Chapter Summaries

Plot points

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion catches and eats a Cyclops Giant. Lin Hao appears overhead, briefly speaks with her, then leaves after sensing a powerful presence nearby.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger traps the Golden Lion inside his innate domain and reveals his plan: devour her, take her bloodline and the Star Dou Great Forest’s fortune, and become its dominant Beast God.
• The Golden Lion invokes her power over destiny to distract him, then blasts him with Ultimate Light and flees. He quickly catches up and attacks.
• Lin Hao returns, grabs the Golden Lion by the scruff, and blocks the tiger’s Evil God Hook with his Sea God Trident. The tiger is intrigued by Lin Hao’s divine power and declares him tempting prey as well.

Character developments and interactions

• The Golden Lion shifts from a relaxed, almost playful predator to a frightened target, but shows cunning by using a false stand against the tiger to create an opening. She and Lin Hao share a brief, wary exchange before he leaves, then he rescues her.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger is revealed as calculating and ambitious, driven by resentment at the Golden Lion’s protected status and by a desire to seize the forest’s destiny. His caution gives way to pursuit once her trick is exposed.
• Lin Hao remains mysterious and composed. He initially avoids interfering, but intervenes when the Golden Lion is in immediate danger, setting up a confrontation with the tiger.

Significant themes

• Power and destiny: The Golden Lion’s role as an Auspicious Beast gives her influence over the forest’s fortune, making her both protected and a target.
• Predation and resentment: Both the Golden Lion and the tiger prey on other beasts, but their unequal standing fuels the tiger’s bitterness.
• Cunning and survival: The Golden Lion’s deception and Lin Hao’s timely intervention show that survival depends on more than raw strength.

Key events

• Lin Hao ignores the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s threat and comforts the frightened Three-Eyed Golden Lion, promising to protect her after she lets him pet her.
• The tiger traps them inside its domain and attacks. Lin Hao answers with the Golden Thirteen Halberds and unleashes several Soul Skills, combining water and lightning into powerful defenses and attacks.
• Lin Hao’s Ruins-Returning Vortex Sea absorbs the tiger’s Dark Demon Evil Thunder and converts it into energy for him.
• The tiger changes tactics and closes in, using its claws, fangs, wings, and Evil God Hook. Lin Hao counters with his Sea God’s Eight Wings and trident, and the two clash in a destructive melee.
• Lin Hao is injured and driven back. Because he is only a Soul King and lacks a Martial Soul Avatar, he is at a serious disadvantage. The tiger immediately presses its attack, aiming for his head and heart while plotting to devour both Lin Hao and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Hao remains confident and teasing, but his battle reveals the limits imposed by his current rank. He uses his defensive abilities strategically, yet cannot easily match the tiger in close combat.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion is frightened by the tiger but embarrassed and indignant when Lin Hao pets her. She watches the fight in awe and frustration at her own inability to help.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger is arrogant and predatory, but recognizes Lin Hao as a worthy challenge. It adapts when its lightning is absorbed, relying on its physical power and aiming to kill quickly.
• Lin Hao treats his promise to protect the Golden Lion as a fair exchange, while she resists being treated like a pet despite enjoying his touch.

Significant themes

• Strength versus limitations: Lin Hao’s powerful inherited abilities cannot fully compensate for his lack of a higher-level battle form.
• Adaptation and escalation: Lin Hao turns the tiger’s attack into fuel, prompting the tiger to shift from ranged attacks to a close-quarters assault.
• Predation and ambition: The tiger views both opponents as prey and seeks to devour them to strengthen its bloodline and pursue godhood.
• Powerlessness and spectacle: The Golden Lion’s awe at the duel underscores the vast gap between her strength and that of the two combatants.

Key plot points and events

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger nearly kills Lin Hao, but he evades its attack with the Sea God’s Eight Wings skill Shadowless Divine Image.
• Lin Hao grabs the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and attempts to escape. The tiger pursues, but Lin Hao traps it briefly with Unfixed Storm—which binds rather than attacks—and strikes it with Never to Return, knocking out one of its fangs.
• Lin Hao escapes with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, taunting the enraged tiger. In retaliation, the tiger unleashes a devastating attack that kills Soul Beasts throughout the surrounding area.
• After they reach safety, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion offers to repay Lin Hao by helping him obtain a Soul Ring. He dismisses her claim that she could secure a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• When she tries to leave, Lin Hao restrains her, seals her Soul Power, and takes thirty percent of her Light Bloodline, along with some of the forest’s fortune.

Character developments

• Lin Hao demonstrates quick thinking and confidence in battle, using timing and deception to overcome the tiger’s powerful defenses. He is also opportunistic: his rescue of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion leads directly to his extracting what he wants from her.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion shifts from terrified survivor to proud would-be benefactor, then becomes wary when she recognizes Lin Hao’s intentions. Afterward, she is exhausted and resentful over the loss of her bloodline.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger is shown to be formidable but vulnerable to Lin Hao’s binding tactic. Its frustration escalates into indiscriminate violence when its prey escapes.

Significant themes

• Cunning versus brute force: Lin Hao succeeds through speed, timing, and strategic use of his skills rather than overpowering the tiger directly.
• Self-interest and exploitation: The Golden Lion’s offer of repayment becomes the opening for Lin Hao to take the resources he wants.
• Power and its cost: The tiger’s rage devastates the forest, while the Golden Lion’s stolen bloodline will take a thousand years to restore.

Character interactions

• Lin Hao and the tiger engage in a brief but intense battle, ending with Lin Hao escaping and taunting it from afar.
• The Golden Lion thanks Lin Hao and offers help; Lin Hao challenges her boast, then takes control when she tries to leave.
• Their exchange is unequal: Lin Hao insists he will not hurt her, but restrains and drains her bloodline anyway, leaving her angry and depleted.

Plot points and events

• After defeating the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, Lin Hao gives the injured Three-Eyed Golden Lion an Immortal Herb and tells her to seek safety at the Lake of Life, where the Sky Azure Bull Python and other powerful beasts reside.
• The Lion learns that Lin Hao killed the Titan Giant Ape—the other protector she had in mind—and realizes his actions helped create her danger. She accepts his advice but promises herself she will teach him not to pat her head. Destiny suggests they will meet again.
• Lin Hao returns to the Inn without Sea Dragon or Sea Spear Douluo noticing he had left. He says nothing about the battle and leads his group toward Nuoding City.
• Lin Hao plans to collect Tang San’s six Soul Bones. Most are already secured, protected, or otherwise accessible; the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone remains with Tang Hao, so Lin Hao intends to take it before Tang Hao can use it.
• Five days later, the group reaches Nuoding City. They overhear village chief Old Jeno praising Su Yuntao for awakening a child with Innate Full Soul Power six years earlier. Su Yuntao privately recalls that the child, Tang San, had a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, which he dismissed as useless.
• Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er wonder about the gifted child. Lin Hao identifies him as Tang San and warns them not to underestimate Tang Hao’s son.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Hao remains confident and teasing, casually boasting of killing the Titan Giant Ape. He shows some concern for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s safety, though he is unapologetic about the danger his actions caused. He is also focused on acquiring Tang San’s Soul Bones.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion is grateful enough to eat Lin Hao’s gift but resents his treatment and resolves to challenge him later. Her sense of Destiny hints at a continuing connection between them.
• Su Yuntao feels awkward about being credited for Tang San’s success, knowing he misjudged the boy’s potential.
• Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er are surprised to learn that Tang San is the child with Innate Full Soul Power. Shui Bing’er responds to Lin Hao’s warning with renewed determination.

Significant themes

• Power and misjudgment: Su Yuntao’s dismissal of Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass contrasts with the boy’s later promise and reputation.
• Fate and recurring connections: The Three-Eyed Golden Lion senses that she and Lin Hao are destined to cross paths again.
• Consequences and responsibility: Lin Hao urges the Lion to seek protection, even as she recognizes that his actions helped put her in danger.
• Ambition and rivalry: Lin Hao’s Soul Bone hunt and his warning about Tang San set up future conflict and competition.

Plot points and events

• Lin Hao takes Shui Bing’er, Shui Yue’er, and Meng Yiran to a hidden valley to find Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor. He parts the waterfall concealing her cave and enters with the group.
• In the cave, Lin Hao explains Ah Yin’s identity, locates and takes her hidden Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, then digs up Ah Yin herself and stores her in his Soul Tool.
• At Shui Yue’er’s request, Lin Hao recounts Ah Yin’s history with Tang Hao. The women condemn Tang Hao for leaving Ah Yin secluded after her sacrifice and question his choices before her death.
• Tang Hao does not return, so Lin Hao leaves for Vast Sea City. After a month’s travel, he declares Tang Hao and Tang San wanted for secretly learning the Sea God Empire’s inherited arts and threatens to invade the Clear Sky Sect unless they are surrendered.

Character developments and interactions

• Shui Bing’er shows growing confidence, insisting that she can defeat Tang San and prove her strength. She is also the first to notice Ah Yin’s fear.
• Shui Yue’er displays affection toward Lin Hao, leaning on him and even saying that she and her sister will place themselves in his care. Shui Bing’er is exasperated by her sister’s infatuation.
• The women’s view of Tang Hao worsens as they discuss his conduct toward Ah Yin and Tang San. Lin Hao remains detached, focused on his own goals and the political move to come.
• Sea Spear Douluo quietly provides light in the cave with his weapon while Sea Dragon Douluo notices but says nothing.

Significant themes

• Love and sacrifice: Ah Yin’s devotion to Tang Hao is contrasted with the neglect she suffers afterward; Lin Hao warns the women not to let love cloud their judgment.
• Power and control: Lin Hao treats the cave’s defenses and Ah Yin’s removal as matters he can handle effortlessly.
• Suspicion and political conflict: The women question how Spirit Hall learned Ah Yin’s identity, while Lin Hao’s public accusation against Tang Hao and Tang San raises the stakes between the Sea God Empire and the Clear Sky Sect.

Key plot points and events

• The Clear Sky Sect’s leaders meet to decide how to respond to the Sea God Empire’s pressure, triggered by Tang Hao’s theft of its inheritance.
• Elder Tang Lie argues that the sect should disown Tang Hao and refuse responsibility for his actions. The Second Elder opposes him, partly because Tang Hao possesses valuable inherited Soul Bones and other treasures that could return to the sect.
• Sect Master Tang Xiao rules that Tang Hao cannot be removed from the family register without proper authority. He then argues that the sect can defend itself: it has six Titled Douluo, strong natural defenses, and outside powers may prevent the Sea God Empire from committing all eight of its Titled Douluo.
• Tang Xiao reveals that he has reached Level 97 and believes he can hold off several ordinary Titled Douluo. Encouraged, the elders agree to prepare for battle rather than seek help.
• Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen, who were preparing to aid the sect, receive its refusal. Ning decides to wait near the sect with Gu Rong in case intervention becomes necessary; Yu returns home, unwilling to help a sect that rejected his offer.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Lie is furious with Tang Hao and initially favors cutting him off, but ultimately prioritizes the sect’s defense and accepts Tang Xiao’s decision.
• The Second Elder argues for keeping Tang Hao’s connection to the sect because of the assets he carries, revealing a practical and self-interested side to the debate.
• Tang Xiao asserts his authority, protects Tang Hao’s formal status, and uses his newly revealed strength to rally the elders. His confidence persuades the sect to resist.
• Ning Fengzhi remains cautious and politically calculating, choosing to stay nearby despite being dismissed. Gu Rong and Chen Xin openly mock the Clear Sky Sect’s arrogance.
• Yu Yuanzhen takes the rejection personally and withdraws his support.

Significant themes

• Pride versus prudence: The Clear Sky Sect chooses to fight rather than appear weak, despite facing a stronger enemy on paper.
• Family loyalty and self-interest: The elders debate Tang Hao’s place in the sect both as a disgraced relative and as the holder of valuable inheritances.
• Political maneuvering: Ning, Yu, Spirit Hall, and the Heaven Dou Empire all factor into the sect’s assessment of the coming conflict.
• The legacy of the past: The sect’s confidence still rests partly on Tang Chen’s reputation and old agreements, while its present-day strength is uncertain.

Plot and key events

• The Sea God Empire arrives at the Clear Sky Sect with six Titled Douluo and other elite fighters, demanding that the sect hand over Tang Hao and Tang San. Their force alarms the sect, which had not expected the empire to be so powerful.
• Tang Xiao claims Tang Hao was expelled and Tang San is unrelated to the sect. Sea Spear Douluo rejects this as a convenient fiction, arguing that the Clear Sky Sect never truly severed its ties to Tang Hao.
• When Tang Xiao refuses to provide an answer, tensions escalate. Tang Lie attacks Sea Dragon Douluo, prompting Yang Wudi—now allied with the Sea God Empire—to fight him.
• Their clash exposes the Clear Sky Sect’s substantial strength, including six Titled Douluo. Watching observers from other factions reassess the sect and consider what its power could mean for future conflicts.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Xiao tries to protect the sect by denying responsibility for Tang Hao and Tang San, but his confidence falters when faced with the Sea God Empire’s strength.
• Sea Dragon Douluo leads the demand for the fugitives, while Sea Spear Douluo publicly challenges the Clear Sky Sect’s account of Tang Hao’s expulsion.
• Tang Lie reacts furiously to Yang Wudi’s presence and attacks him, turning the confrontation into open battle.
• Yang Wudi defends his decision to join the Sea God Empire, blaming Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect’s past abandonment of the Breaking Clan. His rivalry with Tang Lie is personal as well as political.
• Ning Fengzhi grows uneasy at the Clear Sky Sect’s revealed strength and hopes it will be weakened. Spirit Hall’s representatives are relieved that the confrontation has exposed the sect’s capabilities.

Significant themes

• Power and political calculation: The Sea God Empire’s strength overturns the Clear Sky Sect’s assumptions and forces rival factions to reconsider their strategies.
• Responsibility and denial: The dispute over Tang Hao’s expulsion questions whether the sect truly disowned him or merely used the claim to evade accountability.
• Betrayal and grievance: Yang Wudi’s defection reflects the Breaking Clan’s resentment over being abandoned, showing how past injustices shape present alliances.

The Sea God Empire gained the upper hand in its battle against the Clear Sky Sect, and Sea Spear Douluo gravely wounded Tang Xiao with a devastating thrust. With Tang Xiao near death, the Clear Sky Sect surrendered.

• Dugu Bo overwhelmed the Clear Sky Sect's third elder as the Sea God Empire's forces gained the advantage across the battlefield.
• Tang Xiao struggled to break free of Sea Spear Douluo's counters and unleashed the Clear Sky Nine Arts, nine arts as one.
• Sea Spear Douluo fused all nine Soul Rings into the Nanook Spear and pierced through Tang Xiao's Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Xiao lost his Martial Soul and suffered the loss of an arm and a leg before collapsing into his followers' arms.
• Tang Xiao stopped Tang Lie from attacking and announced that the Clear Sky Sect surrendered.

The Sea God Empire defeated the Clear Sky Sect, which surrendered and paid a heavy price to survive. News of the defeat spread across the continent, prompting Ning Fengzhi to seek closer ties with the Sea God Empire and Spirit Hall to consider striking the weakened sect.

• Tang Xiao offered three soul bones and promised to hunt Tang Hao and Tang San, but Sea Dragon Douluo demanded five million Gold Soul Coins as well.
• Tang Xiao agreed to hand over the Moonlight Pavilion, which belonged to his sister Tang Yuehua, and then fainted.
• Gu Rong warned Ning Fengzhi that the Clear Sky Sect's fate could be theirs, so Ning Fengzhi decided to increase purchases from the Sea God Empire and maintain friendly relations.
• News of the Clear Sky Sect's defeat spread across the continent, and Spirit Hall debated attacking the weakened sect before it could recover.

Tang Hao blamed Tang San for the Clear Sky Sect’s ruin and demanded that he surrender the inheritance he had obtained by chance. Tang San refused, and Tang Hao left him behind, while Tang San turned to thoughts of returning to Shrek and seeking comfort from his teacher.

• Tang Hao learned that the Clear Sky Sect had suffered heavy losses, disowned him, and sent Tang Lie’s seven-man Soul Saint team to hunt him and Tang San.
• Tang Hao attacked Tang San in a fit of rage, then released him when he heard his son’s choking cry.
• Tang Hao asked Tang San to hand over his inheritance to help the Clear Sky Sect recover, and Tang San said it could not be shared outside its sect.
• Tang Hao slapped Tang San and accused him of betraying the Clear Sky Sect, while Tang San insisted he owed the sect nothing.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to return to Shrek and left, and Tang San found hope in the thought that his teacher would not abandon him.

Lin Hao warned Bo Saixi not to let her feelings for Tang Chen interfere with the Sea God Empire’s interests, then turned his attention to the empire’s new Royal Academy. Ning Fengzhi visited Lin Hao with Ning Rongrong and Chen Xin to request the finest Sea God Crossbows, but Lin Hao left a possible trade for a future meeting in Heaven Dou City.

• Sea Dragon Douluo reported the Clear Sky Sect operation to Lin Hao and Bo Saixi, and Lin Hao dismissed him after hearing the account.
• Bo Saixi objected to provoking the Clear Sky Sect, but Lin Hao accused her of letting her connection to Tang Chen threaten her loyalty to the Sea God Empire.
• Lin Hao warned Bo Saixi to put the empire first, then left Sea God Hall and wondered what she might do for Tang Chen.
• The Sea God Empire Royal Academy began enrolling talented Soul Masters, and Ning Fengzhi decided Ning Rongrong should attend to secure benefits for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Chen Xin visited Lin Hao, who was forging deep sea silver and said he had failed to achieve Spirit Forging.
• Ning Fengzhi asked to buy the finest Sea God Crossbows, and Lin Hao refused an immediate sale but suggested they discuss a trade when they met again in Heaven Dou City.

Lin Hao rejected Ning Fengzhi’s request for Ning Rongrong to enroll at the Sea God Empire Royal Academy, and Ning Rongrong angrily challenged his decision. After she insulted him, Lin Hao accepted Ning Fengzhi’s apology but had Sea Illusion Douluo trap Ning Rongrong in an illusion, while Chen Xin fought Sea Spear Douluo.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Lin Hao to admit Ning Rongrong to the Sea God Empire Royal Academy, but Lin Hao refused, noting she already studied at Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong accused Lin Hao of looking down on her and vowed to make him regret rejecting her.
• Ning Fengzhi apologized for his daughter, and Lin Hao accepted while demanding an apology gift; Ning Fengzhi agreed and rebuked Ning Rongrong.
• Lin Hao summoned Sea Illusion Douluo to teach Ning Rongrong a lesson, while Sea Spear Douluo blocked Chen Xin.
• Chen Xin and Sea Spear Douluo transformed into their weapons and clashed in the sky as Ning Rongrong fell into Sea Illusion Douluo’s blue-mist illusion.

Chen Xin broke through to level ninety-seven while fighting Sea Spear Douluo, but was defeated and gravely injured. Ning Fengzhi pledged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to the Sea God Empire, and Ning Rongrong awoke from Sea Illusion’s spell in confusion.

• Watching Ning Rongrong struggle in Sea Illusion’s illusion, Lin Hao noticed something seemed off as Chen Xin fought Sea Spear Douluo at a disadvantage.
• Chen Xin abandoned defense and fought recklessly, entering a state of enlightenment that brought his soul power to level ninety-seven.
• Fearing for Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong, Ning Fengzhi offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s allegiance to Lin Hao.
• Chen Xin and Sea Spear Douluo unleashed their strongest attacks; Sea Spear sent Chen Xin into the sea, where he lost an arm and fell unconscious.
• At Lin Hao’s order, Xiao Bai brought Chen Xin back, and Ning Fengzhi accepted his new role in the Sea God Empire.
• Sea Illusion released Ning Rongrong, who woke up confused, blurted out that she did not want to marry Xue Qinghe, and then realized what had happened.

Lin Hao revealed to Ning Fengzhi that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue, then later reached level sixty and began the Sea God's Nine Trials. His first trial required a hundred-thousand-year sixth soul ring, which he believed he could obtain easily.

• Lin Hao told Ning Fengzhi that Xue Xing was not a traitor and revealed that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue, Spirit Hall's young master.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted Lin Hao's warning and said the Sea God Empire might be the only force able to stop Spirit Hall.
• Eighteen months after the Sea God Empire Royal Academy opened, Lin Hao broke through to level sixty with four months remaining before the Continental Soul Master Tournament.
• The Sea God announced Lin Hao's first trial: reach level sixty and obtain a sixth soul ring at least one hundred thousand years old.
• The sea transformed, Bo Saixi and the Sacred Pillar guardians sensed the Sea God successor's arrival, and sea creatures awaited their new sovereign.
• Lin Hao judged the trial manageable because a hundred-thousand-year Evil Orca King was available and his body and spiritual power were strong enough to withstand the soul ring.

Lin Hao completed his first Sea God trial after absorbing the hundred-thousand-year Evil Orca King’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then received a second trial to reach Soul Saint within a year. He took Ye Lingling to the Blue Silver Forest to find her a Soul Ring and offered the Blue Silver King a chance to become an emperor in exchange for sacrificing itself.

• Lin Hao absorbed the Evil Orca King’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and left leg bone, reaching level sixty-five and completing the first Sea God trial.
• Lin Hao received the second Sea God trial, which required him to reach Soul Saint within one year.
• Lin Hao flew with Ye Lingling and learned that the Sea God’s Light had lifted the curse on her Nine Heart Begonia, improved her talent, and granted her an innate domain.
• Lin Hao and Ye Lingling reached the Blue Silver Forest to seek the eighty-thousand-year Blue Silver King as Ye Lingling’s Soul Ring.
• Lin Hao pressured the Blue Silver King to sacrifice itself to Ye Lingling and offered it a chance to become an emperor, but the Blue Silver King questioned how that could help after its death.

Lin Hao revealed Ah Yin to the Blue Silver King and ordered him to devour her, become the new Blue Silver Emperor, and sacrifice himself to be reborn. After Lin Hao defended his plan with accusations about Ah Yin’s failures as sovereign, he threatened the Blue Silver King and attacked him.

• Lin Hao brought Ah Yin out of his Soul Tool, and she reunited with the Blue Silver King after recovering ten thousand years of cultivation.
• Ah Yin defended Tang Hao, but the Blue Silver King questioned why Tang Hao had left her in a cave instead of bringing her to the Blue Silver Forest.
• Lin Hao ordered the Blue Silver King to devour Ah Yin and take the final step to become a Blue Silver Emperor.
• Lin Hao argued that Ah Yin had abandoned her clan and revealed that Tang Hao intended to use its royal bloodline to awaken Tang San’s martial soul, leaving Ah Yin shaken.
• Lin Hao summoned the Sea God Trident, declared that the Blue Silver King had no choice, and launched a red attack at him with his left leg.

Lin Hao forced Ah Yin and the Blue Silver King to stop fighting and allow the King to absorb Ah Yin’s source power. The Blue Silver King evolved into a Blue Silver Emperor, sacrificed himself to give Ye Lingling a Soul Ring, and was left to regrow while she began absorbing his power.

• Lin Hao overwhelmed the Blue Silver King and threatened to use force until Ah Yin agreed to help the King evolve.
• Ah Yin condensed nine drops of her Blue Silver Emperor source power and gave them to the Blue Silver King, then faded into an ordinary blade of grass.
• The Blue Silver King absorbed the source power, evolved into a Blue Silver Emperor, and transformed as the forest’s blue silver grass poured energy into him.
• The Blue Silver Emperor formed a blood-red Soul Ring for Ye Lingling and became a blade of grass again after his sacrifice.
• Lin Hao planted the Blue Silver Emperor back in his original spot as Ye Lingling began absorbing the Soul Ring’s energy and life force.

Bibi Dong learned that Spirit Hall had failed to infiltrate the Sea God Empire and redirected its efforts toward Heaven Dou and Star Luo. She entered the Rakshasa Secret Realm to continue her divine trials, while Qian Daoliu worried that he could no longer restrain her and that Xiao Xue might fail to stop her.

• Yue Guan reported that the Sea God Empire's loyal officials, religious unity, and public services had thwarted Spirit Hall's undercover agents.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to focus on infiltrating Heaven Dou and Star Luo before confronting the Sea God Empire.
• Bibi Dong vowed to destroy the angelic lineage and the world, then entered the Rakshasa Secret Realm as her Fourth Trial's completion percentage was announced.
• Qian Daoliu sensed Bibi Dong's evil power and urged Xiao Xue to advance quickly, admitting that he could no longer hold Bibi Dong back.
• Qian Daoliu reflected that the Sea God Successor might have to stop Bibi Dong if Xiao Xue failed, and remembered Bo Saixi and Tang Chen.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy shortly before the Soul Master Tournament, giving its struggling team a control-type Soul Master and a renewed chance to qualify. He reunited with Yu Xiaogang and offered his teammates six valuable Marrow Cleansing Pills, which Tang Hao had obtained through theft from Spirit Hall.

• Flender and Yu Xiaogang worried that Shrek Academy lacked enough strong members and a control-type Soul Master to compete in the tournament.
• Zhao Wuji brought Tang San back to Flender's office, where Yu Xiaogang welcomed him warmly.
• Tang San revealed that his relationship with Tang Hao had grown cold after they argued over the Tang Sect's legacy, and he felt Yu Xiaogang was the only one who truly cared for him.
• Tang San declared that he had returned to win the tournament championship for Shrek Academy and reunited with his former teammates.
• Tang San learned that Ning Rongrong had joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then presented the team with six Marrow Cleansing Pills obtained through Tang Hao's zero-cost shopping at Spirit Hall.

Tang San planned to fund Shrek by forging and selling hidden weapons, while Lin Hao returned to Sea God Island and learned that Ye Xinglan, Yang Wudi, and Dugu Bo had successfully refined a true Universe Creation Pill. The pill’s radiant appearance amazed everyone on the island.

• Tang San gave Tai Tan blueprints for the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow and proposed selling the weapons to powerful factions across the continent.
• Tai Tan agreed to forge the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow and other hidden weapons, then left to gather his clansmen and begin production.
• Lin Hao and Ye Lingling heard Ye Xinglan’s excited laughter and rushed to her courtyard, where they found her with Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo.
• Ye Xinglan told Lin Hao that the three had used his notes to refine a genuine Universe Creation Pill after forty-nine days of work.
• Lin Hao opened the Alchemy Furnace, releasing a golden radiance that spread across Sea God Island and drew the astonished attention of its inhabitants.