Chapter Summaries

Oscar and Ma Hongjun reached Star Luo City and used tavern gossip to learn that Zhu Zhuqing might have gained the upper hand against Zhu Zhuyun. They found the Zhu Family's enormous residence, where Ma Hongjun asked the gatekeepers to summon Zhu Zhuqing.

• Oscar and Ma Hongjun checked into an inn, ate cheaply, and spent the afternoon cultivating.
• At a tavern, Oscar heard that the Zhu Family had repeatedly bought servant girls and guessed that Zhu Zhuyun had taken out her anger on her maids after losing to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun drank to the news and slept until the following afternoon.
• The two followed directions through the Noble District and learned that the Zhu Family's estate covered an entire street before finding its main gate.
• Oscar showed his Soul Rings to the guards, and Ma Hongjun asked the gatekeepers whether Zhu Zhuqing was home and told them to summon her.

Oscar and Ma Hongjun reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai in Star Luo City, where Dai Mubai described his harsh upbringing and a clash with Dai Weisi. Oscar’s comment on absolute freedom left Dai Mubai pondering as their gathering continued.

• Oscar apologized to the Zhu Family gatekeepers and asked them to announce him and Ma Hongjun to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing welcomed Oscar and Ma Hongjun, then sent a servant to summon Dai Mubai from the imperial palace.
• Dai Mubai arrived and warmly greeted Ma Hongjun and Oscar before they shared an extravagant meal and caught up.
• Dai Mubai told his friends how he had used a minor legal matter to punish Dai Weisi for breaking Star Luo Empire law.
• Ma Hongjun praised Heaven Dou’s freedom, but Oscar argued that absolute freedom let the strong exploit the weak, prompting Dai Mubai to reflect on the idea.

Dai Mubai heard Oscar recount Zhang Yang’s views on freedom, exploitation, and the power of the strong, which strengthened Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s resolve to grow stronger. Zhang Yang secured an indefinite leave from the Vast Sea City base, prepared for his God Inheritance trial, and returned to Tanggu.

• Dai Mubai asked Oscar to explain Zhang Yang’s words about absolute freedom, and Oscar recounted their conversation about human trafficking and the strong exploiting the weak.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing resolved to become stronger because the powerful could impose their will as law.
• Zhang Yang requested indefinite leave from the Base Chief, who approved it and promised to keep his position open.
• Zhang Yang sent a ciphered letter to Ning Fengzhi and the others, then stocked his Storage Soul Tool with supplies for Tanggu.
• Zhang Yang followed a Fusang leaf back to Tanggu, where Fusang told him he could train independently and ask for help when needed.

Zhang Yang began deep-water training off Tanggu, using the seawater’s pressure to strengthen his body while breathing through a hollow Fusang root. After more than a month, he had advanced to training at a depth of 1,200 meters, but his rapid growth and roughened appearance left him looking like cured meat rather than fresh young meat.

• Zhang Yang prepared for underwater training by resting and cultivating overnight before carrying a 200-kilogram boulder into the sea.
• Zhang Yang discovered that his body could descend only 600 meters before pressure on his internal organs forced him to release the boulder.
• Zhang Yang found a Fusang root in an underwater cave and used it to breathe while meditating under the sea’s pressure.
• After more than a month of daily training and protein-rich meals, Zhang Yang emerged from the sea over ten meters tall and holding a tuna for dinner.
• Zhang Yang noted that his build had outgrown his clothes, his skin had turned bronze and rough, and his wild hair made him feel like cured meat.

Zhang Yang continued training in the sea while cultivating his Soul Power, and Fusang confirmed that reaching the physical limits needed to dive to three thousand meters would satisfy the Sun God's first trial. Fusang also revealed the trial's rewards and advised Zhang Yang to reach Level 60 during the trial so he could receive a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.

• Zhang Yang ate tuna sashimi, then continued his nightly Soul Power cultivation after a month of training had raised his physical fitness and brought his Soul Power to about the middle of Level 58.
• Zhang Yang calculated that his current pace would take about four months to reach Level 60 and reasoned that he could complete the first trial once he could withstand the pressure at three thousand meters.
• Fusang confirmed that Zhang Yang's expected physical fitness would be sufficient for a Soul King to pass the first trial.
• When Zhang Yang asked about rewards, Fusang revealed that the First Stage Trial granted one Soul Power level, increased Soul Ring age by one thousand years, and raised Sun God Affinity by ten percent.
• Fusang advised Zhang Yang to reach Level 60 during the trial, explaining that the Sun God would then grant him a God-Bestowed Soul Ring that could reach up to a hundred-thousand-year level.

Zhang Yang weighed pursuing a God-Bestowed Soul Ring against his dream of obtaining an External Soul Bone, then learned from Fusang that Apollo confirmed he could withstand a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring once he could dive three thousand meters. He eagerly began considering how many God-Bestowed Soul Rings he might earn through trials.

• Zhang Yang considered the physical demands and uncertain rewards of using a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, weighing them against his ambition to obtain an External Soul Bone.
• After thinking it over, Zhang Yang asked Fusang whether diving three thousand meters would make him capable of receiving a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Fusang asked Apollo and relayed his confirmation that Zhang Yang would be physically ready at that depth.
• Zhang Yang asked how many God-Bestowed Soul Rings Apollo could grant and imagined earning several through repeated trials.
• Zhang Yang grew excited about the possibility of gaining multiple Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and resolved to go to sea.

Zhang Yang trained deeper underwater after learning Apollo could grant multiple God-Bestowed Soul Rings, while the Li Family’s fishing vessel Fengya was ambushed by the Furious Pirate Group. As the Pirates prepared to take the locked treasure crates, an unexpected voice asked them for directions to Vast Sea City.

• Fusang told Zhang Yang that Apollo could grant as many God-Bestowed Soul Rings as a trial taker was willing to receive, and Zhang Yang began training at a depth of 1,250 meters.
• A sailor sold the Purple Pearl Pirate Group information about the Fengya’s pearls, and the Pirates used a red lead weight to identify and ambush the vessel.
• The Pirates killed sailors on deck, captured the rest, and forced them to kneel before the Seal Soul Master.
• The first mate revealed that the Fengya carried pearls and Jade Coral, and the Pirates found the treasure secured in locked Iron Essence boxes.
• The Seal Soul Master ordered his crew to take the locked boxes away, but a sly voice overhead asked how to fly to Vast Sea City.

Zhang Yang encountered the Furious Pirate Group attacking a fishing vessel and used their admission about a past merchant ship massacre to confirm his suspicions. After pretending to admire the pirates and their leader, Purple Pearl, he killed their Seal Soul Master.

• Zhang Yang detected people aboard the Fengya and arrived, where he found pirates forcing sailors to kneel among their dead crewmates.
• The pirates mistook Zhang Yang’s questions about Vast Sea City for a simple request for directions, while a sailor begged him to save them.
• The Seal Soul Master identified the pirates as the Furious Pirate Group, a subordinate group of Purple Pearl’s pirate organization.
• Zhang Yang asked about the earlier Aegean Sea merchant ship massacre, and the Seal Soul Master admitted that the Furious Pirate Group had carried it out.
• After feigning admiration for Purple Pearl, Zhang Yang attacked and killed the Seal Soul Master.

Zhang Yang killed the Pirates who ambushed the Fengya and helped the surviving crew return safely to Vast Sea City. He urged the Li Family to investigate how the Pirates learned the ship’s route, then returned to the city ahead of the ship and checked into a hotel.

• Zhang Yang killed the Pirates aboard the Fengya, prioritizing those who tried to flee or seize hostages.
• Zhang Yang told the captain to clean the deck, prepare clothes and food, and sail back to Vast Sea City.
• Zhang Yang suspected someone had leaked the ship’s route and told the captain to investigate and report the findings to the Naval Base.
• The Fengya reached Vast Sea City the next morning, while Zhang Yang had already returned ahead of it using his Second Martial Soul.
• Zhang Yang bought clothes and spent his first night back in Vast Sea City in a luxurious hotel suite.

Zhang Yang spent a month and a half recovering in Vast Sea City after his cultivation damaged his eyesight and hearing. Sword Douluo arrived with the potions Zhang Yang had requested and a mysterious reward, leaving Zhang Yang stunned by what he saw.

• Zhang Yang asked Seven Treasure City to gather potions that could improve his physical fitness, then bought Scuba Gear and cooking equipment in Vast Sea City.
• Zhang Yang spent a month and a half undergoing physical therapy and massages as his eyesight and hearing deteriorated from cultivating in Tanggu.
• Zhang Yang sensed someone familiar with Kenbunshoku Haki and returned to Zhang Residence, where Sword Douluo appeared in the courtyard.
• Zhang Yang told Sword Douluo about his worsening eyesight and hearing, and Sword Douluo said he had brought remedies and a tremendous reward.
• Sword Douluo took a strange object from his Storage Soul Tool, and Zhang Yang recognized it with shock.

Sword Douluo delivered a precious Head Soul Bone and body-strengthening supplies from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Zhang Yang in Vast Sea City. He also came to check Zhang Yang for hidden injuries and gave him a thick letter from Ning Rongrong.

• Sword Douluo explained that the sect had chosen to reward Zhang Yang with a Head Soul Bone instead of money.
• Sword Douluo revealed that he and Master, with help from the Golden Iron Triangle, had hunted Soul Beasts until they found a suitable Soul Bone from a sixty-thousand-year Saint Illusion Demon Ape.
• Sword Douluo described how the Head Soul Bone would improve Zhang Yang's mind, senses, physical strength, and diving ability while granting him a Soul Bone Skill.
• Sword Douluo gave Zhang Yang a Storage Soul Tool containing the body-strengthening potion, its formula, and medicinal ingredients.
• Sword Douluo said he would examine Zhang Yang for hidden injuries caused by his diving training.
• Sword Douluo handed Zhang Yang a thick letter that Ning Rongrong had written for him.

Zhang Yang absorbed a Head Soul Bone and gained Conqueror’s Haki, a powerful area skill that could incapacitate weaker enemies while sparing allies. After seeing its effects, he prepared to test the skill at sea with Sword Douluo.

• Zhang Yang placed the letter in his Storage Soul Tool and followed Sword Douluo to his Gentle Wind Training Room to absorb the Head Soul Bone.
• The Soul Bone expanded Zhang Yang’s Spiritual Power, strengthened his Kenbunshoku Haki, and transformed his eyes to dazzling gold as Borsalino sensed the powerful ability awakening.
• After a day inside a silver cocoon, Zhang Yang activated the Skull Bone Skill and spread an emperor-like aura across a one-kilometer radius.
• Sword Douluo and Zhang Yang found many people unconscious in the streets, and Zhang Yang explained that Conqueror’s Haki knocked out ordinary people and Soul Masters at least ten levels weaker while distinguishing allies from enemies.
• Zhang Yang excitedly asked Sword Douluo to go out to sea with him to test the skill’s power.

Zhang Yang explained how his Head Soul Bone had enhanced his Observation Haki and combined it with his Gravity Light Left Arm Bone to create a meteor-summoning attack. After testing Meteor Fall over the sea with Sword Douluo, he headed back toward Vast Sea City.

• Sword Douluo asked when the unconscious Black Ants would wake, then flew with Zhang Yang to the sea to test his new ability.
• Zhang Yang explained that his Head Soul Bone had greatly increased his Spiritual Power and expanded Observation Haki, allowing him to sense creatures over a thousand kilometers away.
• Zhang Yang used Observation Haki to locate a meteorite and sent Gravity Rings from his Gravity Light Left Arm Bone to pull it toward the sea.
• The meteorite struck the ocean, sending up a towering splash and powerful waves as Sword Douluo praised the combined skill.
• Zhang Yang boasted that he would use Meteor Fall against anyone who challenged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and he flew back toward Vast Sea City with Sword Douluo.

After Sword Douluo healed Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang returned to Tanggu and used two months of intensive diving and medicinal baths to improve his physical fitness. He then returned to the Naval Base to cultivate Soul Power, reaching level sixty one month later and becoming the youngest Soul Emperor in history.

• Sword Douluo removed Zhang Yang's hidden injuries, reminded him about Ning Rongrong's coming of age ceremony, and left for Seven Treasure City with Zhang Yang's letter.
• Zhang Yang resumed diving cultivation in Tanggu, reaching a depth of 3,000 meters after two months of training and medicinal baths.
• Zhang Yang told Fusang he would delay the first trial until he could gain the greatest benefits, including a chance to obtain another God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Zhang Yang left Tanggu, canceled his six-month leave, and returned to the Naval Base to cultivate Soul Power.
• One month later, Zhang Yang reached level sixty and became the youngest Soul Emperor in history.

Zhang Yang broke through to Soul Emperor, causing a destructive burst of Soul Power that startled his colleagues and the Base Chief. After traveling to Tanggu and resting, he began receiving a God-Bestowed Soul Ring from Fusang.

• Zhang Yang broke through to level 60 and Soul Emperor, and his unleashed Soul Power wrecked the decorations in his office.
• Zhang Yang apologized to his colleagues, promised a banquet, and received the Base Chief’s approval for leave to hunt a Soul Ring.
• Zhang Yang hosted a banquet, then traveled to Tanggu the next day on a Fusang leaf.
• Fusang was shocked by Zhang Yang’s rapid cultivation, and Zhang Yang chose to wait until he had recovered before receiving the God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Zhang Yang sat beneath the Fusang Tree, and Fusang summoned a golden bead that shattered over the Three-legged Golden Crow on Zhang Yang’s forehead, surrounding him in golden mist.

Zhang Yang endured the Sun God's divine power as the God-Bestowed Soul Ring intensified its pressure, pushing his body toward collapse. He refused to give up on obtaining a Ten-Thousand-Year Sixth Soul Ring, and a miracle occurred just as he renewed his resolve.

• Zhang Yang activated Spirit Infusion and all five of his Soul Bones to withstand the God-Bestowed Soul Ring's escalating pressure.
• The golden dome burned Zhang Yang's body, destroying his clothes and hair and severely scorching his skin, while his Ice Age Right Leg Bone protected his right leg.
• Zhang Yang endured an hour of worsening pressure and pain as thoughts of giving up repeatedly crossed his mind.
• Zhang Yang remembered Fusang's assurance, Ning Fengzhi's help, Ning Rongrong, and his boast about obtaining a Red Sixth Ring, then rejected the thought of giving up.
• A miracle occurred just as Zhang Yang renewed his determination to endure the God-Bestowed Soul Ring.

After absorbing a God-Bestowed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Zhang Yang completed a 150-day bodily enhancement and awoke with a Red Sixth Ring. He learned that it granted him [Yasakani no Magatama] and [Yata Mirror], then reviewed his abilities and realized he excelled at area attacks.

• Zhang Yang fainted after his Red Sixth Soul Ring formed, and his body began undergoing a thorough enhancement.
• After 150 days, Zhang Yang broke free of his charred outer shell and awoke with his body repaired and strengthened.
• Zhang Yang told Fusang he had succeeded, and Fusang praised his will and Red Sixth Ring.
• Zhang Yang examined [Yasakani no Magatama] and [Yata Mirror], recognizing their area-attack and lightspeed-movement uses.
• Zhang Yang sorted his Soul Skills and concluded that he was an AoE-type fighter.

After absorbing his Sixth Soul Ring, Zhang Yang woke bald and used Fusang’s leaves to regrow his hair. He discovered that 150 days had passed and rushed to use [Yata Mirror] to travel toward Seven Treasure City for Ning Rongrong’s Coming of Age Ceremony.

• Zhang Yang discovered that the God-Bestowed Soul Ring had burned off all his hair, and Fusang explained that it would grow back.
• Fusang offered him two leaves rich in Life Attribute Soul Power, and Zhang Yang used them to restore his hair and body hair.
• Zhang Yang learned that he had spent 150 days absorbing his Sixth Soul Ring and realized Ning Rongrong’s Coming of Age Ceremony was due.
• Zhang Yang activated [Yata Mirror] and used its light-speed travel to cross a thousand kilometers at a time toward Seven Treasure City.

Zhang Yang returned to Seven Treasure City just before Ning Rongrong's Coming of Age Ceremony after spending one hundred and fifty days absorbing his God-Bestowed Soul Ring. He reunited with Ning Rongrong and revealed his red Sixth Soul Ring by summoning Borsalino, leaving Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and Ning Rongrong amazed.

• Ning Rongrong worried that Zhang Yang had not sent word for four or five months, while Ning Fengzhi reassured her that Zhang Yang would return.
• Zhang Yang used [Yata Mirror] to reach Seven Treasure City, then descended from above the Seven Treasure Glazed Fortress and triggered the Sect's alarm.
• Zhang Yang apologized to Sword Douluo for violating the No-Fly Ordinance and learned that Ning Rongrong's Coming of Age Ceremony banquet was still two hours away.
• Ning Rongrong rushed into Zhang Yang's arms, and the elders welcomed him back at Ning Fengzhi's residence.
• Ning Rongrong questioned Zhang Yang about his long absence, and he explained that absorbing his God-Bestowed Soul Ring had taken one hundred and fifty days.
• Zhang Yang summoned Borsalino and showed the group his bright red Sixth Soul Ring.

Zhang Yang revealed his Ten-Thousand-Year Sixth Soul Ring and described its two abilities to Ning Rongrong and the elders of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. His [Yata Mirror] had carried him six thousand kilometers in two minutes, leaving everyone stunned by its strategic power.

• Zhang Yang explained that he had flown directly to Seven Treasure Fortress to return for Ning Rongrong’s Coming of Age Ceremony and keep his Red Sixth Ring from attracting outsiders.
• Zhang Yang revealed that his Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring granted [Yasakani no Magatama], an area attack, and [Yata Mirror], a rapid movement skill.
• Ning Rongrong tried to tease Zhang Yang by guessing that he had traveled from Tanggu to Seven Treasure City in two minutes.
• Zhang Yang confirmed that [Yata Mirror] had taken him two minutes to cover six thousand kilometers, shocking Ning Rongrong, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi and the others realized Zhang Yang’s speed and area attack could let him devastate enemy cities and change the outcome of a war.