Chapter Summaries

Xu Yunxiao secured the Heaven Dou Empire’s agreement to his conditions after the Fire Phoenix Soul Tool Regiment intimidated the gathered officials with its strength. Xue Ye handed over the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud for research, leaving Xu Yunxiao and Xu Tianyang struck by the treasure’s extraordinary value.

• Snake Lance Douluo and the Heaven Dou group saw that every member of the Fire Phoenix Soul Tool Regiment was a Soul King and feared the destructive power of its Soul Tools.
• Xue Ye arrived and accepted Xu Yunxiao’s conditions, apologizing for Xue Xing’s actions.
• Xu Yunxiao asked Heaven Dou to build a border city for exchanges between the continents and provide him with a copy of its books, and Xue Ye agreed to both requests.
• Xu Yunxiao asked to borrow the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and offered Xue Ye a Level 7 Invincible Shield for protection during the loan.
• Xue Ye agreed and revealed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, while Xu Tianyang recognized its immense importance and Xu Yunxiao was astonished by its value.

Xu Yunxiao left Heaven Dou City with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and led his group to the Extreme North Land to explore its outskirts. As they flew deeper into the frozen wilderness, Dugu Bo explained its dangers and the powerful Soul Beasts that ruled it.

• Xu Yunxiao accepted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, thanked Xue Ye, and departed with Dugu Bo without demanding punishment for Xue Xing.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Gu Rong to investigate the Sun Moon Continent, while Xue Ye stripped Xue Xing of his princely title and sent him to guard the imperial mausoleum.
• Xu Yunxiao and his companions crossed the Heaven Dou Empire and reached the Extreme North Land after seven or eight days of travel.
• Dugu Bo stayed with Xu Yunxiao’s group after Xu Tianyang suggested that the Sun Moon Continent might be able to cure his Jade Python Snake poison.
• Xu Yunxiao’s group boarded a Flying Soul Tool and headed deeper into the Extreme North Land, where Dugu Bo described its powerful Soul Beasts and rulers.

Xu Tianyang and his companions found a young Titan Snow Demon in the Extreme North Land that was suitable for Xu Nianshuang’s third Soul Ring. Xu Yunxiao attacked it swiftly, while the group remained wary of the powerful soul beasts nearby.

• The group encountered a giant Titan Snow Demon, and Xu Tianyang identified it as a member of one of the Extreme North Land’s Three Great Kings’ royal races.
• Xu Yunxiao decided the five-thousand-year Titan Snow Demon was ideal for Xu Nianshuang’s third Soul Ring.
• Xu Tianyang warned that the clan might retaliate and told Xu Yunxiao to kill the beast quickly without causing a major disturbance.
• Xu Yunxiao sent Dugu Bo and Feng Tianxiang to protect Xu Tianyang and Xu Nianshuang, then rushed toward the Titan Snow Demon.
• The Titan Snow Demon swung at Xu Yunxiao, but he struck it on the head with Dragon King’s Iron Fist and knocked it into the snow.

The Ice Empress hunted Tian Meng across the Extreme North Land, but he used a golden door to escape her strongest attack. The Snow Empress arrived afterward and asked the furious Ice Empress what had happened.

• Tian Meng fled the Ice Empress’s attacks while professing his love for her.
• The Ice Empress unleashed Eternal Frozen Domain, freezing the area around them.
• Tian Meng formed a golden door from the nine markings on his body and escaped.
• The Ice Empress raged over Tian Meng’s escape and threatened to drain his marrow if she saw him again.
• The Snow Empress descended through the snow and asked the Ice Empress what had happened.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm escaped Ice Empress and Snow Empress through a space passage, only to tumble into Xu Tianyang’s group and face two Titled Douluo. After sensing a deity’s aura in Xu Tianyang, it began considering him as a possible partner while Xu Yunxiao watched it warily.

• Ice Empress told Snow Empress that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had broken through to nine hundred thousand years, and they flew off to search for it.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged from a Golden Gate in front of Xu Tianyang, Xu Yunxiao, Feng Tianxiang, and Dugu Bo as Xu Nianshuang absorbed her Soul Ring.
• Xu Yunxiao and Dugu Bo entered Martial Soul Possession and surrounded Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, while Feng Tianxiang protected Xu Tianyang and Xu Nianshuang.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm pleaded with Xu Yunxiao, who ordered it to leave, and it prepared to flee.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed a deity’s aura in Xu Tianyang and reconsidered leaving, prompting Xu Yunxiao to watch it with suspicion.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained why he wanted to sacrifice himself to Xu Tianyang, revealing that he sought a path to godhood and believed Xu Tianyang could become a god. After learning more about Spirit Hall and the Angel God, Xu Yunxiao asked Xu Tianyang what he thought of accepting the unprecedented nine-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.

• Xu Yunxiao threatened Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who revealed that he was a nine-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast and wanted to sacrifice himself to Xu Tianyang.
• Xu Tianyang asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to explain his offer, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm described his golden stripes, immense Spiritual Power, and weak combat ability.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said other Soul Beasts hunted him for his energy and that he feared his coming million-year Heavenly Tribulation.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said he wanted to become a god and had chosen Xu Tianyang because he believed Xu Tianyang had the talent to reach godhood.
• Dugu Bo told Xu Yunxiao that Spirit Hall was founded by the Angel God, prompting Xu Yunxiao to reconsider Spirit Hall's strength.
• Xu Yunxiao asked Xu Tianyang what he thought about accepting Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's sacrifice.

Xu Tianyang agreed to let Sky Dream Ice Silkworm seal and fuse his origin power and Spiritual Power with him, despite the danger. As the fusion began and drew the attention of Snow Empress and Ice Empress, the sky darkened and an immense pressure descended.

• Xu Tianyang accepted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s proposal after reassuring Xu Yunxiao that he was willing to risk the fusion.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm separated his origin power and Spiritual Power from his body and sent them into Xu Tianyang.
• The fusion released a Spiritual Power wave that briefly affected everyone nearby, but it spared Xu Nianshuang as she finished absorbing her Soul Ring.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm examined Xu Tianyang’s memories and marveled at his twin Martial Souls, powerful Soul Rings, and exceptional talent.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress sensed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s aura and headed toward its source after it disappeared.
• The sky darkened, the sun’s light vanished, and immense pressure descended as the fusion continued.

Xu Tianyang successfully absorbed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as his third Soul Ring, gaining two mental abilities and a dramatic increase in power. After reaching level thirty-four, he emerged unharmed, while Dugu Bo began considering a future for Dugu Yan at Sun Moon Royal Academy.

• Electrolux entered Xu Tianyang's Sea of Consciousness, and Xu Tianyang recognized the remnant soul while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm completed its fusion with him.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used his source power to form Xu Tianyang's third Soul Ring and raise the hidden ages of his first two Soul Rings.
• Xu Tianyang gained Mental Sharing and Mental Purification, and his blood-red third Soul Ring settled into a black ring equivalent to twenty-five thousand years.
• Xu Tianyang awoke feeling better than ever, and Xu Yunxiao confirmed that he had reached level thirty-four.
• Dugu Bo became convinced Xu Tianyang would shape the next hundred years and began planning to take Dugu Yan to Sun Moon Royal Academy.

Xu Tianyang and his companions left the Extreme North after obtaining Tian Meng's Nine-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and exuviae, then returned to Mingdu amid growing tensions between the Sun Moon Empire and the Douluo Continent. Back in his room, Xu Tianyang discussed the empire's shortage of Titled Douluo with Tian Meng, who offered to help improve Soul Douluo's chances of breaking through.

• Dugu Bo wondered why Tian Meng had left no Soul Bone, and Tian Meng explained that giving Xu Tianyang its origin power had left none to condense one, while its exuviae was valuable in its own right.
• Xu Tianyang collected Tian Meng's exuviae, and his group left the Extreme North; Snow Empress and Ice Empress arrived afterward, found a dead Titan Snow Demon, and realized the humans had escaped.
• Half a month later, Xu Tianyang's group returned to Mingdu, where Xu Yunxiao's return calmed the restless factions and Lin Fan took Dugu Bo away for examination.
• Xu Tianyang explained to Tian Meng that the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineers struggled to reach Titled Douluo because they neglected martial soul cultivation and hit cultivation bottlenecks.
• Tian Meng said it could improve Soul Douluo's chances of breaking through and might even help Xu Tianyang's parents advance, prompting Xu Tianyang to ask it to teach him.

Xu Tianyang learned the Soul Core cultivation method from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and brought it to Dugu Bo, who agreed to try it. Dugu Bo formed a stable embryonic Soul Core at the Prince’s Mansion, nearing the end of its most dangerous stage.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained how Soul Cores formed and helped Titled Douluo cultivate beyond their current limits.
• Xu Tianyang decided to test the Soul Core method on Dugu Bo rather than have his parents try it first.
• Xu Tianyang found Dugu Bo touring Sun Moon Royal Academy with Lin Fan and invited him to the Prince’s Mansion.
• Xu Tianyang told Dugu Bo about Soul Cores, and Dugu Bo agreed to attempt forming one.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sent Dugu Bo its Soul Core knowledge, and Dugu Bo entered a state of enlightenment.
• Dugu Bo condensed an attribute-based solid Soul Core that absorbed spatial power and remained stable.

Dugu Bo condensed a poison-attributed Soul Core, broke through to Rank 92, and left Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu eager to study the method. At Mingde Hall, Xu Tianyang, Elder Chen, and Zui Hongchen tested a semi-automatic Soul Tool rifle capable of rapid sustained fire.

• Xu Tianyang explained to Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu how Dugu Bo had condensed a Soul Core, and they watched as it absorbed Space Rifts.
• Dugu Bo drew the Soul Core into his dantian, where it absorbed the energy from his shattered poison pellet and helped him break through to Rank 92.
• Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu decided to study the Soul Core method, while Xu Tianyang agreed to keep people from disturbing Dugu Bo.
• At Mingde Hall, Elder Chen praised Xu Tianyang's ideas as he and Zui Hongchen showed him a semi-automatic Soul Tool rifle powered by a milk bottle.
• Zui Hongchen fired the rifle at a dummy, emptying its magazine in seconds and demonstrating its powerful suppressive fire.

A year after Xu Tianyang proposed new military technologies, he approved mass production of Level Five semi-automatic rifles and urged Elder Chen to continue researching exoskeleton mechas. Three months after the continents merged, trade and political tensions were reshaping relations between the Sun Moon Empire and Douluo Continent, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan rejected Soul Tools.

• Xu Tianyang praised Zui Hongchen's rifle test, approved mass production of Level Five semi-automatic rifles, and asked Elder Chen to oversee exoskeleton-mecha research.
• Xu Tianyang assured Elder Chen that his Level Thirty-Eight strength and protective Soul Tools could keep him safe amid unrest.
• The Sun Moon and Douluo Continents had merged three months earlier, and their nations were adjusting to trade, diplomacy, and border clashes.
• The Heaven Dou Empire bought low-level Soul Tools from the Sun Moon Empire, while its Sunrise City became a free-trade hub between the nations.
• The Star Luo Empire clashed with the Sun Moon Empire along the Mingdou Mountain Range, and the Sun Moon military remained restrained.
• Ning Fengzhi sought access to higher-level Soul Tools and discussed sending students to study them, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan publicly criticized Soul Tools.

Dugu Bo gave Xu Tianyang the Gold of Life, which awakened the fragment of divine consciousness known as Electrolux inside Xu Tianyang’s Sea of Consciousness. Electrolux introduced himself and assured Xu Tianyang that he meant no harm.

• Dugu Bo told Xu Tianyang that he had found the emerald-green carving knife while purging Evil Soul Masters and brought it back because it seemed unusual.
• Xu Tianyang recognized the knife as the Gold of Life and thanked Dugu Bo for giving him a valuable treasure.
• After Dugu Bo left, Xu Tianyang realized the Gold of Life’s aura had awakened Electrolux, whose voice came from within his Sea of Consciousness.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm challenged Electrolux, but Electrolux dismissed him and revealed that he was a damaged fragment of divine consciousness.
• Electrolux told Xu Tianyang how he had taken refuge in his Sea of Consciousness and said he bore him no ill will.

Xu Tianyang used the Gold of Life to undergo a profound transformation and awaken a second Sea of Consciousness, while Electrolux gained a stable vessel and settled within him. Electrolux explained that Xu Tianyang could eventually inherit his powers, and urged him to cultivate and study the Gold of Life.

• Electrolux explained the Gold of Life’s immense life force and told Xu Tianyang to press the Blade of Life to his forehead.
• Xu Tianyang’s body was strengthened by the Gold of Life, which then entered his brain and caused him unbearable pain as it transformed his Sea of Consciousness.
• Electrolux manifested in his true form, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm removed its seal and expanded both of Xu Tianyang’s Seas of Consciousness with Spiritual Power.
• Electrolux opened a second Sea of Consciousness for Xu Tianyang and said he would reside there as he gradually recovered his memories.
• Electrolux told Xu Tianyang that the Gold of Life had opened an Eye of Life, accelerating his Spiritual Power growth and making his Sea of Consciousness exceptionally resilient.
• Electrolux urged Xu Tianyang to cultivate and study the Gold of Life, adding that Xu Tianyang might inherit his powers once he grew stronger.

After absorbing the Gold of Life, Xu Tianyang reached Level 39, gained a third eye, and greatly improved his physical and spiritual strength. He gave Dugu Bo a Soul Bone, then found Xu Nianshuang training at night and reassured her about her slower progress.

• Xu Tianyang absorbed the Gold of Life, broke through to Level 39, and reached the tangible yet intangible level of Spiritual Power.
• Xu Tianyang took a thirty-thousand-year Jade Scorpion King right arm bone from the imperial treasury for Dugu Bo.
• Xu Tianyang visited Sun Moon Royal Academy at night and waited while Xu Nianshuang trained with her longsword.
• Xu Nianshuang worried that she could not catch up to Xu Tianyang or Yang Yiyi, and Xu Tianyang told her not to compare herself to them.

Xu Tianyang was summoned to the imperial palace, where Xu Yunxiao and the Sun Moon Empire’s leaders debated the escalating border conflict with the Star Luo Empire. After Xu Tianyang backed military action, Xu Yunxiao declared war and ordered the troops deployed.

• Xu Tianyang and Xu Nianshuang shared a quiet ride toward the Prince's Mansion until Xu Yunxiao summoned Xu Tianyang to a palace council.
• Sun Moon Empire generals argued that the Star Luo Empire was responsible for the disappearance of hundreds of their soldiers and urged Xu Yunxiao to go to war.
• Xu Yunxiao quelled a brawl among the generals and penalized those who had fought, then asked Elder Chen for his assessment.
• Elder Chen revealed that new Soul Tool Cannons were entering mass production and that several new Soul Tools awaited testing.
• Xu Tianyang arrived and supported war against the Star Luo Empire, prompting Xu Yunxiao to declare the Empire's grievance and order the troops deployed.

The Sun Moon Empire declared war on the Star Luo Empire, prompting Star Luo to mobilize troops while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Heaven Dou assessed the danger and opportunity. The armies gathered for a major battle at the Mingdou Mountain Range as Heaven Dou prepared to watch for a chance to intervene.

• The Sun Moon Empire’s people welcomed the declaration of war, while smaller forces across the Douluo Continent withdrew their outlying holdings.
• Dai Tianfeng rejected calls for peace, injured Zheng Gang with a White Tiger Blazing Light Wave, and ordered four hundred thousand troops to resist the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi discussed Soul Tools with Gu Rong and Chen Xin, then learned that the Sun Moon Empire and Star Luo Empire had gone to war.
• Xue Ye and Golong agreed that Heaven Dou should avoid joining the conflict immediately and sent Golong’s army to the border to await an opportunity.

Bibi Dong ordered an investigation into the Sun Moon Empire, while Hu Liena proposed inviting it to the Continental Soul Master Tournament to arrange an exchange of academy knowledge. As the two empires’ armies faced off at the Mingdou Mountain Range, Xu Chen sent Soul Tool Regiments to meet Star Luo’s advancing soul masters.

• Bibi Dong ordered Ling Luan and Tuoba Xi to investigate the Sun Moon Empire’s strength, and Hu Liena proposed inviting it to the upcoming tournament to encourage an academy exchange.
• Xu Tianyang argued that the Sun Moon Empire should feint at the Mingdou Mountain Range and lead an elite force toward Star Luo City, and Xu Yunxiao approved the plan.
• Xu Yunxiao assigned Dugu Bo and Mu Mengyu to defend Mingdu and prepared to lead Evil Lord and the Fire Phoenix Soul Tool Regiment toward Star Luo City.
• At the Mingdou Mountain Range, Dai Wei ordered Star Luo’s Soul Ancestors and stronger fighters to attack a Sun Moon Empire squad after months of costly skirmishes.
• After learning that nearly a thousand Star Luo soul masters were advancing, Xu Chen ordered the First and Second Soul Tool Regiments to attack while other forces formed a pincer and maintained reconnaissance.

Dai Wei led Star Luo soul masters into a battle against the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool Regiments, but cannon fire devastated his forces and left him surrounded. As Xu Chen ordered the Third Regiment to cut off their retreat, a Soul Tool commander aimed a powerful fixed cannon at Dai Wei.

• Dai Wei arrived as a Sun Moon Soul Tool squad bombarded a Star Luo regiment and ordered his men to attack.
• More than a thousand Soul Engineers and long-range cannon fire struck the Star Luo force, killing at least a third of its soul masters.
• Dai Wei transformed with White Tiger True Body and fought the commanders of two Soul Tool Regiments while Star Luo’s forces fell into disarray.
• Xu Chen used reconnaissance tools to track the battlefield and ordered the Third Soul Tool Regiment to cut off Dai Wei’s retreat.
• The First Soul Tool Regiment Commander deployed a Level Seven Fixed Soul Tool Cannon and fired a blazing beam at Dai Wei.

Xu Yunxiao and Xu Tianyang led the Evil Lord and Fire Phoenix Soul Tool Regiments through the Star Luo Empire, with Xu Tianyang revealing that he sought something from the Speed Clan and Breaking Clan that could give the Sun Moon Empire ten more Titled Douluo. After Xu Yunxiao decided to pursue that prize as well as subdue Star Luo, the force attacked Yu Feng City under cover of night.

• Xu Yunxiao halted the regiments near Yu Feng City, where Wang Hu reported that the city was ten li ahead.
• Xu Tianyang told Xu Yunxiao that their chosen route passed through cities where the Speed Clan and Breaking Clan lived, and claimed their possessions could grant the Sun Moon Empire ten more Titled Douluo.
• Xu Yunxiao decided to pursue both the clans' prize and the subjugation of Star Luo, then ordered the force to continue its operation.
• At night, Wang Hu led the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps to deploy fixed soul cannons and warned that the Fire Phoenix Soul Tool Regiment would take the next city if they failed.
• Wang Hu ordered hundreds of cannons to fire on Yu Feng City, and the city guards shouted that they were under attack.