Chapter Summaries

Li Jinsheng broke into Tang Sect headquarters and stole classified research data, capsules, and Sublimators before escaping with Zang Xin in pursuit. At an abandoned factory, he summoned a colossal Gomora–Red King hybrid to delay Zang Xin, then vanished into a rift in space as the monster charged.

• Li Jinsheng drilled through Tang Sect's underground defenses, disabled equipment, and copied the laboratory's classified files and experimental records.
• Li Jinsheng took the capsules and Sublimators from Ling Zichen's laboratory and escaped to the surface, where Zang Xin intercepted him.
• Li Jinsheng led Zang Xin to an abandoned factory and used the Sublimator and two capsules to summon a giant Gomora–Red King hybrid.
• Li Jinsheng entered a space-time rift and left Zang Xin to face the charging monster outside Heaven Dou City.

Zang Xin defeated the monster created from Ling Zichen’s research, but the stolen data could not be recovered. Li Jinsheng escaped with the capsules, storage chip, and Sublimator, while Heaven Dou City braced for further trouble.

• Zang Xin fought the Red King, destroyed its eye, crippled it, and finally beheaded it before asking what Ling Zichen had created.
• Zang Xin returned to the Tang Sect laboratory, where Ling Zichen said the stolen data was gone and the capsules were single-use.
• Li Jinsheng returned to the Heaven Dou City Blacksmith Association and stored the stolen items while his Artificial Brain optimized Ling Zichen’s fusion algorithm.
• Li Jinsheng ordered the Artificial Brain to upgrade itself, which it estimated would take forty-seven hours.
• At breakfast, Zhen Hua told Li Jinsheng and the others that the Tang Sect had been robbed, Passionate Douluo had fought a monster, and the Federation suspected the Holy Spirit Cult.

Li Jinsheng returned to Spirit Pagoda Headquarters with Gu Yue and Na'er after leaving Zhen Hua’s workshop, and Leng Yaozhu immediately put him back to work. After reviewing the completed Game City reports, he asked her to help settle a matter involving his sister.

• Li Jinsheng left with Gu Yue and Na'er while A Ruheng stayed behind with Mu Ye, then Li Jinsheng lent Yue Zhengyu the Angel Gundam and flew back in Strike Freedom.
• During the flight, Gu Yue asked about Li Jinsheng’s plans, and he said his game could be released soon.
• At Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, Leng Yaozhu scolded Li Jinsheng for leaving her with his work and threw him a stack of reports.
• Li Jinsheng told Leng Yaozhu that he had reached Titled Douluo, then reviewed the Game City acceptance reports and declared himself satisfied.
• Li Jinsheng asked Leng Yaozhu to help settle the matter with his sister.

Li Jinsheng helped Leng Yaozhu reassemble Leng Yulai and used supernatural powers to punish her for her accusations and crimes. He then brought Gu Yue and Na'er to inspect his vast artificial domain, where he revealed a Cassette.

• Li Jinsheng found Leng Yulai's severed head hanging in Leng Yaozhu's room and learned that her sister had kept her there as punishment.
• Leng Yulai accused Leng Yaozhu of secretly having a child with Yun Ming, but Leng Yaozhu denied it and explained that Li Jinsheng was an orphan she first met when he was seven.
• Li Jinsheng reattached Leng Yulai's body and used a red sphere and a white light to inflict freezing and bone-piercing pain on her at Leng Yaozhu's command.
• Li Jinsheng left with Gu Yue and Na'er, then opened the sealed entrance to his artificial domain in Shrek City.
• Li Jinsheng explained that the domain covered thirty thousand square kilometers and deceived the laws of physics before taking out a Cassette.

Li Jinsheng demonstrated a game system that gave ordinary people combat power and promised immortality as data, then Gu Yue introduced Spirit Pagoda’s Ten Thousand Beast Platform. The chapter ended with Li Jinsheng announcing the City of Games as a new transformation for the Soul Master world.

• Li Jinsheng showed Gu Yue and Na'er Cassettes that could give ordinary people combat ability and explained that people killed after their Cassette was destroyed could become immortal data.
• Li Jinsheng transformed into armor, defeated the Bugsters he had created, and took Gu Yue and Na'er to inspect an LV29 wild boar BOSS and a frightened fifty-year-old NPC.
• At Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, Gu Yue introduced the Ten Thousand Beast Platform, which offered high-level Soul Masters Spirit Ascension at triple efficiency for ten million Federal Coin per entry.
• Li Jinsheng announced that Spirit Pagoda would open his City of Games, which could be brought into reality and had a maximum level of ninety-nine.

Li Jinsheng demonstrated that his Game Cassettes gave ordinary people Soul Master-level defense and revealed that power could be increased in the City of Games. As the Federation military tested the system and Gu Yue reported growing demand for the Ten Thousand Beast Platform, Yuanen Yehui arrived with five hours of order data that stunned Li Jinsheng and Gu Yue.

• Li Jinsheng demonstrated a Game Cassette that gave a soldier without Soul Power armor with defense comparable to an eleventh-rank Soul Master.
• The deputy commander sent the armored soldier into the City of Games to record its upgrades, combat data, and energy consumption.
• Li Jinsheng predicted that the military would soon place a large order and proposed selling Cassettes for one thousand Federal Coins and Game City entries for two thousand.
• Gu Yue showed Li Jinsheng Soul Rings gaining strength through the Ten Thousand Beast Platform and said people had begun offering bribes.
• Yuanen Yehui delivered the order figures from the past five hours, and Li Jinsheng and Gu Yue froze as they read them.

Li Jinsheng’s game drew huge civilian interest, and the Federation’s secretary-general arrived to negotiate a purchase. Before the meeting, Li Jinsheng gave Yuanen Yehui Titan Giant Ape essence blood to suppress the demon bloodline within her and support her cultivation.

• Yuanen Yehui reported that 173,642 game cassettes had sold and reservations for visits were surging, while the military evaluated a soldier who had reached Level 15 in five hours.
• Li Jinsheng predicted the military would soon place an order and joked with Yuanen Yehui about preparing a contract before one arrived.
• Yuanen Yehui revealed that she had reached Level 81, and Li Jinsheng gave her a sealed tube of Titan Giant Ape essence blood to suppress her demon bloodline and aid her cultivation.
• Three days later, Li Jinsheng greeted the Federation’s secretary-general with coffee sweetened with three spoonfuls of sugar, while Yuanen Yehui served him sugar water.
• Li Jinsheng introduced Yuanen Yehui as his secretary and asked the secretary-general how much of the game he wanted to buy.

Li Jinsheng negotiated a 2.5-billion-coin deal to supply the Federation with 100,000 game cards and priority access, while Yuanen Yehui prepared the contract. After Passionate Douluo announced a visit to discuss new leads in the Tang Sect attack, Li Jinsheng learned the Tang Sect had become interested in replicating his ability.

• Li Jinsheng negotiated a one-time payment of 2.5 billion for 100,000 game cards and one million city entries, securing priority supply rights while setting limits on civilian sales.
• Yuanen Yehui returned with the signed contract and confirmed production would begin that night and finish ahead of schedule; Li Jinsheng urged her to cultivate carefully after fusing essence blood.
• Yuanen Yehui asked whether the military would act on the opportunity in the city after three months, and Li Jinsheng said it lacked the strength to do so.
• Passionate Douluo contacted Li Jinsheng and arranged to visit at three o’clock with new leads about the Tang Sect attack.
• Li Jinsheng asked the Artificial Brain whether his disguise or surveillance had exposed him, and it explained that the ability he used had stirred the Tang Sect’s greed and desire to replicate it.

Li Jinsheng met with Passionate Douluo and Ling Zichen to discuss helping the Tang Sect recreate stolen technology, but rejected their offer and demanded seventy percent of the profits. He ordered Yuanen Yehui to see them out after the Tang Sect refused his terms.

• Li Jinsheng learned that the Tang Sect wanted to verify whether his technology could be replicated and anticipated they might try to take it.
• Yuanen Yehui escorted Passionate Douluo and Ling Zichen to meet Li Jinsheng at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
• Passionate Douluo explained that the Tang Sect's device based on Li Jinsheng's ability had been stolen along with its research data, and asked Li Jinsheng to help recreate it.
• Li Jinsheng summoned Feicui and a Qilin-armored man, whose presence overwhelmed Passionate Douluo, then demanded seventy percent of the profits for providing the core data.
• Passionate Douluo refused to give the Tang Sect that share, and Li Jinsheng told Yuanen Yehui to see them out.

Li Jinsheng began using Illusion Dream Company’s automated production and low prices to erode the Tang Sect’s business, while Yuanen Yehui’s family came to Spirit Pagoda Headquarters seeking her. Yuanen Zhentian intended to stop the danger of the Demon Plane before another tragedy could occur.

• Li Jinsheng showed Yuanen Yehui Illusion Dream Company’s automated factory and explained how its cheaper household Soul Tools would undercut the Tang Sect.
• Li Jinsheng outlined plans to target more Tang Sect markets, and Yuanen Yehui asked whether he hated them; he said anyone blocking his path would die.
• Over five months, Illusion Dream Company’s price war ate into the Tang Sect’s household Soul Tool market, prompting Tang Sect elders to discuss cutting labor costs.
• After Yuanen Yehui’s livestream appeared on the Spirit Pagoda’s official account, Yuanen Zhentian and Yuanen Tianshang arrived at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters to see her.
• As they rode the elevator, Yuanen Zhentian resolved to kill the danger of the Demon Plane before it caused another tragedy.

Yuanen Zhentian and Yuanen Tianshang came to find Yuanen Yehui, but Li Jinsheng intimidated them with his power and took charge of the discussion. Yuanen Zhentian began explaining that Yuanen Yehui’s mother’s Fallen Angel Martial Soul, not simply her past as an Evil Soul Master, lay behind the family tragedy.

• Yuanen Zhentian and Yuanen Tianshang entered the reception room and found Yuanen Yehui with Li Jinsheng and his companions.
• Li Jinsheng challenged Yuanen Tianshang, then revealed his overwhelming soul ring configuration and forced the father and son to submit.
• Yuanen Zhentian said he had come to find Yuanen Yehui, while Li Jinsheng insisted on handling the discussion because she did not want to speak with him.
• Yuanen Zhentian asked whether Yuanen Yehui hated him, and she accused him of driving her mother to suicide and crippling her father.
• Yuanen Zhentian said the special nature of the Fallen Angel Martial Soul had made Yuanen Yehui’s mother unable to control herself, and promised to reveal the truth.

Yuanen Zhentian explained how Yuanen Yehui’s mother opened a Gate of Hell, prompting Shrek to help repel a Demon Plane invasion. Long Yeyue confirmed the truth and revealed why Yuanen Yehui’s cultivation had been deliberately slowed, leaving Yuanen Yehui reeling from the history behind her family’s suffering.

• Yuanen Zhentian told Li Jinsheng and Yuanen Yehui that Yuanen Yehui’s mother had opened a Demon Gate and that Shrek reinforcements helped drive back the demons.
• Li Jinsheng called Long Yeyue, who confirmed that the story was true and explained that the Fallen Angel Martial Soul could open a Demon Gate when its bearer reached nine rings.
• Yuanen Zhentian revealed that Yuanen Yehui’s mother had chosen suicide, and Long Yeyue said Yuanen Yehui had been made to cultivate slowly to delay the danger.
• Yuanen Zhentian accused Long Yeyue of making Yuanen Yehui a work-study student to keep her from awakening too quickly, and Li Jinsheng agreed with him.
• Long Yeyue ended the call, while Yuanen Yehui stood stunned by the revelations about her family and the Demon Plane.

Yuanen Yehui learned the truth about her family and agreed to return to see her father, while Li Jinsheng began organizing a counterattack against the Demon Plane. The group sought out Ya Li to question her about the Demon Plane’s past invasion.

• Yuanen Zhentian urged Yuanen Yehui to let the family seal her Fallen Angel Martial Soul before it caused another tragedy, and she agreed to go back and see her father.
• Li Jinsheng argued that the Federation should attack the Demon Plane, enlisted Yue Zhengyu to involve the Angel Family, and said he would contact the Vast Sea Douluo.
• Yuanen Tianshang gave Yuanen Yehui his contact information and explained that he had changed his name after his wife died.
• Li Jinsheng led the group to find Ya Li, who had been caring for the still-living Yun Ming in the old Illusion Dream Company building.
• Li Jinsheng asked Ya Li about the Demon Plane’s past invasion, and she began to answer.

Li Jinsheng learned that Shrek had destroyed every demon corpse instead of studying the enemy, and he condemned the Academy’s ignorance as the reason it had fallen. After checking the Chronicle Archive’s player data, he prepared to discuss the Demon Plane with Chen Xinjie.

• Ya Li recounted how Yun Ming had led the battle against the Demon Plane, which ended with the gate sealed at great cost and Yun Ming’s fate uncertain.
• Li Jinsheng questioned Shrek’s decision to incinerate demon corpses and argued that studying enemies was essential, while Ya Li explained that the rule had been made for safety.
• Ya Li asked about Yun Ming, and Li Jinsheng said Yun Ming’s soul and body had nearly fused but that he did not know when Yun Ming would wake.
• After leaving Yun Ming’s room, Li Jinsheng checked the Chronicle Archive and found that military players had reached level 57 by grinding in organized groups.
• Li Jinsheng said the game’s final opponent was the Sea God and claimed it could not be cleared without virus immunity, then answered Chen Xinjie’s call about the Demon Plane.

Li Jinsheng agreed to Chen Xinjie's orders for one million Advancement Gashats and ten thousand Humagears, learning that the Blood God Legion was using Humagears to explore the Abyss. As the Zetton Larva devastated Abyssal Creatures across the Abyss, the Abyssal Sage King revealed that he intended to turn Jetton into a weapon against Douluo Continent.

• Chen Xinjie ordered one million sets of Li Jinsheng's inventions and ten thousand Humagears for Abyss exploration.
• Zhang Huanyun's plan to send life-force-free Humagears into the Abyss succeeded, letting them explore beyond the deepest coordinates reached by humans.
• Li Jinsheng recognized that the Abyss's eerie silence came from the Zetton Larva hunting Abyssal Creatures from the eleventh floor to the 108 Floors.
• The Black Empress reported that Abyssal Creatures across the 108 Floors had suffered losses exceeding thirty percent and asked the Abyssal Sage King whether they should stop the creature.
• The Abyssal Sage King refused, believing the Zetton Larva's growing strength would make it a powerful weapon for conquering Douluo Continent.

Li Jinsheng negotiated a Humagear and Cassette order with Chen Xinjie, then revealed his secret combat model to Gu Yue and Na'er. Meanwhile, Ling Zichen's attempt to crack the technology caused an explosion at Tang Sect headquarters, and Ye Xinglan became the first test subject for the combat Humagear.

• Li Jinsheng agreed to deliver ten thousand Humagears and one million Cassettes to Chen Xinjie in two batches, and sold him two combat-type Humagears for one hundred million Federal Coins each.
• Gu Yue confronted Li Jinsheng about the secret Humagear model, so he took her and Na'er to his hidden laboratory and showed them the armored prototype and its Progrise Key system.
• Ling Zichen tried to crack Li Jinsheng's encryption at Tang Sect headquarters, but the attempt caused the basement and headquarters to explode without detonating the ninth-grade Soul Guide Cannonballs.
• Li Jinsheng's group began testing the combat Humagear's strength, with Ye Xinglan as the first test subject.

Ye Xinglan and Sima Jinchi tested Falcon, a Humagear whose Ark system learned and predicted opponents’ movements, while Li Jinsheng assessed its combat strength. Watching the demonstration, Gu Yue realized that Li Jinsheng’s influence and forces could change who ruled Douluo Continent, and she recruited Na'er to help her deal with him.

• Ye Xinglan fought Falcon with her Stargod Sword, but its predictions let it evade her attacks and send her crashing into the laboratory wall.
• Sima Jinchi faced Falcon next, studied its limits, and eventually cut through its wings with the Dragon-Slaying Blade.
• Li Jinsheng recorded the test results and said Falcon matched a Titled Douluo in strength and would be offered to Vast Sea Douluo for one hundred million Federal Coin.
• Gu Yue realized that Li Jinsheng controlled forces powerful enough to change Douluo Continent’s rulers, while she had been managing the accounts.
• Gu Yue asked Na'er to help her deal with Li Jinsheng that night, and Na'er agreed for one hundred jin of chicken fork bone.

Li Jinsheng showed Chen Xinjie the mass-produced Humagears and explained that Yuanen Yehui’s Fallen Angel Martial Soul could open the Demon Plane. Chen Xinjie arranged strict containment for her, and Li Jinsheng accompanied her to Shangling City to return to the Yuanen Family.

• Li Jinsheng showed Chen Xinjie and Chen Zeyu combat footage of the Humagears, and Chen Xinjie sent his son back to the Federation with the sealed units.
• Li Jinsheng told Chen Xinjie that Yuanen Yehui’s Fallen Angel Martial Soul was the key to opening the Demon Plane, and Chen Xinjie arranged an island, three blockade lines, and two surveillance units.
• Li Jinsheng told Yuanen Yehui about the security plan, and she agreed to return to the Yuanen Family with him in a few days.
• Gu Yue urged Yuanen Yehui to bring her father out of the family, and several days later the group departed after bidding Leng Yaozhu farewell.
• Li Jinsheng and the others arrived in Shangling City and traveled to the Titan Giant Ape Family estate, where Yuanen Yehui faced the familiar place and its painful memories.

Yuanen Yehui returned to the Yuanen Family ancestral home, where Li Jinsheng convinced Yuanen Zhentian to face the Demon Plane rather than sacrifice her martial souls. She reunited with her frightened father and told him she would take him with her.

• Li Jinsheng told Yuanen Zhentian that they should attack the Demon Plane instead of crippling Yuanen Yehui's Fallen Angel Martial Soul, and Yuanen Zhentian agreed.
• Yuanen Yehui's father came out of the ancestral hall, recognized her, and panicked that her return would put her in danger.
• Li Jinsheng asked the Time Dragon King about resurrecting a human without a soul, and the Time Dragon King explained the limits of his time reversal.
• Yuanen Yehui held her father's trembling fingers and told him she would take him with her.

Yuanen Tiandang left the Yuanen family with Yuanen Yehui and Li Jinsheng, while Yuanen Zhentian watched them depart. On an isolated South Sea island, Li Jinsheng began restoring Yuanen Tiandang’s shattered Soul Core so he could regain the strength to protect his daughter.

• Yuanen Yehui told Yuanen Tiandang she would not leave without him, and Li Jinsheng promised to ensure they both got away safely.
• Yuanen Zhentian and Yuanen Tianshang forgave Yuanen Tiandang, then helped him up after he kowtowed to them.
• Li Jinsheng, Gu Yue, Na'er, Yue Zhengyu, Yuanen Yehui, and Yuanen Tiandang left the mountain, while Yuanen Zhentian watched them go.
• Several days later, the group arrived at an isolated island in the South Sea, where Chen Xinjie had prepared a secured camp.
• Li Jinsheng offered to restore Yuanen Tiandang’s Soul Core, and Yuanen Tiandang accepted despite the severe pain.
• Li Jinsheng pressed a hand to Yuanen Tiandang’s shoulder and began reversing the damage left by fifteen years of imprisonment.