Chapter Summaries

Ning Liu gave Xiao Wu the Heart of the Ocean, which raised her Poseidon Affinity to 40%. He urged her to begin the second trial immediately, and Xiao Wu set out to gather the others.

• Ning Liu left Sea God Hall and returned to Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shui Bing'er.
• Ning Liu gave Xiao Wu the Heart of the Ocean and guided her as she absorbed it.
• The Heart of the Ocean raised Xiao Wu's Poseidon Affinity from 10% to 40%.
• Ning Liu told Xiao Wu to take the second trial, and she asked Shui Bing'er and Zhu Zhuqing to call the others.

The group reached the Ring Sea for Xiao Wu’s second trial, which required crossing without harming anyone while Xiao Wu endured Sea Horse Douluo’s Soul Power and used no soul skills. Ning Liu offered Xiao Bai a rare Immortal herb in exchange for letting them pass, and she agreed to limit her interference to three moves.

• Sea Horse Douluo explained that the group had to cross the Ring Sea without harming its inhabitants, while Xiao Wu could use no soul skills and had to withstand his Soul Power.
• Sea Horse Douluo revealed that thousands of Thousand Year Arrow Fish and Xiao Bai, the Hundred-Thousand-Year King of the Demon Soul Great White Shark, guarded the crossing.
• Xiao Bai appeared and warned the group that she would not go easy on them.
• Ning Liu identified Xiao Bai’s hidden injuries and offered her a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone to heal them and increase her cultivation.
• Xiao Bai accepted the herb and agreed to let the group cross, though she would allow the Arrow Fish to harass them and make up to three moves.

Ning Liu gave Sea Horse Douluo a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, and the examiner accepted it while promising to keep his pressure on Xiao Wu negligible. As Xiao Wu’s group crossed the Ring Sea, her Poseidon’s Gaze and Heart of the Ocean caused the sea Soul Beasts to escort them peacefully to the opposite shore.

• Ning Liu offered Sea Horse Douluo a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, and Sea Horse Douluo accepted it while claiming the gift would benefit Sea God Island.
• Sea Horse Douluo promised to control his Soul Power pressure on Xiao Wu so it would not hinder her trial.
• Xiao Wu and her companions entered the Ring Sea, where the Arrow Fish School fled when they saw her.
• Other sea Soul Beasts respectfully made way for Xiao Wu and affectionately circled her, turning the crossing into an escort parade.
• Xiao Wu’s group reached the opposite shore without fighting, leaving Sea Horse Douluo and the King of the Demon Soul Great White Shark stunned.

Xiao Wu and the others passed the Ring Sea trial through a loophole, earning rewards that let Xiao Wu break through to level seventy and condense a Hundred Thousand Year seventh soul ring. Sea Horse Douluo led them to the brutal setting of their third trial, where the raging sea itself would test them.

• The assessment announced that Xiao Wu, Yang Bubai, and Shui Bing'er had passed the second trial and raised their Soul Power by one level, with Xiao Wu's reward also increasing her Poseidon Affinity.
• Xiao Wu broke through to level seventy and condensed a Hundred Thousand Year seventh soul ring from her own foundation as a rebuilt Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• The Sacred Pillar revealed Xiao Wu's third trial: enduring raging waves atop Sinking Silver Pillars for twelve hours every day for one year.
• Ning Liu accepted Sea Horse Douluo's offer to lead the group to the third trial's location.
• Sea Horse Douluo showed the group the canyon's towering waves and told Ning Liu that this time the examiner was the sea.

Ning Liu and his companions began the Tidal Body Refinement trial, but Xiao Wu’s Sea God’s Gaze transformed the deadly waves into a healing shower of ocean energy. Sea Horse Douluo, stunned by the trial becoming a blessing, hurried off to report the anomaly to Bo Saixi.

• Ning Liu told the group they were friends of the examiner and urged them to stand on the Sinking Silver Pillars.
• Yang Bubai, Shui Bing'er, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu took their places as a colossal wave crashed toward them.
• Xiao Wu’s Heart of the Ocean released Poseidon’s Gaze, turning the destructive wave into gentle golden energy that strengthened and cleansed the group.
• Xiao Bai recognized the Sea God’s aura and described the trial as a bestowal, while Sea Horse Douluo realized he could not control what was happening.
• Sea Horse Douluo hurried away to report to Bo Saixi as Ning Liu called after him and invited him to join their bath.

Bo Saixi arrived at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar and watched Ning Liu’s group turn the Tidal Body Refinement trial into a Divine Grace baptism. After the group received enhanced rewards and new trials, Xiao Bai eagerly asked them to hunt the Evil Spirit Orcas, but Ning Liu chose to wait for his remaining subordinates.

• Bo Saixi appeared before Sea Horse Douluo and silently observed Xiao Wu and the others receiving Divine Grace, then exchanged a friendly nod with Ning Liu.
• The group completed the twelve-hour baptism, and the Sea God announced that they had passed the Third Trial with greatly increased rewards.
• Yang Bubai, Shui Bing'er, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Wu each gained a Soul Power rank, while the group’s soul rings grew stronger and Xiao Wu’s Poseidon Affinity reached fifty-five percent.
• The group received the Fourth Trial to assist the Demon Soul Great White Sharks in exterminating the Evil Spirit Orcas within a year.
• Xiao Bai urged Ning Liu and the others to set out immediately, but Ning Liu said they would wait for his Titled Douluo subordinates to finish their trials before hunting together.

Ning Liu prepared to help Xiao Bai destroy the Evil Spirit Orcas and departed with his companions and the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan. Xiao Bai guided them toward the orcas’ nest aboard the Vast Sea Town Sky Shuttle, wondering what Ning Liu planned to do.

• Xiao Bai agreed to gather her clansmen and depart with Ning Liu the next morning.
• Xu Jiushi, Dugu Bo, Lady Poison, and the others returned after completing their trials and praised the benefits of Tidal Body Refinement.
• Xiao Bai arrived with hundreds of Demon Soul Great White Sharks and urged the group to ride on their backs to the Evil Spirit Orcas’ nest.
• Ning Liu summoned the Vast Sea Town Sky Shuttle and invited Xiao Bai aboard to lead the way.
• Ning Liu flew the shuttle into the sea while the Demon Soul Great White Sharks followed behind.

Ning Liu ordered his companions to encircle the Evil Spirit Orca territory while keeping their presence hidden, then revealed that Xiao Wu would use the Vast Sea Town Sky Shuttle’s Sea Suppressing Divine Light Cannon. The weapon began awakening inside the ship as Xiao Bai watched in awe.

• Xiao Bai warned Ning Liu that the Evil Spirit Orcas were vigilant and would scatter if they sensed danger.
• Ning Liu ordered Xu Jiushi, Dugu Bo, Lady Poison, Luo Li, Yang Bubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and the others to form a hidden encirclement fifty li around the ship.
• Xu Jiushi asked what signal would begin the attack, and Ning Liu told him it would be twelve cannon blasts.
• Xiao Bai questioned whether the group could stop more than three hundred Evil Spirit Orcas from escaping, and Ning Liu said they would not let them flee.
• Ning Liu led Xiao Wu to the ship’s control console and told her to operate the Sea Suppressing Divine Light Cannon.
• The cannon’s energy began awakening, making Xiao Bai tremble as she watched.

Ning Liu guided Xiao Wu in firing the Vast Sea Town Sky Shuttle’s Sea-Suppressing Divine Light Cannon at the Evil Spirit Orca Horde, devastating the group. The surviving Evil Orca King found itself surrounded by powerful Soul Masters and Demon Soul Great White Sharks, with no apparent chance of escape.

• Ning Liu showed Xiao Wu and Xiao Bai the Evil Spirit Orcas slaughtering a humpback whale and instructed Xiao Wu to target the horde.
• Xiao Wu poured her Soul Power into the crystal ball, locked onto the Evil Spirit Orcas, and fired the Sea-Suppressing Divine Light Cannon.
• Twelve pillars of blue light devastated the horde, killing most of its members and leaving the Evil Orca King and a few survivors gravely wounded.
• Xu Jiushi, Dugu Yan, Lady Poison, Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Bing'er, Luo Li, and other Soul Masters arrived on Demon Soul Great White Sharks and encircled the survivors.
• The Evil Orca King realized the cannon strike and surrounding forces had been part of a planned ambush and cried out in despair.

Ning Liu stopped the Evil Orca King from self-destructing and killed it with a single attack, ending Xiao Bai’s revenge against her old enemy. After Xiao Bai bowed to him, Ning Liu ordered his allies to clear the battlefield and leave no survivors.

• Xiao Bai confronted the Evil Orca King and explained that she was avenging the slaughter of her people three hundred years earlier.
• The Evil Orca King ignited its remaining power to self-destruct, prompting Xu Jiushi, Dugu Bo, Lady Poison, and the others to prepare for the blast.
• Ning Liu used the Bewitching Fox Head Bone’s mental shock to interrupt the Evil Orca King’s self-destruction.
• Ning Liu struck with the Rending Sky Sabre-toothed Tiger Left Arm Bone and annihilated the Evil Orca King’s body and Energy Core.
• Xiao Bai bowed to Ning Liu as her hatred gave way to tears, and Ning Liu ordered his allies to leave no one alive.

Ning Liu absorbed the Evil Orca King's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and gained its left leg Soul Bone while Xiao Bai protected him. The Sea God trial rewards raised the group's Soul Power, and Xiao Bai decided to burn the Evil Spirit Orca corpses.

• Ning Liu stopped the Evil Orca King's self-destruction, then drew out its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as Xiao Bai offered to guard him during absorption.
• Xiao Bai shielded Ning Liu from the polluted sea while the Sea God announced that the group had passed the fourth trial and granted rewards, including one Soul Power level to everyone.
• Xu Jiushi broke through to level ninety-eight, while Xiao Wu reached level seventy-four and Shui Bing'er and Yang Bubai reached level fifty-eight.
• Ning Liu absorbed the Evil Orca King's Soul Ring and left leg Soul Bone, then demonstrated the Soul Bone skill Orca Demon Axe by cleaving a trench through the sea.
• Xiao Bai chose to burn the Evil Spirit Orca corpses rather than let her clan feed on them.

Xiao Wu and the others learned that their Fifth Trials required them to defeat Sacred Pillar Guardians, and Ning Liu took them to challenge Sea Horse Douluo. He bribed the guardian with an Immortal Herb, and Sea Horse Douluo prepared to fight them beneath the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar.

• Xiao Wu revealed that her trial required defeating all seven Sacred Pillar Guardians within three days, while Yang Bubai, Shui Bing'er, and Dugu Yan described their own challenges.
• Ning Liu reassured the group and led them directly to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar to begin their trials.
• Sea Horse Douluo was shocked when Ning Liu said they had already destroyed the Evil Spirit Orca Horde and shown evidence that they had slain its Hundred Thousand Year king.
• Ning Liu asked whether Sea Horse Douluo had a talented descendant stuck at a cultivation bottleneck, then revealed a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone Immortal Herb.
• Sea Horse Douluo denounced Ning Liu for trying to bribe him, snatched the herb, and invited the group to challenge him.

Dugu Yan, Yang Bubai, Shui Bing'er, and Xiao Wu defeated Sea Horse Douluo in trials that he made deliberately easy, and the group moved on to the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar. Sea Dragon Douluo changed his attitude after Sea Horse Douluo suggested Ning Liu could help his grandson overcome a Soul Power bottleneck, and he eagerly agreed to test the group.

• Dugu Yan broke Sea Horse Douluo's water barrier with her poison, and he declared her trial complete.
• Yang Bubai pierced Sea Horse Douluo's Raging Sea Tempest, and Shui Bing'er followed with an icy attack before he conceded.
• Xiao Wu used Teleportation and Exploding Eight-Stage Break to defeat Sea Horse Douluo, completing her challenge.
• Sea Horse Douluo offered to guide Ning Liu and the others to the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar, where Sea Dragon Douluo rebuked him for neglecting his post.
• Sea Horse Douluo told Sea Dragon Douluo that Ning Liu might have a medicinal treasure to help his grandson break through rank seventy-nine, prompting Sea Dragon Douluo to welcome the group and call for a test.

Xiao Wu and her companions passed the Seven Sacred Pillar guardians’ challenges, but Poseidon halved Xiao Wu’s rewards for taking shortcuts and raised the Sixth Trial’s difficulty. Bo Saixi appeared before them and asked whether Xiao Wu wanted to begin the trial now.

• Yang Bubai and Shui Bing'er faced Sea Dragon Douluo, who pretended to be overcome by their attacks and conceded.
• The group passed Sea Illusion Douluo, Sea Star Douluo, Sea Ghost Douluo, and Sea Witch Douluo with little resistance.
• Xiao Wu passed Poseidon’s Fifth Trial, but Poseidon halved her God-Bestowed Soul Ring age limit and Soul Power Level rewards because the group had taken shortcuts.
• Poseidon changed the Sixth Trial from enduring the Seven Sacred Pillar guardians’ attacks to enduring Bo Saixi’s attacks for the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Bo Saixi appeared before Xiao Wu and asked if she wanted to begin the Sixth Trial; someone called, “Wait!”

Ning Liu spoke to Bo Saixi privately before the Sixth Trial, and whatever he told her changed her mood and led her to let Xiao Wu and the others pass. The trial ended with the group victorious, while Sea Horse Douluo wondered what Ning Liu had revealed.

• Ning Liu asked Bo Saixi to speak with him privately, and she enclosed them in a soundproof barrier.
• Ning Liu sent Bo Saixi a message through Soul Power, which left her shocked, suspicious, and then hopeful; she accepted his assurance that it was true.
• Bo Saixi ended the private conversation and prepared to begin the Sixth Trial as Ning Liu urged Xiao Wu and the others to use their strongest attacks.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Yang Bubai, and Shui Bing'er attacked Bo Saixi, who used Sea God's Tidal Surge to neutralize every strike and pretended to struggle.
• After the incense burned out, the Sea God announced that the Sixth Trial was passed, leaving Sea Horse Douluo puzzled about what Ning Liu had told Bo Saixi.

After receiving the rewards for their completed trials, Xiao Wu was assigned Poseidon’s Seventh Trial: drawing Poseidon’s Trident. Bo Saixi brought the group to the Sea God Hall, where Xiao Wu stood before the divine artifact and gripped its shaft.

• Xiao Wu’s Sixth Trial reward raised her Poseidon Affinity to ninety percent, increased her Soul Power to level seventy-seven, and extended her soul ring lifespans.
• Shui Bing’er, Yang Bubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Bai Chenxiang, Dugu Yan, Tailong, and the others received rewards for completing their trials.
• Poseidon’s voice announced that Xiao Wu’s Seventh Trial was to draw Poseidon’s Trident.
• Bo Saixi explained that no one could help Xiao Wu draw the trident, which weighed 108,000 jin and acknowledged only a worthy heir.
• Bo Saixi brought Xiao Wu and the others into the Sea God Hall and showed them Poseidon’s Trident.
• Xiao Wu approached the trident alone and firmly gripped its shaft.

Xiao Wu restored Poseidon's Trident and pulled it free, completing the Seventh Trial beyond its requirements and reaching one hundred percent Poseidon Affinity. The Sea God discovered her unprecedented progress in the God Realm and decided to investigate in person.

• Xiao Wu awakened Poseidon's Trident with the Heart of the Ocean and the Heart of the Sea God, then effortlessly pulled it from its pedestal.
• Poseidon's Trident recognized Xiao Wu as its master, and the Seventh Trial awarded her one hundred percent Poseidon Affinity.
• Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillars Douluo were stunned that Xiao Wu had reached full affinity before completing the Ninth Trial.
• The Sea God saw Xiao Wu's inheritance progress in a water mirror, reacted in disbelief, and decided to go to the lower realm.

The Sea God descended into Sea God Hall and confronted Xiao Wu over her identity as a Soul Beast, leaving her shaken about her inheritance. After discovering a replica of his old love letter among Bo Saixi’s sacred relics, he was interrupted when Ning Liu broke free of his spatial lockdown and stepped beside Xiao Wu.

• Poseidon froze everyone in Sea God Hall except Xiao Wu, Bo Saixi, and the trident protecting Xiao Wu.
• Poseidon told Xiao Wu that the God Realm could not tolerate Soul Beasts becoming gods, leaving her stunned and questioning her trials.
• Poseidon found a replica of his old love letter on the altar and recognized it as a relic associated with his first love.
• Ning Liu broke free of Poseidon’s spatial lockdown, reassured Xiao Wu, and greeted the Sea God.
• Poseidon stared in shock as Ning Liu stood freely beside Xiao Wu.

Ning Liu resisted the Sea God's divine restraints and challenged him with questions about the God Realm's treatment of children born from human and soul beast bloodlines. After revealing that he knew the origin of the Sea God's old love letter, Ning Liu privately told him he could help him find Ayue, leaving the Sea God shaken and eager to hear more.

• Ning Liu broke free from the Sea God's restraints and comforted Xiao Wu while the god tried and failed to see through him.
• Ning Liu asked whether the God Realm rejected soul beasts because of their nature or bloodline, and how it would judge a child of a human and a soul beast.
• Ning Liu revealed that he knew how the replica of the Sea God's love letter had appeared on the altar, and Bo Saixi confirmed his claim.
• Ning Liu requested a private conversation, and the Sea God enclosed them in a golden curtain that blocked sound and probing.
• Ning Liu told the Sea God that he would not want to lose the chance to find Ayue again, shocking him into asking what Ning Liu meant.

Ning Liu revealed Ayue’s divine soul to Poseidon, who lunged for it but was stopped by the Azure Divine Sea Map. Ning Liu threatened to destroy the fragile soul if Poseidon acted rashly, leaving the Sea God unable to move.

• Poseidon learned from Ning Liu that Ayue’s divine soul was present in a crystal and recognized its familiar aura.
• Poseidon tried to seize the crystal, but Ning Liu unfurled the Azure Divine Sea Map and repelled him.
• Poseidon realized Ning Liu could wield a Super Divine Artifact and demanded to know who he was.
• Ning Liu warned Poseidon that the crystal was fragile and threatened to scatter Ayue’s soul if Poseidon made him lose control.
• Poseidon held back, staring at Ning Liu with fury, longing, wariness, and pleading.