Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan and the others reached the Sea God Temple and began testing the Sea God's Light on its thousand-and-one steps. Dugu Yan pushed through the first ninety steps and transformed into her Azure Phosphorus Green Dragon Martial Soul Avatar to face the final five.

• The Purple Grade Sea Spirit Master explained that only those with Purple Grade or higher assessments could climb the steps to the Sea God Temple and warned the group not to force themselves.
• Dugu Yan carried Ning Rongrong and the others across the Ring Sea, where a strange fish attacked Ye Lingling before Lin Du froze it in midair.
• Dugu Yan began climbing the steps and used her External Soul Bone and arm Spirit Bone to withstand the mounting pressure.
• After reaching the eighty-fifth step, Dugu Yan recovered her stamina with Wild Grass Blows and Grows Again, then climbed to the ninetieth step.
• Dugu Yan faced pressure exceeding that of the first fifty steps combined and activated her Martial Soul Avatar, becoming an Azure Phosphorus Green Dragon.

Dugu Yan pushed herself to the hundredth step of Sea God's Light before Lin Du caught and restored her, and the other women also made progress on the stairs. Lin Du then tested the trial himself, climbed all one thousand and one steps, and left Bo Saixi astonished after feeling only slight pressure.

• Dugu Yan reached the hundredth step before Sea God's Light blasted her away, and Lin Du caught her as she fell.
• Lin Du restored Dugu Yan, then warned the women not to overexert themselves as they climbed the stairs and passed their previous limits.
• Bo Saixi praised Lin Du's view of the trial and invited him to test Sea God's Light.
• Lin Du climbed past the eight-hundred-and-fiftieth step without slowing, and Bo Saixi expected the nine-hundredth step to stop him.
• Lin Du felt a trace of pressure at the nine-hundredth step, then casually completed all one thousand and one steps before returning to shore.

After seven months of training under the Sea God’s Light, Zhu Zhuqing, Yan Shuangshuang, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling reached level 70. Bo Saixi appeared and gave them the chance to obtain God-Bestowed Soul Rings, warning them to endure the process without exceeding their limits.

• Bo Saixi left after failing to find what she sought, and Lin Du ordered the group to train under the Sea God’s Light while he watched over them.
• Over the following month, the group’s Soul Power rose and they climbed higher steps, with Dugu Yan reaching step 120 and Ning Rongrong nearing step 70.
• Lin Du kept the group training after they reached the hundredth step and could complete the first-level assessment.
• After seven months, Zhu Zhuqing, Yan Shuangshuang, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling broke through their bottlenecks and reached level 70.
• Bo Saixi returned, gave the four girls God-Bestowed Soul Rings, and explained that they had to endure the baptism carefully to gain its benefits.

Lin Du helped Zhu Zhuqing and the others withstand the pressure of their God-given Soul Rings, allowing them to obtain Hundred Thousand Year Seventh Spirit Rings and pass their first trials. Ning Rongrong continued her trial and received a strange red halo as she reached the one hundred and thirty-sixth stair.

• Zhu Zhuqing and the others raised their God-given Spirit Rings to eighty thousand years, but their bodies began to fail under the strain.
• Lin Du used Divine Enjoyment to share their mental burden and summoned moonlight to heal their collapsing bodies.
• Zhu Zhuqing and the others absorbed Hundred Thousand Year Seventh Spirit Rings, broke through to Spirit Sage, and gained four Soul Power levels.
• Lin Du told the girls to pass their trials before continuing cultivation, and Zhu Zhuqing and the others completed their first trials on the one hundred and eighth stair.
• Ning Rongrong reached the one hundred and thirty-sixth stair, where a red halo descended and merged into her.

Ning Rongrong passed her first assessment and gained a boost to her Spirit Ring skills, while Dugu Yan broke through to Spirit Douluo and completed her own first assessment. Their second assessments then began, requiring them to defeat a Sea Soul Beast and cross the Ring Sea.

• Ning Rongrong passed her first assessment, gaining a Soul Power level and increasing the power of all her Spirit Ring skills by five Hundred Years.
• Dugu Yan cultivated under the pressure of the Sea God's Light, broke through to Spirit Douluo, and absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan passed her first assessment, raising her Sea God Affinity by five percent.
• The second assessment began for the group, requiring them to defeat a Sea Soul Beast and cross the Ring Sea; Dugu Yan could not use Spirit Ring skills, and Ning Rongrong could not use her Seventh Soul Skill.
• Lin Du gave the girls seven days to rest before they attempted the second assessment.
• On the eighth day, the girls prepared to begin by asking Zhu Zhuqing to scout the Spirit Beasts in the Ring Sea.

Zhu Zhuqing entered the Ring Sea in Spirit Cat True Body with Ning Rongrong’s support, but the seawater weakened their powers and slowed her progress. After evading a swarm of Arrow Fish without harming them, Zhu Zhuqing sensed a massive figure approaching as the fish abruptly disappeared.

• Zhu Zhuqing activated Spirit Cat True Body and Nether Possession, while Ning Rongrong boosted her with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Zhu Zhuqing plunged into the Ring Sea, where an unknown energy weakened Ning Rongrong’s boosts and hindered her movement, Soul Power, and spiritual detection.
• More than a hundred Arrow Fish surrounded Zhu Zhuqing and charged, but she used her Nether Clones to draw them away and slipped through their blockade.
• Zhu Zhuqing continued toward the shore at reduced speed, then sensed a strange vibration and saw a massive figure swimming toward her as the Arrow Fish vanished.

Zhu Zhuqing was blasted out of the Ring Sea by a Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark, which the group believed was guarding the passage to the opposite shore. Yan Shuangshuang proposed using it as a sparring partner, and Dugu Yan volunteered to test whether it would seriously harm them.

• A sudden undercurrent hurled Zhu Zhuqing out of the Ring Sea and into Sea God's Light, leaving her aching but not seriously injured.
• Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and the others gathered around Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling healed her.
• Yan Shuangshuang and Ning Rongrong identified the attacker as a huge, likely Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark that had driven Zhu Zhuqing away without trying to kill her.
• Ye Lingling reasoned that the shark may have entered the Ring Sea through an underwater passage and was blocking their trial rather than attempting to destroy them.
• Yan Shuangshuang suggested fighting the shark to improve their underwater movement and combat skills, provided it posed no real danger.
• Dugu Yan agreed that the shark could be a useful sparring partner and offered to return to the water with Yan Shuangshuang to test its intentions.

Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing confirmed that Xiao Bai would not harm them, and Xiao Bai appeared in human form to meet the Sea God’s chosen successor. Dugu Yan proposed using Xiao Bai’s underwater obstruction as combat training before attempting to pass the trial.

• Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing were forced out of the Ring Sea and concluded that the Demon Soul Great White Shark would not harm them.
• Xiao Bai approached the shore, transformed into a young woman, and reassured the group that she had come to meet the Sea God’s successor.
• Ning Rongrong asked how Xiao Bai could switch between human and beast forms, and Xiao Bai explained that fish-type Sea Soul Beasts gained human forms upon reaching one hundred thousand years but weakened on land.
• Xiao Bai introduced herself and returned to the Ring Sea in her original form.
• Dugu Yan proposed repeatedly entering the water to improve their underwater combat and coordination against Xiao Bai’s obstruction.

Dugu Yan and her companions spent nearly a year training in the Ring Sea under Xiao Bai, then began their Second Assessment challenge. Yan Shuangshuang’s team used flight and her Red Dragon form to carve a temporary passage through the seawater, catching Xiao Bai off guard.

• Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Yan Shuangshuang, and their companions trained daily in the Ring Sea while Xiao Bai drove them back without seriously injuring them.
• Xiao Bai tried attacking the young man sunbathing on shore, but her seawater assault could not reach him, and his glance filled her with fear.
• Over the following months, the group’s Soul Power rose; Zhu Zhuqing and the others reached Level 76, while Dugu Yan reached Level 85.
• Dugu Yan and her four companions launched their attempt to cross the Ring Sea, where Xiao Bai and nearly a thousand Sea Soul Beasts guarded the route.
• Yan Shuangshuang transformed into a Red Dragon and charged beneath the light barrier as Dugu Yan carried the others behind her and their support boosted Yan Shuangshuang’s strength.
• Yan Shuangshuang vaporized the seawater around her, creating a temporary passage that surprised Xiao Bai.

Dugu Yan and the others used their abilities to break through the Ring Sea while Xiao Bai unleashed her domains and attacks to stop them. They pushed past her seawater control, and Ning Rongrong linked their mental power to resist Xiao Bai’s Despair Light Wave.

• Yan Shuangshuang, boosted by Ning Rongrong, led the group past the sixty-meter mark as Dugu Yan’s Beryl Phosphorus Domain suppressed the Sea Soul Beasts.
• Xiao Bai activated her Magic Shark Domain and used the seawater to slow Yan Shuangshuang and attack the group.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her Spirit Skills to block the seawater and help the formation advance to the eighty-meter mark.
• Xiao Bai intensified her domain to solidify the seawater, unleashed Despair Light Wave, and charged toward Ning Rongrong.
• Ye Lingling and Lin Du sustained Yan Shuangshuang’s Soul Power, while Ning Rongrong activated Illusionary Space to link the group’s mental power against Xiao Bai’s attack.

Dugu Yan and her companions used the Hundred Thousand Year Arm Bones and a coordinated feint to break through Xiao Bai’s Crystalization domain and complete the second assessment. Bo Saixi then led them across Sea God Island to a barren mountain as the third assessment, Tidal Body Refining, began.

• Zhu Zhuqing used the Hundred Thousand Year Arm Bone to protect Ning Rongrong, but Xiao Bai evolved her Magic Shark Domain into Crystalization and obstructed their advance.
• At Dugu Yan’s command, Yan Shuangshuang, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong launched their coordinated plan while Dugu Yan struck Xiao Bai’s domain with Eternal Scar.
• Dugu Yan and the others exploited Xiao Bai’s momentary daze to cross the Ring Sea, complete the second assessment, and receive their rewards.
• Bo Saixi appeared, confirmed their success, and led the group across Sea God Island toward the third assessment.
• Bo Saixi arrived at a barren black mountain, and Dugu Yan and the others climbed to its summit as a rumbling roar sounded nearby.

Bo Saixi brought Dugu Yan and the others to the Raging Waves Desperate Realm and explained their Third Assessment: endure the waves while bound to Silver Sinking Pillars for set periods each day. The first wave struck the five women, but its impact seemed manageable, leaving them uncertain how difficult the trial would become.

• Bo Saixi showed Dugu Yan and the others the valley where violent waves crashed against the shore and explained how the waves had carved it.
• Bo Saixi used her power to calm the waves and raised five Silver Sinking Pillars from the sea.
• Bo Saixi explained the daily endurance requirements for each trial rank, including Dugu Yan's ten hours on a pillar.
• Bo Saixi sent Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Yan Shuangshuang, and Ye Lingling to their pillars, where Silver Sinking Rings bound them in place.
• After Bo Saixi withdrew her power, a massive wave struck the five women, but they found its impact surprisingly bearable.

Dugu Yan and the others endured the relentless tidal impacts of their Third Assessment at Furious Waves Despair, gradually strengthening their bodies and discovering new abilities. By the first day of the twelfth month, Dugu Yan could reach the Silver Sinking Pillar on her own and felt the waves’ energy flowing through her body.

• The waves overwhelmed Ning Rongrong’s support abilities, and Lin Du carried Dugu Yan back to shore after she endured four hours.
• Dugu Yan and the others steadily increased the time they could withstand the tides, with Ning Rongrong eventually meeting her ten-hour requirement while making up missed time.
• After three months, the group felt less pain at the start of each trial and noticed their bodies becoming tougher.
• Yan Shuangshuang discovered that her punches carried the force of the tides, while Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling learned their bodies could disperse incoming attacks.
• Zhu Zhuqing and the others began enduring up to twenty hours, Ye Lingling exceeded sixteen hours, and Dugu Yan trained for twenty-three hours each day.
• On the first day of the twelfth month, Dugu Yan reached the Silver Sinking Pillar without Lin Du’s help and felt the waves moving through her body as her Soul Power circulated with them.

During Tidal Body Refining, Dugu Yan awakened immense mental power and fused with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, completing her trial ahead of schedule. She emerged with a forcibly evolved Head Soul Bone, greater Sea God Affinity, and the ability to repel the waves without touching them.

• Dugu Yan endured the waves and sensed her body moving in harmony with their force as her Soul Power and physical strength improved.
• Dugu Yan experienced a mental breakthrough at sunrise and perceived Sea God Island and the ocean with extraordinary clarity.
• The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud merged with Dugu Yan’s expanded senses and returned through her Golden Trident mark.
• Dugu Yan’s roar silenced the waves and sent them surging skyward as the Shroud’s light screen shattered into starlight.
• The Sea God’s voice announced Dugu Yan’s Mental Awakening, the evolution of her Head Soul Bone, completion of the third trial, and a total Sea God Affinity of twenty-five percent.
• Dugu Yan completed Tidal Body Refining ahead of schedule and opened her deep-blue eyes as an invisible force pushed the waves away from her.

Dugu Yan completed her Third Trial and learned that her Sea God Affinity had reached twenty-five percent. After resting, she and her companions began preparing for the Fourth Trial: helping the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan kill the Evil Spirit Orcas.

• Dugu Yan told Bo Saixi that her Sea God Affinity was twenty-five percent, and Bo Saixi encouraged her to keep pursuing the Sea God's Nine Trials.
• Lin Du reassured Dugu Yan that the Sea God would still pass on his Godhood even if her affinity proved insufficient.
• Dugu Yan and her companions completed their Third Assessment, and Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling reached Level 79 after enduring its hardships.
• The group rested for three months before deciding to begin their Fourth Trial and locating Xiao Bai.
• Xiao Bai explained that the Evil Spirit Orcas were powerful, bloodthirsty enemies of the Demon Soul Great White Sharks, and revealed that their clans periodically fought holy wars.

Dugu Yan and her companions set out with Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks to eliminate the Evil Spirit Orcas. Near their destination, Dugu Yan began devising a way to avoid a costly direct battle, while Xiao Bai warned her that the orcas could detect nearby creatures.

• Xiao Bai explained that the Evil Spirit Orcas had repeatedly defeated her clan and described their numbers and strength.
• Dugu Yan promised to protect Xiao Bai and her clansmen, and Xiao Bai summoned about two hundred Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
• Xiao Bai asked Dugu Yan to care for the juvenile sharks if she died, but Ning Rongrong reassured her that her trial required Xiao Bai to survive.
• Xiao Bai and the others traveled toward the orcas’ territory, then stopped fifty li away at Dugu Yan’s request.
• Dugu Yan told Xiao Bai she had a plan to reduce losses, and Xiao Bai warned that the Evil Spirit Orcas could detect creatures within ten li using their Ripple Detection Method.

Dugu Yan revealed that her skill could make herself and Xiao Bai invisible and conceal their auras, then took Xiao Bai to infiltrate the waters near the Evil Spirit Orca pod. They reached a position beneath their target, where Dugu Yan began sensing the area without being detected.

• Dugu Yan demonstrated her invisibility skill to Xiao Bai and proposed approaching the Evil Spirit Orcas together.
• Dugu Yan warned the others to wait for her signal, then rode Xiao Bai toward the pod while concealed.
• Xiao Bai located the Evil Spirit Orcas by scent and stopped about twenty li away to avoid alerting the Evil Orca King.
• Dugu Yan enveloped herself and Xiao Bai in the Vast Sea Bodyguard Shroud and they silently descended toward the target.
• Xiao Bai brought Dugu Yan to a point about five hundred meters underwater, and Dugu Yan sent out mental energy that blended into the seawater.

Dugu Yan used her Mental Power to share a hidden view of the Evil Spirit Orca pod with Xiao Bai, then tested her Beryl Phosphorus Fire Poison on one of the orcas. The poison drove its victim into a frenzy before killing it, and the Evil Orca King moved to inspect the body.

• Dugu Yan merged her Mental Power with the seawater and shared her detection with Xiao Bai without alerting the Evil Spirit Orcas.
• Dugu Yan identified the Evil Orca King among the hundreds of orcas and guided Xiao Bai closer to the surface.
• Dugu Yan flicked a drop of Beryl Phosphorus Fire Poison into an Evil Spirit Orca, which began thrashing violently.
• The poisoned orca attacked its companions, killing one, then died and floated to the surface.
• The Evil Orca King calmed the pod with a roar and moved beside the dead orca.

Dugu Yan used Beryl Phosphorus Fire Poison to kill Evil Spirit Orcas while she and Xiao Bai remained hidden under the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. The Evil Orca King’s searches failed, and Dugu Yan continued waiting for chances to exhaust the pod’s strength and resolve.

• Dugu Yan’s poison killed an Evil Spirit Orca and caused another to die, shocking Xiao Bai with its lethality.
• The Evil Orca King sliced apart the first corpse to investigate, but found no clues to Dugu Yan’s poison.
• A second Evil Spirit Orca erupted and died; the enraged Evil Orca King ordered his pod to search the sea for the hidden attackers.
• Dugu Yan told Xiao Bai to wait as the Evil Spirit Orcas searched for half a shichen without finding them.
• After the pod stopped searching, a third Evil Spirit Orca went mad and another lost its tail, sending the pod back into a frantic search.
• Dugu Yan and Xiao Bai withdrew into the deep sea to rest while Dugu Yan continued her plan to wear down the Evil Spirit Orcas.

Dugu Yan weakened the Evil Spirit Orca pod through repeated poison attacks, forcing the Evil Orca King to flee before the Demon Soul Great White Sharks caught up. After Dugu Yan sent the red signal flare, Zhu Zhuqing led the pod into a final assault, and Xiao Bai confronted Xie Hu over her brother’s death.

• Dugu Yan killed eight Evil Spirit Orcas with Beryl Phosphorus Fire Poison and drove the exhausted pod to flee.
• Dugu Yan and Xiao Bai pursued the Evil Spirit Orcas, while Dugu Yan continued killing those at the rear.
• After Dugu Yan had killed nearly a hundred Evil Spirit Orcas, she sent the red signal flare for the final assault.
• Zhu Zhuqing ordered the Demon Soul Great White Sharks to charge, and Xiao Bai and Dugu Yan rejoined the pod.
• Xiao Bai confronted Xie Hu and vowed revenge for her little brother as both sides charged into battle.
• Dugu Yan leaped from Xiao Bai’s back and surveyed the battlefield.