Chapter Summaries

Liu Erlong volunteered to cross the Sea in the Sea first, demonstrating her strength and qualifying for Lord Seagod’s trial. She reached the opposite shore and waited for Zu Zong and the others.

• Liu Erlong insisted on going first so Zu Zong could appear last and she could test the trial for the younger women.
• Liu Erlong activated her Fire Dragon True Body and blasted a passage through Seahorse Douluo’s towering wave.
• Liu Erlong dodged the ten-thousand-year seahorse spirit beasts as she crossed the Sea in the Sea.
• A fifty-thousand-year seahorse spirit beast charged at Liu Erlong, but she knocked it away with a punch and reached the opposite shore.
• Seahorse Douluo praised Liu Erlong’s strength, declared her qualified for Lord Seagod’s trial, and watched her wait for the others.

The group passed Seahorse Douluo’s trial and qualified to receive the Seagod’s tests. Liu Erlong’s first test required her to add a new member to the family within a year, prompting Zu Zong to consider how to fulfill it.

• Zhu Zhuqing, Yan Lingji and Xiao Wu, Yan Fei and Jing Ni, Hu Liena, Huo Wu, Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong, and Zu Zong crossed the Sea in the Sea in succession.
• Seahorse Douluo declared them qualified for Lord Seagod’s trials and began assigning their tests at the Seahorse Sacred Pillar.
• Liu Erlong received a Black-Level First Trial to add a new member to the family within one year, with rewards of increased Soul Ring ages and Soul Power.
• Zu Zong questioned how they could meet Liu Erlong’s requirement and began forming an idea while Xiao Wu asked what her trial said.

Liu Erlong and Zhu Zhuqing received their Sea God trials, with Zhu Zhuqing astonishing Sea God Island by earning the Top Grade Seventh Test. Her first test required her to watch Zu Zong consummate with another woman, and Zu Zong agreed to help her complete it that night as Xiao Wu stepped forward for her own trial.

• Liu Erlong learned her Black Grade First Test required her to become pregnant with Zu Zong's child within a year, and Zu Zong promised they would start trying the next day.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted the Sea God trial despite Seahorse Douluo's warning, and the pillar marked her for the Top Grade Seventh Test.
• Zhu Zhuqing's first test required her to watch Zu Zong consummate with another woman, with an extra reward available if she joined the battle within three days.
• Seahorse Douluo told Zhu Zhuqing that passing the Top Grade Seventh Test would make her the next high priest of Sea God Island.
• Zu Zong told Zhu Zhuqing to go to Liu Erlong's room at the third watch, and Xiao Wu stepped forward to receive her own test.

Xiao Wu received the Top Grade Eighth Test, while several other women underwent Sea God Island’s trials and Ning Rongrong also earned a Top Grade Seventh Test. The chapter ended with Zu Zong asking Ning Rongrong what her first test required.

• The Seahorse Sacred Pillar gave Xiao Wu the Top Grade Eighth Test, which required her to watch Zu Zong consummate with another woman alongside a Top Grade Seventh Test participant.
• Yan Lingji, Jing Ni, and Yan Fei received Black Grade Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Tests respectively, while Hu Liena received the Top Grade Seventh Test and Huo Wu received the Black Grade Fourth Test.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zu Zong for a lucky kiss, and he kissed her for ten minutes before Seahorse Douluo administered her Sea God trial.
• Ning Rongrong received the Top Grade Seventh Test, embraced Zu Zong, and told him about her result.
• Zu Zong asked Ning Rongrong what her first test was.

Ye Lingling received the Sea God’s blood-red, gold-tinged inheritance test, which revealed she qualified for a god position that the Ten Heart Begonia could not inherit. She completed her first test with Zu Zong and gained Soul Power and Soul Ring rewards, while Zu Zong was left unsure whether his companion reward had taken effect.

• Ye Lingling was enveloped in a deep-red Sea God’s Light that gained a trace of gold, and Poseidon announced that the Ten Heart Begonia was incompatible with his god position.
• Nine blood-red test screens appeared around Ye Lingling and formed a Begonia Flower mark on her forehead, while Bo Saixi warned Seahorse Douluo not to speak out of turn.
• Ye Lingling secretly told Zu Zong that her first test was to do what she most wanted to do to the person she loved, then kissed his earlobe for a quarter of an hour to complete it.
• The test rewarded Ye Lingling with Soul Ring age increases and three Soul Power levels, while Zu Zong received a companion reward of increased Soul Ring ages.
• Ye Lingling’s Soul Power rose from rank fifty-eight to rank sixty, and Ning Rongrong congratulated her as Zu Zong wondered whether his own Soul Rings had changed.

Zu Zong received the Seagod Nine Trials, while Bai Xiuxiu was assigned a top-tier trial to help him complete them. After Bo Saixi led Zu Zong to Seagod Hall, he prepared to begin the first trial.

• Seahorse Douluo's Sea God's Light summoned Bai Xiuxiu, whose top-tier first trial required her to accompany the Seagod Nine Trials participant.
• Zu Zong's assessment became a dazzling golden ceremony, giving him the Seagod Nine Trials, a golden Trident mark, and information about the Golden Thirteen Halberds.
• Bo Saixi confirmed Zu Zong had received the Seagod Nine Trials and took him toward Seagod Hall to begin his first trial.
• Zu Zong stored the other girls in the Kamui Dimension, carried Bai Xiuxiu in flight, and reached the mountain beneath Seagod Hall with Bo Saixi.
• Zu Zong learned that his first trial required him to climb 333 steps through the doubled Sea God's Light for a five-percent increase in Sea God affinity.

Zu Zong began the first Seagod trial at Seagod Mountain, while his companions trained and supported him. He climbed beyond the required 333 steps, received the trial reward, and wondered whether he could reach Seagod Hall, but Bai Xiuxiu did not answer him.

• Bo Saixi took Yan Fei, Jing Ni, and Yan Lingji away to defeat Sea Soul Beasts for their Black Rank assessments, while Zu Zong told Xiao Wu and the others to cultivate on the steps.
• Bai Xiuxiu revealed that she was a Soul Beast sacrifice, and Xiao Wu asked Zu Zong to resurrect her someday; he firmly promised he would.
• Zu Zong climbed the Seagod Mountain steps, and Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling used their support skills to help him advance.
• Zu Zong passed the required 333 steps, completed the first Seagod trial, gained five percent Sea God affinity, and received a change to his Soul Rings.
• Zu Zong wondered whether he and Bai Xiuxiu should try to reach Seagod Hall, but she did not reply.

Bai Xiuxiu explored Zu Zong’s soul space while he climbed Seagod Mountain and completed the first Seagod trial, reaching rank eighty-seven. Later, six women secretly gathered outside Liu Erlong’s room, but a spatial vortex swept them away before they noticed Zu Zong and Liu Erlong had vanished.

• Bai Xiuxiu decorated Zu Zong’s soul space and bathed in a conjured pool while he tried to speak with her.
• Zu Zong used his Eight Spider Lances and Blue Silver Wrath to climb the final steps of Seagod Mountain.
• Zu Zong completed the first Seagod Nine Trials beyond requirements, gained five hundred years on all Soul Rings and one Soul Power level, and received the second trial.
• After leaving Xiao Wu’s room, Zu Zong headed to Liu Erlong’s room, while Xiao Wu and five other women followed him.
• The six women met outside Liu Erlong’s room, compared their Seagod test tasks, and discussed Yan Lingji and the others.
• A spatial vortex swept the six women away as Zu Zong and Liu Erlong vanished from the room.

Zu Zong helped the women complete their Sea God trials, earning them powerful rewards and raising Liu Erlong to rank ninety. At breakfast, Liu Erlong discussed names for their unborn child, and Yan Fei revealed Bo Saixi had already given several women God-Bestowed Soul Rings.

• Zu Zong helped the women complete their trials, and their Soul Power and Soul Ring ages increased according to their rewards.
• Liu Erlong celebrated passing her Black Grade First Test and reaching rank ninety, then asked Zu Zong to name their child.
• Zu Zong suggested Zu Long for a boy and Zu XiaoXiao for a girl, delighting Liu Erlong.
• Zu Zong asked Bo Saixi to provide God-Bestowed Soul Rings for five women who had reached their Soul Power limits.
• Yan Fei told Zu Zong that Bo Saixi had already given them Golden Crystal Beads containing the God-Bestowed Soul Rings.

Two months passed as Zu Zong advanced through the Seagod trials and received a mission to help the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan kill the Evil Orca King. He recruited Xiaobai for a stealth attack, and they began slipping into the sea under the Vast Sea Protective Shroud.

• Over two months, Zu Zong completed the Seagod Second and Third Trials, bringing his Seagod Affinity to twenty-five percent, and received the Shark Whale War trial.
• Zu Zong summoned Xiaobai, and Bai Xiuxiu reunited with her mother after a long separation.
• Xiaobai warned Zu Zong that the Evil Orcas could detect energy and movement, but Zu Zong revealed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud could conceal them.
• Zu Zong proposed sneaking into the Evil Orca pod with Xiaobai and controlling the Evil Orca King so Xiaobai could strike him.
• Bai Xiuxiu feared for her mother, while Xiaobai asked Zu Zong to protect her and the remaining clan members if she failed to return.
• Zu Zong and Xiaobai used the Vast Sea Protective Shroud to hide their presence and entered the depths of the sea.

Zu Zong ambushed the Evil Orcas with Fire Poison bolts, then teamed up with Little White to confront the Evil Orca King. The chapter ended as Zu Zong dodged the king’s opening attack and prepared to fight.

• Zu Zong and Little White entered the sleeping Evil Orca pod under the Vast Sea Protective Shroud, and Zu Zong fired Fire Poison-laced bolts that killed dozens of orcas and threw the pod into chaos.
• The enraged Evil Orca King ordered his clan to search for the attackers, while Zu Zong told Little White to wait before striking and explained that he needed to eliminate half the pod and preserve the king’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• After half an hour of searching, the Evil Orca King ordered the pod to stop, and Zu Zong and Little White surfaced during the distraction.
• Zu Zong used Susanoo to armor Little White, then flew ahead to challenge the Evil Orca King as Little White prepared to attack when Zu Zong restrained him.
• The Evil Orca King launched dark-red blades at Zu Zong, who dodged every one using his perception.

Zu Zong used Tsukuyomi and Little White’s attack to defeat the Evil Orca King while wiping out most of the adult Evil Orcas. After killing the king with his Shark Tooth Soul Bone Skill, he completed the Seagod’s Fourth Test beyond its requirements and gained greater Seagod Affinity and older Soul Rings.

• Zu Zong caught the Evil Orca King in Tsukuyomi, allowing Little White to tear into him as the Evil Orca Pod rushed to attack.
• Zu Zong unleashed Blue Silver Blood Spikes, killing most of the adult Evil Orcas while sparing the juveniles.
• Little White fought the injured Evil Orca King, whose attacks were stopped or reflected by her Susanoo armor.
• As the Evil Orca King gathered energy to self-destruct, Zu Zong formed Shark Tooth from his left arm Soul Bone and killed him with a thrust to the head.
• The Seagod declared Zu Zong had completed the Fourth Test beyond requirements, increased his Seagod Affinity to thirty-five percent, and raised his Soul Ring ages by five hundred years.
• Golden light shone from Zu Zong’s Golden Trident Mark, and the surviving Evil Orcas and Little White bowed before him.

Zu Zong absorbed the Evil Orca King’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring into his Sharingan while Little White guarded him and Bai Xiuxiu worried over him. He awakened safely, and the Evil Orca King’s left leg Soul Bone emerged from its corpse.

• Zu Zong spared the young evil orcas but killed the adult survivors who had used their companions as shields.
• Zu Zong explained that his powerful physique let him absorb a ninth Soul Ring through his Second Spirit, and asked Little White to protect him.
• Zu Zong absorbed the Evil Orca King’s Soul Ring as Little White and Bai Xiuxiu waited; the Sea God’s Light purified its lingering resentment.
• Bai Xiuxiu worried that Zu Zong might be in danger, then blushed when Little White teased her about falling for him.
• Zu Zong finished absorbing his Sharingan’s first Soul Ring and summoned the Evil Orca King’s hundred-thousand-year left leg Soul Bone.

Zu Zong broke through to rank ninety by enduring the pressure on the Seagod Hall steps, then prepared to begin his fifth trial. Bo Saixi warned him against seeking the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's million-year soul ring, but Zu Zong questioned her personal concern for him.

• Zu Zong chose not to absorb the Evil Orca King's left leg bone and reviewed the support and combat abilities granted by his other soul bones.
• A week after absorbing the Evil Orca King's soul ring, Zu Zong climbed the Seagod Hall steps without using his Martial Soul or soul skills and reached the one thousand and first step.
• Zu Zong recovered on the steps and broke through to rank ninety, earning a stealing opportunity from the system.
• Bo Saixi told Zu Zong to complete the fifth trial against the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians and advised him not to obtain his ninth soul ring yet.
• Bo Saixi warned Zu Zong that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was stronger than her, but Zu Zong insisted he could still defeat it and asked why she seemed so concerned about him.

Zu Zong continued his fifth Seagod trial, defeating Seahorse Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo before entering Sea Illusion Douluo’s domain. There, he turned Sea Illusion Douluo’s illusion of Tang Hao against him and left the defeated guardian with Spirit Replenishing Grass.

• Bo Saixi knocked Zu Zong off Seagod Mountain after he kissed her, then took him to the Seven Sacred Pillars when he returned.
• Zu Zong defeated Seahorse Douluo by using his Sharingan illusion, and Seahorse Douluo warned the other guardians about it.
• Zu Zong defeated Sea Spear Douluo with the Blue Silver Demon Soul Great White Shark Tooth skill after Sea Spear Douluo avoided his gaze.
• Zu Zong entered Sea Illusion Douluo’s domain and found himself in an illusion of Tang Hao’s stone chamber, where Tang Hao attacked him.
• Zu Zong used Sharingan Illusion Rebound to make Sea Illusion Douluo face the illusion of Tang Hao, leaving Sea Illusion Douluo unable to fight.
• Zu Zong gave the injured Sea Illusion Douluo Spirit Replenishing Grass to help him recover from the mental trauma.

Zu Zong passed the Sea Illusion and Sea Star Sacred Pillar assessments through his illusion-rebound technique and Blue Silver Emperor’s Fire Poison, then arrived at the Sea Witch Sacred Pillar. Sea Witch greeted him flirtatiously as he began the next assessment.

• Sea Illusion Douluo refined Zu Zong’s Spirit Replenishing Grass, confirmed that he had passed, and explained that the herb had eased his decade-long Soul Power bottleneck.
• Zu Zong told Sea Illusion Douluo that his Sharingan could reflect illusions against opponents with weaker spiritual power, then continued to the Sea Ghost Sacred Pillar and overwhelmed Sea Ghost Douluo.
• Sea Star Douluo ambushed Zu Zong with his Martial Soul Avatar and tried to absorb the Soul Power in his Blue Silver Emperor Vines.
• Zu Zong transformed the vines into the Extreme Flame State, poisoned Sea Star Douluo’s tentacles with Fire Poison, and defeated him.
• Zu Zong drew the Fire Poison out of Sea Star Douluo and reached the Sea Witch Sacred Pillar, where Sea Witch welcomed him and called him handsome.

Zu Zong defeated Sea Witch and Sea Dragon Douluo to complete the fifth Seagod trial. After Sea Dragon Douluo admitted defeat, the story left Zu Zong having overcome all seven Sacred Pillar guardians.

• Sea Witch transformed her tail into legs and played her flute for Zu Zong, but her illusion sounds had no effect on him.
• Sea Witch attacked with her Martial Soul Avatar, but Zu Zong's fiery-red giant reflected her sound waves.
• Zu Zong revealed that his illusion technique had trapped Sea Witch, and she admitted defeat after hearing his honest reason for wanting to see her legs.
• Sea Dragon Douluo sealed his eyes and fought Zu Zong underwater, but Zu Zong's attacks repeatedly evaded his perception.
• Zu Zong froze Sea Dragon Douluo and cut his neck with his Shark Tooth skill, prompting Sea Dragon Douluo to admit defeat and complete the fifth trial.

Zu Zong completed the Fifth Test, gained 50% Seagod Affinity, and learned that his Sixth Trial had been postponed and combined with the Ninth because of his spatial abilities. Three days later, he gathered with Bo Saixi and the women in the Seagod Hall to face the Seventh Test: pulling the Seagod Trident from its platform.

• The Seagod rewarded Zu Zong with increased Seagod Affinity and Soul Ring ages, then changed his Sixth Trial and assigned him the task of pulling out the Seagod Trident.
• Sea Dragon Douluo congratulated Zu Zong, who left for Bo Saixi and questioned her about the postponed trial.
• Bo Saixi explained that Zu Zong's Kamui made his original Sixth Trial ineffective and said the replacement challenge would be simple for him.
• Zu Zong reflected on his growing feelings for Bo Saixi and wondered whether he could accept her sacrifice during the Ninth Trial.
• Three days later, Zu Zong, Bo Saixi, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Hu Liena gathered in the Seagod Hall before the Seagod Trident.
• Bo Saixi explained the trident's significance, and Xiao Wu asked why Zu Zong pulling it out would let the women pass their Seventh Tests early.

Bo Saixi explained how the women’s God Tests depended on Zu Zong pulling out the Seagod Trident, and the women confessed that they would not want to live without him. Zu Zong prepared to attempt the test as Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong strengthened him with their support skills.

• Bo Saixi told Xiao Wu that the five women with Top Grade tests would succeed only if Zu Zong pulled out the Seagod Trident, while Yan Fei and the others had to complete their Black Grade tests themselves.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Hu Liena each explained why they would not continue living if Zu Zong died, and Ning Rongrong joked that she would follow him to the afterlife to exact revenge.
• Ye Lingling silently resolved to cultivate to Title Douluo and use the Ten Heart Begonia’s sacrificial resurrection to revive Zu Zong if he failed.
• Zu Zong told Rongrong, Lingling, Xiao Wu, Zhuqing, and Little Fox to watch as he turned toward the Seagod Trident.
• Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong summoned their martial spirits and used their support skills to empower Zu Zong.

Zu Zong pulled the Seagod Trident from the Seagod Platform, endured its draining effect with Ye Lingling’s Healing Light, and earned the Seagod’s full recognition. The five beauties received companion rewards that strengthened their soul rings, and Ning Rongrong celebrated reaching rank seventy.

• Zu Zong used the Trident Mark and the Sea God’s Light to loosen the Seagod Trident, then revealed its socket and fused the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud into it as the Heart of the Seagod.
• The Seagod Trident drained Zu Zong’s blood, but Ye Lingling’s Healing Light restored his vitality before he pulled the trident free and healed his injuries.
• Zu Zong received the seventh-trial reward, bringing his Seagod Affinity to one hundred percent, while his five companions gained increased soul-ring ages and reached soul-power bottlenecks.
• Ning Rongrong told Zu Zong that she had reached rank seventy and received two God-Bestowed Soul Rings.