Recaps

Xuan Hao left Spirit City for Sea God Island, where he gained powerful soul rings and pushed through the Sea God's increasingly difficult trials. After the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King sacrificed themselves to help him pass his second trial, the Sea God set his next challenge: defeating Bo Saixi.

• Xuan Hao rejected Emperor Xue Ye’s hereditary king’s title, then used his Golden Dragon Avatar to carry the Heaven Dou convoy and later frightened Star Luo City while searching for Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xuan Hao gave Bo Saixi the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and asked her to help him grow stronger, then received the Sea God's top-tier Eight Trials while Hu Liena and Dugu Yan began their own trials.
• Xuan Hao absorbed a Divine-bestowed Spirit Ring and reached step 888 of the Nine Heavens Profound Steps, but Sea God's Light blasted him away.
• Xuan Hao forced the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King to sacrifice himself, gaining a million-year ninth Soul Ring and rising to level ninety-six.
• Xuan Hao and Na'er persuaded the Ice Empress and Snow Empress to sacrifice themselves, raising him to peak level ninety-eight before he halted his advancement to stabilize his power.
• After nine months of training, Xuan Hao reached rank 99 and completed his first trial, then struggled against the doubled Sea God's Light in his second trial.
• The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King sacrificed themselves to help Xuan Hao cross the final steps and pass his second trial, earning him greater Soul Ring ages and four Divine-bestowed Spirit Rings.
• The Sea God made Xuan Hao's third trial a battle against Bo Saixi, who could draw on Sea God divine power without restriction, and they flew out over the deep sea to begin.