Recaps

Tang San left Sea God Island after Bo Saixi allowed him to attempt the Seventh Trial again, while Tang Chen believed the decision meant Tang San had found good fortune. In the deep sea, Lin Chen attacked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King but failed to land a fatal blow, and the whale retaliated with Deep Sea Raging Waves.

• Tang San pleaded with Bo Saixi to let him continue the Sea God trials, but she warned that he could not complete the Eighth Trial by killing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Tang San rejected the prospect of returning to live in Lin Chen's shadow and left the Sea God Hall, then told Tang Chen that he intended to hunt the whale.
• Tang Chen celebrated that Bo Saixi had agreed to let Tang San attempt the Seventh Trial again, and the four members of the Clear Sky Sect left Sea God Island to resume the trials later.
• Lin Chen waited in the deep sea until the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King began clearing the lingering power in his wounds, then struck with his Eighth Soul Skill, Sword Slashes the Galaxy.
• The whale dodged Lin Chen's attempt to hit an existing wound, suffered a new long gash across his back, and launched Deep Sea Raging Waves at Lin Chen.

The North Sea Pirates raided Pearl Island, defeated Zi Zhenzhu, and captured her and the island’s women. In the deep sea, Lin Chen faced the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s strongest attack and prepared a close-range counterstrike.

• Suoni defeated Zi Zhenzhu’s Illusory Serpent Avatar and ordered his pirates to capture her and seize Pearl Island’s supplies and women.
• The North Sea Pirates sailed away from Pearl Island with Zi Zhenzhu and their captives aboard ten ships.
• Lin Chen used Sword Domain and a Soul Bone Skill to evade the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s attacks, then taunted the whale into using Whale Swallows the World.
• Lin Chen endured the whale’s devouring attack by feigning weakness, then used So Close, Yet Worlds Apart to appear above the approaching whale.
• Lin Chen unleashed Unity of Heaven and Man with a sword strike against the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Lin Chen badly wounded the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and pursued him, while Tang Chen brought Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect elders to North Sea Island to prepare Tang San for the Asura God Trial. The chapter ended with Tang Chen telling Tang San he would help him pass the trial.

• Lin Chen used Unity of Heaven and Man to slash deep into the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's wound, leaving him gravely injured.
• Suoni returned to North Sea Island with Zi Zhenzhu captive and decided to cancel his wedding feast after Tang Chen and Tang San arrived.
• Tang Chen brought Tang San and the two Clear Sky Sect elders to Suoni's hall, where they took over the residence and ordered everyone to stay away.
• Suoni and his brothers considered offering Zi Zhenzhu to Tang San in hopes of pleasing the visitors.
• Tang Chen told Tang San to enter seclusion so he could help him pass the Asura God Trial.

Tang Chen told Tang San he could inherit the Asura God’s power and urged him not to kill the Sea God High Priestess, while Tang San secretly vowed revenge on Lin Chen and others. Meanwhile, Lin Chen returned to the Long March with the defeated Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and Bibi Dong began absorbing its Soul Ring as Huo Feng and Zi JI learned how he had won.

• Tang Chen explained that Tang San could take the Asura God Trial by inheriting what Tang Chen had received, then warned him not to kill the Sea God High Priestess.
• Tang San agreed but privately vowed to make Lin Chen and others kneel before him and beg for mercy.
• Bibi Dong, Huo Feng, and Zi JI waited aboard the Long March until the wounded Deep Sea Demonic Whale King appeared in the shallows.
• Lin Chen emerged beneath the whale, carried it onto the ship, and reunited with the relieved women; Bibi Dong embraced him and urged him not to face danger alone again.
• Lin Chen told Bibi Dong to absorb the whale’s Soul Ring, and she killed it as a crimson-gold ring formed and entered her body.
• Lin Chen recounted the battle to Huo Feng and Zi JI, then sent them to check the whale for Soul Bones.

Lin Chen absorbed a million-year torso Soul Bone and reached level ninety-seven, while Bibi Dong broke through to Peerless Douluo. Three days later, Tang Chen died after sacrificing his inheritance to help Tang San begin the Asura trials, and the Clear Sky Sect elders accused Tang San of causing his death.

• Huo Feng found a million-year torso Soul Bone in the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's corpse, and Lin Chen absorbed it, raising his Soul Power to level ninety-seven.
• Bibi Dong completed her breakthrough to Peerless Douluo and prepared to receive the Rakshasa inheritance.
• Lin Chen declared that he would prove his own path to godhood, and the Long March began its return voyage with Huo Feng and Zi JI's help.
• Three days later, Tang San told Tang Chen that he had passed the first three Asura trials, and Tang Chen died after sacrificing his inheritance and life for him.
• The Clear Sky Sect's third and fourth elders found Tang Chen dead and accused Tang San of causing his death, but Tang San claimed Tang Chen had willingly passed on his power.

After Tang Chen’s death, Tang San killed the Clear Sky Sect’s two elders and consumed them to strengthen his Soul Power, then began draining Tang Chen as well. On the Long March, Lin Chen sensed a powerful evil presence on the island ahead.

• The third and fourth elders blamed Tang San for Tang Chen’s death, and Tang San killed them with the Slaughter Domain and turned them into Yellow Springs Dew.
• Tang San swallowed the Yellow Springs Dew and reached the peak of rank ninety-four, then decided to drain Tang Chen’s remaining power.
• Suoni brought Zi Zhenzhu to Tang San, who tied her up and said he would return to her after devouring Tang Chen.
• Tang San began absorbing Tang Chen’s Soul Power, Qi, and blood while Zi Zhenzhu screamed.
• Lin Chen sensed a sinister, powerful Soul Power on the island ahead as the Long March crossed the Central Sea Waters.

Tang San drained Tang Chen’s power to raise his strength, but the Yellow Springs Dew corrupted his mind before Lin Chen and his companions arrived. Lin Chen defeated and spared him, leaving Zi Zhenzhu to take revenge while Tang San lay unconscious.

• Tang San drained Tang Chen’s Soul Power and vital blood to make Yellow Springs Dew, raising his Soul Power to Super Douluo levels while his mind became tainted.
• Tang San forced Zi Zhenzhu to her knees, but his corrupted spirit made him lash out as she struggled and insulted him.
• Lin Chen, Bibi Dong, Zi JI, and Huo Feng arrived, and Lin Chen’s sword strike shattered Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and badly injured him.
• Bibi Dong identified the Yellow Springs Dew, and Lin Chen gained Villain Value for severely injuring Tang San.
• Lin Chen kicked Tang San and chose to keep him alive because he needed Tang San’s efforts for his path to godhood.
• Zi Zhenzhu stomped on Tang San and injured him between the legs, knocking him unconscious.

Lin Chen and the women defeated the North Sea Pirates, while Zi JI and Huo Feng tried to make the captured Zi Zhenzhu serve Lin Chen. The pirates’ leader and guards fled, but Huo Feng pursued them as Zi JI freed hundreds of imprisoned women; Lin Chen remained in the hall with Zi Zhenzhu.

• Zi Zhenzhu stomped Tang San unconscious, and Lin Chen received Villain Value after Tang San lost the ability to reproduce and his future opportunities.
• Zi JI and Huo Feng offered Zi Zhenzhu a place as Huo Feng’s attendant, with orders to serve Lin Chen at night, but Zi Zhenzhu refused to become his concubine.
• Bibi Dong, Huo Feng, and Zi JI went to search North Sea Island for abducted women, and Bibi Dong killed more than a thousand pirates who attacked them.
• Suoni and several pirates tried to escape by ship, but Huo Feng confronted them and summoned her Flame Phoenix avatar to kill them.
• Zi JI found hundreds of women imprisoned in a dungeon, killed the pirates guarding them, and freed the captives.
• Lin Chen stayed in the hall with Zi Zhenzhu while the others dealt with the pirates.

Lin Chen coerced Zi Zhenzhu into becoming his concubine and Huo Feng’s attendant, then left North Sea Island with the rescued captives and former Purple Pearl Pirates. Aboard the Long March, Zi Zhenzhu asked Huo Feng what the enormous Soul Beast on deck was.

• Lin Chen confronted Zi Zhenzhu and restrained her with Soul Power when she refused to become his concubine.
• Lin Chen threatened to humiliate Zi Zhenzhu in front of her subordinates, and she agreed to become his concubine and Huo Feng’s attendant.
• Lin Chen made Zi Zhenzhu publicly ask for permission to become his concubine.
• One day later, the Long March and three accompanying ships sailed from Central Sea Waters with rescued women, elderly people, infirm people, and former members of the Purple Pearl Pirates.
• Aboard the Long March, Zi Zhenzhu asked Huo Feng what the giant Soul Beast on deck was.

Huo Feng advised Zi Zhenzhu on how to earn favor in Lin Chen’s household, and Zi Zhenzhu served Bibi Dong tea. After Bibi Dong assigned her to work as Huo Feng’s attendant, Lin Chen pulled Zi Zhenzhu into his arms on the ship’s deck.

• Huo Feng told Zi Zhenzhu that Lin Chen had hunted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and urged her to win Bibi Dong’s favor as well as Lin Chen’s.
• Zi JI joined Huo Feng and Zi Zhenzhu, revealing that she was a three-hundred-thousand-year-old Ferocious Beast.
• Zi Zhenzhu offered Bibi Dong tea and pledged to serve Lin Chen faithfully without leaving or remarrying.
• Bibi Dong gave Zi Zhenzhu the choice of becoming Huo Feng’s attendant or commanding the navy, and Zi Zhenzhu chose to be Huo Feng’s attendant.
• Bibi Dong left the deck, and Lin Chen drew Zi Zhenzhu into his arms while Huo Feng remained nearby.

Lin Chen returned to Vast Sea City with Bibi Dong, Huo Feng, and Zi Zhenzhu, arranging shelter for the women, children, and elderly rescued from pirates. As the city welcomed them and hauled in the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's corpse, Tang San reached shore and vowed revenge.

• Lin Chen promised Zi Zhenzhu that Shui Ningrou would arrange housing and support for her people.
• Shui Ningrou and a thousand soldiers prepared to welcome Lin Chen's ship and receive the rescued captives at Vast Sea City.
• Lin Chen and the women disembarked, and Bibi Dong introduced Zi Zhenzhu as the new leader joining the Vast Sea Navy.
• Li Wan organized hundreds of Soul Masters to drag the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's corpse off the ship, drawing a crowd that praised the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Tang San reached a deserted beach after surviving the journey from the central sea and vowed to obtain the Asura and Sea God inheritances to take revenge on Lin Chen and the others.

Bibi Dong returned to seclusion to stabilize her breakthrough, while Lin Chen spent the night with Huo Feng and Shui Ningrou and spoke of having children. In Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue prepared to draw the Angel Holy Sword, but Dark Qian Renxue appeared and urged her to fall into the abyss.

• Bibi Dong admitted her aura was unstable after reaching Peerless Douluo, and Lin Chen urged her to enter seclusion before attempting the Rakshasa Ninth Trial.
• Bibi Dong left, and Lin Chen asked Huo Feng and Shui Ningrou whether they would help him have an heir; they agreed to spend the night with him.
• Zi Zhenzhu and Zi JI waited for the feast, then Lin Chen arrived with Huo Feng and Shui Ningrou and told them he had important business concerning his descendants.
• In Heaven Dou City, Qian Daoliu explained that Qian Renxue's Angel Eighth Trial required her to draw the Angel Holy Sword.
• As Qian Renxue approached the swords, Dark Qian Renxue appeared, swallowed the golden divine realm in darkness, and urged her to reclaim what she had lost.

Qian Renxue fought her dark inner self during the Angel Eighth Trial and overcame her temptation by drawing strength from thoughts of Lin Chen. After defeating Dark Qian Renxue, she retrieved the Angel Holy Swords and passed the trial.

• Dark Qian Renxue tempted Qian Renxue to embrace darkness, then fought her with copied Soul Skills as Qian Renxue’s strength waned.
• Dark Qian Renxue urged the weakened Qian Renxue to surrender, while darkness spread across the divine hall.
• Qian Renxue remembered Lin Chen, rejected darkness, and broke through to the Super Douluo realm.
• Qian Renxue struck Dark Qian Renxue with her Angel Holy Sword, and Dark Qian Renxue vanished after warning they would meet again.
• Qian Renxue pulled the two Angel Holy Swords from the hall, and the Angel Phantom appeared to recognize her as its successor.

Qian Renxue emerged from seclusion after her grandfather Qian Daoliu died, claiming leadership of the Worship Hall and preparing to confront Bibi Dong. After reaching Spirit City with the Angel Holy Sword and the power of a Peerless Douluo, she called Bibi Dong out at the Pope’s hall.

• Qian Renxue emerged with three pairs of golden wings and told the enshrined that Qian Daoliu had died and she had become the Worship Hall’s Great Enshrined.
• Qian Renxue silenced the enshrined’s doubts, asserted her authority, and promised to handle Bibi Dong herself.
• Qian Renxue flew to Spirit City, driven by the truth she had learned about Bibi Dong and her desire for revenge.
• Bibi Dong learned that a powerful presence had entered Spirit City, sensed Qian Renxue, and ordered her guards not to stop her.
• Qian Renxue hovered above the Pope’s hall and called for Bibi Dong to come out.

Tang San used Tang Chen’s plan to destroy the Rakshasa God’s evil thought and complete the immediate danger of his Asura God Trial. In Spirit City, Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong, and the Empress appeared before the two could face each other.

• Tang San pretended to be weak during the Sixth Trial, letting the Blood-Winged Bat King and the Rakshasa God’s evil thought weaken one another before he regained consciousness.
• Tang San and Tang Chen’s remnant soul joined forces to destroy the Rakshasa God’s evil thought, prompting a mysterious woman in the Divine Realm to awaken.
• Qian Renxue called for Bibi Dong at the Pope’s Hall, while Liu Erlong and Shrek’s Three Beauties waited for Bibi Dong’s instructions.
• Ling Yuan Douluo questioned Qian Renxue, and Chrysanthemum Douluo ordered deacons to seize her; Qian Renxue repelled them with angelic power.
• Bibi Dong arrived in the air above Spirit Hall, and the gathered members paid their respects to the Empress.

Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue fought over the Spirit Hall Empire’s throne after Qian Renxue accused Bibi Dong of killing her father. As the battle continued beyond Spirit City, Liu Erlong sent a message to Lin Chen, who was in Vast Sea City with Ningrou.

• Bibi Dong admitted that she had killed Qian Renxue’s father, and Qian Renxue challenged her for the throne.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue moved their battle away from Spirit City, and Ling Yuan asked Liu Erlong to notify Lin Chen.
• Ning Rongrong offered to help Bibi Dong, but Liu Erlong and Ling Yuan warned that the Peerless Douluo battle was too dangerous for her to enter.
• Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong exchanged powerful attacks in the sky, with Qian Renxue drawing on angel power to match Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong offered to share Lin Chen with Qian Renxue if she killed Enshrined Golden Crocodile and the others, but Qian Renxue refused to stop fighting.
• In Vast Sea City, Lin Chen was with Ningrou in the governor’s residence after an intense session of cultivation.

Lin Chen learned that Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue had begun fighting and prepared to return home to intervene. After explaining that he planned to wait until their conflict reached its breaking point, he left Shui Ningrou, Huo Feng, and Zi Zhenzhu in charge of Vast Sea Province.

• Huo Feng arrived and found Shui Ningrou reluctant to leave Lin Chen to attend to state affairs, so she had arranged for Li Wan and Shulan to handle them.
• Lin Chen received word that Bibi Dong was fighting Qian Renxue and decided to return home.
• Lin Chen explained that Qian Renxue had gained part of the Angel Inheritance and carried a divine artifact, giving her a chance to challenge Bibi Dong.
• Lin Chen told Huo Feng and Shui Ningrou he would intervene when Qian Renxue's desire for revenge peaked and her strength had waned.
• Lin Chen instructed Shui Ningrou, Huo Feng, and Zi Zhenzhu to continue their work in Vast Sea Province as he departed.

Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue fought over the Spirit Hall throne while Lin Chen's companions watched anxiously from the Pope's Hall. Their battle escalated into a clash of their strongest ninth Soul Skills, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Lin Chen told Zi JI that Bibi Dong would not harm Qian Renxue despite their complicated relationship, and Zi JI said she wanted to have a child with him.
• Bibi Dong overpowered Qian Renxue in their aerial battle, though Qian Renxue continued attacking with her Angel Holy Swords.
• Tang Yuehua explained to Ah Yin that Bibi Dong was fighting her daughter and that the others could not safely interfere.
• After two hours, Qian Renxue demanded that Bibi Dong surrender the throne, and Bibi Dong refused to yield to force.
• Qian Renxue unleashed Angel's Kiss as Bibi Dong answered with Space-Tearing Abyss Slash, and both attacks surged toward their clash.

Lin Chen returned just in time to stop Bibi Dong’s Abyssal Slash from killing Qian Renxue, then reprimanded both women for their deadly fight. He pursued Qian Renxue when she stormed off, and she challenged him over how she could leave her father and grandfather’s deaths unavenged or stand by while Bibi Dong threatened the Worship Hall.

• Bibi Dong’s Space-Tearing Abyss Slash shattered Qian Renxue’s Angel Phantom and swept toward her as Bibi Dong lost control of the attack.
• Lin Chen appeared between them and blocked the Abyssal Slash with a flash of sword light.
• Lin Chen scolded Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, ordered Bibi Dong to return, and stopped Qian Renxue when she tried to leave.
• Qian Renxue accused Lin Chen of siding with Bibi Dong, and he chastised her for risking her life.
• Qian Renxue asked Lin Chen how he expected her to abandon her revenge or ignore the threat to everyone in the Worship Hall.

After stopping Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue’s battle, Lin Chen left Bibi Dong anxious and guilty while he counseled Qian Renxue in the sky. He offered her one final chance to challenge Bibi Dong for the throne, though he expected her to lose and return as his daughter.

• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall’s elders and deacons to leave and keep quiet about the battle, then returned to her study feeling guilty about nearly harming Qian Renxue and worried that Lin Chen was angry with her.
• Liu Erlong, Tang Yuehua, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu visited Bibi Dong, but she concealed her worries and asked to be left alone.
• The women concluded that Qian Renxue and Lin Chen were the likely source of Bibi Dong’s distress and decided to wait for Lin Chen to return.
• Lin Chen scolded Qian Renxue for fighting recklessly and asked her not to risk harming herself or Bibi Dong again.
• Qian Renxue admitted that her grandfather had died sacrificing himself for her and agreed to Lin Chen’s request not to fight so desperately.
• Lin Chen offered Qian Renxue one more challenge against Bibi Dong, promising to persuade Bibi Dong to yield the throne if Qian Renxue won and to make her governor of Heaven Dou Province if she lost.

Lin Chen and Qian Renxue traveled to a border town, where they teased each other and dealt with a young man who mistook their joking for harassment. They spent the evening shopping and flirting, and the chapter ended with them together in a castle overlooking the town.

• Lin Chen followed Qian Renxue toward a border town and suggested they stay there for the night.
• A lavishly dressed young man ordered Lin Chen to release Qian Renxue, then sent his guards after him when Qian Renxue pretended to need rescuing.
• Lin Chen defeated the guards, and Qian Renxue struck the young man after he made a rude remark about them.
• Qian Renxue dragged Lin Chen through the town's shops and asked him to commission another ancient-style robe.
• Lin Chen reassured Qian Renxue that he had come because she was special to him, and they kissed in the street.
• Later, Lin Chen and Qian Renxue stood together by a castle window overlooking the town.

Qian Renxue left to pursue her long-standing fight with Bibi Dong over the throne, and Lin Chen allowed her one final chance to challenge her. Back at the palace, Bibi Dong worried that Lin Chen was angry until he returned and entered her study while she was changing.

• Qian Renxue asked Lin Chen to make Bibi Dong give up the throne, but he explained that the throne was the fruit of her mother's efforts.
• Qian Renxue reminded Lin Chen of his promise not to interfere in their grudge, and he let her leave for one last attempt to defeat Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong waited anxiously in her study, and Zhu Zhuqing comforted her and encouraged her to eat with the others.
• Lin Chen returned to the palace, asked Zhu Zhuqing where Bibi Dong was, and went upstairs to see her.
• Bibi Dong dropped her dress when Lin Chen entered the study as she was changing, and Lin Chen awkwardly said he had not known.

Lin Chen reunited with Bibi Dong, and the two reconciled as she decided to give Qian Renxue the Spirit Hall Empire under one condition. Lin Chen proposed a plan to settle the grudge between mother and daughter, and Bibi Dong prepared to attempt her Ninth Trial before they traveled together.

• Bibi Dong welcomed Lin Chen into her arms, and they made up in the study.
• Liu Erlong, Tang Yuehua, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others discussed Bibi Dong while waiting downstairs, then sat down to eat without Lin Chen and Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Chen she wanted to hand the Spirit Hall Empire to Qian Renxue if Qian Renxue returned to the Lin Clan and acknowledged Bibi Dong as the principal wife.
• Lin Chen warned that Qian Renxue might keep fighting for more if the throne came too easily, then suggested a plan to resolve the conflict between her and Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong agreed to Lin Chen's plan and said she would enter seclusion in a few days to undergo the Ninth Trial before traveling with their family.

Lin Chen spent time with Bibi Dong and the other women while Bibi Dong cultivated in seclusion. Half a year later, Lin Chen reached Level 99, and a stronger surge of power from the Pope’s Hall indicated that Bibi Dong had become a god.

• Bibi Dong asked Lin Chen about his path to godhood, then entered seclusion while he promised to look after the empire.
• Lin Chen reunited with Huo Wu and Dugu Yan and offered to take them and the others shopping while Bibi Dong was away.
• Over the next half year, Lin Chen cultivated with the Spirit Hall Empire’s resources and spent time with Shui Bing’er, Xiao Wu, and the other women.
• Lin Chen broke through from Level 97 to Level 99, becoming a Peerless Douluo.
• Shui Ningrou woke in Lin Chen’s arms, and Huo Feng asked whether he would pursue godhood.
• A surge of Soul Power stronger than Lin Chen’s came from the Pope’s Hall, and Huo Feng recognized that Bibi Dong had become a god.

Bibi Dong celebrated her breakthrough to godhood while Spirit Hall officials reported that the empire was stable. In the Asura God's shrine, Tang San drew the Asura Demon Sword and set out to seek more power for revenge against Lin Chen.

• Bibi Dong emerged in her Rakshasa dress and presided over reports from the governors and legion commanders in the Pope's Hall.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Chen and the women that she was not required to ascend to the Divine Realm, and Lin Chen said they would travel after dealing with their internal problems.
• Citizens in Spirit City speculated that Bibi Dong or Lin Chen had reached God Level and welcomed the protection their breakthrough would bring.
• Tang San reached the Asura God's shrine after inheriting Tang Chen's abilities and advancing to Asura's Ninth Trial.
• Tang San drew the Asura Demon Sword, declared that he wanted more than one divine position for his revenge, and vanished from the shrine.