Chapter Summaries

Chen Cong explained Douluo Continent’s population and the number of Soul Masters to Chen Xiaojun, describing how food production and population growth had supported a total of roughly 1.5 million Soul Masters. He also outlined their distribution, yearly recruitment and losses, and the toll of wars and calamities, leaving Chen Xiaojun with a clearer sense of the continent’s scale and dangers.

• Chen Xiaojun asked Chen Cong how many Soul Masters lived on the continent after learning that thirty to forty thousand had been gathered for the fighting in Vast Sea City.
• Chen Cong said Douluo Continent covered about fifty-five million square kilometers and had a population exceeding 1.5 billion, boosted by high-yield crops promoted by the Plant Guild.
• Chen Cong estimated that roughly one in a thousand people was a Soul Master, for a total of more than 1.5 million, and described how Spirit Hall, the empires, organizations, and other groups accounted for them.
• Chen Cong warned that gray-underworld Soul Masters and at least twenty to thirty thousand Evil Soul Masters also posed potential threats.
• Chen Cong explained that around twenty thousand people became Soul Masters each year while more than ten thousand died, and that wars and calamities caused heavier losses even as the total gradually increased over centuries.

Chen Xiaojun identified three substances recovered from whale-type Sea Soul Beasts as Whale Jelly, which could strengthen Soul Masters and help them endure older Soul Rings. In the aftermath of the Beast Tide, Sea God Island and the Heaven Dou Empire established diplomatic ties, while the Chen Clan and its allies profited from the surge in trade and activity.

• Chen Cong delivered two pieces of Thousand Year Whale Jelly and one piece of Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly, and Chen Xiaojun explained their properties and uses.
• Sea God Island incorporated the remaining Banner Tribe members and decided to send a diplomatic mission to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Sea God Island and the Heaven Dou Empire agreed to exchange envoys and cooperate on trade, information, cultural exchange, maritime rescue, anti-piracy efforts, and military matters.
• Merchant guilds, auction houses, and smaller traders competed to buy and sell the Soul Beast corpses from the Beast Tide, driving up prices and profits.
• The Chen Clan, the Glazed Tile Merchant Guild, the Turtle Clan Alliance, and the Great Soul Arena collected resources, expanded trade with Sea God Island, and earned substantial returns.

Xue Tianming and Priest Chief Chloe finalized key terms for cooperation between Soul Fighting City and Sea God Island. Meanwhile, the Crimson Church learned of Sea God Island’s growing involvement in continental affairs and planned to exploit tensions between it and the Sailfish Holy Land.

• Xue Tianming outlined the agreements, including Sea God Island receiving a thirty-percent share, overseeing the Great Soul Arena, and cooperating on security and commerce, and Priest Chief Chloe accepted the terms.
• The Crimson Church Master questioned Li Lingfeng about Elder Oriental’s severe injuries and learned that Long Ma and Zuo Ting had forced them to flee after Leona Rhodes revealed their location.
• The Church Master concluded that Sea God Island’s cooperation with the Heaven Dou Empire meant it was formally intervening in continental affairs.
• The Church Master ordered Li Lingfeng to strengthen ties with the Sailfish Holy Land and encourage conflict between it and Sea God Island.
• The Church Master directed the Crimson Church to expand intelligence gathering, especially on the Three Great Neutral Organizations.

Bo Saixi recounted her privileged upbringing on Sea God Island and her journey to Vast Sea City, where she challenged Xiao Yi to a spirit-fighting match. She lost to Xiao Yi, but left with a new awareness of her shortcomings and an unexpected sense of happiness about meeting her and Xiao Hongchen.

• Xi Xi awakened the Sea God Martial Soul at six and received exceptional training from her grandmother, Bo Xian'er.
• Bo Saixi persuaded Bo Xian'er to let her travel the continent with Ruia, protected by Long Ma and Ou Ya.
• Bo Saixi and her companions reached Vast Sea City, where she explored the city and entered spirit-fighting matches with Ruia.
• Bo Saixi noticed Xiao Yi and Xiao Hongchen, then challenged Xiao Yi to a match.
• Xiao Yi countered Bo Saixi's martial techniques and soul skills, defeating her despite Bo Saixi's use of the Water Control Art.
• Bo Saixi accepted the loss with some disappointment but felt relieved and happy to have met Xiao Yi and Xiao Hongchen.

Bo Saixi recounted how she grew close to Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun, learned they belonged to the Chen Clan, and witnessed Chen Xiaojun lead their team through dangerous battles. She ended by explaining that God-level Martial Souls were sealed during childhood and only fully awakened at the Titled Douluo level.

• Bo Saixi grew familiar with Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun and learned how well the two understood each other.
• After Ou Ya reported that Banner Tribe was attacking the city, Bo Saixi revealed her identity, and Chen Xiaojun disclosed that the group belonged to the Chen Clan and had recognized Sea God Island’s people from the start.
• Chen Xiaojun advised Sea God Island to send word to High Priest Bo Xian'er, then shared extensive knowledge of the island that surprised Bo Saixi.
• During a small Beast Tide, Chen Xiaojun commanded a seven-person team and helped Bo Saixi kill a nearly ten-thousand-year Calamity Fish, then absorbed its soul ring and reached level 34.
• Chen Xiaojun used three Spiral Sword God Pearls to break through a ten-thousand-year turtle-type Soul Beast's shell after stopping Bo Saixi from using her unfinished Water Control Art technique.
• Bo Saixi explained that inheritors of God-level Martial Souls sealed their power at awakening and gradually unsealed it as they grew stronger.

Bo Saixi recounted Chen Xiaojun’s lightning-fast Sword Drawing Technique and his decisive battle against the Calamity Fish Ancient King. After Chen Xiaojun collapsed from his injuries, Xiao Yi treated him, and the defeat of the beast leaders secured the defenders’ advantage.

• Chen Xiaojun used his self-created Sword Drawing Technique to cross more than two hundred meters in a flash and strike the Calamity Fish Ancient King.
• Bo Saixi learned that Chen Xiaojun’s lightning-charged assault used the Chen Clan’s newly developed Thunder Breathing Technique.
• Chen Xiaojun unleashed his third soul skill and successive attacks, overwhelming and killing the Calamity Fish Ancient King.
• Chen Xiaojun fell from midair, and Uncle Luo carried him to the Corner Tower while Xiao Yi channeled life energy to stabilize his injuries.
• The soul beast horde fell into chaos, and a Soul Sage of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda arrived and killed the Calamity Fish Saint Empress.

After witnessing the Beast Tide, Bo Saixi reflected on Sea God Island’s weaknesses and was inspired by Chen Xiaojun’s calls for reform and closer ties with the continent. She also grew more admiring of him as she and the others formed the Sea’s Sword battle team for the competition.

• Bo Saixi recalled the Beast Tide’s brutality and the courage of those who fought, then described Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong’s proposals for closer cooperation with Sea God Island.
• Grandma Kou Yi arrived in Vast Sea City with Grandma Bo Xian’er’s instructions to deepen ties, and Chen Xiaojun warned that Sea God Island’s institutions and management were falling behind.
• Bo Saixi discussed his remarks with Grandma Kou Yi and Uncle Long Ma, who agreed Sea God Island needed to learn from the continent and improve its systems.
• Sea God Island established diplomatic relations with the Heaven Dou Empire, and Bo Saixi resolved to study the continent and prepare for reform.
• Chen Xiaojun absorbed a seventy-thousand-year soul bone, gained three soul power levels, and teased Bo Saixi about protecting her.
• The seven formed the Sea’s Sword battle team, which advanced through the competition despite its uneven soul power levels and began to draw attention.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions traveled from Vast Sea City to Chang'an City and visited the historic Huaqing Palace. Their sightseeing ended with Chen Xiaojun teasing Xi Xi about her and Xiao Yi's appearance.

• Chen Xiaojun reflected on Chang'an City's history and its similarities to places from his previous life, which deepened his suspicions about Douluo Continent's connection to Earth.
• After the matter involving Sea God Island and Vast Sea City no longer required their help, Chen Xiaojun and his companions set out for the village with Xi Xi traveling alongside them.
• The group journeyed southeast through the Hagen-Dazs Kingdom and the Xie Luo Mountain Range before reaching Chang'an City in Fasinuo Province.
• At Huaqing Pool, Chen Xiaojun and Xi Xi discussed the ruins of Huaqing Palace and its lost former splendor.
• Xi Xi asked Chen Xiaojun whether she and Xiao Yi looked good, and he teased her with a remark about being red mixed with black.
• Xi Xi glared at Chen Xiaojun, complained to Xiao Yi, and continued eating her apple while he pretended to apologize.

Chen Xiaojun, Xi Xi, Xiao Yi, and their companions joked and admired the mountain scenery as they climbed toward a palace. They reached the summit and decided to go inside to see whether anyone was there.

• Chen Xiaojun teased Xi Xi about her name and eating apples, then joked with her about calling him Little Xiaojun and being his Older Sister.
• Xi Xi tried to get Chen Xiaojun to describe Xiao Yi, and he praised her with a line from a Bai Juyi poem.
• The group chatted and enjoyed the scenery while climbing the stone steps, and Xin Mengshen spotted what looked like a palace on a distant mountaintop.
• Zhu Yanfeng and Ou Ya reflected on the peaceful mountain surroundings as the others admired the views and wildflowers.
• The group reached the summit, found an ancient palace surrounded by pines and cypresses, and Chen Xiaojun suggested going inside.

Chen Xiaojun and the others explored a palace they believed was connected to the First Generation Angel God, finding accounts of her deeds and clues linking her to the Sea God and the Second Generation Angel God. Chen Xiaojun suspected the palace was a mobile Space Secret Realm, and after a quiet night, the group resumed exploring.

• Xi Xi identified the statue in the palace as the First Generation Angel God and recounted legends about her friendship with the Sea God and her sealing away evil powers.
• Xi Xi read a Stone Tablet that described the First Generation Angel God's deeds and blessings, and mentioned her ties to the Sea God and the Second Generation Angel God.
• Chen Xiaojun and the others explored the palace rooms, finding ancient relics that held historical value but had little practical use.
• Zhu Yanfeng raised concerns about the palace's lack of guards, visitors, and signs of age, and Chen Xiaojun concluded it was likely a mobile Space Secret Realm.
• Zhu Yanfeng and Ou Ya took turns keeping watch, and the group passed the night without incident before setting off to explore more corridors.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions discovered the Angel Holy Sword and learned that it had once belonged to the First Generation Angel God. Chen Xiaojun’s Sword God Pearls resonated with the sword, but he and the others could not draw it.

• Xi Xi opened a sealed door and identified the sacred sword inside as the Angel Holy Sword used by the First Generation Angel God to seal evil power.
• Chen Xiaojun and Xi Xi discussed the Second Generation Angel God’s sword-drawing trial and its connection to divine inheritance.
• Chen Xiaojun’s ten Sword God Pearls circled the Angel Holy Sword, and the Seven Stars Long Yuan Pearl and Zhan Lu Pearl formed especially strong resonances with it.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that the sword’s resonance seemed to help his Sword God Pearls progress, and the Seven Stars Long Yuan Pearl began to awaken.
• Luo Zhenjun and Zhu Wuneng were thrown back when they tried to approach the sword, while Chen Xiaojun and Zhu Yanfeng could touch it but could not draw it.

Chen Xiaojun and Xi Xi deciphered a stele in the palace that recorded the Faith to God Method, linking the Sea God to the First Generation Angel God. After exploring the palace, they found an altar associated with the Angel Holy Sword and the sealing of evil, but Chen Xiaojun did not know exactly what had once been sealed there.

• Xi Xi warned the group not to try drawing the divine sword again, and they continued exploring the palace.
• Chen Xiaojun and Xi Xi deciphered the stele and learned it recorded the Faith to God Method, which matched the method the Sea God had obtained from ruins with a friend believed to be the Second Generation Angel God.
• Chen Xiaojun had the method copied and gave Xi Xi a copy for future study.
• The group discovered documents about the First Generation Angel God, along with a few mysterious Soul Tools and ornaments, and carefully collected them.
• Outside the palace, the group found a huge altar with a groove shaped for the Angel Holy Sword, which Chen Xiaojun believed was where the Second Generation Angel God had drawn it.
• When Zhu Wuneng asked what evil had been sealed beneath the altar, Chen Xiaojun said he did not know the details but believed the evil power was gone.

At the altar, Chen Xiaojun speculated that the evil sealed by the Angel God might have been an evil god’s divine will, and that the Sea God had stopped her from drawing the sword to prevent its escape. His explanation was cut short when the palace statue glowed and unleashed a powerful Soul Power wave that rushed toward the group.

• Xi Xi described the Sea God and the Angel God’s parting, and Chen Xiaojun speculated that their rupture might have involved love and betrayal.
• Chen Xiaojun suggested the sword-drawing ritual was tied to the Angel inheritance and that the Sea God had stopped the Angel God because releasing the sealed evil could bring disaster.
• Chen Xiaojun theorized that the evil was a bodiless divine will, possibly connected to the later rise of the Evil Churches and the calamities caused by Evil Soul Masters.
• Zhu Yanfeng questioned why drawing the sword was part of the divine inheritance, and Chen Xiaojun admitted he did not know.
• A mechanical sound rang out as the palace statue shone with golden light and sent a powerful Soul Power wave toward the group, prompting Chen Xiaojun to shield Xiao Yi and Xi Xi.

After the secret realm closed, Chen Xiaojun and his companions were transported to a valley and gave up their hopes of exploring it further. They gathered afterward for a meal of Chen Xiaojun’s Sauerkraut Fish, and the chapter ended with everyone enjoying his cooking and its benefits.

• Chen Xiaojun and the others were suddenly transported from the secret realm to an empty valley as it closed.
• Chen Xiaojun led Xi Xi and the others out, and he told Zhu Wuneng that another chance to enter a Mobile Space Secret Realm was uncertain.
• The group gathered for a meal, and Chen Xiaojun prepared Sauerkraut Fish from a bighead carp Luo Zhenjun had caught.
• Xi Xi and the others praised the fish, while Chen Xiaojun explained that his seasonings had helped build a profitable industry with the Yang Family and the Ning Family.
• Everyone enjoyed the meal, which could also increase Soul Power to some extent.

During a meal, Chen Xiaojun explained that cooking well came from practice and a love of food. Luo Zhenjun said he would take Xin Mengshen home to meet his grandfather, and the two affirmed their feelings for each other.

• Xi Xi and Xiao Yi pressed Chen Xiaojun to reveal his cooking secrets, and he advised them to cook, eat, and experiment while loving good food.
• Xin Mengshen praised Chen Xiaojun's cooking and said that putting one's heart into things helped make them succeed.
• Zhu Yanfeng asked whether Luo Zhenjun would bring Xin Mengshen to meet his grandfather during summer vacation, and Luo Zhenjun agreed.
• Xin Mengshen asked what Luo Zhenjun's grandfather liked, and Zhu Yanfeng suggested that she find him historically styled porcelain.
• Luo Zhenjun held Xin Mengshen's hand and promised to protect her and their family, and she vowed to stay by his side.

Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi grew closer as their friends teased Zhu Wuneng about finding a girlfriend. Their lighthearted gathering was interrupted when three unfamiliar people arrived, led by an elegant young man and a beautiful girl.

• Chen Xiaojun held Xiao Yi’s hand and promised that she would find happiness, while Xi Xi watched with envy.
• Zhu Yanfeng urged Zhu Wuneng to find a girlfriend, and everyone teased him about his mysterious romantic interest.
• Chen Xiaojun joked that Zhu Wuneng liked Wang Dama’s daughter, and Zhu Wuneng denied it in embarrassment.
• Three people arrived, including an elegant young man wearing a sapphire ring and a beautiful girl in a white dress.

Chen Xiaojun welcomed Ji Boda, Liu Ruyan, and Ito Makoto to share a meal after they emerged from the mountains. He gave Ji Boda Immortal Dew Grass as an engagement gift and agreed to attend the couple’s banquet in a week, while Ito Makoto remained unwell as they prepared to camp for the night.

• Ji Boda introduced himself, his fiancée Liu Ruyan, and Ito Makoto, and asked Chen Xiaojun’s group for a place to stay.
• Chen Xiaojun invited the three travelers to eat and served them fish seasoned with Immortal Dew Grass.
• Ji Boda asked to buy the spice for his and Liu Ruyan’s engagement banquet, and Chen Xiaojun gave him a pouch as a gift.
• Ji Boda invited Chen Xiaojun to the engagement banquet in a week, and Chen Xiaojun accepted.
• Liu Ruyan checked on the weak Ito Makoto, then asked Ji Boda to help set up their tent.

More than twenty Black-Clad Men ambushed Chen Xiaojun’s group at night, overwhelming Liu Ruyan, Ji Boda, and Ito Makoto. Zhu Yanfeng’s powerful soul skills turned the tide temporarily, and the attackers realized a Soul Douluo was among their foes.

• More than twenty Black-Clad Men raided the camp, and Zhu Yanfeng spotted them before they attacked.
• Chen Xiaojun, Xiao Yi, Zhu Wuneng, and the others formed a defensive circle against the attackers.
• Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan used their soul skills to fight off the Black-Clad Men while Ito Makoto struggled to keep up.
• Ji Boda took a Soul King-level enemy’s blow while protecting Ito Makoto, and Liu Ruyan was injured as she continued fighting.
• Chen Xiaojun called for help, and Zhu Yanfeng drove back the attackers with Stone Armor Shield and Petrification Eye.
• Chen Xiaojun’s group protected Ji Boda, Liu Ruyan, and Ito Makoto, while the Black-Clad Men recognized Zhu Yanfeng as a Soul Douluo.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions survived a night raid when Zhu Yanfeng and Ou Ya drove off and killed the Black-Clad Men. Afterward, Chen suspected the attackers had targeted Ji Boda or Liu Ruyan’s party, while Ji prepared to investigate and invited everyone to his engagement.

• The Black-Clad Men attacked, but Ou Ya’s soul skills scattered their ranks while Zhu Yanfeng held off their leader.
• Chen Xiaojun and his companions counterattacked, and Zhu Yanfeng and Ou Ya caught the fleeing attackers; the survivors took poison rather than be captured.
• Ji Boda, Liu Ruyan, and the others thanked Chen Xiaojun’s group, and Chen reasoned that the Black-Clad Men had likely been targeting them rather than his newly arrived party.
• Ji Boda resolved to investigate the attackers, while Liu Ruyan escorted the injured Yin Tengcheng to rest.
• Ji Boda invited Chen Xiaojun and the others to his engagement in a week, and Chen agreed to attend.

After returning safely to the Chen Clan branch residence, Chen Xiaojun gave Chen Cong a copy of the Faith to God Method and explained its insights into godhood. He then described gods as only one system within the Heaven Rank, leaving Chen Cong astonished by the scale of the wider cultivation world.

• Ji Boda carried the badly injured Yin Tengcheng back toward Chang'an City while Liu Ruyan guarded them, and the three later parted from the others.
• Chen Xiaojun and the others returned to the Chen Clan branch residence, where Chen Cong and Long Ma heard about their encounter with the First Generation Angel God's secret realm and the black-clad attacker.
• Chen Cong took Chen Xiaojun aside, and Chen Xiaojun handed him the copied Faith to God Method.
• Chen Cong read that godhood required breakthroughs in divine power, divine sense, the Divine Body, and Divine Authority, while Chen Xiaojun explained the roles of Faith Power and divine equipment.
• Chen Xiaojun told Chen Cong that his Master viewed gods as one power system among many and called their shared level Heaven Rank, within a larger progression of extraordinary, Heaven Rank, and Dao Realm stages.