Chapter Summaries

Yu Mingxiao and Di Tian attacked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, with Yu Mingxiao’s vulnerability effect allowing Di Tian’s techniques to inflict severe damage. The whale trapped Yu Mingxiao in his domain and sealed the surrounding space as a combined water-and-lightning attack rushed toward him.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King awoke after ice spikes struck him, then charged toward the surface to confront the intruders.
• Di Tian revealed that he had brought Yu Mingxiao to hunt the whale’s Soul Ring, and the whale attacked Yu Mingxiao with a beam of light.
• Yu Mingxiao wounded the whale with Light Dragon God Claw, inflicting a vulnerability effect, and Di Tian struck him with Myriad Dragon Flame.
• Yu Mingxiao used Myriad Dragons Burning Heaven to burn the whale, but the whale unleashed his Demonic Whale Domain and left Yu Mingxiao dazed and falling into the sea.
• The whale sent a water-and-lightning sphere at Yu Mingxiao, who found that the surrounding space had been sealed and could not teleport away.

Yu Mingxiao and Di Tian pressed their attack on the wounded Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, but he changed into a smaller, armored form and focused on killing Yu Mingxiao. The fight remained unresolved as Yu Mingxiao prepared to end it quickly.

• Yu Mingxiao blocked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Water-Thunder Light Orb with his Light Barrier and was blasted into the sea, but he escaped severe injury.
• Di Tian attacked with Sun and Moon Radiance while Yu Mingxiao froze the sea, allowing Di Tian's Dragon Flame to worsen the Whale King's wounds.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King accused Di Tian of serving a human, and Di Tian answered that he and Yu Mingxiao were allies.
• The Whale King unleashed lightning and locked-on light orbs at Yu Mingxiao, who dodged by flashing onto the Whale King's body and made the orbs explode against him.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King compressed his energy into a smaller armored form, summoned two hammers, and vowed to kill Yu Mingxiao.

Yu Mingxiao and Di Tian fought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, with Yu Mingxiao's Dragon King Realm weakening the Whale King and breaking his domain. Yu Mingxiao froze the Whale King long enough for Di Tian to pierce his armor with the Dragon God Claw, leaving the Whale King gravely wounded and facing his defeat.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked Yu Mingxiao with countless spheres of light, but Yu Mingxiao's Dragon King Realm suppressed the attack and dismantled the Whale King's domain.
• Yu Mingxiao's Heavenly Dragon Flowing Radiance clashed with the Whale King's spheres as Di Tian took advantage of the domain backlash and attacked.
• Yu Mingxiao joined Di Tian in battle, then kept his distance and used ice control after the Whale King's hammer nearly knocked the Dragon-Slaying Blade from his hand.
• Yu Mingxiao froze the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with Dust-Killing Eternal Freeze, and Di Tian pierced the Whale King's armor with the Dragon God Claw.
• Di Tian followed with a Black Dragon Sword strike that left the Whale King gravely wounded, and the Whale King accused Di Tian of helping a human kill him.

Yu Mingxiao killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and began absorbing his Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, defeating the beast’s remnant soul in his Sea of Spirit. Watching from the God Realm, the Sea God decided to make Yu Mingxiao his successor and concealed Gu Yuena’s identity as the Silver Dragon King.

• Di Tian told Yu Mingxiao to deliver the final blow, and Yu Mingxiao killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with his Dragon-Slaying Blade.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s crimson-gold Soul Ring and right leg Spirit Bone appeared, and Yu Mingxiao began absorbing both as Gu Yuena watched over him.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s remnant soul emerged from the Spirit Bone and tried to seize Yu Mingxiao’s body, but Yu Mingxiao erased it with the Dragon-Slaying Blade.
• The Sea God watched Yu Mingxiao from the God Realm, resolved to make him his successor, and sent a divine decree to Sea God Island.
• The Sea God recognized Gu Yuena as the Silver Dragon King but chose not to report her to the Asura God, fearing the Asura God would claim Yu Mingxiao as his successor.

After absorbing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, Yu Mingxiao reached level 90 and devoured the beast's remains to strengthen his External Soul Bones. He set out for Sea God Island, but spotted uniformed figures heading toward the whale's former territory.

• Yu Mingxiao discovered that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Soul Ring had raised him from level 80 to level 90 and granted him two soul skills, while its Spirit Bone gave him a domain and a devouring ability.
• Yu Mingxiao used the devouring ability to absorb the whale's body and Soul Cores, channeling its energy into the Prajna Ghost Mask and Radiant Flying Dragon Wings.
• After the devouring ended, Yu Mingxiao found that the Prajna Ghost Mask had reached roughly 300,000 years and the Radiant Flying Dragon Wings 350,000 years.
• Gu Yuena and Di Tian said farewell to Yu Mingxiao and left through a spatial rift.
• Yu Mingxiao headed for Sea God Island to undergo the Sea God Divine Trial and begin condensing his second Soul Core.
• Yu Mingxiao spotted several uniformed figures sailing toward the place where the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had fallen and wondered if they were from Sea God Island.

Yu Mingxiao met Sea Dragon Douluo and learned that the High Priestess, Bo Saixi, had sent a ship to find him under a decree from the Sea God. He traveled with them to Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi appeared and welcomed him as the child the Sea God had sought.

• Yu Mingxiao changed course toward a Sea God Island ship after spotting it at sea.
• Sea Dragon Douluo told his men that they were searching for someone involved in hunting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, then recognized Yu Mingxiao from Bo Saixi’s portrait.
• Yu Mingxiao accepted Sea Dragon Douluo’s invitation and sailed with the crew to Sea God Island.
• Sea Dragon Douluo guided Yu Mingxiao past the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar and Sea Dragon City toward Sea God Mountain.
• Bo Saixi appeared at the hall beside the Ring Sea and identified Yu Mingxiao as the child Lord Sea God had been seeking.

Bo Saixi explained the Sea God's trials to Yu Mingxiao, who suspected he might receive the Sea God Divine Trial but said he did not want to inherit the Sea God's Godhood. After learning he would not be forced to remain on Sea God Island, Yu Mingxiao agreed to take the trial and followed Bo Saixi toward the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar.

• Bo Saixi told Yu Mingxiao that the Sea God had ordered her to find him and invite him to undergo a trial on Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi described the trial tiers, including the Sea God Nine Trials, and revealed that she had passed the Red-level Trial.
• Yu Mingxiao said he might refuse the Sea God Divine Trial because he did not intend to inherit the Sea God's position.
• Bo Saixi explained that Yu Mingxiao, as an invited guest, would not be forced to remain on Sea God Island after the trial.
• Yu Mingxiao agreed to undergo the trial, gave Bo Saixi his name, and followed her toward the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar.
• Bo Saixi asked whether Yu Mingxiao had killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and he said he and a friend had hunted it together, leaving her wondering who his powerful friend was.

Yu Mingxiao underwent the Sea God's trial at the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar, where the test rose from Red-level to an unprecedented God-level Trial. He refused the God-level Trial, shattered the blue light restraining him, and escaped its golden light.

• Bo Saixi brought Yu Mingxiao to the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar and had Sea Dragon Douluo begin the trial.
• Yu Mingxiao teleported to the pillar, and its light advanced through the trial levels until it became blood red.
• The Sacred Pillars on Sea God Island sent out red beams that converged into golden light, revealing a God-level Trial.
• The golden light bound Yu Mingxiao, but he broke free with golden Soul Power and dodged the descending trial.
• Sea Dragon Douluo stared at Yu Mingxiao in disbelief after he rejected Lord Sea God's trial.

Yu Mingxiao rejected the Sea God’s inheritance, explaining that he wanted to follow his own cultivation path. The Sea God accepted his offer to bring other candidates and left after securing a promise about Yu Mingxiao’s future children, while the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar suddenly glowed scarlet.

• Bo Saixi told Sea Dragon Douluo that Yu Mingxiao had refused the first Sea God God-level Trial on Sea God Island.
• The Sea God’s Divine Sense confronted Yu Mingxiao and demanded to know why he had rejected the inheritance.
• Yu Mingxiao explained that the Sea God’s Godhood did not suit him and offered to bring his talented friends to undergo the trial.
• The Sea God agreed to let Yu Mingxiao bring candidates and privately made him promise that his future children would undergo the trial if no successor was found.
• The Sea God’s Divine Sense departed, the storm subsided, and the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar erupted with scarlet light.

Yu Mingxiao refused the Sea God Nine Trials but received the Top-level Eight Trials instead, with an exceptionally difficult first test. Bo Saixi became his chief examiner and led him to the Sea God Staircase, where he prepared to use its pressure to refine the Golden Dragon King Heart Blood.

• The Sea God replaced Yu Mingxiao's Sea God Nine Trials with the Top-level Eight Trials, and Yu Mingxiao read the first trial's requirements.
• Bo Saixi appointed herself Yu Mingxiao's chief examiner after learning that he had to climb all 1,001 steps without Martial Soul or Spirit Bone skills.
• Bo Saixi led Yu Mingxiao to the Ring Sea and warned him that Sea God's Light grew stronger as he climbed.
• Yu Mingxiao considered using the staircase's pressure to refine the Golden Dragon King Heart Blood in his Second Sea of Consciousness.
• Yu Mingxiao told Bo Saixi that he was Level 90 and had supported his friend in defeating the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Yu Mingxiao climbed Sea God Mountain while refining six drops of Golden Dragon King Heart Blood under the pressure of Sea God's Light. He reached the summit and passed the trial, earning a 5,000-year increase to the age of all his Soul Rings.

• Yu Mingxiao climbed to the 995th step, then used Sea God's Light to suppress the Golden Dragon King Heart Blood as he refined it and strengthened his physique.
• The Sea God observed Yu Mingxiao's transformation and wondered why he still refused to inherit the Sea God's Godhood.
• Bo Saixi returned to Sea God Mountain and was astonished to find Yu Mingxiao cultivating near the summit.
• After refining the heart blood, Yu Mingxiao climbed the remaining steps effortlessly and reached the 1,001st step.
• Yu Mingxiao passed the trial and received a reward that increased the age of all his Soul Rings by 5,000 years.

Yu Mingxiao completed the Sea God’s first trial and received a God-bestowed Spirit Ring, which he absorbed at his Level 90 bottleneck. His Soul Ring reached nine hundred thousand years as he began to sense that the energy fueling it was divine Faith Power.

• Yu Mingxiao completed the first Sea God trial, and all his Soul Rings gained five thousand years.
• Bo Saixi gave Yu Mingxiao a God-bestowed Spirit Ring and explained that it would grant him a compatible Soul Skill at the highest years his body could endure.
• Yu Mingxiao crushed the bead and began absorbing its energy, causing his Martial Soul’s dragon scales and elemental aura to appear.
• Yu Mingxiao’s God-bestowed Spirit Ring rapidly grew past one hundred thousand years, astonishing Bo Saixi and drawing the Sea God’s attention.
• Yu Mingxiao raised the Soul Ring to nine hundred thousand years and sensed that divine Faith Power was flowing into him.

Yu Mingxiao drew on Sea God Island’s power of faith to raise his ninth Soul Ring beyond the million-year limit, fusing it with his essence, vitality, and spirit to create a God Ring. After absorbing it and gaining two god-level soul skills, he began meditating on the insights it had brought him.

• Yu Mingxiao transformed his ninth Soul Ring into a Million-Year Soul Ring and absorbed faith power from Sea God Island until it reached its limit.
• Yu Mingxiao poured his spiritual power, vitality, and Soul Power into the ring, breaking the million-year limit as Bo Saixi watched in shock.
• The Sea God witnessed the breakthrough from the God Realm and wished Yu Mingxiao would inherit his divine position.
• Yu Mingxiao stopped raising the ring before its energy overwhelmed him, then asked Bo Saixi to let him absorb it in seclusion.
• Yu Mingxiao absorbed the ring in three days and gained the god-level soul skills Eternal Return to Void and Supreme Dragon Aspect.
• Yu Mingxiao began sorting through the insights from his breakthrough while Bo Saixi struggled to calm her thoughts.

After awakening from two months of meditation, Yu Mingxiao began the Sea God's unusual Second Trial, watching the tides and seeking to understand the passage of time. As he started condensing a second Soul Core at the coast, the Sea God instructed Bo Saixi to stay by his side and help guide him through his trials.

• Yu Mingxiao awakened from his meditation, chose the title Dragon God, and asked Bo Saixi to begin his Second Trial.
• Bo Saixi brought Yu Mingxiao to an eastern coastal cliff, where he began watching the tides as the trial required.
• Yu Mingxiao suspected the trial could help him master his time-related abilities and reach God-level spiritual power.
• After watching the tide without gaining insight, Yu Mingxiao began condensing his second Soul Core at the cliff.
• The Sea God told Bo Saixi to stay with Yu Mingxiao and figure out how to assist him through his upcoming trials.

Yu Mingxiao successfully condensed and stabilized a second Soul Core in his Middle Dantian, then discussed Bo Saixi’s help with his Second Trial. He realized the trial required understanding the Law of Time, but neither of them knew how to approach it, so he decided to teach Bo Saixi how to condense a Soul Core for inspiration.

• Yu Mingxiao began condensing a second Soul Core while Bo Saixi arrived and asked him to explain what a Soul Core was.
• Yu Mingxiao formed a multicolored Soul Core and let it collide with his first one, establishing harmony between the two.
• Yu Mingxiao told Bo Saixi that she could condense a Soul Core too, and Bo Saixi explained that the Sea God had instructed her to help with his Second Trial.
• After seven days, Yu Mingxiao’s second Soul Core had stabilized, and he told Bo Saixi that the trial seemed to require comprehending the Law of Time.
• Unable to devise a way to understand the Law of Time, Yu Mingxiao decided to teach Bo Saixi how to condense a Soul Core.

Yu Mingxiao taught Bo Saixi to condense a Soul Core, then spent a month studying the tides to pass the Sea God's Second Trial. His spiritual power reached the God-level and he gained the ability to reverse time briefly, but the trial still showed no sign of completion.

• Yu Mingxiao taught Bo Saixi how to condense a Soul Core, and she formed one in her lower dantian.
• Bo Saixi thanked Yu Mingxiao for his guidance, and they discussed the ebbing tide and the traces time left behind.
• Yu Mingxiao meditated on the cliff for a month, observing the tides as he sought to pass the Second Trial.
• Yu Mingxiao connected his scattered insights, reached God-level spiritual power, and briefly reversed time across the cliff.
• Bo Saixi asked whether the Second Trial had been passed, but neither of them received a prompt.
• The Sea God realized Yu Mingxiao had cleared the trial that was meant to give him and Bo Saixi time together.

After clearing the Second Trial, Yu Mingxiao received its rewards and spent several days integrating the insights from his God-level spiritual power breakthrough. He then set out with Bo Saixi and Xiao Bai to find a deep-sea region for the Third Trial.

• Yu Mingxiao received a ten-thousand-year increase to all his Soul Ring ages and a God-bestowed Spirit Ring after clearing the Second Trial.
• Yu Mingxiao postponed the Third Trial and stayed in a side hall of the Sea God Temple to cultivate and digest his new insights.
• Yu Mingxiao discovered that his God-level spiritual power had granted him a Time Domain with four abilities and developed a Spirit Bone skill called Spirit Enlightenment.
• After six days, Yu Mingxiao told Bo Saixi he was ready to begin the Third Trial, which required enduring ten thousand meters of deep-sea pressure for a month.
• Bo Saixi took Yu Mingxiao to the shore and asked Xiao Bai to escort him to the Demon Soul Great White Shark territory.

Yu Mingxiao completed the Deep Sea Body Tempering trial by spending a month cultivating at the bottom of a ten-thousand-meter trench, reaching Soul Power Level 92. He received stronger Soul Rings and External Soul Bones, then considered the meaning of his next trial, One Step Abyss.

• Xiao Bai took Yu Mingxiao to a deep-sea trench and explained that he had to endure the pressure for twelve hours each day.
• Yu Mingxiao descended to the seabed, found that his Divine Body could withstand the pressure, and cultivated there every day for a month.
• The Third Trial was passed, raising Yu Mingxiao's Soul Power to level 92 and increasing the cultivation ages of his Soul Rings and External Soul Bones.
• Yu Mingxiao read the Fourth Trial, One Step Abyss, and wondered whether it tested his mental state.
• Yu Mingxiao returned to Sea God Island to follow the chief examiner into the trial ground.

Yu Mingxiao entered the Sea God Temple’s Secret Room to face the vague fourth trial, which first presented him with a seductive illusion. After he rejected it, the illusion shifted to his destroyed sect, where Yu Xiaogang confronted him alongside a man whose face was obscured.

• Yu Mingxiao asked Bo Saixi about the fourth trial, and she admitted she had no further clues.
• Bo Saixi opened the Sea God Temple’s Secret Room and Yu Mingxiao entered alone.
• Yu Mingxiao found himself in an illusion of his family’s rear courtyard, where illusory Gu Yuena, Shui Xiwei, Bi Ji, and Bo Saixi tried to seduce him.
• Yu Mingxiao walked out of the courtyard without turning back, causing the illusion to collapse.
• Yu Mingxiao appeared at his ruined sect and saw Yu Xiaogang confronting him beside a man with a blurred face.

Yu Mingxiao passed the One Step Abyss trial by defeating the illusion of Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, then received rewards that strengthened his Soul Rings and External Soul Bones. He left the Secret Room and spoke with Bo Saixi about how difficult the trial was for others.

• Yu Xiaogang taunted Yu Mingxiao and ordered the illusionary Tang San to attack him, but Yu Mingxiao dodged and struck Tang San with a powerful punch.
• Yu Xiaogang attacked with Luo Sanpao, and Yu Mingxiao trapped the poisonous gas in a pocket of space, causing Yu Xiaogang to collapse from its backlash.
• The illusion shattered, and Yu Mingxiao learned that he had passed the Fourth Trial and earned ten thousand years for each Soul Ring, fifty thousand years for each External Soul Bone, and a God-bestowed Spirit Ring.
• Yu Mingxiao received his rewards as the Secret Room doors opened, then met Bo Saixi outside.
• Yu Mingxiao told Bo Saixi the trial had not been difficult, while she remarked that few people could have passed it.