Chapter Summaries

Hu Jiu led the group in trapping and defeating a Shadow Leopard, allowing Zhu Zhuqing to absorb its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. After reaching level 81 and gaining her eighth Soul Skill, she left the cave with everyone to witness Da Ming and Er Ming take human form.

• Hu Jiu split the group to block both exits of the cave and assigned Er Ming to wait outside.
• The Shadow Leopard chose to charge Hu Jiu's team, but Hu Jiu weakened it and supported Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar as they attacked.
• Tang San's team joined the assault, and the combined group defeated the Shadow Leopard.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Shadow Leopard's soul ring safely, reaching level 81 and gaining the eighth Soul Skill Nether Self-Sacrifice Strike.
• Hu Jiu warned Zhu Zhuqing not to use her Soul Skill unless necessary, and the group left the cave to watch Da Ming and Er Ming take human form.

Da Ming and Er Ming transformed into humans after more than half a month, with Hu Jiu and the others protecting them. As the group prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, Da Ming offered them the Soul Bones he had collected.

• Xiao Wu confirmed that Da Ming and Er Ming were determined to transform, and Hu Jiu reassured her that he would protect them.
• Da Ming and Er Ming began transforming inside vast cocoons of light, while Xiao Wu and Xiao Bai calmed the restless Soul Beasts.
• After more than half a month, Da Ming and Er Ming emerged as human-looking young men, surprising Hu Jiu and making Xiao Wu laugh.
• Da Ming summoned a pile of Soul Bones from the lake and invited the group to choose one before leaving.
• Oscar and the others began dividing the Soul Bones, and Hu Jiu chose one to keep as a collectible.

Hu Jiu's team trained on Sea God Island as their strength grew, and his Sixth Soul Ring evolved into a powerful new ability. He then used his evolution Soul Skill to transform Ning Fengzhi's Martial Soul, allowing Ning Fengzhi to reach rank 91 in seven days.

• Hu Jiu brought Da Ming and Er Ming to Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi accepted their presence and the team resumed training.
• Over three months, Da Ming and Er Ming became Soul Ancestors, while the other members also increased their ranks.
• Hu Jiu's Sixth Soul Ring evolved into External Incarnation, and his Swift Pursuit Wind Left Leg Bone reached the hundred-thousand-year level.
• Hu Jiu gave Ning Fengzhi an Evolution Ginseng, which transformed his Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and raised him to rank 80.
• Ning Fengzhi gained the Soul Rings he needed and reached rank 91 within seven days.

Hu Jiu and his companions began their Fifth Trials on Sea God Island, with Oscar and Ning Rongrong challenging Seahorse Douluo first. Oscar defeated Seahorse Douluo, leaving the group ready to continue their trials.

• Hu Jiu asked the group about their assigned examiners and learned that Tang San would face the strongest guardian, Sea Dragon Douluo.
• Hu Jiu told the others to challenge their examiners first and said he would challenge them after they had rested.
• Oscar and Ning Rongrong faced Seahorse Douluo at the Sea within the Sea, with Oscar copying Dai Mubai's White Tiger Martial Soul and Rongrong supporting him.
• Ning Rongrong weakened Seahorse Douluo while Oscar attacked, allowing Oscar to gain the upper hand.
• Oscar ultimately defeated Seahorse Douluo with his superior Soul Power.

Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun completed their Sea God trials with Ning Rongrong’s support, each defeating a Sacred Pillar guardian and gaining a level. The group then reached the Sea Witch Sacred Pillar, where Zhu Zhuqing began her challenge against the Mermaid Maiden.

• Oscar defeated the Seahorse Douluo, raising his level from 76 to 77 and completing one-sixth of Ning Rongrong’s assessment.
• Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong defeated the Sea Spear Douluo after Dai Mubai interrupted his seawater-enhanced domain, raising Dai Mubai’s level from 82 to 83.
• Ma Hongjun and Ning Rongrong defeated the Sea Ghost Douluo with a barrage of flames, raising Ma Hongjun’s level from 76 to 77.
• The group rested overnight in Seahorse City, then went to the Sea Witch Sacred Pillar for Zhu Zhuqing’s challenge.
• The Mermaid Maiden revealed that she could read minds, and Tang San explained how to block the ability before Zhu Zhuqing began her Martial Soul Possession.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated the Sea Witch after Ning Rongrong’s support and Tang San’s advice, completing her assessment. Xiao Wu then began her challenge against Starfish Douluo, who was startled by the strength of her Rabbit and the two fighters’ combined power.

• Ning Rongrong grew angry when the Sea Witch called her a sister, while Zhu Zhuqing launched an attack on the examiner.
• Tang San warned Zhu Zhuqing not to let the Sea Witch play her flute, and Zhu Zhuqing used her speed to overwhelm her.
• The Sea Witch surrendered, completing Zhu Zhuqing’s assessment and bringing Ning Rongrong to four completed assessment parts.
• Xiao Wu stepped onto the Starfish Sacred Pillar platform and challenged Starfish Douluo.
• Starfish Douluo transformed through Martial Soul Possession, then froze when he sensed the strength of Xiao Wu’s Rabbit and saw Ning Rongrong enhance them both.

Xiao Wu defeated Starfish Douluo and completed her trial, while Tang San began his challenge against Sea Dragon Douluo at the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar. Sea Dragon Douluo revealed that his Demon-Breaking domain could break other domains and challenged Tang San to show his true abilities.

• Starfish Douluo attacked Ning Rongrong, but Xiao Wu helped her evade the strike before Ning Rongrong weakened him.
• Xiao Wu's Little Rabbit and Seven Consecutive Kills overwhelmed Starfish Douluo until she received notice that her trial was complete and advanced from level eighty-seven to eighty-eight.
• Tang San, Hu Jiu, and the others went to the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar, where Tang San stepped forward to challenge Sea Dragon Douluo.
• Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass domain, but Sea Dragon Douluo released his Martial Soul and explained that his Demon-Breaking domain could break all domains.

Tang San proposed a duel without Soul Skills to offset Sea Dragon Douluo’s advantage, then revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to gain momentum. Sea Dragon Douluo countered with an innate Martial Soul technique, leaving the fight in a stalemate.

• Tang San charged Sea Dragon Douluo, exchanged blows with him, and used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to deflect his claws.
• Tang San proposed that they fight using only their Martial Souls and combat techniques, and Sea Dragon Douluo agreed after confirming Ning Rongrong was included.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, revealed that he had Twin Martial Souls, and met Sea Dragon Douluo in a head-on clash.
• Tang San used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to drive Sea Dragon Douluo backward, and Sea Dragon Douluo recognized it as a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Sea Dragon Douluo activated his dragon-scaled Martial Soul’s innate technique and clashed with Tang San, bringing the battle to a stalemate.

Tang San defeated Sea Dragon Douluo, completing the others’ fifth-trial assessments, and Hu Jiu began his own challenge by overwhelming Seahorse Douluo. The chapter ended with Seahorse Douluo conceding after only a few exchanges.

• Tang San defeated Sea Dragon Douluo with his thirty-sixth Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer strike, and Sea Dragon Douluo accepted his loss.
• Tang San advanced from Level 85 to Level 86, Ning Rongrong advanced from Level 82 to Level 83, and everyone except Hu Jiu completed the fifth trial.
• Hu Jiu and the group returned the next morning, and Seahorse Douluo began Hu Jiu’s assessment by activating the Sacred Pillars’ lights.
• Hu Jiu used External Incarnation, Berserk Soul Ring, and Tang Hao’s Martial Soul and Spirit Ring Skills to attack Seahorse Douluo alongside his duplicate.
• Seahorse Douluo was quickly battered into conceding, while Hu Jiu realized he had badly underestimated the gap between their strengths.

Hu Jiu defeated the remaining Seven Sacred Pillar guardians and completed the Sea God's Fifth Trial ahead of schedule. His Sea God Affinity rose to 50%, and the trial's effects further strengthened his body.

• Hu Jiu broke Sea Phantom Douluo's illusion domain and defeated him with his hammers after the domain's backlash injured him.
• Hu Jiu defeated Sea Ghost Douluo after taking his strongest Spirit Ring Skill head-on, then used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill to defeat Starfish Douluo.
• Hu Jiu resisted Sea Witch's demonic flute with the Nine Nether White Tiger Sound and defeated her without using his incarnation.
• Hu Jiu and Sea Dragon Douluo fought without soul skills for an hour before Sea Dragon Douluo admitted defeat from exhaustion.
• Hu Jiu completed the Sea God's Fifth Trial in eight hours, raising his Sea God Affinity to 50% and greatly increasing his Soul Power and physical strength.

Hu Jiu and his companions received their sixth Sea God trial: defeat the Seven Sacred Pillars together, or endure Bo Saixi’s assault for one incense stick. After learning how formidable Bo Saixi was, they returned to plan their strategy for the trial in three days.

• Zhu Zhuqing noticed Hu Jiu’s Trident Mark had changed, and Sea Dragon Douluo said his Sea God Affinity had surpassed fifty percent.
• Bo Saixi announced that the group’s sixth trial was to defeat the Seven Sacred Pillars working together, withstanding her for one incense stick as an alternative.
• Sea Dragon Douluo warned the group that Bo Saixi could defeat him with a single strike even while using only half her Soul Power and no Soul Skills.
• Tang San reflected on the threat posed by Peerless Douluos and began planning the group’s tactics after they returned to Seahorse City.
• Tang San proposed using Hu Jiu as a second Support Soul Master, and Hu Jiu agreed to send his External Incarnation to assist Ning Rongrong.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Shrek Seven Devils discuss and decide their strategies and opponents for the upcoming battle against the Seven Sacred Pillars.
• The battle begins with both sides releasing their Martial Souls and using their initial Soul Skills.
• The fight is intense and chaotic, with each member of the Shrek Seven Devils facing off against their respective opponents.

Character Developments

• Tang San shows his strategic prowess by assigning opponents based on each team member's strengths and weaknesses.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun display their confidence and eagerness to fight.
• Zhu Zhuqing volunteers to face Sea Phantom Douluo, showcasing her willingness to take on challenging opponents.
• Xiao Wu expresses her unhappiness at not getting to fight Ma Hongjun's opponent but eventually accepts her assignment to face Sea Devil Douluo.

Significant Themes

• Teamwork and strategy are crucial for victory in battles with superior opponents.
• Each team member's unique abilities and Martial Souls contribute to their overall strength as a team.
• The importance of adaptability in the face of changing circumstances during a battle.

Character Interactions

• Tang San demonstrates his leadership by assigning opponents and making strategic decisions.
• Hu Jiu supports Tang San's decisions and comforts Xiao Wu when she's unhappy.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun display their confidence and eagerness to fight, contrasting with Xiao Wu's initial unhappiness.
• Zhu Zhuqing volunteers to take on a challenging opponent, showing her determination and willingness to contribute to the team's success.
• Bo Saixi arrives to watch the battle, showing her interest in the Shrek Seven Devils' abilities.

Shrek Academy defeated the Seven Sacred Pillars' guardian Douluo and completed the Sea God's Sixth Trial, receiving affinity, level, and Soul Ring rewards. As the others celebrated, Tang San's Fifth Soul Ring evolved into a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

• Ma Hongjun defeated Starfish Douluo, then Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Hu Jiu defeated their opponents as well.
• Tang San activated Divine Slaughter's Domain, received Ning Rongrong's attribute support, and defeated Sea Dragon Douluo before Shrek Academy overcame the final enemy.
• The Sea God's Sixth Trial was declared complete, raising Hu Jiu's Sea God Affinity to seventy percent and granting the group cultivation rewards.
• Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor drew energy from the surrounding Blue Silver Grass, and his black Fifth Soul Ring gradually turned red.
• Hu Jiu recognized Tang San's Fifth Soul Ring as a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and told Ning Rongrong its evolution came from an opportunity beyond the trial.

Tang San’s Fifth Soul Ring evolved into a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and Hu Jiu and the others rested after their battle with the Seven Sacred Pillars. The next morning, they arrived at the Sea God Palace to learn the contents of the Seventh Trial, where Bo Saixi called Hu Jiu forward first.

• Tang San’s Fifth Soul Ring evolved into a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and Oscar explained that Tang San’s Martial Soul was the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Bo Saixi postponed explaining the Seventh Trial until the next day, and Hu Jiu celebrated his rise to level ninety-seven with the group.
• Hu Jiu led Tang San and the others up Sea God Mountain, where the Seven Sacred Pillars’ guardian Douluos awaited them.
• Sea Dragon Douluo led the group into the Sea God Palace, where Bo Saixi sat on a stone platform.
• Bo Saixi opened her eyes and called Hu Jiu forward first.

Bo Saixi told Hu Jiu and the others how the Sea God unified the ocean and explained the long lifespans and slow cultivation of powerful Titled Douluo. The group learned that Hu Jiu had advanced far faster than the usual pace, while he urged them to work hard.

• Bo Saixi welcomed Hu Jiu and Tang San's group, then began telling them about the sea before explaining the seventh trial.
• Bo Saixi described how the Sea God spent over a thousand years unifying the sea and becoming its master through the Power of Faith.
• Hu Jiu confirmed that his lifespan had increased greatly after reaching Titled Douluo, estimating he could live six or seven hundred years.
• Bo Saixi explained that she was only a little over one hundred despite being level 99, and outlined how long it normally took to advance beyond level 95.
• Tang San and the others realized Hu Jiu had advanced from level 95 to 97 in only two years, and Hu Jiu encouraged them to work hard.

Bo Saixi explained that Hu Jiu’s highest-level Sea God trial would make him the next Sea God, while the others resolved to pursue godhood themselves. She introduced the Sea God’s Trident as the focus of the Seventh Trial, and Hu Jiu began pulling it free as the weapon responded to his Sea God’s Light.

• Bo Saixi revealed that Hu Jiu’s trial was the Sea God’s succession test and explained that becoming a god required overcoming the world’s limit at rank ninety-nine.
• Hu Jiu encouraged Tang San, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and the others to focus on cultivating and suggested they could share the ocean’s faith as subordinate gods.
• Bo Saixi introduced the Sea God’s Trident and said Hu Jiu had to earn its recognition to pass the Seventh Trial, while the others could help him.
• Ning Rongrong amplified Hu Jiu’s attributes, and he activated his Berserk Soul Skill before gripping the trident.
• The Sea God’s Light shone from Hu Jiu’s forehead mark, and the trident trembled as golden light spread across its shaft.

Hu Jiu reunited the Sea God's Heart with the Sea God's Trident and passed the Sea God's Seventh Trial, receiving the divine artifact and recognition. His companions gained powerful rewards, and Bo Saixi explained that the trident’s immense weight increased a hundredfold when anyone else held it or it left Hu Jiu’s hands.

• Hu Jiu struggled to pull the Sea God's Trident free until the Sea God's Heart emerged from his forehead and joined the trident, allowing him to lift it easily.
• The trident's power shook Sea God Island and the sea, awakened a giant one-eyed Soul Beast, and caused the island's residents to kneel before Hu Jiu's phantom.
• Hu Jiu passed the Sea God's Seventh Trial and the top-tier seventh trial, earning eighty-five percent Sea God Affinity, Red-Level Authority, Second Priest Authority, increased soul power and soul ring limits, and a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong received assessment rewards, with Xiao Wu reaching Level 90 and beginning to absorb a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Hu Jiu told Bo Saixi he had passed because of the Sea God's Heart and said he wanted to beat up the Sea God once he became a god.
• Bo Saixi explained that the Sea God's Trident could not be stored in a Soul Tool and weighed 108 jin for Hu Jiu but 108,000 jin for anyone else or when it left his hands.

Hu Jiu received the Sea God's Trident and learned the requirements of his Eighth Trial, which he believed he could easily complete. He left Sea God Palace with his companions, while Bo Saixi offered her help.

• Bo Saixi explained that the Sea God's Trident weighed 108,000 jin outside Hu Jiu's hands and could only be activated by Sea God's Light.
• Hu Jiu recalled Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer and focused on the trident's mark to learn his Eighth Trial requirements.
• Hu Jiu learned that he had to reach the nine-ring level and gather six hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones within five years, and realized his Soul Bones would soon meet the requirement.
• Bo Saixi worried about the trial's difficulty and offered to help, but Hu Jiu said he was confident he could pass.
• Hu Jiu kept the trial details private, then left Sea God Palace with Xiao Wu, Tang San, and the others as the guardian Douluos greeted him reverently.

Xiao Wu broke through to Titled Douluo, and Hu Jiu’s group celebrated before leaving Sea God Island for Heaven Dou City. Dai Mubai then decided to visit the Star Luo Empire to seek information about Divine Inheritance.

• Hu Jiu and the others congratulated Xiao Wu on reaching Level Ninety-One, while Tang San resolved to keep cultivating toward Titled Douluo.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar complained about their Sea God trials, and Hu Jiu urged them to cultivate and search for other inheritances.
• Hu Jiu explained that his Eighth Trial had a five-year limit, and Xiao Wu revealed her ninth Soul Skill, Moonlight Sky-Splitting Kill.
• The group bid farewell to Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluos, then Hu Jiu used Warp to take them to Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San reunited with Tang Hao and Ah Yin, Ma Hongjun and Oscar returned to Shrek Academy, and Dai Mubai asked Hu Jiu to take him to the Star Luo Empire to seek records of Divine Inheritance.

Tang San announced that he wanted to develop the Tang Sect to oppose Spirit Hall, and his companions offered to help despite Dai Mubai preparing to return to the Star Luo Empire. Hu Jiu proposed a partnership with the empire, then discussed Tang San’s plan to recruit the four great clans, leaving Tang San resolved to begin with the Strength Clan.

• Hu Jiu gathered Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and the others to see Dai Mubai off as Dai Mubai prepared to return to the Star Luo Empire.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun said they planned to travel the continent in search of Divine Seat Inheritance, and Tang San revealed his intention to develop the Tang Sect.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun pledged to help Tang San oppose Spirit Hall, while Dai Mubai hesitated over his duty to the Star Luo Empire.
• Hu Jiu suggested that the Tang Sect sell Hidden Weapons to the Star Luo Empire, and Dai Mubai agreed to prepare for a partnership.
• Hu Jiu Warped Dai Mubai back to the Star Luo Empire, then discussed Tang San’s plan to recruit the Strength Clan and the other three great clans.
• Tang San acknowledged that the Breaking Clan, Speed Clan, and Defense Clan resented the Clear Sky Sect and resolved to ask Grandpa Titan for advice.