Chapter Summaries

Su Ming discovered that he shared perspectives with versions of himself in the Dou Yi and Dou San eras, then awakened a strange martial soul in his own era: soul power itself. The chapter ended with his past self awakening a complete body martial soul and his future self sensing elemental powers.

• Su Ming adapted to seeing through three perspectives and realized he was linked to himself in the past and future.
• Su Can gave Su Ming a soul engraving knife and began his martial soul awakening.
• Su Ming awakened a martial soul made of pure soul power, which he could shape and draw back into his body.
• Su Ming worried that his soul-power martial soul lacked spiritual power and might keep him from competing for major opportunities.
• Su Ming's past self awakened a complete body martial soul, while Su Yuntao questioned whether it was a trash martial soul.
• Su Ming's future self sensed elemental powers manifesting around him.

Su Ming considered how to develop his Body Martial Soul in the present era and decided to seek the Body Sect despite its scarcity and the Sun Moon Empire’s hostility. Ten thousand years later, he awakened an Elemental Control Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, joined the Spirit Pagoda, and was led to meet the Sky Sea Branch Tower Master.

• Su Ming asked Su Can whether Soul Power counted as part of his body, and Su Can realized that he wanted to find the Body Sect.
• Su Ming resolved to seek Body Sect training in his current life, since his past self had no Body Sect or other Body Martial Soul users to learn from.
• Ten thousand years later, Su Ming awakened an Elemental Control Martial Soul and demonstrated Innate Full Soul Power at the Spirit Pagoda.
• Su Ming joined the Spirit Pagoda, planning to use his three Main Bodies to master blacksmithing, Mecha design, and Mecha manufacturing.
• The steward told Su Ming that the Sky Sea Branch Tower Master was interested in him and led him to meet the Tower Master.

Su Ming demonstrated mastery of all seven elements and sensed a rare aptitude for the Time Attribute while choosing his first Soul Spirit. After learning about the Spirit Pagoda’s Soul Spirit practices and artificial creations, he focused on a mysterious golden Soul Spirit that Zhang Tianyang warned might be a gamble.

• Zhang Tianyang had Su Ming test his Martial Soul, and Su Ming controlled water, fire, earth, and wind while sustaining the display for three hours.
• Su Ming revealed that he could also control light, darkness, and space, impressing Zhang Tianyang with his mastery of all seven elements.
• Su Ming sensed traces of the Time Attribute but kept his discovery to himself as Zhang Tianyang explained the rare Soul Spirits and the Spirit Pagoda’s artificial spirit research.
• Su Ming examined an unformed golden Artificial Spirit, and Zhang Tianyang explained that it had a three-hundred-year level but might not react after fusion.

Su Ming chose a golden, time-attributed Soul Spirit and discovered that his first Soul Skill let him borrow power from his past selves. The Soul Spirit was still gestating, but Su Ming realized the ability could let him enter a Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill state.

• Su Ming chose the golden light cluster after sensing its Time Attribute.
• Ten thousand years earlier, Su Ming decided to stay at Nuoding Academy, then travel to Gengxin City to study Battle Armor and make a living crafting Soul Tools.
• Su Ming felt a summoning force while planning his future in the past.
• Zhang Tianyang told Su Ming that the golden Soul Spirit was still gestating and asked about his Soul Skill.
• Su Ming activated Borrowed Power and drew strength from his past selves through the Time River, greatly amplifying his Soul Power.
• Su Ming explained that the borrowed power could form a Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill state, while Zhang Tianyang jokingly called him a gambling addict.

Su Ming tested the limits of Borrowed Power, became Zhang Tianyang’s disciple, and received Spirit Pagoda privileges and Contribution Points to begin studying secondary professions. In the past, Su Ming reached Nuoding Academy’s opening day and set out to report for school.

• Su Ming repeatedly borrowed power and learned that his boost was at least one hundred percent, while Zhang Tianyang urged him to keep testing the Soul Skill’s limits.
• Su Ming accepted Zhang Tianyang as his master, and Zhang Tianyang arranged for him to attend Sky Sea Academy before entering seclusion.
• Zhang Tianyang raised Su Ming’s Spirit Pagoda rank to Level One Deacon and gave him one hundred thousand Contribution Points, then began his seclusion.
• Su Ming checked the Spirit Pagoda exchange system, asked a deacon about secondary-profession materials, and exchanged three thousand Contribution Points for three Basic Compendiums.
• Ten thousand years earlier, Su Ming cultivated with the future Meditation Method and prepared to report to Nuoding Academy as a work-study student after Old Jack called him to leave.

Su Ming reasoned out how a Body Martial Soul could strengthen its user's body and decided to pursue self-created Soul Skills and Forging. He secured an unpaid apprentice position at Duan Family Blacksmith Shop and began his first forging task.

• After enrolling at the Soul Master Academy, Su Ming meditated in the back mountain and considered how Soul Rings and Soul Skills could let a Body Martial Soul temper its user's body.
• Su Ming resolved to develop his own Battle Techniques and Soul Skills, drawing on knowledge from twenty thousand years later.
• The next morning, Su Ming went to Duan Family Blacksmith Shop and asked Duan Tie to take him on as an apprentice.
• Duan Tie tested Su Ming's strength, accepted him as an apprentice, and explained that he would receive food but no pay until his skills improved.
• Duan Tie gave Su Ming a discarded Forging Hammer and instructed him to hammer a block of iron into a long strip.

Su Ming used forging to strengthen his body and discovered that he could transfer its pain to his Main Body Martial Soul, speeding his progress. Nine months after enrollment, he reached level 10 and considered how to afford a safe Soul Ring hunt.

• Duan Tie trained Su Ming in forging, and Su Ming quickly mastered the assigned tasks.
• Su Ming transferred his body's pain and soreness to his Main Body Martial Soul, then used its recovery to strengthen his Main Body.
• Duan Tie recognized Su Ming's rapid improvement and made him a qualified blacksmith with regular work and wages.
• The three Su Mings continued their separate cultivation paths, and nine months after enrollment, the past Su Ming reached level 10.
• Su Ming counted his two Gold Soul Coins and concluded they were insufficient to hire a trustworthy Hunt Soul team.

Su Ming learned that Duan Tie’s son, Duan Jin, could help him hunt a Soul Beast and take him to Gengxin City to study Forging. After meeting Duan Jin, Su Ming demonstrated his skill and passion for the craft, leaving him poised to earn the Duan family’s support.

• Duan Tie offered to ask his son Duan Jin, a three-ringed Soul Elder, to help Su Ming hunt a Soul Beast and invited Su Ming to study Forging in Gengxin City.
• Su Ming accepted the offer and decided to attempt absorbing a Soul Ring slightly beyond the usual limit, aiming for a Soul Beast near five hundred years old.
• Two days later, Duan Tie introduced Su Ming to Duan Jin, who was twenty and had studied Forging in Gengxin City.
• At Duan Tie’s request, Su Ming forged iron in front of Duan Jin, whose response to Su Ming’s skill and evident enjoyment of Forging remained to be seen.

Su Ming learned from Duan Jin that spiritual metal and metal Soul Beasts existed in the Dou Yi era, though suitable materials were extremely rare. He agreed to go to Gengxin City to find a teacher and pursue a hundred-year first Soul Ring.

• Su Ming doubted that the Dou San-era principle of Metal Has Spirit could work in the Dou Yi era and worried that he could not become a blacksmith or continue along the Battle Armor Master path.
• Duan Jin examined Su Ming's forged iron and said it was close to gaining spirituality, prompting Su Ming to ask about spiritual metal.
• Duan Jin explained that spiritual metal could eventually become a Soul Beast and that forging a spiritual work was the requirement to become a Divine Blacksmith.
• Duan Jin told Su Ming that the first Divine Blacksmith's work had become a Soul Beast after five hundred years, but it had been killed more than a hundred years ago for its Soul Ring.
• Duan Jin agreed to help Su Ming find a teacher in Gengxin City after Su Ming confirmed he wanted a hundred-year first Soul Ring.

Su Ming left Nuoding Academy with Duan Jin to hunt for a first Soul Ring in the Savage Beast Mountain Range. After a month of searching, they decided to return to a Diamond Ape they had encountered earlier, while also discovering a Meteorite Iron Mine and a dangerous Dark Gold Bear.

• Su Ming chose a powerful, body-amplifying Soul Ring and applied for early graduation after Duan Jin recommended hunting in the Savage Beast Mountain Range.
• Duan Jin gave Su Ming a Storage Soul Tool, and the two traveled south from Nuoding City into the mountain range.
• Duan Jin found a Diamond Ape that Su Ming judged to be roughly four hundred to five hundred years old, but warned that its Soul Ring might exceed Su Ming's safe limit.
• Duan Jin persuaded Su Ming to search for a safer Soul Beast before returning to the Diamond Ape as a backup.
• After a month of searching, Su Ming and Duan Jin agreed to hunt the first Diamond Ape, and Duan Jin noted they had also found a Meteorite Iron Mine near a Dark Gold Bear.

Su Ming and Duan Jin hunted a Diamond Ape, and Su Ming absorbed its Soul Ring despite its age slightly exceeding the usual limit. He emerged unharmed with a strengthened Martial Soul, and Duan Jin asked about his new Soul Skill.

• Su Ming and Duan Jin returned to the Diamond Ape, and Duan Jin attacked it with his hammer and three Soul Skills.
• Su Ming finished off the wounded Diamond Ape after it made a final attempt to strike him.
• Su Ming judged the Diamond Ape to be just under four hundred years old based on the patterns beneath its fur, and Duan Jin agreed to let him absorb its Soul Ring.
• Su Ming absorbed the Soul Ring, enduring the surge of Soul Power as his meridians cracked and healed.
• Three hours later, Su Ming stood up unharmed, and Duan Jin asked about his Soul Skill.

Su Ming tested his First Soul Skill, Vajra Power, and planned how to develop it alongside his body tempering. Duan Jin brought him to the Blacksmith Association in Gengxin City to meet his Grandmaster-level teacher, where they encountered Grandmaster Si Long.

• Su Ming activated Vajra Power, transforming into a Vajra Body and explaining how the skill boosted his strength and defense.
• Su Ming considered developing Battle Techniques and tempering his Vajra Body so he could preserve more power for its damage-blocking Vajra Shield.
• Duan Jin explained the Blacksmith Association's certification system as he and Su Ming entered Gengxin City.
• Duan Jin took Su Ming to the Blacksmith Association's Fifth Floor to meet his teacher, a Grandmaster-level blacksmith.
• Duan Jin greeted Grandmaster Si Long, who examined Su Ming with surprise and asked why a young Soul Master had been brought to the association.

Su Ming impressed Zhu Jiuyang with his Soul Master cultivation and Thousand Forgings, and became his disciple. He began learning from Zhu Jiuyang, whose strength had earned him respect even from Spirit Hall, while Duan Jin advised Su Ming to prioritize Soul Power training over overwork in Forging.

• Duan Jin brought Su Ming to meet Zhu Jiuyang, who confirmed that the seven-year-old was a One-Ring Soul Master.
• Zhu Jiuyang offered Su Ming guidance in both Soul Master cultivation and blacksmithing, and Su Ming learned that the two skills complemented each other.
• Su Ming demonstrated Thousand Forgings at Zhu Jiuyang's request and successfully became his disciple.
• Su Ming learned that Zhu Jiuyang was a Level 79 Soul Saint who had once fought a Soul Douluo without falling behind.
• Duan Jin told Su Ming to follow his assigned tasks and focus on cultivating Soul Power rather than overworking himself in Forging.

Su Ming began running Xiao Ming's Forge Shop while prioritizing soul power cultivation and attending Divine Iron Academy. A sect official commissioned a test set of armor, opening the prospect of a large order and future cooperation.

• Duan Jin gave Su Ming a shop, registered him at Divine Iron Academy, and told him to run the shop while continuing his cultivation.
• A man arrived at Xiao Ming's Forge Shop and doubted that seven-year-old Su Ming could handle a large forging order.
• Su Ming showed his Blacksmith Master certification, and the man proposed paying five hundred Gold Soul Coins for a test set of armor within three days.
• Su Ming warned that forging one hundred sets alone would take at least ten months, though the man said the schedule could be negotiated.
• After leaving the shop, the man told his lackeys that he hoped to build a lasting business relationship with Su Ming as his skills advanced.

Su Ming used his past Body Martial Soul experience to temper his current body, boosting his Spiritual Power and forming a plan to grow stronger through his Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill. After realizing he was ready to advance his Spiritual Power through Soul Spirits, he went to visit his teacher, Zhang Tianyang, with a surprise.

• In the past, Su Ming fused Mysterious Iron with Iron Essence while using his Vajra Body to temper his Martial Soul.
• In the Dou San era, Su Ming borrowed strength from his past self to temper his current body and gained five points of Spiritual Power.
• Su Ming decided that his Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill could create a cycle of improvement by absorbing its gains into his body and feeding them back into the skill.
• Su Ming reviewed the role Soul Spirits had played in developing Spiritual Power and concluded that his own Spiritual Power growth had lagged behind his physical and Soul Power gains.
• Su Ming decided to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform and went to see his teacher, Zhang Tianyang, with a surprise.

After emerging from a year and two months of seclusion, Zhang Tianyang learned how dramatically Su Ming had advanced in cultivation and secondary professions. Zhang Tianyang was left wondering how long he had been in seclusion.

• Su Ming left his rented Cultivation Room and met Zhang Tianyang, who had recently returned from seclusion as a Level 97 Super Douluo.
• Zhang Tianyang brought Su Ming to his private Cultivation Room to check his progress and learned Su Ming had reached Soul Power Level 17 after spending the hundred thousand Contribution Points he had provided.
• Zhang Tianyang tested Su Ming's strength, measuring 100 kilograms without Soul Power, 180 kilograms with Soul Power, and 400 kilograms with a Soul Skill.
• Su Ming told Zhang Tianyang he had mastered Thousand Forgings and become a Level 3 blacksmith, while his Mecha manufacturing and design had reached Level 2.
• Zhang Tianyang was stunned by Su Ming's achievements and wondered how long he had been in seclusion.

Zhang Tianyang recognized Su Ming’s extraordinary growth and offered to teach him several side professions while seeking him a forging teacher. In the Dou Er era, Su Ming pondered why his Thousand-Forged Sinking Silver lacked a spirit and suspected that Soul Spirits had transformed the laws of spirit, then looked toward himself upstream along the river of time.

• Zhang Tianyang praised Su Ming’s rapid cultivation and talent across four side professions, then offered to teach him Mecha Design, Mecha Manufacturing, and Mecha Repair.
• Zhang Tianyang decided to seek a forging teacher for Su Ming, possibly reaching out to someone who could connect him with Zhen Hua.
• Su Ming agreed to consolidate his Thousand Forgings and explore the properties of more metals while Zhang Tianyang made inquiries.
• In the Dou Er era, Su Ming examined his Thousand-Forged Sinking Silver and wondered why it had not developed a spirit.
• Su Ming suspected that Soul Spirits had perfected the laws of spirit and that this change had later spread to metals.
• Su Ming perceived the river of time and looked upstream toward his past self.

Su Ming decided that he needed to take concrete actions in Dou Yi to change history across the three eras. After secretly buying and consuming Whale Rubber, he broke through to level 20 and went to tell Zhu Jiuyang, leaving him poised to hunt for a Soul Ring.

• Su Ming reasoned that changes in one era would affect the future only if he actually carried them out, and left changing history to his Dou Yi self.
• After twenty months, Su Ming secretly bought a large piece of Thousand-Year Whale Rubber to strengthen his body and prepare to absorb a higher-aged Soul Ring.
• Su Ming roasted and ate the Whale Rubber, endured its effects, and refined it for three hours before breaking through to level 20.
• Su Ming learned that Grandpa had contacted the Body Sect in Dou Er and that Zhang Tianyang had found a way to introduce him to Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua in Dou San.
• Su Ming went to the Blacksmith Association to tell Zhu Jiuyang that he had reached level 20, surprising his teacher because he had reached level 19 less than three months earlier.

Su Ming told Zhu Jiuyang that Whale Rubber had strengthened his body and revealed that he knew basic Soul Tool-making methods, leading Zhu Jiuyang to investigate the rubber himself and break through to level 80. Zhu Jiuyang then agreed to hunt the unusual Dark Gold Bear at the Meteorite Iron Mine for Su Ming’s second Soul Ring.

• Su Ming explained that he had taken Whale Rubber to improve his ability to withstand Soul Rings and claimed he had found notes describing its effects and basic Soul Tool-making methods.
• Zhu Jiuyang warned Su Ming to keep the Soul Tool-making methods secret, examined his body, and planned to study Whale Rubber and feed it to Su Ming in small portions.
• Zhu Jiuyang bought Thousand-Year Whale Rubber to test its effects, then used Sacred Fire to refine the Evil Fire stirred up by the rubber.
• After Zhu Jiuyang broke through from level 79 to level 80, Su Ming congratulated him at the Forge Room.
• Su Ming suggested hunting the Dark Gold Bear at the Meteorite Iron Mine, and Zhu Jiuyang agreed that its unusual bloodline made it suitable for Su Ming’s second Soul Ring.

In the Dou Er era, Su Ming joined the Body Sect after Lei Zhen confirmed that his Soul Power Martial Soul was a Body Martial Soul and explained his cultivation bottleneck. In the Dou Yi era, Su Ming prepared a contract array around a subdued Dark Gold Bear, surprising Zhu Jiuyang.

• Su Can introduced Su Ming to Lei Zhen, a Body Sect elder, after arranging contact with the sect for the Su Family.
• Lei Zhen examined Su Ming's exceptionally dense Soul Power and confirmed that he had been stuck at level 20 for four months because he had not yet mastered condensing a Soul Core.
• Lei Zhen accepted Su Ming into the Body Sect and took him across the border to the Heaven Dou Empire, promising the sect could help him condense a Soul Core.
• In the Savage Beast Mountain Range, Zhu Jiuyang subdued a tiny Dark Gold Bear while Su Ming drew an array around it.
• Su Ming explained that the array strengthened his connection to a Soul Ring and increased the chance of a Soul Bone dropping, and Zhu Jiuyang wondered whether this method could yield many Soul Bones.