Chapter Summaries

By the Sea God's order, Xiao Bai asked Ye Qiu to fuse with her so she could complete her trial, and he explained that she had to trust him during the process. The fusion succeeded, but Xiao Bai discovered that Ye Qiu had deliberately teased her and angrily confronted him.

• Xiao Bai told Ye Qiu that the Sea God had ordered him to envelop her, and Ye Qiu said she needed to trust him for the fusion to work.
• Ning Rongrong explained that fusion would let Xiao Bai see Ye Qiu's memories, and Ye Qiu began enveloping Xiao Bai with his Venom form.
• Ye Qiu teased Xiao Bai during the fusion, while she tried to empty her mind and endure the sensation.
• The fusion succeeded, and Xiao Bai gained a more imposing aura while Ye Qiu learned about the Sea God's path to godhood.
• Xiao Bai realized Ye Qiu had teased her on purpose and called him a bastard as he appeared beside her.

Ye Qiu used his spiritual power and Xiao Bai’s cooperation to gain a new Martial Soul Avatar form as the Hundred-Thousand-Year Great White Shark King of the Devil Soul. After half a month of cultivation, he and the girls gathered at the Ring Sea to begin their Second Trial, where Xiao Bai awaited them with nearly a thousand Sea Spirit Beasts.

• Ye Qiu fused with Xiao Bai and transformed into her Great White Shark form, swimming through the Ring Sea to practice her abilities as the others wondered why she had cooperated so readily.
• Ye Qiu emerged from the Ring Sea and gained a new Martial Soul Avatar form, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Great White Shark King of the Devil Soul, after practicing Xiao Bai’s skills.
• Ye Qiu told the girls to keep cultivating and set their breakthrough for half a month later, while Xiao Bai remained out of sight.
• Half a month later, Ye Qiu and the girls gathered at the Ring Sea and saw Xiao Bai waiting underwater with nearly a thousand Sea Spirit Beasts.

Five months into the Second Trial, Ye Qiu and the others began their final attempt to cross the Ring Sea despite Xiao Wu nearing a breakthrough. Ye Qiu’s fusion with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong powered a formidable charge through the sea, but Xiao Bai prepared to stop them.

• Ye Qiu decided not to delay the trial until Xiao Wu reached Soul Saint, and gathered the others to begin their crossing.
• Ye Qiu linked the group with strands of black mucus, then transformed into a giant black Great White Shark King of the Devil Soul and plunged into the Ring Sea.
• Xiao Bai countered Ye Qiu’s wave with one of her own, and the crashing waves drenched the sea and its spirit beasts.
• Ye Qiu, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong formed a Trinity Spirit Fusion Skill, while four domains and Ye Qiu’s Symbiotic Domain protected their charge.
• Ye Qiu’s fused shark form surged nearly a hundred meters through the Ring Sea, scattering or slowing the spirit beasts as Xiao Bai moved to intercept him.
• Xiao Bai recognized that Ye Qiu’s group could not sustain the fusion for long and prepared to exploit that weakness.

Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu’s fused Great White Shark form battled Xiao Bai, who used the Sea God’s authority over the Ring Sea to halt their advance and drain their Soul Power. As Xiao Bai focused on the fight, Zhu Zhuqing, Hu Liena, and the others emerged from the shark’s back and launched their attack across the sea.

• Xiao Bai controlled the Ring Sea and unleashed her Devil Shark Domain to suppress Ye Qiu’s advance.
• Xiao Bai and Ye Qiu collided, while Xiao Wu used her Soft Skill to disperse the seawater’s crushing pressure.
• The two Great White Shark Kings fought fiercely as Xiao Bai’s Sea Spirit Beasts blocked the route behind her.
• Xiao Bai taunted Ye Qiu as his group’s Soul Power waned, unaware that Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and the others were waiting inside his fused form.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena emerged with the others, and a multicolored pillar of light pierced through the Ring Sea.

Ye Qiu and the others fought past Xiao Bai and the Sea Spirit Beasts to cross the Ring Sea. They reached the opposite shore and successfully passed the trial.

• Zhu Zhuqing, Hu Liena, and the others used the Ice Flame Nine-Life Sky Cat fusion skill to break through the Sea Spirit Beasts' defenses.
• Xiao Bai blasted Ye Qiu's Great White Shark King form away and tried to stop the Ice Flame Nine-Life Sky Cat, which split into eight clones and a main body.
• Ye Qiu drew on Shui Yue'er and Dugu Yan's Soul Power to recover, then rammed Xiao Bai from beneath the sea and transformed his fins into wings.
• The eight cat clones attacked Xiao Bai, preventing her from stopping Ye Qiu as he flew toward the opposite shore.
• Ye Qiu and Ning Rongrong landed on the far beach, where Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Bing'er, and the others had also arrived, completing the trial.

After Ye Qiu and his companions passed their second Sea God trials, he gained two Soul Power levels and reached Level 79. Bo Saixi appeared to guide them to their next trials, which involved Tidal Body Tempering.

• Zhu Zhuqing and the others ended their martial soul fusion, causing the barrier in the Ring Sea to vanish, and Xiao Bai warned Ye Qiu not to cross her again.
• Ning Rongrong passed her Second Trial, while Ye Qiu rose two levels to Level 79; the others also received their trial rewards.
• Shui Yue'er celebrated reaching Soul Emperor, and Xiao Wu reached Level 70 with her spirit rings strengthened.
• The group learned that their Third Trials involved Tidal Body Tempering, and Bo Saixi arrived to lead them onward.
• Ye Qiu told Xiao Wu to use a God-given Spirit Ring for her seventh ring after tempering, saying she could obtain a Hundred Thousand Year ring.

Bo Saixi led Ye Qiu and the others to a vast, funnel-shaped strait where enormous waves crashed against iron-hard cliffs, revealing the site of their Third Trial, Raging Waves Despair. The group realized the trial would test their bodies against the waves, and Bo Saixi began preparing to explain or demonstrate what awaited them.

• Xiao Wu and the others hurried after Ye Qiu, while Shui Bing'er guessed the Third Trial might help Xiao Wu obtain a Ten Thousand Year seventh spirit ring.
• Bo Saixi led the group across Sea God Island for more than two hours until they reached a rocky mountaintop overlooking a vast strait.
• Ye Qiu and the others saw hundred-meter waves surge through the strait and crash against black cliffs, leaving the group stunned by the sea's power.
• Bo Saixi named the site of their Third Trial Raging Waves Despair and confirmed Huo Wu's fearful guess that they would have to endure the waves' force.
• Bo Saixi revealed her eight black and one red Spirit Rings as she began to act, while the others watched in awe.

Bo Saixi demonstrated her Sea God Martial Soul by calming the raging strait and raising nine Deep Sea Silver pillars for the group’s trials. Ye Qiu and Ning Rongrong agreed to share her twelve-hour daily trial, and the group was bound to their pillars as the ordeal began.

• Bo Saixi used her blue radiance to suppress the towering waves in the strait and reveal nine Deep Sea Silver pillars.
• Bo Saixi explained the daily endurance requirements and told Ye Qiu and Ning Rongrong they had to share twelve hours of trial time.
• Ning Rongrong offered to endure seven hours each day while Ye Qiu took five, and Ye Qiu instructed the others to adapt gradually without forcing themselves.
• Bo Saixi sent the group onto their assigned pillars, where gray rings bound their limbs and bodies.
• Ye Qiu realized he stood at the front of the formation and would bear the greatest impact.

Ye Qiu and the others began the Sea God’s Third Trial, enduring the relentless waves at the Deep Sea Silver Pillars. They discovered that augmentation and support spirit skills failed in the trial, and after their first exhausting session, they were tied back up to face the waves again.

• Bo Saixi released her restraint on the sea, and towering waves began crashing into Ye Qiu and the others at the Deep Sea Silver Pillars.
• After hundreds of impacts, most of the group grew numb and exhausted, while Ye Qiu remained relatively unscathed thanks to his formidable physical strength.
• Ye Qiu used his Blue Silver Domain and Symbiotic Domain to help the others, but Ning Rongrong found she could not summon her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and the other girls’ augmentation skills also failed.
• Bo Saixi rescued the group when they could no longer endure, ending their first attempt after Ye Qiu had lasted a little over six hours.
• Before their pain had fully subsided, Ye Qiu and the others were tied to the Deep Sea Silver Pillars again to face the waves.

After five months of enduring the Deep Sea Silver Pillar’s waves, Ye Qiu and the others had grown stronger, and Ye Qiu completed his third Asura Trial by reaching level 80. He received a ten-thousand-year upgrade to his second spirit ring and was given a new trial requiring a hundred-thousand-year eighth spirit ring and spirit bone.

• Ye Qiu and the girls continued tempering themselves against the waves, while Shui Yue'er reached level 64 and Xiao Wu reached level 75 with her new seventh spirit skill.
• The girls joked and played on the beach as Dugu Yan served their meal, and Hu Liena called Ye Qiu down to eat.
• Ye Qiu completed the Asura Nine Trials Third Trial, gaining ten percent Asura affinity, one Soul Power level, and a ten-thousand-year increase to his second spirit ring.
• Ye Qiu rose from the Deep Sea Silver Pillar, displayed his seven spirit rings and Five Great Domains, and suppressed the waves around him.
• Ye Qiu's second spirit ring turned black, changing his configuration to black, black, purple, black, black, red, red, and he received the Fourth Trial to obtain a hundred-thousand-year eighth spirit ring and spirit bone within a year.

After reaching level eighty and completing the Third Trial of the Asura Nine Trials, Ye Qiu learned that his Fourth Trial required a Hundred Thousand Year Eighth Soul Ring and Soul Bone. He told his companions he needed to leave Sea God Island, but promised to stay eight more days with them first.

• Ye Qiu completed the Third Trial, and his Second Soul Ring turned black as he reached level eighty.
• Ye Qiu spotted Xiao Bai and her pod near Raging Waves Despair, but Xiao Bai sensed him and led the sharks away.
• Bo Saixi admired Ye Qiu's power, unaware that he had also been developing his control over time.
• Zhu Zhuqing and the others realized Ye Qiu would leave Sea God Island because of his breakthrough.
• Ye Qiu explained that his Fourth Trial required a Hundred Thousand Year Eighth Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Ye Qiu promised to stay eight more days and spend time with his wives before leaving.

After spending eight more days on Sea God Island with the women, Ye Qiu decided to leave for the mainland. He departed with their letters and entrusted Ning Rongrong and the others to Bo Saixi’s care.

• Ye Qiu announced that he would spend nights with the women in the order he chose, and they teased one another about getting their share of his affection.
• For eight days, Ye Qiu returned to Sea Horse City each night with a different woman, while Bo Saixi disapproved but did not interfere.
• Ye Qiu went to Bo Saixi and said he planned to leave Sea God Island for the mainland that day.
• Bo Saixi told Ye Qiu that Lord Sea God had arranged transportation and promised to look after Ning Rongrong and the others.
• Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and the others gave Ye Qiu letters to deliver, and Ning Rongrong urged him to take care of himself and avoid getting involved with more women.

Ye Qiu said farewell to the women on Sea God Island and set off to obtain his eighth and ninth soul rings. After he left, Zhu Zhuqing discovered a mysterious tadpole-shaped mark in her palm, which Xiao Wu recognized as Ye Qiu’s martial soul.

• Ye Qiu reassured the women that he was returning for soul rings, accepted the package Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er had prepared, and secretly left a mark in Hu Liena's and Zhu Zhuqing's palms.
• The women said goodbye to Ye Qiu, and he promised to return within two years before leaving Sea God Island.
• Zhu Zhuqing comforted Xiao Wu and reminded her that their group could handle the coming trials while Ye Qiu was away.
• Xiao Wu spotted a tadpole-shaped mark in Zhu Zhuqing's palm and said it resembled Ye Qiu's martial soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing and the other women examined their hands and bodies for similar marks.

Ye Qiu used a new spatial-marking skill to leave Sea God Island and found Xiao Bai waiting to transport him to the continent. Xiao Bai resented his past treatment of her, but Ye Qiu assured her he would not force her again before boarding her.

• Hu Liena discovered a black mark on her palm, and Ning Rongrong sensed Ye Qiu's spiritual power within the marks.
• Ye Qiu rode an airflow across Sea God Island, crossed the inner sea without being stopped, and reached the shore where he had landed.
• Ye Qiu spotted Xiao Bai beneath the water and called the Great White Shark King of the Devil Soul to the surface.
• Xiao Bai angrily told Ye Qiu to board her and warned him not to repeat his past behavior.
• Ye Qiu promised not to act against Xiao Bai's wishes, and she lay on the sea so he could climb aboard.

Ye Qiu rode Xiao Bai toward the mainland, teasing her after she refused to merge with him, and the two bickered as they crossed the sea. He asked her to change course for Purple Pearl Island, leaving their destination uncertain.

• Ye Qiu began merging with Xiao Bai, but she panicked and insisted that he stop, so he withdrew and sat on her forehead.
• Ye Qiu teased Xiao Bai about her flushed skin, and she suddenly sped across the sea with him riding on her head.
• Xiao Bai plunged underwater to silence Ye Qiu, but he adapted by growing gills and continued talking to her.
• After surfacing more than ten nautical miles from Sea God Island, Xiao Bai asked why Ye Qiu wanted to visit Purple Pearl Island, and he claimed he wanted to leave a keepsake there.

Ye Qiu teased Xiao Bai about wanting him to take responsibility while she carried him toward Purple Pearl Island. He then questioned why she and her clan had repeatedly gone to Raging Waves Despair, and Xiao Bai struggled to explain herself.

• Xiao Bai cursed Ye Qiu for implying that he wanted to visit Purple Pearl Island to pursue its pirate leader, and Ye Qiu teased her about being attracted to him.
• Xiao Bai abruptly changed course and sped toward Purple Pearl Island, while Ye Qiu swallowed seawater before expelling it from his body.
• Ye Qiu wondered whether Xiao Bai had grown interested in him, while Xiao Bai privately recalled that she had seen his memories and wanted to know how he was doing.
• Ye Qiu asked Xiao Bai why she had taken her clan outside the strait in Raging Waves Despair, and she claimed they had gone there to forage and relax.
• Ye Qiu pointed out that Xiao Bai's explanations contradicted each other, and Xiao Bai snapped that she could take her clan wherever she wanted.
• Ye Qiu stopped questioning Xiao Bai and quietly stroked her as she continued swimming toward Purple Pearl Island.

Ye Qiu reached Purple Pearl Island and entered Purple Pearl’s home while she was bathing, intending to plant a spatial coordinate. He left Purple Pearl shocked and unable to move under his pressure as he told her he meant no harm.

• Xiao Bai carried Ye Qiu to Purple Pearl Island, then launched him into the air and swam away to hunt Sea Spirit Beasts.
• Ye Qiu concealed himself and searched the island for Purple Pearl, whom he found bathing in a guarded wooden house.
• Ye Qiu teleported into the bathing room and revealed his overwhelming soul ring configuration to Purple Pearl.
• Purple Pearl tried to cover herself, but Ye Qiu’s pressure kept her from moving as he told her he meant no harm.

Ye Qiu restrained Zi Zhenzhu in her bath and planted a Black Tadpole Mark on her before leaving. Zi Zhenzhu was furious but realized she could not challenge his overwhelming power.

• Ye Qiu sealed the room with his five innate domains and brazenly told Zi Zhenzhu he was looking at her because he found her beautiful.
• Ye Qiu assured Zi Zhenzhu he would not force her, then reached out and placed a Black Tadpole Mark on the left side of her chest.
• Ye Qiu withdrew his hand, thanked Zi Zhenzhu for cooperating, and vanished from the room.
• Zi Zhenzhu regained her movement, smashed the bathwater in anger, and briefly ordered the pirates to surround the island before reconsidering.
• Zi Zhenzhu scrubbed at the Black Tadpole Mark and recognized that Ye Qiu's strength left her unable to take revenge.

Ye Qiu left Purple Pearl Island with Xiao Bai, who tried to determine whether he had fooled around there and resisted merging with him again. They continued toward Vast Sea City, while Ye Qiu began marking islands as spatial travel points.

• Ye Qiu reached the shore and called for Xiao Bai, but she transformed into human form before he could land on her back.
• Xiao Bai claimed she was checking on behalf of Xiao Wu and the others to see whether Ye Qiu had messed around on Purple Pearl Island.
• Ye Qiu teased Xiao Bai and offered to merge with her so she could inspect his memories, but she refused and returned to the sea.
• Xiao Bai carried Ye Qiu toward Vast Sea City as he joked that she was like a horse, making her angrily dive underwater.
• As they traveled, Ye Qiu asked Xiao Bai to stop at islands so he could plant spatial coordinates and connect Sea God Island with the mainland.

Ye Qiu reached the waters near Vast Sea City aboard Xiao Bai and prepared to part ways, while teasing her about her feelings and warning that the Sea God Nine Trials would involve her clan. Before leaving, he connected their minds and memories, then took control of her body and sank with her beneath the sea.

• After three days and three nights, Ye Qiu arrived with Xiao Bai less than ten nautical miles from Vast Sea City.
• Xiao Bai agreed to look after Xiao Wu and the others, and Ye Qiu warned her that the later Sea God Nine Trials would involve her clan.
• Ye Qiu kissed Xiao Bai's forehead and proposed that they exchange answers about his visit to Purple Pearl Island and her visits to Raging Waves Despair.
• Ye Qiu possessed Xiao Bai and linked their memories, learning why she had watched him while Xiao Bai saw what he had done on Purple Pearl Island.
• Ye Qiu announced he would leave Xiao Bai with an unforgettable memory, took control of her body, and sank her beneath the sea.