Chapter Summaries

Chen Ming emerged from seclusion and learned that Titan and the Strength Clan were pressuring Lou Gao to surrender his supposed treasure, forging results, and Blacksmith's Codex. The chapter left Chen Ming aware that Lou Gao faced growing opposition within the Blacksmith Association.

• Chen Ming helped Ah Yin recover and let her reside inside his right leg, where she could draw on his life force and Soul Power.
• Chen Ming created an illusory projection that let Ah Yin perceive the sealed room and examine her surroundings.
• Chen Ming left the secret chamber and asked Si Long what had happened in the Blacksmith Association during his seclusion.
• Si Long explained that rumors about Lou Gao's recovery and forging breakthrough had spread after some blacksmiths sided with Titan and leaked the news.
• Si Long said Titan and the Strength Clan had pressured blacksmiths to condemn Lou Gao and demand his treasure, forging results, and Blacksmith's Codex.

Chen Ming went with Si Long to confront Titan, who was pressuring Lou Gao and dividing the Blacksmith Association. The chapter ended with Lou Gao rejecting Titan’s attempt to force the issue and declaring he would not fear a fight.

• Chen Ming revealed enough of his aura to convince Si Long that he could handle Titan without summoning Dugu Bo.
• Si Long led Chen Ming to the Association’s fourth floor, where Titan and Lou Gao were confronting each other with their Martial Souls summoned.
• Si Long rushed to Lou Gao’s side to help withstand Titan’s pressure, and the blacksmiths split into opposing groups behind the two leaders.
• Titan urged Lou Gao to stop resisting and pointed to their shared status as Divine Smiths, while continuing to threaten him with his aura.
• Lou Gao accused Titan of returning to seize the Association’s new forging techniques and offered to teach him, but refused to back down from a fight.

Chen Ming intervened when Titan attacked Lou Gao, using precise control of Soul Power to injure and overwhelm the Strength Clan leader. Titan mistook Chen Ming for a Titled Douluo and was left writhing on the shattered floor.

• Titan tried to grab Lou Gao, but an unseen force knocked his hand back and disrupted his Soul Power, leaving him injured.
• Titan stomped the floor and attacked Lou Gao again, but Chen Ming appeared and caught his punch with one hand.
• Titan used his Fourth Soul Skill, but Chen Ming struck his wrist and caused his Soul Power to burst through his arm.
• Titan stumbled onto the broken floor and asked whether Chen Ming was a Titled Douluo, while Chen Ming said he was not yet one but could still defeat him.
• Chen Ming kicked a shard of stone into Titan's lower abdomen, doubling his pain and making him curl up on the ground.

Chen Ming fought off the Strength Clan after Titan was injured, defeating its members with overwhelming strength. Titan then unleashed his strongest attack, and Chen Ming answered with Poison Dominates the World, leaving their clash unresolved.

• After Chen Ming wounded Titan, the furious Strength Clan members rushed him, mistaking his technique for an ambush.
• Chen Ming formed Soul Power Armor and charged into the crowd, knocking out the attackers while their fleeing members caused a fatal pileup among themselves.
• Titan activated Martial Soul Avatar and several enhancement skills, raising his power to the level of a Titled Douluo.
• Titan launched his Eighth Soul Skill, Thousand Jun Break, at Chen Ming.
• Chen Ming summoned three poisonous phantoms and used Poison Dominates the World against Titan.

Chen Ming defeated Titan and left the Strength Clan elder crippled by his poison, then left Lou Gao to decide how to deal with the people who had attacked the Blacksmith Association. Back in the forging room, Chen Ming explained to Ah Yin why Titan’s past friendliness had depended on her connection to Tang Hao.

• Chen Ming struck Titan with Poison Dominates the World, poisoning his body, mind, and Martial Soul and forcing him out of his Martial Soul Avatar.
• The Soul Masters and blacksmiths who had sided with Titan knelt and begged Chen Ming and Lou Gao for forgiveness.
• Chen Ming helped Lou Gao and his disciples recover, then told Lou Gao to handle the aftermath and promised to intervene if the Strength Clan caused more trouble.
• Chen Ming returned to Lou Gao’s forging room and discussed Titan’s character and motives with Ah Yin while feeding metal scraps to Little Silver.

Chen Ming offered Lou Gao a choice of support from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect or Spirit Hall to protect the Blacksmith Association, and Lou Gao chose Spirit Hall. Lou Gao then revealed evidence that the Strength Clan still had ties to the Clear Sky Sect, leaving Chen Ming with a new threat to investigate.

• Ah Yin accepted that Tang Hao had betrayed her, and Chen Ming spent time talking with her in the forging room.
• Lou Gao thanked Chen Ming for stopping Titan and heard that Chen Ming could not always be there to protect the Blacksmith Association.
• Chen Ming offered Lou Gao the Seven Treasure Token or Qian Daoliu's enshriner token as a way to secure outside protection.
• Lou Gao chose Spirit Hall's help, reasoning that its token could bring a Titled Douluo and that Chen Ming already seemed connected to Spirit Hall.
• Lou Gao described how he had punished Titan, restrained the Strength Clan's fighters, and dealt with blacksmiths who had supported Titan.
• Lou Gao gave Chen Ming a parchment suggesting that Titan and the Strength Clan retained ties to the Clear Sky Sect, whose elders had urged Titan to seize control.

Chen Ming learned that Titan and the Strength Clan were still secretly helping the Clear Sky Sect, whose elders were pursuing a powerful fire-attribute soul beast. Lou Gao proposed defending the Blacksmith Association in Gengxin City and alerting Spirit Hall, while Chen Ming planned to report the letter to Qian Daoliu.

• Chen Ming read a letter from the Clear Sky Sect's Seventh Elder ordering Titan to find a fire-attribute Power System soul beast and reminding him that he was Tang Hao's servant.
• Chen Ming concluded that Titan had kept the Strength Clan secretly aiding the Clear Sky Sect, unlike the other single-attribute clans.
• Lou Gao told Chen Ming that the letter was three months old and that Titan had recently led the Strength Clan to locate a Sixty Thousand Year Flame Lion Tiger.
• Lou Gao reported that the Second, Fifth, and Seventh Elders were likely waiting in nearby cities, and he outlined a plan to use Gengxin City's defenses, hidden passages, and Spirit Hall to protect the Blacksmith Association.
• Chen Ming decided to give the letter to Qian Daoliu and recognized that Lou Gao could stall the Clear Sky Sect elders by staying in his fortified association.

Chen Ming took Lou Gao to interrogate Titan, using poison and threats to weaken the Strength Clan elder’s resolve. The chapter ended as Chen Ming displayed torture devices and Titan braced himself against the interrogation.

• Ah Yin struggled with her feelings about Tang Xiao, then returned to the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone and resumed restoring her origin.
• Chen Ming asked Lou Gao to take him to Titan and whispered instructions for forging interrogation tools.
• Chen Ming and Lou Gao found Titan weakened by injuries, poison, and forced dehydration in the underground prison.
• Chen Ming used poison to rouse Titan and intensify his pain, then demanded to know who had ordered the attack on the Blacksmith Association.
• Chen Ming threatened to kill the Strength Clan and erase its bloodline, then displayed torture devices as Titan shut his eyes and bit his lips.

Chen Ming interrogated Titan to learn where the three Clear Sky Sect elders were and verified his answers by probing his memories. After discovering Titan had concealed the Second Elder’s true Soul Power, Chen Ming ordered Lou Gao to carry out a humiliating punishment against the Strength Clan.

• Titan feared Chen Ming would torture the Strength Clan and agreed to answer questions if Chen Ming spared his clansmen.
• Chen Ming asked Titan about the three Clear Sky Sect elders, and Titan revealed his recent contacts with them.
• Chen Ming repeatedly questioned Titan, then probed his memories and confirmed that Titan had lied about the Second Elder’s Soul Power, which was level 93 rather than 91.
• Chen Ming gave Lou Gao a bottle of aphrodisiac and whispered instructions for punishing the Strength Clan.
• Lou Gao’s faith in Chen Ming grew stronger after hearing the plan.

Chen Ming infiltrated the lodging of three Clear Sky Sect elders and secretly poisoned them before freezing and marking them with his special Soul Power. The elders regained consciousness but remained trapped and helpless in the ice.

• Chen Ming used Little Silver and his Blue Silver Emperor flight skill to enter the courtyard undetected and identify three elders inside.
• Chen Ming released a concealed, persistent poison into the elders’ room for two hours while Ah Yin watched and learned his plan.
• As dawn approached, Chen Ming amplified the poison with the Snow Swan Kiss and turned it into a mass of Extreme Ice cold poison, freezing the elders and suppressing their Soul Power.
• Chen Ming entered the room and imprinted his special Soul Power on the elders’ Soul Power and Life Force.
• Chen Ming thawed their heads enough for them to awaken, and the elders insulted him despite remaining trapped in the ice.

Chen Ming used his Sin Gaze to expose the Clear Sky Sect elders’ brutal crimes and cursed them with the torment of their own sins. As they writhed in agony, he severed their limbs and took the seven Soul Bones they carried.

• Chen Ming mocked the poisoned Clear Sky Sect elders and provoked them by mentioning Tang Hao.
• Chen Ming used his Sin Gaze to reveal that the Seventh Elder had sacrificed his own son with a crimson skull bone to heal himself and gain power.
• Chen Ming and Ah Yin witnessed the three elders’ many atrocities, including murder, rape, and feeding innocent people to Soul Beasts.
• Chen Ming empowered the elders’ accumulated Sin Power to curse their bodies and souls, leaving them writhing in agony.
• Chen Ming severed the elders’ limbs and took their seven Soul Bones: four Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and three Thousand Year Soul Bones.

Chen Ming uncovered the Blood Skull’s history of bloodline sacrifices and kept the cursed artifact for a possible future scheme involving Tang San. He returned to the Blacksmith Association with three captured Clear Sky Sect elders and four Soul Bones suited to Lou Gao.

• Chen Ming searched the elders’ Soul Tools, found a thousand-year Head Soul Bone and the Blood Skull, and used Spirit Vision to see the artifact’s history of repeated sacrifices and betrayal.
• Chen Ming wrapped the Blood Skull and stored it despite Ah Yin’s plea to destroy it, while privately considering how it might help him manipulate Tang San.
• Chen Ming froze the three elders, recalled Ah Yin, and flew back to the Blacksmith Association with the captives.
• Chen Ming summoned Lou Gao to a secret room, explained that he had ambushed the elders, and showed him four non-overlapping Ten Thousand Year limb Soul Bones suited to him.

Chen Ming gave Lou Gao four Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, strengthening him and restoring his youthful appearance. After Lou Gao chose possible beasts for his Eighth Soul Ring, Chen Ming took him toward Spirit Hall to seek a suitable soul ring and deliver three captives to Qian Daoliu.

• Chen Ming helped Lou Gao absorb four Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, raising his cultivation to level eighty and restoring his vitality and youthful appearance.
• Lou Gao tried to kowtow in gratitude, but Chen Ming stopped him and secured his promise to work for Soul Hall.
• Chen Ming had Lou Gao choose an Eighth Soul Ring from the Soul Beast Illustrated Handbook and explained that he wanted to strengthen the blacksmith's combat ability.
• Lou Gao considered several functional soul beasts for his Eighth Soul Skill, and Chen Ming agreed to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lou Gao managed the Blacksmith Association and the Strength Clan as gifts and orders poured in, then resolved to improve his strength.
• Chen Ming took Lou Gao toward Spirit Hall and planned to hand three captives over to the Great Enshriner, Qian Daoliu.

Chen Ming brought Lou Gao and three crazed Clear Sky Sect elders to Spirit Hall, where Qian Daoliu executed the elders and retaliated against the sect by cutting off Clear Sky Peak. He gave Lou Gao two Soul Bones and arranged for Golden Crocodile Douluo to help him and Chen Ming obtain Soul Rings.

• Chen Ming and Lou Gao reached Spirit Hall, where Chen Ming asked Qian Daoliu to protect the Blacksmith Association and handle three captured Clear Sky Sect elders who had become Titled Douluo.
• Chen Ming used his Head Soul Bone to show Qian Daoliu the elders’ past, and Qian Daoliu killed them and burned their souls away.
• Qian Daoliu flew to the Clear Sky Sect and, from outside its territory, sliced off the peak of Clear Sky Peak before severely injuring Tang Xiao, the remaining elders, and several Soul Douluo.
• Qian Daoliu gave Lou Gao a thirty-thousand-year Diamond Tiger Torso Bone and a twenty-thousand-year Golden Tortoise Head Bone, which Lou Gao absorbed.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo arranged for Golden Crocodile Douluo to help Lou Gao and Chen Ming find suitable Soul Rings in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Chen Ming entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Golden Crocodile Douluo to find a powerful Soul Ring for Lou Gao and investigate possible candidates for his own. As Ah Yin searched through the Blue Silver Grass, her signals drew Myriad Demon King's attention, and he recognized Chen Ming after seeing him use Underworld Scorpion venom.

• Chen Ming decided Lou Gao needed a Soul Ring from a top-tier Power System Soul Beast over fifty thousand years old and considered hunting for his own Sixth Soul Ring in the forest.
• Chen Ming released Ah Yin from his right leg and tasked her with locating suitable Soul Beasts and collecting information about poisonous species.
• Ah Yin found more than ten candidate Soul Beasts, including a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, while Demon Eye Demonic Trees secretly reported her search to Myriad Demon King.
• Myriad Demon King emerged from seclusion at the Lake of Life and began observing Chen Ming's group through the forest's plants.
• Chen Ming and Golden Crocodile Douluo noticed they were being watched but assumed it was ordinary in the core region.
• After Chen Ming used venom bearing the traits of the Underworld Scorpion against a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast, Myriad Demon King recognized him as the person who had once unleashed the Death Annihilation Poison Realm.

Myriad Demon King sensed that Chen Ming’s origin was enriched by multiple Immortal Herbs and plotted to devour him. He lured a Fifty Thousand Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear toward Chen Ming and his companions, setting up an encounter at the border of the mixed and core zones.

• Myriad Demon King recognized the powerful Immortal Herb origins in Chen Ming and decided that devouring him could help him survive his sixth Heavenly Tribulation.
• Myriad Demon King left the Lake of Life after reporting to the Silver Dragon King, while Scarlet King continued caring for the Auspicious Beast.
• Myriad Demon King sensed Chen Ming’s trail and formed a plan to use a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear against him.
• Myriad Demon King planted a suggestion in the Fifty Thousand Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, leading it away from its territory toward the mixed zone.
• The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear encountered Chen Ming and his two companions near the border of the mixed and core zones, and its hostility toward human Soul Masters surfaced.

Chen Ming fought and killed a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, then Lou Gao began absorbing its Soul Ring. As Chen Ming and Golden Crocodile Douluo guarded him, an enraged roar sounded from deep in the forest.

• Chen Ming revealed his unusual Soul Ring configuration and charged the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, drawing Myriad Demon King's hungry attention.
• The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear recognized the origin of Chen Ming's right-hand Soul Bone and attacked him in Blood Rage.
• Chen Ming broke through the bear's Invincible Golden Body and wounded it with his Extreme Ice and Extreme Fire twin-dragon attack.
• Chen Ming froze the bear with poison after it tried to flee, then cut open its body.
• Lou Gao shattered the bear's heart and began absorbing its black Soul Ring while Chen Ming and Golden Crocodile Douluo stood guard.
• An enraged roar echoed from deep within the forest.

Chen Ming and Golden Crocodile Douluo tried to escape the Star Dou Great Forest after Bear Lord confronted them over a slain Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, but Myriad Demon King and Bear Lord trapped their path. Bear Lord began to suspect Myriad Demon King had manipulated him, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Bear Lord charged Chen Ming, Golden Crocodile Douluo, and Lou Gao after finding his dead kin, while Chen Ming protected Lou Gao from the roar's disruption.
• Chen Ming and Golden Crocodile Douluo attempted to flee, but Myriad Demon King used Tree Eye Paralysis and blocked their way with branches.
• Bear Lord caught up and withstood Golden Crocodile Douluo's Golden Claw, then attacked the two humans with a destructive roar.
• Bear Lord recalled that Myriad Demon King had summoned him by claiming a powerful human was hunting his kin, and wondered why he had been called over a Fifty Thousand Year bear.
• Bear Lord compared Chen Ming's unusual aura with Golden Crocodile Douluo's strength and suspected Myriad Demon King had set him up.

Chen Ming fought Myriad Demon King while Bear Lord and Golden Crocodile Douluo clashed nearby. After Chen Ming’s curse drove Myriad Demon King into a frenzy, the battle escalated, leaving Chen Ming preparing his strongest weapons and poisons.

• Myriad Demon King attacked Chen Ming with Demon Eye Demonic Trees, but Chen Ming’s Extreme Fire Poison destroyed most of them and countered the rest of his abilities.
• Bear Lord fought Golden Crocodile Douluo while Myriad Demon King tried to trap Chen Ming with his tough, rapidly regenerating body.
• Chen Ming unleashed his Death Annihilation Poison Realm and Sin Gaze, inflicting a curse that caused Myriad Demon King agony and made him attack everything around him.
• Bear Lord struck Myriad Demon King and taunted him, briefly restoring some clarity, but Myriad Demon King continued attacking Chen Ming with greater force.
• Chen Ming drew his small sword and half a scepter, strengthened his poison with Snow Swan Kiss, and prepared to escalate the fight without revealing his Pseudo Demigod Position.

Chen Ming used poison and a divine-artifact-like sword to weaken Myriad Demon King, then countered his time domain with Time Stop. After both suffered backlash and Chen Ming ran low on Soul Power, Golden Crocodile Douluo intervened and struck Myriad Demon King with a devastating attack.

• Chen Ming poisoned Myriad Demon King and used his small sword to cut through his branches and hinder their regeneration.
• Chen Ming unleashed Poison Dominates the World, spreading poison through Myriad Demon King's wounds and weakening his body and Soul Power.
• Myriad Demon King used Thousand Years in an Instant, but Chen Ming countered with Time Stop, causing both fighters to suffer severe backlash.
• Myriad Demon King attacked while Chen Ming was recovering, and Golden Crocodile Douluo blocked him after Bear Lord feigned defeat.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo transformed into a spinning golden saw blade and swept away a large portion of Myriad Demon King's weakened body.