Chapter Summaries

Gu Rong, Bibi Dong, Yu Xiaogang, and the others explored the unfamiliar Sun Moon Continent and learned its basic language and history. They discovered that Soul Engineers and their Soul Tools stood alongside Soul Masters, and Yu Xiaogang resolved to investigate the system further.

• Gu Rong and Bibi Dong marveled at the track-running carriages and other unfamiliar sights in a town on the Sun Moon Continent.
• Yu Xiaogang led the group to a farmhouse, used spiritual power to control the household, and taught them the local language through illusions.
• The group learned that the continent was ruled by the Sun Moon Empire and that its Level Nine powerhouses corresponded to Titled Douluos.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Soul Engineers formed a system on par with Soul Masters, while Gu Rong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei doubted that external tools could rival personal strength.
• Yu Xiaogang encouraged the group to investigate Soul Tools and imagined that producing many metal versions of his soul power clones could demonstrate their potential.

Soul Masters across the Douluo Continent scorned Soul Engineers as fighters who relied on external tools, while Tang San privately connected their methods to his hidden weapons. At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong revealed that she had wanted Spirit Hall to research Soul Tools, and Yu Xiaogang reflected that mass production could eventually make technology a formidable force.

• Soul Masters in the Dark World dismissed Soul Engineers and their reliance on Soul Tools, and Shrek Academy’s teachers warned their students against pursuing the profession.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai rejected Soul Tools, Oscar and Ning Rongrong showed interest, and Zhu Zhuqing privately wondered whether Soul Engineering could increase her strength.
• Xiao Wu realized that Soul Engineers’ methods resembled Tang San’s use of hidden weapons, and Tang San imagined the disdain the Tang Sect might face before vowing to punish anyone who belittled its weapons.
• Bibi Dong angrily recalled that she had proposed researching Soul Tools at Spirit Hall, and she explained to Hu Liena that the Hall could develop both Soul Masters and Soul Engineers.
• Yu Xiaogang reasoned that mass-produced Soul Tools could let Soul Engineers rival Soul Masters, since their strength could be multiplied through manufacturing.

Yu Xiaogang and his companions learned how the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tools improved daily life and why its people strongly supported the Xu Family. Their doubts about the empire’s true prosperity remained as they witnessed the townspeople’s excitement over an imperial family member’s visit.

• Yu Xiaogang and his companions paid a household for information, learned the local language, and discovered that Soul Power Vehicles and Streetlamps were part of everyday life.
• Yue Guan, Gu Rong, Gui Mei, and Flender compared the townspeople’s loyalty to the Sun Moon Empire with the neglect of ordinary people by Douluo Continent’s ruling families.
• Yu Xiaogang reasoned that the people’s gratitude stemmed from the empire’s fight against Evil Soul Masters, but questioned why such attacks remained frequent and whether the empire was truly prosperous.
• Gu Rong suggested finding a well-connected local source, but a townsman announced that an imperial family member would soon visit to evaluate the town.
• The townspeople rushed to the town office in excitement, and Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang noted their devotion while wondering whether the Sun Moon Empire deserved their trust.

Yu Xiaogang and the others learned that Grand Duke Dulan Xu Shouyi, a renowned Tier 8 Soul Engineer, was visiting their town and considered approaching him for information about the Sun Moon Continent. At the Martial Soul Center, Xu Shouyi was stunned to hear that Flender was a twenty-seven-year-old Tier 6 expert.

• Yu Xiaogang and his companions discussed whether to approach the visiting royal figure without risking trouble from his guards.
• The townspeople welcomed Grand Duke Dulan Xu Shouyi, whom they revered as the Sage Dulan and an accomplished Soul Tool smith.
• Yu Xiaogang reminded Gu Rong that they would avoid acting unless necessary and that Flender would lead their approach.
• Grand Duke Dulan Xu Shouyi visited the town's Martial Soul Center with a local official.
• The official told Xu Shouyi that Flender was twenty-seven and had reached Tier 6, leaving Xu Shouyi shocked by the claim.

Xu Shouyi met Flender, a twenty-seven-year-old Tier 6 Soul Master, and became eager to teach the young genius. Flender continued posing as a local Martial Soul Center member while seeking information about the Sun Moon Empire.

• Viewers were astonished that Parallel World Flender had reached Tier 6 at age twenty-seven, and Flender celebrated their reaction.
• Xu Shouyi doubted the claim about Flender but grew eager to see the young Soul Master for himself.
• Flender met Xu Shouyi while secretly planning to gather information about the Sun Moon Continent and Sun Moon Empire through open contact.
• Xu Shouyi introduced himself as the renowned Tier 8 Soul Master and Soul Engineer Sage Dulan, then asked Flender about his age and strength.
• Flender confirmed he was twenty-seven and Tier 6, four stars, and revealed his Martial Soul and six Spirit Rings.
• Xu Shouyi saw Flender as a rare genius and felt fate had given him the chance to teach one.

Xu Shouyi explained the Heavenly Dragon Princess’s extraordinary talent and recounted how the Empire’s injustice had disillusioned him and defeated his efforts to bring change. After meeting Flender, he resolved to recruit him as a gifted student who might help his side gain enough strength to make a difference.

• Xu Shouyi offered Flender abundant resources and instruction, promising to make him a genius as brilliant as the Heavenly Dragon Princess.
• Xu Shouyi described how the Heavenly Dragon Princess had awakened a mutated imperial Martial Soul and become a six-star Tier 6 Soul Master by age twenty-five.
• After Tier 9 Powerhouses mocked his teaching, Xu Shouyi investigated the Empire and discovered widespread darkness that its leaders tolerated.
• Xu Shouyi sent the emperor a memorial about the Empire’s suffering, but the reply convinced him that the emperor himself was the root of the darkness.
• Xu Shouyi tried to change the Empire but concluded that only sufficient strength could earn his side the right to speak.
• Xu Shouyi encountered Flender in a dilapidated Martial Soul Center and decided to bring the genius onto his side.

Xu Shouyi shared information about the Sun Moon Empire, Evil Demon Forest, and Soul Engineers while explaining how the Empire kept its people ignorant. Flender reflected on the villagers he had once blamed and realized they could not imagine a world beyond the limited lives they knew.

• Xu Shouyi told Flender about the Jingyang Mountain Range, Evil Demon Forest, the Evil Eye Tyrant, and the power of Soul Engineers.
• Xu Shouyi answered Flender’s questions freely, whether or not Flender agreed to become his student.
• Xu Shouyi said the Empire kept its people ignorant so they would be easier to control.
• Flender saw that nearby people dismissed Xu Shouyi’s words and thought of the illiterate villagers from his home village.
• Flender reconsidered his anger toward the villagers, realizing they could not imagine a wider world when they had never seen beyond their own limited lives.

Flender became Xu Shouyi's temporary student while Yu Xiaogang and the others learned about the Sun Moon Empire's rule and discussed the continent's lack of competition. The group decided to split up to pursue their individual interests, and Bibi Dong chose to train independently of Yu Xiaogang.

• Flender agreed to become Xu Shouyi's temporary student after warning that he might disappear when he had to fulfill a future obligation.
• Xu Shouyi told Yu Xiaogang and the others about the Sun Moon Empire, and Yue Guan explained how its unchecked rule differed from the rivalry between powers on the Douluo Continent.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested that the group split up so each person could explore what interested them while he pursued Fallen Soul Masters for his Angel God's second trial.
• Yue Guan said he and Gui Mei would remain responsible for protecting Bibi Dong, and Bibi Dong decided she wanted to train on her own for a while.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed with Bibi Dong's decision, and the group scattered in different directions across the Sun Moon Continent.

Yu Xiaogang hunted Fallen Soul Masters on the Sun Moon Continent and rescued a village from a murderous group. As he left with Gu Rong, he reflected on how his light abilities overwhelmed the Fallen Soul Masters and how Spirit Hall had protected Douluo Continent from them.

• Yu Xiaogang arrived in Dragon-Man Form as a Fallen Soul Master leader prepared to drain a village's people for their blood.
• Yu Xiaogang drove off the leader with a beam of light, then used Light Element Flying Swords to kill the fleeing Fallen Soul Masters and finished off the survivors.
• Yu Xiaogang stripped the Fallen Soul Masters of their Storage Soul Tools, left money with the villagers, and departed despite their attempt to refuse it.
• The villagers praised Yu Xiaogang and called him the Bloodlight Dragon-Man, and Yu Xiaogang complained about the nickname to Gu Rong.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that he had been hunting Fallen Soul Masters across the Sun Moon Continent and reflected on Spirit Hall's role in suppressing them on Douluo Continent.

Yu Xiaogang and ordinary people debated Spirit Hall’s value, while Prince Minggan Xu Aolong learned that the mysterious Bloodlight Dragon-Man could absolutely suppress evil soul masters. Xu Aolong ordered his men to take Yu Xiaogang down before another power could recruit him.

• Ordinary people discussed how Spirit Hall protected them from fallen soul masters and noble abuses.
• Yu Xiaogang denounced Spirit Hall, while Tang San watched with hatred and Zhao Wuji and the others stayed silent.
• Yu Xiaogang’s actions against fallen soul masters earned him the name Bloodlight Dragon-Man, and people mistook him for a member of the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial family.
• A counselor told Prince Minggan Xu Aolong that Yu Xiaogang had a dragon-type martial soul and nearly absolute suppression over evil soul masters.
• Xu Aolong ordered his men to take Yu Xiaogang down before anyone else could recruit him.

Prince Minggan decided that killing Yu Xiaogang was safer than trying to recruit him, while other contenders for the throne also learned of him. Yu Xiaogang fought a Soul Devouring Sect group and waited for its reinforcements to arrive.

• Prince Minggan judged that Yu Xiaogang's ability to restrain Evil Soul Masters made him a threat and decided to kill him.
• Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong encountered about ten Fallen Soul Masters, and Yu Xiaogang killed the Soul Kings and Soul Ancestors with attacks formed from the Light Element.
• The Soul Emperor survived behind a defensive Soul Tool and revealed that he had more Soul Tools, had alerted the Soul Devouring Sect, and was the sect master's son.
• Yu Xiaogang ignored the Soul Emperor's threats and waited for the sect's experts to arrive.
• Yu Xiaogang sensed a group rapidly approaching and announced that the reinforcements had finally come.

Blood Fiend confronted Yu Xiaogang after his son accused him of attacking the Soul Devouring Sect. Blood Fiend trapped Yu Xiaogang with his Soul Skills and prepared to devour his soul, but Yu Xiaogang remained calm.

• Blood Fiend arrived with his son, the Evil Soul Master Soul Emperor, who blamed Yu Xiaogang for killing his subordinates and attacking him.
• Blood Fiend revealed his End Soul Beast Martial Soul and explained that it could devour souls and grow stronger by feeding on fear and despair.
• Blood Fiend used his Martial Soul Possession to project fear and despair at Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Xiaogang blocked the mental influence with his Mental Power.
• Blood Fiend used his third Soul Skill, Chaotic Dirge, and fourth Spirit Skill, Distorted Heaven and Earth, then pulled Yu Xiaogang close with a whip.
• Blood Fiend turned back to Yu Xiaogang and found him staring calmly as he prepared to devour his soul.

Yu Xiaogang instantly defeated Blood Fiend and the other Fallen Soul Masters, then searched their Storage Soul Tools with Gu Rong. Among Blood Fiend’s letters, Yu Xiaogang found correspondence with Prince Minggan, a supposedly upright figure on the Sun Moon Continent.

• Blood Fiend cut Yu Xiaogang in half with his Sixth Soul Skill, but Yu Xiaogang’s floating upper body stabbed him with the Light Sword and killed him.
• Yu Xiaogang killed the remaining Soul Devouring Sect members and shattered the Evil Soul Master Soul Emperor’s turtle-shell defense, leaving no Fallen Soul Masters alive.
• Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong discussed how looting corpses had once led Yu Xiaogang to a map and notes, helping the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan grow powerful.
• Yu Xiaogang searched Blood Fiend’s Storage Soul Tool and found letters between Blood Fiend and Prince Minggan.

Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong discussed Prince Minggan’s secret ties to Fallen Soul Masters and learned how the Sun Moon Empire’s powerful royal family shaped its succession struggle. The chapter left Xu Hongyuan portrayed as a formidable emperor whose sons and consorts were selected for strength.

• Gu Rong mocked Prince Minggan after Yu Xiaogang revealed that the prince secretly corresponded with Blood Fiend and used the Soul Devouring Sect as his black gloves.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the Sun Moon Empire’s succession struggle involved several powerful princes, while Gu Rong said he had not bothered to follow it.
• Yu Xiaogang recounted that Emperor Xu Hongyuan had ruled for nearly a century and was a Level 98 Titled Douluo admired by the Empire’s people.
• Yu Xiaogang described Xu Hongyuan’s powerful sons, including Prince Minggan, a Level 93 Titled Douluo renowned for his wisdom.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Xu Hongyuan chose consorts according to their strength, granting high status even to a Noble Consort whose appearance and Martial Soul were considered unattractive.

The Heavenly Screen revealed that Xu Hongyuan had an exceptionally powerful and talented family, stunning observers and provoking envy from the Star Luo and Heaven Dou imperial families. It then showed that Xu Hongyuan’s children had begun competing to inherit the Sun Moon Empire, with three princes emerging as leading contenders.

• The Star Luo Emperor resented Dai Mubai for fleeing alone and abandoning Zhu Zhuqing, while the Heaven Dou Emperor remained satisfied with Xue Qinghe.
• The Heavenly Screen showed Xu Hongyuan’s formidable sons and daughters, and the continent learned that he had accepted an unconventional-looking woman as an Imperial Noble Consort for the sake of strength.
• The Heavenly Screen explained that Xu Hongyuan, after nearly a century on the throne, had begun hinting that his children should compete to succeed him.
• The First Prince Xu Aotian gained acclaim through his strength, the Fourth Prince Xu Aojun drew support as the Empress’s son, and the Twelfth Prince Xu Aolong built a following through his wisdom and alliances.
• The Third Prince, the Seventh Prince, and the princesses also pursued the succession, turning the contest into a popular topic across the Sun Moon Empire.

Yu Xiaogang examined Blood Fiend’s letters, research, and maps, learning that Prince Minggan had employed Blood Fiend and discovering dangerous locations across the Sun Moon Continent. He memorized several sites, especially the unexplained West Mountain near Mingdu, which left him curious.

• Gu Rong admitted he had not investigated the Sun Moon Continent’s Titled Douluo, and Yu Xiaogang explained that Prince Minggan was now his enemy because he had killed Blood Fiend.
• Yu Xiaogang read letters showing that Blood Fiend had completed missions for Prince Minggan in exchange for money, treasures, and imperial-family resources.
• Yu Xiaogang examined Blood Fiend’s notes on the Evil Eye race and realized Blood Fiend had been researching it for a possible Ninth Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang used Blood Fiend’s books and map to study Soul Beast habitats and dangerous places, including Miasma Marsh and the imperial military stronghold Black Armor Pass.
• Yu Xiaogang found West Mountain marked as a dangerous location near Mingdu, could not determine why it was dangerous, and grew curious about it.

After learning that Prince Minggan’s Fallen Soul Masters served the Sun Moon Empire’s upper ranks, Gu Rong concluded that the continent’s people might welcome a figure who could bring them peace. He urged Yu Xiaogang to follow the Angel God’s example, leaving Yu Xiaogang to consider whether the Sun Moon Continent’s flourishing talent and Qi Luck could help him become a god.

• Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong reflected on evidence that Prince Minggan kept Fallen Soul Masters under his command and suspected the Sun Moon Emperor knew of the darkness within his empire.
• Gu Rong connected the Sun Moon Continent’s lack of a shared faith and widespread oppression to the Angel God’s rise on Douluo Continent.
• Gu Rong proposed that Yu Xiaogang could become a faith figure for the Sun Moon Continent by bringing peace as the Angel God had done.
• Yu Xiaogang considered Gu Rong’s proposal and recalled Ah Rou’s account of ten-thousand-year periods of flourishing Qi Luck, wondering whether the Sun Moon Continent was in such an era.
• Gu Rong hoped Yu Xiaogang could become a god and resolved to serve as his vanguard, clearing obstacles from his path.

After Gu Rong proposed that someone could pursue godhood through faith on the Sun Moon Continent, Tang San lamented that he lacked the strength and resources to compete. Yu Xiaogang revealed that he had already made the continent part of his plan, but intended to grow stronger before confronting the Divine Realm’s gods.

• People in the Dark World debated whether faith on the Sun Moon Continent could help someone become a god and compared that path with the Sea God’s trials.
• Tang San rejected the Sea God’s trial as inaccessible and judged himself too weak to challenge the Sun Moon Imperial Family for faith, then resented Spirit Hall for leaving him without support.
• At Spirit Hall, Hu Liena asked Yu Xiaogang about the Sun Moon Continent’s faith, and he confirmed that he had kept his plans secret because it was the foundation of his path to godhood.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the Sea God’s warning about the Divine Realm’s hostility had made him choose to build his strength while gathering faith and researching Soul Tools.
• Bibi Dong promised to support Yu Xiaogang, and he told her he would rather earn his own place in the Divine Realm than rely on others to bring him there.

Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong planned to imitate the Angel God's path to godhood by building Yu Xiaogang's public image as a savior independent of the Sun Moon Empire. They found a possible way to do so in the continent's abusive laws on obstructing law enforcement.

• The people of the White World chose not to interfere with Yu Xiaogang's plans, while factions in the Dark World decided to send explorers to locate the Sun Moon Continent.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed to try for godhood despite the Sea God's warning, and he and Gu Rong decided to cultivate his public image and distinguish him from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested openly defying the Sun Moon Emperor, but he and Gu Rong rejected insulting him as too shameless for the image they wanted.
• Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong searched their notes and books for a good deed that violated the Empire's rules, then found a record about obstructing law enforcement.
• Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong learned that the Empire's rule could make civilians liable for failed operations and even subject them to the death penalty.

Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong investigated how the Sun Moon Continent’s rule made people liable for missions they did not undertake, then planned to oppose executions under that rule. Yu Xiaogang argued that winning the support of ordinary people mattered more than persuading the minority of Soul Masters.

• Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong found that cases arising from the rule were widespread, but most people accepted it or envied the power of Soul Masters unless they had suffered severe punishment themselves.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that only Emperor Xu Hongyuan could officially approve death sentences, so disrupting executions would distinguish them from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Gu Rong warned that supporters of the rule would oppose them, but Yu Xiaogang said they only needed the majority on their side.
• Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong concluded that ordinary people’s faith mattered more than the support of Soul Masters, who were a minority.