Chapter Summaries

Hai Ming, Sea Dragon, and Little White rescued Zhu Zhuqing from a Zhu Clan Soul Emperor and her two Soul King companions. Zhu Zhuqing survived, while Hai Ming revealed he had saved her partly because he suspected she might have a Soul Bone and teased her about her cat Martial Soul.

• An unseen attacker blasted the old woman and the two Black Panther brothers away from Zhu Zhuqing, then struck the old woman again when she tried to finish Zhu Zhuqing.
• The Black Panther brothers charged into the forest but were thrown back by Sea Dragon, who appeared alongside Little White and Hai Ming.
• The old woman used a Mist Arrow to cover her escape, but Little White chased her down and returned with her badly injured.
• Hai Ming pulled the arrow from Zhu Zhuqing and freed her from the tree, and she weakly thanked him.
• Sea Dragon asked Hai Ming if he had saved Zhu Zhuqing because he liked her, and Hai Ming claimed he had suspected she possessed a Soul Bone.
• Hai Ming showed Zhu Zhuqing a miniature Kyogre and joked about whether her cat Martial Soul could eat his fish.

Hai Ming arranged for the injured Zhu Zhuqing to recover in Waterfall City rather than take her to Sea God Island, then returned to the island with Sea Dragon and Little White to challenge his first trial again. He left determined to climb all 1,001 steps of Sea God’s Light and reach Sea God’s Temple.

• Zhu Zhuqing collapsed after Hai Ming teased her, and Little White carried her to Waterfall City for treatment.
• A physician treated Zhu Zhuqing and said she needed time to recover from her severe injuries.
• Hai Ming realized Zhu Zhuqing was still fleeing before the events at Shrek Academy and considered future opportunities involving the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and the Sea God’s Heart.
• Hai Ming rejected taking Zhu Zhuqing to Sea God Island and arranged for two Sea Soul Masters to care for her in Waterfall City.
• Hai Ming left the city with Sea Dragon and Little White, intending to overcome the 1,001 steps of Sea God’s Light and reach Sea God’s Temple.

Hai Ming climbed Sea God's Mountain to complete the First Trial, enduring devastating pressure as Sea God's Light transformed his bones into Divine Bones. He reached the Sea God's Temple, passed the trial, and gained ten percent Sea God affinity.

• Hai Ming began climbing Sea God's Mountain despite Bo Saixi's warning that he would need to reach the 1,001st level to pass.
• Hai Ming pushed past his limits, reached the 300th level, and continued climbing while bleeding and suffering internal injuries.
• Kyogre and a buried message from Poseidon prompted Hai Ming to sense Sea God's Light, which began transforming his bones into golden Divine Bones.
• Sea Dragon and the other guardians gathered at the mountain's foot as Hai Ming climbed higher and his Divine Bones spread through his body.
• Hai Ming reached the summit as his skull finished transforming, passed the First Trial, and raised his Sea God affinity by ten percent.

Zhu Zhuqing recovered in Qian Yin’s home in Waterfall City and told Qian Yin and Qian Yu how she had been hunted by her sister’s people before meeting Hai Ming. She revealed that the Soul Master squad she hired to help her escape had never arrived, leaving her escape plan uncertain.

• Zhu Zhuqing woke at Qian Yin’s home, where Qian Yin cared for her fever and blood loss and helped her drink water.
• After resting and eating, Zhu Zhuqing learned that Qian Yin and Qian Yu were Sea Soul Masters who had failed Sea God Island’s trials and left to make a living.
• Qian Yin and Qian Yu questioned Zhu Zhuqing about Hai Ming, and Zhu Zhuqing blushed as she recalled meeting him.
• Zhu Zhuqing told the sisters that her sister had sent people to hunt her and that Hai Ming had found her after she was badly injured.
• Qian Yin questioned Zhu Zhuqing’s escape plan, and Zhu Zhuqing admitted that the Soul Master squad she had hired for five thousand Gold Soul Coins had failed to meet her.

After Zhu Zhuqing escaped her pursuers with Hai Ming’s help, she considered traveling to the Heaven Dou Empire to seek an answer from her absent fiancé. Qian Yin described Hai Ming’s kindness and status on Sea God Island, and Zhu Zhuqing fell asleep still weighing what she truly wanted.

• Hai Ming’s pursuit of the Sawtooth Shark led Zhu Zhuqing’s would-be escorts to their deaths, leaving her stranded until the troops caught up and Hai Ming rescued her.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Qian Yu she wanted to travel to the Heaven Dou Empire and considered seeking an answer from her fiancé, Dai whatever.
• Qian Yu urged Zhu Zhuqing to forget her fiancé and join them on Sea God Island, while Qian Yin explained that Hai Ming was widely respected there.
• Qian Yin recounted how Hai Ming had cared for the island’s elderly and protected a child from mainland Soul Masters.
• Zhu Zhuqing compared Hai Ming with her fiancé, wondered what answer she truly wanted, and drifted into a dream.

After leaving Waterfall City, Zhu Zhuqing was secretly followed toward the Heaven Dou Empire by Qian Yu, Qian Yin, and their father. On Sea God Island, Hai Ming finished adapting to his Divine Bone and learned that his second trial was to cross the Ring Sea while surrounded by Bloodrays.

• Zhu Zhuqing left Waterfall City for the Heaven Dou Empire after recovering for nearly half a month.
• Qian Yu asked Qian Yin whether they would let Zhu Zhuqing leave alone, and Qian Yin explained they had to protect her for Lord Sacred Pillar.
• Qian Yu and Qian Yin's father arrived and joined them in following Zhu Zhuqing.
• Hai Ming broke a wine cup with his increased strength, and Kyogre told him that one-sided battles were the best way to gain control of his body.
• Hai Ming trained with Little White until the Divine Bone fully settled in his body and he grew five centimeters taller.
• Hai Ming summoned the Sea God's assessment and learned that his second trial required crossing the Ring Sea amid Bloodrays within one hour.

Hai Ming began the second Sea God trial, which required him to cross the Ring Sea without Soul Skills while Bloodrays attacked and drained his blood. After Bo Saixi rescued him, he learned that the ordeal was meant to replace his mortal blood with Divine Blood, and realized further transformations awaited him.

• Hai Ming and Little White suspected Bo Saixi had arranged for Bloodrays to be brought to the Ring Sea for the trial.
• Bo Saixi told Hai Ming he had to cross the Ring Sea under Bloodray attack without using Soul Skills, and he entered the water to try.
• Bloodrays fastened onto Hai Ming and drained his blood as he struggled toward the opposite shore.
• Hai Ming grew weak and began sinking, so Bo Saixi used blue light to drive the Bloodrays away and rescue him.
• Little White bandaged Hai Ming, and Bo Saixi confirmed he would spend the trial recovering.
• Kyogre explained that the Bloodrays forced Hai Ming's Divine Bone to produce Divine Blood, and Hai Ming anticipated the coming Tidal Body Tempering trial.

Hai Ming endured another round of the Sea God Trial, where Bloodrays tore at him and drank his blood, and learned that his Divine Bone could produce blood faster through severe injuries. He decided to have Little White injure him so he could recover while using his Divine Blood to poison the Bloodrays.

• Hai Ming entered the Ring Sea and was swarmed by Bloodrays that drank his blood and tore at his flesh.
• A Bloodray that drank Hai Ming's Divine Blood glowed gold, doubled in size, and attacked his chest.
• Hai Ming endured to five hundred meters before losing consciousness, and Bo Saixi rescued him while Little White treated his wounds.
• Hai Ming asked Kyogre how long his Divine Blood would take to form, and Kyogre said it could speed blood production but suggested severe injuries as an alternative to being bitten.
• Hai Ming asked Little White to give him severe injuries without damaging his internal organs, explaining that he wanted to bleed heavily and let his Divine Bone heal him.
• Hai Ming vowed to use his Divine Blood against the Bloodrays so they would die instead of growing stronger.

Hai Ming completed the second Sea God trial by transforming all his blood into Divine Blood and crossing the Ring Sea, where he destroyed the Bloodray swarm. Bo Saixi then presented his third trial: enduring the Raging Waves Deadland for at least twelve hours a day over 108 days.

• Little White beat Hai Ming repeatedly for three months until all the blood in his body had become Divine Blood.
• Hai Ming recovered overnight, entered the Ring Sea, and let the Bloodrays drink his golden blood as he crossed toward the opposite shore.
• Hai Ming's Divine Blood overwhelmed and killed the Bloodray swarm, and he reached the beach to complete the second trial.
• The Sea God announced that Hai Ming's affinity had increased to twenty percent, and Bo Saixi warned him not to use shortcuts in future trials.
• Hai Ming received the third trial's requirement to endure the Raging Waves Deadland for at least twelve hours each day for 108 days.

Hai Ming began the third trial, enduring repeated crashing waves that numbed his body and caused intense pain afterward. After a month of practice, he could last five and a half hours, while Kyogre hinted that the remaining trials would challenge both body and spirit.

• Bo Saixi bound Hai Ming to a stone cross above the sea and began the third trial as hundred-meter waves crashed over him.
• Hai Ming used Meditation to resist the waves until a blue light disabled his support-type soul skills, after which Bo Saixi rescued him when he could no longer endure the numbness.
• Hai Ming meditated for several hours to recover from the pain and returned to the trial the next day, gradually increasing his endurance.
• After thirty days, Hai Ming could withstand the waves for five and a half hours and noticed his body growing tougher and his breathing becoming more efficient.
• Kyogre heard Hai Ming speculate that the fourth trial would test mental power and silently suggested that later trials would challenge both his body and spirit.

Hai Ming discovered that the third trial tested his spiritual power as well as his body, and he prepared to endure its hidden mental shock. On his second attempt, he barely withstood the shock and saw a golden, sea-like figure behind the waves.

• Hai Ming endured six hours of waves, but a sudden mental shock knocked him unconscious.
• Bo Saixi gave Hai Ming a golden pill that helped him recover, and he realized the third trial was also tempering his spiritual power.
• Hai Ming rested, then returned to the pillar the next day with the half-used pill and his spiritual power prepared.
• Hai Ming swallowed the pill when the mental shock struck and barely resisted it, then saw a golden figure behind the waves.

Hai Ming passed the Sea God’s Third Trial, gained increased affinity and a powerful Divine Body, and absorbed a teleportation Soul Bone. The Fourth Trial required him to enter Slaughter City and defeat its King within ten years, so he prepared to leave Sea God Island for the continental journey.

• Hai Ming endured the tidal waves for 108 days, strengthened his body and spiritual power, and passed the Sea God’s Third Trial, raising his affinity to thirty percent.
• Bo Saixi gave Hai Ming an eighty-thousand-year Deep-Sea Void Whale right leg bone, which he absorbed and used to gain the Voidwalking teleportation ability.
• Hai Ming tested his new teleportation skill around the cliff while Bo Saixi prepared for the trials ahead, which would take place away from Sea God Island.
• Hai Ming saw that the Sea God’s Fourth Trial required him to enter Slaughter City, defeat the King of Slaughter, and obtain Divine Slaughter’s Domain within ten years.

Shura confronted Poseidon over his interference in Hai Ming’s inheritance, but discovered that Hai Ming had 130 percent Sea God affinity. Poseidon agreed to change Hai Ming’s fourth trial so he could rescue Tang Chen for Shura, and to find Shura a suitable inheritor.

• Shura accused Poseidon of breaking God Realm rules by making Hai Ming’s trials easier, but Poseidon claimed Transcendent Affinity allowed him to alter them.
• Poseidon showed Shura that Hai Ming had 130 percent affinity, which Shura recognized as possible given Hai Ming’s connection to the sea.
• Shura revealed that Bo Saixi’s lover was Tang Chen and explained that Tang Chen’s soul was corrupted and would likely be destroyed.
• Poseidon agreed to change Hai Ming’s fourth trial so he would rescue Tang Chen from Shura’s inheritance grounds, allowing Shura to repair Tang Chen’s soul.
• Shura also demanded that Hai Ming find him a suitable inheritor, then left Poseidon’s temple.
• Poseidon viewed Bo Saixi meditating and concluded that helping her reunite with Tang Chen would make Hai Ming happy and keep him from holding himself back.

Hai Ming left Sea God Island for Slaughter City and arrived in Vast Sea City after ten days at sea. There, he learned that an auction in three days would feature a Soul Bone and decided to attend.

• Hai Ming's parents saw him off as he boarded a ship bound for the other continent.
• After ten days at sea, Hai Ming reached Vast Sea City and rented a room at an inn.
• An attendant told Hai Ming that an auction would take place in three days and would feature a Soul Bone.
• Hai Ming paid the attendant for the information and decided to attend the auction.

Hai Ming attended the Vast Sea City Grand Auction House, where a rare Phantom Fox Head Soul Bone sparked fierce bidding between Shui Wutian and Huo Yu. Their opposing ice and fire soul power filled the auction hall as the price reached four hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

• Hai Ming entered the auction house wearing a Sea Demon half-mask and recognized the host Yaoyao as a female Sea Demon soul master.
• A wealthy young man bought an offensive soul tool longbow for thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins, while Hai Ming lost his chance to buy a clothing-type soul tool.
• Yaoyao unveiled a forty-eight-thousand-year Phantom Fox Head Soul Bone with a starting bid of one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Bidders drove the soul bone's price to three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and the bald man in the front row raised his offer to three hundred and thirty thousand.
• Shui Wutian and Huo Yu traded bids and insults until Huo Yu offered four hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and both men released clashing ice and fire soul power.

Hai Ming attended an auction where Shi Nian won a rare head Soul Bone, then confronted him after Shi Nian attacked with an illusion outside the auction house. Hai Ming resisted the illusion and killed Shi Nian, leaving the Soul Bone and the other auction guests behind.

• Huo Yu outbid Shui Wutian to keep the Soul Bone from him, but Shi Nian ultimately won it for 410,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• After the auction, Hai Ming left the building and found Shi Nian confronting him with an illusion that failed to affect him.
• Hai Ming explained that his spiritual power let him break Shi Nian's illusion and attacked him with Poison Dragon Strangulation.
• Hai Ming used Giant Shark, Assault to tear Shi Nian apart after Shi Nian's Martial Soul True Body was destroyed.

At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang worried that Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had not truly joined the others as a team. That night, Ning Rongrong pressed Zhu Zhuqing to reveal where she had seen the Jade Pendant stolen from her years ago.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Ning Rongrong hid her true feelings and that he sensed killing intent in her impatience toward Zhu Zhuqing.
• The exhausted Shrek students returned from training and drank Yu Xiaogang's medicinal porridge, while Ma Hongjun demanded another pot and Flender sent him flying with a flick to the forehead.
• Ning Rongrong confronted Zhu Zhuqing in the bath and said Zhu Zhuqing owed her for bringing her to Shrek Academy and revealing Dai Mubai's true nature.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled how Ning Rongrong had helped her reach Shrek Academy after finding her while searching for the Jade Pendant.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the Jade Pendant was a keepsake from her mother, stolen five years earlier, and begged Zhu Zhuqing to say where she had seen it.
• Zhu Zhuqing remained silent because she had seen the Jade Pendant on the folding fan of Hai Ming, the man who had saved her life.

Zhu Zhuqing left the bathroom without revealing who held her Jade Pendant, while Ning Rongrong considered whether she could recover it through a trade with Sea God Island. In Vast Sea City, Hai Ming met Huo Yu and Shui Wutian, whose rivalry stemmed from an embarrassing failed marriage proposal.

• Zhu Zhuqing got dressed and left after refusing to tell Ning Rongrong about the Jade Pendant.
• Ning Rongrong suspected the pendant belonged to someone important to Zhu Zhuqing and hoped she could retrieve it if Sea God Island had it.
• Huo Yu and Shui Wutian brought Hai Ming to a restaurant after witnessing him defeat Shi Nian, then bickered over their talents and progress.
• Huo Yu and Shui Wutian introduced themselves as geniuses from the Huo Clan and Shui Clan who had come to investigate and potentially acquire the Soul Bone.
• Hai Ming asked why Huo Yu called Shui Wutian a sissy, and Shui Wutian revealed that Huo Yu had once tried to propose to the Snow Girl, not knowing it was Shui Wutian's Martial Soul.
• Hai Ming laughed at Huo Yu after learning the story behind their rivalry.

Hai Ming traveled with Huo Yu and Shui Wutian to Heaven Dou City, where they suspected he possessed powerful Soul Bones and considered introducing him to their sisters. After exploring the city and watching soul battles, Hai Ming was approached by Ning Fengzhi, who asked about his background.

• Huo Yu and Shui Wutian privately concluded that Hai Ming had powerful Soul Bones and high Soul Power, and each thought of introducing him to a younger woman in their family.
• Huo Yu and Shui Wutian gave Hai Ming tokens for Blazing Academy and Skywater Academy before leaving him outside Heaven Dou City.
• Hai Ming rested at a hotel, explored Heaven Dou City's night market, and visited the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena.
• Hai Ming decided not to enter a soul battle because revealing his four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings could attract dangerous attention.
• Ning Fengzhi approached Hai Ming at the arena and asked which family or sect he belonged to.

At the Great Soul Arena, Hai Ming befriended Ning Fengzhi, who invited him to the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House and recognized a jade pendant that had belonged to his late wife. Ning Fengzhi returned it and considered sending Hai Ming to Shrek Academy to help Ning Rongrong grow closer to her family again.

• Hai Ming introduced himself to Ning Fengzhi as a visitor from Sea God Island, and Ning Fengzhi praised his talent and spoke fondly of Ning Rongrong.
• Hai Ming stayed with Ning Fengzhi to watch the soul fights, then discussed how the lack of life-and-death battles made it hard to discover talented soul masters.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Hai Ming to the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House and offered to pay for everything.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized the jade pendant on Hai Ming's folding fan as his late wife's keepsake, but returned it after Hai Ming explained that he had bought it.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin that Hai Ming should not be treated as an enemy and considered sending him to Shrek Academy so Ning Rongrong could grow up happily.