Chapter Summaries

Li Ye continued searching for An Dong'er and sailed west toward Sea God Island, where he fought an eighty-thousand-year Demonic Flame Great Shark King. After obtaining its Soul Ring, he was left stranded at sea with his boat destroyed.

• Li Ye left Xilu City and bought a boat and nautical chart to search for Sea God Island and An Dong'er.
• While sailing west, Li Ye was attacked by an eighty-thousand-year Demonic Flame Great Shark King and called on Spear Old Demon to take control of his body.
• Spear Old Demon crippled the shark and left it helpless, then returned control of Li Ye's body.
• Li Ye killed the terrified Demonic Flame Great Shark King, absorbed its Soul Ring, and raised his Soul Power to level 63.
• The battle pulverized Li Ye's boat, so he waited until sunset and flew west with his Fire Phoenix Six Wings.

Li Ye reached Sea God Island after a difficult journey and received the Sea God's judgment. The Sea God denied him the Nine Trials but granted him the Red-Level Eight Trials, leaving Li Ye to begin his tests as Sea God Island's future Sea God Enshrined.

• After enduring storms and flying for more than a month, Li Ye reached the waters near Sea God Island and landed without being stopped by its Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
• Ou Ya, the Sea Horse Douluo, escorted Li Ye to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar after Li Ye said he had come to seek the Sea God Inheritance trials.
• Li Ye crossed Ou Ya's wall of water by freezing it into ice, impressing the Sea Horse Douluo with his strength.
• The Sea God's phantom appeared and declared Li Ye qualified for inheritance, but barred him from the Nine Trials and granted him the Red-Level Eight Trials instead.
• Li Ye accepted the trials and asked Spear Old Demon and Sword Old Ghost how strong he would need to become to defeat the Sea God.

Li Ye completed the First Trial of the Red-Level Eight Trials with ease, then spent nearly three months cultivating under the Sea God’s Light until he reached level seventy. Bo Saixi gave him a God-bestowed Soul Ring and explained that its age would depend on his ability.

• Bo Saixi introduced herself to Li Ye and led him to Sea God Mountain to demonstrate the First Trial.
• Li Ye climbed the required 136 steps using his martial souls and soul skills, completing the trial and earning a Soul Ring age increase and one Soul Power level.
• Li Ye asked about the Second Trial, and Bo Saixi told him to cultivate for a few months before she explained its requirements.
• After nearly three months under the Sea God’s Light, Li Ye reached level seventy and climbed to the 396th step without using his Seventh Soul Ring.
• Bo Saixi explained the God-bestowed Soul Ring reward and handed one to Li Ye.

Li Ye absorbed a God-bestowed Soul Ring until it reached 150,000 years, then began his Second Trial by crossing the Ring Sea Region without killing any Sea Soul Beasts. His fight with Xiao Bai escalated as she attacked him with her Demon Shark Domain, and he countered with a powerful spear thrust.

• Li Ye absorbed the God-bestowed Soul Ring until it reached 150,000 years, then stopped before the strain caused severe injuries.
• Li Ye told Bo Saixi he planned to leave Sea God Island temporarily to attend the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, and he spoke with her about Tang Chen.
• Li Ye entered the Ring Sea Region to complete his Second Trial, which required him to cross the water without killing any Sea Soul Beasts.
• Li Ye drove off the Sea Soul Beasts in his path until Xiao Bai confronted him and attacked with her Demon Shark Domain and Spiral Water Spikes.
• Li Ye used Tai Tan's Grip to withstand Xiao Bai's charge, then gathered his strength and thrust his spear at her.

Li Ye and Xiao Bai fought fiercely in the Ring Sea until their strongest attacks left them both badly injured and killed nearby Sea Soul Beasts. Bo Saixi healed them and suspended Li Ye’s trial for ten days, then allowed him and Xiao Bai to decide how to proceed.

• Li Ye used his enhanced spear techniques and Xiao Bai answered with her Demon Shark Domain, and their clash blasted a vast vacuum zone into the Ring Sea.
• The shockwave killed nearby Sea Soul Beasts, and Li Ye and Xiao Bai were both thrown nearly a thousand meters away with severe internal injuries.
• Bo Saixi arrived and used the Sea God’s Light to heal them, while Xiao Bai accused Li Ye of trying to kill her and admitted he had nearly defeated her.
• Bo Saixi told Li Ye he could not continue the trial for ten days because Sea Soul Beasts had died during the fight.
• Li Ye threatened to take Xiao Bai’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone, but Bo Saixi told him to stop frightening her and let the two of them work out the trial themselves.

Li Ye quickly completed the Sea God’s Second and Third Trials, then defeated Sea Horse Douluo Ou Ya in the Fourth Trial. During the Fifth Trial, his Ghost Possession overwhelmed Bo Saixi, but he collapsed afterward, leaving her to carry him to the Sea God Hall and worry over him.

• Li Ye completed the Second Trial, earning a Soul Power level and 2,000 years for each Soul Ring, then began the Third Trial at the Furious Sea Abyss.
• Bo Saixi obtained the Sea God’s permission for Li Ye to accumulate the required trial hours, and he finished a year’s worth of endurance in one hundred days.
• The Sea God rewarded Li Ye with another Soul Power level and 2,000 years for each Soul Ring, raising his Soul Power to level 78 and turning his third Soul Ring black.
• Li Ye chose Sea Horse Douluo Ou Ya for the Fourth Trial and defeated him in fewer than ten exchanges, earning the same rewards again.
• Li Ye flirted with Bo Saixi before beginning the Fifth Trial, then used Ghost Possession to overpower her during their fight.
• After the battle, Bo Saixi carried the motionless Li Ye to the Sea God Hall and worried as he muttered in pain.

After recovering from the backlash of his desolate power, Li Ye advanced to Soul Douluo and set out with Xiao Bai to avenge her younger brother by hunting the Evil Orca King. The Evil Orca King surrendered and sacrificed himself, becoming Li Ye’s Eighth Soul Ring.

• Bo Saixi prayed to the Sea God and used Sea God’s Light to ease Li Ye’s soul pain while he lay unconscious for ten days.
• Li Ye woke, completed his fifth trial, and advanced to Soul Douluo as the Sea God increased his Soul Power and Soul Ring ages.
• Bo Saixi advised Li Ye to hunt the Evil Orca King and told him to call her Sister Xixi instead of Senior.
• Li Ye asked Xiao Bai to help him avenge her younger brother, and she led him and her clan toward the Evil Spirit Orcas’ territory.
• Li Ye attacked and overwhelmed the Evil Orca King, who agreed to sacrifice himself and became Li Ye’s Eighth Soul Ring.

Li Ye returned to Heaven Dou City after reaching Soul Douluo and discovered that Shrek had entered the tournament without him. Tang San recognized him despite his changed appearance and caught him up on what had happened at Shrek, while the students welcomed him back and asked him to lead the team.

• Xiao Bai took Li Ye to the mainland after he asked to return home, giving him a conch so she could ferry him back to Sea God Island later.
• Li Ye arrived in Heaven Dou City and learned that Shrek had reached the Promotion Tournament in fifth place, but the team roster did not include him.
• The gate guards failed to recognize Li Ye because his appearance and voice had changed, but Tang San recognized him immediately.
• Tang San told Li Ye about his new Soul Ring and Soul Bone, Dai Mubai's change of heart, and the events involving Tai Long's family.
• Shrek's students gathered around Li Ye as Tang San and others recounted the past two years, and Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai asked him to demonstrate his strength and lead them to the championship.

Li Ye returned to Shrek Academy, demonstrated his unprecedented Soul Douluo strength, and founded the Night Emperor Pavilion with Tang San leading its Tang Sect branch. News of his return and plans spread through Heaven Dou City, prompting the major powers to prepare to meet him.

• Li Ye showed the Shrek students his Demonic Flame Spear and six black, two red soul rings, leaving them stunned before they celebrated his return.
• Flender held a bonfire party for Shrek’s 527 students and teachers, where Li Ye reunited affectionately with Liu Erlong and Xiao Wu.
• Li Ye told Yu Xiaogang how he had advanced to Soul Douluo, and Yu Xiaogang became emotional with relief that he had returned safely.
• Tang San agreed to join Li Ye’s Night Emperor Pavilion and lead its Tang Sect branch, which would make hidden weapons for the pavilion.
• Li Ye announced that the Night Emperor Pavilion was established and invited the Shrek students and teachers to join.
• News of Li Ye’s return and the pavilion’s founding spread across Heaven Dou City, and major powers sent people to gather information and planned visits.

Qian Renxue investigated Li Ye’s extraordinary cultivation and visited him disguised as Xue Qinghe, hoping to recruit him and learn his secret. Ning Rongrong also brought Ning Fengzhi and Sword Dao Chen Xin to meet Li Ye, who agreed to spar with Chen Xin.

• She Long reported Li Ye’s background and rapid rise in Soul Power to Qian Renxue, who suspected he had received a deity’s inheritance but could not explain his earlier cultivation speed.
• Li Ye gave Tang San two ten-thousand-year Soul Bones and promised to take him to the Far North for powerful Soul Rings once he grew stronger.
• Li Ye teased Tang San about his cultivation, and Tang San hurried off to train after Li Ye threatened to hit him.
• Ning Rongrong arrived with Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Xue Qinghe, who was Qian Renxue in disguise, and introduced them to Li Ye.
• Li Ye asked Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe for advice about establishing his sect and accepted Chen Xin’s offer to spar.

Li Ye sparred with Sword Douluo Chen Xin before a crowd of observers, overpowering him with his spear techniques. Chen Xin broke through to level 97 during the fight, but Li Ye’s final attack still blasted him into a mountain.

• Li Ye and Chen Xin began their spar as spectators from academies and major powers gathered around the valley.
• Li Ye pressured Chen Xin with his spear attacks until Chen Xin activated his Seven Kill Domain and Martial Soul Avatar, prompting Li Ye to use his own Avatar and enhancement skills.
• Chen Xin’s eighth Soul Skill clashed with Li Ye’s fifth Seven Desolate-Breaking form, and Li Ye then broke through Chen Xin’s nine sword formations with Heavenly Execution.
• Chen Xin gained insight under pressure and broke through to level 97, then knocked Li Ye’s spear back with two powerful slashes.
• Li Ye used his eighth Soul Skill, Evil Demon Heaven-Destroying Spear, but Chen Xin could not stop it even with Ning Fengzhi’s enhancements and was blasted into a mountain.

Li Ye defeated Chen Xin and accepted Xue Qinghe’s offer of a grand ducal title and Fasinuo Province. The chapter ended with Li Ye asking to enter the Promotion Tournament, leaving Xue Qinghe stunned and ignoring him.

• Chen Xin recovered enough to approach Li Ye after his defeat, while Ning Rongrong cried over his injuries.
• Chen Xin admitted Li Ye was stronger and accepted his loss, and Ning Fengzhi asked Li Ye to guide Ning Rongrong in cultivation.
• Xue Qinghe offered Li Ye a noble title and a fief, and Li Ye requested Fasinuo Province.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to arrange Li Ye’s investiture and invited him to watch the Promotion Tournament.
• Li Ye asked whether he could compete in the Promotion Tournament as a Shrek student, and Xue Qinghe nearly stumbled before pretending not to hear him.

Li Ye announced that the Night Emperor Pavilion and Shrek Academy would move to Fasinuo Province, then recruited a few allies and encouraged Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the Shi brothers. He invited Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to dinner, but their reactions left him baffled by their misunderstanding.

• Li Ye announced that Fasinuo Province would become the Night Emperor Pavilion’s territory and the new home of Shrek Academy, but most spectators showed little interest in joining.
• Dugu Yan brought Ye Lingling and the brothers Shi Mo and Shi Mo to support Li Ye, who praised their potential and encouraged Dugu Yan to believe in herself.
• Li Ye left the academy and sect planning to Yu Xiaogang, Dugu Bo, and the others, while Tang San brought the Strength Clan into the Night Emperor Pavilion.
• Li Ye waited for Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing and told Tang San he was taking them to dinner, then kicked him away when he meddled.
• Xiao Wu joined Li Ye and traded suggestive jokes with him, making Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing blush.
• Li Ye invited Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to dinner and offered them gifts to increase their soul power, but their nervous replies convinced him they had misunderstood his intentions.

Li Ye took Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to dinner, became intimate with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, and helped them reach level 40 and obtain fourth Soul Rings. He then visited Ah Yin, who questioned why Tang San had encouraged her to marry him.

• Li Ye treated Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to dinner and learned that Tang San's relentless training had pressured the academy's other students to train harder.
• Li Ye took the women to a couples' suite and became intimate with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Li Ye gave Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing Immortal Herbs, raising both to level 40 and advancing Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Li Ye helped Zhu Zhuqing obtain a fourth Soul Ring from a Ghost Tiger and Ning Rongrong obtain one from a Scale Armor Beast in Sunset Forest.
• Li Ye settled Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and visited Ah Yin, who had grown to over ten thousand years old.
• Ah Yin asked why Tang San had encouraged her to marry Li Ye, and Li Ye suggested that Tang San's regard for him as an elder brother might have extended to seeing him as a father.

Li Ye secured Ah Yin’s agreement to leave Tang Hao and returned to Shrek Academy, where Xue Qinghe escorted him to receive the title of Duke of Night. At the palace, Qian Renxue grew wary that Li Ye might know her identity as she oversaw his preparations for the investiture ceremony.

• Li Ye convinced Ah Yin to remain with him and avoid seeing Tang Hao after he could revive her.
• Li Ye left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing and met Xue Qinghe outside Shrek Academy.
• Xue Qinghe announced that the Emperor would grant Li Ye the title of Duke of Night and Fasinuo Province, and Li Ye invited Shrek’s teachers and students to attend.
• Li Ye teased Xue Qinghe about his birth mother, then rode to the palace with Xiao Wu, Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and others.
• Qian Renxue wondered whether Li Ye had uncovered her disguise and considered having her grandfather kill him if he refused to help her.
• At the palace altar, Xue Qinghe supervised Li Ye’s change into his grand ducal attire, and Li Ye joked about his hands adjusting Li Ye’s trousers.

Li Ye received the title of Grand Duke and lavish rewards, then gave Tang San the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and encouraged his growing romance with Huo Wu. As the Promotion Tournament began, Tang San became Huo Wu’s love interest, while several Shrek teammates set out to pursue girls of their own.

• Li Ye accepted his Grand Duke title from Emperor Xue Ye and received wealth, Soul Tools, and two high-quality Soul Bones.
• Li Ye gave Tang San a storage belt and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Tang San tearfully called Li Ye his most important family member.
• Tang San fought Blazing Fire Academy alone in the Promotion Tournament and appeared to win Huo Wu’s affection by protecting her from a fireball.
• Li Ye saw Tang San accept Huo Wu’s kiss, while Feng Xiaotian vowed to defeat Tang San and win Huo Wu back.
• Tang San told Li Ye that he wanted to pursue Huo Wu, and Li Ye gave Oscar and Ma Hongjun advice on courting girls.
• Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai each went to pursue a girl from another academy.

Tang San defeated Feng Xiaotian in their duel by revealing his Clear Sky Hammer and using the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, exposing his twin martial souls to the tournament audience. After the match, Li Ye reassured Salas that Tang San’s ties to Clear Sky Douluo would not make him an enemy of Spirit Hall.

• Tang San recovered fully before his duel with Feng Xiaotian and decided he would not give up Huo Wu.
• Feng Xiaotian opened the duel with Twin Wolf Possession, Gale Wings, and Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, forcing Tang San to stop holding back.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and countered Feng Xiaotian’s attacks with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Tang San struck Feng Xiaotian away and won the duel, while the spectators were shocked to learn he possessed twin martial souls.
• Li Ye told Salas that Tang San had used the Clear Sky Hammer because the duel concerned his future happiness, and Salas said Tang San need not become an enemy of Spirit Hall.

Qian Renxue revealed her identity to Li Ye and asked him to support her plan to seize the Heaven Dou Empire, while also proposing that they unite. Li Ye said he was attracted to her but insisted that a lasting relationship required love, leaving their alliance and feelings unresolved.

• After the Promotion Tournament ended, Shrek Academy earned a bye in the second round of the finals, and Yu Xiaogang stayed behind after meeting a teacher from Skywater Academy.
• Xue Qinghe brought Li Ye to a secret chamber at the Crown Prince's Residence and revealed that she was Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue explained her plan to take control of the Heaven Dou Empire and asked Li Ye to help her.
• Qian Renxue offered to unite with Li Ye after she seized power, and Li Ye questioned whether they could be together without love.
• Li Ye admitted that he was attracted to Qian Renxue because she reminded him of someone he loved.

Li Ye escorted the Heaven Dou Empire’s teams to Spirit City for the Finals while Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall and revealed that she had chosen him as her husband. Her confrontation with Bibi Dong exposed their painful history and left Bibi Dong weeping, while Li Ye sensed someone important waiting in the Pope’s Palace.

• Li Ye kissed Qian Renxue as a guarantee for helping her, and she later resumed her Xue Qinghe disguise and returned him to Shrek Academy.
• Three days later, Li Ye traveled with the qualifying teams to Spirit City and teased Tang San about his relationship with Huo Wu and his own many partners.
• After arriving in Spirit City, Qian Renxue returned alone to the Pope’s Palace and told Bibi Dong that Li Ye was the powerful helper she had chosen as her husband.
• Qian Renxue accused Bibi Dong of having an affair with Li Ye, and Bibi Dong angrily warned her to give him up before she was hurt.
• After Qian Renxue left to meet Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong wept and lamented that she and Li Ye could never be together.
• Li Ye guided the Shrek group through training and sensed that someone important was waiting for him at the Pope’s Palace.

After helping Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing prepare to grow stronger, Li Ye recognized Hu Liena as An Nana and realized An Dong'er was Bibi Dong. Urged by Liu Erlong, he resolved to pursue Bibi Dong and awakened a sword intent devoted to protecting those he loved.

• Li Ye gave Dai Mubai a Gengjin Bodhi Seed and Zhu Zhuqing two soul bones to help them improve their strength.
• Shrek Academy advanced after Blazing Fire Academy forfeited, and Li Ye noticed An Nana among the Spirit Hall Team.
• Li Ye recognized An Nana as Hu Liena and realized An Dong'er was Bibi Dong, leaving him shaken by the truth.
• Liu Erlong urged Li Ye not to retreat from the woman he loved, and he decided to face the barriers between them.
• Li Ye grasped a sword intent centered on protecting those he loved and cutting through obstacles to love.