Recaps

Xu Ran told Xiao Bai that Tang San had killed Tang Chen, destroyed the Clear Sky Sect, and intended to possess Bo Saixi, then showed her evidence of Tang San killing Tang Chen. Xiao Bai urged Xu Ran to go to Sea God Island and expose Tang San before he deceived Bo Saixi.

• Xu Ran told Xiao Bai that Tang San was the Rakshasa God and Tang Chen’s great-grandson, and described his plans to make Lan’er kill Tang San.
• Xu Ran claimed Tang San had killed Tang Chen, destroyed the Clear Sky Sect, and harbored wicked intentions toward Bo Saixi.
• Xu Ran showed Xiao Bai a video of Tang San killing Tang Chen, and Xiao Bai was shocked by his strength and cruelty.
• Xu Ran said Bo Saixi trusted Tang San and might believe Tang San’s claim that Xu Ran had killed Tang Chen.
• Xiao Bai urged Xu Ran to go to Sea God Island and reveal the truth to Bo Saixi before Tang San could deceive her.

Xu Ran reassured Xiao Bai that they would go to Sea God Island only after he grew stronger, and promised to kill the Sea God and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. As Bai Xiuxiu’s transformation progressed, Xu Ran planned to use the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s power to strengthen Xiao Bai’s clan and give its Soul Ring and Soul Bone to Bibi Dong and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Xu Ran told Xiao Bai that he would delay going to Sea God Island until he had increased his strength, but still intended to kill the Sea God to protect her clan.
• Xu Ran promised to kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King so the Demon Soul Great White Sharks could become the dominant clan in the ocean.
• Xu Ran and Xiao Bai checked on Bai Xiuxiu as his blood essence continued to elevate her bloodline and brought her closer to taking human form.
• Xu Ran planned to kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King after Bai Xiuxiu transformed and use the whale’s power to raise Xiao Bai’s strength.
• Xu Ran intended to give the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone to Bibi Dong and Zhu Zhuqing, whom he especially favored.

Xu Ran learned that Bo Saixi and Tang San had arrived in the deep sea and confronted them after revealing that Xiao Bai had become his woman. Bo Saixi angrily accused Xu Ran of harming Xiao Bai and killing Tang Chen, while Xu Ran dismissed her threats and left her furious and helpless.

• Xiao Bai said that devouring the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's flesh and blood could help her become a Ferocious Beast and Xiuxiu reach the Hundred-Thousand-Year level.
• A Demon Soul Great White Shark told Xiao Bai that Bo Saixi and Tang San had arrived, and Xu Ran said they had come for him.
• Bo Saixi arrived with Tang San and said she would eventually kill Xu Ran to avenge Tang Chen.
• Xiao Bai greeted Bo Saixi, but Xu Ran pulled Xiao Bai into his arms and declared that she was his woman.
• Bo Saixi demanded to know what Xu Ran had done to Xiao Bai and called him shameless, while Tang San grew angry but forced himself to stay calm.
• Xu Ran said he had killed the Evil Orca King and driven back the Evil Spirit Orcas for Xiao Bai, then dismissed Bo Saixi's promise that he would be punished.

Xu Ran revealed that he possessed the Sea God's Heart, shocking Bo Saixi and giving him leverage over Sea God Island. He provoked Bo Saixi while Tang San watched, suspecting Xu Ran had seized the artifact rather than accepted the Sea God inheritance.

• Xiao Bai chose to follow Xu Ran but kept Tang San's evil deeds secret to avoid provoking him before Xu Ran was ready.
• Bo Saixi warned Xu Ran not to endanger Xiao Bai and threatened him with the Sea God's wrath.
• Xu Ran insulted the Sea God and displayed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which Bo Saixi recognized as the Sea God's Heart.
• Bo Saixi questioned how Xu Ran could possess the Sea God's Heart, while Xu Ran implied that she would have to respect him as the inheritance inheritor.
• Xu Ran approached Bo Saixi and breathed in her fragrance, prompting her to recoil angrily.
• Tang San told Xu Ran to stay away from Bo Saixi and suspected Xu Ran had taken the Sea God's Heart by force.

Xu Ran used the Sea God’s Heart to claim the status of an honored guest and teased Bo Saixi, who challenged him to prove the Sea God recognized him by gaining the Sea God Trident’s approval. Tang San watched Bo Saixi leave and decided he could win her favor while Xu Ran made her despise him.

• Tang San realized Xu Ran’s possession of the Sea God’s Heart might bring the Sea God into conflict with him, and privately considered devouring the Sea God’s essence if Xu Ran killed him.
• Bo Saixi questioned where Xu Ran had obtained the Sea God’s Heart, but Xu Ran argued that using it proved he had the Sea God’s recognition.
• Bo Saixi challenged Xu Ran to control the Sea God Trident and said she would acknowledge him and assist with his Divine Examinations if he succeeded.
• Xu Ran flirted with Bo Saixi and said she would serve him, leaving her angry and unsettled.
• Bo Saixi warned Xiao Bai about Xu Ran and left, while Tang San decided to use Xu Ran’s behavior to win Bo Saixi’s favor.

Xu Ran told Tang San that the Goddess of Life was carrying his child and explained that he had deceived the God of Destruction by promising to help the couple have a child. Tang San’s amusement at the God of Destruction’s misfortune vanished when Xu Ran revealed that Tang San’s mother was also expecting a child, leaving him stunned.

• Tang San asked Xu Ran whether he had offended the Sea God and why the Goddess of Life had sided with Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran revealed that the Goddess of Life was carrying his child, leaving Tang San dumbfounded.
• Xu Ran explained that he had persuaded the God of Destruction to trust him by claiming he could help him and the Goddess of Life have a child.
• Tang San mocked the God of Destruction for being deceived and said he was glad he had not continued to rely on him.
• Tang San asked where Xu Ran had taken his mother, and Xu Ran replied that he did not know but Tang San would be a big brother the next time he saw her.

Xu Ran provoked Tang San by threatening to pursue Bo Saixi, the woman Tang San revered above all others. Tang San agreed to leave Bo Saixi alone for now but warned Xu Ran that he would retaliate if pushed too far.

• Tang San reacted with fury and disbelief when Xu Ran implied he would become Bo Saixi’s younger brother.
• Xu Ran defended his intentions and taunted Tang San, saying he had no conscience and was stronger than him.
• Tang San threatened Xu Ran and demanded that he stay away from Bo Saixi.
• Xu Ran challenged Tang San’s threats and said he could try tempting fate.
• Tang San agreed to leave Bo Saixi alone for now, but warned that he might pursue her if she fell for him and threatened to slaughter Xu Ran’s women if Xu Ran went too far.

Xu Ran explained that he had humiliated Tang San, then watched Bai Xiuxiu absorb his blood essence and transform into a beautiful human woman with greatly increased cultivation. He reflected on Tang San’s family monopolizing the best resources as Bai Xiuxiu wondered what her new human form meant for her relationship with Xu Ran.

• Xiao Bai asked Xu Ran why Tang San had been enraged, and Xu Ran told her he had humiliated him.
• Xu Ran confirmed that Tang San would not threaten Bo Saixi soon and worried about the Rakshasa God’s unstable temper.
• After a day, Bai Xiuxiu absorbed Xu Ran’s blood essence, reached eighty thousand years of cultivation, strengthened her bloodline, and took human form.
• Bai Xiuxiu examined her new appearance and wondered whether she was still Xu Ran’s mount now that she was human.
• Xu Ran admired Bai Xiuxiu’s beauty and resented that Tang San’s descendants had received the best resources and opportunities.

Xu Ran teased Bai Xiuxiu about being his mount, and she realized she wanted to be more than his servant. He then took Bai Xiuxiu and Xiao Bai to the Demonic Whale Sea, where the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s beautiful wife and daughter caught his interest.

• Xu Ran admired Bai Xiuxiu after she took human form and asked whether she would remain his mount.
• Xu Ran offered Bai Xiuxiu two choices, teasing her about riding her in the sea or on land, and she understood his suggestive meaning.
• Bai Xiuxiu wondered whether she wanted to remain Xu Ran’s servant, while Xu Ran told her she belonged to him and had to let him have her whenever he wanted.
• Bai Xiuxiu asked about the other Demon Soul Great White Shark Xu Ran had planned to find, and he claimed she was the only one he liked.
• Xu Ran took Bai Xiuxiu and Xiao Bai to the Demonic Whale Sea, where he considered the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s beautiful wife and daughter.

Xu Ran planned to kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and take the Demon Empress and Lan Fozi, while considering how their deaths could affect the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan. He arrived in the Demonic Whale Sea with Xiao Bai and Bai Xiuxiu, and Xiao Bai looked ahead to her clan ruling the ocean.

• Xu Ran reflected on the Demon Empress’s future revenge against the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan and decided he would need to deal with her if he killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Xiao Bai told Xu Ran that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, the Demon Empress, and their daughter Lan Fozi were the only members of their family in the Demonic Whale Sea, and described what she knew of their strength.
• Xu Ran entered the Demonic Whale Sea with Xiao Bai and Bai Xiuxiu, where few soul beasts dared to live because the area belonged to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Xiao Bai hoped that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s death would make the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan the ocean’s overlord, protected by Xu Ran.

Xu Ran confronted the million-year Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and declared that he would kill him to protect Xiao Bai and Bai Xiuxiu’s clan. After Xu Ran privately revealed that he also wanted the whale’s wife and daughter, the enraged whale attacked him.

• Xu Ran’s presence startled the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and Xiao Bai and Bai Xiuxiu realized the whale had cultivated for a million years.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King recognized Xu Ran as one of the powerful presences he had sensed and asked why Xu Ran had come after him.
• Xu Ran said the whale threatened the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan and rejected his promise not to attack them, declaring that only the dead were safe.
• Xu Ran privately told the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King that he wanted to provide for the whale’s wife and daughter.
• Furious at Xu Ran’s words, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King surged forward to attack as Xiao Bai and Bai Xiuxiu watched.

Xu Ran killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and explained why a million-year Soul Beast could no longer become a god. The Whale King died at peace after asking Xu Ran to lead the Soul Beast Clan to strength and care for his wife and daughter, while Xu Ran told Xiao Bai and Bai Xiuxiu to absorb his remains.

• Xu Ran cut through the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s armor and dealt him a fatal wound with the God-Slaying Sword.
• Xu Ran revealed that his bloodline surpassed even the Dragon God’s and said he had already slain a First-Level God.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King asked why he could not become a god, and Xu Ran explained that human gods controlled the paths to godhood for Soul Beasts.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King thanked Xu Ran, asked him to strengthen the Soul Beast Clan and treat his wife and daughter well, then died.
• Xu Ran told Xiao Bai and Bai Xiuxiu to absorb the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s nourishing remains.

Xu Ran claimed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's remains and used his essence blood to advance the Ten Thousand Beasts Armor into a divine artifact. He confronted the Demon Empress, who agreed to become his woman, though she made clear her loyalty depended on his continued strength.

• Xiao Bai and Bai Xiuxiu began devouring the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's power while Xu Ran had the System Lady seal away his million-year Soul Ring.
• Xu Ran took the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's torso bone and Whale Pearl, then used its essence blood to turn the Ten Thousand Beasts Armor into a divine artifact.
• The Demon Empress admitted she had planned to devour Xiao Bai and Bai Xiuxiu, and Xu Ran offered to spare her if she became his woman.
• The Demon Empress agreed, explaining that she would leave if Xu Ran ever lost his strength, while Xu Ran said he wanted her heart as well as her body.

Xu Ran exposed the Demon Empress’s plan to avenge the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and overpowered her when she tried to kill herself. He forced her to submit by threatening Lan Fozi and renamed her Lan Nu’er.

• Xu Ran warned the Demon Empress against plotting against him and overwhelmed her with his Ancestral Dragon might.
• The Demon Empress admitted her resolve to avenge the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and tried to self-destruct after Xu Ran saw through her.
• Xu Ran suppressed her power, stopped her from killing herself, and threatened to parade her naked through the ocean.
• Xu Ran invoked Lan Fozi to force the Demon Empress to submit and promised not to harm her daughter if she behaved.
• Xu Ran renamed the Demon Empress Lan Nu’er, and she reluctantly accepted him as her master.

After killing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, Xu Ran persuaded Lan Nu'er to stay with him and promised that she and Lan Fozi could become gods. Lan Nu'er helped Xiao Bai and Bai Xiuxiu devour the whale king’s remains, and Xu Ran prepared to visit Lan Fozi with her.

• Xu Ran asked Lan Nu'er to help conceal that he had killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King so Lan Fozi would not turn against her.
• Lan Nu'er explained that Lan Fozi was cultivating in seclusion and still did not know her father was dead.
• Xu Ran promised Lan Nu'er and Lan Fozi a chance to become gods, persuading Lan Nu'er to trust him.
• Lan Nu'er, Xiao Bai, and Bai Xiuxiu spent six hours devouring the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's flesh and blood while Xu Ran kept his Soul Ring, Soul Bone, and Whale Pearl.
• Xiao Bai recognized the Demon Empress and realized she was now with Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran told Xiao Bai and Bai Xiuxiu to return to their clan, then set out with Lan Nu'er to see Lan Fozi.

Xu Ran arrived at Lan Nu'er’s underwater castle and met Lan Fozi, who quickly admired him. He told Lan Fozi that her father had died during his tribulation and claimed he had promised to care for her and Lan Nu'er, then offered her a drop of precious essence blood.

• Xu Ran and Lan Nu'er reached the blue castle, where Lan Fozi greeted them and immediately developed a favorable impression of Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran told Lan Fozi that Deep Demon had died during his tribulation, while concealing that Xu Ran had killed him.
• Xu Ran claimed Deep Demon had been his close friend and had asked him to look after Lan Nu'er and Lan Fozi.
• Lan Nu'er backed up Xu Ran’s claim and told Lan Fozi that he was even stronger than her father.
• Lan Fozi accepted Xu Ran’s offer to care for her, and Xu Ran gave her a drop of Ancestral Dragon and Auspicious Beast essence blood.

Xu Ran gave Lan Fozi a drop of his blood essence, triggering a powerful evolution, then left to deal with matters involving Bo Saixi and Tang San. On Sea God Island, Bo Saixi worried that Xu Ran might become the Sea God’s successor before she spotted someone who looked like Tang Chen.

• Xu Ran gave Lan Fozi a drop of his blood essence, and she began absorbing its power as her blood turned golden.
• Xu Ran told Lan Nu'er to keep their relationship secret and left after reassuring her that he would not pursue Lan Fozi.
• Bo Saixi brooded over Tang Chen’s death, Xu Ran’s violation of her boundaries, and the Sea God’s apparent choice of Xu Ran as a successor.
• Bo Saixi detected movement outside her room, saw someone who looked like Tang Chen, and hurried after him.

Xu Ran disguised himself as Tang Chen to meet Bo Saixi, but spent the night beside her without taking advantage of her. When Bo Saixi confronted him in the morning, Xu Ran denied killing Tang Chen, leaving her shaken and uncertain whom to believe.

• Xu Ran took Tang Chen's appearance and sat with Bo Saixi as she mourned the man she had awaited for years.
• Bo Saixi leaned against Xu Ran through the night, sensing that he was not Tang Chen but finding his presence strangely comforting.
• At dawn, Xu Ran draped a coat over Bo Saixi and tried to leave, but she woke and called him by name.
• Xu Ran admitted he was Xu Ran and said he wanted Bo Saixi's heart as well as her body.
• Bo Saixi said she could never love him because he had killed Tang Chen, and Xu Ran asked whether she would believe him if he said he had not.
• Bo Saixi wondered whether she should trust Tang San's account despite never witnessing Tang Chen's death herself.

Bo Saixi struggled to decide whether to trust Xu Ran or Tang San, but Xu Ran persuaded her to doubt Tang San by pointing to his Rakshasa nature. Xu Ran then bargained for a kiss in exchange for information about Tang Chen, and Bo Saixi kissed him, warning him not to lie.

• Bo Saixi told Xu Ran that she believed him, though she remained unsure because Tang San was Tang Chen's great-grandson.
• Xu Ran suggested that Tang San's Rakshasa nature made him untrustworthy, and Bo Saixi began reconsidering her faith in Tang San.
• Xu Ran refused to explain whether he was the Sea God's inheritor and said he would tell Bo Saixi more if she became his woman.
• Xu Ran teased Bo Saixi about being an older unmarried woman and offered information about Tang Chen in exchange for her affection.
• Bo Saixi agreed to kiss Xu Ran for information about Tang Chen and warned him not to make anything up.

Xu Ran stole a kiss from Bo Saixi, then began recounting Tang Chen’s journey to seek the Asura God’s inheritance in Slaughter City. He stopped at a suspenseful moment and demanded further payment to continue, leaving Bo Saixi furious and desperate to learn Tang Chen’s fate.

• Xu Ran kissed Bo Saixi on the lips, and she broke free, blushing and scolding him for his shamelessness.
• Bo Saixi asked Xu Ran about Tang Chen, and he said Tang Chen had gone to Slaughter City to seek the Asura God’s inheritance.
• Xu Ran described Slaughter City and its Life and Death Arena, then stopped just as he began to explain Tang Chen’s first problem there.
• Bo Saixi urged Xu Ran to continue, but he said the rest of the story required further payment.
• Bo Saixi accused Xu Ran of swindling her after learning that her first kiss had bought only a little information about Tang Chen.

Xu Ran used the unfinished story to make Bo Saixi agree to return the next day wearing yoga pants, then set out to register his identity on Sea God Island. He arrived at Sea Goddess Douluo Lorelei’s sacred pillar, where she was meditating.

• Xu Ran told Bo Saixi to visit him the next day in yoga pants if she wanted to hear the rest of Tang Chen’s story.
• Bo Saixi left in anger and embarrassment, still eager to learn what happened next in the story.
• Xu Ran decided he needed an identity to move around Sea God Island and chose to seek out Sea Goddess Douluo Lorelei.
• Xu Ran reached Lorelei’s sacred pillar and found her meditating while several lower-ranked Soul Masters waited respectfully nearby.

Xu Ran arrived at Sea God Island and faced the hostile Soul Masters guarding the Sea Goddess Sacred Pillar. After they attacked him, he effortlessly kicked them out of sight, leaving Sea Witch stunned by his strength.

• Sea Witch Lorelei tried to read Xu Ran's mind but could not sense his thoughts, and she watched him with curiosity.
• The Sea God Island Soul Masters accused Xu Ran of trespassing and threatened to kill him.
• Xu Ran dismissed their threats and asked whether they had the ability to kill him.
• A purple-clad Soul Douluo and three yellow-clad Soul Emperors surrounded Xu Ran and attacked.
• Xu Ran kicked the Soul Douluo thousands of meters away and sent the three Soul Emperors flying with a sweep of his leg.
• Sea Witch stared at Xu Ran in shock.

Xu Ran arrived at Sea Witch's Sacred Pillar seeking the Sea God's trial, and Sea Witch challenged him to prove himself before he could join Sea God Island. The chapter ended with Xu Ran accepting her proposed test: listening to her flute performance.

• Xu Ran casually kicked a Soul Douluo and three Soul Emperors away, leaving Sea Witch stunned by his strength.
• Sea Witch explained that only Sea God Island residents could begin the Sea God's trial, and Xu Ran first had to pass her test.
• Sea Witch told Xu Ran that she was a mermaid forced to guard the Sacred Pillar and described her loneliness and inability to leave.
• Xu Ran spoke about freedom and the need to grow strong enough to overcome rules, prompting Sea Witch to ask whether he would become such a person.
• Sea Witch offered to play the Sea-Calming Divine Song as her test, and Xu Ran accepted.

Sea Witch challenged Xu Ran with her ninth Soul Skill, the Sea-Calming Divine Song, warning that its spiritual attack could overwhelm him. As she played, Xu Ran’s vast Spiritual Power left his Sea of Consciousness completely undisturbed.

• Sea Witch warned Xu Ran that her ninth Soul Skill could damage his mind, but he insisted that she play it.
• Xu Ran dismissed the purple- and yellow-clad Soul Masters who mocked his confidence, and they retreated to watch.
• Sea Witch summoned her Black Flute and used her ninth Soul Skill, sending increasingly powerful ripples of spiritual force toward Xu Ran.
• The Soul Masters struggled against the attack’s aftershocks, but Xu Ran’s Sea of Consciousness remained calm and unaffected.

Sea Witch used her Sea-Calming Divine Song against Xu Ran, but his overwhelming Spiritual Power left him unaffected. After Xu Ran showed her the vastness of his Sea of Consciousness, Sea Witch was stunned by the gap between them and questioned his claim that her music had hurt him.

• Sea Witch strengthened her flute attack, but Xu Ran stood unharmed while the men he had beaten watched from a distance.
• Sea Witch finished the exhausting Sea-Calming Divine Song and asked Xu Ran why it had failed to affect him.
• Xu Ran explained that his Spiritual Power far surpassed Sea Witch's and invited her to experience his Sea of Consciousness.
• Sea Witch perceived Xu Ran's immense Sea of Consciousness and realized his Spiritual Power was more than a hundred times greater than hers.
• Xu Ran said Sea Witch had hurt him, then clarified that her flute playing had offended his appreciation of music.