Chapter Summaries

Su Wen completed his first Sea God assessment by establishing Academies and Soul Seals across Sea God Island’s Seven Great Cities. His second test required him to awaken a Body Martial Soul, and Sea Dragon Douluo revealed that Sea God’s Light would help him complete it.

• Sea Dragon Douluo agreed to let Su Wen build Academies on Sea God Island and promised to consult the other Guardian Douluos.
• Sea Dragon Douluo said Xiao Bai would search for Zhan Tian Douluo’s Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark target, and that he would join the hunt once it was found.
• Su Wen completed his First Test by building Academies in the Seven Great Cities and providing Sea Soul Masters with Soul Seals.
• Su Wen received a God-bestowed Soul Ring and learned that his Second Test was to awaken a second martial soul, a Body Martial Soul.
• Sea Dragon Douluo told Su Wen that Sea God’s instructions were to cross Sea God’s Light using only his physical body.

Su Wen visited the Forbidden Ground on Sea God Island to experience the Sea God's Light and discovered how it stimulated the body under pressure. He reached the forty-ninth step and began investigating the light's effects.

• Su Wen traveled with Sea Dragon Douluo to the Forbidden Ground and learned about the Sea God's Light.
• Su Wen found Hai Da and the other Sailors repeatedly charging the stairs and showed them how to cultivate with the pressure on the tenth step using the Body Tempering Method.
• Su Wen began climbing the stairs while Hai Da and the Sailors watched.
• Su Wen steadily climbed to the forty-ninth step, where he sensed the Sea God's Light stirring his flesh and blood into activity.

Su Wen endured the Sea God's Light to study how to awaken his Body Martial Soul, then joined Sea Dragon Douluo and Zhan Tian Douluo to hunt a Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark. He realized his Martial Soul had not yet developed enough to awaken and left the chapter heading out to sea with Xiao Bai.

• Su Wen reached the sixty-fourth step using only his physical strength and spent three days sensing how the Sea God's Light changed his body.
• Su Wen visited Sea Dragon City and asked to join Sea Dragon Douluo and Zhan Tian Douluo on their hunt for the Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark.
• Su Wen used his Visualization Method to recreate the sensations of earlier Martial Soul awakenings and concluded his Body Martial Soul had not yet developed enough to awaken.
• The next day, Sea Dragon Douluo introduced Su Wen and Zhan Tian Douluo to Xiao Bai, who had arranged for her clan to monitor the Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark.
• Xiao Bai carried Su Wen, Zhan Tian Douluo, and Sea Dragon Douluo out to sea to find and kill the shark.

Su Wen asked Xiao Bai about routes to the Sun Moon Continent and three forbidden landmasses, then had her stop at inhabited islands so he could establish Academy Branches. After two months at sea, the group reached waters where a Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark was active and prepared to face it.

• Xiao Bai agreed to take Su Wen to the Sun Moon Continent and told him about two small continents and a mysterious Forbidden Island that the Sea God forbade her kind to approach.
• Su Wen asked Xiao Bai to stop at islands inhabited by Soul Masters so he could establish Academy Branches along their route.
• Su Wen, Zhan Tian Douluo, and Sea Dragon Douluo traveled at sea and used the Visualization Method to deepen their understanding of ocean elements.
• Sea Dragon Douluo developed a Sea Dragon Domain from his Demon Breaking Domain while comprehending Oceanic Conception.
• Two months later, Xiao Bai warned that a Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark was active ahead as the group rode alongside two other Devil Great White Sharks.

Xiao Bai explained why the Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark had survived successive tribulations and how its devouring ability shaped its growth. The group discovered evidence of a mass slaughter, while Su Wen noticed the killing intent strengthened his body tempering and wondered whether the Asura God was grooming him as a successor; Xiao Bai then found the shark.

• Xiao Bai explained that the Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark had survived its tribulations by devouring Sea Soul Beasts and strengthening its body and bloodline.
• Su Wen described how the shark should prioritize transforming its bloodline before raising its cultivation, and Zhan Tian Douluo listened to his explanation.
• Xiao Bai sensed a thick smell of blood and realized that the shark had massacred and devoured at least thousands of Sea Soul Beasts.
• Su Wen found that the killing intent absorbed the blood aura and enhanced his Slaughter Qi Body Tempering, while making his qi and blood more condensed.
• Su Wen wondered whether the Asura God was grooming him to inherit the Divine Position, then accepted the killing intent's benefits for now.
• Xiao Bai found the Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark.

Su Wen, Zhan Tian Douluo, and Sea Dragon Douluo fought a powerful Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark whose strength exceeded what its cultivation suggested. The shark revealed it could consume stored energy to temporarily raise its cultivation, warning its opponents as the battle intensified.

• Su Wen recognized that the Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark had spent years building its foundation and might eventually challenge a two-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation.
• Su Wen amplified Zhan Tian Douluo and Sea Dragon Douluo, who entered their Martial Soul Avatar forms and attacked the shark.
• Zhan Tian Douluo clashed with the shark’s devouring black lightning, while Sea Dragon Douluo used his Demon Breaking Domain to suppress the shark’s domain.
• After several rounds of combat, the Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark began seeking an escape as Xiao Bai and two Demon Soul Great White Sharks surrounded it.
• The shark unleashed stored energy, temporarily increasing its cultivation by more than seven thousand years and warning its opponents not to push it further.

The Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark unleashed its hidden power and raised its cultivation to 150,000 years, overwhelming Zhan Tian Douluo and Sea Dragon Douluo. Su Wen healed the two with the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, then opened a Black Hole that swallowed both him and the shark, leaving the battle’s outcome unknown.

• Su Wen sensed that the Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark had stored enough energy to erupt to 150,000 years of cultivation.
• The Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark unleashed its full trump card, worsening its injuries as it increased its power and suppressed Zhan Tian Douluo and Sea Dragon Douluo.
• Zhan Tian Douluo called for Su Wen to join the fight, and Su Wen appeared between the combatants.
• Su Wen used Healing Light and the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone’s Soul Skill to heal Zhan Tian Douluo and Sea Dragon Douluo.
• Su Wen opened a fifty-meter Black Hole, and he and the Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark were pulled inside as the sea settled.

Su Wen tested his understanding of Martial Soul Awakening while facing a juvenile Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark in the Life and Death Arena. He pinned the shark with World in the Book and began examining how it used Devouring Power.

• Su Wen saw the juvenile Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark create water by devouring Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, and realized it had mastered Devouring Power unusually early.
• Su Wen attempted to replicate Martial Soul Awakening and concluded that he needed to strengthen his body and cultivate Bloodline Power before awakening his Body Martial Soul.
• Su Wen compared the shark’s energy-focused Devouring Power with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s instinctive ability to devour Soul Beasts.
• Su Wen used his Visualization World to unfold World in the Book, dropping a Book Page onto the shark and pinning it down.
• Su Wen extended his Spiritual Power to study the changes in the shark’s use of Devouring Power.

Su Wen killed the Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark and studied its devouring ability and Soul Bone as he considered how they could support his cultivation. After returning to Sea God Island, he weighed the time cost of awakening his Body Martial Soul against the reward of his Second Test, Godly Power Body Tempering.

• Su Wen killed the Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark and extracted its hundred-thousand-year Torso Bone, which held a devouring ability.
• Su Wen studied the Bone and classified Soul Rings as attached to Martial Souls and Soul Bones as attached to the physical body, then decided to copy its ability for Bloodline Power cultivation rather than use it as the core of his Soul Bone Armor.
• A month later, Xiao Bai brought Su Wen and Zhan Tian Douluo back to Sea God Island, where Su Wen learned that Zhan Tian Douluo's completed test had earned a five-hundred-year increase to all his Soul Rings.
• Su Wen received the Second Test of his God-level Nine Tests: awaken the Body Martial Soul, with Godly Power Body Tempering as its reward.
• Su Wen questioned whether the reward justified delaying his plans and wondered whether its effect would make awakening his Body Martial Soul worthwhile.

Su Wen awakened his Body Martial Soul on Sea God Island and completed the Sea God's Second Test, though he discovered that his new martial soul had no Soul Ring slots. The Sea God rewarded him with Godly Power Body Tempering, which appeared to be powered by Faith Power transformed through the Seven Sacred Pillars.

• Su Wen decided to awaken his Body Martial Soul because his Soul Power was advancing too slowly.
• Su Wen cultivated on the eighty-first step of the Sea God's Light and began awakening his Body Martial Soul as Hai Da and the others watched.
• Su Wen confirmed that his body had become a martial soul and discovered that it had no Soul Ring slots.
• Su Wen completed the God-level Nine Tests' Second Test and received the reward of Godly Power Body Tempering.
• The Seven Sacred Pillars transformed a great amount of Faith Power as the Sea God granted Su Wen godly power across two worlds.

Su Wen studied how the Sea God transformed Faith Power into divine power while enduring three days of godly power body tempering. He preserved his awareness long enough to analyze the divine power and its effects, and the Sea God finished the demanding process.

• Su Wen sensed the Seven Sacred Pillars resonating and studied how their Faith Power became divine power.
• Su Wen deduced that divine power traced energy back to a common source and bore a conception unique to the Sea God.
• As the divine power caused intense pain, Su Wen used his Visualization World and Illusion Spirit Eye to keep thinking clearly.
• Su Wen unfolded the Heavenly Book and used Golden Flowing Light to analyze the divine power and how it tempered his body.
• After three days, the Seven Sacred Pillars' light faded and Su Wen's body tempering ended.
• In Sea God Hall, the Sea God wiped his sweat and marveled at how much effort it had taken to temper Su Wen's body.

After Sea God tempered Su Wen’s body, Su Wen found that his Acquired Body Martial Soul had grown stronger but could not absorb soul rings. He planned to develop Soul Bone cultivation as an alternative path, though he still lacked a way to make self-condensed Soul Bones grant varied Soul Skills.

• Sea God took three days to temper Su Wen’s body and decided to seek two more sponsors to guide him.
• Su Wen awoke on Sea God Island and found that his body and Body Martial Soul had grown stronger, but the Acquired Body Martial Soul could not absorb soul rings.
• Su Wen recalled that Soul Cores helped powerful soul beasts condense Soul Bones and considered using Soul Bones to cultivate his Acquired Body Martial Soul.
• Su Wen envisioned soul masters condensing Soul Bones themselves, potentially strengthening them and helping those with exhausted potential break through their limits.
• Su Wen recognized that his plan still needed a way to give self-condensed Soul Bones varied Soul Skills.

Su Wen learned that the Third Trial required him to replace a soul ring using a same-type Soul Beast and fuse a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, with Faith Power Affinity as the reward. He returned to the continent and headed toward Sunset Forest to pursue the Stone Monster soul rings needed to complete it.

• Su Wen received the Third Trial’s requirements and chose to target his Third Soul Ring, which came from a Stone Monster species found in Sunset Forest.
• Su Wen left Sea God Island with Xiao Bai after telling Hai Da and the other Sailors to remain there, while Zhan Tian Douluo stayed to cultivate.
• During the three-month return journey, Su Wen stopped at inhabited islands and built Academies to expand the World of Learning among Sea Soul Masters.
• Su Wen returned to Skysea City, told Xu Jiawei that Hai Da and the others had stayed on Sea God Island, and left after resting for a night.
• Su Wen arrived in Heaven Dou City and met Xiao Zhan, who had reached the peak of the Eighty-ninth Rank and was close to breaking through to the Ninetieth Rank.

Su Wen gave Xiao Zhan his technique for awakening an Acquired Body Martial Soul and explained how three Soul Cores might unite soul power, Spiritual Power, and Bloodline Power. Xiao Zhan agreed that he needed to strengthen his Bloodline Power, while Su Wen admitted he was too busy to research Soul Bone condensation.

• Su Wen's guidance helped Xiao Zhan steadily advance his research into condensing two Soul Cores through the Soul Power Circulation Route.
• Su Wen gave Xiao Zhan the technique for Acquired Body Martial Soul Awakening, and Xiao Zhan eagerly embraced the bone-cultivation path.
• Su Wen explained that reaching the Ninety-ninth Rank would likely require a Third Soul Core and proposed resonating Soul Cores formed from three different energy systems.
• Xiao Zhan worried that three Soul Cores could not use Yin-Yang Complement, and Su Wen suggested adjusting the method later while first safely condensing two Soul Cores.
• Su Wen told Xiao Zhan to cultivate an Acquired Body Martial Soul to improve his Bloodline Power, then said he lacked the energy to research Soul Bone condensation.

Su Wen asked Xiao Zhan to research Soul Cores and help perfect their condensation method, while Su Wen handled how Soul Cores condensed Soul Bones. He then visited Ning Rongrong at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and promised to take her to obtain a Star God Clam Soul Ring once his work was done.

• Su Wen explained that Xiao Zhan should research Soul Core condensation and prepare to popularize its cultivation method, while Su Wen studied how Soul Cores produced Soul Bones.
• Xiao Zhan learned that Su Wen had killed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and examined its Bloodthirsty Maniacal Shark Torso Bone, which Su Wen had not absorbed.
• Xiao Zhan agreed to take on the Soul Core research and asked Su Wen to invite him along on a future Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast hunt.
• Su Wen went to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, praised Ning Rongrong for cultivating, and promised to take her to obtain a Star God Clam Soul Ring after he finished his work.
• Su Wen reflected that reaching godhood required both sufficient faith and great ambition, and dismissed a Third Level God Divine Position as beneath him.

Su Wen gave Ning Rongrong a Star God Clam Pearl and a God-bestowed Soul Ring, then brought her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. There, Dugu Bo handed control of the treasured cultivation ground to Su Wen while asking to keep space for cultivating poisons.

• Su Wen gave Ning Rongrong the Star God Clam Pearl to aid her cultivation and a God-bestowed Soul Ring for her Fifth Soul Ring.
• Su Wen explained that he planned to condense his own Seventh Soul Ring and said his Soul Ring Replacement Method could not be learned without control over the Martial Soul Space.
• Ning Rongrong accompanied Su Wen to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Yu Tianheng had gathered.
• Dugu Bo yielded the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to Su Wen but asked to retain space there for cultivating poisons.

Su Wen made the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well an Academy resource and replicated its special cultivation environment in the World of Learning. He then led Dugu Bo toward the Stone Monster Tribe to obtain high-age soul rings, where he discovered signs of a Deity and suggested Dugu Bo might have a chance to benefit.

• Su Wen placed ownership of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well under the Academy and recreated its valley and special intent in the World of Learning.
• Yu Tianheng apologized for Yu Xiaogang and gave Su Wen a gift on behalf of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Su Wen asked Dugu Bo to help attack the Stone Monster Tribe, explaining that he wanted its soul rings to strengthen his Stone Monster ring and that the area might hold a suitable Medusa for Dugu Yan.
• Su Wen found traces of a Deity in the Rocky Zone and told Dugu Bo that he might have an opportunity there.
• Su Wen explained the distinction between God-level Soul Masters and Deities, and said the Stone Monster Tribe was likely connected to the Deity.

Su Wen and the others discovered that the Stone Monsters served the Stone God, then followed three powerful Stone Monsters into the Stone God Realm. They arrived in a rocky space where a formation of boulders surrounded a towering stele.

• Su Wen explained to Dugu Bo that gods understood Soul Masters' desire for suitable Soul Rings, and decided not to hunt the Stone Monsters once he learned they were the Stone God's believers.
• Su Wen joined his Soul Power with Ning Rongrong's and used his vertical eye to trace the Faith Power leaking from a hidden space.
• Su Wen found a spatial fluctuation in a cliff, where three powerful Stone Monsters awakened and sent a Spiritual Power message inviting the group into the Stone God Realm.
• The three Stone Monsters merged to create spatial ripples, and Su Wen, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Bo, and their companion stepped through.
• The four arrived in a space dense with Earth Attribute elements and saw a towering stone stele at the center of a formation made from boulders.

Su Wen brought Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo to the Stone God Pillar and discovered that the Stone God Realm was inhabited by intelligent Stone Monsters rather than human soul masters. The Stone God tested the four visitors, spending nearly all the pillar’s Faith Power to grant Su Wen a Black Rank One Trial, leaving him unsure why the Stone God had invested so much in him.

• Su Wen judged that the Stone God was a powerful Second Level God, possibly nearing First Level strength despite having little Faith Power.
• Su Wen found that the Stone God Realm held no human soul masters or guardian, only large numbers of Earth Attribute soul beasts.
• Three Stone Monster incarnations drove hostile soul beasts away from the Stone Pillar, and Su Wen realized the arranged boulders formed a pattern that combined their strength.
• Su Wen stirred the Stone God Pillar’s faith, alerting the Stone God and prompting it to send examination beams to Su Wen, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo.
• The beams settled at deep yellow for Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan, purple for Dugu Bo, and black for Su Wen after the Stone God Pillar nearly exhausted its Faith Power.

Su Wen learned that the Stone God’s assessment could teach him how to condense divine authority, and he realized the task of establishing a Soul Guidance Array System might benefit both the Stone God and his own future cultivation. The chapter ended as Su Wen heard the assessments given to Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo, whose Purple Rank test required him to gather four Earth Attribute limb Soul Bones.

• The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud relayed the Sea God’s account of how the Stone God had strengthened his Divine Position through cultivation rather than Faith Power and was nearing advancement to First Level God.
• Su Wen inferred that the Stone God wanted an Array System to spread and potentially help expand his authority and gain Faith Power, while the assessment’s reward could teach Su Wen valuable authority-condensation techniques.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Yellow Level One Trial, which tasked her with helping Su Wen and rewarded her with a God-bestowed Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan revealed her Yellow Rank Three Tests, beginning with obtaining a Fifth Soul Ring in exchange for a one-level Soul Power increase.
• Dugu Bo revealed his Purple Rank One Test, which required him to gather all four Earth Attribute limb Soul Bones and rewarded him with a Special Stone Monster Torso Bone.