Chapter Summaries

Tang San completed the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and used Yu Xiaogang’s connections to present it to Ning Fengzhi, hoping to trade hidden-weapon technology for the resources he needed. Ning Fengzhi saw its potential, and Tang San proposed an equal partnership with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Tang San finished the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and demonstrated its power to Yu Xiaogang, who urged him to approach the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yu Xiaogang arranged for Tang San to meet Ning Fengzhi five days later.
• Tang San demonstrated the crossbow by driving sixteen bolts into a thick bluestone wall, impressing Ning Fengzhi.
• Tang San offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect his weapon blueprints and technology in exchange for a share of the proceeds.
• Tang San proposed that he supply the core technology while the sect provided materials, craftsmen, and connections, with profits split evenly.

Tang San secured a place as a guest elder in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Yu Xiaogang left after being pushed aside as his teacher. Meanwhile, Tang Hao returned to Slaughter City after finding no trace of the Tang Sect in the Far North and recognized Spirit Hall’s free cultivation manual as the Mysterious Heaven Skill under another name.

• Tang San revealed his twin martial souls to Ning Fengzhi, who agreed to fund his hidden weapons and offered him a guest elder position with guidance from Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to introduce Tang San to his six-year-old daughter, Ning Rongrong, who then entered the hall and tried out Tang San’s Crossbow Case.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang not to visit him for now, and Yu Xiaogang left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in silence.
• Tang Hao entered Slaughter City using his Divine Slaughter's Domain and Identity Token after returning from his fruitless search for the Tang Sect in the Far North.
• Tang Hao read Spirit Hall’s free Angel Sacred Guidance Skill and recognized it as the Tang Sect’s Mysterious Heaven Skill under a different name.

Tang Hao went to Slaughter City to ambush Qian Renxue and recruited Yang Wushuang to tell him when she returned. Yang Wushuang secretly alerted Spirit Hall, then fed Tang Hao's confidence while pretending to be his ally.

• Tang Hao chose Slaughter City as the place to ambush Qian Renxue, believing his home-ground advantage would let him defeat her attendants.
• Tang Hao met Yang Wushuang at the Hell Slaughter Arena and asked him to find out when Qian Renxue would return.
• Yang Wushuang pretended to agree to help Tang Hao and claimed Qian Renxue had forced him to manage Slaughter City.
• Yang Wushuang secretly sent a message to Spirit Hall, hoping Tang Hao's ambush would earn him an official elder position.
• Yang Wushuang brought Tang Hao food and wine, praised his strength, and promised to alert him when Qian Renxue returned.

Qian Renxue passed the first Sea God trial by climbing through tenfold Sea God's Light, with Cheng Ran using the Asura Holy Sword to carry her past the final steps. She broke through to Rank 96, received five percent Sea God affinity, and learned the second trial's rules: cross the Ring Sea without killing its sea soul beasts or using soul ring skills or divine artifacts.

• Qian Renxue used defensive and enhancement skills, then Angel Domain and Divine Slaughter's Domain, to climb through the Sea God's Light.
• When Qian Renxue faltered near the final thirteen steps, Cheng Ran took control of the Asura Holy Sword and cut a path through the barrier.
• Qian Renxue rode the Asura Holy Sword to the platform, passed the first trial, and advanced to Rank 96.
• The Sea God granted Qian Renxue five percent Sea God affinity, and Bo Saixi explained the second trial's restrictions and ten-year time limit.
• Qian Renxue resolved to cross the Ring Sea and obtain the Sea God's Light so she could help Cheng Ran form a physical body.

Qian Renxue tried to cross the Ring Sea but was driven back by Arrowfish, so Cheng Ran took over her body and disguised himself as Bo Saixi to cross the water on Xiao Bai. The disguise fooled Xiao Bai, though she noticed that the fake High Priestess smelled different.

• Qian Renxue entered the Ring Sea, where the water drained her Soul Power and a school of Arrowfish surrounded her.
• Qian Renxue used Light Wing Protection to escape the Arrowfish and return to shore, while Bo Saixi sensed the encounter and left after deciding Qian Renxue would not pass the trial soon.
• After Bo Saixi had been gone for over half an hour, Cheng Ran took control of Qian Renxue's body and used Angel Disguise to imitate Bo Saixi.
• Cheng Ran called Xiao Bai to the Ring Sea, claimed he was inspecting a possible undersea volcano, and persuaded her to carry him across.
• Xiao Bai obeyed Cheng Ran's commands but remarked that the disguised Bo Saixi's aura felt warmer and her perfume smelled like a sweet-smelling girl.

Qian Renxue passed the Second Trial by exploiting a loophole and learned that her Third Trial would require two years of enduring the waves on the Sinking Silver Pillar. Meanwhile, Tang Hao learned she was heading to Slaughter City and prepared to avenge Ah Yin.

• Bo Saixi and the Sea God realized that Qian Renxue had passed the Ring Sea by having Xiao Bai carry Cheng Ran disguised as Bo Saixi, since the rules only forbade Soul Ring skills and divine artifacts.
• Qian Renxue completed the Second Trial, increasing her Sea God affinity to ten percent, and Bo Saixi led her to Raging Wave Despair.
• Bo Saixi explained that Qian Renxue's Third Trial required twelve double-hours each day on the Sinking Silver Pillar for two years, and Qian Renxue asked to return in a few days to begin.
• In Slaughter City, Yang Wushuang told Tang Hao that Qian Renxue would soon visit, and Tang Hao resolved to kill her to avenge Ah Yin.

Qian Renxue learned that Tang Hao was waiting in Slaughter City and resolved to confront him herself, despite Qian Daoliu’s warnings. As she headed for the Hell Slaughter Arena, Tang Hao prepared to ambush her, believing she had arrived alone.

• Qian Renxue told Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan she would enter secluded cultivation for two years and asked Xiao Wu to keep watch for Saint Soul Grass.
• Qian Renxue read Yang Wushuang’s urgent letter warning that Tang Hao was hiding in Slaughter City and intended to harm her.
• Qian Renxue insisted on facing Tang Hao alone to avenge her father, and Qian Daoliu agreed while secretly sending Azure Luan and Guang Ling after her.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu she had dealt with Tang Chen and met Bo Saixi, leaving him surprised and pleased by Bo Saixi’s remarks about him.
• Tang Hao waited in Slaughter City, planned an ambush, and vowed to reunite with Tang San after killing Qian Renxue.
• Yang Wushuang told Tang Hao that Qian Renxue had arrived alone and was heading to the Hell Slaughter Arena.

Qian Renxue faced Tang Hao in the Hell Slaughter Arena and effortlessly endured his powerful Clear Sky Hammer techniques. She then returned the force she had absorbed in a sea of crimson flames, leaving Tang Hao shaken as she challenged him to do better.

• Tang Hao left with Yang Wushuang for the arena, while Yang Wushuang secretly sent a message to a guard.
• Qian Renxue and Tang Hao met in the arena, where Tang Hao accused her family of harming him and his wife.
• Tang Hao attacked with his first three soul skills and the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, but Qian Renxue blocked every blow without injury.
• Azure Luan Douluo and Light Feather Douluo recognized that Qian Renxue was absorbing much of Tang Hao's attack energy.
• Qian Renxue released the stored energy as Crimson Flame Furnace, forcing Tang Hao back and nearly making him drop his hammer.
• Qian Renxue unfurled her eight wings and declared Tang Hao too weak, leaving him facing her crimson flames.

Qian Renxue defeated Tang Hao with her Divine Slaughter's Domain and Angel Judgment after he unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer and detonated his Soul Rings. Wounded and desperate, Tang Hao tried to recruit Yang Wushuang to help him escape, but Yang Wushuang attacked him instead.

• Tang Hao released his Divine Slaughter's Domain and attacked Qian Renxue, but her Angel Descent wounded him and her stronger domain overwhelmed his.
• Tang Hao unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer and detonated several Soul Rings to power a massive strike.
• Qian Renxue used Angel Judgment to split Tang Hao's hammer and pierce his chest, leaving him badly wounded by the attack and its backlash.
• Tang Hao spotted Yang Wushuang and begged him to cover his escape in exchange for the Breaking Clan chief position.
• Yang Wushuang dropped Tang Hao's hand and threw several black objects toward his crotch.

Qian Renxue killed Tang Hao in Slaughter City after Yang Wushuang betrayed him, then rewarded Yang Wushuang with two of Tang Hao’s soul bones. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Tang San continued cultivating and making hidden weapons, unaware of his father’s death, while Ning Fengzhi considered him a future son-in-law for Ning Rongrong.

• Yang Wushuang revealed himself as Qian Renxue’s undercover agent and helped her capture Tang Hao, earning an appointment as Slaughter City’s external affairs steward.
• Qian Renxue killed Tang Hao, extracted all six of his soul bones, and gave Yang Wushuang the right arm and left leg bones.
• Tang San, now rank twenty-three, developed a new hidden weapon and dismissed a strange feeling that his father had died.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong praised Tang San’s cultivation and inventions, while Ning Fengzhi said he hoped Tang San would become Ning Rongrong’s husband.
• Ning Rongrong watched Tang San working in his room and privately admired how handsome he looked when focused.

During the two-year Tidal Body Tempering trial, Qian Renxue used Cheng Ran’s guidance to master the Angel Sacred Guidance Skill and Angel Holy Eyes, then broke through to rank ninety-seven. After the trial ended, Bibi Dong neared the completion of the Rakshasa God Trial and prepared to face Qian Renxue.

• Qian Renxue began the two-year Tidal Body Tempering trial, enduring relentless waves while Cheng Ran taught her to channel their force with the Angel Sacred Guidance Skill.
• Qian Renxue used moonlight and dawn’s purple energy to cultivate her Angel Holy Eyes and Sacred Guidance Skill, reaching the Mustard Seed Realm and the Sacred Guidance Skill’s ninth level over the following months.
• On the first day of the twenty-fourth month, Qian Renxue’s Angel Holy Eyes reached the Vastness Realm, allowing her to perceive Sea God Island and energy fluctuations through her mind’s eye.
• On the final day of the trial, Qian Renxue broke through to rank ninety-seven, and the Sea God announced that her affinity had risen to twenty percent and that she could begin the Fourth Trial.
• In Spirit City, Bibi Dong continued the Rakshasa God Trial’s Eighth Trial and resolved to obtain the Rakshasa Godhood before her three-year deadline, then challenge Qian Renxue’s Angel God.

Qian Daoliu learned that Qian Renxue had reached rank ninety-seven and prepared for the Three-Year Pact, while he heard troubling reports about Bibi Dong’s strange seclusion. Meanwhile, Yang Wushuang’s Slaughter Paradise flourished, and Tang San advanced to rank fifty-two, still feeling pressed for time because he compared himself with Qian Renxue.

• Qian Daoliu read that Qian Renxue was rank ninety-seven and nearing completion of her Third Trial, then praised her progress.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo confirmed the Three-Year Pact venue and invitations were ready, but warned Qian Daoliu that purple light and strange sounds came from Bibi Dong’s secret chamber while she had been absent for two months.
• Yang Wushuang reviewed Slaughter Paradise’s booming profits and ordered the remaining earnings sent to Spirit Hall while arranging more advertisements and monitoring a newly arrived wanted Titled Douluo.
• Yang Wushuang assigned seven escapees to be kept as practice for their returning master, as his staff recognized that business had improved at the cost of their conscience.
• Tang San completed all eighty-one strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and reached rank fifty-two after awakening his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline.
• Ning Rongrong worried that Tang San was sleeping too little, but Tang San thought of Qian Renxue and felt he still lacked time.

Tang San prepared to insult Qian Renxue, only to suffer a worse backlash, while Shrek Academy struggled with empty enrollment and Yu Xiaogang’s fading reputation. At Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu learned Bo Saixi might attend Qian Renxue’s ceremony and privately took it as a sign of hope.

• Tang San recalled learning that Qian Renxue had killed Tang Hao, then tried to insult her while evading her backlash, but a rusty arrow struck him and he blamed her for a triple hit.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed Shrek Academy’s lack of recruits, while Flender saw its few students and a dispirited Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Liu Erlong’s Blue Tyrant Academy was thriving and that his theories were outdated; Yu Xiaogang refused to visit Tang San and privately questioned his worth as a Grandmaster.
• Light Feather Douluo reported that several rulers and sect leaders would attend Qian Renxue’s ceremony, while the Clear Sky Sect had not replied.
• Qian Daoliu learned Bo Saixi might attend the ceremony and wrote in his notebook that she was considering him and giving him a chance.

Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu heard that Qian Renxue might soon return to face Bibi Dong, while a blond girl traveled toward Slaughter Paradise. After killing two wanted criminals who attacked a shopkeeper, the girl set off with a stolen promotional flyer and eager curiosity.

• Dugu Yan told Xiao Wu that Qian Renxue might return to fight Bibi Dong under their Three-Year Pact, and the girls planned to ask Dugu Bo to take them to watch.
• Dugu Bo brought herbs to the courtyard and said the Blue Silver Emperor was thriving and would soon yield another batch of life essence.
• A blond girl bought a map in Shattered Stone Town, where two criminals attacked the shopkeeper and threatened her.
• The girl killed both criminals with dragon-headed punches and paid the shopkeeper for the damage to his wall.
• Spirit Hall's law-enforcement soul masters identified the dead men as long-wanted Fallen Soul Masters, while the shopkeeper later prayed with an Angel Sacred Guidance Skill booklet.
• The girl reached a river outside town, read the stolen Slaughter Paradise flyer, and said it looked like fun.

Qian Renxue began her Fourth Trial, leading Xiao Bai and two hundred Demon Soul Great White Sharks to destroy the Evil Spirit Orca pod without losing a single shark. As the group headed into the deep sea, Bo Saixi read an invitation from Qian Daoliu whose increasingly intimate lines left her bewildered.

• Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall, collected the Saint Soul Grass from Qian Daoliu, and flew back to Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi revealed Qian Renxue's Fourth Trial: exterminate the Evil Spirit Orca pod, including the Evil Orca King, while ensuring no Demon Soul Great White Shark died.
• Cheng Ran explained how Qian Renxue could use Firepower Attraction, Holy Light Illumination, and her defensive skills to protect the sharks.
• Xiao Bai agreed to trust Qian Renxue and summoned two hundred Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
• Qian Renxue rode on Xiao Bai as the sharks set out for the deep sea, while Bo Saixi read Qian Daoliu's invitation, which Golden Crocodile Douluo and Azure Luan Douluo had embellished with flirtatious messages.

Qian Renxue led Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks in a battle against the Evil Spirit Orca pod, using her abilities to hold the orcas’ attention while the sharks attacked. She killed the Evil Orca King and wiped out the pod, then healed Xiao Bai’s clan, leaving them alive and grateful.

• Bo Saixi read Qian Daoliu’s invitation and hurried back after reacting with surprise and a smile.
• Qian Renxue entered the Evil Spirit Orca pod alone and used Firepower Attraction to draw the orcas’ attacks toward her.
• Qian Renxue signaled Xiao Bai, and two hundred Demon Soul Great White Sharks charged into the distracted pod.
• Qian Renxue killed the Evil Orca King with the Asura Holy Sword, and the remaining orcas fell into disarray.
• Xiao Bai’s clan defeated the remaining Evil Spirit Orcas, and Qian Renxue healed the sharks’ wounds with Holy Light Illumination.
• Xiao Bai thanked Qian Renxue after finding her clan alive and unscathed.

After the Sea God's Light reshaped Cheng Ran's spiritual form, he separated from Qian Renxue and then possessed her to absorb the Evil Orca King's hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. The attempt awakened Cheng Ran's own Martial Soul: the Gatling Bodhisattva.

• Bo Saixi watched Qian Renxue complete the Fourth Trial, and the Sea God granted her ten percent more affinity, bringing her total to thirty-five percent.
• The Sea God's Light gave Cheng Ran an independent spiritual form, and he considered whose body he might eventually use.
• Cheng Ran asked Qian Renxue to let him possess her and absorb the Soul Ring from the Evil Orca King's corpse.
• As Cheng Ran refined the Soul Ring, its power and the Sea God's Light awakened his first Martial Soul.
• A golden, six-armed Gatling Bodhisattva appeared behind Qian Renxue.

Cheng Ran revealed a strange second martial soul, the Gatling Bodhisattva, while possessing Qian Renxue, and gained two powerful soul skills after she finished absorbing the Evil Spirit Orca King’s soul ring. Qian Renxue collected the orca’s hundred-thousand-year soul bone and returned to Sea God Island as Cheng Ran fell into a deep slumber.

• Cheng Ran showed Qian Renxue his Gatling Bodhisattva martial soul and recited its bizarre sacred praises.
• Cheng Ran used the martial soul to fire a laser and discovered its two hundred-thousand-year soul skills: the Evil Spirit Orca Laser Cannon and Evil Spirit Orca Quantum Bullets.
• Bo Saixi watched through the screen of light and was shocked that Qian Renxue possessed a second martial soul as imposing as her angel martial soul.
• Cheng Ran took the Evil Orca King’s hundred-thousand-year left leg bone, then withdrew into Qian Renxue’s soul tool and fell asleep after asking her to feed it energy.
• Xiao Bai thanked Qian Renxue for avenging her clan, and Qian Renxue flew back toward the altar as the Demon Soul Great White Sharks bade her farewell and agreed to call her Big Sister.

Qian Renxue completed her fourth trial and, with Cheng Ran, set out to judge the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as the second of the world’s three great evils. Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa trial advanced and awakened a brutal presence within her, while Qian Renxue and Xiao Bai headed toward the whale’s territory.

• Qian Renxue completed her fourth trial, invited Bo Saixi to the Spirit Hall Grand Ceremony, and flew away from Sea God Island.
• Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa God Trial reached the final stage of its eighth trial, and a voice within her vowed to devour Qian Renxue; Hu Liena witnessed Bibi Dong vanish into the Secret Chamber.
• Cheng Ran taught Qian Renxue chants for Gatling Bodhisattva, and she felt a strange power rise within her.
• Cheng Ran told Qian Renxue to judge the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King next and explained that his rule over the sea and consumption of other soul beasts made him evil.
• Qian Renxue found Xiao Bai and asked her to guide them to the Demon Whale Sea Area; Xiao Bai warned that the whale’s power could exceed Bo Saixi’s, but Qian Renxue insisted she was confident.

Qian Renxue entered the Demon Whale Sea Area to carry out the Angel God’s trial and kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, but her strongest attacks barely harmed him. With Cheng Ran possessing her and lending her a Gatling martial soul, she wounded the whale and began driving him into a frenzy.

• Xiao Bai escorted Qian Renxue to the edge of the Demon Whale Sea Area, then retreated while Qian Renxue entered alone.
• Qian Renxue used Angel Domain to draw out the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and countered his opening attack with Angel Assault.
• Qian Renxue struck the whale with Heavenly Punishment Spear, but his hide withstood it as he emerged and declared his intent to devour her.
• Qian Renxue teleported beside the whale and hit him with Earthfire Rising Step, but his defenses barely yielded.
• Cheng Ran possessed Qian Renxue and told her to use the Gatling martial soul; Qian Renxue wounded the whale’s eye with a laser and peppered his body with demonic bullets.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s eye reddened, and the bullets’ effects made him grow increasingly frenzied.