Chapter Summaries

The Sailfish Sea Folk arrived at Vast Sea City, beginning a fierce assault against its defenders. As the battle raged, the story returned to the looming clash between Sea Dragon Douluo and Leonard Rhodes.

• Sea Dragon Douluo unleashed his power and charged Leonard Rhodes as Zuo Tinggang declared that the decisive battle had begun.
• Twenty minutes earlier, the Vast Sea Qianjun Guards had driven off the second wave of sea soul beasts after Chen Xiaojun attacked the Disaster Fish Ancient King.
• Tens of thousands of Sailfish Sea Folk approached Vast Sea City, and Chen Xiaojun joined Xiao Yi and Wu Huiyun as the defenders prepared for battle.
• The Sailfish soul masters attacked the walls, and the Vast Sea Qianjun Guards, soldiers, and soul masters fought back to defend the city.

Liu Rengui launched the Ironblood Heavy Cavalry and navy against the Sailfish, turning the battle in Vast Sea City's favor. The naval assault continued with war beasts unleashed, as Devil Rays attacked with their Sea Fire soul skill.

• Liu Rengui ordered the horn sounded, and Yue Pengjiu led five thousand Ironblood Heavy Cavalry in a charge against the Sailfish.
• The Ironblood Heavy Cavalry broke through the Sailfish formation repeatedly, complementing the Vast Sea Qianjun Guards' defense and helping turn the battle.
• Liu Rengui ordered the navy to attack, and enormous warships advanced and bombarded the Sailfish with heavy artillery.
• Liu Rengui ordered the release of the Devil Ray and Green-Clawed Crab war beasts from the warships.
• The Devil Rays used Sea Fire, launching explosive fireballs that scorched and battered their targets.

As the navy and Sailfish exchanged powerful soul skills, Liu Rengui signaled the five great powers to deploy their trump cards. Their elite forces joined the assault, and the combined attack began to turn the battle decisively against the Sailfish.

• The Sailfish counterattacked the navy’s cannons and battle beasts with Water Curtain Barriers, Wavebreaker water columns, and blades of condensed seawater.
• Liu Rengui ordered someone to ring the bell, signaling the five great powers to enter the battle.
• Spirit Hall’s Blue Sea Punishment Knights and the Great Soul Arena’s Soul Fighting Guard joined the fight against the Sailfish.
• Xuan Ye Pavilion’s Blood Battle Corps, the Plant Association’s Demonic Plant Masters, and the Vast Sea Academy’s Discipline Department deployed their forces.
• The five powers’ elite troops led the advance as the Vast Sea Qianjun Guards and soul masters followed, the Ironblood Heavy Cavalry attacked the flanks, and the navy sealed off the waters behind the Sailfish.

Liu Rengui fired the Heaven Dou Empire’s Demon-Breaking Ballista at the Disaster Fish Saint Queen while five Soul Douluos battled her. The wounded queen was killed in their combined attack, and Liu Rengui ordered the human forces to launch an all-out assault as the battle continued.

• The five Soul Douluos, aided by Ning Chi, coordinated their attacks to wear down the Disaster Fish Saint Queen while Chu Jiansong’s Sea Ghost Algae kept her from reaching the Disaster Fish Saint King.
• Liu Rengui drew and fired the Demon-Breaking Ballista at the Disaster Fish Saint Queen during her fight with the five Soul Douluos.
• The Demon-Breaking Arrow struck and severely wounded the Disaster Fish Saint Queen, creating a massive eruption of water and energy.
• Long Zhenrang urged the others to exploit the opening, and the five Soul Douluos killed the weakened Disaster Fish Saint Queen.
• The enemy’s morale fell as the battle intensified, and Liu Rengui ordered his troops to follow him in an all-out assault.

Liu Rengui’s reinforcements helped the allied army defeat the Sailfish and remaining Sea Soul Beasts, while the Disaster Fish Saint King fled toward the Far Sea and was pursued by nine Soul Douluos. Inside the Big Dipper Heaven and Earth Formation, Chen Cong overwhelmed Omari Bender with the Big Dipper Seven Kill-Nine Heavens Thunder, leaving him severely wounded and nearly out of Soul Power.

• Liu Rengui led the Military Reserve Force and the City Lord’s Residence Soul Masters into battle, helping the allied army defeat the Sailfish and remaining Sea Soul Beasts.
• The Disaster Fish Saint King fled toward the Far Sea after seeing the Disaster Fish Saint Queen fall, and Xue Bentao and the other Soul Douluos pursued him.
• Chen Cong revealed that he had been testing the Big Dipper Seven Star Formation’s moves while fighting Omari Bender.
• Omari Bender unleashed Giant Waves Soaring to the Sky, but Chen Cong countered with Big Dipper Seven Kill-Nine Heavens Thunder.
• Chen Cong’s lightning sword swept away Omari Bender’s wave and left him severely injured with almost no Soul Power remaining.

Chen Cong defeated Omari Bender with his Big Dipper Seven Kill Heroic Sword Army Breaker, while Leonard Rhodes tried to escape Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang. Leonard used his Dark Water Sky Curtain to resist Long Ma’s waterspout and rushed toward a powerful suction, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Chen Cong struck Omari Bender’s Heart of the Ocean with his Big Dipper Seven Kill Heroic Sword Army Breaker, and his sword radiance overpowered the attack.
• Omari Bender’s body collapsed and dissipated, while Chen Cong withdrew his formation and stood exhausted over the devastated sea.
• Leonard Rhodes’s Darkness Domain failed against Long Ma’s Demon-Breaking Domain, and he turned to flee from Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang.
• Long Ma trapped Leonard inside his Thunderclap Sea Waterspout Technique, whose lightning drained his strength and vitality.
• Leonard raised his Dark Water Sky Curtain to shield himself, then charged toward a powerful suction as his barrier neared collapse.

Leonard Rhodes tried to flee the battlefield but was pursued by Sea Dragon Douluo Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang. They trapped him in a Water Prison as Long Ma launched his Thunder Sea Annihilation, leaving Leonard’s fate uncertain.

• Leonard Rhodes escaped the thunderous sea tornado and struggled toward the Banner Tribe’s backup forces while Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang pursued him.
• Leonard Rhodes discovered that his backup forces were also engaged in a battle between Titled Douluo.
• Long Ma attacked Leonard Rhodes with Sea Dragon Spirit-Breaker while Zuo Tinggang unleashed Heavenly Teal Feather-Shattering Slash.
• Leonard Rhodes activated his Martial Soul Avatar and resisted the attacks, but Zuo Tinggang’s wind blades wounded him and left him severely weakened.
• Zuo Tinggang trapped Leonard Rhodes in a Water Prison as Long Ma prepared and unleashed his ninth soul skill, Thunder Sea Annihilation.
• An opening appeared in the Water Prison as Long Ma’s enormous sea dragon struck toward Leonard Rhodes.

Bo Xian'er intervened to save Leonard Rhodes from Long Ma's attack, then questioned him about the mastermind behind the Banner Tribe's assault on the Heaven Dou Empire. After securing Zuo Tinggang's agreement that she could speak for the empire, she got Leonard to reveal that the Crimson Church was behind the attack.

• Leonard Rhodes was nearly killed by Long Ma's Thunder Sea Annihilation until Bo Xian'er arrived and erased the attack.
• Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang greeted Bo Xian'er, and Zuo Tinggang asked why she had saved Leonard Rhodes.
• Bo Xian'er demanded to know who had masterminded the Banner Tribe's attack, then threatened Leonard's tribe when he refused to answer.
• Leonard asked whether Bo Xian'er could speak for the Heaven Dou Empire, and Zuo Tinggang confirmed that she could.
• Leonard Rhodes revealed that the Crimson Church was behind the attack.

Bo Xian'er learned that the Crimson Church had pushed the Sailfish to attack the Heaven Dou Empire, and she sent Zuo Tinggang and Long Ma to investigate a possible Church observer in Vast Sea City. Leonard Rhodes revealed the Crimson Church planned to destabilize both empires and join other powers in attacking them, before Bo Xian'er turned to how the Sailfish had tamed Disaster Fish.

• Leonard Rhodes told Bo Xian'er and Zuo Tinggang that the Crimson Church had urged the Sailfish to attack the Heaven Dou Empire and threatened to cut off trade if they refused.
• Leonard Rhodes explained that the Sailfish had already planned to expand into the Northwestern Sea Region because resources in their home waters were dwindling.
• Bo Xian'er told Zuo Tinggang to report the Crimson Church's involvement and suggested it might have sent a powerful observer to Vast Sea City; she sent Long Ma with him to investigate.
• Bo Xian'er offered to reduce the Sailfish's losses if Leonard Rhodes revealed the Crimson Church's plans, and he said it intended to sow chaos and join other powers in attacking the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires.
• Bo Xian'er began questioning Leonard Rhodes about how the Sailfish had tamed Disaster Fish.

Leonard Rhodes explained to Bo Xian'er that taming Disaster Fish over ten thousand years old required a Sacred Relic in his clan’s Ancestral Land. After the allied army defeated the Disaster Fish, the survivors celebrated before confronting the battle’s immense casualties and destruction, while Chen Xiaojun and his companions reflected on what they had learned.

• Leonard Rhodes refused Bo Xian'er’s request and explained that a Sacred Relic Statue was needed to tame Disaster Fish over ten thousand years old.
• Xue Bentao, Long Zhenrang, and the others returned with the Disaster Fish Saint King's corpse, and the Vast Sea Allied Army cheered their victory.
• Liu Rengui learned that tens of thousands of soldiers had died and that the coastline, cities, farmland, and boats had been devastated.
• Xixi, Xiao Yi, Chen Xiaojun, and their companions mourned the fallen and acknowledged how exhausting the battle had been.
• Chen Xiaojun and Xixi reflected on the battle’s lessons, while Xiao Yi and Zhu Wuneng considered how their combat skills had improved.

Dongfang Long and Li Lingfeng assessed the Chen Clan’s strength and the shifting balance of power after the battle, deciding that the Crimson Church needed better intelligence before the coming holy war. Meanwhile, Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang headed for Cape Mountain to find the Crimson Church’s spies.

• Dongfang Long and Li Lingfeng discussed Chen Cong’s strength, the Chen Clan’s recovery, and their losses in the holy war fifty years earlier.
• Dongfang Long dismissed the possibility that Chen Zixiu had survived the forbidden divine skill that struck him.
• Dongfang Long and Li Lingfeng agreed to report the operation and assess the continent’s major powers before the coming holy war.
• Long Ma asked Zuo Tinggang where the Crimson Church’s spies were likely watching from, and Zuo Tinggang identified Cape Mountain’s highest peak.
• Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang decided to inspect the peak first.

Dongfang Long and Li Lingfeng were discovered by Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang, forcing them to flee separately. Dongfang Long lured his pursuers into a forest and ambushed Long Ma, but the two Titled Douluos resumed their pursuit and cornered him from both sides.

• Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang returned to Vast Sea City, and Dongfang Long and Li Lingfeng realized they had been exposed and split up to escape.
• Zuo Tinggang used Void Insight to detect both fugitives, while Chen Cong went after Li Lingfeng and Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang pursued Dongfang Long.
• Dongfang Long tried to evade the two Titled Douluos by using Soul Skills and fled into a dense forest.
• Dongfang Long hid in the bushes and struck Long Ma with an ice-attribute attack, but Long Ma protected himself and quickly recovered.
• Dongfang Long concealed himself again as Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang resumed the chase and closed in from both sides.

Dongfang Long fought Zuo Tinggang through the forest after Zuo Tinggang accused him of being a Crimson Church spy. Zuo Tinggang knocked Dongfang Long back, but Dongfang Long gathered his frost power and prepared a decisive attack as the battle reached a critical moment.

• Zuo Tinggang blocked Dongfang Long's path and demanded to know whether he was a spy from the Crimson Church.
• Dongfang Long attacked with Frost Blade, and Zuo Tinggang countered with Heavenly Teal Feather-Shattering Slash.
• Dongfang Long raised Walls of Sighs while Zuo Tinggang boosted his strength and speed with Blue Teal Might, then pressed him into a fierce fight.
• Zuo Tinggang used Wingbeat to shatter Dongfang Long's ice wall and send him flying backward.
• Dongfang Long stood up wounded, gathered frost power around himself, and prepared a powerful attack that startled Zuo Tinggang.

Dongfang Long activated his Ice and Snow spell domain and used its enhanced frost power to pressure Zuo Tinggang. After their fierce clash, Dongfang Long fled through the woods again, with Zuo Tinggang pursuing him.

• Dongfang Long unleashed his Ice and Snow spell domain, filling the area with freezing storms that forced Zuo Tinggang to take the battle seriously.
• Dongfang Long used Dance of Frozen Ice to encircle Zuo Tinggang, then struck from behind with Frozen Dragon's Fury.
• Zuo Tinggang blocked most of Dongfang Long's blow with Water Prison, but Dongfang Long's other fist broke through and sent him flying.
• Zuo Tinggang recovered and pursued Dongfang Long through the woods as they continued exchanging attacks.

Long Ma joined Zuo Tinggang against Dongfang Long, and the two pressured him until he unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, Great Blizzard. Long Ma met the storm with Thunder Sea Annihilation while Zuo Tinggang used Void Insight to find an opening, then transformed with Heavenly Teal Vast Form and attacked; Dongfang Long gathered Soul Power to counter as the battle reached its decisive moment.

• Long Ma arrived beside Zuo Tinggang and helped him drive Dongfang Long onto the defensive.
• Dongfang Long unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, Great Blizzard, enveloping Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang in a massive ice storm.
• Long Ma used his Ninth Soul Skill, Thunder Sea Annihilation, to collide with Dongfang Long's storm while Zuo Tinggang searched for an opening with Void Insight.
• Zuo Tinggang activated his Ninth Soul Skill, Heavenly Teal Vast Form, and grew into a 250-meter avatar.
• Zuo Tinggang stirred up a huge tornado with his wings and sent it toward Dongfang Long, who gathered Soul Power to counter.

Dongfang Long battled Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang until Chen Cong arrived and severed his left arm with a powerful sword strike. Cornered by the three Titled Douluo, Dongfang Long detonated his severed arm with Ice Burst Starshatter, unleashing a massive explosion whose outcome remained unknown.

• Dongfang Long and Zuo Tinggang's ninth soul skills collided in a blast as Long Ma joined the fierce battle.
• Chen Cong arrived and struck Dongfang Long with Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Origin, Heaven and Earth Throw, severing his left arm.
• Chen Cong recognized Dongfang Long's Frost Wyvern martial soul as one connected to the ambush of the Chen Clan, while Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang prepared to finish him.
• Dongfang Long activated Ice Burst Starshatter through his right arm soul bone and detonated his severed left arm.
• The resulting chain of explosions swept across the Ice and Snow Domain and Great Blizzard, engulfing Long Ma, Zuo Tinggang, and Chen Cong in a thousand-meter blast.

Dongfang Long used Blood-Burning Burst Escape to flee after Chen Cong, Long Ma, and Zuo Tinggang overwhelmed him, and the three decided not to pursue. The Allied Army then handled the battle’s aftermath and began dividing the enormous spoils of war.

• Dongfang Long activated Blood-Burning Burst Escape and vanished beyond the horizon, leaving a blood-red trail.
• Chen Cong, Long Ma, and Zuo Tinggang discussed the Soul Bone’s power and chose to return rather than chase Dongfang Long.
• The Allied Army treated the wounded, repaired damage, reorganized its troops, and distributed rewards and compensation.
• The factions gathered to negotiate over more than a hundred thousand Sea Soul Beast carcasses, rare Soul Bones, and the Sailfish army’s armor and weapons.

After the factions divided the spoils from the battle, Chen Cong visited the recovering Chen Xiaojun and brought him the seventy-thousand-year-old Disaster Fish Ancient King’s left arm Soul Bone. Chen Xiaojun offered it to Chen Cong, but his granduncle refused to take his spoils.

• Hua R ubi negotiated rewards for the Great Soul Arena, including the Disaster Fish Saint Queen’s corpse and two Soul Bones over fifty thousand years old.
• After several days of talks, the factions agreed to divide the spoils according to their contributions, strength, and future cooperation.
• Chen Xiaojun continued recovering from severe meridian damage while Chen Cong checked on his condition.
• Chen Cong showed Chen Xiaojun the Disaster Fish Ancient King’s left arm Soul Bone and said it was his to keep.
• Chen Xiaojun offered the Soul Bone to Chen Cong, who refused because it belonged to Chen Xiaojun as his spoils.

Chen Xiaojun chose the Disaster Fish Ancient King Left Arm Soul Bone after weighing its compatibility and suitability, and Chen Cong praised his judgment while correcting his assessment of the other bone. Chen Cong recognized Chen Xiaojun’s theoretical talent and intended to make him the heir to his teachings.

• Chen Cong presented Chen Xiaojun with a nearly seventy-thousand-year-old Sailfish Titled Douluo Left Arm Soul Bone and asked him to choose between it and the Disaster Fish Ancient King Left Arm Soul Bone.
• Chen Xiaojun chose the Disaster Fish Soul Bone, explaining that its attributes and compatibility suited him better while the other bone was more appropriate for Chen Cong.
• Chen Xiaojun realized Chen Cong had also been testing whether he could make an objective choice rather than defer out of politeness, and Chen Cong confirmed that he had passed.
• Chen Cong explained that the Sailfish Soul Bone had equal water and mental attributes, and Chen Xiaojun acknowledged his mistake after examining it more carefully.
• Chen Cong decided that Chen Xiaojun’s unusual insight made him a rare talent and intended to pass on his theoretical teachings to him.

Chen Xiaojun absorbed the Disaster Fish Ancient King's seventy-thousand-year Left Arm Soul Bone while recovering from his injuries. He emerged healed and at the upper end of rank thirty-seven, with his third Soul Ring strengthened but not advanced to ten thousand years.

• Chen Cong urged Chen Xiaojun to absorb the Soul Bone immediately, explaining that its power could heal him and reshape his meridians.
• Chen Xiaojun endured the Soul Bone's energy as it merged with his Soul Power, Nine Yang Divine Skill, Fish Intestine Sword, and third Soul Ring.
• Chen Cong saw Chen Xiaojun's third Soul Ring mutate toward ten thousand years, while Chen Xiaojun redirected the excess power and stopped it from turning black.
• Chen Xiaojun completed the absorption and discovered that his injuries had healed and his Soul Power had risen to the upper end of rank thirty-seven.
• Chen Cong marveled at the Soul Bone's effects and said they had found a treasure.