Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai briefed the group on the Seven Sacred Pillars before they prepared for the Fifth Trial, and Lin Mo helped Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan refine the Evil Orca King's whale rubber. Shui Yue'er began her trial against Sea Horse Douluo Ou Ya with Ye Lingling's support, and their battle left Ou Ya struggling against both Shui Yue'er's attacks and Ye Lingling's mutation-inducing healing light.

• Xiao Bai described the seven guardian Douluos and their strengths, while the group discussed their assigned opponents and resolved to attempt the Fifth Trial without Lin Mo weakening their examiners first.
• Huo Wu reflected on her Ultimate Fire and Silver Awakening, and Lin Mo, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan refined the Evil Orca King's hundred-thousand-year whale rubber.
• After a month of rest and preparation, Shui Yue'er and Ye Lingling challenged Sea Horse Douluo Ou Ya at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar.
• Shui Yue'er broke through Ou Ya's defense with attacks empowered by an Evil Spirit Orca Soul Ring and Soul Bone, wounding him, while Ye Lingling healed Shui Yue'er and inflicted a mutation on Ou Ya.
• Ou Ya struggled to suppress the mutation while fighting Shui Yue'er, whose injuries Ye Lingling continually healed, and Lin Mo judged that their advantage had turned the battle into a war of attrition.

Shui Yue'er defeated Sea Horse Douluo, completed her Black Level Five Trials, and received an unexpected God-Given Soul Ring. The next day, Zhu Zhuqing began her trial against the mermaid Sea Witch, who targeted Ye Lingling, only for Ye Lingling to appear prepared.

• Shui Yue'er interrupted Sea Horse Douluo's Ninth Soul Skill with Orca Shattered Tooth Slash, and Sea Horse Douluo conceded defeat.
• Shui Yue'er completed her Black Level Five Trials and received two Soul Power levels and a God-Given Soul Ring, surprising Sea Horse Douluo and Lin Mo.
• Ye Lingling healed Sea Horse Douluo, and the group decided to rest before continuing the Fifth Trial the next day.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling met Sea Witch at the Sea Witch Sacred Pillar, where Lin Mo warned that her innate ability was mind reading.
• Sea Witch drew Zhu Zhuqing away from the platform and slipped through the water to attack Ye Lingling, who activated Azure Wave Spirit Bind as Sea Witch approached.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling defeated Sea Witch through a feigned opening, completing Zhu Zhuqing’s trials and earning her a God-Given Soul Ring. Lin Mo obtained the location of the Sea Princess clan, then led the group to the Sea Ghost Sacred Pillar, where Feng Xiaotian defeated Sea Ghost Douluo.

• Ye Lingling bound Sea Witch with Azure Wave Spirit Bind, allowing Zhu Zhuqing to land a point-blank attack and force Sea Witch to surrender.
• Zhu Zhuqing completed her Black Level Five Trials, gained two Soul Power levels, and received a God-Given Soul Ring, while Sea Witch realized the pair had used her mind-reading ability against her.
• Lin Mo revealed his Mental Attribute Body Martial Soul and asked Sea Witch for the Sea Princess clan’s location so he could seek a Soul Ring and Head Soul Bone; after hearing his ambitions, Sea Witch sent him a chart.
• Zhu Zhuqing wondered whether she would stay on Sea God Island or leave with her companions, while Lin Mo prepared Feng Xiaotian for his trial against Sea Ghost Douluo.
• The group reached the Sea Ghost Sacred Pillar, where Feng Xiaotian used his improved combat skills to defeat Sea Ghost Douluo with Ye Lingling’s support.

Shui Bing'er and Ye Lingling challenged Sea Spear Douluo for the Fifth Trial, and Shui Bing'er defeated him after her Ice Phoenix underwent Nirvana and reached the realm of Ultimate Ice. After passing the trial and gaining a soul power level, Shui Bing'er explained that her transformation was Phoenix Nirvana.

• Shui Bing'er and Ye Lingling challenged Sea Spear Douluo at the Sea Spear Sacred Pillar, combining Shui Bing'er's ice abilities with Ye Lingling's healing.
• Shui Bing'er froze the Sea Within the Sea to limit Sea Spear Douluo's ability to replenish himself, while he entered Man and Spear as One and attacked with his powerful soul skills.
• Sea Spear Douluo's Ninth Soul Skill struck Shui Bing'er, but she survived and underwent Nirvana, transforming her Ice Phoenix and reaching the realm of Ultimate Ice.
• Shui Bing'er overwhelmed Sea Spear Douluo with her strengthened blizzard, and he conceded defeat.
• Shui Bing'er passed the Fifth Trial, raised her soul power from level seventy-seven to seventy-eight, and told everyone she had awakened Phoenix Nirvana after reaching seven rings.

Huo Wu and Ye Lingling defeated Sea Dragon Douluo in the Fifth Trial, with Huo Wu using Silver-Level Second Awakening and Ring Fusion to land a decisive attack. Afterward, Dugu Yan announced that she would challenge all seven Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluo within seventy-two hours in three days.

• Shui Bing'er explained that her Martial Soul's nirvana ability could restore her from the brink of death and temporarily increase her strength.
• The group returned from Shui Bing'er's trial, and the next morning Huo Wu and Ye Lingling faced Sea Dragon Douluo at the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar.
• Sea Dragon Douluo pressed Huo Wu with close-range attacks, but her ultimate fire countered his sea dragon Martial Soul while Ye Lingling's healing also affected him.
• Huo Wu used Silver-Level Second Awakening and fused several Soul Skills with her Soul Bone skill into a blazing sun, defeating Sea Dragon Douluo at the cost of exhausting herself.
• Ye Lingling healed Huo Wu and Sea Dragon Douluo, then Dugu Yan announced that she would challenge all seven Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluo within seventy-two hours in three days.

Dugu Yan defeated six of the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluo in her Fifth Trial, relying on her Soul Core, poison, and teamwork with Ye Lingling. At the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar, Sea Dragon Douluo explained that the trial required earning the guardians’ recognition, then prepared to face Dugu Yan as the final examiner.

• Dugu Yan passed the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar trial after defeating Sea Horse Douluo Ou Ya, who warned her about the Sea God's Light and the trials ahead.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling traveled between Sacred Pillars on Charizard as Dugu Yan defeated Sea Star, Sea Ghost, Sea Maiden, and Sea Spear, with Ye Lingling healing Sea Spear.
• At the Sea Illusion Sacred Pillar, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling worked together to break Sea Illusion Douluo's domain, and Dugu Yan defeated him after the backlash left him weakened.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling reunited with their companions at the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar, where Sea Dragon Douluo confirmed that the six guardians had acknowledged Dugu Yan.
• Sea Dragon Douluo declared himself the final examiner of Dugu Yan's Fifth Trial, completed his Martial Soul Possession, and invited her to begin the battle.

Dugu Yan defeated Sea Dragon Douluo, passed the Fifth Trial, and gained thirty percent Sea God Affinity. Back in Seahorse City, Lin Mo explained that her exceptional endurance came from a soul core and warned the others to wait until Level 89 before attempting to form one.

• Dugu Yan used her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skills and Jade Phosphor poison to wear down Sea Dragon Douluo, then defeated him with a series of powerful attacks.
• Sea Dragon Douluo conceded, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling received their Fifth Trial rewards: Dugu Yan gained thirty percent Sea God Affinity, while Ye Lingling’s Soul Rings and Soul Power improved.
• Dugu Yan removed Sea Dragon Douluo’s poison, and Ye Lingling healed his wounds before the group returned to Seahorse City.
• Feng Xiaotian and the others asked why Dugu Yan could fight seven consecutive battles without exhausting her Soul Power, and Lin Mo attributed her endurance to a soul core.
• Lin Mo agreed to teach them how to condense soul cores but advised them to wait until Level 89, warning that forming one too early could make reaching the Titled Douluo realm much harder.

Lin Mo began his Fifth Trial by challenging Bo Saixi to last longer than one stick of incense, with Charizard fighting beside him. Their combined assault pushed Bo Saixi to use her defenses, but the battle remained underway as the incense burned.

• Lin Mo arrived at the foot of Sea God Mountain, where the Seven Sacred Pillars Guardian Douluo and Xiao Bai had gathered to watch his trial.
• Sea Dragon Douluo warned Lin Mo that Bo Saixi was overwhelming in battle, while Xiao Bai told him not to die.
• Bo Saixi lit a stick of incense to begin the trial, and Lin Mo and Charizard immediately powered up and launched an attack.
• Charizard’s Fire Spin and Lin Mo’s Explosive Strike failed to stop Bo Saixi, who blocked them and summoned her Sea God Martial Soul.
• Charizard struck Bo Saixi with Flare Blitz, forcing her to retreat, while Lin Mo summoned his Asura Golem and rained Blood Flame Arrows upon her.
• Bo Saixi defended against Lin Mo’s arrows and Charizard’s Blast Burn, recognizing that their strength and resistance to her Soul Power made them more troublesome than she had expected.

Lin Mo challenged Bo Saixi to use her full strength during the Fifth Trial, and the Sea God removed her restrictions when Lin Mo chose to continue. After Lin Mo’s Crimson Blood Flame Dragon Transformation and Gold-level Body Martial Soul awakening gave him the upper hand, he landed a powerful attack on Bo Saixi, but the Sea God’s golden light shielded her as the trial declared Lin Mo had passed.

• Lin Mo urged Bo Saixi to fight with her full strength, then fused with Charizard to reveal the Crimson Blood Flame Dragon Transformation.
• The Sea God adjusted the Fifth Trial so Bo Saixi could use all her abilities except Sea God divine power, and Lin Mo chose to continue the challenge.
• Bo Saixi activated her Martial Soul Avatar and Sea God Domain, but Lin Mo revealed his Gold-level Body Martial Soul second awakening and began to suppress her.
• Lin Mo used Roar of Time to immobilize Bo Saixi, then struck her with Spacial Rend after piercing her Water Radiance Canopy.
• A golden Sea God barrier blocked Spacial Rend, and Lin Mo heard the announcement that he had passed the trial.

Lin Mo defeated Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi, completing his Fifth Trial and earning a major increase to his Soul Rings; the victory also caused several companions to pass their trials early. Dugu Yan learned that her Seventh Trial would begin in seven days and would require her to draw the Sea God Trident.

• Lin Mo received a twenty-one-thousand-year increase to his Soul Rings, turning Charizard’s sixth Soul Ring into a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Bo Saixi and the Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluo reacted with shock to Lin Mo’s victory, while Dugu Yan and the others celebrated.
• Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Feng Xiaotian passed their Black Level Six Trials and received God-Given Soul Rings and two-level increases in Soul Power; Dugu Yan passed her Sixth Trial and gained Sea God Affinity.
• Bo Saixi explained that Lin Mo’s strength made the original Sixth Trial pointless, so the trials were counted as passed.
• Poseidon and Asura discussed Lin Mo’s strength, and Asura considered forcing him to inherit the Asura Godhood within the rules.
• Dugu Yan read out her Seventh Trial, which required her to draw the Sea God Trident; Lin Mo told Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Feng Xiaotian to prepare to absorb their eighth Soul Rings.

Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er completed their eighth Soul Rings, with Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er obtaining hundred-thousand-year rings. Dugu Yan pulled the Sea God Trident free during her Seventh Trial, leaving the three of them with the trial successfully passed.

• Feng Xiaotian emerged from seclusion with a ninety-thousand-year eighth Soul Ring and reached Soul Power Level eighty-three.
• Huo Wu completed her absorption with a hundred-thousand-year eighth Soul Ring and reached Soul Power Level eighty-two.
• Shui Bing'er obtained a hundred-thousand-year eighth Soul Ring, also reaching Soul Power Level eighty-two.
• Lin Mo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling climbed Sea God Mountain and entered Sea God Hall, where Bo Saixi explained the Sea God’s trials and the significance of the trident.
• Dugu Yan gripped the Sea God Trident and pulled it free with Ye Lingling’s healing support, while the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud merged into its head.
• The Sea God announced that Dugu Yan had successfully passed the Seventh Trial.

Dugu Yan passed the Sea God’s seventh trial by drawing the Sea God Trident, while Ye Lingling and Lin Mo received extravagant rewards for completing their Top Level Eight Trials. Bo Saixi revealed that Dugu Yan’s ninth trial required killing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, then allowed the group to return to the mainland before asking Lin Mo to find someone for her.

• Dugu Yan drew the Sea God Trident, triggering a divine manifestation across Sea God Island and the ocean, and the Sea God recognized her as its wielder.
• Ye Lingling completed all eight trials and received increased soul ring ages, four soul power levels, priestly authority, and three God-Given Soul Rings; Lin Mo received similar rewards, six Special God-Given Soul Rings, and mapped enhancements for his second martial soul.
• Ye Lingling offered Dugu Yan her spare God-Given Soul Ring, but Bo Saixi said Dugu Yan’s ninth soul ring had been reserved for the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, whom she would need to kill for her final trial.
• Dugu Yan worried that she could not absorb the nearly million-year soul ring and soul bone, and Lin Mo promised to help her handle them when the time came.
• Bo Saixi told Dugu Yan she and her companions could leave Sea God Island and return to the mainland, then stopped Lin Mo and asked him to find someone for her.

After completing their Sea God Island trials and resting, Lin Mo and his companions returned to the mainland. Lin Mo parted from the group to visit Soul Emperor Village, the place where he grew up.

• Bo Saixi asked Lin Mo to deliver a message to Tang Chen, and Lin Mo agreed to seek him out and urge him to visit Sea God Island.
• Dugu Yan showed the group the Sea God Trident, while Ye Lingling revealed that she had reached level 94 after absorbing two hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings.
• After seven days of rest, Lin Mo and his companions left Sea God Island with Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks escorting them to shore.
• Lin Mo told the others to return to Heaven Dou City without him, then flew away with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling on Charizard.
• Lin Mo told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that their destination was Soul Emperor Village, where he had grown up.

Lin Mo returned to Soul Emperor Village with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, reunited with the village chief, and learned that Qian Renxue had secretly visited the village twice. At a meal he hosted for the villagers, he discovered that the village's elderly doctor, Qian Shan, was an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo stationed there on Qian Renxue's orders.

• Lin Mo arrived at Soul Emperor Village with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling and found it greatly improved since his childhood.
• The village chief welcomed Lin Mo and learned that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were both his wives.
• The village chief told Lin Mo that a woman called Xiao Xue had visited twice, and Lin Mo realized she was Qian Renxue.
• Lin Mo heard that an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo lived in the village as a doctor, then arranged a meal for the villagers.
• After Lin Mo served the villagers, Qian Shan revealed that he had been stationed there on his young lady's orders, and Lin Mo identified her as Qian Renxue.

Lin Mo left Soul Emperor Village after arranging for Qian Shan to guard it and Ye Lingling to use the Gold of Life to restore the village chief’s health. On the way back to Heaven Dou City, he visited Nuoding Academy and then found a village massacre, prompting him, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to pursue the Fallen Soul Master responsible.

• Lin Mo told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that Qian Shan had been sent by Qian Renxue, and he agreed to let Qian Shan remain in Soul Emperor Village as its protector.
• Before departing, Lin Mo showed the village chief Charizard’s growth and Soul Rings, while Ye Lingling used the Gold of Life and her healing power to restore the chief’s health.
• Lin Mo left the sleeping village chief behind and quietly departed with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Lin Mo visited Nuoding Academy, reunited with Wang Zongchang, and gave him a ten-thousand-year Soul Bone in gratitude for his past care.
• The three encountered a village of roughly fifty or sixty households that had been massacred by a powerful Fire-type Fallen Soul Master.
• Lin Mo detected the killer’s fresh traces, and he, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling set off in pursuit.

Lin Mo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling found Ma Hongjun leading a band of Fallen Soul Masters and stopped their abuse of abducted women. After killing Ma Hongjun and arranging care for the survivors, they returned to Dugu Manor, where they found Feng Xiaotian being beaten by his grandfather.

• Lin Mo tracked the Fallen Soul Masters to a mountain hideout and discovered that their leader was Ma Hongjun, who was abusing a captive woman.
• Ye Lingling unleashed her Titled Douluo pressure, healed the abducted women, and caused the abusers to mutate and explode, sparing only Ma Hongjun.
• Lin Mo canceled Ma Hongjun's Soul Skill, killed him, and froze his corpse; he then told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling he could not erase the women's traumatic memories.
• Lin Mo fetched an official team, which took the women to a nearby city for care, and then returned to Heaven Dou City with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• At Dugu Manor, Lin Mo found Feng Xiaotian hanging from a tree while Feng Cang beat him, as Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Zhu Zhuqing watched.

Lin Mo and the others returned from Sea God Island and revealed their divine trials, powerful new abilities, and encounter with Bo Saixi to Dugu Bo and Ye Linyuan. The elders then told Lin Mo that Tang San had left Slaughter City with Tang Chen and was helping Dai Mubai pursue the Star Luo throne, while Lin Mo confirmed he had killed the wanted Ma Hongjun.

• Feng Cang punished Feng Xiaotian for taunting him after losing their spar, then welcomed Lin Mo back and helped gather the elders for a meeting.
• Dugu Yan revealed the Sea God Trident and explained that she had passed seven of the Sea God's Nine Trials, while Lin Mo and Ye Lingling had completed their Top Level Eight Trials.
• Ye Lingling displayed six black and three red Soul Rings and said she had reached Soul Power Level 94; Dugu Yan showed her red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and Charizard revealed five red rings.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo and Ye Linyuan that Lin Mo had defeated Bo Saixi, a level ninety-nine Peak Douluo, during their time on Sea God Island.
• Dugu Yan said Bo Saixi had commissioned Lin Mo to find Tang Chen, and Dugu Bo reported that Tang San and Tang Chen had gone to the Star Luo Empire with Shrek Academy and the Strength and Speed Clans.
• Dugu Yan revealed that Lin Mo had killed Ma Hongjun, whom the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall had wanted as a Fallen Soul Master.

Lin Mo distributed rare cultivation resources and Soul Bones to the Body Sect’s members, then warned them to keep their treasures hidden. The chapter left him planning a journey to the Far North to negotiate with the Snow Empress for more Soul Bones, while Niu Gao and Yang Wudi reflected on their former clans’ loyalty to the Clear Sky Sect.

• Ye Linyuan asked Lin Mo for Ma Hongjun’s frozen corpse so the elders could publicize Lin Mo’s good deeds, and Dugu Bo stored it for safekeeping.
• Lin Mo welcomed Niu Gao into the Body Sect and presented the Sea God Island resources at a sect meeting.
• Lin Mo distributed Soul Bones to Shui Rouyun, Huo Wushuang, Yu Tianxin, and Yang Wudi, then warned everyone not to reveal their new treasures carelessly.
• Lin Mo considered negotiating with the Snow Empress of the Far North for Soul Bones and resolved that he needed to make the journey there.
• Niu Gao and Yang Wudi discussed how Bai He and Tai Tan had returned to support Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect, while Yang Wudi kept his suspicions about Tang San to himself.

Ye Lingling decided to visit Spirit City to receive her Titled Douluo title before entering seclusion, and Lin Mo brought her, Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, and Ye Linyuan there. As they arrived, Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu learned that Lin Mo had returned and that a new Titled Douluo was coming to claim her title.

• Ye Lingling told Lin Mo she wanted to visit Spirit City and receive her title before condensing her Soul Core, and she chose Begonia Douluo as her title.
• The next day, Ye Lingling told Dugu Bo her plan, and Lin Mo went to fetch Ye Linyuan from the Ye Family Medical Hall.
• Lin Mo, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, and Ye Linyuan flew to Spirit City on Charizard.
• Qian Renxue received intelligence confirming Lin Mo’s return and Ye Lingling’s breakthrough to Titled Douluo, while Qian Daoliu worried about the final trial of her Angel Nine Trials.
• A Douluo warrior reported that a new Titled Douluo had arrived to receive her title, and Qian Daoliu realized Lin Mo and his companions were there.

Lin Mo and his companions returned from Sea God Island, where Qian Daoliu learned that Dugu Yan had inherited the Sea God’s power and heard Bo Saixi’s request to find Tang Chen. After Qian Daoliu crowned Ye Lingling Begonia Douluo, he stopped Lin Mo and offered him secret information about the God of Angels.

• Lin Mo greeted Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue, while Qian Daoliu recognized the Sea God Trident and deduced that Dugu Yan was a divine inheritor.
• Lin Mo told Qian Daoliu that the group had met Bo Saixi, and Dugu Yan revealed that Bo Saixi had asked them to find Tang Chen and deliver a message.
• Qian Daoliu understood that Bo Saixi was nearing the end of her life because the Sea God’s inheritor had appeared, and he reflected on Qian Renxue’s own approaching final trial.
• Qian Daoliu crowned Ye Lingling Begonia Douluo, and Lin Mo helped her put on her ceremonial robe as their companions watched.
• Qian Renxue resolved to act on her plan, and Qian Daoliu stopped Lin Mo as he was leaving and offered him top-secret information about the God of Angels.