Arc 2Ren Tao Challenges the Gods

Ren Tao built the Sea Soul Beast Alliance, confronted the Sea God’s plans, and drew the empires and Bibi Dong into a contest over a million-year soul bone. After the Asura God attacked him, Ren Tao turned the hunt for Tang Chen into a struggle over the Asura God’s power.

  • Ren Tao defeated Tang San and the Sea God’s divine sense, then absorbed the divine power and discovered that his evolution could use genes from dead organisms.
  • Ren Tao entered the Ocean Trench, joined forces with five hundred-thousand-year soul beasts to contain its eruption, and dispersed the White-Haired Woman’s consciousness with the Abhorrence Trident.
  • Ren Tao founded the Sea Soul Beast Alliance, challenged Sea God Island’s authority, and left for land with Shui Ling’er and other allies.
  • Ren Tao offered million-year soul-bone beads to Dai Delong and Wei Xili, drawing the Heaven Dou Empire, Star Luo Empire, and Spirit Hall into a contest.
  • Ren Tao fought Bibi Dong over the soul bone, then demanded that the empires send representatives to compete in Vast Sea City.
  • Ren Tao disrupted Yu Xiaogang’s Golden Sacred Dragon and began devouring it, but the Asura God struck him down with the Asura Sword.
  • Ren Tao escaped the Asura God’s attack and extracted a God King mark from the divine power, then used a mark on E Laosi to lure the King of Slaughter away.
  • Ren Tao and the Nine-Headed Bat King fought Tang Chen in the Sea of Inheritance, where golden chains began devouring Tang Chen and the Asura God’s Divine Sense as Ren Tao’s body shattered.
Chapters 26–50 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 26You're Just a Sleazy Fatso

Ren Tao used his spatial-jump and control abilities to isolate Tang San’s allies and gain the upper hand. He then overwhelmed the Hell White Tiger and accused Tang San of selfishness as their battle continued.

  • Ren Tao teleported Oscar and Ning Rongrong away, paralyzed them with Divine Thunder, and left them stranded far from the fight.
  • Ren Tao intercepted Ma Hongjun and resisted Tang San’s Purple Pole Divine Light with the Blood Sea Pagoda’s domain before carrying Ma Hongjun away.
  • Ren Tao released Ma Hongjun into the sea, while Tang San chose not to chase him and waited for the others to regroup.
  • Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing arrived as the Hell White Tiger, and Xiao Bai told Tang San that Ren Tao had warned her.
  • Ren Tao called for a final battle, blasted the Hell White Tiger into the depths, and condemned Tang San as selfish before stomping down.

Ch. 27Tang Sect Secret Art: Turning the Body into Poison

Ren Tao outmaneuvered Tang San’s poison-based sacrifice by using a Golden Body Pagoda substitute, forcing the Sea God to intervene. The chapter ended with Ren Tao confronting the Sea God’s blue barrier, followed by an author’s note about revisions and reader feedback.

  • Tang San escaped Ren Tao’s attacks with Teleportation while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing withdrew from the battle.
  • Ren Tao forced Tang San into the air and countered his Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Orb with rising columns of water.
  • Tang San used himself as bait to transfer a mixture of deadly poisons into Ren Tao, but Ren Tao revealed that he had been devouring a Golden Body Pagoda substitute.
  • The poison cocoon burst, leaving Tang San bloodied inside a blue triangular barrier as Ren Tao welcomed the Sea God’s arrival.
  • The author thanked readers, explained the comment restrictions and ongoing plot revisions, and promised to keep improving.

Ch. 28I Want to Discuss Something with You

Ren Tao provoked the Sea God into destroying his body, then resurrected through his second evolution and taunted the god until his phantom vanished. He left to refine the trace of divine power left inside him.

  • Ren Tao confronted the Sea God and challenged him to attack, threatening to sever Tang San's path to the Sea God's inheritance.
  • The Sea God unleashed crushing waves and a punch that shattered Ren Tao's body, but Ren Tao rapidly reconstructed himself through nirvana rebirth.
  • Ren Tao explained that his rebirth came from his second evolution and the Mermaid Princess's life genes, then dared the Sea God to use his final attack.
  • The Sea God vanished into a streak of blue flame that carried Tang San away, and Ren Tao called him a coward before leaving.
  • Ren Tao caught up with the Evil Spirit Orca Group, found a secluded bay, and prepared to absorb the divine power left in his body.

Ch. 29May You Dream Well

Ren Tao endured the divine power’s agonizing integration and confronted its consciousness in a memory of his ordinary life, persuading it that he knew his place while it did not. The divine power was assimilated by the sea of inheritance, which began upgrading as Ren Tao left the remaining changes to it.

  • Ren Tao recalled his first year in the Imperial Capital, his ordinary life before crossing over, and how the Evil Spirit Orca Group had taught him to keep fighting.
  • The divine power replayed Ren Tao’s bodily destruction and reconstruction, forcing him to relive every moment of pain as their consciousnesses merged.
  • Ren Tao and the divine power met in a memory of a rainy night near Workers’ Stadium, where the divine power described the Divine Realm’s worlds as dreams and Tang San’s destiny as a shattered dream.
  • Ren Tao explained his daily routines and argued that he understood his place in society, while the divine power had no such identity; the divine power began to doubt itself and dissolve into him.
  • The sea of inheritance absorbed the divine power and began an iterative upgrade, and Ren Tao left the rest to it.

Ch. 30The second evolution stage and the Vanguard Plan

After the Sea of Inheritance completed its second-stage renovation, Ren Tao learned he could evolve using genes from dead organisms and prepared a vanguard training plan for his followers. He reached the open-sea trench, where a mysterious voice asked to speak with him.

  • Ren Tao woke to find the Sea of Inheritance renovated and discovered that he could obtain genes from dead organisms to advance his evolution.
  • Tae Hee and Hu Dong told Ren Tao that the sea soul beast tide had ended, and he told the Evil Spirit Orcas to use Tang San as a training target.
  • Ren Tao announced a vanguard training plan and set off for the open sea to investigate the source of the disturbances.
  • Ren Tao found Jin Hai, Yin Zhang, and other hundred-thousand-year soul beasts trying to seal an evil power inside an ocean trench.
  • A mysterious female voice addressed Ren Tao, and he asked the gathered soul beasts to trust him and let him speak with her first.

Ch. 31The Wind Was Rising!

Ren Tao encountered a mysterious white-haired woman in the Ocean Trench, who warned him that Tang San might turn to the Asura God after losing the Sea God's favor. The chapter ended with Ren Tao realizing his plans had left Tang San another path to power as the wind rose in the shattered world.

  • Ren Tao entered the Ocean Trench and used his domain to absorb some of the energy ripples surrounding it.
  • Ren Tao asked whether the woman waiting there was the Rakshasa God, but she denied it and appeared in a ruined, shattered world.
  • The woman challenged Ren Tao's assumptions about the Asura God and warned that Tang San might still inherit the Asura God's power.
  • Ren Tao realized Tang San could seek the Asura inheritance if the Sea God trials proved too difficult, and he exchanged a wary stare with the woman as wind began to howl.

Ch. 32A Tight Timeline

Ren Tao deduced that the White-Haired Woman belonged to a faction opposed to the Sea God and Asura God, then prepared the sea beasts to contain an impending energy eruption. As the Ocean Trench began to rupture, he launched his Devouring Golden Threads to absorb the first wave, while realizing the timeline for his plans had grown dangerously short.

  • Ren Tao inferred that the White-Haired Woman had sent the Human-Faced Sea Anemone and was concealing her identity as an agent of another Divine Realm faction.
  • The White-Haired Woman examined Ren Tao's thoughts, then ordered him out and warned that she would attack after five minutes.
  • Ren Tao gathered Jin Hai, Yin Zhang, Ran Laowu, E Laosi, and Shui Ling'er, assigning them positions and tasks to contain the energy eruption.
  • Shui Ling'er coordinated the five soul beasts' auras, while Ren Tao worried that Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong could become gods before he was ready.
  • The center of the Ocean Trench bulged beneath a distorting five-colored membrane, and Ren Tao formed a ring of Devouring Golden Threads to absorb the eruption's first wave.

Ch. 33I Am the Answer

Ren Tao and the Soul Beasts battled the White-Haired Woman’s escaping energy, and Ren Tao ultimately destroyed her consciousness with the Abhorrence Trident. Afterward, the Soul Beasts celebrated their alliance with him.

  • Ren Tao pierced the energy membrane with his Devouring Golden Threads and drained energy while the White-Haired Woman searched his memories for the answer to his ambitions.
  • Big Sister Shui and the Soul Beasts formed a barrier to suppress the first energy surge, but Shui Ling’er’s lightning briefly went out of control and shocked Ran Laowu and Yin Zhang.
  • When the second surge broke through the barrier, Ren Tao supported E Laosi and helped the Soul Beasts take turns containing the destructive energy for more than two hours.
  • The White-Haired Woman’s final attack pierced the barrier, but Ren Tao summoned the Abhorrence Trident and struck her between the brows, dispersing her consciousness.
  • Ren Tao told the Soul Beasts about the trident and offered to refine similar weapons for them, and the five Soul Beasts embraced him as their friend.

Ch. 34A meeting of two gods

The Asura God and Sea God discussed Ren Tao’s growing threat and Tang San’s succession, then agreed that Ren Tao had to be eliminated before succession could proceed. The Sea God extended Tang San’s trial deadline to five years, while the Asura God suspected the Rakshasa God was interfering; the chapter ended with an author’s note about a residential lockdown and a possible side story.

  • The Asura God reviewed Ren Tao’s recent victories and investigated the secret behind the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, while the Sea God reported that Ren Tao had defeated his divine sense and devoured the whale king.
  • The Sea God confronted the Asura God about Tang San, and the Asura God warned that Ren Tao’s strength made succession a secondary concern.
  • When Ren Tao absorbed energy in the Ring Sea trench, the Divine Realm shook and the White-Haired Woman’s ruined world disintegrated.
  • The Asura God declared that Ren Tao had to die before Tang San’s succession could continue, and the Sea God agreed to share responsibility for the plan.
  • The Sea God sent a message extending Tang San’s Sea God’s Fourth Trial deadline to five years and requiring him to reach Titled Douluo strength before facing the Evil Orca King.
  • The Asura God wondered whether the Rakshasa God was working against him, and the author noted a residential lockdown and a possible future side story.

Ch. 35A Plan to Study the Human World

After absorbing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, Ren Tao proposed forming a Sea Soul Beast Alliance and leading its founders to study the Human World. He prepared to travel with E Laosi, though first they would visit Sea God Island.

  • Ren Tao explained his plan for a Sea Soul Beast Alliance to Shui Ling'er and the other hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, who criticized the Sea God and Sea God Island for failing to protect them.
  • Ren Tao urged the soul beasts to study humans and proposed traveling with the alliance’s founding members through Sea God Island and Vast Sea City to the Heaven Dou Empire.
  • Ren Tao considered his plans to obtain the Asura Sword, prevent Bibi Dong from claiming two soul beast soul rings, and stop the empires from going to war.
  • Jin Hai pointed out that sea soul beasts could not stay on land for long, so Ren Tao chose the amphibious E Laosi to accompany him.
  • Shui Ling'er approved E Laosi joining Ren Tao, who said they would visit Sea God Island before setting out.

Ch. 36Bo Saixi's troubles

Bo Saixi struggled with the Shrek Seven Devils’ collapse and her own doubts about Tang Chen and the Sea God. When Ren Tao arrived with five other hundred-thousand-year sea soul beasts to declare independence, they demanded that Bo Saixi mark them with the Sea God’s Abhorrence, leaving her startled and angry.

  • Bo Saixi reflected on Tang San’s seclusion, Ma Hongjun’s despair, and the Sea Witch’s silence while wondering whether to seek Tang Chen and reconsider her own future.
  • Dai Mubai found Ma Hongjun overeating and learned that Ren Tao had forced him to relive the massacre at the Spirit Hall Branch in Gengxin City as one of the victims.
  • Ma Hongjun told Dai Mubai that Ren Tao had threatened to send all the Shrek Seven Devils to hell and blamed Tang San for their suffering.
  • Sea Horse Douluo told Bo Saixi that Ren Tao and five other hundred-thousand-year sea soul beasts had come to declare self-rule and reject the Sea God’s authority.
  • Ren Tao called for Bo Saixi to mark the sea soul beasts with the Sea God’s Abhorrence, and Bo Saixi rose in alarm, asking whether they meant to challenge the Sea God’s majesty.

Ch. 37A Collective Plea for Abhorrence

Ren Tao and the Sea Soul Beast Alliance demanded the Sea God's Abhorrence from Sea God Island, while Bo Saixi privately struck a deal with Ren Tao to bring Tang Chen back alive. The Sea God eventually answered the alliance's public denunciation, and the story left the Sea God Island conflict at a temporary pause.

  • Ran Laowu and the other sea soul beasts confronted the Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluos and demanded the Sea God's Abhorrence.
  • Jin Hai proposed building a Sea Soul Island, and Yin Zhang challenged Sea Illusion Douluo before Ren Tao stopped them from fighting.
  • Bo Saixi privately told Ren Tao that Tang San's Fourth Trial was postponed for five years and asked him to find Tang Chen and bring him back alive.
  • Ren Tao accepted Bo Saixi's terms and threatened to destroy Sea God Island if she harmed the Evil Spirit Orca Group.
  • The Sea Soul Beast Alliance publicly denounced the Sea God, and golden light descended from the Sea God Hall onto Shui Ling'er and the others.

Ch. 38The Storage Pouch and the Dreamscape Skull

Ren Tao learned that Sea Witch’s merfolk people had vanished and agreed to search for them. He gave her the Dreamscape Skull to fund a purchase of materials for his evolution, then left as the Sea God’s Will threatened him.

  • Sea Witch told Ren Tao that her people had disappeared and asked him to find out where they had gone; he agreed and accepted her Storage Pouch of pearls as payment.
  • Ren Tao brought Sea Witch into his Sea of Inheritance and shared the list of sea products he needed for his second evolution stage.
  • Ren Tao gave Sea Witch the Dreamscape Skull from the Human-Faced Sea Anemone to pay for the supplies.
  • Sea Witch admired the Dreamscape Skull as a possible hair ornament, while Ren Tao returned to the sea soul beasts and E Laosi teased him about her.
  • Rain began falling, golden light rose above the Sea God Hall, and the Sea God's Will warned Ren Tao that his smugness would not last.

Ch. 39Riding the Wind and Breaking the Waves, Beneath Boundless Skies

Ren Tao led the hundred-thousand-year Sea Soul Beast Alliance and the Evil Spirit Orca Group toward the mainland, refining the Sea God’s Abhorrence for several allies along the way. After reaching a coastal city, he said goodbye to the sea soul beasts and entered human territory, promising to return within three months.

  • Ren Tao’s sea procession drew growing crowds of sea soul beasts, and he gave speeches urging them to become independent and protect the ocean.
  • Shui Ling’er accidentally electrocuted Ren Tao during an attempt to enter his Sea of Inheritance, so he postponed helping her and began with Jin Hai instead.
  • Ren Tao refined Jin Hai’s and Yin Zhang’s Abhorrence Brands into Soul Breaking Spears, and the two expressed their support for his ambitions.
  • Ren Tao devised a grounding method that let Shui Ling’er control her electricity by linking Jin Hai, Yin Zhang, E Laosi, and Ran Laowu into a chain.
  • After three days at sea, Ren Tao reached a city and promised the Evil Spirit Orca Group he would return in two or three months before they departed with Shui Ling’er and the others.

Ch. 40Scheming Behind the Lines

Ren Tao planned an Appraisal Conference in Vast Sea City and used beads containing million-year soul-beast soul bones to draw in Dai Delong and Wei Xili. After tracking their messages, he discovered that both were secretly cooperating with the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire, and Spirit Hall, and worried that Qian Daoliu might learn of his plans.

  • Ren Tao mapped out the major powers and invited Dai Delong and Wei Xili to help with an Appraisal Conference planned for half a month later.
  • Ren Tao showed the visitors black beads containing million-year soul-beast soul bones, convincing them of their value and urgency.
  • Ren Tao gave Dai Delong an extra bead for Dai Mubai's sake, then tracked the beads after the guests departed.
  • Dai Delong and Wei Xili each sent messages to the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire, and Spirit City.
  • Ren Tao learned that the two men were cooperating as triple agents and worried that a message to Spirit Hall would reach Qian Daoliu.

Ch. 41Scheming for the World, Baiting Monarchs

Ren Tao’s million-year soul bone gambit drew the Heaven Dou and Star Luo rulers and Bibi Dong toward Vast Sea City. Bibi Dong decided to meet Ren Tao, while she remained puzzled by how the soul bone had been separated from its beast.

  • At Xue Beng’s council meeting, Yu Xiaogang argued that the million-year soul bone was bait designed to draw the empires and Spirit Hall into a struggle, and he tempted Xue Beng with the chance to kill Bibi Dong and avenge the late emperor.
  • After the meeting, Ning Fengzhi warned Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo that Xue Beng might accept Yu Xiaogang’s proposal, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect waited to see how the other powers responded.
  • Dai Rong smashed the black pearl in the Star Luo palace, and Ren Tao’s recording revealed a million-year Torso Soul Bone and challenged him to enter the game.
  • Bibi Dong saw the same recording, told Hu Liena she wanted to recruit Ren Tao, and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to accompany her to Vast Sea City while postponing the Hunting Plan for the Star Dou Great Forest.
  • Bibi Dong examined another black pearl and wondered how a soul bone could have separated from a soul beast without losing its power.

Ch. 42I Want World Peace

Ren Tao continued preparing for the arrival of the empire leaders while insisting that he sought world peace, then slipped away before Dai Delong and Wei Xili could negotiate with him. He left them a map-like set of crystal beads and warned them to avoid the coming battle as Heaven Dou forces approached Vast Sea City.

  • Ren Tao completed another stage of his evolution, discussed his plans to defeat his enemies without fighting, and went to inspect the docks with E Laosi.
  • Dai Delong and Wei Xili arrived at Ren Tao's residence to negotiate, but found it empty and read his letter explaining that he would not make separate deals with their empires.
  • Ren Tao told Dai Delong and Wei Xili to look for clues at the Prosperity Casino and Moon-Gazing Tower, warned them that Heaven Dou forces were approaching, and said he had left them something to help them escape danger.
  • Wei Xili guessed that Ren Tao had left the item at the hotel front desk, where the pair had to pay fifteen days of room charges before receiving it.
  • Dai Delong and Wei Xili received three crystal beads whose golden threads formed a map, then argued over how to divide them and how much rent they should have paid.

Ch. 43You two are a perfect match

With Vast Sea City sealed ahead of the Spider Hunt Operation, Xue Beng and Yu Xiaogang negotiated an alliance with Dai Rong to assassinate Bibi Dong. Dai Rong accepted their proposal but learned that the Star Luo Empire’s Titled Douluos were elsewhere, leaving the alliance formed amid mutual suspicion.

  • Vast Sea City was sealed by armed troops and patrols as the emperors prepared to meet about the Spider Hunt Operation.
  • Dai Rong belittled Xue Beng and challenged Yu Xiaogang before agreeing to hear their assassination plan.
  • Yu Xiaogang explained that force could not defeat Bibi Dong and claimed her weakness was himself, proposing poison as the means to kill her.
  • Dai Rong agreed to the plan and asked what he needed to do.
  • Yu Xiaogang questioned whether the Star Luo Empire’s Titled Douluos were away, and Xue Beng, Yu Xiaogang, and Dai Rong toasted their alliance while privately distrusting one another.

Ch. 44Old Man Ren Woxing

Ren Tao lured Bibi Dong to Liupan Mountain and rejected her offer to join the Spirit Hall Empire, leaving them to settle their disagreement over the Million-Year Soul Bone in battle. Bibi Dong identified him as nonhuman and revealed her Death Spider Emperor martial soul as Ren Tao unleashed his Blood Sea Pagoda domain.

  • Ren Tao told E Laosi to return to the Ghost Sea Region, then flew away after E Laosi insisted on waiting nearby with an escape-route map.
  • Ren Tao sensed Bibi Dong tracking him and led her to Liupan Mountain, where they discussed the Million-Year Soul Bone and whether they could cooperate.
  • Ren Tao asked whether Bibi Dong's student Hu Liena had come, but he concluded there was no prospect of cooperation for now.
  • Bibi Dong agreed to play along with Ren Tao's test and began preparing to fight for the soul bone.
  • Ren Tao released his Blood Sea Pagoda domain, and Bibi Dong deduced that he was not human before revealing her Death Spider Emperor martial soul.

Ch. 45Testing the Waters

Ren Tao and Bibi Dong tested each other in a fierce aerial battle over Liupan Mountain and the sea, revealing that their powers resonated and both sensed the other’s inhuman nature. Ren Tao escaped the exchange with a taunt, but Bibi Dong pursued him.

  • Ren Tao activated his Wisdom Halo, saw through Bibi Dong’s Death Domain, and struck before she could take flight.
  • Ren Tao and Bibi Dong exchanged blows, briefly connected through their powers, and recognized that each was evolving beyond ordinary humanity.
  • Bibi Dong pressed her advantage with a Spider Spear whirlwind and Spider Emperor Clone, driving Ren Tao high into the sky.
  • Ren Tao jumped through space and attacked from above while sea-water columns surged beneath Bibi Dong.
  • Bibi Dong switched to the Soul-Eating Spider Emperor and used Half Moon to break the attacks, but Ren Tao escaped and mocked her.
  • Bibi Dong pursued Ren Tao, warning that he would not get away.

Ch. 46Incompetent Supreme

Ren Tao and Bibi Dong forced the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires to join their contest over the Million-Year Soul Bone, then attacked their representatives outside Vast Sea City's city lord's manor. The chapter ended as Ren Tao fought the Golden Iron Triangle and Bibi Dong attacked Dai Rong.

  • Ren Tao and Bibi Dong fought their way toward Vast Sea City, while Spirit Hall's six Titled Douluo withdrew from the outskirts at Bibi Dong's command.
  • Ren Tao and Bibi Dong arrived at the city lord's manor, where their fields shook the building and knocked Xue Beng and Yu Xiaogang to the floor.
  • Bibi Dong taunted Xue Beng and Dai Rong, and Ren Tao demanded that the empires send representatives to compete for the Million-Year Soul Bone.
  • Ning Fengzhi refused to get involved, but Dai Rong revealed a mysterious ninth Soul Ring that raised his power to Titled Douluo level.
  • Ren Tao insulted Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, prompting Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong to enter the contest together.
  • Ren Tao attacked the Golden Iron Triangle to disrupt their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as Bibi Dong struck at Dai Rong.

Ch. 47A Sword's Cold Gleam, a Surging Sea of Blood

Ren Tao fought the Golden Iron Triangle and Bibi Dong while humiliating Xue Beng and Yu Xiaogang, then began devouring the Golden Sacred Dragon. The Asura God intervened with the Asura Sword, leaving Ren Tao badly injured and facing a second strike.

  • Ren Tao abducted Xue Beng and Dugu Bo, then tricked Yu Xiaogang into redirecting the Golden Sacred Dragon’s attack at an empty cocoon that wounded nearby soul masters.
  • Ren Tao provoked Yu Xiaogang into attacking, and Xue Beng appeared to accuse Yu Xiaogang of treason before Ren Tao tossed him back to his guards.
  • Bibi Dong killed Dai Rong, then joined Yu Xiaogang in attacking Ren Tao with Eternal Wound and Luo Sanpao’s Heart-Piercing Deathblow.
  • Ren Tao clashed with Bibi Dong, evaded Luo Sanpao, and used his Devouring Golden Threads to pierce Yu Xiaogang’s golden protection and begin devouring the Golden Sacred Dragon.
  • The Asura God appeared and struck Ren Tao with the Asura Sword, blasting him into the ruins; its second strike arrived as Ren Tao struggled to rise.

Ch. 48Defeated and driven back

Ren Tao escaped the King of Slaughter’s attack with the Soul Breaking Spear and fled Bibi Dong’s pursuit, then began refining the Asura divine power lodged in him. In the Sea of Inheritance, he discovered something unexpected inside that power.

  • Bibi Dong tried to save Ren Tao, but Yu Xiaogang’s words and the Asura God’s influence disrupted her, leaving Ren Tao to face the King of Slaughter.
  • Ren Tao used his third eye and Soul Breaking Spear to pierce the Asura God’s phantom, knocking the King of Slaughter away and dispersing the Magic Suppression Domain.
  • Ren Tao escaped with Spatial Jump and evaded Bibi Dong by masking his presence with nearby marine creatures, while the two empires’ forces regrouped in Vast Sea City.
  • Dai Rong rebuked Xue Beng and left with his attendants, while Xue Beng promised rewards to Heaven Dou’s officials.
  • Ren Tao suppressed and slowly refined the Asura divine power within him, then entered the Sea of Inheritance and found that golden threads were repelled by something embedded in it.

Ch. 49God King Mark

Ren Tao discovered that Asura divine power contained God King marks that resisted his attempts to break them down and seemed to expose his location to the King of Slaughter. He used E Laosi as bait by planting a mark on him, drawing the King of Slaughter into a confrontation that stirred Tang Chen’s consciousness.

  • Ren Tao extracted an ornamental lotus-shaped God King mark from the Asura divine power, then learned from E Laosi that the King of Slaughter was searching for him.
  • Ren Tao and E Laosi moved between hidden escape points while Ren Tao continued studying the marks and noticed that extracting them seemed to reveal his position.
  • After sensing the King of Slaughter approaching, Ren Tao sealed the marks and fled with E Laosi to another escape point.
  • Ren Tao decided to plant a God King mark on E Laosi so he could lure the King of Slaughter away from him.
  • The King of Slaughter followed the mark to E Laosi, whose questions about Tang Chen, the Clear Sky Hammer, and Bo Saixi caused the two consciousnesses within him to clash.

Ch. 50Joining forces

Ren Tao and the Nine-Headed Bat King joined forces against Tang Chen in the Sea of Inheritance, where Ren Tao used the sea and his Soul Breaking Spear to weaken him. Ren Tao’s resolve drew on the purple mist to withstand Tang Chen’s decisive hammer strike, but his body began to shatter as his golden threads devoured Tang Chen’s power and the Asura God’s Divine Sense.

  • Ren Tao clung to Tang Chen and entered the Sea of Inheritance, where the Nine-Headed Bat King offered to help kill Tang Chen.
  • Ren Tao and the Nine-Headed Bat King attacked Tang Chen together, and Ren Tao learned the bat was fighting because the Asura God had mistreated his mistress, the Rakshasa God.
  • Ren Tao used the sea’s waves and whirlwinds to corrode Tang Chen, then pierced his right shoulder with a Soul Breaking Spear and knocked the Clear Sky Hammer from his grip.
  • Tang Chen kicked the hammer toward Ren Tao in a devastating attack, while an unknown power cut Ren Tao off from the Sea of Inheritance.
  • Ren Tao drew the purple mist into himself and met the hammer with his indomitable resolve, as golden chains seized Tang Chen and began devouring his power and the Asura God’s Divine Sense.
  • Ren Tao’s body shattered during the clash, and E Laosi cried out in alarm from outside.
Arc 2 of 5