Chapter Summaries

After reuniting with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the others, Jiang Liang heard about their growth and learned that Ye Lingling had been chosen by the Life Goddess. He revealed his own second divine trial and promised to seek divine positions for his companions, then gave Xiao Wu the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, the key to the Sea God trial.

• Jiang Liang shared a meal with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, and the others as they described their harsh lives and impressive cultivation gains over the past two years.
• Dugu Yan revealed that she had reached level seventy-five and developed a self-created soul skill, while Liu Erlong had become a level ninety-two Titled Douluo and the others reported their levels.
• Liu Erlong told Jiang Liang that Ye Lingling had been chosen by the Life Goddess, and Jiang Liang explained what he knew about the Divine Realm and its gods.
• Jiang Liang revealed that the God of Destruction had also given him a god trial in the Extreme North, prompting Ning Rongrong and the others to ask him to find divine positions for them.
• Jiang Liang gave Xiao Wu the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and explained that it was the Heaven Dou Empire's national treasure and the key to activating the Sea God trial.

Xiao Wu received the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and learned that it could let her inherit the Sea God’s Divine Position. After her friends accepted that she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Jiang Liang contacted the Sea God on her behalf, but the Sea God rejected the idea and Jiang Liang threatened to destroy the relic.

• Jiang Liang said the Sea God Trial had chosen Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu tried to give the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Liu Erlong instead.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan realized Xiao Wu was a Soul Beast, but Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Liu Erlong, and the others reassured her that they still trusted her.
• Jiang Liang led everyone outside, where Xiao Wu cut her finger and dripped her blood onto the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, but it did not react.
• Jiang Liang used the remaining Ice God divine power in his body to contact the Sea God and asked him to pass his Divine Position to Xiao Wu.
• The Sea God objected because Xiao Wu was a Soul Beast, and Jiang Liang argued that she could inherit a Divine Position before threatening to destroy the Heart of the Sea God.

Jiang Liang secured the Sea God's agreement to let Xiao Wu attempt his God Trial, and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud acknowledged her. After undergoing the Sea God's baptism, Xiao Wu awakened the Shroud's abilities and demonstrated several of its skills to her companions.

• The Sea God reluctantly agreed to give Xiao Wu a God Trial, though he warned Jiang Liang that its difficulty would not be reduced and that he would not be responsible for trouble caused by her Soul Beast identity.
• The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud glowed in Xiao Wu's hand, and she fainted as she received the Sea God's baptism.
• Jiang Liang reassured the worried group that Xiao Wu was undergoing the baptism, and she woke about half an hour later and described her experience.
• Xiao Wu activated the Shroud's Vast Sea Protective Shield, which concealed everyone inside it from outside detection.
• Xiao Wu demonstrated Vast Sea Immobilizing Shield by immobilizing Dugu Yan, then explained that Vast Sea Raging Tide and Cosmic Demon-Breaker would exhaust all her Soul Power.

Xiao Wu learned that her Sea God assessment would begin only after she reached Sea God Island, and Jiang Liang decided to take the others there for their own assessments and rewards. After five days of preparations, Jiang Liang led the group away, leaving Liu Erlong behind to manage Blue Tyrant Academy.

• Xiao Wu said she had received no mission, and Jiang Liang explained that her assessment would be triggered when they reached Sea God Island.
• Jiang Liang announced that the group would leave in five days and explained that Sea God Island offered generous assessments for its adult Sea Soul Masters.
• Liu Erlong chose to stay behind because she was a Titled Douluo and needed to take care of Blue Tyrant Academy.
• The group prepared for the journey, while Jiang Liang informed Qian Renxue and Ah Yin that he would be away.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er arrived in Heaven Dou City, and Jiang Liang welcomed them into the traveling party.
• Before dawn the next day, Jiang Liang formed thirteen qi swords and flew toward Sea God Island with everyone except Liu Erlong.

Tang San entered Slaughter City after fighting his way through a tavern and learned that the King of Slaughter had been waiting for him because he was chosen by a mysterious great existence. The King of Slaughter led him inside, while Tang San remained wary and sought to learn who was guiding him.

• Tang San arrived at a lawless tavern and demanded entry to Slaughter City, but refused the attendant’s scarlet drink.
• Tang San used his Clear Sky Hammer and hidden weapons to kill the tavern’s attackers and qualify for entry.
• Tang San descended through a hidden passage and entered Slaughter City, where he was welcomed to the capital of hell.
• The King of Slaughter greeted Tang San by name and said that a great existence had chosen him.
• Tang San asked who the great existence was, but the King of Slaughter said he was not yet qualified to know and led him into Slaughter City.

Tang San entered Slaughter City and learned that he had to win one hundred matches in the Hell Slaughter Arena, pass through Hell Road, and awaken Divine Slaughter's Domain to gain the power he sought. Meanwhile, Jiang Liang brought Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, and the others across the sea toward Sea God Island, which they spotted as he sped up to reach it before dark.

• The King of Slaughter showed Tang San Slaughter City and explained that he must win one hundred Hell Slaughter Arena matches, pass through Hell Road, and awaken Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tang San declared that he wanted to enter the arena immediately and secretly vowed to finish the trials within two years before killing Jiang Liang.
• Jiang Liang carried Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, and the others over the ocean on flying swords as they admired the sea.
• Dugu Yan asked how far they were from Sea God Island, and Jiang Liang pointed out the island and its central Sea God Mountain.
• Jiang Liang increased his Sword Qi output and raced toward Sea God Island, aiming to arrive before dark.

Jiang Liang and his companions arrived at Sea God Island, where the Seven Sacred Pillars' guardians confronted them. The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud revealed their connection to the Sea God's trial, and Bo Saixi appeared, acknowledging Xiao Wu as the one who had gained the Sea God's recognition.

• Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillars' guardians sensed the powerful Sword Qi approaching Sea God Island and prepared to defend it.
• Sea Dragon Douluo and the other guardians challenged Jiang Liang's group, suspecting they were mainland Soul Masters sent by Spirit Hall.
• Jiang Liang said they meant no harm and asked Xiao Wu to show the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• The guardians recognized the Sea God's aura in the artifact, and Jiang Liang explained that it had brought them to take the trial.
• Bo Saixi arrived, welcomed the group to take the trial, and told Xiao Wu she had gained Lord Sea God's recognition.

Bo Saixi warned the mainland Soul Masters that Sea God Island’s assessments could be fatal, but Dugu Yan and the others insisted on taking part. At the Sea Witch Sacred Pillar, Shui Bing’er began her assessment, and its light rose from black to red, astonishing Sea Witch Douluo.

• Bo Saixi warned the girls that joining the assessments meant they could not withdraw, even at the cost of their lives.
• Dugu Yan rallied the girls, and they confirmed they would proceed despite Sea Ghost Douluo’s warning about the trials’ difficulty.
• Bo Saixi sent Sea Witch Douluo to lead the group to her Sacred Pillar, while Jiang Liang and Ye Lingling stayed out of the assessment.
• At the Sea Witch Sacred Pillar, Shui Bing’er volunteered to go first and received a beam of blue light as her assessment began.
• The Sacred Pillar’s light changed from blue to white, yellow, and black, then erupted in red, prompting Sea Witch Douluo to announce a Red-Level Supreme assessment.

Shui Bing'er received a Red-Level Seven Trials assessment, and Ning Rongrong and the others also earned unusually high assessments. When Xiao Wu took her turn, her assessment unleashed a golden pillar of light that left everyone stunned.

• Sea Witch Douluo explained that Red-Level assessments were the hardest and could grant power close to a deity, while Jiang Liang said they represented extraordinary potential.
• Shui Bing'er learned that her first task was to pass through Sea God's Light, and Sea Witch Douluo explained it was Sea God's Island's strongest defense.
• Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu received Black-Level Six Trials, while Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui received Black-Level Four Trials.
• Ning Rongrong received a Top-Level Eight Trials assessment, while Shui Bing'er had received Top-Level Seven Trials.
• Xiao Wu's assessment triggered a massive red pillar, six more red pillars across Sea God Island, and then a golden pillar that enveloped her, astonishing everyone.

Xiao Wu received the Sea God's Nine Trials, marked by a golden trident, and Bo Saixi warned her that the trials were tied to Sea God Island's survival. The group discovered that everyone's first trial was Crossing Sea God's Light.

• Golden light covered Sea God Island as nine trial screens entered Xiao Wu and formed a golden trident mark on her glabella.
• Xiao Wu asked Sea Witch Douluo why she had nine trials, and Bo Saixi arrived and identified them as the Sea God's Nine Trials.
• Bo Saixi declared Xiao Wu, Ye Lingling, and Jiang Liang honored guests and ordered the island's residents to fulfill their requests while warning Xiao Wu to complete at least one trial each year.
• Xiao Wu accepted the warning and vowed to give the trials everything she had.
• Xiao Wu and the others checked their first trials and found that they were all Crossing Sea God's Light.

After receiving their first Sea God trials, Xiao Wu and the others asked to visit the island’s core forbidden area instead of resting. Sea Witch Douluo showed them the Sea God Temple and explained that the golden light and the steps before it were where they would face their trials.

• Sea Witch Douluo explained that the trials were randomized, and the group compared their tasks: Xiao Wu had to climb 333 steps, most had to climb 108 or 136, and the Black-level Four Trials required 99.
• Xiao Wu complained that her task was unfair, but Jiang Liang reminded her that the trial was meant to test her; Dugu Yan encouraged her, and the others joined in cheering her on.
• Xiao Wu and the others asked Sea Witch Douluo to take them to the core forbidden area, and Jiang Liang agreed to go with them.
• Sea Witch Douluo led the group toward the center of the island, and Jiang Liang used flying swords to carry them after her.
• Sea Witch Douluo pointed out Sea Witch City and explained that Sea God Island had seven cities named after the titles of their seven lords.
• Sea Witch Douluo showed the group the Sea God Temple and explained that the golden light surrounding the island was the Sea God’s Light and that the stairs leading up the island were where they would undergo their trials.

Jiang Liang brought the girls to Sea God Island, where they crossed the Ring Sea and encountered the Sea God's Light barrier on the mountain staircase. After Zhu Zhuqing was repelled by the barrier, Jiang Liang explained how the group could attempt the climb.

• Jiang Liang led the group across the Ring Sea, where the girls' trial marks protected them from a Sea Thorn Fish that attacked him and Ye Lingling.
• Jiang Liang killed the nearly ninety-thousand-year-old Sea Thorn Fish with a Sword Qi strike, startling Sea Witch Douluo and the other guardians, who speculated that he was at least a Level Ninety-Six Super Douluo.
• Jiang Liang explained that the trial marks protected the girls from the Ring Sea's Soul Beasts, while he and Ye Lingling were treated as intruders.
• Zhu Zhuqing tried to rush onto the white staircase but bounced off Sea God's Light, and Jiang Liang caught her as she fell back.
• Jiang Liang explained that Sea God's Light reflected physical and energy attacks, and that the girls could climb by enduring its force while using enhancement and defensive Soul Skills.

Xiao Wu tested the Sea God’s stairs and was thrown back after exhausting her Soul Power, while Jiang Liang caught and reassured her. The others tried the climb too, and after everyone recovered, Jiang Liang asked what they thought of the trial.

• Xiao Wu charged up to the seventieth step using her Soul Skills, exhausted her Soul Power, and was hurled from the stairs.
• Jiang Liang caught Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling healed her as the others gathered around; Jiang Liang warned her not to push herself recklessly.
• Dugu Yan climbed to the sixty-fifth step, Zhu Zhuqing reached the fifty-ninth, and Shui Bing’er reached the fifty-eighth before turning back.
• The Skywater Academy girls climbed past the fortieth step, while Ning Rongrong surprised everyone by reaching the fiftieth through physical strength alone.
• After Xiao Wu recovered, Jiang Liang gathered everyone and asked what they thought of the stairs.

Dugu Yan and the others learned to tackle Sea God's Light as a team, using Ning Rongrong's boosts and the pressure to advance and strengthen themselves. After a month of training, Jiang Liang left Sea God Island to continue his own God Trial, while the others remained to complete theirs.

• Dugu Yan and the others agreed to take turns carrying Ning Rongrong up the stairs while Ye Lingling stayed below to heal them.
• Sea Dragon Douluo and the other guardians praised the group’s teamwork and Xiao Wu’s progress before leaving Sea Witch Douluo to oversee them.
• Over the next month, Ning Rongrong boosted the group as they climbed Sea God's Light, and its pressure helped them improve their Soul Power and bodies.
• Dugu Yan suggested that everyone train under Sea God's Light while continuing to attempt higher steps, and the others agreed.
• Jiang Liang said goodbye to Dugu Yan and the others and flew away on the Heaven-Slaying Sword to pursue his God Trial.

Jiang Liang returned to the Villa, reunited with Liu Erlong, and spent the night with her after hearing about her exhausting work at Blue Tyrant Academy. The next morning, he went to Sunset Forest and found that Ah Yin had transformed into a young woman with two Soul Rings.

• Liu Erlong greeted Jiang Liang when he returned to the Villa and told him how much work she had handled at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Jiang Liang told Liu Erlong about his month on Sea God Island, and she demanded compensation before taking him to his room.
• The next morning, Jiang Liang ate the Maid's strength-building soup and flew to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Jiang Liang found Ah Yin transformed into a woman in white with two yellow Soul Rings, and she asked whether he thought she looked good.

Ah Yin survived her tribulation, reached the hundred-thousand-year level, and took human form before Jiang Liang brought her back to the estate. Spirit Hall elders and other Soul Masters searched Sunset Forest for the vanished beast, while Liu Erlong questioned Jiang Liang about the woman he had brought home.

• Ah Yin withstood the red lightning tribulation and restored her cultivation to the hundred-thousand-year level.
• Ah Yin transformed into a woman and told Jiang Liang she could now stay by his side, but explained that she had to start over and could condense her first Soul Ring.
• Jiang Liang sensed people approaching and took Ah Yin away before she could condense her Soul Ring.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, searched for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and headed into the forest.
• Soul Masters who saw the tribulation also made their way toward Sunset Forest, while Jiang Liang returned to the estate with Ah Yin.
• Liu Erlong looked over Ah Yin and asked Jiang Liang who she was.

Jiang Liang introduced Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor and Tang San’s mother, to Liu Erlong and explained how he had rescued her after Tang Hao sacrificed her cultivation. Ah Yin settled into the Villa, but the next morning Xue Qinghe (Qian Renxue) arrived jealous after seeing her with Jiang Liang.

• Ah Yin revealed her Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, and Jiang Liang explained its connection to Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor.
• Ah Yin told Liu Erlong how Tang Hao had sacrificed her cultivation and hidden her in a cave until Jiang Liang rescued her; Jiang Liang said he had killed Tang Hao.
• Ah Yin decided to stay wherever Jiang Liang went, and Liu Erlong welcomed her into the Villa.
• Ah Yin made breakfast the next morning, and Xue Qinghe (Qian Renxue) arrived and grew jealous when she saw Ah Yin with Jiang Liang.

Liu Erlong dragged Ah Yin to spy on Jiang Liang and Qian Renxue, suspecting they were hiding something, while the two discussed political threats and the Snow Empress’s weakened soul. The chapter ended when a loud thump outside alerted Qian Renxue to someone nearby.

• Liu Erlong told Ah Yin she suspected Xue Qinghe and Jiang Liang were unusually close and might be hiding a secret.
• Liu Erlong pulled Ah Yin along to follow Qian Renxue and Jiang Liang, then led her to peek through their window.
• Jiang Liang sensed Liu Erlong and Ah Yin outside but continued speaking with Qian Renxue about Sea God Island and the trials.
• Qian Renxue said she would remain in the Heaven Dou Empire until she had settled its troubles, while Jiang Liang offered to eliminate her enemies.
• Jiang Liang asked Qian Renxue about treasures that could restore a weakened soul, hoping to wake the Snow Empress.
• A thump sounded outside, and Qian Renxue sprang up after realizing someone was there.

Liu Erlong and Ah Yin overheard Qian Renxue’s secret and learned that she had been posing as Xue Qinghe. After Qian Renxue explained her identity and history, Liu Erlong realized she had misunderstood the closeness between Qian Renxue and Jiang Liang, but she could not bring herself to explain what she had thought.

• Liu Erlong and Ah Yin overheard Qian Renxue call Jiang Liang her fiancé and reveal that she was the Spirit Hall Young Master.
• Liu Erlong accidentally struck the wall, alerting those inside, and Jiang Liang invited the two women into the room.
• Liu Erlong and Ah Yin found Qian Renxue in her true appearance and asked where Xue Qinghe had gone.
• Qian Renxue revealed her real name, her connection to Qian Xunji, and how she had replaced Xue Qinghe and become emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Jiang Liang said he had known Qian Renxue’s identity for a long time and that they no longer planned to hide it now that they were engaged.
• Liu Erlong admitted she had misunderstood the pair’s intimacy, then blushed and failed to explain her assumption.

Liu Erlong and Ah Yin left the Villa to shop after agreeing to keep their embarrassing incident secret, while Qian Renxue told Jiang Liang to wait for her arrangements. As war loomed between the empires, Qian Renxue installed a disguised replacement and prepared to return to Spirit City with Jiang Liang.

• Liu Erlong hurried Ah Yin away and made her promise not to reveal what had happened between them.
• Qian Renxue reassured Jiang Liang that her position in the Heaven Dou Empire was secure, ordered him to stay put, and returned to the palace.
• Jiang Liang spent half a month monitoring the still-unconscious Snow Empress as the Star Luo Empire, Heaven Dou Empire, and Spirit Hall assembled forces near the border.
• After Qian Renxue sent word that they could return to Spirit City, Jiang Liang flew to the palace, where she handed her duties to a Spirit Hall Soul Master disguised as Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue changed into court attire, then told Jiang Liang they were ready to leave.