Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao secured Ning Fengzhi’s agreement to ally the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Spirit Hall and became engaged to Ning Rongrong. After the alliance was accepted, Spirit Hall launched its Soul Hunting Operation against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, leaving it destroyed and Yu Luomian dead.

• Ning Fengzhi proposed Lin Hao’s engagement to Ning Rongrong as a condition for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s alliance, and Lin Hao agreed.
• Lin Hao brought Ning Fengzhi to Demon Bear Douluo, who accepted the sect’s pledge to join Spirit Hall’s camp.
• Bibi Dong accepted the alliance, and Demon Bear Douluo led Spirit Hall’s forces toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect after Qian Renxue finished preparing.
• Demon Bear Douluo accused the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect of rebellion and poisoning the Heaven Dou Emperor, while Yu Luomian protested that the sect had been framed.
• Spirit Hall’s forces slaughtered the sect’s remaining members, and Demon Bear Douluo killed Yu Luomian after delivering the Pope’s message.

Qian Renxue’s forces surrounded Prince Xue Xing’s residence and accused Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng of poisoning Emperor Xue Ye and plotting a coup. They killed both princes and their guards, leaving the Crown Prince’s purge of the imperial household underway.

• A guard reported that the Crown Prince’s troops had surrounded Prince Xue Xing’s residence.
• The guard captain accused Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng of conspiring with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to poison Emperor Xue Ye and seize the throne, then ordered an attack.
• Prince Xue Xing’s soul master guards fought back while he and Xue Beng tried to escape by flying away.
• A Dragon Hawk Soul Saint struck Xue Beng, who fell mortally wounded, while other flying Soul Saints pursued and severely injured Prince Xue Xing.
• The Crown Prince’s forces killed the residence guards, and the guard captain executed Prince Xue Xing.

Disguised as Xue Qinghe, Qian Renxue blamed Xue Ye’s death on Prince Xue Xing, Xue Beng, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, then prepared to take the throne. Her coronation was interrupted when Tang Chen arrived with Tang Hao and Tang San and exposed her identity.

• Qian Renxue learned that Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng had been executed, clearing the way for her coronation.
• After Xue Ye died, Qian Renxue accused the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, Prince Xue Xing, and Xue Beng of poisoning him and said Spirit Hall had destroyed the sect.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin persuaded Qian Renxue to shorten her mourning period and proceed with the coronation.
• Qian Renxue began her coronation before the officials, with Lin Hao, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Liu Erlong, and Ning Fengzhi present.
• Tang Chen descended into the square with Tang Hao and Tang San, denounced the coronation, and declared that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue in disguise.

Tang Chen attacked Qian Renxue’s coronation, and Lin Hao tried to stop him with powerful martial soul fusion skills. After Tang Chen destroyed Lin Hao’s Golden Sacred Dragon, Lin Hao summoned a Hell White Tiger to cover their escape and carried Qian Renxue away with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.

• Tang Chen accused Qian Renxue of being a Spirit Hall impostor and attacked her during the coronation.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei used Two Forms Stillness Domain against Tang Chen, but his Divine Slaughter’s Domain let him break free and injure them.
• Lin Hao summoned the Golden Sacred Dragon with Luo Sanpao and the image clones of Flender and Liu Erlong, then attacked Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen overwhelmed the Golden Sacred Dragon with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and destroyed it with his ninth soul ring.
• Lin Hao summoned a Hell White Tiger using image clones of Dai Huang and his wife, seized Qian Renxue, and fled with Yue Guan and Gui Mei.

Tang Chen’s intervention forced Qian Renxue to abandon her coronation, and Qian Daoliu responded by offering her the Angel God’s trials. After Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan fled to Spirit City, Dugu Bo told Lin Hao that Ye Zhilan had information about the Goddess of Life and wanted to meet him in person.

• Lin Hao carried Qian Renxue away from Heaven Dou Imperial City after Tang Chen defeated Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, and the four headed for Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that Tang Chen had sabotaged her coronation on the Asura God’s orders, and Qian Daoliu offered to open the Angel God’s trials for her.
• Lin Hao returned to Spirit City and resumed cultivation, hoping to reach Titled Douluo after his defeat by Tang Chen.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan arrived in Spirit City after Tang Chen and Tang Hao took control of Heaven Dou and installed Xue Ke as puppet empress.
• Dugu Bo told Lin Hao that Ye Zhilan knew how the Nine Heart Begonia Family’s connection to the Goddess of Life had led to its limit of two soul masters per generation, and that she wanted to explain the details in person.

Lin Hao obtained the map, notes, and jade leaf leading to the Goddess of Life’s divine selection grounds from Ye Zhilan, promising to seek forgiveness for the Nine Heart Begonia Family. He took Dugu Yan to the Life Forest and entered the secret realm beneath the Tree of Life, where their next trial awaited.

• Lin Hao used an Image Clone to infiltrate Heaven Dou Imperial City and visit the Nine Heart Begonia Family.
• Ye Zhilan told Lin Hao that an ancestor had stolen a divine artifact from the Goddess of Life’s temple, bringing a curse upon the family.
• Ye Zhilan gave Lin Hao the Life Forest map, the ancestor’s notes on entering the divine selection grounds, and an emerald jade leaf.
• Lin Hao left the city, took Dugu Yan with him, and followed the map to the Life Forest over several days.
• Lin Hao and Dugu Yan plunged toward the Tree of Life’s crown and passed through a spatial passage into an unfamiliar realm.

Lin Hao underwent the Goddess of Life’s divine trial in the Life Secret Realm and triggered the golden Nine Life Trials, making him a candidate to inherit her godhood. The Goddess of Life also discovered that Dugu Yan might be able to inherit the God of Destruction’s power, potentially allowing the two God Kings to leave the Divine Realm together.

• Lin Hao and Dugu Yan entered the Life Temple with the Tree Spirit Elder, and Lin Hao asked to undertake the Goddess of Life’s trial.
• The Goddess of Life’s statue summoned a pillar of light that turned gold around Lin Hao, revealing that he had triggered the Nine Life Trials.
• The Goddess of Life watched Lin Hao through a mirror and recognized him as a promising successor to her life godhood.
• The Goddess of Life worried that passing on her godhood would leave her husband, the God of Destruction, unable to leave the Divine Realm with her.
• The Goddess of Life sensed Dugu Yan’s fire-attribute divine-level Martial Soul and Soul Emperor cultivation and concluded that she could inherit the God of Destruction’s godhood.

The Goddess of Life told the God of Destruction that Lin Hao had triggered her nine life trials, and they agreed that Dugu Yan was worthy of inheriting his godhood as well. Lin Hao and Dugu Yan received their divine trials, giving them and Spirit Hall powerful backing against the Asura God.

• The Goddess of Life showed the God of Destruction Lin Hao and Dugu Yan in the Life Secret Realm and praised their strength and potential.
• The God of Destruction agreed to bestow his destruction nine trials upon Dugu Yan after Lin Hao completed the life trials.
• Lin Hao received the Goddess of Life's nine trials, qualifying to inherit her godhood.
• A purple pillar of light descended upon Dugu Yan, and she received the God of Destruction's nine trials.
• Lin Hao congratulated Dugu Yan and reflected that their new divine patrons could counter the Asura God's favoritism toward Tang San.

Lin Hao and Dugu Yan earned divine trials from the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction, giving them the chance to inherit their respective divine seats. Back in Spirit City, they learned Spirit Hall planned to unite the kingdoms and duchies, using a sect selection tournament in six months to build support for a new empire.

• Lin Hao and Dugu Yan received their first divine trial tasks, then left the Life Secret Realm and returned to Spirit City.
• Lin Hao told Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Dugu Bo that he and Dugu Yan had earned the Nine Life Trials and Destruction Nine Trials.
• Dugu Bo thanked Lin Hao for helping Dugu Yan gain the God of Destruction's favor and promised to repay him.
• Yue Guan explained that, after the Heaven Dou takeover failed, Spirit Hall planned to unite the kingdoms and duchies into a new empire.
• Yue Guan said the Pope would hold a tournament for the Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects in about six months.

Tang San reunited with Yu Xiaogang, who claimed he had been imprisoned by Yu Luomian for years. Tang Chen planned to take Tang San and Tang Hao to Sea God Island for Divine Trials, and Yu Xiaogang joined them in hopes of breaking through his cultivation limit.

• Yu Xiaogang arrived at the palace and told Tang San that Yu Luomian had imprisoned him beneath the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect for years.
• Tang San vowed to avenge Yu Xiaogang, unaware that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had already been wiped out.
• Tang Chen told Tang San that Spirit Hall remained a threat and proposed taking him and Tang Hao to Sea God Island to undergo Divine Trials.
• Yu Xiaogang asked to join the journey, hoping a Divine Trial could help him break through level 30, and Tang Chen agreed.

Lin Hao visited Shui Bing'er and invited her to seek the Sea God's inheritance with him, then obtained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Qian Renxue. Meanwhile, Tang Chen brought Tang San, Tang Hao, and Yu Xiaogang to Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi recognized his arrival.

• Lin Hao secretly met Shui Bing'er at Skywater Academy and warned her that Tang Chen and Tang Hao controlled Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Lin Hao told Shui Bing'er about Sea God Island and asked her to try for the Sea God's inheritance, and she agreed to go with him.
• Lin Hao returned to Spirit City and obtained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Qian Renxue.
• Tang Chen, Tang San, Tang Hao, and Yu Xiaogang traveled to Sea God Island by ship and then flew past the patrolling Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
• Tang Chen released his Limit Douluo pressure above Sea God Island and called for Bo Saixi, who recognized his Soul Power and rose to meet him.

Tang Chen reunited with Bo Saixi and brought Tang Hao, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang to Sea God Island to undertake divine trials. Tang Hao received a red level seven trial and Tang San received a red level eight trial, while Yu Xiaogang’s trial remained blue, leaving Bo Saixi and Sea Horse Douluo stunned.

• Bo Saixi reunited with Tang Chen on Sea God Island, and he asked her to let Tang Hao, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang undertake divine trials.
• Bo Saixi led them to Sea Horse Douluo, who waived the preliminary test and began the trials at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar.
• Tang Hao received a red level seven trial, astonishing Sea Horse Douluo and pleasing Tang Chen.
• Tang San received a red level eight trial, matching the assessment Bo Saixi had once received and shocking her.
• Yu Xiaogang swam across the Sea Within the Sea and underwent his trial, but the pillar’s light stayed blue, prompting Bo Saixi and Sea Horse Douluo to wonder if he had received a blue level zero trial.

Yu Xiaogang was humiliated when he received a Blue Level Zero Trial on Sea God Island, while Lin Hao gave Shui Bing'er the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and brought her to the island to pursue the Sea God's trials. Lin Hao and Shui Bing'er arrived safely on Sea God Island, where her divine trial could begin.

• Yu Xiaogang was mortified by his Blue Level Zero Trial, and Tang San encouraged him and vowed to become a mighty expert.
• Lin Hao gave Shui Bing'er the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and explained that it was the Sea God's Heart, which could help her qualify for the Sea God's Nine Trials.
• Shui Bing'er accepted the treasure and agreed to go with Lin Hao to Sea God Island.
• Lin Hao and Shui Bing'er traveled by ship from Vast Sea City toward Sea God Island, then flew the rest of the way after the captain stopped at the forbidden waters.
• Lin Hao and Shui Bing'er landed on Sea God Island.

Lin Hao and Shui Bing'er reached Sea God Island and earned access to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar to seek the Sea God's trials. Shui Bing'er triggered the unprecedented golden Sea God's Nine Trials, while Lin Hao encountered Tang Chen again and believed Bo Saixi and the Goddess of Life could protect him.

• Lin Hao persuaded a Sea God Island patrol captain to take him and Shui Bing'er to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar despite the island's hostility toward land Soul Masters.
• Sea Horse Douluo required Shui Bing'er to cross the Sea Within the Sea, and she froze the attacking Sea Horse Soul Beasts before reaching the central platform.
• Sea Horse Douluo initiated Shui Bing'er's divine trial, whose light changed from red to gold and marked her with the Sea God's Nine Trials.
• Bo Saixi and Tang Chen sensed the golden pillar and hurried to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar to investigate.
• Tang Chen recognized Lin Hao, who greeted him calmly and trusted that Bo Saixi and the Goddess of Life would prevent Tang Chen from harming him.

Tang Chen attacked Lin Hao on Sea God Island, but Bo Saixi intervened after receiving Poseidon’s decree that Lin Hao must not be harmed. In the Divine Realm, the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction confronted the Asura God and forced him to accept punishment for trying to arrange Lin Hao’s death.

• Tang Chen blamed Lin Hao for ruining his plan to expose Qian Renxue and restore the Clear Sky Sect, then charged at him with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Poseidon learned that Lin Hao had received the Goddess of Life’s Nine Life Trials and formed a mirror to observe Sea God Island.
• The Asura God asked Poseidon to have Bo Saixi help Tang Chen kill Lin Hao.
• The Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction arrived at the Sea God Hall and rebuked the Asura God for interfering in the lower realm.
• The Asura God admitted his wrongdoing and agreed to remain in seclusion for three months.
• Bo Saixi stopped Tang Chen, declaring that Poseidon had ordered Sea God Island to protect Lin Hao.

Bo Saixi stopped Tang Chen from attacking Lin Hao, and Shui Bing'er began the Sea God's Nine Trials on Sea God Island. After six months of training, Lin Hao reached level 90 and needed to find his ninth Soul Ring.

• Bo Saixi invoked the Sea God's decree to stop Tang Chen from killing Lin Hao, and Tang Chen agreed not to attack him on Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi recognized Shui Bing'er as the heir to the Sea God's Nine Trials and sent her and Lin Hao to stay in Seahorse City.
• The next morning, Shui Bing'er began the first trial, Crossing the Sea God's Light, while Tang Chen, Tang Hao, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang watched.
• Shui Bing'er climbed the steps for six months, strengthening her physique with Lin Hao's Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and the Sea God's Light.
• Lin Hao cultivated for half a year and reached level 90, leaving him ready to hunt for his ninth Soul Ring.

Lin Hao left Sea God Island in secret to search for a suitable ninth Soul Ring and found a two-hundred-thousand-year-old Holy Light Sea Anemone. After defeating it and absorbing its Soul Ring, he gained two recovery abilities and advanced to level 93 Titled Douluo.

• Lin Hao left an Image Clone in Seahorse City to mislead Tang Hao, Tang Chen, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang, then flew away from Sea God Island.
• After searching the sea for nearly half a month, Lin Hao found a two-hundred-thousand-year-old Holy Light Sea Anemone among the coral.
• Lin Hao used Image Clones of Liu Erlong and Flender to summon the Golden Sacred Dragon, which tore apart and killed the sea anemone.
• Lin Hao collected the sea anemone's left arm bone and absorbed its scarlet Soul Ring.
• Lin Hao gained Singular Velvet Sky of Holy Light, which restored Soul Power, and Singular Velvet Sky Body, which rapidly healed severe injuries.
• Lin Hao broke through to level 93 Titled Douluo after absorbing the two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.

After completing the First Trial of the Nine Life Trials, Lin Hao searched the ocean for a powerful Soul Beast and killed a three-hundred-thousand-year Rainbow Mantis Shrimp. Its right arm bone emerged from its corpse, giving Lin Hao a potential Soul Bone for the Second Trial.

• Lin Hao broke through to rank ninety-three Titled Douluo and received the First Trial reward, which increased every Soul Ring's age by one hundred years.
• Lin Hao learned that the Second Trial required him to collect all six main Soul Bones and decided to keep the Holy Light Sea Anemone Left Arm Bone unfused.
• After searching the ocean for half a year, Lin Hao found a three-hundred-thousand-year Rainbow Mantis Shrimp in a coral sea.
• Lin Hao used image clones of Dai Huang and his wife to summon two Hell White Tigers, which defeated the Rainbow Mantis Shrimp with repeated long-range attacks.
• A vibrant rainbow right arm bone with hand bones appeared from the Rainbow Mantis Shrimp's corpse, delighting Lin Hao.

Lin Hao collected two more soul bones, absorbing a Rainbow Mantis Shrimp right arm bone and a Deep-Sea Dragon Turtle left arm bone. The six-bone collection and his breakthrough to Level 96 Super Douluo completed two Nine Life Trials, leaving him with three black and six red soul rings.

• Lin Hao absorbed the Rainbow Mantis Shrimp right arm bone and palm bone, gained Rainbow Mantis Shrimp Fist and Rainbow Battle Armor, and advanced to Level 95 Titled Douluo.
• Lin Hao chose a hundred-thousand-year-old Deep-Sea Dragon Turtle as the target for his left arm bone.
• Lin Hao sent the Image Clones of Dai Huang and his wife to kill the Deep-Sea Dragon Turtle with Hell White Tiger, then absorbed the resulting left arm bone.
• Lin Hao broke through to Level 96 Super Douluo and received the reward for collecting all six main soul bones, increasing every soul ring's age by one thousand years.
• Lin Hao completed the third Nine Life Trial and received a further ten-thousand-year increase to every soul ring's age, changing his configuration to three black and six red.

After returning to Sea God Island, Lin Hao completed the fourth of his Nine Life Trials and learned that Shui Bing'er had reached her fourth Sea God trial, which required defeating the Evil Spirit Orca clan. Xiao Bai initially doubted Shui Bing'er could succeed, but Lin Hao revealed his power and agreed to help, leaving Xiao Bai eager to begin the battle and avenge her brother.

• Lin Hao returned to Sea God Island and learned that Shui Bing'er had passed two trials, was attempting Tidal Body Tempering, and Tang San was still on his first trial.
• Lin Hao made his soul bones resonate as a set, completed his fourth Nine Life Trial, and learned that his next trial required reaching level 97.
• Shui Bing'er passed Tidal Body Tempering and told Lin Hao that her fourth trial required the Demon Soul Great White Sharks to destroy the Evil Spirit Orcas and kill their three-hundred-thousand-year-old king.
• Lin Hao and Shui Bing'er met Xiao Bai, who warned that her clan was weaker than the Evil Spirit Orcas and that Shui Bing'er was not strong enough to complete the trial.
• Lin Hao revealed his level 96 cultivation and three black and six red soul rings, convincing Xiao Bai that they could defeat the Evil Orca King.
• Xiao Bai asked Lin Hao and Shui Bing'er to help her avenge her younger brother, who had been killed by the Evil Orca King.