Chapter Summaries

Li Chang'an fought Seahorse Douluo in the God Exam and gained the upper hand with his Vast Sea Domain and newly strengthened abilities. Seahorse Douluo unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, causing the Sea in the Sea to rise and turn black as their battle escalated.

• Seahorse Douluo released his Martial Soul and was briefly startled by Li Chang'an's eight Soul Rings.
• Li Chang'an activated the Vast Sea Domain, suppressing Seahorse Douluo, who countered with his Martial Soul Avatar and Sixth Soul Skill.
• Seahorse Douluo attacked Li Chang'an from the front and back with his Fifth Soul Skill, but Li Chang'an neutralized the force without moving.
• Li Chang'an used his Fourth Soul Skill to move at greatly increased speed, and Seahorse Douluo sensed the danger and prepared his strongest attack.
• Seahorse Douluo activated his Ninth Soul Skill, making the Sea in the Sea boil and sending a hundred-meter surge of blackened seawater upward.

Li Chang'an interrupted Seahorse Douluo's ultimate soul skill with his Shadow Sword and won their battle. After passing the Seahorse Pillar trial and recovering his strength, he chose the Sea Spear Pillar as his next challenge.

• Seahorse Douluo began charging his ninth soul skill, but Li Chang'an struck him with a Sword Shadow Clone that pierced his defenses and disrupted his Soul Power.
• Seahorse Douluo lost control of his gathered energy, suffered a backlash, and admitted defeat to Li Chang'an.
• Seahorse Douluo marked the Seahorse Pillar, and its golden light confirmed that Li Chang'an had passed the trial.
• Seahorse Douluo warned Li Chang'an that the remaining trials would be more difficult and explained the intimidating power of Sea God's Light.
• Li Chang'an meditated to recover his strength, then chose the Sea Spear Pillar as his next challenge because it was closest.

Li Chang'an challenged Spear of the Sea Douluo at the Sea Spear Pillar and tested his elemental skills against the guardian’s Weapon Soul True Body. The fight continued with Spear of the Sea Douluo’s golden spear attacking through Li Chang'an’s defensive shield.

• The guards recognized Li Chang'an’s Trident Mark and escorted him to the Sea Spear Pillar.
• Li Chang'an activated his Vast Sea Domain and fifth soul skill, expanding his Elemental Domain before unleashing powerful wind blades.
• Spear of the Sea Douluo stood and used his seventh soul ring to merge his body with his golden spear.
• Li Chang'an’s wind blades struck the fused spear without harming it, and Spear of the Sea Douluo retaliated with a storm of golden light.
• Li Chang'an used Impregnable Fortress to block the golden attacks and considered learning a technique that fused a swordsman with his weapon.

Li Chang'an used the Vast Sea Domain to prevent Spear of the Sea Douluo from drawing energy from the ocean, forcing him to stake everything on his ninth soul skill. Li Chang'an then lowered his shield and stood still as the attack locked onto him.

• Li Chang'an reflected on neglecting his Sword Soul, since the Ice God and Sea God inheritances offered better paths to divine power.
• Spear of the Sea Douluo swept his Golden Spear across the sea, sending water droplets at Li Chang'an while trying to absorb energy from the ocean.
• Li Chang'an used the Vast Sea Domain to suppress the seawater and prevent Spear of the Sea Douluo from replenishing his strength.
• Unable to draw power from the sea, Spear of the Sea Douluo plunged into the water and launched his ninth soul skill at Li Chang'an.
• Li Chang'an dismissed his shield and stood calmly as Spear of the Sea Douluo's attack locked onto him.

Li Chang'an defeated Spear of the Sea Douluo by using spatial displacement to evade his final attack, then headed straight to the Sea Illusion Pillar. He shattered Sea Illusion Douluo’s domain with his God-level mental power, leaving the guardian stunned as the trial began.

• Li Chang'an used spatial displacement to make Spear of the Sea Douluo’s all-out spear thrust miss, exhausting the guardian’s Soul Power.
• Spear of the Sea Douluo accepted defeat, and Li Chang'an received the notification that he had passed the Sea Spear Pillar test.
• Li Chang'an flew to the Sea Illusion Pillar without resting and entered the blue smoke-clouds surrounding the Sea in the Sea.
• Li Chang'an released his God-level mental power, dispelling the illusion and destroying Sea Illusion Douluo’s domain.
• Sea Illusion Douluo was struck by the overwhelming mental force and realized his illusion could not affect Li Chang'an.

Li Chang'an defeated the Sea Illusion, Sea Devil, and Sea Star guardians with ease, leaving only two stages of his Fifth Test. At the Sea Witch Pillar, he agreed to listen to Sea Witch Douluo play her flute, while she prepared to challenge him rather than surrender.

• Sea Illusion Douluo conceded after realizing his illusions could not overcome Li Chang'an's spiritual power, and Li Chang'an passed the stage.
• Li Chang'an flew to the Sea Devil Pillar and easily defeated Sea Ghost Douluo, then won just as easily against Sea Star Douluo.
• After meditating to recover, Li Chang'an arrived at the Sea Witch Pillar and met Sea Witch Douluo.
• Sea Witch Douluo offered to play a tune in place of fighting, and Li Chang'an made himself a stone chair and agreed to listen.
• Sea Witch Douluo swam away to play her flute and resolved not to surrender without a fight.

Li Chang'an endured Sea Witch Douluo’s Sea Calming Divine Song without harm, forcing her to concede and pass the Sea Witch Pillar test. He then flew toward the Sea Dragon Pillar for the final battle of his Fifth Test.

• Sea Witch Douluo used her Martial Soul Avatar and played her ninth soul skill, Sea Calming Divine Song, against Li Chang'an.
• Li Chang'an remained unaffected by the spiritual attack and calmly enjoyed the flute music as Sea Witch’s strength dwindled.
• Sea Witch stopped playing, returned to her normal size, and admitted that Li Chang'an had won.
• Golden Magic Patterns appeared on Li Chang'an, marking the Sea Witch Pillar test as passed.
• Li Chang'an flew toward the Sea Dragon Pillar to challenge the strongest of the Sea God Seven Douluo.

Li Chang'an reached the Sea Dragon Pillar and began his final Fifth Test against Sea Dragon Douluo, the strongest of the seven saint pillar guardians. Sea Dragon Douluo erased Li Chang'an's Vast Sea Domain and launched a close-range attack, but Li Chang'an dodged it with his increased speed.

• Li Chang'an arrived at the Sea Dragon Pillar, where Sea Dragon Douluo welcomed him and identified himself as the final examiner of the Fifth Test.
• Li Chang'an released the Azure Scale Sword and his eight soul rings, while Sea Dragon Douluo transformed and revealed his nine soul rings.
• Li Chang'an spread his Vast Sea Domain across the surrounding sea, but Sea Dragon Douluo used his Domain Breaking domain to make it vanish.
• Sea Dragon Douluo charged Li Chang'an with a claw strike, and Li Chang'an increased his speed and evaded the attack.

Li Chang'an defeated Sea Dragon Douluo by using the Azure Scale Sword's poison and his spatial ability to evade a locked attack. After rescuing and curing the unconscious guardian, he passed the Sea Dragon Pillar challenge and received his fifth-test reward.

• Li Chang'an used his speed and the Azure Scale Sword to wound Sea Dragon Douluo, whose scales were cut despite his attempts to block the blade.
• The poison on the sword spread through Sea Dragon Douluo's body, slowing his Soul Power and leaving him unable to purge the toxin.
• Sea Dragon Douluo launched a powerful locked attack, but Li Chang'an hid in a spatial interlayer and let the attack pass through him.
• Li Chang'an used his water-controlling ability to lift Sea Dragon Douluo from the sea, then had the Azure Scale Sword's snake absorb the poison.
• The Sea Dragon Pillar declared Li Chang'an's challenge passed, and the fifth-test reward upgraded his third Soul Ring to 100,000 years and increased his Sea God affinity by 10%.

Li Chang'an received the reward for his Fifth Test, which raised his Sea God Affinity to 55% and his third Soul Ring to a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. After Dugu Yan and Xue Ke passed their Second Test, Li Chang'an learned their Third Test and decided to face Bo Saixi in his Sixth Test while they rested.

• The Sea God reward transformed Li Chang'an's third Soul Ring into a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and raised his Sea God Affinity to 55%.
• Li Chang'an learned that his Sixth Test required him to defeat Bo Saixi without using the Second Soul, the Ice God's Divine Artifact, or the Ice God's power.
• Dugu Yan and Xue Ke completed their Second Test, gaining three and five Soul Power levels respectively.
• Li Chang'an asked Dugu Yan and Xue Ke about their Third Test and learned they had to endure the sea tide on the Sunken Silver Pillar for six hours each day for half a year.
• Li Chang'an suggested that the women rest, then decided to attempt his Sixth Test while Bo Saixi was available.

Li Chang'an faced Bo Saixi in his Sixth Test, a battle in which she drew Sea God Power from Sea God Hall while he fought without his Ice God abilities. They launched their strongest attacks at the same time, and the chapter ended as their strikes collided.

• Li Chang'an arrived at the foot of Sea God Mountain, where Bo Saixi warned that failure would end his chance at the God Position.
• Bo Saixi began the assessment and used Sea God Hall's power to raise her strength to the divine realm.
• Li Chang'an summoned his Azure Scale Sword and activated his seventh soul ring, amplifying his power as he rose to face Bo Saixi.
• Li Chang'an and Bo Saixi gathered their strength and attacked with a sword strike and a Sea God trident strike.
• Their attacks collided in a burst of light and force.

Li Chang'an defeated Bo Saixi in their all-out clash, earned the reward for passing the Sea God Sixth Test, and learned that the Seventh Test required him to pull out Sea God's Trident. He entered Sea God Hall and saw the artifact standing on the central platform.

• Li Chang'an narrowly defeated Bo Saixi, who admitted her loss after their clash devastated the waters around Sea God Island.
• The Sixth Test rewarded Li Chang'an by raising his second Soul Ring to one hundred thousand years and increasing his Sea God affinity by 15%.
• Li Chang'an discovered that his Sea God affinity had reached 70% and learned that the Seventh Test required him to pull out Sea God's Trident.
• The next day, Li Chang'an climbed to Sea God Hall alone and followed Sea Dragon Douluo inside.
• Li Chang'an saw the black, staff-like Sea God's Trident standing on the central platform.

Bo Saixi explained the Sea God’s path to godhood and told Li Chang'an that pulling out the Sea God Trident was his Seventh Test. Li Chang'an gripped the trident and began drawing out its power, but its recognition was still unfolding.

• Bo Saixi accepted her defeat by Li Chang'an and told him the story of how the Sea God unified the ocean.
• Bo Saixi explained that gods could be made through faith or by inheriting a divine seat, and that Li Chang'an was chosen to inherit the Sea God Position.
• Bo Saixi revealed that Li Chang'an’s Seventh Test was to pull the Sea God Trident from the Sea God Platform and earn its recognition.
• Li Chang'an gripped the trident and used his Seventh Soul Ring’s tenfold boost to pull, causing golden patterns to spread as blood from his palms seeped into the weapon.

Li Chang'an used his Sea God Affinity and Sea God's Light to pull the Sea God Trident from the Sea God Platform, while the artifact drained his blood and power. The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud transformed to fit the Trident's hollow, and the awakening artifact shook the hall and Sea God Mountain.

• Li Chang'an failed to pull out the Sea God Trident with strength alone, then used the Trident Mark's Sea God's Light to loosen it.
• As Li Chang'an raised the Trident, its patterns awakened and absorbed his blood while its enormous head emerged from the ground.
• Li Chang'an directed Sea God's Light into the Trident's diamond-shaped hollow, causing the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to emerge from his forehead.
• The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud transformed into a blue diamond and fitted into the hollow, draining Li Chang'an's Soul Power, spiritual power, Sea God's Light, and blood.
• Golden Magic Patterns illuminated the hall as the Sea God Trident broke free further, shaking the Sea God Hall and the entire Sea God Mountain.

Li Chang'an passed the Sea God’s seventh test, drew the Sea God Trident, and received the ocean’s faith as the Sea God’s phantom took his likeness. His Sea God affinity reached 100%, and his first Soul Ring became 100,000 years old.

• The Sea God’s phantom appeared above Sea God Island as island residents and sea creatures bowed, and the ocean’s faith made the figure resemble Li Chang'an.
• Li Chang'an examined the fully restored Sea God Trident and recognized it as a true Super Artifact tied to the Sea God Position.
• Li Chang'an passed the seventh test, gaining the Trident’s recognition and usage rights, a 30% affinity increase that brought his total to 100%, and a lifespan increase for his first Soul Ring.
• The Sea God’s phantom entered Li Chang'an, and his first Soul Ring transformed from yellow into a red 100,000-year Soul Ring.

After passing the Sea God Seventh Test, Li Chang'an learned the requirements of the eighth test and planned to delay inheriting the Sea God Position until his Snow Woman Soul was ready for the Ice God inheritance. He left Sea God Hall with the Sea God Trident and the Seven Saint Pillars Guardians’ reverence, intending to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King before returning to the mainland.

• Li Chang'an learned that the eighth test required him to reach Level 99, gather all Soul Bones, and slay the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and he planned to postpone godhood until he could pursue both the Sea God and Ice God positions.
• Li Chang'an decided to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King for his ninth Soul Ring, expecting the accumulated soul power to help him reach Level 99.
• Bo Saixi congratulated Li Chang'an on passing the seventh test and explained the Sea God Trident's weight and how to wield it.
• Bo Saixi told Li Chang'an that he and his companions could leave Sea God Island and return whenever they wished, and he saluted her before leaving Sea God Hall.
• The Sea God Seven Saint Pillars Guardian Douluo knelt before Li Chang'an and the Trident, and Sea Dragon Douluo explained that they honored him as the Sea God's inheritor.

Li Chang'an comforted Dugu Yan and Xue Ke before setting out to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, relying on his strengthened body and the Sea God Trident. He reached the whale king’s territory and challenged it, while the sea began to darken and calm in response.

• Li Chang'an showed Dugu Yan and Xue Ke the Sea God Trident and reassured them that he would not inherit the Sea God Position soon.
• Li Chang'an spent several days with the two women before Bo Saixi urged them to begin their Third Test, Tidal Body Refining.
• Li Chang'an set out with the Sea God Trident, intending to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and absorb its nearly million-year-old Soul Ring.
• Li Chang'an rode the waves to the Demon Whale Sea Area, where he summoned the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with a powerful howl.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King answered as the sea darkened and grew calm within its territory.

Li Chang'an confronted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and used the Sea God Trident to break the beast’s ocean-powered attack. The Whale King recognized him as the Sea God’s chosen inheritor and vowed to devour him.

• Li Chang'an flew hundreds of meters above the sea as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King surfaced and attacked him with a spray of water.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King summoned a domain that darkened the sky and sea, then fired a massive pillar of blue light at Li Chang'an.
• Li Chang'an used the Sea God Trident to disperse the attack, aided by the Sea God’s power over the ocean.
• Li Chang'an realized the Whale King’s control over the sea was weakened against the Sea God’s inheritor and avoided using his Ice God powers during the test.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King recognized Li Chang'an as the Sea God’s chosen one and declared that he would devour him to break through his final barrier.

Li Chang'an fought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and revealed that his opponent's dream of becoming a god was doomed. After activating his Martial Soul Avatar and using the Sea God's authority to suppress the sea, Li Chang'an prepared a decisive strike with the Sea God Trident.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked Li Chang'an with a powerful tail strike, and Li Chang'an countered with the Sea God Trident to neutralize it.
• Li Chang'an judged the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King a pathetic pawn of the Sea God and coveted his Soul Ring, Soul Bone, and Whale Brain.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King accused Li Chang'an of lacking skill with the trident and raged at the mention of the Sea God.
• Li Chang'an revealed his eight Soul Rings, including a Million Year Golden Soul Ring, shocking the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Li Chang'an activated his Seventh Soul Ring's Martial Soul Avatar, used the Sea God's Sea Calming authority to still the sea, and gathered its power into the trident for a strike.

Li Chang'an and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King unleashed their ultimate attacks against each other, with Li Chang'an wielding the Sea God Trident and the whale king compressing his power into a final strike. Their blows collided and warped the space above the Demon Whale Sea Area, leaving the victor undecided.

• Li Chang'an summoned a massive Sea God phantom and gathered power for a strike with the Sea God Trident.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King transformed into human form and compressed his energy into his armor to preserve his strength.
• As Li Chang'an's aura suppressed him, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King detonated his armor and unleashed his million-year foundation to reach God-level power briefly.
• Li Chang'an merged with the Sea God phantom and thrust the trident downward as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King sent his demonic whale phantom and a purple vortex to meet it.
• Their attacks collided, twisting the space and forcing the sea surface down by a hundred meters across the Demon Whale Sea Area.