Chapter Summaries

After breaking through to Rank 50, Xu Tianyang began forming a Soul Power Vortex and reaffirmed his path of King's Descent. While exploring Mingdu at night, he found the injured Zhu Zhuqing and brought her to the Prince's Mansion, where he began considering how to use her identity.

• Xu Tianyang reached Rank 50, resolved to continue along his path of King's Descent, and watched his soul power fully liquefy.
• Xu Tianyang formed the embryonic Soul Core known as a Soul Power Vortex, surprising Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Xu Tianyang left the Prince's Mansion and wandered through Mingdu's busy streets before reaching a Soul Fighting Arena.
• Xu Tianyang found the exhausted and injured Zhu Zhuqing, carried her back to the Prince's Mansion, and arranged for her to recover.
• Xu Tianyang reviewed intelligence on Zhu Zhuqing and learned she had entered Sun Moon Royal Academy, then considered how to exploit her identity.

Xu Tianyang tested Zhu Zhuqing’s resolve after identifying her as the Star Luo Empire’s princess and fiancée, then offered her safety and a chance to train at Sun Moon Royal Academy. Zhu Zhuqing asked to become stronger for her own sake, and Xu Tianyang assigned her two years of training before a future task.

• Xu Tianyang finished engraving a Level Six Core Magic Array as a maid informed him that Zhu Zhuqing had awakened.
• Xu Tianyang recognized Zhu Zhuqing and corrected her assumption that he feared the Star Luo Empire, then tested her resolve with spiritual pressure.
• Zhu Zhuqing endured the pressure, and Xu Tianyang assured her that she was safe at Sun Moon Royal Academy and advised her to train there rather than enter the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Xu Tianyang to teach her how to grow stronger for herself.
• Xu Tianyang arranged for Director Lin Fan to train Zhu Zhuqing for two years and required her to reach Soul Elder before completing a task for him.

Xu Tianyang traveled to the Extreme North Land to recruit the Ice Empress as his fifth soul ring and tested the Soul Spirit system with Tian Meng. The Snow Empress arrived in fury after the Ice Empress escaped Tian Meng’s trap, leaving Xu Tianyang facing the ruler of the Extreme North.

• Xu Tianyang and Tian Meng reached the Extreme North Land, where Tian Meng called out the Ice Empress and trapped her in a net made from his exuviae.
• The Ice Empress resisted Tian Meng’s advances while Xu Tianyang asked Electrolux whether taking an ice-attributed soul ring would upset the balance between his ice and fire origins.
• Electrolux explained that Xu Tianyang’s ice and fire origins had fused, so he could absorb either type of soul ring, though doing so might weaken his soul skills.
• Tian Meng urged the Ice Empress to join Xu Tianyang’s Soul Spirit plan, but she broke free and sent emerald light toward the depths of the Extreme North Land.
• The Snow Empress appeared, saw the Ice Empress’s predicament, and unleashed her overwhelming power across the Extreme North.

Snow Empress confronted Xu Tianyang and Electrolux after Sky Dream Ice Silkworm restrained Ice Empress, but Electrolux dispelled her attack and revealed himself as a fallen Deity. Xu Tianyang explained that his Spirit Soul System could ease human–soul beast conflict, while warning that soul beasts were barred from godhood and questioning whether Snow Empress could survive her next Heavenly Tribulation.

• Snow Empress attacked Xu Tianyang with her icy tornado and Emperor Sword while promising to free Ice Empress.
• Electrolux emerged through Xu Tianyang, erased Snow Empress's sword aura, and revealed that he was a remnant of a former Deity.
• Electrolux said they wanted to discuss the Spirit Soul System with Ice Empress, and Xu Tianyang explained its purpose and his ambitions for changing the Divine Realm's rules.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm praised Xu Tianyang's talents, and Snow Empress sensed his powerful bloodline, spiritual realm, and Life Aura.
• Xu Tianyang told Ice Empress that the Divine Realm forbade soul beasts from becoming gods, then asked whether Snow Empress could survive her seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation.

Xu Tianyang persuaded Ice Empress to become his Soul Spirit while Snow Empress chose to remain in the Extreme North and support the Spirit Soul System. Ice Empress’s contract succeeded, giving Xu Tianyang her Soul Ring and Soul Bone and raising his cultivation to level fifty-six.

• Snow Empress confirmed that she doubted she could survive her Seven-Hundred-Thousand-Year Heavenly Tribulation, and Ice Empress revealed she also feared her Four-Hundred-Thousand-Year Tribulation.
• Xu Tianyang and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm persuaded the two Empresses by explaining the dangers facing the Extreme North and showing Xu Tianyang’s divine backing.
• Snow Empress agreed to help promote the Spirit Soul System, while Ice Empress accepted Xu Tianyang as her Soul Master.
• Electrolux sent Snow Empress and Ice Empress the Soul Spirit contract, and Snow Empress prepared to guard Ice Empress through the process.
• Xu Tianyang absorbed Ice Empress’s left arm Soul Bone and Soul Ring as Ice Empress broke through to four hundred thousand years, raising his cultivation to level fifty-six.
• Ice Empress emerged as a Soul Spirit in human form, and Snow Empress confirmed that the contract had succeeded without incident.

Xu Tianyang agreed to remain in the Extreme North so the Snow Empress could teach him Ice Attribute cultivation, Heaven-Man Unity, and Soul Core condensation. Meanwhile, Heaven Dou’s academy delegation arrived near Mingdu to study Soul Tools, where an unfamiliar cavalry unit approached them.

• The Snow Empress offered to teach Xu Tianyang advanced Ice techniques and Soul Core cultivation, and he accepted before following her with the Ice Empress, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Electrolux.
• Xu Tianyang explained Soul Engineers and Soul Tools to the Ice Empress, who realized how far human society had advanced.
• The students and teachers from Heaven Dou’s academies gathered outside Mingdu for an exchange visit to Sun Moon Royal Academy, while Qin Ming urged Yu Tianheng to take Soul Tools seriously.
• Shui Yuer looked forward to seeing Mingdu, and Xue Wu wondered whether the group would meet Xu Nianshuang; Shui Bing’er thought instead of Xu Tianyang.
• An eighteen-rider cavalry unit on enormous, scale-covered black horses galloped toward the delegation from Mingdu.

The Heaven Dou academies arrived in Mingdu for their exchange with the Sun Moon Empire and were welcomed by Xuan Hongchen. He offered to test the students’ physical abilities and spiritual strength, prompting them to compete to see how they measured up against the Sun Moon Crown Prince’s record.

• Feng Xiaotian recognized the eighteen Horned Scale Horses that escorted the group and remarked on their value.
• Meng Shenji introduced himself to the Sun Moon cavalry leader, who escorted the group into Mingdu.
• Meng Shenji asked Xuan Hongchen why Mingdu had no city walls, and Xuan Hongchen replied that the capital did not need them.
• Xuan Hongchen offered the students a chance to use an instrument that measured physical qualities and spiritual strength, while privately hoping to gather information about their Martial Souls.
• Xuan Hongchen claimed that the Sun Moon Crown Prince’s testing record had never been approached, and Shui Yuer asked how he compared with Xu Nianshuang.
• Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Yu Tianheng agreed to be tested, leaving Meng Shenji unable to stop them.

The Sun Moon Empire’s Body Tester measured Feng Xiaotian’s abilities, prompting Xuan Hongchen and the teachers to criticize Godwind Academy for neglecting his Soul Power cultivation. Feng Xiaotian began doubting his path, but Meng Shenji stopped the argument and called Yu Tianheng to take the next test.

• Xuan Hongchen brought the academies’ representatives to the Body Testing Room, where Feng Xiaotian volunteered to be tested.
• The Body Tester recorded Feng Xiaotian’s age as twenty and his Soul Power as level forty-one, while Xuan Hongchen said the Crown Prince had reached comparable physical data at nine.
• Godwind Academy’s teachers defended Feng Xiaotian’s Innate Full Soul Power and Self-Created Soul Skill, but the Sun Moon Empire’s teachers accused them of wasting his talent by neglecting cultivation.
• Feng Xiaotian became uncertain about his choices as the teachers argued over whether developing a Self-Created Soul Skill had harmed his prospects.
• Meng Shenji ended the dispute and asked Yu Tianheng to take the next test.

Shui Bing'er explored the Sun Moon Royal Academy Library after she and the other visitors completed their testing and received accommodations. She found basic Soul Tool books but could not understand their contents.

• Yu Tianheng tested at level thirty-six Soul Power and showed exceptional physical strength and toughness.
• Shui Bing'er, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and the others completed their tests, after which Xuan Hongchen gave them identification tokens and arranged their accommodations.
• Shui Yuer and Xue Wu headed to the arena while Shui Bing'er chose to visit the Library alone.
• Shui Bing'er entered the Library's third floor with her token and read basic Soul Tool books, but she could not make sense of them.

Xu Tianyang met Shui Bing'er in the Sun Moon Royal Academy library, helped her choose an introductory book about Soul Tools, and discussed the value of learning. After they read in silence, Xu Tianyang left without disturbing her.

• Shui Bing'er learned from a book that the Sun Moon Empire had destroyed the Moonflower Empire and unified the Sun Moon Continent.
• Xu Tianyang met Shui Bing'er in the library and she recognized him as the Crown Prince who had saved her group in the Extreme North Land.
• Xu Tianyang gave Shui Bing'er an introductory book about Soul Tools and advised her that few people could cultivate as both a Soul Engineer and a Soul Master.
• Shui Bing'er explained why she valued books, and Xu Tianyang praised knowledge as essential for Soul Masters.
• Ice Empress remarked that Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix Martial Soul was close to Extreme Ice, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm teased Ice Empress and was kicked away.
• Xu Tianyang quietly left the library as Shui Bing'er continued reading.

Xu Tianyang convinced Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu to support an expedition into the Evil Demon Forest, hoping to confront the Evil Emperor before it could launch another Beast Tide. As the Sun Moon Empire gathered its forces, Dugu Bo reassured Dugu Yan that the mobilization was not aimed at the Douluo Continent.

• Xu Tianyang argued that the Sun Moon Empire should take the initiative against the Evil Emperor and said he had a plan to withstand it.
• Xu Yunxiao agreed to join Xu Tianyang in probing the Evil Demon Forest, declaring that the balance between humanity and the Evil Emperor would change.
• The Sun Moon Empire dispatched Soul Guidance Legions, Titled Douluo, and Level Nine Soul Masters toward the Evil Demon Forest.
• Dugu Yan returned to the Marquis of Jade Python Manor and asked Dugu Bo whether the Empire was going to war again.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that the Empire had other arrangements and urged her to spend time with her friends from the Douluo Continent.

Xu Tianyang, Xu Yunxiao, and Mu Mengyu entered the Evil Demon Forest to capture a hundred-thousand-year Fire Evil Tyrant without alerting the Evil Emperor. The Fire Evil Tyrant discovered them and attacked Xu Tianyang, beginning their confrontation.

• Xu Tianyang used a scanning Soul Tool to search the Evil Demon Forest while the three concealed their auras and moved toward its core region.
• The group sensed a Devouring Dragon being killed by a red beam, then identified the hundred-thousand-year Fire Evil Tyrant as the attacker.
• The Fire Evil Tyrant detected the hiding humans and used its Mental Power Field, but Xu Tianyang countered it with his own first soul skill.
• Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu charged the Fire Evil Tyrant as Xu Tianyang activated Martial Soul Possession and raised their auras.
• The Fire Evil Tyrant focused on Xu Tianyang and fired two silver-white, red-tinged beams at him.

Xu Tianyang, Xu Yunxiao, and Mu Mengyu severely wounded and sealed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Fire Evil Tyrant before fleeing the Evil Demon Forest. Their attack awakened Evil Emperor, the forest's seven-hundred-thousand-year ruler, who appeared over the forest as the five guarding Titled Douluo braced for danger.

• The Fire Evil Tyrant attacked Xu Tianyang with a powerful mental impact, but Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu revealed themselves as Titled Douluo and struck it while it was off guard.
• The Ice Empress and Xu Tianyang froze the badly wounded Fire Evil Tyrant with the Eternal Frozen Domain.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Xu Tianyang that a stronger enemy was coming, and Xu Yunxiao sealed the Fire Evil Tyrant in a Level 9 sealing Soul Tool before carrying Xu Tianyang and Mu Mengyu away.
• Evil Emperor awakened after sensing the death of its son and unleashed its Spiritual Power across the Evil Demon Forest.
• Elder Chen, Xu Sheng, Xu Yuan, Mu Lin, and Feng Tianxiang saw Evil Emperor's enormous eye overhead and prepared for danger.

The Evil Emperor discovered Fire Evil Tyrant’s death and attacked Xu Tianyang and his companions as they fled the Evil Demon Forest. Xu Tianyang helped Xu Yunxiao and seven Titled Douluo resist the Evil Emperor, and their battle continued in the sky above the forest.

• The Evil Emperor searched the forest for its child, found Fire Evil Tyrant’s lingering soul traces, and blasted the surrounding land into a crater.
• The Evil Emperor spotted Xu Tianyang and his companions escaping and assumed humans had abducted its child.
• Xu Yunxiao blocked the Evil Emperor’s first attack with his Purple Blazing Heaven Dragon possession, prompting the Evil Emperor to recognize him as the supposed culprit.
• Feng Tianxiang and six other Titled Douluo unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars and attacked the Evil Emperor.
• The Evil Emperor used Mental Paralysis against Xu Yunxiao and the others, but Xu Tianyang’s Dragon Whale Chant and Mental Purification weakened its effects.
• Xu Yunxiao and the others used Invincible Shields and launched a joint assault as the battle escalated.

The Snow Empress arrived to protect Xu Tianyang and his companions, then fought the Evil Emperor while Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu revealed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Faced with both attacks and its lingering injuries, the Evil Emperor retreated into the Evil Demon Forest.

• Xu Tianyang revealed that he had invited the Snow Empress, who ordered the Evil Emperor not to harm his companions.
• The Snow Empress and the Evil Emperor exchanged powerful attacks, while Electrolux explained that the Evil Emperor's Soul Cores gave it an advantage.
• Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu joined hands and transformed into a thousand-meter dragon with a Limit Level Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The dragon attacked the Evil Emperor as the Snow Empress struck with her Emperor Palm.
• The injured Evil Emperor tore open a Space Rift and fled into the Evil Demon Forest.

Xu Tianyang absorbed the Fire Evil Tyrant’s hundred-thousand-year head Soul Bone under Snow Empress’s protection, gaining two Soul Skills and a surge in Spiritual Power. Snow Empress then gave him the red crystal containing the Fire Evil Tyrant’s soul, and Xu Tianyang looked at it in confusion.

• Xu Tianyang thanked Snow Empress for helping drive back the Evil Emperor, and promised to show her the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow after he reached Rank 60.
• Xu Yunxiao led the group back to Mingdu while leaving guards around the Evil Demon Forest.
• Snow Empress advised Xu Tianyang to absorb the head Soul Bone before attempting to condense his first Soul Core and absorb the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Xu Tianyang absorbed the head Soul Bone as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm helped guide its energy, while Snow Empress froze the Fire Evil Tyrant’s soul when it threatened him.
• Xu Tianyang awakened with the Soul Bone merged into his skull and gained Evil Eye Gaze and Soul Tremor; Snow Empress handed him the red crystal and explained the benefits of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Xu Tianyang absorbed the Fire Evil Tyrant’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and, during his breakthrough, condensed and fused a Spiritual Attribute Soul Core. He remained in contemplation after reaching Soul Power Level sixty-six and advancing his Spiritual Power to Tangible Quality.

• Xu Tianyang crushed the Fire Evil Tyrant’s lingering soul will and began absorbing its Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• After two and a half days, Xu Tianyang completed the absorption and gained his sixth Soul Ring, bringing his Soul Power pressure close to that of a Titled Douluo.
• Snow Empress noticed Xu Tianyang was condensing a Soul Core, and Electrolux explained his plan to form three cores corresponding to essence, qi, and spirit.
• Xu Tianyang formed a Spiritual Attribute Soul Core and fused it into his brow, awakening a silver pattern that soon faded.
• Xu Tianyang’s understanding of space and affinity with heaven and earth improved, his Spiritual Power reached Tangible Quality, and his Soul Power Level rose to sixty-six.

Lin Ximeng introduced Soul Tools to the Heaven Dou exchange students, but Yu Tianheng and his companions challenged her claims and demanded a practical demonstration. At the Second Soul Fighting Arena, Zui Hongchen arrived to face the visitors, while Shui Bing'er urged her teammates to take the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tools seriously.

• Lin Ximeng explained Soul Engineer levels and argued that combining Soul Masters with Soul Tools was the future.
• Yu Feng questioned whether Soul Tools made the Sun Moon Empire’s Titled Douluo stronger, and Yu Tianheng led his companions in challenging the Soul Engineers to combat.
• Shui Bing'er warned her teammates that Soul Tools could let Soul Masters fight above their level and told them to learn seriously.
• Lin Ximeng led the exchange students to the Second Soul Fighting Arena, where Sun Moon students recognized the visitors as defeated opponents of Xu Nianshuang.
• Zui Hongchen greeted Lin Ximeng and was introduced to the visitors as one of Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy’s foremost Soul Tool geniuses.

Yu Tianheng and Feng Xiaotian challenged Zui Hongchen after he disparaged the Heaven Dou group, and Zui revealed his extraordinary Soul Power and Soul Engineer rank. Their duel began with Feng Xiaotian attacking at high speed, while Zui transformed into a metal-armored arsenal using his Three-legged Golden Toad Martial Soul.

• Yu Tianheng challenged Zui Hongchen, who mocked his strength and announced that he was nearly fifteen, Rank 43, and a Level 5 Soul Engineer.
• Feng Xiaotian stepped forward to challenge Zui Hongchen, who recognized him as an Innate Full Soul Power possessor and accepted the duel.
• Lin Ximeng led the Heaven Dou group to watch as Feng Xiaotian revealed his Gale Twin-headed Wolf Martial Soul and Zui Hongchen revealed his Three-legged Golden Toad and thousand-year second Soul Ring.
• Feng Xiaotian rushed at Zui Hongchen and launched ten wind blades with his first Soul Ring.
• Zui Hongchen activated his first and third Soul Rings, surrounded himself with metal balls that formed cannon barrels, and his companions explained that his Martial Soul was a Divine Beast capable of controlling metal.

Zui Hongchen defeated Feng Xiaotian by overwhelming him with Soul Tool cannon fire, prompting the Heaven Dou students to reconsider Soul Tools. Yu Tianheng then challenged the Sun Moon group and began a match against the close-combat Soul Engineer Li Yan.

• Feng Xiaotian flew above Zui Hongchen and attacked with his self-created Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, but Zui Hongchen trapped him in a barrage of cannon fire.
• Zui Hongchen used the Soul Tool Cannon Platform Tactic to finish Feng Xiaotian, and the referee declared Zui Hongchen the winner.
• Shui Bing'er explained Soul Engineers' strengths as Xue Wu wondered how anyone could approach Zui Hongchen, while Lin Ximeng noted that his firepower was exceptional even among Soul Engineers.
• Yu Tianheng challenged the Sun Moon group, and Li Yan, a Third-Class Soul Engineer, stepped forward to fight him.
• Yu Tianheng activated his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, while Li Yan equipped heavy Soul Tool armor with glowing Core Arrays.