Chapter Summaries

Xu Tianyang reached his sixth birthday and underwent his Martial Soul awakening as the Imperial Grandson of the Sun Moon Empire. He awakened the Purple Blazing Heaven Dragon, then revealed signs of a second Martial Soul: the Sun Martial Soul.

• The Divine Realm's Five God Kings detected Space-Time Turbulence surrounding Douluo Star and decided to wait for it to subside before investigating.
• Xu Tianyang prepared for his awakening, relying on years of meditation and the resources provided by his parents, Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu.
• Xu Yunxiao began Xu Tianyang's Martial Soul awakening ceremony in the Crown Prince's Residence courtyard.
• Xu Tianyang awakened the Purple Blazing Heaven Dragon, relieving Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu of their worry.
• Xu Tianyang's eyes turned fiery red, and Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu recognized the aura of the Sun Martial Soul and realized he had Martial Soul Twin.

Xu Tianyang awakened Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, astonishing his parents. After choosing to cultivate the Sun Pupil first, he learned his father planned to obtain an Evil Eye Tyrant for his First Soul Ring, despite the danger posed by the Evil Emperor.

• Xu Tianyang awakened the Purple Blazing Heaven Dragon and the Sun Pupil, then demonstrated Innate Full Soul Power to Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu.
• Xu Tianyang showed his parents that the Sun Pupil had Spiritual and fire attributes, and Xu Yunxiao asked him how he wanted to cultivate his two Martial Souls.
• Xu Tianyang chose to cultivate the Sun Pupil first, explaining his reasoning to his surprised parents.
• Xu Yunxiao praised Xu Tianyang’s resolve and told Mu Mengyu to teach him the Meditation Method while he arranged to capture an Evil Eye Tyrant for his First Soul Ring.
• Xu Tianyang worried that taking an Evil Eye Tyrant might provoke the Evil Emperor, but Xu Yunxiao reassured him that the military had found a hundred-year specimen near the Evil Demon Forest.

Xu Tianyang began learning the royal Meditation Method and entered Deep Meditation during his first cultivation session. As Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu planned his training and discussed the coming war, they prepared to lead the Sun Moon Empire toward unification.

• Mu Mengyu taught Xu Tianyang the royal Meditation Method and guided his Soul Power through three cycles.
• Xu Tianyang continued cultivating alone and entered Deep Meditation during his first session.
• Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu agreed to avoid relying on pills so Xu Tianyang would not face greater bottlenecks later.
• Xu Yunxiao warned Mu Mengyu that the Moonflower Empire was growing impatient and active around Moon Yao City.
• Mu Mengyu declared that the Fire Phoenix Soul Tool Regiment would not let the other regiments claim the honor of going to war first.
• Xu Yunxiao vowed to clear the way for Xu Tianyang by defeating the Moonflower Empire, and Mu Mengyu praised him as a wise and ambitious emperor.

After completing his first night of cultivation, Xu Tianyang discovered his morning Taoist lessons had strengthened his Spiritual Power and began forging to develop his body and explore spiritual metals. He decided that the Research Institute would be better suited to pursuing the work further.

• Xu Tianyang awoke after cultivating all night and realized his Taoist Classics had helped strengthen his Spiritual Power.
• Mu Mengyu brought Xu Tianyang nourishing medicinal cuisine, which he drank before heading to his Soul Tool laboratory.
• Xu Tianyang forged a piece of metal for hundreds of strikes while the medicinal warmth spread through his body.
• Mu Mengyu gave Xu Tianyang a towel and told him the bath was ready, and he concluded that the Research Institute should take over his forging research.

Xu Tianyang killed a six-hundred-year Evil Eye Tyrant and absorbed its Soul Ring as his First Soul Ring. The fusion succeeded, leaving him with a powerful spiritual Soul Ring imprinted on his Sun Pupil martial soul.

• Xu Yunxiao presented Xu Tianyang with a six-hundred-year Evil Eye Tyrant captured by Feng Tianxiang, while Mu Mengyu worried about the Soul Ring’s age.
• Xu Yunxiao explained that Xu Tianyang’s Spiritual Power and physical fitness made him capable of absorbing the Soul Ring, and Xu Tianyang assured his mother he was confident.
• Xu Tianyang used a Soul Tool longsword to pierce the Evil Eye Tyrant’s pupil and kill it, producing a dark-yellow Soul Ring.
• Xu Tianyang drew the Soul Ring onto himself and endured its violent Spiritual Power and will until his body adapted.
• Xu Tianyang successfully fused the Evil Eye Tyrant’s Soul Ring into his Sun Pupil martial soul as his First Soul Ring.

Xu Tianyang began classes at Sun Moon Royal Academy, where he met talented classmates including the mysterious Xu Nianshuang. After school, he gathered with Zui Hongchen and Huang Xiuwen and asked Zui Hongchen about the Spiritual Metal Forging project.

• Xu Tianyang entered Freshman Class One and watched his classmates argue about whose Martial Soul was strongest.
• Xu Nianshuang arrived, froze Wang Yan’s feet, and sent ice spikes toward him before teacher Lin Ximeng dispersed the attack.
• Lin Ximeng introduced the class and taught basic Martial Soul classifications; the students learned Xu Nianshuang was a level-twelve Soul Master with rank-nine Innate Soul Power, while Xu Tianyang had Innate Full Soul Power.
• After class, Xu Tianyang told Zui Hongchen and Huang Xiuwen to call him Boss Xu or Brother Tianyang, and the two agreed.
• Xu Tianyang asked Zui Hongchen how the Spiritual Metal Forging project was progressing.

Xu Tianyang urged Zui Hongchen and Huang Xiuwen to focus on cultivation as well as Soul Tool research, then watched their class hold its first practical combat lesson after six months at the academy. The chapter ended as Xu Tianyang and Zui Hongchen faced each other in the arena, with Xu Tianyang’s Sun Pupil still a mystery to the class.

• Xu Tianyang told Zui Hongchen that his hundred-forged metal discovery was promising but urged him and Huang Xiuwen to advance their cultivation so they could become higher-ranked Soul Engineers.
• Over the next six months, Xu Tianyang gained two ranks, while Zui Hongchen and Huang Xiuwen became Soul Masters and passed the rank-one Soul Engineer assessment.
• Lin Ximeng took the class to the Dou Hun Area for practical combat, where the Soul Masters drew lots to fight in pairs.
• Huang Xiuwen defeated Lu Yu by attacking from the air, Xu Nianshuang swiftly beat Yang Ruoruo with what Xu Tianyang identified as a Replacement skill, and Yi Mingyu defeated Yan.
• Xu Tianyang drew Zui Hongchen as his opponent, and their Soul Fight began while their classmates wondered what Xu Tianyang’s Sun Pupil could do.

Xu Tianyang defeated Zui Hongchen by using his Mental Power Field to disrupt the bombardment from ten Soul Tool Cannons, then advanced through the matches to face Xu Nianshuang in the final round. The chapter ended as they introduced themselves and Xu Nianshuang began her attack with White Ice Shards.

• Zui Hongchen released ten Soul Tool Cannons and fired them at Xu Tianyang, but Xu Tianyang emerged unharmed after suppressing Zui Hongchen with his Mental Power Field.
• Zui Hongchen collapsed from exhaustion, and the teachers treated him before Lin Ximeng announced Xu Tianyang as the winner.
• Xu Tianyang and Xu Nianshuang easily defeated Huang Xiuwen and Yi Mingyu, respectively, and advanced to the final round.
• Before their match, Xu Nianshuang warned Xu Tianyang not to take such risks, and Xu Tianyang suspected that something was unusual about her concern.
• Xu Tianyang and Xu Nianshuang introduced their levels and combat roles, then Xu Nianshuang used White Ice Shards.

Xu Tianyang defeated Xu Nianshuang in a fierce arena match after she revealed an ice dragon claw, a melee Soul Tool, Sword Intent, and her Ice Displacement skill. The battle ended with Xu Nianshuang exhausted and injured, while she watched Xu Tianyang after receiving treatment.

• Xu Nianshuang formed an ice dragon claw and exchanged powerful blows with Xu Tianyang, then trapped him in ice before he melted free with his Sun Pupil flames.
• Xu Nianshuang drew an azure longsword and attacked with Sword Intent, trading more than a hundred strikes with Xu Tianyang.
• Xu Tianyang used Mental Field to disorient Xu Nianshuang, but she bit her tongue to regain focus and escaped his strike with Ice Displacement.
• Xu Tianyang closed in again and punched Xu Nianshuang in the abdomen, defeating her as the students cheered for both fighters.
• After a teacher treated Xu Nianshuang, she stared at Xu Tianyang with a faint blush while he reflected on her strength and willpower.

Xu Tianyang went with Zui Hongchen and Huang Xiuwen to the Starlight Auction House, where Zui Hongchen won an Invincible Shield. The auction’s finale began with the unveiling of the Cold Moon Engraving Knife, ranked seventy-eighth on the Engraving Knife Ranking.

• Xu Tianyang studied Soul Tool formation arrays in the academy library while Zui Hongchen and Huang Xiuwen joined him during the break.
• Zui Hongchen told Xu Tianyang about interesting items at Starlight Auction House, and the three went there together.
• The auction began, and the Invincible Shield, a restricted Level 5 Soul Tool, drew intense interest from the bidders.
• Zui Hongchen bid five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and won the Invincible Shield.
• The auctioneer opened the final item’s metal box and revealed the Cold Moon Engraving Knife, ranked seventy-eighth on the Engraving Knife Ranking.

Xu Tianyang watched Zui Hongchen win the Cold Moon Engraving Knife at auction before reuniting with his parents at the Prince’s Mansion. Xu Yunxiao revealed that Xu Nianshuang would live with them as Xu Tianyang’s fiancée, leaving Xu Tianyang to accept the arrangement and learn that she seemed to like him.

• Zui Hongchen outbid the other Soul Engineers and bought the Cold Moon Engraving Knife for twelve million.
• Xu Tianyang reunited with Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu, then told them about his year and the Starlight Auction.
• Xu Tianyang discovered Xu Nianshuang at the family dinner and learned she would live in the Prince’s Mansion and attend school with him.
• Xu Yunxiao explained that Xu Nianshuang had survived an Evil Soul Master attack on her village and that Mu Mengyu had taken her in after learning of her talent.
• Xu Yunxiao told Xu Tianyang that Xu Nianshuang was his fiancée, and Xu Tianyang accepted the match while wondering why she supposedly liked him.

Xu Tianyang and Xu Nianshuang sparred under Xu Yunxiao and Feng Tianxiang’s supervision, revealing their impressive strength and contrasting talents. After Xu Tianyang won with his mental power, Xu Yunxiao arranged sword training for both of them and further cultivation guidance for their martial souls and Soul Tools.

• Xu Yunxiao gave Xu Tianyang and Xu Nianshuang buns made from rare soul beast meat before assessing their strength through a spar.
• Xu Tianyang and Xu Nianshuang exchanged sword attacks, and Feng Tianxiang observed that Xu Nianshuang had military sword training while Xu Tianyang relied on his martial soul’s keen perception.
• Xu Nianshuang displayed the embryonic form of Sword Intent and used her ice abilities, while Xu Tianyang countered with his Mental Power Field.
• Xu Tianyang overwhelmed Xu Nianshuang with his mental power, then helped her to her feet as she hid her happiness at his concern.
• Xu Yunxiao praised both fighters, told Feng Tianxiang to teach Xu Tianyang swordsmanship, and arranged for him to train both young fighters in the sword path while guiding their cultivation at night.

Xu Tianyang demonstrated his Soul Tool skill and a hydraulic forging hammer, earning Xu Yunxiao’s praise while discussing the future of Soul Tools. As school approached, Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu left for the front lines, where the Sun Moon Empire was preparing to capture Moon Yao City and defeat the Moonflower Empire.

• Xu Tianyang successfully engraved a Level 2 Soul Power Amplification Core Array, showing his talent as a Soul Engineer.
• Xu Tianyang demonstrated his hydraulic forging hammer to Xu Yunxiao, Xu Nianshuang, and Feng Tianxiang, and Xu Yunxiao ordered Mingde Hall to study it for military production.
• Xu Tianyang asked Xu Yunxiao for master blacksmiths to research advanced forging, but Xu Yunxiao explained that the empire’s research efforts were focused on the coming final battle.
• Xu Tianyang described two future paths for Soul Tools: devices usable without Soul Power and humanoid Mechas that enhanced a soul master’s combat strength.
• As the school term approached, Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu left for the front lines while the Sun Moon Empire’s army advanced on Moon Yao City.

As the Sun Moon Empire launched its final assault on the Moonflower Empire, Kong Sili and his ministers prepared to defend Moon Yao City to the death. Xu Yunxiao’s forces breached the surrounding fortresses and reached the capital, where his appearance as a Titled Douluo further crushed the defenders’ hopes.

• Kong Sili asked Zeng Yanlin whether Moon Yao City could be defended, then vowed with his ministers to fight and die for the nation.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s attack obliterated the northwestern fortress and devastated its defenses with a massive blast.
• Qinghui reported that the northwestern, northeastern, and eastern fortresses had fallen, and Xu Yunxiao ordered his army to surround Moon Yao City.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s army advanced on the capital as Xu Yunxiao called on its people to surrender and become his subjects.
• Kong Sili saw Xu Yunxiao atop the Purple Blazing Heaven Dragon and realized that the crown prince had reached the rank of a Titled Douluo.

While secluded by the sea, Xu Tianyang trained his body against powerful waves to draw out the potential of his Sun Pupil Martial Soul and pursue strength beyond Titled Douluo. After being rescued and treated, he continued cultivating with Dragon Pattern Whale Whale Rubber, while Xu Nianshuang remained on the verge of a breakthrough.

• Xu Tianyang recalled how the Sun Moon Empire unified the continent, how he became Crown Prince, and how he and Xu Yunxiao absorbed Soul Rings from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Dragon Pattern Whale.
• Xu Tianyang learned from Min Yingying that Xu Nianshuang was cultivating for a breakthrough and asked her to watch over her and prepare whale meat for her.
• Xu Tianyang went with Meng Tao and three water-element soul masters to a coastal rock and began Tidal Body Tempering with waves driven by their soul skills.
• After enduring repeated waves until he reached his limit, Xu Tianyang crushed a signal object, and Meng Tao rescued him from the sea.
• Li Ran treated Xu Tianyang and urged him to stop pushing himself, but Xu Tianyang reaffirmed his ambition to surpass the Evil Emperor and become a god.
• Xu Tianyang consumed some Hundred-Thousand-Year Dragon Pattern Whale Whale Rubber, entered the medicinal bath, and cultivated as his exhausted body absorbed energy more quickly.

Xu Tianyang encouraged Xu Nianshuang to follow her wish to become an assault-type soul master and brought her to the North Sea to find a suitable second Soul Ring. After reaching the frozen region, they chose the Mysterious Ice Dragon Flood Dragon as their target.

• Xu Tianyang reached Rank 24 and practiced engraving a Third-Grade Core Array while Xu Nianshuang completed her seclusion and broke through.
• Xu Tianyang urged Xu Nianshuang to follow her desire to become an assault-type soul master instead of pursuing the control-type path planned by Mu Mengyu.
• Xu Tianyang gave Xu Nianshuang information about powerful Ice Attribute soul beasts in the North Sea and told her they would hunt her second Soul Ring there together.
• Seven days later, Xu Tianyang's group reached the ice-covered North Sea and prepared to continue by Flying Soul Tools.
• Xu Tianyang and Xu Nianshuang selected the Mysterious Ice Dragon Flood Dragon as their target.

Xu Tianyang’s group ambushed a Mysterious Ice Dragon Flood Dragon and three Ice Devouring Ants so Xu Nianshuang could claim the mutated ant’s Ice Explosion skill. As Xu Nianshuang began absorbing its Soul Ring, Xu Tianyang suspected the beasts had gathered near the valley to guard a hidden treasure.

• Xu Tianyang identified the mutated Ice Devouring Ant’s Ice Explosion skill and offered Xu Nianshuang the choice of its Soul Ring instead of the Mysterious Ice Dragon Flood Dragon’s.
• Xu Nianshuang chose to take the risk, and Xu Tianyang ordered the group to bombard all four Soul Beasts with Level Four Soul Tool Cannons.
• After a second volley weakened the beasts, Xu Nianshuang killed the mutated Ice Devouring Ant and began absorbing its purple Soul Ring.
• Xu Tianyang noticed that the Mysterious Ice Dragon Flood Dragon had been reluctant to leave the distant valley and suspected a treasure was there.

After Xu Nianshuang absorbed her second Soul Ring, Xu Tianyang led the group to investigate a valley where four Soul Beasts had fought. They discovered a vein of Extreme Ice Divine Crystals and a cache of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, which Xu Yunxiao retrieved before returning to Mingdu with Xu Nianshuang.

• Xu Nianshuang absorbed a two-thousand-year Soul Ring, gained the Ice Explosion Technique, and reached Soul Power rank twenty-three.
• Xu Tianyang led Xu Nianshuang, Min Yingying, and Meng Tao to a hidden ice cave in the valley, where they found Extreme Ice Divine Crystals.
• Xu Tianyang discovered Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow behind an ice wall, but the group could not approach it safely.
• Xu Tianyang ordered Min Yingying and Meng Tao to summon Xu Yunxiao and guard the valley until he arrived.
• Xu Yunxiao personally removed the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and returned to Mingdu with Xu Nianshuang, whose path to becoming a Titled Douluo had been greatly eased.

After three months of training, Xu Tianyang ordered Meng Tao’s forces to stop Evil Soul Masters from overrunning Zhenhai City. He rescued Yang Yiyi from an attacker and discovered that her Blue Silver Grass could devour life force, then asked how she was connected to the city lord.

• Xu Tianyang trained alone for three months, improving his endurance, physical fitness, willpower, and Soul Power.
• Evil Soul Masters attacked Zhenhai City, slaughtering civilians and assaulting the City Lord’s Manor.
• Xu Tianyang ordered Meng Tao to aid the city and leave no Evil Soul Masters alive, and Meng Tao led the armed squad into battle.
• Meng Tao’s squad overwhelmed the attackers while their leader fled, and Xu Tianyang rescued Yang Yiyi from an Evil Soul Master.
• At Xu Tianyang’s urging, Yang Yiyi killed her attacker by draining his blood essence and life force, raising her Soul Power to level ten.
• Xu Tianyang asked Yang Yiyi what relationship she had to Yang Xin, the lord of Zhenhai City.

Xu Tianyang investigated Zhenhai City’s aftermath, recruited Yang Yiyi, and learned from Xu Yunxiao that people from Sea God Island had appeared in the Eastern Sea. He rushed back to Mingdu with Yang Yiyi, arriving as the capital continued to expand.

• Xu Tianyang questioned Yang Yiyi about Yang Xin, then learned Yang Xin had died after fighting Evil Soul Masters and ordered the city’s affairs handed over to Mingdu.
• Xu Tianyang comforted Yang Yiyi about her devouring Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and gave her Pulse Solidifying Pills to stabilize her Soul Power.
• Min Yingying brought Xu Tianyang a secret letter from Xu Yunxiao, who ordered him to return to Mingdu immediately.
• Xu Tianyang read that people of Sea God Island had appeared in the empire’s Eastern Sea and hurriedly departed with Meng Tao, Min Yingying, and Yang Yiyi aboard a new Flying Soul Tool.
• Xu Tianyang and his group reached Mingdu after a day and a night of travel, and he saw that the capital had expanded further.