Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qing explained how Artificial Soul Rings worked and proposed cooperation with Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts. Meng Yiran began testing one with a Mandala Snake scale, while Yu Xiaogang challenged Zhou Qing’s estimate of its age.

• Xiao Wu accused Di Tian of killing his father, and Di Tian agreed to take responsibility while Xiao Wu vowed to find the real culprit.
• Zhou Qing described how Artificial Soul Rings were made and offered to trade human knowledge for materials bearing the Ferocious Beasts’ life information.
• Di Tian agreed to test the proposal, and Meng Yiran and Oscar were brought forward to receive Soul Rings.
• Meng Yiran chose a Mandala Snake over fifty thousand years old, and Zhou Qing gave her one of its scales and an Artificial Soul Ring.
• Zhou Qing estimated that Meng Yiran could absorb a Soul Ring of around two thousand years, but Yu Xiaogang objected that her third ring could not exceed one thousand seven hundred and sixty years.

Meng Yiran absorbed an Artificial Soul Ring and became a Soul Elder, proving that its age could be increased beyond ordinary limits. After Zhou Qing challenged Yu Xiaogang to question his theories, Yu Xiaogang chose a Medusa for Oscar’s next spirit ring.

• Zhou Qing explained how Meng Yiran could increase her Artificial Soul Ring’s age and warned her to stop if the pain became unbearable.
• Meng Yiran raised her third spirit ring beyond two thousand years, absorbed it, and reached Soul Elder level thirty-one.
• Yu Xiaogang was shocked by the result, and Zhou Qing urged him to question established theories and accept corrections.
• Yu Xiaogang selected a roughly three-thousand-year-old Medusa for Oscar, hoping its spirit skill would strengthen Oscar’s Spiritual Power.
• Zhou Qing gave Oscar an Artificial Soul Ring and the Medusa’s scale, while Oscar doubted he could endure an age above two thousand years.

Oscar’s Crystal Spirit Sausage briefly eased Ma Hongjun’s strain from controlling his Evil Fire, prompting Zhou Qing to recommend that he seek guidance from Skywater Academy. Zhou Qing then proposed a thousand years of cooperation with Di Tian to help Soul Beasts become a broader people, and Di Tian agreed.

• Oscar obtained his Third Soul Skill, a Crystal Spirit Sausage that increased Spiritual Power by twenty percent for three minutes, and Ma Hongjun ate one.
• Yu Xiaogang believed the sausage could help Ma Hongjun control his Evil Fire, while Zhou Qing warned that the temporary boost could make Ma Hongjun dependent on it.
• Zhou Qing advised Ma Hongjun to visit Skywater Academy to learn from the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul, and Ma Hongjun said he would tell his teacher.
• Zhou Qing proposed that Di Tian and the Soul Beasts cooperate with humans over the next thousand years and expand their identity from Soul Beasts to people.
• Zhou Qing explained that Fallen Ones were not people and that the universe favored people over beasts, then offered Di Tian a pleasant cooperation.
• Di Tian accepted Zhou Qing’s offer and shook his hand.

Zhou Qing secured preliminary cooperation with Di Tian and explained his Red Communion’s approach to teaching and trade. He left the Soul Beasts considering how understanding humanity could change them, while their Master remained asleep beneath the lake.

• Zhou Qing sent a clone to escort Zhao Wuji and another to take Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran out of the Star Dou Great Forest; Number Two explained that Red Communion taught cultivation by helping students understand its principles.
• Number Two told Meng Yiran she could learn Zhou Qing’s methods after graduating from Nuoding Academy and passing assessments, then returned to Zhou Qing.
• Zhou Qing asked Di Tian about the sleeping Silver Dragon King, but Di Tian warned him not to seek her scales or blood and affirmed his loyalty to the Dragon God.
• Zhou Qing questioned Di Tian about the Dragon God’s role in the Soul Beasts’ plight, then proposed establishing a place for cooperation and trade near human settlements.
• Di Tian recognized Zhou Qing’s point that Soul Beasts who learned from and defeated humans would become human in a broader sense, though Soul Beasts remained the weaker side.

Zhou Qing arranged for Xiao Wu to handle future cooperation between humans and soul beasts, then persuaded the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape to take human form. Their transformation helped Zhou Qing break through to Soul Saint, while he realized that shapeshifted soul beasts still had to cultivate to become truly human.

• Zhou Qing told Emperor Tian that whoever killed Xiao Wu's father should apologize and atone, and warned that he would call those who refused monsters.
• Zhou Qing assigned Xiao Wu to manage future dealings with the soul beasts, and the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape thanked him for caring for her.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python agreed to take human form, and Zhou Qing convinced the Titan Giant Ape to join him by describing the strength he could gain.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape transformed into azure and black egg-like forms, shocking the Ferocious Beasts.
• Zhou Qing comprehended the transformation and advanced to Soul Saint, then observed the two soul beasts develop into six-year-old children inside their eggs.

Zhou Qing brought Sister Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming to Holy Soul Village, where Tang San agreed to guide the two transformed soul beasts. As Di Tian led the Ferocious Beasts toward human towns to learn about humans, Zhou Qing and Tang San planned to answer Li Ai’s higher taxes by paying them and raising prices on their goods.

• Zhou Qing transformed Da Ming and Er Ming into six-year-old boys and left them with Tang San to develop their talents.
• Di Tian ordered the Ferocious Beasts to take human form and led most of them toward human towns to study human society.
• Zhou Qing brought Sister Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming to Holy Soul Village and introduced the boys to Tang San.
• Tang San agreed to guide Da Ming and Er Ming in using their abilities for farming and industry.
• Zhou Qing decided to pay Li Ai’s increased grain tax and raise prices on grain, Soul Tools, and other goods sold in major cities.

Zhou Qing addressed the Worker-Peasant Council after Nuoding City's new lord, Li Ai, raised the agricultural tax, and assigned Li Daniu to organize a response. After the meeting, Zhou Qing went to speak with Tang Hao about returning the Soul Bones to the Clear Sky Sect and to check on Ah Yin.

• Zhou Qing told the council that Li Ai had raised the grain tax to five hundred jin per person, or three hundred and fifty jin in Holy Soul Village.
• Zhou Qing proposed offsetting the tax by raising prices for goods sold outside the villages, but Li Daniu argued that they should confront Li Ai.
• Zhou Qing tasked Li Daniu with resolving the dispute and said he and Tang San would travel to Gengxin City to meet Lou Gao.
• Old Jack warned Zhou Qing that Li Daniu was impetuous, and Zhou Qing explained that the assignment would test his abilities.
• Zhou Qing accompanied Old Jack partway home, then went to find Tang Hao to discuss returning the Soul Bones to the Clear Sky Sect and check whether Ah Yin had followed his earlier advice.

Tang Hao learned that Tang San and Zhou Qing had given the Soul Bones to Tang Xiao and injured the Clear Sky Sect's Seventh Elder, then considered Zhou Qing's questions about Ah Yin and his family. He agreed to ask Ah Yin about finding work and spending more time with Tang San, leaving open the possibility of repairing his relationship with his son.

• Tang Hao told Zhou Qing he did not want to discuss the truth behind Ah Yin's death, and Zhou Qing reported that Tang Xiao was struggling against the Clear Sky Sect's elders.
• Zhou Qing asked about Ah Yin's life at home, prompting Tang Hao to realize he had not considered her loneliness or feelings.
• Zhou Qing urged Tang Hao to ask Ah Yin whether she wanted to work and explained that Tang San could restore his lost limbs if Tang Hao took on his responsibilities as a father.
• Tang Hao agreed to ask Ah Yin that night and accepted that he should spend more time with Tang San.

Tang San and Zhou Qing planned to seek Gold of Life in Bi Ji’s territory as a gift for the Divine Craftsman Lou Gao, while Xiao Wu set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to retrieve it. The chapter left Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts causing trouble in Star Dou Town after targeting the Seven Treasure Pavilion.

• Ah Yin went to the farmland, and Tang San and Zhou Qing agreed that she should study and gain experience before receiving a role.
• Tang San said he was confident he could surpass Lou Gao at forging, and Zhou Qing proposed Gold of Life as their gift.
• Zhou Qing explained that Bi Ji’s powerful life force might have created Gold of Life throughout her territory, and Tang San eagerly agreed to seek it.
• Xiao Wu departed for the Star Dou Great Forest with a Seven Treasure Token and a Mental Child Sphere from Zhou Qing.
• Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts took food without paying in Star Dou Town and turned their attention to the Seven Treasure Pavilion.

Di Tian led Xiong Jun, King of Ten Thousand Monsters, and Zi Ji into the Seven Treasure Pavilion, where they ate without paying. Ning Fengzhi learned of the incident and went to deal with the four, leaving Ning Rongrong with the manager.

• Di Tian led Xiong Jun, King of Ten Thousand Monsters, and Zi Ji into the Seven Treasure Pavilion after sensing a rank-96 Titled Douluo inside.
• The four ordered every dish, while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed the strange aura and decided to approach the guests after their meal.
• The four beasts ate their fill, then ignored the bill and walked out of the restaurant.
• A waiter told Ning Fengzhi that four powerful guests had dined and dashed, and Ning Fengzhi set out to intervene while asking the manager to watch Ning Rongrong.

Di Tian and the other soul beasts visited the Seven Treasure Pavilion, where Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo realized how powerful the newcomers were. The group considered using the pavilion as a base for cooperating with the Red Assembly, while Di Tian warned them not to cause trouble among humans.

• Ning Fengzhi warned Ning Rongrong to stay with her cousin while he and Sword Douluo went to meet the four visitors.
• Di Tian and his companions left a noisy casino and met Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, who offered to cover their expenses at the Seven Treasure Pavilion.
• After the visitors left for the bathing rooms, Sword Douluo told Ning Fengzhi that all four were above level 95 and that Di Tian might be a Peerless Douluo.
• Di Tian and the others enjoyed the pavilion's hot springs, and Xiong Jun suggested making it their base for cooperation with the Red Assembly.
• Di Tian stopped Xiong Jun and King of Ten Thousand Monsters from arguing over who should fetch trade metal and warned them against causing trouble that could harm humans or provoke Zhou Qing.

Di Tian explained why Zhou Qing had gained the favor of the Douluo Plane and admitted that he hoped cooperation might let him become a god. Xiao Wu found Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts causing trouble at the Seven Treasure Pavilion and made them apologize and learn how to live among humans, while Ning Fengzhi arrived to witness her scolding them.

• Di Tian told Bi Ji, Zi Ji, Xiong Jun, and King of Ten Thousand Monsters that Zhou Qing had attracted the Planar Will through his benefit to the world, and revealed his hope of ascending to godhood.
• Xiao Wu went to the Seven Treasure Pavilion for food, learned that four powerful visitors had used up the ingredients, and tracked them to the bathhouse.
• Xiao Wu found Di Tian, Zi Ji, Xiong Jun, and King of Ten Thousand Monsters eating and bathing without paying, then kicked Xiong Jun when he threatened her.
• Xiao Wu ordered the group to apologize to the pavilion's owner, pay for the damage, and follow her around Star Dou Town to learn human customs.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo arrived to prevent a conflict and overheard Xiao Wu calling Di Tian and the others country bumpkins.

Xiao Wu settled Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts into Star Dou Town, teaching them how to deal with humans and arrange their trade with Seven Treasure Pavilion. After she left them to adjust to human life, Di Tian recognized that Xiao Wu was unusually powerful, while King of Ten Thousand Monsters wondered whether Zhou Qing could help him transform as well.

• Xiao Wu apologized to Ning Fengzhi for Di Tian and the others, paid their bill with her Seven Treasure Token discount, and learned that they had spent most of her savings.
• Ning Fengzhi discussed Xiao Wu and her powerful companions with Sword Douluo, then suggested that Ning Rongrong attend an intermediate academy; Ning Rongrong decided she wanted to go to Nuoding Intermediate Academy.
• Xiao Wu spent three days showing Di Tian and the others around Star Dou Town, bought them a courtyard, and collected five kilograms of Gold of Life from Bi Ji.
• Xiao Wu told Di Tian to let Bi Ji, Scarlet King, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion explore human life, and warned the group not to cause trouble unless provoked.
• Xiao Wu gave Di Tian a price list and encyclopedias for trading soul beast materials, told him to watch King of Ten Thousand Monsters, and left to handle matters concerning Holy Soul Village.
• Di Tian warned Zi Ji and the others not to underestimate Xiao Wu, explaining that she could contend with a Titled Douluo and retained Soft Bone Rabbit bloodline in her human body; King of Ten Thousand Monsters wondered whether Zhou Qing could transform him too.

Xiao Wu reported on the Ferocious Beasts’ visit and gave Zhou Qing and Tang San five kilograms of Gold of Life, while the Red Assembly prepared for closer cooperation with the Soul Beasts. In Nuoding City, Zhou Qing learned that Li Daniu planned to rally residents and Soul Masters against Li Ai’s new taxes and restrictions.

• Xiao Wu gave Zhou Qing and Tang San five kilograms of Gold of Life, and they decided to divide it between Lou Gao and Tang San.
• Xiao Wu left to hand her cultural promotion work to Bu Yi and spend the next two years building cooperation between the Red Assembly and the Soul Beasts.
• Romantina took over the Red Assembly temporarily and assigned her father, Romanyac, ordinary work without giving him a position.
• Zhou Qing and Tang San visited the Nuoding Guild and heard Adventurers complain that Li Ai had raised taxes and cut off cooperation with the Red Assembly and Spirit Hall.
• Alice told Zhou Qing that Li Daniu planned to unite guild Soul Masters and city residents in a protest against Li Ai, and Zhou Qing said he had only asked Li Daniu to find a solution.

Zhou Qing and Tang San traveled to Gengxin City to seek the Blacksmith Association’s cooperation with the Red Assembly. Lou Gao rejected their proposal, but Tang San challenged him to a forging contest and claimed he would create a Peerless Divine Artifact.

• Zhou Qing told Tang San that Li Daniu’s speech could stir people but that the commoners of Nuoding City were not yet ready to unite, then flew with him to Gengxin City.
• Zhou Qing explained Gengxin City’s blacksmith trade to Tang San as they made their way to the Blacksmith Association.
• Zhou Qing introduced himself and Tang San as founders of the Red Assembly and asked the association president to meet them.
• Lou Gao met Zhou Qing and Tang San, rejected their invitation to cooperate, and turned to leave.
• Zhou Qing mentioned the possibility of a Peerless Divine Artifact, prompting Lou Gao to stop and defend his own forging skill.
• Tang San challenged Lou Gao to a contest and declared that he would show him the birth of a Peerless Divine Artifact.

Tang San and Lou Gao agreed to compete by forging armor, with Gold of Life as the prize and inspiration. After arranging the contest for the next day, Tang San and Zhou Qing split up to buy materials, finding rare metals and silk in Gengxin City.

• Silong challenged Tang San, but Lou Gao rebuked his disciple and agreed to compete with Tang San over finished armor.
• Tang San gave Lou Gao Gold of Life, and Lou Gao accepted the gift and set the competition for the Fifth Layer after lunch the next day.
• Lou Gao required at least seventy percent of the materials to be purchased from the Blacksmith Association, and Zhou Qing and Tang San agreed.
• Zhou Qing asked Tang San whether he could win, and Tang San confidently said he could defeat Lou Gao.
• Tang San bought a head-sized piece of Deep Sea Silver from a stall on the Second Layer.
• Zhou Qing bought cloth woven from Jade Silkworm Silk on the first floor for one thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Zhou Qing and Tang San prepared materials for a forging contest with Lou Gao, who brought them to the Blacksmith Association’s forging venue. After comparing their rare materials and discussing the contest, Tang San chose to handle the forging himself but said he might need Zhou Qing’s help during the final stage.

• Zhou Qing offered Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Silkworm Shedding as a substitute for leather, and Tang San judged it ideal for the Armor Set.
• Zhou Qing and Tang San followed Silong to the Fifth Layer, where Lou Gao led them into the contest venue and showed them the three casting furnaces.
• Tang San displayed his materials, and Lou Gao recognized the Silkworm Shedding as the hide of an Ice Silkworm with more than ten thousand years of cultivation.
• Lou Gao revealed his eighty-thousand-year True Dragon Skin and said he would forge a divine artifact using it and the Gold of Life.
• Tang San refused Zhou Qing’s offer to help with the forging but said he might need his help during the final stage.

Tang San and Zhou Qing used the Armament Qi Field to forge Deep Sea Silver while Lou Gao and Silong worked Mithril, and Lou Gao grew eager to learn their method. Tang San shaped the silver into a vast, tough sheet and planned to add Soul Tool Core Formations and Dharma Body Runes before cutting it into chain links.

• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, heated the Deep Sea Silver, and hammered it into a shining disc using Stacked Wave Force.
• Tang San told Zhou Qing to use his Armament Qi Field to handle the red-hot metal by hand, and Zhou Qing helped the Deep Sea Silver conduct qi.
• Lou Gao watched their method with interest and intensified his own forging, using his blood to nourish the Mithril while Silong worked the bellows.
• Tang San forged the Deep Sea Silver into a sheet several meters long and wide, then told Zhou Qing to wait before cutting it into chain links until the other metals and runes were ready.

Tang San and Zhou Qing crafted a custom armor set while Lou Gao forged the Thunder Dragon Armor, an artifact with a trace of spirituality. Lou Gao declared his armor complete and planned to compete with Tang San and Zhou Qing on the Fourth Layer the next day.

• Tang San fused layers of Deep Sea Silver, Red Copper, and Red Iron into alloy plates, then had Zhou Qing cut them into chainmail pieces while he inscribed Spirit Gathering formations.
• Tang San cut Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Silkworm Shedding into fourteen armor pieces for Zhou Qing and explained why he would not make a helmet.
• Over seven days, Lou Gao forged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon hide and metal into the eleven-part Thunder Dragon Armor, which emitted lightning and knocked him away when he tried to channel Soul Power through it.
• Lou Gao congratulated himself on creating an armor with a spirit, then went to sleep and told Silong to let Tang San and Zhou Qing rest before their competition on the Fourth Layer.
• Silong inspected Tang San's nearly finished armor and worried that Lou Gao's Thunder Dragon Armor might lose if the contest turned into a beauty competition.

Tang San finished forging a radiant, spiritually powerful armor set with Zhou Qing’s help, while Silong prepared Gengxin City for its contest against Lou Gao’s Thunder Dragon Armor. The contest was set for the next day, and Yu Tianheng decided to stay and watch for a chance to assess Zhou Qing and Tang San.

• After Tang San completed the armor’s stitching, Zhou Qing circulated Soul Power through it, awakening its spiritual radiance and ability to absorb the energy of heaven and earth.
• Tang San and Zhou Qing rejected several proposed names before settling on Crimson Armor.
• Silong planned the armor contest as a comparison of multiple qualities and left to arrange appraisers and publicize the event.
• Sidi, Siyu, and Sikai spread news across Gengxin City that Lou Gao and Tang San had forged divine artifact-grade armor after seven days of work.
• Yu Tianheng learned that Zhou Qing and Tang San had already arrived and decided to wait another day to see the armor contest.