Chapter Summaries

Su Wen realized Dugu Bo's trial reward might let him form Soul Bone Armor and advised him to gather top-quality Earth Attribute soul bones. When three Giant Stone Monsters offered themselves as Su Wen's soul ring by the Stone God's decree, he proposed preserving their souls as spirit bodies within it.

• Su Wen recognized that Dugu Bo's Special Stone Monster Torso Bone reward might connect his soul bones and form Soul Bone Armor.
• Su Wen advised Dugu Bo to collect Ten Thousand Year Earth Attribute Soul Bones through the World of Learning and offered to help if he could not find enough.
• A Giant Stone Monster asked whether Su Wen needed a stone monster's soul ring, then revealed that the Stone God had ordered the three monsters to sacrifice themselves for him.
• The Giant Stone Monsters explained that they were the first Stone Monsters created by the Stone God and that the rest of their race had been modeled after them.
• Su Wen agreed to accept their sacrifice and suggested preserving the three monsters' souls as spirit bodies within his Soul Ring.

Su Wen absorbed the sacrifice of the Three Giant Stone Monsters, raising his Third Soul Ring to the hundred-thousand-year level and completing the Third Trial of the God-level Nine Tests. As Sea God divine power merged into his body, he sensed that faith was becoming tangible.

• Su Wen explained that he would bind the Three Giant Stone Monsters' souls to his Soul Ring and later help them recover in his Sea of Consciousness.
• The Three Giant Stone Monsters sacrificed themselves, and Su Wen used the Soul Ring Replacement Method to absorb their Soul Rings.
• Su Wen's Soul Rings settled into a purple, black, red, black, black, black configuration, and his Soul Power rose to the sixty-ninth rank.
• Su Wen pulled the Three Giant Stone Monsters' souls from his Third Soul Ring and sent them into a rocky page in his Visualization World.
• The Third Soul Ring reached the hundred-thousand-year level, completing Su Wen's Third Trial and earning him Faith Power Affinity.
• Sea God divine power merged into Su Wen's body, and he felt his connection to faith becoming tangible.

Su Wen completed the Sea God’s Third Trial, explored how Faith could merge with mental power and Soul Power, and learned that the Fourth Trial required him to spread knowledge across Douluo Star and establish a Divine Name. After speaking with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan about their assessments, he planned to search for other Deities’ assessments before approaching the Space God.

• Su Wen used the Sea God’s Divine Power to gain Faith Power Affinity, experimented with Faith, and found that it could merge with mental power and Soul Power but could not directly condense into Faith Power.
• Su Wen received the Fourth Trial’s requirements: spread knowledge across Douluo Star, establish a Divine Name, and earn techniques for using Faith Power.
• Dugu Bo thanked Su Wen for helping him obtain the Stone God’s assessment, and Su Wen told Dugu Yan he would take her to Sea God Island to seek an assessment.
• Su Wen told Ning Rongrong they would search for other Deities’ assessments, then put away the Space God’s token and chose to handle other matters first.

Su Wen recognized the purple-black ring from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as a likely Godhood inheritance token and planned to investigate its god after Ning Rongrong reached Level 50 and traveled to Sea God Island. Ning Rongrong broke through to Level 50 in less than half a month, and Su Wen advised her to use a God-bestowed Soul Ring while considering the limits on her Spiritual Power and martial soul growth.

• Su Wen examined the ring Yu Tianheng had given him and judged that it could fuse its Thunder Attribute and Dragon Might with a martial soul, possibly allowing it to approach God-level effects.
• Su Wen told Ning Rongrong they would return to the Sect, wait for her Fifth Soul Ring, and then go to Sea God Island before seeking the god connected to the ring.
• Ning Rongrong broke through to Level 50 less than half a month after accepting the Stone God Trial, at age sixteen.
• Su Wen advised Ning Rongrong to absorb a God-bestowed Soul Ring directly, explaining that its age depended on her endurance and that the Soul Ascension Method could ease the strain.
• Su Wen concluded that developing a Spiritual Power version of the Soul Ascension Method was not worthwhile for Ning Rongrong, since her martial soul had entered a stage of gradual accumulation after its first four Soul Rings.

Su Wen guided Ning Rongrong through absorbing a God-bestowed fifth Soul Ring, which reached twenty-six thousand years and raised her to level fifty-three. He then took her and Dugu Yan to Sea God Island, where he told them to accept their assessments.

• Su Wen decided he no longer needed to challenge Soul Ring limits through dangerous absorption, relying instead on his accumulated cultivation and knowledge.
• Ning Rongrong absorbed a God-bestowed Soul Ring, endured its pressure for three days, and formed a twenty-six-thousand-year fifth ring.
• After ten more days, Ning Rongrong completed the absorption and reached level fifty-three.
• Su Wen took Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan across the sea on Xiao Bai, teaching them Visualization Method techniques during the month-long journey.
• Dugu Yan used her evolving dragon bloodline and Thunder Attribute foundation to comprehend the artistic conception of ocean storms and thunder.
• On Sea God Island, Su Wen told Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan to accept their assessments first.

Su Wen brought Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan to Sea Dragon City to accept the Sea God's trials, where Ning Rongrong received a Red Rank Seven Trials assessment and Dugu Yan received Black Rank Six Trials. Ning Rongrong began preparing to master elemental control on her own, with Su Wen guiding her on how to use the Sea God's Light and Visualization Method.

• Su Wen brought Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan to Sea Dragon City, where Ning Rongrong received a Red Rank Trial from the Sea God.
• Dugu Yan accepted a Black Rank Six Trials assessment, whose first test promised a soul power increase after she climbed 108 steps under the Sea God's Light.
• Su Wen explained that Soul Masters whose power reached a bottleneck during the trials could receive a God-bestowed Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong's Red Rank Seven Trials required her to master elemental control independently, with rewards including one soul power level and 500 years added to each soul ring's age.
• Su Wen advised Ning Rongrong to sense her martial soul under the Sea God's Light while using the Visualization Method to learn to mobilize elemental power.

Su Wen left Ning Rongrong to cultivate on Sea God Island after guiding her toward sensing Elemental Power through her Martial Soul and the Visualization Method. On the way to the Sun Moon Continent, he considered how to form his Soul Core and obtain his Seventh Soul Ring, still undecided between a God-bestowed ring and creating one himself.

• Ning Rongrong joined Hai Da and the others at the eighteenth step of the Sea God's Light and began cultivating her Martial Soul with the Soul Power Circulation Route.
• Su Wen reasoned that Ning Rongrong could use her Martial Soul to sense Elemental Power, then use soul power, Spiritual Power, and the Visualization Method to develop the ability over time.
• After two months, Su Wen left Ning Rongrong on Sea God Island and traveled toward the Sun Moon Continent on Xiao Bai's back, planning to visit islands with Sea Soul Masters along the route.
• Four months after reaching rank sixty-nine in the Stone God Realm, Su Wen judged that his soul power was ready for Soul Core condensation but chose to make further adjustments first.
• Su Wen weighed hunting a soul beast, receiving a God-bestowed Soul Ring, or condensing a Soul Ring himself for his Seventh Soul Ring, and Xiao Bai asked what problem troubled him.

Su Wen discussed his dilemma over developing a way for soul masters to condense their own soul rings with Xiao Bai, then decided to test the path himself. As his resolve strengthened, his Spiritual Power broke through and began to affect the world around him.

• Su Wen asked Xiao Bai whether she would choose to condense her own soul rings or absorb suitable soul beast rings, and she ultimately chose to condense them herself.
• Xiao Bai recognized that Su Wen's dilemma was whether a human soul master could condense a soul ring without a developed method, while Su Wen insisted the problem had to be solved for the Soul Master World's development.
• Xiao Bai suggested that Su Wen pursue the method himself to improve his research and gain firsthand experience, and Su Wen decided to do so.
• Su Wen resolved to move beyond his reliance on Soul Power Circulation Routes and explore Martial Souls and Soul Rings directly.
• Su Wen's Spiritual Power broke through, manifesting his World in the Book around him and becoming powerful enough to influence reality.

After breaking through his Spiritual Power, Su Wen perceived the artistic conception of nature and deepened his understanding of terrain and ley-line trends. He reached the Sun Moon Continent, learned more about its rulers and soul-engineering society, and set out to explore while Xiao Bai returned to Sea God Island.

• Su Wen sensed the artistic conception behind natural forces, predicted a storm, and used terrain maps in his Visualization World to deepen his comprehension.
• Xiao Bai carried Su Wen past the storm, and after three months of establishing Academies across islands, they reached the Sun Moon Continent.
• Su Wen reviewed what Chrysanthemum Douluo had told him about the continent, including the Xu Family's Purple Radiance Destroying Heaven Dragon and the status of Soul Engineers.
• Su Wen sensed that the Faith Power in his ring was drawing near its Deity's inheritance site.
• Su Wen stepped onto the Sun Moon Continent, told Xiao Bai to return to Sea God Island, and considered the influence of the Sun Moon Royal Family and Sun Moon Divine Sect.

After learning about the Sun Moon Divine Sect, its two factions, and the continent’s three peerless prodigies, Su Wen considered whether the Sect’s Holy Sons might be Divine successors. He then visited Sun Moon Pavilion in Ninghai City and asked to see its Soul Tool materials and blueprints.

• Su Wen learned that the Sun Moon Divine Sect served as the Sun Moon Empire’s state religion and that its Blazing Sun and Frost Moon factions followed two Deities.
• Su Wen investigated the Sect’s Two Holy Sons and Crown Prince Xu Tianyou, then questioned whether the Holy Sons’ cultivation records matched the requirements of Divine successors.
• Su Wen entered Sun Moon Pavilion and requested introductory Soul Tool materials and as many Elementary Soul Guidance Device blueprints as it had.
• The receptionist told Su Wen that the branch had a wide selection of blueprints, and Su Wen asked to see the available types.

Su Wen examined the Sun Moon Continent’s standardized Soul Guidance Device industry and considered developing a distinctive terminal that could connect to the World of Learning. He bought several Elementary Soul Guidance Device blueprints as an initial investment in learning the technology.

• Su Wen reasoned that copying existing devices would yield little Faith Power, while an original terminal connected to the World of Learning could change commoners’ lives.
• Su Wen reviewed the prices and functions of Elementary Soul Guidance Devices at the Sun Moon Pavilion and learned that Rare Metals served as currency alongside gold, silver, and copper.
• The front desk explained how weapon blueprints could combine basic designs with separately priced effects, revealing the industry’s standardized approach.
• Su Wen studied a Soul Guidance Device Soul Storage Device and suspected that a complete device capable of replenishing a Soul Master’s Soul Power required a higher development level.
• Su Wen bought blueprints for lamps, soul storage devices, several weapon types, and lightning effects, spending thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Su Wen rented an Advanced Workshop at the Sun Moon Pavilion and bought Sunken Silver, but struggled to learn Soul Guidance Devices from blueprints alone. As Lin Qingyue went to gather the materials and carving-knife techniques he requested, she was confronted by Zhao Yuan, and Supervisor Wang Lin intervened.

• Su Wen rented an Advanced Workshop for a month and bought one thousand units of Sunken Silver, reaching Level 5 Authority and receiving a five-percent discount.
• Su Wen struggled to understand Soul Guidance Device blueprints and asked Lin Qingyue to find comprehensive introductory materials and basic carving-knife techniques.
• Lin Qingyue explained that excellent carving techniques were not publicly taught, but offered to bring Su Wen the Sun Moon Pavilion's basic techniques.
• Zhao Yuan confronted Lin Qingyue and demanded to know whether she had reconsidered his previous proposal.
• Wang Lin stopped Zhao Yuan, defended Lin Qingyue, and told her to take Su Wen's materials to him first.

Wang Lin used Weapon Soul Fusion to defeat Zhao Yuan after Zhao threatened the Sun Moon Pavilion, and Pavilion Master Lin Tian ordered Zhao Yuan imprisoned. Lin Tian then invited Su Wen to speak privately.

• Wang Lin confronted Zhao Yuan for his disrespect toward the Pope and fused his Blazing Fire Spear with his Martial Soul.
• Su Wen observed the confrontation while Lin Qingyue pleaded for help, concerned that the clash could worsen tensions in Ninghai City.
• Wang Lin struck Zhao Yuan with a blazing spear and stopped its tip before Zhao Yuan's eyes.
• Lin Tian arrived, praised Wang Lin, and ordered Zhao Yuan handed over to the divine sect branch for imprisonment.
• Lin Tian invited Su Wen to speak elsewhere, and Su Wen agreed.

Lin Tian offered Su Wen a place in the Sun Moon Divine Sect and explained Sun Moon Pavilion’s soul guidance research. Su Wen accepted a Guest Elder Token and asked Lin Tian about the different levels of complexity in Elementary Soul Guidance Device blueprints.

• Lin Tian assessed Su Wen’s mysterious background and offered him access to Sun Moon Pavilion’s study materials and Rare Metals.
• Su Wen decided to visit the Divine Sect Headquarters when the timing was right, and Lin Tian gave him a Sun Moon Pavilion Guest Elder Token.
• Su Wen asked whether the varying complexity he noticed in Elementary Soul Guidance Device blueprints also appeared in higher-level devices.
• Lin Tian explained that this distinction was characteristic of Elementary Soul Guidance Devices and was not as apparent in Mid-Level Soul Guidance Devices.

Lin Tian explained how Core Arrays were classified by Soul Ring levels and how Soul Guidance Devices developed from basic to advanced techniques. Su Wen absorbed the introductory materials and began studying the theory of higher-level devices.

• Su Wen inferred from Lin Tian’s explanation that Core Arrays were graded by the power of Soul Skills associated with ten-, hundred-, thousand-, ten-thousand-, and hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Su Wen concluded that the Sun Moon Continent had not mastered orthodox Core Arrays at the ten-thousand-year level, though special methods could produce powerful Soul Guidance Devices.
• Lin Tian explained that Elementary Soul Guidance Devices relied on basic arrays mastered through practice, while Mid-Level devices required techniques such as Texture Superimposition, Combination Overlap, and shared lines.
• Lin Tian gave Su Wen introductory materials on elementary, mid, and high-level Soul Guidance Devices and said Guest Elders could consult more comprehensive resources.
• Su Wen studied the basic Core Array materials Lin Qingyue had found, understood them in half a day, and began reading Lin Tian’s three sets of materials.

Su Wen studied Lin Tian’s theories on Mid-Level Soul Guidance Devices, especially the spatial principles behind the “track” construction method, and quickly grasped the basics. He put that understanding to the test by engraving a spherical piece of rare metal, leaving the chapter with its patterns joined perfectly.

• Su Wen read Lin Tian’s explanation of intersecting Core Array textures and learned how Soul Engineers used counterflow and the “track” construction method to guide Soul Power through intersections.
• Su Wen recognized that the track method relied on basic applications of Spatial Power, but his attempt to use it without a rare-metal carrier failed.
• Su Wen concluded that Lin Tian’s account of High-Level Soul Guidance Devices was incomplete and decided to seek better materials at the Sun Moon Divine Sect headquarters after mastering the track method.
• Su Wen returned to the blueprints, suddenly understood their design, and forged rare metal into a sphere.
• Su Wen used a Mid-Level Soul Guidance Engraving Knife to cover the sphere with patterns that joined together perfectly.

Su Wen mastered Elementary Soul Guidance Device crafting, making more than a hundred devices during half a month of practice and selling his best work through the Sun Moon Pavilion. As conflict between the pavilion and the City Lord’s manor escalated toward a decisive battle, Su Wen emerged from seclusion and asked Lin Qingyue about the situation.

• Su Wen carved and forged a Sunken Silver longsword soul guidance device that produced flame-wrapped sword qi, then judged it to be medium quality.
• Su Wen continued practicing Elementary Soul Guidance Devices, refining his carving technique and making more than a hundred devices over half a month.
• Su Wen gave over ten of his best devices to Lin Tian to sell at the Sun Moon Pavilion and exchanged the contribution points for materials.
• The conflict between the Sun Moon Pavilion and the City Lord’s manor intensified, and Wang Lin became famous after fighting the City Lord’s Guard Captain, a Soul King.
• Su Wen left his workshop and asked Lin Qingyue about Ninghai City, learning that the situation could soon lead to a decisive battle.

Su Wen learned that Ninghai City was on the brink of conflict between the Sun Moon Pavilion and the City Lord's Mansion, potentially igniting a continent-wide war. After Lin Tian was nowhere to be found, Steward Qian revealed that the Sun Moon Divine Sect had ordered him to take the city, though it could not spare reinforcements and might prioritize West Sea City instead.

• Lin Qingyue told Su Wen that Lin Tian and Zhao Hai could clash at any moment, amid tensions that might spark a wider war.
• Su Wen considered whether the conflicts on Sun Moon Continent and Douluo Continent could lead to the rise of gods and wondered about the Sun Moon Royal Family's power.
• Su Wen and Lin Qingyue went to Lin Tian's workshop, but Su Wen sensed that no one was inside.
• Steward Qian told Su Wen that the Sun Moon Divine Sect had ordered Lin Tian to take Ninghai City, but its forces were stretched across many cities.
• Steward Qian explained that West Sea City was a higher priority and could take precedence over Ninghai City; Su Wen understood its strategic importance.

Su Wen sensed that Lin Tian might be in danger at Transverse Break Canyon, where Lin Tian had gone to prepare an ambush against Zhao Hai and the City Lord's Mansion. After learning that a possibly suspicious Vice Pavilion Master Li was among Lin Tian's companions, Su Wen gathered a rescue force and set out for the canyon.

• Su Wen considered how the Sun Moon Divine Sect might lose the coming war, then learned from Steward Qian that the Divine Sect had ordered the Ninghai City branch to prepare to seize the city.
• Su Wen asked where Lin Tian was and used his Illusion Spirit Eye to sense that Lin Tian might encounter an unfavorable incident outside the city.
• Steward Qian explained that Lin Tian had gone to Transverse Break Canyon with three vice pavilion masters to cut off Zhao Hai's escape route, and identified Vice Pavilion Master Li as a possible royal-family spy.
• Su Wen ordered Steward Qian to gather the available fighters and prepare to leave for Transverse Break Canyon in ten minutes.
• Su Wen set out with Steward Qian and thirteen Soul Ancestors, using his Heavenly Tome Martial Soul to envelop the group.

Su Wen used his Book Martial Soul to teleport himself and the Sun Moon Pavilion reinforcements outside Ninghai City, then led them toward the battle at Hengduan Mountain Valley. As they arrived to face a large Royal Family force, Lin Tian spotted Su Wen and hoped the newcomer could help them escape.

• Su Wen teleported himself, Steward Qian, and thirteen Soul Ancestors three kilometers outside Ninghai City, astonishing them with his spatial Soul Skill.
• Su Wen and the reinforcements reached Hengduan Mountain Valley and sensed the Pavilion Master and three Vice Pavilion Masters fighting Zhao Hai, another Soul Emperor, and more than ten Soul Kings.
• Steward Qian worried about the enemy's strength and asked Su Wen to rescue the Pavilion Master and the others.
• Su Wen invited Steward Qian and the Soul Ancestors to fight, and Wang Lin and the others answered with fierce resolve.
• Lin Tian saw the approaching reinforcements and hoped Su Wen could help them break out of the ambush alive.