Chapter Summaries

Tian Mucheng absorbed his first soul ring and discovered that his dragon soul martial spirit let him create clones that could seize fortune and strengthen his frail body. He created an arrogant Gold Element clone named Jin Tianming and sent him toward the Sun Moon Empire.

• Tian Mucheng absorbed a 120-year soul ring from a Golden Armored Ape and returned home with its corpse.
• Tian Mucheng examined his soul skill, suffered intense pain, and woke in his Sea of Consciousness beside white and golden dragon souls.
• The white dragon soul entered Tian Mucheng, revealing that his cheat let him create clones to seize fortune and nourish his weakened body.
• Tian Mucheng chose arrogance as the golden clone’s personality trait and decided to send it to the Sun Moon Empire to pursue fame and learn Soul Tool Technology.
• Tian Mucheng created the golden-haired clone and named him Jin Tianming, with the martial soul Radiant Gold Ancient Dragon.

Jin Tianming absorbed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s External Soul Bone and reached level ten, so he and Tian Mucheng entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find him a soul ring. They encountered a Gold Element gorilla, and Jin Tianming faced it alone as it attacked.

• Tian Mucheng gave Jin Tianming the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s left palm External Soul Bone, which Jin Tianming absorbed.
• After reaching level ten, Jin Tianming and Tian Mucheng set out to hunt a soul beast and agreed to confirm the era’s timeline in Shrek City afterward.
• Jin Tianming carried the frail Tian Mucheng to the Star Dou Great Forest, and they searched for a soul beast suited to an eight-hundred-year soul ring.
• The pair went deeper into the forest after finding no more Golden Armored Apes, and Jin Tianming sensed a Gold Element gorilla ahead.
• Jin Tianming told Tian Mucheng to protect himself, then met the gorilla’s charge with a golden-scaled fist.

Jin Tianming absorbed a King Kong Ape's soul ring while Tian Mucheng watched for changes to his own body. After the pair left the Star Dou Great Forest for Shrek City, they decided to find an inn before investigating the timeline and possible soul beasts.

• Jin Tianming killed the King Kong Ape, and Tian Mucheng discovered that his dragon soul covered his fist in golden scales.
• Jin Tianming absorbed the ape's roughly 750-year-old soul ring in a cave while Tian Mucheng prepared food and kept watch.
• Jin Tianming's Soul Power rose to level thirteen, his physical strength improved, and his Gold Element grew stronger; Tian Mucheng said his own stamina and physique had improved slightly.
• Jin Tianming suggested checking whether Huo Yuhao had reached Shrek City and making plans about Electrolux and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, but Tian Mucheng said his dragon soul seemed to reject Spirit Type soul beasts.
• Jin Tianming and Tian Mucheng left the cave and traveled to Shrek City, where they decided to find an inn first.

Jin Tianming and Tian Mucheng explored Shrek City and learned that they had arrived before Huo Yuhao, then encountered Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo. After sensing a possible Martial Soul Fusion Skill connection between Zhang Lexuan and Tian Mucheng’s dragon soul, they concluded that absorbing elemental soul beasts could be important.

• Jin Tianming and Tian Mucheng found no sign of Huo Yuhao and learned from a Shrek student that Yulong had led the team to victory in the Dou Ling Empire Soul Master Competition.
• Tian Mucheng rejected Jin Tianming’s plan to approach Huo Yuhao, wary of attracting the attention of a powerful figure.
• The two encountered Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo, and Jin Tianming’s sharp aura drew the attention of the students around them.
• Zhang Lexuan told Han Ruoruo that her Martial Soul had trembled when the black-haired boy passed by.
• Back at their lodgings, Tian Mucheng said his dragon soul had reacted excitedly to Zhang Lexuan, and Jin Tianming suggested an elemental connection.
• Tian Mucheng concluded that he should absorb elemental soul beasts in the future.

Tian Mucheng returned to his childhood home in the Heaven Dou Empire with Jin Tianming, where they encountered the officer connected to the old man's death. Tian Mucheng detonated himself and Jin Tianming to destroy the pursuers, then recovered in a hotel after the soul skill drained his strength.

• Tian Mucheng followed his memories to the house he had shared with the old man and found signs that someone had searched it.
• Tian Mucheng and Jin Tianming noticed several people approaching and waited inside the house for them.
• Tian Mucheng recognized the middle-aged officer who had come with the rat-faced informant and taunted him about leading his master there.
• The officer ordered his men to seize Tian Mucheng and Jin Tianming, and the two boys exploded in golden light, destroying the house and everyone around them.
• Jin Tianming returned to the hotel with a small box while Tian Mucheng lay exhausted from using the Explosive Dragon Soul Doll.

Zhang Lexuan told Mu En about a young man whose martial soul had reacted to hers, while Mu En reconsidered whether she should honor their old agreement. At the Heavenly Soul Empire Hotel, Tian Mucheng discovered the young man’s connection to Zhang Lexuan and chose to follow his own path, planning to place clones at Shrek Academy and pursue the Golden Tree and Plane Seed.

• Zhang Lexuan told Mu En that her martial soul had trembled with excitement when she met a young man, and Mu En suspected they might share a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Mu En told Zhang Lexuan she did not need to honor their old agreement, but she said she would keep her promise and left to cultivate because she loved Beibei.
• Tian Mucheng found a photograph of Zhang Lexuan and read a letter explaining that the old man who had raised him was a Zhang Family member who had tried to protect Lexuan.
• Tian Mucheng took the Spatial Soul Tool ring and decided he owed Zhang Lexuan a favor but would not enter Shrek Academy himself.
• Tian Mucheng asked Jin Tianming to cultivate and try to win over Meng Hongchen, but Jin Tianming refused to rely on a woman.
• Tian Mucheng planned to send two or three clones to Shrek Academy to investigate the Golden Tree and Plane Seed, and he examined his dragon soul.

After Tian Mucheng reached level 22 by absorbing a nine-hundred-year soul ring, he and Jin Tianming investigated his new fire-elemental dragon soul and planned ahead for the Soul Master Competition. Tian Mucheng created a second clone, a beautiful, lazy young woman who immediately teased him about his title.

• Tian Mucheng absorbed a nine-hundred-year second soul ring, reached level 22, and discovered that it had produced a red, fire-elemental dragon soul.
• A black figure in the Star Dou Great Forest noticed Jin Tianming and Tian Mucheng’s dragon bloodline but dismissed the possibility that they were true dragons.
• Moxie reported that the Soul Master Competition would be held in the Heaven Dou Empire next year, and Tian Mucheng considered making plans involving Princess Vena.
• Tian Mucheng began creating a second clone from the red dragon soul while Jin Tianming supported him as his Spiritual Power was drained.
• The dragon soul became a brown-haired young woman who greeted Tian Mucheng and Jin Tianming, then called Tian Mucheng “Original Body” instead of “Lord Saint.”

Tian Mucheng arranged for Moyan to attend Shrek Academy and for Jin Tianming to travel to the Sun Moon Empire with Moxie guarding him in secret. After Moyan demanded a guard of her own, Tian Mucheng agreed to send Xiao Xue with her, leaving both clones prepared for their journeys.

• Tian Mucheng named the lazy girl Moyan and decided she would go to Shrek Academy.
• Moxie reported that Moyan had obtained two soul rings of only five or six hundred years, which Moyan said was enough.
• Tian Mucheng ordered Moxie to protect Jin Tianming in the Sun Moon Empire and told him to seal his Spiritual Power there.
• Moyan asked for a Dragon Slave guard, and Tian Mucheng first refused before agreeing to send Xiao Xue with her.
• Moxie took Jin Tianming into his shadow, while Tian Mucheng told Moyan to travel with Xiao Xue and find another Dragon Slave.

A month after arriving at a border city, Jin Tianming searched for the legendary strongest Soul King but could not locate him. He set off for the Sun Moon Empire, determined to claim its fortune and gather Evil Soul Masters for his main body.

• Jin Tianming waited in an inn while Moxie gathered information about the strongest Soul King in the city.
• Moxie returned without finding him and blamed herself, but Jin Tianming reassured her and told her not to search further.
• Jin Tianming ordered Moxie to prepare for their journey to the Sun Moon Empire, where they would find more Evil Soul Masters.
• Jin Tianming considered how fortune was divided across the continent and declared that he would claim the Sun Moon Empire's share.
• Jin Tianming paid for his tea and left the inn to begin his journey.

Jin Tianming arrived in Mingdu and sought enrollment at Sun Moon Royal Academy, where his exceptional Soul Rings caught the attention of Director Lin Jiayi. As Lin led him to an entrance test, Jin Tianming sensed a small amount of fortune that he planned to send to his main body.

• Jin Tianming admired Mingdu's modern streets and advanced Soul Tool technology before reaching Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• Jin Tianming asked the gate guard to enroll and revealed his yellow and thousand-year purple Soul Rings.
• The guard hurried to find help, while Jin Tianming sensed a small current of fortune and planned to send it to his main body.
• Director Lin Jiayi met Jin Tianming, confirmed that he wanted to join the academy, and led him to the testing building.
• Lin Jiayi asked whether Jin Tianming had studied Soul Tools, and Jin Tianming said he had not but was interested in them.

Jin Tianming impressed Sun Moon Royal Academy with his extraordinary Soul Power and strength, destroying the testing machine and drawing Jing Hongchen’s attention. Jing Hongchen began weighing how to guide the mysterious genius while keeping him under control.

• Jin Tianming underwent testing at Sun Moon Royal Academy, revealing Rank 26 Soul Power and strength beyond the machine’s limits.
• Director Lin gave Jin Tianming a dormitory and reported his results to Jing Hongchen.
• Jin Tianming recognized that entering Jing Hongchen’s sights could help him gather fortune for his original self.
• Jing Hongchen learned that Jin Tianming was a ten-year-old with a rare Dragon Martial Soul, powerful Soul Rings, and a possible External Soul Bone.
• Jing Hongchen dismissed Lin Jiayi and considered how to nurture Jin Tianming despite not knowing where he came from.

Jin Tianming was confronted by five royal-family students in the Sun Moon Royal Academy cafeteria and quickly subdued their leader, revealing his Dragon Martial Soul and powerful cultivation. After the students knelt and apologized, he called out Hall Master Jing, who had been watching from a pillar.

• Jin Tianming entered the cafeteria, ordered a serving of every dish, and began eating while other students wondered about his age and appetite.
• Five older students approached Jin Tianming, and their leader warned him to keep a low profile at the academy.
• Jin Tianming slammed the leader’s face into the food on the table before the other four students could attack.
• Jin Tianming revealed his Dragon Martial Soul and two soul rings, including a thousand-year soul ring, frightening the five students into kneeling and apologizing.
• Jin Tianming dismissed their apology as boring and called out Hall Master Jing, who had watched the confrontation from a pillar.

Jin Tianming confronted Jing Hongchen after exposing bullying at the academy, then met with the Mingde Hall master and hinted that he had the confidence and backing to make a deal. Jing Hongchen realized Jin Tianming had approached him as a representative of a reclusive faction, though the proposed deal remained unstated.

• Jin Tianming revealed Jing Hongchen had been watching and criticized the academy for allowing students to bully others.
• Jing Hongchen ordered the five kneeling students to report to Director Lin, and they rolled away after taking his order to leave literally.
• Jing Hongchen invited Jin Tianming to his office, where Jin admitted he was not from the Sun Moon Empire and claimed to come from a reclusive faction.
• Jing Hongchen asked whether Jin Tianming had come alone, and Jin challenged him to try making a move against him.
• Jin Tianming declared that he had the qualifications to be arrogant, prompting Jing Hongchen to realize he intended to make a deal on behalf of the faction behind him.

Jin Tianming offered Jing Hongchen a deal involving advanced Soul Tools in exchange for powerful rewards, then gained his trust with a Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Soul Bone. The chapter revealed Tang San’s plans for Huo Yuhao and Huo Yutong, and ended with Jin Tianming sensing trouble with the main body’s life force and asking Moyan what had happened.

• Jin Tianming told Jing Hongchen that he wanted a Rank 9 Soul Engineer as his teacher and offered high-grade Soul Tools, including two Rank 9 Soul Bombs, in exchange for rewards such as a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone or help advancing to Rank 95.
• Jin Tianming explained that the faction could help a Martial Soul evolve through a dragon’s blessing and placed a Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear right arm Soul Bone on Jing Hongchen’s table as a deposit.
• Jing Hongchen accepted the Soul Bone as proof of Jin Tianming’s claims and asked whether he could choose every reward; Jin Tianming refused and said he was the faction’s future guardian.
• Tang San noticed a slight change in the Sun Moon Empire’s fate, identified Huo Yuhao and Huo Yutong as children of fate, and planned for Xiao Qi to bring them under her influence.
• Jin Tianming examined the fate swirling around his palm, sensed that the main body’s life force was abnormal, and asked Moyan what had happened.

Tian Mucheng modified an Evil Soul Master secret art into a Dragon Soul technique, hoping it would help his Dragon Slaves grow stronger. Xiao Xue brought him a poison-wielding mother and daughter whose identities he began to suspect were connected to the Dugu family.

• Moyan complained about being mentally exhausted from encountering only weak Evil Soul Masters while Tian Mucheng studied one of their secret arts.
• Tian Mucheng considered using the secret art for his Dragon Slaves and reflected on the two Children of Fortune, Huo Yuhao and Huo Yutong.
• Tian Mucheng used his Dragon Soul to alter the secret art, exhausting himself but successfully creating a technique that Moyan recognized as involving Dragon Transformation.
• Moyan declined to learn the new technique, while Tian Mucheng suggested Tianming and the other Dragon Slaves might benefit from it.
• Xiao Xue brought a mother and daughter with poison-type martial souls to Tian Mucheng, who recognized that they might belong to the Dugu family.

Tian Mucheng learned that Dugu Yan and her daughter Dugu Luo had been hunted and accepted Xiao Xue’s wish to take them in as her followers. After Xiao Xue took Dugu Luo as her disciple, Tian Mucheng offered to transform the pair and remove their poisonous flaws, then prepared to attempt the risky procedure with Moyan standing guard.

• Tian Mucheng asked Dugu Yan why she and Dugu Luo had come, and she explained that they had fled Evil Soul Masters and the Heavenly Dragon Gate before Xiao Xue saved them.
• Tian Mucheng asked Xiao Xue whether she wanted to take them in, and Xiao Xue agreed and offered to accept Dugu Luo as her personal disciple.
• Dugu Luo knelt to greet Xiao Xue as her teacher, and Xiao Xue told her to rise.
• Tian Mucheng offered to remove the toxins afflicting Dugu Yan and Dugu Luo through Dragon Soul transformation, and Dugu Yan agreed to the plan.
• Moyan warned Tian Mucheng that his body had reached its limit, then agreed to guard him while he attempted the transformation.

Tian Mucheng altered the Dugu mother and daughter’s Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Souls, then learned from the Dragon Soul that using fate would expose him to the beings in the heavens. He accepted the danger and chose to gamble on gaining the Dragon Soul’s authority.

• Tian Mucheng used his Dragon Soul to devour the Dugu mother and daughter’s Martial Souls, causing them both to faint.
• Moyan transferred her Soul Power and the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear External Soul Bone’s energy to Tian Mucheng until he collapsed, then placed the mother and daughter beside him on the bed.
• In the Sea of Consciousness, the Dragon Soul explained that Tian Mucheng’s avatars were created from fragments of his personality and that it absorbed his vitality and Soul Power to hide him from the beings in the heavens.
• The Dragon Soul warned that using fate would reveal Tian Mucheng to those beings, who would view him as nourishment.
• Tian Mucheng chose to pursue the Dragon Soul’s authority despite the danger, and the Dragon Soul promised to act on his behalf once before telling him to wake up.

Jin Tianming sent fortune to revive Tian Mucheng, while Tang San noticed a new trace of fortune at the Heaven Dou Empire's border but dismissed it as a normal fluctuation. After waking with white hair and weakened Soul Power, Tian Mucheng remembered the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and considered how to claim it without Tang San discovering him.

• Moyan admitted her mistake to Jin Tianming, received his newly acquired fortune for Tian Mucheng, and copied a secret technique for him to share with Moxie.
• Jin Tianming gave Moxie the secret technique created by the main body and told him to study it.
• Moyan injected Jin Tianming's fortune into Tian Mucheng, and Tang San sensed the change at the Heaven Dou Empire's border but concluded it was a normal fluctuation.
• Tian Mucheng woke beside Dugu Yan and Dugu Luo, while Moyan asked Dugu Yan to show her martial soul.
• Tian Mucheng saw that his hair had turned white and reflected on his lost Soul Power and scrambled memories.
• Tian Mucheng recalled the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and considered taking it before Huo Yuhao or Tang San's daughter could use it, while avoiding Tang San's notice.

Jing Hongchen told Kong Deming about Jin Tianming and arranged for Kong Deming to meet him, then Moxie ambushed Jing Hongchen and warned him to protect his young master. Back in the dormitory, Jin Tianming questioned Moxie about his techniques and considered using Dragon Transformation to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring as his third soul ring.

• Jing Hongchen visited Kong Deming at the Hall of Worship and described Jin Tianming's abilities and the force behind him while concealing Martial Soul Evolution.
• Kong Deming decided to meet Jin Tianming the next day and hoped to form a lasting partnership that might help him break through to level ninety-five.
• Moxie seized Jing Hongchen by the throat, warned him that Jin Tianming was in his care, and vanished into the darkness.
• Jing Hongchen realized Moxie's concealment skill was terrifying and decided to keep the encounter secret.
• Jin Tianming asked Moxie about Dragon Transformation, then considered whether it could help him absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring as his third soul ring.

Tian Mucheng discussed his living dead constitution and plans with Moyan and Jin Tianming, deciding to build a base for the Immortal Hall before pursuing the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well. He ended the chapter alone, worrying about the danger of his plans and how far he was from safety.

• Tian Mucheng told Moyan that the God Realm could not see him until he absorbed enough fate to improve his body, so they agreed to save some fate for later.
• Tian Mucheng proposed using their single opportunity to obtain the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, and Moyan asked Jin Tianming to weigh in.
• Jin Tianming warned that they needed a safe place to store the fate, and Tian Mucheng proposed using Xiao Xue and Dugu Yan, with Jin Tianming as a fallback.
• Tian Mucheng decided to establish the Immortal Hall's base before pursuing the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, while Jin Tianming planned to research Soul Tools and communication devices.
• After disconnecting from the spiritual connection, Tian Mucheng abandoned plans involving the Children of Fate and reflected on his uncertain future.