Chapter Summaries

Su Yu overwhelmed Zi Zhenzhu’s Ghost Snake Domain and trapped her in the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan’s genjutsu, where she faced horrific visions of the people harmed by her piracy. The genjutsu continued as Zi Zhenzhu watched her fleet sink while she was helplessly bound to her ship’s wheel.

• Zi Zhenzhu used her sixth Soul Skill, Ghost Snake Domain, to surround Su Yu and the Wood Dragon with twelve Sea Vipers.
• Su Yu’s Wood Dragon destroyed the Sea Vipers, resisted their poison, and shrugged off their mental interference.
• Su Yu caught Zi Zhenzhu’s gaze and trapped her in the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan’s genjutsu.
• Zi Zhenzhu found herself bound to a stake as the people she had killed accused her and set her on fire.
• Zi Zhenzhu experienced drowning as the spirits of merchants she had plundered dragged her into the dark water.
• Zi Zhenzhu awoke on her pirate ship, nailed to the wheel and forced to watch her fleet sink.

Su Yu rescued Ning Rongrong from the Purple Pearl Pirates, punished Zi Zhenzhu, and placed the pirates under Spirit Hall's command. He returned with Ning Rongrong to the Saint Anne, where the others welcomed her safely back.

• Su Yu broke Zi Zhenzhu with painful illusions, branded her Sea of Consciousness, and ordered the Purple Pearl Pirates to serve Spirit Hall or die.
• Su Yu freed Ning Rongrong from her Soul Tool restraints and comforted her as she clung to him.
• Su Yu used Flying Thunder God to bring Ning Rongrong back to the Saint Anne.
• Xue Na, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Long Ling'er prepared to rush to Ning Rongrong's rescue, but Su Yu appeared with her safe in his arms.
• The girls checked on Ning Rongrong aboard the Saint Anne while Su Yu told Zhao Shaoqiang that the Purple Pearl Pirates now belonged to Spirit Hall.

Su Yu and his companions reached Sea God Island after fighting off Xiao Bai, the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan leader and guardian beast. Xiao Bai reappeared in human form, wounded and demanding to know how a Soul Douluo had injured her.

• Zhao Shaoqiang loaded supplies onto the Saint Anne and set off with Su Yu toward Sea God Island, planning to return to Vast Sea City afterward to recruit Spirit Hall members and absorb the Purple Pearl Pirates.
• When the Saint Anne reached Sea God Island’s waters, Su Yu summoned his Perfect Susanoo and carried Ning Rongrong and the others toward the island.
• Su Yu sensed Xiao Bai below them, and his Susanoo exchanged blows with her, splitting her waves and striking her with Yasaka Magatama.
• Wounded, Xiao Bai fled into the depths, allowing Su Yu and his companions to reach Sea God Island safely.
• After the Susanoo vanished, Xiao Bai appeared on the beach in human form, clutching her injured arm and confronting Su Yu about how he had wounded her.

Su Yu and his companions continued into Sea God Island with Xiao Bai, who used her authority to get past the island’s guardians. They reached the Sea Within the Sea and the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, where Sea Horse Douluo began assessing whether they qualified to take Sea God’s trials.

• Xiao Bai tested Su Yu’s strength, then objected when he patted her head before leading the group farther into the island.
• A group of yellow-clad guardians blocked the path, but Xiao Bai ordered them aside and they let Su Yu and his companions pass.
• The group reached the Sea Within the Sea and saw the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar and the black-clad figure meditating beneath it.
• Xiao Bai called to Sea Horse Douluo and told him that people from the mainland had come to take Sea God’s trials.
• Sea Horse Douluo said they had to cross the Sea Within the Sea to qualify, then activated the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, sending blue light and ripples across the pool.

Su Yu and his companions reached the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar and began receiving trials from Lord Sea God. Zhu Zhuqing received the Black Level Six Trials, and Sea Horse Douluo warned that failing an assessment meant death.

• Xiao Bai explained that the group had to reach the Sacred Pillar while avoiding the thousand-year-old sea horses, and Zhu Zhuqing, Xue Na, and Long Ling'er crossed the water by force.
• Su Yu used Flying Thunder God to bring Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling to the platform, startling Sea Horse Douluo, who confirmed that they had passed.
• Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward for the first assessment, and the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar gave her six black trials.
• Zhu Zhuqing received a black six-pointed star on her forehead and sat down to meditate as the pillar's light faded.
• Sea Horse Douluo told Ning Rongrong and the others that assessments had to be completed and that failure meant death.

Xue Na, Long Ling'er, and Ning Rongrong received the rare Top-Tier Seven Trials, while Ye Lingling received the Black Level Six Trials at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar. Before Su Yu could be assessed, the other six Sacred Pillar guardians arrived and Sea Horse Douluo confronted the teasing Sea Star Douluo.

• Sea Horse Douluo explained the dangers and authority tied to the assessments, and Xue Na accepted her trial without hesitation.
• Xue Na's assessment became a Top-Tier Seven Trials, shocking Sea Horse Douluo and the other guardians across Sea God Island.
• Su Yu encouraged Long Ling'er, whose assessment also became a Top-Tier Seven Trials.
• Ning Rongrong received a third Top-Tier Seven Trials, while Ye Lingling received the Black Level Six Trials.
• As Sea Horse Douluo prepared to call Su Yu forward, six guardians arrived, and Sea Star Douluo mocked the unusual assessments.
• Sea Horse Douluo angrily told Sea Star Douluo to shut his mouth.

Su Yu received a Golden Trial after all Seven Sacred Pillars resonated and a golden trident mark appeared on his forehead. Bo Saixi, Sea God Island’s High Priestess, arrived and confirmed it was the first golden trial since the island was founded.

• Sea Horse Douluo began Su Yu’s trial at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar.
• The pillar marked Su Yu with blood-red patterns, and all Seven Sacred Pillars sent blood-colored beams into the sky.
• A golden beam descended on Su Yu, and nine golden trial screens entered his brow, leaving a golden trident mark.
• Sea Horse Douluo admitted he did not know what rank the Golden Trial was.
• Bo Saixi arrived, identified the Golden Trial as the first in Sea God Island’s history, and received the Sacred Pillar Guardians’ bows.

Bo Saixi explained that Su Yu had received the Sea God Nine Trials and was the Sea God's appointed successor, destined to inherit the Sea God Godhood if he completed them. She sent Su Yu and his companions with Sea Horse Douluo to Seahorse City to stay as Su Yu prepared for his first trial.

• Bo Saixi said Su Yu's golden trial was the Sea God Nine Trials and declared him the Sea God's chosen successor.
• Ning Rongrong celebrated Su Yu's chance to become a god, and she and the others promised to accompany him through the trials.
• Bo Saixi warned that Su Yu's first trial was about to begin and ordered the guardians to treat him and his companions with respect.
• Bo Saixi assigned Sea Horse Douluo to arrange their food and lodging, and he led the group toward Seahorse City.
• Sea Horse Douluo showed the group around Seahorse City, where Ning Rongrong remarked on the peaceful residents.

Su Yu and the others learned the details of their Sea God trials and arrived at Sea God Mountain to begin the First Trial. After discovering that his trial required him to endure Triple Sea God's Light and climb to the 333rd stair, Su Yu resolved to seek the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and advised the girls to attempt their climbs cautiously.

• Sea Horse Douluo arranged lodging for Su Yu and the girls beside the Sea Horse Sacred Hall.
• Ning Rongrong, Xue Na, and Long Ling'er said their First Trials required them to climb to the 136th stair, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling had to reach the 108th step; Su Yu revealed his goal was the 333rd stair under Triple Sea God's Light.
• Su Yu recalled that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud could help during a Divine Trial and planned to visit the Heaven Dou Empire to obtain it.
• Sea Horse Douluo led the group to Sea God Mountain, explained its 1,001 stairs and the dangers and one-year limit of the First Trial, then left them to begin.
• At the mountain's foot, Su Yu tested the Sea God's Light and explained its pressure to the girls, urging them to climb gradually and leave the stairs if they felt unwell.

Xue Na and the others tested their limits climbing the stone steps under the Sea God's Light, while Su Yu watched over them. After they rested, Su Yu began his own climb, drawing Bo Saixi's attention as he continued upward without slowing.

• Xue Na reached the forty-ninth step before the pressure hurled her back, and Su Yu caught her while Ye Lingling healed her.
• Su Yu reprimanded Xue Na for pushing past her limit, then reassured her and told the others to take turns climbing.
• Long Ling'er activated her Mountain Dragon King martial soul at the fortieth step and eventually reached the sixty-second step, while Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing stopped at the thirtieth, twenty-third, and forty-third steps.
• After about an hour, the girls rested outside the Sea God's Light and asked Su Yu when he would climb.
• Su Yu climbed thirty steps before first feeling the pressure, then continued upward as Bo Saixi watched with surprise.

Su Yu climbed the Sea God's Light under triple pressure and reached the 197th step before deciding he had reached his limit. Bo Saixi praised his unprecedented talent and told him and the others to use the Sea God's Light to cultivate.

• Su Yu climbed past the 80th step, where green light reduced the pressure on him, and continued toward the Sea God Hall.
• Su Yu reached the 100th step on his first attempt, then pressed on to the 150th as his Sage Body repaired the damage caused by the pressure.
• After reaching the 197th step, Su Yu judged that another step could cause lasting injuries and descended to join Ning Rongrong and the others.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Long Ling'er, and Ye Lingling checked Su Yu for injuries before he reassured them that he was fine.
• Bo Saixi compared Su Yu's feat with her own trial, praised his talent, and urged everyone to cultivate under the Sea God's Light.
• Su Yu explained that the pressure of the Sea God's Light increased Soul Power consumption and absorption, making cultivation more effective at a suitable step.

Su Yu returned from Sea God Island to reunite with Qian Renxue and told her he had received the Sea God's inheritance mark. They promised to pursue their respective godhood trials and build a future together.

• Ning Rongrong and the others adapted to cultivating under the Sea God's Light, moving up two steps every seven days.
• Su Yu used Flying Thunder God to return to the Heaven Dou Empire to retrieve the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Su Yu surprised Qian Renxue at the Crown Prince's Residence, and they embraced after nearly a month apart.
• Qian Renxue saw the trident mark on Su Yu and learned that he had received the Sea God's inheritance trial.
• Su Yu and Qian Renxue kissed, then promised to complete their missions and become gods together.

Su Yu told Qian Renxue that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was the Sea God's Heart and planned to retrieve it from the Heaven Dou Empire treasury using Flying Thunder God. After Qian Renxue secretly marked the treasury, Su Yu teleported inside and found the artifact.

• Su Yu explained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud's true identity to Qian Renxue and asked her to leave a Flying Thunder God Mark inside the treasury.
• Su Yu and Qian Renxue spent the night together, but Su Yu stopped before they went further because he wanted to protect her Angel God Trial.
• Three days later, Qian Renxue entered the treasury and left Su Yu's mark in an inconspicuous corner.
• That night, Su Yu used Flying Thunder God to teleport into the treasury and located the glowing Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Su Yu returned from the imperial treasury with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and showed Qian Renxue its water-controlling power on the beach outside Vast Sea City. The two played together and reaffirmed their promise to stay by each other’s side.

• Su Yu took the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the imperial treasury and returned to Qian Renxue at the Heaven Dou Crown Prince Residence.
• Su Yu carried Qian Renxue to the beach outside Vast Sea City and demonstrated the artifact by raising and dissolving a hundred-zhang wave.
• Su Yu splashed seawater on Qian Renxue, and she chased him along the shore until she caught him.
• Su Yu promised to remain by Qian Renxue’s side, and she nestled into his embrace and said she believed him.

Su Yu returned to Martial Soul Holy City after spending time with Qian Renxue and reunited with Bibi Dong, who had been upset by his long absence. They reconciled in the Inner Hall of Pope Hall, where Su Yu promised he would never leave her.

• Su Yu stayed in Heaven Dou City with Qian Renxue for a week after retrieving the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Su Yu changed course from Sea God Island and went to Martial Soul Holy City to see Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong complained that Su Yu had been gone for two months without sending her a word.
• Su Yu carried Bibi Dong to the Inner Hall of Pope Hall, and they kissed and spent time together.
• Bibi Dong told Su Yu she wanted to make him never leave her, and Su Yu said he had never thought of escaping.

After spending the night together, Su Yu and Bibi Dong woke to growing tenderness and shared a meal in Pope Hall. When Bibi Dong asked about his trip to Sea God Island, Su Yu revealed that he had received the Sea God Nine Trials.

• Su Yu promised to protect Bibi Dong as they fell asleep together.
• Bibi Dong woke, recalled the previous night, and let Su Yu hold her hand as they drifted back to sleep.
• Su Yu and Bibi Dong woke in each other’s arms and exchanged affectionate words.
• Su Yu and Bibi Dong ate together in Pope Hall and discussed his trip to Sea God Island.
• Su Yu revealed a golden trident mark, and Bibi Dong recognized it as proof that he had received the Sea God Nine Trials.

After a week with Bibi Dong, Su Yu returned to Sea God Island to continue the First Trial and found Sea Witch waiting by the Sea Within the Sea. Sea Witch failed to charm him and became furious when he criticized her flute playing.

• Su Yu and Bibi Dong agreed to reunite after he completed the Sea God Inheritance and became the Sea God.
• Su Yu returned to Sea God Island, where Ning Rongrong and the others cultivated on the steps under the Sea God's Light.
• Sea Witch approached Su Yu and tried to beguile him with her Mermaid Clan allure, but he remained focused on Ning Rongrong and the others.
• Sea Witch played the Sea Mermaid Clan's courtship melody, but Su Yu called her playing awful, leaving her outraged.

A year after completing their first Sea God trial, Su Yu and his companions began the second trial, which required them to cross the Ring Sea without killing any sea soul beasts. As the Demon Soul Great White Sharks surrounded them, Su Yu unleashed a towering Perfect Susanoo, leaving Xiao Bai stunned by his power.

• Ning Rongrong and the others completed their first trial, raised their Soul Ring ages by five hundred years, and learned that their next task was to cross the Ring Sea without killing sea soul beasts.
• Xiao Bai brought Su Yu and the others to the Ring Sea and warned that her people would not go easy on them.
• Su Yu used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to protect everyone from the deep-sea pressure as Xiao Bai carried them toward the trial grounds.
• At the Ring Sea, Ning Rongrong boosted Su Yu while hundreds of Demon Soul Great White Sharks blocked their path.
• Su Yu summoned his blood-red Perfect Susanoo, frightening the sharks and prompting Xiao Bai to marvel at his strength.

Su Yu crossed the Ring Sea aboard Susanoo, overpowering Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks with his ocular techniques. As he and Ning Rongrong reached the opposite shore, the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluos watched and reflected on how different their own trials had been.

• Su Yu controlled Susanoo to glide across the Ring Sea with Ning Rongrong and the others aboard.
• Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks attacked, but Su Yu used Takami Musubi to redirect Xiao Bai's charge and Fūn Yuno to swallow their combined Soul Power attack.
• Xiao Bai realized she could no longer stop Su Yu as Susanoo continued toward the opposite shore.
• The Seven Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluos recalled how Xiao Bai had thrashed them during their own trials and watched Su Yu arrive.

Su Yu and the others began the Third Trial, Tidal Body Tempering, at Raging Wave Despair, where they had to endure relentless waves without using Soul Power or Soul Skills. Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling withdrew after four hours, while Long Ling'er and Xue Na lasted six hours.

• Bo Saixi led Su Yu and the others to Raging Wave Despair and explained that their trial required enduring the tides on Sinking Silver Pillars using only their bodies and wills.
• Bo Saixi summoned the pillars and placed the group on them, where dark-blue chains restrained their wrists and ankles.
• Bo Saixi removed the Sea God Martial Soul's suppression, and towering waves battered the group with crushing pressure.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling left the pillars after four hours of torment.
• Long Ling'er and Xue Na endured for six hours before withdrawing.