Chapter Summaries

Ye Cheng began reviving Qian Daoliu by using Qian Renxue’s Angel divine power to replenish his weakened soul and create a new body. As Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong left to talk, Qian Daoliu’s soul instinctively merged with the golden sphere of divine power.

• Ye Cheng explained that Qian Daoliu’s intact but weakened soul could be restored and given a new body using Angel divine power.
• Qian Renxue transferred about sixty percent of her divine power to Ye Cheng so he could revive and strengthen her grandfather.
• Ye Cheng asked for a quiet secret chamber and promised Qian Renxue he would return with Qian Daoliu after half a day or a full day.
• Qian Renxue asked Bibi Dong to speak privately, and Bibi Dong first settled the sleeping Keli into bed.
• Ye Cheng released Qian Renxue’s divine power as a golden sphere and Qian Daoliu’s soul as a white sphere, which drifted into and merged with the divine power.

Ye Cheng restored Qian Daoliu to a Limit Douluo in a newly created body, while Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong about years of hatred. Bibi Dong began revealing how Qian Renxue was conceived and how she killed the teacher who had imprisoned her.

• Ye Cheng used Angel Divine Power to recreate Qian Daoliu's body, restore his soul, and give him Limit Douluo strength.
• Ye Cheng sensed Qian Renxue waiting outside and left waking Qian Daoliu to her.
• Qian Renxue asked Bibi Dong whether she was truly her mother, and Bibi Dong confirmed they were related by blood.
• Qian Renxue demanded to know why Bibi Dong had hated and tried to kill her, and Bibi Dong called her a bastard who should never have existed.
• Bibi Dong recounted falling in love with her teacher, being impregnated and imprisoned by him, then killing him while he was gravely injured and devouring his soul.

Bibi Dong told Qian Renxue the truth about her birth and Qian Xunji’s actions, leaving Qian Renxue overwhelmed by shame and grief. Qian Renxue fled to Ye Cheng for comfort, while Ye Cheng’s God of Creation Bloodline began affecting her.

• Bibi Dong told Qian Renxue that Qian Xunji had violated her and that Qian Renxue’s birth had brought Bibi Dong pain.
• Qian Renxue felt her image of her father collapse and fled the room in shame and confusion.
• Qian Renxue wandered to the secret chamber and clung to Ye Cheng when he emerged.
• Ye Cheng sensed Qian Renxue’s distress, embraced her, and soothed her until she began to calm down.
• Ye Cheng’s golden aura comforted Qian Renxue as his God of Creation Bloodline stirred, a change linked to Keli’s Persona.

Ye Cheng comforted Qian Renxue and told her that her grandfather had been resurrected. Qian Renxue awakened Qian Daoliu, who learned that she had become the Angel God, while he quietly approved of Ye Cheng as a potential grandson-in-law.

• Ye Cheng held Qian Renxue and soothed her fear with his Light Divinity until she felt better.
• Ye Cheng told Qian Renxue that Qian Daoliu had been resurrected and needed someone to awaken him.
• Qian Renxue entered the secret chamber and called to Qian Daoliu until he woke.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that she had become the Angel God and introduced Ye Cheng as the one who resurrected him.
• Qian Daoliu thanked Ye Cheng and privately considered him a fitting future grandson-in-law.

Ye Cheng and Qian Daoliu finalized cooperation between White Cloud City and Spirit Hall, while Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, and Keli prepared to travel to White Cloud City. In Slaughter City, Tang Hao joined Tang San in embracing the Abyss, leaving both father and son on the path to becoming Abyss Demons.

• Ye Cheng and Qian Daoliu finalized cooperation terms, with Qian Daoliu remaining at Spirit Hall and sending staff to negotiate with White Cloud City.
• Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong planned to take Keli to White Cloud City to cultivate and study the God Ring Master system.
• Tang San used the White Bone Trident to kill Soul Masters, build an army of about two hundred Skeleton Soldiers, and undergo an Abyssal transformation.
• Tang Hao discovered Tang San's actions, but agreed that the Abyss offered their best chance to take revenge on Spirit Hall.
• Tang San gave Tang Hao the White Bone Trident, and Tang Hao killed a victim and received the Abyss's blessing, gaining magic power that began transforming him.

Tang Hao received the Abyss Blessing and attacked Tang San, insisting he was clear-headed as he explained that his newborn son had died and that Tang San had later possessed the infant’s body. Tang Hao began transforming into a demon as he recalled the child’s return to life, leaving the truth of what happened next unrevealed.

• Tang Hao learned that he needed to feed his Demon Power Seed with his Soul Power and saw the White Bone Trident resist his attempt to claim it.
• Tang Hao suddenly struck Tang San with his Clear Sky Hammer, smashing him through a wall and leaving him gravely wounded.
• Tang Hao rejected Tang San’s claim that the Abyss had influenced him and said his son had died long ago.
• Tang San remembered that he had possessed the infant’s body after the child died rather than being reincarnated into it.
• Tang Hao recalled that his newborn son had died during a fight with Spirit Hall’s pursuers, then mysteriously revived as Tang Hao held him.

Tang Hao revealed that he had suspected Tang San was an otherworldly being who had taken over his dead son’s body, and had accepted him only because of his extraordinary talent and usefulness for revenge. After Tang Hao attacked him to steal the White Bone Trident, Tang San used the Abyss’s control over demons to kill him and fully embraced the Abyss.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that he had noticed his unnatural behavior as a child and had suspected he was a monster occupying his son’s body.
• Tang Hao confessed that he had planned to kill Tang San if his martial soul awakening proved disappointing, but accepted him as his son after discovering his twin martial souls and peerless talent.
• Tang Hao explained that he had taught Tang San his supreme arts to use his talent for revenge against Spirit Hall, then attacked him because the White Bone Trident could only be taken after Tang San died.
• Tang San recovered enough to reveal that demons transformed through the White Bone Trident were bound to him, then took the artifact back from Tang Hao.
• Tang San stabbed Tang Hao with the White Bone Trident, which devoured Tang Hao’s soul and flesh, and Tang San surrendered himself completely to the Abyss.

Ye Cheng watched Tang San kill Tang Hao after the two revealed their true desires, then returned to White Cloud City with Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, and Keli. He arranged for the Spirit Hall delegation to stay in the city, where Bibi Dong recognized the strength of White Cloud City's people and the value of Ye Cheng's new cultivation system.

• Ye Cheng concluded that the Abyss had only given Tang San and Tang Hao cover to act on their existing evil desires, and Tang San continued hiding in Slaughter City after killing Tang Hao.
• Ye Cheng brought the Spirit Hall delegation, led by Qian Renxue, back to White Cloud City, where the city's upper echelons welcomed them.
• Ye Cheng arranged for the Spirit Hall group to stay in the city and brought Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, and Keli to the City Lord Manor.
• Keli worried that Bibi Dong would not live with her, and Bibi Dong reassured her that they would stay together.
• Bibi Dong sensed that the five maids were near the demigod realm and concluded that White Cloud City owed its strength to Ye Cheng's new system, leaving her grateful that Spirit Hall had allied with him.

Ye Cheng brought humans to the Star Dou Great Forest to form Soul Beast Contracts, where the Silver Dragon King discovered that Keli had come from the future. The humans and soul beasts began choosing partners using Contract Stones, leaving the lifelong contracts about to be formed.

• Ye Cheng arrived in the Star Dou Great Forest with White Cloud City officials, Spirit Hall members, and White Cloud Academy students to fulfill his agreement with the Silver Dragon King.
• Keli ran to the Silver Dragon King and called him her godmother, surprising him and the Fierce Beasts.
• The Silver Dragon King sensed his own powerful seal on Keli and accepted that she had come from the future, then welcomed her warmly.
• Ye Cheng's group and the Silver Dragon King's soul beasts began choosing contract partners for lifelong Soul Beast Contracts.
• Ye Cheng gave each human a Contract Stone, an invention by Soul Engineer Xuan Ji that let both sides form a contract by channeling Soul Power into it.

Ye Cheng oversaw the first alliance between humans and soul beasts, then spent six years strengthening White Cloud City's influence as Douluo Continent changed. After Keli's Persona reached full completion, he realized that a Persona's acknowledgement power depended on real-world influence, not belief alone.

• Ye Cheng's group formed equal contracts with selected soul beasts using Contract Stones, completing the first human-soul beast collaboration.
• Ye Cheng brought White Cloud Academy students, including exchange students from other factions, to display White Cloud City's strength and encourage them to align with it.
• Over the following years, future-born items raised Douluo Continent's energy level, while demonic relics caused corruption and powerful soul masters became more common.
• White Cloud City cemented its position as the world's leading force and Soul Master Holy Land as people from other continents came to study there.
• Ye Cheng saw that Keli's Persona had reached one hundred percent completion and concluded that real-world influence helped make Personas real, unlike fabricated videos alone.

Over six years, White Cloud City and Spirit Hall spread the Soul Pact Master System across the Douluo Continent through Contract Stones, creating more than thirty thousand Soul Pact Masters. Ye Cheng launched the First Soul Pact Master Competition to establish the system’s standing, and Soul Pact Masters across the continent rushed to register.

• White Cloud City and Spirit Hall cooperated to select promising soul masters and grant them Contract Stones, making Soul Pact Masters common across the continent.
• Ye Cheng decided to use a continent-wide competition to strengthen the status of Soul Pact Masters and persuaded Spirit Hall and the two empires to end the old Soul Master Tournament.
• White Cloud City, Spirit Hall, the two empires, and other factions organized the First Soul Pact Master Competition, with under-thirty Soul Pact Masters competing in individual duels alongside their soul beast companions.
• The organizers announced valuable prizes for top competitors, including the option to transition safely to the God Ring Master System.
• Spirit Hall opened its branch halls across the continent as registration sites, and eligible Soul Pact Masters hurried to sign up.

Ye Cheng explored beyond the Douluo Universe and discovered countless other universes, then brought a weaker one into contact with his own to test whether it could be devoured. The universes remained sealed off from each other, leaving him unsure how to advance his plan to strengthen the Douluo Universe.

• Ye Cheng left the remaining Soul Pact Master Competition preparations to his subordinates and focused on exploring other universes.
• Using the Abyss Dominator Persona, Ye Cheng opened a breach in the Douluo Universe and sent part of his consciousness beyond its shell.
• Ye Cheng discovered countless universes beyond the Douluo Universe, including some much larger and some weaker than his own.
• Ye Cheng entered a universe about one-tenth the size of the Douluo Universe and pulled it toward his own, hoping to make the Douluo Universe devour it.
• The two universes touched, but their shells prevented either from invading or devouring the other, leaving Ye Cheng without a way to proceed.

Ye Cheng considered how to strengthen Douluo Universe by merging it with the Unknown Universe, then discovered that the other universe’s central planet was a cultivation world led by Qingyun Sect, Tianyin Temple, and Fenxiang Valley. He planned to encourage cultural exchange between the universes before bringing them into contact again.

• Ye Cheng briefly connected the universes, but their laws violently rejected each other, so he separated them.
• Ye Cheng decided that gradually blending the universes through their inhabitants and civilizations might reduce the rejection and allow them to merge.
• Ye Cheng resolved to investigate the Unknown Universe and eventually open a temporary passage for people to travel between the worlds.
• Ye Cheng explored the Unknown Universe’s central planet and learned that its people pursued cultivation and immortality.
• Ye Cheng recognized the planet as a world where Qingyun Sect, Tianyin Temple, and Fenxiang Valley were the leading righteous sects.

After recognizing the Unknown Universe as the world of "Zhu Xian," Ye Cheng withdrew from exploring other universes and decided to focus on building up his strength at home. The Soul Pact Master Competition semifinals began in White Cloud City, while the author’s note announced that the story would set aside other worlds and return to the Douluo plot.

• Ye Cheng recognized the Unknown Universe as "Zhu Xian," became consumed by doubts about whether his reality was real, and withdrew his consciousness.
• After three days, Ye Cheng decided to postpone exploring other universes and stockpile powerful Personas before facing the Unknown Universe again.
• The Soul Pact Master Competition selected its top hundred contestants, most of whom were students from White Cloud Academy.
• Ye Cheng chose White Cloud City to host the semifinals and finals, and crowds from across the world gathered there for the semifinals.
• The competition continued with elimination matches, while judges scored contestants to determine rankings among those who did not win the championship.
• The author said that writing other worlds was difficult and that the story would return to filling in Douluo plot holes.

The first Soul Pact Master Competition opened in White Cloud City, where Ye Cheng and Qian Renxue addressed the gathered contestants and spectators. The first matches began in specially modified arenas that contained independent spaces for battle.

• Spectators and contestants gathered at the competition venue as the organizers prepared for the opening.
• Ye Cheng announced that the first Soul Pact Master Competition had begun.
• Qian Renxue praised the contestants and said young Soul Pact Masters would help defeat the Abyss.
• The organizers raised ten arenas, assigned contestants their opponents, and began the first matches.
• Contestants entered the arenas and appeared to shrink as the arenas revealed their spacious, independent interiors.

Hu Liena faced a Soul King and his Tyrant Dragon in the Soul Pact Master Competition, while Ye Cheng and Qian Renxue watched from the VIP seats. The young man appeared to defeat Hu Liena and her Six-Tailed White Fox, but the match was left on the verge of a sudden reversal.

• The continent’s first Soul Pact Master Competition began, with matches broadcast on screens throughout the plaza.
• Ye Cheng and Qian Renxue watched Arena No. 6, where Hu Liena faced a Soul King with a Tyrant Dragon Soul Beast.
• The Tyrant Dragon enlarged and attacked with blazing breath, while Hu Liena’s Six-Tailed White Fox raised an ice crystal wall to protect them.
• The young man used Martial Soul Possession and a surprise attack to wound Hu Liena, then pressed his assault until she collapsed.
• The young man’s Tyrant Dragon broke through the ice wall and scorched the Six-Tailed White Fox, which lost its ability to fight.
• The young man relaxed, but a sudden change occurred.

Hu Liena won her match by using illusions with her Six-Tailed White Fox to disorient her opponent and exhaust his Tyrant Dragon. Ye Cheng explained to Qian Renxue that sincere partnership between soul masters and soul beasts was the key to a Soul Pact Master's true strength, while the tournament's first day concluded with fifty matches.

• Hu Liena and her Six-Tailed White Fox confused the Black Panther Soul Master and his Tyrant Dragon with an illusion, then Hu Liena knocked him unconscious.
• The referee declared Hu Liena the winner, and she bowed to the cheering crowd before returning backstage.
• Qian Renxue noted that Hu Liena and her partner showed signs of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Ye Cheng praised their spiritual resonance.
• Ye Cheng told Qian Renxue that Soul Pact Masters needed to treat soul beasts as equal partners rather than tools to realize their true power.
• The tournament continued through its remaining matches, and the day's fifty matches concluded in about an afternoon.

Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er, close friends from White Cloud Academy, faced each other in the first round of the Soul Pact Master Competition and began a battle between fire and ice. Their attacks clashed over control of the arena’s clouds and rain, leaving the match unresolved.

• The fifty remaining contestants drew lots and began the second day of matches across six arenas.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er discovered they had been matched against each other and exchanged friendly words before the fight.
• Huo Wu used a buffing soul skill to awaken the phoenix blood in her firebird, transforming it into a Fire Phoenix that attacked from above.
• Shui Bing'er summoned her Ice Phoenix martial soul and worked with her white cat, Xiaobai, to create clouds and rain that cooled the arena and doused the flames.
• The Fire Phoenix dispersed the clouds while Shui Bing'er and Xiaobai gathered them again, and the opposing attacks continued to counter each other.

On Ring 6, Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er unleashed human–soul beast Martial Soul Fusion Skills in a decisive clash. Shui Bing'er narrowly won after Huo Wu's Fire Bird became too exhausted to continue fighting.

• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er agreed to settle their stalemate with their ultimate moves.
• Huo Wu fused with the Fire Phoenix while Shui Bing'er merged with the white cat and summoned a bladed snowstorm.
• Huo Wu unleashed Fire Dance Dazzling Sun, and the two attacks collided in a violent burst of ice and fire.
• Shui Bing'er's attack prevailed, covering the ring in frost as Huo Wu's Fire Bird ran out of strength.
• Shui Bing'er acknowledged her narrow victory, while Huo Wu accepted the result and comforted the exhausted Fire Bird.

The Soul Pact Master Competition narrowed its field to four contestants, with Zhu Zhuyun advancing directly after drawing the lucky lot. Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuyun prepared to face off as the tournament’s final rounds began.

• Zhu Zhuyun drew the lucky lot and advanced directly while the other contestants competed.
• After two rounds, Hu Liena, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Zhu Zhuyun remained in the competition.
• The four contestants drew lots, pairing Hu Liena against Zhu Zhuyun and Huo Wu against Shui Bing'er.
• Ye Cheng told Qian Renxue that the contestants’ cooperation with their soul beasts made the outcomes difficult to predict.
• Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuyun faced each other in Arena One, where Zhu Zhuyun’s rare mutated, ice-attributed Three-Headed Dog was revealed.