Chapter Summaries

Chen Ming learned that the Holy Spirit Cult and other factions had framed him as the cult’s hidden holy son, while tensions between the Sun Moon Empire and the other empires kept the continent near war. Chen Li arranged for Chen Ming to contact Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming before traveling to the Body Sect, and promised the Dragon Elephant Sect would handle the fallout from his actions.

• Chen Ming searched the camp for Soul Masters who could use Soul Spirits but found none, and Chen Li refused to distribute Soul Bones because doing so would endanger the sect’s members.
• Chen Li explained that a plot had convinced many Holy Spirit Cult members that Chen Ming was their hidden holy son, and that Elder Kong had drawn out Level 96 Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng using Chen Ming as bait.
• Chen Ming condemned the factions that had framed him, while Chen Li described the stalemate between the Sun Moon Empire and the other empires and New Shrek’s effort to rebuild its Shrek Seven Devils.
• New Shrek demanded that the Sun Moon Empire return Ma Xiaotao and other captives, apologize, and hand over Huo Yuhao and Yuan Ensi Tai; the Sun Moon Empire rejected the demands.
• Chen Li gave Chen Ming letters for Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming and planned for him to travel by sea to the Body Sect after they made preparations.
• Chen Li told Chen Ming not to worry about the consequences of his actions, promising the Dragon Elephant Sect would support him.

Chen Ming returned to Mingdu after a year of cultivation and reunited with Jing Hongchen, Kong Deming, and Huo Yuhao at Mingde Hall. He revealed his extraordinary gains and discovered that Kong Deming and Huo Yuhao had helped create an unprecedented ice extreme divine crystal Soul Beast.

• Chen Ming used Chen Li’s token to pass the checkpoints and entered Mingde Hall, where Jing Hongchen verified his identity and welcomed him back.
• Chen Ming told Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming about his secluded cultivation, revealing that he had reached level eighty, condensed a Soul Core, evolved his Martial Soul, and gained a Ferocious Beast-level Soul Ring.
• Chen Ming shared Soul Spirits and rare materials from the ancient Dragon Clan world, then learned that Kong Deming and Huo Yuhao had created a ten-thousand-year ice extreme divine crystal Soul Beast.
• The Snow Empress examined the new Soul Beast and struggled to reconcile its existence with her knowledge of Soul Beasts.
• Huo Yuhao reunited with Chen Ming and explained his Rakshasa God trials, his level-thirty-three cultivation, and the growth bonuses from his divine affinity.
• Chen Ming asked whether Huo Yuhao had received rewards beyond affinity, but Huo Yuhao did not know that God Trials could grant any others.

Chen Ming considered what kind of God Position he should pursue and decided to explore a physical cultivation system based on the Hell-Prison Divine Elephant. After leaving Mingdu, he avoided the ocean and traveled underground toward the Body Sect.

• Chen Ming encouraged Huo Yuhao to keep cultivating and believed his Rakshasa God trials might bring additional benefits once his divine affinity exceeded one hundred percent.
• Electrolux turned the skeletal Earth Dragon into a Soul Beast and developed the Soul Ignition Technique to stimulate creatures with Soul Beast potential.
• Chen Ming concluded that he needed to create a powerful new system to gather Faith Power and chose to investigate physical cultivation and martial arts.
• Kong Deming gave Chen Ming a Level 9 Decomposition Ray Gun, while Jing Hongchen gave him two Level 9 Soul Cannon Shells and warned him about Shrek and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Chen Ming left Mingdu through a secret passage and traveled underground to avoid Tang San's influence over the ocean, crossing into the Heaven Dou Empire on his way to the Body Sect.

Chen Ming reached the Body Sect and reunited with Du Busi, astonishing its senior experts with his soul rings, soul core, and unusual cultivation. Du Busi decided to gather the sect’s Titled Douluos to witness a fight and judge whether Chen Ming could inherit the Body Sect’s legacy.

• Chen Ming reached the Body Sect’s mountain gates, where Tiger Arm Douluo challenged him and lost their contest of strength.
• Du Busi recognized Chen Ming, welcomed him to the sect, and introduced him to Tiger Arm Douluo and Golden Body Douluo.
• Golden Body Douluo examined Chen Ming’s powerful body and gave him a nine-thousand-year soul bone as a welcoming gift.
• Chen Ming told the three experts about his six soul rings, condensed soul core, and Original Body Life Soul Ring, leaving them bewildered.
• Du Busi arranged to fight Chen Ming and summon the sect’s other Titled Douluos to watch, while revealing that the Body Sect had eleven Titled Douluos in total.

Chen Ming faced opposition from several Body Sect elders over inheriting the Body Seed, prompting Du Busi to arrange a combat test. Chen Ming challenged three Titled Douluos at once, and the chapter left their attacks colliding as the fight began.

• Heaven's Remnant Douluo rejected Chen Ming as the Body Sect's heir, and Tiger Arm Douluo exposed Heaven's Remnant's past and defended Chen Ming.
• Du Busi argued that the sect had no suitable heir for the Body Seed and invited Chen Ming to prove his strength against Heaven's Remnant, Big Ear, or Long Arms.
• Chen Ming chose to fight all three Titled Douluos and proposed that he win if any one of them failed to withstand him for an incense stick's time.
• Du Busi began the match on a mountain clearing while Long Aotian and the Body Sect disciples watched.
• Chen Ming grew into an eight-meter giant under his Innate Overlord Domain, withstanding Big Ear Douluo's attack without injury.
• Chen Ming launched his Great Light Fist as Heaven's Remnant, Big Ear, and Long Arms answered with their strongest skills.