Chapter Summaries

Tang San relinquished the God Realm Central Hub to Rong Nianbing and another First-Rank God chosen by the God of Destruction, while the gods recognized the political maneuver behind the arrangement. On the Reincarnation Continent, the Genius Battle began with thousands gathered, but its format remained unannounced as the competitors and spectators awaited the main figure.

• Tang San agreed to surrender the God Realm Central Hub after the God of Destruction and the God of Life challenged his authority.
• The God of Destruction proposed that Huo Yuhao and a candidate for the vacant God of Destruction position govern the hub together, and Tang San accepted.
• Rong Nianbing took the God Realm Central Hub and returned to his valley as the gods dispersed.
• Thousands of soul masters gathered in Reincarnation City for the Genius Battle, with three of the Four Sects present and soul bones offered as prizes for the final three.
• Ye Ying asked Ye Xiao whether the Reincarnation Saint Child was the boy she had met, and Ye Xiao warned her to prepare for danger because the competition format was still unknown.

Chen Ming introduced the Genius Battle’s arena-defense rules and valuable rewards, then announced that he would personally compete and claim all five arena championships. His reveal of his overwhelming Soul Power left the three sects’ Soul Saints shocked.

• Chen Ming addressed the crowd and explained that the Genius Battle would recur every five years to showcase young Soul Masters.
• Chen Ming described the arena-defense format, advancement requirements, and rewards, including Level 7 Soul Tools and Gold Soul Coins.
• The three sects’ Soul Saints grew excited at the prospect of winning rare Soul Tools and wondered whether Chen Ming had inherited the Reincarnation Ancestor’s legacy.
• Chen Ming announced that he would participate and become champion of all five arenas.
• Chen Ming unleashed his Soul Power, prompting the three Soul Saints to exclaim that it was impossible.

Chen Ming revealed his overwhelming Soul Power at the Genius Battle and challenged the gathered Soul Masters, prompting Ye Guyi and the three sects to submit to him. After Ye Guyi withdrew from their match, the three Soul Sages accepted Chen Ming’s challenge together, and he activated his third Soul Skill as they faced him.

• Chen Ming descended onto the arena on golden lotuses and declared that he was a Soul King seeking to learn from the assembled geniuses.
• Ye Guyi challenged Chen Ming and asked whether he had received the Reincarnation Ancestor’s inheritance; Chen Ming gave an ambiguous answer, and she pledged the Heavenly Saint Sect’s obedience if he defeated her.
• Chen Ming and Ye Guyi released their martial souls, revealing his four black Soul Rings and one red Soul Ring; he told her she was unqualified and she left the arena in a daze.
• The Soul Sages of the Heavenly Saint Sect, Vajra Gate, and Shadow God Cult knelt and pledged their allegiance, followed by the Soul Masters in the Great Soul Arena.
• The three Soul Sages rose and asked to battle Chen Ming together, and Chen Ming accepted their challenge.
• Chen Ming activated his third Soul Skill, Ice Fire Three Profound Transformations, as the three Soul Sages prepared to fight.

Chen Ming used Ice Fire Three Profound Transformations to raise his Soul Power to level sixty-nine and face three Soul Sages. He held off their attacks, but the Vajra Gate Soul Sage escalated the fight with his Raging Thunder Vajra Transformation.

• Chen Ming’s Ice Fire Three Profound Transformations raised his Soul Power by sixteen levels, though he worried that his soul-ring ages would limit the skill’s future growth.
• Chen Ming warned the three Soul Sages to use their full strength, and they activated their Martial Soul Avatars.
• The Heavenly Saint Sect Soul Sage attacked with spiritual sound waves, wind blades, and sacred-tainted flames, but Chen Ming’s Golden Lotus Hegemony Body absorbed the flames and withstood the assault.
• The Vajra Gate Soul Sage blasted a hole in Chen Ming’s golden lotus with an air cannon, then clashed fists with Chen Ming as their powers stalled against each other.
• The Vajra Gate Soul Sage activated his Raging Thunder Vajra Transformation and prepared another punch after noticing Chen Ming’s golden lotus had nearly healed.

Chen Ming used his God Suppressing Stele and golden lotus to withstand the combined assault of three Soul Sages, then teleported clear of their near-fatal attack. He restored his lotus and Soul Power and accelerated toward the Soul Sages to launch his counterattack.

• The Vajra Gate Soul Sage and Shadow God Cult Soul Sage coordinated a frontal and rear assault on Chen Ming.
• Chen Ming summoned the God Suppressing Stele, whose force field suppressed the three Soul Sages and disrupted their attacks.
• The three Soul Sages unleashed a final combined strike that tore large gaps in Chen Ming's golden lotus, but he used his fourth soul ring to teleport away from their follow-up attack.
• Su Su realized that the three Soul Sages had only barely managed to contend with Chen Ming, who had not yet used his fourth soul ring.
• Chen Ming restored his golden lotus and rapidly recovered his Soul Power by absorbing the Power of Heaven and Earth.
• Chen Ming propelled himself toward the three Soul Sages with repeated Ice Fire Power explosions.

Chen Ming defeated three Soul Saints, was acclaimed as the Reincarnation Great Emperor, and absorbed the continent’s fate into the Reincarnation Disk. As a new light awakened in his Sea of Consciousness, Rong Nianbing returned to the valley with the God Realm Central Hub and turned his attention to his own lower plane.

• Chen Ming used his Ice Fire Power to attack the three Soul Saints in rapid succession, leaving them badly wounded and forcing them to concede defeat.
• Chen Ming removed the extreme ice-and-fire power from the three Soul Saints and healed their injuries with Life Force.
• Chen Ming ascended above the arena and declared himself the Reincarnation Great Emperor as the assembled soul masters knelt before him.
• Electrolux praised Chen Ming for gathering the continent’s fate, and Chen Ming refined a ball of light containing a mirror and fused it into the Reincarnation Disk as its first soul ring.
• A new light emerged from Chen Ming’s Sea of Consciousness, while Rong Nianbing returned to the valley with the God Realm Central Hub and chose to inspect his own lower plane instead of Douluo Star.

Rong Nianbing decided to use the God Realm Central Hub to advance before investigating what the Sea God wanted on Douluo Star. Chen Ming cultivated on Reincarnation Continent, developed plans to strengthen its Soul Masters, and received a report on the Reincarnation Empire’s recruitment of young geniuses.

• Rong Nianbing recognized that the God of Destruction and the Sea God had different motives for giving him the God Realm Central Hub, and chose to break through before visiting Douluo Star.
• Chen Ming observed that Reincarnation Continent’s Heaven and Earth Vital Energy favored soul beasts, but his arrival had begun to increase the fortune of its Soul Master World.
• Chen Ming used the continent’s cultivation environment to deepen his body tempering and planned to merge Life Gold’s origin essence into his Sea of Consciousness with Electrolux’s help.
• Chen Ming assigned Chen Dong to command the Reincarnation Army and balanced Su Su’s influence by supporting the four major sects.
• Su Su reported that the three major sects had pledged allegiance and sent their young geniuses into the Reincarnation Tower, while the Genius Battle continued toward its final eight.

Chen Ming condemned the Vast Sea Sect for defying the Reincarnation Empire and ordered its destruction, while continuing to investigate a small world and cultivate his Body Martial Soul and Reincarnation Disk. The chapter ended as a blood-red, glasslike soul ring formed around the Reincarnation Disk.

• Chen Ming learned that the Vast Sea Sect had ignored the Genius Battle and ordered the Empire to brand it hostile and prepare to destroy it within a month.
• Chen Ming told Su Su to expand the search for the entrance to the small world, and she wondered whether it held the Reincarnation Ancestor's inheritance.
• Chen Ming questioned whether Tang San would notice the faith of human Soul Masters and reflected on his progress to level fifty-four and his plans to absorb Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Chen Ming resolved to make up for the physical cultivation he had neglected in his first eight lives and chose to cultivate his Body Martial Soul rather than the Reincarnation Disk to recover his body.
• A blood-red, glasslike soul ring formed around Chen Ming's Reincarnation Disk, which he recognized as a heaven-bestowed Soul Ring.

Chen Ming used the Blade of Life to share gathered fortune with the first thirty-six members of the Reincarnation Tower, helping them gain insights and break through cultivation bottlenecks. He ordered them to prepare for battle and destroy the Vast Sea Sect in three days.

• The Reincarnation Continent’s forces began a war against the Vast Sea Sect after Chen Ming issued his decree.
• The month-long Genius Battle selected eight geniuses, who joined twenty-eight members recommended by sects and other organizations as the first Reincarnation Tower group.
• Chen Ming used the Blade of Life to bestow fortune on the thirty-six members, prompting breakthroughs and insights among them.
• The members knelt to thank Chen Ming, believing the Blade of Life had blessed them.
• Chen Ming ordered the group to follow him into battle and destroy the Vast Sea Sect in three days.

Chen Ming led an elite Soul Master army to Vast Sea Island to bring the Vast Sea Sect under the Reincarnation Empire. The Vast Sea Sect raised its alarm, and Tang Hai confronted Chen Ming while refusing to recognize his authority.

• Chen Ming led more than a thousand Soul Masters across two Soul Beast Forests, where Su Su kept the Soul Beasts away.
• Chen Ming and the army reached Vast Sea Island, home of the Vast Sea Sect.
• The Vast Sea Sect fired a Soul Guiding Cannon, awakening its members and ending the Vast Sea Ancestor’s seclusion.
• The Heaven Saint Sect Master, Shadow God Cult Leader, and Vajra Gate Master declared that their sects had submitted to the Reincarnation Great Emperor.
• Tang Hai challenged Chen Ming’s claim to rule and insisted that the Reincarnation Ancestor had been only an envoy of the Sea God.
• The Heaven Saint Sect Master told Tang Hai that Chen Ming had defeated three Soul Saints alone a month earlier.

Tang Hai revealed that he had secretly become a Soul Douluo, then fought the Vajra Gate Master after denouncing the Reincarnation Ancestor and his Life-and-Death Meditation Method. Tang Hai endured the Mountain Suppressing Seal's physical and mental attack, leaving the conflict underway.

• The Heavenly Saint Sect Master called Tang Hai arrogant for ignoring the Genius Battle, and Tang Hai challenged the sect members to guess whether he was a Soul Saint or Soul Douluo.
• Chen Ming wondered whether Tang San had prepared the Vast Sea Sect as a potential source of fortune for Huo Yuhao.
• Tang Hai revealed eight soul rings and claimed the Vast Sea Sect had long been the continent's strongest sect, while dismissing the Reincarnation Ancestor's Life-and-Death Meditation Method as a fraud.
• The Vajra Gate Master attacked Tang Hai with his Mountain Suppressing Seal, which struck at both his body and mind.
• Tang Hai used Sea Dragon True Body and Sea Dragon Guard to withstand the attack, recovering from its mental impact after three breaths.

Tang Hai tried to rally the Vast Sea Sect with the Sea God's blessing, but the Reincarnation Army stayed loyal to Chen Ming. As the battle on Vast Sea Island intensified, Chen Ming unleashed his fused soul skills and prepared to fight at full strength.

• Tang Hai mocked the Reincarnation Ancestor and praised the Sea God's blessing, but the Reincarnation Army showed no sign of wavering.
• Tang Hai and the Vast Sea Sect summoned raging waves that trapped the Reincarnation Army between the water and the sect's disciples.
• The Soul Sages of the three allied sects fought Tang Hai and another Vast Sea Sect Soul Sage while Chen Ming stepped into battle.
• Tang Hai was stunned by Chen Ming's four black and one red Soul Rings as Chen Ming used Ice Fire Three Profound Transformations to raise his Soul Power close to rank seventy.
• Chen Ming activated his first three fused soul skills, drawing on his Phoenix Bloodline and two pieces of Life Gold as he committed to using his full strength.

Chen Ming used his Ice Fire abilities to overwhelm Tang Hai, but Tang Long intervened with a space-compatible dagger just as Chen Ming was about to finish him. The chapter ended with Chen Ming learning about Tang Long’s martial soul and weapon.

• Chen Ming boosted and replenished his Soul Power, then formed and threw an Ice Fire Golden Lotus at Tang Hai.
• Tang Hai’s Sea Dragon Tornado failed to stop the lotus, and the blast wounded him and sent deadly ice spikes through the surrounding area.
• Chen Ming rushed Tang Hai and struck him, leaving him in severe pain as he prepared to deliver a finishing blow.
• Chen Ming sensed a concealed Soul Power attack and used his fourth soul skill to appear before the three sect masters.
• Tang Long appeared beside Tang Hai with the Soul Tool Dagger Breath of the Deep Sea, and Chen Ming learned about Tang Long’s space-attribute abilities and weapon.

Chen Ming faced Tang Long, a powerful Soul Douluo, and used the God Suppressing Stele to suppress Vast Sea Island before launching a spatially shifting Ice Fire attack. He left Tang Long shocked and uncertain about Chen Ming’s martial soul and extraordinary abilities.

• Chen Ming assessed Tang Long’s strength and recognized that the battle against him was a genuine challenge beyond his level.
• Tang Long vanished into space and attacked, but Chen Ming sensed the strike and blasted him out with Ice Fire Power.
• Chen Ming summoned the God Suppressing Stele, whose faith-powered suppression covered Vast Sea Island while sparing his allies.
• Chen Ming teleported his Ice Fire attack past Tang Long’s defenses and struck Tang Hai from behind, trapping him in the erupting power.
• Tang Long realized Chen Ming’s attack involved spatial abilities and wondered what martial soul and soul ring had granted him such powers.

Chen Ming used the God Suppressing Stele and his Ice Fire abilities to overwhelm Tang Long, but his final attack left Tang Long gravely wounded rather than dead. As Chen Ming’s power waned, Tang Long remained alive with the Breath of the Deep Sea in his grasp.

• Chen Ming attacked Tang Long with Ice Fire Two Heavens, while the God Suppressing Stele forced Tang Long out of concealment.
• Tang Long used Void Breaking Fang to rupture space, but Chen Ming teleported behind him and struck him with an Ice Fire Golden Lotus.
• The God Suppressing Stele hit Tang Long with a mental shock, and Chen Ming detonated a massive golden lotus at close range before teleporting clear.
• Chen Ming watched the red-and-blue mushroom cloud disperse and realized Tang Long had survived the blast.
• Chen Ming saw Tang Long’s devastating wounds and noticed that the Breath of the Deep Sea was keeping him alive as Tang Long laughed hoarsely.

As the Vast Sea Sect’s forces collapsed under Chen Ming’s assault, Tang Long revealed that the Breath of the Deep Sea contained a sealed catastrophe. After Tang Long’s death, the artifact unleashed a growing spatial vortex that swallowed powerful fighters and threatened all of Vast Sea Island.

• Su Su controlled and killed enemy Soul Emperors, helping the Reincarnation Empire overwhelm the Vast Sea Sect’s fighters.
• Tang Long realized Chen Ming’s enhanced state was temporary and admitted that the Breath of the Deep Sea had been left by the Sea God.
• Tang Long explained that the artifact was made from Profound Nether Iron Heart and held something sealed with Uncertain Wind Waves.
• Tang Long drew out the artifact’s Power of Space and claimed the Sea God had warned that the sealed disaster could overturn the continent.
• The Heavenly Saint Sect Master killed Tang Long and seized the Breath of the Deep Sea, but a vortex swallowed him and then the nearby Vajra Gate Master.
• The vortex expanded across Vast Sea Island as space cracked, while Su Su watched Chen Ming remain calm.

Tang Long’s death unleashed a vortex that pulled Chen Ming and the surrounding Soul Masters into Dragon Valley, where Chen Ming survived the fall and discovered the world’s Dragon Clouds. He planned to absorb the clouds and search for dragon soul bones, hoping to awaken his Martial Soul a second time.

• Chen Ming told the Reincarnation Empire’s Soul Masters to follow the vortex’s pull, keep their Soul Power contained, and prepare for the teleportation.
• Electrolux gave Chen Ming an automatic life-saving spell, then recognized the immense bloodline power and vital energy within the expanding spatial entrance.
• Chen Ming was swept into Dragon Valley, where his Soul Power was sealed and he used Spiritual Power and Lotus Steps to slow his fall while absorbing Dragon Clouds.
• The Space Node closed, and Chen Ming used the faith-power coordinates to determine that more than eight hundred people had remained in Dragon Valley.
• Chen Ming decided to absorb Dragon Clouds and seek dragon soul bones in the Dragon’s Graveyard, anticipating a possible Martial Soul Second Awakening.

Chen Ming used Dragon Clouds in Dragon Valley to slowly expand his Sea of Consciousness and improve his elemental affinity. He defeated an Ice Armored Dragon and sealed its artistic-conception power inside himself for later study.

• Chen Ming reasoned that obtaining the Dragon God's inheritance required both the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King bloodlines.
• Chen Ming drew down Light and Dark Element Dragon Clouds to nourish his Sea of Consciousness, gradually repairing and expanding it.
• Chen Ming searched Dragon Valley and learned that beast souls could be hunted for their power, though they were dangerous to soul masters without Soul Power.
• Chen Ming fought an Ice Armored Dragon, destroyed its energy core with a Spiritual Power-enhanced punch, and absorbed its energy.
• Chen Ming bound the Ice Armored Dragon's power and sealed it within his body so he could study its artistic conception later.

Chen Ming explored Dragon Valley, absorbing the powers of rare dragon-type souls and learning Ice Intent as he approached the Dragon's Graveyard. After discussing the Dragon God’s legacy and the Demigod Position with Electrolux, he found a giant dragon’s skeleton and took its soul bone, promising to send it to Reincarnation.

• Chen Ming absorbed the powers of numerous dragon-type soul beasts, strengthening his understanding of Ice Intent and refining his ice attribute.
• After a month, Chen Ming and Electrolux sensed the growing Death Qi and obsession near the Dragon's Graveyard, where Electrolux warned of a terrifying taboo.
• Chen Ming explained the Dragon God's legacy and the hierarchy of god positions to Electrolux, who continued working to improve his Death Demigod Position.
• Chen Ming entered the Dragon's Graveyard and found a gigantic dragon skeleton whose power erupted when he touched it.
• Chen Ming removed the soul bone from the dragon's right claw and told it he could deliver it from suffering and send it to Reincarnation.

Chen Ming explored the Dragon's Graveyard, learned that obsession might underlie reincarnation, and helped a young soul master survive a Dragon King inheritance. The youth began absorbing the inheritance in stages, while Chen Ming sensed that his own power over fate was taking shape.

• Chen Ming promised the dragon souls in the graveyard a chance at reincarnation and stored a hundred-thousand-year dragon soul bone in Electrolux's Undead Demiplane.
• Electrolux explained that the strange power above the graveyard was obsession and questioned whether a life's true core was its memories or its deepest thoughts.
• Chen Ming considered that his own reincarnation might stem from his desire to return to his original world and his refusal to accept his ruined future.
• Dragon roars drew Chen Ming to a youth who had received a Dragon King level inheritance from an unfamiliar magma-like dragon.
• Chen Ming injected Life Force into the youth and had Electrolux divide the dragon's bloodline source into nine portions so he could absorb it gradually.