Recaps

After completing the Second Trial without killing any Sea Soul Beasts, Tang San and his companions began the Third Trial, Tidal Body Tempering, in Raging Wave Despair. Tang San endured only three double-hours on his first day, leaving him nine short of his daily requirement.

• Xiao Bai confirmed that Tang San and the others had completed the Ring Sea Lockdown with no Sea Soul Beast deaths, and their sealed abilities returned.
• Tang San visited Xiao Wu and vowed to restore her Soul Ring and Soul Bone along with finding the two remaining ingredients needed to revive her.
• Bo Saixi led the group to Raging Wave Despair, where they received daily endurance targets and learned that outside support would be blocked.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai each called for rescue before meeting their required durations on the Sinking Silver Pillars.
• Tang San used his Martial Soul and Soul Power to withstand the waves, then called for rescue after three double-hours, nine short of his twelve-hour target.

Seven months after locating the old Medicine Cavern, Bai Jin led Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan inside to clear its dangerous remnants. When a Dark Red Orb stirred beneath the cavern, Bai Jin prepared to confront it while keeping the others focused on their assigned work.

• Bai Jin held up the broken bridge so three carts could cross, then sent funds for repairs and barred ordinary patrol teams from entering the cavern.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan prepared antitoxin, patrol badges, and bone bags before joining Bai Jin at the cavern entrance.
• Bai Jin lifted the boulder blocking the entrance and discovered that a dark red force inside suppressed Soul Skills and resisted Hu Liena's domain.
• Bai Jin assigned Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to clear the reachable area while he examined the red line and established Void Anchors.
• Bai Jin forced a spreading Red Mist back into the cavern and partly sealed the entrance with falling stone.
• A Dark Red Orb began glowing above the Blood Troughs, and Bai Jin declared that they did not need to spare anyone's feelings as he prepared to act.

Bai Jin and the Golden Trio cleared remains and records from the Medicine Cavern while its red force spread through old Medicine Troughs and threatened the mountain spring. After getting everyone out, Bai Jin anchored the cavern and prepared to confront the force beneath it.

• Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan removed Bronze Chests, bones, and a mud-sealed plaque, carefully recording unnamed remains and preserving identifying marks.
• Bai Jin discovered that the red force was linking old Medicine Troughs, and Hu Liena nearly followed its blood-river illusion before the group found and severed an Incense Line.
• Bai Jin identified the shattered furnace and buried steles as part of the force's connection to the cavern, then warned the others that something below could suppress Soul Skills.
• Bai Jin stabilized the stone beneath the mountain spring and set a clear retreat path while the Golden Trio carried out the final six bags and chest.
• After the trio withdrew beyond the broken bridge, Bai Jin exposed the dried Blood Troughs, raised his Ninth Soul Ring, and pinned the cavern's distance in place as the red force surged upward.

Bai Jin used Worldless Sky-Sealing and his other soul skills to contain the killing intent in the Medicine Cavern and uncover the pill’s true position without letting the mountain fissures widen. He left the red patterns trapped beneath the furnace and cleared a safe path for Purple.

• Bai Jin locked the cavern’s distorted spatial routes, while Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan withdrew beyond the Tree Line.
• Bai Jin discovered the pill rested on a hidden stone slab and that the visible Blood Troughs were displaced from the actual rupture beneath the mountain.
• Bai Jin redirected the killing intent away from his vision and found that the stone beneath the furnace was drawing it through four fissures.
• Bai Jin shifted his power to protect the mountain spring, then trapped the red patterns beneath the furnace by luring them toward a rock he planned to shatter.
• Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena stayed back as Bai Jin cleared a safe path through the cavern for Purple.

Bai Jin destroyed the old medicinal cavern’s connection to the mountain’s depths while preserving and retrieving the Spirit Beast Inner Core. He left with Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to have the core examined and identify the dead, while the true Slaughter City remained sealed beyond the mountain.

• Bai Jin used Maximum Technique: Purple to destroy the pressure-bearing stones beneath the furnace, severing the red markings’ connection to the outer medicinal trough without entering the mountain’s interior.
• Bai Jin secured the Spirit Beast Inner Core in Dugu Bo’s Jade Box after checking that the external medicine had not seeped through the inner medicinal paper.
• Bai Jin cleared and sealed the old medicinal cavern, then Xie Yue brought him water and wrapped his trembling hand as he recovered.
• Bai Jin handed the Jade Box to Hu Liena and directed the group to collect spring-water samples, record the cavern’s closure, and return the dead for identification.
• Bai Jin sealed the entrance behind the group and told them to find someone who could identify the tags and ask Dugu Bo whether the core could save someone.

Bai Jin oversaw the examination of the Spirit Beast Pill, arranged compensation and the return of identified remains, and secured Bibi Dong’s approval to send the pill to Tang San for Xiao Wu’s resurrection. After discussing the limits of his power in the old Medicine Cavern, he was asked by Dugu Bo to return to Sunset Forest.

• Dugu Bo and Yue Guan confirmed that the Spirit Beast Pill’s core remained intact and could be used in Xiao Wu’s resurrection formula, though it was dangerous to consume alone.
• Hu Liena and Bai Jin helped an elderly woman identify her missing son’s belongings, arranged their return, and organized compensation for the victims’ families.
• Bai Jin reviewed the Old Steward’s penalties and the case’s remaining work, while Hu Liena reported that messengers would deliver news to the families.
• Bibi Dong signed approval for the pill to be placed in Tang San’s custody for Xiao Wu’s resurrection without imposing conditions on him, and issued new orders for handling forbidden medicine.
• Bai Jin described the power he encountered in the Medicine Cavern and said he needed to learn how much his domain could bear.
• Dugu Bo asked Bai Jin to return with him to Sunset Forest without bringing a squad.

Bai Jin and Dugu Bo carefully harvested a nine-grade ginseng king from the side garden to complete the materials needed for resurrection. Bai Jin left with the herb and instructions for preserving it during the voyage to Tang San.

• Dugu Bo showed Bai Jin the matured nine-grade ginseng king and agreed to harvest it now that the Spirit Beast Pill had been recovered.
• Bai Jin controlled the spring vapors and steadied the rock while Dugu Bo carefully freed the ginseng king without damaging its roots.
• Dugu Bo secured the ginseng king in a perforated case and taught Bai Jin how to preserve it alongside the Spirit Beast Pill.
• Bai Jin and Dugu Bo restored the garden patch and waited for the neighboring ginseng seedlings to stabilize.
• Dugu Bo gave Bai Jin the ginseng case and warned him to have Tang San inspect the roots when he arrived.
• Bai Jin left the Medicine Garden carrying the separate cases, bringing together the three materials needed for resurrection.

Bai Jin tested the limits of his Ninth Soul Skill under Qian Daoliu’s level 99 pressure and discovered that one spatial junction lagged when several points were forced at once. He refused to rely on Angel power to make up the gap and resolved to strengthen himself so he could stand beside Qian Renxue as she pursued her Divine Position.

• Qian Renxue brought Bai Jin a new outer robe and led him to meet Qian Daoliu in the Worship Hall’s outer court.
• Bai Jin sealed four spatial points with Worldless Sky-Sealing while relying on his Ninth Soul Ring rather than external Void Anchors.
• Under Qian Daoliu’s golden pressure, one boundary lagged and reconnected to the Hall Gate, so Bai Jin withdrew the seal.
• Qian Daoliu showed Bai Jin how his level 99 Soul Power distributed force continuously and advised him to make all the power he needed arrive at once.
• Bai Jin refused to borrow power from the Angel Temple to cover his weakness and told Qian Renxue he wanted to become strong enough to stand beside her.
• Qian Renxue led Bai Jin back to the Worship Hall, where the right-arm Divine Outfit’s image had lit up again and she prepared to examine her sword hand.

Qian Renxue endured the Golden Fragment’s trial for her right arm, resisting its urge to turn her sword into an instrument of unchecked power. She gained a first imprint that answered her own will, then left the temple with Bai Jin as he prepared to depart for the harbor.

• Qian Daoliu warned Qian Renxue that the Golden Fragment might wield her sword for her, and she began its trial by pressing her hand against it.
• In a vision at the city gate, Qian Renxue restrained the sword’s urge to kill surrendered enemies, stopping specific attackers while protecting the captives and deacon.
• In a vision of Bibi Dong’s pursuit order for Xiao Wu, Qian Renxue recorded the order’s history and refused to use her sword to absolve her mother of responsibility.
• When Bai Jin appeared with an order rescinding her proposed conscription, Qian Renxue sheathed her sword and accepted that he should stop her when necessary.
• Qian Renxue completed the trial and received a faint right-arm imprint; Qian Daoliu bandaged her palm, and she confirmed that her sword remained under her control.
• Bai Jin offered Qian Renxue his hand and told her the medicine crates would leave in four days, asking her to see him off at the harbor and save him a meal for his return.

Bai Jin and Qian Renxue arranged for a merchant ship carrying two medicine cases to take the Deepwater Route to Sea God Island after Heaven Dou and Star Luo patrols obstructed the harbor. Bai Jin kept the ship from being seized as it crossed the boundary, and it sailed into open water with its cargo intact.

• Bai Jin agreed to the captain’s Deepwater Route and refused to disguise the empire’s cargo under a neutral trading firm’s flag.
• Bai Jin voided the conscription order and offered the crew a choice, and the willing sailors prepared the ship for the longer voyage with extra water and careful safeguards for the medicine cases.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan completed their escort mission and returned to their patrol routes rather than boarding the ship.
• Qian Renxue handed Bai Jin the duplicate passage permit, and he fixed Void Anchors along the shipping channel to escort the ship only as far as the last buoy.
• When a Heaven Dou patrol boat fired a grappling line at the merchant ship, Bai Jin redirected its hook to the boundary marker and kept the patrol boat from crossing.
• The merchant ship passed the last reef marker into deep water, and its captain logged an estimated thirty-six-day arrival at Sea God Island with the inner cases intact.

Tang San received the Nine-Grade Ginseng King and Elder Spirit Beast Core for Xiao Wu, then began preparing to return the Soul Ring and right arm bone he had taken from her. Meanwhile, Bai Jin organized defenses against approaching border tensions and departed for the Northern Front with the Golden Trio.

• Xiao Bai told Tang San that a medicine ship had arrived, and Tang San inspected the carefully preserved ginseng and Spirit Beast Core delivered on Dugu Bo and Bai Jin's instructions.
• Tang San brought the medicines to Xiao Wu and planned their use, while deciding to prepare for returning her Soul Ring and right arm bone.
• Bai Jin reviewed military reports showing joint drills near the Spirit Hall Empire's borders and adjusted patrols and supply plans without entering neutral territory.
• Bai Jin left the Council Chamber with the Golden Trio to deploy to the Northern Front.

Tang San and his companions prepared to remove the Soul Bone from his right arm and use three medicines to restore Xiao Wu, while Bo Saixi warned that his injury could jeopardize his trial. On the mainland, Bai Jin stopped a border raid and waited for news from the sea; Tang San ended the chapter ready to return the Soul Bone tomorrow.

• Tang San explained the order of the three medicines and planned how to protect Xiao Wu while removing his Soul Bone, with Bo Saixi, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and the others assigned specific roles.
• Bo Saixi agreed to stabilize the room and help stop Tang San's bleeding, but warned that his recovery could leave him unable to complete the Sinking Silver Pillar trial within its deadline.
• Bai Jin and the Golden Trio captured scouts who tried to burn an Empire Grain Wagon, protected its cargo and wounded passengers, and sent the prisoners back without pursuing them across the border.
• Bai Jin told Hu Liena that no news had arrived from the sea, then helped move the next Wounded Soldiers' Wagon.
• Tang San checked the medicines and told his companions that he would return the Soul Bone to Xiao Wu tomorrow.

Tang San returned Xiao Wu’s Soul Bone and the fragment of her soul to her, enduring severe injuries and losing a Soul Ring as he did so. Xiao Wu began breathing on her own, but she had not yet opened her eyes, while Tang San was left wounded and weakened beside her bed.

• Tang San cut the fused Soul Bone from his right shoulder while his companions supported him and prepared the Holy Soul Grass to guide Xiao Wu’s soul back.
• Tang San released Xiao Wu’s soul fragment from his sixth red Soul Ring, and the Soul Bone’s light returned to Xiao Wu as her life force began moving again.
• As the Soul Ring drew away, Tang San’s vines broke and his Soul Power fell from level seventy-seven to level sixty-six, while his companions protected the path between the beds.
• The Holy Soul Grass guided the soul into Xiao Wu’s body, and she began breathing steadily after her second breath.
• Bo Saixi sealed Tang San’s shoulder wound and immobilized his arm, while Tang San told Xiao Wu, “I've given it all back to you.”

Xiao Wu woke on Sea God Island after Tang San and their companions used the ginseng medicine, Spirit Beast Pill, and Holy Soul Grass to restore her soul and body. She reassured Tang San before falling asleep again, while he remained badly wounded and began resting beside her.

• Tang San carefully fed Xiao Wu the ginseng medicine, then used his Blue Silver Emperor to draw the Spirit Beast Pill's power through the Holy Soul Grass into her body.
• When the pill's heat disrupted Xiao Wu's breathing, Tang San moved it away and let the excess power escape through her limbs until she steadied.
• Xiao Wu woke, called Tang San "Brother," and touched his bloodied, bandaged hand as Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and the others gathered around her.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu that her soul and bone had returned, the three medicines were spent, and they were on Sea God Island; she recognized her companions and asked Tang San not to run around while injured.
• Xiao Wu set aside the medicine list, asked Tang San to comb her hair again when he recovered, and said, "I'm here," before falling asleep as Oscar helped Tang San rest beside her.

Xiao Wu and Tang San slowly recovered together, and Xiao Wu sent letters to thank those who had helped save her while affirming that she still sought vengeance. Two months later, Tang San returned to training at Raging Wave Despair, and her letter reached Bai Jin and Qian Renxue on the mainland.

• Oscar changed Tang San's dressing while Xiao Wu practiced walking on her own.
• Xiao Wu dictated letters thanking Old Poison and Bai Jin, and clarified that gratitude did not mean she had abandoned her pursuit of vengeance.
• Xiao Wu sent a packet of spare dressing cloth with a fisherman and returned to help Tang San practice using his injured hand.
• Two months later, Tang San trained at Raging Wave Despair without relying on his lost Right Arm Soul Bone and asked Bo Saixi to bring him back after two hours.
• Xiao Wu met Tang San after training, and the group rested together on the stone platform.
• Bai Jin received Xiao Wu's letter and shared it with Qian Renxue, who ordered the Port Authority to record its arrival without issuing a proclamation.

Tang San and the others completed their final Sinking Silver Pillar assessments after a year of training, with Tang San enduring twenty-four hours despite his lingering shoulder injury and empty sixth ring slot. Xiao Bai then announced that their Fourth Trial would take them to the Outer Sea to kill Evil Spirit Orcas threatening her shark pups.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar used God-Given Soul Ring pearls to obtain black seventh rings and gained their respective true-body abilities.
• Oscar completed sixteen hours at the pillars, followed by Ning Rongrong, while Ma Hongjun and Zhu Zhuqing completed eighteen hours each.
• Dai Mubai endured twenty hours, including a powerful backflowing wave, and returned safely to shore.
• Tang San endured twenty-four hours without relying on a sixth ring or seventh-ring true body, and Bo Saixi verified that all six had completed the Third Trial.
• Xiao Bai assigned the group to kill Evil Spirit Orcas in the Outer Sea after the orcas ate two more shark pups.

Tang San helped Xiao Bai's clan destroy the Evil Spirit Orca pod, absorbing a new sixth Soul Ring and defeating the Evil Orca King. After recovering and stabilizing his cultivation, he received the next Sea God Trial as the Sacred Pillars lit up.

• Tang San and his companions attacked the Evil Spirit Orca pod while Xiao Wu stayed behind to care for injured young sharks.
• Tang San killed a Broken-Fin Orca and absorbed its black Soul Ring into his empty sixth slot, restoring his Blue Silver True Body.
• Tang San joined Xiao Bai and his companions in killing the Evil Orca King, but left the king's hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring unabsorbed because he had not reached Level 80.
• Xiao Bai recovered a left-leg Soul Bone from the king, and Tang San later absorbed it after returning to the island, leaving his right-arm Soul Bone slot empty.
• Tang San's cultivation stabilized at level seventy-three, then rose to level seventy-four after the Fourth Trial awarded its Soul Power reward.
• The Sea God Mark revealed a new trial as light rose from the seven Sacred Pillars on Sea God Island.

Qian Renxue tested and strengthened her control over the four sections of golden armor through trials that forced her to protect others without controlling them. After months of practice, the Golden Fragment on the Holy Statue’s chest lit up, and Qian Daoliu told her to bring the names she was prepared to bear next time.

• Qian Renxue read Tang San’s letter confirming that Xiao Wu could walk again and that they had returned safely, then entered the inner hall to test the left arm’s Golden Fragment.
• Qian Renxue held a wagon back from a fissure, shielded wounded soldiers from arrows, and drove off the ambushers before Qian Daoliu ordered her to recover.
• Qian Renxue spent three months training her arms and Angel Domain, raising her soul power to rank ninety-three, then completed the right leg’s trial by turning back to rescue someone trapped beneath rocks.
• Qian Renxue practiced coordinating the right leg’s armor with her old left-leg bone, while Bai Jin trained alone in the west courtyard and injured his wrist holding a stone pillar in place.
• Qian Renxue and Bai Jin bandaged their injuries and left the courtyard together; the Golden Fragment on the Holy Statue’s chest lit up, and Qian Daoliu told her to bring the names she was prepared to bear next time.

Qian Renxue faced an illusion that tested whether she would bury an unjust arrest order, and chose to investigate the abuses without erasing her mother's responsibility. After resolving the case, she completed another stage of the Golden Fragment trial and left determined to keep the gates open even if she someday took the throne.

• Qian Renxue refused to destroy the arrest order in the Divine Temple illusion, separated the innocent old man from the corrupt squad leader, and chose verification and release over pardons.
• Qian Renxue brought the original order and suppressed report to Bibi Dong, who authorized Hu Liena to investigate witnesses and the records while preserving the documents.
• Qian Renxue investigated the case, exposed the squad leader's grain theft and the deacon's suppressed report, and ensured the old man's son received his father's ashes and compensation.
• Qian Renxue lowered the Empire's flag on the return journey, and Bai Jin listened without asking her to make the bereaved son grateful.
• Qian Renxue entered an illusion of a united continent, opened a city gate, and used the Golden Fragment's light to direct help toward people in danger instead of forcing the fleeing crowd back.
• Qian Renxue completed the golden armor on her forehead and chest, then told Bai Jin that the gates would remain open even if she someday sat on the throne.

Qian Renxue endured Qian Daoliu’s Divine Temple formation until her six pieces of golden armor linked into a complete Divine Outfit, while Bai Jin protected the west corridor from the escaping force. Though her sword cracked and she was injured, she kept the silver marking from her old soul bone, and the true Angel Holy Sword began to loosen in the Holy Statue’s grasp.

• Qian Renxue entered Qian Daoliu’s formation and used Silverwing Skystep and her Rift-Splitting Silverwing Beast soul bone to navigate its holy light without letting the silver and golden forces clash.
• Bai Jin redirected the force escaping the Divine Temple away from the west corridor so the deacons could move the medicine chests safely.
• Qian Renxue endured the formation’s heaviest beam, linked her golden armor, and took a step forward, though the sword in her hand cracked.
• Qian Daoliu dismissed the formation, and Qian Renxue confirmed that Silverwing Skystep still worked and the silver marking remained after she removed the Divine Outfit.
• Qian Renxue showed Bai Jin her cracked sword, and the Angel Holy Sword rang as a golden gap appeared between the Holy Statue’s hands.
• Qian Daoliu invited Qian Renxue to dinner the next evening and carried her cracked sword toward his quarters.

Qian Renxue learned that completing the Angel inheritance would consume Qian Daoliu’s life, soul power, and martial soul, and she chose to enter the Divine Temple the next morning. The chapter ended with her reaching level 99 at the inner hall’s final step, while Qian Daoliu and Bai Jin prepared for the inheritance.

• Qian Daoliu explained that opening the final gate would require him to burn away his life and power, and he gave Qian Renxue time to decide whether to proceed.
• Bai Jin told Qian Renxue that he could not revive Qian Daoliu if the inheritance consumed him completely.
• Qian Renxue chose to walk the whole path herself and promised to think carefully about whom she protected and whose orders she followed.
• Qian Daoliu entrusted Bai Jin with guarding the people outside the inner hall and forbade him from interfering with what happened inside.
• Qian Renxue climbed the inner hall steps, reached level 99, and stopped before the final step; Qian Daoliu asked her to return the next morning.

Qian Renxue endured the Angel Holy Sword’s burning force and finally pulled it free from the Holy Statue, while Bai Jin contained the destruction outside the hall. With Qian Daoliu stepping onto the Altar, the inheritance began as Qian Renxue stood holding the sword.

• Qian Renxue adjusted how her armor and body carried the sword’s force, released her first attempt, and bandaged her burned palm.
• Qian Renxue prepared to try again as the Divine Array’s force broke a Stone Pillar in the West Corridor.
• Bai Jin diverted the golden fire away from the inner hall and refused to interfere with the force Qian Renxue had to bear herself.
• Qian Renxue coordinated her armor and pulled the Angel Holy Sword free, enduring its fire as the Holy Statue’s fingers shattered.
• Qian Daoliu stepped onto the Altar and placed his palm on the Angel Mark while Qian Renxue raised the true Angel Holy Sword.

Qian Daoliu gave his life and divine power to complete Qian Renxue’s angel inheritance while Bai Jin held back the spreading holy fire outside the Hall Gate. Qian Renxue became the Angel God, then knelt at the empty altar and mourned her grandfather.

• Qian Renxue steadied the holy sword and gradually restored her Divine Outfit as Qian Daoliu sent her streams of holy light.
• Bai Jin used Worldless Sky-Sealing, Azure, and He to rescue two worship elders and contain the fire threatening the Worship Hall.
• Qian Renxue received the third stream of light and followed Qian Daoliu’s guidance, keeping the divine power focused on the sword and her own body.
• Qian Daoliu gave Qian Renxue his final words, and his last beam of holy light entered her chest as the Angel God mark settled on her forehead.
• Qian Renxue found the altar empty and mourned Qian Daoliu while Bai Jin arranged for the Worship Hall to be cleared and relit.
• Qian Renxue rose and gathered the white-and-gold outer robe Qian Daoliu had left outside the Hall Gate.

After Qian Renxue ascended to godhood and lost her grandfather, Bai Jin stayed beside her as she grieved and returned home. Three days later, she met with Bibi Dong and agreed to wait for Bai Jin while he followed his own path.

• Qian Renxue cried with Bai Jin, revisited the Altar, and laid her mended outer robe over her grandfather's chair.
• Qian Renxue let people enter the Worship Hall to say farewell without requiring them to swear allegiance, then descended the Stone Steps with Bai Jin.
• At home, Qian Renxue shared a meal with Bai Jin, placed her grandfather's belongings in a cabinet, and gripped Bai Jin's sleeve when she woke at night.
• Bibi Dong visited Qian Renxue, who refused to speak for her grandfather or let her mother dictate what to do with the old case.
• Qian Renxue helped Bai Jin repair the game table and asked him to tell her where he was going; he said he would be home for dinner the next evening, and she agreed to wait.

Tang San passed the trials at all seven Sacred Pillars despite his injured arm, and his companions completed their own assessed trials. Bo Saixi then announced a new joint trial: the group had to survive against her for one stick of incense.

• Tang San defeated Sea Horse by using his Blue Silver Emperor to redirect himself around the platform instead of relying on his injured right arm.
• Tang San overcame Sea Illusion by rejecting the false path to Spirit City and separating memories of the past from the present.
• Tang San defeated Sea Spear, Sea Maiden, Sea Star, Sea Ghost, and Sea Dragon through tailored tactics, finishing the last fight with a Clear Sky Hammer strike.
• Tang San passed all seven Sacred Pillars, while Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun completed their individually assessed trials.
• Bo Saixi announced that the group could work together in their next trial, whose objective was to survive against her for one stick of incense.