Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong absorbed an eighty-thousand-year Soul Ring and gained a skill that cut Soul Power consumption. Tang San and the others challenged Hu Jiu to a group battle, where he easily countered their attacks and revealed his evolved Eight Spider Lances could drain them from a distance.

• Ning Rongrong absorbed an eighty-thousand-year Soul Ring and gained the Nine Treasures Avatar, which halved Soul Power consumption.
• Tang San suggested that the group test whether they could defeat Hu Jiu, and Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and the others eagerly agreed.
• Hu Jiu froze and shattered Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, then used his Ice and Fire Domain against the group.
• Tang San used his Blue Silver Domain to counter Hu Jiu's domain while the others unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars and attacks.
• Hu Jiu blocked their attacks with his Eight Spider Lances and ensnared the group with golden threads that drained their vitality and Soul Power.

Hu Jiu used his abilities to turn the sparring match against the Shrek group in his favor. He trapped Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai in his Illusory World, pulled Zhu Zhuqing into the Life and Death Arena, and left his clone to hold off the others.

• Hu Jiu returned the life force he had drained from the group but kept the Soul Power he had absorbed.
• Dai Mubai transformed into his White Tiger True Body as Tang San used Blue Silver Cage to hinder Hu Jiu, while Xiao Wu joined the attack with her Martial Soul Avatar.
• Hu Jiu sent Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai into his Illusory World, where he trapped them amid its horrific illusions.
• Zhu Zhuqing ambushed Hu Jiu in her Martial Soul Avatar form, but he pulled her into the Life and Death Arena and weakened her age and strength.
• Hu Jiu released an Entity Clone that held back Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong while he controlled the rest of the fight.

Hu Jiu's group accepted defeat after his clone overwhelmed them, then spent the remaining months on Sea God Island cultivating as his soul bone and Eighth Soul Ring evolved. As the one-year deadline approached, Xiao Wu began breaking through the level eighty bottleneck, while Hu Jiu prepared to have everyone take the First Trial together.

• Dai Mubai admitted defeat after he and Xiao Wu emerged from the Illusory World and found Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong defeated.
• Hu Jiu's Petrifying Mammoth Right Arm Bone evolved into a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, strengthening Petrifying Ray and bringing him close to level ninety-four.
• Hu Jiu's Eighth Soul Ring evolved into a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and his Dark Demon Evil Thunder Bomb stirred up a massive tsunami that Bo Saixi sensed.
• Bo Saixi asked why Hu Jiu's group had not started the First Trial, and Hu Jiu said he wanted to wait for Xiao Wu to break through before they all took it together.
• Five days later, Xiao Wu sat on the one hundred and thirty-fifth step of the Sea God's Light and began breaking through to the Soul Douluo realm as her companions watched.

Xiao Wu broke through to level eighty-one after absorbing a God-Bestowed Soul Ring and gained the powerful Void Annihilation Kill. She tested its Space Blades on Dai Mubai and Hu Jiu, then accidentally damaged Hu Jiu’s clothes, leaving him to teleport away in embarrassment.

• Xiao Wu reached Soul Douluo-level strength, and Bo Saixi gave her a God-Bestowed Soul Ring to absorb.
• Xiao Wu absorbed the ring in a few hours, reached level eighty-one, and revealed her Eighth Soul Ring skill, Void Annihilation Kill.
• Xiao Wu’s Space Blades shattered Dai Mubai’s defenses and inflicted many small wounds when he challenged her.
• Hu Jiu used Shockwave Power to keep the blades away, then let Xiao Wu test them against his body and confirmed their strength.
• Xiao Wu’s Space Blades damaged Hu Jiu’s clothes, and he teleported away when Bo Saixi commented on his equipment as Tang San and the others laughed.

Hu Jiu led the group in beginning their Sea God's Light trials, and Oscar used Ning Rongrong's boosts to pass his Black-level Sixth Trial and gain a level. Ma Hongjun then started his own climb but had to return for Ning Rongrong's support.

• Hu Jiu sent Oscar to attempt the Sea God's Light trial first, and Oscar copied Dai Mubai's White Tiger spirit.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced Oscar with seven support skills, and he climbed the Sea God's Light without difficulty.
• Oscar completed the one hundred and eight steps, passed his trial, and rose from level sixty-six to level sixty-seven.
• Ma Hongjun began climbing without asking for support, realized he could not manage without it, and ran back down.
• Ning Rongrong playfully agreed to support Ma Hongjun and cast her support skills on him.

Ning Rongrong used Hu Jiu’s and Oscar’s boosts to pass the 136th Step and earned a level increase along with five hundred years added to each of her seven Soul Rings. Hu Jiu then prepared Zhu Zhuqing for her trial.

• Hu Jiu gave Ning Rongrong a Rampage Ginseng, and she activated her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda’s boosts before starting the climb.
• Ning Rongrong climbed past the 108 Steps but struggled before reaching the 136th Step, so Hu Jiu sent Oscar to give her a Five-Colored Qilin Sausage.
• With Oscar’s boost, Ning Rongrong reached the 136th Step and received a level increase and five hundred years added to each Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong’s reward brought her to level seventy-four and improved her Soul Rings, while Oscar and Ma Hongjun lamented that their trials had given them no extra reward.
• Hu Jiu handed Zhu Zhuqing a Rampage Ginseng, and she also ate Oscar’s sausage before beginning her trial.

Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu passed their Sea God's Light trials, while Hu Jiu prepared to face his much steeper trial. After Ning Rongrong boosted him and he activated his Fifth Soul Skill, Hu Jiu's body shone with a powerful golden light.

• Zhu Zhuqing climbed to the 136th Step and passed the Top-tier Seventh Trial, raising her Soul Power and the age limits of her Soul Rings.
• Dai Mubai charged to the 108th step and passed his Black-level Sixth Trial, then worried that the Sea God might target Hu Jiu's women.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Domain and Divine Slaughter's Domain to reach the 136th Step, passing his Top-tier Seventh Trial and advancing to level seventy-eight.
• Xiao Wu used Ning Rongrong's support and her Waist Bow technique to reach the 136th Step and pass her trial with ease.
• Oscar gave Hu Jiu a Five-Colored Qilin Sausage, and Ning Rongrong boosted him before his 333-step trial.
• Hu Jiu activated his Fifth Soul Skill, and his enhanced body glowed with an Indestructible Golden Body that shocked Tang San.

Hu Jiu passed the Sea God's First Trial by climbing to the 333rd step, and the group received the conditions for the Second Trial. Their Soul Skills were sealed, leaving them to plan how to cross the Ring Sea without injuring any Sea Soul Beasts.

• Hu Jiu climbed the Sea God's steps and passed the First Trial at the 333rd step, raising his Sea God affinity by five percent.
• Hu Jiu sensed a voice from the Sea God's Heart, but found that the spiritual body within it was still asleep.
• Bo Saixi congratulated the group and announced that their Second Trial had begun with a one-year time limit.
• The Shrek Eight learned that they had to cross the Ring Sea blockade without injuring any Sea Soul Beasts.
• Hu Jiu discovered that all his Soul Skills were sealed, and he suggested completing the trial as quickly as possible.

Hu Jiu persuaded the group to rest before their next trial, then helped Tang San establish the Tang Sect and brought their friends into it. Three days later, Hu Jiu approached Tang San with a suspiciously eager expression.

• Hu Jiu and Tang San agreed the group should rest before attempting the next trial, and Hu Jiu encouraged them with talk of becoming gods and building their own power.
• Hu Jiu offered to join Tang San's Tang Sect, and Tang San appointed him vice sect master.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others joined the Tang Sect as elders, while Hu Jiu arranged an alliance with Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Hu Jiu and the others playfully attacked Tang San, and the Tang Sect was officially established.
• Three days later, Hu Jiu approached Tang San with a fawning expression, making Tang San wary of being scammed.

Tang San taught Hu Jiu the Tang Sect’s Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record after Hu Jiu joined the sect, and Hu Jiu arranged its techniques for AFK training. Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun then showed interest in learning them, and Tang San agreed they could try.

• Tang San made Hu Jiu promise to honor the Tang Sect before teaching him its six techniques.
• Hu Jiu learned the techniques and arranged them for AFK training, though he had little interest in forging hidden weapons.
• Xiao Wu complained that Tang San had taught Hu Jiu but not her, and Tang San told her to ask Hu Jiu.
• Hu Jiu suggested the others could learn the techniques because they had taken Immortal Herbs, and Tang San agreed they could try.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun asked to learn, while Tang San warned them that the techniques were difficult to cultivate.

Hu Jiu explained the dangers of the Ring Island blockade and Tang San volunteered to scout a safe way across the sea. The chapter ended with Tang San fending off attacking Arrow Fish without harming them.

• Hu Jiu said the team should focus on passing the Second Trial before cultivating techniques and considered giving Ning Rongrong his next martial soul evolution opportunity.
• Hu Jiu revealed that the Island Sea held Arrow Fish, Great White Sharks, and a sleeping hundred-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark.
• Hu Jiu offered to test the Soul Beasts, but Tang San stopped him and stepped onto the water to scout instead.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced Tang San as he crossed the sea, and Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to stun the Arrow Fish without injuring them.
• Ma Hongjun admitted he might not have handled the Arrow Fish as carefully, and Oscar teased him.

Tang San and the others fought the swarming Arrow Fish in the Island Sea until they entered the territory of the Demon Soul Great White Sharks. Xiao Bai appeared, recognized Xiao Wu, and explained that she had come to stop them from passing the Second Trial.

• Tang San drew the Arrow Fish away while Hu Jiu and the others joined the fight, taking care not to injure the Soul Beasts.
• Tang San reached the Demon Soul Great White Sharks' territory, where the Arrow Fish fled and the sharks surfaced before their king called them back.
• An unseen attack sent Tang San flying, and Hu Jiu caught him as Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing rushed to their side.
• The Demon Soul Great White Shark King transformed into a young woman named Xiao Bai and recognized Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Bai told Xiao Wu that she had been ordered by Lord Sea God to stop them from passing the Second Trial, but promised not to attack her.

Xiao Bai met Hu Jiu and the Shrek Eight, explained her unusual human transformation, and revealed herself as their Sea God trial’s obstacle. Tang San and Hu Jiu urged the group to use the challenge to improve their combat skills, and the Shrek Eight prepared to train.

• Xiao Wu introduced Xiao Bai to Hu Jiu, Tang San, and the others, and Hu Jiu teased Xiao Bai by pretending to rebuke her in the Sea God's name.
• Xiao Bai explained that fish-type Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts could switch between human and sea-beast forms, but human form weakened them and required them to return to the water within an hour.
• Xiao Bai left the group, and Tang San admitted that her strength had overwhelmed him.
• Dai Mubai identified Xiao Bai as an exceptionally powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while Tang San saw her obstruction as a chance to train.
• Hu Jiu and Tang San encouraged the Shrek Eight to improve their practical combat experience and teamwork, and Xiao Wu eagerly joined their resolve to train.

Hu Jiu fought Xiao Bai to test his strength against the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and managed to petrify her tail, though he knew he could not defeat her outright. He stayed safely above her reach while she demanded that he come down and fight.

• Hu Jiu challenged Xiao Bai to a one-on-one battle to assess her strength.
• Hu Jiu trapped Xiao Bai in his Illusory World, then attacked as she broke free and forced her to reveal her Great White Shark form.
• Xiao Bai attacked Hu Jiu with mental power and a Gray Vortex, but he countered both before dodging her physical strikes with Void Walk.
• Hu Jiu used his Evil God Hook to petrify Xiao Bai's tail, and she struggled to stop the effect from spreading.
• Xiao Bai summoned a giant of seawater in her fury, while Hu Jiu flew beyond its reach and refused to descend until she admitted defeat.

Hu Jiu tried to win Xiao Bai over with his carrot, but she fled back to the sea after learning it could evolve Martial Souls. Xiao Wu then revealed rumors that Soul Beasts were forbidden from becoming gods, and decided to persuade Xiao Bai to transform into a human.

• Xiao Bai continued chasing Hu Jiu away from the sea and taking her frustration out on Tang San and the others, while treating Xiao Wu warmly.
• Hu Jiu gave Xiao Wu a carrot, and she passed one to Xiao Bai, who sensed its evolutionary power.
• Xiao Wu told Xiao Bai about Hu Jiu's ability to evolve Martial Souls, causing Xiao Bai to consider the carrot's benefits before retreating into the sea to avoid wavering on her task.
• Xiao Wu told Hu Jiu that Xiao Bai had hinted Soul Beasts could not become gods, and she decided to persuade Xiao Bai to transform into a human.
• Hu Jiu said Xiao Bai's transformation would help them pass the Second Trial and suppressed the Golden Trident Mark when it reacted to his plans.

Xiao Bai decided to transform into a human and follow Hu Jiu, who promised to help her reach the God Realm. After Xiao Bai sought Sea God's approval, the statue responded and freed her from the restrictions preventing her transformation.

• Xiao Wu used Hu Jiu's carrot to persuade Xiao Bai to give up her Soul Beast identity and transform into a human.
• Xiao Bai told Hu Jiu she feared leaving her clan and failing to reach godhood, and Hu Jiu promised to take her to the God Realm if she followed him.
• Xiao Bai agreed to follow Hu Jiu and asked Sea God to approve her transformation, while Bo Saixi watched beside her.
• After Xiao Bai knelt for hours and grew dangerously weak, Sea God's statue sent a beam into her brow and removed the shackles in her mind.
• Bo Saixi returned Xiao Bai to the sea, where Xiao Bai collapsed unconscious and Bo Saixi congratulated her.

Xiao Bai began transforming from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast into a human while Hu Jiu and the others watched. After a day, she emerged as a little girl, and Xiao Wu sent the men away so Xiao Bai could dress.

• Hu Jiu asked Xiao Wu whether Soul Beasts faced danger during transformation, and Xiao Wu reassured him.
• Xiao Bai roared, drawing hundreds of Demon Soul Great White Sharks around her as she began transforming inside a cocoon of light.
• After roughly a day, Xiao Wu explained that Xiao Bai was compressing her body before completing her transformation.
• The cocoon cracked and burst, revealing Xiao Bai as an adorable girl about six years old.
• Xiao Wu ordered the men to turn away, and Tang San and Hu Jiu led the others off to discuss clearing the trials.

Hu Jiu led the Shrek Seven Devils across the Island Sea blockade, using his abilities and his fusion with Xiao Wu to defeat the Demon Soul Great White Sharks. The group passed the Sea God Second Trial, earning Hu Jiu five percent more Sea God Affinity and restoring his sealed Soul Skills.

• Hu Jiu gathered the group to begin the trial, while Xiao Bai insisted that stopping them was her task and Oscar volunteered to keep her from interfering.
• After lunch, the group formed up, received Oscar's and Ning Rongrong's boosts, and charged into the Island Sea.
• Hu Jiu paralyzed the Arrow Fish with Illusory World as the group crossed the sea and fought off the Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
• When the sharks halted their advance, Hu Jiu fused with Xiao Wu to summon the Moon Goddess, who cleared the way through the blockade.
• Xiao Bai tried to stop the group near shore, but Hu Jiu knocked her into the sea, and the Shrek Seven Devils reached land.
• The Sea God announced that Hu Jiu had passed the Second Trial, increased his Sea God Affinity to ten percent, and restored his sealed Soul Skills.

After the trials, Hu Jiu used an Evolution Ginseng to evolve Xiao Bai’s Demon Soul Great White Shark King Martial Soul. It became the Demon Soul Dragon Shark King, and the group prepared for the next trial.

• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing gained five hundred years on each soul ring, while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar each advanced one level.
• Xiao Bai complained that Hu Jiu had slapped her into the sea and asked him to evolve her Martial Soul.
• Ning Rongrong gave Xiao Bai her chance at Martial Soul evolution, explaining that Xiao Bai needed the power more urgently and that she could evolve again later.
• Hu Jiu gave Xiao Bai an Evolution Ginseng, and she absorbed its power as her Martial Soul transformed.
• Tang San identified the evolved Martial Soul as the Demon Soul Dragon Shark King and explained that its dragon might marked it as an exceptionally powerful Martial Soul.

After Xiao Bai’s spirit evolved and her level rose to eighteen, Bo Saixi led the group to the Furious Waves Desperate Situation and revealed the requirements of their third trial, Tidal Body Refinement. The trial would have them endure crashing waves atop Silver Sinking Pillars for up to a year, with Hu Jiu required to last twelve hours a day.

• Xiao Bai completed her spirit evolution, reached Level Eighteen, and excitedly thanked Hu Jiu.
• Bo Saixi told the group to prepare for their third trial and revealed that it was called Tidal Body Refinement.
• Bo Saixi led the group across the Island Sea to the Furious Waves Desperate Situation, where towering waves crashed into a sunken valley.
• Bo Saixi calmed the sea with her power and raised eight Silver Sinking Pillars from the water.
• Bo Saixi explained that the group had to endure the waves on the pillars every day for 365 days, with Hu Jiu required to endure twelve hours daily.