Chapter Summaries

Xia Tianling exposed the Purple Pearl Pirates’ crimes and forced Jixiang to confront the harm his beliefs had enabled, after which Dugu Yan and Tang San began educating him. The group eliminated the pirates and resumed its journey toward Sea God Island, where Jixiang warned Dugu Yan that the island was terrifying and urged her not to go.

• Xia Tianling challenged Jixiang’s claims about nobles and pirates, then made Purple Pearl a baroness and offered Jixiang the chance to kill her.
• Xia Tianling read out the crimes committed by Purple Pearl’s pirates, and Purple Pearl confirmed the accusations, leaving Jixiang stunned and unable to defend them.
• Xia Tianling asked Dugu Yan to teach Jixiang medicine, while Tang San helped educate him; Dugu Yan agreed after Xia Tianling promised more research funding and access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Spirit Hall’s forces confiscated the pirates’ weapons, ships, money, and stolen goods, wiped out the Purple Pearl Pirates, and continued toward Sea God Island.
• Jixiang learned that Dugu Yan was headed to Sea God Island and hurried to warn her that the place was terrifying because he had secretly escaped from it.

Xia Tianling challenged Jixiang’s blind reverence for gods and pushed him to consider why he wanted to study medicine and cultivate. Two days later, Spirit Hall’s group entered Sea God Island’s waters, where Xiao Bai confronted them and Xia Tianling prepared to fight her.

• Xia Tianling told Jixiang that Tang San was the Sea God’s successor, and Tang San urged Jixiang to value people over worshipping gods before assigning him more homework.
• Jixiang decided to study medicine to reduce suffering and bring warmth to the world, but later admitted to Tang San that he wanted cultivation so people who had looked down on him would respect him.
• Tang San considered making Jixiang his personal disciple and teaching him Tang Sect techniques, but decided Jixiang’s competitive motives needed to change first.
• Two days later, Xia Tianling led Tang San, Dugu Yan, and the Spirit Hall group toward Sea God Island, ordering Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to protect Dongfeng Hao as they entered its waters.
• Xiao Bai and hundreds of Demon Soul Great White Sharks confronted the ship; Xia Tianling’s Third Spirit Eye struck Xiao Bai, but she demanded that the group leave and then attacked him.
• Xia Tianling summoned his Dawnbreaker Martial Soul and charged at Xiao Bai in Crimson Dawn Battle Armor as lightning gathered around his Storm Axe.

Xia Tianling and Xiao Ba confronted Xiao Bai as the Spirit Hall party tried to pass Sea God Island, and Xiao Ba defeated the Magic Soul Great White Shark King. Xiao Ba’s sudden breakthrough triggered her second Elemental Tribulation, which Xia Tianling ended by commanding the lightning to disperse.

• Xia Tianling fought Xiao Bai to a draw until Xiao Ba blocked the shark’s attack and revealed her true form as a Yao Bian Fire Pattern Octopus.
• Xiao Ba and Xiao Bai fought over an old clan grudge, and Xiao Ba severely injured her opponent before Xia Tianling caught and treated her.
• Xiao Ba’s cultivation surged and triggered her second Elemental Tribulation, while the surrounding soul masters felt their bloodlines and potential strengthen.
• Xia Tianling flew to Xiao Ba and used his Jade Swan soul ring to return scattered Life Energy to her as the lightning descended.
• Xia Tianling twice ordered the seven-colored tribulation to disperse, and the lightning vanished as the sky cleared.

Xia Tianling rescued Xiao Ba from her tribulation, let Xiao Bai go, and brought a group of Spirit Hall Soul Masters to Sea God Island to undergo trials. At the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, Sea Horse Douluo began explaining the first test, while Xia Tianling scrutinized the pillar and Oscar joked about fighting their way across.

• Xia Tianling replenished his strength after driving away Xiao Ba's Elemental Tribulation, then helped her return to human form and board the Dongfeng Hao.
• Xia Tianling released Xiao Bai and explained that Xiao Ba's clan had brought about its own destruction; Xiao Bai then leaped into the sea and left.
• Xia Tianling took Jixiang and other trainees by speedboat to Sea God Island, while Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Xiao Ba sailed back to Douluo Continent.
• Sea Horse Douluo Ouya welcomed the Spirit Hall group and led them through the forest to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, where he explained that they had to cross the Sea Within the Sea to qualify for their trials.
• Xia Tianling examined the Sacred Pillar's construction and energy circuits as Sea Horse Douluo activated its light curtain, then kicked Oscar for suggesting they fight their way across.

Xia Tianling and the Spirit Hall group crossed the Sea Within the Sea to reach the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, startling Sea Horse Douluo with their strength and unusual abilities. After Sea Horse Douluo confirmed they had passed the preliminary test, the group prepared to receive their Sea God trials.

• Xia Tianling explained the crossing rules, and Hu Liena and Ma Hongjun flew through the waves to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar without harming the sea horses.
• Ning Rongrong and Oscar rode the enlarged Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda across the water, while Yan and Xie Yue charged through the waves using their Martial Soul Avatars.
• Tang San flew across with Jixiang and shattered the waves with an Earth Attribute attack, then Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan emerged from a spatial rift on the platform.
• Xia Tianling walked across the calm water after overpowering Sea Horse Douluo's control of it, leaving Sea Horse Douluo shaken by his strength.
• Sea Horse Douluo confirmed the group had passed the preliminary test and asked one person to step forward so he could petition Lord Sea God to assign their trials.

Jixiang and the Spirit Hall group received their Sea God trials, with most of the group earning Red-grade Top-tier Six Trials and Ning Rongrong receiving a Top-tier Seven Trials. Xia Tianling explained the trial system and revealed that Ning Rongrong’s seventh trial required her to assist Tang San in obtaining the Sea God’s Trident.

• Xia Tianling sent Jixiang to undergo his trial first, and Jixiang received a Black-grade First Trial requiring him to study under Dugu Yan and Tang San until he became a Red-grade Researcher and reached Titled Douluo.
• Xie Yue received a Red-grade Six Trials, leaving Sea Horse Douluo stunned, and Xia Tianling explained the trial grades, Sea God Island’s history, and the time limits for land soul masters.
• Yan, Hu Liena, Dugu Yan, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar each received Red-grade Top-tier Six Trials, while Sea Horse Douluo grew increasingly overwhelmed.
• Ning Rongrong’s trial sent a blood-red pillar into the sky, and Sea Horse Douluo recognized her Top-tier Seven Trials and offered his assistance.
• Xia Tianling told Ning Rongrong that her seventh trial was to help Tang San obtain the Sea God’s Trident, and Oscar complained that his support abilities should have earned him seven trials too.

Tang San received the Sea God Nine Trials and learned that Bo Saixi was his great-grandmother, while Zhu Zhuqing and Xia Tianling received their own divine trials. The group entered Sea God Island as honored guests, with Xia Tianling tasked with helping Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing complete their trials.

• Oscar's Sea God mark changed into a seven-pointed star, bringing him level with Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San received the golden trident mark and the Sea God Nine Trials, which he hoped would let him revive his mother.
• Bo Saixi arrived, recognized Tang San as Tang Chen's great-grandson, and ordered Sea Horse Douluo to treat the group as honored guests.
• Zhu Zhuqing received a blood-red trident mark, while Xia Tianling received both Sea God and Asura God marks and a joint trial to assist Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Bo Saixi departed, and Sea Horse Douluo led the group across a water bridge toward Sea Horse City, explaining that they had to complete one trial each year once they began.

Xia Tianling led his companions to Sea God Island’s forbidden zone to begin their yearlong trials under Sea God’s Light. The group reached the island within the island, where the sight of Sea God Hall appalled Xia Tianling and Tang San, and they prepared to climb the trial steps.

• Sea Horse Douluo escorted Xia Tianling and his companions to Sea Horse City, explained the island’s rules, and then left to return to his sacred pillar.
• Xia Tianling identified their trials as climbing Sea God’s Light and ordered the group to gain at least seven or eight cultivation levels within a year.
• After lunch, Xia Tianling arranged for ingredients to be delivered daily and led the group toward the forbidden zone with a purple-robed Sea Soul Master.
• The group reached the island within the island and saw Sea God Hall, whose appearance horrified Xia Tianling and nearly made Tang San reconsider inheriting the divine position.
• Xia Tianling formed a seawater bridge across the Ring Sea, and Tang San’s trial light spread through his Blue Silver Emperor to protect Jixiang from the Sea Soul Beasts.
• Hu Liena, Oscar, and Tang San told Jixiang that Xia Tianling was known as the Prophet and had gained his extensive knowledge by reading every book in Spirit City Grand Library.

Xia Tianling brought the group to Sea God Mountain and explained the rules of Sea God's Light before they tested their limits on the stairway. He climbed to the eight hundred and ninety-ninth step with his Crimson Dawn Battle Armor before being hurled into the Ring Sea, then began recovering and cultivating.

• Xia Tianling set up camp with the group, warned them about Sea God's Light, and barred them from using Battle Armor during the trial.
• Oscar climbed to the hundredth step, while Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan were bounced away at the forty-ninth and fiftieth steps.
• Xia Tianling climbed past the others, using his Martial Soul, domains, spirit skills, and soul bones as the pressure mounted.
• Bo Saixi watched Xia Tianling approach the eight hundredth step and was stunned by his golden soul rings, dragon-clan Martial Soul, and powerful soul bones.
• Xia Tianling put on his Crimson Dawn Battle Armor, reached the eight hundred and ninety-ninth step, and was thrown into the Ring Sea when he tried to climb higher.
• Xia Tianling healed himself on shore and began cultivating after recovering from the impact.

Xia Tianling and his companions discovered that the Sea God’s Light accelerated cultivation and strengthened their bodies, so he planned for them to train there for a year. Bo Saixi delivered God-Bestowed Spirit Rings for Jixiang and Xia Tianling, then left Xia Tianling inviting her to join their meal.

• Xia Tianling cooked for the group and explained how the Sea God’s Light improved cultivation and physiques, urging everyone to prepare to absorb Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.
• Bo Saixi overheard Xia Tianling reveal that his six golden Spirit Rings were Million-Year Spirit Rings and brought three God-Bestowed Spirit Rings.
• Bo Saixi used one bead to grant Jixiang a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring, and Tang San guided him through the Mysterious Heaven Skill to help him endure the process.
• Xia Tianling explained how God-Bestowed Spirit Rings worked, and Bo Saixi confirmed his account and gave him the other two beads as a gift from the Sea God.
• Bo Saixi said the Sea God would grant Xia Tianling another God-Bestowed Spirit Ring after each stage of his assessment, and Xia Tianling thanked the Sea God before joking that he would beat him up if he mistreated Bo Saixi.
• Xia Tianling invited Bo Saixi to eat with the group as she prepared to leave.

Xia Tianling analyzed and absorbed a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring, discovering that it consisted of sealed energy compressed by the laws of heaven and earth. He concluded that soul masters might be able to create their own Spirit Rings by compressing energy, and the chapter ended with him considering Zhu Zhuqing’s Spirit Ring as a precedent.

• After Bo Saixi left, Xia Tianling asked everyone to cultivate under the Sea God’s Light while he examined a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring in his tent.
• Xia Tianling swallowed the God-Bestowed Spirit Ring and observed its energy compress into a red ring that stopped at 999,999 years before turning orange-gold.
• Xia Tianling used the system to learn that the God-Bestowed Spirit Ring contained energy and a sealing technique, with no other special components.
• Xia Tianling deduced that God-Bestowed Spirit Rings released Immortal Spirit Qi into Sea God Island and that the Sea God had enriched the island with them over time.
• Xia Tianling theorized that soul masters could create their own Spirit Rings by compressing energy and wondered whether Zhu Zhuqing’s Fifth Spirit Skill had come from the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

Xia Tianling absorbed his True Dragon Spirit’s Seventh Spirit Ring, awakening its bloodline and transforming into a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon before returning to human form. After a year of intense training under the Sea God’s Light, the group gathered to begin their final trial: climbing Sea God Mountain.

• Xia Tianling rapidly absorbed a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring, and his True Dragon Spirit’s bloodline awakened with a display that suppressed Bo Saixi, Jixiang, and the Sea God’s power.
• Xia Tianling apologized to Bo Saixi for the destruction caused by his breakthrough and promised to restore the forbidden grounds.
• Half a month later, Ma Hongjun reached Level Seventy, purified his Phoenix True Fire into Ultimate Fire, and absorbed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring to become a Soul Saint.
• After a year of training, the group’s cultivation rose substantially, with Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena reaching Spirit Douluo and Xia Tianling reaching Level Eighty-Four.
• Xia Tianling rallied the group on the final day of the Sea God’s Light trial, and everyone began climbing Sea God Mountain together.

Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and the others passed their Sea God’s Light trials, while Zhu Zhuqing forced her way to Level 468 and collapsed before recovering. Xia Tianling then learned from Bo Saixi that reaching the 1001st step likely required the strength of a god, leaving his own challenge in doubt.

• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan reached Level 136, passed their trials, and received spirit power and spirit ring lifespan increases.
• Ma Hongjun, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, Yan, Oscar, and Tang San used their domains and abilities to complete their respective climbs.
• Zhu Zhuqing pushed through to Level 467, then combined Netherworld Sever with Netherworld Sacrificial Strike to break through to Level 468 and passed out.
• Xia Tianling treated Zhu Zhuqing and refused to leave her to attempt Level 1001; she soon awakened and explained that she had rejected her Fifth Spirit Skill because it would make the trial too easy.
• Bo Saixi told Xia Tianling that humans could reach Level 999, that she could barely touch Level 1000 with the Sea God Hall’s power, and that Level 1001 likely required a true god.

After the Sea God began the second trial, Xia Tianling prepared to cross the Ring Sea despite having his martial souls and most abilities sealed. He used his self-made Four Immortal Slaying Swords and Water Domain to freeze the attacking swordfish, ending the chapter seated on an Ice Seal Throne above the frozen sea.

• Bo Saixi removed the Sea God's Light pressure from Xia Tianling and Jixiang, then explained Xia Tianling could restore it with a thought.
• The group rested after passing the first trial, but the Sea God soon began the second trial, Breaking Through the Ring Sea Blockade.
• Xia Tianling explained that the Sea God and Asura had sealed most of the group's powers, though their battle armor remained available.
• Xia Tianling prepared to confront Xiao Bai and used Oscar's sausages before entering the Ring Sea alone.
• More than a thousand swordfish attacked Xia Tianling, who used the Surging Boundless Water Domain to freeze them and the surrounding sea.

Xia Tianling fought Xiao Bai in the Ring Sea despite having his martial soul and soul bones sealed, using his swords, spiritual attacks, and control of the elements to overwhelm her. Xiao Bai unleashed her Crystal Transformation and appeared to kill him, but Xia Tianling reappeared unharmed beside her, leaving her paralyzed by fear.

• Xiao Bai attacked Xia Tianling with her Magic Shark Domain, but he split her wave and the seawater with a sword strike.
• Xia Tianling countered Xiao Bai’s Despair Light Wave with Time and Space Judgment, then used sword-guided waves, ice blades, steam, and a trapping formation to hurt and restrain her.
• Xiao Bai lost control of her emotions and activated Crystal Transformation, turning the Ring Sea into crystal as she prepared a final assault.
• Xiao Bai fired Magic Shark’s Teeth at Xia Tianling, who appeared to vanish in the blast and left blood-red traces in the crystal.
• Xia Tianling reappeared unharmed less than a meter from Xiao Bai, and his killing intent left her too terrified to move.

Xia Tianling defeated Xiao Bai with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and passed the second Sea God trial, earning spirit-ring lifespan increases for the group. Bo Saixi led them to the Desperate Waves for their third trial, and Xia Tianling began testing the Deep Sea Silver pillars.

• Xia Tianling trapped Xiao Bai in the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, and she admitted defeat; he then recalled the four swords, which shattered inside his Qiankun Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing opened a Space Channel, and the group crossed the Ring Sea before receiving the second-trial reward of two thousand years of added lifespan for each spirit ring.
• Xiao Bai transformed into human form and cried that Xia Tianling had bullied her, so Bo Saixi carried her back to Sea God Hall and explained that the setback might help her improve.
• Bo Saixi led the group to Desperate Waves and explained the daily Deep Sea Silver pillar requirements for their third trial.
• Bo Saixi gave Yan and Xie Yue God-Bestowed Spirit Rings, then carried Xia Tianling onto a pillar so he could try Tidal Body Tempering.

Xia Tianling and the Spirit Hall group endured the third Sea God trial, Tidal Body Tempering, while he continued cultivating and suffered the trials triggered by his advancement. After two years on Sea God Island, the group completed the trial and collapsed from exhaustion, and Bo Saixi helped them recover.

• Xia Tianling found Tidal Body Tempering so comfortable and ineffective that he fell asleep on the Deep Silver pillar, while Oscar relished the trial and advanced to the fourth realm of the Martial Golden Body.
• Over the following months, Xia Tianling supported the group through their torment, resumed cultivating in Sea God's Light, and studied Sea God Mountain's structure in hopes of reproducing its power source.
• After reaching Level 89, Xia Tianling endured the painful Fire Tribulation, which burned his body and soul and made Bo Saixi wary of interfering after the Water Tribulation had harmed her.
• Tang San and Hu Liena advanced in Spiritual Power, Oscar progressed in the Martial Golden Body, and Ning Rongrong strengthened her physique as the group completed Tidal Body Tempering.
• The exhausted group asked Xia Tianling to let them rest, and everyone, including Jixiang, promptly fell asleep; Bo Saixi then used Sea God's Light to speed their recovery.

After a three-month vacation, Xia Tianling’s group recovered and grew stronger before preparing to begin the Battle of the Whales trial. Xia Tianling led them to Sea God Hall to speak with Bo Saixi, leaving his plan for the trial unrevealed.

• Xia Tianling reflected on Spirit Hall’s expansion and the mysterious Soul Masters tied to the Seven Great Families while the group recovered from their previous ordeal.
• The group discussed the Battle of the Whales trial, which required them to kill Evil Spirit Orcas and defeat the Hundred-Thousand-Year King of Evil Orcas.
• After resting in Sea Horse City for three months, the group returned to training, and several members advanced in cultivation, including Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dugu Yan reaching Spirit Douluo.
• Xia Tianling saved a future soul ring from an Evil Spirit Orca for Tang San instead of having him absorb a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring.
• Once their vacation ended, Xia Tianling led the group to Sea God Hall, where Bo Saixi appeared and asked what he wanted.

Xia Tianling and Tang San persuaded the Sea God to revise the Fourth Trial around the dispute over whether Evil Spirit Orcas were evil, leading to a debate with Xiao Bai. The debate began with Xiao Bai condemning the orcas and Xia Tianling challenging her reasoning, then he started presenting evidence.

• Xia Tianling asked Bo Saixi to contact the Sea God about changing the trial, and Tang San argued that killing the Evil Spirit Orcas would disrupt the ocean’s ecological balance.
• Poseidon agreed to revise the trial into a debate while insisting that the Evil Orca King still had to die, and Bo Saixi delivered the new question to the examinees.
• Xiao Bai arrived to represent the affirmative side, protested when she saw Xia Tianling opposing her, and was compelled by the Sea God’s message to participate.
• Xiao Bai argued that Evil Spirit Orcas were vicious because they killed her younger brother and tortured their prey, while Xia Tianling pointed out that Demon Soul Great White Sharks also hunted other creatures.
• Xia Tianling opened his Third Spirit Eye and projected a model of an Evil Spirit Orca as he prepared to continue his rebuttal.

Xia Tianling explained why Evil Spirit Orcas’ feeding habits were misunderstood, leaving Xiao Bai in tears and prompting the Sea God to restrict their fertility. The group set out for the King of Evil Orcas’ territory to begin the revised fourth assessment, and Xiao Bai questioned Xia Tianling’s plan as they prepared to attack.

• Xia Tianling used models to explain the differences between Evil Spirit Orcas’ and Demon Soul Great White Sharks’ teeth, arguing that their hunting behavior came from their anatomy and diet.
• Xia Tianling challenged Xiao Bai’s complaints by comparing the orcas’ predation with humans’ treatment of Soul Beasts, and Xiao Bai could not answer him.
• The Sea God and Asura God arranged to restrict Evil Spirit Orca fertility, while the revised fourth assessment tasked Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing with killing the King of Evil Orcas and the others with helping without killing any orcas.
• Xia Tianling told the group that the King of Evil Orcas was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with strength above Level 96, then allowed them to use their Battle Armor, Zhu Zhuqing to wield the Asura Sword, and Tang San to use Hidden Weapons.
• Xiao Bai gathered eight other sharks and carried the group toward their target; Xia Tianling kept pace above her, and they rested near the orcas’ territory after two hours.
• When Xiao Bai asked for his plan, Xia Tianling said they would charge in and kill the King of Evil Orcas, prompting her to warn that the group was heading to their deaths.