The morning mist over Sea God Island had yet to disperse when the first waves rose at the Tidal Trial Ground by the edge of the Ring Sea. Unlike ordinary seawater, the tides here carried Sea God's Power, each crash against the shore ringing with a sharp clang like metal striking stone. When Tang San stepped into the waist-deep water, the prompt for the Sea God Trial finally sounded. "Sea God Third Trial: Tidal Body Refining begins—trials will be divided according to assessment rank. Those who endure for the designated duration and comprehend Tidal Power will be deemed to have completed it."
As the words fell, the stone tablets at the edge of the trial ground lit up with patterns of different colors, clearly displaying everyone's requirements: Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu (Sea God Nine Trials) were required to endure twelve hours in the tides each day; Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar (Black Tier Six Trials), four hours each day; Zhu Zhuqing (Black Tier Five Trials), three hours each day.
Tang San and the other two were the first to face the trial. When the first tide struck, Tang San felt as though a heavy hammer had smashed into his back. As his blood churned, he immediately circulated the Mysterious Heaven Skill, and the Blue Silver Emperor wrapped around the reef beneath him. This was not brute resistance. He used his Purple Demon Eye to observe the tides' flow, trying to find a pattern amid the impacts. Beside him, Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda spun constantly in her palm, the light at its tip protecting her body. Yet when the midday Peak Tide arrived, the waves still left her pale-faced. Had Xiao Wu not activated Invincible Golden Body in time to protect them both, they