Chapter Summaries

Qi Ling tricked Tang San into agreeing to an intimate weekly ritual with Hu Liena as a supposed cure for her poison, then prepared to leave Sea God Island with Dragon Maiden. Before they departed, Bo Saixi offered Qi Ling a special Sea God Test: fight her to the death.

• Qi Ling told Tang San that Hu Liena needed his blood and that an intimate weekly ritual was the only way to cure the poison it would cause.
• Tang San proposed the method to Hu Liena, and she shyly agreed; Qi Ling privately knew his Eight Spider Lances could remove the poison more easily.
• Qi Ling gathered everyone to say farewell and prepared to return to the Heaven Dou Empire with Dragon Maiden.
• Dragon Maiden comforted Bo Saixi by promising to take her out after Tang San received the Sea God Inheritance.
• Bo Saixi asked Qi Ling to return when the others reached their one-year deadline, then offered him a special trial: fight her, with victory or death.

Qi Ling accepted Bo Saixi’s challenge to face her in nine months, then returned to Dragon's Glory City to learn what had happened while he was away. He reunited with Bibi Dong, whose strength and appearance had been restored, and listened as she began reporting the important news.

• Qi Ling accepted Bo Saixi’s trial and agreed to fight her after nine months, though she could offer him no Sea God rewards.
• Qi Ling and Dragon Maiden left Sea God Island by boat and heard that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had been badly wounded by a Divine Dragon and fled to recover.
• Qi Ling and Dragon Maiden made the two-month journey to Dragon's Glory City in seven days, and Qi Ling stopped Lan Xiang from arranging a public welcome.
• Qi Ling went to see Bibi Dong, who had absorbed all nine Moonlight Soul Rings and regained her strength and original appearance.
• Bibi Dong began telling Qi Ling about the city’s recent affairs, but he became distracted by her beauty and she teased him to listen before promising he could look at her later.

Qi Ling returned to Heaven Dou City and joined Xue Ke and Bibi Dong at negotiations with the five great duchies, whose kings demanded separation from the Heaven Dou Empire. After Xue Ke failed to change their minds, Otto called for the talks to be suspended, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Qi Ling and Bibi Dong arrived at the palace, where the staff rejoiced at the Nation-Protecting Prince’s return.
• Xue Ke explained that the five great duchies demanded greater autonomy and recognition as independent states, and Qi Ling promised to handle the negotiations with her.
• Qi Ling, Xue Ke, and Bibi Dong reached the neutral meeting venue on time, but the five kings arrived half an hour late.
• The five kings repeated their demand to separate from the Heaven Dou Empire, and Xue Ke argued against breaking up their motherland.
• Otto refused to yield and proposed suspending the negotiations so the duchies could prepare further.

Qi Ling learned that Qian Renxue was advancing through the Angel Nine Trials and watched her return after completing the Fourth Trial. She revealed the rewards she had gained and asked Qi Ling to help with her Fifth Trial.

• Bibi Dong explained that the Angel God had chosen Qian Renxue as its heir and that Qian Daoliu might appear as one of her trials.
• Bibi Dong said Qian Renxue had passed three trials and was undergoing the Fourth Trial in another space, where she could not leave until she completed it.
• The next day, Qian Renxue emerged from a heavenly gate in Dragon's Glory City, having passed the Fourth Trial after sensing Qi Ling had returned.
• Qian Renxue asked Qi Ling to help with her Fifth Trial, then stayed in the city for several days to spend time with Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue showed Qi Ling her rewards: Soul Power at rank 80, a God-Given Soul Ring, four Angel God Armor Soul Bones, an evolved Heaven Domain, and four golden Soul Rings.

Qi Ling accompanied Qian Renxue into the Gate of Angels to help with her Fifth Trial, the Trial of True Love. Qian Renxue found the real Qi Ling among thousands of perfect doubles, but their next test began before they could celebrate.

• Qian Renxue told Qi Ling that her Fifth Trial required the cooperation of a special man, and he agreed to help.
• Qian Renxue summoned the Gate of Angels and led Qi Ling through it by holding his hand.
• The trial guide declared Qi Ling Qian Renxue’s Person of Destiny and began the Trial of True Love.
• Countless identical copies of Qi Ling appeared, and Qian Renxue recognized the real one by following her heart.
• The guide presented a mire of eternal filth and challenged them to retrieve a white lotus together, warning that suspicion or selfishness would bring disaster.

Qi Ling and Qian Renxue entered the mire together to retrieve a lotus, only to face a life-or-death test that demanded one sacrifice the other. Their refusal to abandon each other moved the Angel God, and they passed the Fifth Trial, gaining Soul Power and a golden Soul Ring.

• Qi Ling and Qian Renxue held hands as they crossed the mire, and Qian Renxue picked the white lotus at its center.
• The protective power vanished, and the mire began dragging them under as the cloak revealed the trial’s second part: only one of them could survive by sacrificing the other.
• Qian Renxue offered to die so Qi Ling could live, but Qi Ling insisted they would either survive together or die together.
• Moved by Qi Ling and Qian Renxue’s devotion, the cloak pulled them from the mire and declared that Qian Renxue had passed the Fifth Trial.
• Qian Renxue’s fifth Soul Ring turned golden and her Soul Power reached level eighty-three, while Qi Ling’s Soul Power rose to level seventy-eight.

Qian Renxue began the Angel Godhood’s Trial of Courage, where she had to face ten thousand Angel Puppets alone, while Qi Ling was sent back to Dragon's Glory City. After six months of cultivation, Qi Ling reached rank seventy-nine, but an unexpected development interrupted his efforts.

• Qi Ling discovered his Soul Power had increased and learned that Qian Renxue’s sixth trial was the Trial of Courage.
• The white cloak revealed that Qian Renxue had to face ten thousand Angel Puppets, each as strong as a Titled Douluo, and that she would die if she gave up.
• Qian Renxue accepted the trial, and Qi Ling left her facing the Angel Puppets without fear.
• Qi Ling returned to Dragon's Glory City and began cultivating to reach rank eighty for the Dragon God Trial.
• After half a year, Qi Ling had reached rank seventy-nine when an unexpected event occurred.

After recovering his strength, Qian Xunji joined Qian Daoliu and Xue Qinghe in plotting to kill Qi Ling. Xue Qinghe revealed a Dragon-Trapping Grand Array and a plan to use Bibi Dong to locate Qi Ling, leaving the three ready to ambush them both.

• Qian Xunji emerged from seclusion and told Qian Daoliu he wanted to kill Qi Ling before he grew stronger.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to help, and Xue Qinghe appeared to join their revenge plot.
• Xue Qinghe revealed that he had sacrificed one of his dragon horns to refine a Dragon-Trapping Grand Array that could prevent Qi Ling from escaping.
• Xue Qinghe said Bibi Dong had returned and was the one person who could reliably find Qi Ling.
• Qian Xunji decided they would follow Bibi Dong, trap her with Qi Ling, and kill them both.

Xue Qinghe learned that Qi Ling was in the Star Dou Great Forest, where the presence of Da Ming and Er Ming made an attack too risky. Qi Ling finished an exhausting strength contest with Er Ming and invited Da Ming to spar, but Da Ming tried to dodge the challenge.

• Qian Xunji told Xue Qinghe that Qi Ling was in the Star Dou Great Forest, so they could not safely attack him there.
• Xue Qinghe concluded that they would wait for Qi Ling to leave the forest before striking.
• Qi Ling and Er Ming fought for a day and night, exchanging ten thousand punches as Qi Ling held a slight advantage in strength.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python watched and sensed an unfamiliar power flowing from the earth into Qi Ling, marveling at his strength despite his low Soul Power Level.
• Er Ming ended the fight, and Qi Ling asked Da Ming to spar with him.
• Da Ming made excuses to avoid fighting Qi Ling, while Er Ming pointed out that Da Ming had no legs.

Qi Ling reassured Da Ming and Er Ming that he could revive Xiao Wu’s mother, then found Bibi Dong mourning at her empty grave and promised they would meet again. As Qi Ling and Bibi Dong traveled back toward Dragon's Glory City, Qian Xunji and Xue Qinghe ambushed them, and Qian Daoliu suddenly attacked Qi Ling from behind.

• Qi Ling showed Da Ming and Er Ming Xiao Wu’s mother’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone and explained how he planned to revive her.
• Da Ming and Er Ming said they no longer blamed Bibi Dong, and Da Ming told Qi Ling that she had gone to Xiao Wu’s mother’s grave.
• Qi Ling found Bibi Dong at the empty grave, promised they would meet Xiao Wu’s mother again, and reminisced with her before they left the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qi Ling sensed danger in a forest on the way to Dragon's Glory City, where Qian Xunji and Xue Qinghe appeared and confronted him and Bibi Dong.
• Qian Xunji attacked Qi Ling with angel wings and spider legs, but Qi Ling’s Golden Sacred Dragon Armor blocked them.
• Qian Daoliu burst out of the ground and swung the Angel Sword at Qi Ling’s back.

Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji ambushed Qi Ling, but Bibi Dong revealed that she had regained her strength and helped him fight back. Xue Qinghe’s Dragon-Trapping Formation weakened Qi Ling, forcing Bibi Dong to take Qian Daoliu’s strongest attack; she remained under threat as Qian Daoliu unleashed a form that damaged his body.

• Bibi Dong restored her Martial Soul and blocked Qian Daoliu’s ambush, allowing Qi Ling to break free of Qian Xunji and join her.
• Qi Ling fought Qian Daoliu while Bibi Dong battled Qian Xunji, and Qian Daoliu realized Qi Ling had begun comprehending the laws of heaven and earth.
• At Qian Xunji’s signal, Xue Qinghe activated his Martial Soul Avatar and used the Dragon-Trapping Formation to suppress Qi Ling.
• Qian Daoliu attacked the weakened Qi Ling, but Bibi Dong used Shift Form and Swap Shadows to take his place and shield him with a moon-white barrier.
• Qian Daoliu shattered Bibi Dong’s barrier and countered her crescent-blade attack with a protective Soul Power barrier, then unleashed his strongest offensive form at the cost of harming his body.

Bibi Dong fought Qian Daoliu while Qi Ling was pinned down by Qian Xunji and Xue Qinghe. She unleashed Moonlit Radiance to freeze her enemies and urged Qi Ling to escape, but he refused to leave without her.

• Qian Xunji and Xue Qinghe teamed up to keep Qi Ling occupied while Qian Daoliu attacked Bibi Dong.
• Qian Daoliu overwhelmed Bibi Dong with his Angel Domain, knocked her to the ground, and moved in to kill her.
• Bibi Dong activated her Yue Shen Martial Soul innate skill, Moonlit Radiance, creating a starry sky that immobilized Qian Daoliu, Qian Xunji, and Xue Qinghe.
• Bibi Dong told Qi Ling to escape while she held the three enemies, but Qi Ling refused and declared they would live or die together.

Qi Ling endured Qian Daoliu’s divine attack, but Bibi Dong sacrificed her strength to save him after Qian Xunji and Xue Qinghe launched a surprise assault. Restored to his peak and enraged by Bibi Dong’s collapse, Qi Ling faced the three men and vowed to make them pay.

• Qian Daoliu broke free of Bibi Dong’s restraint and attacked Qi Ling with his Ninth Soul Skill, Nine Swords of the Heavenly God.
• Qi Ling used the Divine Dragon Emperor’s Martial Soul Avatar to withstand all nine swords, then returned to human form, exhausted.
• Qian Xunji and Xue Qinghe attacked Qi Ling from behind while Qian Daoliu struck from the front.
• Bibi Dong blocked the attacks and collapsed gravely wounded, then kissed Qi Ling and transferred her power to restore him.
• Qi Ling placed Bibi Dong in his Hundred Treasures Pouch and challenged Qian Daoliu, Qian Xunji, and Xue Qinghe, declaring that he would not flee.

Qi Ling fused the Divine Dragon Emperor and Blood Devil Emperor Soul Imprints into the Divine Devil Body, gaining overwhelming power that he could sustain for only ten heartbeats. He killed Qian Xunji in an instant and turned toward his remaining enemies.

• Qi Ling brought the Divine Dragon Emperor and Blood Devil Emperor Soul Imprints together while Qian Daoliu and the others failed to stop him.
• Qian Daoliu realized Qi Ling was fusing his own Soul Skills and urged the others to kill him before he became unstoppable.
• Qi Ling fused his Seventh Soul Skills into the Martial Soul Avatar: Divine Devil Body, but could maintain the form for only ten heartbeats.
• Qi Ling transformed and overwhelmed Qian Xunji, Qian Daoliu, and Xue Qinghe with his pressure.
• Qi Ling tore out Qian Xunji's heart, crushed it, and asked who was next.

Qi Ling mortally wounded Qian Xunji and fought Qian Daoliu, who sacrificed his life force to hold him off. After Xue Qinghe escaped with Qian Xunji, Qi Ling avoided fighting the dying Qian Daoliu and vanished, leaving him alone to await death.

• Qi Ling revealed that Qian Xunji could survive his heart being destroyed because he had absorbed Qi Ling's sister's Martial Soul, then attacked again.
• Qian Daoliu sacrificed himself to unleash enough power to block Qi Ling and ordered Xue Qinghe to take Qian Xunji away.
• Xue Qinghe carried Qian Xunji from the battle while Qian Daoliu fought Qi Ling to protect their escape.
• Qi Ling recognized that Qian Daoliu was already dying and evaded his attacks instead of fighting him.
• Qi Ling said farewell and vanished, leaving Qian Daoliu alone to await his death.

Qi Ling returned to Dragon's Glory City gravely injured after defeating a powerful enemy with a new fusion of divine and demonic power. Dragon Maiden explained that the Life and Death Lotus was keeping him alive and said that fully awakening its power required him to harmonize with Bibi Dong, leaving Qi Ling stunned.

• Luna saw Qi Ling return to Dragon's Glory City in a severely weakened state and hurried to help him.
• Dragon Maiden examined Qi Ling and found that his body was near collapse, sustained by a mysterious force.
• Qi Ling told Luna and Dragon Maiden about his life-threatening battle and how he fused divine and demonic power to create a new Soul Skill.
• Dragon Maiden said Qi Ling's fused power could be immensely destructive, but his body was in terrible condition.
• Qi Ling recognized the Life and Death Lotus as the force keeping him alive, and Dragon Maiden explained that Bibi Dong's power had awakened part of it.
• Dragon Maiden told Qi Ling that fully awakening the lotus required him to harmonize yin and yang with Bibi Dong, and Qi Ling was stunned.

The Dragon Maiden told Bibi Dong that Qi Ling needed an intimate treatment to save his life, and Bibi Dong agreed because she had long loved him. That night, Qi Ling and Bibi Dong consummated their relationship, and Qi Ling became a man.

• Qi Ling hesitated over the Dragon Maiden’s proposed treatment, worried that using it to save his life would be wrong.
• The Dragon Maiden woke Bibi Dong and explained Qi Ling’s condition and the treatment while Qi Ling waited outside with Luna.
• Bibi Dong agreed to the treatment, and the Dragon Maiden urged Qi Ling to speak with her himself.
• Bibi Dong kissed Qi Ling and told him she had been waiting for him, and Qi Ling promised to take responsibility for their relationship.
• That night, Qi Ling and Bibi Dong went to his room, shared an intimate moment, and consummated their relationship.

Qi Ling and Bibi Dong woke after spending the night together and spoke affectionately about their new closeness. After getting ready, they left the room separately because Bibi Dong felt shy about following him out.

• Qi Ling woke beside Bibi Dong and reflected on how their relationship had brought them closer.
• Bibi Dong woke when Qi Ling kissed her, then teased and scolded him about their night together.
• Qi Ling and Bibi Dong playfully tussled before getting dressed.
• Bibi Dong asked Qi Ling to leave first, and he went out alone to accommodate her.

After breaking through to level 80, Qi Ling discovered that his brief fusion of the Power of Gods and Demons had given him profound insights and qualified him for the Dragon God Test. Dragon Maiden advised him to stabilize his new power on Sea God Island first, where Qi Ling also learned that Bibi Dong had reached level 99 and gained a mysterious crescent-moon mark.

• Dragon Maiden teased Qi Ling about waking late, then congratulated him on reaching level 80 and asked what changes he had noticed.
• Qi Ling realized his Soul Power exceeded level 80 and that his brief state of fused divine and demonic power had granted him new insights into power.
• Dragon Maiden told Qi Ling that he had met the conditions for the Dragon God Test, but advised him to visit Sea God Island and learn to stabilize his strength from Xi Xi first.
• Qi Ling agreed to travel to Sea God Island and see how Tang San and the others were progressing with their examinations.
• Qi Ling found that Bibi Dong had reached level 99 and spotted a crescent-moon mark on her forehead that resembled Tang San's deity-test mark.

Bibi Dong received a lunar divine test and ascended to the moon, while Qi Ling set out for Sea God Island to continue his own progress. He reunited with the pirates and the others taking the Sea God Test, where Xiao Wu revealed that Ma Hongjun had made little progress.

• Bibi Dong sensed Yue Shen's call beneath the moon and climbed a moonlit staircase to begin her divine test, parting from Qi Ling.
• Qi Ling left Dragon's Glory in Lan Xiang and the others' care and traveled with Dragon Maiden toward Sea God Island.
• Dragon Maiden told Qi Ling that she far surpassed Bo Saixi and explained that Bo Saixi could pursue another deity but would never abandon her devotion to the Sea God.
• Zi Zhenzhu welcomed Qi Ling to her island and asked him to sleep with her, then tried to understand how to become more ladylike.
• Qi Ling reached Sea God Island and reunited with the others; Xiao Wu said Ma Hongjun had not yet passed the two-hundredth step of the Sea God's Light.