Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming and Ye Lingling passed Sea Horse Douluo’s trial, and Yu Tianheng began his own test by showing off his lightning powers. He reached Sea Horse Douluo without being stopped by the waves, leaving the trial’s next challenge uncertain.

• Sea Horse Douluo tried to force Qin Ming into the water, but Ye Lingling replenished Qin Ming’s Soul Power and he used the recoil of a powerful stomp to reach the platform with her.
• Sea Horse Douluo declared Qin Ming and Ye Lingling qualified for the Sea God’s trial and told them to wait while he tested the others.
• Yu Tianheng revealed himself as a Soul Saint, then theatrically announced that he was the Divine Envoy’s fiancé and summoned lightning to clear a path across the sea.
• Sea Horse Douluo raised a giant wave, and Yu Tianheng used his first Soul Skill to tear apart the waves around him before appearing safely before the group.
• Sea Horse Douluo tried to summon the underwater creatures, but Yu Tianheng joked that he had already shocked them too badly to respond.

Yu Tianheng, Tang Xuan, and Ning Rongrong passed Sea Horse Douluo’s trial, and the group began the Sea God’s assessment at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar. Dugu Yan received at least a Red Level Trial, while Tang Xuan explained the God Trial rankings to the others.

• Yu Tianheng surprised Sea Horse Douluo by appearing beside him and completing the trial, then Dugu Yan dragged him away.
• Tang Xuan carried Ning Rongrong across the air, shattered Sea Horse Douluo’s wave and fist attack with his Fourth Soul Skill, and passed the trial.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and passed as well.
• Sea Horse Douluo led the group to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar and had Dugu Yan begin the assessment.
• The Sacred Pillar’s light turned red around Dugu Yan, and Sea Horse Douluo announced that she had received at least a Red Level Trial.
• Tang Xuan explained the ranking system of God Trials to the group.

Dugu Yan received the Sea God Nine Trials and was recognized as the Sea God's heir. Tang Xuan confronted Bo Saixi to protect Dugu Yan during her trials, and Bo Saixi agreed to his request before leaving.

• The seven Sea God pillars sent golden light into Dugu Yan, giving her the trident mark and the Sea God Nine Trials.
• Bo Saixi appeared, and Tang Xuan warned her not to endanger Dugu Yan, using her long-cherished wish as leverage.
• Tang Xuan and the Imperial Dou Group stood against Bo Saixi until Dugu Yan awoke and eased the tension.
• Sea Horse Douluo identified Bo Saixi to Dugu Yan, who apologized; Bo Saixi said Dugu Yan was the most honored person on Sea God Island after the Sea God.
• Bo Saixi left after agreeing to Tang Xuan's request and asking him to keep his word.

After Bo Saixi left, Tang Xuan and the others resumed activating their Sea God trials. The number of trials varied unexpectedly, and Tang Xuan guessed the Sea God assigned them according to each person's room for improvement; Ning Rongrong received a Top-grade Seventh Trial.

• Tang Xuan avoided explaining Bo Saixi's visit, and Dugu Yan returned to studying the Sea God Nine Trials.
• Ye Lingling received a Black-grade Sixth Trial, prompting the Sea Horse Douluo to lament that she had more trials than he once did.
• Yu Tianheng received a Black-grade Fourth Trial and complained that Ye Lingling had more trials despite his Demigod Physique.
• Tang Xuan guessed that the Sea God tailored trials to each person's areas for improvement, and Qin Ming also received a Black-grade Fourth Trial.
• Ning Rongrong received a Top-grade Seventh Trial, which Tang Xuan suspected would develop her abilities beyond Soul Power, especially her combat support.

Tang Xuan received a special Sea God trial that guided him toward understanding the foundations of divine authority and power. He realized the trial was helping him forge his own path to godhood and thanked the Sea God, though no answer came.

• Tang Xuan accepted the Sea God assessment after the Sword-shaped Mark approved, and the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar turned crimson and then gold around him.
• Bo Saixi explained that Tang Xuan had received the special first trial Sea God's Blessing, which required Tidal Body Refining, pulling out Sea God's Trident, and crossing Sea God's Light.
• Tang Xuan connected the three tasks to the origins of divine authority, a god's martial soul, and divine power, and concluded that the trial was guiding him to build his own path to godhood.
• Bo Saixi praised Tang Xuan's understanding and said the Sea God was aiding him wholeheartedly.
• Tang Xuan thanked the Sea God aloud, and a breeze swept across Sea God Island without anyone responding.

After receiving their Sea God assessments, Tang Xuan and the others learned that their first trials required them to climb different numbers of steps under Sea God's Light. Tang Xuan explained that the trial could strengthen them through cultivation, and they prepared to rest before beginning.

• Bo Saixi warned Dugu Yan that her assessment was tied to Sea God Island’s survival and would be much harder for land Spirit Masters, then ordered Ou Ya to take the group to Sea Horse City.
• Tang Xuan asked Qin Ming and Ye Lingling whether other Gods had chosen them, and they said they had received no other divine assessments.
• Dugu Yan revealed that her first assessment required her to climb 333 steps through double Sea God's Light within one year.
• Yu Tianheng and the others displayed their assessments, which ranged from Ye Lingling’s 108 steps to Yu Tianheng’s 218 steps.
• Tang Xuan told the group to treat Sea God's Light as cultivation in his Profound Heavy Domain and advised them to rest before starting their trials.

Tang Xuan began his Tidal Body Refining trial at Raging Waves Despair, seeking to understand the tides rather than merely endure them. Meanwhile, the Imperial Dou Group trained under Sea God's Light, and Qian Renxue began the Angel God’s assessment as Qian Daoliu recognized her as the Qian Family’s long-awaited successor.

• Bo Saixi showed Tang Xuan the towering waves at Raging Waves Despair and explained that he would endure them atop a stone pillar.
• Tang Xuan sat on the pillar, was bound by chains, and began experiencing the tides with his senses and Mental Power.
• Bo Saixi admired Tang Xuan’s comprehension and hoped he could help her find Chen Ge.
• The Imperial Dou Group began cultivating within the limits of Sea God's Light.
• Qian Renxue arrived at the Worship Hall and began her divine assessment as Qian Daoliu prayed before the Angel God’s statue.
• Golden light entered Qian Renxue’s brow, and Qian Daoliu declared that she was the one the Qian Family had awaited for ten thousand years.

Ye Lingling broke through to Level 70 during the Sea God trials and received a God-Bestowed Soul Ring. After her companions persuaded her to use it for her Seventh Soul Ring rather than save it for later, she began absorbing it as Bo Saixi watched.

• Ye Lingling broke through to Level 70 while cultivating on the ninety-ninth step of the Sea God's Light.
• Bo Saixi appeared and gave Ye Lingling a God-Bestowed Soul Ring as a trial reward.
• Ye Lingling considered saving the ring for her Eighth or Ninth Soul Ring, hoping to obtain a hundred-thousand-year ring.
• Ning Rongrong, Qin Ming, Dugu Yan, and Yu Tianheng urged Ye Lingling to use the ring for her Seventh Soul Ring and offered to give her their own rewards if needed.
• Ye Lingling agreed, crushed the golden pearl, and began absorbing the God-Bestowed Soul Ring while her companions stood guard.
• Bo Saixi watched the group's selflessness and trust in one another, which she found difficult to understand.

Ye Lingling absorbed a seventy-five-thousand-year God-Bestowed Soul Ring, reaching Level Seventy-Two and gaining a powerful Martial Soul Avatar. The group resumed climbing Sea God's Light, where Ye Lingling and Qin Ming completed their trials and received rewards.

• Ye Lingling absorbed the God-Bestowed Soul Ring, which stopped at seventy-five thousand years, and Bo Saixi congratulated her.
• Ye Lingling described her Martial Soul Avatar, and the group decided to finish their trials before seeking out Tang Xiao Xuan.
• Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Qin Ming, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling climbed Sea God's Light together, with Ye Lingling reaching the 108th step and gaining one level of Soul Power.
• Qin Ming reached the 188th step and completed his trial, earning a five-hundred-year increase to the age of all his Spirit Rings.

Dugu Yan pushed through Sea God's Light with Ning Rongrong's enhancements and her Martial Soul Avatar, but collapsed just short of the trial's final steps. Yu Tianheng and Qin Ming used their attacks to propel her onward, and she finally conquered the remaining steps with her companions' help.

• Dugu Yan endured the pressure at the two-hundred-and-eightieth step, then charged to the three-hundredth step and vomited blood.
• Ning Rongrong sacrificed heart's blood to strengthen her enhancements, allowing Dugu Yan to unleash her Martial Soul Avatar and climb to the three-hundred-and-twenty-third step.
• Yu Tianheng used his Thunder God Domain and Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation to push Dugu Yan to the three-hundred-and-thirtieth step.
• Qin Ming repeatedly blasted Dugu Yan forward with his fire-enhanced attacks while Ye Lingling restored his Soul Power.
• Dugu Yan and her companions overcame the final three steps of the trial.

Dugu Yan pushed through Sea God's Light to the final steps of her trial, aided by Ning Rongrong's enhancements and her own Martial Soul Avatar. When she could go no farther, Yu Tianheng and Qin Ming used their attacks to propel her forward until she cleared the trial.

• Dugu Yan reached the three hundredth step, bleeding and near collapse, while Ning Rongrong sacrificed her vitality to strengthen her enhancements.
• Dugu Yan activated her Martial Soul Avatar and climbed to the three hundred and twenty-third step before her strength failed.
• Yu Tianheng protected Dugu Yan with Ning Rongrong's Nine Treasures Divine Light Body Protection and used Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation to push her to the three hundred and thirtieth step.
• Qin Ming repeatedly struck the protected Dugu Yan with amplified force while Ye Lingling restored his Soul Power.
• Dugu Yan's companions pushed her through the final three steps, allowing her to clear the trial.

Dugu Yan completed the Sea God’s first trial, but the group’s help doubled the difficulty of their next one. When they visited Tang Xuan, Bo Saixi explained that he had merged with nature, unaware that he was trapped by the laws of heaven and earth and being slowly assimilated.

• Dugu Yan completed the first Sea God trial and fainted, while the group learned that helping her had doubled the next trial’s difficulty.
• Ye Lingling healed Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong, and Ning Rongrong and Qin Ming spent a week recovering.
• With three days left before the second trial, the group visited Raging Waves Despair to see Tang Xuan.
• Bo Saixi revealed that Tang Xuan had merged with the waves and the surrounding world, making him impossible for the others to see.
• Tang Xuan realized he could not wake himself and suspected heaven and earth had imprisoned him as a perceived intruder, while an energy eroded his spirit and thoughts.

Trapped in an unknown space, Tang Xuan used the Lovesick Heartbreak Red’s aura to find the world’s rules and attack them. He failed to damage the rules and ended exhausted, while still refusing to regret resisting them.

• Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling tried to help Tang Xuan with their Soul Skills, but could not find him.
• Dugu Yan suggested Ning Rongrong use the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, whose aura let her sense Tang Xuan and direct her buffs to him.
• Tang Xuan sensed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red’s aura and followed it until he found the barriers formed by the world’s rules.
• Tang Xuan struck the rules with his fist, angering them and tightening his restraints as they eroded his spirit faster.
• Tang Xuan entered the Selfless Sword Intent and attacked the rules repeatedly with the Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword, but exhausted himself without damaging them.

Tang Xuan broke free from the laws of heaven and earth during his Special First Trial and realized that becoming strong meant daring to challenge the rules. After telling his companions he had to travel the continent to transcend its rules, he revealed that he had reached Rank 89 and rapidly gained four levels by merging with heaven and earth.

• Tang Xuan shattered the restraints and nameless space imprisoning him, returned to his body, and perfectly completed the first stage of his Special First Trial.
• Tang Xuan understood that Ning Rongrong had helped him locate the rules and thanked her when she embraced him.
• Tang Xuan told Bo Saixi that he still had to pull out Sea God's Trident, experience Sea God's Light, and challenge the rules across the continent to complete the trial.
• Tang Xuan refused to take Ning Rongrong with him, explaining that he could sense the rules without Lovesick Heartbreak Red and could escape the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King if necessary.
• Tang Xuan revealed that he was Rank 89 and had risen four levels in two months because merging with heaven and earth drew Soul Power into him and the waves refined it.

Yu Tianheng and the others left after Tang Xuan agreed to stay three more days with Ning Rongrong. At the Ring-shaped Sea, Bo Saixi announced their second assessment, and the group began it after Dugu Yan and Tang Xuan realized it could serve as training.

• Yu Tianheng gave up waiting for Tang Xuan to finish and left with the others.
• Tang Xuan promised Ning Rongrong he would leave after she began the second assessment, then spent three days hearing about her experiences.
• Bo Saixi told the Imperial Dou Group that they had to cross the Ring-shaped Sea with all Soul Skills sealed and without harming any Sea Spirit Beasts.
• Dugu Yan reasoned that the assessment was meant to train them, and Tang Xuan confirmed the water weakened their attributes and would test their movement and teamwork.
• Tang Xuan encouraged Qin Ming to use his fire abilities to change the environment, lifting Qin Ming's spirits.
• Dugu Yan and the others entered the Ring-shaped Sea, and Ning Rongrong asked Tang Xuan to travel safely and return soon.

Tang Xuan refused to bring Tang Chen back until Dugu Yan pulled the Sea God's Trident, and persuaded Bo Saixi to fully assist Dugu Yan in becoming the Sea God. After Tang Xuan left Sea God Island, the Imperial Dou Group resumed its trial, while a dust-covered young man wandered through Hurricane Canyon.

• Bo Saixi asked Tang Xuan to bring Tang Chen back, but he reminded her that their agreement depended on Dugu Yan pulling the Sea God's Trident.
• Tang Xuan explained that rescuing Tang Chen required overwhelming strength or Dugu Yan gaining control of Sea God's Light, and warned Bo Saixi that she could not free him herself.
• Bo Saixi agreed to fully assist Dugu Yan in becoming the Sea God and warned Tang Xuan not to disappoint her.
• Tang Xuan flew away from Sea God Island, and the Imperial Dou Group returned to the Ring-shaped Sea to continue its trial against the Demon Soul Great White Shark.
• A bedraggled young man wandered steadily through the fierce winds of Hurricane Canyon.

After a year of challenging the world’s rules, Tang Xuan broke free of his restraints, reached Level 90, and refined his Selfless Sword Intent before returning to the Seven Treasure Castle. He reunited with his family and learned that Flender was asking when Ma Hongjun would leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Tang Xuan reflected on his year of travel, his new Level 90 strength, his upgraded Life-Bound Soul Rings, and his improved Selfless Sword Intent.
• Tang Xuan left Hurricane Canyon and hurried back to the Seven Treasure Castle to see his family before heading out to sea.
• Tang Xuan reunited with Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, and Bone Douluo, telling them Rong Rong was still undergoing trials on Sea God Island.
• Tang Xuan revealed that he had reached Level 90 and improved his Sword Intent, delighting Chen Xin.
• Tang Xuan said he had found a Million-Year Soul Beast in the sea but that its situation was complicated, and Ning Fengzhi asked whether he had visited the Mysterious Heavy Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi told Tang Xuan that Flender kept asking when Ma Hongjun would leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Tang Xuan realized he had forgotten about Ma Hongjun.

Tang Xuan learned that Spirit Hall had established the Spirit Hall Empire and discovered Yu Xiaogang had proposed the plan to unite Spirit Hall and the Blue Lightning clan. He worried about Yu Yuanzhen’s response, then learned Yu Yuanzhen was furious but could not change Yu Xiaogang’s mind.

• Ning Fengzhi urged Tang Xuan to go to Sea God Island and become a Titled Douluo, explaining that Spirit Hall had established an empire three months earlier.
• Tang Xuan asked whether Bibi Dong had revealed her strength or Qian Daoliu had emerged from seclusion, but Ning Fengzhi said neither had happened.
• Tang Xuan reasoned that establishing an empire could protect Yu Xiaogang from Spirit Hall’s hostility and give him a place as a founding minister.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that Yu Xiaogang, not Bibi Dong, had devised the plan to unite the two families and remove hostility toward him.
• Tang Xuan asked how Yu Yuanzhen had reacted, and Chen Xin said Yu Yuanzhen had been furious but Yu Xiaogang remained determined.

Tang Xuan left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after learning that Chen Xin had entered seclusion again. There, the Blue Silver King thanked him for its renewed growth, and Ma Hongjun rushed over, desperate to leave.

• Ning Fengzhi warned that Spirit Hall’s new empire increased the pressure on the sect and said Tang Xuan needed to grow stronger.
• Chen Xin entrusted the sect to Bone Douluo and entered seclusion to try to break through to level 99.
• After resting for several days, Tang Xuan left for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to bring Ma Hongjun back.
• The Blue Silver King, now nearing fifty-thousand-year cultivation, thanked Tang Xuan and continued guarding the Blue Silver Grass.
• Ma Hongjun ran up to Tang Xuan and begged him to take him away from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Tang Xuan learned that a mysterious voice had tried to lure Ma Hongjun into the Scorching Sun Spring at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and suspected the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings were responsible. After weighing the Dragon Kings’ strange behavior, he was left uncertain about their true purpose.

• Ma Hongjun clung to Tang Xuan and explained that a voice had repeatedly urged him to dive into the Scorching Sun Spring.
• Ma Hongjun recounted how he once lost control and walked toward the spring until the Blue Silver King restrained him.
• Tang Xuan confirmed that the voice was likely connected to the Dragon Kings’ lingering souls and warned Ma Hongjun that entering the spring could cost him his identity.
• Tang Xuan asked whether anything else unusual had happened, then questioned why the Dragon Kings would lure Ma Hongjun instead of simply possessing him or granting him an opportunity directly.