Chapter Summaries

Chen Xuanqing returned to Spirit City with the transformed Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and reunited with Hu Liena. He planned to investigate Sea God Island with her help before setting out again.

• Chen Xuanqing gave the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent a Purple Dragon Core, transforming it into a powerful nine-headed dragon.
• Chen Xuanqing rode the Azure Gleam Sword back to Spirit City with the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent flying beside him.
• Chen Xuanqing returned home and told Hu Liena he would soon leave again, then promised to take her with him.
• Chen Xuanqing said he needed to ask the Great Enshrined and his master about Sea God Island, and Hu Liena offered to ask her master about Spirit Hall's knowledge of the ocean.

Chen Xuanqing and Hu Liena split up to seek help from Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu. Qian Daoliu sensed Chen Xuanqing’s immense power and explained how it surpassed the strength of ordinary Peerless Douluos, leaving Chen Xuanqing resolved to grow strong enough to overcome even the gods.

• Chen Xuanqing and Hu Liena agreed to divide their tasks, with Hu Liena heading to Pope Hall and Chen Xuanqing going to Worship Hall.
• Chen Xuanqing asked Qian Daoliu for help, and Qian Daoliu urged him to marry Qian Renxue; Chen Xuanqing promised a grand wedding after unifying the Douluo Continent.
• Qian Daoliu sensed divine power in Chen Xuanqing and asked which deity’s Divine Throne he had accepted.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Peerless Douluos’ strength varied, comparing his and Bo Saixi’s divine gifts with Tang Chen’s abilities and Chen Xuanqing’s master’s weaker breakthrough.
• Qian Daoliu declared that Chen Xuanqing’s soul power approached the level of the gods, and Chen Xuanqing resolved to surpass even the deities.

Chen Xuanqing told Qian Daoliu he had refused the Asura God's divine throne and explained why he was waiting to unite the continent. With Qian Daoliu's map and seashell, he left for Sea God Island with Hu Liena, who saw the sea for the first time.

• Chen Xuanqing told Qian Daoliu he had refused the Asura God's divine throne because he wanted to follow his own path.
• Qian Daoliu gave Chen Xuanqing a map of powerful sea factions and a seashell token for Bo Saixi on Sea God Island.
• Chen Xuanqing explained that he wanted a war to crush opposing factions before uniting the continent and establishing lasting stability.
• Hu Liena joined Chen Xuanqing on his journey to Sea God Island, and he carried her to the coast with his Wind-Thunder Wings.
• Hu Liena marveled at the sea, promised to stay by Chen Xuanqing, and watched as he waded into the shallows to catch fish.

Chen Xuanqing and Hu Liena spent a carefree day at the seaside, playing, sharing grilled fish, and enjoying a romantic night together. The next morning, Hu Liena served him her badly charred fish, and Chen Xuanqing prepared to leave for their real business.

• Hu Liena teased Chen Xuanqing for catching fish, then joined him in splashing and playing in the sea.
• Chen Xuanqing grilled fish for Hu Liena, and they ate together before running along the shoreline and resting on the beach.
• Chen Xuanqing and Hu Liena watched the sunset, then exchanged affectionate words beneath the stars.
• The next morning, Hu Liena served Chen Xuanqing her charred grilled fish, which he forced himself to eat.
• Chen Xuanqing told Hu Liena to put out the fire so they could handle their real business, but she urged him to try another fish.

Chen Xuanqing and Hu Liena traveled to Purple Pearl Island so he could seek help for his injured Beast Pet. Disguised as Yao Dang, he pressured the pirate captain Zi Zhenzhu into leading him to the island’s physician.

• Hu Liena gave Chen Xuanqing a grilled fish, and he reassured her that he cherished her efforts despite its awful taste.
• Chen Xuanqing told Hu Liena they were heading to Purple Pearl Island to meet someone important, and she apologized after mistakenly suspecting the person was a woman.
• After arriving above Purple Pearl Island, Hu Liena read Bibi Dong’s intelligence about the Purple Pearl Pirates and hid near a reef as Chen Xuanqing went ahead.
• Chen Xuanqing used the Thousand Mechanisms Mask to take on Yao Dang’s appearance and landed on the pirates’ flagship, Zi Zhenzhu.
• Captain Zi Zhenzhu hesitated when Yao Dang demanded a physician for his injured Beast Pet, so he released an immense pressure and threatened her.
• Zi Zhenzhu agreed to take Yao Dang to the island’s physician and accompanied him alone.

Chen Xuanqing visited Jixiang on Purple Pearl Island, claiming he wanted Tang San’s cultivation manual for Spirit Hall’s plan to let every child cultivate Soul Power. Jixiang refused to surrender it, and Chen Xuanqing threatened to kill Tang San and destroy the island if he did not comply.

• Zi Zhenzhu led Chen Xuanqing to the cottages, where Jixiang confirmed Tang San had stayed there two years earlier.
• Chen Xuanqing sent Zi Zhenzhu away and spoke privately with Jixiang, who realized he had come for Tang San’s cultivation manual.
• Chen Xuanqing admitted he wanted the manual and said Spirit Hall intended to make Soul Power cultivation available to every village and child.
• Jixiang refused to hand over the manual, saying it meant more to him than his life.
• Chen Xuanqing threatened to hunt down and kill Tang San and destroy Purple Pearl Island if Jixiang continued to refuse.

Chen Xuanqing obtained the secret manual from Jixiang after promising to spare the people on the island and spread its teachings. He reunited with Hu Liena and flew with her to Sea God Island, where he described its size and power.

• Chen Xuanqing persuaded Jixiang to hand over the manual by promising to spare the islanders and give children without soul power a chance to cultivate.
• Jixiang gave Chen Xuanqing the oilcloth-wrapped book and asked him to keep his promises; Chen Xuanqing assured him he would spread its teachings.
• Chen Xuanqing asked Zi Zhenzhu whether the Purple Pearl Pirates would join a continental war, and she said she would rather stay out of it.
• Chen Xuanqing urged Zi Zhenzhu to keep her faction out of continental wars, then left her and returned to Hu Liena.
• Chen Xuanqing and Hu Liena flew for four hours and reached Sea God Island, where he explained that it was a vast sacred land with eight Titled Douluo and more than three thousand Soul Masters.

Chen Xuanqing and Hu Liena arrived at Sea God Island, where High Priestess Bo Saixi recognized him as a young Peerless Douluo and asked about his purpose. After Chen Xuanqing said he wanted the Sea God's divine power rather than the Divine Throne, several Titled Douluos attacked him, and he retaliated with Six-Position Shift.

• Chen Xuanqing used Qian Daoliu's seashell to summon Bo Saixi and seven Titled Douluos from Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi was shocked to learn Chen Xuanqing was a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo, and Chen Xuanqing introduced himself as the Son of God of Spirit Hall.
• Bo Saixi asked whether Chen Xuanqing had come to seek the Sea God's Divine Throne, and he said he wanted the Sea God's divine power to strengthen himself.
• Sea Star Douluo, Sea Horse Douluo, and Sea Ghost Douluo condemned Chen Xuanqing and threatened him, prompting the Titled Douluos to surround him.
• Chen Xuanqing released his oppressive aura and used Six-Position Shift to create six duplicates that attacked the six Titled Douluos around him.

Chen Xuanqing and Hu Liena began the Sea God's divine assessments on Sea God Island and both received the red top-level nine tests. The Sea God appeared through his statue and addressed them, leaving Chen Xuanqing wondering how much the Asura God had told him.

• Chen Xuanqing sent six Titled Douluo flying with slaps, and Bo Saixi ordered them to withdraw.
• Bo Saixi explained the levels of the Sea God's assessments and predicted that Chen Xuanqing and Hu Liena could receive the red top-level tests.
• Hu Liena declined to pursue a divine throne, while Chen Xuanqing said they would take the assessments for the experience and power.
• Bo Saixi led Chen Xuanqing and Hu Liena through the island's mist to the Sea God's statue, where a red light enveloped them both.
• The seven Titled Douluo secured the area as Bo Saixi realized both visitors had received the red top-level nine tests.
• The Sea God's statue came to life and welcomed the two geniuses, surprising Chen Xuanqing because he suspected the Asura God had told the Sea God about him.

Chen Xuanqing and Hu Liena declined the Sea God's offer of a Divine Throne, but the Sea God rewarded them with powerful gifts. Chen Xuanqing accepted a divine energy infusion and was left with a request to protect Sea God Island and the sea creatures.

• The Sea God offered Hu Liena his Divine Throne, but she refused because she wanted to stay with Chen Xuanqing, who also said he did not seek a throne.
• Chen Xuanqing resolved to forge his own path and admitted he had come to Sea God Island seeking opportunities.
• The Sea God transformed Hu Liena's eight Soul Rings into Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, and she thanked him and Chen Xuanqing.
• The Sea God enveloped Chen Xuanqing in divine energy, which he and the Azure Gleam Sword absorbed for two hours, greatly strengthening them.
• The Sea God asked Chen Xuanqing to protect Sea God Island and care for the creatures of the sea.

After leaving Sea God Island, Chen Xuanqing returned to Spirit City to cultivate while Heaven Dou City transformed under his development plans. He reunited with Qian Renxue in the imperial palace, where they discussed having a child and he hinted at a solution to the ministers’ pressure.

• The Sea God's consciousness left its statue, and Bo Saixi lamented that neither Chen Xuanqing nor Hu Liena would inherit the Divine Throne.
• Chen Xuanqing reassured Bo Saixi before departing Sea God Island with Hu Liena and returning to Spirit City, where he entered secluded cultivation.
• A week later, Chen Xuanqing admired Heaven Dou City's rapid expansion, new buildings, roads, vehicles, and shops, reflecting on how his plans were changing the continent.
• Chen Xuanqing went to the imperial palace and found Xue Qinghe handling state affairs; Xue Qinghe dismissed the attendants and revealed herself as Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue embraced Chen Xuanqing and suggested they have a child, and Chen Xuanqing hinted that doing so could also address the ministers’ pressure.

Chen Xuanqing gave Qian Renxue six secret-manual textbooks intended to strengthen children across the Heaven Dou Empire, then spent several days with her in the Imperial City. He later returned to the Sunset Forest, where he reunited with Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing joined them after returning from Heaven Dou City.

• Chen Xuanqing suggested that Qian Renxue marry Nana so His Majesty Xue Qinghe could control Spirit Hall through both the Son of God and the Saintess.
• Chen Xuanqing gave Qian Renxue six secret-manual textbooks he had written for children and described plans to introduce them to schools across the empire.
• Qian Renxue complained that Chen Xuanqing had immediately assigned her work, so he promised to spend the next few days with her; rumors about His Majesty Xue Qinghe's fondness for men spread.
• Five days later, Chen Xuanqing returned to the Sunset Forest and learned from Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong that the other women had gone away or were visiting Heaven Dou City.
• Chen Xuanqing reunited with Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing joined them after returning with their shopping.

Five years after the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires expanded across the continent, Spirit Hall secretly prepared to intervene while struggling to remain neutral. In Star Luo City, Zhu Tianhe warned the empire’s nobles and sects that defeat by Heaven Dou would threaten their families, power, and prestige.

• The Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires expanded until they stood as two of the continent’s three great powers, and border conflicts threatened to become a continent-wide war.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu kept Spirit Hall outwardly neutral because its soul masters came from both empires, while secretly gathering strength.
• Dai Xinghe convened Star Luo’s sect leaders, academy heads, officials, and nobles in the imperial palace.
• Dai Weisi blamed Heaven Dou’s policies and Chen Xuanqing’s methods for threatening soul masters’ status, drawing discussion from the gathering.
• Zhu Tianhe warned that Star Luo faced a struggle for survival and that its defeat could destroy the assembled families, sects, and privileges.

Dai Xinghe rallied the Star Luo Empire’s court for war against the Heaven Dou Empire, revealing support from two major sects and an ally within the Heaven Dou imperial family. As both empires prepared for battle, a mysterious figure carrying a Sea God Trident arrived in Star Luo City, rumored to bring a god’s aid.

• Dai Xingchen urged the court to fight, citing Star Luo’s larger army, Soul Master forces, and confidence in victory over the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Dai Xinghe introduced representatives wielding the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and Clear Sky Hammer, and claimed an ally inside the Heaven Dou imperial family would support them at a critical moment.
• Dai Xinghe declared that the Star Luo Empire’s first battle would decide the war, and the empire mobilized troops, weapons, and supplies.
• Spies reported Star Luo’s preparations to the Heaven Dou Empire, where Chen Xuanqing and Qian Renxue were already prepared to respond.
• A mysterious figure carrying a Sea God Trident entered Star Luo City, visited the Crown Prince’s Residence and Imperial City, then vanished.

As war with the Star Luo Empire approached, Chen Xuanqing assured Qian Renxue that she would lead the campaign and reveal her true identity after victory. Qian Renxue summoned Heaven Dou's major forces to the palace, where they pledged themselves to the war.

• Xue Qinghe ordered Heaven Dou to prepare for war but gave the ministers no specific strategy.
• Chen Xuanqing told Qian Renxue that she would lead the war and could reveal her identity after defeating the Star Luo Empire.
• Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua asked whether their clans should join the campaign, and Chen Xuanqing reassured Zhu Zhuqing that her family would be safe.
• Chen Xuanqing and Qian Renxue went to the imperial palace, where Qian Renxue summoned the empire's major factions and armies.
• Qian Renxue declared the war against the Star Luo Empire, and the assembled representatives pledged their lives to Heaven Dou.

Chen Xuanqing assigned commanders and defenses as the Heaven Dou Empire prepared for war with the Star Luo Empire. Both sides launched coordinated attacks on a stormy night, plunging the Douluo Continent into battle.

• Chen Xuanqing named Marshal Ge Long to oversee the empire’s defenses and appointed Long Shihu and Jiang Xu as his deputies.
• Chen Xuanqing assigned Ning Fengzhi as military adviser and put the Soul Master forces under Sword Douluo, Yao Dang, and Dragon Duke.
• Yu Yuanzhen warned that Heaven Dou had fewer Soul Masters than Star Luo, and Chen Xuanqing promised that nearly all of the Big Dipper Divine Guard Army would join the war.
• The Heaven Dou Empire assembled its forces along the border while both empires prepared for a long-anticipated conflict.
• The commanders on both sides ordered attacks at nearly the same time during a stormy night, and spies and scouts began fighting deadly battles across the front.

The Star Luo Empire’s advance into the Heaven Dou Empire was checked by Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo, while the Heaven Dou forces struggled to defend their territory. At the Algeri Plains, Marshal Dai Xingchen grew wary of the swift gains and ordered the army to halt, consolidate its conquests, and recruit reinforcements before the next push.

• Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo stopped the Star Luo Empire’s advance in several places, forcing its troops to retreat.
• General Ge Long directed the Heaven Dou Empire’s defensive war and lamented its shortage of Soul Masters as it lost territory and soldiers.
• Star Luo Empire commanders celebrated their rapid progress in the command tent, but Dai Xingchen worried that the Heaven Dou Empire might be luring them into a trap.
• Zhu Tianhe warned Dai Xingchen that the army was losing strength and would face hostile civilians and heavy siege losses deeper in enemy territory.
• Dai Xingchen ordered the army to suspend its offensive, consolidate occupied lands, and mobilize reservists for the coming war.

Qian Renxue ordered the Big Dipper Divine Guard Army to attack while Heaven Dou Empire Soul Masters sabotaged Star Luo’s supply lines and communications behind enemy lines. Dai Xingchen’s efforts to contain the attacks left his army unable to launch a major offensive.

• Dai Xingchen refused his Imperial Uncle’s offer to assassinate the Heaven Dou emperor, and Dai Weisi urged the Star Luo army to advance toward Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue ordered Long Shihu and General Jiang Xu to disrupt the enemy’s supply routes and commanded the Big Dipper Divine Guard Army to attack.
• Heaven Dou Soul Masters destroyed Star Luo grain routes and communications units in the occupied territories under Chen Xuanqing’s plan.
• Dai Xingchen dispatched Soul Masters to intercept the raiders, but the attacks and severed supply lines plunged his army into disorder.
• Dai Xingchen split his forces to suppress the rear attacks, leaving him unable to organize a large-scale assault as his deputy general warned that the situation could not continue.

Dai Xingchen ordered stronger defenses and attacks on Heaven Dou Soul Masters, but the Big Dipper Divine Guard Army crippled Star Luo’s officials and supply network with bombings. As his armies retreated amid shortages, Dai Xingchen resolved to gather troops and supplies for a major offensive to seize resources.

• Dai Xingchen ordered Star Luo to reinforce its rear, target Heaven Dou’s Soul Masters, and gather intelligence to lure them into a trap.
• The Big Dipper Divine Guard Army assassinated Star Luo officials, especially logistics personnel, with explosive attacks, paralyzing the empire’s bureaucracy.
• Dai Xinghe learned that Chen Xuanqing and the Big Dipper Divine Guard Army were behind the attacks and ordered officials to stabilize the empire and mobilize against them.
• Bombings and Heaven Dou Soul Master ambushes disrupted supply convoys, leaving Star Luo’s frontline troops hungry, exhausted, and unable to withstand the enemy’s advance.
• After hearing his officers’ complaints, Dai Xingchen resolved to stockpile supplies and muster troops for a large-scale offensive to seize resources.

Chen Xuanqing led the Big Dipper Divine Guard Army's First Regiment through the Star Dou Great Forest to prepare a surprise attack on Star Luo City. After ordering his exhausted troops to rest, he discussed plans to protect soul beasts in the future, leaving Da Ming encouraged by his proposals.

• Dai Xingchen persuaded his generals to support a risky offensive despite Star Luo Empire's shortage of supplies and soldiers.
• Chen Xuanqing led two thousand soldiers through the Star Dou Great Forest, where soul beast attacks caused losses and he killed encountered soul masters.
• Da Ming and Er Ming escorted Chen Xuanqing's force but stayed behind to protect the forest from a Star Luo Empire surprise attack.
• After exiting the forest, Chen Xuanqing ordered Tianshu to have the troops rest and regroup before marching on Star Luo City.
• Da Ming asked Chen Xuanqing how soul beasts would survive as humans and soul masters grew more numerous, and Chen Xuanqing outlined three possible solutions.
• Xiao Wu threw herself into Chen Xuanqing's arms, while Da Ming reacted with excitement to his plans.