Chapter Summaries

Jiang Siming and the others arrived at Sea God Mountain to begin their trials, where he discovered that his lone test was simply to “take it however I want.” After climbing far beyond the others on the Sea God's Light, he began absorbing a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, enduring intense pain as he sought strength to protect those he cared about.

• Jiang Siming revealed that his only Sea God trial was to “take it however I want,” leaving the others baffled.
• Jiang Siming led the group onto Sea God Mountain and climbed to the three-hundredth step before retreating, while the others struggled under the pressure.
• Jiang Siming sat down to absorb the God-Bestowed Soul Ring as the others continued up the steps.
• Jiang Siming endured increasingly intense pain and reminded himself that he needed more strength to protect his loved ones from the unknown crisis ahead.

While absorbing the God-Bestowed Soul Ring, Jiang Siming fell into demonic madness and was drawn into a vision of a ruined palace and wasteland. The Chaos Bell helped him escape the vision, and he woke with Zhu Zhuqing’s help, unaware of what he had seen.

• Jiang Siming’s aura surged as black qi rose around him, and Tang San warned everyone to back away because he seemed to have fallen into demonic madness.
• The Chaos Bell appeared above Jiang Siming and sent mysterious runes into his head, drawing him into a vision of a ruined palace and wasteland.
• Jiang Siming nearly reached for a shattered throne, but Zhu Zhuqing’s cry brought him back to his senses before a black hole swallowed the vision.
• Jiang Siming’s black qi vanished, though demonic light briefly shot from his eyes before he closed them again.
• Zhu Zhuqing fed Jiang Siming Calm Heart Grass, and he woke, embarrassed by the kiss as the others watched.
• Ma Hongjun told Jiang Siming he had fallen into demonic madness again, and Jiang Siming realized he had not merely passed out while absorbing the soul ring.

Jiang Siming revealed his sixth soul skill, Sword Reflects Shadow, and used Sword Flight Immortal to test its power against Bo Saixi. After the clash left a vast crater, Zhu Zhuqing suddenly stepped forward toward him.

• The system rewarded Jiang Siming with a Yin-Yang Reversal Pill, and he concealed his awkward reaction from his companions.
• Jiang Siming showed everyone his blood-red sixth soul ring and summoned dozens of figures with Sword Reflects Shadow.
• Jiang Siming merged the figures and unleashed Sword Flight Immortal at Bo Saixi, whose Sea God's phantom met the attack.
• The clash created a huge crater, and Jiang Siming apologized to Bo Saixi, who calmly departed.
• Zhu Zhuqing stepped toward Jiang Siming, and he instinctively backed away.

Jiang Siming teased Ma Hongjun, gave him a soul bone, and then resumed climbing Sea God Mountain after receiving a sign-in mission. He passed the others and found Zhu Zhuqing pushing herself onward, where he respected her determination to continue.

• Zhu Zhuqing tossed Jiang Siming a robe when she noticed his torn clothes, and the others laughed at him.
• Jiang Siming chased away the others and beat Ma Hongjun for laughing, then gave him a soul bone to absorb.
• Ma Hongjun began absorbing the soul bone while Jiang Siming watched Tang San, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others climb the steps.
• The system issued Jiang Siming a sign-in mission at Sea God Hall, and he started climbing toward it.
• Jiang Siming passed the others and stopped beside Zhu Zhuqing, who insisted she could keep climbing, so he respected her choice.

Jiang Siming endured the Sea God's Light to reach the 601st step, then cultivated there until his soul power stabilized. He watched over Zhu Zhuqing as she reached level 60 and gave her the Zhu Family's inherited Shadowless Demon Cat right arm bone.

• Jiang Siming helped Zhu Zhuqing climb three more steps before she sat down to cultivate, then continued upward alone.
• Jiang Siming struggled against the pressure and reached the 601st step, where he sat and cultivated instead of pushing farther.
• Jiang Siming stabilized his soul power at level 64 after cultivating under the Sea God's Light.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached level 60 while enduring the pressure, and Jiang Siming quietly guarded her until she could no longer continue.
• Jiang Siming reassured Zhu Zhuqing and gave her the Shadowless Demon Cat's right arm bone, then they sat embracing beneath the moon.

Jiang Siming advanced through the Sea God's Light while his companions grew stronger, pushing toward the summit of Sea God Mountain. He reached the 999th step and prepared to cross the threshold he had failed to pass before.

• Jiang Siming asked Zhu Zhuqing what she would do if he disappeared, and she vowed to protect herself while searching for him; he promised to protect her.
• Over nearly a month of training, Jiang Siming reached the 812th step and advanced to level 65, while Dai Mubai reached level 70 and became a Soul Saint.
• Dai Mubai challenged Jiang Siming after obtaining his God-Bestowed Soul Ring and Martial Soul Avatar, but Jiang Siming beat him and returned to cultivating.
• As the trials' deadline approached, Jiang Siming reached the 956th step and level 69, suppressing his breakthrough while waiting for a chance to obtain a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• Jiang Siming challenged the Sea God's Light and climbed to the 999th step, determined to pass the 1000th step for the first time.

Jiang Siming endured Sea God's Light to reach the thousandth step, refusing to kneel despite his broken legs. Bo Saixi told him the final step was forbidden without Sea God's permission, but Jiang Siming questioned whether fate had already made him someone else's plaything.

• Jiang Siming forced himself onto the thousandth step while Sea God's Light crushed him and fractured his legs.
• Bo Saixi appeared and told Jiang Siming to step back, saying he could not take the thousand and first step without Lord Sea God's permission.
• Jiang Siming asked Bo Saixi whether she believed in fate, making her hesitate as she considered her own role under the Sea God's mission.
• Jiang Siming spoke of feeling as though his life and emotions had been calculated, while Bo Saixi, Tang San, and the others did not understand him.

Jiang Siming rejected fate, shattered Sea God's Light, and reached the Sea God Temple, where he sat on the Sea God's throne in a cold, domineering state. When Zhu Zhuqing tried to approach him, he attacked her and Bo Saixi, leaving Bo Saixi with his sword beneath her chin.

• Jiang Siming summoned the Zhuxian Sword and shattered Sea God's Light with a single strike.
• Jiang Siming climbed the 1,001st step and entered Sea God Hall as Bo Saixi made way for him.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and the others reached the temple and found Jiang Siming seated on the Sea God's throne.
• Jiang Siming demanded to know where he was and released a powerful pressure that nearly forced everyone to kneel.
• Zhu Zhuqing rushed toward Jiang Siming, but Bo Saixi blocked her and knocked her back as Jiang Siming attacked.
• Bo Saixi tried to subdue Jiang Siming, but he pressed the Zhuxian Sword beneath her chin.

Jiang Siming’s strange, tyrannical power resurfaced as the Sea God’s presence descended upon Sea God Island. He challenged the Sea God and everyone gathered against him, then froze the world around them.

• Jiang Siming pinned Bo Saixi with his sword, then withdrew it and returned to the throne in a brief, confused calm.
• A golden beam struck the Sea God Temple, and the Sea God’s power blasted Tang San and the others into the Ring Sea.
• Bo Saixi unleashed her Sea God’s Descent as the Seven Sacred Pillars Title Douluo gathered on Sea God Mountain.
• Jiang Siming declared himself the first king and ordered everyone to submit or be destroyed.
• Jiang Siming shattered the Sea God phantom’s beam and froze everything with a single word.

Jiang Siming confronted a version of himself in the Ruined Palace, who claimed they were the same person and demanded control of his body. The other self forced Jiang Siming to raise the Zhuxian Sword against Zhu Zhuqing, leaving her bleeding as she waited for him to strike.

• Jiang Siming woke inside the Ruined Palace and saw a man on the throne who looked exactly like him.
• The man said he would end Jiang Siming’s cowardly life and offered to let Jiang Siming keep control if he killed Zhu Zhuqing.
• Jiang Siming refused, but the man took control of his body and moved the Zhuxian Sword toward Zhu Zhuqing’s neck.
• Jiang Siming bit his own arm and begged the other self not to hurt Zhu Zhuqing, but could not stop the sword.
• At Sea God Mountain, the other self called Zhu Zhuqing a source of Jiang Siming’s weakness and pressed the sword to her neck.
• Zhu Zhuqing closed her eyes as blood ran down the Zhuxian Sword, believing her lover intended to kill her.

An old Taoist intervened as Jiang Siming and Zhu Zhuqing were frozen, allowing Jiang Siming to regain control and strike at his other self. After the world resumed, Jiang Siming collapsed while holding Zhu Zhuqing, and the chapter ended with him waking to find her beside him.

• An old Taoist stopped the Zhuxian Sword from cutting Zhu Zhuqing and touched Jiang Siming's brow.
• Jiang Siming bit at his own arm, regained control of his body, and slashed at the other Jiang Siming with the Zhuxian Sword.
• The Taoist Elder confronted a figure on a throne in the chaotic void over stopping him and changing the timeline.
• The frozen world resumed before Sea God Mountain, where Tang San approached Jiang Siming and Jiang Siming toppled over with Zhu Zhuqing in his arms.
• The Sea God and Asura God discussed whether Jiang Siming might become the God Realm's hope or its destruction.
• Jiang Siming woke to find Zhu Zhuqing beside him, and she tried to leave.

Jiang Siming comforted Zhu Zhuqing after she feared losing him, then watched as she struggled to complete her Black Grade Six Trial on Sea God Mountain. Zhu Zhuqing confronted him for keeping his troubles to himself and collapsed after forcing her way onto the 181st step.

• Jiang Siming held Zhu Zhuqing as she sobbed about being afraid to lose him, and she fell asleep in his arms.
• Tang San and the others checked on Jiang Siming, and Dai Mubai told him that only Zhu Zhuqing's assessment remained incomplete.
• Zhu Zhuqing resumed her trial, struggling up Sea God Mountain's steps while Ning Rongrong supported her with her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Jiang Siming climbed up to Zhu Zhuqing and asked her to take his hand, but she insisted on continuing by herself.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Jiang Siming why he kept his troubles from her and said she feared he would suddenly leave; she stepped onto the 181st stair and spat out blood.

Zhu Zhuqing tried to prove she could grow stronger without relying on Jiang Siming, even declaring that they should break up. Jiang Siming helped her complete Sea God's Light trial, and they reconciled before leaving Sea God Mountain together.

• Zhu Zhuqing refused Jiang Siming's help and continued climbing Sea God Mountain despite the pressure and her injuries.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Jiang Siming she wanted to break up, leaving him devastated as she pressed on toward the 188th step.
• Jiang Siming caught Zhu Zhuqing before she collapsed and joined her in crossing the 188th step, completing her first trial.
• Jiang Siming demanded that Zhu Zhuqing take back the breakup, then carried her away from Sea God Mountain while Tang San and Bo Saixi watched in shock.
• Jiang Siming and Zhu Zhuqing reconciled in a room at Sea Horse City Lord's Mansion.

Jiang Siming reconciled with Zhu Zhuqing and joined the group as they prepared for the second trial, while deciding to keep his own growing concerns to himself. He returned to the 999th step of Sea God Mountain and faced the Zhuxian Sword again, ending on a vision of a powerful figure watching him across time and space.

• Jiang Siming promised Zhu Zhuqing he would not make her worry again, and she told him her next trial had begun.
• Tang San analyzed the second trial, and the group decided to wait until Oscar reached Soul Saint before attempting it.
• Jiang Siming refused to help the others unless necessary, and everyone except Oscar entered the sea to begin actual combat practice.
• Jiang Siming climbed to the 999th step, where he trained and asked the system about the strange events but received no answer.
• Jiang Siming entered the White Space and grabbed the Juexian Sword, triggering the Zhuxian Sword's aura and a vision of a pair of eyes looking down on him.

Jiang Siming encountered the Ancient King, who claimed to be his past self and demanded that he accept the mission of fighting the monsters from the Gate of Two Worlds. The Ancient King lent Jiang Siming his power and threatened to take control if he refused to progress, leaving Jiang Siming with no clearer understanding of the fourth sword trial.

• Jiang Siming saw the Ancient King destroy the immortals in the hall and recount how his people had betrayed him and the Immortal Kingdom had fallen to monsters.
• The Ancient King told Jiang Siming that he was his present life and had to shoulder his mission, but Jiang Siming insisted that he would make his own choices.
• Jiang Siming tried to withdraw from the Zhuxian Sword trial, but the Ancient King said the mission bound them both and warned that monsters would keep emerging from the Gate of Two Worlds.
• The Ancient King offered to lend Jiang Siming his power twice and threatened to take control of his body if he refused to make progress.
• After the Ancient King entered Jiang Siming's body, Jiang Siming nearly gave in to the power's temptation before a voice stopped him.
• Jiang Siming thanked the voice and again asked the system to withdraw from the trial as the wasteland faded away.

Jiang Siming continued training on Sea God Island while Tang San’s group struggled through their second trial and grew sick of Oscar’s sausages. The chapter left the group surrounding Jiang Siming, hoping he would share the food he had kept for himself.

• Jiang Siming accepted that he needed greater power to protect those he cared about, despite being unable to unleash the Zhuxian Sword’s full strength.
• Xiao Bai defeated Tang San’s group in their trial, then chased Ma Hongjun after he repeatedly called her “little idiot Bai.”
• Jiang Siming appeared and briefly drew Xiao Bai’s wary attention before Ma Hongjun provoked her again and Jiang Siming stepped aside.
• A month later, Jiang Siming reached level 70 and learned that his sign-in mission required both a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Ma Hongjun and the others became sick of eating Oscar’s sausages for a month, and Dai Mubai led them in asking Jiang Siming for food.

Jiang Siming reunited with the exhausted group, shared his food, and comforted Zhu Zhuqing before they teased Ma Hongjun with their displays of affection. After Oscar reached Soul Saint, Jiang Siming left Sea God Island to hunt a hundred-thousand-year Magic Armor Sea Crocodile and sensed something amiss on the silent seabed.

• Jiang Siming gave the group his stored food after Zhu Zhuqing asked for supplies, and he comforted her when she confessed she tried not to distract him from cultivation.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar embraced and kissed their partners, Tang San fed Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun was rejected by Bai Chenxiang.
• Oscar broke through to Soul Saint after another half month, while the group continued using a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast to train.
• Jiang Siming decided to leave Sea God Island to hunt soul beasts and searched the sea for the Magic Armor Sea Crocodile Xiao Bai had mentioned.
• Jiang Siming used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to descend to a barren seabed, where he sensed seawater still moving after he stopped.

Jiang Siming discovered that a reef was the back of a giant Magic Armor Sea Crocodile, then watched it battle a giant octopus beneath the sea. After both Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts dealt each other fatal wounds, Jiang Siming prepared to move in.

• Jiang Siming pried a scale from the reef and realized he was standing on a colossal beast.
• A giant octopus attacked the Magic Armor Sea Crocodile, and their battle swept Jiang Siming away.
• The Magic Armor Sea Crocodile burned the octopus's tentacles with its blue breath and repeatedly forced it out of the water.
• The octopus coated the crocodile's scales with corrosive green liquid, but the crocodile pierced the octopus's head with a blue beam.
• The dying octopus impaled the Magic Armor Sea Crocodile through its lower jaw and skull before a final blue beam killed it.
• Jiang Siming saw the crocodile was near death and prepared to attack.

Jiang Siming defeated the Magic Armor Sea Crocodile, absorbed its hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone, and gained a perception-boosting skill. After returning to Sea God Island, he learned his companions had advanced to the third trial and was summoned by the Sea God, who transported him to an unfamiliar realm.

• Jiang Siming killed the dying Magic Armor Sea Crocodile with Sword Flight Immortal and absorbed its red soul ring.
• Jiang Siming absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, received the Infinite Perception skill, and rose to Soul Power Level 74.
• Jiang Siming returned to Sea God Mountain and learned from Bo Saixi that Tang San and the others had passed the second trial and begun the third.
• Bo Saixi brought Jiang Siming to the Sea God Hall and told him that Lord Sea God had summoned him.
• A pillar of light enveloped Jiang Siming and carried him to a cloud-filled, unfamiliar place.

Jiang Siming met Asura God and the God of Evil, who urged him to inherit a god position and become the Plane Master to resist an otherworldly threat. Jiang Siming refused to inherit their positions unless he had no choice, but vowed to shoulder the plane’s safety himself, while the gods debated whether he could be trusted to rule the God Realm.

• Asura God searched Jiang Siming’s body for the existence within him, but the God of Evil appeared and stopped the confrontation.
• The God of Evil told Jiang Siming he could become the Plane Master and needed to resist the otherworldly threat.
• Jiang Siming refused to inherit either god’s position unless he had no other choice, saying he needed to develop his own power to face an enemy with a system.
• Asura God warned that Jiang Siming’s choice affected his family, friends, lovers, and every living being in the plane, and Jiang Siming vowed to shoulder that responsibility.
• The God of Evil said he believed Jiang Siming could succeed, while Asura God questioned whether allowing him to rule the God Realm would cause another disaster.