Recaps

Tang San completed his sixth trial by enduring Bo Saixi’s attacks until the incense burned out, then recovered and lifted the Sea God’s trident to complete his seventh trial. His next trial required him to reach level 90, complete the Soul Rings for both Martial Souls, and slay the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

• Bo Saixi drove Tang San and his companions from their positions with rising seawater and palm strikes, while Xiao Wu waited outside the trial boundary to help the injured.
• Tang San coordinated Ning Rongrong and Oscar’s support, sacrificed his footholds, and forced his way through Bo Saixi’s final water wall as the incense burned down.
• Bo Saixi declared Tang San’s sixth trial complete, and his companions’ trials ended, allowing them to remain on the island and choose when to leave.
• After two months of recovery and reaching rank eighty-three, Tang San returned to Sea God Hall and lifted the trident despite the strain on his injured shoulder.
• Bo Saixi steadied the trident after Tang San pulled it free, completing his seventh trial and revealing his next tasks; Xiao Bai watched the Divine Temple from the water below.

Tang San completed all nine Clear Sky Hammer soul rings through dangerous hunts in the sea, then planned an encounter with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. The chapter ended as the Whale King spotted him and struck first with a surge of seawater.

• Tang San recovered from absorbing the Ironclad Turtle's sixth soul ring, then continued his hunts with Xiao Wu and his companions guarding and assisting him.
• Tang San obtained the final three Clear Sky Hammer rings from a Rift-Sea Giant Whale, a Seafloor Rock Jiao, and a Black-Shelled Abyssal Turtle, reaching level 90 and completing all nine rings.
• Bo Saixi examined Tang San's injuries and told him to rest, but confirmed that the Sea God's trial still required him to fill the Blue Silver Emperor's remaining ring.
• Xiao Bai showed Tang San the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's territory, and Tang San planned a deep-sea battle with his companions, keeping the ships and wounded away from the island.
• Xiao Wu replaced Tang San's wrist guard and asked him to return alive; three days later, Tang San leaped from the ship as the Whale King opened its eye and sent seawater crashing into his chest.

Tang San killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and endured its nearly million-year soul ring, completing his ninth Blue Silver Emperor ring and reaching level 96. As his party returned to the island, Bibi Dong revealed her level 99 power and entered the final Rakshasa trial alone while Qian Renxue and Bai Jin remained outside.

• Tang San and his companions coordinated their attacks and ship defenses until Tang San killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with the Trident.
• Tang San absorbed the Whale King's nearly million-year soul ring through three days of struggle, stabilized at level 96, and later absorbed its Torso Soul Bone.
• Tang San completed his eighth trial and returned toward the island with Xiao Wu and the others aboard the hunting ships.
• Bibi Dong displayed her level 99 soul power in the Papal Hall's Inner Courtyard, while Bai Jin withdrew Azure and directed the Golden Trio to guard the crowds outside.
• Bibi Dong refused to let Qian Renxue enter her trial, left her Scepter beside the hall steps, and entered the Inner Courtyard alone as its doors closed.

Bibi Dong completed the Rakshasa divine position while resisting its pull to harvest fear and resentment from her own people. She issued a ban on harvesting resentment among the army and turned to the latest Northern Front dispatch with Qian Renxue and Bai Jin beside her.

• Bibi Dong endured the Rakshasa trial, rejected the fear of a deacon and a wounded soldier, and accepted the divine position without claiming that her past actions were forgiven.
• Bai Jin and Azure contained damage outside the courtyard as Qian Renxue protected it with her golden wings, then Bibi Dong emerged in her Divine Outfit and asked whether anyone had been hurt.
• Bibi Dong ordered that wounded soldiers be treated by medical officers and forbade anyone from harvesting resentment in the camps.
• Bai Jin warned Bibi Dong that the scythe sought paths into people's hearts, and she ordered him to continue the army's deployment while giving Gui Mei the ban on harvesting resentment.
• Bai Jin healed Bibi Dong's palm, and she tested the scythe's reach on empty ground before Qian Renxue reminded her that the sword must protect the living.
• Bibi Dong requested the latest Northern Front dispatch, and she, Qian Renxue, and Bai Jin examined the two newly added march lines on the military map.

As the five-year pact expired, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan reopened their territories but refused to let either army use their lands freely. Bai Jin defended Jialing Pass while respecting their limits, and on Sea God Island Bo Saixi prepared to open Tang San’s final inheritance trial at the cost of her own life.

• Ning Fengzhi rejected an Allied Army route through Seven Treasure territory, and the Blue Lightning Clan likewise reopened its mountain without joining the Empire’s army.
• Bai Jin stopped an Allied Army crossing at the river, rescued wounded soldiers, and captured the officer who had ordered the advance.
• At Jialing Pass, Bai Jin accepted the sects’ limited aid, protected the wounded and grain wagons, and forbade generals from using civilians as shields.
• Qian Renxue arrived at the pass and agreed with Bai Jin to maintain the military prohibitions while awaiting her mother.
• Bo Saixi handed her scepter to Sea Dragon and prepared to open Tang San’s final trial, while Tang San and Xiao Wu accepted her decision.

Tang San completed the Sea God inheritance after Bo Saixi gave her life to open the passage, then returned to the continent with Xiao Wu and his companions. At Jialing Pass, he demanded that Bibi Dong personally answer for the past killings and the pursuit of Xiao Wu.

• Bo Saixi spent her life opening the passage, and Tang San entered the Sea God's inheritance while Xiao Wu and the Sacred Pillar Soul Masters waited outside.
• Tang San endured the dismantling and restoration of his powers, kept the scar on his right arm, and emerged as the Sea God before kneeling in respect to Bo Saixi.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and their companions spent seven days on Sea God Island, then sailed back to the continent while Sea Dragon stayed to protect the island and its medicine shipments.
• At the coast, Xiao Wu gave clean bandages to a Spirit Hall Empire medical officer, and Tang San received reports that both armies were gathering at Jialing Pass and that the Angel God and Rakshasa had appeared.
• Tang San and his companions reached Jialing Pass, where he sent Bibi Dong a demand to answer personally for the killings and pursuit of Xiao Wu; Bai Jin read it from the battlements as Tang San faced him with the trident.

Tang San confronted Bai Jin at Jialing Pass and demanded that Bibi Dong be handed over, but Bai Jin refused to let the fight endanger the people inside. As the battle began, Bai Jin defended the pass against Tang San’s divine power and stepped into the valley to face him directly.

• Tang San arrived at Jialing Pass and demanded that Bai Jin hand over Bibi Dong, who refused to leave unless Tang San won the battle.
• Bai Jin and Qian Renxue redirected the combatants and their divine power away from the civilians and field hospital after a burning catapult projectile threatened the pass.
• Tang San aimed his Trident’s power at the Spirit Hall Empire’s central formation, but the pressure damaged the pass and forced Bai Jin to protect the wounded and nearby structures.
• Bai Jin used Limitless and Azure to resist Tang San’s attack while Qian Renxue guarded the rear and Hu Liena kept the defenders from falling.
• Tang San sent a second surge along the riverbed toward the pass wall, and Bai Jin stepped into the valley, exposed his Six Eyes, and prepared to meet him.

Bai Jin fought Tang San at the river pass while keeping the Sea God from reaching the pass wall, pushing his four spatial positions toward synchronization despite his injuries. As the wounded soldiers reached safety, Bai Jin took a step forward and came close to completing the final alignment.

• Bai Jin and Tang San exchanged attacks across the river, and Bai Jin’s attempt to maintain four spatial positions worsened the pain in his temples and the wound in his abdomen.
• Bai Jin pressed Tang San at close range and damaged the shoulder guard of his Sea God Outfit, while Tang San’s attacks injured Bai Jin’s face, ear, and right hand.
• Yan, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue helped the wounded soldiers reach the second wall, and Qian Renxue shielded the pass without adding power to Bai Jin.
• Bai Jin widened Worldless Sky-Sealing to block Tang San from reaching the gate tower, then redirected Soul Power through an old injury to keep all four positions aligned.
• Bai Jin stopped Tang San’s Trident before his chest and clamped all four positions inward, but Tang San continued increasing his power.
• Bai Jin synchronized the pressure from all four positions, steadied his nine Soul Rings against the rising wave, and stepped forward as the rocks beneath them shattered.

Bai Jin reached Level 99 during his battle with Tang San and used his techniques to hold the river valley and damage Tang San’s Sea God Trident phantom. The fight continued with Tang San wounded and Bai Jin bleeding, as Bai Jin declared that Tang San would not pass the gate.

• Bai Jin’s Soul power advanced to Level 99, and he turned aside Tang San’s Sea God Trident before using Infinite Void to overwhelm Tang San with information.
• Bai Jin struck Tang San and restored the spatial blockade while Qian Renxue, Yan, Hu Liena, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing protected the pass and kept others clear of the river.
• Tang San resumed his attack, but Bai Jin locked down the valley’s boundaries and countered the trident with Azure, He, Limitless, and Reversal.
• Bai Jin used Maximum Technique: Purple to break Tang San’s trident phantom, then struck Tang San’s Divine Outfit and forced him to cough up blood.
• Bai Jin secured all four blockades and told Tang San that he would not get past the pass.

Bai Jin forced Tang San to retreat from the pass, but Bibi Dong immediately attacked the Allied Army with her Rakshasa Domain. As Bai Jin confronted her and warned her not to use their own people as fuel, the battle remained unresolved.

• Bai Jin used the river and his abilities to outmaneuver Tang San, then trapped him at close range and threatened his damaged breastplate with Purple.
• Tang San chose to retreat, and Bai Jin released his hold on the Trident as the water receded and the pass wall remained intact.
• Bibi Dong attacked the Allied Army as Tang San withdrew, spreading her Rakshasa Domain and causing soldiers and cavalry to fall into disorder.
• Qian Renxue protected a wounded soldier while Yan disarmed an officer driven to attack his own men by Bibi Dong's power.
• Bai Jin confronted Bibi Dong, pointed out that their people were being affected, and prepared to strike without drawing power from them.

Bibi Dong severed the Rakshasa's connection to the battlefield, sacrificing her Divine Position and much of her power to stop the dark patterns from reaching the armies. After surviving the loss, she ordered the troops to withdraw under Bai Jin's command.

• Qian Renxue and Xiao Wu helped restrain the afflicted officer and evacuate wounded soldiers while Bibi Dong held back the Rakshasa's dark patterns.
• Qian Renxue urged Bibi Dong to stop drawing power from the battlefield, and Bibi Dong chose to sever her connection despite the danger.
• Bibi Dong cut the dark pattern from her chest and pulled the remaining pathways inward as Bai Jin, Qian Renxue, and Tang San stopped them from reconnecting to the armies.
• Bibi Dong lost her Rakshasa Godhood and fell to Level 94, while Bai Jin repaired what wounds he could and Qian Renxue held her.
• Bai Jin called for the troops to withdraw, and Bibi Dong ordered the Imperial officer to follow his command.

Bai Jin helped oversee the ceasefire, the return of prisoners and wounded, and the public accounting of Bibi Dong’s past orders as the armies withdrew. After the new arrangements were set, he revealed to Qian Renxue that he had reached Level 99 and asked to take leave to handle his own affairs.

• Bai Jin supervised a wounded-soldier exchange at Jialing Pass and waited until it was complete before resting.
• Tang San, Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu, Bai Jin, and the representatives negotiated a ceasefire, prisoner returns, and public accountability for Bibi Dong’s orders.
• Bibi Dong acknowledged signing the Arrest Warrant, accepted responsibility, abdicated, and surrendered military authority and private assets for restitution.
• Qian Renxue signed the Ceasefire Order, while Xiao Wu secured a written hunting ban protecting transformed Soul Beasts and refused compensation in her mother’s name.
• Both armies withdrew to their defensive lines, and the wounded soldiers’ corridor and Coastal Trade Route reopened as the sects maintained their independence.
• Bai Jin told Qian Renxue he had reached Level 99 and asked for leave to take care of his own affairs.

Bai Jin and Qian Renxue prepared for their wedding, arranged a quieter ceremony, and invited friends and family, including Bibi Dong. After they married, Qian Renxue approved Bai Jin’s long-awaited leave request, and he changed the number of people accompanying him to two.

• Bai Jin signed off on his duties and granted Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena a few days off while preparing to leave his Elder post temporarily for his wedding.
• Bai Jin and Qian Renxue adjusted their wedding clothes and ceremony plans, held a memorial for her grandfather, and delivered an invitation to Bibi Dong.
• Friends and family arrived for the wedding, including Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Dugu Bo, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Bibi Dong.
• Bai Jin and Qian Renxue exchanged vows in their courtyard, and Qian Renxue stamped his leave request.
• Bai Jin crossed out the original number of people accompanying him on the leave request and wrote two.

Three months after their wedding, Bai Jin and Qian Renxue set off on a leisurely coastal trip while their friends and former allies resumed their lives. After Bai Jin used his powers to protect passengers from a falling beam, the couple reached a riverside inn and planned to visit a lake the next morning.

• Bai Jin and Qian Renxue boarded an ordinary coastal boat and reflected on how their friends and the wider world had settled after the war.
• Bai Jin read letters from Hu Liena, Yan, Xie Yue, and his other friends while he and Qian Renxue continued their journey.
• When a beam fell toward children on the boat, Bai Jin used Azure and Limitless to move it safely away and stop a loose rope.
• Bai Jin accepted a boy's small fish, shared the resulting hot soup with Qian Renxue, and returned the captain's offer to refund their tickets.
• Bai Jin and Qian Renxue checked into an inn for three days and decided to visit a nearby lake the next morning.