Chapter Summaries

Tian Hao demonstrated his Adamantine Dragon Elephant Transformation and used a Soul Tool to draw lightning into his body for more than ten hours of cultivation. Hu Yan Ba and the Elephant Armor Sect elders were impressed, while Tian Hao planned to improve his painful body-tempering method and continued eating with the sect.

• Tian Hao told Hu Yan Ba that he could defeat a Titled Douluo as a Soul Saint, and Hu Yan Ba agreed to wait and judge his strength.
• Tian Hao activated his Adamantine Dragon Elephant Transformation, grew to three meters tall, and used a Golden Bell Shield to direct lightning into his body.
• Hu Yan Ba and the Elephant Armor Sect elders watched Tian Hao temper his body with lightning and grew more confident in their planned fight against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• After more than ten hours, Tian Hao stopped the lightning cultivation, used Life God Power to restore his Bloodline Power, and complained that the process was painful.
• Hu Yan Meng asked why Tian Hao did not use his Lightning Attribute Soul Bone to convert lightning for cultivation, and Tian Hao explained the difference between lightning-attributed Soul Power and natural lightning.

The Elephant Armor Sect planned to cooperate with the Saint Dragon Sect to develop Tian Hao's Lightning Body Tempering method and prepare for the upcoming Soul Master Competition. Unaware that the clan had arranged a group fight for him, Tian Hao considered refining his self-created skills and decided to improve the painful tempering method first.

• Hu Yan Ba ordered Hu Yan Zhen to arrange a melee between Tian Hao and clansmen below Soul Emperor level, with recordings to be taken to the Saint Dragon Sect as a sign of cooperation.
• Hu Yan Ba explained that the Saint Dragon Sect shared their concerns about the Soul Master World's future and held a deeper grudge against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Hu Yan Zhen warned that Tian Hao had not shown his full strength, while the Third Elder went to gather the clan's youngsters for the fight.
• Tian Hao considered developing Claw Intent to strengthen Dragon Claw Hand and reviewed improvements for his other self-created skills.
• Tian Hao decided to refine the Lightning Body Tempering method first, intending to test improvements on the durable Elephant Armor Sect clansmen.

Tian Hao used a bell-amplified roar to overwhelm most of the Elephant Armor Sect fighters, then prepared to face the survivors with a stone elephant on a chain. The chapter left him swinging the statue toward the remaining Soul Masters.

• Tian Hao amplified his Heaven-Shaking Soul-Shattering Dragon Roar Skill with a giant Golden Bell Shield, knocking most of the Elephant Armor Sect fighters to their knees.
• Falling Devil Douluo and Qian Jun Douluo recognized Tian Hao’s technique as an adaptation of Mighty Lion Douluo’s Soul-Shattering Sky-Exterminating Roar.
• Tian Hao told Hu Yan Zhen to remove the fallen fighters before the next battle, and Hu Yan Zhen ordered his clansmen to carry them away.
• Tian Hao used his Left Arm Soul Bone Skill to lift a smaller stone elephant, attached a tungsten-steel chain, and began swinging it toward the remaining Elephant Armor Sect members.

Tian Hao defeated the Elephant Armor Sect Soul Masters by swinging a stone elephant into their Diamond Shield Wall, then forced them to accept him as their boss. When he complained that the stone was too brittle for his weapon, Hu Yan Zhen revealed that the sect had plenty of diamonds.

• Tian Hao spun the Rock Giant Elephant into the Diamond Shield Wall until it shattered and the Elephant Armor Sect Soul Masters were injured and defeated.
• Hu Yan Meng and the others admired Tian Hao's unusual fighting style, while Hu Yan Zhen and the others considered its potential.
• Tian Hao made the defeated Soul Masters call him Boss and sent the injured group for treatment.
• Tian Hao asked Hu Yan Zhen for harder stone and explained that he wanted diamonds for an oversized Meteor Hammer.
• Hu Yan Zhen declared that the Elephant Armor Sect had enough diamonds to build Tian Hao a diamond castle.

Tian Hao showed Hu Yan Zhen that diamonds could absorb Earth Soul Power and offered to help the Elephant Armor Sect make use of its Diamond Mountain. He left Hu Yan Zhen with an Earth Soul Power seed in his Martial Soul, while Hu Yan Zhen eagerly tried to win him over with a feast and his daughter.

• Hu Yan Zhen led Tian Hao through Diamond Mountain and explained how the Elephant Armor Sect mined diamonds to support the sect.
• Tian Hao infused a diamond with Earth Soul Power, making it heavier and giving it an earthy yellow color.
• Hu Yan Zhen tested the diamond and asked Tian Hao to teach him Earth Soul Power, but Tian Hao initially refused.
• Tian Hao explained that he could merge Earth Soul Power into Hu Yan Zhen's Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul, then used their Martial Souls' resonance to plant it within him.
• Hu Yan Zhen invited Tian Hao to a feast and offered his daughter to him after sensing the changes to his Martial Soul and soul power.

Tian Hao declined Hu Yan Hua’s advances while visiting the Elephant Armor Sect, and the clan elders recognized that his Earth Soul Power could greatly improve their cultivation. The elders agreed to acknowledge him as their Patriarch and planned to obtain his power and investigate the Saint Dragon Sect’s Lightning Body Tempering method.

• Tian Hao refused Hu Yan Hua’s marriage proposal, claiming he had to reach Level 90 before he could master his cultivation technique and marry.
• After Tian Hao returned to his quarters, Hu Yan Zhen gathered the clan elders to discuss Earth Soul Power and Earth Diamonds.
• The Elephant Armor First Elder confirmed that an Earth Diamond made his Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul more active and could improve the clan’s cultivation if produced in large quantities.
• Hu Yan Ba decided that the clan would pay respects to Tian Hao as their Patriarch the next morning to gain Earth Soul Power.
• Hu Yan Ba ordered the First and Second Elders to take two Recording Crystals to the Saint Dragon Sect and learn its Lightning Body Tempering method.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tian Hao is acknowledged as the "Little Ancestor" and "Boss" by the Elephant Armor Sect due to his high seniority and possession of Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Tian Hao demonstrates his willingness to teach his skills to the sect but also warns that he will still need to assert his dominance as their cultivation levels rise.
• Tian Hao performs a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Hu Yan Meng, creating a powerful Diamond Mammoth form with dragon scales.
• Tian Hao mentions a Martial Soul Overlay Technique, which allows identical Martial Souls to fuse for quantitative improvement, unlike the qualitative evolution of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Character Developments

• Tian Hao shows leadership and assertiveness in his new role as the sect's boss, while also displaying his power and willingness to teach.
• Hu Yan Ba and the other sect members show deference and eagerness to learn from Tian Hao, recognizing the value of his Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Hu Yan Meng eagerly participates in the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, demonstrating his eagerness to grow stronger.

Significant Themes

• The importance of seniority and power in the Soul Master World, with Tian Hao's high seniority and strength earning him respect and deference.
• The value of Self-Created Soul Skills and the desire to learn and improve among the sect members.
• The potential for growth and evolution through Martial Soul Fusion Skills and Overlay Techniques.

Character Interactions

• Tian Hao interacts with Hu Yan Ba, the sect master, showing a mix of respect and assertiveness in their dynamic.
• Tian Hao works with Hu Yan Meng to perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, demonstrating his willingness to help others grow stronger.
• The sect members, including Hu Yan Kai and Hu Yan Meng, show eagerness to learn from Tian Hao and participate in his teachings.

Tian Hao demonstrated that Earth Soul Power could help the Elephant Armor Sect develop the Martial Soul Overlay Technique, then asked its elders to help him cultivate the Earth Domain. The Elephant Armor Sect saw the technique as a path to greater strength and considered the Saint Dragon Sect as a potential ally against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Tian Hao used Earth Soul Power to guide Hu Yan Zhen and Hu Yan Meng in fusing their martial souls, but the fusion failed halfway because their soul power had not been converted enough.
• Hu Yan Zhen explained that the attempt showed the Martial Soul Overlay Technique could work, and Hu Yan Ba and the others celebrated the Elephant Armor Sect's prospects.
• Hu Yan Ba and the Elephant Armor First Elder agreed that the sect still needed a reliable ally to defeat the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan decisively, and they considered the Saint Dragon Sect the best choice.
• Tian Hao asked the Elephant Armor Sect members to help him cultivate the Earth Domain, and the Second Elder volunteered because his ninth soul skill was the Gravity Domain.
• Tian Hao described the Earth Domain's connection to the Titan Giant Ape and Earth Soul Power, while Hu Yan Meng and the others listened.

Tian Hao helped the Elephant Armor Sect members merge with Earth Soul Power while studying the Second Elder’s Gravity Domain. After hearing about the Clear Sky Sect’s techniques and the Second Elder’s Earth Elephant King Soul Ring, Tian Hao proposed a way to refine earth-attribute Domain Soul Skills into a Martial Soul’s Talent Domain.

• The First Elder set out for the Saint Dragon Sect with the Third Elder while the Second Elder stayed to help Tian Hao cultivate.
• Tian Hao helped the Elephant Armor Sect members merge with Earth Soul Power and had the Second Elder maintain his Gravity Domain for study.
• The Second Elder found that Earth Soul Power let him control the Gravity Domain’s range and gravity while reducing its soul power consumption.
• Tian Hao asked about the Clear Sky Sect, and the Second Elder explained its Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and Great Sumeru Hammer techniques.
• The Second Elder said his Gravity Domain came from an Earth Elephant King Soul Ring that had nearly killed him during refinement.
• Tian Hao suggested that Earth Soul Power could refine a compatible earth-attribute Domain Soul Skill into a Martial Soul’s Talent Domain.

Tian Hao helped the Second Elder refine the origin power of his ninth soul ring into his Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul, raising his Soul Power Level and triggering a transformation. The Gravity Domain began to evolve into a Talent Domain, though it remained weak and confined to the Second Elder’s body.

• Tian Hao proposed using Earth Soul Power to fuse the Second Elder’s Earth Elephant King soul ring with his Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul and awaken a Talent Domain.
• The Second Elder agreed to try the method, and he and Tian Hao rested before beginning the refinement.
• Tian Hao used a Fusion Skill and Earth Soul Power to draw the soul ring’s origin power into the Second Elder’s Martial Soul as he secretly damaged the Soul Ring Structure.
• The Second Elder refined the released power, raising his Soul Power Level from Level 91 to the limit of Level 94 and fully merging the soul ring’s origin into his Martial Soul.
• The Second Elder’s Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul gained Earth Elephant traits, and its Gravity Domain began transforming into a weak Talent Domain that only affected his body.

Tian Hao helped the Second Elder refine his ninth soul ring into a Talent Domain, then discussed the Saint Dragon Sect’s future with Tuoba Si Nan. He proposed merging the Saint Dragon Sect and Elephant Armor Sect into the Dragon Elephant Sect, while Tuoba Si Nan asked what benefits the plan offered.

• The Second Elder’s Gravity Domain became a Talent Domain, and his Soul Power Level rose significantly.
• Tian Hao warned that refining a domain soul ring only worked under strict conditions and could otherwise hinder advancement to Super Douluo.
• Hu Yan Ba introduced Tuoba Si Nan and Tuo Ba Xi to Tian Hao, who then spoke privately with Tuoba Si Nan.
• Tian Hao learned that Tuoba Si Nan had limited control over his sect because senior elders held much of its authority.
• Tian Hao proposed merging the Saint Dragon Sect and Elephant Armor Sect into the Dragon Elephant Sect, with the aim of eventually defeating the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Tuoba Si Nan asked what benefits his sect could gain from the plan.

Tian Hao secured Tuoba Si Nan’s allegiance by promising the Saint Dragon Sect power, resources, and future benefits. As the Elephant Armor Sect weighed its own options, Hu Yan Ba chose to wait rather than pledge allegiance, while the Second Elder confirmed that Tian Hao’s method had transformed his Martial Soul but might hinder breakthroughs beyond level 96.

• Tian Hao offered Tuoba Si Nan Martial Soul evolution, dragon and lightning soul bones, a system of Self-Created Soul Skills, and other benefits in exchange for the Saint Dragon Sect’s loyalty.
• Tuoba Si Nan pledged allegiance to Spirit Hall and accepted Tian Hao’s request to call him Little Ancestor.
• Tuoba Si Nan explained to Hu Yan Ba why the Saint Dragon Sect stood to gain from opposing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and warned the Elephant Armor Sect to decide carefully.
• Hu Yan Ba chose to wait rather than pledge allegiance, hoping to preserve the Elephant Armor Sect’s independence and gain more influence.
• The Second Elder reported that his evolved Martial Soul and Talent Domain had great potential, though incomplete spirit-ring refinement could limit breakthroughs beyond level 96.

Tian Hao settled into his new Gravity Domain and planned to use it to strengthen his body while developing his cultivation system. He began fusing Earth Soul Power with the replicated power of the Titan Giant Ape, laying the groundwork for his next experiment.

• Hu Yan Zhen led Tuoba Si Nan and the others to a prepared courtyard, where they checked for surveillance after he left.
• Tuo Ba Xi questioned why Tuoba Si Nan had pledged loyalty, and Tuoba Si Nan told his son to cultivate toward the Titled Douluo realm before learning more.
• Tian Hao inspected the weak Gravity Domain he had formed through the Elephant Armor Sect's Second Elder's transformation and decided to use it to train his body.
• Tian Hao reflected that his strength still lagged far behind powerful Soul Beasts and resolved to study skeletal Soul Bone Transformation to reinforce his body.
• Tian Hao used his Head Soul Bone to replicate the Titan Giant Ape's unique soul power and began merging it with his Earth Soul Power, whose compatibility had improved through the Gravity Domain.

Tian Hao transformed his Lower Dantian into a secret realm and created a Sea of Wheels cultivation method that used Phoenix Flame to temper Bloodline Power. He planned to develop the next Dao Palace stage around all nine basic elements, but needed a Body Martial Soul wielder to study first.

• Tian Hao used the Void Mirror, Spiritual Power, and Spatial Telekinesis to transform his ninety-nine-meter Lower Dantian into an independent secret realm.
• Tian Hao filled the secret realm with Bloodline Power and created a Phoenix Wheel from the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core and bones of Blazing Flame Sect inheritors.
• Tian Hao used Phoenix Flame to temper his Bloodline Power, leaving ten percent behind while the flame absorbed the rest as nourishment.
• Tian Hao named the result a Sea of Wheels Secret Realm and connected its cultivation stages to Bloodline Power and Soul Bones.
• Tian Hao planned to build a Dao Palace Secret Realm around all nine basic elements and hoped a Body Martial Soul wielder would appear so he could study organ Energization.

Tian Hao emerged from seclusion having created Blood Qi Flame, which could ignite and temper Bloodline Power. He tested it on Hu Yan Zhen, leaving the Elephant Armor Sect elders eager to see whether the painful method could strengthen their clan.

• Tian Hao told Hu Yan Zhen and Tuo Ba Xi that his greatest breakthrough was turning blood qi into Blood Qi Flame.
• Tian Hao explained that Blood Qi Flame could ignite blood qi and asked Hu Yan Zhen to try it.
• Tian Hao had Second Elder Hu Yan Yue restrain Hu Yan Zhen, then injected Blood Qi Flame into his chest.
• Hu Yan Zhen screamed in agony as Tian Hao ignited his blood qi and adjusted the process while collecting data.
• Hu Yan Ba and Tuoba Si Nan watched the test, hoping the method could benefit the Elephant Armor Sect.

Tian Hao refined his Blood Qi ignition method by using it on Tuo Ba Xi and Elephant Armor Sect members, enduring their screams as he awakened their Bloodline Power. He left several clansmen and elders to recover before they could safely undergo the process.

• Tuo Ba Xi endured Tian Hao's Blood Qi Flame and successfully ignited his Bloodline Power.
• Hu Yan Ba summoned the Elephant Armor Sect's Soul Douluo clansmen, and Tian Hao ignited the Bloodline Power of all but three, who failed due to weaker physical conditioning.
• Tian Hao refused to attempt the method on Soul Saints and turned to the elders for more practice.
• The First Elder restrained Hu Yan Ba while Tian Hao ignited his Bloodline Power, with Hu Yan Yue's Soul Skill helping hold him in place.
• Tian Hao ignited the First Elder's Bloodline Power as well, then stopped because the process left its subjects weakened and in need of several days' recovery.

Falling Devil Douluo and Qian Jun Douluo watched Elephant Armor Sect and Saint Dragon Sect undergo testing to refine a method for cultivating Bloodline Power. They discussed Little Haozi’s ambitious Sacred Land Project and Spirit Hall’s plans to prepare for a future war with the God Realm, leaving the outcome dependent on their schemes and the path to godhood.

• Falling Devil Douluo and Qian Jun Douluo watched the agonizing tests below and judged Elephant Armor Sect and Saint Dragon Sect well suited to cultivating Bloodline Power.
• Qian Jun Douluo said Little Haozi’s Sacred Land Project could build a system of god-level inheritances using the Titan Giant Ape’s Earth Power and the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s power.
• Qian Jun Douluo and Falling Devil Douluo decided the God Realm Deities treated humans as tools and resolved to oppose them rather than surrender their chance to become gods.
• Qian Jun Douluo warned that Tang Chen’s Asura Demon Sword made him too dangerous to fight now, while Falling Devil Douluo looked forward to drawing divine inheritances to Clear Sky Sect and other potential targets.
• Qian Jun Douluo and Falling Devil Douluo hoped Little Haozi would find a way for them to become gods, and they continued to regard the two sects as valuable test subjects.

The Elephant Armor Sect elders examined Hu Yan Ba’s newly awakened Bloodline Power and planned to transform Diamond Mountain to strengthen their clansmen. They also plotted to merge with the Saint Dragon Sect and establish a university, while Hu Yan Yue worried their growing ambitions would bring disaster.

• The elders confirmed that Hu Yan Ba’s blood qi had become active, circulated like soul power, and was healing his injuries, while he warned them about the unbearable pain of awakening it.
• The Second Elder urged the sect to speed up the younger clansmen’s cultivation and proposed transforming Diamond Mountain into an Earth Diamond Mountain.
• Hu Yan Ba ordered every clansman to contribute Earth Soul Power to the mountain so the sect could create a vast cultivation environment.
• Hu Yan Ba proposed combining the clan’s Self-Created Soul Skills and combat techniques with the Saint Dragon Sect’s resources to establish a university, possibly named Dragon Elephant Academy.
• The First Elder supported plans to absorb part of the Saint Dragon Sect and prepare for a future conflict with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Hu Yan Yue worried that Hu Yan Ba and the First Elder’s ambitions would lead the Elephant Armor Sect into disaster.

Tuoba Si Nan and Tuo Ba Xi discussed the benefits and dangers of igniting Bloodline Power as they considered relocating the Saint Dragon Sect near the Elephant Armor Sect. Tuoba Si Nan met Qian Jun Douluo, who explained Spirit Hall's Guardian Spirit Project and made clear that rebirth depended on loyalty and performance.

• Tuo Ba Xi told Tuoba Si Nan that his injuries were healing rapidly after his Bloodline Power was ignited, but he could not record the method because its control was beyond his perception.
• Tuoba Si Nan decided to relocate the Saint Dragon Sect near the Elephant Armor Sect after Tuo Ba Xi voiced concern that Hu Yan Zhen might scheme against them.
• Tuoba Si Nan urged Tuo Ba Xi to build a relationship with the little ancestor and said the sect's future depended on him and that person.
• Tuoba Si Nan found a secluded valley and met Qian Jun Douluo, whom he respectfully greeted.
• Qian Jun Douluo explained that Spirit Hall's Guardian Spirit Project fused deceased Soul Masters' souls and Martial Souls into spirit bodies, with the extent of rebirth depending on loyalty and performance.

Tian Hao refined Phoenix Flame and the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent Inner Core while testing Blood Qi Flame body tempering on himself, discovering that it lengthened nerve-cell synapses. He then joined the gathered Elephant Armor Sect members and began introducing the Self-Created Soul Skills he would teach them.

• Tian Hao refined Phoenix Flame and the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent Inner Core while improving his methods for igniting blood qi and tempering the body.
• Tian Hao circulated Blood Qi Flame through his body to build pain tolerance and study its effects, then found that tempered nerve cells had slightly longer synapses.
• Tian Hao decided to continue the training and observe whether the nerve-cell changes developed further.
• Hu Yan Meng told Tian Hao that the Elephant Armor Sect members had gathered to learn his Self-Created Soul Skills and led him to the plaza.
• Tian Hao listed his Self-Created Soul Skills to the gathered Elephant Armor Sect members and explained that their final three words were their true names.