Recaps

After months in seclusion, Qi Ling took Xiao Wu into the sky to fulfill her wish for their first night together. They returned to Dragon God Island the next morning, where Ning Rongrong’s questions and Xiao Wu’s missed training made their secret obvious.

• Xiao Wu reminded Qi Ling of his promise and asked him to take her into the sky for their first time together.
• Qi Ling lifted Xiao Wu onto a cloud, and they shared an intimate night beneath the stars.
• Afterward, Xiao Wu asked Qi Ling to wait until she recovered before they were intimate again, and they fell asleep together on the cloud.
• Qi Ling brought Xiao Wu back to Dragon God Island the next morning, where Ning Rongrong asked where they had been.
• Xiao Wu skipped training that day, and her absence made what had happened between her and Qi Ling apparent.

Xue Qinghe led an invasion of Sea God Island and revealed that he had brought back the dead Qian Daoliu as a corpse puppet. Bo Saixi confronted the attackers, but the chapter ended with Xue Qinghe explaining that his corpse puppets could fight beyond their former strength.

• Bo Saixi sensed a growing danger on Sea God Island, then received an emergency signal from Sea Horse Douluo and hurried to Seahorse City.
• Bo Saixi found the city’s guardians defeated and Sea Horse Douluo down, while Xue Qinghe and his followers occupied the shore.
• Xue Qinghe mocked the Sea Soul Masters and revealed that he was a Limit Douluo serving the Divine Court.
• Bo Saixi recalled her past battle with Qian Daoliu and insisted that he was dead, but Xue Qinghe summoned Qian Daoliu’s lifeless body.
• Xue Qinghe identified himself as Xue Qinghe and explained that he had turned Qian Daoliu into a corpse puppet stronger than he had been alive.

Xue Qinghe attacked Bo Saixi on Sea God Island, using Qian Daoliu as a corpse puppet while his forces kept the island’s guardians occupied. Bo Saixi fought him over the sea, but Xue Qinghe contaminated the water and weakened her power, leaving her vulnerable to his assault.

• Bo Saixi realized Xue Qinghe intended to turn her into a corpse puppet like Qian Daoliu and summoned the other Sacred Pillar Guardians for help.
• Xue Qinghe revealed that his forces had engaged the guardians, leaving Bo Saixi to defend herself and Sea God Island alone.
• Bo Saixi drove Xue Qinghe and Qian Daoliu out over the sea, where she could wield the Sea God’s power more freely.
• Bo Saixi used waves and water beasts to repel the pair, while Qian Daoliu intercepted her attacks and Xue Qinghe repeatedly charged at her.
• Xue Qinghe’s contamination of the sea and humid air made the water harder for Bo Saixi to control and weakened her power.
• Xue Qinghe broke through Bo Saixi’s waves, bit apart her water blade, and told her that her strength had already been reduced.

Xue Qinghe and Qian Daoliu nearly defeated Bo Saixi, but Qi Ling arrived and turned the battle around. He rescued Bo Saixi and left Xue Qinghe furious and unable to reach them.

• Xue Qinghe poisoned the seawater while Qian Daoliu broke through the Sea God's attack, destroyed Bo Saixi's scepter, and bound her with Angel Chains.
• Xue Qinghe threatened to turn Bo Saixi into a Corpse Puppet and prepared to strike her with his Claw of Filth.
• Qi Ling emerged from a portal on Sea God Island, and Xue Qinghe recognized him with fear.
• Qi Ling used the Hou Yi Bow to destroy Qian Daoliu, who remained standing after losing his head.
• Qi Ling appeared beside Bo Saixi, drew her into his arms, and blocked Xue Qinghe's attack with a golden barrier.

Qi Ling drove Xue Qinghe away with the Hou Yi Bow and returned to Sea God Island with the weakened Bo Saixi. He began treating her in Sea God Hall, while Bo Saixi struggled with her growing embarrassment around him.

• Xue Qinghe fled after realizing Qi Ling could overpower him, and Qi Ling's arrow failed to kill him as he escaped.
• Qi Ling broke Bo Saixi's chains and supported her back to Sea God Island so its residents could see she was safe.
• Bo Saixi could not dispel Xue Qinghe's power herself, so Qi Ling used his Divine Dragon Qi to drive away the Evil Qi and began healing her injuries.
• Qi Ling revealed that his strength, Soul Power, and spiritual power had reached God Level, leaving Bo Saixi astonished.
• As Qi Ling treated her by circulating his power through her body, Bo Saixi blushed and wondered why she felt so vulnerable around him.

After treating Bo Saixi, Qi Ling bet he could stop the Divine Court attackers without leaving Sea God Hall and used the Hou Yi Bow to kill four Titled Douluos from afar. The surviving enemies retreated, and Bo Saixi agreed to rest as Qi Ling had asked.

• Qi Ling finished healing Bo Saixi and urged her to rest, but she insisted on defending Sea God Island.
• Qi Ling bet Bo Saixi he could defeat the attackers from where they were and used his spiritual power to target an enemy near Sea Spear Sacred Pillar.
• Qi Ling’s arrow killed a Power Attack System Soul Master, giving Sea Spear Douluo the chance to fight back against the remaining enemy.
• Qi Ling fired three more arrows at enemies near three Sacred Pillars, killing three more Titled Douluos and exhausting his current ability to continue.
• The Divine Court Soul Masters fled toward the shore, and Qi Ling reminded Bo Saixi to rest; she agreed after he called her “Xi Xi.”

After the attack on Sea God Island, Qi Ling reassured the Sacred Pillar Guardians that Bo Saixi was safe and revealed a power that left them unable to challenge him. Bo Saixi confirmed that Qi Ling had rescued her, and the guardians left after reporting the island’s damage and learning that the Divine Court was unlikely to return soon.

• The six Sacred Pillar Guardians gathered outside Sea God Hall to ask after Bo Saixi and the golden rays that had turned the battle around.
• Qi Ling emerged from the hall, told the guardians Bo Saixi was resting, and used his overwhelming presence to stop Sea Spear Douluo from entering.
• Bo Saixi called the guardians inside, and Qi Ling allowed them ten minutes before warning that he would shoot them with arrows if they stayed longer.
• Qi Ling left to check on Tang San and the others, while the guardians entered Sea God Hall and confirmed Bo Saixi was physically well.
• Bo Saixi told the guardians that Qi Ling had rescued her and that the island’s residents should be reassured because the Divine Court would probably not return.
• Sea Star Douluo reminded Sea Spear Douluo that their ten minutes were up, and the guardians hurried away before Qi Ling could make good on his warning.

After learning that a mysterious divine beast had thwarted Tang San’s attempts to complete the Sea God’s Fourth Trial, Qi Ling investigated and persuaded Xiao Bai to spare the Evil Spirit Orcas while driving them away. Xiao Bai agreed but insisted that the Evil Orca King had to die, and Qi Ling planned to meet the divine beast the next day.

• Qi Ling found Tang San and the others recovering after they defeated the two Titled Douluos sent by Xue Qinghe.
• Tang San explained that an unknown divine beast kept detecting him and warning the Evil Spirit Orcas, preventing the group from completing the Fourth Trial.
• Qi Ling asked Xiao Bai about the divine beast, and she confirmed that it was protecting the Evil Spirit Orcas.
• Qi Ling proposed eliminating the Evil Orca King but allowing the other Evil Spirit Orcas to live if they never returned to the area.
• Xiao Bai accepted the proposal but demanded vengeance on the Evil Orca King for killing her little brother, and Qi Ling asked her to take him to the divine beast the next day.

Qi Ling joined Tang San and the others on their journey to confront the Evil Spirit Orcas, explaining that he would only investigate the divine beast that gave them their extraordinary detection ability. He and Xiao Bai went ahead to find it, while the others waited, and the chapter ended by revealing the beast as a Black Jade Qilin.

• Qi Ling told the group that Jian Lan had left to pursue her path, then discussed how swordsmanship demanded focus and talent.
• The group traveled with Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks toward the Evil Spirit Orcas’ territory.
• Xiao Bai warned that the Evil Spirit Orcas could detect them from far away, but Qi Ling explained they had already been sensed.
• Qi Ling told Tang San and the others to wait while he and Xiao Bai went ahead to investigate the divine beast.
• A small black qilin rested among the Evil Spirit Orcas, and it was revealed to be a Black Jade Qilin.

Qi Ling and Xiao Bai confronted the Evil Spirit Orcas, but Qi Ling became distracted by a Black Jade Qilin and chased after it. He caught up with the little qilin and earned its trust, while Xiao Bai was left to flee from the orcas.

• The little qilin warned the Evil Spirit Orcas about the approaching danger, but the Evil Orca King ignored it and led his pod toward Xiao Bai and Qi Ling.
• Xiao Bai challenged Xie Hu over her little brother's death and claimed they had come prepared, while Qi Ling focused on the Black Jade Qilin hiding nearby.
• Qi Ling transformed into a Divine Dragon and pursued the little qilin, and the Evil Orca King followed because he thought Qi Ling meant to eat it.
• With their leader gone, the Evil Spirit Orcas surrounded Xiao Bai, who fled back toward the others and shouted angrily at Qi Ling.
• Qi Ling caught the little qilin and approached it gently, and it overcame its fear, licked his face, and nuzzled him.

Qi Ling named the Black Jade Qilin Xiao Hei and defeated Xie Hu with a spiritual attack before using his draconic might to stop the Evil Spirit Orcas. He left Xiao Bai to decide their fate and told Tang San to take Xie Hu's Soul Ring, then headed onshore with Xiao Hei.

• Qi Ling welcomed the Black Jade Qilin's affection and named it Xiao Hei.
• Xie Hu demanded that Qi Ling return Xiao Hei, but Xiao Hei refused to go back with him.
• When Xie Hu attacked, Qi Ling struck him with Divine Dragon Soul Annihilation Wave, leaving his body alive but his mind shattered.
• Qi Ling returned to the battlefield and used Dragon Dominates the World to terrify the Evil Spirit Orcas into stillness.
• Qi Ling left the Orcas' fate to Xiao Bai and told Tang San to finish Xie Hu and absorb his Soul Ring.
• Qi Ling headed onshore with Xiao Hei and told the others to meet him there.

After Tang San and his companions completed the Fourth Trial, they learned that the Fifth Trial required them to defeat the Sacred Pillar Guardians. With Sea Dragon Douluo missing, the Sea God gave Qi Ling two possible ways to resolve the trial’s requirements, and Qi Ling agreed to test Tang San and his companions himself.

• Qi Ling waited with Xiao Hei after coming ashore, and Bo Saixi warned him not to interfere in the group’s later trials.
• Tang San and the others returned, and after completing the Fourth Trial they learned their Fifth Trial tasks: most had to defeat one Titled Douluo, while Tang San had to defeat all the guardians within seventy-two hours.
• Bo Saixi told Qi Ling that Sea Dragon Douluo was missing, leaving too few guardians to fulfill Tang San’s task, and said the Sea God had offered two alternatives.
• Bo Saixi explained that Tang San could either fight all six present guardians alone or face Qi Ling, with his companions allowed to join and Qi Ling deciding whether they passed.
• Qi Ling accepted the role of examiner and said he wanted to see how much Tang San and the others had improved.

Qi Ling brought Tang San’s companions to Sea God Island so they could help prepare for the Fifth Trial, then revealed that he would serve as their final challenge in his new role as Acting Sea Dragon Douluo. The others faced him with little confidence, while Bo Saixi explained that they only needed to earn Qi Ling’s recognition to pass.

• Qi Ling brought Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Yu Tianyi to Sea God Island and explained how they could help Tang San’s group with the Fifth Trial.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Yu Tianyi revealed that they had both reached the Soul Douluo realm and obtained Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Qi Ling stayed behind while the others challenged the first six Sacred Pillar Guardians, which they cleared without exhausting themselves.
• At the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar, Qi Ling revealed that he was the Acting Sea Dragon Douluo and that the group’s final challenge was to defeat him.
• Bo Saixi told the gathered Titled Douluo that passing did not require defeating Qi Ling; Tang San’s group only needed to earn his recognition.

Qi Ling challenged the group to attack him seriously and quickly knocked out Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai with Holy Dragon Judgment. Tang San, Yu Tianyi, and Zhu Zhuqing then coordinated a dangerous assault, but just as Zhu Zhuqing's Death God's Sigh seemed poised to hit Qi Ling, its target suddenly became Yu Tianyi.

• Qi Ling urged the others to attack and invited Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai to open with their Crimson Flame Fierce Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Qi Ling used Holy Dragon Judgment to cancel the fusion and knock Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai unconscious.
• Yu Tianyi charged Qi Ling in her Thunder Dragon Martial Soul Avatar while Tang San bound him with Blue Silver Grass.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Death God's Sigh to strike Qi Ling, locking onto him and preventing him from escaping.
• Qi Ling chuckled as Zhu Zhuqing's attack inexplicably shifted its target from him to Yu Tianyi.

Qi Ling revealed his Eighth Soul Skill, Steal the Stars and Swap the Moon, which redirected Zhu Zhuqing’s attack onto Yu Tianyi and temporarily exchanged their identities. The others attacked during the skill’s cooldown, but Qi Ling caught Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and showed that Tang San still could not match his strength.

• Zhu Zhuqing’s locked-on strike was redirected onto Yu Tianyi, who was left unable to move her right hand.
• Ning Rongrong realized Qi Ling had caused the switch, and Qi Ling revealed his Eighth Soul Skill, Steal the Stars and Swap the Moon.
• Zhu Zhuqing reasoned that the skill had a cooldown and led the others in attacking Qi Ling while he could not use it again.
• Hu Liena, Xiao Wu, and Tang San joined the assault, but Qi Ling resisted their attacks and caught Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San could not pull the hammer from Qi Ling’s grip, and Qi Ling warned him that he needed to fight as if his life were at stake.

Qi Ling tested the group and taught Tang San that careless mistakes could cost him dearly, then faced Zhu Zhuqing after she unleashed Beast God Descent. He outlasted her limited transformation and stopped Xiao Wu’s challenge by showing that her Invincible Golden Body was not truly invincible.

• Qi Ling crushed Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer, injuring him and leaving him unable to use it for a time.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated Beast God Descent, a powerful state she could sustain for only about one minute.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Qi Ling exchanged rapid attacks, but Qi Ling defended himself and drew out the fight until her transformation ended.
• Qi Ling caught the exhausted Zhu Zhuqing and put her into a deep sleep so she could rest.
• Xiao Wu insisted on fighting, but Qi Ling flicked her forehead through her Invincible Golden Body and warned her not to rely on it as if it were truly invincible.

Qi Ling passed his examination of Tang San and the others, then returned to Dragon God Island to begin his second trial. He reached the second island but learned that a later trial would definitely pit him against Dragon Maiden, whom he believed he could not defeat.

• Qi Ling fought Tang San and the others, knocked them down, and declared that they had passed their trial.
• Qi Ling told Bo Saixi he was returning to Dragon God Island to continue his own trials, and promised to come back before Tang San obtained godhood.
• Dragon Maiden identified Xiao Hei as a Qilin and told Qi Ling that his second trial was to reach the island above Dragon God Island.
• Qi Ling crossed the thousand-meter gap under intense pressure, reached the second island, and brought everyone through its teleportation array.
• Dragon Maiden told Qi Ling that one of his trials would definitely require him to fight her, and Qi Ling admitted he could not win against her.

Ning Rongrong confessed her desire to be with Qi Ling, and he welcomed her advances. While Rongrong stayed with Qi Ling that night, Xiao Wu led Zhu Zhuqing and the other women to spy outside his room.

• Xiao Wu asked Qi Ling to make his room larger, and he settled into the new house with her and Xiao Hei.
• Ning Rongrong lay down with Qi Ling, admitted she wanted to be with him, and kissed him after he accepted her advances.
• Xiao Wu told Zhu Zhuqing that Rongrong would stay with Qi Ling that night and asked when Zhu Zhuqing would join them.
• Xiao Wu persuaded the embarrassed but curious Zhu Zhuqing to go spy on Qi Ling and Rongrong.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing found Dugu Yan, Tuoliya, Shui Bing'er, and Huo Wu already crouched outside Qi Ling's room.

Qi Ling began the Dragon God's Second Trial, which required him to locate ten thousand hidden points of light by sensing their faint presence. After three months of training, he could find nearly all of them, but the final point remained elusive.

• Ning Rongrong rested for a day after her first night with Qi Ling and asked him not to stay by her side because she felt embarrassed.
• The Dragon Maiden explained that Qi Ling's trial was to find ten thousand scattered points of light using his senses, with twelve hours each day to search.
• Qi Ling found five thousand points of light on his first day and learned that the trial would strengthen his ability to sense them.
• After three months, Qi Ling could locate almost every point of light but still could not find the last one.
• That night, Ning Rongrong cuddled against Qi Ling and asked whether he was thinking about another woman.

Qi Ling passed the Dragon God’s second trial by realizing the final point of light was hidden on Dragon Maiden, then chose a Divine Dragon Bone as his reward. After absorbing it, he completed the basic requirements to summon the Dragon God Armor and revealed it to his companions.

• Ning Rongrong suggested Qi Ling might be searching for the final point of light in the wrong direction.
• Qi Ling realized the last point was hidden on Dragon Maiden, and Dragon Maiden confirmed he had passed the second trial.
• Dragon Maiden offered Qi Ling a choice between a divine artifact, improved Soul Rings and a Soul Skill, or a Divine Dragon Bone.
• Qi Ling chose the Divine Dragon Bone, completing the set for his limbs and torso and meeting the basic conditions to summon the Dragon God Armor.
• Qi Ling absorbed the bone and summoned the Dragon God Armor before his companions, gaining protection that no one on the Douluo Continent could currently break.

Qi Ling demonstrated the Dragon God Armor’s overwhelming defenses by letting his companions attack him without using any other protection. The armor withstood their strongest attacks, and Qi Ling revealed that it could defend against nearly every attribute and even mental attacks, with more power to come when he obtained all nine Divine Dragon Bones.

• Xiao Wu admired Qi Ling’s Dragon God Armor, and Qi Ling invited Zhu Zhuqing to test it with her strongest attack while Ning Rongrong supported her.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck Qi Ling with her Eighth Soul Skill, Death God's Sigh, but the attack left no mark on the armor.
• Qi Ling asked Yu Tianyi to attack with lightning, and her Thunder Domain failed to harm or paralyze him.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er used Ice and Fire Dual Heavens on Qi Ling, but the Dragon God Armor remained undamaged.
• Dugu Yan tested her poison on Qi Ling, but it had no effect, and Qi Ling explained the armor could resist nearly every attribute and mental attacks.

Qi Ling helped Tuoliya overcome her uncertainty, and she drew the Sword in the Stone after choosing to follow her feelings for him. Dragon Maiden explained that the divine sword was the Sword of Promised Victory and would become Tuoliya’s Martial Soul.

• Qi Ling asked Tuoliya to swear loyalty to him, but she refused because she wanted to be his lover instead.
• Tuoliya accepted that choosing Qi Ling might cost her the Sword in the Stone’s recognition, and they became intimate.
• At Qi Ling’s urging, Tuoliya tried the sword again and managed to move it, then drew it completely after several more attempts.
• Dragon Maiden teased Qi Ling and explained that the sword would merge with Tuoliya’s knight’s sword Martial Soul.
• Dragon Maiden named the divine weapon the Sword of Promised Victory.

Qi Ling renamed Tuoliya’s sword the Sword of the Oath, empowering it but draining him so badly that he remained unconscious for a month. After recovering and reaching the third Dragon God Island, he began the Third Trial, which tested his perseverance by slowing his perception and movement.

• Qi Ling renamed Tuoliya’s legendary sword the Sword of the Oath, transforming it and granting it new power suited to her.
• Qi Ling fainted from the effort and remained unconscious for a month, while Dragon Maiden reassured everyone that he was safe.
• Tuoliya thanked Qi Ling for the sword and explained that her Martial Soul could merge with it and that her Soul Skills had changed.
• After recovering fully, Qi Ling reached the third Dragon God Island and learned that the Third Trial was called Ten Thousand Years in an Instant.
• Qi Ling touched the jade atop a stone pillar and found that his surroundings and his own movements had slowed almost to a stop.

Qi Ling learned that the Ten Thousand Years in an Instant trial stretched his perception of time and could trap him unless others pulled him away when his heartbeat became dangerously rapid. Despite Xiao Wu's protests, he began the perilous cultivation with his companions taking turns keeping watch.

• Dragon Maiden explained that touching the jade had begun the trial, which would stretch Qi Ling's perception of time until he endured ten thousand years in an instant.
• Dragon Maiden warned that Qi Ling could not free himself once time had stretched too far, and gave him triangular pieces that let others sense his heartbeat and pull him away at his limit.
• Qi Ling told his companions about the danger and asked them to watch over him, while Xiao Wu pleaded with him not to take part.
• Qi Ling reassured Xiao Wu that he trusted them with his life, and agreed that she would stay beside him as everyone took turns keeping watch.
• Qi Ling learned that the time dilation would intensify gradually, reaching one second per year after about a minute and one second per hundred thousand years after ten minutes.

Qi Ling passed the third trial after enduring a time-stretching ordeal and chose to evolve two techniques and receive a new one. He gained three god-level techniques that strengthened his vision, lightning defense, and movement in close combat.

• Xiao Wu helped Qi Ling recover his composure during the trial, and after nearly half a year of training he lasted more than ten minutes and passed.
• Dragon Maiden raised Qi Ling's Soul Power Level to 85 and offered him three rewards; he chose to evolve two techniques and obtain a new technique.
• Qi Ling chose to evolve Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils and Lightning Flash and Flint Spark.
• Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils evolved into the Omniscient Eye of Truth, while Lightning Flash and Flint Spark became the Thunder God Body Protection Art.
• Dragon Maiden revealed that Qi Ling had also received the Hundred Transformations of the Wandering Dragon, a body technique for dodging and close-quarters combat.