Chapter Summaries

At the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, the Shrek Seven Devils learned they had to cross the Sea in the Sea before receiving the Sea God's trials, and Xue Haicang stepped forward to attempt it. Meanwhile, Lü Lingqi executed nobles who had abused commoners in Jialing Pass, leaving Lin Yuanfeng shocked by her swift, uncompromising judgment.

• A yellow-robed Soul Master brought the Shrek Seven Devils to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, where Sea Horse Douluo said they had to cross the Sea in the Sea to qualify for the trials.
• Sea Horse Douluo raised a blue barrier over the pool, and the yellow-robed Soul Master warned that the trials were nearly impossible and urged the group to leave.
• Xue Haicang stopped Tang San from trying first and activated his martial soul to attempt the crossing.
• Lin Yuanfeng learned that Lü Lingqi had arrested the direct family members of the Wang Family, the Zhao Family, and the Zhang Family for oppressing commoners in Jialing Pass.
• At the drill ground, Lü Lingqi explained that their surrendering families had already been rewarded with assets from defeated families, then ordered the offenders executed under her military laws.
• Lü Lingqi restated that anyone who harmed commoners would be killed without mercy and left for her quarters.

Tang San explained to Sea Horse Douluo that the group opposed Spirit Hall, earning them permission to undergo Sea God Island’s trials. Yu Tianheng and Oscar received Black Level Four and Black Level Five Trials, and Tang San left the story poised to let Ning Rongrong go next before revealing his own potential.

• Sea Horse Douluo suspected the group of being Spirit Hall members, but Tang San introduced their backgrounds and described Spirit Hall’s crimes, convincing him they were enemies of Spirit Hall.
• Sea Horse Douluo welcomed the group and explained that the Sea God’s assessments tested their potential, with failure meaning death.
• Yu Tianheng received the Black Level Four Trials and sat down to contemplate his assessment.
• Sea Horse Douluo explained the assessment levels and their dangers, including the time limit for completing black-level trials.
• Oscar received the Black Level Five Trials, then sat down as the others reacted to his result.
• Tang San told Xue Haicang that Ning Rongrong should go next and privately anticipated receiving the Sea God Nine Trials, which he believed would bring Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi and return the Sea God’s Heart to its rightful owner.

Ning Rongrong received a Top-level-seven-trials assessment, while Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai each received only a Yellow Level One Trial, provoking anger and suspicion. Tang San accused the Sea God's trials of being tampered with and confronted Xue Haicang over the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud before stepping up for his own assessment.

• Ning Rongrong received the Top-level-seven-trials assessment, and Sea Horse Douluo treated her with reverence as the likely successor to the Great Enshrined.
• Ma Hongjun received a Yellow Level One Trial, erupted in anger, and wondered whether Spirit Hall could have helped him overcome his evil fire.
• Dai Mubai also received a Yellow Level One Trial, and Tang San suspected Sea Horse Douluo had interfered with the assessments.
• Tang San hinted that someone was secretly meddling, then told Xue Haicang to return the Sea God's Heart, which Xue Haicang identified as the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Tang San told Xue Haicang he intended to reclaim everything that belonged to him, then stepped forward to take his assessment.

Tang San received the White Level First Trial instead of the Sea God Nine Trials and accused Sea Horse Douluo of tampering with his test, prompting another beating. Xue Haicang then triggered a golden trial marked by a Golden Trident, leaving Sea Horse Douluo unable to explain what it meant.

• Sea Horse Douluo slapped Tang San twice after Tang San challenged him, then began the Sea God's Light trial.
• Tang San discovered he had received the White Level First Trial, became enraged, and accused Sea Horse Douluo of altering his trial; Sea Horse Douluo punched him unconscious.
• Xue Haicang took his turn, and the light around him shifted through trial colors before crimson markings raced to the top of the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar.
• Seven crimson pillars joined above Sea God Island, and a vast golden light descended onto Xue Haicang as nine golden screens entered his mind.
• A Golden Trident mark appeared on Xue Haicang's forehead, and Sea Horse Douluo admitted he did not know what kind of trial it signified.

Bo Saixi arrived just as Sea Horse Douluo Ou Ya prepared to kill Tang San, then dismissed Tang San’s claims and confirmed that Xue Haicang bore the Sea God Nine Trials. She warned Xue Haicang that his trials foretold a threat to the entire continent, leaving him questioning whether gods truly existed.

• Tang San accused Sea Horse Douluo Ou Ya of transferring his Sea God Nine Trials to Xue Haicang, and Ou Ya raised his power to kill him.
• Bo Saixi appeared, stopped Ou Ya from attacking, and listened as Tang San accused him of being a Spirit Hall spy.
• Bo Saixi rejected Tang San’s claims, explained that the Sea God personally issued the trials, and told Tang San he could stay on the island or leave.
• Bo Saixi ordered Ou Ya to treat Xue Haicang, Yu Tianheng, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar as honored guests and convene the other priests at the Sea God Hall.
• Bo Saixi confirmed that Xue Haicang had the Sea God Nine Trials and warned that they signaled an evil, powerful threat to the whole continent.

Bo Saixi warned Xue Haicang that a Soul Master was inheriting an evil god’s legacy and urged him to complete at least seven Sea God trials within five years. After Xue Haicang and his companions compared their first assessments on Sea God Island, Tang San, Mu Daibai, and Ma Cuihua began their perilous trials under the Sea God’s watch.

• Bo Saixi explained that benevolent and evil gods existed, revealed an evil god’s legacy threatened the continent, and told Xue Haicang to pass at least seven trials within five years.
• Sea Horse Douluo escorted Xue Haicang, Yu Tianheng, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar to a city and explained Sea God Island’s settlements, defenses, and way of life.
• Xue Haicang and the others compared their first assessments and found that all required them to pass through the Sea God’s Light, with Xue Haicang facing 333 steps.
• Tang San met Mu Daibai and Ma Cuihua on the beach, where they complained that their assessments were deadly despite their low levels.
• Mu Daibai completed her assessment and gained two Soul Power levels, while Ma Cuihua began hers; Poseidon watched from the Divine Realm.

Tang San and his companions planned to seek another god’s inheritance after their disappointing Sea God trials, while Ning Rongrong revealed to Oscar that Spirit Hall had helped send them to Sea God Island because they could inherit the Food God and Nine-Colored Goddess’s powers. She also disclosed that Spirit Hall’s founder was the Angel God and that Qian Renxue was already inheriting her legacy.

• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun compared their soul power gains, lamented their weak trial rewards, and agreed to wait briefly before leaving Sea God Island to seek another god’s inheritance.
• Tang San blamed the Sea God for treating them unfairly and declared that he would become a god and take revenge on Spirit Hall, with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun pledging to support him.
• Oscar urged Ning Rongrong to distance the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from a possible conflict between Sea God Island and Spirit Hall, but Ning Rongrong explained that a Spirit Hall senior had promised them opportunities to inherit the Nine-Colored Goddess’s and Food God’s powers.
• Ning Rongrong told Oscar that he could inherit the Food God’s legacy by becoming the first Food System Super Douluo, while her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda matched the Nine-Colored Goddess’s inheritance.
• Oscar realized that Spirit Hall knew about the Sea God and had no fear of him, and Ning Rongrong revealed that Spirit Hall’s founder was the Angel God and that Qian Renxue was inheriting her legacy.

Ning Rongrong revealed her suspicions about Spirit Hall's divine power, then Xue Haicang and his companions traveled to Sea God Island's forbidden grounds to begin their trials. There, Zhou Liu explained the taboo surrounding the damaged Sea God Steps and began recounting Bo Saixi's history with Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu.

• Ning Rongrong told Oscar that Bibi Dong might have inherited the Time God and that another Spirit Hall senior was likely a true god.
• Xue Haicang and his companions asked Zhou Liu to take them to the forbidden grounds, and he led them to the Sea God Hall and its thousand-and-one steps.
• Xue Haicang asked Zhou Liu about the black line of damage on the steps, and Zhou Liu warned that the subject was taboo before sharing the story behind it.
• Zhou Liu revealed that Bo Saixi was over two hundred years old and had met Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu more than a century earlier.
• Zhou Liu described the three Peerless Douluos' relative strength across land, sea, and sky, then said Qian Daoliu was strongest when divine power was allowed.
• Ning Rongrong assumed Bo Saixi and Qian Daoliu had loved each other, but Zhou Liu corrected her and left the reason unexplained.

Zhou Liu told Xue Haicang and the others that an evil god had once fought the Sea God, leaving an unreparable sword scar on the Sea God Steps, before they began testing the Sea God's Light. Meanwhile, a disguised figure visited the group, and Tang San's drunken resentment turned into a dream in which he relived his childhood and suffered familiar humiliations.

• Zhou Liu claimed that Qian Daoliu's ancestor had fought the Sea God over Bo Saixi and left the sword scar on the Sea God Steps, then departed after warning Xue Haicang and the others to keep the story secret.
• Xue Haicang and Yu Tianheng were repelled by the Sea God's Light, and the group worked out that it reflected attacks and strengthened those who climbed the steps.
• A disguised figure wearing a Purple-Red Robe watched Xue Haicang, then vanished before Bo Saixi appeared and praised the group for understanding the trial.
• Tang San drank alone, lamented his losses, and blamed the Sea God, Spirit Hall, and others for his misfortunes before falling asleep on a reef.
• Tang San dreamed he had returned to childhood, awakened his twin martial souls, and started over, but Xiao Chenyu broke both his legs and Zhao Wuji beat him after he kept trying to lecture him.

Tang San relived his failed attempts to change his fate in a dream, then met Blood Fiend, who offered him the Rakshasa God’s inheritance. Blood Fiend gave him the key to the trials on Dawn Island and began explaining the realms of Peerless Douluos.

• Tang San’s dream replayed his repeated tragedies, leaving him furious and despairing as he awoke into darkness.
• Blood Fiend appeared, called Tang San a clown, and persuaded him that the gods had manipulated his suffering for entertainment.
• Blood Fiend offered Tang San the Rakshasa God’s inheritance, claiming it could grant him the power to take revenge and resurrect his loved ones.
• Blood Fiend told Tang San about the Rakshasa inheritance site on Dawn Island and branded him with a phantom of the Rakshasa Demon Scythe to begin the Rakshasa Nine Trials.
• Tang San asked Blood Fiend to compare the four Peerless Douluos, and Blood Fiend began describing their four realms.

Tang San discovered that his dream of receiving the Rakshasa Nine Trials was real and set out for Dawn Island with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun. At Jialing Pass, Dai Tianfeng arrived to celebrate the Star Luo Empire’s victory, but Ye Mengwei’s control over him revealed that he had become Spirit Hall’s captive.

• Blood Fiend explained the stages of level 99 power to Tang San and vanished.
• Tang San woke on Sea God Island, found the Rakshasa divine mark on his forehead, and realized his dream had been real.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun about the Rakshasa Nine Trials and Dawn Island, and the three departed for it the next day.
• Dai Tianfeng arrived at Jialing Pass, rewarded the Star Luo army with a three-day celebration, and postponed discussing Spirit Hall until after the war with the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ye Mengwei suggested brainwashing Lin Yuanfeng, then used an illusion to force Dai Tianfeng to obey her.

Lü Lingqi reviewed Lin Yuanfeng’s plan to capture Heaven Dou Imperial City and taught him how to exploit secret agents, terrain, and seasonal flooding. As the Star Luo Empire prepared to attack in four months, Xue Qinghe began receiving reports on Heaven Dou’s vassal states.

• Ye Mengwei decided not to control Lin Yuanfeng, while Xue Peng promised to kill anyone she could not control.
• At a war council in Jialing Pass, Lin Yuanfeng proposed surrounding Heaven Dou Imperial City to draw out its defenders.
• Lü Lingqi explained how the Shadow Division could open Tianwan City and Linzi City’s gates, how an ambush could destroy relief forces in a gorge, and how flooding could devastate Wuling City and Tianchang City.
• Lin Yuanfeng recognized his strategic mistakes, and Lü Lingqi concluded that the Star Luo Empire would launch its campaign in four months.
• Xue Qinghe asked Ge Hu how preparations involving the Heaven Dou Empire’s vassal states were progressing.

Xue Qinghe prepared to crush a conspiracy by thirty-five noble families after they plotted rebellion against his reforms and secretly called for the sovereign to rule behind a curtain. He ordered Ge Hu to capture the nobles, sparing only Earl Qingfeng from execution, and left the purge in motion.

• Xue Qinghe learned that the treasury could fund a million soldiers, the capital’s walls were reinforced, and An Lushan’s hidden weapons were ready to equip the military against weaker Soul Masters.
• A guard reported that thirty-five noble families had gathered at Duke Suoluo’s Gilded Grotto, and Xue Qinghe ordered Ge Hu to surround it.
• Xue Qinghe explained that the nobles consumed three hundred million Gold Soul Coins in allowances each year, a third of the empire’s tax revenue.
• Duke Suoluo and other nobles used a projected gathering to denounce Spirit Hall and Xue Qinghe, then chanted for the sovereign to rule behind a curtain and govern with them.
• Ge Hu arrived with fifty thousand soldiers and ten thousand Hidden Weapon Battalion troops, and Xue Qinghe ordered the male nobles executed except for Earl Qingfeng and the women sent to the Rouge Pavilion.

Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun reached Dawn Island to seek the Rakshasa God's inheritance, but Blood Fiend made them face unsettling riddles as trials. After the first game forced them to inspect bloody spines, he began a second game about identifying an unborn child's sex and prepared to serve them food.

• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun found a purplish-red castle on Dawn Island and met Blood Fiend at its entrance.
• Blood Fiend set a riddle about which stage of life had the most bone marrow; Dai Mubai and Tang San answered incorrectly, while Ma Hongjun chose youth and answered correctly.
• Blood Fiend led the trio into the castle, where they saw a statue of the Rakshasa God and learned another game awaited them.
• Blood Fiend asked how to tell whether a pregnant woman carried a boy or a girl; Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun offered opposing guesses, while Tang San said it could not be determined by looking at her belly.
• Blood Fiend accepted their answers with an eerie smile and snapped his fingers to have the dishes served.

Blood Fiend served Tang San and his companions Ginseng Fruit made with Rakshasa divine power, and Tang San ate both portions to restore his twin Martial Soul talent. His Martial Souls evolved into evil ultimate forms, and he embraced Blood Fiend’s lawless creed as Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun began eating their portions.

• Blood Fiend explained the Ginseng Fruit’s benefits and urged Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun to eat, while Tang San realized they had no real choice but to comply.
• Driven by his desire for power, Tang San ate both Ginseng Fruits, and Rakshasa energy transformed his Martial Souls into the Dark Blue Silver Emperor and Blood Fiend Heaven-Splitting Hammer while restoring his twin Martial Soul talent.
• Tang San emerged with a changed appearance and declared that freedom meant being free of moral constraints; Blood Fiend praised him as his lord’s chosen successor.
• Tang San and Blood Fiend urged Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to eat, and the two men finally consumed their Ginseng Fruits.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun emerged from their transformations with evolved martial souls and joined Tang San at the Rakshasa Secret Realm, where he claimed the Rakshasa Demon Scythe and began the succession process. Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun received top-level eight trials, with Dai Mubai’s trial power reaching slightly higher than Ma Hongjun’s.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun emerged from their cocoons with evolved martial souls, increased power, and their evil fire resolved.
• Tang San led Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun through the Rakshasa Temple to the Rakshasa Secret Realm using the seal on his forehead.
• Blood Fiend welcomed Tang San, who took up the Rakshasa Demon Scythe and received a taste of Rakshasa divine power from the Rakshasa God.
• The Rakshasa God told Tang San to have his brothers undergo trials, and Dai Mubai’s soul power reached the middle of the eighth notch, earning him top-level eight trials.
• Ma Hongjun’s soul power reached the base of the eighth notch, earning him top-level eight trials just below Dai Mubai’s level.

Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun learned that their Rakshasa trials required them to help one another and began the first trial. In the time Secret Realm, Qian Renxue learned that her Angel Eighth Trial would require her to defeat Qian Daoliu, then left the realm for a break.

• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun discovered that each of their first Rakshasa trials involved one of the other two, so they agreed to help one another.
• Tang San began his first trial with Ma Hongjun.
• Qian Renxue achieved the three-suns stage of Eternity Blazing Sun, but Qian Chongling said it was insufficient for his requirements.
• Qian Chongling told Qian Renxue that her Angel Eighth Trial required her to defeat Qian Daoliu and that five suns rising together would let her do so.
• Qian Renxue complained about staying in the Secret Realm and flew out to take a break, while Qian Chongling followed her.

A continent-wide broadcasting soul tool appeared over Spirit City and Sea God Island, showing a disturbing scene that exposed three young men to horrified onlookers. Bo Saixi destroyed the screen with her ninth soul skill, but the broadcast’s reach and purpose remained unclear.

• Qian Renxue and Qian Chongling discovered an enormous crystal screen above Spirit City, and Qian Chongling identified it as a broadcasting soul tool.
• The screen showed three handsome men in a cave, and Qian Chongling shielded Bibi Dong and Qian Guangyue when one of them began to unfasten his belt.
• Huang Yuyao told Qian Renxue to close her eyes, while people across Spirit City cried out in horror at the broadcast.
• Xue Haicang, Yu Tianheng, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong saw the same footage on a crystal screen near Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi used her Ninth Soul Skill, Sea God's Descent, to smash the screen above Sea God Island into dust.

After three months of preparation, Lü Lingqi and Lin Yuanfeng launched an assault on Tianwan City while Spirit Hall agents incited the oppressed civilians to rebel from within. The west gate fell to Qingfeng’s forces, and Lin Yuanfeng led two cavalry legions through it as the Star Luo Empire began its invasion of the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Three months passed as the Shrek Three Heroes continued the Rakshasa God Trial, Xue Haicang and his companions undertook the Sea God Trial, and Qian Renxue studied two divine skills.
• Lü Lingqi confirmed that Tianwan City was ready to be taken, while Lin Yuanfeng reported that victory feasts had been prepared.
• Qingfeng rallied civilians who had suffered under Tianwan City’s nobles and revealed that Spirit Hall agents and a vast Star Luo army supported their uprising.
• As Star Luo cavalry threatened Tianwan City’s east gate, Qingfeng’s disguised group exposed itself, killed Wang Biao, and seized the west gate with help from Spirit Hall deacons and Itachi Uchiha’s Shadow Division.
• After Qingfeng sent up a signal flare, Lin Yuanfeng ordered the Second Cavalry Legion and Third Cavalry Legion to enter Tianwan City through the west gate.

Lin Yuanfeng captured Tianwan City by using Spirit Hall’s help and Desert Eagle soul tools to force Chen Lang and his troops to surrender. Meanwhile, the Star Luo Empire took Linzi City and won popular support by punishing abusive nobles.

• Chen Lang learned that Spirit Hall had seized Tianwan City’s western gate and sent reinforcements to retake it.
• Lin Yuanfeng met Qingfeng at the western gate, promised protection to the commoners, and led his forces toward the eastern gate.
• Lin Yuanfeng confronted Chen Lang and demonstrated the Desert Eagle soul tools, persuading him to surrender and bring his soldiers into the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai’s Hell White Tigers, along with Dai Weisi’s forces, broke through Linzi City’s defenses and captured the city.
• Dai Tianfeng had Linzi City’s oppressive nobles executed publicly, earning cheers and support from the commoners.