Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue awakened the Angel Nine Trials in Douluo Hall, while Bibi Dong secretly learned of the trial and suspected Qian Daoliu was using her daughter to thwart her plans. Meanwhile, Ye Buqun successfully absorbed a red hundred-thousand-year God-Bestowed Soul Ring on Sea God Island.

• Qian Renxue knelt before the Six-Winged Angel statue for more than a hundred days as Qian Daoliu awaited the moment to begin her trial.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that nine golden curtains marked Qian Renxue as the bearer of the Angel Nine Trials, the Angel God's highest trial.
• Bibi Dong secretly watched and listened to Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue, then accused Qian Daoliu of using her daughter to stop her from absorbing the Angel Clan.
• Bibi Dong left her secret chamber and flew away after realizing Qian Daoliu's intentions.
• Ye Buqun successfully absorbed his God-Bestowed Soul Ring, gaining a red eighth soul ring and drawing Bo Saixi's attention.

Ye Buqun revealed his eighth Soul Skill, Super Reflection, and demonstrated how it returned attacks with amplified power. He explained its limits, while Doudou considered how even seemingly invincible abilities could have counters.

• Ye Buqun's main Martial Soul Soul Power rose to level eighty-two, and he showed his updated information panel.
• Ye Buqun asked Zhu Zhuqing to attack him, then reflected her Netherworld Hundred Claws with Super Reflection at greater strength.
• Meng Yiran tested her Snake Blade against Ye Buqun's mirror, and the reflected attack grew longer before striking the Ring Sea.
• Ye Buqun explained that Super Reflection could return physical and elemental Soul Skills from opponents with lower Soul Power at 1.8 to 2.5 times their strength.
• Doudou recalled how Bibi Dong's Eternal Scar had overcome the Invincible Golden Body of Xiao Wu's mother, considering that every powerful ability had limits.

Ye Buqun and Bai Chenxiang devised a way to cultivate under the Sea God's Light, and the group improved over several months. Zhu Zhuqing reached level seventy, obtained a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, and revealed her seventh soul skill, Martial Soul Avatar: Spirit Cat True Body.

• Ye Buqun explained how his Super Reflection surpassed Mirror Reflection, then thanked Bo Saixi for helping him obtain his God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Bai Chenxiang suggested cultivating under the Sea God's Light, and Ye Buqun agreed before the group began training on its steps.
• Over the following months, the group advanced to higher steps and improved their strength, with Zhu Zhuqing reaching level seventy.
• Bo Saixi returned and gave Zhu Zhuqing a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, which she absorbed to become a level seventy-one Soul Saint.
• Zhu Zhuqing displayed her seventh soul skill, Martial Soul Avatar: Spirit Cat True Body, as Xiao Yao excitedly watched.

Xiao Yao obtained her fourth soul ring and demonstrated her new water-element attack after the group hunted a Sea Beaver Cat. More than ten months into their Sea God's Light cultivation, Doudou completed the first trial of her Black Level Four Trials.

• Ye Buqun helped Xiao Yao hunt a four-thousand-year-old Sea Beaver Cat, and Xiao Yao absorbed its soul ring to reach level forty-three.
• Xiao Yao revealed her fourth soul skill, Dragon Cat Severing Waves, a water-element attack.
• After nearly a year of cultivation, Ye Buqun reached level eighty-three, while the others also made major progress; Bai Chenxiang was promoted to the Purple Level Trials.
• Doudou struggled up the final steps of the Sea God's Light, and Ye Buqun lent her Soul Power to help her cross the one hundred and eighth step.
• Doudou's trial screen announced that she had completed the first trial of her Black Level Four Trials.

Ye Buqun crossed the Sea God's Light and completed his first trial, using his Asura Domain to overcome the 333 steps required of him. The trial increased his Sea God affinity by five percent, and he began to sense a new connection with everything on Sea God Island.

• Doudou completed her first trial, and Xiao Yao congratulated her as the group worried about Ye Buqun's much longer climb.
• Ye Buqun sprinted up the steps and reached the 100th step with ease, stunning everyone watching.
• Ye Buqun used Heart Separation Control to wield the Soul Power of several Title Douluo cards as he crossed the 200th step.
• At the 300th step, Ye Buqun unleashed his Asura Hell Domain and Asura Revolving Killing Array, then ran past the 333rd step.
• Ye Buqun completed the first trial, received a five-percent increase in Sea God affinity, and sensed the island's flowers, trees, grass, and sea around him.

Ye Buqun and the others began the second trial, which required crossing the Ring Sea without killing any Soul Beasts, while the Sea God’s restrictions weakened their abilities and hindered their movement. As they entered the water, a school of large arrow-snouted fish approached them.

• Zi Zhenzhu explained the Ring Sea trial, and Xiao Yao pointed out that Ye Buqun could still use Soul Bones, domain skills, and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud despite his ban on Soul Ring skills.
• Ye Buqun warned the group that powerful Sea Soul Beasts might inhabit the Ring Sea and revealed that his first-trial reward included five percent Sea God Affinity.
• The group compared their first-trial rewards, while Bai Chenxiang felt disappointed that she and Xiao Yao had not qualified for the earlier trial and missed out on its rewards.
• The Sea God’s suppression system activated around the Ring Sea, weakening support skills and restricting the examinees as the group prepared to cross.
• Xiao Yao hesitated to enter the sea, but Bai Chenxiang, Meng Yiran, and Zhu Zhuqing encouraged her, and she joined the others in the water.
• The stronger currents and resistance slowed the group and drained their Soul Power, and twenty or thirty large arrow-snouted fish swam toward them.

During the Sea God's second trial, Ye Buqun’s group confronted a school of dangerous Arrow-bodied Fish while trying to reach the opposite shore without killing any Soul Beasts. Ye Buqun restrained Meng Yiran and used the Nine Absolutes of Clear Sky to knock the fish unconscious, leaving the group able to continue the trial.

• The group encountered dozens of fast-moving Arrow-bodied Fish, and Zi Zhenzhu warned that the strongest were seven or eight thousand years old.
• Meng Yiran, Zi Zhenzhu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Doudou activated their Martial Soul Avatars while the others protected Bai Chenxiang and Xiao Yao.
• Meng Yiran grew furious at the fish and prepared to attack, but Zi Zhenzhu warned her that killing even one would fail the trial.
• Ye Buqun restrained Meng Yiran with his Soul Power and summoned the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Ye Buqun used a form of the Nine Absolutes of Clear Sky to split the seawater and knock the Arrow-bodied Fish unconscious without killing them.

Bai Chenxiang reached level sixty and obtained a black sixth soul ring from a ten-thousand-year Arrow-bodied Fish, despite the group's failure in the second trial. Her new soul skill, Gun-Arrow Charge, greatly increased her speed and gave her a powerful impact attack.

• Ye Buqun used his Soul Power to separate the Arrow-bodied Fish, and Meng Yiran apologized for acting impulsively.
• Bai Chenxiang announced she had reached level sixty, and a large Arrow-bodied Fish arrived as a potential soul ring.
• Ye Buqun pierced the ten-thousand-year Arrow-bodied Fish and suppressed it, allowing Bai Chenxiang to kill it and claim its soul ring.
• The group was swept ashore and failed the second trial, while Bai Chenxiang endured the pressure and absorbed the black soul ring.
• Bai Chenxiang demonstrated Gun-Arrow Charge, and her companions reassured her that the failed trial was nothing to worry about.

Ye Buqun and the others failed their second attempt at Break Through the Blockade when the King of Demonic Soul Great White Sharks drove them out of the Ring Sea. After deciding the beast meant to stop rather than kill them, they agreed to keep trying and use the test to improve their combat skills.

• Ye Buqun used the God-Slaying Sword to repel the Arrow-bodied Fish, but a powerful force sent Xiao Yao flying and forced everyone out of the Ring Sea.
• Bai Chenxiang caught Xiao Yao, and the group confirmed she was unharmed after the failed attempt.
• Zhu Zhuqing identified the attacker as a giant Demon Soul Great White Shark, and Zi Zhenzhu suspected it was the King of Demonic Soul Great White Sharks guarding the test.
• Meng Yiran and Zhu Zhuqing reasoned that the beast was meant to block them and train their abilities, not kill them.
• Ye Buqun encouraged everyone to treat the trials as cultivation, and the group entered the Ring Sea again.

Ye Buqun led his group back into the Ring Sea and faced the King of Demonic Soul Great White Sharks, who transformed into a young woman and challenged him to battle. Ye Buqun held his own against her attacks, and the chapter ended as she began growing back into her shark form.

• Ye Buqun countered the King of Demonic Soul Great White Sharks' underwater shockwave with his Soul Power and eased the pressure on his companions.
• The King of Demonic Soul Great White Sharks transformed into a young woman, whose spiritual power drove everyone except Ye Buqun backward.
• The transformed girl asked Ye Buqun who he was, then challenged him to battle despite Xiao Yao's confusion about her human form.
• Ye Buqun separated his companions from the fight on a giant sword platform and met the girl's punch with his own Soul Power, matching her strength.
• The girl attacked with blue light blades, but Ye Buqun blocked them with copies of the God-Slaying Sword.
• The transformed girl complained that Ye Buqun had not used his stronger move and began enlarging toward her original form.

Ye Buqun’s battle with the King of Demonic Soul Great White Sharks ended when the Sea God’s power manifested through his trident mark, and Xiaobai recognized him as the Sea God’s successor. After Xiaobai explained her human form and left, Ye Buqun completed the second trial and gained more Sea God Affinity.

• The King of Demonic Soul Great White Sharks transformed and attacked Ye Buqun, who countered with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• The Golden Trident on Ye Buqun’s forehead shone, calming the sea and prompting Xiaobai to kneel and apologize to the Sea God.
• Xiaobai identified Ye Buqun as the Sea God’s successor, then tried to retract the revelation when the trident mark lit up again.
• Meng Yiran asked how Xiaobai could take human form, and Xiaobai explained the limits of her transformation as a Sea Soul Beast.
• Xiaobai left the group, and Ye Buqun received confirmation that he had passed the second trial and gained five percent Sea God Affinity, bringing his total to ten percent.

After passing the second trial, Zi Zhenzhu received a God-Bestowed Soul Ring to break through her Soul Power bottleneck. She endured the difficult absorption and evolved her Sea Serpent Martial Soul into a Sea Flood Dragon, then thanked Bo Saixi.

• Bo Saixi congratulated the group on passing the second trial and announced that Zi Zhenzhu had reached a Soul Power bottleneck.
• Bo Saixi bestowed a God-Bestowed Soul Ring on Zi Zhenzhu, whose painful absorption caused her Sea Serpent Martial Soul to show signs of transformation.
• Ye Buqun urged the others to trust Zi Zhenzhu and explained that her hardship could bring greater benefits.
• After more than an hour, Zi Zhenzhu completed the absorption as her Martial Soul evolved into a Sea Flood Dragon and she gained a red eighth soul ring.
• Bo Saixi clarified that Zi Zhenzhu's new Martial Soul was a Sea Flood Dragon, and Zi Zhenzhu opened her eyes and thanked her.

Bo Saixi led the group to the Abyss of Raging Waves and revealed the demands of their third Sea God trial, Tidal Body Tempering. Ye Buqun and four others had to endure the waves on pillars for up to half a year, while Bai Chenxiang and Xiao Yao were excluded.

• Bo Saixi led everyone across Sea God Island to a mountain overlooking the Abyss of Raging Waves, where Zi Zhenzhu explained how the waves and dense rock had formed.
• Bo Saixi showed her nine Soul Rings and used her power to calm the raging waters in the valley.
• Five pillars rose from the sea, and Bo Saixi explained how many hours each trial group had to endure the waves every day.
• Ye Buqun, Zi Zhenzhu, Meng Yiran, Zhu Zhuqing, and Doudou were assigned to the pillars, while Bai Chenxiang and Xiao Yao were left out; Bai Chenxiang regretted it and Xiao Yao felt relieved.

Bai Chenxiang and Xiao Yao joined Ye Buqun and the others in Sea God Island’s third trial, enduring repeated waves while bound to black pillars. Xiao Yao finished first and learned the trials were meant to strengthen them, while Ye Buqun remained on his pillar for ten shichen without using his martial soul or soul rings.

• Bai Chenxiang asked to join the trial, and Ye Buqun requested that she and Xiao Yao be allowed to take part; Bo Saixi agreed under the Sea God's decree.
• Bo Saixi assigned Bai Chenxiang one shichen of training daily and Xiao Yao half a shichen, then placed all seven participants on pillars as the waves resumed.
• As increasingly powerful waves battered them, Xiao Yao nearly quit, but Ye Buqun urged her to keep going for the sake of becoming stronger.
• After half a shichen, Xiao Yao came down from the pillar, and Bo Saixi explained that the trials trained them; Xiao Yao celebrated the seafood on Sea God Island and shared dried little fish with Bo Saixi.
• The others continued enduring the waves, and Bo Saixi watched Ye Buqun withstand them for ten shichen without summoning his martial soul or soul rings.

After completing six months of Tidal Body Tempering, Ye Buqun and his companions learned their Fourth Trial missions and rested in Seahorse City. As they prepared to face the dangerous Shark-Whale Battle, they disagreed over whether Bai Chenxiang and Xiao Yao should accompany them.

• On the one hundred eightieth day, Ye Buqun completed the Third Trial and received a 15% increase in Sea God Affinity, while the others gained Soul Power and soul-ring cultivation.
• Ye Buqun and his companions shared their Fourth Trial missions to help the Demon Soul Great White Sharks kill the Evil Orca King, with several also tasked with killing a set number of Evil Spirit Orcas.
• Ye Buqun agreed to return to Seahorse City to rest, and Xiao Yao eagerly anticipated eating big lobsters with the group.
• After resting for more than a week, the group reviewed their progress and prepared to begin the Fourth Trial.
• The companions disagreed about whether Bai Chenxiang and Xiao Yao, who were weaker and not required for the trial, should join them against the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Bai Chenxiang and Xiao Yao joined Ye Buqun’s group as they traveled to Sea God Island to begin their fourth trial. After meeting Xiaobai, they learned that the trial would require confronting the fearsome Evil Spirit Orcas, the beasts that had killed her younger brother.

• Bai Chenxiang insisted on joining the dangerous trial, and Xiao Yao insisted on coming with her.
• Ye Buqun led the group to Sea God Island’s outer waters and drew out a school of Demon Soul Great White Sharks with his Soul Power.
• Ye Buqun explained that they were trial-takers and friends of Xiaobai, who surfaced and transformed into human form to meet them.
• Zi Zhenzhu told Xiaobai that they hoped to complete the fourth trial quickly because they had only one year.
• Xiaobai warned the group about the Evil Spirit Orcas’ strength and savagery, then revealed that they had killed her younger brother.

Xiaobai explained that her clan had never defeated the Evil Spirit Orcas and feared a battle could wipe them out, but Ye Buqun agreed to help them face the enemy. As the group prepared to set out, Xiaobai asked Ye Buqun to protect her clan if she died.

• Xiaobai described the Evil Spirit Orcas' strength and their generations-long conflict with the Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
• Doudou recognized that the fourth trial required the group to help Xiaobai's clan fight the Evil Spirit Orcas, and Meng Yiran said they could not withdraw.
• Ye Buqun offered to confront the Evil Spirit Orcas with the group and promised to protect his companions and Xiaobai's clan.
• Xiaobai decided that Xiao Yao and Bai Chenxiang should stay behind, and Bai Chenxiang agreed after hearing the risks.
• Xiaobai summoned several hundred Demon Soul Great White Sharks, then asked Ye Buqun to care for her clan if she died in the battle.

Ye Buqun and Xiaobai led the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan into the Evil Spirit Orcas' territory to attack their enemies. Ye Buqun killed a patrol with one lightning strike, and hundreds of Evil Spirit Orcas soon surrounded the group, led by a massive, powerful orca.

• Xiaobai asked Ye Buqun to protect her clan, and he promised to do everything he could to keep her safe.
• Xiaobai carried Ye Buqun and the others toward the Evil Spirit Orcas' nest, while she remained doubtful that the humans could turn the battle around.
• Ye Buqun and Xiaobai encountered a patrol of roughly a dozen to twenty Evil Spirit Orcas near the nest.
• Ye Buqun used Snake Lance Douluo She Long's power and the four women's Soul Power to kill the patrol with his Thunderous Explosive Kill, earning mission progress for the women.
• Hundreds of Evil Spirit Orcas surrounded Ye Buqun's group, led by an orca over forty meters long.

Ye Buqun devastated the Evil Spirit Orcas with his True Myriad Swords Return to Origin and faced the Evil Orca King alone. After Meng Yiran completed her Fourth Trial task and reached level eighty, Ye Buqun agreed to restrain the King so she could deliver the finishing blow, as it charged at them.

• Xiaobai rallied the Demon Soul Great White Sharks to fight the Evil Spirit Orcas, but Ye Buqun ordered them to hold back and revealed nine red soul rings.
• Ye Buqun used his sixth soul skill, True Myriad Swords Return to Origin, to kill or cripple most of the Evil Spirit Orca pack.
• Ye Buqun charged the Evil Orca King while Xiaobai, Zi Zhenzhu, Doudou, Meng Yiran, and Zhu Zhuqing attacked the remaining orcas.
• The Evil Orca King unleashed its immobilizing light waves, but Ye Buqun used the Asura Hell Domain to suppress its skill.
• Meng Yiran told Ye Buqun that killing ten Evil Spirit Orcas had completed her Fourth Trial task and raised her Soul Power to level eighty.
• Ye Buqun promised to restrain the Evil Orca King for Meng Yiran, then summoned a blood-colored Clear Sky Hammer and a nine-headed blood-colored bat as the King charged.

Ye Buqun and Meng Yiran killed the Evil Orca King, ending the battle for the Demon Soul Great White Sharks and completing their Sea God Island trials. After Ye Buqun’s Sea God Affinity increased, Meng Yiran began struggling to draw in the Evil Orca King’s 100,000-year soul ring.

• Ye Buqun stunned the Evil Orca King with his Bloody Great Hammer, and Meng Yiran killed him with her sixth soul skill.
• Xiaobai, Zi Zhenzhu, and the others helped defeat nearly all the remaining Evil Spirit Orcas, and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks celebrated their victory.
• Doudou, Zi Zhenzhu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran received their trial rewards, while Ye Buqun gained five hundred years of soul-ring cultivation and ten percent more Sea God Affinity.
• Ye Buqun’s forehead mark released Sea God’s Light, causing the Demon Soul Great White Sharks to worship him before he withdrew the light.
• Xiaobai reminded everyone that Meng Yiran needed to absorb the Evil Orca King’s 100,000-year soul ring, and Meng Yiran struggled to draw it toward herself with Soul Power.