Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xian discovered that Xiao Jue had also received a Red Tier Eighth Trial to cross the Sea God's Light, then traveled to Sea God Mountain to begin his own assessment. He climbed sixty steps with ease while Xiao Jue surged ahead to the hundredth step.

• Xiao Xian learned that Xiao Jue had received the same one-year trial to cross 166 steps of the Sea God's Light.
• After lunch, Xiao Xian asked a purple-clad Sea Soul Master to guide him to the forbidden ground at the Ring Sea.
• Xiao Xian and Xiao Jue crossed the Ring Sea and reached the thousand-and-one steps of Sea God Mountain.
• Xiao Xian began climbing without using soul skills and reached the sixtieth step without difficulty.
• Xiao Jue raced past Xiao Xian and stopped on the hundredth step.

Xiao Xian and Xiao Jue used the pressure of Sea God's Light to cultivate on the Sea God Stairs, steadily pushing their limits over the course of a month. When Bo Saixi finally met them, she presented two God-Bestowed Spirit Rings and began explaining how they worked.

• Xiao Jue charged up the stairs first, but Xiao Xian urged it to stop when the pressure became too much.
• Xiao Xian and Xiao Jue settled on lower steps to cultivate under Sea God's Light, and the pressure began releasing dormant energy within Xiao Xian's body.
• Bo Saixi appeared above the stairs, watched them cultivate, and waited to offer the God-Bestowed Spirit Rings.
• After thirty-three days, Xiao Jue's hunger woke Xiao Xian, who learned how long they had been cultivating.
• Bo Saixi gave Xiao Xian and Xiao Jue two golden beads and began explaining the God-Bestowed Spirit Rings.

Xiao Xian absorbed a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring that reached a hundred thousand years, transforming Xiao Jue into a Golden Sacred Dragon and leaving Xiao Xian at level seventy. He prepared to absorb a second God-Bestowed Spirit Ring.

• Xiao Xian asked Bo Saixi to let him recover before she bestowed the God-Bestowed Spirit Ring, then began enduring its growing pressure.
• Xiao Xian’s body and spirit bones withstood the ring’s impacts so easily that he scratched himself while Bo Saixi watched in surprise.
• After a month of absorbing the ring, Xiao Xian awakened as its age reached a hundred thousand years, releasing powerful Dragon Might and killing intent across the Sea of Seas.
• Xiao Jue emerged as a twenty-meter-long Ice Fire Golden Sacred Dragon, its bloodline restored and advanced beyond the Light Holy Dragon.
• Xiao Xian saw that his Soul Power had reached level seventy and noticed Bo Saixi still held another God-Bestowed Spirit Ring.

Xiao Xian and Xiao Jue absorbed their new Spirit Rings and grew powerful enough to complete the first Sea God trial. The reward raised their Soul Power and increased their soul ring ages, but the resulting breakthrough left Xiao Xian unsure of his true level.

• After Xiao Xian broke through to level seventy, Xiao Jue absorbed a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring while Xiao Xian cultivated on Sea God Mountain.
• A month later, Xiao Jue completed its absorption and returned to Xiao Xian, whose Soul Power surged to roughly level eighty.
• Xiao Xian and Xiao Jue found that the Sea God's Light no longer pressured them, then completed the first trial by stepping onto the one hundred sixty-sixth step.
• The Sea God increased Xiao Xian's and Xiao Jue's Soul Power by one level and raised all their soul ring ages by one thousand years.
• Xiao Xian summoned his seven soul rings and found that their strengthened abilities included a first ring that had grown from four hundred to two thousand four hundred years.

After passing the First Trial, Xiao Xian learned that he had three days to rest before the Second Trial, which required him to cross the Ring Sea without killing any Sea Soul Beasts. He began the trial and pushed through its defenses, but a massive shadow appeared beneath him before he could reach the far shore.

• Xiao Xian learned that his new sixth Soul Skill could absorb environmental energy and protect him from pressure, then planned to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after leaving Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi announced that Xiao Xian had passed the First Trial and ordered him to rest for three days before beginning the Second Trial; when he asked to start immediately, she knocked him from the steps toward the Ring Sea.
• Xiao Xian and Xiao Jue learned that the Second Trial required them to cross the Ring Sea without killing Sea Soul Beasts, while their sixth and seventh Soul Rings were sealed.
• After three days, the Second Trial began as a golden barrier enclosed the Ring Sea, and Xiao Xian transformed Xiao Jue into its dragon form before diving into the water.
• Xiao Xian used ice to streamline his body and endured attacks from thousands of arrow-shaped fish, freezing and scattering them as he swam onward.
• A massive shadow appeared beneath Xiao Xian in the Ring Sea.

Xiao Xian and Xiao Jue passed the Second Trial by distracting the King of the Demon Soul Great White Shark and crossing the Ring Sea. After the trial rewarded them, Xiao Xian shared the Countershock Method with the shark, who eagerly recognized its value.

• The King of the Demon Soul Great White Shark blasted Xiao Xian from the Ring Sea, so Xiao Jue entered the water to fight her.
• Xiao Jue used its domains and vibrational attacks to occupy the shark and disrupt her control of the seawater.
• While the shark focused on Xiao Jue, Xiao Xian crossed the Ring Sea and reached the opposite shore, passing the Second Trial and earning increased Soul Power and soul-ring ages.
• The enraged shark knocked Xiao Jue toward Sea God Mountain, but Xiao Xian recalled it, and Xiao Jue also passed its trial.
• The King of the Demon Soul Great White Shark accused Xiao Xian of cheating, then became excited when he shared the Purple Jade Body and Countershock Method.

Xiao Xian learned that his third Sea God Assessment was Tidal Body Training, while Xiao Jue’s was the doubled version, and Bo Saixi led them to the treacherous Furious Waves Despair. She explained the daily endurance requirements on the Sinking Silver Pillars, leaving Xiao Xian questioning how Xiao Jue could train for twelve hours without a break.

• Xiao Xian discovered his third trial was Tidal Body Training and learned that Xiao Jue’s assessment required Double Tide Body Training.
• Xiao Xian healed Xiao Jue, then told Bo Saixi he had already gained practical combat experience in the City of Slaughter.
• Bo Saixi led Xiao Xian across Sea God Island to Furious Waves Despair, where the waves crashed against unusually hard black rock.
• Bo Saixi calmed the waves and raised two Sinking Silver Pillars, explaining that Xiao Xian had to endure six hours daily and Xiao Jue twelve.
• Xiao Xian accepted the training but asked Bo Saixi whether Xiao Jue could come down, since its daily requirement lasted all twelve hours.

Xiao Xian and Xiao Jue completed Poseidon's year-long Tidal Body Training trial, and Xiao Xian received its rewards. He learned that his next trial required him to help the Demon Soul Great White Shark King kill the Evil Orca King, then wondered whether he could absorb his eighth soul ring.

• Bo Saixi explained that Xiao Jue had to remain on its Sinking Silver Pillar, then used Poseidon's power to shrink it so it could fit.
• Xiao Xian and Xiao Jue began enduring the waves, and Xiao Xian occasionally left his pillar to eat and replenish Xiao Jue's energy.
• Xiao Xian completed enough hours after six months and left to cultivate in a quiet cabin while Xiao Jue continued the trial.
• After the full year, Xiao Jue returned to Xiao Xian's body, and Poseidon announced that the third trial was complete, raising Xiao Xian's Soul Power by one level and adding one thousand years to each soul ring.
• Xiao Xian read the fourth trial's requirement to kill the Evil Orca King with the Demon Soul Great White Shark King and wondered whether he could absorb his eighth soul ring.

Xiao Xian returned to Seahorse City, recovered from the Third Trial, and prepared to hunt the Evil Orca King for his eighth Soul Ring. He used his God-Bestowed Spirit Ring’s new ability to walk unseen beneath the sea and set out toward the orcas’ territory.

• Xiao Xian decided to absorb the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and left Sea God Mountain to continue his Fourth Trial.
• Xiao Xian reached Seahorse City, where the purple-robed city lord recognized that he had reached level eighty before turning nineteen.
• Xiao Xian arranged a feast of Deep Sea Spirit Beasts for the exhausted Xiao Jue, which woke after three days of sleep and ate for two more days.
• Xiao Xian left Soul Tools as payment for the city lord’s hospitality and departed for the shore to hunt the Evil Orca King with help from the King of the Demon Soul Great White Shark.
• Xiao Xian used his sixth soul skill to descend through the sea inside an invisible barrier that restored his Soul Power, then followed the Evil Orca King’s aura.

Xiao Xian reflected on how Purple Jade Body could subtly influence those who cultivated it and serve as a foundation for gathering faith if he could not inherit a divine throne. He met Xiao Bai to discuss the Fourth Trial, and they set out for the Evil Orca Pack, whose size far exceeded his expectations.

• Xiao Xian recalled that Master had proposed using the Dark Gold Dragon Crocodile's Purple Light Soul Power to control Shrek Academy's geniuses, but he had rejected the plan and created the gentler Purple Jade Body instead.
• Xiao Xian tracked the King of the Demon Soul Great White Shark through the sea and revealed himself after she failed to locate him with her domain.
• Xiao Xian told the King that he had come to discuss their Fourth Trial, which required them to eliminate the Evil Orca King.
• The King warned Xiao Xian that the Evil Spirit Orcas were powerful and lived in a large group, but Xiao Xian insisted he could go alone.
• The King agreed to accompany Xiao Xian, introduced herself as Xiao Bai, and led him toward the Evil Orca Pack, which was five hundred kilometers away.
• Xiao Bai told Xiao Xian that the pack numbered three hundred, including two hundred adults, and mocked him when he fell silent.

Xiao Xian and Xiao Bai reached the Evil Orca Pack’s territory, using his invisible barrier to conceal themselves from the hundreds of orcas. They spotted the resting Evil Orca King, and Xiao Xian prepared to begin his Fourth Trial.

• Xiao Bai warned Xiao Xian that the Evil Spirit Orcas could detect energy within ten li and that facing their pack would be extremely dangerous.
• Xiao Xian said his barrier could conceal them but could not cover Xiao Bai’s huge body, so Xiao Bai transformed into human form and entered it.
• Xiao Bai explained that Sea Soul Beasts could transform after reaching a hundred thousand years, though they weakened outside water; inside Xiao Xian’s barrier, she retained her strength.
• Xiao Xian and Xiao Bai traveled toward the pack while floating above the seabed to avoid leaving footprints.
• Xiao Xian and Xiao Bai found two or three hundred Evil Spirit Orcas surrounding the resting Evil Orca King, Xiao Xian’s target for passing his Fourth Trial.

Xiao Xian began secretly killing the Evil Orcas with spring water from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, intending to clear the pack so he could claim the Evil Orca King's soul ring and soul bone. Xiao Bai returned to Sea God Island while Xiao Xian stayed hidden on the seafloor, repeating his attacks as the enraged pack searched unsuccessfully for him.

• Xiao Xian used his Spiritual Power to scout the Evil Orca Pack and decided to assassinate its members one by one.
• Xiao Xian killed an Evil Spirit Orca with a drop of Yang Spring, triggering the pack's bloodlust and drawing the Evil Orca King's attention.
• Xiao Xian told Xiao Bai to leave, then sent her dozens of li away and warned her to return to Sea God Island.
• Xiao Xian resumed killing the Evil Spirit Orcas from concealment while the Evil Orca King searched the sea and failed to find him.
• Xiao Xian rested on the seafloor and continued his attacks; one month passed.

Xiao Xian secretly wore down the Evil Orca Pack while the exhausted Evil Orca King searched in vain for the killer. When Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Shark Pack arrived and attacked the last orcas, the Evil Orca King began to self-destruct, and Xiao Xian made his move.

• Xiao Xian used his invisible protective barrier to evade the Evil Orca King's domain and continued killing the pack's members from hiding.
• After two more Evil Spirit Orcas died, Xiao Xian sent Xiao Jue to fetch Xiao Bai while he stayed nearby to keep watch.
• Xiao Bai arrived with more than a hundred Demon Soul Great White Sharks and confronted the Evil Orca King over his past killing of her younger brother.
• The Demon Soul Great White Shark Pack overwhelmed the exhausted Evil Orca King and killed his remaining subordinates.
• The Evil Orca King began to self-destruct, and Xiao Xian landed on him and drove a bottle into his blowhole.

Xiao Xian killed the Evil Orca King, claimed its hundred-thousand-year left leg bone, and absorbed its soul ring, raising his Soul Power to level ninety. As Xiao Bai escorted him back to Sea God Island, Xiao Jue revealed that their fifth trial involved fighting several Sacred Pillars.

• Xiao Xian stopped the Evil Orca King’s self-destruction and killed it, completing Poseidon’s mission and receiving a Soul Power increase and five hundred years of cultivation for each Soul Ring.
• Xiao Xian recovered the Evil Orca King’s left leg bone and prepared to absorb its dark-red Soul Ring while Xiao Bai guarded him.
• Xiao Xian fused with Xiao Jue and absorbed the hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring without difficulty, reaching level ninety after a day and a night.
• Xiao Xian absorbed the Evil Orca King’s left leg bone, then thanked Xiao Bai and returned toward Sea God Island with her and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
• Xiao Jue told Xiao Xian that their fifth trial required them to fight several Sacred Pillars, and Xiao Xian remained confident.

Xiao Xian began the Fifth Trial, which required him to defeat all seven Sacred Pillar Guardians in succession within eighteen shichen, and summoned Xiao Jue to face Seahorse Douluo. Meanwhile, Tang San and the others continued searching for news of Xiao Xian, while Bibi Dong prepared to depart on a new mission.

• Xiao Xian assessed the Fifth Trial’s time limit and planned to restore his Soul Power with herbs between battles, while Xiao Bai offered to help him practice against the Sacred Pillars.
• Xiao Xian returned to Sea God Island and headed for the Seahorse Sacred Pillar to test his newly acquired skills.
• Flender, Master, Tang San, and the others traveled beneath the sea and worried about Xiao Xian as they avoided Spirit Hall and tried to protect their meeting place on Volcano Island.
• Bibi Dong ordered her personnel to depart after nightfall.
• Seahorse Douluo activated the Sacred Pillar and explained the trial’s eighteen-shichen limit, then Xiao Xian summoned Xiao Jue, whose eight soul rings stunned him.

Xiao Xian defeated Seahorse Douluo by exploiting the Titled Douluo’s lack of mental defenses, passing the Seahorse Sacred Pillar assessment. He then hurried to challenge Sea Spear Douluo next.

• Seahorse Douluo faced Xiao Xian and Xiao Jue, then activated his Martial Soul Avatar and defensive soul skill.
• Xiao Jue’s enhanced strike broke through Seahorse Douluo’s defenses, but Seahorse Douluo countered with his ninth soul skill and summoned a powerful whirlpool of giant waves.
• Xiao Xian struck Seahorse Douluo with a mental attack, interrupting his ninth soul skill and allowing Xiao Jue to pin him at the throat.
• Seahorse Douluo admitted defeat and marked Xiao Xian’s Seahorse Sacred Pillar assessment as passed.
• Xiao Xian left immediately and reached the next Sea of Seas, where he prepared to challenge Sea Spear Douluo.

Xiao Xian fought Sea Spear Douluo, whose powerful Tool Martial Soul Avatar and Ninth Soul Skill threatened to overwhelm him. By hiding within the Sea of Seas until Sea Spear Douluo exhausted his strength, Xiao Xian defeated him and declared the trial over.

• Sea Spear Douluo transformed into his Golden Spear and unleashed a devastating attack, but Xiao Xian ordered Xiao Jue to retreat.
• Xiao Xian judged that attacking the spear directly would let Sea Spear Douluo absorb and reuse their energy, so he waited for the Titled Douluo to spend his strength.
• Sea Spear Douluo entered the Sea of Seas and gathered power for his Ninth Soul Skill, but Xiao Xian dismissed Xiao Jue and vanished into the water.
• Sea Spear Douluo searched the water and spent his accumulated energy without finding Xiao Xian, while Xiao Xian remained concealed by his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Skill.
• After ten minutes, Sea Spear Douluo returned to the triangular platform and left his Martial Soul Avatar; Xiao Xian appeared behind him and pressed a claw to his back, saying that he had lost.

Xiao Xian defeated Sea Spear Douluo and Sea Illusion Douluo, using a stealth attack against the former and overwhelming Spiritual Power against the latter. He then reached Sea Star Douluo’s Sea of Seas and prepared to challenge him.

• Xiao Xian revealed himself behind Sea Spear Douluo and forced him to concede, passing the Sea Spear Sacred Pillar.
• Xiao Xian flew to the Sea Illusion Sacred Pillar and entered its mist, where he used his Spiritual Power to pierce Sea Illusion Douluo’s domain and defeat him.
• Sea Illusion Douluo conceded, and another golden pillar of light disappeared as the other Sea Soul Masters observed Xiao Xian’s rapid progress.
• Xiao Xian arrived at Sea Star Douluo’s Sea of Seas, bowed, and announced his challenge.
• Sea Star Douluo beckoned Xiao Xian forward, visibly wary.

Xiao Xian used poisoned energy to defeat Sea Star Douluo, then quickly passed Sea Ghost Douluo and chose to challenge Sea Demoness next. Sea Demoness tried to read his mind and offered to let him pass without a fight, leaving Xiao Xian wary of her.

• Sea Star Douluo attacked Xiao Xian with his tentacles, but Xiao Xian's energy poisoned him after he absorbed it.
• Xiao Xian waited underwater while Sea Star Douluo struggled to purge the toxin, then sent Xiao Jue to attack him.
• Xiao Xian discovered Sea Star Douluo was nearly immobile and close to death, treated him, and passed the trial.
• Xiao Xian and Xiao Jue defeated Sea Ghost Douluo, leaving only Sea Demoness and Sea Dragon Douluo's trials.
• Xiao Xian reached Sea Demoness, defended his mind from her probing, and heard her offer to let him pass if he chatted with her and listened to a tune.

Xiao Xian defeated Sea Demoness by tricking her mind-reading ability, then reached Sea Dragon Douluo’s Sacred Pillar and prepared to face the strongest of the Seven Sacred Pillars. Sea Dragon Douluo began transforming as their battle started, with Xiao Xian’s fifth trial still at stake.

• Xiao Xian feigned being controlled by Sea Demoness, then struck her with golden lightning and forced her to surrender.
• Xiao Xian left Sea Demoness and flew to the center of Sea God Island, where he found Sea Dragon Douluo waiting at the final Sacred Pillar.
• Xiao Xian revealed his Golden Sacred Dragon, and Sea Dragon Douluo recognized its overwhelming Dragon Might before allowing him time to recover.
• Xiao Xian rested for an hour, then approached Sea Dragon Douluo as Xiao Jue blocked his path and Sea Dragon Douluo explained that the Seven Sacred Pillars' final recognition depended on their battle.
• Sea Dragon Douluo began transforming, covering his body in blue scales as the Sea of Seas surged around him.