Chapter Summaries

Zhou Liang studied why External Spirit Bones could evolve and concluded that their lingering spirituality might explain their special properties, though their connection to Martial Souls still needed research. When the group stopped for the night, Dugu Yan sensed blood in a nearby village, and Zhou Liang flew there to find the Wolf Raiders slaughtering its people.

• Zhou Liang examined ordinary and External Spirit Bones and reasoned that External Spirit Bones fused with Soul Rings and Martial Souls, letting them grow alongside their owners.
• Zhou Liang realized that an External Spirit Bone retained spirituality because it had been absorbed while still linked to a Soul Ring, and he considered using his ability to grant sentience to ordinary Soul Bones.
• Xiao Wu found Zhou Liang deep in thought, and he explained his research while walking with her from the carriage.
• Dugu Yan smelled blood from a nearby village and reported that her Jade Phosphor Serpent was restless, so Zhou Liang went ahead to investigate.
• Zhou Liang discovered that the Wolf Raiders had killed the village's men, summoned eight hundred Dark Mages to rescue the hostages, and prepared to attack the surviving raiders.
• More than two hundred cyan werewolf figures surrounded Zhou Liang as howls rang out.

Zhou Liang killed the Wolf Raiders who had attacked a village, rescued the survivors, and collected a blue right leg Soul Bone. After a week of rest and preparations in Vast Sea City, he and his companions boarded the Sea Demon to begin their voyage toward Sea God Island.

• Zhou Liang summoned golden swords and slaughtered the blue-furred Wolf Raiders, then used a flying sword to kill their wounded leader and claim its Soul Bone.
• Zhou Liang calmed the grateful villagers, learned that the women had relatives elsewhere, and spent several days arranging their return before continuing his journey.
• Zhou Liang and his companions reached Vast Sea City, explored its markets, bought local goods and food, and rested at a hotel.
• Zhou Liang prepared supplies for the sea voyage and rented a new vessel over fifty meters long with an experienced captain.
• Zhou Liang led his companions to the harbor and boarded the Sea Demon, where the captain welcomed them.

Zhou Liang and his companions sailed to Sea God Island, where he used his strength to keep Captain Haider from causing trouble. After landing, they met the island’s guards and reached the Seahorse Sacred Pillar, where they agreed to cross the Sea within the Sea to receive trials.

• Zhou Liang revealed his Soul Emperor strength and summoned eight Super Wind Mages, warning Captain Haider to navigate properly and not cause trouble.
• More than half a month later, Zhou Liang and his companions landed near Sea God Island after the Sea Demon stopped offshore to avoid the Demon Soul Great White Shark King.
• Eight yellow-clothed island members confronted the group, and their middle-aged leader warned that land Soul Masters would likely die if they took the trials.
• Zhou Liang and the women followed the leader through the forest to the Sea within the Sea and learned that reaching the Seahorse Sacred Pillar was required to qualify for trials.
• Seahorse Douluo told the group they had to cross the turbulent water beneath a low curtain of light, and Zhou Liang accepted the challenge.

Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, Jiangzhu, and Ning Rongrong underwent trials at the Seahorse Sacred Pillar, receiving black-level trials of varying ranks. Ning Rongrong’s light reached Black-level Six and stopped there, leaving Seahorse Douluo watching with tense anticipation.

• Zhu Zhuqing crossed the turbulent sea using her concealment ability and impressed Seahorse Douluo enough to qualify for a trial.
• Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Zhou Liang carrying Ning Rongrong and Jiangzhu reached the platform, and Seahorse Douluo ordered the group to take their trials in turn.
• Zhu Zhuqing received Black-level Five Trials, and Seahorse Douluo explained the different trial ranks.
• Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan received Black-level Six Trials, while Jiangzhu received Black-level Four Trials.
• Ning Rongrong stepped forward, and her trial light rose to Black-level Six before stopping.

Zhou Liang rejected the Sea God’s offer to inherit a Divine Seat, causing a strange red examination to appear instead of the expected Black Rank Six Examinations. Bo Saixi declared Zhou Liang and his companions honored guests of Sea God Island, and Seahorse Douluo apologized to them.

• Seahorse Douluo tested Zhou Liang, but the light stalled at Black Rank Six as Zhou Liang refused the Sea God’s offer in a private exchange.
• Red light spread across Sea God Island, and six crimson bolts formed Zhou Liang’s examination cards.
• Bo Saixi arrived and announced that Zhou Liang’s examination was specially prepared by the Sea God, carried no penalty for failure, and allowed him and his companions to enter and leave the island freely.
• Bo Saixi ordered Seahorse Douluo to treat the six as honored guests and accommodate them in Seahorse City.
• Seahorse Douluo apologized to Zhou Liang and his companions for having treated them with hostility.

Zhou Liang and the others began their Sea God's Light trials, and Zhou Liang climbed to the sixtieth step before the pressure threw him back. After suppressing his Soul Power and breaking through to level seventy, he received a God-Given Soul Ring from Bo Saixi and began absorbing it.

• Zhou Liang and the others compared their first trials and went to Sea God's Light together.
• Zhou Liang climbed to the sixtieth step without enhancement abilities before the pressure knocked him backward.
• Zhou Liang advised the others to train without physical enhancements and to cultivate near the step before their final targets.
• Xiao Wu reached the sixty-seventh step, while Ning Rongrong and Jiangzhu stopped at the thirtieth and thirty-first steps.
• Zhou Liang released his Soul Power suppression and broke through to level seventy.
• Bo Saixi gave Zhou Liang a God-Given Soul Ring, and he began absorbing it.

Zhou Liang pushed the God-Given Soul Ring to a three-hundred-thousand-year limit, gaining a red seventh Soul Ring and evolving his Martial Soul Soldier into a Martial Soul General. The merging domains formed the Army Soul Domain, leaving Sea God Island stunned by its power.

• Zhou Liang endured extreme pain as he raised the God-Given Soul Ring's limit, while Bo Saixi, Dugu Yan, and the others watched.
• Zhou Liang reached three hundred thousand years, and the God-Given Soul Ring exploded into red light that spread across Sea God Island.
• Zhou Liang absorbed the red light as his seventh Soul Ring, evolving the Martial Soul Soldier into a full suit of armor and creating the Military Formation Domain.
• Zhou Liang's innate domain merged with Divine Slaughter's Domain, suppressing Dugu Yan's strength by forty percent and unleashing a wave of fear that Bo Saixi shielded the others from.
• Zhou Liang sensed the new domain's abilities and named it the Army Soul Domain.

Zhou Liang revealed the power of his seventh Soul Skill and demonstrated how his Martial Soul General could summon commanders. A mysterious star then strengthened his First Soul Ring and produced a powerful golden knight who pledged allegiance to him.

• Zhou Liang activated his seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar—General, and showed off his Army Soul Domain before thanking Bo Saixi for her guidance.
• After Bo Saixi left, Zhou Liang explained that his Martial Soul General had advanced intelligence and demonstrated its ability to summon a commander from each Soul Ring.
• Zhou Liang used the Tiger Tally and Command of Leading the Army to summon a Shield-Blade Commander, whose strength and inexhaustible Soul Power impressed the others.
• A star descended into Zhou Liang's First Soul Ring, causing the Shield-Blade Commander to transform inside a cocoon of golden light.
• The cocoon burst open to reveal a heavily armored golden knight, who knelt before Zhou Liang and greeted him as his lord.

Zhou Liang named his intelligent golden-armored warrior Lionheart King and learned the abilities it gained from its weapons and armor. After three months of cultivation under Sea God’s Light, the group grew stronger, Dugu Yan became a Soul Saint, and Zhou Liang considered risking a million-year Soul Ring.

• Zhou Liang named the golden-armored figure Lionheart King, who then introduced the abilities of his sword, shield, and Mad Lion Formation.
• Over three months of cultivation, Dugu Yan reached level seventy and became a Soul Saint after obtaining a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Zhou Liang realized that Lionheart King’s First Soul Ring could grow in age through continued cultivation and hoped that stars could empower his later Soul Rings as well.
• Zhou Liang advanced from the hundredth to the hundred and second step, enduring Sea God’s Light as Ice-and-Fire Power repaired his body and competed between his Soul Bones.
• Zhou Liang considered using his awakened Immortal Herb power to withstand a five-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, then decided he might gamble on a million-year ring.
• Zhou Liang’s Soul Power reached level seventy-nine after rising rapidly during his cultivation.

Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Jiangzhu, and Ning Rongrong continued cultivating under Sea God's Light as their Soul Power and abilities advanced. Six months later, Zhou Liang reached level eighty, evolved his ice-and-fire powers and wings, and tested his newly strengthened domains above the clouds.

• Dugu Yan resumed cultivation on the ninety-first step while Xiao Wu cultivated on the ninetieth, and both made progress with their Self Soul Bones.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached level seventy-one and considered whether she could conceal the fluctuations of her spirit and soul.
• Jiangzhu healed herself and Ning Rongrong before they settled at their limit on the steps, where Ning Rongrong was nearing level sixty-eight.
• Six months later, Zhou Liang reached level eighty on the one hundred and seventh step and found that his ice-and-fire abilities and wings had evolved.
• Zhou Liang flew above the clouds and tested the Blue Ice Domain and Crimson Domain, demonstrating their effects on enemies and allies.

Zhou Liang used the Tiger Tally to summon a new commander, whose powers merged with those of a Golden-Ring Azure Wind Python to create Golden Snake. After reviewing Golden Snake’s formidable abilities, Zhou Liang wondered about the identities behind the other lights that had fused with him.

• Zhou Liang used the Tiger Tally to condense a commander from his Second Soul Ring.
• Silver, white, and red lights surrounded the new commander, but a Golden-Ring Azure Wind Python shadow devoured the red light and overwhelmed the others.
• The lights fused into a new commander, and Zhou Liang named him Golden Snake.
• Zhou Liang checked Golden Snake’s abilities and recognized his battle strength as nearly impossible to overcome.
• Zhou Liang suspected Snake Shedding came from Zhao Yun and wondered who had contributed Golden Snake Power and Golden Snake Fangs.

Zhou Liang fused his Soul Bones with his Self Soul Bone, gaining a strengthened Flame Right Arm and the Golden Light Shatters Illusions ability. After half a year of cultivation, he and the women completed the first trial by reaching the 108th step, where a card appeared before him.

• Zhou Liang used spiritual radiance to fuse the Flame Right Arm with his Self Soul Bone, transforming it into crimson armor that enhanced his strength and flames.
• Zhou Liang fused the Wisdom Skull with his Self Soul Bone, creating a crown that granted Golden Light Shatters Illusions and revealed the rabbit within Xiao Wu.
• Zhou Liang decided to seek the Evil Orca King as his next sea unit while he continued cultivating without a Soul Ring.
• Over the remaining half year, Dugu Yan reached level 80, Xiao Wu level 79, Zhu Zhuqing level 77, Ning Rongrong level 73, and Jiangzhu level 71.
• Zhou Liang and the women climbed onto the 108th step together, ending the first trial as its pressure vanished and a card appeared before Zhou Liang.

Zhou Liang and his companions completed their first Sea God trials and received their rewards before beginning a trial to cross the Ring-Shaped Sea without killing any sea soul beasts. They decided to rest for three months while Dugu Yan developed a poison to help them pass, and Zhou Liang spent time with Ning Rongrong.

• Zhou Liang and the others completed their first trials, gaining Soul Power and Soul Ring age rewards, while Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Jiangzhu increased their levels.
• Bo Saixi congratulated the group, warned them that future trials remained dangerous, and announced their second trial.
• The second trial required the group to cross the Ring-Shaped Sea without killing sea soul beasts, while Zhou Liang's seventh Soul Skill and Army Soul Domain were sealed.
• Dugu Yan proposed making an anesthetic poison for the sea beasts, and the group chose to take three months to rest while she researched it.
• Zhou Liang spent time with Ning Rongrong after a month of their planned rest.

Three months after the first trial, Dugu Yan used her poison research to incapacitate the sea beasts guarding the Ring Sea, but the Demon Soul Great White Shark King recovered and pursued the group. Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing reached the opposite shore as the others raced behind them.

• Dugu Yan failed to complete an alchemy experiment while Zhou Liang distracted her.
• Dugu Yan revealed she had developed a toxin capable of paralyzing even a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• At the Ring Sea, Dugu Yan released her toxin into the water and put the sea Soul Beasts, including the Demon Spirit Great White Shark, to sleep.
• Dugu Yan sensed the seawater weakening the toxin, so Zhou Liang carried Ning Rongrong and Jiangzhu while Xiao Wu led the group across the sea.
• The Demon Soul Great White Shark King woke and chased the group, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing reached the opposite shore.

Zhou Liang and the others passed the second Sea God trial and began tidal body tempering, while Zhou Liang continued cultivating beneath the waves. After half a year, his Self Soul Bone was successfully conceived, granting him amplification and Soul Bone Armor, and he prepared to condense the General’s third Soul Ring.

• Zhou Liang escaped the ring-shaped sea with Ning Rongrong and Jiangzhu, and Bo Saixi confirmed that he had subdued Xiao Bai with anesthetic poison.
• The group received the second trial’s rewards, gained Soul Power and Soul Ring age, and began the third trial, Tidal Body Tempering.
• After three months of enduring the waves, Zhou Liang’s bones glowed with a golden aura that made Bo Saixi recognize him as the Sea God’s honored guest.
• Zhou Liang completed his Self Soul Bone, gaining amplification and Soul Bone Armor, and learned that the bone would continue to grow as he cultivated and gained Soul Rings.
• After six months of tidal cultivation, Zhou Liang broke free of his chains, returned to the cliff, and summoned the General to condense its third Soul Ring.

Zhou Liang’s third Soul Ring transformed into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as its commander emerged as a massive rock giant. He named the commander Shield Mountain, sent him back into the ring, and began examining his information.

• Zhou Liang’s third Soul Ring produced a Giant Shield Soldier commander who knelt before him and was enveloped in a huge sphere of light.
• The sphere absorbed surrounding energy, causing Zhou Liang’s third Soul Ring to rapidly grow in age from three thousand years to one hundred thousand years.
• The light cocoon broke open and revealed a four-meter-tall humanoid made of rock and energy, whose kneeling cracked the cliff.
• Zhou Liang named the commander Shield Mountain and sent him back into his third Soul Ring.
• Zhou Liang nodded to Bo Saixi, leaped onto a pillar, and began examining Shield Mountain’s information.

Zhou Liang examined Shield Mountain’s powerful abilities and identified soul attacks as its main weakness while everyone continued tempering their bodies in the tides. After a year, they completed the third trial, gained stronger Soul Power and Soul Rings, and received a fourth trial requiring them to help the Demon Soul Great White Shark Pack defeat the Evil Demon Killer Whale Pod by killing the Evil Orca King.

• Zhou Liang discovered that Shield Mountain weighed about 50 tons and studied its four defensive and charging skills, including its ability to fuse with a shield.
• Zhou Liang concluded that attacks on consciousness or the soul could threaten Shield Mountain and planned to find it a shield that could resist soul attacks.
• Zhou Liang and the others endured tidal body tempering for a year as their strength and Soul Power rose; everyone reached level 80.
• The third trial ended with everyone exceeding its requirements, earning a two-level Soul Power increase and 2,000 additional years for each Soul Ring.
• The fourth trial tasked Zhou Liang and the others with helping the Demon Soul Great White Shark Pack defeat the Evil Demon Killer Whale Pod and killing the Evil Orca King.

Zhou Liang and the women prepared for their fourth trial by assessing their tasks and obtaining stronger Soul Rings. After half a year of hunting and training, they had gained new abilities, while Zhou Liang planned to continue raising their strength before facing the Demonic Killer Whales.

• Zhou Liang learned the women's trial tasks and planned to keep Ning Rongrong within his Ice-Blue Domain while she assisted the Demon Spirit Great White Sharks.
• Zhou Liang told Dugu Yan he intended to use the Demon Soul Killer Whale King as his eighth Soul Ring, then said he would take everyone to find suitable soul beasts.
• Jiangzhu obtained an eighty-thousand-year Jade Bone Horse Soul Ring and the Healing Barrier skill, along with an eighty-thousand-year Head Soul Bone that strengthened it.
• Over the following half year, Zhu Zhuqing gained Shadow Assassin, Xiao Wu gained Heaven-Shattering Force, and Jiangzhu continued improving her cultivation.
• Dugu Yan killed a hundred-thousand-year white sea snake with the Serene Fragrance Qiluo Immortal Herb and gained the red eighth soul skill Jade-Scaled White Poison—Thousand-Changes Poison.

Half a year later, Zhou Liang and his companions traveled with Xiao Bai’s Demon Soul Great White Sharks to confront the Evil Demon Killer Whale Pod and kill the Evil Orca King. After displaying his commanders’ power, Zhou Liang reassured Xiao Bai that he could also let Shield Mountain fight at sea and revive his summoned fighters as long as he had Soul Power.

• Jiangzhu reached Soul Power Level 89, while Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing continued their cultivation and assessments.
• Zhou Liang and his companions rode with Xiao Bai toward the Evil Demon Killer Whale Pod, and Xiao Bai warned him that the Evil Orca King was a three-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.
• Zhou Liang revealed his seven Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring, and summoned four commanders to demonstrate their strength.
• Shield Mountain’s arrival caused a huge wave, which Zhou Liang froze before the Azure Dragon Power dispersed the ice and calmed the sea.
• Xiao Bai remained doubtful that the group could defeat the Evil Orca King, but Zhou Liang said he could make Shield Mountain fight on the sea and revive his summoned fighters with Soul Power.

Zhou Liang prepared the Demon Soul Great White Shark Pack to fight the Evil Spirit Orcas, using Jiangzhu’s healing abilities to protect the group and summoning Little Red and Little Blue. As the sharks entered enemy territory, the Evil Orca King detected them and ordered its pod to attack.

• Zhou Liang replenished Jiangzhu’s Soul Power and told her to use her fifth and sixth soul skills to protect the Demon Soul Great White Shark Pack.
• Jiangzhu spread Healing Seal and Guardian Spirit across the pack, and Xiao Bai welcomed the healing skills’ protection for her clan.
• Zhou Liang told Jiangzhu to use her eighth soul skill when the Evil Orca King appeared, then summoned the red and blue Dragons, Little Red and Little Blue.
• Zhou Liang led Xiao Bai, Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks into the Evil Spirit Orcas’ territory.
• The Evil Orca King sensed the approaching sharks and ordered its three hundred Evil Spirit Orcas to tear them apart.