Chapter Summaries

Xue Tianmo challenged Sea Dragon Douluo at the final Sacred Pillar, facing the strongest guardian without initially releasing his Martial Soul. He defeated Sea Dragon Douluo’s powerful self-created Soul Skill with the Emperor’s Sword, leaving the guardian badly injured.

• Qian Renxue and Ice Empress accused Xue Tianmo of flirting with Sea Woman Douluo, while Snow Empress watched silently.
• Xue Tianmo reached the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar and accepted Sea Dragon Douluo’s challenge to prove his abilities.
• Sea Dragon Douluo released his sea dragon Martial Soul and warned that his Demon Break domain could nullify other domains, but Xue Tianmo still withheld his Martial Soul.
• Xue Tianmo and Sea Dragon Douluo collided with their physical strength, and Sea Dragon Douluo then demanded that Xue Tianmo withstand his next move to earn his acknowledgment.
• Sea Dragon Douluo unleashed his self-created Soul Skill, Ocean Impact, while Xue Tianmo summoned the Emperor’s Sword and used Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Unrivaled.
• Xue Tianmo’s sword pierced Sea Dragon Douluo’s attack and sent him crashing beneath the Sacred Pillar, badly wounded.

Xue Tianmo passed the fifth Sea God trial and received a God-given Soul Ring as his reward. Bo Saixi then announced that his sixth trial was to endure her attacks for the time it took an incense stick to burn, and Xue Tianmo accepted.

• Sea Dragon Douluo inscribed the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar, confirming Xue Tianmo had passed the fifth trial and increasing his Sea God affinity to fifty percent while awarding him a God-given Soul Ring.
• Sea Dragon Douluo congratulated Xue Tianmo and bowed to him, while Xue Tianmo returned the gesture.
• Bo Saixi appeared and praised Xue Tianmo for completing the first five trials in less than a year.
• Bo Saixi revealed that the sixth trial required Xue Tianmo to endure her attacks for the time it took an incense stick to burn, alarming Qian Renxue, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Sea Dragon Douluo.
• Xue Tianmo accepted the trial, and Bo Saixi told him he had three days to begin before she departed.

Xue Tianmo began his sixth trial by facing Bo Saixi and endured her attacks with his sword and spiritual strength. After Bo Saixi released her Sea God martial soul, Xue Tianmo realized he would need to release his own to withstand her for the full incense-burning time.

• Xue Tianmo absorbed his god-bestowed soul ring and gained the ninth soul skill, Ice Seal Sky Burial.
• Xue Tianmo arrived at the foot of Sea God Mountain, where Bo Saixi lit an incense stick and began the trial.
• Xue Tianmo's Emperor's Sword slash was dissolved by Bo Saixi's blue vortex.
• Bo Saixi struck Xue Tianmo with a spiritual attack, but he suppressed it and explained that spiritual attacks were ineffective against him.
• Bo Saixi released her Sea God martial soul and its eight black and one red soul rings, prompting Xue Tianmo to release his own martial soul.

Xue Tianmo and Bo Saixi fought to a draw in their strongest clash, completing his sixth Sea God trial and raising his Sea God affinity to seventy percent. He learned that his seventh trial was to pull out the Seagod's Trident, and Bo Saixi told him to meet her at the Sea God Hall when ready.

• Xue Tianmo revealed his Ice Frost Dragon Martial Soul and its four black and five golden Soul Rings, shocking Bo Saixi and the Seven Pillar Douluo.
• Xue Tianmo froze and shattered Bo Saixi's Raging Waves waterspouts, then used Imperial Sky Dragon Roar to pierce and destroy her Sea God's Gaze phantom.
• Bo Saixi summoned the Sea God and fused with its phantom, while Xue Tianmo answered with Ice Seal Sky Burial; their strongest attacks ended in a draw.
• Bo Saixi confirmed that Xue Tianmo had completed the sixth trial, and his Sea God affinity rose by twenty percent to a total of seventy percent.
• Xue Tianmo told Snow Empress, Qian Renxue, and the others that his seventh trial required him to pull out the Seagod's Trident.
• Bo Saixi told Xue Tianmo to come to the Sea God Hall when he was ready, then vanished.

Xue Tianmo entered the Sea God Hall and pulled the Sea God's Trident from its platform, completing the seventh trial of the Sea God's Nine Trials. The Sea God's Trident acknowledged him, and his Sea God affinity rose to 85%.

• Xue Tianmo climbed Sea God Mountain with Snow Empress and the other girls, where the Seven Pillar Douluo escorted him into the Sea God Hall.
• Bo Saixi began Xue Tianmo's seventh trial and directed him toward the Sea God's Trident.
• Xue Tianmo used Sea God's Light and all his strength to pull the Sea God's Trident free as its patterns awakened and the hall and island shook.
• The Sea God's Trident released a sacred radiance that prompted the Seven Pillar Douluo, Sea God Island's residents, and sea spirit beasts to worship.
• Xue Tianmo completed the seventh trial, gained the Sea God's Trident's acknowledgment, and increased his Sea God affinity to 85%.

Xue Tianmo learned that his eighth Sea God trial required him to gather six soul bones of at least one hundred thousand years and kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, then set out from Sea God Island with his companions. Meanwhile, Tang San completed the Infernal Road in Slaughter City and gained Divine Slaughter's Domain.

• Xue Tianmo examined his eighth trial and realized he already had four soul bones, leaving him to find two leg bones and kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King within five years.
• Xue Tianmo told Snow Empress and Qian Renxue about the trial, and Bo Saixi wished him luck before he left Sea God Island.
• Xue Tianmo and his companions rode Demon Soul Great White Sharks back from Sea God Island, while Qian Renxue worried about the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Tang San reached Slaughter City after Tang Hao's death, won one hundred battles in the Slaughter Arena, and entered the Infernal Road.
• Tang San defeated the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, endured Yellow Springs Road, and escaped with Divine Slaughter's Domain.

Tang San learned the truth about Tang Chen and set out for the Clear Sky Sect to grow stronger before killing Xue Tianmo. Meanwhile, Xue Tianmo went to the Demon Whale Sea Domain to face the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who recognized him as the Sea God's inheritor and threatened to devour him.

• Tang Chen told Tang San how the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King had possessed him, gave him the Asura Blood Sword, and revealed the Clear Sky Sect's location.
• Tang San vowed to return to the Clear Sky Sect, become a Titled Douluo, and kill Xue Tianmo.
• Xue Tianmo asked Xiao Bai to lead him to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, despite her warning that the beast was exceptionally powerful.
• Xue Tianmo and his companions reached the Demon Whale Sea Domain, where the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King rose from the sea to confront them.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King recognized Xue Tianmo as the Sea God's inheritor and said he would try to devour him.

Xue Tianmo used the Sea God's Trident and the Golden Thirteen Halberds to defeat and kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. Xiao Bai and Qian Renxue were left stunned by the display of his strength.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked Xue Tianmo with a blue energy beam, but Xue Tianmo blocked it with Never Return.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King struck with his tail, and Xue Tianmo blasted him backward with Sun of the Sea.
• Xue Tianmo hit the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with Unsettled Waves, immobilizing him for eight seconds.
• Xue Tianmo used Man and trident as one, Star Shift, pierced the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's chest, and killed him.
• Xiao Bai gaped at the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's death, while Qian Renxue reflected on how much Xue Tianmo's strength had grown.

Xue Tianmo killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, absorbed its soul ring, and returned to the continent with Qian Renxue and the others. Near Heaven Dou Imperial City, they learned that Spirit Hall had become the Spirit Hall Empire under Bibi Dong, who had begun expanding her power.

• Snow Empress and Ice Empress were shaken by Xue Tianmo's strength after he killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Xue Tianmo absorbed the whale's soul ring into his Emperor's Sword Martial Soul and stored its torso soul bone in his Ice Spirit Ring.
• Snow Empress embraced Xue Tianmo, while he hoped to confess to her again after reaching Titled Douluo; Qian Renxue, Ice Empress, and Xiao Bai congratulated him.
• Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks escorted Xue Tianmo and the others back to the continent, where Qian Renxue worried about Heaven Dou's political situation.
• Xue Tianmo and his companions learned that Spirit Hall had become the Spirit Hall Empire, with Bibi Dong as emperor, after its allies submitted a memorial requesting that it govern Soul Masters.
• Qian Renxue realized that Bibi Dong had begun her campaign to unify the continent.

Xue Tianmo returned to Skywater Academy and later took Shui Bing'er and the others to Ancient Scar Hills, where Liu Erlong and Flender ambushed him to avenge Yu Xiaogang. Xue Tianmo easily shattered Liu Erlong's attack and pierced her with an Ice Crystal sword, leaving her frozen in place.

• Xue Tianmo returned to Skywater Academy with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, and Shui Bing'er, Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Yue'er, and the other beauties welcomed him.
• Liu Erlong demanded that Flender help avenge Yu Xiaogang, then learned that the Snow Empress and Ice Empress were away from Xue Tianmo.
• Flender and Liu Erlong gathered their allies, brought Yu Xiaogang, and went to Ancient Scar Hills to attack Xue Tianmo.
• Xue Tianmo sensed the group approaching as Shui Bing'er and the others gathered beside him, and he dismissed the attackers as too weak to threaten him.
• Liu Erlong unleashed her Bloodthirsty Flames soul skill, but Xue Tianmo's Ice Crystal sword shattered the flames and pierced her body, coating her in ice.

Xue Tianmo killed Liu Erlong, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang, then traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to find the soul bones he needed. He slew the Titan Giant Ape in a single attack, leaving his hunt for the remaining soul bones underway.

• Xue Tianmo shattered Liu Erlong and cleaved Flender into ice crystals after Flender attacked him in rage.
• Xue Tianmo killed Yu Xiaogang, and the others fled in terror.
• After returning to Skywater Academy, Xue Tianmo set out with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to find the left and right leg soul bones he lacked.
• Xue Tianmo entered the Star Dou Great Forest and told the Titan Giant Ape that he had come to kill it.
• Xue Tianmo used the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique to kill the Titan Giant Ape with one strike.

Xue Tianmo killed the Sky Azure Bull Python, completed the Sea God's Eighth Trial, and captured Xiao Wu while traveling through the Star Dou Great Forest. He and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress headed toward the Lake of Life to meet Gu Yuena as Wang Qiu'er learned they were coming.

• Xue Tianmo absorbed the Titan Giant Ape as a soul ring and gained its left leg soul bone.
• Xue Tianmo killed the Sky Azure Bull Python, obtained its right leg soul bone, and completed the Eighth Trial, raising his Sea God affinity to ninety-five percent.
• Xue Tianmo told the Snow Empress and Ice Empress that his final trial required him to obtain the Sea God's inheritance and divine position.
• The Snow Empress captured Xiao Wu, and Xue Tianmo told her to spare Xiao Wu's life.
• The Ice Empress suggested visiting Gu Yuena, and the group set off for the Lake of Life.
• Gu Yuena said Xue Tianmo was more important than the two Hundred Thousand Year soul beasts he had killed, while Wang Qiu'er excitedly realized he was approaching.

Xue Tianmo stayed at the Lake of Life, where Gu Yuena urged him to become a god and help her, while their flirtatious exchange left her flustered. Elsewhere, Bibi Dong vowed to avenge Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San returned to the Clear Sky Sect after learning Tang Hao was dead.

• Xue Tianmo told Gu Yuena he had killed the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, and she welcomed him and his companions to stay at the Lake of Life.
• Wang Qiu'er joined Xue Tianmo by the lake, and he told her he had missed her before she left.
• Gu Yuena urged Xue Tianmo to become a god so he could help her, then fled after he called her beautiful.
• Bibi Dong learned that Xue Tianmo had killed Yu Xiaogang and vowed to kill him once she completed the Rakshasa God's trial.
• Tang San returned to the Clear Sky Sect after learning its location from Tang Chen, and the sect was shocked to hear Tang Hao had died.

Tang San learned that Xue Tianmo had killed Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong, and vowed to take revenge after becoming the Asura God. Meanwhile, Xue Tianmo celebrated his breakthrough with the Ice Empress, and the chapter ended the next morning after they spent the night together.

• Tang San mourned Yu Xiaogang and blamed Xue Tianmo for killing him, Flender, Liu Erlong, and Tang Hao.
• Tang San decided to wait until he became the Asura God before settling his scores with Xue Tianmo.
• Xue Tianmo and his companions traveled to Silvis City after he completed the eighth Sea God trial by obtaining two hundred-thousand-year soul bones.
• The Ice Empress brought liquor to Xue Tianmo's room, asked whether he had feelings for her sister, and then asked if he liked her.
• The Ice Empress kissed Xue Tianmo, and they spent the night together.
• The next morning, the Ice Empress affectionately kissed Xue Tianmo on the forehead before leaving him in bed.

Xue Tianmo confessed to the Snow Empress, who accepted his feelings but asked him to slow down. The next day, Ning Fengzhi and the survivors of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect arrived at Skywater Academy seeking to join, and Ning Rongrong challenged the academy's refusal to accept the men in their group.

• Xue Tianmo returned to Skywater Academy with the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, and Xiao Wu, then reunited with Shui Bing'er, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others.
• Unable to sleep, Xue Tianmo visited the Snow Empress and confessed that he loved her, and she accepted him.
• Xue Tianmo kissed the Snow Empress, but she stopped him from taking things further, so he left her room content that she had agreed to be with him.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke Xue Tianmo and told him that Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Junhong, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong had arrived to join Skywater Academy.
• Ning Rongrong protested that Xue Tianmo was allowed to attend the academy while Oscar and the other men were being turned away.

Ning Rongrong confronted Xue Tianmo over his place at Skywater Academy and accused him of taking advantage of the women around him. Xue Tianmo killed her, defeated Chen Xin and Gu Rong, and then annihilated Ning Fengzhi’s soul, leaving the gathering at Skywater Academy stunned by his Peerless Douluo power.

• Ning Rongrong challenged Shui Ruoling’s decision to let Xue Tianmo stay at Skywater Academy, and Xue Tianmo’s aura forced Chen Xin and Gu Rong’s pressure back.
• Ning Rongrong insulted Xue Tianmo and accused him of pursuing Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress, so Xue Tianmo killed her with an Extreme Ice attack.
• Ning Fengzhi vowed revenge as Chen Xin and Gu Rong attacked Xue Tianmo with their soul skills while Ning Fengzhi boosted them with his Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Xue Tianmo revealed his Frost Dragon Martial Soul Possession and level 99 Peerless Douluo power, then used his domain to disable soul skills and shred Chen Xin and Gu Rong with wind blades.
• Xue Tianmo struck Ning Fengzhi with Void Sea Divine Light and annihilated his soul.

Xue Tianmo wiped out the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and set out for Sea God Island to complete his inheritance. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong began preparing for a soul hunt, and Tang San learned of his allies’ deaths and Xiao Wu’s capture, deepening his resolve to kill Xue Tianmo.

• Xue Tianmo killed Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Junhong, destroying the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xue Tianmo stayed at Skywater Academy for several days, then left for Sea God Island with Snow Empress and Ice Empress while Xiao Wu remained under spiritual control at the academy.
• Bibi Dong awoke after cultivating both martial souls to the Titled Douluo level and headed to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt souls for her Rakshasa trial.
• Tang Xiao gave Tang San the Clear Sky Token, and Tang San continued refining the Asura divine power in the Asura Blood Sword.
• Tang Xiao told Tang San that Xue Tianmo had killed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s members and taken Xiao Wu, and Tang San swore revenge.

Xue Tianmo returned to Sea God Island after completing the eighth trial and began the Sea God’s inheritance. As Bo Saixi initiated the ninth trial, Xue Tianmo heard the Sea God’s announcement that the inheritance had begun.

• Tang Xiao warned Tang San that Xue Tianmo had defeated Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, and Tang San vowed to kill him when they met again.
• Xue Tianmo traveled to Sea God Island with Snow Empress and Ice Empress, where Xiao Bai welcomed him and learned he had completed the eighth trial.
• Xue Tianmo arrived on Sea God Island, and Bo Saixi led him to Sea God Hall to begin the final trial.
• The Seven Pillar Douluo knelt to bid farewell to Bo Saixi, whose role in beginning the inheritance required her sacrifice.
• Bo Saixi invoked the Sea God’s power and questioned Xue Tianmo about his duties; he pledged to protect the sea and its people.
• Bo Saixi pointed her scepter at Xue Tianmo’s forehead, and the Sea God announced that the ninth trial, the Sea God Inheritance, had begun.

Bo Saixi sacrificed herself to open the Sacred Gate and send Xue Tianmo into the Sea God's domain. After the Sea God assured Xue Tianmo that Bo Saixi's soul would live on in the God Realm, he began the inheritance trial.

• Bo Saixi shattered her scepter and soul rings, sacrificing herself to open the Sacred Gate for Xue Tianmo.
• Bo Saixi urged Xue Tianmo to accept the Sea God's final trial before vanishing in golden flames.
• Xue Tianmo entered a blue underwater realm and passed through the barrier to the Sea God Hall using the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Xue Tianmo met the Sea God and refused to kneel, saying he had come for the inheritance, not to serve him.
• The Sea God explained that Bo Saixi's soul would gain eternal life in the God Realm, then sent Xue Tianmo into the inheritance trial.

Xue Tianmo completed the Sea God's Seven Emotions Trial and inherited the Sea God position. He emerged from Sea God Hall as the new Sea God and revealed his return to the creatures of the sea.

• Xue Tianmo restrained his anger at Xiao Bai's suffering, remained unmoved by visions of his past and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and faced the trial of fear without wavering.
• Xue Tianmo passed the Trials of Love, Desire, and Joy, completing the Sea God's Ninth Trial.
• The Sea God's voice declared Xue Tianmo perfectly compatible with the divine position, increased his soul rings' ages, and transformed his soul bones into the Sea God Armor.
• Xue Tianmo emerged from Sea God Hall with the Sea God's Divine Power and raised the Sea God's Trident, sending a blue-gold pillar of light into the sky.
• The Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo and Sea God Island's residents knelt to Xue Tianmo, while Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks surfaced to witness the Sea God's return.