Chapter Summaries

Sea Princess gave Zhou Sichen forty-nine golden pearls of her Spiritual Origin, strengthening his Spiritual Power and helping him enter deep meditation to comprehend the Power of Space. After three days, he emerged at Level Sixty-Two and began planning cooperation between the Spirit Pagoda and the sea’s Soul Beast races.

• Sea Princess transferred forty-nine Golden Pearls into Zhou Sichen, expanding and strengthening his Spiritual Sea.
• Zhou Sichen merged his enhanced Spiritual Power with his Space Attribute Soul Core and entered deep meditation to comprehend the Power of Space.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained Zhou Sichen’s breakthrough to Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Sea Princess, who discussed recruiting Evil Emperor to their cause.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress considered seeking Evil Emperor’s support, while Zhou Sichen’s companions reflected that Di Tian would not leave the Silver Dragon King to pursue godhood alone.
• After three days of meditation, Zhou Sichen’s Soul Core power increased by a third, his understanding of space deepened, and his Soul Power rose from Level Sixty-One to Level Sixty-Two.
• Zhou Sichen stayed at the Merfolk Palace, learned about deep-sea Soul Beasts from Sea Princess, and discussed plans to establish cooperation between them and the Spirit Pagoda.

After returning to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Zhou Sichen arranged for Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan to seek Soul Spirits through the Spirit Pagoda. Ji Juechen then challenged Zhou Sichen to a duel, which Zhou Sichen accepted for the next day.

• Zhou Sichen returned to the academy while Snow Empress went to the Spirit Pagoda to represent the Far North and help prepare for a Spirit Pagoda in Dragon City.
• Xuan Ziwen accepted Zhou Sichen’s progress to Level 62 without probing further, while Jing Hongchen wondered whether Zhou Sichen had obtained a Soul Spirit.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced Zhou Sichen to Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan, who wanted to join the Spirit Pagoda in exchange for a chance to obtain powerful Soul Spirits.
• Zhou Sichen agreed to help arrange Soul Spirits for Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan, who would join the Spirit Pagoda but would not fight against the Sun Moon Empire in a future war.
• Ji Juechen challenged Zhou Sichen to a duel to test his strength, and Zhou Sichen accepted the battle for the next day.

Zhou Sichen defeated Ji Juechen’s sword intent with his own sovereign-like intent, prompting Ji to enter deep meditation and gain profound insight into his sword path. As Ji was left to meditate, Zhou Sichen went to study Soul Tools and prepare for his Eighth-Rank Soul Engineer assessment, while considering how Soul Tools could help him strengthen his forces.

• Ji Juechen challenged Zhou Sichen, who suppressed his strongest sword strike with Reigning Over the World without releasing his Martial Soul.
• Ji Juechen saw a formless sword in Zhou Sichen’s golden domain and entered deep meditation with the Skyfall Meteorite Sword across his knees.
• Xu Jiujiu and Jing Ziyan arrived, and Zhou Sichen explained that their intents had clashed and Ji Juechen had gained insight into his sword intent.
• Jing Ziyan thanked Zhou Sichen and agreed to watch over Ji Juechen while he meditated.
• Jing Hongchen learned of Ji Juechen’s enlightenment and ordered Lin Jiayi to close the training ground so Ji could meditate undisturbed.
• Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu went to Xuan Ziwen’s laboratory, where Zhou planned to deepen his Soul Tool studies and prepare for the Eighth-Rank assessment.

Zhou Sichen completed his first Level 8 Soul Tool, the Shield of Protection, and became an Eighth-Rank Soul Engineer. After Xuan Ziwen declined the gift, Zhou Sichen gave it to Zhang Lexuan, who also refused it despite recognizing its value.

• Zhou Sichen spent three hours engraving the core formation of the Shield of Protection while Xuan Ziwen watched.
• Xuan Ziwen tested the completed Soul Tool and praised Zhou Sichen for becoming a fourteen-year-old Eighth-Rank Soul Engineer.
• Zhou Sichen offered the Shield of Protection to Xuan Ziwen, but Xuan Ziwen declined and accepted compensation for the materials he had provided.
• Zhou Sichen decided to give the Shield of Protection to Zhang Lexuan because it could help protect her while she gathered intelligence in Mingdu.
• Zhang Lexuan understood the Soul Tool's value but refused the gift, saying it was too precious and that her strength already protected her from ordinary Titled Douluo.

Zhang Lexuan acted unusually after accepting Zhou Sichen’s Level 8 Shield of Protection, while Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu continued cultivating and working on Soul Tools. Ji Juechen emerged from three months of deep meditation at Level 64 and arranged to fight Zhou Sichen again.

• Zhou Sichen gave Zhang Lexuan a Shield of Protection, which she accepted after he explained that it would help protect her while she operated in Mingdu.
• Zhang Lexuan grew quiet around Zhou Sichen the next morning and left the academy early, while Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu guessed that she had been moved by his gift.
• Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu discussed upgrading the Ever-Changing Core into a Level 9 Soul Tool as they headed to the laboratory.
• Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu met Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen at dinner after Ji Juechen emerged from three months of deep meditation.
• Ji Juechen told Zhou Sichen that his Soul Power had reached Level 64 and that his sword intent had grown, then agreed to fight him the next day.

Zhang Lexuan told Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu that the Xishui Alliance, a Royal Family-backed underworld faction, was run by Evil Soul Masters and had clashed with her investigation. They agreed to keep their identities hidden while Zhang Lexuan gathered more information before planning their next move.

• Zhang Lexuan explained that Mingdu's underworld was controlled by the Aodu Chamber of Commerce, the Ordinary Alliance, and the newly risen Xishui Alliance.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed that the Royal Family supported the Xishui Alliance and that its leaders were Evil Soul Masters.
• Zhang Lexuan said she traced the group while investigating the Sleep Nightmare Douluo's death and fought a powerful Titled Douluo connected to the Xishui Alliance.
• Zhang Lexuan reported that the Xishui Alliance and the Ordinary Alliance were increasingly suspicious of each other and might soon clash.
• Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu agreed to wait while Zhang Lexuan investigated further, keeping their own involvement secret.

Zhang Lexuan’s group investigated Mingdu’s underground factions and planned to exploit the Ordinary Alliance’s trap for the Xishui Alliance. Zhou Sichen infiltrated the Ordinary Alliance’s auction house and used his spiritual power to uncover that its supposed Dragon Girl was a woman named Xiao Yi in disguise; the chapter left the true setup still hidden behind his illusion.

• Zhang Lexuan told Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu that the Ordinary Alliance had prepared a trap for the Xishui Alliance at an East City District black market, and they agreed to investigate that night.
• Jing Hongchen followed the three to the underground district, guessed that they were targeting Evil Soul Masters, and returned to the academy without exposing them.
• Zhou Sichen used his Ever-Changing Core to slip into the Ordinary Alliance’s auction house, where a supposedly rare Dragon Girl was being auctioned as bait for the Xishui Alliance.
• Unable to pass a guarded Alloy Gate, Zhou Sichen used his right eye’s Soul Rays to alter the perceptions of guards Ji Da and Ji Er and make them open it.
• Inside the room beyond the gate, Zhou Sichen saw a young woman identified as Shangguan Weier’s disciple Tian Yi, and the apparent scene shattered into bubbles.

Zhou Sichen learned of Shangguan Weier’s plan and infiltrated the Xishui Alliance ambush at a casino on Xiluo Street, intending to inflame the conflict between the underground factions. After the Ordinary Alliance cornered Jingu Xue and his Evil Soul Masters, Zhou Sichen appeared disguised as a Holy Church elder and opened the Gate of the Undead.

• Zhou Sichen used the Eyes of the Soul to learn Shangguan Weier’s plan, then briefed Zhang Lexuan and Xu Jiujiu and sent them to investigate Xiluo Street.
• Zhou Sichen hid near the casino, where Sky Dream Ice Silkworm detected two Soul Douluo and five Soul Saints waiting to ambush the Xishui Alliance’s Evil Soul Masters.
• Jingu Xue arrived with a fake Dragon Girl, but Tian Yi revealed herself and severed his hand before the Ordinary Alliance fighters surrounded him and his men.
• The Ordinary Alliance’s forces overwhelmed Jingu Xue and the other Evil Soul Masters, while Zhou Sichen noticed their Level Eight Blade of Light’s Judgment.
• Zhou Sichen appeared as a mysterious figure with a powerful Evil Soul Master aura, and Jingu Xue begged him to save them.
• Zhou Sichen condemned Jingu Xue and the Ordinary Alliance fighters, then summoned a gray soul ring and began opening the Gate of the Undead.

Zhou Sichen used an undead dragon to crush the Ordinary Alliance’s ambush, then posed as a Holy Church elder and lured Xishui Alliance leader Nangong Wan to Dongpo Forest. After planning with Zhang Lexuan and Xu Jiujiu, he set out to ambush Nangong Wan, who believed Zhou Sichen was a Cult Leader envoy and prepared to blame the Ordinary Alliance for the attack.

• Zhou Sichen summoned an Undead Bone Dragon, killed the Ordinary Alliance’s Soul Douluo and Soul Saints, and learned that Jingu Xue’s subordinate Soul Emperor had disappeared while pursuing Tian Yi.
• Zhou Sichen ordered Jingu Xue to tell Nangong Wan to meet him at Dongpo Forest, while Tian Yi escaped and reported the failed ambush to Shangguan Weier.
• Shangguan Weier blamed the Xishui Alliance for the Ordinary Alliance’s losses and vowed to act personally against them.
• Zhou Sichen returned to the academy, told Zhang Lexuan and Xu Jiujiu about his plan to trap Nangong Wan, and the three discussed their strategy while Elder Yi turned the fallen enemies into undead.
• Nangong Wan accepted Jingu Xue’s account that Zhou Sichen was a Holy Church elder and decided to use the conflict to shift blame onto the Ordinary Alliance.
• Zhou Sichen, Zhang Lexuan, and Xu Jiujiu secretly traveled to Dongpo Forest to ambush Nangong Wan, with Zhou Sichen planning to raid the Xishui Alliance afterward.

Zhou Sichen, Xu Jiujiu, and Zhang Lexuan ambushed Nangong Wan in Dongpo Forest and overwhelmed him with Sun-Moon-Star’s powers. Nangong Wan surrendered to survive, and Zhou Sichen bound him with a Soul Talisman Forbidden Curse, leaving his life under Zhou Sichen’s control.

• Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu waited in ambush at Dongpo Forest until Nangong Wan arrived, then trapped him with Sun-Moon-Star’s domain.
• Nangong Wan unleashed his poison and tried to flee, but Sun-Moon-Star purified the poison, blocked his escape, and left him severely wounded.
• Nangong Wan begged Zhou Sichen to spare him and offered to serve as a spy within the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhou Sichen used Elder Yi’s aid to cast the Soul Talisman Forbidden Curse on Nangong Wan, giving him control over Nangong Wan’s life and actions.

Zhou Sichen learned the Holy Spirit Cult’s strength from the controlled Nangong Wan and discussed using him to monitor the cult. Jing Hongchen then offered Zhou Sichen a Level 9 Soul Tool to secure his cooperation in secretly eliminating Evil Soul Masters in Mingdu.

• Zhou Sichen questioned Nangong Wan through the Soul Talisman Forbidden Curse and shared details of the Holy Spirit Cult’s powerful leadership and Hall of Worship with Zhang Lexuan and Xu Jiujiu.
• Zhang Lexuan and Xu Jiujiu worried about the Holy Spirit Cult’s strength, while Zhou Sichen proposed using Nangong Wan to track its movements and set a future trap.
• Zhang Lexuan asked whether they should tell Mu En about Long Xiaoyao, and Zhou Sichen said they should inform him.
• Jing Hongchen summoned Zhou Sichen and proposed that they cooperate to secretly remove Evil Soul Masters from Mingdu, with Jing Hongchen providing cover.
• Jing Hongchen offered Zhou Sichen the Level 9 Soul Tool Heart of the Toad for the mission, and Zhou Sichen accepted the deal.

Jing Hongchen lent Zhou Sichen the Level 9 Heart of the Toad and offered Rare Metal rewards for proof of slain Evil Soul Masters, securing his cooperation in hunting them. Zhou Sichen kept Sleep Nightmare Douluo’s identity token for later and returned to studying with Xu Jiujiu, while the group saw Nangong Wan as a source of future targets and rewards.

• Jing Hongchen explained the Heart of the Toad’s three abilities and lent it to Zhou Sichen as protection while he hunted Evil Soul Masters.
• Jing Hongchen promised Zhou Sichen Rare Metal for tokens proving the deaths of Evil Soul Masters, with larger rewards for stronger enemies.
• Zhou Sichen contacted Nangong Wan for something that could identify Sleep Nightmare Douluo, then found proof in the seized Storage Soul Tool and decided to withhold it for now.
• Zhou Sichen returned to Xuan Ziwen’s laboratory to study with Xu Jiujiu, then told her and Zhang Lexuan about Jing Hongchen’s offer.
• Xu Jiujiu and Zhang Lexuan discussed using Nangong Wan to provide a steady stream of Evil Soul Master targets and Rare Metal rewards.

Shrek Academy learned of the Holy Spirit Cult’s strength and chose to prepare rather than attack, while Zhou Sichen continued gathering Soul Tool knowledge and manipulating rival factions in the Sun Moon Empire. After Xu Tianran ordered the Xishui Alliance to strike the Ordinary Alliance, he sent Xue Chen to warn its enemies and rested in Ju Zi’s care.

• Mu En urged Shrek Academy to alert the Body Sect and wait until Douluo Continent was unified before confronting the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhou Sichen traded captured Evil Soul Masters to Jing Hongchen for resources, studied Soul Tools with him, and sent his records to Shrek Academy.
• When Nangong Wan reported Shangguan Weier’s attacks on the Xishui Alliance, Zhou Sichen told him to consult Xu Guozhong and let the factions clash.
• Xu Guozhong reported the conflict to Xu Tianran, who authorized the Xishui Alliance to attack the Ordinary Alliance and sent Xue Chen to warn its enemies.
• Ju Zi pushed Xu Tianran’s wheelchair through the garden, and he asked her how her studies were going.

Xu Tianran promised Ju Zi the Crown Princess’s position and control of military forces in exchange for helping him secure the throne, while Zhou Sichen prepared to build strength against the Sun Moon Empire. Snow Empress found the near-dead Golden Tortoise Zhou Sichen had sought and froze it for him to examine.

• Ju Zi told Xu Tianran her cultivation had reached Level 49 and admitted that her Soul Power growth was slowing despite her efforts.
• Xu Tianran gave Ju Zi a jade thumb ring, promised to make her his Crown Princess and future Empress, and entrusted her with his military forces so she could help him seize the throne and pursue revenge.
• Zhou Sichen continued cultivating with Zhang Lexuan and Xu Jiujiu while considering how to unify the Douluo Continent and confront the Sun Moon Empire.
• Snow Empress joined the Spirit Pagoda and later visited the Star Dou Great Forest, where she discussed the Soul Beasts’ future with Di Tian and the other fierce beasts.
• Snow Empress secretly found a Hundred Thousand Year Golden Tortoise whose life force had nearly been drained by the Gold of Life, froze it, and waited for Zhou Sichen to return.

Zhou Sichen traveled to the Merfolk Palace to absorb the Golden Tortoise as the third soul ring of his Body Martial Soul, hoping to strengthen himself and develop an Impenetrable Golden Body. During the Soul Spirit fusion, he discovered the Golden Tortoise contained an immense quantity of Gold of Life, which he began absorbing with the Blade of Life.

• Zhou Sichen accepted Xuan Ziwen’s deep-sea Soul Tool testing assignment and traveled to the Merfolk Palace, where Snow Empress had brought the Golden Tortoise.
• Zhou Sichen entered a Secret Chamber and began the Soul Spirit fusion after the Golden Tortoise agreed to become his Soul Spirit.
• The Golden Tortoise’s shell released a tremendous amount of Gold of Life, astonishing Zhou Sichen and Elder Yi.
• Zhou Sichen used the Blade of Life to absorb the Gold of Life, easing the Golden Tortoise’s condition and nourishing himself, Elder Yi, Ice Empress, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

After absorbing the Golden Tortoise, Zhou Sichen gained a powerful External Soul Bone and fused the Gold of Life into his Blade of Life. The Plane Consciousness revealed that he had eight years to grow strong enough to protect the world from Tang San, while the Golden Tortoise met Zhou Sichen’s other Soul Spirits.

• Zhou Sichen absorbed the Golden Tortoise’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and formed its shell into Golden Armor, raising his Soul Power to level 67.
• The Golden Tortoise gave Zhou Sichen the Gold of Life, which merged into the Blade of Life and greatly strengthened its healing power.
• The Plane Consciousness told Zhou Sichen that it had chosen him and that he had eight years to grow strong and help stop Tang San’s plans.
• Zhou Sichen considered using Qiankun Asking Love Valley to strengthen his companions while Tang San’s control over the Douluo Continent was blocked.
• The Golden Tortoise met Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Ice Empress, and Elder Yi in Zhou Sichen’s Spiritual Sea, then recounted how absorbing the Gold of Life had brought about his downfall.

Zhou Sichen stabilized his sudden breakthrough and sparred with Snow Empress on the Ice Sea to test the limits of his Body Martial Soul. He unleashed a newly created Extreme Ice technique against her Emperor Sword, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Zhou Sichen finished consolidating his cultivation, and Snow Empress and Sea Princess agreed to watch him test his strength in a spar.
• Sea Princess concealed the battlefield with her Spiritual Power as Snow Empress froze the Ice Sea into an arena for Zhou Sichen, Lijing, and Liya to observe.
• Zhou Sichen transformed into a thirty-meter Golden Giant and struck Snow Empress with power comparable to an ordinary Titled Douluo.
• Zhou Sichen used Mental Soul Detection, Ice Jade Pincer, and Ice Emperor's Wrath, but Snow Empress countered his attacks with Great Cold Snowless and Ice Extreme Peerless.
• Snow Empress deployed Snow Dance Blazing Sun and empowered her Emperor Sword, while Zhou Sichen countered with Everfrost Domain and gathered his Soul Power, Spiritual Power, and Extreme Ice.
• Zhou Sichen unleashed his self-created Sigh of Ice and Snow—Time Capsule against Snow Empress's Emperor Sword, appearing to freeze time itself.

Zhou Sichen fought Snow Empress, survived her powerful attack by using the Ice Emperor Armor, and demonstrated how formidable his strength had become. Two days later, Ye Guyi, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen arrived at the Ice Sea to reunite with him.

• Zhou Sichen seized Snow Empress's Emperor Sword with Time Capsule, but Snow Empress shattered it and struck him with Great Cold Snowless.
• Zhou Sichen activated the Ice Emperor Armor and blocked Snow Empress's attack, which she had reduced to the level of a Level 97 Super Douluo, before ending their fight.
• Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Sea Princess praised Zhou Sichen's strength and rapid recovery, and he discussed using life energy and helping Sea Princess build an ocean Spirit Pagoda.
• Two days later, Ye Guyi, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen reached the Ice Sea after Ye Guyi's Soul Tool detected Zhou Sichen nearby.
• Zhou Sichen introduced the three women to Sea Princess and Snow Empress, and Sea Princess invited them to enjoy the Merfolk Tribe's food and scenery.

In the Merfolk Palace, Zhou Sichen gave Ling Luochen a Hundred Thousand Year Frost Dragon Torso Soul Bone to help her advance toward Level 70. The group looked ahead to their trials on Three Elements Island, where Ling Luochen might gain Azure Chapter as a Soul Spirit.

• Ye Guyi asked Zhou Sichen about contracting the Sea Princess, and he reassured her that she could pass Senior Kizaru’s test on Three Elements Island.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen joined Zhou Sichen and Ye Guyi, and the group encouraged Ling Luochen despite her slow progress toward Level 70.
• Zhou Sichen revealed a Hundred Thousand Year Frost Dragon Torso Soul Bone and gave it to Ling Luochen, explaining that it could raise her Soul Power by two or three levels.
• Ling Luochen accepted the Soul Bone and promised to cultivate diligently, while Ma Xiaotao joked about wanting a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone of her own.
• Zhou Sichen considered how Ling Luochen might use the Soul Bone to reach Level 70 and eventually pass Azure Chapter’s test to become its Soul Spirit.

Ling Luochen absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and rose to Level 69 while Zhou Sichen prepared for the journey to Three Elements Island and pursued plans for artificial Soul Spirits and continental unification. The chapter ended with Zhou Sichen contemplating Tang San and the Holy Spirit Cult as major obstacles to his ambitions.

• Ling Luochen absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Torso Soul Bone, raising her Soul Power from Level 66 to Level 69.
• Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao told Zhou Sichen that Dugu Xianmeng had reached Level 60 and was studying poison control under Du Busi.
• Ye Guyi, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen left the Merfolk Palace for Three Elements Island, while Zhou Sichen set out for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• The Snow Empress returned to the Spirit Pagoda and brought Zhou Sichen's proposal for artificial Soul Rings and Soul Spirits to the Soul Beast leaders.
• Zhou Sichen asked Di Tian to support his future war against the Sun Moon Empire with the Star Dou Great Forest's powerful Soul Beasts, not a beast tide.
• Zhou Sichen considered his enemies, including the Sun Moon Empire, Clear Sky Castle, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and Tang San, whom he wanted to brand as the Holy Monarch of the Holy Spirit Cult.