Chapter Summaries

Jun Yan joined Spirit Hall’s group traveling to Sea God Island for the Elite Selection Tournament and met Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang on the way. After Jun Yan rebuffed Yu Xiaogang’s lecture and left, Bibi Dong wondered why Jun Yan had become so distant.

• Yue Guan told Jun Yan that Spirit Hall’s group would leave for Sea God Island in about three days, with participants traveling directly to Vast Sea City.
• Three days later, Jun Yan departed with Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters before Jun Kuang returned to Spirit City.
• Jun Yan encountered Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang, who had recently published his Martial Soul theory and received the title of Grandmaster from some people.
• Jun Yan explained that he had mostly cultivated at home, while Yu Xiaogang criticized him for relying on connections and urged him to study the theory.
• Jun Yan snapped at Yu Xiaogang, apologized, and left; Bibi Dong comforted Yu Xiaogang but privately wondered why Jun Yan now addressed her as Saintess.

Jun Yan arrived in Vast Sea City with Spirit Hall’s expedition and met the elders preparing to attack Sea God Island. Qian Jun and Jiang Mo warned the young Soul Masters about the dangers ahead, especially the island’s Peak Douluo, and the chapter ended with Bibi Dong asking what she looked like.

• Yue Guan confirmed that the ten warships promised by the Heaven Dou Emperor were waiting in Vast Sea City, where Spirit Hall would prepare for two days.
• A knight brought Jun Yan to a council hall, where he met Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Qian Jun, Jiang Mo, and Spirit Hall’s other geniuses, including Bibi Dong.
• Gui Mei admitted that he had allowed Jun Yan to cultivate at home instead of carrying out Enforcement Corps duties, but Qian Jun dismissed the matter as minor.
• Jun Yan told the elders that Jun Kuang was his adoptive father and had recently reached Level 90, prompting Qian Jun to welcome the increase to Spirit Hall’s strength and invite Jun Yan to sit.
• Qian Jun advised the young Soul Masters to help one another on Sea God Island, then dismissed most of them and urged Bibi Dong, Gui Mei, and Jun Yan to stay safe.
• Jiang Mo warned that Sea God Island’s leader was a Peak Douluo and told them to flee if they saw her; when Bibi Dong asked what she looked like, Qian Jun said she would recognize her immediately.

Jun Yan and Bibi Dong left the elders’ hall after Qian Jun promised to keep them safe on Sea God Island. The elders realized Jun Yan had become a Soul Saint and suspected an Immortal Herb had helped him, while Jun Yan argued with Bibi Dong about bringing Yu Xiaogang on the expedition before walking her back.

• Qian Jun told Jun Yan and Bibi Dong that the elders would watch over them on Sea God Island, and Jun Yan thanked him before leaving with Bibi Dong.
• Jiang Mo recognized that Jun Yan had reached Soul Saint at twenty-seven, prompting Qian Jun and Jiang Mo to decide to inform the Great Enshrined, while Ye Feng and Lang Ming prepared letters for the Pope.
• Yue Guan concluded that Jun Yan must have obtained a second Immortal Herb and used it to advance to Level 70, after learning that another herb had helped Jun Kuang become a Titled Douluo.
• Jun Yan questioned Bibi Dong’s decision to bring Yu Xiaogang to Sea God Island, criticizing his weakness and his Martial Soul theories, and told her to send him back if she feared for his safety.
• Jun Yan walked away from Bibi Dong, then reappeared and offered to walk her back, which she accepted with a smile.

Spirit Hall's expedition fleet sailed from Vast Sea City toward Sea God Island, but seasickness and a pirate ambush interrupted the voyage. Ye Feng destroyed four pirate ships, and Spirit Hall's Soul Masters launched an attack as the pirates surrounded the fleet.

• Qian Jun Douluo led two thousand Soul Masters aboard ten warships and set sail from Vast Sea City.
• Jun Yan found Yu Xiaogang seasick on deck and argued with him while Bibi Dong cared for him.
• Jun Yan and Bibi Dong spotted a fleet of fifty or sixty pirate ships approaching the expedition.
• The Black Skull Pirate Group surrounded the warships and demanded their wealth.
• Ye Feng revealed himself as a Titled Douluo and split four pirate ships with one strike.
• Ye Feng ordered the Soul Masters to kill, and they leaped from the warships to attack the pirates.

Jun Yan helped Bibi Dong reach a pirate ship, then provoked Yu Xiaogang over his stalled cultivation and claims of expertise. After Spirit Hall’s fleet destroyed the Black Skull Pirate Crew and reached the waters near Sea God Island, Qian Jun Douluo organized an assault against the island’s guardian sharks.

• Jun Yan grew a tree from the warship’s railing and made it a bridge so Bibi Dong could reach the pirate ship, while Yu Xiaogang stayed behind.
• Jun Yan insulted Yu Xiaogang, challenged his self-proclaimed mastery of Martial Soul theory, and left him alone on deck.
• Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters quickly destroyed the Black Skull Pirate Crew and captured its leader as part of the fleet’s planned journey.
• After eight days at sea, the fleet reached the waters near Sea God Island and found the Demon Soul Great White Sharks guarding it.
• Qian Jun Douluo ordered the experts to draw out the hundred-thousand-year shark king, prepare Ju and Gui’s Martial Soul Fusion, and protect the ships during the landing.

Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo attacked the Demon Soul Great White Shark King while the fleet advanced toward Sea God Island. After the two Douluo pursued the wounded Soul Beast, Jun Yan saw what was happening in the distance and sent out a Wood Clone.

• Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo killed several Demon Soul Great White Sharks to draw out the Demon Soul Great White Shark King.
• The Demon Soul Great White Shark King appeared in human form, but Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo attacked her immediately.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei used the Two Extremes Stillness Domain to immobilize the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, allowing the two Douluo to strike and wound her.
• Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo pursued the Demon Soul Great White Shark King as the fleet fought off sharks and advanced toward Sea God Island.
• Jun Yan used his Rinnegan to observe the distant fight, then created a Wood Clone and exchanged places with it.

Jun Yan tracked the wounded Demon Soul Great White Shark to an island and trapped it with his Wood Human Technique. He began fighting the beast, and the chapter ended as a giant wooden figure joined the battle.

• A golden figure healed the Demon Soul Great White Shark and allowed it to escape Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo.
• Jun Yan learned that the golden figure was likely Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi and flew south to search for the shark.
• Jun Yan found the bloodied shark on an island and blocked its escape route with fallen trees and a Wood Dragon.
• The Demon Soul Great White Shark attacked Jun Yan, and its Demon Shark's Fang badly damaged the Wood Dragon.
• Jun Yan summoned a wooden figure nearly twenty meters tall, which stepped into the pool to fight the shark.

Jun Yan defeated the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, absorbed her hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, and gained two Soul Skills. The chapter ended with him learning that Demon Shark Domain let him control seawater within its range.

• Jun Yan used a giant wooden man and a Wood Dragon to overpower the Demon Soul Great White Shark and worsen her existing wound.
• The Demon Soul Great White Shark tried to unleash a self-destructive burst of Soul Power, but Jun Yan’s vines drained her energy and stopped her.
• Jun Yan’s wooden man shattered the Demon Soul Great White Shark King’s skull, and a red hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring appeared above her corpse.
• Jun Yan absorbed the Soul Ring with the Rinnegan, which purified its resentment-filled power and made it his first Soul Ring.
• Jun Yan learned that the Soul Ring granted him Demon Shark’s Fang and Demon Shark Domain, which let him control seawater within its range.

Bo Saixi confronted Qian Daoliu over the Demon Soul Great White Shark’s death, then accepted his agreement to keep Spirit Hall away from Sea God Island if the island survived the attack. Jun Yan absorbed the shark’s Soul Bone and left with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, while Bo Saixi arrived too late to find the killer or the corpse.

• Bo Saixi demanded that Qian Daoliu let her pass to investigate the Demon Soul Great White Shark’s death, but he initially blocked her.
• Qian Daoliu offered to let Bo Saixi pass if she refrained from attacking Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo, and promised Spirit Hall would not return to Sea God Island in his lifetime if the island held out.
• Jun Yan retrieved the Demon Soul Great White Shark’s corpse and absorbed its left-leg Soul Bone, gaining Despair Light Wave and Water Element Affinity while his Soul Power rose to level seventy-seven.
• Jun Yan gave the shark’s corpse to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, then left with the tiger and the Azure Baleful Eagle.
• Bo Saixi arrived after Jun Yan had departed and found neither the killer nor the Demon Soul Great White Shark’s corpse.

Spirit Hall’s forces landed on Sea God Island and prepared to attack Sea Ghost City, while Jun Yan returned to Bibi Dong after secretly gaining a Soul Ring and Soul Bone. As the army advanced, Yue Guan and Gui Mei learned Jun Yan had reached Soul Saint and pressed him about immortal-grade herbs, leaving them stunned when he said he had obtained a lot.

• Spirit Hall landed ten warships and sent two thousand Soul Masters ashore, with Qian Jun Douluo ordering an attack on Sea Ghost City after half an hour.
• Jun Yan returned to Bibi Dong and rejected her offer to keep him near Yu Xiaogang, pretending to be angry before leaving.
• After resting, Spirit Hall’s forces set out through the jungle toward Sea Ghost City, and Jun Yan sensed an unusual force in the forest.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan explained that the Sea God’s power protected the island and warned Jun Yan that Sea Ghost City was their first step toward more difficult battles.
• Jun Yan admitted he had reached Soul Saint, and then told Yue Guan that he had obtained a lot of immortal-grade herbs.

Jun Yan told Yue Guan about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and gained his and Gui Mei’s protection while they were on Sea God Island. Spirit Hall’s forces found the island’s cities evacuated and continued toward Sea Maiden City, where a level ninety-five Titled Douluo guarded the sacred pillar.

• Jun Yan explained that he had advanced by consuming the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then promised to show Yue Guan where immortal-grade herbs grew after they returned to the continent.
• After Yue Guan learned that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well contained a singular velvet sky chrysanthemum, he vowed that he and Gui Mei would keep Jun Yan safe on Sea God Island.
• Spirit Hall’s forces reached Sea Ghost City and found it empty, with signs that its residents had left only recently; Qian Jun ordered the troops to spend the night there.
• At the next morning’s meeting, Bibi Dong learned that Jun Yan had become a Soul Saint, while Gui Mei warmly joined Jun Yan on his way to see Qian Jun.
• Qian Jun warned that Sea God Island was gathering its strength for a decisive battle, as Spirit Hall’s forces found Sea Horse, Sea Star, and Sea Spear cities deserted and advanced toward Sea Maiden City.

Sea Maiden Douluo rallied Sea God Island’s forces as Spirit Hall advanced on Sea Maiden City, and the two armies clashed with Soul Skills. Spirit Hall’s first volley was weakened by Sea God Island’s coordinated formations, so Qian Jun Douluo led a direct charge to break through them.

• Sea Maiden Douluo told Sea God Island’s warriors that they had abandoned four cities and must defend their home without Bo Saixi’s help, then led them in prayer to the Sea God.
• Spirit Hall’s two thousand Soul Masters met more than three thousand Sea God Island warriors outside Sea Maiden City, and both sides released their Martial Souls.
• Sea Maiden Douluo and Qian Jun Douluo ordered their forces to unleash Soul Skills, but Sea God Island’s organized formations blunted Spirit Hall’s attacks and disrupted its ranks.
• Yue Guan suspected that Sea God Island’s seven formations explained their advantage, and Qian Jun Douluo ordered Spirit Hall to charge and break the enemy formation.
• Qian Jun Douluo led the charge in his Tool Soul Avatar, followed by Demon Subduing Douluo, Ye Feng, Lang Ming, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the Soul Masters.

Spirit Hall and Sea God Island began a major battle, with Jun Yan cutting through the Sea Soul Masters before three Soul Saints surrounded him. He summoned a forest and a Wood Dragon, but the three coordinated an attack that left him with no obvious way to dodge.

• Sea Maiden Douluo ordered the Sea Soul Masters to keep attacking and sent Sea Ghost and Sea Star to help restrain a Titled Douluo as the six Spirit Hall elders fought Sea God Island’s seven Sacred Pillar Guardians.
• Jun Yan advanced through the water-based attacks, killed several Sea Soul Masters with Wood Spears and Cutting Technique, and helped Spirit Hall draw first blood.
• Spirit Hall and Sea God Island’s forces fought in organized ranks, and Spirit Hall’s ordinary Soul Masters suffered unexpectedly heavy losses despite their greater average strength.
• Three Soul Saints—a petrel, a lobster, and an ice scorpion—attacked Jun Yan, but he trapped the lobster with vines and summoned a Wood Clone, a forest, and a Wood Dragon.
• The ice scorpion unleashed Extreme Cold Storm while the petrel split into four attackers, surrounding Jun Yan and leaving only the direction of the oncoming ice scorpion open.

Jun Yan used his Wood Clone and towering wooden figure to defeat three Soul Saints, then battled the Sea Witch and a defensive Soul Saint while helping Spirit Hall’s forces. The chapter ended with Yue Guan and Gui Mei unleashing their Two Extremes Stillness Domain, freezing seven Sea God Island experts as the Titled Douluo fight shifted.

• Jun Yan used Wood Clone to escape the sea swallow Soul Saint’s attack, trapped him, and struck down the sea swallow, lobster, and ice scorpion Soul Saints with his wooden figure.
• Jun Yan sent the wooden figure to aid Spirit Hall’s fighters, but the Sea Witch confronted him and attacked with her Sea Demon Flute.
• Jun Yan outmaneuvered the Sea Witch’s sonic attacks and struck her, but a shield-wielding Soul Saint switched places with her and saved her from the wooden figure’s hands.
• Jun Yan seized the defensive Soul Saint and repeatedly stomped him into a crater until he was left in a pool of blood.
• Qian Jun Douluo told Yue Guan and Gui Mei to use their trump card, and the two fused their powers to cast Two Extremes Stillness Domain, freezing seven Sea God Island experts.

Sea Maiden Douluo sacrificed herself to drive back Spirit Hall’s strongest fighters, triggering a rout among its forces. Jun Yan gathered fleeing troops and Yue Guan and Gui Mei to organize their retreat, while Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi agreed to halt the pursuit.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei’s fusion skill trapped Sea God Island’s guardians long enough for Qian Jun Douluo, Jiang Mo Douluo, Lang Ming, and Ye Feng to wound them and gravely injure Sea Maiden Douluo.
• Sea Maiden Douluo used the nearby Sacred Pillar to suppress her injuries, then unleashed her Ninth Soul Skill and sacrificed her life, badly striking Spirit Hall’s fighters and forcing them to retreat.
• Sea Dragon Douluo led the pursuit as Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo escaped ahead, leaving Ye Feng behind; Spirit Hall’s army lost morale and fell into a chaotic rout.
• Jun Yan fled with Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Xiong Gang, and Ci Xue, then used a sign and his wooden man to gather more than five hundred Spirit Hall Soul Masters.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei told the assembled troops to regroup and return to the warships, while Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi agreed that Sea God Island’s forces would stop pursuing them.

At Elder Hall, Qian Xunji punished the returning elders from the failed Sea God Island expedition and reassigned Yue Guan and Gui Mei. Qian Daoliu then warned Bibi Dong about Yu Xiaogang and tested Jun Yan, whose strength and hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone impressed the Great Enshrined.

• Qian Jun and Jiang Mo apologized to Qian Daoliu for the failed expedition, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei knelt after them.
• Qian Xunji ordered Qian Jun and Jiang Mo to enter seclusion for three years and appointed Yue Guan and Gui Mei to lead the Enforcement Corps.
• Qian Daoliu reminded Qian Xunji to arrange support for the fallen Soul Masters' families, then kept Jun Kuang, Bibi Dong, and Jun Yan behind.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo praised Bibi Dong's Twin Martial Souls and warned her against getting close to Yu Xiaogang before dismissing her.
• Qian Daoliu tested Jun Yan with overwhelming pressure, and Jun Yan resisted with his seven Soul Rings, Sage Body, and left-leg Soul Bone.
• Jun Yan confirmed that he had killed the wounded hundred-thousand-year-old Demon Soul Great White Shark and obtained its Soul Bone, impressing Qian Daoliu and exciting Jun Kuang.

Jun Yan convinced Qian Daoliu that his rapid cultivation came from his Martial Soul’s Second Awakening, then took Yue Guan and Gui Mei to Sunset Forest to find Immortal Herbs. He gave Yue Guan a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Gui Mei a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, leaving both elders delighted by his gifts.

• Qian Daoliu tested Jun Yan’s foundations, accepted his explanation that his Wood Release Martial Soul had awakened a second time, and praised his talent before dismissing him.
• Jun Yan reunited with Jun Kuang outside Elder Hall, then reflected on how he tailored his explanations to Qian Daoliu, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei visited Jun Yan after finishing their Enforcement Corps duties, and Jun Yan led them toward Sunset Forest while warning the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to leave and hide its traces.
• At the valley in Sunset Forest, Yue Guan discovered an Aromatic Silk Beauty and Jun Yan showed him a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum matching his Martial Soul.
• Jun Yan gave Yue Guan the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and presented Gui Mei with a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, which Yue Guan recognized as a fitting Immortal Herb for Gui Mei.

Jun Yan helped Yue Guan and Gui Mei absorb Immortal Herbs, and their energies formed a domain that slowed time. After the two tested their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, it became the Bipolar Slowing Domain, which they expanded to full power while Jun Yan watched.

• Yue Guan told Jun Yan to call him big brother and instructed Gui Mei on how to absorb the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan absorbed their Immortal Herbs, gaining stronger cultivation and triggering a gold-and-silver domain that slowed time.
• Jun Yan tested the domain with a Wood Spike and confirmed that time slowed inside it.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and discovered it was the Bipolar Slowing Domain, which could slow time up to six times.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei expanded the domain to its full power and merged their bodies as Jun Yan watched.

Jun Yan left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with medicinal herbs and the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, then traveled alone to Heaven Dou City. He entered the Martial Soul Sacred Temple after showing a token identifying him as a member of Spirit City's Law Enforcement Corps.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei told Jun Yan their Martial Soul Fusion Skill had lasted about as long as an incense stick burned, then declined his offer of more Immortal Herbs.
• Yue Guan identified and collected the mature medicinal plants around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, explaining their names and uses to Jun Yan.
• Yue Guan found the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and gave Jun Yan the Black Severing Stone, hoping the flower would acknowledge a worthy master.
• After Yue Guan finished packing the herbs, Jun Yan parted from Yue Guan and Gui Mei outside the Sunset Forest and headed for Heaven Dou City.
• Jun Yan reached the Martial Soul Sacred Temple and showed its guard his Spirit City Law Enforcement Corps token, gaining permission to enter.

Jun Yan visited the Martial Soul Sacred Temple to meet Bishop Fan Haige, but learned the bishop was likely to attend the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House’s evening auction. Jun Yan qualified for the auction by offering a Ten Thousand Year Ginseng King, then encountered Dugu Bo there.

• Jun Yan asked Ma Yu about Bishop Fan Haige and followed him to the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House after learning the bishop often attended its six-monthly grand auction.
• Jun Yan verified his bidding qualifications and offered a Ten Thousand Year Ginseng King, which the appraiser valued at up to 1.7 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Jun Yan completed the auction-house formalities and received a black-tier VIP token, while Ma Yu bought a Soul Tool at an ordinary auction.
• When the evening auction began, Jun Yan entered without a mask and drew curious looks from the other attendees.
• Dugu Bo sat beside Jun Yan and revealed himself, prompting Ma Yu to recognize him and Jun Yan to ask why a Soul Douluo had to cover his face.