Chapter Summaries

Big Head God King Tang triggered a Red Level Eight Trial at the Seastar Holy Pillar, but Sea God Poseidon rejected him because of his appearance and withdrew the trial. Poseidon ordered Bo Saixi to expel Tang from Sea God Island and take the Sea God's Heart from his belt.

• Seastar Douluo activated the Seastar Holy Pillar, and Big Head God King Tang triggered a Red Level Eight Trial.
• Sea God Poseidon viewed Tang through the Mirror of Emptiness and recoiled at his appearance, despite sensing the Sea God's Heart on him.
• Sea God Poseidon reversed Tang's trial from red to blue and withdrew the pillar of light.
• Big Head God King Tang was stunned when the Sea God Nine Trials vanished, while Bo Saixi and Seastar Douluo watched in disbelief.
• Sea God Poseidon ordered Bo Saixi to drive Tang off Sea God Island and take the Sea God's Heart from his storage soul tool belt.

Bo Saixi reclaimed the Sea God's Heart from Big Head God King Tang and expelled him from Sea God Island on Sea God Poseidon's orders. Big Head God King Tang revealed his past as a reincarnated God King and pleaded for the Sea God Nine Trials, leaving Sea God Poseidon uncertain whether to believe him.

• Sea God Poseidon remembered that his soul fragment was inside the Sea God's Heart and told Bo Saixi to retrieve it from Big Head God King Tang.
• Bo Saixi subdued Big Head God King Tang, removed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges, and reclaimed it for Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi told Big Head God King Tang that Sea God Poseidon did not recognize him and ordered him to leave the island.
• Big Head God King Tang begged Sea God Poseidon for the Sea God Nine Trials, claiming he had been a God King with both the Sea Godhood and Asura Godhood in his previous life.
• Big Head God King Tang warned that Spirit Hall's unification of the continent would threaten Sea God Poseidon's faith and offered to let him inspect his memories.
• Sea God Poseidon considered Big Head God King Tang's claims and wondered whether to reconsider his treatment of him.

Sea God Poseidon inspected Big Head God King Tang’s memories and granted him the Sea God Eight Trials, though he refused to give him the Nine Trials. When Tang Hao and Tang San went to begin their tests, Tang San spotted Luo Qian climbing Sea God Mountain’s white jade stairs.

• Sea God Poseidon confirmed Tang San’s memories were real but judged that he could not inherit the Sea Godhood in this world.
• Sea God Poseidon granted Tang San the Sea God Eight Trials and said he might consider the Nine Trials if Tang San stopped Spirit Hall from unifying the continent.
• Bo Saixi ordered Seastar Douluo to take Tang Hao and Tang San to Seastar City and arrange their next steps.
• Tang Hao chose to begin the Crossing Sea God’s Light test immediately, and Seastar Douluo led him and Tang San to Sea God Mountain.
• Tang San recognized Luo Qian climbing the stairs before Sea God Hall and wondered why she was on Sea God Island.

Rakshasa God Bibi Dong met Tang San and Tang Hao on Sea God Island, then learned Tang San had received only the Red Level Eight Trials. Meanwhile, Qian Xunji hunted the fleeing Evil Orca clan with his Golden Dragon Spear, leaving their escape in doubt.

• Seastar Douluo explained to Tang San and Tang Hao that Luo Qian was taking the Red Level Eight Trials and left to guard Seastar Holy Pillar.
• Bibi Dong failed to climb enough steps during her first trial and was thrown from Sea God's Light.
• Bibi Dong greeted Tang San and claimed she had come to Sea God Island to grow strong enough to protect Yu Xiao Gang and the surviving Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Tang San told Bibi Dong that he had received the Red Level Eight Trials, prompting her to believe she still had a chance against him.
• Qian Xunji pursued the Evil Orca clan through the sea territory, repeatedly firing Void Piercing Devouring Spear and shooting down its members.

Qian Xunji slaughtered the Evil Orca clan and absorbed its vitality and Soul Power, raising his Dark Silence Returning to Emptiness cultivation to level ninety-seven. He then killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, reached the technique’s great completion realm, and condensed the Dark Silence Core.

• Qian Xunji hunted the fleeing Evil Orcas, absorbing their power until the clan was reduced to fewer than a hundred.
• The Evil Orca King led the survivors in a charge toward the sea surface, where Qian Xunji unleashed Ten Thousand Shadows Devouring Spear and killed more than seventy of them.
• Qian Xunji killed the Evil Orca King and stunned the remaining Orcas with Golden Dragon Soul Suppression Roar before killing them, reaching level ninety-seven.
• Qian Xunji flew to the Demon Whale Sea Area and killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, raising his cultivation to the great completion realm beyond level ninety-nine.
• Qian Xunji condensed a pitch-black Dark Silence Core within his lower abdomen.

After ascending the dark and water elements to godhood and strengthening his Soul Rings and Soul Bones, Qian Xunji returned to Spirit City. He reunited with his family, gave Chihiro Frost Soul Bones he had created, and learned that Spirit Hall had expanded its territory amid the continent’s ongoing war.

• Qian Xunji ascended the dark element to godhood, then raised all his Soul Rings and Soul Bones to a million years while hunting Sea Soul Beasts.
• Qian Xunji perfected Great One Gives Birth to Water, condensed a Water Element Core, and gained a Bone Weapon skill after the Lapis Lazuli Supreme Bone absorbed an 180,000-year-old Deep Sea Shapeshifter.
• Qian Xunji returned to Spirit City, where Chihiro Frost complained that he had missed her Spirit Awakening ceremony.
• Qian Xunji gave Chihiro Frost Ice Fire Dragon King arm bones he had created, then showed his family the other Soul Bones he could reproduce.
• Chihiro Yuki told Qian Xunji that Spirit Hall had occupied several kingdoms and parts of Heaven Dou Empire territory while the continent remained at war.

Qian Xunji planned to use a renewed assembly of the sects to build support for Spirit Hall founding a nation. In Spirit City, Zhu Zhuqing befriended Little Wu and suspected Spirit Hall’s Tang San was her former Third Brother, while Oscar recognized Zhu Zhuqing but chose not to approach her yet.

• Qian Xunji told Chihiro Yuki and Qian Ren Han to spread support for Spirit Hall founding a nation and to convene an assembly to reelect the Three Upper Sects and Four Lower Sects.
• Spirit Hall publicized the need to reelect the sects, citing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s destruction, the Clear Sky Sect’s retreat, and the people’s suffering under Evil Spirit Masters.
• Zhu Zhuqing joined Spirit City Junior Soul Master Academy under the alias Lin Qingzhu and learned that Qian Xunji had adopted Tang San and Little Wu.
• Zhu Zhuqing befriended Little Wu and concluded that she was not reborn, while she suspected Spirit Hall’s Tang San was the Third Brother from her memories.
• Oscar recognized Zhu Zhuqing as a fellow reborn person but decided not to reveal himself after Ning Rongrong had rejected him.
• Oscar recalled that he had obtained his fourth soul skill and a Mirror Shadow Beast Skull, and believed he could become the Food God and still marry Ning Rongrong.

Qian Xunji chose to spread faith in his future Heavenly Emperor God Position while preparing to strengthen his family and Spirit Hall. In Spirit City, he recognized Zhu Zhuqing despite her new identity as Lin Qingzhu, while she met Tang San and wondered whether her memories belonged to this world.

• Qian Xunji planned to gather faith for his Heavenly Emperor God Position and continued cultivating by upgrading Soul Rings and feeding Evil Spirit Masters to the Jianmu Sapling.
• Qian Xunji encountered Little Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, whom he recognized as reborn despite her introduction as Lin Qingzhu, but he kept his discovery to himself.
• Little Wu took Zhu Zhuqing to meet Tang San, whom Zhu Zhuqing had long admired as her idol.
• After seeing Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing found that he looked unlike the Tang San from her past-life memories and questioned whether her Third Brother existed in this world.

Zhu Zhuqing gave up on pursuing Tang San after realizing he was closer to Ning Rongrong, and the Three Upper Sects and Four Lower Sects reselection tournament began in Spirit City’s outskirts. After a series of battles revealed several newly powerful Titled Douluo, six forces remained to compete for the available sect positions.

• Zhu Zhuqing concluded that Tang San resembled the Third Brother from her memories, but stopped trying to get close to him because he was cold toward her and had developed feelings for Ning Rongrong.
• Three months later, soul master families and sects gathered outside Spirit City, where Qian Xunji and other dignitaries attended the opening of the reselection tournament.
• Huo Tianfang defeated Kuang Ba Tian in the first match, and the Black Tortoise Turtle Family, Ice Phoenix Family, Wind Sword Sect, Fire Leopard Sect, and White Tiger Sect also defeated their opponents.
• Hu Yan Zhen and Tuo Ba Xi shocked spectators by revealing that they had become Titled Douluo and that their martial souls had evolved.
• Yang Wudi and Niu Gao also appeared as Titled Douluo; Niu Gao’s Plate Armor Rhinoceros had evolved into the Plate Armor Dragon Rhinoceros with Qian Xunji’s help.
• After successive rounds, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Elephant Armor Sect, Holy Dragon Sect, Breaking Soul Sect, Soul Control Sect, Wind Sword Sect, and Ice Phoenix Sect remained.

The reselection tournament determined the Three Upper Sects and Four Lower Sects, with Tuo Ba Xi and Hu Yan Zhen advancing alongside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Sword Douluo Chen Xin defeated both challengers, while Qian Xunji suspected Chen Xin had comprehended something from the Asura Demon Sword.

• Tuo Ba Xi won all five matches and ranked first, while Hu Yan Zhen ranked second, placing the Holy Dragon Sect and Elephant Armor Sect in the Three Upper Sects.
• Niu Gao, Yang Wudi, Shui Changtian, and Feng Bailong ranked third through sixth, determining the order of the Four Lower Sects.
• Tuo Ba Xi and Hu Yan Zhen chose to challenge Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Hu Yan Zhen fought first.
• Chen Xin overwhelmed Hu Yan Zhen with his Seven Kill Sword and defeated him with his eighth soul skill, Move Mountains and Fill Seas.
• Chen Xin then defeated Tuo Ba Xi, and Qian Xunji suspected that Chen Xin had comprehended something from the Asura Demon Sword.

At the Three Upper Sects and Four Lower Sects reelection assembly, Qian Xunji accepted Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s challenge and overwhelmed him with Holy Sun Divine Power. After shattering Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword True Body with a flick, Qian Xunji returned to his seat as the crowd marveled at his strength.

• The Red-Clad Archbishop announced that Chen Xin’s victories over Hu Yanzhen and Tuo Ba Xi had made the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the head of the Three Upper Sects.
• Chen Xin challenged Qian Xunji, who accepted and rose into the air to face him.
• Chen Xin unleashed his Seven Kill Sword True Body and Ninth Soul Skill, but Qian Xunji’s Holy Sun Divine Power purified the sword qi and stopped his advance.
• Qian Xunji flicked the Seven Kill Sword True Body, shattering it and sending the injured Chen Xin crashing back toward the ground.
• Qian Xunji praised Chen Xin’s strength, declared that he had transcended the Soul Master Path, and returned to his seat as the crowd watched in shock.

Qian Xunji defeated Sword Douluo Chen Xin with ease, then used a wave of support from sects and commoners to promote Spirit Hall establishing a nation. The continent’s nobles and rulers recognized Spirit Hall’s political maneuvering, while the commoners’ petitions continued to pour into Spirit City.

• Qian Xunji shattered Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword True Body with a finger, leaving Ning Fengzhi despairing and considering an alliance with Spirit Hall through Ning Rongrong and Tang San.
• The reselection conference named the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Holy Dragon Sect, and Elephant Armor Sect as the Three Upper Sects, and the Soul Control Sect, Breaking Soul Sect, Ice Phoenix Sect, and Wind Sword Sect as the Four Lower Sects.
• The Holy Dragon Sect, Elephant Armor Sect, Soul Control Sect, Breaking Soul Sect, Ice Phoenix Sect, and Wind Sword Sect petitioned Qian Xunji to establish a nation and lead Spirit Hall in protecting the continent’s commoners.
• Qian Xunji publicly refused the petition, claiming Spirit Hall lacked the merit to establish a nation, which made commoners trust Spirit Hall even more.
• Commoners across the continent submitted petitions urging Spirit Hall to establish a nation and Qian Xunji to become emperor, while nobles stayed silent and the rulers of kingdoms and the two great empires grew furious.

Qian Xunji refused a growing movement calling for Spirit Hall to found a nation, while his allies used petitions to publicize Spirit Hall’s deeds and build public support. Ning Fengzhi brought Ning Rongrong to Spirit City to propose her engagement to Tang San and secure the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s alliance, but Qian Xunji said he would first ask his son’s opinion.

• The Holy Dragon, Elephant Armor, Soul Control, Breaking Soul, Ice Phoenix, and Wind Sword Sects petitioned for Spirit Hall to establish a nation, and Qian Xunji refused, citing his lack of virtue and ability.
• The sects praised Spirit Hall’s service to the continent, prompting commoners to submit a second wave of petitions supporting its rule.
• After witnessing Qian Xunji defeat Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should side with Spirit Hall and proposed an engagement between Ning Rongrong and Tang San.
• Ning Fengzhi traveled to Spirit City with Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong, offering the marriage alliance and his sect’s support for Spirit Hall.
• Qian Xunji welcomed the proposal but said he would not interfere in his children’s relationships without first asking Tang San what he wanted.

Qian Xunji asked Tang San whether he would accept an engagement to Ning Rongrong, and Tang San agreed. Their families witnessed the engagement, and Ning Rongrong gained a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda after taking a pill from Qian Xunji; news of the engagement and an alliance between Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect then spread through Spirit City.

• Qian Xunji summoned Tang San and asked whether he wanted to become engaged to Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San agreed, and Qian Xunji assured him he would not have forced him to accept.
• Qian Xunji gathered their family members as witnesses while Tang San and Ning Rongrong became engaged.
• Qian Xunji gave Ning Fengzhi two pills made from Aromatic Silk Beauty as a bride price, and Ning Rongrong thanked him as her new father.
• Ning Rongrong took a pill, advanced from level forty-six to level fifty, and evolved her martial soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• News of the engagement and the alliance between Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect spread throughout Spirit City.

Oscar left Spirit Hall to seek out Tang San after learning that Ning Rongrong had become engaged to him, and he reunited with Dai Mubai in Heaven Dou Imperial City. Their conversation left Dai Mubai wondering whether Zhu Zhuqing had also been reborn.

• Zhu Zhuqing learned that Tang San and Ning Rongrong were engaged and wondered whether Ning Rongrong had been reborn.
• Oscar was devastated by Ning Rongrong's engagement and decided to defect from Spirit Hall to find Tang San.
• Oscar traveled to Heaven Dou Imperial City and spotted Dai Mubai selling fruit tanghulu on the street.
• Dai Mubai took Oscar to a quiet alley and explained that he was selling tanghulu because he had run short of money.
• Oscar learned Dai Mubai had come to find Tang San and asked why Zhu Zhuqing had not come with him.
• Dai Mubai realized that Zhu Zhuqing might also have been reborn.

Dai Mubai learned from Oscar that Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San had also been reborn, and discovered that Tang San was the deformed son of Tang Hao. After learning Tang San had gone to Sea God Island, Dai Mubai and Oscar set out to find him and pursue the island’s trials.

• Dai Mubai explained to Oscar that he had left Star Luo Imperial City without Zhu Zhuqing because he thought she had not been reborn.
• Oscar told Dai Mubai that Zhu Zhuqing was in Spirit City and that Tang San and Ning Rongrong had also been reborn.
• Dai Mubai learned that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, despite his drastically changed appearance, and Oscar warned him not to insult Tang San’s looks.
• Oscar led Dai Mubai to Tang Yuehua, who confirmed their friendship with Tang San after seeing Oscar’s sleeve arrow.
• Tang Yuehua told them Tang San had gone to Sea God Island with Tang Hao, and Dai Mubai and Oscar decided to follow him there.

Dai Mubai and Oscar reached Sea God Island and passed Sea Mirage Douluo’s trial to undergo the Sea God test. Dai Mubai received only a Purple Level Two Test instead of the Black Level Six Test he remembered, leaving him furious and unwilling to accept it.

• Dai Mubai and Oscar traveled from Heaven Dou Imperial City to Sea God Island, flying over the Demon Soul Great White Shark Sea Area.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar told the island patrol that they wanted to join Sea God Island, and Sea Mirage Douluo agreed to test them.
• Dai Mubai crossed the Sea in the Sea and reached the central platform, followed by Oscar using his copied soul skills.
• Sea Mirage Douluo activated the Sea Serpent Sacred Pillar, which gave Dai Mubai a Purple Level Two Test.
• Dai Mubai became furious when his test rank fell far short of the Black Level Six Test he remembered from his previous life.

Oscar and Dai Mubai reached Sea God Island and reunited with Tang San, who was attempting the Crossing Sea God's Light test. Oscar told Tang San about the shifting alliances and Ning Rongrong’s engagement, leaving the three men grieving and resentful over their wives.

• Dai Mubai lamented receiving only the Purple Level Two test, while Oscar earned the Black Level Five Trials at the Sea Serpent Sacred Pillar.
• Oscar asked Sea Mirage Douluo about Tang San and learned that he was taking the Crossing Sea God's Light test at the Ring Sea.
• Oscar and Dai Mubai flew to Sea God Mountain, where their arrival distracted Tang San and caused him to be blasted from the stairs.
• Oscar told Tang San that he was leaving Spirit Hall because Ning Rongrong was engaged to Tang San from Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had allied with Spirit Hall.
• Oscar recounted the sect elections and alliances, and the three men grew furious and heartbroken over Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ah Yin, and Little Wu.

After the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect joined Spirit Hall’s supporters, Qian Xunji faced a growing campaign urging him to establish a nation and repeatedly hesitated rather than accept. The chapter ended with sect leaders and representatives gathered outside Spirit City demanding that he ascend as emperor, leaving Qian Xunji exasperated.

• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect allied with Spirit Hall and joined the sects petitioning Qian Xunji to establish a nation, prompting more nobles, families, and sects to support the proposal.
• Qian Xunji’s second response said Spirit Hall lacked experience and needed to consider the responsibility carefully, which supporters took as a sign to intensify their campaign.
• As letters and petitions poured into Spirit City, Qian Xunji again declined, calling Spirit Hall’s founding a nation an act of overstepping its bounds.
• Ning Fengzhi and the leaders of the Three Upper Sects and Four Lower Sects brought hundreds of representatives to Spirit City to urge Qian Xunji to become emperor.
• Qian Xunji arrived late, beat his chest in frustration, and lamented that everyone was making things difficult for him.

The Spirit Hall Empire was established and rapidly expanded as people across the continent requested to join it. On Sea God Island, Tang Hao and Big Head God King Tang completed their first three trials and gained major power increases, while Dai Mubai and Oscar passed their first trial; Big Head God King Tang then received the mission to destroy the Evil Orca Clan.

• The sect masters and representatives petitioned Qian Xunji to establish the Spirit Hall Empire, and the new empire won widespread support and expanded its territory.
• Tang Hao completed three Purple Level trials, reached level ninety-nine with all his Soul Rings at one hundred thousand years, and vowed to defeat Qian Xunji and reclaim Ah Yin.
• Big Head God King Tang completed his first three trials, reached level seventy-nine, and raised the ages of all his Soul Rings to more than one hundred thousand years.
• Bo Saixi and Poseidon modified Dai Mubai's trials, and Dai Mubai and Oscar passed the Crossing Sea God's Light trial together.
• The Sea God Pillars assigned Big Head God King Tang the Whale Shark Battle, ordering him to help the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan destroy the Evil Orca Clan and its king.