Recaps

Qian Xunji, Yue Guan, and Bibi Dong tricked Lin Fan into staying in the courtyard by warning that going out could endanger his recovery, then asked him to explain the Sea God’s inheritance. Lin Fan described the Sea God’s Heart as essential to the inheritance and explained how its divine sense could test someone with exceptional talent.

• Yue Guan pretended to examine Lin Fan’s injury and warned that going out could worsen it and ruin his chance to regain his sight.
• Lin Fan promised to stay in the courtyard, and Qian Xunji, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Bibi Dong privately praised their deception.
• After breakfast, Qian Xunji asked Lin Fan about the Sea God’s Heart and its role in inheriting the Sea God Godhood.
• Lin Fan explained that the Sea God’s Heart was needed for the Divine Position Nine Trials, the Sea God Trident, and the final trial.
• Lin Fan said the Sea God’s Heart posed little danger to ordinary people, but its divine sense could test someone whose talent attracted its attention, as it did with Tang San.

Qian Xunji and the others questioned Lin Fan about future geniuses who might earn the Sea God's recognition and about the Sea God's Divine Trials. After Lin Fan explained the trials and God Rings, the group left for lunch, with Lin Fan resting behind.

• Qian Xunji continued the planned tests and asked Lin Fan which future geniuses besides Tang San might attract the Sea God's recognition.
• Lin Fan described Oscar, Shui Bing'er, Feng Xiaotian, the Spirit Hall Golden Generation, Huo Wu, and other potential candidates, while Gui Mei recorded their details.
• Lin Fan said Shui Bing'er, Feng Xiaotian, and Hu Liena might have particular advantages, and discussed the Star Luo Empire's likely share of talented Soul Masters.
• Lin Fan outlined the fixed Sea God trials, including passing through the Sea God's Light, Tidal Body Tempering, challenging the Seven Sacred Pillars and Grand Worshipper, pulling the Sea God Trident, and reaching Titled Douluo.
• Lin Fan explained that completing the Sea God's Ninth Trial granted godhood and a tenth God Ring, whose color varied by deity.
• Yue Guan called for lunch and rest, and Qian Xunji left with the others while Lin Fan bade them farewell.

At the Pope's Palace, Qian Xunji's group discussed recruiting future geniuses and tested whether Bibi Dong could gain the Sea God's Heart's recognition. The Heart responded to her talent but rejected her because her dark Martial Soul clashed with the Sea God's power, so Qian Xunji ordered the gathered geniuses to be tested that night.

• Gui Mei identified Shui Bing'er as a promising member of the Shui Family, and Bibi Dong argued that she might inherit the Water God's godhood.
• Qian Xunji ordered Yue Guan to negotiate with the Shui Family and told Gui Mei to report on Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu; the group agreed to recruit all the future geniuses they could.
• Qian Xunji, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei tried probing the Sea God's Heart with their Mental Power, but it did not respond to them.
• Bibi Dong tested the Sea God's Heart, resisted its Vast Sea Power, and caused it to shine with azure light.
• The Sea God's Heart did not recognize Bibi Dong because her dark Martial Soul conflicted with the Sea God's power, though Qian Xunji concluded her talent met the standard.
• Qian Xunji ordered Yue Guan to bring the gathered geniuses to the Pope's Palace that night and told Bibi Dong to recover her Mental Power.

Qian Xunji brought the Sea God's Heart to Lin Fan, hoping its pressure might awaken his Martial Soul, and Lin Fan's touch stirred the artifact. Lin Fan briefly opened silver-gold eyes that overwhelmed the onlookers and struck back at the Sea God's Divine Sense before he collapsed asleep, leaving Qian Xunji shaken by a vision of Spirit Hall's destruction.

• Yue Guan suggested letting Lin Fan try the Sea God's Heart, and Qian Xunji decided to test it after recalling Qian Daoliu's warning about Lin Fan's abnormal Mental Power.
• Qian Xunji, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei visited Lin Fan and persuaded him to examine a blue gemstone by touch.
• Lin Fan imagined the object from its shape and saw a vast azure ocean, prompting the Sea God's Divine Sense to pull at his mind.
• Lin Fan opened silver-gold eyes, and an enormous eye inside the Sea God's Heart severed the Divine Sense's pull and inflicted a severe backlash.
• The Sea God's Heart fell, Lin Fan closed his eyes and collapsed asleep, and Qian Xunji said he had seen Spirit Hall's future destruction in Lin Fan's eyes.

After the Sea God's Heart affected Lin Fan, Qian Xunji and his subordinates debated what had happened while keeping it from Bibi Dong, who grew angry when she learned Lin Fan had tested the relic. Qian Xunji then gathered Spirit Hall's young geniuses and revealed that the Sea God's Heart could offer one of them a chance to become a Deity.

• Qian Xunji, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei speculated that the Sea God's Heart had awakened an unknown Martial Soul in Lin Fan, then assigned their duties and agreed not to tell Bibi Dong about the incident.
• Lin Fan woke in the evening, and Bibi Dong learned that he had planned to appraise the Village Chief's triangular blue gem, which she recognized as the Sea God's Heart.
• Bibi Dong confronted Qian Xunji for letting Lin Fan test the Sea God's Heart, and Qian Xunji assured her that Lin Fan seemed unharmed.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei brought more than fifty Spirit Hall geniuses to the Pope's Palace, where Qian Xunji revealed the Sea God's Heart and offered its recognition as a chance to become a Deity.
• Qian Xunji ordered the geniuses to keep the opportunity secret, and they agreed.

Bibi Dong explained the Sea God's Heart test to Spirit Hall's young geniuses as Qian Daoliu's party reached Sea God Island. Qian Daoliu announced to Sea Dragon that he had come to propose marriage to Bo Saixi.

• Bibi Dong warned the Spirit Hall geniuses that the Sea God's Heart would test their Mental Power and could cause a backlash, then Yue Guan began testing them.
• After twelve days at sea, Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen, and their group spotted Sea God Island; Qian Daoliu promised Tang Chen a three-day fight if he behaved on the island.
• Qian Daoliu's group landed and encountered a force of about a thousand islanders, including the seven guardians of the Sacred Pillars.
• Sea Dragon asked why Spirit Hall had come, and Qian Daoliu said he wished to meet the high priestess.
• Qian Daoliu told Sea Dragon that he had come to propose marriage to Bo Saixi.

Qian Daoliu confronted Sea God Island’s guardians and demanded to see Bo Saixi, while Tang Chen was kept behind. Bo Saixi agreed to meet Qian Daoliu alone, and he arrived at Sea God Hall, impressed by her appearance.

• Qian Daoliu’s marriage proposal angered the Seven Sacred Pillars elders and Sea God Island’s guardians, who prepared to fight.
• Sea Dragon assessed Spirit Hall’s formidable strength and told Qian Daoliu’s group to leave, but Qian Daoliu unleashed his Martial Soul and called out Bo Saixi.
• Bo Saixi heard Qian Daoliu’s challenge, realized the visitor was a divine envoy she could not have stopped, and ordered Sea Dragon to let Qian Daoliu come alone.
• Qian Daoliu flew to Sea God Mountain while Jiang Mo persuaded Tang Chen to stay behind, reminding him not to interfere with Qian Daoliu’s private meeting.
• Qian Daoliu landed before Bo Saixi on the Sea God Hall rooftop and admired her extraordinary appearance.

Qian Daoliu proposed a supplies-for-Sea-God-trials deal to Bo Saixi and also asked her to marry him. Bo Saixi said she would consult the Sea God about the deal, leaving Qian Daoliu wondering how to act less seriously.

• Qian Daoliu met Bo Saixi and tried to charm her, but she warned him to get to the point.
• Qian Daoliu offered Sea God Island supplies in exchange for allowing Spirit Hall’s young geniuses to take the Sea God trials.
• Bo Saixi initially rejected the proposal, but reconsidered after Qian Daoliu argued that Spirit Hall could help find a successor to the Sea God.
• Bo Saixi asked how many qualified young Soul Masters Spirit Hall had, and Qian Daoliu described its talented candidates, including its sixteen-year-old Saintess.
• Bo Saixi said she would ask the Sea God before deciding on the deal, and Qian Daoliu then proposed marriage.
• Bo Saixi dismissed Qian Daoliu, who wondered why his teasing had not made him seem less serious.

Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall’s group waited aboard their ship while Bo Saixi consulted the Sea God, who allowed them to bring Spirit Hall’s talented youths for the trials. That night, Tang Chen secretly entered Sea God Island and struck the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, setting off alarms across the island.

• Bo Saixi questioned Qian Daoliu about how he knew her name, but he refused to explain and returned to the ship.
• Bo Saixi ordered Sea Dragon and the other elders to guard the path and keep Spirit Hall’s group out of the city.
• Qian Daoliu told his companions that Bo Saixi was too powerful to challenge directly and urged them to follow the island’s rules while they waited.
• Bo Saixi contacted the Sea God, who authorized the trials and told her to include Spirit Hall’s talented youths.
• Tang Chen slipped off the ship, found the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, and struck it with his Clear Sky Hammer, triggering the island’s alarms.