Chapter Summaries

After losing a wager to Ye Buqun, Zi Zhenzhu agreed to guide his group toward Sea God Island, but changed her mind at the journey’s end and insisted on becoming his slave. Ye Buqun was left bewildered as Zi Zhenzhu refused to take back her pledge.

• Ye Buqun told Zi Zhenzhu that he only wanted her to guide his group to Sea God Island, and Zi Zhenzhu agreed after Jixiang spoke up.
• Zi Zhenzhu and her pirates escorted Ye Buqun’s group by ship to a point still about a day’s journey from Sea God Island.
• When Doudou asked for a fast boat, Zi Zhenzhu offered to take Ye Buqun’s group farther herself, despite warnings about the dangerous waters.
• Zi Zhenzhu jumped from the Purple Pearl onto Ye Buqun’s ship, declared herself his slave, and insisted that the Pirate Code required her to honor the wager.

Zi Zhenzhu joined Ye Buqun’s team after he accepted her as a servant, and she left her pirate crew behind to sail with him. As the group headed toward Sea God Island, she warned them about the powerful Demon Soul Great White Sharks guarding its waters.

• Ye Buqun accepted Zi Zhenzhu into his team after Meng Yiran urged him to take her in.
• Zi Zhenzhu handed command of the Purple Pearl Pirate Group to First Mate Purple Fathead, while Jixiang returned to the ship and wished the group a safe journey.
• Zi Zhenzhu privately recognized that she had joined Ye Buqun because she had fallen for him, rather than because of the Pirate Code.
• Zi Zhenzhu warned the group that Sea God Island’s waters held powerful Sea Soul Beasts and were guarded by the hundred-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark.
• Zi Zhenzhu learned that Xiao Yao’s Spirit Cat martial soul had fused deeply with her body, giving her catlike ears and speech.

Ye Buqun tested the Dragon Abyss Boat, a Soul Tool that could travel quickly both on the surface and underwater, as the group sailed toward Sea God Island. After admiring its speed and the underwater scenery, Doudou asked whether they could use it to charge straight to the island.

• Bai Chenxiang and Xiao Yao worried that Demon Soul Great White Sharks might threaten them, so Ye Buqun brought out the Dragon Abyss Boat.
• Zi Zhenzhu recognized the Soul Tool, and Ye Buqun expanded it into a fifteen-meter vessel before storing the pirate ship in his Mirror Space.
• Ye Buqun activated the Dragon Abyss Boat and had the group test its underwater controls and oars, while Zi Zhenzhu explained how its propulsion worked.
• The group corrected the boat's course and traveled through the underwater scenery before Ye Buqun brought it back to the surface.
• Meng Yiran praised the Dragon Abyss Boat as worth its ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Doudou asked if they could use it to charge straight to Sea God Island.

Ye Buqun tested the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as the group traveled toward Sea God Island and discovered it could shield the Dragon Abyss Boat from seawater while drawing in power from the sea. He proposed that everyone leave the vessel and walk across the seabed, and the group prepared to try it.

• Zi Zhenzhu warned that the Demon Soul Great White Sharks could surround and attack the Dragon Abyss Boat, so Ye Buqun used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to conceal it.
• The shroud repelled the seawater and caused the Dragon Abyss Boat to sink without being able to move forward, so Ye Buqun put it away.
• Ye Buqun tried the shroud again beneath the sea and saw it grow brighter as blue energy gathered around it and flowed toward him.
• The Dragon Abyss Boat reached the seabed, and Ye Buqun invited everyone to walk outside within the shroud's protection.
• Xiao Yao shouted excitedly about walking underwater, and Meng Yiran warned her that the noise might attract Sea Soul Beasts.

Ye Buqun and the others crossed the seafloor beneath the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and arrived at Sea God Island, where Ye Buqun hoped the island’s trials might help him surpass the level ninety-nine limit. Completing the landing mission let him upgrade a soul ring on a copied character card, and he chose the King of Slaughter Tang Chen’s seventh soul ring.

• Ye Buqun led the group across the seafloor and explained that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud absorbed the sea’s energy, allowing it to remain active indefinitely.
• Ye Buqun stopped the group and told them to restrain their Soul Power as a school of Demon Soul Great White Sharks rushed past unnoticed.
• Ye Buqun and the others left the water and reached Sea God Island, whose warm climate, white beach, and lush forest delighted the group.
• Ye Buqun considered whether Sea God Island’s trials could help him break through the level ninety-nine limit and become a god.
• The system announced that Ye Buqun had completed the landing mission, and he chose to increase the age of the King of Slaughter Tang Chen card’s seventh soul ring tenfold.

Ye Buqun and his companions reached Sea God Island and insisted on taking the Sea God's trials despite a yellow-robed elder's warnings. As they were led through the forest, Ye Buqun learned that the Sea God's protection blocked his soul skill, and the group arrived at a vast pool with a rune-covered stone pillar at its center.

• Eight yellow-robed Sea Soul Masters confronted Ye Buqun and his companions, and their elder warned the mainland visitors to leave Sea God Island.
• Doudou said they had come to take the Sea God's trial, and Ye Buqun and the others refused to turn back despite warnings that the trials were dangerous and could not be abandoned.
• The Yellow-robed Elder led the group through the forest after they confirmed they wanted to proceed.
• Ye Buqun secretly used the Eye of Mirror to observe the island, but the skill failed, and the elder warned him that the Sea God's protection prevented such abilities from working.
• The group emerged from the forest and saw a vast pool surrounding a triangular platform with a rune-covered stone pillar at its center.

Ye Buqun and his companions reached the Seahorse Sacred Pillar on Sea God Island and learned they had to cross the Sea within a Sea to qualify for Lord Sea God's trial. Zhu Zhuqing crossed first and earned Seahorse Douluo's approval, while Bai Chenxiang prepared to go next.

• The Yellow-robed Elder brought the group to the Seahorse Sacred Pillar and explained that they had to cross the Sea within a Sea to qualify for testing.
• Seahorse Douluo raised a blue barrier over the water and told the Land Soul Masters they could leave if they wished.
• Ye Buqun reaffirmed that the group would accept the trial, and Zhu Zhuqing volunteered to go first.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Hell Stab and Netherworld Slash to cut through the waves and reach the Seahorse Sacred Pillar without getting wet.
• Seahorse Douluo praised Zhu Zhuqing and declared her qualified for Lord Sea God's trial.
• Bai Chenxiang stepped forward to cross next.

Ye Buqun's group crossed the Sea within a Sea, with Doudou freezing the waves and Ye carrying Xiao Yao across on his sword. After they gathered at the Seahorse Sacred Pillar, Seahorse Douluo ordered them to stand in arrival order, and Ye Buqun tried to explain that they were from the Heaven Dou Empire, not Spirit Hall.

• Bai Chenxiang used her Swift-tailed Swallow Martial Soul to weave through the waves and reach the Seahorse Sacred Pillar.
• Meng Yiran rode her transformed Serpent Cane across the water and split a wave with her Fourth Soul Skill.
• Zi Zhenzhu crossed the Sea within a Sea with ease as a Sea Soul Master and former pirate captain.
• Doudou flew over the water and froze the Sea within a Sea with her Third Soul Skill, making it possible for Xiao Yao to walk across.
• Ye Buqun carried Xiao Yao on a Soul Power sword to the Seahorse Sacred Pillar, where Seahorse Douluo ordered the group to stand in arrival order.
• Ye Buqun told Seahorse Douluo that the group came from the Heaven Dou Empire and was not from Spirit Hall.

Ye Buqun and his group received permission to undergo Sea God Island’s assessments, and Zi Zhenzhu became the first to be tested. Her talent earned her the exceptionally difficult Black Level Six Trials, leaving the group to face the danger of her assessment.

• Doudou explained that the group had come to train, and Seahorse Douluo agreed to let them take the assessment.
• Zi Zhenzhu stepped forward first and stood beneath the Seahorse Sacred Pillar as Seahorse Douluo began her assessment.
• The pillar’s light changed from blue to black, and six rays formed a screen before Zi Zhenzhu before sinking into her forehead.
• Seahorse Douluo identified her assessment as the Black Level Six Trials and explained that only seven people had passed black-level assessments in the past hundred years.
• Bai Chenxiang asked about the assessment ranks, and Seahorse Douluo explained their difficulties and revealed that Seadragon Douluo was the only person to have passed the Black Level Six Trials.

Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran accepted their Sea God trials and received Black Level Five and Black Level Six trials, respectively. Doudou received Black Level Four, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yao nervously stepped forward for her trial.

• Seahorse Douluo warned the group that Black Level trials were deadly, explaining their one-year limits and urging those whose levels had not been determined to leave.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Sea God's guidance and received the Black Level Five Trials.
• Meng Yiran asked about the rewards for difficult trials, then received the Black Level Six Trials like Zi Zhenzhu.
• Doudou stepped forward and received the Black Level Four Trials.
• Xiao Yao nervously stepped forward as the next person to be judged.

Xiao Yao completed an easy white-level trial by eating dried fish and gained a Soul Power level. Bai Chenxiang received a yellow-level trial that required her to kiss Ye Buqun, leaving everyone stunned.

• Xiao Yao received a white-level one trial to eat one jin of dried fish within half an hour and completed it quickly.
• The Seahorse Douluo announced Xiao Yao had passed, and she gained a Soul Power level.
• Bai Chenxiang received a yellow-level one trial and froze after learning its contents.
• Bai Chenxiang kissed Ye Buqun for more than ten seconds to complete her trial, stunning everyone.
• Bai Chenxiang apologized to Ye Buqun and explained that she had needed to keep kissing him for more than ten seconds.

Ye Buqun received a mysterious trial that surpassed the Red Level Nine Trials, bathing all of Sea God Island in golden light and leaving a golden trident mark on his forehead. Seahorse Douluo admitted that he did not know what level of trial Ye Buqun had received.

• After Bai Chenxiang completed her yellow-level trial, she told everyone that her Soul Power had risen by two levels.
• Ye Buqun stepped forward for his trial, and the light around him shifted from blue through black to crimson before illuminating Sea God Island with gold.
• Nine light screens appeared before Ye Buqun and sent their information into his mind as golden light gathered at his brow into a trident mark.
• Zhu Zhuqing identified the trial as the Red Level Nine Trials, but Seahorse Douluo said he did not know what level the golden light represented.

After Ye Buqun received the golden trident mark, Bo Saixi revealed that he had been chosen for the Sea God Nine Trials and instructed the islanders to treat his group as honored guests. The group followed Seahorse Douluo Ou Ya across a bridge of seawater toward Seahorse City.

• Zi Zhenzhu and Meng Yiran each tried to draw Ye Buqun's attention to his new trident mark, and he asked Seahorse Douluo Ou Ya what it meant.
• Bo Saixi appeared and explained that Ye Buqun would undergo the Sea God Nine Trials, a trial unlike the Red Level or Top Level Nine Trials.
• Bo Saixi introduced herself as the Sea God Island's Great Enshrinement and told Ye Buqun that he must complete one trial each year or lose all his progress.
• Bo Saixi ordered Ou Ya to treat Ye Buqun and the other six as honored guests and accommodate their requests while they completed their trials.
• Ou Ya formed a bridge from seawater and led the group toward the island's interior, while Xiao Yao overcame her fear of crossing it.

Ye Buqun’s group arrived in Seahorse City and learned the details of their first Sea God trials. They settled in at Seahorse Douluo Ou Ya’s residence and prepared to face the challenge at the island’s forbidden ground.

• Seahorse Douluo Ou Ya welcomed Ye Buqun’s group, explained the island’s rules, and led them through Seahorse City to his residence.
• Ou Ya arranged rooms for the group before returning to the Seahorse Sacred Pillar, and Zi Zhenzhu thanked Ye Buqun for their hospitable treatment.
• Zi Zhenzhu, Doudou, Meng Yiran, and Zhu Zhuqing discovered that their first trial was Crossing the Sea God’s Light, requiring them to climb 108 steps within a year.
• Ye Buqun revealed that his Crossing the Double Sea God’s Light trial required him to climb 333 steps within the same time limit.
• Ye Buqun and the others concluded that the Sea God’s Light would be the real obstacle and might provide an opportunity to cultivate.
• A Sea Soul Master invited the group to dinner, and Xiao Yao eagerly sprang up at the news of food.

Ye Buqun and his companions shared a lavish seafood meal at the City Lord's Mansion before setting out to complete their first trial, which required them to reach the forbidden area at Sea God Island's center. A purple-robed Soul Master guided them toward the destination, and the group unleashed their martial souls to travel faster.

• Ye Buqun told Bai Chenxiang and Xiao Yao to join the group for the trial, and Xiao Yao agreed after Zhu Zhuqing encouraged her to grow stronger.
• Xiao Yao and the others feasted on seafood, and Ye Buqun gave precious medicinal herbs to a servant in exchange for continued hospitality.
• Ye Buqun proposed that the group begin their first trial that afternoon, and everyone agreed.
• A purple-robed servant led the group toward the forbidden area, about four hundred li away, after Ye Buqun explained that they needed to pass through Sea God's Light.
• The purple-robed servant and the group unleashed their martial souls and soul rings to speed up their journey.

Ye Buqun led the group to the Sea God Hall on the Island within an Island, where they crossed the Ring Sea and discovered that their assessment lights protected them from its Sea Soul Beasts. The chapter left Xiao Yao and Bai Chenxiang vulnerable to attack because they lacked those lights, while Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran began to understand why.

• The group kept pace with the purple-clad Sea Soul Master and reached the Sea God Hall by afternoon.
• The attendant explained that only those with a purple-level assessment or higher could enter the hall, and Ye Buqun led the group across the Ring Sea.
• After they landed, assessment-colored halos appeared around Meng Yiran, Zhu Zhuqing, Doudou, Zi Zhenzhu, and Ye Buqun, but not Xiao Yao or Bai Chenxiang.
• A black fish Sea Soul Beast attacked Xiao Yao, and Ye Buqun killed it with a sword of light.
• More black fish attacked Bai Chenxiang, and Meng Yiran and the others fought them off.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran suspected that the assessment lights identified and protected their bearers from the Sea Soul Beasts.

Ye Buqun and the others reached Sea God Mountain and discovered that Sea God's Light blocked the stairs and rebounded anyone who could not withstand its pressure. Zi Zhenzhu climbed to the forty-second step before being thrown back, while Ye Buqun held back from climbing so he would not put more pressure on the others.

• The group reached Sea God Mountain, where Meng Yiran was thrown back by Sea God's Light when she tried to climb the stairs.
• Meng Yiran attacked the barrier with her Snake Blade, but Ye Buqun destroyed the reflected blades and explained that they had to climb while enduring the pressure.
• Zi Zhenzhu climbed past forty steps and used her serpent form to strengthen herself as Ye Buqun and the others urged her not to overexert herself.
• Zi Zhenzhu reached the forty-second step, failed to climb farther, and was hurled back into Ye Buqun's arms.
• Ye Buqun decided not to climb far ahead of the others, knowing it could put greater pressure on them during their year-long trial.

On Sea God Island, Ye Buqun encouraged the group to train under the pressure of the Sea God's Light after they discovered it restored their strength and could raise their Soul Power. He persuaded Bai Chenxiang and Xiao Yao to try climbing the stairs, and everyone began cultivating there.

• Meng Yiran climbed to the thirty-sixth step before the Sea God's Light bounced her back, and Ye Buqun caught her.
• Doudou and Zhu Zhuqing also tried the stairs, while Zi Zhenzhu and the others noticed that being bounced back left them feeling physically restored.
• Ye Buqun urged Bai Chenxiang to try despite her assessment, and she flew to the stairs and struggled against the pressure on the first step.
• Ye Buqun pressed Xiao Yao to consider how strength could have protected her from being captured and sold at auction, and Zhu Zhuqing encouraged her to grow stronger.
• Xiao Yao agreed to train and stepped onto the stairs as the others cheered her on.
• Ye Buqun reminded everyone not to overexert themselves or give up casually, and they began cultivating on their respective steps.

Ye Buqun and the others trained in Sea God's Light, discussed using the year before their assessments to grow stronger, and received Bo Saixi's approval. Bo Saixi then came specifically for Ye Buqun and released a Golden Orb above him, which shattered and enveloped him in golden light.

• Zi Zhenzhu, Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Yiran, Doudou, Bai Chenxiang, and Xiao Yao pushed themselves to climb the Sea God's Light steps, while Ye Buqun caught Bai Chenxiang and Xiao Yao when they were thrown back.
• The group rested, and Zi Zhenzhu described how training in Sea God's Light was improving them.
• Ye Buqun proposed pooling their Soul Power to help each person pass an assessment, but urged everyone to spend the coming year climbing as high as possible through their own efforts.
• Bo Saixi appeared, praised the group for using Sea God's Light to cultivate, and warned that later trials would be more difficult and dangerous.
• Ye Buqun asked Bo Saixi to provide food, fresh water, and changes of clothes for their training, and she agreed.
• Bo Saixi revealed that she had come for Ye Buqun and summoned a Golden Orb that shattered above him, surrounding him in dense golden light.

On Sea God Island, Bo Saixi gave Ye Buqun a God-Bestowed Soul Ring when he reached level eighty. He absorbed it with surprising ease and gained a red eighth soul ring, leaving everyone wondering what his new soul skill would be.

• Bo Saixi summoned a God-Bestowed Soul Ring for Ye Buqun and explained that it would match his strength and martial soul.
• Ye Buqun endured the ring's pressure until he attached several Title Douluo cards to his card slots, neutralizing the force.
• Bo Saixi saw numerous martial souls appear behind Ye Buqun and was stunned by the discovery.
• Ye Buqun absorbed the God-Bestowed Soul Ring, which condensed into a red eighth soul ring as his other seven rings appeared.
• Ye Buqun completed his absorption with eight soul rings, including one red ring, while the others wondered what his eighth soul skill would be.