Chapter Summaries

Zhongli helped Mo Yuqing understand the fear Li Yongming had felt when his shield vanished, then prepared with her for Chi Tianxiang’s combat test. The chapter ended as Zhongli and Mo Yuqing launched a coordinated attack against Chi Tianxiang after he activated his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Zhongli tried to explain Li Yongming’s terror by asking Mo Yuqing to imagine her shield suddenly disappearing during a life-or-death battle, and she understood.
• Zhongli considered how to manage Golden Crocodile Douluo’s suspicions while avoiding drawing too much attention from Spirit Hall.
• Zhongli and Mo Yuqing discussed how to fight Chi Tianxiang and agreed on a plan.
• Chi Tianxiang activated his Martial Soul Avatar and told Zhongli and Mo Yuqing to attack first.
• Zhongli and Mo Yuqing summoned their Martial Souls and attacked Chi Tianxiang together.

Zhongli and Mo Yuqing coordinated their attacks against Chi Tianxiang, exploiting his blind spots and forcing him to use his defensive Soul Skill. Chi Tianxiang ultimately shattered Zhongli’s shield and sent him flying, but suspected that he had struck Zhongli’s actual body.

• Zhongli blocked Chi Tianxiang’s attack with Vortex Vanquisher, then struck his teacher’s ribs while Mo Yuqing attacked from behind.
• Chi Tianxiang activated his Second Soul Skill, Copper Head Iron Bones, to withstand Mo Yuqing’s blade and Flying Thunder Mark as Zhongli retreated.
• Chi Tianxiang charged at Zhongli, who dodged while Mo Yuqing launched more marks and slashed at Chi Tianxiang.
• Chi Tianxiang knocked Mo Yuqing away, then struck Zhongli as Zhongli attacked from his blind spot, shattering his shield and sending him flying.
• Chi Tianxiang noticed that striking Zhongli had felt like hitting his actual body and wondered if something was wrong.

Zhongli pretended to be knocked out while Mo Yuqing fought Chi Tianxiang, and his lingering shield complicated the battle. Mo Yuqing struck Chi Tianxiang's vital spot, leaving him incapacitated as her shield finally shattered.

• Zhongli feigned unconsciousness after Chi Tianxiang knocked him down, while Golden Crocodile Douluo suspected he was acting and watched him closely.
• Mo Yuqing used her Flying Thunder Marks to evade Chi Tianxiang, but he captured her inside her shield and tried to crush it.
• Zhongli hesitated to cancel the shield because Chi Tianxiang was squeezing Mo Yuqing, then kept watching Golden Crocodile Douluo instead.
• Mo Yuqing struck Chi Tianxiang's vital spot from below, causing him to lose strength and his Second Soul Skill enhancement.
• Mo Yuqing's shield shattered, and Chi Tianxiang's pain made him lose his Martial Soul Avatar as he trembled and wept.

Mo Yuqing won the special battle after Zhongli secretly strengthened her shield, and the two received their results. While Mo Yuqing went to buy water, Golden Crocodile Douluo approached Zhongli to question him about the Divine Dragon within him, but Zhongli revealed nothing and warned the old man against pressing him.

• Mo Yuqing doubted that she had defeated the teacher, but the male teacher confirmed her victory and gave her and Zhongli their results forms.
• Mo Yuqing worried over Zhongli's condition, and Zhongli claimed he had exhausted his Soul Power to strengthen her shield and give her three seconds to counterattack.
• Mo Yuqing helped Zhongli rest on a roadside bench and went to buy him water, leaving him alone with Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo questioned Zhongli about the dragon he had seen, and Zhongli refused to reveal anything while displaying the dragon's might.
• Zhongli called Golden Crocodile Douluo a level 98 Titled Douluo and dismissed him, confirming the old man's suspicion that Zhongli and the Divine Dragon were dangerous.

Zhongli explained his Demon God Trials and the Geo Archon’s God’s Eyes to Golden Crocodile Douluo, then sent a Geo God’s Eye toward a promising person with a pure wish. Mo Yuqing returned to Zhongli as the chapter ended.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo recognized Zhongli as a Godhood Inheritor and asked about his trials, and Zhongli said he had completed the third Demon God Trial.
• Zhongli told Golden Crocodile Douluo that the Geo Archon could grant God’s Eyes to people with strong, pure wishes, giving the old man hope that he might receive one.
• Zhongli explained that he could create Geo God’s Eyes himself and that their users’ resonance would strengthen the Geo element and Zhongli.
• Zhongli sensed a promising person’s wish, created a stone-covered Geo God’s Eye, and sent it to find its master.
• Mo Yuqing returned, and Zhongli greeted her warmly.

Mo Yuqing and Zhongli celebrated their new income from joining Spirit Hall Academy before teasing each other and heading to register. As they walked, Mo Yuqing fretted over whether another maid might replace her, but Zhongli reassured her and the two continued to the teaching building.

• Mo Yuqing and Zhongli discussed the monthly stipend and registration bonus they would receive as Soul Masters.
• Zhongli reflected on how talent and family background shaped people's prospects, and resolved to change the world through God's Eyes and Geo Elemental Power.
• Mo Yuqing asked Zhongli about becoming an adult, then teased him for relying on her to pay for things.
• Mo Yuqing gave Zhongli milk, and he promised to make sure she drank milk every day.
• Zhongli noticed Mo Yuqing was uneasy about possibly losing her role to a white-haired Maid, then reassured her and took her hand as they headed to register.

Zhongli and Mo Yuqing enrolled in Spirit Hall Elementary Academy’s Zero Class and received their supplies and Gold Soul Coin subsidies. A teacher asked Zhongli to visit the Spirit Hall Branch in three days so a Superior Teacher could assess his Soul Master type.

• The receptionist accepted Zhongli and Mo Yuqing’s forms and enrolled them in Zero Class.
• The teacher gave them dormitory keys, school uniforms, badges, and two bags containing one hundred Gold Soul Coins each.
• Mo Yuqing offered Zhongli his money, and he told her to keep it for him.
• The teacher told Zhongli to visit the Spirit Hall Branch in three days to discuss his career planning with a Superior Teacher.

Zhongli concealed his concern about his unusually high Innate Soul Power from Mo Yuqing, while a new mercenary group planned to assassinate him after Golden Crocodile Douluo left. The Shell Mercenary Group’s leader remained resigned to their fate, but Third urged him not to give up.

• Zhongli told Mo Yuqing he worried that higher-level teachers might discover his Innate Soul Power was level twenty, then resumed cultivating with her.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo left the Speed Testing Area to deliver important information, and the Shell Mercenary Group prepared to target Zhongli.
• Third advised the Shell Mercenary Group’s boss to investigate the Floating Spirit Mercenary Group’s disappearance before attempting the assassination.
• The boss described himself and his companions as doomed shells, while Third insisted they should keep living and growing stronger.
• The boss agreed that caution could let them live longer, though he believed he would be condemned after death.

Zhongli ambushed the Shell Mercenary Group after learning that they planned to kill him, then struggled with the discomfort of taking lives. He returned home to find Aserine waiting and offering to remove any obstacles for him.

• Zhongli used Geo Sense to discover the Shell Mercenary Group’s plan and learned that Third had betrayed his teammates.
• Zhongli sneaked out at night and approached Wild Rose while she watched the Zhongli Family home.
• Zhongli killed Wild Rose, petrified her body, and scattered it to ash with Geo Burial.
• Zhongli killed the rest of the mercenaries, including Masked Boss, Long-haired One-eyed Second, Third, and Fourth, and felt disturbed by the deaths.
• Zhongli returned home and found Aserine waiting for him on the sofa.
• Aserine offered to clear away every obstacle for Zhongli as part of her duty as a Maid.

Zhongli entered Spirit Hall and faced a test of pressure from its leaders, while Qian Daoliu sensed that Zhongli possessed a godlike nature. The chapter ended with Zhongli calmly greeting the five powerful figures gathered to meet him.

• Aserine vowed to grow strong enough to clear every obstacle, and Zhongli said he would watch her progress.
• Three days later, Zhongli entered Spirit Hall and withstood a pressure test that Qian Daoliu had set at twenty-five ranks.
• Qian Daoliu sensed a difference in life level when he met Zhongli's Golden Dragon Eyes, and BiBi Dong concluded that Spirit Hall should treat him carefully.
• A servant escorted Zhongli upstairs to meet Qian Daoliu, BiBi Dong, Golden Crocodile Douluo, Chrysanthemum, and Ghost.
• Zhongli entered the room, met the five figures' gazes, and greeted them calmly.

Zhongli revealed to BiBi Dong and Spirit Hall's experts that he was the Geo Archon's sole designated inheritor and demonstrated the extraordinary power of his inheritance. He left them stunned by his rapidly divinizing body and a forty-three-thousand-year First Soul Ring, while explaining that he had gained the inheritance only a year earlier.

• BiBi Dong sensed that Zhongli's body was undergoing divinization and asked whether he was a Godhood Inheritor.
• Zhongli said the Geo Archon had chosen him as the god's one and only inheritor, prompting Ghost Douluo to question his claim.
• Zhongli used his Golden Dragon Eyes to frighten Ghost Douluo into sitting down, then explained that a sole designated inheritor received the god's unconditional favor.
• Zhongli revealed that his First Soul Ring was forty-three thousand years old because the Geo Archon strengthened his body and raised the ring's age.
• Qian Daoliu inferred that Zhongli's Soul Power exceeded level twenty, and Zhongli confirmed it.
• Zhongli told Golden Crocodile Douluo that he had gained the inheritance by chance a year earlier because the Geo Archon wanted to raise him into a god and retire.

BiBi Dong became convinced that Zhongli was the Geo Archon after interpreting his claims about God's Eyes and catching him apparently creating one. The Spirit Hall elders examined the unlit God's Eye and discussed Hua Banhao, while Zhongli hoped they would focus on Hua Banhao and leave him alone.

• BiBi Dong suspected Zhongli was the Geo Archon and concluded that his explanations about his Martial Soul and Ancient Dragon Soul were fabricated.
• Zhongli explained that God's Eyes let their users wield Geo Elemental Power and that losing one would cost its user related desires, convictions, and memories.
• At BiBi Dong's request, Zhongli produced an unlit God's Eye, which she examined and passed to Qian Daoliu.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked whether Hua Banhao's earlier power came from a God's Eye, and Zhongli confirmed it.
• BiBi Dong asked whether Spirit Hall could take Hua Banhao as a disciple to study God's Eyes, and Zhongli said the Geo Archon would not object.
• Zhongli hoped the elders would study Hua Banhao instead of disturbing him, while BiBi Dong privately imagined his God's Eyes as part of a plan to harvest their users' power.

Qian Daoliu tried to recruit Zhongli as his disciple, but Zhongli refused and explained that the Geo Archon had already supplied him with everything he needed. Qian Daoliu searched for another way to persuade him and considered offering Gold Soul Coins.

• Qian Daoliu noticed BiBi Dong's unusually attentive reactions to Zhongli and suspected she had discovered something special about him.
• Qian Daoliu offered to make Zhongli his disciple, but Zhongli firmly refused, saying Qian Daoliu could not help him.
• Zhongli explained that the Geo Archon could provide God-given Soul Rings and raise their age, so he did not need Qian Daoliu's help with Spirit Rings.
• Zhongli said the Geo Archon could temper his body with divine power, making Qian Daoliu's offer of resources unnecessary.
• Qian Daoliu offered protection, but Zhongli showed a divine shield and cited the Ancient Dragon Soul as protection enough to rival a Limit Douluo.
• Qian Daoliu considered offering Gold Soul Coins, a resource unique to Douluo, to persuade Zhongli.

Qian Daoliu’s offer of Gold Soul Coins failed when Zhongli revealed he could create them without limit, prompting BiBi Dong to negotiate restrictions on the ability. Zhongli accepted Spirit Hall’s terms only after Golden Crocodile Douluo offered to train Mo Yuqing and provide her with extensive support.

• Qian Daoliu offered Zhongli Gold Soul Coins, but Zhongli demonstrated that he could create them rapidly and explained his power to control rock.
• Ghost Douluo realized Zhongli’s ability could destabilize the continent’s currency, and BiBi Dong asked whether he had used it before.
• Zhongli said he had not used the ability on a large scale, and Qian Daoliu lamented that he had no further benefits to offer as a prospective master.
• BiBi Dong proposed a contract restricting Zhongli’s large-scale creation of Gold Soul Coins in exchange for a Pope Token and Honorary Elder status, but Zhongli rejected the offer as insufficient.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo offered to train Mo Yuqing, provide her a Simulated Cultivation Environment, help her obtain Spirit Rings, and give her access to Spirit Hall’s knowledge.
• Zhongli accepted the deal and declared that anyone who broke the contract would suffer the Punishment of Devouring Rock.

BiBi Dong gave Zhongli a specially designed Pope Token and recognized him as a Spirit Hall Honorary Elder. After learning that the Flowing Snow merchant association had arranged the attacks on him, Zhongli asked whether his new status let him destroy it.

• BiBi Dong presented Zhongli with a Pope Token bearing a Golden Dragon instead of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon emblem.
• Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo recognized the token as legitimate and exclusive to Zhongli.
• Zhongli accepted the token and his Honorary Elder rights, asking Spirit Hall not to disturb him or let anyone else do so.
• Qian Daoliu told Zhongli that Flowing Snow, a rival merchant association, was behind the assassinations.
• Zhongli asked whether he could use his Honorary Elder status and Pope Token to erase Flowing Snow.

Zhongli rejected BiBi Dong and Qian Daoliu’s attempt to learn how to create God's Eye users for Spirit Hall, explaining that a God's Eye came from a strong, pure wish. When Qian Daoliu admitted he wished to become a god despite believing it impossible, Zhongli revealed that a God's Eye had appeared in his hand.

• BiBi Dong and Qian Daoliu proposed training Spirit Hall followers to use God's Eyes so they could destroy the Liu Xue Merchant Guild without Spirit Hall being blamed.
• Zhongli refused to provide a shortcut to God's Eyes, saying they required a strong and pure wish.
• Qian Daoliu reflected on his devotion to the Angel God and his belief that he could never become a god, then asked whether the Geo Archon would answer his wish.
• Zhongli told Qian Daoliu that a God's Eye did not require faith in the Geo Archon and showed him the God's Eye that had appeared in his palm.

Zhongli explained that Qian Daoliu's God's Eye could evolve into a God's Heart and let him become a god without claiming a divine position. He privately resolved to create Sky Island so God's Heart wielders could reach true godhood, while Qian Daoliu remained loyal to the Angel God.

• Qian Daoliu was stunned by the God's Eye and the Geo power he had gained.
• Zhongli explained that a strong wish could evolve a God's Eye into a God's Heart, which could make its bearer a god without a divine position.
• Qian Daoliu questioned whether Zhongli could allow others to become gods, and Zhongli said the Geo Archon could create gods and surpassed ordinary gods.
• Zhongli considered that this world lacked Sky Island and resolved to create one using rare materials and Geo Elemental Power.
• Qian Daoliu said he would remain the Angel God's loyal representative despite gaining the potential to become a god.
• Zhongli recognized that Qian Daoliu's faith remained steadfast even as his perspective on gods changed.

Zhongli left his tense meeting with BiBi Dong and Qian Daoliu, then recovered at home with Aserine before beginning work on Sky Island. He discovered that his collected stones could hold only a limited amount of Geo Elemental Power, so he realized he needed better materials.

• BiBi Dong asked Zhongli whether she could obtain a God's Eye, but he told her she was not pure enough; Qian Daoliu thanked him for granting his wish.
• Zhongli told the people in the room not to disturb his life and left, while privately acknowledging that he had been in danger among the Titled Douluo.
• Zhongli returned home and rested as Aserine served him tea, fruit, and a massage before they both went to cultivate.
• Zhongli began preparing to build Sky Island by filling his collected stones with Geo Elemental Power.
• Zhongli found that the stones had reached their limit and decided he needed better materials.

Zhongli created his first Sky Island Cornerstone by condensing Geo Elemental Power into a rare underground stone, then wore it as a bracelet for protection. At school, he discovered that Aserine had reached Soul Power level thirty in just a week and learned that her devotion to becoming the World's Strongest Maid was driving her extraordinary growth.

• Zhongli sensed rare underground stones and concluded that finding and empowering high-grade vessels was the only practical way for him to obtain Sky Island Cornerstones for now.
• Zhongli used his Geo authority and a large amount of Geo Elemental Power to raise a small golden Sky Island Cornerstone from the earth, though the effort left him exhausted.
• Zhongli altered the cornerstone’s appearance into a bracelet so he could carry it for emergencies.
• Aserine told Zhongli that her Soul Power had reached level thirty and asked permission to hunt a soul beast for a Spirit Ring.
• Zhongli sensed Aserine and was shocked to learn that she had advanced nine levels in about a week.
• Aserine explained that her Soul Power rose rapidly when she maintained her desire to become the World's Strongest Maid, and she credited the God's Eye as her Master's blessing.

Aserine described how her God's Eye had greatly increased her strength and granted her Geo abilities, and Zhongli agreed to help her obtain a Spirit Ring safely. Later, Zhongli used his bracelet to unsettle Golden Crocodile Douluo, who suspected it was a divine artifact and grew more wary of the Geo Archon.

• Aserine told Zhongli that her strength had more than tripled and that she could reinforce materials with Geo Elemental Power and form a short-lived shield.
• Zhongli told Aserine to wait for him before going to the Soul Beast Forest to obtain a Spirit Ring, and she obediently left.
• Zhongli reflected on Aserine's virtues and realized her God's Eye had absorbed nearly all her intense Maid-related desires.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo noticed Zhongli's bracelet and sensed the extremely dense Geo Elemental Power inside it.
• Zhongli called the bracelet a decorative item forged from Mora, while Golden Crocodile Douluo suspected it was a divine artifact and wondered about Zhongli's relationship with the Geo Archon.