Chapter Summaries

Yu Tianlong revealed that he had spent a week arranging a wedding and proposed to the twenty-eight women, who accepted. The wedding was set for half a month later, while news of the ceremony and the Star Luo Empire’s reaction spread.

• Yu Tianlong returned after a week away and gathered the women, having arranged the wedding and brought their surviving family members to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yu Tianlong proposed to the women and gave each of them a unique ring made by Lou Gao.
• The women accepted Yu Tianlong’s proposal, though they wanted a say in planning their wedding.
• Yu Tianlong set the wedding for half a month later, and the ministers supported his arrangements as the empire granted another year of tax exemption.
• The Star Luo Empire learned of the wedding, and its new emperor faced the prospect of attending because Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun were marrying Yu Tianlong.

Yu Tianlong celebrated his wedding to a host of brides in the Heaven Dou Empire, then prepared to leave for Sea God Island to seize the godhood positions before Tang San could claim them. He departed with Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu while Gu Yuena and the other women remained behind.

• The Heaven Dou Empire celebrated Yu Tianlong's wedding, and he rushed out to meet the brides when their procession arrived.
• Yu Tianlong married Hu Liena, Bibi Dong, Xue Ke, Tang Yuehua, Gu Yuena, and the other brides, then sent the wedding guests away.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether Yu Tianlong would bring more of his wives on his next trip, and he promised he could teleport them whenever they wished.
• Yu Tianlong chose Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu to accompany him to Sea God Island, while Gu Yuena stayed behind to avoid attracting the Divine Realm's attention.
• Yu Tianlong and his companions left Heaven Dou City by carriage as the women watched them depart.

Yu Tianlong, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er found a village slaughtered by a bandit group while traveling west toward the coast. They tracked the killers into the mountains and caught sight of about three hundred bandits and a mass of corpses, with cries coming from ahead.

• Yu Tianlong and the two women traveled west by carriage, resting along the way as they headed toward the coast.
• Near a village, the Soul Saint driver warned Yu Tianlong that the area was strangely quiet, and Yu Tianlong spotted damaged houses and fresh bloodstains.
• Yu Tianlong, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er entered the village and found at least a hundred dead civilians; the Soul Saint reported that oddly dressed killers were dragging bodies toward the mountains.
• Yu Tianlong hid the carriage with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then followed the bloodstains into the mountain forest with Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er.
• The three caught up with around three hundred burly bandits among a mass of corpses, while cries came from ahead.

Yu Tianlong, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er tracked Wolf Bandits to their lair and killed them, but found the surviving women and children had suffered terribly. After granting the women release and burning the lair, they discovered a right leg Soul Bone inside the slain leader.

• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er identified the attackers as Wolf Bandits, and Yu Tianlong held them back so they could find the bandits’ lair.
• Yu Tianlong, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er attacked the lair and killed the Wolf Bandits, including their blue-green leader.
• The three entered the lair and found the surviving women broken and pregnant, while the women and children inside had largely been killed.
• Yu Tianlong told the surviving women that the Wolf Bandits were dead, then ended their lives and the lives of their unborn children at their request.
• Yu Tianlong burned the lair to ashes with Heavenly Fire Funeral.
• Yu Tianlong found a right leg Soul Bone inside the blue-green Wolf Bandit leader, and Huo Wu asked whether it had been born with it or acquired by hunting a Soul Beast.

Yu Tianlong and his companions left the aftermath of the Wolf Bandits behind and continued west to Vast Sea City, where they planned to prepare for the voyage to Sea God Island. The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud continued to affect Yu Tianlong as they approached the coast.

• Yu Tianlong and the women mourned the villagers killed by the Wolf Bandits, burned their bodies, and left the village with the Soul Saint.
• During the night, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud enveloped the group as a faint blue phantom appeared behind Yu Tianlong; he later felt its changes throughout his body.
• After their morning practice and breakfast, Yu Tianlong, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er resumed their journey and discussed having the Soul Saint return from Vast Sea City.
• Yu Tianlong explained that they would need to hire a boat in Vast Sea City for the roughly ten-day trip to Sea God Island.
• The group entered Vast Sea City, where the sea's salty scent and the locals' appearance marked the coastal setting.
• Yu Tianlong and the women decided to stay in Vast Sea City for two days to rest and prepare for their voyage.

Yu Tianlong, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er prepared for their journey to Sea God Island and visited the Vast Sea Great Soul Arena to watch sea Soul Masters fight. Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er entered a two-on-two match against the Sea Spirit Brothers, and the first match was about to begin.

• Yu Tianlong asked Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er to prepare for their sea voyage, and he learned that Shui Bing'er could swim but Huo Wu could not.
• The three decided to visit the Vast Sea Great Soul Arena before shopping for sea-going Soul Tools, and Yu Tianlong used his identity to secure a private VIP box.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er chose to compete in the arena while Yu Tianlong stayed to watch.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er drew the first match against the rank-sixty-eight Sea Spirit Brothers, who had won four consecutive matches.
• The host introduced Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er as the Ice and Fire Team and called both teams into the arena.

Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er faced the Sea Spirit Brothers in a two-on-two Soul Fighting match at the Vast Sea Great Soul Arena. After the brothers plunged into the pool, Shui Bing'er froze it with her Sixth Soul Skill, Thousand-Mile Ice Seal, leaving Huo Wu ready to take her turn.

• Yu Tianlong warned the arena steward to prevent anyone from insulting his wives, Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er.
• The Sea Spirit Brothers, Hai Bai and Sea Ghost, entered the arena and drew Yu Tianlong's concern because they were twins with exceptional coordination.
• Both teams released their Martial Souls, and the brothers transformed into aquatic forms before diving into the pool without disturbing its surface.
• Huo Wu's Fire Shadow became more powerful as the crowd laughed at her fire-attribute Martial Soul, angering her.
• Shui Bing'er used Thousand-Mile Ice Seal to freeze the Soul Fighting pool while holding back, giving Huo Wu the chance to continue the fight.

Huo Wu used her golden flames to raise the Soul Fighting pool’s temperature and bait the Sea Spirit Brothers into attacking, then worked with Shui Bing'er to defeat them. The brothers were left trapped in the ice and suffering from the heat of Huo Wu’s flames.

• Huo Wu poured golden flames into the pool, gradually warming its frigid water without trying to boil it all.
• Hai Bai and Sea Ghost attacked Huo Wu with water dragons, which her flames vaporized before she lashed fire toward Hai Bai.
• The Sea Spirit Brothers used their Raging Waves Soul Skill to send towering, purple-lit waves at Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er dodged the waves, and Shui Bing'er froze the pool again, immobilizing the brothers.
• Huo Wu sent flames through the ice and into the brothers’ bodies, sharply heating the surrounding water and causing them intense pain.

Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er defeated the Sea Spirit Brothers in the Soul Fighting match, then joined Yu Tianlong at the auction house in Vast Sea City. The auction caught their attention when the Dragon Abyss Boat was presented as the next lot.

• The Sea Spirit Brothers unleashed Demon Soul Arrow Rain, but Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er fused their ice and fire Soul Power into a blast that defeated them before they could use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Wu prompted the stunned host to declare the Ice and Fire Team the winner, and the unconscious Sea Spirit Brothers were carried away with dangerously hot bodies.
• Yu Tianlong embraced Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er in the VIP room, reviewed Vast Sea City's financial statements, and left the Great Soul Arena with them.
• Yu Tianlong and the two women entered the adjoining auction house after paying for a bidding paddle and deposit.
• The auctioneer presented the Dragon Abyss Boat, a jade-colored coastal Soul Tool, drawing Yu Tianlong and the women's attention.

Yu Tianlong bought the Dragon Abyss Boat at auction, believing it would be useful for their dangerous sea journey. Back at the hotel, he and the two women agreed on a plan for handling danger and prepared to test whether the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud could conceal the boat.

• The auctioneer described the Dragon Abyss Boat's abilities and limitations, but the bidders showed no interest until Yu Tianlong offered the starting price of ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Yu Tianlong won the Dragon Abyss Boat and later explained that its portability and their combined Soul Power would make it useful despite its weak defenses.
• After collecting the boat, Yu Tianlong and the two women returned to the hotel and agreed he would send them back if they encountered danger beyond their abilities.
• Yu Tianlong recalled the dangers of the sea, including the Ancient Space Beast Fish and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and urged caution.
• Yu Tianlong planned to test whether the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud could conceal them while they traveled in the Dragon Abyss Boat, and the women welcomed the idea.

Yu Tianlong and Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er rented the Sea Demon Ship and set sail from Vast Sea City toward Sea God Island. After they enjoyed the sea voyage, Yu Tianlong used the power of the void to bring five more women aboard.

• Yu Tianlong proposed testing whether the Dragon Abyss Boat could work with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, while still renting a ship for the voyage.
• Yu Tianlong, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er found the Sea Demon Ship and met its captain, Haider.
• Captain Haider ordered the Sea Demon Ship to weigh anchor and follow Yu Tianlong's chart out to sea.
• Yu Tianlong and the two women admired the sea and shared a meal of seafood aboard the ship.
• Yu Tianlong stepped through a spatial rift and returned with Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Gu Yuena, and another woman.

Yu Tianlong and his companions sailed toward Sea God Island while Captain Haider explained the dangers of the sea. Haider tried to drug and rob them, but Yu Tianlong remained unharmed and exposed his crude trick.

• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Huo Wu became seasick aboard the Sea Demon Ship, but Yu Tianlong helped them recover.
• Haider told Yu Tianlong that the ship would reach its destination in about eight days and warned that they would soon enter waters with active Soul Beasts.
• Yu Tianlong questioned Haider about sea charts and how sailors avoided powerful Sea Soul Beasts.
• Yu Tianlong and his companions ate breakfast and went onto the deck with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Haider revealed that he had drugged the group and ordered the crew to rob and restrain them, but Yu Tianlong stood unharmed and called the trick crude.

Yu Tianlong exposed Haider and his crew as pirates, defeated them, and forced Haider to reveal the Purple Pearl Pirates’ base and strength. Haider identified their captain, Zi Zhenzhu, and agreed to guide Yu Tianlong’s group safely to their destination.

• Yu Tianlong revealed that he had seen through Haider’s crew and their failed attempt to drug the travelers.
• Haider and seven Soul Masters attacked, but Yu Tianlong released his domain and six Soul Rings, quickly killing five of them.
• Yu Tianlong threw the two surviving crew members into the sea and sealed Haider’s Soul Power with an acupoint-striking technique.
• Yu Tianlong threatened Haider and demanded information in exchange for sparing his life and safe passage.
• Haider revealed that he belonged to the Purple Pearl Pirates, based on Purple Pearl Island, and described their more than three thousand members and captain, Zi Zhenzhu.

Yu Tianlong forced Haider to steer the Sea Demon Ship toward Sea God Island after the pirate crew tried to poison his group. Haider secretly blamed Yu Tianlong for killing his only son and plotted to steer the ship into a forbidden sea-beast zone, while Gu Yuena assured Yu Tianlong she was ready to act.

• Haider admitted that his crew plundered ships for ocean taxes, and Yu Tianlong ordered him to take them to Sea God Island under threat.
• Yu Tianlong pulled two sailors back aboard with Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon and warned Haider not to betray him.
• Haider revealed his hatred after realizing Yu Tianlong had killed his only son, then chose a forbidden zone on his sea-beast chart as a deadly trap.
• The Sea Demon Ship sailed onward, and Haider behaved obediently while secretly monitoring its course.
• While Yu Tianlong and Gu Yuena stood watch, Yu Tianlong sensed a chilling danger, and Gu Yuena told him she was there for him.

Yu Tianlong discovered that Haider had deliberately led the Sea Demon Ship into the Demon Whale Sea Area and provoked the hundred-thousand-year Demon Whale. As the beast rose from the sea, Gu Yuena faced it with interest, leaving Haider to witness the danger he had unleashed.

• Yu Tianlong questioned Haider about the ship's route and learned they were in the Demon Whale Sea Area, where a powerful whale lived.
• Haider revealed that he had set off gunpowder bombs beneath the ship to enrage the Demon Whale, then taunted Yu Tianlong about their impending deaths.
• Yu Tianlong broke Haider's limbs and brought him onto the deck, while he and the women remained calm about their chances of escape.
• The sea erupted as the enormous blue Demon Whale rose from the water and displayed its terrifying power.
• Gu Yuena flew toward the Demon Whale and called it a strong little whale.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked Yu Tianlong’s ship, but Gu Yuena repeatedly blocked his strikes. When a blue triangular divine object appeared and summoned a towering phantom, the whale recognized its power and was restrained by the sea.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King fired a blue beam at the ship, but silver light blocked it.
• The whale attacked again and unleashed a devastating wave across the sea, destroying the ship while Yu Tianlong carried everyone safely into the sky.
• Gu Yuena prepared to strike, but sensed divinity as a blue triangular solid appeared around Yu Tianlong and the others.
• The triangle summoned a huge blue phantom, which made the whale’s Sea Domain vanish and calmed the sea.
• The phantom warned the whale about the lesson from twenty thousand years ago and threatened to blind his other eye, while seawater trapped him in place.

Yu Tianlong and Gu Yuena pursued a mysterious source of divine power and traveled to Purple Pearl Island, where they met Jixiang, the Purple Pearl Pirates’ doctor. The chapter ended as wounded pirates arrived at Jixiang’s cabin and he ordered them brought inside for treatment.

• A blue phantom forced the Deep Sea Demon Whale to retreat, while Gu Yuena and Yu Tianlong secretly marked him.
• Yu Tianlong and Gu Yuena agreed to investigate the divine power but not to follow someone else’s path to godhood, then set out by sea using their map.
• Five days later, Yu Tianlong’s party boarded a ship bound for Purple Pearl Island and met Jixiang, who explained that the pirates robbed nobles and aided poor fishing villages.
• Several pirates confronted Yu Tianlong at Jixiang’s cabin, and Jixiang stopped them by warning that he would not treat their wounded companions if they continued.
• Jixiang ordered the pirates to bring their two injured companions inside.

Jixiang used his extraordinary medical skills to save two injured pirates, while Yu Tianlong helped him stop a severe bleed. After the pirates left, Yu Tianlong offered Jixiang a chance to gain Soul Power, and Jixiang agreed.

• Jixiang operated on a pirate with a severed artery, and Yu Tianlong helped stop the bleeding with acupoint strikes.
• Jixiang performed open-chest surgery to repair the second pirate’s damaged lung, then told the pirates to take one patient and leave the other for observation.
• The tall pirate thanked Jixiang for saving his younger brother and apologized to Yu Tianlong for his earlier hostility.
• Jixiang explained that he stayed among the pirates because they were people too and not all of them were bad.
• Yu Tianlong offered to help Jixiang become a Soul Master, and Jixiang accepted the opportunity despite his age.

Yu Tianlong helped Jixiang absorb a ten thousand year ginseng king, opened all eight of his extraordinary meridians, and raised his Soul Power enough that he needed his first Soul Ring to progress. The next morning, Jixiang led Yu Tianlong through Purple Pearl Island to meet captain Zi Zhenzhu, while Yu Tianlong suspected the pirates had salvaged supplies from his pouch.

• Yu Tianlong gave Jixiang a ten thousand year ginseng king and guided its medicinal potency through his body, opening all eight extraordinary meridians.
• After a day and night of cultivation, Jixiang learned that his Soul Power had risen above rank fifteen and that he needed a Soul Ring to continue.
• Yu Tianlong asked Jixiang to introduce him to captain Zi Zhenzhu, and Jixiang described her strength and the pirates' forces.
• Jixiang and Yu Tianlong found Purple Pearl Island celebrating a haul of scarce supplies from the continent, which Yu Tianlong suspected had come from his pouch.
• The pirates warmly greeted Jixiang as he led Yu Tianlong through the village to the tall wooden house where the captain lived.

Yu Tianlong and Gu Yuena confronted Zi Zhenzhu on Purple Pearl Island, where Yu Tianlong quickly overpowered the pirate captain and demanded to know about Haider. Zi Zhenzhu confirmed Haider belonged to her crew and learned that he had led Yu Tianlong into danger in the Demon Whale Sea Area.

• Gu Yuena arrived to watch over Yu Tianlong, then restrained her presence after he noted that it frightened the villagers.
• Zi Zhenzhu challenged Yu Tianlong and released her Martial Soul, but his domains suppressed her and he defeated her before Jixiang begged him not to kill her.
• Zi Zhenzhu angrily tried to fight again, so Gu Yuena silenced her; Yu Tianlong used the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent Inner Core to frighten her and threatened the island's residents.
• The pirates refused to abandon Zi Zhenzhu, demonstrating their loyalty, and Yu Tianlong questioned her after she recovered enough to speak.
• Yu Tianlong asked whether Zi Zhenzhu knew Haider, and she confirmed that he was one of her pirates; Yu Tianlong explained that Haider had taken him into the Demon Whale Sea Area, where a hundred-thousand-year Deep Sea Demon Whale attacked them.