Chapter Summaries

Ma Hongjun confronted Tang San over Oscar’s poisoning, then fought to stall him in the streets of Saliker City until the Evil Extermination Sect could arrive. Tang San’s poison failed to work, and the battle continued with Ma Hongjun circling above him to evade the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Ma Hongjun accused Tang San of poisoning Oscar, but Tang San denied it and claimed he had always treated Ma Hongjun as a brother.
• Ma Hongjun and Tang San moved their fight to the street, where Ma Hongjun hoped to draw help from the Evil Extermination Sect.
• Tang San released colorless poison, but Ma Hongjun used his Martial Soul Avatar and Phoenix attacks to keep fighting while drawing the attention of nearby disciples.
• Ma Hongjun realized Tang San’s powder was meant to trigger toxins in his meridians and revealed that he had already dealt with them.
• Tang San summoned a Clear Sky Hammer with seven yellow Soul Rings and attacked Ma Hongjun, who narrowly dodged the first blow.
• Ma Hongjun flew into the sky and circled Tang San, avoiding close combat and watching for Hidden Weapons as he tried to buy time.

Tang San attacked Ma Hongjun, but the Evil Extermination Sect intervened and revealed that others had obtained Zhuge Repeating Crossbows. A Zhu arrived, and Tang San fled toward Slaughter Town with her pursuing him.

• Tang San struck Ma Hongjun down with hammer shadows, but arrows from the Evil Extermination Sect forced him to stop before delivering a final blow.
• Tang San recognized the arrows as shots from Zhuge Repeating Crossbows and accused Ma Hongjun of stealing and sharing Tang Sect manufacturing methods.
• Ma Hongjun taunted Tang San, who tried to attack him again before the Evil Extermination Sect disciples launched their soul skills at Tang San.
• Tang San used a poisoned hidden weapon to bring down a Soul Saint, then faced a standoff with the remaining disciples.
• A Zhu appeared and mocked Tang San, who fled toward Slaughter Town while she chased him and struck him without aiming for vital points.

Ning Bei and Qian Renxue led the Evil Extermination Sect in an assault on Tang Sect’s stronghold in Slaughter Town as part of Qian Renxue’s God Trial. After the purge began, Qian Renxue confronted Tang Xian, whose Clear Sky Hammer shattered her Angel’s Protection.

• Ning Bei assigned the Evil Extermination Sect disciples to eliminate Tang Sect members below Soul Emperor level while Qian Renxue handled stronger enemies.
• The disciples launched a surprise attack on Slaughter Town, and Qian Renxue killed Tang Sect fighters who threatened them.
• Qian Renxue flew toward Tang Sect Headquarters after securing the battlefield for the Evil Extermination Sect.
• Tang Xian attacked Qian Renxue with his Clear Sky Hammer, driven by hatred of the Angel Clan.
• Qian Renxue shielded herself with Angel’s Protection, but Tang Xian’s hammer shattered the barrier.

Qian Renxue completed her purge of the Tang Sect headquarters, then discussed her next Angel God trial and Slaughter Town with Ning Bei. When Tang San fled into the passage to Slaughter City, Ning Bei stopped A Zhu from following him.

• Tang Xian attacked Qian Renxue with his Clear Sky Hammer, but her Sword of Divinity killed him in one strike.
• Qian Renxue finished clearing the Tang Sect headquarters, and Ning Bei confirmed no one had been missed.
• Qian Renxue told Ning Bei that her next trial required her to pull out the Angel Holy Sword, and they decided not to destroy Slaughter Town.
• Ning Bei and Qian Renxue spotted A Zhu chasing Tang San toward Slaughter Town, but they chose not to attack him.
• Tang San found the tavern passage to Slaughter City and jumped inside, hoping to escape A Zhu.
• Ning Bei appeared and grabbed A Zhu before she could follow Tang San into the passage.

Ning Bei left the Heaven Frost Duchy after parting from Qian Renxue and discovered a village devastated by Plague Poison. He rescued several survivors and realized Tang San had planted the poison in his subordinates, but the survivors mourned the family members they had lost.

• A Zhu understood that acting on her killing intent toward Tang San would draw the attention of a heavenly eye, and Ning Bei returned her to the Pill Pagoda.
• Ning Bei and Qian Renxue parted after spending several days together, and she flew back toward the Heaven Dou Empire with Snake Lance waiting nearby.
• Ning Bei left the Heaven Frost Duchy with Da Ming, A Bao, and others, while Ice Empress beat Tian Meng after Ning Bei teased him about looking down on women.
• Ning Bei found a village filled with poisonous mist and dead villagers, then discovered that a dead Tang Sect member was spreading the poison from his body.
• Ning Bei recognized the toxin as Plague Poison planted in Tang San's subordinates and used a Restoration Pill to save several surviving villagers.
• The rescued villagers thanked Ning Bei, then grieved for the children, wives, and parents who had died.

Ning Bei discovered that Tang San’s toxins had detonated inside his subordinates, releasing Plague Poison that killed villagers and threatened civilians across the continent. He alerted Ning Fengzhi and planned to use Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Grass network to locate outbreaks and deliver antidote.

• A surviving villager told Ning Bei that an evil man had collapsed, exploded, and released poisonous mist that killed or infected the village.
• Ning Bei removed the poison from the survivors, gave them instructions, and hurried toward nearby villages to investigate other outbreaks.
• Ning Bei summoned Ah Yin and told her that Tang San’s planted toxins were causing Plague Poison outbreaks among civilians.
• Ah Yin contacted Ning Fengzhi, who ordered Seven Treasure City sealed, suspicious people investigated, and Heaven Dou City warned about the poison.
• Ning Bei asked Ah Yin to locate every outbreak and transport medicinal water through the Blue Silver Grass network, and she agreed.

Ning Bei arranged for Sister Ah Yin to use Blue Silver Grass and medicinal liquid to cure victims of the epidemic poison, then returned to Seven Treasure City to coordinate a response. He revealed to Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong that he planned to create his own god position by gathering faith through the rescue effort.

• Ning Bei created a medicinal pool, and Sister Ah Yin rooted herself in it to spread healing liquid through Blue Silver Grass and cure poisoned survivors.
• Ning Bei left Da Ming to protect Sister Ah Yin and Chang'e, and instructed Chang'e to replenish the pool with pills as needed.
• Ning Bei returned to Seven Treasure City and learned from Ning Fengzhi that the sect had contained an outbreak in a nearby village.
• Ning Bei explained that Tang San had poisoned the Tang Sect Disciples and urged the sect to prepare for outbreaks across the continent.
• Ning Bei proposed publicizing both the source of the epidemic poison and his role in providing the cure, then told Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong he intended to create his own god position through faith.

The epidemic poison spread across the continent, and public anger turned against Tang San as Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy and revealed his crimes. His account left Flender and Liu Erlong horrified and Yu Xiaogang shaken by doubts about his disciple.

• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect distributed Elixirs and contained outbreaks, especially around Heaven Dou City, while civilians blamed Tang San and the Tang Sect for the plague.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted Tang San was innocent as Liu Erlong and Flender voiced doubts, and Ma Hongjun returned and condemned his former classmate.
• Ma Hongjun revealed that he had reached Soul Saint cultivation through the Tang Sect's method of killing enemies and stealing their cultivation.
• Ma Hongjun explained that Tang San had secretly placed toxins in Tang Sect disciples' meridians, which erupted when former members lacked suppressants and overused their Soul Power.

Ma Hongjun told Flender that Tang San had poisoned and attacked him, and Flender chose to believe his disciple despite Yu Xiaogang’s protests. The chapter ended with Flender learning that Ning Bei had invited Ma Hongjun to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving him awkwardly concealing his fear of Ning Bei.

• Grandmaster accused Ma Hongjun of framing Tang San, but Ma Hongjun explained that he had lost five cultivation levels after the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect helped purge his poison and that Tang San later tried to kill him.
• Ma Hongjun told Flender he would join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as Oscar’s Dao protector, and Flender said he believed him and asked Yu Xiaogang to produce evidence for Tang San.
• Flender took Ma Hongjun aside to hear what had happened, while Liu Erlong admitted she did not believe Tang San and Yu Xiaogang returned to the house in silence.
• Ma Hongjun explained that Tang San had attempted to assassinate Oscar, and Flender criticized Tang San’s methods and asked whether the person recruiting Ma Hongjun was trustworthy.
• Ma Hongjun revealed that Ning Bei had invited him to join the sect, and Flender hid his unease over his past clashes with Ning Bei.

With the Plague Poison contained, Ning Bei confirmed that faith could form the basis of a godhood but admitted he did not know how to complete the process. Tian Meng suggested asking the Dragon God, leading Ning Bei to realize that the Big Mother Dragon might know the method, and he went to ask her.

• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Bei that no plague outbreaks had occurred for three days and that the poison seemed under control.
• Ning Bei told Ning Fengzhi, Sword, and Bone that Faith-Based Godhood was feasible but that he still needed to discover how to condense a God Position.
• Tian Meng suggested that Ning Bei ask someone who already knew how to achieve godhood, then pointed out that the Dragon God might know the method.
• Ning Bei realized that the Big Mother Dragon living in his residence was half of the Dragon God's avatar, and the Ice and Snow Two Emperors agreed she might know something.
• After discussing the continent's post-disaster arrangements with Ning Fengzhi, Ning Bei went to the Big Mother Dragon's residence and knocked on her door.

Ning Bei learned how faith could help him condense a God Ring and planned to visit Sea God Island before completing the Ice God's trials. Meanwhile, Tang San completed his third Asura trial by becoming hated across the continent as the Source of Plague.

• The Silver Dragon King explained that Ning Bei could use Faith Power to form a God Ring Embryo and nurture it into a God Position with Soul Power.
• Ning Bei planned to visit Rongrong and the others on Sea God Island, then enter seclusion to complete the Ice God's trials.
• Da Ming returned with Ah Yin and Chang'e after they controlled the Plague Poison in eastern Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ning Bei set off for Sea God Island after greeting Ning Fengzhi and taking the Three Beasts into the Pill Pagoda to recover.
• Tang San received confirmation that his reputation as the Source of Plague had exceeded the requirements of the third Asura trial.

Tang San discovered that his Asura reward had increased only his Clear Sky Hammer Soul Ring ages and learned that his next trial would keep him in Slaughter City. At Sea God Island, Ning Bei watched the group fight Bo Saixi’s summoned Sea Soul Beasts, and Ning Rongrong attempted to stop the endless assault with her Spirit Bone Skill.

• Tang San found that the reward had not changed his Blue Silver Grass Soul Rings, then realized it applied only to his Clear Sky Hammer and examined his next trial.
• Ning Bei returned to Sea God Island and learned that the group had reached the Sixth Trial in the Raging Wave Desperate Situation under Bo Saixi.
• Bo Saixi used her fifth Spirit Skill, Sea God's Summoning, to surround the group with Sea Soul Beasts that repeatedly reformed from seawater.
• Ning Rongrong gathered her companions and revealed that her Extreme Ice Phoenix Torso Bone granted a large-scale control skill.
• Ning Rongrong unleashed Glacier Storm to try to freeze the Sea Soul Beasts and end the group’s predicament.

Ning Rongrong froze Bo Saixi’s Sea Soul Beast phantoms, but Bo Saixi countered with powerful water attacks that overwhelmed the group. Just as Nami seemed poised to fail the assessment, an unknown ally shattered the Sea Water Great White Sharks with a Spirit Bone Skill.

• Ning Rongrong froze the approaching Sea Soul Beast phantoms with Glacier Storm, exhausting most of her Soul Power.
• Bo Saixi used Sea Burial to summon a massive water tornado that shattered the ice and threatened the little ones.
• Nami entered the sea, and with Ning Rongrong’s support, used Sea Tide’s Wrath to break apart Bo Saixi’s Sea Dragon Twister.
• Bo Saixi used Sea of Annihilation to swallow the little ones inside Sea Water Great White Sharks and drain their Soul Power.
• Nami faced Bo Saixi alone as the High Priest declared the assessment a failure, but Winter Curse shattered the sharks around the little ones.

Dugu Yan freed the group from Bo Saixi’s ambush, and the companions coordinated attacks to buy time during the trial. Zhu Zhuqing trapped Bo Saixi with her Life and Death Arena, leaving them both transformed into children as Zhu Zhuqing planned to stall until the incense burned down.

• Dugu Yan used her Ice Dragon Skull Soul Skill to dispel the effects trapping the companions and prevent Bo Saixi from using those Soul Skills for a day.
• Long Nianbing erased Bo Saixi’s Sea God’s Gaze with his Xuanji Blade, while Ye Yinzhu’s Nine Dragon Roar was shattered and left him injured by backlash.
• Ning Rongrong helped Ye Yinzhu recover as Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing moved into position for their ambush.
• Xiao Wu failed to break through Bo Saixi’s Soul Power barrier, but Zhu Zhuqing activated her Life and Death Arena and pulled Bo Saixi into another space.
• Bo Saixi and Zhu Zhuqing discovered they had both become children, and Zhu Zhuqing decided to stall until the incense burned down.

Zhu Zhuqing passed the Sixth Trial by persuading Bo Saixi to end their ten-minute challenge, and four examinees completed their trials and received permission to leave Sea God Island after their rewards. The group then discovered that Nami’s Seventh Trial involved pulling out the Sea God’s Trident, which Ning Rongrong suspected was a Divine Artifact.

• Zhu Zhuqing ended the Strange Space after Bo Saixi declared the Sixth Trial passed, and Bo Saixi announced that all examinees had earned an excellent evaluation.
• Bo Saixi confirmed that Long Nianbing, Ye Yinzhu, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing had completed all their trials, and they chose to wait for Rongrong and the others before leaving Sea God Island.
• The group compared their rewards and cultivation, learning that their Spirit Rings and Soul Bones had gained years and that several of them had advanced to higher Soul Power levels.
• The group found that several Seventh Trials required them to assist Nami in pulling out the Sea God’s Trident, while Nami’s own trial was to pull it out.
• Ning Rongrong suggested that the Sea God’s Trident was a Divine Artifact that could attack anyone who had not gained its approval, and Nami and Little Rabbit wondered whether Nami could claim it.

Ning Bei returned to Sea Maiden City and encouraged his companions to pursue their own paths toward godhood. Long Nianbing and Ye Yinzhu decided to travel the continent in search of Deity trials, while Ning Bei reassured them that their talent matched A'Dai's.

• Ning Bei reunited with Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong, then warned Nami that earning the Sea God's Trident's approval would make her Seventh Trial difficult.
• Ning Bei told Long Nianbing and Ye Yinzhu that A'Dai had received nine trials from the God of Death and had moved ahead of them.
• Ning Rongrong encouraged Long Nianbing and Ye Yinzhu to leave the island and seek their own opportunities, and Xiao Wu offered to remain and help Ning Rongrong.
• At dinner, Long Nianbing asked Ning Bei about A'Dai's trial and the whereabouts of other Deities; Ning Bei advised him and Ye Yinzhu to travel and seek a resonance with a compatible Deity.
• Ning Bei told Long Nianbing and Ye Yinzhu that reaching Titled Douluo before forty could attract the gods' attention, and said their talent matched A'Dai's.

Ning Bei explained that becoming a Titled Douluo before forty was achievable, then stayed on Sea God Island with his companions before planning their return. He told Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Nami what to expect from their remaining trials, leaving them to continue their training on the island.

• Ning Bei teased Ning Rongrong about her chances of attracting a god’s attention, raising Long Nianbing and the others’ hopes that they might be chosen too.
• Ning Bei decided to spend a few more days on Sea God Island with Dugu Yan and the others before returning to the continent with those who had completed their trials.
• Dugu Yan sent Ning Bei away from her room and hinted that he could visit Zhu Zhuqing instead, but Ning Bei chose to sleep alone; the next morning, Dugu Yan teased them both about it.
• Ning Bei said that those who had completed their trials would return with him in a few days, while Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Nami would stay on Sea God Island.
• Ning Bei predicted that the Eighth Trial would require Ning Rongrong and Nami to reach Titled Douluo within five years, while Xiao Wu’s seven trials would not include that requirement.

Ning Bei left Sea God Island with Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing while Long Nianbing and Ye Yinzhu began their journey to seek traces of Deities. In Vast Sea City, Dugu Yan secretly incapacitated Zhu Zhuqing and revealed she had tricked Ning Bei about her period.

• Ning Bei warned the three girls that his Eighth Trial might conflict with their return trip, then discussed Tang San's treatment of commoners with them.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu said goodbye as Long Nianbing and Ye Yinzhu left Sea God Island aboard the Soul Tool.
• Ning Bei traveled to Vast Sea City with Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Long Nianbing, and Ye Yinzhu, where Long Nianbing and Ye Yinzhu set off north to search for traces of Deities.
• Ning Bei and the two women stayed overnight in Vast Sea City, and Dugu Yan sent Ning Bei out to buy sea urchins.
• Dugu Yan distracted Zhu Zhuqing, incapacitated her with white powder, and confessed that she had lied about her period ending.

Dugu Yan drugged Zhu Zhuqing and arranged for Ning Bei to find her in bed, hoping to help Zhu Zhuqing reveal her affection for him. Ning Bei realized whom he was with only after the encounter began, and the three met at breakfast the next morning, where Dugu Yan teased Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Bei questioned her scheme.

• Dugu Yan carried the drugged Zhu Zhuqing to her room, changed her clothes, sprayed her with perfume, and left her in darkness for Ning Bei to find.
• Ning Bei returned with sea urchin, entered the room, and mistook Zhu Zhuqing for Dugu Yan as he got into bed with her.
• Ning Bei recognized Zhu Zhuqing when he noticed the mismatch and heard no response, then relit the candles before the two struggled in silence.
• Dugu Yan found Ning Bei and Zhu Zhuqing already eating breakfast, and Zhu Zhuqing blushed and avoided her gaze.
• Dugu Yan teased Zhu Zhuqing about the drug, while Ning Bei pinched Dugu Yan's cheek and asked why she had done it; Dugu Yan blamed his behavior in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Ning Bei returned to Seven Treasure City with Zhu Zhuqing, who was warmly welcomed by his parents as his future wife. After he offered to accompany her to visit her family, he brought her to his room, where they spent time together.

• Ning Bei, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing traveled back toward Heaven Dou City, stopping in Idf Province along the way.
• After reaching Heaven Dou City, Ning Bei took Zhu Zhuqing to Seven Treasure City while Dugu Yan headed to Sunset Town to visit her grandfather.
• Ning Bei reassured Zhu Zhuqing that Huo Linglong would accept her, then explained that Ning Rongrong remained on Sea God Island to complete her trials.
• Huo Linglong welcomed Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Bei introduced her to his parents as their daughter-in-law.
• Ning Bei asked Zhu Zhuqing if she wanted to visit the Zhu Family with him, and she agreed.
• Ning Bei carried Zhu Zhuqing into his room, where she experienced the fun of the cat teaser.