Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qing demonstrated how his cultivation system could imitate Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and advised her on training. He then assessed Meng Yiran’s Soul Skills, warning that replacing her existing Soul Rings would bring little benefit.

• Zhou Qing explained how Ning Rongrong could use her enhancement Soul Skills on herself and told her to study their effects through her Soul Power circulation.
• Zhou Qing’s Mental Child Sphere Clone became intangible, copied Ning Rongrong and her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and enhanced everyone’s attributes by ninety percent.
• Zhou Qing said he could imitate any Martial Soul, then told Ning Rongrong to apply her Soul Skills to herself and Qingzhu Zhu while helping her complete a training assignment.
• Zhou Qing advised Meng Yiran that her Soul Skills were too balanced for someone with strong family and academy backing, and suggested she could have pursued enhancement skills.
• Meng Yiran asked whether she could replace her existing Soul Rings, but Zhou Qing explained that doing so would be painful and would still leave her limited to the same kinds of Soul Beasts.

Zhou Qing assigned training suited to each student’s Martial Soul and temperament, then advised Meng Yiran on cultivation and sent her to learn from Tang San. The chapter left Ouyang Sun tasked with tending Uncle Wang’s Peach Trees without sneaking a bite.

• Zhou Qing explained Secondary Refinement to Meng Yiran and advised her to meditate on her Martial Soul, prompting her to regain confidence in her cultivation prospects.
• Zhou Qing sent Meng Yiran to find Tang San for guidance with her Soul Breaking Saber and its Hidden Weapon techniques.
• Zhou Qing arranged for Arthur to learn from Wang Sheng, directed Baili to Tang San, and told Li Yao to practice striking a Waterfall with his saber.
• Zhou Qing assigned Ouyang Sun reading, writing, cleaning, and tending Uncle Wang’s Peach Trees to help steady his temperament.
• Ouyang Sun eagerly accepted the task after Zhou Qing warned him not to sneak a bite of the peaches.

Zhou Qing explained how Ma Hongjun could balance his Yin and Yang Phoenix Fires and eventually control his Martial Soul’s power. After exploring Holy Soul Village, Flender began considering whether to join the Red Assembly’s effort to change society.

• Zhou Qing assured Flender that he would guide Ma Hongjun’s cultivation and explained that his Evil Fire affected his mind because Ma Hongjun could not control it.
• Zhou Qing said Ma Hongjun’s enhancement Soul Skills intensified his Evil Fire, but his Third Soul Skill could awaken Yang Phoenix Fire to balance it with Yin Phoenix Fire.
• Zhou Qing outlined how Ma Hongjun could use his vortex-shaped Second Soul Skill and his First Soul Skill to balance and purify the two fires.
• Flender explored Holy Soul Village with Shao Xin and saw its prosperity, healthy villagers, and connection to the Red Assembly.
• Flender reflected on the Red Assembly’s goals and began considering whether to take a chance on its alternative to elite education.

Dai Mubai split his team into three groups to search for Tang San and Wang Sheng and ask for their autographs. Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun reached the Agriculture Department, but learned that they might have to wait six months to meet Tang San.

• Dai Mubai led his group to Tang San's Forge Workshop, found it empty, and split the seven into teams to investigate the Agriculture Department, Works Department, and Tang Sect.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun visited the Agriculture Department and marveled at its orderly buildings, fields, and enormous juicy jujubes.
• Dai Mubai told the receptionist they wanted Tang San's autograph, but she explained that they needed an appointment and did not qualify for priority access.
• The receptionist estimated that their application to meet Tang San would take about half a year.

Dai Mubai, Huyan Li, and Tuoba Wang struggled to find a way to reach Tang San for Zhou Qing’s training task, while learning that the Works Department barred outsiders from entering. Xiang Ba and Feng Feng visited the newly established Tang Sect, where Xiang Ba examined its hardened Concrete road.

• Dai Mubai asked the receptionist how to shorten the six-month wait for an appointment with Tang San, but the three left without a solution.
• Huyan Li and Tuoba Wang visited the Works Department and learned from Uncle Zhao that only Red Assembly members could enter its confidential facilities.
• Huyan Li explained that Zhou Qing’s task tested intelligence gathering, analysis, and teamwork rather than simply obtaining Tang San’s and Wang Sheng’s signatures.
• Xiang Ba and Feng Feng arrived at the rudimentary Tang Sect and saw workers building with Concrete, which Xiang Ba remarked was as hard as stone.

Feng Feng, Xiang Ba, Huyan Li, Tuoba Wang, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun tried to obtain Tang San’s autograph but learned they had to work together and gather information first. They analyzed Tang San’s routine and resolved to adapt to the Red Assembly’s rules.

• Feng Feng and Xiang Ba searched for Tang San, but he said he would sign only after all seven of them stood before him.
• The seven arrived at the Tang Sect after Tang San had left, then shared what they had learned from the Works Department, the Agriculture Department, and the Tang Sect.
• Oscar concluded they needed to identify Tang San’s work patterns by gathering specific information from the Red Assembly’s departments.
• Dai Mubai understood that they should wait at the right locations based on Tang San’s routine, while Huyan Li urged the group to adapt to the Red Assembly’s protection of commoners.

Dai Mubai and the others gathered information to obtain Tang San’s and Wang Sheng’s signatures for Zhou Qing’s training task. Zhou Qing praised their effort, distributed the signatures and meal tickets, and led them to the Worker-Peasant Council’s Public Canteen for dinner.

• Dai Mubai criticized Ma Hongjun for gathering little information, and Oscar gave Ma Hongjun Crystal Spirit Sausages to calm his Evil Fire.
• Dai Mubai led the group to the Works Department, where they found Tang San and obtained his signature.
• Dai Mubai and the others gathered information about Wang Sheng, found him at the Worker-Peasant Council’s village affairs office, and got his signature.
• Zhou Qing accepted the signatures, praised the group’s use of intelligence gathering, and used rock-paper-scissors to award Tang San’s signature to Meng Yiran and Wang Sheng’s to Arthur.
• Zhou Qing gave everyone meal tickets and brought them to the Public Canteen, where the group lined up for dinner among the village residents and Worker-Peasant Council members.

Zhou Qing explained the Red Assembly’s belief that education and shared knowledge could improve society, prompting Qingzhu Zhu to ask to join and to describe her resolve to change her clan’s fate. After the meal, Yu Xiaogang approached Dai Mubai to discuss the Battle Tournament and the Evil Eye Holy King.

• Ning Rongrong questioned why Zhou Qing ate among ordinary people, and he explained that observing the world and sharing education could reveal truths and help build a better future.
• Zhou Qing argued that ordinary people should have the chance to learn and choose their own futures, even if some resented what they discovered.
• Qingzhu Zhu asked to join the Red Assembly and said she wanted to change her clan so others would not be bound by the fate she had faced.
• Zhou Qing described everyone’s intertwined destinies as a “Community of Shared Future,” while Dai Mubai dismissed the idea as a way to win commoners’ support.
• After the meal, Yu Xiaogang visited Dai Mubai and asked whether he wanted to know what had happened during the Battle Tournament, then brought up the Evil Eye Holy King.
• Dai Mubai pretended to know the legends about the Evil Eye Holy King despite having no memory of them.

Dai Mubai took Yu Xiaogang as his master to pursue the power of the Evil Eye Holy King, hoping to rise quickly and reclaim his status. After half a month of training, Zhou Qing warned him that pursuing his Martial Soul’s mutation too soon could make him lose himself, but Dai Mubai refused to back down.

• Dai Mubai asked Yu Xiaogang to explain the Evil Eye Holy King’s legend, and Yu Xiaogang told him what he knew.
• Dai Mubai took Yu Xiaogang as his master, seeking rapid power to prove himself to Dai Tianran and regain his dignity before Qingzhu Zhu.
• Yu Xiaogang saw Dai Mubai as a useful candidate to explore the Evil Eye Holy King’s power and the path to godhood.
• Zhou Qing assigned training and autograph tasks, and after half a month he gave the seven students guidance based on their Martial Souls.
• Zhou Qing warned Dai Mubai to wait until reaching the Titled Douluo realm before pursuing his Martial Soul’s mutation, but Dai Mubai insisted he could control it.

Zhou Qing assigned the Nuoding Team a bandit-clearing mission and explained the Red Assembly’s punishments and plans for refugees. The teams set out to train and complete their tasks, while Dai Mubai remained unmoved by Zhou Qing’s guidance.

• Qingzhu Zhu and Zhou Qing tried to persuade Dai Mubai, but he dismissed their advice and imagined his future as emperor.
• Zhou Qing assigned the main team to train under his guidance and the Deputy Team to practice teamwork for half a month.
• Zhou Qing tasked Qingzhu Zhu’s team with working alongside You Hui, Norman, and Luo Xing to eliminate a bandit group and protect refugees and other vulnerable people.
• Qingzhu Zhu asked how refugees who had committed crimes would be treated, and Zhou Qing explained that they would undergo labor reform before receiving work or other rights.
• Zhou Qing described the Red Assembly’s punishments, including labor reform and execution after labor reform, while rejecting bodily mutilation and explaining a special penalty for outsiders.
• Zhou Qing sent everyone to complete their training and missions, prompting the team to suspect he had turned them into cheap labor.

Hu Liena asked Bibi Dong to let her skip the Continental Elite Tournament so she could reform Spirit City, arguing that Spirit Hall needed administrative and technological development more than another display of strength. After Bibi Dong agreed, she continued studying Soul Cores and considered the different methods used by herself, Tang Chen, and Zhou Qing's group.

• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong she wanted to reform Spirit City instead of joining the Continental Elite Tournament, citing its weak production, trade, and administrative foundations.
• Hu Liena argued that Soul Bones might hinder cultivation and urged Spirit Hall to value blacksmiths and Soul Conductor technology, including Soul Armor.
• Bibi Dong allowed Hu Liena to skip the tournament, while Xie Yue and Yan remained eligible to compete; she also ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to train them more thoroughly.
• Bibi Dong entered cultivation and reflected on her Soul Core method, Tang Chen's heart-centered method, and Zhou Qing's group's more comprehensive approach.

Bibi Dong completed her Heart Core, while Tang Chen prepared the Clear Sky Sect for the Continental Elite Tournament and learned that the Divine Realm was under attack. At the Xingluo Imperial Palace, Dai Weisi reported that he and Zhu Zhuyun had perfected their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and were ready to compete for the championship.

• Bibi Dong condensed a Heart Core and opened her Meridian Gates, greatly increasing her ability to wield god-level combat strength.
• Tang Chen planned to use the Continental Elite Tournament to make the Clear Sky disciples famous before preparing for war, and sought to build a God King-level God Core.
• Tang Chen told Bo Saixi that the Demon Empress and Lan Fuzi had grown powerful, making an investigation of Sea God Island risky and likely to draw Zhou Qing's attention.
• Tang Chen revealed that the Divine Realm had sent him a warning that it was in danger from the False Divine Realm, and he vowed to grow stronger with Bo Saixi's support.
• Dai Weisi told Dai Tianran that he and Zhu Zhuyun had perfected their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and expected the Hell White Tiger to win the tournament.

Dai Tianran and Dai Weisi discussed the Star Luo Royal Academy Team’s chances in the tournament, Dai Mubai’s awakening, and the annulment of his engagement to Zhu Zhuqing. Meanwhile, Xue Ye grew convinced that the Red Assembly threatened the Heaven Dou Empire and considered sending an army against it.

• Dai Weisi expressed confidence that the Star Luo Royal Academy Team could win the tournament, while Dai Tianran told him about Dai Mubai’s Evil Eye Holy King and Ouyang Sun’s victory over him.
• Dai Tianran asked Dai Weisi to formally annul Dai Mubai’s engagement to Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Weisi agreed to prepare gifts for the Zhu Family.
• Xue Ye saw that tax receipts from Red Assembly-controlled regions were far below expectations and accused the Red Assembly of plotting rebellion.
• A minister advised Xue Ye to wait until the tournament ended, then demand Nuoding Academy’s submission or send an army to suppress it.

Xue Qinghe warned Xue Ye that the Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall posed greater strategic threats than the Red Assembly, but Xue Ye still ordered the Red Assembly eliminated first. Meanwhile, Tang San gained his sixth Soul Ring from Ah Yin and demonstrated his new Blue Silver Emperor Armor as Zhou Qing and Xiao Wu stood by.

• Xue Qinghe argued that the Clear Sky Sect’s return had strengthened the Star Luo Empire and urged Xue Ye to prioritize that threat while guarding against Spirit Hall.
• Xue Ye insisted that Heaven Dou must stabilize its interior first and decided to eliminate the Red Assembly.
• Xue Qinghe accepted his decision and considered poisoning Xue Ye so she could inherit the throne without provoking a war.
• Zhou Qing, Romantina, and Xiao Wu guarded Tang San in the Star Dou Great Forest while he opened his inner scenery.
• Ah Yin granted Tang San a sixth Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, raising him to Soul Power Level sixty-one and giving him the Blue Silver Emperor Armor skill.
• Zhou Qing teased Tang San about his armor, and Xiao Wu joked that his new skills showed Ah Yin’s love for him.

Tang San absorbed six Artificial Soul Rings into his Clear Sky Hammer to balance it with his Blue Silver Emperor, then successfully opened his Inner Scenery. Zhou Qing concluded that natives of the Douluo Continent had a much easier path to Inner Scenery because their awakened Martial Souls had become part of their meridian systems.

• Di Tian supplied Soul Beast materials, and Zhou Qing gave Tang San six Artificial Soul Rings chosen to balance the Clear Sky Hammer with the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Tang San absorbed and completed Secondary Refinement on all six rings with Romantina's help, while his Soul Power remained at level sixty-one.
• Romantina used Spiritual Sharing to show Zhou Qing and Xiao Wu how Tang San's Soul Power circulated through his Meridians as he began opening Inner Scenery.
• The Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer formed the foundations of Tang San's Inner Scenery, while their Soul Rings dissolved into reborn plants and Soul Beasts, including Ah Yin.
• Tang San successfully opened his Inner Scenery and felt united with heaven and earth.
• Zhou Qing explained that awakened Martial Souls made opening Inner Scenery easier for Douluo Continent natives than for people from other worlds.

Xiao Wu opened her Inner Scenery, gaining immense strength and hoping to use it to revive her mother. She challenged Romantina to a spar, and their first clash devastated the ground around them.

• Xiao Wu opened her Inner Scenery, transforming her six Soul Rings into clones that helped build her Inner World.
• Xiao Wu said she hoped to revive her mother within her Inner Scenery after defeating the Pope of Spirit Hall and incorporating her mother's Soul Bone and Soul Ring.
• Di Tian envied the Inner Scenery System and wondered whether he should turn Xiong Jun in to avoid Xiao Wu's displeasure if he took human form.
• Xiao Wu challenged Romantina to a spar, and they agreed to fight without weapons or Soul Skills.
• Zhou Qing began the match, and Xiao Wu and Romantina's opening punches unleashed shockwaves that carved out a pit about fifty meters wide.

As Xiao Wu and Romantina fought, Zhou Qing explained a revised cultivation system to Tang San, from circulating Soul Power to opening Inner Scenery. He also described a parallel path based on a Heart Core, which they named Forging Golden Core.

• Xiao Wu and Romantina collided in the air, while Zhou Qing and Tang San judged Romantina more likely to win.
• Zhou Qing defined the Lesser and Great Zhou Circulations, then explained cultivating the Martial Cauldron and establishing the Soul Furnace.
• Zhou Qing described Fire Control and Opening Inner Scenery as later cultivation realms, outlining different ways to develop an inner world.
• Zhou Qing explained that Tang Chen had used his heart, the Asura Domain, and Asura Demon Patterns to form a Heart Core and create an upgraded Martial Soul Avatar.
• Tang San suggested naming the parallel Heart Core path Forging Golden Core, and Zhou Qing agreed that it could provide a foundation for becoming a god.

Zhou Qing and Tang San agreed that the cultivation system would eventually need to change the rules behind Soul Rings, while Xiao Wu defeated Romantina in their sparring match. As the group left the Lake of Life for Star Dou Town, Zi Ji became interested in alchemy and asked to learn how to build her own cultivation system.

• Zhou Qing and Tang San agreed that the Soul Ring rules would need to change gradually to reconcile humans and Soul Beasts.
• Xiao Wu defeated Romantina in a sparring match, and Zhou Qing revived Romantina with Soul Power.
• Xiao Wu questioned Zhou Qing and Tang San about a supposed wager, and they denied betting anything.
• Tang San traded pills with Bi Ji for Gold of Life and other rare materials, while Zi Ji praised the pills and asked to learn alchemy.
• Tang San explained that true alchemy required a cultivation system like the Martial Cauldron Soul Furnace, and Zhou Qing offered to have Xiao Wu teach suitable techniques later.
• The group left for Star Dou Town and the Myriad Beast Alliance, and Zi Ji promised to help Xiao Wu if needed.

Di Tian struggled with whether he would stand with the Silver Dragon King or humanity if she awakened, while Xiao Wu and he discussed the Red Assembly’s gradual role in Star Dou Town. With one month left before the Continental Elite Tournament, Zhou Qing and the others set out for Spirit City alongside the Nuoding Team and students from Hope Primary School.

• Zhou Qing, Romantina, Tang San, and the others said goodbye to Di Tian before leaving for Holy Soul Village.
• Di Tian considered the Silver Dragon King’s possible return and realized he leaned toward choosing people over fighting humanity, then justified his study of humans as preparation for his Master’s awakening.
• Di Tian offered to help the Red Assembly take control of Star Dou Town, but Xiao Wu said they would wait until they had trained suitable administrators and built more trust.
• Zi Ji complained about human methods, and Xiao Wu replied that soul beasts were too naïve and needed more education.
• With one month until the Continental Elite Tournament, the Nuoding Team departed Nuoding City with its headmaster, followed by Xiaolan, Wang Sheng, and seventy-two Hope Primary School students.
• Zhou Qing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Romantina traveled toward Spirit City to see the tournament’s finals venue, leaving External Bodies at their posts.

Huo Wu confronted Zhou Qing and the Red Assembly at the tournament, but Xiao Wu defeated her in one move. Dugu Bo then met Zhou Qing and Tang San and described his difficult effort to merge his Inner Scenery with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Huo Wu found Zhou Qing and the others among the spectators and challenged them over their decision not to enter the tournament.
• Xiao Wu caught Huo Wu's punch, forced her to double over, and warned her to control her temper.
• Huo Wu returned to Blazing Fire Academy, where Huo Wu Shuang recalled the Red Assembly's power and urged her not to underestimate them.
• Huo Wu insisted that her cultivation and Spiritual Will could help her resist the Mind-Sense Qi Field, while Huo Wu Shuang remembered its lingering effect on him.
• Dugu Bo joined Zhou Qing and Tang San and explained that his attempt to merge his Inner Scenery with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well required understanding the seasons and coordinating its energy with the outside world.