Recaps

Xuanwu Emperor Lu Ye learned from the sleeping Lu Changqing that the Xuanwu Continent was approaching the Douluo Continent, which the Ancestor described as extremely backward. The empire’s leaders prepared to consider their next expansion as they heard how far their civilization surpassed the neighboring land.

• Lu Ye received a divine message from Lu Changqing and announced that the Xuanwu Continent was approaching the Douluo Continent.
• The imperial officials and faction leaders asked about the neighboring continent’s civilization and its Martial Soul and Soul Tool development.
• Lu Ye explained that the Douluo Continent knew Soul Tools only as storage devices and still fought with cold weapons and basic Soul Skills.
• The chapter recounted how Lu Changqing used the Sleeping System to grow into a God King, founded the Xuanwu Empire, and guided its technological and social development.
• Lu Ye and the assembled leaders learned that Xuanwu’s Soul Tool Technology, Martial Soul varieties, and cultivation practices far surpassed those of the Douluo Continent.

After Lu Ye prepared the Xuanwu Empire to invade Douluo Continent, Lu Changqing awoke from a 51,420-year slumber as a God King with a transformed divine armor and twin divine cores. He and his serpent-headed counterpart sensed a nearby First-Level God inheritance site and discussed confronting it.

• Lu Ye dismissed Douluo Continent’s Martial Souls and Soul Tools as inferior and ordered the empire’s forces to prepare for war as the continents neared each other.
• Lu Ye decreed that the Ninth-Level Soul Guidance Legions and Worship Hall Titled Douluo stand ready, and commanded his forces to kill anyone who obstructed the empire’s expansion.
• Lu Changqing awoke after 51,420 years of slumber, and the system announced his rise to God King level, his Mysterious Nether Immortal Armor, and his twin divine cores.
• Lu Changqing reviewed his status and recognized that his defense had reached the Supreme God King level, while his second divine core specialized in annihilating enemies.
• Lu Changqing’s serpent head confronted him about the nearby First-Level God inheritance site and urged them to use their combined defensive and offensive powers.

Lu Changqing and his serpent-body avatar planned to challenge Sea God Island and gradually bring the Douluo Continent under their rule, confident they could defeat the Divine Realm’s intervention. Before they could begin, a mysterious celestial screen appeared across Douluo Planet, startling them both.

• Lu Changqing agreed that his power could withstand the God Kings but warned his serpent-body avatar against acting rashly.
• Lu Changqing identified Sea God Island, Bo Saixi, and the Douluo Continent, then explained that he wanted to test the continent’s confidence against the Xuanwu Empire’s advanced Soul Guidance Technology.
• Lu Changqing described plans to defeat Tang San’s hidden weapons, Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul Theory, and Bibi Dong’s forces, while threatening any Divine Realm gods who interfered.
• Lu Changqing sensed that his tides would reach Bo Saixi’s island-protecting formation in less than three days, and his serpent-body avatar agreed to wait.
• A golden light erupted above the ocean, and a vast celestial screen appeared over Douluo Planet as Lu Changqing and his serpent-body avatar wondered what had caused it.

Lu Changqing and the people of Douluo Continent encountered a Sky Screen livestream that connected them to the unknown Xuanwu Continent. The first broadcasts revealed private gossip on Douluo and far more advanced Soul Tools and powerful Soul Beasts on Xuanwu, leaving Douluo’s observers stunned.

• Lu Changqing judged that the Sky Screen’s laws exceeded the Divine Realm’s power, then watched it open a livestream linking Douluo Continent and Xuanwu Continent.
• The Sky Screen allowed powerful Soul Masters and intelligent or hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts to communicate, and its arrival drew comments from figures across Douluo Continent.
• Xiao Wu recognized the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, explained her ties to them to Tang Hao and Tang San, and heard Tang Hao say they would protect her in Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Sky Screen broadcast gossip about Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang, prompting angry denials and laughter from the observers.
• Xuanwu’s updates described mass-produced Level Eight Soul Guidance Guns, a six-hundred-and-eighty-thousand-year Ferocious Beast, and a two-hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor, shocking Douluo’s commenters.

Lu Ye, speaking as Xuanwu Great Emperor, challenged Yu Xiaogang’s beliefs about Soul Beasts and explained that the Divine Realm imposed limits on Douluo Continent. His claims drew Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu’s attention to Xuanwu’s powerful beasts, while the chapter ended with Xuanwu officials mocking Yu Yuanzhen’s confidence in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

• Lu Changqing told Lu Ye to appear in the Sky Screen chat and confront the Douluo Continent natives.
• Lu Ye declared that Douluo Continent’s hundred-thousand-year limit was a shackle imposed by the Divine Realm, and explained the tribulations that let Xuanwu Soul Beasts grow into Ferocious Beasts.
• Bibi Dong asked whether the several-hundred-thousand-year Ferocious Beasts truly existed, and Lu Ye warned that a 680,000-year beast could contend with three Level 98 Peak Douluos.
• Qian Daoliu challenged Lu Ye’s claims, while Yu Yuanzhen boasted that his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon could defeat any ancient serpent.
• Mu Xuan and Wang Teng mocked Yu Yuanzhen’s confidence and contrasted his Martial Soul with the powerful dragons and mounts common on Xuanwu Continent.

Xuanwu Emperor Lu Ye described the empire’s mass-produced Soul Tools, including Level 9 cannons and Godslayer-Class Level 10 weapons, leaving the Douluo Continent’s leaders shaken. On the road to the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang Hao recognized news of a 200,000-year Blue Silver Emperor and began planning to find it with Tang San.

• Yu Xiaogang challenged Lu Ye’s claims about mass-produced Soul Tools, while Ning Fengzhi asked how the Xuanwu Empire had achieved such technology.
• Lu Ye explained the empire’s Soul Tool industry and military arsenal, including Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons and Level 10 Godslayer-Class cannons.
• Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and Ning Fengzhi reacted with alarm to the weapons’ destructive power, and the Douluo Continent’s leaders fell silent.
• Tang San rejected Soul Cannons as inferior to Tang Sect hidden weapons, and Tang Hao told him to steady himself.
• Tang Hao pointed out a report that a 200,000-year Blue Silver Emperor had been defeated, and he excitedly concluded that it was another Blue Silver Emperor beyond Douluo Planet’s restrictions.

Tang Hao and Tang San planned to find the two-hundred-thousand-year Silver Emperor on the Xuanwu Continent and use Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline to secure her power. After they publicly announced their ambitions, the Xuanwu Continent’s residents mocked them and the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear young lord threatened Tang San.

• Xiao Wu warned Tang Hao that the Silver Emperor was likely gravely endangered after losing to the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, but Tang Hao dismissed her concern.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that his mother’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline could make the wounded Silver Emperor submit and help Tang San awaken his true Martial Soul.
• Tang Hao proposed that the Silver Emperor might give Tang San her Soul Ring and Soul Bone or become his guardian, helping him destroy Spirit Hall and ascend to godhood.
• Tang San and Tang Hao publicly asked about the Blue Silver Forest and declared that Tang San would claim the Silver Emperor, provoking Bibi Dong’s anger and concern.
• People from the Xuanwu Continent mocked Tang San’s claims, and the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear young lord said it had beaten the Silver Emperor and threatened to turn Tang San into food.

Lu Ye revealed that Xuanwu Continent was moving across the ocean toward Douluo Continent, while Tang San and Tang Hao had angrily challenged the Xuanwu side to cross the sea. The chapter ended with the entire continent bearing down on Douluo Continent under Lu Changqing’s power.

• Lu Ye condemned Tang San’s bloodline and warned that the Silver Emperor would see him as a disgrace and turn him into fertilizer.
• Tang San and Tang Hao angrily rejected Lu Ye’s claims, while Tang Hao challenged him to cross the ocean and attack Douluo Continent.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Yu Yuanzhen joined Tang Hao in mocking Xuanwu Continent and expressing confidence in the ocean barrier.
• Lu Changqing and Lu Ye revealed that Xuanwu Continent was not stationary and was already advancing across the ocean toward Douluo Continent.
• Lu Ye declared that the Xuanwu Empire needed no fleet because the entire continent was bearing down on Douluo Continent.

A moving Xuanwu Continent threatened to collide with Douluo Continent, putting Sea God Island directly in the path of the first tsunami and the approaching landmass. As the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluos sought answers from Bo Saixi, the Sky Screen’s countdown left them wondering whether a human or a god was moving the continent.

• Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, Bo Saixi, Tang Hao, and Tang San reacted with shock and fear to the Sky Screen’s revelation that Xuanwu Continent was moving across the ocean.
• Lu Ye announced that the leading tsunami would hit Sea God Island in two and a half days and that Xuanwu Continent would collide with Douluo Continent in three days.
• Sea God Island’s residents panicked and began fleeing as they heard the tsunami would overwhelm the island.
• Sea Dragon Douluo and the other six Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluos arrived before the Sea God Hall and asked Bo Saixi whether the Sky Screen’s images were real.
• Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluos concluded that Xuanwu Continent was moving toward them and wondered whether a human or a god was controlling it.

Bo Saixi confirmed that the Xuanwu Continent was being deliberately directed toward Sea God Island, but she could not reach the Sea God for help. The chapter left Sea God Island and the Douluo Continent panicking as the Heaven Dou and Star Luo rulers pleaded or threatened in the sky-screen livestream.

• Bo Saixi sensed the Xuanwu Continent approaching under precise control and warned that it would crush Sea God Island before striking the western coasts of the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires.
• Sea Dragon Douluo urged Sea God Island to fight or flee within the sixty hours before the tsunami arrived, while Sea Witch Douluo argued that the island could not survive the collision and Sea Spear Douluo insisted they must defend the Sea God's legacy.
• Bo Saixi revealed that the Sea God's statue had not answered her petition and that its Divine Sense seemed severed, leaving Sea God Island without contact with the Divine Realm.
• Bo Saixi said the statue's final message conveyed severance and avoidance, and feared that the Xuanwu Empire's Ancestor might exceed the power of ordinary deities.
• Xue Ye pleaded with the Xuanwu Empire to coexist peacefully, the Star Luo Emperor threatened to meet it with cavalry, and Yu Xiaogang dismissed the approaching continent as an illusion.

Sea God Island challenged the Xuanwu Empire’s approaching continent, but Heaven-Splitting Douluo dismissed the Sea God as a false god, and Bo Saixi admitted his words were true. Lu Changqing’s memories revealed that Poseidon had once fled the Xuanwu Continent in terror after seeing the sleeping Demon God beneath it.

• Sea Spear Douluo warned Ning Fengzhi and Dai Mubai that Sea God Island would bear the Xuanwu Continent’s first impact, then invoked the Sea God’s authority against Lu Ye.
• Heaven-Splitting Douluo mocked Sea Spear Douluo, calling the Sea God a false god and warning that the Xuanwu Continent would crush Sea God Island.
• Sea Spear Douluo spat blood after the insult, and Bo Saixi confirmed that Heaven-Splitting Douluo had spoken the truth.
• Lu Changqing recalled that Poseidon discovered the Xuanwu Continent while gathering faith and was astonished by its developed society and powerful inhabitants.
• Poseidon saw the Xuanwu Great Emperor’s God-Level Martial Soul and then Lu Changqing’s enormous eyes beneath the continent, fled back to the Douluo Continent, and later told the God Realm Committee about the place.

Bo Saixi recognized that Lord Xuanming surpassed the Divine Realm and ordered Sea God Island’s residents to evacuate before the continents collided. She chose to remain behind to protect the island and buy the evacuation fleet more time.

• Bo Saixi explained the ancient legend of Lord Xuanming, a divine beast said to carry half the world on its back, and the Sea God’s statue cracked under the force of its will.
• Bo Saixi ordered the Seven Sacred Pillars to evacuate Sea God Island’s residents toward the southwestern coast of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Bo Saixi rejected the Sacred Pillar Guardians’ offers to stay and fight, warning that the collision and tsunami would overwhelm them.
• Bo Saixi told the guardians she would remain on the island and use her life force and the Sea God’s power to create a barrier that could delay the tsunami.
• Bo Saixi refused Sea Witch Douluo’s plea to flee, insisting that abandoning her post would destroy her faith and Sea God Martial Soul.

Bo Saixi ordered Sea God Island evacuated and warned the mainland powers that the Xuanwu Continent could not be stopped. As Lu Changqing advanced beneath the sea, the Xuanwu Navy detected a hundred-thousand-year-old Evil Spirit Orca, and Lu Wudao arrived to take command.

• Bo Saixi ordered the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo to evacuate Sea God Island’s residents and carry her warning to Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu.
• The Sacred Pillar Douluo began the evacuation as Sea God Island’s residents fled by ship and Sea Soul Beast.
• Lu Changqing advanced through the deep sea while the snake on his shell dismissed the approaching Evil Spirit Orca and its school as insignificant.
• The Xuanwu Navy detected the charging sea beasts, and Lu Wudao arrived on the Sea-Breaker to view the hundred-thousand-year target.

Lu Wudao encountered the hundred-thousand-year Evil Orca King and ordered his fleet to bombard it so he could claim its soul ring. The fleet’s first volley shattered the beast’s massive wave defense.

• Lu Wudao spotted the Evil Orca King and its pod near the Third Fleet, then resolved to hunt it for his eighth soul ring.
• Lu Wudao displayed his seven soul rings and Xuanwu martial soul, while observers on the Douluo Continent warned that the fleet faced a deadly deep-sea opponent.
• Lu Wudao received his father Lu Ye’s order to capture the beast quickly and promised to return with its head.
• Lu Wudao ordered the fleet to fire Rank Seven armor-piercing cannons followed by Rank Eight shock cannons at the Evil Orca King.
• The Evil Orca King raised a towering wall of waves, but the first volley tore through its defense.

The Xuanwu Empire’s Soul Guidance Legion devastated the Evil Spirit Orcas, and Ye Shaozhe subdued the wounded Evil Orca King. Lu Wudao prepared to absorb the beast as his eighth Soul Ring, declaring that Xuanwu—not the Sea God—ruled the ocean.

• The Soul Guidance Legion’s barrage killed over a thousand Evil Spirit Orcas and gravely wounded the Evil Orca King.
• The enraged Evil Orca King charged the Sea-Breaker, but Ye Shaozhe appeared and trapped him with his eighth Soul Skill, Sacred Radiance Skylight Lock.
• Ye Shaozhe sealed the Evil Orca King’s meridians and Soul Power, leaving him near death and unable to resist.
• Lu Wudao stood on the restrained Evil Orca King and declared that Xuanwu, the ancestor of his Lu clan, was the planet’s only legend.
• Lu Wudao brought his hands together as his Divine Beast Xuanwu Martial Soul roared, preparing to absorb the Evil Orca King.

Lu Wudao killed the Evil Orca King and absorbed its hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring as his eighth ring, shocking Soul Masters across the Douluo Continent. After reaching Level 84 and obtaining a torso bone, he ordered the fleet toward Sea God Island while Lu Changqing watched from beneath the sea.

• Lu Wudao killed the Evil Orca King with an ice spear and drew its hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring onto his Divine Beast Xuanwu Martial Soul.
• The Evil Orca King's resentment attacked Lu Wudao's mind, but his Xuanwu bloodline crushed it, and his tempered body and Xuanming Qi let him absorb the ring.
• Lu Wudao completed the absorption, broke through to Level 84, and revealed an eighth Soul Ring that was a hundred-thousand-year ring, stunning viewers including Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Bibi Dong.
• Ma Hongjun considered traveling to the Xuanwu Continent to seek guidance from the Bright Phoenix Douluo, while Ye Shaozhe mentioned the 290,000-year Golden Hawksbill Turtle and its possible sacrifice.
• Lu Wudao collected the Evil Orca King's torso bone and whale rubber, then ordered the Third Fleet to advance toward Sea God Island along a cleared route.
• Lu Changqing praised Lu Wudao from beneath the sea, then moved through the seabed toward the Deep Sea Demon Whale's waters.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King sensed that the Evil Spirit Orcas had been annihilated and feared the colossal ancient god moving through the ocean. As the Sea-Breaker continued toward Sea God Island, he went to investigate while Xuanwu City celebrated the fleet’s victory.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King told the Demon Empress and Lan Fozi that human weapons had wiped out the Evil Spirit Orcas, and warned them not to leave their trench.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King revealed that an immense being, possibly an ancient god bearing a continent, was moving across the seabed and suppressing the ocean’s laws.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King ordered the Demon Empress and Lan Fozi to activate the Dark Demon Barrier while he went alone to investigate the Sea-Breaker.
• Xuanwu City’s sky-screen showed the Sea-Breaker’s level-nine heavy soul cannons destroying the Evil Spirit Orcas in one volley, prompting the city’s soldiers and citizens to cheer.
• A high-ranking Soul Engineer in Xuanwu City identified the weapon as the Ministry of Works’ seventh-generation Armor-Piercing Cloud-Piercing Soul Cannon.

Xuanwu Empire citizens celebrated Lu Wudao’s successful absorption of a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring as Ye Xishui praised Ye Shaozhe and dismissed the threat of Sea God Island. She ordered the Ye Family to prepare for an offensive as the fleet approached, while Xuanwu citizens mocked Yu Xiaogang in the Sky Screen chat.

• Xuanwu Empire citizens cheered Lu Wudao’s breakthrough to level 84 and ridiculed Douluo Continent’s doubts about his Soul Ring.
• Ye Xishui praised Ye Shaozhe for defeating the Evil Orca King and preserving its Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Ye Xishui dismissed Bo Saixi’s power, citing the empire’s advanced weapons, Soul Guidance Legions, and the awakening of Ancestor Changqing.
• Ye Xishui ordered the Ye Family’s workshops to accelerate production and prepare its elite forces for an all-out offensive.
• Xuanwu citizens entered the Sky Screen chat and mocked Yu Xiaogang for predicting Lu Wudao’s death.

The Sky Screen’s revelations about the Xuanwu Empire shook the Douluo Continent, prompting Liu Erlong to consider taking Yu Xiaogang to seek a way to evolve Luo Sanpao. As Lu Wudao’s fleet approached Sea God Island, Bibi Dong prepared Spirit Hall for war and intended to let Bo Saixi test the Xuanwu Empire’s strength first.

• Yu Xiaogang broke down after learning that Xuanwu Soul Masters could withstand hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings, and Liu Erlong considered taking him to the Xuanwu Continent to find a way to evolve Luo Sanpao.
• Tang San feared that Xuanwu’s cultivation methods surpassed the Tang Sect’s techniques, while Xiao Wu worried that its forces would hunt Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall personnel onto a war footing and summoned its Titled Douluo elders, expecting Sea God Island to face the approaching fleet first.
• Ye Shaozhe reported that the Sea-Breaker was less than 1,500 li from Sea God Island, and Lu Wudao ordered the ship’s guns to begin level-two charging.
• Lu Wudao declared that he would challenge Bo Saixi’s claim to rule the ocean.

Lu Wudao ordered the Sea-Breaker to attack Sea God Island, while the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King sensed Lu Changqing’s overwhelming presence beneath the sea and fled in fear. As the island’s defenders prepared to meet the attack, the Sky Screen revealed that the Xuanwu Continent’s Sea Emperor Liya had seven hundred thousand years of cultivation, leaving Sea Dragon Douluo in disbelief.

• Lu Wudao rejected waiting for reinforcements and ordered the Sea-Breaker to fire a warning salvo at Sea God Island, threatening to destroy its defenses if its people resisted.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King sensed Lu Changqing’s divine presence beneath the ocean and decided to warn the Demon Empress and Buddha’s Child while avoiding the coming conflict.
• Lu Changqing and the World-Destroying Black Serpent discussed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and recalled how the Sea Princess clan had settled in the Frost-Soul Abyss, where Liya grew into a seven-hundred-thousand-year Sea Emperor.
• Viewers on the Sky Screen argued over Sea God Island’s strength as Xuanwu Continent commenters boasted that Liya could overwhelm Bo Saixi and the Sea God’s defenses.
• Sea Dragon Douluo questioned the claim of a seven-hundred-thousand-year Sea Emperor as the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo and Bo Saixi faced the approaching Sea-Breaker.

Bo Saixi, Bibi Dong, and Tang Hao reacted with alarm to the revelations about Xuanwu Continent and its seven-hundred-thousand-year Sea Emperor. At Sea God Island, Lu Wudao challenged the island’s claim to rule the ocean, and Ye Shaozhe confronted Sea Dragon Douluo with his Bright Phoenix Martial Soul and Level 9 Soul Tools.

• Bo Saixi said the Sea God’s Divine Sense had trembled at the mention of the Xuanwu Ancestor and saw the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King fleeing from the continent’s approach.
• Bibi Dong ordered her operatives to pressure Star Luo Empire and Heaven Dou and called for the great sects to unite against Xuanwu Continent.
• Tang Hao warned Tang San that a seven-hundred-thousand-year Sea Princess must have survived several Life-and-Death Tribulations, while Xiao Wu feared for Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Lu Wudao stopped Ye Shaozhe from firing the Sea-Breaker’s cannons and declared that the Xuanwu Ancestor had opened the ocean, calling Sea God Island’s people island savages.
• Sea Dragon Douluo confronted Lu Wudao, and Ye Shaozhe revealed his rank-ninety-five Bright Phoenix Martial Soul and three Level 9 Soul Tools.

Lu Wudao threatened to destroy Sea God Island unless it submitted to the Xuanwu Empire, while Bo Saixi proposed seven wagered duels to decide the island’s fate. She believed Sea God Island could prevail if the Sea God granted her the authority to wield the Sea God Trident.

• Ye Shaozhe insulted Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea God Island, citing the Xuanwu Empire’s authority and the Ancestor’s laws.
• Lu Wudao demanded Sea God Island submit to the Xuanwu Navy or be destroyed by the Sea-Breaker’s Level 9 Heavenly Retribution Soul Cannon.
• Bo Saixi sensed a vast, divine presence beneath the distant Xuanwu Continent and warned the Sacred Pillar Douluo that the warship was only a scout.
• Bo Saixi confronted Lu Wudao and proposed seven one-on-one duels between the Sacred Pillar Douluo and seven Xuanwu Titled Douluo, with the island’s surrender or three centuries of peace at stake.
• Bo Saixi resolved to fight, believing the Sea God Trident could turn the battle if the Sea God granted her permission to wield it.

Lu Wudao accepted Bo Saixi’s wager of seven individual duels against Sea God Island’s Seven Sacred Pillars, while Lu Ye arranged for more Titled Douluos to join the fight. The Sky Screen broadcast the rules across both continents, and observers on Douluo Continent predicted that Sea God Island would win without the warships’ main cannons.

• Lu Ye told Lu Wudao he would send Titled Douluos from various sects to fill the duel roster and another group to land on Douluo Continent.
• Lu Ye expected Yu Chuanwu, the Thunder Dragon Sect’s level-95 sect master, to join the campaign to secure resources for his son Yu Xiaogang.
• The Sky Screen announced a seven-duel contest between the Xuanwu Empire’s Sea-Breaker Advance Fleet and Sea God Island’s Sacred Pillar Guardians, forbidding the warships’ heavy main cannons.
• Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo saw the wager as a chance for Sea God Island to defeat the Xuanwu Empire’s fighters without their Soul Tools.
• Yu Xiaogang praised Bo Saixi’s wager and argued that the Seven Sacred Pillars’ combat experience and ocean advantage would overcome the Xuanwu Empire’s reliance on technology.

Lu Wudao accepted Bo Saixi’s wagered duel to break Sea God Island’s confidence in its martial strength, and Ye Shaozhe volunteered to fight Sea Dragon Douluo. In the Divine Realm, Poseidon feared the power beneath the Xuanwu Continent and went to the God Realm Committee after Asura summoned him.

• Lu Wudao accepted Bo Saixi’s challenge and ordered the Sea-Breaker’s main guns put on standby while explaining that he wanted to defeat Sea God Island on the field it prized.
• Sea Dragon Douluo stepped onto the sea, displayed his power, and called for a Xuanwu opponent.
• Ye Shaozhe requested the first battle and promised to defeat Sea Dragon Douluo within ten moves, and Lu Wudao sent him to fight.
• Poseidon recalled fleeing the terrifying presence beneath the Xuanwu Continent and hesitated to descend to protect Sea God Island.
• Asura summoned Poseidon to the God Realm Committee for deliberations, and Poseidon set off to join the five great enforcers.

The God Realm Committee examined the approaching Xuanwu Continent and discovered it was the shell of an enormous divine beast. Poseidon admitted he had encountered Xuanwu twenty thousand years earlier and warned that its existence might predate the Divine Realm and the Dragon God War.

• The Asura God showed the gods the Xuanwu Continent advancing toward Douluo Continent and revealed that it was a living creature's armored shell.
• The Destruction God King and Asura God demanded that Poseidon explain why he had concealed his knowledge of the creature.
• Poseidon admitted he had encountered Xuanwu while seeking faith in the mortal realm twenty thousand years earlier and had tried to conquer its continent.
• Poseidon recalled that Xuanwu's unopened eye nearly destroyed his Sea God Divine Core, forcing him to flee and ascend to the Divine Realm.
• Poseidon said his research into ancient ocean ruins suggested that Xuanwu might have existed before the Divine Realm and the Dragon God War.