Chapter Summaries

Jing Hochen recruited Shiyu as his student at Sun Moon Royal Academy, hoping to draw him away from Shrek Academy. He brought Shiyu to a Soul Tool Workshop to assess his abilities, while Shiyu prepared to impress him with advanced techniques.

• Jing Hochen praised Shiyu’s Soul Tool potential and offered to mentor him, and Shiyu accepted.
• The students chose their mentors, with He Caitou choosing Xuan Ziwen.
• Shiyu followed Jing Hochen to a Soul Tool Workshop, accompanied by King Kong, and decided to craft something that would surprise his new mentor.
• Jing Hochen tried to learn about King Kong, but King Kong withheld his personal information.

Shiyu crafted a Soul Tool under Jing Hochen’s observation, impressing the Level 9 Soul Master with his skill and independently improved Soul Guiding Array. Jing Hochen praised Shiyu’s talent and asked him to explain his design principles, which Shiyu began to do.

• Shiyu gathered and processed materials for a Soul Tool while Jing Hochen watched.
• Shiyu released his Dark Gold Dreadclaw Soul Bone to engrave the arrays, surprising Jing Hochen and King Kong.
• Shiyu engraved sixty-four Soul Guiding Arrays and assembled the Soul Tool, while Jing Hochen noticed that its main array was unfamiliar and unusually refined.
• Shiyu told Jing Hochen he had studied Soul Tools for a little over a year, and Jing Hochen praised his talent and offered professional advice.
• Shiyu admitted he had improved the array himself, and Jing Hochen called the improvements excellent and asked about his methods.
• Shiyu explained some of the principles behind his improvements to Jing Hochen.

Shiyu improved rapidly under Jing Hochen’s Soul Tool instruction and chose to pursue instant-explosion Soul Tools that would complement his Teleportation. He insisted on focusing his research on Level 9 Soul Guidance Cannonballs, and Jing Hochen offered to help if Shiyu first explained his ideas for improving Soul Guiding Arrays.

• Jing Hochen invited Shiyu to study Soul Tools at Sun Moon Royal Academy, but Shiyu declined to make them his main focus.
• Shiyu remade a Soul Tool over several days, correcting the problems Jing Hochen identified until he could produce it almost perfectly.
• Shiyu chose the explosion route, aiming to combine instant blasts with his Teleportation and considering defensive Soul Tools as well.
• Jing Hochen explained the challenges of making cannonballs that could explode instantly, then agreed to offer guidance.
• Shiyu insisted that Level 9 Soul Guidance Cannonballs were the proper research goal, and Jing Hochen asked him to explain his ideas for improving Soul Guiding Arrays in return for help.

After half a year of studying Level 9 Soul Guidance Cannonballs with Jing Hochen, Shiyu reached Soul Power Level 60 and asked for time off to obtain his sixth Soul Ring. Jing Hochen revealed he knew of a suitable Space Attribute Spirit Beast, leaving Shiyu eager to hear more.

• Shiyu withheld some of his design ideas from Jing Hochen and began studying Level 9 Soul Guidance Cannonballs, gradually mastering their theory over half a year.
• Shiyu reached Soul Power Level 60 and told Jing Hochen he planned to leave to obtain a sixth Soul Ring.
• Shiyu explained that medicine had helped accelerate his cultivation, easing Jing Hochen's surprise at his rapid progress.
• Jing Hochen warned that finding a Space Attribute Spirit Beast could take longer than a week.
• Jing Hochen said he knew of one or two Space Attribute Spirit Beasts and that one might suit Shiyu's sixth Soul Ring, then paused before giving details.

Shiyu learned from Jing Hochen about a rare Void King Snake in the Jingyang Mountain Range and set out with King Kong and Little Gold to find it for his Sixth Soul Ring. On the way, Ju Zi and Keke recognized Shiyu and King Kong as they flew past.

• Jing Hochen told Shiyu about two related Void Snakes in the Jingyang Mountain Range, including one over ninety thousand years old, and marked their last known location on a map.
• Shiyu decided to pursue the Void King Snake and traveled north with King Kong and Little Gold, intending to defeat it before it escaped into space.
• King Kong knocked attacking Flying Soul Beasts out of the sky without deliberately killing them as the group flew through the mountains.
• Ju Zi and Keke spotted King Kong and Shiyu, recognized them from the Sun Moon Royal Academy, and guessed they had come to obtain a Soul Ring.

Shiyu and King Kong ambushed and killed a Void King Snake with more than ninety-five thousand years of cultivation, obtaining its Soul Ring. Shiyu prepared to absorb it while hiding Little Gold in the Antique Coin so it would not see him suffer.

• Ju Zi and Keke decided to watch from a distance while Shiyu and King Kong approached the Void King Snake slowly.
• Shiyu, King Kong, and Little Gold attacked the Void King Snake before it could escape into space, while the Little Void Snake fled.
• Little Gold and King Kong overwhelmed the Void King Snake, and Shiyu killed it and obtained its black Soul Ring tinged with red.
• King Kong warned Shiyu that absorbing the Soul Ring would be difficult, but Shiyu said he was confident he could succeed.
• Shiyu sent Little Gold into the Antique Coin before beginning the absorption, intending to keep it from seeing his pain.

Shiyu absorbed a ninety-five-thousand-year Soul Ring with King Kong guarding him, then was pulled into another crossing. He emerged in a dark place and realized he might have landed in the Abyss as a gray creature attacked him.

• Shiyu absorbed the Soul Ring while King Kong protected him, enduring severe strain as his Eight Spider Lances drained the Void King Snake's bloodline to speed his recovery.
• Shiyu successfully absorbed the Soul Ring, and a Space-Time Vortex appeared, freezing King Kong and the surrounding world as it carried him away.
• Shiyu tried to comprehend the Space Rules during his passage through the Space-Time Tunnel, but the crossing ended before he could make much progress.
• Shiyu emerged in darkness and blocked a sharp, blade-like limb with his Dark Gold Dreadclaw as a powerful creature attacked him.
• Shiyu saw the gray, nonhuman creature clearly and suspected that he had landed in the Abyss.

Shiyu hid from the Abyss creatures hunting him in the one hundred and fifth layer and used his Precognition Ability to discover an opportunity near the layer’s core. Though the Energy Core carried great risk, he decided to approach it cautiously and retreat if it proved impossible to obtain.

• An Abyss creature spotted Shiyu and attacked, but Shiyu escaped with Teleportation rather than fight it.
• The creature summoned its subordinates, and the Abyss Emperor of the one hundred and fifth layer mobilized the layer to search for Shiyu.
• Shiyu concealed himself in space above the ground and considered how to find a way back to Douluo Continent.
• Shiyu used his Precognition Ability to discover that the layer’s Energy Core was a valuable opportunity located in the Abyssal Plane’s core region.
• Shiyu decided to approach the Energy Core while concealed, planning to retreat if the risk proved too great.

Shiyu discovered that the sphere inside the pillar of light was likely this layer’s Energy Core, but precognition showed that touching it would trigger the Abyssal Sage King’s deadly attack. He decided his only chance was to rely on the Space-Time Vortex to protect him while he took the sphere and escaped.

• Shiyu used Precognition Ability to learn that the pillar of light contained a Teleportation Array and a sphere that could revive Abyss creatures.
• Shiyu inferred that the sphere was the layer’s Energy Core and considered stealing it for its potential secrets of resurrection.
• Shiyu foresaw that touching the sphere would immobilize him and leave him vulnerable to the Abyssal Sage King’s attack.
• Shiyu repeatedly used precognition, but each attempt to take the sphere ended with him being destroyed.
• Shiyu devised a risky plan to rely on the Space-Time Vortex to shield him from the Abyssal Sage King as he took the sphere and escaped.

Shiyu chose to keep exploring the Abyssal Plane rather than leave, and used his Precognition Ability to find and infiltrate a city treasury. He left the treasury loaded with valuable materials, including a Space Attribute crystal and exceptionally hard metal.

• Shiyu decided to risk staying in the Abyssal Plane and searched for opportunities using his Precognition Ability.
• Shiyu found a small city and secretly made his way to its poorly guarded treasury.
• Shiyu Teleported into the treasury, where he sensed no danger and began collecting its contents.
• Shiyu found a battered Battle Armor and stored it along with Energy Crystals, metals, and other treasures.
• Shiyu discovered a Space Attribute crystal and exceptionally hard metal, which he also stored for future Battle Armor.

Shiyu broke into a guarded cave in an Abyss creature clan’s valley and used the God-tier Mecha to knock out its powerful guardian. He confirmed that the Eight Spider Lances could replenish his Soul Power by devouring Abyss creatures, but he left the creature alive to avoid drawing the Abyss Emperor’s attention and began looting the cave.

• Shiyu left the emptied treasury and, more than two hours later, approached a valley inhabited by Abyss creatures.
• Shiyu used his Precognition Ability to locate valuable items in a stone cave guarded by a powerful Abyss creature, then decided to enter with the God-tier Mecha.
• Shiyu teleported into the cave, and the God-tier Mecha restrained the six-limbed guardian and knocked it unconscious by repeatedly ramming its head.
• Shiyu drove the Eight Spider Lances into the guardian and confirmed that devouring its energy restored his Soul Power.
• Shiyu stopped extracting energy before the guardian died, had the God-tier Mecha keep it unconscious, and began looting the cave.

Shiyu tested whether he could travel through the Abyss Passage and return to Douluo Continent, then confirmed he could move between the two. He left the rocky passage and hurried toward Heaven Dou City to meet Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua.

• After robbing several Abyss creature clans’ treasure vaults, Shiyu decided to test the Teleportation Array and the Abyss Passage.
• Shiyu entered the passage and used his Power of Space to stop his ascent and return to the spatial barrier leading to the Abyssal Layer.
• Shiyu continued upward, overcame the passage’s rejection by fusing with its Spatial Power, and emerged in the rocky region on Douluo Continent.
• Shiyu traveled back down into the passage and confirmed that he could return to the Abyssal Plane.
• Shiyu hid from several dozen Abyss creatures entering the passage, then headed for Heaven Dou City to find Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua.

Shiyu left the Abyss Battlefield and secretly visited the Blacksmith Association in Heaven Dou City, hoping to gain Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua's favor. After an ordinary public forging lecture, Shiyu left Zhen Hua a note offering to restore his vitality, and Zhen Hua and Mu Ye were startled when its sender appeared behind them.

• Shiyu avoided the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy powerhouses as he escaped the Abyss Battlefield and Teleported to Heaven Dou City.
• Shiyu watched Zhen Hua's public forging lecture but saw no assassination take place.
• Shiyu ate at a restaurant, then wrote a note offering Zhen Hua a way to restore his vitality and secretly left it in his room.
• Zhen Hua found the note and summoned Mu Ye, who checked the room for intruders and explosives.
• Zhen Hua agreed to open the window, but a voice spoke from behind him and Mu Ye and Zhen Hua prepared to fight.

Shiyu used an ancient token to gain Mu Ye’s trust and asked him to persuade Zhen Hua to forge a Four-word Battle Armor. He offered to extend Zhen Hua’s lifespan by fifty to a hundred years, and Zhen Hua asked to hear how he would do it before agreeing.

• Shiyu revealed a token tied to a promise between his ancestor and the Body Sect’s founding ancestor, convincing Mu Ye of their connection.
• Mu Ye apologized for his killing intent and promised to honor the token’s terms, though he could only help Shiyu obtain priority with Zhen Hua.
• Shiyu asked Zhen Hua to forge a Four-word Battle Armor and arrange its Soul Guiding Arrays and assembly.
• Shiyu offered to extend Zhen Hua’s lifespan by roughly fifty to a hundred years in exchange for his help.
• Zhen Hua said he would agree if Shiyu could explain how to extend his lifespan without side effects.

Shiyu offered Zhen Hua a piece of Life Evergreen Vine as an advance payment for forging Four-word Battle Armor, and Zhen Hua confirmed that it worked. Mu Ye explained the difficulties of forging and fusing Four-word Battle Armor without the usual armor foundation, while Shiyu remained intent on pursuing it.

• Shiyu gave Zhen Hua a piece of Life Evergreen Vine, claiming it could extend his life by more than a decade.
• Zhen Hua scanned the vine for danger, then ate it and began refining its life energy with Soul Power.
• Mu Ye questioned Shiyu about his identity while Zhen Hua refined the vine, and Shiyu concealed his real name.
• Mu Ye explained that forging Four-word Battle Armor without first building up from lower-word armor made fusion much harder and riskier.
• Shiyu admitted he had no lower-word Battle Armor and said he still wanted Four-word Battle Armor, even if he could not fuse with it immediately.

Shiyu negotiated with Zhen Hua to forge him a high-quality set of Four-word Battle Armor in exchange for Life Evergreen. When Shiyu asked for Zhen Hua’s Divine Craftsman Forging Insights as assurance, Zhen Hua refused and explained that the Federation restricted who could learn the techniques.

• Zhen Hua consumed Shiyu’s Life Evergreen and said it made him feel younger and extended his lifespan by at least ten years.
• Shiyu offered Zhen Hua five pieces of Life Evergreen, including the one he had consumed, in return for forging a complete set of Four-word Battle Armor.
• Zhen Hua agreed to make the armor to the best of his ability, with Shiyu providing some materials, and promised to finish within a year and a half.
• Zhen Hua asked to receive the remaining Life Evergreen upfront, but Shiyu demanded tangible assurance instead of relying on a verbal promise.
• Shiyu requested Zhen Hua’s Divine Craftsman Forging Insights, and Zhen Hua refused, citing Federation restrictions on sharing the techniques.

Shiyu negotiated with Zhen Hua for the Divine Craftsman Forging Insights in exchange for Life Evergreen, then discussed the rare materials needed to forge his Four-word Battle Armor. The chapter left Zhen Hua examining five space-attribute metals Shiyu had brought from the Abyssal Plane.

• Shiyu demanded either Zhen Hua's Divine Craftsman Forging Insights or two God-tier Mechas, and Zhen Hua agreed to lend him the insights until he forged Shiyu's Four-word Battle Armor.
• Shiyu gave Zhen Hua four segments of Life Evergreen and made him swear to complete the armor within a year and a half.
• Shiyu told Zhen Hua and Mu Ye that his Martial Soul was a Space-Time Phantom with both space and time attributes.
• Zhen Hua said he could find only one suitable time-attribute metal and four space-attribute metals for the armor.
• Shiyu showed Zhen Hua five space-attribute metals from the Abyssal Plane and claimed that one of his Elders had brought them back from the Abyss Passage.

Shiyu arranged for Mu Ye to abduct Sima Jinchi in exchange for Life Evergreen, intending to obtain the origin of Jinchi’s Dragon Slaying Saber. After leaving the Blacksmith Association, Shiyu traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Immortal Herbs reacted warily to his return.

• Zhen Hua confirmed that two of Shiyu’s spatial metals could be used for Four-word Battle Armor and explained that more metals could be fused into it later.
• Mu Ye asked to exchange for Life Evergreen, and Shiyu offered him a section if he brought Sima Jinchi to him alive within a year.
• Mu Ye agreed to find and abduct Sima Jinchi, whose Dragon Slaying Saber origin Shiyu wanted to obtain.
• After Shiyu vanished, Zhen Hua and Mu Ye wondered whether he was connected to the other Shiyu, but Mu Ye doubted they were the same person.
• Shiyu traveled from Heaven Dou City to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, startling the Immortal Herbs with his return.

Shiyu refined the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King Inner Cores in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, transforming his Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Level Soul Bone. He emerged with greatly increased strength and new poison and control abilities.

• Shiyu picked ordinary Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, then entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and asked the Ice-Fire Dragon Souls to help him refine two Inner Cores.
• Shiyu swallowed both Inner Cores and directed their energy into his Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone as the Ice-Fire Dragon Souls assisted him.
• Shiyu completed the refinement, and the Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone transformed into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Level Soul Bone with greater power, poison, and devouring abilities.
• Shiyu discovered that the Soul Bone had gained the Ice-Fire Spider Emperor Poison and Soul Capture skills, while his physical strength and Soul Power also increased.

Shiyu discussed a body-fusing Four-word Battle Armor with Lin Feng, then entered the Abyssal Plane to seize its Plane Energy Core just before his return. He managed to grab the core, but could not move it as the threat of the Abyssal Sage King loomed.

• Shiyu asked Lin Feng to design a Four-word Battle Armor that could fuse with his body and grant him its abilities.
• After two days of discussion, Shiyu and Lin Feng agreed on the armor's appearance and primary materials, and Shiyu gave Lin Feng a year and a half to complete it.
• Shiyu traveled to Snow Mountain, entered the Abyss Passage, and secretly made his way to the Abyssal layer's Spatial Barrier.
• As his return time approached, Shiyu moved close to the Plane Energy Core and revealed himself at the final second.
• Shiyu gripped the Plane Energy Core with both hands, but could not move it.