpless.
• Yang Xiong pressed two fingers to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s brow and held his life in his hands.

Yang Xiong defeated the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and persuaded him to sacrifice himself in exchange for a promise to resurrect him and protect his family. After Yang Xiong swore an oath before the Asura God, the whale king reunited with his wife and daughter before his sacrifice.

• Yang Xiong used his Divine Artifact as leverage and promised to protect the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's family and resurrect him after ascending to godhood.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King agreed to sacrifice himself but asked to spend a few more days with his wife and daughter, and Yang Xiong offered them refuge near Thunder Valley.
• Yang Xiong's companions arrived and helped him recover while they waited for the whale king to return from the sea.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King returned and asked Yang Xiong to honor their agreement, so Yang Xiong swore an oath before the Asura God, who granted it.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's wife and daughter, Demon Empress and Lan Fozi, appeared and reunited with him as the whales faced their impending separation.

Yang Xiong gave the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who plucked it through his devotion to his wife and transformed into a dragon. As blood-red Heavenly Tribulation struck, the King sacrificed himself to save Yang Xiong, who survived and gained the first Million Year Soul Ring in nearly ten thousand years.

• Yang Xiong asked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King to prove his love for his wife by plucking the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and explained the risks of becoming a god without a God Position.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King offered his essence blood, successfully plucked the flower, and swallowed it as his wife and daughter watched.
• The Lovesick Heartbreak Red transformed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King into a dragon and turned his Soul Power into divine power, drawing blood-red Heavenly Tribulation.
• Yang Xiong charged into the Heavenly Tribulation to test its power, and his Soul Skills, Soul Bones, and Asura Demon Sword helped him endure its strikes.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King coiled around Yang Xiong and sacrificed himself, stopping the tribulation and leaving his dragon body floating on the sea.
• Yang Xiong's body and Soul Rings recovered, his Martial Soul changed, and he gained a blue-gold Million Year Soul Ring.

Yang Xiong survived the Heavenly Tribulation, while the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King briefly became a god before dying and living on within Yang Xiong’s Spiritual Sea. As the Silver Dragon King considered contacting Asura God’s successor, Yang Xiong agreed to bring the whale king’s wife and daughter back to the Body Sect.

• Asura God and Sea God discussed Yang Xiong’s tribulation-tempered body, god-level soul bones, and unusual collection of attributes.
• Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King sensed a Soul Beast becoming a god, realized the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was likely responsible, and decided Di Tian should meet Yang Xiong.
• Bo Saixi and Tang Chen learned of the whale king’s ascension, while Bo Saixi prepared for the arrival of the new Sea God successor; Qian Daoliu stayed focused on Qian Renxue’s trials.
• Yang Xiong met the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s wife and daughter, and the whale king explained that he could live in Yang Xiong’s Spiritual Sea until Yang Xiong became a god.
• The whale king’s wife chose to return to the Body Sect with Yang Xiong and her daughter, while the whale king’s corpse remained in the sea to nourish it.

Yang Xiong absorbed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Million Year Soul Ring and soul bone, reaching Level 98 and gaining powerful new abilities, including Heavenly Tribulation Power. After three days of cultivation, his companions grew stronger, and Yang Xiong prepared to handle business on Sea God Island while the whale king's family stayed in the deep sea.

• Yang Xiong reached Level 98, gained eight Million Year Soul Skills, and evolved his Slaughter Domain into the Asura Domain.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King explained that the heavenly tribulation had replaced Yang Xiong's second martial soul, leaving him with Heavenly Tribulation Power fused to his body and Asura Martial Soul.
• Yang Xiong agreed to let the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's wife and daughter remain in the deep sea until he became a god, and planned to visit Sea God Island.
• After three days of cultivation near the whale king's corpse, Ning Rongrong reached Level 91, Oscar and Feng Xiaotian reached rank 89, and the others also advanced.
• Yang Xiong took the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Whale Pearl and Whale Rubber, leaving the rest of his body to return to the ocean.

Yang Xiong fused the five elements into a brief burst of Creation Power, astonishing the Asura God and Sea God, then returned to Sea God Island with his companions. Shui Bing'er became the Seagod Successor and began her Red Level Nine Trials, while Yang Xiong met the Sea God to ask questions and brought the transformed Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with him.

• Yang Xiong fused Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth energy in a Rasengan, briefly creating a power that showed him the birth and destruction of a world.
• The Asura God identified Yang Xiong's power as Creation Power and discussed its potential and the dangers facing the God Realm with the Sea God.
• Yang Xiong and his companions returned to Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi welcomed them and Shui Bing'er received the Seagod's Trident mark as the Seagod Successor.
• Bo Saixi told Shui Bing'er to face the Red Level Nine Trials without assistance, while Yang Xiong followed her to the Sea God Hall to meet the Sea God.
• Yang Xiong summoned the transformed Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and the Sea God spoke with him about becoming a god and the God Realm's nature as a prison.

Yang Xiong completed his sixth Asura trial and left Sea God Island with his companions as the war at Jialing Pass continued to drain both empires and their allies. Tang San’s battle plan turned the tide against Bibi Dong, but Jialing Pass’s defenses kept the Spirit Hall Empire safe from a decisive defeat.

• Yang Xiong completed the Asura God’s Sixth Trial after absorbing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s soul ring and soul bone, raising his Asura Affinity to seventy percent, then prepared to leave Sea God Island with his companions.
• The prolonged fighting at Jialing Pass caused enormous losses for both armies and their soul master forces, while Tang San reached level 97 by devouring corpses and soul power.
• Xue Ye asked Ning Fengzhi, Tang Xiao, and Lin Gong for more support, but the three leaders refused to commit their sects’ remaining strength.
• Tang San arranged for Bone Douluo to join the battlefield and assigned Bone Douluo and Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, Sword Douluo, and himself to fight key Spirit Hall experts.
• Tang San and Sword Douluo wounded Bibi Dong and helped devastate the Spirit Hall Empire’s Soul Master Legion, forcing its forces to remain inside Jialing Pass despite the Heaven Dou Empire’s victory.

Tang San gained ground in the Rakshasa God trial as the Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou armies reached a deadlock after Tang Lie’s death. On the voyage home, Yang Xiong successfully condensed a Five Elements Soul Core and balanced it with his Strength Soul Core.

• Light Feather Douluo and Subduing Demon Douluo killed Tang Lie, leaving the battlefield deadlocked and Bibi Dong badly injured.
• Tang San’s clash with Bibi Dong advanced his Rakshasa God trial, shifting the God Position’s favor toward him.
• Yang Xiong began condensing a second Soul Core aboard the returning ship, using the Five Elements energy in his body.
• Yang Xiong formed a blue-gold Five Elements Soul Core, but it violently repelled his existing Strength Soul Core.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King sent Ocean Power into Yang Xiong, and Yang Xiong used it and his spiritual power to bring both cores into balance.
• Yang Xiong’s Dual Soul Cores stabilized, with the Strength Soul Core in his dantian and the Five Elements Soul Core at his heart.

Yang Xiong completed his Yin Yang Balance Dual Soul Core and learned that the Angel God had fallen, while Qian Renxue reached Level 99 and began her final inheritance trial. Qian Daoliu sacrificed himself to help her become the new Angel God as the Spirit Hall Empire faced a dangerous war.

• Yang Xiong completed his dual soul cores, reached the peak of Level 98, and prepared to face Qian Renxue if she became a god.
• Yang Xiong learned from the Sea God that the Angel God had fallen and left a backup plan to preserve the Angel God Lineage.
• Qian Renxue reached Level 99, but told Qian Daoliu she still feared she could not defeat Yang Xiong.
• Qian Daoliu warned Qian Renxue that the Spirit Hall Empire was under fierce attack and urged her to complete the Angel God inheritance.
• Qian Daoliu began Qian Renxue's ninth trial, and the Angel God Torso Soul Bone started merging with her.
• Qian Daoliu sacrificed himself to aid Qian Renxue's ascension, telling her she would become the Angel Clan's greatest pride.

Qian Renxue completed the Angel God inheritance and became the first god in nearly ten thousand years, transforming the balance of power in the war. As Yang Xiong prepared to challenge her and the Heaven Dou forces feared her arrival, Qian Renxue vowed to honor Qian Daoliu and take revenge on Yang Xiong.

• Qian Renxue absorbed the final Angel God Soul Bone, transformed into a god, and gained a golden tenth Soul Ring.
• Yang Xiong and his companions sensed Qian Renxue’s divine aura at sea, and Yang Xiong said he would face her despite Ning Rongrong’s worries.
• At Jialing Pass, the Spirit Hall forces celebrated Qian Renxue’s ascension while Bibi Dong, Tang San, and the Heaven Dou forces realized their plans and advantage had collapsed.
• Qian Renxue mourned Qian Daoliu, vowed to spread the Angel Clan’s light across the continent, and promised to repay Yang Xiong for his past humiliations.

After becoming the Angel God, Qian Renxue confronted the leaders of the Heaven Dou Empire and the sects at Jialing Pass while Tang San fled with Xiao Wu. Qian Renxue crippled Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul and declared that only strength mattered, leaving the opposing forces facing her overwhelming power.

• Qian Renxue left Spirit City after her ascension, while Tang Xiao and Tang Hao refused to abandon the Clear Sky Sect and Tang San escaped with Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing headed for Heaven’s Gate Pass, while Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan stayed with Yu Xiaogang and the other leaders gathered at Jialing Pass.
• Qian Renxue arrived at Jialing Pass, where Bibi Dong challenged her over the Angel Clan and Qian Xunji, but Golden Crocodile Douluo urged her to focus on the war.
• Qian Renxue confronted Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Tang Xiao, warned them to surrender, and dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s claim to speak for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Qian Renxue’s pressure shattered Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul and erased his Soul Power, then she condemned him for betraying the Spirit Hall Empire.

Qian Renxue crippled Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, then confronted Tang Hao and Tang Xiao over her father’s death and the Clear Sky Sect’s defiance. She overwhelmed their combined attack and the other Titled Douluo, leaving the assembled fighters badly injured and Tang Hao near collapse.

• Qian Renxue destroyed Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul and drove Liu Erlong to cough blood while declaring she would eradicate the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Qian Renxue accused Yu Xiaogang of abandoning people and plagiarizing Spirit Hall knowledge, then threatened to destroy his disciple.
• Qian Renxue challenged Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, but Tang Hao claimed Qian Xunji had been killed by someone within Spirit Hall and that the truth had been covered up.
• Qian Renxue blocked Tang Hao and Tang Xiao’s Clear Sky Hammers, then repelled attacks from more than ten Titled Douluo with her Six-Winged Angel and a giant palm.
• Qian Renxue’s strike left the fighters seriously injured, with Tang Hao collapsing after using Ring Detonation.

Qian Renxue crushed the Heaven Dou Empire’s resistance and demanded that the sects submit to the Spirit Hall Empire. After killing Xue Ye, Marshal Ge Long, and Tang Hao, she faced the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Body Sect, whose leaders refused to surrender.

• Qian Renxue offered to spare Xue Ye and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family if they submitted, but Xue Ye refused, so she killed him and declared the Heaven Dou Empire destroyed.
• Qian Renxue killed Marshal Ge Long after he refused to surrender the army, prompting a deputy general and the empire’s ministers to submit to the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Qian Renxue mocked Tang Hao’s hope that his son would defeat her, then killed Tang Hao when he accused her of avoiding the truth about Qian Xunji’s death.
• Ning Fengzhi refused to make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect submit, despite Qian Renxue warning that the sect could not survive opposing her.
• Yang Wudi and the Body Sect refused Qian Renxue’s offer to submit and declared that they would rather die.

After Tang San learned that Qian Renxue had killed Tang Hao, he fled with Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest and sought protection from the powerful Black Dragon Di Tian. The chapter ended with Tang San provoking Di Tian, who rose from the Life Lake in fury and threatened to tear him apart.

• Tang San sensed Tang Hao's death at Qian Renxue's hands and vowed revenge against her and the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Tang San proposed seeking help from the Black Dragon, while concealing his desire for the Hundred-Thousand-Year soul rings and soul bones he needed.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu reunited with the wounded Da Ming and Er Ming, and Da Ming reluctantly agreed to guide them to the Life Lake.
• Tang San called for the Black Dragon several times, then struck the Life Lake with his Mantis Leg External Soul Bone when no one answered.
• Di Tian emerged from the Life Lake and angrily threatened Tang San for revealing his whereabouts.

Tang San negotiated with Di Tian for shelter from Qian Renxue and learned that the God Realm’s God Kings far surpassed his understanding of divine power. Di Tian agreed to hide him on the reef in exchange for help finding and releasing something sealed in the God Realm, while Tang San resolved to obtain the Clear Sky Hammer’s final two spirit rings.

• Tang San warned Di Tian that the Angel God had appeared and argued that their shared ties to the Soul Beast Clan made them suitable allies.
• Di Tian questioned Tang San’s strength and value, then offered to shield him on the reef if he would find and release something sealed in the God Realm.
• Di Tian explained that the God Kings stood far above ordinary gods and that Tang San’s inherited Rakshasa God Position limited his future potential.
• Di Tian concealed the reef from divine detection, and Xiao Wu reassured Tang San that he could cultivate there with her and Da Ming nearby.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu that he needed to grow stronger and obtain the Clear Sky Hammer’s final two spirit rings.