Chapter Summaries

Sea God Island barred Yuan Yu from entering because he bore the marks of nine gods, while Tang San and the others refused to leave him behind. When the Sea God explained that Yuan Yu’s trials could strain the island’s divine power and Sacred Pillars, Yuan Yu offered to accept the risks and negotiate, and another divine presence intervened at the end.

• Tang San and his companions refused Sea Horse Douluo’s offer to let them enter the island without Yuan Yu.
• Yuan Yu revealed that he was Spirit Hall’s Eighth Offering and a candidate chosen by the Nine Elemental Gods, while Sea Horse Douluo arranged treatment for Old Luo and the injured crewmen.
• The Sea God spoke through a blue-light Trident, allowed Tang San and the others to take the Sacred Pillar tests, and ordered Yuan Yu to leave Sea God Island.
• The Sea God explained that Yuan Yu’s nine divine marks could consume excessive divine power and endanger the island’s trials, but Yuan Yu offered to stop if the island’s residents were at risk.
• Yuan Yu resisted the Sea God’s pressure with the Myriad Phenomena Wheel as the Profound Origin Azure Sea Bottle released water, and a calm woman’s voice told the Sea God to open the gate.

Yuan Yu secured the Nine Elemental Gods’ joint support for a borrowed trial on Sea God Island, subject to strict limits set by the Sea God and Bo Saixi. The group then faced the island-entry test: cross the Ring Sea within the time of one incense stick.

• Water God, Flame God, Thunder God, Wind God, Rock God, Mist God, Light God, Darkness God, and God of Space offered to jointly support Yuan Yu’s trial while paying its divine-power costs.
• Bo Saixi confirmed the Seven Sacred Pillars remained stable and agreed to let them judge a short-term trial, provided no external power crossed the Sea God’s boundaries.
• The Sea God barred Yuan Yu from gaining Sea God Godhood or Affinity, helping Tang San complete trials, or bearing trials for others, and required him to follow the island’s rules.
• Yuan Yu accepted the Myriad Phenomena Borrowed Trial, with the nine gods sharing its rewards and Sea God Island retaining control of its venue and judgment.
• Bo Saixi announced the island-entry test, and Sea Horse Douluo raised the Ring Sea for the group to cross within one incense stick using their own abilities.

The Shrek group crossed the Ring Sea’s three walls and currents before the incense burned out, then Yuan Yu used his Artifact Forms and a precise slash to complete the same trial. Sea Horse Douluo declared everyone had passed, and Bai Chenxiang began receiving her Sea God Island trial mark.

• Tang San coordinated the Shrek group through the first two walls, using Blue Silver Emperor vines and Ning Rongrong’s speed support to keep them together.
• Bai Chenxiang found a five-breath gap beneath the third wall, and Zhu Zhuqing secured a rope across it so the group could pull through.
• The group fought off Ghosthead Fish and escaped a reverse current to reach the Stone Platform, while Bai Chenxiang mapped the remaining currents for Yuan Yu.
• Yuan Yu entered the Ring Sea and used the Myriad Phenomena Wind-Calming Banner, Four-Sided Rock Aspect, and Myriad Tribulation Blade to cross without harming the Spirit Beasts.
• Sea Horse Douluo announced that everyone had passed, and Bai Chenxiang touched the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar as a yellow beam descended onto her.

Bai Chenxiang and the Shrek companions received Divine Trials of varying ranks on Sea God Island, while Tang San was chosen for Sea God's Nine Trials. Yuan Yu's test produced a unique Myriad Phenomena Borrowed Trial, leaving its requirements unknown.

• Bai Chenxiang received the Yellow Rank First Trial to climb thirty-six steps, while Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing received Black-Level Trials with one hundred and eight steps.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu each received Top-Level Seven Trials requiring them to climb one hundred and thirty-six steps, and Xiao Wu confirmed that her trials belonged to her alone.
• Tang San received Sea God's Nine Trials, including a first trial to climb three hundred and thirty-three steps, and Bo Saixi warned him that he could not abandon them.
• Yuan Yu touched the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, whose rejecting force triggered the nine Divine Marks on his wrist and revealed the Myriad Phenomena Borrowed Trial.

Yuan Yu accepted the Nine Elemental Gods’ Myriad Phenomena Borrowed Trial, which required him to climb 333 steps while progressively losing access to his Artifact Forms. After the candidates planned their training on Sea God Island, Yuan Yu began his first climb as the Void-Aspect Boundary Gate was sealed.

• The Sea God announced Yuan Yu’s trial requirements, its one-year limit, and the penalty for failure, while the God of Space defended the Nine Elemental Gods’ decision to set that penalty.
• Bo Saixi escorted the candidates inland, where they registered, received lodging tokens, and learned the island’s rules for food, alcohol, and training.
• The candidates compared their first trial tasks and set a plan to make an initial climb the next day, while Bai Chenxiang learned that she could stay after completing her trial.
• At Sea God Mountain, Yuan Yu handed Oscar his Wine Gourd, flexed his injured wrist, and stepped onto the first stair as Sea God’s Light sealed the Void-Aspect Boundary Gate.

Yuan Yu and the others began climbing Sea God Mountain’s steps, where the Sea God’s Light suppressed their Soul Power and sealed their artifacts in stages. After testing their limits and retreating to recover, they set a daily training schedule, while Yuan Yu’s Sun-Aspect Mirror began to repair itself.

• Yuan Yu explained that the pressure was calculated for a rank-ninety-five candidate, then climbed until his artifacts were successively sealed and stopped at the one hundred and twelfth step.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Bai Chenxiang each attempted the steps, with several retreating or being thrown into the Inner Sea.
• Yuan Yu and Tang San compared their experiences after descending, and Tang San proposed morning stair climbing, afternoon recovery, and nighttime combat training.
• Oscar checked the group’s injuries, while Yuan Yu treated his reopened wrist wound with ordinary Hemostatic Medicine instead of Bo Saixi’s high-grade medicine.
• The group reviewed Tang San’s training records and returned to their dwelling after dark as a crack in Yuan Yu’s Sun-Aspect Mirror began to merge.

Bai Chenxiang completed her Yellow Rank First Trial by reaching the thirty-sixth step of Sea God Mountain, while Yuan Yu restored both forms of his artifact and the group continued training. A ship carried letters back to the mainland, and Qian Renxue received Yuan Yu’s letter just as the Angel God Temple’s second chime rang.

• Bai Chenxiang used steady pacing to reach the thirty-sixth step, completing her trial and increasing her Soul Power from rank forty-five to forty-six.
• Bo Saixi told Bai Chenxiang that the Sea God’s Light would no longer hasten her recovery, and Bai Chenxiang set a new goal of forty steps.
• Yuan Yu repaired the Thunder-Aspect Sky Drum and Sun-Aspect Mirror, restoring both to their pre-Demonic-Whale strength without evolving them.
• Tang San, Yuan Yu, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong gave letters to Old Luo’s returning ship to carry to the mainland.
• Qian Renxue opened Yuan Yu’s sea-salt-scented letter in the Worship Hall as the Angel God Temple’s second chime rang.

Qian Renxue passed the Angel God Temple’s Shadow Severance trial by defeating the mirror version of Xue Qinghe, then absorbed an eighth God-given Spirit Ring and reached level eighty-two. She wrote to Yuan Yu about her progress and challenged him not to fall behind her.

• Qian Renxue read Yuan Yu’s letter from Sea God Island, while Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu learned that he had begun ascending the Sea God’s Light.
• Qian Renxue entered the Mirror Hall and fought a reflection of Xue Qinghe that shared her memories, soul power, and abilities.
• Qian Renxue admitted responsibility for the poisoning order and defeated the reflection, passing the Shadow Severance trial after eleven hours.
• Qian Renxue absorbed a God-given Spirit Ring, stabilized her eighth black ring, and rose to level eighty-two.
• Qian Renxue tested her strengthened Angel Domain, kept her eighth soul skill secret, and wrote to Yuan Yu about passing the trial and reaching level eighty-two.

Ma Hongjun received a forty-two-thousand-year Sixth Spirit Ring and reached level sixty-two, then began training with his new Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike. Yuan Yu advanced to the 296th step of Sea God Mountain before the Sea God's Light threw him into the Inner Sea, leaving thirty-seven steps to the summit.

• At the ninety-sixth step, Ma Hongjun reached level sixty and Bo Saixi offered him a God-given Spirit Ring.
• Ma Hongjun endured the Spirit Ring's pressure until it stabilized at forty-two thousand years, raising him to level sixty-two and granting him Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike.
• Ma Hongjun tested his new skill with Dai Mubai and learned to use it to catch teammates thrown from the staircase.
• Bai Chenxiang continued training beside the group, while Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar advanced their Soul Power.
• Yuan Yu climbed to the 296th step after sealing his Artifact Forms, but the Sea God's Light hurled him into the Inner Sea when he attempted the next step.

After eleven months of training, Tang San and Yuan Yu reached the summit of Sea God Mountain and completed their first trials, while their companions also gained rewards. Their second trial began immediately: they had to cross the Demon Soul Great White Sharks’ blockade without killing any Sea Spirit Beasts.

• Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun completed their 108-step black-level trials, while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu reached the summit together and completed their 136-step trials.
• Tang San and Yuan Yu began their final attempt with twenty-seven days remaining, each refusing Ning Rongrong’s amplification.
• Tang San reached the 333rd step first and completed the first of Sea God’s Nine Trials; Yuan Yu followed onto the summit and broke through to level 96.
• Tang San rose to level 69 and gained five percent Sea God Affinity, while the others who passed their first trials received rewards.
• The group received the second trial to break through the Circular Encirclement and reach the Outer Sea without killing any Sea Spirit Beasts, as a white shark surfaced to guard the trial.

Yuan Yu passed Xiao Bai’s full-strength interception by combining his artifacts and blade, while Dai Mubai gained his seventh spirit ring. The chapter ended with Tang San facing Xiao Bai’s next blockade of the Ring Sea.

• Dai Mubai absorbed his God-given Spirit Ring overnight and reached rank seventy-two with a seventh black spirit ring.
• Yuan Yu challenged Xiao Bai again, using his Myriad Phenomena Wheel, artifacts, and blade to break through her waves and currents.
• Yuan Yu stopped his blade just short of Xiao Bai’s neck, and she declared that he had passed.
• Yuan Yu returned to shore as Xiao Bai warned Tang San that he would face her next.
• Tang San arrived the next morning and stopped Ma Hongjun from entering a narrow gap between the reefs, where a drifting branch sank without a trace.

Tang San and the others used a carefully planned formation to pass Xiao Bai’s trial and reach the outer sea. After completing the Second Trial and gaining strength, Tang San asked Bo Saixi for a God-given Spirit Ring and declared he was prepared to bear one hundred thousand years.

• After two failed attempts against Xiao Bai, Tang San studied the currents and helped the group plan a direct assault.
• Ning Rongrong led the formation as Xiao Bai attacked, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing used their fusion skill to hold her back.
• Tang San used the Blue Silver Emperor and a hidden reef aperture to pull the group toward the outer sea, while Oscar caught Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu helped them past a white shark.
• Ma Hongjun struck Xiao Bai’s water cone with his Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike, giving the group time to cross the boundary into the outer sea and complete the Second Trial.
• Tang San’s Sea God Affinity reached ten percent, and the others advanced in strength; he then asked Bo Saixi for a God-given Spirit Ring and chose a hundred-thousand-year limit.

Tang San endured the God-given Spirit Ring trial and gained a hundred-thousand-year seventh ring, while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong also completed their seventh rings. Yuan Yu received a letter from Qian Renxue, replied to her, and joined the others as they reached the site of the next Sea God Island trial.

• Tang San endured the God-given Spirit Ring’s pressure until his seventh ring turned red, reached Level 73, and acquired Blue Silver True Body.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong each completed their seventh ring and reached Level 72.
• Lu Ping delivered Yuan Yu a letter from Qian Renxue, who reported completing her Second Trial and saving two jars of wine for him.
• Yuan Yu asked Lu Ping to carry a reply and mark the islands where he had been held captive.
• Yuan Yu wrote to Qian Renxue about his plans to finish Tide Body Tempering and return to drink the wine with her.
• Bo Saixi led the group to the next trial site, where purple lightning illuminated Yuan Yu’s bronze pillar.

Yuan Yu and the others endured ninety days of training chained to copper pillars amid waves and lightning, gaining strength and completing their trials. Yuan Yu forged the Thunder-Punishment Sky Drum and reached level ninety-seven, but the group’s celebration was cut short when Xiao Bai reported that Evil Spirit Orcas were pursuing her kin.

• Bo Saixi assigned Tang San eight hours of daily training and the others taking the third trial six hours, while Yuan Yu had to endure lightning on his pillar without dodging.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu learned to adapt to the waves, while Yuan Yu let lightning crack the Thunder-Aspect Sky Drum until it began to hold threads of electricity.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Ma Hongjun advanced through training, and Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar absorbed golden beads to form their seventh rings and reach level seventy-two.
• Yuan Yu used stored lightning and seawater to repair and complete the Thunder-Punishment Sky Drum, reached level ninety-seven, and demonstrated that it could release one stored lightning strike.
• After the chains loosened, the group gathered on the cliff and learned their training gains, while Bai Chenxiang reached level forty-seven.
• Xiao Bai arrived carrying an injured kin and told Tang San that the Evil Spirit Orcas were chasing them.

Tang San and Yuan Yu led the assault that rescued six shark pups, cleared the route back to Sea God Island, and helped Xiao Bai kill the Evil Spirit Orca King. After the trials rewarded the group and Ma Hongjun reached Level 70, Tang San received a new challenge to face the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians.

• Tang San, Xiao Bai, Yuan Yu, and their companions attacked the orcas blocking the white sharks' return, while Yuan Yu fought the eastern pod and rescued the six trapped pups.
• Tang San and his companions helped Xiao Bai battle the Evil Spirit Orca King, and Xiao Bai killed it by biting into its wounded flank.
• Tang San gave Xiao Bai the orca king's spirit bone, and the rescued pups and white shark tribe swam back toward Sea God Island.
• The trial rewards raised Tang San and Dai Mubai to Level 78, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to Level 77, and Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing to Level 74, while Ma Hongjun reached the Level 70 bottleneck.
• The Seven Sacred Pillars lit up, and a new trial appeared on Tang San's forehead: challenge the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians.

Ma Hongjun gained his seventh Spirit Ring, and Tang San challenged the seven Sacred Pillar guardians in succession, completing his trial by defeating Sea Dragon Douluo. Tang San reached Level 79, while Yuan Yu prepared to challenge Sea Dragon Douluo next.

• Ma Hongjun absorbed the sixty-thousand-year-old Evil Spirit Orca's ring, reached Level 72, and showed Bai Chenxiang a seashell he had picked up.
• Tang San defeated Sea Horse Douluo, then saw through Sea Illusion Douluo's illusion of his mother and won their match.
• Tang San and his companions completed the other Sacred Pillar trials, with Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and others helping meet their assigned requirements.
• Tang San fought Sea Dragon Douluo alone, built momentum with the Clear Sky Hammer, and won by forcing one of his opponent's feet into the water.
• Tang San's fifth trial mark rose, his Soul Power reached Level 79, and Yuan Yu agreed to challenge Sea Dragon Douluo the next day.

Yuan Yu defeated Sea Dragon Douluo in a trial fight by combining his artifacts with a blade he controlled from a distance. As the fifth trial’s radiance sank into his wheel, an enormous black ridge rose from the western sea and Bo Saixi ordered the Sacred Pillar Guardians to meet the enemy.

• Sea Dragon Douluo attacked Yuan Yu, who used his blade and artifacts to break through Sea Dragon’s defenses and drive him from the Stone Platform.
• Sea Dragon activated his ninth soul ring and pressured Yuan Yu, but Yuan Yu released the Myriad Tribulation Blade and controlled it remotely while his other artifacts blocked and attacked.
• Yuan Yu’s flying blade forced Sea Dragon to concede defeat, and Yuan Yu recalled it while noting that his control weakened when obstacles blocked his sight.
• Sea Maiden returned Yuan Yu’s wine gourd, and Tang San gave him a handkerchief for the cut on his cheek.
• The fifth trial’s radiance sank into Yuan Yu’s wheel as a massive black ridge rose from the western sea, prompting Bo Saixi to suspend the trials and summon the Sacred Pillar Guardians.

Yuan Yu, Bo Saixi, and the others defended the harbor from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, wounded it, and drove it west while protecting the arriving medicine ships and evacuating residents. After the battle, the captain delivered an urgent message from Zi Zhenzhu: grain ships had been detained at Jialing Pass.

• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the others pulled three medicine ships into the harbor as Bo Saixi blocked the Demonic Whale King's waves.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing rescued a mother and child from a collapsing inn, while Bai Chenxiang confirmed the coastal homes had been evacuated.
• Yuan Yu attacked the Demonic Whale King with his artifacts as Bo Saixi struck it with Sea God Power, and Tang San helped expose its old wound near the eye.
• Yuan Yu severely wounded the whale's tail, and Bo Saixi struck its flank before it retreated west; the group chose not to pursue it beyond the sacred pillars' protection.
• The medicine-ship captain handed Yuan Yu a sealed message from Zi Zhenzhu reporting that a large batch of grain ships had been detained at Jialing Pass.

Tang San and Yuan Yu learned that grain and Tang Sect escorts had been detained at Jialing Pass, then secured permission to leave Sea God Island for up to half a year. They returned to the mainland with Lu Ping and Zheng Jiu, arriving at Vast Sea City to find Spirit Hall and Tang Sect representatives waiting at the same gangplank.

• Yuan Yu and Tang San read letters reporting impounded grain and detained Tang Sect escorts at Jialing Pass, and Lu Ping recognized the snake-marked cargo from his imprisonment.
• Bo Saixi clarified Tang San’s sixth trial and granted him and his companions permission to return to the mainland for half a year; Yuan Yu received the Nine Elemental Gods’ power for his borrowed trials.
• Tang San told Bo Saixi he planned to rescue the detained people and visit his father, while Bo Saixi cautioned him about trying to restore his mother.
• Tang San, Yuan Yu, and their companions departed Sea God Island with Lu Ping and Zheng Jiu, who brought records of the ships and refitted cabins.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu agreed to return to the Tang Sect first, with Xiao Wu accompanying him to Heaven Dou but not Spirit City.
• The group reached Vast Sea City, where Spirit Hall guards and Tang Sect representatives both approached the gangplank and refused to yield.

Yuan Yu returned to Spirit City after protecting Lu Ping and Zheng Jiu from an ambush, reunited with Qian Renxue, and confessed his feelings to her. New evidence tied a Spirit Hall deacon to suspicious cargo shipments, leaving Yuan Yu to decide whether to go to Jialing Pass and investigate.

• Tang San and Yuan Yu arranged for the witnesses’ records to be transcribed and sealed jointly, then split up to investigate the cargo route and its ledgers.
• Yuan Yu’s carriage was ambushed on the road, and he captured the attackers after discovering their crossbow bolts bore Tang Sect insignia but appeared crudely made.
• Yuan Yu arrived in Spirit City at the ninety-seventh rank, reunited with Qian Renxue, and asked her to be with him; she accepted.
• Bibi Dong and Hu Liena showed Yuan Yu documents linking Spirit Hall and Tang Sect cargo to the same escorting officer, Feng Ce, who had been imprisoned at Jialing Pass.
• Yuan Yu proposed keeping Feng Ce alive until they arrived, while Bibi Dong told him to give her his decision the next morning.