Chapter Summaries

Yang Podi challenged Bo Saixi with the Sea God's permission, and the two Level 99 Limit Douluo began a fierce battle above Sea God Island. Yang Podi gradually gained a slight advantage as the fight continued.

• Bo Saixi questioned Yang Podi's reason for challenging her, and Yang Podi explained that a god was involved on his side.
• The Sea God appeared above Sea God Hall and granted the challenge, which Bo Saixi accepted.
• Yang Podi and Bo Saixi revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, then exchanged more than a thousand attacks.
• Bo Saixi used Stormy Waves and Sea God's Gaze, but Yang Podi countered both attacks.
• Yang Podi used Golden Lion Heaven-Roaring Break to overpower Bo Saixi's Ten Thousand Beasts Traveling Together and drive her back.
• Yang Podi and Bo Saixi continued fighting for over ten minutes, with Yang Podi gradually gaining a slight advantage.

Yang Podi fought Bo Saixi on Sea God Island and discovered that the Sea God was empowering her. After their ultimate attacks clashed, Bo Saixi was badly wounded, and the Sea God declared Yang Podi the winner.

• Bo Saixi used her Sea God Domain to suppress Yang Podi and rapidly replenish her Soul Power, but Yang Podi countered with his Asura Domain.
• After an hour of fighting, Yang Podi noticed Bo Saixi's strange recovery and Sea God-like techniques, and realized the Sea God was involved.
• Yang Podi detonated fifteen Soul Rings to power his Ninth Soul Skill, Sun Shooting, while Bo Saixi answered with Sea God's Descent and Sun of the Sea.
• Yang Podi's spear pierced Bo Saixi's left shoulder, leaving her badly wounded while he suffered lesser injuries.
• Yang Podi asked whether the exchange counted as his victory, and the Sea God confirmed that he had won.

Yang Podi defeated Bo Saixi after the Sea God intervened, while the Sea God and Asura God debated whether Yang Podi was fit to become the next Asura God. Bo Saixi returned to Sea God Island with a wound that would not heal and ordered the Seven Sacred Pillars to patrol the island.

• The Sea God and Asura God reviewed Yang Podi’s battle with Bo Saixi, and Asura God said Yang Podi still lacked the decisiveness required of a Divine Realm enforcer.
• The Sea God defended Yang Podi’s cautious nature, but Asura God said Yang Podi would have to make a choice during his Sixth Trial.
• Bo Saixi acknowledged Yang Podi’s victory and asked him to spare Tang San, while Yang Podi warned that Tang San would face danger if he returned to the continent.
• Bo Saixi returned to Sea God Island and discovered that her shoulder wound from the Soul Breaking Spear had not healed.
• Bo Saixi ordered the Seven Sacred Pillars to take turns patrolling Sea God Island against intruders.

Yang Podi warned Sea God Island against opposing the Spirit Hall Empire, then returned to Heavenly Pursuit Academy and proposed major plans to develop Soul Tools. He revealed the technological strength of the distant Sun Moon Continent and left the academy’s leaders with plans to build two hidden campuses in the northern snowy mountains.

• Yang Podi warned Bo Saixi and Sea God Island’s Sacred Pillars not to clash with the Spirit Hall Empire, then left after cautioning Tang San’s group.
• Bo Saixi urged Tang San to become a true follower of the Sea God, while Tang San privately resolved to grow strong enough to surpass Yang Podi.
• Yang Podi returned to Heavenly Pursuit Academy and summoned its senior leaders to discuss the academy’s future.
• Yang Podi proposed establishing a separate school devoted to Soul Tool research, development, and manufacture.
• Yang Podi explained that the Sun Moon Continent had advanced Soul Tools and Soul Engineers, leaving the Douluo Continent far behind.
• Yang Podi announced plans to redraw the academy’s development strategy and build two new hidden campuses in the northern snowy mountains.

Yang Podi persuaded the leaders of Heavenly Pursuit Academy to establish a secret Soul Tool Research Academy, arguing that Soul Tools could strengthen the academy and secure its future. He laid down strict secrecy rules and asked Dugu Bo whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's people at the academy had caused trouble or sought revenge against the Spirit Hall Empire.

• Yang Podi proposed building a hidden academy to research and manufacture Soul Tools, and explained how Soul Tools could improve combat strength and the academy's finances.
• Yang Podi displayed dozens of Soul Tools from the Sun Moon Continent, and Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and the other leaders agreed to establish the research academy.
• Yang Podi chose the snowy mountains in northern Mount Aermo for the secret base and threatened severe punishment for anyone who leaked information or took materials outside.
• Yang Podi gave Yang Wudi a Soul Tool containing ten captured Soul Engineers to serve as instructors and said the academy would initially sell only Storage Soul Tools and everyday-use models.
• Yang Podi told Yang Wudi that he would find trustworthy blacksmiths, then asked Dugu Bo whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's people at the academy had behaved badly or sought revenge on the Spirit Hall Empire.

Yang Podi assigned Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo new duties at Heavenly Pursuit Academy and planned a secret Soul Tool Academy. He also announced a separate Body Martial Soul Research Academy, explaining that body-part Martial Souls could undergo a dangerous second awakening, and revealed his own awakened Martial Soul as proof.

• Yang Podi proposed having the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect experts patrol and secure the academy, and the others agreed to test their capabilities.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo welcomed the new responsibilities after learning about the plan.
• The meeting decided to select elite students for a secret Soul Tool Academy and build two campuses, including a smaller hidden site.
• Yang Podi revealed that he would train students with body-part Martial Souls separately at the Body Martial Soul Research Academy.
• Yang Podi explained that Body Martial Souls could undergo a risky second awakening and demonstrated his golden body and eight blood-red Soul Rings.

Yang Podi secured Ning Fengzhi's loyalty and imposed strict secrecy on Heavenly Pursuit Academy's research institutes before leaving to pursue his Asura God's Fifth Trial. As the Spirit Hall Empire consolidated its continental conquest and held back from attacking Vast Sea City, he arrived near Spirit City to challenge Qian Daoliu.

• Yang Podi ordered everyone present to keep the Soul Tool Research Institute and the Body Martial Soul Research Institute secret.
• Yang Podi instructed Ning Fengzhi to prevent research leaks to the former Clear Sky Sect and abandon past hatred toward the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi pledged loyalty and told Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo that their benefits required distancing themselves from Tang San and his allies and eliminating potential threats when necessary.
• Yang Podi completed the research institute plans and left Heavenly Pursuit Academy for Spirit City to fulfill his Asura God's Fifth Trial.
• Bibi Dong consolidated the Spirit Hall Empire's rule and stationed a million troops against Vast Sea City, but delayed attacking as Sea Soul Masters organized a possible collective departure.
• Yang Podi arrived alone near Spirit City, ready to challenge Qian Daoliu.

Yang Podi challenged Qian Daoliu in Spirit City to push himself toward a higher level, and Qian Daoliu accepted as the High Priest of the Angel Clan. Their battle began with the two trading powerful blows, leaving the plaza around Douluo Hall collapsing.

• Yang Podi entered Spirit City and sent Qian Daoliu a card inviting him to battle there in three days.
• Qian Renxue and the six great Enshrined reacted angrily to the challenge, while Qian Daoliu warned them that Yang Podi likely had a purpose.
• Yang Podi meditated for three days, then went to Douluo Hall, where Qian Daoliu accepted his challenge and summoned his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.
• Yang Podi and Qian Daoliu began fighting, and Yang Podi’s spear thrust broke through Qian Daoliu’s defense and forced him back five meters.
• Qian Daoliu drew the Angel Holy Sword, and his Sword Qi collided with Yang Podi’s spear gleam, tearing apart the plaza.

Yang Podi and Qian Daoliu fought in the sky above Spirit City, where Qian Daoliu used Angel Divine Power and the power of faith to balance Yang Podi’s overwhelming strength. Their battle continued without a clear victor as both men unleashed powerful attacks and rapidly recovered from their wounds.

• Yang Podi followed Qian Daoliu into the sky, and the two clashed thousands of times before Yang Podi gained a slight advantage through his superior physical strength.
• Qian Daoliu expanded his Angel Domain, but Yang Podi’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain suppressed it until golden power from Angel Hall restored the balance.
• Yang Podi pierced Qian Daoliu’s domain with his Soul Breaking Spear, forcing Qian Daoliu back despite the power of Angel Divine Power.
• Qian Daoliu used Angel Judgment, and Yang Podi countered with Golden Behemoth Slash, causing a devastating collision.
• Yang Podi activated Qian Jun’s Strength and Golden Power, raising the weight of his spear above one hundred thousand jin and trading blows with Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu healed wounds with Angel Divine Power while Yang Podi replenished his strength through his two Soul Cores, and the watching crowd feared his resistance to purification.

Yang Podi overwhelmed Qian Daoliu by unleashing his Asura Domain and severing the Angel Divine Power sustaining his opponent. Qian Daoliu prepared one final move, with the spectators in Douluo Hall’s plaza watching tensely.

• Yang Podi’s Golden Lion Heaven-Roaring Break clashed with Qian Daoliu’s Angel’s Roar, sending Qian Daoliu flying and leaving him coughing blood.
• Qian Daoliu activated his Martial Soul Avatar, strengthening his Angel Domain and purifying some of Yang Podi’s Soul Power.
• Yang Podi unveiled his Asura Domain and Soul Breaking Spear Tool Soul Avatar, then pierced Qian Daoliu’s Great Angel’s Protection with Earth Behemoth Break.
• Golden light from the Six-Winged Angel statue healed Qian Daoliu’s arm, but Yang Podi used Tiger’s Roar Breaks Qian Jun to attack the light and cancel out its Angel Divine Power.
• Yang Podi struck Qian Daoliu with Annihilation, weakening him and preventing his wound from healing quickly.
• Qian Daoliu told Yang Podi that he would concede if his final move failed, as the spectators watched with grave concern.

Yang Podi defeated Qian Daoliu in a clash between their ninth Soul Skills, leaving the Great Enshrined gravely injured but alive. When Bibi Dong tried to use the fight against him, Yang Podi agreed to remain in Douluo Hall while Qian Daoliu recovered, preventing the dispute from escalating.

• Qian Daoliu unleashed Angel Judgment, and Yang Podi countered with Sun Shooting after detonating the Soul Breaking Spear’s first eight Soul Rings.
• Yang Podi’s spear pierced Qian Daoliu’s attack and Martial Soul, wounding Qian Daoliu while Yang Podi suffered only a minor injury.
• Qian Daoliu admitted defeat and collapsed, so Yang Podi caught him and carried him back to the main hall of Douluo Hall.
• Bibi Dong accused Yang Podi of injuring the Great Enshrined and threatened him, while Yang Podi argued that injuries were inevitable in a fair challenge.
• Yang Podi agreed to stay in Douluo Hall until Qian Daoliu recovered, removing Bibi Dong’s grounds for turning the battle into a conflict with Heavenly Pursuit Academy.

Yang Podi entered Douluo Hall after severely injuring Qian Daoliu, warned Bibi Dong that Vast Sea City remained a threat, and examined the Angel God’s healing light and statue. Qian Renxue confronted him about the challenge, and their argument ended with Yang Podi questioning Qian Xunji’s death and Qian Renxue blaming Tang Hao.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other enshrined took Qian Daoliu into Douluo Hall and summoned Healing System Soul Masters to treat him.
• Yang Podi warned Bibi Dong that the Spirit Hall Empire should not underestimate Vast Sea City, and Bibi Dong left after threatening him.
• Yang Podi entered Douluo Hall, examined the Angel Divine Light and statue, and observed Qian Daoliu recovering.
• Qian Renxue confronted Yang Podi about injuring her grandfather, and he said higher powers had wanted the challenge and suggested Qian Daoliu might recover stronger.
• Yang Podi questioned how Qian Xunji had died, and Qian Renxue angrily insisted that Tang Hao had killed her father.

Yang Podi comforted Qian Renxue and suggested that the Angel God had fallen long ago, leaving only a remnant or contingency behind. As they discussed Qian Xunji’s death, he hinted that Qian Xunji had committed a grave wrong, while Qian Renxue remembered him as a loving father.

• Qian Renxue pressed Yang Podi to explain how her father died, then broke down over her lonely childhood, and Yang Podi held and comforted her.
• Yang Podi carried Qian Renxue to the top of Douluo Hall and told her that the Angel God had likely fallen long ago.
• Yang Podi argued that the Angel God had left only a strand of divine soul or a prepared contingency, pointing to the lack of guidance beyond Qian Renxue and her grandfather.
• Qian Renxue asked why Bibi Dong had attacked Qian Xunji and why her grandfather had ignored his death, and Yang Podi said Spirit Hall had chosen the talented Holy Maiden over the gravely injured Pope.
• Yang Podi said Qian Xunji had to atone for his own wrongdoing, then asked Qian Renxue what kind of person her father had been.
• Qian Renxue recalled Qian Xunji as a lofty Pope, a tender father, and the greatest person in the world.

Yang Podi told Qian Renxue the truth about Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji, revealing that Qian Xunji had abused Bibi Dong and that she later killed him for revenge. Qian Renxue was left grieving and uncertain, while Yang Podi urged her to believe she could reconcile with her mother.

• Qian Renxue blamed Bibi Dong for Qian Xunji's death and her unhappy childhood, and Yang Podi challenged what she believed about their relationship.
• Yang Podi explained that Bibi Dong had loved Yu Xiaogang, but Qian Xunji had separated them and forced Bibi Dong to bear Qian Renxue.
• Yang Podi recounted how Qian Xunji led the attack on Ah Yin, how Tang Hao wounded him, and how Bibi Dong killed and devoured Qian Xunji afterward.
• Yang Podi explained that Qian Daoliu had allowed Bibi Dong to kill Qian Xunji and supported her becoming Pope, while Bibi Dong's resentment shaped her hostility toward Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Yang Podi had evidence and wondered whether Bibi Dong could accept her, and Yang Podi urged her to believe she was her mother's only ray of light.
• Qian Renxue gradually fell asleep in Yang Podi's arms.

Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong about their painful past, but Bibi Dong could not reconcile with her and told her to leave Spirit City with Yang Podi. Qian Renxue left in tears, and Yang Podi agreed they should go while both women had time to calm down.

• Qian Renxue told Yang Podi she wanted to ask Bibi Dong about the truth and find an ending between them.
• Qian Renxue sent everyone out of the Pope's Palace and told Bibi Dong she understood why Bibi Dong had treated her coldly.
• Bibi Dong suspected Yang Podi had revealed her secret, but Qian Renxue insisted she had discovered the truth herself.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Bibi Dong wanted her dead or wanted her to disappear, and Bibi Dong struggled to respond.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Renxue to leave Spirit City with Yang Podi and said she would not harm Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Renxue returned to Yang Podi in tears and said Bibi Dong would not accept her, so they should leave Spirit City.

Yang Podi reviewed the next Asura trial while advising Qian Renxue to write letters to Bibi Dong, and the letters left Bibi Dong conflicted. The Spirit Hall Empire then captured Vast Sea City, leaving Yu Xiaogang and the other land-based Soul Masters trapped in a dangerous flight overseas.

• Yang Podi learned that the Sixth Trial required either humanity or the Soul Beast Clan to unify the world and choose their future.
• Yang Podi advised Qian Renxue to send Bibi Dong weekly letters, but Qian Renxue began writing them every two days.
• Bibi Dong received more than ten letters from Qian Renxue and struggled with how to respond.
• Bibi Dong decided to march on Vast Sea City, and the Spirit Hall Empire captured it in half a day.
• Most Sea Soul Masters fled overseas or surrendered, while Yu Xiaogang and the other land-based Soul Masters faced a perilous escape by sea.

Yu Xiaogang and the others fled overseas after Vast Sea City fell, but found themselves with few safe options. Tai Nuo urged Tai Tan to seek refuge at Heavenly Pursuit Academy, while the group remained uncertain whether it would accept them and received no news of Tang San.

• Yu Xiaogang and the others escaped overseas by ship, and Bai He reunited with Tai Tan and the others before learning how badly their clans had suffered.
• The fugitives considered joining Sea God Island, claiming an overseas island, or surrendering to the Spirit Hall Empire, but each option seemed unworkable.
• Tai Nuo argued that the surviving Strength Clan should seek refuge at Heavenly Pursuit Academy, prompting Tai Tan to angrily reject the idea.
• Tai Nuo confronted Tai Tan over the Clear Sky Sect's failures and the Strength Clan's decline, and Tai Tan collapsed onto a stool after hearing him.
• Bai He questioned whether Heavenly Pursuit Academy would accept them, and the group recalled its strict oath against future Soul Master conflicts.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bai He for news of Tang San, but Bai He said he had heard nothing since they parted ways.

Flender weighed the Shrek teachers’ choices after the Spirit Hall Empire unified the continent and proposed taking them to Heavenly Pursuit Academy. Yu Xiaogang refused to abandon his hatred or his faith in Tang San, leaving the group divided.

• Flender asked Zhao Wuji, Qin Ming, and the other veteran teachers whether they wanted to leave and seek their own paths.
• Zhao Wuji said he and the others still wanted to follow Flender if he had a plan, despite having no personal blood feud with the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that Tang San would grow powerful enough to challenge the Spirit Hall Empire and accused Yang Podi of colluding with it.
• Flender apologized for leading his friends into danger and proposed taking them to Heavenly Pursuit Academy, inviting Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong to come too.
• Yu Xiaogang angrily refused to join Heavenly Pursuit Academy or give up his hatred over his clan’s destruction, while Liu Erlong comforted him.

After the Strength Clan and Shrek Academy split up, Tang San advanced through the remaining Sea God trials, earning powerful new abilities and becoming a candidate for Sea God Island’s next Great Enshrined. He ended the chapter trapped on the island, watched by Bo Saixi and facing a perilous escape if he returned to the continent.

• Tai Nuo and Tai Tan split the remaining Strength Clan, while the former Golden Iron Triangle and Shrek Academy’s other members made their own plans; two ships sailed in different directions.
• Tang San completed the Tidal Body Tempering trial and then defeated the Illusory Sea Serpents, gaining the serpent emperor’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Head Soul Bone.
• Tang San defeated Sea Illusion Douluo in his fifth trial and reached Soul Power level eighty-six.
• Tang San survived the trial against Sea Dragon Douluo despite serious injuries, then barely passed Bo Saixi’s final trial with help from his Soul Skills and Head Soul Bone.
• Tang San completed the Red Level Seven Trials, reached level eighty-eight, and became a candidate for the next Great Enshrined alongside Ye Lingling.
• Bo Saixi kept watch over Tang San on Sea God Island, where he felt trapped and feared the dangers awaiting him if he escaped to the continent.

Bo Saixi warned Tang San that the Spirit Hall Empire ruled the continent and urged him to stay on Sea God Island, but he remained determined to take revenge and refused to heed her warning about Yang Podi. She told him the Clear Sky Sect had been destroyed, his teacher and other survivors had vanished after fleeing Vast Sea City, and they could not join the island without passing its trials.

• Bo Saixi told Tang San that the Spirit Hall Empire had unified the continent and offered him protection and a future position on Sea God Island, but Tang San insisted he would avenge his parents and overthrow the empire.
• Tang San asked how Bibi Dong had overcome the danger of twin Martial Souls; Bo Saixi said his training, Ninth Soul Ring, and a full set of high-age Soul Bones could let him withstand the conflict between them.
• Bo Saixi warned Tang San not to oppose Heavenly Pursuit Academy or Yang Podi, but Tang San blamed the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan for leaving the Clear Sky Sect, and rejected her account of the conflict.
• Bo Saixi said the Clear Sky Sect had been wiped out, Tang Hao and Tang Xiao were missing, and Yu Xiaogang and fewer than a hundred survivors had fled toward Vast Sea City before escaping by ship.
• Tang San asked Bo Saixi to let Yu Xiaogang and the others join Sea God Island, but she refused because Yu Xiaogang was too weak to pass the island's trial.