Chapter Summaries

Hai Ming sparred with Sea Dragon to prove he could defeat a Sacred Pillar Guardian for his Fifth Trial, while Little White watched and wagered on the outcome. Hai Ming gained the upper hand with his Soul Skills, but the fight continued as he began combining his powers.

• Sea Dragon scolded Hai Ming for boasting about defeating all seven Sacred Pillar Guardians and challenged him to spar.
• Hai Ming and Sea Dragon moved to the far end of the Ring Sea, where Little White cleared away her clan and agreed to referee their fight.
• Hai Ming proposed a bet with Little White that the loser would fulfill one request, and she wagered on Sea Dragon.
• Sea Dragon activated Sea Dragon True Form, but Hai Ming struck him with Poison Dragon Strangulation and pushed him back with Hyper Beam.
• Sea Dragon attacked with Reverse-Scale Dragon Claw, but Hai Ming appeared behind him and called out his restrained power.
• Hai Ming announced his victory and began combining Sea Emperor Avatar, Primal Reversion, Pray for Rain, Meditation, and Thunder.

Zhu Zhuqing began her first Sea God trial while Tang Chen offered her advice from his experience as the former Asura inheritor. Meanwhile, Hai Ming faced Sea Dragon in battle and judged that reaching Soul Douluo would let him complete his fifth trial smoothly.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Bo Saixi about passing through Sea God's Light, and Tang Chen appeared and shared advice about the Asura trials.
• Zhu Zhuqing charged up Sea God's Mountain by force, struck the barrier, and fell into the Ring Sea before Bo Saixi told her to study Sea God's Light patiently.
• Bo Saixi and Tang Chen left to watch Hai Ming's battle with Sea Dragon.
• Sea Dragon praised Hai Ming's Substitute tactic and warned him not to underestimate a Titled Douluo's strongest techniques.
• Hai Ming said he still struggled to defeat all the Sea Dragon guardians in succession but expected to complete his fifth trial after reaching Soul Douluo.

Hai Ming finished sparring with Sea Dragon and learned that Zhu Zhuqing was pushing herself through the Sea God's Light to help him with his trials. He went to find her and discovered that she was willing to work hard so she could help him complete the Sea God's Nine Trials.

• Sea Dragon reproached Hai Ming for relying on powerful Soul Skills instead of developing his combat techniques, but Hai Ming remained confident in his overwhelming strength.
• Hai Ming invited Little White to spar, but she refused because she could not withstand his Thunder.
• Bo Saixi thanked Hai Ming for helping Tang Chen escape his dark captivity, and Hai Ming noticed that Tang Chen had changed her outlook on life.
• Bo Saixi told Hai Ming that Zhu Zhuqing was challenging the Sea God's Light, so he went to Sea God's Mountain to find her.
• Hai Ming found Zhu Zhuqing on the tenth step after the Sea God's Light blasted her away, then dried her clothes with his Soul Power.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Hai Ming she was training to complete her trial before his fifth trial ended, hoping to help him with the Sea God's Nine Trials and reduce their difficulty.

Hai Ming sparred with Tang Chen to strengthen himself, but realized that his current fighting style would not improve much through more practice. He decided to go to sea and conquer it to awaken Kyogre’s true power, leaving the Sacred Pillar Guardians sensing his ancient aura.

• Hai Ming and Tang Chen ended their fierce spar, with Tang Chen breaking through Hai Ming’s soul skills using the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Hai Ming saw Zhu Zhuqing continue her strenuous cultivation on the twenty-eighth level of Sea God’s Light.
• Tang Chen asked Hai Ming what he planned to do next, and Hai Ming said he would go to sea to deepen his mastery of Kyogre.
• Hai Ming declared that he would conquer the sea and summoned a massive phantom whose ancient aura drew the attention of the Sacred Pillar Guardians.
• Hai Ming resolved to follow Poseidon’s example and make the sea his ambition.

Hai Ming left Sea God Island to begin conquering the sea, while Zhu Zhuqing resolved to strengthen herself by advancing through the Sea God's trials. He sailed away with a message of encouragement from those he left behind.

• Tang Chen warned Hai Ming that the sea held countless powerful Soul Beasts, but Hai Ming refused his offer to join the journey and asked him to look after Zhu Zhuqing.
• Hai Ming told Sea Dragon he planned to conquer the sea, and Sea Dragon sent him to speak with his parents before leaving.
• The next day, Hai Ming departed alone in a small sailboat, carrying a fan bearing the words “Awaiting your return!”
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Hai Ming leave, then charged into the Sea God's Light to continue her trials and prove her resolve.

Hai Ming went to Blue Octopus Waters to challenge the three-hundred-thousand-year Devil Octopus King and claim its faith. After recognizing Hai Ming as a Sea God Divine Envoy, the King surrendered immediately, and Hai Ming felt the Sea God's Light within him increase.

• Hai Ming discarded a charred octopus and sailed into Blue Octopus Waters, where the Devil Octopuses gathered after he killed one of their kind.
• The Devil Octopus King rose from the sea and ordered Hai Ming to leave its homeland, but then sensed the power of its god within him.
• Hai Ming revealed Kyogre and the golden trident mark, and the Devil Octopus King recognized him as a Divine Envoy and fawned over him.
• Hai Ming demanded a fight and the King's faith, but the Devil Octopus King surrendered without resisting.
• Hai Ming sensed the Sea God's Light increase and felt a subtle improvement in his realm.

Hai Ming left the Devil Octopus King’s waters after learning that the king had given him faith as the Sea God’s heir. Frustrated that the king had surrendered without a fight, Hai Ming charged into a storm to test his strength, ending as he unleashed Blizzard and Thunder against the clouds.

• The Devil Octopus King explained that Poseidon had once confined its clan to its waters after defeating its ancient king, and said it would follow Hai Ming to protect the clan and fulfill its old promise.
• Hai Ming asked Kyogre whether the Octopus King truly believed in him, and Kyogre said that receiving its faith was what mattered.
• Hai Ming saw a storm ahead, put away his boat, and charged into it rather than detouring around it.
• Hai Ming used Sea Emperor Avatar—Primal Reversion and Thunder to counter the storm’s lightning and split the clouds.
• Hai Ming called on Kyogre’s power, froze the dark clouds with Blizzard, and followed with Thunder.

Zhu Zhuqing decided to finish her first Sea God trial after months of intense training and charged up the mountain steps. Meanwhile, Hai Ming drifted through the Devil Sea until the Ghost White Marlin Emperor appeared, leaving him ready to fight.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Bo Saixi she was ready to complete her first trial after reaching level fifty-nine, and Bo Saixi agreed to let her proceed.
• Tang Chen joked that Hai Ming had expected Zhu Zhuqing to need at least half a year, while Bo Saixi worried she had allowed her disciple to train too recklessly.
• Zhu Zhuqing raced up the Sea God's Mountain, passed the first seventy steps, and struggled against the increased pressure at the seventy-first.
• Hai Ming complained to Kyogre about the boredom of sailing through the Devil Sea and reflected on how humans create meaningful lives despite their short lifespans.
• Hai Ming spotted the Ghost White Marlin Emperor, a 150,000-year Sea Soul Beast, emerging from the water and prepared to face it.

Hai Ming fought the Ghost White Marlin Emperor, countering its overwhelming speed by freezing the surrounding sea and trapping it on an artificial iceberg. After the Marlin Emperor tried a water-arrow sneak attack, Hai Ming revealed that Water Immunity made it ineffective.

• Hai Ming used Aura Sphere to interrupt the Ghost White Marlin Emperor’s first charge, then endured its accelerated attack with Sacred Barrier.
• Hai Ming unleashed Blizzard and froze the surrounding sea, leaving the Marlin Emperor trapped in a narrow patch of water amid an artificial iceberg.
• The Ghost White Marlin Emperor accused Hai Ming of fighting unfairly, and Hai Ming argued that creating favorable battlefield conditions was no different from using its charging speed.
• After a three-minute standoff, the Marlin Emperor fired a water arrow at Hai Ming, but Hai Ming was unharmed because he had Water Immunity.

Hai Ming defeated the Marlin Emperor with Water Immunity, then tried to recruit it as his mount to tow his slow wooden boat. After resisting at first, the Marlin Emperor agreed when Hai Ming threatened it with lightning.

• Hai Ming used Water Immunity to counter the Marlin Emperor, which surrendered and gave him one percent Ocean Affinity.
• Hai Ming shattered the ice field with Hyper Beam, but the Marlin Emperor tried to flee when he called after it.
• Hai Ming told the Marlin Emperor about Poseidon’s shark mount and proposed making it his own mount.
• The Marlin Emperor attacked Hai Ming’s boat when he produced a chain collar, but yielded after Hai Ming threatened it with lightning.

Hai Ming traveled toward the Evil Orca King with the Ghost White Marlin Emperor serving as his boatman, revealing that he intended to challenge the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King afterward. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing completed her first Sea God trial and absorbed a God-Bestowed Soul Ring to gain a Hundred-Thousand-Year sixth Soul Ring.

• The Ghost White Marlin Emperor slowed down after Hai Ming complained about the spray, then asked where he was taking it.
• Hai Ming named the Evil Orca King as his next target and confirmed he planned to challenge the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King afterward.
• The Ghost White Marlin Emperor protested that Hai Ming's plan was suicidal, but Hai Ming told it to keep serving as his boatman.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned from the sea after completing her second trial's preparations, and Bo Saixi and Tang Chen saw that she had gained a red sixth Soul Ring.
• Bo Saixi healed Zhu Zhuqing and explained that she had completed her first Sea God trial, then recklessly absorbed a God-Bestowed Soul Ring within the Sea God's Light to obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year sixth Soul Ring.

Hai Ming confronted the Evil Orca King and overwhelmed him with his Sea Emperor Avatar, divine power, and control abilities. The fight remained unfinished as Hai Ming prepared a powerful follow-up attack, and he realized the Evil Spirit Orcas’ settlement lay surprisingly close to Sea God Island.

• The Ghost White Marlin Emperor led Hai Ming toward the Evil Orca King and stopped ten nautical miles from the pack.
• The Evil Orca King sensed Hai Ming, approached with more than two hundred Evil Spirit Orcas, and attacked him with a powerful water blast.
• Hai Ming activated his Sea Emperor Avatar and revealed seven blood-red Soul Rings, alarming the Evil Orca King with the divine power and golden trident mark.
• The Evil Orca King tried to claim the Sea God’s inheritance by eating Hai Ming, but Hai Ming blocked his attack with Water Plate.
• Hai Ming used Rain Prayer, Divine Slaughter’s Domain, and Scary Face to immobilize and weaken the Evil Orca King and his pack.
• Hai Ming prepared Meditation and combined Hidden Power with Thunder, while he noted that the Evil Spirit Orcas’ settlement was only five hundred li from Sea God Island.

Hai Ming killed the Evil Orca King, absorbed its Hundred-Thousand-Year Head Soul Bone, and gained a powerful new domain-like soul skill. The skill erased the remaining Evil Spirit Orca corpses and left the surrounding sea blood-red.

• Hai Ming considered the Evil Orca King's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and collected three Soul Bones from the battlefield.
• Hai Ming rejected Kyogre's advice to save the Head Soul Bone for a spiritually inclined Soul Beast, then absorbed the Evil Orca King's bone as the Ghost White Marlin Emperor guarded him.
• Hai Ming devoured the Evil Orca's golden whale brain while the Evil Orca King's remnant will attacked his sea of consciousness.
• Kyogre swallowed the Evil Orca King's remnant will, preventing it from harming Hai Ming.
• The Ghost White Marlin Emperor marveled at Hai Ming's strength and imagined a prosperous future serving him.
• Hai Ming awakened a pale white domain that erased the remaining Evil Spirit Orca corpses and left the sea blood-red.

Hai Ming absorbed the Evil Orca King's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring after using his new Evil Orca Devouring skill to consume the corpse and replenish his Soul Power. He gained powerful eighth soul skills, then joked to Kyogre about whether Groudon would accuse him of plagiarism.

• Hai Ming explained that Evil Orca Devouring converted absorbable energy into Soul Power and that Demonic Dread had been fused with his domain.
• Hai Ming used Evil Orca Devouring to consume the Evil Orca King's corpse while the Ghost White Marlin Emperor watched.
• The Evil Orca King's Soul Ring entered Hai Ming, and Kyogre helped remove the resentment within it as Hai Ming absorbed its energy.
• Hai Ming gained Absolute Zero and froze the surrounding sea into an ice field several kilometers wide.
• Hai Ming used Scorching Hell to shatter the ice with superheated water blades, then asked Kyogre whether Groudon would call the skill plagiarism.

After defeating the Evil Orca King, Hai Ming returned to Sea God Island and reunited with Zhu Zhuqing. He left the story welcoming her affectionate ambush and reflecting that he had always had a cat.

• Hai Ming learned that killing the Evil Orca King raised his ocean conquest progress by only three percent, bringing the total to four percent.
• Hai Ming decided to return to Sea God Island, and Big White carried him there in less than two days.
• Hai Ming sent Big White to introduce himself to the Demon Soul Great White Sharks and headed toward town.
• A mysterious attacker struck Hai Ming in the forest, and he recognized the familiar presence after freezing the area with Absolute Zero.
• Zhu Zhuqing embraced and kissed Hai Ming, welcoming him back to Sea God Island.

Hai Ming discovered that Zhu Zhuqing had obtained a Hundred-Thousand-Year sixth Soul Ring and investigated why it seemed to grant only one Soul Skill. He realized that its hidden skill was an assisting ability that activated under specific conditions, leaving Zhu Zhuqing with a newly revealed way to strengthen him.

• Hai Ming returned to Sea God's Mountain, learned that Zhu Zhuqing had gained a red sixth Soul Ring, and questioned Bo Saixi about her intense cultivation.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Hai Ming that her second trial required her to endure for an hour against the Demon Spirit Great White Shark King without using her fifth or sixth Soul Skill.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that her sixth Soul Skill, Netherworld Possession, let her become Haze, evade physical attacks, fly, and greatly increase her attributes and speed.
• Hai Ming noticed Zhu Zhuqing's sixth Soul Ring had only one apparent skill and deduced that her desire to stand beside him had shaped its power.
• Hai Ming asked Zhu Zhuqing to use her sixth Soul Skill on him and realized that imagining herself enhancing him activated her hidden assisting Soul Skill.

Hai Ming challenged Bo Saixi and Tang Chen to a two-on-two spar with Zhu Zhuqing so she could gain experience fighting powerful enemies. As the match began, Hai Ming stacked multiple buffs and prepared to face the two Peak Douluo.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained that her sixth soul skill, Sea Emperor's Attachment, boosted an attached ally's attributes and let her fight alongside them.
• Tang Chen challenged Hai Ming to spar, but Hai Ming proposed that Bo Saixi and Tang Chen fight him and Zhu Zhuqing together.
• Hai Ming reassured Zhu Zhuqing and told her to attach herself to him as soon as the battle began.
• The group moved to the reefs around Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi and Tang Chen agreed to test Hai Ming's strength for half an hour as part of his fifth trial.
• Zhu Zhuqing attached herself to Hai Ming, and Hai Ming activated a series of buffs before the battle began.

Hai Ming fought Tang Chen and Bo Saixi while testing the power he gained through Zhu Zhuqing's enhancement and their Soul Skill Fusion Technique. The battle ended with Tang Chen and Bo Saixi preparing their Domain Fusion Skill, Merciful Slaughter.

• Hai Ming used Aura Sphere to attack Tang Chen and broke Bo Saixi's light arrow while fighting both opponents.
• Tang Chen detonated his first three Soul Rings and unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer, but Hai Ming's Hyper Beam forced the hammer aside.
• Hai Ming used the fused Netherworld Annihilation Thunder against Bo Saixi, whose Sea God's Wrath dissolved the attack.
• Hai Ming lost focus after seeing Bo Saixi's ninth-ring skill, and Tang Chen struck his left arm, leaving it numb.
• Tang Chen and Bo Saixi joined hands and invoked their Domain Fusion Skill, Merciful Slaughter.

Hai Ming fought Tang Chen and Bo Saixi as they combined their Domains and unleashed powerful attacks. He used Zhu Zhuqing’s help to counter their final assault with Polar Reversal, leaving Tang Chen frozen and charred as the battle turned in Hai Ming’s favor.

• Tang Chen and Bo Saixi fused their Sea God and Slaughter Domains, creating an azure space where their attacks could be launched without restraint.
• Hai Ming used his Sawtooth Shark Soul Bone to knock Tang Chen and Bo Saixi hundreds of meters away, then joined his Demonic Dread Domain with Zhu Zhuqing’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Tang Chen unleashed Ring Detonation and the Great Sumeru Hammer while Bo Saixi empowered him with Sea God’s Wrath.
• Hai Ming asked Zhu Zhuqing to control their Soul Skill Fusion Technique and combined Absolute Zero with Scorching Hell to create Polar Reversal.
• Hai Ming’s Polar Reversal froze and erased Tang Chen’s hammer storm, then froze and burned Tang Chen as Zhu Zhuqing’s Netherworld Annihilation Thunder struck him.

Hai Ming returned to Sea God Island and fought Bo Saixi and Tang Chen, showing that his strength had grown enough to defeat a Peak Douluo with Zhu Zhuqing’s help. After Bo Saixi advised them, Hai Ming said he would begin the Sacred Pillar Guardians’ trial challenges the next morning.

• Sea Dragon and the other Sacred Pillar Guardians discussed whether Hai Ming could face Bo Saixi and worried about the rules of his fifth trial.
• A clash at the Sea Dragon Divine Pillar drew the guardians to the battlefield, where Bo Saixi’s tsunami had frozen and shattered the sea.
• Hai Ming surrendered after Bo Saixi used divine power, and the guardians realized he and Zhu Zhuqing had defeated Tang Chen.
• Bo Saixi praised Hai Ming’s progress, pointed out flaws in his coordination with Zhu Zhuqing, and told them to rest.
• Hai Ming announced that he would begin the trial the next morning and later told Zhu Zhuqing he would challenge the weaker guardians before Sea Dragon.