Chapter Summaries

On Sea God Island, Hai Ming was brought to his Martial Soul awakening by his grandfather, Sea Dragon Douluo. His awakening stirred the ocean and revealed a powerful whale-like phantom, leaving Sea Dragon Douluo shocked.

• Hai Ming lounged on the beach and reflected on having crossed over to Sea God Island instead of the Pokémon world.
• Sea Dragon Douluo carried the forgetful Hai Ming to the Sea Dragon Divine Pillar for his Martial Soul awakening.
• Sea Dragon Douluo began the ceremony, and the children awakened ocean-related Martial Souls and Soul Power.
• A white-haired girl's Sea Dolphin Martial Soul awakened with Innate Soul Power at Rank 9.
• When Hai Ming's awakening began, the ocean currents shifted and marine creatures, including the Demon Soul Great White Shark tribe, bowed toward Sea God Island.
• A diminutive whale-like phantom appeared behind Hai Ming, and Sea Dragon Douluo stared at it in shock.

Six-year-old Hai Ming awakened Sea Emperor Kyogre as his Martial Soul, drawing the attention of Bo Saixi. His assessment became the Sea God's Nine Trials, leaving him with a golden trident mark and a status beyond anyone on Sea God Island.

• Hai Ming spoke with his conscious Martial Soul, Sea Emperor Kyogre, while Sea Dragon Douluo watched in disbelief.
• Bo Saixi arrived, confirmed Hai Ming's Martial Soul was good, and ordered that he receive an assessment.
• Bo Saixi began Hai Ming's assessment at the Sea Dragon Divine Pillar, where its light advanced from black to red and then rose beyond the two-thirds mark.
• Nine golden screens of light entered Hai Ming, the Sea within Sea surged, and a golden trident mark appeared on his forehead.
• Bo Saixi told Hai Ming that he had received the Sea God's Nine Trials and that no one on Sea God Island was worthy of his courtesies.

Bo Saixi brought Hai Ming to the Sea God's Temple and revealed that his Sea God's Nine Trials had begun, while Kyogre warned that the trials would eventually cost her life. Hai Ming learned that he had level-twenty Innate Soul Power and received two God-Bestowed Soul Rings; as he absorbed the first, it began turning into a hundred-thousand-year ring.

• Kyogre confronted Bo Saixi for threatening his Trainer, and she acknowledged that she had sensed his power.
• Kyogre explained that the Sea God's Nine Trials would ultimately take Bo Saixi's life, but admitted he lacked the strength to prevent it in his current state.
• Bo Saixi guided Hai Ming to the Sea God's Temple and told him his first trial had already begun.
• Bo Saixi discovered Hai Ming had level-twenty Innate Soul Power and gave him two God-Bestowed Soul Rings.
• Hai Ming began absorbing one sphere, and the ring above his head changed from black to vivid red as Bo Saixi watched in alarm.

Hai Ming absorbed two God-Bestowed Soul Rings, gaining two hundred-thousand-year rings and testing their powerful abilities before the Sea God's First Trial appeared. The trial required him to reach the summit at the one thousand and first step within ten years, though he could quit midway.

• Bo Saixi watched in shock as Hai Ming absorbed a hundred-thousand-year first soul ring without difficulty, which the Sea God attributed to divine power removing its violent factors.
• Hai Ming tested his Water Pulse skill in the inland sea, and Bo Saixi calmed the whirlpool before it could harm the sea creatures.
• Hai Ming used Rain Prayer to summon a storm that strengthened water-attribute soul skills and weakened light- and fire-attribute ones.
• Hai Ming absorbed a second God-Bestowed Soul Ring, which also became a hundred-thousand-year ring and granted him two more soul skills.
• Hai Ming activated the Sea God's First Trial and learned he had ten years to reach the one thousand and first step of the forbidden land, with the option to quit midway.

Six-year-old Hai Ming began the Sea God's Light trial on Sea God's Mountain and used his support skills to climb higher than he could with his strength alone. After cultivating under the pressure for a month and reaching Soul Power level twenty-nine, he stood firm on the fifth stair and set his sights on climbing one stair each month.

• Hai Ming tried to climb Sea God's Mountain using Water Pulse, but the trial reflected the skill and flung him away.
• Bo Saixi explained the Sea God's Light trial, and Hai Ming activated Meditation and Sacred Barrier to reach the second stair before being thrown into the Ring Sea from the fifth.
• A white dolphin pushed Hai Ming back to shore, and he resumed climbing without Sacred Barrier before cultivating under the pressure on the lower stairs.
• After a month of cultivation, Hai Ming broke through from Soul Power level twenty-eight to level twenty-nine.
• Hai Ming climbed onto the fifth stair and held his ground against its pressure, then resolved to gain one Soul Power level and climb one stair each month.

While resting after failing to climb beyond the seventh step of the Sea God's Light, Hai Ming analyzed Kyogre’s past battles with Groudon and explained how Kyogre could exploit its ranged Water-type attacks and flight. Kyogre considered the strategy, leaving Hai Ming hopeful that helping it win would bring him rewards.

• Hai Ming fell into the Ring Sea after being bounced from the Sea God's Light and rested on the dolphin that often caught his falls.
• Hai Ming reflected that his martial soul was only a projection of Kyogre's power and that he could contact Kyogre through it.
• Kyogre described its battles with Groudon, and Hai Ming realized they had repeatedly fought at close range despite Kyogre's advantages.
• Hai Ming advised Kyogre to use Rain Dance, Haze, Hail, Ice Beam, and ranged Water-type attacks while keeping its distance.
• Kyogre acknowledged Hai Ming's reasoning, and Hai Ming hoped the advice would help Kyogre defeat Groudon and earn him benefits.

On his seventh birthday, Hai Ming received a day off from his first Sea God trial, and Sea Dragon Douluo took him to the trading market. Hai Ming revealed that he had reached Soul Power level thirty-five and a half after a year of cultivation and reaffirmed his goal of becoming a Soul King by sixteen.

• Sea Dragon Douluo wondered what birthday gift to give Hai Ming, who had been undergoing the Sea God's Nine Trials for a year.
• Hai Ming visited Sea Dragon at the city lord's manor and explained that he had nearly completed his first trial and been granted his birthday off.
• Sea Dragon decided to take Hai Ming to see the trading market on a special market day.
• On the way, Sea Dragon asked Hai Ming about his Soul Power, and Hai Ming said he was at level thirty-five and a half.
• Hai Ming said he aimed to reach level fifty within ten years and resolved to keep working hard despite comparing himself with Tang San.

Hai Ming explored Sea God Island’s trading market with Sea Dragon and found a Jade Pendant that enhanced Soul Power recovery. When the pendant revealed the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda, the seller panicked after learning it belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Hai Ming wandered through the market with Sea Dragon and bought a short dagger from a traveling merchant for three Gold Soul Coins.
• Hai Ming found most of the market stalls uninteresting and returned to the merchant’s stall to inspect his remaining goods.
• Hai Ming picked up a warm Jade Pendant and discovered that it could slightly accelerate Soul Power circulation and recovery.
• The merchant explained that he had found the pendant on a dead Soul Master near Vast Sea City and had kept it because it seemed valuable.
• Hai Ming infused the pendant with Soul Power, revealing the phantom of a Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda, and warned the merchant that it belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The frightened merchant urged Hai Ming to take the pendant.

Hai Ming received a Jade Pendant from his grandfather and returned to Sea God's Mountain to challenge the thirty-sixth step. With Kyogre’s help, he broke through to level thirty-six, then collapsed after escaping Sea God's Light.

• Sea Dragon paid a young man for the Jade Pendant Hai Ming liked, and Hai Ming treasured the gift as a sign of his family's love.
• Hai Ming returned to Sea God's Mountain and used Meditation and Sacred Barrier to climb to the thirty-fifth step.
• Hai Ming struggled against the pressure on the thirty-sixth step as his Soul Power ran out.
• The Jade Pendant glowed, and Kyogre sent water energy to Hai Ming, helping him break through to level thirty-six.
• Hai Ming retreated from Sea God's Light and collapsed, while Bo Saixi healed him and Hai Ming realized Sacred Barrier had let his physical endurance outpace his Soul Power.

Hai Ming began studying Soul Master knowledge with Bo Saixi and fought an eight-hundred-year fire wolf as his first lesson. After crippling it with his Soul Skills and a trap, he prepared to finish it while testing himself under restrictions.

• Bo Saixi began teaching Hai Ming Soul Master knowledge and brought out an eight-hundred-year giant wolf for him to fight.
• Hai Ming used Rain Prayer, Sacred Barrier, and Aura Sphere to extinguish the wolf’s flames and knock it down.
• Bo Saixi told Hai Ming not to use skills from his last two Soul Rings, and Hai Ming dispelled his barrier and Meditation.
• When the wolf charged again, Hai Ming used Water Pulse to make the ground muddy and trapped its paws.
• Hai Ming stabbed the wolf’s right hind leg with a dagger, then pressed his hands to its head and activated Water Pulse.

Over five years, Hai Ming trained under Bo Saixi, growing stronger through study and battles while his Soul Power cultivation slowed. Stuck at the hundredth step of Sea God's Light, he realized that Soul Bones might be what he needed to advance.

• Bo Saixi told Hai Ming that the defeated Hundred-Year Soul Beast had no Soul Bone and sent its body into the Ring Sea.
• Hai Ming spent five years studying and fighting Soul Beasts under Bo Saixi, reaching level forty-three and learning to battle the Mystic Thorn Turtle.
• Bo Saixi ended Hai Ming's sparring session and asked about his progress on Sea God's Light; Hai Ming said he could not pass the hundredth step.
• Bo Saixi explained that Sea God's Light was part of Hai Ming's Black-level Assessment and that Sea God Poseidon had cleared obstacles for him.
• Hai Ming compared himself with Tang San and concluded that Soul Bones capable of transforming his body were what he lacked.

Hai Ming discovered that absorbing high-quality Soul Bones might help him pass the first trial, and Bo Saixi introduced Little White as his sparring partner. After Little White effortlessly defeated him, Bo Saixi accepted his plan to seek Soul Bones, leaving them ready to pursue sea Soul Beasts.

• Hai Ming realized that Soul Bones might strengthen him enough to break through the first trial's limit.
• Bo Saixi introduced Little White, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark, as Hai Ming's sparring partner.
• Hai Ming attacked Little White with his Soul Skills, but she erased his attack and struck him into the Ring Sea.
• Hai Ming admitted he was too weak and asked Bo Saixi about using Soul Bones to strengthen himself and pass the trial.
• Bo Saixi agreed that the plan was practical and noted that many sea Soul Beasts could provide Soul Bones.

Hai Ming, Sea Dragon Douluo, and Little White traveled to hunt the ninety-thousand-year Eight-headed Belcher, a Sea Soul Beast that had betrayed the Sea God. They found it in its coastal territory, where Sea Dragon prepared to fight while Hai Ming hoped to obtain its Soul Bone.

• Sea Dragon told Hai Ming that their target was the Eight-headed Belcher, a venomous Soul Beast nearing the hundred-thousand-year level.
• Sea Dragon explained how Belchers gained additional heads as they grew older, while their venom stopped strengthening after they reached ten thousand years.
• After a week of travel, Little White sensed the Eight-headed Belcher nearby, and Sea Dragon summoned his Blue Dragon Martial Soul and nine Soul Rings.
• The Eight-headed Belcher emerged from the whirlpool and asked why the group had entered its territory, which Little White translated.
• Hai Ming moved closer to Sea Dragon, who told him to absorb the Belcher's Soul Bone if it produced one after he killed it.

Sea Dragon Douluo killed the Eight-headed Belcher with his ninth Soul Skill, and Hai Ming obtained its right arm Soul Bone. As Hai Ming began absorbing it, a giant beast destroyed the Belcher’s remaining soul, and his system offered to evolve the Soul Bone into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone using Poison Awakening Power.

• Eight-headed Belcher attacked Little White with venom, but she repelled it with a powerful current.
• Sea Dragon Douluo struck Eight-headed Belcher, wounded it repeatedly, and broke through its Poison Miasma Domain with his Demon-Breaking Domain.
• Sea Dragon Douluo killed Eight-headed Belcher with Divine Dragon Skybreak and found a complete right arm Soul Bone in the remains.
• Sea Dragon Douluo gave the Soul Bone to Hai Ming, who began absorbing it in a quiet stretch of sea.
• A giant beast tore apart Eight-headed Belcher’s remaining soul, and Hai Ming’s system offered to evolve the Soul Bone into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone using Poison Awakening Power.

Hai Ming absorbed the Eight-headed Belcher's right arm bone, which Kyogre evolved into a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone, and gained the powerful Poison Dragon Strangulation skill. As Hai Ming and Sea Dragon traveled toward another nearshore overlord, they discovered that Hai Ming's meridians were already expanded to their limit.

• Kyogre used Hai Ming's poisonous power to evolve the Eight-headed Belcher's Soul Bone into a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone, and Hai Ming reached level forty-four after absorbing it.
• Hai Ming tested his new Poison Dragon Strangulation skill, whose venom corroded Sea Dragon's soul power and fingers in seconds.
• Sea Dragon explained how a high-level Soul Master could help expand another Soul Master's soul power capacity, and Hai Ming began the process on Little White's back.
• Sea Dragon tried to inject soul power into Hai Ming, but it vanished inside him, and Kyogre explained that Hai Ming's meridians had already been expanded to their limit.

Hai Ming and Sea Dragon lured a wounded sixty-thousand-year sawtooth shark with blood near Waterfall City. Sea Dragon and Little White left Hai Ming to fight it alone, and Hai Ming began attacking the shark as it tried to flee.

• Sea Dragon explained why powerful sea soul beasts could survive near the human city and asked Hai Ming what bait would attract a shark.
• Sea Dragon cut his wrist and dripped blood into the ocean to draw out their target.
• A wounded sawtooth shark over fifteen meters long leaped from the sea, and Sea Dragon told Hai Ming to handle it without help.
• Hai Ming used his soul skills to summon a storm and strike the shark with lightning while Little White blocked its escape.
• The sawtooth shark fired a torrent of water at Hai Ming, who blocked it and prepared to use Scary Face.

Hai Ming fought and killed the weakened Sawtooth Shark after his Scary Face skill reduced its strength and his Awakening Power wounded it underwater. He began dissecting the shark, and Kyogre told him its tail-fin Soul Bone could not be cultivated beyond eighty thousand years.

• Hai Ming used Scary Face to reduce the Sawtooth Shark’s attributes by fifty percent, while Little White and Sea Dragon moved away from its desperate struggle.
• Hai Ming struck the Sawtooth Shark with a tracking Aura Sphere, then followed it underwater as it unleashed a massive wave and charged at him with its spinning teeth.
• Hai Ming used Awakening Power underwater, but the Sawtooth Shark broke through Sacred Barrier and wounded his chest before the electricity charred it.
• Hai Ming killed the Sawtooth Shark with a penetrating Water Pulse and left its black Soul Ring unabsorbed because he had not reached level fifty.
• Hai Ming asked Kyogre about the shark’s Soul Bone, and Kyogre said Awakening Power could raise it to at most eighty thousand years.

Hai Ming absorbed a sixty-thousand-year Sawtooth Shark Soul Bone as a group of Soul Masters arrived and turned on one another over the prize. Sea Dragon prepared to defend Hai Ming, while the fighting men’s betrayal ended with a new observer mocking their greed.

• Hai Ming extracted a left leg Soul Bone from the Sawtooth Shark and began absorbing it as Sea Dragon and Little White watched.
• The arriving boss saw Hai Ming with the Soul Bone and attacked his companions, killing Second Brother and injuring the others.
• Third Brother poisoned Fourth Brother, while injured Fifth Brother fled the fight.
• The boss, Third Brother, and Fourth Brother faced off over the Soul Bone until an unseen observer applauded and mocked them for fighting like dogs.

Hai Ming and his grandfather, Sea Dragon, confronted a group of Soul Masters who tried to seize Hai Ming and the Sawtooth Shark Soul Bone. After Hai Ming killed their leader with his new Soul Bone skill, the group headed toward Waterfall City to explore the continent.

• Three brothers stopped fighting among themselves and charged at Hai Ming to use him as a hostage.
• Little White emerged from the sea and struck the brothers, severely injuring them and revealing herself as a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.
• Hai Ming asked Sea Dragon to let him handle the fleeing eldest brother and killed him with his Giant Shark Assault skill.
• Sea Dragon killed the injured third and fourth brothers while the fifth brother escaped.
• Hai Ming, Sea Dragon, and Little White left for Waterfall City after Hai Ming reached level forty-five and decided to take a break from hunting Soul Beasts.

Hai Ming spotted a familiar figure in Waterfall City and followed her into a forest, where Zhu Zhuqing was cornered by her family’s pursuers. As the old woman prepared to kill Zhu Zhuqing, Hai Ming intervened with a powerful soul skill.

• Hai Ming bought food and a folding fan while exploring Waterfall City with Little White and Sea Dragon.
• Hai Ming recognized a black figure and followed her into an alley, then toward a forest outside the city.
• Zhu Zhuqing stopped in the forest to eat, but an old woman and two men surrounded her and ordered her to return.
• Zhu Zhuqing accused Zhu Zhuyun of trying to kill her and attacked the old woman, who struck her with an arrow and pinned her to a tree.
• The old woman aimed a crossbow at Zhu Zhuqing’s neck, and Hai Ming used his fourth soul skill, Awakening Power: Superpower.