Chapter Summaries

Huang Yan beat Sea Horse Douluo nearly to death after the guardian threatened Shui Bing'er and tried to take her treasure. The other six Sacred Pillar Douluo arrived, and Sea Dragon Douluo demanded that Huang Yan release Sea Horse and explain himself, threatening to leave his corpse intact.

• Huang Yan slapped Sea Horse Douluo and stomped him into the sand, burning his meridians with divine fire as he demanded to know where the guardian's swagger had gone.
• Xiao Bai watched in terror and blamed Sea Horse Douluo for provoking Huang Yan by threatening Shui Bing'er.
• Sea Spear Douluo, Sea Delusion Douluo, Sea Ghost Douluo, Sea Star Douluo, Sea Witch Douluo, and Sea Dragon Douluo arrived at the beach after sensing Huang Yan's power.
• Sea Witch Douluo noticed Huang Yan's two red hundred-thousand-year soul rings, while Sea Dragon Douluo sensed a sacred pressure that made his martial soul tremble.
• Sea Dragon Douluo ordered Huang Yan to release Sea Horse Douluo and explain himself, threatening to leave Huang Yan's corpse intact.

Sea Horse Douluo accused Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er of stealing the Sea God's Heart, and the Sacred Pillar Douluos sided against them despite Sea Horse's attack. Huang Yan repelled Sea Spear Douluo with divine fire, transformed with his seventh Soul Skill, and faced the remaining guardians as they launched a coordinated assault.

• Sea Horse Douluo claimed Shui Bing'er had stolen the Sea God's Heart and urged the Sacred Pillar Douluos to kill Huang Yan and reclaim it.
• Shui Bing'er accused the guardians of trying to seize the relic, but Sea Dragon Douluo defended Sea Horse and declared that no land Soul Master could defy Sea God Island's rules.
• Huang Yan crushed Sea Horse Douluo's shoulder, then blocked Sea Spear Douluo's ninth Soul Skill with divine flame and sent him flying backward.
• Huang Yan activated his Seventh Soul Skill, Fire God Phoenix Avatar, and its divine pressure suppressed the Sacred Pillar Douluos.
• Sea Dragon Douluo, Sea Star Douluo, Sea Witch Douluo, and another guardian unleashed their strongest attacks together against Huang Yan.

Huang Yan defeated all seven Sacred Pillar Douluo after they targeted Shui Bing'er, leaving Xiao Bai and the others shocked. He reassured Shui Bing'er that if Sea God Island denied her a trial, the Fire God could arrange the vacant Water God inheritance for her instead.

• Huang Yan used his Phoenix Fire Burning Heaven skill and overwhelming strength to defeat all seven Sacred Pillar Douluo, while Shui Bing'er watched calmly and Xiao Bai hid in the water.
• Sea Dragon Douluo asked how an eighty-fourth-level soul master could be so powerful, and Huang Yan condemned the guardians for targeting Shui Bing'er and threatened to tear down the pillars if necessary.
• Xiao Bai warned Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er that injuring the Sacred Pillar guardians would anger the High Priest and jeopardize their chance to take the Sea God Trial.
• Huang Yan said they did not need the Sea God's divine position, then reminded Shui Bing'er that the Fire God had offered to arrange the Water God's nine trials for her.
• Huang Yan explained that the Water God governed all water-related laws and that Shui Bing'er’s ultimate ice and water powers made her a suitable successor to the vacant divine position.

Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er defended their attack on the Seven Sacred Pillars, but Bo Saixi arrived with level-99 pressure and demanded to know why they had fought. Shui Bing'er challenged her to ask Sea Horse Douluo what he had done, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Huang Yan told Shui Bing'er that the Sea God's inheritance was only one option, and she agreed that she would abandon the trial if Sea God Island refused justice.
• Bo Saixi descended over the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, discovered the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo badly injured, and used the Sea God's Light to stabilize them.
• Sea Horse Douluo and Sea Dragon Douluo accused Huang Yan of attacking them, stealing the Sea God's Heart, and insulting the Sea God.
• Bo Saixi questioned Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er, learned Huang Yan was the Spirit Hall Holy Son and Shui Bing'er held the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then rebuked them for attacking the guardians.
• Shui Bing'er challenged Bo Saixi to ask Sea Horse Douluo what he had done.

Shui Bing'er exposed Sea Horse Douluo's attack and challenged Bo Saixi's judgment, while Huang Yan openly defied the High Priest. Bo Saixi unleashed a colossal oceanic strike, and Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er prepared to answer it with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and an escape plan.

• Shui Bing'er accused Sea Horse Douluo of trying to seize the Sea God's Heart and condemned the Sacred Pillar Douluo for attacking them without investigating.
• Bo Saixi acknowledged Sea Horse Douluo's misconduct but insisted that Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er had violated Sea God Island's laws and demanded justice for the Sacred Pillars.
• Huang Yan mocked Bo Saixi's double standard, challenged her to fight, and stood beside Shui Bing'er as she refused to apologize.
• Bo Saixi declared that Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er had to withstand her strike to leave Sea God Island alive, then summoned a gigantic hand of seawater that crushed down toward them.
• Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er agreed to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against the strike and, if injured, hide in the Void Ocean with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Shui Bing'er and Huang Yan used their Ice, Flame, Divine, Phoenix fusion skill to block Bo Saixi's attack, but Bo Saixi then tried to kill them. The Sea God's Divine Will intervened, revealed Shui Bing'er as his chosen heir, and furiously rebuked Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo.

• Shui Bing'er and Huang Yan fused ultimate ice and ultimate fire, shattering Bo Saixi's ocean-wave attack with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Bo Saixi grew wary of Huang Yan's talent, summoned her Sea God phantom and nine Soul Rings, and unleashed her ninth Soul Skill as Shui Bing'er activated the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to escape.
• The Sea God's Divine Will descended, broke Bo Saixi's attack, and declared Shui Bing'er his chosen heir.
• The Sea God berated Bo Saixi for nearly killing his successor and struck Sea Dragon Douluo for defending the Sacred Pillars.
• Poseidon raged in Sea God Hall, lamenting that Bo Saixi had nearly killed the heir he had worked for thousands of years to find.

Poseidon discovered that Bo Saixi had nearly killed Shui Bing'er and rushed to stop her, then faced the furious Fire God and Water God after they learned what had happened. As Poseidon tried to secure Shui Bing'er as his successor, the two gods sent their divine wills toward Sea God Island to claim her for the Water God.

• Poseidon persuaded the Fire God and Water God to leave the Sea God Hall after insisting that Shui Bing'er was already his chosen successor.
• Poseidon saw Bo Saixi attack Shui Bing'er and descended in his divine will to block the strike and curse her.
• The Fire God and Water God returned to the Sea God Hall, condemned Poseidon for his island's treatment of Shui Bing'er, and sent their divine wills toward Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi begged Poseidon to punish her instead of Sea God Island's believers, and Poseidon offered Shui Bing'er command of the island if she accepted the Sea God Trial.

Huang Yan rejected the Sea God's inheritance after condemning Poseidon for failing to protect them, prompting the Fire God to descend and defend him. The Water God also appeared and offered Shui Bing'er an immediate path to inherit her throne, leaving the gathering stunned.

• Huang Yan mocked Poseidon for appearing only after Bo Saixi had nearly killed him and refused to covet the Sea God's throne.
• Poseidon tried to punish Huang Yan with divine might, but the Fire God and Water God descended on Sea God Island and stopped him.
• The Fire God healed Huang Yan and praised his defiance, while Huang Yan formally greeted him and rejected the Sea God's inheritance.
• The Water God recognized Shui Bing'er as an ideal successor and offered her the Water God Nine Trials, the Taiyin Mystic Water Mirror, and a direct path to godhood.
• Poseidon protested that Shui Bing'er already carried the Sea God's mark, but the Water God dismissed his claim and presented her offer before the stunned gathering.

Shui Bing'er rejected Poseidon's increasingly generous offer to inherit his divine position after seeing how Sea God Island's leaders treated Bo Saixi. She chose the Water God's path instead and expelled the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from her body.

• Bo Saixi broke down after realizing her faith in the Sea God had been shattered, while Sea Horse Douluo understood the gravity of his offense.
• Poseidon berated the Water God and Fire God for interfering, then pleaded with Shui Bing'er to accept his succession and promised to punish Bo Saixi and Sea Horse Douluo.
• Poseidon offered to let Shui Bing'er begin at the Fourth Trial, double her trial rewards, and grant her God-Given Spirit Rings.
• Huang Yan and the Water God urged Shui Bing'er to reject Poseidon's position, and the Fire God proposed joining their divine halls after she and Huang Yan ascended.
• Shui Bing'er resolved to accept the Water God's path and forced the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud out of her body.

Shui Bing'er rejected the Sea God's succession, and the Water God chose her for the Water God Nine Trials while punishing Sea God Island. Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er left for the Douluo Continent as Poseidon punished Bo Saixi and the island's defenders.

• Shui Bing'er returned the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and refused the Sea God's God Trial, accusing Sea God Island's leaders of driving her away.
• The Water God bestowed the Water God Mark and Nine Trials on Shui Bing'er, raising her Soul Power to level 77, and cut Sea God Island's share of Douluo Star's water-vein spiritual energy by thirty percent.
• The Fire God praised Huang Yan and offered him the Fire God's Examination whenever he became a Titled Douluo.
• Poseidon stripped Sea Horse Douluo of his title and nine levels of Soul Power, banished the other six Sacred Pillar Douluo to the Deep Sea Demon Whale Waters, and deprived Bo Saixi of her divine authority.
• Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er departed Sea God Island together, flying toward the Douluo Continent.

After leaving Sea God Island, Shui Bing'er received guidance from the Water God about the location of her trials. The Water God sent her and Huang Yan to the Far North, where the Ice God's ancient legacy remained sealed.

• Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er returned to Vast Sea City after rejecting the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and discussed the punishments Poseidon had inflicted on Bo Saixi and Sea Horse Douluo.
• Shui Bing'er's divine mark resonated, and the Water God contacted her to explain the Water God Nine Trials' inheritance grounds.
• The Water God said the trials would take place in the Far North because Poseidon's lingering power tainted the seas and water and ice shared the same source.
• The Water God revealed that the Ice God had hidden a pure divine legacy in Ice-Sealed God Valley before dying in the ancient war of the gods.
• The Water God told Shui Bing'er to seek the Ice God's legacy.

The Water God urged Shui Bing'er to begin the Water God Nine Trials in the Far North, where she could absorb the Ice God's Legacy, and she agreed to travel there with Huang Yan. Meanwhile, Poseidon learned that Shui Bing'er had rejected his succession and raged over the loss and humiliation.

• The Water God explained that Shui Bing'er could use the Far North's icy energy during her trials and merge the Ice God's Origin with the Water God's power.
• Shui Bing'er accepted the Water God's plan, and the Water God said her First Trial would activate when she reached the Far North's Core Circle.
• Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er decided to send secret letters to his teacher and Sister Xue from a nearby Spirit Hall before traveling north.
• Huang Yan carried Shui Bing'er toward the Far North on his Blazing Phoenix Wings.
• Poseidon returned to his divine temple, learned that Shui Bing'er had rejected his succession, and angrily cursed Bo Saixi and the others for driving her away.

Poseidon regretted losing Shui Bing'er as his heir and devised a plan to make her accept the Sea God’s inheritance despite already receiving the Water God’s trials. He decided to awaken a second martial soul in her so she could inherit both divine positions.

• Poseidon blamed Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillars for driving Shui Bing'er and Huang Yan away, and believed his punishment of them might have eased the pair’s resentment.
• Poseidon realized Shui Bing'er could not inherit the Sea God’s divinity through her ice phoenix martial soul while also inheriting the Water God’s position.
• Poseidon conceived the idea of awakening Shui Bing’er’s second martial soul using Sea God essence.
• Poseidon resolved to offer Shui Bing'er two divine inheritances, believing the prospect of dual godhood would make her accept the Sea God’s Nine Trials.

Poseidon plotted to use the Sea God inheritance to win Shui Bing'er’s favor, while Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er entered the Frozen Forest and discovered Oscar hunting a rare Mirror Shadow Beast. Huang Yan recognized the beast as Oscar’s destined opportunity and resolved to claim its spirit bone for himself.

• Poseidon decided to wait for a natural opportunity to offer Shui Bing'er the Sea God inheritance and quietly tracked her to the Far North.
• Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er traveled through the Frozen Forest toward the Far North’s Core Circle, where Shui Bing'er sensed Oscar’s hunting party ahead.
• Huang Yan identified Oscar as a former Shrek Seven Devils member who had left to become stronger after Ning Rongrong rejected him.
• Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er spotted a twenty-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast, whose reflective scales camouflaged it in the snow.
• Huang Yan predicted that the beast would yield a spirit bone and recognized it as Oscar’s destined chance to gain a powerful soul skill.