Vol. 2Trials and Battles at Sea

Zhang Yang advanced through Apollo’s inheritance trials, fought pirates and Spirit Hall, and helped defend the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. He joined Tang San’s group on the journey to Sea God Island, where they began facing its trials.

  • Karl’s Ice Great White Sharks killed Qiu Hai, the other Sea Soul Masters, and Karl’s own Pirates, but Zhang Yang killed Karl with his Fourth Soul Skill and recovered an intact Right Leg Bone.
  • Zhang Yang reached three thousand meters in Tanggu, then became the youngest Soul Emperor after reaching level sixty.
  • Zhang Yang endured the God-Bestowed Soul Ring trial for 150 days and gained a red Sixth Soul Ring with [Yasakani no Magatama] and [Yata Mirror].
  • The Base Chief assigned Zhang Yang to lead the operation against the Purple Pearl Pirate Group, and Zhang Yang’s team landed covertly, killed the harbor guards, and began destroying the pirate ships.
  • Zhang Yang led the navy’s raid on Purple Pearl Island, killed Le Er and Zi Zhenzhu, and oversaw the capture or execution of the pirate group’s members.
  • After receiving the sect’s Sect Master Token, Zhang Yang left to warn the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and helped Yu Yuanzhen repel Spirit Hall’s attackers.
  • Zhang Yang and Tang San destroyed Gengxin City’s Martial Soul Main Hall, and Zhang Yang found and absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Left Leg Bone, passing his third-stage trial and receiving a fourth-stage trial.
  • Sea God Island’s guards brought the group to the Sea within a Sea, where Zhang Yang froze a path across the water and crossed with Ning Rongrong as Ma Hongjun prepared to follow.
Chapters 102–201 Read from ch. 102

Arc 5The Sun God Trial

Zhang Yang discovered Tanggu and began training for Apollo’s Sun God inheritance trial while Ning Rongrong and his friends pursued their own concerns. The arc left Zhang Yang building the strength to reach the seabed as Fusang explained the trial’s rewards.

  • Karl’s Ice Great White Sharks killed Qiu Hai, the other Sea Soul Masters, and Karl’s own Pirates, but Zhang Yang killed Karl with his Fourth Soul Skill and recovered an intact Right Leg Bone.
  • After the navy questioned him, Zhang Yang absorbed the Ice Age Right Leg Bone, refused a promotion, and continued cultivating aboard the Supply Ship.
  • On Moon Tail Island, Zhang Yang found a group of Giant Squids and traced a series of dangerous sea-beast guards to Tanggu, where Fusang offered him Apollo’s inheritance trial.
  • Zhang Yang accepted the trial, which required him to collect one hundred kilograms of deep-sea soil without tools, and Fusang advised him to train at underwater Adaptation Points first.
  • Ning Rongrong rejected a Vast Sea City outpost proposal and ordered her sect to find a Water Calming Bead, while Oscar met Ma Hongjun and heard how he had helped Rong'er after her mother and steward died.
  • Oscar and Ma Hongjun reached Star Luo City, reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai, and discussed how the powerful could exploit the weak under absolute freedom.
  • Zhang Yang secured indefinite leave, returned to Tanggu, and began underwater pressure training with a boulder, using a Fusang root to breathe beneath the sea.
  • After more than a month of training, Zhang Yang’s body and Soul Power had improved, and Fusang explained the trial’s rewards and advised him to reach Level 60 during it to earn a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
Chapters 102–126 Summaries Read

Arc 6The Red Sixth Ring

Zhang Yang endured the God-Bestowed Soul Ring trial, returned to Ning Rongrong’s coming-of-age ceremony with new powers, and learned that the Purple Pearl Pirate Group had retaliated against the Navy. He took command of a covert operation to destroy the pirates and began striking their harbor.

  • Zhang Yang reached three thousand meters in Tanggu, then became the youngest Soul Emperor after reaching level sixty.
  • Sword Douluo gave Zhang Yang a Head Soul Bone and a letter from Ning Rongrong, and Zhang Yang awakened Conqueror’s Haki and tested Meteor Fall at sea.
  • Zhang Yang endured the God-Bestowed Soul Ring trial for 150 days and gained a red Sixth Soul Ring with [Yasakani no Magatama] and [Yata Mirror].
  • Zhang Yang used [Yata Mirror] to reach Seven Treasure City for Ning Rongrong’s coming-of-age ceremony, where he revealed his new skills and astonishing speed.
  • At the ceremony, Zhang Yang’s talent drew scrutiny from Qian Renxue, while Ning Fengzhi and the others considered the danger he might face from Xue Qinghe.
  • Zhang Yang returned to the Naval Base and learned that the Purple Pearl Pirate Group had retaliated, devastating two fleets, so he pledged to stay until the pirates were destroyed.
  • The Base Chief assigned Zhang Yang to lead the operation against the Purple Pearl Pirate Group, and Zhang Yang’s team landed covertly, killed the harbor guards, and began destroying the pirate ships.
Chapters 127–151 Summaries Read

Arc 7From Pirate Slayer to Sect Defender

Zhang Yang completed the Sun God’s first trial, reunited with the Shrek group, and demonstrated his strength before Spirit Hall attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After helping defend the sect, he left to warn the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and intervened in its battle with Spirit Hall.

  • Zhang Yang led the navy’s raid on Purple Pearl Island, killed Le Er and Zi Zhenzhu, and oversaw the capture or execution of the pirate group’s members.
  • After returning to Seven Treasure City, Zhang Yang completed the Sun God’s first trial, gained a rank of Soul Power, and received a God-Bestowed Soul Ring for his seventh ring.
  • Zhang Yang reunited with Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar at Shrek Academy and revealed that he had reached level 77.
  • The returning Shrek Seven Devils defeated Flender and Zhao Wuji in an exhibition match, then fought Zhang Yang in a spar that Master stopped after Tang San’s attack silenced him.
  • Spirit Hall attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Zhang Yang used Conqueror’s Haki and Yasakani no Magatama against its forces before Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and reinforcements joined the defense.
  • Zhang Yang called down Meteor Fall, forcing Spirit Hall’s attackers to retreat while the strike devastated part of Seven Treasure City.
  • After receiving the sect’s Sect Master Token, Zhang Yang left to warn the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and helped Yu Yuanzhen repel Spirit Hall’s attackers.
Chapters 152–176 Summaries Read

Arc 8The Road to Sea God Island

Zhang Yang helped build the Tang Sect, destroyed Spirit Hall’s Gengxin City branch, and gained a powerful Soul Bone and new divine trial. He then joined Tang San’s group on the journey to Sea God Island, where they began facing its trials.

  • Zhang Yang returned to Heaven Dou City after reaching level 82, then defeated Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang when the Four Elements Academy challenged Shrek Academy.
  • Tang San returned with the three major clans and founded the Tang Sect, while Zhang Yang joined Tang San and Ning Rongrong on a trip to Gengxin City.
  • Zhang Yang and Tang San destroyed Gengxin City’s Martial Soul Main Hall, and Zhang Yang found and absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Left Leg Bone, passing his third-stage trial and receiving a fourth-stage trial.
  • Tang San established the Tang Sect’s leadership with Zhang Yang as its guardian, and the group prepared to travel to Sea God Island.
  • Zhang Yang and Tang San’s group rescued survivors from Wolf Bandits, arranged support for them, and continued on to Vast Sea City.
  • Zhang Yang guided the group by ship to Sea God Island, then used his abilities to get them safely across the dangerous waters to its beach.
  • Sea God Island’s guards brought the group to the Sea within a Sea, where Zhang Yang froze a path across the water and crossed with Ning Rongrong as Ma Hongjun prepared to follow.
Chapters 177–201 Summaries Read
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