Chapter Summaries

Qin Feng and his companions entered Sea Horse City as honored guests while Sea Horse Douluo explained Sea God Island’s cities and assessments. Bai Chenxiang revealed that her first assessment required her to kiss Ma Hongjun for a minute, then struck him when he shamelessly asked whether her next task was to have his child.

• The High Priest left Qin Feng’s group in Sea Horse Douluo’s care and ordered the islanders to assist them as honored guests.
• Sea Horse Douluo explained that Sea God Island had seven cities and that failed Black-Level assessments could void later tasks and kill the assessor.
• Bai Chenxiang asked whether she could skip her first assessment, and Sea Horse Douluo told her that the assessments had to be completed in order.
• Bai Chenxiang kissed Ma Hongjun for one minute, fulfilling her first assessment, and Sea Horse Douluo explained what the task was.
• Ma Hongjun joked about Bai Chenxiang’s next assessment involving having a child, so she slapped him and said her second task was to beat him to death.

Qin Feng and the others reached the Sea God's Light assessment grounds, where a mysterious old man appeared before they could approach the stairs. The group was left wondering whether he was their examiner or a guardian.

• After breakfast, the group set out for their individual assessments and learned that Qin Feng's and Xiao San's tests were especially difficult.
• Qin Feng explained that the islanders treated them respectfully because their forehead marks showed their status as honored guests.
• An elderly islander guided the group to the Central Sea and the distant circular platform beneath the Sea God's Light stairs.
• Bai Chenxiang and Ye Lingling crossed the water using their own abilities, while Oscar and Fatty raced across by flying, leaving Fatty nearly exhausted.
• As the group prepared to approach the stairs, a blue radiance appeared and an old man materialized before them.
• Oscar wondered whether the old man was the assessment examiner or a guardian.

The Sea God appeared before Qin Feng and his companions, revealed that he had rescued them from Yachi Orochi Octopus, and warned them that the Sea God's Light trials grew increasingly difficult. He offered Qin Feng his divine position, but Qin Feng rejected it and called him a cowardly wimp.

• The Sea God introduced himself, but Qin Feng denied knowing him and Fatty and Oscar accused him of being a fraud.
• Tang San recognized the Sea God after he scolded Qin Feng for forgetting that he had saved them from Yachi Orochi Octopus.
• Qin Feng criticized the Sea God for waiting until they were nearly defeated before helping them, and suspected he had an ulterior motive for appearing.
• The Sea God warned that reaching the fifth stage of the Sea God's Light required Soul Elder strength and that reaching the 999th stage might require godhood.
• The Sea God offered Qin Feng his divine position if he abandoned the challenge, but Qin Feng refused and said he would never inherit the position of a cowardly wimp.

Qin Feng refused the Sea God's offer of his Divine Throne and began the Sea God's Light trial, determined to defeat the Yachi Orochi Octopus for a Spirit Ring despite having only one month. As Qin Feng climbed rapidly, the others tried the steps and discovered that the Sea God's Light imposed powerful pressure and reflected attacks.

• The Sea God offered Qin Feng his Divine Throne and a God-Given Spirit Ring, but Qin Feng rejected the offer and demanded that the Sea God reveal Sea God Mountain.
• The High Priest and Sea Horse Douluo discussed Qin Feng's mysterious strength, while the High Priest explained her guess about why the gods sought successors.
• The Sea God revealed Sea God Mountain, then returned to the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud; the High Priest recognized Tang San's connection to the Sea God's entrusted item.
• Qin Feng began climbing the Sea God's Light steps and forced his way to the one hundred ninety-ninth step despite the increasing pressure.
• Bai Chenxiang, Ma Hongjun, and the others gathered to attempt the climb; Bai Chenxiang reached the second step, while Ma Hongjun's leap was repelled.
• Dai Mubai attacked the steps with White Tiger Light Wave, but the Sea God's Light reflected his attack back.

Qin Feng reached the 333rd step of Sea God Mountain before exhaustion forced him to rest, and he opened a treasure chest containing two Invincible Golden Pills. After refusing to use one, he tried a spirit skill and was expelled back to the bottom, where Shrek’s group rushed to help him.

• Tang San concluded that Sea God's Light expelled anyone who used spirit skills, and the others discussed how Qin Feng had climbed so far through physical strength.
• The High Priest and Sea Horse Douluo watched Qin Feng reach the 333rd step, with the High Priest comparing his progress to Tang San's first climb.
• Qin Feng rested on the mountain stairs and opened his treasure chest, discovering two Invincible Golden Pills that granted two minutes of immunity to attacks and a 300 percent increase in physical attributes.
• Qin Feng decided to save the pills and climb without them, but he used a spirit skill and was bounced back to the bottom.
• Shrek’s group ran over to help Qin Feng after seeing him fall back down.

Qin Feng asked the High Priest and Sea Horse Douluo to provide tents and food so Shrek could stay on Sea God Mountain and cultivate under the Sea God's Light. The High Priest agreed with Qin Feng's idea, while Fatty learned the hard way not to insult her.

• Qin Feng reassured everyone after being thrown back by the Sea God's Light and told Fatty that climbing the steps had seemed easy.
• Fatty charged up Sea God Mountain but was driven back by the increasing pressure, and Qin Feng revealed that he had noticed the High Priest and Sea Horse Douluo hiding nearby.
• Qin Feng asked the High Priest to prepare tents and food, explaining that the group could save time by staying on the mountain and cultivate faster under the pressure.
• Fatty doubted that cultivating under the Sea God's Light was possible, but Tang San agreed with Qin Feng that the idea could work.
• The High Priest beckoned Fatty after he mocked her, then threw him into a pool where Sea Spirit Beasts and a shark chased him as the others laughed.

The Shrek group settled near Sea God's Light after the High Priest left, and Qin Feng said he planned to reach Sea God Hall within a few days while staying to train. Tang San tested the stairs and found Xiao Wu moving ahead of him without answering, seemingly drawn upward.

• The High Priest brought the fat man ashore after he apologized, and Bai Chenxiang joked that she had come down to watch him get chased by sharks more closely.
• The High Priest arranged tents, food, and water for the Shrek group, then left with Sea Horse Douluo.
• Qin Feng told the group that he could likely reach Sea God Hall on the second day but would stay longer so everyone could train under Sea God's Light.
• Tang San climbed the steps, reaching more than fifty before noticing Xiao Wu had passed him and was walking upward without responding.

Xiao Wu and Tang San struggled up the Sea God's steps, while Ye Lingling pushed herself far beyond her limits. The chapter ended as Ye Lingling slipped on the 108th step and fell backward.

• Xiao Wu climbed past sixty steps, and Tang San chased after her before reaching the eightieth step.
• Ye Lingling used her Begonia Emperor to heal herself and continued climbing, eventually nearing Tang San.
• Xiao Wu confronted Tang San about comparing himself with Feng Ge, and Tang San apologized.
• Tang San warned Ye Lingling that the pressure could burst her blood vessels, but she continued upward to the 108th step.
• Ye Lingling's foot slipped, and she began falling backward.

Ye Lingling pushed herself beyond her limits on the Sea God's Light and nearly died, but Qin Feng saved her and treated her injuries. After waking, she immediately set out to climb again, determined to reach the Sea God Hall and stand as high as Qin Feng.

• Ye Lingling's meridians ruptured as she climbed, and she began to fall under the Sea God's pressure.
• Tang San tried to reach Ye Lingling but collapsed, while Qin Feng crossed more than a hundred steps in an instant and caught her.
• The High Priest watched in secret, and Bai Chenxiang suggested that love had driven Ye Lingling to push herself so hard.
• Qin Feng treated Ye Lingling's severe injuries through the night, and she woke the next morning alive.
• Ye Lingling tried to return to the Sea God's Light, but the High Priest reminded her she had a year to complete her Red Level Eight Trial.
• Ye Lingling said she wanted to reach the Sea God Hall and climb as high as Qin Feng.

Ye Lingling recovered by adapting to the Sea God's Light step by step while Qin Feng quickly climbed Sea God Mountain and entered the Sea God Hall. He then announced that he would hunt the Yachi Orochi Octopus for his second task, despite warnings about the beast's power.

• The High Priest advised Ye Lingling to recover and climb the lower steps gradually, and she began working upward from the first step.
• The High Priest suggested that Ye Lingling cared deeply for Qin Feng, leaving him visibly complicated.
• After three days, Ye Lingling had recovered, and Qin Feng reached the 990th step before casually ascending the final steps into the Sea God Hall.
• Qin Feng returned from the Sea God Hall without taking its opportunities and told Tang San he would complete his second task by hunting the Yachi Orochi Octopus.
• The High Priest warned Qin Feng that the demigod-level beast was too powerful to kill and reminded him that the Sea God had given him especially difficult trials.

Qin Feng set out to challenge the Yachi Orochi Octopus for a Spirit Ring despite Tang San and the High Priest warning him of the danger. The High Priest, Tang San, and the others followed after him, and the Sea God learned of the challenge and realized Qin Feng had misunderstood his deliberately impossible task.

• Qin Feng dismissed Tang San and the High Priest's warnings and said he wanted the Yachi Orochi Octopus as his eighth Spirit Ring.
• Qin Feng sailed out with Sea Horse Douluo, while the High Priest prepared a ship to follow and Tang San and the Shrek group insisted on joining.
• The High Priest let the Shrek group board her ship, and they sailed after Qin Feng when his vessel vanished from sight.
• The Sea God appeared before the group and asked why Sea God Island's strongest fighters had gone to sea.
• The High Priest told the Sea God that Qin Feng was challenging the Yachi Orochi Octopus, and the Sea God panicked and asked whether she had explained that he was deliberately making the task difficult.

The Sea God learned that Qin Feng planned to challenge the Yachi Orochi Octopus and warned that the beast had used only 20% of its power before. Tang San and the Shrek group refused to turn back, while Qin Feng reached the deep sea with Sea Horse Douluo, intending to face the beast and use the Ugly Thing’s obsession with it.

• The Sea God learned Qin Feng had climbed Sea God Mountain in three days and ordered the High Priest and attendants to rescue him if the trial put him in danger.
• The Sea God warned Tang San and the Shrek group that the Yachi Orochi Octopus was vastly stronger than before and had used only 20% of its power in their last encounter.
• Tang San and the Shrek group refused the High Priest’s advice to return, insisting they would accompany Qin Feng.
• Qin Feng sailed with Sea Horse Douluo into the deep sea, explaining that he wanted a Spirit Ring and planned to bring out the Ugly Thing to face the Yachi Orochi Octopus.

Qin Feng used his strange black Bug to provoke the Yachi Orochi Octopus and sent Sea Horse Douluo away, but the deep-sea beast surfaced before Sea Horse Douluo could escape. The octopus recognized the Bug’s scent, and Qin Feng stood ready to face it.

• Qin Feng told Sea Horse Douluo to return while showing him the black Bug, whose terrifying power nearly swallowed him whole.
• Sea Horse Douluo decided to stay, but a mysterious force trapped him as bubbles rose from the sea.
• The Yachi Orochi Octopus surfaced and threatened Qin Feng and Sea Horse Douluo.
• Qin Feng revealed that he had summoned the Bug to lure the octopus, which said it had come for the delicious scent.

Qin Feng and Bug confronted the Yachi Orochi Octopus, whose near-godlike power overwhelmed Qin Feng’s attacks. Qin Feng appeared to bargain away Bug in exchange for his life and a Spirit Ring, and the octopus agreed, leaving Bug furious and the confrontation unresolved.

• Qin Feng taunted the Yachi Orochi Octopus about its healed legs, while Bug faced down the creature that had once nearly eaten it.
• Qin Feng attacked with his Two-Form Heavenly Gang Hammer and Spirit Skills, but the octopus’s tsunami blasted him away and its tough hide resisted his fireballs.
• Qin Feng restrained Bug from charging, suspecting the octopus was trying to provoke it into a trap.
• The Yachi Orochi Octopus offered to spare Qin Feng if he handed over Bug, and Qin Feng countered by asking for his life and a Spirit Ring in exchange for the Bug.
• The Yachi Orochi Octopus accepted the bargain and asked Qin Feng what kind of Spirit Ring he wanted, while Bug angrily protested.

Qin Feng provoked the Yachi Orochi Octopus after it offered to help him find a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring, and Sea Horse Douluo feared the beast would kill them. When the octopus attacked, Qin Feng fused with the black bug and unleashed his Fifth Soul Skill, Demonic Evil Qi, but the Yachi Orochi Octopus dismissed the power as harmless.

• The Yachi Orochi Octopus asked Qin Feng what kind of Spirit Beast he wanted for a Spirit Ring, and Qin Feng said he would accept only rings of at least a hundred thousand years.
• Qin Feng joked that Sea Horse Douluo should sacrifice himself in exchange for the black bug, prompting the bug to bite his hand and the octopus to grow angry.
• Qin Feng mocked the Yachi Orochi Octopus for being easily fooled, and its voice shattered Sea Horse Douluo's boat.
• Qin Feng fused with the black bug and used his Fifth Soul Skill, Demonic Evil Qi, to summon a giant hand of black clouds.
• The Yachi Orochi Octopus flung a tentacle toward Qin Feng and declared that his power was no threat while the bug remained juvenile.

Qin Feng questioned the Yachi Orochi Octopus about the black bug, which the creature coveted and wanted him to surrender. Their negotiation turned into a battle, and Qin Feng faced the octopus’s unexpectedly immense strength as it attacked him across the sea.

• Qin Feng asked the Yachi Orochi Octopus what the black bug was, and the octopus offered him command over sea creatures in exchange for it.
• Qin Feng proposed trading the bug’s identity for its release, but the octopus refused and attacked him.
• Qin Feng activated Divine Slaughter's Domain and the Evil Demon Domain, then taunted the octopus as they fought.
• The Yachi Orochi Octopus struck with force comparable to a Level 99 Limit Douluo, and Qin Feng dodged its tentacles.
• The octopus sent all its tentacles after Qin Feng while the Sea Horse Douluo watched in terror.

Qin Feng battled the Yachi Orochi Octopus and unleashed his hidden weapons and domains, while the High Priest arrived and was attacked after trying to invoke the Sea God's decree. As the octopus raged, Qin Feng merged with the ugly Bug and used Borrow Ring, Fourth Soul Skill, Incinerate the Sky, leaving the battle at its most destructive point.

• Qin Feng and the ugly Bug fought the Yachi Orochi Octopus for over half an hour, leaving both sides badly injured before the octopus regenerated its severed tentacles with the ocean's power.
• Sea Horse Douluo warned Qin Feng that the octopus could heal itself by drawing power from the sea, and Qin Feng prepared more hidden weapons to interrupt it.
• The octopus unleashed Deep-Sea Vortex, raising a massive waterspout as the Deep Sea Demon Whale fled; the High Priest and Shrek's group rushed toward the battlefield, but Tang San held the others back.
• The High Priest reached the battle and ordered the octopus to stop in the Sea God's name, but it rejected her appeal and struck at her.
• Qin Feng knocked the octopus away with his Two-Form Heavenly Gang Hammer, then merged with the ugly Bug and used Borrow Ring, Fourth Soul Skill, Incinerate the Sky, sending flames crashing down across the sea.

Qin Feng fused with the Ugly Thing Bug and used its awakened power alongside his fire and soul skills to battle the Yachi Orochi Octopus. The High Priest joined him, but revealing that Qin Feng was the Sea God's heir made the octopus even more determined to kill him, and the fight continued with Qin Feng draining its power.

• Qin Feng unleashed blazing fireballs that burned the Yachi Orochi Octopus and drove it into the deep sea.
• Qin Feng used Demonic Evil Qi to attack the octopus, and the resulting shockwave broke its barrier and injured Sea Horse Douluo, who fled.
• Qin Feng attacked the octopus with the Ugly Thing Bug's power, gained experience, and fought back with his Two-Form Heavenly Gang Hammer as the High Priest joined in.
• The High Priest told the octopus that Qin Feng was the Sea God's candidate, prompting the octopus to reject a truce and launch a desperate assault on him.
• Qin Feng continued fighting with the High Priest nearby, prevented the octopus from regenerating its tentacles, and used Hundred-Meter Shuttle to drain its power again.

Qin Feng froze the Yachi Orochi Octopus, but the near-million-year soul beast broke free and attacked Shrek’s group before confronting Qin Feng with a dangerous devouring ability. After discovering that the power harmed its user even more than its target, Qin Feng withdrew and taunted the octopus, leaving it shocked that he had uncovered its secret.

• Qin Feng used his Sixth Soul Skill, Ice Seal, to freeze the Yachi Orochi Octopus, astonishing the High Priest and the arriving Shrek group.
• Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Bai Chenxiang joked together aboard Tang San’s ship while the others reacted to Qin Feng’s victory.
• The Yachi Orochi Octopus shattered its ice prison and sent ice shards at Shrek, while the six envoys shielded the group and Tang San organized their defense.
• The ice barrage destroyed the ship, and Qin Feng continued fighting the Yachi Orochi Octopus as it tried to absorb Soul Power through its tentacle suckers.
• Qin Feng sensed the danger, retreated, and used the system’s scan to learn that the octopus’s devouring ability damaged itself even more than its enemy.
• Qin Feng mocked the Yachi Orochi Octopus for risking its life, and the creature was shocked that he had discovered the flaw in its power.

Qin Feng fought the Yachi Orochi Octopus after warning that its devouring technique could damage its soul, while the High Priest returned to the Shrek group. As the group traded stories about Tang San’s grandfather and Qian Daoliu, the High Priest spotted trouble in Qin Feng’s battle and hurried away.

• Qin Feng revealed that the Yachi Orochi Octopus’s forbidden devouring technique could cause its powers to clash, then swallowed an Invincible Golden Pill and prepared to fight it.
• The Yachi Orochi Octopus threatened Sea God Island, so the High Priest withdrew after Qin Feng told her to leave him to the battle.
• Qin Feng summoned Ugly Bastard Bug and used Martial Soul Avatar against the Yachi Orochi Octopus as the High Priest returned to the Shrek group.
• Tang San trusted that Qin Feng had a trump card, while the High Priest recognized Qin Feng’s hammer technique as the Clear Sky Sect’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Sea Horse Douluo revealed that Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu had once visited Sea God Island, but the High Priest cut off his story and claimed both had lost to her.
• The High Priest noticed something go wrong in Qin Feng’s fight and flew off, leaving the Shrek group stunned by what they saw.