Chapter Summaries

Long Yue continued his cover-up after setting Flender’s shop on fire and killing the thieves he had framed, then led Zhao Wuji and the others to investigate the ruins. The group found Flender missing and the shop’s Soul Tools gone, while Ma Hongjun’s claim that Flender might be at a brothel left everyone stunned.

• Long Yue told the hotel server that Flender’s shop had burned down and Flender was missing, then headed to Shrek Academy to report it to Zhao Wuji.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar joined Long Yue and the teachers as they went into Suotuo City to inspect Flender’s shop.
• Zhao Wuji and Shao Xin concluded that Flender had not been in the shop when it burned, and Ma Hongjun suggested checking a brothel because Flender had taken him there before.
• Oscar noticed that Flender’s Soul Tools were missing, and Long Yue persuaded the group that someone had stolen them before starting the fire.
• Long Yue suggested that Ma Hongjun search for Flender at the brothel, leaving the group in silence.

Long Yue and Tong Yu visited Holy Soul Village, where Old Jack revealed that Spirit Hall was hunting Tang Hao and Tang San. The chapter ended as Long Yue offered Old Jack Gold Soul Coins and heard that Spirit Hall had searched the family home and accused the father and son of a serious offense.

• Long Yue persuaded the Shrek Academy group that Flender had left to meet Yu Xiaogang and that thieves had burned down his shop to hide their crime.
• Long Yue and Tong Yu left Suotuo City and traveled to Holy Soul Village, where Long Yue explained its history and Tang San's connection to it.
• Old Jack hurried Long Yue and Tong Yu into his home, warning them that Spirit Hall was hunting Tang Hao and Tang San.
• Old Jack prepared a meal for the visitors, and Long Yue praised his cooking while Tong Yu left his food untouched.
• Long Yue offered Old Jack several Gold Soul Coins and asked if he wanted to know how Tang San was doing.
• Old Jack said Spirit Hall had searched Tang Hao and Tang San's home, questioned the villagers, and accused the pair of a serious offense.

Long Yue and Tong Yu met Old Jack, who was relieved to hear that Tang San was thriving in the Divine Realm Empire, and Long Yue recorded Old Jack defending him. The two then reached Vast Sea City and prepared to sail to Sea God Island, where a dockside stranger asked Long Yue about his yacht.

• Old Jack asked Long Yue about Tang San, and Long Yue explained that Tang San had become a Soul Grandmaster in the Divine Realm Empire.
• Old Jack blamed Tang Hao for Tang San’s troubles, and Long Yue promised to show Tang San a recording of Old Jack praising him.
• Long Yue admitted to Tong Yu that he had killed Flender, Chrysanthemum Douluo, the Defense Clan, and the Strength Clan to weaken Tang San’s allies and pursue godhood.
• Long Yue and Tong Yu discussed Vast Sea City and set out for the docks to begin their voyage to Sea God Island.
• Long Yue launched his nine-meter yacht, and someone at the docks asked where he had bought it.

Long Yue and Tong Yu boarded Haider’s Sea Demon Ship to reach the Zi Zhenzhu Archipelago, where Long Yue intended to join the Purple Pearl Pirates. Haider tried to lure them into a trap at sea, but when Long Yue revealed his strength, Haider claimed the ship was already part of the pirate group and begged them not to fight.

• Haider introduced himself as captain of the Sea Demon Ship and invited Long Yue and Tong Yu aboard after admiring Long Yue’s yacht.
• Long Yue told Haider they were headed to the Zi Zhenzhu Archipelago, and Haider warned them that the Purple Pearl Pirates were notorious before offering to take them there.
• Long Yue saw through Haider’s plan to exploit their weakness as land Soul Masters at sea and warned Tong Yu that Haider might poison their food.
• Haider brought them a seafood meal and watched through a small window, while Long Yue ate to bait him into making a move.
• Haider and his crew stormed the cabin, but Long Yue revealed five purple Soul Rings and asked why they had no Soul King.
• Haider admitted that the Sea Demon Ship belonged to the Purple Pearl Pirates and pleaded with Long Yue to treat them as family.

Long Yue and Tong Yu seized the Sea Demon Ship and sailed to Purple Pearl Island, where Long Yue confronted its captain, Zi Zhenzhu. The chapter ended with Zi Zhenzhu challenging Long Yue after he claimed he would become her master.

• Long Yue revealed that he had resisted Haider’s drug, while Tong Yu unleashed the aura of a Soul Douluo and forced the pirates to obey.
• Haider told Long Yue about the Purple Pearl Pirates and their captain, Zi Zhenzhu, and Long Yue secretly told Tong Yu that he intended to kill the crew’s ringleaders.
• After two days at sea, Long Yue killed Haider and the first mate, then took command of the Sea Demon Ship while sparing the other crew members.
• Long Yue arrived at Purple Pearl Island and demanded to be taken to Zi Zhenzhu, prompting a pirate to mistake him for a Spirit Hall attacker.
• Zi Zhenzhu confronted Long Yue and released her martial soul, and Long Yue declared that he would become her master.
• Zi Zhenzhu angrily challenged Long Yue, believing him to be an arrogant Soul King.

Long Yue defeated Zi Zhenzhu and her pirates, forced them to submit, and gained a guide for the journey to Sea God Island. Zi Zhenzhu recognized Long Yue as a member of the Divine Realm Empire, while warning him that Sea God Island was dangerous.

• Long Yue trapped Zi Zhenzhu in a marsh and imprisoned her pirates with his soul skills, then shrugged off her Sea Viper's cold poison.
• Long Yue overpowered Zi Zhenzhu and challenged Tong Yu's memories of his senior female student and his idea of an unattainable moonlight ideal.
• Long Yue used Mountain King Dragon Might to make Zi Zhenzhu submit, and her pirates surrendered as well.
• Zi Zhenzhu led Long Yue and Tong Yu to the largest village stockade on the Main Island, where Long Yue refused food and wine and ordered her to prepare to guide them to Sea God Island.
• Zi Zhenzhu warned Long Yue that land soul masters would die on Sea God Island, then recognized him as a member of the Divine Realm Empire.

Long Yue brought the Divine Realm Empire’s diplomatic mission to Sea God Island, while promising Zi Zhenzhu that her pirate group could become his private navy. As the mission approached the island, a Demon Soul Great White Shark attacked their Soul Tool Yacht, and Long Yue activated its defense system.

• Long Yue told Zi Zhenzhu that the empire wanted diplomatic relations with Sea God Island and promised to make her pirate group his private soldiers.
• Zi Zhenzhu warned Long Yue about the hundred-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark guarding the island and urged him not to harm its pack.
• Long Yue and Tong Yu boarded a Soul Tool Yacht and headed toward Sea God Island after Zi Zhenzhu anchored her ship nearby.
• Long Yue announced that envoys from the Divine Realm Empire had arrived to open free trade.
• A Demon Soul Great White Shark struck the Yacht with a powerful force, and Long Yue activated its defense barrier, which held against the impact.

Tong Yu and Long Yue tried to deliver the Divine Realm Empire’s diplomatic notice to Sea God Island, but the Demon Soul Great White Shark King refused to let them meet the Great Enshrined. After waiting all day without a reply, Long Yue resolved to secure a meeting and win agreement to some of the empire’s terms, despite the danger.

• Tong Yu overwhelmed the Demon Soul Great White Shark King with a five-element attack, then explained that he and Long Yue were envoys from the Divine Realm Empire.
• Long Yue asked the Demon Soul Great White Shark King to pass their diplomatic notice to Sea God Island’s Great Enshrined, but she rejected their request and attacked him.
• Long Yue blocked the shark’s strike with his Mountain Dragon King Martial Soul, and the Demon Soul Great White Shark King fled, telling them to wait.
• Tong Yu and Long Yue waited until night without receiving a response, and Long Yue worried that the failed mission would harm his political future.
• Long Yue declared that they needed to meet the Great Enshrined and gain agreement to some of the empire’s terms, while Tong Yu warned that making demands could put his life at risk.

Bo Saixi asked Poseidon how Sea God Island should respond to the Divine Realm Empire’s arrival, and he answered, “Pending.” In the Divine Realm, Poseidon celebrated that he had caught the God Kings breaking their own laws, only for them to appear and challenge him.

• Xiao Bai reported that a Titled Douluo from the Divine Realm Empire was blocking Sea God Island’s entrance, and Bo Saixi soothed her with her spiritual power.
• Bo Saixi considered the empire’s formidable navy and soul tools, then prayed for guidance on whether to welcome or reject its visit.
• Poseidon answered Bo Saixi’s prayer with the word “Pending,” leaving her and Xiao Bai confused.
• Poseidon revealed that he had been trying to catch the God Kings breaking their own laws, and two figures appeared to mockingly ask whether he meant to threaten them.

Sea God Poseidon learned that the God Kings had concealed the Divine Realm Empire’s ability to cross the oceans, and the God King of Goodness and the Evil God King summoned the gods to reveal the empire’s arrival in the Douluo Plane. The God King of Goodness then shared the Plane Master’s lingering will with the assembled gods, leaving them to discover what it contained.

• Sea God Poseidon cautiously pointed out that the God Kings had sent divine power to mislead Sea Soul Beasts, allowing the Divine Realm Empire’s ships to sail across the oceans.
• The God King of Goodness and the Evil God King summoned the God Kings and First-Level Gods to the God Realm Committee.
• The Evil God King showed the gods an image of the Spirit Ice Continent and explained that a city had suddenly appeared on the Savage Continent in the Douluo Plane.
• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life suggested the city had crossed over from a related plane, while the Evil God King revealed the Plane Master’s lingering will.
• The God King of Goodness expanded the Plane Master’s lingering will to envelop the gods so they could sense its information.

The gods watched the Douluo Plane Master's memories and saw Tang San inherit the Sea God's power while also wielding Asura God power. Sea God Poseidon accused the Asura God of stealing his successor, but the Asura God claimed he did not know how it happened.

• The God King of Goodness showed the gods memories of the Douluo Plane, and they identified Tang San as a reincarnated outsider.
• The memories showed Qian Renxue receiving the Angel God inheritance and Tang San facing her above the ocean as the Sea God.
• At Jialing Pass, the gods saw the new Sea God and Rakshasa God fighting alongside a blood-red figure whose identity they could not initially recognize.
• The God King of Goodness and Evil God King brought the gods into the Plane Master's memories, where the blood-red figure was revealed as Tang San wielding Asura God power.
• The God of Destruction demanded an explanation from the Asura God, who said he did not know how Tang San had acquired his power, and Poseidon angrily accused him of stealing his successor.

The gods debated how Tang San came to wield both the Sea God's and Asura God's powers, and whether he deserved to inherit the Asura God's role as God Realm Enforcer. The vision then shifted to a later age, where Tang San appeared above the Star Dou Great Forest and restrained two soul beasts, including a rare Auspicious Beast.

• The Sea God confronted the Asura God over Tang San wielding the Asura Demon Sword, and the Asura God suggested Tang San had already borne his mark before inheriting the Sea God's godhood.
• The God King of Goodness explained that the visions showed memories from a parallel world where Tang San attained godhood in his twenties, and the Asura God said his counterpart had allowed Tang San to bear both godhoods because of his twin martial souls.
• The God of Destruction challenged the Asura God for violating the God Realm Committee's rules, while the Asura God said he would make the same choice as his counterpart despite not knowing whether Tang San could shoulder the enforcer role.
• The Evil God King hinted that the Asura God had misjudged Tang San, leaving the Asura God shaken about whether he had entrusted the position to the wrong person.
• The gods watched six Second-Level Gods emerge from the Douluo Continent before a later war followed the collision of two continents.
• Tang San appeared above the Star Dou Great Forest and immobilized a three-headed lion and a rare three-eyed golden lion Auspicious Beast, prompting the Sea God and Goddess of Life to discuss the decline of soul beasts.

The gods watched Huo Yuhao’s rise and condemned Tang San for manipulating and tormenting him, including interfering directly in a mortal war. The Asura God then revealed that he had known the Rakshasa God corrupted Tang Chen’s inheritance trials and confronted him about it.

• The gods watched Huo Yuhao grow stronger, and Sea God Poseidon decided he would rather pass his inheritance to Huo Yuhao than Tang San.
• The gods saw Electrolux sacrifice himself, Wang Qiu'er join Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao risk his life to retrieve the Lovesick Heartbreak Red for Wang Dong'er.
• The gods condemned Tang San for splitting Tang Wutong’s soul and using her and Wang Qiu'er to control Huo Yuhao.
• Sea God Poseidon urged Huo Yuhao to resist Tang San, while the gods watched Tang San descend personally and interfere in the war between the Two Great Empires.
• The Asura God criticized Tang San’s violations and told the gods that Rakshasa divine sense had corrupted Tang Chen during his trials.
• The Rakshasa God panicked when the Asura God confirmed he had known about Tang Chen’s corruption all along.

The gods watched the Plane Master's memories reveal Tang San's plans to seize control of the Douluo Plane and manipulate the Divine Realm. They agreed that Tang San must be stopped from becoming a god, while the images left the God of Destruction and the other gods furious at his schemes.

• The Asura God explained that Tang San could inherit his divine seat through the Asura Demon Sword and Tang Chen's legacy.
• The Plane Master's memories showed Tang San sealing the Plane Master and arranging for Tang Hao to take its place while Tang San's mother became the Core of Life.
• The gods condemned Tang San for treating the Douluo Plane as his family's property, and the Rakshasa God called for his ascension to be stopped.
• Tang San's memories showed him boasting that he had gathered powerful allies and cultivated a better reputation than the God of Destruction.
• Tang San revealed that the Goddess of Life's reaction was part of his plan, prompting the God of Destruction and the other gods to denounce him.

The gods watched the Douluo Plane Master's memories reveal Tang Hao and Tang San's role in drawing the Abyss Plane into the Douluo Plane after the Divine Realm vanished, ending in the Plane Master's desperate destruction. They then discussed how to treat the transplanted city's people and whether Douluo natives should be barred from divine inheritances.

• The Douluo Plane Master sensed that the Divine Realm had disappeared, leaving the Douluo Plane without its protective connection.
• The Abyss Plane invaded, and Tang Hao admitted that Tang San had arranged its arrival to fuse the planes and replenish the Douluo Plane.
• The Abyssal war devastated the continent as the Douluo Plane Master struggled against both the invasion and Tang Hao's attempt to seize his authority.
• The Douluo Plane Master shattered spacetime, pulled Star Luo City into it, and opened the Abyss passage fully, forcing the gods to consider that the city’s people were the plane’s sole survivors.
• The God King of Goodness proposed equal treatment for the city's Divine Realm Empire People, while the Evil God King proposed barring Douluo natives from divine inheritances.

The God Kings decided to prevent Tang San and other candidates from inheriting godhood before the Divine Realm’s coming catastrophe. They planned to let the future Angel God and Rakshasa God ascend directly and use the Abyss Plane to create a controlled path for Douluo Plane Soul Masters to become gods.

• The Evil God King and the God King of Goodness named four promising candidates from the Divine Realm Empire and warned that thirteen deities might emerge from the Douluo Plane.
• The God King of Goodness explained that the coming catastrophe made passing on godhoods dangerous, and the Asura God, Poseidon, and others agreed not to pass theirs to Tang San.
• The Rakshasa God revealed that a successor had already been taking her trials, so the Asura God proposed that the Rakshasa God and future Angel God ascend to the Divine Realm immediately after completing theirs.
• The Asura God declared that Tang San must never become a god, and the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life supported the decision.
• The God Kings proposed capturing the Abyss Plane so Soul Masters could defeat its lords and absorb their origin essence to ascend as gods.
• The Asura God asked where the plane passage would open, and the God Kings indicated that Poseidon would choose a location they could control.

The Divine Realm gods decided to turn Sea God Island into a trial ground to strengthen Douluo's Soul Masters against the Abyss Plane. Meanwhile, Long Yue and Tong Yu reached Sea God Island and forced its patrol to take them to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar after Tong Yu revealed his nine red Soul Rings.

• The gods assigned Poseidon the task of using trials to raise Douluo's overall strength and agreed to monitor the plane through a Soul Guidance Screen.
• Long Yue and Tong Yu grew tired of waiting for a response and sailed to Sea God Island to meet its Great Enshrined.
• A Sea God Island patrol stopped the pair and ordered them to leave because they were land-based Soul Masters.
• Tong Yu displayed nine red Soul Rings, stunning the patrol captain, who agreed to escort them to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar.

Long Yue and Tong Yu arrived at Sea God Island to establish diplomatic relations with the Divine Realm Empire, and Bo Saixi accepted their Letter of State. She then invited them to take part in Sea God assessments, leaving Tong Yu wavering when Long Yue suggested the Sea God might resurrect his senior female student.

• Long Yue and Tong Yu reached the Sea Within the Sea, where Sea Horse Douluo told them they would need to cross it and reach the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar to qualify for a trial.
• Bo Saixi appeared, explained that Tang Hao and Tang Xiao had been brought before Sea Horse Douluo after a conflict, and greeted the visitors.
• Long Yue presented the Empire's Letter of State, and Bo Saixi formally established diplomatic relations between Sea God Island and the Divine Realm Empire.
• Bo Saixi said the Sea God had instructed her to open the island's assessments to land-dwelling Soul Masters, while Sea Horse Douluo clarified that failed assessments below black level only resulted in expulsion.
• Tong Yu refused the assessment, but Long Yue urged him to reconsider by suggesting that the Sea God might resurrect his senior female student, leaving Tong Yu unable to finish his reply.

Long Yue underwent the Sea God assessment and received a top-tier seven-trial rank, but the new rules for outsiders gave him only one task. His trial was to defeat Tang Hao within ten years, leaving Tong Yu relieved by the generous deadline.

• Bo Saixi explained that Sea God assessments grew harder according to a participant's talent, and Sea Horse Douluo began Long Yue's assessment.
• Long Yue's assessment rose through the ranks and turned crystalline red, revealing a top-tier assessment that astonished Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi explained that mainland and Divine Realm Empire participants would receive one trial with a flexible time limit, but smaller rewards than Sea God Island residents.
• Sea Horse Douluo revealed that Long Yue had to defeat Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao, within ten years, and Tong Yu relaxed at the deadline.

Long Yue and Tong Yu received top-tier Sea God trials, and Long Yue learned that his task was to defeat Tang Hao. As they arrived in Seahorse City, Sea Horse Douluo explained that the Seven Sacred Pillars descended from the Sea God's original seven warriors.

• Long Yue told Tong Yu that he had accepted a trial to defeat Tang Hao, though he kept the Sea God's private instructions to himself.
• Tong Yu's trial turned the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar's light red, revealing another top-tier trial and stirring Sea God Island into excitement.
• Bo Saixi arranged for Tong Yu's trial to begin the next day and assigned Ou Ya to look after the guests.
• Sea Horse Douluo escorted Long Yue and Tong Yu across the water to Seahorse City, one of Sea God Island's seven cities.
• Sea Horse Douluo explained that the Seven Sacred Pillars came from the seven warriors who served the Sea God, whose descendants formed the Seven Great Families.