Chapter Summaries

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.

Qi Ling learned Hundred Transformations of the Wandering Dragon and took the Devil-Trapping Stone after passing the third trial. He tried to reach the fourth island but was driven back by the sky’s pressure, and Dragon Maiden told him an eighth Soul Ring for his Blood Devil Emperor Martial Soul could help him advance.

• Qi Ling learned that Hundred Transformations of the Wandering Dragon could help him evade attacks and use his strength in unpredictable ways.
• Qi Ling took the Devil-Trapping Stone and stored it in Infinite Space, planning to use it as a weapon against enemies below God Level.
• Dragon Maiden told Qi Ling that he could not begin the fourth trial until he reached the next island using only his own strength.
• Qi Ling used Hundred Transformations of the Wandering Dragon to break through the island’s barrier, but he reached his limit after climbing a hundred meters and had to retreat.
• Dragon Maiden said Qi Ling needed another Soul Ring to reach the fourth island, reminding him that his Blood Devil Emperor Martial Soul still had an empty eighth slot.

Qi Ling struggled to find a powerful Soul Ring for his Blood Devil Emperor when Blood Devil suddenly returned and offered to help. Blood Devil then revealed that Qi Ling’s five-year loan deadline had arrived and demanded the life Qi Ling had pledged as collateral.

• Qi Ling worried that he could not find a suitable Soul Ring to advance and reach the fourth island.
• Blood Devil appeared and effortlessly defeated Qi Ling’s attack, showing that Qi Ling was no match for him.
• Blood Devil said he had returned to help Qi Ling find a Soul Ring, but claimed Qi Ling could not refuse because he was his creditor.
• Qi Ling remembered borrowing from Devil Loan to save Xiao Wu and realized Blood Devil owned the loan shop.
• Blood Devil reminded Qi Ling that the five-year deadline to become a Titled Douluo had passed and demanded the life Qi Ling had promised.

Blood Devil told Qi Ling that he had to compete for the Demon God Godhood in the Demon God Contention Battle. The contest would begin in a year, and Blood Devil wanted Qi Ling to promise to participate.

• Blood Devil revealed that Qi Ling had to compete to inherit the Demon God Godhood, which would also lead to the Eighth Soul Ring he wanted to give him.
• Qi Ling learned that Xue Qinghe was chosen by someone else as a rival successor, while Blood Devil had chosen Qi Ling as his reincarnation.
• Blood Devil explained that Devil Realm Godhoods were contested through brutal competitions and that all eight Demonic Souls had to appear before the Demon God contest could begin.
• Blood Devil said all eight Demonic Souls had been found and 3,003 contenders had been confirmed for the Demon God Contention Battle.
• Blood Devil told Qi Ling that the competition would start in a year and asked him to promise to take part, admitting he could not force him.

Qi Ling agreed to enter the Demon God Contention Battle despite its deadly rules, and Blood Devil promised him a gift. Blood Devil then cursed Qi Ling with the Threefold Blood Curse, leaving him needing help from Dragon Maiden and three women who met its requirements.

• Qi Ling accepted the challenge of fighting in the Demon God Contention Battle, while Blood Devil warned him about its dangers and the seven Demonic Souls.
• Blood Devil said Qi Ling would receive his full rewards only after winning, but promised him a special gift when the competition began.
• Blood Devil turned into blood mist and entered Qi Ling, triggering a curse that made Qi Ling’s heartbeat race and his body grow agitated.
• Qi Ling went to Dragon Maiden for help, and she identified Blood Devil’s gift as the Threefold Blood Curse.
• Dragon Maiden explained that Qi Ling needed intimate relations with three different virgins to break the curse, then went to fetch the others from the Dragon God Continent.

Dragon Maiden gathered volunteers to help Qi Ling withstand the Threefold Blood Curse, and Dugu Yan, Shui Bing’er, and Huo Wu agreed to go with her. She told them the encounter could last a day and night and that their first time with Qi Ling would awaken their potential like a Dragon God reward.

• After Dragon Maiden explained Qi Ling’s situation, Dugu Yan volunteered to help him, while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong teased each other about their past intimacy with him.
• Shui Bing’er volunteered next, and Huo Wu persuaded Yu Tianyi to let her take the remaining place.
• Dragon Maiden took Dugu Yan, Shui Bing’er, and Huo Wu to the third Dragon God Island, telling Xiao Wu and the others they could not enter that night.
• Dragon Maiden warned the three women that Qi Ling’s power might last a full day and night, but the island’s Dragon God power would protect them.
• Dragon Maiden explained that their first encounter with Qi Ling would awaken their potential as a special cultivation method, and Huo Wu recognized it as dual cultivation.

Qi Ling relied on Dugu Yan, Shui Bing’er, and Huo Wu to break Blood Devil’s Threefold Blood Curse. Afterward, the curse’s power became vital essence that promised major benefits for the three women, and Qi Ling prepared to continue for the full day and night Dragon Maiden had described.

• Qi Ling explained that Blood Devil’s Threefold Blood Curse could only be broken by the method Dragon Maiden had specified.
• Dugu Yan, Shui Bing’er, and Huo Wu took turns helping Qi Ling break the curse.
• Qi Ling’s condition improved after the three women each took part, while they collapsed from exhaustion.
• Qi Ling explained that the curse had become abundant vital essence and that the women could gain Soul Power and physical improvements from it.
• Qi Ling asked whether the women were rested enough to begin another round.

Qi Ling learned that his Dragon God Trial had paused until he obtained another Soul Ring, then persuaded the Dragon Maiden to let him check on everyone else's difficult fortuitous opportunities. He set out intending to observe without interfering, though the Dragon Maiden doubted he could restrain himself.

• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong tried to sneak into Qi Ling's room but found him outside, where he explained that he had spent the night cultivating because he could not sleep.
• Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, and Huo Wu slept until evening and suffered no physical discomfort thanks to Dragon God Island's power.
• The Dragon Maiden told Qi Ling that his Dragon God Trial could not continue until he obtained another Soul Ring.
• Qi Ling asked about everyone's fortuitous opportunities and offered to help, but the Dragon Maiden warned that interfering could cost them their rewards.
• The Dragon Maiden agreed to let Qi Ling visit the others' opportunities after he promised not to interfere.

Qi Ling found Dugu Yan unconscious during her venom trial and revived her with his blood. She revealed that she had endured over six thousand kinds of poison and credited their recent intimacy with strengthening her constitution, prompting them to consider repeating it to help her pass.

• Qi Ling sensed Dugu Yan's presence weakening and rushed to find her surrounded by more than eleven thousand illusory venomous snakes.
• Qi Ling ordered the snakes aside and gave Dugu Yan his blood to suppress the toxins in her body.
• Dugu Yan awoke and told Qi Ling she had endured over six thousand kinds of venom before exceeding her limit.
• Dugu Yan said Dragon Maiden had told her that intimacy with Qi Ling could strengthen their constitutions and improve her poison resistance.
• Dugu Yan suggested that she and Qi Ling try it again immediately to help her pass the trial.

Qi Ling and his companions completed their Dragon God Continent trials and returned to Sea God Island, where Tang San had drawn the Sea God Trident. Qi Ling effortlessly lifted the trident, shocking Tang San just as Tang San was about to explain that only the Sea God's chosen could wield it.

• Qi Ling learned that his power could detoxify Dugu Yan, while her poison trial still required her to endure the toxins herself.
• Qi Ling worried about Yu Tianyi's nine-dragon battles and Zhu Zhuqing's ninety-nine challenges in a dangerous netherworld space.
• After six months, everyone completed their trials, grew stronger, and Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu each obtained a two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Qi Ling and the others returned to Sea God Island, where Tang San pulled the Sea God Trident from the stone and believed he had earned the Sea God's recognition.
• Qi Ling caught the exhausted Tang San and easily lifted the Sea God Trident with one hand, leaving Tang San astonished.

Qi Ling effortlessly wielded Tang San’s Sea God Trident and explained that divine artifacts recognized their masters, demonstrating Tuoliya’s Sword of the Oath to the group. The party prepared to leave Sea God Island for the Heaven Dou Empire, while Qi Ling’s Dragon God Trials remained unfinished.

• Qi Ling lifted and skillfully wielded the Sea God Trident, astonishing Tang San and Bo Saixi with his ease and mastery.
• Qi Ling told Tang San that he had passed only the first three Dragon God Trials, and Tang San prepared to return to the Heaven Dou Empire with him.
• Tang San and Qi Ling left the Sea God Hall and rejoined their waiting companions, who admired Tang San’s Sea God Trident.
• Qi Ling explained that divine artifacts had spirits and showed the group how Tuoliya summoned the nearly weightless Sword of the Oath.
• Ma Hongjun tried the sword, and Qi Ling told him to slash Oscar, startling Oscar.

Qi Ling demonstrated the Sword of the Oath’s power after Ma Hongjun failed to wield it against Oscar, revealing that Tuoliya had unlocked only its first of thirteen seals. Before the group prepared to depart Sea God Island, Dragon Maiden decided to stay behind with Bo Saixi and asked Qi Ling to return once he had obtained his next Soul Ring and qualified to begin the trial.

• Ma Hongjun struck Oscar with the Sword of the Oath several times but could not hurt him because the sword had not accepted Ma Hongjun as qualified.
• Tuoliya took the sword and unleashed a golden slash that split the sea and exposed the seabed.
• Tuoliya explained that the Sword of the Oath had thirteen seals and that she had undone only the first.
• Qi Ling told everyone to finish their business on the island before the group set off the next morning.
• Dragon Maiden told Qi Ling she would stay on Sea God Island with Bo Saixi and asked him to return after obtaining his next Soul Ring and meeting the trial’s conditions.

Sea Witch tested Qi Ling with her Sea-Subduing Divine Melody, then asked him to help with an important matter. She offered to arrange for him to meet Bo Saixi, leaving Qi Ling to consider the tempting offer.

• Qi Ling waited on a mountaintop for Sea Witch after she had asked him to meet her.
• Sea Witch played her Ninth Soul Skill, the Sea-Subduing Divine Melody, but Qi Ling was unaffected and praised the music.
• Qi Ling said his spiritual power was slightly stronger than Bo Saixi's, encouraging Sea Witch to believe he could help her.
• Qi Ling initially refused Sea Witch's request, saying they were neither family nor friends.
• Sea Witch offered him a person as an incentive and revealed that she meant Bo Saixi.

Qi Ling learned that the Sea Witch wanted to take over as Sea God Island’s Great Enshrined so Bo Saixi could be free of her duties, and that she needed his help to obtain a Mermaid Clan divine artifact. Doubting the Sea Witch’s motives, Qi Ling demanded that she drink his blood before he agreed to help.

• Qi Ling threatened the Sea Witch when he suspected she was plotting against Bo Saixi, and she begged him to hear her out.
• The Sea Witch explained that Bo Saixi had been chosen by the Sea God and had bound herself to the Great Enshrined’s responsibilities.
• The Sea Witch said she could succeed Bo Saixi if she obtained a divine artifact from the Mermaid Clan’s forbidden grounds, but she needed Qi Ling’s help.
• Qi Ling refused to trust the Sea Witch’s intentions and asked her to drink a drop of his blood as proof of her loyalty.

Qi Ling agreed to help Sea Witch retrieve the Mermaid Clan’s divine artifact and left Sea God Island with her. As they headed toward the Mermaid Clan’s territory, Qi Ling worried about the Divine Realm’s threat and resolved to grow stronger.

• Sea Witch drank a drop of Qi Ling’s blood, and Qi Ling agreed to believe her and help retrieve the Mermaid Clan’s divine artifact.
• Qi Ling told Tang San and the others to return without him, then met Sea Witch on the far shore of Sea God Island.
• Sea Witch explained that her Mermaid Clan ancestry gave her the privilege to leave Sea God Island freely.
• Qi Ling reflected on the Divine Realm’s persecution of the Dragon God’s believers and worried that the gods might target him.
• Qi Ling and Sea Witch swam toward the Mermaid Clan’s territory, and Sea Witch was frustrated that he easily kept pace with her.

Qi Ling and the Sea Witch reached the mermaid territory and discovered signs of an attack by the Sea Demon Tribe. As they hurried toward the sanctuary, the chapter revealed that the Sea Demon chief had Haige'er pinned down inside the temple.

• The Sea Witch climbed onto Qi Ling's back, and they reached the mermaid territory in a day and a night.
• The Sea Witch noticed the patrols were missing, and Qi Ling smelled blood in the seawater.
• The Sea Witch explained that the cruel Sea Demon Tribe preyed on humans and hated the Mermaid Tribe, which was protected by a barrier from a formation in its sanctuary.
• The Sea Witch and Qi Ling hurried toward the territory after finding that the protective barrier had not activated.
• Inside the temple, the Sea Demon chief pinned Haige'er, the Sea Witch's father and chief of the Mermaid Tribe, beneath his foot.