Arc 8Trials of Sea God Island

Ye Xuan helped Qian Renxue gain the Blue Silver Empress as her eighth soul ring, then led Hu Liena, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to Sea God Island. He received the Life God’s and Sea God’s trials, while Tang San arrived and began his own trials.

  • Qian Renxue set aside her pride to ask Ye Xuan for help, and he promised her a perfectly compatible soul ring over a hundred thousand years old.
  • Ye Xuan and Qian Renxue traveled to the Blue Silver Forest, where Ah Yin helped the Blue Silver King become a Blue Silver Empress through a breakthrough and heavenly tribulation.
  • The Blue Silver Empress sacrificed herself to Qian Renxue, who gained her soul ring and External Soul Bone wings and advanced to level eighty-four.
  • Ye Xuan obtained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and sailed to Sea God Island with Hu Liena, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, while Tang San failed to find the relic and followed them there.
  • Zhu Zhuqing received Red-level Seven Trials, Ning Rongrong received Red-level Eight Trials, and Hu Liena was chosen for the Sea God’s Nine Trials when the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud merged into her brow.
  • Ye Xuan rejected Poseidon’s trial, so the Goddess of Life and God of Destruction confronted Poseidon and arranged joint Sea God and Life God trials for him.
  • Ye Xuan passed the first three trials, crossed the Ring Sea without killing its sea beasts, and endured tidal body tempering as Tang San arrived and received Top-Tier Eight Trials.
  • Ye Xuan completed his fourth trial by killing three Ten-Thousand-Year Evil Spirit Orcas, then began his fifth trial by forcing Sea Witch Douluo and Sea Star Douluo to surrender.
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Ch. 178A Domineering and Passionate Kiss

Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renxue to seek Ye Xuan’s help choosing her eighth soul ring, hoping the two inheritors would work together. Qian Renxue found Ye Xuan lounging with Hu Liena, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, then angrily dragged him away.

  • Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that Ye Xuan’s knowledge and divine skill could help her choose a soul ring more suitable for the Angel God's trial.
  • Qian Renxue set aside her pride and went to find Ye Xuan on Lake Heart Island.
  • Ye Xuan relaxed with Hu Liena and Ning Rongrong while Zhu Zhuqing watched nearby.
  • Qian Renxue saw Ye Xuan with the women, grabbed him by the ear, and ordered him to come with her.
  • Ye Xuan told Hu Liena, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing that Qian Renxue was one of them, then left with her.

Ch. 179The Little Arrogant Ghost

Qian Renxue confronted Ye Xuan after finding him with Hu Liena and asked him to help choose the eighth soul ring she needed after reaching Rank 80. Ye Xuan teased her into agreeing to a kiss, then left her wondering what soul ring he intended to provide.

  • Qian Renxue dragged Ye Xuan to a bamboo grove and angrily confronted him for embracing other women.
  • Ye Xuan sensed Qian Renxue's jealousy, soothed her with his life aura, and learned that she needed an eighth soul ring.
  • Ye Xuan offered to help choose her soul ring if Qian Renxue kissed him, and she reluctantly agreed.
  • Ye Xuan pulled Qian Renxue into a prolonged kiss, leaving her furious, flustered, and barely able to stand.
  • Qian Renxue warned Ye Xuan to find a satisfactory soul ring and fled, while Ye Xuan privately hinted that its source would willingly sacrifice itself.
  • Back in the Worship Hall, Qian Renxue tried to dismiss her thoughts of Ye Xuan but wondered what secrets he was hiding and what soul ring he would give her.

Ch. 180Hunting the Eighth Ring

After Qian Renxue accidentally walked in on Ye Xuan and Hu Liena, she reminded Ye Xuan of his promise to help find her eighth soul ring. Ye Xuan agreed to take her to the Blue Silver Forest, where he planned to raise the Blue Silver King into a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Empress for her.

  • Ye Xuan woke beside Hu Liena, but Qian Renxue kicked open the bedroom door and caught them together.
  • Qian Renxue left in embarrassment, and Ye Xuan teased her before learning she had come to set off for the Star Dou Great Forest.
  • Ye Xuan promised Qian Renxue a soul ring over a hundred thousand years old with perfect attribute compatibility.
  • Ye Xuan revealed that he intended to use Ah Yin's help to raise the Blue Silver King in the Blue Silver Forest into a Blue Silver Empress.
  • Ye Xuan and Qian Renxue left Spirit Hall for the Blue Silver Forest.

Ch. 181Discussion in the Spirit Sea

Ye Xuan discussed with Ah Yin a plan to raise the Blue Silver King’s cultivation and have him sacrifice himself for Qian Renxue’s eighth soul ring. When the group reached the Blue Silver Forest and Ah Yin appeared, the Blue Silver King flew into a furious attack, leaving Ye Xuan to suspect it had misunderstood her arrival.

  • Ye Xuan told Ah Yin he planned to use Blood Ginseng and her origin energy to help the Blue Silver King become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Empress and sacrifice himself for Qian Renxue.
  • Ah Yin worried the Blue Silver King might refuse, but Ye Xuan assured her he would honor their deal and said he would spare his life if he turned against them.
  • Ye Xuan led Qian Renxue, Falling Devil Douluo, and Thousand Jun Douluo into the Blue Silver Forest, where he sensed the Blue Silver King in the core region.
  • Ye Xuan released Ah Yin from her Pokeball, and the Blue Silver Grass bowed to her before the Blue Silver King erupted with rage and attacked the group.
  • Falling Devil Douluo and Thousand Jun Douluo defended the group as Ye Xuan said Ah Yin’s appearance seemed to have caused a misunderstanding.

Ch. 182The Blue Silver King's Foolish Loyalty

The Blue Silver King mistook Ye Xuan for Ah Yin’s captor and attacked his group, but Ye Xuan calmed it and offered it a chance to become a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Empress in exchange for becoming Qian Renxue’s eighth soul ring. The Blue Silver King doubted Ye Xuan’s offer, and the chapter left it weighing the choice under Ye Xuan’s pressure.

  • The Blue Silver King attacked Ye Xuan’s group, believing Ah Yin had been imprisoned, while Ah Yin tried to explain that she had chosen to follow Ye Xuan.
  • Ye Xuan told Falling Devil Douluo and Thousand Jun Douluo to defend themselves rather than fight back as the Blue Silver King grew more furious and burned its Soul Power.
  • Ye Xuan released his Life divine power to calm the Blue Silver King and offered to help it reach a hundred thousand years before it sacrificed itself as Qian Renxue’s eighth soul ring.
  • Ah Yin confirmed that Ye Xuan’s offer was genuine, and the Blue Silver King hesitated over the chance to become a Blue Silver Empress at the cost of sacrifice.
  • The Blue Silver King asked how it could trust Ye Xuan, who warned that it could not refuse and promised a ten-thousand-year spirit herb if it agreed.

Ch. 183Soul Beast Heavenly Tribulation

Ye Xuan used Ah Yin’s origin power to help the Blue Silver King break through to one hundred thousand years, triggering a heavenly tribulation. The Blue Silver Empress survived, and Ye Xuan declared her soul ring worthy of Qian Renxue.

  • After absorbing two ten-thousand-year Blood Ginseng, the Blue Silver King reached ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine years.
  • Ye Xuan summoned Ah Yin’s soul, and she infused the Blue Silver King with a strand of her origin power.
  • The Blue Silver King broke through to one hundred thousand years and became the Blue Silver Empress, prompting a heavenly tribulation.
  • Thousand Jun Douluo, Falling Devil Douluo, and Qian Renxue retreated as the Blue Silver Empress endured repeated lightning strikes.
  • The Blue Silver Empress survived the final strike, and Blue Silver Grass formed a garland around her.
  • Ye Xuan approached the weakened Blue Silver Empress and said her soul ring was worthy of Qian Renxue.

Ch. 184The Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Empress's External Winged Soul Bone

The Blue Silver Empress sacrificed herself to Qian Renxue, granting her a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and a rare External Soul Bone that greatly increased her power. After Ye Xuan rewarded the Empress with a spirit herb, Qian Renxue thanked him, and he teased her by asking for another kiss.

  • The Blue Silver Empress accepted that resistance was futile and sacrificed herself to Qian Renxue.
  • Qian Renxue absorbed the sacrifice, broke through to level eighty-four, and received the Blue Silver Empress's External Soul Bone wings.
  • The Blue Silver Empress left behind a sapling with her memories and asked Ye Xuan to honor his promise of a top-grade ten-thousand-year spirit herb.
  • Ye Xuan gave the sapling a Heavenly Dew Flower, which it absorbed before burrowing underground to recover.
  • Qian Renxue thanked Ye Xuan, who asked her to repay him with another kiss.

Ch. 185Tang San's Predicament

Qian Renxue celebrated her new hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Empress soul ring and External Soul Bone with Qian Daoliu, while Tang San suffered from poison fused with his Soul Power. After learning the poison could not be removed without destroying him, Tang San resolved to seek the Sea God's inheritance and steal the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the Heaven Dou Empire.

  • Qian Renxue showed Qian Daoliu her Blue Silver Empress wings, and he praised her strength and credited Ye Xuan for helping her.
  • Tang San convulsed in a cave as the aphrodisiac poison and the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core tormented him and eroded his Soul Power.
  • The Asura God told Tang San that removing the poison would ruin his cultivation or scatter his soul, leaving Tang San despairing of revenge against Ye Xuan.
  • The Asura God asked Tang San whether he had heard of the Sea God, and Tang San realized the Sea God's power might purge the poison.
  • Tang San decided to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire and steal the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Qian Renxue.

Ch. 186Sea God Island

Ye Xuan obtained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and set out for Sea God Island with Hu Liena, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to pursue the Sea God's divine trials. After nearly half a month at sea, the group reached the mist-shrouded island.

  • Tang San planned to steal the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and travel to Sea God Island to inherit the Sea God's divine position.
  • Ye Xuan asked Qian Renxue to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and she ordered Snake Lance Douluo to bring it to Spirit Hall.
  • Ye Xuan acquired the shroud and persuaded Qian Daoliu to let Hu Liena, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing seek the Sea God's trials.
  • Azure Luan Douluo and Guang Ling Douluo arrived to escort Ye Xuan and the three women to Sea God Island.
  • After nearly half a month aboard a ship, Ye Xuan and his companions saw Sea God Island on the horizon.

Ch. 187Tang San is unlucky again, the dog-headed strategist Asura God

Tang San failed to find the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in the Heaven Dou Imperial treasury, but the Asura God urged him to go to Sea God Island anyway and promised to arrange his inheritance. Meanwhile, Ye Xuan and his companions landed on Sea God Island and quickly defeated three guards who challenged them.

  • Tang San searched the Heaven Dou Imperial treasury all night for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud but found it missing and escaped before the guards could catch him.
  • The Asura God told Tang San that Spirit Hall had likely taken the token and assured him he could still seek the Sea God's help without it.
  • Tang San accepted the Asura God's advice and set off for Sea God Island, determined to claim the divine position.
  • Ye Xuan, Zhu Zhuqing, Hu Liena, and Ning Rongrong arrived at Sea God Island and were confronted by three silver-armored guards.
  • Ye Xuan, Zhu Zhuqing, Hu Liena, and Ning Rongrong fought together and defeated all three guards within seconds.

Ch. 188Entering Sea God Island, Sea Horse Douluo

Ye Xuan and his companions reached the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, where he revealed divine pressure that forced Sea Horse Douluo out of hiding. Ye Xuan then led the group through the Sea God's water-curtain trial, leaving Sea Horse Douluo stunned by his power.

  • Ye Xuan defeated the Sea God Island guards, and a voice invited him and his companions to the Sacred Pillar Platform.
  • Ye Xuan sensed Sea Horse Douluo hiding beneath the pool and used Might of God to force him out.
  • Sea Horse Douluo questioned Ye Xuan's identity, then respectfully explained the rules of the Sea God's trial.
  • Ye Xuan surrounded the four companions with Life's divine power and led them across the pool toward the sacred pillar.
  • Ye Xuan punched through the water curtains and used a trace of Might of God to dispel the sea-beast illusions, astonishing Sea Horse Douluo.

Ch. 189Red-Rank Eighth Trial? Just an Appetizer

Zhu Zhuqing received a Red-level Seven Trials on Sea God Island, and Bo Saixi arrived to recognize her achievement. Ning Rongrong then began her own assessment and reached Red-level Eight Trials, leaving Sea Horse Douluo stunned.

  • Zhu Zhuqing touched the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar and advanced through the trial ranks until she triggered Red-level Seven Trials.
  • Sea Horse Douluo knelt before Zhu Zhuqing and declared her Sea God Island's most honored guest.
  • Bo Saixi arrived, praised Zhu Zhuqing, and turned her attention to Ye Xuan, Ning Rongrong, and Hu Liena.
  • Ning Rongrong touched the sacred pillar and triggered Red-level Eight Trials.

Ch. 190The Sea God's Nine Trials Belonging Solely to Hu Liena

Ye Xuan received a Red-level Eight Trials, and Hu Liena’s trial rose beyond red rank when the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud awakened the Sea God Nine Trials within her. Hu Liena gained the qualification to inherit the Sea God, while Ye Xuan stood by her side.

  • Ye Xuan touched the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, absorbed its Sea God power, and received a Red-level Eight Trials as the disturbance drew the other six Sacred Pillar Guardians.
  • Hu Liena stepped into the formation after Ye Xuan reassured her, and the Sacred Pillar’s light climbed to red rank.
  • The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud broke free from Hu Liena’s Soul Tool and released blue-gold divine light that transformed her trial beyond the eighth red halo.
  • Bo Saixi recognized Hu Liena’s trial as the legendary Sea God Nine Trials, the ultimate test for the Sea God’s heir.
  • The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud merged into Hu Liena’s brow, and Ye Xuan took her hand as she realized she could become a god.

Ch. 191Bo Saixi's Heart Knot

Bo Saixi welcomed Hu Liena after she triggered the Sea God's Nine Trials and brought Ye Xuan's group to Sea God Mountain. As the four received their divine trials, an overwhelming emerald radiance erupted from Ye Xuan's brow.

  • Bo Saixi recognized Hu Liena as the Sea God's chosen one and dismissed the Sacred Pillar Guardians after reprimanding them for leaving their posts.
  • Bo Saixi flew Ye Xuan, Hu Liena, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing toward Sea God Mountain and questioned Ye Xuan about his origins.
  • Hu Liena declared she would complete the Sea God's Nine Trials after Bo Saixi warned her of the danger.
  • Ning Rongrong received the Top-Tier Eight Trials requiring 168 steps, Zhu Zhuqing received the Top-Tier Seven Trials requiring 136 steps, and Hu Liena received the Sea God's Nine Trials requiring 333 steps of Double Sea God's Light.
  • As Ye Xuan's Top-Tier Eight Trials began to bind, an immense emerald radiance burst from his brow and a life aura swept across the area.

Ch. 192Poseidon, the Beaten Sea God

Ye Xuan’s emerald life energy repelled Poseidon’s Sea God trial and stopped his attempt to attack from the God Realm. The Goddess of Life revealed that Ye Xuan was her chosen inheritor and restrained Poseidon while the God of Destruction beat him.

  • Ye Xuan’s life energy blasted away the golden stream of Poseidon’s top-tier Eight Trials and silenced Poseidon’s voice on the Sea God Platform.
  • Poseidon discovered that Ye Xuan had rejected his trial and sent ocean-law power toward the lower realm to punish him.
  • The Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction entered the Sea God Temple, and the God of Destruction struck Poseidon with his hammer.
  • The Goddess of Life bound Poseidon to his throne with life-energy chains and said Ye Xuan was her chosen inheritor.

Ch. 193Brothers in Misfortune, Asura and Sea God

The Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction forced Poseidon to compensate Ye Xuan for interfering with him. They made Poseidon assign Bo Saixi as Ye Xuan’s Dao Protector and turned the Sea God trials into part of Ye Xuan’s Life God trial, leaving Ye Xuan newly bound to two divine assessments.

  • Poseidon pleaded that attacking Ye Xuan had been a misunderstanding, but the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction confronted him over his interference.
  • The Goddess of Life demanded that Poseidon sever his connection with Bo Saixi and make her Ye Xuan’s Dao Protector; Poseidon reluctantly agreed under the God of Destruction’s threat.
  • The Goddess of Life stopped Poseidon from severing the connection immediately and proposed a trial combining the Sea God’s and Life God’s assessments.
  • Poseidon bestowed the Sea God’s Top-Tier Eight Trials on Ye Xuan, starting with passing through 168 steps of the Sea God’s Light.
  • The Goddess of Life assigned Ye Xuan a Life God trial requiring him to complete all eight Sea God assessments within one year.
  • Two divine decrees descended on Sea God Island and entered Ye Xuan’s sea of consciousness.

Ch. 194Fifty Steps Laughing at a Hundred

Ye Xuan learned that he had to complete the Sea God's Top Eight Trials within a year, while Poseidon and the Asura God discussed the divine succession plans disrupted by Ye Xuan. The Asura God revealed that he had intended Tang San to inherit both the Asura God and Sea God positions, but Ye Xuan had ruined those plans.

  • Ye Xuan and Hu Liena, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing saw that the Life God's Third Trial required Ye Xuan to complete all the Sea God's Top Eight Trials within a year without outside interference.
  • Ye Xuan said the trial could not be canceled and that he would complete it as quickly as possible, while Bo Saixi sensed the divine decree and wondered who Ye Xuan was.
  • The Asura God arrived at the damaged Sea God Temple, and Poseidon told him that Ye Xuan carried the Goddess of Life's inheritance and had been given a top-tier trial.
  • Poseidon explained that he had chosen Hu Liena as his Sea God successor and suspected Ye Xuan might somehow pass the trial.
  • The Asura God revealed that he had planned for Tang San to inherit both the Asura God and Sea God positions, but Ye Xuan had undermined Tang San and taken valuable relics from him.
  • Poseidon laughed at the Asura God for being outmaneuvered by Ye Xuan.

Ch. 195One Year, Eight Exams

Asura God and Poseidon discussed Ye Xuan’s potential and his year-long deadline to complete the top-level eight trials. Ye Xuan passed the first Sea God trial with ease, and the second trial began with a Ring Sea blockade.

  • Asura God admitted that Ye Xuan had outmaneuvered him and said he wanted to see whether Ye Xuan could complete all eight trials within a year.
  • Poseidon sensed Ye Xuan beginning the Sea God’s Light trial, while Asura God watched him climb from afar.
  • Ye Xuan used his powerful physique, soul bones, and life energy to withstand the increasing pressure as he climbed the stairs.
  • Bo Saixi watched in disbelief as Ye Xuan reached the 168th step despite being only a level 68 Soul Emperor.
  • Ye Xuan passed the first trial and received a soul power cultivation reward, unlocking the second trial to cross the Ring Sea without killing sea soul beasts or using soul ring skills.

Ch. 196Top-Tier Eighth Trial, Speedrun Version

Ye Xuan cleared the first Sea God trial and went with Bo Saixi to the Ring Sea to begin the second, where he launched a surprise dash past Xiao Bai’s defenses. Xiao Bai attacked with waves and water currents, but Ye Xuan evaded them and continued toward the blockade.

  • Ye Xuan received three thousand years of Soul Power after crossing 168 steps of Sea God’s Light, raising his cultivation to the peak of rank sixty-eight.
  • Bo Saixi explained that Ye Xuan’s second trial required him to break through the Ring Sea without killing sea soul beasts or using soul ring skills.
  • Ye Xuan followed Bo Saixi to the Ring Sea, where Xiao Bai watched him from beneath the water and underestimated his abilities.
  • Ye Xuan surged across the sea at incredible speed, surprising Bo Saixi and Xiao Bai with his physical strength.
  • Xiao Bai sent a towering wave and a net of water currents to stop Ye Xuan, but he used his soul bones and precise movements to evade them.

Ch. 197Tide Body Refining

Ye Xuan tricked Xiao Bai and crossed the ring-shaped sea, completing his second divine trial. He began the year-long Tidal Body Tempering trial at the Furious Wave Abyss, where the first waves struck him as he was bound to the Deep Sea Sunken Silver Pillar.

  • Xiao Bai transformed into her two-hundred-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark form and attacked Ye Xuan with her tail.
  • Ye Xuan used his auspicious beast soul bone to relax Xiao Bai for an instant, then slipped past her and reached the opposite shore.
  • The divine oracle declared Ye Xuan's second trial complete, increased the age of all his soul rings by 5,000 years, and unlocked the Tidal Body Tempering trial.
  • Ye Xuan told Bo Saixi he would begin the third trial, and she led him to the Furious Wave Abyss and explained the Deep Sea Sunken Silver Pillar's role.
  • Bo Saixi bound Ye Xuan to the pillar, where repeated giant waves began striking his body.

Ch. 198Lao San Applies for Sea God Island

After half a month of tidal body tempering, Ye Xuan reached level 69 and brought his physique and spiritual power to the Titled Douluo level. Tang San arrived on Sea God Island and received a red-level eight trial, while Ye Xuan promised Bo Saixi he would take her to the God Realm if he became the next Life God King.

  • Ye Xuan endured the tides for half a month, strengthening his body and spiritual power and reaching level 69.
  • Tang San reached Sea God Island and used Blue Silver Cage to restrain a guard before Sea Horse Douluo allowed him to enter.
  • Sea Horse Douluo brought Tang San to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, where Tang San received a top-tier eight trial.
  • Ye Xuan promised Bo Saixi he would use the Life Godhood to bring her to the God Realm after her sacrifice for his senior sister Nana.
  • A blood-red beam rose from the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, and Ye Xuan realized the newcomer with the red-level eight trials was likely Tang San.

Ch. 199Wolf's Embarrassment, Prison Three

Tang San received a Top-Tier Eight-Part Trial on Sea God Island and discovered that Hu Liena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong were cultivating at the Sea God's Light. He confronted them over Hu Liena's Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then insisted on taking his trial as the women warned him that it was not the Sea God’s inheritance.

  • Bo Saixi sensed Tang San's top-tier eight-part trial near the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar but chose to ignore it and returned to the temple.
  • Tang San received the first trial, which required him to cross 168 steps of the Sea God's Light, and found that the mark suppressed the aphrodisiac poison within him.
  • Ning Rongrong, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing discussed how the Sea God's Light had strengthened their cultivation and abilities.
  • Tang San arrived at the stairs and was shocked to find the three women cultivating together; they greeted him with hostility.
  • Hu Liena revealed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud mark and said the Sea God's divine position would never belong to Tang San.
  • Tang San insisted on taking the Sea God trials and walked toward the stairs, while the three women corrected him that he had received the Top-Grade Eight Trials.

Ch. 200Half a Year, Three Exams - Ye Xuan Needs to Speed Up!

After completing the third divine trial, Ye Xuan returned to Sea God Mountain and reunited with Hu Liena, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing. He taunted Tang San for completing only one trial in half a year, prompting Tang San to hurry off to begin his second trial.

  • Tang San suppressed the three women's provocation, climbed the Sea God's Light, and spent half a year completing the first of his Top Eight Trials.
  • Ning Rongrong, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing improved their cultivation during the half-year, reaching levels sixty-five, sixty-eight, and sixty-seven respectively.
  • Ye Xuan completed the third trial after tidal body tempering, received a soul-ring age increase he considered useless, and headed back with only half a year left to finish the remaining trials.
  • Ye Xuan reunited with Hu Liena, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, then mocked Tang San for lagging behind in the trials.
  • Tang San, stung by Ye Xuan's taunts and unsettled by his strength, vowed to surpass him and rushed off to begin the second trial.
  • Bo Saixi watched the encounter through a Soul Power mark and noted that Ye Xuan's progress had exceeded her expectations.

Ch. 201Breaking Through!

Ye Xuan completed the fourth trial by hunting three Ten-Thousand-Year Evil Spirit Orcas in a single day, earning a 20,000-year increase to all his soul rings. He learned that his fifth trial required him to defeat the seven Sacred Pillar Guardians in sequence, and prepared to begin the challenge the next day.

  • Ye Xuan used Liya’s tracking and Tianmeng’s spiritual lock-on to find and kill three Ten-Thousand-Year Evil Spirit Orcas, completing the fourth trial.
  • The trial reward raised the age limits of all Ye Xuan’s soul rings by 20,000 years, while his Soul Power remained at rank sixty-nine.
  • Ye Xuan received the fifth trial’s order to challenge the seven Sacred Pillar Guardians alone, without external aid.
  • Hu Liena and Ning Rongrong worried about the difficulty, but Ye Xuan said he would begin the challenge the next day.
  • Bo Saixi watched Ye Xuan’s progress and believed he could succeed, while the seven Sacred Pillar Guardians prepared for his challenge.

Ch. 202Half-Mermaid Sea Witch? Directly Kneeling

Ye Xuan began his Fifth Trial by challenging the sacred pillar guardians, defeating Sea Witch Douluo through Merfolk royal bloodline suppression and Sea Star Douluo by turning his Soul Power devouring against him. With progress at 2/7, the other guardians grew wary of Ye Xuan’s strength.

  • Ye Xuan arrived at the Sea Witch Sacred Pillar, where his royal Merfolk bloodline suppressed Sea Witch Douluo and forced her to surrender, completing the first challenge.
  • Ye Xuan went to the Sea Star Sacred Pillar and used the Blue Silver Life Tree’s devouring power to drain Sea Star Douluo’s Soul Power until he surrendered.
  • The divine oracle announced that Ye Xuan’s Fifth Trial progress had reached 2/7, and Ning Rongrong, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing praised his victories.
  • Bo Saixi witnessed the battles and remarked that Ye Xuan’s strength had exceeded her expectations, while the other five Sacred Pillar Guardians grew solemn.
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