Chapter Summaries

Chen Jianjun challenged Qian Daoliu to a duel so he could temper his sword path, despite knowing the fight could kill him. Qian Daoliu met his strongest attack with Angel’s Breath, and Chen Jianjun was engulfed in sacred Angel Soul Power.

• Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin met Qian Daoliu at Spirit City, where Chen Jianjun asked for a battle and Qian Daoliu agreed to fight outside the city.
• Qian Daoliu sensed the Sea God’s Power concealing Qian Xunling, Little Spider, and Bibi Dong, but chose not to expose them.
• Chen Jianjun explained that he had reached the limit of his talent and accepted Qian Daoliu’s warning that their Soul Power gap was too great; Qian Daoliu promised not to hold back after three moves.
• Chen Jianjun attacked with his Seven Kill Sword, and Qian Daoliu countered with Angel’s Punishment before Chen Jianjun launched Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect.
• Moved by Chen Jianjun’s resolve, Qian Daoliu used Angel’s Breath; the attack swallowed Chen Jianjun’s sword Qi and engulfed him as he refused to retreat.

After Qian Xunling healed Chen Jianjun, he suggested that the lingering Angel Soul Power might help the sword master find a new path to strengthen his sword Qi. Chen Jianjun gained an initial insight and offered the Chen Clan’s gratitude, but Qian Xunling told him and Chen Xin to come help with something.

• Chen Jianjun refused Chen Xin’s plea to seek treatment in Spirit City, choosing instead to walk and accept his fate.
• Qian Xunling arrived with Bibi Dong, healed Chen Jianjun, and suggested studying the Angel Soul Power left in his body could lead to a breakthrough.
• Chen Jianjun meditated under Qian Xunling’s protective shroud while Chen Xin watched over him.
• After half a day, Chen Jianjun emerged with a new direction for refining the Chen Clan’s sword Qi.
• Chen Jianjun thanked Qian Xunling and offered the Chen Clan’s help, and Qian Xunling told him and Chen Xin to come with him because he needed their assistance.

Qian Xunling led Chen Jianjun, Chen Xin, and Bibi Dong into Death Canyon to hunt the Death Spider Emperor for his next Soul Ring. The father and son confronted the beast and revealed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill as Qian Xunling watched from behind.

• Qian Xunling told Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin that he planned to hunt the Hundred-Thousand-Year Death Spider Emperor, despite their doubts about their ability to defeat it.
• Qian Xunling said he had escaped Spirit City to avoid being taken back and locked up, while Bibi Dong insisted on staying with him.
• Qian Xunling led the group through a wormhole, and two days later they reached Death Canyon with Chen Xin clearing the way and Chen Jianjun guarding the rear.
• Chen Xin killed a black wolf that lunged at Bibi Dong, and Qian Xunling teased her as they continued toward the canyon's depths.
• The group found enormous white cocoons near the Death Spider Emperor's lair, and Qian Xunling ordered Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin to wear down the beast before he joined the fight.
• Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin cut through the Death Spider Emperor's venomous web and activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Qian Xunling helped Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin kill the Death Spider Emperor by freezing it while they destroyed its origin core. After two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones emerged, Qian Xunling began absorbing the beast’s Soul Ring, whose death attribute stirred an unseen power within his Divine Aspect Martial Soul.

• Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin struggled against the Death Spider Emperor and its clones, and the beast struck Chen Xin down.
• Qian Xunling froze the Death Spider Emperor, healed Chen Xin, and helped Chen Xin destroy its compound eyes with lightning and sword attacks.
• Qian Xunling revealed that the Death Spider Emperor’s origin core was in its abdomen and used Time Stop again while Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin unleashed the Seven Kill Thrust Formation.
• Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin pierced the Death Spider Emperor’s origin core, killing it and making its four clones disappear.
• The Death Spider Emperor left a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and two Soul Bones, and Qian Xunling began absorbing the Soul Ring while Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin stood guard.
• The Soul Ring’s death attribute stirred an unseen presence into Qian Xunling’s Divine Aspect Martial Soul, making Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin feel weak.

After absorbing a death-attribute Soul Ring, Qian Xunling kept the two Soul Bones for Bibi Dong and revealed that his new Eighth Soul Skill could resurrect the dead. He set out with Bibi Dong, Chen Jianjun, and Chen Xin for Sea God Island, planning to make other stops along the way.

• Qian Xunling absorbed the death-attribute Soul Ring, leaving him with six black and two red Soul Rings, then refused the Soul Bones and saved them for Bibi Dong.
• Qian Xunling told Bibi Dong, Chen Jianjun, and Chen Xin that his Eighth Soul Skill concerned death and could resurrect the dead, then said he would need their help hunting another Soul Beast.
• Qian Xunling used his Seventh Soul Skill to return the group to the dirt road and announced they were going to Sea God Island for its God Trial inheritance.
• Qian Xunling explained that people with the right affinity could undertake Sea God Island's trials, though that did not guarantee they would inherit the Sea God Godhood.
• Qian Xunling said they would pass through the Star Dou Great Forest and another forest, where he intended to settle a grudge with a blade of grass.

Qian Xunling ambushed Ah Yin, Ah Rou, and Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest and used his abilities to prevent them from escaping. He captured Ah Yin and declared that she would become his maid for the rest of her life, leaving Bibi Dong unsettled by the prospect.

• Qian Xunling and his companions encountered Ah Yin, Ah Rou, and Xiao Wu while traveling through the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Xunling identified Ah Yin as his target and ordered Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin to attack the three Soul Beasts.
• Qian Xunling immobilized Ah Yin with the Vast Sea Immobilization Shroud as Ah Rou and Xiao Wu tried to flee.
• Qian Xunling used Time Stop to halt Ah Rou, Ah Yin, and Xiao Wu, then freed Ah Yin and shattered her Blue Silver Grass attack.
• Qian Xunling told Ah Yin that he would make her his maid for the rest of her life, and Bibi Dong felt displeased at the thought of Ah Yin living with them.

Qian Xunling forced Ah Yin to swear she would serve as his maid in exchange for sparing Ah Rou and Xiao Wu, while Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin battered the two rabbits. As Da Ming and Er Ming approached, Qian Xunling opened a wormhole to leave, but a crazed Xiao Wu teleported into the group just before they escaped.

• Qian Xunling restrained Ah Yin and threatened Ah Rou and Xiao Wu, while Bibi Dong asked him to spare them.
• Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin used the Seven Kill Thrust Formation, injuring Ah Rou and striking Xiao Wu as she charged to help her mother.
• Qian Xunling demanded that Ah Yin become his maid or watch Ah Rou and Xiao Wu die, and Ah Yin swore to serve him for the rest of her life.
• Da Ming and Er Ming approached, so Qian Xunling opened a wormhole and ordered Chen Xin and Chen Jianjun to leave with him.
• Xiao Wu teleported toward the group as they entered the wormhole, and Ah Rou cried out her name.

Qian Xunling stopped Xiao Wu from attacking him and declared he would neither kill nor imprison her, leaving her to choose whether to return to the Star Dou Great Forest or take human form. He defended his decision by saying strength determined who prevailed, while Ah Yin, Xiao Wu, and Bibi Dong remained with him.

• Xiao Wu lunged at Qian Xunling, but Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin trapped her and, with Qian Xunling's Time Stop, severely injured her.
• Ah Yin rushed to Xiao Wu and comforted her, while Bibi Dong approached and said Qian Xunling had promised not to kill either of them.
• Qian Xunling told Ah Yin to call him Young Master and offered Xiao Wu the choice of returning to the Star Dou Great Forest or preparing to take human form.
• Chen Jianjun argued that Xiao Wu should be kept captive for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, but Bibi Dong objected to killing her.
• Qian Xunling rejected killing or captivity, explaining that strength determined their conflict and that he had no need for Xiao Wu's Soul Ring.
• Chen Xin called Soul Masters and Soul Beasts mortal enemies, and Qian Xunling dismissed the idea before Bibi Dong defended Little Spider as not stupid.

Qian Xunling forced Ah Yin and Xiao Wu to obey him, putting Bibi Dong in charge of Xiao Wu while the group stayed near Vast Sea City. He and Chen Jianjun then found two groups of Evil Soul Masters fighting and captured survivors to question them about the conflict and a red-haired Evil Soul Master surnamed Zhong.

• Ah Yin realized Xiao Wu could not find her way back to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Qian Xunling offered to spare her from taking human form if everyone obeyed him.
• Qian Xunling assigned Bibi Dong to look after Xiao Wu and ordered Chen Xin to watch them while he and Chen Jianjun investigated nearby Soul Power fluctuations.
• Qian Xunling and Chen Jianjun found two groups of Evil Soul Masters fighting over several covered carriages.
• Chen Jianjun attacked the groups with his Seven Kill Sword, and Qian Xunling used wind blades to stop the survivors from escaping.
• Qian Xunling asked the captured Evil Soul Masters why they had fought and whether they knew a red-haired Evil Soul Master surnamed Zhong.

Qian Xunling questioned a group of Evil Soul Masters, discovered that mermaids were being trafficked and learned of a red-haired pirate leader named Red Pearl. He gathered Bibi Dong and the others and set out for Vast Sea City with the mermaids.

• Qian Xunling killed an Evil Soul Master who tried to escape, then questioned the survivors about their mermaid cargo and a red-haired Evil Soul Master.
• The Evil Soul Masters revealed that the mermaids were being escorted to Front Sea City and that Red Pearl, leader of the Red Pearl Pirate Crew, had red hair.
• Qian Xunling killed the mainland Evil Soul Masters and learned from three pirate survivors that their captain, Rousi, was aboard a ship near Vast Sea City.
• Qian Xunling spared the three pirates, took the mermaids with him, and asked Chen Jianjun to prepare the carriages.
• Qian Xunling returned to Bibi Dong, Xiao Wu, and Ah Yin, withdrew the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and told everyone to leave for Vast Sea City.

Qian Xunling brought his companions and the captive mermaids to Vast Sea City, then attacked the Red Pearl Pirate Crew’s ship while Captain Rousi was away. He ordered Chen Jianjun to bring the others aboard so they could sail to Red Pearl Island.

• Bibi Dong fed the captive mermaids, and Ah Yin and Chen Xin helped drive the group’s carriages toward Vast Sea City.
• Qian Xunling hid Xiao Wu in the Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse before entering Vast Sea City, then rented a residence and ordered Ah Yin to guard the mermaids.
• Qian Xunling and Chen Jianjun found the Red Pearl Pirate Crew’s ship at the port and killed the pirates who confronted them.
• A remaining pirate told Qian Xunling that Captain Rousi was away, so Qian Xunling ordered Chen Jianjun to kill the crew.
• Qian Xunling sat aboard the cleared ship and told Chen Jianjun to bring the others so they could sail to Red Pearl Island.

After sailing to Red Pearl Island, Qian Xunling and Chen Jianjun fought their way toward the island’s leader while Ah Yin and the others remained aboard the ship. Qian Xunling entered the leader’s hall and interrupted her negotiations with five captains.

• Bibi Dong explored the ship, and Qian Xunling ordered Ah Yin and the merfolk to clean the blood and corpses as the ship set sail.
• Qian Xunling warned Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin that powerful Sea Soul Beasts might threaten their voyage to Sea God Island.
• After reaching Red Pearl Island, Qian Xunling and Chen Jianjun left Chen Xin to guard the ship and headed inland to capture the leader.
• Chen Jianjun unleashed his nine Soul Rings and killed the pirates who tried to rob him and Qian Xunling.
• The red-haired leader offered five captains information about Rousi’s merfolk-catching route in exchange for a larger share of their profits.
• Qian Xunling entered the leader’s hall after a corpse flew through the doorway and invited her to let him join in the fun.

Qian Xunling captured Zhong Li, a leader of the Zhong Family, after killing the other Evil Soul Masters on Red Pearl Island. He took her ship toward Sea God Island with Bibi Dong and the others, while Ah Yin was ordered to clean it.

• Red Pearl recognized Chen Jianjun as a Titled Douluo, and he killed the five captains while Qian Xunling confronted her.
• Qian Xunling identified Red Pearl as Zhong Li, wounded her, and learned that the Zhong Family was based in Blood Soul Village near Longxing City.
• Chen Jianjun sealed Zhong Li's Soul Power and carried her away as the group found her larger ship.
• Qian Xunling chose Zhong Li's ship for the trip to Sea God Island and refused to stop her bleeding despite her offers of treasure.
• Bibi Dong arrived riding Xiao Wu, and Qian Xunling ordered Ah Yin to clean the ship.

Qian Xunling brought his companions to the Ring Sea, where he used the mermaids to approach Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks guarding Sea God Island. After Xiao Bai refused to let them pass, Qian Xunling opened a wormhole and led everyone through, leaving her unsure where they had gone.

• Qian Xunling concealed the Red Pearl from sea creatures and explained that the Demon Soul Great White Sharks guarded the Ring Sea near Sea God Island.
• Qian Xunling had the mermaids greet the approaching Demon Soul Great White Sharks, and Xiao Bai arrived in human form to meet them.
• The mermaids told Xiao Bai that Qian Xunling had saved them, and Xiao Bai asked whether his group wanted to land on Sea God Island.
• Qian Xunling dismissed Xiao Bai’s expected refusal and opened his Seventh Soul Skill, Wormhole Jump.
• Bibi Dong, Xiao Wu, Ah Yin, Chen Jianjun, and Chen Xin followed Qian Xunling into the wormhole, which vanished before Xiao Bai could tell where they had gone.

Qian Xunling and his companions arrived on Sea God Island, where Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin negotiated permission to take the Sea God trials. After the Great Enshrined approved, the group set off to meet her.

• Qian Xunling teased the yellow-clad Soul Masters by having Xiao Wu reveal her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura, frightening them.
• Sea Horse Douluo arrived and challenged the newcomers, but Chen Jianjun explained their peaceful purpose and asked to take the trials.
• Sea Horse Douluo introduced himself and went to seek the Great Enshrined's permission, while the group headed toward Seahorse City.
• Qian Xunling asked about the island's Sacred Pillars and learned that most were fifty or younger, unlike Sea Witch and Sea Horse.
• Sea Horse Douluo returned with the Great Enshrined's approval and told Chen Jianjun that the group must meet her before beginning the trials.
• Qian Xunling carried Bibi Dong as he flew after Sea Horse Douluo toward the meeting.

Qian Xunling arrived at Sea Horse Sacred Pillar with his companions and met Bo Saixi, who recognized him as Qian Daoliu’s descendant. When the Sacred Pillar refused to grant him a trial, he threatened to hide the Sea God’s Heart, provoking a sudden response from the Sea God’s Power.

• Bo Saixi confronted Qian Xunling, and he revealed that he was Qian Daoliu’s descendant and an eighteen-year-old level-eighty-three Soul Douluo.
• Bo Saixi let Qian Xunling, Ah Yin, and the other gifted young girls skip the preliminary trial and proceed directly to the Sacred Pillar trial.
• Qian Xunling repeatedly touched the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, but it showed no reaction, leading Bo Saixi to suspect that the Sea God was withholding a trial.
• Qian Xunling activated the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which Bo Saixi identified as the Sea God’s Heart, then threatened to hide it if the Sea God did not respond.
• Qian Xunling placed the Sea God’s Heart in a wormhole despite Bo Saixi’s protests, and the sky darkened as the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar sent light into the heavens.

Qian Xunling learned that the Five Great God Kings had effectively blocked him from receiving any God Trial except the Angel Godhood, leaving him to consider creating a Godhood of his own. He left to clear his head, while Bo Saixi allowed him to remain on Sea God Island.

• Qian Xunling confronted the Old Sea God and threatened to destroy the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud unless he explained why he could not receive a God Trial.
• The Old Sea God revealed that the Five Great God Kings had restricted the Angel God and that the gods were too afraid to offer Qian Xunling an inheritance; the Angel Godhood was his only available path.
• Qian Xunling asked whether he could create his own Godhood, but the Old Sea God said the conditions were lacking and doubted the God Kings would let him succeed.
• After the Sea God's power withdrew and everyone returned to Sea God Island, Qian Xunling told Bibi Dong he needed time alone and left through a wormhole.
• Bibi Dong feared Qian Xunling was abandoning her, but Chen Jianjun, Chen Xin, Ah Yin, and Xiao Wu gathered to comfort her.
• Bo Saixi ruled that Qian Xunling could stay on Sea God Island because he was half the master of its sacred object.

After shutting himself away for three days, Qian Xunling came out and attended the banquet held in Sea Maiden City. He revealed the Sea God’s request and struck a bargain with Sea Witch, then began sampling the island’s wine.

• Bibi Dong waited outside Qian Xunling’s room and begged him to eat, and he finally opened the door.
• Qian Xunling teased Bibi Dong and Ah Yin, then had them lead him to the banquet.
• At the banquet, Qian Xunling told Sea Witch he would show her the Sea God’s Heart if she beat up Xiao Bai first, and Sea Witch agreed.
• Qian Xunling told Sea Dragon and the other Sacred Pillars that the Sea God had asked him to find an heir and give them the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Qian Xunling tasted the island’s wine and remarked that it had a kick.

Qian Xunling got drunk at the banquet and revealed supposed secrets about divine inheritances before Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin took him back to his room. Bibi Dong stayed behind to care for him, pleased to have him alone for the night.

• Qian Xunling drunkenly mocked Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi, then boasted that he would one day defeat Tang Chen and ruin his chances with Bo Saixi.
• Chen Jianjun confirmed that Qian Xunling had escaped Tang Chen by summoning a phantom of the Angel God.
• Qian Xunling told the Sacred Pillars that Slaughter City held the inheritances of the Asura God and Rakshasa God, and predicted Tang Chen would die there.
• Qian Xunling began undoing his pants, so Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin escorted him away from the banquet and brought him to bed.
• Bibi Dong insisted on caring for Qian Xunling herself and, after Ah Yin and Xiao Wu left, approached his sleeping form with a delighted smile.

After Bo Saixi questioned Qian Xunling about his meeting with the Sea God, he asked her to help kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, but she refused because it was part of the Sea God's trial. Qian Xunling confronted her about her hidden desire to leave Sea God Island, then offered to make her the next Sea God, leaving her stunned.

• Qian Xunling woke after drinking and went with Chen Jianjun and Chen Xin to meet Bo Saixi at Sea God Hall.
• On the way, Qian Xunling learned Xiao Wu had been cultivating on the Nine Heaven Mysterious Steps because she could not take the Sea God's trials.
• Bo Saixi asked Qian Xunling why he had the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and why he had not become the Sea God's successor, and he explained that a stronger deity had blocked his inheritance.
• Qian Xunling asked Bo Saixi to help him kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, but she refused to defy the Sea God's will.
• Qian Xunling accused Bo Saixi of wanting to leave Sea God Island and said Qian Daoliu had understood her feelings and let her go.
• Qian Xunling asked Bo Saixi what she would say if he could make her the next Sea God, and she stared at him in surprise.