Chapter Summaries

Xu Ran played the Sea Demon Flute so beautifully that Sea Witch and the Soul Masters were captivated, and several listeners broke through in their cultivation. Bo Saixi watched from the air and wondered what kind of person Xu Ran truly was.

• Xu Ran claimed he could play better than Sea Witch, then wiped her Sea Demon Flute before bringing it to his lips.
• Xu Ran's flute melody soothed the beaten Soul Masters, accelerated their Soul Power, and helped them break through.
• Sea Witch listened with growing admiration and realized how wide the gap between her musical skill and Xu Ran's was.
• Bo Saixi arrived in the air, watched Xu Ran play, and questioned how he had become so accomplished in so many fields.

Xu Ran’s flute performance inspired the Soul Masters and helped Sea Witch break through to rank ninety-three, while Tang San watched with jealousy and renewed determination to kill him. Sea Witch introduced herself as Lorelei and asked Xu Ran to teach her music personally.

• Tang San listened to Xu Ran’s music, envied his life, and resolved to kill him so he could reclaim what he believed should have been his.
• After Xu Ran finished playing, the purple-robed and yellow-robed Soul Masters discovered that their Soul Power and cultivation insights had improved.
• Sea Witch used the opportunity sparked by the music to break through to rank ninety-three and thanked Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran returned the Sea Demon Flute and introduced himself as Xu Ran, while Sea Witch gave her name as Lorelei.
• Lorelei accepted Xu Ran’s music book but asked him to teach her personally, realizing she had fallen for him.

Xu Ran befriended Sea Witch Lorelei on Sea God Island and told her he would not let its rules keep him from leaving. He offered to take Lorelei with him someday, leaving her unsettled by the possibility of his departure.

• Xu Ran accepted Lorelei's offer of friendship, and she gave him a Mermaid Clan token promising her clan's help on Sea God Island.
• Lorelei asked why Xu Ran had come to the island and explained that those who underwent its trials could not leave unless they became the Sea God.
• Xu Ran said strength allowed him to defy rules, and Lorelei admired his freedom while lamenting that she was bound to the island.
• When Xu Ran suggested Lorelei also yearned for freedom, she covered his mouth and denied harboring disloyal thoughts.
• Lorelei asked whether Xu Ran would leave someday, and he said he would and offered to take her with him.

Xu Ran revealed the Sea God’s shameful intentions toward Bo Saixi to Lorelei and warned that the Sea God might descend to the Lower Realm and harm her. Lorelei’s faith in the Sea God collapsed, and she ended by asking whether Xu Ran would protect her too; he said he would.

• Lorelei worried that leaving Sea God Island would abandon her clanspeople and her faith, while Xu Ran told her her concerns might soon change.
• Xu Ran showed Lorelei footage of the Sea God admitting he had once coveted Bo Saixi and intended to take her to the Divine Realm for his own purposes.
• Lorelei was horrified by the Sea God’s words and asked Xu Ran whether the footage was true, and he confirmed it.
• Xu Ran said he had come to protect Bo Saixi and warned that the enraged Sea God might descend to the Lower Realm and harm her.
• Lorelei asked Xu Ran whether he would protect her in the same situation, and Xu Ran said he would.

Tang San sought the Sea God's Trial, hoping to gain a second Godhood and strengthen himself against Xu Ran. The Sea God granted him the highest-level trial, leaving Tang San convinced he could eventually rival Xu Ran.

• Lorelei told Xu Ran he treated her well, while Bo Saixi sensed her strength rising near him.
• Tang San felt his Cultivation being suppressed by Xu Ran and decided to pursue the Sea God's Godhood.
• Tang San asked Sea Horse Douluo to let him take the Sea God's Trial, and a golden light marked him with the Sea God Trident.
• The Sea God sensed the disturbance and granted Tang San the highest-level trial so he could use him against Xu Ran.
• Tang San celebrated his new opportunity, believing Dual Gods would give him the power to defeat Xu Ran.

Tang San received the Sea God Nine Trials and threatened Lorelei, believing a second godhood would let him defeat Xu Ran. Xu Ran used the Sea God's Heart to shatter the highest-level trial mark, leaving Tang San's new confidence in doubt.

• Tang San received the golden Sea God Nine Trials, and Bo Saixi and Lorelei worried about what his growing power meant for Xu Ran and Sea God Island.
• Tang San told Xu Ran he would become the Sea God, then threatened to slaughter the Mermaid Clan if Lorelei stayed with Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran received a white Sea God Trial, and Tang San mocked him as inferior.
• Xu Ran drew on the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, making the Sea Witch Sacred Pillar shine with every trial color and producing a golden Sea God mark on his forehead.
• Xu Ran shattered the golden mark and declared that he could not be bothered with a Sea God he considered beneath him.

Xu Ran rejected the Sea God’s inheritance despite gaining the Sea God’s Heart, stirring Lorelei’s admiration and Bo Saixi’s conflicted feelings. Tang San, enraged and determined to secure the Heart’s power, demanded that Xu Ran give it up.

• Lorelei watched Xu Ran abandon the highest-tier Sea God’s Trial and began to realize she admired him, wondering if he had come to Sea God Island for her.
• Bo Saixi reflected on her devotion to the Sea God and her duty to help Tang San inherit his position, while hoping Xu Ran would tell her the rest of his story before she sacrificed herself.
• Tang San confronted Xu Ran for insulting the Sea God and fumed over the Sea God’s Heart in Xu Ran’s possession.
• Tang San declared that the Sea God’s Heart should belong to him as the Sea God’s Successor and resolved to take it from Xu Ran.

Xu Ran revealed that he possessed the Sea God's Heart, and Tang San tried to seize it before boasting that he would rule Sea God Island as the future Sea God. Tang San then ordered Lorelei to cut ties with Xu Ran and demanded that she become his woman, leaving her to face his coercion.

• Xu Ran displayed the Sea God's Heart and told Tang San that it recognized him, not Tang San.
• Tang San lunged for the Sea God's Heart, but Xu Ran dodged him and dismissed his threats.
• Tang San declared that he would become the Sea God and make everyone on Sea God Island obey him.
• Tang San ordered Lorelei to stop seeing Xu Ran and to serve him as a Sacred Pillar Guardian.
• Tang San propositioned Lorelei, promising to make her his favored consort once he became the Sea God.

Lorelei rejected Tang San’s threats and chose to be with Xu Ran, who promised to protect her and her clan. Tang San was consumed by jealousy and humiliation as she took Xu Ran’s hand.

• Tang San threatened Lorelei with his future authority as Sea God, but Xu Ran offered to protect her and her family if she came with him.
• Lorelei refused to submit to Tang San, walked to Xu Ran, and confessed that she liked him.
• Xu Ran accepted Lorelei’s feelings and promised to protect her.
• Tang San grew furious and jealous when Lorelei chose Xu Ran, feeling humiliated by her rejection.

Xu Ran mocked Tang San over Lorelei’s rejection, provoking Tang San into a fierce divine battle above Sea God Island. The islanders watched in awe as Xu Ran held his own against the ten-ringed Tang San, while Lorelei admired Xu Ran’s power.

• Xu Ran taunted Tang San for failing to win Lorelei’s respect, and Lorelei openly told Tang San that she despised him.
• Tang San grew furious, questioned why he was still ridiculed despite becoming a god, and attacked Xu Ran with his Rakshasa Demon Scythe.
• Xu Ran met Tang San’s assault with the God-Slaying Sword, and the two unleashed a devastating battle over Sea God Island.
• The residents of Sea God Island watched in fear and amazement as eight-ringed Xu Ran fought evenly with ten-ringed Tang San.
• Lorelei recognized Xu Ran’s strength and decided that a man like him was the only one who could win her over.

After Tang San threatened Lorelei, Bo Saixi questioned her faith in the Sea God and accepted that Lorelei had done nothing wrong. She still defended the Sea God and remained committed to helping Tang San inherit his position, unaware that the Sea God had chosen her out of lust and intended to keep her as his captive.

• Bo Saixi heard Tang San threaten Lorelei and lost faith in his character, while Lorelei bowed to her and worried that she had defied the Sea God's inheritor.
• Lorelei explained that Xu Ran had helped her see Sea God Island as a prison and that she no longer believed the Sea God deserved worship merely because he was powerful.
• Bo Saixi acknowledged that Lorelei had done nothing wrong, then wondered whether faith required her to approve of wrongdoing by Tang San or the Sea God.
• Bo Saixi concluded that Tang San's actions did not represent the Sea God and said she would still help Tang San become the Sea God because she believed she owed the Sea God for his gifts.
• Lorelei considered revealing the Sea God's true motives toward Bo Saixi but stayed silent because Xu Ran had told her not to disclose them yet.

Lorelei described how she fell in love with Xu Ran, stirring Bo Saixi’s jealousy as she watched him fight Tang San. Tang San tested Xu Ran’s strength with Guanyin’s Tears and withdrew, believing the Sea God would soon arrive to help him.

• Lorelei told Bo Saixi that Xu Ran’s talent and skill had made her admire him and eventually fall in love with him.
• Bo Saixi grew jealous of Lorelei’s happiness and reflected on her own feelings for Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran and Tang San continued fighting, and Tang San remained shocked that Xu Ran could suppress him despite being a Soul Douluo.
• Tang San claimed he could not easily be killed and said he was waiting for the Sea God to arrive.
• Tang San launched Guanyin’s Tears at Xu Ran, then withdrew after using their fight to assess Xu Ran’s strength.

Xu Ran shattered Tang San’s attack on Sea God Island and planned to win over Bo Saixi so he could earn his ninth soul ring and reach Titled Douluo. He left the chapter determined to confront the gods ahead while keeping Lorelei close after driving Tang San away.

• Xu Ran unleashed his Sword Qi, destroyed Tang San’s Guanyin’s Tears, and drove Tang San off.
• Xu Ran resolved to win Bo Saixi over and break through to Titled Douluo, believing Tang San and the Sea God would then pose less of a threat.
• Xu Ran checked his system status and discussed System Lady’s human transformation, learning her strength would match his cultivation.
• Xu Ran told System Lady he intended to defeat Tang San, the Sea God, and eventually the God of Destruction, while she urged him to focus on his breakthrough.
• Xu Ran warned Lorelei that Tang San might return and told her to stay near him; Lorelei said she felt safe with Xu Ran beside her.

Xu Ran reassured Lorelei that Tang San could not defeat him, then admitted he had many other women. Lorelei learned she might have more than thirty elder sisters, while Xu Ran left to prepare for his next visit and considered holding a wedding sooner.

• Xu Ran told Lorelei that Tang San was preparing for the Sea God’s arrival but would still be no match for him.
• Xu Ran confessed that he had many other women, and Lorelei accepted that she would have sisters rather than leave him.
• Lorelei asked how many sisters she had, and Xu Ran realized his partners could number more than thirty.
• Xu Ran explained how he managed to spend time with many women, leaving Lorelei embarrassed and bewildered.
• Lorelei urged Xu Ran to leave her to cultivate and stay ready while Tang San pursued godhood.
• Xu Ran promised to return the next day and teach Lorelei to blow a tune, then considered holding a wedding for everyone sooner.

Xu Ran planned to marry Lan’er and humiliate Tang San, then accepted a mission that rewarded him for inviting Tang San to the wedding and revealing Lan’er’s identity afterward. Tang San prepared to pursue the Sea God’s power while Bo Saixi waited by the sea in the revealing clothes Xu Ran had requested.

• Xu Ran decided he would marry Lan’er if he failed to kill Tang San, and imagined how the wedding and her identity would torment Tang San.
• The system gave Xu Ran a mission to marry Lan’er, invite Tang San to the ceremony, and reveal the truth after the wedding night, promising five-hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings and ten thousand Skill Points.
• Tang San sneezed and blamed Xu Ran, then vowed to become the Sea God, acquire Dual Gods, kill Xu Ran, and devour the Divine Realm’s gods.
• Tang San tended his injuries and focused on the Sea God’s Trial, believing it would be easy because he was already a god.
• Bo Saixi stood by the sea in yoga clothes Xu Ran had requested, embarrassed by how closely they revealed her figure as she waited for him to explain more about Tang Chen’s death.

Xu Ran teased Bo Saixi and continued telling her about Tang Chen’s journey through Slaughter City, stopping at Hell Road. He dangled secrets about the Sea God and Bo Saixi to persuade her to wear a miniskirt, and she ran off with the skirt to hear more.

• Bo Saixi privately admired her beauty and grumbled about the clothes Xu Ran had given her before he arrived and teased her.
• Xu Ran called Bo Saixi “Xixi” and “baby,” while she objected and tried to explain why meeting him did not betray the Sea God.
• Xu Ran recounted Tang Chen’s winning streak in Slaughter City and described Hell Road, then stopped before telling her what happened next.
• Xu Ran offered to continue the story if Bo Saixi wore a miniskirt and promised to reveal secrets about the Sea God and her.
• Bo Saixi called Xu Ran ruthless and ran off with the miniskirt.

Xu Ran told Bo Saixi that Tang San had killed Tang Chen and showed her a recording that appeared to prove it, deepening her trust in him. He left her ready to hear the rest of his account about the Sea God.

• Xu Ran met Bo Saixi by the sea and agreed to tell her the full story, including the truth about Tang Chen and the Sea God.
• Xu Ran claimed that Tang San had killed Tang Chen after inheriting the Rakshasa Godhood and attacked the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bo Saixi asked for proof, and Xu Ran showed her a recording of Tang San punching through Tang Chen amid the slaughter at the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bo Saixi accepted Xu Ran's account, felt relieved that she had not misjudged him, and condemned Tang San for deceiving her.
• Xu Ran joked that Bo Saixi now knew he was a good person.

Xu Ran told Bo Saixi that he had come to Sea God Island to protect her from Tang San and revealed Tang San’s murderous intentions. He showed her evidence of the Sea God’s true nature, leaving her devastated and questioning her faith.

• Bo Saixi asked why Tang San had come to Sea God Island, and Xu Ran said Tang San had wanted her and had killed Tang Chen to pursue her.
• Bo Saixi apologized for believing Tang San and wrongly blaming Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran revealed that he and Tang San were both waiting for the Sea God, who planned to join forces with Tang San against him.
• Bo Saixi urged Xu Ran to flee, but he said he stayed because he feared what the Sea God might do to her.
• When Bo Saixi defended the Sea God, Xu Ran showed her a recording of the Sea God’s words, and she collapsed in shock and grief.

Bo Saixi learned that the Sea God had raised her as a potential possession and punished her after she fell in love with Tang Chen. She broke down in Xu Ran’s arms, and he comforted her after hearing the full story.

• Bo Saixi begged Xu Ran to deny that the Sea God had intended to make her his slave pet, but Xu Ran pointed to the Sea God’s influence over her life as evidence.
• Xu Ran embraced Bo Saixi, and she began recounting how the Sea God had found her as an orphan and named her.
• Bo Saixi’s account revealed that the Sea God had planned to bring her to the Divine Realm, but her love for Tang Chen enraged him.
• The Sea God made Bo Saixi the High Priest and bound her to remain on Sea God Island, where she would eventually sacrifice herself for his inheritor.
• Xu Ran comforted the sobbing Bo Saixi and felt grateful that Tang Chen had kept her from the Sea God’s grasp.

Bo Saixi blamed herself for the suffering she had endured, but Xu Ran comforted her and vowed to protect her from the Sea God and Tang San. She confessed her feelings for him, and Xu Ran completed his mission and broke through to Titled Douluo.

• Bo Saixi blamed her beauty for Tang Chen's suffering and the troubles that had befallen her, while Xu Ran told her that none of it was her fault.
• Xu Ran kissed Bo Saixi and promised to care for her, then said he would stay to protect her and Sea God Island despite claiming he lacked confidence against their enemies.
• Bo Saixi urged Xu Ran to flee and offered to die rather than let the Sea God and Tang San claim her, but Xu Ran insisted they would face danger together.
• Bo Saixi confessed that she liked Xu Ran and kissed him of her own accord.
• Xu Ran received a Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring with pure light and darkness attributes and broke through to Titled Douluo.