Chapter Summaries

After demonstrating how quickly Cultivation Ginseng could raise Xiao Bai's strength, Hu Jiu prepared with the others for the third trial, Tidal Body Refinement. Bo Saixi bound them to Silver Sinking Pillars and unleashed the waves, leaving the trial underway.

• Hu Jiu produced Cultivation Ginseng in batches, and Xiao Bai used one to rise from Level 18 to Level 19 before ending its effect to avoid being overwhelmed.
• Tang San questioned the trial's difficulty, and Hu Jiu explained that Tidal Body Refinement was crucial to his attempt to achieve the Indestructible Golden Body.
• Hu Jiu left to spend the three-day rest with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong while Ma Hongjun and Oscar resolved to cultivate.
• Three days later, Bo Saixi placed Hu Jiu and the others on Silver Sinking Pillars and warned them not to leave during the trial.
• Hu Jiu broke the rings binding his neck and hands, then stayed on the pillar as Bo Saixi released the waves and the group braced for impact.

Hu Jiu and the Shrek Eight endured the punishing wave trial, with Hu Jiu using his Sacred Light Recovery Ginseng to help his friends recover. Three months later, Tang San reached level eighty and gained a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, then asked Hu Jiu whether he should cultivate his Second Martial Soul.

• Hu Jiu and the others endured the first day of wave impacts, and Hu Jiu fed Ning Rongrong and Oscar his Sacred Light Recovery Ginseng when they began to falter.
• The Shrek Eight continued the trial, and everyone except Hu Jiu gradually extended their daily endurance time over the next month.
• Three months later, Tang San broke through to level eighty and obtained his first Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring from a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai and the others each advanced one level, while Xiao Bai reached Level Thirty-Five with Hu Jiu's Cultivation Ginseng.
• Tang San asked Hu Jiu whether he should begin cultivating his Second Martial Soul, and Hu Jiu encouraged him.

Tang San gave Ma Hongjun a Ten-Headed Sun-Scorching Pill to help him gain a Seventh Soul Ring and possibly evolve his Phoenix Martial Soul. When the pill’s energy overwhelmed Ma Hongjun, Tang San and Hu Jiu rushed to help him refine it.

• Tang San agreed to help research the risks of cultivating his Second Martial Soul after Hu Jiu encouraged him.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar reached Level 70, though both still lacked the Soul Rings needed to advance.
• Tang San gave Ma Hongjun the Ten-Headed Sun-Scorching Pill, explaining that its fire energy could provide a Soul Ring and strengthen his Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Ma Hongjun swallowed the pill, but its tyrannical energy engulfed him and caused him to collapse in pain.
• Tang San began channeling his Mysterious Heaven Skill into Ma Hongjun, while Hu Jiu supplied ginseng roots to boost them.

Ma Hongjun refined the Ten-Headed Sun-Scorching Pill with Hu Jiu and Tang San’s help, evolving his Martial Soul into a Seven-Headed Fire Phoenix. He celebrated his transformation and slimmer appearance with his friends.

• Hu Jiu and Tang San helped Ma Hongjun refine the pill’s energy, while Ning Rongrong and Oscar supported them with Soul Skills.
• Ma Hongjun’s body grew leaner and his hair turned fiery red as his Martial Soul began to evolve.
• Ma Hongjun transformed into a majestic seven-headed phoenix and revealed his Seven-Headed Fire Phoenix True Body.
• Ma Hongjun withdrew his Martial Soul Avatar and happily celebrated no longer being fat.

During the year-long Tidal Body Refinement, Oscar obtained his Seventh Soul Ring with Xiao Bai’s help and became a Spirit Sage, while Hu Jiu and the others endured the trial to its final day. They received their rewards and prepared to learn what came next, though Hu Jiu warned the exhausted group to rest first.

• Oscar worried that Ma Hongjun’s breakthrough had left him behind, but Tang San explained that a Sea Soul Beast could provide Oscar’s Seventh Soul Ring.
• Xiao Bai agreed to help Oscar and brought a fifty-thousand-year Sea Soul Beast to the Furious Waves Desperate Situation.
• The group subdued the beast, Oscar delivered the finishing blow, and he reached level seventy-one after absorbing its Soul Ring.
• After nearly a year, the group completed Tidal Body Refinement; Hu Jiu attained Indestructible Golden Body and gained fifteen percent Sea God Affinity, bringing his total to twenty-five percent.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong gained a Soul Power level and five hundred years on their Soul Rings, while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar earned the same Soul Ring increase for extending their trial time.
• Dai Mubai and the others wanted to exceed the next trial’s requirements, but Hu Jiu urged them to recover before continuing.

After the group received their fourth Sea God trials, they returned to Seahorse City to rest before facing the Evil Orcas. Hu Jiu later reminded Ning Rongrong that it was time for his Spirit Evolution Soul Skill.

• Hu Jiu, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others received trials requiring them to help the Demon Soul Great White Shark pack defeat the Evil Orcas, with Hu Jiu's trial also requiring Dai Mubai to absorb the Evil Orca King's Soul Ring.
• Xiao Bai celebrated her trial, while the group discussed the Evil Orca threat and Dai Mubai's need for a Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar headed to Seahorse City ahead of the others, and Tang San expressed confidence that the group could complete the trial.
• Hu Jiu and the others took a break in Seahorse City, where Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing spent their days shopping.
• Hu Jiu stopped Ning Rongrong and reminded her that it was time for his Spirit Evolution Soul Skill.

Hu Jiu reviewed how his perfected techniques had fused into stronger abilities and checked the growth of his soul rings while Ning Rongrong used Evolution Ginseng to evolve her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda. The pagoda reached eighteen levels, and Ning Rongrong's Soul Power rose to level seventy-nine before she opened her eyes.

• Ning Rongrong swallowed the Evolution Ginseng, and her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda began glowing as Hu Jiu and the others watched.
• Hu Jiu checked his AFK Panel and saw that his techniques had fused into powerful new soul skills, including Mysterious Heaven Forgetting Skill, Perception Demon Eye, and Void Ghost Shadow.
• Hu Jiu reviewed his soul rings and anticipated that the remaining rings would soon reach the hundred-thousand-year level.
• Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul absorbed the Evolution Ginseng's power and grew into an eighteen-layer pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong's Soul Power rose to level seventy-nine, then settled as she opened her eyes.

Ning Rongrong’s martial soul evolved into the Eighteen Layers of Glazed Tile Pagoda, giving each soul skill both a strengthening and weakening effect, and Hu Jiu promised to evolve Ning Fengzhi’s martial soul later. Three months later, Shrek Academy set out to complete the fourth trial by hunting the Evil Orca pod, which Xiao Bai hated because its king had killed her younger brother.

• Ning Rongrong explained that her evolved martial soul could boost or weaken targets, and Hu Jiu promised to evolve Ning Fengzhi’s martial soul after the assessment.
• After three months of rest, Shrek Academy prepared for the fourth trial and headed out to sea.
• Tang San asked Xiao Bai where the Evil Orca pod lived, and Xiao Bai explained that the Evil Orcas were powerful, bloodthirsty predators.
• Xiao Bai revealed that the Evil Orca King had killed her younger brother, and Ma Hongjun promised to help destroy the pod.
• Hu Jiu promised to kill the Evil Orca King and give Xiao Bai its meat.

Hu Jiu, Tang San, and the others prepared Xiao Bai’s Demon Soul Great White Shark clan for an assault on the Evil Orcas. After Hu Jiu enhanced the sharks with Rampage Ginseng, they entered the Devil Sea and spotted the Evil Orca King as the enemy drew near.

• Tang San asked Xiao Bai whether her clan could defeat the Evil Orcas with Hu Jiu’s support, and Xiao Bai confidently agreed.
• Hu Jiu made Rampage Ginseng as Xiao Bai’s summoned Demon Soul Great White Sharks gathered, then the group set out for the Devil Sea.
• Tang San assigned Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to protect the sharks and support the battle while he, Hu Jiu, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun targeted the Evil Orca King.
• Xiao Bai warned the group they had entered the Devil Sea, and Hu Jiu distributed Rampage Ginseng to the Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
• Hu Jiu used his Perception Demon Eye to locate the Evil Orcas and identify their massive king as the sharks’ cries alerted the pod.

Hu Jiu and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks defeated the Evil Orcas, allowing Dai Mubai to kill the Evil Orca King and absorb his Soul Ring. The battle ended with Hu Jiu realizing the King’s guaranteed Soul Bone would not go to Tang San as it had in the original story.

• Xiao Bai recognized the Evil Orca King, and Hu Jiu led the empowered Demon Soul Great White Sharks and Shrek Academy into battle against the Evil Orcas.
• Ning Rongrong weakened the Evil Orca King, Hu Jiu trapped him in an illusion, and Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun attacked while Hu Jiu drained his life force and Soul Power.
• After an hour of fighting, the Demon Soul Great White Sharks and Shrek Academy defeated the Evil Orcas and completed their tasks.
• Hu Jiu called Dai Mubai to deliver the final blow, and Dai Mubai killed the Evil Orca King and began absorbing his Soul Ring.
• Tang San explained that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast produced a Soul Bone, and Hu Jiu privately realized the Evil Orca King's Soul Bone would not go to Tang San.

Dai Mubai absorbed the Evil Orca King's soul ring and gained its hundred-thousand-year left leg bone, while Hu Jiu completed his fourth trial and learned Sea God's Light. The group learned that their next trials involved fighting the Seven Sacred Pillar guardians or other Titled Douluo, then returned to Sea God Island to plan.

• Dai Mubai absorbed the Evil Orca King's soul ring and reached rank 81, completing Hu Jiu's fourth trial and raising his Sea God Affinity to thirty-five percent.
• Hu Jiu comprehended Sea God's Light, and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks lowered their heads and gathered around him.
• Dai Mubai offered the Evil Orca King's hundred-thousand-year left leg bone to Hu Jiu, who gave it to Dai Mubai instead.
• Ning Rongrong announced that she had reached level 80, and Hu Jiu checked his fifth trial to find he had to defeat the guardians of all Seven Sacred Pillars within thirty-six shichen.
• Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar described their own trials, which required them to challenge a Titled Douluo, and Hu Jiu led everyone back to Sea God Island to plan and strengthen themselves.

Dai Mubai celebrated gaining four powerful abilities from his new Soul Ring and Soul Bone while Hu Jiu’s group left Sea God Island to help Ning Rongrong obtain her Eighth Soul Ring. During their journey, Hu Jiu’s Soul Rings advanced dramatically, and he revealed he could now teleport the group home instantly.

• Dai Mubai described the two skills from his new Soul Ring and the two skills from his Evil Tiger Whale Left Leg Bone, then treated everyone to a night of drinking.
• Xiao Wu avenged Hu Jiu by getting the others drunk, and the next morning Hu Jiu left Sea God Island with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Hu Jiu’s group traveled toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to find a Seven-Colored Treasure Dragon for Ning Rongrong’s Eighth Soul Ring and to evolve Ning Fengzhi’s Martial Soul.
• Hu Jiu’s Fifth Soul Ring reached the Hundred Thousand Year level, gaining Berserk Transformation, and his First and Third Soul Rings later reached the same level.
• Hu Jiu gained group Teleportation and the long-range skill Warp, then told Xiao Wu and the others he could take them home without traveling.

Hu Jiu returned to Heaven Dou City with his companions after gaining evolved teleportation abilities and a powerful spiritual skull bone. He then traveled with Ning Rongrong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi learned Hu Jiu could evolve Martial Souls.

• Hu Jiu explained that his evolved Third Soul Skill granted Teleportation, and he revealed his hundred-thousand-year spiritual skull bone's Mental Storm and Mental Control abilities.
• Hu Jiu reunited with Hu Meier and spent the night with her before Ning Rongrong hurried him toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the next morning.
• Hu Jiu teleported with Ning Rongrong to the sect, while Qian Renxue arrived at his residence too late to see him.
• The sect's servants and disciples welcomed Hu Jiu and Ning Rongrong, drawing Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo to greet them.
• Ning Fengzhi was shocked to learn that Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul had evolved again and that Hu Jiu's Seventh Soul Skill could evolve Martial Souls.

Hu Jiu, Ning Rongrong, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo entered the Seven-Colored Forest to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Seven-Colored Treasure Dragon for Ning Rongrong. Ning Rongrong defeated it with her martial soul’s weakening ability and began absorbing its soul ring, protected by Hu Jiu’s Rampage Ginseng and the two Titled Douluo.

• Bone Douluo told Hu Jiu and Ning Rongrong that the Seven-Colored Treasure Dragon was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast originally reserved for Ning Fengzhi.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo led the group to the Seven-Colored Treasure Dragon’s territory and positioned themselves to prevent it from escaping.
• Ning Rongrong used her Eighteen Layers of Glazed Tile Pagoda to weaken the dragon, while Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo blocked and subdued it.
• Ning Rongrong killed the Seven-Colored Treasure Dragon and drew its soul ring into her martial soul.
• Hu Jiu gave Ning Rongrong Rampage Ginseng to strengthen her as she absorbed the soul ring for a day and a night, with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo guarding her.

After Hu Jiu’s Healing Light fully restored Tang Hao’s injuries, Tang Hao challenged him to a spar. Their fight began with Hu Jiu using the Life and Death Arena to seal Tang Hao’s soul skills and suppress his strength.

• Hu Jiu examined Tang Hao and used the Mysterious Heaven Forgetting Skill to treat his injuries, but realized that healing him fully would take years.
• Hu Jiu’s fourth soul skill evolved to include Healing Light, which he used to restore Tang Hao completely.
• Ah Yin celebrated Tang Hao’s recovery, and Hu Jiu tactfully left the couple alone.
• The next morning, Tang Hao challenged Hu Jiu to a spar, and the two met in a secluded place.
• Hu Jiu attacked with his Eight Spider Lances and Evil God Hook, then trapped Tang Hao in the Life and Death Arena, sealing his soul skills and reducing his strength.

Ning Rongrong absorbed a powerful eighth soul ring and soul bone, then refused Ning Fengzhi’s offer to become sect master, with Hu Jiu helping her postpone the decision. Back in Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue visited Hu Jiu and revealed that Xue Ye was gravely ill and she had become the empire’s acting ruler.

• Hu Jiu absorbed the Seven-Colored Treasure Dragon’s essence through his Eight Spider Lances while Ning Rongrong absorbed its soul ring and soul bone.
• Ning Rongrong reached level eighty-one, gained the Eighteen Layers of Divine Light Protection and the Seven Treasures Spirit Head Bone, and advanced Heart Separation Control to the Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Ning Rongrong to become sect master, but she refused, and Hu Jiu persuaded Ning Fengzhi to put off the decision.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi her good news, then returned to their Heaven Dou City mansion with Hu Jiu.
• Qian Renxue visited Hu Jiu the next morning, congratulated him on becoming a Food System Douluo, and disclosed that Xue Ye was gravely ill and she was acting ruler of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Hu Jiu revealed that his Soul Skill could evolve Martial Souls, astonishing Ning Fengzhi and the elders, while Ning Rongrong announced she had reached level eighty. The group then traveled to the Seven-Colored Forest to hunt a Seven-Colored Treasure Dragon for Ning Rongrong's next Soul Ring.

• Hu Jiu told Ning Fengzhi that his Martial Soul-evolving Soul Skill was on cooldown, and Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo warned that the ability had to remain secret.
• Ning Rongrong revealed she had reached level eighty, and Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo confirmed her strength.
• Hu Jiu reassured Ning Fengzhi that his accumulated Soul Power could let him break through once his Martial Soul evolved, and Ning Fengzhi ordered the sect's benefits doubled.
• Ning Fengzhi confirmed that the sect had been watching a Seven-Colored Treasure Dragon for Ning Rongrong, and they agreed to hunt it the next day.
• Hu Jiu, Ning Rongrong, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo reached the Seven-Colored Forest, a secret Soul Beast reserve belonging to the sect.

Hu Jiu returned to Sea God Island, where his presence accelerated his companions’ cultivation. After Xiao Bai and Zhu Zhuqing made breakthroughs, Hu Jiu took Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Dou Great Forest to find her a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and speak with Da Ming and Er Ming about taking human form.

• Tang Hao refused to continue sparring with Hu Jiu, who decided he could seek out Dugu Bo for revenge instead.
• Hu Jiu brought Xiao Wu and the others to Sea God Island, where Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar were training under Seahorse Douluo.
• Hu Jiu reunited with the group, and their cultivation began speeding up again with his help.
• Xiao Bai reached level 60, created a Soul Ring for himself, and advanced to level 61.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached level 80, so Hu Jiu took her to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and ask Da Ming and Er Ming whether they wanted to take human form.

Hu Jiu reunited with Qian Renxue, revealed that he had obtained the Sea God’s Divine Seat inheritance, and returned to Shrek Academy as a Titled Douluo. His evolved Second Soul Ring gained the ability to copy Martial Souls and Soul Ring Skills, and he began collecting transformations for his challenge to the Seven Sacred Pillars.

• Qian Renxue grew impressed by Hu Jiu’s strength, and he hinted that he had obtained the Sea God’s Divine Seat inheritance.
• Hu Jiu brought Xiao Wu and the others to Shrek Academy, where Flender proposed making him an honorary dean and erecting a statue in his honor.
• Hu Jiu declined Flender’s promotion ceremony and focused on evolving his Second Soul Ring.
• Hu Jiu’s Second Soul Skill began copying Martial Souls and Soul Ring Skills, and it let him transform into powerful Soul Beasts with their abilities.
• Hu Jiu stored transformations of Tang Hao, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, Zhao Wuji, Flender, and others, including Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong.

Hu Jiu persuaded Da Ming and Er Ming to take human form and leave the Star Dou Great Forest with him, then searched for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to provide Zhu Zhuqing with a Soul Ring. After Da Ming warned him away from the Forbidden Land, Hu Jiu followed Er Ming’s lead and located a Shadow Leopard in a natural mine.

• Hu Jiu told Da Ming and Er Ming that Xiao Bai had reached the Soul Emperor realm in less than two years after taking human form, and Da Ming agreed that he and Er Ming would leave with Hu Jiu.
• Hu Jiu asked Da Ming about hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for Zhu Zhuqing, but Da Ming warned that entering the Forbidden Land meant certain death.
• Er Ming remembered finding a Hundred-Thousand-Year Shadow Leopard in the Star Dou Great Forest and led Hu Jiu and Zhu Zhuqing to its former location.
• Hu Jiu and Er Ming searched the area for several days without finding the Shadow Leopard, until the Blue Silver Grass revealed that its territory was inside a natural mine.
• Hu Jiu found the Shadow Leopard’s trace in a cave within the mine.