Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye told Ah Yin that Spirit Hall had discovered her and Tang Hao after Tang Hao sent letters to Clear Sky Sect during her pregnancy. The chapter ended with Ah Yin learning that the letters were addressed to Tang Zhen, though she had not yet responded to the revelation.

• Ah Yin asked how Bai Ye could sense her thoughts, and Bai Ye explained that his martial soul let him perceive plants’ emotions and thoughts.
• Ah Yin learned Bai Ye was from Spirit Hall and accused the organization of trying to drive her to extinction.
• Bai Ye claimed Spirit Hall’s discovery of Ah Yin and Tang Hao involved truths she did not know, including why Tang Hao had remained despondent and neglected their son.
• Ah Yin rejected Bai Ye’s suggestion that Tang Hao had deliberately exposed her, insisting he could have killed her himself if he wanted her soul ring.
• Bai Ye clarified that Tang Hao had left twice while Ah Yin was pregnant and had sent letters on both trips.
• Bai Ye told Ah Yin that the letters had gone to Clear Sky Sect’s Sect Master, Tang Zhen.

Bai Ye made Ah Yin question whether Tang San was truly her son by pointing out that his childhood skills and survival as a newborn during Spirit Hall’s pursuit seemed impossible. Ah Yin was left frightened and uncertain about Tang San’s origins.

• Ah Yin realized she could not observe Tang San inside Tang Hao’s blacksmith shop or on the back mountain, where he practiced each morning.
• Ah Yin recalled Tang San’s unusually nimble movements as a child and questioned how he could have learned such skills before awakening his martial soul.
• Bai Ye asked whether Tang San might not actually be Ah Yin’s son.
• Bai Ye questioned how a newborn Tang San could have survived the battle aftermath while Ah Yin and Tang Hao fled pursuit by Qian Xunji, Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo, and other Spirit Hall forces.
• Ah Yin remembered being struck by battle shockwaves while carrying Tang San and became terrified that he might not have survived those fights.

Tang San followed the Blue Silver Grass’s call to the Blue Silver King, who revealed that Tang San carried the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and began a ritual to awaken it. Ah Yin interfered with the ritual and accused Tang San of being a monster who had occupied her dead son’s body, leaving Tang Hao and Tang San shocked by her claim.

• Tang San sensed the Blue Silver Grass calling him and followed its voice with Tang Hao to the ancient Blue Silver King.
• The Blue Silver King identified Tang San as the bearer of the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, and Tang Hao said the bloodline came from Tang San’s mother.
• Tang San agreed to awaken his bloodline, and the Blue Silver King began a ritual that drew blue motes of light from the forest’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Ah Yin sensed the ritual from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and projected herself into the forest to disrupt it.
• Ah Yin formed from the gathered light and accused Tang San of occupying her son’s body, claiming their real son had died during Spirit Hall’s hunt.
• Tang Hao insisted Tang San was their son and asked Ah Yin what had happened to her.

Ah Yin confronted Tang Hao over accepting Tang San as their son, accusing him of protecting his father and Clear Sky Sect instead of seeking justice for their dead child. Tang Hao remained determined to treat Tang San as their real son, though he could not admit his motives.

• Tang Hao told Ah Yin that Spirit Hall had hunted them and insisted that he knew Tang San was their real son because he had raised him.
• Ah Yin accused Tang Hao of ignoring that his father had killed their child and of accepting Tang San to avoid taking revenge on his father and Clear Sky Sect.
• Ah Yin argued that Tang Hao's father had caused Spirit Hall to discover them and mocked his claim that he died from grief after Tang Hao married her.
• Tang Hao grew angry but privately recognized that Ah Yin's accusation was partly true and chose not to admit it.

Bai Ye reunited with Qian Renxue in the imperial study and promised not to leave her again. Qian Renxue agreed to his marriages to Xue Ke and Ning Rongrong and offered to help him build the large harem he had once joked about wanting.

• Bai Ye used the Star Extremity Divine Eyes to see through Qian Renxue's Xue Qinghe disguise.
• Qian Renxue recognized Bai Ye, revealed her true appearance, and embraced him after years of waiting.
• Bai Ye apologized for leaving, and Qian Renxue said she understood why he had gone and was happy they could be together again.
• Qian Renxue told Bai Ye that Bibi Dong had proposed marrying him to Xue Ke and Ning Rongrong, and she had agreed.
• Qian Renxue recalled Bai Ye's childhood wish for a large harem and said she would help him fulfill it.

Bai Ye met Xue Ke at Moonlight Pavilion, and Qian Renxue proposed that he marry Xue Ke and Rongrong the following month. He then visited Shrek Academy, where Liu Erlong told him Yu Xiaogang had left to help avenge the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

• Xue Ke became captivated by Bai Ye and eagerly chatted with him and served him food at Moonlight Pavilion.
• Qian Renxue suggested that Bai Ye marry Xue Ke and Rongrong next month, and Bai Ye agreed subject to the Pope's approval.
• Bai Ye left Moonlight Pavilion and traveled to Shrek Academy, where excited students crowded around him until Liu Erlong and the teachers cleared them away.
• Bai Ye asked Liu Erlong about Yu Xiaogang, and she privately explained that he had joined Yu Luomian to avenge their clan after Spirit Hall destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Liu Erlong told Bai Ye that Yu Xiaogang had tried to recruit her into the revenge effort, but she refused.

Bai Ye considered hunting the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to gain a devouring spirit skill, which could let him consume the Blood River in the City of Slaughter if the God Realm backed Tang San against Spirit Hall. He believed the tiger would be easy to locate with help from Spirit Hall and Xiao Wu's allies in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Bai Ye reasoned that absorbing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's spirit ring with his Tree of Life martial soul could grant him a devouring-type spirit skill.
• Bai Ye considered devouring the City of Slaughter's Blood River to strengthen his Dragon Elephant Mountain Moving Skill if the Asura God sided with Tang San.
• Bai Ye judged that destroying the City of Slaughter would be preferable to letting Evil Spirit Masters grow unchecked if Spirit Hall fell.
• Bai Ye planned to find and hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, believing Spirit Hall and Xiao Wu's allies among the spirit beasts could help locate it.

Bai Ye narrowly avoided the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s cunning sneak attack with his teleportation skill and heightened perception. Realizing the beast had found a way to threaten him, he prepared to get serious.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger launched a cunning sneak attack against Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye avoided the attack using Void Breaking Slash and the Star Extremity Divine Eyes.
• Bai Ye roared at the beast and decided to get serious.

Bai Ye was pulled toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Life and Death Arena, unable to use his movement or teleportation skills. He shattered the tiger’s protective barrier with Taiyin Ice Soul Divine Light, but both were sucked into the black hole.

• Bai Ye resisted the Life and Death Arena’s suction by driving his God-Slaying Sword Martial Soul Avatar into the ground.
• Bai Ye recognized that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger intended to ram him into the black hole.
• Bai Ye used Taiyin Ice Soul Divine Light to shatter the tiger’s black light barrier.
• The exposed Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was pulled into the black hole and collided with Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger were both sucked into the black hole.

After the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, Spirit Hall arranged new sect selections while Bai Ye secretly married Ning Rongrong and Xue Ke. Seeking strength before the gods could threaten his plans, Bai Ye prepared to travel to Sea God Island and obtain the Sea God's inheritance with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

• Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Qian Renxue agreed to blame the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's destruction on its failed rebellion against Heaven Dou Imperial City and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Spirit Hall proposed new Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects selections, which it scheduled for Spirit City three months later.
• Bai Ye, Ning Rongrong, and Xue Ke held a lavish but secret wedding in Spirit City.
• Bai Ye decided to travel to Sea God Island to undertake the Sea God's trial and strengthen himself before Tang San left the City of Slaughter.
• Qian Renxue gave Bai Ye the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and he explained that it could trigger the Sea God's Nine Trials and offer him a chance to inherit the Sea God's divine position.

Bai Ye chartered a ship from Vast Sea City and traveled with the girls toward Sea God Island. When Captain Raphael could take them no farther, Bai Ye used Spirit-Guided Sea Vessels to continue toward the island.

• Bai Ye paid several times the usual charter fee, explored Vast Sea City, and bought Spirit-Guided Sea Vessels.
• Bai Ye chose Captain Raphael, whose ship, the Seagull, carried them out to the waters around Sea God Island.
• Raphael stopped the Seagull near the island, warning that Demon Soul Great White Sharks patrolled farther ahead.
• Bai Ye expanded two Spirit-Guided Sea Vessels with Soul Power, bid Raphael farewell, and led the girls beneath the waves toward Sea God Island.

Bai Ye remained determined to join Sea God Island despite the blue-haired man’s threat. The blue-haired man attacked him on the beach.

• Bai Ye smiled, shook his head, and bowed to show that he still wanted to join Sea God Island.
• The blue-haired man grew furious and challenged Bai Ye to prove himself.
• The blue-haired man stomped across the beach and charged at Bai Ye as an afterimage.

Bai Ye and his companions accepted the Sea God Island trial, which required them to cross the Sea Within Sea and reach the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar. After Haitian explained the dangers, Bai Ye asked the women who wanted to go first.

• Sea Dragon Douluo told the group to leave Sea God Island if they could not accept the trial’s terms.
• Bai Ye said that the group understood and accepted the trial.
• Sea Dragon Douluo explained that they had to cross the Sea Within Sea to qualify for the trial.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether the Sea Within Sea was the pool before them.
• Haitian warned that Sea Dragon Douluo could raise waves or command spirit beasts to attack them.
• Bai Ye asked the women which of them wanted to take the trial first.

Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Yiran, Xue Ke, Ning Rongrong, and Qing Lin underwent their Sea God Island assessments, astonishing Haitian and Sea Dragon Douluo with several top-tier results. Bai Ye then stepped up for his assessment, and Haitian predicted he might receive a top-tier eight-trial assessment.

• Zhu Zhuqing triggered a red-tier seven-trial assessment, and Sea Dragon Douluo offered to help her if she ran into trouble on the island.
• Meng Yiran received a black-tier six-trial assessment, while Xue Ke received a purple-tier five-trial assessment.
• Ning Rongrong triggered a top-tier seven-trial assessment, and Qing Lin triggered a top-tier eight-trial assessment.
• Bai Ye approached the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar, and Haitian guessed that he would trigger a top-tier eight-trial assessment.

Bai Ye and the girls learned that their first Sea God Trials required them to climb Sea God Mountain’s stairs through Sea God’s Light. Their first attempt revealed that the stairs imposed increasing pressure and repelled anyone who used soul skills, leaving Ning Rongrong worried about completing her trial.

• Bai Ye and the girls stayed as honored guests at the City Lord’s Manor and compared their trials over lunch.
• Ning Rongrong asked Haitian where Sea God Island’s forbidden ground was, and he led the group to the Sea Within Sea and Sea God Mountain.
• Haitian explained that the temple stood atop Sea God Mountain and that its 1,001 steps exerted powerful suppressive force.
• Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing started climbing, while the others crossed the lake to join them.
• Hu Liena described the increasing pressure on the stairs, then a repulsive force hurled her backward when she tried to use a soul skill; Bai Ye caught her.
• Ning Rongrong worried that she could not climb the more than one hundred steps required for her trial without soul skills.

Bai Ye decided to complete the Sea God's Light trial quickly so he could claim the Sea God's inheritance before Poseidon opposed Spirit Hall. He climbed far beyond the limits of past challengers, leaving Bo Saixi amazed and Haitian convinced of his talent.

• Bai Ye concluded that Poseidon would oppose Spirit Hall's unification and resolved to clear the Sea God's Nine Trials as soon as possible.
• Bai Ye resumed climbing from the one hundred and first step and soon passed the one hundred and thirtieth.
• Bai Ye continued past the one hundred and fortieth, one hundred and fiftieth, and two hundredth steps, repeatedly shocking Bo Saixi.
• Haitian watched Bai Ye surpass two hundred steps, far beyond his father Sea Dragon Douluo's trial, and lost all jealousy toward him.

Bai Ye crossed the Ring Sea underwater, using the Heavenly Demon Force Field to fight through Arrowfish and Demon Soul Great White Sharks without killing them. Near Sea God Island, he was confronted by the enormous Demon Soul Great White Shark King just before completing the second trial.

• Bai Ye activated the Star Extremity Divine Eyes and entered the turbulent Ring Sea underwater.
• Bai Ye used the Mysterious Jade Body and Heavenly Demon Force Field to scatter the Arrowfish and break through their school.
• Bai Ye dodged attacking Demon Soul Great White Sharks and knocked them unconscious with controlled punches.
• Bai Ye continued toward Sea God Island, fighting off the Arrowfish and sharks along the way.
• As Bai Ye neared the island, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King charged at him with its jaws open.

Bai Ye began the deep-sea body-tempering trial for the third of Sea God's Nine Trials under Xiao Bai's supervision. After three months of training beneath the sea, his soul-ring age and Soul Power increased, bringing him to level eighty and the brink of becoming a Spirit Douluo.

• A purple-robed Spirit Master brought Bai Ye to Black Reef Cliff and left him there, while Bo Saixi was absent.
• Xiao Bai appeared and told Bai Ye that she would oversee his third trial and lead him to the examination site.
• Xiao Bai guided Bai Ye past the reefs and coral into the deep sea, where immense water pressure tested his body.
• Bai Ye endured the pressure and used the deep-sea trial to temper his internal organs and advance his Mysterious Jade Body and Dragon Elephant Mountain Moving Skill.
• After three months, Bai Ye's soul rings grew older and his Soul Power rose to level eighty, bringing him close to becoming a Spirit Douluo.

Bai Ye led Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Shark Tribe toward the Evil Orca Tribe, then infiltrated their territory under the Vast Sea Protective Shroud. He used poison-coated hair-gold needles to kill Evil Orcas undetected, leaving the Evil Orca King enraged and unable to locate the attacker.

• Bai Ye met Xiao Bai at the coast, and she gathered her tribe to travel toward the Evil Orcas' territory.
• Bai Ye explained his plan to weaken the Evil Orca Tribe through stealthy attacks, demonstrated his invisibility to Xiao Bai, and brought her along inside the Vast Sea Protective Shroud.
• Bai Ye and Xiao Bai entered the Evil Orca Tribe's territory, and the shroud evaded the Evil Orca King's sonar detection.
• Bai Ye coated hair-gold needles with Dugu Bo's poison enhanced by Snow Swan's Kiss and secretly shot them into the Evil Orcas.
• Bai Ye killed more than a dozen Evil Orcas, and the Evil Orca King found poisoned golden beads in their bodies but failed to detect Bai Ye and Xiao Bai.

Bai Ye exploited the chaos caused by the Evil Orca King and the Demon Orca Tribe to kill several dozen Evil Spirit Orcas. The Evil Orca King was nearly driven mad by the losses.

• Bai Ye threw the surrounding seawater into chaos.
• Bai Ye moved through the turmoil and fired golden needles into the Evil Spirit Orcas.
• Bai Ye killed several dozen Evil Spirit Orcas in a few minutes.
• The Evil Orca King was nearly driven mad by the losses.