Chapter Summaries

After Dongfang Jinghan refined the Deep Sea Demon Porpoise’s spirit ring, the merchant ship’s crew remained awed by her and Wang Sheng’s strength. The next morning, they spotted a ship from the Purple Pearl Pirate Group, and Wang Sheng asked the bearded captain about its leader.

• The surviving pirates realized Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan were Spirit Douluos despite their youth and marveled at their potential to become Title Douluos before thirty.
• Dongfang Jinghan finished refining her spirit ring, and she and Wang Sheng returned to the merchant ship as its crew watched in shock.
• The bearded captain brought Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan a specially prepared breakfast the next morning.
• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan spotted a distant pirate ship flying a skull flag, and the bearded captain identified it as part of the Purple Pearl Pirate Group’s main fleet.
• Wang Sheng asked about the Purple Pearl Pirate Group, and the bearded captain described its leader as a powerful level seventy-three Spirit Saint and a famously beautiful pirate captain.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan left the merchant ship and pursued the Purple Pearl Pirate Group, intending to use their knowledge of the waters to reach Sea God Island. They confronted Purple Pearl on her ship, and she reacted warily when Wang Sheng demanded that she take them there.

• Wang Sheng warned the pirates to protect the merchant captain and deliver his cargo, promising to hunt them down if they caused trouble.
• Wang Sheng revealed to Dongfang Jinghan that he had understood the captain wanted protection for his shipping route and had granted his request.
• Dongfang Jinghan grew jealous when she thought Wang Sheng might be interested in Purple Pearl, and he explained that he wanted her as a guide to Sea God Island.
• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan caught up with the Purple Pearl Pirate Group on a small island, where they saw the pirates unloading stolen goods.
• Purple Pearl questioned the pair after they landed on her ship, and Wang Sheng demanded that she take them to Sea God Island.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan confronted Zi Zhenzhu and her pirate crew after Zi Zhenzhu proposed a bet for passage to Sea God Island. Wang Sheng dodged the crew’s attack and began defeating them, then summoned a vast storm of fireballs as they tried to regroup.

• Zi Zhenzhu proposed a bet with Dongfang Jinghan, and Wang Sheng intimidated her and the pirates with his killing intent until she promised to take them to Sea God Island if he won.
• Wang Sheng challenged Zi Zhenzhu on shore while Dongfang Jinghan watched from the air, and the pirates cautiously advanced before releasing their martial souls and spirit rings.
• Zi Zhenzhu ordered more than a hundred pirate spirit masters to attack Wang Sheng, but he dodged their spirit skills with a Great Shift.
• Wang Sheng rushed into the crowd and knocked pirates down with rapid palm strikes, prompting Zi Zhenzhu to order them to spread out.
• Wang Sheng used the Spirit Bone skill Sky Fire Meteor, summoning more than a thousand fireballs over the pirates.

Wang Sheng demonstrated his overwhelming strength to Purple Pearl and her pirates, then endured her strongest attacks without being harmed. Purple Pearl’s assault failed, leaving her unable to challenge him.

• Purple Pearl tried to stop Wang Sheng from killing her pirates, and he demonstrated his power by turning a patch of open ground into a blazing ruin.
• Purple Pearl released her martial soul and ordered her pirates to attack Wang Sheng, who charged through them and reached her in moments.
• Purple Pearl unleashed her sixth soul skill, Nine Snakes, but Wang Sheng took all nine impacts without moving or suffering injury.
• Purple Pearl activated her Martial Soul Avatar and struck Wang Sheng, but the blow only forced her back several steps and left him unharmed.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan sailed toward Sea God Island after Purple Pearl agreed to guide them. As they approached, Wang Sheng explained the island’s binding assessment and the sea soul masters’ faith in the Sea God.

• Purple Pearl admitted defeat to Wang Sheng and agreed to take him and Dongfang Jinghan to the outskirts of Sea God Island.
• After sailing for half a month and several more days, Purple Pearl warned Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan that they would reach Sea God Island’s territory the next day.
• Purple Pearl explained that anyone who passed Sea God Island’s assessment had to remain there for life, while anyone who failed could never return.
• Wang Sheng said that sufficient strength would let him overcome the island’s rules, angering Purple Pearl.
• Wang Sheng told Dongfang Jinghan about sea soul masters, their reliance on the ocean, and their worship of the Sea God, whose assessment awaited visitors to the island.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan reached Sea God Island after Purple Pearl warned them about its guardian beasts. They were met by yellow-clad Sea Soul Masters, and Wang Sheng said they had come to take the island’s trial and join its ranks.

• Purple Pearl anchored her ship outside Sea God Island’s territory and warned Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan about the Demon Soul Great White Sharks guarding the island.
• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan flew to Sea God Island, then landed to avoid causing trouble.
• The pair admired the island’s warm, lush surroundings, and Wang Sheng said their training there had officially begun.
• Seven or eight yellow-clad Sea Soul Masters emerged from the forest and demanded to know who the newcomers were.
• Wang Sheng told the Sea Soul Masters that he and Dongfang Jinghan had come to take the trial and join Sea God Island.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan refused to leave Sea God Island and insisted on accepting Lord Sea God's test. They reached the Seahorse Sacred Pillar, where the man in black reported their arrival to Lord Seahorse and revealed an unexpectedly strong reaction.

• A middle-aged Sea Soul Master warned Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan that mainland soul masters could not pass Sea God's test and urged them to leave.
• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan chose to accept the test despite being warned that they could not withdraw once it began.
• The middle-aged man sent a young yellow-clad Sea Soul Master ahead, then led Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan through a forest to the Sea within Sea.
• At the Seahorse Sacred Pillar, the man in black explained that the sacred pillars tested soul masters from beyond the island.
• The man in black reported Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan's arrival to Lord Seahorse, whose eyes lit up as a powerful aura surged from him.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan encountered Seahorse Douluo at the Sea within Sea, where land soul masters had to cross the water to reach the Seahorse Sacred Pillar. Wang Sheng broke through Seahorse Douluo’s waves and flew toward him, only for giant seahorses to emerge from the waves.

• Seahorse Douluo explained that Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan had to cross the Sea within Sea to qualify for the Sea God’s trial, then raised a barrier and waves to block their path.
• Wang Sheng released his Blazing Blade martial soul and revealed his extraordinary eight soul rings, astonishing Seahorse Douluo and the yellow-clothed Sea Soul Masters.
• Wang Sheng used his Second Soul Ring Skill, Phoenix Wings Soaring, to pierce the waves, but Seahorse Douluo blocked the attack with a curtain of water.
• Wang Sheng released his Flame Wings and flew through the opening in the waves toward Seahorse Douluo.
• As Wang Sheng crossed the waves, giant seahorses rolled out from within them.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan crossed the sea trial to reach Seahorse Douluo, who agreed to begin Lord Sea God's trial after hearing their reason for visiting. Wang Sheng stood before the Seahorse Sacred Pillar as Seahorse Douluo summoned a blue light and directed it onto him.

• Wang Sheng used Buddhist Lion's Roar to knock out the sea spirit beasts, then flew past the returning wave and landed before Seahorse Douluo.
• Dongfang Jinghan activated her Ice Domain, froze the wave, shattered it with her Ice Sword, and froze the sea spirit beasts in her path.
• Seahorse Douluo praised Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan as the strongest young people he had seen and asked why they wanted to enter Sea God Island.
• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan said they had come to temper themselves and asked Seahorse Douluo to begin Lord Sea God's trial.
• Seahorse Douluo activated the Seahorse Sacred Pillar and directed a blue beam of light onto Wang Sheng.

Wang Sheng received the Top-Level Seven Trials on Sea God Island, astonishing Seahorse Douluo and drawing the attention of the island’s leaders. Seahorse Douluo explained that Wang Sheng could become the Grand Worship’s successor and future leader of the island, while Dongfang Jinghan prepared to undergo her own assessment.

• The Seahorse Sacred Pillar’s light changed from blue through white, yellow, purple, and black to red as Wang Sheng was assessed.
• The red light spread across the sky, and six black-robed elders recognized the Top-Level Seven Trials while a long-dormant figure in a temple awoke.
• Seven red screens entered Wang Sheng’s forehead and formed a red seven-pointed star.
• Seahorse Douluo explained the assessment ranks and said Wang Sheng’s trial could make him the Grand Worship’s successor and Sea God Island’s future leader.
• Seahorse Douluo offered Wang Sheng his help, then noted that Dongfang Jinghan was next to be assessed.

Dongfang Jinghan received a Top-Level Seven Trials from the Sea God's Light, joining Wang Sheng as a second successor chosen on the same day. Bo Saixi appeared, welcomed them as her successors, and made plans for them to stay in Seahorse City while she prepared to meet them and the other guardians.

• Dongfang Jinghan underwent the Sea God's Light trial, and the Seahorse Sacred Pillar turned crystal red as she received a Top-Level Seven Trials.
• Bo Saixi arrived at the Seahorse Sacred Pillar, where Wang Sheng, Dongfang Jinghan, and Seahorse Douluo Ou Ya greeted her respectfully.
• Bo Saixi declared Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan her successors and told them that no one on Sea God Island other than herself could receive their courtesy.
• Bo Saixi ordered Ou Ya to accommodate the two successors in Seahorse City and summon the other six guardians for a meeting at the Sea God Temple the next day.
• After returning to the central hall, Bo Saixi thought of Tang Chen and resolved to find him and ask why he had not contacted her.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan arrived in Seahorse City on Sea God Island and learned that both of their first trials were to pass through the Sea God's Light. The Purple-Clad Elder recognized them as holders of red top-level trials and was about to guide them toward the forbidden area.

• Seahorse Douluo Ou Ya led Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan across a bridge of seawater and explained Sea God Island's trial rules.
• Ou Ya brought Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan to Seahorse City, where its residents showed him deep respect, and arranged for them to stay at the City Lord's Mansion.
• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan discovered that each of their first trials was to pass through the Sea God's Light, doubled, and decided to begin the next day.
• A Purple-Clad Elder invited Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan to breakfast, then explained that the Sea God's Light lay in the forbidden grounds.
• The Purple-Clad Elder said the islanders had recognized Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan's red top-level trials from the blood-red sky and Ou Ya's special treatment of them.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan reached Sea God Island’s sacred mountain and began climbing the thousand-step stairway through the Sea God’s Light. Wang Sheng reached the five hundredth step, where Dongfang Jinghan appeared to have reached her limit.

• The Purple-Clad Elder Sea Soul Master brought Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan to the sacred mountain and explained the rules of the Sea God’s Light trial.
• Wang Sheng tested the first steps, discovered that the pressure increased with each one, and quickly climbed past a hundred steps.
• Wang Sheng told Dongfang Jinghan how the pressure worked, and she followed him up the stairs at a similar pace.
• Dongfang Jinghan released her martial soul and Soul Rings at the three hundredth step as the pressure intensified.
• At the five hundredth step, Wang Sheng released his martial soul and Soul Rings, while Dongfang Jinghan turned pale and began to reach her limit.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan surpassed Bo Saixi’s record in the Sea God’s Light, and Wang Sheng gained a Soul Power level while climbing. Bo Saixi learned about their mysterious crystal Soul Rings and suspected Wang Sheng had twin martial souls, while Pope Bibi Dong received troubling news about Hu Lina.

• Dongfang Jinghan withdrew after reaching her limit, and Wang Sheng climbed to the eight-hundredth step, breaking through a Soul Power level.
• Bo Saixi declared that Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan had passed the trial and explained that they could each receive a God-Bestowed Soul Ring at their first bottleneck.
• Wang Sheng showed Bo Saixi his Blazing Blade martial soul and crystal Soul Ring, then explained that he and Dongfang Jinghan had cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and gained two Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
• Bo Saixi returned to the temple and realized Wang Sheng had displayed a bear-type beast martial soul earlier, leading her to suspect he had twin martial souls.
• Pope Bibi Dong questioned Ghost Douluo about Hu Lina’s absence, and he reported that no news had arrived from her.

After a year cultivating in the Sea God's Light, Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan reached level 90 and received God-Bestowed Soul Rings, allowing them to advance to Title Douluo. Wang Sheng asked whether their second martial souls could also receive God-Bestowed Soul Rings, and Bo Saixi left to consider the possibility after Dongfang Jinghan revealed her Blood Wing Angel Martial Soul.

• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan completed their trial after a year in the Sea God's Light, reaching level 90 and standing before Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi.
• Bo Saixi bestowed God-Bestowed Soul Rings on them, and Wang Sheng refined his into a 200,000-year soul ring, becoming a level 91 Title Douluo.
• Wang Sheng asked Bo Saixi whether he and Dongfang Jinghan could receive another God-Bestowed Soul Ring for their second martial souls.
• Dongfang Jinghan finished refining her soul ring, and Wang Sheng noted that the trial had also added 500 years of cultivation to each of her Soul Rings.
• Dongfang Jinghan revealed her Blood Wing Angel Martial Soul, confirming that she had twin martial souls, and Bo Saixi left to consider whether she could grant another God-Bestowed Soul Ring.

After passing the Sea God's Light, Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan received second trials requiring them to hunt separate hundred-thousand-year soul beasts. A Purple-Clad Sea Soul Master warned that the beasts were exceptionally dangerous, leaving their preparations in doubt.

• Wang Sheng reassured Dongfang Jinghan that their talent and twin martial souls gave them a chance to become gods.
• Wang Sheng's second trial required him to hunt a hundred-thousand-year Land Alligator Turtle, while Dongfang Jinghan's required her to hunt an Abyssal Demon Dragon.
• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan warned each other to be careful, and Dongfang Jinghan said her Water God artifacts and Soul Tools could help keep her alive.
• Wang Sheng thanked the purple-clad Sea Soul Master for caring for them and asked where the two beasts could be found.
• The Purple-Clad Sea Soul Master urged them to prepare thoroughly and said Seahorse Douluo had repeatedly failed to hunt the Abyssal Demon Dragon, suffering serious injuries.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan learned the locations of the Land Alligator Turtle and the Abyssal Demon Dragon while comparing the powerful soul skills they gained from their God-Bestowed Soul Rings. The chapter ended with the Sea Soul Master giving them directions to both beasts.

• Wang Sheng learned that Seahorse Douluo was at most rank 94 and reassured Dongfang Jinghan that they could survive facing the beasts.
• Wang Sheng asked the Purple-Clad Sea Soul Master to find the locations of the Land Alligator Turtle and the Abyssal Demon Dragon.
• Dongfang Jinghan revealed her 130,000-year God-Bestowed Soul Ring granted Ice-Sealing Heaven and Earth, which could freeze everything within ten li for a hundred years.
• Wang Sheng revealed that his 200,000-year God-Bestowed Soul Ring granted Fire God Slash, which could cut through anything, even a small mountain.
• The Purple-Clad Sea Soul Master returned with directions: the Land Alligator Turtle was on a barren island north of Sea God Island, while the guardian divine beast would lead them to the Abyssal Demon Dragon beneath the sea.

Wang Sheng flew north to find the Land Alligator Turtle but accidentally landed on another island and provoked an Explosive Lizard. After narrowly escaping its first attack, he tried to flee, but the beast used a powerful soul skill that left him facing a falling mountain peak.

• Wang Sheng parted from Dongfang Jinghan and flew north, reaching a barren island after fifteen minutes.
• An enormous soul beast confronted Wang Sheng, and he realized he had mistaken the Explosive Lizard for the Land Alligator Turtle.
• Wang Sheng apologized for taking the wrong route and attempted to leave, but the Explosive Lizard attacked by raising sharp stone pillars from the ground.
• Wang Sheng took to the air and tried to escape, but the Explosive Lizard unleashed another soul skill that made a mountain peak fall toward him.

Wang Sheng survived the Explosive Lizard’s mountain attack by escaping underground, then counterattacked with his Thunder God Spear and overpowering strength. He blasted the beast’s tail apart, leaving their battle ongoing.

• Wang Sheng used Invincible Flying Bear to survive the mountain peak, then escaped underground with Earth Escape while the Explosive Lizard searched for him.
• Wang Sheng emerged beneath the Explosive Lizard and hurled his Thunder God Spear through its defenses, piercing its foot.
• The Explosive Lizard dodged the spear and tried to crush Wang Sheng, but Wang Sheng met its foot with a Vajra Palm and knocked it backward.
• The Explosive Lizard swept its tail at Wang Sheng, who countered with Bear Paw Blast and blasted the tail into a bloody mess.

Wang Sheng killed the Explosive Lizard with his Fire God Slash and absorbed its spirit ring, gaining two Earth Explosion Bear skills and a left arm Spirit Bone. He then flew toward the Land Alligator Turtle, which realized a human might be responsible for the commotion.

• Wang Sheng flew above the Explosive Lizard and used Thunder Fire Hell, while the lizard’s falling mountain shattered his thunderclouds but failed to stop the flames erupting beneath it.
• After the Explosive Lizard escaped the sea of fire, Wang Sheng struck it with Fire God Slash, cutting it in two and killing it.
• Wang Sheng absorbed the Explosive Lizard’s spirit ring, gaining Mountain Falling Strike and Earth Protrusion, and found a left arm Spirit Bone he planned to give Elder Xiong.
• Wang Sheng flew toward the Land Alligator Turtle, which watched the commotion from a nearby island and wondered if humans had attacked the Explosive Lizard.