Chapter Summaries

Li Chang'an crossed the Ring Sea with Dugu Yan and Xue Ke and rapidly cleared Sea God's Light, reaching the forbidden ground while the two women continued climbing. Bo Saixi explained the trial's benefits and bestowed a God-given Soul Ring on Li Chang'an, whose baptism began as golden mist enveloped him.

• Li Chang'an carried Dugu Yan and Xue Ke across the Ring Sea and led them onto the Sea God Mountain stairs.
• Li Chang'an climbed to the three hundred and thirty-third step and cleared the first test, while Dugu Yan and Xue Ke paused lower down before resuming their climb.
• Bo Saixi explained that Sea God's Light helped trial-takers strengthen themselves and that most should delay completing the test to gain its benefits.
• Bo Saixi gave Li Chang'an a God-given Soul Ring, and the golden pearl shattered above him, covering him in golden mist.

Li Chang'an absorbed two God-given Soul Rings, reaching level 90 and gaining a 300,000-year ring for his Azure Phosphorus Sword and a 400,000-year ring for his second Martial Soul. Afterward, he considered using Whale Rubber to help Dugu Yan and Xue Ke improve their physiques and climb higher on the Sea God steps.

• Li Chang'an absorbed a God-given Soul Ring and obtained a 300,000-year Eighth Soul Ring, reaching Soul Power level 90.
• Bo Saixi explained that Li Chang'an had earned another God-given Soul Ring, and he chose to absorb it with his Snow Woman Soul while saving his Azure Phosphorus Sword's Ninth Soul Ring for the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Li Chang'an absorbed the second God-given Soul Ring and gained a 400,000-year ring as Bo Saixi watched in astonishment at his Twin Martial Souls and powerful rings.
• Li Chang'an saw that Dugu Yan had reached the fortieth step and Xue Ke the thirty-fifth, and decided to seek ways to strengthen their physiques.
• Li Chang'an considered Whale Rubber, a sea creature substance that could strengthen Soul Masters and help them endure older Soul Rings.

Li Chang'an remembered Whale Rubber and planned to gather it during the coming hunt for the Evil Spirit Orcas, hoping it would help Dugu Yan and Xue Ke advance through the God Exam. After the women stopped climbing for the day, he took them back to Seahorse City to bathe and eat.

• Li Chang'an recalled Whale Rubber’s benefits and decided to collect it when the God Exam required him to hunt the Evil Spirit Orcas.
• Li Chang'an read that his second Sea God trial required him to cross the Ring Sea without killing a Sea Soul Beast or using Soul Ring skills, but chose to wait until the next day.
• Li Chang'an stopped Dugu Yan and Xue Ke when their stair training risked harming them and reassured them that he would not leave them behind.
• Li Chang'an carried Dugu Yan and Xue Ke back to the City Lord's Mansion in Seahorse City as dusk fell.
• A female Purple Robe Soul Master offered the three dinner, and Li Chang'an said they wanted to bathe first.

Li Chang'an began the Second Test, which required him to cross the Ring Sea without killing any Sea Soul Beasts or using Soul Ring skills. After learning that his Sea God Affinity depended on how he performed in the trials, he focused on the challenge but was heavily suppressed underwater and surrounded by Arrow Fish.

• Li Chang'an activated the Second Test, and a golden barrier sealed the Ring Sea as the rules forbade Soul Ring skills and killing Sea Soul Beasts.
• Li Chang'an considered the Sea God Affinity reward from his First Test and realized that passing too easily might leave him unable to reach the compatibility needed to inherit the Sea God's position.
• Li Chang'an prepared himself and charged into the Ring Sea, where the waves engulfed him and the water sharply restricted his movement, Soul Power use, and perception.
• Li Chang'an found that the strange water prevented him from controlling it with his Nine Infants Bloodline, then more than a hundred Arrow Fish surrounded him and blocked his way forward and back.

Li Chang'an used water control to repel the Arrow Fish without harming them, then continued across the Ring Sea. A powerful Sea Soul Beast struck him out of the water, leaving him to guess that it might be the hundred-thousand-year Demon Spirit Great White Shark Xiao Bai.

• Li Chang'an used shockwaves in the seawater to scatter the charging Arrow Fish and knock many of them unconscious without killing them.
• Li Chang'an continued deeper into the Ring Sea, cautiously advancing toward the opposite shore.
• The Arrow Fish fled with their unconscious companions when a strange energy fluctuation swept through the sea.
• A massive Sea Soul Beast sent Li Chang'an flying out of the Ring Sea with a powerful undercurrent.
• Li Chang'an recovered from the impact and guessed that the attacker might be the hundred-thousand-year Demon Spirit Great White Shark Xiao Bai.

Li Chang'an repeatedly faced Xiao Bai in the Ring Sea to adapt to its restrictions and develop his water-control ability. After three months, he formed the Vast Sea Domain and prepared to pass the Second Test.

• Li Chang'an entered the Ring Sea again and was blasted out by Xiao Bai, the hundred-thousand-year Demon Spirit Great White Shark King.
• Li Chang'an refused to use his Nine Infants bloodline pressure to bypass the test and instead resolved to adapt to the sea and learn to control its power.
• Over the following months, Li Chang'an repeatedly entered the water and gradually endured longer against Xiao Bai, eventually learning to breathe underwater.
• After three months of training, Li Chang'an awakened and created a three-hundred-meter domain of sea-like energy.
• Li Chang'an named his new skill the Vast Sea Domain, withdrew it, and decided it was time to pass the Second Test.

Li Chang'an used his Vast Sea Domain to overcome Xiao Bai’s Demon Shark Domain and cross the Ring Sea, clearing the Second Test. Xiao Bai emerged from the water in human form as he turned to look at her.

• Li Chang'an launched his latest attempt to cross the Ring Sea, swimming swiftly past its Sea Soul Beasts.
• Xiao Bai activated her Demon Shark Domain, slowing Li Chang'an by taking control of the seawater.
• Li Chang'an countered with his Vast Sea Domain, broke Xiao Bai’s domain, and bound her and the other Soul Beasts with seawater.
• Li Chang'an crossed the Ring Sea and reached the opposite shore, completing the Second Test.
• Xiao Bai transformed into a young woman, and Li Chang'an turned around and admired her appearance.

Xiao Bai introduced herself to Li Chang'an before he passed the Sea God Second Trial and had his sixth Soul Ring upgraded to 100,000 years. He learned the details of the Third Trial, then spent the evening with Dugu Yan and Xue Ke after their daily training.

• Xiao Bai met Li Chang'an in human form, exchanged names with him, and returned to the sea.
• The Sea God Second Trial was declared passed, increasing Li Chang'an's Sea God Affinity by 10% and upgrading his sixth Soul Ring to 100,000 years.
• Li Chang'an gained the Spiritual Soul Skill Illusory Bubble and learned that his next trial was Tidal Body Refining.
• Li Chang'an found Dugu Yan and Xue Ke had reached the Ninety-first Step and Eighty-seventh Step, then caught them when they were thrown from the steps.
• Li Chang'an brought Dugu Yan and Xue Ke back to Seahorse City, where they bathed and shared dinner with him.

Li Chang'an followed Bo Saixi to Raging Wave Despair, where she demonstrated her Sea God-granted power and revealed the conditions of his Third Test. The trial had no time limit or fixed passing standard, and Li Chang'an learned that it differed from Tang San’s assessment.

• Li Chang'an activated his Third Test and followed Bo Saixi across Sea God Island to a valley called Raging Wave Despair.
• Bo Saixi explained that the valley’s massive waves had carved its rock into a material as dense as silver.
• Bo Saixi released her Sea God power to calm the raging waves and raised a pillar topped with five gray rings from the sea.
• Bo Saixi told Li Chang'an she would stay with him during the trial and explained that it had no time limit or specific completion standard.
• Li Chang'an was surprised that his assessment differed from Tang San’s and considered that God Exams varied by individual.

Li Chang'an began the Sea God's Third Test, enduring relentless waves against the Sunken Silver Pillar and discovering that the repeated impacts gradually strengthened his body. He stopped after about twelve hours to preserve time for recovery, with Bo Saixi watching as he continued the trial.

• Bo Saixi bound Li Chang'an to the Sunken Silver Pillar with Sinking Silver Rings as the waves rose toward him.
• Li Chang'an endured wave after wave and realized that their unceasing impacts, rather than any single blow, caused his body to grow numb and then painful.
• Li Chang'an sensed that the waves were forging his body stronger as he endured the impacts and settled into the test.
• Bo Saixi watched Li Chang'an close his eyes, recognizing that he had understood the trial's purpose while staying within the Sea God's rules.
• Li Chang'an persisted for about twelve hours before freeing himself, then focused on sensing his body's changes and recovering instead of overtraining.

After a year of training on Sea God Island, Dugu Yan and Xue Ke completed their First Test and received God-given Soul Rings. Dugu Yan's reward raised her Seventh Soul Ring to 100,000 years, while Xue Ke was still absorbing hers.

• Li Chang'an's body grew stronger from a year of enduring the waves, and he learned to disperse force naturally.
• Dugu Yan and Xue Ke completed their First Test after reaching the 108th step, and each received a Soul Ring Age Increase reward.
• Bo Saixi gave Dugu Yan and Xue Ke God-given Soul Rings; Dugu Yan finished absorbing hers while Xue Ke continued.
• Dugu Yan's God-given Seventh Soul Ring reached 70,000 years, and her First Test reward increased it to 100,000 years.
• Dugu Yan celebrated by embracing and kissing Li Chang'an, while Bo Saixi felt awkward and thought of Tang Chen.

Li Chang'an, Dugu Yan, and Xue Ke rested after Xue Ke raised her Fifth Soul Ring to seventy thousand years, then Dugu Yan and Xue Ke began their Second Test. Li Chang'an returned to Tidal Body Refining and discovered how the waves were changing his body and helping him disperse force.

• Dugu Yan blushed after kissing Li Chang'an in front of Bo Saixi, who left them alone.
• Xue Ke completed her Fifth Soul Ring and used the First Test reward to raise its age from forty thousand to seventy thousand years.
• Li Chang'an took Dugu Yan and Xue Ke on a few days of rest and sightseeing around Sea God Island.
• Dugu Yan and Xue Ke activated their Second Test, which required them to cross the Ring Sea without harming any fish or beasts.
• Li Chang'an returned to the Sunken Silver Pillar and endured the waves, sensing his body begin to merge with their force and disperse its impact.

Li Chang'an merged his spirit with the ocean during the Raging Wave Despair trial and comprehended the Truth of Water. He completed the third test beyond its requirements, gained more Sea God affinity, and transformed his fifth Soul Ring into a 100,000 Year Soul Ring.

• Li Chang'an entered a strange state under the waves and expanded his perception across the ocean.
• Bo Saixi awoke to find Li Chang'an radiating an immense oceanic aura as the raging waves suddenly fell still.
• Li Chang'an observed water’s forms and the history of life evolving in the sea before returning to his body.
• The Sea God announced that Li Chang'an had completed the third test beyond requirement and increased his Sea God affinity to thirty-five percent.
• The Sea God's power raised Li Chang'an's fifth Soul Ring from black to red, making it a 100,000 Year Soul Ring.
• The Sea God marveled at Li Chang'an's talent and welcomed how suitable he seemed to inherit the Sea God Position.

After comprehending the Truth of Water during his Sea God trial, Li Chang'an discovered that his Fourth Trial required him to help the Demon Soul Great White Sharks destroy the Evil Spirit Orca Pod. He located Xiao Bai far from Sea God Island and contacted her through seawater, appearing as a figure made of water.

• Li Chang'an’s five Sinking Silver Rings released him, and he gained a powerful new ability to control and sense water.
• Bo Saixi asked about his strange state, and Li Chang'an told her he had felt as though he had become one with the sea.
• Li Chang'an checked his Fourth Trial and learned that he had to cooperate with the Demon Soul Great White Sharks to eliminate the Evil Spirit Orca Pod.
• After resting and watching Dugu Yan and Xue Ke train, Li Chang'an decided to find Xiao Bai and asked Seahorse Douluo where she might be.
• Li Chang'an used seawater to sense across the ocean, found Xiao Bai leading a hunting group over a thousand li away, and projected a water-made image of himself to speak with her.

Li Chang'an summoned Xiao Bai to discuss his Fourth Trial: confronting the Evil Spirit Orcas. Despite Xiao Bai's warnings about their strength and the dangers of fighting at sea, he insisted he could defeat them alone, leaving her furious at his arrogance.

• Li Chang'an contacted Xiao Bai and asked her to meet him at the coast.
• Xiao Bai arrived with dozens of Demon Soul Great White Sharks and confirmed that Li Chang'an had come to complete his Fourth Trial.
• Xiao Bai warned Li Chang'an that the Evil Spirit Orcas were a large, bloodthirsty clan and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks' longtime enemies.
• Xiao Bai explained that her clan had repeatedly lost their Holy Wars against the Evil Spirit Orcas and feared they would be wiped out without Sea God Island's protection.
• Li Chang'an dismissed the danger and said he would defeat the Evil Spirit Orcas alone, angering Xiao Bai.

Li Chang'an led Xiao Bai toward the Evil Spirit Orca Pod, insisting he could defeat it alone while Xiao Bai's clan waited behind. He demonstrated that he could merge with the ocean and conceal them, then they continued toward the pod undetected.

• Xiao Bai summoned two hundred Demon Soul Great White Sharks and asked Li Chang'an to protect the clan's underage sharks if she failed to return.
• Li Chang'an promised to care for Xiao Bai's descendants, then rode on her head as she led the sharks toward the Evil Spirit Orca Pod.
• Li Chang'an ordered Xiao Bai's clansmen to stop fifty li from their destination and said he would face the pod alone with Xiao Bai watching.
• Xiao Bai explained that the Evil Spirit Orcas could detect energy within ten li, so Li Chang'an merged with the seawater to hide from them.
• Li Chang'an concealed Xiao Bai and himself beneath a water-blue Light Screen, and they set out toward the pod unseen.

Li Chang'an used his God-level spiritual power and Illusory Bubble soul skill to incapacitate the Evil Spirit Orca Pod, letting Xiao Bai kill the Evil Orca King and take revenge. Xiao Bai then offered to help him collect Whale Rubber from the orcas.

• Li Chang'an shared his undetectable spiritual detection with Xiao Bai and located the Evil Spirit Orca Pod and its king.
• Li Chang'an trapped the pod, including the Evil Orca King, in an illusion with his Illusory Bubble soul skill.
• Li Chang'an revealed himself and urged Xiao Bai to settle her grudge against the Evil Orca King.
• Xiao Bai struck the helpless Evil Orca King with her strongest attack and killed it.
• Xiao Bai thanked Li Chang'an and volunteered to have her clansmen help collect Whale Rubber.

Li Chang'an collected whale brains and soul bones from the defeated Evil Spirit Orcas, then received the reward for exceeding the Sea God’s fourth trial. His fourth soul ring became one hundred thousand years old, and his Sea God Affinity increased by 10%.

• Xiao Bai’s Demon Soul Great White Sharks killed the Evil Spirit Orcas still trapped in the illusion and carefully retrieved their whale brains.
• Li Chang'an stored nearly three hundred whale brains and collected the Evil Orca King’s hundred-thousand-year soul bone, along with eleven other soul bones.
• Li Chang'an reflected on how his accumulated soul bones, including spoils from the City of Slaughter, now numbered more than sixty.
• The Sea God announced that Li Chang'an had exceeded the fourth trial and awarded him a hundred-thousand-year fourth soul ring and a 10% increase in Sea God Affinity.
• The Golden Trident’s light transformed Li Chang'an’s fourth soul ring into a blood-red hundred-thousand-year ring.

Li Chang'an raised his fourth soul ring to 100,000 years, learned the conditions of his fifth Sea God test, and returned to Sea God Island with whale brain for Dugu Yan and Xue Ke. After the women consumed it, they developed a heated, disoriented reaction and Li Chang'an told them to meditate and absorb its effects.

• Li Chang'an discovered that his strengthened Fourth Soul Skill, Sword Shadow, raised his movement speed by 200% and gave both Weapon Soul clones 200% of their power.
• Li Chang'an learned that his fifth test required him to defeat the Seven Saint Pillar Guardians within 12 double-hours without using his sixth, seventh, or eighth soul skills, and he decided to rest before attempting it.
• Xiao Bai returned Li Chang'an to Sea God Island, then swam back to the Evil Orca King's corpse to eat it.
• Li Chang'an met Dugu Yan and Xue Ke at the Ring Sea and gave them Thousand-Year Whale Brain, explaining that it could strengthen their bodies and improve their aptitude.
• Dugu Yan and Xue Ke consumed the whale brain and began to feel overheated and disoriented, so Li Chang'an urged them to meditate and absorb its effects.

Dugu Yan and Xue Ke strengthened their physiques with whale brain while Li Chang'an prepared for his fifth Sea God test. After starting the twelve-hour challenge against the Seven Saint Pillar Guardians, Li Chang'an faced Seahorse Douluo first with his sixth, seventh, and eighth soul skills sealed.

• Dugu Yan and Xue Ke absorbed six pieces of Thousand-Year Whale Brain each, then two pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Brain each, until the nourishment stopped having an effect.
• Li Chang'an withheld the Hundred-Thousand-Year Whale Brain because Dugu Yan and Xue Ke were not strong enough to digest it, and their improved physiques helped them continue challenging the Ring Sea.
• Li Chang'an began preparing for the fifth test, which required him to defeat all seven Saint Pillar Guardians within twelve hours without using his sixth, seventh, or eighth soul skills.
• Li Chang'an chose the Seahorse Saint Pillar as his first challenge and confirmed the assessment rules with Seahorse Douluo.
• Seahorse Douluo activated the twelve-hour timer, and Li Chang'an drew his Jade Sword as his sixth, seventh, and eighth soul rings appeared sealed.