Chapter Summaries

Dai Yao and the others tested the Sea God's Light, and Dugu Yan and Feng Wutong competed to see who could climb higher. Feng Wutong reached the eighty-ninth step while Dugu Yan fell at the eighty-seventh, and the group began recovering and preparing to test their own limits.

• Dai Yao brought Bai Chenxiang to Sea God Island, where Dugu Yan concluded that Bai Chenxiang had been attacked because she was not part of the trials.
• Dai Yao tested the Sea God's Light, then Dugu Yan and Feng Wutong challenged each other to climb its steps.
• Dugu Yan and Feng Wutong used their spirits, skills, and domains to climb to the eighty-seventh step together.
• Dugu Yan fell while trying to climb higher, and Dai Yao caught her before she struck the ground; Dugu Yan kissed him in gratitude.
• Feng Wutong climbed to the eighty-ninth step before retreating, winning the contest, and Dugu Yan vowed to train harder.
• After recovering, Dugu Yan and Feng Wutong explained their insights, while Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Bai Chenxiang began climbing at Dai Yao's encouragement.

Dai Yao used the Sea God's Light to help his companions cultivate while enduring the God-given Soul Ring trial for his Seventh Soul Ring. After dozens of days, he emerged with a one-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year soul ring, leaving his companions astonished by his strength.

• Dai Yao reassured Ning Rongrong that the group could help her complete her trial and urged everyone to use the Sea God's Light to cultivate until the assessment deadline.
• Dai Yao began absorbing the God-given Soul Ring on the ninetieth Step, aiming to surpass a one-hundred-thousand-year soul ring, while Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Feng Wutong, Dugu Yan, and Bai Chenxiang watched anxiously.
• Bo Saixi realized Dai Yao's soul ring had already reached ninety thousand years at the start of the trial and worried that his eventual inheritance would require her to sacrifice her life.
• Over the next ten days, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Feng Wutong, and Bai Chenxiang made rapid cultivation progress under the Sea God's Light while Dai Yao remained inside his cocoon.
• After dozens of days, Dai Yao emerged and revealed a one-hundred-thousand-year Seventh Soul Ring, then told Dugu Yan its age was about one hundred and ninety thousand years.

After absorbing a 190,000-year soul ring, Dai Yao gained a new domain and reached around level seventy-seven, but the Asura Domain transferred to Xiao Wu. Bai Chenxiang asked Dugu Yan for help completing her trial by kissing Dai Yao, and Dugu Yan secured the wives’ agreement to bring Bai Chenxiang into their family.

• Dai Yao explained that he had absorbed a 190,000-year soul ring and reached around level seventy-seven, while Dugu Yan and Feng Wutong considered attempting 100,000-year seventh soul rings.
• Dai Yao discovered that gaining the White Tiger Domain had driven the Asura Domain from his Sacred White Tiger Spirit and transferred it to Xiao Wu.
• Bai Chenxiang told Dugu Yan that her trial required her to kiss Dai Yao for the time it took an incense stick to burn, and Dugu Yan promised an answer the next day.
• Dugu Yan told Dai Yao and the other wives about Bai Chenxiang’s trial and proposed winning her over to secure Bai He’s loyalty to the sect.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Feng Wutong agreed to accept Bai Chenxiang, and Dugu Yan told Dai Yao he had to succeed in bringing her into their family.

Bai Chenxiang completed her Sea God assessment and joined Dai Yao’s family, then trained with them on Sea God Island for a year. On the final day of their trials, the group prepared to climb Sea God Mountain for their last attempt.

• Dai Yao helped Bai Chenxiang complete her first-kiss assessment, and she agreed to become intimate with him after he admitted he felt fondness for her.
• Poseidon watched Dai Yao and considered finding godly successors among the women cultivating on Sea God Island.
• Dai Yao’s wives welcomed Bai Chenxiang into their family, shared some of his secrets with her, and began intensive cultivation together.
• Over the next year, Dai Yao and the women strengthened their soul power; Bai Chenxiang earned a Purple Level assessment through repeated efforts in the Sea God’s Light.
• On the final day of the trial, Dai Yao and the others gathered at the foot of Sea God Mountain while Bai Chenxiang waited after reaching the sixty-sixth step the previous day.

Ning Rongrong completed the 228-step Sea God's Light trial with help from the others’ domains, and Dai Yao effortlessly reached the 333rd step to finish his own trial. The group reunited after completing their assessments, and Dai Yao revealed that he had earned an extra ten percent Sea God affinity for overfulfilling his first trial.

• Ning Rongrong climbed to the 210th step alone before Dai Yao, Feng Wutong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan used their domains to help her reach the 228th step, where she completed her trial and broke through to rank seventy-three.
• Feng Wutong completed her trial on the 136th step, while Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan activated their Martial Soul Avatars and finished their trials on the 228th step.
• Dai Yao sprinted up to the 333rd step and completed his trial with little apparent difficulty, astonishing Bo Saixi.
• Dai Yao reunited with the others, praised Ning Rongrong for completing her trial alone, and explained that overfulfilling his first trial raised his Sea God affinity by ten percent.

After completing the first test, Dai Yao and the women spent three days together before beginning the second test, which sealed his soul skills and Soul Bone abilities. When the Demon Soul Great White Shark Xiao Bai attacked him in the Sea in the Sea, Dai Yao confronted her and transformed under the force of his anger.

• Bo Saixi congratulated the group on passing the first test, explained that Sea God Affinity was an important reward, and departed.
• Feng Wutong praised Ning Rongrong for completing her test alone, and Ning Rongrong explained that she wanted to support the others in battle.
• Dai Yao and the women returned to their house for three days, then emerged and prepared to attempt the second test across the Sea in the Sea.
• Dai Yao entered the Sea in the Sea despite Dugu Yan's offer to scout, and Ning Rongrong boosted him when Xiao Bai attacked from below.
• Xiao Bai accused Dai Yao of taking Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Soul Rings and Soul Bones, while the women rushed to help him through the Sea God's Light pressure.
• Dai Yao rejected Xiao Bai's judgment and declared that he would take her Soul Ring, then transformed as gray-black airflow wrapped around him.

Dai Yao’s other personality confronted Xiao Bai in the Sea in the Sea, suspecting Bo Saixi had caused his spirit ring to appear despite the Sea God trial’s restrictions. He forced Xiao Bai to defend the sea’s soul beasts from his attack until Bo Saixi intervened, then challenged her to stay out of the conflict.

• Dai Yao’s other personality enraged Xiao Bai by claiming he would hunt her for her spirit ring, and Xiao Bai trapped him within her Demon Shark Domain.
• Dai Yao’s other personality revealed his spirit ring remained unsealed, sent Zhu Zhuqing and the others back, and accused Bo Saixi of scheming against him.
• Dai Yao’s other personality provoked Xiao Bai into attacking, dodged her Despair Lightwave, and filled the sky with Dark Demonic Evil Lightning.
• Dai Yao’s other personality threatened to detonate the lightning over the Sea in the Sea, forcing Xiao Bai to shield the soul beasts and block the blasts.
• Bo Saixi stopped the falling lightning and confronted Dai Yao, who told her he would settle accounts with her and warned her not to interfere.

Dai Yao punished Xiao Bai for trying to kill him, then confronted Bo Saixi over the plot against his Sea God trial and went with her to the Sea God Hall to demand compensation. In the Divine Realm, the Sea God accused the God of Evil of manipulating events, but the God of Evil denied responsibility and suggested Bo Saixi be given to Dai Yao as a servant.

• Sea Dragon Douluo stopped Sea Witch Douluo from insulting Dai Yao, while Bo Saixi received the Sea God's command not to interfere.
• Dai Yao unleashed Dark Demonic Evil Lightning across the Sea in the Sea, shattering Xiao Bai's Demon Shark Domain and leaving her gravely wounded.
• Dai Yao ordered the four women to cross the Sea in the Sea and complete their second trial, then told Bo Saixi that Xiao Bai was only a tool and demanded they go to the Sea God Hall.
• Zhu Zhuqing sent Dugu Yan to make preparations while the women waited for Dai Yao, and the four later reunited with Bai Chenxiang.
• In the Divine Realm, the Sea God accused the God of Evil of causing Bo Saixi to plot against Dai Yao, but the God of Evil denied it and suggested Bo Saixi become Dai Yao's slave and maid.

Dai Yao confronted Bo Saixi over her attempt to kill him and received a God-given Soul Ring, a Spirit Bone, and Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly as compensation. One year later, he and the others completed the brutal third Sea God trial, exhausted but far stronger, while Dai Yao had reached level eighty-five with a 280,000-year Eighth Spirit Ring.

• Dai Yao's other personality confronted Bo Saixi in Sea God Hall, demanded compensation for her scheme, and warned her not to attack him again.
• Bo Saixi gave Dai Yao a God-given Soul Ring, a rare Spirit Bone, and Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly, then repented before the Sea God Trident after he left.
• Dai Yao absorbed the God-given Soul Ring as his Eighth Spirit Ring, while the group used the whale jelly to strengthen themselves for the third trial.
• After a year enduring the Raging Wave Forbidden Area, Dai Yao, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Feng Wutong, Dugu Yan, and Bai Chenxiang completed the third trial.
• Dugu Yan challenged Feng Wutong to a contest to see who would reach Soul Douluo first, as the group recovered from the trial and Dai Yao's level and spirit ring strength were revealed.

After three months of rest, Dai Yao and his companions began the Fourth Trial: helping the Demon Spirit Great White Shark Tribe defeat the Evil Orcas while limiting casualties. Dai Yao and Xiao Bai secretly approached the enemy’s territory, where he identified the Evil Orca King as his target.

• Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Bai Chenxiang returned from shopping, and Dai Yao announced that they would begin the Fourth Trial.
• Dai Yao explained that the battle could provide suitable Spirit Rings for Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Bai Chenxiang, then led everyone to the shore.
• Xiao Bai arrived and apologized to Dai Yao, asked him to protect her tribe, and gathered more than two hundred Demon Spirit Great White Sharks for the expedition.
• When the group neared the Evil Orcas’ territory, Dai Yao ordered everyone to wait and persuaded Xiao Bai to accompany him on a plan to weaken the enemy.
• Dai Yao and Xiao Bai swam to the Evil Orcas’ habitat, where Dai Yao used his spiritual power to locate the Evil Orca King and set his sights on its Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone.

After the Demon Soul Great White Sharks defeated the Evil Spirit Orcas, Dai Yao absorbed Evil Tiger’s hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and soul bone, raising his Soul Power Level to eighty-six. He gave Evil Tiger’s corpse to Xiao Bai to absorb and waited as she prepared to consume its essence.

• Xiao Bai ordered her clan to tend to the wounded and recover their dead while Dai Yao absorbed his spirit ring.
• Xiao Bai recalled how Dai Yao’s attacks had weakened the Evil Spirit Orcas before his God Descent skill killed Evil Tiger.
• Dai Yao’s spirit ring raised his Soul Power Level from eighty-four to eighty-six, while Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan reached level eighty-three and Bai Chenxiang reached level sixty.
• Dai Yao obtained the hundred-thousand-year soul bone from Evil Tiger’s corpse and absorbed it despite its spiritual force resisting him.
• Dai Yao allowed Xiao Bai to absorb Evil Tiger’s essence, and then settled down to examine the lotuses produced by his new spirit rings.

Dai Yao inspected the Blue and Yellow Lotuses in his spiritual world, chose potential recipients for them, and promised Xiao Wu that he would revive her. Back on Sea God Island, Feng Wutong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan completed their fifth-trial challenges, while Dai Yao prepared to face Sea Dragon Douluo.

• Dai Yao examined the Blue Lotus and Yellow Lotus, deciding that Shui Bing'er or Xue Wu could receive the Blue Lotus and that Hu Liena suited the Yellow Lotus.
• Dai Yao met Xiao Wu in his spiritual world and promised that he would revive her in the future.
• Dai Yao and the others returned to Sea God Island and began their fifth trials without Xiao Bai's help.
• Feng Wutong defeated Sea Spear Douluo and Sea Horse Douluo, while Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan each narrowly completed their challenges without Ning Rongrong's support.
• Ning Rongrong felt useless after finishing her support task, and Dai Yao comforted her as Zhu Zhuqing teased him.
• Dai Yao said he would begin his challenge against Sea Dragon Douluo.

Dai Yao challenged Sea Dragon Douluo and defeated him, completing the first of the seven Holy Pillar trials. He then swept through the remaining six guardians within hours, leaving them questioning how a Soul Douluo could be so powerful.

• Dai Yao faced Sea Dragon Douluo in a physical duel, overpowering him with relentless attacks despite Sea Dragon Douluo's superior Soul Power rank.
• Sea Dragon Douluo's Demon-Breaking Domain failed to suppress Dai Yao's Sacred White Tiger Domain, and Dai Yao revealed three One Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings.
• Dai Yao blocked Sea Dragon Douluo's Self-Sacrifice Skill and won, passing the challenge against the Sea Dragon Holy Pillar guardian.
• Dai Yao returned to the women, explained that he had defeated the Star Luo Empire's First Elder even as a Spirit Emperor, and set off to challenge the other guardians.
• Dai Yao defeated the remaining six Holy Pillar Douluos within several hours, including Sea Spear Douluo, who lasted less than a quarter of an hour.

Bo Saixi wrestled with the influence urging her to kill Dai Yao, while Poseidon watched helplessly as the Sixth Trial brought them into conflict. Dai Yao and his companions began their trials, and the Seven Holy Pillar Douluo’s battle against the women was underway when Bo Saixi warned Dai Yao that she would kill him if she got the chance.

• Bo Saixi struggled between her desire to survive and her duty to Lord Sea God, while Poseidon recognized that the Evil God King had secretly influenced her and chose not to intervene.
• Dai Yao told the women that his Sixth Trial required him to endure Bo Saixi’s attacks for the time it took an incense stick to burn, and reassured them that her abilities would be restricted.
• Three days later, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Feng Wutong began their trial against the Seven Holy Pillar Douluo, revealing that Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan had gained One Hundred Thousand Year Eighth Spirit Rings.
• The Seven Holy Pillar Douluo launched an assault aimed at Ning Rongrong, but Dugu Yan, Feng Wutong, and the others disrupted their formation and prepared to counterattack.
• Bo Saixi watched the battle beside Dai Yao and told him she would kill him during the Sixth Trial if she had the chance.

Dai Yao agreed to face Bo Saixi for the duration of an incense stick to complete his Sixth Trial, while Bo Saixi wrestled with her conflicting wish to live and her duty as High Priest. After Zhu Zhuqing and the others completed their own trial, Dai Yao began battling Bo Saixi and prepared to test the strength of an Unrivaled Douluo.

• Bo Saixi promised to open the Inheritance Gate if Dai Yao endured her attacks for an incense stick, but warned that she would not hold back.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Feng Wutong, and Ning Rongrong held off the Seven Holy Pillar Douluo until the incense burned out and completed their trial.
• The four women received their rewards, returned to Dai Yao, and urged him to win as he prepared to face Bo Saixi.
• Bo Saixi and Dai Yao began their trial battle in the sky, and Dai Yao revealed his eight spirit rings and two External Soul Bones.
• Bo Saixi formed a massive blue vortex with her soul power that pulled Dai Yao toward her, while Dai Yao calmly resolved to test her strength and revealed a lotus in his eyes.

Dai Yao awakened the Chaos Cyan Lotus's sixth spirit skill, Omniscience, which let him read opponents' movements without spending soul power. During his Sixth Trial, he used it to evade Bo Saixi's attacks, but she escalated her assault, leaving Dai Yao ready to counterattack.

• The Chaos Cyan Lotus's eight self-created spirit rings became One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, and its sixth skill, Omniscience, awakened.
• Xiao Wu saw the lotus's rings in Dai Yao's spiritual world and realized they had been created from nothing; she despaired that Tang San and the others could not defeat Dai Yao.
• Dai Yao used Omniscience to anticipate Bo Saixi's first strike and dodge it, surprising her.
• Bo Saixi split the sea with a casual palm strike, then pressed down on the ocean to attack the whole area and limit Dai Yao's escape.
• Dai Yao broke through the pressure with Tear Sky Claw, then evaded Bo Saixi's ambush and spiritual shock using his skills and spirit bones.
• Bo Saixi demanded to know Dai Yao's skill, but he concealed Omniscience; both declared they would stop holding back and counterattack.

Dai Yao fought Bo Saixi through the Sixth Trial, using a feigned capture to launch a prepared counterattack and force her into a relentless close-range assault. As the incense burned out, the trial was complete, leaving the result of their battle unresolved.

• Sea Dragon Douluo warned the Holy Pillar Douluo not to mistake Dai Yao’s apparent disadvantage for proof he would lose, while Dugu Yan and the other women tried to reassure Bai Chenxiang.
• Bo Saixi unleashed her Sea God’s Gaze and Sea God’s Summons, trapping Dai Yao in golden chains after he wrapped himself in his wings.
• Dai Yao broke free by sacrificing nearly half of his eight wings, then struck Bo Saixi with Godfall and rushed in while she was recovering.
• Dai Yao used his Evil Spirit Orca Soul Bone skill and White Tiger Thunder God Strike to close in and keep Bo Saixi retreating with an unrelenting assault.
• Bo Saixi spotted an opening to counter, but Dai Yao told her the incense had burned out as the Sixth Trial ended.

Dai Yao defeated Bo Saixi in the Sixth Trial, earning her acceptance and revealing that his Sea God Affinity had reached ninety-five percent. After recovering from his injuries, he set out with his wives to begin the Seventh Trial and pull out the Sea God Trident.

• The seven Holy Pillar Douluo accepted that Dai Yao had suppressed Bo Saixi, despite believing she would have won if the battle had continued.
• Bo Saixi acknowledged Dai Yao had passed the Sixth Trial, learned his Sea God Affinity was ninety-five percent, and warned him to keep his Omniscience Spirit Skill secret.
• Dai Yao returned to his wives, who treated his injuries and worried over his battered back.
• After a week of recovery, Dai Yao found that his White Tiger Eight Wings had healed and gained new abilities.
• Dai Yao went with his wives toward Sea God Hall to begin the Seventh Trial.

Bo Saixi revealed that Dai Yao’s Seventh Trial was to gain recognition from the Sea God Trident and begin inheriting the Sea God’s godhood. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue learned Bibi Dong was close to becoming a god, as Bibi Dong ordered her armies to advance toward Heaven Dou City and vowed to destroy the Clear Sky Sect.

• Bo Saixi explained the Sea God’s history and told Dai Yao that completing the Sea God Nine Trials would make him the next Sea God.
• Dai Yao gripped the Sea God Trident while Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Feng Wutong, and Ning Rongrong lent him their power, and the trident began to glow gold.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that she had gained the Angel God’s recognition and warned her that Bibi Dong was near godhood and threatened the Angel Faction.
• Qian Renxue worried that Bibi Dong would not spare her and wondered whether she would see Dai Yao again.
• Hu Liena reported Spirit Hall’s battlefield gains to Bibi Dong, who ordered reinforcements sent toward Heaven Dou City and promised to eliminate the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang San faced the Heaven Dou Empire’s worsening war as Xilu City rebelled and planned a retreat to Zhennan Pass, while Tang Chen remained trapped in Hell Capital after breaking free of the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King’s control.

• An armored messenger reported Xilu City’s rebellion to Tang San and his war council, prompting Yu Xiaogang to warn that the Spirit Hall Empire could trap the retreating army in a pincer attack.
• Tang Xiao described the army’s dire losses, and Tang San ordered the empire’s forces to withdraw north, destroy resources along the way, and defend Zhennan Pass.
• Tang San argued that a prolonged defense could stretch the Spirit Hall Empire’s supply lines and create an opportunity for a counterattack, though Yu Xiaogang warned that it would only delay defeat without one.
• Tang San rejected the Eight Treasures Soup Empress Xue Ke had sent and ordered the head maid to tell her not to trouble herself again.
• Tang Chen, free of the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King’s control but imprisoned in Hell Capital, mourned that he could not see Bo Saixi again.