Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Tang San reveals a stone shard bearing the Clear Sky Hammer Crest, provoking the King of Slaughter. The underground seal suppresses most Soul Skills, so Yuan Yu fights with his blade and physical skill while Tang San uses the Sea God Trident to hold open a small area of Divine Light.
• The three confront the king, who retreats underground. Hu Liena spots a blocked side passage and helps free four shackled Medicine Workers, guiding them toward an escape route.
• In the plaza, Tang San recognizes the king’s swordwork as techniques taught by his father, Tang Hao. Though uncertain of the king’s identity, he deliberately avoids a potentially lethal strike. Yuan Yu urges him to stay on his feet long enough to ask questions.
• The Blood Pool begins dragging fallen souls into it. Hu Liena opens a diversion gate to drain the bloodwater, while Yuan Yu and Tang San keep the king at bay.
• A Hammer Crest gesture from the king causes Tang San’s shard to glow. The Trident’s light reveals an old chest wound, and Hu Liena senses two conflicting forces within the king: someone—or something—is inhabiting his body.
• Working together, the three briefly break through the seal’s suppression. Tang San sustains the Divine Light, Yuan Yu stabilizes the collapsing platform, and Hu Liena identifies where the hidden Spiritual Power is strongest.
• The king drives his sword into his own wound, releasing Black-Red Aura and a distorted laugh. A voice challenges them for trying to take Tang Chen’s body. Tang San demands that they let Tang Chen out.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San grows increasingly convinced the King of Slaughter is connected to his family, but restrains himself until he has proof. His choice to protect the king from a killing blow shows both caution and emotional conflict.
• Yuan Yu remains the group’s frontline protector, combining force with control: he gives Tang San room to investigate, shields him under pressure, and preserves the escape route.
• Hu Liena demonstrates familiarity with the underground passages and acts decisively to rescue the captives. She also identifies the divided Spiritual Power inside the king.
• The three coordinate closely: Tang San maintains the protective light, Yuan Yu holds the enemy and stabilizes the terrain, and Hu Liena scouts, rescues, and directs their attacks.

Significant themes

• Identity and possession: The king’s familiar techniques and signs of inner conflict suggest Tang Chen may be trapped within another force.
• Restraint and trust: Tang San refuses to act on suspicion alone, while the others support his effort to uncover the truth.
• Cooperation under constraint: With their powers suppressed and the battlefield collapsing, the trio relies on complementary skills.
• Mercy amid violence: They prioritize the captives and the threatened fallen souls even while fighting a dangerous enemy.

Key plot points and events

• Yuan Yu, Tang San, and Hu Liena work together to free the King of Slaughter, Tang Chen, from a Nine-Headed Bat parasite. Tang San’s Sea God’s Light restrains the creature, Hu Liena helps Tang Chen’s suppressed consciousness resist it, and Yuan Yu carefully severs the exposed parasitic bloodlines without harming him.
• The parasite tries to break Tang Chen’s will by imitating Hu Liena and claiming that everyone who might be waiting for him is gone. Tang San counters by telling him that the Clear Sky Sect still exists and that his son, Tang Hao, is alive. Tang Chen gathers enough strength to pull the Asura Demon Sword from his chest and expel the parasite.
• The bat attacks the people in the square, but Yuan Yu cripples it and kills it with support from Tang San’s Divine Light and the Lihuo Myriad Refining Furnace.
• After the fight, Hu Liena clears the exit and stops the square’s frightened guards from obstructing escape. Yuan Yu destroys the last trace of the parasite and helps restore the area’s normal Soul Power flow.
• Tang Chen is severely weakened and poisoned. Tang San cautiously supports him while Yuan Yu oversees restorative medicine, and Hu Liena shuts off the flow of Yellow Springs Dew. The group avoids using divine power or tainted liquor that could worsen his condition.
• Tang San presents Tang Chen with the Clear Sky Sect stone fragment. Recognizing its carving and its message, Tang Chen confirms Tang San’s identity. He learns that Tang Hao and Tang San’s mother are alive, and that Bo Saixi still presides over Sea God Island. He resolves to recover enough to return and see her.

Character developments

• Tang Chen shifts from being controlled by the parasite to actively fighting for his own mind and body. His memories of the Clear Sky Sect, his son, and Bo Saixi give him a reason to resist and a goal for the future.
• Tang San shows compassion and restraint: he reassures Tang Chen, protects him in the fight, and limits his healing efforts to what his weakened body can safely withstand.
• Yuan Yu demonstrates precise, disciplined judgment, balancing the use of several artifacts to contain the parasite, protect bystanders, and treat Tang Chen without causing further harm.
• Hu Liena stays clear-headed under psychological attack, using pain to resist the bat’s imitation and directing the others effectively. Afterward, she focuses on getting people out safely rather than pursuing every fleeing guard.

Significant themes

• Will and self-determination: Tang Chen must ultimately choose to resist; his allies can create an opening but cannot win the inner struggle for him.
• Hope and connection: News of Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Sect, and Bo Saixi helps Tang Chen reclaim his identity and imagine a life beyond captivity.
• Restraint and responsibility: The heroes fight and heal with care, mindful that power used recklessly could harm the person they are trying to save.
• Corruption and recovery: The parasite and Yellow Springs Dew represent lingering contamination, while the group’s careful work begins the slow process of cleansing and healing.

Key plot points and events

• Tang San and Yuan Yu help the badly injured Tang Chen out of the underground chamber. Tang Chen gives Tang San the Asura Demon Sword, whose divine pressure is worsening his condition. Members of the Clear Sky Sect recognize him as their long-lost former sect master.
• Yang Wudi examines Tang Chen and finds that years of poison have damaged his organs. He warns that another surge of divine power could kill him, revises his medicine, and says travel may be possible after three days.
• As Tang Chen rests, he gives Tang San brief but effective advice on hammer technique. Hu Liena delivers evidence against the Medicine Worker to Spirit Hall and leaves for Spirit City.
• Tang San, Yuan Yu, and Tang Chen sail to Sea God Island with carefully organized medicine. Tang San watches for reefs, while Tang Chen quietly recalls having approached the island from the same direction before.
• Bo Saixi meets Tang Chen at the pier. Their reunion is restrained but emotional: he apologizes for returning late, and she checks his failing pulse before taking him to the Sea God Temple.
• The Sea God’s instructions forbid directly forcing divine power into Tang Chen. Bo Saixi follows Yang Wudi’s prescription, using only a gentle protective light. Tang Chen accepts her care and, after asking whether she hates him, agrees to rest.
• At dawn, the Sea God assigns Yuan Yu a ten-day task: stabilize a rift on the Altar so divine power—but not people—can pass through. Bo Saixi will supervise, and Tang Chen’s power may guard only the rift’s edges.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Chen remains proud and tries to move unaided, but gradually accepts help, medicine, and Bo Saixi’s authority. His reunion with her reveals lingering regret and vulnerability.
• Tang San acts as Tang Chen’s careful caregiver, follows medical precautions, and continues learning from his great-grandfather’s practical instruction.
• Bo Saixi responds to Tang Chen’s return with controlled tenderness. Rather than demand explanations, she prioritizes his health and takes charge of his treatment.
• Yuan Yu supports the group with practical care and light humor, while taking the Sea God’s new assignment seriously.
• Yang Wudi provides a clear medical assessment and safeguards Tang Chen’s fragile recovery. Hu Liena completes her duty by handing over testimony and evidence before departing.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu are reunited on the island; she checks that his shoulder has healed before accompanying the others.

Significant themes

• Care and humility: Tang Chen’s recovery depends on accepting help rather than relying on strength.
• Regret and reconciliation: The reunion with Bo Saixi suggests decades of unresolved separation, but care and presence come before explanations.
• Restraint and responsibility: Tang San avoids using Tang Chen to test dangerous power, and the Sea God imposes strict limits on the rift’s use.
• Patient recovery: Medicine, careful monitoring, and gradual healing take precedence over a quick, forceful cure.

Key plot points and events

• Yuan Yu tests the Void-Aspect Boundary Gate, learning to open and close it safely rather than forcing it. With practice, he extends its duration and range, and uses it to strike from unexpected angles.
• He spars with Tang San and Sea Dragon. The bouts reveal that opponents can anticipate where he will emerge, that the gate can only withstand limited force, and that Yuan Yu must sometimes defend normally if it cannot open in time.
• On the tenth day, Yuan Yu conducts a carefully controlled ten-breath test at the altar. With the Nine Elemental Gods’ marks supplying only a small amount of divine power, he opens a passage without draining the altar, harming Bo Saixi, or disturbing Tang Chen and the Asura Demon Sword.
• The gate stabilizes into the Great Void Boundary-Stabilizing Gate, capable of connecting places Yuan Yu can see within a hundred zhang for about ten breaths using ordinary soul power. The test does not advance Tang San’s trial or spare him the Demon Whale ordeal.
• The Angel God approves a future passage through the gate, provided the Angel Guardian presides in person. The required power can come from the nine marks, but Yuan Yu will eventually have to repay any divine power used.
• Before dawn, Yuan Yu receives word from Qian Renxue: she has reached level 90 and is about to obtain her ninth spirit ring.

Character developments

• Yuan Yu grows from struggling to keep the gate open into a disciplined user who understands its limits and prioritizes safe withdrawal. He refuses to overreach, even after succeeding.
• Tang San tests Yuan Yu’s tactics and learns to predict some of the gate’s emergence points by sensing the ground.
• Bo Saixi remains careful and composed while overseeing the altar, monitoring its stability and her own condition.
• Tang Chen watches over the Asura Demon Sword without drawing on it, and is relieved when the test succeeds without loss.
• Qian Renxue has advanced to level 90 and is preparing for a major milestone in her cultivation.

Significant themes

• Patience and restraint: Progress comes from repeated practice and knowing when to stop, not from forcing power.
• Power with limits: The gate is useful but vulnerable to pressure, range, and timing; divine power also creates an obligation to repay what is borrowed.
• Cooperation and trust: The successful test depends on each person’s role and everyone’s confidence in the others’ judgment.
• Preparation before risk: The group tests the mechanism thoroughly before attempting a real passage.

Character interactions

• The Sea God advises Yuan Yu to focus on being able to withdraw safely, not merely on opening the gate.
• Tang San spars with Yuan Yu, while Xiao Wu and later Bai Chenxiang, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong provide practical support and lighthearted moments.
• Sea Dragon probes the gate’s defensive limits, helping Yuan Yu assess its weaknesses.
• Bo Saixi, Tang Chen, and the Sea God coordinate with Yuan Yu during the altar test; afterward, Bo Saixi reassures Tang Chen that no power was lost.
• The Angel God’s approval establishes the conditions for a future passage, while Qian Renxue’s message gives Yuan Yu news of her progress.

Qian Renxue obtained her ninth spirit ring and completed her seventh and eighth trials, reaching level 99 as Yuan Yu supported her from outside the Altar. As she asked Qian Daoliu to come with them, purplish-black light appeared above the Papal Hall and began bearing down on Spirit City.

• Qian Renxue defeated the Blazing Sun Golden Eagle alone, absorbed its black ninth spirit ring, and reached level 93.
• Yuan Yu returned to Spirit City and watched Qian Renxue undergo her seventh trial, where she fused the six Ancestral Spirit Bones and formed her Divine Raiment.
• Qian Renxue began her eighth trial while Yuan Yu guarded the hall and redirected the Sacred Sword's stray light away from the city streets.
• Qian Renxue completed the eighth trial at level 99 and let Yuan Yu hold the Sacred Sword before revealing the Angel God's mark of recognition.
• Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu to come with them, but purplish-black light flared above the Papal Hall and bore down on the city walls.

Bibi Dong subdued the Rakshasa Demon Scythe and emerged from her Divine Trial, then gave Xiao Wu the signed record of her past hunt. With only her final trial remaining, Yuan Yu prepared to help Qian Renxue face the Angel Hall trial.

• Yuan Yu and Hu Liena evacuated people from the Papal Hall while Bibi Dong's uncontrolled divine power fractured the building.
• Bibi Dong rejected the Rakshasa Demon Scythe's visions, seized its shaft, and gradually brought its power under control.
• Bibi Dong emerged with her Divine Raiment solidified and gave Xiao Wu the ledger documenting the hunt that took her mother’s life.
• Xiao Wu refused to forgive Bibi Dong, collected the ledger, and went to check on the injured guards.
• Hu Liena told Yuan Yu that Bibi Dong had only her final Divine Trial left, while Qian Renxue quietly offered Bibi Dong a clean cloth for her wound.
• The next morning, Qian Daoliu waited at the Angel Hall Altar as Yuan Yu prepared the Boundary-Setting Gate for Qian Renxue's trial.

Qian Renxue completed the Angel God trial without sacrificing Qian Daoliu, and Bibi Dong later became the Rakshasa God through her own strength. As the family gathered for a meal, the Space God ordered Yuan Yu to calm a disrupted elemental tide in the Western Sea, while a Signal Stone on Sea God Island heated up.

• Yuan Yu and Qian Daoliu opened the divine gate with the nine elemental marks, allowing Qian Renxue to face the Angel God trial while Yuan Yu protected the altar from its backlash.
• Qian Renxue took the true Angel Sacred Sword and returned as the Angel God; Qian Daoliu's heart meridians and lifespan remained intact, while Yuan Yu stayed at Level 99 and depleted the marks.
• Three days later, Bibi Dong severed the binding divine power at the Rakshasa Altar and crossed Level 100, then reunited with Qian Renxue and Hu Liena.
• Bibi Dong joined Qian Daoliu, Qian Renxue, and Yuan Yu for a courtyard meal after agreeing to change clothes.
• The Space God told Yuan Yu to go to the Western Sea and calm a disrupted elemental tide before the last two artifacts took shape, as the Signal Stone on Sea God Island grew hot.

Yuan Yu and Qian Renxue joined Tang San and the others to investigate the Demon Whale’s attacks on the Western Sea Route, while their companions advanced in strength and received signs of possible divine legacies. The chapter ended with Yuan Yu confronting the Demon Whale again after rescuing the people aboard a fishing boat.

• Sea Horse Douluo reported that chaotic currents had swept away fishing boats and that the Demon Whale’s old wound had healed, so Qian Renxue and Yuan Yu set out for the Western Sea.
• Yuan Yu sparred with Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and the others, who had gained their eighth Spirit Rings and advanced to higher levels.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San about Spirit City, and Tang San said he was level eighty-eight while continuing to train with his Twin Martial Souls.
• Oscar and Ning Rongrong received faint signs of attention from the God of Food and the Nine-Colored Goddess, while Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun also sensed potential divine legacies.
• Bai Chenxiang prepared to scout the wind route, and the group departed for the Western Sea with Xiao Bai and her clan.
• Yuan Yu rescued the people aboard a fishing boat as Qian Renxue carried them to safety, then struck the Demon Whale’s old wound and challenged it.

Yuan Yu and Tang San fought the Demon Whale while protecting the fishing boats, and Xiao Bai gave Tang San the Evil Orca King's left leg bone. After absorbing it, Tang San reached level 90, just as the Western Sea Patrol Ship reported that the Demon Whale had resurfaced.

• Yuan Yu drew the Demon Whale away from the fishing boats while Tang San and the others rescued the fishermen and defended the damaged vessels.
• Yuan Yu used the Great Sun Illuminating Heaven Mirror to redirect the Demon Whale's light, and Tang San wounded the whale before it retreated west.
• Xiao Bai gave Tang San the Evil Orca King's left leg bone in gratitude for protecting her pod and the children.
• Two days later, Tang San absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone under Bo Saixi and Tang Chen's watch and advanced to level 90.
• The Sea God Temple Communication Stone lit up with the Western Sea Patrol Ship's report: the Demon Whale's back.

Tang San killed the Demon Whale and absorbed its spirit ring and Torso Bone, completing his ninth spirit ring but needing days to recover. Yuan Yu cleansed the whale’s lingering dark thoughts and obtained the Lunar Soul-Illuminating Lamp, while the Sea God Temple’s final verification awaited Tang San.

• Tang San and his companions reached the Patrol Ship and fought the Demon Whale as it drove the fleet toward the Reef Zone.
• Tang San and Yuan Yu wounded the Demon Whale while Xiao Wu rescued sailors and Xiao Bai’s clansfolk distracted the beast.
• Tang San pierced the Demon Whale’s eye with the Sea God Trident and killed it, then absorbed its spirit ring and Torso Bone through the night.
• Bo Saixi explained that Tang San needed several days to recover, and he said he still lacked spirit bones and the Sea God’s inspection to complete the Eighth Trial.
• Yuan Yu purified the Demon Whale’s lingering thoughts and formed the Lunar Soul-Illuminating Lamp, then told Qian Renxue he still had to reach godhood himself.
• The Sea God Temple bells rang as Tang San and Yuan Yu prepared to face their remaining trials.

Tang San fused all six main Spirit Bones, passed the Sea God's Eighth Trial, and prepared to enter the final trial. Yuan Yu completed the nine seals and returned to the Sea God Temple, where the Sea God agreed to let Bo Saixi anchor the Boundary Gate.

• Tang Hao brought Ah Yin's Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, and Tang Xiao gave Tang San the Clear Sky Sect's two arm bones after explaining the sect's decision.
• After recovering for ten days, Tang San fused the three new bones and tested how his Spirit Bones worked with his twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San passed Bo Saixi's verification and used both Martial Souls to channel the Sea God's Light through all six bone patterns, passing the Eighth Trial.
• Yuan Yu filled all nine seals with power refined from his own Martial Soul and Soul Power, while Qian Renxue stayed beside him and he helped Patrol Ships withstand dangerous tides.
• The Sea God approved Bo Saixi as the living anchor and warned that the attempt must stop if she could not endure it.
• Tang San accepted the final trial and pressed his hand onto the stone formation, telling them to open the gate.

Tang San endured the Sea God’s trial while Bo Saixi and Yuan Yu anchored the failing formation, then claimed the Sea God Godhood and restored the sea routes. Afterward, Tang Chen presented the Asura Demon Sword’s sealed token, and Tang San agreed to visit the old site with him once his medicine was finished.

• Tang San faced the Sea God’s surging trial alone, protecting the rescued Young Shark and using his Spirit Bones to withstand the currents.
• Bo Saixi held the formation steady while Yuan Yu spent his nine seals to support her, and Tang San struck the formation’s heart to end the tides.
• Tang San emerged with the Sea God Godhood, checked Bo Saixi’s condition, and used his new divine power to restore damaged reefs along the coast.
• Xiao Wu helped Tang San rest, while Qian Renxue gave water to the exhausted Yuan Yu.
• Tang Chen showed Tang San the sealed Asura Demon Sword token, and Tang San agreed to visit the old site with him after he finished his medicine.

Tang San faced the Asura Trial in the ruins of Slaughter City, wielding the Asura Demon Sword while protecting his companions and containing the lingering corruption. After passing the trial and sealing the old passage, he learned that Yuan Yu’s Nine Elemental Gods Divine Trial would begin in three days.

• Tang Chen, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Hu Liena returned to Slaughter City’s ruins, where Hu Liena found Rakshasa-tainted mist and fresh footprints.
• Bibi Dong sealed cracks and removed the old restrictions, allowing Tang Chen to draw the Asura Demon Sword from beneath the hall.
• Tang San took up the sword, fought the killing-aura figures from the Blood Pool, and passed the Asura Trial while Xiao Wu, Hu Liena, Bibi Dong, and Tang Chen helped hold their ground.
• Tang San discovered that he could alternate between the Sea God and Asura powers but could not safely use both at full strength together, then sealed the sword within the edict.
• The group sealed the old passage and confirmed the Blood Pool’s contamination no longer flowed elsewhere; a Messenger Hawk delivered Yuan Yu’s note that his Divine Trial would begin in three days.

Yuan Yu completed the Nine Elemental Gods’ trial by using his own martial soul and nine artifact forms to withstand their elemental attacks without harming anyone outside the arena. He created the Myriad Phenomena divine seat, became a God King, and returned to the Worship Hall with Qian Renxue and his family.

• Yuan Yu entered the sealed arena as the Nine Elemental Gods tested him with nine elemental forces, and he used his artifacts to protect the arena and its attendants.
• Yuan Yu endured the attacks by coordinating all nine artifact forms, then completed one full rotation without drawing on the power stored in the divine marks.
• The Nine Elemental Gods acknowledged Yuan Yu’s trial, and his Myriad Phenomena divine seat formed as he reached level 100 and received God King rank.
• Yuan Yu returned to the square, teased Qian Renxue about laughing at his torn robes, and went inside with Azure Luan to eat the food Ling Yuan had saved for him.

Yuan Yu repaired a damaged reef in the Western Sea, then made plans with Qian Renxue for their responsibilities and future in the mortal world. He offered Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er divine trial permits, and returned to a family dinner in Spirit City where the wine was gone.

• Yuan Yu stabilized the broken reef ridge, rescued a trapped sea turtle with Xiao Bai, and calmed the currents threatening the merchant ships.
• Yuan Yu and Qian Renxue agreed to serve in the mortal world for three years before living together in the Divine Realm, and recorded plans for visiting Qian Daoliu and handling duties involving Bibi Dong.
• Yuan Yu brought Hu Liena a Wine Gourd while she processed old Papal Hall cases, and she said she would discuss joining him in the Divine Realm after finishing her work.
• Yuan Yu inspected Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er's students' practice grounds, warned them about dangerous reefs, and gave them permits to enter divine trials.
• Yuan Yu joined Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, Qian Daoliu, Azure Luan, and Ling Yuan for dinner, but Ling Yuan had poured out his wine before he left.

Over three years, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu completed their ninth-ring journeys and divine trials while helping people and protecting Soul Beasts. As the three-year peace agreement expired, Yuan Yu and Qian Renxue set out for Jialing Pass to face the unresolved cases and meet those still awaiting answers.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing completed their separate trials, earned divine recognition, and received Flender’s reminder that their years of training mattered as much as their Divine Seats.
• Ning Rongrong and Oscar reached level one hundred after helping a trapped convoy and villagers through an avalanche, then returned to clear the mountain road.
• Ma Hongjun passed the Phoenix God’s trial by containing a forest fire, while Bai Chenxiang rescued young beasts and confirmed her own trial had recorded her choice to protect them.
• Xiao Wu completed her ninth ring and Soft Bone Divine Trial by protecting a breeding ground, then decided to resolve her mother’s case by meeting Bibi Dong after the Jialing Pass files were complete.
• As the three-year period without war ended, Qian Renxue and Yuan Yu opened the Round-Trip Map’s final page and set out for Jialing Pass.

Yuan Yu and the others settled old war crimes and negotiated a new agreement between Heaven Dou, Star Luo, Spirit Hall, the Tang Sect, and the Star Dou patrols. Xiao Wu kept the reckoning with Bibi Dong for another day, visited Feng Ce’s son at the clinic, and left with Tang San waiting for her.

• Hu Liena reviewed the deadlines, evidence, and compensation for Shen Ming’s crimes, while Bibi Dong added records concerning the Pope’s Token to the case file.
• Zhong Kui testified to his role in the hunt, and Xiao Wu insisted that he answer for his own actions rather than shift blame to Bibi Dong.
• Hu Liena reviewed Feng Ce’s payments and punishment; his wife confirmed the compensation had been received, and Feng Ce acknowledged his first bribe to his son.
• Xue Beng, Bibi Dong, Tang San, and the other representatives negotiated new rules for borders, trade, Hidden Weapons, and the Star Dou Soul Beast Zone, then signed the agreement.
• Xiao Wu took the records about her mother’s hunt and Bibi Dong’s claim of the Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone, postponing her meeting with Bibi Dong until the next day.
• Xiao Wu explained to Feng Ce’s son how his father had been saved, helped him retie his shoe, and then joined Tang San at the bridge.

Xiao Wu confronted Bibi Dong over her mother’s death and recovered her mother’s Spirit Bone and lingering spiritual trace. After deciding not to forgive or pursue Bibi Dong, Xiao Wu returned to Star Dou, honored her mother, and completed her Divine Trial, leaving with Tang San to enter the Divine Realm.

• Xiao Wu met Bibi Dong in the woodland, heard her admit that she had killed Xiao Wu’s mother, and asked her to return the Spirit Bone and lingering trace.
• Xiao Wu fought Bibi Dong, then watched as Bibi Dong used the formation to separate and surrender the Spirit Bone and the trace of Xiao Wu’s mother.
• Xiao Wu said she would not forgive Bibi Dong but would stop pursuing her, then left with Tang San and Yuan Yu for Star Dou.
• Xiao Wu placed the sealing casket among her mother’s favorite plants, and Da Ming and Er Ming helped her mark the spot with stones and fallen leaves.
• Xiao Wu accepted the Soft Bone Divine Seat and completed her Divine Trial, then took Tang San’s hand and left the woodland with him.

Hu Liena completed her duties in Spirit City and joined Yuan Yu in preparing to return to the Divine Realm, while their friends made plans to balance divine service with visits to the mortal world. After sharing his feelings and promises with the people close to him, Yuan Yu prepared to leave with Qian Renxue, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and their friends.

• Hu Liena finished handing over her case files, received her Divine Realm travel permit, and agreed to go with Yuan Yu after he told her he had long wanted her beside him.
• Yuan Yu and Qian Renxue visited Qian Daoliu, who chose to remain in the Worship Hall while Qian Renxue arranged to visit him regularly.
• Tang San visited Ah Yin, Tang Chen, and Bo Saixi at Shrek, where he helped care for them and accepted their plans to remain in the mortal world.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er earned divine officer posts through their own trials, and Yuan Yu helped them clarify their travel duties before they agreed to return to their academies in turns.
• Hu Liena, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er discussed their plans with Yuan Yu, and Qian Renxue recorded their agreed return dates before they prepared to leave together the next morning.
• Yuan Yu told Qian Renxue what he had said to Hu Liena and promised to be honest with her, but she took his Wine Gourd and told him not to oversleep.

Yuan Yu and his companions traveled to the Divine Realm, where the Nine Elemental Gods recognized him as their leader while retaining control of their own systems. He settled into his new duties and home among friends and family, ending the day with a shared meal and plans for tomorrow.

• Yuan Yu and the others said goodbye to their friends in Spirit City and crossed into the Divine Realm through the gate of light.
• The Nine Elemental Gods accepted Yuan Yu as the Divine System's leader while keeping authority over their own duties, followers, and trials.
• Yuan Yu coordinated the Wind God's and Water God's charts to correct the sea route's monsoon and tide markings.
• Yuan Yu and his companions settled into their lodgings, exchanged letters with their families, and received Flender's letter and academy repair bill.
• Xiao Wu planted flower seeds in Yuan Yu's courtyard, and the group gathered for dinner after Qian Renxue told Yuan Yu to eat first.